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NEWSBRIEFS Code enforcement in Horizon City called a success IRS warns of e-mail scam soliciting for Veteran parade The San Elizario Geneology and Histori- wildfire victims cal Society will hold its 11th Annual Vet- erans’ Day Parade & Patriotic Celebration By Lea C. Crusberg on Saturday, Nov. 10. The parade will be- Special to the Courier gin at the intersection of Thompson and Socorro Road Intersection (by the San Elizario Cemetary) and proceed along WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Socorro Rd. to La Placita in San Eli. The Service today warned taxpayers to be on the start time is 10 a.m. and the arrival time is lookout for a new e-mail scam that appears 10:40 a.m. A full program will follow in- to be a solicitation from the IRS and the U.S. cluding a special presentation of flags and government for charitable contributions to certificates to 23 World War II veterans. victims of the recent Southern California At noon people are invted to mingle and wildfires. have some food. Decorated Vietnam Vet- In an effort to appear legitimate, the bo- eran Salvador “Chava” Pulido wil serve — Photo courtesy Horizon City gus e-mails include text from an actual as the Parade Marshall. Event organizer Horizon City officials are thanking the citizens of the community for their voluntary speech about the wildfires by a member of and MC, Frank Soto, invites people to line compliance and cooperation with the “Junk Vehicle Ordinance” (No. 0093). In the the California Assembly. Socorro Rd. and enjoy this event. month of October the Horizon City Police Department along with Code Enforcement The scam e-mail urges recipients to click Officers issued a total of 64 Junk Vehicle Violation Notices; seven of which were on a link, which then opens what appears to Horizon parade summoned to court. Two — one is shown above — were towed, and 55 junked ve- be the IRS Web site but which is, in fact, a hicles were removed from the property by owners. That is an 86 percent compliance fake. An item on the phony Web site urges The 2007 Horizon City Christmas Parade rate. City officials say they will continue strict enforcement of this code and hope the donations and includes a link that opens a is being sponsored this year by the voluntary compliance numbers will stay high. However, they point out, citations and donation form which requests the recipient’s Eastlake Lions Club and is proud to an- towing will be used when necessary. Anyone with questions pertaining to this ordi- personal and financial information. nounce that this year’s parade will be held nance or any other Horizon City ordinance can contact Code Enforcement Officer, “People should exercise caution when they on Saturday, Dec.15, 2007. The parade April Garcia, at 852-1875. receive unsolicited e-mail or e-mail from will begin at approximately 10 am and senders they don’t know,” said Richard conclude at approximately 12:30 p.m. In Spires, IRS Deputy Commissioner for Op- an effort to involve more of our newer resi- erations Support. “They should avoid open- dents in the Horizon community, the pa- Canutillo ISD and EPCC partner ing any attachments or clicking on any links rade route will begin on Kenazo at until they can verify the e-mail’s legitimacy.” Highweed and proceed southbound to Ho- to open Early College High School The bogus e-mails appear to be a rizon Boulevard, westward along Horizon “phishing” scheme, in which recipients are Blvd to Darrington, travel northbound on is the only community college in Texas that By Kim Guzman tricked into providing personal and financial Darrington to Ryderwood and Disband has partnered with multiple school districts. Special to the Courier information that can be used to gain access upon entering Ryderwood and proceed to Northwest Early College High School is the to and steal the e-mail recipient’s assets. LT. John Ensor Middle School. Any club, third such school to open in El Paso. The IRS also believes that clicking on the school organization and business wanting Canutillo Independent School District and Start up funds of $800,000 will be provided link downloads malware, or malicious soft- to become a participant can pick up an in- El Paso Community College (EPCC) recently over the next three years through a grant from ware, onto the recipient’s computer. The formation packet at Horizon City Town held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the the Greater Texas Foundation in collaboration malware will steal passwords and other ac- Hall (14999 Darrington) or at National creation of the Northwest Early College High with the Communities of Texas Foundation. count information it finds on the victim’s Self Storage (490 N. Kenazo). The packet School. Guest speakers at the event included John computer system and send them to the can also be returned to the same location. The early college high school concept is a Fitzpatrick, Executive Director for Texas High scamster. For information you can call Blanca at unique partnership between EPCC and El Paso School Project/Communities Foundation of Generally, scamsters use the data they 852-8300. This year all vehicle and par- area school districts. This unique school was Texas and Wynn Rosser, Executive Director fraudulently obtain to empty the recipient’s ticipant must adhere to the Christmas founded on the belief that many young people for the Greater Texas Foundation, Texas State bank accounts, run up charges on the victim’s theme. This means everything and every- are ready and eager to do serious college work Senator Eliot Shapleigh, Dr. Dennis Brown, existing credit cards, apply for new loans, one must have either decorations and or earlier than usual. EPCC Vice President of Instruction; Dr. Lydia credit cards, services or benefits in the have a item of Christmas on. Last year’s The Northwest Early College High School Tena, Northwest EPCC Dean; and Dr. Richard victim’s name or even file fraudulent tax re- parade was the longest that this commu- will enable highly-motivated students to move Rhodes, EPCC President; Dr. Pam Padilla, turns to obtain refunds rightfully belonging nity has ever had and this year promises four years from ninth grade through the first Canutillo ISD Superintendent; Dr. John Uxer, to the victim. even more surprises. two years of college, earning an associate’s de- EPCC Board Member and Sergio Coronado, gree. Students from many diverse backgrounds CISD Board President. The IRS does not send e-mails soliciting charitable donations. As a rule, the IRS does Food drive who have different interests will benefit from the More information about the Northwest Early early college high school-tuition free. College High School can be found with the not send unsolicited e-mails or ask for per- The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) While the early college high school is not Canutillo Independent School District Public sonal and financial information via e-mail. Miners in conjunction with The West unique to El Paso Community College, EPCC Information Office, at 877-7481. The IRS never asks people for the PIN num- Texas Food Bank, an affiliated agency of bers, passwords or similar secret access in- America’s Second Harvest, a collaboration formation for their credit card, bank or other of Food Banks throughout the United financial accounts. States, will hold a “Thanksgiving” food Optimist Club formed in Clint Recipients of the scam e-mail who clicked drive to help to feed the hungry in the on any of the links should have their com- greater El Paso area on Nov.17 2007, be- A group of Clint community members have Week, the Optimist International Junior Golf puters checked for malicious software and fore the football game between UTEP and formed the Optimist Club of Clint, TX to con- Championships, and many others. should monitor their financial accounts for Southern Mississippi University at the Sun duct positive service projects to benefit area Officers elected to lead the Optimist Club suspicious activity, taking measures to pre- Bowl Stadium. Fans are encouraged to youth and community. of Clint during its first year are Tracy Luttich, vent unauthorized access as necessary. Any bring non-perishable canned food do- The Optimist Club of Clint is affiliated with President and Don Wooten as Secretary-Trea- unauthorized activity should be reported to nations to the game that the Food