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DR. MIGUEL MORENO AND MDA TO HOST OPEN HOUSE FOR OPENING OF NEW CLINIC AT SOUTHWEST NEUROSCIENCE
Meet and greet with Dr. Miguel Moreno planned for April 18th 9:00am 3:00pm
EL PASO, Texas April 11, 2013 The Muscular Dystrophy association and Southwest Neuroscience, located at 11150 La Quinta Place, are teaming up to provide comprehensive care to the over 350 individuals served by MDA in the Rio Grande Chapter. The Open House, held on April 18th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will include a meet and greet with Dr. Miguel Moreno as well as a media kick-off in the morning at 8:30am 9:00am. MDA sponsors, partners, and families are encouraged to attend and meet the clinic director and staff. Families in the west Texas and southern New Mexico area served by MDA will benefit from Dr. Morenos experience and dedicated care approach. In addition to initial diagnosis and the medical management of the 43 diseases covered by MDA, including ALS or Lou Gehrig s disease, patients can also receive referrals to occupational and respiratory therapy, selected diagnostic tests, genetic counseling and more. This is a great benefit for the MDA families living in El Paso and the surrounding areas," said MDA Executive Director, Kathleen Born. "Our families can rest easy knowing that there is a doctor who specializes in neurology and who will have their best interest at heart. We are excited about our partnership with Dr. Moreno and we welcome him and his team to our MDA family." This is the first year MDA has partnered with Dr. Moreno and Southwest Neuroscience. Southwest Neuroscience is honored and very excited to be designated as an MDA Center, said Dr. Miguel Moreno, the centers clinic director. Excellence in clinical care and development of treatment strategies through the support of MDA is vital for better quality of care and better quality of life for those who are affected with a chronic neuromuscular disease. We are committed, with everyones help, to strive to service individuals with the outmost courtesy and understanding care.
About MDA
MDA is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services, advocacy and education. For more information, visit mda.org and follow MDA on Facebook (facebook.com/mdaelpaso) and Twitter (@MDAnews).
ous about winning the election and they include mamas boy, Oscar Leeser, an early favorite, who owns Hyundai of El Paso and has the money to throw a monkey wrench into the political plans of City Rep. Steve Ortega. Ortega was able to raise substantial amounts of money at the outset of his campaign, but, Leeser, who lent his campaign $50,000, rapidly caught up to Ortegas fund-raising with more than $80,000 in the bank. Ortega, however, said that hes not worried because Leeser may be able to raise more money, but, he has the most donors, and that translates to votes. Well, it remains to be seen, but Ortegas dream that
his run for Mayor would be a cakewalk with very little opposition is turning rather into a nightmare of sorts now that seven people are running for the post two of them are hardly qualified, but the other five bring experience, business sense, and other elements to the fray. Besides Leeser, other candidates include Robert D. Cormell, a small-business owner; Gus Haddad, whos headed several city boards and commissions; Hector Lopez, a man with deep community roots and involvement, and retired Dept. of Defense employee, Dean Martinez. Another element which promises to bring a little more than average excitement to the May 11 elections is the fact that voters will be choosing a new slate of trustees to
run the El Paso Independent School District because so many of them were fired or they resigned after being accused of corruption, of transferring students other grade levels so they wouldnt have to take the state-required exams, of removing them from the classroom for various reasons and for padding test scores so that administrators could earn high marks and bonuses. Disgraced former Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia was indicted for fraud and for awarding $450,000 in taxpayer dollars to one of his girlfriends. Other officers were aghast at the huge oversight which had escaped them, when they werent looking someone elses hand was on the till. After the cheating
scandal was uncovered, Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams appointed a Board of Managers to oversee the district, a move that caused the trustees to reject his efforts and to contest his authority to do so. Board President Isela Castaon Williams has said that Garcia blind-sided the entire board, therefore they shouldnt be replaced, nor should they act as if they had done something wrong. But, whatever. Voters will decide on May 11 whether an entirely new board will take the districts helm. One official who has expressed an interest in running, but hasnt made a decision is City Rep. Susan Byrd, who represents District 3 on Council. If she does decide to run, she will go up against incumbent Alfredo Borrego,
who has proclaimed his innocence and non-involvement in the cheating scandal. For voters, May 11 will bring much to consider in not only who will replace John Cook as Mayor, and who can be trusted to turn the corruption and scandals of the EPISD around. Voters must be doubly careful to not award seats to people who would turn against the children who attend our schools. Coach Cordova, Sal Mena, Mickey Duntley, and Linda Chavez have learned the hard way that it doesnt pay to fool people. As the saying goes: You can fool some of the people all of the time, fool all of the people some of the time, but, you cant fool all the people all of the time.
The El Paso Boxing/Martial Arts 2013 Awards Banquet Looks to be a Glorious Event
The Executive Director of the Hall of Fames, Thomas W. McKay, has set up the 20th Anniversary of the organizations big bash for April 27th, 2013 at Region XIX at 6611 Boeing 69:00 P.M. What with a double fistful of talented and champion inductees and a couple more of guests and performance award winners, McKay expects a magnificent and glorious evening. The first order of business for 2013 was to select a King and Queen of the banquet from the Candlelighters of El Paso. Most of us know that the Candlighters is an organization that works diligently with children with cancer. Our main contact is Manager Mary Vasquez and on Valentines Day her organization, family and friends of children with cancer, voted Fernanda Garcia as Queen and Anthony Seijas as King. They will be duly honored at our banquet. give you the most superb galvanizer and world champion creator in El Pasos history, the one and only, Hilary Sandoval. Sandoval promoted dozens of championship fights in El Paso, Texas, Phoenix, Arizona, Houston, Texas and Midland, Texas. He and his deceased brother, Tony, were the driving force that gave El Paso their first world championship in any sport when Cliff Magic Thomas took out undefeated Gordon Franks by 3rd round TKO for the PKA Lightweight Championship of the World. Overall, Hilary Sandoval and his promotional creation, Battlestar Karatica would work with 21 world champions. fighter in history to win world championships in boxing and karate, the amazing Troy Dorsey. The Board of Directors of the Halls give a hardy salute to Hilary Sandoval for bestowing this glorious gift to El Paso for the banquet. Hall of fame directors are quite excited by inducting another brilliant and long-time martial artist, Sammy Vasquez. For some thirty years Sammy has been a practitioner in Karate and Ninjutsu. He is a 9th degree black belt under the UMAHoF College of Martial Arts in Houston, Texas and earned his Ph.D in Martial Arts Psychology. Notably as well, in 1992, he was awarded his Senseiship in Shinjimasu BushikanTaikido Taijutsu Ninjutsu. He has often judged national and international tournaments, served as a radio host and appeared in numerous television programs. For his dynamic leadership and innovative curriculum Sammy was inducted into the Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame for various disciplines, in 2002, again in 2005 and in 2008 he was voted Grandmaster of the Year and Distinguished Man of the Year. How privileged we members of the hall of fame are to induct Sammy. He is to the martial arts what oxygen is to living organisms. The Directors were extremely impressed by an imposing tall and skilled martial artist, Grand Master Clarence Beckmon. For over four decades he has been one of the Southwests premier martial artists. Beckmon was awarded his 10th Degree Dan Black Belt on June 30th, 2011, an award that automatically qualifies a martial artist the title of Grand Master. In brief for now, Grand Master Beckmon has studied various martial arts discipline including Shotokan, American Boxing, Tae Kwon Do, Goju Ryu, and Shaolin Goju Karate Do. He also holds the prestigious appointment of June 3oth, 2011 to the position of Council Member of the United Federation of International Grandmasters. A martial artist for decades and a ferocious kickboxer, Darryl Watts, was the directors choice for being inducted in the martial arts under the category of Living Legend Award. Watts began his journey in 1966 when he commenced his training with then El Paso Police Chief, Greg Allen. Darryl considers Allen to be the biggest influence in his career because Allen encouraged him to start and work hard within the discipline. Bullying was a second influence as he never wanted anyone to target or hurt him. Darryl earned his 4th Degree Black Belt in Buotokan Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan of El Paso, Texas from Master Lynn L. Nichols in 1985 and was promoted to Head Director in the following years. tion of Jujitsu of the United States of America. A superstar boxing sports reporter from El Paso but now living in Chicago, Illinois, Matthew Aguilar, is our media inductee. For many years, the El Paso Times incomparable, talented Sportswriter, Bill Knight, would call on boxing coach, Tom McKay, as boxing historian. Not anymore, for the past few years it is Matt Aguilar who is truly a student of the game and the best historian to date, bar none. His boxing columns are the jewels and pearls of the violent but celebrated sport. An amazing sportswriter and boxing historian, Matthew Aguilar, a UTEP graduate now living in Chicago, Illinois, will be in El Paso, Texas on April 27th, 2013 for his induction. Matthew still covers boxing for The El Paso Times. He gained much of his trades insights from his mentor, Bill Knight. Matthew became such an astute writer and extraordinary fan of boxing that he has been courted by major publications to cover major championship bouts. He has written superb articles for Ring Magazine and KO Magazine and did an internship in 1996 at USA Today. What a privilege everyone will have when New Mexicos Jerry Martinez strides proudly up to the podium to receive his boxing hall of fame award. Jerry took up boxing at the age of six and along the way won three New Mexico State Golden Gloves Championships and earned a silver medal in Chicago, Illinois at the 1970 National championships. Jerry fought on the border as an amateur and as a professional. He had over ninety amateur bouts and was a fierce professional boxer, knocking out most of his opponents in some twenty plus bouts.Continues on page 13
Hilary Sandoval
Inductee Sandoval was most influential in bringing superstar martial artist, movie producer, former Mutant Ninja turtle, singer, entrepreneur, movie star and undefeated full contact fighter, Ernie Reyes Jr. into El Paso as a guest speaker for the El Paso Martial Arts Hall of Fame. The great one just finished work on the movie Avatar. Not only that, other guest super stars coming to El Paso for Hilarys induction are World Forms Champion George Chung, Three-time World Kickboxing Champion Ishmael Robles and the only
Clarence Beckmon
For the first time in hall history the directors selected a duo team of man and wife for induction. The recipients are Dave and Carol Cobb. A long, long time ago, in 1988, this man and wife team earned their first Tae Kwon Do Black Belts. Over the next twenty five years Carol Cobb diligently prepared and sacrificed to earn a 5th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. Meanwhile, her husband Dave was successful in gaining his 7th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. What a fascinating story that once again proves the old adage, That truth is stranger than fiction.
