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Thursday, August 1, 2013 Volume 20, Issue 15

Publisher: Charles Fischer Editor: Rey Berrones Interim Editor: Ilissa Gilmore Ad Design: Sandra Martinez, Steve Stone Columnists: Donald Burleson, Stu Pritchard Roswell Daily Record Staff Photographers: Mark Wilson

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Actividades

Big Brothers Big Sisters ChildrenĘźs Festival

History

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UFOlogy

Belief in UFOs: rational or dogmatic?

Roswell Artist-in-Residence fellow Ven Voisey opens his show on August 9.

Photographer: Rey Berrones

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Jensen Learning Conference

For three days, acclaimed educator Eric Jensen will teach how to unlock the brain

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n an ef f or t to broaden the minds of instructors so that they may go on to broaden the minds of students, Roswell Independent School Distr ict’s Ar ts Connect will present the Jensen Learning Conference at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center over three days, beginning Aug. 13.

T he conf erence will f eature acclaimed teacher and educator Er ic Jensen, who perf orms research into educational neuroscience and has worked for 20 years to connect that research with practical classroom applications.

Arts Connect Director Cindy Simmons said Jensen’s work allows educators to ascer tain new, innovative ways to reach students or “unlock the brain.”

Lear ning to teach with the brain in mind, Simmons said, and how to prime a student for learning, allows teachers to understand how to learn redirect energy of a student that may not be ready to learn, for one reason or another. For example, Jensen teaches techniques involving the senses and getting children in the right frame of mind for learning.

“Unlocking the human brain can be helpful to anyone,” she said. “He has been an educator and has first-hand experience getting knowledge from here to there.”

Jensen also addresses stress and how to deal with it, Simmons said, and does a lot of extensive research on memory and recall.

Simmons also noted that one thing that made the conference possible was the support of RISD Superintendent Tom Burris.

“He suppor ts the ar ts, he understands the importance of

t h i s ,” s h e s a i d . “ We ' re ve r y t h a n k f u l f o r h i m , t o o ; h e ’s a n advocate for change.”

Arts Connect serves 6,000 elementar y students in RISD and does so by translating what students learn in the classroom into visual and performing arts.

“Getting to work with the arts as a teacher is a gift,” Simmons said. “We’re like rock stars; kids are so excited and the teachers try and model these techniques to engage kids.”

Dietta Hitchcock, visual ar ts instructor for Arts Connect, added: “It's like the opposite of being a dentist.”

Hitchcock said Jensen's process a l l ow s t e a c h e r s t o t e a c h w i t h their own pedagogy and using his tips and tricks breaks them out of routine.

“It’s really honoring the teachers,” she said. “A lot of teachers are quitting and we're wanting to offer them another way of teaching.”

T he conf erence will provide the program’s instructors with a “strong quality of professional development to better serve students.”

For example, Jensen explores t o p i c s s u c h a s m u s i c a n d i t ’s impact on the brain and arts with the brain in mind, specifically how children are stimulated by art, such as comic books or theatre.

However, the event is not just limited to formal teachers. The organization hopes parents who homeschool their children will attend, as well as others in the community who are interested.

“We are on fire for this to make a s y s t e m i c c h a n ge o f h ow we approach the way we stand in f ro n t o f c h i l d re n a n d a d u l t s ,” Simmons said.

Jensen’s sessions will address six topics:

• Seven Amazing Discoveries • Arts and the Impact on the Brain • Teaching with the Brain in Mind • Seven Strategies to Build Student Achievement • Success with Poverty in Mind • Building Effort and Capacity

All sessions are free to RISD teachers and administrators. For all others, sessions are $50 each or all six for $275. Registration is available until Aug. 12. To register or get more information, call Emma Burt at 575-6373301.

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ACTIVIDADES

Big Brothers Big Sisters Childrenʼs Festival

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Aug. 10 event reaches out to community to pair “bigs” and “littles” or more than a century, the focus of Big Brothers Big Sisters has been to help children achieve in life. But as with the case of most non-profits, the organization cannot do it alone.

In an effort to encourage community involvement and strengthen the relationship of bigs (adult volunteers) and

littles (children), BBBS will host a free Children’s Festival, beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at Sunken garden in Cahoon Park.

The organization’s bigs and littles have worked together to create games that will benefit the organization. Bigs and littles also will operate each booth and award small prizes.

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The event also will feature food, giveaways, face painting, jolly jumpers and retail vendors, as well as special guests, such as Scruff McGruff and Spiderman.

The organization also expressed thanks to Enrique Moreno of Epic Events for volunteering his time to helping organize the event.

