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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The deep freeze expected soon in the Midwest, New England and even the South will be one to remember, with potential record-low temperatures heightening fears of frostbite and hypothermia.

It hasn’t been this cold for decades — 20 years in Washington, D.C., 18 years in Milwaukee, 15 in Missouri — even in the Midwest, where bundling up is second nature. Weather Bell meteorologist R yan Maue said, “If you’re under 40 (years old), you’ve not seen this stuff before.”

Preceded by snow in much of the Midwest, the frigid air will begin Sunday and extend into early next week, funneled as far south as the Gulf Coast. Blame it on a “polar vortex,” as one meteorologist calls it, a

counterclockwise-rotating pool of cold, dense air.

“It’s just a large area of very cold air that comes down, forms over the North Pole or polar regions ... usually stays in Canada, but this time it’s going to come all the way into the eastern United States,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Phillip Schumacher in Sioux Falls, S.D. The predictions are startling: 25 below zero in Fargo, N.D., minus 31 in International Falls, Minn., and 15 below in Indianapolis and Chicago. At those temperatures, exposed skin can get frostbitten in minutes and hypothermia can quickly set in as wind chills may reach 50, 60 or even 70 below zero.

Even wind chills of 25 below zero can do serious damage, according to

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National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Truett in St. Louis.

“A person not properly dressed could die easily in those conditions,” he said of the expected wind chill in Missouri at daybreak Monday.

Already, parts of New England dropped into the negatives Saturday, with East Brighton, Vt., seeing 30 below zero just after midnight and Allagash, Maine, hitting minus 36.

The cold will sweep through other parts of New England where residents are digging out from a snowstorm.

Snow will reduce the sun’s heating ef fect, so nighttime lows will plummet because of the strong northwest winds, Maue See FREEZE, Page A3

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Four homeless men warm themselves on a steam grate by the Federal Trade Commission, blocks from the Capitol, during frigid temperatures in Washington, Saturday.

Obama eyes modest momentum in 2014

Utility poles along the perimeter of the airport are transformed into silhouettes by Friday evening's setting sun.

spark bipartisan momentum on Capitol Hill. As he opens his sixth year in of fice, he also faces legacy-defining decisions on the future of government surveillance pro-

grams and the Americanled war in Afghanistan.

Looming over it all will be the November congr essional elections, Obama’s last chance to stock Capitol Hill with

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mor e Democratic lawmakers who could help him expand his presidential playing field.

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A flu strain that spurred the 2009 influenza pandemic is causing widespread illness again this season in New Mexico, state officials said, prompting calls for residents to get vaccinated.

New Mexico Department of Health epidemiologist Chad Smelser said Friday that the H1N1 influenza strain was especially hitting children and younger adults, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

Activity and hospitalizations for flu in Albuquerque began rising in late December, Smelser said.

“The long and the short of it is that influenza is increasing throughout the state,” he told the newspaper. “People need to know that and get their shots.”

Albuquerque-area hospitals reported that H1N1 is responsible for a majority of flu hospitalizations.

At University of New Mexico Hospital, officials say nine patients from young children to people in their 60s have been hospitalized for flu since Christmas.

“The point is, it has really taken off,” said Meghan Brett, UNMH’s epidemiologist.

David Stryker, medical director of infection control at Presbyterian Hospital, says 15 people remained hospitalized for flu on Friday.

H1N1 is responsible for most of those cases, which are affecting patients of all ages, he said.

Smelser did not have figures on the number of flu hospitalizations statewide.

Health officials advise people to cover their cough, avoid large crowds, wash their hands frequently and thoroughly, and stay at home if they have a fever, body aches or other flu-like symptoms.

The Centers for Disease Control says influenza season can last into May.

Teenager arrested in Roswell for attempted murder Flooding hurts Valles Caldera rehab efforts TESS TOWNSEND RECORD STAFF WRITER

Roswell Police Department of ficers arrested a teenager Saturday morning for the rape and stabbing of a 40-year -old victim and burglarization of the victim’s home on Pecan Drive, leaving the victim in critical condition.

Kenneth Whiteside, 18, has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated burglary and criminal sexual penetration, according to an RPD press

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release.

Officers responded to the 900 block of Pecan Drive, near Spring River Park and Zoo, at around 6:30 a.m.

Saturday.

Whiteside had allegedly broken into the victim’s home, attacked her and left her to die, according to the release. The victim then went to the house of a neighbor seeking help and the neighbor called 911, the release stated.

Responding officers saw

LOS ALAMOS (AP) — Flood impacts from the Las Conchas and Thompson Ridge fires are likely to pose an ongoing problem in the Valles Caldera National Preserve for many years to come, officials said.

Valles Caldera National Preserve staff are working to mitigate the damage at the same time they are facing limited resources, Los Alamos Monitor reports.

Staff says erosion will continue to be a major

Marathoner Olvera: ‘There is no almost. You either make it or you don’t’ See ARREST, Page A3

Kenneth Whiteside.

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JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Race for life is a term that might define Cinda Olvera, although the only person she is competing against is herself. Olvera is a runner. She has been running for the last seven years and has run in the Diva Half Marathon in Vale, Colo., the half-marathon in Sedona Ariz., and the New York Marathon.

She proudly displays the medallions she received for participating in each.

“I love running. I could talk about it for hours. ... When I got back from New York my daughter told

me that I could only talk about it for a week,” she said.

Olvera did not start out running 13 to 26 miles. She started slow, very slow, by walking. “Then I’d jog a few steps and then run a few steps.”

Eventually, she built up distance, time and speed, although she said that she is not a fast runner.

Instead she feels it is a measure of

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her endurance. “I don’t run fast. I run because I love it.”

She runs three miles five to six days a week. She is methodical and keeps a daily log. “I clocked 1293.5

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Texas ranchers hit hard by drought eye rebuilding

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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — After a dispiriting stretch of years, many Texas ranchers are optimistic as drought, expensive feed and other conditions that decimated their cattle herds start to loosen their grip. But rebuilding their herds will be neither cheap nor a short-term process, even in the nation’s top cattle-producing state.

Texas lost 15 percent of its cattle — or about 2 million animals — between January 2011 and January 2013, as ranchers sold them to out-of-state buyers or sent them to slaughter amid an unrelenting drought. That helped the size of the U.S. herd drop to 89.3 million head, the lowest level since the 1950s.

Many ranchers are now interested in starting to rebuild, eyeing improving beef markets. But they’re relying on several variables, the most important being reliable pastures, said Eldon White, executive vice president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.

“It’s going to be a slow, gradual increase as long as we have moisture,” added Shawn Fryrear, who manages about 2,500 cattle on 10 ranches in

Central Texas. “I feel like everyone is looking at the glass half full.”

Ranchers also need females — especially pregnant heifers, which are now going for as much as $2,500 each, compared to $1,500 before the drought.

Many ranchers sold more of their heifers, females that haven’t had their first calf, and mother cows during the drought to save feed costs.

David Anderson, an agricultural economist with Texas A&M University, said he expects producers will hold on to more of their heifers but noted that ranchers have tough decisions.

“It’s like a tug of war or a seesaw between a future return, from what that female would produce over her life, versus the price I would get today to sell her,” Anderson said. “I think it’s still up in the air how many they’re really going to get to keep.”

Ranchers in the driest areas aren’t as keen to buy costly replacement heifers despite the economic incentives, including Rob Sandidge, whose herd west of San Antonio is about a quarter of the size it was before the

2011 drought.

“Those heifers are worth a lot of money, but that’s what it takes to rebuild,” he said.

But his water sources remain dry, so the 64-year-old plans to hold off building up his herd for now.

“We did grow some grass,” he said last month. “We still don’t have any (full stock) tanks, none of the creeks are running. We’re just kind of holding on right now.”

With the exception of West Texas, where the chances for rain through February are below normal, forecasters are offering equal chances for above, below or near normal precipitation for the rest of the state.

The drought of 2011 was Texas’ most intense one-year drought on record, and its devastation remains fresh. Agriculture in Texas lost $7.6 billion that year, including $3.2 billion in livestock losses, such as selling off cattle or higher costs for feed. Pastures were left cracked and barren by triple-digit heat, far too little rain and windier than normal conditions.

At its worst, 88 percent of the

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state was in the most severe stage of drought on the U.S. Drought Monitor map.

Now, about 44 percent of Texas is amid drought, and far less land is in the worst dryness categories than in previ-

Local labor influence takes hit in Boeing contract SEATTLE (AP) — Under pressure from national union leaders, machinists in Washington state took a late-night vote that defied their local union bosses by narrowly approving a new labor contract that secures a coveted plane project for the Seattle area but moves workers away from pensions.

The tight count exposed deep rifts in the once-powerful union, but with plenty of states lining up to give Boeing exactly what it wanted to get work on the 777X, the aerospace giant had a tremendous advantage.

The company, the state’s governor and national union leaders all hailed the contract as a vital boost to the region’s economy, but to some observers the vote dealt a blow to local union influence.

“It shows that even a strong local is vulnerable and has a limited defensibility to slow the tide of concessions that has been going on across the country,” said Leon Grunberg, a sociology professor at the University of Puget Sound who co-authored a book,

“Turbulence: Boeing and the State of American Workers and Managers.”

He added Saturday, “This is happening with a company that’s doing very well financially.”

Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers approved an eightyear contract extension late Friday by 51 percent, a turnaround from November when the same workers voted down a previous offer by 67 percent.

The passing margin was about 600 votes of about 23,900 counted, according to Wilson Ferguson, president of a local unit of District 751.

Ferguson said Saturday that the vote diminished the local union’s power since it conceded some hard-fought benefits they won’t be getting back.

Foes of the contract opposed the idea of freezing the machinists’ pensions and moving workers to a defined-contribution savings plan.

“The very fact that Boeing was making these demands in the first place just has to be seen as dis-

couraging for average workers,” said Jake Rosenfeld, a sociology professor at the University of Washington who has a forthcoming book “What Unions No Longer Do.” “This is a very strong union, and if you have a strong union, being forced into givebacks of this sort ... then you can just imagine how little leverage other workers have when negotiating,” he added.

But Richard Gritta, a finance professor at University of Portland, said Boeing needed to gain these concessions to remain competitive in the “dog-eat-dog industry” that has seen Boeing and Airbus trade dominance.

“It’s a very tough industry. To gain these concessions from labor is critical,” he said Saturday.

Local union officials had urged their 30,000 members to oppose the deal, arguing that the proposal surrendered too much at a time of company profitability. They had opposed taking a vote at all but were overruled by national leaders in the Machinists union.

A number of political leaders, including Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, praised the vote, which supporters said keeps thousands of well-paying jobs in the state and solidifies Boeing’s presence in the Seattle area, where the company built its first airplanes nearly a century ago.

Inslee, a Democrat, said the vote secured Washington state’s “future as the aerospace capital of the world.”

Some local elected officials had said there was no other choice but to vote “yes.”

Grunberg, the University of Puget Sound professor, said, “Everybody was scared about Boeing moving this huge new production out of state, so I think there was tremendous anxiety about losing this production.”

More than 20 other states moved recently to bid for work on the 777X, an updated version of Boeing’s best-selling 777. Boeing has said the 777X is expected to carry as many as 400 passengers and be more fuel efficient than the 777.

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Victims of such crimes will be able to view items Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the police department, 128 West Second Street.

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said. Fresh snowfall is expected Saturday night, ranging from up to a foot in eastern Missouri and southern Michigan, 6 to 8 inches in central Illinois, 8 or more inches in western Kentucky and up to 6 inches in middle Tennessee.

The South also will dip into temperatures rarely seen. By Monday morning, western and central Kentucky could be below zero — “definitely record-breaking,” said weather service meteorologist Christine Wielgos in Paducah, Ky. And in Atlanta, Tuesday’s high is expected to hover in the mid-20s.

The arctic chill will affect everything from sports to schools to flights. Mike Duell, with flight-tracking website FlightAware.com, says to expect airport delays and flight cancellations because of the cold temperatures.

“For some of them, they run into limitations on the aircraft. They’re only certified to take off at temperatures so low so if they get into a particular cold front it can prevent them from being able to legally take off,” he said. “In a lot of

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a vehicle matching a description of the suspect’s car, initiated a traffic stop and arrested the driver, according to the release.

The victim was transported to a hospital out of town for medical treatment, according to Sgt. Ron Smith, who was investigating the crime scene Saturday. He said the victim left in critical condition. As of 4:45 p.m. on Saturday he did not have further details.

Neighbors responded to the violent incident with shock and some expressed fear for the safety of themselves and their families.

“My concern is because my daughter walks home by herself from school,” said a woman who lives in the neighborhood.

Her husband said the family’s dog had

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miles in 2013.” It was, she said, a slow year because she injured herself in Hobbs, during the New Mexico-Texas Challenge.

Olvera admits to be a bit of an addict and does not see the treadmill as a viable alternative to running. “I’m like the mailman. I run in the rain, heat and snow. I need the sun, I need the fresh air. I need the sky over my head.”

Olvera acknowledged that most people run marathons for the time. For her, though, it’s the endurance. When she runs a marathon she wears a bracelet that says “I believe.”

She referred to the New York Marathon as the experience of a lifetime. “There were 50,700 runners; 50,300 finished. Millions of people are just standing there watching.”

The route crosses five bridges where observers are prohibited and she was struck by the silence when all she heard was the sound of the other runners.

As Olvera neared the end of the route people cheered her on, screaming: “You’re almost there; you almost made it.” She did not agree. “There is no almost. You either make it or you don’t.”

Yet she felt exhilaration as she crossed the finish line to be greeted by her family. “I thought to myself: I did it. I finished. No one can take that away from me.”

Sedona, the half-marathon, was the hardest, with a path that goes all uphill and down. “I’ve only hit the wall once, at Sedona. This run brought tears to my

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Sunday’s NFL playoff game in Green Bay could be among one of the coldest ever played — a frigid minus 2 degrees when the Packers and San Francisco 49ers kickoff at Lambeau Field. Medical experts suggest fans wear at least three layers and drink warm fluids — not alcohol.

Minnesota has called off school Monday for the entire state — the first such closing in 17 years — as well as the Wisconsin cities of Milwaukee and Madison.

Before the polar plunge, Earth was as close as it gets to the sun each year on Saturday. The planet orbits the sun in an oval and on average is about 93 million miles away. But every January, Earth is at perihelion, and on Saturday, it was only 91.4 million miles from the sun.

That proximity doesn’t affect the planet’s temperatures. Maue noted that it’s relatively uncommon to have such frigid air blanket so much of the U.S., maybe once a decade or every couple of decades.

Yet, Truett said there are no clear trends in weather patterns to indicate what kind of temperatures are in store for the rest of the winter. been disturbed around the time of the incident.

“The dog kept barking here. He doesn’t do that every night,” the man said. “Our dog did notice something. It was a little aggravated.”

The man said that the victim had written posts on Facebook indicating that she was single and lived alone.

The incident is not the first violent crime to occur in the neighborhood. Juan Gonzales, who neighbors referred to as “Big Pun,” was shot and killed at Pecan Place on May 19.

The Record could not confirm whether Whiteside has ever been a student in the Roswell Independent School District.

Neighbors said they did not know of anyone living on Pecan Drive who matched the suspect’s physical description.

Whiteside is being held on $500,000 bond at Chaves County Detention Center, according to the RPD press release.

eyes,” Olvera said.

She also admits to being a running-shoes junkie. She owns 25 pairs of running shoes, and one pair of a limited edition Brooks shoes she calls her “Sunday shoes,” worn only on special occasions.

A Roswell native, mother of three and a grandmother, Olvera went to Edgewood Elementary, Mesa Middle School and Goddard High. She studied accountancy at New Mexico State University where she met her husband of 20 years, Francisco. He is a CPA and a fellow runner.

She rebelled when she first returned to Roswell, but now she is glad. “Roswell is a great place to raise kids.”

Olvera said her entire family is active and athletic. Her eldest, 26-year-old Christopher, went to New Mexico Military Institute and now serves as an Army ranger.

He has been invited to try out for the Special Forces. Middle child Hannah is a cheerleader at Goddard and involved in ballet. Her youngest, Mary Kathryn, is 8 years old. Olvera does a lot of volunteer work with the PTA at Berrendo Elementary, where she spends most of her days.

“I’m the (PTA) secretary. I organize fundraisers and leadership luncheons.”

Other hobbies tend to be quite physical.

She likes to swim and she encourages others to become more active. “It does bother me that so many people are overweight, especially the very young, when there is an alternative. ... I lost 25 pounds when I started running and never felt healthier in my life.”

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problem in high-intensity bur n scar areas until vegetation is able to take root.

But they say reseeding certain areas is virtually impossible, due to the steepness of the slopes and the water-resistant soil that high-intensity fires generate.

Caldera’s Watershed Program Manager Scott Compton said staf f ar e taking some steps to slow runoff and reintroduce vegetation.

“We did a little reseeding with the barley up there, but we have a couple of issues with that,” Compton said. “We don’t want to incorporate invasive weeds

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with anything up here. So that kind of halts the use of mulch, and also the use of seed.”

The flooding has been the result of runoff from the Las Conchas burn scar.

The 2011 wildfire raced across more than 230 square miles, including lands held sacred by the pueblo.

The Thompson Ridge Fire on the Valles Caldera National Preserve has charred nearly 36 square miles last year.

T h e U.S . F or est S er vice la st year launched plans to plant trees this spring in an area burned by the Las Conchas blaze. Around 56 acres at the base of Pajarito Ski Hill were slated to be planted with Douglas Fir trees.

The effort will be part of a larger planting initiative that will cover about 2,000 acres and involve almost 500,000 trees. following day, holding a White House event with some of those whose benefits expired at the end of December.

For Republicans, those contests are an opportunity to seize control of the Senate, which would render Obama a lame duck for his final two years in the White House.

The wild card in 2014, for the White House and congressional Democrats facing re-election, will be the fate of the president’s health care law. The website woes that tainted its launch have largely been resolved and enrollment has picked up. But the White House has been tight-lipped about who has enrolled, raising uncertainty about whether the insurance exchanges are on track to get the percentage of young and healthy people who are critical to keeping prices down.

The health care questions aside, Obama spokesman Josh Earnest said the White House enters the new year buoyed by the “modest amount of legislative momentum” generated by the December budget deal.

“We’re hopeful Congress can build on it and make progress on other priorities where common ground exists,” Earnest said.

It won’t take long to test that proposition, with debates on unemployment insurance, budget spending and the government’s borrowing limit expected in quick succession in the opening weeks of the year.

If all three can be resolved in dramafree fashion — by Washington standards — the White House believes it could create a more favorable atmosphere for Obama to pursue secondterm priorities such as an immigration overhaul and a higher minimum wage, though both would still face steep odds.

The president is scheduled to arrive in Washington on Sunday mor ning after an overnight flight from his home state of Hawaii. He’s spent two quiet weeks on the island of Oahu golfing and spending time with his family and childhood friends.

Upon his return, Obama will step back quickly into the debate over expired unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has scheduled a vote Monday night on a bill that would reinstate the benefits for three months.

Obama will try to make his case the

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“For decades, Republicans and Democrats put partisanship and ideology aside to offer some security for jobseekers, even when the unemployment rate was lower than it is today,” Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. “Instead of punishing families who can least afford it, Republicans should make it their New Year’s resolution to do the right thing and restore this vital economic security for their constituents right now.”

The issue with the greatest potential to upset the tepid truce forged in December’s budget deal is the debt ceiling. As part of the agreement that ended the 16-day partial government shutdown in October, Congress suspended the $16 trillion-plus debt limit.

T reasury Secretary Jacob Lew says bookkeeping maneuvers he can use to keep under that ceiling will last only until late February or early March.

Obama once again has pledged that he won’t negotiate on the matter.

House Republicans will plot their strategy at a caucus retreat later this month.

Aside from fiscal matters, the president also must make decisions on what changes he wants in the government’s vast surveillance powers. He’s expected to announce those changes before his Jan. 28 State of the Union address, though an exact date has not been set.

A presidential commission presented Obama with more than 40 recommendations and the president signaled at a year-end news conference that he was open to many of the proposals. But he’s facing pushback from his intelligence advisers, who argue that the widespread collection of telephone and Internet records is crucial to national security.

The pr esident also must make a decision on the future of the American force presence in Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is yet to sign a bilateral security agreement with the U.S. that the Obama administration says is crucial if American troops are to stay in the country after the war formally concludes at the end of 2014.

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The war on poverty at the age of 50 A4 Sunday, January 5, 2014

OPINION

In his State of the Union address on Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared a “war on poverty.” Today, with roughly the same number of people below the poverty level as in 1964 and with many addicted to government “benefits,” robbing them of a work ethic, it is clear that the poor have mostly lost the war.

In 1964, the poverty rate was about 19 percent. Census data from 2010 indicates that 15.1 percent are in poverty within a much larger population.

The lack of government programs did not cause poverty, and spending vast sums of money has not eliminated it.

A policy analysis by the Cato Institute found that federal and state anti-poverty programs have cost $15 trillion over the last five decades but have had little effect on the number of people living in poverty. That amounts to $20,610 per poor person in America, or $61,830 per poor family of three. If

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the government had sent them a check they might have been better off.

As Robert Rector and Jennifer Marshall have written for The Heritage Foundation, “President Johnson’s goal was not to create a massive system of ever-increasing welfare benefits for an ever -larger number of beneficiaries. Instead, he sought to increase self-sufficiency, enabling recipients to lift themselves up beyond the need for public assistance.”

Johnson sounded conservative when he said, “(We) want to offer

the forgotten fifth of our people opportunity and not doles.”

Unfortunately, the war on poverty neglected a key component: human nature. Substantial numbers of people came to rely on government benefits and thus lost any sense of personal responsibility. Teenage girls knew they could get a check from the government if they had babies and so they had them, often more than one. The law discouraged fathers from living with, much less marrying, the mothers of their children and so legions of “single mothers” became the norm, and the lack of male leadership in the home contributed to additional cycles of poverty, addicting new generations to government.

When President Clinton signed the welfare reform bill in 1996, liberals screamed that people would starve in the streets. They didn’t.

Many got jobs when they knew the checks would cease.

Over time, government enacted rules to prevent churches and faith-

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based groups from sharing their faith if they wanted to receive federal grants, thus removing the reason for their success. These groups, which once were at the center of fighting poverty by offering a transformed life and consequently a change in attitude, retreated to the sidelines.

In public schools, values that once were taught were removed because of lawsuits and the fear of lawsuits, creating a “naked public square” devoid of concepts such as right and wrong, with everyone left to figure it out on their own.

There are two ways to measure poverty. One is the way the Census Bureau does, by counting income earned by individuals and families without including government benefits. The other is not measurable in a statistical sense. It is a poverty of spirit. People need to be inspired and told they don’t have to settle for whatever circumstances they are in.

This used to be the role of faithbased institutions, and it can be

again if they refuse government grants and again reach out to the poor.

One condition for maintaining tax-exempt status should be for these faith-based institutions to help people get off government assistance and find jobs, becoming self-sufficient. If people need transitional money for day care or transportation, it can be provided, either temporarily by government or by the thousands of churches, synagogues and other faith-based groups.

There is no undiscovered truth about the cure for most poverty: Stay in school; get married before having children and stay married; work hard, save and invest.

The “war on poverty” can be won, but it must be fought with different weapons, not the ones that have failed for the last half-century.

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

The facts about Benghazi

An exhaustive investigation by The Times goes a long way toward resolving any nagging doubts about what precipitated the attack on the United States mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

The report by David Kirkpatrick, The Times’ Cairo bureau chief, and his team turned up no evidence that al-Qaida or another international terrorist group had any role in the assault, as Republicans have insisted without proof for more than a year. The report concluded that the attack was led by fighters who had benefited directly from NATO’s air power and other support during the uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and that it was fueled, in large part, by anger at an American-made video denigrating Islam.

In a rational world, that would settle the dispute over Benghazi, which has further poisoned the poisonous political discourse in Washington and kept Republicans and Democrats from working cooperatively on myriad challenges, including how best to help Libyans stabilize their country and build a democracy. But Republicans long ago abandoned common sense and good judgment in pursuit of conspiracy-mongering and an obsessive effort to discredit President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who may run for president in 2016.

On the Sunday talk shows, Representatives Mike Rogers and Darrell Issa, two Republicans who are some of the administration’s most relentless critics of this issue, dismissed The Times’ investigation and continued to press their own version of reality on Benghazi.

Issa talked of an administration “coverup.” Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee who has called Benghazi a “preplanned, organized terrorist event,” said his panel’s findings that alQaida was involved was based on an examination of 4,000 classified cables. If Rogers has evidence of a direct al-Qaida role, he should make it public. Otherwise, The Times’ investigation, including extensive interviews with Libyans in Benghazi who had direct knowledge of the attack, stands as the authoritative narrative.

While the report debunks Republican allegations, it also illuminates the difficulties in understanding fast-moving events in the Middle East and in parsing groups that one moment may be allied with the West and in another, turn adversarial. Americans are often careless with the term “alQaida,” which strictly speaking means the core extremist group, founded by Osama bin Laden that is based in Pakistan and bent on global jihad.

Republicans, Democrats and others often conflate purely local extremist groups, or regional affiliates, with al-Qaida’s international network. That prevents understanding the motivations of each group, making each seem like a direct, immediate threat to the United States and thus confusing decision-making.

The report is a reminder that the Benghazi tragedy represents a gross intelligence failure, something that has largely been overlooked in the public debate. A team of at least 20 people from the Central Intelligence Agency, including highly skilled commandos, was operating out of an unmarked compound about a half-mile southeast of the American mission when the attack occurred. Yet, despite the CIA presence and Ambassador Stevens’ expertise on Libya, “there was little understanding of militias in Benghazi and the threat they posed to U.S. interests,” a State Department investigation found. The CIA supposedly did its own review. It has not been made public, so there is no way to know if the agency learned any lessons.

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Thoughts on the Common Core

My TV producers asked our Facebook audience to vote for a topic they’d most like to hear discussed on my year end show. The overwhelming winner, for some reason: the education standards program Common Core.

Most Americans don’t even know what that is. But they should. It’s the government’s plan to try to bring “the same standard” to every government-run school.

This may sound good.

Often, states dumb down tests to try to “leave no child behind.” How can government evaluate teachers and reward

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Reasons for income gap Dear Editors,

I know Keith Bell to be a decent human being, but I also know that, in his capacity as political cartoonist, it is his job to represent a specific political perspective. Of course, in this part of the state, that perspective is mostly one of fiscal and social conservatism. Any political partisan perspective, either rhetorical or graphic, has the mission to both reduce the complexity of an issue to the simplest possible form, and then to convey that oversimplification in such a manner as to reinforce that belief in the truebelievers and then to attempt

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successful schools if there isn’t a single national standard?

But when the federal gover nment imposes a single teaching plan on 15,000 school districts across the country, that’s even more central planning, and central

conversion in those less inclined to think critically about the issue. The cartoon in RDR (11/23/13) depicts the middle class “crumbling” amidst a widening “income gap” between low income earners (typically the lower classes) and high income earners (typically the upper classes). An adult is then shown blaming the destruction of the middle class on “socialism.” To that I say, “cow chips.”

Please allow me to provide a more critical appraisal of the issue. To be clear, to insinuate that the increasing income gap between the wealthy and the rest of us is a result of socialism is utterly ridiculous. I would point out that the last

planning rarely works. It brings stagnation.

Education is a discovery process like any other human endeavor. We might be wrong about both how to teach and what to teach, but we won’t realize it unless we can experiment — compare and contrast the results of different approaches. Having “one plan” makes it harder to experiment and figure out what works.

Some people are terrified to hear “education” and “experiment” in the same sentence.

Why take a risk with something as important as my child’s education? Pick the

best education methods and teach everyone that way!

But we don’t know what the best way to educate kids is.

As American education has become more centralized, the rest of our lives have become increasingly diverse and tailored to individual needs.

Every minute, thousands of entrepreneurs struggle to improve their products. Quality increases, and costs often drop.

But centrally planned K-12 education doesn’t improve.

