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CONTENTS

BRANTLEY GILBERT & KIP MOORE APRIL 12

Thursday, March 21, 2013 Volume 20, Issue 6

Publisher: Charles Fischer Editor: Rey Berrones Ad Design: Sandra Martinez, Steve Stone Columnists: Donald Burleson, Stu Pritchard Roswell Daily Record Staff Writers: Vanessa Kahin, Jill McLaughlin Contributing Photographer: Jennifer Coats

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In The Spotlight

Hoʼike

Culture

The MainStreet Roswell Easter Parade

Music

Mozartʼs Requiem

Stage

Money in the Bank

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On The Cover

Actividades

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Screen

Spring International Film Festival

History

Billy the Kid - Part 3

UFOlogy

65 years ago: the Aztec UFO crash

The Sweet Leilanis help bring a little bit of the islands to Roswell during the Ho’ike planned for March 23.

Photographer: Rey Berrones

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Rey Berrones Photo Cast members of Money in the Bank during early rehearsals.

Money in the Bank

The Roswell Community Little Theatre puts on an old west mystery to benefit the Chaves County Pregnancy Resource Center.

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By Rey Berrones Vision Editor ix favorites from the Roswell Community Little Theatre (RCLT) have come together to present Money in the Bank, a dinner show to benefit the Chaves County Pregnancy Resource Center. The comical night of comic mayhem and mystery will hit the stage at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center on March 29, with dinner catered by Cattleman's Steak House.

As the characters reveal in over-thetop fashion, hard times that have befallen the Last Territorial Bank and Telegraph Company, whose president and founder, J.P. Moneylender has gone missing. Will our heroes get to the bottom of this mystery?

Directed by Patti Stacy, this old west tale allows the RCLT players to navigate twists and turns that are comical, dramatic and exaggerated to present the audience with a fun time for a good cause. There are even times when the audience may end up in on the action.

The Chaves County Pregnancy

Resource Center offers free and confidential pregnancy tests. In addition they offer pregnancy classes for expecting mothers and fathers as well as parenting classes for new families.

The resource center also has an emergency needs program that helps babies that are born into tough situations.

According to Lisa Reeves administrator for the resource center, "It is a fun evening of dinner and theater that helps the center change Roswell one heart at a time."

In addition to the stage show and dinner, there will be a silent auction where attendees can bid on items, with proceeds going towards the center.

This fundraiser is made possible by Gateway Church, Legacy Church and Church on the Move. Tickets are $25, and are available from the resource center located at 2003 S. Main. For more information call 623-1217.

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early three months after the First United Methodist Church choir celebrated the birth of Jesus with Handel’s “Messiah,” they will mark his death with an equally solemn musical production.

The FUMC choir, accompanied by a pipe organ and a 22-member orchestra, will present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D minor at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29, at the church’s sanctuary.

There’s no cost to attend, but an off er ing will be accepted, said John Fuss, director of the FUMC choir.

A requiem is a musical composition that celebrates the repose of the dead; and is typically part of a funeral Mass. Through its 14 movements, the Mozart’s Requiem follows the finality of death and the recognition of the soul’s need for redemption through salvation.

Mozart’s Requiem is 48 minutes of music written entirely in Latin. Mozart was hired to write his requiem by Count Franz von Walsegg, an amateur musician who wanted to claim the work as his own as well as commemorate the anniversary of his wif e’s death.

Sadly, and perhaps even ironically, Mozart died on Dec. 5, 1791—bef ore his Requiem was finished.

Mozart’s students helped complete the composer’s Requiem; the work was aided

greatly in part by the contribution of Franz Xaver Süssmayr.

Completing the Requiem was the best and perhaps only option f or Mozart’s widow Constanze, as Mozart had already accepted half of a commission to write the piece, with the promise of receiving the rest upon its completion. Constanze kept Mozart’s death a secret until his Requiem was complete.

Mozart had already sketched his plans f or his Requiem through the use of a figured bass—a f orm of musical shorthand. Figured bass gives a bass note and suggestions for chords and musical intervals that might be played along with it.

“A figured bass, essentially, is the lowest melody note,” Fuss explained. “A lot of what Mozart did was just in sketch form, precisely because he didn’t live long enough to complete it.”

The classical era composer died at 35, but in his br ief lifetime, he composed a variety of works, ranging from operas such as “The Magic Flute” to works for orchestra; from choral pieces to a funeral Mass such as his Requiem.

“Mozart was a musical genius,” said Fuss. As testament to the beauty of Mozart’s composition, his Requiem was performed at funerals of f ellow notable composers as Joseph Haydn, Ludwig von Beethoven and Frederick Chopin. Mozart’s Requiem was also performed

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Mozartʼs Requiem

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The First United Methodist Church choir presents Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D minor.

By Vanessa Kahin Vistas Editor at the funeral of John F. Kennedy.

Mozart’s Requiem is being performed as part of FUMC’s Holy Week celebration, Fuss said.

The church is currently observing Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13 this year. Holy Week is the culmination of Lent and begins on Palm Sunday, which marks Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. The Thursday of Holy Week is when Chr istians observe the Last Supper, Jesus’ betrayal by Judas and his mock tr ial bef ore Roman officials.

