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PECOS VALLEY LIFESTYLES & ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE

The 9th annual Angel Gala Roswell Symphony Orchestra

Featured Artist Bill Wiggins

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Zombies invading downtown Roswell

The Community Foundation of Chaves County would like to thank everyone that has made this year's Angel Gala possible.

Angel Gala Sponsors: Pioneer Bank Accounting & Consulting Group Andrews, Smith, Lowery & Co. Armstrong Energy Corporation Comfort Keepers Pete Edmonds EMG Oil Properties - Eileen Grooms Featherstone Development Corporation First American Bank Meridian Insurance Services Wells Fargo Wealth Management Xcel Energy Angel Gala In-Kind Sponsors: Alpha-Omega Printing AmeriPride Linen Norma Bell Cathy Burch CableOne Cattle Baron Inc KOBR-TV Nancy Fleming Newman Outdoor Advertising Peek-A-Boo Portraits Rita Kane-Doerhoeffer Roswell Job Corps Roswell Lumber Do-It Center Sherwin Williams Company Tinnie Mercantile and Deli Villa del Rey Angel Gala Committee Members: Dr. Judy Armstrong Cathy Burch Ann Carson Nancy Fleming Lennie Hernandez Esther Lopez Lawrence & Rosie Lovato Elaine Mayfield Bonnie Montgomery Gloria Salas Tracy Spivey Bridget Steel Deanne Wolf Debra Young

Angel Gala Emcees Rod Schumacher Steve Wolfe

Angel Gala Auctioneer Howard McCall CFCC Board of Directors Alexis Swoboda – President Sara Armstrong – Secretary Ryan Miller – Treasurer Alan Applegate Jacki Bates Jane Batson – Grants Committee Chair Cynthia Green Eileen Grooms Candy McClelland – Membership Committee Chair Blake Meek Francisco Olvera – Investment Committee Chair Dyanna Treat Executive Director Susie Russell Lifetime Honorees Mike Andrews Dr. Judy Armstrong Frank Coggins Jesse Eckel Claudette Foster Sylvian Gillespie Howard Herring Jon Hitchcock Laurie Jerge Larry Jessen Larry Loftin Andy Miller Mario Picon Steven W. Smith Jack Swickard Dell Vick J. Phelps White III

Roswell Daily Record Friday, October 21, 2011 Volume 17, Issue 20

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Entertainment Calendar............................................................................3-5, 13-14 Halloween events start on page 4

Angel Gala Angel Gala ...............................................................................................................6-7 Artist Spotlight: Bill Wiggins ...................................................................................8 A Family Collaborates...............................................................................................8

In The Spotlight ........................................................................................................9 Roswell Symphony Orchestra

History.......................................................................................................................10 The Ghost Steer

In the Spotlight........................................................................................................11 Zombie Invasion of Roswell!

UFOlogy....................................................................................................................12 Betty and Barney Hill: 50 Years Later

V I S I O N M A G A Z I N E S TA F F Rey Berrones Editor

Sandra Martinez Ad Designer

Charles Fischer Publisher

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ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR Pearson Auditorium

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Party on the Mountain Come up to Ski Apache at 10 a.m. for our annual party on the mountain. A free T-shirt will be given away to the first 300 people. Fun, food, music from Bonfire, gondola rides, season pass giveaway and more. For more information call 464-3600 or visit skiapache.com.

Nov. 20

Blast!

Blast! is the winner of the 2001 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event and the 2001 Emmy Award for Best Choreography. It is a virtual explosion of music and theatre which uses drum and bugle corps the way Riverdance uses Irish step dancers. Born on athletic fields across the nation, BLAST! is a novel art form with full theatrical splendor that has evolved from the grand showmanship of outdoor pageantry. It is a virtual potpourri of big band & marching music — trumpets, trombones, snare drums, mellophones, euphoniums and vibraphone — choreographed motion, swirling color flags and twirling wooden rifles. Blast! is playing one matinee performance at the Spencer Theater at 3 p.m. For more information, visit spencertheater.com.

Artesia Oct. 22

Edgar Cruz at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center Edgar Cruz at the Ocotillo Theater in downtown Artesia at 7:30 p.m. Tickets FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011

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Sept. 28 - Oct. 29

The Llano Estacado Art Association Fall Open Art Show The Llano Estacado Art Association Fall Open Art Show is at The Center for the Arts, 122 W. Broadway, for more information, visit llanoestacadoartassociation.com or www.lcca.us.

Oct. 29

“Gordon Snidow. His Life, His Love, His Passion.”

Saturday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. is a spectacular presentation of visual and performing art, produced by Grace Snidow and Barbara Barleen-Staerkel. This production features the works of world renowned artist and Ruidoso resident Gordon Snidow. Gordonʼs works will be joined with the musical talent of master musician George Staerkel and his Arizona Opry cast. The Snidows and Staerkels mix their crafts to bring, only to the Spencer Theater, an extraordinary evening of entertainment. Donʼt miss this performance. It will be historic and unforgettable! For more information, visit spencertheater.com.

music, and free spaces for qualified vendors, artists, and craftsmen. For more information, call 480-299-6441

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Saturday Oct. 22

Randy Travis, 7 p.m., Pearson Auditorium With lifetime sales in excess of 20 million, Randy Travis is one of the biggest country record sellers of all time. His honors include seven Grammy Awards, 10 Academy of Country Music statuettes, 10 American Music Awards, two Peopleʼs Choice awards, seven Music City News awards, eight Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association and five Country Music Association honors. In addition, three of his performances earned CMA Song of the Year honors, “On the Other Hand” (1986), “Forever and Ever Amen” (1987) and “Three Wooden Crosses” (2003). To date, he has 18 No. 1 singles, 29 top-10 smashes and more than 40 appearances in feature films and television shows to his credit. Ten of his albums are Gold Records. Eight are Platinum. Two have gone Double Platinum. One is Triple Platinum and another is Quintuple Platinum. In 2004, Randy was honored with his own star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has been a member of the cast of the Grand Ole Opry since 1986. Ticket prices are $50, $60, and $80. To purchase tickets, go to roswellsymphony.org and for more information, call 623-5882. are $20. For more information, go to artesiaartscouncil.com.

November 4 - 6

Annual Balloons & Bluegrass Festival Artesia has combined Balloons & Bluegrass for an interesting twist to NM entertainment featuring hot air balloons and bluegrass bands from across the western states. Balloons launch from Eagle Draw each morning, weather permitting, around 7 a.m.

Then at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the Derrick Floor in downtown Artesia there is a day of bluegrass music, handmade arts & crafts, jewelry, handbags, food vendors and more! For

more information, go to artesiachamber.com.

Carlsbad Oct. 8 - 28

Carlsbad Area Art Association “Images” Show Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, for more information, call 887-0276.

Carrizozo Oct. 22

Spencer Park Antique And Collectible Swap Meet October 22, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food,

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Sons of Pioneers The Sons of Pioneers at Tydings Auditorium presented by Southwest Symphony. The Sons of Pioneers have been performing the music of the American West for over 75 years. For more information, visit swsymphony.org.

Roswell

Every Week, Mon, Wed, Fri

Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield - The Early Years This Walker Aviation Museum display will remain through the end of the year.

This exhibit features a short history of the base and many items from the WWII era, as well as information about the planes that flew at Roswell Army Airfield from 1941-1945. For more information, call 247-2464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.

Every Week, Mon, Wed, Fri

Peace Through Strength This Walker Aviation Museum exhibit is a tribute to the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron assigned to Walker Air Force Base during the early 1960ʼs. The squadron was responsible for operating and maintaining 12 Atlas missile silos around the greater Roswell area.

The exhibit was funded through a grant from the Association of Air Force Missileers. The 579th will hold its reunion here in Roswell May 4-6, 2012. For more information, call 2472464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.

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Four Bands for Four Dollars!

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Every Week, Wed, Sat

Karaoke at Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge Karaoke at Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge at 118 East Third St. from 9 p.m - until people stop singing.

Ritmo Latino at El Toro Bravo Ritmo Latino plays El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 622-9280.

