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Conservation is an exercise of the mind,but gossiping is merely an exercise of thetongue.

— Quips and Quotes

OCTOBER 11, 2001VOL. 28, No. 41

Benito Martinez

Elementary honoredThe National Institute for Urban SchoolImprovement has honored the SocorroISD campus of Benito Martinez Elemen-tary School with the publication of a book-let about the school’s efforts to meet thechallenges of change and inclusion. Thebook is titled “Schools on the Move: Sto-ries of Urban Schools Engaged in Inclu-sive Journeys of Change.” Principal JessieBombach says authors Dianne Ferguson,Ph.D., and Gwen Meyer of the Universityof Oregon spent “a couple of days” at theEast El Paso County campus, interview-ing teachers and students. Out of that re-search was produced the 18-page bookletdescribing how the school involves stu-dents, staff and parents in coping withchange. “Benito Martinez school was se-lected as one of four campuses in the na-tion,” Bomback said. “The others were inDenver, Boston and Washington, D.C.”Bombach said it was a prestigious honorand could enhance the school’s ability toaccess other grants and opportunities. Shecredited assistant principal RosemaryCarreon, administrative assistant LeslieThomas and the entire faculty for thehonor.

Young artist fundsThe Texas Commission on the Arts hasannounced a new scholarship program tohelp promising young school-age studentsin Texas who excel in the arts. Financialassistance will be provided to the 13 mostpromising young artists in an amount upto $2,500 per year to further their studies,and once selected, they may reapplyyearly. All Texas students who are U.S.citizens participating in a school-basedor private lesson from a qualified in-structor are eligible, provided theymaintain passing grades. Applicationpackets must be postmarked by Nov. 1.For specific application information,visit www.arts.state.tx.us or call (512)344-2051.

In other news■ The Farm Service Agency (FSA) hasfunding available to make loans to indi-vidual rural youths to finance small in-come-producing projects in connectionwith their participation in 4-H Clubs, FFAand similar organizations. Each projectmust be planned and operated with thehelp of the organization supervisor, pro-duce sufficient income to repay the loan,and provide the youth with practical busi-ness and educational experience. The FSAloan office is located in Ft. Stockton, Texasand serves a 15-county area including ElPaso and Hudspeth counties. For furtherinformation, call (915) 352-5206.

■ Marine Corps Pfc. Heriberto Garcia,son of Estelle and Javier Garcia, com-pleted basic training at Marine Corps Re-cruit Depot in San Diego, California ear-lier this year. His training included 12weeks of physically and mentally demand-ing classes and challenges. He has since

EL PASO COUNTY — Written and tele-vised history makes much ado about the cour-age and bravery demonstrated by the fightingunits of the 19th Century U.S. Army. Their ef-forts to conquer the wild frontier and tame theOld West for settling pioneers made headlinesworldwide. Yet, little regard is given to an of-ten forgotten but critical aspect of that protect-ing force — the Buffalo Soldiers.

Serving for more than 80 years, these Sol-diers were highly revered by the Cheyenne,who admired the strength, agility, fighting skillsand compassion of the free blacks and formerslaves.

Those similarities, combined with the darkcurly hair of both, led the Cheyenne to dubthem the Buffalo Soldiers in honor of theirculture’s staple food supply, which was criti-cal to their survival.

Refusing to forget their contributions anddetermined to generate awareness today, oneman has vowed to make sure the people hereaches are told about the Buffalo Soldiers,which were the result of a government experi-ment to segregate enlisted personnel. The ex-periment lasted until World War II when theunits were disbanded and all soldiers were in-tegrated.

Ulysses Davis of El Paso, Texas, spendsmuch of his free time dedicating his talents andpersonal resources to the legacy of the BuffaloSoldier. For nearly four years, he has travelednationwide, from Charlotte, North Carolina toFort Apache, Arizona and Fort Davis, Texaswith many stops in-between.

Often covering his own expenses, and occa-sionally receiving stipends, Davis and his fam-

Remember the Buffalo Soldiers: El Pasoanbrings story of black army regiment back to life

By Michelle J. Brown�Special to the Courier

HONORING THE LEGEND — Ulysses Davis, shown here with hisgood friend Lincoln, makes it his personal responsibility to

educate the Southwest and the world on the history and contri-bution of the famed Buffalo Soldiers.

ily — accompanied by his thoroughbred horse,Lincoln — caravan to schools, rodeos, parades,fairs and special events spreading the historic“news” about the Buffalo Soldiers.

To honor Davis’ efforts to educate peopleabout the Buffalo Soldiers, a New Mexico art-ist is casting 250 limited editions of bronzemaquette statues. Currently in final production,the statue is 24 inches from base to flag tip,and is slated to be available for ordering thisfall via the Phoenix Gallery in Ruidoso, N.M.The fine art statues by sculptor WandaDansereau will retail for $2250, with proceedsbenefiting the restoration of historic FortStanton, about 18 miles north of Ruidoso.

Dansereau plans to eventually create a oneand one-half times life-size solid bronze rep-lica to be posted permanently at Fort Stanton’smain entrance.

Dansereau firstread about Davisin a New Mexicomagazine articledetailing his par-ticipation in statehistorical reenact-ment events. His activities struck a chord withDansereau, who contacted Davis about the artproject for Fort Stanton. He readily agreed andhas served as model for her creations via pho-tos and posed sessions.

His favorite activity is riding horseback, es-pecially in the parades. Long a fan of westerndress, Davis thrives on the parades and the at-tention he receives because it gives him achance to explain to people who the BuffaloSoldiers were and what they were about.

