Vision for November 21, 2013

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Thursday, November 21, 2013 Volume 20, Issue 22

Publisher: Charles Fischer Editor: Rey Berrones Ad Design: Sandra Martinez, Steve Stone Columnists: Donald Burleson, Stu Pritchard Roswell Daily Record Staff Writers: Vanessa Kahin, Tess Townsend, Amy Vogelsang Roswell Daily Record Staff Photographer: Mark Wilson Contributing Writer: Jimmy Masters Contributing Photographer: Bill Flynt 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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Holly-Day Magic

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History

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Charles Goodnight - Part 3

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Roswell Artist-in-Residence fellow Jessica Kirkpatrick opens her show, The Sculptor’s Model, on November 22.

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Thanksgivukka

By Tess Townsend Record Staff Writer

A good excuse for sweet potato latkes

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Bill Flynt Photos Attendees from last year’s Cranes and Cocoa enjoy cookies and a gorgeous sunset

Cranes and Cocoa

The first signs of winter in Roswell are hot cocoa and perfect sunsets at Bitter Lake.

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By Jimmy Masters Friends of Bitter Lake, Board Secretary ooking for something the refuge has to offer in our to do over the Thanks- community. Every year, giving Day weekend? 20,000 to 25,000 Sandhill Join the Friends of Bitter Lake Cranes migrate to Bitter Lake NWR as we meet at the NWR while others continue to refuge to view the sandhill migrate south during the fall cranes fly in for the evening. and winter months.

The Friends and Bitter Lake Jim Montgomery with the National Wildlife Refuge staff Friends will be speaking will be hosting Cranes and about the cranes and their Cocoa at the Joseph R. Skeen migratory behaviors. AfterVisitor Center located at the wards, we will all drive out refuge on Saturday, Nov. 30, onto the refuge as a group to beginning at 2:30 p.m. watch the cranes as they fly This event is a great way in after a long day of for those in the area to come feeding. They come back to and enjoy a relaxing cup of the water because it offers a cocoa and other refresh- safe haven from predators ments while learning what during the night.

The Friends Nature Store, located in the Visitor Center, will be open late for those who would like to see what the store offers as far as unique gift ideas. Please come and join us at the refuge for Cranes and Cocoa. Call to reserve a space by contacting the Visitor Center at 575-627-4011.

It is an event that last occurred 125 years ago, and won't occur again for tens of thousands of years.

The first day of Hanukkah converges with Thanksgiving this year. The overlap has been dubbed "Thanksgivukka."

Dr. Richard Sidd, president of Congregation B'Nai Israel on Washington Avenue, and his wife Carolyn refer to the holiday combo as a "cute coincidence."

"Hanukkah is not a major holiday anyway," says Richard, an ophthalmologist in Roswell. "I think this was just sort of a, 'Oh, that's cool.' " Like Thanksgiving, Hanukkah begins on a different date each year.

Hanukkah's timing is based on the Hebrew calendar.

Carolyn, who works in Richard's office, points out that both holidays celebrate religious freedom.

"Well that's looking for meaning," says Richard.

Hanukkah celebrates the restoration of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem to the Jews, who had been prevented from practicing their religion by the Seleucid Empire. As part of the festival, families light one candle in a menorah each night for eight days, until the menorah is fully lit.

The candles represent the ritual oil used to purify the temple. The oil was presumed to be sufficient to last only one day; that it lasted eight days is considered a miracle.

The one-time double holiday of Thanksgivukkah has inspired production of a slew of items that pull from traditions of both celebrations, according to USA Today.

In an article published Friday, the newspaper cited turkey-shaped menorahs called "Menurkeys" and Tshirts with messages such as "8 Days of Light, Liberty & Latkes."

The Sidds say the national buzz about Thanksgivukkah has not been amplified in their roughly 20-family lay congregation, which is the only Jewish congregation in the city.

One effect of the crossing of calendars, though, is that century-old B'Nai will hold no service during Hanukkah, as families are expected to be cooking away at home.

Carolyn says that there is one thing she plans to do differently this year than last year for the holidays. Instead of making sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and potato latkes for Hanukkah, she plans to combine the two into sweet potato latkes.

Thanksgivukkah won't occur again until the year 79811-that is, if humanity still exists and members of the species still celebrate Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.

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The annual Thanksgiving Dinner

By Tess Townsend Record Staff Writer t takes the whole community to put on Roswell's annual Free Thanksgiving Dinner.

Schools and churches donate canned f ood, Job Cor ps students sor t the items for transportation, Veterans Memorial Hall donates event space and hundreds of residents cook and ser ve food.

Event organizer Johnny Gonzales held the first dinner at Gateway Church in 1981. He said that at that time, volunteers fed about 200 people, a fraction of the thousand or so who ate at the dinner last year.

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Free Thanksgiving Dinner welcomes everyone. No, really--everyone.

Mark Wilson Photo Gateway Christian School fourth graders help the Johnny Gonzales Community Volunteer Program by arranging canned goods for the free Thanksgiving Dinner to be held at Veterans Memorial Hall American Legion Post #28 located at 1620 N. Montana on Thanksgiving Day starting at 11 a.m.

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every year," he said. "Matter of f act, they're calling f or food right now, making sure they're on the list. Well, you know, there's no requirement--you just show up."

Anyone can show up for a free meal. Gonzales said that on Thanksgiving Day, about 500 individuals show up to eat turkey, pie, cake and whatever other food community members have decided to share.

Some of the diners have little to no means and cannot aff ord to prepare a meal themselves.

Others are out-of-towners stuck in the city for business.

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out of need f or company than need for sustenance.

The other half of meals are delivered to the elderly, disabled and hospital bound who are unable to come in person, according to Gonzales. Some meals go to people who have to work on Thanksgiving.

"It draws all of use together," he said. "We get to meet new friends and old friends."

Last week, Gonzales visited K-12 inter-denominational Gateway Christian School, where students had been collecting canned for about a week. Gateway has supSEE

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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 4462113, or visit ShroudNM.com.

