SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 2 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 3 Paleteros: An El Paso welcome sight on hot, summer days By Joe Olvera ©, 2012 For Fernando Martinez, El Paso’s by selling ice-cream. On the winter months, he dog days of summer can provide a bonanza of Martinez, who was pushing his cart must choose another line of work, mostly by sorts. You see, he sells fruit-flavored ice cream through a neighborhood on Zaragoza and working on construction crews. “I used to sell from a cart which he doesn’t mind pushing Betel, said he is able to paletas in Juarez, so when I came to El Paso to through neighborhoods and shopping centers. support live, it was natural for me to begin selling here While it doesn’t provide him with riches, he is his too. The people are, for the most part, very satisfied with the earnings he is able to gener - family kind. They see that it’s a hot day and I’m out ate on a weekly basis. “I sell more than 60 at least there in the hot sun, so they invite me inside fruit-flavored ice-creams on a stick on any through their homes, offer me something cool to drink given day,” Martinez said. “This earns me any - the sum - and, sometimes they even feed me. I’ve made where from $250 to $300 per week.” mer many friends this way.”

Martinez’s day starts at about 11 a.m., and lasts until about 6 p.m. His company, Flavor Cream, only has about five paleteros. Sometimes a crew will be taken to different lo - cations, even as far as Sunland Park, NM. His season starts in March and lasts through Sep - tember – that’s when the weather starts turning cold. “I love what I’m doing. But, we only get paid a commission, that’s why I’m out there until 6. If I sell $100 worth of ice cream, I get about $45 from the company. We sell all fla - vors, including mango, melon, lemon, pista - chio and watermelon.”

While Martinez works for a small company, Big Boy Concessions is exactly that – the Big Boy in town. In business for more than 50 years, the company, at 2309 Bassett Avenue, has expanded to include not only the sale of ice-cream, but, of hot dogs, ice, cotton candy, candy apples, popcorn, cart rentals and many other goodies. Daniel Morales, whose father, Cristino, started the company in 1955, said Big Boy Concessions is primarily a wholesaler that sells to independents and to charitable organi - zations for their fund-raising activities. The company was originally called Big Boy Ice Cream, but changed its name to Big Boy Con - cessions when it expanded to include other products.

“Our number one product is ice- cream, but, we’ve expanded substantially to include other services,” Morales said. “We wholesale Blue Bunny ice-cream, but, we do produce our own Fruit-tiki. These are fruit-fla - vored ice-creams such as the traditional water - melon, cantaloupe, lemon – 20 flavors in all.” Morales said he has worked at the company practically since he was a boy, working for his father until the elder Morales passed away. “One example of how we help out the commu - nity, is that we sell the fruit-tikis for 50 cents, and they can sell it for one dollar. We also pro - vide concession stands for football teams, vol - Daniel Morales leyball teams, churches, kermezzes, and others so that they can hold fund-raisers.” SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 4 Don’t Be in the Dark about Child Care Always choose regulated day care It's almost back-to-school lated day care. and review its record by remember to look, learn, tor. Discuss any concerns time. 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This is a time where scouts load up their backpacks with life Thunderstorms were prevalent early in the week, sustaining "goods" to live and hike out in the so much so that the storms allowed our portable wilderness. horse fence to drop in the wind. This enabled our only pack horse to escape only to be found a cou - Our "wilderness" was found up in the southwest ple of days later wandering miles away near the portion of Colorado near Pagosa Springs. This is highway. all part of the San Juan Mountains. By midweek we were able to ascend nearly We began our trip early Saturday morning taking 13,000 feet along the Continental Divide (see pic - a group of 13 - a mix of scouts and adults. We ture below). This was a tough uphill climb that also took a pack horse (courtesy of a scouts fa - gave several of us our first "hotspots" or foot blis - ther - who also went on the trip) to carry some of ters. What an accomplishment for the boys and our gear like food, pots and pans. the adults who were able to make the climb. We arrived at the beginning of our trip spending the night at Wolf Creek Pass. This was Our trip ended successfully with no injuries or an elevation of about 10,800 feet. It was a bit of a sickness and a lot of happy boys and Dads. A full nervous time for me as this would be my first big cooler of cold Dr. Pepper's rewarded us all. Now, major hiking excursion not to mention spending we can plan the next big hike for 2013. six full days living out in the woods. Our trip went well overall. We encountered thun - If you would like to have your son join our Boy derstorms early in our hike with pea size hail. This Scout troop (ages 11-17) feel free to give me a taught the younger scouts a valuable lesson - to call at KVIA-TV at 496-7777.

At 12,600 feet along the Continental Divide Troop 415 Scoutmaster. Weather Trivia: Which Continent does not have a Continental Divide? A. Antarctica B. Asia

C. Australia

a c i t c r a t n A - A : r e w s n D. Africa A

“Doppler" Dave Speelman is the chief meteorologist at KVIA-TV in El Paso. You can watch his forecasts at 4, 5, 6 and 10 pm on ABC-7 (channel 6 cable). If you would like Doppler Dave to address (explain) any weather issues you can email him at [email protected] . Pictured from left to right: First Row: Luke Speelman, Daniel Leffman, Krishn Tahiliani, Thomas Sanderson Back Row: Doppler Dave Speelman, Mathew Martinez, Tanner Sanderson, Scott Drebenstedt, Bryan Sanderson. Picture Courtesy of Scout Master Bob Martinez

