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Thursday, February 6, 2014 Volume 20, Issue 3
Publisher: Charles Fischer Editor: Rey Berrones Ad Design: Sandra Martinez, Steve Stone Columnists: Donald Burleson, Stu Pritchard Roswell Daily Record Staff Writers: Tess Townsend Roswell Daily Record Staff Photographers: Mark Wilson
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Juanita Finger unveils the culmination of years worth of bead work with her show at the Roswell Civic Center. Photographer: Rey Berrones
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Mark Wilson Photo Johnny Gonzalez arranges goodies for his upcoming annual Free Valentine's Day Giveaway for the community, Thursday. For more information on how to receive Valentine goodies contact Johnny at 575-624-7579.
A community Valentine gift
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By Tess Townsend Record Staff Writer n case you were worried, Johnny Gonzales did not forget about the day of hearts on Feb. 14. The community organizer is nothing less than busy at work once again, collecting balloons, stuffed animals, chocolates, mints and other lovely treats. Gonzales and volunteers plan to deliver items to cancer patients, jail inmates, people in elderly homes, girls working at gas stations, grocery stores, retail outlets and motels; and probably a few other lucky recipients. Gifts will not be delivered after Feb. 14, because, as Gonzales insists, "the 15th, you don't want Valentines no more." "You want it the day before or that day, right?" he reasons. The man who is never without a plan
says he is still in need of donations for gifts and needs no less than 50 volunteers to bring items to recipients. "Anything we can decorate that says happy Valentine's Day, we love you," he expounds. He is also requesting that schools have their students make Valentines for people in the hospital. Gonzales hopes to make deliveries to 200 people at least. He wants no one to forget that they are loved. "We say, you know what, we love you. Jesus loves you." Those not ambivalent toward the idea of spreading the love with Gonzales can call him at 624-7579 to find out how they can help out. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 | VISION MAGAZINE / 3
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ational Dance Institute New Mexico (NDINM) had returned this year to Roswell for their tenth consecutive year of awardwinning programming in Chaves County. Led by NDI New Mexico Residency Director, Cristiane C de Oliveira, more than 150 students from Pecos Elementary School are getting daily NDI-NM instruction and will perform two shows for the students from their school and the community. The performance is entitled EUREKA! and is an adventure in science. Through song and dance, student performers will twirl, clap, and leap their way through subjects including the solar system, dinosaur fossils and learning to think like a scientist – all the while inspiring a sense of curiosity and wonder about science, music, theater and dance. Celebrating its 20th year, NDI-NM – a statewide nonprofit organization which has instilled positive change in over 70,000 of New Mexico’s underserved children since 1994 – has been featured by the Wallace Foundation in an exclusive list of eight “exemplary” and “highly effective” arts organizations in the United States. Based in New York, the WalSEE
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The celebrated National Dance Institute of NM is celebrating its 20th year with students across the state
Mark Wilson Photo Fifth graders at Pecos Elementary rehearse with the National Dance Institute of New Mexico's Statewide Residency Outreach Program for the upcoming performance of 'Eureka!' which will be held at Pueblo Auditorium next Friday, February 7 at 5:30 p.m.
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Shroud Exhibit and Museum The Turin Shroud interactive exhibit at White Sands Mall in Alamogordo offers a backlit, full-sized picture, the only interactive VP8 Image Analyzer 3D experience. The exhibitʼs goal is make Turin Shroud available to all including the vision impaired. Hours are Sunday from 2 p.m. -4 p.m., Tuesday - Friday from 1 p.m. 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call 4462113, or visit ShroudNM.com.
Feb 14
Valentine Dance and Chocolate Buffet The Annual Chocolate Buffet moves to the Willie Estrada Civic Center and adds a Dance with Big Band on the Rio Grande providing the music and also included will be heavy Hors dʼoeuvres. For those that wish, there will be a cash bar provided by the Civic Center. $60 per couple & $35 per individual. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Feb 15, 16
The Vagina Monologues V-Day Otero County joins the global effort to stop violence against women and girls with their presentation of The Vagina Monologues at the Rohovec Theatre on the NMSU-A Campus. The Vagina Monologues is written by Eve Ensler and directed by Jenn Hunt Fountain. The February 15 show is at 7:30 p.m., and the February 16 show is at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8. This play contains mature content.
Friday Feb 14
Spencer Theater
Staring a cast of nine actors and musicians, youʼll have the Valentine treat of your life, one youʼll never forget: “The Fantasticks!” This performance, presented by Nebraska Theatre Caravan, features atmospherically rich “steampunk” technology – i.e. heavily steam-powered scenes. Such technology incorporates elements of Victorian Goth, science fiction and fantasy. Simply said, itʼs stagecraft at its best! The performance starts at 8 p.m., with a chicken piccata buffet before the show at 6 p.m. Tickets for the performance are $66 and $69. Pre-show buffet tickets are $20. For more information, call 1-888-818-7872 or visit spencertheater.com.
chanting audiences around the world. The Fantasticks is the worldʼs longest-running production of any kind, and with good reason: at the heart of its breathtaking poetry and subtle theatrical sophistication is a purity and simplicity that transcends cultural barriers. The result is a timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time. It is a moving tale of young lovers who become disillusioned, only to discover a
more mature, meaningful love. Punctuated by a bountiful series of catchy, memorable songs such as “Try to Remember” and “Soon Itʼs Gonna Rain,” audiences canʼt help humming along with this stellar production. Staring a cast of nine actors and musicians, youʼll have the Valentine treat of your life, one youʼll never forget: “The Fantasticks!” This performance, presented by Nebraska Theatre Caravan, features atmospherically rich
“steampunk” technology – i.e. heavily steam-powered scenes. Such technology incorporates elements of Victorian Goth, science fiction and fantasy. Simply said, itʼs stagecraft at its best! The performance starts at 8 p.m., with a chicken piccata buffet before the show at 6 p.m. Tickets for the performance are $66 and $69. Pre-show buffet tickets are $20. For more information, call 1-888-818-7872 or visit spencertheater.com.
