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Courier to reopenThe business offices of the Courier willreopen on Tuesday, Oct. 1 following abrief closure.

Housing grantThe Organizacion Progresiva of SanElizario was recently awarded a grant of$235,080 through the Single Family Hous-ing, Self-Help Housing Technical assis-tance program of the USDA Rural Devel-opment. Bryan Daniel, state director ofTexas’ branch of USDA Rural Develop-ment, said he was pleased to award thegrant. “The funds will be used to providetechnical assistance required to construct15 homes in San Elizario during a two-year period,” he said. To be eligible forthe funding, the construction site must bein a rural community of less that 20,000population, or on a farm or in open coun-try not closely associated with an urbanarea, and the applicant must meet basiceligibility requirements. For more infor-mation call (915) 855-1229, ext. 4.

Roots and wingsRegion 19 Head Start is hosting its An-nual Parent Training Conference entitled“Parents Give Their Children Roots andWings.” The conference begins Saturday,March 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bowie HighSchool, 801 San Marcial. Topics of dis-cussion include the roles parents play inthe community and at home. Severalparenting sessions will be offered. Formore information call 790-4600.

In other newsIdol of the Moderns: Pierre-Auguste Renoirand American masters will premier at theEl Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) in down-town El Paso on Sunday, Nov. 3, runningthrough Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003. As the onlySouthwest U.S. venue outside San Diego,where the touring exhibition originated, theEl Paso Museum of Art is expecting recordcrowds. The exhibition includes master-pieces by Renoir and works by Americanmasters such as George Bellows, JohnSloan, Marsden Hartley, Guy Péne duBoisand Kenneth Hayes Miller. “The Renoirexhibition offers up-close views of the ac-tual masterpieces to many of us who maynever otherwise get the chance to see aRenoir — or even a Sloan — except in re-productions. That is a treasure for us all.”said Becky Duval Reese, EPMA director.The EPMA staff is preparing for more than100,000 visitors during the show’s four-month run. In addition, area school dis-tricts have booked 15,000-plus students forgroup tours during Idol of the Moderns.While the Museum admission is free tothe public, for Idol of the Moderns a fee— $4.50 for children 6-12 years old, $7.50for adults — will provide the Museumseed money for the next “blockbuster” ex-hibition. Children five and under are free;prearranged school tours of students kin-dergarten through 12th grade are free; andall visitors are free on Thursdays, 9 a.m.to 9 p.m. For more information, phone the

HORIZON CITY — The Town of Hori-zon City Police Department has concentratedits efforts on getting the community involvedin assisting the Police Department in mak-ing Horizon City a safe place for its resi-dents. At the most recent Town Hall meet-ing held on Sept. 10, Police Chief AntonioAguilar recognized three community mem-bers for their quick action in saving the livesof people who had been involved in an acci-dent.

On Aug. 29, 2002, there was a motor ve-hicle accident involving two pick-up trucksthat crashed head-on on Darrington Road.Before any emergency vehicles arrived at thescene, Rosalie Apodaca and her dad, RayApodaca, quickly rendered assistance to thepeople involved in the accident. They alsonotified authorities of the accident andwaited until the victims of the accident re-ceived medical attention from the emergencymedical personnel. Chief Aguilar presentedMs. Apodaca, who is 16 years old, and herfather, Ray Apodaca with certificates of ap-preciation for their assistance at the scene ofthe accident.

In another incident, a young communitymember was recognized for her efforts. OnAug. 12, 2002, nine-year-old Alexis Frescas,along with her younger brother, Michael, hadjust been brought home from school by theirgrandmother. Alexis’ grandmother had anepileptic seizure causing her to injure her-self. Due to Alexis’ quick thinking and ac-tion, she alerted the necessary authorities ofthe injury to her grandmother and theyquickly arrived on the scene to render aid.Chief Aguilar expressed his gratitude to Ms.Frescas for her courage. He presented herwith a Certificate of Appreciation for get-ting involved and making a difference.

In other Town business:• A Public Hearing was held regarding the

2nd Reading on Ordinance No. 0101 - Au-thorizing the Collection of Property Taxesand Setting the Tax Rate FY2002-2003.There was no public input therefore, MayorPat Randleel closed the meeting and

City Council approved a tax rate of.258900 for the fiscal year of 2002-2003which would be 25.89 cents per $100 valueof the tax payer’s property. City Council-man Keith McClellan was the one nay votefor the tax rate and Councilwomen Beasleyand Sellers were not present at the meeting.

• Council considered and took action re-garding a Memorandum of Understandingfor a School Resource Officer Program withthe Clint Independent School District. Po-lice Chief Aguilar explained to City Coun-cil this would be a combined effort with theClint ISD where the school district wouldbe responsible for the salaries and the Townof Horizon City would provide the officerand the vehicle. The officer would mostlikely be concentrating his efforts at thenew Horizon Middle School but wouldalso be available to assist at the otherHorizon City/Clint Schools and even pos-sibly assist at the Mountain View HighSchool in East Montana.

By Arleen Beard�Special to the Courier

Horizon citizensnoted for efforts tosave lives of others

EAST EL PASO COUNTY — Low-incomechildren living in the Horizon area will get ahead start with their education followingcompletion by the Region 19 Head Start pro-gram of a 12-class-room pre-school andwellness center. Thenew Pete Duarte HeadStart and ChildWellness Center is ex-pected to be com-pleted by November2002. It is a collabo-rative effort betweenRegion 19, the ClintIndependent SchoolDistrict and TexasTech Health ScienceCenter.