Darryl Watts
Another high degreed martial artist for decades, Ernest Hewitt, took up Judo as a United States Marine while stationed in Japan in 1959. Back in the United States after his military stint, Ernest pursued judo religiously until he was a top 6th Degree Black Belt and eventually promoted to Senior Judo Rank Examiner. In 2010 he was promoted to the prestigious rank of National Judo Coach with USA Judo. His dedication to the martial arts gained him another prized promotion in 2010, that of a 6th Degree Black Belt, Instructor Rank Level, by the American Federa-
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Join us April 20, 2013 for a day of FREE activities and entertainment including:
Live Music on two separate stages Unveiling of an Earth Day Mural on a roll-off garbage dumpster created by local high school artists from Americas High School Interactive Information and Activity Booths from Environmental Services and other City Departments for kids promoting green learning activities A jumping balloon Spin Art cycling Activity Centro Capullo Bike Clinic El Paso Permaculture Group will have a permaculture demonstration booth Hands-on art activities for kids
Shop Local, Handmade! 25 Artist Market and Food Vendors will be on-site! Food Vendors include: Sushi Wagon, Papa Burgers, Roberts Churros, TLC Kettle Corn, Sweet Addiction Cupcakes and El Toro Bronco. The Downtown Artist Market is located in Union Plaza (Near Anthony St) close to Union Depot. Parking available on-street and in parking garages close to Union Depot.
By Sandy Pappas April 15 is Tax Day. As we race to get our taxes filed, lets consider what we actually get for our tax dollars. In Minnesota, we are putting together our state budget for 2014 which we intend to reflect our values as a state While every state faces its own budget challenges, we share a Sandy Pappas common challenge: crafting state budgets as our nation struggles with economic challenges and federal budgeting uncertainties. The roller coaster ride of fiscal cliffs, indiscriminate automatic cuts, debt ceilings, and other Washington shenanigans has been distinctly unhelpful. In Minnesota, we cut back on crucial investments in education and infrastructure as tax revenues plummeted during the recession. Now with a slow recovery, we need to re-invest in our priorities around safety, security and productivity. Looming uncertainty makes it more difficult to commit to those investments. Here are a few suggestions for how Congress can reshape the federal budget to help the states continue to pull through the recession and emerge stronger and more economically competitive than ever. First, Congress must find a way to bring more certainty back to the budget process. No more phony fiscal cliffs that get solved at the last moment. No more threats of government shutdowns. Second, Congress needs to learn to make strategic budget priorities just as we have to do in our states. Each year over half of the discretionary spending Congress appropriates goes to Pentagon and war spending. Meanwhile the Pentagon is the only governmental agency that cannot pass an audit to show how it uses our tax dollars. Congress cannot continue to exempt the Pentagon budget from scrutiny while making deep cuts to other programs. About one-third of non-defense discretionary spending (the spending Congress votes on every year) goes to the states, so overspending at the Pentagon inevitably squeezes funding for programs on which our states rely. Third, Congress continues to fund out-of-date weapons systems that we may never need or use. The F-35 is a perfect example. It is over budget, behind schedule, and plagued with technical problems. The future of Americas security will not be determined by aerial combat between fleets of opposing aircraft, but by things like cyber security, counterterrorism and investing in economic competitiveness. Fourth, we are scheduled to spend billions of dollars over the next ten years for nuclear weapons that were designed to fight the wars of the last century. For the cost of just one new nuclear submarine, ... Continues on page 9
Some of the below data courtesy of the El Paso National Weather Service
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Doppler" Dave Speelman is the chief meteorologist at KVIA-TV in El Paso. You can watch his forecasts at 4, 5, 6 and 10 pm on ABC-7 (channel 6 cable). If you would like Doppler Dave to address (explain) any weather issues you can email him at Dopplerdave@kvia.com.
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Continued from page 6 ...we could provide body armor and bomb-resistant Humvees to all our troops overseas, house and treat every homeless U.S. veteran, and still have $2.2 billion left over to pay down our debt. Congress should focus on protecting the nation from 21st century threats and rebuilding our nations economy, not paying for pork barrel nuclear weapons projects. Finally, many Pentagon contractors have successfully lobbied for generous tax breaks. We all use our nations roads, count on schools to educate our future workforce, and rely on public safety workers like firefighters, so why should Pentagon contractors get a break on their taxes? Citizens for Tax Justice found that aerospace and defense firms paid an effective tax rate of 17 percent from 2008 to 2010, lower than the average of 18.5 percent paid by all industries. Its especially galling when these same contractors are seeing big profits and executive pay on par with Wall Street executives. We all do our part by paying our taxes every April. As Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes remarked, Taxes are what we pay for civilized society. Now we need Congress to do its part by putting together a civilized budget for our society that invests our tax dollars wisely and reflects our values as a nation. We cannot afford to keep spending on out-of-date, unnecessary Pentagon programs. We must reshape the Pentagon budget to respond to 21st century threats, we must repair our economy, and we must start investing in the future. Lets send this message to our representatives in Congress! ---------Sandy Pappas is the President of the Minnesota Senate and vice president of the Women Legislators Lobby, a program of Womens Action for New Directions. ---------American Forum. 4/13
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! ! ! ! ! ! Sierra Providence ! El Paso, TXHealth ! Network ! is proud! to wel- ! come back Dave Byrd to our network as the new Chief Financial Officer for Sierra Medical Center !effective ! ! ! Mr. ! Byrd ! April 15, 2013. previously served as Chief Finan! ! ! cial Officer for Sierra Medical Hospitals sister hospital Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Prior to that, Mr. Byrd served as Assistant Chief Financial Officer at Sierra Medical Center. Mr. Byrd brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in financial leadership to Sierra Providence Health Network. ! Mr. Byrd ! received ! ! his Bachelor of
Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Missouri in St. Louis. He is an outstanding healthcare executive who ! ! his energy, finanis recognized for cial and operational ! acumen, and ability to execute. We are excited to have Dave rejoin the Sierra Providence Health Network. His experience and knowledge of both healthcare finance and operations will be a great asset to our team, said Eric J. Evans, Chief Executive Officer for Sierra Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital. About Sierra Medical Center: Sierra Medical Center is part of the Sierra Providence Health Network that includes the hospitals of Sierra Providence East Medical Center, Sierra Medical Center, Providence Memorial Hospital and the Regional Childrens Hospital at Providence. The Network also offers a wide range of outpatient services including Sierra Providence TotalCare, Sierra Providence Urgent Care Centers, Sierra Providence Trawood Center and ER, Sierra Teen and Womens Center, Wound Care Centers and Sierra Providence Sleep Disorders Center.
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People tend to wait when they think they might be having a heart attack, and thats a! mistake, said Eric Evans, Sierra Medical Center ! CEO. The average patient arrives in the emergency department more than two hours after the onset of symptoms, but what they dont realize is that the sooner a heart attack is treated, the less damage to the heart and the better the outcome for the patient. I am very proud of the Sierra Medical Center team for achieving chest pain center
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FORT BLISS, TEXAS Armed Forces Day 2013 comes to Fort Bliss 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 18, at BIGGS PARK. It's FREE and open to the public. Activities include: equipment static displays, demonstrations by the area high school JROTC Armed and Unarmed Drill Teams, entertainment by the 1st Armored Division Band; Chili Cook-Off, Car Show, East Fort Bliss Build-up Tour and food and drink concessions. Armed Forces Day at BIGGS PARK is an open house event that provides you the opportunity to meet with service men and women and learn about the equipment they use in support of this nation. Armed Forces Day 2013, Saturday, May 18, FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For more information, call the Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office at 568-4505.
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A tremendous knockout boxer, Jose Garibay, had his ticket punched by the directors for The El Paso Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2013. Now a local businessman and charitable person, Jose was once a feared opponent and he took numerous amateur titles in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. In El Paso he was a member of the lauded Fox Plaza Barbershop Stable under the tutelage of heralded trainer, Mauricio Chito Barragan. Not only did Jose produce locally and fair well at state four times, He married one of Chitos daughters. Welcome Jose, welcome to the home of champions. Hall of Fame Boxing President, Ladislao Vicencio, a three time Texas State Golden Gloves Champion, learned the fine intricacies of his trade under trainer Alberto Romo. Romo was a longtime trainer of El Paso champions and an outstanding citizen of our community. It was an honor to vote for Alberto Romo and induct him into The El Paso Boxing Hall of Fame in the Boxing/Wrestling category. That being said, Laidislao Vicencio, a man who is busy as a time machine in our boxing community, will receive the first ever prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. After his boxing career, Junior became a trainer, official and leader of the El Paso Boxing Colony
tial arts fans, the world famous martial artist, movie star, director, producer and special effects maestro, Ernie Reyes Jr., is also a featured speaker. Ernie recently did special effects and other work for the movie, Avatar. Many of you will remember him from way back as a Ninja Mutant Turtle. The voice of choice for our Master of Ceremonies is Burnette Johnson. He is a gifted speaker with enormous charm and a personality to envy.
***Late Note: There will be a Meet & Greet the inductees and special guests on Saturday morning at Hawthorn Suites at 11:00 A.M. The suites are just across the street (Airway and Boeing Dr.) from Region XIX at 6611 Boeing Dr. The public is invited. Have a happywe sure will Thomas W. McKay, Executive Director 915 591 6089
LOCAL RESTAURANTS PARTICIPATE IN DINING OUT FOR LIFE ON APRIL 25, 2013
(EL PASO, TX, April 1, 2013) El Paso, TX One day a year, the best thing to make for dinner is a reservation. On Thursday, April 25, 2013, several restaurants across El Paso will donate 25-50% of breakfast, lunch or dinner sales to support HIV/AIDS services in El Paso. All you have to do is gather your friends and family for a delicious meal at any of the participating restaurants, and help International AIDS Empowerment raise much needed HIV/AIDS funds for our community. A list of participating restaurants can be found at http://www.diningoutforlife.com/elpaso/restaurants This years participating restaurants to date include (please check website for reservations and meals times that apply): Red Mountain Bistro (50%) Ardovinos Desert Crossing Pacifica Seafood & Bar Andres Pizza Paco Wongs Chinese Restaurant Bella Napoli Pot au feu Dominics Italian Ripe Eatery Eloise Rulis International Kitchen El Parque Restaurant Sams Chinese Restaurant Emilias on the Plaza Star City Kitchen & Bar Italians Sunnys Sushi Japanese Crepe House Sushi Express Magic Bistro Tabla Opus World Bistro
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Another inductee, Nico Perez, resides and works in Tucson, Arizona. Early in his magnificent boxing career, Nico was a local favorite and master crowd pleaser. He had an exceptional professional career beginning in 1977 and won the NABF Super Bantamweight crown in 1978, the USBA Super Bantamweight title in 1979 and defended it in 1980. In 1979 he also fought for the WBC Super Bantamweight title against champion Wilfredo Gomez. He lost due to a cut eye when he was ahead on points. He then defended his NABF title in 1981 over Santos Moreno. The selection committee was honored to select Nico Perez as a 2013 Boxing Hall of fame Inductee.
