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Cesar Chavez Day Cancellation is

horrible move by UTEP
I’m shocked and in-
censed that U.T. El Paso has
canceled Cesar Chavez Day
on March 31, because it’s too
bulky. In other words, Cesar
Chavez Day is one holiday
too many for the university,
so, what does this venerable
institution of higher learning
do? It cancels – for the next
four years it says – a day
which is special for Chicanos
in El Paso and throughout the
State of Texas, if not the na-
tion.
What is even more
alarming is the passive way in
which our so-called Chicano
leaders have accepted this
travesty. Our leaders kinda-
sorta agree with dropping this
special day. One said that
there’s just so many days that
UTEP can free its students,
and, obviously, Chavez is not
important enough. Besides,
there will be lectures and
other “events” to celebrate the
day, so, maybe it’s a good
thing that the holiday is
By Joe Olvera ©, 2011
dropped because then stu-
dents can show up for classes,
and form a crowd. Why, the
audacity!
Only Carlos Marentes, my
good friend and director of El
Paso’s farmworkers’ union,
said what was on his mind.
And, he was criticized by one
local paper for saying what he
thought about the ridiculous
notion. He called it a huge
disrespect, not only for Cesar
Chavez, but, for Chicanos
throughout El Paso, and, es-
pecially, for farmworkers
themselves. Amazingly Mar-
tin Luther King Day, Jan. 17,
almost suffered the same fate
as Chavez when it was pro-
posed in 1986 that the nation
honor the late, great civil
right leader. North Carolina
Senator Jesse Helms – an
avowed racist – said that
MLK was not important
enough to merit a national
holiday. Even then- President
Ronald Reagan, a Republi-
can, complained about the
cost.
Is there a Jesse Helms at
UTEP? It’s a fair question
isn’t it? Because Cesar
Chavez is the only nationally-
recognized icon or leader for
us Chicanos, and, barely, at
that. Is there anyone else? Not
that I know of. So, where are
the demonstrations, where are
the walkouts, where are other
followers of Chavez’s teach-
ings? Why isn’t anyone
speaking out against this ac-
tion by UTEP”s faculty com-
mittee. Or, maybe they just
don’t know Cesar?
Let me tell you a few things
about this great man. When
he took up arms against racist
and unfair growers to protect
his fellow farmworkers,
Chavez had been a farm-
worker himself. In the winter,
he worked the pear and the
lettuce; in the spring, it was
cherries and beans; corn and
grapes occupied his time in
the summer, while he worked
the cotton in the fall. He
knew what the complaints
were all about. He knew that
children were being forced to
work the fields because their
parents needed the help.
Wages were the lowest of the
low, and growers didn’t care
as long as their crops came in.
Chavez himself went to work,
dropping out of eighth grade
to work the fields so that his
mother wouldn’t have to. A
self-made man, he joined the
U.S. Navy where he served
for two years. After that stint,
he went back to the crop – a
livelihood that had sustained
him and his family after his
father had lost his small gro-
cery store and the piece of
land they called home in
Yuma, AZ.
As a farmworker, Chavez
lived by the credo: “Make a
solemn promise to enjoy our
rightful part of the riches of
this land, to throw off the
yoke of being considered as
agricultural implements or
slaves.
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Mayor and First Lady to Apply Now for

Recreation Program
Feed the Homeless
WHO: Mayor John Cook and First Lady (Tram Cook)
WHAT: First Lady’s Program to Feed the Homeless
WHEN: Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 12noon
WHERE: Lee & Beulah Moor Children’s Home
1100 Cliff Drive
El Paso, Texas 79902
WHY: This initiative started at the beginning of Mayor Cook’s
tenure in an effort on behalf of the First Lady, Tram Cook, to give
back to the community she has called home for over 30 years. The
First Lady and several volunteers will prepare and serve a meal to
families in need within The El Paso area. The Lee & Beulah Moor
Children’s Home provides a wide range of quality programs and serv-
ices to children and their families in the El Paso region who are in
need of child care and support. To mention a few, they provide resi-
dential services, foster care, adoptive services, and counseling service
for unplanned pregnancies. Previous meals have been served several
times at different locations such as the The Opportunity Center, The
Rescue Mission, Child Crisis Center of El Paso, La Evangelica
Church, Sin Fronteras, the Ambrosio Guillen Texas State Veterans
Home, the YWCA Sarah McKnight Transitional Living Center, Center
for Children, Dame La Mano Pregnancy Crisis Center, Villa Maria,
Ronald McDonald House, Nazareth Hall Nursing Center, Christian
Home, The Reynolds House, La Posada Homes, the Salvation Army
and a Thanksgiving Dinner for six consecutive years held at the El
Paso Convention Center.
Scholarships
Effective Now
In 2010 City Council approved a new program that
will provide fee waivers for eligible youth for most
recreation programs.
Youth under the age of 17 that meet household
moderate and low income guidelines outlined by
the federal Housing and Urban Development
Agency (HUD), may receive up to $150 in fee
waivers for most recreation programs offered by the
City’s Parks and Recreation Department.
Applications for this program are available at
City Recreation Centers or online at
www.elpasotexas.gov/parks. (forms can be filled
out online.)
Funds are limited and are available on a first come
first served basis. Approved applicants must regis-
ter for the recreation programs they desire, and will
pay the $7 administration fee for each registration.
All other program fees are waived for eligible youth
applicants.
For more information, call 915-541-4331.
 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 3

Joel Salcido: Photographer extraordinaire

By Joe Olvera ©, 2011

Joel Salcido’s pho- ing. I go back to El Paso to

tographs are more than just
people posing, or sunsets with
the typical tints that color the
amazing panorama. His pho-
tos are more like art, like
paintings on canvas that cap-
ture human lives in all their
glory and in all their human-
ity. In one such photo, he cap-
tures a group of cowboys or
wildcatters as they gather to
eat breakfast at a small-town
diner. Salcido captures even
the slightest wrinkle on their
clothing, as they discuss the
news of the day yet to come,
or as one pours coffee from a
Joel Salcido
Times, to his tenure as one of
a group of photojournalists
for that newspaper, he has
grown not only in age – 53 –
but in perspective and power.
“The years do fly
visit family. Don’t get me
wrong, I had a blast in El
Paso and working at the
Times, but, the times change.
I’m now doing something dif-
ferent.”
Salcido knew early
on that he was slated for
greatness. Only three years as
a photojournalist, he received
from the El Paso Press Club
the Dorrance D. Roderick
Award for his special section
on the Tarahumara Indians in
Mexico. The piece docu-
mented the Chihuahua Indi-
ans and their fragile existence

Ted Kennedy visiting Juarez

why risk life and limb for the
money I could generate there.
It’s just not worth it. I would
wind up doing more harm
than good.”
Salcido said that his
growth into a fine arts pho-
tographer is an “evolution.”
He credits former Times
Chief Photographer, Luis Vil-
lalobos, with making him
what he is today. “Luis was a
tremendous talent. We all
learned from him because he
was the best, and we owe him
a lot. He’s the best boss I ever
had, because he was such an
excellent mentor. What I’m
doing today is an extension of
what I learned from him. I
had a ball working at the
Times,...
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coffee pot – leathery face in
deep concentration.
To sum up Sal-
cido’s work as a creative pho-
tographer is to describe his
talent in one word: Maturity.
From his earliest days as an
intern with The El Paso
by,” said Salcido from his
home in Austin, Texas. “But,
I’ve never forgotten my roots.
However, Juarez, Mexico,
where I was born has receded
into my past because I have
no wish to return there, not in
light of what’s been happen-
in the Sierra Madre Occiden-
tal. This was the catalyst for
his receiving numerous
awards, and for his finally
leaving the Times in 1991 to
pursue commercial photogra-
phy. He left El Paso eight
years later to live and work
in Spain. Currently, he is an
editorial and fine art photog-
rapher. He produces work for
galleries and publications
such as USA Today, Texas
Monthly, and Texas High-
ways.

“I’m disconnected
with the border,” Salcido
said. “Except, of course,
when I’m with my mother
because she lives there, al-
though she knows it could be
dangerous. My feeling is
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Joel Salcido...
The Appropria-
tion Shortfall
We now know how much less the State of
Texas has to spend on government and assis-
tance programs. The Comptroller announced
a shortfall from the last session of almost
$28 billion. If it was the intention of the leg-
islature to continue every program at the
same levels of the past two years, then the
$28 billion would be considered a budget
deficit. We would have to find a way to produce the revenues in
order to maintain the status quo.
That is not the way the Texas constitution allows the
process to go forward. Unlike the federal budget, there are no loans
to bridge deficits. We have $28 billion less to spend and that is it.
In case you missed it, I posed the problem in absolutes in
the above paragraphs. Neither option is the best. That is the peril of
politics: one becomes blind to compromise for the sake of political
expediency.

Yes, we have a budget problem. But Texas is also a very The 1985 Mexico earthquake
wealthy state. There is an abundance of wealth that can bridge the
gap between the two extremes. Continued from page 3... and learn- more than just a business, it’s my tire day, because there is so much to
The House Appropriations Chair, Representative Jim Pitts, ing from Luis, but, I wouldn’t con- great love. Why would I ever give it see, so much power and grace. One
made a grim announcement about the appropriations bill which is sider going back. up? I’ve done relatively well in the such pic shows the Passion of the
being filed this week. His comment was that there was going to be a last two years, but, I did hurt some- Christ, as He carries his cross to Cal-
lot of pain. That is the easy way of avoiding the arduous task of “I realize that I may be what in 2008 and 2009, yet, it’s vary, the site where he will be cruci-
compromise. giving up a lucrative contract, a coming back. But, that’s life in a fied. The photograph practically
steady paycheck, but, I haven’t nutshell, you just have to keep going screams at the viewer with the im-
One of the issues that we know will be dramatically im- starved,” Salcido said. It’s been and never give up.” mortal words: “God, why have you
pacted is public education. The reality with this issue is that the state rough. As the economy goes, so goes To view and appreciate Salcido’s forsaken me?”
is going to require the status quo on standards set by the state; but, in my business, but, photography is photography, one must spend an en-
the end, will pass the funding problem to the local communities.

What is ironic about passing the funding locally is that

public education, as opposed to all of the other provisions in an ap-
propriations bill, is specifically dedicated in the Texas Constitution
as a state charge.
A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation
of the liberties and rights of the people, it shall be the duty of the
Legislature of the State to establish and make suitable provision for
the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free
schools.
Those are the words in our constitution. It is obvious that
public education should be funded by the state at a level that meets
the lofty goal for the diffusion of knowledge. Unfortunately, the
wording is conveniently vague so that those wish not to increase
state revenues can conveniently pass the buck to local taxpayers.
When it comes to education, that is a poor decision. Tap
the wealth and raise the education bar. This would require wealthier
communities to share their property tax wealth with poorer commu-
nities.
While the level of public education, in comparison with
other states, languishes in the lowest percentiles, the future of our
state grows increasingly dim. Without highly educated workforces in
the future, we will be restricted in the types of industries or busi-
nesses that locate here. The future prosperity of Texas teeters on the
brink while decision makers mindlessly pursue the policy, in absolute
Cesar Chavez Day Cancellation...
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We are free men and we demand justice.”
When he and Dolores Huerta formed the United Farm-
workers Organization, he offered farmworkers not only
better wages and better working conditions, he also of-
fered them dignity – a dignity that had been denied them;
he offered them respect, and responsibility, something
which they had never enjoyed before. The poor, the for-
gotten, the downtrodden flocked to him and his move-
ment, a movement that took America by storm, a
movement that drove even the mightiest Americans to his
side, and the poorest.
Like Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Bobby
Kennedy – from whom he borrowed teachings to pro-
mote the principle of non-violence, his body deteriorated
from the hunger-strikes he originated. At one such fast,
in 1968, he went 25 days without eating and without
drinking. He fasted again in 1970, and, again, in 1972.
His body faded fast, causing him to die an early death of
so-called “natural causes.” Yeah, “natural causes.” He
died so that the poor could live with dignity.
A lover of higher education, albeit, he dropped out from
8th grade, he encouraged his followers to leave the
fields, to pursue a college degree. Many of them heeded
his call and, today, many of his followers did accomplish
their goals. He created an environment in which Chi-
canos could fight for their rights, not only in farm towns,
but in cities and urban communities. His slogan: “Si Se
Puede,” was even taken up by President Barack Obama
in his clarion call towards winning the presidency.
Not recognize Cesar Chavez? Why, the very nerve. Okay,
I’ve got a solution – instead of giving students at UTEP
only 12 holidays, make it 13, but, never, ever deprive
Cesar Chavez of his special day. After all, what’s one
more holiday for UTEP? Honor this great man, who had
an institution of higher learning named for him. The
Colegio Cesar Chavez may not have lasted very long – a
mere ten years - yet, he was instrumental and influential
in that many young Chicanos, some of them even from
UTEP, followed his advice and became teachers, engi-
neers, directors of Chicano Studies programs, vice-presi-
dents of universities, social workers, CEOs, and many
other professions. All for a simple man who lived a sim-
ple, yet powerful life. So, Yes, Virginia, there is a Cesar
Chavez Day, and may it last forever.
Sin Fin

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WEATHER 101
By: “Doppler” Dave Speelman

Lowering
the Cost of
Heating
We all want to save money. Saving money is like
making money. Both ways end up having more
money in the pocket. One bill that just about everyone has is utilities. What are
some ways of lowering the cost of heating this winter?

