“I guess I kind of wrote it,” she said. “It was asong I was singing in my room and I told mymom I wanted to submit another song to HeyMozart!”

Heister had already put together one melodyfor the competition, but it was the melody of“Look at Me Now,” that brought home thewin.

With little to no vocal training, Heister’s voiceeffortlessly reaches the right notes as she bash-fully belts out the lyrics, “No you can’t do it.Never ever do it. You try so hard but you can’tget used to it. Never even try, yeah at least that’swhat she said. Well, look at me now. Feel like arock star, feel like a beauty queen. Well, look atme now. You should try it sometime, alwayshave an open mind.”

Heister’s gift for music must have been natu-ral, but it doesn’t hurt that her adoptive parentsDan and Amanda are a music minister andmusic teacher.

“I just kind of got pulled through it,” Ivorysaid. “When I got into this family and startedhearing them sing I decided I really liked it andstarted messing around with my mom’s tam-bourines.”

“She is definitely gifted,” said Ivory’s moth-er, Amanda. “We could always tell she had agift for writing lyrics. She writes poems andsongs and we will be in the car making upsongs and she comes out with them all thetime.”

Ivory said her inspiration for “Look at MeNow” came from hanging out with a couple of

friends.“My friends Amaya and Faith, they are the

people I have been hanging out with lately,”Ivory said. “Some of the things I think of areabout friends and not leaving friends and theyare the two people that got me started thisyear.”

Ivory said she watches Disney Channel con-stantly, is a huge fan of Selena Gomez ofWizards of Waverly Place fame and wants to bea movie star.

“I want to be a famous TV actress. I did a pres-entation on it in class and they laughed at me,”she said.

Ivory may be the one having the last laughwhen she sings “Look at Me Now” on televisionsome day. The Hey Mozart! win is a big step inthe right direction for her.

Over the summer, musical composers andarrangers will work over her song to be per-formed by a band at the Nov. 4 Hey Mozart!awards event in Albuquerque. Ivory will per-form the song on stage before more than 600attendees.

She admits she’s nervous about it but plans topractice a lot before the big day.

DENVER (AP) — A womanwhose pilot-husband was hav-ing trouble breathing andspeaking took over the controlsof a small airplane during aflight from California toColorado and flew toward anearby airport while receivingguidance from ground con-trollers and another pilot,authorities said.

The Federal AviationAdministration released audioand a transcript of the May 17incident on Thursday.

“Have you ever flown an air-craft before?” asked the otherpilot, who was flying a GreatLakes Airlines flight in the areaand was in radio contact withthe woman. “Do you have anyexperience?”

“No,” the woman replies.The Great Lakes pilot then

instructed the woman on how toturn on the autopilot functionand begin a controlled descent.

“Hang on, I’m trying to gethim to put auto ... autopilot,”the woman said. “I don’t knowhow to do this.”

The FAA declined to releasethe names of the pilot and thepassenger, citing privacy con-cerns, and the specifics of theman’s medical problem weren’tavailable. The single-engineCirrus SR22 is registered to theColorado Springs-based AlcarAviation. Records at theColorado Secretary of Stateshow the registered agent forthe business is Albert Briccetti.

The couple was flying fromSan Bernardino, Calif., toColorado Springs, Colo. Thewoman spoke to KCNC-TV inDenver on Wednesday about theordeal.

“I was terrified — terrified,”she said.

During a routine conversationearlier in the flight, an air traf-fic controller in Longmont,Colo. — Charlie Rohrer —noticed that the single-engineplane’s 70-year-old pilotappeared to have difficultybreathing, KCNC reported. Thewoman said her husband wasslurring his speech and wasunable to push the buttons.

The plane then began to makeerratic maneuvers, and asRohrer tried to get back intouch with the small plane, theGreat Lakes pilot — who was onthe same radio frequency —offered assistance to Rohrer.

