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EL PASO'S Arc they on your way home? THE ABC-7 iTeam INVESTIGATES WHERE NEWS COMES FIRST Cities Features Editor Paula Monarez Diaz 546-6154, pdiazelpasotimes.com www.elpasotimes.com Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003 Onrfle Wright 1871-1948 ffiST Victor R. Martinez The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the wind and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine." Witour Wright 1867-1912 hrnthr an4 I first MOTI 1 became interested in the problem of flight in i Maximum alitude about 10 ft. (3 m) Wilbur ran alongside 22-27 mph (35-43 kph) during takeoff headwind increased lift mum 7 1 i Please realize manners are more, thank yon very much By Samantha Critchell Associated Press Many parents who say they care about the "big picture" for their children including their social and emotional skills, cognitive abilities and physical fitness are concentrating on what seems, at least on the surface, to be a limited topic manners. These parents are on the right track, etiquette expert Peggy Post says.

"Manners is so much more than table manners; it's about how we do everything in our everyday life," she says. "Our world is so informal, so crowded, so rushed, but it also can still be mannerly with just a little effort." In a recent poll by "Barney Friends" producers HIT Entertainment and Parents Magazine, good manners ranked as the top quality parents want to instill in their children. Religious faith tied with manners as being important, followed by creativity, responsibility and a strong work ethic, the survey of more than 1,000 parents found. Most of the respondents reported being concerned about the erosion of manners in society, but they also blamed themselves 66 percent said parents not spending enough time with their children was the biggest contributor to poor manners. The poll was done as HIT was doing research for a new Barney video, says Sue Bed-dingfield, senior vice president of marketing.

The company was looking for a theme that would best highlight the purple dinosaur's strengths; the final product is "Barney! Best Manners: Your Invitation to Fun!" Post is working with HIT on manners workshops and a curriculum that will be distributed to day-care centers and preschools. A lot of grown-ups think teaching children about manners means getting them to say "please" and "thank you," and to use the right utensils at the dinner table, but it's really about interacting and coping with people, explains Post the great-granddaugh-ter-in-law of Emily Post. "Manners are a matter of being respectful of yourself and other people," she says. This is a lesson that can't be started too young, even from the cradle. Post says.

"The goal is for manners to become habits, not something you need to think about" Deftones, others feel fires' heat The fires burning out of control in Southern California have caused airports and major freeways to close, evacuated entire towns and created rolling blackouts. For Deftones DJ Frank Del-gado, the fires are close to home literally. "My parents are pretty much caught up in it," Delga-do said by phone from Los Angeles. The band performed Monday at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces. "The fires are pretty close to the house so we're hoping everything goes all right.

I hadn't watched any news for a week once we started the tour. Then, I turned it on once we got down here (to Los Angeles) and I was like, 'Oh my The Deftones were scheduled to play San Diego on Halloween night, after playing Las Vegas. of thousands of people have left mountain communities in San Diego and San Bernardino counties since the fires started. "I don't know what we can do to help," Delgado said. "It is something that we have to think about.

Everyone right now is in a whirlwind wondering if people are going to survive. Homes are just burning out of control." Some bands, such as Something Corporate, have canceled gigs. "We didn't really feel right about putting on a show when our fans should be home with their lead singer An? drew McMahon told PoUstar. "We're looking forward to playing San Diego in December." Mudvayne thoughts Something about the Southwest or is it El Paso? doesn't agree with Mudvayne. First, the group canceled its Sept.

28 performance. Then, it was rescheduled for Oct. 28, but the band canceled the day of the show due to a "situation beyond our control," according to its Web site. It is probably not worth hanging on to those tickets anymore. The Web site said, "We will do everything we can in the future to make this up to our loyal fans in Texas." Nothing less than a free show would do.

How many times should people shell out their hard-earned money just to get screwed the day of the show by the same band? There is hope if you want to hear Mudvayne live. You can order one of Mudvayne's official live bootleg CDs at www.mudvaynebootlegs.com And you'll finally get to hear them live unless, of course, your order is canceled due to circumstances beyond their control. Victor R. Martinez, who often has bouts ith circumstances beyond his control, covers music for the El Paso Times. To reach him with a question or idea, call 546-6128, fax at 546-6174 or e-mail at vmartinezelpasotimes.com Piper J-3's journey to relive saga By Victor R.