Amanda Ware, chief operating officer of BBBS, said one of the event’s goals is to engage bigs and littles in order to make their relationship “long and strong.” Ware said research shows that the longer a match is, the better the relationship is.

However, the summer months are a bad time for the organization, as communications break down. The organization’s hope is for the event to renew the investment of bigs in the agency and for bigs to network with each other.

Suzy Stubbs, enrollment match specialist for BBBS, said the organization also wants to get the word out about itself and its work to

encourage more volunteers.

At the moment, Ware said there are 17 children in Roswell alone, who are on the waiting list for a match. Some have been waiting more than a year. Most are boys, she said, so male volunteers are especially needed.

“We need all the bigs we can get,” Ware said, noting that the program does not require a lot of money or a specific skill set to participate.

“We don’t believe that economics should ever be a factor in helping a child,” she said.

For more information about BBBS, visit bbbssenm.org.

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Aug 10

Chubby Checker Chubby Checker appears with his rockinʼ five man band: Darryl Jenkins on saxophone, Jim Wacker on keyboards, Mike Windish on drums, Don Ortner on guitar, and Scott Churchman on bass. The performance starts at 8 p.m., with a grilled port chop buffet before the show at 6 p.m. Tickets for the performance are $76 and $79. Preshow buffet tickets are $20. For more information, call 1-888-818-7872 or visit spencertheater.com.

Saturday, Aug. 10

Spencer Theatre

The high-energy delivery of Chubby Checker and his hit “The Twist” swept the nation when the singer was just 18 years old. Now, the man behind the phenomenon, of whom Dick Clark once said: “The three most important things that ever happened in the music industry are Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Chubby Checker,” will perform with his rockinʼ five man band: Darryl Jenkins on saxophone, Jim Wacker on keyboards, Mike Windish on drums, Don Ortner on guitar, and Scott Churchman on bass.

Alamogordo

Every Week, Tues - Sun

Shroud Exhibit and Museum The Turin Shroud interactive exhibit at White Sands Mall in Alamogordo offers a backlit, full-sized picture, the only interactive VP8 Image Analyzer 3D experience. The exhibitʼs goal is make Turin Shroud available to all including the vision impaired. Hours are Sunday from 2 p.m. -4 p.m., Tuesday - Friday from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call 446-2113, or visit ShroudNM.com.

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Aug 1 - 4

Alto Artist Studio Tour The 10th Anniversary Alto Artist Studio Tour is Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. This is a preview party at

the Spencer Theater on Thursday from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. There are 7 sites and 21 artists participating. For more information, visit altoartists.com.

Aug 3

Hotel California Thereʼs no sound like the easy countryfolk rock-tinged classics of the Eagles, and thankfully the sound-a-like tribute group Hotel California captures that indelible sound. This is a band that performs Eaglesʼ classics like: “Desperado,” “Take it Easy,” “Witchy Woman,” “Take It To The Limit,” “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” “One Of These Nights,” “Lyinʼ Eyes,” “Best Of My Love,” “Hotel California,” “Heartache Tonight,” and more. Hotel California prides itself on being true to the Eaglesʼ tremendous sound. Theyʼve shared the stage with the Doobie Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, REO Speedwagon, and Gretchen Wilson to rave reviews, and have travelled the world helping to keep the Eaglesʼ

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Itʼs a very easy read that may also be used as a devotional tool. Veronica will be at the Jahva House at 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. or until response stops. Come take a look at her book, ask her some questions and have a Jahvaccino or sandwich and relax with us. For more information, call the Jahva House at 746-9494.

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Veronica Arias The Jahva House will be hosting a book signing by Roswell native author Veronica Arias. Her recently released book, Letters From the Garden, finds

Artesia Camera Club Meeting The Artesia Camera Club will hold its August meeting at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center located at 310 W Main from 3 6 >> 5 p.m. We will share and discuss photos from the monthly topic and as-

The Friends of the Roswell Public Library presents

Harry L. Rinker Nationally known antiques and collectibles expert

EVENTS: Friday, September 13 – 7:00 pm Roswell Civic Center

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A limited number of Mr. Rinker’s books will be available for purchase and autograph by the author.

Saturday, September 14 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Bondurant Room at Roswell Public Library APPRAISAL CLINIC: 1 Item appraisal - $10 3 Items - $25 Walk-through home appraisal - $100 (Friday afternoon & Saturday evening – limited number available)

APPRAISAL TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE July 30 – September 10 (while they last)

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>>5 signment. For more information please email Jennifer Duff at jennifer@jenniferduff.com or call 703-1971. For additional information online please visit ArtesiaArtsCouncil.com.

