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It’s that time of the year again for witchesand goblins, of all ages to be knocking on yourdoor for treats. This year, as wehave done in the past, the Hori-zon City Police Department willbe out in force, in patrol vehicles,bikes, and on foot, on Halloweennight, Sunday, October 31, 2004to provide additional safety andsecurity to the large crowds ofchildren and parents walking ourstreets at night. Thanks to a COPSOvertime grant from the Depart-ment of Justice, additional offic-ers will be utilized for this safetyoperation.

Besides the common sensesafety precautions that all parentsshould be well aware of such ascarrying a flashlight, wearing re-flective costumes, and checkingall treats carefully before allow-ing the children to eat them, theHorizon City Police Department is encourag-ing everybody to be especially alert for the fol-lowing suspicious activities and report themimmediately to 546-2280 or 911 if it’s an emer-

Safety stressed for HalloweenBy Chief Tony AguilarSpecial to the Courier

gency:• Reckless drivers or obviously intoxicated

persons;• Any traffic accident resulting in injuries;• Any individual that is carrying or discharg-

ing any type of firearm whether on foot or froma vehicle;

• Any person that is using ille-gal narcotics or attempting to sellnarcotics to children;

• Any person that is bullyingor attempting to take treats awayfrom children;

• Any potential terrorist activ-ity such as suspicious packagesleft unattended or abandoned;

• Any person carrying or at-tempting to ignite explosives (in-cluding fireworks which are ille-gal inside the city limits).

The Horizon City Police De-partment will be passing out re-flective glowing bracelets to chil-dren and adults to wear themwhile they are out trick or treat-ing and walking the dark streetsin Horizon City.

The glowing bracelets enhance the safetyand visibility of the children wearing them and

LET’S BE CAREFULOUT THERE —Horizon’s Chief TonyAguilar urges commonsense and safety for alltrick or treaters.

Chief’s advice good for all of El Paso County

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Jose H. Damian Elementary School, in theCanutillo Independent School District, wasnotified recently that it was named for thethird consecutive yearto the Honor Roll for2004 by Just for theKids (JFTK) and theTexas Business andEducation Coalition(TBEC). Only 70 el-ementary schools inTexas made the JFTKHonor Roll this year.

According to TBECofficials, The HonorRoll award is the mostprestigious award for sustained, academicexcellence in Texas. The Honor Roll schoolsare the most consistent performers in edu-cating all student groups over a three-yearperiod and rank highest in their individualpeer groups across the state.

Damian ES earned this award through hardwork and student achievement, because thereis no application process for the award.

“Going back to 1997 when I became prin-cipal, the campus personnel made a commit-ment to become a quality school, and each yearsince then, we have set campus, individual,and grade level goals. We are now, as evidentby these awards, reaping the fruits of our la-bor,” said Max Padilla, Damian ES principal.

The seventy elementary schools have beeninvited to send delegates to a “Share the Suc-cess” seminar and awards presentation, dur-ing a special reception scheduled for Decem-ber 9, in Austin.

Jose H. DamianElementary Schoolamong best in Texas

By Alfredo VasquezSpecial to the Courier

Max Padilla

EAST EL PASO COUNTY — EightSocorro ISD schools met the requirementsfor “Recognized” school status, accordingto the latest accountability rankings from theTexas Education Agency.

“All of our campuses have improved,” saidSISD Superintendent Dr. Robert J. Duron.“These ratings are an indication that ourschools are headed in the right direction. It’sa real credit to the faculty and leadership ateach campus.”

Twenty-four schools earned an “Accept-able” rating, as did the District as a whole.

The results, released Sept. 30, showed thefollowing campuses are considered “Recog-nized” by the state.

• Salvador H. Sanchez Middle School• William D. Slider Middle School• O’Shea Keleher Elementary School• Horizon Heights Elementary School• Vista del Sol Elementary School• Benito Martinez Elementary School• Lujan-Chavez Elementary School

Eight Socorro schoolsranked as ‘Recognized’

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Almost 500 students representing the ElPaso, Ysleta, Socorro and San Elizario Inde-pendent School Districts gathered at SanElizario High School for the District 1SkillsUSA Fall LeadershipConference, Saturday, Octo-ber 23, 2004.

“You are the future of to-morrow,” said Suky RamosEagle Feather to a packed au-ditorium of students. Ramos isan assistant to State SenatorEliot Shapleigh and was a key-note speaker during the event.

SkillsUSA is a national or-ganization serving more than264,000 high school and col-lege students and professionalmembers who are enrolled intraining programs in technical,skilled, and service occupa-tions, including health occupa-tions, according to RafaelCardoza, District Director forDistrict 1, which covers all ofEl Paso County. San ElizarioHigh School will host the nexttwo conferences.

Students taking part in the District 1SkillsUSA program excel in the major catego-ries: Building Trades, Graphic Design, Cosme-tology, Auto Mechanics, and the Cisco Sys-tems technology training, Health Occupations

Students gather from around thecounty for leadership training program

Students of America (HOSA).“There are so many options for these kids,”

Cardoza said. “SkillsUSA helps them developleadership skills, self esteem, and a sense ofbelonging to something.”

SkillsUSA prepares America’s high perfor-mance workers. It provides quality educationexperiences for students in leadership, team-

work, citizenship and charac-ter development. It builds andreinforces self-confidence,work attitudes and communi-cations skills. It emphasizestotal quality at work, highethical standards, superiorwork skills, life-long educa-tion and pride in the dignityof work. SkillsUSA also pro-motes understanding of thefree enterprise system and in-volvement in community ser-vice activities.