Bank Optimist International, one of the world’s larg- surer. Club Vice Presidents include Lorenza law enforcement authorities and to the three will distribute throughout the commu- est and most active service club organizations. Hernandez and Elsa Perez. Elected to Board major credit companies. More information nity to help all El Pasoans to share in With more than 115,000 members in 3,500 of Directors were Fabiola Ochoa, Susana on how to handle actual or potential identity Optimist Clubs across the United States, Rodriguez, Ryan Peterson and Minerva theft may be found in IRS Publication 4535, See BRIEFS, Page 4 Canada, and other nations, Optimist Clubs con- Cheatum. Identity Theft Protection and Victim Assis- duct a wide range of positive service projects The Optimist Club of Clint will meet on tance, available on the IRS Web site. Infor- reaching more than six million young people the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 6 p.m. at Clint mation is also available on the Federal Trade We’re using sign language more and each year. Public Library. A charter presentation ban- Commission’s identity theft Web site. more. We sign for just about everything Major Optimist programs include the Opti- quet for the new Optimist Club will be held Recipients of the scam e-mail can help the we buy. mist Oratorical Contest, the Optimist Essay in December. IRS shut down this scheme by forwarding — Quips & Quotes Contest, the Communications Contest for the For more information on becoming involved, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Youth Appreciation contact Don Wooten at 592-1170. See SCAMS, Page 8 Page 2 WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIER November 8, 2007

retired as its president in 1987. “but then so am I.” yard, and a Chihuahua dog named One perspective Tibbets was married to the same He said he just didn’t want to hear Lolita. Visitors may not have been By Francis Shrum woman, Andrea, for more than 51 another reporter ask, “Any regrets?” immediately reminded of the dedi- years. She would joke, with a rough because there were none — before, cated and capable young pilot who, fondness equal to her husband’s, that during or after. He did what he did on that fateful summer morning, had he was promoted to general while she because he felt it was the best choice breakfast with his crew, then stuffed A man “stayed a Pfc.” in a whole buffet of really bad ones his pockets with his smoking pipe, a He mostly declined interviews and that war serves up. few cigars and a pillbox of cyanide public appearances, so the media Tibbets said that he couldn’t un- capsules — in case they were forced of peace made up their own stories. While he derstand people asking if he thought down over enemy territory. lived and worked, quietly and suc- what he had done was immoral. He had counted the cost and ac- Paulimmoral, inhumane, and horrific cessfully, urban myths abounded that “War itself is immoral,” Tibbets cepted the consequences, knowing Tibbets died last week. He was 92. thing to do, and no one who partici- he had committed suicide, was insane said. Starting from that premise, he that his life would never be the same He had various health problems as pated could possibly love peace. and institutionalized, was a drunkard, said, there is no good in it whether it — if he even lived at all. people do at that age. He had been in Right or wrong, it ended a war. or sentenced to life in prison. After affects one or two people or an en- Observers said, in his last days, that decline for some time his friends and The life and legacy of Paul Tibbets all, the media minds would reason, tire nation. he faced the prospect of joining his family said. graphically illustrate the discrepan- what else could become of a man If he hadn’t done what he did, comrades who had died before him Tibbets’ wishes were that he have cies that we human beings use when who had taken part in such a horren- someone else would have. He said with the same unwavering strength neither funeral nor headstone to mark applying judgment to one another. dous event? we should be glad that our nation was of character and peace of mind that his final resting place. He said he It doesn’t matter what he may or A rare interview Tibbets gave to the one given the upper hand at that had carried him through life. didn’t want to give those who op- may not have done before or after that Mike Harden in 2005, during the 60th moment. It could have ended very He would say, with some irony, posed him and all he stood for a place fateful day when he climbed into that anniversary commemoration of the differently. “The guys who appreciated that I to stage demonstrations. cockpit and executed what he be- Hiroshima bombing, gave a glimpse Paul Tibbets lived out his last days saved their asses are mostly dead He wanted to be cremated and scat- lieved was his duty. He is forever into his ultimate mindset. in a quiet and comfortable home with now.” tered over the ocean because, he said, welded to that single event in the Notoriety was getting old, he said, his wife, a cherry tree in the front Many perhaps, but certainly not all. the hours he spent flying over its end- public’s consciousness. less emptiness were the most peace- Paul Tibbets was born on Feb. 23, ful he would ever know. 1915 in Illinois. His family moved Reyes Reports By U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes Paul Tibbets was a man of peace. to Miami when he was 12, and his There are those who would say that father, a successful merchant, wanted couldn’t possible be true. At age 30, his son to be a doctor. His son, how- Paul Tibbets was the man who, on ever, loved airplanes. He was a medi- Honoring, supporting veterans Aug. 6, 1945, flew the B-29 bomber cal student at the University of Cin- As the wars in Iraq and Af- stan veterans. he named after his mother — the Enola cinnati when he enlisted in the Army ghanistan continue to dominate • Claims Processors: $124.2 million to provide 1,800 Gay — over the Japanese city of Air Corps in 1937. He would even- our news and lives, Veterans Day new claims processors to address the 400,000 benefit Hiroshima and unleashed an atomic tually retire a brigadier general in holds increased significance and claims backlog. fire storm. It would instantly destroy 1966. is an emotional tribute for many • Travel Reimbursement: $125 million is included upwards of 70,000 lives and ultimately Much as did thousands of other here in El Paso and across the in the bill to increase the reimbursement rate for vet- result in the demise of countless oth- veterans, Tibbets lived on afterward. country. We honor the countless American men and erans who need to travel long distances for care from ers in the deadly aftermath. He went to work for Executive Jet, women of our Armed Forces who have courageously 11 cents/mile to 28.5 cents/mile. There are those who say it was an an international air-taxi service. He served our country and who have stood for hope and Moreover, in March the U.S. House passed the democracy. As a nation, we will pause and recognize Wounded Warrior Assistance Act. This bill improves them this Veterans Day, Nov. 11. access to quality medical attention through our cur- I am proud that one of the goals of the new Demo- rent military and veterans’ health care systems and co- cratic-controlled 110th Congress is to improve medi- ordinates care so our wounded veterans do not fall cal care, claims processing, and facility improvements through the cracks. The Wounded Warrior Bill also for our veterans and their families. Enduring trouble helps improve the transition process from military securing benefits and obtaining services from the De- medical treatment to civilian life and the VA. partment of Veterans Affairs (VA), as well as the ex- I encourage all El Pasoans to view my annual Vet- tremely concerning circumstances at Walter Reed erans Town Hall meeting Nov. 10 and 11 at 7:00 p.m. Army Medical Center, demanded this action. on Time Warner Cable channel 15. The co-chairs of Through passage of the fiscal year 2008 veterans’ my Veterans Citizen Advisory Panel, Ron Holmes and funding bill, Congress is on course to provide the larg- John McKinney, will lead a discussion on a variety of Open Low Prices and Daily Specials est increase in health care funding in the 77-year his- topics, and featured at this year’s town hall is the Un- 7AM - 8PM 1330 Fabens St. • Fabens, TX • 764-2215 or 851-3149 tory of the VA. Our commitment to those in service is der Secretary for Memorial Affairs at the VA, the Hon- Daily demonstrated by this year’s proposed $43.1 billion VA orable William Tuerk, who will focus on the renova- “Family Owned and Operated” budget, which exceeds President Bush’s budget request tion of Fort Bliss National Cemetery. The show will by almost $4 billion and is $6.6 billion over 2007 fund- be aired in two one-hour segments on Saturday and 3 ing. Under the Democratic majority, years of neglect Sunday. 