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On behalf of the Board of Di-
rectors, Management, Staff
and Membership of El Paso
Employees Federal Credit
Union, we are honored to be
the corporate sponsor for the
75th Anniversary of the
Christmas Light Parade and
the 13th annual lighting of the
tree at San Jacinto Plaza. El
Paso Employees Federal
Credit Union is the first ever
to sponsor this event and we
are proud to be a part of this
annual celebration for the
next five years. This year’s
theme, “Celebration of
Lights” will truly be the Cele-
bration of Lights as part of
the festivities that includes a
firework and laser light show
that will light up the down-
town skies.
El Paso Employees Federal
Credit Union would like to
thank everyone at the Parks
and Recreation Department
with the City of El Paso. The
number of man hours it takes
to bring all of the festivities
together is astonishing and
couldn’t be done with out
them. In conjunction we
would also like to extend a
sincere thank you to the City
of El Paso Environmental
Services, Fire, General Serv-
ices, Police and Street De-
partments. Thank you for
everything YOU do to help
bring such a wonderful event
to the citizens of El Paso. And
of course, a heartfelt THANK
YOU to Corrine Boyce for
donating the 54ft Afghan Pine
twelve years ago, the center
piece for the entire event,
in memory of her late hus-
band Charles Boyce. The
magic this beautiful tree
brings to the Celebration of
Lights is not only seen, but
can also be felt, by everyone
who attends. In addition, El
Paso Employees Federal
Credit Union would like to
extend a warm welcome to
our Sister City of Juarez
inviting everyone to come
Ken Walters
President/CEO
El Paso Employees Federal
Credit Union
and enjoy the wonderful
friendship and spectacular
events at this years Celebra-
tion of Lights.
El Paso Employees Federal
Credit Union has been part of
the El Paso community for 74
years, providing El
Pasoan’s with financial prod-
ucts and services, financial
education and of course the
“Best” in member service.
With eight branches located
throughout the great city of El
Paso, convenient and secure
online and mobile banking,
and 130 surcharge free
ATM’s, banking with El Paso
Employees Federal Credit
Union has never been easier.
Plan on bringing the entire
family out on December 11th
to San Jacinto Plaza and
enjoy the lighting of the
Christmas Tree, the amazing
lights of the Christmas Light
Parade and the grand finale of
the evening, the fireworks
and laser light show. What a
wonderful way to enjoy the
Holiday Season. The evening
begins at 4:30 pm so come
early. El Paso Employees
Federal Credit Union wishes
everyone a Happy Holiday
Season. Merry Christmas and
Feliz Navidad!
Ken Walters
President/CEO
El Paso Employees Federal
Credit Union
Firefighter Combat
Challenge Team
2011 calendars
What: El Paso Firefighter
Combat Challenge Team cal-
endars are now available
When: Calendars have been
available since early Novem-
ber and now can be pur-
chased at your local
Walgreens Stores
Who: El Paso firefighters
have come together to show
off what they have in a 2011
Calendar
Where: All El Paso Wal-
greens Store locations have
calendars on the shelves and
are ready for purchase
Why: The El Paso Combat
Challenge Team is raising
funds to assist the team with
grueling competitions world
wide in efforts to compete as
representatives of El Paso.
Proceeds of the Calendars go
to help out numerous local
charities and medical re-
search/treatment agencies as
well as the Combat Challenge
team. Muscular Dystrophy
Association (MDA), Bras for
a Cause, Miracle League,
Susan B Komen, Providence
Hearts of Courage, and many
other local programs are
among the many that we help
out with throughout the year.
 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS DECEMBER 10, 2010 PAGE 3

U.S. Marine Corps Lance

Cpl. Carlos E. Ornelas:
Misses El Paso
By Joe Olvera ©, 2010
Lance Corporal
Carlos E. Ornelas, a proud
member of the U.S. Marine
Corps, said in an interview
from his duty station in
Cherry Point, N.C., that he
misses El Paso and, espe-
cially misses it during the
Christmas Holidays. “What I
miss the most is not being
with my family and celebrat-
ing with them.

“This year is spe-

cial because my sister, Teresa
Escudero, just had a baby girl
and I won’t be able to see the
newest member of our fam-
ily,” Ornelas said. “I miss not
being able to joke around,
open Christmas gifts, and, es-
pecially, seeing children’s
eyes open wide when they
open their gifts. I love that El
Paso is a big city, whereas,
here where I’m stationed, it’s
a really small town.”

Ornelas, who said

he was born in Ciudad Juarez
in 1990, but, grew up in El
Paso, said he tries not to think
about what’s going on in that
city. Juarez, Mexico has be-
come a killing field in which
close to 3,000 people have
died at the hands of gangs
fighting over drug corridors
and drug turf. “It’s not okay,”
Ornelas said. “People being
killed over drug profits
shouldn’t be happening, but,
it is.”
“I love my job and I love
being with my fellow
Marines” Ornelas said
Ornelas joined the
Marines straight out of high
school, when he graduated
from Amarillo High School in
2008. He attended Clarke
Middle School and Americas
High School in El Paso be-
fore he moved with his family
to Amarillo, Texas. That’s
where his mom and dad cur-
rently lived, although he still
has family in El Paso.
His job is to support
all squadrons on Cherry Point
by maintaining and servicing
aircraft support equipment.
He takes pride in maintaining
Lance Corporal Carlos E. Ornelas
aircraft so that they can keep
flying to accomplish their
missions. “The most chal-
lenging aspect of my job is
supporting current squadrons
and preparing equipment for
deployments. I’m especially
proud to know that there is no
air support without our
ground support. Our aircraft
can’t fly without proper main-
tenance. That’s where I come
in. “
Ornelas said he
hasn‘t been deployed over-
seas, but, that he might go
late next year. He is not yet a
U.S. citizen, but, is a legal
resident. “I wanted to join the
Marines because I wanted to
give back to the country that
has made me and my family
welcome. I would see how
my family received every op-
portunity to succeed, and I
decided that I wanted to do
something about helping what
is now my country.”
He will spend this
Christmas very far from El
Paso, in Camp Lejuene,
where he will join friends sta-
tioned there. Camp LeJuene
is about 45 minutes from
where Ornelas is stationed.
Currently, his fiancé, Mayra,
is with him at Cherry Point.
They plan to get married next
June. “I love my job and I
love being with my fellow
Marines. These are guys with
whom I went through basic
training and even Tech
School. We know each other
and we’re all good friends.
“But, what I miss
the most about El Paso is my
heritage,” Ornelas said. “I
miss the traditions, the
tamales, Cinco de Mayo,
every other Mexican-oriented
holiday. But, especially, I
miss Christmas in the Sun
City. I just want to wish
everyone in El Paso a very
Merry Christmas. Here, it
hasn’t snowed yet, it’s just
chilly. But, you can bet on it –
we will have a White Christ-
mas. I do wish, however, that
I could be in El Paso.”
 Westside Dog Park Groundbreaking
The Westside Dog Park will
have a groundbreaking for
the much anticipated location
inside Westside Community
Park, 7400 High Ridge St.
In October 2009, the City of
El Paso received approval of
a $150,000 matching grant
from the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department for the
development of a Dog Park
facility at Westside Commu-
nity Park. The City’s finan-
cial match is from the 2000
Quality of Life Bonds.
The park will be three acres
and no canine obstacle
amenities are planned for this
facility while the dog park
will be a free, self-directed
facility, similar to the adja-
cent skate park.
Master of Ceremonies for the
event will be Nanette Sme-
jkal, City of El Paso Parks
and Recreation Director and
guest speakers will be City
Council Representative Ann
Lilly and Loretta Hyde,
Founder of Animal Rescue
League of El Paso.
City Council Representative
Ann Lilly says “The new dog
park will be a tremendous
asset to the community. It
will provide a safe place for
people to take their dogs to
exercise & play, and it will
also be a great way to pro-
mote responsible pet owner-
ship.”
Once opened in spring 2011
the Dog Park will have the
same hours as the Westside
Community Park of 6:00 a.m.
to 10:00 p.m.
Information
Judy Weiss (915) 541-4259
City Council Representative
Ann Lilly (915) 541-4886
Medicaid Issue
Hola mi gente,
Twice in the past year
I wrote about the
pending cuts or elimi-
nation of Medicaid in
Texas. One article
was published in late
May and the second
was published in No-
vember. Both articles pointed out the nega-
tive impact if the conservative leaders
decide to gut Medicaid services.
Just a few days ago, the Texas Health and
Human Services Commission (HHSC) and
the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI)
released a study that also points out the
negatives of gutting Medicaid. The study
was so stark that the previous position by
Governor Perry to discontinue participation
in Texas was reversed. Instead of opting
out, Perry now states "I have discussed
these issues with other governors and pol-
icy experts, and will be working on ways to
improve the utilization of Medicaid dollars
in Texas."
I certainly hope that the statement is meant
to focus Medicaid dollars in areas that are
more deserving. If there are cuts, then the
areas with the lower property wealth
should be given relief before more wealthy
communities receive benefits.
The issue that my office has focused the
most attention is the well being of seniors.
Medicaid assists a great number of my con-
stituents. Just consider that statewide two
thirds of Texans in nursing homes are as-
sisted by Medicaid. Without that funding
those good residents might get booted to
the street.
While the welfare of corporations has not
been my worry, eliminating Medicaid
would place a huge burden on the profits of
private hospitals. The study disclosed that
BILLIONS of dollars are reimbursed to
private and public hospitals for the care of
indigent, uninsured and undocumented im-
migrants. For El Paso, that would mean
some hospitals would close their doors.
More of the burden would be placed on the
county hospital and local taxpayers.
There isn't anyone reading this who would
not have a concern for the health of chil-
dren. Medicaid and the companion Chil-
dren's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP)
provide healthcare assistance to over 3.8
million low income Texans each month.
These Texans include Anglo-Americans,
African-Americans, Mexican-Americans,
Asian-Americans and, yes, the children of
undocumented immigrants. They are here,
so the choice is to treat them or let them
deteriorate in health with a possible impact
on other Texans.
With regards to state expenditures, if the
conservative leadership opted out of Medi-
caid, the state would lose out on $15 billion
that go to the well being of deserving Tex-
ans. And, if you notice the deduction on
your paycheck, Texans would still pay the
federal tax but our dollars would benefit
other states 100%.
The study made one viable recommenda-
tion with which I agree. Since immigration
is a federal issue, the federal government
should reimburse 100% of claims for any
foreign nationals, including undocumented
immigrants. Our local taxes should not be
tapped for the care of non-citizens.
There will be cuts to state funds to support
Medicaid expenses. We cannot escape that
fact. But those impacted by the cuts are
people, not just line items on a budget
spreadsheet. We need to remember that.
Thank you.
I remain your friend and public servant,
Chente por la gente.

H.E.A.T. EVENT HOSTED BY PEBBLE

HILLS REGIONAL COMMAND CENTER
Date/Time: 12/10/10 from 10 am to 1 pm
Location: Starbucks Coffee Company, 1881 Joe Battle Blvd. (south of Montwood)

EL PASO, TEXAS- the Pebble Hills Regional Command Center will host a H.E.A.T.
Event on Friday December 10, 2010 at the Starbucks Coffee Company, 1881 Joe
Battle Blvd. (south of Montwood) from 10 am to 1pm.