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However, it didn’t work, and $50 a month until he ence as a member of a Burned Area Emergency Response icy that will affect millions of despite the fact that we ap - could fix my papers, which he Later that day, as I (BAER) team in observing how prehistoric and historic sites are young, undocumented immi - proached several people. I said he would do, even if I worked in my office, two affected by forest fires from California to Arizona. He’ll also grants, reminded me of the don’t know if I was recog - was working in Denver. I huge Chicanos came asking explain what archaeologists do to reduce the damage to archae - time when I posed as some - nized because, by then, I was asked him how long that for me. I thought sure they ological sites before and after a fire and other details about the one who was in the U.S. ille - fairly well-known because of would be and he said he had were after me for exposing responsibilities gally so that I could research my column. So, my editors no idea, but, that I would their buddy. I mean, these of BAER and write about notaries pub - and I decided that I should go have to pay $50 a month out guys were large. They asked teams. For ex - lic who were bilking the pub - it alone. Which I did, but, of my Denver earnings until me if I was Joe Olvera. I said, ample, Mark lic out of thousands of still, no takers. the papers came through. I yeah, and stood up so that I has seen how dollars. Today, people who knew it was a scam because could throw a few punches rock art sites want to work on getting their Finally, I walked basically I had nothing on myself, if it came to that. My are impacted young sons and daughters into this one office where the which I could become a legal office mate, Ruly Hernandez, by fire and has qualified for the new initia - notary was only too glad and resident of the U.S. In other also came and stood by my recorded sites tive are being warned to look eager to help me – for a fee, words, I didn’t have a spon - side. All my melodramatics in California, out for unscrupulous people of course. First, he asked me sor. I knew the law at that were for naught, as the guys Arizona and who will pose as lawyers, or for $50 to pay for an amparo. time because, as a reporter, I only wanted to shake my Texas. Mark legal representatives to steal This was a card that, accord - had researched it thoroughly. hand for exposing the brig - will also dis - whatever money they can – ing to him, would prevent the Something the guy didn’t and. “Gracias por lo que hi - cuss his work even though they may not Border Patrol from shipping know. ciste por nuestra gente,” one for United have the legal means or me back to Mexico if I was My little tape guy said. They also assured States Interna - knowledge to do so. Many ever caught. This was ridicu - recorder was getting every - me that if I faced any trouble tional Bound - people, desperate to become a lous, because an amparo in thing down, however, so that from the notary, or from any - ary and Water part of this great nation, will the U.S. did not have the I could write my story later. one else, that I could count on Commission on same power as it did in Mex - The guy told me that he them to be there for me. They non-fire proj - grasp at any straw that might help them do so. In Mexico, a ico. I went back to the Her - would get me past the check - had my back, they told me. I ects along the ald-Post, where I was given point by taking me on a boat thanked them and they left. Rio Grande in notary public is a lawyer, but, Mark Howe at work on a forest fire, not in the U.S. $50 cash to pay for my pro - on Elephant Butte, but, I did - Ruly and I breathed a huge the El Paso tection. The notary had told n’t believe him for a minute. I sigh of relief. courtesy of Mark Howe area and along My assignment then me once I gave him the just didn’t understand how we the interna - money, he would explain to could get away with it. But, I Thus, I know first- tional border from California to the Gulf of Mexico. was to approach several no - taries in El Paso to see if one me how he would take me let him talk on and on – he hand how some notaries pub - past the immigration check - was a gab artist and almost lic will try to take advantage Biography of them would bite at my re - point outside El Paso and on had me convinced. However, with this new initiative by Mark Howe began his work as the Cultural Resources Specialist quest and reveal himself or to Denver. Having explained the tape on my recorder was President Obama. All I can (archaeologist) for the US Section of the International Bound - herself as a scam artist. I to my editor, Harry Moskos, winding down and I knew it say is be extra careful to ary and Water Commission at the Headquarters in El Paso, guess you might say that what how it would work, I was would click off loud enough whom you give your money. Texas in January of 2012. During his 24 year career as an ar - I did was not kosher because, wired, with a small tape so that the guy could hear it. Most notaries are honest and chaeologist, Mark has worked on projects from The Battle of in essence, it was entrapment. recorder strapped to my leg So, I started coughing and good people, just watch out the Little Bighorn to the 2011 Wallow Fire in Arizona. Among I was leading someone into and the mike near the top of clearing my throat loudly to for those who are not. The In - his accomplishments, Mark developed the EMBed (Examples, revealing a scam, but, some - Maps and Body) methodology for teaching geology to the visu - one had to do it. Initially, the my shirt – hidden, of course. hide the noise. Finally it did ternet is shock-full of names ally disabled. He specializes in historical archeology, geomor - Herald-Post paid a Mexican stop, but, the guy was none of organizations and qualified phology (the study of landforms) and history and has worked guy who was in the U.S. So, thus fitted, I the wiser. Fully armed with people to help with filling out from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico. He holds a Bachelors de - legally to pose as an undocu - went back to my pigeon and my story, I left the guy, prom - paperwork, for a fee, of gree in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska and is mented. I took him to several paid him the $50. He typed on ising to return with $500. I course. But, believe me, it’s currently working on a second bachelor’s degree in Geology notaries whom we suspected a small card and said that was went back to my office at the worth it to take the safe route. and History at Arizona State University and a master’s in his - were working illegally. I was my guarantee I wouldn’t be Post and wrote my story. 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SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 8 SuStainable living by Shawn Dell Joyce DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren Making Sure A Company's NEW BOYFRIEND'S OLD LIFE IS Founders Are Diluted Fairly STILL UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE As a teen, I remember using all much to the dismay of our fel - have to tie up precious drinking DEAR ABBY: I started dating my boyfriend immaculate conception, few of us want to my strength to open a giant low creatures. But even that water for agriculture. a month ago. On our third date he informed me dwell on the reality of our parents as sexual be - valve in a ditch that diverted doesn't slake our thirst. that he was previously married. It lasted two ings. Because you have already told your part of the Rio Grande River Our country is still a grain-ex - years and he has been divorced for almost a mother how you feel, simply respond to the in - into my grandparents' citrus or - Worldwide demand for water porting country but at a great year. It didn't bother me, so I let it go. vitation by saying you are unable to attend. chards. The brown water would has tripled over the past 50 cost to our future generations. He introduced me to his two room - ** bubble up from the valve and years as the world's population Our water is subsidized, so mates -- one of them is female. After spending DEAR ABBY: I often read letters in your flood into the orchards follow - has doubled. Millions of wells, most big agro-giants don't pay a day with them, I noticed he had an odd rela - column you refer to as "Pennies From Heaven." ing the little trenches I made powerful diesel pumps, and the the real cost of water. Some tionship with her. When I asked him about it I have something I'd like to share with you. with a hoe. This method is diverting of streams and rivers California large-scale farms buy later, he said she's his ex-wife. They live to - I believe that I have received such called flood irrigation and is the are drawing down the water water at $5 per acre-foot, while gether and share basically everything, including gifts from my older brother, Shane, who passed least efficient way to use water. table below the natural recharge the government estimates the groceries and a laptop. He can't seem to under - away as an infant. I found one the other day Yet 93 percent of the world's levels. To put it bluntly, we are real cost is more like $40 per stand why I'm disturbed by this. that can't be explained away as anything but a farmers irrigate their crops using up our children's water acre-foot. He says the decision to divorce was penny from heaven. using this method. today. What will we leave for our grandchildren to drink? What isn't factored in is that mutual and that they have both been seeing As I was about to leave for my morn - In my younger days, I would most of that water comes from other people for a while. I adore him and hate ing commute to work, I went out to the garage never believe that the mighty Humans need less than two gal - fossil aquifers underground like to end a fantastic relationship because I'm jeal - where I keep my bike, helmet and biking Rio Grande would ever dry up. lons of water per day for drink - the Ogallala Aquifer, which un - ous. I have no life experience to prepare me to gloves. As I pulled my glove on, I found -- you Yet today it does not always ing and cooking. Yet we must derlies most of our grain-pro - handle this sort of situation, so I don't know guessed it! -- a penny was lodged in the little reach the sea, along with the have a thousand gallons more to ducing states. This aquifer is what to do. Help! -- TAKEN ABACK IN finger. I never keep money where these gloves Nile, Ganges, Colorado, and grow our food. In affluent soci - drawn down at a rate of about PITTSBURGH are, so I can only guess that Shane put it there many other rivers. eties like ours, where meat is a 10 feet per year and recharged for me. -- LOVED LITTLE SISTER IN INDI - at a rate of a half-inch per year. DEAR TAKEN ABACK: Sometimes when ANA Two-fifths of our feedlot cattle a person doesn't know what to do, the best are fed grain made of Ogallala thing to do is -- nothing. Your relationship is DEAR LOVED LITTLE SISTER: The water. Amory Lovins, efficiency very new. Stay calm and see how it develops. If penny may indeed have been a token of your guru from the Rocky Mountain you both decide to take it to the next level, the angel brother's affection. Keep it for luck while Institute, points out that "grow - living arrangements may change to something you're on the road, and pedal on with confi - ing that feedlot steer consumed you're more comfortable with. dence knowing you're being lovingly watched up to a hundred pounds of over from above. eroded topsoil and 8,000 ** ** pounds of Ice Age vintage My 70-something-year-old Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, groundwater." DEAR ABBY: mother is being remarried soon. I'm happy she also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was As water becomes the new has found love again after my father's passing. founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write "gold standard" around the Several of her friends are throwing her a lin - Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or world, we begin to see water gerie shower to celebrate. Abby, I am uncom - P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. being used more efficiently. In fortable attending this party. ** our country, water efficiency is I asked that she exclude me from the What teens need to know about sex, drugs, improving faster than energy ef - list, but yesterday I received an invitation. AIDS and getting along with peers and parents ficiency as municipalities and Hooray! She has a new life which involves new is in "What Every Teen Should Know." Send Our culture needs to use water more wisely to face coming short - farmers begin to address short - love. I just don't want to think of my mother in your name and mailing address, plus check or ages. ages. Like energy efficiency, the that role. Am I wrong to not want to attend? -- money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, primary staple, we need 2,000 biggest gains are made by tak - THEY GROW UP SO FAST Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL Westerners seem to take water gallons or more per day just to ing the simplest steps. Just by 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are for granted on this sparkling feed one person. Agriculture using drip irrigation and sprin - DEAR T.G.U.S.F.: You're not wrong. While included in the price.) blue planet. Yet less than ties up about half our water, klers, we could save enough most of us are aware that we did not arrive via COPYRIGHT 2012 UNIVERSAL UCLICK 3/1000s of 1 percent of all fresh mostly to grow grains to feed water to meet the needs of the water is available to us humans. animals. It takes about a thou - expanding population. The rest is locked tightly into sand tons of water to produce ice or buried too deep for our one ton of grain. It is much Shawn Dell Joyce is an award- powerful pumps to reach, ac - cheaper to import grain than to winning columnist and founder cording to the United Nations. grow it where water is scarce. of the Wallkill River School in We still manage to use over a Many countries that are running Orange County, N.Y. You can quarter of the earth's total fresh low on water have become contact her at Shawn@Shawn - water in natural circulation, grain importers, so they don't DellJoyce.com. COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 9 energy expreSS by Marilynn preSton Go for Gold! Let the Olympics Inspire Your Personal Best The London Olympics are from these Olympic games that Donghyu, who won gold even over, but the wonder lives on. will help you mightily in your though he is legally blind! The spectacular spins, twists everyday pursuit of a healthier, and somersaults of Gabby Dou - happier lifestyle. Many examples, one truth: A glas, going for gold, grabbing grim medical diagnosis is a our hearts. Michael Phelps — LET NO PRE-EXISTING challenge, but it need not be a aka Lord of the Rings — hum - defeat. It's courage and deter - bled and humiliated in the first CONDITION STAND IN mination that separate the days of the Olympics but mov - YOUR WAY. Oscar Pistorius whiners from the winners. ing on to win more Olympic — the South African who ran medals (22!) than anyone else headlong into Olympic history FIND YOUR SPORT. The ever. And how about Misty and on his two Cheetah blades — Olympics reminds us of the Kerri, beating the sands of gave the world an indelible les - many different ways there are time, magnificent athletes who son: if the mind is willing, the to build strength, develop con - turned beach volleyball into a body will find a way. fidence and crush your oppo - must-see event by being the nent. From race-walking to best they could possibly be, set We saw this time and again, not rowing, from dressage to judo, after set, while wearing bikinis only with Pistorius, who had there's a sport out there that can smaller than their sunglasses? both legs amputated below the bring out the champion in you. knee at 11 months old, but also Hate running? Try cycling. It's been an amazing two weeks with U.S. swimmer Dana Sick of soccer? Dive into water for world-class athleticism. I'm Vollmer, who overcame a seri - polo (sorry about those silly exhausted. I'm giving myself a ous heart condition to win caps.) When you discover the gold medal in rhythmic note- Olympic gold. And what about sport that gets your juices flow - taking ... and for what? For the "world's greatest archer" ing, you've found gold. you, dear readers, because from South Korea, Im Continues on next page there are lessons to be learned SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 10 the Savage truth on Money by terry Savage Don’t Tax Olympic Gold Medalists or Other Winners As a fitting finale to the suc - medal is worth only about $655 their winnings. mining who is "worthy" of cessful U.S. Olympic team, the The big question is: — reflecting the fact that there (By the way, that cash prize keeping the rewards of their president has announced his is only 1 percent gold in those bounty is not unusual. In fact, it But some carping critics of the success and who should have support for a bill to make the Why can't they agree on large discs, with the remainder is relatively small. An Italian plan to eliminate taxes on the the rewards of their personal ef - winners' medals, and the cash that same principle in real largely made up of silver. The gold medal winner would re - medalists have pointed out that forts taxed and distributed to awards that go with them, free life, acknowledging that silver medals are worth about ceive more than $182,000 for a Olympic superstars — includ - benefit others who are more from federal income taxes. profits are the rewards of $335, and the bronze less than gold medal, and a Russian gold ing LeBron James, Kobe needy. President Barack Obama was excellence determined by $5 each, based on the metal is worth roughly $135,000 in Bryant, each with more than responding to a bill proposed free markets? weight of these prizes. U.S. dollars. My advice to $50 million in annual endorse - Put in those terms, the argu - by Republican Sen. Marco those winners: quickly convert ments, and even Michael ment sort of makes you squirm. Rubio of Florida to make the Let's set aside the value of But the U.S. medal winners from rubles or euros into real Phelps, with a reported $10 winnings tax-free. And several gold!) million in endorsements — do There is no denying that the those gold medals for a mo - also get cash prizes: state