The partnership be-tween Texas Tech andHead Start is the firstsuch partnership for aHead Start Center. TheChild Wellness Centerbeing built adjacent tothe preschool centeroffers a unique oppor-tunity to serve thewellness needs of the Horizon community, offi-cials said. Health services such as immunizations,physical and dental examinations and other pri-mary health care will be available to the chil-dren and families through the collaboration.

“This center is a reality for the whole com-munity, that is to see that every child has itsown medical home,” said Dr. Gilbert Handal,Pediatrics Regional Chairman for Texas Tech.

Horizon’s Head Start pioneerspartnership with Texas Tech

“Linked with education and health we shouldhave better children tomorrow.”

The Region 19 Head Start Program is cur-rently enrolling children into the center. The

center will accommo-date more than 250children in 12 class-rooms and will offermorning and after-noon sessions as wellas a full-day session.It will also have a li-brary to promote lit-eracy.

For Head Start Di-rector, BlancaEnriquez, the centerfulfills a much-neededservice for the HorizonCity community. “Thissite will meet the grow-ing need for a pre-school center in thearea,” she said. “Wehave found that thepopulation in this com-munity will bring fortha lot of families withchildren that will need

the services a Head Start program provides.”The Region 19 Head Start Program is a fed-

erally funded program that provides educa-tional opportunities and services to enhance thequality of life for economically challengedchildren and families. It is home to the thirdlargest Head Start Program in the state of Texasserving more than 3,800 children throughoutEl Paso and Hudspeth counties.

The center will accommodate more than 250children in 12 classrooms and will offermorning and afternoon sessions as well asa full-day session.

EL PASO COUNTY — Featuring the ico-nography-rich work of El Paso-raised artistPedro Rios Martinez, the Chamizal NationalMemorial Los Paisanos Gallery will officiallyopen the Twenty-Ninth Chamizal Festival onFriday, Oct. 11 with a reception for the artist at5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Immediately following the reception at 8 p.m.,the festivities will move to the theatre whereaudiences can enjoy the driving rhythm of Lulu’sFate with their original instrumental and vocals,including four-part harmony influenced by old-time, chamber music and Caribbean styles. Thesix piece ensemble is primarily from the Wash-ington, D.C. area. It is centered around the twocomposers and multi-instrumentalists of thegroup, Tom Espinola and Steve Smith of LasCruces, N.M. Both perform on mandolin, gui-tars, mandolas, mandocellos and vocals. Othergroup members are: Joellen Perry, ChristenJones, James Mclaughlin and Ira Gitlin.

The rhythmic high of Nosotros begins at 9

29th Annual Chamizal Festival opens Oct. 11 with art, musicp.m. with their signature Afro-Cuban, LatinJazz with Randy Sanchez, Shane Derk, GeneWatkins, John Lucero and Felipe Roybal.Nosotros, now based in Albuquerque, hasstrong links to the El Paso community.

“It will be quite a night,” Arts Director Vir-ginia Ness, said. “It’s always fun when a com-munity can come together and celebrate itself— it’s even better when the art and the musicare simply fantastic.”

All events for the opening festivities are opento the public without charge.

The Chamizal Festival will run through theweekend of Oct. 12-13 and will feature over 30presentations including music, dance, workshopsand storytelling. Nineteen traditional artisans arealso participating. Festival hours are 1 - 7 p.m.

Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso’s Na-tional Park, is located at 800 South San Marcialbetween Bowie High School and the Bridge ofthe Americas. For additional information call915 532-7273.

UPPER VALLEY — By unanimous vote,Canutillo Independent School District Boardof Trustees appointed Sergio Coronado, an at-torney, to fill the Board’s vacant position thatwas held previously by Linda Samples whoresigned in July to attend law school at theUniversity of Michigan.

Coronado, 42, has a private law practice inEl Paso. He has lived in the Canutillo District

Canutillo ISD school board selects attorney to fill vacant seatsince 1969. He graduated from Canutillo HighSchool in 1978. He earned a Bachelor of Sci-ence degree from the University of Texas at ElPaso in 1982 and a law degree from the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin in 1988.

“I was raised in the Canutillo area, and I amaware of the challenges that our district faces.Now, I am in a position and I have the experi-ence to be able to give back to my commu-nity,” Coronado said.

Coronado is married to Kathy, a 1983 gradu-ate of Canutillo High School. They have threechildren: Katherine, Elizabeth, and Christopher.

By Alfredo Vasquez�Special to the Courier

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We all know her.She’s the woman who has it together 24-7, or so it

seems. Her kids are well behaved, at least when peopleare looking. She carpools, works, volunteers at church,smiles all the time, sits on several boards, takes in or-phaned critters, and wouldn’t be caught dead in a fast-food lane for dinner.

Did I mention that her house is always clean and shethrows the greatest birthday parties for her kids?

This woman can handle anything — at least she wantsyou to think that.

She’s Mommy-the-Great. TaaaaaaaaDaaaaaaaaa.I know what you’re thinking. You have someone in

mind — a neighbor, sister or friend, some obsessive-compulsive person who you think fits this description.

Don’t let your mind wander that far. It’s someone nearand dear to you. Here’s a hint: look in the mirror.