It is on Good Friday when, according to Christian tradition, Jesus was crucified. This is the day of the FUMC Requiem performance.

“We try to have a performance for Holy Week either on Palm Sunday or Good Fr i-

day,” Fuss said. “It’s a way for us to remember ... the final week of Jesus’ life prior to the crucifixion.”

But Chr istian f aith is not based on knowing Jesus died, but believing that he resurrected. In a span of a few days, Fuss said, Christians go from observing the death of Jesus to celebrating the birth of their faith.

“We go from the utter despair to the absolute elation that takes place at Easter and the birth of the Church,” Fuss said. Mozart’s Requiem also grasps this range of emotion, so much so that, despite its Latin lyrics, audience members will not be at a disadvantage to understand the context of the requiem.

There is “Dies Irae,” or “Day of Ire,” a movement descr ibed as frenetic by

FUMC choir member Steve Wolfe.

“It’s the kind of movement that immediately comes to mind as a powerful piece to me,” Wolfe said.

Because Mozart only composed part of his Requiem, Fuss has planned a special way of marking where Mozart’s original work ends.

“We will have a very brief pause in the performance,” he said. “I will stop, put my baton down, and acknowledge that that is where Mozart ends and (Süssmayr) begins.”

For more information about the First United Methodist Church’s perf ormance of Mozart’s Requiem, call 6221881, or 626-9624. Fuss may also be reached at music@dfn.com.

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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 446-2113, or visit ShroudNM.com.

March 30

Stronger: The COPE Benefit Concert Stronger: The COPE Benefit Concert is presented at the Flickinger Center for the Performing Arts located at 1110 New York Ave at 7:30 p.m.

This dynamic event is a little American Idol and a little X Factor with all your favorite local performers. This event empowers rather than judges its talent and tells an important story through song.

Under the Direction of Steve Duffy, talented local singers and dancers are ready to give you a night of entertainment you will not soon forget. For more information, call COPE at 434-3622, or visit copedv.org.

at the First Christian Church located at 1006 W. Bullock.

The Judgesʼ Class fee is $85, and includes a year membership to the Kansas City BBQ Society. The Table Captainʼs Class is $40. For more information, visit smokinonthepecos.us.

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Friday March 29

Ocotillo Performing Arts Center

Walkinʼ the Line with Bennie Wheels is at 7:30 p.m., at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, located at 310 W. Main Street. Bennie Wheels will perform Walkinʼ the Line, a tribute to the music of Johnny Cash. Bennie realized that his vocal registry had an uncanny likeness to Johnny Cash in every way...even his normal speaking voice. And even from the first moment Bennie hit the stage as "Johnny Cash", it was perfectly clear how natural his tribute to The Man in Black came to him.

Bennie is proud to have his actual wife, RENEE' WHEELS, performing as "June Carter" in his act. Renee' looks and sounds incredibly like June, herself. And Bennie & Renee' share the same kind of love and chemistry that the Legendary Duo of Johnny & June had together onstage. Tickets are $30. For more information call 746-4212 or visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

Artesia March 23

Kansas City BBQ Society Certified BBQ Judgesʼ Class Become a Certified BBQ Judge. A Kansas City BBQ Society Representative will teach you the art of judging competition BBQ. Then, sign

up to judge at the Tate Branch Auto Groupʼs 2nd Annual Smokinʼ On the Pecos State BBQ Championship in Artesia. A Table Captainsʼ Class will follow Judgesʼ Class. The class is from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Skippyjon Jones Skippyjon Jones is playing at 7 p.m., at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, located at 310 W. Main St. Skippyjon Jones is a little kitten with big ears and even bigger dreams and imagination. Tickets are $5 for ages 3 through 11 and $10 for ages 12 and up. For more information, call 7464212 or visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

March 29

Walkinʼ the Line with Bennie Wheels Walkinʼ the Line with Bennie Wheels is at 7:30 p.m., at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, located at 310 W. Main Street. Bennie Wheels will perform Walkinʼ the Line, a tribute to the music of Johnny Cash. Tickets are $30. For more information call 7464212 or visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

March 29 - 30

Main Event Car Show and Cruise A must for car enthusiasts.

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Enjoy good food, music and family fun on Artesia Main Street. Friday, there is a Classic Car Cruise down Main Street 6 p.m. and fireworks by Sons of Thunder Pyro Team at 8 p.m. Saturday, there is a car show at Heritage Plaza from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., with awards given at 4 p.m. Admission is free to the public.

For more information, call Dorothy Hammond at 7469477.

March 30

A Tribute to Patsy Cline with Joni Morris A Tribute to Patsy Cline with Joni Morris is at 7:30 p.m., at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, located at 310 W. Main St. Tickets are $30. For more information call 7464212 or visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

Cloudcroft March 30

The Cloudcroft Kiwanis annual Easter Egg Hunt The annual Cloudcroft Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt starts at 10 a.m. at Zenith Park. Everyone goes home with lots of goodies from the Easter bunny.