legislatures have also in - ment. It turns out they aren't re - not "need" a tax break. success of these athletes did not troduced bills to eliminate the For most struggling American come from the "community" — ally made even mostly of gold, $25,000 for gold, state tax on the winnings. despite the photos of athletes amateur athletes who have re - Which brings us right back to although their supporters biting into them — a traditional $15,000 for silver and $10,000 lied on sponsors to pay their the tax debate we're having cheered them on. It came from Clearly, both political parties measure of testing pure gold, for bronze. The award money way, the income tax on their here in America. Even the their personal efforts to be best can come together on the value which is softer than alloyed comes from the U.S. Olympic awards won't amount to much. Olympic spirit cannot over - at what they do. Even the presi - of rewarding excellence instead metals. committee. Under current tax They're likely in the lowest tax shadow the divide between dent has acknowledged that. of punishing it by taxing suc - laws, that money is taxable in - bracket. Or they have training those who want to tax success cess. In fact, the gold in each gold come to the winners. expenses to write off against and accomplishment by deter - Continues on page 12 Energy Express... Continued from page 9 his sixth Olympics at age 39 — on her butt. At first, she pouted, isn't quite as upbeat. He per - withdrew, stewed in self-pity. TRAIN YOUR MIND. Every formed in London with a broken The next day, she tweeted an Olympian — win or lose — right wrist, damaged shoulders, apology: “Sportsmanship is so knows the extraordinary power broken biceps. "It's difficult ... important. ... Please forgive me." of concentrating, visualizing, my body is falling apart," he told staying in the zone. When U.S. Juliet Macus of The New York Forgive me for not mentioning fencing champion Mariel Zagu - Times. "I'm trying to find a bal - the lessons you learned from this nis — on point to win gold — ance." Don't play through pain, Olympics. What are they? I blew an early match, she blamed but do find your balance, and await your emails. herself for losing focus. "She never let age stop you from find - didn't beat me. I beat myself." ing joy in movement. ENERGY EXPRESS-O! FIND Remember four-time gold YOUR INNER OLYMPIAN medalist Missy Franklin: Learn BE RESILIENT. All sport comes to breathe, relax and focus, and with setbacks. Just like life. Ac - “No matter who you you'll keep redefining your per - cept it, and learn to recover sonal best. quickly. That's what U.S. gym - play, go out there nast Jordyn Wieber did when she and do the best you got the devastating news that she YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD. can.” — Tennis gold-medalist The Olympics is a young per - didn't qualify to compete in the Serena Williams son's game, no question, but women's all-around gold. sometimes we see glimpses of Marilynn Preston — fitness ex - what is possible, and we are “It's horrific,” she said, just pert, well-being coach, and truly inspired. Oksana Chusovi - before bouncing back. Kayla speaker on healthy lifestyle is - tana, the 39-year-old gymnast Harrison's trauma came early. sues — is the creator of Energy from Uzbekistan, competed in When she was 13, she was sexu - Express, the longest-running her sixth Olympics in London. ally abused by her judo coach. syndicated fitness column in the She's more than twice the age of Competing at 22, in London, country. She has a website, the average U.S. gymnast, who, Kayla won gold. And what about http://marilynnpreston.com and at 16, is only three years older U.S. gymnast McKayla welcomes reader questions, than Oksana's son! "Am I old?" Maroney, the queen of the vault, which can be sent to MyEnergy - she says. "I don't feel old." who did her routine successfully [email protected]. 33 times in a row before she COPYRIGHT 2012 ENERGY EXPRESS LTD. Bulgarian gymnast Jordan flopped in the finals and landed Jovtchev — also competing in SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 11 Décor Score by roSe bennett gilbert Color Me Fishy and Fab! Q: Finally, this late in the sea - most sought after color ana - A: The rhetorical question is waiting for an encore. lysts. son, my husband has agreed to brought on by a press release The oldies were well-made; let me update our little house at we received just last week, all Birren also held that the one that's why they've lasted this the lake, which we inherited 14 about house cleaning for the thing blue does not connote is long. Refresh them with a quick years ago from his parents and holidays. The company that fun, but hey, that's easily coun - coat of white paint, and then haven't changed the first iota. claims to be the largest carpet- terbalanced when you're deco - update with wide, roller-painted I'm both excited and a bit nerv - cleaning company in the U.S. rating a house for lakeside stripes, a couple down the front ous, even though we don't have reports that during the peak hol - holiday. of a dresser or chest, in, say, budget enough for a major ren - iday season, they alone will re - beige or soft blue. ovation. Where should I begin? move some 70 tons of dirt from "Mrs. Howard," aka designer What will make the biggest dif - America's homes. Phoebe Howard, the author of Striped chests were newsmak - ferent the fastest? an excellent new book, "The ers at the Spring Furniture Mar - Seventy tons! Make you want Joy of Decorating" (Stewart, ket — elegant manufacturer to peel off your bathing suit and A: Paint. It's the least expen - Tabori & Chang) says she French Heritage even showed start scrubbing carpets right sive, fastest and most effective based the colors in this blue- them in colorful cabana stripes now? Or wait two more months change-maker in any decora - and-white beach house on the of black, red, yellow and or - and call those dirty-talking pros tor's bag of tricks. bright blue of the owners' tro - ange! at Stanley Steemer. phy swordfish. Choose your color scheme, add Rose Bennett Gilbert is the co- in the right paint and tools, and The fish arches over a console Q: Help! The European in- author of "Manhattan Style" you could have the whole place in the dining room, but its hue laws are coming. I must furnish and six other books on looking fresh and new in a few inspired the brilliant contrast a bedroom and fast. I want it to interior design. days' time. that now invigorates the sitting be cheap, but don't want cheap COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM room. to show. Help! But "Ah," you might be saying, "There's the rub. What colors?" More advice for a quick A: Race to your local salvage makeover: The upholstery is spot (Goodwill leaps to mind) Here's a no-brainer: blue and slipcovered; the art over it is a and look for a vintage bedroom white. Didn't you say you're at carved panel — painted white set or suite (pronounced "suit" the lake? Not only is blue and — and the room-making pil - Always right, blue and white sparkle in a beach house makeover in - in the South). We don't furnish white both nautical and nice, lows are easy to come by in spired by the blue of a trophy swordfish. Photo: Josh Gibson. ensuite much anymore, so it's a virtually failsafe marriage, many a decorating store. including high quality, reliabil - there are many old sets out which just might soothe yours, In fact, in the minds' eyes of ity and dependability. That's the there, too. Ask men their favorite both sexes the color blue is as - word from the late Faber Bir - Q: Ready for Christmas? color and 57 percent will say sociated with really good vibes, ren, one of the 20th century's "blue" in an instant. Ashes to Ashews ellnewS by Scott laFee Total cigarette consumption continues on a decade-long for alarm," said Tim McAfee, director of Centers for Dis - death and disease decline, down 2.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to ease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and in the United the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's the Health. The vast majority of smokers, according to a re - States, linked to good news. The bad news is that pipe and cigar smoking, cent surgeon general's report, start the habit before age 26. heart disease, can - along with the use of noncigarette tobacco products, is cer, lung disease, ad - way up, largely offsetting the overall numbers drop. The CDC report says the disparity between cigarette con - verse reproductive sumption and other forms of smoked tobacco is mostly effects and the wors - The biggest increases were in pipe tobacco (482 percent) due to a lower federal excise tax on the latter, making pipe ening of chronic health from 2000 to 2011 and large cigars (233 percent). The lat - tobacco (used in roll-your-own cigarettes) cheaper. Also, conditions. Cigarette ter increase is largely due to tobacco manufacturers adding while Food and Drug Administration rules prohibit the use use and secondhand to - weight (but not size) to many small cigars so that they can of flavoring or descriptors such as "light" or "low tar" in bacco smoke exposure be reclassified and avoid higher taxes and regulation. cigarettes, there are no such restrictions on cigars and pipe kills an estimated 443,000 tobacco. Americans each year. For "The rise in cigar smoking, which other studies show is a every death, another 20 people growing problem among youth and young adults, is cause Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable live with a smoking-related disease. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 12 the Savage truth on Money... Stylish 47 Trims the rose bushes 24 Groovy, today 50 Zoom, for one 25 Piccadilly Circus statue 52 Comedian Skelton 26 Purchased on faith? 53 National cars 27 Zorro's mark 55 Farmers 29 Blanched Continued from page 10....These gold, silver and bronze medal - 57 "___ Howdy Doody time!" 32 Push forward ists are indeed in the top 1 percent — elite, special, successful 58 Jose Jimenez portrayer Bill 35 Roger Moore TV role, with through their own untiring efforts and innate, special athletic 60 OSS successor The abilities. 61 Appearance 37 Cap for Henri 63 Confusing 40 Work the dough Length x width Balm for aches and pains Does anyone have a "right" to a piece of their winnings? Do we 68 41 69 Leprechaun's land 42 ___ -do-well really have the temerity to tax their efforts, to share in the re - 70 Author of Green Eggs and 46 Emmitt Smith scores them: sults of their hard work? Is there an excuse to say that they don't Ham abbr. "need" the rewards of their hard work as much as others? 71 Period before Easter 47 ___ fear 72 Plod along 48 Head for the hills? It's hard to make a 73 F ___ 49 Quenches case for taxing 51 The most conniving success when DOWN 54 Escargot it is so 56 Used in high tech surgery 1 Avg. 59 '60s coif clearly the 2 Number of cards in a Roman result of 62 Crooner ___ King Cole deck 64 Frat party regular personal 3 Elementary beginning 65 ___ Vadis Black tea effort. 24 Takes umbrage 4 66 WWII entertainment Breastbones But lately ACROSS 28 Capricorn and Cancer 5 67 Kreskin forte Natural ___ it appears 1 Lindross shots 30 Exodus hero 6 Section less easy 6 Strong, brief wind 31 King of the Huns 7 Commence to see how 10 Nick's and Nora's pooch 33 Traps 8 Pavarotti and Domingo that same 14 Seven Years in ___ 34 Straw ___ 9 10 Aldous Huxley novel ___ principle ap - 15 Chip in 36 Mary had a little one 16 Between birdies and bogeys 38 North Pole helper and Essence plies to entre - Tact 17 Urchin-like 39 Type of sonnet 11 preneurs — Catatonic state 19 Peron and Gabor 43 Jack Haley's metal 12 whether they are Evaluate 20 Bauxite, e.g. 44 Frau's mate 13 founders of companies like Vex 21 Leisurely pace 45 Jenny Craig advice 18 Apple or Microsoft or just small-business owners with big 23 1969 Three Dog Night hit 22 Copy machine powder dreams. This is not an argument against all taxes. We need taxes to fund By Holiday Mathis week 08/23 - 08/29 government activities that benefit society. But it is an argument Your Horoscope against levying special taxes against those who are most suc - Checking the air in a tire lets a lit - when to get out. And though you'll LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Fishermen ratchet up your mood one notch at a cessful. Sure, the Olympians would likely strive for victory in tle of it out. Heat is sure to escape if lean on this awesome talent this are precise about where they fish, time. future games even without financial rewards. Great Britain you peek in on a baking cake. Ac - week, don't discount the power of what they fish for, how they fish and cording to the observe effect, the act tenacity. Some gains will only be ob - with whom, because precision of ap - AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You've doesn't pay any bonus to medal winners, and their teams were of observation itself often causes tained by fighting the good fight and proach makes all the difference be - heard many wildly successful people very successful. changes to the phenomenon being staying at it. tween salmon and mackerel. You'll say, "I started from nothing." The observed. This Virgo solar transit fa - spend most of your time this week "nothing" is relative, though. Every - vors careful observation, which CANCER (June 22-July 22). Inter - deciding what you'd like to hook, and one has something. Gather, account Many of the Olympic medal winners — whether should by no means be considered nally, you may feel like you don't the rest of the process will be easy. for and be grateful for your many re - passive. The end of the week brings know what you're doing or have no sources this week. This ensures that they are American gymnasts and swimmers or Jamaican runners movement, too, thanks to the full idea what to do next. Start with the SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your you'll have the best start of all on — will now reap huge financial rewards from endorsements and Pisces moon and Mercury's shift into "why." When you know why you want time-traveling ways could interfere your journey toward a gleaming goal. speaking engagements. We don't begrudge them their financial Virgo. to do something, it will be easier to with your fun if you let them. Some - find concrete goals that are a good times you have to coax yourself out PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The typ - bounty. In fact, it serves as an additional inspiration to future ARIES (March 21-April 19). It's en - fit. As for the rest, you'll figure it out of some snarly historic scene in order ically easy task of discerning be - competitors. tirely possible that when Leonardo da as you go. to join what's going on now. Other tween what's crucial and what's not Vinci put the final touches on the times, it's a matter of forcing yourself will be your biggest challenge as Mona Lisa, he was thinking, "This LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Life gets bet - back from the future. Though living nonessentials go masquerading as That same principle applies to entrepreneurs and business could be better." You driven Aries ter when you stop taking things so this moment is not always second na - luxuries and vice versa this week. builders. They earned the rewards. And because they are the people can be perfectionists! But at seriously. Someone may seem as ture, it's where the joy is. Your imagination helps you when some point you have to stop working though they are judging you, but re - logic fails. Your success depends on winners, they not only inspire us, but they create jobs for us. the masterpiece and let it be what it ally they are just reacting to the world SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). accurately projecting the future out - They should be encouraged, not hit with special tax penalties. wants to be. as they see it. It's nothing personal. There's something about the group come of possible actions. And that's The Savage Truth. You could take what you learn from dynamic that makes everything eas - TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It will be their reaction and play things differ - ier for you this week. When you share THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS: You on you to decide what has to happen ently if you so choose. Or you could with others — whether you are shar - have several passions. And though Terry Savage is a registered investment adviser and is on the and who has to do each job to get to just move on. ing work, stories, food or support — life might be simpler if you were to that outcome. Someone will want you you feel more vital and capable of choose your niche and stick with it, board of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. She appears weekly to jump into the fire and shoot from VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It's un - making a positive difference in your each of your various talents and in - on WMAQ-Channel 5's 4:30 p.m. newscast, and can be reached the hip instead. Maybe this person is usual for you, but you may not feel own life and the world at large. terests beg to be explored. So follow at www.terrysavage.com. She is the author of the new book, being impatient, or maybe they cor - like working on your mind as much your bliss with abandon. In October, a rectly sense that you'll make stellar this week, as your body cries out for CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Pos - project on the horizon will incorporate "The New Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Really decisions when the pressure is on. more attention. Whether it's pamper - itive thinking isn't always the way. If many facets of your personality at Need to Retire?" ing, human touch or exercise that you you deny the negativity, it could grow once. November brings increased GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your need most, focusing your self-care on or act out to get your attention. Ac - health and vitality. December is your COPYRIGHT 2012 TERRY SAVAGE PRODUCTIONS knack for riding trends effectively has your mortal coil will lead to higher knowledge your true feelings what - chance to build a bridge in an ailing something to do with knowing just thoughts and clarity in the later week. ever they may be. Dealing in what is relationship. New friends lead to in - when to get in and, more importantly, gives you real power. You'll be able to come sources in 2013. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 13