H.E.A.T. (Help End Auto Theft) is a statewide vehicle Registration program

administered by the Texas Department of Public Safety in conjunction with the El Paso

Police Department that helps law enforcement officials Identify Stolen Vehicles. The
H.E.A.T. registration requires a valid U.S. driver license and proof of insurance.

This event is free to the public.

For more information call the Pebble Hills Regional Command
Center at 599-5512.
 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS DECEMBER 10, 2010 PAGE 5

WEATHER 101 By: “Doppler” Dave Speelman

Ouch! Static
Electricity
I received an email from a local reader and she was
wondering about Static Electricity. This is the time of year
that we all get “zapped” flipping the light switch in the house.
Rosa is wondering what causes this.
Everything we see is made up of tiny little parts called
atoms. The atoms are made of even smaller parts. These are
called protons, electrons and neutrons. They are very different
from each other in many ways. One way they are different is their "charge." Protons have a
positive (+) charge. Electrons have a negative (-) charge. Neutrons have no charge.
Usually, atoms have the same number of electrons and protons. Then the atom has no
charge, it is "neutral." But if you rub things together, electrons can move from one atom to an-
other. Some atoms get extra electrons. They have a negative charge. Other atoms lose elec-
trons. They have a positive charge. When charges are separated like this, it is called static
electricity.
If two things have different charges, they attract, or pull towards each other. If two things
have the same charge, they repel, or push away from each other.

So, why does your hair stand

up after you take your hat off?
When you pull your hat off, it
rubs against your hair. Elec-
trons move from your hair to
the hat. Now each of the hairs
has the same positive charge.
Things with the same charge repel each other. So the hairs try to move away from each other.
The farthest they can get is to stand up and away from all the other hairs.

Weather Trivia:
If you walk across a carpet, electrons move from the rug to you. Now you have extra elec-
trons. Touch a door knob and ZAP! The electrons move from you to the knob. You get a
shock.
Here is an experiment you can do: Light a light bulb with a balloon

You Need: When the outside temperature is at freezing (32°

-hard rubber comb or balloon Fahrenheit or 0° Celsius) or above, indoor air should
-a dark room
-fluorescent light bulb (not an incandescent bulb) be kept at humidity (amount of moisture in the air) to
What to do:
what percent?
Take the light bulb and comb into the dark room.
Charge the comb on your hair or sweater. Make sure to build up a lot of charge for this experi-
A. 10 – 20% C. 50 – 60%
ment.
Touch the charged part of the comb to the light bulb and watch very carefully. You should be B. 30 – 40% D. 70 – 80%
able to see small sparks. Experiment with touching different parts of the bulb.
What happened: When the charged comb touched the bulb, electrons moved from it to the
Answer: B – 30 – 40%
bulb, causing the small sparks of light inside. In normal operation, the electrons to light the To determine if the humidity in your home is adequate, place three ice cubes in a
bulb come from the electrical power lines through a wire in the end of the tube. glass of water and allow them to stand for five minutes. If the room has adequate
“Doppler" Dave Speelman is the chief meteorologist at KVIA-TV in El Paso. You can watch moisture in the air, then plenty of condensation—beads of water—will form on the
his forecasts at 4, 5, 6 and 10 pm on ABC-7 (channel 6 cable). If you would like Doppler outside of the glass. If condensation does not occur within 5 to 15 minutes, the room
Dave to address (explain) any weather issues you can email him at Dopplerdave@kvia.com. is too dry.
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS DECEMBER 10, 2010 PAGE 6

Roy P. Benavidez - Robert Patterson

“All Airborne” Chapter
82nd Airborne Division Association,
By Joe Olvera ©, 2010 Inc.
Every Christmas, it was the hock, borrowing money from For each learned prayer, the Christmas theme. Satisfied PRESS RELEASE
same thing. Take a can of a finance company so that we nuns would reward us with that I had helped to feed some WHO: World War II Combat Veteran:
food to the Plaza Theater for wouldn’t be left with- such tokens of learning. poor family, replete with ANGEL ROMERO
viewing and enjoying one of out. Her cheerful- My mother would Christmas fare, and with my
WHAT: Presentation of: AWARDS/DECORATIONS For
my favorite movies, White ness during this hug me and ex- eyes opened wide with having
WWII Service -Presentation to be made by
Christmas. Of course, living time of the year claim over my taken in scenes of Anglo
MG (Ret.) JOHN OBLINGER
in El Paso, it wasn’t always a made it very having mastered Christmases, I would make
WHEN: December 17, 2010 at 10 am
white Christmas, but, it would special. another element my way back to my home, to
WHERE: 82ND AIRBORNE CHAPTER HALL
snow once in a blue moon. On a of my life. My fa- a night of bliss and coldish
2608 Fort Boulevard (near intersection w/Alabama Ave.) 79930
We would revel in the snow- certain day, I vorite thing to do dreams because we only had a
WHY: Combat Veteran, Angel Romero, will receive
splattered wonder. The tene- would rise inside was to attend Mid- kerosene heater. But, happy!
Awards/Decorations earned during the WWII conflict, never
ment apartments where we our humble two-room night Mass at Guardian That’s the one thing
awarded.
lived would come alive with home and make my way Angel, a gesture that I knew missing from the Plaza The-
HOW MUCH: FREE and Open to the Public!
beauty, as the snow covered downtown, but, not without made my mother very happy. ater’s Christmas movie fare.
BACKGROUND: ANGEL ROMERO is a combat veteran
defects and broken-down first eating breakfast, which So, anyway, as I How about reviving the tradi-
of the World War II era. He served with the 508th Parachute
adobe walls and other signs of might consist of huevos or climbed my bus to downtown, tion of offering movies to
Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. Angel
poverty. papas con chorizo, refried I marveled at all the lights youngsters for a can of food
made combat parachute jumps during the invasion of Nor-
But, we didn’t care, beans, and, of course, café del that had been put up for our to help feed hungry families?
mandy, France on D-Day, during Operation: “Neptune” - the
because our mother, Mrs. F.J. chango. Once finishing my enjoyment, and to remind us Even in my wheelchair, I
AIRBORNE Phase of Operation: “Overlord” and also during
Olvera – that’s the way she al- repast, I would kiss mom that the season was once would attend, taking some of
Operation “Market” in Holland, the AIRBORNE Phase of
ways identified herself, but, goodbye, and walk outside again upon us and that broth- my grandchildren with me.
Operation: “Market/Garden”. He also fought during the “Bat-
we called her ama, or mom - our adobe abode, walk on erhood and love for humanity Come on, Plaza Theater –
tle of the Bulge” in the Ardennes and was involved in the
made sure that we had a Rivera Street, turn right on was foremost on the minds of have a heart! Bring that tradi-
advance across Central Europe (Germany).
Christmas like everyone else. Estrella, and finish my trek on people. The bus would unload tion back! You’ll be glad you
We were poor in money, but Alameda, where I would wait me and I would trek to the did!
INFORMATION: John (915) 494-9698 or via
wealthy in love and together- for the bus in front of the Plaza Theater, passing by La Sin Fin
E-mail: JohCeb@msn.com
ness. All eight of us children Mission Drug Store. Plaza de los Lagartos, some-
– five boys and three girls – My mom’s love for times to just stand and stare at
would eagerly anticipate Christmas was not limited to the dumb brutes. Finally, tir-
Christmas and its cornucopia the secular celebrations. She ing of my trek, I would walk
of gifts and goodies to eat. was deeply religious, a to the Plaza, turn in my dona- El P
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 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS DECEMBER 10, 2010 PAGE 7