Artesia Feb 6
Ozark Jubilee The Jubilee features some of the best entertainers in the country! Headlining the Ozark Jubilee is Bransonʼs funniest comedian and champion fiddler player– Doofus Doolittle. Doofus will have you rolling in the aisles with his unique style of “Hillbilly Humor.” You can expect some of the best fiddle music anywhere! One review written describes Doofus as a cross between Hee Haw & Larry the Cable Guy! In the second half of the show Doofus throws off the Hillbilly hat & tie comes out as alter ego Randy Newman in one of his $5,000 custom tailored suits by Manuel of Nashville. Manuel designs and tailors suits for all the major Nashville acts such as Tim McGraw, Porter Wagoner, Roy Clark, Alan Jackson and many more. Randy Newman, is a World Class Violinist,
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and has established himself as such not only in Branson, but across the country, having performed with such acts as Ronnie Milsap, Jimmie Rogers, Johnny Rodriguez, Mel Tillis and many, many others. After doing several shows with Porter Wagoner, Wagoner invited Doofus to be a special guest of his on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. After an overwhelming response, Wagoner brought Doofus back to the stage to close his portion of the Opry with a fiddle tune. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 310 W Main St. Tickets are $25. For more information call the OPAC at 575-7464212.
Feb 18
Umi Garrett In May 2009, 8 year old Umi Garrett appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show as first public broadcast performance. She is an international piano competition winner. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 310 W Main St. Tickets are $20. For more information call the OPAC at 575-746-4212.
Feb 20
Glenn Miller Orchestra The Glenn Miller Orchestra is the most popular big band in
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>>5 the world today. Founded by Miller in 1938, the bandʼs trademark sound has actively maintained its prestige even though the great band leader disappeared during World War II. Glenn, who became Major Miller after volunteering for the U.S. Army in 1942 to lead the Army Air Force Band, was in a single engine plane flying over the English Channel when he vanished in 1944. Neither he nor any fellow passengers were ever heard from again. He was just 40 years old. His estate ultimately responded to popular demand for a return of his sound and reformed the Glenn Miller Orchestra with his original corps of musicians in 1956. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 310 W Main St. Tickets are $25. For more information call the OPAC at 575-746-4212.
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Sweetheart Serenade at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park The Cavernaires Barbershop Chorus will perform the Sweetheart Serenade at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park. This free program will feature sentimental favorites sung a cappella in the Visitor Center at 2 p.m. Bring your mother, wife, or sweetheart for this special Valentine treat. For more information, call Kathryn Law at 887-5516.
Feb 14, 15, 16, 21, 22
The Trip to Bountiful The Carlsbad Community Theater presents The Trip to Bountiful, a poignant story of Mrs. Watts, an aging widow living with her son and daughterin-law in a tiny two room flat in Houston, Texas in 1952. Fearing that her presence may be an imposition on others and chafing under the watchful eye
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Valentineʼs Day Murder Mystery Dinner The Brickstreet Players present: Murder On The Rebound at the Clovis Civic Center. What happens when four friends suddenly, unexpectedly, and mysteriously all become widows? What else! They pool their insurance money and buy a restaurant that they name REBOUNDS. Itʼs opening night and the start of a whole new beginning, and itʼs also the perfect night to confide in one another about the new love in their lives. They all have a mysterious new man in their lives, but they must be careful... whoever rebounds first, may also be last! Join us at the Clovis Civic Center on Valentineʼs Day for dinner and a show. Cocktail Hour begins at 5:30 p.m. First Course served at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $50/couple & include a single rose, dinner & showand a Choice of a Sautéed Chicken Breast with a Champagne Cream Sauce served with Strawberry Risotto and Grilled Asparagus or a Flat Iron Steak served with Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Grilled Asparagus. An assortment of Petit Fours for dessert & a cash bar available. Reservations accepted until February 11. Call 935-5009 to guarantee your table. Tickets are available at the Clovis Civic Center located at 801 Schepps Blvd.
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Friday Feb 7
The Liberty
The Liberty presents Del Castillo. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Del Castillo has an eclectic blend of Flamenco, Rock, Latin and Blues. Del Castillo began more than a decade ago as a family project between two brothers, and has grown into an award winning group that is normally touring with the likes of Willie Nelson, Los Lobos and Don Henley. Tickets are $20. Call 627-6265 to make table reservations.
of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Watts imagines that if she can get away and return to her old home in the town of Bountiful, she is sure to regain her strength, dignity, peace of
mind and most importantly, the strength to survive. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students. February 14, 15, 21 and 22 performances are at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on
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Feb 10
Scream for Sydney is a benefit concert for Sydney, a twoyear-old local child who was diagnosed with Leukemia in November of 2013. Featured bands include Barrier, Adaliah, Silence, Cherubim and Astraea. Show your support on social media with the hashtag #ScreamforSydney. The show starts at 6 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club located at 201 S. Garden. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.