Every Saturday

Sept. 17 - Oct. 23

Nathan Craven Exhibition The Roswell Museum and Art Center in partnership with the Roswell Artist-inResidence Program and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art hosts the Nathan Craven Exhibition. For more information call 624-6744 or visit roswellmuseum.org.

Sept. 30 - Nov. 26

Donald B. Anderson “An Artistʼs Gift” Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, for more information, visit roswellamoca.org.

Oct. 21

Roswell Adult and Senior Center Country Western Dance - Western Sky Band Western Sky Band plays country western music from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. at the YUCCA Recreation Center, 500 S. Richardson. Cost is $5 per person.

Refreshments will be served. For more info call Bob Power 575-840-6565.

Oct. 21

Last Child at Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge The classic rock band Last Child plays Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge from 8:30 p.m - 12:30 a.m.

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Studio + Thriller Workshop Studio + is holding workshops to help prepare for Thrill The World Roswell event that will be held Saturday, Oct. 29, in Pioneer Plaza. Learn how to do the Thriller dance on Oct. 22 or 29 from 10 a.m. - noon. For more information on the workshops call The Studio + at 6235155.

Oct. 22

Every Week, Thu, Fri, Sat

Open Mic at Ginsberg Music Ginsberg Music opens up the stage every Saturday from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. P.A. system and drums are provided, all other instruments must be brought by the musician.

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Saturday Oct. 22

Four Bands for Four Dollars!

SOUL COdE, Guillotine Effect, Bodies of Evidence and Kingdoms Fall play Ginsburg Music from 6 p.m - 9 p.m. SOUL COdE, Guillotine Effect and Kindgoms Fall are local metal bands. Bodies of Evidence (pictured) are a metal band based in Albuquerque with Pietro Berardinelli on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Marcus (Spark) Jaramillo on lead guitar, Miguel Valencia on bass, and Glen Parkison on drums. They are Hometown Albuquerque New Mexico grown and roasted shredding metal.

Oct. 21, 22, 28, 29, 30 and 31

Graves Farm and Garden Farm Scary Corn Maze Open from thirty minutes after dark until midnight, the Scary Corn Maze is approximately 3 acres of mystifying fun.

It is a great atmosphere for young and old alike. Admission for adults is $9.50.

Children ages 7 through twelve is $4.50.

Children 6 and under are free, though not recommended. For more information visit gravesfarmandgarden.com.

Oct. 22

Graves Farm and Garden Farm - Fall Farm Festival The Fall Farm Festival is from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Graves Farm located at 6265 Graves Rd. It is great fun for adults, children, and families. There are many activities including hay rides, farm strong competitions, chile picking contests, pumpkin picking, many games for young children and the famous corn maze. For

more information, call 1-877-507-1889, e-mail gravesfarmandgarden@yahoo.com or visit gravesfarmandgarden.com.

Oct. 22

Roswell Public Library - Story Time“Monsters” Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. at the Roswell Public Library located at 301 N. Pennsylvania.

For more information, call 622-7101.

Oct. 22, 23

RMAC Workshop: Suzi Davidoff Experimental Drawing in Nature Spend a day at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge followed by a day at the Museum creating drawings that develop a personal vision of the landscape using standard drawing materials, as well as pigments created with earth and plants.

There is a $50 fee. Call 624-6744, ext.

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Family Day at the Park Christʼs Church, with the help from Harvest Ministries and Gateway Church, is organizing a free day of fun kidsʼ activities, food, and worship at Cahoon Park from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. The goal is to bless families in Roswell with a free day to spend with their kids doing Bible crafts, coloring, face painting, and listening to live worship. It is a great opportunity to do ministry with your whole family by letting your kids play as you start your conversations with other moms and dads and share your walk with God, how your relationship with Jesus has transformed your life, and invite them to your church. For more information, contact Chris LaDuca at 623-4110.

Oct. 22

Randy Travis RSO Presents An Evening with Randy Travis at the Pearson Auditorium at 7 p.m. With lifetime sales in excess of 20 million, Randy Travis is one of the biggest country record sellers of all time.

Ticket prices are $50, $60, and $80. To purchase tickets, go to roswellsymphony.org and for more information, call 623-5882.

Oct. 22

Roswell Adult and Senior Center Dance to the Music of Country Charm Roswell Adult and Senior Center Dance to the Music of Country Charm from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. at the Roswell Adult and Senior Center located at 807 N. Missouri. Cost is $5 per person.

Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Bob Power at 8406565.

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Oct. 22

SOUL COdE, Guillotine Effect, Bodies of Evidence and Kingdoms Fall at Ginsburg Music SOUL COdE, Guillotine Effect, Bodies of Evidence and Kingdoms Fall play Ginsburg Music from 6 p.m - 9 p.m.

SOUL COdE, Guillotine Effect and Kindgoms Fall are local metal bands.

Bodies of Evidence are a metal band based in Albuquerque.

Oct. 24

The Bakery: Victorian England Retelling of Hansel and Gretel Gateway Christian School Theatre Department presents The Bakery at 7 p.m. at Gateway Church located at 1900 N. Sycamore. The Bakery is a Victorian England retelling of Hansel and Gretel Directed By Jamie Barnes.

Admission is free to the public. For more information call 622-9710

Oct. 25

Disability Employment Awareness Month Job Fair The DEAM job fair is at the Roswell Civic Center. There will be an employer incentives workshop and a Ticket to Work workshop for individuals looking for jobs, and they are both from 9 a.m.

- 10:30 a.m. The job fair is geared towards individuals in the Ticket to Work program and is from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information about the workshops, email nellie.daniel@state.nm.us. For more information about the job fair, contact Nikki Edwards at 637-8202.

Oct. 25

Roswell Refuge for Battered Adults Candlelight Vigil Remembering those who have lost their lives due to domestic violence at 6:30 p.m. at Pioneer Plaza. For more information, call 627-8361.

Oct. 25, 26, 27

spOILed “spOILed” is a documentary that asks us to stop and reconsider what we think we know about oil, the oil busiFRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011

ness and our relationship to petroleum.

The screenings will be at 2:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Galaxy 8 Theater. There will be a special question and answer session with the filmmaker Mark Mathis following the final screening.

Oct. 26, 29

Roswell Public Library - Story Time“Whoo Whoo” Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. at the Roswell Public Library located at 301 N. Pennsylvania.

For more information, call 622-7101.

Oct. 27

ENMU-Roswell Zombie Workshop and Costume Contest ENMU-Roswell will hold a zombie make-up workshop and zombie costume contest in the Performing Arts Center. The workshop will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Dallas JeffersPollei, humanities and theatre instructor, will demonstrate various make-up techniques and provide hands-on assistance and tips in make-up application for a perfect zombie look.

Participants are asked to register in advance by calling 624-7404, be dressed in costume, and bring their own make-up. Following the workshop, a costume contest and parade will begin at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Judges will award prizes to the most authentic looking zombies.

You do not need to attend the workshop to take part in the costume contest. Food, drinks, and candy will be provided.

Oct. 27

Villa Del Rey - Cookie Bake-Off Cookie bake-off 2 p.m. at Villa Del Rey located at 2801 N. Kentucky. The community is invited to bring in a batch of their cookies along with the recipe. The residents at Villa Del Rey will judge the cookies. Prizes will be awarded to the top three winners. For more information call 622-1656.

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Oct. 27

International Animated Film Series: Spirited Away (2001) RMAC presents a celebration of the tremendous craft and creativity of animation with a blend of historic and con-

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For tickets visit InnoftheMountainGods.com or call 575-464-7508 Mescalero, NM MINORS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. PAGE 5

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This is a partial list of items that will be on auction. Items will be accepted up until the actual auction.

• Alaskan Escape in Thorne Bay, Alaska - 3 night stay for two with fishing boat, equipment and crab pot donated by Mark Werner • American Airlines $300 Gift Card donated by Roswell Chaves County Economic Development Corp.