“It’s really helped me be-come involved in my commu-nity,” said San Elizario HighSchool senior Daisy Rincón,who serves as the District 1Vice President. “It’s helpedme prepare and understandwhat it’s like to work with dif-ferent types of people and

communicate with them.”Rincón also credits the national program

with helping her self esteem, saying that eventhough she is naturally shy, getting rid of selfdoubt will play a vital role in her success asshe enters the world of work and college.

VP SAYS PROGRAM IS OK —Daisy Ricón credits theSkillsUSA program with im-provements in her life.

By Phillip CortezSpecial to the Courier

Flu trackingGov. Rick Perry has asked the Texas De-partment of State Health Services(TDSHS) to develop and implement a sur-veillance monitoring system for the influ-enza virus in Texas. The system will al-low the agency to act quickly in the eventof an outbreak. “I want to make sure thatTexas is adequately prepared to deal withany consequences of the national vaccineshortage,” Perry said. The influenza sur-veillance system will include the establish-ment of 100 to 200 geographically dis-persed reporting sites to ensure that thestate closely monitors cases of influenzaand can quickly identify an epidemic,should one occur. Regional and localhealth departments will choose sites andrecruit health care providers from bothlarge and small communities. The siteswill report all cases of influenza or influ-enza-like symptoms on a weekly basis toTDSHS to monitor for any unusual devel-opments. TDSHS has established a vac-cine clearinghouse to match providers withsurplus vaccine with providers who needvaccine and also help guarantee distribu-tion of vaccine to those Texans who needit most.

Bands finish firstSocorro ISD’s Montwood, Americas andEl Dorado high school marching bandsearned first division ratings during the Re-gion 22 University Interscholastic LeagueMarching Contest October 16 at the SISDStudent Activities Complex on Joe BattleBoulevard. Other first division ratings ona scale of one to five included Andress,Bel Air, Coronado, Del Valle, Eastwood,Fabens, Franklin, J.M. Hanks, MountainView, Parkland, and Riverside highschools. Second division ratings went toAnthony, Canutillo, Clint, El Paso, Hori-zon Mid/High, San Elizario, Socorro andYsleta high schools. Third division rankwent to Van Horn High School.

In other news� The Clint High School golf team hasbeen awarded a $500 grant fromExxonMobil Educational Alliance and dueto the efforts of Jim Whitlatch, distributorof Chido, Inc. of ExxonMobil at 11880Alameda. The grant funds will be used topurchase golf equipment and uniforms forthe team coached by David Moore. “Weare pleased with the grant as it will helpus in areas where we need the most finan-cial assistance,” said Moore. “This edu-cational grant will enable us to addressequipment needs as well as assist in pro-viding uniform shirts for the team.”

� Two community meetings are to behosted by SISD Superintendent Dr. Rob-ert J. Durón. Durón will discuss the

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Reyes Reports By U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes

View from here By Michael Quinn Sullivan

In the final throes of an election,cries of despair and gloom fill theairwaves as politicians plying for fi-nal votes paint increasingly horrificscenes of life without them.

It’s impossible, from Labor Day toElection Day in even-numberedyears, to watch television, listen tothe radio or read the newspaper with-out being pummeled by an ad, articleor talking head urging us to protectthe future from the other guy.

If we elect the “wrong” candidates,we are told… Newly uninsured kidswill do drugs while moms left unem-ployed by outsourcing collect welfareas the deadbeat dads bet on the ponyraces funding schools while the roadsdeteriorate in the face of globalwarming, forcing criminals to runamok under the threat of an economyslamming into a wall of asbestos.

Oh, please. The sun will rise. Chil-dren will laugh and play. Young lov-ers will take autumn strolls. Newtechnologies will amaze us. Fortuneswill be made. All, generally, withvery little help from politicians andtheir sycophants.

Elections are, of course, quite im-portant. Politicians produce publicpolicy after their own kind: goodones produce good policy, bad pro-duce bad. In the great American ex-periment, farmers and scholars, ex-ecutives and laborers, are called uponto separate the political goats andsheep.

The smallest fraction of the popu-lation might possibly remember thename of a single state legislator andfederal representative who served in1903. A majority would be hard-pressed to recall who was presidentor governor in 1904. But all of usknow the legacy of two brothersnamed Orville and Wilbur, and theiractivities in those years on a stretchof beach known as Kitty Hawk .

Elections are important,but life goes on — really

Within seven years of the Wrightbrothers’ historic flight, the first re-ported private air-freight shipmenttook place — a bolt of silk was flownat the request of a department storefrom Dayton to Columbus, Ohio , toserve the needs of a customer.

The freedom of the marketplace,not a government program or apolitician’s promise, created the mar-vel of air travel.

Similarly, practical history willlikely judge the most important eventof 2004 to be not an election, but thesmall group of inventors workingwith a budget smaller than the round-ing errors used by NASA who put aman in space twice in two weeks, inthe same craft. A feat not matched byany government.

Driven by the creative forces of thefree market, teams around the worldcompeted for a $10 million privately-funded prize – and a slice of history.

For most of us, the political pro-cess is background noise in the busi-ness of life.

And that is exactly how it shouldbe. A well-designed concert halleliminates background noise for asingular purpose: to allow maximumenjoyment of the minute details of asymphony.

