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Thursday, April 4, 2013 Volume 20, Issue 7

Publisher: Charles Fischer Editor: Rey Berrones Ad Design: Sandra Martinez, Steve Stone Columnists: Donald Burleson, Stu Pritchard Roswell Daily Record Staff Writers: Ilissa Gilmore, Jessica Palmer Roswell Daily Record Staff Photographers: Bill Flynt Contributing Writers: Michael Richardson Contributing Photographers: Morgan Smith Get in touch with us online Facebook: facebook.com/PecosVisionMagazine Twitter: twitter.com/PecosVision Pinterest: pinterest.com/VisionMagazine Email: vision@rdrnews.com www: rdrnews.com/?page_id=215 For advertising information, call 622-7710

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In The Spotlight

The UFO of Roswell Birding Festival

Culture

March for Babies

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An Angel Tree Cello

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Arts

Celebrate the Arts

On The Cover

Stage

Flamencoʼs Next Generation

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Those Unforgettable Black Rims

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History

Charlie Bowdrieʼs final day

UFOlogy

NM Legislature acknowledges Roswell UFO crash

Pictured is a Vermilion Flycatcher hunting for bugs among the cottonwoods at Rattlesnake Springs. Rattlesnake Springs is one of the locations for the upcoming UFO of Roswell’s first annual birding festival.

Photographer: Bill Flynt

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Courtesy Photo Pictured from left, Wendy, Julianna and Chris Cook. The Cook family is one of the teams marching in this year’s event.

March for Babies

The annual March of Dimes fundraiser starts bright and early at Cielo Grande on April 13.

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Ilissa Gilmore Record Staff Writer n an effort to help more parents hear the pitter-patter of tiny feet, more than 150 Roswellians are expected to pound the pavement during the March of Dimes’ annual March f or Babies, scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m, Saturday, April 13 at Cielo Grande Complex.

According to the the New Mexico Depar tment of Health, more than 27,000 babies will be born in New Mexico this year. Of that, about 8 percent will be born too soon.

March for Babies takes place in about 900 communities nationally, with more than seven million participants.

The Roswell event will be the first of four March for Babies events in the state, said Becky Horner, March of Dimes division director for southern New Mexico.

“I'm really excited about Roswell and the growth we've seen,” she said.

Last year, the event drew 150 walk-

ers and raised more than $38,000.

Par ticipants in the 2013 Roswell March for Babies are expected to raise more than $40,000 to support prematur ity and bir th def ect research and treatment.

Along with the 3-mile walk, Horner said the event also will be a day of games, food and music.

“It's more of a festive attitude that day," she said. “It's a fun, f amily morning.”

Participants can choose to walk individually or as a team and can fundraise online.

In 2012, local group Team Ryan raised more than $1,000. Team member Sher idan Gluff also is the Roswell volunteer coordinator for March for Babies.

Gluff said the goal of Team Ryan this year is to raise $7,500 in honor of the organization's 75th anniversary.

The group, which has as many as

50 members, is named in remembrance of Ryan, the first born son of Sheridan and her husband, Wayne.

Ryan died three years ago from a congenital heart defect. Sheridan and Wayne now have a 1-year-old son, Kaleb.

"I'm a part of this because I don't want other f amilies to go through what we did," she said. "No family should have to learn about a birth defect from the coroner's office."

The organization plans to lobby the state Legislature next year for a bill, called Ryan’s Law, that would mandate that all newborns be screened for 98 percent of heart defects, she said because “unfortunately, some are still undetectable.”

This will be Sheridan’s third walk and the event is something she looks forward to every year.

“This is the only thing I can do for my son,” she said. “That’s why it’s so easy for me to get involved. I can’t really describe it — it’s just important to me.”

She said the walk also helps to create a community of people, who have

similar experiences and therefore, understand and relate to one another.

“It kind of makes the burden a little bit less,” she said.

Another member of this community is Wendy Cook, Community Relations/Volunteer Services Supervisor at Lovelace Regional Hospital.

Without research performed by the March of Dimes, Wendy said she and her husband, Chris, would have lost their daughter, Julianna.

Born at 27 weeks, Julianna developed two conditions common among premature infants. The first could have been fatal, the other could have caused blindness.

Now 4 years old, Julianna is healthy and will walk with Wendy in the first March for Babies event for both. For Wendy, it’s a truly amazing feeling.

“She is, in every way, a miracle to us,” she said. “She’s a fighter and we’re blessed to have her here.”

To create a team or find more inf ormation, visit marchforbabies.org.

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n angel provided a gift of music to one lucky Roswell youth - an angel and a lot of charitable people and groups. The tale begins with the Angel Tree, featured in December 6, 2012 Vision Magazine, Christmas trees where family’s and children’s can write down their wishes for that holiday season.

The trees last year were located at Walmart, K-Mart, Leprino Foods Company, The Roswell Daily Record, Roswell Ford and Desert Sun. The public provides the gifts and donations to make these dreams come true. Then volunteers from such organizations as Gateway Church and Redeemer Christian Fellowship Church gather not only the items collected, but also the wishes and the tags from the trees so the gifts can be matched with the child, and brought to the Salvation Army.

Captain Beau Perez described it as a massive undertaking. Volunteers create the packages that go to the families, including toys and food. As packages were checked, one stood out. “It

had a guitar in it. It was pretty obvious,” said Melanie Deason Salvation Army volunteer who is an aficionado of music and a saxophone.

As the volunteer sorted through the tags and the bags, she discovered that one wish was not going to be granted. One Jose Ramirez would not receive his wish, a cello. She commented that it was said that the Angel Tree could grant one gift of music, the guitar for Jose’s younger brother, Santiago, and not Jose.

“The Captain said ‘ask the music lady,’ which was me, and I thought: ‘What do I know about Orchestra, I play saxophone?’ Deason said. She took up the challenge. One of the first calls she made was to Dr. Sara Montgomery. She asked for a cello, but none were available. The process of finding an instrument was complicated by the fact the cello could not be standard size. It needed to be a streamlined version of the classic instrument, designed for 10 to 12 years olds. However, Deason put her faith in the right person. “Sara Montgomery is

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A boy and a cello come together with the help of a few “angels.”

