SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 2 Over 40 & Looking for Walking often a battle Work? Be Prepared to of obstacles in Texas

Run the Gauntlet! By Tim Morstad by Dr. Stephen A. Laser practiced my profession for this includes being unprepared The ultimate goal is to pass a "Complete over 30 years, I’d like to offer for testing and interviewing Walking is good for the heart, but in many Streets" law in Texas that encourages trans - some helpful and practical ad - techniques which, with a little Texas communities, it can be hazardous to your portation planners and decision makers to think If you’re looking for work and vice without trying to teach you groundwork, allows you to give health and safety. in terms of access and safety when planning unacquainted with the new real - ways to “game” the system. a good account of your qualifi - communities or renovating streets. This ity of proving your mettle, With unemployment still lurk - cations. As many of us make New Year's resolutions to forward-thinking legislation wouldn't cost the you’re in for a big surprise. If ing near 9% and little likeli - shed excess holiday pounds and get healthier, state additional money. It merely requires cities landing a job isn’t hard enough hood of going much lower, job On-Line Testing: we often find the deck stacked against us even and counties to plan with the needs of mo - for today’s unemployed worker, seekers can use all the friendly as we take our first step... right in our own torists, public transit users, cyclists and pedes - companies have added a layer advice they can get. Remember, What are em - neighborhoods. That's too bad because walking trians in mind. of difficulty to the process nothing is gained from distort - ployers looking is a wonderful form of exercise. In fact, some which makes getting hired that ing your answers to test ques - studies suggest walking 10,000 steps per day Last year, the measure was adopted by commit - much harder. Specifically, you tions or lying during a job Using on-line tests to for? can yield considerable health and weight reduc - tees of both House and Senate but not by the will probably be asked to take interview. In the event you do screen job applicants before tion benefits. full Texas Legislature. The coalition will try an on-line test just to be consid - manage to fool a prospective meeting them face-to-face has again when the Legislature convenes in 2013. ered for an interview. And once employer, the chances of suc - become commonplace among The fact remains that while many of us truly In the meantime, we'll continue to educate you do earn the opportunity to ceeding on the job are small, employers. The explosion of el - enjoy walking, most of our communities simply Texans about the problem and work with cities be interviewed, you will likely and you will be back at square igible job applicants, especially aren't "walker friendly." They were built in - and towns on resolutions supporting such goals. face another challenge in the one while suffering another em - during the past several years stead for motorists, resulting in unsafe intersec - form of behaviorally-based barrassing loss of employment. during the recent recession, has tions, streets without sidewalks, and a lack of AARP and partner organizations are talking to methods of questioning your On the other hand, many people made the practice of on-line benches for resting or waiting for public trans - local officials and doing pedestrian safety au - qualifications for the job. As a are totally uninformed about testing even more advisable... portation. These and other factors prevent many dits in places like Houston, San Antonio, Dal - business psychologist who has the gauntlet they must run, and Continues on page 4 of us from walking regularly and using this las, El Paso, Austin and San Angelo. Older easy, cheap, physically and environmentally Texans are among those who depend most on healthy mode of transportation. a variety of transportation options and, ironi - cally, some of the worst intersections are in Unfortunately, Texas' largest population centers right in front of senior centers. fall in the "worst offender" category for pedes - trian safety. A recent Transportation for The solutions are often simple, and they can America study identified Houston, Dallas-Fort save lives. For example, older pedestrians or Worth, Austin and San Antonio among the 25 people using walkers and wheelchairs could most dangerous places for pedestrians in the benefit from curb cuts and walk lights that tell country. According to the report, more than them how much time they have to cross the 4,200 pedestrians were killed in Texas over the road. past decade, including more than 500 over age 65. There is no good reason why crossing a street in Texas should turn into a near-death experi - This is why AARP is engaging volunteers in a ence. Any one of us can help make things better statewide effort to make more transportation and safer for pedestrians, cyclists, motorists options available -- such as bus and rail service and transit riders across Texas. To -- and to design safer roadways and sidewalks. learn more, visit www.safestreetstexas.org The initiative is supported by a coalition in - cluding businesses, cycling enthusiasts and Tim Morstad coordinates AARP Texas' mobility aging groups. The premise behind the effort is initiative. simple: Streets are not just for drivers but for everyone who uses them. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 3 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is Juarez experiencing a new-found Holiday Schedule for peace? By Joe Olvera ©, 2012 War on Drugs, but, that there one doubting Tomas. “The Par - just a lull.” is attrition among the gangs in El Paso Parks were no more people worth tido Accion Nacional (PAN) is Juarez,” he writes in an Internet killing in Mexico. currently in power and it wants To put things in per - article. “In what might be a and Recreation Removing con - to maintain that power,” the spective, the murders in Juarez sign of the shifting dynamics in The theories on what’s happen - man who did not want to be have dropped to150 last month. the regional underworld, two January 16, 2012 crete barriers from busy city ing in Mexico are long and identified, said. “The party is This figure is down from a year larger gangs that operate in Schedule streets, tearing down fences confusing. Some people do be - worried that it might not win earlier. In October 2010, 350 Chihuahua – the Zetas and La that had provided protection in lieve that the violence has been the next election, thus, perhaps people were killed in that one Linea – recently announced an tough neighborhoods, undertak - The Administrative Offices curtailed, but, not totally some sort of deal has been month. Since then, however, alliance in the city of Hidalgo ers upset because the murders stopped. Although there seems made with the cartels to stop the violence has slowly de - del Parral, a few miles south of for the Parks and Recre - in Juarez have dissipated some - ation Department at City to be a drop in the violence that the killings so that the popula - clined to 183 murders in March Juarez.” what, Mexican President Felipe has permeated the city and has tion will think that it’s their and 168 in April. This contrasts Hall will be closed. Calderon prancing about pro - resulted in more than 9,000 doing. The fact is that the Mex - to the 150 killed only recently. What many experts agree on, claiming that his war on the deaths, the murders continue, ican military is no longer being The fact is the killings have however, is that there does Senior Centers and Day - drug cartels is taking fruit be - albeit, in smaller numbers. used in the war, thus, the mur - dropped and one cannot dis - seem to be some sort of dy - care Operations will be cause the violence is slowly With Juarez city officials tear - ders have gone down. Just to count the fact that some people namic happening that has seen closed. ebbing and coming to a halt. ing down protective barriers – give you an example, eight do feel safer, but, perhaps not a drop in the Juarez murders. Sports Centers will be But, is it true? Has the violence barriers that gave the people a people were murdered just yes - because of Calderon’s claims However, one element on in Mexico been moderated to open. false sense of security – it now terday. So, have the killings that it’s his strategy that has which most experts don’t agree, the extent that Juarenses feel seems as if it’s a new day in stopped? I would say no. Also, worked. is whether the lull will last, or Aquatic Centers will be safer? While Calderon was open. Juarez. Or not! the media has been asked to not whether the violence will pick claiming credit for the drop in report on any new violence that Analyst Patrick Corcoran at - up once again after the Mexi - killings, however, one woman “Just wait until after might occur. I don’t think any - tributes the drop in murders to can elections in July. Much re - All Recreation Centers will held up a sign indicating not the presidential elections,” says thing has changed at all. It’s other factors. “One likely factor mains to be seen. be closed with the excep - that he had won his so-called tion of Armijo 1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Galatzan 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Gary del Palacio 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Leona Ford Washington 1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Marty Robbins 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Pavo Real 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Veterans 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Information (915) 544-0753 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 4 El Paso Parks and Recreation Department Over 40 & Looking for Work?... Continued from page 2 company. If you’ve only had one job for offers Weight Room Open .... for companies looking to winnow down your entire career, that is another matter. the pool of available candidates. So what Behaviorally-based Second, make sure you come prepared to House are these tests and what are they looking to each and every job interview with two or find? Most on-line tests are really surveys Interview Ques - three examples of successes and setbacks El Paso, Texas - The City of El Paso Parks and Recreation seeking to measure a job applicant’s atti - during the course of your career. Be able Department will host an Open House at different Recreation tudes and likely responses to certain job- tions: What are to explain what happened as briefly as Centers showcasing the weight room and fitness areas at related situations. In particular, these tests possible along with your role and the role each of the facilities. are looking to measure a person’s consci - they? At one time companies were of other people in the situation. No one entiousness and attitudes toward work, to caught for asking personal questions of job likes an egomaniac. Next, tell what you Eliseo Duran, Special Events Specialist with the Parks and include paying attention to detail and applicants which had little relevance to learned from the situation, and more im - Recreation Department said, “We want the citizen’s of El being organized as well as the ability to performing the job. Specifically, questions portantly, how you have applied those Paso to come and check out some of the fantastic fitness meet assigned deadlines. At the same time about marital status, children and childcare learned lessons going forward in subse - equipment that is available.” Each of the Recreation centers these tests focus on a person’s ability to arrangements along with inquiries into na - quent situations. Finally, what about an - will have weight training demonstrations involving proper get along with others in the workplace, tional origin or background were routinely swering the most dreaded of all interview technique, while answering any questions.” where operating as part of a team is often asked and often used as a basis for select - questions, “Tell me your biggest weak - a very important component to achieving ing job applicants. It’s illegal to hire and ness?” Remember, your biggest weakness 2012 can be your year to Get Fit and Stay Fit with the City overall company goals and objectives. discriminate on this basis, and so enter the is probably your biggest strength taken to of El Paso Parks and Recreation Department with a nominal The numbers and names of tests used on- neutral behaviorally-based interview ques - extreme. For the very bright job applicant monthly fee that is affordable for an individual or the entire line are legion. They run the gamut from tions. that can mean thinking you’re smarter than family. For more information go to name-brand instruments to everyone else. For the socially- www.elpasotexas.gov/parks. tests developed by various skilled candidate that can mean try - statistically-trained individu - ing to please all the people all of the als and sold to companies for time. For the super-organized and ef - their own use. There is no ficient individual that can mean an best way to game the system. obsession with detail. Answering this Furthermore, giving a mis - question with responses like “I could leading picture of yourself spell better” or “I work too hard” can lead to unintended con - makes you sound silly at best and sequences, such as being disingenuous at worst. In closing, asked to interview for a job it’s a new world out there for today’s where you will be a poor fit job seeker. Companies have become for the demands of the role. more sophisticated in their screening