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Every Saturday

Carlsbad Downtown Farmers Market The Carlsbad Downtown Farmersʼ Market every Saturday May 25- September 28, from 8-11 am on the Eddy County Courthouse lawn.

Come on down for fresh produce, handmade crafts, prepared food, entertainment and more! For more info, call the MainStreet office at 628-3768

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Every Thursday

Movies in the Park Bring your own blankets and chairs to enjoy an outside movie along with some fun and games. 418 W. Fox St, please sit blankets front, chairs in the back. For more information, visit cityofcarlsbadnm.com or call 887-0276.

August 10

Robin Scott Solo Enjoy the live acoustic music of Roswellʼs Robin Scott on the patio at Yellow Brix located at 201 N. Canal Street from 7 10 p.m. For more information and reservations, call 9412749.

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Cruisin 2 Cure The Cruisin 2 Cure benefitting the American Cancer Society will be at 1 Thunderbird Circle at the New Mexico Junior College. General Admission is $5, with kids under 10 admitted for free. Poker Run registration begins at 7 a.m., with other activities beginning at 9 a.m. All cars and trucks are welcome to enter. There is a $15 entry fee, and trophies will be awarded. Show off your car or truck and enjoy live music. For more information, visit cruisin2cure.com.

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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.

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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.

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Every Week, Mon - Sat

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 flew at Roswell Army Airfield from 1941-1945. The museum is open from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 247-2464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.

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Party on the Patio Starting May 1, DJ Louis Najar leads a theme party every Wednesday at 5 p.m. on the Peppers patio, located at 500 N. Main. For more information, call 623-1700.

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Every Friday

Concerts in the Park Concerts in the Park, every Friday, beginning June 7th through August 16th, at 6:30 p.m., at Cahoon Park, located at 1101 W. 4th St. The City of Roswell Parks and Recreation Department presents free summer concerts in the park. Enjoy a variety of music performed by local and regional bands.

Lawn chairs and blankets are recommended. For more information, call 624-6720.

Every Saturday

Farmersʼ Gardenersʼ Market The Farmersʼ and Gardenersʼ Market is one of our largest successes. Here you will find the freshest fruits and vegetables available anywhere. We also have local crafters and just good old-fashioned atmosphere. Purchase your home grown/home made items at the Chaves County Courthouse Lawn from

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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. The museum is open from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 247-2464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.

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Performers and instructors gather to share the art of bellydance

By Ilissa Gilmore Interim Editor undarii Dance will present a weekend of workshops on and performances featuring the art of bellydance with TranscenDance Origins: Evolution 2013.

For two days, starting Saturday, Aug. 10, workshops on everything from arm movement, drumming and shimmying will be held at Eastern New Mexico UniversityRoswell’s Physical Education Center.

There will be a Gala Show 6 p.m., Saturday night at the Pueblo Auditorium, featuring acclaimed bellydancers from New Mexico and West Texas.

This is the event’s fourth year, said organizer Stacey Ennis of Sundarii Dance.

It began as a showcase for

Ennis’s Sundarii SEEDs program. Orginally developed

by Myra Krien of Pomegranate Studios in Santa Fe, SEEDs,

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or Self-esteem, Empowerment and Education through Dance, teaches young girls the American Tribal style of belly-

dance, which teaches them how to work together as a group, Ennis said, as well as prepare them for the real world.

“It's a really great movement for girls,” she said.

The first year of Evolution, Ennis had two girls; however, the following year, the SEEDS program had to be put on hold. The event eventually evolved into a show, she said, but she still hopes to resume the program again.

This will be the first year Krien herself will participate, which Ennis thinks is special.

Other featured performers will be Fusion Funk Collective, Sandra of Hamsa, Anala and Georgine of Silver Dunes, Marisa of Farashi Tribal Fusion, Aaminah, Stephanie, Hannah and Lux Lunae, Tre Bellas, Flo of Rogue Bindis, Jade, Eric Salazar, Michelle of Farfesha, drummer David Brown, and poi spinning from Johnny Splitfire.

“I'm really lucky to have such wonderful performers and workshop instructors willing to come spend the weekend with us,” she said.

For Ennis, who has studied

other dance forms, was drawn to bellydance because of the camaraderie between women it creates.

“It’s all very beautiful,” she said. “When you take bellydance, women are cheering on other women, and it's genuine.”

She noted it is refreshing to experience because women are taught at a young age to be insecure and are often competitive with each other.

“It’s like a great relationship — a positive, supportive environment. Even if you didn't feel like you did your best, people still applaud you.”

Most workshops are beginner friendly, Ennis said and do not require the participants to have experience with bellydance.