97 1 and disregard will end. The fiscal 2008 VA funding As a Vietnam combat veteran and your representa- bill provides: tive in Congress, I honor my fellow servicemembers 34YEARS • Veterans’ Health Care: $37.2 billion for VA hospi- this Veterans Day, and will remain a strong voice for 0 7 20 tals and clinics, and research into conditions such as our brave military individuals and their families. I want SERVING ANTHONY, VINTON, CANUTILLO, EAST MONTANA, HORIZON, SOCORRO, CLINT, FABENS, SAN ELIZARIO AND TORNILLO Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic to encourage everyone to support and pray for our sol- PUBLISHED: AD DEADLINE: Stress Disorder (PTSD), which are among the most diers in the field. We also want to support and pray for Published each Thursday by Monday 4 p.m. for Thursday Homesteader News, Inc. Appreciation publication. common medical challenges facing Iraq and Afghani- the sacrifices experienced by their families and loved to our many contributors. Office open stan veterans. In 2008 the VA will treat 5.8 million ones at home on this Veterans Day weekend and Monday through Thursday. CLASSIFIED RATES patients, including about 263,000 Iraq and Afghani- throughout the year. $5 for 15 words, $10 for 35 words. Ad COPYRIGHT: must be in writing and pre-paid. The Entire contents © 2007 Homesteader Courier reserves the right not to print News, Inc. Individual authors retain all classified advertising it considers rights. Pictures, drawings and written inappropriate. By Brooke Leslie Rollins material appearing in the West Texas View from here County Courier may not be used or DISPLAY RATES: reproduced without written permission Open rate — $20 per column inch. of Homesteader News, Inc. Call for more information or to set an Don’t know much about history appointment. The Courier reserves LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: the right not to print advertising it Letter must not be more than 250 considers inappropriate. Colleges fail to teach next generation about America’s heritage words in length. They should be dated, must be signed and have an MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS: “Whenever the people are well-informed,” Thomas address and daytime phone number. 52 issues for $35. UCLA who declared Ben Franklin the first president of Only the name and city will be printed Delivery via 1st class mail. Jefferson wrote in 1789, “they can be trusted with their the United States. with the letter. The Courier reserves own government.” No doubt the Founding Fathers’ faith Week after week, the segment entertains viewers with the right not to print letters to the OFFICE: MAIL: editor or other submitted materials it 14200 Ashford 15344 Werling Ct. in self-government would be challenged today with such grand demonstrations of ignorance as people will- considers inappropriate. Horizon City, TX 79928 the reality of how little Americans know about their ingly reveal on national television just how little they heritage. know. Phone: 852-3235 Fax: 852-0123 In anticipation of the Fourth of July, “Tonight Show” The sketches are at once entertaining and depressing. E-mail: [email protected] host Jay Leno took his “Jaywalking” camera crew to the Sadly they reveal significant deficiencies in civic edu- Website: wtccourier.com streets to ask people questions about the number of origi- cation. Publisher nal colonies, who made the first American flag, and the For its recent and aptly titled report, The Coming Cri- Rick Shrum title of the National Anthem, among others. It is hardly sis in Citizenship: Higher Education’s Failure to Teach Business Manager surprising that almost all of the half dozen people he America’s History and Institutions, the Intercollegiate Francis D. Shrum Contributors Homesteader interviewed ranging from a college professor to a teen- Studies Institute asked students at 50 of the nation’s in- Don Woodyard Est. 1973 age boy were unable to answer the questions correctly. stitutions of higher education about history, government, Member Texas Community Steve Escajeda Two years ago, the same roving game of trivial pursuit Newspaper Association Arleen Beard • Jan Engels News, Inc. produced a National Football League-bound student from See TEACH, Page 8 November 8, 2007 WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIER Page 3

What’s up, doc? By Albert Balesh, M.D.

traded in a belief in U.S. medicine for a last- Can, Sir? ditch, pitched battle on Mexican soil across the border, employing therapeutic weapons the What is this mystery we call death, and why U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has do we fear it so? When the Grim Reaper comes yet to approve. calling, do we merely hitch a ride to some soli- To deny or feign ignorance of the recent ad- tary truck stop in the Great Beyond, or are we vances in oncology would be tantamount to delivered to a better place than this Earth could ignorance. To state categorically that we are have ever provided, even in the best of times? well on the road to a cure for cancer, that the Ask a body ravaged by cancer, and the answers chips in the ante are sufficient to fund further will be forthcoming and clear. Ask the witness wide-sweeping research, and that the speed of to a body’s decay, and the answers, while medical progress is adequate to support a last shrouded in doubt, will nonetheless unfetter a leg is no less reckless. People continue to die. geyser of hope. This year, for example, 680,000 women will Cancer is a terrible adversary. In most cases, be diagnosed with cancer, and 270,000 will die it is one whose indomitable, yet malign, spirit from it. Perhaps our time would be better spent is every bit as pure as the good intentions of preparing the living for death, instead of giv- the Echoers of Hippocrates’ Oath. It cannot be ing false hope of living to the dead. After all, begged, borrowed, or stolen. It may be pla- “seeing is believing” holds water only when cated, bargained with, or postponed, however, “believing is seeing” is not an option. We need depending on one’s point of view. It will in- to ask caregivers and patients alike whether their evitably lead to demise. How we reach that interests and sentiments are best served by a inexorable terminus is as much a function of “Can, Sir,” when a “Cannot” might be the most how we view life, as how we live death. charitable and loving direction to follow on the We are told on a quotidian basis that medi- short road to remaining days, weeks, months, or cal times are good, that new cures are on the years of painless and autonomous life. horizon, and that a leap of faith will win the This year in Texas, 95,310 people, like you day. Tell it to the captive audience of a cancer and me, will receive what they perceive to be ward. There, statistics mean nothing. There, the a death sentence. Only 37,000 lonely souls will, salutary effects of a smile and a gentle hand however, perish under the weight of the un- are as fleeting as a snowflake in mid-afternoon shackled cancer juggernaut. While we owe sunlight. A gift book, a box of chocolates, a much to selfless researchers for aiding, abet- bouquet of flowers, and the sincerest of senti- ting, and writing a new lease on life for many, ments mean nothing, when the path to the un- questions continue to linger, compounded by known must be trod alone. “Read? Why should a hemorrhage of blood and dollars on distant I read? Don’t you know that I am dying?” are desert sands. Who will, indeed, be responsible the words of the condemned, and the reaction for providing some measure of solace to indi- to the feeble attempt on our parts to convince viduals and families buckling under the pain, the all-knowing incredulous (or perhaps our- suffering, depression, and anxiety of terminal selves) that it is business as usual. How cal- illness? Who