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Spotlight: Roswell Film Festival

ALSO INSIDE: 30TH OLD TIMERS BALLOON RALLY, AN OLD MASTER TO HELP CASA, KYLE PARK TO PERFORM AT CINCO DE MAYO FESTIVAL, ROYAL FAMILY KIDS CAMP, FROM THE VAULT, HISTORY, LOOKING UP

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Old Timers Balloon Rally Brilliant colors and special shapes of hot air balloons will once again glow in the dark and rise by dawn over the city.

By Christina Stock Vision Editor

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his year the annual Old Timers Balloon Rally is having its 30th anniversary. Preparations for this special event are in full swing.

Bill Glen is the pilot coordinator and founding member of the event.

Originally from Roswell, Glen retired after 33 years of working at Roswell High School. After retirement, Glen moved with his wife to Arizona.

The rally idea started in 1987. “Pilots got together in Albuquerque at the fiesta and we decided we needed a rally featuring old timers. We used to go to communities all over the country and show up and fly balloons. That’s how it started.”

This year is bitter-sweet for Glen. “We lost a lot of good friends, a lot of balloonists this year. I can think of five close friends who are pilots who lost their lives this year.”

One of those friends is Bill Flynt, who worked for the Daily Record as business editor and photographer. “Bill and I got our license together back in 1974,” Glen said. “We flew together in November 1974 for our license. He was a good friend of mine. It’s tough.”

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Archive Photo of the Old Timers Balloon Rally Glen has been organizing all 30 rallies since 1987. He is concerned about having to cut down the size of the event this year.

“The numbers are growing smaller in our help which is a problem,” Glen said. “Right now, I got about 40 balloons. We cut down our numbers because lack of support, community support, financial support and volunteers. We used to dally up to 75, now it’s 40.”

“If somebody wants to sponsor a balloon, they need to contact Mike Holstun.

That is the only way we can continue the rally, if we were to continue it.

“We have given thousands of dollars to the Assurance Home. The First Tee program and all kinds of charities in Roswell. We don’t make any money, neither one of us makes any money. It is strictly volunteers and any of the proceeds above our expenses goes to charity. We are giving thousands of dollars to the New Mexico Military Institute scholarships.”

Glen’s two sons, Michael and Chris, inherited their father’s passion for ballooning and will attend the event as well. Both graduated from Roswell High School and recently NMMI. “We have quite a Roswell connection,” Glen said. “We still call Roswell home. We’ll see you in Roswell in May. One of the sponsored highlights for the children each year is the Friday morning launch from schools.

Organizations that have benefited from the event in the past include NMMI, Big Brothers Big Sisters program, Roswell and Goddard high school, Kiwanis Club of Roswell, Roswell Youth Soccer Association, Roswell and Goddard high school bands, Roswell Assurance Home, Roswell Cerebral Palsy Fund, The Shriners Hospital Fund, The Albuquerque Balloon Explorium, DARE/GREAT programs and the Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children.

Rally dates this year are May 5-7 with launches from the Russ DeKay Soccer Field in the early morning between 6:30 and 7 a.m. weather permitting.

For more information, call Holstun at 914-5780 or email mholstun@gmail. com.

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Roswell Daily Record’s Spotlight: Thursday, April 20, 2017 Volume 22, Issue 4 Publisher: Barbara Beck Managing Editor: Jeff Tucker Vision Editor: Christina Stock Copy Editor: Vanessa Kahin Ad Design: Sandra Martinez Columnists: Donald Burleson, John LeMay, Sara Woodbury Get in touch with us online Facebook: PecosVisionMagazine Twitter: twitter.com/PecosVision Pinterest: pinterest.com/VisionMagazine Email: vision@rdrnews.com www: rdrnews.com/wordpress/vision-magazin For advertising information, call 622-7710 Correspondence: Vision Magazine welcomes correspondence, constructive criticism and suggestions for future topics. Mail correspondence to Vision Magazine, P.O. Drawer 1897, Roswell, N.M. 88202-1897 or vision@rdrnews.com Submissions: Call 622-7710, ext. 309, for writers’ guidelines.

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Christina Stock Photo Carrie-Leigh Cloutier, executive director of the Chaves County CASA Program, shows some of the auction items that fill several rooms at the CASA office.

Culture

An old master to help CASA This year an etching of Dutch master painter Rembrandt is going on the auction block to support the children of the Chaves County CASA Program.

By Christina Stock Vision Editor

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he 15th annual Make Time For Kids event was created and Sponsored

by Mike Taylor of Taylor Orthodontics, Make Time For Kids is an auction event to benefit the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children Program in Chaves County. Artists, craftspeople and community members are invited to create and donate unique clocks.

“It turned out to be so much fun, we’ve done it every year,” Carrie-Leigh Cloutier, executive director of the Chaves County CASA Program, said.

“We expect 500 people to show up.”

The event is free to the public at the Liberty Club on April 21 and does not require tickets. “We invite everybody to get to know us and join our family,” Cloutier said. “We will have free food and free drinks. We will have free wine and beer. We are really grateful for The Liberty, they make it possible.”

“It will be so much fun. We’ll have more than 200 items up for auction. We will have a silent auction, largely clocks. Most of them do work, some are art. We

even have clock parts, if you want to make a clock, we’ll give you the parts,” Cloutier said.

“We’ll also have baskets and all sorts of fascinating items. There is something for every budget there. It is also good to meet other CASA volunteers. To see what we are about and if you want to be part of our CASA family. There are a lot of ways you can support us here,” Cloutier said.

“Our biggest need right now are volunteers and obviously money to run our programs.

“There will be also a live auction and that is

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the big money. We have three auctioneers,” Cloutier said, “We have Shawn Hall and his son Cade and Larry Hobson.

They put on a show.”

About 60 items will be in the live auction with items such as diamonds, guns, sculptures and a Rembrandt. “Can you believe that?” Cloutier said. “We just found out.

It is an etching. Dr. Taylor is donating it. I am blown away.

“We have just very unique items that can be found on our website at maketimeforkids. com or maketimeforkids.org,” Cloutier said.