1. Lower the thermostat. When not at home lower it to 60 F. When home, keep
it at a level where you are comfortable but no higher than that. The heater coming
on less frequently and for a shorter duration will lower the bill. When the temper-
ature is comfortable outside, temporarily turn off the heater or turn in down to a
lower temperature where it will not turn on until it gets colder outside.

2. Plug up and reduce air leaks. The most common place air leaks are found are
through doors and windows. You can seal door and window leaks with some
caulk. When opening and closing the door, do so quickly so you don’t allow lots
of cold outdoor air to come in.

3. Allow plenty of sun to some through the

windows when it is cold outside. Since we

Weather Trivia:
have a lot of sunshine in El Paso, open up the
blinds and curtains to let the light shine in.
Sunlight coming through windows acts like a
greenhouse which will warm your home in a
short period of time.
The sun is our big heat machine for
4. Rooms that are not used do not need to
be heated. Close vents that have airflow to the earth. How many miles is the sun
unused rooms and just let the sunshine heat
the room up.
from the earth?
5. If renting, make sure to get a place that A. 50, 000 miles
has good insulation, reduced leaks and has B. 500,00 miles
windows facing the sun. If owning, consider the quality of the insulation in the
house and replace or add to it if needed. C. 50 million miles
D. 93 million miles
“Doppler" Dave Speelman is the chief meteorologist at KVIA-TV in El Paso. You can
E. 1 billion miles
watch his forecasts at 4, 5, 6 and 10 pm on ABC-7 (channel 6 cable). If you would like
Doppler Dave to address (explain) any weather issues you can email him at Doppler- Answer: D – 93 million miles
dave@kvia.com.
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 6
El Paso Museum of Archaeology
Presents the Exhibit
Settlement Legacy: Native
Americans of the Pass of the North
February 12 through August 14, 2011
Free Admission
The foundation of today’s El Paso-Cuidad
Juárez region originates with the Manso,
Suma, Piro, and Tigua Indians who, over four
centuries ago, founded the missions and pueb-
los that evolved into our sister cities. Their
dramatic story is told in this exhibit by the
guest curator, local anthropologist and histo-
rian Nicholas P. Houser.
The Manso and Suma occupied this land when
the Spanish arrived and they built the first mis-
sions. The Tigua and Piro Indians were
forcibly removed by the Spanish fleeing the
1680 Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico, which re-
sulted in the formation of the Ysleta, Socorro,
and Senecú pueblos.
This exhibit, including historic images and cul-
tural artifacts, is dedicated to the Tigua Indians
of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, but also recognizes
the contributions of all of the area’s native
people. The exhibit opening will be attended
by tribal members and will honor Mrs. Her-
minia Silvas, Tigua tribal elder; and Mr. Tom
Diamond, tribal attorney, who helped restore
tribal rights for Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. The ex-
hibit also commemorates Mr. Santiago Busta-
mante, Tribal Chief, who died this past
December.
Guest Curator Nicholas P. Houser, has con-
ducted historical research for the Tigua Indi-
ans, created exhibits for museums and cultural
centers, and has worked with over 36 Native
American communities in the American South-
west and Latin America. He has published
books and articles, created and edited web-
sites, and served as documentary video con-
sultant.
Information: 915-755-4332;
guidamr@elpasotexas.gov;
www.elpasotexas.gov/arch_museum/
Miguel Pedraza Tribal Governor at Ysleta Mission circa 1971, courtesy of Nicholas P. Houser

Rose Bennett Gilbert
Q: Our living room's window goes almost wall-to-wall
and is as high as the cathedral ceiling. In fact, it's one rea-
son we bought the house, but now that we've moved in,
I'm wondering if we need to put curtains or anything on it.
Are bare windows a decorating boo-boo?
A: Not anymore. Back when we were first learning the
words "energy crisis," bare windows were sort of a social
faux pas — kind of like thumbing one's nose at the envi-
ronment. Since then, technology has risen up to cover our
sins. We can afford to bare windows that feature ther-
mopanes, triple glazing and other such eco-savvy inven-
tions.
So even if your window is not actually a technological
wonder, no one's going to take you to task for leaving it
naked. They'll just think you're making a style statement.
That said, you might want to consider some sort of insula-
tion if your window is actually un-weather-wise. Insulat-
ing window film is an easy solution.
Vista Film (www.vista-films.com) blocks heat loss and
gain at the window without darkening the view — so ef-
fectively that Uncle Sam even offered a tax break for hav-
ing the film installed.
Otherwise, if you want a little softening at the window,
borrow the idea in the pictured dining room: it's sheer ge-
nius, literally. A wall-wide wooden rod all but disappears
into the matching wood window frame when the sheer cur-
tains are pushed to the sides. At night — or whenever pri-
vacy is in order — the curtains pull together, providing an
elegant backdrop for the handsome dining set.
By the way, the photo is from Century Furniture. Click on
www.centuryfurniture.com and check out the Town &
Country Collection.
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 7
Sheer side curtains ensure
nighttime privacy behind
the high, wide and hand-
some dining room window.
Photo courtesy of Century
Furniture.
Q: I don't know what kind or color of wood to pick for
my new kitchen floor. The cabinets are cherry in a
medium-dark finish. We like the look of oak, but the grain
is so strong. Plus, we don't think we can match the cherry
color. What should we do?
A: For openers, stop fretting about matching woods and
wood tones; it's so yesterday. Professional designers refer
to it as "matchy-matchy" decorating. Today the way is to
blend colors, including the colors of woods, so you create
an harmonious whole.
Whatever wood species you choose for your floors — and
oak is a durable, attractive option — make it three-to-five
steps lighter or darker than your cherry wood cabinets. The
gentle contrast will add visual life to your kitchen.
Two points to keep in mind: the lighter the floor, the
brighter your entire kitchen. Continues on next page
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 8

DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren In Fashion

GRIEVING MOM GETS NO RESPITE
FROM WELL-MEANING FRIENDS
DEAR ABBY: My adult
son passed away nine months
ago. I am mostly numb. My
home has always been wel-
coming, and I have had
friends and family here con-
stantly -- but now they won't
leave! They don't seem to
"get" the fact that I need
some time to be alone.
I love these people,
but my heart is broken. The
only person I want to see and
spend time with is my surviv-
ing son. I have lost my enthu-
siasm for almost everything. I
work full time and no longer
want to be the "hostess." I am
TIRED. My sons and I were
close, and I raised them by
myself.
How do I tell my
friends and family members
that I need to be alone with-
out offending them? I want to
do the right thing. -- HEART-
BROKEN IN CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS
DEAR HEARTBRO-
KEN: Please accept my
deepest sympathy for your
loss. I'm sure your friends
and family care deeply about
you and are only trying to be
there for you.
However, you need
to heal as best as you can in
your own way from the death
of your son. Thank them for
their constant support, and
explain that you need some
time to be alone and cope
with this without a crowd
around. They will understand.
Working your way
through the grieving process
can be exhausting. But if
your "tiredness" persists, I'm
advising you to discuss it
with your doctor because it
can be a symptom of chronic
depression, which is a med-
ical condition.
**
DEAR ABBY: I'm
a friendly, outgoing
cashier at a grocery
store. I enjoy chat-
ting with
cus- Dear
tomers. I Abby
particu-
larly like some of them and
look forward to them coming
in. The problem is what I
should do when they ask me
for personal information, like
my phone number or Face-
book information.
In the last month,
two customers asked to be
my friends on Facebook and
one asked for my phone num-
ber. I don't feel comfortable
sharing this information with
them. It's important for me to
have a private life kept sepa-
rate from my work life.
What is a polite
way to let them know I don't
want to give out that informa-
tion? -- FACEBOOK-UN-
FRIENDLY IN
LOVELAND, COLO.
DEAR FACEBOOK-UN-
FRIENDLY: Smile at the
customer and, in your usual
upbeat, friendly way, say:
"You know, I think you are
very nice -- but I keep my
work life and personal life
separate. I never mix the two.
But thanks for asking." Pe-
riod.
**
DEAR ABBY: My 12-year-
old daughter, "Sophia," re-
peatedly shirks her basic
responsibilities. She routinely
receives detention for not
completing homework as-
signments and for failing to
bring required materials to
class. Despite my concern,
Sophia continues with her
usual shortcomings. This is
causing a great deal of stress
between us, and our relation-
ship is now very poor.
Should I keep pushing her or
should I just allow her to
fail? -- DISAPPOINTED
MOM IN LOUISIANA
DEAR DISAPPOINTED
MOM: Of course you
shouldn't allow your daughter
to fail. All mothers have to
"push" sometimes. It goes
with the territory. However,
rather than letting it drive you
and your daughter apart, talk
with her teacher and see if
she or he can give you some
insight as to what's going on.
If that doesn't help, then con-
sult Sophia's pediatrician.
The girl may have a neuro-
logical problem that's causing
her behavior.
**
Dear Abby is written by Abi-
gail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother,
Pauline Phillips. Write Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com
or P.O. Box 69440, Los An-
geles, CA 90069.
**
What teens need to know
about sex, drugs, AIDS and
getting along with peers and
parents is in "What Every
Teen Should Know." To
order, send a business-sized,
self-addressed envelope, plus
check or money order for $6
(U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby --
Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447,
Mount Morris, IL 61054-
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the price.)
COPYRIGHT 2011 UNIVERSAL
UCLICK
Sharon Mosley
We've been there and worn
that for 2010 ... now what's
ahead for 2011? It turns out
that plenty of professionals
have jobs to tell us about the
"next big thing." Anne Mack
is one of those futuristic wiz-
ards by directing "trendspot-
ting" at JWT. Headquartered
in New York, JWT is a global
network with more than 200
offices in over 90 countries
— employing nearly 10,000
marketing professionals who
stay on the cutting edge of
"what's happening" in the
world of fashion.
"One of the biggest develop-
ments in fashion is the effect
one of our larger trends, that
we are calling 'Life in Real
Time,' is having on the indus-
try," says Mack.
"The real-time Web has re-
sulted in a greater emphasis
on the immediate and the
now, lending a greater sense
of urgency to Internet-based
behaviors and beyond. It has
also helped fuel an expecta-
tion of instant gratification.
We're becoming accustomed
to getting what we want when
we want it. Increasingly, the
mindset is moving from 'I
want that' to 'I want that
now,'" she adds.
Mack believes that the fash-
ion industry will respond by
introducing new looks more
frequently, shortening the
months-long delay between
runway and retail, and setting
up shop where consumers are
spending their time (Face-
book) rather than expecting
consumers to come to them.
"The fashion world will move
in fast forward as the industry
begins to disband the tradi-
tional season-based model,"
Mack acknowledges. "While
cotton will command a pre-
mium price tag, shoppers will
embrace simple pleasures like
nail polish and temporary tat-
toos."
Here are some other predic-
Put your finger on fast-for-
tions by JWT for the year
ward fashion for the up-
ahead, as consumers embrace
coming year with new nail
a "brave new fashion world":
polishes. Photo courtesy of
wet n wild.
— The Nail Polish Econ-
omy: Women are typically
in real gold. And lower down
said to treat themselves with a
the price scale, House of
nice lipstick during economi-
Dereon offers a kit in partner-
cally uncertain times, but
ship with Temptu; the promo-
JWT foresees more beauty
tional campaign features
buyers perking themselves up
Beyonce.
with nail polish.
— Costlier Cotton: Distur-
As sales continue to rise and
bances among the world's
polish ascends to an "it" ac-
largest cotton producers (a se-
cessory in the fashion world,
vere drought in China, floods
look for more unusual takes
in Pakistan and trade restric-
— from leather nails to pur-
tions in India) have taken a
posefully chipped nails.
bite out of the global cotton
Watch for unexpected cate-
supply, leading to price in-
gories to leverage this trend:
creases for raw cotton world-
Volvo is offering polishes to
wide. Consumers will likely
match three-color options for
feel the effect in 2011.
the new S60.
— F-Commerce: While only
— Temporary Tattoos Go
a few brands currently sell di-
High-End: The latest hot ac-
rectly through Facebook (in-
cessory — both on the run-
cluding Victoria's Secret,
way and in the beauty aisle
1-800-Flowers.com and Delta
— gives a non-commitment
Airlines), look for "f-com-
spin to an otherwise perma-
merce" to take off in the next
nent choice. Chanel is tapping
year.
into the trend with limited-
Continues on page 10
edition skin art. In Dubai,
temporary tats are available

Décor Score
Continued from page 7
Remember that light
bounces. The darker the
floor, the more "grounded"
the room feels.
Dark floors "stay down," ac-
cording to designer Jackie
Balint of The Kitchen Col-
lection (www.thekitchencol-
lection.com). "Floors are
meant to stay down," she
says. "You don't want to
walk in and say 'Wow!
Floor!' All the elements in a
room should be in balance."
For more professional-de-
signer insights on choosing
hardwood floors, visit
www.hardwoodinfo.com and
go to "Write & Request."
Ask for a free booklet called
"American Hardwoods by
Design," which shares the
advice of other top U.S.
kitchen and interior design-
ers.
Rose Bennett Gilbert is the
co-author of "Manhattan
Style" and six other books
on interior design.
COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM

Home Zone
Shaggy Brings a New Look and
Feel to Auto Interiors
Maggie Reed
Shag carpeting may be a faux
pas for your home, but what
about for your car? With its
new shaggy line of seat cov-
ers and steering wheel covers
made of microfiber, Bell Au-
tomotive Products is bringing
a unique feel and functional-
ity to a car's interior.
While decorative auto acces-
sories like fuzzy dice or
funky steering wheel covers
are nothing new, Bell's mi-
crofiber shag material has a
special, tactile feel that cre-
ates a new driving experience
for motorists. The shaggy
products resemble a high
quality shag carpet material,
but one touch tells you that
it's not your father's car inte-
rior.
"The shaggy seat and steering
wheel covers are proving to
be very fun and popular addi-
tions to our product line and
are bringing in many new
customers," says Michelle
Wood, vice president of sales
for Bell Automotive Products.
"The shaggy products seem to
be starting a great new auto
decorating trend and are al-
ready exceeding our sales ex-
pectations."
The shaggy products slip eas-
ily onto most standard steer-
ing wheels and bucket seats.
In addition to the traditional
black shaggy products, the
items are also available in
bright vibrant colors, such as
pink and lime green.
The universal seat cover re-
tails for $26, while the steer-
ing wheel cover is $14.
For more information, call
480-991-5055 or visit
www.bellautomotive.com.
SNUZA
They say it's never easy to get
a good night's sleep with a
baby in the house. However,
Pneo's Snuza Halo helps
bring more comfort to parents
Make driving a whole new
experience with shaggy
steering wheel covers and
seat covers. Photo courtesy
of Bell Automotive Prod-
ucts.
when babies are in bed.
While the rate has been de-
creasing, Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS) is still the
leading cause of death for ba-
bies in their first year of life.
Even with the drop, parents
have been turning to conven-
tional under-mattress move-
ment monitors.
The Snuza Halo is a small
and portable device that pro-
vides an unique way to effec-
tively monitor a sleeping
infant.
"Many of the infant monitors
currently on the market are
large, complicated to set up
The Snuza Halo is a small and portable device that effectively monitors sleeping infants. Photo
courtesy of Pneo.
and have electrical cables or
straps which babies may get
tangled in," says Charlotte
Wenham, a registered nurse
and business manager for
Pneo. "The Snuza is tiny, yet
extremely effective, and
poses no danger to the infant
whatsoever."
The Snuza Halo monitors the
baby's movement constantly
by not clipping to the crib
mattress, but instead clips
gently to the baby's diaper
near the stomach. If no move-
ment is sensed within a 15-
second period, the Halo does
what a parent would do —
tries to stimulate breathing.
The Halo does this by activat-
ing a pulsed vibration, which
imitates a technique used by
hospital neonatal care units
worldwide called "cutaneous
stimulation."
If movement is not sensed
within a further 5 seconds of
the vibration, an audible
alarm is triggered to alert the
parents of the problem.
The Snuza Halo's features in-
clude:
— Safely and conveniently
monitors your baby's every
movement.
— Clips to the waistband of
your baby's diaper.
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 9
Energy Express
— The flexible sensor detects
your baby's tummy move-
ment.
Marilynn Preston numero uno in terms of cor-
— A built-in vibrating stimu-
porate profits, but in a 2010
lator gently rouses the baby
The debate on health care re- study that compared U.S.
15 seconds after motion
form is coming back to Con- health care to health care in
ceases.
gress. It's not going to be Australia, Canada, Germany,
pretty. Scare tactics, misinfor- the Netherlands, New
— After 20 seconds, an alarm
mation and nose-growing fab- Zealand and the United King-
will sound calling for your
rications may cause dom, the U.S. ranked last
immediate action.
depression and confusion. overall ... dead last.
And no matter where you
— Use in conjunction with a
stand on the politics of it, WELLNESS CAN SAVE US.
baby sound or video monitor,
you'll want to close your eyes The health care reform pack-
so it can be heard in other
and rest your head in the Val- age that finally passed in
rooms.
ium soup when it comes to 2010 is not perfect — far
judging what's best for you from it — but for the first
— Monitors are particularly
and your family. time ever, wellness and pre-
useful for co-sleeping twins
vention have been moved out
and multiples, where an
As a longtime cheerleader for of the shadows into the light.
under-mattress device is not
healthy lifestyles based on
effective.
wellness, prevention and per- The truth is if we don't do
sonal responsibility, I encour- something radical to reduce
— The only type of move-
age you to consider the citizen demand for doctors
ment monitor that can be used
following: and drugs by rewarding and
if the baby is sleeping in your
promoting healthy lifestyles,
bed, as it's portable and stays
THE BIG LIE. Whenever you ..Continues on next page
with the baby instead of the
hear a politician say we have
bed.
to repeal health care reform or
we'll destroy the No. 1 health
The Snuza Halo retails for
care system in the world, turn
$129. For more information,
off the TV and go for a run.
call 877-737-9177 or 877-
He may be a patriot, but he is
808-5994 or visit
lying.
www.snuza.com.
How can you claim to be the
world's best health care sys-
Maggie Reed may be reached
tem when nearly 50 million
at trocar2000@hotmail.com.
Americans have no coverage
at all? In 2000, the World
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Health Organization ranked
the U.S. health care system as
37th in the world, right be-
hind Costa Rica.
Some experts claim that study
is flawed and dated, but in
other more recent compar-
isons, the U.S. lags behind
most every industrialized na-
tion in vital areas of citizen
health and wellness, including
infant mortality, longevity
and chronic disease.
You know where we rank the
highest? In spending. The
U.S. also outranks most of the
world in the number of our
citizens who suffer from heart
disease, obesity, diabetes and
many other chronic diseases.
Our prescription drug and in-
surance companies may be
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Health Care Reform

Continued from page 9...
we will deepen our debt trying to keep
up. Starting Jan. 1, 2011, for in-
stance, 46 million Medicare pa-
tients are eligible for wellness visits
to doctors. That's huge.
Sadly, most doctors haven't a clue
about how to get patients to start
exercising, eat healthier and deal
with stress — but, hey, converting
to a prevention-based medical sys-
tem takes time. We're just begin-
ning. With any luck at all, we'll
catch up to Cuba in 30 years.
A GOOD LIFE INCLUDES
PREPARING FOR DEATH. If the
move to pick apart health care re-
form gains traction, encourage your
congressperson to keep end-of-life
counseling as part of the package.
Living a healthy lifestyle includes
preparing for a good death.
The more you and your health care
providers discuss your wishes when
it comes to pain and suffering, life
support and extraordinary measures
that may prolong your life but not
deliver quality of life, the better.
Most people want to die at home,
surrounded by their loved ones.
Some want every conceivable life-
extending measure taken. Don't be
afraid of end-of-life counseling. In-
sist on it.
BE THE HEALTH CARE RE-
FORM YOU'RE WAITING FOR.
It's not clear how long the 2011
health care debate will continue, or
what the outcome will be, but here's one
thing we do know: 75 percent of the $2.4
trillion in health care costs stem from
chronic diseases such as heart disease,
obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes,
cancer, stroke and lung disease. And
here's the kicker — many of these
chronic diseases can be prevented or
delayed by healthy lifestyle choices.
That's where you come in. You can
make those choices starting today.
Get enough sleep. Limit or avoid al-
cohol. Lose weight. (Being over-
weight or obese is a factor in more
than 20 chronic diseases!) Exercise at
least 30 minutes a day. Quit smoking.
Eat real food. Cut way back on sugar.
Reduce stress, and let go of negative
emotions. Learn to meditate. Practice
yoga. Nourish your friendships. Eat a
plant-based diet with plenty of fruits,
vegetables and whole grains.
ENERGY EXPRESS-O! CALORIES
COUNT
"If overweight Americans collec-
tively made minor behavior adjust-
ments and returned to what they
weighed in 1991, they will save the
country more than $1 trillion a year."
— The Milken Institute Review, 2010
Marilynn Preston — fitness expert,
personal trainer and speaker on
healthy lifestyle issues — is the cre-
ator of Energy Express, the longest-
running syndicated fitness column in
the country. She has a website,
http://marilynnpreston.com and wel-
comes reader questions, which can be
sent to MyEnergyExpress@aol.com.
COPYRIGHT 2011 ENERGY EXPRESS, LTD.
Continued from page 8
....By allowing Facebook visitors to shop without leaving
the site, JWT believes brands add a social influence to the
transaction. This brings a concrete return on investment to
social media.
— Fast-Forward Fashion: The fast-fashion retailers have
shoppers expecting constant turnover, consumers are in-
creasingly living "Life in Real Time," and fashion's sea-
son-based model makes less sense as luxury expands in
developing markets. Therefore, fashion's traditional
timetable will fade as labels introduce new looks more fre-
quently (e.g. Cavalli Group) and shorten the months-long
delay between runway and retail (e.g. Burberry).
— Imaginary Friends: L.A.-based stylist Patrick Auf-
denkamp is launching Imaginary Friends, a fashion line
with a spring 2011 collection. Given his circle of Holly-
wood starlets, his designs are sure to get exposure on the
red carpet or TMZ. Paper magazine describes the look as
"simple chic with spikes of rock 'n' roll details and luxe
fabrics."
— Objectifying Objects: As objects start to be replaced
by digital/virtual counterparts — from records and books
to photo albums and even cash — watch for people to
fetishize the physical object. Books are being turned into
decorative accessories and records are being made into art.
— Pedro Lourenco: Just 20 and already on runways in
Paris, Lourenco is following a family tradition (his par-
ents, Gloria Coelho and Reinaldo Lourenco, are well-
known fashion designers in Brazil). Billed as a
wunderkind, Lourenco uses innovative techniques to
achieve his futuristic looks.
— Storied Products: According to JWT, consumers are
increasingly looking for a personal connection to brands.
We'll see more brands playing up the people and stories
behind the products — whether it's a focus on small-busi-
ness owners, the people who produce the ingredients or

Belly of the everyday employees. Tokyo's Pass the Baton sells vintage
clothing, jewelry and housewares, along with the stories
behind them or a profile of the creator. And Boticca, a
London-based e-commerce site for accessories, has a
tagline that says, "I'd rather wear a unique story."

— Virtual Mirrors: A camera displays a customer's

image on a screen, which then overlays various types of
Scott LaFee makeup, allowing shoppers to preview products and play
with options. Virtual mirrors also allow shoppers to test
With roughly two-thirds of Americans overweight or obese, rates of dia- out clothing styles and share the look via Facebook, mo-
betes and heart disease are rising alarmingly fast. Researchers at Eastern bile and e-mail.
Virginia Medical School say they may have found a key culprit: a group
of enzymes in excess visceral (belly) fat that appear to promote inflam- Shiseido is rolling out virtual makeup mirrors in European
mation that can lead to disease. stores after launching them in Japan. And France's Car-
refour SA, the U.K.'s Superdrug and U.S. Wal-Mart stores
The enzymes are called lipoxygenase. Researchers examined fat sam- are testing similar technology from EZface. Among others,
ples taken from people undergoing bariatric (weight loss) surgery. They Macy's is trialing virtual mirrors in its flagship New York
found that visceral fat contained much more lipoxygenase than subcuta- store. Your fashion avatar is waiting — maybe I can get
neous fat — the fat that lies just under the skin. one without wrinkles!