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY wITH JIM DALY AND Dr. JULI SLATTErY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL CAN BE TRYING FOR CLINGY KIDS Q: Our daughter starts kindergarten Volunteering to stay in her room be - over and over again and expecting dif - information by going to www.daver - yond the appointed drop-off time will ferent results. We probably all fit that amsey.com.) next week, and I'm worried about only prolong the separation trauma, definition to some extent! It's clear Because financial issues also dropping her off at school that first not to mention disrupt the class. from your description of what is hap - involve emotions and relational ten - day. She's very attached to us, and Many parents are pleasantly pening in your marriage that your cur - sion, you may want to take the addi - even a little clingy. We don't want to surprised, and maybe even a little dis - rent strategy isn't working. tional step of seeking marriage make a scene. appointed, to discover that their kids Money is a very emotional counseling. Yes, these steps require an Y L N

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Despite the release of two new handheld consoles in the last couple of years, developers prefer to make games for cell - phones and iPads. As a result, top-notch PS Vita games are few and far between, and worthwhile 3DS games are almost nonex - istent! Don't give up hope, though, because sometimes an ex - cellent game like "Gravity Rush" seems to fall from the sky!

I knew that I would enjoy this game right away, as it starts with a falling apple video that is an obvious homage to Sir Isaac Newton. Players soon take on the role of Kat, a spirited young woman with a case of amnesia who awakens in a strange city. After she meets a cute kitty cat that turns out to be a magical being, Kat quickly discovers that she can manipulate gravity! Now she must investigate her background while also saving the city from the deadly Navi beings!

With the press of a button, Kat can float around in the air. Sim - ply aim at a surface, be it vertical or horizontal, and Kat rushes towards it and lands. She can walk on walls and even attack en - emies on any surface with nimble sliding attacks, roundhouse kicks, projectiles, and counter attacks. In addition, Kat can un - leash devastating Gravity kicks while floating in the air! It's also possible to upgrade abilities and grow more powerful.

In addition to fun game play, this cool title is overflowing with style. It seems like I'm playing a highly-detailed anime rather than a game thanks to the gorgeous cel-shaded visuals. I also love how the story is told through unusually thoughtful story - boards and cut-scenes. It's funny to see Kat tumbling through the air when she floats, and it's hilarious to see innocent by - standers get accidentally caught up in gravity manipulation!

Gravity may be the weakest of the five fundamental forces, but just like the universe, "Gravity Rush" couldn't exist without it.

Continues on next page SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 15 viDeo gaMe reviewS by Jeb haught 'Death Rally' DEVELOPER: Remedy Entertainment PUBLISHER: Remedy Entertainment SYSTEM: Windows 7/Vista/XP PRICE: $10 download ESRB RATING: Teen REVIEW RATING: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

Back before games like "Alan Wake" and "Max Payne" were released, Remedy Entertainment be - came popular for creating a fun combat racer named "Death Rally." Now this action-packed game has been remade with upgraded visuals and several changes, but the result will disappoint core fans of the original because it now caters to casual gamers.

Racing games rarely have a storyline, and I hon - estly wish this one followed suit. It begins with a virtual baker's dozen of bad cops who force the player to compete in the Death Rally. Sadly, the story is told through unbearably cheesy story - boards filled with off-the-wall stereotypes. I R think the story exists simply to make the EVIEW 5 SCOR story-themed races more stars ING S = Mu YSTEM last longer than one What makes matters worse is that virtual drivers blast! There are also several fast vehicles to use interest - 4 star st-Ha s = Ve ve minute. Yes, you read are forced to grind these short levels dozens or as well as nine high-caliber weapons to choose 3 sta ry Go rs = A od 2 s bove that correctly. Each race even hundreds of times simply to gain enough from that range from simple Gatling guns to a tars = Aver 1 Barg age lasts around 60 seconds money for upgrades. It doesn't help that the same fiery flamethrower! star = ain B Don' in and consists of three loops money is used for repairs! Believe me, this is one t Both er around extremely short case where getting there is definitely not half the "Death Rally" can be fun when played in short tracks. Sure, they're highly fun. bursts, but the repetitive nature of the game dis - ing, but it detailed, but they quickly get courages extended play sessions. doesn't work. old, and they don't provide enough time to mount Fortunately, this title isn't a total lemon! Control - COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM. a comeback if players get behind. ling the vehicles is very responsive and intuitive What would make this game more interesting is while blasting enemies off the road is...well...a to have several more courses as well as races that SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 16

Talking animals are YouTube hit • The creator of “The Ultimate Dog Tease,” the second most-pop - ular video on YouTube last year, has produced a new spot of talk - ing animals for the American Pet Products Assoc.’s Pets Add Life Project. Andrew Grantham’s spot is the latest in the popular se - ries, meant to promote and celebrate pets. The Pets Add Life PLAY IT SAFE videos are at youtube.com/petsaddlife. • With its Ol’ Roy long the dominant player in the low- end segment of the pet-food market, Wal-Mart is upping the ante with the introduction of a premium food called Pure Balance. In - Teach your children how to act if a dog seems dangerous dustry analysts told DVM360.com that the move puts the big-box retailer in a position to challenge PetSmart and Petco for an even By Dr. Marty Becker and Gina Spadafori bigger share of the $21 billion spent annually on pet food in the Universal Uclick United States. Wal-Mart previously moved to draw pet lovers in with the launch of PetArmor, a generic version of the blockbuster Every fall as kids go back to school, we flea-and-tick product Frontline. like to remind everyone of the importance • Citing slow donations because of the economy, the of teaching youngsters how to be safe American Animal Hospital Association has shut down its Helping Pets fund. The group provided grants to help people struggling to around dogs. And while children are 10 pay veterinary bills for sick or injured pets. The VIN News Service times more likely to be hurt in organized reports that the fund paid $1 million to help more than 4,000 pets sports than be bitten by a dog, the risks of over the seven years since its founding. the latter can and should be minimized. — Gina Spadafori The experts say the signs are usually there long before a dog attacks. The dog is typically young, male and un - neutered. He is usually unsocialized — a backyard dog with little to no interaction with the family. He is often inadvertently conditioned to be vicious by being kept full-time on a chain or in a small kennel run. While people are wary — unfairly so, in many cases — of breeds with bad repu - tations, it’s important to remember that all breeds and mixes can and do bite. That’s why you have to make sure your children know how to behave around dogs to protect themselves. Here’s what everyone should know, and what parents need to teach their children: Most dogs truly are a kid’s best friend, but it’s essential that children learn how to protect themselves against dangerous dogs. Never approach a loose dog, Wal-Mart is aiming for an even larger share of the millions even if he seems friendly. Dogs who are is a normal response to danger, but it’s the Discuss safe behavior with your spent on pet food every year. confined in yards, and especially those worst possible thing to do around a dog, children and role-play how to approach dogs on chains, should also be avoided. because it triggers the animal’s instinct to dogs, when not to approach, and what to Many are very serious about protecting chase and bite. Many dogs will just sniff do if confronted or attacked. You don’t About Pet Connection their turf. If the dog is with his owner, and leave. Teach your children to stay still need to scare your children, but you do Pet Connection is produced by a team children should always ask permission be - until the animal walks away, and then need to make sure they’re ready, just in of pet care experts headed by fore petting him and then begin by offer - back away slowly out of the area. case. And going over the “what-ifs” isn’t a “Good Morning America” and ing him the back of a hand for a sniff. “Feed” the dog a jacket or bad idea for you as well, especially if you “The Dr. Oz Show” veterinar - Further, they should pat the dog on the backpack if attacked, or use a bike to enjoy outdoor activities such as jogging or ian Dr. Marty Becker and neck or chest. The dog may interpret a pat block the dog. These strategies may keep biking. award-winning journalist on the head as a challenging gesture. an attacking dog’s teeth from connecting What if the dog you’re worried Gina Spadafori. The two are Teach your children to avoid fast or jerky with flesh. about is in your own home? Ask your vet - affiliated with Vetstreet.com movements around dogs, since these may Act like a log if knocked down: erinarian for a referral to a veterinary be - and are also the authors of trigger predatory behavior. face down, legs together, curled into a ball haviorist sooner rather than later. many best-selling pet “Be a tree” when a dog ap - with fists covering the back of the neck Aggression doesn’t go away on its own: care books. Dr. Becker proaches, standing straight with feet to - and forearms over the ears. This position Someone will get hurt, and your dog will can also be found at gether, fists under the neck and elbows protects vital areas and can keep an attack likely end up euthanized as a result. Don’t Facebook.com/DrMar ty - into the chest. Teach your children to from turning fatal. Role-play these lessons take a chance: Get help before someone Becker or on Twitter make no eye contact, since some dogs with your child until they are ingrained. gets hurt. @DrMartyBecker. view eye contact as a challenge. Running They may save your child’s life.

SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 18 Now Showing THE APPARITION PARANORMAN PREMIUM RUSH Open Nationwide 08/24/12 Open Nationwide 08/17/12 Runtime 82 min Runtime 96 min Open Nationwide 08/24/12 MPAA Rating PG-13 for Terror, Runtime 91 min MPAA Rating PG for Scary Action, Some Sensuality, Frightening Im - Language, Scary Images, Some Rude MPAA Rating PG-13 for Intense ages. Action Sequences, Some Vio - Humor, Thematic Elements. Starring Ashley Greene, Sebastian Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Al - lence, Language. Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill, Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, brizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Luke Pasqualino, Rick Gomez, Anna Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Clark, Tim Williams, Marty Martulis Jamie Chung, Wolé Parks, Aasif Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Elaine Genre Horror Stritch, Bernard Hill, Alex Borstein, Mandvi, Henry O, Christopher Synopsis Plagued by frightening oc - Place, Sean Kennedy, Kevin Bol - Tempestt Bledsoe, Hannah Noyes currences in their home, Kelly (Ash - Genre Horror, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animated ger, Lauren Ashley Carter, Boyce ley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) Wong, Darlene Violette Synopsis Young Norman Babcock (Kodi Smit-McPhee) has the learn that a university's parapsychol - ability to speak with the dead -- and he often prefers their com - Genre Action, Thriller ogy experiment produced an entity that is now haunting them. Synopsis For bike messenger pany to that of the living. Norman receives word from his strange The malevolent spirit feeds on fear and torments the couple no Uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman) that a centuries-old witch's Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), matter where they run. Desperate, Kelly and Ben turn to a para - dodging speeding cars, evading crazy cabdrivers, and blowing curse on their town is real and about to come true -- and that only normal researcher (Tom Felton), but even with his aid, it may al - Norman can stop it. When zombies rise from their graves, Norman by millions of cranky pedestrians is all in a day's work. Wilee is ready be too late to save themselves from the terrifying presence. one of the best in a dangerous job, and his bike of choice is a must summon all his courage and compassion and push his para - Fixie, a lightweight, single-gear unit without brakes. Though normal abilities to the limit to save his fellow townspeople. Wilee knows that one day he may end up as a smear on the AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY pavement -- he is unprepared for what happens after his last run Runtime 90 min THE EXPENDABLES 2 of the day turns into a life-or-death chase through Manhattan. MPAA Rating R for some language. Open Nationwide 08/17/12 Starring Changwei Gu, Ai Weiwei, Runtime 102 min Evan Osnos, Huang Hung, Ying Gao MPAA Rating R for strong bloody vio - THUNDERSTRUCK Genre Documentary lence throughout. MPAA Rating PG for Mild Language, Synopsis The film examines this com - Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Rude Humor. plex intersection of artistic practice Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Starring Taylor Gray, Brandon T. and social activism as seen through Norris Jackson, William Ragsdale, Doc the life and art of China's preeminent Genre Action/Adventure Shaw, Kevin Durant, Tristin Mays, contemporary artist. From 2008 to Synopsis Barney Ross, Lee Christmas, Yin Yang, Gunnar Spencer Daniels, Nicole Barré, Hana 2010, Beijing-based journalist and Jensen,Toll Road and Hale Caesar -- with newest members Billy Hayes filmmaker Alison Klayman gained the Kid and Maggie aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church en - Genre Adventure, Comedy unprecedented access to Ai Weiwei. lists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task Synopsis Brian (Taylor Gray) cannot Klayman documented Ai's artistic looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school play basketball very well and his fa - process in preparation for major museum exhibitions, his intimate mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is vorite player is Kevin Durant. At a exchanges with family members and his increasingly public viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge Thunder game, Brian meets Kevin and clashes with the Chinese government. Klayman's detailed portrait in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell- they switch talents, Brian becomes a of the artist provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through op - high school phenom and Kevin loses all of his athletic ability. and one of its most compelling public figures . posing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time - six pounds of weapons-grade pluto - nium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN HIT AND RUN Open Nationwide 08/15/12 Open Nationwide 08/22/12 Runtime 104 min Runtime 95 min MPAA Rating PG for mild the - MPAA Rating R for Graphic Nudity, Drug Content, Pervasive Language, Sex - matic elements and brief language. Starring Jennifer Garner, Joel ual References, Some Violence. Edgerton, Ron Livingston, Rose - Starring Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Beau marie DeWitt, Dianne Wiest Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth Genre Drama, Comedy, SciFi/Fan - Genre Action, Comedy tasy Synopsis Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a shady past as a Synopsis "The Odd Life of Timo - thy Green," an inspiring, magical getaway driver, breaks out of the Witness Protection program to drive his fi - story about a happily married cou - ancee (Kristen Bell) to Los Angeles for an important job interview. The pair's ple, Cindy and Jim Green, who road trip takes an awkward and dangerous turn when they find that a federal can't wait to start a family, but can only dream about what their agent (Tom Arnold) and a mob thug (Bradley Cooper) are both trying to hunt child would be like. When young Timothy shows up on their them down. doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim-and their small town of Stanleyville-learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life's greatest gifts. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 19 Premiere Cinemas CINEMARK CIELO VISTA 6101 Gateway West S.15 Now Showing Schedule good for Gateway West Blvd/Cielo Vista Mall Friday August 24th Schedule good for Friday August 24th 2016: OBAMA'S AMERICA *2016: OBAMA'S AMERICA (PG) 1:45pm 4:45pm 7:45pm | R98 Mins 11:15 am | 1:50 pm | 4:25 pm | 7:00 pm | 2 FOR 1 - Moonrise King - The Watch dom / To Rome With 10:45pm Digital Cinema Digital Cinema 9:35 pm Love PG-13, R206 Mins 10:00am 1:00pm 4:00pm | 1:10pm | 7:10pm Schedule good for Aug 24th Runtime 90 min BRAVE 2-D (PG)10:50 am | 1:35 pm | 12:50pm 5:30pm 10:10pm 7:00pm | 10:00pm Beasts of the Southern 4:20 pm | 7:05 pm | 9:50 pm 2 For 1 - To Rome With Sparkle PG-13117 Mins Wild PG-1393 Mins 2016: OBAMAS AMERICA (NR) MPAA Rating PG for thematic el - *DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS Love / Moonrise King - Digital Cinema 10:40am | Digital Cinema 12:00 | 2:20 | 4:40 | 7:30 | 9:50 | ements, brief language, smoking. (PG)10:50 am | 1:25 pm | 4:05 pm | 6:45 dom R, PG-13206 Mins 1:40pm | 4:40pm | 1:25pm | 7:25pm pm | 9:25 pm 12:10am 10:20am 3:00pm 7:40pm 7:40pm | 10:40pm The Dark Knight Rises APPARITION, THE (PG13) Genre Documentary *HOPE SPRING (PG-13)10:35 am | 1:20 PG-1382 Total Recall PG-13118 PG-13165 MinsDigital Cin - The Apparition 12:00 | 2:15 | 4:30 | 7:05 | 9:20 | pm | 4:10 pm | 7:00 pm | 10:00 pm MinsDigital Cinema MinsDigital Cinema ema 10:00am | 1:45pm | Synopsis Immersed in exotic lo - *ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT 2-D 10:20am | 1:20pm | 10:15am | 1:15pm | 5:30pm | 9:15pm 11:45 cales across four continents, best (PG)10:35 am | 1:15 pm | 3:55 pm | 6:25 4:20pm 7:20pm 10:20pm 4:15pm 7:15pm 10:15pm Ted RDigital Cinema BOURNE LEGACY, THE (PG13) pm | 9:00 pm Premium Rush PG-13Digi - Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry 10:25am 4:25pm 10:25pm 11:00 | 2:05 | 5:10 | 8:15 | 12:00am selling author Dinesh D'Souza MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST tal Cinema 10:05am | R90 Mins Digital Cinema The Intouchables RDigital CAMPAIGN, THE (R)11:15 | 1:40 | races against time to find answers WANTED 2-D (PG) 2:05 pm | 4:50 pm | 1:05pm | 4:05pm 7:05pm 10:35am | 1:35pm | Cinema10:10am | 4:05 | 7:00 | 9:25 | 11:50 7:40 pm 10:05pm 4:35pm 7:35pm 10:35pm 4:10pm | 10:10pm DARK KNIGHT RISES, THE to Obama's past and reveal where Hit And Run RDigital Cin - Step Up Revolution Marvel's The Avengers NITRO CIRCUS THE MOVIE 2-D (R) (PG13)12:00 | 3:30 | 7:00 | 10:30 America will be in 2016. During | 11:15 am | 10:20 pm ema 10:30am | 1:30pm | PG-1399 MinsRealD 3D PG-13140 Mins RealD EXPENDABLES 2, THE (R) 4:30pm 7:30pm 10:30pm 10:30am 4:45pm 10:45pm 3D1:15pm | 7:30pmDigi - *RUBY SPARKS (R)10:50 am | 1:40 pm | 11:00 | 12:00 | 1:35 | 2:35 | 4:10 | this journey he discovers how 4:30 pm | 7:15 pm | 10:05 pm ParaNorman PG96 Mins Digital Cinema tal Cinema 10:00am | RealD 3D 10:45am | 1:30pm | 7:45pm 4:15pm | 10:30pm 5:10 | 7:15 | 8:00 10:00 12:00am Hope and Change became radi - *THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 3-D (PG- HIT AND RUN (NR)11:00 | 1:30 | 13)11:15 am | 2:35 pm | 5:55 pm | 9:15 4:00 | 7:00 | 9:30 | 12:00am cally misunderstood, and identi - pm CINEMARK 14 - EL PASO HOPE SPRINGS (PG13)11:00 | fies new flashpoints for hot wars *THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13) 1:30 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 9:30 | 12:00am 10:50 am | 11:10 am | 12:05 pm | 2:10 pm in mankind's greatest struggle. | 2:30 pm 3:20 pm | 5:15 pm | 5:40 pm | West side of El Paso at Mesa & I-10 ICE AGE:CONTINTENTAL DRIFT 6:40 pm | 8:30 pm 9:00 pm | 9:55 pm 2D (PG)11:30 | 1:50 | 4:10 The journey moves quickly over *THE CAMPAIGN (R)11:05 am | 12:05 Schedule good for Friday August 24th ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN, pm | 1:50 pm | 2:40 pm | 4:25 pm 5:15 THE (PG)11:00 | 1:40 | 4:20 | 7:00 | the arc of the old colonial em - pm | 7:05 pm | 7:55 pm | 9:40 pm | 10:15 The Apparition PG-13Dig - 5:20pm | 8:35pm 9:40am 12:20pm | 9:40 pires, into America's empire of liberty, and we see the unfolding pm ital Cinema 10:55am | ParaNorman PG96 Mins 2:55pm | 5:40pm | PARANORMAN 2D (PG)11:15 | *THE EXPENDABLES 2 (R)10:45 am | 1:40pm | 4:45pm 7:40pm RealD 3D9:30am | 8:20pm | 10:55pm 1:40 | 4:05 | 6:30 | 8:55 | 11:20 realignment of nations and the shape of the global future.Emo - 10:25pm 8:50pmDigital Cinema Hope Springs PG-13100 11:10 am | 1:35 pm | 1:50 pm | 4:30 pm PARANORMAN 3D (PG)12:00 | Premium Rush PG-1391 12:25pm 3:10pm 6:00pm MinsDigital Cinema tionally engaging, 2016 Obama's America will make you con - | 4:45 pm | 7:20 pm | 7:35 pm | 10:05 pm 2:25 | 4:50 | 7:15 | 9:40 | 12:05am MinsDigital Cinema Sparkle PG-13117 Mins 9:45am | 12:50pm | founded and cheer as you discover the mysteries and answers to | 10:30 pm 10:15am 1:10pm 4:15pm Digital Cinema 10:05am | 3:35pm 6:30pm | 9:25pm PREMIUM RUSH (R)11:45 | 2:10 | *THE EXPENDABLES D-BOX 2 (R) | 7:20pm | 10:15pm 1:05pm | 4:05pm | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: 4:35 | 7:20 | 9:45 | 12:10am your greatest aspirations and worst fears. 11:10 am | 1:50 pm | 4:45 pm | 7:35 pm | Thunderstruck PG98 Mins 7:05pm | 10:05pm Dog Days PG94 Mins SPARKLE (PG13)11:00 | 1:45 | 10:30 pm Digital Cinema 9:15am | The Odd Life of Timothy Digital Cinema 12:00pm | 4:30 | 7:15 | 10:10 *THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN 12:10pm | 3:15pm | Green PG104 Mins 3:05pm | 6:10pm THUNDERSTRUCK (NR)11:15 | Director Gerald R. Molen, Dinesh D'Souza (PG)10:40 am | 11:15 am | 1:30 pm | 2:00 6:20pm | 9:30pm Digital Cinema 9:05am | Total Recall PG-13118 1:40 | 4:05 | 7:15 | 9:40 | 12:05am pm | 4:20 pm 4:50 pm | 7:10 pm | 7:40 Hit And Run RDigital Cin - 12:05pm | 3:25pm | Mins 9:10pm TOTAL RECALL (PG13) Distributor Rocky Moutain Pictures ema 10:40am | 1:50pm 6:40pm | 9:55pm The Dark Knight Rises pm | 10:00 pm | 10:30 pm 7:20 | 10:15 *THUNDERSTRUCK (PG)10:30 am | 5:00pm8:10pm11:00pm The Bourne Legacy PG-13165 Mins Official Website http://2016themovie.com/ 1:10 pm | 3:50 pm | 6:30 pm | 9:10 pm The Expendables 2 PG-13125 Mins 11:00am 3:00pm 7:00pm R102 MinsCinemark XD Digital Cinema 9:00am | 10:50pm 10:00am | 1:20pm | 12:35pm | 4:00pm | Ice Age: Continental Drift EAST POINTE 4:35pm | 7:50pm | 7:30pm | 10:45pm PG87 MinsDigital Cinema 10:40pmDigital Cinema The Campaign 9:20am MOVIES 12 10:50am | 2:05pm | R97 MinsDigital Cinema I-10 & Lee Trevino Schedule good for TINSELTOWN 08/24 - 08/29 ABRAHAM LINCOLNVAMPIRE HUNTER 2-D (R) Las Palmas i-10 @ Zaragosa | 11:55a | 4:55p | 10:00p ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER 3-D (R) Schedule good for Friday August 24th | 2:30p | 7:20p DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3-D (PG) 2:15p | 7:10p The Apparition PG- 3:45pm | 5:15pm | Diary of a Wimpy FOR GREATER GLORY (R) 11:10a | 2:10p | 6:35p | 1382 MinsDigital Cin - 5:45pm | 6:30pm | Kid: Dog Days 9:35p ema 10:30am | 8:00pm | 8:35pm | PG94 MinsDigital Cin - KATY PERRY PART OF ME 2-D (PG) 11:20a | 1:40p | 1:00pm | 3:30pm | 9:15pm | 10:45pm | ema 11:05am | 6:45p MADAGASCAR 3 EUROPE'SMOST WANTED 2-D 6:00pm | 8:30pm | 11:15pm | 11:50pm 1:55pm | 4:25pm | (PG) 11:30a | 1:55p | 4:10p | 6:25p | 8:45p 11:00pmMidnight ParaNorman PG96 7:05pm | 9:45pm MADAGASCAR 3 EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3-D Showtimes (Late Fri - MinsRealD 3D1:05pm Total Recall PG-13118 (PG) 12:30p | 2:55p | 5:10p | 7:25p | 9:45p day Night)12:01am | 6:15pmDigital Cin - MinsDigital Cinema MAGIC MIKE (R) 11:25a | 2:00p | 4:30p | 7:00p | 9:30p Premium Rush PG- ema 10:25am | 10:30am | 4:50pm | MEN IN BLACK: 3 2-D (PG-13) 12:00p | 2:25p | 4:50p 1391 MinsDigital Cin - 3:40pm | 8:50pm 10:55pm | 7:15p | 9:50p ema 10:50am | Sparkle PG-13117 The Dark Knight Ris - MEN IN BLACK: 3 3-D (PG-13) 11:40a | 4:35p | 9:25p 1:30pm | 4:20pm | MinsDigital Cinema es PG-13165 Mins PROMETHEUS 2-D (R) 3:55p | 9:10p 7:00pm | 9:35pm 12:30pm | 3:55pm | Digital Cinema SAVAGES (R) 11:20a | 3:10p | 6:20p | 9:15p SNOW WHITE AND THEHUNTSMAN (PG-13) Midnight Showtimes 7:10pm | 10:20pm 10:45am | 2:25pm | | 11:15a | 2:40p | 6:10p | 9:20p (Late Friday Night) The Odd Life of Tim - 6:20pm | 10:05pm THAT'S MY BOY (R) 11:05a | 1:50p | 4:25p | 7:05p | 12:05am othy Green PG104 2016: Obama's Amer - 9:55p Thunderstruck PG98 MinsDigital Cinema ica PG90 MinsDigital THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13) 12:00p | 3:20p | MinsDigital Cinema 10:15am | 1:15pm | Cinema10:10am | 6:40p | 9:40p 10:40am | 1:35pm | 4:00pm | 6:50pm | 12:25pm | 2:55pm | 4:10pm 6:45pm 9:20pm 9:40pm 5:25pm | 7:55pm | PREMIERE MONTWOOD 7 Hit And Run R95 Mins The Bourne Legacy 10:30pm | 11:35pm 2200 N. Yarbrough Digital Cinema PG-13125 Mins Ice Age: Continental Schedule good for 8/17- 8/23 11:35am | 2:15pm | Digital Cinema Drift PG87 Mins ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE (R)11:25 am | 4:55pm | 7:35pm | 12:45pm | 4:05pm | RealD 3D 2:00 pm | 4:35 pm | 7:10 pm | 9:40 pm 10:15pmMidnight 7:20pm | 10:35pm 1:10pm | 6:25pm KATY PERRY: PART OF ME (PG)12:10 pm | 2:35 Showtimes (Late Fri - The Campaign Digital Cinema pm | 5:00 pm | 7:20 pm | 9:35 pm day Night)12:05am R97 MinsDigital Cin - 10:35am | 3:50pm | MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED The Expendables 2 ema 9:00pm (PG)11:55 am | 2:25 pm | 4:50 pm | 7:15 pm 9:45 pm R102 MinsCinemark 10:15am | 12:50pm | The Amazing Spider- MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG-13)11:30 am | 1:50 pm | 4:10 XD 11:00am | 3:20pm | 5:50pm | Man PG-13135 Mins pm | 6:30 pm | 8:50 pm 1:45pm | 4:30pm | 8:15pm | 10:40pm Digital Cinema PROMETHEUS (R)11:10 am | 1:50 pm | 4:30 pm | 7:15pm | 10:00pm Hope Springs 1:40pm | 7:45pm 7:10 pm | 9:45 pm THAT'S MY BOY (R)11:00 am | 1:40 pm | 4:20 pm | Digital Cinema PG-13100 MinsDigital Ted R106 Mins 7:00 pm | 9:40 pm 10:20am 11:45am | Cinema 10:55am Digital Cinema THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13) 12:15pm | 12:55pm | 1:50pm | 4:40pm 11:15am 2:05pm | 11:05 am | 2:05 pm | 5:05 pm | 8:05 pm 2:30pm | 3:00pm | 7:25pm 10:10pm 5:00pm 7:50pm 10:50pm SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 20 Calendar of upcoming events for El Paso/ Southern New Mexico are Out & About from August 23rd - August 29th, 2012 If you want your upcoming event listed in SPOTLIGHT’S Out & About section, please send all your relevant data by e-mail to: [email protected]