“People are so generous. I have some come to me after the auction and say, ‘What did I buy?’ They don’t even know. The people are really honestly into it to support us.

“We have 21 programs that serve abused, neglected and high-risk kids. We have two big fundraiser each year. It makes it possible to do this,” Cloutier said.

The event is being catered by Chef Mariano of Lovelace Regional Medical Center. Pecos Flavors Winery is providing the bar.

Venue for the 15th annual Make Time For Kids is this year The Liberty Club, 312 N. Virginia Ave. Doors open April 21 at 5 p.m. The auction starts at 6:15 p.m.

For more information call 625-0112 or email casakids@dfn.com.

Christina Stock may be contacted at 6227710, ext. 309, or at vision@rdrnews.com.

Submitted Photo Kyle Park to perform at Cinco de Mayo.

Music

Kyle Park to perform at Cinco de Mayo Festival Texas chart-topper brings classic country to festival.

By Christina Stock Vision Editor

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he Cinco de Mayo festival plans on bringing the entire family together May 5-6. There will be music, a children’s zone, sporting events, competitions, vending booths and an amateur dance competition.

One of the highlights on the opening night, May 5, from 6 to 9 p.m. is a live concert by Texas chart-topper Kyle Park.

Born and raised outside of Austin, Texas, Park started playing country venues when he was 15 years old. Since then, he’s impressively had 10 singles on the Texas Music Chart’s Top 10, including two No. 1 singles, “The Night Is Young” and “True Love.” His fall EP peaked at No. 1 in 2010 on the Billboard Heatseekers South Central list. Park’s latest album, “The Blue Roof Sessions,” is out now via Thirty Tigers.

Known for his clever songwriting and guitar-heavy tracks, he’s reaped consistent national press coverage from CMT, ZUUS, Taste of Country, Country Weekly, All Music and Guitar World to name a few. Park has shared the stage with numersee Cinco on page 11

Calendar Ongoing Events Roswell Every Week, Mon - Sat ‘Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield - The Early Years’ and ‘Peace Through Strength’ The museum is open from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 347-2464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.

Roswell Every Week, Wed Weekly knockout The Roswell Fighting Game Community presents their weekly knockout at The Unity Center located at 108 E. Bland St. every Wednesday from 7 p.m. - midnight. All games are welcome. For more information, visit facebook. com/RoswellFGC. Roswell Ongoing until June 18, 2017 ‘Duty, Honor, Art: The NMMI Collection’ In recognition of NMMI’s 125th anniversary, this exhibit showcases the school’s art collection, and highlight the Institute’s interaction with the Roswell Museum. The exhibit opens at 5 p.m. at the Hunter Gallery of the Roswell Museum and Art Center, 100 W. 11th St. Carrizozo Ongoing until Sept. 30 Carrizozo Gallery competition The Tularosa Basin Gallery of Photography, 401 Twelfth St., hosts New Mexico Magazine’s 16th annual Photography Competition Winners. For more information, call 575-937-1489.

Roswell Ongoing throughout the year Art classes at The Gallery The Gallery at Main Street Arts, 223 N. Main St., is offering various classes and

activities throughout the month. For more information, call 575-625-5263 or 575-623-3213.

April 20-23 Neverland Theatre Company presents ‘Shrek The Musical’ Tickets are on sale for Neverland Theatre Company’s “Shrek The Musical.” The performances will be April 20-22 at 7:30 p.m. and on April 23 at 2 p.m. at the New Mexico Military Institute’s Pearson Auditorium. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit neverlandtheatrecompany.com.

Roswell April 21-22 Andrus & Hillman Memorial Pro Rodeo Gates open at 6 p.m. and performances start at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Eastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds.

Tickets are available at the gate each night or online at jesseandmikememorial.com.

Hobbs April 22 Dino night at the Museum The dino night includes stories, crafts, snacks and movies. For children 8-12 the event takes place from 6-8 p.m. and costs $10.

For children 13-16 it takes place all night from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. the following day.

Cost is $30. Dino night is set to take place at the Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1 Thunderbird Circle, on the New Mexico Junior College.

For more information, call 575-492-2781.

Hobbs April 22 Slam & Jam Talent Show The 2017 Hobbs Downtown Slam & Jam Talent Show takes place on an outdoor stage between Dalmont and McKinley on Broadway Street in Hobbs during the Hobbs Downtown Slam & Jam (origi-

nally known as the Gus Macker tournament). The event is free and open to the public. For more information about the talent show, call the Lea County Center for the Arts at 575397-ARTS. Hondo Valley April 22 Field trip of the Lincoln County Bird Club The Lincoln County Bird Club observes spring migrants on a field trip to the Hondo Valley. Carpools assemble at Beall’s parking lot on US 70 in Ruidoso at 7:45 a.m. Birders of all abilities are welcome.

For more information, call 575-937-5416.

Roswell April 22 Statewide MUFON meeting to be held The statewide Mutual UFO Network meeting will be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Roswell Adult & Recreation Center, 807 N. Missouri Ave. For more information, email burleson@ cableone.net.

Roswell April 22 Silent art auction to benefit Galacticon The Roswell Galacticon is holding a silent art auction from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Stellar Coffee Co., 315 N Main St. For more information, contact Mary Morgan at 575-317-0217 or email designer1@ rdrnews.com.

Roswell April 22 Broadway Bound Kids to perform free of charge Join Way Way Off-Broadway’s youth performing group Broadway Bound Kids as they perform a musical revue of award winning musicals. This is a free event with a suggested donation at the door to help with future BBK classes and workshops.

Join them at 6 p.m. at the Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Performing Arts Center. For more

information, visit waywayoffbroadway.com or visit its Facebook page.

Roswell April 22 Dance at the Elks Lodge The Roswell Elks Lodge is inviting the public for an evening of country and western dance at its location, 1720 N. Montana Ave. at 7 p.m. Live music is provided by the band Country Charm. This is a family friendly event with no alcohol. Tea and water is provided without charge.

Cost at the door is $10 for singles and $15 for a couple. If you bring a canned food item, you get $5 off.

The collected food is to be donated to the Veterans Food Pantry.