But I fed my kids peanut butter and jelly sandwicheslast night for dinner and sent my husband to work thismorning wearing holey underwear, you say. I’m not anoverachieving, sleep-deprived mother and wife whomoves from one project to the next fueled only by Folgersand the fear that my mother-in-law will drop in and in-spect my showers, you reason.

Think again.Mommy-the-Greats are different from moms who truly

want to do a good job taking care of their families. MTGsdon’t understand the concept that a nurtured mama equalsa nurtured family. They’re always on the move, havelittle time for themselves, and are motivated predomi-nately by what other people might think of them.

Not convinced that you’re running yourself ragged for

For Sanity’s SakeBy Taprina Milburn

Mommy-the-Great

the sake of putting up a good front? Take this quiz.You’re a Mommy-the-Great if ...— you spent a week designing and stuffing your kid’s

birthday party treat bags only to redesign them the nightbefore the party.

— when your child shows up at the breakfast tablewearing an outfit that doesn’t match, you march him backto his room to change. My Lord, what would people thinkof you if he were seen looking like that?

— you’ve worked so hard on such joyous occasionsas family get-togethers, wedding parties and school fes-tivals that you have a permanent “Are we having funyet?” look on your face.

— when you sit down to watch a television programyou’re asleep within 10 minutes.

— when the doorbell rings you shove the dirty dishesinto the cabinets because your dishwasher is already fullof last night’s dirty dishes.

— you feel guilty for taking the time to talk to othermoms and regret admitting to them that you don’t haveit all together.

The biggest problem I see with moms today, myself in-cluded, is that we try to outdo each other, worry entirelytoo much about whether or not our houses are clean enoughfor company, and rarely do we sit down with other women— free of our crown, scepter and regal robe — to open upand share our struggles and imperfections.

I don’t think we need to stop going the extra mile or refuseto clean our houses. Nor should we resign from our roles ascommunity leaders or cease to add the special touches to ourfamily celebrations. But we have to stop being motivated byguilt and what THEY, whoever THEY are, think.

So take off that crown and lose the scepter. Call an-other MTG and allow her to do the same. Drop theMommy-the-Great title so you can get down to the busi-ness of truly being a good mom and wife.______________________________________________________

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Crisis management is a tough wayto live. That makes America a prettytough place.

We don’t quit smoking until we getseriously ill.

We don’t believe our kids could dodrugs until they get arrested.

Preventive maintenance or ourcars? Couldn’t prove it by me as Idrive down the highway breathing inthe poisonous exhaust of a real smok-ing doozy.

There was a saying a long time agothat an ounce of prevention wasworth a pound of cure. Ah, how I longfor the day when that actually meantsomething.

For a nation with so many laws,we are among the most lawless —because no one wants to accept be-ing told what to do, especially when“nobody got hurt.”

Laws are fine as long as they don’tapply to us individually.

We’ve become a society so inun-dated with rules, regulations and lawsthat they no longer mean anythingand law enforcement doesn’t rou-tinely enforce them.

Whatever you can get away withis not subject to punishment. In otherwords, human misbehavior doesn’tcount until something bad happens.And then it only matters so that blamemay be assessed and there is an ad-dress to which the bill may be sent.

On any given day in El Paso I canwatch a police cruiser sit in plainsight of a flagrant traffic violation andnot do a thing about it because, well,nobody got hurt.

And you can’t really blame thepolice. They are there to serve soci-ety, and we’ve become a society ofno harm, no foul, because that is theway we want it.

We had an elected official in El

Wait untilit happens

Paso recently screaming to highheaven because he got a traffic ticket.Did he do it? Sure he did, he admits,but he blames the police officer forbeing over zealous and politicallymotivated in writing him up insteadof just giving him a warning.

With all the road construction go-ing on in East El Paso, I was at firstglad to see the police cars with flash-ing lights sitting at major intersec-tions that had their lanes re-config-ured with orange barrels.

Then I was aghast, frustrated, andfinal resigned to the fact they arethere as little more that official wit-nesses who can testify after the acci-dent occurs, because they sure aren’tgoing to give anybody a ticket for notfollowing the rules.

But they can’t give out a bunch oftickets for violations because thenthere would be an outcry from thepublic against a “police state.”

Our school boards, our city andcounty officials, our water board di-rectors, right on up the ladder —practically every group of electedhumans have flagrantly broken thelaw in some fashion without even aslap on the hand.

And sometimes harm actually hasbeen done.

Justice has been diagnosed as be-ing blind, but I’m afraid it is moreserious than that. I think she’s alreadydead and her ashes scattered at sea,leaving us at the mercy of a monsterthat no longer looks at the intent ofthe heart but rewards the most ag-gressive of cheaters.

Instead of trying to decipher andunderstand all of the millions of un-enforced rules on our books, let’sclean them all out and write in justone.

Some say it’s the golden one.

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Eye on D.C. By U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla

“We the People of the United States, in Order to forma more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domesticTranquility, provide for the common defense, promotethe general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Libertyto ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establishthis Constitution for the United States of America.”

These famous words, written more than 200 years ago,constitute the opening paragraph of one of the most pro-found and influential documents in history. As we cel-ebrate the anniversary of our Constitution during themonth of September, we should take a few minutes tothink about the meaning and significance of that incred-ible document.