“It’s so important for people to understand,especially students,” he said. “I would’ve givenanything to have known about the Buffalo Sol-diers and other seldom-heard facts about blacks

in the Old West when I was a kid.“During the 1850s, the peak of slavery in

the eastern U.S., there were entire black town-ships in the West. From the politicians and civicleaders on down, there were cities completelypopulated by blacks. No one tells people that.”

Another example of little-known history,Davis says, is that despite the attention giventhe Pony Express as the most well-known mailservice of the 19th century, it really only lasted18 months. And it wasn’t the government — itwas subcontracted. The Buffalo Soldiers, how-ever, transported mail cross country for morethan 20 years.

“You don’t ever hear about these facts in his-tory,” said Davis, a 45-year-old former self-employed custom framer who now, ironically,works as a mail handler on the graveyard shift

for the U.S. PostalService. It wasmore lucrativeand secure thanhis frame shop. “Ivisited the PostOffice museum inWashington, D.

C. and went through the entire exhibit. Not oneword about the Buffalo Soldiers and their con-tributions is mentioned. I was shocked.”

Fraught with inaccuracies and oversights,American history books also usually fail tomention that Buffalo Soldiers comprised the24th and 25th Infantries (condensed from theformer 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st) and the 9thand 10th Cavalries.

From 1866 to World War II, thousands ofthe soldiers worked to help settle the West, pro-tecting settlers and travelers from war-driven Native Americans and bushwhackers,

“They’re incredibly inspirational.They had the worst horses, the

worst equipment, hand-me-downclothes and boots, yet…”

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HORIZON — It always amazesme the things we humans will eat.

I used to threaten to put peas andbeans along the edge of the counterin the kitchen. My toddlers wouldn’teat the vegetables off their plate, butthey would happily put any kind ofunmentionable off the floor in theirmouths.

Grown ups aren’t one bit different.I had a friend that used to make

what he called “chemical pie,” ahead-start version of cheesecake in abox. Instead of the time and effortinvolved with mixing real creamcheese, powdered sugar and fruit,you just add a little milk and whipthis stuff into shape. He would say,tongue in cheek, that it had a “shelf-life of ten million years.”

It tasted great but it did little forthe nutritional well-being of the hu-man body.

It is equally amazing the things thathumans consider delicacies — in-cluding oysters, crab, lobster andshrimp, which are all commonlyknown to be “bottom-feeders” —apparatus that thrive on the sludge ofnature’s water systems — and theydon’t even taste good.

We visited some friends down inCentral Texas one time who had beenout doing some “frog-gigging.” Theycut the legs off, dipped them in bat-ter and deep fried them. When theypulled the frogs’ appendages out ofthe fat they looked for all the worldlike little men’s legs.

They said it tasted like chicken.Muddy chicken.

A few years ago, we were told thatbutter was bad for us. We should usevegetable oil margarine instead. Theslicky stuff, artificially whipped intocolorful plastic bowls was, admit-tedly, easier to spread if you couldkeep it on the knife. It has since beendeclared to contain “trans-fats,” far

Food for

thoughtworse for the human body than but-ter. I happily switched back.

My kids love this candy called“Warheads.” Who knows what is init, but it leaves one awful sensationon the human tongue. The more ex-treme the sensation the more popu-lar the candy.

Go figure.I love getting burned by a good,

hot jalapeño, but that is, of course,different. I’m the mom.

Some witty person told me oncethat you should eat foods that werefull of preservatives because it would“preserve” your health. I don’t thinkso.

I like to eat out, but not very often.You begin to think about what is hap-pening back there in the kitchen andyou remember that documentary yousaw recently on TV where the cookdrops the meat on the floor, but picksit up and slaps it on the grill anyway.Or the one where the guy sends hisfood back for some reason and thecook spits on it, heats it up, and sendsit back out.

We do all sorts of things to our foodto preserve it, dress it up, dress itdown, make it look like somethingit’s not, and make it taste like some-thing it isn’t. We shape it, mold it,grill it, fry it, freeze it, burn it and eatit raw.

Some of it is good for us and a lotof it isn’t. We’re just as likely to cooksomething that would be better forus if we ate it raw, and eat raw thethings that would be better cooked.

We use food to tell people we lovethem and we punish our kids by send-ing them to bed without any. We writesongs and poems about it, includingone about a girl and a spider, andsomething called “curds and whey.”

We even have sayings like “I’m

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AUSTIN — Few will soon forgetthe trauma and devastation initiatedby the Sept. 11 acts of terrorism. Asthe nation grieves for the victims andthe families of the thousands who losttheir lives, it’s important to recognizethat everyone has been affected insome, mental health experts are ad-vising.

“With instantaneous informationavailable through the media, we wereall in New York, Washington D.C.and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11,” saysKaren F. Hale, commissioner of theTexas Department of Mental Healthand Mental Retardation, and south-ern regional representative of theNational Association of State Men-tal Health Program Directors.

“It’s important that supervisors,teachers, spouses, and friends recog-nize that we all suffer and in verydifferent ways. It is essential that themental health needs of everyone areconsidered, particularly children andelderly,” she said.

Terrorism effects may be longterm, coping resources offered

Hale advised that Texans strug-gling to cope check their local phonebook for a local Mental Health Au-thority, or log on to the numerouswebsites to be listed in this article.

Trauma experts with the NationalDepressive and Manic-DepressiveAssociation (DMDA) said this weekthat sharing and caring are the bestresponse to terror, and talking outyour feelings in a group setting canbe very helpful because each mem-ber shares the same terror.

While each person reacts differ-ently there are some basic guidelinesthat help people deal with trauma,according to Carol Ferguson, Certi-fied Human Relations Profession ofthe Towhey Consulting Group.