NORTHEAST/ tion: 544-9550, 231-1100 or ture is Aug. 24-26 at the Greek show at the Greek Festival, and 532-1317, Gym. Ticket information: 747- coolcanyonnights.com. Orthodox Church of St. baklava and a plethora of other elpasoplayhouse.com. 6150 or utepathletics.com. CENTRAL Aug 23 -Windy City Nicholas, 124 S. Festival. pastries such as koulourakia El Paso Sports Commission Aug. 30 — Dirty River Boys. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, and paximadia will be sold. MISSION Invitational games: Cool Canyon Nights noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and Lamb will be roasted Greek • 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 — noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. Admis - style on a spit. The famous Fresno State — The summer series of free St. Nicholas Greek VALLEY sion: $1. Information: 833- Greek combination dinner plate • 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 — outdoor summer concerts are Festival — The 25th annual 0882. Idaho State Thursdays through Aug. 30 at Stephanie Olivo Me - festival of vibrant Greek cul - Food is always the star of the • 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 McKelligon Canyon. Informa - morial 5K — The 3rd an - — Arizona State nual 5K run and 1-mile fun walk benefiting El Paso Red UTEP Women’s Soc - Cross is 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 , at Ascarate Park, 6900 cer — Home games are at Delta. T-shirts for first 150 reg - UTEP’s University Field. Tick - istrants and medals for top ets: $5 ($3 children). informa - will also be available with sou - three male and female runners tion: 747-6150 or vlakia (beef shish kebab) or in each age category. Cost: $20 utepathletics.com. chicken oreganato, rice pilaf, by Aug. 23; $25 after. Entrance 13th Annual Border Shootout tyropita (cheese-filled phyllo), fee to park is $1 per vehicle. In - games: spanakopita (spinach-filled formation: 274-5222. • 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 — phyllo), keftedes (spicy meat - Packet pick up is noon to 6 Army balls), dolmathes (stuffed grape p.m. at Up and Running, 1475 leaves), Greek salad and pita George Dieter; and 7 to 7:45 Sun City Regional bread. a.m. on race day at the race Classic — The body build - site. ing, figure and bikini champi - Exhibitions in Ballet Folklorico onships are 6 p.m. Saturday, Dis/connection — The Aug. 25 , at UTEP’s Magoffin Border Theatre’s 3rd annual Orgullo de mi Tierra Auditorium. Tickets: $25 and collaborative performing and — The dance group celebrates $40. (Ticketmaster). visual arts exhibition is 8 p.m. their 3rd anniversary with a Morning preliminaries begin to midnight Friday through performance of “Mom and I,” at 9:30 a.m. Tickets to be an - Sunday, Aug. 24-26 , at Glas - under the direction of Elena nounced. box Studios, 1500 Texas Vargas at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. Entry for participants: $55 by (Langtry Street entrance). The 26 , at Chamizal National Me - Aug. 18; $50 additional late fee collaborative production fea - morial, 800 S. San Marcial. Ad - afterwards. Entry forms/infor - tures dance, theatre, music, and mission: $2. Information: mation: 449-7688, (575) 649- art that reflects the nature of the 407-9107. 6789 or hfprodonline.com. Glasbox’s large non-traditional creative space. Opening night DOWNTOWN/ 2012 Soldier Show: features a reception before the WESTSIDE ‘Army Strong’ — The show. Live music follows each variety show performed by sol - night’s performance. Admis - diers to soldiers and the El Paso sion: $8 online; $10 at the door. Bella Donna — The Ste - and Fort Bliss communities is 7 VIP admission: $17. Online ad - vie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Satur - mission available at borderthe - tribute band performs a dinner day, Aug. 24-25 , at the Abra - atre.org. Information: show at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. ham Chavez Theatre. 383-0964. 30 , at Sunland Park Racetrack Active-duty Soldiers bring the and Casino’s Signature Show - emotional, mental, physical, ‘A Midsummer room. Doors open at 6 p.m. spiritual and family pillars of Night’s Dream’ – El Tickets: $35 ($245 table of 8). military life to the stage in this Information: (575) 874-5200 or Paso Playhouse, 2501 Mon - year’s revue-style Soldier sunland-park.com. tana, presents the Shakespeare Show. Tickets not required for fantasy/comedy at 8 p.m. Fri - admission, but advance ticket day and Saturday, Aug. 24-25 . UTEP Volleyball — All holders will be seated first. In - Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 home games are at 7 p.m. formation: 568-6741 or military/students). Information: (noon on Sundays) at Memorial blissmwr.com.CONT.PAGE 22 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 21 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 22 Continued from page 20.. were written. Hear “Penny — El Paso Opera (pops 2012 Soldier Show: Lane” with a live trumpet sec - and opera) Tricky Falls — 209 S. El tion; experience the beauty of ‘Army Strong’ .. The El Paso. Doors open at 7 p.m.; “Yesterday” with an acoustic Paso performance is a home - Ellen Wilson album showtime at 8 p.m. for most guitar and string quartet; enjoy shows. All shows are all-ages coming for two Fort Bliss Sol - release — El Paso singer the rock and classical blend on (16 and older), unless listed diers touring with the show: the hard-edged “I Am the Wal - Ellen Wilson will celebrate the Staff Sgt. Melvin Williams Jr. otherwise. Information: 351- rus.” Classical Mystery Tour release of her new album “Des - 9909 or trickyfalls.com. Tickets and Pfc. Justin Easter. features Jim Owen (John tiny” 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Williams, from Austin, grew up for most shows available at All Lennon) on rhythm guitar, Aug. 23 , at Ardovino’s Desert Y L