For instance, she said the drum workshop is open to novice beginners, both men and women, as well as the event’s Poi spinning workshop. The Poi workshop will, however, require your own set of poi, which can be ordered online or made at home following online tutorials. For more information, contact Ennis at 420-7330.

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Roswell Pride Event Schedule 2 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

Spoken word performance by Janet Freeman 2:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Spoken word performance by Tom Hetzman 2:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.

Belly dance performance by Tre Bellas 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Live performance by Jaxon King/Tie Dye Man

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Live. Love. Be.

Rey Berrones Photo A couple embraces during last year’s Pride event.

Roswell Pride 2013 brings color to the city Aug. 3

or one day of the year, a rainbow will be visible all day as Pr ide retur ns to Roswell, Saturday, Aug. 3, from 2 to 9 p.m. at Cahoon Park. T he LGBT event’s me ssage is one of commun ity and acceptance.

The event is sponsored by Alianza New Mexico, which serves people living with or aff ected by HIV as well as provides disease education and prevention.

“We’re all about love and

serving the underdog, so it reflects the people we cater to,” said Executive Director Sashua Patton.

Gr ub Shack, Club Revue and Doc Hay Carriage Service also are sponsors.

Unlike last year, Patton said there haven’t been any issues as far as the event’s location.

“All of our permits are secure,” she said, also noting that the event will be fenced and have paid security.

“It’ll be a saf e place f or people to gather and share the love, spread the love,” she said.

One issue the event struggled with this year, however, was a lack of support from vendors, with some dropping out at the last minute.

“A lot of vendors said they didn’t want to be involved in any controversy,” Patton said. “What controversy?

That you’re accepting of all humans?”

Despite that issue, the

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There will also be free HIV testing from 2-6 p.m. T he procedure will be confidential and painless.

In addition, the event will f eature var ious live perf ormances, dancing, f ood and a pool party.

“It’ll be amazing,” Patton said. “It’s family friendly; we want families to come. It’s a

huge community event for anyone and everyone.”

T he Center f or Healing, LLC will also offer commitment ceremonies, complete with a certificate and vows, as well as energy readings.

“It's a festival full of color — the rainbow of hope,” said Caerlion Arthur of Center for Healing, LLC. “Someday, everybody will be recognized f or who they are, not what they are.”

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>>7 the first Saturday in July until late September. This family event features high quality fresh produce, flowers, and crafts that are produced by families in the Pecos and Hondo Valley. We also accept WIC coupons and Senior Citizen stamps. Each week, hundreds of locals and visitors visit our market. This direct relationship between the producer and the consumer contributes to strengthening our local economy, keeping agricultural land and water in production and providing fresh, healthy food to our community. Vendors at the market must follow strict food safety guidelines, thus protecting the health and safety of our wonderful customers. For more information contact our market manager Lester Peck at 575-627-2239.

Every Saturday

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.

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 print-

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of the Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum of Art, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Roswell Museum and Art Center. For more information, visit RoswellMuseum.org.

Feb 8 - Sept 28

Mark Wilson Photo Shaila Cavalli, Miss NM Pride 2012, and Nic 'Rocco' Sedillo, Mr. NM Pride 2012, make the rounds during Roswell Pride, 2012 at Cielo Grande.

Saturday Aug. 3

Cahoon Park

Pride returns to Roswell, bringing color to the city. The event is set to feature vendors that will offer services such as photography, massage, acudetox and carriage rides. There will also be free HIV testing, live performances, dancing, food, committment ceremonies and a pool party.

See page 9 for a full schedule of performances.

maker 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

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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

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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

Vision: 2013 Invitational Exhibition On Friday, February 8 from 5-7 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. For more information, vall 624-6744

Aug 1

Guy Forsyth Guy Forsyth plays Pecos Flavors Winery at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10. For more information, call 627-6265.

Aug 2

Bring it - Rainbow Style!

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Club Revue is located at 3905 SE Main in Roswell.

Origins: Evolution

Aug 2 - 4

8th annual Alien Open The 8th annual Alien Open presented by the Pecos Valley Dart Association is at the Best Western Sally Port. For more information, visit roswelldarts.com.

community and acceptance.

There will also be free HIV testing from 2-6 p.m. The procedure will be confidential and painless. In addition, the event will feature various live performances, dancing, food and a pool party.