This year marks the 7th year that International AIDS Empowerment raises funds through Dining Out for Life, which started in Philadelphia and has now spread nationwide, said Skip Rosenthal, IAE Executive Director. We encourage people to serve as ambassadors by inviting their friends and family to eat out at one of the supporting restaurants, it will help make a difference in the lives of many people living with HIV/AIDS in our community. Dining Out for Life is produced by International AIDS Empowerment and all funds raised will help this agency provide testing, counseling, and education and prevention programs, support groups, case management services.
El Paso, Texas The City of El Paso Parks and Recreation Department will be offering a Lifeguard Course from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on May 4th, 5th, 11th, and 12th, at the Armijo Aquatics Center, 911 S. Ochoa St. The course fee is $201 per person and all attendees must be at least 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of the course. Each person must also all meet each of the following requirements: Pass the pre-course swim test consisting
Surface dive, feet- first or head first to a depth of 7-10 feet to retrieve a 10 lb. object and then return swimming on the back to the starting point, set down the brick and climb out using a ladder.
Sierra Providence East Medical Center Welcomes New Chief Financial R Officer R r Brandon L. May (
El Paso, Texas (March 2013) Sierra Providence East Medical Center is proud to announce Brandon L. May as the hospitals new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his appointment at Sierra Providence East Medical Center, May served as Chief Financial Officer for Westlake Hospital, a 225-bed acute care hospital in Melrose Park, IL, that is part of the Vanguard Health Systems, Inc., out of Nashville, TN. In his role as CFO at Sierra Providence East, May will be responsible for the overall financial operations of the 110 bed acutecare facility, currently undergoing a $67.2 million dollar expansion, including budgetary, tax, accounting and other financial planning activities within the hospital. Additionally, he will oversee numerous departments within the facility. May began his career as a Controller for St. Cloud Regional Medical Center, in St. Cloud, FL and eventually moved to Barton Regional Medical Center, Bartow, FL where he held the roles of both Controller and Interim Chief Financial Officer in 2008 and went on to serve at the Chief Financial Officer and Hospital Compliance Officer from 2008 2011 for the 72-bed acute care hospital and its departments. We are pleased to have Brandon join our administrative team at Sierra Providence East, said Sally Hurt Deitch, chief executive officer of Sierra Providence East Medical Center. Brandon has a well Brandon L. May rounded background in hospital financial operations and accounting and is a great addition to our leadership team. May is a graduate of Texas Tech University where he received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and his Master of Business Administration. He is currently a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. #### About Sierra Providence East Medical Center: Sierra Providence East Medical Center is part of the Sierra Providence Health Network that includes of Sierra Hethe is hospitals currently a member Medical Center, Providence Memorial Hospital and Providence Children's Hospital. The Network also offers a wide range of outpatient services including Sierra Providence TotalCare, Sierra Providence Urgent Care Centers, Sierra Providence Trawood Center and ER, Sierra Teen and Womens Center, Wound Care Centers and Sierra Providence Sleep Disorders Center.
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SPOTLIGHTEPNEWS.COM APRIL 18, 2013 PAGE 17 SuStainable living by Shawn Dell Joyce April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day, came on the heels of the Vietnam peace movement. This was a volatile era of monumental social change fueled by sit-ins and teach-ins, demonstrations, rallies and a changing political consciousness. Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson modeled the first U.S. Earth Day as an environmental "teach-in." Over 2,000 colleges and universities, roughly 10,000 primary and secondary schools and hundreds of communities across the United States participated. It was also the first time we saw the famous picture of the Earth from the moon taken by the Apollo astronauts. It was then that many of us first saw the earth in its entirety and likened it as Secretary General U Thant did to a spaceship. Or even more eloquently by astronomer Carl Sagan who remarked: ... Every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived (here) on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves Earth Day "brought 20 million Americans out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of environmental reform," noted Senator Nelson. Legendary singer activist Pete Seeger performed and was the keynote speaker at the Washington D.C. event. Ali McGraw and Paul Newman attended the New York City event. Senator Nelson gave credit to the first Earth Day for persuading U.S. politicians to pass important environmental legislation. Many important laws were passed by the Congress in the wake of the 1970 Earth Day, including amendments to the Clean Air Act, laws to protect drinking water, wild lands and the ocean. Many of these laws are being attacked right now in Congress. "Earth Day worked because of the spontaneous response at the grassroots level." Senator Nelson said. "That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day. It organized itself. Earth Day has become the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated in 175 countries by more than 5 million people. Earth Day is a day for visioning how we humans want to interact with our mother planet. Imagine what our world would look like if all of us 5 million people put our minds together: Grocery shopping would be weekly trips to local farms to meet the people face-to-face who feed us. Buildings would be energy efficient, and some even produce their own electricity. Perhaps whole neighborhoods produce their own electricity and food and share a "cul de sac community garden and wind turbine." Cars are traded in for bicycles, as public transportation improves, and downtowns become more vibrant and walkable. Farmers plant wind turbines in farm fields for a second harvest of renewable energy. Recycling becomes a way of life as public receptacles appear on street corners and in schools. Asthma becomes a disease of the past as air quality improves, and buildings are made from materials that don't pollute. Local economies thrive as "green collar" jobs create opportunities for native sons and daughters to find lucrative careers and affordable homes in their own hometowns. Shawn Dell Joyce is an award-winning columnist and founder of the Wallkill River School in Orange County, N.Y. You can contact her at Shawn@ShawnDellJoyce.com.
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May
there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it
continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life. United
Nations Secretary-General U Thant, 1971
Child of Nurture
Over the last three decades, child and adolescent obesity has tripled, with current estimates putting more than one-third of kids overweight or obese and at higher risk for a variety of diseases and ailments, from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease to sleep apnea and joint problems. A lot has been written about the causes, as in plural, from genetics to lack of exercise. Three new studies, recently published in the journal Pediatrics, place the primary blame on one, big thing: the environment. "We are raising our children in a world that is vastly different than it was 40 or 50 years ago," Yoni Freedhoff, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa told Scientific American. "Childhood obesity is a disease of the environment. It's a natural consequence of normal kids with normal genes being raised in unhealthy, abnormal environments." Freedhoff and colleagues say a lot of little things add up to a big health issue: oversized meals and drinks, the ubiquity of fast food, the easy abundance of sugary and processed foods, school schedules that prevent teens from getting sufficient sleep, television and a societal imperative to consume. The good news, researchers say, is that parents can make a difference by specifically addressing every relevant factor. Like pounds, many small improvements can add up. The bad news is that parents can't do it alone. Real, sustained reductions in the childhood obesity rate require broad social change and that, like real, sustained weight loss, happens very slowly.
Come up with three scientific reasons why eating processed food makes you sick, fat and addicted to eating more processed food. Information about the life-improving benefits of eating well and exercising more is all out there, but how do we get ordinary overstressed citizens to take the time to learn it? Require them to pass a wellness test.
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By Ellen Clark Balmy breezes, turquoise blue sea, swaying palm trees and a laid-back lifestyle are only a few of Puerto Rico's charms. There are also colonial towns, museums, natural wonders, great food and a chance for the active set to learn new skills. This was my second trip to Puerto Rico, and this time I decided to concentrate on trying out a couple of new sports and investigating some of the island's distinctive food and drink options. My time in Puerto Rico was short, so I decided to start out in San Juan, then head down the Atlantic coast to Villa Montana Beach, a secluded beachside property near Isabela, for the remain-
der of the trip. Old San Juan is an enchanting area filled with colorful colonial-style buildings, sculptures galore and a passel of cafes, restaurants and boutiques. Since it was morning, my first stop was at Cafe Cialitos for a cup of Puerto Rico's finest coffee. The 100 percent Arabica coffee (a delicious, deepscented espresso) here is so good, in fact, that it was recently voted the secondbest coffee on the island by the Puerto Rico Coffee Fair. Naturally the coffee is freshly brewed, but there's more. The beans are harvested at owner Joaquin Pastor Gonzalez's family's coffee plantation, which was started by his grandfather more than 60 years ago.
Once the beans reach the cafe, they are roasted and ground in the back room. Not only is the coffee rich, dark, strong and fabulous, but the cafe's ambience is warm and cozy. I could easily have tucked into a comfy upholstered chair at one of the window-front tables and spent the morning perusing one of the English-language newspapers, but time was short, so I hit the road. After a laid-back first day in Old San Juan, it was time to get some exercise while learning a new sport. I set off for Ocean Park beach and kiteboarding lessons. At 15 Knots Kiteboarding School Juan Carlos Morales has been teaching the sport
Dinner of a Caribbean lobster at Salitre Meson Costero in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, is a perfect way to end the day. Photo courtesy of Ellen Clark.
he loves since 2008. The idea is that the kiteboarder can harness the power of the wind with a large controllable power kite and be propelled across the water at thrilling speeds while standing on a kiteboard, which looks like a small surfboard. I was a little dubious about my being able to pull this off, but I was game to give it a try. First we tried controlling the kite on the beach not as easy as the instructors made it look. Then we were strapped into harnesses, outfitted with life jackets and directed toward the water. Two students and an instructor lay flat on the board ..Continues on next page
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Continued from page 19...with the head person having control of the kite. Being pulled through the water by the power of the kite was quite exhilarating, even though we never did actually stand on a board. It turns out that only those who opt for a second day of instruction will graduate to riding the kiteboard in a standing position.
rs of the After a day in the outdoo boarding . Photo co rs in Isabela, Pue sun wrestling with urtesy of rto Rico, Ellen Cla try a kiteboard, I was rk. ready for a relaxing wetevening that include some tasty weather option. Formed Caribbean food and drink. For the ultiby the flow of the Camuy River, this is mate au courant San Juan dining exone of the largest systems of caverns perience, locals recommended the in the Western Hemisphere. ultra-stylish Water Beach Club in the Isla Verde area of San Juan. Their Following this underground adventure rooftop restaurant, Mist, is currently I drove to my second stop, the Arecibo one of swankiest and trendiest hot Observatory. I checked out the world's spots for both locals and tourists to largest single-dish radio telescope, meet and mingle in San Juan. The and then it was time for some serious lighting is subdued and sexy, and food. It was still gloomy, but the rain there are indoor and outdoor venues, had stopped, so I dined on a huge, both with stunning panoramic city and just-caught Caribbean lobster at a ocean views. beachside restaurant before heading for my hotel. Sipping on one of Mist's signature cocktails, an alcohol-infused fruit drink Far from the hustle and bustle of San that included coconut, I drank in the Juan, the Villa Montana Beach Resort views of nighttime San Juan. Instead is a 35-acre enclave situated on three of a formal dinner, I snacked on small miles of beachfront. It was dark when I plates of Island-Italian-Spanish-fusion arrived, so it wasn't until morning that I creations called "Socializers." These could fully appreciated the lush tropiare ideal for sharing, and all the ingrecal surroundings. dients are locally grown. My personal favorite was the petit lamb sliders with I had a gourmet breakfast in the tzatziki sauce and cucumbers. A DJ hotel's beachfront restaurant, I was off was spinning music, and the vibe was on another adventure, stand-up padjust what I was looking for: hip and dleboarding lessons. happening.