Many Roswell community groups work together to ensure a Christmas wish comes true.

By Jessica Palmer Record Staff Writer the key to the entire project,” she said.

A retired music teacher, Montgomery works with the Roswell Arts Program, and is the Orchestra Director for the Kids Arts ProgramS (KAPS).

She continues to teach violin and cello to the young and young at heart. She holds string classes at SOY Mariachi from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Montgomery spoke modestly about her contribution to the project. “There were many elements to this. It’s wonderful to see how it all came together.“ She wants to share the joy of music. “It does my heart good see young kids singing their hearts out. Their enthusiasm is a wonder. Every time I listen to them, I do it with a grin

Dr. Sara Montgomery gives a cello lesson to Jose Ramirez as his family looks on.

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on my face.”

One of the other essential elements to the project were the Noon Optimists. Deason contacted Cecilia Mayne of the Mellow Cello Shoppe, who took the cause to the Optimists.

Mayne, who has been a tenyear member, elaborated: “The Noon Optimist philosophy is to give money to help children in Roswell and Chaves County. We sponsor children needing medical treatment. We sponsor lots of different sports, baseball, soccer, golf . On a national level the Optimists grant scholarships and hold essay contests.”

Granting a child’s wish and acquiring a cello for 12-yearold Ramirez was a project tailor made for the Noon Optimists. “When the Noon Optimists voted in the initial $200, they provided the seed money to get this off the ground,” Deason said. Several individuals also contributed to the funds.

However, the acquisition went through several permu-

tations. A cello became available, but the family notified the organizers that they planned to relocate. The move fell through, but by this time, the once available cello found another home, and the process began anew.

Perseverance worked.

Southwest Strings, an Arizona-based firm, heard of the boy’s plight from the organizers and gave the group a discount. Mayne said that early in March, after three month, the wish that Jose placed on the tree came true, and Jose received his cello.

“The KAPS programs are the custodians of the cello,“ said Deason. The group will retain the instrument once Jose has outgrown it where it came bring the joy of music to another pair of young hands.

SOY Mariachi too have been instrumental, long acting as a repository of instruments for young students, and Montgomery gives Jose his lessons.

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For more information, call 4462113, or visit ShroudNM.com.

April 6

Trinity Site Tour The Trinity Site Biannual Tour is Saturday, April 6, at Trinity Site in White Sands Missile Range. The gates are open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. A caravan will lineup at 7 a.m. and will leave from Tularosa High School Athletic Field Parking lot at 8 a.m., or visitors may drive to the Stallion Gate entrance on their own. Cameras are allowed at Trinity Site but their use is strictly prohibited anywhere else on White Sands Missile Range. There is no admission fee for this event, and no reservations are required. For more information call 575-678-1134 or visit www.wsmr.army.mil, driving directions are available on website.

Saturday April 13

Ocotillo Performing Arts Center

Holly Frontier / Navajo Refining Company presents the Side Street Strutters jazz band. In 1983 a group of talented musicians attending Arizona State University formed a musical ensemble whose artistic focus centered around the musical traditions of early New Orleans jazz. Now, over 25 years later, the same core members are still together and have expanded their musical palette to include over a half-century of jazz styles from early New Orleans Dixieland and blues to big band swing and popular standards. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $25 at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center. For more information, visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

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April 6

The Fab Four Come to the Spencer Theater始s presentation of The Fab Four and you can credibly say that you始ve seen The Beatles live in concert. Well, not the real Beatles, but about as identical a facsimile as possible. The Fab Four is elevated far above every other Beatles tribute due to their precise attention to detail. With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of

their early career between 1963-1966, then the psychedelic era from 1966-1967 and finally the Vietnam War and Beatles breakup era from 1967-1970. The concert tribute hits the Spencer Theater stage at 7 p.m. Excellent seats are available for $69 & $66.

Call the Box Office at 3364800 or visit spencertheater.com for tickets.

A pre-show Fish & Chips Buffet will also be available ($20) starting at 5 p.m.

Artesia April 13

Side Street Strutters Holly Frontier / Navajo Refining Company presents the Side Street Strutters jazz band. In 1983 a group of talented musicians attending Arizona State University formed a musical ensemble whose artistic focus centered around the musical traditions of early New Orleans jazz. Now, over 25 years later, the same core

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members are still together and have expanded their musical palette to include over a halfcentury of jazz styles from early New Orleans Dixieland and blues to big band swing and popular standards. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $25 at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center. For more information, visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

Carlsbad April 6

Carlsbad Spring Fling 12:00pm until 4:00pm This is third Annual Carlsbad Spring Fling that will be held at the Carlsbad Beach Bandshell from noon - 4 p.m. This event is to kick off Spring Break with a fun and safe event. Local busnesses will have booths with prizes for the children.

There will also be music and dancing for all ages.

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April 6

Robin Scott Solo Robin Scott will be playing his solo acoustic set at YelloBrix located at 201 N. Canal Street at 8 p.m. For more information, call 941-2749.

April 8 - 12

Teen Adventure Week 2013 It is time for Teen Adventure Week 2013! If you know a young person currently in 7th, 8th or 9th grade who is interested in a fun week of caving and hiking this spring break around our parks. The adventure begins Monday, April 8th, and continues until Friday, April 12th. Registration is $50.

If you have any questions please call Helen Fields at 785-3127 or stop by the National Park Service Administration Office, 3225 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad NM to register.

Clovis April 12

The Latin Comedy Jam The Latin Comedy Jam featuring Dillon Garcia, Luke Torres, Jerry Garcia, and more. Voted the funniest comedy tour of the year is at the Clovis Civic Center at 7 p.m.. The Latin Comedy Jam is a historical event that has entertained people around the globe. This tour features some of the funniest comedians in the business, who have been featured on The Latin Kings of Comics,

In Living Color, Mad TV, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, HBO, Comedy Central, UPN The Parkers, Que Locoʼs Comic View, BET, Gabriel Iglesias Stand-Up Revolution and more. For more information, vall 602-690-6922.