Nov 21 - Dec 14

29th Annual Coming Home for Christmas Arts Festival Come see how this unique arts and crafts fair has transformed the Tularosa Basin Historical Society Plaza into an enchanting display of the most unique arts and crafts in the area. You will feel the magic of Christmas as you walk through the Plaza with themed Christmas trees, as well as Country, Victorian, and Southwestern items for sale. Christmas music will set the mood for this magical display of the finest handmade arts and crafts in the area.

Bakers will be selling their culinary delights. All to delight your senses and make you truly believe you are Coming Home for Christmas. Experience it at Tularosa Basin Historical Society Plaza, 1004 White Sands Blvd. Times vary, please contact the Tularosa Basin Historical Society at 434-4438 for more information.

Nov 30

German Christmas Bazar The German Christmas Bazar is at 1311 Galway Drive from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Here you can try German Food Specialities and find many different kinds of handcrafted decorations.

There will be handcrafted gifts, floral Christmas wreaths, greeting cards, jewelry, and

Friday Nov 29

Spencer Theater

Tribute artist Jim Curry, whose voice was heard in the CBSTV movie “Take Me Home: The John Denver Story,” has performed Denverʼs music in sold out shows throughout the country and has emerged as todayʼs top performer of Denverʼs vast legacy of multi-platinum hits.The music of the late John Denver is like an old friend, outlasting trends and standing the test of time. Join acclaimed performer Jim Curry for this tribute to the music of one of the most beloved singer/songwriters ever to grace the stage. The performance starts at 8 p.m., with Crispy Cod Buffet before the show at 6 p.m. Tickets for the buffet are $20. Tickets for the performance are $76 and $79. For more information, call 1888-818-7872 or visit spencertheater.com.

Karina Schuh Photography will have a booth, selling matted travel and landscape prints and offering special Christmas Packages for Portraiture.

Treats include coffee, German cake, crepes, fresh roasted almonds, and hot waffles. If youʼre looking to eat some tra-

ditional German food there will be fish sandwiches, bratwurst, chili, baked potatoes and stewed mushrooms. All of the money made at this event will go to the Pregnancy Help Center and soup kitchen in Alamogordo.

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The performance starts at 8 p.m., with Crispy Cod Buffet before the show at 6 p.m. Tickets for the buffet are $20. Tickets for the performance are $76 and $79. For more information, call 1-888-818-7872 or visit spencertheater.com.

Artesia Nov 23

Rhythm in Layers Rhythm in Layers is at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center located at 310 Main St. from 9 a.m. - noon. This is a fun workshop for students to create a low-relief sculpture! Materials fee is $15. For more information, visit artesiaartscouncil.com or call Lauren at 746-4212.

Nov 23

A Little Princess The young actors of the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center will perform “A Little Princess” at 7 p.m.

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Frances Hodgson Burnett. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. For more information, visit artesiaartscouncil.com or call 746-4212.

Dec 5

Light Up Artesia Parade of Lights Artesiaʼs very first Light Parade will debut December 5 to kick off Light Up Artesia and the arrival of Santa Claus! This yearʼs theme will be “New Mexico Christmas.” The deadline to enter a float in the parade is November 29. To get an application visit artesiamainstreet.com or pick one up at the Artesia Chamber. For more information, call 7462744.

Carlsbad

Nov 29 - Dec 31

Christmas on the Pecos Take an evening boat ride on the Pecos River with illuminated backyards and islands of twinkling lights. The holiday spirit shines through as wise men and angles sparkle in a fairyland of lights. The tour starts at 711 Muscatel Ave. every night. The tour does not run on Christmas Eve. Adults 12 and over: $12.50 per person on Sunday-Thursday, $17.50 per person on Friday 6 >>

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>>5 and Saturday Children 2-11: $7.50 per child on Sunday Thursday, $12.50 per child on Friday and Saturday. For more information, visit christmasonthepecos.com.

Nov 30

Cavern City Open Disc Golf Tournament The Cavern City Open Disc Golf Tournament is going to be held at the Carlsbad Disc Golf Course. 2 rounds of 18. $2 Ace Pot (CTP if no aces) Plus: Ring of Fire. Ribbon cutting for expanded Carlsbad Disc Golf Course. Classes: Pro/Open $40; Advanced - $30; Intermediate - $25; Beginner - $20; Under 15 - $15. Proceeds go to sponsor Word of Life Church Missions. Schedule: Sign up 8 a.m. - 9 a.m., Mandatory Meeting 9:30 a.m., First round 10 a.m. 1 hour break after last card. For info call Albert Ornelas 575-4995100 or Jason Shirley 575302-3878.

Cloudcroft

Winter Wonderland

Nov 30, Dec 21

Santa Land The annual Santa Land comes back to Zenith Park Pavilion on November 30 and December 21. This event is sponsored by the Cloudcroft Light Opera Company, Cloudcroft Kiwanis and the Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call 682-2733 or visit cloudcroft.net.

Hobbs Nov 23

Stone Turkey Trot Color Run The Stone Turkey Trot Color Run is from 10 a.m. to noon at the Ocotillo Golf Course / Trail.

Come trot your turkey and see just how crazy colorful you can get! This color run is sponsored by Stone Elementary school and will benefit the Stone PIE. It will begin and end at the Ocotillo Health Walk Trail near Harry McAdams

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Park in Hobbs, NM. Participants can walk/run/stroll through this 3 mile course

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Presenting over 80 booths of works by artists, artisans and crafters from five states!

Admission $1 – Children under 12 free Proceeds to Benefit Roswell Police Athletic League, Assurance Home, First Tee Program and Roswell’s students Holly-Day Magic/Roswell Police Athletic League Partners in Youth

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1st American Bank

The Winter Wonderland Christmas auction to benefit Chaves County CASA is at 5 p.m. at 1st American Bank located at 111 E. 5th. Enjoy great food and bid on a Christmas Tree that will help raise money for Chaves County CASA. For more information, call 625-0112, or visit casakids.org.