Rohrer told the Great Lakespilot that he believed the small-er plane’s pilot was having trou-ble functioning because he was

hypoxic, a condition that resultsfrom a lack of enough oxygen.Both the pilot and his wife werewearing oxygen masks becauseof the Rocky Mountain alti-tudes.

With the Great Lakes pilot’shelp, the woman flipped on theautopilot function. But at onepoint, the plane swerved awayfrom its emergency landingroute and headed toward thehigh terrain of the San Juanmountains in southwesternColorado.

“We’re going down,” thewoman said. “I don’t knowwhere.”

Rohrer then told the woman toturn away from the mountains,

and eventually the plane head-ed toward lower terrain. As theplane dropped in elevation, thewoman said her husband wasbecoming more lucid.

The husband came on theradio and indicated he wouldcontinue his course to ColoradoSprings. But Rohrer warnedthat, to do that, he would have toclimb to 17,000 feet and riskbecoming hypoxic again.

“OK, you’re still not, uh,sounding like you’re verycoherent,” Rohrer said.“Suggest heading (to)Farmington.”

The pilot later landed theplane safely in Farmington,N.M.

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LOCAL & STATE 3HOBBS NEWS-SUN • FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2011

T O D AYSounds Series: Escape

Mainstreet Hobbs’ DowntownSounds Series kicks off at withEscape - a Journey tribute band -at 7 p.m. at Shipp Street Plaza.Attendance is free.

Movie under the StarsMovie under the Stars will be at

dusk at Del Norte Park. The freeshowing will be Megamind.

Pan y DulceHobbs Hispano Chamber of

Commerce is hosting a Pan yDulce with Kymera, 3028 N.Grimes, from 7-9 a.m.

Seminole graduationSeminole High School graduation is

today at 8 p.m. at the stadium.

Women’s conferenceBethel Assembly of God, 2714 N.

Dal Paso, is hosting a womeon’sconference entitled “A Women’sPoint of View: Setting

Atmospheres to Overcome andSucceed and Win.” Speakersinclude Debra George of Houstonwho has spoken on TBN and atJoel Osteen’s church. Otherspeakers include Stacie Ponder,Nell Bland and Kelli Innman. Theconference will be May 27 at 6p.m. and May 28 at 10 a.m.

NMJC blood driveHelp support New Mexico Jr.

College Blood Drive from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. in the Moran Building.Must have an I.D. T-shirts will begiven to all donors.

S AT U R D AYJunior High Rodeo

The N.M. Junior High School RodeoAssociation State Finals havebeen postponed.

Western 4-H ClubWestern 4-H Club’s end of school

dance will be at the YuccaBuilding at the Lea CountyFairgrounds from 7 p.m.-mid-night. Cost is $3 per person or $5per couple.

Women’s conferenceBethel Assembly of God, 2714 N.

Dal Paso, is hosting a womeon’sconference entitled “A Women’sPoint of View: SettingAtmospheres to Overcome andSucceed and Win.” Speakersinclude Debra George of Houstonwho has spoken on TBN and atJoel Osteen’s church. Otherspeakers include Stacie Ponder,Nell Bland and Kelli Innman. Theconference will be at 6 p.m. andMay 28 at 10 a.m.

Friends of the LibraryHobbs citizens have an opportunity

to join Friends of the HobbsPublic Library as charter mem-bers. Friends' volunteers will belocated inside the entrance of thelibrary from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., toenroll new members and answerany questions.

Hip hop concertHip hop artist Antoine Banks will

be having a concert at 11 p.m. atClub La Sierra in Hobbs. Gueststars include Baby Texas.

Mark the date

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Big bubblesTOP: Hobbs Head Start student Adan Crambie plays with bubbles during the recent Weekof the Small Child celebration at Hobbs City Park.

BOTTOM: Ja’heidyn Sanders, center, sits with the early Head Start students during theWeek of the Small Child celebration.

Wife takes over plane from ill husband

Songfrom PAGE 1 ‘I want to be a famous

TV actress. I did a presentation on it in

class and they laughed at me.’

Ivory Heister11-year-old song writer