Roswell April 22 NMMI hosts open house and final retiree parade Spring open house for the New Mexico Military Institute is planned for the Alumni Memorial Chapel, the Toles Learning Center, VMV Hall, Lusk Hall and Willson Hall. The NMMI final parade will be held on Stapp Field at 11 a.m. For more information, email cvelasquez@nmmi.edu.

Ruidoso/Mescalero April 27 For King & Country For King & Country performs at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, 287 Carrizo Canyon Road, at 8 p.m. Described by critics as the Australian answer to Coldplay, Australian brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone founded For King & Country after graduating high school in Nashville, Tennessee, although they were then known as Austoville. The duo signed with Warner Music Group in 2009 and promptly changed their name to For King & Country after the classic Red Coat battle cry. Their debut single under the new moniker, “Busted Heart (Hold On to Me)” off their debut EP “For King &

Country: The EP,” peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Christian Songs chart.

Tickets start at $20. For more information, visit innofthemountaingods.com or call 1-800-545-9011.

Albuquerque April 28-29 Gathering of Nations Powwow Tickets are now available for the Gathering of Nations Powwow that takes place annually in Albuquerque at Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Drive NE. For reservations or more information, visit gatheringofnations.com.

Roswell April 29 Celebrate the Arts Day — Arts Connect The Roswell Independent School Districts invites the public to their Celebrate the Arts Day — Arts Connect event at the Roswell Civic and Convention Center, 912 N. Main St., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Entry is free of charge.

There will be arts, activities for the entire family and a student gallery.

Roswell April 29 Free family movie night St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 505 N. Pennsylvania Ave., hosts its free family movie night at 6 p.m. All ages are welcome. Free admission — snacks and drinks, too.

The movie is “The Secret Life of Pets” (rated PG).

Living an easy life, happy terrier Max sees his world upended when his owner brings home Duke, a mongrel Max regards as a loser. But the two soon find themselves allied against a horde of abandoned pets looking to turn the tables on humans.

For more information, visit standrewsroswell.com.

Roswell May 4 Free family STEAM night at RMAC Explore Science, Tech-

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nology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, 100 W. 11th St. Family STEAM night at the Roswell Museum and Art Center takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. A free evening event, it will include planetarium shows, pendulum painting to explore physics and art and a wide variety of hands-on STEAM related activities for the whole family. Registration is not required. For more information, call 575-6246744.

Roswell May 5 Santa Fe Opera’s Spring Tour The Santa Fe Opera will have a free performance, as part of its spring tour, at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, 409 E. College Blvd. at 7 p.m. Former apprentices Adelaide Boedecker and Carlos Santelli perform Avastar, a one act opera for all ages. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open a half hour before each performance.

Capitan May 5-6 Smokey Bear Days Smokey Bear Days has become an annual event promoting the fire prevention message. Vendors open downtown Capitan at 9 a.m. on Friday. Between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. there will be Smokey Memorabilia collectables and plant sales. There will be live music, educational booths, free live music, a street dance and the cutting of Smokey Bear’s birthday cake during the street dance. Saturday starts early with a pancake breakfast at the Smokey Bear Park picnic area. At 10 a.m. the parade starts. There will be music and fun galore for big and little fans of Smokey Bear, including corn husk doll making, chainsaw carving, firefighters challenge,

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Courtesy Photo by Alcon Entertainment Quinton Aaron in a scene of the award-winning movie “The Blind Side” with Sandra Bullock. Aaron is the celebrity guest at the Roswell Film Festival.

Spotlight

Second Roswell Film Festival gets bigger This year independent musicians join the Roswell Film Festival that attracts filmmakers from around the globe

By Christina Stock Vision Editor

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his year the Roswell Film Festival will expand to four days, taking place from April 26 to 30, showing the best of short films and feature movies at Galaxy 8 at the Roswell Mall.

The festival honors international feature and short films of all genres.

Special sections include general entry, including studio films, science fiction/fantasy, independent (non-studio films), documentary and New Mexico based productions.

Directors had to send in their short and feature movies last year to be able to compete. Organizer Donovan Fulkerson said, “We did film submissions from July to November. We had a six-month submission window. We have the same quality of films as last year, if not better in some places. We have everything from a college team all the way up to a full studio production and in between. ”We are going to have a standing red-carpet daily for everyone who

wants to get their photo up against the red carpet banners,” Fulkerson said.

New this year are independent musicians who competed in the same time frame and are going to perform at three locations during the festival.

The locations are Pecos Flavors Winery + Bistro, Third Street Station and Stellar Coffee Co. Galactic Sushi is the venue for meet-the-stars and signings while the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art and the Roswell Museum and Art Center provide the locations for the workshops. “We are at 114 events over four and a half days,” Fulkerson said. “Just under 100 films were submitted. Around 120 bands competed. ”A little over 40 films made the cut,” Fulkerson said. “Somewhere between 25 and 30 bands are performing. Most of them at least twice.

There is a lot of opportunity to see them. You will not be able to see and do everything. We are a true event.”

With such a large variety, including

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the workshops, meet-the-stars events and parties, Fulkerson urges to use the webpage and the color coordinated schedule tool that links to your social media pages with your friends.

If preferred, one can stay anonymous.

Navigation is straight forward and fairly easy. Categories are charity, feature movie, independent music, party, short film, signing, soundtrack, workshop and a star marks the most popular event. The webpage is also where tickets are available. ”The biggest thing is, get to the website, get to the schedule, build it,” Fulkerson said. “A lot of the showings have limited seating. It is smarter to get passes now, so you don’t miss out.

Our opening night charity event is for Roswell Family KIDS Camp. We will show the short-film and feature winners from 2016. Special ticket price for that night because it goes to charity. ”We will have our poster reveal with Logan Pack, who will do a special signing,” Fulkerson said. “That is going to be a fun kick-off night.”

Celebrity guest will be Quinton Aaron from “The Blind Side.” “We also have Eric Martinez, a local New Mexico filmmaker and actor. He is a star and a huge name in Albuquerque,” Fulkerson said.