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March 30

Foul Play on the Speedway Foul Play On The Speedway is a murder mystery dinner theater at 6:30 p.m. at Cloudcroft High School and tickets are $20 each ($40 per couple) with a meal. All proceeds benefit the Cloudcroft School Band Programs. For more information, contact Pat Gaskill at 601-4416.

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March 24

Southwest Symphony Orchestra featuring pianist, Melissa Marse The Southwest Symphony Orchestra featuring pianist, Melissa Marse is performing at Tydings Auditorium from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Join the symphony for an All Tchaikovsky concert with our accomplished orchestra as they perform Coronation March, Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20, 1812 Overture, and Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat featuring celebrated pianist, Melissa Marse.

Adult Door tickets are $20.00.

18 & under are free to all performances. College Students with current ID are free at the door. For more information, call 738-1041.

Friday March 22

The Unity Center

The Digital Bus Tour featuring Bullet Tooth recording artists Serianna, My Heart to Fear, Mouth of the South and Amy始s Not Breathing is being presented by the Unity Center at the Boys and Girls Club located at 201 S. Garden. Admission is $5, and the doors open at 6 p.m.

For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.

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March 21 - 22

Eastern New Mexico University Jazzfest Eastern New Mexico University Jazzfest is March 21 and 22 at Buchanan Hall, and admission is free. Both evenings start at 7 p.m. and feature guest artist Chad Eby on Saxophone. March 21 features the Onate Jazz Workshop and the Eastern Combo.

March 22 features the Clovis

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High School Jazz Ensemble and the ENMU Jazz Combo and Jazz Ensemble. For more information, call 562-2377.

Roswell

Every Week, Mon, Wed, Fri Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield - The Early Years This Walker Aviation Museum display will remain through

the end of the year. This exhibit features a short history of the base and many items from the WWII era, as well as information about the planes that flew at Roswell Army Airfield from 1941-1945. For more information, call 2472464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.

Every Week, Mon, Wed, Fri Peace Through Strength

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This Walker Aviation Museum exhibit is a tribute to the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron assigned to Walker Air Force Base during the early 1960s. The squadron was responsible for operating and maintaining 12 Atlas missile silos around the greater Roswell area. The exhibit was funded through a grant from the Association of Air Force Missileers. For more information, call 247-2464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.

Every Week, Wed, Sat

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

Every Thu

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

Every Week, Fri, Sat

David and Tina at El Toro Bravo David and Tina plays El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more 7 >>

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Every Week, Thu

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

Every Saturday

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

Sept 22, 2012 - May 26, 2013

Eddie Dominguez: Where Edges Meet Where Edges Meet is the first major museum exhibition devoted to a comprehensive view of Eddie Dominguezʼs artistic journey that spans over thirty years of studio practice. The exhibition features many types of work that Dominguez has created including mixed media, works on paper, performance, and the ceramic sculpture environments that he is well

Friday March 29

First United Methodist Church

The public is cordially invited to attend a performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem, presented by First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir and Masterworks Chorale at 7:30 p.m. Conducted by John Fuss, the performance will feature guest soloists and will be accompanied by a full orchestra. Free and open to the public, the presentation will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 200 N. Pennsylvania. For more information, contact John Fuss at 622-1881 or by email at music@dfn.com.

known for. For more information, visit roswellmuseum.org.

Jan 18 - Aug 4

Martie Zelt: In Spaces Between The Roswell Museum and Art Center presents the exhibit Martie Zelt: In Spaces Between. Zelt is a Roswell printmaker who has lived in the

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community since 1989 after completing a second fellowship with the Roswell Artist-inResidence Program. Over thirty assemblages produced during the last twelve years are contained in the exhibition that runs through August 4.

Zelt makes her own paper, and starts with a printed ground―either a collagraph,

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Vision: 2013 Invitational Exhibition On Friday, February 8 from 57 pm the Roswell Museum and Art Center opens the exhibition Vision, featuring the work of five artists from northern New Mexico who practice traditional techniques, yet make their art relevant to todayʼs society. Kevin Burgess de Chávez (tinwork), Drew Coduti (tinwork),

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Feb 22 - April 7

Conflicted: Exhibition by Roswell Artist-in-Residence Fellow Ryder Richards Roswell Artist-in-Residence Ryder Richards created an exhibit that draws inspiration from the West, reflecting on romance of violence as a cultural construct. Drawing his inspiration from Giambolognaʼs late Renaissance works “Rape of the Sabine Women” and “Hercules Fighting the Centaur Nessus” in Florence, Richards new works present flat construction versions of the original sculptures held aloft by a wooden network of scaffolding reminiscent of defunct drive-in movie screens, billboards, and towers lining the local highways. Dwelling on the uniquely conflicted relationship between victim and oppressor, utility and language, the works reflect a theatrically imported propaganda subjected to locality.

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n Saturday, March 23, from 7 - 9 p.m., the Roswell Adult and Senior Center (RASC) will be transformed into an island paradise as the Pacific island culture is celebrated with the annual spring Ho'ike.