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By: “Doppler” Dave Speelman What’s the Wind Chill? Now that we are in the heart of winter and calculate the wind chill factor and the wind some periods of cold weather for El Paso, let’s chill equivalent temperature. However, they talk about wind chill. The wind chill factor is are all based on research conducted by scien - the method used by weather forecasters to tell tists Paul A. Siple and Charles F. Passel in the us how much colder the wind makes unpro - 1940s, later used by the U.S. army to develop tected skin feel. So why do meteorologists say warmer clothing for soldiers. The research it's 40 with a wind chill factor that will make it found that the rate at which water freezes de - feel more like 20? Why don't they just say it's pends on three factors: how warm it was to 20? begin with, the outside temperature and the The wind doesn't actually change the tem - wind speed. perature outside, but the temperature we feel The United States along with other countries is not the air temperature but our skin temper - adopted the wind chill index as a public health ature. A person will sense that it's colder be - tool so people could protect themselves from cause the wind steals body heat by blowing cold-related ailments such as hypothermia and away warm air that surrounds the skin. This frostbite. This is especially useful for those means the wind chill factor is not a factor for who are going to be outside in the cold for inanimate objects like rocks, cars and snow – long periods of time. they will all maintain the same temperatures Hypothermia results when body temperature no matter how strongly the winds blow. falls below 95 degrees. Symptoms include The wind chill index adopted in 2001 uses a drowsiness, impaired co-ordination and weak - mathematical model that approximates how ness. It can also be fatal. skin temperature, especially on the face, Frostbite is the result of skin freezing. It changes with various air temperatures and causes swelling, redness, tingling and burning. wind conditions. Skin turns white and waxy as the frostbite pro - Different countries use different formulas to gresses. Infection and loss of extremities can

“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 is - sues you can email him at [email protected]. FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY JAN 13 JAN 14 JAN 15 JAN 16 JAN 17 JAN 18 JAN 19

Partly Sunny Mostly Cloudy Variably Cloudy Mostly Sunny Partly Sunny Partly Sunny Mostly Sunny 10% Rain Late 30% Rain 20% Rain-Snow 20% Rain High: 53º Low: 29º High: 55º Low: 38º High: 51º Low: 32º High: 59º Low: 38º High: 59º Low: 36º High: 61º Low: 35º High: 62º Low: 38º SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 6 Unhappiness Is a Disease That Often Shortens Life Dr. David Lipschitz seek medical advice, to prevent and treat “The Sin Fin Column” disease.

How many of us are pessimistic about And with happiness comes smiles and by Joe Olvera ©, 2012 opportunities, the future of our nation or laughter — two powerful tonics that not the chance that we will live out our lives only improve health in an individual, but with sufficient resources to meet our also infectiously promote the health of needs? Pessimism is rampant, and this is those around him or her. A good belly Splitting the dilemma of the associated with poor health and a shorter laugh is associated with better metabo - life expectancy. By contrast, the happier lism, lowering of blood pressure, reduc - you are, the healthier and the longer you tion in stress and improved relationships. Indigena/Spaniard Identity are likely to live. Research studies have shown that laugh - One of my many nephews, David Olvera, Spanish, albeit by default. That is to say, my ances - tral Indigena mother was raped by some Spanish A study just published in the highly pres - ter causes the release of endorphins that who lives in Amarillo, TX, asked me if we had In - overlord or soldier. It was not a marriage proper. tigious Proceedings of the National elevate mood, creating a natural high dian blood. He and his brother, Danny, were won - That is, my ancestral mother and my ancestral father Academy of Sciences showed that adults that relieves tension and relaxes muscles. dering how to respond to questions about their did not state their marriage vows before clergy, with who described themselves as happy had Laughter boosts the immune system, so ethnicity. David is very light skinned, while Danny all the rituals and mysteries thereof – nor, did they a 35 percent lower risk of dying than that those who smile and laugh are far is dark like me. My response is that, of course, we jump the broom. No! On the contrary, the Spanish those who felt they were unhappy. less likely to develop minor infections have Indigenous blood – perhaps not Apache, Com - overlord simply split open the legs of society and and, over the years, have a lower risk of manche, or any of the other American Indian tribes, penetrated the living bod. His male juices over - arthritis and cancer. but, certainly we have the blood of Aztecs, Mayans, flowed and spilled historical ramifications over my or Tlaxcalans, or any of the many tribes that inhabit mother’s grave. So what should we do with this informa - Mexico. The confusing part comes from also being tion? Understand that if you are pes - dual identity – that is, we’re supposed to be half- If I do have Indian blood, then I’m proud simistic, sad and lonely, it is time to seek Spanish, at least, we Mestizos are supposed to be. to say that, perhaps, my bloodline is Mayan. You help. Being pessimistic is almost like a Yes, the Spaniards, when they invaded and con - know - that tribe that ruled Mexico long before the disease, drawing similar people to you quered the Mexica, impregnated many a fair Indian Aztecs did. Although the Aztecs were a group of who only make things worse. Pessimism maiden to produce the likes of us, but, still it gets people about whom we can also be proud. The Indi - and loneliness impair the ability to make confusing. friends or develop constructive relation - genas, from the Olmecs to the Toltecs, to the Mayans, to the Aztecs all developed great civiliza - In this report, the happiness levels of ships. Sometimes counseling is the best Mexican comedienne La India Maria has a tions. When the Spanish arrived in 1519, Hernan 3,583 people from age 52 to 69 were as - approach to dealing with pessimistic ap - movie about dual identity, called: “Ni de aqui, ni de Cortez managed to fool Motecuzoma II – the sessed and followed for five years. Many proaches to life. Consider counseling if alla.” Her movie deals with the problems encoun - revered Speaker of the Aztecs – into thinking that he had a chronic disease, such as diabetes or you ask any of these questions: Why do tered by Mexicans caught between the cross hairs of was the god Quetzalcoatl – a god who had exiled high blood pressure and poor health I have no friends? Why do I find it so two distinct nations and two distinct cultures. Play - himself from Mexico, but had promised to some day habits such as excessive alcohol use and difficult to go on a date? Why does no ing the role of an undocumented immigrant in the return. When Cortez came to Mexico from Cuba, cigarette smoking. Despite these ill - one seem to like me? In addition to the U.S., she was neither from here – the United States - chasing a renegade Spaniard soldier, he saw the po - nesses, being happier was associated Internet, bookstores abound with self- nor from there – Mexico. That’s exactly the way I tential of Mexican gold. He saw a wealthy civiliza - with a longer life expectancy. help information that can help promote a feel about my ethnicity, my heritage; because I’m tion that placed more value on the feathers of the positive attitude to life and make you supposed to be half Spanish and half Indian. Only I Quetzal than on the gold a-plenty, which Cortez fa - This study is one of many linking happi - happier. don’t know which half is which. On the one hand, vored. ness to health. A study followed 5,000 my Indian side gives me a sense of pride, a sense of university students for more than 40 For those of you who do not feel particu - belonging. On the other hand, I’m supposed to be The rest, as they say, is history. The years and found that pessimism was as - larly happy, content or fulfilled, here is half Spanish, even though no Spaniard has ever em - Spaniards conquered the Aztecs with the help of the sociated with a higher death rate, and an some sage advice: Learn to smile more braced me, or called me “brother.” Maybe it’s be - Tlaxcalans and other tribes that hated the ruling important study of nuns showed that and don't be so shy. See the bright rather cause of my brown skin, maybe it’s because I don’t junta, and the Aztec world was turned topsy turvy, those with a positive outlook on life — than the dark side of things. Be drawn to speak Castillian, or maybe it’s because I’m not di - or upside down if you prefer. Through a series of and who were happy and content — laughter and participate. Spend time with rectly from Spain. I’ve never researched my geneal - battles and violence, the Spaniards became the new lived longer. Happy individuals are less playful and fun people and bring humor ogy, so I don’t even know from what part of Spain ruler, imposing their religion on the indigenas and likely to be stressed, enjoy their work into conversations. my ancestors materialized – if, indeed they did. more, are often at their ideal body quarreling over the gold, silver, and other gems which they had uncovered. So, to answer you, David weight, tend to exercise and eat right, In fact, I’ve got a splitting headache from and Danny, yes, we do have Indian blood. But, and have high self-esteem. All of these There is truly hope for everyone. Learn trying to figure out on which side of the spectrum I again, just how much is still a matter to be discussed traits are predictors of longevity. to be happier and, if necessary, seek belong. Get it? Splitting headache? As in, split in and, I suppose, debated. Be proud of your Indian help. The happier your life, the better two? If I am an Indian, I don’t know from which blood, be proud that we are survivors, we are still Without happiness, no one can tackle his your health and the brighter your days. tribe. If I’m a Spaniard, I don’t know from what re - here, still living here in what used to be Mexico. or her job with passion. To quote Donald Life is too short not to have fun! gion. I often get criticized because I acknowledge But, then, that’s another column for a future date. Trump, “without passion there is no my indigena roots, but, don’t embrace my Spanish energy and without energy there is no Hope that answers your question. Dr. David Lipschitz is the author of the side. De donde soy, de donde vengo? If I am half in - success. ” Happy people are more likely book "Breaking the Rules of Aging." digena – which I believe I am – then I’m also half to be loved, less likely to be lonely, more More information is available at: Sin Fin likely to have faith in themselves and in www.drdavidhealth.com a higher power, and much more likely to COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 7