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while being covered with colored powders at every kilometer. The entire community is welcomed. For more information, or to register, visit hobbsfunruns.com.

Dec 5

6th Annual Christmas Traditions From Around the World The 6th Annual Christmas Traditions From Around the World is at the Western Heritage Museum from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. and features the sites, sounds and tastes of the season. Entertainment, door prizes, and Santa Claus. For more information call Mary Lyle at 4922679 or visit

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 2472464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.

Every Week, Mon - Sat

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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Nov 1 - Dec 2

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.

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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.

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

evokes the viewer to ponder unanswered questions by entering her world to participate in the narrative of our own imagination. For more information, visit roswellmuseum.org.

Nov 30 - Dec 1

Roswell Civic Center

The 31st annual Christmas Fantasy Arts and Crafts Fair is at the Roswell Civic Center on Saturday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Come shop the creative works of area artists and craftsmen. There will also be a silent auction, with proceeds to benefit the Embrace, Inc. Admission is only a $1 and children 12 years old & under are free.

p.m. For more information, call Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen at 622-4919.

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.

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Tweeting Elations Join us in celebrating Aria Finch and her exhibition, soon after she receives the 2013 Governorʼs Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Well known to all, Finch will present a new body of work in clay that borders on the mystical, often.

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Artists Explore ʻArtist Exploreʼ drawings and paintings by students of the Roswell Independent School District Elementary Arts Program. Observe, Examine, Explore. Reception: 6-8pm Nov 1 at Isaacʼs Pipe and Supply Isaacʼs Gallery at 309 N. Virginia, Gallery hours: M-F 9 a.m. - noon, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

For appointment, call 575-6268626.

Nov 21

Photographic Arts Society of Roswell Club Meeting The Photographic Arts Society of Roswell will hold its November meeting 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 “Capturing Fall.”

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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Health Fair The Health Fair is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Mesa Middle School, located at 1601 East Bland. Participating Agencies and Programs include: American Red Cross, WIC Program, Roswell Safe Coalition, Roswell Fire Department, Wings for L.I.F.E., La Casa Family Health Center and more. The event will include games, free food and information for all. For more information call 578-9838.

Nov 22

Winter Wonderland The Winter Wonderland Christmas auction to benefit Chaves County CASA is at 5 p.m. at 1st American Bank located at 111 E. 5th. For more information, call 625-0112, or visit casakids.org.

Nov 22 - 23

Holly-Day Magic Celebrate the season with Holly- Day Magic Art & Craft Show held at the Roswell Convention & Civic Center on Friday, Nov. 22 from 10:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

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adies get ready! (Or should I say husbands, pull out your wallets?)

Either way, a bazaar with all sorts of handmade unique items, from clothes to accessories, will be part of a onenight shopping extravaganza.

From India, Africa and Nepal, just to name a few, the garments will be part of the World Market.

With a fashion show, wine and pajamas, it will be an opportunity to experience something Roswell doesn’t normally offer.

But besides the jewelry, purses, skirts, dresses, table cloths, pajama pants and

watches — amidst many other trinkets and items — the World Market’s merchandise is not just colorful, beautiful and from other countries.

As part of one of many empowerment programs, the purchases of these items will help support women living in challenging places throughout the world, explained event coordinator Laura Roebuck.

“One thing I know firsthand is that buying these products actually helps them,” she said.

Having spent time in India with some of the women, she knows them by name. She knows their faces and has heard their stories.

Sometimes the women are

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A World Market comes to Roswell

By Amy Vogelsang Record Staff Writer from a lower caste, making it difficult to find respectable work earning an honest living. Some of the women are given the opportunity to make goods as an escape from brothels or forced prostitution, Roebuck elaborated, ardor evident in her tone and her eyes burning with the fervor she feels about this cause.

“This event is specifically (designed for us) to be aware of where our money is going

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A unique shopping experience is coming to Roswell

and to support those organizations that are on the front line (trying to make a difference),” she said. “The way we spend our money casts a vote for the world we want to live in.”

The World Market will consist of goods from 10 different organizations “we know to be really awesome,” Roebuck said. The organizations’ products have been Fairtrade certified, meaning the products meet environmental, labor and developmental requirements.

With 27 million slaves in the modern world, she hopes to expose more people in Roswell to the social enterprises that give women these work opportunities.

Ranging from $5 for a recycled paper beaded necklace from Africa to $300 for a quilt hand-made from reclaimed saris in India, the market will hold many treasures.

And given the choice between a line-up of Anthro-

pology or some other big company’s merchandise and the goods made by women in Fairtrade organizations, Roebuck said she and many other women have chosen the World Market items. They’re that irresistible.

The World Market will be on Saturday, Nov. 30, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Liberty, 312 N. Virginia Ave. Tickets are $10 and include a drink, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment, such as a fashion show of various cultural outfits and international activities. All the proceeds will go to humanitarian efforts worldwide.

“I’m looking forward to sharing this with the community,” Roebuck said. “These women never could have imagined American women lining up to buy their products.”

To learn more or purchase tickets, visit worldmarketroswell.com.

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The gift buying season is in full swing in the Pecos Valley. t’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

A Southwest Christmas.

Bringing together the colorful sights, homegrown tastes and the unique feel of art and food primarily from the Southwest as well as other parts of the nation, the 33rd annual Holly-Day Magic Art and Craft Show will soon offer locals the chance to kick off their holiday shopping and support local causes all at once.

Furthermore, with more than 80 booths and about 70 vendors, shoppers will not only be able to cross names off their “nice” list, but are also bound to find items impossible to part with.

Holly-Day Magic will take place at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center Friday, Nov. 22, from 10:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. HollyDay Magic has an admission fee of $1, while children under

12 are admitted for free.

Once inside the Convention Center main hall, visitors will find themselves in the presence of some of the best in art and food, as assured by HollyDay Magic organizers.