• In addition to talking about theexperience, people should not bottleup nor minimize the strength of theirfeelings about the event.

• Try to maintain as normal a rou-tine as possible to rebuild a sense ofsecurity and normalcy.

• Exercise, even if it is only mild,because it will relieve the stress builtup from mental anguish.

• Reduce consumption of caffeineand tobacco, and avoid alcohol anddrugs. These all are mood alteringdevices that impair perceptions.

• If you can’t sleep, don’t lay in bedand worry. Get up and do somethingproductive until you are tired enoughto fall asleep.

• Limit media consumption andavoid re-living the trauma in yourmind.

• Eat on your regular schedule,even if it is only a few bites, but donot consume candy bars and sweetjunk food, as the post-sugar crash willworsen the situation.

Hale said information is availableto the public atw w w . m h m r . s t a t e . t x . u s /CentralOffice/PublicInformation/DirectoryOfServicesWHAT.htmlwhich can provide referral to otheronline disaster relief resources.

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View from the porch By Linda Mussehl

When Cousin Twyla stoppedby last week, she exercised hergood country manners byhonking and waiting by her truckfor me to come out and greet her.We stood by her truck for a

minute, giving me time to see her truck gun, a .38revolver, on the seat on top of the usual scrabble oftally books, pink feed store carbons, Cut-Heal and herknitting.

“Now don’t you go givin’ me a hard time on that,”Twyla said. “I’m upset enough. First time in my life Iever held a gun on a person face-to-face, and then itwas a dressed-up town lady to boot. She looked likeshe was dolled up to go to a ladies’ meetings.”

Twyla was upset, running up and down conversa-tional rabbit trails. I invited her in and made us a freshpot of coffee.

“Out here, I go for months and forget my little re-volver is there under the seat. Remembered it today,though,” Twyla said.

“As long as I was out this way, I stopped in to checkon Grandma’s old house. It’s set empty for so longnow and is so close to the road, I like to go regularand look things over to make sure nobody’s messin’with it.

“When I came around that last curve, I saw a newcar, a big ol’ fancy Lincoln, in the drive. I pulled upclose enough to block it in.

“At first I didn’t see anybody around, so I got scaredand dug around under the seat to find my little gun,just in case.

“Then I saw her, that town lady, hunkered down bythe house, turnin’ cats out of a pillowcase. A mama

Twyla’s armed but not very dangerouscat and six half-grown kittens. She was a-floppin’ thatpillowcase at them, trying to shoo them back fartherunder the house. The mama was rubbing around herankles, and just wouldn’t shoo.

“That just made me so mad. If she could afford themclothes and that big car, she could afford to pay thefee at the county pound if she didn’t want the catsaround. Or she could kill them herself, quick and clean,rather than let them die slow out here. I just hate tosee a dumb critter suffer because somebody is toocheap or lazy to do right by them.

“You know how Grandma’s house is pier-and beam,set up on them blocks? It’s all cool and shady underthere. Grandma used to make George and her otherboys clear the rattlers out every year or so. That hasn’tbeen done for a long while, though.

“Anyhow, I told her, real quiet-like, that I’d seenseven cats and she’d just better gather them all up andtake them back to town with her. She looked at me,looked at my little gun, and just shimmed right onunder that house real slick. I had to ask her to go backunder there a second time though, because her firsttrip was shy one head. Guess she didn’t think I couldcount that high.

“Lordy, that woman was a mess. She was all cob-webby and dirty, and her nylons were shredded. Shehollered ugly things at me and stomped back to hercar, carrying her bag of cats. Then she peeled out,slingin’ gravel.

“It ended up okay. She didn’t get snake-bit. Really,I would have felt bad for her if she had. I’ve beenwonderin’ ever since if the other ladies at her mis-sionary society or Junior League meeting know thatshe knows all them words she used.”

City of SocorroPUBLIC NOTICE

ORDER OF SPECIAL ELECTIONFOR THE CITY OF SOCORRO

An election is hereby ordered to be held on November 6,2001 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the purpose of: Adoptinga Charter for the City of Socorro.

Early voting in person shall be conducted at Socorro HighSchool, 10150 Alameda Ave., beginning Monday, October22, 2001, and continue through Friday, November 2, 2001from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on each day which is not a Saturday,Sunday, or an official state holiday.

The early voting ballot applications and ballots by mailmay be sent to Helen Jamison, County ElectionsDepartment, 500 E. San Antonio, Room 402, El Paso,Texas 79901.

Precincts Polling Place Address108 Hilley Elementary 693 Rio Vista

109 Socorro High School 10150 Alameda

110 Escontrias Elementary School 205 Buford Rd.

155 Campestre Elementary School 11399 Socorro Rd.

Issued this 16th day of September, 2001.

Amado D. Padilla, MayorCity of Socorro

ORDEN DE ELECCION ESPECIALPARA LA CUIDAD DE SOCORRO

Por la presente se ordena que se llevara a cabo una eleccionel 6 de noviembre, 2001 con el propositio de: Adoptar elActa Constitutiva para la Cuidad de Socorro.

Votacion temprana en persona se llevara a cabo en SocorroHigh School, 10150 Alameda Ave., comenzando el lunes,22 de Octobre de 2001, y continuara hasta el viernes, 2de Noviembre de 2001 desde las 8 a.m. hasta las 5 p.m.todos los dias que no sean sábado, domingo, o dia oficialde vacaciones estatales.

La direccion postal de la secretaria de votacion deantemano para votar por correro y a donde se puedanenviar solicitudes para balotas y enviar las balotas con votoses: Helen Jamison, County Elections Department, 500E. San Antonio, Room 402, El Paso, Texas 799011.