The discovery could lead to new drugs that target lipoxygenase, block-
ing it from breaking down fats and causing inflammation. Of course, Sharon Mosley is a former fashion editor of the Arkansas
there's another method to achieve that same result: Don't eat poorly or Gazette in Little Rock and executive director of the Fash-
too much. But you've probably already resolved to do that. ion Editors and Reporters Association.
COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY with Jim Daly and Dr. Juli Slattery
Q: How do I train my 2-
year-old to clean up after her-
self? She'll go into her sisters'
room and destroy it, and
won't help clean up unless I
threaten to punish her. Then
she only picks up a couple of
things before getting dis-
tracted. Frankly, it's easier for
me to clean it up myself. My
older girls complain that they
have to clean up but their lit-
tle sister doesn't. I know this
isn't fair, but what else do I
do?
Juli: As any par-
ent knows, the most challeng-
ing task of raising a toddler is
setting boundaries. It is im-
portant to teach your daugh-
ter that she has to clean up
the messes that she makes,
but that might be an impossi-
ble task if the messes are too
big. Part of teaching your 2-
year-old responsibility is not
allowing her to get into trou-
ble or messes that are too big
for her to clean up.
To start with, limit
her play areas. If she's going
to trash her sisters' room, then
make that room off-limits.
Keep play areas to her own
room or a family room. Even
in those areas, limit the num-
ber of toys she has access to
at a given time. She can
choose to play with the doll-
house or the blocks, but not
have access to every toy in
the house. Consistently ask
her to clean those up immedi-
ately before she moves on to
the next thing.
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 11
What she's capable
of handling is going to grow
with time. The lesson of
cleaning up a few toys will
transfer to greater responsi-
bility in years to come. Resist
that temptation to swoop in
and clean up for her. The
extra time and effort now will
be well worth it as your
daughter grows.
**
Jim Daly is president of
Focus on the Family, host of
the Focus on the Family radio
program, and a husband and
father of two.
Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed
psychologist, co-host of
Focus on the Family, author
of several books, and a wife
and mother of three.
Submit your questions to:
ask@FocusOnTheFamily.co
m
Copyright 2010 Focus on the Family, Colorado
Springs, CO 80995
International Copyright Secured. All Rights reserved.
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Video Game Reviews

GoldenEye 007 Has a Familiar Feel

Jeb Haught DEVELOPER: The Sims Stu- be grounded. Players take on nate that players lose points
dio the role of an amnesiac ace for shooting practically every-
PUBLISHER: EA pilot who has crash-landed on thing, except the main targets.
DEVELOPER: Eurocom SYSTEM: Xbox 360 (PS3, an unfamiliar island. After Arcade flying games should-
PUBLISHER: Activision Wii) being nursed back to health n't require such accuracy.
SYSTEM: Nintendo Wii PRICE: $49.99 by the SkyForce clan, players
PRICE: $49.99 ESRB RATING: Everyone must help them band together Check-point style races domi-
ESRB RATING: Teen REVIEW RATING: 3.5 stars with other rebel clans to take nate the second mode as play-
REVIEW RATING: 4 stars (out of 5) down Morcubus. ers zip through various
(out of 5) courses at super high speeds.
Most grown-ups don't know Two arcade-style flying It wouldn't be so bad if com-
I can't remember how many that EA has a child-oriented modes are wrapped in one petitors didn't use "rubber-
hours I devoted to the original spinoff to their wildly popular game as players can create band" A.I. that always keeps
"GoldenEye 007" on the N64, "Sims" franchise called their own MySim and then racers close together.
but I still remember the exact "MySims," but many kids do. engage in both racing and aer-
layout of all single and multi- MySims have even branched ial combat. The surrealistic Online multiplayer for up to
player levels. That's why I off into other genres like size of the large characters in 10 players is another reason
was thrilled to hear that the party game compilations and small planes reminds me of why youngsters will enjoy
ferent versions of many fa- original game, and it has been
game was being remade, and kart racing. The latest genre Midway's "Freaky Flyers," "MySims SkyHeroes."
miliar levels. I also like how recreated accurately with
although it's gone through a to be Sim-plified is flying, and the cel-shaded visuals
the difficulty is ramped up by modern additions. Classic
plethora of changes, the new
adding tougher enemies and modes, such as Deathmatch
and "MySims SkyHeroes" add a welcome cartoon vibe. REVIEW SCORING
"GoldenEye 007" still retains takes to the skies to offer both
the awesome feel of the origi-
also challenging secondary and Golden Gun, are now
combat and racing with a hu- I prefer the aerial combat
SYSTEM
objectives instead of just con- teamed up with new objec-
nal. morous feel. mode since it's fun to shoot
stant waves of bad guys. tive-based modes like Black 5 stars = Must Have
down enemies with machine
Box. In addition, gaining ex- 4 stars = Very Good
Let's begin with the obvious Apparently, the unfriendly guns and missiles. Picking up
Stealth plays an important perience points to unlock 3 stars = Above Average
facts. The new GoldenEye skies over the Sims world are power-ups lets players acti-
role in this title as many por- weapons and gadgets is a 2 stars = Bargain Bin
takes place in the same set- being controlled by the evil vate various additional arma-
tions are too difficult to just welcome addition that helps 1 star = Don't Bother
ting and follows the same Morcubus, who is forcing ments as well as shields and
run-and-gun. Unfortunately, add replay value.
basic story line, except the everyone to pay heavy tolls or speed boosts. It's just unfortu-
getting head shots with si- RATINGS KEY
cast is entirely different and
lenced weapons can be incon- The new "GoldenEye 007"
the era feels more contempo-
sistent no matter which won't please everyone, but
rary. Daniel Craig replaces Entertainment Software Rat-
control scheme is used. I also any game that lets players
Pierce Brosnan as agent 007 ing Board (ESRB)
dislike the "Quicktime take out enemies with Odd-
and gives the character his
events," which force players job's deadly hat toss can't be
patented gritty feel. E: Everyone
to quickly press buttons in a that bad.
E10-plus: (Everyone 10 and
certain order because they
Fans of the original game will older)
love the developer's homage
break up the action and aren't Fly the Unfriendly T: Teen (13 and older)
even remotely fun.
that begins the single player Skies in 'MySims M: Mature (17 and older)
mode exactly like it did on SkyHeroes'
Fast-paced multiplayer action
the N64 and then shows dif- COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM
was the real highlight of the
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 14
By Mikkel Becker
Universal Uclick
Do you click with your pet?
No, I’m not talking
about getting along well, al-
though I sure hope that you
do. When I say “click,” I
mean a training technique
that’s easy and fun for all.
Clicker training is a
no-force technique that works
on animals of all sizes, ages
and abilities. And that’s also
true of the people who would
administer clicker training,
since it doesn’t require
strength or much coordination
‘Clicker training’ is fun for pets and people
on the part of the trainer.
A clicker is a small
plastic box that fits in the
palm of your hand. You press
down on the metal strip inside
the housing and quickly re-
lease it — click-click!
The clicker itself
doesn’t have any magic pow-
ers. What it provides is timing
— it allows a trainer working
with a pet who understands
the game to let the animal
know the behavior he’s doing
right now is the one that’s
being rewarded. And that
means the behavior will be re-
peated. The clicking noise be-
comes a reward because in the
early stages of training, the
sound is linked to the delivery
of something a pet wants,
usually a tiny but yummy
treat.
Does this sound fa-
miliar? Like from a psychol-
ogy class, perhaps? It should
ring a bell, because the under-
lying principal of clicker
training is scientific and is
called “operant conditioning”
(Pavlov’s drooling dogs, and
all). But you can be excused if
you don’t want to know the
ins and outs of the science
and just want to cut to the
chase.
After all, your pet is
just as eager as you are to get
to the good part, too.
You start by teach-
ing your pet that a click
means a treat. Pick a time
when your pet isn’t sleeping
(though, not just after a meal)
and is a little hungry (a couple
of hours before a meal).
Choose a relatively small,
quiet place you can work
without too many distractions,
and prepare a pouch or bowl
of tiny, yummy treats (diced
hot dogs are popular, as are
pieces of cheese or chicken).
For the next few minutes,
click and treat. One click, one
treat. Again and again and
again. Eventually your pet
will show you he understands
that the sound means food.
For example, he may look im-
mediately to the source of the
treats after hearing the click.
When that happens,
you’re on to the next stage.
But wait until your next ses-
sion, because clicker training
works best with a couple of
short sessions — less than 10
minutes — every day.
When you’re all set
up again, sit quietly with your
clicker and treats — and wait.
Your pet should start volun-
teering behaviors, everything
from sitting to pawing to
Dogs love
to learn
using
clicker
training,
and it’s
easy for
pet own-
ers, too.
Quicksilver Stu-
dios/Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho
wandering in a circle. When you’ll move on from the “sit”
your pet chooses one you like, that your pet knows, waiting
click, treat and wait again. for more behaviors to click,
Your pet will initially be con- treat and name, as you build
fused but should eventually your pet’s repertoire of com-
offer the behavior again. Be mands. More complicated be-
patient! When that moment haviors are trained by
comes, click, treat and wait, “chaining” — training in
again. pieces and putting them to-
Say you clicked gether.
your pet a couple of times be- One more thing:
cause he finally got bored and Never punish your pet for not
sat. Soon your pet will sit to getting it right. Clicker train-
test his theory that sitting ing is all about the payoff, and
means a click-treat. When that once you get it mastered,
happens, click and “jackpot” there’s no end to the things
him with a handful of treats. you can teach your pet to do.
When the pattern is firmly es- (Pet Connection
tablished, you can then give it team member Mikkel Becker,
a name (“sit”) and make the Dr. Marty Becker’s daughter,
food reward more random to is a dog-trainer in Coeur d’A-
strengthen it (this is the prin- lene, Idaho. She is a graduate
cipal that keeps you pulling a of the San Francisco SPCA’s
slot machine handle). prestigious dog-training acad-
In future sessions emy.)
About Pet Connection
Pet Connection is produced by a team of
pet-care experts headed by “Good Morn-
ing America” and “The Dr. Oz Show” vet-
erinarian Dr. Marty Becker and
award-winning journalist Gina
Spadafori. The two are also the au-
thors of many best-selling pet-care
books. Dr. Becker can also be found at
Facebook.com/DrMartyBecker or on
Twitter at DrMartyBecker.
George Varga
Musicians are rarely at a loss for words in in-
terviews, be they insightful or idiotic, pithy
or mildly psychotic. To celebrate the start of
2011 and bid farewell to 2010, here are some
quotes of note from articles that appeared in
these pages over the past year:
"I'd like to be remembered as a guy who gave
people a lot of smiles. I'll be remembered as
the guy who bit the heads off several crea-
tures, but I suppose that's what I have to ex-
pect." — Ozzy Osbourne ponders his legacy.
"I would lose straight away if I went on
'American Idol.' But those guys (on 'Idol')
will never be known for defining a genera-
tion of young suburbanites like we did." —
Blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge
knows his strengths.
"I always tell my fans believe half of what
you see and none of what you hear, until you
hear it from me." — R&B star Usher sug-
gests that gossip on the Internet and in
tabloids may not always be accurate.
"I had many. My mom, Whitney Houston,
Madonna, Tina Turner. And then — as I got
older — (Guns N' Roses singer) Axl Rose.
Now, it's my therapist." — Black Eyed Peas
singer Fergie credits her idols.
I was never much of a concert guy. I've not
been to many, but I've been to more in the
past five years than in my entire life. ... My
problem is, I was a cop at age 22 and we
couldn't be at a place where marijuana was
smoked. And there wasn't a concert in the
world then where marijuana wasn't smoked."
— San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders clears the
Blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom
air. DeLonge reflects on his musical
Continues on page 19 strengths in a 2010 interview.
Photo courtesy of K.C. Alfred.
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CINEMARK CIELO VISTA
Gateway West Blvd/Cielo Vista Mall
Schedule good for Friday January 21
THE WAY BACK (PG-13)10:00am
1:00pm 4:00pm 7:00pm 10:00pm
BLACK SWAN - CinéArts (R) 10:20am
11:50am 1:20pm 2:50pm 4:20pm
5:50pm 7:20pm 8:50pm 10:20pm
COUNTRY STRONG(PG-13)10:15am
1:15pm 4:15pm 7:15pm 10:15pm
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (PG)10:55am
1:55pm 4:55pm 7:55pm 10:55pm
RABBIT HOLE - CinéArts DIGITAL
(PG-13)10:45am 1:45pm 4:45pm
7:45pm 10:45pm
TANGLED (PG)10:40am 1:40pm
4:40pm 7:40pm 10:40pm
TANGLED - REAL D 3D (PG)
10:25am 1:25pm 4:25pm 7:25pm
*NO PASSES-NO SUPERSAVERS
CINEMARK 14 - EL PASO
West side of El Paso at Mesa & I-10
Schedule good for Friday January 21
NO STRINGS ATTACHED - DIGITAL (R)
10:55am 1:50pm 4:45pm 7:30pm 10:20pm
YOGI BEAR (PG)10:15am 12:30pm 2:45pm
5:00pm
BLACK SWAN - CinéArts (R) 11:05am 1:55pm
4:40pm 7:25pm 10:10pm
COUNTRY STRONG (PG-13)10:45am 1:35pm
4:35pm 7:35pm 10:30pm
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (PG) 9:30am 12:00pm
2:20pm 4:55pm 7:10pm 9:35pm
LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13)11:20am 2:00pm
4:25pm 7:05pm 9:40pm
SEASON OF THE WITCH (PG-13) 9:20am
11:55am 2:30pm 5:05pm 7:40pm 10:15pm
Tinseltown
Las Palmas i-10 @ Zaragosa
Schedule good for Friday January 21
BLACK SWAN - DIGITAL (R) 11:00am
1:40pm 4:30pm 7:40pm 10:40pm
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA:
VOYAGE OF THE DAWN - DIGITAL
(PG)11:35am 5:35pm 11:00pm
COUNTRY STRONG - DIGITAL (PG)
1:10pm 4:10pm 7:05pm 10:10pm
DILEMMA, THE - DIGITAL (PG-13)
11:15am 12:20pm 1:30pm 2:25pm
3:30pm 4:25pm 5:25pm 6:30pm
7:30pm 8:20pm 9:30pm 10:30pm
11:50pm
FIGHTER, THE - DIGITAL (R)
12:40pm 3:45pm 6:50pm 10:20pm
GREEN HORNET, THE - DIGITAL (PG-
13)11:30am 2:30pm 5:30pm 8:30pm
11:30pm
GREEN HORNET, THE - 3D (PG-13)
12:15pm 3:15pm 6:15pm 7:45pm
9:15pm 10:45pm
GREEN HORNET, THE 3D XD (PG-13)
1:00pm 4:00pm 7:00pm 10:00pm
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS - DIGITAL
(PG)11:40am 2:10pm 5:00pm
KING'S SPEECH, THE (R)
*NO PASSES-NO SUPERSAVERS
Premiere Cinemas 6101 Gateway West S.15
Schedule good for 01-21-11
*3D CHRONICLES OF NARNIA:
VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREAD (PG)
10:40a 1:30p 4:15p 7:00p 9:40p
*3D MEGAMIND- DIGITAL (PG)
11:10a 1:40p 4:30p 7:05p 9:40p
*3D THE GREEN HORNET- DIGITAL (PG-
13)10:45a 12:30p 1:45p 3:30p 4:45p
6:30p 7:45p 9:30p 10:45p
*3D TRON: LEGACY DIGITAL (PG)
10:30a 12:30p 1:30p 3:30p 4:30p
6:30p 7:30p 9:30p 10:30p
*DBOX GREEN HORNET 3D-DIGITAL
(PG-13)10:45a 1:45p 4:45p 7:45p 10:45p
*HOW DO YOU KNOW- DIGITAL (PG-13)
12:35p 3:30p 6:25p 9:20p
*MADE IN DAGENHAM- DIGITAL (R)
10:30a 1:15p 4:05p 6:50p 9:40p
*NO STRINGS ATTACHED- DIGITAL
(R)10:40a 11:40a 1:40p 2:40p
4:40p 6:05p 7:40p 9:20p 10:40p
EAST POINTE MOVIES 12
I-10 & Lee Trevino Schedule good for 1/21 - 1/27
BURLESQUE (PG-13) 12:04 | 2:24 | 4:54 |
7:19 | 9:54
DESPICABLE ME 3D (PG) 12:10 | 2:40 | 7:25
DUE DATE (R) 12:23 2:13 4:13 6:38 | 8:58
FASTER (R) 12:13 | 2:58 | 5:18 | 7:23 | 9:28
JACKASS 3-D (2010) (R) 5:00 | 9:25
LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS 2D (PG)
12:29 | 2:29 | 6:59
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG-13) 11:57 | 2:17 |
4:32 | 7:12 | 9:37
LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS (R)12:39 | 2:54 |
PREMIERE MONTWOOD 7 2200 N. Yarbrough
Schedule good for Jan 22,23 & 25
BURLESQUE (PG-13) 2:25p 7:15p
DUE DATE (R) 12:40p 2:55p 5:10p 7:20p 9:30p
FASTER (R) 12:20p 2:40p 5:00p 7:25p 9:45p
LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (R) 12:00p 2:30p
4:55p 7:30p 9:50p
MEGAMIND (PG)12:35p 2:50p 5:05p 7:15p 9:25p
Now Showing
10:25pm
No Strings Attached The Way
THE DILEMMA (PG-13)12:00pm 01/21/11
3:00pm 6:00pm 9:00pm
THE DILEMMA - DIGITAL (PG-
13)10:30am 1:30pm 4:30pm 7:30pm
Lifelong friends Emma (Natalie Back
10:30pm Portman) and Adam (Ashton Siberian gulag escapees
THE TOURIST (PG-13)10:05am
1:05pm 4:05pm 7:05pm 10:05pm
Kutcher) take their relationship walk 4000 miles overland
TRUE GRIT (PG-13)10:10am 1:10pm to the next level by having sex. to freedom in India.
4:10pm 7:10pm 10:10pm
YOGI BEAR (PG)10:50am 1:50pm Afraid of ruining their friend-
4:50pm 7:50pm 10:50pm
YOGI BEAR - REAL D 3D
ship, the new lovers make a
(PG)10:35am 1:35pm 4:35pm 7:35pm pact to keep things purely phys-
10:35pm
ical, with no fighting, no jeal-
ousy and no expectations.
Emma and Adam pledge to do
whatever they want, wherever
they want, as long as they do
not fall in love. The question
TANGLED (PG)11:10am 1:40pm 4:15pm 6:55pm
then becomes, which one will
The Green Hornet
9:30pm
THE DILEMMA - DIGITAL (PG-13)11:25am
2:15pm 5:05pm 7:55pm 10:45pm fall first?
THE FIGHTER (R) 10:50am 2:05pm 4:50pm
7:45pm 10:40pm 01/14/2011
THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13)10:10am 1:10pm
4:05pm 7:00pm 9:55pm Starring: Natalie Portman, Cary Elwes, Ashton Kutcher, Rated: PG-13
THE GREEN HORNET - REAL D 3D (PG-
13)11:15am 2:10pm 5:10pm 8:00pm 10:55pm Kevin Kline, Lake Bell, Olivia Thirlby, Ophelia Lovibond, Genre: Action/Adven-
THE TOURIST (PG-13) 7:50pm 10:35pm
TRON: LEGACY - REAL D 3D (PG)10:20am Greta Gerwig, Phil LaMarr, Adhir Kalyan
1:20pm 4:20pm 7:20pm 10:25pm ture
TRUE GRIT (PG-13)11:00am 1:45pm 4:30pm
7:15pm 10:00pm
Made in As the son of LA's most
prominent media mag-
Dagenham nate, who dies mysteri-
ously, Britt Reid inherits
1:35pm 4:40pm 7:50pm 10:35pm
LITTLE FOCKERS - DIGITAL (PG-13)
The film starts the award his father's vast empire.
12:00pm 2:40pm 5:20pm 8:10pm winning Sally Hawkins as Striking an unlikely
10:50pm
NO STRINGS ATTACHED - DIGITAL Rita O’ Grady who is the friendship with one of
(R)11:45am 1:15pm 2:45pm 4:15pm
5:45pm 7:15pm 8:45pm 10:15pm catalyst for the 1968 Ford his father's more inven-
11:45pm
TANGLED - DIGITAL (PG)11:10am
Dagenham strike by 187 tive employees, Kato,
1:50pm 4:20pm 7:20pm 10:05pm
TOURIST, THE - DIGITAL (PG-13)
sewing machinists which Britt sees a chance to do
2:35pm 8:25pm led to the advent of the something meaningful
TRON: LEGACY - DIGITAL (PG)
2:05pm 8:15pm Equal PayAct. in his life: fight crime.
TRUE GRIT - DIGITAL (PG-13)
11:25am 2:20pm 5:15pm 8:05pm To get close to the crim-
10:55pm
SEASON OF THE WITCH - DIGITAL (PG-
Working in extremely im- inals, Britt and Kato plan to pose as criminals themselves.
13)11:20am 2:00pm 4:50pm 7:35pm
10:25pm
poverished conditions for Britt becomes the vigilante Green Hornet, and Kato builds
TRON: LEGACY - 3D (PG) 11:05am long arduous hours which the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, an indestructible
5:05pm 11:15pm
YOGI BEAR - DIGITAL (PG) 11:50am they must balance with their domestic lives, the women at car, equal parts firepower and horsepower. The Green Hor-
4:35pm 9:20pm
YOGI BEAR - 3D (PG) 2:15pm 7:10pm the Ford Dagenham plant finally lose their patience when net and Kato quickly make a name for themselves. And,
they are reclassified as “unskilled”. with the help of Britt's new secretary, Lenore Case, they
begin hunting down the man who controls LA's gritty un-
derworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky.
*SEASON OF THE WITCH- DIGITAL (PG-
13)10:50a 1:30p 4:15p 7:00p 9:40p
*THE GREEN HORNET- DIGITAL (PG-13)
10:30a 1:30p 4:30p 7:30p 10:30p
Rabbit Hole Starring: Seth Rogen,Jay Chou,Christoph Waltz,Edward
James Olmos,David Harbour,Cameron Diaz,Tom Wilkin-
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF
THE DAWN TREADER- (PG)10:35a
01/14/2011 son,Edward Furlong,Chad Coleman,Robert Clotworthy
10:35a 1:20p Rated: PG-13
HARRY POTTER 7 PART 1 - DIGITAL (PG-
13)10:30a 2:00p 5:30p 9:00p Genre: Drama
LITTLE FOCKERS- DIGITAL (PG-13)
10:30a 1:00p 2:20p 3:30p 4:50p
6:05p 7:20p 8:40p 9:50p
THE FIGHTER- DIGITAL (R) 11:55a 2:50p
Becca and Howie Corbett are The Dilemma
6:05p 9:30p
THE KINGS SPEECH- DIGITAL (R)
returning to their everyday 01/14/11
12:05p 3:00p 6:05p 9:00p existence in the wake of a Since college, confirmed bachelor
TRON: LEGACY- DIGITAL (PG)
5:00p 8:00p shocking, sudden loss. Just Ronny and happily married Nick have
* -- denotes Pass Restricted features eight months ago, they were a been through thick and thin. Now part-
happy suburban family with
ners in an auto design firm, the two pals
everything they wanted. Now, are vying to land a dream project that
they are caught in a maze of would launch their company. With
5:14 | 7:29 | 9:44
MEGAMIND 2D (PG) 12:03 1:58 4:03 6:08 8:18
memory, longing, guilt, re- Ronny's girlfriend, Beth, and Nick's
MEGAMIND 3D (PG) 12:38 2:43 4:53 6:58 9:13 crimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which wife, Geneva, by their sides, they're unbeatable. But,
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (R) 4:29 | 9:19
SKYLINE (PG-13) 12:35 | 2:30 | 6:40 they cannot escape. While Becca finds pain in the familiar, Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently
NEXT THREE DAYS (PG-13) 12:08 | 2:33 |
4:58 | 7:23 | 9:48
Howie finds comfort. The couple keeps trying to find their sees Geneva out with another man and makes it his mission
THE WARRIOR'S WAY (R) 4:430 | 9:05 way back to a life that still holds the potential for beauty, to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves his
UNSTOPPABLE (PG-13) 12:24 2:34 4:34 6:44 |
8:54 laughter and happiness. The resulting journey is an intimate world into comic mayhem, he learns that Nick has a few se-
glimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each crets of his own. Now, with the clock ticking and pressure
other and a world that has been tilted off its axis. mounting on the biggest presentation of their careers, Ronny
THE NEXT 3 DAYS (PG-13) 12:25p 3:20p 6:15p must decide how and when he will reveal the truth to his best
9:10p Starring: Nicole Kidman,Aaron Eckhart,Sandra Oh,Jon friend.
THE SOCIAL NETW0RK (PG-13) 12:00p 4:50p Tenney,Dianne Wiest,Giancarlo Esposito,Miles Teller,Mike Starring: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly,
9:40p
UNSTOPPABLE (PG-13)12:05p 2:20p 4:40p Doyle,Tammy Blanchard,Patricia Kalember Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, Queen Latifah
7:00p 9:20p