The Ho'ike, which is the Hawaiian word for show, brings the music, dances and spirit of islands that are more than 2,000 miles away to Roswell.

There will be a Hula and Polynesian show put on by the Sweet Leilanis Kipuka Hula and the New Mexico Military Institute's Pacific Islander Club. Both groups spend considerable time putting together the traditional dances, which tell the stories of the Pacific.

The Sweet Leilanis Kipuka Hula hui (group) will also be dancing new hula in addition to a few old "faithfuls" during the evening. Even though the enticing part of the dance is the flowing dresses and shaking hips, it is best to keep your eyes on the hands, and not the hips of the Leilanis in order to be told the story of the dance.

There is more than just the beauty of the flowers and dance. If you watch closely, it becomes clear that every movement is an essential, and has a meaning. Once each of these movements is put Take the

together into a sequence, it becomes a story. Of course, if the audience gets caught up in the beauty and misses the story, all the dancers know the meaning behind the dance, and are willing to share the stories.

There will also be traditional warrior dances performed by the New Mexico Military Institute's Pacific Islander Club, which boasts 36 members. They will be performing several dances, that were traditionally used to prepare the body and mind for an upcoming battle.

In a sense, the islanders that are currently based at NMMI are the perf ect people to share this tradition, as it combines both their island culture and their current military culture.

Their pre-war chants will be stomped and yelled into the stage with an intesity. Their aggresive facial expressions are engaging, and their bare chests and bodies become percussion instruments as they slap and pound sequences that become a powerful rhythm.

The cadence that most mainlanders would associate with a drum regiment's call to battle fills the air. It is a sight to see.

This event will have other talents among which will be the the vocal group Devoted (Nellie and Howard Becker)

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

By Rey Berrones Vision Editor

Rey Berrones Photo From left, Emma Arzola, Marla Higginbotham, Carol Oas, Juanita Howard and Luz White perform a traditional island dance.

Time for a Ho始ike

Springtime starts with an Island Celebration. and the Sweet Ukulanis ukelele group Hawaiian music.

Even those that have not traveled to the Pacific will be able to enjoy authenic renditions of island performances

from Roswell's transplanted islanders.

The doors open at 6:30 p.m.

There will be a silent auction before the show, as well as a DVD featuring the scenic islands of Maui, Kaua'i and Hawaii before the show that starts at 7 p.m. There will be refreshments during the intermission between the Sweet Leilanis and the Pacific Islander Club. This event has

been made possible by the Roswell Recreation Department and the City of Roswell.

Tickets are $5 for adults and children over the age of 7.

Tickets for children 7 years and younger are $3. All tickets can be purchased from any Sweet Leilanis Kipuka Hula member and at the RASC. For more information, call 623-3725.

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Spring International Film Festival

By Rey Berrones Vision Editor

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The Roswell Museum and Art Center kicks off the spring with a film festival. he Roswell Museum and Art Center (RMAC) kicks off its Spring International Film Festival, which presents four independent films that focus on stories of unlikely friendships.

According to Meredith Bennet, RMAC Curator of Education, "Unexpected relationships are interesting for people to watch, and it is an easy theme to connect to, because

we all have a hard time building relationships with people that are unlike ourselves. It is really exciting to see when that is successful.

"These films have a lot of humor. They have heavy themes that are balanced by that humor."

All of the films are awardwinning films that have been loved by critics and audiences. They also all explore

the theme of the series with sensitivity and humor. These films are free and generously sponsored by the RMAC Foundation. Snacks provided.

The films and dates are as follows.

April 4 features Mary and Max. Mary, an eight-year-old in Melbourne, with problematic parents, becomes the pen pal of Max, a 44-year-old in New York City who struggles

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(2009, Australia, Claymation, color, 94 minutes, English, directed by Adam Elliott, rated PG-13 for adult themes and language.)

April 11 features Goodbye Solo. In Winston-Salem, NC, a middle-aged southern good ol’ boy and a Senegalese cabbie connect in unexpected, life-changing ways. (2008, United States, color, 91 minutes, English, directed by Rarnin Bahrani, rated R for language and violence.)

April 18 f eatures Central Station. A jaded former school teacher working in Rio de Janeiro's Central Station takes a young boy on a journey to find his father. (1998, France/Brazil, color, 115 minutes, Portuguese with English subtitles, directed by Walter Salles, rated R for language.)

April 25 features The Band's Visit. An Egyptian band headed to a gig in Israel gets stranded in a tiny desert town resulting in a comedy of errors, as well as the dissolution of some cultural barriers between the Israeli residents and their Arab visitors. (2007, Israel, color, 90 minutes, English, Arabic, and Hebrew with English subtitles, directed by Eran Kolirin, rated PG-13 for language.)

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The RMAC Spring Break Program The Roswell Museum and Art Center (RMAC) is presenting a new program this year for spring break. Every day, between April 1 and April 5 from 1 - 4 p.m. the RMAC will have a variety of arts activities that occur in one-hour increments.