• Ladies Yellow Diamond Pendant .83ct rd Surrounded by a row of white diamonds set in a 14k two-tone mounting - donated by Bullock's Jewelry • 6ʼ Wooden Guitar with inlay pick, autographed by Randy Travis - donated

by Harry Curtis

Items on auction

• Leaded Glass Tiffany Table Lamp with Solid Brass Base - donated by Glenn’s Furniture & Appliance • Michael Hurd print ʻCasa Domingoʼ signed limited giclee - donated by Hurd-La Rinconada Gallery & Guest Homes - framing donated by Finishing Touches • One night stay for two w/two rounds of golf - donated by Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, NM • Two Dallas Cowboys suite tickets with food & beverage for game of choice for 2012 season • (2) Cooking Schools - donated by Ray & Patti Mitcham • Floral Multi Color Quilt - donated by Carolyn Mitchell • One night stay for two at Buffalo Thunder Resort in Santa Fe, NM donated by Tracy Spivey • One night stay for two with breakfast donated by The Abiquiu Inn, Abiquiu, NM • Two tickets to opera with backstage tour - donated by The Santa Fe Opera • Two night stay for 2 with 2 rounds of golf - donated by The Lodge at Sierra Blanca, Ruidoso, NM • Earth tone variation of Lonestar Quilt 72” x 72” (custom quilted by Sandy Rich) - donated by Michelle Watts • All of the chairs for chair-ity.

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Rey Berrones Photos Top: Artist chairs on display at Tinnie Mercantile Store & Deli Above: Susie Russell, Ann Carson and Nancy Fleming

The 9th annual Angel Gala

Vanessa Kahin Record Staff Writer

To say that the Community Foundation of Chaves County is steppin’ up its annual Angel Gala this year would be cliché — and a gross understatement.

With big-ticket items to be auctioned away, including a three-night escape to Thorne Bay, Alaska, for two; two Dallas Cowboys suite tick-

ets, including food and beverages, for the 2012 season game of choice; and two tickets to the Santa Fe Opera with a backstage tour; gala coordinators are making it clear that they strive for high standards as they raise funds for local nonprofits.

“We’re trying to heighten the level of this event,” said Susie Russell, executive director of the CFCC. This implies creating a new vibe for the event, to take place Nov. 5 at Pio-

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neer Bank, 3000 N. Main St. This new vibe is aimed to make the Angel Gala a “go to,” rather than a “come by” event, Russell said.

“We’ve got to really beef it up,” Russell said. “We have so many requests and not enough money.”

Last year’s Angel Gala raised approximately $17,000.

“In eight years we’ve given out over $96,000 to 48 different nonprofit organizations in Chaves County,” Russell said.

The funds raised by the gala go to the CFCC’s angel fund, which in turn sustains grants awarded by the foundation.

Changes to the Angel Gala include a new date, a new location and more involvement from local artists.

“We’ve always had the gala the first Tuesday in December,” Russell said of the event that has recently been moved up to November. The gala’s new place — the roomy Pioneer Bank main branch — will allow plenty of space for auction items and attendees. Also new this year are TVs that will feature pictures of nonprofits helped by the CFCC and screens where auction items will be displayed.

There will also be two cash bars and Girl Scouts dressed as angels to help with the event.

Aside from the addition of new, splendiferous auction items, this year’s Angel Gala will feature one-ofa-kind works of art that were specially made for the event.

The gala will auction what coordinators refer to as “artistically enhanced” children’s chairs for “chair-ity.” The chairs, which started out as simple pieces of wooden furniture, were given to several local artists. In the hands of these talented and skilled individuals, each of these chairs has become a unique representation of local talent.

The chairs were first displayed at Tinnie Mercantile Store & Deli, with a kick-off reception Sept. 16, during which two were sold. Since then the remaining chairs have been relocated to various locations around town, including Finishing Touches, Pioneer Bank’s main branch, Pecos Flavors Winery, and Lawrence Brothers IGA, to name a few locales.

Bidding cards went with the chairs so that prospective buyers could place a bid; however, there is a buyout price for the chairs as well.

“We just thought it would be nice to showcase the artists,” Russell said of the decision to display the See ANGEL, Page 13

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A few details on the artists and the chairs

Michelle Watts Preferred Media: Quilting Watts is a nationally recognized quilter and author. She travels often to lecture and teach quilting. Her chair is “Zen tangled,” one of her newly discovered favorite art forms.

Nancy Fleming Fleming is a mixed-media artist.

Her art ranges from thrift store finds to crafts, found objects, and collected papers.

Dr. Mike Taylor A well-kept, hidden sculptor, Taylorʼs talents are usually concealed, until there is a charitable contribution to be made, which is when he wows other artists. An orthodontist by trade, he usually works artistic wonders on teeth. For chair-ity, he enveloped his chair in all things Western, including bull horns and buffalo nickels.

Harry Curtis Preferred Media: Wood Curtis is a woodworker, who also delves into mixed media artwork.

His work doing wood-inlay is astonishingly beautiful. Endowed with a spiritual sensitivity, Curtis has a special inclination for angels in his art.

Anonymous, inspired by Konsuela The talent of this anonymous artist, like that of many of the other chair-ity artists, cannot be contained within one media. Talented in various forms of self-expression, the artist offered to complete the chair when Konsuela, a ceramic and graphic artist, was unable to do so. The anonymous artist was inspired by representations of Mexicoʼs Day of the Dead that are not uncommon in Konsuelaʼs work.

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Fatima Barnes Preferred Media: Clay Although she works mostly with clay, Barnes is best defined as a mixed-media artist who is on the lookout for ways to expand her artistic horizons. Hence, her chair incorporates painting, sewing and ceramics.

Ann Haile Carson Preferred Media: Cloth Carson is a professional weaver and clothing designer. Her ideas for visual concepts often come from a favorite quote.

Janell Wicht Preferred Media: Paint Painter and “object maker,” Wicht loves color, and investigates the interplay of color relationships, the surprise of found materials, the directness of drawing, and the fluidity of paint. She believes her art is about sharing a feeling with the viewer.

Cathy Burch Preferred Media: Paint Burch is usually a banner painter but refuses to be confined, getting into various forms of mixed media. A talented artist who can work with just about any form of media, Burch has no problem thinking “outside the box.”

Jeremy Howe Preferred Media: Fire Howe is a firework artist and geologist who has made his knowledge of the science of rocks an integral part of his art. His love of Earth science and art have dominated his interests since he was a small child, when he grew salt crystal gardens. Howe works with colored smoke and oxidation trails on paper, and refers to his work as “pyroglyphs.”

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Bob Phillips Preferred Media: Calligraphy A renown calligraphist. Phillips uses calligraphy and paint to make a very poignant statement.

In this way, he tagged the spine of his chair with the words: “sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit.”

Elaine, Miranda, and Logan Howe; inspired by Bill Wiggins A collaboration of glasswork, painting and woodcarving.

Although most artists work alone, three generations of artists - including grandfather Wiggins, mother Elaine and her children, Miranda and Logan - came together to show off their strengths. Their chair, “Roswell Roots,” is a beautifully choreographed collaboration.

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A family collaborates

VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER Three generations of an artistic family recently united to collaborate on an unprecedented project.

The result, which recently sold for $1,000, exemplifies not only the familyʼs varied artistic talents but also their deep roots in Roswell.

It was the Community Foundation of Chaves County that gave renowned local artist Bill Wiggins, his daughter Elaine Howe and her children, Miranda and Logan Howe, the opportunity to collaborate for the sake of charity - or, in this particular instance, “chair-ity.”

The family was selected by CFCC staff along with other local artists to “artistically enhance” a plain, wooden childrenʼs chair. With the chair came free rein to do as they pleased.

All chairs are in the process of being sold - either through a bidding process or a buy-out price option for the sake of the CFCC, which helps various nonprofits.

The chairs were introduced to the community during an Artists Chairs for Chair-ity reception at Tinnie Mercantile & Deli Sept. 16. The chair-selling will culminate during the CFCCʼs Angel Gala event at Pioneer Bank, 3000 N. Main St., on Nov. 5.

The chair decorated by Wiggins and the Howes - titled “Roswell Roots” - sold within the first 30 minutes of the reception at Tinnie Mercantile & Deli.