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Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield - The Early Years This Walker Aviation Museum display will remain through the end of the year. This exhibit features a short history of the base and many items from the WWII era, as well as information about the planes that flew at Roswell Army Airfield from 1941-1945. The museum is open from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 3472464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.
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If Christianity is not workable then there is nothing left. We must turn our conduct over to other ways of living and stand beside dead altars, repeating dead creeds. Surely Bethlehem is more than this.
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Strategic Missile Squadron assigned to Walker Air Force Base during the early 1960s. The squadron was responsible for operating and maintaining 12 Atlas missile silos around the greater Roswell area. The exhibit was funded through a grant from the Association of Air Force Missileers. The museum is open from 10 a.m. 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 347-2464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.
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Rhythmic Circus Rhythmic Circus is at the Tydings Auditorium at 7 p.m. Rhythmic Circus showcases their technical capacity as dancers and explores rhythm through percussive dance as it plays off a wide array of musical genres spanning from Minneapolis funk to salsa. Infusing their unpredictable blend of hard-hitting tap, high-spirited humor, & finger-snapping tunes, the group satisfies their “rhythmic appetite” on everything from sand to folding chairs, and in one number even utilizes the technology of electric drum triggers to change the sound of their taps! This unforgettable show is guaranteed to leave audiences
with red, pink, and white while listening to the best love songs of all time. Thereʼs no better way to say “I love you” than to spend time with your loved ones getting fit, having fun and benefiting a great cause! Strollers welcome! For more details or to register online, visit www.hobbsfunruns.com
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loves oswell Cheribum, and Cheribum loves Roswell. Vocalist Mark Dobbs said, "We love Roswell. It is my favorite city to play in. We have gained a following and friendships there. Roswell is always a great time and nice people are there for the music." Cheribum is a progressive metal band that has been playing regular gigs in Roswell since 2010. Originally formed in El Paso, and they are just on the verge of finally breaking out. Originally a five piece metal band playing Drop-C metal grooves, they recently underwent a style change with the departure of one of the guitarists. Rather than continuing with the dual guitar sound, Cheribum remained a fourpiece and transitioned into a newer seven-string, Drop-Aflat technical style. The new style has given them more attention, and this past summer they were invited to play the Mayhem Fest. According to Dobbs, playing Mayhem was "a huge dream come true. I got to play on the same stage as people, like Rob Zombie, that I grew up listening to..." The band has been busy writing, and plans to take record this new direction, hoping to release an album during the summer of 2014. Big plans, but this type of
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doesn't happen thing overnight. According to Matt Garcia, who helps run the UNITY Center, "Cheribum has been playing Unity Center shows at least five times a year since 2010. They are an El Paso band that regularly plays in Roswell. They have told us that they love playing in Roswell because in El Paso, their audiences mainly grew out if their circle of friends, but here in Roswell it is fans that come for their music, so the experience that they get here in Roswell is different. "The experience they get in Roswell is kind of weird, because they are the same age of the kids, but because they are in the band, the kids treat them like they are a touring band. Which is good, because it gives them a little pep in their step because they are on their way to becoming that." Things have taken a strange turn for Dobbs recently. He said, "I have a two year old sister, and we found out a couple of months ago that she has leukemia. We aren't well off, and the way I see it, this is the way that I can pitch in and help my family." The diagnosis was heartbreaking for his family. Dobbs continued, "Everything was normal, and after, it turned the f amily upside down. I have never seen my parents heartbroken like that. Sydney is not like she used to be. It is like not having the same little sister." So, the UNITY Center
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By Rey Berrones Vision Editor stepped in and helped put together the #ScreamforSydney concert here in Roswell, which mirror another #ScreamforSydney concert in El Paso. The UNITY Center's Bobby Garcia said, "Cheribum has always been good to us, so it is the least that we could do to help out.
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Roswell regular, Cheribum returns for a benefit show.
Whatever money we make from the show, we are going to give to her. It is still not enough because Cheribum has done more for the Unity Center than we could ask for." The #ScreamforSydney show is at the Boys and Girls Club located at 201 S Garden,
on Thursday, February 6. Doors open at 6 p.m., and admission is $10. Other bands on the bill include Barrier, Adaliah, Silence and Astraea. If you would like to find out more about the show, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter. If you would like to find out more about Cheribum, visit f acebook.com/ charubimtx.