The Rossy Awards Ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m. on April 29 at Galaxy 8 with the announcement and presentation of the awards for the judges’ top film and music. Special metal art trophies are designed by Metalmark Eclectics.

About cast and film crews attending the festival, Fulkerson said, “I will be populating listings for those who are attending, sometimes they don’t know until the last minute because they are filmmakers. They might get booked on a gig. ”We do have our workshops for those who are interested. Those are on the schedule as well. If you don’t have fun at this event it’s because you don’t want to,” Fulkerson said and laughed. ”A special thanks goes out to the Roswell community and sponsors that have helped making this event successful. We worked hard and it matters,” Fulkerson said.

Day passes are $25 per day. A pass for all four days film pass is $80. Passes are available at roswellfilmfestival. com. The cost for the charity event on opening night was not yet available at press time.

One of the short films that will be

showing comes from a husband and wife directing duo, Justin and Kristin Schaack, who are based in Minneapolis. Their film “Illegal Aliens” is a short film that portrays the immigration debate in a way that’s out of this world [wink]. It’s a mockumentary/ sci-fi/comedy that uses the setting of a small local government to parallel the conversations happening at the national level. The result is a quirky satire that’s ironically human. The couple will be at the festival.

Byron Yee stars in the feature movie “The Aliens” and is going to be in town for the festival. “The story is really about belief and the consequences that occur when you change your beliefs for someone,” Yee said. ”The story was inspired by an actual location in the Mojave Desert where ten thousand people came for a UFO convention in the 1950’s, similar to the Roswell UFO incident,” Yee said. “I was fascinated about people that believed and what would happen if that belief was challenged. ”I can’t say that I believe in UFOs personally,” Yee said. “There is intelligent life out there in the infinite universe, I’m just not convinced that they’re here yet. I was more interested in a character that believes and how he might change that belief if a mysterious woman walks into his campsite.”

A documentary film competing is “Bow Shock” by amateur astronomer Javier Diez from Spain. “Bow Shock” is an evolution from 12 years prosee

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Courtesy Photo Filmmaker and actor Eric Martinez will be in town holding a workshop during the Roswell Film Festival.

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Continued from Page 6 ducing science outreach videos for astronomy and particle physics research at the University of Valencia, Spain. “I won nine national and international awards,” Diez said. “There was a new astronomical project — a real one — and I decided to go forward with a standard documentary. I teamed with a professional astronomer and friend, Fernando Ballesteros from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Valencia (Spain), to write a short story about what interesting things could be detected by the new telescope. The project is the JPas Survey of Galaxies (j-pas.org) and it will make a three dimensional map of the northern sky during eight years, from objects near in the solar system to galaxies up to half the age of the universe. A lot can be found there. ”Later, I got a local fund for a film production of 15.000 euros,” Diez said. “We shot the movie. What we show in ‘Bow Shock’ is an ultra-realistic setting, including a little part of astronomy outreach, and how a first contact may be found. The first part was shot at the real and working observatory Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre in Teruel, Spain.”

Michael Berwick’s short movie falls into the horror category. “The idea for ‘Long Drive Home’ was born out of a love for ‘Horror Omnibus’ from the ‘80s and ‘90s. This short forms part of a four-part horror omnibus feature film script written by myself and the writer for this film, Charles Edmond. We wanted to make something fun and fantastical about a despicable man who gets his comeuppance,” Berwick said. Berwick is from the Great Britain.

Roswell Film Festival 2017 Schedule Event locations are Allen Theatres Galaxy 8 (ATG8) at the Roswell Mall featuring the films C Charity F Feature Film P Party S Short Film G Signing N Soundtrack W Workshop April 26 • Wednesday 6-7 p.m.

G Official 2017 Poster Release & Signing

(Artists: Logan Pack) ATG8 C Royal Family Kids Camp Kickoff Night ATG8 7-9 p.m.

April 27 • Thursday 10-11:45 a.m.

F SESSION 1.1 All Love Schmidt ATG8 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. S SESSION 1.2 Westall ATG8 1-1:45 p.m.

F SESSION 2.1 - This Giant Papier Mache Boulder ATG8 is Actually Really Heavy 2:45-3:15 p.m.

S SESSION 2.2 - Doris ATG8 3:30-5 p.m.

F SESSION 3.1 - Prairie Dog ATG8 5-5:15 p.m.

N SESSION 3.2 - Closer - Soundtrack ATG8 5-5:30 p.m.

S SESSION 3.3 - Monday to Monday ATG8 7-8:45 p.m.

F SESSION 4.1 - She Sings to the Stars ATG8 8:45-9 p.m.

S SESSION 4.2 - Arco d choque (Bow shock) ATG8 9-9:15 p.m.

S SESSION 4.3 - Appelation ATG8 April 28 • Friday 9-10:30 a.m.

F SESSION 5.1 - Travis, The True Story of Travis Walton ATG8 11:30 a.m.-noon S SESSION 6.1 - Mirrored ATG8 noon-12:15 p.m.

S SESSION 6.2 - In the Robot Skies ATG8 noon-12:15 p.m.

S SESSION 6.3 - Wish Star ATG8 12:15-12:30 p.m.

N SESSION 6.4 - Dance of the Fox - Soundtrack ATG8 12:15-12:45 p.m.

S SESSION 6.5 - Under A Stone ATG8 12:45-1:15 p.m.

S SESSION 6.6 - Stranger at the Pentagon ATG8 2-2:15 p.m.

S SESSION 7.1 - Seek ATG8 2-4:15 p.m.

F SESSION 7.2 - Inherit the Stars: The Director’s Cut ATG8 4:30-5:30 p.m.

W Intro to Film Auditioning Anderson Museum (Speakers: Faith Hibbs-Clark) of Contemporary Art,

409 E. College Blvd.

5:30-6:30 p.m.

W Independent Filmmaking ATG8 (Speakers: Alejandro Montoya Marin) 7:30-7:45p.m.

S SESSION 8.1 - Monsters ATG8 7:45-8 p.m.

S SESSION 8.2 - Millennia Man ATG8 8-9:30 p.m.

F SESSION 8.3 - Somnus ATG8 9:30-11 p.m.