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They can even post notices ris, IL 61054-0447. (Postage is like rate changes...Continues on grows fastest of all. included in the price.) page 11 COPYRIGHT 2012 UNIVERSAL UCLICK SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 9 SuSTainaBle living By Shawn Dell Joyce A Green-Collar Future? Our buildings account for more percent. The loans they help to than half of our carbon emis - secure are low-interest and can "You can't take a building you sions, and three-quarters of ex - be paid by the savings from the want to weatherize, put it on a isting buildings will need to be business's utility bill. Retro - ship to China and then have renovated or remodeled in the fitting thousands of old build - them do it and send it back," next 20 years. We also have a ings has helped to stimulate a Jones said in a 2007 New York small army of unemployed and green-collar job market in Times interview. "So we are underemployed contractors Cambridge. going to have to put people to with tools just itching for work in this country — something to do. What if “You can't take a weatherizing millions of these ingenious folks were buildings, putting up solar put to work retrofitting ex - building you want to panels, constructing wind isting buildings with en - farms. Those green-collar ergy-efficient upgrades? weatherize , put it on jobs can provide a pathway out of poverty for someone Cambridge, Mass., is doing a ship to China who has not gone to col - just that — and setting an and then have them lege." example for municipalities across the nation. Cam - do it and send it Picture this: Your child bridge set the goal of re - back,” graduates from high school ducing carbon emissions and has the option of going Jones said in a 2007 New York by 20 percent and drawing away to college or enrolling Times interview. 20 percent of municipal in a local trade school, power from renewable sources. which now includes green alter - To meet these ambitious goals, Green-collar jobs that are gen - natives. Let's say that young a nonprofit, city-sponsored erated by encouraging energy Sally, who might have opted www.spotlightepnews.com group was formed to create efficiency would include jobs for "beautician" as the only vi - green-collar jobs and increase like home energy auditors, in - able local career last year, can building efficiency. The Cam - sulation installers, weatheriza - now choose from a $12/hour bridge Energy Alliance con - tion workers, retrofitters for job weatherizing senior hous - nects local business owners buildings and solar installers ing, with potential to grow to with energy-efficiency experts for electricity and solar hot $40/hour as a certified home and bankers willing to loan water systems, among other energy auditor. Or perhaps your them the money for these up - jobs. According to former fledgling will start with grades. green-jobs czar Van Jones, $18/hour working as a solar green-collar jobs are manual- technician and work his way up The Alliance generally reduces labor jobs that can't be out - to $50 per hour as a certified a business' energy use 15 to 30 sourced. solar installer.

An army of unemployed con - "If we can get these youth in on tractors could build cottage- the ground floor of the solar in - dustry now, where they can be industry green jobs. installers today, they'll become managers in five years and owners in 10. And then they be - come inventors," Jones said to The New York Times. "The green economy has the power to deliver new sources of work, wealth and health to low-in - come people — while honoring the Earth. If you can do that, you just wiped out a whole bunch of problems."

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Fresh though you know there are those who consider that to be a sign of greatness cide what you want your relationship faces become fast friends in June. have every advantage, you will refuse to come. to look and feel like. Slip into the mind - Love fills your summer with adventure to feel limited. You'll find ways of mak - set of already having what you desire. and laughter. July is your chance to ing the most of the resources available LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If a come - You will actually be able to pretend run with a stellar business idea. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 13 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 14

Guide a Heroic Trio Through 'Trine 2' Jeb Haught even more robust adventure, and the addition of online co-op What really sets this game apart DEVELOPER: Frozenbyte for up to three players makes are the physics-based puzzles, PUBLISHER: Atlus up for the lack of new features. most of which can be solved in SYSTEM: Microsoft XBL more than one way. download (PC, PSN) The story takes a backseat to REVIEW PRICE: $15.00 game-play in "Trine 2," so all SCORI ESRB RATING: E10+ that really needs to be said is SYST NG REVIEW RATING: 4.5 stars that the three heroes from the EM (out of 5) first game have been 5 stars = called upon by Must- "Trine" was a surprise hit in the an - 4 stars Have 2009 due to its unique blend of = Ver various genres that of - ard 3 y Go g Bo star od fered addictive atin s = A re R bov 2-D KEY ftwa age e Av NGS t So er- RATI men game tain ) 2 nter lder stars play E ) nd o hordes = B SRB 10 a nec - arga set (E one one of goblins, but that's 1 sta in B ery ery essary since each sports unique Zoya, r = in against E: Ev : (Ev er) all in a day's work for a hero, Don lus old abilities that are necessary to the thief, can 't B stunning 0-p and der) cient now isn't it? othe E1 (13 d ol advance. For example, Pontius, swing around using her handy r 3-D back - een 7 an Trine artifact T: T e (1 the knight, hacks enemies to grappling hook. It's also possi - grounds. atur to once again save the Players control one character at Thankfully, M: M day! This means they'll have to a time and can switch among bits with his sword, and ble to upgrade abilities and Early puzzles are easy, but the sequel navigate tricky levels, solve them at will with the press of a Amadeus, the wizard, conjures even gain new ones by collect - some of the later ones can be features an countless puzzles and defeat button. Switching heroes is items out of thin air, while ing orbs. ..Continues on next page SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 15