Precincto Lugar de Votacion Domicilio108 Hilley Elementary 693 Rio Vista

109 Socorro High School 10150 Alameda

110 Escontrias Elementary School 205 Buford Rd.

155 Campestre Elementary School 11399 Socorro Rd.

Emitada este dia 16 de septiembre, 2001.

Amado D. Padilla, AlcaldeCuidad de Socorro

WTCC: 10/11/01

Dear Editor:In August of 1997, a group of Ko-

rean War veterans and interested citi-zens met and resolved that the Ko-rean War would no longer be over-looked, ignored or forgotten. Thefoundation for the Korean War Vet-erans National Museum and Librarywas established.

The project, to be located inTuscola, Illinois, will include a mu-seum, library and convention center.The museum will have several gal-leries, the research library will pro-vide students and researchers accessto documentary and educational ma-terials, and the convention center willprovide a gathering place for those

affected by the war and its aftermathto come together, share memoriesand reflect.

The Korean War Veterans NationalMuseum and Library will be a last-ing tribute to educate al generationsabout “the forgotten war” and thecontributions that American andUnited Nations forces made to pro-tect democracy.

We invite everyone to becomecharter members of our non-profitorganization and to take an active rolein our project.

For information, call our office at(217) 253-5813, e-mail tokwmuseum@advancenet.net or visitw e b s i t ewww.theforgottenvictory.org.

Robert H. KennyBoard PresidentTuscola, Illinois

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escorting cattle drives and keepingthe mail service moving. Many alsoserved on crews building forts andbridges as well as telegraph lines.

Born and raised on a farm in Vir-ginia, it was the post-WWII inte-grated Army that first brought Davisto Fort Bliss, Texas, in El Paso, in1983. The former U.S. Army sergeantand his wife, Karen, who teaches atan area high school, and 12-year-olddaughter, Alyssa, run a two-acrehorse farm in El Paso’s Lower Val-ley with equestrian borders, completewith rabbits and pygmy goats raisedfor shows. He also has a 25-year-oldson from a previous marriage.

Alyssa has become so prolific withher riding that she won the 2001crown of Junior Rodeo Princess forthe Southern New Mexico State Fair.With that prize, she makes many ofher own horseback appearances andtogether, father and daughter cover alot of parades.

Recently, Davis performed with

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Lincoln during the Billy the KidDays’ parade in Lincoln, NewMexico, where William “Billy theKid” Bonney was killed and the siteof the infamous Lincoln County Warsof the 1870s. The pair also appearedthis year in El Paso’s 200-year-oldcemetery Concordia for the “WalkThrough History.”

“Lincoln (his horse) was perfect allday long, so patient and responsive,looking really regal,” recalls Davis.“Then he started to tire a bit towardsthe end and yawned and at that mo-ment, an El Paso Times photographershot the picture picked up by the APwire service. (It) was publishedacross the country and around theworld. I have clips from as far awayas Stars and Stripes in Korea. It lookslike he’s laughing but he’s reallyyawning. Of all the photos taken thatday, that’s the one that made the frontpage. It was a riot!”

It was during his previous hobbyas a regional headliner on the dragrace circuit that Davis saw picturesof the Buffalo Soldiers that a clientbrought him for framing. Havingnever heard of the Buffalo Soldier,

except for the famous early 1980’sBob Marley tune, he proceeded to re-search the topic at the public libraryand was amazed at what he discov-ered.

“I never knew they existed, muchless all they did to help pave the wayfor the settling of the West,” he said.“They were fearless fighters of theApache and worked in virtually ev-ery other aspect of protection andservice.

“They’re incredibly inspirational,”explains Davis. “They had the worsthorses, the worst equipment, hand-me-down clothes and boots, yetthrough all that they succeeded intheir missions. Desertion rates werethe lowest, re-enlistment was thehighest but treatment was the worstamong all Army units.

“There’s just so much that’s impor-tant, so much to be proud of.” Davis’own grandfather, born in the 1860s,was a slave. “I knew him. I remem-ber. He lived to be over 100. That’s avery powerful tie to this time period.”

At about the time of Davis’ re-search, his daughter became activein horseback riding and eventually

they bought a horse.He decided that generating aware-

ness of the Buffalo Soldiers by por-traying one,which wentalong wellwith thefamily’s newlove ofhorses, wasthe best wayhe could tellpeople aboutthem. Refer-encing pic-tures, he hada uniformshop piece to-gether hiscavalry uni-form.

“It’s nottruly authen-tic, but it getspeople’s at-tention,” saidDavis, a one-time performance roller skater. “Itake a very low-key approach butpeople come to me. Veterans often

salute as I go by.” That all began in1998 and he’s been performing 12-15 times a year since. His current

special eventshow in-volves gal-loping at full-speed tostaked bal-loons ands h o o t i n gthem withb l a n k s ,which are ef-fective atabout 10 feet.This is oftenfollowed by asaber chargewhere hechops theheads off let-tuce andpicks offposted ringsat blindingspeeds.

In the first days of Buffalo Soldierreenactments, Davis rode his palo-mino mare, Mercedes, who capturedhearts everywhere they went. Aftersuccumbing to colic last year, horselovers and the community raised anddonated hundreds of dollars forDavis, who used the money forMercedes’ vet bills. Then he receivedfour-year-old Lincoln as a gift fromTherapeutic Horsemanship of ElPaso, which works with emotionally,mentally and physically challengedchildren and adults using“hippotherapy,” the term for usingthe horse as a physical and emotionalrehabilitation tool.

