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RANDY CULPEPPER SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 2 Health Department Warns Citizens of 2011 SUSAN G. KOMEN EL PASO RACE FOR THE International Extortion Scam CURE ®

El Paso, Texas – The City of telephone call from a person WALK UP REGISTRATION El Paso Department of Public purporting to be an FDA or EL PASO, TX—The 19th Annual Komen El Paso Race for Health is joining state and na - other law enforcement official the Cure® presented by Mattress Firm will take place on tional agencies in order to who is seeking money to set - February 20, 2011 at Cohen Stadium. Last year the Race warn the citizens in El Paso tle a law enforcement action attracted more than 12,000 participants in the fight against about an ongoing scam in - for the illegal purchase of breast cancer. volving criminals stating that drugs over the Internet may they are officials with the obtain a victim questionnaire The Komen Race for the Cure is the largest series of 5K Food and Drug Administra - by contacting the FDA’s Of - runs/fitness walks in the world with well over 1 million par - tion. The following is from a fice of Criminal Investiga - ticipants each year since 2005. The Race raises significant press release issued by the tions and clicking “Report funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer, cele - FDA earlier this month: Suspected Criminal Activity.” their property, arrest, deporta - No known victim has been brates breast cancer survivorship and honors those who have lost their battle with the disease. The U.S. Food and tion, physical harm and/or in - approached in person by a Anyone receiving a purported Drug Administration is warn - carceration. law enforcement imperson - official document on agency "Impersonating an FDA offi - ator associated with this Visit www.komenelpaso.org for online team and individual ing the public about criminals letterhead may verify its au - registration. posing as FDA special agents cial is a violation of federal scheme. thenticity by contacting that and other law enforcement law," said Dara Corrigan, the organization directly via a personnel as part of a contin - FDA’s associate commis - The FDA’s Office of Criminal publicly available phone UTEP’s Project MOVE Can ued international extortion sioner for regulatory affairs. Investigations, with the U.S. number. Additionally, all fed - scam. “FDA special agents and Drug Enforcement Adminis - eral agencies use email ad - Handle More Proposals other law enforcement offi - tration, and the U.S. Immigra - dresses with a “gov” email The criminals call the victims cials are not authorized to im - tions and Customs extension. There is still time for nonprofit organizations to become -- who in most cases previ - pose or collect criminal fines. Enforcement, Homeland Se - partners in the second annual Project MOVE, one of the ously purchased drugs over Only a court can take such ac - curity Investigations, with the The FDA also reminds con - biggest annual communitywide volunteer activities, the Internet or via "telephar - tion.” support of various U.S. Attor - sumers that pharmaceutical scheduled for Feb. 19 and organized through The Univer - macies" -- and identify them - neys, are pursuing multiple products offered online and sity of Texas at El Paso . Dozens of short-term projects selves as FDA special agents In most instances, victims of national and international by telephone by sources of already have been submitted to event organizers who an - or other law enforcement offi - extortion-related calls have criminal investigations. unknown origin can pose a ticipate a record number of student, staff, faculty and cials. The criminals inform also received telephone solici - substantial health risk. Prod - alumni volunteers to answer requests for carpentry, paint - the victims that purchasing tations for additional pharma - Arrests have been made and ucts recovered during this in - ing, landscaping, gardening, cleaning and working with drugs over the Internet or the ceutical purchases from other additional prosecutions are vestigation that were children. Project MOVE, an acronym for Miner Oppor - telephone is illegal, and that possibly related, illegal enti - pending; however, the scheme purchased from online or tele - tunity for Volunteer Experiences, is a Universitywide ef - law enforcement action will ties located overseas. The ex - is likely to continue. The FDA phone sources have been fort to bring UTEP’s students, alumni, staff and faculty be pursued unless a fine or fee tortionists use customer lists has issued similar warnings in found to contain trace together to promote citizenship, leadership and volun - ranging from $100 to complete with extensive per - the past: amounts of heroin, other teerism. Groups can enter a request for volunteers $250,000 is paid. Victims sonal information provided •FDA Warns Public of Extor - undisclosed and potentially through their project proposals at projectmove.utep.edu . often also have fraudulent through previous purchase tion Scam by FDA Imperson - harmful active pharmaceutical The sooner the requests are submitted, the sooner they transactions placed against transactions. These include ators (11/12/2008) ingredients, or no active in - can be vetted and put into the project pool, which will be their credit cards. names, addresses, telephone •FDA Warns Public of Con - gredient at all. Purchases opened to volunteers in early February. Last year’s event numbers, Social Security tinued Extortion Scam by should only be made from li - attracted more than 800 members of the Miner Nation, The criminals always request numbers, dates of birth, pur - FDA Impersonators censed pharmacies located in who logged more than 3,200 hours of sweat equity at 42 the money be sent by wire chase histories and credit card (12/29/2009) the United States. In addition sites across El Paso County. “The Project MOVE pro - transfer to a designated loca - account numbers. to the increased risk of pur - gram was created to show students how easy it is to vol - tion, usually in the Dominican Typically, these criminals use Victims of this scheme who chasing unsafe and ineffective unteer, the great need throughout the community, and the Republic. If victims refuse to telephone numbers that have suffered monetary loss drugs from websites operat - satisfaction of helping others,” said Tammie Aragon Cam - send money, they are often change constantly and make it through the payment of funds ing outside the law, personal pos, assistant dean of students and project coordinator. threatened with a search of appear as though their calls in response to an extortion data may be compromised. Information: 915-747-7485 originate in the United States. call, or anyone receiving a Miners game Feb. 2 will feature sonS PoOTfLI GlHeT EgP NeEWnS JdANUaARYr 28y , 2011 PAGE 3 Michael Jordan By Joe Olvera ©, 2011

team has won only one game in conference play. Culpep - per, meanwhile, continues to lead the Miners to victory after victory, getting a road win against the Houston Cougars on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, for an important 57-52 win. An all-around ath - lete, Culpepper started out in gymnastics when he was only four, but, turned to basketball as he grew older. Well, he grew older, but not taller. He stands only 6 feet and weighs 165 pounds. Jordan, mean - while, has more of a basket - ball body at 6’ 3” 205 pounds. Of course, the game O

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Jordan, a basketball superstar O tied for the lead with Mem - T ers. Both teams have out - O who won six NBA champi - H phis – both teams have 4-1 standing players, and they all P onships when he was the records. Culpepper, a Miner will be playing to win. How - limelight and the ANALYSIS standout since his freshman ever, it will be a special night highlight of the Chicago season was last year’s Con - with both Culpepper and Bulls, has ample reason to ference USA’s Player of the Marcus Jordan receiving the travel to the Sun City – home Year, as well as being named lion’s share of attention. of the 1966 NCAA Champion an Honorable Mention to the Undoubtedly, Miners – if only to watch his All-American team. Culpep - Miner coach Tim Floyd will son, Marcus Jordan, take an - per was also predicted to be downplay the matchup be - other leap in his already stel - this year’s Conference USA tween the two stars. His lar career as a sophomore for Player of the Year. stance from the very begin - the Knights of the University Jordan is already ning has been that nobody is of Central Florida (UCF). being touted as the reason for a star for the Miners, because The Miners, led by his team’s emergence, being they all are stars.He has taken senior guard Randy Culpep - credited with leading the it one step further – none of per, will host UCF in their Knights to an overall 14 vic - his players has his name ... battle for Conference USA tories, 4 defeats, although the Continues on next page SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 4 Creating a Chicano Studies Program at UTEP the hard way Cost of No By Joe Olvera ©, 2011 New Taxes The brouhaha over fessors and, certainly, no Chi - El Paso had already traveled, 1971 – that’s 40 years ago. teaching Chicano Studies at canos because, according to and which we had overcome. You would think that in all No New Taxes! No New the University of Arizona, him, there weren’t ten Chi - They were holding demon - that time, non-Chicanos Taxes! and, of course, other institu - canos in the nation who were strations and protests over would have adapted to our That has been the mantra of tions of higher learning in qualified to teach at his uni - what they considered the uni - presence on what was once our conservative leadership in the that state, reminded me of versity. We stewed over this versity’s stubbornness in our precious shores. But, no! House and Senate. Governor Perry what we in El Paso went for a few days then decided shoving what they didn’t But, that’s alright, see, be - has muttered that phrase a time or through in the early1970s. At that we needed to confront want down their throats. I cause we’re still here and two himself. To many, those are golden the time, we were 50 percent him at his place of power – imagine similar scenerios are shall continue to be here, no words that are very well received. of the student body popula - namely, his office at the uni - occurring throughout the matter what complaints Ang - Revenues are drastically down so all of the programs paid tion, but, we only had one versity. He wouldn’t meet United States, and it makes los might have. for in the last biennium must be drastically cut without rais - Chicano professor – that was with us, hence, we had to go me wonder. ing tax revenues. It is great that the state leaders are not con - Dr. Felipe Ortego, who stood in anyway, and make our When we marched into the sidering raising taxes for existing programs. by us as we stormed UTEP presence known. What’s wrong with young President’s office at UTEP, Have you ever heard the phrase "be careful what President Joseph Smiley’s of - In the early 2000s, Chicanos, and, even older we didn’t know what to ex - you wish for"; or "if it looks too good to be true, it probably fice to make our demands. I was invited to speak at ones learning about their his - pect, but, we were ready. is too good to be true"? Michigan State University, tory? What’s the fear? Why When Smiley told us that he While we are being bombarded by the "no new Mainly, we wanted where the students were un - shouldn’t we be allowed to wouldn’t hire any more pro - taxes" mantra, has anyone from the conservative leadership for UTEP to hire more Chi - dergoing a similar revolt be - learn who we are as a people, fessors, least of all, Chicanos, ever explained to local communities what the cost of no new cano professors to represent cause the administration where we came from and one of our people locked the taxes will be? us as we maneuvered our insisted on creating a Latino what happened in our history door from the inside. The The answer to that is NO. way through the hallowed Studies Program. Albeit, the to make us who we are? I cops, from all makes and What the state leadership refuses to clearly dis - halls that constituted UTEP Chicanos there were not don’t think Chicano history models, were awaiting our close is that no mandates by the state are being reduced or at the time. Our leaders had thrilled at the thought be - will supersede American his - exit so that we could be ar - modified. So in order to comply with the same mandates the asked Smiley to hire ten new cause, they countered, the tory, because we are part of rested. Of course, when Smi - conservative leadership imposed in the last budget, the re - professors in the various dis - majority of them were Chi - that also, or, at least, it has ley said that there weren’t ten duced funding has to be made up at the local level one way ciplines so that we could canos who wanted to learn become a part of us. So, why Chicanos who had Master’s or the other. more closely identify with about Mexican history and the angst from mostly Anglo Degrees, or even PhD.s, we the school, and so that more about who they were as Mex - educators or from profes - were prepared. We showed While the "no new taxes" fervor is alive and well Chicanos would enroll. ican Americans. sional politicians, who are him a list of people eligible in every community, the cost of the reduced state revenues fighting us every step of the to teach at “his” university. cost local communities in a variety of other ways. His response, no It was amazing to me that way? Well, maybe so, he remarked, If the school districts in our county haven't already surprise to us, was that he they were embarking on a but, there aren’t any open - made it clear, there will be layoffs. That will also occur in wouldn’t hire any new pro - journey through which we in Our initial protest occurred in ings. CONT/P/6 the vast number of state funded agencies. Teachers who just financed their accelerated qualification will have no job to pay for the student loans they took out. All of the state funded employees who lose their job will suddenly face the Continued from page 3 possibility of losing their homes to foreclosure. This would pasted on the back of his jersey. “It’s all about the team and the team’s effort,” Floyd be a repeat of what happened throughout 2009 and early has emphasized. Yet, how can Miner fans not notice Culpepper as he slashes his way 2010 before the crash bottomed out. to the basket to finish it with one of his patented “thunder” dunks. The projections from some reliable pundits puts So, whether Michael Jordan travels to El Paso to see his son play is really the job loss from statewide school districts alone to be in ex - not the issue. The issue is will the Miners play up to their full potential, and will Mar - cess of 100,000 jobs. This does not include the job losses at cus Jordan live up to his star billing as the son of the greatest player who ever donned other state funded agencies. Putting a minimum of 100,000 a uniform. One thing’s for sure – El Paso Miner basketball fans are in for a special people out of work at the same time is going to hurt the posi - night. One other thing is for sure - while it remains to be seen whether Marcus Jordan tive direction our state economy has taken in the past few reaches the stellar heights which his father attained, Randy Culpepper has already months. proved his worth. There will be an immediate need for additional un - employment benefits so that the families of these laid off employees are taken care of. However, in the past year, the executive of our state refused additional help from the fed - eral government which resulted in higher deductions from local businesses. We are already at a deficit for unemploy - ment monies. While the current situation won't cost Texans addi - tional taxes, there will be a cost incurred that won't be appar - ent until after the consequences of the reduced revenues have their impact. That may be after the next general election. Many of those who tout the "No New Taxes" mantra have expressed a desire to run for higher offices next year. They may be very fortunate that the true cost of "No New Taxes" won't be apparent prior to their run for office.