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Author Jon McGoran comes to Roswell for a book signing and literary discussion Drift is a clever thriller that places a fish out of water city detective that finds himself in the f armland around Philadelphia. He goes up against of mysterious corporation that is deadlier than he realized. Jon McGoran has been wr iting thr illers f or quite a while, and Drift com-
bines his fiction writing with his non-fiction writing. McGoran said in an interview, "I come at the book from two different directions. I've been writing mysteries and crime novels for quite some time now. By day, I was writing about food sustainability. I was communica-
tions director at a food co-op in Philidelphia, and later, as editor of a magazine called Grid. So wr iting about f ood issues, I noticed that the food industry was getting weirder, and crazier, and out of whack. For someone concerned about food issues, I
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f ound this ver y alarming. However, as someone who was writing mysteries and thrillers, I found it to be perfect. "There is all sorts of terrible stuff going on in America's industrial food system. The world seems to enter a new level of bad and crazy that seems to be perfect for a thr iller. You have these shadowy huge corporations releasing untested organisms into the f ood supply, and it already sounds like a thriller. I found myself confronted with an issue that makes a great premise and backdrop for a thriller. "Novels let you pull things apar t and explore issues without hitting the reader over the head with these sort of issues. "It is a matter of degree, and this is a science thriller, and not a science f iction thriller. While some of the stuff is not being done, it is definitely a possibility. "One of the goals in moder n Biotech is modifying plants to create pharmaceuticals that they otherwise wouldn't. Genetically engi-
neer ing them so that they produce drugs. That is something that people are working on currently, and that is something that is covered in the book." Public reaction has been great for the book, and the setting of the book seems to have resonated with others in the business of putting food on the table. McGoran said, "I have had farmers and ranchers get in touch, and say they enjoyed the book, and that they were alarmed with the prospects that are out there. But, ultimately they share similar concerns. If you have to wear a hazmat suit to spray crops, it makes you wonder if it is safe to eat." McGoran will be giving a literar y discussion at the ENMU-Roswell OTC building, Room 124 on Tuesday, Febr uar y 11 at 7 p.m. T he event is free, and the public is encouraged to attend and join the discussion. To find out more about McGoran and his work, visit JonMcGoran.com.
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Ritmo Latino at El Toro Bravo Ritmo Latino plays El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 622-9280.
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David and Tina at El Toro Bravo David and Tina plays El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 622-9280.
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Los Band Dʼ Dos at Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen Los Band Dʼ Dos playing Latin Pop and Country music at Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen at 2103 N. Main from 6 p.m - 9 p.m. For more information, call Los Cerritos Mexican Kitchen at 622-4919.
Every Saturday
Open Mic at Ginsberg Music Ginsberg Music opens up the stage every Saturday from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. P.A. system and drums are provided, all other instruments must be brought by the musician.
Sept 7, 2013 - March 9, 2014
Tweeting Elations Join us in celebrating Aria Finch and her exhibition, soon after she receives the 2013 Governorʼs Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Well known to all, Finch will present a new body of work in clay that borders on the mystical, often. Through her medium, she evokes the viewer to ponder unanswered questions by entering her world to participate in the narrative of our own imagination. For more information, visit roswellmuseum.org.
Jan 10 - Feb 23
Derek Chan Themes of destruction and renewal coarse through Roswell Artist-in-Residence Fellow Derek Chanʼs show Causation at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. The show opens in the museumʼs Marshall and Winston Gallery with a lecture by Chan at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 10 at the RMAC, followed by a preview of the exhibition and reception for museum members. The show runs until Feb 23. For more information, visit roswellmuseum.org.
Feb 9, 23
Dramático: Spanish Language Film Series Join us for our Winter film series featuring four powerful, award-winning Spanish language dramas of various sub-
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Silence, Cherubim and Astraea. Show your support on social media with the hashtag #ScreamforSydney. The show starts at 6 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club located at 201 S. Garden. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.
Feb 7
Saturday Feb 15
Pearson Auditorium
Twist and Shout plays, Saturday, February 15th, at 7:30pm, at the Pearson Auditorium. Back by popular demand Twist and Shout provides the definitive Beatles experience. Tickets start at $30. For tickets or for more information visit roswellsymphony.org or call 623-5882.
genres. Films will be shown at 2 p.m. Admission is free. Sodas and popcorn will be provided. This program is sponsored by the Roswell Museum and Art Center Foundation. ` Feb. 9: El espinazo del diablo Mexican writer-director Guillermo del Toro captured the worldʼs attention with his dark fantasy Panʼs Labyrinth (2006). El espinazo del diablo is its more personal predecessor, also set during the Spanish Civil War. Steven Ray of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, “The Devilʼs Backbone is a tale of the supernatural that feels completely natural. Its realness is what makes it
so scary.” Feb. 23: Sombras de Azul The inspiration for Kelly Daniela Norrisʼs first feature film, Sombras de Azul, was her late brother. Norris set the tender and poetic study of mourning in Cuba, where he had aspired to travel. This will be the New Mexico premiere of the Texas Independents Audience Award winning film.
Feb 6
Scream for Sydney Scream for Sydney is a benefit concert for Sydney, a twoyear-old local child who was diagnosed with Leukemia in November of 2013. Featured bands include Barrier, Adaliah,
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Feb 7 - 9
The Unveiling of Medusa The Unveiling of Medusa, February 7 through February 9, at the Roswell Convention Center, located at 912 N. Main. Juanita Finger, Tokay Beaded Art presents The Unveiling of Medusa. Meet the artist at the opening reception Friday, February 7, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Show hours are Saturday, February 8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, February 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information visit beadedfinger.com.