'Trine 2'... Author Audrey Hartley Continued from page ing aspects of older shooters, like Book Signing Event 14....tough to figure out having to dodge hundreds (especially if you play of bullets while memoriz - solo). Teaming up with ing every level and then others online opens up attempting them over and new possibilities, such over ... as levitating a cube that a teammate is Instead of earning new standing on or block - weapons, players have ac - ing fireballs with the cess to all three from the knight's shield so that start and can fire off more others can safely powerful versions by charg - pass by. ing them up first. I found the basic machine gun to be Despite some minor my favorite when compared flaws, "Trine 2" is a to the slow-firing laser and fantastic game that's ineffective bombs. Weapons fun to play alone can be upgraded by collect - and even more enjoyable with others! as ing power-ups, but even "Happy Days" TV show spinoff "Joanie when upgraded to the maxi - Loves Chachi," it's still the least engaging mum level, I still felt like they weren't any - WHEN: 01-21-2012 'Pixeljunk of the Pixeljunk bunch. thing special. TIME: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. SideScroller' Retro gaming is definitely in style, and the Another player can join in on the side- idea behind this game seems sound: Create scrolling action, but unlike most co-op WHERE: The Bean Cafe, 2011 Avenida De Mesilla, DEVELOPER: Q-Games a 2-D side-scrolling shooter with vector- games, this title is best enjoyed alone. For Mesilla, NM 88046 PUBLISHER: Sony like graphics and add a modern electronic starters, both players share the same pool SYSTEM: Sony PSN download soundtrack. So why isn't "Pixeljunk of extra lives. In addition, when one WHAT: Audrey Hartley, a resident of Las Cruces, NM, PRICE: $9.99 SideScroller" as popular as the old-school player's ship is destroyed, the other player will be available to sign copies of her Children's book, ESRB RATING: Everyone games it's based on? Simply put, it offers is forced to continue alone until he or she Colors for Michaela. REVIEW RATING: 3.0 stars (out of 5) repetitive game-play that's frustratingly finally hits a checkpoint. difficult! Michaela is blind, but that doesn't stop her from want - Sony has seen much success in its Pix - In the end, "Pixeljunk SideScroller" doesn't ing to know what others can see. Colors for Michaela eljunk game series for the PSN, so they de - Sixteen levels are available to challenge provide enough fun to make the frustration are explained using the other senses—smell, taste, cided to make a spinoff of a mini-game players' skills and patience as they're as - worthwhile. feel, and sound. Kids will gain a true understanding of found in "Pixeljunk Shooter 2." Although saulted from all sides by weapons fire, lava colors while discovering the tenacity of a vivacious "Pixeljunk SideScroller" isn't nearly as bad and various other hazards. This title defi - COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM little girl. nitely replicates some of the more frustrat - SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 16

SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 18 Now Showing JOYFUL NOISE THE IRON LADY CONTRABAND Open Nationwide 01/13/12 Open Nationwide 01/13/12 Runtime 110 min Runtime 118 min Runtime 105 min MPAA Rating PG-13 for some MPAA Rating R for violence, MPAA Rating PG-13 for some lan - pervasive language and brief guage including a sexual reference. violent images and brief nudity. Starring Meryl Streep, Harry drug use. Starring Queen Latifah, Dolly Par - Starring Kate Beckinsale, ton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Lloyd, Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Courtney B. Vance Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna Genre Comedy, Drama, Musical Genre Drama Synopsis "The Iron Lady" is a Genre Suspense/Thriller Synopsis The small town of Synopsis A cargo ship security Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first guard who was recently re - hard times, but the people are leased from jail after serving counting on the Divinity Church and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One time for smuggling alcohol, Choir to lift their spirits by win - struggles to support his family. ning the National Joyful Noise of the 20th century's most fa - mous and influential women, Then he gets an opportunity to Competition. The choir has always do one last smuggling job on a known how to sing in harmony, but Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of freighter between Reykjavik the discord between its two leading and Rotterdam. ladies now threatens to tear them gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER fiery G.G. Sparrow thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST old.Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.'s rebellious SPY grandson, Randy, with an ear for music and an eye for Vi Rose's Open Nationwide 01/13/12 beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia. The sparks between the Runtime 84 min Runtime 127 min two teenagers cause even more heat. MPAA Rating G MPAA Rating R for violence, Starring Paige O'Hara, Richard some sexuality/nudity and lan - White, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, guage. THE David Ogden Stiers Starring Tom Hardy, Gary Old - Genre Animation, Family man, Colin Firth, Benedict BUSINESSMAN Synopsis Walt Disney Pictures' magi - Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham Open 01/12/2012 cal animated classic "Beauty and the Genre Suspense/Thriller Runtime 130 min Beast" returns to the big screen in Synopsis An intelligence officer MPAA Rating NR Telugu w/ English Disney Digital 3D™, introducing a is recalled from retirement when subtitles. whole new generation to the Disney there are signs that one of the Starring Mahesh Babu, Kajal Agar - classic with stunning new 3D im - top-ranking officers of the wal, Prakash Raj agery. The film captures the fantastic British Secret Intelligence Serv - Official Website http://www.prince - journey of Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman who's ice is a Soviet mole. businessman.com/ taken prisoner by a hideous beast in his castle. Despite her pre - carious situation, Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff -- a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others -- and ul - timately learns to see beneath the Beast's exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince. The Devil Inside 01/06/2012 Rated: R Genre: Suspense/Horror/Thriller CARNAGE In 1989, emergency responders re - ceived a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi Runtime 79 min confessing that she had brutally killed MPAA Rating R for language. three people. 20 years later, her daugh - Starring Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, John C. ter Isabella seeks to understand the Reilly truth about what happened that night. She travels to the Centrino Hospital for Genre Comedy, Drama the Criminally Insane in Italy where her mother has been locked Synopsis After two boys duke it out on a playground, the par - away to determine if her mother is mentally ill or demonically ents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work possessed. When she recruits two young exorcists to cure her out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon esca - mom using unconventional methods combining both science lates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their and religion, they come face-to-face with pure evil in the form true colors. None of them will escape the carnage. of four powerful demons possessing Maria. Director Roman Polanski Starring: Fernanda Andrade,Simon Quarterman,Evan Helmuth,Ionut Grama,Suzan Crowley SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 19 Premiere Cinemas 6101 Gateway West S.15 CINEMARK CIELO VISTA Schedule good for Fri January 13th - Jan 19th Gateway West Blvd/Cielo Vista Mall ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 2-D (PG) 10:35a 1:35p 4:30p 7:25p 10:20p 10:55a 1:45p 4:35p 7:20p 10:10p THE SITTER (R) 11:35a 2:00p 4:30p Schedule good for Friday January 13th ADVENTURES OF TINTIN 3-D (PG) 7:00p 9:30p 10:50a 1:40p 4:30p 7:15p 10:05p THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING Beauty and the Beast The Devil Inside R Digital Cin - Carnage R Digital Cinema DBOX SHERLOCK HOLMES 2 DAWN PART 1 (PG-13) 12:45p 3:45p G RealD 3D 10:15am 11:15am ema 10:30am 11:30am 1:30pm 10:45am 1:45pm 4:45pm (PG-13) 12:00p 3:10p 6:40p 10:10p 6:45p 9:45p 1:15pm 4:15pm 5:15pm 7:15pm 2:30pm 4:30pm 5:30pm7:30pm 7:45pm 10:45pm GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TAT - TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Schedule good for 1/13 - 1/19 TOO (R) 10:30a 11:00a 2:15p 2:45p (R) 12:30p 3:45p 7:00p 10:15p SUPER STIMULUS TUESDAY: $1 10:15pm Digital Cinema 2:15pm 8:30pm 10:30pm Mission: Impossible - Ghost 6:05p 6:30p 9:45p 10:15p WAR HORSE (PG-13) 10:30a 8:15pm The Iron Lady PG-13Digital Cin - Protocol PG-13 Digital Cinema DRINK, $1 POPCORN, or $5.00 OFF J. EDGAR (R) 7:05p 10:25p 11:40a 2:00p 3:10p 5:30p 6:40p ANY REGULAR COMBO Contraband R Digital Cinema ema 10:40am 1:40pm 4:40pm 10:00am 1:00pm 4:00pm PUSS IN BOOTS 2-D (PG) 9:00p 10:10p ALL SEATS ALL SHOWS $5.00 10:25am 11:25am 1:25pm 7:40pm 10:40pm 7:00pm 10:00pm 11:15a 1:45p 4:30p WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) 10:40a 2:25pm 4:25pm 5:25pm 7:25pm The Darkest Hour PG-13 RealD New Year's Eve PG-13Digital SHERLOCK HOLMES 2: 12:55p 1:50p 3:40p 5:00p 6:50p EVERY TUESDAY!! 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Open to all the entire El Paso community. at active.com. reaches its destination. Showtimes are 8 p.m. NORTHEAST/ Awards will be given to top three finishers in Register at any Fort Bliss Gym through Jan. 11 Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: each age group, as well as the top overall male or onsite 6:30 to 7:45 a.m. on race day. $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military/students with ID). CENTRAL and female finishers. All finishers receive Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com. medals. Registration: $35 ($20 active-duty mili - ‘Murder on the Nile’ — El Paso Play - tary); additional $10 fee for race day registra - Fort Bliss half marathon — The 2012 house, 2501 Montana, presents the Agatha The Birddogs — The band performs Satur - tion. First 200 registered runners will receive Fort Bliss Half Marathon, presented by Under day, Jan. 14 , at La Tierra Cafe, 1731 Montana. Under Armour shirts; first 100 registered guaran - Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner served at 6:45 p.m., Armour, is 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 , at Soto teed shirt sizes. Information: 744-5790 or Gym on East Fort Bliss. show at 8 p.m. Seating limited; reservations re - [email protected]. Online registration quired. Tickets: $32 for dinner and show. Infor - mation: 533-8890 or latierracafe.com.