“It was a collaboration with my 94year-old father, Bill Wiggins … the most recent recipient of the Governorʼs Award for Excellence in the Arts,” said Elaine Howe.

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Top: Self-portrait painted by Bill Wiggins Above: Wiggins painting

Bill Wiggins: 2011 Governor’s Art VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

Award Recipient

Officials in Santa Fe - a city often touted as New Mexico’s cultural and artistic Mecca - recently recognized the lifelong work and creative vision of one of Roswell’s greatest artists.

The art and life of Bill Wiggins, 94, stand at a curious crux. He is at once an inspiration for generations that have come after him, as well as a representative of the ranchers and homesteaders from which he comes. During the process of recognizing Wiggins with the 2011 New Mexico Governor’s Award for

Excellence in the Arts in painting, his overwhelming artistic influence as well as his background were all brought to the forefront.

Wiggins was born in 1917 on a ranch outside of Roswell. His parents, Miles and Mona, were originally from Plainview, N.M., a town that once existed between Hagerman and Lovington.

Wiggins’ father was mostly selfemployed and became the first butcher Roswell ever had. Wiggins’ parents had settled in the area as homesteaders, eventually establishing a ranch where they raised cattle

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and horses. They also raised two sons: Bill and his brother Walt Wiggins, an internationally recognized photo-journalist and author.

Wiggins graduated from New Mexico Military Institute’s high school, where he was recognized for achievement in fencing. Elaine Howe, Wiggins’ youngest daughter as well as a former recipient of the Governor’s Award in the arts, cares for Wiggins at the family home. She said her father always leaned toward art, often at the expense of other subjects. Howe said that, in an interview not long after he won the Governor’s Award for Art, Wiggins said, “school just didn’t agree with him.”

“He loved art, and he fell in love with painting,” Howe noted. Due to a lack of art education and local art opportunities, Wiggins taught himself how to paint. He began painting in oil in 1940.

Wiggins left Roswell just a few times - to attend Abilene Christian College, serve in the U.S. Army during World War II and to attend art school in England. When his father asked him if he would be willing to oversee the ranch, Wiggins said he would, but with one condition - that he have time left over to paint.

Eventually, the land his parents had used to ranch allowed Wiggins to pursue his life dream of painting.

He leased out the land to cotton growers and was able to focus most of his attention to painting in his Roswell studio. “(Leasing the land) provided a good living for his family,” Howe said, and this way, her father “was able to do what he loved.”

In an autobiographical essay for an exhibit, Wiggins said, “Being an artist was the most exhilarating and exciting thing that ever happened to me, except maybe when I fell in love.”

Beginning in the 1950s, Wiggins became increasingly successful in the arts. From 1952-60 he was invited no less than three times to mount solo exhibits at the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe. He has exhibited at the Peter Eller Gallery See WIGGINS, Page 15

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Photo Courtesy of R.S.O. Pictured is Michael Martin Murphey who is scheduled to perform.

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Subscription Concert Series

Martha D. Urquides-Staab Vistas Editor

The Roswell Symphony Orchestra is about to kick off its concert series, but before that happens, they have been working hard to bring in a high profile artist. Randy Travis is slated to perform Oct. 22.

The concert series will begin Nov. 5, with special guest artist Kirill Gliadkovsky. Later on in the 2012 series Michael Martin Murphey is scheduled to perform.

The R.S.O. would not be possible without the help of the many sponsors helping with donations to bring big artists to the area. Without the help of those sponsors, many big names don’t come through the city. The future goals of the R.S.O. are to bring more big named artists to Pearson Auditorium. The RSO has set up the R.S.O. Foundation and its purpose is to FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011

ensure there will always be a R.S.O. The goals of the foundation are to increase our funds to supplement the musicians' housing, travel and salaries and to assist with the cost of guest artists; encourage growth of funds through additional donations from individuals and businesses in our community; continue to invest new and existing funds wisely and prudently.

This is the R.S.O.’s 51st season and the musicians come from all major cities within a 200 mile radius of Roswell: Lubbock, Amarillo, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, El Paso, Portales, Alamogordo, and Roswell.

The R.S.O. began in the basement of the First Methodist Church on July 28, 1959. That first group included lawyers, accountants, teachers, florists, housewives and geologists. Although not profession-

al musicians, they were determined to give Roswell and southeast New Mexico a professional sounding orchestra. Maestro John Farrer became the director of the R.S.O. for the 1972 season. He followed William Kirschke, Thomas Lewis, and Glenn Cunningham, the first director of the RSO. Under the leadership of Maestro Farrer, the R.S.O. has earned a reputation for musical excellence by sharing with the underserved target audience of southeast New Mexico the talents of professional musicians, many of whom have performed renowned symphonies across the United States as well as in Canada and Europe.

The first concert season in 19601961 featured three concerts held in New Mexico Military Institute’s Pearson Auditorium. Since then the season has grown to include a Subscription Concert Series of five classical concerts in Pearson Auditorium featuring world-renowned guest artists, a three-concert Chamber Music Series held at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, four Children's Educational Concerts for nearly 5,000 second, third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in Roswell, Dexter and Hagerman, and a free Labor Day Pops Concert at Spring River Park and Zoo. For more than 50 years the Roswell Symphony Orchestra has earned a reputation for musical excellence by sharing with Roswell and Southeastern New Mexico the talents of New Mexico's professional musicians. John Farrer, recipient of the Governor's Award for Excellence and Achievement, and nominated by Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman as a Trustee of the National Symphony Orchestra, has been the Maestro for 39 years. Farrer has also worked with the Santa Maria Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony and the London Mozart Players.

“I hope that the Symphony can continue to show the city what an asset it is and a privilege to have it in the city. Especially now that we will be performing in the new Pearson, the quality of sound is beyond belief.”

For more information on the R.S.O. or ticket prices, call 6235882 or visit roswellsymphony.org.

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chairs around town. “This has been great promotion for the gala, and has helped promote artists in the area.”

During the Angel Gala, unsold chairs will be auctioned and the starting price for each chair will be the last bid that was placed on it.

Russell said she hopes the chairs for chair-ity idea is only the beginning of a longstanding Angel Gala tradition. She hopes to give items to artists once again next year so they may be “artified” and auctioned.

Elements of the Angel Gala that have proven to be successful in years past will remain the same.

Howard McCall, a talented auctioneer from Albuquerque, will bring his announcing skills again to the gala.

“Having him is a big asset,” Russell said. In addition to McCall, the gala will have two emcees — Rod Schumacher and Steve Wolfe.

“They’re going to add a lot of fun to the event,” Russell said of the emcees.

Russell said Angel Gala attire should be semi-formal, but Russell cautions not to dress too dressy.

“We don’t want to have it too formal,” she said. “(The gala) is just a fun time.”

The CFCC started out as the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Foundation, which dissolved in 1998 when the hospital disassociated from the county.

“You can’t have a for-profit coowning a foundation,” Russell said.

The ENMMC Foundation used to host a New Year’s Eve event. However, it did not involve an auction — just a dinner and a dance.

The first event to be formally known as the Angel Gala took place December 2003. The idea came from Russell and Deanne Wolf, who was manager of the Best Western Sally Port Inn & Suites, the location that would serve as the gala’s home for several years.

Russell said the Angel Gala is just one of three major fundraisers that the CFCC has each year. The other two are a benefit concert that typically takes place in March, and a Community Foundation honors event in June.

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HISTORY

Ol’ Ruidoso... the Legendary Ghost Steer

Article and Illustration by Stu Pritchard Roswell Historian

- This historical vignette is dedicated to an ailing friend, David Roe -

Probably one of the most peculiar and pervasive tales that has been passed on to those who treasure the marvelous history of the Pecos Valley is the legend of the ghost steer! Although embellished by a variety of writers, the story itself needs little exaggeration.

It is a saga of an old mossy-horn steer selected by cattle baron John Chisum to serve as a decoy and lead steer for his cattle drives. It was custom for cattlemen to select an oversize steer maverick to act as leader in the many cattle drives across the Llano Estacado.

Someone, no one knows how, gave Chisum’s large critter the name which in Spanish means “noisy” and coincidentally “manure” in Apache.