LifeStyles
Book Marks:
Gifts for
Fashion
Lovers
Sharon Mosley Retail, Every-
thing You Need
to Know to
OK. Black Friday is a blur and Break into the
Cyber Monday is behind us, but who has Fashion Indus-
time to relax, get cozy and fire up the Kindle? try" by An-
Probably not many of us until after the holi- nemarie Iverson
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ish "book" to all your fashionable friends ter, 2010).
who love to devour the latest treatises on You don't
trends (and yes, we know they love to show have to
these books off on their coffee tables, too!) want a
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Your Teens and Twenties" by Bobbi Brown
thing from a "Fash- The style link goes in every direction. Fash- Vreeland by Diana Vreeland with Christopher
(Chronicle Books, 2010). It's about time that
ionista Aptitude Survey" (great conversation ion, home and living are all connected. Your Hemphill (Chronicle Books, 2010). Another
renowned makeup artist Bobbi Brown came
starters with friends at holiday get-togethers) life is a style collage." Your friends, mothers book by Diana, you ask? Yes, this fashion
out with a new book. She concentrates on
to dishy information on how to land a dream and daughters will all love this one! legend keeps resurfacing in one book after
teens in this new guide, offering plenty of be-
job in this creative industry. With more than another. But this diva, the editor-in-chief of
fore-and-after makeovers and real-life advice
20 years in the business, Iverson knows all — "Harper's Bazaar Fashion: Your Guide Vogue throughout the 1960s, is still one of
from high-profile beauties like top model
the secrets to getting in the door at presti- to Personal Style" by Lisa Armstrong the hottest style tickets in town. This is a new
Coco Rocha (who wishes she looked like her
gious companies. (Hearst Books, 2010). This is probably one of edition of the classic volume that she au-
pictures in magazines) and superstar Hillary
the most "practical" fashion advice books in thored in the 1980s on the quality of "allure"
Duff (who hated her shoulders but got over
— "A Life of Style" by Rebecca Moses (The the past few years. This book takes readers in fashion and in life. By famous photogra-
it). The best part: Step-by-step makeup tutori-
Monacelli Press, 2010). Now this one is defi- through the steps to find and refine their per- phers like Man Ray, Cecil Beaton and
als on everything from taking a great year-
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all-time favorite designers, Re- vice from 15 of the world's most renowned white photography featured in the book is
Perfect for the young woman on your shop-
becca Moses, has captured one designers who have contributed original iconic and a must-have for any fashion his-
ping list.
of the most provocative sketches and thoughts on style. And the best tory buff.
books on style that has part, this little jewel of a book is packaged in
— "In Fashion:
come out in a long time. an elegant gold, handbag-friendly size. Tres Some other great books for the fashionistas
From Run-
Her whimsical watercol- chic! on your gift list:
way to
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thy, and her Continues on page 9
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS DECEMBER 10, 2010 PAGE 8
DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren
HUSBAND PROTESTS AGAINST
WOMAN'S WEDDING BOYCOTT
DEAR ABBY: My husband
"Zak" and I have been mar-
ried five years. His brother
"Tom" has never liked me. In
fact, he went out of his way
to ruin our wedding. Just be-
fore the ceremony he feigned
a dramatic illness, yelled ob-
scenities at my aunt for tak-
ing pictures and refused to
wear his dress shirt or tie.
Abby, he was a groomsman.
Tom is being mar-
ried this spring to a woman
who likes me even less than
he does. I want no part of
their wedding, nor do I even
want to attend. Zak insists
that I go and be "civil." Is my
husband right? Should I swal-
low my feelings and go to the
wedding, or am I justified in
sitting this one out? -- THE
"BLACK SHEEP" IN-LAW
DEAR B.S.I.L: While I
understand your feelings, my
advice is to go to the wedding
and be civil. Don't do it for
Tom and his fiancee. Do it for
your husband. Considering
the way your brother- and sis-
ter-in-law-to-be appear to feel
about you, you won't have to
tolerate their company often,
so count your blessings.
**
DEAR ABBY: I had an af-
fair with a married man for
about nine months. I broke it
off after finally realizing it
wasn't going anywhere and
he was lying to me about his
intentions. Part of me wants
him to feel pain for his ac-
tions. I want to contact his
spouse anonymously and tell
him not to trust him.
Most of my friends
advise against this,
while a few tell me
to go
ahead. Dear
What do Abby
you
think? -- JOHN IN SAN
FRANCISCO
DEAR JOHN: Please do
not represent yourself as an
example of injured and out-
raged virtue "done wrong" by
a married man. You knew he
was married and you were a
willing participant. If you in-
sist on contacting your lover's
spouse and causing pain,
have the testicular fortitude to
identify yourself. To do so
anonymously would be cow-
ardly.
**
DEAR ABBY: A couple of
years ago my son went away
to school and met a girl from
another state who had no
family or friends here.
"Celia" was adopted as a
baby and didn't get along well
with her adoptive family.
When my son returned home,
Celia came with him -- en-
gaged. Our family accepted
her into our home and our
hearts.
When their engage-
ment was called off, because
Celia had nowhere to go, she
moved in with me and my
husband. She continued to
live with us until she met
someone and they were mar-
ried. She is close to my other
kids, especially my two
daughters.
Celia recently gave
birth to a baby boy. She
refers to me as his grandma,
which pleases me greatly. I
have two other grandchildren
whom I adore. My question
is, how do I explain to people
who ask, when I have the
baby, who he is? When I say
"my grandson," they ask me
from which of my kids. That
leads to a long, drawn-out ex-
planation I don't always feel
like making. -- FULL OF
LOVE IN MISSOURI
DEAR FULL OF LOVE:
Why not say, "My honorary
grandson"? And if you are
questioned further, add, "His
mother is like a daughter to
me."
**
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.
**
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ters for All Occasions," send
a business-sized, self-ad-
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COPYRIGHT 2010 UNIVERSAL UCLICK
Energy Express
for Glorious Green Giving
Marilynn Preston
The Ghost of Hanukkah Past
paid me a surprise visit last
night, just in time to make her
mark on my annual December
holiday gift-giving column.
She interrupted a terrible
nightmare I was having about
shopping. I was in a store the
size of Rhode Island, naked
except for my yoga pants,
running through the aisles in a
panic, filling the bottomless
pit of my cart with broken
toys, ugly sweaters, empty
picture frames, more
bracelets, more ties, cameras,
TVs, boots, bathrobes, gloves
... in other words, endless
piles of Stuff.
"Less is more," the Ghost
whispered, eyeing my long
list of loved ones next to me
on the bed, all of them worthy
of something wonderful this
holiday season. "Crass con-
sumerism is so '70s."
Before she left, we settled on
Three Golden Rules of Con-
scious Gift-giving, which I
am happy to pass on to you
because they are so liberating,
so wise, so important to keep
in mind if you want to stay in
the groove of living a health-
ier, happier lifestyle:
1. DON'T ADD TO
YOUR DEBT. The eco-
nomic downturn has us all
stressed out, so
don't add to your
anxiety or your
unpaid credit
card balance
by over-
spending this
holiday season.
Set a budget and
stick to it, and if
your kids whine for more,
smile and endure.
2. THINK CONSUM-
ABLES. Many of us have
too much Stuff in our lives al-
ready. It's a waste of your
money and your time to load
up your loved ones with an-
other reindeer mug, a 10th
scarf, a 51st keychain. This
year, use your imagination to
think outside the box. Reduce
your clutter footprint. Give
consumables or personal serv-
ices or memorable experi-
ences. (Details to follow.)
3. GIFT YOURSELF.
This holiday season, treat
yourself to an item or experi-
ence that contributes to your
own personal well-being. A
treadmill? Ten sessions with a
trainer? Don't think of it as
selfish. See it as a well-earned
reward for being the best per-
son you can be all year round.
And now for my list of
Holiday Gift ideas, all
of them inspired by
one profound and
well-researched
truth: The acquisi-
tion of material
goods does not make
us happy. Want to buy
happiness? Spend your
money on experiences!
1. A MASSAGE. This tops
my list every year. Who does-
n't love a stress-busting,
heart-opening massage? Even
a mediocre massage beats the
best fruitcake.
2. OTHER BODYWORK
SERVICES. There's a whole
world of feel-good, Botox-
free possibilities. Pedicure?
Manicure? Herbal body
scrub? Reflexology?
3. TIME WITH A TRAINER
OR COACH. This is a fabu-
lous gift, especially for kids.
Anyone on your list who
works out, swims, runs or
bikes will flip for an hour or
two of expert advice.
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Continued from page 8
4. NOT YOUR
MOTHER'S FRUIT
BASKET. Recycle a basket,
and fill it with real food and
organic goodies: divine
cheeses, chewy breads, bio-
dynamic wines, fruits, nuts ...
you get the
picture.
for beginner's. This, more
than most, is the gift that
keeps on giving.
6. COOKING LES-
SONS. The perfect gift for
foodie friends who want to
cook lighter, smarter meals. If
not a lesson, a new cookbook.
A ENERGY EXPRESS-O!
all under $25 a year.
8. THE GIFT OF TIME.
Make your own gift certifi-
cate that entitles the recipient
to something active and fun
you can do together. A skat-
ing lesson? A kayaking ad-
venture? Midnight bowling?
bees, half a water buffalo —
whatever your budget allows
— to needy families around
the world. Be bold. Start a
new family tradition. In my
experience, people love this
gift. Better to give a sheep
than one more wool sweater!
SOME WORDS TO SPEND
BY
"We make a living by what
we get; we make a life by
what we give." —Winston
Churchill
Marilynn Preston — fitness
expert, personal trainer and
speaker on healthy lifestyle
issues — is the creator of En-
ergy Express, the longest-run-
ning syndicated fitness
column in the country. She
has a website, http://marilyn-
npreston.com and welcomes
reader questions, which can
be sent to MyEnergyEx-
press@aol.com.
COPYRIGHT 2010 ENERGY EXPRESS, LTD.

(Thank
Santa that dark chocolate is
actually good for you.)
5. YOGA! We all have
friends and family interested
in yoga, but still they remain
on the sidelines. Gift them
with some time with a great
teacher or a series of sessions
variation on this tasty
theme is a session
with a savvy nutrition-
ist.
7. WELLNESS MAGA-
ZINES. There are so many
terrific magazines promoting
sports, fitness and smart eat-
ing. Some favorites include
Nutrition Action Newsletter,
Yoga Journal, Men's Health,
Outside and a zillion others,
Two ways to
win This holiday
season!
9. GIVE TO CHARITY. I
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Register to win a $500 gift card just in time for the
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Book Marks...
Continued from page 7
Some other great books for
the fashionistas on your
gift list:
— "The Style Checklist:
The Ultimate Wardrobe
Essentials for You" by
Lloyd Boston.
— "Oh No She Didn't: The
Top 100 Style Mistakes
Women Make and How to
Avoid Them" by Clinton
Kelly.
— "Work It!: Visual Ther-
apy's Guide to Your Ulti-
mate Career Wardrobe"
by Jessie Garza.
— "Gentleman: A Time
Guide to Fashion" by
Bernhard Roetzel.
— "What to Wear for the
Rest of Your Life: Ageless
Secrets of Style" by Kim
Johnson Gross.
national deals and coupons
— "How to Never Look Just visit the circulars, deals and products pages
Fat Again: Over 1,000 on zip2save.com
Ways to Dress Thinner —
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Krupp.
— "Gunn's Golden Rules:
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Making It Work" by Tim
Gunn.
Choose from more than One million products from 100 plus
— "Nina Garcia's Look retailers. Buy online or visit your local store. Get alerted when
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Story of Isabella Blow" by
Detmar Blow and Tom
Sykes.
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fashion editor of the
Arkansas Gazette in Little
Rock and executive director
of the Fashion Editors and
Reporters Association.
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Rose Bennett Gilbert

: My partner and I bought a 1970s ranch-

style house last year, but we are not at all clear on
how we want to decorate it. At first, we thought we
wanted traditional, but that can be pretty boring.
We both lived with traditional furniture growing up
and would like to do something more contempo-
rary.

But how do you balance a contemporary look with

mid-century architecture?

: One solution: Go boldly where not many have

dared to go before — which is the approach de-
signer John Lyle took when he conjured the pic-
tured pop-art sitting room.

Actually, it's now a sunroom — a closed-in outdoor

porch that is "out there" in more ways than one!
According to Michael Lassell, author of "Metropol-
itan Home's 100 Design," Lyle "released the inner
diva" of an ordinary '70s ranch house, making it ex-
traordinary with a black-painted floor and "super-
graphic zebra stripes in homage to the 1970s."
Black-and-white and
exciting allover, a The aluminum chairs are also retro: Russell
1970s sun porch cele- Woodard designed them in the 1960s. Lyle updated
brates modernism in them smashingly with those new polka-dot cush-
stripes and polka dots. ions.
Photo courtesy of Jack
Thompson, Filipacchi And don't you like the surprise touches of the bril-
Publishing. liant chrome andirons? And look at those classic
porcelain jars on the mantel, with their unclassic
black-and-white glaze.

Lots more inspiration and unorthodox ideas wait in

the pages of "100 Design" (Filipacchi Publishing).
As you may remember, Metropolitan Home, the
magazine, carried the torch for modernism for
some 20 years before its much-lamented demise a
year or so ago. This book is the posthumous cele-
bration of the editors' quest for what was new and
exciting around the turn of the 21st century. You'll
be titivated!