Chente Quintanilla State Representative SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 6 Environmental Services Introduces Homeland Security Secretary Beautification Effort Janet Napolitano to Speak at New Program Targets Abandoned Shopping Carts UTEP Remarks Will Focus on State of Homeland Security, offproperty cart upon the store manager being notified Southwest Border Security of the cart’s location by ei - The University of Texas at El Paso welcomes Arizona from 1999 to 2002. She was one of ther a private citizen or City the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security several high-ranking government officials to official. Janet Napolitano on Monday, Jan. 31, at participate in the 2009 Border Security Con - Magoffin Auditorium. ference at UTEP. Environmental Services has scheduled two meetings to Napolitano will deliver remarks that high - UTEP’s location on the U.S.-Mexico border, educate retail and service light the Department of Homeland Security’s near Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile establishments about the or - unprecedented efforts to secure the South - Range, has created partnerships with govern - dinance. The meetings are at: west border. The event is the second in a ment and private industry to address home - El Paso, Texas – The City of City adopted an ordinance • 10 a.m. on January 31 , in yearlong series of discussions at colleges and land security and defense issues, while El Paso is introducing a new establishing shopping cart the main conference room of universities. providing excellent research opportunities for program to reduce the num - control requirements for re - the El Paso Police undergraduate and graduate students. ber of shopping carts that on tail and service establish - Department Westside Re - “We are honored that Secretary Napolitano daily basis make their way ments.” gional Command Center, at has chosen to come to UTEP to deliver re - UTEP is designated as a National Center for onto streets, medians, storm 4801 Osborne Dr. marks about the Department of Homeland Border Security and Immigration by the U.S. water conveyances, arroyos The ordinance was adopted • 2 p.m. on February 3 , in Security’s efforts to secure the Southwest Department of Homeland Security. It is also and residential neighbor - by the City Council in Au - the main conference room of border,” said UTEP President Diana Natali - one of only 10 universities that received a hoods, especially those that gust 2010. Enforcement will the El Paso Police Depart - cio, “and we are very pleased to welcome her grant from the Office of the Director of Na - are left in these begin in March 2011. The ment Pebble Hills Regional back to our campus. UTEP’s border location tional Intelligence in 2006 to create an Intelli - areas for weeks at a time, or delayed enforcement will Command Center, at 10780 and our numerous ties to Mexico greatly gence Community Center of Academic longer. allow the department to con - Pebble Hills Blvd. Both deepen our interest in the issues on which Excellence, which prepares students for ca - duct outreach to educate the meetings will cover the same Secretary Napolitano and the Department of reers in our nation’s intelligence agencies “Shopping carts are essential retail and service industry information. The two loca - Homeland Security are currently focused, through the Master of Science in Intelligence to being able to shop conve - about the new ordinance. tions and times have been and we look forward to hearing her perspec - and National Security. niently. However, these same scheduled for the conven - tives on them.” carts can become a signifi - The ordinance, which was ience of the business com - U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes will join Natalicio cant nuisance when they adopted as a revision to munity. For more Napolitano is the third Secretary of the De - and Napolitano at the event. The presentation leave the grounds of stores Chapter 9.04 of the El Paso information, visit partment of Homeland Security. She served is free and open to the public. Parking is and shopping centers,” Ellen City Code, requires owners www.elpasotexas.gov/envi - as the 21st Governor of Arizona from 2003 to available at the UTEP Sun Bowl Parking Smyth, Environmental Serv - of shopping carts to label ronmental _services or call 2009. Prior to her election as governor, Garage. ices Department Director, their carts; recover their carts (915) 621-6700. Napolitano served as Attorney General of said. “To try to minimize at least once weekly within a shopping carts from becom - one-mile radius of the store; ing a public nuisance, the and immediately recover any 4th Brigade Highlanders move out to Field Continued from page 4 enchiladas – a Mexican delicacy. Anyway, we thought it was hilari - EAST FORT BLISS , Texas – Mem - training aids, important to the devel - hicles warning on-coming vehicles of ous. bers of the 4th Brigade Combat opment of the American Soldier, may traffic hazards. Pay special attention Team, 1st Armored Division will en - be heard or seen from miles away. to visibility; large military move - What we jokingly referred to as a gage in a three week-long field train - If residents encounter a problem they ments may create more dust then Mexican standoff ended when one But, the war didn’t end there. I ing exercise, (FTX), from Monday should contact local law enforcement commuters are accustomed to. of the Deans – I believe it was had left for New York to attend Jan 31 – Thursday, Feb17 in and officials who will immediately con - Be aware, the returning movement of Dean Ray Small of Liberal Arts – Columbia University, but, those around Northeast El Paso and South - tact range control personnel. brigade vehicles will be from 5:00 said that he might have one or who stayed behind continued ern New Mexico. Residents of the El Paso and South - AM, FEBRUARY 16 to the evening two openings in his department. fighting for Chicano Studies. Safety is and always will be the num - ern New Mexico should be particu - of FEBRUARY17. All routes and po - That set off an avalanche, when Again, there was reluctance on ber one concern of the Highlander larly aware of the brigade’s mass tential hazards are the same, and de - another professor – probably in the part of administrators. But, Brigade. movement to and from the training lays should be expected. Engineering – offered two or that battle, too, was won. areas. These movements to the train - three slots on his watch. Others During the FTX more than 3,000 ing areas begin at 5:00AM, JANU - The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st chimed in after that, so that we They lay on streets to prevent Soldiers and hundreds of vehicles ARY 31 and conclude the afternoon Armored Division appreciates the had the ten spots we coveted. trucks from entering the school, will be conducting tactical move - of FEBRUARY 2. help and consideration the citizens of Using the president’s phone, we and committed other acts of ments in the Fort Bliss training area. El Paso and Southern New Mexico began calling our friends to invite peaceful disobedience. But, even - Local residents should be aware of The route Highlander vehicles are extend to the Soldiers participating in them to UTEP where they could, tually, to the dismay of Smiley the large number of Soldiers in scheduled to take will generally not the exercise and ask for their contin - conceivably be hired. and his administrators, they won Northeast El Paso and Southern New disrupt normal traffic, with the ex - ued understanding of any inconven - Later we joked that President the day. Chicano Studies became Mexico, keeping in mind that traffic ception of the crossing of US 54. iences the training may cause. Smiley had gone home, tired and a reality at UTEP, albeit, a reality delays may be a part of their normal This crossing will be located approx - Questions concerning the exercise demoralized because he had lost without the proper funding. That commute. imately 15 miles north of Northeast should be referred to the 4th BCT, 1st that battle against a group of Chi - was to come later. The units will also be simulating bat - El Paso, just north of Otero County AD Public Affairs Office at (915) cano radicals – when his wife sur - tle situations, often using pyrotech - Detention Facility. There will be a 744-4657 or prised him with a dinner of Sin Fin nics and training ammunition. These minimum of four Military Police ve - [email protected] SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 7

Quartet of imposing floor lamps sheds light on a mirror-image seating area arranged in front of the fireplace. Photo courtesy of Restoration Hardware.

Rose Bennett Gilbert Houses don't like wearing hand-me-downs any more than people do. Besides, they are almost always an ill Q: The front room in our new house is really big (30 fit. feet by 25 feet). There is a fireplace in the center of one wall, but the other long wall opens to the hall and the It would be better to relocate your current sofa wher - lamps. If not, back both sofas/love seats with narrow ta - end walls have big windows. ever it can do the most good. Then invest in a couple of bles and put a lamp in the center of each table. matching sofas or love seats, depending on the width of My point is, we will have to float the sofa toward the your room. What about the wires? Your electrician can help untan - fireplace. What should we do about lighting? There gle the problem by running a couple of new outlets would be a big tangle of extension cords. We have chil - A traditional solution to a center fireplace is to position through the floor within easy reach of the lamp cords. dren and dogs. the seating pieces so they face each other across a cof - Chances are the wires can be brought up through the fee table. If there's enough space — you want to leave floor from the basement below, so the rewiring should - A: Stop trying to fill new space with old furnishings. room for traffic to circulate around the seating group — n't cost the mortgage. Continues on next page add small tables at the ends of both seats to hold table SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 8 DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren Energy Express END OF LONGTIME FRIENDSHIP CAUSES OVERWHELMING PAIN Reframing Fitness: Coach DEAR ABBY: How do I year-old girl from a re - You are exhibiting two clas - cope with the ending of a ligious home. When sic signs of an abuse victim. Obama Gives Our Hearts a very long friendship? 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Send a many of us consider a highly enough time with an aging Continues on page 10 While there are no ther molested you. business-sized, self-addressed support groups for people in Ask yourself: Did envelope, plus check or Décor Score your situation, there are coun - he quit drinking and get help money order for $6 (U.S. Continued from page 7 tiny den. The house dates sive and hard to come by, selors who can help you sort for his alcohol problem? Did funds only) to: Dear Abby -- back to the 1960s, and the while wood was cheap and through your feelings -- and he talk to his minister and Wedding Booklet, P.O. Box Ideally, you can also install a den is paneled in what seems readily available. because this experience has confess what he did? Did he 447, Mount Morris, IL ceiling-hung lighting fixture to be plywood pressed and been devastating, you should seek professional help of any 61054-0447. (Postage is in - talk with one. kind? Are there little girls in cluded in the price.) centered over the coffee table, stained to look like pine pan - By all means, paint the faux ** your extended family? such as the large chandelier in eling. There are also overhead paneling and the beams. the pictured living room. The pine beams. You'll be pleased by how DEAR ABBY: I'm a 16- COPYRIGHT 2011 UNIVERSAL UCLICK designer obviously delights in much larger, brighter and lots of lighting — don't you It's obvious that this is where more gracious that little den love that quartet of tall carved we'll do most of our living — will appear. floor lamps standing guard at the actual "living room" is too each end of the love seats? small and formal. Since we What's a New York minute, By the way, all the furniture feel smothered by all the dark you may be wondering? is from Restoration Hard - paneling, is it OK to paint? Here's my favorite definition: ware, including those classic It equals the time between the Corinthian column floor A: In a New York minute, the moment the traffic light goes lamps and the equally classic answer is yes! If the paneling green and the cabbie behind column capital that's been re - was real carved hardwood, you blows his horn!" purposed as a coffee table we'd have to think much (www.restorationhardware.co longer than that before com - Rose Bennett Gilbert is the m). mitting it to paint ... although co-author of "Manhattan the 18th-century look on Style" and six other books on Q: We have downsized our - naked wood paneling is a sign interior design. selves from a four-bedroom of excessive thrift. However, COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM. home with a two-story family we have to remember that in room to a small ranch with a those days paint was expen - SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 9 In Fashion The Power of the Closet Purge