Children under the age of 7 must be accompanied by a parent. Students will be introduced to sketching in the galleries, drama games, and topics such as "Cloud Classification," "Historical Fashion Design," "Faces in Fractions," "Poetry of Rocketry," and "Arte en Espanol." Students will also delight at the reading of From the Mixedup Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. On Saturday, April 6 from 2-4 p.m. the museum will have a pARTy with music, snacks, and an exhibit of the ART that was created during the week.

Register at 575-624-6744, ext. 10, for this free program.

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March 8 - May 26

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

March 15 - 24

Harvey “Harvey” is a Pulitzer-Prize winning play that has been performed on stages for 70 years. It is one of Broadwayʼs longest running shows. This heartwarming tale has enthralled audiences the world over and the Roswell Community Little Theatre is honored to hold it on its stage.

Show dates are: March 15, 16, 22, 23 - at 7:30 p.m..

Please call 622-1982 to make reservations for evening performances; and March 17, and 24 at 2 p.m. matinee.

Tickets are $10 for general admission, $7 for students and children 12 and under.

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March 21

Lunch and Learn The Roswell Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, located at 131 W 2nd St. The Roswell Chamber of Commerce will be partnering with New York Life Insurance Company to offer long-term care insurance policies to the Roswell Chamber of Commerce members and their families. There is no obligation or requirement to participate in this insurance program. For more Information or to register call the Roswell Chamber of Commerce at 623-5695.

March 21

Business After Hours at LifeStyles Kitchen and Design The Roswell Chamber of Commerce presents Business After Hours from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at LifeStyles Kitchen & Design, located at 140 N. Kentucky. Join in for the fun, and bring your business card and enjoy this great networking opportunity. For more information, call 623-5695.

March 21

Rise with Roswell Agricultural Breakfast The Rise with Roswell Agricultural Breakfast is from 6:45 a.m. to 8 a.m., at the Eastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds, located at 2500 SE Main St. For more information contact the Chamber

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Powell at 626-2529.

March 22

The Railers The Railers play Pecos Flavors Winery at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, call 627-6265.

March 22

Thursday March 28

Pecos Flavors Winery

Uncle Lucius plays Pecos Flavors Winery at 7:30 p.m.

Packed into their van the band toured everywhere from the corners of both coasts and throughout the Midwest from their Austin TX home pushing their rock and soul shows into late nights throughout the country. Songs from this 2009 album were featured on TV shows such as Castle and Friday Night Lights. Admission is $12. For more information, call 6276265.

March 21

Photographic Arts Society of Roswell Club Meeting The Photographic Arts Society of Roswell will hold its March 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 “March Mobile Madness.”

There will also be a miniworkshop on post-processing.

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

Digital Bus Tour The Digital Bus Tour featuring Serianna, My Heart to Fear, Mouth of the South and Amyʼs Not Breathing is being presented by the Unity Center at the Boys and Girls Club located at 201 S. Garden. Admission is $5, and the doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.

March 23

Hoʼike On Saturday, March 23, from 7 - 9 p.m., the Roswell Adult and Senior Center (RASC) will be transformed into an island paradise as the Pacific island culture is celebrated with the annual spring Hoʼike.

The Hoʼike, which is the Hawaiian word for show, brings the music, dances and spirit of islands that are more than 2,000 miles away to Roswell. There will be a Hula and Polynesian show put 11 >>

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There will be a silent auction before the show, as well as a DVD featuring the scenic islands of Maui, Kauaʼi and Hawaii before the show that starts at 7 p.m. There will be refreshments during the intermission between the Sweet Leilanis and the Pacific Islander Club. This event has been made possible by the Roswell Recreation Department and the City of Roswell.

Tickets are $5 for adults and children over the age of 7.

Tickets for children 7 years and younger are $3. All tickets can be purchased from any Sweet Leilanis Kipuka Hula member and at the RASC. For more information, call 623-3725.

March 27

National Weather Service Skywarn Spotter Class Anyone interested in joining the some 500 weather spotters in Chaves County can attend an upcoming class the National Weather Serviceʼs Skywarn Spotter Class sched-

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Friday March 29

Roswell Community Little Theatre

Six favorites from the Roswell Community Little Theatre (RCLT) have come together to present Money in the Bank, a dinner show to benefit the Chaves County Pregnancy Resource Center. The comical night of comic mayhem and mystery will hit the stage at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center, with dinner catered by Cattlemanʼs Steak House. This old west romp is directed

by Patti Stacy. Tickets are $25, and are available from the resource center located at 2003 S. Main. For more information call 623-1217. uled from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m., March 27 at the Daniels Leadership Center on the New Mexico Military Institute campus. For more information, pre-courses can be taken online at neted.ucar.edu.

March 28

Uncle Lucius Uncle Lucius plays Pecos Flavors Winery at 7:30 p.m. The band continues to tour leading up to the release of And You Are Me, and they pride their

live show as a sacred and energetic experience, with a belief that this is still the truest form of communication with their fans. Admission is $12.

For more information, call 6276265.

March 28

Lorene Delany-Ullman Lorene Delany-Ullman reads from her book, Camouflage for the Neighborhood at 7 p.m. at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art located at 409 E. College Blvd. This event is free

and open to the public.