The U.S. Constitution is the world’s oldest writtenconstitution still in effect. Ever since its completion onSept. 17, 1787, it has been debated, interpreted andamended. In spite of the changes our nation has gonethrough during the last two centuries, our Constitution

The meaning,significance ofour Constitution

has continued to provide a stableframework for America. The writ-ers of the Constitution believedthat government should comefrom the people, not from kings,and that a legitimate governmentis one that derives its powers fromthe people it governs. They pro-vided for a system of checks and balances that preventthe government from becoming too powerful. They di-vided the federal government into three separate branches— the executive branch, the legislative branch and thejudicial branch. In addition, the Constitution provided anational structure which sought to protect the self-deter-mination of state and local governments.

The framers of the U.S. Constitution accomplishedwhat no other nation had achieved before that time: anational charter which defined and incorporated the prin-ciples of a government formed and run by the people.Since that time, it has been a model for other nationstrying to emulate our great country.

In this day and age, it seems that some politicians inWashington are willing to jeopardize the strength of ourConstitution for political gains. Our Constitution hasworked well for more than 200 years; we should protectit today so we can enjoy the same level of freedom andprosperity in the United States for the next 200 years.

AUSTIN — If Texans were to voteon an official state color, silver wouldbe the odds-on favorite. It adorns thehelmets of the Dallas Cowboys, re-flects from the facades of our big-cityskyscrapers and dazzles the eyes onstarlit West Texas nights.

And, in the near future, it will sym-bolize the graying of our populationas the Baby Boom generation movesen masse into older adulthood.

In two recently issued reports theTexas Department on Aging (TDoA)looks at the ability of state govern-ment to serve a 60-and-older agegroup that will, in the next 30 years,nearly double as a percentage of theoverall population.

“Survey Responses on the Readi-ness of State Government to Meet theChallenges of an Aging Texas” pre-sents self-reported information from152 state agencies on their prepared-ness for aging-related change.

“Gaps and Coordination of Ser-vices for Older Texans: Survey Re-sults” compiles the responses of 160state agencies to questions about gapsin aging-related services and effortsto coordinate efforts with other agen-cies.

Both reports seek to raise aware-ness of the urgent need to preparenow for rapid and profound demo-graphic changes that will affect —just for starters — our state’seconomy, tax base, political culture,educational system and workforce.

“We’re trying to get good informa-tion in the hands of the decision-mak-ers who’ll need it the most in thecoming decades,” said TDoA Execu-tive Director Mary Sapp. “This in-cludes everyone from elected offi-cials to academic researchers, busi-nesses, policymakers and govern-mental agencies. We like to think ofthese reports both as snapshots of ourcurrent aging services system and asthe inspiration for a blueprint of fu-ture systems.”

In concrete terms this means adopt-

Department on Aging reportstell how well the state can andwill deal with aging Texans

ing a cross-agency perspective foragencies seeking to close the holesin the delivery system for services forolder Texans. The Gaps report, forexample, outlines the programs inmany different agencies that are allresponsible for helping older Texanswith service access, assistance andsupport services. The Readiness re-port describes how state agencies arelooking for innovative ways to de-liver services to a growing popula-tion even as they prepare for a po-tential retirement wave among theirown senior management.

For state leaders the Gaps andReadiness reports are a crediblesource of information for aging-re-lated legislation and policy develop-ment. For businesses trying to adaptto new demographic realities, thepublications offer insight into rel-evant issues such as unmet need inhousing, health services, long-termcare and senior-friendly workplaces.

“These reports don’t try to pre-scribe what every business, publicagency and academic research pro-gram needs to do for the next half-century,” Sapp said. “Our purpose isto spotlight some of the major devel-oping aging issues and show wherewe currently are in dealing withthemóand how we can more effec-tively work together to get the jobdone.”

“Survey Responses on the Readi-ness of State Government to Meet theChallenges of an Aging Texas” and“Gaps and Coordination of Servicesfor Older Texans: Survey Results”are both available for download fromthe Texas Department on Aging’swebsite: www.tdoa.state.tx.us. Lim-ited numbers of copies are also avail-able in printed format.

For further information on the re-ports’ content and possible applica-tions, contact Karl Urban at (512)424-6855. Mr. Urban can be reachedby email atkarl.urban@tdoa.state.tx.us.

El Paso Museum of Art, 915/532-1707 or check out its web page:www.elpasoartmuseum.org.

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SAN ELIZARIO — The Sept. 11board meeting of the San Elizarioschool district marked the officialribbon-cutting ceremony and open-

San Elizario celebrates new administration building and two TEA recognized schoolsing of its new central administra-tion building.

School board trustees as well asrepresentatives of the architecturalfirm and the construction companywere on hand for the brief ceremo-nies held in the dark-paneled board-room. Superintendent Mike Quatrini

praised their efforts and said the newbuilding culminates seven years ofwork that includes a new high school,two educational gyms, a vocationalwing on the high school and a newelementary school.

Quatrini also officially recognizedthe principals and staff of two of thedistrict’s elementary schools forachieving “Recognized” status fromthe Texas Education Agency (TEA).Large banners in the boardroom pro-claimed the honor for Sambrano andAlarcon Elementary schools.

The superintendent pointed outthat this was the first time that el-ementary schools had earned thehonor from TEA. Previously the highschool was a Recognized campus.