Feb 8
Valentine Card Making Event Create Your Own Valentineʼs Day Cards from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, located at 409 E. College Blvd. Make beautiful handcrafted cards for your loved ones. Crafting tables will be set up in one of AMoCAʼs galleries stocked with papers, markers, punches, watercolors and unique card-making ideas. Valentine card-making helpers will be on hand to assist kids of all ages with their creations. The charge for this fun event will be $10 per adult and $5 per child. For more information, call 623-5600. 11 >>
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Feb 9
Open house at The Gallery The Roswell Fine Arts League will host an open house 1 - 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 at The Gallery, 107 E. 5th St. The first 20 visitors will receive a door prize. Call 625-5263 or visit rfal.org for more information.
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Feb 9
Sunday Funday On Sunday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m., Dave Clary, author of books such as Eagles and Empire, George Washingtonʼs First War and Rocket Man, will conclude his two part lecture on Robert and Esther Goddardʼs time in Roswell focusing this time on the many visits of aviator Charles Lindbergh to Roswell, as well as rumors of foreign spies in Roswell around the same time. The talk will be held at the archive building for the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico, 200 N. Lea Ave. For additonal information please call 6228333.
Feb 11
Book signing: John McGoran Come join ENMU-Roswell as we welcome Jon McGoran, critically acclaimed writer of Drift, an ecological thriller, Body Trace, Blood Poison and other novels, gives a free liter-
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society! This is a house party and will be in the parlor, so seating is limited. Call 6228333 to reserve your spot!
Thursday Feb 20
ENMU-Roswell PAC
Steve Means is playing at the ENMU-Roswell Performing Arts Center at noon. Combining smooth grooves with powerful lyrics and infectious hooks, 23 year-old singer/songwriter Steve Means averages 100+ college shows a year. His funk-infused acoustic sound has drawn comparisons to everyone from Stevie Wonder and Marc Broussard to John Mayer. This is a free concert.
ary discussion to the public. Jon has also been included in IDWʼs book “Cobra Wars“ which is a book of stories relating to G.I. Joe and has stories in the upcoming “Zombies vs. Robots: No Manʼs Land”. McGoran will be giving a literary discussion at the ENMURoswell OTC building, Room 124 on Tuesday, February 11 at 7 p.m. The event is free, and the public is encouraged
to attend and join the discussion. To find out more about McGoran and his work, visit JonMcGoran.com.
Feb 14
Valen-time Machine the Historical Society for SENM is hosting a FUN Valentine fund raiser at 7:30 p.m. at 200 N Lea Ave. Eva McCollaum in concert to benefit the
Twist and Shout Roswell Symphony Orchestra Concert- Twist and Shout, Saturday, February 15th, at 7:30pm, at the Pearson Auditorium. Back by popular demand Twist and Shout provides the definitive Beatles experience. Tickets start at $30. For tickets or for more information visit roswellsymphony.org or call 623-5882.
Feb 20
Steve Means Steve Means is playing at the ENMU-Roswell Performing Arts Center at noon. Combining smooth grooves with powerful lyrics and infectious hooks, 23 year-old singer/songwriter Steve Means averages 100+ college shows a year. His funk-infused acoustic sound has drawn comparisons to everyone from Stevie Wonder and Marc Broussard to John Mayer. This is a free concert.
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Feb 7
Gary Allan Country music singer-songwriter Gary Allan may be Southern California born, but heʼs got the heart and voice of a true Nashville country superstar. Almost a year after releasing his ninth studio album, “Set You Free,” Allan will perform for one special night at Inn of the Mountain Gods. With 26 Billboard Hot Country Songs to his name, Allan draws heavily from what he calls “the evolution of getting better,” mixing honky-tonk bravado and grainy isolation, all the while mining the emotional turf that fuels a life welllived. Of those 26 hits, five of them reached #1 including “Man to Man,” “Tough Little Boys,” “Nothing on but the Radio,” “Watching Airplanes,” and “Every Storm Runs Out of Rain.” Other hits you can look forward to hearing include 12 >> his cover of Vertical Hori-
Karaoke at Cree Meadows Lounge Karaoke with DJ Pete, every
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>>11 zonʼs “Best I Ever Had” and “Right Where I Need to Be.” His unwavering uniqueness has earned him seven gold albums and three platinum, amongst raves and praises from fans and critics across the world of country. If his music isnʼt enough for you, Allan was also recently named “Countryʼs Sexiest Man” in “Country Weekly” magazineʼs 2013 poll. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.
Feb 14
HEAL Flash Mob at Wingfield Park This event is to promote the global campaign “One Billion Rising”. The One Billion Rising movement specifically addresses violence against females, but also does address violence against men and boys. Join HEAL and EcoServants and participate in this flash dance. Music will be provided by DJ Pete Davis starting at 12:15 pm, then at 12:30, the theme song “Respect” by Aretha Franklin will be played and the flash mob will begin! For more information, call HEAL at 378-6378.