Rose Bennett Gilbert is the co-author of "Manhat-

tan Style" and six other books on interior design.
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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY with Jim Daly and Dr. Juli Slattery
FIRST CHRISTMAS AFTER
DIVORCE NOT VERY MERRY
FOR CHILDREN
Q: My ex-wife and I have had
a lot of rough holidays to-
gether, but this is our first one
since our divorce. Now, we're
negotiating who gets the kids
when, and it's terrible -- espe-
cially for our kids. How can
we help them have a "merry
Christmas"?
Juli: Some experts
on divorce have described it
as a death -- the death of a
family, a marriage and a
dream of happily ever after.
As with any death, there is
gut-wrenching grief associ-
ated with the loss, and learn-
ing to adapt to a "new
normal." At no time is this
more poignant than at the hol-
idays. Your kids are grieving
the loss of their family as
much as you are. It's OK to
let them express that and ac-
knowledge that this Christmas
will be difficult for everyone.
Although everyone
gets hurt in a divorce, the
children are the most obvious
victims. They had no say in
what happened, yet have to
live with the painful after-
math. Research indicates that
one of the top predictors of a
child's stability after divorce
is the health of the relation-
ship between his parents.
Whatever conflicts, wounds
and feelings you have toward
each other, put them aside for
the holidays and give your
children a conflict-free
Christmas. I'd encourage your
former wife and you to do
whatever you can to work to-
gether to make the holidays
smooth for your kids.
If possible, share Christmas
morning, celebrating together,
or pitch in together to buy
your kids gifts from both of
you, instead of competing for
who bought more gifts. I
know these suggestions may
sound far-fetched given the
hostility that often accompa-
nies divorce, but your kids
deserve your effort toward
peace. More than any shiny
package under the Christmas
tree, your children most want
and need to know that Mom
and Dad love them and are
not going to fight over them.
**
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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Seasonal warnings shouldn’t stop a thoughtful addition
By Marty
Becker
Universal Uclick
You know the usual warnings:
“Don’t give pets as gifts”;
“The holidays are the worst
time to get a new pet”; “Pets
are for life, not just for Christ-
mas”; “The only good pet to
give as a gift is a stuffed ani-
mal.”
Lately, though, I’ve
found myself swimming
against that tide — a little.
When it comes to giving pets
as gifts, it’s not always a good
idea, but it’s also not always a
bad idea. If you add just one
ADOPT A HOLIDAY PET
word to the word “gift,” it
pretty much fixes the prob-
lem. That word is “thought-
ful.” And getting a pet should
always be done thoughtfully,
whether the pet is a gift or
not.
First and foremost,
being thoughtful means never
buying a puppy or kitten from
a pet store or Internet site that
ships with no questions asked.
You don’t want to support
puppy mills, after all.
With that out of the
way, what about the other
common cautions? Sure, the
holidays can be a busy time,
with lots of activities, travel
and guests. But parents often
have time off from work dur-
ing the holidays, and the chil-
dren aren’t in school. The
greater flexibility of a holiday
schedule can make both pets’
and people’s adjustments eas-
ier, not harder.
Then there’s the
idea that other gifts will be so
much more exciting to chil-
dren that they’ll be distracted
from a new pet. I’m a parent
and a grandparent, and I’ll tell
you one thing about children:
They’re expert multitaskers.
And they don’t suddenly be-
come less so on Jan. 2.
Shelter pets need homes year-round, so if everything else is
planned for, don’t let the holiday stop you from adopting.
Puppies and kittens are just
like little kids, and they get
into things. But that’s not
true just at the holidays. If
they aren’t getting into
your Christmas decora-
tions, they’ll be getting
into your laundry basket.
Part of acquiring a new
pet is making sure that the
environment is safe for
him, and that the treasured
family heirloom you in-
herited from your great-
grandmother is locked
away until the new furry
family member learns the
ropes. And that principle
applies year-round, not
If the family is pre-
pared for the new addition,
then all will be well. If not, it
won’t — but that’s true
whether you get the pet for
yourself or for your spouse.
And if the parents have unre-
alistic expectations about how
much of the pet’s care will be
handled by the kids, does that
change if the pet isn’t given
as a gift? Of course not.
It can be hard to
adopt a shelter pet, since
many shelters have tradition-
ally discouraged holiday-sea-
son adoptions. That’s a trend
that’s changing, in part thanks
to pet food maker Iams’ note-
worthy “Home for the Holi-
days” pet adoption campaign.
Shelter pets would love noth-
ing more than to move from
the cage or run at the shelter
to the couch at your home.
Why make them wait?
So while springing
an unwanted and unexpected
pet on someone as a gift is al-
ways a bad idea, and buying
from a pet store or click-and-
ship puppy website is never a
good idea, the careful and
well-planned gift of an appro-
priate pet can be just what
this veterinarian ordered for
making your family happier
just between Thanksgiving and healthier, now and at any
and New Year’s Day. time of the year.
It’s a great thing to
have strong ideas about how
pets should be cared for — I
know I do. But let’s not let
those ideas get so set in stone
that we don’t question and
qualify them from time to
time. The “Healing Power of
Pets” is a prescription I’m
comfortable giving 365 days
a year, and what better gift
could there be than the love
and companionship of a pet?
If you’re ready,
don’t wait until the New Year.
Ready, set ... adopt!