Per -student spending has

time there was such a wide income gap was when capitalism was virtually unchecked by government regulation (regulation being a hallmark of “socialism”), which contributed to the Great Depression. When FDR’s government intervention modified our economy into a “mixed” economy, that income gap narrowed, the middle class grew, and the economy flourished. Of course, our survival as victors in the Second World War had a lot to do with that. For about three decades after WWII our country enjoyed tremendous prosperity. Since that time, the tax rates for the very rich have come down over thirty percent!

It wasn’t until government

slashed tax rates for the wealthiest Americans that the middle class started to shrink precipitously, the lower classes grew, and the gulf between the wealthy and the rest of us widened. There is virtually no doubt that the ultimate cause of income inequality in the U.S. is deregulated capitalism.

I am concerned about the lack of historical perspective and the blatant disregard for the reality of social dynamics which is seldom questioned in the pages of this paper. But the thing I find most troubling is that the ultra wealthy of today, unlike those in the early part of

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Revealing our hearts by the nature of our excess OPINION II/FEATURE

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“Avoid excess, know thyself.” I took Greek history from my favorite professor at Baylor University some 35 years ago. I don’t think a class day went by that he didn’t repeatedly state this phrase. It seemed to be the heart of his class.

He drove into us the Greek concept of avoiding waste in all they did. At the time, the late Robert Reid had no idea that three and a half decades later I would be quoting him in a column on excess.

Each of us has excess, especially in modern-day America. What you do with your excess reveals what your life is truly about.

Each of us spends our excess in our own unique way. It is personalized and varies from individual to individual.

Let me explain why I believe this way. We can break our world into two categories. There are basic necessities in life: food, clothing, shelter, health needs. Then there are non necessities in life — everything else.

I recently read a magazine article where a lady was asked what was the best advice her grandmother ever gave her. Her response was, “My grandma taught me to always ask myself, is this a need or a want?” This response should make each of us

think.

Truth be known, most of the world we live in is a world of wants. Everything above food, clothing, shelter, and health needs is a want. A want could also be referred to as excess.

Even if we enlarge the inner circle of necessities broader than the four areas I stated, to a second outer circle, we still have more excess. Some may say that it is a necessity to have a car, a television set, a cell phone, a computer, or the ability to eat out. All right, I will go with you there, but in this second circle ask yourself if you are fulfilling a need or are you in the excess category by how you go about meeting these “necessities?”

If you have a television set that gets 250 channels, is this a necessity? If you drive a new car with extra bells and whistles, is this a necessity? If you have a cell phone that has every option available, is this a necessity? If you have a top-of-the-line computer, is this a necessity? If you eat out regularly, is this a necessity?

Truth be known, there are homes that function just fine without a television set and there are people who live just fine without a cell phone. Are there substantial benefits to having a television set or a cell

LETTERS (CONTINUED FROM A4) the last century, seem to have little or no regard for national solvency. The very rich in past decades were stanchly and proudly American, even when our economy shifted to slightly more socialist ideals. They understood that their wealth was a result of the American system and tied intimately to the survival of a stable economy. The corporate wealthy of today seem to have no such concern. They move production, services, and headquarters to overseas locations with impunity and seem to have only their bottom line in mind. They are content to be princes without borders.

The psychosocial mindset that I see being displayed by many of the “high income” earners of today is very similar to what I encountered among state prison inmates when I worked within that system. That mindset being: “I’ve got mine, I take care of mine, and the rest of you are on your own.” The meager social programs that exist in our current governmental system are a far cry from

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true “socialism.” If they were closer to it, you could bet your sweet bippy that the income gap would be much narrower.

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New convention center Dear Editor, It was with great interest that I read the convention center article (Wed. 11/20).

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Roswell Hospitality Association questioned the process in which the city imposed the new $2.50 per night bed tax. There seemed to be a lack of preparation in justifying this boondoggle.

This action affects not only the hospitality industry, but the citizens of Roswell. Voters should have a say in whether to waste money on a convention center or to save money in a joint venture to build an event center.

Taxpayer money should have taxpayer approval for its use. Our mayor seems to think the taxpayer votes are unimportant.

Before we build either a convention center or an

tripled (governments now routinely spend $300,000 per classroom!), but test results are stagnant.

“Everyone who has children knows that they’re all different, right? They learn differently,” observed Sabrina Schaeffer of the Independent Women’s Forum on my show. “In the workplace, we’re allowing people flexibility to telecommute, to have shared jobs. In entertainment, people buy and watch what they want, when they want.” Having one inflexible model for education “is so old-fashioned.”

No Child Left Behind programs were an understandable reaction to atrocious literacy and graduation rates — but since school funding was pegged to students’ per for mance on federally approved tests, classroom instruction became largely about drilling for those tests and getting the right answers, even if kids did little to develop broader reasoning skills. So along comes Common Core to attempt to fix the problem — and create new ones.

Common Core de-emphasizes correct answers by awarding kids points for reasoning, even when they don’t quite get there.

A video went viral online that showed a worried mom, Karen Lamoreaux — a member of the group Arkansas Against Common Core — complaining to the Arkansas Board of Education about complicatedly worded math problems meant for fourth-graders. She read to the Board this question: “Mr. Yamato’s class has 18 students. If the class counts around by a number and ends with 90, what number did they count by?”

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phone? Sure, but they are not essentials for life. In fact, over the history of mankind, most have lived without either.

Continuing along the line of each of us having “excess,” although this next statement is not always true, generally we have resources to spend on what we want to spend them on.

For example, the average American household carries $8,329 of credit card debt at an average annual percentage rate of 14.9 percent according to 2009 Federal Reserve statistics.

That is about $1,200 a year the average American is paying in interest. These financial resources could be used for other purposes if they were not paid to a lending institution. And this number does not include interest paid on vehicles or a home.

In our country and our community, very little of what we exist off of is put into the “necessities” category. There are companies that exist out there which, event center, we should consider “silly” things like better pay and more recruitment for our police officers. Money could also be spent for a more presentable downtown by tearing down the vacated buildings that have been left standing for years. Or (heaven forbid) we should provide a safer park that is free of gangs where the children can play.

Common sense would dictate that we should combine the two projects and have an event-convention center and put the issue up to the voters who are paying for it.

These decisions should be made by the voters, not the city government. A new bed tax will discourage visitors and will not bring in more tax dollars from the tourists.

Judith K. Scholtz Roswell

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Dear Sirs: We find that the release of “wedding doves” at weddings and funerals is a cruel and unnecessary practice.

Huh? But I could be wrong. Maybe this is a clever new way to teach math, and maybe Lamoreaux worries too much.

Unfortunately, though, if Lamoreaux is right, and the federal government is wrong, government still gets to decree its universal solution to this problem.

Promoters of Common Core say, “Don’t worry, Common Core is voluntary.” This is technically true, but states that reject it lose big federal money.

That’s Big Government’s version of “voluntary.”

Common Core, like public school, public housing, the U.S. Postal Service, the Transportation Security Administration, etc., are all one-size-fits-all government monopolies. For consumers, this is not a good thing.

With the future riding on young people consuming better forms of education, I’d rather leave parents and children (and educators) multiple choices.

Despite Common Core, Schaef fer pointed out that this year did bring some victories for educational freedom.

“We saw new education tax credit programs and expansion of tax credit programs in numerous states — Alabama, Indiana, Iowa and others. Education Savings Accounts expanded in other states; voucher programs expanded.”

This is good news. Vouchers, Education Savings Accounts and tax credits create competition and choice.

John Stossel is host of “Stossel” on the Fox Business Network. He’s the author of “No They Can’t: Why Government Fails, but Individuals Succeed.” To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at creators.com.

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through their marketing, regularly bombard us with advertising trying to convince us that we need what they are selling. They are “for profit” companies that want to separate you from your money.

Many would be content with what they have until they see something better on television, in the newspaper, or hear it on the radio. Next time you watch television and see a commercial ask yourself, “Is the advertiser selling a necessity in my world?” I think you will realize that the vast majority of advertising dollars is spent selling “wants” to the American public.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am not saying there is anything wrong with having excess or filling wants. It is human nature and it has become the American way.

It is what we have become accustomed to.

I am not even saying you should change what you are doing after reading this column. What I am asking you to do is to recognize that you live in a world that blesses you with excess and that you control how you spend it.

The question in today’s column is not, “Do you have excess?” It is, “What do you do with your excess?” The easiest method to answer this

question is to look at your checkbook or your debit entries on your bank account. If you instead spend cash on your purchases, then you may need to keep a record each time you hand cash to another.

A random looking at a person’s checkbook or debit entries for a typical month may reveal sums spent on donations, beauty shop, movie theater, housekeeper, car payment, Starbucks coffee, cell phone bill, cable television, and meals out.

While the typical person would say they have no extra funds available to spend at the end of the month, I would suggest to you that each of the previous spending entries are examples of ways to spend “excess.” The reason the person says they have nothing extra at the end of the month is because they have already chosen how to spend their excess.

My challenge to you is to recognize the “excess” that you have been blessed with. Whether you are happy with what you have or unhappy with what you don’t have, either way you have the same things. If you are stressed because you don’t have resources available at the end of the month, take a look at what you spend your excess on.

Anything above the neces-

sities is excess.

Each dollar you spend is like putting a stamp on the dollar and sending it to where you send it. If you are pleased with where you are sending your money, don’t change a thing. If you are experiencing stress in your world because of challenging finances, change the way you spend your excess.

There is a website that may help you if you want some tools on how to better meet your financial goals. It is yourmove.is/balance and is provided by Dr. Andy Stanley who spoke a message upon excess that motivated me to write this column.

In this world of excess you need to be sure your choices on how you spend it are consistent with your overall purpose in life and, as was done by the ancient Greeks, be wise with the excesses of your life.

Just a thought...

Rick Kraft is a local attorney and the executive director of the Leadership Roswell Program. To submit comments, contributions, or ideas, e-mail to rkraft@kraftandhunter.com or write to P.O. Box 850, Roswell, NM, 88202-0850.

It is not known by the general public that these birds will not survive. This practice is lucrative for wedding businesses and comforting to friends and family, but in fact, kills innocent doves.

We hope you will be inspired, therefore, to help inform the public of the great sadness of this practice by printing the enclosed letter: One beautiful dove is rescued from human arrogance and abuse. ... What about all the others?

It came as a great, not nice surprise when I was called upon to accept a “wedding dove” into the Heart and Soul Animal Sanctuary, from a wildlife rehabilitation service.

The so-termed “wedding dove” had been released as a symbol of perfection and peace. But the pure white dove fell to the ground somewhere and was attacked by a dog who pulled out all the feathers on its back as well as the tail feathers.

I accepted the dove which is actually a rock pigeon, bred to be pure white. The wounds were so extensive I

brought the downed dove to the Smith Veterinary hospital in hopes of rehabilitation.

There, Dr. Julie Blossom assumed responsibility for our dove, “Dew Drop” and she did an admirable job of rehabilitating her.

After several hospital days, which included antibiotic injections in Dew Drop’s chest, Dew Drop was flourishing with fluffy new feathers on her back. Dr. Blossom said I could now bring Dew Drop back to the Sanctuary.

She would run, hop, jump and flutter about, but was still unable to fly.

This inhumane practice of releasing doves at weddings is lucrative for wedding services. But ornithologists, biologists and bird lovers worldwide are shocked by the selfish inhumanity of this trend.

If these doves were all trained homing pigeons and could thus fly away from the wedding and find their way home again, that would pose less of a problem, humanely and ethically.

Our rescued Dew Drop is not a homing pigeon... and, according to one ornitholo-

gist, was probably in-bred to the point where she cannot fly well.

The doves released at weddings are not native species.

Where can they go? Where and what will they eat?

Where is their family, their flock, their own kind? Death is inevitable.

According to one professional dove keeper, “This is like murdering the birds; I won’t work with those people.” In the words of a Cornell ornithologist: “It is ridiculous, putting those birds out there to die.”

This practice of abusing an innocent bird to the extent that it dies at the feet of human arrogance casts a very dark cloud over the entire event.

The beautiful bird is sacrificed and for what? Are humans really entitled to do this?

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Gratefully,

Natalie Owings Santa Fe, NM

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Social networking is a great method of connecting with friends and family. It was for a long while a thing that the “kids” did, but has now grown in its use to a huge segment of our society. I do use Facebook, not only personally, but in other organizations I’m involved with as well. (I don’t “tweet” yet, but I’m sure I will.)

Although it began as a fun thing, social networks have now become an important tool in advertising and awareness plans of all kinds.

It is important for us, however, to recognize that there are legal implications involved in all of these networks. When you post online, a digital trail of information is left behind which can, in fact, be used in court. The newsletter I recently received from the LegalShield organization specifies some of these.

We are all aware of the term attorney-client privilege, which in essence prohibits information communicated directly to your attorney from being used against you in court. Talking about your legal matter online becomes a breach of that protection and may seriously harm your case.

Facebook is not a place to talk about legal matters!

Another suggestion related to the legal risks of social media is that we should “take a break” from Facebook and other similar

media during a divorce or custody dispute. No matter what your intention may have been when you posted a comment online, consider how it may come back to haunt you in a family law situation. And the same thing goes for Criminal Law cases. We are told that researching social networks is becoming more and more common in criminal case investigations.

In the recent past, we have seen major politicians’ careers most likely ruined and young people’s lives turned upside down where they apparently assumed that what they were posting would be private and anonymous.

There is no such thing as anonymity in the world of social networking! If you took a picture of some part of your body at age 25, you should hope it looks the same at age 45, because it may very well show up! There is also a thing called “sexting,” which

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involves suggestive pictures and language, and which has caused even teenagers to be labeled as sex offenders. All of these things last forever in cyberspace.

One of the more insidious aspects of social media is the infor mation which can be obtained by child predators who may use it to exploit children over the internet. Additionally, online bullying, sometimes called “cyberbullying,” has also grown rapidly in recent years. It is critical that we as parents pay attention to what our kids are doing on the internet and that they are taught about bullying, both in reporting it and in not participating in the bullying of other children.

My LegalShield newsletter suggests two more legal dangers of social networking. The first is the increased usage of those media by human resources organizations. Applicants should be aware

that information gained could be used in hiring purposes, although employers must be careful that it not be used to unlawfully discriminate based on age, gender, race, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation. Additionally, employees must understand that what they say about fellow workers or employers could cost them their job.

And finally, think carefully about the information you post online, understanding its huge potential value to thieves and scammers. While your postings may seem harmless, they may be used against you. Many of these columns I have written have talked about identity theft and scams. When we “tweet” or when we “post,” we may be unknowingly providing vital and useful opportunities to these crooks.

American Legion to have meeting; Senior Circle celebrates new year American Legion

American Legion post 28 will have a meeting Monday at 7 p.m. Meal at 6 p.m. The meeting is important for all to attend.

There will be a discussion of the mid-winter conference in February and updates of gaming and liquor license. For more information, call Commander Orlando Padilla at 317-1070.

Quilters meeting

The Pecos Valley Quilters business meeting will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Roswell Adult and Senior Center, 807 N. Missouri Ave. Visitors are always welcome. For more information please call Krisann Robles at 623-3774.

Toastmasters

Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization with clubs throughout the world dedicated to teaching skills in public speaking and leadership. Roswell Noonday Toastmasters is looking for people who would like to join them every Wednesday from 12:151:15 p.m. at Aldersgate United

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Methodist Church, on the corner of 19th Street and North Union Avenue. Reservations are not required. For more information, please call Del at 627-6007.

Seniors celebrate

Senior Circle’s January birthday party is Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Senior Circle facility in the Wilshire Center, 2801 N. Main St., next door to Family Dollar. The party is open to all members and prospective members. There will be refreshments and door prizes and entertainment by the Singin’ Seniors.

Senior Circle is an Eastern New Mexico Medical Center resource that of fers travel, exercise, health education and much more. For additional information, call the office at 623-2311.

Overtime pay for Colorado prison guards jumps by $9M

DENVER (AP) — Provisions in a new law have unintentionally caused overtime costs for Colorado prison guards to jump by $9 million a year, a new legislative analysis found.

Legislation that went into effect in August shortened the work periods for computing overtime for corrections officers from 28 days to 14 days, The Denver Post reported in a story Friday.

It also required overtime pay when guards work more than 85 hours in a 14-day period and when they work 12 or more hours in a day.

“Since both of these provisions refer to payment for the overtime, the department concludes that the provisions eliminate the department’s previous discretionary ability to pay cash for overtime or award compensatory time,” said a recent analysis by Steve Allen, a staffer for the Joint Budget Committee.

The effect has been an increase in average monthly overtime cost from $213,438 a month to $960,000 a month, Allen’s analysis found.

The original estimate before the Legislature approved the bill was a $173,333 monthly increase in overtime pay, which Allen said was a drastic underestimation.

Allen recommends a legislative fix be made to “eliminate some of the unintended overtime consequences of the bill.”

The Joint Budget Committee is scheduled to discuss the issue Monday.

The legislation was sponsored by state Rep. Crisanta Duran, a Democrat from Denver and chairwoman of the Joint Budget Committee. Former state Sen. Angela Giron, a Democrat from Pueblo, sponsored the legislation in the Senate.

Neither Duran nor Giron returned telephone messages to the newspaper seeking comment.

Officials with the Colorado Department of Corrections said they wanted to appear before the Joint Budget Committee first before discussing the issue publicly.

The legislation also turned a rural Fort Lyon prison into a facility intended to aid the state’s homeless population.

SHOTS FIRED AT 2 SHOPLIFTERS

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a citizen fired several shots at suspected shoplifters who pointed a gun at a security officer at a Glendale shopping mall.

There were no reported injuries and police say that neither the male or female suspects were wounded.

Glendale police received 911 calls shortly after noon Friday that shots had been fired at the Arrowhead Towne Center.

They say a 61-year-old Glendale man was sitting in his car waiting for his wife to finish shopping at a Sears store.

The man saw one of the suspects point a gun at a Sears’ loss prevention officer near where his 64-year-old wife was exiting the store.

Police say the man shot at the suspects, who fled on a motorcycle. Officers unsuccessfully searched a nearby apartment complex looking for the suspects.

DivorceCare

DivorceCare is a video-based weekly seminar and support group for people who are separated or divorced. The next 13week session of DivorceCare begins on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Grace Community Church, 935 W. Mescalero Road, room 102. If you know someone going through a divorce, make sure he or she knows about DivorceCare. It might just be the best thing you could do to help.

Workbook cost $15. Scholarships available. DivorceCare for Kids will run concurrently. Child care with advance registration.

For more information or to preregister, please note on your connection card or call the Ministry Office at 623-5438.

If you know a child hurting because his or her parents aren’t together anymore, bring him or her to DC4K, a special place for kids ages 5-12 to find help and healing. At our weekly DC4K group, kids make friends with other kids and learn that Jesus loves them during the hard and confusing times too.

DC4K will begin meeting on Wednesday for 13 weeks, from 6-8 p.m., at Grace Community Church, 935 W. Mescalero Road, room 101. For additional information, make a notation on your connection card or contact the Ministry Office at 623-5438.

Chapter Z, P.E.O.

Chapter Z, P.E.O., will have a meeting Thursday at 1 p.m. in the home of Nanette Schumacher with R yann Putman as cohostess. The program will be the "Suffragette Movement in New Mexico by Mimi de Cognets.”

Please call Nanette if unable to attend.

GriefShare

GriefShare, a new seminar,

begins Thursday at 6 p.m. at Grace Community Church, 935 W. Mescalero Road, in room 103. This 13-week, video-based seminar provides a safe place to process your grief and brings hope to those who are struggling with the loss of a loved one. Cost is minimal (scholarships may be available) and child care is available with advance registration.

For more information, contact Mary DeGray at 420-8257.

Square dance

If you can walk, you can square dance! Enchanted Squares, a local square dance club, will begin hosting free square dance lessons starting on Thursday, Jan. 16, from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Roswell Adult Center, 807 N. Missouri Ave. This first class will also have a free home-cooked chili dinner.

Square dance lessons will continue every Thursday at the RAC from 6:30-8:30 p.m., lessons will take place for about three months. Everyone is welcome.

For more infor mation, call Robert or Carol Doyal at 6240233.

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Ethel Doris Reaser

Memorial services for Ethel Doris “Richey” Reaser will be held on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel at the Sunset Church of Christ, 3723 34th St., Lubbock, Texas.

Flowers can be sent at the Chapel at Sunset Church of Christ.

Our dear sweet mother, Ethel Doris “Richey” Reaser, went to her eter nal home in heaven on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014.

Doris was born March 10, 1922, to Lenard and Ethel Richey in Sabinal, Texas, in Uvalde County.

Doris was a joyful, sweet Christian woman, who touched all she met with her sweet happy spirit.

She attended Abilene Christian College, in Abilene, Texas, and Harding Christian College in Searcy, Ark., where she meet her true love, James Patton “Pat” Reaser, whom she married in Houston in 1945. They soon moved their family to Arlington, Texas, where she was a homemaker and taught special education, and she loved the children she worked with.

Doris and her family moved from Texas to Long Island, N.Y., in 1963 .They were involved with the “Exodus Bayshore Movement”; to do mission work for the Church of Christ on Long Island. They soon opened their home as “foster parents” and raised a sibling group of five children. Doris was a wonderful homemaker who enjoyed cooking for her large family and friends.

Doris was always an active member in the Church of Christ and involved in any community she lived in. Doris always reflected her trust and faith

in God to others by example by her loving and caring manner. Doris loved the mission field and loved the Lord so much and wanted to share her faith by having Bible studies in her home.

Her new friends in New York loved her and always thought of her as their sweet friend from Texas.

Doris and her husband, Pat Reaser, moved back to Lubbock, Texas, in 1985, where she was member of Sunset Church of Christ.

Doris loved being back in Texas and closer to her family. Doris became involved in volunteer work at the University Medical Center, the Lubbock County Extension Club and Lubbock Christian University County Fair Booth. After the death of her husband she surround herself with family and friends and traveled to many exciting places.

Doris lived in Rio Rancho, where she attended the Rio Rancho Church of Christ and she made many friends there. Doris moved to Roswell to live with her daughter T rina in 2005, where she became involved at the Chaves County Joy Center Adult Day Care Program. Doris loved her friends and staff there, and spent many hours playing dominos.

Doris is survived by her daughter, Trina L. Brown of Roswell, a son, David M. Reaser and his wife, Becky, of Rockwall, Texas; and daughter Lura M. Paden and her husband Ted of Rio Rancho. Doris is also survived by six grandchildren, Tasha Pope of Denton , Texas, Scott, Danny and Gabe Paden of Rio Rancho and James and Lura Reaser of Garland, Texas.

She is also survived by seven great-grandchildren.

Doris is also survived by her sister, Patricia Travis of Bryan, Texas.

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

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

Tommy J. Britt

Services are pending at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Tommy J. Britt, age 73, of Dexter, who passed away

on Jan. 3, 2014. A complete announcement will be made when arrangements are finalized.

Condolences can be made online at lagronefuneralchapels.com.

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

Jane Russell Oberkampf Davisson Gibson

Funeral services are schedule for 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church for Jane Russell Oberkampf Davisson Gibson, 96, an ardent traveler has made her last great earthly adventure in her traveling saga. Reverend Kent Leydens will be officiating with burial to follow at South Park Cemetery.

Jane was born on May 4, 1917, in San Angelo, Texas, to Harry E. Oberkampf and Mabel C. Russell Oberkampf. She loved spending summer times in Ruidoso, visiting her grandmother and aunt.

Later, she moved to Roswell, and attended Roswell High School graduating in 1935. She was a Rainbow girl, Chum, a member of a horseback riding club, and loved ballroom dancing.

She attended the University of Arizona graduating with a major in fine art design in 1939. She returned to Roswell where she was hired as the first fulltime art teacher at Missouri Avenue School. Later she became the art teacher at her old alma mater, Roswell High School. She taught from 1940-1967 instilling her love for art into the hearts and minds of her students.

She married Lt. Col.

George Allen Davisson in 1945 in Roswell. They were married 17 years. He preceded her in death.

In 1979, she met and married Col. Walter Lee Gibson in Roswell. Both loved to travel, and spent much of their retirement years as RVers traveling to 17 states and four countries. From 1980 to the present, she documented their places of travel in diary form complete with sketches in pen, ink, and acrylic.

She is survived by her husband, Col. Walter Gibson of Roswell, and stepchildren Sara Gibson of Austin, Texas, and Scott Gibson of Reno, Nev.; stepgrandchildren Ashley, Stephanie and Isabel and two great-grandchildren.

Jane was very community-minded, giving of her time and talent as she served in various capacities. From 1952-1959, she was an educational curator for the Roswell Museum and Art Center. She served as a Red Cross volunteer from 1941-1977 and served as the Red Cross’ chairwoman of the board from 1977-1979. In 1962, she was nominated for Who’s Who in Moore’s Business and Professionals, and in 1970, was a delegate for Presbyterian Women at Purdue University. Her love and eye for art landed her a position as judge for the New Mexico State Fair Fine Arts Division from 19501960.

Jane was a prolific painter capturing character and emotion in her portraits, beauty in her landscapes and delicate detail in her many florals. Her love for art was exhibited in all mediums: oils, acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink, and sculpture. Her home was an extension of her art, where she displayed her fine work in a gallery setting.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church for 70 years. She was a loving wife, great art teacher, and a friend to all. She will be greatly missed.

Serving as pallbearers are Bob Carroll, Gordon Patton, Bob Entrop, Wayne Peterson, Ron Harvey and John Carter.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Artist-in-Residency Program; Roswell Museum and

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Art Center, 400 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Roswell, NM, 88201.

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

Judy Harris

Memorial services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Jan. 6, 2014, at the First Presbyterian Church in Roswell, 400 W. Third St., for Judy Harris, age 67, who passed away Dec. 18, 2013. Rev. Kent Leydens will officiate.

Judy was born in Roswell on Dec. 1, 1946, the eldest child of Lawrence and Marion Harris.

After graduating from Roswell High School in 1965, she attended Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., and Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., where she earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy.

Judy spent a year and a half working and traveling abroad with the United Nations Jobs Abroad program where she served as a nanny in Sweden; a bathroom maid in the Netherlands; and a tour courier for Cosmos’ Tours in Switzerland and Italy.

After earning a master’s degree in mass communications from the University of Texas at Austin in 1972, she spent the next decade working in public relations for the University of Texas Medical Center in Galveston and the University of North Dakota Medical School.

In 1981, she shifted careers from PR to the oil and gas business. That same year she moved to Colorado where she spent more than 20 years in Grand Junction, Denver, and Vail, respectively. In

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2004, she returned home to Roswell, where she joined the Desk & Derrick Club, the Shakespeare Club, and the Roswell Museum and Art Center Foundation Board.

Judy is survived by her father Lawrence C. Harris of Roswell; brother Scott Harris and wife Elaine of Jupiter, Fla.; sister Abby Harris Yates and husband George of Roswell; nieces Fawn Harris Lawrence and husband Ben of Grand Junction, Colo., Lauren Yates and husband Per of Plano, Texas, Lindsey Yates Madison of Plano, Texas; and nephew Zachary Harris of Tallahassee, Fla. Judy’s aunt Marguerite Sanders, previously of Roswell, lives in Kansas. Her sister -inlaw Jan Gammill lives in Fruita, Colo. Judy has eight great- nieces and nephews, and many cousins. She was preceded in death by her mother, Marion V. Harris.

In lieu of flowers, the family would suggest donations to the Roswell Art Museum Foundation or the Salvation Army.

Condolences may be made online at lagronefuneralchapels.com.

Thomas (Tommy) Earl Sanders

Services are pending at a later date for Thomas (Tommy) Earl Sanders who passed away on Dec. 26, 2013, at home, in Roswell.

He was born in Roswell on Dec. 17, 1949, to his late parents Earl (Sandy) and Thelma Irene (Adams) Sanders. Tommy was an auto body repairman and mechanic by trade who loved tinkering with cars.

Tommy’s sister Gloria J. Sanders Huff who preceded him in death on Oct. 10, 2013.