“This is a juried show,” said Holly-Day Magic organizer Joyce Tucker. A committee of four individuals has approved all vendors, after potential vendors send the committee pictures of samples of their work.

“We’re very careful about not having too much of a similar thing,” Tucker said. “This doesn’t mean we just have one (vendor selling) jewelry, but it does mean all of our jewelry is all very, very different.” Tucker noted that Holly-Day Magic vendors are primarily from New Mexico, but at least five states will be represented in the event.

Available items will include home decor, baskets, furniture, candles, cookbooks, soaps,

Western-themed creations in rope and leather, purses and more. Scrumptious goodies will include pumpkin rolls and cookies by Debora Lucas as well as popcorn. Pecos Flavors Winery will be present. Martin’s Capitol Cafe will offer lunch and dinner during both days of the event.

Also a major fundraiser for the Police Athletic League, Holly-Day Magic will offer an opportunity to enter to win one of three donated items: a 6inch cheese bowl with serving pieces created by artist Bobby Goode, a framed, giclée print by painter Pat Hittle or a $50 gift certificate from Cattle Baron Restaurants.

Holly-Day Magic has also been known to donate proceeds from the event to The Assurance Home and The First Tee of the Pecos Valley. Last year’s Holly-Day Magic event raised more than $8,000 to help support youth in the com-

munity.

Aside from giving all its proceeds — after bills have been paid — to youth-centered organizations — Holly-Day Magic continues another tradition, that of having a featured artist. Tucker noted that this honor typically goes to an artist of local renown, someone who is frequently asked for and sought out by the community.

This year, Holly-Day Magic featured artist is photographer, metalworker and woodworker Goode.

What does being a featured artist entail? Well, for one, Goode will be set up at a double booth during Holly-Day Magic, where he will sell pepper mills, salt shakers and other items that are widely needed, but in Goode’s case, are uniquely made by hand.

Being featured artist also affords Goode a bit of extra promotion.

A lifelong Roswell resident, this is the fourth time Goode will be involved with HollyDay Magic, and the first as its featured artist.

Goode has always been around the tools he uses to create his artwork, having grown up in and around a welding shop. One may still find Goode, and some of his artwork, at Goode’s Welding Inc., located at 926 E. McGaffey St., as well as at The

Gallery, 107 E. Fifth St. Although he grew up around a welding shop and thus became familiar with wood and metal, Goode said his involvement in photography began in high school, when he picked up a camera.

“It was something to keep me busy,” Goode said with a chuckle. It is now another art form that he is known and appreciated for, so much so, that his photography has impacted fellow artist Hittle and in turn, one of her most noted contributions to HollyDay Magic.

“Big Cats,” the painting Hittle has donated to the event to be given away through a drawing, is based on a Goode photograph. The artistic rendering features two mountain lions currently at the Spring River Park and Zoo. Hittle’s original version of “Big Cats,” however, has already been sold and is decorating a wall in North Carolina.

The item to be given away at Holly-Day Magic is a copy of the original, — a giclée.

Originally from Virginia, Hittle has traveled the country for 17 years, settling in Roswell in 2007. The city afforded her a moderate climate and, most importantly, a supportive art community.

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There will also be hourly drawings for prizes. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Police Athletic League, Assurance Home, The First Tee Program and Roswell Students. Admission is $1 with children under 12 admitted for free.

Nov 22, 2013 - Jan 5, 2014

The Sculptorʼs Model Jessica Kirkpatrickʼs recent paintings explore the body as transformed into art. She questions the genre of nude figure painting and how the gaze is sanctioned through art. Working out of a collage ethos, figures and spaces collide to create living myths as the conjunction between the past and present. Jessica will give a talk in Bassett Auditorium at 5:30 p.m. Reception to follow, with refreshments provided by the Roswell Museum and Art Center Foundation. This is a free event. Call 575-624-6744 x 22 for more information.

Nov 24

Guerreros Toy Run The fifth annual Guerreros Toy Run to help Chaves County CASA provide toys for underpriviledged children during the holiday season. meets at the

Roswell Mall at noon. The ride leaves at 12:30 p.m. The last stop hooraw is located at 1003 S. Atkinson with food, live music, door prizes and more fun for the entire family. $10 donation. Leading up to the event, toys can also be dropped off at the Roswell Mall, Champion Harley Davidson, Lykins Tire and Cisco Equipment. For more information, call 993-2423.

Everyone Dies In Utah Everyone Dies In Utah is playing a Unity Center show with guests Silent Planet and Cherubim at the ENMURoswell Gym, located at 52 University Blvd. Admission is $10, and doors open at 6 p.m.

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Nov 28

Free Thanksgiving Dinner The Community Volunteer Program is holding the annual free Thanksgiving Dinner at Veterans Memorial Hall American Legion Post #28 located at 1620 N. Montana on Thanksgiving Day starting at 11 a.m.

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cranes return from feeding off the Refuge. They come to the water as it is a safe place to sleep for the night. They feed on harvested fields in the area, some flying up into the Hondo Valley every day. For more information, visit friendsofbitterlake.com.

Nov 30

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Pecos Valley Rehabilitation Suites offers 16 private rooms; wireless internet access; concierge services; physical, occupational and speech therapy seven days a week. Our goal at Pecos Valley Rehabilitation Suites is to keep our patients informed, free of anxiety and concerns. This insures shorter recovery times and long term success. Facility tours are available seven days a week.

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Monday Nov 25

ENMU-Roswell Gym

Everyone Dies In Utah is playing a Unity Center show with guests Silent Planet and Cherubim at the ENMU-Roswell Gym, located at 52 University Blvd. Admission is $10, and doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.

Nov 29

Planetarium Presentation Jim Waldrip will present two free 30-minute programs during Black Friday in the RMAC Planetarium. Put up your weary shopperʼs feet and relax under the autumn sky. The programs will begin at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Nov 30 - Dec 1

Christmas Fantasy The 31st annual Christmas Fantasy Arts and Crafts Fair is at the Roswell Civic Center on Saturday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m.