It was gray and rainy when I picked up the rental car and took off for Isabela on the northern part of the island. I had planned two stops along the way, the first being an underground tour of Camuy Caves Park, definitely a good I met Jose from Aquatica Dive and Surf at the Rio Guajataca beach. He explained that standup paddleboarding can be as easy or challenging as you like. For novices like me, learning on a calm river rather a turbulent sea
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seemed a wise choice. He gave me a little instruction, and then I mounted the board and began paddling down the river. As long as there is no turbulence, all that is required for this sport is a good sense of balance and enough upper-body strength to paddle, making it fun for almost everyone. My last athletic pursuit of the trip was to have been a sunset horseback ride on the beach. Driving rain and gusty winds made it abundantly clear that there would be no sunset, and I had no interest in riding a horse in a storm. Alas, I was forced to spend my last night in Puerto Rico in the hotel's open-sided beachfront bar sipping a chilled chardonnay and watching the stormy sea. WHEN YOU GO
NAMELESS: It's true that girls mature both mentally and physically before boys, but Mother Nature is fair and allows boys to catch up with girls by about age 15. But there are always exceptions. I'm sure some of the boys who are your age are capable of meeting your high standards. You just haven't been looking hard enough. Start by joining clubs and spending some time in the school library.
SPOTLIGHTEPNEWS.COM APRIL 18, 2013 PAGE 22 everyDay cheapSkate by Mary hunt 'tween 12 anD 20 by Dr. robert wallace
I haven't found anything that will stick on the grout and clean. One day, I realized that toilet bowl cleaner is thick and it clings. I poured it on the grout, left it there about 15 minutes, then washed it away with the showerhead. Not one speck of mildew was left, and the grout looked brand new. Gwynn, Florida
one end of her license. She just pulled on the tab, and the license slid right out of her wallet. I have done this for many people, and they are amazed at how much easier it is for them, men included. Susan, Florida Would you like to send a tip to Mary? You can email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. Include your first and last name and state. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 23 books, including her 2013 release "Cheaper, Better, Faster: Over 2,000 Tips and Tricks to Save You Time and Money Every Day."
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TAB THAT LICENSE. Where I work, customers are required to show their driver's license. Many people have difficulty getting their license out of their wallets, but one customer did a very clever thing. She took a piece of scotch tape, folded it over and made a tab on
Shawn Dell Joyce In our country, we sacrifice our health and the health of our soils at the altar of cheap corn. Growing that grain requires environmentally devastating chemical inputs and farming methods that decrease soil fertility. All that subsidized corn winds up in almost every processed food and beverage in our diet, making us fatter and unhealthy. What's worse, we are feeding our kids the surplus of this processed food through the National School Lunch Program. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates with our current rate of obesity, a third of our children born in 2000 will develop diabetes. The statistic is up to a half for African American and Hispanic children. Asthma, allergies, anxiety disorders and learning disabilities can all be traced to diet. Something has gone terribly wrong with our children's nutrition. For the first time in fifteen years, the United States Department of Agriculture announced it will upgrade nutritional standards for the National School Lunch and Breakfast program. Under a law signed by President Obama in mid-January 2011, children will be offered something that comes closer to current nutritional standards. The act came after much effort by health-conscious parents and groups to limit the high fat, high sugar school lunches that currently contribute to childhood obesity, and juvenile diabetes.
FILLING UP ON VEGGIES. My mother always said that veggies taste better when you're hungry. At mealtime, I give my children their veggies first and wait as long as possible to serve the main course. For some reason, the veggies are gone before the main course. Go figure! Diane, email
America's school lunch program is getting its first overhaul in fifteen years. Soon, our children can expect to find an increase in fruits and vegetables on their lunch trays. This means nearly four half-cup servings a week of real vegetables, not just French fries or ketchup, which both qualified as vegetables under the old standards. New vegetables will include dark green veggies and legumes. And more whole grains will be offered. At least half the grains served must be whole grains, and milk will now be fat-free or low-fat instead of whole. Sodium levels will also be reduced. While these changed are laudable, many local foods advocates want to see the reforms go farther to include sourcing the fresh fruits and vegetables locally whenever possible. In a recent New York Times editorial Alice Waters, a famous chef and local foods advocate, and Katrina Heron point out our schools "pay good money for what are essentially leftovers from big American food producers." Continues on page 24
TOASTY LOTION.
I solved the discomfort of applying cold body lotion in the winter. My bathroom is heated, but when I rub in lotion after a shower I freeze. I found that if I lay the bottle of lotion in the shower, the hot water warms it
and your eye for future resale values. Relax into the warm, cosseting, sophisticated kitchen we show here. Designer Kathy Frederich
(lakevilleindustries.com) created it for a man who entertains more often than he cooks and wanted an inviting place for his guests. Kathy gave him traditional, lovingly detailed wall
and base cabinets painted the color of candles' glow (custom built by Plain and Fancy, plainfancycabinetry.com) About that center island: Take
They guarantee you won't regret it. More than 40 percent of all
online shoppers say product reviews are important to them. However, 80 percent of online reviews are generally positive.
The research says there are five reasons that people overspend online:
You don't have time to think.
Once you have items in your cart, retailers want to move you through the checkout line before you can reconsider.
They won't let you forget. Online retailers use your purchase information to make recommendations for new items and remind you to get that item that they're sure you want. Free shipping. The lure of free
shipping is an important tool in getting customers to spend more on each visit. Even if shipping only costs $4 or $5, shoppers will put extra items in their basket that cost several times that much just to qualify.
I don't doubt that online shopping can be a real budget buster, and I'm sure I've made my share of cyber-mistakes. But adding to this equation the time I don't have to drive across town while burning up $4-a-gallon gas, to fight traffic in a parking lot that has one less parking space than the sum total of cars wanting one at any given time online shopping beats the mall for me. I believe I will stick with my answer. OK, your turn. Where are you more apt to overspend online or while in the store? Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 23 books, including her 2012 release, "7 Money Rules for Life." You can email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630.
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They give rewards. Most of the rewards that retailers shell out are just incentives thrown in to get you to buy more, such as a 20 percent off coupon
Dear Mary: I think it's too risky to give my son this kind of latitude.
This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait. Natalie Goldberg
Marilynn Preston fitness expert, well-being coach and speaker on healthy lifestyle issues is the creator of Energy Express, the longest-running syndicated fitness column in the country. She has a website, http://marilynnpreston.com and welcomes reader questions, which can be sent to MyEnergyExpress@aol.com.
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Dear Claudia: If you've read all the chapters, you know I believe children should do chores and regular work around the house, not for pay but because they are citizens of the family community. I believe children are their parents' financial responsibility. While some think that kids need to get outside jobs to pay for things they want, I don't agree. I believe childhood is a time to learn about life, not to be employed. Kids need to be kids, to participate fully in school and become educated.
A very personal kitchen is centered with an island painted a color the owner remembered from a trip to Savannah. Photo courtesy Plain and Fancy Cabinetry. In this case, the homeowner teamed with a pro designer who works with one of the top custom cabinetry makers in the U.S., Plain and Fancy (plainfancycabinetry.com), smack in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Acclaimed for its craftsmanship for the past 45 or so years, Plain and Fancy builds every door, drawer and cabinet to order in the vanishing point perspective of its 250,000-square-foot-Schaefferstown facility.
Think Small
A: There's nothing new about transformable or doubleduty furniture. Even before the planet began "filling up," people wrestled with the problem of how to make small spaces work better.
The l7th-century colonists had settle chairs with chests on the bottom and tops that flipped over to create a table. The l8thcentury added tables with drop leaves. And the 19th-century Victorians adored furniture that did "tricks," like the child's highchair on wheels that turned into a stroller. The early 20th gave us the mother of all transformables, the sofa bed that is actually comfortable enough to sleep in. And here we are in the 21st with even more good news: double-duty furniture that is actually good-looking, mostly thanks to the European taste for lean, clean contemporary styling. They love right angles and sleek surfaces and hate the very thought of "clutter," which includes frisky fabric designs, architectural embellishment like carvings and OMG! patterned wallpaper. If memory serves, however, the "brick" wall in the mico-studio apartment built inside the Museum of the City of New York is actually wallpaper. Adding a touch of the familiar was a smart move by architect Pierluigi Colombo, who designed
A little space can mean a lot thanks to clean, contemporary thinking and the innovative hardware that makes this 325-square-foot micro apartment livable. Photo: Courtesy Museum of the City of New York.
the room in collaboration with Clei, the Italian manufacturer (clei.it), and Resource Furniture (resourcefurniture.com). Packing eight rooms into just 325 square feet makes every inch count, bringing to mind the old advertising slogan, "Better living through modern technology." Innovative new hardware powers the transformables: The bed folds down over the sofa without upsetting objects on the shelves. Doors slide sideways. Hassocks open to hidden storage. The bath has wall-hung fixtures (by Duravit), and there's a fully functioning kitchen. This tiny home may be no bigger than many closets, but claustrophobic it's not. Think beds of thorns and blood-red roses hung headdown over knife-like snake plants! Dark, foggy, ominous, the seven-room "Jack" display drew the longest line at last months' huge Philadelphia Flower Show (theflowershow.com). for the U.N.-endorsed International Year of Snow and Ice. Vox Natuare also plans to install an iceberg from the glacier lagoon Jokulsarlon in Iceland as a huge and slowly melting sculpture in New York next year (vox-natuare.org). hold the memories of life ... where you've been ... who you loved (at that time) ... who your parents were," reminded Nate, who said he manages to work some 80 percent vintage furnishings into any design project. But he added a word of caution about collecting things: "Shopping for vintage is not a team sport ... especially with friends who have the same taste as you!"
A: Some tidbits to jot down from the round of spring design shows: Scary flower arrangements? Contradiction of terms? Not in the hands of Schaffer Designs of Philadelphia, who conjured Whitechapel, London, in l888, the days of Jack the Ripper.