Keith Richards discusses his life from a choirboy to a rock 'n' roll rebel as
guitarist for the Rolling Stones in his autobiography, "Life."
George Varga
"Life" by Keith Richards with James Fox
(Little, Brown; 654 pages; $29.99)
Few rock 'n' roll icons are as fascinating, or
as flawed, as Keith Richards, the grizzled,
seemingly indestructible guitarist in the
Rolling Stones for the past 48 of his 66
years. Likewise, few autobiographies by
any rock 'n' roll icon in memory are as fas-
cinating, or as flawed, as Richards' "Life" (a
title that could accurately be prefaced with
the words "Bigger Than...").
The best-selling book's opening chapter
vividly recounts his arrest in Arkansas for
drug possession in 1975. This episode, like
the farcical court hearing that quickly fol-
lows, perfectly captures the zeitgeist of the
times — and of a tumultuous, intensely po-
larized era that began a decade or so earlier
in the 1960s.
"(Long) hair ... the little things that you
wouldn't think about that changed whole
cultures," Richard muses. "When you look
back, it was relentless confrontation, but
you're not thinking about it at the time."
The Stones of the mid-1970s were anath-
ema to the powers that be in this country,
Richards recalls. He then wryly invokes a
few of the charges leveled at the group he
and singer Mick Jagger co-founded near
London in 1962: "We had been inciting
youth to rebellion, we were corrupting
America." The Stones "officially, were the
most dangerous rock 'n' roll band in Amer-
ica."
Accordingly, the band's "outlaw celebrity"
status confounded the straight-laced soci-
ety that confronted them. "The choice was
always a tricky one for the authorities who
arrested us," Richards observes. "Do you
want to lock them up, or have your photo-
graph taken with them and give them a mo-
torcade to see them on their way?"
As a humorous aside, he notes that he was
eventually pardoned in 2006 by then-
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. But the
guitarist insists, "there was nothing to par-
don," even though he readily acknowledges
the car he was arrested in with fellow
Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood was "loaded
with dope."
Such are the contradictions of Richards'
life, and of "Life" itself, a book whose mes-
merizing beginning sets expectations sky
high. Sadly, few of the dozen chapters
that follow are as inspired, al-
though a few come
close.
At 547
pages (plus
15 more for
the index and
acknowledg-
ments), "Life" is
an alternately riv-
eting and frustrat-
ing read.
Co-written with
James Fox, a sea-
soned journalist and
Richards' confidante,
the book somehow
manages to give readers too much and too
little information about its legendary sub-
ject, the church choirboy turned cocky rock
rebel — sometimes within the same chap-
ter.
Some might argue that anyone who con-
sumed as many deadly drugs for as long as
Richards did, before he finally cleaned up,
will invariably have major memory lapses.
Not
so, he insists, claim-
ing: "Believe it or not, I haven't forgotten
any of it." Except the parts he has forgotten.
He acknowledges as much when pointing
out that the book's reminiscences by Mari-
anne Faithfull, Jagger's former girlfriend,
are "not almost a total blank, unlike mine."
Either way, Richards has a very selective
memory.
The riotous 1964 show in San Bernardino,
Calif., that opened the Stones' debut U.S.
tour is accorded just one sentence. That's
more, though, than the four-word reference
to "Rock and Roll Circus," the 1968 all-star
gig the Stones filmed but waited decades to
release, apparently because The Who turned
in a far superior set. (Somehow, a
naive reader might think, the fact
this "Circus" marked the first
and only time that Richards per-
formed as part of an ad-hoc
band called the Dirty Mac —
with, among others, Eric
Clapton, John Lennon and
Jimi Hendrix drummer
Mitch Mitchell — might
merit a mention, if not a
page or two, but no.)
Conversely, Richards
repeatedly recounts
his endless drug exploits,
in vivid but ultimately stultifying
detail. He constantly reminds us that, un-
like common addicts, he only took the
"purest" heroin and the "highest grade" co-
caine, and that he always took the "right"
amount, never too much.
To his credit, he warns readers not to do
what he did. At the same time, Richards re-
peatedly stresses how much "smarter" he
was than other drug-abusers, who collapsed
around him in droves or died. He also sees
no irony in the fact that he takes every op-
portunity...Continues on page 19
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iting Italy to mend a broken
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heart. Elise is an extraordinary the Dawn
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TANGLED (PG)9:35am 12:10pm 2:50pm franchise, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their
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and sinister enemies and to a reunion with their friend and
11/24/2010 protector, the "Great Lion" Aslan.
Rated: PG Starring: Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley,
Genre: Animated/Comedy William Moseley, Anna Popplewell
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bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a
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*THE TOURIST (PG-13) 11:15am looking for her ticket out of the An Asian warrior assassin is
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with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an in the American Badlands.
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'Tangled' is a story of adventure, heart, humor and hair -- lots offrey Rush, Danny Huston,
of hair. Birol Tarkan Yildiz, Tony Cox
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* -- denotes Pass Restricted features a singular focus - to avenge the Genre: Drama
murder of his brother during the
botched bank robbery that led to Maggie is an alluring free
his imprisonment. Now a free man spirit who won't let anyone
9:30 with a deadly to-do list in hand, - or anything - tie her
LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF
GA'HOOLE 2D(PG)10:45AM 1:10 3:45 6:15 8:40 he's finally on his mission...but down. But she meets her
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tirement, and a young egocentric hitman with a flair for the lentless and nearly infalli-
THE TOWN (R)10:35AM | 1:25 | 4:15 | 7:05 | 9:55 art of killing and a newfound worthy opponent. The hunter is ble charm serve him well with the ladies and in the
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YOU AGAIN (G)11:30AM | 4:20 | 6:50 also the hunted. It's a do or die race to the list's finish as the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and
mystery surrounding his brother's murder deepens, and new Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise,
details emerge along the way hinting that Driver's list may be as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate
incomplete. drug: love. Based on Jamie Reidy's memoir 'Hard Sell: The
EASY A (PG13) 7:05p 9:25p
LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS (PG) 12:00p Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Evolution of a Viagra Salesman.'
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Continued from page 15
... to carp about how unreli-
able deceased Stones gui-
tarist Brian Jones was, in part
because of Jones' substance
abuse. Never mind that
Richards' own drug use all
but derailed at least one tour
by his band and caused un-
told headaches for Jagger,
who Richards complains
about on seemingly every
other page as a control freak.
Reading so much about the
illicit substances Richards
consumed on his road to full-
fledged junkiedom may make
you feel numb faster than he
became from taking them.
Ditto his endless
sniping at Jag-
ger (it's amaz-
ing they haven't
killed each
other), ex-
Stones mem-
bers Bill
Wyman (who,
Richards
charges,
made "insipid tea") and the
late Jones (too many barbs to
list here).
Tellingly, while Richards lets
Wood, longtime Stones' tour-
ing saxophonist Bobby Keys
and various associates and
family members to contribute
first-person anecdotes, Jagger
is accorded no such courtesy.
Devoted Stones fans may re-
call that, some years ago,
Jagger returned the major
publishing advance he re-
ceived for his autobiography,
which he abandoned in large
part because he contended he
just couldn't remember
enough to make the book in-
teresting.
That said, Richards' reputa-
tion as one of rock's great
raconteurs is well-earned.
During my several interviews
with him, he has always been
thoughtful and eloquent,
whether discussing his love
for the Stones, his friendship
with jazz icon Miles Davis or
how technological advances
can drive people apart rather
than bring them together. The
general consensus among
veteran rock-music critics
who have spoken with him is
that Richards is one of the
sharpest, and most candid,
interview subjects around —
in contrast with the far more
cautious and cagey Jagger.
But in "Life," Richards
spends far too much time de-
tailing too many familiar vi-
gnettes about his already
well-documented youth and
rise to fame, then dispenses
with the past 21 years in just
58 pages. The book runs out
of steam long before he im-
probably trots out his recipe
for bangers and mash on
page 525.
Yet, while there is room for
his recipe, Richards makes
no mention of the fact that he
has an African-American sis-
ter-in-law, author and singer
Marsha Hansen, with whom
he has twice recorded tradi-
tional spirituals. Considering
how much dirt he dishes
about other people, past and
present, his decision to not
say a word about something
as genuinely interesting and
dirt-free as this (and likely
unknown to most readers) is
a mystery. A more astute edi-
tor would surely have been
an asset.
But when Richards discusses
his greatest passions — song-
writing, guitars (he calls the
Telecaster he uses to play
"Satisfaction" in concert
"Dwight"), the blues, rock 'n'
roll and the magic of record-
ing and performing — his
"Life" is impossible to put
down.
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If you want your upcoming event listed in SPOTLIGHT’S Out & About section, please send all your relevant data by e-mail to:
NORTHEAST-
CENTRAL
Railroad and Trans-
portation Museum of
El Paso — More than 150
years of El Paso railroad his-
tory are on display at Union
Depot Transit Terminal, 400
W. San Antonio, at Durango.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1
to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission
is free. Information: 422-3420
or elpasorails.org.
A special reading of the
“Polar Express” is at 1:30
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12. Chil-
dren can also meet with the
conductor and other Victo-
rian-era passengers. Admis-
sion: $1 donation per child.
Titovets School of
Art Student Art
Show & Sale — The
school will host its 10th an-
niversary celebration Thurs-
day through Saturday, Dec.
9-11, at 5446 N. Mesa (near
Sheldon’ Jewelers), featuring
works by students of both
Aleksander and Lyuba
Titovets. Admission is free.
Information: 585-3043.
‘It’s A Wonderful
Life’ — The live radio play
by Joe Landry is Dec. 10-19
at El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana. Directed by Ron
Szatkowski. The beloved
American Christmas classic
comes to life as a 1940s radio
broadcast. Showtime is 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and 2
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12 and 19.
Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors; $7
students and military): 532-
1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
‘Celebrations!’ - Kids-
N-Co. presents a musical trib-
ute to the holidays of winter
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11-
editorial@spotlightepnews.com
12, at the Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Mar-
cial. Hanukkah, the Winter
Solstice, Christmas, Boxing
Day, Three Kings Day and
Kwanzaa are all included.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Fri-
days and Saturdays and 2:30
p.m. Sundays. Directed by
Kevin P. Mullin. Tickets: $7
($5 children, seniors, students
and active military); available
at the door one hour before
show. Advance reservations
accepted for groups of 10 or
more. Information: 351-1455
or kidsnco.org.
‘Living Christmas
Tree’ — The 46th annual
Christmas concerts at First
Baptist Church, 805 Montana,
are 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Satur-
day and Sunday, Dec. 11-12,
805 Montana, featuring more
than 125 participants per-
forming familiar holiday
songs, both old and new.
Tickets: $4, available in the
church office Monday
through Friday on a first
come, first served basis.
Doors open one hour prior to
each performance. The event
usually sells out early. Free
child care available for ages 4
and younger. Information:
533-1465 or fbcep.com.
A Christmas Family
Gathering — First Chris-
tian Church (Disciples of
Christ), 901 Arizona hosts its
Christmas celebration benefit-
ing their Christmas basket
outreach for area families in
need 10 a.m. to noon Satur-
day, Dec. 11, featuring Christ-
mas crafts for ages 2 to 10, a
story moment, carols and
more. Children should be ac-
companied by an adult. Ad-
mission is free; canned food
item donation requested. In-
formation: 533-6819 or elpa-
sofirstchristian.org.
‘The Message of the
Holly’ — El Paso Youth
Choir will host a holiday con-
cert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec.
12, at St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church, 1000 Montana. Ad-
mission is free; free-will of-
fering taken. Information:
422-8793.
El Paso Youth Choir at St.
Paul’s offers weekly free
training from September
through May for youth
singers, ages 6-18.
North Pole at the
Museum — International
Museum of Art, 1211 Mon-
tana, will host its 4th annual
afternoon of holiday enter-
tainment 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 11, featuring Christmas
carols, storytelling, pictures
with Santa and Mrs. Claus,
entertainment, holiday treats
and more. Admission is free.
Nominal fee for photos with
Santa (proceeds benefit the
museum). Information: 543-
6747 or internationalmuseu-
mofart.net.
MISSION
VALLEY
‘Happy Holidays on
Ice’ — Sun City Blades fig-
ure skating team host a winter
skating spectacular 5:30 to 7
p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at Sierra
Providence Event Center be-
hind the County Coliseum,
4100 Paisano, featuring figure
skating from El Paso area
skaters. Admission: $5. Infor-
mation: 757-0412 or elpa-
soicemonitor.com.
Oñate Trail Dog
Fanciers Dog Shows
— The AKC licensed club
hosts its all-breed dog show is
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Dec. 11-12, at El
Paso County Coliseum, open
to the more than 150 breeds
and varieties of dogs recog-
nized by the American Ken-
nel Club. This year’s event
will also feature mixed-breed
dogs in obedience and rally
events. Spectator admission is
free. Information: 626-9975
or otdfa.org.
EASTSIDE
Ysleta Mission Cul-
tural Arts Market —
The Ysleta Mission, 131
Zaragosa, will host its market
featuring traditional art works
11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 11, on the historic mis-
sion’s grounds.
The event features South-
west Artists, colchas, retablos,
weaving and Native Ameri-
can pottery and Jewelry. En-
tertainment includes a
performance by the Viva El
Paso Special Edition Com-
pany, plus Tigua Social
Dances, matachines, folk-
lorico dances and mariachis.
Traditional foods and bever-
ages will be sold. Informa-
tion: 859-9848 or
ysletamission.org.
‘The Deliverer’ - The
annual large-scale holiday
pageant of music and drama
celebrating the Christmas sea-
son is Dec. 10-12 and Dec.
17-19 at Cielo Vista Church,
3585 Lee Trevino. Tickets
available at the church ticket
window. Information: 595-
0288 or cielovista.org.
A Coffeehouse
Christmas — CrossPoint
Church, 11995 Montwood,
presents “Christmas Special,”
its annual holiday gift to the
community Dec. 10-12, fea-
turing vignettes of drama,
Calendar of upcoming events for
El Paso/ Southern New Mexico
are from December 10th
thru December 16th. 2010
dance and music, homemade
treats and specialty coffee.
Performances are at 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, and at
the 10 a.m. Sunday service.
Admission is free. Informa-
tion: 857-7492 or cross-
pointelpaso.com.
Applejack Band —
The El Paso folk band per-
forms its annual Christmas
dinner show Saturday, Dec.
11, at 8 p.m. La Tierra Cafe,
1731 Montana, with singer
Cleo Bell. Doors open at 6
p.m., dinner served at 6:45
p.m. Cost: $32 (tip not in-
cluded, BYOB), reservations
required. Information: 592-
5122 or (575) 541-1992.
WESTSIDE/
DOWNTOWN
UTEP Men’s Basket-
ball - Home games are at
the Don Haskins Center.
Game time is 7:05 p.m., un-
less otherwise listed. Individ-
ual tickets: $14-$50, plus
service charge. Information:
747-5234 or
utepathletics.com.
• Sunday, Dec. 12 —
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Jingle Bell Run — Up
and Running, 3233 N. Mesa,
will host its 4th annual holi-
day 5K run/walk at 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 11, departing
from the store (Rudolph
Plaza). All runners receive
long-sleeved t-shirts and jin-
gle bells. Refreshments of-
fered at finish line. Race day
registration and packet pick
up is 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. Pro-
ceeds benefit El Paso High
School Girls Track. Cost: $20
per event. Information: 478-
5663 or raceadventuresunlim-
ited.com.
Trophy offered to top three
male and female winners; $50
Up and Running Gift Card to
best-dressed Santa and elf.
Sunland Park Race-
track & Casino — The
2010-2011 live horse racing
season runs Dec. 10-April 19.
Race days are Tuesdays, Fri-
days, Saturdays and Sundays.
First post is 12:25 p.m. each
race day. General admission
is free to the track and casino.
First post time is 12:25 p.m.
Turf Club seating is $7. Infor-
mation: (575) 874-5200 or
sunland-park.com
‘Yes, We Are Still
Dancing’ — A poetry
reading and book signing
with artists Susan Amstater
and Connie Dillman and poet
Jacquelyn Stroud Spier is 1 to
4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11,
at El Paso Museum of Art,
One Arts Festival Plaza,
downtown El Paso.
‘A Christmas Carol’
- The UTEP Department of
Theatre and Dance presents
its annual telling of Charles
Dickens’ work Dec. 12-18 in
the Fox Fine Arts Wise Fam-
ily Theatre, adapted by Chuck
Gordon and directed by Ross
Fleming. Showtime is 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and 2:30
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $12
($10 UTEP faculty/staff, sen-
iors and military, non-UTEP
students and per ticket for
groups of 10 or more; $9
UTEP students and ages 4-
12). Information: 747-5118 or
theatredance.utep.edu.
‘The Wonder of
Christmas’ — Coronado
Baptist Church, 501 Thunder-
bird, will host its annual
Christmas Cantata perform-
ance at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec.
10, and Sunday, Dec. 12, fea-
turing the church’s Christmas
Choir and Orchestra. The
cantata-style program com-
bines music with drama.
Nursery provided. Admission
is free. Information: 584-3912
or coronadobaptist.org.