March 28

I Never Saw Another Butterfly Goddard High School Drama presents I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Based upon a true story, the play follows Raja Engladerovaʼs (Alejandra Gomez) experiance as a young girl living in the Jewish ghetto of Terezin durring the Holocaust. During this time of despair there is a small beacon of hope for all the children

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to present Money in the Bank, a dinner show to benefit the Chaves County Pregnancy Resource Center. The comical night of comic mayhem and mystery will hit the stage at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center, with dinner catered by Cattlemanʼs Steak House. Tickets are $25, and are available from the resource center located at 2003 S. Main. For more information call 6231217.

March 30

Requiem The public is cordially invited to attend a performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartʼs Requiem, presented by First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir and Masterworks Chorale at 7:30 p.m.

Conducted by John Fuss, the performance will feature guest soloists and will be accompanied by a full orchestra. Free and open to the public, the presentation will be held at the

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First United Methodist Church, 200 N. Pennsylvania. For more information, contact John Fuss at 622-1881 or by email at music@dfn.com.

Easter Egg Hunt The City of Roswell Easter Egg Hunt is at 10 a.m., at the Spring River Park and Zoo, located at 1306 E. College Blvd.

It is free, and open to children ages two - 10. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. The zoo train will be running from 11 a.m. - noon free of charge, and then starting at 1 p.m., rides will cost .25 cents. For more information call the Yucca Recreation Center at 624-6719 Easter Parade The parade is only a walking parade on the Courthouse lawn. Wear your Easter finest and win prizes for all ages in categories: Best easter bonnet, best dressed, best vin-

tage, best dressed pet, best push/pull float, best overall.

Registration begins 11:30 a.m., walking parade starts 1 p.m.

For more information, visit mainstreetroswell.org.

March 30

Revue Comedy Night Revue Comedy Night starts at 8 p.m. starring Gibrian the Comegician, a national touring comedy magician. Also featured are The Wolf and Rafael Molina. The night is hosted by Dee Williams. Tickets are $10.

Revue is located at 3905 SE Main St. For more information, call 623-8557. For ticket and comedian info, visit facebook.com/NightClubRevue.

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Rockinʼ & Rollinʼ Roadmap Concert The Rockinʼ & Rollinʼ Roadmap Concert is at Mountain Annieʼs Center for the Arts at 2710 Sudderth Dr. at 7 p.m.

Come be a part of the first live concert filming from Mountain Annieʼs as they kick of the Ruidoso Mountain Music Series with a fun night of music and dance. DVDs will be made of the concert and a preorder sign up sheet will be available.

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CULTURE

MainStreet Roswell始s Easter Parade

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By Rey Berrones Vision Editor he annual Easter Parade returns to the Courthouse lawn on March 30. Everyone is encouraged to come out in their finest Easter clothes to win prizes in multiple categories. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m., which gives everyone enough time to participate in the City of Roswell Easter egg hunt that happens earlier in the morning at the Spring River Park and Zoo before coming to the Easter Parade.

The parade is a walking parade of everyone showing off their Easter outfits and rolling floats. The floats must be a walking float that can be pushed or pulled, which, in the past, have included cheerfully decorated wagons, wheelbarrows and strollers.

Well-dressed pets will also be around strutting their stuff.

In all, participants can win awards for Best Dressed, Best

Photos from the 2012 Easter Parade courtesy MainStreet Roswell

Roswell comes out in its Sunday best for Easter.

Dressed Pet, Best Easter Bonnet, Best Float, Best Overall, and Best Vintage. Every award, aside from the Best Dressed Pet, will be divided into two age groups, zero - 17, and 18 - over.

Between the start of registration and the parade, which starts at 1 p.m., there will be old-fashioned Easter fun and games all over the courthouse lawn. Balloon artists and jugglers are always a hit with the children. Judging of the costumes comes directly after the parade.

Please note, if you pre-register, you must check in so that you can be eligible for prizes.

Also, if you are bringing a well-dressed pet, make sure that the pet is people-friendly.

You are responsible for cleaning up after them.

Of course, the Easter Bunny will be there. As he has before, the Easter Bunny will be taking free family photos

with everyone in attendance.

The photos are available after the event to download or print from the MainStreet Roswell web page.

For more information on the City of Roswell Easter Egg hunt, call the Yucca Recreation Center at 624-6719. For more information on the Easter Parade, visit mainstreetroswell.org or call 420-5718.

The City of Roswell Easter Egg Hunt is at 10 a.m., at the Spring River Park and Zoo, located at 1306 E. College Blvd. It is free, and open to children ages two 10. Gates open at 9:30 a.m.

The zoo train will be running from 11 a.m. - noon free of charge, and then starting at 1 p.m., rides will cost .25 cents.

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ACTIVIDADES

Skywarn Spotters Class coming up

At the edge of tornado alley, Southeastern New Mexico gives many the opportunity to watch interesting weather patterns

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By Jill McLaughlin Record Staff Writer ome might run for cover when the rain and wind start pelting them from above. But those involved with the Chaves County Skywarn club, especially Jim Tucker, waits all year for the experience.

