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God bless America, and everybody? President Bush in Budapest compared terrorists in Iraq to the Soviets who crushed revolution 50 years ago. The president notice that he insulted the Russians by comparing their soldiers to al-Qaida. He is in Europe on a goodwill tour. Rolling Stone quoted Al friends as saying he would love to be president but he want to spend two years in Iowa. However, Al insists he loves Iowa.

Whenever the children are out of town, Tipper comes to bed dressed as a corn subsidy. The Senate Finance Committee passed a bill ordering the Internal Revenue Service to fine pimps and hookers for tax evasion. Why on earth are they cracking down on prostitution? the only business that leaving the country. Argus Hamilton is the host comedian at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. For more Argus humor, visit the Journal Web page at www.abqjournal.com.

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823-4400 HOW TO REACH US NEW MEXICO Friday numbers Roadrunner Cash 18-26-28-32-34 Bonus 6 Pick 3 8-4-3 4 This Way 7-1-6-0 Wednesday numbers Powerball 2-8-16-45-51 Powerball 32 Power Play: 5 ARIZONA Thursday numbers Pick 3 9-9-4 Fantasy 5 14-8-21-11-25 COLORADO Thursday numbers Cash 5 19-21-26-27-30 Lottery numbers TODAY IN HISTORY THE LIGHTER SIDE TODAY IS SATURDAY, JULY 1, the 182nd day of 2006. There are 183 days left in the year. This is Canada Day. Ont this date in 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg began. In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect.

In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba. In 1916, Dwight D. Eisenhower married Mary Geneva Doud in Denver. In 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. In 1961, Diana, the princess of Wales, was born near Sandringham, England.

(She died in a 1997 car crash in Paris at age 36.) In 1966, the Medicare federal insurance program went into effect. In 1968, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. In 1980, was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada. In 1991, President Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court, beginning a confirmation process marked alle ations of sexual harassment.

In 1991, actor Michael Landon died in Malibu, at age 54. BIRTHDAYS: Bluesman James Cotton and actor David Prowse are 71. Cookiemaker Wally Amos is 70. Rock singer-actress Deborah Harry is 61. Rock singer Fred Schneider (B-52s) and actors Daryl Anderson and Trevor Eve are 55.

Actor-comedian Dan Aykroyd is 54. Actor Alan Ruck is 50. Actress Pamela Anderson is 39. Rock musicians Mark Pirro and Franny Griffiths (Space) and actor Henry Simmons are 36. Hip-hop artist Missy Elliott is 35.

Actress Liv Tyler is 29. Actress Hilarie Burton is 24. The Associated Press ARGUS HAMILTON CORRECTIONS POLICY The policy is to correct errors of fact in a timely manner. If you wish to notify us of an error, you can contact us through one of the numbers in the staff box on this page or call and leave a message at 823-3949. Or, you can e-mail us at Numbers supplied by The Associated Press and lottery Web sites JOURNAL CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST Partial closures, including La Luz Trail in the Sandia Mountains and the Manzano Mountain Wilderness.

Sandia Ranger District: Still open are La Cueva, Juan Tabo, Cienega Canyon, Sulphur Canyon, Doc Long, Dry Camp, Balsam Glade, Capulin Spring, Nine Mile, Pine Flat and Oak Flat day use sites; Sandia Peak Ski Area; Sandia Peak Tram and High Finance Restaurant; Sandia Crest National Scenic Byway; the Foothills Trail outside of the Sandia Mountain Wilderness; Crest Trail from the Crest House to the Sandia Peak Tram; Kiwanis Cabin Trail 94. Mountainair: Still open are Red Canyon Recreational Site for day use; Gallinas Mountains near Corona. Magdalena: Still open are Luna Park and Springtime campgrounds; south end of the San Mateo Unit south of West Red Canyon; Bear and Gallinas units. Mount Taylor: Still open are Coal Mine Canyon, McGaffey Campgrounds and McGaffey Lake. CARSON NATIONAL FOREST Partial closures, including the Valle Vidal.