will bear the rising personal and lous can we be! societal, economic costs of advanced medical Age brings wisdom and a good dose of reli- technologies and research? Who will convince gion, to boot. Resigning oneself to a fate, in our knights in white armor that “terminal” does the face of the American Cancer Society’s rosy not mean “terminated,” and that a diagnosis of proclamation that from 2002 to 2004, cancer cancer should reinforce, not sever, close phy- deaths fell by 2.1 percent per year, runs coun- sician-patient ties? tercurrent to the flow of the human spirit. The If the money is just not there, then lip ser- human papillomavirus vaccine, a decline in vice should not be, either. “Can, Sir” is a for- hormone replacement therapy (HRT), recog- tress wall we hide behind, to shield us from nition of the anti-cancer power of vitamin D, our own worst fears and insecurities. When we gene mapping, new radiation techniques, a do finally venture out into unfamiliar territory, keener threshold for investigation of suspicious our prodding, piercing, and radiation are no symptomatology, easier lung cancer surgery, match for the simple, dignified, inner strength and targeted breast cancer treatment are all tes- of those about to leave one world for another. timony to medical progress, eliciting sighs of ______relief while at the same time failing to efface a 2007, Albert M. Balesh, M.D. healthy dose of skepticism. Go tell the good All rights reserved. news to the throngs of the faithless, who have — In honor of Kalli Rose Halvorson — To Advertise Call 852-3235 Page 4 WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIER November 8, 2007

in honor of Father Richard Thomas, S.J., Hurshel Antwine students pledge to go drug-free Briefs founder of Las Alas, who died in 2006. Reg- From Page 1 ing later on.” istration before Nov. 9 is $15. After that, ______By Irma Flores Spearheaded by the school’s counseling $20. Register early by mailing name, ad- Special to the Courier team, the Red Ribbon celebration at Antwine dress, phone number, and fee to: Open also included dress up days and supplemental the experience of a true Thanksgiving holi- Arms Community, 8210 N. Loop, El Cheers echoed through the streets surround classroom lessons to help drive home the mes- day. Fans and all citizens from throughout Paso, TX 79907. Call (915) 595-0589 for Hurshel Antwine as nearly 900 students sages of staying away from drugs. our El Paso community, whether going to information. pledged to be drug-free. As a part of a week- “The students are really engaged,” said coun- the game or not, are encouraged to bring long celebration, all kindergarten through 8th selor Mary Mikaelian. “We want them to make all types of non-perishable food to the Sun Students at Vista Del Sol are learned a grade classes participated in the school’s first safe choices. We are also provided a presenta- Bowl. Most needed items are canned meats, valuable lesson and helped raise money for parade to mark Red Ribbon week. From the tion on safety and stranger danger.” canned fruits and vegetables, pasta, soup, the Susan G. Komen Foundation. For the front of the school located at 3830 Rich Beem, The first Red Ribbon Celebration was orga- cereal — nutritional food, as well as non- past four years, students and staff at the students in the lower grades march around the nized in 1986 by a grassroots organization of food items of hygiene such as toothpaste, school located at 11851 Vista Del Sol have campus and were joined by 6th through 8th parents concerned about the destruction caused soaps and deodorant, all of which will be been raising money for breast cancer aware- graders. The student body converged at foot- by alcohol and drug abuse. The red ribbon was collected and distributed both directly by ness. In October as part of Breast Cancer ball field where all grades linked their paper adopted as a symbol of the movement in honor the Food Bank and in collaboration with Awareness Month, students raised $773 chains to mark their drug-free pledge. With of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, an agent with the its over 50 associated agencies within our which was given Komen representatives on more than 300 feet, the paper chain link sur- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration who great Southwestern Texas region. Collec- Oct. 26 — surpassing last year’s total of passed the length of the football field. was kidnapped and killed while investigating tion bins will be positioned at all three sta- $600. The annual event is coordinated by Students also heard from Antwine Principal drug traffickers. The campaign has reached dium entrances to facilitate this time of shar- Ramona Garcia, the school’s nurse. “We are Stacy Sonnier who encouraged students to millions of children and has been recognized ing and appreciation for all we have in this grateful and proud to support such a wor- make a conscious decision to led healthy and by the U.S. Congress. great country. thy cause. Mrs. Garcia outdid herself safe lives. For more information about Red Ribbon again,” said Julie Monroy, Instructional “We are taking a pro-active stand and Week or prevention resources, visit Horizon Aldermen Bill Armas and Technologist at Vista Del Sol. The school show them that it’s good to be drug-free,” www.drugfreetexas.com/redribbon or contact Charlie Ortega are encouraging citizens of also sends a team to the Race for the Cure said Sonnier. “We want to plant the seed now the Department’s Prevention Resource Centers Horizon City to attend council meetings. in February. so we can prevent them from experiment- at (888/PRC-TEXX). The next meeting is on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall (corner of Hori- Navy Seaman Recruit Elizabeth zon Blvd. and Darrington Rd.). Items of Rodriguez and Navy Seaman Apprentice CORRECTED NOTICE interest on the agenda are replacing the roof Monica Solis recently completed U.S. Navy on the Oz Glaze Center and improvements basic training at Recruit Training Com- to Corky Desmond Park. Additionally there mand, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight- 2007 Property Tax Rates will be a resolution for the city to purchase week program, they completed a variety of goods/services within Horizon City and training which included classroom study in Town of Clint only purchase outside the city when the item and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and sur- This notice concerns 2007 property tax rates for the Town of Clint. It presents information about or services not available. This will also in- three tax rates. Last year’s tax rate is the actual rate the taxing unit used to determine property clude any city banquets or parties. vival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An taxes last year. This year’s effective tax rate would impose the same total taxes as last year if you emphasis was also placed on physical fit- compare properties taxed in both years. This year’s rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate the This week Crime Stoppers of El Paso ness. Rodriguez, daughter of Martina and taxing unit can set before taxpayers can start tax rollback procedures. In each case these rates Gregorio Rodriguez of Clint, TX, is a 2007 are found by dividing the total amount of taxes by the tax base (the total value of taxable property) Inc is helping the El Paso Police Depart- with adjustments as required by state law. The rates are given per $100 of property value. ment locate an offender, who is targeting graduate of Clint High School of Clint, TX. elderly women for credit card abuse. This Solis is a 2007 graduate of Montwood High Last year’s tax rate: suspect is approaching elderly women and School of El Paso, TX. her parents are Eliza- Last year’s operating taxes ______$ 120,339 beth and Victor H. Solis of El Paso, TX. Last year’s debt taxes ______$ 21,413 playing on their sympathies by telling them Last year’s total taxes ______$ 141,752 he has terminal cancer and is trying to “tie- Last year’s tax base ______$ 34,000,297 up loose ends” before he dies. When those Halloween was filled with a different Last year’s total tax rate ______$0.416914 / $100 women feel sorry for him, he asks to bor- kind of spirit at Americas High School this year. At the school’s annual blood drive, This year’s effective tax rate: row their credit card. On one occasion, he Last year’s adjusted taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost property) ____ $ 141,721 used the credit card to rent a BMW auto- students, staff and faculty rolled up their ÷ This year’s adjusted tax base (after subtracting value of new property) __ $ 35,942,739 mobile which was never returned. On an- sleeves to help United Blood Services of = This year’s effective tax rate ______$0.394296 / $100 other occasion, he placed more than El Paso. Done in commemoration of an (Maximum rate unless unit publishes notices and holds hearings.) $25,000 in merchandise purchases on the Americas NJROTC supporter, Kip Hall, the targeted individual’s credit card. His last blood drive collected 152 units. Hall was This year’s rollback tax rate: Last year’s adjusted operating taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost property known address was an apartment complex an El Paso Firefighter and community ac- and adjusting for transferred function, tax increment financing, and/or enhanced where one of his victims lived. He has now tivist who passed away on October 21. “The indigent health care expenditures) ______$ 120,312 moved, and has no current address. Inves- Americas NJROTC department salutes all ÷ This year’s adjusted tax base ______$ 35,942,739 tigators from the Auto Theft Task Force are teachers and staff who went beyond the call = This year’s effective operating rate ______$0.334732 / $100 x 1.08 = this year’s maximum operating rate ______$0.361510 / $100 actively looking for this person. He cur- of duty to support our blood drive. I realize + This year’s debt rate ______$0.032376 / $100 rently has one outstanding warrant for Un- that not all were able to donate but the spirit = This year’s rollback rate ______$0.393886 / $100 authorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, and is of either wanting, attempting or actually also being investigated for Credit Card giving was strong,” said Frank Rodriguez, Statement of Increase/Decrease If the Town of Clint adopts a 2007 tax rate equal to the effective rate of $0.394296 per $100 of Abuse, Theft of Property over $20,000 and Gunnery Sergeant Retired. “We also thank value, taxes would increase compared to 2006 taxes by $7,978. under $100,000 and Forgery. He also all teachers who found the strength to al- wanted by the Sheriff’s Office on eight out- low us to interrupt their class schedule for SCHEDULE A — Unencumbered Fund Balances standing warrants for Theft under $1,500 this worthy cause.” Principal Mary Ross also The following estimated balances will be left in the unit’s property tax accounts at the end of the fiscal year. These balances are not encumbered by a corresponding debt obligation. by Check. The suspect is Jose Adrian rolled up her sleeves and commended her stu- dents, staff and faculty for turning out to sup- Type of Property Tax Fund Balance Castillo, 45 years of age, described as His- Maintenance & Operation (M&O) ______$167,665 panic male, 5-foot 10-inches tall, 200 pounds, port a good cause and remembering the Hall’s Debt Service (I&S) ______$15,000 with a light complexion, hazel eyes and service to the community and to the school. brown hair. He is driving a stolen 1998 gold The Americas blood drive exceeded previ- SCHEDULE B — 2007 Debt Service ous collection drives by 30 units. The unit plans to pay the following amounts for long-term debts that are secured by property taxes. Nissan Altima 4-door, with Texas license These amounts will be paid from property tax revenues (or additional sales tax revenues, if applicable). plates B27-ZPD. Individuals with any infor- mation about this case should call Crime The Natural Resources Conservation Description Principal or Contract Payment Interest to be Paid Other Amounts Total Stoppers of El Paso at 566-TIPS (8477). Call- Service (NRCS) in Texas is reminding ag- of Debt to be Paid from Property Taxes from Property Taxes to be Paid Payment ers will be anonymous and may earn a cash ricultural producers interested in participat- Line of Credit $ 8,864.50 $2,200 $0 $11,064.50 reward if their tip leads to an arrest. ing in the Environmental Quality Incentives Police Car $15,000.00 $1,230 $0 $16,230.00 Program (EQIP) that the deadline to apply Total required for 2007 Debt Service ______$27,294.50 “Jesus, Light Up My Life” is the theme for 2008 funding is Nov. 16, 2007. “We -Amount (if any) paid from funds listed in Schedule A ______$15,000.00 of the 2007 El Paso Catholic Charismatic want to be sure producers are aware of the -Amount (if any) paid from other resources ______$0 Conference which will be held Nov. 16 and Nov. 16 ranking deadline,” said Don -Excess collections last year ______$0 17 at Las Alas Center, 501 E. Paisano. The Gohmert, NRCS state conservationist for =Total to be paid from taxes in 2007 ______$12,294.50 +Amount added in anticipation that the unit will collect only 100% of its taxes in 2007 ____ $0 Conference begins at 7 p.m. on Friday and Texas. “EQIP funds have been made avail- =Total Debt Levy ______$12,294.50 continues all day Saturday, concluding with able to us to fund contracts this fall, and This notice contains a summary of actual effective and rollback tax rates’ calculations. You can Mass and Healing Service at 7 p.m. Fea- we will be working diligently to do that.” inspect a copy of the full calculations at 500 E. Overland Avenue Suite 101, El Paso, Texas tured speakers include Michael Cumbie, 79901. Dan Schneider and Lynne Avitia. A special A correction to “County Notes” in last Name of person preparing this notice: Victor A. Flores, R.T.C. highlight will be an hour of cultural music week’s County Courier. In the section on Title: County Tax Assessor-Collector Date prepared: November 1, 2007 (Corrected Notice) and dance emphasizing unity in the Spirit the San Elizario Independent School, it www.epcounty.com presented by Rosa Guerrero and Company should have read, in part, that Dora Vargas to open the Saturday session at 9 a.m. Rosa, was honored for 30 years service as librar- archives: www.wtccourier.com El Paso pioneer in the arts, is offering this ian aide at Alarcon Elementary School. November 8, 2007 WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIER Page 5

Doug Hemmig, CSPAN Account teach about the political process,” Representative. said Garcia. “Some of the students CSPAN bus visits Socorro High School Hemmig explained to students that didn’t understand what is behind the insider’s look into the political pro- in the presidential race, and to seek CSPAN mission is to provide public scenes.” By Irma Flores cess and how the cable outlet works information from various sources. access to the political process. “It’s very informative. This puts it Special to the Courier to bring information to the public. “We want to expose them to how Whether its congressional hearings, in perspective on what they do be- Geared to introduce middle and high media works and have them look be- foreign policy meetings or Supreme hind the cameras,” said Socorro jun- When the CSPAN Campaign 2008 school students to its programming, yond what is presented and be more Court arguments, CSPAN provides ior María Alejandra Pasillas who bus rolled on to the Socorro High the CSPAN Campaign 2008 bus is a critical. We want students to dig a viewers with the entire process in- watches CSPAN with her mother. School campus, students got an tool used to get students interested little deeper into the issues” said stead of the few minutes of airtime “I’m an event tech so I can make the that other media outlets offer. connections on what they are doing “We are an alternate source, most inside the bus.” media outlets don’t have the time to Presented by Time Warner Cable show the entire meeting,” said in El Paso, the Campaign 2008 Bus Hemmig. “We want to create a sense visits middle and senior high schools of awareness and of the tools that are around the country, offering presen- available to them.” tations about the political process and Among those using CSPAN as a C-SPAN’s unique coverage of poli- teaching tool will be Juan Garcia, AP tics to students. After completing its History Teacher, who brought in his school tour, the “Road to the White class of juniors to learn about the po- House” Campaign 2008 bus will litical process. make stops at major political events “I’ll be able to link issues such as in battleground states and tours of education and immigration when I state capitals.