“I’ve always had an interest in it,” Tucker said. “It can be scary, but it was also very intriguing to me. I had a love for it.”

Tucker, the Chaves County Skywar n coordinator, first trained as a weather watcher

some 15 years ago. He later acquired a license as a ham, or amateur, radio operator.

“I’ve been doing it ever since,” he said.

Anyone interested in joining the some 500 weather spotters in Chaves County can attend an upcoming class the National Weather Service’s Skywarn Spotter Class scheduled from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m., March 27 at the Daniels Leadership Center on the New Mexico Military Institute campus.

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As coordinator of the Skywarn program, Tucker helps train and recruit interested county residents into the weather-watching club.

Club members take part in a program that is connected to the National Weather Service. In a small part, they assist the NWS to warn local county residents about severe weather.

Tucker remembers the first time he got caught in a thunderstorm in 1999.

“I hate to admit to it. I was in

harm’s way, where I shouldn’t have been,” Tucker said.

“There was a super cell breaking off. I thought I would stay in front of the storm.”

When Tucker started seeing golfball-sized hail hit his windshield, he knew he was in trouble. He called in his findings to the National Weather Service — just in time for meteorologists to warn Roswell residents.

“I lost $300 in a glass windshield, but at least I was responsible for warning them

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in Roswell,” he said.

Tucker has also passed along his passion for weather spotting to his daughter Jennifer Tucker, also a trained spotter. His daughter, who works with Job Corps, is creating a weather club at the school, he said. The students “were very enthusiastic, involved and are looking forward to future classes.”

People from all walks of life can become spotters. All it takes is an interest in the weather, Tucker said.

“Storm spotters can be anybody,” he said. “You just need a set of eyes and a means of communicating.”

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HISTORY

Tom O始Folliard, caught in the crossfire

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By Stu Pritchard Roswell Historian illy the Kid's legend really began at the moment of his escape from the burning McSween home. Until then he had been just another area cowboy, thought by some a proficient gunman, with his name on an obscure wanted list. Now he would come into his own with exploits that destined to give him a measure of lasting fame.

At this time President Rutherford Hayes dismissed Territorial Governor Axtell and appointed Lew Wallace, a mediocre Civil War general who later penned the novel Ben Hur. The new governor couldn't make up his mind just who was at fault in the boiling county of Lincoln.

Anxious to bring peace to the area, he issued an amnesty proclamation to all except non-residents. But this left the Kid's status uncertain.

Shortly afterwards, Houston Chapman, the attor ney employed by Mrs. McSween to prosecute Colonel Dudley and Sheriff Peppin for her husband's murder, was shot dead on Lincoln's main street, his body drenched with whiskey and s'et afire. It lay unattended for 24 hours.

When the Kid was wrongly accused of the murder, a meeting was arranged between Governor Wallace and the young gunman. The meeting was held at midnight in the office of the Lincoln Justice of the Peace. Billy offered what he knew of the killing in return for an executive pardon.

Unfortunately, District Attorney William Rynerson ignored the governor's plans for prosecuting the kid instead of punishing Chap-

Part three in a series on Billy the Kid.

man. When Billy heard no reassuring words from Wallace, he did what any reasonable person would have done and walked out of jail and into western history; for shortly afterwards Billy broke the peace forever when he shot and killed Joe Grant in a Ft. Sumner saloon.

Meanwhile, Pat Garrett was emerging on the scene.

Because of Billy the Kid's fondness for the town of Ft. Sumner, it is safe to say the two were well acquainted before Garrett became sheriff. Some historians state they were close friends for a time and were even dubbed "Big and Little Casino" because of the disparity in heights. It is known that the Kid referred to Garrett as "The Old Woman" and that Garrett was highly respectful of the Kid's courage. Both knew that they were entering a dangerous confrontation with the likelihood that one would soon die.

In November of 1880 Garrett became sheriff on a law and order "platform" and the final stages of Billy the Kid's strange career began. Garrett did not linger. He left Roswell and headed for Ft. Sumner for a planned showdown with the kid. However, it would not occur on this visit of Garrett to Ft. Sumner. The Kid still had six incredible months to live.

While Garrett was making his first foray into Ft. Sumner looking for the Kid, Billy happened to be in White Oaks, then a thriving mining town near Carrizozo. After Billy took a few pot shots at Deputy Sheriff Jim Readman, he got the dander up of the local miners and they chased the Kid and a few of his friends to the Greathouse Ranch where

a siege began. When it became a standoff , Deputy Jim Carlyle attempted a parley, but was taken prisoner by the outlaws. There were threats from both sides and when Carlyle heard a shot he felt the impasse had broken, so he attempted to escape by crashing through a window.

Amidst multiple gunshots he crumpled dead in the snow. It has never been satisfactorily

the Santa Fe New Mexican. No "Dead or Alive" wanted posters were ever printed.

Later, when Garrett attempted to collect the reward, the legislature denied its legalitystating that the governor had no authority to make such an offer.

The Kid's panicked followers fled the Greathouse Ranch toward what they believed was the safety of Fort Sumner.