Ruidoso carried Chisum’s brand on his hide: the long rail, a brand which was a long line branded from hip to shoulder, and also the ear-cut called “jinglebob” which caused the earlobe to droop and “jingle” when the animal ran. As time passed, few were the cowboys who did not know about Ol’ Ruidoso. The animal grew to an enourmous size; his back was as high as a horse’s withers and his long curling horns were a menace to anyone who approached him.

One fateful day, a malcreant named Robert Olinger came upon the steer and used his running iron to burn a crude skull and crossbones on the animal’s hide. It is said he declared a “curse” on the steer as he turned him loose.

Thereafter, the animal drifted over the plains, grazing between drives.

Meanwhile, several other cow punchers also added brands to the steer’s hide so Ruidoso began to resemble a stockman’s log book.

Subsequent to these crude incidents, there were a string of odd circumstances that are among the strangest in Western lore.

The most obvious was termed “Ruidoso’s Revenge,” the killing of Bob Olinger by Billy the Kid, who somehow came up with a pistol while he was confined in Lincoln’s County Courthouse. After dispatching guard, J.W. Bell, the Kid proceeded to an upstairs window of his PAGE 10

courthouse jail and emptied both barrels of a shotgun into the said Mister Olinger who had come running from his noon meal after he heard the shot that killed deputy Bell.

Many citizens almost immediately identified Olinger’s death with the hateful branding of Chisum’s lead steer. Soon after people began to link Ol’ Ruidoso with the death of “Buckshot” Roberts and Dick Brewer in the Lincoln County War shoot-out at Blazer’s Mill, said to be an area frequented by the now notorious steer.

Yet another death occurred a short distance away, near Elizabeth Town in Colfax County, which took the life of Clay Allison, described by the area lawman as a “cold-blooded killer.” It appears Allison was full of whiskey on a day when he was returning home with a wagon load of sacked grain. Enroute and suddenly, Ruidoso was said to have appeared on the road and cut loose with a heart-stopping, loud and angry bellow. This sent Allison’s mules into a frenzy, unseating the inebriated Allison who lost his balance and fell beneath the wheels of the heavy wagon, which crushed his head like an eggshell.

This incident cemented the idea that other troubles on the ranges were caused by the curse of the devil-steer. Chisum became increasingly concerned with the growing fixation of citizens of his lead steer. He turned the animal out to pasture and put out the word that he wanted nothing more to do with him.

Soon a drover named Colonel Jack Potter decided to make a cattle drive north to Amarillo, Texas. He and Chisum agreed that it was time for Ruidoso to lead one last drive with a herd of cattle en route to the slaughterhouse. The addition of Ruidoso to the drive did not sit well with the waddies assigned to the herd. Most of them continually griped and grumbled throughout the lengthy drive. Despite their uneasiness, there was no real trouble as Ol’ Ruidoso led them steadily north to their rendezvous near Amarillo where the herd was loaded on railway cars which would transport them to the eastern markets.

The drovers turned homeward, stopping briefly at Fort Sumner, NM, to engage in a little frivolity celebrating their successful journey.

Suddenly their little party was interrupted by a Ft. Sumner citizen who told the group that the train transporting their livestock had derailed some hours after departing Amarillo.

Several railway workers were killed along with many of the cattle. No one could confirm the fate of Ol’ Ruidoso who seemed to have just plain disappeared.

The odd actions that followed the railway tragedy almost belies belief: the folks in the small town of Amarillo which was built on the yellow clay of the dried lake bed, somehow felt that the vestige of Ruidoso, the devil steer, had plagued their settlement. They felt his spirit seemed to hover over their community bringing bad luck to the young town. Then, almost unbelievably, people began to desert the village.

First a trickle, then they moved en masse to the city’s present site about fifteen miles distant, where the town’s people felt more secure against the evil of the ghost steer.

Ol’ Ruidoso’s infamy spread to many a campfire gathering and along the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers. With each telling the legend grew especially in the scattered Hispanic villages and even into the Indian conclaves. One old man who was said to have been infused with Ruidoso’s evil spirits, began having “spells,” crawling about on hands and knees, rolling his eyes and bellowing like a banshee.

One fall day, Colonel Albert Fountain, a prominent attorney, departed Lincoln town to return to Las Cruces after having received a “true bill” citing an influential rancher for cattle rustling. Together with his 9-year-old son Henry, the pair began the lengthy journey home planning a stop-over the first night at Blazer’s Mill.

As they began the second leg of their journey, an elderly Apache man approached the pair, giving the young boy a pinto pony, saying it was in return for a former favor. He also warned the duo not to proceed with their journey saying the devil steer was in the area and had been bellowing for the previous three nights. The Apache stated there was a great danger ahead.

Fountain listened politely but said he must proceed at least to La Luz where they would stay the night.

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La Luz, the morning dawned with cold gray skies. As they continued their trek across the desert, the colonel noticed two men following, keeping a good distance behind. A few miles along the two met a rancher and his wife who recognized Fountain. The couple warned the travelers that the area ahead was quite dangerous and they should not contine without being accompanied with other armed adults. They also told the travelers that it appeared they were being followed.

Fountain advised the rancher that his son was getting quite ill and he felt he should move on since their journey was more than half over.

Proceeding along the desert trail, they approached Chalk Hill where they met a stage driver who also warned the colonel not to continue his journey. Again Fountain insisted on continuing, saying he was armed and needed to get home. The stage driver was the last person to see the pair alive. The colonel and his son disappeared into the desert where the only sign of their passing was a pool of blood. Did the devil steer spread his evil once again in the mysterious disappearance of the two travelers?

Stories of Ol’ Ruidoso have faded over the years, but there are many who say his spirit still inhabits the Southeastern Plains and that his mournful bawling can still be heard occasionally as it echoes across the hills of the Old Chisum cattle empire. Perhaps you should be very afraid if one time while you are traveling the nearby plains or mountains, you hear eerie moans or glimpse a shadowy figure in your headlights; Look out, Ol’ Ruidoso may just be looking for you!

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IN THE

SPOTLIGHT

Photo by Gina Richman, courtesy of Thrill The World.

Zombies doing the Thriller dance at Thrill The World: Oakland.

Zombies are invading

Rey Berrones Vision Editor

Pioneer Square!

If you love zombies, there are several zombie oriented things to do this fall in Roswell. On Oct. 22 and Oct. 29, Studio + will be hosting Thriller dance workshops.

On Oct. 27 there is the Zombie make-up technique workshop and costume contest at ENMURoswell, On Oct. 29 there is a Zombie Walk and costume contest downtown, as well as a Thrill The World dance and fundraiser that will benefit Harvest Ministries and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern New Mexico.

Finally, on Nov. 18 - 20, the ENMU-Roswell Theatre Department is presenting the comedy thriller, “The Zombie” (see sidebar).

The make-up technique workshop will be held on Thursday, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011

October 27 at the Performing Arts Center at ENMU-Roswell from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Here, members of the ENMU-Roswell Theatre Department will provide hands-on assistance and tips in make-up application to make that perfect zombie look. The theatre department is currently in rehearsal for the upcoming play, “The Zombie,” and can really provide great instruction on that particular look.

If you are going to participate in the workshop, the theatre department asks that you register in advance by calling 624-7404, be dressed in costume, and bring your own make-up.

Following the workshop is a costume contest that will be judged by the principal cast members of “The Zombie.” You do not have to participate in the workshop in order to compete in the

costume contest. The judges will award prizes in the costume contest. Food, drinks and candy will also be provided for the event.

“This will be a really fun event to get ready for Halloween, so I invite anyone interested to come and join us,” said Dallas JeffersPollei, a humanities and theatre instructor at ENMU-Roswell who is going to help teach the makeup workshop.

Once you have the costume down, you can learn the Thriller dance. Studio + will be holding workshops on Oct. 22 and 29 from 10 a.m. to noon at Pioneer Plaza. This is a free workshop, and dancing zombies are welcome to come and go. If you want to brush up on the dance before or after the workshop, there are several resources in the Learn the Dance section of the zombiewalkroswell.com website.