Continued from page 15
"Obviously, we support the
use and legalization of mari-
juana, but it's not the only
thing this band is about." —
Slightly Stoopid leader Miles
Doughty doesn't want his
group to be judged solely for
such songs as "Sinsemilla,"
"Fat Spliffs" and "Smoke
Rasta."
"Peter Gabriel and I are not
tapping each other's phones!"
— Sting says it's purely coin-
cidental that he and Gabriel
had overlapping orchestral al-
bums and tours.
"I yell out: 'Who wants to
hear a Johnny Cash song?'
Generally speaking, if you
yell out something about
Johnny Cash, even people
who are drunk will pay atten-
tion enough to cheer — for
Johnny Cash." — Ex-Nickel
Creek singer/violinist Sara
Watkins knows how to con-
trol rowdy audiences.
"Obviously, we're brothers
and we make music a lot of
Kinky Friedman with Mojo Nixon
girls listen to, so I get it. But
we play our own instruments
and write our own songs." —
Joe Jonas hopes the Jonas
Brothers earn some credibil-
ity.
"A great improviser has a dif-
ferent kind of talent. He or
she can take what he or she
has been studying and absorb-
ing — whatever genre it
might be — and then express
it outwardly again in a way
that is illuminating and differ-
ent, not a mere regurgitation."
— Jazz piano great Brad
Mehldau discusses sponta-
neous musical creation.
"Lovey, what is it? Mommy's
not being naughty. Mommy
has to work." — Lilith Fair
mastermind Sarah McLachlan
explains to Taja, her 3-year-
old daughter, that doing a
phone interview does not
make her a neglectful mother.
"If somebody would pay me
to practice my drums at
home, I'd do it!" — Prog-rock
drum legend Carl Palmer ad-
mits that he doesn't really
need an audience, if the price
is right.
"In the 1980s, I hired Kinky
to write the screenplay to a
movie I was going to do,
called 'Citizen Mojo.' The re-
sult was 30 pages of gibber-
ish; I think most of the budget
went up our noses." — Roots-
music maverick Mojo Nixon
sheds light on his stillborn
film project with Kinky
Friedman.
"If you need to believe that
Radiohead would hang out
with you at Starbucks because
they're good guys — and I'm
not picking on them — if
that's what you need (to be-
lieve), I won't argue with it.
But I don't get that. I think it's
really juvenile." — Smashing
Pumpkins' leader Billy Cor-
gan thinks some rock fans are
a little naive.
"I'm definitely the worst mu-
sician in the band, but I also
write the songs, which — by
the way — are all really good
songs. We're playing my
songs, which is what makes
the show the show.
Continues on next page
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 19
Schedule good for 1/21 - 1/27
SUPER STIMULUS 13) 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:45
TUESDAY: $1 DRINK, (12:15 FRI/SAT)
$1 POPCORN, or $5.00 The 7:00 and 9:45 of
“Country Strong”
OFF ANY REGULAR
will not play 01/26
COMBO
MILITARY DISCOUNT
SEASON OF THE WITCH
(PG-13)11:00 1:20 4:15
@ BOX OFFICE & 7:00 9:30 (12:00 FRI/SAT)
CONCESSION STAND! LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13)
GUARANTEE TICKETS 10:50 12:10 1:00 2:30 3:20
@ FANDANGO.COM 4:50 5:40 7:10 8:00 9:35
ASK ABOUT OUR 10:20 (12:00 FRI/SAT)
TRUE GRIT (PG-13) 12:00
REWARDS CARD!
2:25 4:55 7:25 9:50 (12:15
NO STRINGS ATTACHED FRI/SAT)
(R)11:00 1:35 4:15 7:00 KING'S SPEECH R 11:00
9:45 (12:10 FRI/SAT) 1:45 4:30 7:20 10:00
TRON :LEGACY 3D (PG-
GREEN HORNET 3D (PG-
13)*3D SURCHARGE AP- 13) *3D SURCHARGE AP-
PLIES* 11:00 1:00 1:35 PLIES 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:50
3:35 4:30 6:10 7:10 8:45 YOGI BEAR 2D (PG) 12:45
9:45 (11:15 & 12:15 2:55 5:05 7:15 9:20
FIGHTER (R) 1:00 4:00
FRI/SAT)
7:00 9:45 (12:15 FRI/SAT)
GREEN HORNET 2D (PG-
13) 11:00 1:55 4:50 7:25 TANGLED 2D (PG) 12:00
10:00 (12:00 FRI/SAT) 2:20 4:40 7:00 9:30 (12:00
DILEMMA (PG-13) FRI/SAT)
10:50 1:30 4:15 7:00 9:40 GISELLE Encore
preformance
(12:15 FRI/SAT)
BLACK SWAN (R) 11:00 shows 01/26 @7:30
1:30 4:00 7:00 9:30 (12:15 CLASS CONCERT
FRI/SAT) GISELLE 9:00AM
COUNTRY STRONG (PG- SUNDAY 01/23 ONLY!
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 20