The Momentum Tour

April 19, 20, 26, 27 and May 3, 4

April 13

Hobbs April 12

Trace Adkins Trace Adkins is at the Lea County Event Center at 7:30 p.m. In the fifteen years since his platinum debut, Trace Adkins has released ten studio albums, three greatest hits packages, thirty chart singles.

He has racked up four Grammy nominations, five ACM and CMT awards. Accolades like that – along with sales in the tens of millions – explain the respect Adkins has earned from both Country fans and the industry alike. Trace will be in Hobbs, NM on April 12, 2013. Get your tickets now

Wednesday April 10

The Unity Center

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Two Jabberwockies easily sacrificed umpteen televisions, then the Jabberwockies noisily bought five subways, because umpteen televisions ran away extremely drunkenly, yet tickets towed umpteen fountains, but Batman grew up, because the silly chrysanthemums perused Jabberwockies.

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April 18 - 28

The Importance of Being Earnest Tickets are now on sale for the hilarious farcical comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest”, an Oscar Wilde play directed

by Jonathan Bertschinger (“Line”). Working within the social conventions of late Victo-

If you would like to schedule an appointment, call (575) 623-9322

rian London, the characters maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations. A long time audience favorite, “Earnest” has been revived as recently as 2011 on Broadway, and been adapted three times for the silver screen. All seats $10. Tickets can be purchased via the ticket icon on the left side of our website, or by clicking here. Show dates are

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Those Unforgettable Black Rims “Those Unforgettable Black Rims,” premieres 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 19, at the C.A.T.S. Playhouse, 2257 34th St., Lubbock. Subsequent showings are Saturday, April 20, Friday, April 26, Saturday, April 27, Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. All show times are 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students, and for groups of 10 or more, $8 per person. For more information, visit www.catsplayhouse.net, or call 806-792-0501.

Roswell

Every Week, Mon, Wed, Fri

Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield - The Early Years This Walker Aviation Museum display will remain through the end of the year. This exhibit features a short history of the base and many items from the WWII era, as well as information about the planes that 7 >>

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Every Week, Mon, Wed, Fri

Peace Through Strength This Walker Aviation Museum exhibit is a tribute to the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron assigned to Walker Air Force Base during the early 1960s.

The squadron was responsible for operating and maintaining 12 Atlas missile silos around the greater Roswell area. The exhibit was funded through a grant from the Association of Air Force Missileers. For more information, call 247-2464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.

Every Week, Wed, Sat

Karaoke at Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge Karaoke at Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge at 118 East Third St. from 9 p.m - until people stop singing.

Every Thu

Ritmo Latino at El Toro Bravo Ritmo Latino plays El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 622-9280.

Every Week, Thu

Los Band Dʼ Dos at Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen Los Band Dʼ Dos playing Latin Pop and Country music at Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen at 2103 N. Main from 6 p.m - 9 p.m. For more information, call Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen at 622-4919.

Every Saturday

Saturday April 6

Anderson Museum

Flamencoʼs Next Generation is putting on a flamenco show on April 6 at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Arts. The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and admission is free.

The group will be putting on a emotive and very visually colorful show, and in addition to the new world styles, they will be performing “Sedillanas” to round out the performance with some classical flavor. Sedillanas are a very old and traditional dance with castenets, which is as musical as it is visual. There are four planned soloists; Dancer, Miquela Sanchez; Bata de Cola, Illeana Gomez; Guitarist, Alejandro Pais and Cante, Veronica Medina. For more information on Flamencoʼs Next Generation, or the ISA, visit institutespanisharts.org. For more information on the Roswell show, call the Anderson Museum at 623-5600.

Every Week, Fri, Sat

David and Tina at El Toro Bravo David and Tina plays El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 622-9280.

Open Mic at Ginsberg Music Ginsberg Music opens up the stage every Saturday from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. P.A. system and drums are provided, all other instruments must be brought by the musician.

Sept 22, 2012 - May 26, 2013

Eddie Dominguez: Where Edges Meet Where Edges Meet is the first major museum exhibition devoted to a comprehensive view of Eddie Dominguezʼs artistic journey that spans over thirty years of studio practice.

The exhibition features many types of work that Dominguez has created including mixed media, works on paper, performance, and the ceramic sculpture environments that he is well known for. For more information, visit roswellmuseum.org.

The Gallery’s very special Guest Artist for April is lifelong Roswell Resident Bobby Goode His award winning work includes Metal Art, Nature Photography & Wood Turning Please Join us for his Artists Reception on Sunday, April 10, 2013 From 1:00 to 4:00 PM, and enjoy his exhibit for the entire month of April

Monday through Saturday 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM 107 East 5th Street Roswell, NM 88201 575.625.5263 www.rfal.org

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Jan 18 - Aug 4

Martie Zelt: In Spaces Between The Roswell Museum and Art Center presents the exhibit Martie Zelt: In Spaces Between. Zelt is a Roswell printmaker who has lived in the community since 1989 after completing a second fellowship with the Roswell Artist-inResidence Program. Over thirty assemblages produced during the last twelve years are contained in the exhibition that runs through August 4.

Zelt makes her own paper, and starts with a printed ground―either a collagraph, monoprint, or photo etching―to which she adheres fabric scraps, plant materials, and other media including stitched thread and graphite or pastel markings. The finished works are playful, highly nuanced abstractions that speak of the natural and manmade worlds through which she has traveled. Many allude to her flower garden and surroundings in southeastern New Mexico. Zeltʼs work is represented in the collections of the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum of Art, University of New Mexico Art Mu10 >>

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f you have never seen an authentic flamenco performance, Flamenco's Next Generation is the perfect opportunity. As part of the Xcellent Music at AMoCA ser ies, the Maria Benitez Institute for Spanish Arts (ISA) is putting on a flamenco show on April 6 at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Arts (AMoCA). The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and admission is free.

The ISA is a Santa Fe based organization that gives flamenco classes and workshops to children and adults year-round. They maintain a spanish connection by taking students to Spain, with their next trip planned for 2014.