Feb 14
Valentineʼs Dinner and Dance Bring your sweetheart to our Valentineʼs Dinner and Dance at Cree Meadows from 6 to 10 pm. Enjoy our famous Prime Rib, Green Chile Scalloped Potatoes, Bacon-wrapped Asparagus, Salad and choice of Loverʼs Cake or Passion Pie. Then after dinner, dance the night away with music by Terry Bullard. Seating is limited, so reservations are required. Tickets are $26. For more information, call Cree Meadows Country Club at 257-2733 ext. 4. 12 | VISION MAGAZINE / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014
Chef Duff Goldman
Saturday Feb 15
Inn of the Mountain Gods
Shaping cakes with drill saws and blowtorches, Chef Duff Goldman became a superstar on the hit Food Network Show Ace of Cakes. He may not be your typical baker, but heʼs now one of the most sought-after decorative cake makers in the country. Chef Goldman studied at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley before working at several of the countryʼs most acclaimed culinary destinations, including The French Laundry, the Vail Cascade Hotel and Todd Englishʼs Olives. In 2002, he opened Charm City Cakes, the bakery which became a household name on Ace of Cakes. Taking inspiration from everywhere and everything, including art, fashion, fabric, and furniture, Charm City Cakes creates some of the most remarkable desserts in existence. See the baker extraordinaire work his cake magic and get your own taste of his world-renown treat live at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Doors open at 6 p.m. Chef Goldmanʼs demonstration will begin at 7 p.m., followed by a Q&A session. Tickets are $50. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.
Feb 15
Ace of Cakes Shaping cakes with drill saws and blowtorches, in the country. Chef Goldman studied at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley before working at several of the countryʼs most acclaimed culinary destinations, including The French Laundry, the Vail Cascade Hotel and Todd Englishʼs Olives. In 2002, he opened Charm City Cakes, the bakery which became a household name on Ace of Cakes. See the baker extraordinaire work his cake magic and get your
own taste of his world-renown treat live at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Doors open at 6 p.m. Chef Goldmanʼs demonstration will begin at 7 p.m., followed by a Q&A session. Tickets are $50. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com. If you would like your event listed on the entertainment calendar, please email vision@rdrnews.com or call 622-7710 ext. 309.
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The Unveiling of Medusa
By Rey Berrones Vision Editor ead artist Juanita Finger is addressing the divide between craft and art with her work. As a bead weaver, she works with a medium that is inherently beautiful. Sometimes the beads are beautiful enough to stand on their own, as a bead collection. Others weave beads into jewelry, or even creat bead tapestries. Finger is one of the few that takes the bead fabrics and creates three-dimensional pieces of art. In doing, she creates out of beads something that is unexpected. Finger said, "I have a friend, who collected beads. When she saw what I could do, all of a sudden she had ideas about what she can do with all of these beads that she has been collecting for years. She can make something out of them. She takes something that is three dimensional, and can create
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Bead artist Juanita Finger showcases a body of work at the Roswell Civic Center something different than just a bead sitting there." Finger, takes a threedimensional object, the bead, and uses thread to weave the bead into a textile, which is a two-dimensional form. She explained, "It is a technique called bead weaving. You have no fabric, but you have thread. You sew one bead onto the next bead, and it ends up being a larger pieces of fabric." This process, is something that she uses to create tapestries, where the colors come from the beads that were used to create the fabric. She continued, "The creating of fabric into a picture or twodimensional piece. It is almost like taking something three-dimensional, and making it flat to make it a tapestry. The big tapestries that you think of from the 18th century are lots and lots of threads. It has been woven
together, knotted and massaged into something different that what it started out as, and that is kinda the way that I feel that my beads happen. I come together and have lots of beads, and they may be all jumbled up, but it is the process of sewing them together in such a way that they make the picture, or they make the tapestry, and become a framed piece. That is where the art comes in." She continued to say that in order to transition to art, you have to be "...more than just a technician. Any skilled needleworker can sew the beads together, and this is what I tell my students. This is easy, it is just sewing two things together, but to get past that, to get past the straight technical part ... I think that's the art part of it." She teaches bead weaving at the Roswell Adult and Senior Center, and many of the
students there take the class to lear n to make jewelr y. When Finger is done, she hopes to have challenged their idea of what is possible with beading. To expand beyond the craft of beading, and lear n about the ar t of telling stories and connecting with those interacting with the work. She said, "I'm always trying to tell people that this is more than a pretty thing to look at. Yes, beads are pretty to look at. When they are put together in a cer tain way, they inspire other people. I tr y to get other people to think outside the box. "I want people to think, 'Beads and jewelry are pretty, but where do we go from here?' "My sister's viewpoint of
my work was that, it was pretty, but that was it. We ended up going to a show of a bead artist, and we saw no jewelr y. It was all threedimensional and tapestries. Her comment at leaving was, you can do anything with beads that your mind could imagine. She and I both changed after that show. I decided to go three dimensional and tapestries, and I veered off from the jewelry. She is much more supportive and understanding, and realizes that beads can actually be art. "I hope that my show inspires people and makes them also realize that beads can be more than jewelr y and a pretty thing. It can be whatever your mind wants to SEE
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think it is." And for Finger's mind, the new direction was to take the tapestries and fabrics, and use them to create three-dimensional f orms. T his is where Medusa comes in. Finger stated, "Medusa took three years for me to create her, but she was in my head for almost 18 years before I finished her." The piece is a sculpture of Medusa, using beaded fabrics to create an eye-catching and engaging piece. Which, goes against the preconceived notions of what one should do when seeing Medusa. Finger felt that it is her job as the artist to "add in the personality. I think medusa does that. There is a little quality about her that kind of says that she is live and she is looking at you, and she is not just a stationary piece." Along with the show, Finger will be debuting her book, which is an anthology
of her work. She said, "I'm hoping that when people see my book they realize that beads are more than just pretty. It is a coff ee table book, no text, just pictures. It is the accumulation of twenty years of my work, and I hope it inspires people. I hope it inspires them to follow their own creativity, whether it be beads, painting, photography or whatever." Of course, this is not a final stop for Finger, as she is still busy teaching and creating new work. In fact, she said, "I have another major project in my head that I have been working on f or two years now, and some day it will get done." There will be an opening reception on Febr uar y 7, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Roswell Convention Center located at 912 N. Main Street. The show will be on display February 8, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., and February 9, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more inf ormation on Finger's work, visit beadedfinger.com.