P After/Before Party Third Street Station,

301 Railroad Ave. 11-11:30 p.m.

S SESSION 9.1 - Cain’s Shadow ATG8 11:15-11:30 p.m.

S SESSION 9.2 - Cuckold Picasso ATG8 11:30-1:15 a.m.

F SESSION 9.3 - Danger, Dames & Dangerous Games ATG8

Submitted Photo Javier Diez, on the scene of the documentary “Bow Shock.”

April 29 • Saturday 10-11:30 a.m.

F SESSION 10.1 - Fractured ATG8 11:30 a.m.-noon S SESSION 10.2 - Agrinoui ATG8 1-1:15 p.m.

S SESSION 11.1 - Charming ATG8 1-4 p.m.

W Wardrobe & Costuming Anderson Museum (Speakers: Kate Davis, Kim Trujillo) of Contemporary Art 1:15-1:30 p.m.

S SESSION 11.2 - Red Pearl ATG8 S SESSION 11.3 - Space Debris: Pilot Error ATG8 1:30-1:45 p.m.

1:45-2 p.m.

S SESSION 11.4 - Play, Rewind, Play ATG8 2-2:15 p.m.

S SESSION 11.5 - A Fish Story ATG8 2-3 p.m.

W Independent Filmmaking Roswell Museum (Speakers: Quinton Aaron, Eric Martinez) & Arts Center,

100 W. 11th St. 2:15-2:30 p.m.

S SESSION 11.6 - Connection ATG8 3-3:15 p.m.

S SESSION 12.1 - Illegal Aliens ATG8 3-5:30 p.m.

W Fight Choreography Basics & Audition Roswell Museum (Speakers: Robin Haynes) & Arts Center 3:15-3:30 p.m.

S SESSION 12.2 - Closer ATG8 3:30-3:45 p.m.

S SESSION 12.3 - Saurora ATG8 3:30-3:45 p.m.

N SESSION 12.4 - Roswell - Soundtrack ATG8 3:45-4 p.m.

S SESSION 12.5 - Best before end...

ATG8 4-4:15 p.m.

S SESSION 12.6 - Uncanny Harbor ATG8 4-5 p.m.

G Artists Signing Galactic Sushi, (Speakers: Quinton Aaron, Eric Martinez) 4311 N. Main St. 5:30 p.m.

The Rossy Award Ceremony, celebrating the

2017 nominated films and independent music acts.

ATG8 7:30-7:45 p.m.

S SESSION 13.1 - The Light Thief ATG8 7:45-8:00 p.m.

S SESSION 13.2 - Earworm ATG8 8:00-9:30 p.m.

F SESSION 13.3 - A Promise of Time Travel ATG8 9:30-11:30 p.m.

P After Party Galactic Sushi April 30 • Sunday 10-11:30 a.m.

F SESSION 14.1 - The Heart Outright ATG8 11:30 a.m.-noon S SESSION 14.2 - Midnight Oil: The Making of a Mural ATG8 1-2:45 p.m.

F SESSION 15.1 - The Aliens ATG8 2:45-3 p.m.

S SESSION 15.2 - Long Drive Home ATG8

Times and showings are subject to change without notice.

For further information, visit roswellfilmfestival.com.

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Da Tormental, Kris Rottin, Lethal Uprising, Villainous 187, ColorBlind, to name a few. For more information, visit their event page on Facebook.

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a historic fashion show and a car show. For a detailed schedule and more information, visit smokeybeardays.com.

Roswell May 7 Sunday Funday at Historical Society The Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico is sponsoring Sunday Funday featuring John Lemay and Donna Blake Birchell with their new book, “Hidden History of Southeast New Mexico” at 3 p.m. at the Historical Society Archives facility, 208 N. Lea Ave. For more information, call 575-622-8333.

Roswell May 5-7 Thirtieth Oldtimers Balloon Rally The 30th annual Oldtimers Balloon Rally takes place at the Russ DeKay Soccer Fields in the early morning between 6:30 and 7 a.m. weather permitting. For more information, call Holstun at 9145780 or email mholstun@ gmail.com.

Roswell May 6 Mother’s Day breakfast fundraiser Join the Roswell JOY Center, 1822 N. Montana Ave., for its Mother’s Day breakfast fundraiser from 8 a.m. to noon. Tickets are $5 and include pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs and a drink. for more information, call 575-6234866.

Roswell May 6 The Invasion 3 Extreme Music Festival The Unity Center, 108 E. Bland St., opens its doors for The Invasion 3 — Extreme Music Festival from noon to midnight. $7 per ticket or $10 at the door with hip hop acts; Dmize, Septicemia Records, Dirty

By Design, SeenLoc, Dope Dylan, Trip Pill P, MaQQ

Roswell May 9 Walk kick-off to support Alzheimer’s Association The Walk kick-off will take place at the Eastern new Mexico Medical Center, 405 W. Country Club Road, from 4 to 6 p.m. Food and refreshments will be provided. The event is free of charge and will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. For more information, contact Priscilla Lujan, 575-624-1552.

Roswell May 12 Walk for Hope fundraiser to be held Walk for Hope takes place at Cielo Grande Recreation Area from 6 p.m. until midnight. The walk is the biggest fundraiser for the Chaves County Cancer Fund, which helps people living in Chaves

County that are going through cancer treatment. The event is a way to honor cancer survivors and remember those who have passed on. You can get a team together, raise money or just join us that evening by supporting the team fundraising that is taking place that night.

Carlsbad May 13 Microbrew Festival on the Pecos Carlsbad’s fourth annual Microbrew Festival on the Pecos takes place on the grounds of the Pecos River Village Conference Center, 711 Muscatel Ave., from 3 to 8 p.m. Seating is limited. Advance tickets are available at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, 302 S. Canal St., or at carlsbadchamber.com.

For more information, call 575-887-6516.

Roswell May 13 Race for the Zoo kicks off The City of Roswell Parks & Recreation Department will host the annual Race for the Zoo at 8 a.m. at the Spring River Park and Zoo, 1306 E. College Blvd.

For more information, call 575-624-6719.