The ISA and Flamenco's Next Generation is the brainchild of Maria Benitez. Having traveled the world over, lear ning and performing dance, and with studies under masters of ballet and flamenco, Benitez built a long and storied career in dancing that spanned multiple continents.

Benitez established the Maria Benitez Spanish Dance Company in the early 1970s.

This company, which later changed its name to the Institute for Spanish Arts has since done two things. First, it has performed all over the globe, for roughly 1.18 million people in more than Take the

1,600 venues with more than 40 tours. Second, it has brought hundreds of students in to learn the artistry of flamenco.

According to Mari Angulo, the operations manager for the ISA, "Maria Benitez toured since the 1960s. She went all over the world ... and she wanted to pass the torch and disseminate the art of flamenco to younger generations so that it wouldn't be forgotten.

That is one of the missions of the ISA, to perpetuate the Spanish arts."

Part of the ISA is Flamenco's Next Generation, which is a group of dancers that have been training with Benitez for the last decade.

Angulo said, "Maria Benitez planted the seed that allowed these girls to do this. They are Flamenco's Next Generation, and it is their show."

Flamenco's Next Generation is the group that Benitez has passed to torch onto, and they have had several summer seasons in Santa Fe where they present both classical and new world flamenco.

Of course, because the Anderson Museum does not have a traditional theater where sets can be built, and costumes can be changed on the fly, this show will be more practical in nature, and will involve the audience in much the same way that one would

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Maria Benitez and the Institute for Spanish Arts are keeping the living art of Flamenco alive by teaching a new generation of dancers.

By Rey Berrones Vision Editor in Spain. "We will talk to the audience about flamenco, and how to interact with the dancer," said Angulo, "We will teach the audience El Jaleo, which is basically cheer ing the dancer on.

When you see that the dancer is really putting all they got

into the perf ormance, and you really want to show your appreciation, you say 'Ol'e,' or 'Guapa!'"

The group will be putting on a emotive and very visually colorful show, and in addition to the new world styles, they will be perf orming "Sedillanas" to round out the performance with some classical flavor. Sedillanas are a very old and traditional dance with castenets, which is as musical as it is visual.

There are four planned soloists; Dancer, Miquela Sanchez; Bata de Cola, Illeana Gomez; Guitarist, Alejandro Pais and Cante, Veronica Medina.

For more information on Flamenco's Next Generation, or the ISA, visit institutespanisharts.org. For more information on the Roswell show, call the Anderson Museum at 623-5600.

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Courtesy Photo RISD students create masks in one of the many art activies from the Arts Connect program.

Celebrate the Arts

Every year the Creative Learning Center gives the public the opportunity to celebrate the creative accomplishments of the youth in Roswell.

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oswell is fortunate in that we have a program that reaches out to all of our elementary school children and exposes them to art, music, dance and other forms of self-expression. Housed at the Creative Lear ning Center, the RISD Elementary Arts Integration Program, Arts Connect program gives Roswell children the opportunity to learn and grow creatively. Celebrate the

Arts Day is an opportunity to come together as a community and celebrate this creative voice.

According to Cindy Simmons, the director of the program, "There are almost 6,000 kids, and we have ten teachers that travel to all the children, and what we will gallery on that day is their artwork. In addition to displaying the artwork, they will also be able to participate in an art activity

that day, either a performance or a visual arts activity. Each grade level team will have a different activity."

Steve Ackerman, visual arts instructor said, "The visitors can finally have a first-hand experience of what the children are doing in the schools."

He stressed that this event is open to everyone in the community, and people don't need to have a child in the

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schools to be welcomed to the event. "This is a city-wide event. We want anybody in the community to come make art," he continued.

This year's event will have door prizes, which are huge baskets full of art supplies.

Inside the baskets are materials that will let the children explore whatever form of expression they feel the most comfortable using, as it will have visual art supplies, as well as tools for music and dance.

The baskets reach to the core of what the staff at the Creative Learning Center are trying to do. The children of our community are at school every day, and while some may be struggling at home, or may have other problems, it is important to expose each child to a variety of forms of expression. From the printmaking forms of Matisse, or the musical expression Mozart, or even Led Zepplin, eventually, something is going to wake up the soul of these young children and start up their engines. Simmons said that the school day, "is six hours of opportunity to have a positive effect on these chil-

dren's lives."

The program is nine years old, and having arts instructors interact with every child in the district from K-5 from the beginning of the year to the end of the year is unusual.

The arts instructors stay in the schools because our district administration supports the program, which is ultimately good for children. Getting out to an event like Celebrate the Arts Day sends a message to the school administration that this sort of thing is important to the community.

This year, the driving theme is that the arts connect you with your soul, whether it is through dancing, singing, or painting. The heart, mind and hands connect to create and express.

If you would like to join the celebration, the Celebrate the Arts Day will be held at the Roswell Civic Center on April 13. Doors will open at 10 a.m. and the event lasts until 3 p.m.

More information about the RISD elementary arts program is available at the RISD Creative Learning Center, 200 W. Chisum St., or by calling 637-3301.

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Feb 8 - Sept 28

Vision: 2013 Invitational Exhibition On Friday, February 8 from 57 pm the Roswell Museum and Art Center opens the exhibition Vision, featuring the work of five artists from northern New Mexico who practice traditional techniques, yet make their art relevant to todayʼs society. Kevin Burgess de Chávez (tinwork), Drew Coduti (tinwork), Catalina Delgado-Trunk (papel picado), Damian Velasquez (furniture), and Frederico M. Vigil (true fresco) are represented in the exhibition that continues through September 28, 2013.

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Feb 22 - April 7

Conflicted: Exhibition by Roswell Artist-in-Residence Fellow Ryder Richards Roswell Artist-in-Residence Ryder Richards created an exhibit that draws inspiration from the West, reflecting on romance of violence as a cultural construct. Drawing his inspiration from Giambolognaʼs

late Renaissance works “Rape of the Sabine Women” and “Hercules Fighting the Centaur Nessus” in Florence, Richards new works present flat construction versions of the original sculptures held aloft by a wooden network of scaffolding reminiscent of defunct drive-in movie screens, billboards, and towers lining the local highways. Dwelling on the uniquely conflicted relationship between victim and oppressor, utility and language, the works reflect a theatrically imported propaganda subjected to locality. For more information call 624-6744.