The policies we pursue, and there-fore the politicians we elect, shouldbe for a similar purpose. The awe-some orchestrations that burst forthfrom a free market occur only in theabsence of oppression. The moststriking advances in art, science andindustry have occurred not in thegovernment labs of totalitarian re-gimes, but in the bustle of the freemarket.

Freedom allows individuals to suc-ceed and fail, to explore their creativ-ity and test their boundaries. A recent

Veterans’heal thcare,next year’sDepartment

of Veterans Affairs (VA) budget, andexpansions at the William BeaumontArmy Medical Center and the ElPaso Veterans Affairs (VA) HealthCare Center will be among the maintopics of my sixth annual VeteransTown Hall. This year’s town hall willair on Time Warner cable channel 7on November 6th and 7th .

This year’s featured guest is Mr.Frederico Juarbe, Jr., the U.S. De-partment of Labor Assistant Sec-retary for Veterans Employmentand Training. Mr. Juarbe’s role as-sisting soldiers returning from Iraq,Afghanistan and elsewhere as theyre-start their lives in the UnitedStates as civilians is extremelytimely as military operations con-tinue overseas. The U.S. Depart-ment of Labor’s recent $970,000grant to the Upper Rio GrandeWorkforce Development Board tocreate jobs for soldiers and thefamilies of soldiers who are return-ing from Iraq and Afghanistan un-derscores their commitment to helpthese families re-start their livesafter such hardship.

Veteran’s concerns to be addressedat sixth annual town hall meeting

I was angered to learn thatwounded soldiers returning from Iraqwere struggling to work with Penta-gon bureaucracy and have contactedDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfelddemanding that these veterans, whohave been wounded in defense of ournation, receive the treatment and carethey have earned and deserve. It isrefreshing to know that individualssuch as Mr. Juarbe are working hardto anticipate the needs of the soldierswho will be returning home from Iraqand Afghanistan.

Other panelists include local De-partment of Veterans Affairs officials,the directors of William BeaumontArmy Medical Center and the ElPaso VA Health Care Center and RonHolmes and John McKinney, the co-chairs of my Veterans Citizen Advi-sory Panel.

Veterans will be heartened to knowthat, after a long fight by my col-leagues and I on Capitol Hill, thisyear’s Defense Authorization billaddresses the unfair reduction in re-tirement benefits military spouseshave endured through the SurvivorBenefit Plan. The bill will phase outthe current 20-percent reduction inbenefits spouses must deal with oncethey reach 62 years of age. Military

spouses play an important role in thedefense of our country, and I ampleased to say they will now receivethe benefits they have earned anddeserve.

While we can consider the Survi-vor Benefit Plan a victory, there isstill much work to be done, such asthe Disabled Veterans Tax. The fis-cal year 2005 Defense Authorizationbill authorizes full concurrent receiptfor 100-percent disabled veterans,beginning in January 2005; however,every eligible veteran deserves theconcurrent receipt of their disabilitypay and retirement benefits.

These issues will surely be topicsof conversation at our town hall andI look forward to gaining the insightof both our local and federal experts.In the past, these town halls have pro-vided a forum in which to exchangeconcerns and possible solutions re-garding the Department of VeteransAffairs and its program and budget.I have always appreciated the activeparticipation of El Paso’s veteransand once again invite you to send meyour questions. Please contact methrough the “Voice your Opinion”section on my website atwww.house.gov/reyes or call my of-fice at 534-4400.

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By U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla

Por la Gente By State Rep. Chente Quintanilla

Hola, migente — thisis your friendand public

servant reminding you that a very vi-tal challenge awaits all of us thiscoming Nov. 2, 2004. I’m speaking,of course, of Election Day. If youvoted early, then this message is notso much for you, as it is for thosepeople who haven’t voted yet. If, onthe other hand you have alreadyvoted, then it’s your duty and respon-sibility to help others in your sphereof influence to go out and vote. Thiselection promises to be one of themost contentious in recent history.

However you decide to vote —whether you’re for the Democrats orthe Republicans — nothing will getdone unless you take the time and theresponsibility to vote for your favor-ite politician. I was fortunate in thiselection, because I didn’t have anopponent. But, that won’t excuse youfrom voting for me, even if I don’t havean opponent. The important thing hereis that we need for every eligible voterto cast his or her ballot.

For too many years now, our big-gest population group — namely,Mexican Americans — has been re-miss in exercising this most impor-

Residents of El Paso County needto exercise precious voting obligation

tant and vital right. Whether to voteor not should never be an issue, but,unfortunately, too many of our eli-gible voters opt to not practice whatthey preach. How grand it would beif everybody in El Paso voted for thecandidate of their choice.

I’m not going to encourage you tovote for either the Democrats or theRepublicans — you all know whereyou stand, and you must know inwhich direction you want our coun-try to go. Do we continue with Presi-dent Bush’s so-called “conservativecompassion” or should we go with atotally new candidate — Sen. JohnKerry, who has designed some greatplans for our future.

The choice is entirely up to you.An educated electorate is an in-formed electorate. So, if you don’tknow too much about either Bush orKerry, it’s up to you to inform your-selves. The media is doing everythingit can to keep you excited and in-volved in this year’s race — espe-cially because it’s a presidential year.

But, nothing good will come outof it if more people decide thatthey’re not going to vote. It’s timethat we El Pasoans become part ofthe electoral system. We’ve got thehuge numbers of people who are al-

ready registered to vote — over300,000 potential voters. But, whatgood will that do if people don’t ex-ercise that privilege.