Ruidoso May 18-21 Twentieth annual Aspencash Motorcycle Rally The 20th annual Aspencash Motorcycle Rally is held at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort

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and Casino. Pre-registration is now open until May 1 (postmark). Cost is $21 per person. Gate fee is $26 per person. There will also be a trade show and Reno Birt with a challenge course. The cash poker run has a $10,000 payout.

For more information visit motorcyclerally.com or call 575-973-4977.

Roswell May 19 Live music at Pecos Flavors Winery + Bistro Tony Furtado performs at Pecos Flavors Winery + Bistro, 412 W. Second St. at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 575-627-6265.

Roswell May 26-28 Hike It and Spike It returns to Cielo Grande The World’s largest 4-on4 flag football event takes place at Cielo Grande. For more information, visit roswellgridiron.com.

Ruidoso/Alto May 26-28 Third annual Wind Rider Mountain Festival The annual Wind Rider Mountain Festival takes place at Ski Apache, 1286 Ski Run Road, where music, culture, barbecue and recreation collide.

This three-day camping festival boasts more than 25 bands on two stages where the high mountain air will be filled with the sweet smell of barbecue smoke and the best of jam, funk, bluegrass, rock and folk music. This scenic venue sits at 9,600 feet

and will also be home to The Wind Rider Mountain barbecue competition (a Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned event), downhill mountain biking, zip lining, camping, craft beer, good eats, local vendors and art. Campsites are $25 and RV sites are $35 for all three nights of the festival. There will be free parking for all ticket-holders. Fire restrictions will be in effect.

Children 5 and under are free with a paying adult.

Tickets are available at windridermusicfest.com.

They are still looking for volunteers. To become a volunteer email WMF@ skiapache.com.

Roswell June 3 Annual Elks for Vets charity golf tournament The Roswell Elks lodge is hosting its ninth annual Elks for Vets charity golf tournament, which supports the Southeastern New Mexico Veterans Transportation Network.

They drive our veterans free of charge to VA medical facilities from Roswell, Artesia, Carlsbad and the surrounding communities. Shotgun start is at 8 a.m. at the New Mexico Military Institute Golf Course. It is a four-person scramble. Cost is $75 per person/$300 per team. All entries need to be sent to NMMI Golf Course ProShop, attn: Elks for Vets tournament, 201 W. 19th St. For more information, call 575-622-6033.

UFO story contest Do you have a great story to share about an UFO incident you witnessed, or did you have a funny experience during one of the annual UFO festivals? If your story wins, you might be published in our UFO Vision magazine covering the events.

Send in your story by June 14 to vision@rdrnews.com, or mail it/drop it off at the

Roswell Daily Record — UFO story contest — 2301 N. Main St. Roswell, NM 88201

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Santa Fe June 12-16 until July 30 Young Explorers Summer Camp program Enrich your child’s summer this year with mind-expanding fun at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science popular Young Explorers Summer Camp program.

Registration is now open for children from kindergarten through the eighth grade.

Each summer camp session is one week long, with activities every weekday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Each week is theme-based, with the first session beginning the week of June 12 and the last beginning the week of July 30. Summer camp is conducted in NMMNHS education classrooms, Museum galleries, outside exhibit spaces, and sometimes on field trips. The fee for each weeklong materials-based Summer Camp program is $300 per student. NMMNHS members receive a 10 percent discount. Aftercare is also available until 5 p.m. daily for an additional $15 per day. To inquire about camp openings or for more information, contact Charlotte Rohrbough at crohrbough@outlook. com or call 505-841-2848.

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Christina Stock Photo Tabitha Denny, standing right, talks to the members of the Roswell Woman’s Club about Royal Family KIDS Camp.

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Royal Family KIDS Camp benefits from Film Festival Royal Family KIDS Camp wants the public to know what its camp is all about.

By Christina Stock Vision Editor he Roswell Film Festival’s opening night, April 26, at the Galaxy 8 movie theater, will benefit the Royal Family KIDS Camp program. For details, see Roswell Film Festival on page 6.

Tabitha Denny recently presented the program to the Roswell Woman’s Club at its monthly luncheon, kicking off the camp’s fundraising on Purple Day. “I do several things,” Denny said. “My main joy and passion is working with kids. My job is with the Royal Family KIDS on the leadership team. I am the executive director of Pecos Valley Teen Court. I also am getting my master’s in social work. I am the child placement coordinator with New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department through Chaves County Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children.”

Royal Family KIDS started in 1985. “It is across the U.S. and even in other countries,” Denny said. “They currently have only one camp, which is in the state of New Mexico.”

There are approximately 2,269 children, ages 6-12 in the New Mexico foster care system. The average camp serves 45-50 children each summer. There is a continuous cycle of change and upheaval in the lives and relationships surrounding foster children, which has a lasting impact on them.

“Right now, we have in Chaves County 66 kids in foster care,” Denny said.

“That is not including the 100 and more that are in Curry and Eddy counties.

That is a lot of kids, and we have only 30 foster homes.

“This is going to be our third year and my second year helping,” Denny said. “We are hoping to bring in other kids, such as from Bernalillo County, so

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we can have another camp up there. But as of now, this one is the only one we have in the state, based out of Roswell. Jacob Roebuck started it three years ago.”

A week at camp can change a child’s outlook on life. When their view of life is hopeless, Royal Family KIDS camp can bring them hope that somebody cares and celebrates their lives, that they are worthy of love and are not alone.

The organization is raising money and collecting toys to help change the lives of abused kids who are in the foster system or just got out, ages 6-12, this summer.

“You see these kids, you meet them and they have horror stories,” Denny said. “What some of these kids go through — being called names, never having been hugged, loved. Never been shown love.

“For a whole week they get unconditional love and to be kids. All they have to think about is waking up and being a kid, having fun. In their regular lives they don’t get to do that,” Denny said.

The camp is set up at Fort Lone Tree near Capitan. The children get to experience a safe and loving environment. “Every day they get to do something fun at Lone Tree. There is zip-lining up there and horseback riding,” Denny said.

“All the kids, including the boys, go to a tea party. They sit down and sing the little tea cup song. They get to do the whole dress-up, which is part of being a kid.