Rose Bennett Gilbert is the co-author of "Manhattan Style" and six other books on interior design.
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"Because they think they have more thinking in their head," says
Patrick, age 5. Too much of the wrong kind of thinking in our head is called worry. Lewis and Faye Copeland tell the story of a man who was offered a job to do all the worrying for the boss.
"Some people do not have inner peace because they have so much anger in them,"
says Valerie, 10.
It feels so right to be angry when someone wrongs us. The choice is obvious: Grit your teeth and live in bitterness, or forgive as Jesus Christ has forgiven.
inner peace because they have happiness and joy inside them. Jesus has inner peace,"
says Mindy, 7. Continues on page 40
"Some people just don't know what inner peace is," says Savannah, 8. "Maybe
it's just that they are so rushed. If people could slow down, maybe it would help." In the midst of blaring trumpets, trombones and saxophones, the late Count Basie sometimes sat watching from his piano as though he were a spectator. He delighted in striking a single note that would send his audiences through the roof because it was so perfect. "Less is more" not only describes the Count's musical style, but it also characterizes those who seek God's kingdom first. They don't allow a myriad of non-essentials to rule their lives. The habitually rushed life is usually the confused life. I once saw a sign that read "Live for God: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff."
"You get $100,000 to make every worry of mine your own," said the executive. "Where is the $100,000 coming from?" asked the applicant. "Ah, that's your first worry!" replied the executive.
"Some people don't have inner peace because they worry about what they are going to eat and drink," says
Mitchel, 12. "God tells us not to worry about that stuff in Matthew 6:25-26." Good homework, Mitchel, but you forgot one item. Jesus mentioned clothing, as well. There's a large department store in my
EL PASO ZOO TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WITH PARTY FOR THE PLANET ON APRIL 21
3. Know what to throw! 4. Turn the TV Off! 5. I need that Water too! 6. Take shorter showers! 7. Dont throw it AWAY! Reuse!!! 8. Save An Animals Life! 9. Take a Hike! 10. Become a Zoo Member!
What: The El Paso Zoo is celebrating wildlife, conservation and Earth Day at this years Party for the Planet presented by Albertsons. In conjunction with Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the El Paso Zoo will take part in the largest combined Earth Day celebration in North America! Party for the Planet festivities will include animal encounters, interactive booths, a jumping balloon, obstacle course, family cookout, and tons of family fun. The El Paso Water Utilities will also be giving out water efficient shower heads (while supplies last) to families attending the event. Come and meet environmental leaders in your community, and discover 10 things you can do in your community to help save the planet. When: Sunday, April 21 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Where: El Paso Zoo, 4001 E. Paisano, El Paso, TX 79905 About El Paso Zoo Locally recognized as the Best Place to Take the Kiddos, the El Paso Zoo sits on 35 acres of fun and adventure. Bigger and better than ever, the El Paso Zoo is an expansive green space that is home to exotic animals from around the world and features family attractions such as the African Star train and the Hunt Family Desert Spring. Accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), the El Paso Zoo celebrates the value of animals and natural resources and creates opportunities for people to rediscover their connection to nature. For more information, visit elpasozoo.org. For news and exclusive content, follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/elpasozoo) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/theelpasozoo).
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an important role in the cultural and economic development of the city while providing beauty, energy conservation and help to clean our air.
El Pasoans are encouraged to become stewards of their environment by planting, maintaining, and protecting trees to improve our quality of life.
Theres no excuse for sitting around with the new sport of agility growing for pet rabbits.
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*ADIOS AMIGO (PG)7:00 pm *EVIL DEAD (R)10:40 am | 11:35 am | 1:20 pm | 2:10 pm | 3:55 pm 4:45 pm | 6:30 pm | 7:20 pm | 9:05 pm | 9:55 pm *2D ESCAPE FROM PLANET EAR (PG) | 11:25 am | 2:15 pm | 4:50 pm *3D ESCAPE FROM PLANET EAR (PG) | 7:25 pm | 10:00 pm *2D GI JOE: RETALIATION (PG-13) 10:30 am | 1:25 pm | 4:20 pm | 7:15 pm | 10:10 pm *3D GI JOE: RETALIATION (PG-13) | 10:45 am | 1:10 pm | 1:40 pm | 4:05 pm | 4:35 pm 7:00 pm | 7:30 pm | 9:55 pm | 10:25 pm *3D D-BOX GI JOE: RETALIAT (PG-13) 10:45 am | 1:40 pm | 4:35 pm | 7:30 pm | 10:25 pm *HOME RUN (PG-13)10:30 am | 1:15 pm | 4:00 pm | 7:00 pm | 10:00 pm *IDENTITY THIEF (R)12:30 pm | 3:30 pm | 6:30 pm | 9:30 pm *INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTO (PG-13)10:35 am | 1:15 pm | 4:00 pm | 6:40 pm | 9:30 pm *3D JURASSIC PARK (PG-13)12:40 pm | 3:50 pm | 7:00 pm | 10:10 pm *OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (R)10:35 am | 11:15 am | 1:35 pm | 2:20 pm | 4:40 pm | 5:25 pm | 7:40 pm | 8:30 pm | 10:35 pm *TEMPTATION (PG-13)10:30 am | 1:15 pm | 4:10 pm | 7:05 pm | 10:00 pm *THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (R) | 11:40 am | 3:05 pm | 6:30 pm | 9:55 pm THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBO (R) | 12:20 pm | 3:30 pm | 9:50 pm * -- denotes Pass Restricted features
CINEMARK 14 - EL PASO
West side of El Paso at Mesa & I-10
TINSELTOWN
Las Palmas i-10 @ Zaragosa
PREMIERE MONTWOOD 7
2200 N. Yarbrough
Schedule good for 4 /19 - 4 /24 A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (R)4:30 pm | 7:05 pm | 9:30 pm 2D HANSEL & GRETEL(R)5:00 pm | 7:25 pm | 9:35 pm 2D LIFE OF PI (PG)4:15 pm | 9:45 pm 3D LIFE OF PI (PG)7:00 pm SAFE HAVEN(PG-13)4:30 pm | 7:15 pm | 10:00 pm THE LAST EXORCISM PART 2 (PG-13) | 5:25 pm | 7:40 pm | 9:50 pm WARM BODIES(PG-13)4:45 pm| 7:10 pm | 9:25 pm 2D WRECK IT RALPH (PG)4:20 pm | 9:10 pm 3D WRECK IT RALPH (PG) 6:45 pm
TIMES FOR APRIL 19 - APRIL 25 THE BIG WEDDING (R) Thu. 10:00 PM EVIL DEAD (R) Fri.-Thu. 12:40 3:10 5:30 7:55 10:15 PAIN & GAIN (NRNot Rated) Thu. 9:00 PM JURASSIC PARK 3D (PG13) Fri.-Thu. 6:45 9:50 OBLIVION (PG13) Fri. 12:50 1:30 4:00 4:30 6:55 7:35 9:40 TYLER PERRYS TEMPTATION (PG13) Fri.-Thu. 9:55 PM 10:25; Sat.-Sun. 10:50 12:50 1:30 4:00 4:30 6:55 7:35 9:40 G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (PG13) Fri.-Thu. 12:45 4:00 7:00 10:25; Mon.-Wed. 12:50 1:30 4:00 4:30 6:55 7:35 9:40 10:25; 9:45 Thu. 12:50 1:30 4:00 4:30 6:55 9:40 THE CROODS 3D (PG) Fri. 1:30 3:50; Sat.-Sun. 11:05 1:30 42 (PG13) Fri. 1:25 1:45 4:15 4:40 7:05 7:40 9:55 10:20; Sat.3:50; Mon.-Thu. 1:30 3:50 Sun. 10:55 1:25 1:45 4:15 4:40 7:05 7:40 9:55 10:20; Mon.THE CROODS (PG) Fri. 1:50 4:25 7:15; Sat.-Sun. 11:25 1:50 Wed. 1:25 1:45 4:15 4:40 7:05 7:40 9:55 10:20; Thu. 1:25 1:45 4:25 7:15; Mon.-Thu. 1:50 4:25 7:15 4:15 4:40 7:05 7:40 10:20 OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (R) Fri. 2:15 5:00 7:45 10:20; SCARY MOVIE V (PG13) Fri. 1:20 3:30 5:40 7:50 10:05; Sat.-Sun. 11:00 2:15 5:00 7:45 10:20; Mon.-Tue. 2:15 5:00 7:45 Sat.-Sun. 11:10 1:20 3:30 5:40 7:50 10:05; Mon.-Thu. 1:20 3:30 5:40 7:50 10:05 10:20; Wed. 1:35 4:20 10:10; Thu. 2:15 5:00 7:45 10:20
Calendar of upcoming events for El Paso/ Southern New Mexico are from April 18th - 24th, 2013
If you want your upcoming event listed in SPOTLIGHTS Out & About section, please send all your relevant data by e-mail to: editorial@spotlightepnews.com
April Showers is 6 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at El Buchanans 11540 Pellicano, featuring Las Diablas vs. Las Catrinas and Las Viudas Negras vs. Sexecutioners. Doors open at 5 p.m., Ticket information: suncityrollergirls.com. $25 April 19-20. Military, student and team discounts offered. Online registration at raceadventuresunlimited.com. Packet pickup is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, April 19, at Up and Running, 3233 N. Mesa, and 7 to 7:45 a.m. at the start line on race day. T-shirt to first 200 participants; refreshments available at finish line. Trophy for largest team and top three male and female overall runners. Medals for top three male and female runners in each age category. his wife, Eurydice, who after and untimely death is sent to Hades and struggles to find her memories that will help her make the untimely choice of whether to return to each with Orpheus or to say in Hades with her father. Directed by Chuck Gordon. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12 ($10 UTEP faculty/staff/alumni association members, seniors, military, groups of 10 or more and non-UTEP students; $9 UTEP students and children age 4 to 12). Information: 7475118 or theatredance.utep.edu.
MISSION VALLEY
Lower Valley Health Fair The 31st annual
health fair is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at Socorro High School, 10150 Alameda, with food, health screenings, entertainment, childrens games, free preventative education and information and more. Sponsored by Texas Childrens Dental, University Medical Center and El Paso Department of Public Health. Information: 937-8307.
Australian electro house duo performs 9 p.m. Thursday, April 18. Ticket: $26, $31 or $36. Australian
Earth Day The City of El Paso Environmental Services Departments Earth Day celebration is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in the Union Plaza District, 511 Western
Court along Anthony and San Francisco, in conjunction with the Downtown Market. The event featured informational and educational booths, music, games and family activities. Admission if free. Information: 621-6754.