Sharon Mosley plete your ritual exor - derarms, buttons and zippers, cism , says Daman. "Put all shoulders, pelvic region, hips your rejects into a garbage and tummy. Even though you may be up bag to be gifted, sold or do - to your elbows in snow, it nated to a local charity." — Enjoy being the star of may be the perfect time to do your own montage: "This is some spring cleaning in your “Be bold, be tough,” your chick-flick makeover," closet. Stuck indoors on a says Daman. "'Your Pretty says Daman. "Remember, dreary day? Start tackling the Woman' or 'Clueless' or 'She's you've got to be cruel to be deep dark hole that is your All That' moment. Play your kind!" closet. personal soundtrack in the background." "Get rid of those skeletons of MORE TIPS FROM seasons past and make room ERIC DAMAN — Believe in the power of for your fashionable future," the purge! "Whatever you do, says Eric Daman, Hollywood — As you go through your do not give up halfway costume designer and stylist closet and drawers, if you through this terrifying task," and author of "You Know find something you haven't he says. "I promise you, the You Want It: Style-Inspira - worn as recently as a few end result will be worth every tion-Confidence" (Clarkson weeks ago, try it on in front bead of sweat you put into Potter, $29.99). These are of a full-length mirror. it." Daman's favorite three words for the closet purge no matter — See how you look stand - what time of year: "Edit, edit, “A well-edited and gloriously groomed closet is a glamour ing, sitting and making basic Sharon Mosley is a former edit!" girl's best style secret,” says Eric Daman, stylist and author of daily gestures, such as hailing fashion editor of the “You Know You Want It.” Illustration courtesy of Derek Marks. a cab or flirting. Arkansas Gazette in Little "Don't let your head spin Rock and executive director around," says the clothes — Don't forget the 360-de - of the Fashion Editors and horse behind "Gossip Girl." too many of them," says old garments. gree mirror inspection by tak - Reporters Association. Instead, Daman suggests that Daman. "Choose the top ing careful notice of the a well-edited and "gloriously three; ditch the rest." — Say farewell and com - "danger zones": bustline, un - COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM groomed closet is a glamour girl's best style secret." Here — Just because it was are his steps to cleaning out expensive, doesn't mean the "demons" in your closet we should keep those and creating a sanctuary: luxury items. "If you've never worn it, you never — Tackle the easy stuff will," says Daman. "Consider first. Set your TBEs (totally doing consignment retail." basic essentials) to one side. — "I love it, but it looks — Then separate your awful on me!" Don't be "absolute-to-die-for" fa - fooled, says Daman, by those vorites in another pile. "jeans of torture" or the "dress from 10 pounds ago." — One more category of "keepers": "Those would- — Now that you have all be goodies except for run - of your clothing in four away buttons, torn linings, style piles , it's time to hang, stains, etc." fold, purge and restore, ac - cording to the stylist. — Now for the hard part ... yes, the reject pile. — Hang your TBEs and "This might hurt," says your to-die-for favorites Daman, "but you'll thank me in your now cavernous later. Be merciless!" closet, first by typ e — shirts, skirts, pants, suits and — Get rid of anything dresses — and then by color. you haven't worn in over a year. — Then give your tired, worn clothing the love it — Ditto for "the clones." needs by calling in a We all have them. "If you master — the tailor — who love black pencil skirts, my can breathe new life into your guess is that you have way SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 10 Coach Obama... Targeting Retirement Continued from page 8 ...to reflect on the present and the future, on the manner in Terry Savage 80 percent of those dollars invested which we live our lives and nurture our relationships with through employer-sponsored retirement Now a new Vanguard study gives con - those who are still with us. Do you own a target-date mutual fund in plans. vincing evidence that these proposals your 401(k) plan or Individual Retire - may be unnecessary. (Vanguard-adminis - "We may ask ourselves if we've shown enough kindness and ment Account? If you The big growth in target date funds came tered retirement plans are a leader in pro - generosity and compassion do, you should under - after the Labor Department ruled that viding target-date funds for 401(k) and to the people in our lives. stand how target-date companies could, and in fact should, de - 403(b) plans.) Perhaps we question funds work. And if you fault new employee contributions into whether we are doing right don't own one now, you these diversified mutual funds. They be - Their new survey reveals that people by our children, or our might want to consider came a "safe harbor" option because who actually choose a target-date fund community, and whether adding one of these these plans are designed to give investors for their own IRA have a better under - our priorities are in order. popular funds, which managed exposure to the stock market. standing of how these funds work than We recognize our own let the investment pros those employees who are just defaulted mortality and are reminded decide on the appropri - into a target-date plan. That's not surpris - that in the fleeting time we ate investment alloca - ing, because investors who are responsi - have on this earth, what tions based on your ble for their own decisions tend to do matters is not wealth, or hoped-for retirement more homework. status, or power, or fame — date. but rather, how well we Vanguard estimates that half of the par - have loved, and what small You can find target- ticipants in target-date funds in 2009 part we have played in bet - date funds at all the were simply defaulted into them as part tering the lives of others." major mutual fund of their employee benefits program. Even companies, including so, according to this survey, the vast ma - Kindness and generosity. Vanguard, Fidelity, T. jority were aware that these investments How well we have loved. Rowe Price, American are not guaranteed and do involve risk. Bettering the lives of oth - Century — and very ers. Trust me, this will add likely in your company Nearly two-thirds understood the benefits more joy to your life than retirement plan. Before target date funds received this of diversification — but that it does not 10 days of the cabbage "seal of approval," many employees were guarantee against loss. And only 8 per - soup cleanse or 10 weeks The concept of target- defaulted into safer money market funds cent of participants had the incorrect be - of spinning class. date (sometimes called or the equivalent. While those funds lief that target-date funds were designed "lifecycle") funds is to guarded against loss of principal, they to provide a guaranteed income. Even Obamacare took on a create different funds failed to give the employees a chance to fewer were so misinformed as to believe whole new meaning near for different targeted grow their money over the long run for these funds become "risk free" at the tar - the close of his talk: "We retirement dates, such retirement. get date. may not be able to stop all as 2020, 2025, 2030 or the evil in the world, but I beyond. You pick the After the huge market decline in 2008, Investing is always easy in hindsight. know that how we treat fund that most closely many retirement plan investors were One thing is sure: If you don't take some each other is entirely up to matches the date you shocked that their target-date funds appropriate risk in your investments, us." hope you'll retire. Then showed huge losses. They shouldn't have over the long run, you will barely break you stick with the fund been — if they had read the information even with inflation — and may come out Bingo! We may not be able — and keep adding to that described how the funds work. After behind, after taxes. to stop genocide in Africa it on a regular basis — all, when the market has that kind of or corruption in Pakistan or over the years. huge decline, all stocks will fall to some There are three ways to minimize risk in prevent the next earth- degree. the stock market. The first is to diversify shaking calamity, but the Each target-date fund your investments. The second is to con - choice to be kind to one an - gives the investor a dif - The entire idea of a target-date fund is tinue to contribute to those diversified in - other — and ourselves — is entirely ours to make. ferent mix of various stock categories, that you'll ride it out — not only to the vestments, through the ups and downs of along with bonds, and even more conser - targeted date, such as 2020, or 2025, or the markets. And the third is to take a And it is entirely at the heart of what a healthy lifestyle looks vative money markets. Recognizing that 2030 —- but even beyond during your long-term perspective. like. We put so much emphasis on how we look, how much we unsophisticated investors get nervous retirement years as you take withdrawals weigh, carbs vs. protein vs. sprouted wheatgrass, we often about changing their allocations, these stretched out over your lifetime. Target-date funds are designed to do just overlook the importance of love, kindness, generosity and grat - funds are managed to become more con - that — grow your money in a diversified itude. servative in their allocations to stock as Sadly, those who mistakenly thought that way, using the discipline of professional they approach the target date, the date target-date funds "guaranteed" a certain money management — over the long President Obama was really smokin' when he wrote that you've set for retirement. level of annual performance rushed to the run. As an employee, all you have to do speech. And I hope he lit your fire when he delivered it. exits at just the wrong time. Many sold is keep your eye — and your money — Even at the actual target date, these funds out in shock just as the market reached on target! And that's The Savage Truth. ENERGY EXPRESS-O! DID YOU VOLUNTEER ON MLK maintain some exposure to stocks — be - its bottom in 2009. They missed the huge DAY? cause they are designed for you to take rebound. Terry Savage is a registered investment withdrawals over your period of retire - adviser and is on the board of the "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you ment. So you still need some — although So the big question has been: Do target- Chicago Mercantile Exchange. She ap - doing for others?" — Martin Luther KIng a smaller amount — of the growth that date fund investors really understand pears weekly on WMAQ-Channel 5's stocks provide. how these products work? 4:30 p.m. newscast, and can be reached Marilynn Preston — fitness expert, personal trainer and at www.terrysavage.com. She is the au - speaker on healthy lifestyle issues — is the creator of Energy Target-date funds have become one of The Labor Department, which governs thor of the new book, "The New Savage Express, the longest-running syndicated fitness column in the the fastest growing categories of mutual employee retirement plans, has proposed Number: How Much Money Do You Re - country. She has a website, http://marilynnpreston.com and funds, since they were introduced about a new disclosure rules and new education ally Need to Retire?" welcomes reader questions, which can be sent to MyEnergy - decade ago. There is now more than retirements so that unsophisticated in - [email protected]. COPYRIGHT 2011 TERRY SAVAGE PRODUCTIONS COPYRIGHT 2011 ENERGY EXPRESS, LTD. $250 billion invested in them, with about vestors would understand the risk of loss. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 11

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY with Jim Daly and Dr. Juli Slattery WITHHOLDING DESSERT WON'T CHANGE DAUGHTER'S BEHAVIOR Q: We have a 7-year-old ture. Just be sure that you are to have a strong dads with daughters in this her. I know it's tough, espe - modeling moderation in your bond with her dad, age group (BEGIN cially when you're likely daughter who has started own diet. too, especially before ITALS)date(END ITALS) working full time and you stealing sweets from the The more serious she starts dating. them on a regular basis. also need to make room on kitchen. This is new behavior, issue involving your daugh - Showing your daughter that your calendar to date your and we're at a loss about dis - Jim : I can't think ter's behavior is trust. Sneak - she's a high priority is essen - wife. But it's so important. cipline for her. She's already of a more worth - ing is a form of deception. tial for many reasons. For one The investment you make in lost all of her dessert privi - while New Year's That's a big deal. Rather than thing, it will help her seek out your daughter now will im - leges. What else can we do? resolution! Generally scolding your daughter about men who will respect her pact her for the rest of her speaking, the most Juli : One of the the sweets, I would talk seri - later in life. Affirming your life. effective thing you things that may be complicat - ously with her about trust in daughter's femininity and ** can do to strengthen ing your response to your your relationship. Explain to treating her special says to Jim Daly is president of ties with your daugh - daughter's sweet tooth is that her that if she wants some - her, "Honey, seek out some - Focus on the Family, host of ter is to make there are really two different thing to eat, all she has to do one who will treat you right." the Focus on the Family radio (BEGIN parenting issues to deal with. is ask. Even though you may In other words, if you can program, and a husband and ITALS)time(END The more obvious issue is sometimes say "no" when she demonstrate for your daugh - father of two. ITALS) for her -- in your concern about your asks for a doughnut right be - ter what a true gentleman is Dr. Juli Slattery is a both quality and daughter's diet. It's natural for fore dinner, assure her that like -- someone who honors licensed psychologist, co-host quantity. According kids to crave sugary snacks. you will be sensitive to her her, respects her and values of Focus on the Family, au - to my friend, Dr. Kevin At 7, your daughter doesn't needs. Q: Can you suggest some her -- she'll be more likely to thor of several books, and a Leman, the bond fathers de - have the self-control or matu - Instead of disciplin - ways I can connect with my gravitate toward men like that wife and mother of three. velop with their daughters rity to limit her intake of un - ing her behavior with no daughter? It's one of my goals when she enters the dating Submit your ques - during times of real conversa - healthy food. I wouldn't dessert, which emphasizes the for the New Year. She has a world. tions to: ask@FocusOnThe - tion and connection can pay overreact to her desire to eat food issue, consider a conse - good relationship with her On a regular basis, Family.com huge dividends. sweets. Food can easily be - quence that has more to do mom because they're inter - make an effort to take your Copyright 2011 Focus on the Family, This is especially come a control issue, which with building trust in your re - ested in the same "girl stuff." daughter out to dinner, a Colorado Springs, CO 80995 true for girls in the "tween" International Copyright Secured. can become a precursor for lationship. But she's just about to reach movie, a round of miniature years. Dr. Leman advises that All Rights reserved. disordered eating in the fu - ** the teen years, and I want her golf -- or whatever interests SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 12 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 13 Video Game Reviews Get Behind the Wheel of Gran Turismo 5 Jeb Haught since the last generation of This is the first iteration to 4 stars = Pretty Good RATINGS KEY older) consoles, Gran Turismo offer "realistic damage mod - 3 stars = Above Average Entertainment Software Rat - T: Teen (13 and older) DEVELOPER: Polyphony seems fine to offer practically eling," but it's only realistic if 2 stars = Bargain Bin ing Board (ESRB) M: Mature (17 and older) Digital Inc. the same experience as everyone is driving less than 1 star = Don't Bother E: Everyone COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM. PUBLISHER: Sony "GT4," but with updated vi - 10 MPH. Minor crashes pro - E10-plus: (Everyone 10 and SYSTEM: Sony PlayStation suals and locations. This may duce only the slightest 3 be fine for driving purists, but scratches and dents, while PRICE: $59.99 I want a user-friendly game high speed smash-ups don't ESRB RATING: Everyone that is both fun and challeng - smash anything. They just REVIEW RATING: 4 stars ing. make slightly larger dents (out of 5) and scratches. Instead of streamlining the Die-hard racing fans have career mode, the developers I guess the manufacturers of been anxiously awaiting the force Ricky Bobby wannabes the 1,000-plus vehicles in release of a new Gran Tur - to begin with a beat-up junker the game still don't want ismo title for six years. Judg - and compete in several boring their precious vehicles to be ing from the ultra-realistic races until they can obtain a unrecognizable, but I think players already know what these super sports cars look like unblem - ished. Still, when I have to pay thou - sands of dollars for only minor imper - fections, the new damage modeling doesn't seem like a worthy feature.