“We have what we call our aunt and uncle, they do ice cream with the kids and talk about families. We have a grandma that reads a story,” Denny said.

“Typical things that every kid should have.”

Last year, the children had a volunteer teaching them to make a wooden carved jewelry box. The theme was Olympics. Every children’s cabin represented a different country and the children learned about its traditions.

“It is a Christian-based camp, so one of the things we do is to show them that God loves them,” Denny said. “No matter what their parents or anybody else in the world does to them, somebody loves them and his name is God. At the end of the day, there is praise and worship.“ It is not easy for the professional staff and the volunteers to hear about what the children have endured. “You hear the things that these kids say, that somebody said to them who should love them,” Denny said. “They (the children) don’t think they are important, or they do not have enough to eat, or they have been beaten or abused. They talk about it just as you and I are talking about what to have for lunch. It’s saddening.“ Denny also has good experiences. Four children were adopted out of foster care last year that participated in the camp.

“Last year was my first year,” Denny said. “To explain to you what it was like to see those kids and to see them genuinely happy gives me goose bumps.”

Royal Family KIDS camp is in need of money and also volunteers. A sign up form is available on its webpage, purpledayroswell.com.

Another way is to donate money or to buy items that are for sale on the page.

“It costs about $500 per kid to go to camp,” Denny said. “There are other ways to help for businesses or volunteers. Some come up for just a day to help.

“We just want to get out what camp is and why we do what we do. And it’s sad that we have to have this,” Denny said.

For more information, visit royalfamilykids.org, casakids.org or purpledayroswell.com.

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‘New Mexican Gate’ by Stuart Davis From the Vault

By Sara Woodbury RMAC Curator of Collections and Exhibitions

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n this column I tend to focus on the artists behind a work of art. Today, I’d like to talk about donors by taking a closer look at one of our most significant paintings, “New Mexican Gate,” by Stuart Davis (1892-1964).

Since its opening in 1937, the Roswell Museum and Art Center has benefitted from the generosity and foresight of donors, with a significant portion of its collections consisting of gifts and bequests from individuals and families. Their interest in gifting highlights an ongoing commitment to the cultural and intellectual enrichment of Roswell and its neighboring communities. anticipation of In RMAC’s 80th anniversary in October, we’ve recently opened a new exhibit, “Collecting Roswell: The Donors of RMAC.” This installation celebrates the major donors who have contributed to the formation of the Museum’s core holdings. Drawing from the Southwest Art Collection, the Robert H. Goddard Collection, and the Rogers and Mary Ellen Aston Collection of the American West, this ex-

hibit showcases some of RMAC’s treasures while highlighting several important philanthropists: the Marshall and Winston families; Donald B. Anderson; Rogers Aston; Esther Goddard and more. “Collecting Roswell” has been co-curated by the following staff: Jeremy Howe, planetarium coordinator; Brandon Strange, preparator; Sara Woodbury, curator of collections and exhibitions; and Nicholas Frederick, our former registrar who has since moved on to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.

Among the works on view is “New Mexican Gate.” As one of the leading figures of American modernism during the early 20th century, Stuart Davis incorporated multiple elements from popular culture into his rhythmic, colorful paintings, from the improvisations of jazz to the hard-edged look of commercial advertising.

Based in New York, Davis visited New Mexico in 1923 at the request of his friend and mentor, artist John Sloan (1871-1951).

He spent the majority of the trip exploring the northern part of the state, and completed about 15 paintings over the course of his visit. “New Mexican Gate” is one of the paintings inspired

by Davis’ adventure. Da-

vis employs an abstract aesthetic that eliminates subtle modeling and shadow, giving the scene a bold, flat look. A simple palette of greens, oranges, and blue further simplifies the landscape, distilling it to its most basic forms. The white arcs of the clouds in the background have a distinctly pattern-like quality, while blue ellipses punctuate the cloud cover. Asymmetrical bands of yellow, purple and white encase the scene, underscoring the decorative nature of the image. It is a rhythmic painting, with the repetition of line, shape and color energizing the scene.

The RMAC received “New Mexican Gate” from the Winstons and Marshalls. Brothers Donald and Frederick Winston, in partnership with Samuel Marshall, had founded the Winston and Marshall Oil Company in 1928. Donald Winston managed the financial side of the operation, while Marshall served as geologist. During the 1930s, the Marshall and Winston families settled in Roswell and became acquainted with Peter Hurd, Robert H. Goddard and other prominent local citizens. Donald Winston began his philanthropic relationship with the Roswell Museum in the late 1940s, when he

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“New Mexican Gate” by Stuart Davis. donated a complete set of Hurd’s lithographs, followed by a series of egg tempera paintings, watercolors and paintings by Henriette Wyeth.

The Marshalls and Winstons also jointly donated several of the Museum’s most significant examples of Southwest art, including “New Mexican Gate.” They acquired the painting from the Downtown Gallery in New York. Operated by pioneering art dealer Edith Halpert, the Downtown Gallery was among the first commercial spaces in the United States to represent

modern and avant-garde American art, and featured artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Stuart Davis, Jacob Lawrence and Arthur Dove. Incidentally, the Marshalls and Winstons also acquired another perennial Museum favorite, “Ram’s Skull with Brown Leaves” by O’Keeffe, from the same gallery.

“Collecting Roswell” will be on view until Sept. 10, 2017. In conjunction with the exhibit, we’ll be offering a free, informal lecture series on the first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m., with each of our co-curators giving an hour-long program. The schedule for the remaining talks is as follows: May 7: “Rogers Aston: Collecting the West” with Brandon Strange.

June 4: “Donald B.

Submitted Photo Anderson: The Art of Philanthropy” with Sara Woodbury.

August 6: “The Robert H. Goddard Collection” with Jeremy Howe.

For more information on upcoming events and exhibits, give us a call at 575-624-6744 or check out our website at roswellmuseum.org.

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The Making of ‘An Introduction to the History of Roswell’

By John LeMay

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n Sunday, April 9, we premiered our new video, “An Introduction to the History of Roswell, New Mexico.”

The idea to produce a video occurred to us nearly four years ago at an education committee meeting in the Archive Building of the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico.