report, “Something to Say: Continued from Page 4 Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs from lace Foundation is an inde- Urban Youth and Other pendent, national foundation Experts,” examined both the dedicated to supporting and supply and demand for aftersharing effective ideas and school arts programs. The practices that expand learn- report offers insights directly ing and enrichment opportu- from middle and high school nities for children. students and their families as “It’s great to know that our well as teachers and leaders programs have not only made in the arts and youth developa measurable difference in ment. the lives of children but are Co-founded in Santa Fe, NM now recognized and validated by Catherine Oppenheimer by the Wallace Foundation as and Jacques d’Amboise, NDIwell,” said Russell Baker, NDI NM has grown from serving New Mexico executive direc- 100 children in 1994 to 7,500 tor. “Factors such as high children annually through inpoverty, childhood obesity, school, after-school, summer academic gaps and limited and advanced training classes access to arts education in in 34 New Mexico communiNew Mexico limit children’s ties. NDI-NM’s award winning opportunities to develop into arts and physical fitness prosuccessful students. But grams serve children in through our programs, stu- urban, rural and Native Amerdents learn the skills neces- ican communities. Nearly 78 sary to overcome obstacles percent of NDI-NM’s students and gain the confidence, are from minority ethnic tenacity and work ethic nec- groups, and 73 percent qualify essary to succeed.” for free or reduced cost lunchThe Wallace Foundation’s es at school.
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NDI-NM’s programs are designed to boost self-confidence, improve grades, promote good health, foster better relationships, and make going to school a productive and fun experience. Through NDI-NM’s programs, children learn the “core four” – work hard, do your best, never give up, and be healthy. Programs include a Residency Program – NDINM brings the In-School Program to 20 rural communities in New Mexico with formats ranging from one to three weeks. Teachers/ musicians work with students daily which culminate into public performances. Currently, there are 100 schools on the wait list to be a part of the NDI NM program. This residency program is currently at Pecos Elemetary. The NDI-NM Residency is supported in part by the R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation and The S.P. & Estelle Yates Family Foundation. The show will be presented on February 7 at Pueblo Auditorium. There will be two shows. The 1 p.m. show will be for the school, and the 5:30 p.m. show is open to the public. Admission is free. For more information on NDI-NM, visit www.ndi-nm.org.
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Amonettʼs Remembered
By Stu Pritchard Roswell Historian believe it was the finest wester n saddle ever crafted. It took prime leather worker Edd Amonett and his crew nearly 450 hours to complete the elaborate saddle during a two month period in the spring of 1948. When completed, the handsome piece used nearly 70 square feet of cowhide, over 180 ounces of decorative silver, enough malleable gold to fashion 30 miniature trinkets, and 30 square feet of sheepskins for undersides. The special order saddle was completed by nationally known leather carver Andy Tucker before delivery to a California Palomino horse breeder. The price? Five thousand 1948 dollars; approximately the cost of a small house, at the time. My pa, a cattleman, wouldn't consider any other shop but Amonett's for his leather goods. C.C. (he was called), took me along in his Model A Ford where he went to town and I got to see Amonett's master craftsmen at work. I'll always remember the smell of the place and the genuinely friendly workers. The odor of rich, finely tanned, high-quality leather is something I've never forgotten. I was always sure to be given some scraps of leather, a few large enough to fashion into a holster for my "cap pistol" (with a little help from one of the artists). To me, Amonett's was a very special place. Large roll-up awnings shielded displays in the large windows where a huge variety of items extended far into the store, many on racks up to the ceiling. There were dozens of varied wester n stock saddles, bridles and reins, latigos, quirts, thongs, hobbles, various styles of chaps and, of course, all man-
A history of Roswell’s boot and saddle shop
ner of boots - almost all highheeled-, genuine finely crafted footwear to meet the needs of a common cowhand, a rodeo performer, a patron or someone's Sunday best. Ropes? - dozens of coiled ropes for working, twirling, competing or performing; manila, linen, leather or maquez up from Mexico. Manila was easily the most popular for common cowfolk, the maquez for fancy and stunt roping. And there was more: a full variety of spurs in a glass case, some silver mounted, some with two and a half inch rowels that tinkled musically when Bill Wolf would spin them for you. The saddle blankets were usually stacked on a long bench along the wall. I remember them as genuine Navajo woven angora blankets, no two alike and they were sold by the pound! The average single weighed about three pounds and sold for six dollars; the doubles about 15 dollars (30"x5'). An amonett saddle blanket was guaranteed not to wrinkle under the saddle. It seems to me that most of Amonett's stock saddle, generally made for mustangs, cost from $75 to $120 dollars and it usually took a cowboy most of a good year to save up enough to buy one. Some Sear's catalogs at the time offered a $50 dollar saddle (usually $49.98). My dad's family, mom, six kids and grandpa, usually rode downtown on Saturday in a large Auburn sedan - the one with big round black bumpers. Then, when we traded for a Model A Ford (brand spanking new), there wasn't enough room so we took our turns. There was usually a stop at Roswell Seed and The Gills (I'm Walter's