“Mercedes was such a faithfulcompanion and tireless performer,”recalls Davis. “It was difficult to ad-just without her, but Lincoln and Ihave developed real respect and af-fection for each other. Just the otherday, we were working on our sabercharge and he did it perfectly. It wasso exciting, such a thrilling experi-ence to share!”

It’s this special relationship betweenman and horse that helped spawn theconcept for the Fort Stanton statue.And Davis is not new to the status ofmodel for statues. In 1999, an El Pasoartist worked with him to create thelife-size Buffalo Soldier monumentguarding the Airport Road/Robert E.Lee Gate to Fort Bliss. That statue, co-incidentally, was already underwaywhen Davis began his appearances. Hecaught the artist’s attention, prompt-ing him to take advantage of Davis’appearance and expertise in portray-ing his subject.

While the Ft. Bliss monument hon-ors the Buffalo Soldiers as a whole,the Fort Stanton project recognizesUlysses Davis himself for his effortson behalf of the Buffalo Soldiers.

“It’s really an incredible honor,”said Davis. “This should help gener-ate much more attention for the Buf-falo Soldiers. Ideally, it may lead togetting the right company or spon-sor to work with me and help financethis historically-driven venture. Itcould easily be a full-time mission.

“Students are often clueless abouthistory. It’s not taught like it used tobe. Most haven’t even heard ofCuster, much less the Buffalo Soldier.I’ve polled them all over the countryand there’s so much they don’t know.It’s shameful. Hopefully Lincoln andI can help rectify that and set therecord straight. It’s important to ourculture, our heritage and to the realhistory of America.”__________________________________(Limited Edition CommemorativeBronze Sculpting featuring the Buf-falo Soldier, entitled “ RespectedWarrior” and created by New MexicoArtist Wanda Dansereau, is availableby contacting the Phoenix Gallery at1-866-777-8115 or 1-505-378-1438,fax 1-505-378-1506 or email atclassicbr@zianet.com orwww.phoenix-classic.com)

Davis and his horse, Lincoln

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reported for duty with the 2ndTransportation Support Battal-ion in Camp Lejeune, N.C. Heis a 2000 graduate of Clint HighSchool.

■ A hiking day at theGuadalupe Peak National Parkshas been scheduled for those notfaint of heart. A strenuous 8.4mile trek, with elevation gain of3,000 feet will be led by JimBell, and the view for the top iswell worth the effort. Call 581-8864 for details on meeting lo-cations and times.

■ Know how save 40 milliongallons of gas a day? Accordingto the Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA), boosting the oc-cupancy of each car used dailyin the U.S. from one to twopeople would do exactly that.Exhaust from automobiles inTexas contributes as much ashalf of the harmful air emissionsthat create air pollution in thestate. Both the EPA and theTexas Natural Resource Conser-vation Commission (TNRCC)are encouraging “Commute So-lutions” with the following sug-gestions: carpool, ride the bus,telework, bicycle or walk. Formore information visit thewww.cleantexasair.org web site.

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EL PASO COUNTY — Arts and business vendors from the greaterEl Paso region seeking exposure and awareness for their goods, ser-vices, talents and expertise may contact the El Paso Convention andPerforming Arts Center for inclusion in their master vendors exhibit-ing database.

Center clients, convention coordinators and meeting planners oftenseek information and contacts for vendors in the region. Interested ven-dors will be included in the Center’s database for primary consider-ation for exhibit space during appropriate conventions and meetings.

“It’s a terrific opportunity for El Paso and regional artisans, craftersand businesses to showcase their creations, people and products,” saidDonna Yecke, association sales manager for the Center. “Nothing istoo big or too small. We work with hundreds of planners and coordina-tors throughout the year who find this information critical to hostingthe most broadbased, inclusive meetings and conventions.”

For inclusion on vendor lists or for more information about exhibitopportunities at the El Paso Convention and Performing Arts Center,contact Association Sales Manager Donna Yecke directly at (915) 534-0614 or email her at dyecke@elpasocvb.com

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Goodwill opens retail center at Carolina and YarbroughBy Michelle J. Brown�Special to the Courier

EL PASO COUNTY — GoodwillIndustries of El Paso has received somany inquiries about monetary do-nation support for New York Good-

will affiliates that the local organiza-tion is accepting donations that it willdirectly forward to New York forhelping the victims of the largest ter-rorist attack in U.S. history. Good-will Industries has operationsthroughout the New York City area.

“El Pasoans are so stunned by (the

recent) turn of events and desperatelywant to help in any way they can,from giving blood to making mon-etary donations for short and long-term recovery efforts,” explainedGoodwill El Paso Executive Direc-tor Linda Saleski. “That’s why we’reaccepting moneys in El Paso that willbe directly sent to help New YorkGoodwill to assist with the devastat-ing after effects of this horrific stringof events.”

Although not a rescue organiza-tion, Goodwill works to assist peoplewith disabilities and other disadvan-tages. She emphasized that New Yorkis making no requests for clothing orgoods at this time, but that monetaryneeds are significant.

Those seeking to donate in El Pasocan make checks out to “GoodwillIndustries” and specify “New York”on the memo line at the bottom. Formore information or details callSaleski at (915) 778-3371.

Meanwhile, citing high trafficcounts, a newly renovated shoppingcenter and proximity to Lowe’s Gro-cery and Family Dollar Store, Good-will Industries of El Paso recentlyopened its 7000 sq. ft. eighth regionalretail center at 1001 Carolina at

Yarbrough on Sept. 16.Goodwill Industries of El Paso

covers southeastern New Mexico andthe Texas counties of El Paso,Hudspeth, Culberson, Jeff Davis andPresidio. Seven retail centers are lo-cated throughout El Paso, plus onein Alamogordo, New Mexico.