Initially, it was a simple idea to create a 10 minute video, comprised entirely of still images with narration that briefly detailed the history of Roswell. At the time, we were thinking of utilizing it for our school tours that occur every April. We also thought that perhaps we could produce it in house, but even a short video comprised entirely of photos can be difficult to do on a home computer. In our case, the difficulty was due to the high quality of our image s, which often bogged down the computer.

As the years passed the renovation committee had the idea to make the video into a permanent exhibit upstairs, rather than just an education tool for the fourth grade school tours. Thanks to the renovation committee and a grant from the Paul McCutchen Private Foundation, Donovan Fulkerson and his Relicwood Media production company was brought in to lens the project, now envisioned as a 12-15 minute video.

The Historical Society Board turned Donovan and myself loose to see what we could come up with.

Rather than exclusively featuring still images, we opted to include location shots of Roswell, narration and interviews with local historians.

Filming kicked off in March of 2016 with an interview in East Grand Plains with Morgan Nelson and concluded in September of that

same year with an interview with historian and author Elvis E. Fleming.

Like any production, it took a good 30 minutes or more to set up lighting for the interview subjects. Filming interviews with Laurie Rufe and myself at the Roswell Museum and Art Center proved to be a bit difficult due to their AC running too loudly. We had to shut it off so that we could film.

But such is filming, and even simple interviews which don’t seem like much on-screen have a lot of work behind them.

One of Roswell’s favorite former newscasters, David Gonzales, was kind enough to provide narration for the project and also filmed an introduction inside of the Historical Museum.

While we were there filming, some boys rode up on their bikes and asked, if they could be in the movie. We didn’t truthfully have anything for them to do

Elvis E Fleming is getting interviewed by John LeMay. and told them “Thanks, but sorry.” Later on as we filmed an exterior shot of the museum, coincidentally they rode past on their bikes again, giving the shot

some much needed life.

Hopefully one day they will recognize themselves in the video.

And speaking of which, the media room is now open on the sec-

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ond floor of the Historical Museum, 200 N. Lea Ave. If you haven’t seen it, please go and give it a watch.

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Continued from Page 4 ous notable and legendary artists including George Strait, The Band Perry, Gary Allan, Clint Black and the Eli Young Band.

“We are a rock/country band,” Park said in a phone interview. “My roots are traditional country. It is lyric driven and tells great stories. It is what I grew up on. Nobody in my family played music.

“After school, I started booking shows, playing acoustic,” Park said. “I put my own band together, writing songs. That was 11 years ago.”

His performance is a first in Roswell, but not the first time visiting. “Maybe we get in early to see the town a little more beforehand,” Park said.

Talking about his love of country music, Park said, “I love what I do. One question I always get is, what would I be doing if I did not play music. That is the hardest question you can ask me. Because I don’t know. I know, I would do what I have to do, but nothing speaks to me like music does. I feel like I’ve already retired. I don’t have a job, I play music for a living. I do this until the day I die. I don’t see myself retiring from this. This is what I love to do. I love playing music. It is in my blood.

“I have a new song out right now, it is called ‘Don’t Forget Where You Come From.’ It is about a guy who basically left home to get a different job than his daddy has, but came back home to the family business. All along when he was gone, his parents always said, Pray out loud, make him proud from where you come from,” Park said. “That rang home with me.

“I lost my dad when I was 12 years old, he was not around to see me play music. I am sure, if he were around right now, he would send me on my way.

Send me off to college and then watch me progress on the road and become a musician. Make us proud, don’t forget to pray. I think those are really great life lessons and I think it is a good message to share with country music fans.”

For more information about Park, visit kylepark.com. For information about the Cinco de Mayo Festival and its schedule, visit seeroswell.com.

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How many good UFO cases have been forgotten?

Looking Up

By Donald Burleson

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veryone with even a casual interest in the UFO phenomenon knows that some UFO cases are destined never to be forgotten.

Certainly the first example that comes to mind is the Roswell incident of July 1947, with its hundreds of interviewed witnesses and its now voluminous literature.

Other examples are the Phoenix Lights case of March 13, 1997 (again with hundreds of known witnesses) and the Stephenville, Texas sightings of Jan. 8, 2008, where the Mutual UFO Network had to rent a gymnasi-

um to interview all the witnesses.

As a UFO investigator, I have often wondered how many interesting cases have been essentially forgotten, except by the few people who experienced them.

Sometimes such cases lie neglected in obscure old newspaper files. This fact was first brought home to me when, some years ago, I got to wondering if my own sighting on July 4, 1947 at the age of five in my birthplace of Breckenridge, Texas was a real UFO or a child’s misconception.

When my wife Mollie and I went to Brecken-

ridge and searched the old microfiche files at the newspaper office, we found that my UFO had been seen and reported by several other people. But who ever sees these old files?

Recently, an almost forgotten case turned up when a witness in Silver City decided to submit old newspaper file attachments to accompany a report to the Mutual UFO Network of a sighting occurring nearly 40 years ago. The article in question appeared in the Silver City Enterprise on Oct. 21, 1982 and tells an intriguing story that happened in

1978.

It seems that just before Thanksgiving of that year, a ranch family living south of Silver City heard some noises loud enough to be heard over the sound of the generator outside (they had no electricity on their ranch).

When they went out to look, they saw what they at first thought was a huge jetliner fixing to hit the hill that is 350 yards south of the house. The object had lights and some sort of portholes and appeared to be moving to the west. It didn’t hit the hill, but rather hovered over it and continued to emit a

ground-shaking noise.

After three or four minutes it vanished to the west.

When family members visited the hill the next day, they found blackened rocks under the place where the object had been hovering. Trace evidence always ups the ante. Thinking back over their impressions, especially given that the hill itself was quite large and the object was at least half that size, they could only conclude that the UFO had been an uncommonly sizable object.

I probably would never have thought to search these old

files. If we only had a staff of a few thousand researchers to look back through smalltown newspapers everywhere, I wonder how many buried and mostly forgotten accounts like this we would find. Events in remote areas with few witnesses are all too easily neglected.

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