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Chris Camilleri (Ringo Starr) list), Dave Hamilton (pianist) I child. on drums and vocals. and Ricky Malichi (drummer) p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 , with P to perform songs from the new Those Darlins and The Lusita - Carnival events begin at 4 p.m. the 1980s, with several hits in - nia. Tickets: $19. Classical Mystery Alfresco! Fridays — album. Admission is free. In - Friday and continue all day cluding “Sugar Daddy,” Tour — The Beatles Tribute The 10th season of free outdoor formation: (575) 589-0653 or Saturday and Sunday. Live en - “Dancin’ Cowboys” and “For band, backed by El Paso Sym - concerts continues at 6 p.m. ellenmwilson.com. SOUTHERN tertainment from noon to 8 All The Wrong Reasons.” They phony Orchestra and guest con - Fridays at Arts Festival Plaza Wilson also performs with pi - NEW MExICO p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 set the record for the most duo ductor Lonnie Klein, performs (between El Paso Museum of anist Ruben Gutierrez at 3 p.m. p.m. Sunday. nominations from both the at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 , at Art and Plaza Theatre). Pre - Sunday, Aug. 26 , at Unitarian • The Kickoff Breakfast hosted Academy of County Music and The Plaza Theatre. Tickets: sented by the El Paso Conven - Universalist Community of El Great American Duck by Elks Lodge 2799 is 7 to 10 the Country Music Association. $30, $45, $60 and $75 (tickets tion and Performing Arts Paso, 4425 Byron, for an after - Race — The annual running a.m. Saturday at Courthouse Tickets: $66 and $69. noon of uplifting music. Wil - are half price for new EPSO Centers and the El Paso Con - of the ducks is Thursday Park. $5 per plate. son’s new CD “Destiny” will season subscribers) Informa - vention and Visitors Bureau. through Sunday, Aug. 23-26 , in • Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascen - ‘Shirley Valentine’ — be for sale. Admission: $10 ($5 tion: 532-3776 or epso.org. No outside food or beverages, Deming, N.M. Admission is sion is 7 a.m. Saturday and No Strings Theater Company age 12 and younger). Informa - The full show presents some or pets allowed. Information: free for spectators, and anyone Sunday at the Deming Soccer tion: 562-4001 or 30 Beatles tunes sung, played, 534-0675, or can be a duck racer for just $5. Field. uuelpaso.org/index. and performed exactly as they alfrescofridays.com. Aug. 24 This year’s theme is “New • Barbecue hosted by First Mexico Centennial.” The ducks United Methodist Church, cor - are provided; don’t bring one. ner of Granite and Buckey, is Call for entry forms. Informa - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. tion: (888) 345-1125, (575) • Slow Pitch Tournament runs 544-0469 or all day Saturday and Sunday at demingduckrace.com. the Hooten Complex. The Comcast • The Great American Tortilla Tournament of Toss is 2 p.m. Saturday, the Ducks Parade Great American Outhouse Race is at 10 a.m. is 5:30 p.m. on Silver Street. Saturday in • The Great American Horse - Y shoe Tournament is 10 a.m. L N

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Flux Pavilion is a one man orchestra! With the and deal. This was a massive look for flux and ability to Sing and play a large variety of instru - got his name out there to all the Dj’s: Rusko, ments it’s obvious that music comes naturally to Hatcha, Plastician, Caspa, Skream. Soon him. Since first sitting down at a keyboard at the enough no club was safe from one of Flux's age of six his dream has been to make music bangers and the bookings came flying in all that he loves and perform it to people who love over the UK and Europe. it just as much.

Flux Pavilion AKA Joshua Steele has always been While his career flourished Flux and childhood influenced by hard hitting dance music in Friend Doctor P had also been working on some everything that he does and it was only a mat - stuff together. They teamed up with Legendary ter of time before he found his own sound in the DJ and drum and bass pioneer DJ Swan-e and dance industry. in early 2008 Dubstep lit this in - Earl Falconer of UB40 and formed the infamous ternal fuse and he hasnt been the same man Circus Records. With his own platform for dub - since. step Flux began to imprint the scene with his sound and was quickly becoming one of the Influenced by the likes of The Prodigy,Basement main players in dancefloor dubstep family. His Jaxx and dubstep pioneer Rusko, Flux loved the track Voscillate Received 'Track of the Week' on high energy madness that dance music was Rusko's radio one takeover which even featured capable of and set about making some of his his own vocals and more to date his forthcom - own in the form of dubstep. Already adept with ing single “I can’t Stop” has just received world production skills he was soon off the starting record of the week by Radio 1’s Zane Lowe. block and his tunes were in swift circulation on the dubstep forum and were becoming a fa - Well known for his high energy performances miliar name in the scene. What started of as a and smashing anthems Flux is now performing bit of experimentation soon became clear that all over the globe including at this years Sun City Flux has definitely landed on his feet with the Music Festival in El Paso, TX. dubstep sound. Before long labels were bang - ing at his door itching to release his music so he decided that the world was ready for a bit of Sun City Music Festival Flux Pavilion! Signing tunes to Rottun, Shift, XS Sept 1st & 2nd Records, Stupid Fly and Dubmented beats and working with artists such as Datsik and Trolley Featuring: Flux Pavilion, David Snatcha, his tunes were dominating the charts Guetta, Above & Beyond, and starting to receive alot more interest from the big boys. Knife Party, Dada Life, Nicky Romero, Zedd and more! Ntype featured his track 'fucking noise' on his rinse mix cd and not content with that then www.suncitymusicfestival.com signed flux's track 'Meathead' to his label wheel SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 25 GOLF SPOKEN HERE A golf gambling game where you pay extra if your oppo - nent hits a tree and still By T.J. TOMASI Barkies makes par or less. IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

THE GOLF DOCTOR ABOUT THE WRITER Fast hands need fast hips Dr. T.J. Tomasi is a teaching Be smart in the sun On the lesson tee, I often see way to go from the top of your are used here in terms of dis - professional golfers whose hand position at swing, your hips are much tance traveled to the appointed in Port St. the top of the swing doesn’t closer to the finish line (your positions at impact. Hips that Lucie, Fla. This summer is a scorcher, so here are some reminders match their hip action during hands travel about 18 times far - move a good deal laterally to - Visit his on how to protect your body from the harmful effects of the Web site at sun. the downswing. ther than your hips). This ward the target before they tjtomasi.com. Your hands and the clubhead means you have to coordinate rotate are, in effect, slow be - While some recent evidence suggests that sunscreen both must arrive together at im - your hips and hands in order for cause there is a delay or a pause of lateral movement before they may not protect against the most deadly of the skin can - pact, and from the top of your your clubhead to arrive at the before they turn, creating a time turn. They arrive at their ap - cers, malignant melanoma, it does help with other kinds of swing, it’s a race to the finish ball when it should, full of en - window that gives high hands a pointed impact position sooner, skin cancer, and it can help protect your skin from sun between your hands and your ergy and looking down the tar - chance to catch up. with minimal pause or delay. damage that causes wrinkling and blotching. hips. Keep in mind that al - get line. Fast hips rotate early in the The hands can be thought of as Many experts recommend a sunscreen with an SPF though your hands have a long The words “slow” and “fast” downswing with only a touch being fast or slow depending on (sun protection factor) of at least 30 that gives both UVA how far they travel to impact. and UVB protection. I use the highest SPF I can find. Hands that travel a long route Be sure to apply it liberally at least an hour before you come from positions high play, then re-apply it at the end of your first nine holes. above you. They are slow since Carry a stick of sunscreen in your golf bag to keep your they take more time to reach hands (and grips) from getting greasy when you reapply it. impact, and they must be Play after 2 p.m. or end your early round before 10 a.m. matched with slow hips that to avoid the sun’s most damaging rays. wait for the hands. Hands that Use an umbrella to shield yourself from long expo - take a more direct route (fast sures. hands) from a lower position Always wear a hat with a wide brim. Baseball-type hats match with fast hips. offer little protection. The best way to match your Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from UVA and hands and hips is to make setup UVB rays. adjustments in foot flare that do Don’t be fooled by cloudy days; you still need protec - it automatically. To speed the tion. hips, de-flare your front foot, Wear a special sunscreen-fabric shirt. Most golf shirts and to slow them, increase the have an SPF of only 5, so the rays go right through to flare. This way, you don’t have the skin, which is why skin cancers on the trunk are so to think about swing mechanics Low hands are fast and require fast hips or else If the hands race to the ball before the hips have prevalent. they will arrive at the ball early. The star indicates turned, most of the power is thrown away early. while you swing. where high hands would be. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 26 SPRINT CUP NATIONWIDE SERIES CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS Race: IRWIN Tools Night Race Race: Food City 250 Race: UNOH 200 NEXT Where: Bristol Motor Speedway Where: Bristol Motor Speedway Where: Bristol Motor Speedway When: Saturday , 7 p.m. (ET) When: Friday, 7 p.m. (ET) When: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. (ET) TV: ABC TV: ESPN TV: SPEED UP ... 2011 Winner: Brad Keselowski (right) 2011 Winner: Kyle Busch 2011 Winner: Kevin Harvick