San Jacinto Plaza
Christmas Tree
Lighting — El Paso Em-
ployees Federal Credit Union
hosts the 75th annual “Cele-
bration of Lights” holiday tra-
dition of the plaza’s
spectacular Christmas tree
and displays Saturday, Dec.
11, at San Jacinto Plaza
downtown. The ceremony be-
gins at 5:30 p.m. with live en-
tertainment. The lighting of
the 55-foot Christmas tree by
Mayor John Cook and a child
from Candlelighters Child-
hood Cancer Foundation at
5:50 p.m. followed by the
13th annual lighted Christmas
parade at 6 p.m. Information:
541-4331 or 544-5436.
‘The Holidays’ – El
Paso Wind Symphony begins
its “Something Extra” season
with a night of holiday music
7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 at
UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital
Hall. Tickets: $12.50 ($7.50
students). Information: 760-
5599.
The El Paso Wind Sym-
phony, directed by Dr. Ron
Hufstader, includes wood-
wind, brass and percussion.
‘A Holiday After-
noon Concert’ — El
Paso Symphony Orchestra
hosts its family concert of tra-
ditional holiday music at 2
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, at the
Plaza Theatre. Tickets:
$26.40, including service
charge. (Ticketmaster) Infor-
mation: 532-3776 or 566-
4066.
Franklin High Gui-
tar Concert — The an-
nual winter concert is 7:30
p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at the
Franklin High School Fine
Arts Theater, 900 N. Resler.
Led by instructor Stefan
Schyga, one of El Paso’s best-
known guitarists, Franklin
guitar students perform a va-
riety of music styles. Pro-
ceeds benefit the guitar pro-
gram and its students. Admis-
sion: $5. Information:
832-6600 or
franklinguitar.com.
SOUTHERN
NEW MExICO
Inn of the Mountain
Gods Resort and
Casino — Mescalero,
N.M. Age 21 and older admit-
ted. (Ticketmaster) Informa-
tion: 1-877-277-5677 or
innofthemountaingods.com.
• George Thorogood
and The Destroyers
_ The “Bad to the
Bone” blues rock legend
performs Thursday, Dec. 9.
Tickets: $46.75-$106.75, in-
cludes service charges.
• Big Bad Voodoo
Daddy — The contempo-
rary swing band best know
for hits like “Big and Bad”
and “You and Me (and the
Bottle Makes Three)” per-
forms Saturday, Dec. 11.
Tickets: $30-$60, plus service
charge.
NM Farm & Ranch
Heritage Museum —
4100 Dripping Springs, Las
Cruces. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Satur-
day, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission: $5 for adults, $3
seniors 60 and older, $2 for
children 5-17; free for age 4
and under. Information: (575)
522-4100 or nmfarman-
dranchmuseum.org.
Living history perform-
ances, “Stories of Holidays
Past,” are 7 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 9, in the theater. Histori-
cal characters bring to life
past holiday traditions in New
Mexico. Admission: $2 sug-
gested donation.
Mesilla Plaza Christ-
mas Tree Lighting —
The community tree lighting
is Friday, Dec. 10, in the
plaza. Mesilla Mayor Michael
Cadena will switch on the
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tree at 6 p.m. Christmas 11, down 10th Street. Hosted silvercityartists.org. real.org.
music continues until 6:30 by the Alamogordo Chamber A presentation of the tradi-
p.m. Shops will be open late of Commerce, the parade in- Christmas Celebra- tional New Mexico Christmas
for holiday shopping that day, cludes colorful floats, ban- play “La Gran Pastorela” is 1
refreshments and some loca- ners, marching bands and a
tion at El Camino p.m. The play is a version of
tions. The tree will be deco- visit from Santa Claus. Infor- Real — The City the shepherds’ plays per-
rated with ornaments created mation: (575) 437-6120. of Socorro, N.M. formed in New Mexico
by students from an area will host a winter for centuries in vil-
school. Admission is free. In-
formation: (575) 524-3262,
Christmas Art Fair celebration 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday,
lages all along the
Camino Real. The city
— The San Vicente Artists
ext. 116 group hosts the fair 9 a.m. to Dec. 11, at the will provide transporta-
Mesilla is southwest of Las 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Camino Real Interna- tion for the play departing
Cruces. Take I-10 West to the to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, tional Heritage Center fea- at noon from Socorro Plaza
Avenida de Mesilla exit. The turing activities for all ages. and returning by 3 p.m. Shut-
plaza is off NM Highway 28
in the Silco Theater in Silver
Admission: $5 (Free for ages tle fee is $1 each way. Reser-
City N.M. Information: (575)
(Avenida de Mesilla) south of 534-4401 or 15 and younger). Information: vations: (575) 835-1501.
I-10. (575) 854-3600 or elcamino- Continues on next page
Luminarias and Christmas
music will be featured Christ-
mas Eve on the Plaza 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 24.
The Mesilla Singers choir
will lead in the singing of
Christmas carols, and lumi-
narias will be lit around dusk.
Old-Fashioned
Christmas — MainStreet
Truth or Consequences pres-
ents the traditional holiday
event 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec.
10. Festivities begin with the
tree lighting 6 p.m. at Evelyn
Renfro Park, followed by car-
olers and other performers,
holiday refreshments and
businesses open late for holi-
day shopping. Wagon rides
available. Information: (575)
740-3902 or
torcmainstreet.org.
One thousand luminaria will
be set up throughout down-
town to add to the festive at-
mosphere. Fire pits will be set
up in the middle of Broad-
way. The Sierra County Arts
Council will be serving up s'-
mores for $1 as a fundraiser
for public art in Sierra
County.
Alamogordo Christ-
mas Parade — The an-
nual lighted parade begins
around 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec.
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Continued from page 21 ruins of the 19th century fort,

...Christmas Celebration at is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
El Camino Real...The center daily. Admission is $3 (age
is about 30 miles south of 16 and under free).
There are three weeks left in the year, and they are the kind
Socorro, N.M. on I-25, half- that will whiz by at warp speed unless one harnesses the
way between Socorro and New Horizons Sym- moments to slow them down — an act that will take one's
full body weight, mental attention and spiritual force. The
Truth or Consequences. It is
a 5-minute drive east of I-25
phony — The Orchestra Pisces moon helps in this regard, and Mercury's retrograde
transit through Capricorn gives further assistance. When
hosts its holiday concert “In- things don't go right the first time, slow down and recon-
at Exit 115. sider the plan.
stant Classics” 3 p.m. Satur-
day, Dec. 11, at NMSU’s ARIES (March 21-April 19). Someone who is trying to help
Flickinger Center Atkinson Recital Hall in Las
you may hurt you in the process. Healing is like this. We go
to the dentist and withstand the pain of a filling in order to
for Performing Arts Cruces, featuring “ Dreams avoid the even worse pain that would come from losing the
whole tooth. You'll bear a degree of discomfort and be happy
— 1110 New York Ave. of Flight” by Las Crucen and healthy because you did.
Alamogordo. Performances Justin Raines. Also on the
at 7:30 p.m. unless listed oth- program is “L’italiana in Al- TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will be particularly quick
erwise. Ticket information: geri” by Gioachino Rossini, on the uptake this week, especially verbally, and this will im-
press people and make them laugh — sometimes at the same
(575) 437-2202 or flickinger- “March Miniature” by Pyotr time. But this speedy timing comes at a price. You are not al-
center.com. Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “Sleigh ways in control of what rolls off your tongue, and once it's
out, you can't take it back.
• Christmas Benefit Concert Ride” by Leroy Anderson
for the Opportunity Center and the “Hallelujah Chorus”
with the Flying J Wranglers by George Frederic Handel. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will dream of something
long before you have the means or the ability to make it hap-
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. The High Velocity Sax Quar- pen. Believe in those dreams, and don't let anyone tell you
what is possible or impossible. That determination will al-
The Wranglers, who perform tet will be featured during the
ACROSS 7 Joyousness
8 Galvanize throughout the summer at the performance of “Stephen
ways be a relative one, and therefore, no person can accu-
rately assess it for another person.
1 Hook Flying J Ranch Chuckwagon, Foster Revisited.” Admission
5 ___ soi: at home 9 Load for 53 Across
10 Supplants are comprised of National is free. Information: Shawn CANCER (June 22-July 22). It's difficult to accept that you
9 Dress to the nines Champion Yodeler Cindy Robinson, (270) 320-8340 or don't always know what is in your best interest. Though you
14 ___ vincit omnia 11 Baseball Hall-of-Famer are one of the better judges in the matter, there is still too
Rixey Hobbs, James Hobbs, Randy robinsp@nmsu.edu, or Rose much that is not in your control. You simply can't know
15 Sun: prefix Jones, Roy Black and Hoffman, (575) 523-9101. everything! The best you can do is trust that things are work-
16 RSVP 12 Wallach and Whitney ing in your favor, and then act and react in kind.
13 Entertainer Louis Corinna Ripple. Tickets to be New Horizons Symphony
17 Love to excess announced. Orchestra currently has open-
18 Algerian port 21 Place for a bridge LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You may gain control of a situation
22 Conductor de Waart ings for additional string for the moment, but you'll find that this control is elusive. And
19 Silas Marner’s child
20 Carol character 25 Type of heat Elephant Beachwalk players. Potential members needing to have it all the time will only make you miserable,
since that just isn't possible. When you realize that wanting
are welcome to visit the control leads to suffering, you will wisely go the opposite way,
23 Family member 26 “___ for labour” and Floating Lights group’s weekly rehearsals at improvising with the hand that you're dealt.
27 Switched on again
24 Athena, for one: Gr.
28 With 29 Down, a famil- parade — Elephant Butte 6 p.m. Thursdays in the
25 Tijuana wraps: var. State Park’s 15th annual lu- NMSU Music Department VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You can choose your reaction to
29 College in Athens, iar Christmas figure life's events, though sometimes it doesn't feel that way at all.
29 See 28 Down minaria walk and parade ben- Band Room. There are moments when you feel so compelled to behave in
W.Va. efiting Make-A-Wish a certain way that it seems as though you don't have a choice.
33 Resident: suffix 30 Keyboard instrument Try to stay calm. It's simply easier to see your choices when
34 Carry on 31 Was worthy of notice Foundation is 6:30 p.m. Sat- ‘Believe’ — Mesilla Val- you're in a peaceful state of mind.
32 Parts of brakes urday, Dec. 11. The parade ley Chorale choral group per-
36 Felt sun hat begins at 6:30 p.m. The event
37 New Hampshire’s 35 Native of Nigeria forms its annual holiday LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There are benevolent spirits in
38 Attacked features more than 3,500 lu- concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, the world. You don't always encounter them when you want
state flower them, so it's a good idea to get in touch with your higher self.
39 Means of access for minarias, a boat and RV pa- Dec. 12, at Rio Grande The- Once you make this connection, you will depend less on the
40 Jordan’s org. rade, 25 host campfires, advice of well-meaning mentors, teachers, parents and lead-
41 Members of the mil. 28 Down atre, 211 N. Downtown Mall ers, who sometimes fall down on the job.
44 Consider anew Santa Claus, hayrides, carol- in Las Cruces. The theme
42 Wagon drivers ing, and lots of hot chocolate,
43 Journey 47 Litchi this year is based on the pop- SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You have patient people
49 Bill’s mate cider and posole for every- ular song from “The Polar around you. Someone in particular has been a real gem lately
45 NRC predecessor one. Cost: $5 per car. Infor-
50 Goggle-eyed Express.” Music includes the — there for your every need and the service comes with a
46 Greek wine mation: (575) 740-1777. smile. Cherish this person, and do not take him or her for
48 Some helpings 53 Place for serendipities “Shepherd’s Pipe Carol,” by granted. You should also keep in mind that the patient people
54 Ms. Nazimova Party and awards ceremony Rutter and “Velvet Shoes” by are also the most prone to random fury.
51 ___ Darya follow at the Elephant Butte
52 Kind of head 55 Emulates Rip van Win- Wagner, along with several
kle Inn. spirituals and carol sing- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Here's a difficult tactic
53 See 28 Down to stick to: Refuse to accept anything but the best. You will
60 Room, in Rouen 56 Virginia willow alongs. Doors open at 2:30 be challenged to the point that you will wonder if you are
61 Yours, in Burgundy 57 NE state Fort Selden Lumi- p.m. Tickets: $10; proceeds crazy for wanting what you want. You're not. It is possible.
Stick to the tactic. Hold out for your preference, and you
62 New Rochelle college 58 Tops naria Tours — The 12th benefit the theatre. Informa- will get it by the end of the week.