— Photo courtesy Socorro ISD CURBSIDE — The CSPAN campaign bus takes up a little more room than the average car on campus. Canutillo High School grad named AP Scholar college-level courses ognition of AP Scholar. By Kim Guzman while still in high Black took AP Exams Special to the Courier school, and to receive in May 2007 after com- college credit, advanced pleting challenging col- — Photo courtesy Socorro ISD William Black, a 2007 Canutillo placement, or both for lege-level courses at SHOWTIME — Doug Hemmig, a CSPAN account representative, gives High School graduate, has earned the successful performance Canutillo High School. Socorro High School students some insight to the inner-workings of designation of AP Scholar by the Col- on the AP Exams. About The College Board recog- the CSPAN campaign bus. lege Board in recognition of his ex- 18 percent of the more nizes several levels of ceptional achievement on the col- than 1.4 million high achievement based on lege-level Advanced Placement Pro- school students in student’s performance on gram (AP) Exams. 16,000 secondary AP Exams. He qualified Town of Horizon City The College Board’s Advanced schools worldwide who William Black for the AP Scholar Award PUBLIC NOTICE Placement Program offers students took AP Exams performed at a suf- by completing three or more AP the opportunity to take challenging ficiently high level to merit the rec- Exams with grades of 3 or higher. A PUBLIC HEARING will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 during the Regular Coun- cil Meeting at City Hall, 14999 Darrington Road, Hori- Tornillo Independent Registration Form zon City, Texas. Purpose of the public hearing is to allow Registrarse any interested persons to appear and testify regarding School District the following proposed ordinance(s): ______Child’s Name 1) Ordinance 0165 — Adoption and Institu- Youth Basketball League tion Annexation Ordinance for the Town of Ho- Sex / Sexo rizon City. Liga Juvenil de Basketbol ❑ Boy ❑ FOR: All Students grades K thru 6 Girl PARCEL 1: 631 acres described as a portion of PARA: Todos los estudiantes K thru 6 Grade / Grado Survey No. 321, C.D. Stewart Survey No. 321, ❑ COST / COSTO: $12 Kinder El Paso County, Texas; and ❑ 1 PARCEL 2: 8.4 acres described as a portion of LEAGUE INFORMATION: A skills clinic will ❑ 2 State of texas property known as Tract 7, (3.288 be held on Saturday, Dec. 1 for 3RD through ❑ 3 6TH grades; and on Saturday, Dec. 8 for K thru ❑ 4 acres described in Bk. 2595, Pg. 1517) and Tract 2ND grades. Games will begin on Saturday, Jan. ❑ 5 3 (5.112 acres described in Bk. 1368, Pg. 163), ❑ 5, 2008. 6 Section 21, Block 79, Township 3, Texas and Pa- T-Shirt Size cific Railway Company Survey, El Paso County, INFORMACION DE LA LIGA: Una tallerde ❑ 10-12 Texas (said designations of Tract 3 and Tract 7 evaluación de destrezas se llevara a cabo el ❑ 14-16 being from the current revision of El Paso County sábado, 1 de diciembre para 3 a 6 grado; y el ❑ Adult S Central Appraisal District map for said Section sábado, 8 de diciembre para K a 2 grado. Los ❑ Adult M 21). juegos empezaran el sábado, 5 de enero, 2008. ❑ Adult L Those who are unable to attend may submit their views REGISTER WITH the League Directors dur- ______in writing to the City Clerk of Horizon City. Accommo- ing the Parent Cat on Nov. 15, or drop off regis- Parent / Guardian’s Name dations for handicapped persons will be available and in- tration form with Coach Burris at the Interme- dividuals in need of special assistance for attending the diate Gym during normal school hours. ______Address hearing are encouraged to contact the City Clerk at 915- FAVOR DE REGISTRARSE con los directores 852-1046, forty-eight (48) hours prior to this meeting. de la liga a las Charla con los Padres el 15 de ______Ordinances are available for viewing or copying upon re- Address noviembre; también puede dejar las formas con quest from the City Clerk at the above address or call el Coach Burris en el gimnasio de la escuela ______915-852-1046, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone intermedia en horas de escuala. Karen Ellefson Information / Información: ______City Clerk Coach Benson — 765-3080 or/ó 637-8451. Signature WTCC: 11-08-07 Page 6 WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIER November 8, 2007 UTEP needs improved defense to back up high octane offense UTEP’s defense, which has developed a son, Vittatoe has completed 55 percent of his year ñ none. By Steve Escajeda knack for allowing teams to do pretty much passes (157-285) for 2,211 yards, with 21 The football field has been unavailable all Special to the Courier whatever they want, did so again by allowing touchdowns and just three interceptions. year because work on improving the running 28 fourth-quarter points in a devastating 56- They’ve fallen to 4-5, but should have a track which surrounds the field has never been Sometimes in life you have to ask the ques- 48 loss. much better record. In four of their five losses, finished. tion, how much is enough? Things were looking so rosy. the Miners have scored 31, 31, 42 and 48 Coach Ruben Batista and his players have Like when it comes to ridiculous comments, After an impressive 4-2 start to the season, points. In UTEP’s other loss, they dropped a asked over and over when the football field we can ask Rosie O’Donnell, how much is the Miners have dropped to 4-5, and any close 29-24 decision to NMSU. will be ready, and the answer has always been enough? When it comes to a healthy bank ac- thoughts of going to a bowl game are fading The future looks great for the Miners’ of- the same, maybe next week. count, we can ask Alex Rodriguez, how much faster than you can say, “the Miners just missed fense, which can score at will. But the defense With the best running attack in the city, led by is enough? When it comes to soap opera-like another tackle.” will have to go through a major overhaul. tailback Edwin Morales, the Austin Panthers are drama, we can ask Kobe Bryant, how much is There’s no doubt that the best thing about Unless the team doesn’t mind having to score about to do something they haven’t done in about enough? the young Miners is the quarterback. Freshman 50 points to squeak out a win. 50 years, go undefeated in the regular season. Unfortunately, there’s one more. Trevor Vittatoe has exceeded expectations by When the elite schools of El Paso are talked When it comes to a lead the defense can hold leaps and bounds. Panther pride about, Austin High School is almost never in