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THE NEWS-SUN business and advertising
offices will be closed
today through Dec. 26.
Offices reopen for regular hours next
Tuesday. Offices will
then be closed Dec. 30
through Jan. 2. Offices
reopen for regular
hours on Jan. 3.
WYNONNA JUDD and
the The Big Noise will
perform
at the
Lea
County
Event
Center
on Jan.
20.
Tickets can be purchased at www.selectaseatlubbock.com or
at the Lea County
Event Center. Doors
open at 7 p.m. and
concert starts at 8 p.m.
Tickets start at $30.
UNITED WAY OF LEA
COUNTY continues to
accept donations of
heaters for its annaul
heater drive. Also,
even though the official Coats for Kids
drive has ended, the
Salvation Army continues to accept
coats.
Inside Today
Obituaries ...........................2
Lottery.................................2
Mark the date ....................3
Fun & Games ......................5
Weather ..............................6
Sports ..................................7
Classifieds..........................10
TV ......................................12
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DENVER CITY
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011
Hobbs
firefighter
Mike
Nelson
delivers
gifts to
Jesus
Israel
Monday
evening
during a
Toys for
Tots
delivery.
KIMBERLY RYAN
NEWS-SUN
The value
of a dollar
That’s what a Hobbs
50 cents
HFD HANDS OUT ‘A TON’ OF TOYS
2,000 smiles
LEVI HILL
NEWS-SUN
The Hobbs Fire Department brought Christmas
early to many children in Hobbs, handing out hundreds of toys to needy children on Sunday, but the
giving doesn’t stop there.
Dana Ankerholz with the Hobbs Fire
Department, who is co-organizing the annual toy
drive, said the number of toys donated this year
was more than ever seen before.
“We have received a ton of toys this year. I would
say 2,000 toys at least,” she said.
Firefighter Michael Nelson, another toy drive
organizer, said the community has been very generous this year and some 60-70 children have
SEE TOYS, Page 4
Project Christmas lights
Online forum helps
Hobbs resident set up
light and sound
holiday display
teacher hopes to teach
her students after
winning a $3,000 grant
LANCE CRENSHAW
NEWS-SUN
Southern
Heights
Elementary fifth grade
teacher Stacy Austin
decided she needed to
take the initiative to
teach her students the
value of the American
dollar.
A couple
of months
ago, Austin developed the
concept
of a project titled
“Opportunity Costs.” With
Austin
the help
of fellow
teacher Donovan Fierro,
Austin presented her project idea to Wells Fargo in
hopes of receiving the
Golden Apple Put Cash in
Classrooms grant to help
fund the project.
Out of 218 entries for
the grant from the south-
LANCE CRENSHAW
NEWS-SUN
A Hobbs resident used the help
of an online forum to assemble
an impressive Christmas light
display at his home north of
town.
Adam Lindner, 34, who drills
water wells for Eades Drilling
and Pump Service, decided in
January that he wanted to have a
Christmas display at his home.
“I would see other houses in
town, and the elaborate decorations, and I always wondered
how they did it,” Lindner said.
“I’ve seen it on the Internet
before, and my 15-year-old daughter, Katie, talked me into doing
my own display this year.”
Lindner
logged
on
to
www.doityourselfchristmas.com
in January, and ordered the parts
for the first two controllers. He
tinkered with the controllers and
the thought of assembling the
display for almost 10 months
until October, when he decided to
Andy and Adam Lindner
stand in front of their home
decorated in holiday lights
on Katy Lane. The Lindners’
home is sequenced to play
along with an FM station on
Katy Lane.
KIMBERLY RYAN/NEWS-SUN
SEE LINDNER, Page 4
SEE AUSTIN, Page 3
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received toys thanks to the donations.
“As of right now I have 25 households of kids,
about four kids per house in need,” Nelson said
just prior to distributing on Sunday. “We have
enough presents to give two per child and we still
may have more available.”
Nelson said kids not only received toys this year,
but inmates at the Lea County Correctional
Facility knitted beanies for all the children and
those were also handed out.
Nelson said the department also received generous monetary donations that were used to purchase fruit, which was first done last year and was
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Edison Elementary
Edison Elementary fifth graders perform festive songs during the Christmas program at
the Hobbs school.
When it comes to technology, users have different opinions and reasons for purchases like iPads, Kindles and
Nooks.
The iPad was introduced by Apple in
2010. The tablet computer has a touch
screen and enables
users to surf the
Internet and run programs approved by
Apple. The starting
cost is $500.
Amazon.com introduced the Kindle in 2007, which
makes it possible for users to download e-books, newspapers and magazines. The Kindle has an e-ink screen that
SEE E-READERS, Page 3
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