Tommy is survived by his three daughters, Deven Price of Phoenix, Stacia Pearce of Roswell and Breanna Evans of Artesia.

Tommy is also survived by his two granddaughters, Haylee and Khole; nephew Howard H. Huf f; niece Bobbi J. Taylor-Triche and her husband Nilton and numerous aunts and cousins.

Tommy had a love for stockcar and drag strip racing, as well as riding motorcycles. He will be greatly missed by many.

Ascendant Calif. governor faces challenges NJ trial set in unusual white-collar mob case the public by giving more money to schools.

He also had the good fortune to take office as the national economy was beginning to rebound and after voters approved an initiative allowing the state budget to pass with a majority vote in the Legislature rather than a two-thirds supermajority. With Brown’s fellow Democrats controlling the Legislature, the change ended the political gridlock faced by his predecessor, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Having two-thirds majorities of Democrats in the Assembly and Senate at various points in the past year also has made governing easier.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is sprinting into the final year of his third term as governor with a series of policy successes and powerful financial backers boosting his all-but-certain run for another term.

His voter-approved tax increases and relative restraint on state budgeting helped end years of deficits and have even led to projections of future surpluses.

He has given every indication that he will seek re-election and already has racked up more than $15 million in contributions for a potential campaign, far eclipsing the fundraising of any of his would-be Republican rivals.

“I’ve been down, and I’ve been up.

And I’d much prefer to be up,” the 75year -old Democrat said during a recent Atlantic magazine conference, referring to the approval of his job performance among registered voters (58 percent in one poll and 47 percent in another, both released in early December).

Yet he also faces a multitude of policy challenges that could potentially

come to a head in 2014. They include his support for the $68 billion highspeed rail project, which is fast losing public favor and faces an uncertain future after a state judge ruled that current plans do not comply with the initiative approved by voters in 2008.

A $24 billion proposal to build two massive tunnels for shipping water from Northern California to Southern California has drawn opposition from the delta region and conservationists.

And his landmark sentencing overhaul to address a federal court order on prison reduction is giving fodder to Republicans who raise the specter of a rising crime rate.

None of those concerns is likely to be enough to derail his path to re-election, though.

Brown has proven to be politically adept, persuading voters in 2012 to approve Proposition 30, which temporarily raises the state sales tax and income taxes on the wealthy. The infusion of an extra $6 billion a year helped the balance the state budget and allowed him to score points with

“How much credit he can really take, I’m not so sure. I give him Prop.

30; I give him that hands-down,” said Larry Gerston, a political scientist at San Jose State University.

But he said California has benefited from the larger rebound in the nation’s economy.

“And so, when things are rolling, the governor takes a disproportionate credit for what’s happened. And when things are foundering, the governor gets disproportionate blame. He deserves neither the credit nor the blame,” Gerston said.

The governor’s rosy rhetoric about the state’s ascendency also might be out of step with the experience of many Californians. A survey by the Public Policy Institute of California released in December found that twothirds of Californians believe the state remains in a recession and is divided between the haves and have-nots.

The state also continues to face a “wall of debt” that Brown has talked about, which includes at least $300 billion in unfunded pension liabilities and retiree health care, and about $10 billion the state owes the federal government for unemployment insurance claims.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — In many ways, it’s your run-of-themill white-collar case. But this one has a mob twist.

The son of a reputed Philadelphia-area Mafia boss and six others are scheduled to be tried starting this week on charges including the usual stuff — racketeering. But the government says Nicodemo S. Scarfo and his co-defendants, used threats of harm to take over the board of FirstPlus Financial Group, an Irving, Texas-based publicly traded mortgage company, and then had the company buy shell companies they owned so they could take out the assets. The company is now defunct.

In court filings, the government said the conspirators plundered $12 million in less than a year, buying homes, weapons, ammunition, a plane, luxury cars, jewelry and an $850,000 yacht they named “Priceless.”

Michael Riley, the lawyer for Scarfo, who is the son of imprisoned Philadelphia and southern New Jersey crime family boss Nicodemo D. “Little Nicky” Scarfo, said part of his argument is that it’s not a mob case at all.

“What spices it up is the organized crime allegations,” Riley said. “We can’t defend the case and say Nick Scarfo is not and has never been associated with the mob.”

But he said his client had scant involvement with the business deals at the heart of the case.

Government lawyers declined to give interviews. But in the indictment, they do draw a connection with the mob. They say money raised in the crooked business deal was intended to pay Scarfo’s dues as a made member of the Lucchese crime family, with whom his father — who was listed as an unindicted coconspirator — allegedly formed an alliance decades ago.

Riley says he’ll try to poke holes in the theory that the money was going to the New York-based Lucchese operation.

“Not a single dollar is unaccounted for,” he said.

Thirteen people were indicted in October 2011. Six, including Scarfo’s wife, who admitted a role in mortgage fraud, have since pleaded guilty.

One who pleaded guilty, Cory Leshner, is expected to testify during the trial, set to begin Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Camden and last three months or so. The jury was selected last year.

The defendants who remain besides Scarfo include Salvatore Pelullo, a reputed mob associate who has a previous conviction for bank fraud and whom authorities said ran the business takeover.

Others are brothers John and William Maxwell, who were executives in FirstPlus, and two lawyers accused of helping the alleged scheme. All have pleaded not guilty.

Michael Huff, who is representing William Maxwell, said he did not do anything wrong as special counsel for the board of directors that took over the firm.

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NMMI downs Fort Carson

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The New Mexico Military Institute Broncos struggled with plenty of it in the early stages of its game on Saturday against Fort Carson.

The Broncos shook it off, though, and pulled away for a 101-73 victory in their first game since a loss to in-state rival NMJC on Dec. 7.

“I don’t think the word sluggish (works). I think we had enough rust on us to sink a ship. It was terrible,” said Bronco coach Sean Schooley after the win.

By the midway point of the first half, NMMI had shaken that rust and started looking like the team that won nine of its first 13 games.

The Broncos (10-4) turned a three-point edge into an 18-point advantage with a 15-0 run over a 5minute stretch.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chuck Pagano couldn’t believe his eyes. Andrew Luck couldn’t believe his ears. Colts fans couldn’t believe the scoreboard, and the Kansas City Chiefs could not believe their incredibly bad luck.

It seemed unfathomable.

On a day Luck appeared to be pressing and, at times, as bad as he ever has while putting Indianapolis in a 28-point deficit, the Colts quarterback somehow tur ned things around. He threw three of his four touchdowns in the second half, scored on a fumble return and connected with a wideopen T.Y. Hilton on a 64-yard TD pass to give the Colts an improbable 45-44 wildcard victory Saturday.

“One for the ages,” said Pagano, Indianapolis’ coach. “I think somebody said that it was the second-largest comeback or whatever in the history of whatever. I guess 21 wasn’t large enough at half, so we thought we’ve give them another seven, you know, just to make it interesting.”

Actually, rallying from 28 down made the latest of Luck’s amazing comebacks one to remember.

Indianapolis (12-5) became only the second playoff team to rally from that big a deficit, according to STATS. Buffalo rallied from 32 points to beat Houston 41-38 in January 1993, though that one required overtime.

The Colts, winners of four straight, travel to either Denver or New England next week-

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WAGON MOUND — Tucker Bruns hit two free throws with 11 seconds left as Gateway Christian beat Waldorf 45-43 in the consolation championship of the Wagon Mound Inivtational on Saturday.

The Warriors (3-7), who never led until Bruns’ freebies, got 14 points from Johnny Worral and 10 points from Caleb Raney.

Dominic LaVolpa chipped in with eight points.

Worrall was named to the all-tournament team.

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Jordan Meenah led the Warriors with 17 points, while Charlee Longmire chipped in with 14.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New Orleans Saints finally came up with the right plan for outdoor playoff football in cold weather. It got them their first postseason road victory.

Shayne Graham’s 32-yard field goal, the fourth of the game for the recent addition to the team, won it on the final play, 26-24 over the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday night. Drew Brees, who threw for a touchdown and guided the 34-yard drive to the winning kick, didn’t need to be a big star because the Saints’ running game and defense — along with Graham’s leg — provided the heroics.

“It’s just, man, believing in each other, ignoring what everyone else has to say,” Brees said.

New Orleans had been 0-5 in postseason games outside of the Big Easy since entering the league in 1967. The Saints (12-5) will play at NFC top-seed Seattle next Saturday; they lost there 34-7 in the regular season.

“It’s loud, it’s crazy, they’ve got a good thing going there,” Brees said of the next challenge.

Graham, signed by the Saints just over two weeks ago to replace long-time kicker Garrett Hartley, also connected

SPOTLIGHT 1964 — Keith Lincoln of the San Diego Chargers rushes for 206 yards in 13 carries, catches seven passes for 123 yards, completes one pass for 20 and scores two touchdowns in a 51-10 rout of the Boston Patriots for the AFL 1991 — Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores 72 points to break Pete Maravichʼs NCAA Division I sin-

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from 36, 46 and 35 yards.

Brees threw for a touchdown, Mark Ingram rushed for 97 yards and another score, and the Saints’ defense slowed Chip Kelly’s up-tempo of fense just enough.

Philadelphia wound up 10-7 in Kelly’s first year as coach. He guided them from worst to first in the NFC East, but they were only 4-5 at home.

Nick Foles hit rookie Zach Ertz for a 3-yard touchdown with 4:54 remaining as Philadelphia rallied from a 13-point deficit to take a one-point lead. But Darren Sproles had a 39-yard kickoff return and a horse-collar tackle brought New Orleans to the Philadelphia 48. Using mostly runs, the Saints ate up the clock and set up Graham’s winner.

“We know what we’re all about,” he said. “This was a great testament to that. Coming on the road, hostile environment, great team, one of the hottest teams in football and getting one of those big victories.”

Two teams with prolific of fenses couldn’t get on track for much of the See SAINTS, Page B3

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ON THIS DAY IN ... gle-game scoring record of 69, but 1997 — The second-year Carolina Loyola Marymount sets an NCAA team Panthers, behind John Kasayʼs four scoring record in defeating the Gulls field goals, beat the Dallas Cowboys 186-140.

26-17 to advance to the NFC 1993 — Reggie Jackson, who hit Championship game.

563 homers and played on five cham1999 — Nolan Ryan, George Brett pionship teams in 21 seasons, is the and Robin Yount are voted into the only player elected to the Baseball Hall Baseball Hall of Fame, the biggest of Fame. class of first-time candidates since

Babe Ruth and four others were chosen in the original election of 1936.

2003 — Jeff Garcia hits Tai Streets with a 13-yard touchdown pass with 1 minute left, and the New York Giants botch the snap on a 41-yard field goal attempt as time expires in San Franciscoʼs 39-38 victory — the secondbiggest comeback in NFL playoff history.

B2 Sunday, January 5, 2014 Prep basketball

Saturday’s Scores

By The Associated Press Boys Basketball Bosque School 44, Tucumcari 43 Carlsbad 58, Onate 38 Centennial 61, Artesia 49 Cliff 91, Reserve 38 Grants 58, Pojoaque 52 Hatch Valley 64, Animas 24 Hobbs 70, EP Harmony, Texas 62 Las Cruces 61, Clovis 51 Los Lunas 64, Sandia Prep 46 Lovington 48, Lubbock, Texas 43 Pecos 61, Coronado 47 Questa 91, Reserve 38 Raton 66, Springer 54 Red Valley-Cove, Ariz. 50, Shiprock Northwest 34 Santa Fe Prep 65, Tularosa 33 Valencia 57, Mayfield 47 NM American Indian Classic Tohajilee 72, Native American Community Academy 64 Girls Basketball Artesia 50, Tohatchi 47 Belen 47, Los Alamos 35 Clayton 49, Robertson 40 Corona 49, San Jon 32 Hobbs 56, Midland Christian, Texas 33 Las Cruces 78, Cleveland 42 Logan 53, Raton 50

College basketball

New Mexico State defeats Grand Canyon 84-62

PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Aronis scored 20 points and Western Athletic Conference favorite New Mexico State opened its league schedule with an 84-62 victory over Grand Canyon on Saturday night.

Aronis made five 3-pointers in the first half when the Aggies (12-5) took a 45-31 lead. Grand Canyon got within 10 points early in the second half but no closer.

NMSU’s Daniel Mullings added 15 points and DK Eldridge 14. Edlridge grabbed 10 rebounds and Tshilidzi Nephawe 11 in the absence of 7-foot-5 teammate Sim Bhullar.

Bhullar was rested as a precaution because of a bruised foot. Bhullar, coming into the game, was the team’s leading rebounder, shot blocker and best percentage shooter from the floor. His playing status is day-today.

Jerome Garrison scored a career-high 25 points for the Antelopes (6-9, 1-1), who hadn’t lost at home since Feb. 2, 2012.

Grand Canyon has lost six of its last seven games.

Hield scores 22 as Oklahoma beats Texas 88-85

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jordan Woodard scored 10 of his final 12 points in the final two minutes of the game to help Oklahoma begin Big 12 play by slipping past Texas in an 88-85 win Saturday.

After committing two fouls in the first five minutes of the game, Woodard was held scoreless in the first half, playing only five of the first 20 minutes. Oklahoma connected on 10 of 15 3-pointers in the first half and held a 43-39 halftime lead but trailed for most of the second half.

Javan Felix, who scored a career-high 28 points for Texas (11-3, 0-1 Big 12), hit a pair of free throws after Isaiah Cousins was ejected for throwing an elbow to tie the game at 78 with 2:20 remaining. But Woodard answered with four straight points — two from the free throw line with 1:53 left and two more on a layup with 1:08 remaining to put Oklahoma (12-2, 1-0) up for good.

“I was dealing with foul trouble at the beginning of the game but my teammates and coaches encouraged me to stay locked in,” Woodard said. “The last few minutes of the ballgame, Coach kept calling my number. I just wanted to make the right plays for my teammates.”

Woodard knocked down 6 consecutive free throws in the final minute before missing two straight with 15 seconds left, giving Texas a chance to tie the game. A potentially game-tying 3-pointer by Damarcus Croaker was off the mark, allowing the Sooners to snap an eight-game losing streak in Austin.

“When you get a little bit of a lead in that last minute, it’s hard to finish the game. It’s hard to get a win,” Oklahoma head coach Lon Kruger said. “Texas has been playing great, so to come into a tough place and beat a good team that’s playing well, I feel awfully happy for our guys.”

Texas, who did not attempt a free throw in the first half, opened the second half on a 10-2 run. Felix scored the first six points of a separate 8-0 run that gave the Longhorns their largest lead at 67-59 following a pair of free throws by Cameron Ridley with 9:34 left.

But, as Oklahoma was chipping away at Texas’ lead, Felix and Ridley each missed two free throws with 2:53 remaining with the Longhorns holding a 76-75 advantage.

“That’s unacceptable on my part,” Felix said. “That was definitely a big part of the game. We can’t let that happen again. It definitely hurt us going down the stretch.”

Buddy Hield’s fourth 3-pointer of the game put Oklahoma ahead, 78-76, with 2:20 left before Cousins was called for his second technical foul of the night.

“Anytime along the way if you lose, you always felt you let one get away,” Texas head coach Rick Barnes said. “If they didn’t know it, because we’ve certainly talked enough about it, they will know now that there is a difference in level of play right now.”

Cameron Clark entered the game averaging a Big 12-best 18.5 points per game but was limited to eight points on 1-of-9 shooting. Hield led Oklahoma with 22 points while Cousins and Tyler Neal each chipped in 13 points to go along with Ryan Spangler’s 11.

Cousins, Hield, Neal and Frank Booker all hit at least three shots from beyond the arc in the victory, helping the Sooners tie a season high with 13 3-pointers. That helped them overcome being outscored 42-20 in the paint.

“Cam’s been so consistent for us. he couldn’t get anything going offensively,” Kruger said. “I probably wouldn’t have

TV SPORTSWATCH

TV SportsWatch

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

Sunday, Jan. 5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m.

ESPN — GoDaddy.com Bowl, Arkansas St. vs. Ball St., at Mobile, Ala. GOLF 1 p.m.

NBC — PGA Tour, Tournament of Champions, third round, at Kapalua, Hawaii 2 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Tournament of Champions, third round, at Kapalua, Hawaii MENʼS COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1 p.m.

FS1 — Southern Cal at UCLA 2:30 p.m.

CBS — San Diego St. at Kansas 3 p.m.

FS1 — Oregon at Colorado 5 p.m.

FS1 — Providence at Villanova NFL FOOTBALL 11 a.m.

CBS — Playoffs, AFC Wild Card game, San Diego at Cincinnati 2:30 p.m.

FOX — Playoffs, NFC Wild Card game, San Francisco at Green Bay

SPORTS

thought our chances would have been very good if you would have told me those stats beforehand.”

Felix connected on just 2 of his last 9 shots from the floor after starting 8 of 10 from the field. The Longhorns also got a career-high 15 points from Croaker, who hit 5 of 8 attempts from beyond the arc.

Oklahoma avoided losing consecutive games for the first time this year despite being outscored 42-20 in the paint. The Sooners face No. 16 Kansas in their Big 12 home opener Wednesday while Texas takes on No. 6 Oklahoma State in its Big 12 road opener.

College football

College Football FBS Bowl Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque) Colorado State 48, Washington State 45 Las Vegas Bowl Southern Cal 45, Fresno State 20 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, Idaho) San Diego State 49, Buffalo 24 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Tulane 21

Monday, Dec. 23 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl (St. Petersburg, Fla.) East Carolina 37, Ohio 20

Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu) Oregon State 38, Boise State 23

Thursday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (Detroit) Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27 Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego) Utah State 21, Northern Illinois 14

Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl (Annapolis, Md.) Marshall 31, Maryland 20 Texas Bowl (Houston) Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17 Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco) Washington 31, BYU 16

Saturday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl (New York) Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16 Belk Bowl (Charlotte, N.C.) North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17 Russell Athletic Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Louisville 36, Miami 9 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Tempe, Ariz.)

Kansas State 31, Michigan 14

Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas) Navy 24, Middle Tennessee 6 Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.)

Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17 Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, Texas) Oregon 30, Texas 7 Holiday Bowl (San Diego) Texas Tech 37, Arizona State 23

Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl (Shreveport, La.) Arizona 42, Boston College 19 Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas) UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 12 Liberty Bowl (Memphis, Tenn.)

Mississippi State 44, Rice 7 Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta) Texas A&M 52, Duke 48

Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas) North Texas 36, UNLV 14 Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Fla.) Nebraska 24, Georgia 19 Capital One Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) South Carolina 34, Wisconsin 24 Outback Bowl (Tampa, Fla.) LSU 21, Iowa 14 Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.)

Michigan State 24, Stanford 20 Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.)

UCF 52, Baylor 42

Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31

Friday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl (Miami) Clemson 40, Ohio State 35 Cotton Bowl (Arlington, Texas) Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 31

Saturday, Jan. 4 BBVA Compass Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.) Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24

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

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

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

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

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

Charlie Strong tells Louisville he’s off to Texas

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville says coach Charlie Strong has informed Cardinals athletic director Tom Jurich that he is leaving for Texas.

Strong, who was 37-15 with the Cardinals in four seasons, including 3-1 in bowl games, will replace Mack Brown.

The 53-year-old Strong met this week with new Texas athletic director Steve Patterson about the coaching vacancy, but he wanted to wait until speaking directly with Jurich to accept Texas’ offer. Jurich was on vacation in Colorado and weather problems made traveling back to Louisville difficult.

Jurich returned to Louisville on Saturday night and met with Strong. Jurich gave Strong his first chance to be a head coach after a long successful career as a defensive coordinator.

SI.com has reported Strong will receive a five-year contract that will pay him $5 mil-

NHL HOCKEY 6 p.m.

NBCSN — San Jose at Chicago SOCCER 6:55 a.m.

FS1 — FA Cup, third round, Chelsea at Derby 9:30 a.m.

FS1 — FA Cup, third round, Swansea City at Manchester United WINTER SPORTS 2 p.m.

NBC — Olympic trials, speed skating: short track, at Kearns, Utah WOMENʼS COLLEGE BASKETBALL 11 a.m.

NBCSN — George Washington at Saint Josephʼs 1 p.m.

NBCSN — Dayton at Saint Louis 2 p.m.

FSN — Kansas at Baylor

Monday, Jan. 6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 6:30 p.m.

ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN CLASSIC/ESPNEWS — BCS National Championship, Florida St. vs.

Auburn, at Pasadena, Calif.

GOLF 2 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Tournament of Champions, final round, at Kapalua, Hawaii

SCOREBOARD

lion annually.

Vandy regroups, tops Houston 41-24 in Compass Bowl

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — James Franklin wanted to savor Vanderbilt’s bowl win.

Any public comment about his interest in another job would have to wait.

Patton Robinette threw two 50-yard touchdown passes to Jordan Matthews, and Vanderbilt recovered after blowing a 24point lead to beat Houston 41-24 on Saturday in the BBVA Compass Bowl.

Robinette, starting after senior Austyn Carta-Samuels had season-ending surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, also had an 8-yard scoring run as Vanderbilt built a 24-0 lead in the first half.

After Houston (8-4) pulled even by scoring 24 points in the third quarter, Vanderbilt reclaimed the lead on Brian Kimbrow’s 21yard touchdown run. It was the start of 17 fourth-quarter points for the Commodores.

“The thing that’s probably the most exciting to me is there is a culture of winning at Vanderbilt,” Franklin said. “These guys know how to win. A lot of different ways they do it, ugly, pretty, people can describe it however they want.”

Vanderbilt (9-4) closed the season with five straight wins, adding to Franklin’s status as a possible candidate for coaching vacancies, including at Penn State and with the NFL Browns and Redskins. The Commodores played in three straight bowl games under Franklin — a first for the program — and completed their first back-toback nine-win seasons.

Franklin talked after the game about Vanderbilt’s returning players. He left the interview room without replying when asked if he would be back.

Vandy players doused Franklin with a water bucket in the final seconds.

Houston gained only 22 yards and had one first down in the first half but rallied with 24 points in the third quarter to pull even.

Kenneth Farrow had a 6-yard scoring run and Deontay Greenberry and John O’Korn threw scoring passes to Markeith Ambles.

Franklin joked the Houston comeback was arranged to protect the TV ratings.

“Statistically, it was crazy,” Franklin said.

“Our defense gave up 22 yards in the first half, 300 yards in the third quarter. We were told by the ESPN people that the ratings had gone down so we wanted to spike them back up by making it exciting in the third quarter.”

The Commodores regrouped with two big gains on direct snaps to running backs early in the fourth quarter. Jerron Seymour ran for 38 yards to the Houston 34.

Kimbrow’s touchdown run gave the lead back to Vanderbilt.

Jahmel McIntosh’s interception less than a minute later gave the ball back to Vanderbilt, setting up Carey Spear’s 35-yard field goal.

Seymour added a 2-yard scoring run with less than 2 minutes remaining.

“We turned it around and caught up, but it didn’t end the way we wanted it to,” Houston linebacker Steve Taylor said.

Matthews, a senior who set Southeastern Conference records for career catches and yards receiving, had five catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns and was selected the game MVP. Robinette completed only one pass to another receiver — for 11 yards to Jonathan Krause. Robinette completed 6 of 17 passes for 154 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Seymour had 14 carries for 46 yards.

O’Korn completed 16 of 31 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns. Daniel Spencer had three carries for 69 yards for Houston and Ambles had six catches for 105 yards and a touchdown.

Matthews took advantage of a lead block

by Krause to make his first touchdown catch.

NBA

National Basketball Association At A Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Pct GB — Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . .16 15 .516 Boston . . . . . . . . . . . .13 20 .394 4 Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . .12 21 .364 5 Philadelphia . . . . . . . .11 21 .344 5 1/2 New York . . . . . . . . . .10 22 .313 6 1/2 Southeast Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Pct GB — Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 8 .758 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . .18 16 .529 7 1/2 Washington . . . . . . . .14 16 .467 9 1/2 Charlotte . . . . . . . . . .14 20 .412 11 1/2 Orlando . . . . . . . . . . .10 23 .303 15 Central Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Pct GB Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . .26 6 .813 — Chicago . . . . . . . . . . .14 18 .438 12 Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . .14 19 .424 12 1/2 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . .11 22 .333 15 1/2 Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . .7 26 .212 19 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L San Antonio . . . . . . . .26 8 Houston . . . . . . . . . . .22 13 Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 14 New Orleans . . . . . . .15 17 Memphis . . . . . . . . . .14 18 Northwest Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L Portland . . . . . . . . . . .26 7 Oklahoma City . . . . . .26 7 Minnesota . . . . . . . . .16 17 Denver . . . . . . . . . . . .15 17 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 25 Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W L L.A. Clippers . . . . . . .23 13 Golden State . . . . . . .22 13 Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . .20 12 L.A. Lakers . . . . . . . .14 19 Sacramento . . . . . . . .10 21

Friday’s Games Toronto 101, Washington 88 New Orleans 95, Boston 92 Golden State 101, Atlanta 100

Pct GB .765 — .629 4 1/2 .576 6 1/2 .469 10 .438 11

Pct GB .788 — .788 — .485 10 .469 10 1/2 .306 16 1/2

Pct GB .639 — .629 1/2 .625 1 .424 7 1/2 .323 10 1/2

SPORTS SHORTS CHURCH LEAGUE HOOPS

The Roswell Men’s Church League will accept registrations through Jan. 17.

The cost is $40 per player.

Play begins Jan. 27 and runs through March.

For more information, contact Dr. Daniel Smith by phone at 622-6800 or email drdsmith20@hotmail.com.

A 5K fun walk will be held on January 11 at Cielo Grande.

Pre-registration costs $20, while race-day registration will cost $25. All proceeds will be given to Sgt. Steve Meredith, who was critically injured in the line of duty.

To register, visit active.com. For more information, call 734-536-8727.

5K FUN WALK

Houston 102, New York 100 L.A. Clippers 119, Dallas 112 Denver 111, Memphis 108 L.A. Lakers 110, Utah 99 Saturday’s Games Miami 110, Orlando 94 Indiana 99, New Orleans 82 Brooklyn 89, Cleveland 82 Chicago 91, Atlanta 84 Oklahoma City 115, Minnesota 111 San Antonio 116, L.A. Clippers 92 Phoenix 116, Milwaukee 100 Philadelphia at Portland, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Memphis at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Golden State at Washington, 4 p.m.

Indiana at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 4 p.m.

Boston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

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

Denver at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Minnesota at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

NFL

Broncos’ Nate Irving steps in for Von Miller

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Nate Irving knows he’s no Von Miller. Still, he’s relishing the chance to serve as his stand-in for the Broncos’ playoff run now that Denver’s star is awaiting surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right knee.

Make that one of his stand-ins.

Irving was the goat in Denver on Dec. 12, the last time the Broncos played at home. He jumped offside while San Diego’s Mike Scifres was punting out of his own end zone, giving the Chargers an unexpected first down and allowing them to eat up seven more minutes before Peyton Manning got the ball back.

The Chargers upset the Broncos 27-20 on that night.

The Broncos (13-3) argued Chargers long snapper Mike Windt should have been flagged instead of Irving on that play because he moved the ball ever so slightly before snapping it.

“That’s over with,” Irving said Friday. “I don’t dwell on it. You go back and watch the film. You can see him move the ball. That’s what happened. But I could have been more disciplined in not jumping offside.”

Irving tried to forget about the flag, not wanting it to lead to more miscues. But it was hard to let it go.

“I felt like that was the reason we lost,” Irving said. “They ran more time off the clock, and if I could have given our offense the ball back, it would have been a different outcome. But that’s over with, so I don’t think about it anymore.”

Irving’s chance at atonement came sooner than he thought, and truth be told, not in the way he wanted, either.

In Denver’s next game, at Houston, Miller tore his right ACL in the opening minutes, ending his star-crossed season that had started with a six-game drug suspension but had begun rounding into shape with the playoffs looming.

As defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio acknowledged, Miller is irreplaceable.

Nobody can do everything he does, from setting up anywhere along the line and crashing the pocket to disrupt passers and ball carriers alike, or dropping back at the snap to alter receivers’ routes.