March 8 - May 26

Bruce Berman: Border Stories This exhibition at the Roswell Museum and Art Center features Bruce Bermanʼs collection “Border Stories,” which chronicles the life on a border torn apart by the drug war. A documentary photographer with a gift for writing poignant accompanying narratives, Berman has worked for professional magazines and journals such as Time, the New York Times, Newsweek, Fortune, Vanity Fair, and Texas Monthly. Today, he teaches photojournalism at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. For more information call 624-6744.

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Friday April 12

Two-time national champion banjo player and slide guitar phenom Tony Furtado plays Pecos Flavors Winery at 7:30 p.m. He has lived primarily on the road for the last two decades. He is gregarious, engaging and entertaining, on and off stage. Heʼs been called a genius on banjo and slide guitar and his own creative interpretation- hybrid of Americana and indie rock is captivating. Onstage, whether playing with a band or solo, he owns the room, mixing stories of his travels with musicianship that is off the charts. Admission is $15. For more information, call 627-6265.

April 5

Sam Dunahoo Sam Dunahoo plays Pecos Flavors Winery at 7:30 p.m.

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Michael Mazurek and Jesse Morgan Barnett, two of the cofounders of the Dallas Biennial. The exhibit is from 6 p.m.

- 9 p.m. Light refreshment and energetic conversation will be had. This exhibit is part of the ongoing First Friday exhibitions. For more information, visit ryderroswell.com/thecube. The Cube is located at 8 Howard Cook Rd.

April 6

1st annual S.O.Y. Mariachifest

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The 1st annual S.O.Y. Mariachifest is at the Cielo Grande Ampitheater, located at 1612 W. College. Doors open at noon, with performances from 2 p.m. 9 p.m. There will be performances by Mariachi Buenaventura, Mariachi Aguilas, Mariachi Nuevo Amanecer, Los Ninos De SOY Mariachi and Roswell Folklorico. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

Tickets are available at Villegas/Morales Insurance Agencies, the Roswell Hispano Chamber of Commerce and El Metate. For more information, call 625-2886.

April 6

Esperanza House Kickin Country Gala The Esperanza House Kickin Country Gala features Barbecue, Barn Dance, Live Auction, Silent Auction and Music

by Hillside Recording Artist, Jody Nix & The Texas Cowboys. It is at the Eastern NM State Fair Grounds Arts and Crafts Building from 5 p.m. 11 p.m. $25 per person includes BBQ Dinner, Barn Dance, Live and Silent Auction. All proceeds from this event go to support child abuse and sexual assault programs of Esperanza House, Inc. Roswell and Artesia, NM. Tickets can be purchased by calling 575-625-1095 in Roswell or 575-736-2020 in Artesia or visit esperanzahouse.com.

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April 6

Flamencoʼs Next Generation Flamencoʼs Next Generation is putting on a flamenco show on April 6 at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Arts.

The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and admission is free. The group will be putting on a emotive and very visually colorful show, and in addition to the new world styles, they will be performing “Sedillanas” to round out the performance with some classical flavor.

Sedillanas are a very old and traditional dance with castenets, which is as musical as it is visual. There are four planned soloists; Dancer, Miquela Sanchez; Bata de Cola, Illeana Gomez; Guitarist, Alejandro Pais and Cante, Veronica Medina. For more information on Flamencoʼs Next Generation, or the ISA, visit institutespanisharts.org. For more information on the Roswell show, call the Anderson Museum at 623-5600.

April 9

Roswellʼs Out of this World Job Fair The Out of this World Job Fair is from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Roswell Convention Center, located at 912 N. Main. Job seekers bring multiple copies of your resume, and dress for success. For more information call 624-6040.

201 S. Garden. Doors open at 5 p.m. admission is $10. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.

April 10

Legislative Lunch and Learn The Legislative Lunch and Learn is at the Roswell Chamber of Commerce from 11 a.m.

- 1 p.m. RSVP by Monday, April 8 by emailing candace@roswellnm.org or calling 623-5695.

April 12

Friday April 12

Inn of the Mountain Gods

The academy of country musicʼs “best new male vocalist of the year” Brantley Gilbert will be roaring into town with his “hell on wheels” tour! Brantley and his very special guest Kip Moore are making a rare appearance in our intimate venue at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Never again will you get to be this close to the hottest country superstars as they are selling out 20,000 seat arenas all over the world. Gilbert has topped the charts over and over again with monster hits like “Country Must be Country Wide,” “You Donʼt Know Her Like I Do” and “More than Miles.” And Kip Moore is at the top of the charts too, with “Somethinʼ About a Truck” “Beer Money,” and “Hey Pretty Girl.” The Brantley Gilbert and Kip Moore Concert is at 8 p.m., at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, located at 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd., in Mescalero, New Mexico. Ticket prices start at $35. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.

April 10

The Momentum Tour The Unity Center presents The Momentum Tour, featuring

Close to Home, Set Us On High, Adestria, Alive in Standby, and Myka at the Roswell Boys and Girls Clubs,

Tony Furtado Two-time national champion banjo player and slide guitar phenom Tony Furtado plays Pecos Flavors Winery at 7:30 p.m. He has lived primarily on the road for the last two decades. He is gregarious, engaging and entertaining, on and off stage. Heʼs been called a genius on banjo and slide guitar and his own creative interpretation- hybrid of Americana and indie rock is captivating. Onstage, whether playing with a band or solo, he owns the room, mixing stories of his travels with musicianship that is off the charts. Admission is $15. For more information, call 627-6265.

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Tournament The 4th Annual Random Partners Alien Country 42 Domino Championship Tournament, Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m., at the Roswell Adult and Senior Center, located at 807 N. Missouri. The entry fee is $15 per person (cash only) and registration is from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. There will be Trophies and cash prizes. For more information call 2182321.