One thing that every voter mustrealize is that politicians, whetherlocal, state or national are very im-pressed with numbers. Hispanicscontinue to hear that they are the fu-ture of U.S. politics, yet getting themto the voting booth is very difficult.While our efforts should be on regis-tering more and more people to vote,we should also make sure that thosewho are registered go out on electionday to cast their ballots.

Hispanics in El Paso County out-number by far people from other eth-nic groups — Hispanics are now thelargest minority group in the nation— but, that will come to naught ifthey don’t take their responsibilityseriously. How will we ever come tobe courted by politicians throughoutthe state and the nation, if they knowthat we don’t vote even if we are thelargest minority group.

So, please — if you do nothing elseon Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004, make surethat you go to your voting precinctand cast your vote. And, yes, you caneven vote for me even if I have noopponent. Everybody needs to vote, so

that we can show politicians in Austinand in Washington that we are nolonger going to stand on the sidelines.We are, instead, going to be very well

represented in the voting booth and wewill have our say on election day. Un-til then, I remain your friend and pub-lic servant — Chente for la gente.

Next Tuesday people everywherewill have the opportunity to makehistory by doing one very simplething: voting.

The 2004presidential elec-tion may be oneof the closest inhistory, which isan even greaterreason to exer-cise the right thatour ancestorsfought so hard todeliver.

Did you knowthat after the 2000presidential election CNN reportedthat only 51 percent of potential vot-ers exercised their right to vote? Whenyou compare that statistic to otherdemocratic nations we rank near thebottom for voter participation.

We could learn a very valuable les-son from the newly democratic na-tion of Afghanistan. In October ofthis month there were lines of peoplethat circled city blocks. What werethese people waiting to do? Vote. Thepeople of Afghanistan have gonethrough great struggles to earn theirright to a free election and they’re tak-

Get out and voteing full advantage of this opportunity.

America has also gone throughgreat struggles to earn the right to

vote. That’s ex-actly what ournation is about:Democracy andour right to vote.The right to voteis our guaranteethat we will re-main a democ-racy and con-tinue to enjoy thefreedoms that arethe basis ofAmerica. Free-

doms including speech and religionare ultimately guaranteed by the rightto vote.

With today’s political, economicand social climate, now is the timefor each of us to make our voiceheard. In a world where most peopleare content to remain silent, even thesmallest of voices can become a loudcry. The 2000 elections proved this:every vote counts. That’s why I’m re-minding everyone today to take ad-vantage of that right and get to thepolls on Tuesday. Every vote makesa difference.

• Elfida P. Chavez Elementary SchoolSocorro’s alternative schools,

KEYS Academy and KEYS Elemen-tary, were not rated.

The rating is based on three crite-ria: a 70 percent passing standard foreach test in Reading/English Lan-guage Skills, Writing, Social Studies,Mathematics and Science; a dropoutrate of 0.7 percent or less and a 70percent passing standard on the Stu-dent Developed Alternative Assess-ment, or SDAA exam given to Spe-cial Education students.

Antonio Baca, Assistant Superin-tendent for Instruction, says eventhough the requirements are uniform,the needs and ways of reaching the

requirements are different for eachcampus. “All of our schools are very,very focused on the tests. But itwould be impossible to say whatworks for Elfida Chavez, for ex-ample, would work as well for an-other campus. There were a lot ofschools that were right on the cuspof being ‘Recognized.’”

Dr. Duron agrees, adding, “Manyof our schools narrowly missed the‘Recognized’ rating in areas whichthey have already targeted for im-provement this year.”

Baca says the District continues toalign the curriculum, called the TexasEssential Knowledge and Skills, orTEKS with the questions on theTAKS. “As far as preparing for thetests specifically, that’s the charge ofthe campuses,” says Baca, “but par-ents need to continue to support andmotivate their students.”

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issue of Forbes magazine profiled 26-year-old engineer Simon Luk, a first-generation American. His story iscompelling because he is heading acompany earning less than $1 mil-lion in sales right now, but is poisedto challenge computer industry giantslike Cisco and Lucent. Maybe he willwildly fail. But he might just amaz-ingly succeed.

Economic liberty, not politicalpromises and government largesse,makes the dream possible.

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can be seen from a distance whilechildren are hurriedly crossing thestreets in front of traffic. The brace-lets are donated yearly by Mr. andMrs. Jimmie L. Joseph, Ph. D. , whoalso live in Horizon City. Mr. andMrs. Joseph have donated thousandsof bracelets during the past threeyears specifically for the safety of ourchildren during Halloween night. Thebracelets will also be distributed tothe local child care centers to begiven to the children and parents towear them during Halloween night.

HALLOWEENSAFETY TIPS• Carry a flashlight• Walk, don’t run.• Stay on sidewalks.• If no sidewalk is avail-able, walk on the left sideof the road facing traffic.• Obey traffic signals.• Stay in a group and in fa-miliar neighborhoods.• Plan your route and don’tcut across yards or drive-ways.• Wear a watch you canread in the dark.• Make sure costumesdon’t drag on the ground.• Shoes should fit (even ifthey don’t go with yourcostume).• Avoid wearing maskswhile walking from houseto house.• Carry only safe roundedtoy knives, swords orother props.• Wear fire proof clothingwith reflective markingsor tape.• Wear reflective itemssuch as glowing braceletsfor additional safety.• Approach only housesthat have lights on.• Stay away from and don’tpet animals you don’tknow.• Have an adult inspectyour treats before eating.• Wash all fresh fruit, in-spect for holes and cut itopen before allowing chil-dren to eat it.• Plan a return time anddon’t walk back home alone.