Instead, the Broncos all have to pitch in and do their part.

“We lost one of the best pass-rushers in the league, there’s no way around that,” Irving said. “So, it’s up to the coaches to come up with schemes to get a pass rush to get to the quarterbacks, and it’s up to the players to execute what they come up with.

That’s a collective effort.”

For Irving, a third-year pro out of North Carolina State, that’s playing strongside linebacker in the base defense, taking on tight ends and getting his snaps mainly on run downs, then giving way to defensive ends Robert Ayers and Jeremy Mincey on passing downs.

After Miller got hurt, Irving responded with a career-best five tackles, and last week at Oakland he had two tackles for loss and also recorded his first career sack.

“We say it all along, it’s ‘next man up,”’ coach John Fox said. “Any time Von has been out, for those first six games and the last couple, I think he’s stepped in and done a really good job. I think he’s done it earlier in his career, so he’s stepped up every time we’ve called on him. It’s a good thing and it’s a tribute to how hard the guy works and prepares.”

Irving had a career-best 34 tackles this season, including eight for a loss, and he tied for second on the team with seven special-teams stops.

“Nate is a good player,” cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said. “We just have so many other linebackers. ... We need him to continue to make some plays and not try to do what Von does but just have some production, and that’s what he’s doing.”

Redskins will interview Caldwell on Sunday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Caldwell will interview for the Washington Redskins coaching job on Sunday.

John Wooten of the Fritz Pollard Alliance said Saturday that Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Caldwell is scheduled to meet with Redskins general manager Bruce Allen.

The Fritz Pollard Alliance helps promote the hiring of minority coaches in the NFL. Caldwell will become the fourth known candidate to interview as the potential replacement for Mike Shanahan.

Allen met with Seattle Seahawks coordinator Darrell Bevell on Tuesday and Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Rich Bisaccia on Friday. Allen traveled Saturday to interview Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott.

Allen also plans to interview New York Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell, along with other candidates.

Shanahan was fired Monday after a 3-13 season.

NFL Playoff Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 45, Kansas City 44 New Orleans 26, Philadelphia 24 Sunday, Jan. 5 San Diego at Cincinnati, 11:05 a.m. (CBS) San Francisco at Green Bay, 2:40 p.m.

(FOX)

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 Lowest remaining NFC seed at Seattle, 2:35 p.m. (FOX) Highest remaining AFC seed at New

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over the Coyotes.

It was the third victory of the day for Goddard.

The Rockets also beat Robertson 42-30 and St. Pius X 66-23. The lone loss of the day for the Rockets was a 41-35 setback at the hands of Morenci (Ariz.).

Roswell Daily Record England, 6:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 12 Highest remaining NFC seed at Carolina, 11:05 a.m. (FOX) Lowest remaining AFC seed at Denver, 2:40 p.m. (CBS)

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 1 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 5:30 p.m. (NBC)

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

NHL

National Hockey League At A Glance

By The Associated Press All Times Mountain EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Boston . . . . .42 28 12 2 Tampa Bay . .41 25 12 4 Montreal . . . .43 24 14 5 Detroit . . . . .43 19 14 10 Toronto . . . . .43 21 17 5 Ottawa . . . . .44 19 18 7 Florida . . . . .42 16 20 6 Buffalo . . . . .42 12 26 4 Metropolitan Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Pittsburgh . . .43 30 12 1 Philadelphia .42 21 17 4 Washington .42 20 16 6 N.Y. Rangers 43 21 20 2 Carolina . . . .42 17 16 9 New Jersey .43 17 18 8 Columbus . . .42 18 20 4 N.Y. Islanders43 14 22 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Chicago . . . .44 29 7 8 St. Louis . . . .41 29 7 5 Colorado . . .41 26 11 4 Minnesota . .44 22 17 5 Dallas . . . . . .41 20 14 7 Winnipeg . . .44 19 20 5 Nashville . . .42 18 18 6 Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . .GP W L OT Anaheim . . . .43 30 8 5 San Jose . . .42 26 10 6 Los Angeles .42 25 13 4 Vancouver . .42 23 12 7 Phoenix . . . .41 20 12 9 Calgary . . . . .41 14 21 6 Edmonton . . .44 13 26 5

Pts 58 54 53 48 47 45 38 28

GFGA 124 89 116 95 112102 114121 119127 126141 101134 74118

Pts 61 46 46 44 43 42 40 35

GFGA 136 98 111116 128128 105115 103123 101110 113123 112143

Pts 66 63 56 49 47 43 42

GFGA 165121 150 95 120104 106113 120124 118129 101127

Pts 65 58 54 53 49 34 31

Friday’s Games Chicago 5, New Jersey 3 Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Tampa Bay 2, Calgary 0 Anaheim 5, Edmonton 2 Saturday’s Games Florida 5, Nashville 4, SO Boston 4, Winnipeg 1 Colorado 4, San Jose 3 Buffalo 2, New Jersey 1 N.Y. Rangers 7, Toronto 1 Ottawa 4, Montreal 3, OT Carolina 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 St. Louis 6, Columbus 2 Detroit 5, Dallas 1 Minnesota 5, Washington 3 Philadelphia 5, Phoenix 3 Vancouver at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Nashville at Carolina, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games Dallas at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Florida at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 7 p.m.

GFGA 142108 139109 110 88 113101 123127 96128 112153

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Hyundai Tournament of Champions Scores

By The Associated Press Saturday At Kapalua Resort, The Plantation Course Kapalua, Hawaii Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7,452; Par 73 Second Round Zach Johnson . . . . . . . . . . .67-66 — 133 Dustin Johnson . . . . . . . . . .70-66 — 136 Matt Kuchar . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-68 — 136 Jordan Spieth . . . . . . . . . . .66-70 — 136 Webb Simpson . . . . . . . . . .66-71 — 137 Michael Thompson . . . . . . .66-71 — 137 Ryan Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . .67-71 — 138 Kevin Streelman . . . . . . . . .67-71 — 138 Brandt Snedeker . . . . . . . . .70-69 — 139 Ken Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70-69 — 139 Jason Dufner . . . . . . . . . . . .67-72 — 139 Adam Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . .70-70 — 140 Gary Woodland . . . . . . . . . .71-70 — 141 Harris English . . . . . . . . . . .70-71 — 141 Chris Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66-75 — 141 Woody Austin . . . . . . . . . . . .72-70 — 142 Patrick Reed . . . . . . . . . . . .70-72 — 142 Sang-Moon Bae . . . . . . . . . .69-73 — 142 Martin Laird . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-72 — 143 Billy Horschel . . . . . . . . . . . .72-72 — 144 Russell Henley . . . . . . . . . . .72-72 — 144 Bill Haas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-73 — 144 Scott Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-73 — 144 Boo Weekley . . . . . . . . . . . .71-74 — 145 Jonas Blixt . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-70 — 146 Jimmy Walker . . . . . . . . . . .73-73 — 146 D.A. Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-74 — 146 Brian Gay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70-76 — 146 John Merrick . . . . . . . . . . . .71-76 — 147

Zach Johnson takes a 3-shot lead in Hawaii

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — On the golf course with the widest fairways on the PGA Tour, Zach Johnson believes that keeping the ball in the short grass is key to success.

On a course that favors power players because the par 5s can be reached in two, Johnson didn’t make birdie on any of them Saturday.

Stranger still is that he matched the best score of the day and had a three-shot lead in the Tournament of Champions.

The only explanation is that Johnson is playing some pretty good golf.

“Am I surprised? No. It’s only two days, so it’s halfway done for me,” Johnson said after his 7-under 66 gave him a three-shot lead. “I’m very comfortable as a competitor.

One of my goals every year is those par 5s, and I’m a little bitter about that right now. But I’ll get over it.”

Defending champion Dustin Johnson birdied half of the holes at Kapalua for a 66 and was three shots behind, along with Matt Kuchar (68) and Jordan Spieth (70).

Zach Johnson was at 13-under 133.

Dustin Johnson approaches the Plantation Course differently. He birdied all the par 5s with his length, and only fell back with a pair of bogeys on the back nine when

For the Rockets, Andres Villa, Raymond Anaya and Marcus Trujillo each went 4-0 on the day. Chandler Lessard went 3-0.

Roswell picked up a victory over St. Pius X 48-24, but fell to Morenci 47-15 and to Robertson 45-24.

Gabriel Luiz finished the day 4-0 for the Coyotes. Chris Snyder went 3-1 and Jesus Alvarado went 2-1.

he missed short putts. Even so, he was in good position heading into the final two rounds of a tournament that ends Monday.

“This golf course sets up well for me,” Dustin Johnson said. “I can reach all the par 5s, and there’s a few short holes where you can drive it up close to the green. So if I chip and it and putt it well, I’m going to shoot a good score pretty much every time.”

So what does Zach Johnson make of that outlook?

“I would say I’m up by three gross, and by eight or nine net, based on that rationale,” he said.

Clearly, there’s more than one way to get around a course built on a side of the mountain on the west end of Maui.

Kuchar had his second straight round of 68 with some good birdies and a few bogeys. Spieth had said he shouldn’t make too many bogeys on this course if he kept it in play, though he made one on No. 7 to lose some momentum. Even so, the 20-year-old Texan had few complaints after his opening two rounds of a new year.

Webb Simpson and Michael Thompson, part of a four-way tie for the lead after the opening round, each had a 71 and were four shots behind.

Masters champion Adam Scott, who can get within range of No. 1 in the world depending on his two weeks in Hawaii, had a 70 and was seven shots behind. The Australian was in dire need to a low round to at least have chance going into Monday.

Zach Johnson is going after his second straight win.

The last one was unofficial, yet no less memorable. Johnson was four shots behind Tiger Woods in the World Challenge on the back nine and rallied to catch him, holed out from the drop zone on the 18th hole to force a playoff and then won on the first extra hole.

Except for his Masters win in 2007, it might be the most famous of his 11 victories worldwide.

“When you’re talking about a guy that’s done what he’s done and raised the bar, any time you beat him — especially if you’re playing with him and come back from four shots with eight holes to go, it’s going to happen. So I can deal with that.”

Dustin Johnson has the power that is suited for Kapalua, and even though he had to withdraw from the pro-am with a sore neck, he appears to be hitting his stride. He twice had a batch of three straight birdies on the front nine to go out in 30 and claim a share of the lead, and even after missing the short putts on the 11th and 13th, he made three more birdies in the final five holes. Two of them were par 5s. Both times he had a look at eagle, missing from 20 feet on No. 15 and becoming the first player all week to reach the 689-yard, downhill closing hole in two shots. He two-putted from about 35 feet for one last birdie.

That could be attributed to a slightly more typical trade wind, though Johnson still had to give it two pretty good pops with a driver and a 3-wood.

The course played about a stroke harder than the opening round.

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Saturday’s Sports Transactions

By The Associated Press BASEBALL MLB — Suspended Minnesota Twins 2B Eddie Rosario for 50 games for a second positive test for a drug of abuse in violation of baseball’s minor league drug program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with OF Quintin Berry on a minor league contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Reassigned bullpen coach Pat Hentgen within the organization. Named Bob Stanley bullpen coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Toney Clemons and DT Casey Walker to reserve/future contracts.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DT Christian Tupou to the practice squad. Signed G Derek Dennis to a reserve/future contract.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed LB Brandon Hepburn and CB DeQuan Menzie to reserve/future contracts.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Fired Wade Phillips interim coach/defensive coordinator. Signed LB D.J. Smith to a reserve/future contract.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released DE Jake McDonough from the practice squad.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed P Brad Wing to a reserve/future contract.

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Fort Carson never got closer than 13 after that.

“We’ll be fine. We’re just getting used to a new point guard and haven’t played in three weeks,” Schooley said.

“We shook (the rust) of f a little bit and started playing a little better.”

The Broncos led 4831 at the break and then blew the game open in the latter part of the second half.

Fort Carson drew within 72-57 with 9 minutes left, but NMMI put the game out of reach with a 258 run that pushed the margin to its widest of the night, 32.

Schooley said afterward that he was happy with the win.

“Absolutely (I’m happy). Last year at this time, we would have struggled with this team,” he said.

“Any time you can get a win in college, you’re going to take it. ... I’m happy.

“We’ve got about 48 hours and then we step right back on (the court) and that’s when we’ve got to take care of our business.”

Anthony Davis paced the Broncos with 19 points, while Marcus Roper added 17, Antonio Manns chipped in 14 and Shaquan Rhoades had 12.

Kelfela Mansaray had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — From Fargo to Frisco again, and a perfect championship ending for senior quarterback Brock Jensen and coach Craig Bohl at North Dakota State.

Jensen threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score in his FCS-quarterback record 48th victory, and the Bison capped a 15-0 season with a 35-7 victory over Towson on Saturday to claim their third consecutive FCS title in Bohl’s final game at the school.

“It hasn’t (set in) right now, but I think in a couple of months it’s going to,” said Bohl, who stayed with the Bison for their playoff run after accepting the job as Wyoming’s coach. “This team was possessed with perfection. And they relentlessly pursued it. ...

It’s pretty remarkable.”

The Bison joined Appalachian State (2005-07) as the only FCS teams to win three consecutive championships. They are the first undefeated champs at that level since Marshall in 1996, the year before the Thundering Herd moved to Division I. “It gets better every time. Definitely,” Jensen said. “That was the last time I’ll put on a Bison jersey but man, it’s been fun ride.”

Bohl was 104-32 in 11 seasons at North Dakota State, which has won 24 consecutive games to match the FCS record.

The Bison went ahead to stay

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end for the divisional round.

Luck was an incredible mix of good and bad, finishing 29 of 45 for 443 yards, the second-highest yar dage total in franchise history for a playoff game. He also matched his career high with three interceptions. Hilton broke franchise playof f records with 13 catches and 224 yards, and also caught two TDs. But it was the way Indy won that made it stunning.

Luck played angry and frantic, turning a steady stream of halftime boos into a chorus of cheers.

“I don’t know if it ever cr ossed my mind on how it would be remembered,” Luck said after winning his first playoff game four seasons quicker than it took his pr edecessor, Peyton Manning. “When I took a knee, and you feel the buzz and the energy of the crowd and see your teammates’ faces, that makes it special.”

For Kansas City, it was another brief, miserable postseason appearance.

The Chiefs (11-6) finished their remarkable turnaround season with thr ee straight losses and an eighth straight postseason defeat — none mor e shocking than this one. The eight consecutive losses br oke a tie with the Detr oit Lions for the longest playoff skid.

And they were beaten up, too.

Starting running back Jamaal Charles left with a concussion on the opening possession.

Knile Davis, Charles’ backup, left in the fourth quarter with what appeared to be a left knee injury. Receiver Donnie A very and cor nerback Brandon Flowers were knocked out with second-half concussions, and linebacker Justin Houston was out with a knee injury when Hilton caught the winning pass.

That put even more pressure on Alex Smith, who was 30 of 46 for 378 yards with four TDs and no inter ceptions but lost a fumble that led to a touchdown for Indy. Just about everyone other than the Colts

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North Dakota State coach Craig Bohl hoists the championship trophy following his team's 35-7 win over Towson in the FCS title game, Saturday.

on Ryan Smith’s 5-yard TD run in the second quarter that snapped a 7-7 tie. That came one play after Colten Heagle blocked a field goal try that was scooped up by defensive end Kyle Emanuel and returned 59 yards. It was the first of three consecutive possessions when North Dakota State scored touchdowns.

“We made a mistake, and they

figured Smith sealed the win with a 10-yard TD pass to Davis less than two minutes into the third quarter.

Instead, he tried to rally the Chiefs after Hilton’s scor e and wound up throwing to Dwayne Bowe — who caught the ball but was out of bounds — on fourth-and-11 with 1:55 to play fr om the Indy 43.

“Anytime you’re leading like that and then have them battle back and then take it, and you end up losing by a point, it’s tough, a tough pill to swallow,” Smith said.

Things appear ed bleak with Indy trailing 31-10 at halftime, and they got worse when Luck’s first pass of the second half was picked off and returned to the Indy 18. Thr ee plays later, Smith made it 3810.

But Luck had plenty of time to make the jawdropping rally.

With Indy going nohuddle, Luck started thr owing at will. He eventually caught the Chiefs defense off-guard when Donald Br own scored on a 10-yard run to start the rally. Then Luck capitalized on the fumble by hooking with Brown on a 3-yard TD pass to make it 38-24.

After Luck’s thir d interception turned into a 42-yard field goal, he answer ed with a 12yard TD pass to cut the deficit to 41-31 after three quarters.

“He’s as advertised.

He went out there and definitely avoided some pressure and made big plays down the field,” Chiefs cornerback Sean Smith said, referring to Luck.

Even when Eric Berry jarr ed the ball loose fr om Br own near the goal line, Luck had the answer. He scooped up the bouncing ball and squirted thr ough the middle to make it 4138. And after a Kansas City field, goal, Luck found Hilton to win it.

“It seemed surr eal, being down like we were down and then you have that fourth-down stop and they had used their last timeout there at the 2-minute warning,” Pagano said.

“Thinking about how good tomorrow’s going to be, snow or no snow, I don’t really care.”

made us pay for it,” Towson coach Rob Ambrose said. “I think we all knew what kind of game it was at that point. ... Things were moving in the right direction, at least for us, head to head, pretty even.”

Towson (13-3), the first school to play in championship games at the FCS and NCAA Division III levels, was 1-10 only three years

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wild-card game.

Graham’s 46-yarder as the first half ended made it 7-6 as everyone wondered where all the offensive fireworks went. The teams combined for an average of 816.7 yards and 53.5 points per game during the regular season.

When Riley Cooper, who earlier scored Philadelphia’s first touchdown, had a huge drop in the third

ago in Ambrose’s second season.

But the Tigers had their lowest scoring total since a 28-3 loss at Maryland four games into the 2011 season.

This was the fourth consecutive year the title game was played in the professional soccer stadium in North Texas, but this game was plagued by problems with the grass turf. During each time-

quarter, the Saints immediately made Philly pay. A 66-yard drive highlighted by Benjamin Watson’s 27-yard reception led to Ingram’s TD from the 4 for a 20-7 lead.

That’s when the Eagles finally made a dynamic play with the ball, DeSean Jackson’s leaping 40-yard catch over Corey White. NFL rushing leader LeSean McCoy scored from the 1 on fourth down to make things close.

Jackson helped make it closer with a 29-yard punt return that set up Alex Henery’s 31-yard field goal

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out, groups of workers and volunteers had to pat down chunks of turf that were coming up during play.

Nick Shafer, the stadium’s vice president of operations, said in a statement that the turf between the hash marks was replaced Nov. 18. Soon after that, the area was hit by an extended stretch of unusual freezing weather and ice sat on the field for a week. Shafer says that “prevented the grass from taking root underneath the turf.”

Players from both teams clearly were having problems at times with footing. The most obvious was Towson running back Darius Victor falling down behind the line for a 3-yard loss after stepping into one of the divots, two plays before the blocked field goal.

“It’s really unfortunate but those things come up. Both teams where in the same position,” Bohl said. “This was atypical. The last several times we’ve been down here, it’s been a great track.”

Terrance West ran 3 yards on the final play of the first quarter for Towson’s only touchdown, his 41st TD rushing and 42nd overall this season. The junior finished with 22 carries for 99 yards, pushing his season total to 2,509 — the most ever by an FCS player.

early in the fourth quarter, cutting the Saints’ lead to 20-17.

Another 40-yard completion, from Brees to seldom-used Robert Meachem, led to Graham’s 35-yard field goal, setting up the frantic finish.

Jackson was the central figure in setting up Ertz’s go-ahead score, drawing a 40-yard pass interference call on the beleaguered White. But Brees then guided the winning drive.

No. 24 Gonzaga beats Pacific 86-64

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Gonzaga was so good offensively that even coach Mark Few was impressed.

Drew Barham and Kevin Pangos scored 16 points apiece, and No. 24 Gonzaga shot 69 percent in an 86-64 victory over Pacific on Saturday night.

“Sixty nine percent is unbelievable,” Few said.

David Stockton added 15 points and Sam Dower Jr. had 13 for Gonzaga (14-2, 4-0), which has won 22 consecutive West Coast Conference games spanning three seasons.

David Taylor and Andrew Bock each scored 10 points for Pacific (9-5, 0-3). The Tigers returned to the conference this season after leaving in 1971.

Gonzaga built a big first-half lead, and then frittered much of it away when Pacific got hot in the second half. It recovered in time to earn its fourth consecutive win.

Gonzaga made 27 of 39 shots, including 10 of 13 from 3point range. Pacific shot 31.7 percent, but made 10 of 25 3-pointers, most in the second half.

The Zags made their first six shots, including four 3pointers, to jump to a 19-5 lead. Barham hit three of those 3-pointers.

“They say shoot when you are open,” Barham said. “I’m a shooter and the basket was a mile wide.”

Gerard Coleman hit Gonzaga’s fifth 3-pointer for a 29-11 lead with 11:35 left in the first half.

Gonzaga led 46-25 at halftime, after shooting 14 of 22 (63 percent). Pacific was 7 of 28 in the half.

“We’re flying at people with our hands up,” Barham said

of Gonzaga’s solid defensive performance in the four WCC games, in which it has held all four opponents to 64 or fewer points.

“We are defending as a team,” Pangos added, leaving little space for opponents to shoot.

The Tigers shot much better to open the second half, but still trailed 57-35. Then Trevin Harris hit a 3-pointer to launch a 15-1 run that cut Gonzaga’s lead to single digits.

Consecutive 3-pointers by Taylor and Tony Gill made it 5850 with 12:23 left.

“Our ball pressure increased, we got some steals and we made some shots,” said Pacific coach Ron Verlin, who is in his first season after replacing Bob Thomason, who retired.

But the Zags responded to the challenge and began to pull away again. Stockton’s 3-pointer made it 76-59.

“They are big and long,” Verlin said of the Zags. “They were challenging our shots.”

The game concluded an unusual stretch in which Gonzaga played four conference home games over eight days.

The Zags don’t play at home again until Jan. 23. The series of games coincided with a string of injuries that struck three of the Zags’ starters, but didn’t slow the team down much.

“I couldn’t be prouder of this group,” Few said. “They really, really responded.”

Gonzaga has not lost a WCC game at home since 2011.

The Zags are 67-2 in WCC home games since the McCarthey Athletic Center opened in 2004.

Notice of Open Enrollment Sidney Gutierrez Middle School

The Sidney Gutierrez Middle School (School), a Roswell public charter school, announces its open enrollment period from January 6-21, 2014, during which time it will accept applications for the 2014-2015 school year. The school will accept up to 22 6th grade students and may fill vacancies in the 7th and 8th grades. Applications must be picked up at the School, downloaded from the website www.sgms.us, or requested by calling (575) 347-9703. All completed applications must be returned to either the school administrator or the secretary in person or mailed to 69 Gail Harris Street, Roswell, NM 88203 and postmarked no later than close of business January 21, 2014. Electronic (facsimile or email) submission of applications will not be accepted.

The School is located at 69 Gail Harris Street in Roswell at the Roswell Industrial Air Center. The School is dedicated to a program of high academic expectations and achievement in a small school setting, with an emphasis on the application of computer technology to education.

The School is a public school established pursuant to the New Mexico Charter Schools Act. There are no entrance fees and no tests required for admission. The School does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services.

Aviso de Matriculacion Escuela Secondaria Sidney Gutierrez

La Escuela Secundaria Sidney Gutierrez (escuela), una escuela exclusiva de Roswell, anuncia el periodo de matriculacion comenzando el 6 de Enero hasta el 21 de Enero del 2014. Durante este tiempo se aceptaran solicitudes para el ano escolar 2014-2015. La escuela aceptara hasta 22 estudiantes de sexto grado y llena vacantes en el septimo y octavo grado. Las solicitudes pueden ser adquiridas en la escuela, del www.sgms.us, o por telephono al (575) 347-9703. Todas las solicitudes completas tienen que ser recibidas al administrator o a la secretaria en persona, o por correo al 69 Gail Harris Street, Roswell, NM 88203 con la fecha del 21 de Enero del 2014.

La direccion de la escuela es 69 Gail Harris Street en Roswell en el Roswell Industrial Air Center. La escuela se dedica a un programa de alta expectacion academica y logros escolares, con enfasis en educacion usando la tecnologia de las computadoras.

La escuela es publica y establecida segun los mandatos del New Mexico Charter Schools Act. La escuela es gratis y no hay que tomar examenes para ser aceptados. La escuela no descrimina a bases de deshabilidades, raza, creencia, color, sexo, nacionalidad, religion, decenencia, o la necesidad de educacion especial.

Titans fire Mike Munchak after 3 years B4 Sunday, January 5, 2014

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Tennessee general manager Ruston Webster thinks Mike Munchak helped the franchise that drafted him back in 1982 through a challenging time through three seasons as head coach.

Unfortunately for Munchak, loyalty to the NFL team with which he sp e n t 3 1 s ea s o n s ju s t wa sn ’ t enough anymore.

The Titans fired Munchak on Saturday after spending the past week talking about changes needed for a franchise that has not reached the playoffs since 2008 and last won a postseason game in January 2003.

“In the end, we were not able to ag r e e j ust on t h e f ut u r e o r t h e direction of the franchise, and I felt it was time to make a change,” Webster said at a news conference. “We move ahead into the next phase of the Tennessee Titans and look for the next coach, and also looking for great things.”

M u n ch ak b eca m e t h e s eve n t h NFL coach fired. He said in a statement issued through the team that he had hoped this day would never come and that he couldn’t express his sadness at leaving a franchise he had been with for more than 30 years.

“My goal as head coach was to do things the right way with the right people, and I felt confident that the r esults would follow,” Munchak said. “Sometimes rebuilding a team and its culture takes time, but I

truly believe we were on the verge of great things. Unfortunately, my vision did not match that of the organization, so we will part ways.”

Webster now has to oversee this franchise’s first coaching search since February 2011 when Munchak was promoted and only the second since this franchise left Texas for Tennessee in 1997.

Munchak flew to Texas on Friday morning to meet with team president and CEO Tommy Smith and Webster. They returned late in the afternoon. Smith said in a statement that those talks continued into Saturday before the decision to let Munchak go.

“Ultimately, we decided it was best to move in different directions,” S m i th s a i d. “ As I t old h im , w e appreciate his efforts as head coach and I think he helped us progress as a team.”

Munchak had a season left on his contract and was 22-26 overall. He had been with this franchise since 1982 when the then-Houston Oilers made him a first-round draft pick, and he joined the coaching staff as an a s si s t an t t h e ye ar af te r he retired.

The Titans made Munchak their 16th head coach when late owner Bud Adams promoted him after firing Jeff Fisher. But Munchak’s first offseason was wiped out by the NFL lockout before his only winning season at 9-7. He went 6-10 after the

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second offseason was chewed up when Adams ordered his front office to chase Peyton Manning.

Adams spent more than $100 million this past offseason to restock the Titans’ roster and made it clear he wanted a playof f berth. That spending spree landed 13 new free agents, along with seven draft picks making the roster. Smith, Adams’ son-in-law, was named president and CEO a week after Adams died in October.

The T itans went 7-9 losing six games by one possession and also won six games decided by a possession. They also dropped eight of 10 games in one stretch, including five straight at home, with fans showing their displeasure by staying away by t he t ho usan d s. T hat did n ’ t change in the season finale with Smith watching even as the Titans beat Houston 16-10.

Webster, who praised Munchak’s professionalism, said the decision was shared by telephone Saturday.

“He was a bridge between having a long tenured coach that had just left, and things had been done a certain way, and an older owner who in his tenure passed away,” said Webster, promoted to general manager in January 2012. “I think we’ve been in a pretty major transition and he was part of that. He’s actually made the place better.”

Bairstow, New Mexico top Colorado St. 80-73 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It didn’t take New Mexico power forward Cameron Bairstow very long to realize he was in for a special game against Colorado State on Saturday.

“It was pretty early on,” he said after he scored the Lobos’ first seven points. “I just had a couple of quick drives to the hoop and I kind of went from there.”