- 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Come shop the creative works of

area artists and craftsmen.

There will also be a silent auction, with proceeds to benefit the Embrace, Inc. Admission is only a $1 and children 12 years old & under are free.

Nov 30

Cranes and Cocoa The annual Cranes and Cocoa is going to be held at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

This yearʼs event is scheduled to start at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, November 30 with refreshments and a short talk on Lesser Sandhill Cranes by Friends of Bitter Lake NWR member Jim Montgomery, then it will caravan out to a good vantage point to watch the

World Market Roswell The World Market Roswell is at the Liberty located at 312 N. Virginia Ave. in downtown Roswell for a one-night shopping event featuring products handmade by women around the globe. Escape the frenzy of the shopping weekend, and enjoy an evening of international flair, fashion show, drinks and hors dʼoeuvres while shopping for unique and meaningful Christmas gifts that change lives. Tickets are $10.

For more tickets or more information, visit worldmarketroswell.com.

Dec 6 - 8

A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol The ENMU-Roswell Theatre Department is proud to present their fall production, A Fairy tale Christmas Carol, December 6 (7:30), 7 (7:30) and 8 (2:30). In A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol, everyoneʼs favorite classic holiday tale gets the fractured fairy tale treatment.

All the famous fairy tale characters take on all of the memorable roles of Dickensʼs A Christmas Carol. Youʼll never know who will show up next as the Big Bad Wolf (as Ebenezer Scrooge) meets his old business partner Jacob Midas (Marley), who could turn anything to gold. Midas warns Big Bad that heʼll be visited by The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future (played by a Fairy Godmother, Old King Cole, and the Queen of Hearts respectively). The ghosts make Scrooge realize 11 >>

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This fun-filled adaptation stays true to the warmth and heart of the classic. Tickets are on sale now at the box office in the Performing Arts Center on campus. The box office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Thursday and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. General admission tickets can also be purchased at www.showtix4u.com. Ticket prices are; $10 General Admission, $8 Kids under 10 and seniors, $5 ENMU Students (any campus) with ID, $5 Groups of 10 or more. Come and get your tickets early! For more information, contact the box office at 624-7398 or email pac@roswell.enmu.edu.

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Billboardʼs most influential regional Mexican Group Los Tigres del Norte brings their Latin Soul and GRAMMYaward-winning music to the Inn. Five Latin GRAMMY Awards, 32 million records sold, and an honor as a BIM Icon for their unique and unforgettable influence on generations of music makers, puts Los Tigres del Norte on an elite list of Latin Music greats alongside Juan Luis Guerra and Carlos Santana. Los Tigres del Norte has achieved worldwide success by being the leading musical storytellers for multiple generations of Latin immigrants with hits like “La Banda Del Carro Rojo” and “La Juala De Oro.” The groupʼs music is steeped in emotions of honor, pride and respect for their culture. A career span of more than three decades, millions of records sold, and tours throughout the United States, Mexico, Latin America, Europe and Asia, has made Los Tigres Del Norte international Legends. Los Tigres del Norte spices up the Inn stage with their flavorful, yet traditional corrido and Latin polka sounds and great songs like “La Granja” and “Mi Fantasia.” Minors must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.

Nov 28

Grindstone Stables Sleigh Rides - Opening Day Join us for a horse-drawn sleigh ride through historic Upper Canyon from 5:30 p.m. 9 p.m. With jingle bells ringing and the horses breath fogging in the air, everyone is sure to enjoy the crisp winter evenings while riding through the oldest part of Ruidoso. Sleigh Rides depart from Marthaʼs Fabrics parking lot. Located at the top of the “traffic circle”, at the the west end of Sudderth Dr. Rides start each evening at 5:30 pm. Blanket are furnished for all riders. Although snow is not always abundant in our southwest resort town, we are always able to offer our sleigh rides. With or without snow.

With the addition of a few hidden wheels, our sleighs will travel smoothly, even on dry pavement. They are always pulled by a team of draft horses adorning bells, ensuring a magical evening. Cost is $20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. For more information, call 257-2241.

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t’s cold and rainy.

Why, of all days, and in Roswell no less, is it cold and rainy?”

This thought runs through my head as I trudge through the mist up to the door of the Civic Center.

I wouldn’t normally be up so early on a Tuesday, but I am on a mission to lear n more about a Roswell tour I have heard about. Of course, this is all I know: there is some sort of tour involving something about Roswell.

OK, so I really don’t know what to expect.

A f ew others have gathered, and after signing in I quickly venture to find a small cup of coffee to kickstart my morning. Put on by the Chaves County Tourism Council — a council composed 100 percent of volunteers — I lear n right away that this is the “Roswell’s Many Points of Interest” tour, otherwise known as the “Taste Tour” because it gives a taste of the various institutions around Roswell that may be of interest to tourists.

The objective is to see little sites around the city from the

perspective of a tourist, and according to council member Jane Anglin, they have the stops down to an exact science: it will be a two hour tour, allowing for 4.6 minutes at each location.

As we load into the van, provided by Roswell’s Parks and Recreation Department, we are introduced to our driver, Tom Blake, and our ver y knowledgeable tour guide, Phelps Anderson, (who openly admits that if he doesn’t know the answer to a question, he will make it up.)

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Her own mythology

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Rey Berrones Photos

Jessica Kirkpatrick's show, The Sculptor's Model, explores suburban images, feminine mystique

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By Tess Townsend Record Staff Writer touchstone of Roswell neighborhoods is their concrete cubic homes, many built in the wake of World War II to house employees of now defunct Walker Air Force Base. These houses sprawl throughout the city, concentrating themselves to the south near Roswell Inter national Air Center.

Roswell architecture plays a prominent role on Roswell Artist-in-Residence Fellow Jessica Kirkpatrick's latest show, The Sculptor's Model.