Aug 3

Seek and the Cosmic Purple Carrot The Seek Band and the Cosmic Purple Carrot will be performing live at Farleyʼs, located at 1315 N. Main St. from 6:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Aug 3

Superkids Triathlon Superkids Triathlon, Saturday, August 3rd, Cahoon Park and Swimming Pool, located at 1104 W. 4th St. There are three events which include swimming, bicycling and running. The Super Kids Triathlon will consist of three age groups: 6-8, 9-12, 13-15. If entered by August 1st the entry fee is $5, after August 1st the entry is $7. All participants will receive a ribbon, certificate and a t-shirt. First, second and third place finishers in each group for both boys and girls will receive medals. There will also be an adult triathlon called “The Wunce Wuz Triathlon” – you “Wunce Wuz a Kid but now you are just a kid at heart”. The adult triathlon is open to anyone over the age of 15. Participants will swim 2 pool lengths, bike 6 miles and run 2 miles. A Co-Ed Team allows three people to compete

Saturday Aug. 10

Pueblo Auditorium

Sundarii Dance presents a weekend of workshops on and performances featuring the art of bellydance with TranscenDance Origins: Evolution 2013. For two days, starting Saturday, Aug. 10, workshops on everything from arm movement, drumming and shimmying will be held at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswellʼs Physical Education Center. There will be a Gala Show 6 p.m., Saturday night at the Pueblo Auditorium, featuring acclaimed bellydancers from New Mexico and West Texas. For more information, see story on page 8.

on a team; one swims, one bikes and one runs. Cost for the adult triathlon I $10 if entered by August 1st and $12 after August 1st. Late registration is at 6:30am. The triathlon for participants 13 to 15 and adults takes place at 7am, for ages 9 to 12 takes place at 9am, and for ages 6 to 8 takes place at 10am. For more infor-

mation call 624-6720

Aug 3

Roswell Pride For one day of the year, a rainbow will be visible all day as Pride returns to Roswell, Saturday, Aug. 3, from 2 to 9 p.m. at Cahoon Park. The LGBT eventʼs message is one of

Aug 6

National Night Out National Night Out is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Cahoon Park, located at 1101 W. 4th St. National Night Out is a great chance to build relationships with friends and neighbors. The event will include hot dogs and drinks, music by the Tom Blake Trio, jolly jumps, the opportunity to meet police officers and firefighters and more.

For more information call 6227233

Aug 9 - Sept 18

Unfinished Animal Ven Voisey is pleased to present “Unfinished Animal” at the Roswell Museum and Art Center: an exhibition of new work created while taking part in the Roswell Artist-in-Residence

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program. One August 9, Voisey will be speaking about his work, and other things, at 5:30 p.m. Reception is from 6pm - 7pm. There will be snacks. Exhibition runs through September 18th, 2013. No animals are on display here unfinished or otherwise; only structures, skeletal instruments, fossils with only hints of their fleshy fullness.

Bring some quarters with you, itʼs possible they may come in handy. For more information visit roswellmuseum.org.

Aug 10 - 11

Origins: Evolution Transcendance Sundarii Dance will present a weekend of workshops on and performances featuring the art of bellydance with TranscenDance Origins: Evolution 2013.

For two days, starting Saturday, Aug. 10, workshops on everything from arm movement, drumming and shimmying will be held at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswellʼs Physical Education Center.

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Aug 15

Photographic Arts Society of Roswell Club Meeting The Photographic Arts Society of Roswell will hold its August meeting at the Roswell Adult Center at 6:30 p.m. in room 28 at the Roswell Adult Center, located at 807 N. Missouri. We will share and discuss photos from this monthʼs challenge “Summer Fun.” Time permitting, there will also be a show and tell session, so bring your photos, printed, on flash drive, or on disc. As always, free coffee. Interested in photography? Come join the PASR. For more information, call Cliff Powell at 626-2529.

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Other Places Again Isaacʼs Pipe and Supply is pleased to present a group of paintings by the New York based artist Glenn Goldberg.

Glenn Goldberg was born in the Bronx, Studied at the New York Studio School and received an MFA from Queens College. He was named the 1996 Heilman Artist and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Edward Albee Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation.

His works are the product of an attempt to trust oneʼs complexity, the unspoken, the intangibles, wile combining the imagination and experience of the curious mind. The mesmerizing dot matrix into and over meaningful shape is reminisce of Aboriginal art. Often present in his abstractions are the elements of natural objects, such as flowers, birds or water. He has shown throughout Europe and USA, recently

exhibited with Jason Mccoy Gallery in New York and Hill Gallery in Michigan. Goldbergʼs work is held in numerous collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery in Washington DC, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Nelson Atkins in Kansas City and High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Glenn teaches drawing at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, he also teaches at Queens College, Parsons Master of Fine Arts Program and New York Studio Residency Program. Please contact Sandi Miller at 575 317 1049 or sandimiller@hotmail.co.uk for further information.