‘How to Get Published’ workshop — Lee Byrd of Cinco Puntos Press and Jeanie Glenn of Book Publishers of El Paso present a two-hour workshop for aspiring writers, at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 , at Cinco Puntos Press, 710 Texas, followed by a question-and-answer period. Cost: $20 (space is limited; advance reg - Christie murder mystery Jan. 6-28 . Directed by istration required). Information/registration: Frieda Voeks. When a new bride is murdered 838-1625 or 778-6670. while on her honeymoon, it is up to her guardian to find out who the murderer is, before the boat

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Hulk Hogan’s Micro Championship Midget Wrestling — Thursday, Jan. 19 , at Speaking Rock Entertainment Center - 122 S. Old Pueblo Road. Ages 18 and older welcome. In - formation: 860-7777 or speakingrockentertainment.com.

Monster Truck Spectacular — The “Thunder Slam” monster truck show is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, at El Paso County Coliseum, 4100 Paisano. Tickets: $19.75 to $25. (Ticketmaster).

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Martin Luther King Jr. Food Drive — The annual city-wide ef - fort to restock area food pantries is Jan. 5-16 , with several organizations participating. Canned and other non - perishable food items can be dropped off at various public and private loca - tions throughout town. The food will then be collected, sorted and distrib - uted among agencies serving the less fortunate including the Salvation Army, the Opportunity Center for the Homeless, the El Paso Rescue Mission, the Center Against Family Vio - lence and others. Information: 541-4010 or 541-4140. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 21

EASTSIDE Days of Remembrance Bridal & Quinceañera Faire — The 22nd an - Polar Plunge — The “Freezin for a Reason” cold weather nual event is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15 , at the El Paso Convention Center, presented by Elegant Penguin Pro - swim benefiting Special Olympics Texas-El Paso Area 19, is 8 to ductions. The event gathers more than 100 experts in the field 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 , at Wyndham El Paso Airport, 2027 Air - of weddings and quinceañeras, including cakes, catering, way. Cost: $50 ($25 17 and younger). Information: 533-8229 or dresses, flowers, halls, hotels, photography/video services, sotx.org. tuxedos and more. A variety of door prizes will be given away, as well as grand prizes of honeymoon vacation packages El Paso Psychic Fair — The fair is 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sat - and quinceañera prizes (must be present to win). Admission: urday and Sunday, Jan. 14-15 , at the Hawthorn Inn, 1700 Airway $5. Information: 592-8897 or eptuxs.com. Admission fees (at Boeing). Admission: $5 for both days (private readings not in - benefit the El Paso Child Crisis Center. cluded with admission). Free admission with active duty military I.D. Information: 345-6245 or elpasopsychicfair.com. The event also features fashion shows of wedding and The fair features aura photos, handmade New Age crystal and gemstone jewelry, spirit writing, quinceañera gowns and formal wear. Feng Shui products, aromatherapy and readings by 14 professional psychic readers and mediums from across Texas and New Mexico. Readings offered in English and Spanish.

WESTSIDE/DOWNTOWN Centennial Museum — University at Wiggins, UTEP. Changing exhibits are on the second floor, Lea and Discovery Galleries. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. Information: 747-5565 or museum.utep.edu. Showing Jan. 17-Dec. 6: “Nuestra Casa.” The exhibition is the product of a nearly four-year collaboration between UTEP Assistant Professor of Social Work Eva Moya and South African based photographer and artist Damien Schumann. The multimedia exhibition includes the in - stallation of a life-size shantytown style house. The exhibition will be presented in conjunction with activities and programs by several UTEP departments. Public reception is 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan 19.

El Paso Puzzler Mountain Bike Race — El Paso’s only endurance mountain bike race is 8 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at Bowen Ranch’s Round House. Hosted by the Border Mountain Bike Association. Registration: $60; $25 for GPS fun ride. Gate fee: $5 donation to ALS Association. Information: 845-1097 or elpasopuzzler.com. The 3rd annual 50-mile single-track ride (35-mile route and 10 mile GPS fun ride also of - fered) with several climbs and descents. Packet pick-up and late registration is noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Bowen Round House. Additional $20 per rider late fee. No race day registration.

UTEP Men’s Basketball – UTEP hosts SMU at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 , at the Don Haskins Center. Information: 747-5234 or utepathletics.com.

Dancing at the Mall — The Desert Dancer Chapter 5017 of USA Dance host and afternoon of dancing 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15 , at Sunland Park Mall, with dancing performances and lessons. Admission is free. Information: 585-1936 or 487-9396.

Laser Spectaculars — The popular laser rock shows in 3-D/H-D for - mat are Saturday, Jan. 14 , at the Abraham Chavez Theatre, featuring the music of Michael Jackson at 7 p.m. and Pink Floyd at 9 p.m. Tickets: $24.50-$35 ($15 ages 12 and younger). (Ticketmaster). The “Spirit of Michael Jackson” show features the top Michael Jackson impersonators straight from the Vegas stage, along with dance troupes. The production includes lasers, large screen video projection, concert lighting and 50,000 watts of sound. Spanning his 40- year career, the show will take the audience on a visual journey that captures the essence of Jacksons’ worldwide concert appearances. Celebrating its 26th year of successful touring, the two-hour Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular features Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” with the second half featuring The Best of Pink Floyd (including “The Wall”).

Sasahara Gallery — 7100 Westwind Drive, Suite 135. Fine art paintings, jewelry, sculp - ture, photography, prints, cards and portraits. Owner is artist Linda Noack. Hours are 1 to 7 p.m. Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday; other days by appointment. Information: 584-4222 or [email protected]. Web: sasaharagallery.com. new works by Sally Backy Avant and SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 22 WESTSIDE/DOWNTOWN SOUTHERN NEW MExICO

Sasahara Gallery... Ben Avant. An artist’s meet and greet is 4 to 7 Antique and Collectible Show — The 25th annual winter nostalgia show and sale is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14-15 , at St. Genevieve’s Parish Hall, 1025 E. Las Cruces Ave. in Las Cruces. Free ap - praisals offered and food will be served. Admission: $1.50 (good for both days). Information: (575) 526-8624. Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino — The 2011-2012 live horse racing season runs through April 17 . Race days are Tuesdays, Fri - Wells Fargo Mesilla Valley Balloon Rally — Nearly 40 balloons, including a variety of special shapes, are days, Saturdays and Sundays. First post is 12:25 p.m. each race day. Gen - expected at the 2012 rally Jan. 14-15 at Brown Farm Field in Las Cruces. The event also includes food vendors, balloonist eral admission is free to the track and casino. Turf Club seating is $7. competitions, vintage car show and more. Admission is free. Information: [email protected] or mvbr.com. Information: (575) 874-5200 or sunland-park.com. The official opening ceremonies begins 7 a.m. Saturday followed by mass ascension at 7:30 a.m. both days Simulcast racing begins at 10 a.m. everyday. General admission and An afternoon “fun launch” is 3 p.m. Saturday, weather permitting, and a “balloon glow” 5:30 to 8 p.m. parking are free. Information: (575) 874-5200. Tethered rides begin at 8:30 a.m. both days and continue until fuel is gone or weather is unagreeable. Cost: $2 donation for To get there, take the Sunland Park exit from I-10, go south (left turn local charities. coming from Downtown) and follow the signs. The launch field is across from St. John Mobile Home Park on El Camino Real and south of Armstrong Road.