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BONILLAHENRY U.S. CONGRESS

Over the years you havecome to know and trust me.It can take a long time for that kind ofrelationship to develop, and only afteryou spend a lot of time together. I knowthe needs of South Texas because Iknow you. And I want to continueserving you here in the 23rdCongressional District.

My record for the last 12 yearsspeaks more clearly than anypromise I can offer. A recordthat supports families, smallbusinesses, seniors, taxpayers,the military and the security ofour country.

During my next term, I willcontinue to focus on these issues:• Abolish the federal income

tax code• Adopt a fairer, simpler tax system• Permanently kill the Death Tax• Allow self-employed workers to

deduct health insurance expenses• Ease tax and regulatory burdens on

small businesses

And, as the Agriculture AppropriationsChairman, I will make sure ruralinterests are protected at all costs.

Beyond our issues at home,my priority is to supportPresident Bush in America’swar on terror. He is a principledman who is finally standing up tothe terrorists who want to destroyour way of life. In fact, destroyus altogether.

As a member of the AppropriationsCommittee, I directly affect thefunding of our military andintelligence organizations. I willmake sure they, and the President,have the resources they need to win.

But to do so, I need your supportand your vote to continue servingyou faithfully and actively in theU.S. Congress.

Thank you.

Henry BonillaMember of Congress

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Tornillo Elementary School is oneof just three schools in Region 19 to

TISD Board Members present TES Principal with TEA Exemplary Award.From left: Ofelia Bosquez, Carol Escarciga, Letty Trejo, Hector Luna,Principal Severo Alcoset, Joe Tittle and Bertha Brew.

Tornillo Elementary soars to “Exemplary” ratingBy Rudy Barreda

Special to the Courier

be rated “Exemplary” by the TexasEducation Agency. Tornillo Elemen-tary is the only public school accept-ing any student living in their atten-dance area to achieve the Exemplaryrating. This turnabout is tremendous

considering that Tornillo Elementarywas rated “Low Performing” by theTEA just three years ago.

The ratings, which were released bythe Agency on September 30, also indi-cate Tornillo Intermediate, Tornillo Jun-ior High and Tornillo High School areall rated “Academically Acceptable.”

Silva Magnet School and BurnhamCharter School were the other twoschools in the Region 19 area rated“Exemplary”. Silva Magnet is a highschool where students must apply andbe accepted to enroll. Burnham Char-ter School is a private school, mean-ing parents must pay tuition in orderfor their children to attend the school.

Tornillo Elementary PrincipalSevero Alcoset attributes much of theschool’s turnaround to the commit-ment the faculty and staff have towork together to ensure everystudent’s success. Additionally, theparents, the community of Tornillo,and the district’s Board of Trusteesall contributed to the effort.

Tornillo Elementary teachers domany things to improve the academicperformance of the students. They

share effective teaching strategieswith each other. They provide fieldtrips and science and social studiesassemblies to expose the students tothings that they might read about onthe TAKS Test. They make sure stu-dents who need extra help receivetutoring. Most importantly, the fac-

ulty and staff hold high expectationsof their students; they know the kidscan do well academically, so theyexpect them to do so.

With the continued assistance fromall stakeholders, Alcoset hopes theschool will continue to be “Exem-plary” for many to come.

District’s test scores from theTexas Assessment of Knowledgeand Skills, or TAKS exam, andthe progress of the building pro-gram as funded by the 2004 bondelection. The program, open to thepublic, begin at 6 p.m., and arescheduled for: Nov. 3 in the ElDorado High School Band Room,12401 Edgemere Boulevard andNov. 4 in the Socorro HighSchool Band Room, 10150Alameda Avenue.

� The “Halloween Hip-HopWorkshop” will be held on Sat-urday, Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to1:00 p.m. The dance-move eventwill be taught by Hollywood in-sider Robert Jaquez. Jaquez hasworked with groups that includeN’Sync, LFO and the BackstreetBoys as well as producing showsfor Disney. The event is beingsponsored by the Academy for thePerforming Arts. Information:565-6900. Cost: $10. Otherclasses are also being formed andwill feature Juaquez.

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� SISD’s O’Shea Keleher El-ementary School, 1800 LeroyBonse Drive, is sponsoring itsannual Harvest Festival October29, starting at 4 p.m. and continu-ing through 9 p.m. Food, gamesand fun are part of the program,along with activity booths andprizes, plus a costume contest, ahaunted house and a cake walk.Admission tickets can be pur-chased at the school during thisweek and are priced four tickets/$1. For more information, call theschool, 937-7200.

� The El Paso Jewish Academy,the U.S. Holocaust MemorialMuseum and the American Medi-cal Association are sponsoring alecture titled Nazi Medicine:Context and Lessons, featuringPatricia Heberer, PhD., historianwith the Center for AdvancedStudies at the U.S. HolocaustMemorial Museum in Washing-ton, D.C. and Alan L. Wells,PhD., MPH, Senior Research As-sociate with the Institute of Eth-ics for the AMA. The event, atOne Helen of Troy Plaza on Thurs-day, Nov. 4, will begin at 6:30 p.m.Call 833-0808 or 494-9697 for res-ervations and information.