He went from there and he went fr om her e and he even went from the foul line repeatedly in equaling his career high with 29 points while grabbing a career-high 14 rebounds to help

the Lobos to an 80-73 win in their Mountain West opener.

“I know we had no answer for him,” said Rams coach Larry Eustachy.

In addition to going 8-13 from the field, he also drew 14 fouls while going 13-20 from the line.

“I think he realizes he’s hard to cover,” said New Mexico coach Craig Neal. “That’s one thing that he’s done with his game.

He’s expanded his game where he can put it on the floor and he can draw fouls.”

Behind Bairstow and guard Kendall Williams, who finished with 22 points, eight rebounds

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Washington was able to hold its own against No. 1 Arizona in the first half, hustling past the Wildcats for offensive rebounds and scoring at the rim.

Once Arizona turned up the defensive pressure, the Huskies had no chance of keeping up.

Washington went cold down the stretch after keeping up with Arizona well into the second half, missing all seven of its 3-point attempts in the second half of a 71-62 loss Saturday.

"When they took the lead, I feel that we got away from the things we were trying to do defensively and offensively," Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said. "We had to hit home runs every time we took possession of the ball and I don't think we accomplished that."

Washington (9-6, 1-1 Pac-12) outrebounded Arizona (15-0, 2-0) in the first half and hit 15 of 27 shots against one of the nation's best defenses.

The Huskies struggled against Arizona's pressure in the second half, though, hitting 10 of 33 shots while being outrebounded by nine.

C.J. Wilcox led Washington with 20 points. Perris Blackwell had 12 points and 12 rebounds and knocked around Kaleb Tarczewski inside, helping to hold Arizona's center to seven points on 2-of-10 shooting.

"When you get down a couple of points, a lot of guys try to step up and be the hero and start rushing things," Wilcox said. "We needed to stick to the game plan and execute all the way through."

Arizona did and is now off to its best start since the 1931-32 team opened with a school-record 16 straight wins.

It wasn't easy.

One of the best rebounding teams in the country, Arizona had a hard time keeping the Huskies off the glass or from scoring inside in the first half.

The Wildcats pulled away by turning up the defensive pressure in the second half, particularly on the perimeter, stretching the lead in the final 3 minutes.

Nick Johnson scored 24 points and Aaron Gordon added 18 points and 11 rebounds for Arizona.

T.J. McConnell overcame a poor-shooting game with six assists, five rebounds and four steals while teaming with Johnson to hound the Huskies at the top of Arizona's defense.

Arizona had 10 dunks among its 24 field goals and hit 7 of 8 free throws in the final 2 minutes.

"That's what good teams do, battle through adversity," said Johnson, who hit all six of his free throws in the closing minutes.

were going to fight. Larry is a fighter. He’s always been a fighter. His teams are always tough, but I think my team has a lot of toughness also.”

Still, Neal said the Lobos have to gain a killer instinct when it has a team reeling.

“When you get up 13, that’s when you’ve got to put teams away,” he said. “And to win championships you’ve got to guard. We’ve always had a great defense. I thought we played excellent defense until that fiveminute mark.”

It’s been a concern at times, Bairstow said.

“It’s definitely been a problem so far and a lot of its mental,” he said. “We have to stay mentally engaged and not zone out in the last eight minutes of the game when you’re up by 10. It’s something that we’ve been able to overcome so far but it’s something that we need to fix going forward because it could be a serious issue.”

And Colorado State is never a team to let down one’s guard against, Neal said.

“I like their team,” he said.

“They play hard. I knew they

and seven assists, New Mexico (10-3, 1-0) built a 65-41 lead with 5:51 left.

But over the final str etch, Daniel Bejarano scored 13 of his career -high 22 points to spur the Rams (9-6, 0-2) into a furious comeback ef fort that fell just a bit short. Colorado State scor ed 25 points over that stretch, getting as close as 7671 with 34.4 seconds left after a Bejarano 3-pointer.

“We can’t get up double-figure points and not extend it out and think we can just play with people and not guard,” Neal said.

“We have to get better at that.”

No. 1 Arizona pulls away to beat Washington 71-62

A person familiar with the decision says Tennessee President Tommy Smith has fired coach Mike Munchak after three seasons as his head coach and 31 years combined with this franchise as a player and coach.

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Youth in spotlight for Chargers-Bengals game Sunday, January 5, 2014

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CINCINNATI (AP) — The crowd, the intensity, the feeling that everything was riding on every play. Pro Bowl linebacker Vontaze Burfict was overwhelmed by all of it at the start of his first NFL playoff game.

The Bengals lost in Houston 19-13 last season, when Burfict was a rookie and Cincinnati didn’t do a very good job of handling the high-stakes atmosphere.

“There’s a different speed to the game,” Burfict said. “It was kind of shocking to me being in the playoffs my first year. Man, everything was going fast for me. I had to adapt to it. The first time I went out there on the field in the playof fs, I thought, ‘Man, is everybody going faster, or am I just moving slow?’

“I understand that now. We’ve

got a lot of guys who understand how the playoffs work and hopefully that will get us ready for Sunday.”

The Bengals (11-5) and the San Diego Chargers (9-7) will have a lot of young players in the playoff spotlight at Paul Brown Stadium.

Rookie running back Giovani Bernard gave the Bengals a new dimension, piling up 1,209 yards on runs and catches, the secondmost by a rookie in team history.

Rookie tight end Tyler Eifert was sixth on the team in receiving with 39 catches for 445 yards.

Burfict, a second-year player, led the team in tackles. Cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, who missed most of his rookie season in 2012 because of injury, moved into a starting role late in the season because of injuries.

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SAN DIEGO (9-7) at CINCINNATI (11-5) Sunday, 11:05 a.m. MT, CBS OPENING LINE — Bengals by 5 RECORD VS. SPREAD — San Diego 9-6-1, Cincinnati 10-5-1 SERIES RECORD — Chargers lead 19-14 LAST MEETING — Bengals beat Chargers 17-10, Dec. 1, 2013 LAST WEEK — Chargers beat Chiefs 27-24, OT; Bengals beat Ravens 34-17 AP PRO32 RANKING — Chargers No. 13, Bengals No. 6 CHARGERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (5), RUSH (13), PASS (4) CHARGERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (23), RUSH (12), PASS (29) BENGALS OFFENSE — OVERALL (10), RUSH (18), PASS (8) BENGALS DEFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (5), PASS (5) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Only other time Chargers and Bengals met in playoffs was "Freezer Bowl" in 1981 AFC championship game with wind chill of minus-59. Ken Anderson led Bengals to 27-7 win over Dan Fouts' team. ... Bengals beat Chargers in San Diego on Dec. 1 by rushing for 164 yards, their secondhighest total of season. Bengals also won in San Diego 20-13 in 2012. ... Chargers won last four games after loss to Cincinnati, reaching playoffs for first time since 2009. They haven't won playoff game since 2008 and haven't won road playoff game since 2007 at Indianapolis. ... Mike McCoy is fifth Chargers head coach to reach playoffs in first full season, joining Sid Gillman (1960), Don Coryell (1979), Bobby Ross (1992) and Norv Turner (2007). ... QB Philip Rivers is 3-4 in playoffs, completing 58.5 percent of passes for 1,820 yards with eight TDs, nine INTs and passer rating of 79.2. ... Rivers completed team-record and NFL-best 69.5 percent this season for 4,478 yards and 32 TDs with 11 INTs. Also set club record with 378 completions. ... In losses to Bengals each of last two seasons, Rivers has completed 57 percent for 532 yards with one TD, two INTs. ... Defense allowed 315.8 yards per game in December, sixth fewest in league. ... Bengals have reached playoffs for third consecutive season, franchise first. Haven't won playoff game since 1990 season, tied for seventh-longest streak in NFL history. ... QB Andy Dalton is 0-2 in playoffs, completing 56.9 percent for 384 yards with no TDs, one INT and a 48.6 passer rating. ... In wins in San Diego last two seasons, Dalton has completed 64 percent for 401 yards with two TDs, three INTs. ... Dalton set club records with 33 TD passes and 4,296 yards passing this season. ... WR A.J. Green (260) surpassed Anquan Boldin (259) for most catches in first three NFL seasons. ...

Bengals went 8-0 at home for second time in club history, matching 1988 team that also won two home playoff games and lost Super Bowl to San Francisco. ...

Bengals scored 49, 41, 42, 42 and 34 points in last five home games.

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Cincinnatiʼs Andy Dalton (14) scores a touchdown as Baltimoreʼs Jameel McClain gives chase during their game, Dec. 29.

Kirkpatrick had a pair of interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown, during a 34-17 win over the Ravens last Sunday.

“It was a big game,” said Kirkpatrick, who has been burned in coverage several times this season. “I really needed it. I haven’t made plays like that in so long. It was a burden off my back.”

Receiver Marvin Jones, a fifthround pick from California in 2012, missed time during his rookie season because of a knee injury and developed into Cincinnati’s No. 2 receiver this year, complementing A.J. Green. Green finished with 11 touchdown catches and Jones had 10, giving the Bengals their first pair of receivers with double-digit TD receptions.

Jones will be reunited with Chargers receiver Keenan Allen, who was a close friend at California. Allen was picked in the third round this season and led NFL

rookies with 1,046 yards receiving, 72 catches and eight touchdowns. When the Bengals beat the Chargers in San Diego 17-10 on Dec. 1, Allen had game highs with eight catches for 106 yards.

Jones calls Allen his little brother. The two of them did things together off the field in college and have stayed in close touch in the pros.

“He hosted me on my visit and was my mentor the whole time there,” Allen said.

Both of them like music, and they would get together at the team hotel and entertain before games.

“He plays the piano,” Jones said. “Sometimes before games he’d go on the piano and I’d sing.

I’m telling you, everything we do is essentially the same.”

Jones had three catches for only 34 yards during Cincinnati’s playoff loss last season. He and Allen will have big roles in this one.

“We have had a lot of time to talk about everything,” Jones said. “‘When we are on the big stage, maybe we’ll be on the same team? What if we play against each other?’ Stuff like that. It’s happened in his first year in the league. It’s pretty cool to see that happen.”

The Chargers also have a rookie right tackle with D.J. Fluker and youth on defense with end Kendall Reyes and linebackers Melvin Ingram and Manti Te’o.

And Mike McCoy is the fifth coach to lead the Chargers to the playoffs in his first full season.

All of them will get to know what it’s like to be in the playoffs.

McCoy has already warned the young players that they “have no idea the speed of the game next weekend.”

“Each round, the stakes go up,” he said. “Everyone’s (playing) survival of the fittest week in and week out now.”

Sleeves or no sleeves? 49ers, Packers prep for cold GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Josh Boyd isn’t into making a fashion statement, and he doesn’t think he needs to go sleeveless to show off his toughness.

All the Packers defensive lineman wants is to stay warm in the subzero weather when Green Bay hosts the San Francisco 49ers in an NFC wild-card showdown that could be one of the coldest playoff games in NFL history.

So many intriguing story lines between these two NFC powers, and yet the arctic cold may trump them all.

“Yeah, I’m definitely going sleeves,” said Boyd, a rookie from Mississippi. “I mean, I don’t see it as a tough guy thing. I just see it as being comfortable.”

The National Weather Service forecast called for a high temperature in Green Bay on Sunday of

2 degrees, with north-northwest winds making it feel more like minus-15 to minus-20.

The coldest NFL game on record is the 1967 championship game, known as the “Ice Bowl” won by the Packers 21-17 over the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field on New Year’s Eve. The temperature dipped to minus-13, and the wind chill that day was minus-48.

This might be little consolation to Boyd, for whom cold games in college meant playing in 30- or 40-degree weather.

“I’m from Mississippi, so this is a whole other animal,” Boyd said.

“I’ve never seen negatives until I got here.”

Linemen are renowned for toughing out inclement weather without sleeves under jerseys.

Don’t want to give the opponent

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SAN FRANCISCO (12-4) at GREEN BAY (8-7-1) Sunday, 2:20 p.m. MT, FOX OPENING LINE — 49ers by 1 RECORD VS. SPREAD — San Francisco 10-5-1, Green Bay 6-10 SERIES RECORD — Packers lead 34-29-1 LAST MEETING — 49ers beat Packers 34-28, Sept. 8, 2013 LAST WEEK — 49ers beat Cardinals 23-20; Packers beat Bears 33-28 AP PRO32 RANKING — 49ers No. 3, Packers No. 11 49ERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (24), RUSH (3), PASS (30) 49ERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (5), RUSH (4), PASS (7) PACKERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (7), PASS (6) PACKERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (25), RUSH (25), PASS (24) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Teams last met in postseason on Jan. 12, 2013, when Colin Kaepernick ran for QB record 181 yards and two touchdowns in 4531 win in divisional round for San Francisco. ... Packers 4-2 in teams' previous six postseason meetings. ... San Francisco's 28 playoff wins are fourth most in NFL history. ... Jim Harbaugh is first coach in franchise history to lead team to playoffs in each of first three seasons. ... 49ers have eight players selected to Pro Bowl, tied for most in NFL. ... Kaepernick (3,197 yards passing, 524 rushing) joined Steve Young (1992) as only 49ers QBs with at least 3,000 yards passing and 500 yards rushing in season. ... With 1,128 yards rushing, Frank Gore had his franchise-record seventh 1,000-yard season. ... LB NaVorro Bowman only player in NFL this season with at least 100 tackles, five sacks, four forced fumbles and interception. ... LB Aldon Smith has 44 sacks since entering league in 2011, second most in NFL. ... 49ers had 579 total yards with 323 on ground in last year's playoff win against Packers, scoring their third-most points in franchise playoff history. ... Green Bay defense gave up most total yards, yards rushing and second-most points in playoffs in franchise history in loss to 49ers last year. ... QB Aaron Rodgers is first quarterback in NFL history with five straight seasons with passer rating of at least 100. ... Rodgers' 103.6 postseason passer rating third highest in NFL history. ... RB Eddie Lacy set franchise rookie records with 1,178 yards rushing and 11 TDs rushing. ... WR Jordy Nelson has career-high 85 catches and 1,314 yards. ... WR James Jones finished with career-high 817 yards receiving. ... LB A.J. Hawk has career-high five sacks. ... Since 2010, CB Tramon Williams ranks third in NFL with 18 interceptions, while CB Sam Shields is tied for fourth with 17 INTs. ... K Mason Crosby had career-high 33 FGs and 89.2 percent success rate. His 141 points tied a career high.

even the slightest idea that you’re soft, the line of thinking goes.

Well, 49ers defensive tackle Justin Smith is as tough as they come, and even he might wear sleeves for what he estimates would be just the second or third time in his 13-year career.

“You’re not going to have an advantage having no sleeves.

You’re not going to scare the opponent,” said Smith, who has 6 1/2 sacks.

Across the line of scrimmage, center Jonathan Goodwin said he had no problem wearing sleeves.

“I gave up on the ‘don’t wear sleeves to look tough’ a long time ago,” he said.

In some ways, players might be war mer than the 80,000 fans expected to pack frigid Lambeau.

Once they get to the sideline, players can take a break on heated benches. They’ll likely wear long, heavy coats while not in the game.

“This is not the norm. Anytime you get outside the nor m for whatever your occupation, it’s obviously challenging mentally and physically,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “That’s definitely going to be the case Sunday.”

Footing on the field will be a key issue. Lambeau does have a heating system buried beneath the turf, encompassing 30 miles of pipes. There was supposed to be a brief “break” in the cold snap with temperatures rising into the upper 20s on Saturday, which McCarthy said would give groundskeepers a key day to work on the field.

“It could be just a normal game that’s played at a little slower pace. Or it could be where there’s a lot of slipping and sliding going on, then you have to adjust a little bit,” 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said. “You need to wait to see Sunday exactly see how the field affects the game.”

Another key for players will be to stay hydrated, though McCarthy jokingly put his index finger to his lips as if to tell a reporter to not let out the secret when asked the question Friday.

“We’ve seen it in past games

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Green Bayʼs Aaron Rodgers prepares to make a throw during the Packersʼ game against Chicago, Dec. 29

where guys do cramp, so yes, it’s all part of our preparation,” McCarthy said.

If not for the arctic front marching into Wisconsin, more of the attention before Sunday’s game might be focused on 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s mastery of Green Bay in the teams’ last two meetings. Or quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ triumphant return from a left collarbone injury to help the resurgent Packers get back into the playoffs.

Instead, San Francisco and Green Bay will have to deal with

an unwelcome extra opponent: the bitter cold.

Packers defensive lineman Mike Daniels seems to subscribe to the sleeves-are-soft philosophy. He doesn’t like wearing them and plans to just play through the big chill and block out the conditions.

And don’t get him started on hand warmers.

“I see offensive linemen with hand war mers, that tells me about them, man,” Daniels said.

“A defensive line coach in college said that, so I kind of kept that mentality.”

No. 7 Duke can’t hold on, falls to Irish 79-77 B6 Sunday, January 5, 2014

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — No. 7 Duke couldn’t overcome Jabari Parker looking like a freshman playing his first true road game.

Parker failed to break double figures for the first time this season, finishing with seven points on 2-of10 shooting, and the Blue Devils struggled defensively in the second half of a 79-77 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday, squandering a 10-point lead midway through the second half.

“We stopped playing the defense we were playing,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

Duke still had a chance in the final 10 seconds, trailing 77-75 with the ball in the hands of Rodney Hood, who led Duke with 27 points. But he dribbled too deep and had a pass stolen by Notre Dame’s

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Krzyzewski said he would have called timeout, but he liked that Hood was being defended by Notre Dame’s 6-foot-11 center Garrick Sherman.

“We were down by two and you couldn’t draw it up better,” Krzyzewski said. “As soon as we saw the matchup, we knew we were going to get him the ball.”

Hood blamed himself.

“I was supposed to pull through for my team, but it just didn’t happen today,” he said.

Parker, whose previous low was 12 points Tuesday against Elon, didn’t talk to the media after the game.

Krzyzewski said he just didn’t play well.

“That is part of being a freshman,” he said. “Hopefully he will recover from that.”

Notre Dame sent a message in its Atlantic Coast Conference debut as Eric Atkins scored 19 points, Pat Connaughton had 16.

The victory comes in the wake of leading scorer Jerian Grant’s dismissal from school two weeks ago for an academic violation and provided a much-needed confidence boost as the Irish begin play in their new league.

“It’s really important for our group given the two weeks we’ve had to feel like, ‘Hey, we may still have a shot at this thing.’

Because nobody else thought we had a shot,” Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said.

Atkins scored seven points during a decisive 20-4 run as Notre Dame rallied from a 10-point deficit and held on to win two weeks after squander-

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ing an eight-point lead in the final 50 seconds against No. 3 Ohio State at Madison Square Garden.

“It definitely gives us a lot of life. Everybody’s confidence is up now, winning such a big game,” Atkins said.

The Irish (10-4, 1-0) improved to 13-6 against top-10 teams at home under Brey. It was the first loss in an ACC opener for the Blue Devils (11-3, 0-1) in seven seasons.

Hood said Duke played like an immature team, allowing the Irish to hold the ball for long periods and then score as the shot clock ticked down.

“When we needed a stop, we didn’t get a stop,” Hood said. “We had some balls go in and out, but I can name at least 10 plays where it was a breaking point and we didn’t pull it

off.”

Duke used a 9-0 run to open a 49-40 lead early in the second half and stretched the lead to 60-50 when Andre Dawkins made a 3 from the top of the key with about 11 minutes left.

But when Notre Dame went to a small lineup to try to guard the Blue Devils better from behind the arc, Demetrius Jackson hit a 3 to spark the 20-4 run.

“I thought that was the biggest shot of the game,” Krzyzewski said. “If we get a stop, we could have gone up by 12. That was a huge shot.”

Atkins tied the game on a layup, and then followed with another basket inside on a pass from Connaughton. Steve Vasturia, who wasn’t getting much playing time before Grant was dismissed, hit a 3-

pointer to give the Irish a 68-64 lead after Parker badly missed a 3.

“That was a huge shot to really make us believe,” Brey said.

The Blue Devils closed within one point twice in the final 2 minutes, but the Irish didn’t wilt under the pressure.

Sherman had 14 points as the Irish outscored Duke 44-16 in the paint.

Quinn Cook had 22 points for Duke, which was 12 of 28 from beyond the arc, one shy of its season high.

Brey improved to 1-1 against his former boss.

“It’s a historic day for us, our first ACC game,” Brey said. “To beat a program like Duke’s will always be a great memory for us starting of f in Atlantic Coast Conference play.”

Virginia wins 62-50 at Florida State in ACC opener

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Although it wasn’t a pretty win in just about any sense, Virginia walked away with a comparatively easy road win Saturday at Florida State with its leader and top scorer watching from the bench after suffering a possible concussion in the opening minutes of the game.

Since smelling salts are no longer the remedy, senior Joe Harris was idled after being kneed in the head by a teammate during a scramble for the ball before any points had been scored in the Cavaliers’ 62-50 victory.

“The guys rallied around him,”

Virginia coach T ony Bennett said afterward, noting that Harris tried to persuade him at the half that he was OK. But the Cavaliers, who never trailed, were already up 30-17 at the break and weren’t taking any chances. They didn’t need to as it turned out.

Justin Anderson scored 16 points and Akil Mitchell added 11 points along with 13 rebounds Saturday to lead Virginia to a 62-50 win at Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both schools.

Virginia (10-4) jumped to an early 6-0 lead and never trailed as it bounced back fr om an

No. 25 Missouri holds off Long Beach St. 69-59

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jabari Brown had one of his best overall offensive games.

No. 25 Missouri’s defense stepped up, too.

Brown scored 22 points in 39 minutes and hit a key 3-pointer late in a 69-59 victory over pesky Long Beach State on Saturday.

The 49ers shot just 27 percent and were outrebounded 24-11 in the second half.

“I’m from the West Coast, so I know Long Beach State has a good team every year,” Brown said. “Their record isn’t the greatest, but they’ve played pretty much everybody on the road.”

Earnest Ross added 16 points and Ryan Rosburg had a career -high 11 rebounds for the Tigers (121), who open Southeastern Conference play at home against Georgia on Wednesday. Jordan Clarkson, who leads the SEC with a 20point average, had a season-low 11 points.

“I feel like we are in a good position,” Brown said.

“We’ve been through a lot of close games, we’ve had some good games like this one here.”

Noting the lone loss was by a point to Illinois in St. Louis, coach Frank Haith said the Tigers were ready for the SEC. “We’re two free throws from being 13-0, so I think we’re in pretty good shape,” Haith said. “I like where we’re at.”

Missouri has won 26 in a row at home, the longest current streak in the nation.

It also has an 81-game winning streak against nonconference opponents since losing to Sam Houston State to start the 2005-06 season.

Long Beach State (4-10) cut the deficit to two points with just under six minutes remaining, but Missouri outscored the 49ers 12-4 the rest of the way.

“We were right there all the way until the end,” said Tyler Lamb, who led Long Beach State with 17 points on 4-for -13 shooting. “I think we could have won

this game easily.

“I think this game just shows us our identity and how good we can be if we play a whole game instead of just the first 10 minutes or the first half.”

The game was up for grabs before Brown’s 3pointer made it 64-57 with 2:18 to go.

“I think we started off sluggish,” Rosburg said. “I think we turned it on when we needed to.”

Dan Jennings, Long Beach State’s leading rebounder, missed the last 16 minutes after banging heads with Caffey under the basket and going down awkwardly.

Jennings favored his left leg walking off the court and also was being evaluated for a head injury.

“I’ve heard it was his head, then I heard it was his ankle,” 49ers coach Dan Monson said. “I’m not sure.

I think they’re checking several things.”

Long Beach State won the Big West last season and had won three in a row since Lamb, a UCLA transfer, became eligible. Haith warned players this was no typical four-win team.

“I think they’ll contend for their league championship,” Haith said. “I think this is a great, great win for us.”

The Mizzou Arena was about half full, with attendance announced at 8,679 a day after the Tigers’ ninthranked football team beat Oklahoma State in the Cotton Bowl. The entertainment was a skeleton crew of five cheerleaders, an alumni band and no Golden Girls.

Haith said he hadn’t noticed, but took the opportunity to poke fun at coach Gary Pinkel’s dance moves in the locker room.

“I did like our football game,” Haith said. “I liked Gary’s dance, too, by the way. I do need to spend some time with him working on some of that stuff for next season.”

embarrassing 87-52 loss Monday night at T ennessee. The Cavaliers led by as many as 15 in the opening half and 22 in the second half.

“We dug a hole for ourselves,” Florida State coach Leonar d Hamilton said. “We kept shooting ourselves in the foot.”

Capitalizing on a 20-2 scoring advantage off 13 Florida State first-half tur novers, Virginia built an early 28-13 lead despite losing Harris.

Anderson and freshman London Perrantes took up the scoring slack for the Cavaliers with 10 points apiece in the opening half. Perrantes finished with 14

points and teammate Malcolm Brogdon added 11.

Harris played less than three minutes without taking a shot before being injured during a scramble for a loose ball. He remained dressed and on the Cavalier bench for the remainder of the game. Virginia officials wouldn’t say what injury Harris suf fer ed, although it appeared he was checked for a possible concussion.

Florida State (9-4) went the opening five minutes without a score until Okaro White’s 3point shot from the side. White was Florida State’s lone doubledigit scorer with 15 points.

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Mitchell’s 11 rebounds in the second half alone helped the Cavaliers finish with a 41-38 r ebound advantage over the taller Seminoles. And the Cavaliers committed only six turnovers and finished with a 24-4 scoring edge on points off the opponent’s mistakes.

Hamilton said Mitchell has always played well against Florida State.

“He made a big dif ference,” Hamilton said about the 6-8 Cavalier senior, who spent much of his after noon dueling with Florida State’s 7-1 Michael Ojo and 7-3 Boris Bojanovsky.

Iraq city falls fully into hands of al-Qaida group WORLD

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BAGHDAD (AP) — The city center of Iraq’s Fallujah has fallen completely into the hands of fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, police said Saturday, yet another victory for the hardline group that has made waves across the region in recent days.

ISIL is also one of the strongest rebel units in Syria, where it has imposed a strict version of Islamic law in territories it holds and kidnapped and killed anyone it deems critical of its rule. Also on Saturday, it claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing in a Shiite-dominated neighborhood in Lebanon.

Hadi Razeij, head of the Anbar province police force, said police had left the city center entirely and had positioned themselves on the edge of town.

“The walls of the city are in the hands of the police force, but the people of Fallujah are the prisoners of ISIL,” he said, speaking on Arabic language satellite broadcaster al-Arabiya.

Fallujah, along with the capital of Anbar province, Ramadi, was a stronghold of Sunni insurgents during the U.S.-led war. Al-Qaida militants largely took both cities over last week and have been fending off incursions by government forces there since.

In a speech in Baghdad, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said government forces would press on to clear the province of militants.

“There will be no retreat until we eliminate this gang and rid the people of Anbar of their evil

acts,” he said. “The people of Anbar asked the government for help, they called us to come to rescue them from terrorists.”

Dozens of families were fleeing Fallujah, sheltering in schools in nearby towns, provincial official Dari al-Rishawi told The Associated Press. It appeared there was a shortage of fuel inside the city and that and food prices had doubled because supplies could no longer enter.

Hundreds of ISIL fighters were in the city, he added, mostly ar med with heavy mounted machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars. On Saturday, Sunni tribesmen seeking to push out ISIL had yet to enter the city.

The U.S. State Department expressed its concern in a statement, saying it would continue to work with Iraqi authorities and tribes allied against ISIL “to defeat our common enemy.”

“We are also in contact with tribal leaders from Anbar province who are showing great courage as they fight to eject these terrorist groups from their cities,” Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said.

Government troops, backed by Sunni tribesmen who oppose alQaida, have encircled Fallujah for several days, and have entered parts of Ramadi. On Friday, troops bombarded militant positions outside Fallujah with artillery, a military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to release information.

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Mourners and Sunni gunmen chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government during the funeral on Saturday of a man killed when clashes erupted between al-Qaida gunmen and Iraqi army soldiers on Friday, his family said, in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq.