In other action:• The board approved increases in

stipends for athletic coaches in themiddle and high schools. The in-creases, which would take effect inthe 2002-03 school year, range froma $300-a-year boost for wrestling,baseball and softball head coaches upto $3,000 annually for the head foot-ball coach. Other increases: Headtrack coach, $2,800; and varsity vol-leyball coach, $1,600. Total cost of

By Don Woodyard�Courier Staff Writer

the increases will come to $39,800.In recommending approval, along

with athletic directorBernie del Hierro,Quatrini said he felt theraises were necessary tokeep SEISD competitivewith other school dis-tricts. He also said theadministration was look-ing into stipends for aca-demic teachers.

• The board approvedthe acceptance of twodonations to the schooldistrict, the total value ofwhich is more than$1,400.

The first was a gift of more than300 dictionaries for third-grade stu-dents and teachers from an anony-mous group of community members.According to a district paper, “thesedonors hope this contribution willhelp the students of the district real-ize their potential and reach theirgoals.” It is planned that this will bean annual event.

The second was a donation of 17folding chairs and a chair truck fromthe PTO at Sambrano Elementary.

• The board approved an under-ground easement for Southwestern

Bell to install a network/telephone connection inthe middle school con-trol room.

• Isela Rosales, thedistrict’s director of bi-lingual education, re-ported that a subgrant of$164,276 has been ap-proved by TEA. Themoney will go to helpstudents with limitedEnglish skills in the bi-lingual and ESL pro-grams.

• High school reg-istrar Olga Perez was named dis-tr ict Employee of the Month.Middle school teacher YsabelCastaneda was named Teacher ofthe Month.

• Excel Academy administratorLuis Meraz told the Courier duringthe board meeting that his scienceclass students had planted two palmtrees in front of the school in remem-brance of and symbolizing the twinWorld Trade Center Towers de-stroyed by terrorists last year.

Mike Quatrini

PUBLIC MEETINGThe Transportation Policy Board (TPB) of the El PasoMetropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will hold aPUBLIC MEETING on FRIDAY, September 27,2002, at 9:00 A.M., at The El Paso MPO Office,c/o The Gateway Business Center, 10767 GatewayBlvd. West, Suite 605, El Paso, Texas 79935, todiscuss the following agenda:

Due to the early publishing date of this newspaper, a finalagenda was not available. A complete agenda will be postedand available72 hours prior to the meeting.

Under federal legislation, the MPO, through the TPB has anexpanded role in transportation project selection and pro-gramming in El Paso County and the City of Sunland Park,New Mexico. For more information call the MPO Office at(915) 591-9735.

WTCC: 09/26/02

AUSTIN — Texas DPS officersissued 9,079 tickets for possessionof open containers of alcohol in

Texas DPS officers serious about open-containerlaw, issue 9,079 citations in first nine months

motor vehicles during the first ninemonths that the open container lawwas in effect. House Bill 5 went

into effect on Sept. 1, 2001, mak-ing it a class C misdemeanor tohave open containers of alcohol inthe passenger compartment of amotor vehicle.

Before HB 5 went into effect, DPScould only issue tickets if a trooperobserved a person consuming an al-coholic beverage while operating amotor vehicle in a public place. FromSept. 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, theactual DPS trooper observation of aperson consuming an alcoholic bev-erage in a vehicle resulted in 980 tick-ets. During the same time period ofthe previous years, 1999 to 2000,troopers issued 836 tickets for thesame offense.

“We take open containers of alco-hol in vehicles very seriously,” saidDPS Traffic Law Enforcement ChiefRandall Elliston. “The open con-tainer law is an asset to our effort toreduce incidents of driving while in-toxicated.

This law provides us with a valu-able tool to prevent motorists fromdrinking while driving.”

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UPPER VALLEY — Canutillo IndependentSchool District has initiated a leadership acad-emy with the help of the ADC Foundation toassist aspiring educators to become school prin-cipals. The partnership was officially consum-mated during the Canutillo ISD School Boardmeeting held Tuesday, Sept. 10.

The leadership academy project, titled Pre-paring Aspiring Staff Leaders (PASL), willprovide Canutillo with assistant principals andteachers training to become school principals.ADC Foundation, through its local office inSanta Teresa, N.M., awarded the district a$5,000 grant to help support the innovativeprogram.

“The establishment of the leadership acad-emy will address the need of improving stu-dent achievement through the cultivation of astrong pool of prospective administrators andthrough the development of emerging talent in the ranks ofprofessional educators for positions that will emerge in the fu-

Leadership academy will provide Canutillo ISD with potential administratorsBy Alfredo Vasquez�Special to the Courier

ADC Foundation representatives present grant award to Canutillo ISD Shown from left isVelia Frey, ADC Human Resources manager; Edith Villigan, ADC Human Resources As-sistant Administrator; Ariel Garcia, ADC Foundation Committee member; Fernie Ramirez,ADC Manufacturing Supervisor; and Dr. Pam Padilla, Canutillo ISD Assistant Superinten-dent for Student Performance.

The initiative is composed of training ses-sions year-round for participants to have astrong foundation of the concepts involved inschool principal leadership. The academymembers will be responsible for developingthe best possible campus improvement plansand budgets to meet the needs of the commu-nity.

“The ADC Foundation is interested in sup-porting programs that promote the teaching,or improvement of teaching, in the areas ofmath, science, technology, engineering andprograms that encourage under-representedgroups to study these disciplines,” stated VeliaFrey, Human Resources manager for the localADC Office.