Finally, once you have perfected your inner zombie, you can participate in the Thrill the World, world record attempt. According to Joe Vargas from Roswell Recreation, “It is a worldwide event, going for the Guiness world record for the most people dancing to Thriller at the same time. It is being done coast to coast, and a full list of cities participating can be found on the thrilltheworld.com website.”

To participate, you have to register and pay $5. The registration fee goes to help Harvest Ministries and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern New Mexico.

Vargas went on to say, “We want to get everyone that we can, because it will be cool to see a bunch of zombies on Main Street.”

Everyone is encouraged to show up at 7 p.m. so that they can be registered and accounted for before the dance starts, because if they are not, then they do not

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“The Zombie” at ENMU-R “The Zombie” is relatively new. It was first performed in 1980 and is written

by Tim Kelly. It is a comedy thriller that features a small swamp town in Florida with a crooked sherrif, and an ex-carney hypnotist/mad scientist.

They take vagrants and illegal immigrants and turn them into zombies.

As they start having the zombies do various things, mayhem ensues and things get out of hand pretty quickly.

Dates and times: November 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m.

November 20 at 2:30 p.m.

Director: Daniel Asher Wolkow Asst. Director: Corey Brown Cast: The Zombie: Edward Velasco Cartwright: Kevin Cochran Mattrisse: Raquel Margo: Marisela Araujo Semedi: Dominic Batista Rosemary: Alexis Martin Adam: Jackson Weeks Vivian: Mary Smith And a whole lot of zombies!

Ticket prices will be announced at a later date. For more information on tickets, call the ENMU-Roswell Theatre Department at 624-7398

count towards the world record.

After the Thrill the World, world record attempt is over, there will be a zombie walk in downtown Roswell, a costume contest, and everything will conclude with an adult after-party at Farley’s.

For more information on, or to register for the make-up workshop, call 624-7404. For more information on, or to register for the dance workshops, call Studio + at 623-5155. For more information on, or to register for the Thrill the World Roswell event, call the Roswell Recreation Department at 624-6721. For information on all of these events, visit zombiewalkroswell.com.

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UFOLOGY

Betty and Barney Hill: Fifty Years Later

September 19, 2011, was the 50th anniversary of one of the most remarkable UFO encounters on record: the abduction case of the late Betty and Barney Hill. It was in 1961 when a puzzled and frightened Betty Hill, desperate to talk to someone about the experience she and her husband had undergone, wrote a letter to a prominent UFOlogist of that day named Donald Keyhoe. The story that unfolded would come to be well known to UFO researchers everywhere.

On the night in question, the Hills were driving south on Route 3 in upstate New Hampshire when they spotted a strange airborne object

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Ruidoso area. The work that would turn the simple child’s chair into a masterpiece began in Miranda’s studio in Alto, N.M. A ceramic artist, Miranda collaborated with her mother to create the geometric, organic designs that decorate the legs of the chair.

These designs simulate leaves and branches reaching up and wrapping around the chair’s legs.

For Miranda, it was a joy to work in her studio with her mother — where both would have less distractions.

“Our family members have often collectively participated in art endeavors — so tackling this chair was a natural process,” Miranda said in an E-mail.

The leaves on the legs of the chair were created using a wood burning pattern. With a “wood burning tool” that makes thin lines as well as thick lines, Elaine and Miranda transposed designs onto the chair.

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seemingly pacing their car. Stopping, they observed the object through binoculars. When they resumed driving, the object followed them and hovered over a nearby clearing. The Hills could then see that the craft had a row of windows. It moved again, crossing the road and hovering over a field.

When Barney walked toward the craft, he could see moving figures in the windows, only 75 feet away. Terrified, he ran back to the car, screaming to Betty that they were going to be captured. They drove away, later hearing beeping sounds and feeling a tingling sensation.

They reached their home in

Portsmouth at dawn, two hours later than they should have, with only vague memories of the latter part of their drive. There was missing time, and the Hills felt haunted by the feeling of things they couldn’t remember (and perhaps didn’t want to remember) had happened to them.

In time Betty would have dreams that took on the aspect of repressed memories trying to surface, memories of their being taken aboard the strange craft in the company of grayskinned humanoid beings, being made to undergo physical examinations, and being shown a star map, which Betty later reproduced under

“We tag-teamed the wood burning, alternating as our hands got tired,” Miranda said. “This was a technique that neither of us had done before, so we had the added enjoyment of trying something new.”

Miranda and Elaine also painted certain portions of the chair — those parts that do not involve horses. The equine figures on the chair would eventually be left to Wiggins, though they were selected

by Elaine.

“Mom picked out the images from Grandpa’s paintings that we would use,” Miranda states in an E-mail.

“His horse mannequin series was a perfect choice … in terms of the modern and upbeat feeling that we wanted to be expressed in the chair.” Also, the horses represented an integral part of the family’s background.

“Grandpa (Wiggins) came from a ranching family — so (the horses) tied in beautifully with our concept of ‘Roswell Roots,’” Miranda said.

The horses were added to the chair by scanning the images and scaling them down to the necessary size.

Wiggins, who has had macular

degeneration since the 1980s, no longer paints the realistic still lifes and portraits he once did. His contribution to “Roswell Roots” — images of horses — were created about 10 years ago, Elaine said.

After the horse images were put in place, it was Logan Howe’s turn to add to the chair. Logan specializes in everything glass and makes his own handmade glass beads as well as other types of glass artwork.

After all other family members had mindfully changed the chair in their own unique way, the chair was “just perfect for dangling Logan’s beads in various places,” Elaine said.

The project took the family about a month to complete. When Susie Russell, director of the CFCC, contacted Elaine to get a name for the chair, she was given “Roswell Roots.” It seemed to be the most fitting name for a chair created by three generations of the same family whose history is so entrenched in the area.

“Our roots run so deep in the Roswell community,” Elaine said.

Her father, she explained, is the

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hypnosis. Though it all made little sense at first, a later professional mapping of stars in the near parts of our galaxy showed correlations with Betty’s map, with two of her stars corresponding to Zeta 1 and Zeta 2 Reticulae.

The Hill episode attracted widespread attention as an unusually well-attested abduction case. There was at first relatively little credence outside the circle of UFO investigators, but today, after half a century of research into the UFO phenomenon, attitudes have changed. Now an official historical marker has been erected at Indian Head, New Hampshire. It reads: “On the night of September 19-20, 1961, Portsmouth, NH, couple Betty and Barney Hill experienced a close encounter with an unidentified flying object and two hours of ‘lost’ time while driving south on Rte 3 near Lincoln. They filed an official Air Force Project Blue Book report of a brightly lit cigar-shaped craft the next day, but were not public with their story until it was leaked in the Boston Traveler in 1965. This was the first widely-reported UFO abduction report in the United States.”

Obviously, to their credit, officials in the state of New Hampshire take it seriously. son of a pioneer ranching family.

Aside from donating their talent and time to “chair-ity,” the family has been influential in the development of the arts and art programs in Roswell.

Elaine’s other son, Jeremy, also contributed to chair-ity, albeit with his own chair, a crystal and other rock formation-covered piece named “Ore Chair.” Elaine said Jeremy burned the chair with a blowtorch then soaked it in a chemical solution that created the crystals that engulf what was once a simple children’s chair.

“He broke away from the chair entirely and created a different work of art,” Elaine said of Jeremy’s chair. “Someone called it the ultimate time-out chair.”

The CFCC Angel Gala’s Artists Chairs for Chair-ity event presented the perfect opportunity for the talented family to collaborate and contribute to charity.

“When (fellow artist) Nancy Fleming approached us we were very excited,” Elaine said. “We thought it would be a wonderful family collaboration.”

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temporary shorts and feature-length films from across the world. Admission is free, however, donations for fresh popcorn and drinks are always appreciated. 7 p.m. at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. For more information go to roswellmuseum.org. This program is sponsored by the RMAC Foundation.

Oct. 28

Robin Scott Trio at Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge The funk, blues, and rock band Robin Scott Trio plays Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge from 8:30 p.m - 12:30 a.m.