Calendar of upcoming events for

El Paso/ Southern New Mexico
are from January 21st
thru January 27th. 2011
If you want your upcoming event listed in SPOTLIGHT’S Out & About section, please send all your relevant data by e-mail to:
editorial@spotlightepnews.com

NORTHEAST/ area several times. The at 10 a.m. everyday. Gen-

CENTRAL
‘Beauty and the
Beast’ — Kids-N-Co.,
1301 Texas, presents its
version of the classic fairy
tale Jan. 22-Feb.13. Fri-
days and Saturdays and
2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tick-
ets: $7 ($5 children, sen-
iors, students and active
military); available at the
door one hour before
show. Advance reserva-
tions accepted for groups
of 10 or more. Informa-
tion: 351-1455 or kid-
snco.org.
‘The Unexpected
Guest’ — The Agatha
Christie mystery is Jan 7-
29 at El Paso Playhouse.
Directed by Melissa
Spalding. Showtime is 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9,
16 and 23. Tickets: $10
($8 seniors, $7 military
and students with ID). In-
formation: 532-1317, elpa-
soplayhouse.com.
A wife stands over her
husband’s dead body with
a gun, but did she really
kill him … or is she cover-
ing for someone else?
EASTSIDE
David Parkes dinner
concert — Open Arms
Community presents
fundraiser concert for the
Holy Spirit Retreat and
Renewal Center featuring
internationally known
singer David Parkes of
Dublin, Ireland 7 to 10
p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, at St.
Thomas Aquinas Parish
Hall, 10970 Bywood (off
Yarbrough). Parkes has
performed in the El Paso
event will also feature
music by El Paso’s “The
San Patricios” Irish band,
a brisket dinner and
dessert, and silent auction.
Admission: $20. Informa-
tion: 595-0589, 820-2692
or
openarmscommunity.org.
MISSION
VALLEY
Speaking Rock En-
tertainment Center
— 122 S. Old Pueblo
Road, hosts a series of free
concerts from nationally
known touring acts. Shows
begin at 10 p.m., unless
otherwise listed. Ages 18
and older welcome. Infor-
eral admission and parking
are free. Information:
(575) 874-5200.
‘Guys and Dolls’ —
Burges High Fine Arts
presents the musical by
Frank Loesser, Jo Swer-
ling and Abe Burrows at 7
and Saturday, and 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $5
general admission; $10,
$15 and $20 reserved. In-
formation: 479-PUCK
(7825) or
elpasorhinos.com.
Jan. 21-23 — Tulsa
Rampage.
Sunland Park Race-
track & Casino —
The 2010-2011 live horse
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
racing season runs
Jan. 21-23, at Chamizal
through April 19. Race
National Memorial, 800 S.
days are Tuesdays, Fri-
San Marcial. Admission:
days, Saturdays and Sun-
$8 ($5 students). Informa-
days. First post is 12:25
tion: 780-1100.
p.m. each race day. Gen-
A gambler is challenged
eral admission is free to
the track and casino. First
to take a cold female mis-
sionary to Havana, but
post time is 12:25 p.m.
Turf Club seating is $7. In-
they fall for each other.
However, the challenger
formation: (575) 874-5200
has a hidden motive to fi-
or sunland-park.com
nance a crap game.
Simulcast racing begins

Continued from page 19 be sitting in my hospital room or in a small mation: 860-7777 or

If I were playing their songs, they could hire
somebody better." — Comedy film star Steve
Martin knows exactly how he stacks up
against the members of his bluegrass band,
the Steep Canyon Rangers.
"Absolutely everybody at the hospital said: 'I
don't think this is a smart idea.' But here was
my problem: I worked really hard to win
'Celebrity Apprentice.' And I felt, if I had the
proper medication, I'd be all right. I didn't
feel great, I'll be honest. I mean, you know
I'm sick when I don't go to my own after-
party! But I needed to go on the show. I
knew it would never be the same to win and
satellite TV studio." — Poison singer Bret
speaking-rock.com. Tues-
Michaels elaborates on why his brain hemor-
rhage and stroke were minor obstacles. day, Jan. 25 — Slash of
Guns N Roses and Velvet
"It sort of gives 'being stoned' a whole new Revolver.
meaning!" — Pop-jazz saxophonist David
Sanborn reflects on what it's like to do a na-
tional concert tour with an un-passed kidney El Paso Rhinos — El
stone.
Paso’s Junior League ice
"When I got my degree, I knew I wouldn't hockey team home games
have a job, but at least I'd know why." — are at the Sierra Provi-
Veteran troubadour Steve Poltz reflects dence Events Center, next
fondly on the political science degree he to the Coliseum, 4100 E.
earned from the University of San Diego in Paisano. Regular game
1985. times are 7:30 p.m. Friday
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El Paso Museum of offered 7 and 9 p.m. Sat-

WESTSIDE/ History — 510 N. Santa urday, Jan. 22, at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre.
DOWNTOWN Fe. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5
Each production features
p.m. Tuesday through Sat-
urday (open until 9 p.m. lasers, large screen videos
UTEP Men’s Bas- and conccert-style sound.
ketball - Home games
are at the Don Haskins
Center. Game time is 7:05
p.m., unless otherwise
listed. Individual tickets:
$14 to $50, plus service
charge. Information: 747-
5234 or utepathletics.com.
• 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.
26 — Tulane.

‘Spamalot’ - Broadway
El Paso presents the
Monty Python musical
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.
25, at The Plaza Theatre.
Winner of the 2005 Tony
Award for Best Musical,
Monty Python’s “Spa-
malot” is the musical
comedy based on the film
Thursdays), and noon to 5
p.m. Sunday. Closed Mon-
days. Admission is free.
Information: 351-3588 or
elpasotexas.gov/history.
Showing Jan. 23-April
• “The Spirit of Michael
— A Live Concert Trib-
ute” is at 7 p.m., featuring
the top Michael Jackson
impersonators from the
Vegas stage, and Jackson’s

classic “Monty Python 24: “The Threadsof choregraphy performed by

and the Holy Grail.”
Telling the legendary tale
of King Arthur and the
Knights of the Round
Table, and their quest for
the Holy Grail, it features
a chorus line of dancing
divas and knights, flatu-
lent Frenchmen, killer rab-
bits and one legless
knight. Tickets start at
$31.50. information: 544-
8444 or ticketmaster.com.
Memory or El Hilo a top professional dance
troupe. Tickets are $15 to
de la Memoria,” with
$35 plus service charges
138 original Spanish doc- (Ticketmaster).
uments, maps, and paint-
ings from Spain’s
exploration of these terri-
tories 300 years ago. This
the first time the docu-
ments have traveled out-
side of Spain.
Rock Laser Spectac-
ulars — Two different
laser rock shows will be
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• “The Pink Floyd Laser
Spectacular,” again fea-
turing Pink Floyd’s “Dark
Side of the Moon” and
“The Best of Pink Floyd,”
is at 9 p.m. The show is
now in its 25th year. Tick-
ets: $19.50 to $29.50, plus
service charges (Ticket-
master).
EL PASO SPRING
HOME SHOW — The
El Paso Association of
Builders presents the 2011
show Jan. 21-23 at the El
Paso Convention Center. eling. Big prize giveaways,
The show features booths including a home spa and
providing exhibits, demon- home roofing. Free tap
strations and seminars water testing and antique
aimed at the needs of a appraisals. Hours are 4 to 8
p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admis-
sion: $4.95 ($3.95 military,
seniors 62 and older; free
for ages 12 and younger
Information: 1-800-756-
4788 or HomeShowEl-
Paso.com.
El Paso Chamber
homeowner, whether Music Festival – El
building a home or remod- Paso Pro-Musica’s 22nd
annual festival presents
world-class chamber musi-
cians Jan. 5-31. Concerts,
recitals and other special
events will be offered at
various venues. Guests in-
clude Rubens String Quar-
tet, violinist Joseph
Silverstein and Harlem
String Quartet. Tickets:
$25 per performance; $25;
$20 seniors; $5 students.
Information: 833-9400 or
eppm.org.
• An evening with violinist
Joseph Silverstein —
7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21,
at NMSU’s Atkinson
Recital Hall in Las Cruces
$60. (Kiowa), Master of Cere-
monies is Gabriel Ayala
Red Paint Powwow (Yaqui) and Head Judge
— The 8th annual Pow- Derwin Velarde (Jicarilla
wow and Indian Market is Apache). Other featured
Jan. 21-23, at Grant dancers and drummers to
County Conference Center, be announced. Admission:
3021 E. Hwy 180 in Silver $10 per day...
City. Arena Director Continues on page 23
Tommy Spotted Bird
and Saturday, Jan. 22, at
Western Hills United
Methodist Church. Silver-
stein, former music direc-
tor of the Utah Symphony,
has been guest conductor
and soloist with orchestras
in the United States, the
Asia, Israel and Europe.
He has recently appeared
in recital in Boston, New
York, Cleveland, Detroit
and Philadelphia.
SOUTHERN
NEW MExICO
Inn of the Mountain
Gods Resort and
Casino — Mescalero,
N.M. Age 21 and older ad-
mitted. (Ticketmaster) In-
formation:
1-877-277-5677 or in-
nofthemountaingods.com.
Pop and R&B legends
The Pointer Sisters
perform at 8 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 21, featuring original
members Anita Pointer and
Ruth Pointer. Tickets: $25-
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23
($5 seniors/children under 12 and competitive
dancers and drummers). Information: (575) 534-
1379 or redpaintpowwow.net.
This competitive event, held in recognition of
the Chihene Apache (Red Paint People-Warm
Springs Apache), features a traditional intertribal
“Gathering of Nations” powwow, with dance,
music, drum contests and storytelling. Native
American vendors will sell traditional art and
food.
The Indian Market and demonstrations begin at 9
a.m. all three days.
Performances and dancers run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday. Gourd dancing begins at 11 a.m. and 5:30
p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday, with grand
entries at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m.
Sunday. Saturday’s closing is 11 p.m., with
awards and closing at 6 p.m. Sunday.