LYNX Exhibits — The exhibit space is at 300 W. San Antonio (just Gregory Alan Isakov - The South African folk musician performs at 7:30 south of Convention Center). Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through p.m. Friday, Jan. 13 , at the Buckhorn Opera House, 18 Main Street, in Pinos Altos, Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. Last admission is N.M. as part of the Mimbres Region Arts Council’s Folk Series. Isakov has been one hour before closing time. Information: 533-4330 or lynxexhibits.com. called a “lyrical genius” and has shared the stage with acts like Mumford and Sons, Showing Jan. 14-May 28 : “The Science of SuperCroc,” with Calexico and Fiona Apple, as well as having appeared at well-respected venues like the world’s largest crocodile, 40-foot-long. SuperCroc brings together South by Southwest and Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Tickets: $20 ($15 members/$5 “Sarcosuchus and Suchomimus,” two of the fiercest prehistoric predators students). Groups of 20 or more: $10 each. Information: (575) 538-2505 or mimbre - that lived 110 million years ago, in an exciting, hands-on experience. In - sarts.org. cluded are original fossil specimens, life-sized skeletons, a flesh recon - struction of SuperCroc, and field tents mimicking life on a field Le Chat Lunatique — The “filthy, mangy” gypsy jazz band performs at 7 expedition. Visitors have opportunities to “measure up” against the Super - p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 , at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las Croc, “weigh in” as potential bait, mechanically move a dinosaur and more.

Downtown Artist Market — The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department new market for area artists are Saturdays on Anthony Street in the Union Plaza area. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. resum - ing Jan. 14 . Space for about 53 artists available each month. Information: 541-4481. Cruces, performing everything from Gypsy Swing to Western Swing. Tickets: $10 in El Paso Chamber Music Festival - El Paso Pro-Musica’s advance; $12 at the door. Information: (575) 523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com. 23rd annual festival presents world-class chamber musicians Jan. 12-Feb. Le Chat Lunatique’s sound is a result of a 5. Concerts, recitals and other special events will be offered at various mutual love for the great Hot Club of venues, in addition to the popular Music Film Series and free Bach’s France; a gypsy swing group from 1940s lunch performances at El Paso Museum of Art. This year’s guests include Paris, which included the combined genius Kim Kashkashian, Alfredo Oyaguez, Soovin Kim and Lara Downes. of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Festival packages are $150 ($120 senior/military; $30 students) for all El Grapelli. Paso shows. El Paso/Las Cruces season packages are $200 ($160 sen - Devilishly clever lyrics offer insight into iors/military, $40 students). l’amour (“falling in love is like eating Individual concert tickets: $30 ($25 seniors/military; $5 students). Infor - tacos”), a louche paean to a doting million - mation: 833-9400 or eppm.org. airess (“Buy me a Cadillac, buy me a yacht • Violinist Kim Kashkashian plays Schumann to open the festival at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15 , at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. / Buy me everything that I haven’t got”), minatory obser - • Alfredo Oyaguez will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. vations on fate (“the bus of God will run you over”), and 20-21 at Western Hills United Methodist Church, 524 Thunderbird, and the inevitable bitterness of a broken heart (“Miss Sunday, Jan. 22 at NMSU’s Atkinson Recital Hall. Concerts are “Con - Lady...please do me the courtesy of drinking in some other certo Night” Friday, “From Spain” Saturday and “Miniatures” Sunday. gin joint”). The band’s repertoire also features original arrangements of tunes that stretch from kindergarten fa - ‘January Jazz’ — El Paso Wind Symphony continues its 2011-12 vorites (“Frère Jacques”) to pop hits (“Straight Up”) to “Spicy Season” season at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13 , at UTEP’s Fox Fine swing anthems (“Minnie the Moocher”) to Reinhardt clas - Arts Recital Hall. Tickets $12.50 ($7.50 military, students and seniors). sics (“Blue Drag”). Information: 760-5599 or elpasowindsymphony.com. The Pointer Sisters — The pop/Motown legends Wolf + Lamb — The producers/DJs perform at Friday, Jan. 13 , at perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 , at Inn of the Moun - Low Brow Palace, 111 E. Robinson, with opening acts Mr. B, J-En, Gold - tain Gods Resort and Casino in Mescalero, N.M. Age 21 smith and Ed Chalace. Showtime is 9 p.m. Tickets available online at tick - and older admitted. Tickets: $25-$60. (Ticketmaster) In - etbully.com. Information: 356-0966 or [email protected]. formation: 1-877-277-5677 or Tickets: $12 in advance; $15 at the door ($18 for age 20 and younger). innofthemountaingods.com. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 23 NEW MUSIC January 17th

Steve Aoki - Wonderland

Coachella 2012: The Worlds Biggest Festival!

Just when everyone thought they knew the lineup from the tons Avicii, Calvin Harris, Nero, Zedd and others. of rumors and hints going around, then came the simple adver - tisements telling everyone of a BIG UPDATE and now The festival known for making reunions happen is doing the The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has finally an - same for 2012. At the Drive-In, Pulp, Refused and fIREHOUSE nounced the 2012 lineup… Officially. are among the groups getting back together for a performance The Big Pink -Future at Coachella. This The world renowned festival which is held in Indio, CA at the Empire Polo Club is slated for consecutive weekends for the fist The remaining three day passes $285 general admission and Skrillex - more monsters time. The first weekend is slated for April 13-15 and the second $665 Vip will be available though the Coachella site and sprite April 20-22 is weekend will have the same lineups. (coachella.com) the plan is to offer the passes beginning at 10am PST this Friday. Officials do note that the passes to the Kathleen Edwards - Headliners for the show include; Radiohead, The Black Keys festival are sold out for the weekend of April 13-15 with only Voyager and closing out the festival each weekend will be Dr. Dre & $335 general admission and shuttle passes remaining. Snoop Dogg. Coachella also marks the start of the music festival season and EDM really made a splash in 2011 and without signs of slowing this year it looks like it will start of big. Last years festival was it is making a heavy presence at the festival with performances sold out and was attended by over 90,000 people each day. by Swedish House Mafia, Afrojack, David Guetta, Kaskade, Alesso, Datsik, R3hab, Sebastian Ingrosso, Martin Solveig,

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By T.J. TOMASI

IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME THE GOLF DOCTOR Two-wall swing Match your swing to Mental images, the pictures you draw in flung (released) from the saddle, continuing To get the feel for this two-wall swing, at your body type your mind, let your muscles know what alone in the direction he and his horse were first exaggerate the move by taking some needs to be done when you make a golf traveling only a fraction of a second before. swings where it feels like your right heel Procrustes, in Greek mythology, had onlyone bed. If his swing. What you see on your mental screen Now reverse the situation so that the horse stays on the ground until it’s pulled off by “guests” were too short for the bed, he would stretch them. If helps you understand what you’re trying to and rider are approaching the wall at full your body turning up and into your follow- they were too long, he would chop off their legs. Hence the term do. gallop, and just as they get to the wall, the through. Feel as if, for a fraction of a sec - “Procrustean bed” to describe one-size-fits-all situations when An image I often use is of a horse and rider horse stops dead. Once again, our helpless ond, you’re sitting on your right knee to everyone is forced to use the same method, as happens in many moving away from a wall with one end of a rider continues on alone as he’s thrown start the downswing. cases with golf i nstruction. 60-foot coil of rope tied to the saddle and over the wall. But there are two things to watch out for: Too often when you take the average lesson, you receive not the other end anchored securely to the wall. In the first image, the wall represents your Take care to keep both knees flexed, and what suits you, but what suits the teacher, regardless of your in - The horse gains speed and the rope rapidly right leg, in the second, the wall is your left make sure you transfer your weight to your dividual differences. If you don’t fit, then you’re labeled as a uncoils until, in a bone-jarring tug, the rope leg. The rider is your clubhead andhis sepa - left hip. What you want is to let your bad learner. goes taut and the horse stops dead in its ration from the horse causes the release of weight empty into your left hip joint while But the student should always be the centerpiece of the instruc - tracks. As you can imagine, the rider is your clubhead through the hitting zone. keeping your right heel down. tional experience, and if you find a good teacher, he or she will craft the presentation to you. You can’t escape your shape, and ABOUT THE WRITER good teachers adapt the so-called “fundamentals” of the swing, Dr. T.J. which are neither fun nor mental, to fit your body type. Tomasi is a If you’re not playing your best golf, chances are it’s not your teaching professional fault; you’re mismatched and your swing type doesn’t match in Port St. your body type. Lucie, Fla. To find out how to match your body and your swing type, visit Visit his Web site at tjtomasi.com and read about “The LAWs of the Golf Swing.” tjtomasi.com. TRY THIS GOLF SPOKEN HERE Two-driver solution