age), Mabie Lowrey's, where I got my first bicycle (used), Andrew's Blacksmithy, J.C. Penney or perhaps, Kimmels' for clothing, Kipling's Confectionery for a treat - they would bring drinks on a tray that fastened on the car door. Sometimes we would go to the Busy Bee Cafe to eat, get a haircut at the Bankhead Hotel Barbershop, or order a special item for dad at Jay Duvall's, or Prices, or Cobean's Stationary for books, then always to Amonett's; it was the rancher's link to his livelihood. The Amonett family came to New Mexico from Corsicana, Texas in the mid-1890s. E.T. Amonett, with his family, traveled by freight train to the little town of Eddy (now Carlsbad) where he stayed for a few years before moving
north to Roswell, where he had the opportunity to purchase a saddle shop already in business. Jaffa-Prager, a mainstay in early Roswell, recognized that most of the people in the area were cattlemen, sheepmen or cowboys who had a need for leather goods, boots, saddles and gear. The shop on Main Street was first purchased from Jaffa-Prager by a family named Goslin who passed it on to the ambitious Amonettes. After settling in and showing good growth E.T. Amonett moved on to El Paso to duplicate the shop in the larger, fast growing market. Young Edd took over, married a pretty young lady, Nettie Lusk, from Elkins, some 30 miles northeast of Roswell, and pursued a growing business. Edd and his father, noticing the success of catalog stores, published themselves a catalog of nearly 100 pages listing their products. Both businesses prospered and began servicing large areas of the west. Orders came in from everywhere, Europe, South
America, even Australia. The growing enterprise employed nearly 50 men during these years. Horsemen came to consider Amonett's Saddle Shop as the finest hand manufactured producers of leather goods in the nation. Rodeo performers, western movie stars, successful cattlemen, working cowhands and aficionados all sought items from the nationally-recognized group of artisans. Bill Wolf, Matt and Dorrell Brand, Andrew Tucker and Ed Raymond joined the force over the years, satisfying the demand until Edd's retirement in 1949. The Brands opened a new shop, still named Amonett's on West Third Street and operated it until 1978 when the doors were closed for business. It seems to me that when the shades were finally drawn at Amonett's an era ended; a wonderful time when range land folks happily rubbed elbows in the brightly lit streets of Roswell every Saturday night.
Photo courtesy Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico Built to last: Many saddles made by Amonett’s are still around to this day!
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UFOLOGY
What might we learn from aliens about energy?
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By Donald Burleson bservations of unidentified flying objects over many years have revealed one salient fact: that these objects are technologically remarkable. We have seen them flying at prodigious speeds, and we have seen solid radar tracks of them making incred-
ible right-angle turns at those speeds, performing aeronautical feats impossible for conventional aircraft. So, given their obviously advanced nature, how do they obtain their propulsive energy? What do they use for fuel? One thing is for sure: it isn’t gasoline. With all due respect to the oil industry of this planet, from the probable viewpoint of our extraterrestrial visitors the internal combustion engine was grossly obsolete the day it was invented, and such fuels as we commonly use must mark us, in those other-worldly eyes, as ignorant savages. And what sophisticated propulsion systems could be in use, somewhere out there in the depths of space? We humans always seem to think we stand at the pinnacle
of all possible knowledge and accomplishment. But consider this: two-thirds of a century ago, at the time of the Roswell UFO crash, such things as personal computers, iPads, and cellphones were unimagined and essentially unimaginable. We now look back upon that age as crude and uninformed, so how might our descendants one day look back upon the state of knowledge existing now? But the real question is, what arcane things may already have been learned, by those privy to the information, from crashed and recovered UFOs? How might our knowledge be advanced if only what government secretkeepers know could be shared? How might that change our world for the better?
An interesting case in point was the UFO crash of 25 March 1948 in northwestern New Mexico, near Aztec. As I describe in my book UFO Secrecy and the Fall of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb was among the scientists secretly called in to examine the crashed object, and witnesses have told us that Oppenheimer (an energy physicist, after all) was fascinated with the propulsion system the inspection team found. One witness, the daughter of a man present at the retrieval, said her father had remarked that the craft’s propulsion system, if generally known and available, would render earthly means of propulsion obsolete overnight. Possibilities are endless, of
course. Magnetic propulsion is much rumored and has in fact been studied by the Canadian gover nment. Extraction of great amounts of energy from tiny amounts of water? Cold fusion? Miniature nuclear engines of mysterious design? In Ayn Rand’s magnificent novel Atlas Shrugged the inventor John Galt designs a motor operating on ambient static electricity. This is fiction, supposedly, but is it really? Whatever humankind knows about such matters, it’s all classified Top Secret and may be more enigmatic than we know. Witnesses to UFO crash retrievals have testified that they didn’t see anything that even looked like an engine, let alone anything recognizable as fuel. Clearly, when it comes to understanding propulsive energy, for us humans it may well be the first day of kindergarten.
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