Driving purists will happily endure performance, physics, han - car that is worth driving. these imperfections for the dling and visuals featured in Then players are forced to en - unparalleled driving experi - the last version, "Gran Tur - dure endless restrictions like ence found in "Gran Turismo ismo 5" should be the most having a high enough driving 5," but regular racing fans advanced racing game on the level or owning the right ve - would rather see this game planet! So, how does it fare? hicle before they can race. get a tune-up. Well, it's an unbelievably re - This wouldn't be so bad if alistic driving experience, but some guidance was provided it's also the most frustrating. to help the player figure out REVIEW SCOR - where and how to obtain ING SYSTEM While other racing franchises these particular vehicles. have grown and expanded 5 stars = Must Have SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 14

A FAT EPIDEMIC Veterinarians ready to help take pounds off pets Tabby cats come in many colors By Dr. Marty Becker ence, which recently wrapped course any more rapidly. an added bonus: In addition Universal Uclick up its 25th annual convention What you’ll need to do is to keeping your pet healthy, § “Tabby” is a general term for veterinarians in Orlando, change your pet’s eating and regular activity helps to cor - for striped cats, and tabbies Even as public health experts Fla. exercise habits gradually. rect many behavior problems come in many colors and report with alarm that human Healthy pets have Your veterinarian is your caused by boredom. patterns — more than 40 weight averages are increas - so me padding on them, but a partner and resource in this Whatever regimen varieties in all. Red tabbies ing, veterinarians have long little padding is plenty. Rub lifestyle change, so enlist her you and your veterinarian de - seem to have a special fol - been worried about the same your hands over the ribs of aid early. cide on, be determined to lowing and mythology, trend in our pets. your dog or cat. The skin Carve out some stick to it. Get out of the habit perhaps because in male Dogs and cats are should move easily back and time in your schedule to walk of expressing love for your cats, the red-orange gene is getting larger for the same forth, and you should be able your dog or play with your pets by constantly offering almost always connected reasons that people are: too to feel the ribs. Your cat — three times a week, at treats, and use lower-fat treats with tabby markings, while much food and not enough pet should have a least, daily if possible. such as carrots when you do among females, red-orange exercise. definable “waist” at Exercise has hand over the goodies. And cats can be tabbies, tortoiseshells or calicoes. (About one cal - And obesity in pets the bottom of the remember that exercise is ico in 3,000 is male, but he’s not your usual male, in that he causes a lot of the same prob - rib cage. Take a good for you both. carries an extra “X” chromosome.) lems it does in people. An look from the side: If Yes, it’ll be hard in Tabbies can be further distinguished by differences overweight pet is prone to a your pet looks preg - the beginning, what in the patterns of their stripes. For example, a spotted tabby host of related issues, includ - nant, he’s fat. with those beg - has gaps in the striping pattern, making the dark color appear ing diabetes, joint, ligament Crash diets ging eyes and as spots. The most recognizable is probably the “mackerel” and tendon difficulties, and aren’t good for pets, all. But don’t tabby, with parallel lines placed like the ribs of a fish — breathing and heart chal - especially not for give in. Your hence the name. All tabby cats carry a special mark in com - lenges. Overweight cats can fat cats, who can pet’s life will mon, an “M” on the top of their heads. even develop skin problems develop a fatal be happier § A dog’s heart normally beats between 70 to 180 from not being able to groom liver problem if and longer if times per minute, with little dogs having a faster heart rate. A themselves properly. The forced to reduce he’s kept fit. puppy will also have a faster pulse — up to 220 beats per overall impact on comfort too quickly. A And yours minute. You can take your dog’s pulse at home, by the way, and longevity can be dire. pet doesn’t get will be, but not by putting your fingertips on your dog’s wrist, as you But the truth is that fat overnight, too. would with a person. Instead, check the heart rate in one of it’s not as difficult to trim and he two places: down pets as it might be to shouldn’t Choice 1 : Put your hand over your dog’s left side, fight your own battles with be forced behind the front leg. You’ll feel the heart pulsing beneath the bulge. What pets eat de - to your fingers (if you can’t, you might talk to your veterinarian pends on what we give them. change about getting some of the fat off your dog). And although we might groan Choice 2 : Put your fingertips on the femoral artery, at the thought of exercise, our on the inside of the leg just where it meets the body, right in pets are always up for a brisk the middle. (It’s a pretty big blood vessel, so you shouldn’t walk, a game of fetch or have any problem finding it.) some play with a toy on a Either way, count the beats while 15 seconds click string. They love to move, es - off your watch. Multiply by four to get the BPM, or beats per pecially if we’re moving with minute. Do it when your dog is healthy and relaxed, so you’ll them. know what’s normal. — Dr. Marty Becker and Mikkel Simply put: There’s Becker no excuse for an overweight pet. Especially not today, with veterinarians well-armed not only with advice but with About Pet Connection special foods that can help you trim the excess from your Pet Connection is produced by a team of pet. These products were pet-care experts headed by “Good Morn - ing America” and “The Dr. Oz Show” vet - well-represented at the North erinarian Dr. Marty Becker and American Veterinary Confer - award-winning journalist Gina Spadafori. The two are also the au - Fat or fluffy? You need to put your hands thors of many best-selling pet-care on your pet to know for sure. A little padding is nor - books. Dr. Becker can also be found at mal, but too much is a health risk. Facebook.com/DrMartyBecker or on Twitter at DrMartyBecker. George Varga

The darkest and most disturbing moments in Shakespeare's plays and Wag - ner's operas almost seem like cotton candy TV sitcom fodder compared to the real-life travails San Diego blues vocal dynamo Candye Kane experi - enced growing up.

While her parents-to-be were on their honeymoon in Las Vegas, Kane's fa - ther was arrested for embezzlement. He was serving time at California's Chino State Prison when she was born. Her mother's side of the family suf - fered from alcoholism and mental illness — Kane's grandmother and ma - ternal aunt both spent time in psychiatric hospitals — and Kane was just 9 when her mother taught her to shoplift.

It was a prelude to even worse things to follow.

Kane joined a gang in East Los Angeles, where she grew up. She became an unwed mother at 17, a year before she started working in the pornography industry (she said she was raped during her first nude modeling job). Then came bouts of intravenous drug use, during which time she'd leave her young son with her mother. ("Even though my mom was dysfunc - tional," Kane said, "she was less dysfunctional than I was at the time.")

These harrowing travails — and Kane's successful struggle to rise above them — inspired her autobiographical musical, "The Toughest Girl Alive" (which is also the title of one of her 10 solo albums). It remains to be seen if the play will find Kane demonstrating her uniquely hard-hitting, no-hands piano playing approach.

The play opened a three-week run at San Diego's Moxie Theatre on Jan. 15 and theater companies from Chicago to Oregon have already approached Kane about possible future productions. Adapted and directed from Kane's memoirs by San Diego Ballet co-director Javier Velasco, it features 25 of her songs and her touring band (which includes her oldest son Evan, now 30, on drums). Blues singer Candye Kane presents her difficult life "I definitely wasn't just a victim," Kane journey in her autobiographi - said. Continues on page 19 cal musical, "The Toughest Girl Alive." Photo courtesy of Kevin M. Connors. NEW BUICK REGAL TURBO IN STOCK NOW!