in the fourth quarter, we can ask the UTEP Vittatoe threw for 373 yards and five touch- The 2007 high school football regular sea- the mix. The school has made a name for itself Miners, how much is enough? downs against Rice, but it still wasn’t enough son is coming to a close this weekend and all in recent years for the trouble inside and out- The answer apparently is, “no lead is big to put one in the win column. the playoff spots will be claimed. side its doors. enough.” I was disappointed after the game when Price One spot that was clinched a long time ago But this football season, this coach and these UTEP had to be licking its chops when it said he wasn’t putting all the blame on the de- belongs to the Austin Panthers. players have given the school and its commu- took on a lowly 1-7 Rice Owls team who has fense, hinting that the offense could have Yes, the same Austin Panthers that have spent nity a sense of pride, a feeling of accomplish- just about the worst defense in the United scored more points. much of their time sitting in last place in the ment, and the importance of knowing that they States. More points? district standings over the last 30 years. This too can be mentioned in a positive light. Well, evidently, the second worst. C’mon coach, are you telling me that 48 year, amazingly, the Panthers are undefeated The team has had its most successful season The Miners fell behind early and rallied to take points isn’t enough to win a college football at 9-0 with a game left against El Paso High on the football field in decades, but its impact a 20-point (48-28) lead in the fourth quarter. game? this Friday night. may still be felt for years to come, from all the The Game’s over, right? Oh, you couldn’t It was all on the defense. But even more mind boggling is the amount young kids around the neighborhood their suc- be so wrong. But I digress. After a slow start to the sea- of home games the Panthers have played this cess has touched. Classified Ads LEGALS free source of help “Windshield Divorce documents locally. 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EOE. 10’x20' - Special • Appliance Lincoln Town Car, ______$85/mth for 3 blue, NM license months. Call installation • Many other plate JAH121 SELF-HELP Blanca or Gina. WTXCC-11/08/07 852-8300. plumbing services ______Licensed, bonded Persons who have and insured for a problem with al- DOCUMENT SERVICES your protection. cohol are offered a ______ASSISTANCE — Photo courtesy Socorro ISD CHAMPIONS — The Socorro Cross Country Team pose with the District 1-5A first place trophy. 3 97 Socorro cross country boys are District 1-5A champs 1 34YEARS 7 200 By Irma Flores SERVING ANTHONY, VINTON, CANUTILLO, EAST MONTANA, HORIZON, SOCORRO, CLINT, FABENS, SAN ELIZARIO AND TORNILLO Special to the Courier CLASSIFIED AD FORM Socorro High School cross coun- 15 words - $5 per week; 35 words - $10 per week try team brought home another title. The seven-member team won the ______District 1-5A Championship held on 1234 Saturday, Oct. 30 at the Chamizal Na- ______tional Park. This is the third year 5678 Socorro’s cross country team has ______won the title. The team also cel- 9101112 ebrated a first place win by senior ______STOP HERE Rodney Snyder who marks his sec- 1314 15 ( FOR $5 AD. ) ond year as District 1-5A individual ______champion. Coached Jeff Barros, the 16 17 18 19 team is made up of Snyder, Gama ______Mendez, Josue Nunez, Chris 20 21 22 23 Gonzalez, Juan Nunez, Martin ______Alderette and Isaac Ramirez. Synder 24 25 26 27 finished first with a time of 16 min- ______utes 15.61 seconds. 28 29 30 31 “The team performed extremely ______well this season and each member 3233 3435 fulfilled their respected assignment. Please print.Send form and Contact Information: Team Captain Rodney Snyder led the payment (no cash) to: team followed by Socorro High West Texas County Courier Name: ______School all time best team,” said 15344 Werling Ct. Barros, BCIS 1 Instructor and Head — Photo courtesy Socorro ISD Horizon City, TX 79928 Phone: ______Girls and Boys Cross Country & TWO IN A ROW — Coach Jeff Barros congratulates team captain, Rodney Deadline: Mondays Track at Socorro High School. Snyder. Snyder is the District 1-5A individual champion for a second year. November 8, 2007 WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIER Page 7 Comix We’re all in the media now OUT ON A LIMB By Gary Kopervas By Don Flood A Code Red, for example, alerts While there are many com- everyone in the hospital that a ma- plaints and concerns about escalat- jor celebrity, such as Clooney or ing costs, there is one extremely Brad Pitt, has been brought to the important thing that many people hospital. don’t appreciate about our modern Here’s how a typical scenario health care system: its unparalleled plays out: ability to feed us celebrity news DOCTOR: Is the patient ready? when we need it most. NURSE: Yes, doctor. Take the recent case of George DOCTOR: Scalpel! Clooney, who had an accident INTERCOM: Attention, all hos- while trying to balance 21 of his pital personnel: This is a Code Red. girlfriends on his motorcycle. George Clooney has just been It’s frightening to think about it, brought into ER! Repeat, Code but without the immediate re- Red. This is NOT a drill. AMBER WAVES By Dave T. Phipps sponse of a New Jersey hospital DOCTOR: For God’s sake, staff, it could have been a full hour nurse, get this patient out of my — perhaps half a day — before we way. We’ve got an emergency. heard the news of Clooney’s con- Battle stations everyone! dition. NURSE: But, doctor, there As it is, major media outlets re- should be plenty of staff in ER to ceived word within minutes. help Mr. Clooney. You could combine the re- DOCTOR: We’re not going to sources of The New York Times, ER. Our first duty is to alert the The Washington Post, CNN and media. Begin accessing Clooney’s Geraldo Rivera, and you still medical files immediately. couldn’t have mobilized to cover NURSE: But doctor ... the Clooney story faster than the DOCTOR: Haven’t you heard THE SPATS By Jeff Pickering dedicated professionals of the Pali- about the hypocritical oath? sades Medical Center Celebrity NURSE:You mean about the News Team. Hippocratic oath, the one about According to an absolutely true serving your patients to the best of news story, the hospital suspended your ability? 