Anbar province, a vast desert area on the borders with Syria and Jordan with an almost entirely Sunni population was the heartland of the Sunni insurgency that rose up against American troops and the Iraqi government after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. The insurgency was

fueled by anger over the dislodgment of their community from power during Saddam’s rule and the rise of Shiites. It was then that al-Qaida established its branch in the country.

Fallujah became notorious among Americans when insurgents in 2004 killed four American security contractors and

hung their burned bodies from a bridge. It, Ramadi and other cities remained battlegrounds for the following years, as sectarian bloodshed mounted, with Shiite militias killing Sunnis.

In the end however local tribes managed to defeat the insurgents and the area had been calm for several years.

Cubans aghast at car prices as new law kicks in Sudan HAVANA (AP) — Talk about sticker shock!

Cubans are eagerly flocking to Havana car dealerships as a new law takes effect eliminating a special permit requirement that has greatly restricted vehicle ownership in the country. To their dismay on Friday, the first day the law was in force, they found sharply hiked prices, some of them light years beyond all but the most well-heeled islanders.

A new Kia Rio hatchback that starts at $13,600 in the United States sells for $42,000 here, while a fresh-off-the-lot Peugeot 508 family car, the most luxurious of which lists for the equivalent of about $53,000 in the U.K., will set you back a cool $262,000.

“Between all my family here in Cuba and over in Miami, we couldn’t come up with that kind of money,” said Gilbert Losada, a 28year-old musical director. “We’re going to wait and see if they lower the prices, which are really crazy.

We’re really disappointed.”

Cuba’s Communist-run government traditionally has placed huge markups on retail goods and services paid for with hard currency, a policy that amounts to a tax on people who can afford such goods. The practice applies to everything from dried pasta, to household appliances, to Internet access.

The astronomical sticker prices on the cars will likely mean fewer sales and the state leaving money on the table, noted Philip Peters, a longtime Cuba analyst and president of the Virginia-based Cuba Research Center.

“There’s a lot more money to be made at lower price points,” Peters said. “It’s a short-sighted tax-man’s mentality. ... Paradoxically, they mark it up so much that they’re not going to make any money. But that’s the mentality.”

Havana legalized the sale of used cars by private individuals in 2011.

But longstanding rules remained in place requiring Cubans to obtain a Transportation Ministry permit to purchase a new or used car from state-run dealerships. Permission took months or years to obtain, resulting in a black market in which car buyers would often quickly flip them for a big profit.

The new law eliminates the need for a permit, but does not allow Cubans to import automobiles directly. The government retains its

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Peace talks between warring parties in South Sudan scheduled to be held in Ethiopia were delayed Saturday because the sides haven’t yet agreed upon an agenda, officials said.

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A car dealership worker, right, and a boy clean a used Chinese Geely for sale at a government-run dealership in Havana, Cuba, Thursday. This car once was for sale for $5,000 dollars, but the price has risen to as much as $30,000, after a new law took effect eliminating a special permit requirement that has greatly restricted vehicle ownership in the country.

monopoly on that, and alone decides a vehicle’s market value.

Some exceptions will still exist allowing diplomatic missions and foreign entities to import vehicles.

The Ferrari-like price schedules for even mundane new cars are a signal that automotive scarcity and high demand will likely continue to reign in Cuba, which is famous for the 1950s American cars that still rumble through the streets long after they became museum pieces elsewhere.

Because replacing a car is so difficult, those lucky enough to own a finned Detroit classic or a boxy Russian import go to great lengths to keep them on the road as long as possible, swapping in makeshift parts and resorting to creative soldering.

At a used car dealership in western Havana on Friday, there were a few relatively affordable options.

A 1997 BMW was the cheapest vehicle and the first to sell shortly after the dealership opened at 8 a.m. It went for $14,457 to a young man who declined to talk to reporters, so it wasn’t known many miles it had previously logged.

RUMBLING VOLCANO IN INDONESIA ERUPTS

KARO, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities have extended a danger zone around a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia after it spewed blistering gas farther than expected.

National Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho says more than 50 eruptions on Saturday sent lava and searing gas tumbling out of Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province down the slopes up to 3 miles away.

He said the volcano’s danger zone to the southeast was extended from three to four miles after the new eruption.

It was still spitting clouds of gas and lava as high as 13,000 feet on Sunday, but no casualties were reported.

More than 20,000 people have been evacuated from villages around the crater into several temporary shelters.

But even many of the used cars had eye-popping asking prices, such as a 2009 Hyundai minivan that listed for $110,000.

“Let’s see if a revolutionary worker who lives honorably on his salary can come and buy a car at these prices,” said Guillermo Flores, a 27year-old computer engineer. “This is a joke on the people.”

In the past, permit holders typically bought used vehicles, often former rentals with high odometer readings that went for around $5,000-$8,000. New imports generally sold at about a 100 percent markup before. There was no explanation for the sudden, across-theboard spike in prices.

Most Cubans still earn government salaries that average around $20 a month, though some make significantly more as musicians, artists, employees of foreign companies and diplomats and doctors sent on foreign missions. Many others get financial support from relatives overseas.

But some who had managed to scrape together some savings said they’re now priced out of the market.

“With these prices ... those who will be able to buy are the privileged, or the bandits,” said Alfredo Boue, a 25-year-old cook. “I think the bandits are not the ones (stealing) in the streets, but the people who set these prices.”

People were aghast and angry as they perused a list of prices posted outside the dealership. Some said it felt like something out of science fiction. One woman asked sarcastically if there were any bicycles, because surely that would be the only thing she could afford.

Priority was given to people who had obtained a permit under the old system, but Antonio Diaz, a 66year-old retiree who came expecting to pay $5,000, left empty-handed and disgusted.

“What am I going to do with this letter?” he said, brandishing his now-useless permit. “I can’t buy anything. I don’t have the money.

That was supposed to be the car for my old age, which I was going to buy after a lifetime of work.”

“I’ll have to resign myself to living without a car,” Diaz said, shaking his head.

ECUADOR NAVY AIRLIFTED JEFF BEZOS FOR KIDNEY STONE QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An official in the Galapagos Islands says that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was flown by helicopter from a cruise ship on Jan. 1 for medical attention after suf fering intense pain because of a kidney stone.

Capt. Santiago Rubio, commander of the port of Santa Cruz, tells The

Associated Press that Bezos was on a cruise not far from the island when he felt the pains in his stomach area.

Rubio said Saturday the navy sent doctors to examine Bezos on New Year’s Day. The doctors determined that it was a kidney stone attack and Rubio authorized a helicopter to

take the Amazon founder and Washington Post owner from the ship.

The captain said Bezos was taken to Santa Cruz port and from there a short flight to Baltra island where his private jet was waiting to take him to the U.S. for medical treatment.

Late Saturday, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said the two sides agreed to begin talks Sunday. Two areas the talks will focus on include ending hostilities and the release of political prisoners.

Officials had hoped direct peace talks would begin Saturday after preliminary discussions on Friday.

“You need to stop this senseless war today,” Adhanom told the warring factions.

The slow start to peace talks is a worrying sign for South Sudan, which has seen spiraling, ethnic-based violence the last three weeks.

President Salva Kiir accuses the former vice president, Riek Machar, of an attempted coup. Machar denies the accusation, but forces loyal to him now control two state capitals, including the town of Bor, about 120 kilometers (70 miles) north of the country capital, Juba.

A spokesman for Machar, Yohanis Musa Pouk, said that peace talks won’t be held unless a clear agenda is set first. Pouk said preliminary talks Friday were good, but he couldn’t predict when more advanced talks would begin.

The U.N.’s top humanitarian official in South Sudan, Toby Lanzer, said Saturday that people are continuing to arrive in search of a safe haven at two U.N. bases in South Sudan’s capital. The U.N. is hosting 30,000 refugees in Juba alone, he said. Some 200,000 people are believed to have been displaced by the three weeks of violence.

The largest humanitarian needs are in Awerial, where an estimated 76,000 people have fled violence in the nearby town of Bor, where indiscriminate violence left bodies lying in the street, according to refugee witnesses.

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It’s a movement three years in the making; a coming together of like-minded believers united in a desire to raise themselves — and their community — to a higher level.

Those who were part of the 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting event in 2013 or in 2012 know what to expect: community leaders and other locals devoting — in their own way and at their own pace — 21 days to self-reflection, self-betterment and the uplifting of all.

Those who have never been to the faith-based, non-denominational event are welcome to join the movement that could help them start the new year in the best possible way.

This year’s 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting will have a kick-off event at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center on Monday, Jan. 6, at 6 p.m.

One does not need to offer or do anything in particular to participate. In fact, it is those with the least to give who will be the most awaited.

“We really encourage those in need of prayer to come,” said event organizer Natasha Mackey.

Once there, attendees can expect an evening of worship and praise.

The kick-off event is set to attract what Mackey called a “dynamic lineup” of community leaders, including Mayor Del Jurney, mayoral candidate Dennis Kintigh, state Rep. Nora Espinoza (R-Roswell), City Councilor Jeanine Corn-Best, Christians United for Israel regional representative Rebecca Chavez and Caleb and Grace Pack of Gateway Church International.

The 21 days of prayer and fasting officially begin Tuesday, Jan. 7, and last through Jan. 26.

During that time, members of the community are invited to give prayerful praise, do a fast, or both. There is no obligation to pray or fast in any particular way.

Furthermore, those partaking in the event can call a prayer line that will be available every night from 7-8 p.m. Once connected to the prayer line, a participant can listen to others as they pray, join in the prayer or submit a prayer request.

“We are praying in the name of Jesus,” Mackey

said, adding that there have never been issues in past years.

“So far, so good.”

Roswell’s first 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting took place in 2012. Mackey felt inspired by Rev. Jentezen Franklin and his book, “The Fasting Edge.”

First, Mackey wanted to share the benefits of prayer and fasting within her immediate family.

Then, she wanted to share it with the entire community. She relocated to Roswell not long before she organized the first 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting. With just months of planning, she said the event was a success; and she was compelled to repeat the event in 2013.

Should an event like 21 Days take place in

every community across the country, Mackey envisioned it would create a “phenomenal revival” on a national level. There is no reason why, on a local scale, 21 Days cannot prompt a similarly extraordinary spiritual awakening.

“I hope that people will be encouraged and empowered,” Mackey said. In light of reports on crime and other bad news surrounding Roswell, Mackey said she hoped locals are inspired to “work together and move forward.”

The prayer line can be accessed by dialing 530-831-1000, with access code 815906 #.

Prayer requests can be submitted to mackeyventures@gmail.com. vistas@rdrnews.com

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Q: Our good friends have an aggressive preschooler who is always kicking, hitting and hurting our kids whenever we visit.

He likes playing with them, but he’s too physical. Is there a way to put a stop to this without offending them?

Jim: I appreciate your feelings and the challenge you’re facing.

Although this situation is touchy, it could actually serve to deepen your friendship if everyone approaches it with thoughtfulness and in a spirit of supportive concern and humility.

There could be a number of reasons for this child’s aggressive behavior. Since the parents are good friends, it wouldn’t be inappropriate for you to suggest that they have their son evaluated by a mental health professional. If it turns out that this is simply a result of ineffective or inconsistent parenting, your friends will likely get some helpful instruction as part of the process.

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In the meantime, you need to protect your children from harm.

Sit down with your friends and explain that their friendship is important to you, but that your kids’ safety needs to be your priority. Then ask them if they will agree to this plan: The next time your children visit, the parents should inform their son that if he is mean or acts aggressively in any way, his friends will have to go home.

Create a great party atmosphere with a fajita menu

Then, if he gets rough, his parents should remind him that hitting is not allowed and that your family is leaving. Leave immedi-

Information on preparing a fajita menu and using recycled products to make “green” jewelry will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon.

Cookbook author and chef John Vollertsen (more commonly known as Chef Johnny Vee) will demonstrate how a fajita menu makes for a great party theme because most items can be prepared in advance. He also owns and operates Las Cosas Cooking School in Santa Fe. Designer Shannon Bielke will show how to use recycled products, lots of “bling,” along with paints to create beautiful “green” jewelry. Her business is Sha & Co. and she lives in Payson, Ariz.

Information on making window treatments, sewing with knit fabrics, and making decorator pillows will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 12 p.m. and on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Jana Beus is a licensed designer for Simplicity Pattern Co. in New York City. She’s going to show how to make “Can Tops.” This window treatment gets its name from the circular shape you get when you cut out the fabric.

Sewing expert Vivian Lavinskas will demonstrate construction and design variations for sewing with knit fabrics. She is the manager of consumer affairs with Singer Sewing Co. in Lavergne, Tenn.

Lise Horvath is the owner of Accent Your Interior, and she’ll show one of her most popular kits featuring three pillows titled ‘Diana.’ Each pillow measures 22” x 22” and comes with everything included to create these beautiful decorator pillows. She’s from Scottsdale, Ariz.

Lime chicken fajitas

The use of a meat tenderizer insures that the flavors of the garlic and lime permeate the chicken and tenderize it.

Always grill your fajita meat in whole pieces and then slice it to prevent drying out on the grill.

3 pounds, boneless, skinless chicken breasts 6 garlic cloves, chopped Juice of 3 limes 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper Rinse the chicken under cold water and dry with paper towels. Trim the breasts of all fat and connective tissue.

Use a meat tenderizer* to puncture small holes into the chicken flesh. In a small bowl, combine garlic and lime juice. Season breasts with salt and pepper and place in a large shallow glass or porcelain dish. Pour garlic/lime mixture over chicken; turn breasts once to cover both sides of meat with marinade. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour prior to grilling. Prepare the grill.

Drain the breasts and place over hot heat source. Grill chicken 4 minutes on each side or until meat is cooked completely through. Remove from heat and slice in 1⁄2 inch slices across the grain of the meat. Chicken may be held in a 150° F. oven, covered with aluminum foil for up to one hour. Serve hot with fajita fixins. Serves 8.

“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.

Politician writes resignation letter in Klingon

INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. (AP) — Call it a politician boldly going where no one has gone before.

On Thursday, David Waddell used the Klingon language to write his letter of resignation from the Indian Trail Town Council in North Carolina.

Waddell says he opted to use Klingon, the language of a warrior race on the “Star Trek” TV shows and movies, as an inside joke. Mayor Michael Alvarez is calling the letter unprofessional.

Waddell says he is resigning at the end of this month. His four -year term expires in December 2015.

Waddell says he also needs to devote time to mounting a write-in campaign on the Constitution Party’s platform against U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan.

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ately, even if their son protests or cries. Since he values playing with your children, it will probably take only a few incidents like this to put a serious dent in his negative behavior. If you and your friends are consistent and work together, the problem should eventually disappear.

Q: I recently discovered that my daughter has been cutting herself. I’ve tried to let her know how much this concerns me, but she’s very sensitive and perceives this as criticism. Do you think we can work this out between ourselves, or is that a naive assumption?

Dr. Greg Smalley, Vice President, Family Ministries: I’m sorry to learn about your daughter’s struggles. With great sensitivity, let me say yes, it’s naive to assume you can handle this alone. Cutting is a serious problem, usually with complicated underlying causes. You should insist that your daughter get professional help. In fact, it would be

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best if counseling involved the entire family. Contact Focus on the Family for a referral.

In the meantime, it might help to understand what’s going on in your daughter’s mind. Cutting is often a response to overwhelming feelings of anxiety or depression.

Cutters basically want control. If a teen is being abused or hurt by someone else, cutting may represent an attempt to “release” the pain through bleeding. She may also be trying to “drown it out” by incurring even more intense suffering upon herself. Cutting can also be a way of expressing anger — by taking it out on herself, rather than running the risk of exposing it to others.

In every instance, cutting is a coping mechanism, a method of managing pain. The cutter can’t be set free from this self-destructive habit until she finds a way to replace cutting with a healthy coping mechanism. Because of this, it’s a mistake to interpret

cutting as a suicide attempt. The cutter isn’t trying to kill herself.

Rather, she’s groping for a way to get through life.

Finally, cutting can be addictive due to the endorphin rush that normally accompanies the body’s self-healing process. For this and many other reasons, we urge you to solicit the help of a counselor. May God grant you wisdom during this difficult time.

Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at jimdalyblog.com or at facebook.com/DalyFocus.

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Mr. and Mrs. Jose Moreno of Houston, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert House of Roswell, are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of Rebecca Moreno to Ike House on Jan. 18, 2014, in Houston, Texas.

Officiating will be Pastor Marcos Ramos at First Baptist of Gulena Park.

Ike has his bachelor’s degree as an electric engineer and is currently working at the company Dow. Rebecca has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and is currently working as a training coordinator at Cameron.

Rebecca Moreno and Ike House.

A look at 10 historic sites saved, 10 lost in 2013 The National Trust for Historic Preservation compiled a list of 10 historic preservation saves and losses from 2013.

10 Sites Saved:

1. Peavey Plaza, Minneapolis, Minn. — Preservationists persuaded the Minneapolis City Council to drop a demolition plan and undertake a rehabilitation plan instead.

2. Jensen-Byrd, Spokane, Wash. — Preservationists persuaded Washington State University to restore and reuse this 104-year-old former warehouse, rather than sell and demolish the structure.

3. Fort Monroe, Hampton, Va. — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell approved a master plan to restore and revitalize this former military base.

4. Stamford Post Office, Stamford, Conn. — A federal court ruled against the sale and demolition plan for this historic post office. The ruling could help preservationists save historic post offices nationwide.

5. Montana’s Upper Missouri River Breaks, Central Montana — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled the Bureau of Land Management violated laws protecting historic sites along this national monument.

6. Terminal Island, Port of Los Angeles — Vacant historic buildings at this former shipbuilding center from World War I and World War II could be saved under a plan approved by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners.

7. Wrigley Field, Chicago — Earlier plans for massive renovations of this historic ballpark have been amended to address the concerns of preservationists.

8. Five National Monuments designated by Presi-

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In this March 26, 2007, file photo, Toby Collodora, left, and Jen Oberg, enjoy their lunch dent Barack Obama — Each site represents a diverse chapter in American history from the Native American and Latino communities of Rio Grande del Norte to the Underground Railroad and the Buffalo Soldiers of the Civil War. 9. New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre — This historic 1920s movie house and performing arts space was severely damaged in Hurricane Katrina but reopened to the public in October after rehabilitation.

10.Waterfront, Charleston, S.C. — A federal court found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated preservation laws when it approved the construction of new cruise ship terminals on the waterfront.

10 Sites Lost:

1. Prentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago — After a long battle during which advocates urged preservation of the building, the way was cleared for the structure’s demolition.

2. Cyclorama Center, Gettysburg, Pa. — The removal of the Cyclorama

Center from the Gettysburg National Park is a loss for advocates of 20th century architecture, though it was supported by some preservationists under the grounds that it would improve the interpretation of the battlefield’s history.

3. Chinese Hospital, San Francisco — Once the only medical facility available to the local Chinese community, the historic hospital was marked for demolition to make room for a new hospital center.

4. The Pagoda Palace Theater, San Francisco — The historic vaudeville theater and movie house was razed in 2013 after 20 years of vacancy and failed proposals for redevelopment.

5. World Port Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York — Was listed among the 11 most-endangered historic sites. Delta Airlines began demolishing the jet-age structure and plans to turn it into an aircraft parking zone.

6. Univision Building, San Antonio, Texas — Demolition began in November

of this 1955 site known as the birthplace of Spanishlanguage broadcasting, to make way for new apartments.

7. St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. — The first Croatian parish in the Western Hemisphere was demolished after the diocese closed its doors in 2000.

8. Charleston County Public Library, Charleston, S.C. — A court case allowed demolition to proceed on this first racially integrated library, built with an open, contemporary design.

9. Hojack Swing Bridge, Rochester, N.Y. — The historic railroad bridge was demolished after a 10-year fight by preservationists.

10. Pompey’s Pillar Vandalism and Government Shutdown — Nine days after the U.S. government shutdown began, this sandstone pillar marking the expedition of Lewis and Clark was vandalized with a new signature carved into the stone while no rangers were guarding the site.

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DEAR ABBY: I’m a 28-year -old woman with a fantastic job, a wonderful boyfriend and many friends whom I love dearly. I’m the only one without a child.

Maybe I don’t understand because I’m not a parent myself, but all my friends can talk about is children. Whereas before, we were interested in each other’s lives, I feel like my concerns and accomplishments are being brushed off.

An example: I was excited to meet up with a pal to talk

about my promotion, but the hour -long dinner was spent mostly teaching her child how to walk between the tables of the restaurant.

I enjoy hearing about my friends and their families, but I feel they are no longer interested in me. Am I expecting too much because we’re at different points in our lives, or am I a bad friend? I’m growing resentful, and I don’t like it.

Any words of wisdom?

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DEAR STILL RELEVANT: You and your friends ARE at different stages of life. When you were in your teens, you and your friends would talk about dating. Then, as you grew older, the conversations revolved around college, jobs and marriage. As people experience the later stages of life, they talk about other things that are going on in their lives

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— children, grandkids, aging parents and, finally, their own health concerns.

You’ll maintain and enjoy these friendships longer if you understand that. In the meantime, try to set some “adult time only” with your friends.

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DEAR ABBY: I have been divorced for 14 years and have dated some, but not a lot. I recently signed up for an online dating service, and here is my dilemma: I have a felony conviction from 25-plus years ago. It did not involve violence, drugs, sex, stealing, etc. It was for a white-collar crime. I received four years of probation, which I served without a hitch.

My question is not if I should tell someone about my conviction, but WHEN. If I say anything at our first meeting, I’m pretty sure it will also be the last meeting. At the same

time, I don’t want it to appear that I was hiding it from them.

I might add, this is the only time I have ever been in trouble with the law. I’d appreciate your advice on how to deal with this.

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DEAR DATING: The time to tell someone about your conviction is when the relationship stops being casual. At that point, you should disclose that there is a chapter from your past that you think the person should know about — and it’s one that will never be repeated.

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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KING FEATURES SYNDICATE Dear Readers: Here is this week’s SOUND OFF, about stores’ operation hours: “My Sound Off is that more stores are opening later in the day, it seems. Stores used to open at 9 a.m.; now it’s 10 a.m. I am sure they are doing it to save money. If they open later, they don’t have to pay employees for that hour. But this is really frustrating for many of us. People who work now have to wait until after work, when traffic is bad, to run some errands. I know it has deterred me a time or two from buying something.

A Reader in Texas”

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Who knows what the reason is? I’d love to hear from retailers. Is it cost? Cutting back on hours? What about your thoughts, readers? Let me know, and I’ll print as many responses as I can.

Heloise SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com

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Dear Readers: Here are other uses for plastic laundry scoops: • Hold a small amount of paint instead of a whole can.

• Dig holes for planting.

• As an easy scoop for birdseed or pet food.

• Use to measure fertilizer for plants.

• As a finger-paint dish for kids.

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Dear Readers: Here are just two responses regarding the Sound Off that ran about businesses unlocking only one of their double doors: M.C., via email, wrote: “Grab the door with the lock on it. It will always be the one unlocked.” (Heloise here: I’ve seen soooo many dif ferent ones. But this is worth a try!)

David C., via email, wrote: “I am a former certified building inspector. The building and fire codes require that both doors must be unlocked during business hours. The customer should notify the local building department or fire inspector and say that one of the doors is kept locked.

Whenever I notified businesses of this, they were unaware of the code requirements.”

David, thank you! Readers, I talked with a multitude of smaller retailers about this, and most really did not have a solid answer, except “That’s the way we have done it.” Better check out what the code is in your area, because you want your customers to be safe!

Heloise

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SANTA FE—The New Mexico Development Department’s Job Training Incentive Program Board approved $399,721.52 in funding at its December meeting for 24 new jobs and Step-Up training for 24 current employees in New Mexico to receive new skills. The funding was awarded to six companies with an average wage of $23.30 for the newly-created jobs.

The next board meeting is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 10.

“JTIP and Step-Up provide companies the opportunity to train New Mexico workers, whether currently employed or new hires, for newly created, well-paying positions,” said Economic Development Secretary Jon Barela.

“Investing in our workforce through JTIP is a wonderful tool for economic development and for New Mexicans.”

December’s JTIP recipients are:

strip Industries and serves as a regional metal service center.

Southwest Steel Coil provides commercial and forming steels in custom sizes, with approximately 85 to 90 percent of its processed metal being exported to manufacturing sites in Ciudad Juarez.

Southwest Steel Coil was recently selected as Exporter of the Year for the region, which includes Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico. $53,500.00 - Step-Up training, 21 employees.

• T itan Aerospace Holdings, Inc., Moriarty - Titan Aerospace Holdings was formed in March 2012 and is a privately held Delaware corporation. Titan has developed a unique solar-powered high altitude long endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) called the “Solara.” The Solara 50 is a high-altitude aircraft capable of flying above 60,000 feet and staying aloft for several years.

Thousands of high-efficiency solar cells power the aircraft and charge the battery banks during the day for use at night. $189,035.00 - 11 jobs.

• Dynamic Systems & Research Corporation, Albuquerque Founded in 2008 by Dr. Danny Frew, DSR produces highly specialized test devices and test equipment, primarily for government agencies and their contractors. DSR strives to provide worldclass technical solutions to its customers, which include The Army Corps of Engineers, The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, The National Institute of Science and Technology, Applied Research Associates, Sandia National Laboratories and Aviation and Missile Solutions in Huntsville, Ala. $3,943.50 - Step-Up training, 3 employees.

• First Research Science and Technology Inc., Alamogordo FRST Inc. was founded in 2012 and designs and manufactures autonomous unmanned system solutions for the Department of Defense and commercial applications with a focus on the integration of platforms in the ground, air, and maritime domains to solve requirements for logistics, security, force protection, fire-

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fighting, and hazardous material operations. $46,020.00 - 1 job.

• Ultramain Systems Inc., Albuquerque - Was founded in Albuquerque in 1980 and is a veteran owned software development company specializing in maintenance and aviation software.USI is comprised of two product divisions: ULTRAMAIN MRO software and ULTRAMAIN Onboard Systems software. The company’s flagship product, ULTRAMAIN®, is an asset maintenance and integrated logistics software and was first released in 1985. $93,368.00 - 8 Jobs, 2 interns.

• Cummins Natural Gas Engines, Clovis - Cummins, Natural Gas Engines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cummins, Inc. and has been operating in Clovis, NM, for 40 years. In 1987 the company was purchased from a Cummins distributor and has grown to 43 employees. The facility in Clovis is an engineering and upfit center that assembles natural gas and propane engines from components from other Cummins facilities worldwide. The engines range from 49 to 1334 horsepower and

are used for industrial and power generation applications worldwide. $13,855.02 - 2 jobs.

About JTIP The Job Training Incentive Program reimburses qualified economic-based companies for a portion of training costs associated with job creation. The program provides for classroom or on-the-job training, reimbursing an expanding or relocating business for up to 75 percent of a trainee’s wages for as long as six months. The amount of the award depends on the number and complexity of jobs, the wages paid, and the business location.

To qualify, new or expanding companies must either create a product in New Mexico, or provide a non-retail service with 50 percent of the company’s costumer or revenue base outside of the state. The eligible jobs must be full-time and year-round. The trainee must be a new hire to the company and have been a New Mexico resident for at least one year at any time prior to being hired.

For more information on JTIP, visit goNM.biz.

Govt might deregulate certain seeds Crude oil extends plunge, price ends below $94 a barrel

• Southwest Steel Coil, Inc., Santa Teresa - Formed in 2000 in Santa Teresa, Southwest Steel Coil, Inc., is a subsidiary of Cal-

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The federal government on Friday proposed eliminating restrictions on corn and soybean seeds genetically engineered to resist a common weed killer, a move welcomed by many farmers but worrisome to scientists and environmentalists who fear it could invite growers to use more chemicals on crops.

The herbicide known as 2,4-D has had limited use in corn and soybean farming because it becomes toxic to the plants early in their growth. The new seeds would allow farmers to use the weed killer throughout the plants’ lives.

