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Is your child fully immu-nized? Do you needyour seasonal flu shot?The New MexicoDepartment of Healthand Blue Cross andBlue Shield of NewMexico are offeringfree adult and childFLU SHOTS, childhoodimmunizations onFriday, Sept. 21, atBurger King, 2320North Grimes Street, inHobbs, from 8-11:30a.m. Parents areencouraged to bringtheir children’s shotrecords to the BCBSNMCare Van clinic.

The schedule forUNIVERSITY OF THESOUTHWEST’SHOMECOMINGWeek/Test DriveWeekend is as follows:alumni awards andchapel ceremony at 11a.m. in ScarboroughMemorial Library onWednesday, Sept. 26;pep rally and bonfirestarting at 7:30 p.m. onThursday, Sept. 27;Lady Mustangs volley-ball at 7 p.m. on Friday,Sept. 28; tailgate partyat 11 a.m. on Saturday,Sept. 29; LadyMustangs volleyball at1 p.m. on Saturday,Sept. 29; Mustang TestDrive on Sept. 28-29,for potential USW stu-dents, which includescollege prep classes,games and activities.Most activities will takeplace in and aroundthe Jack & MabelMaddox Student LifeCenter and are free tothe public. Call LaurieDean at 575-492-2108for more information.

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Constitution DayNew Mexico Junior College histo-ry professor Patty Emmerichhanded out awards atConstitution Day to the studentswho won top honors for their his-tory papers. Pictured are, fromleft, Kaitlyn Crow, of Lovington,Maria Alvarez, of Lovington, andDevin Miles, of Jal. Not picturedare Augustus Robinson of Eunice,Devanne Sours of Tatum, andTaylor Arnold and Sean Pyeattand Kristi Melot, NMJC on-campusstudents.

Right, N.M. Rep. Shirley Tyler, R-Lovington, gave a lecture on thehistory of the U.S. Constitution atthe NMJC Constitution Day event.

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Joule partners with AudiNEWS-SUN REPORT

Joule Unlimited announced Mondayit has inked a partnership with automanufacturer Audi to test the compa-ny’s Sunflow-E and Sunflow-D biofu-els.

According to a Joule news release,the partnership will help acceleratethe commercialization of the compa-ny’s biofuel, which is being producedat a test facility 14 miles west ofHobbs.

“This relationship brings us onestep closer to our goal of deliveringLiquid Fuel from the sun to vehicleseverywhere,” said William J. Sims,president and chief executive officerof Joule, in a release. “We are proud to

partner with a world-class companylike Audi, whose resources, reputa-tion and commitment to quality willhelp boost our commercial plans.”

Felicia Spagnoli, spokeswoman forJoule, said Audi invested in thedemonstration plant, but said shecould not disclose the capital invest-ment of the project.

“They are going to help us by testingthe fuel,” she said. “That relates toboth ethanol, which we are producingfirst, but also once diesel is ready willhelp with that as well.”

The Joule facility has created 20 full-time jobs for Lea County. Spagnolisaid some of the jobs have yet to befilled and the job descriptions can be

found on the company’s website.Lisa Hardison, president and chief

executive officer for the EconomicDevelopment Corporation of LeaCounty, said she is proud Lea Countycan take part in the world energy rev-olution by being a hub for oil and gas,solar, wind, nuclear and biofuelsdevelopment.

“Joule’s partnership with Audi isthe perfect stimulus to promote theproduction of fuel that will be made atthe Hobbs facility,” Hardison said.“We are pleased to have such an inno-vative business as part of theEnergyPlex and are proud that wehave the right resources to promotethe growth of this and other revolu-tionary industries.”

According to the news release, thepartnership will give Audi a firstmover advantage as Joule’s exclusivepartner in the automotive sector.

For Audi, the agreement fits with itsstated objective to become a carbon-

SouthwestSymphony kicking

off seasonBETH HAHNNEWS-SUN

The 2012-13 Southwest Symphony season starts Friday witha piano-fiddling duo from West Virginia.

Adam DeGraff and Randy Morris perform under the name“Pianafiddle” and play a little bit of every style, SouthwestSymphony executive director Geni Cavanaugh saidWednesday.

Pianafiddle performed in Midland last year to “ravereviews,” Cavanaugh said.

“They love to come to places like (Hobbs) where they get tointroduce the music,” she said.

Cavanaugh described Pianafiddle’s music as “a conversationbetween two musicians.”

The duo may start a piece by playing a familiar tune — clas-sical, jazz, old time, ragtime, blues or anything between — andthen improvise.