April 13

Gardenerʼs Market “Gardenerʼs Market” plant sale from your local Home Garden Club is 8 a.m. until everything is sold out. The show is in Cahoon Park across from the pool. There will be garden plants, house plants, iris bulbs, succulents, childrenʼs plant activity table, an assortment of plants and starters.

Bring your gardening questions and let our friendly club members help you out. For more information, call Jan Smith at 910-1657 or Pam Davis at 914-3729.

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April 13

1st annual Truck Challenge The Roswell Dragway is holding the 1st annual Truck CHallenge from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

There will be Bracket Racing, 2WD and 4WD Racing, and “Street & Fun & Grudge.”

There will be trophies and gift certificates for events going on throughout the day. For more information, call 840-4407 or visit roswelldragwaynm.com.

April 13

Celebrate the Arts Celebrate The Arts Day will be in the Civic Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is a yearly event organized by the Creative Learning Center (RISD) to celebrate the creative efforts of all the elementary school children of Roswell. For more information, call 6373301.

April 13

The 2nd Annual UFO Country 42 Domino Championship Tournament The 2nd Annual UFO Country 42 Domino Championship Tournament, Saturday, April 13, at 8:30 a.m., at the Roswell Adult and Senior Center, located at 807 N. Missouri.

The entry fee is $40 per team (cash only) and registration is from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. There will be trophies and cash prizes. For more information call 218-2321.

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Onward to Olympas Facedown Records artists Onward to Olympas and The Burial will be playing a Unity Center show. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.

April 17

Pecos Valley Iris Society Sunday April 17, 2013, the Pecos Valley Iris Society will meet in the Cedar Room of Eastern New Mexico Medical

Center at 2 P.M. The speaker will be Dean Goodman the horticulturist at Westlake Hardware. The topic will be “Companion Plants for your Gardens and New Plants that will do well in the Roswell area”. For more information please call: Sue Chambers at 622-6329.

April 18 - 21

Hairspray The ENMU-Roswell Theatre Department will present Hairspray April 18-21 and April 2528 in the Performing Arts Center on campus. The highenergy production will include a cast of 20-plus members and a live band. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and children under 10.

ENMU students with ID and groups of 10 or more are $5 each. Show tickets can be purchased at the Box Office located in the Performing Arts Center Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cash or credit cards are accepted. Discounted tickets must be purchased through the Box Office. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.showtix4u.com For more information, call the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 575-624-7398.

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April 5, 6, 12, 13

And There Were None Lincoln County Community Theater presents “And There Were None” by Agatha Christie April 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $16 for military. Eight guests who

have never met each other are invited to a mountain cabin by an absent host. There are also two house servants that have been hired to help out over the weekend retreat. When all the guests are assembled, an eerie recording is played accusing each person of commiting a murder in their past.

Then one by one the guests drop dead - until “There Were None!” Who is the person in control? Who is commiting all the murders? This is a classic Agatha Christie novel with the suspense building until the very end.

April 12

Brantley Gilbert and Kip Moore The academy of country musicʼs “best new male vocalist of the year” Brantley Gilbert will be roaring into town with his “hell on wheels” tour!

Brantley and his very special guest Kip Moore are making a rare appearance in our intimate venue at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Never again will you get to be this close to the hottest country superstars as they are selling out 20,000 seat arenas all over the world.

Gilbert has topped the charts over and over again with monster hits like “Country Must be Country Wide,” “You Donʼt Know Her Like I Do” and “More than Miles.” And Kip Moore is at the top of the charts too, with “Somethinʼ About a Truck” “Beer Money,” and “Hey Pretty Girl.” The Brantley Gilbert and Kip Moore Concert is at 8 p.m., at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, located at 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd., in Mescalero, New Mexico. Ticket prices start at $35. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.

If you would like your event listed on the entertainment calendar, please email vision@rdrnews.com or call 622-7710 ext. 309.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

UFO of Roswell is Going to the Birds!

Courtesy photo of Professor Guano presenting "Migration Magic."

The United Field Ornithologists of Roswell are presenting the first annual Birding Festival on April 19 - 21.

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By Michael Richardson United Field Ornithologists of Roswell Vice President igratory birds will times, the name stands for be stopping over in United Field Ornithologists.

Jeff Cohen, the President of Roswell.

That's right, March through April is UFO of Roswell said, " We the spring migration of hun- founded this club to offer the dreds of species of avian crit- chance for folks who were ters heading north. Southeast interested to learn the birds New Mexico is a main flyway. of the Roswell area. The Water, warmth and food cre- experienced birders love to ate the perfect environment introduce novices to this fun for birds of all sizes, from hobby. Our first festival has Hummers to Swans to Eagles. been organized to attract There are common birds like those in the area who have Swallows, Robins and Ducks always wanted to go bird along with rare birds like Fly- watching but did not know catchers, Orioles and Plovers. how to get started."

They all come through the This growing club, made up Pecos River corridor. After a of teachers, farmers, realtors, long jour ney from South students and quite a few America and Mexico, they retirees, hold informative stop to rest, feed and continue monthly meetings and go on monthly field trips to identify on to the far north.

The new birding club in and count the bird species we Roswell is named UFO of find. These enthusiasts are as Roswell.

Although bird stealthy as possible. They not watchers may act a bit alien at only see and hear many bird

varieties, they view all types of other wildlife, insects and plants.

Do you know what the fastest growing pastime is in America today? That's right; Bird Watching. Fresh air, nature, exercise and the thrill of the hunt make Bird Watching the perfect hobby for folks of all ages.

This coming April 19 through 21, Friday through Sunday will be the first annual UFO of Roswell Birding Festival. Nothing but fun! Friday night will be registration and a chance to meet Quoth, the Spring River Zoo Chihuahuan Raven. Saturday morning will offer two options. One trip will be to Tatum to view the Lesser Prairie Chickens on their Leks.

A lek is where the male Prairie Chickens dance

around, flaunting their stuff and letting out loud booming sounds. The females stand around watching, trying to figure out which of the prancing males is worth their time.