Public NoticeTown of Clint

TEXAS COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The Town of Clint is giving notice of its intent to submitan application for a grant in the amount of $266,596 fromthe Community Development Fund of the FY 2005/2006Texas Community Development Program. The applica-tion requests a grant which will be used to implementwater system improvements at several locations through-out the community. The application is available for re-view at Town Hall during regular business hours.

Dale Reinhart Date PublishedMayor October 28, 2004

PUBLIC NOTICETOWN OF ANTHONY

TEXAS COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The Town of Anthony is giving notice of its intent tosubmit an application for a grant in the amount of$266,596 from the Community Development Fund ofthe FY 2005/2006 Texas Community Development Pro-gram. The application requests a grant which will be usedto develop a neighborhood facility in the community. Theapplication is available for review at Town Hall duringregular business hours.

Art Franco Date PublishedMayor October 28, 2004

WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIERPage 6 October 28, 2004

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By Steve EscajedaSpecial to the Courier

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There’s a saying that’s been going aroundthe world of sports since before I was a littletike. And that has to do with a coach being onlyas good as his players.

And for many years I believed it. I saw agreat coach go to an organization that had hor-rible players and that coach’s team played —well — horribly.

Miners, Price getting national attention for fast turnaroundOf course his team was bad, he had no players.Many of the nation’s best coaches are great

year-in and year-out because they get all of thetop recruits. All the young high school athletesgo to these big institutions for the chance tosee themselves on ESPN.

I used to believe that a coach was only asgood as the personnel he was dealt with.

I believed it, until this college football season.With very few exceptions, the UTEP Min-

ers have all the same personnel it had a yearago. The same quarterbacks, running backs,

wide receivers, tight ends, offensive linemen,kicking game, linebackers, down linemen, de-fensive secondary and special teams it hadduring last year’s disastrous 2-11 campaign.

Heck, many of them were here the year be-fore when the Miners again won just two games.

In fact, a bunch of them have played throughUTEP’s last three seasons, all 2-win fiascoes.

So if these guys are all the same players thatcouldn’t score points, couldn’t keep the otherteam from scoring points and practically gaveup by half-time of most games, why are they

suddenly one of the hottestteams in college football?

That’s easy — just sevenwords: Mike Price and hisentire coaching staff.

The Miners now have aveteran coaching staff, areal coaching staff — a truegroup of professionals inplace that some NFL teamswould be envious of.

UTEP went to LouisianaTech and pounded the Bull-dogs 44-27 in a gamewhich the Miners hadplenty of opportunities tolose. But every time adver-sity hit the Miners, theMiners hit back evenharder and pulled away latein the game.

Unlike past seasons theMiners, thanks to the newwinning attitude instilledby Price, won the mental-toughness game.

When all the hoopla be-gan about the arrival ofMike Price to UTEP, one ofthe early theories was thathe was going to have a hard

time developing Jordan Palmer into one ofthose NFL-style quarterbacks he so often pro-duces.

But so far, Price has done wonders withPalmer.

Palmer — who couldn’t even distinguishhimself as the starter during pre-season work-outs — has emerged very quickly as one of thebest quarterbacks in the pass-happy WAC.

After throwing five touchdown passesagainst Hawaii, Palmer threw four more againstLa Tech. But his most impressive: No inter-ceptions.

Let’s face it, we all knew Price would makethe Miners a better team. He’d move UTEP upthe college football notoriety food chain —eventually. But did anyone foresee the Minersbeing so good that it would garner AP andUSA/Today Top-25 votes halfway through hisfirst season?

Not only are the Miners just a win away frombeing bowl-eligible, they are being recognizednationally. Almost daily articles from ESPN,CNN/Sports Illustrated and other sports-relatedpublications including the Los Angeles Timeshave put the Miners in the spotlight.

Like I said earlier in this column, I didn’tthink the mere presence of a coach could turna losing program into a winner almost instan-taneously. But in UTEP’s case, Mike Price has.

Price has raised the Miners to a differentlevel. Don’t believe me. Did you know that theMiners — yes the “lowly” UTEP Miners —are currently ranked ahead of Notre Dame,Florida, Michigan State and Ohio State.

Talk about your rarefied air.Now will the talk turn to what bowl will the

Miners play in this year?I don’t know exactly how far Mike Price will

take the Miners this season but the scariestthought of all is that he’s just getting started.

Buckle your seatbelts El Paso, the Top-25 isjust a couple wins away.

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ComixOUT ON A LIMB By Gary Kopervas

AMBER WAVES By Dave T. Phipps

THE SPATS By Jeff Pickering

R.F.D. By Mike Marland

Classified Ads

By Don FloodIt was a week for hopeful and

disturbing headlines.On the positive side, a CNN.com

headline read: “U.S. offers down-load of new $50.”

Yes, of course! Downloadablemoney!

Download a fifty and print upwhatever you need! It was just thekind of self-help government pro-gram I was waiting for.

Yes, it occurred to me that per-haps the administration was goinga bit too far in pandering to voters,but what’s the point in living in ademocracy if you can’t be pan-dered to?

And yes, I was disappointed thegovernment hadn’t made it pos-sible to download a greater vari-ety of denominations.

Say your kid needs lunch money.You don’t want to send him toschool with a fifty.

Next thing you know he’ll thinkmoney grows on trees.

“That’s not how it works, buster!I had to make this money the old-fashioned way — download it andprint it up with my own twohands!”