Farmers have been eager for a new generation of herbicide-resistant seeds because of the prevalence of weeds that have become immune to Monsanto’s Roundup. But skeptics are concerned that use of the new seeds and 2,4-D will only lead to similar problems as weeds acquire resistance to that chemical too.

“It’s just so clear. You can see that you have this pesticide treadmill effect,” said Bill Freese, a chemist with the Washington, D.C.based Center For Food Safety, which promotes organic agriculture.

Most corn and soybeans grown in the U.S. are already genetically engineered, largely to resist Roundup, which was introduced in 1976. Before that, most farmers tilled their fields prior to planting, flipping the soil over and burying the weeds to kill them.

The technique also exposed

tilled earth to the air, creating problems with erosion and runoff.

Herbicide-resistant seeds permitted most farmers to stop tilling because it let them spray fields after their plants emerged, killing the weeds but leaving crops unharmed.

The new generation of plants “allowed us to do a better job of controlling the weeds, and therefore, we’ve been able to do a better job of preserving the soil, which is our primary natural resource,” said Ron Moore, who grows 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans with his brother in western Illinois.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plant-inspection agency concluded that the greatest risk from the new seeds developed by Dow AgroSciences was increased use of 2,4-D, which could hasten the evolution of weeds resistant to it.

But, the agency said, resistance could develop anyway because 2,4-D is the third most-used weedkiller in the nation.

Freese also raised concerns about 2,4-D’s tendency to drift beyond the area where it is sprayed, threatening neighboring crops and wild plants.

Dow AgroSciences has attempted to address that by developing a new version of 2,4-D and new equipment to use with it, company spokesman Garry Hamlin said. The seeds and new 2,4-D have been approved in Canada but not yet sold there.

The company has targeted their release in the U.S. for 2015, pending approval

by various federal agencies.

In anticipation of that, it has received import approval from multiple nations so that farmers using seeds sold under the Enlist brand name can export their crops and products made from them.

For now, the seeds can only be used in tightly controlled trials.

The public has 45 days to comment on the USDA report published Friday as part of the deregulation process. The Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a separate review on the impact of expanded use of 2,4-D, although it previously found the herbicide safe.

The EPA plans to release a report in the coming months, and the two agencies are expected to make final decisions simultaneously on use of the chemical and seeds. It was not clear when that would happen.

Dow AgroSciences has asked the USDA to deregulate one corn and two soybean varieties. The corn resists 2,4-D and glyphosate, the generic form of Roundup. Both soybean varieties resist 2,4-D, but they differ in their immunities to other herbicides.

The USDA said farmers could help curb resistance to 2,4-D by using a variety of means to fight weeds and not relying solely on the one herbicide.

Eighty-six percent of corn, soybean and cotton farmers in the South and 74 percent of those in the Midwest have had problems with hard-to-control weeds, Hamlin said, citing

private data from agricultural services.

“These growers need new tools,” he said.

Moore said he currently uses both glyphosate and another herbicide in an effort to discourage resistance. He was not certain whether he would use the Enlist seeds and 2,4-D if that became an option because he has not had problems with Roundup resistance.

But he said he knows farmers who have and some have gone back to tilling. Weeds can’t be left in fields because they suck up the nutrients, water and sunlight meant for crops.

“Those are the three things that plants all need to grow,” Moore said. “I don’t want anything competing with my soybeans.”

Freese said he would rather see farmers use organic means to control weeds, perhaps by using cover crops that go into the ground after the harvest to hold soil in place and deter weeds until the next year’s growing season.

Among its critics, 2,4-D is best known as a component of the Vietnam Warera herbicide Agent Orange, which has not been produced since the 1970s.

Agent Orange has been tied to health problems in Vietnam veterans, but scientists do not believe 2,4-D was the culprit. Instead, their research focused on dioxin, a cancer-causing substance found in another ingredient known as 2,4,5T, which was banned by the EPA in 1985.

Roswell development update from Michael Vickers • KBOB’s: Congratulations on the recent opening of the restaurant! It is located in the Sally Port Inn, 2000 N. Main St., and features a fully renovated and upgraded facility in the former Rookie’s bar and restaurant space.

• Dean Baldwin Hangar Improvements: The City of Roswell is partnering with Dean Baldwin and the state of New Mexico to upgrade the mechanical equipment and construct partition walls in the facility.

The project, to take place at 82 Earl Cummings Road, building 1083, will cost $2,200,000 and will improve air flow efficiencies for the painting operations at the Roswell International Air Center.

• Atkinson & Berrendo Apartments: A new multi-family quadplex consisting of 16 units in four separate buildings is slated to be constructed at the southwest corner of Atkinson and Berrendo roads.

The project will feature high-end construction with private drive access to the facilities.

• Church on the Move addition: This new, 22,000-square-foot addition to the existing facility at 901 W. Brasher Road will feature expanded areas for the church. It will also

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consist of site work and landscaping as well as play courts for activities.

• Jimmy Johns Tenant Improvement: A new tenant has taken over the former Cici’s Restaurant space at 2810 A N. Main St.! The project is a conversion into a sandwich shop.

Demolition has begun and construction is soon to follow!

• Westlake Hardware Addition: Westlake is adding on to the front portion of the building to provide more space on the east side of the facility, located at 2810 N. Main St. • Farmer’s Country Market addition: Farmer’s is enclosing the front portion of the building to provide more space to the east side of the facility at 2810 N. Main St. • FedEx distribution facility: This new, 23,000-square-foot facility will be constructed in the Brasher

Industrial Park between SE Main and South Main streets, at 419 E. Brasher Road. The city of Roswell sold the land to the developer and the tract consists of approximately 5 ½ acres of land which will serve as a distribution facility for the FedEx group.

• Maurice’s: This tenant improvement project will occupy approximately one half of the former Rex Store. The facility, at 4531 N. Main St., will total 6,000 square feet of retail clothing sales.

• Barone Dental Office: This new construction project will feature more than 3,100 square feet of floor area and will consist of high-end finishes. It is currently under construction at 250 W. Country Club Road and moving at a rapid pace!

Development Information – Permits

New Residential permits pulled in December: 1 New Commercial permits pulled in December: 0 Total New Permits Pulled in 2013 (Residential): 50 Total New Permits Pulled in 2013 (Commercial): 4

By The Associated Press

The price of oil extended a week-long plunge Friday, falling 1.6 percent to below $94 a barrel, as a rebounding U.S. economy drove the dollar higher and signs continue to emerge that there is an ample supply of crude worldwide.

Benchmark U.S. oil for February delivery fell $1.48 to close at $93.96 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international crude processed by many U.S. refineries, fell 89 cents to close at $106.89 a barrel in London.

U.S. crude fell by $2.98 on Thursday, the biggest one-day drop since November of 2012. Prices have fallen 6.4 percent over the past week, after oil closed above $100 last Friday for first time since October.

A financial recovery in the U.S. would typically drive oil prices higher, given the appetite of the world’s largest economy. But that recovery has been driven in part by a massive bond-buying program at the Federal Reserve that has encouraged investors to buy commodities, which has pushed their prices higher.

The Fed recently began winding that program down, however. That is helping to boost the value of the dollar and leading investors away from oil.

A stronger dollar makes commodities such as oil that are priced in dollars more expensive for buyers using other currencies.

Demand is rising in the U.S., but supplies appear to be sufficient. The Energy Department reported Friday that average petroleum demand over the past four weeks rose 3.3 percent compared with last year. While oil stocks fell by 7 million barrels, that is “above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year,” according to the weekly status report.

U.S. oil production is rising dramatically, and there is a chance that additional sources of crude may soon become available.

Protests at one of Libya’s largest oil fields reportedly ended Thursday, which could allow the field to restart production and deliver more than 300,000 barrels of daily production to the global market. Libya remains unstable, however, and on Sunday a militia group that shut down most of the nation’s oil terminals for months threatened to cut off natural gas deliveries to the capital.

“While recent announcements of a similar nature have failed to materialize and the situation in the east of the country remains in a deadlock, the potential of additional sweet crude supplies are serving to weigh further,” JBC Energy said from Vienna.

The U.S. national average retail price of gasoline edged up less than a penny to $3.33 per gallon, according to AAA, OPIS and Wright Express. That’s the highest level ever for this time of year — 5 cents higher than last week and 4 cents higher than a year ago.

In other energy futures trading: — Wholesale gasoline fell 4.6 cents to close at $2.649 a gallon.

— Natural gas fell 1.4 cents to close at $4.282 per 1,000 cubic feet.

— Heating oil fell 4.8 cents to close at $2.939 a gallon.

BLACKBERRY SUES STARTUP

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. is accusing a company backed by “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest of being a rip-off artist.

The allegations emerged in a patent infringement lawsuit filed Friday in a San Francisco federal court by BlackBerry. The suit targets an iPhone keyboard made by Typo Products LLC, a Los Angeles startup co-founded by Seacrest and entrepreneur Laurence Hallier.

The complaint contends that Typo Products’ keyboard for recent iPhone models illegally copies technology and designs that BlackBerry pioneered years ago for its line of smartphones. BlackBerry is seeking unspecified damages and a court order that would prevent Typo Products from selling the keyboard without a licensing agreement.

Typo Products didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

The keyboard in dispute hasn’t hit the market yet, though Typo Products has been taking early orders for the $99 accessory on its website and says it’s meant to ship in January. It’s designed to slip on to the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S so it can serve as a substitute for the touchscreen keyboard built into the software on those devices.

The physical keyboards on BlackBerry’s phones helped reshape the way that people used mobile devices.

But those phones have been waning in popularity since Apple Inc. released the first iPhone in 2007, threatening BlackBerry’s survival.

BlackBerry still sells phones with physical keyboards that the company now says are being cloned by Typo Products.

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Notice to Property Owners...

Publish January 5, 12, 19, 2014

ORDER NO. 13-34 NOTICE OF REQUIREMENTS TO REPORT CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO PROPERTY VALUATION AND CLAIMING EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXATION

The County Assessor hereby publishes notice to property owners, pursuant to Section 7-38-18 NMSA 1978, as follows:

1. All property subject to valuation for property taxation purposes not valued by the Assessor in 2013 for property taxation purposes must be reported to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014, unless it is not subject to valuation for property taxation purposes in 2014. The report must contain the required information and be on a form that is obtained from the Assessor's office. Section 7-38-8, NMSA 1978.

2. If you have made improvements to real property during 2013 and the improvements cost more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), the improvements must be reported to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014. The information required and the form may be obtained from the Assessor's office.

Section 7-38-8 (C), NMSA 1978.

3. All real property owned by any nongovernmental entity and claimed to be exempt from property taxation under the provisions of Paragraph (1) of Subsection B of Section 7-36-7 NMSA 1978 shall be reported for valuation purposes to the appropriate valuation authority. If a change in eligibility status or ownership of the property has changed, the change shall be reported no later than the last day of February 2014.

Section 7-38- 8.1 NMSA 1978.

4. If you own property that has decreased in value during 2013, and that property is subject to valuation for property taxation purposes, you must report the decrease in value to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014. The report must contain the required information and must be on a form that is obtained from the Assessor's office. Section 7-38-13, NMSA 1978.

5. If you believe that your real property is entitled to head-of-family exemption, veteran exemption or disabled veteran exemption from property taxation, you must apply to the Assessor for exempt status no later than thirty (30) days after the mailing of the County Assessor's notices of valuation in order to be entitled to the exemption from taxation in 2014. Exceptions: If an exemption from taxation was in effect for 2013 and the basis of the exempt status or use is unchanged from that year, application for exemption need not be made for 2014. If you have previously been granted an exemption and now have a change in ownership or status you must notify the Assessor of the change no later than the last day of February 2014 of the change.

If required, application for exemption must contain the required information and must be on a form that is obtained from the Assessor's office. Section 7-38-17, NMSA 1978.

6. Property subject to valuation is presumed to be nonresidential and will be so recorded by the assessor unless you declare the property to be residential no later than the last day of February 2014. If your property has changed in use from residential to nonresidential or from nonresidential to residential use you must declare this status to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014. The declaration must contain the required information and must be in a form that may be obtained from the Assessor's office. Section 7-38-17.1 NMSA 1978.

7. If you are a person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older or disabled, and whose “modified gross income” was not greater than $32,000 in 2014 and you own and occupy a single-family dwelling you may be eligible for a limitation on the taxable value of your residence. The limitation of value specified in Subsections A, B and C under Section 7-36-21.3 NMSA 1978 shall be applied in the tax year in which the owner claiming entitlement files with the county assessor an application for the limitation. The application must contain the required information and must be on a form that is obtained from the Assessor's office. Section 7-36-21.3 NMSA 1978.

8. If your land was valued in 2013 in accordance with the special method of valuation for land used primarily for agricultural purposes, and the land is still used primarily for agricultural purposes, you need not reapply for that special method of valuation in 2014. If your land was valued in accordance with the special method of valuation in 2013, but it is no longer used primarily for agricultural purposes, you must report the change to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014. If your land was not valued in accordance with that method of valuation in 2013 and it is now used primarily for agricultural purposes, application must be made under oath, in a form and contain the information required by department rules and must be made no later than thirty (30) days after the mailing of the County Assessor's notices of valuation in order to be entitled to the exemption from taxation in 2014.

Section 7-36-20 NMSA 1978.

9. If you own “livestock” that is subject to valuation for property taxation purposes, you must report such livestock to the Assessor. All such livestock present in the county on January 1, 2014 must be reported to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014.

If the livestock is transported into the county after January 1, 2014, it must be reported to the Assessor no later than the first day of the month following the first month in which the livestock has been present in the county for twenty (20) days. The report must contain the required information and must be on forms obtained from the Assessor's office. Section 7-36-21 NMSA 1978.

10. If you own a manufactured home [that was not previously assessed] and it was present in the county on January 1, 2014, you must report it to the Assessor no later than the last day February 2014. The report must contain certain required information and must be on a form obtained from the Assessor's office. Section 7-36-26 NMSA 1978.

THIS NOTICE IS ONLY A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 7-38-8, 7-38-8.1, 7-38-13, 7-38-17, 7-38-17.1, 7-36-21.3, 7-36-20, 7-36-21, and 7-36-26 NMSA 1978, and related Taxation & Revenue Department Regulations. It is not intended to reflect the full content of these provisions, which may be examined at the office of the County Assessor.

Done this 10th day of December 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Cesario S. Quintana, Director Property Tax Division

CLASSIFIEDS

GARAGE SALES

006. Southwest 3011 PURDUE Dr., Sat-Sun, 8-1pm, clothes, toys, NFL items, jewlery GIANT SALE, Fr-Su Furniture & More, Monterrey Flea Market #106 outside

ANNOUNCEMENTS 015. Personals Special Notice ANYBODY BULLIED or harassed by security at Roswell Federal Building please write Joe Knight, POB 599, Hagerman.

025. Lost and Found

FOUND WHITE dog, 15-30 pounds and fully trained.

Found in the area of Roswell Funeral Home off of Mansell in Roswell on New Yearʼs Eve. 404-542-1817

025. Lost and Found

FOUND HUSKY or Malamute, large male found in N. Pennsylvania 1/2. At animal control HURRY TO CLAIM HIM BEFORE HE IS KILLED! 624-6722

FOUND LARGE friendly brown dog near Orchard Park and Honolulu. No tags, taken to Roswell Humane Society.

FOUND: Have you lost an orange & white long haired cat around W. Brasher Rd. lately? Does not come to me. Itʼs friendly, just lost & scared not knowing where to go. If you have & think this may be your cat & want to be reunited, please call 575-622-7641.

INSTRUCTION

030. Education & Instructions

MEDICAL OFFICE TRAINEES NEEDED! Train to become a Medical Office Assistant!NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Online training at SC Train gets you job ready! HS Diploma/GED & PC/Internet needed!

1-888-926-6073

Legals

Notice to Bidders...

Publish January 5, 2014

NOTICE TO BIDDERS CITY OF ROSWELL Bid Number: ITB-14-078 CAP No. 13-1436-STB Mistic Sewer Force Main A Unit Price Contract

Scope of Work: This project consists of new construction of approximately 5000 linear feet of 4" diameter HDPE, DIPS-DR 11 force sewer main, 4 pig launching recovery stations, rehabilitation of existing lift station, rehabilitation of existing sewer manhole, and other associated work.

The City of Roswell requests SEALED BIDS until 2:00 P.M.,ON January 28, 2014, in the Council Chamber at City Hall, Roswell, New Mexico for the above bid.

+ All bid proposals will be clearly marked on the outside of the sealed envelope with the bid number shown above. FACSIMILE PROPOSALS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Complete copies of the Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents may be examined in, and obtained from the office of the City Engineer, 415 N. Richardson Ave, Roswell New Mexico, by any contractor licensed in the State of New Mexico. Any shipping or mailing costs will be the responsibility of the respective contractor and/or bidder. To help the City of Roswell defray printing costs; it is requested that unsuccessful bidders return the bidding documents in usable condition within ten (10) business days after bidding. Project Engineer is Louis Najar, P.E., office phone is 575-637-6281, email is l.najar@roswell-nm.gov

This project is located inside the R.I.A.C. (Roswell Industrial Air Center) and contractors must obtain access through the Airport Managerʼs Office, phone 575-347-5703 during regular business hours for a site visit.

All bids received are subject to approval of the City Council at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the City Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids received in case of ambiguity or lack of clearness, qualifications, references, and the right to determine the best bid, or, to reject the same and to waive irregularities and technicalities.

CITY SEAL

/s/ Artie Morrow Purchasing Department

Roswell Daily Record

EMPLOYMENT 045.

Employment Opportunities ADMIRAL BEVERAGE is currently hiring Class A CDL drivers. Position must be filled immediately.

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

Great opportunity for someone looking for long term employment. www.admiralbeverage.com

A FAMILY Friendly Industry is NOW HIRING. Looking for a CHANGE? Try moving from OIL to SOIL.

Delivery Drivers & Custom Applicators Competitive Wages, full benefits package, 401K with company match and paid time off.

Pre-employment drug test required. Drivers must have current CDL w/Hazmat Endorsement & DOT Physical.

Serious Inquires apply at: 103 East Mill Road, Artesia, NM 88210 Call 575-748-3510 for directions to our warehouse.

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Employment Opportunities

PUT GRAPHICS IN YOUR AD! ADD A PICTURE OF YOUR PET, YOUR HOUSE, YOUR CAR, YOUR COMPANYʼS LOGO!

E-MAIL PICTURES TO: CLASSIFIEDS@ RDRNEWS.COM THE ROSWELL Daily Record is now accepting applications for the Full Time position of: OUTSIDE SALES The ideal candidate must possess excellent customer service skills, superior organizational skills a self-starter and strong work ethic. This is a full time position. Interested Applicants please send resume & references to: ROSWELL DAILY RECORD Attn: Vonnie Fischer, 2301 N. Main, Roswell, NM 88201 or e-mail to: addirector@rdrnews.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

Legals

Notice to Bidders...

Publish January 5, 2014

NOTICE TO BIDDERS CITY OF ROSWELL Bid Number: ITB-14-050 Hondo River Bank & Trail Reconstruction A Unit Price Contract

Scope of Work: This project consists of removal and reconstruction of 533 feet of river bank stabilization.

Work includes removals of existing bank and trail, excavation, large solid concrete block retaining wall, interlocking articulating concrete block, structural concrete, sidewalk, header curb, wrought iron fence, traffic control and other associated work.

The City of Roswell requests SEALED BIDS until 2:00 P.M.,ON Janauary 28, 2014, in the Council Chamber at City Hall, Roswell, New Mexico for the above bid.

+ All bid proposals will be clearly marked on the outside of the sealed envelope with the bid number shown above. FACSIMILE PROPOSALS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Complete copies of the Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents may be examined in, and obtained from the office of the City Engineer, 415 N. Richardson Ave, Roswell New Mexico, by any contractor licensed in the State of New Mexico. Any shipping or mailing costs will be the responsibility of the respective contractor and/or bidder. To help the City of Roswell defray printing costs; it is requested that unsuccessful bidders return the bidding documents in usable condition within ten (10) business days after bidding. Project Engineer is Louis Najar, PE, office is 575-637-6281 and email is phone l.najar@roswell-nm.gov All bids received are subject to approval of the City Council at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the City Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids received in case of ambiguity or lack of clearness, qualifications, references, and the right to determine the best bid, or, to reject the same and to waive irregularities and technicalities.

CITY SEAL

/s/ Artie Morrow Purchasing Department

045.

Employment Opportunities

045.

Employment Opportunities

NEED CASH? Be your own boss & build your business at Blairs Monterey indoor market at 1400 W. 2nd. Booths start at $75 mo Call 623-0136

THE TOWN of Dexter is accepting applications for a part time position within the PARKS AND RECURATION DEPARTMENT (Lake Van Agent). Salary: 11:00 per hour. Four hours a day Sunday -Saturday.

Avon, Buy/Sell. Become Ind. Sales Rep $10 to start Sandy 317-5079 ISR

BELL GAS #60, 1815 SE Main, PT time, must be 18, pass drug test and police background check. Must be able to work different shifts.

RENAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES (Roswell office) is accepting resumes for certified medical assistant (CMA). Position will be part time, approximately 25 hours per week. Anticipated start date is 2/10/2014. Please submit resume to Renal Medicine Associates, 313 W. Country Club, Suite 12, fax to 575-627-5835, susan.d@renalmed.com REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENIST Must be comfortable with Soft Tissue Management using Prodentec guidelines.

Send resume to PO Box 1897 Unit 365 Roswell, NM 88202

Phlebotomy Certification Class (Blood Drawing), January 25 & 26, $300.

505-410-7889 or 505-410-9559 swphlebotomy.com

CODE WELDING & Fabrication is seeking Welders Helpers and General Laborers for ongoing and upcoming projects.

Requirements are posses a Valid INSURABLE Drivers License, be able to pass pre employment drug screen, and adhere to all safety policies and procedures. Pay is Depending On Experience . Send resume to PO Box 1545 Artesia NM 88211-1545 or you may pick up an application at 2404 Industrial Ave in the Industrial Park.

WE ARE COMFORT KEEPERS

EXPERIENCE THE JOYS AND REWARDS Of Being A Comfort Keeper

Quality of life is important to everyone. Helping seniors maintain their independence is what being a Comfort Keeper is all about. We provide many services such as, meal preparation, light housekeeping, running errands, medication reminders and personal care. Our Comfort Keepers come first, that is second to none in the area. We are looking for days, nights and weekend hours with competitive pay. If you want to learn more about becoming a Comfort Keeper, stop by our office today to learn more. EOE 1410 S. Main St

Roswell, NM 88203 Ph. 575-624-9999

WWW.COMFORTKEEPERS.COM

Over 650 independently owned & operated offices worldwide.

HANDI-MAN NEEDED apply in person 2803 W 2nd St.

Qualifications: HS diploma or equivalent; valid NM Driver's License. Applicant must have the ability to interact with co-workers and public in a friendly, professional manner; physical ability to safely and effectively perform required duties; must be able to operate light/medium equipment, must work well under limited supervision.

Applications and Job Descriptions are available at Town Hall, 115 E 2nd Dexter NM. Applications will be accepted until January 08, 2014, at 2pm.

The Town of Dexter is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug/Alcohol-Free Environment. All applicants must sign a Drug/Alcohol Test Consent Form and undergo a pre-employment physical exam upon offer of employment; refusal to do so discontinues the employment process.

SALES AGENTS Highly reputable, growing company needs 3 new sales agents to serve clients statewide. · $75K+ earning potential in first year · 4-day workweek (overnight travel typical) · Ongoing training & incentives Interviewing This Week: (855) 819-9811 pltnm.com/Roswell

ADVERTISE YOUR DRIVER JOBS in 33 New Mexico newspapers for only $100. Your 25-word classified ad will reach more than 288,000 readers. Call this newspaper to place your ad or log onto www.nmpress.org for more information.

NATUREʼS DAIRY is now taking applications for a full time clerical, data entry position. Cash register, computer skills and experience helpful. Apply at 5104 South Main St. Roswell. Monday - Friday 8am-5pm.

ACCOUNTING FIRM has immediate opening for Bookeeping and office support staff. Candidates must have basic bookeeping skills, good computer knowledge, proficient in Word and Excel, and ability to multi-task. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications. Send resume with cover letter and references to: Office Position, PO Box 3194, Roswell, NM 88202-3194 LINCOLN, NM Small irrigated livestock farm seeks VERY experienced long term ranch hand/family to oversee all areas of farm and ranch including cattle/horses and their feed, irrigation, welding, fence, doctoring, and general repair. References required. Must have valid NM drivers license, speak English and have adequate transportation.

575-653-4041

Roswell Daily Record 045.

Employment Opportunities

LICENSED ELECTRICIAN wanted the Artesia area.

Competitive pay, 401k and insurance. Oilfield experience preferred. Call 575-748-5704 for more information ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Needed at Family Owned Service Business, Full Time Position, Experience in Accounts Receivable & Microsoft Office. Apply in person at 1206 W. Hobbs

LINCARE, LEADING national respiratory company seeks caring service repres. Service patients in their home for oxygen and equipment needs. Enthusiastic, organized, and self motivated.

Age 21 and over, who can lift up to 120 lb. CDL w DOT required. Growth opportunities are excellent.

Drug-free workplace. EOE NOW HIRING for part time housekeeping, front desk night audit and day shift.

Please apply at 1201 N. Main St.

CAR RENTAL Company has openings for car wash attendant and counter sales/rental associate.

Applicants must have clean driving record and be drug free. Neat appearance and dependability for these positions. Apply at Avis Rent a Car inside airport.

ROCK AND Coal Construction now has an opening for Safety Coordinator in the Carlsbad area.

Field position. Great pay and benefits, 401k plan, etc. Must have MSHA knowledge. For more info please call Travis Surrat, 304-763-8392 or fax resume to 304-683-5601

045.

Employment Opportunities

PERSONAL ASSISTANT, housekeeping and yard work. Able to pass background check.

415-336-4850 ALBUQUERQUE MAIL SERVICE INC. Is now accepting applications for Full time freight drivers in the Roswell area. Work week would be Monday-Saturday from approximately 9 PM to 11 AM, Must have a current class A or B Commercial Driver's License, Current medical card, at Least 2 years driving exp or have completed truck driving school, and at least 23 years of age. Albuquerque Mail Service supports a drug-free work environment. If you have submitted an application in the last 90 days no need to re-apply.

Applications can be printed from our web page

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

210.

Firewood/Coal

FIREWOOD, $125 per cord, cut & split, in Roswell.

Call 624-1611. Best wood in town!!

albuquerquemailservice.com

or contact our office at 505-843-7613. Please submit a current MVR with application.

SERVICES

100. Babysitting WILL DO babysitting at my home for reasonable rates, any shift, 317-0963

105. Childcare

CLEAN LICENSED daycare home, all ages, North, reasonable rates 420-6803

140. Cleaning

JD CLEANING Service, Licensed and bonded.

References. 623-4252

195. Elderly Care

WILL DO home health care and/or housekeeping. Have references. 317-0963

CEDAR, PINON firewood seasoned/split. Any amount. Call 420-4532.

CORDOVA CHIMNEY Sweep. 575-623-5255 or 575-910-7552 FIREWOOD, oak, pinon, cedar, fur, elm, well season, full or half cord, you pick up or delivered.

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

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

225. General Construction

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

230. General Repair

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

CLASSIFIEDS

232. Chimney Sweep

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

Dust free Guarantee.

39 yrs Exp., Licensed, Insured. Bulldog Janitorial Services 575-308-9988

235. Hauling

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

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

270.

Landscape/ Lawnwork

LIGHTHOUSE LAWN-SERVICE Residential & Commercial.

Basic lawn care, property clean-up, mowing, tree trimming, pine removal, raking, snow removal, handyman maintenance.

No job too big or small, we do it all! Free estimates, call Danny Guevara at 575-921-5671

285.

Miscellaneous Services

WW LAWN Service Property cleanup - Mowing - Shrub & hedge trimming & much more. Call Juan, 626-6121.