The other field trip will be to the J. Kenneth Smith Bird Sanctuary.

Steve Smith, the Director of the Sanctuary states that, "Over one hundred species of birds had been seen in the area during the 1970's. Now the area is highly developed as an inner city sanctuary offering the opportunity to see many birds and other wildlife." The sanctuary is located along the Roswell inner city walking trail where it intersects with Sycamore.

There is a parking lot.

Saturday afternoon is a trip to Bitter Lake NWR. All field trips will be guided by expert naturalists.

Saturday night is a feast at The Retreat at Enchanted Farm on East College. This feast is included as part of the registration package.

Then, for an hour and a half, a hilarious presentation by Dr. Avian Guano.

Professor Guano lends his bird-brain slant to our "snowbird" friends who spend half their year in the tropics. How much food does a tiny kinglet need to stay at 111 degrees in the late fall and the early spring? How many thousands of mosquitoes per day can a

nighthawk eat, and how can they make their wings roar during mating?

Which birds hiber nate every night? How many nests does a male wren make just to get female attention, and why does she then have extra-marital affairs? Why do vultures vomit at their rivals and go potty on their own legs? How do happenings in Brazil and Mexico affect our quality of life here? Find out from the good Professor!

Sunday is a trip to Rattlesnake Springs, one of the most famous birding sites in all of New Mexico. Professional guides will teach about the flora and fauna of this very unusual and beautiful site near Carlsbad Caverns.

After a provided picnic lunch, we will go to the Caverns for more birding and to observe the banding of Cave Swallows.

You can't pass up this fun filled weekend with food and entertainment for the very low registration fee. The full event is $107 however, you can sign up for only the events you want to attend for a low fee per activity.

Visit our website at UFOofRoswell.com for a registration form and bird lists.

For more information email ufobirders@cableone.net or call 575-623-9952.

Bill Flynt Photo A Great Blue Heron in flight at the J. Kenneth Smith Bird Sanctuary.

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or Pat Bullock, the love she shared with her husband Dixon was truly unf orgettable. It also left an impression on their grandson, Kyle Bullock, whose play about their relationship, “Those Unforgettable Black Rims” will premiere at the Children & Adults T heatr ical Studios Playhouse in Lubbock this month.

A Roswell native, Bullock’s great grandf ather star ted Bullock’s Jewelr y in the 1920’s. Dixon later ran the business, until his death in the 1970s, leaving the company to be managed by Pat and Kyle’s dad, Don. Pat died in 2010 and never remarried.

“She believed Dixon was the man for her,” Kyle said.

Pat’s death affected the Bullocks deeply, so much that Kyle sought to write about its impact on them as well as the love she and Dixon had.

The result is the play, which uses interconnecting storylines and flashbacks to tell the story of a grandmother’s life, the love of her life and eventually her death and its impact on her family.

A first-time playwright, Bullock remembers being reluctant to share his work.

After some nudging by a friend, the 20-year-old Lubbock Chr istian University student submitted his script into the 2012 Cordell Green Festival, held by the C.A.T.S. Playhouse. Much to his surprise, the organization chose to perform his work.

For him, the exper ience has been surreal, to say the least.

“It’s weird to hear people say words I wrote and know the script better than I do,” he said.

Bullock started writing the piece two years ago, but said the writing process officially ends when the show opens.

“A play cer tainly looks much different when it’s in your head,” he said. “Writing

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Courtesy Photo Back Row, from left: Kyle Bullock, Timothy Robinson, Kelly Robinson, Robyn Huizinga. Middle Row: Lisa Hernandez, David Denton, Reagan Kruse, Emily Darwin, Chanda Riney. Front Row:Cornelius Brown, Zachery Kocurek

Those Unforgettable Black Rims

A Lubbock playhouse is putting on a show based on the history of a Roswell family.

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anything and letting other people see it makes you very vulnerable…It’s hard to let someone else take the script, but to know that very talented people like the scr ipt as much as you do makes it a much more smooth process and it turns out much better than you thought it could.”

He praised the actors and director Robyn Huizinga, saying she has “taken this and seen another side of it that I never could.”

“Her passion makes me feel comfortable,” he said. “I

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think she’s going to do an absolutely phenomenal job.”

Being a psychology major helped Bullock in the play’s writing because it allowed him to understand the motives of other people.

Writing the play was much like counseling a family, he said.

“All the characters tend to take own personalities and behaviors,” he said. “In writing, I got to see them develop from the ground up and see personalities emerging in a very unique way.”

The characters are based

on Bullock and his family, yet he says his alter ego, Tristan, “bares little resemblance to me.”

His f amily has read the scr ipt and in what Kyle recalls as a special moment, his f ather even came to a table reading and saw one act of a rehearsal. “It was neat to share that experience with my dad,” he said.

The first time his family will see the play in its entirety will be during the premiere.

The title, which refers to a pair of glasses, was suggested by Kyle’s fiancé, Devon

Langf ord. T he couple met two years ago and often perform in shows together. They plan to marry in November.

Despite its dark subject matter and non-linear storytelling inf luences such as Pulp Fiction and Memento, the play is a light comedy, Bullock said.

“When your grandparents get to an age where they can’t take care of themselves, it’s difficult on all families,” he said. “The tough seasons of life are never fun, SEE

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but one of the most impor tant things is to share memor ies and laughs.

Even when it’s hard, as families, it’s important to laugh and share with one another; it keeps us alive.”

The work is full of relatable humor, he said; just everyday occurrences, such as a person forgetting where their keys are when they’ve been in their pocket the whole time, “that we all laugh about.”

“I believe every show or movie wor th seeing should have a happy ending and that’s what I want to give the audience,” he said.

Though psychology is his first love, Bullock says he’s also f allen in love with playwriting and has started other scripts.

“It just f elt r ight,” he said. “It tells a stor y, br ings people together—both a cast and an audience—it makes people come together and exper ience and laugh with each other.”