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Aided over logic, the other a law *NO PASSES-NO SUPERSAVERS by his business partner Michael, Jack student whose fixed moral CINEMARK 14 - EL PASO parlays his clout over some of the world's most powerful compass keeps her from fol - men with the goal of creating a personal empire of wealth West side of El Paso at Mesa & I-10 lowing her desires, are up - and influence. When the two enlist a mob-connected buddy rooted from their luxurious Schedule good for Friday January 28 to help with one of their illegal schemes, they soon find home when their father suddenly passes away. Out of FROM PRADA TO NADA (PG-13)10:55am 9:30pm 1:35pm 4:25pm 7:10pm 9:50pm TANGLED (PG)11:10am 1:45pm 4:20pm themselves in over their heads, entrenched in a world of money and out of options, the women move into their Great THE KING'S SPEECH - CinéArts (R) 10:45am THE DILEMMA - DIGITAL (PG-13)11:20am 1:40pm 4:35pm 7:30pm 10:25pm 2:05pm 5:00pm 7:50pm 10:40pm mafia assassins, murder and a scandal that spins so out of Aunt Aurelia's modest, but lively home in the Latino-cen - THE MECHANIC (R) 9:40am 12:10pm 2:40pm THE FIGHTER (R) 11:15am 2:10pm 5:05pm control that it makes worldwide headlines. 5:10pm 7:40pm 10:10pm 8:00pm 10:50pm tric Boyle Heights neighborhood where they find them - THE RITE (PG-13)11:25am 2:15pm 5:05pm THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13)10:10am 1:10pm Starring: Kelly Preston,Kevin Spacey,Barry 7:55pm 10:45pm 4:05pm 7:00pm 9:55pm selves thrown into a world that, despite their heritage, BLACK SWAN - CinéArts (R) 11:05am 1:55pm THE GREEN HORNET - REAL D 3D (PG- Pepper,Rachelle Lefevre,Jon Lovitz,Yannick Bisson,Eric 4:45pm 7:25pm 10:05pm 13)11:30am 2:30pm 5:20pm 8:15pm 11:10pm seems completely foreign. Over time, they discover the LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13)11:20am 2:00pm TRON: LEGACY - REAL D 3D (PG)10:15am Schweig,Maury Chaykin,Christian Campbell,Spencer Garrett 4:30pm 7:05pm 9:40pm 1:15pm 4:15pm 7:15pm 10:15pm beauty of the culture they once fought so desperately to NO STRINGS ATTACHED - DIGITAL (R) TRUE GRIT (PG-13)11:00am 1:50pm 4:40pm 11:35am 2:25pm 5:15pm 8:05pm 10:55pm 7:20pm 10:00pm hide. And in the process they find the one thing that had SEASON OF THE WITCH (PG-13)6:55pm eluded them: love. Tinseltown The Mechanic Starring: Camilla Belle,April Bowlby,Alexa Vega,Wilmer Las Palmas i-10 @ Zaragosa 01/28/2011 Valderrama,Nicholas D'Agosto,Kuno Becker,Adriana Bar - Schedule good for Friday January 28 Rated: R raza,Karla Souza,Alexis Ayala 127 HOURS - DIGITAL (R) 12:30pm 4:55pm 6:05pm 7:45pm 8:50pm Genre: Action/Adventure 3:30pm 6:30pm 9:30pm 10:30pm 11:40pm BLACK SWAN - DIGITAL (R)1:40pm NO STRINGS ATTACHED - DIGITAL 4:30pm 7:40pm 10:40pm (R) 11:45am 1:15pm 2:45pm 4:15pm Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an DILEMMA, THE - DIGITAL (PG-13) 5:45pm 7:15pm 8:45pm 10:15pm 11:40am 2:25pm 5:25pm 8:20pm 11:45pm elite assassin with a strict code The Rite 11:50pm RITE, THE - DIGITAL (PG-13) and unique talent for cleanly elim - FIGHTER, THE - DIGITAL (R) 2:00pm 5:00pm 8:00pm 11:00pm 01/28/2011 12:40pm 3:45pm 6:50pm 9:45pm RITE, THE - XD (PG-13) inating targets. When his mentor FROM PRADA TO NADA - DIGITAL 1:00pm 4:00pm 7:00pm 10:00pm Rated: PG-13 (PG-13) 1:45pm 4:40pm 7:30pm SEASON OF THE WITCH - DIGITAL and close friend Harry is mur - 10:20pm (PG-13) 11:30am 1:55pm 4:50pm Genre: Drama GREEN HORNET, THE - DIGITAL (PG- 7:35pm 10:25pm dered, Bishop is anything but de - 13)11:30am 2:30pm 5:30pm 8:30pm TANGLED - DIGITAL (PG) 1:50pm tached. His next assignment is 11:30pm 4:20pm 7:20pm 10:05pm 'The Rite' follows skeptical seminary GREEN HORNET, THE - 3D (PG-13) TRON: LEGACY - DIGITAL (PG) self-imposed - he wants those re - student Michael Kovak, who reluc - 1:05pm 4:05pm 7:05pm 10:10pm 2:05pm 8:15pm sponsible dead. His mission grows complicated when KING'S SPEECH, THE - DIGITAL (R) TRON: LEGACY - 3D (PG) 5:05pm tantly attends exorcism school at the 1:35pm 4:45pm 7:50pm 10:35pm 11:15pm Harry's son Steve approaches him with the same vengeful LITTLE FOCKERS - DIGITAL (PG-13) TRUE GRIT - DIGITAL (PG-13)11:35am Vatican. While he’s in Rome, 12:00pm 2:40pm 5:20pm 8:10pm 2:20pm 5:15pm 8:05pm 10:55pm goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. A method - 10:50pm YOGI BEAR - DIGITAL (PG) 11:50am Michael meets an unorthodox priest, ical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world MECHANIC, THE - DIGITAL (R) 4:35pm 9:20pm Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the 11:35am 12:45pm 2:10pm 3:25pm YOGI BEAR - 3D (PG) 2:15pm 7:10pm and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach *NO PASSES-NO SUPERSAVERS their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and even to one of the holiest places on Earth. those hired to fix problems become problems themselves. Premiere Cinemas 6101 Gateway West S.15 Starring: Anthony Hopkins,Ciarán Hinds,Alice Starring: Jason Statham,Ben Foster,Donald Schedule good for 01-28-11 Braga,Toby Jones,Colin O'Donoghue *3D CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: *THE RITE-SUBTITULADA EN ESPANOL - Sutherland,Tony Goldwyn,Jeff Chase,Mini Anden,Eddie J. VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREAD (PG) 35 MM (PG-13)10:45a 1:30p 4:15p 7:10p 10:40a 1:30p 4:15p 7:00p 9:40p 9:55p Fernandez,Kurt Deville,LaTeace Towns-Cuellar,Monica *3D THE GREEN HORNET - DIGITAL(PG- 127 HOURS - DIGITAL (R)10:30a 1:00p 13)10:45a 12:30p 1:45p 3:30p 4:45p 6:30p 3:30p 6:05p 8:30p 11:00p Acosta 7:45p 9:30p 10:45p CHRONICLES OF NARNIA:VOYAGE OF *3D TRON: LEGACY DIGITAL (PG) THE DAWN TREADER- (PG)10:35a 1:20p Black Swan 10:30a 1:30p 4:30p 7:30p 10:30p HARRY POTTER 7 PART 1 - DIGITAL *DBOX GREEN HORNET 3D- DIGITAL (PG-13)10:30a 2:00p 5:30p 9:00p Now Showing (PG-13) 10:45a 1:45p 4:45p 7:45p 10:45p LITTLE FOCKERS- DIGITAL (PG-13) 127 Hours *NO STRINGS ATTACHED - DIGITAL (R) 11:50a 2:20p 4:50p 7:20p 9:50p Rated: R 10:40a 11:40a 1:40p 2:40p 4:40p 6:05p SEASON OF THE WITCH - DIGITAL (PG- 7:40p 9:20p 10:40p 13)10:50a 1:30p 4:15p 7:00p 9:40p 01/28/2011 Genre: Drama and Thriller *THE GREEN HORNET - DIGITAL (PG-13) THE FIGHTER - DIGITAL (R)11:55a 2:50p Rated: R 10:30a 1:30p 4:30p 7:30p 10:30p 6:05p 9:30p *THE MECHANIC - DIGITAL (R)10:30a THE KINGS SPEECH - DIGITAL (R)12:05p Genre: Drama 'Black Swan' follows the story of 11:10a 1:00p 1:40p 3:35p 4:10p 6:05p 3:00p 6:05p 9:00p 6:50p 8:50p 9:35p 11:20p TRON: LEGACY - DIGITAL (PG)5:00p Nina, a ballerina in a New York *THE RITE -DIGITAL (PG-13) 8:00p 11:00p 11:00a 1:45p 4:40p 7:30p 10:15p * -- denotes Pass Restricted features '127 Hours' is the true story of City ballet company whose life, mountain climber Aron Ralston's re - like all those in her profession, is EAST POINTE MOVIES 12 markable adventure to save himself completely consumed with dance. I-10 & Lee Trevino Schedule good for 1/28 - 2/03 after a fallen boulder crashes on his When artistic director Thomas BURLESQUE (PG-13)12:05 | 2:25 | 4:55 | LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS (R) 4:40 | 9:15 arm and traps him in an isolate Leroy decides to replace prima 7:20 | 9:55 MEGAMIND IN 2D (PG)12:05 | 2:00 | 4:05 | canyon in Utah. Over the next five CONVICTION (R)12:40 2:55 5:15 | 7:30 | 9:45 6:10 | 8:20 ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the days, Ralston examines his life and survives the elements DESPICABLE ME 3D (PG) 12:20 | 2:50 | 7:35 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) 12:50 | 2:55 | 5:05 | 7:10 opening production of their new season, 'Swan Lake,' he DUE DATE (R) 12:25 2:15 4:15 | 6:40 | 9:00 | 9:10 to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal FASTER (R) 12:15 | 3:00 | 5:20 | 7:25 | 9:30 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (R) 4:30 | 9:20 narrows his choices to Nina and a new dancer, Lily. 'Swan JACKASS 3-D (2010) (R) 5:10 | 9:35 SKYLINE (PG-13) 12:45 | 2:40 | 6:55 to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: 2D (PG) THE NEXT THREE DAYS (PG-13) 12:10 | 2:35 | Lake' requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan 12:30 | 2:30 | 7:05 5:00 | 7:25 | 9:50 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally res - LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG-13) 12:00 | 2:20 | UNSTOPPABLE (PG-13) 12:35 | 2:45 | 4:50 | cued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who repre - 4:45 | 7:15 | 9:40 7:00 | 9:05 lovers, family, and the last two people he ever had the sents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role PREMIERE MONTWOOD 7 2200 N. Yarbrough chance to meet? A visceral thrilling story that will take an perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. Schedule good for Jan 29,30, Feb 1 audience on a never before experienced journey and prove As the two young dancers expand their rivalry, Nina be - BURLESQUE (PG-13) 2:25p 7:15p THE NEXT 3 DAYS (PG-13) 12:25p 3:20p 6:15p DUE DATE (R) 12:40p 2:55p 5:10p 7:20p 9:30p 9:10p what we can do when we choose life. comes dangerously more in touch with her dark side. FASTER (R) 12:20p 2:40p 5:00p 7:25p 9:45p THE SOCIAL NETW0RK (PG-13)12:00p 4:50p Starring: James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Kate Mara, Amber LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (R) 12:00p 2:30p 9:40p Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Se - 4:55p 7:30p 9:50p UNSTOPPABLE (PG-13)12:05p 2:20p 4:40p Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy bastian Stan, Vincent Cassel MEGAMIND (PG)12:35p 2:50p 5:05p 7:15p 7:00p 9:20p 9:25p SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 19

Continued from page 15 tion every day, so it was a said. "The way I survived the ..."There were a lot of deci - challenge. But that's what hu - darker elements of my life sions in my life I made of my manizes it all. It's not fiction, was by taking a lot of things own volition. I put myself in it's real. This happened — with a grain of salt. After all, Schedule good for 1/28 - 2/03 bad situations and paid the and I'm still here." not everybody's mom teaches price." them to shoplift!" SUPER STIMULUS 13)11:00 1:55 4:50 7:25 Kane's tenacity in the face of TUESDAY: $1 DRINK, 10:00 (12:00 FRI/SAT) As harrowing as Kane's early such formidable challenges SWEET INSPIRATION $1 POPCORN, or $5.00 DILEMMA (PG-13) 10:50 life was, her tale is ultimately appealed to the award-win - OFF ANY REGULAR 1:30 4:15 7:00 9:40 (12:15 FRI/SAT) one of tenacity and redemp - ning Moxie Theater, the Candye Kane started her mu - COMBO MILITARY DISCOUNT BLACK SWAN (R) 11:00 tion in the face of dizzying women-led San Diego theater sical career as a twangy coun - @ BOX OFFICE & 1:30 4:00 7:00 9:30 (12:15 odds (most recently, the nine- company, that has won ac - try roots singer, before she CONCESSION STAND! FRI/SAT) hour surgery she underwent claim for its bold vision and discovered the blues and had GUARANTEE TICKETS SEASON OF THE WITCH in 2008 for pancreatic can - daring productions. a musical epiphany. Here are @ FANDANGO.COM (PG-13)11:00 1:20 4:15 cer). three of the artists she cites as ASK ABOUT OUR 7:00 9:30 (12:00 FRI/SAT) REWARDS CARD! LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) "Moxie is thrilled to be pro - gret, and we at Moxie say: major influences: 12:10 2:30 4:50 7:10 9:35 "We didn't homogenize it for ducing the world premiere of 'Hell yeah' to that! We feel (12:00 FRI/SAT) honored to know her and ex - THE RITE (PG-13)11:00 any audience, although chil - a show that truly fulfills our — Memphis Minnie: Born 12:20 1:20 3:10 4:10 6:05 KING'S SPEECH (R) 11:00 dren are obviously discour - mission to create more di - cited to share her story with Lizzie Douglas in Louisiana 7:05 8:45 9:45 (11:30 12:30 1:45 4:30 7:20 10:00 aged from attending," said verse and honest images of our audience." on June 3, 1897, she got her FRI/SAT) TRON :LEGACY 3D (PG- Kane, a bisexual, divorced women for our culture," said start playing in circuses. A ro - FROM PRADA TO NADA 13) *3D SURCHARGE AP - PLIES 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:50 Noted for her sometimes (PG-13) 11:00 1:30 4:15 mother of two adult sons, Moxie Artistic Director Deli - bust singer and guitarist, she YOGI BEAR 2D (PG) who credits her move to San cia Turner Sonnenberg. bawdy and irreverent per - achieved success in a male- 7:10 9:40 (12:00 FRI/SAT) (R) 11:15 12:45 2:55 5:05 7:15 9:20 Diego in the late 1980s for forming persona, Kane cuts a dominated blues world, and THE MECHANIC 1:45 4:30 7:20 9:50 (12:10 FIGHTER (R) 1:00 4:00 helping to turn her life "There are few women who bigger-than-life figure, on her late-1920s song "Bumble FRI/SAT) 7:00 9:45 (12:15 FRI/SAT) around. have lived a life as rich and stage and off. "The Toughest Bee" (recorded with her first NO STRINGS ATTACHED TANGLED 2D (PG) 12:00 diverse as Candye's or who Girl Alive" wisely offers husband, Kansas Joe McCoy) (R) 11:00 1:35 4:15 7:00 2:20 4:40 7:00 9:30 (12:00 FRI/SAT) "This musical has every dark are as open and honest about some comic relief among the provided the template for 9:45 (12:10 FRI/SAT) GREEN HORNET 3D (PG- aspect of who I am and where how they've lived their lives. way. Muddy Waters' classic CLASS CONCERT/ I came from. It was tough to We believe the most thrilling "Honey Bee." Minnie died 13) *3D SURCHARGE AP - PLIES* 1:00 3:35 6:10 8:45 GISELLE write because I'm a positive part of her story is that she "There's an element of humor Aug. 6, 1973. (11:15 FRI/SAT) 7:30PM THURSDAY 2/2/11 person who uses self-affirma - tells it without shame or re - in much of my story," she Continues on page 21 GREEN HORNET 2D (PG- SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 20