Oct. 29

Charity Costume Poker Run to benefit the New Mexico Youth ChalleNGe Academy Meet at Champion Motorsports located at 2801 W. Second St. at 9 a.m. with last out at 10:30 a.m. Last hand is accepted at 12:30 p.m. The poker run is for all vehicles, including motorcycles, cars, trucks, and bicycles.

Halloween costumes are optional.

There will be free hot dogs and sodas, raffles and a silent auction. There are lots of door prizes and prizes for best costumed - both people and vehicles.

Entry fee to ride is by donation. For more information, call MaryAnn at 4200243 or Rita at 627-8292.

Oct. 29

100 Years of Chevy Car Show and Concert With Chevrolet celebrating 100 years, Desert Sun Motors is having a Chevy only car show. The “Best in Show” car will be awarded $1,000. There will be jolly jumps, a whiffle ball home run derby, free concert with the Daylights, free hot dogs and apple pie. It starts at 10 a.m. at 2601 W. Second St. and there is no entry fee. To reserve a spot, call J.R. Law at 625-1000.

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Roswell Adult & Senior Center Halloween Dance Music provided by Dwain and Jill from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. at the Roswell Adult & Senior Center located at 807 N. Missouri. Please come dressed up to the dance, itʼs going to be a lot of fun.

There will be a costume contest and refreshments. For more information, call 624-6718

Oct. 30

Grace Community Church Blocktoberfest Dawn your best costumes, grab a nonperishable item, and head on out to Grace Community Church 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. for a great time for the whole family. Hot dogs will be served for 25 cents, and we will have trunk or treat, a hay ride, games, and more.

Oct. 28

Emory Quinn at Pecos Flavors Winery The Texas-based trio Emory Quinn plays Pecos Flavors Winery from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit pecosflavorswinery.com.

Oct. 29

Sunday Oct. 23

Merle Haggard, 8 p.m., Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino.

The Merle Haggard summer concert has been rescheduled. The country legend will now take the Inn of the Mountain Gods stage Sunday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. Known as “the poet of the common man,” Haggard has had thirty-eight number 1 hits in his long and distinguished career. In 1997, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame for his song “Okie from Muskogee.”

Tickets for the original summer show will automatically be valid for the rescheduled show. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.

Oct. 29

First Baptist - A Day at the Park A day at the park from noon - 3 p.m. at Square Park, located at the corner of Berrendo and Atkinson. There will be free food, kickball and jolly jumps. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket. For more information call 623-2640.

Oct. 29

Thrill the World Roswell and Zombie Walk All proceeds to go to Harvest Ministries and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern New Mexico. Arrive at 7 p.m. to be included in the World Record at Pioneer Plaza. People around the world come together to dance to “Thriller” at 8 p.m. to beat the World Record for the largest number of people dancing to Thriller dressed as zombies simultaneously. After the dance, there will be a zombie costume contest. To top it off, there will be an adult after-party at Farleys. Studio + dancers and instructors will be on hand to help you learn the dance. There is a $5 entry fee. For more information call Roswell Recreation Dept. at 624-6721 or visit zombiewalkroswell.com.

Oct. 29

Roswell Adult Center Halloween Night There will be trick or treats, cotton candy, pony rides, hot dogs, nachos, costume contests. Characters by Letʼs Play Entertainment will be present. The Spook House hours are 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. and costs $2. It is for ages 8 and up, and anyone aged 8 through 12 must be accompanied by an adult. The cake walk is 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. The dance is 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. and costs $5. The ENMUR upward bound program, and Roswell High Honor Society will be helping with this night. There will be cotton candy and Trick or Treating for children ages 2 through 11 from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. The RAC is located at 807 N. Missouri. For more information, call 624-6718

Oct. 29

Dia de los Muertos celebration Tinnie Mercantile Store and Deli is hosting a Dia de los Muertos Happy Hour and Art Sale. There will be light refreshments, a $5 chili bar, and new themed art by local favorites. It is from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. For more information, call 6222031.

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Oct. 30

Krumland Auto Ghouls Halloween Fest 2011 Halloween Fest 2011 is from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. at Roswell Toyota located at 2211 W. Second St. This is a safe environment with candy, games, a costume contest and more. Letʼs Play Entertainment is providing face painting, sumo wrestling, Disney characters and more. For more information, call 6245411.

Oct. 30

The Daylights and Andy Davis at Pecos Flavors Winery Los Angeles-based band The Daylights play a very special half acoustic show at Pecos Flavors Winery from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information, visit pecosflavorswinery.com.

Oct. 31

Yucca Recreation Center free annual Fall Festival The annual Fall Festival is from 5 p.m. 8 p.m. at the Roswell Civic Center.

There will be game booths, inflatable jumpers, candy, prizes and live entertainment. The concession stand will be selling hot foods so come early and eat with your family before having fun at the carnival. For more information, call 6246719.

Nov. 2

Roswell Public Library - Story Time“Choo Choo” Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Roswell Public Library located at 301 N. Pennsylvania. For more information, call 622-7101.

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Nov. 4 - 5

Roswell Adult & Senior Center Christmas Gift Fair Friday, Nov. 4 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. -3 p.m. at the Roswell Adult & Senior Center located at 807 N. Missouri. Do your Christmas shopping early with some great homemade items. For more information, call 624-6718.

Nov. 4

Brandon Jenkins at Pecos Flavors Winery Brandon Jenkins plays Pecos Flavors Winery from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit pecosflavorswinery.com.

Nov. 4

Untamed at Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge The classic rock band Untamed plays Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge from 8:30 p.m - 12:30 a.m.

Nov. 5

Roswell Public Library - Story Time“Teddy Bears” Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Roswell Public Library located at 301 N. Pennsylvania.

For more information, call 622-7101.

Nov. 9

Roswell Public Library - Story Time“Flying Things” Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Roswell Public Library located at 301 N. Pennsylvania. For more information, call 622-7101.

Nov. 10

Lecture and Book signing: Chris Enos and Elvis Fleming - 285 Broken Dreams Photographer Chris Enos and historian Elvis Fleming will present their new book, 285 Broken Dreams: Photographing Southeast New Mexico to Texas Roswell Museum and Art Center at 7 p.m. The book is an absorbing survey of an area of New Mexico that, though affected by economic downturns and fluctuating populations, has steadfastly survived. Both Enos and Fleming will speak and sign their book after the talk.

Nov. 11

Last Child at Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge The classic rock band Last Child plays PAGE 14

Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge from 8:30 p.m - 12:30 a.m.

Nov. 12, 16

Roswell Public Library - Story Time- “In the Kitchen” Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Roswell Public Library located at 301 N. Pennsylvania. For more information, call 622-7101.

Nov 12

Jeremy Camp at Pearson Auditorium Grammy-nominated musician Jeremy Camp is playing at Pearson Auditorium. Also on the bill are Francesca Battistelli and Adam Cappa. Tickets start at $25. For more information, visit transparentproductions.com.

Nov. 17

Port and Sparkling Wine Tasting Pecos Flavors Winery presents a port and sparkling wine tasting on Nov. 17. For more information, visit pecosflavorswinery.com.

Nov. 18

Robin Scott Trio at Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge The funk, blues, and rock band Robin Scott Trio plays Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge from 8:30 p.m - 12:30 a.m.

Nov 18 - 20

The Zombie The ENMU-Roswell Theatre Department will present the comedy thriller, “The Zombie,” by Tim Kelly in the Performing Arts Center. Nov. 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 624-7398 or email Daniel.wolkow@roswell.enmu.edu.

Ruidoso Oct. 22

Nob Hill Fall Fest The Nob Hill Fall Fest is at the Ruidoso Convention Center from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. There will be pumpkin carving, an engraving booth, face painting and much more! Tickets are required to play at the booths. Tickets are .25 each at the door. For more information, contact Nob Hill School at 257-9041.

Oct. 22

Free Movie at Sacred Grounds Coffee and Tea House 6:30 p.m. - Angel-A. No purchase is

necessary to attend “Free Movie Nights.” Sacred Grounds Coffee and Tea House will have its regular selection of meals, snackfoods and drinks plus a special selection of menu items especially appropriate for the movies. All regular coffee drinks, specialty coffee drinks, teas, wines and beers will be available for purchase before, during, and immediately after.