But on the other hand, I had toadmit, downloadable moneywould be even more convenientthan the tree-grown variety.

Who wants to go out and pickmoney off trees when it’s raining?Or when it’s cold?

No such problem withdownloadable money. You’d beable to print money all winter long,while you remain warm and cozyinside with your printer.

Come to think of it, maybe Icould afford to be a little generous:“Here’s a couple of thousandbucks, get yourself some icecream.”

But then I read the story. This

great new government programwasn’t all it was cracked up to be.Instead of being aimed at industri-ous entrepreneurial types such asmyself, it was meant for those do-ing commercial art projects. Bum-mer!

The second headline was dis-turbing from the get-go: “’70s bandthe Raspberries to reunite.”

This has to stop. The Raspber-ries had exactly one Top 10 song.That was in 1972, back when di-nosaurs still roamed the earth.

If they were to put together agreatest hits album, they’d be hard-pressed to fill up both sides of asingle.

But here they are, threatening areunion tour.

It’s like those so-called thrillermovies. You’ll see the villain die,usually in a manner that, in reallife, would indicate a high prob-ability of death, such as being fedinto a sausage-maker, packaged fordelivery and then dumped into aflaming volcano — just before thenuclear bomb drops.

At the very least, you think toyourself, this villain would need tolie down and take a couple of as-pirin.

But no, they always come backto life. This, sadly, is what is hap-pening to our ’70s bands. They al-ways come back, even when logi-cally they should be dead or ap-pearing in Vegas.

And here’s the scary part. Ac-cording to the story, “General ad-mission will be $45, while a VIPticket guaranteeing a seat and ameet-and-greet with the band willrun $100.”

A hundred bucks to “meet andgreet” the Raspberries? You thinkI can just print my own money?______________________________________________________(c) 2004 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Lots 3 & 4, Block 8,Horizon Hills is of-fered by El PasoCounty ESD #1. Nooffer will be consid-ered less than$95,000.00. Sendsealed bids to:14151 Nunda , ElPaso, Texas 79928,Attention RonLarson. Bids will notbe accepted after6:00 P.M. on Mon-day, November 16,2004. Bids will beopened and read atthe Board of Com-missioners regularmeeting on Thurs-day, November 18,2004 at 6:30 P.M.The Board of Com-missioners re-serves the right toaccept or reject anyor all bids. For infor-mation call 915/852-3204 and

leave a message.

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Sealed bids/pro-posals/CSP to fur-nish the District withthe following prod-ucts and/or ser-vices will be ac-cepted at the fol-lowing times:

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Students at East Mon-tana Middle School in theClint Independent SchoolDistrict participated in acampus wide presidentialmock election on October19, 2004. In a tight race,George W. Bush was thetop vote getter among thestudents with 46% of thevote while John Kerry re-ceived a close 45.4% of thevote. For the remaining8.6% of the votes, studentsmarked “undecided” or“other” on their ballot.

“I think it’s important tovote because we have thefreedom to choose who wewant to speak for us. I willencourage my parents tovote because with that votethey can make a differ-ence.” says 8th grade ClassPresident Nancy Altamira.

Prior to voting, studentswere given lessons on theelectoral college system

By Laura CadeSpecial to the Courier

Students give Bush slim victoryand the U.S. Constitution.Students learned about thecomposition of Congress,how the number of a state’selectoral votes is deter-mined, and how the systemis used to elect the presi-dent. Students also madenon-vitriolic Presidentialelection trading cards de-scribing each candidatesplan and beliefs.

“When asked to giveshort written responses stat-ing their reasons for prefer-ring a candidate, it was ob-vious that many studentswere paying attention to themedia, their parents, andprobably each other. Manyquotes show a great deal ofthought and concern,” saysW. Smathers, 7th grade So-cial Studies teacher at EastMontana Middle.

The results of the mockelection were submitted toa database at the Office ofthe Secretary of State andwill be posted on theirwebsite on the evening ofNovember 2, 2004.

WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIERPage 8 October 28, 2004

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Q: I have been working for a schooldistrict for 25 years and as I am get-ting closer to retirement, I want tofind out how my retirement fromTexas Retirement System is going toimpact any benefits I can receive onmy husband’s record. I understandthe loop hole provision recentlychanged. Where do I stand?

A: Legislation did change the “LastDay of Employment Exemption”from one day to five years. Thismeans that if you are expecting to

receive a pension from Texas Retire-ment System, two-thirds of that pen-sion will be applied against any spou-sal benefits paid under social secu-rity. Remember the exemption is stillthere but it now requires that youmust be in a position that pays intoboth Social Security and Texas Re-tirement System during the last 60continuous months (5 years) of yourcareer. Legislators incorporated an-other exemption to the new rule; forthose individuals who filed for socialsecurity benefits prior to April 1,

2004, they will still be subject to thepre existing rule, that is, they mustpay into Social Security and TexasRetirement System on the last day oftheir careers with the schools butunder the new law; they are allowedto work the last day anytime in thefuture. The new legislation also in-corporated another factor whichcomes into play when we considerthe five years; if individual’s last dayof employment occurs between June30, 2004 and March 2, 2009, anyemployment they had in a school dis-trict that paid into both Social Secu-rity and Texas Retirement Systembefore the date of the new law enact-

ment, will be considered towards thefive years as long as they work thelast month of their employment ca-reers with one of the dual retirementsystem school districts.