Pianafiddle is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Friday inTydings Auditorium. Tickets are $15 for adults and anyone 18years old or younger is admitted free of charge. Current col-

Pianist Randy Morris and violinist/fiddler Adam DeGraff perform as Pianafiddle. Theduo is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Friday in Tydings Auditorium as the openingof the Southwest Symphony season.

Parentsconcernedabout teachershortageTODD BAILEYNEWS SUN

Hobbs School Board members heardan earful during its board meetingTuesday from concerned parentswhose children attend HighlandMiddle School.

Around 15 parents expressed dis-pleasure on how the teaching short-age at the school has affected theirmath scores. The school has one mathteacher available to teach two matchclasses, simultaneously.

“My main concern is that most ofthe students there are failing,” saidCarlos Martinez, whose child attendsthe school.

Martinez said that the level of frus-tration is high all around, from thestudents and parents to school admin-istrators and the lone math teacher,who is trying to teach both classes at

Skandera setto visit todayTODD BAILEYNEWS SUN

New Mexico Secretary Designate ofEducation Hanna Skandera is expect-ed to be in Hobbs today.

Skandera is scheduled to visitSanger Elementary and Hobbs HighSchool this afternoon before talking ata town hall event at 5 p.m. at the HobbsMunicipal Schools board room.

The town hall is open to the public.“Secretary Designate Skandera has

been on the eastern side of the state

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once.“These are honor kids who

have always had A’s in theirclasses and most of them havenever experienced that,” saidMartinez, who approached theboard while other parentsremained in the audience.“They are falling behind moreand more every day.”

One parent said that somestudents are so frustrated andupset that they don’t want togo to school. Others want toknow the reasoning behind theshortage and what is beingdone about it.

School board president LanceWiseman said he had alreadydiscussed the matter withother parents and said theadministration is trying tosolve the problem.

“We are still chasing downleads for the possibility of hir-ing a new math teacher,” saidWill Hawkins, assistant super-intendent of secondaryinstruction.

“What are we supposed to doabout their grades,” Martinezsaid to Hawkins. “They contin-ue to go down and down andare not really not learning.”

Hawkins said that he wouldtalk to Highland principalJohn Nataro about the gradesand come up with a solution.

Wiseman said part of theproblem is not finding anapplicant, but keeping them.

“The last time I talked to Mr.Nataro he had interviewedthree separate teachers for the

position and all three rejectedthe position due to housingissues,” said Wiseman. “Wehad one teacher for two days,but then that teacher wenthome.”

Highland has not had anadditional math teacher sinceschool started and Wisemanadmitted that he felt a solutionwould have been found by now.

“We’re four weeks into theschool year,” said Wiseman.“We realize that these kids arefalling behind within thosestudies and we are going tohave to take some extra effortsas well as some interventions.”

Superintendent TJ Parkssaid the teacher shortage wasthe cause of a perfect storm ofevents that is taking place inHobbs. Besides the housing sit-uation, the district lost teach-ers to the oilfield industrybecause of better pay, and theavailability rate of math andscience teachers in the U.S.continues to decline.

“I have never been apart ofanything like this before,”Parks said. “We can’t find any-one. You may run into a situa-tion where you may find some-one who isn’t the best fit, but isable to be there. But that’s notthe case here. We don’t have anapplicant.”

Parks said the need for mathand science teachers is sogreat that the district offers a$2,500 signing bonus to anyoneit finds.

As for the current situationat Highland Middle School,after hearing all the concerns,Wiseman and the school boardsaid that an answer is coming.

“We need to sit down with thestudents and the parents aswell and make sure that theyknow that we want them tosucceed,” Wiseman said.“We’re doing everything wecan to make that happen. Ifthey are at the point wherethey don’t want to go to school,we’ve got to make a change.

“We want to get this situationresolved this week.”

In other business the board:• Heard an update on the con-

struction projects at the highschool. The 500 wing is beingoutfitted with furniture andshould be ready by Sept. 28.The little theater in the 200wing still needs the installa-tion of curtains and lightingand audio systems, as well asother small projects. Materialsare expected in the next twoweeks. The band room in the100 wing still needs new light-ing fixtures. The delay is fromthe lighting manufacturer, butthe school band is using theroom. Once arrived, it shouldtake a day to install.

• Approved the considerationfor the disposition of the highschool’s ag farm manufacturedhome and approved theappraisal for a new home.

• Approved the considerationto modify a lease agreementwith SBA Towers, allowing themove of a gate for the con-struction of a new cell phonetower.