ADC, the Broadband Company, is the par-ent corporation of ADC Foundation. Bothare headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minne-sota. ADC tailors high-quality, custom so-lution of network equipment and softwareand systems integration services that enablecommunication service providers to deliver

high speed Internet, data, video and voice services to con-sumers and businesses worldwide.

ture,” stated Dr. Pam Padilla, Canutillo ISD Assistant Superin-tendent for Student Performance.

By Paul Efau

UPPER VALLEY — A schoolnurse’s job is more than patching upplayground cuts and bruises andsending sick kids home.

Just ask Christine Garcia, theschool nurse at Davenport Elemen-tary School, who was recently namedNurse of the Year for Canutillo Inde-pendent School District and was pre-sented the Wanda Fisher Award bythe CISD Board of Trustees.

The Canutillo ISD board annuallypresents the Wanda Fisher Award torecognize the District’s school nurseof the year. The Canutillo SchoolHealth Advisory Council initiated thespecial award two years ago.

Fisher, the school nurse for theentire district at one time in a careerthat spanned the 60’s through the80’s, was involved in all facets of stu-dent life from early morning to lateat night. She saw children at homebefore they enrolled in school for thefirst time, was a chaperone (with herhusband) at school dances, sponsoredhigh school classes and organiza-tions, and initiated a breakfast pro-gram, in addition to being the schoolnurse.

In receiving the award, Garcia said,“I hope to demonstrate the samequalities as Wanda Fisher and striveto someday have the same effect onour school children and communityas she did.”

Garcia, who graduated fromCanutillo High School in 1980, saidthat she remembers Fisher as a verycaring person with everyone. “I re-

A HEALING TOUCH — Christine Garcia, school nurse at Davenport El-ementary School in Canutillo School District, is this year’s CanutilloISD Nurse of the Year. She was presented the Wanda Fisher Award bythe Canutillo Board of Trustees.

�Special to the Courier

Garcia selected as Canutillo ISD School Nurse of the Yearmember she would drive us home inher Cadillac when we were sick, aschildren we thought her car was alimousine,” Garcia recalled.

Garcia said that she became aschool nurse in 1990 when she“needed a career change from astressful and demanding job to anenvironment which would allow meto spend quality time with my fam-ily and yet allow me to continue towork with children, parents, staff andcommunity.” She worked as a staffnurse in the pediatric/orthopedic unitat Thomason General Hospital beforebecoming a school nurse.

Garcia explained that present dayschool nurses are health educationconsultants to teachers, staff, childrenand parents. They ensure studentshave immunizations as required bylaw, act as a liaison between medicaland school personnel, and adminis-ter prescribed medications, tubefeedings and catheterizations.

Garcia said that she not only givesfirst aid to students and school per-sonnel who have been hurt or sum-mon emergency medical personnel inthe event of a serious illness or acci-dent, but also she performs healthscreenings, such as diabetes type II,vision, hearing, dental, and scoliosis.She added that she even makes re-ferrals for follow-up health care toprivate practitioners or communityhealth resources.

“Being a school nurse has providedme with the opportunity to work in-dependently and use my backgroundand experience. I try to be a rolemodel for our school children, whilebeing empathetic, nurturing and car-ing,” she said.

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By Steve Escajeda�Special to the Courier

King Super CrosswordSOUNDS RIGHT

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Over the years the Hawaii basketball teamhas faced the UTEP Miners twice-a-seasonduring those rugged WAC wars.

And for the most part UTEP has held theupper edge but Hawaii has stung the Miners inthe heart on occasion.

And for most of those battles Don Haskinshas sat on the UTEP bench while Riley Wallacecoached the Rainbows.

Wallace was an enemy of Miner fans formost of those years but recently has becomemore respected and received more love fromthe UTEP crowd.

Now, Wallace is receiving prayers from ElPasoans.

Wallace, who had been complaining of se-vere headaches and dizziness, underwent brainsurgery after doctors found that he was bleed-ing in two places on the left side of his brain.

The great news is that Wallace came throughthe surgery with flying colors and had no com-plications to speak of during the procedure.

In fact, Wallace isn’t expected to miss a beatthis basketball season.

While teams fight for the important chal-

Wallace’s recovery means he’ll still be somewhere over the rainbowlenge of winning basketball games we are re-minded at times that winning is not always the“most” important thing.

Riley Wallace, we’re not going to cheer anylouder for your Hawaii Rainbows againstUTEP but we will reach out and shake yourhand in respect and admiration.

Trial in sightOne of my favorite former NBA players and

personalities is going to trial in February.Seems Jayson Williams is in hot water and I

don’t see any way he can get out. You remem-ber Williams’ problems, he’s the guy who gotso drunk or who knows what and shot his limodriver with a shotgun.

There’s little doubt, according to those whowere present, that it was an accident. The bigproblem is that Williams’ cover-up attemptmakes Watergate look like a political picnic.

Williams is accused of tampering with evi-dence and witnesses in an attempt to make theincident appear as a self-inflected gunshotwound.

Two witnesses have said that Williams washandling the 12-gauge shotgun recklessly whenit went off hitting Costas Christofi in the chest.

The witnesses have said that they will alsotestify that Williams immediately removed his

blood-stained clothes, wiped his fingerprintsoff the shotgun and replaced them withChristofi’s and he tried to persuade others inthe house to say that Christofi was upstairsduring the shooting alone.

Boy, last time a whopper like that one wasreleased a Washington intern became famous.