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CENTRAL or kidsnco.org. MISSION Dance Alive is led by Lor - 2011 live horse racing season raine Alvarez Portilla, local runs through April 19 . Race NORTHEAST ‘The Unexpected VALLEY performer and dance instruc - days are Tuesdays, Fridays, tor. Saturdays and Sundays. First Guest’ — The Agatha ‘Parallel Lives’ - El Belly Dance Ex - Alvarez Portilla will lead post is 12:25 p.m. each race Christie mystery is Jan 7-29 free workshops 10 to 11 a.m. day. General admission is free Paso Community College’s at El Paso Playhouse. Di - travaganza 2011 Saturday and Sunday, Jan. to the track and casino. First Performers Studio present the 29-30 , at the Chamizal, on post time is 12:25 p.m. Turf comic montage, originally “Belly Dance Favorite Moves Club seating is $7. Informa - & Yoga for Belly Dancers” tion: (575) 874-5200 or sun - Special dance workshops are land-park.com Saturday. Simulcast racing begins at out Gerald Lovato against 10 a.m. everyday. General ad - DOWNTOWN Michael Casteel plus El Paso mission and parking are free. natives Hector Ochoa and Information: (575) 874-5200. WESTSIDE Rodrigo Sotelo Jr. in two sep - arate events. Advance tickets: Rubin Center — UTEP Men’s Basket - $20 (general admission); $65 UTEP’s Stanlee and Gerald ball - Home games are at reserved seating; VIP ringside Rubin Center for the Visual seating $75. Military discount the Don Haskins Arts is next to Sun Bowl Sta - available on reserved seats. Center. Game dium (off Dawson Drive). Other bouts include written and performed by Mo time is 7:05 Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eddie Armendariz Gaffney and Kathy Najimy p.m., un - Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri - against El Paso’s based on the “Kathy and Mo less oth - day; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thurs - rected by Melissa Spalding. — Dance Alive presents an Rodrigo Sotelo Jr., Show,” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28- erwise day and noon to 5 p.m. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday evening of dance and music Dwight Gipson 29 and Feb. 4-5 , at the EPCC listed. Saturday. Information: 747- and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sun - at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. vs. Randy San - Transmountain Campus Individ - 6151 or rubincenter.utep.edu. day, Jan. 9, 16 and 23. Tick - 29 , at the Chamizal National doval, Jason Forum. Directed by Lisa Mc - ual tick - Showing Jan. 27-March ets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 Memorial, 800 S. San Mar - Fisher vs. Joey Niel. Tickets: $10 ($5 stu - ets: $14 26 : military and students with cial. Admission: $10. Infor - Lujan, the profes - dents/seniors/military). to $50, plus • In the L Gallery: ”Differ - ID). Information: 532-1317, mation: 566-1742 or sional debut of El Information: 637-4029, 831- service elpasoplayhouse.com. 544-0364. Paso’s Hector Ochoa vs. ent Tempers,” an ex - 5056 or epcc.edu. charge. Informa - Zach Haney, Nathan Torrez hibit by the Center for Craft EASTSIDE vs. Jay Flores and Angel De - Creativity and Design. The ‘Beauty and the Jesus vs. Kim McDonough. exhibit explores the distinc - Beast’ — Kids-N-Co., tions and commonalities be - Tejanos baseball - tween jewelry and 1301 Texas, presents its ver - Sunland Park The Tejanos of El Paso Com - blacksmithing, two realms of sion of the classic fairy tale munity College take on Racetrack & metalsmithing that rarely in - Jan. 29-Feb.20 . Fridays and Scottsdale Community Col - teract..Continues on next Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sun - — The 2010- lege Jan. 28-30 , at the Valle Casino page

tion: 747-5234 or utepathlet - Performers include the ics.com. Dance Alive Dancers, and • Wednesday, Feb. 2 — UCF guest dancers Anala, Selena Kareena, Judith Ann and Za - days. Tickets: $7 ($5 chil - Verde Campus Baseball hira. Featured music include ‘Fight for Pride’ dren, seniors, students and Field. Game time is 2 p.m. works by Doug Adamz & active military); available at — The Mixed Mar - Friday, noon Saturday (dou - Light Rain, Jitano & the the door one hour before bleheader) and 11 a.m. Sun - Desert Prophets, Sadaqah and tial Arts event is 8 p.m. show. Advance reservations day. Admission is free. Dan Lambert. Rachel Gan - Saturday, Jan. 29 , at the El accepted for groups of 10 or Information: 831-2275. dara will perform on guitar Paso Convention Center. Fea - more. Information: 351-1455 during intermission. tures fights are MMA stand SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 21 Continued from page 20 EPSYOs Winter Rubin Center .... de - Afternoon of Concert — The El Paso spite their shared medium. Symphony Youth Orchestras, Music and Dance The 40 objects by 14 national directed by Andres Moran, — El Paso chapter of the Na - artists represent the full spec - presents its winter concert 3 tional Society of Arts and trum of metals, including p.m. Sunday ,Jan. 30 , at the Letters hosts a performance gold, platinum, fine and ster - of classical and popular songs ling silver, pewter, iron, and and dances under direction of stainless and mild steel, in UTEP’s Orit Eylon 2 to 4 combination with other mate - rials such as optical lenses, nail polish and hair. • In the Rubin Gallery: “En - rique Jezik: Lines of Divi - sion.” Multi-media artist Jezik addresses five political borders of conflict: Mexico/USA, Argentina/Paraguay/Brazil, Israel/Palestine, North/South Korea, Afghanistan/Pakistan. Jezik will “draw” these bor - p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 , in the ders with a chainsaw on the International Museum of Art evening of the opening recep - Grand Ballroom, 1211 Mon - tion. Video footage referenc - Plaza Theatre. Tickets: $12 tana, featuring local perform - ing surveillance at each of ($7 seniors, students and mili - ers accompanied by music these borders will be part of tary); available at the door. played on a piano that once the sculpted plywood rem - information: 525-8978 or ep - belonged to Liberace. Pro - nants of this performance. syos.org. ceeds benefit the society. Ad - Lines of Division will be The concert will feature all mission: $10 ($7.50 students; aligned with Jezik’s previous four EPSYOs orchestras and $5 ages 5 and younger). In - piece about airports that ac - special guest soloists Nancy formation: Carol Miller, 584- commodate NATO activity, Joy, Professor of Horn and 7088, Orit Eylon, 747-5000 Estreno de la Otan. NMSU, Stephanie Song and or arts-nsal.org. Mary Moran. Continues on next page

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Kane: "Not only was she a great female gui - tar player at a time when there weren't very many, but she wrote a lot of songs about street-walking and prostitution, and she was rumored to have participated in those activi - ties at different times in her life, so that was an inspiration for me."

— Big Maybelle: Born Mabel Louise Smith in May 1924, this big-voiced singer was an early member of the Sweethearts of Rhythm, San Diego band Ruby Blue, she sings blues, the pioneering, all-women jazz band. Her jazz, R&B and funk with infectious verve. solo career ignited in the 1950s, thanks to The current edition of Ruby Blue teams her such classic songs as "The Gabbin' Blues," with three San Diego jazz mainstays — "Way Back Home," "Candy" and "Whole bassist Rob Thorsen, guitarist Bob Boss and Lotta Shakin Goin' On" (which preceded drummer Richard Sellers. Jerry Lee Lewis' hit version). Kane: "I saw Ruby sing music that I thought Kane: "She embraced her large-sized body was reserved for African-Americans. She was and had a sense of humor about it. She wasn't so pretty and, as the daughter of Harve Pres - afraid to be a sexual being, even though she nell, the actor, it can be assumed by some was much larger than most women in those that she grew up leading a life of privilege. days. She and Memphis Minnie were popular When I saw her perform the first time — this during a very conservative, Victorian era, and poised, attractive blonde — I realized that I found that to be very inspirational." maybe (singing the blues) was more based on honesty and soul than on race." — Ruby Presnell: The lead singer of veteran COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 22 Continued from page 21 will go toward the program. atre. Selections are Brahms’s class chamber musicians Jan. ing a 2-year period, including ‘Lord of The Information: 309-0893 or out - Concerto for Violin & Cello, 5-31 . Concerts, recitals and many television shows. The National Society of Arts cryinternational.org. op.102, A minor and Schu - other special events will be Dance’ — Michael Flat - and Letters, El Paso Chapter, mann’s Symphony No. 2, op. offered at various venues. Junior Mance ley’s international dance sen - was founded in 1946 to en - El Paso Sym - 61 C major. Tickets: $11, $17, Guests include Rubens String sation is 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. courage young people in the $28, $32 and $37, plus serv - Quartet, violinist Joseph Quintet - NMSU Cul - 30 , at NMSU’s Pan American arts. phony - 18 year-old ice charges (Ticketmaster). Silverstein and tural Series presents the inter - Center. Tickets: $29, $45 and prodigies Matthew Student tickets: $6 and $8. In - nationally acclaimed jazz $55, plus service charge. formation: 532-3776. pianist and band at 8 p.m. (Ticketmaster) Information: Outcry for The Allen , cello, and Caro - (575) 646-1420. Children – Outcry In - The story is based upon ternational will host the free

Thursday, Feb. 3 , at the Rio Grande Theatre. Tickets: $10- Harlem String Quar - $15. Information: (575) 646- tet . Tickets: $25 per per - 1420 or panam.nmsu. performance of various local Mance is a jazz pianist, formance; $25; $20 seniors; children’s groups 2 to 4 p.m. composer, author of “How To $5 students. Information: Saturday, Jan. 29 , in the El Play Blues Piano” and record - 833-9400 or eppm.org. Paso Public Library’s Main ing artist of 30 plus albums as • El Paso Symphony Orches - Branch theatre, 501 N. Ore - a sideman. Before putting to - tra in conjunction with El gon, Downtown, featuring gether his own band, Mance line Goulding , violin, Paso Pro-Musica 7:30 p.m. dance and choral groups. The El Paso Chamber toured with Dinah Washing - mythical Irish folklore as Don Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28- event’s purpose is to raise join conductor Sarah Ioan - ton, Cannonball Adderley and Dorcha, Lord of Darkness, Music Festival – El 29 , at the Plaza Theatre. See awareness for a children’s nides and the El Paso Sym - Dizzy Gillespie. challenges the ethereal lord of below. feeding program in Zacatecas phony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Paso Pro-Musica’s 22nd an - light, the Lord of the Dance. Mexico. Donations accepted Jan. 28-29 at The Plaza The - nual festival presents world- Fishtank Ensem - Battle lines are drawn, pas - SOUTHERN sions ignite and a love story ble - Mimbres Region Arts NEW MExICO fueled by the dramatic leaps Council presents the eclectic and turns of dancers’ bodies gypsy jazz band at 7:30 p.m. begins to build against a Magician Gary Saturday, Jan. 29 at backdrop of Celtic rhythm. The action is played out over — The illusionist WNMU’s Fine Arts Center Carson 21 scenes on a grand scale of performs his Reality Magic Show at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, at Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Tickets are $12. In - formation: (575) 621-3205.