Piano Recital The El Paso Music Teachers Association Student Affiliate presents students in grades K-12 in recital at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at the Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial Admission is free. Information: 584-7911.
Tribute to Rocio Local singer Virginia Sandoval and Mariachi Frontera will perform a tribute concert the late Spanish singer Rocio Drcal at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at Sand Dunes Event Hall, 11400 Rojas. Dance music by the Man Band. Bring your own bottle; setups and snacks available. Admission: $10. Information: 833-7295 or 422-6685.
DOWNTOWN/ WESTSIDE
Run from your Taxes
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants hosts the 5K run and 1-mile walk at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 20, at Geo Geskes G2, 2701 N. Stanton. Proceeds benefit El Paso Chapter UTEP Accounting Endowment Scholarship Fund. Cost: $20 per event (by April 18);
EASTSIDE
Sun City Roller Girls
The Roller Girls April bout
Eurydice
TRicky Falls 209 S. El Paso. All shows are all-ages (16 and older), unless listed otherwise. Information: 351-9909 or trickyfalls.com. Tickets for most shows available at All That Music, Bowie Feathers, Marias Closet, Eloise and online at holdmyticket.com.
list and directions available online at pleinairpaintersofelpaso.com. April 20-21 artists: Stephanie Conroy, 9920 Singapore, with guest artist Ann Checchia Sandy Lenderman, 10305 Maxwood Manuel Alvarado (with guest Nora Reyes), Palmira Lopez and Bert Saldana studios and galleries at 1501 Main (San Elizario) with guest artist Nora Reyes Alberto Escamilla, 1445 Main (San Elizario).
Last Thursdays
with the Downtown Arts District & mARTket Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Last Thursdays is an art walk downtown that includes free special programs and exhibitions from the El Paso Museum of Art, art exhibitions from local galleries, live artist demonstrations and performances, live-music, with drink and dining specials at downtown restaurants. Last Thursdays is a collaboration to showcase the contemporary art scene of El Paso and experience the cultural renaissance that has emerged downtown. Free to enjoy! available for purchase. The Grocery Gallery 305 Chihuahua on the corner of Overland The Grocery Gallery is pleased to present, Nothing destroys, everything changes. A group exhibition with works by Ana Luisa Arias, Ricardo Vela, Mark Rojas, Reginald Watterson, Sebastian Fernandez missal Loft Light Studios 315 S. El Paso St. Loft Light Studios is proud to present an exhibition by Jose Martinez, and a group show by several local artists working in various media. Art work is The Station 500 W. Overland, 2nd floor of the Transtelco building Featuring an exhibition of painting and sculpture from artist Grant Billingsley, current recipient of The Border Art Residency. Additional permanent works by the Jellyfish Collectivo will be on view. 2nd Floor Contemporary Arts 205 E. San Antonio 2nd Floor Contemporary Arts is pleased to present, Local talent, global attention. Purple Pop Up Gallery 210 E. Mills The Purple Pop Up Gallery is proud to present the first U.S. exhibition by Jellyfish Collectivo from Ciudad Juarez, titled, Personas Sin Conviciones, (Men without convictions). The gallery will also present a site specific video installation and live music. The Red Room at the Network enter through 317 E. Mills Live screen printing by Alan Hodson, the first 30 art patrons will receive a free hand made screen print T-shirt from Recovery T- Shirts El Paso Museum of History 510 N. Santa Fe Current exhibitions: Charrera: The Artisanship of Mexican Equestrian Culture, and Heritage of Faith: Mission of Hope: History of the Diocese of El Paso Crossland Gallery & Art Junction 500 W. Paisano
El Paso Symphony Orchestra - The Symphony performs its season finale with the return of Grer Aykal as Emeritus Conductor and guest pianist Jon Nakamatsu at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, in the Plaza Theatre. The program includes Packaless Tour/Retour (Tango for Orchestra) Op. 71, Rachmaninoffs Concerto for Piano No. 3, op. 30, D minor and Resphigis Ancient Air and Dances. Ticket information: 532-3776 or epso.org. A native of Turkey, Aykal works as General Music Director and Principal Conductor of Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra in Turkey and performs as questing conductor of many orchestras abroad. He began his career as Permanent Conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey, and later became Music Director and Conductor, leading a tour of the United States in 1997 that made stops at New York Citys Lincoln Center and Washington D. Cs J.F.K. Center.
ART VENUES:
El Paso Museum of Art 1 Arts Festival Plaza 5:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Free admission to The Wyeths Across Texas and 70 Years of Mexican Art: New Languages, New Worlds 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Inspire, Create, Collaborate: In collaboration with Valle Verde Early College High School - Join us for a one-nightonly reception celebrating original artwork inspired by the permanent collection at the El Paso Museum of Art. Artists will be on hand to present their artwork. 6:15 PM Tour of The Wyeths Across Texas with Curator Christian Gerstheimer 6:45 PM Tour of 70 Years of Mexican Art: New Languages, New Worlds with Senior Curator Patrick Cable, Ph.D. Tours are limited to the first 40 people (each tour). Please meet on the second floor at the top of the stairs for each tour. Camino Real Hotel 101 S. El Paso St. Maintain Creative Coalition presents, Real Eyes: Downtown Pop Up Gallery at the Camino Real Uptown Bar Tricky Falls 209 S. El Paso St. Tricky Falls will host mARTket and performances by bands Halfbreed Lovers, Emily Davis, and The Dis-
The
death metal band performs at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 18, with opening acts Blackguard, Jeff Loomis, The Browning and Wretched. Tickets: $18.
Melodians The
Fatoumata
Jamaican Reggae group performs at 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, with El Pasos Radio La Chusma and L.A.s Chris Murray and Steady Shakedown. Tickets: $10.
Diawara
The Malian folk musician performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20. Tickets: $20. Har 9 p.m. Sunday, April 21. Tickets: $8.
Mar Superstar
El Paso Artists Studio Tour The 6th annual tour featuring more than 30 artists at 23 local studios and galleries is 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 20-21 at Eastside and San Elizario studios, and April 27-28 from the Upper Valley to Central El Paso. Look for the bright yellow signs. Sponsored by the Plein Air Painters of El Paso and El Paso Scene. Admission is free; refreshments offered at each studio. Information: 581-4971. Full studio
SPOTLIGHTEPNEWS.COM APRIL 18, 2013 PAGE 47 Continued from page 46.. City of El Paso Environmental Services Departments Earth Day celebration is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in conjunction with the market with informational and educational booths, music, games and family activities. Andrew Lloyd Webber classic musical about the life of Evita Peron April 19-May 12. Tickets: $33-$45 Friday and Saturday; $30-$40 Wednesday,
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El Paso Raiders The semipro adult football team, now in its second year, hosts the Silver City Reapers at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at UTEPs Sun Bowl Stadium. The team are part of the AAA New Mexico Premier Football League. Admission is free to all games. The league is a nonprofit organization and is supported by donations and sponsors. Information: 497-6266 or Google El Paso Raiders. Irish Run Cathedral High Schools 8th annual 5K competitive run and 1-mile fun walk begin Sunday, April 21, at Cathedral High School, 1309 N. Stanton. Cost: $20 per event ($15 military, students and seniors, with ID at packet pickup). Teams of more $15 per person by April 12 (trophy for largest team). Online registration (through April 18) at raceadventuresunlimited.com. Pre-race registration and packet pickup is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, at Cathedral High School. Race day registration is 7 to 7:45 a.m. at race site.
Thursday and Sunday dinner matinees; $16-$26 non-dinner matinees. Showtime is 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, with dinner matinee at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, and non-dinner matinees at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28 and May 5. Tickets: $45 Friday and Saturday; $40 Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday dinner matinees; $26 non-dinner matinees ($2 discount for all tickets for UTEP faculty/staff/ alumni association members; group of 20 or more; ages 4-12; non UTEP-students, military; $10 discount for UTEP students). Information: 7476060. Featuring the memorable classic Dont Cry for Me, Argentina, the story follows the life of poor Argentine girl who becomes the wife of the President of Argentina. Celebrated as a hero among the people as the voice of the poor and working class until her untimely death.
The San Elizario Historic District Sculpture Series will unveil the third sculpture, Onate (El Encuentro) on Sunday, April 21, 2013. The sculpture commemorates the arrival of Oate to the area in April 1598. It will be the third presentation by sculptor Guadalupe Jacquez Calderon. The unveiling will take place at 4 p.m., in the sculpture garden, at the new Pea Gallery in the Historic District on Alarcon Road. The San Elizario Historic District Sculpture Series project will include twelve historical based sculptures. The Billy The Kid and The Ox sculptures were presented in 2013. The Buffalo Soldier will be unveiled later this year. The event is showcased during the Mission Trail Art Market on Sunday. Including live music, Reenactments of the Billy the Kid Breakout at the old jail, Matachine performance by Danza San Elceario and more. Pea Gallery 12790 Alarcon Rd San Elizario Historic District Contact: Al Borrego 915-851-0093
Mike Epps The actor/comedian performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at Abraham Chavez Theatre. He was mostly recently seen starring in the Sony Pictures film Jumping the Broom. Tickets: $48-$68 (Ticketmaster). Known for his quick wit and ability to blend hip hop audiences with comedy, Epps hosted both the 2009 and 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards. In 2010, he also starred in a standup special on Comedy Central and Showtime, and released his first comedy rap album called Funny Bidness: Da Album.
Border Book Festival ... In conjunction with the festival, the Rio Grande Theatre Gallery will host Border Book Festival memorabilia exhibit through April, with opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 6, as part of the Downtown Art Ramble. This years festival features a film festival with Mexican filmmaker Viviana Garca Besn, Chicano filmmaker Jess Trevio and Santa Clara, NM filmmaker Nora Naranjo Morse as well as singer/songwriter and nonfiction writer, Rubn Martnez, author of Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West. Film screenings are all day Friday. Sponsorship of $7.50 includes screening, and a burrito and drink. Screenings include My Rez and Otero Mesa by Mescalero System of Care Leadership Youth students age 12-21, Gias Song and Clay Beings by Nora Naranjo Morse, Maria the Pottery Maker of San Ildelfonso Pueblo by Bandelier National Park and National Park Service, and Gangs by Jess Trevino. Saturdays screenings include Always Becoming by Nora Naranjo Morse and Races de Sangre by Jess Trevio. Friday evening feature presenter is Garca Besn, and the Camino! Saturday night presentation features literary and musical talents of all artists as well as the talent of Sihasin, a Navajo sister and brother musical duo from Flagstaff. The event also celebrates the Border Book Festivals new home at 314 S. Tornillo, Las Cruces.