Multiple art works portray images from local neighborhoods.

"It's a very American looking town,” says Kirkpatrick.

She explored suburban landscape themes even before her move to Roswell.

She says that when she lived in Scotland, people often described her work as "American-looking": boxy

architecture, big highways, "suburban bleakness" and decentralization.

The primary mediums of works that will be displayed in The Sculptor's Model are oil on canvas and cyanotype on fabric. Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces blue and white prints that look similar to photo negatives.

Southwestern landscapes influenced the color palate of the paintings, which include a blend of cream, wheat, gold and beige.

"Wherever I am, I always draw inspiration from that place," Kirkpatrick says.

The show will be on display in the Horgan Gallery of the Roswell Museum and Art Center from Nov. 23 to Jan. 5.

The artist will speak about her work at the museum at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 22. A preview of the show and reception for museum members will follow

at 6 p.m.

Born in San Francisco, Kirkpatrick studied painting at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the School of Visual Arts.

She completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing at the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland in 2010. She says she chose to go to Edinburgh rather than a place like London or New York because she prefers smaller towns and cities.

“I guess I'm a country bumpkin,” she says.

Kirkpatrick's art has been exhibited in London, Rome, Edinburgh and Denver. At 33, the artist has been recognized with multiple awards.

She won the Abbey Award Fellowship in Painting at the British School in Rome in 2011. The following year, she was granted the Open Eye Gallery prize and the Leith

School of Art prize at the Visual Arts Scotland annual exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.

Kirkpatrick describes her work as "dreamlike" and "mythic."

“My paintings often reflect the decentered, placeless zones of suburbia or urban peripheral as a function of a dislocated identity or collective fantasy,” she writes in her October 2013 artist's statement.

She says she frequently lifts elements from past artists and art history to create a conversation between her work and work by those who preceded her. She might incorporate a historical figure into a painting or use images that were ubiquitous in previous eras.

Imagery borrowed from the past is prominent in Kirkpatrick's current show.

The Sculptor's Model is named for a book of pictures of models posing in the nude.

It contains photos taken at multiple angles of each model, to create a 360 degree reference for artists.

The book was published in the 1950s, when books of that style were especially popular.

Some of its images appear in cyanotypes and paintings in Kirkpatrick's show.

Kirkpatrick developed the featured cyanotype pieces in such a way as to make them look more like paintings than photos. She says she aims to convey a sense of nostalgia in the prints.

Her oil paintings are based on digital collages of images she collected from the internet, books and her own photos.

She describes her method of collage in her artist's statement: “Utilizing methods of digital collage—superimposition, manipulation of scale, juxtaposition of style, and the use of realist painting technique—I highlight the image for what it is, an illusion.”

Her painting, “The Structure of Being,” depicts a woman growing into a tree against the backdrop of a mid-50's era apartment building.

The woman in the piece is pulled from the 1950's modeling book. The dwelling is based on a photo Kirkpatrick took of a structure in Roswell.

Before Kirkpatrick began her residency, she surveyed local neighborhoods using Google Maps Streetview.

“I love those houses because they're so generic and boxy,” she says. “They could be anywhere.”

She says she's interested in the “feeling of being lost or dislocated” that she associates with American suburbia.

The image of the exterior of the house brings in a theme of facades, according to Kirkpatrick. The tree in the painting is meant to convey the idea of nature, but controlled nature, as it is located in the context of man-made structures.

Placing natural images in the context of a controlled, manicured setting is an example of how the artist plays with polarities.

She liberally uses the term "versus" to explain the ideas she explores in her art: Self versus world. East versus west. Body versus nature.

"I feel like that's the nature of reality, this dynamic of opposition," she says.

The idea of control carries over to the incorporation of the posing woman. Kirkpatrick describes how poses from The Sculptor's Model book of poses emulate elegance and control as defined in the era the book was published.

“There's just a posturing,” she says, pointing out how many of the models suck in their stomachs.

Femininity is emerging as an increasingly prominent theme in her work, according SEE

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Moving right along, here are a f ew fun f acts: John Continued from Page 12 Denver grew up here, Demi Anderson is “more or less Moore went to school here an expert” on the history of and Roy Rogers met his first Roswell, and I frantically try wife here. Drop some of that to keep up with all the trivia on your friends and knowledge he impar ts. I family. conf ess, I am not able to As we dr ive through write down all the informa- Spring River Park and Zoo, I tion I am fed, but I daresay learn it was originally “Pepwr iting it all down would permint Park,” and the have bored 95 percent of my carousel is one of the oldest readers anyhow. wooden carousels in the But being rather new to country, and only costs 25 Roswell myself (seven cents. Roswell can also brag months in this city is, in fact, of having the only zoo in the still considered new, right?) state that is still free.

I view myself as a bit of a Roswell has many other tourist on this tour. In other outdoor activities: a local words, I don’t have to do bird sanctuar y along the much pretending to play the biking and walking “Jack part. and Susie Chew Trail,” Bitter So although the tour is Lakes Wildlife Refuge just designed for those who fre- northeast of town, three golf quently come into contact courses and enough trees to with tourists — employees be considered a “Tree City.” of eateries and hotels — it One of our final stops, and never hurts to know a little my personal favorite, is, to bit more about the town you me, an unknown gem: The live in.

Historical House Museum.

We begin our histor ical This old house was origiand cultural journey at the nally built in 1912 and McBride Museum, a military belonged to a Mr. and Mrs. museum at New Mexico Mil- James White. It offers both a itary Institute that breaks glimpse at Victorian era livdown the history of NMMI. ing as well as multiple little Who knew that NFL quarter- exhibits upstairs displaying back Roger Staubach and famous people, culture and hotel chain founder Conrad history of Roswell.