Theatre in Silver City, N.M. precision dancing, dramatic Explosive violins, slap bass, music, colorful costumes and musical saw, gypsy jazz gui - state-of-the-art staging and tar and more make this group lighting. Carson and his wife Kelsey pure musical excitement. Flatley, Lord of the Dance’s Kara present a return engage - Tickets: $20 ($15 MRAC creator and artistic director, ment of their Las Vegas-style members; $5 students). Infor - was the first guest judge to fundraiser for Jornada Ele - mation: (575) 538-2505, 1- appear on ABC’s hit reality mentary School PTO featur - 888-758-7289 or television program “Dancing ing live animals. mimbresarts.org. With The Stars.” Carson and Kara have per - Continues on next page formed over 8,000 shows dur - SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 23

Continued from page 22 Lord of The Dance... More than 100 million people worldwide have seen Lord of the Dance, the international Irish dancing ex - travaganza that has performed sold out shows at the - aters, arenas and stadiums in over 67 countries. This touring performance has toured the country reg - ularly since 1996 and recently wrapped a successful run of more than 25 performances earlier this year. In April 2009, cast members Scott Doherty and Michael McHugh (McHugh for the category of dancers under age 18) were crowned world champions at the World Irish Dance Championships. Doherty and McHugh beat out more than 6,000 dancers representing five continents over the eight-day competition.

Afiara String Quartet — Las Cruces

Civic Concert Association presents the innovative quartet at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30 , at the Rio Grande Theatre. Taking its name from the Spanish word ‘fiar,’ meaning “to trust,” this viola, cello and two violin quartet couples Haydn and hip-hop, complete with a rapping cellist. Tickets: $20. information: (575) 521- 4051.

‘Crime and Punishment’ - No Strings Theatre Company presents Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus’s adaptation of the Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel Jan. 21-Feb. 6 , at Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces. Directed by Shaun Hadfield. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6, and 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. Tickets: $10 ($9 students and seniors with ID, $7 all seats Thursday). Information: (575) 523-1223 or no- strings.org. This “con - versation on the nature of evil” is set in the mind of the murderer where he re - lives and ex - plores, through the urging of Por - firy and Sonia, the thoughts, ideas and feel - ings that drove him to his horrible crime. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 24 7“...___ all a good night!” 8 Man-made fiber 9 Headway 10 Asset 11 Kimono sash This week brings the Chinese New Year welcoming the year of the Rabbit. The next 12 months will be character - 12 Signer’s need ized by the soft, quick energy of the bunny — a welcome 15 Corruption reprieve from the ferocity of last year's Tiger energy. Mer - cury, the communication planet, enters the sign of Aquarius 17 Superman surname to support the sharing of higher knowledge and efforts that are related to raising the standard of living for all of hu - 21 Little stinger manity. 23 Schematic detail, ARIES (March 21-April 19). New relationships start this briefly week. However you come across, the other person will expect 24 Furniture woods more of the same from you in the future. Though it is impor - tant to be dashing and exciting, do not come in with an en - 25 Daughter of Cadmus ergy level that you will not be able to sustain. Endurance will 26 Hanoi festival matter, so try to make a realistic impression. 28 Greek nickname 31 TV brand TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Perseverance is not your strongest suit, but you'll cultivate more of this attribute as the 32 Weasel out of week continues. Given your New Year's resolutions, it will 34 Pioneer rug material absolutely be necessary for you to be persistent in your ef - forts. Remind yourself often of that gleaming outcome your 35 Digressive speakers heart is set on. Carry a picture of it in your wallet. 36 “Night” author Wiesel 37 Psychic gift, briefly GEMINI (May 21-June 21). A new person on the scene has 38 Doctrine something to offer you, though you won't know what it is until several weeks into the relationship. It is not so hard for 39 Antinarcotics grp. you to get to know this person once you decide that you re - ally want to do so. You'll soon have an intimate and sincere 42 Isolated relationship based on mutual generosity. 43 Not pos. or neut. 45 Hairstyle CANCER (June 22-July 22). You have many people to tend 46 Bean and Welles to this week, and for the most part, you won't have the lux - 47 Clinging fish ury of time to dwell on any individual for too long. Avoid overly sensitive types who are likely to bog down your ef - 48 Trinket forts to move gracefully through the social maze. You'll earn 50 Attorney’s load a financial bonus on Friday. 51 Arboreal lizard 54 Aussie greeting LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Spare yourself some worry. If you can't control it, then don't even think about it. This week, there 55 Forensic site will be a great deal that you don't have to bother with because it's someone else's responsibility or because it's nobody's and 56 “___ Were a Carpen - should remain that way. There will be social fun on Wednes - ACROSS 29 Everlasting, to bards 60 Flaming ter” day and Saturday nights. 1 Blouse 30 Nurtures 61 Actress Verdugo 58 Mr. Trevino 33 Highlander 62 Firearms org. 59 Neighbor of Ill. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It's important that you start with 4 Kind of ice cap the truth, though you don't have to be a slave to it. You'll be in 9 Stage item 34 Sweet dairy product 63 Storage compartments a playful, mischievous and imaginative mood all week. You'll 38 It may be bright or big 64 Run-down be involved in storytelling and other forms of entertainment. 13 Hiroshima’s river You have a knack for spinning the facts in a lighthearted way 14 Coliseum 40 Caravel features 65 Tearful, perhaps that engages others. 15 Swimming bird 41 Mariner 16 Crystalline confection 44 Parachute opener DOWN 49 Mottled dessert 1 Sluggishness LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your powers of forethought are 18 Colophony amazing all week long. You will be able to predict a full 19 Gunnysacks 52 Black-and-white treat 2 “My Favorite Year” range of possible futures for yourself and for those you love. 53 Motto star When you get an inkling about what might occur, take pre - 20 Neighbor of Trinidad cautions. If you are prepared for the worst, it won't happen. 22 Author Robert ___ But - 54 Contraption 3 Well attended ler 55 Compare 4 D.C. orgs. 57 16 Across, 23 Across, 5 ___ pro nobis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The acts of kindness you do 23 Plum, peach, or apri - today may be very small in deed — a smile here, a compli - 34 Across, and 49 6 Cariou, of “Sweeney ment there and a few instances of holding doors open and cot, e.g. tipping well. Yet these efforts will contribute in a meaning - 27 Bureaucratic tangle Across? Todd” ful way to your fellow humans and will promote goodness and happiness in ways you couldn't have predicted.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are concerned with adding knowledge and skills to your arsenal, for reasons of both personal and professional advancement. You will prob - ably be feeling too restless to endure the rigor of formal training, textbooks and lectures, though, and will learn best at the school of life, where you'll receive all A's.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You will be more rebel - lious than usual, and though you still respect the authority of others, you will not respond too quickly to their requests. You will first filter all orders through your highly developed sense of reason. You're a strategist in your own right and will benefit from following your instincts.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It is second nature for you to juggle activities, and this week you'll take it one step further by accomplishing more than one interest at a time. You find clever ways to organize your life that will allow you to make headway on several goals while bringing peace and harmony to your personal relationships.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Because you do not pay too much attention to a limitation, it will cease to exist. You will stay focused on your ideals. You will get lost in dreams of how you want the world to be, and this will strengthen your vision. At the end of the week, you will jump over an obsta - cle or it will be lifted from your path.

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By T.J. TOMASI IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

Beginning golfers often learn their swing by model - chest and shoulder spin they thought they saw. You can ing. They watch a good player’s swing and copy the pat - avoid the premature spin by managing your triangle cor - tern. But what they think they see and what actually goes rectly. on are very different. The triangle I am referring to is formed by the fore - What they think they see is the chest and shoulders arms and an imaginary line connecting your elbows. This spinning to whip the club around to the ball as the club triangle is present at address, stays in place at the top of approaches impact. Actually, while there is some open - the backswing, drops down intact and then re-forms at ing of the chest to the target, the majority of the opening the finish of your swing. occurs after the ball is gone. The problem is that the golf The role of the downswing is to get your arms and swing is too fast for the human eye, so it appears as if the your club back in front of your chest at impact. Since the chest spins open. time is short, the triangle must move aggressively from When David Duval and Annika Sorenstam were in the top of your swing in order to return in front of you. The line connecting Aaron Baddeley’s elbows is parallel their prime, teachers’ lesson books all over the country To understand the overriding feature of triangle man - at the halfway point going back and at the finish. were full because TV viewers tried to copy the early agement, ...Continues on page 28 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 26 ASK THE PRO

Q: Sometimes my divots are deep, gers” and their divots are deeper than sometimes they are shallow, and often normal. Others are natural “sweepers” times I don’t take a divot at all. I just and their divots differ from the norm, can’t hit the ball crisply on a consis - being more on the shallow side. tent basis, and I can’t count on any one However, they should all start after ball flight. What are they supposed to the ball, a sign that the ball was struck look like? — K.S. first, before the ground. And because A: In general they should be about the clubhead is swinging on an arc, the the size of a dollar bill and a half-inch divot should be square to the hole at deep with your shorter irons (6 the beginning then slightly curved at through sand wedge); you won’t take the end, pointing a bit left of the target much of a divot with your long irons line (for a right-handed player). and fairway woods. Divot size will vary somewhat with (To Ask the Pro a question about golf, each player’s body type and swing e-mail him at: [email protected].) shape. Some people are natural “dig -

GOLF SPOKEN HERE A warning to innocent bystanders shouted in the event of an errant shot. In the case of those who scream “fore” as they speed by a golf course, I think it is the shout of Fore choice only because they don’t have time to holler their real favorite, “You da man.” Where did the word come from? Many historians believe it originated in the 1700s when, before artillery was fired, it was customary to shout, “Beware before.” More likely is the explanation of the British Golf Museum: The term came from forecaddies sent ahead to watch for errant shots. Instead of shouting, “Beware before forecad - dies,” it’s been shortened to “fore.” SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 27 DON’T MISS IT Work out with Natalie Gulbis The best exercise video of the year stars pro golfer Natalie Gulbis. Gulbis and PGA Tour star Dustin Johnson are now an item, and as you can tell by looking at them, both spend a lot of time in the gym. Johnson isn’t in this video, but with Gulbis at full glow, no - body would notice if he was. Check out her balance as she lifts weights perched on a big silver ball — bet you can’t do it. The video is free at: www.golf.com/golf/video/arti - cle/0,28224,2041190,00.html.

GOLF BY THE NUMBERS Star on the horizon

Who is my pick for the newest star of 2011? His name is Charl Schwartzel, a 26-year-old from South Africa. He has five European tour victo - ries, and last year he won $2,948,372 on the PGA Tour and $1,273,330 on the European Tour. He also finished in the top 30 in all four majors in 2010. Schwartzel is long — he averaged 295 yards (24th) on the European Tour. He’s also an accu - rate iron player into the greens (greens hit in reg - ulation: 72.6 percent, 12th) and a good putter (putting per hole: 1.8, 56th). This year he’s playing the U.S. tour full-time, so keep an eye out.