The Texas Tenors Three ruggedly handsome Texans with gorgeous tenor voices sing gospel, country, classical and Broadway, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Spencer Theater for Performing Arts, Airport Hwy 220 in Alto, N.M. Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or spencertheater.com. Tickets: $76 and $79. Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
1110 New York Ave. Alamogordo. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., unless listed otherwise. Information: (575) 4372202 or flickingercenter.com. RichterUzur Duo The classical duo performs Saturday, April 20, featuring original arrangements blending classical and pop. Tickets: $10, $20, $25 and $30.
Sebastian Baverstam
Las Cruces Civic Concert Association presents powerfully expressive cellist at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main in the Las Cruces Downtown Mall. Tickets: $20. Information: (575) 521-4051. Baverstam is a winner of the 2009 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, as well as the Boston Symphony Orchestras Concerto Competition. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and, been featured on the nationally syndicated radio show From the Top and participated in a PBS documentary.
Another important, and fun, part of summer camp is field trips. These cadets were on a trip to the Three Rivers Petroglyph site. Summer camp field trips at the New Mexico Space Academy are geared towards the theme of the class and give cadets an opportunity to learn outside the classroom. ral for fledgling astronauts. In this camp, cadets will design and build a habitat for the Mars community of New Jamestown. Theyll learn what it takes to live in a remote, hostile environment and how to take care of lifes necessities like oxygen, water, food and power. Mars may be the first stepping stone for humankind, but the second could take us beyond our own solar system. In Goldilocks Star, cadets will hunt for stars that might support life on other worlds. Theyll start with our own star, the Sun, and learn how it supports life on Earth. Cadets will learn about the myster-
Renaissance Festival
The Shire of Ghillie Shu and Gallery 408 hosts a renaissance festival Saturday and Sunday April 20-21, at McDonald Park at the south end of Carrizozo, N.M. near Hwy 54 (look for flag markers). The family event features artisans and craft vendors, performs and more. Visitors are encouraged to dress in their fantasy wear for the event.
Music Releases
April 23rd
Celestial Shore - 10x Junip - Junip Juno Reactor - The Golden Sun Of The Great East Karl Hyde - Edgeland Lilacs & Champagne - Danish And Blue Michael Buble - To Be Loved No Joy - Wait To Pleasure Phoenix - Bankrupt!
Nightlife calendar
April 18th
Dead Mans Cell Phone No Strings Theater Company concludes its season with the new comedy by Sara Ruhl April 12-28 at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, in Las Cruces, directed by Ceil Herman. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21 and 28, and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25. Tickets: $10 ($9 students and seniors over 65 and $7 all seats Thursday). Information/reservations: (575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org. POP: Priority One Project The collaborative
project of Theatre Arts and Creative Media And Digital Arts is at 6 p.m. Thursday and 2:30 and 6 p.m. Friday, April 18-19, at Doa Ana Community College East Mesa Auditorium, 2800 N. Sonoma Ranch in Las Cruces, featuring short student films and plays focusing on student success. The evening includes a public showing of three films, performance of a play, and discussion of the creative process. Admission is free. Information: (575) 528-7048.
April 20th ON 4.20.13 FOE FAM WILL BE...... !!!!BRINGING EL PASO'S FINEST TOGETHER UNDER 1 ROOF!!!!
Picasso at the Lapin Agile American Southwest Theatre Company ends its season with the hit play by Steve Martin April 19-May 5 at NMSUs new Center for the Arts, 1000 E. University Ave. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, plus 2 p.m. Sunday (second and third week of production) and 7:30 p.m. the final Thursday of the production. Tickets: $15 ($13 seniors/NMSU staff and faculty with ID; $10 NMSU students and students age 3-17 with current school ID). Information: (575) 646-4515. A Parisian bar is the location of a chance meeting between Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, who challenge each others ideas about art, science, life and love. Dido and Aenaes and Trial by Jury Doa
Ana Lyric Opera presents both a classic and a comic opera Friday, April 19-21, at NMSUs Atkinson Music Recital Hall. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10-$15. (Ticketmaster). Information: (575) 646-1986. Dido and Aeneas, composed by Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate, is based on Book IV or Virgils Aenid and tells of the Queen of Carthages love for the Trojan hero. Gilbert and Sullivans one-act satirical Trial by Jury is about a breach of marriage lawsuit.
Queensryche - Frequency Unknown Rob Zombie - Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor Slava - Raw Solutions Slowriter - TrailBlazer Smoke Fairies Blood Speaks
* CAR SHOW.. DESTINY CAR CLUB *LIVE URBAN STREET ART *BODEGAS Graff/Head shop *TWISTED HEAD SHOP *UP IN VAPOR *HERB & LEGEND **RAFFLING OF TATTOO'S !RED DEVIL TATTOO!** **420 pm to 9pm- ALL AGE EVENT- $8 ADMISSION- 12years & under FREE-
April 20th
Classix @Supernite
We are excited to welcome back El Paso favorites and two of our favorite guys to have out... CLASSIXX (LA)
Snoop Lion - Reincarnated Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - ove Has Come For You Tate Stevens - Tate Stevens The Crackling - Mary Magdalene The Veils - Time Stays, We Go Tin Cup Serenade - Tragic Songs Of Hope Will.I.Am. #willpower Young Galaxy Ultramarine
Cavern City Classic Carlsbad Velo Cycling Club host the 2013 Ominum Stage Races begin at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21, in Carlsbad, N.M. with two road races: a 13.5-mile loop on Saturday and a 53-mile course from NMSU-Carlsbad to Living Desert State Park on Sunday. Pre-registration: $40 for one race; $55 for both by April 18. Late registration is $40 for one race; $60 for both. No fee for juniors 16 and under, but must have annual or one-day USAC license. No race day registration. Online registration at newmexicosportsonline.com. Information: Steve Kouba, velookie@hotmail.com or carlsbadvelocyclingclub.com.
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additional labels under the Mix Connection Umbrella. In the 2000s Bill continued his innovation, taking the concept of DJ mix to the next level with his Behind the Decks CD/DVDs. The DVDs again were the first of their kind and unlike the typical mix CD, came fully stocked with live show footage, incredible visuals and lots of behind the scenes footage which gave fans a chance to truly get a feel of what its like to be on the road and in the studio with Bad Boy Bill. Bills dominance of the House Music scene, his one of a kind mix releases, his incredible live shows (which now became some of the first DJ shows to include live custom visuals along with his own team of dancers) combined with the success of his record labels led Bill to be crowned as Americas Favorite
Golf Insider
By T.J. TOMASI
TEEING OFF
Double sandy
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Making a par or better after being in two bunkers in a row, e.g., drive into a bunker on a par 4, from there hit into another bunker, then up and down for a par.
Mind power
Is it possible to scare someone to death? Yes, if youre a witch doctor and your enemy believes in voodoo. Is it possible to have a sham operation on your knee and be cured of arthritic knee pain? Yes, if you believe in the efficacy of the operation. Is it possible to be cured of depression by taking a sugar pill? Yes, if you believe that its going to help. What is the constant in all of these diverse, counterintuitive experiences? The common element is that the mind believes it will happen, so the body makes physical changes to get it done for good or for ill. These phenomena are called placebos when the person prospers because hes placed in a positive frame of mind, and nocebos when the opposite is true. And because of the power they command to affect lives, the scientific literature in this area is growing rapidly. The stepchild of the placebo/nocebo is superstition. Humans will do whatever they can to exert control over their environment, even if it involves some illogical behavior. Lysann Damisch and her colleagues at the University of Cologne found that superstition is like a placebo: It works if you think it does. Apparently, superstition boosts a players confidence, which in turn improves performance. Our results suggest, she says, that the activation of a superstition can indeed yield performance-improving effects. This explains why there is so much more to golf than the physical swing. For many years, I have trained both teachers and students on how to run their brains as well as how to swing the club. If we can demonstrate mental powers that operate in spheres like medicine, religion and other sports, then why not tap the source of those same powers for your golf game? Learning how to take advantage of the powers that control phenomena like placebos and nocebos is the basis of my book The 30-Second Golf Swing: How to Train Your Brain to Improve Your Game. To find a copy, visit tomasigolf.com.
El Paso, Texas, April 8, 2013 Butterfield Trail Golf Club, a Tom Fazio-design and public golf destination in the Southwest, recently received the No. 1 ranking in Texas by Golfweek in the publications 2013 Best Courses You Can Play state-by-state list. This is the clubs 5th consecutive appearance on the best-instate list. The Golfweek rating reflects the dedication and commitment of the employees who oversee the day-to-day operations at Butterfield Trail Golf Club. We are honored to be designated the #1 course in Texas; this reaffirms our belief that El Paso is home to one of the best golf courses, not just in Texas, but in the nation as well said Monica Lombrana, Director of Aviation at El Paso International Airport. Golfweek unveiled its 2013 list of the best public access golf courses state-by-state in March. The magazines Best Courses list is determined by an expert panel of more than 750 course raters around the country. This and all of our past accolades represents the dedication of our staff in providing a world-class experience in El Paso said Val DSouza, KemperSports general manager of Butterfield Trail Golf Club. Butterfield Trail Golf Club features an 18-hole, par-72 layout that reaches 7,307 yards from the championship tees. The club opened in June 2007 and quickly became a premier golf destination in the Southwest. Owned by the El Paso Department of Aviation and managed by KemperSports, Butterfield Trail Golf Club spans more than 175 acres near the El Paso International Airport and features more than 55 feet of elevation changes. For the complete list of Golfweeks state-by-state rankings, visit http://golfweek.com/news/golfweeks-best/courses-you-canplay/.
A tip for slicers: Dont let your right shoulder move until the club has made its drop. A tip for hookers: Make sure you allow your hips to turn aggressively prior to completion of the drop.
ABOUT THE WRITER Dr. T.J. Tomasi is a teaching professional in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Visit hiswebsite at tomasigolf.com.
Lee Westwood is one of the best iron players in golf because at this point in his swing, all he has to do is turn through the ball without using his hands. This makes his release very quiet, so he doesnt have to manipulate the club.
Now you can see the writing on Westwoods shirt, proving that hes kept his torso rotating. Note how the club shaft is parallel to the target line, just as it was in the previous photo. This is the symmetry of great golf.
Great players not only play better than everyone else, they have better stories. And one of the greatest ever, Arnold Palmer, told a story about the time he made a hole-in-one in a tournament, hitting a 5-iron into the hole on a par 3. The next day he arrived on the tee to find a camera crew from NBC waiting. He asked what they were doing there, and they said they were sent to film his next hole-in-one. He chose the same club, a 5-iron, and against all odds, knocked the ball into the hole for another ace. Palmer was astonished, but the camera crew just thought he was the king and that was routine.