Hilton were both cadets at Of course, along with hisNMMI? tory, there are also legends During the tour we journey and fables, particularly cirto both art museums: Ander- cling around the character son Museum of Contempo- of Billy the Kid. It is at this rary Art and Roswell Muse- time that Anderson decides um and Ar t Center. Both to regale us with a tale of the have extensive exhibits that cliché Old-West gunman. really surprise me. To have According to legend, the art museums of this caliber Kid was captured and in a smaller city like Roswell guarded by two men, one of is rare. whom was named Bob “It’s a great art community, Olinger. Olinger filled his and that’s a reason to stay,” shotgun with quarters and says Anderson Museum’s said to the Kid, “I’m going to Co-Director Susan Wink. She kill you with this shotgun.” was or iginally par t of the Perhaps f or the sake of Ar tist-in-Residence Pro- irony, Billy the Kid then gram, and after her year of escapes and ends up shootstipend living decided to ing Olinger with the quarremain here. ter-filled shotgun. Upon

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to Kirkpatrick. She says the motif has long been present, reaching back to when as a child she would draw fairy nymphs.

"I really feel like I want to explore the feminine experience from my own point of view," she says.

More recently, the artist is focused on conveying how women are represented in current and historical images, she says. She notes that many of the women she portrays are thin and white, which she says reflects dominant views of female beauty as projected by patriarchal culture.

Kirkpatrick points out that the woman in “The Structure of Being” alludes to the Greek myth of Daphne.

Daphne was tur ned into a laurel tree to protect her from the god Apollo, who was so taken by her beauty, he relentlessly pursued her.

By representing 1950s feminine ideals and alluding to the myth of Daphne with one figure, Kirkpatrick creates a dialogue between her own female nudes and the tradi-

tion of f emale nudes throughout art history.

The artist shies from explaining in detail her personal views on how women are portrayed in cultural images or art. She also avoids ascribing an intended message to her art, saying that in a way, her pieces create themselves.

Yet somewhere in Kirkpatrick's process, something personal emerges.

“Out of those smashups comes my own mythology,” she says.

The collages on which much of Kirkpatrick's work is modeled currently stay in the studio, out of the public eye. Kirkpatrick says she may one day consider exhibiting the collages themselves.

Cyanotype on fabric is a new exploration for Kirkpatrick and may be viewed as a preview of the future direction of her ongoing body of work.

To view Kirkpatrick's work, visit her RMAC exhibit.

Learn more about the artist and her work at jessicakirkpatrick.com.

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leaving the scene he looked back and said, “Keep the change, Bob.” “Of course, I wasn’t there,” Anderson admits as we all laugh at the “punny” humor.

But in the books of accredited history, it is worth noting that Roswell was once home to a German POW camp dur ing WWII, and amidst the rocked canal near the Civic Center, an Iron Cross can still be seen where the POWs embedded it in stone.

T he best par t of all the places we visit is the cost: absolutely free. As a somewhat recent college graduate, I certainly am not complaining to learn the price is $0.

Although Roswell is often characterized as an alien hot spot, she is, in fact, culturally and artistically diverse in regards to more than just the extraterrestrial.

“I’m appalled when I talk to people, and they say there is nothing to do in Roswell,” Anglin states. She leaves me with the final thought that the tour ism council is all about educating and networking. She hopes to work with other businesses in town so that tourists, and residents, don’t miss out on all the “hidden” experiences Roswell has to offer.

I now have more knowledge about the city I live in, as well as a button boldly proclaiming: “Ask Me About Roswell.” An audacious challenge I don’t think I’m ready to live up to. But I plan to wear it when my parents visit to, at the very least, get a couple of smiles, even if my expertise on Roswell has missing chunks.

Maybe I’ll just send everyone to talk to Anderson; I’m sure he’ll love that…

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Charles Goodnight

By Stu Pritchard Roswell Historian harlie Goodnight's cattle drive to New Mexico was a financial success. His drive across the Llano Estacado to the Pecos, up the Pecos to the Bosque Grande Indian Reservation and Fort Sumner resulted in the sale of a large portion of his cattle to the government for the high price of 8 cents a pound on the hoof.

Goodnight's gamble paid off because of a mistake the gover nment had made. Three years before, Fort Sumner had been established as a reservation for the Navajo and Mescalero Indians. With 8,500 Indians to feed the authorities paid as much as 16 cents a pound for beef . With little chance for food sufficiency, poor soil, scarce fuel and inadequate provision, the Indians were on the verge of starvation. The military bought most of the Goodnight-Loving cattle, leaving only about seven hundred for Loving to take on to Colorado for sale. Goodnight would return to Texas for another herd. Eagerly each set out on

Part three in a series on Charles Goodnight

trails that would bear their names - Goodnight 700 miles back to Texas and Loving on a trail by Las Vegas, across the Raton Pass to the vicinity of Denver, where he had no trouble selling the remaining cattle.

Goodnight almost lost the $12,000 in gold on the return trip. The money he and Loving had received was in a pack on one of the mules. At the height of a summer storm, with lightning flashes illuminating the stark crags of the Guadalupes and everyone jumpy from fear of the lightning and nearby Apaches, the mule spooked. Bucking and bellering the mule did its best to get away from Goodnight, who had grabbed the pack rope. They lost their provisions but Goodnight held on to the money mule long enough to worry him to a standstill. "We tore enough ground for a circus," Goodnight said later. Hungry, tired and considerably frightened, Goodnight finally made it home to Texas.

Goodnight and Loving herd-

Nancy Wigley, principal of Gateway's elementar y Continued from Page 4 school, said she views can ported Free Thanksgiving collection as an educational Dinner in various ways since activity for youth. the inception of the event.

"It's important to us that Four th-grade students our kids understand the stacked cans on the table in value of community involvethe lobby. Gonzales then led ment and helping the needs the students in prayer. of others," she said.

Four th-grader Maggie Wigley said the school Ward, 9, said she collected planned to finish collections items from her home to help on the 20th. those in need.

Gonzales is still looking "We want to give it to them f or people to volunteer so they don't star ve," she Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, said.

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ed 1,700 cattle west to New Mexico on their first trip west.