“We’ve had countless requests forservice in this area, plus we havewhat people want — bargains ga-lore,” said Saleski. Regular storehours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5p.m. Sundays.

Many shoppers don’t realize thattheir purchases provide job trainingwith services to more than 1000 cli-ents from all walks of life, Saleski said.Job programs support the El Paso com-munity with education and career ser-vices for people with disabilities anddisadvantages such as welfare depen-dency, homelessness, and lack of edu-cation or work experience. Goodwillchannels about 84 percent of its rev-enues directly into these services.

Goodwill provides community-based employment and training pro-grams in a variety of fields, includ-ing financial services, computer pro-gramming, and health care. The

agency earns revenues for its servicesthrough the sale of donated goods inover 1,800 retail stores, and on itsInternet auction site,shopgoodwill.com. Goodwill alsoprovides employment and generatesrevenue through its industrial andcontract services.

For more information about Good-will Industries, call Linda Saleski,executive director of Goodwill Indus-tries of El Paso, at (915) 778-3371.

just going to go eat worms and die,”or, “What am I, chopped liver?”

Wierd.We have some strange ideas

about food and how it relates tous as human beings. We have com-fort food, fast food, gourmet food,ethnic food.

The other day my daughter-in-law was typing an essay on mycomputer. Next to the keyboardwas a bag of candy that looked likeworms. I asked what they were.

Brain food, she said.

FoodFrom Page 2____________________

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ACROSS

1 Like some grapes

5 Odysseus’ dog

10 Ebb’s partner

14 “La Boheme” set-

ting

19 Comfort

20 Talk big

21 Heart burn?

22 Dodge

23 Start of a remark by

116 Across

26 Thirteen, to a baker

27 Paul Newman role

28 Cranny’s compan-

ion

29 Nutritional need

30 Least experienced

31 “_ favor”

32 Vino center

34 “_ _Tiki”

35 Part 2 of remark

45 Ruth’s husband

46 Do nothing

47 City on the Rhone

48 “Typee” sequel

49 It’s kept in a quiver

51 First lady?

52 Clean-air org.

53 “Stupid _” (’58 hit)

54 Mineral suffix

55 Like some buildup

57 _ _tzu

60 Unemployment

62 Highlander’s hat

63 “Not _ can help it!”

64 Actor McGavin

66 MacDowell of

“Green Card”

67 Part 3 of remark

70 Romance

74 Cooling application

75 Logical letters

77 Record players?

80 Most cunning

82 Went jogging

83 Spotless

84 “Bali _”

85 Thrill

86 Spinal _

88 Actress Zetterling

89 Sock

91 Blanchett of “Eliza-

beth”

92 Lose control

94 Successor

95 Sicilian rumbler

96 End of remark

101 Tavern

102 Hoarse horse?

103 “Captain _” (’92

film)

104 Teem

108 _ au lait

110 Face shape

112 Use the microwave

115 Inlet

116 Speaker of remark

120 Try a mouthful

121 Arkansas’ state tree

122 Monitor message

123 Lawrence’s “- and

Lovers”

124 Philanthropist

Brooke

125 Part of DA

126 Chili con -

127 It may be square

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1 Actor Green

2 Neighbor of

Molokai

3 Hand-me-down

4 CSA soldier

5 Soak up

6 Printing process

7 Stare stupidly

8 Dos Passos trilogy

9 Hog heaven?

10 Esther Rolle’s birth-

place

11 Trademark design

12 Hot spot?

13 Word with suit or

blanket

14 Know-it-all

15 Profess

16 Bring down the

house

17 Fateful 15th

18 Conveyed

24 Baseball’s Slaugh-

ter

25 Tenor Schipa

30 Rogers and Clark

31 “The Godfather”

author

32 Carpenter’s tool

33 Canonized Mlle.

34 Make some dough

35 It comes from the

heart

36 Seraglio

37 Fashion model Kim

38 McHale’s outfit

39 Mine find

40 Lofty

41 Basenji or beagle

42 JFK Library archi-

tect

43 Din

44 “The _ Must Be

Crazy” (’80 film)

45 Angler’s danglers

50 1914-18 letters

53 100 yrs.

56 TV’s “Hearts -”

57 Light tool

58 Oranjestad’s locale

59 Phantom instru-

ment

61 Time for chores?

64 Bashful’s buddy

65 Bird-to-be

68 “Clash of the _” (’81

film)

69 Pipsqueak

70 Islamic deity

71 Mazda model

72 Mid-size band

73 Arthur Godfrey prop

76 Cal. page

77 Delhi wrap

78 Day trip

79 “The Ramayana”

heroine

80 Faction

81 Besmirch

83 Settled a debt

87 Orchestra’s place

88 Blend

90 Boxer Spinks

92 Await judgment

93 Medicinal plant

94 Garden implement

97 Thwart

98 Hurler Hershiser

99 Prophet

100 Barbie or Ken

104 Actress Nielsen

105 Nonvenomous

snakes

106 Boot out

107 Till

108 Voucher

109 “_ No Sunshine”

(’71 hit)

110 Barbra’s “Funny

Girl” co-star

111 Like Narcissus

112 Utah National Park

113 _ Domini

114 Nuisance

116 Hydrotherapy site

117 Common Mkt.

118 Singer Sumac

119 Request

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United States speedskater Derek Parra andhis wife are expecting their first child in De-cember. In fact, he got a glimpse of his unborndaughter via ultrasound recently and he beamedjust like an expectant father should.

There’s just one complication. He’s been liv-ing and training in Utah since last Decemberwhile at the same time his wife has been livingin Florida. Confused? I don’t blame you.