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- 11 p.m. at Cree Meadows Lounge. There is also an all you can eat taco bar for $5.95 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

August 2 - 3

Pro Rodeo Pro Rodeo is Friday, August 2nd, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, August 3rd, at 6 p.m., at the Mescalero Rodeo Grounds, in Mescalero, New Mexico. Tickets are $10 per person. For more information call (575) 464-7059 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.

August 10

Wait for What?

The music duo “Wait for What?” will be playing Grace OʼMalleyʼs from 8 p.m. - midnight.

August 10

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Saturday, August 10th, at 8:30pm, at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, located at 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd. in Mescalero, New Mexico. A dinner is served at 7pm. Tickets are $50 per person and dinner is included. For more information call 575-464-7059 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.

Ruidoso Downs May 4 - Sept 9

Celebracion del Arte The Hubbard Museum of the American West is proud to announce the opening of the inaugural “Celebracion del Arte” juried art show and exhibit in the Museumʼs Green Tree Gallery. Original art from some of New Mexicoʼs best artists will be on display from May 4 through September 9. The Celebracion del Arte is a juried fine arts competition that seeks to recognize and honor excellence in the contemporary visual arts of the American West. Thirty-two (32) artists, representing 54 pieces of original art, were selected as finalists for the show. These artists and their works will benefit from regional recognition and exposure through New Mexicoʼs first Smithsonian Affiliate museum, as well as the opportunity to sell their work(s) during the exhibition. For more information, call The Hubbard Museum of the American West at 378-4142, or visit hubbardmuseum.org.

Tularosa August 9

Wait for What?

The music duo “Wait for What?” will be playing the The Tulie Cafe from 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

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

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By Rey Berrones Vision Editor ome may have seen and heard Ven Voisey in town. He is the quiet, unassuming individual who has taken to showing up to karaoke night and catching everyone a little off guard

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Ven Voisey

Rey Berrones Photos Voisey works at cutting glass in his studio

Roswell-Artist-In-Residence unleashes “Unfinished Animal” this month with his excellent singing voice and engaging stage presence.

However, it figures that someone that originally began his college career studying music would be a

natural at karaoke.

These days, Voisey is an artist of many disciplines, who combines sculpture, painting, welding, robotics, automation and music in his practice.

Karaoke is actually one of the

current explorations that help inform his current work. It is a cultural ritual that takes a song that was made famous, and removes the original artist.

Once the original artist is removed, the people reassemble their favorite music with their own voice. In a way, it is a ritual of reclamation.

One in which people all across the country are claiming popular music as their own, in their own voice.

It is this environment of weekly cultural ritual and community bonding that has started to peek through in his current work.

As with the rest of his work, Voisey is creating individual pieces that will combine to evoke an environment within his installation, which opens at the Roswell Museum and Art Center (RMAC) on August 9 and runs until September 18. Voisey will be speaking about his work at the RMAC on August 9 at 5:30 p.m., with a reception to follow.

With his exhibition, entitled “Unfinished Animal,” he has evoked the bright and colorful environment of the karaoke bar with his pieces.

He has taken the bright neon advertisements and built a stained glass layer over them.

This leaves the light, and allows the neon to create the same mood as before, but removes the message.

Voisey said, “I was interested in the environment that is created with these lights that are simultaneously beautiful and tacky. I've found a strug-

gle with it being an overt advertisement ... our lives are filled with advertisements from every corner of our eyes.

I wanted to create an environment that used the same light and that familiar environment that it creates, but blurring the language and creating some trapping of content. I am certainly increasing the complexity of the content by adding layers.”

One would think that the act of obscuring advertisements would remove meaning, but in these pieces in particular, the opposite has happened.

Using stained glass as the method of obscurity has, for some, added a religious layer of meaning to the pieces. This is a valid and normal thing for Voisey, who says, “A crucial component to much of my work is the multiple layers of meaning.”

When Voisey first began creating these works, he wasn't familiar with the stained glass process. Fortunately, Voisey struck up a friendship with Dick Luntz. “I knew that I wanted to do these pieces, and I didn't know how to do them. Luckily enough there was this guy in town that was a great guy that was very generous with his time, and taught me how to do it,” Voisey said.

This exploration of new communication media is somewhat of a recurring theme for Voisey, who moved from his music studies in college, to studies in broadcast at San Francisco State UniverSEE VOISEY ON PAGE 14

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sity, where he eventually got a BA in Conceptual Art and Electronic Music.

Originally attracted to the broadcast program because they were doing on-air sound collages every Thursday, it is at San Francisco State University that Voisey met Chico MacMurtrie, who was a guest professor during Voisey's time there. After college, Voisey began working for MacMurtrie's Amorphic Robot Works.