64 Common cat 59 Standoffish person

annual holiday event at Fort
60 ___ volatile
65 Madonna’s ex Selden State Monument is 5
66 Author Charles Percy 63 Wonder
to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11.
67 Clues The trails and ruins of the
68 Visited Davy 19th-century fort will be lit
Jones’s locker by more than 1,000 luminar-
69 “Such as hang on ias, and visitors will be
___’s cheek” treated to hot chocolate,
cookies and living history
DOWN military re-enactments. Ad-
1 Spoiled mission is free during the
2 In a frenzy evening. Information: (575)
3 Bistro offering 526-8911 or
4 Vaccaro or Jagger nmmonuments.org.
5 Fish soup From Las Cruces, take I-25
6 Command to Fido North to Exit 19. The monu-
ment, which preserves the
tion: (575) 647-2560.
Byron Stripling and
NMSU Jazz Band —
Trumpet player and vocalist
Byron Stripling joins
NMSU’s Jazz Ensemble in a
musical tribute to Louis Arm-
strong at 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 12, to kick off the
Branigan Cultural Center’s
exhibit “Jam Session.” Doors
open at 7 p.m. Ticket infor-
mation: (575) 541-2155 or
LCJazz.org.
COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Some people find it easy
to ask for what they want. Others make a hobby of it. Then
there are those, like you, who would rather do every single
little thing themselves than ask for the smallest bit of help.
You should really break yourself of that habit. Now is as
good a time as ever.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You wouldn't want to hire a
mean coach or sign up for a task that's completely out of your
league — but in some ways that's just what you've done.
Leave it to you to make this kind of difficult/brilliant move.
It's amazing how productive you can be when you don't think
there's any other choice.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Creative people allow them-
selves to make mistakes, and this week you're about as cre-
ative as they come. It's not necessary or possible to make
every move in good taste. In fact, that would only make you
a boring person. If you mess up, chalk it up to your inherent
need to keep things lively and entertaining.
 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS DECEMBER 10, 2010 PAGE 23

TEEING OFF By T.J. TOMASI

Tiger’s long
road back
Remember the fairy tale where villagers trying to steal the
feathers of the Golden Goose became stuck to the goose and
to each other, forcing them to trail behind the goose wherev-
er it went in a conga line of the greedy?
You can imagine the length of the conga line behind the
first billion-dollar athlete. So it’s not surprising that after the
fall, Tiger Woods’ management firm, IMG, set to work to re-
invent their Golden Tiger. His handlers’ work will be a blue-
print for marketers current and future, especially those that
specialize in fallen angels. Just as the battle plans of
Alexander the Great are studied at West Point, so IMG’s
plan, which I have named “Back From Perdition,” will be
taught at Wharton.
In my estimation, the plan is as follows:
Step 1: Know
the history of your
public.
“We are a society
of second chances,”
said Mark Steinberg,
Tiger’s IMG agent.
“That’s been proven
over the years.”
Step 2: Take
the current tempera-
ture of your public.
Steinberg took a
poll of Tiger’s mar-
ket appeal that he
says shows “very
powerful, positive, positive results.”
Step 3: Pound away at the concept of redemption to ap-
peal to the religious population, and emphasize “rehabilita-
tion” to those who either know someone who has problems
or themselves have problems. These two cover about every-
one in the world — a good place to start if you need to mar-
ket your man.
Steinberg again: “We want to be part of the redemption,
rehabilitation. … And (Tiger) knows that. He’s comfortable
with it. And he’s going to do that.”
Step 4: Exploit the element of transformation.
Change everything about Tiger so he’s not the same man
who did the bad things. He’s been to therapy; he’s changed
his swing. His personal life has radically changed with his
divorce. He’s now friendly and open, he tweets, he has a new
kid-coach his own age, he smiles. He even dresses different-
ly, giving him a new, trendy, more “in” look. With this make-
up team, Shaq O’Neal could be an undercover cop.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Still, the logic is forcing. The general public was against
the old Tiger, but here is the new Tiger. The ironic part is “The biggest problem has been my putting because I’ve got nowhere to put my elbows.
that, in the midst of all this newness, Tiger has to find a way
to play like the old Tiger. And this, of course, is the hairpin
I used to be able to put my elbows on my love handles and putt pretty good.
turn on the road back from perdition. Now they’re all over the place.”
— John Daly, who has lost more than 100 pounds and finished 193rd on the PGA Tour money list for 2010
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BIRDIES AND BOGEYS

Worst rule in golf

Robert Karlsson beat Ian Poulter in a playoff in the
Dubai World Championship on Nov. 28 to win $1.25 mil-
lion. Poulter violated what I consider to be the worst rule in
golf. Putting for a birdie on the last playoff hole, he inad-
vertently dropped his golf ball and it hit his marker for a
one-shot penalty.
A golf course worker in Florida was killed recently when hit in
the head by a golfer’s tee shot. He was pulling weeds near a tee
box when he was struck in the temple from about 30 yards away.
Ball speeds over 100 mph are not uncommon, even for amateur
golfers. Tour pros average about 165 mph.
The police say the golfer will not be charged, but that doesn’t

Caryn Levy/US PGA TOUR

If you move your marker by mistake
while marking your ball, there is no penal-
ty, but drop it by mistake and it’s a stroke.
Go figure.
It cost Poulter $400,000 to drop the
ball 36 inches, which is about $11,000 per
inch.
mean the golf club won’t be sued. It’s surprising something terri-
ble like this hasn’t happened sooner, considering the lax safety
precautions taken for course workers. Raking bunkers, mowing
and trimming hedges during play exposes workers to errant shots,
and since being hit in the head can be lethal, it should be a law
that all workers wear hard hats.
KARLSSON

THE GOLF DOCTOR

There is a big difference quently than slow-twitch, so power. An Olympic sprinter

between fast- and slow-twitch
muscle fibers, and to build a
swing with explosive power,
you must grow fast-twitch
square footage through exer-
cise. This is why Tiger Woods
is lifting heavy — he’s look-
ing for explosive power.
When called upon, fast-
twitch muscle fibers contract
almost 10 times more fre-
they provide a quick burst of
may have 80 percent fast-
twitch fibers, whereas a
marathoner can have 90 per-
cent slow-twitch muscle. An
average person has approxi-
mately equal amounts of
both. Thus for golfers not
born with a sprinter’s profile,
bursting power doesn’t come
naturally. For the majority of
us, power depends on how we
train our muscle fibers.
Training technique
According to Tudor
Bompa, coach to 11 Olympic
medal winners, you can train
for strength and quickness by
lifting weights correctly. He
recommends a low number of
repetitions (one to three), but
with very heavy loads in ex-
cess of 90 percent of your
maximum, with a recovery of
six minutes between sets.

“Here’s the main differ-

ence between bodybuilding
and strength training for
sports,” says Bompa. “For
bodybuilding, the scope of
increased tension is de-
signed to induce hypertro-
phy. In strength training for
sports, using heavy loads,
the scope is not to increase
the duration of tension, but
rather to apply the force
against resistance as quick-
ly and dynamically as pos-
sible so that the highest
number of fast-twitch mus-
cle fibers are recruited in
the action.

“Therefore, a major rea-

son we use heavy loads in
training athletes in different
sports is to stimulate the re-
cruitment of fast-twitch
muscle fibers, and as a re-
sult, to use them during the
performance of athletic ac-
tion. The more fast-twitch
muscle fibers are used dur-
ing the performance of a
technical skill, the higher
the application of force and
the benefit for an increased
performance.”
And this is why Tiger
lifts heavy.
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IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

in
We are planted in a field of
force called gravity, and all of
our body systems, such as
balance, touch and move-
ment, have evolved to
accommodate the challenges
of living in a force field that
presses us to the earth.
But balance is not automat-
ic. Like language, it is a
learned skill. Humans do not
hit the ground running from
day one. A baby totters and
falls until balance is learned.
It is not until about 7 years of
age that a child can run and
jump as efficiently as an
adult.
Running is learned — so is
jumping. And so, of course,
are the unique balance re-
quirements necessary to hit a
golf ball, which I call “golf
balance.”
No comment is necessary in this swing sequence. Even in stop action, this player is perfectly in golf balance at every position. Start Street balance
your quest for golf balance with your weight distribution at address. Bad balance often begins with the weight forward on the toes. It Your brain receives a con-
should be distributed from the balls of the feet backward to the heels. Thus, your center of gravity is straight down through the middle of tinuous flow of information
your body. about..Continues on next
page
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DON’T MISS IT

Practice while
you play
The Grip Solid is a thin
rubber strap with a raised,
flexible bar, the “FLEX-
BAR,” which positions
your club correctly in your
hand. Its rubber fins con-
form to the taper of your
club to let you know if
you are gripping your
clubs correctly. It fits right
over your glove, and is
easy to carry in your pock-
et. The Grip Solid is sold
through www.gripsolid.com for $20.

ASK THE PRO

Here is an e-mail I received the manufacturers, players and

from a professional club fitter,
who is none too happy about
the new groove regulations
from the USGA:
“It appears that the USGA
had absolutely NO concept of
the degree of confusion, lack
of desired results, or cost to
the golf manufacturers of their
ill-conceived attempt too in-
fluence the game. From
everything I have been able to
glean from studying the issue,
the USGA unilaterally made
the decision (changing the
grooves) against the advice of
common sense.
“At the start of the year,
speculation was the new
groove regulations would
cause distance to go down
and accuracy to go up (they
did — if you count a drop of
0.6 yards and one more fair-
way hit every 13.5 rounds).
Bottom line: The groove rule
turned out to be a non-event
from a competitive stand-
point.“
(To Ask the Pro a question
about golf, e-mail him at:
TJInsider@aol.com.)