I have no doubt that it was all an accident. Ihave no doubt that Jayson Williams is a goodguy that got involved in a horrible accident andmade some very bad decisions in a state ofpanic.

But I also believe that Christofi should stillbe alive today and stupidity is not a defense.

Williams could get up to 45 years if con-victed of first-degree manslaughter.

I can’t help but think that he would be look-ing at a lot less if he had just admitted that hemade a horrible mistake and that it was all anaccident.

No girls allowedWhat’s all this controversy about admitting

women to the Augusta National Country Club?What’s all the fuss about?

If you don’t know what I’m talking about,the home of the Master’s golf tournament,Augusta, currently has no women membersbecause they don’t allow women members.

It’s a privately owned club that is exclu-sively open to men and until just recently,only white men.

But women’s groups are fighting to forcethem to let the fairer sex in. Why? Why in theworld would any women want to attend a placethey are not wanted when they have every rightto start their own “women only” country club.

I’ve got absolutely no problem withwomen forming their own clubs like the girlscouts or National Organization for Women.I would fight for their right to keep men out— it’s a club for women only for goodnesssake.

In America, we have the right to privacy. Wedo not have the right to exclude anyone fromthe opportunity to form an organization thatcaters to an exclusive group.

Look at the NAACP or LULAC.Nit wits in this country will scream for

women to be admitted into Augusta and at thesame time fight for the Klu Klux Klan’s rightto exist — please explain that one to me.

Get smart out there, instead of fighting to beincluded, form a competing entity which hitsyour foes where it really hurts — in the wallet.

America isn’t about freebies, it’s aboutcompetition.

That’s how we became America.

HORIZON CITY — Academicachievement is the focus of everyschool in the Clint IndependentSchool District. The ability to read,write and comprehend written mate-rial is the gateway to all learning.With this in mind, the Clint ISD’s ad-ministrators are emphatic about plac-ing a strong focus on literacy as a wayto meet their educational goals.

The Clint ISD has adopted a “bal-anced literacy” approach, which usesa variety of instructional practicesand relies heavily on qualitychildren’s literature and students’own pieces of writing to teach phon-ics, decoding, improve reading com-prehension and build a vocabularyand understanding of words.

The school district invited SharonMeier from Las Cruces, New Mexicoand a group of associated educatorsto conduct a three-day balanced lit-eracy staff development training forall Clint ISD elementary schoolteachers. It is her philosophy thatreading is the single most importantskill that children will learn.

Several teachers remarked that this

Frank Macias Elementary hosts balanced literacy trainingwas a great opportunity to provide thenecessary tools to each teacher beforethe school year was to begin the fol-lowing week. The training was held atFrank Macias Elementary School onAug. 13, 14 and 15. The sessions ranfrom 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Frank Macias Elementary Princi-pal Pam Howard was excited abouthosting this training. During the sum-mer months, she spent many hoursworking on ordering the necessarysupplies for all of her teachers pro-viding them with the necessary toolsto implement this vital program inorder to enhance the reading skills ofthe students at her campus.

Principal Howard said she recog-nizes the need to teach literacy to thestudents and be successful in improv-ing their reading skills. It is her be-lief that the school year 2002-2003will be a great success. “The teach-ers here at Frank Macias are hardworking teachers and are alwaysopen to suggestions on making edu-cation better for the students,” saidPrincipal Howard.

— Contributed by Arleen Beard

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By Don FloodEven on a good morning, scanning the news can be a

little depressing, but I recently found a particularly dis-turbing headline: ‘N Sync star promises to sing in space

The story was about boy-band singer Lance Bassand his planned trip into space.

I wasn’t sure if “promises” was quite the right word.How about “threatens”?Not that I have anything against sending boy-band

members into space.Far from it.In fact, if NASA is looking for a mission, I think send-

ing boy-band members into space is a darned good one.While it’s true the shuttle wasn’t originally designed

for boy-band space disposal, most experts agree thatits large cargo bay is well-suited for this purpose.

You know in space movies where one of the astro-nauts floats away into the emptiness of space and no-body can help him and it’s just the saddest thing?

Well, this would be just like that, only it wouldn’tbe sad.

In fact, boy-band members could make it a GreatExit, by choreographing some groovy new zero-grav-ity dance numbers for their final drift into the infinite.

Unfortunately, for some reason, the plans call forLance Bass to come back to Earth.

But my real concern is this: Shouldn’t we at leastconsult with neighboring aliens before allowing boy-band members to sing in space? Do we really want tomake them mad?

People who watched the movie “Signs,” for example,know that aliens are already planning an attack.

Those mysterious crop circles? They’re alien navi-gational aids.

Trip could jeopardize alien-earthling relationsYup, while we humans have GPS and other ad-

vanced navigational aids, aliens — despite being ad-vanced enough to travel across the galaxy withoutusing OnStar — rely on a corn-based system.

They land on a planet, look for cornfields and thenknock down some of the stalks — very carefully

The resulting crop circles transmit a very important mes-sage to Alien High Command: This planet has cornfields!

And while the aliens in “Signs” were major wimps(Bonus alien-fighting tip: Keep a loaded squirt gunhandy), the next group may be strong enough to over-come mankind’s most advanced weapons, includingbaseball bats.

Warning: The following scenario may be too dis-turbing for those readers under the age of 2 months:

ALIEN LEADER: You know, Earth is shaping upto be a nice planet. Let’s give them the benefit of ouradvanced knowledge so that all human beings maylive in peace and abundance.