Voisey said, “Several months after I graduated, he invited me to go to England with him for a few months. I went there. I learned to work with steel, learned how to work with all kinds of stuff. We did inflatables, I learned how to work with electronics, I composed music for some of his machines, it was a big crew. It was pretty amazing.

“I worked with him for years. I helped him move from San Francisco to Brooklyn. ... Working with him, I went to France and Australia.

“Through working with Chico, I lear ned to work with objects and sound spaces.”

It was through his work and experience with Amorphic Robot Works that Voisey started adding sculptures and machines to his sound environments, and began creating art installations that were more about creating an experience than an object.

“Voice Paper was a 40 foot in diameter circle suspended in space that had 120 sheets of paper. Each one had a flicker mechanism behind it that would come alive in a person's presence. It was like an audience that came alive,” said Voisey, speaking of one of his early works.

Voisey continued, “I think that ephemerality is a huge element of the work. I'm creating an environment, and that is a moment.”

Another major theme that comes through his current work is the idea that tools, which are useful as long as there is an operator to use them, become either useless or sacred once it is no longer a tool. In some instances, the tools that society creates eventually need to be discarded as useless. Other times, these creations of man become sacred objects that are useful for archaeologists and historians to study the ways of past people and cultures.

Voisey said, “I have a sticker vending machine that tends to show up in all of my shows. It has two options. You can pay 50 cents and buy a sticker

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that says ‘sacred’ or 'useless' and label the objects in your life accordingly.

“Oddly, sales for both stickers are about the same, which I find fascinating. I had put my sticker machine in a cafe for a while. It was really cool to see where these stickers popped up.

A lot end up on laptops. I've seen them on mailboxes, doors of houses, studio entryways of artists that I didn't even know, and lots of everyday objects, like cars, notebooks, and telephones.

“Once you put it onto an object, it makes you question its value. Which I think ultimately is what I'm looking at, questioning all these objects in our lives, and these rituals that we partake in. We need to ask, ‘What are these things worth to us?’ and be aware of our approach in our lifemaking.

“Our individual selves and the world around us is less of an act of discovery and more of the act of creation. I think that doing so attentively is important, and I try to navigate that with my work.”

For Voisey, the RMAC is a perfect place for his exhibition because of the Goddard workshop that is housed within the museum that helps give more context to the ideas that he is exploring. “Goddard's instruments had a very specific purpose, and they are not being used for that anymore.

Because people around the world agree that these objects are sacred, these useful and valuable things are being placed in a useless context.

Unfinished Animal, takes inspiration from the human animal's historic desire to create, which, like rocketry, is both precise and chaotic at the same time.”

“I think that ephemerality is a huge element of the work.

I'm creating an environment, and that is a moment.”

- Ven Voisey

His exhibition “Unfinished Animal” runs August 9 through September 18 at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. There will be an artist talk and reception on August 9 at 5:30 p.m.

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HISTORY

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By Stu Pritchard Roswell Historian

Part 4 in a series on Pat Garrett isillusioned and depressed, Pat Garrett returned to his r undown ranch 25 miles east of Las Cruces.

He acquired some brood mares and several promising stallions and appeared to have a solid basis f or a reasonably good businks. However, he dallied somewhat in searching for gold in the area, frequented the saloons and gambling halls of Las Cr uces and spent little time at the ranch. He became known in the area as a financial "dead beat".

Attempts at stock sales in mining ventures, a rewrite of the Billy the Kid story with author Emerson Hough and a stint as a real estate salesman failed to br ing Gar rett any real f inancial income. So he made what he considered a firm arrangement to sell his ranch to a man from

Pat Garrett

The final violent stage of Garrett's life had begun.

For some time Garrett had been in violent disagreement with a young cowboy named Wayne Brazel who was running goats on property he had leased from Garrett.

Roswell named Carl Adamson. Adamson was associated with a Jim Miller, later identified as Killer Miller, an allegedly notorious shotgun killer of over 20 men.

The final violent stage of Garrett's life had begun.

For some time Garrett had been in violent disagreement with a young cowboy named Wayne Brazel who was running goats on proper ty he had leased from Garrett. Payment for these goats was a requirement to the sale of the proper ty Gar rett had arranged.

On Saturday, Febr uar y 28, 1908, Gar rett and Adamson depar ted the Garrett Ranch headed for Las Cr uces. Brazel met them on horseback just beyond the small town of Organ. Near Alameda Arroya Garrett dismounted to urinate. A .45 slug slammed into the back of his head. Gar rett cr umpled, groaned and died.