Jicarilla Ranger District: Open with restrictions. El Rito: Totally closed. Canjilon: Still open are Canjilon Lakes, Echo Amphitheater and Forest Road 151 for day use only. Tres Piedras: Closed except for Hopewell Lake. Questa: Still open ar developed campgrounds with camp hosts along N.M.

38, Williams Lake Trail 62 and Red River Nature Trail 66, Taos Ski Valley and Red River lift areas, Eagle Rock and Fawn Lake day use fishing areas. Camino Real: Still open are Santa Barbara, Agua Piedra, Comales, Duran Canyon, La Junta Canyon and Upper La Junta campgrounds; Flechado, Agua Piedra, Amole and Las Petacas picnic areas; Agua Piedra, Indian Creek, South Boundary, Devisadero, Cordova Canyon and Elliot Barker day use trails; Middle Fork and West Fork access to the Pecos Wilderness; Forest Roads 116 and 76 from N.M. 518. SANTA FE, LINCOLN AND GILA NATIONAL FORESTS No closures; restrictions in place. BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT Most of the backcountry is closed; no overnight backpacking; most trails north and east of Frijoles Canyon open for day hiking.

KIOWA NATIONAL GRASSLAND Mills Canyon area near Roy closed. MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BOSQUE Closed (including levee roads) through July 7 in Sandoval, Valencia and Socorro counties and the Corrales Bosque Preserve closed through July 5 in Bernalillo Rio Grande Valley State Park, but the paved levee trail will be open. More information: www.nmfireinfo.com or (877) 864-6985. NEW MEXICO PUBLIC LANDS CLOSURES AND SITES REMAINING OPEN Bandelier National Monument 54 380 10 40 60 550 64 60 285 25 Socorro Albuquerque Santa Fe Kiowa National Grassland Middle Rio Grande Bosque Roy NATIONAL FORESTS Carson Santa Fe Cibola Lincoln Gila FOR THE RECORD An item in Journal incorrectly stated when and where the China-Burma-India Vets Association meets. The association meets at 9:30 a.m.

the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Erna Fergusson Public Library, 3700 San Mateo NE. Have Fun and Be Safe This 4th of July Recent rain allowed the Lincoln National Forest and the Fort Stanton area to reopen Friday, but other public lands managers decided the risk of increased crowds, coupled with a forecasted drying trend, made reopening too dangerous, Eriksen said. The Santa Fe National Forest has no closures, and the Gila National Forest on Friday reopened more than 400,000 acres after getting a large wildfire under control. Even after the recent rain in some areas, automated weather stations in the bosque, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge and other areas showed fuels were very dry with just 6 percent to 10 percent moisture levels. That compares with 17 percent for kiln-dried lumber, Eriksen said.

rom PAGE A1 Pro Brings Tennis to Wingate to the game and spark an interest in continued playing. Dantzer, 66, a tennis pro from Santa Maria, coaches the and teams at Allan Hancock College. He started the Standing Tall program about 10 years ago because of his interest in American Indian culture. Since then, he has worked with more than 5,000 Native American kids ages 4 to 18 and has traveled all over the western United States. did research to find out if anyone was teaching tennis to these kids and found there was a clinic here and there, but sustainable programs were never implemented after the clinics were Dantzer said.

where Ray Cometsevah comes in. The recreation assistant at Wingate High will use the clinic the opening act to start an after-school, non- curriculum tennis he says. goal ultimately is to get as many kids as we can playing tennis. And if we have kids playing at the elementary school level, they will carry that interest through middle school, and maybe by the time they get to Wingate High, tennis will be a sanctioned school sport and an elective for Cometsevah grew up in Clinton, and has played tennis for 35 years. He was among a dozen people who attended the first day of the clinic, which was geared for training coaches.