ALIEN ADVISOR: Did you realize they’re send-ing boy-band members into space and that they havethreatened to commence singing?

ALIEN LEADER: Why wasn’t I informed? We willdestroy Earth tomorrow, right after “The Sopranos.”

At press time, there were reports that Bass’ trip hadbeen called off, prompting speculation that the Russianspace agency had responded to pressure from aliens.

That could be, but I still think it’s important that wesend an ambassador who can understand and reachout to aliens, someone who has actually spent muchof his life on other planets.

I nominate: Michael Jackson.______________________________________________________

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CANUTILLO — Texas EducationAgency’s (TEA) 2002 accountabil-ity ratings for Canutillo IndependentSchool District campuses showsteady improvements as they strivefor “Exemplary” status.

Leading the way is Jose H. DamianElementary School. For the secondthe year in a row, Damian Elemen-tary School earned the top rating ofExemplary, which means at least 90percent of the students tested passedall three TAAS tests last spring.TAAS results for the Damian EScampus are: Reading - 98.3 %; Math- 98.7 %; and Writing - 100 %.

“My faculty and staff in partner-ship with our parents have been do-ing a tremendous job in establishinga curriculum that works for every stu-dent; as they say, it takes a whole vil-lage to educate a child,” said MaxPadilla, Damian Elementary Schoolprincipal.

Canutillo Elementary School re-ceived the second highest rating,Recognized, that is 80 percent ormore of the tested students passed allthree exams. This was the secondconsecutive year that Canutillo ESearned the Recognized status.Canutillo ES TAAS results are: Read-ing - 88.1%; Math - 96.1%; Writing-96.3%.

Childress Elementary School re-ceived the Recognized rating for thefirst time. Childress ES results are:Reading - 83.2 %; Math - 93.9%; andWriting - 89.2%.

Davenport Elementary School re-ceived an Acceptable rating for 2002.Davenport ES was a Recognizedcampus in 2001. Davenport ES re-

Canutillo ISD accountabilityratings show steady improvement

By Alfredo Vasquez�Special to the Courier

sults are: Reading - 79.9%; Math -93.3%; Writing - 76.4%.

Canutillo Middle School andCanutillo High School also receivedAcceptable ratings. The MiddleSchool eighth grade results are:Reading - 88%; Math - 87.8%; Writ-ing - 79.9%; and Social Studies -64.5%. This was the first year thatthe social studies scores were in-cluded in the accountability ratingsfor eighth graders.

Canutillo High School results are:Reading- 90.2 %; Math- 81.3 %;Writing- 82.5 %. CHS missed beinga Recognized campus by four-tenthsof a percentage point in one of thedetermining subgroups.

“Canutillo ISD overall account-ability rating earned in 2002 is Ac-ceptable and will be held for twoyears, 2002-03 and 2003-04, due toa direct mandate in state law as weswitch to the new TAKS (Texas As-sessment of Knowledge and Skills)tests,” said Dr. Pam Padilla, CISDAssistant Superintendent for StudentPerformance. “There is no mandatefor campuses, so they will not berated in 2003-04. The ratings in 2004-05 will be based primarily on the newTAKS tests,” Dr. Padilla said.

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Q: I receive Social Security disabilitybenefits. I know that my case will be re-viewed to make sure I’m still disabled.How often can I expect to be reviewed?

A: The law says from time to timewe need to review everybody’s caseto see if he or she is still eligible fordisability benefits. If improvement ispossible but not expected, your casewill be reviewed about once everythree years. If improvement is notexpected, your case will be reviewedonce every five to seven years. Gen-

erally, if your health has not im-proved, or if your disability stillkeeps you from working, you willcontinue to receive your benefits.

Q: Is it true that if you have low in-come that you can get help payingMedicare premiums?

A: Yes. If your monthly income isless than $1,238 ($1,661 for acouple), your state may help withsome Medicare expenses, such asyour premiums, deductibles and co-

insurance amounts. Contact yourstate or local medical assistance, so-cial services or welfare office, or callthe Medicare hotline, 1-800-MEDI-CARE (TTY 1-800-633-4227).

Q: I am 68 years old and am havingdifficulty making ends meet on mysmall Social Security retirement ben-efit. Are there are any other SocialSecurity programs that could help me?

A: You might be eligible for Supple-mental Security Income (SSI), a pro-gram run by Social Security butfunded by general tax revenues. SSIpays monthly checks to the elderly,

the blind and people with disabilitieswho don’t own many things or havemuch income. The rules for gettingSSI are explained in the booklet,Supplemental Security Income, Pub-lication No. 05-11000.

Q: My dad, who is receiving SSI ben-efits, will be coming to live with me.Since his SSI check goes directly tothe bank, does he have to report themove to Social Security?

A: Yes. An SSI beneficiary must re-port any change in living arrange-ments within 10 days after the changeoccurs. If he doesn’t, he could end

up receiving an incorrect paymentand have to pay it back. Failure toreport or filing false reports couldresult in a fine, imprisonment or both.Also, your father needs to report hisnew address to Social Security so thathe can continue to receive mail fromSocial Security when necessary.__________________________________For more information visit your lo-cal Security office, see http://www.ssa:gov, or call us at 1-800-772-1213. If you have any questionsthat you would like to have answered,please mail them to the Social Secu-rity Office, 11111 Gateway West, Attn:Ray Vigil, El Paso, Texas 79935.