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Some things make so much sense that they surely must be true: The earth is flat; we are the center of the universe; stress causes ulcers; and you should static stretch before you exercise. All are logical, given the absence of science, and all have been proven wrong by science. The one you probably havent heard about is stretching, and the newest research goes against common sense. Fitness expert Gretchen Reynolds, who blogs for The New York Times, explains: Researchers have discovered static stretching (like pulling your toes back while keeping your leg straight) can lessen jumpers heights and sprinters speeds, without substantially reducing peoples chances of hurting themselves. In other words, it doesnt work. Reynolds quotes a meta-study of 104 studies done by researchers at the University of Zagreb in Croatia that found static stretching reduces strength by about 5.5 percent, and the explosiveness of the muscles stretched by as much as 2.8 percent. This means that your golf shots early in the round may be adversely affected by static warm-up stretching before your round. But even more interesting was the finding that static warm-ups made subjects less balanced. In a sport like golf, where balance is king, this research should lead you to change your warm-up routine. According to Goran Markovic, a professor of kinesiology who headed the Zagreb study, a warm-up should be dynamic, contracting (not stretching) the exact muscles about to be used. This would indicate that for golf, the best warmup routine is swinging a club, or perhaps two at the same time. Also effective would be swinging a club weighted with a ring that fits over the neck.
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SPRINT CUP
Race: STP 400 Where: Kansas Speedway When: Sunday, 1:00 p.m. (ET) TV: FOX Sports 2012 Winner: Denny Hamlin (right)
NATIONWIDE SERIES
Race: ToyotaCare 250 Where: Richmond International Raceway When: April 26, 7:30 p.m. (ET) TV: ESPNEWS 2012 Winner: Kurt Busch
With Sprint Cup and Nationwide victories, Kyle Busch returns to winning ways in 2013
After a 2012 season in which very little went right for Kyle Busch, the early races of the current NASCAR season have seen him return to his winning ways in the sanctioning bodys top two touring series. This past weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, he scored dominating victories in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide races. On the Cup side, he led 171 of 334 laps to get the win, his second of the season after winning at Auto Club Speedway, where he led 125 of 200 laps. In Nationwide, his Texas victory was his third in a row, giving him four overall in six races. In his one start this season in the Camping World Truck Series, he was runner-up, at Daytona. Contrast that with last year, when he won just one race across NASCARs top three circuits. Buschs Texas victories pushed his career win count to 111 26 in Cup, 55 in Nationwide and 30 in Trucks. His Cup win
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Busch celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Nationwide Series OReilly Auto Parts 300. Gibbs said Buschs crew chief Dave Rogers also has played a key role in the turn around. Continues on page 60
Kyle Busch celebrates his Sprint Cup NRA 500 win with a burnout. at Texas came in his 300th start in the division, and hes likely to have many more starts and wins, as hes just 27 years old. Buschs 2012 skid actually started at Texas in the fall of 2011, when he wrecked championship contender Ron Hornaday Jr. in the Truck race, and as punishment from NASCAR officials, was forced to sit out both the Nationwide and Cup races that weekend. Then last year, in addition to his lack of wins, he missed the cut for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. His car owner, Joe Gibbs, said in the winners interview Saturday night at Texas that Buschs handling of his disappointments of last year, including mechanical issues and other misfortunes, set the tone for his 2013 revival. Last year, at the end of the year, Kyle really handled all of those things about as good as you could handle them, Gibbs said. I think it showed real maturity, and I think that kind of set the course for this year.
Nationwide Series OReilly Auto Parts 300 winner Kyle Busch with the checkered flag.
Busch speaks to the media after winning both the Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway.
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never have to worry about getting lost. Bundled with the navigation system is the ever-so-impressive Mark Levinson sound system. This
audio system is so good youll find yourself sneaking out to the garage just to hear your favorite music. As the name implies, the GX is
powered by a 4.6 liter V8 engine. Rated at 301 horsepower, I found the GX460 scooted down the road with ease,... Continues on page 58
Kyle Larson
It seems like both races and racers of late have had a hard time living up to the hype, but in the case of Kyle Larson, the lofty expectations appear to be justified. On Sunday at Rockingham Speedway, the 20-year-old NASCAR newcomer dominated the Camping World Truck Series race, leading 187 of 205 laps and holding off Sprint Cup veteran Joey Logano in a green-white-checkeredflag run to the finish of the North Carolina Education Lottery 200. And Larson prevailed even though Logano had fresher tires and far more experience. Logano said afterward that Larson simply outran him at the finish. I thought when that caution came
out, Man, OK, this is right where I want to be. Im a couple tenths faster than Kyle there, Logano said. Just got beat. My fault. Larson is running a full Nationwide Series schedule this year, and after six races has a best finish of second, at Bristol Motor Speedway. His Truck win came in his fifth career start in the division. Several other newcomers also had strong runs at Rockingham. Jeb Burton, the son of Sprint Cup veteran Ward Burton, started on the pole and finished seventh. Bill Elliotts son Chase started fourth and finished fifth in his second career Truck start.
Lexus GX460...
Continued from page 56 and at times I had to watch myself, because the quiet engine made it all too easy to exceed the posted speed limits. Every GX460 uses a super smooth shifting six-speed automatic transmission. If the need arises to go off-road, the new GX460 is more than fully capable of doing so. It continues to use a full-time four-wheel drive system with a two-speed transfer case allowing for both high-range and low-range gears, something that is needed for true off-roading. But even more impressive is Crawl Control which is best described as an off-road cruise control. The driver sets the speed (1 to 4 mph) and then simply steers as the computers handles the throttle and brakes. Its a very impressive feature and makes just about any off-road obstacle passable. When it comes to safety, Lexus brings it all to the table in this new SUV. Airbags? There are no fewer than 10 of them. Of course, there are antilock brakes, but there is also BrakeAssist and Electronic Brakeforce Distribution both used to aid the driver in emergency braking situations. There is even a lane departure warning system that lets you know when you are straying out of
others found the middle row a little cramped. And the third-row seat is best left for munchkins. Despite the slightly tight cabin, the GX460 is built up to what one would expect from Lexus. Its a splendid vehicle to be in and to drive. Whether that drive is to the mall or through the desert, the Lexus GX460 will get you there in style and comfort. By The Numbers:
NASCARs oldest living champion, Rex White, is among five people nominated this week to be considered for the fifth induction class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. Also being added to the 20 already on the list of nominees are track builder Bruton Smith, former Sprint Cup champion Dale Jarrett, engine builder Maurice Petty and the late short-tracker Larry Phillips. In his relatively short 233-race career in the series now known as Sprint Cup, White won 28 races, 36 poles and the 1960 championship. He had 110 top-five and 163 top-10 finishes, almost all of them coming as a driver-owner. Its pretty good company to be in, White said of his nomination to the NASCAR Hall. For White, the nomination is a major step in a journey that has seen him struck down by polio as a child, bounce back to become one of the most successful driver-owners in NASCAR history, walk away from the sport in his prime, spend 25 years away from the race tracks then become an ambassador for the sport during his retirement from a career as a truck driver. As a child growing up on a farm in Taylorsville, N.C., White, now 83, became part of a national epidemic.
His parents took him to the one doctor in Taylorsville, who made the diagnosis and sent him to a hospital in Gastonia, N.C., where his leg was fitted with a brace and special shoe. He didnt wear it long, a decision he now regrets, and hes walked with a limp ever since. When he started racing, he modified the throttle in his car to accommodate his weakened foot. The only problem came when he drove someone elses car. I did alright, but with my crippled foot, I didnt want it too high off the floor, he said. At a place like Martinsville, it would wear me out. His results never gave any indication of a disability. Using his knack for preparing a car and his driving ability, he became one of the sports top drivers in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The main thing holding him back was a lack of funding. For most of his career he drove Chevrolets, and when the manufacturer pulled out of racing after the 1963 season, White was left looking for a ride. He ran six races in 1964 in a Mercury for Bud Moore, but he was a Chevy man in an opposing manufacturers camp, and before long, .Continues on next page Rex White at Daytona in 2006.
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Rex White...
Continued from page 59...he was the odd man out. For 1965, he built a Sportsman car and raced it 32 times, winning 20 and finishing second 10 times. But the racing paydays werent so great, so he took a job as a service manager at a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership in Atlanta. At that time I was making more money [at the dealership] than I was racing, he said. I just never pursued racing. If I had, I could have probably had some more good years. He acknowledges that his relatively brief, nineyear career could hurt him in
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White speaks to the media in 2008. the Hall voting. With the way I got out of racing, Id say so, he said. I was a little bitter against racing at that time. I didnt really keep up with it, and I was busy working. Today, hes a regular
attendee at NASCAR-related events. Smith, considered by many to be the most innovative track owner in motorsports, started in racing as a promoter, and now his Speedway Motorsports Inc. owns and operates Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Sonoma Raceway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. Jarrett, the son of Hall of Famer Ned Jarrett, won 32 Sprint Cup races, including
three Daytona 500s and two Brickyard 400s, and the 1999 championship. Hes now a TV analyst. Phillips, from Springfield, Mo., won five NASCAR Weekly Racing championships and 220 of 289 NASCAR sanctioned starts. His victory total is estimated at more than 1,000. Petty built the engines for the majority of his brother Richard Pettys record 200 Cup victories. The inductees for the 2014 class will be determined next month by a 54-member voting panel.
1. Jimmie Johnson, 269 2. Brad Keselowski, 260 3. Kyle Busch, 251 4. Greg Biffle, 239 5. Carl Edwards, 234 6. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 234 7. Kasey Kahne, 232 8. Clint Bowyer, 208 9. Joey Logano, 207 10. Paul Menard, 206
Kyle Busch...
Continued from page 55 I think [Rogers and Busch] have some of the most frank conversations, and theyll both get fired up and get after each other, he said. But I think thats all part of sports. Busch also pointed out that if his pit crew hadnt gotten him out of the pits ahead of eventual runner-up Martin Truex Jr. on the final stop at Texas during the Sprint Cup race, the outcome could have been different. Theyre the best in the business and have been since Ive been with them in 2008, he said. They know when its crunch time. For Truex, who led 142 laps, the finish was a bitter disappointment, as his winless streak, ongoing for 208 races since he won at Dover in June of 2007, continued. We needed more time, Truex said. We needed another pit stop. We needed something. Just tired of finishing second. His frustrations could continue, as there were reports that his No. 56 Toyota was too low upon a post-race inspection. Penalties likely are forthcoming.
Busch in Victory Lane after winning the Sprint Cup Series NRA 500.