Martinez El Paso Times SANTA TERESA There is flight, and then there is flight For some, strolling on and off an airline with a carry-on is not flying. You might as well have a bus pass. Nothing beats squeezing in and out of a small cockpit knees to mouth, elbows to ears. "To me, the smaller, nosier and more smoky an airplane is, the neater it is," said Terry Sunday, the director of development at the War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa. "The closer you are to being in the air in a small plane is what flight is all about." This year marks the 100th an- niversary of the birth of aviation with the Wright brothers' first successful controlled powered flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C, and the War Eagles Air Museum at the Dona Ana County airport has been celebrating all year.

The museum which showcases 29 aircraft, 43 automobiles and many historical artifacts from the World War II and Korean War periods will commemorate the first flight Dec. 17 when the museum's 1937 Piper J-3 Cub, the world's oldest flying Piper aircraft, takes off at 8:35 a.m., or 100 years to the minute after Orville Wright's first flight. "Nobody really wants to get onto a huge jet," Sunday said. "But if you go up in something like this, where you can feel the air and you can feel the wind, you really feel connected to what is going on." Please see Flight 2D 1 i. Photos by Rudy Gutierrez El Paso Times Terry director 6f development for the War Eagles Air Museum In Santa Teresa, wfth a 1937 J-3 Piper Cub.

The aircraft, the oldest flyable Piper in the world, will take flight at 8:35 a.m. on Dec. 17 at the Santa Teresa airport to commemorate the same date and time of the world's first flight. 7i IH I I hi i Makeplans What: War Eagles Air Museum. Where: 8012 Airport Road, Santa Teresa.

When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Cost: $5 adults, $4 senior citizens, children younger than 12 admitted free. Information: www.

flightlOO.org or www. war-eagles-air-museum, com or (505) 589-2000. Directions, 20 vft The War Eagles Museum at the Santa Teresa Airport has displays on the centennial of flight. 'Human new book highlight passing issue kins, who conceals his nist, Coleman Silk, was Johnston, passed as Anglo By David Crary racial background. The book, "Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are," by Brooke Kroeger, a New York University journalism professor, includes a sympathetic profile of a black man who passed as a white Jew during the 1980s and '90s.

Paul Johnston, a retired X-ray technician, knows of passing firsthand. His parents, Albert and Thyra loosely modeled on the late Anatole Broyard, for many years a prominent literary critic for the New York Times. Broyard was born to a black family in New Orleans and grew up in a black section of Brooklyn, but as a young man stopped seeing relatives and friends from his past and lived the rest of life as white. A handful of people knew the truth. along with Paul and his three older siblings while the family lived in two New Hampshire towns during the 1930s and '40s.

Paul Johnston, 68, is now married to a woman of Irish descent who has nine children from a previous marriage. "Some of the kids were pretty prejudiced, but they grew to like me," he said. In "The Human Stain," Roth's fictional protago Associated Press America is more diverse than ever and racial pride is strong, yet a new movie and book are highlighting a phenomenon that seems like a relic of the segregationist past black people passing as Anglo. The film, "The Human Stain," is an adaptation of Philip Roth's novel about a college professor, played by Anthony Hop Si 1 Courtesy of Miramax Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins in "The Human Stain." ZuT HH CHECKITOUT Czech artist's work on display The Frame Place Gallery, 7110 N. Mesa, is currently showing the art work of Czech artist Frantisek "Frank" Dubek.

Dubek draws with charcoal and works in several media, including pastel and acrylic. His AREAEVENT Explore ghost towns with Cruces author Las Cruces author Linda G. Harris will have a book signing and discussion of her new book, "Ghost Towns Alive," from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Barnes Noble, 705 Sun-land Park. The book, published by the University of New Mexico Press, is the first look at New Mexico ghost towns in more than 20 years.

In visiting some 90 towns, Harris found many of them still occupied. The book is available at area book stores and from the University of New Mexico Press, www. unmpress.com Information: 581-5353. 1 'Jt- I MARKYOUR CALENDAR What: Grand opening of the Mel Clarkston Art Studio featuring photography, pottery and paintings and Lydia's Wallcoverings, which sells wallcoverings, blinds, shutters and murals. When: 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursday. Where: 407 E. Nevada. Information: 309-5381. paintings onen fCfX reflect political tL, Ni anu religious im- mm V- JUnv3fW CtfrVi will be on display through Nov.

12. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturdays. Closed Sundays and Mondays. Information: 581-7620. Maribel Vlllalva Refer goes here here and here and here MORE EVENTS 3D taj. 'imam.