Even though Parra and his wife, Tiffany,decided to live in separate places last year— he’s in Utah to train for the 2002 WinterGames and she’s in Florida with her family— they remain very much in love and inclose contact.

You see, even though they decided it wasbest to sacrifice for the chance of his winninga medal at the Olympics, they do spend sometime together every couple of months.

Well, on one of those occasions a little babyappeared on the scene and like I said earlier,Derek got to see his little daughter-to-be, onvideotape.

With some of his teammates on hand, Parra

Tales from three cities

Utah ice, Salt Lake City not so nice, and Louisiana guard on real thin iceBy Steve Escajeda�

Special to the Courier

played the tape of his hyper baby over the VCRwith one buddy saying that it looked as if shewas doing some dryland jumps. I guess that’sspeedskate humor.

Anyway, it’s going to be pretty easy to rootfor the 31-year-old Parra in Utah. This willlikely be his last chance at an Olympic medal.

Parra came within an eyelash of competingin the 1998 Nagano Olympics when, as an al-ternate, a spot on the team had opened up. Hewas devastated the next day when the otherskater decided to stay after all.

Parra didn’t let the incident end his ca-reer. He has trained harder than ever and ithas paid off.

Parra is a favorite to win some kind of medalat the upcoming games.

And if he does, I’ve got a feeling he willcherish it and think of it as only the second-best thing he received this winter.

Police stateIsaac Austin has played in the NBA for nine

years and for seven different teams so his faceshould be pretty well known.

He was recently recognized in Salt LakeCity, but it wasn’t until after he was detainedby about 20 Salt Lake police officers and

then set free.Seems Austin and his personal chef, Melvin

Brown, were driving home late one night whenAustin noticed he was being followed by apolice car.

After about 10 minutes, several squad carspulled Austin’s car over. When Austin got outof the car several officers drew their weaponsand ordered him back into the vehicle.

An officer then opened Austin’s door andforced him out of the car at gunpoint. Aus-tin was handcuffed, even though he knewthat the officers were aware of who he wasbecause he said one of them even called himby name.

What angered Austin the most is that he wasnever told why he was detained and after a 20-minute search of his vehicle, Austin and hisfriend were then told they were free to leave.

Austin may have left, but now he is suingthe police force for stopping him for, as he putsit, “being black.”

I don’t know if that’s the reason the copsstopped him, but it seems as about as good asany I can think of.

When asked to comment on the incident,police captain Scott Atkinson declined to doso. Sometimes silence is more deafening than

the spoken word.

Guard’s season overLouisiana Tech guard Lawrence Williams will

not be playing basketball for the Bulldogs thisseason, but that is the very least of his worries.

Seems Williams got into a recent fight withhis girlfriend and apparently was still prettysteamed about it afterwards. He was so steamedthat he pulled his car alongside hers, pulled outa handgun and fired a single shot at her.

The bullet lodged in her car door and no-body was hurt.

Authorities arrested Williams and chargedhim with attempted second-degree murder. Butthings didn’t end there for the 23-year-old col-lege senior.

Williams, not to be deterred by a mere mur-der charge, was also charged with discharginga firearm in the city of Ruston, La., illegal useof a weapon, resisting an officer by flight, pos-session of marijuana and possession of mari-juana with intent to distribute.

Wow, I wonder if he ever accomplished thatmuch in the classroom?

For all of his deeds Williams’ was rewardedwith a bond set at $99,000, and, may I say,every penny of it was deserved.

The staff at the school-based Kellogg Com-munity Partnership Health Education Centeris inviting the community to an Open House.

The event will offer the public free medicalscreenings for diabetes, high blood pressureand obesity.

Other vital wellness and disease preventionInformation about hypertension, diabetes, highcholesterol and weight loss will also be offered.

A tour of the Health Center will be given tovisitors along with an opportunity to meet theFamily Nurse Practitioner Dayle Alexander andDr. Arthur Islas.

Pree snacks and drinks will be availablealong with door prizes donated by local de-partment stores, restaurants and florists.

Other entertainment will also be provided.“I am fairly new to the community and look

forward to introducing myself, Arturo IslasMD, and the staff to San Elizario residents,”said Site Manager Alexander, MSN, FNPC.“Our faculty, staff and student team has beenbusy providing services ranging from immu-nizations to prenatal care, to treating people

with diabetes.”Community Partnership Director Leticia

Paez, MA, MPA explained that “we are veryproud of our dedicated staff and health profes-sions students and their ongoing efforts im-prove the health status of children and fami-lies in San Elizario.”

The Community Partnership is a collabora-tive health professions education initiative in-volving the UTEP College of Health Sciences,TTUHSC-El Paso, the County of El Paso, theschool districts and the far East El Paso com-munities of San Elizario, Fabens, Socorro andEast Montana.

Under Faculty supervision, over 90 healthprofessions students receive training in fourschool-based health education centers to helpprovide cost effective, quality health care ser-vices to over 9,000 patients each year.

_________________________________Saturday, October 13, 8:00 AM — 12:00 PM

San Elizario Health Education Center

13661 Socorro Road in San Elizario

(Next to the Head Start Center and the Excell Academy)

San Eli clinic, Kellogg Foundation invite community to open house

Site Manager Alexander, MSN, FNPC and Arturo Islas MD, on hand to serve San Elizario.

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GOT A LIFE By Terri Davis

THE SPATS By Jeff Pickering

R.F.D. By Mike Marland

By Don FloodAmong the big losers in the

stock market recently was the en-tertainment industry.

No big surprise here.I may be going out on a limb,

but I’d guess that fewer Americansare going to pay to see “Indepen-dence Day”-style explosions of theWhite House and other prominentlandmarks.