On his second trip Goodnight took a herd of 1,200 - but he lost almost none. In only 40 days, this wise ole trailherder had expertly trailed his herd to the Bosque Grande just above Roswell. There he rejoined Loving retur ning from Colorado and they went into winter camp, the first Texans to establish a ranch in souther n New Mexico. But, while Goodnight's drive seemed easy, others were not having success following his example. The Comanches had discovered the trail and two herds under Lew Soyer and George Fowler were attacked and lost in their entirety. A small herder named "Honey" Allen also lost his herd and nearly his life as did a trailer named Whitehead. On Goodnight's return to Texas he too was attacked by the Comanches, and Frank Willburn, who had joined him at Rio Hondo, almost lost his life.

Wilburn would later be one of Roswell's first merchants.

al Hall, 1620 N. Montana Ave. He said last week that he had about 75 volunteers already and requires about 125 more to set up, cook, serve and clean. Volunteers are needed between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The meal takes place between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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really,” Hittle said of Roswell.

“I enjoy the companionship.”

Hittle is currently the president of the Roswell Fine Arts League.

At Holly-Day Magic, Hittle will sell not only oil and acrylic paintings, but also bird houses, painted chairs, painted flower pots and unique rocks.

A hotspot for festive, yummy treats, Holly-Day Magic will offer a local favorite — Fours. These are created by Lynne Hooper, who heads her business, Casa Candies, out of her home. “(Fours) is a longtime favorite of Roswellites, and everyone else who eats them,” Hooper said. Despite their popularity, the origins of Fours have been obscured, either by time or the relocation of its original makers.

Hooper said a candy man from New York brought the recipe for Fours to Roswell in the 1940s. Women at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church were taught to make them, and they were made at the church for years to be sold at a bazaar. The recipe was even published in a St. Andrew’s cookbook.

When the Fours stopped being made at St. Andrew’s, Hooper picked up the tradition, without the slightest hint of a notion that one day, she would have her own candy business.

Hooper is not willing to disclose the recipe for Fours in a publication, but she is willing to admit they include Karo syrup, Mexican vanilla, butter,

cream, dark chocolate and both white and brown sugar.

The recipe is not a secret, however, and Hooper is glad to make it known.

“If anyone would like the recipe, they can ask me personally,” Hooper said. She is certain that, even with the recipe, many would prefer to buy the confection already made.

“It’s so labor intensive, people end up buying it, anyways,” Hooper said. The candies must be made in a cool environment — making them the best candy for the holidays, but also meaning they can only be made this time of year. Aiding in her candy making, Hooper uses a CoolBOT, an air-conditioning booster that helps her keep the room she makes Fours in between 45-50 degrees.

Also, Hooper only makes a certain amount of Fours every year, so that when they’re gone, they’re gone. Aside from Holly-Day Magic, Hooper’s candy can also be found at Pecos Flavors Winery, 305 N. Main St. Hooper will also sell two varieties of toffee — English toffee, dipped in semi-sweet chocolate, and snow toffee, which gets its name from the fact it’s dipped in white chocolate. Adding an extra special note to her creations is the fact that they are entirely homemade and handwrapped, ready to be given away as gifts or enjoyed by the person who purchase them.

“I’m really happy to have a chance to be in the show,” Hooper said. “I hope everyone comes out.”

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UFOLOGY

The extraterrestrial hypothesis: not so far-fetched!

Looking Up

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By Donald Burleson

n the field of UFO studies we often speak of the extraterrestrial hypothesis, which is simply the theory that at least some unidentified flying objects are from another world.

But (people often ask) couldn’t strange objects seen in the skies be secret experi-

mental aircraft designed by humans? Nowadays this is certainly possible, as we have little knowledge of what the government may be doing.

But such mundane explanations weren’t always possible, as one extraordinary sighting case demonstrates.

On August 5, 1926, Russian artist and explorer Nicholas Roerich and several associates were climbing in the Himalayan Mountains when they saw a large, disk-shaped, silvery, reflective object traversing the sky. The members of the caravan got a good look at it, because they passed binoculars around for a closer viewing. Roerich recorded the event in his diary and was clearly convinced that the object had not been anything conventionally explainable.

Keep in mind, this was only 23 years after the Wright

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brothers’ historic flight at Kitty Hawk, and humankind then had no aircraft even remotely resembling what Roerich’s party saw.

Now, if we choose not to invoke the extraterrestrial hypothesis (the idea that the craft was from somewhere other than the Earth) to explain this sighting, what alternative would be suggested instead?

Well, obviously the primary alternative would be that the craft was from right here on Planet Earth. But this idea raises monumentally troublesome questions.

By the common understanding of the history of aviation on this planet, the Roerich object was an unaccountably exotic and advanced aircraft for 1926—oval, silent, fast, the sort of thing that should logically be the result of many

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years, probably centuries, of technical development somewhere. But if that somewhere was right here on Earth, the whole history of flight would have to be an outrageous fabric of lies.

Was the Wright brothers’ pioneering flight some kind of staged dog-and-pony show designed to make an uninformed populace believe that something new was starting, when in fact it had been going on for centuries? Were there Stealth-type aircraft before the American Revolution? Supersonic jets at the time of Shakespeare? And all test-flown without anyone’s seeing or hearing them, unknown to all but a f ew secret-keepers, with never a snitch or a security leak anywhere down the line?

None of this is plausible. So, ironically enough, it’s a great

deal more natural, for me anyway, to credit the original hypothesis: that the Roerich object and no doubt many other UFOs are from somewhere other than this planet.

It’s a big galaxy (over a hundred billion stars), and it takes no stretch of the imagination to entertain the idea that we have been visited by other-worldly beings.

Another intriguing theoretical possibility is that our visitors are time-travelers, but we have no evidence concerning that either way. Whether time travel is even possible is currently beyond our knowledge of physics.

To me, the extraterrestrial hypothesis is the most natural explanation for these visitations. Perhaps someday we will know for sure.

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