Have trouble playing a course driver with a hook face, Golf hole that curves or with a lot of doglegs, some closed about 3 degrees, and angles from right to left With both knees flexed , Dustin Johnson This is the result of a correct two-wall swing. The butt left-to-right while others use it on the right-to-left or left to right, keeps the wall of his right leg firmly estab - of the club points at the middle of this player’s pelvis and curve right-to-left? holes. Use your normal cut resembling the shapeof lished in his downswing before transferring both arms are straight, with the toe of the club pointing TRY THIS: Carry two driv - driver on the left-to-right his weight into his left hip. skyward. She’s run her right side over a resisting left side. a dog’s hind leg . ers. If you slice the ball, add a holes. SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 27 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 28 TThhiirrdd ttiimmee’’ss aa cchhaarrmm Unlike freshman, sophomore classes, new Hall of Fame list greeted with wide approval here was consider - man Gray Stadium in Win - able second-guessing ston-Salem, N.C., the track T about the picks for known then and now as the first two classes of the “The Madhouse” for its NASCAR Hall of Fame, but rough-and-tumble style of the consensus is that the racing. voting panel got it right in Wood, labeled the “Mas - determining the third ter of the Madhouse” in his group of five that will be driving days, scored 29 inducted in Charlotte, N.C., wins in the Modified, on Jan. 20. Sportsman Convertible and In the group are Cale Cup divisions at the Sta - Yarborough and Darrell dium, more than any other Waltrip, both of whom have Glen Wood driver up to that point. three championships in the (NASCAR photo) He also was among the division now known as still runs the Wood Broth - best on the old beach-road Cale Yarborough speaks to the media following the 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Announce - Sprint Cup and are among ers Museum. course at Daytona, where ment at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on August 16, 2011 in Charlotte, N.C. Yarborough is among this year’s in - the all-time Cup win lead - Throughout his 86 years, he dominated the Sports - ductees. (NASCAR photo) ers (Yarborough has 83, man division from 1956-58, Wood has been known for With his brother Level Cross, N.C., along helped with the prepara - and Waltrip 84). winning the pole and the his strong work ethic. As a Leonard working as crew with his cousins Richard tion of the cars and often Crew chief Dale Inman, race all three years. boy, he hoed corn and chief and fielding only and Maurice Petty, who traveled to the race tracks. who leads all his peers As the sport grew and picked apples for his Fords and Mercuries, the Eventually Richard took with 193 race wins and moved on to big new super - grandfathers. By the time Woods focused on the bet - up driving, Maurice con - eight championships, is speedways, Wood began he was a teenager he was ter-paying superspeedway centrated on building en - going in along with team turning his cars over to doing heavy lifting at local races and employed many gines, and Inman became a owner and driver Glen other drivers, and he and sawmills. of the sport’s all-time best crew chief. Wood. Also being inducted his brothers Leonard, Ray It was during his time as drivers, including David In 1967, the team had is the late Richie Evans, Lee, Delano and Clay fo - a sawmiller that he became Pearson, a member of the one of the most dominating the undisputed king of cused on preparing the cars a fan of the then-fledgling second NASCAR Hall of seasons in NASCAR his - NASCAR’s Modified Divi - and pitting them on race sport of stock car racing Fame class, and current in - tory, winning 27 races, in - sion and the first driver not days. and of one of its early stars, ductee Cale Yarborough. cluding a NASCAR-record affiliated with the Cup se - The Woods are credited fellow Virginian Curtis Wood’s team still fields 10 straight, all with the ries to be inducted in the with perfecting the modern Turner. cars in the Cup Series and same race car. Hall. pit stop, and their pit Wood and a group of is now approaching its Inman was crew chief for Here’s a look at the five prowess earned them inter - friends built a race car, and 63rd season, making it the Dale Inman all of Petty’s seven Cup ti - inductees. national recognition in Wood drove his first race at longest-tenured team in (NASCAR photo) tles and for 192 of Petty’s 1965, when they stunned Morris Speedway, a dirt the sport. It is also among 200 victories. He left the Glen Wood grew up in the racing world with their track near Martinsville, the most successful. The were the sons of NASCAR team after winning the the Virginia mountain com - work on Jim Clark’s win - Va., back in 1950. Woods’ win in last year’s pioneering driver Lee 1981 Daytona 500 and munity of Buffalo Ridge, ning Lotus in the Indi - Soon he was winning Daytona 500 was its 98th Petty. went to work as Dale Earn - just outside Stuart, where anapolis 500. Clark’s total short-track races across in the Sprint Cup Series. The three youngsters hardt’s crew chief at Rod his race teams were based time in the pits for that Virginia and the Carolinas. soon gravitated to the Osterlund’s team. for decades and where he race was just 41.9 seconds. He was at his best at Bow - Dale Inman grew up Petty race shop, where they Continues on page 31 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 29 NOTEBOOK Decent Cup ride eludes Ragan

The recent off-season has seen an un - usually high number of drivers moving to new rides, shifts that started when Kurt Busch and his car owner Roger Penske parted company after the 2011 season fi - nale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. But as the pieces are rapidly falling into place, David Ragan is finding himself without a competitive Sprint Cup ride. Ragan lost his full-time ride in the No. 6 Ford at Roush Fenway Racing when spon - sor UPS scaled back its spending. He was one of the leading candidates to replace Busch at Penske’s team, but A.J. All - mendinger got that job. Other disappoint - ments followed, but Ragan still sounded upbeat late last week as he discussed his future. David Ragan (NASCAR Photo) “There’s nothing set in stone, and no pa - perwork signed, and I’m still looking,” five top-five and 15 top-10 finishes in just Ragan said, adding that he’s talked to 19 starts. owners in not only the Cup Series but also And he did all that before his 26th birth - the Nationwide and Camping World Truck day, which was back on Dec. 24. circuits. His biggest hurdle now, he said, is that He said he’d rather have a competitive to get a quality ride in today’s economic ride in one of the lower divisions than climate, a driver needs to first have the drive a back-marker car in the Cup Series. sponsorship secured. And if a driver isn’t “I’d hate to be in a Cup car that’s not a one of the top four or five in the series, good one, just to be in Cup,” he said. that can be a problem. Ragan’s struggles are somewhat surpris - “We’ve seen that with Matt Kenseth and ing given his resume. He got his first Cup Ryan Newman,” Ragan said. victory back in July at Daytona, and he Even as he’s on the sidelines as his posted four top-five and eight top-10 fin - peers are preparing for this week’s test ishes this season. His best year in Cup was session at Daytona International Speed - back in 2008, when he barely missed the way, Ragan isn’t letting his situation get cut for the Chase and finished the season him down. with six top-five and 14 top-10 finishes “It’s been a little frustrating this off-sea - and a 13th-place points finish. son,” he said. “But I’m working as hard as He had a strong year in the Nationwide I can, and I’m just 26 years old, so there Series in 2009, winning twice and posting will be more chances for me in the future.” SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 30 For 2012, the Boss is Back! It really doesn’t get any better tional pipes exiting the rear and but also has a supercharger as than this. Really. For 2012, two extra outlets just in front of well. And the Boss is so much The standard Boss has a start - Ford has brought back the the rear tires. Although they are more fun to drive than the ing price of $40,145, while the name of one of the most fa - hard to see unless on your GT500 thanks to being lighter Laguna Seca commands an mous Mustangs to ever hit the knees, they can be heard. And and better balanced, that it will extra $7,000. But with just streets – the Boss 302. Just to I’m told that by removing a have you saying, “Shelby 4,000 Bosses planned (3,250 brush up on history, Ford pro - baffle in each side pipe the who?” regular models, 750 Laguna duced the Mustang Boss 302 in Boss sounds even better, all-be- Seca editions) it may be hard to 1969 and 1970 in order to com - it a bit on the loud side. Yet there is more to the Boss find a dealer willing to let it go pete in the Trans Am racing se - than just raw power. The sus - at MSRP. Whatever price that ries. Powered by a 5.0 liter Once over how great the Boss pension has been tweaked by is paid for the new 2012 Ford (302 cubic inches) V8, the Boss sounds, driving it just amplifies adding stiffer springs, fatter Boss 302 you can be sure that was quick for the day and was treated with a new intake mani - wheels. Inside, a synthetic- the experience. The six-speed stabilizer bars, different shocks the buyer is getting possibly the quite rare. Today a 1969 or fold and other goodies bringing suede wrapped steering wheel short-throw shifter is a treat to that can be adjusted to five dif - best Mustang ever. 1970 Boss 302 is highly col - the total number of horses up to and machine-turned aluminum row through the gears and there ferent settings and 19” wheels lectable and commands big 444. Those extra 32 horses is a trim are nice touches. And with is power everywhere in the at each corner. To be sure the - Christopher A. Randazzo bucks at car auctions. happy medium between the GT the exception of the optional powerband – low, mid-range, fun stops when it should, the and the Shelby GT 500, which Recaro seats, the rest of the and all the way up to it’s sky- Boss is fitted with 14-inch But now you don’t have to go is rated at 550 horsepower. But Boss’s interior is typical Mus - high 7,500-rpm redline. In fact, four-piston Brembo brakes up to an auction to get behind the unlike the Shelby, the Boss tang. the Boss’s engine revs so quick front. wheel of a Boss. You just need never feels brutish or over - and fast, you would think there to go to your local Ford dealer. whelmed in its chassis, which But fire up the Boss and in an is a small 3 liter engine under It’s hard to imagine, but if the The Boss 302 has been resur - makes it an absolute joy to instant you will know this is the hood, not a big five-liter Boss isn’t enough to satisfy rected – and it’s one of the best drive. not your run-of-the-mill pony V8. you, then maybe the Boss 302 Drivers who have won Mustangs ever made. car. The soundtrack of the ex - Laguna Seca is. Adding to the 7 b oth Rookie of the Visually, there is little that haust is the best I have ever How fast is it? The Boss can hit Boss, the Laguna Seca has a The Boss 302 is liked a souped- stands between the Boss 302 heard in a production car, bar 60 mph in just 4.3 seconds – NASCAR-style adjustable front Year and champi - up Mustang GT. The 412 and a regular Mustang GT ex - none. Ford achieves this by just .2 seconds slower than the splitter, no back seat (an X onship honors in NASCAR’s horsepower 5.0 V8 found in the cept for the Boss’s unique giving the Boss a unique four- mighty Shelby GT500, which brace is in its place) and has a Nationwide Series GT is used in the Boss, but is graphics and special 19-inch way exhaust that has two tradi - not only has a bigger engine, track-tuned suspension. DNFs (Did Not 29 Finish) by Jeff Green in 2011, the most of any Nationwide Series driver