27 employees, including doctors DOCTOR: No, you idiot, the and nurses, without pay for access- hypocritical oath, the one where ing Clooney’s medical records. A we say we protect a patient’s pri- dozen or so more were under in- vacy unless the patient is a movie vestigation. star. Surprisingly, many of these doc- NURSE: I’m sorry, doctor, but tors and nurses are not full-time what about this patient? He needs journalists who do a little medical an operation. work on the side. They’re just DOCTOR: Have you forgotten R.F.D. By Mike Marland hard-working professionals who all your medical training? Put the care enough about informing the heart — or whatever it is we’re public to break federal patient pri- supposed to transplant today — on vacy laws. ice and start accessing Clooney’s But just how does an hospital medical files before it’s too late. that spends most of its time as a NURSE: Too late for what? health care facility suddenly morph DOCTOR: Too late to be the into media mode? first to tip off my friends at Fox In a word, planning. Hospitals News! train for celebrity emergencies us- ______ing a system similar to Homeland (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Security’s. [email protected] King Super Crossword

SOUNDS TOUGH! 68 Enchilada 128 Croc’s kin 30 “_ the fields we go 93 Bank deposit? ACROSS alternative 131 Chateau valley …” 94 “Twelfth Night” 1 Big - 70 “Trinity” author 133 End of remark 33 Slangy sib role 4 “Stop, sailor!” 72 Neighbor of Wyo. 135 Wear away 35 Ain’t right? 96 Spanish surrealist 9 James of “Misery” 73 Obeys the dentist 136 Computer key 36 Extensive 97 Equipment 13 Swashbuckling 77 Part 3 of remark 137 “The Lady _” (’79 37 Toast start 98 Happened again novelist 78 ’80s Joe Penny film) 38 Grapefruit serving 102 Heal a rift 18 Grand _ Opry series 138 Child welfare org. 39 October birthstone 104 Eat in the evening 19 Actress Berger 80 Crank’s comment 139 Rock’s Meisner 40 Curved lines 107 Right _ the bat 20 Mournful music 81 Skater Lipinski 140 Stocking stuffers? 41 Forsaken 108 A hole near the 21 “F Troop” corporal 82 Noun suffix 141 Dispositions 46 Ditch under a sole 22 Start of a remark 84 Sundown, to 142 “The Bells” drawbridge 110 Allude (to) by Milton Berle Shelley monogram 48 Object 111 Dundee denial 24 Mid-size band 85 Actor Arkin 50 Change for the 113 Loud laugh 25 “Andrea _” 87 See 106 Across DOWN better 114 Bet 26 Costa _ 88 “Love Train” group 1 Physicist Niels 51 Brawl 115 “Pal Joey” author 27 “Family Feud” host 91 Thick of things 2 “The Time 53 Sonja Henie’s 116 Boca _, FL 29 Division word 95 Denizen Machine” people birthplace 117 Maine town 31 Aachen article 97 Geological 3 English port 55 Acts like an ass? 122 Willowy 32 Basilica feature phenomenon 4 Simile center 56 Spirits 123 Baseball’s 34 Part 2 of remark 99 The Chipmunks, 5 Feud 58 Amritsar attire Martinez 38 TV’s “General _” e.g. 6 Novelist Seton 59 Nonsense 124 Spanish river 42 Like some sheep 100 Comic Carvey 7 Pack 60 Smidgen 126 “I could _ horse!” 43 Part of HOMES 101 Galena, for one 8 Homeric 62 Throw a party 127 Break suddenly 44 Inclined 103 _ -ski party characters 67 Custom 129 Eccentric 45 Senator Thurmond 105 Priest’s robe 9 Pres. Clinton, e.g. 69 Message board? 130 Curious George’s 47 “Waking _ Devine” 106 With 87 Across, 10 Performer 71 Goblet part creator (’98 film) type of liqueur 11 Actor’s actor? 73 Lost luster 132 Musical syllables 49 Wee serving 109 Merit 12 Irritate 74 _ apso 134 Pitches 52 Composer Schifrin 112 _ blanket 13 Rigoletto, to Gilda 75 Gray or Moran 54 Circus performer 114 Part 4 of remark 14 Actor Tognazzi 76 _ Domingo 57 Put on a pedestal 118 Well-informed 15 _ Gras 79 “What’s _ for me?” 61 Soft tissue 119 “So that’s your 16 Sharon of Israel 80 Candy quantity 63 Tangle game!” 17 Trap 83 Spotted rodent 64 Damage 120 Nonflowering plant 20 “Tiny Bubbles” 86 Belarusian city 65 Actress Ward 121 “The Addams singer 89 Puppy protests 66 Baseball’s Family” uncle 23 Comics’ “Andy _” 90 Withered Boudreau 125 Does Little work 28 He gives a hoot 92 Downspout Answer Page 8 Page 8 WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIER November 8, 2007 extra help — available through So- come may be higher include if you find it at www.socialsecurity.gov. 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established. Twenty-eight percent days as well. upon us, it is appropriate that we do Teach believed that Gettysburg was the The report concludes that “students more than pay tribute to our nation From Page 1 battle that brought the Revolutionary don’t learn what colleges don’t and veterans. Indeed, we might won- ______War to an end. teach,” arguing that student knowl- der whether students failing at civics Fewer than half of the students edge will improve when schools re- also fails our country, and how well foreign affairs, and the economy. knew that it was the Declaration of quire students to take more courses we are preparing future generations Among them were three Texas col- Independence that so boldly declared in American history and economics. to lead this country in the tradition leges and universities: Baylor Uni- “we hold these truths to be self-evi- The same can be said for all of edu- of its founders. versity, West Texas A&M, and the dent, that all men are created equal.” cation whether in middle and high ______University of Texas at Austin. The Shockingly, in some cases students school classrooms or on college cam- Brooke Leslie Rollins is President of results suggest no shortage of candi- knew less at the end of their college puses. the Texas Public Policy Foundation, dates for Mr. Leno’s sidewalk shtick. years than when they first set foot on Ultimately those who care deeply a non-profit, free-market research in- After three years of undergraduate campus. But these scores are hardly about the future of this country — stitute based in Austin. To see how coursework, seniors scored an aver- an indictment on colleges and uni- moreover the future of liberty and Texas college students performed on age of 53.2 percent, while 22 of the versities alone. The average improve- freedom — know that civic virtue is the ISI survey, read “Texas Under- 50 schools have average scores be- ment during one’s undergraduate essential to the system of self-gov- graduates Fail at Civics” available low 50 percent. More than half could years was a mere 1.5 points (almost ernment we enjoy today. at www.texaspolicy.com. not identify the correct century when three points for Texas), highlighting With the fanfare of Independence the first colony of Jamestown was failures in civic education in K-12 Day behind us and Veteran’s Day Scams From Page 1 ______

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