Pat Garrett, who had already pinpointeed Sumner as a Kid hangout, quietly closed in on the town. On the night of December 19th, Garrett set his trap. Leaving word that he was going to be in Roswell in the pre-Christmas week and

Stu Pritchard Illustration determined whether he was shot from within the building or mistakenly by the posse.

Again, Billy the Kid wrote Governor Wallace, pleading that he was not leading a gang of bad men and that Garrett was unjustly harassing him. The gover nor promptly placed a $500.00 reward on Billy's head.

Strangely, Wallace's $500.00 reward was announced in a one sentence paragraph in

knowing that the home of Charlie Bowdrie, one of the Kid's trusted friends, would be a likely stopping point for the Kid's group, Garrett and his posse sat down and waited, whiling away the time with a few hands of poker.

It has snowed earlier, but now the moon peeked through, glancing off the frozen crusts, creating an eerie setting of light and

shadow. In the December darkness Garrett heard the approaching outlaws. He cocked his rifle and stepped out on the porch, obscured by shadows. Then an odd thing occurred which gives an insight into the canny intuitive nature of Billy the Kid. The group approached the trap, strung out, hunched against the cold and led by the Kid. On an impulse, seeming to sense the chill of death awaiting in the frigid shadows, the Kid turned his horse, rode to the rear of the column and asked Bill Wilson for a chew of tobacco. This left Tom O'Folliard to face the flash of death that screamed from Garrett's rifle.

O'Folliard, now in the lead, practically rode into the waiting muzzle of Garrett's rifle.

"Halt," yelled Garrett. O'Folliard made an almost automatic and impulsive grab for his pistol and Garrett's bullets ripped into his chest. The outlaws quickly scattered, with O'Folliard s t i l l hanging onto his plunging horse which ran a few yards down the road.

Painfully, O'Folliard wrestled his mount into control and then turned back toward the posse, pleading "Don't shoot, Garrett, I'm kilt."

Cautiously, the lawmen eased the young man off his horse, took him inside and placed him on a cot. One posseman, Barney Mason, leaned over the moaning man and unsympathetically diagnosed the wound as fatal. "Take your medicine, old boy," he said, and Tom O'Folliard tur ned toward Garrett with frightened, questioning eyes.

As O'Folliard gasped and looked pleadingly toward Garrett he tried to rise. "Oh, my God, is it possible I must die?" he gasped. "Tom, your time is short," Garrett replied softly. Within the hour the most pleasant of Billy the Kid's gang: the rollicking, jolly Tom O'Fol Hard had died.

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UFOLOGY

65 years ago: the Aztec UFO crash

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By Donald Burleson

arch 25, 2013, marks the 65th anniversary of one of the most remarkable UFO events ever to have happened, one that had lasting effects for at least one prominent American scientist.

On that day in 1948, not quite nine months after the

now f amous Roswell UFO crash incident, an unaccountable airborne object came down near the town of Aztec, New Mexico. It was tracked in its descent by three different radar units.

President Truman's special advisory group MJ-12 was alerted, as was an Army counterintelligence group called (believe it or not) the Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit, based at Camp Hale, Colorado. A military team was dispatched to cordon off the area, where they found a domed disk about 100 feet across. "False alarm" cover stories were sent out to the radar stations that had tracked the object, and a commando-style military recovery team was sent in.

At the same time, Dr. Vannevar Bush, head of the gov-

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ernment's Joint Research and Development Board, was directed to put together a team of top civilian scientists to inspect what was at the crash site. One of the members of that team was Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, who several years before had led the successful effort at Los Alamos to develop the world's first atomic bomb.

These scientists assembled at the Durango, Colorado airfield and proceeded to the Aztec site along 35 miles of dirt road, arr iving shortly after the military team.

What the scientists found was astonishing: at least fourteen charred, diminutive bodies, and an essentially intact UFO, complete with instrument panels bearing linguistic symbols reminiscent of hieroglyphics. (Famed

cryptanalyst William Friedman was consulted, among others, but if he made any headway deciphering these symbols, the results are still classified.)

After three days of preliminary analysis, the craft and the bodies were moved to Los Alamos for further study.

No doubt Oppenheimer himself supervised this move, as he was intimately f amiliar with every street and building and loading bay at Los Alamos, from the days of the Manhattan Project.

But f or Oppenheimer it would all come back to haunt him in a terrible way.

UFO researchers have discovered, through witness interviews, that at the Aztec crash site Oppenheimer and the others found a propulsion system that would have revo-

lutionized energy practices if it had ever been allowed to become common knowledge.

If it had been declassified, in other words. Oppenheimer would surely have championed the idea of exploiting it, but this could only have gotten him into trouble with lobby interests in Washington.

In 1953 Eisenhower susOppenheimer's pended security clearance. The reasons given had to do with his sometimes wayward political views, but the real reason (so I argue in more detail in my book UFO Secrecy and the Fall of J. Robert Oppenheimer) was that the PowersThat-Be, feeling that he was already privy to too much sensitive inf ormation like Aztec, wanted to take him out of the loop before he found out more.

Sometimes, tragically, this is how we treat our national heroes.