Nationwide By The Numbers: 282 Se r ies races entered by Kenny Wallace 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 since his last win, at Rock - Base Price: $40,145.00 ingham in 2001 (the Price as Tested: $42,990.00 longest streak of any active, Layout: front-engine / rear-wheel drive full-time driver) Engine: 5.0 liter V8 Transmission: 6-speed manual Horsepower: 444 hp Nationwide Series Torque: 380 lb-ft 117 p o in ts earned at EPA Fuel Economy:17 city / 26 highway mpg restrictor-plate races in 2011 by Reed Sorenson, [Visit me at www.carsbycar.blogspot.com or email me at [email protected]] the most among drivers SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 13, 2012 PAGE 31 Third time’s a charm... NOTEBOOK EPCC Baseball Wallace group and Softball 2012 Continued from page 28 His racing credentials ways soon led Yarborough certainly are Hall-worthy, to refer to him as “Jaws.” But Osterlund sold the as he won 84 Cup races But Waltrip wasn’t just a suspends rac - Campaigns team to J.D. Stacy, and and three championships. talker, he could drive with The El Paso Community College (EPCC) Te - Earnhardt left the team. His contributions to the the best of them. His best ing janos Baseball Team and Tejanas Softball Inman eventually signed sport continued after his years came while driving on with team owner Billy driving days as he’s become for Junior Johnson, the Officials from Rusty Wallace Racing an - Team go into action for the 2012 season on Hagan and driver Terry one of the main faces of the team owner who taught nounced last week that the team would not January 27th. Both squads play on their re - Labonte, and the combo sport for TV viewers him how to win champi - field cars for the time spective fields on the EPCC Valle Verde cam - won the 1984 Cup title. being. pus, 919 Hunter. Inman returned to Petty Wallace’s team, Enterprises in 1986 and Widow of late driver Lund dies which had been run - The EPCC Tejanos start at home versus ning the Toyotas continues to serve as a con - Scottsdale Community College, Wanda Lund Early, once the wife of the late NASCAR star driven by his son sultant to Richard Petty Tiny Lund, was found dead in her Waynesville, N.C., home Friday, January 27th at 2:00 p.m . A special Motorsports. Steve and by Michael last week. Her family posted a statement on her Facebook Annett, hasn’t won a first pitch ceremony will occur prior to the page saying, in part: “The Family of Wanda Lund Early race since Jamie Mc - game with EPCC Interim President, Dr. Ernst In a relatively brief 13- wishes to express their sincere thanks for the outpouring of Roberts and EPCC Board of Trustees mem - year career, Richie Evans Murray won at Dar - public support, warm wishes and prayers surrounding the ber, Nicolás Domínguez participating. of Rome, N.Y., came to lington in 2004, and death of their mother, sister, grandmother and aunt. One will lost one of its primary dominate one of NASCAR’s never know what ultimately led Wanda to make the decision Steve Wallace toughest divisions, the sponsors, 5-Hour En - The EPCC Tejanas start their season with a to end her life, but the family wishes to extend their grati - (NASCAR Photo) ergy, at the end of last series of away games beginning January Modifieds. Historians have tude to all who were touched by her life and the generosity of season. 27th in Henderson, Nevada at the CSN-Kick - documented at least 478 spirit she showed to so many.” feature wins, and there’s no The team plans to keep some of the busi - off Classic. Their first home game is a double - ness staff working to secure sponsors, but doubt about his title runs. header against Odessa College, Friday, most of the key mechanics and team leaders He won nine national titles around the world. onships. March 2nd at 1:00 p.m. in all, including eight in a For Waltrip, it’s been a Waltrip still maintains a have moved on to other teams. row from 1978-1985. He long trek from the days large presence in the sport, Steve Wallace is still hoping to secure a ride for 2012, and Annett and his sponsor, For more information on EPCC Athletics, when he was racing short as an analyst for the FOX contact Dana Eisenga at (915 831-2275. tracks around his home - and SPEED networks. Pilot Flying J, are now free to move to an - town of Owensboro, Ky. other race team. His career began its up - Cale Yarborough , from ward spiral when he and Sardis, S.C., is considered his wife Stevie moved to one of the toughest drivers Nashville, Tenn., where he to ever sit behind the soon became one of the wheel of a race car. Legend stars at Fairgrounds has it that, among other Speedway, where he was things, he flew an airplane the 1970 track champion. without taking lessons, He started his first Cup wrestled an alligator and Richie Evans race in 1972, at Talladega, lived through being struck (Undated NASCAR photo) where he ran just 69 laps by lightning. before the engine blew in His introduction to big- won that final title even his No. 95 Mercury, leaving time auto racing also is the though he was killed while him with a 38th-place fin - stuff of legend as he lied practicing for the October about his age, saying he race at Martinsville Speed - was 21 instead of 18, and way. started the 1957 Southern That year, 1985, was the 500 at Darlington. first under the current for - He was black-flagged mat for the Whelen Modi - when officials discovered fied Tour, and Evans won that he was behind the 12 of the 29 events. wheel of the No. 30 Ford, He also won 28 track not car owner Bobby championships at 11 ven - Weatherly, who was sup - ues in four states. All were posed to be driving the car in the Modified division. after officials determined His car number, 61, is that Yarborough had falsi - Darrell Waltrip in 1989. the only one that has been fied his license application. retired from a major (NASCAR photo) He won his first Cup NASCAR series. ish and a $680 payday. race, at Valdosta, Ga., in But his timing was good, 1965 and before he was Darrell Waltrip is one as he joined the Cup circuit through won 82 more, in - that many felt should have at a time when top drivers cluding four Daytona 500s. been included in one of the like Cale Yarborough, He also won 69 poles, first two classes of the Hall Richard Petty and David fourth on the all-time list, of Fame because of his con - Pearson were much older and a record 12 at Day - tributions as a driver and a than him. tona. broadcaster. His brash, outspoken