Continued from page 26

..the position of your body and gives orders to your muscles
to regain your balance whenever your body is in danger of
taking a tumble. This unconscious self-preservation system is
what I call “street balance,” and while it can save your life, it
can also ruin your golf swing.
The point is that because of the importance of remaining
upright, your brain attaches a great deal of significance to any
message that says, “This container is falling over.” When it
receives such a message, your brain automatically acts to
recover, and there’s nothing you can do about it. This reflex-
ive action is called the “righting instinct,” and its power to
control your golf swing is supreme.
Golf balance
The contorted arrangement (tilted spine, body bowed, left
side straight, right side flexed, etc.) involved in hitting a golf
ball is a very unnatural position. The trick is to undergo these
distortions from the norm without triggering the righting in-
stinct because if you do, street ABOUT THE WRITER
balance will override golf bal- GOLF SPOKEN HERE
ance every time. And when it Dr. T.J.
does, it will prevent you from Tomasi is a
arriving at the impact configu- teaching
ration necessary for good shot- professional
making. You won’t fall down, in Port St.
but you’ll ruin your shot. Lucie, Fla.
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swing is in balance when your Web site at
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By RICK
By RICK MINTER
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In 2010, drivers Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya
(seen here during February’s Auto Club 500) both delivered
high profile victories in cars owned by Chip Ganassi. Last week
in Indianapolis, Ganassi was awarded the first IMIS Achieve-
ment Award. (NASCAR photo)

Owner recognized for achievement in

NASCAR, other series
I
n a week in which five-time Sprint
Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and
his fellow competitors in NASCAR’s
Chase for the Sprint Cup were front and
center in NASCAR’s awards banquet in
Las Vegas, a team owner who wasn’t a
part of the Chase earned some deserved
recognition in a ceremony in Indianapo-
lis.
Chip Ganassi, whose fleet of race cars
includes the Sprint Cup entries driven by
Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Mon-
toya, received the first-ever International
Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS)
Achievement Award last Tuesday night
during the IMIS welcome reception.
Chris Paulsen, the owner of C&R Rac-
ing and one of the founders of IMIS, pre-
sented the award to Ganassi, who
enjoyed great success in not only
NASCAR but also the Indy Car Series
and the Grand-Am Sports Car Series.
Ganassi’s driver McMurray won
NASCAR’s two biggest races, the Day-
tona 500 and the Brickyard 400 as well
as a 500-miler at Charlotte Motor Speed-
way. Montoya won a Sprint Cup race at
Watkins Glen. On the Indy Car front,
Ganassi’s driver Dario Franchitti won the
Chip Ganassi and Jamie McMurray at Day-
tona in February. (NASCAR photo)
Indianapolis 500 and the series champi-
onship, and in the Grand-Am Series his
drivers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas
won the championship.
On the weekend of Aug. 7-8, Ganassi
won in all three series, with Montoya
winning the Sprint Cup race at Watkins
Glen, while Pruett and Rojas won the
companion Grand-Am race and Fran-
chitti was victorious at Mid-Ohio.
“What Chip was able to accomplish as
a car owner this season was incredible,”
Paulsen said in presenting the honor. “To
have the amount of success he did across
three completely different racing series
was amazing, and it will be tough for any
owner to repeat what he did in 2010. It
was a no-brainer for us to award him the
first-ever International Motorsports In-
dustry Show Achievement Award. Our
show is for hard-core racers and no one
is a better example of a hard-core racer
than Chip Ganassi.”
Ganassi now has 134 total wins, 80 in
CART or Indy CAR, 33 in Grand-Am, 10
in Sprint Cup, and six apiece in
NASCAR’s Nationwide Series and the
ARCA racing series.
But in his acceptance remarks, what
Ganassi, a former driver, was most proud
of was the fact that all of his drivers
made it to Victory Lane in 2010.
Continues on page 31

NASCAR recognizes top achievers of
2010 at Las Vegas banquet
Jimmie Johnson and his No.
48 team at Hendrick Motor-
sports were the focus of
NASCAR’s Awards Banquet
festivities at Las Vegas last
week, but there were others
who picked up trophies during
the week.
Team owner Richard Chil-
dress was named the Sporting
News 2010 Owner of the Year,
an honor he also earned in 2001
and 2006.
All three of Richard Chil-
dress Racing’s Sprint Cup
teams – the No. 29 of Kevin
Harvick, the No. 31 of Jeff
Burton and the No. 33 of Clint
Bowyer – made the cut for the
Chase for the Sprint Cup. Har-
vick won three races and was
in contention for the champi-
onship up through the season
finale. Bowyer won twice and
finished 10th in the standings,
while Burton was 12th.
“We reached a number of
our goals, but not our ultimate
one of winning the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series champi-
onship,” Childress said in a
statement announcing the
honor. “We will continue to
work hard during the off-sea-
son to improve our overall pro-
gram and return to Daytona in
February with the single goal
of winning the 2011 champi-
onship.”
RCR was also successful in
other racing series in 2010. In
the Camping World Truck Se-
ries, Childress’ oldest grand-
son, Austin Dillon, won two
races and was rookie of the
year. His younger grandson,
Ty Dillon, scored two victories
in just a partial first season in
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (NASCAR
photo)
the ARCA Racing Series, and
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Na-
tionwide Series race at Day-
tona in July in a
Childress-owned No. 3
Chevrolet.
Earnhardt was a winner in
his own right, picking up yet
another Most Popular Driver
award, his eighth straight.
Earnhardt told reporters that
his goal for next season is to re-
turn to Las Vegas in another ca-
pacity – as one of the drivers in
the top 10 in the final points
standings.
“The only person that can
truly help me get where I need
to go starts with me, then it
goes to [car owner] Rick [Hen-
drick], [crew chief] Steve
[Letarte] and those guys in
your inner circle every week
and in your corner every
week,” said Earnhardt, who
finished 21st in the standings
this year after finishing 25th in
2009. “My biggest problem, I
think, is my confidence,” he
said.
Denny Hamlin and his No.
11 crew, with crew chief Mike
Ford, picked up several honors
including the Mechanix Wear
Most Valuable Pit Crew Award.
Hamlin led the Sprint Cup
Series in race victories with
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS DECEMBER 10, 2010 PAGE 29
eight and finished second to
Jimmie Johnson in the final
points standings.
His crew includes Gas Man:
Scott Wood; Jack Man: Nate
Bolling; Catch Can: John
Eicher; Front Tire Changer:
Mike Hicks; Front Tire Car-
rier: Brandon Pegram; Rear
Tire Changer: Jonathan Sher-
man; and Rear Tire Carrier:
Heath Cherry.
Hamlin told reporters that
there’s still room for improve-
ment all around, and that’s
what it’ll take to end Jimmie
Johnson’s string of consecutive
championships.
“You’ve got to get better at
all aspects, and I feel like
that’s where [Jimmie John-
son’s] team has been strong
over the last few years,” he
said. “They really have no
weak spots.
“There are several parts of
our car – there are several
parts of our team – that we
can improve on, and that’s a
good thing, because as com-
petitive as we are right now, I
know I need to get better in
qualifying.”
The late Jim Hunter, the
former track president and
NASCAR vice president, was
honored with the National
Motorsports Press Associa-
tion’s Myers Brothers Award.
The ceremony’s host, Mike
Joy, said of Hunter, who died
of cancer in October: “Before
Jim found such great success
with NASCAR and [Interna-
tional Speedway Corp.], he
was a very talented writer. He
was one of us. And he always
will be.”
SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS DECEMBER 10, 2010 PAGE 30
Honda’s Element goes to the
dogs with a special package
The Honda Element has been
around since 2003, and it still
gets weird looks from those
that glance at it. Maybe it’s
the Element’s tall, yet short,
cube distinctive shape that
makes people stare. Or maybe
it’s because this boxy looking
SUV is made from the same
company that gives us the
rather conservative Accord
and Civic. Whatever the rea-
son, the Honda Element re-
mains an eye-catcher, and for
2010, it will catch even more
looks when seen with dog
emblems on it.
That’s right – dog, as in ca-
nine, ruff-ruff, bow-wow.
And that’s because the 2010
Honda Element brings in a
new option called the Dog
Friendly package. Designed
to transport man’s best friend
safely and comfortably, the
package includes a fully en-
closed kennel in the cargo
bed. The kennel, which is
made of high-strength netting,
features a cushioned bed,
water bowl, and even an elec-
tric fan to keep Rover from
getting too hot. Also included
in the package is an extend-
able ramp which stores under
the kennel. And for the
human race, there are rubber
all-season floor mats and seat
covers – both with dog-bones
all over them so as to not for-
get who the Element is really
for. Not to go unnoticed to
the outside world, paw print
emblems can be found on the
front fenders.
Pooch package aside, the Ele-
ment is a car-based SUV with
available four-wheel drive -
making it the ultimate niche
vehicle for active “Gen-Y”
buyers. It’s a four-door SUV,
but rather than having a con-
ventional four-door setup, its
rear doors open backwards a
full 90 degrees. Because of
this, there are no B-pillars
(the post between the front
and back seats), so opening
the doors creates a very large
portal – great for loading pas-
sengers, bulky cargo or four-
legged creatures.
Only one engine is available
for the Element – Honda’s 2.4
liter inline-4 cylinder. Rated
at 166 hp buyers can choose
the standard five-speed man-
ual transmission or an op-
tional five-speed automatic
transmission.
Inside the Element, the
strangeness continues. The
shifter sits high up on the
dash and when equipped with
the manual transmission can
be odd to use since your right
hand is constantly raised up
high to change gears (be
ready for a tired right arm).
When equipped with an auto-
matic gearbox, as was my
tester, this is no big deal.
Everything else inside the El-
ement is nicely placed,
though. Up front seating is
generous, and those seated in
back will appreciate the sta-
dium-style seating. One thing
to be aware of is that the Ele-
ment has a maximum seating
capacity of four – not five.
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Team Ganassi...
Continued from page 28

“Everybody wants to talk

about how we won the Day-
tona 500, the Indy 500, the
Brickyard 400, the sports car
championship and the Indy-
Car championship,” Ganassi
said. “What’s most gratifying
to me, and you’re going to
think I’m nuts, is that every
one of our drivers won races.
“You’ve got all your differ- Ganassi also made the ar- the Chase.
ent personalities and cars and gument that just making the “I’d much rather have the
people. Yet somehow, every cut for the Chase in races we won. I’m not bad-
one of our guys found Vic- NASCAR, which neither Mc- mouthing NASCAR or the
tory Lane. That’s the best Murray nor Montoya man- Chase, but I’ll take the Day-
barometer of success for me. aged to do, isn’t all it’s often tona 500 win any day over
Granted, if we did all that and billed as being. not winning the Chase. It’s
didn’t win the Daytona 500, “I sit there and look at how also rewarding to get the
Indy 500 and Brickyard 400, many great teams and drivers monkey off our back about,
it wouldn’t have been as in the Chase that barely have ‘You guys should be winning
great a year. You wouldn’t been mentioned all year,” he in NASCAR like you do in
dare dream about the kind of said. “The last time they got a all these other series.’”
year we’ve had.” mention is when they got in

2010 Honda Element ....

Continued from page 30...
The back seat is made only
for two. Also, exiting the ve-
hicle from the backseat re-
quires the front doors being
are young people that really
dig this type of styling, as
well as its fellow box-mate -
the Scion xB. And there is no
debate over the functionality
of the Element. As a people
may be the more reliable and
credible judge, so you may
need to bring Rover along on
that test drive to see if it’s
worth the extra $1000.

open, which can be an incon-
venience, especially when
dropping someone off. Head
room in the Element is ridicu-
lously large.
Driving the Element is a
pleasing experience. The 166
horsepower engine provides
plenty of power, yet still
manages to bring in a decent
19 mpg in town and 24 mpg
on the open road.
The Honda Element may not
be everyone’s cup of tea (it
isn’t mine – I still don’t get
the box design). But there
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mover, it can move four pas- -- Christopher A.
sengers in comfort, or as a Randazzo
utility vehicle, with the back
seats removed, can
transport 75 cubic feet
of cargo space.
Although I am a dog
person, no dog was
available at the time of
my test, so I can’t re-
port on any of the dog
friendly features. I can
say, though, that those
features, especially the
fan, should keep any
canine happy and com-
fortable. But your dog

By The Numbers:

2010 Honda Element 4WD

EX NAV
Base Price: $25,585.00
Price as Tested: $27,360.00 (estimated)
Layout: front-engine / four-wheel drive
Engine: 2.4 liter DOHC 16-valve 4-cylinder
Transmission: five-speed automatic
Horsepower: 166 hp
Torque: 261 ft-lbs
EPA Fuel Economy:19 city /
24 highway mpg

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