‘Crime and Punishment’ - No Strings The-

atre Company presents Marilyn Campbell and
Curt Columbus’s adaptation of the Fyodor Dos-
toyevsky novel Jan. 21-Feb. 6, at Black Box
Theatre in Las Cruces. Directed by Shaun Had-
field. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Satur-
days, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6, and 7
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. Tickets: $10 ($9 students
and seniors with ID, $7 all seats Thursday). Infor-
mation: (575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org.
This “conversation on the nature of evil” is set
in the mind of the murderer where he relives and
explores, through the urging of Porfiry and Sonia,
the thoughts, ideas and feelings that drove him to
his horrible crime.
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ACROSS
1 River in SW Asia
5 Refs
9 Sire
14 Hang loose
15 Type of insurance
16 Arrow poison
17 Losers’ imperative
20 Von Trapps’ Vermont
home
21 Cross threads
22 Favorite son of Virginia
23 Reverberate
26 London transportation
28 Winners’ euphoria
35 Actor Jack or Tim
8 Unruffled
9 Range roamers
10 Miss the mark
11 British prison
12 Sea bird Saturn goes retrograde in Libra on Wednesday, Jan. 26. The
planet of life lessons will deal pop quizzes in the area of re-
13 Chapeau worn here lationships. Those closest to us will find new ways of push-
ing our buttons, and we may do the same without even
18 Strait realizing it. If conflict arises out of this irritation, at least it
19 French artist won't be the same old argument. And the new conclusions
that come out of it will make relationships closer in the fu-
24 Tree toad ture.
25 Glacial ridges ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will have a situation in
27 Russian space station which you're not sure whether or not you really need help.
Reach out anyway. Everyone will be better off for it. You
28 Pilferer have friends who will accommodate you at the drop of a hat.
29 Arab You do not usually call on them to do this, and that is one of
the reasons why they are eager to help whenever you ask.
30 Overjoy
31 Lama land
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). To attach the appropriate sig-
32 Expert nificance to events is a skill. Leave your ego out of the deci-
sion and you'll do great. For instance, if you don't make the
33 Near the pelvis sale, it doesn't mean you're no good at sales. It just means it
34 Prongs didn't go your way this time. Shrug it off and try again. A
wonderful reward comes Wednesday evening.
39 Relic
40 Roman ruler
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Stick with the schedule and
41 Lively dance with habits that have been working for you. If you forgo
44 Guido’s note your usual routine, you can still show up on time where you
need to be, but you'll be less awake and aware of what's
46 Main route going on around you. In order to be at your best this week,
48 In proximity you'll need to pay extra attention to your mental and physical
states.
49 Hydrogen and methane
50 Tree for a partridge CANCER (June 22-July 22). It will be difficult to get the at-
tention, let alone the affection, of overly pressured and busy
53 Alaskan island people. Their minds are crammed full, and there isn't suffi-
54 Herringlike fish cient room in there for you. You will capture the imagination
of someone whose life has enough leisure and ease to allow
55 TV chef for a strong focus on you.
57 Menial workers
59 Apportion LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You'll be playing a big game this
week. When you feel overwhelmed by the pressures of a situa-
60 Nobleman tion, bring yourself back. Notice more details of your environ-
61 Fall in globules ment than you normally would. Get present and connect with
36 Medieval tale 66 African tableland
63 Grief
people. You can't influence anyone if you're not completely in
the room. Stay in the game.
37 Papal scarf 67 Fabulous Fitzgerald
38 Lyricist Gershwin 68 Town in Rovigo, Italy 64 Seasonal disorder
65 Dinghy necessity VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Though you know some people
39 Shelters 69 To the point who are lucky when it comes to money, you usually have to
42 Compete 70 Incentive make your own financial luck through long hours and sweat.
This week is different. There will be a turn of events that
43 First name in cosmet- 71 Kennel talk makes you feel undeniably fortunate. Make the most of the
ics bonus. It's about time.
45 Nice season DOWN
46 Qualifying contest 1 European range LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You try to live your life in accor-
dance with certain axioms, but some aren't making as much
47 Backers’ distress 2 Defeat sense to you now as they once did. You could change the
51 Location 3 Countertenor rules this week or give them a twist. For instance, instead of
treating others how you want to be treated, treat them how
52 Designer Cassini 4 Least progressive they want to be treated.
53 Inquire 5 Actress Hagen
56 Cilium 6 One of Alcott’s Lit- SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are a student of human
nature, and your studies will teach you something interest-
58 Ottoman sultan tle Women ing this week. People typically care more about how you
62 Electorates’ condition 7 Boat part treat yourself than about how you treat them. You'll take
excellent care of yourself this week, and you will gain re-
spect and love in the process.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You would consider it
foolish to criticize or take a jab at the boss. However, when
it's your turn to be in charge, you may learn that others don't
share your values and wisdom. You may catch heat from an
underling. Nip it in the bud. Don't feed the hand that bites
you!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). This is no time to be meek,
modest and small. If you are somewhat deserving and mostly
qualified to have the thing you want, ask for it. If you don't
get it, demand it. There is a high probability it will work. And
if it doesn't, at least you'll gain self-respect, and next time it
will be easier for you to ask.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You are not naturally inclined
to boast or draw too much attention to yourself. However, if
you're going to get anywhere with your project this week, you
will need to talk about what you've done. Practice and experi-
ment until you find the perfect words and tone to frame your
outstanding accomplishments.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your personal rituals will
grease the wheels of production. Because this week is filled
with distractions and fast changes, you could opt out of cer-
tain parts of your routine. Letting too many of your good
habits slide at once will knock you off balance. Stick with
the behaviors that have helped you get this far.
COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC

IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME
Understanding how energy flows
through your golf swing is critical for
achieving an effective shot. Start by
imagining a generating station located
on the outside of town where big tur-
bines produce the power. Once generat-
ed, the power must be transmitted
down the power lines and delivered to
the end user.
In the golf swing, the role of the tur-
bines is played by the large muscles of
your hips, back and legs. When
stretched by your coiling action, your
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 25
By T.J. TOMASI
muscles create energy, which translates
into clubhead speed. This happens as the
energy is passed along from your
power-producing muscles, through your
shoulders, down your arms, into your
hands, and then down the shaft as the
energy is emptied into the clubhead and
applied to the end user — the ball.
If at any point there is an interrup-
tion, then power leaks out. If you fail Kinematic sequence studies show that at
to coil, the amount of power that you this point in the swing the arms (transmission
You can see by the ripples in his shirt that this player is in lines) have reached their maximum velocity,
have to transfer is reduced. the generation phase, coiling up like a spring. and the energy is ready to travel down the
Continues on next page shaft and into the ball at impact.
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GOLF SPOKEN HERE

was tie any of the remaining holes. It was almost over
The flow of energy
but not quite. In one of the most painful meltdowns in Continued from page 25
golf history, Calc halved the match by losing four
If you fail to create leverage, your power will not be multi-
holes in a row — two of them to double-bogeys,
plied, nor will your club return to impact correctly.
which meant he made triple-bogeys!
In match play, when a player is If your sequence of motion is fouled so that your clubhead
ahead by the number of holes left. moves out and around
Especially exasperating was the 17th hole, where to start your down- ABOUT THE WRITER
In 1991, Mark Calcavecchia was four up on Colin Montgomerie hit his tee shot into the water. swing rather than
Montgomerie with four holes to play in the Ryder Calcavecchia also shoved his shot into the water, then down and around, and Dr. T.J. Tomasi is
Cup, so there was no way he could lose a point since missed a two-footer that would have won the match. if you don’t arrive at a teaching
there are no playoffs in this format and a tie gives each Montgomerie made a double, but Calcavecchia made impact with the arms, professional in
side half a point.In the correct use of the term, Calc another triple. hands and shaft slow- Port St. Lucie,
was dormie. The Takeaway: In the true form of ing, then your deliv-
Fla. Visit his
match play, when you are dormie, you ery of energy to the
Web site at
Still, the odds were very high that he would earn a ball will be inefficient.
can tie, but you can’t lose. tjtomasi.com.
full point with an outright win since all he had to do

PGA TOUR SCHEDULE ASK THE PRO

Dates
Jan. 19 - 23
Jan. 27 - 30
Tournament
Bob Hope Classic
Farmers Insurance Open
Purse
$5 million
$5.8 million
Open-and-closed case
Q: What does an open face heel, the face points to the left and is
Feb. 03 - 06 Waste Management Phoenix Open $6.1 million
Feb. 10 - 13 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am $6.3 million mean? — D.O. closed.
Feb. 17 - 20 Northern Trust Open $6.5 million A: To better see your clubhead’s po- Another way to see a square club-
Feb. 24 - 27 Mayakoba Golf Classic $3.7 million sition, place golf tees on its heel and face is to lay the leading edge on the
Feb. 23 - 27 Accenture Match Play Championship $8.5 million
toe. When your clubface is square, the bottom of your clubhead flush with a
March 03 - 06 The Honda Classic $5.7 million
March 10 - 13 Puerto Rico Open $3.5 million heel is slightly ahead of the toe; if the flat surface, such as the leg of your
March 10 - 13 Cadillac Championship $8.5 million heel of the club is considerably couch or the bottom of a door.
March 17 - 20 Transitions Championship $5.5 million ahead, the clubface points to the right
March 24 - 27 Arnold Palmer Invitational $6 million of target (left for lefties) in the open (To Ask the Pro a question about golf,
Mar. 31 - Apr. 03 Shell Houston Open $5.9 million position. When the toe is ahead of the e-mail him at: TJInsider@aol.com.)
April 07 - 10 Masters Tournament $7.5 million
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TEEING OFF

Some of the best clues to how the normal brain operates

come from studying the results of injuries to various locations
in the brain, and the Gage case was a benchmark.

In 1848, Phineas T. Gage, a railway worker, suffered a hor-

rific injury when an explosion sent an iron rod slicing through
the left frontal lobe of his brain. Miracu-lously, Gage, a kind
and well-liked person before the accident, regained his health
and well-being — with only one major exception. After his
recovery, Gage’s personality changed so dramatically that, as
his close friends said, “Gage was no longer Gage.”

He went from friendly and helpful to angry and quarrel-

some; a person who was once reliable, trustworthy and social-
ly gracious became unreliable, vulgar and an altogether bel-
ligerent man with nothing to be belligerent about. In 1860, he
died of a seizure at the age of 37.

For Gage, the normal system of checks and balances, the

finely tuned “no/go” system that allows us to make our way
though this world, was shredded. But this was just one early
case. Since then, the bulk of research supports the fact that
“something in the brain was concerned specifically with
unique human properties,” as Dr. Antonio Damasio puts it in
his book “Descartes’ Error,” “among them the ability to antic-
ipate the future and plan accordingly.”

Thus, part of your brain’s planning mechanism is the sys-

tem of signals used by your subconscious to endorse or nulli-
fy a particular plan. Take, for example, a plan that involves
hitting a high, 220-yard hook over water. Even though your
conscious mind wants to do it, your subconscious mind can
cast a veto in the form of a “no” signal if you don’t have that
shot in your repertory.

The no/go is not in words, but in feelings. You may feel un-
sure or decisive, uneasy or calm, worried or confident, dis-
tressed or relaxed about the plan you are about to execute.
This message system, an important skill of a healthy brain,
modifies your plans enough so that they become effective in
reaching your goals.
It’s an important skill to be able to turn no’s into go’s. In
the example above, you’d put away your 3-metal and lay up
with a 9-iron.

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resin that offers arch support and shock absorption in shoes
that are easy to get in and out of with a Velcro strap. Find
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$50, men’s and women’s.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK

—Bubba Watson
Watson, Dustin Johnson and Robert Garrigus are the longest hitters on the PGA Tour, and they have a swagger
about them, but it was gone when they met up with 6-foot, 170-pound Jamie Sadlowski in the long-driving exhibition
at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. Sadlowski, 22, nuked three drives in the final round of 402, 396
and 407 yards. The best the tour bombers could do: Watson, 370; Garrigus, 365; and Johnson, 352.
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 28
THE GOLF DOCTOR
Choosing a learning center
As human beings, we have three primary
ways in which we learn golf — visually (we
see it), kinesthetically (we feel it) and verbally
(we hear the words) — and a correctly de-
signed golf facility creates a seamless link be-
tween the three.
Learning centers provide the perfect
environment for golf instruction. Most video-
record your swing and use a split-screen com-
puter analysis to compare your motion to that
of a touring professional. The importance of
key positions is explained (verbal), then you
are given a task to perform, such as the take-
away, so that as you watch yourself perform
the task (visual), you identify the feeling of the
motion (kinesthetic).
As your golf education continues, the same
approach is used to perfect your short game. A
good instruction program covers the four pil-
lars of golf: the mental, the physical, equip-
ment and, of course, swing mechanics.
If you have access to an experienced teacher
at a full-service academy, take advantage of it.
If there is no state-of-the-art facility available,
look for an experienced teacher with good
video-analysis equipment. And if you are
faced with the choice between a rookie teacher
with a $6,000 computer and a professional
with 20 years of experience and no computer,
take the latter. Technology can’t replace the
knowledge that only experience brings.
BIRDIES AND BOGEYS
Zimbabwe golf
What is the difference be-
tween dictators Hugo Chavez
of Venezuela and Robert
Mugabe of Zimbabwe?
Chavez hates golf and is in
the process of stamping it out
in Venezuela, but Mugabe en-
courages well-furnished
courses near his imperial
palace.
If you flew from
Johannesburg, South Africa,
to Harare or Victoria Falls in
Nick Price
Zimbabwe, took a limo to
your hotel, played a round or There are 50-plus golf bras are commonplace.
two at the local golf course courses with some pretty un- British Open champ Nick
and then left the same way usual hazards: aggressive Price is from Zimbabwe, but
you came, you’d be forgiven warthogs grazing near the he will not return to his coun-
for thinking the country is not greens as well as baboons that try while Robert Mugabe is
only normal, but also a nice sit and watch you putt — a president. In this situation, op-
place for a golfing vacation. tough audience. And nobody pression overrides a few nice
Actually, it isn’t either. searches for a lost ball in the golf courses.
rough, as deadly spitting co-
Fore!
He was a neural radiologist whose skill
depends on good eyesight, but during a round
of golf, he was blinded in one eye after being
In November 2000, a man named Grazinski
purchased a brand-new 32-foot Winnebago
motor home. On his first trip home, having
hit by a wayward shot from one of his playing joined the freeway, he set the cruise control at
partners. Dr. Anand sued Dr. Kapoor because 70 mph and calmly left the driver’s seat to go
he did not yell fore or issue any warning as the into the back and make himself a cup of cof-
ball flew toward the unsuspecting neural radi- fee. Not surprisingly, the Winnie left the free-
ologist, but the New York State Court of way, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski
Appeals ruled that Dr. Kapoor was not respon- sued Winnebago for not advising him in the
sible for yelling fore because Dr. Anand was handbook that he couldn’t actually do this. He
not “in the intended path of the ball.” The was awarded $1,750,000 plus a new Winnie.
ruling contends that any golfer assumes a risk Does this sound like it’s true? No, it’s
of being hit by a golf ball while on the course. an Internet legend, courtesy of Snopes.com,
So the guy loses his eye and his livelihood but it makes as much sense as the true
and gets nothing, while Mr. G got $1.7 million story above.
for his bad drive? Here’s how it came down:

Veteran
driver
White
recalls
NASCAR
racing’s
early
years
fter spending several
A decades away from
the racing scene, Rex
White, NASCAR’s oldest liv-
ing champion of the series
now known as Sprint Cup,
has become a familiar sight
around racing-related events
in recent years.
Last week, he was front
and center again as the 2011
class of inductees for the In-
ternational Motorsports Hall
of Fame was announced.
White, 80, is being in-
ducted along with famed en-
gine builder Maurice Petty,
Formula One and Can-Am
veteran Brian Redman, the
late sprint car driver Jan Op-
perman and the late
NASCAR team owner John
Holman.
White, who won 28 races,
36 poles and the 1960 Cup
championship in just 233 ca-
reer starts, plus a Most Popu-
lar Driver and Driver of the
Year award in his driving
days, has continued to win ac-
colades long after he ran his
final competitive race in
1965. He was named one of
NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Driv-
ers and is in several halls of
fame, including the original
Stock Car Hall of Fame in
Darlington, S.C.
But White seemed particu-
larly pleased about the latest
honor.
“It’s like another win,” he
said.
By
By RICK
RICK MINTER
MINTER // Cox
White said that during his
NASCAR career, which
stretched from 1956 through a
handful of starts in 1964, ac-
knowledged that he didn’t
Rex White driving the No. 4 (second car from right) in an undated photo. (NASCAR photo)
seek publicity during and
after his racing career. But as
he answered questions at a
press conference in a Birm-
ingham hotel, he seemed to
enjoy recounting his experi-
ences from the early days of
the sport.
Cox Newspapers
Newspapers
He told about seeing a
farmer at a Florida short track
who had built a jackscrew-
like device to quickly tune the
front springs of his Modified
car. White studied the device
and several years later had it
incorporated onto his own
1957 Chevrolet NASCAR
racer. The first time out with
his new trick he lapped the
field, and put his friend
Frankie Schneider three laps
in arrears in the process.
“Frankie wouldn’t even go
out to eat with us after the
race,” he said.
Today, every Sprint Cup
car has jackscrews to adjust
the springs.
White, a Taylorsville, N.C.,
native who now divides his
time between his hometown
and his residence in Fayet-
teville, Ga., also talked often
about the races that got away,
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS JANUARY 21, 2011 PAGE 29
including one on the old short
track in Birmingham. For that
race, he’d left most of his
crew back at the shop to pre-
pare for upcoming races and
had a friend from Atlanta fill-
ing in as gas man. When
White made what should have
been his one pit stop, leading
the race, the friend, in his ex-
citement, forgot to take his
thumb off the vent hole once
he had the fuel can connected
to the car. With no air going
to the vent pipe, no fuel
flowed into the race car’s gas
tank.
Instead of winning the race,
White finished fourth after
running out of fuel.
And there was the Coast-
to-Coast road race in Mexico,
where his engine blew after
just 20 miles, and he wound
up with a broken back after a
support vehicle he was riding
in plunged off a 90-foot em-
bankment.
He talked about the people
that were lost during his time
in the sport, people like Fire-
ball Roberts, his one-time
teammate Billy Wade and his
close friends Bobby and Billy
Myers.
He said the deaths didn’t
affect him behind the wheel.
“You just have to kind of
push that out of your mind
and race,” he said. “People
claimed that some drivers
were scared, but I wasn’t.”
White recalled visiting
Roberts in a Charlotte hospi-
tal after Roberts was severely
burned in a racing crash and
ensuing fire.
“He looked like he was in
pretty danged good shape,
and he was in good spirits,”
he said. “I thought he was
going to be fine. Two weeks
later, he was gone.”
But Roberts said the losses
that affected him the most
were the Myers brothers.
Continues on page 31
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Acura RDX: Luxury, Compact SUV – Turbocharged!

I have always had
a hard time associating excit-
ing driving with an SUV. Oh
sure, SUVs are practical
when needed to haul stuff
from Home Depot, and a ne-
cessity when picking up the
kids from school. But for a
fun leisure drive, I prefer to
leave the SUV at home and
jump into a sports car, prefer-
ably one that only has two
seats, no roof, and a transmis-
sion that has to be manually
shifted.
But boy was I thrown for a
loop when a 2011 Acura
RDX was left for me to drive
for a few days. The RDX
was introduced in 2006 (as a
2007) by Acura as their entry
in the compact luxury SUV
market. About the same size
as a Honda CR-V, the RDX is
car-based – meaning it drives
more like a car than a truck.
As I was soon to find out, it
actually drives more like a
sports car.
Most players in the compact
luxury market depend on six
cylinders to power them (both
the BMW X3 and the Volvo
XC60, the RDX’s main com-
petitors, use inline six cylin-
ders), Acura chose a different
approach. They equipped the
RDX with a 2.3 liter four-
cylinder engine, but mounted
a turbocharger on it – a first
for Acura. The results are im-
pressive: 240 horsepower and
260 lb-ft of torque.
Going with the smaller,
forced induction engine has
two benefits. First, it keeps
the weight of the RDX down,
in this case to less than 4000
pounds. Second, while the
RDX has great power, fuel
economy doesn’t suffer.
As far as power and drivabil-
ity of the RDX, one would
have thought I was in a Fer-
rari. The RDX is quick: ca-
pable of hitting 60 mph in
well under 7 seconds – leav-
ing both the BMW and the
Volvo in its wake. At just
about every take off, you can
hear the turbo spooling, a
gush of air being sucked into
the engine (a turbo boost
gauge is additional proof of
the whirlwind going on under
the hood) as you propel for-
ward. Power is abrupt, and is
sent to all four wheels via
Acura’s SH-AWD (Super
Handling All-Wheel Drive)
system. This system not only
distributes power between the
front and rear axles, but also
between the left and right
wheels. Talk about always
being in balance!
And while no manual trans-
mission is offered, Acura
gives you the next best thing:
Sequential SportShift that al-
lows you to manually shift
the automatic transmission by
way of steering-wheel-
mounted paddles
You can feel the SH-AWD in
action as you take the RDX
through fast corners. There is
minimal lean, and the vehicle
responds nicely. And work-
ing in conjunction with the
turbocharged engine, the
RDX really felt more like a
sports car than an SUV.
But the RDX is an SUV. It
seats five comfortably, and all
By The Numbers:
come equipped with leather
interior, sunroof, and a dual-
zone climate control system.
The instrument cluster is
done really nice, but the con-
trols for the audio system on
the center stack can be con-
fusing. Some quality time
with the owner’s manual is
highly recommended.
Styling of the RDX shouldn’t
disappoint anyone. It looks
sporty, if not athletic, thanks
to standard 18” wheels. With
just 5.1 inches of ground
clearance, the RDX is meant
to stay on road.
After a small facelift in 2010,
the RDX is unchanged for
2011. Rumors are floating
around that for 2012 the RDX
will go through its first major
redesign.
After my time with the Acura
was up, I came to the conclu-
sion that that the RDX is re-
ally a sport sedan disguised as
an SUV. Surely SUVs are not
this fun to drive. But when
the RDX’s turbocharger kicks
in and power is sent to all
four of its wheels, it made me
rethink my feelings about
SUVs.
-- Christopher A. Randazzo
96 Career NASCAR
Sprint Cup victo-
ries for Interna-
tional Motorsports Hall of
Fame inductee John Hol-
man and his team co-
owner Ralph Moody
7 Top-five Sprint Cup
finishes as a driver for
International Motor-
sports Hall of Fame in-
ductee Maurice Petty, who
is best known as the engine
builder for his brother
Richard Petty (Maurice
Petty only made 26 starts
as a driver)

2011 Acura RDX SH-AWD

2 Sprint Cup starts as a
driver for team owner
Rick Hendrick (both at
with Technology Package old Riverside, Calif., track;
his best finish was 15th in
Base Price: $37,720.00
Price as Tested: $38,580.00 ’88)
Layout: front-engine / all-wheel drive
Engine: 2.3 liter turbocharged inline-four cylinder
Transmission:
Horsepower:
five-speed automatic
240 hp
1 Career Nationwide Se-
ries victories for Sprint
Cup champion Jimmie
Torque: 260 lb-ft Johnson in 81 starts (the
EPA Fuel Economy:17 city / 22 highway mpg
lone win came at
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Billy suffered a fatal heart
attack during a 1958 race at
Bowman-Gray Stadium.
Bobby died in a crash in the
1957 Southern 500 at Dar-
lington. White said that the
first time he drove by the
crash scene, he knew the sit-
uation was grim.
“The engine was not even
in the car,” he said.
White said it was the
Myers brothers who took
him in, let him work out of
their shop and even sleep
there at times.
He said that there are
times as he’s riding down the
road, listening to the
NASCAR channel on his
Sirius satellite radio, that
he’ll hear Bobby Myers’ son,
Danny “Chocolate” Myers,
on the radio, and suddenly
it’s like he’s back in the ’50s.
“Chocolate is so much like
his dad it’s unbelievable,”
White said. “When I hear
him I can almost see Bobby.”
White left the Cup series
when he was just 34 years
old. In his final Cup race,
driving a Mercury at Atlanta
for Bud Moore, he was lead-
ing when he made his final
pit stop. The crew decided to
change left side tires, and
with the left side up on the
jack the fuel got away from
the pickup and the car ran
out of fuel. He wound up fin-
ishing fourth.
He said budget decisions
cost him his Cup ride after
that, so he built a Sportsman
car for 1965. In 32 starts, he
won 20 times and finished
second 10 times. During one
stretch he won five races in a
week’s time. In his final start
ever in a race car, he finished
second to Doug Cox at
Greenville-Pickens (S.C.)
Speedway.
Unable to support himself
just by racing a Sportsman
car, he took a job as service
manager for a car dealership
in Atlanta, making more
money than he’d ever made
racing. From there it was on
to a long career as an over-
the-road truck driver.
While he enjoyed his other
jobs and the friendships he
made through them, it’s his
racing career that he seems
most proud of.
“Driving a race car isn’t
something that everybody
can do,” he said. “I thought I
had a great career.”
NASCAR opts for smaller restrictor plate
openings on Cup race cars
Bobby Labonte (left) and Jamie McMurray speak to the media during December’s Goodyear tire test at Day-
tona International Speedway. (NASCAR photo)
From
all indications, NASCAR of-
ficials have decided to
shrink the openings in the
restrictor plates used on
Sprint Cup engines during
this week’s Preseason Thun-
der testing at Daytona Inter-
national Speedway. Many in
the sport say there’s a good
chance the changes will
still be in place for the Day-
tona 500 next month.
The four openings in the
restrictor plates will be re-
duced from 30/32 of an inch
to 29/32.
Bobby Labonte, who will
be driving the No. 47 Toyota
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this year, said in a statement
that he believes the change is
being made because speeds
are up due to the new pave-
ment at Daytona.
“When we tested during
the Goodyear tire test at
Daytona, I could see the
speeds of two cars that got
together being high,” he
said. “When you get to actu-
ally racing, things always go
a little faster. I think making
the restrictor plate smaller is
a deal where NASCAR was
foreseeing that speeds would
be really high.”
He said he expects the rac-
ing to be more like that at
Talladega, where handling
isn’t much of an issue.
“The handling effect will
be gone,” he said. “The
throttle response will be a
little less for us, and it might
be harder to complete the
pass …
“I think fans will see the
race coming down to cars
being bunched up in the right
line, getting the right push
from somebody, clearing the
pass and blocking more like
we see at Talladega.”
Pat Tryson, crew chief on
Martin Truex’s No. 56 Toy-
ota, said he thinks the change
is needed.
“The speeds were too high
at the first test,” he said. “It’s
a good move on the side of
safety, because no one wants
to see a car go airborne at the
potential speeds that could be
generated with the plate they
had last month. It will be bet-
ter for the driver and better
for the fans in the stands.
Safety always comes first.”