Q: If I apply for my Social Securityretirement benefits online, can I emailyou a copy of my birth certificate?

A: No. We need to have a certifiedcopy of your birth certificate. (Thatusually means it has a raised seal onit and the signature of the state or lo-cal official who issued the document.However, Social Security is workingto develop a process for verifying

birth records electronically withstates.) When you apply for benefitsonline, you will be given several op-tions for where you want your claimprocessed and how you want to pro-vide us with your birth certificate andany other documents we might need.

______________________________________________________For more information visit your lo-cal Security office, see www.ssa.govor call us at 1-800-772-1213. If youhave any questions that you wouldlike to have answered, please mailthem to the Social Security Office,11111 Gateway West, Attn: Ray Vigil,El Paso, Texas 79935.

THURSDAY

Times of cloudsand sun.

78°� �

THUR. NIGHT

Breezy in theevening; otherwise,

partly cloudy.

FRIDAY

Partly sunny andpleasant; breezy in

the afternoon.

71°� 45°�

SATURDAY

Sunshine andpatchy clouds.

69°� 46°�

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Sun and a fewclouds.

72°� 48°�

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Mostly sunny.

70°� 45°�

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A mix of sunshineand some clouds.

70°� 46°�

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Plenty of sunshine.

69°� 43°�

WEATHER AccuWeather.com

SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR EL PASO

TEXAS WEATHER TRAVELERS CITIESUV INDEX

REAL FEEL TEMP®

AGRICULTURE

Statistics for noon.

Thursday ............ 5 ............ModerateFriday ................ 6 ............ModerateSaturday ............ 6 ............ModerateSunday .............. 7 ....................HighMonday .............. 7 ....................HighTuesday .............. 6 ............ModerateWednesday ........ 7 ....................High

The higher the UV Index, the greaterthe need for eye and skin protection.

Albuquerque 68/43/sh 60/36/pc 58/38/s 61/39/pc 59/36/sAtlanta 74/60/sh 74/60/t 78/60/pc 74/58/sh 75/54/tAtlantic City 57/45/s 65/50/r 70/52/sh 66/47/sh 66/46/sAustin/San Antonio 87/68/pc 83/62/pc 75/58/t 77/59/r 75/55/rBaltimore 60/49/pc 66/52/r 72/52/pc 72/43/sh 65/45/cBoston 54/42/s 54/45/pc 59/47/sh 63/47/pc 59/48/cChicago 66/54/pc 74/52/t 66/48/sh 64/48/pc 57/40/rDallas/Ft. Worth 85/67/pc 78/58/t 74/55/c 73/55/c 69/50/rDenver 70/36/pc 54/29/sh 56/32/pc 50/30/sh 52/24/rFlagstaff 42/22/r 46/22/s 52/26/pc 53/28/pc 48/26/sHouston 88/72/pc 86/70/pc 82/68/t 80/68/t 78/56/tKansas City 75/60/sh 70/49/sh 65/45/s 68/45/pc 61/37/rLas Vegas 60/46/sh 65/46/s 68/48/s 68/50/pc 68/50/sMiami 84/70/sh 84/72/pc 84/72/s 86/74/s 86/74/sMinneapolis 65/56/r 65/40/sh 55/38/sh 53/36/pc 48/29/rNew Orleans 86/67/pc 83/67/s 82/66/t 83/66/t 79/61/tNew York City 56/48/s 57/52/r 68/54/sh 63/52/sh 65/52/pcPhiladelphia 60/49/s 62/54/r 70/54/sh 70/50/pc 66/50/pcPhoenix 68/53/sh 74/54/s 74/55/s 75/56/s 76/53/sPortland 56/44/sh 56/44/r 54/42/sh 52/42/sh 54/40/rSan Francisco 62/50/pc 63/52/pc 65/54/pc 66/49/pc 65/47/pcSeattle 54/44/sh 54/44/r 52/42/sh 50/42/sh 51/38/rTucson 72/48/sh 70/47/s 73/49/s 77/50/s 73/51/sWashington, DC 60/50/pc 68/56/r 74/56/sh 70/51/sh 67/50/c

City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/WThur. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon.

Clouds will break up for a good deal of sunshine on Thursday. As a major storm system moves through the Rockies, south to south-west winds will increase to 10-20 mph. Expect 4-8 hours of possible sunshine, with humidity averaging 40-60 percent. Rain is notexpected for the next several days. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,

r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Thursday .................................... 79°Friday .......................................... 61°Saturday ...................................... 58°Sunday ........................................ 61°Monday ........................................ 63°Tuesday ...................................... 63°Wednesday ................................ 66°

The exclusive AccuWeather composite index ofeffective temperature based on eight weatherfactors.

Shown is Thursday’sweather.Temperatures areThursday’s highs andThursday night’s lows.

All forecasts and maps provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2004

Anthony 79 51

Canutillo 79 52

Fabens 79 52

Clint 79 52

E. Montana 79 53

Socorro 78 51

Horizon 81 54

San Elizario 78 50

Tornillo 79 52

Vinton 79 51El Paso78/53

Santa Fe67/33

Albuquerque68/43

Alamogordo76/48

Las Cruces75/48

Deming76/44 Carlsbad

78/51

Amarillo74/49

Lubbock74/56

Alpine75/50

Odessa76/57

Lajitas81/57

Ruidoso67/41

Cloudcroft64/35

CiudadJuárez80/56

53°

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