BByy RRIICCKK MMIINNTTEERR // UUnniivveerrssaall UUcclliicckk Fans demanded Bristol reboot return to pre-2007 Bristol reboot configuration what some of the fans enjoy, “I give credit to Bruton but that’s not the racing I [Smith] and those guys for like. I like being able to run trying to make the racing as side by side.” good as they can and not He said the problem with afraid to make changes. the tires is that they were “I think all of us go there too good, in a way. The tires hoping for a really good didn’t wear significantly, so race.” speeds didn’t drop off over Brad Keselowski, winner long stretches of racing. of the past two Sprint Cup “Your car didn’t fall off, races at Bristol, said that no your balance didn’t change, matter how the track is con - and everybody was virtually figured, it’s at the top of his the same speed,” he said. list of tracks. “We passed, and we raced Continues on page 29 side by side, but it made it difficult to see the guy com - ing from 10th on new tires to pass the guys that were in the top five. “It just didn’t happen the way it used to. To me, the tires are the biggest issue when it comes to a place like that.” Carl Edwards, who got his Bristol Motor Speedway. (NASCAR photo) one Bristol win in Sprint Cup back in 2008, is among he Sprint Cup Series Bristol’s years-long string of beating and banging as be - “I just hope they didn’t those taking a “wait-and-see” is racing on several sellouts come to an end, and fore. screw up the race track,” said approach. He did say that Trepaved race tracks a sea of empty seats at the Many in the sport say the Ryan Newman, who holds the since all the changes were to this season, at Pocono, race back in March, track changes in the racing were track record at Bristol with a the top groove, it will affect Michigan and Kansas, all owner Bruton Smith decided due more to the cars than lap at 128.709 miles per hour him less than others because tracks that chose to put to redo the top groove, taking the track, but fans say they back in 2003. “The racing was he spends most of his time down new asphalt because of away banking and making it wanted the track changed, different than what we had on the bottom anyway. the deterioration of the exist - less likely that drivers will and Smith responded accord - there in the past because of “Who knows what will ing surfaces. run up there during the race. ingly. the tire, to me, not because of happen,” Edwards said. Ryan Newman , here at Martinsville This weekend’s race at The idea was to put the Saturday night’s race the race track. “Anytime you change a track in March, holds the track record at Bristol Motor Speedway also high-banked concrete half- should provide an indication “I hope that the racing is like that there is no telling. will be run on a much differ - mile oval back like it was be - of whether the track was the good. I hope they didn’t take Bristol. “I just hope they didn’t It might make it a com - screw up the race track,” he said of ent surface, but the changes fore a 2007 reconfiguration problem or not, but the de - the racing away. The beating, pletely different race, and I were made for an entirely that brought about side-by- bate likely will continue for banging and crashing is not the Bristol changes. (NASCAR guess in the end that is what photo) different reason. After seeing side racing, but not as much years. the racing that I like. That’s they are trying to do. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 27 Competition for ‘wild card’ Chase slots heats up When it came to positioning themselves for a 31st-place finish and is 18th in the overall 1. Greg Biffle spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, the real standings and sixth in the wild card running. 823; Leader winners on Sunday at Michigan International Kahne suffered through a miserable start to Speedway were Kasey Kahne, who recovered the season, his first at Hendrick Motorsports, 2. Matt Kenseth from an early race incident with Mark Martin but now he’s feeling better about his prospects 803; behind -20 to finish third, and Ryan Newman, who sol - for the immediate future. diered through on a day when he was feeling ill “I just felt really good about our speed,” he 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. to finish eighth. said. “Our car has been really fast. We’ve been 801; behind -22 pretty consistent as a team. We want to make it Greg Biffle won the race and moved to the to the Chase. That’s a big part of our season, 4. Jimmie Johnson top of the points standings, but that’s not as im - something that we’re really shooting for. I think 795; behind -28 portant as it was in years past, because the our team has done a great job of that. points will be reset to start the 10-race, champi - 5. Brad Keselowski onship-deciding Chase. “It would still be nice to get one more win 776; behind -47 and make that Chase spot, make it happen. But With three regular season races left to run, we’ll see. We still have good tracks to go, we 6. Martin Truex Jr. Kahne and Newman are the top two drivers in just need to keep running up front.” 763; behind -60 the wild card standings. The Chase field will be filled by the top 10 drivers in the standings, Newman acknowledged that like Kahne, he’d 7. Clint Bowyer plus two more who will get in based on race vic - like to get another win in the next three weeks 757; behind -66 tories and points. Kahne has two wins and is to put him in a better position for a Chase 8. Kevin Harvick 11th in the standings. Newman has one win Kasey Kahne, driver of the No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevro - berth. and is 13th in points. let, races Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite 738; behind -85 Dodge, during the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan Interna - “A win is going to answer a lot of questions, 9. Tony Stewart Marcos Ambrose, whose win a week ago at tional Speedway on Sunday. (NASCAR photo) and we are all trying real hard,” he said. “We Watkins Glen put him in the wild card hunt, had about a 10th-place car and finishing 728; behind -95 mains fourth in the wild card standings despite finished fifth at Michigan, but still is fifth in eighth, I think we’re proud of that.” a blown engine at Michigan that left him with a 10. Denny Hamlin the wild card race behind Kyle Busch, who was 28th-place finish. Joey Logano struggled to a 13th at Michigan, and Jeff Gordon, who re - 727; behind -96 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 28 Aimed to impress - the Chrysler 300S succeeds By Christopher A. Randazzo There are few cars out there that make you feel smitten every time you approach it. The 2012 Chrysler 300 S is one of those cars. With its aggres - sively handsome looks, spa - cious interior and an impressive powertrain that delivers power to match its demeanor, if you’re anything like me, you’ll be grinning from ear to ear before and after each drive in this full- size American sedan.

The 300 is Chrysler’s flagship car that initially made the scene are steering wheel shift pad - an eight-speed transmission is in 2004. With the help of bor - dles, a large 8.4 inch touch available for the V6, a first for rowed chassis components screen display and a 10- both Chrysler and all Ameri - from the Mercedes Benz E- speaker, 522 watt Beats by Dr. can-made vehicles. Extra gears Class, the 300 was a huge suc - Dre sound system. If you’re not typically mean two things: bet - cess. Last year, we saw the 300 familiar with Dr. Dre, the 300S ter fuel economy and increased get its first major redesign, im - may not be for you. performance, and the 300S de - proving on what they did in livers on both counts. The EPA 2004 by making a classic Outside, the 300S is stripped of rating on the test car I had was American sedan more modern. most of its chrome trim, re - 19 mpg city and an eye-catch - 2012 sees more changes and placed by body-colored accents ing 31 mpg on the highway. enhancements including a new along with a black-chrome While the engine output is the model and a new transmission. grille, black headlight sur - same, the power band is rounds and some impressive smoother. The 300S is a 300 like no other. polished aluminum wheels. Rather than cater to old-school Like other 300s the 300S luxury which includes lots of Last year, the big news under comes as a rear-wheel drive ve - wood and chrome, the 300S the hood was the availability of hicle, but all-wheel drive is goes more for the hip crowd. the 3.6 liter Pentastar V6 en - available. The AWD system Darker trim pieces and optional gine. Making 292 horsepower, adds a front differential and a red leather interior achieve that it powers the 300 nicely, no transfer case to the rear-drive task. Also included in the 300S longer making the 5.7 liter configuration. Hemi V8 a necessity. For 2012, Continues on page 30 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 29 NOTEBOOK NASCAR finds global groove Saturday’s races for NASCAR’s second- and third-tier circuits definitely had an in - ternational flavor. Nelson Piquet Jr. from Brazil won the Camping World Truck Series race at Michigan and wrapped himself in Brazil’s flag afterward. Later that day, the Nationwide Series raced at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Mon - Nelson Piquet NASCAR photo) treal. Hometown driver Alex Tagliani started on the pole and was a contender for most of the race. Jacques Villeneuve, racing on the track named for his late father, dominated the latter stages of the race before losing on a green-white-checkered-flag run to the finish. Justin Allgaier, who races for the same Turner Motorsports team as Piquet, took the victory, his first ever on a road course. “Winning in Montreal means so much because all the people in the series enjoy com - ing here,” Allgaier told reporters after his win. “The atmosphere is great, the fans never disappoint here, but the race played out perfectly for us.” Allgaier, who was run - ning third on a restart that decided the race, got past Villeneuve and Sam Hor - nish Jr. to take the win. Continued from page 26...“Bristol, to me, is a man’s race Hornish finished second track, and I respect that place so much, and I think it and Villeneuve third. takes a level of respect for it, which from Day One, the first “I knew I was closing in day I was there and walked in there, I respected it, but I on Jacques, but he braked also wanted to win there,” he said. “I wanted to prove to really early into Corner Six myself and others that I could be the man to win at a and I was certain he had man’s racetrack. So it’s always been a challenge to me, ran out of gas,” Allgaier and it’s one that for some reason has taken a piece of me said. “He went really slow somewhere deep inside and made it rise to the next level, and I had too much of a and I just love it for that reason … head of steam and was “It feels good going there.” sorry I got into him.” SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 30 Chrysler 300S... Continued from page 28 legroom. comes alive, and the 300 gets A fixed 62 percent of the en - moving in a hurry. Chrysler gine’s power is sent to the rear Driving the 300S is very re - says it will get to 60 mpg in axle and 38 percent is sent to warding, thanks mostly to the just 7.2 seconds. No V8 re - the front axle at all times. Pentastar engine and new trans - quired. mission. The V6 is smooth and My Gloss Black 300S with quiet with just the right amount The new 300S fits nicely be - Radar Red interior and huge of power to glide the big 300 tween the base 300 and the 20-inch alloy wheels was per - down the road. Need more? Hemi-equipped 300C and 300C haps the most sinister looking Romp on the gas, the engine Luxury models. With its ban - vehicle I have been in. Not only gin’ stereo, huge wheels and in- was the exterior eye-catching, your face interior, it should but it was impossible not to no - appeal to those that find the tice the red color scheme in - other 300 models just a little to side. tame.

Another 300S exclusive is the By The Numbers: nub-of-a shifter that controls the eight-speed transmission. I had mixed feelings towards it – 2012 Chrysler 300S it looked better than it func - Base Price: $33,170.00 tioned. Thankfully the rest of Price as Tested: $40,460.00 the interior was impressive. Layout: front-engine / rear-wheel drive The 300 isn’t a huge car but it Engine: 3.6 liter V6 does have a rather long wheel - Transmission: 8 - speed automatic base, spanning some ten feet Horsepower: 292 hp and that proves advantageous Torque: 260 ft-lbs inside, where the 300 sports a EPA Fuel Economy: 19 city / 31 highway mpg cabin that is big. Rear seat [Visit me at www.carsbycar.blogspot.com or email me at room is the best, with generous [email protected]] SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS.COM AUGUST 23, 2012 PAGE 31