They put that training into practice on the second day, when about 60 students filed into the Wingate High School gymnasium. Most had never held a tennis racket before, but they were keen to try. Groups of six and seven kids gathered in a circle, sandwiching tennis balls between their outstretched rackets. They walked in unison across the waxed wood floor, attempting to cross a finish line before other groups. Dantzer described the sandwich as a team- building exercise.

Later, kids hit a tennis ball back and forth, aiming for a red rubber floor target between them in an exercise to introduce them to the forehand stroke. Errant balls bounced across the floor as kids ran after them, some laughing, some clearly frustrated. Kids finally got the chance to experience an exchange across pop-up nets using balls with paper tails attached to provide a better visual target. Dantzer called the exercise Randall George, 17, a senior at Wingate High, runs cross-country and plays basketball. was kind of surprised when I found they were having a tennis he said.

play much tennis around here. seen tennis on TV and it seemed kind of boring, but maybe that was because I understand the rules. But I can see now that there are some similarities with basketball. lots of footwork and endurance running, and it develops fast reflexes and hand-eye coordination to hit the ball. I think it could be a challenging sport, and I may play if they have a team and if there are courts and Toward that end, Dantzer is helping Cometsevah apply for a $1,000 grant from the U.S.

Tennis Association. Not everyone was convinced tennis would be a good fit for them. harder than it looks, but more fun than I said 11-year-old Brittanie Begay, who will enter fifth grade at Wingate Elementary. catching on pretty good, but I guess really not interested in tennis. I like basketball and baseball Nevertheless, Mary Lou Kelly, the PE instructor at Wingate High, has no doubts at all.

will be a tennis club here, starting in the fall, and I expect about 15 kids will be on it, about the same as our golf she said. kids love golf; going to love And, no, there any golf courses in Fort Wingate. JIM Tennis balls pressed between their rackets, a group of kids walks in unison across the floor, attempting to beat other groups in the sandwich a team-building exercise. member Miguel Acosta said. Educators have complained that the city is taking longer this year to allocate after-school funds, leaving 99 schools and 70,000 students wondering what programs will be available with only six weeks left until schools starts.

The city usually tells schools by May which programs qualify for city money. has said his Education Council is developing new, academically rigorous criteria to evaluate the programs before the city agrees to pay for them. Schools will have to retool some of their recreational and athletic after-school programs and focus more on academics and literacy if they want money from the city, he said. can build Legos at said. schools want to fund that, they can do that on their own In a later interview, press secretary, Deborah James, said the mayor will meet with the Education Council to get its input, and then collaborate with APS Superintendent Beth Everitt and some city councilors before a final decision is made.

Everitt dispute that the city has the right to change its funding criteria. But unfair to evaluate pro- grams approved by the city last year by new standards this year, Everitt said, especially when no one from APS has been involved on the Education Council, despite repeated requests to participate. Some of the programs may look frivolous on paper, she said, but they fulfill a need, such as keeping kids active as childhood obesity rates rise. should be at the Everitt said. have the experience.

The community and parents should have some say in this, The mayor did not name any current APS employees to the Education Council. James said the mayor wanted Everitt to get feedback from her staff while he obtained feedback from the community and Education Council. She said the mayor hopes to get a consensus before reaching a final decision. The mayor said a final decision would be made by July 8. said the 12-member council he appointed, which includes former state and local educators, has the experience and qualifications to assess the after-school programs.

want to get into a tit- said. think that helps kids graduate. But I understand that APS is tremendously resistant to Mayor Questions After-School Programs Standing Tall Tennis is a nonprofit organization that introduces American Indian children to the sport of tennis. For more information, go online to standingtalltennis.org. Standing Tall Tennis is funded by private donations, grants from the U.S.

Tennis Association and the Chumash Tribe in California, and donated equipment from Wilson Sporting Goods. Sponsorships and donations can be made to Standing Tall Tennis, 1313 Bauer Santa Maria, 93455; phone (805) 937-0213; e-mail Get with the program from PAGE A1 from PAGE A1.