They can watch that at home forfree.

The problem is, for years nowthe film industry has relied on ex-plosions to sell movies.

Here’s your basic action movieformula:

Boy meets girl, explosion; boyloses girl, explosion; man gets intocar, explosion; car chase with ex-plosions, leading up to REALLYBIG EXPLOSIONS.

And that just takes you to theopening credits.

But cutbacks in movie explosions,say industry analysts, could force stu-dios to take extreme measures.

Some say that movies may resortto such unheard-of gimmicks asplots and character development.

Some are even predicting a re-turn to storylines that make sense!

Note to our younger readers: Inthe old days, many directors relied

Now that’s entertainmenton a quaint and cumbersome ap-proach to filmmaking — one that in-volved movies that had a beginning,middle and an end.

Even more extraordinary, the end-ing often followed logically fromevents that took place earlier in themovie, and an attempt was made totie up loose ends.

Actors, too, were more experi-enced. In fact, most leading men wereover the age of 15! Often they had toshave regularly.

As the art of filmmaking pro-gressed, it was learned that plot de-velopment wasted valuable time thatcould be better devoted to explosions.

So plots and character develop-ment were dispensed with, and looseends became the hallmark of the su-perior filmmaking.

Moviemaking has now been re-fined to the point that characters canexchange random dialogue recycledfrom earlier movies.

This saves money on writing andensures that the dialogue doesn’t de-tract from the explosions.

Here’s a scene from the stillunreleased “The Day of Many BigExplosions.”

LEADING WOMAN: May theForce be with you.

(Helicopter explodes.)LEADING MAN: Frankly, my

dear, I don’t give a damn.(Train explodes.)LEADING WOMAN: Go

ahead, make my day.(They kiss; buildings explode.)LEADING MAN: What we have

here is a failure to communicate.(Cars explode.)LEADING WOMAN: I coulda

been a contender.(Kitchen appliances explode.)LEADING MAN: Yo, Adrienne!(Movie theater explodes.)Preview audiences had gener-

ated good buzz about the movie,but now the studio fears that atoned-down version without explo-sions may not work.

There’s even some talk of try-ing to add dialogue that wouldmake sense.

But I wonder, after all theseyears, will we be able to follow anactual plot?

• • •Note: Last week’s column call-

ing for jokes was written before theterrorist attack. While it may seemodd to joke around at a time likethis, I think keeping a sense of hu-mor is important.

So I’m repeating my call: Thesearch for the world’s funniest jokeis on. Please send jokes — theshorter the better — todflood@ezol.com. Please includename, hometown and state.(c) 2001 King Features Synd., Inc.

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There never seems to be a lack ofwell-intentioned, but ill-conceivedideas. A case in point is the NationalCommission on Federal ElectionReform proposal to combine ElectionDay with Veterans Day during even-numbered years. The intent is tomake voting more accessible by ob-serving Veterans Day on the Tuesdayfollowing the first Monday of No-vember, which is when Election Dayis held. By combining Election Daywith a national holiday, so the theorygoes, voters would have more freetime to access their precinct pollingplaces, hence more would vote.

While I’m all for encouraging morecitizens to vote, I can’t imagine chang-ing the date for honoring those whoserved in our nation’s wars, which haslong been Nov. 11. These fine men andwomen sacrificed so much on our be-half, and often suffered extreme hard-ship, injury and death. Is it too muchto ask for a day dedicated solely to theirmemory?

I admit I’m biased toward veterans.I happen to be one, my dad was one,and so were my grandfathers and theirfathers. I also believe the right to voteis sacred. However, I’m convincedvoters — at least those in Texas —have ample opportunities to cast theirballots and don’t need a national holi-day to make their voices heard.

In Texas, early voting is availablefrom the 17th day before ElectionDay, to the fourth day beforehand.During this period of about twoweeks, registered voters can cast theirballots at any early voting site in theircounties, in contrast to Election Day,when they must vote in their precinctpolling places. Some communitieseven have mobile early voting atplaces like senior activity centers,shopping malls and grocery stores.

Don’t mess with Veterans DayIt’s also possible to vote early by

mail in Texas, provided you are ei-ther 65 or older, disabled, or will beout of your county on both ElectionDay and the early voting period. Fordetails on early voting by mail, pleasecontact the early voting clerk in yourcounty, or visit the Texas Secretaryof State’s Web site atwww.sos.state.tx.us.

Surprisingly, only a dozen statesoffered early voting for their citizensprior to last year’s Election Day. AsTexans have clearly shown, manywould rather have a couple of weeksto vote at their convenience, duringnormal hours, at any early voting sitein their counties, than to stand in along line at their precinct pollingplaces on Election Day.

Before we break a time-honoredtradition by moving Veterans Day toElection Day, all states should firstimplement early voting. If that isn’tconvenient enough, I doubt lumpingElection Day with Veterans Day willmake any difference either.

On behalf of our men and womenin uniform, both past and present,please make your feelings known toCongress. Tell them we want Veter-ans Day to remain Veterans Day, andElection Day to remain Election Day.Our veterans and elections are bothvital and merit their own distinctivespecial days, which is how it’s beenfor many decades. Let’s show ourgratitude to America’s veterans bycontinuing to honor them every Nov.11. It may not seem important tosome folks, but it means a lot to thosewho served in our wars, and to thosewho honor them._________________________________(David Dewhurst is the Texas LandCommissioner and Chairman of theTexas Veterans Land Board )

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Santa Fe67/36

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Las Cruces75/50

Deming75/50 Carlsbad

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Amarillo72/42

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Odessa73/50

Lajitas77/51

Ruidoso68/44

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