Brazel, a smoking .45 in his hand, according to Adamson, readily acknowledged the killing and stated that he shot in self defense. In addition to the head wound, a sec-

ond slug had struck Garrett in the stomach ranging upward.

Brazel's tr ial was an appalling affront to justice. It was so poorly prosecuted that damson, the only witness, was not even called to testify. The claim of self defense was supposedly bolstered by the f act that Gar rett had a shotgun loaded with bird shot cradled in his arm as he descended the buckboard. It took only 15 minutes to find Brazel not guilty.

Brazel led an odd lif e afterward and is said to

have died in South America with Butch Cassedy and the Sundance Kid. Jim Miller, who some believe killed Gar rett from ambush after a Winchester shell casing was found near the scene, was later lynched in Ada, Oklahoma, and for years people talked of the "conspiracy that killed Pat Gar rett."

Gar retts' son, Jar vis, believed that Adamson was the killer. Apolinaria Garrett, at the moment of Garrett's death, is said to have suddenly screamed "something terrible has happened," and remained terrified up until the time she received official notification of his death.

Garrett, one of the West's most fascinating characters, was laid to rest March 5, 1908, in a shabby corner of the Las Cruces Odd Fellows Cemetery.

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UFOLOGY

Belief in UFOs: rational or dogmatic?

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By Donald Burleson

hat is the nature of belief in UFOs?

I s i t ra t i o n a l , l i ke a chemist crediting the validity of the Periodic Table? Is it dogmatic, like someone h o l d i n g a c u l t u ra l b e l i e f “because other people told

me to?” Some people, after all, think you’re stupid or c ra z y i f yo u b e l i eve i n UFOs. As for the reasons people do or don’t believe in them, t h i s va r i e s . U l t i m a t e ly, what's important is how one forms one’s real opinions.

Cer tainly the most compelling reason for thinking there really are UFOs would be having seen one. Unfort u n a t e ly, n o t eve r yo n e i s this lucky — if lucky is the word — and I think it is. The main reason I’m convinced the UFO phenomenon is real is that I saw one myself, on the night of July 4, 1947, at the age of five. It scared the daylights out of me, and I still get the creeps when I think about it. (Yes, that was the same night as the

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Roswell crash, but 300 miles east of Roswell.)

All well and good if you’re in the right place at the right time to actually see a UFO f irsthand, but I know world-class UFO investigators who have never seen o n e. A t b e s t , t h e a p p e a r ance of unidentified flying o b j e c t s i s u n p re d i c t a bl e.

C l e a rly, m a ny p e o p l e a re never going to see one. And for that reason, by the way, I have to be frankly skeptical when people claim to see UFOs all the time, as there a re s e r i o u s i nve s t i ga t o r s wh o wo u l d g ive m u c h t o have that exper ience just once. Many “unidentified” objects could be identified with a bit more reflection.

S o a s i d e f ro m d i re c t observation, what good rea-

sons are there to suppose that UFOs really do exist?

We l l , we h ave p hy s i c a l trace evidence that is hard t o a c c o u n t f o r o t h e r w i s e.

On Nov. 2, 1971, a 16-yearold boy in Delphos, Kansas, saw a multi-colored domed o b j e c t h ove r i n g l ow ove r t h e g ro u n d , a n d l a t e r inspection revealed a hardened ring in the soil. When family members examined it, their fingers went numb.

Trace evidence expert Ted Phillips subjected the site t o d e t a i l e d a n a ly s i s a n d f o u n d i t s t ra n ge i n m a ny respects. Numerous other trace evidence cases have o c c u r re d a s we l l . P h o t o graphs count as trace evid e n c e, t o o, a n d we h ave some good ones, even after we d i s c o u n t m a ny p h o t o s

that turn out to be phony.

And we do have radar evid e n c e ; f o r ex a m p l e s o l i d ra d a r t ra c k s f o r t h e S t e p h e nv i l l e, Tex a s , U F O f lap of Januar y 2008, with nu m e ro u s eyew i t n e s s e s also.

I f yo u we re n o t o n e o f t h o s e w i t n e s s e s , s t r i c t ly speaking, the Stephenville object remains hearsay, but s o m e k i n d s o f h e a r s ay carry much more credibilit y t h a n o t h e r s , a s wh e n there were hundreds of reliable witnesses. I didn’t see t h e S t e p h e nv i l l e c ra f t myself, but I have good just i f i c a t i o n t o t h i n k i t wa s real.

T he point is, one should a c c e p t o r re j e c t t h e U F O concept for defensible reas o n s . D o n ’t t h i n k t h ey ’re real (or think they’re not) only because someone says so. Be skeptical, expect to see evidence, but ponder what evidence you do find.