KEEP IT Clean, landscaping, mowing, trimming, cut down trees, clean-up and etc. 910-2033

285.

Miscellaneous Services

LET ME market your collectibles and art to 127 mil. ebay users. Online seller, with 14 yrs experience as the know how to get the most money for your treasures! Call Karl 420-3777 Canada Drug Center is your choice for safe and affordable medications.

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

STRUGGLING WITH YOUR MORTGAGE AND WORRIED ABOUT FORECLOSURE? REDUCE YOUR MORTGAGE & SAVE MONEY. LEGAL LOAN MODIFICATION SERVICES. FREE CONSULTATION. CALL PREFERRED LAW 1-800-915-0432 HOUSE CLEANING Service, responsible, references, honest, 6 year experience. For more info.

637-1597 during 8am-6pm

310. Painting/ Decorating

www.rancheroswelding.com

410. Tree Service

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

623-4185

QUICKCUT TREE services FREE written detailed estimate. 575-208-8963.

Root and insect treatment.

(January 5-19 only) Purchase of tree removal & get clean-up & hauling FREE. 20% Senior citizen discount. Licensed & insured contractor.

Financing Available.

Allenʼs Tree Srvc. Trim top removal, good clean up.

Free estimates. 626-1835 RWC On site repairs or fabrication. Insuranced.

www.rancheroswelding.com

TIME TO PAINT? Quality int./ext. painting.

Call 637-9108.

490. Homes For Sale

Hector (575) 910-8397

FINANCIAL

www.rancheroswelding.com

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

350. Roofing

Guaranteed Shingle Roof jobs. Locally owned.

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

RWC SHINGLE Roofings.

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

395. Stucco Plastering

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

REAL ESTATE

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

5BR/3BA, 2 car garage, nestled away on Old Clovis Hwy, or could use as a 3br/3ba w/hobby rooms.

Comes w/6 acres & water rights & many trees.

Mobile home/RV hookup, outbuildings, sheds, $377k, $35k down. Owner financing available, 575-416-1454 or 575-622-6786 2BR/1BA, LARGE living room w/laundry room, 409 W. Summit, 912 sqft, gross living area. 806-729-2383 3BD/2BA HOUSE, 2 car garage, RV storage, large beautiful backyard, clean and great location. $243,000 317-6069

SELF STORAGE units for sale, 104 units, plus access land, serious inquiries only.

317-0029

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

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

Mobile Home Lots for sale: Lot size 50x134 $19,500.

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

LOT at E. Wells at RIAC 113x122 clean lot, $7500, $1500dn, $200mo, 0% int.

575-361-3083.

NICE LOT for sale, 1200 W. Stone, $7k terms.

622-6786.

RENTALS

1&2Bd, util pd, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No pets, call M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331 1BDRM,1BA, No pets, No Hud,mid-town, water pd., $600 monthly,call 420-6988

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Apartments Unfurnished

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

Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma or GED certificate and five (5) years of experience related to the standard duties as outlined or completion of a post-secondary degree or certificate. Go to https://jobs.nmsu.edu to submit an application. For additional information please call Bobbie Jo Willingham, HR Specialist at 2349208 or carlsbadhr@ad.nmsu.edu. Closing Date: January 17, 2014.

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520. Lots for Sale

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492. Homes for Sale/Rent

500. Businesses for Sale

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510. Resort-Out of Town

OWNER CAN finance, for rent or sale, 2br, 1210 N. Union, you can paint, $53k, $4k down, $550/mo.

622-6786

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COMMERCIAL BLDG. For sale, 14000 Sq. Ft. West 2nd Call 317-0029

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Apartments Furnished

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Investment/ Commercial/ Business Property

435. Welding

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

345.

Remodeling

Dennis the Menace

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Custodial Worker II

Facilities Maintenance

SALARY

Air Center Electrician Airport Hourly Range: $13.1368-$18.0647 (Current Journeyman Electrician License Required) (DOQ) Deputy Court Clerk

Library Page I (PT)

Municipal Court

Library

Pecos Trails

Wastewater Electrician Water- WWTP (Current Journeyman Electrician License Required) Water & Sewer Maintainer I (CDL License Required)

Water Production Operator II

Water-Maint & Transmission

Water- Source of Supply

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Starting Rate: $8.4681/hr

1/7/14

Starting Rate: $7.9618/hr

1/7/14

Starting Rate: $10.1615/hr

1/7/14

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Starting Rate: $9.8513/hr

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Rate: $13.1368-$18.0647/hr (DOQ)

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Starting Rate: $10.8077/hr

Starting Rate: $10.8077/hr

540.

Apartments Unfurnished

ALL BILLS PAID 1BR $544, 2BR $653, 3br/2ba $753/mo., ref air, newly remodeled. 502 S. Wyoming. 622-4944

FIRST MONTH FREE 3br/2ba, $753, 1000 sqft, all bills paid, cold central AC, newly remodeled, 502 S. Wyoming, 622-4944.

PICK UP A LIST OF AVAILABLE RENTALS AT PRUDENTIAL ENCHANTED LANDS, REALTORS, 501 NORTH MAIN.

EFF, 1 & 2br, wtr paid, No pets, laundry fac, stove/ref.

Mirador Apts, 700 N. Missouri. 627-8348.

1 or 2bd, furnished-unfurnished, no smoking/Hudpets all bills pd. 623-6281

EFF, 1,2 BR, downtown, clean, wtr pd. Stove & frig.

No Pets/HUD. 623-8377 CENTURY 21 HOME PLANNING 3117 N Main, 575-622-0021 314 S Birch Apt C 1bed/1bath $450 1 1/2 La Paloma Apt A 1bed/1bath $500 2403 N Grand Apt B 2bed/1bath $700 36 C Bent Tree, 2bed/2bath $825 Please call or stop by for more listings

APARTMENTS AVAILABLE from $300-600 HUD Approved, Call Ron 575-416-8077 for more information 1&2Bd, 3 locations, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No Pets, M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331 BETTER LIVING is within reach! 2br/1ba $592, 3br/2ba, $674, 5br/2ba $812, central H/C, fridge, stove, DW, GD, W/D hookups, 2 refreshing pools, Section 8 Vouchers accepted, 623-7711, Villas of Briar Ridge.

1700 N. Pontiac Dr. 2br/1ba, stove & fridge, a/c, heating air, water paid. 575-317-5040

Very nice 2br/1.5ba, Apartment. North location, garage, $800/mo, $400/dep, 1 yr lease, no HUD or pets, 420-4535.

302 W. 9th, 2br/2ba, laundry room, call 910-4225.

2br/1ba, stove & refrigerator. Call 840-4333 or 910-8170.

2 BDR apt. South location, 6 mo lease. $600/mo, utilities pd. $300 dep. No pets, 420-4535 2BR/2BA TOWNHOUSE, near ENMMC wash/dryer, new paint, $1000 plus lights, garage. 420-8746

545. Houses for Rent-Furnished 2BR/2BA TOWNHOME fully furnished available for immediate move in. No pets, please call 420-0519

1&2Bd, util pd, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No Pets, call M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331

CUTE HUD approved 1BR Mostly furnished. Fenced, water paid no smokers/pets need references. 623-1662 behind 400 E. Mathews

CLOSING DATE

Parks and Recreation Director Recreation Administration Salary Range: $51,031.71-$65,130.83/yr.

Transit Vehicle Operator (PT) (CDL License Required)

D3

RWC Lath and Stucco.

Insuranced. Hector (575)910-8397

www.OmahaSteaks.com/gifts69

3 LINES OR LESS . . . ONLY $ 68 9 NO REFUNDS • Ads posted online at no extra cost

395. Stucco Plastering

WRAP UP your Holiday Shopping with 100% guaranteed, delivered–tothe-door Omaha Steaks! SAVE 67% PLUS 4 FREE Burgers - Many Gourmet Favorites ONLY $49.99. ORDER Today 1-800-773-3095 Use Code 49377DLY or

Garciaʼs Lawn Service, sprinklers & much more at low price. 914-0803.

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

Call Joseph, 317-2242.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Until Filled 1/7/14

TO APPLY: All applicants must submit an application for each job for which they are applying. Failure to submit a complete application packet and all its requirements will invalidate your application. Application and job description(s) for the above position(s) are available on our website at www.roswell-nm.gov. The City of Roswell offers a competitive benefit package which includes medical, life, vision, dental, and retirement! Completed applications must be received in the Human Resources office by 5:00 p.m. of the closing date to be considered. All positions are subject to preemployment post offer drug testing.

The City of Roswell is an EOE/Drug Free Employer

NEED AN extended stay rental, all bills paid?

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D4 Sunday, January 5, 2014 545. Houses for Rent-Furnished

EXECUTIVE TOWN House, fully furnished, 3bd., 2 full baths, W/D, 2 car garage, utilities pd., No Hud, No pets, dep. required $1850 monthly. Available 2/1/14, 710 N. Sycamore, call 317-2195

550. Houses for RentUnfurnished 311 W. Wildy duplex, 2/2/1 car gar., W/D hookup, stove, frig, d/w.

No Hud, Pets/Smokers. $700/mo. 317-2059

555. Mobile 550. Houses for Homes for Rent Rent32ʼ 5TH wheel with slide out $550mo. Dexter area Unfurnished Call 910-0474 for details

3BR NEAR ENMU-R, #20 Murphy Place, HUD approved, w/garage, ldry rm, new carpet, very clean, $670/mo. 623-6999 or 317-2945

TIRED OF Landlord Headaches? We can help! Prudential Enchanted Lands Realtors Property Management 575-624-2262

4bd 2ba $1200/mo. $800/dep. No Bills Paid, No Pets, Non-smoking. HUD welcome! (619) 392-9140.

3/2/1, large heated/cooled shop/garage, wood floors, updated kitchen, appliances included. Very nice.

Large backyard. $975/mo, $600/dep. 606 Willow Dr. Available 1/15/2014.

575-840-8222.

2BR/2BA, 1 car garage, townhouse, close to Lovelace & ENMMC, $800/mo, $300/dep, 575-910-1605 1516 N. Pontiac, 2 br, 1 ba, near parks, new stove & new ref, W/D hookups, hardwood floors, completely remodeled, fenced yard, very clean and cute, $600 monthly, plus dep., No large dogs (small or medium okay), No HUD. References and Rental History required. Call 578-3034

Ranchette 3br/2ba, acre Midway. Al 575-703-0420, $55k, $5k down.

1111 N. Washington #13, 2br/2ba, detached laundry room. 910-4225 3BD/1BA $650/MO. $350 clean dep. No pets, No HUD, 1617 W. Walnut. No bills paid. 575-623-9115 3br/2ba, 1730 N. Delaware. Please call 575-626-0456.

GOOD LOCATION, large 3bd/2ba appliances, wash/dry. hookup, all electric. $800mo. $600dep.

No pets, Hud Ok. 914-0531 3BR NEAR Kmart. No pets no Hud. 301 E. Ballard Call 575-317-6283.

2/1/1 DUPLEX, North side, washer/dryer hkup.$700mo $500dep. 910-0827

CENTURY 21 HOME PLANNING 3117 N Main, 575-622-0021 518 W McGaffey 2bed/1 bath $525 3 Hillcrest 2bed/1bath $800 3404 Bandolina 3bed/2bath $1100 2705 Highland 3bed/3bath $2200 Please call or stop by for more listings 3 BDRM, 2BA, 408 S. Cypress. $800m. $600 dep.

No pets/HUD. 626-3816 305 S. Evergreen, 2br/1ba, coverd carport, shed, appliances, fenced yard, $750/$500 dep, dogs w/fee, no HUD or utilities pd. 575-405-0163 or kilok9s@gmail.com 45 A & 47 A St, RIAC, 2br/1ba, W/D, wtr pd, no pets or HUD, $400/mo, $200/dep. 575-626-5213

558.

Roommates Wanted

ROOMATE WANTED ASAP 3bd/2ba, $388mo.

All bills pd, cable included.

Call 318-7517

560. Sleeping Rooms

SINGLE PERSON sleeping rooms private entry & deck.

3/4 ba. All bills pd. Inquire 105 N. Missouri 755-7555

580. Office or Business Places 1139 S. MAIN Over 2200 sqft, all new plumbing, electrical, ref. air, wired for individual offices. $2000/mo. 626-6765

2600 N. Main, 750 sqft, $950. Call John Grieves at 626-7813, Broker PELR.

FOR LEASE, space in Sunwest Centre Office Complex at 500 N. Main St. Various size spaces.

Owner-paid utilities and janitorial. Suite customization available. High floor space available for larger tenants. Call Ed McClelland, Broker or come by Suite 606. Office 575-623-1652 or mobile 575-420-2546

585. Warehouse and Storage WAREHOUSE ONLY 9000 SF partial a/c & heat, security alarmed, 2 garage doors, 2 standard entry doors, $1000/mo. 2001 S. Main behind Family Furniture. 575-937-0889 or 575-257-0888

MERCHANDISE

605.

Miscellaneous for Sale

NEED FURNITURE Shop Blairʼs for the best prices on used furniture, beds, dressers, table & chairs, living room sets, patio sets, bookshelves, appliances, antiques, collectibles, home decor & housewares, saddles, tools, movies, plus lots more. Open daily 9-5, closes Wed. 627-2033

Power wheelchair, hospital bed, oxygen cyl. Invacare patient lifter. 622-7638 Commode chair, crutches, grab bars, walker, elevated toilet seat, 622-7638.

605.

Miscellaneous for Sale

LARGE OAK table 42 X 70 plus two 18 in. leaves; 6 caneback upholstered chairs. $400 622-6733 DIRECTV - Over 140 channels only $29.99 a month. Call Now! Triple savings! $636.00 in Savings, Free upgrade to Genie & 2013 NFL Sunday ticket free!! Start saving today! 1-800-264-0340 DISH TV Retailer. Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & High Speed Internet starting at $14.95/month (where available.) SAVE! Ask About SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 1-800-315-7043 QUEEN SIZE pillow top mattress set. 910-0218

KING SIZE bed top mount Kenmore refrigerator both like new, large parrot cages. Solid wood and tables. 910-3657 WOOD STOVE, reduced price, $200. 622-6786.

50 YR old Duncan phyfe dropleaf dinning table $300 OBO. Baby crib, like new, make offer. 624-2961 or 626-6942 Lift Reclining chair brown, with heat and vibrating.

Like new $200 622-3467

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

ESTATE SETTLEMENT Never throw ANYTHING away before calling us!

Our services include Auctions (our facility or yours), Tagged Estate Sales, Complete/Partial Buy-Outs & Real Estate Auctions, Firearms, Jewelry & Collectibles.

Prompt removal of entire households and property cleanouts. Whether you need to sell a few items or an entire estate check with us and we will do our best to beat any offer you receive. Call today to find out how our experience can help you get more $$.

Wild West Auctions, LLC 623-7355 or 840-8401

AH NUTS is buying pecans Monday thru Friday 9am-11:30am, at 4402 N. Brown Road, 575-208-9575.

TOP DOLLAR Paid for furniture, collectibles, appliances, antiques, tools, saddles, plus anything else of value. We pay cash with same day removal of all items. Compete/partial households & personal estates welcome.

623-0136 or 910-6031

CLASSIFIEDS

620. Wanted to Buy Miscellaneous

745. Pets for Sale

WE BUY PECANS, Top Prices Paid.

512 W. McGAffey

BUYING PECANS, Haley Farms, 30 yrs exp, fair prices, calibrated scales, Tuesday & Thursday, 2pm-5pm, 5018 W. Country Club Rd, new crop only.

630. Auction Sales

ADVERTISE YOUR AUCTION in 33 New Mexico newspapers for only $100. Your 25-word classified ad will reach more than 288,000 readers. Call this newspaper for more details. Or log onto www.nmpress.org for a list of participating newspapers.

635. Good things to Eat

BUYING PECANS, Haley Farms, 30 yrs exp, fair prices, calibrated scales, Tuesday & Thursday, 2pm-5pm, 5018 W. Country Club Rd, new crop only.

FROZEN GREEN Chile, dried red chile & chile powder, local pinto beans, peanuts & pecan, ristras, jams & jellies, fountain drinks, fresh eggs, Alfalfa Hay, Wheat, Sudan & Oat hay, small & large bales, we accept credit cards & EBT. GRAVES FARM 622-1889 NEW CROP Western pecans, shelled halves $9/lb, quarters $8.50/lb, pieces $8/lb. Will deliver in Roswell area only if purchase 5# or more.

Call 575-623-3315.

715. Hay and Feed Sale

ALFALFA BALES 4x8 $225, Sorgum bales 4x8 $75, Oat bales 4x8 $100.

Call Janet at 575-626-0159

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E-MAIL PICTURES TO: CLASSIFIEDS@ RDRNEWS.COM

514 E. 6th St. 3br, 1ba ref. air/heat $600mo $400 dep. req. No Hud, no bills paid, small pet only 317-1371 26 A Bent Tree duplex 2br/2ba garage $750dep, $75o rent, 1 yr lease.

627-9942 VERY NICE and big 3bd/2ba house, at 807 Trailing Heart, $1275mo $1000dep. 626-3977 or 622-6629

612 LA Paloma -NE 3br/2ba w/gar, walk to schools, fenced yd, stove, ref, w/d hu, fire place, ref. air. Pet on approval. $1,000mo/$1000dep.

History req. No HUD.

GOOD, SAFE, quiet neighborhood, nice, clean, 3br, 1.5/ba. Call 420-8706.

3BR/2.5BA, NICE house, nice area, fenced backyard, $1350/m, 575-637-0777 406-A E. 3rd, 2br/2ba, wtr pd, no pets, $550/mo, $300/dep. 910-9648 ON LAKE VAN Dexter, great view, 111 Fairway, 706-2114 or 706-1245

SMALL 1br/1ba, $425/mo, #10 Morningside.

575-622-6786 SAFE QUIET area near Mountain View school.

3br/1ba. Large shady yard.

East Charleston Rd. $610/mo, water pd.

575-527-0875 or 480-276-0399

780. RV’s & Campers Hauling REDUCED PRICE, heavy duty flat bed trailer, 3 axles, 6 brand new tires, $3500.

Also two axle flat bed trailer $1950. 622-6786

TRANSPORTATION 790. Autos for Sale

CHIHUAHUA PUPS- 5 months old and about 5lbs... on sale for $100.

Also 1 older male black POMERANIAN pup 10lbs $400 All registered and all puppy shots.

575-914-0765

PAPILLON TRIO, 1M, 2F, proven breeders, $350 each or $1000 for all.

575-302-5033

RECREATIONAL 780. RV’s & Campers Hauling

MAIN TRAILER Sales Inc. New & Used Travel Trailers & 5th Wheels. Parts & Service. 2900 W. 2nd St. 575-622-1751.

Mon-Fri, 8-5:30, Sat. 9-2. maintrailersalesinc.com

CASA MARIA HEALTHCARE CENTER is a 118-bed skilled nursing facility, providing quality care for seniors in Roswell. We have opportunities on our team for :

RNs/LPNs Full-Time, 6A - 6P (Day shift) & Friday - Sunday, 6P - 6A (Night shift) * $2,000 Sign-On Bonus for full-time RNs and $1,500 for full-time LPNs, available for a limited time until January 31st!

Current New Mexico RN license and LTC experience needed.

CNAs Full-Time, 2P - 10P * $1,000 Sign-On Bonus for full-time CNAs, available for a limited time until January 31st!

Qualified candidates must have completed an accredited program or possess a New Mexico CNA license; LTC experience preferred.

Competitive pay rate and benefits package for full-time positions. Submit resume or apply in person:

Casa Maria Healthcare Center 1601 S. Main St • Roswell, NM 88203 Kathy Adams • kathy.adams@fundltc.com Ph: 575-623-6008 • Fax: 575-622-6651 www.fundltc.com EOE,M/F/H/V, Drug-free workplace/Smoke-free building

NAVAJO REFINING COMPANY - ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO ANNOUNCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

POSITION: # 1INSTRUMENT CRAFTSMAN- (The Company reserves the right to hire a #2 in the event that no #1 is available)

HOURS OF WORK: 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Overtime as well as weekend on-call rotation is required.

REQUIRED SKILLS: Candidates must have a strong background in instrument maintenance and troubleshooting along with construction gained either through work experience or technical school training.

Experienced with the maintenance of distributive control systems, analyzers, and PLC expertise helpful. Must have a strong background in understanding of refinery instrumentation and troubleshooting of P & I diagrams, loop sheets, control valves, recorders, controllers, and process control valves.

REQUIRED EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent. A minimum of three (3) years relevant work experience is required.

BACKGROUND REQUIREMENTS: Must complete a comprehensive written pre-employment examination. Must be able to read and interpret blueprints and control loop sheets. A comprehensive physical examination must be satisfactorily completed. A DRUG SCREEN IS PART OF THE PHYSICAL. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Manual dexterity requirements include climbing to heights exceeding 100’, working in close confined spaces, and wearing of respiratory protective equipment.

MENTAL CAPABILITIES: Ability to analyze and solve problems quickly and efficiently, ability to multi-task and cope with several problems or projects at the same time. Make decisions and take responsibility.

BENEFITS: A comprehensive fringe benefit package for employee and family. The program includes medical, dental, life insurance, vision, disability insurance, paid holidays, paid vacation, 401K and retirement plans.

REMUNERATION: $33.64 per hour for #2 and $35.37 per hour for #1. A 180-day probationary period applies. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate must reside within 30 minutes of the Artesia Plant and be able to be contacted by telephone.

WHERE TO APPLY: http://hollyfrontier.com/careers/

by Thursday January 16, 2014.

Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F

790. Autos for Sale

OLDSMOBILE ONE owner almost new tires, spoiler excellent. Great gas mileage $3200, 622-1437

2001 FORD Explorer, automatic, low miles, $1000 down w/approved credit, 1401 Old Dexter Hwy, 420-1352.

2005 LANDROVER, Freelander V6, leather interior, fully loaded, excellent condition, low miles 73k, $6850. 420-1352 1988 NISSAN Pathfinder, runs great, $1850, owner financing with $1000 down. 420-1352

SHOW US WHAT YOUʼRE SELLING! INCLUDE A PICTURE IN YOUR AD FOR JUST $5!

E-MAIL PICTURES TO: CLASSIFIEDS@ RDRNEWS.COM

795. Pickups/ Trucks/Vans

2008 FORD F150, ext cab, heavy duty 4x4, tow package, only 88k miles, $14,850. 420-1352 1999 TOYOTA Tacoma, 132k miles, $4500 OBO. Fuel eff. 420-2191

2006 RAM 3500, dually, 5.9 turbo diesel, 4 wd, auto, 1 owner, 79,200 mi., bedliner, grill guard, 575-626-5244.

1999 DODGE Ram 1500, 132k miles, $4500, quad cab, single owner, Call or lv msg, 625-2477.

FOR SALE dependable short bed 1966 Ford-four speed F-100 Pickup.

317-2749. $1,600 OBO

05 SILVERADO 2500 HD 2wd reg. cab, std, 67k, $7300 626-6942/624-2961

CLASSIFIEDS INDEX

Announcements

005 Special Notice 010 Card of Thanks 015 Personals/Special 020 Transportation 025 Lost & Found

Instruction

030 Education 035 Music – Dance/Drama 040 Instructions Wanted

Employment

045 Employment Opportunities 050 Salesperson/Agents 055 Employment Agencies 060 Jobs Wanted – M & F

Services

Changing Lives Everyday.

790. Autos for Sale

04 TT Cruiser 118K miles $4100, 575-201-8218

GERMAN SHEPHARDS Registered, 2-7mo. female & 6 wk old puppies.

910-1730

2&3Bd, 1&2Ba, pmt hist reqd, No Hud, No Pets, call M-Th 8a-4p 624-1331

2811 EMERALD 3 bdr/1bth Stove and refrigerator, references needed. $650/mo. plus utilities $500 dep. 575-910-2510

Roswell Daily Record

070 Agricultural Analysis 075 Air Conditioning 080 Alterations 085 Appliance Repair 090 Auto Repair 100 Babysitting 105 Childcare 110 Blade Work 115 Bookkeeping 120 Carpentry 125 Carpet Cleaning 130 Carpeting 135 Ceramic Tile 140 Cleaning 145 Clock & Watch Repair 150 Concrete 155 Counseling 160 Crafts/Arts 165 Ditching 170 Drafting 175 Drapery 180 Drilling 185 Electrical 190 Engraving 195 Elderly Care 200 Fencing 205 Fertilizer 210 Firewood – Coal 215 Floor Covering 220 Furniture Repair 224 Garage Door Repair 225 General Construction 226 Waterwell 230 General Repair 232 Chimney Sweep 235 Hauling 240 Horseshoeing 245 House Wrecking 250 Insulation 255 Insurance 260 Ironing & Washing 265 Janitorial 269 Excavating 270 Landscape/Lawnwork 280 Masonry/Concrete 285 Miscellaneous Service 290 Mobile Home Service 293 Monuments 295 Musical 300 Oil Field Services 305 Computers 306 Rubber Stamps 310 Painting/Decorating 315 Pest Control 316 Pets 320 Photography 325 Piano Tuning 330 Plumbing 335 Printing 340 Radio/TV’s/Stereo’s 345 Remodeling 350 Roofing 355 Sand Blasting 356 Satellite 360 Screens/Shutters 365 Security 370 Sewer Service & Repair 375 Sewing Machine Service 380 Sharpening 385 Slenderizing 390 Steam Cleaning 395 Stucco Plastering 400 Tax Service 401 Telephone Service 405 Tractor Work 410 Tree Service 415 Typing Service 420 Upholstery 425 Vacuum Cleaners 426 Video/Recording 430 Wallpapering 435 Welding

440 Window Repair 441 Window Cleaning 445 Wrought Iron 450 Services Wanted

Financial

455 Money: Loan/Borrow 456 Credit Cards 460 Insurance Co. 465 Oil, Mineral, Water, Land Lease/Sale 470 Investment: Stocks/Sale 475 Mortgages for Sale 480 Mortgages Wanted 485 Business Opportunities

Real Estate

490 Homes for Sale 495 Acreage/Farm/Ranch 500 Business for Sale 505 Commercial Business Property 510 Resort Out of Town Property 515 Mobile Homes/Sale 520 Lots for Sale 525 Building Transfer 530 Real Estate Wanted

Rentals

535 Apartments, Furnished 540 Apartments, Unfurnished 545 Houses, Furnished 550 Houses, Unfurnished 555 Mobile Homes – Rental 560 Sleeping Rooms 565 Rest Homes 569 Mobile Home Lots/Space 570 Mobile Home Courts 571 RV Parks 575 Resort Homes 580 Office/Business Rentals 585 Warehouse & Storage 590 Farms/Acreage – Rent 595 Miscellaneous for Rent 600 Want to Rent

Merchandise

605 Miscellaneous for Sale 610 Garage Sales, Individuals 611 Garage Sales, Businesses 615 Coins/Gold/Silver 620 Want to Buy – Miscellaneous 625 Antiques 630 Auction Sales 635 Good Things to Eat 640 Household Goods 645 Sewing Machines 650 Washers & Dryers 652 Computers 655 TV’s & Radios 660 Stereos 665 Musical Merchandise 670 Industrial Equipment 675 Camera/Photography 680 Heating Equipment 685 Air Conditioning Equipment 690 Business/Office Equipment 695 Machinery 700 Building Materials 705 Lawn/Garden/Fertilizer 710 Plants/Flowers 715 Hay & Feed Sale 720 Livestock & Supplies 721 Boarding Stables 725 Livestock Wanted 730 Poultry & Supplies 735 Poultry Wanted 740 Show Fowl 745 Pets for Sale

Recreational

750 Sports Equipment 755 Bicycles for Sale 760 Hunting & Camping Equipment 765 Guns & Ammunition 770 Boats & Accessories 775 Motorcycles 780 RV’s/Campers 785 Trailers Wanted

Transportation

790 Automobiles for Sale 795 Trucks & Vans 796 SUV’s 800 Classic Automobiles 805 Imported Automobiles 810 Auto Parts & Accessories 815 Wanted – Autos