Continued from page 25 ....inspect the triangle in the first photo and notice the distance between Aaron Baddeley’s elbows. This is the same as the dis - tance between the elbows at address. Now look at the reformed triangle at the finish in the second photo. The distance between the elbows is still the same. Retaining the distance between the elbows is an important as - pect of triangle management because it allows the clubface to return to the ball at the proper angle, thereby promoting solid contact. Another characteristic worth noting is that the elbows are nearly level in both photos, so that a line connecting the two elbows would be almost parallel to the ground. Excess tilting requires adjustments — not a good idea when you have only half a second from the top to impact. QUOTE OF THE WEEK Get yourself a mirror and “Tiger has a basically inspect your triangle at these ABOUT THE WRITER two junctures. When you Dr. T.J. sound swing, and he should stick to it. Always changing, it can make them match while Tomasi is a you are actually swinging, teaching professional just takes away from something that is really very good.” you’ll hit more crisp shots in Port St. and the consistency of your Lucie, Fla. Visit his ball flight will improve dra - Web site at — Arnold Palmer , on Tiger Woods changing his swing matically. tjtomasi.com. three times since 1997. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 28

BByy RRIICCKK MMIINNTTEERR // CCooxx NNeewwssppaappeerrs s Wunderkind Logano AAllll finally feels he’s just ‘one ggrroowwnn of the guys’ omewhere along the course of the last year or so, Joey SLogano appears to have made the transition from being a kid to being an adult. uupp As he met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway last week, Logano, who will turn 21 in May, came across as being much more poised and confi - dent than he was during his first two seasons on the Sprint Cup cir - cuit. He appeared comfortable talking about his personal life, his relation - ship with crew chief Greg Zipadelli and his prospects for the upcoming season. He said he’s finally moved out of his parents’ house into what he de - scribes as a bachelor pad that he shares with fellow racer Coleman Pressley, the son of former Cup driver Robert Pressley. Continues on page 29 Joey Logano , prior to the Nationwide Series Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 20, 2010. (NASCAR photo) SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 29 ALL GROWN UP.... I got pushed around a little bit too much, and NOTEBOOK I started pushing back a little bit, and I think Continued from page 28 that’s what you’ve got to do to earn that re - spect.” Restrictor openings constricted Logano said that when he moved into his Logano said that when you’re a teenaged new digs in Huntersville, N.C., he was far rookie, it’s awkward and difficult to stand From all indications, NASCAR was foreseeing from prepared for setting up housekeeping. your ground. NASCAR officials have that speeds would be really “It’s an empty house,” he said. “I have “Now it’s to the point that, OK, I’ve been decided to shrink the high.” nothing. I moved over there with here long enough,” he said. “I feel openings in the restric - He said he expects the rac - one pick-up truck full of my like I’m considered one of the guys tor plates used on ing to be more like that at clothes. I threw an air mattress on – if you want to say that. There’s no Sprint Cup engines Talladega, where handling the [floor], and off I went.” reason to take that stuff anymore. during this week’s Pre - isn’t much of an issue. He said he’s got a bed now, a You’ve got to stand up for your - season Thunder testing “The handling effect will TV, and some other furniture. He self.” at Daytona Interna - be gone,” he said. “The throt - said he’s spending a lot of time – Logano went on to say that he’s tional Speedway. Many tle response will be a little and money – at stores operated finally gotten to the point where he in the sport say there’s less for us, and it might be by his Cup sponsor, The Home actually feels like the orange and a good chance the harder to complete the pass Depot, as he paints walls and puts white, No. 20 Home Depot-spon - changes will still be in … putty in holes and such. place for the Daytona Bobby Labonte “I think fans will see the sored car (pictured below) belongs (NASCAR photo) “We’re getting there slowly but surely,” he to him rather than to Tony Stewart, who 500 next month. race coming down to cars said. “It’s been fun, though. It’s a cool adven - drove that car before starting his own team The four openings in being bunched up in the ture. I’m enjoying it.” two years ago. the restrictor plates will be reduced right line, getting the right push from Logano also appears to feel much more at “I think it took me a year and a half to feel from 30/32 of an inch to 29/32. somebody, clearing the pass and block - home when he’s at work in the Cup series. He that way,” Logano said. Bobby Labonte, who will be driving ing more like we see at Talladega.” the No. 47 Toyota at JTG Daugherty Pat Tryson, crew chief on Martin said the turn-around started toward the end of Perhaps the person who most appreciates Racing this year, said in a statement Truex’s No. 56 Toyota, said he thinks last season, when he posted seven finishes of what Logano has gone through is Zipadelli, that he believes the change is being the change is needed. seventh or better in the final 11 races. And of who also was the No. 20 crew chief when made because speeds are up due to the “The speeds were too high at the first the 53 laps he led all during the 2010 season, Stewart was driving the car. new pavement at Daytona. test,” he said. “It’s a good move on the 40 of them came in that 11-race stretch run. “Let’s face it, he came in here at 19 years He said the surge came about mostly be - “When we tested during the side of safety, because no one wants to old, and he got put in a car [that had been Goodyear tire test at Daytona, I could see a car go airborne at the potential cause he and Zipadelli began working to - driven by] arguably one of the best drivers gether better than they had in the past. see the speeds of two cars that got to - speeds that could be generated with the the sport has seen,” Zipadelli said. “He had gether being high,” he said. “When you plate they had last month. It will be “We started really understanding each huge shoes to fill in a lot of ways, from get to actually racing, things always go better for the driver and better for the other and what kind of makes each other go,” Tony’s [Stewart] performance on the race a little faster. I think making the re - fans in the stands. Safety always comes he said. And he said that as he began running track to his spirit off the race track. There strictor plate smaller is a deal where first.” up front more often, his relationships with were a lot of different things where he got other drivers changed too. Most now show thrown to the wolves. him more respect, he said. “I think it took him the first year just to get “You’ve got to be up there running with through that and see whether he was going to them every week to get that respect from be here.” them,” he said. “I think if you’re up there one Zipadelli said Logano had a particularly out of every three or four weeks they don’t difficult period his first year when media really care. You’ve got to be up there all of members were questioning him about the time to get that respect back and forth.” whether he was about to lose his ride because Although he had several run-ins with vet - of poor performance. eran drivers last year, most notably with “That kid was just crushed at that point that Kevin Harvick, he doesn’t seem to be letting that could possibly happen to him,” he said. the controversies of a year ago weigh on him. “I think we got through all that stuff at the “I don’t think you can talk to one race car end of the first year and were able to put that driver in this whole garage that says he’s behind us and make some gains last year and never been in some kind of scuffle with any - him kind of make his mark or scratch off his body,” he said. “I think they’d be lying if they territory and let a lot of these people know said that. That’s part of it. Last year I felt like that he is here.”

(NASCAR photo) SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 30 All-new Kia Sportage delivers on looks and fun. When I first heard trols and plenty of conven - power – 3 more horses than six-speed manual transmis - iences, like cupholders, stor - the optional V6 in the previ - sion on the base trim level that I was going to be doing a age bins, and places to plug in ous model. Those needing while the other trim levels – vehicle review on a Kia a 12v accessory as well as a more power will soon be able the LX, EX and SX all use a Sportage, I recalled the initial USB and auxiliary input. Kia to pick the optional 2.0 liter six-speed automatic transmis - iteration of the small trucklet provides a long list of options turbocharged four-cylinder sion. Front-wheel drive or – a roly-poly looking SUV for the Sportage, most of that will deliver around 260 all-wheel drive is available. that rode like a truck due to its which my tester had. These horses. Fuel economy num - body-on-frame construction. included leather seats with bers for the turbo engine were Living with the Sportage is a That is what the Kia Sportage heaters, push button start, a not available, but for the base breeze. Its compact size was all about back in 1996. sunroof and rear sonar to help engine, expect to see 22 mpg makes maneuverability in After my initial drive in crowded streets and parking today’s Sportage, I quickly lots easy and carefree. But learned this new little Kia is the ride left a lot to be de - an entirely different vehicle. sired. It felt quite a bit stiff, In fact, the nameplate is about easily got lost in a parking lot like the original Sportage and when the road gets rough, the only thing that remains the due to its dullness, the new tried to be, this all-new the ride goes from bad to same. Sportage now looks darn Sportage focuses more on de - worse. Apparently going from good. Credit must be given to livering agile handling, a a body-on-frame structure to a As the Sportage name contin - Kia’s new design chief Peter smooth ride and the refine - unibody didn’t work in this ues to be the longest running Schreyer, formerly of Audi ment of a passenger car, yet Kia’s favor. On the flip side, nameplate in Kia’s U.S his - and the man behind the Audi with the styling of an SUV. the Sportage is really a lot of tory, it has been completely TT. The new Sportage offers Kia succeeded on all these fun to drive thanks to its good redesigned for 2011. The a number of sporty and even fronts with the exception of handling characteristics. The body-on-frame platform has upscale touches like LED run - the smooth ride. More on that base engine and transmission long been abandoned; in its ning lights below the head - later. with parking in tight spots. in town and 31 mpg on the work well together – offering place is now a car-like uni - lamps as well as LED Along with the heated seats, highway. plenty of power. The turbo body. turn-signal indicators in the Inside the four-door Sportage the driver’s seat – and only model, which wasn’t avail - side mirrors. 16-inch wheels is an inviting and spacious in - the driver’s seat has an air- The Sportage comes with a able, should be quite exciting The Sportage is about the are standard, but wheels up to terior that can accommodate cooled feature. to drive. same size as the before, but 18-inches are available. five passengers. The dash is looks much more modern. modern – bordering on futur - Although last years V6 Being in the same What was once a vehicle that Instead of being an off-roader istic - with simple to use con - engine is now gone from class as the Honda the lineup, Sportage CR-V, Ford Escape shoppers still get two en - and Toyota RAV4, the gines to choose from. Kia Sportage has The base engine is a 2.4 never really competed liter inline four-cylinder at their level. But that that makes 176 horse - could soon change with this new By The Numbers: Sportage. Being handsomely sculpted with a 2011 Kia Sportage EX FWD solid drivetrain and priced right, the only real flaw with Base Price: $23,295.00 the Sportage is the ride – and Price as Tested: $28,490.00 that is something that could Layout: front-engine / front-wheel drive easily be remedied. Add in Engine: 2.4 liter 16-valve inline 4-cylinder the fact that the Kia is backed Transmission: six-speed automatic with a 10/year/100,000 mile Horsepower: 176 hp drivetrain warranty, and the Torque: 168 ft-lbs Sportage is looking better by EPA Fuel Economy:22 city / 31 highway mpg the minute.

[Questions/Comments/Feedback can be sent via email to -- Christopher A. Randazzo [email protected]] SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 28, 2011 PAGE 31 Dale Earnhardt Jr.: ‘I’ll stick around until I get it right’

Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaks to the media during testing at Daytona International Speedway last week in Day - tona Beach, Florida. (NASCAR photo)

As he made his first official visit of 2011 and I feel pretty confident about it, and I’m with the media, Dale Earnhardt Jr. found him - looking forward to going into the season and self in essentially the same situation he’s been working hard for it,” he said, adding that he’s in for the past several seasons. by no means giving up on a return to the form Earnhardt, who remains NASCAR’s most pop - that once saw him win multiple races each ular driver despite his lackluster results of late, is year and finish among the top five in the final coming off yet another disappointing year and try - points standings. ing to convince reporters – and his fans – that this “I want to be in racing for a very long time, year will bring a return to the days when he won and I know that I can drive good enough to races and contended for championships. run well,” he said. “I’ll stick around until I get But he acknowledged that given his recent it right. It’s just eventually going to have to stats – he finished 21st in the final 2010 Sprint happen.” Cup standings with just three top-five finishes – he wouldn’t be surprised if fans and the media aren’t looking for him to return to the top of the charts right away. That’s in spite of the fact that he’s with a new team this year. The big shake-up at Hen - drick Motorsports last winter saw him move to Drivers who topped 198 miles per hour in the Steve Letarte-led team that fielded cars for practice at Daytona Int’l Speedway last week Jeff Gordon last year. 2 (Penske Racing drivers Kurt Busch and Brad “I’m sure a lot of people expect nothing Keselowski in a two-car draft) more than we did last year,” Earnhardt said. “And last year we were kind of out of the Career Sprint Cup starts in a Chevrolet for Bill El - radar.” liott, who is moving to the Phoenix Racing No. 09 He said sailing under the radar brings fewer 9 C he vro let this season (five races for Michael Wal - off-track assignments, which can be a positive trip Racing and one for Nelson Bowers in 2006, thing. plus three for Roger Hamby in 1979) He said he’s not exactly sure why he and his Lance McGrew-led team didn’t produce the re - Drivers signed up to run for Sprint Cup Rookie of sults they both expected last year. 0 the Year this season (Rookie Trevor Bayne is plan - “I really enjoyed Lance, and I thi nk we’re ning a limited schedule in the Wood Brothers’ No. still great friends today, and I think he has a lot 21 Ford this year.) of talent,” he said. “But it just didn’t work for whatever reason.” Sprint Cup teams at Daytona International Earnhardt went on to say he believes he and 29 S p ee dway on the final day of pre-season Letarte will be a winning combination. testing “I feel good about the position I’m in now,