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“We are very pleased to announce this strate-gic partnership with Joule, which offers gen-uine potential for CO2-neutral mobility,” saidReiner Mangold, head of environmental prod-uct at Audi AG, in a release. “Joule and the fuelsit is developing can ultimately enable sustain-able mobility, as its highly-efficient process con-sumes waste CO2 emissions, avoids depletion ofnatural resources and doesn’t require agricul-tural feedstock or arable land. It is the ideal sus-tainable fuel platform for Audi to support.”

Joule’s Helioculture platform directly andcontinuously converts sunlight and waste car-bon dioxide into infrastructure-ready fuels,including ethanol and hydrocarbons that serveas the essential chemical building blocks fordiesel.

The company’s SolarConverter system man-ages the process with productivities that areexpected to be up to 100 times greater than thoseof biomass-dependent methods, and can readilyscale in modular increments to meet large-scaleoutput demands.

all week visiting schools,” saidHMS Superintendent TJParks. “She is doing the townhall meeting to help parentswith the A through F gradingsystem.”

Only three of 16 HMS schoolsreceived a passing grade thispast summer from the state.When the grades were official-ly announced, Parks said thegrades are an indication ofwhere the school district isand what is needed to improvefor the future.

“It’s a line in the sand, amark in time,” Parks said inJuly.

To help HMS understand andprepare for the grading sys-tem, the district hired SuchintSarangarm as the new assis-tant superintendent for dataand assessment.

“There are only about fivepeople in the U.S. who under-stands the formula,” Parkssaid. “Dr. Sarangarm is one ofthem. If we didn’t have himemployed, we’d be in a differ-

ent boat. We are fortunate tohave him on our staff.”

For more information aboutthe town hall, call the HMScentral office at 431-0100.

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lege students are admitted forfree with a college ID.

Pianafiddle is also scheduledto perform for fourth and fifthgrade students at TydingsAuditorium earlier Friday.

The Oct. 14 concert willinclude a performance ofSymphony No. 2, “Romantic”by Howard Hanson, along withfeatured oboe soloist RandallWolfgang.

Wolfgang currently holds aposition as principal oboe withboth the New York City Balletand the New York City Operaorchestras.

In November, the symphonyis set to bring Scottish fiddlerHanneke Cassel. Cassel has “auniquely American approachto Scottish music,” a pressrelease from the SouthwestSymphony stated.

Cassel is scheduled to per-form at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 atCrosswinds CommunityChurch. She is also scheduledto perform at Will RogersElementary.

In January, the SouthwestSymphony is scheduled to per-form several pieces from popu-lar operas.

“A Night at the Opera” isscheduled for Jan. 14 inTydings Auditorium and willinclude pieces from The MagicFlute, Carmen, Tales ofHoffman, Don Giovanni andFaust.

Jan. 15, the orchestra willtour third and fourth gradeclassrooms as part of theannual Tour of Schools YouthOutreach Program. Classroomvisits will include Hobbs,Lovington and Tatum.

In February, the TommyDorsey Orchestra is scheduledto perform at TydingsAuditorium.

Terry Myers picks up asdirector following BuddyMorrow and Tommy Dorsey.The performance is scheduledfor Feb. 11 and includes manyof the same songs the bandmade famous, including“Boogie Woogie,” “I’ll NeverSmile Again,” “Song of India,”and “The Music Goes ‘Roundand Around.”

March 24, the SouthwestSymphony will perform withpianist Melissa Marse. Thiswill be an all Tchaikovsky con-cert including pieces fromSwan Lake, 1812 Overture andPiano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat.

Marse performs as a pianistand vocalist.

April 12, Vocaldente is sched-uled to perform at TydingsAuditorium. Vocaldente isGermany’s most successful acapella group. The perform-ance will include a variety ofmusical styles, from pop hits,rock and the Roaring 20’s.

Vocaldente is also scheduledto perform for Hobbs HighSchool choir students.

Cavanaugh said the 2012-13season will include severalclassical pieces that audiencesmay find familiar.

“We’re extremely excited,”she said.

Last season was successfuland Cavanaugh said the sym-phony is looking to build onthe enthusiasm.

“We’re going to be playingsome amazing, complicatedpieces that will delight theaudiences,” she said. “I thinkpeople will be pleasantly sur-prised by the performanceswe’re bringing.

“I can’t wait for people to dis-cover the talent we’re bring-ing,” she added.

Season tickets are $50 foradults, which is 50 percent offthe door price. Tickets at thedoor are $15-$20 per concert.

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