“Those Unforgettable Black Rims” premieres 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 19, at the C.A.T.S. Playhouse, 2257 34th St., Lubbock. Subsequent showings are Saturday, April 20, Friday, April 26, Saturday, April 27, Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. All show times are 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 f or adults, $8 f or students, and for groups of 10 or more, $8 per person. For more information, visit www.catsplayhouse.net, or call 806792-0501.

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Charlie Bowdrieʼs final day

By Stu Pritchard Roswell Historian at Garrett's wily ambush at Fort Sumner had failed to net Billy the Kid. As the outlaws scattered to the hills in the snowy December night, Garrett set up a relentless pursuit.

The Kid and his gang headed east where they came upon an abandoned rock house at a place called Stinking Springs. It was brutally cold and the group took shelter inside the protective walls.

But Garrett was a man of stern stuff. Through the cold of the winter night they came, horse and man alike punctuating the night with vapors and complaints against the cold. At 3 A.M. they spied the hut and surrounded it. Gar-

Part four in a series on Billy the Kid.

rett's orders were simple concentrate on the Kid. His death would result in a surrender of the rest. "I'll shoot as soon as I spot Billy's old high crowned sombrero with the green band," he advised.

From out of the shack and into the pre-dawn light stepped a heavily bundled figure carrying an oat bag for the horses.

"That's him," Garrett whispered and sent a heavy slug into the moving figure. The force of the impact shoved the man back through the doorway and into the house.

Again the Kid's luck held and the man Garrett had mistakenly shot was Charlie Bowdrie, another of Billy's closest friends. Inside Billy took one look at his friend and said

"They've killed you, Charlie, but you can get a few of them before you die." He placed a gun in Bowdrie's hand and shoved him back through the door. Blood gushing from his wounds, Bowdrie staggered out into the snow "I wish - I wish" he said, then collapsed and died in Garrett's arms. No one would ever know what Bowdrie wished.

There was casual firing all day long and even good natured bantering between the two sides, a strange insight into attitudes-considering the fact that Bowdrie's body lay a few feet away and almost any one of the two gangs: could have followed him in death with an unwise or unlucky move.

"Come get a bite to eat," yelled Garrett. "Just can't spare the time right now," the Kid replied. Later in the afternoon, with the aroma of food over the posse's campfire drifting into the house, the Kid found the time to consider a surrender. A dirty handkerchief fluttered in the window. Fair treatment was promised and the outlaws surrendered. It was Christmas day when the bone-weary, thoroughly chilled group rode back toward town.

In Fort Surnner, Garrett carried the body of Charlie Bowdrie to his wife and told the weeping woman to purchase a suit of buryin' clothes and send the bill to him. First O'Folliard, now Bowdrie, next it would be the kid - the three destined to lie in death together in a cold grave in Ft. Sumner. . .But the Kid still had the most dramatic jail escape in Western history ahead of him.

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Continued from Page 4 Young Jose is pleased. He already participates in orchestra at Mountain View Middle School. This instrument gives him access to cello outside of school hours.

His mother Gabrina Ramirez says he practices about 30 minutes twice a day, along with the four-hour-long classes he is taking at SOY Mariachi. Jose’s tastes in music are diverse. He lists both country and classical as his favorites, and he plans to join SOY Mariachi. Ramirez says that her children grew up with the love of music, a love that passed through the generations. “My mom used to put on classical. She played it all the time. They were brought up listening to music.” Deason summed up the project. “It is said that it takes a village to raise a child. In this case, it takes a village to raise cello player.”

Rey Berrones Photo From left, Dr. Sara Montgomery, Kevin Roe, Jose Ramirez, Beau Perez, Cecelia Mayne and Melanie Deason each represent a different community group that helped give the gift of music.

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UFOLOGY

NM Legislature acknowledges Roswell UFO crash Looking Up

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By Donald Burleson he Roswell Daily Record for Wednesday, 20 March 2013, carried, on page B7, a certificate whereby the New Mexico House of Representatives in Santa Fe declared 21 March to be Farm and Ranch Day in Chaves County. This proclamation interests me for a very

special reason.

The document lists twelve "whereas" statements with which the legislature justifies this declaration, arguing that Chaves County is a remarkable place-- a leading producer of dairy products, alfalfa, cotton, dairy cattle and sheep, a significant producer of oil and gas, even the home of rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard.

But among the "whereas" clauses, the tenth one on the list especially catches the eye: "Whereas, Chaves County is world-renowned for the 'UFO' crash in 1947."

Note that our legislators did not say "alleged UFO crash" or "supposed UFO crash" or "possible UFO crash." They just said UFO crash, implicitly

acknowledging the historic reality of the Roswell UFO incident of July 1947.

How often does any government at any level officially acknowledge the historicity of a UFO event? I can tell you in two words: not very.

This is not altogether without precedent, though. In 2011 the state of New Hampshire officially recognized the September 1961 abduction incident involving the now famous Betty and Barney Hill, placing a historical marker at a point on the highway near the place where they spotted the UFO. And at the level of city government at least one acknowledgement of this kind came a few years ago when the city of Socorro, New Mexico officially recognized the

April 1964 UFO landing that occurred there.

But all in all, such gestures are rare, especially at the federal level. A f ew countries (including England and Brazil) have declassified large amounts of UFO information, and these documents amount to at least a tacit recognition that UFOs are real and unaccountable. But our own federal government, though it too has declassified some documents under duress, has never come right out and admitted in so many words that they know UFOs to be real and extra-terrestrial.

Why is this the case? Why will the government not make the straightforward, honest gesture of admitting that they have known for decades that

UFOs are present in our skies, that wreckage and nonhuman bodies have even been recovered?

Let me venture one possible answer. In the words from the script of the spy movie "Sneakers," there have simply been "too many secrets." If you repeatedly tell a lie (for example if you spend years telling everyone that you have royal ancestors) there comes a time when you just have to keep telling it, because it's too late to disentangle yourself from your web of falsehood.

By now, even if the federal government did have some notion of coming clean with the truth, they would have to say, "We've been lying to you about everything important for the past two-thirds of a century, but trust us, believe our platitudes about openness in government, and keep voting us into office."

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