Oct. 23

Merle Haggard The Merle Haggard summer concert has been rescheduled. The country legend will now take the Inn of the Mountain Gods stage Sunday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. Known as “the poet of the common man,” Haggard has had thirty-eight number 1 hits in his long and distinguished career. In 1997, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame for his song, “Okie from Muskogee.” Tickets for the original summer show will automatically be valid for the rescheduled show. For more information, call 4647777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.

Oct. 29

Ski Run Road Challenge The Ski Run Road Challenge is a 12M run (solo or team relay) & 3 M Fun Run on a paved road (Hwy 532, also called Ski Run Road), in Lincoln County among the beautiful Sacramento Mountains in Southeastern New Mexico. It is a point to point run, uphill till MM 9.5 (10,000 feet) with a downhill finish at Ski Apache Plaza (9600 feet). It is sanctioned by the USA Track & Field.

All proceeds will benefit the Ski Apache Adaptive Skier Program. The event starts at Eagle Creek Sports Complex at 8 a.m. For more information, visit skirunroadchallenge.com.

Oct. 29

Free Movie at Sacred Grounds Coffee and Tea House 6:30 p.m. - Impromptu. No purchase is necessary to attend “Free Movie Nights.” Sacred Grounds Coffee and Tea House will have its regular selection of meals, snackfoods and drinks plus a special selection of menu items especially appropriate for the movies. All regular coffee drinks, specialty coffee drinks, teas, wines and beers will be available for purchase before, during, and immediately after.

Oct. 30

Martina McBride Martina McBride is playing Inn of the

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Mountain Gods Resort and Casino at 8 p.m. Martina McBride, known for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range, has sold over 18 million albums worldwide. Sheʼs also won the Country Music Associationʼs “Female Vocalist of the Year” four times and the Academy of Country Musicʼs “Top Female Vocalist” three times. For more information call 4647777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.

Oct. 31

Halloween at Smokey Bear Historical Park Wander through the Haunted Forest.

The forest gets scarier after dark, so bring the young ones and the faint of heart early. Bring a bag for treats, a flashlight for the Haunted Forest, and a camera for a Ghostly Photo-Op! Games and treats inside presented by the Capitan Womenʼs Club.

Smokey Bear Historical Park is located at 118 West Smokey Bear Blvd in Capitan and the event is from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 354-2748 or go to sbhacapitan.org/halloween.aspx

Ruidoso Downs Oct 15 - Jan 29

20th annual Fall American Photography Competition & Exhibition The 20th annual Fall American Photography Competition & Exhibition is at the Hubbard Museum of the American West. Now into its 20th year, this exhibit brings together work by photographers from around the country. Their images present widely differing perceptions of the “American West.” More than 100 photographs are exhibited each year, some are printed on traditional black-and-white paper, some are done digitally and some use alternative processes.

There is always something to please your individual tastes. Almost all photographs are for sale through the museumʼs Mercantile Store. For more information call the Hubbard Museum of the American West at 378-4143 or visit hubbardmuseum.org.

If you would like your event listed on the entertainment calendar, please email vision@roswellrecord.com or call 622-7710 ext. 60.

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in Albuquerque, the Arkansas National Gallery in Jonesboro, Marietta College in Ohio and the Roswell Museum and Art Center.

When it came to depicting the land of his origin — the Southeastern New Mexico land he has always called home — Wiggins excelled. He sketched and painted portraits, landscapes, and still life’s.

Later on in his artistic career, Wiggins ventured into what was described abstract painting, although he did not like being referred to as an abstract artist as he feels the term is misleading.

“My works are not abstract, as they have been called by some,” Wiggins once said. “The stripes and the watercolor ‘poems’ are just as simple as a tree, a windmill, or a face.”

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Top: Apples by Bill Wiggins Above: Red Abstract by Bill Wiggins painting in series. When Wiggins felt he was done developing a concept in a series he would do selfportraits. Thanks to this propensity for self-portraits, there is a great number of paintings that appear to document the artist through the aging process. The paintings also seem to track Wiggins’ declining eyesight.

Wiggins has been suffering from macular degeneration since the 1980s, but this has not stopped him from getting his creative vision onto canvas. In a letter of recommendation for the Governor’s Award written by fellow artist and Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program associate director Nancy Fleming, the disease that causes failing eyesight has actually been incorporated into Wiggins’ most recent art. “(Wiggins) is undaunted by physical limitations and uninhibited by failing eyesight,” Fleming wrote in 2010. She said Wiggins had gone as “far as to call one series of works,

his ‘Macular Degeneration’ paintings.” Fleming explained that these paintings consist of “beautiful dots of colors (that) suggest modernist abstraction while evoking the Southwestern landscape.”

Fleming also notes Wiggins’ influence on future generations. In the 1950s he taught at the RMAC, but he also was an influence on his daughters and grandchildren.

Elaine Howe recalled growing up in and around her father’s studio.

“Dad was an influence for his children, their friends and then his grandchildren,” Howe said. Music, literature and painting were “around the house all the time.”

Wiggins has three daughters, and they all inherited his artistic sensitivity.

Eldest daughter Sandra has made a career out of her work with social services, but Howe noted that Sandra “has a wonderful eye for art in her taste for décor (and also enjoys) gardening and cooking.”

Although she gravitated toward helping others through social services, Sandra has dabbled in painting and printmaking.

Kathleen, the middle daughter, is a musician.

“She’s a natural with her voice and sings with the Victoria Choral group in Victoria, British Columbia where she lives. She can play any instrument she picks up, given a bit of time.” Howe said her father and mother were music collectors who enjoyed folk music, in particular the work of Woody Guthrie. Wiggins himself once played the mandolin and guitar. He enjoys singing many traditional folk songs.

Howe is Wiggins’ youngest daughter.

“I went into art education,” Howe said. “I was able to contribute to the school system in Roswell with the development of the Creative Learning Center.”

The CLC, located at 200 W. Chisum St., serves as a community resource for the arts in schools.

Howe said it was through this contribution to arts education in her community that she herself won the Governor’s Award for Arts Advocacy in 2009.

Howe said her desire to establish the CLC stemmed from a void she perceived in Roswell.

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“Growing up in Roswell, we didn’t have an arts program in the elementary schools,” Howe said. The CLC, she explained, “provides visual and performing arts to every kid in the city every week, and that’s awesome.”

Wiggins has four grandchildren.

Miranda Howe, the daughter of Elaine and Tom Howe, makes a living as a ceramic artist and as an instructor at Eastern New Mexico University in Ruidoso. Elaine’s sons, Jeremy and Logan Howe, are also artists. Elaine said Jeremy is a geologist and firework artist who refers to his work as “pyroglyphs.”

He has been using colored smoke and trails from fireworks to make his pyroglyphs since the 1990s.

Logan Howe is presently in school but as time and a young family allow he works with glass, creating his own beads and making jewelry.

Another of Wiggins’ grandsons, Jeffrey Bracey, makes jewelry in Calgary, Alberta. Wiggins’ nephew, Kim Wiggins, is an accomplished artist.

“Art is … the family trait,” Elaine Howe said. “It’s part of our DNA.” A recent charitable collaboration with his family — an artisticallyenhanced children’s chair titled “Roswell Roots” — echoes not only Wiggins’ artistic influence on his family, but also his family’s deep roots in the community. The work of art features contributions from Elaine, Miranda and Logan Howe; with depictions of horses by Wiggins.

Due to macular degeneration, Wiggins can no longer paint the modern still-lifes and portraits he once did.

“It’s completely non-representational,” Howe said of her father’s current artwork. Fleming notes that Wiggins is “still wielding a paintbrush … still excited by form and color, still following his vision and still motivated by life.”

Members of the local art community did not hesitate to recommend Wiggins for the Governor’s Award — and this, in and of itself, was the greatest honor for Wiggins.

“The most exciting part of receiving the award was the recognition of the community that recommended him,” Howe said on behalf of her father.

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