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In The Spotlight The AMR Steve Lovato Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament ......................3 Noel Marquez .............................................................................................................4 Radio Sebastian opens at the RMAC ....................................................................13 On Tap Send the Messenger ...................................................................................................8 Tony Furtado ..............................................................................................................9

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The AMR Steve Lovato Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament

Photo of Steve Lovato courtesy of Lawrence and Rosie Lovato

Martha D. Urquides-Staab Vistas Editor

A decade ago, Roswell endured a tragedy that was like no other, the loss of innocent lives and all were American heroes. One of those was a young EMT, Steve Lovato. He lost his life while doing something he was trained and loved to do. The incident of March 15, 2002 has been compared to New York City’s September 11; it united the community while picking up those pieces the city lost.

Ten years later, the Lovato family and the Community Foundation of Chaves County have come together to honor the life of a hero and give the up-and-coming generation the opportunity to seek their dreams.

CFCC will be hosting the AMR Steve Lovato Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament, March 17, at the New Mexico Military Institute Golf Course. The goal is to raise enough money through this one-time event so scholarships can be given out periodically to deserving individuals desiring to become an EMT/paramedic.

The parents of Steve Lovato, Lawrence and Rosie, have been THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012

working hard with the help of the CFCC and others to put together this tournament. The Lovatos speak highly of their son and the many accomplishments he made during his life. At the time of his untimely death, Steve was training to be a paramedic, and was working towards his goal. He loved the adrenaline of the job, but most importantly he loved to help people.

Lawrence, a retired minister, and his wife Rosie, a retired teacher of the Roswell Independent School District, remembered that CFCC had set up an endowment in 2002 but it remained dormant. Since this was Rosie’s first year of retirement and this year would mark the 10-year anniversary, she thought this was the best time to revive the endowment. After meeting with Susie Russell, executive director of the CFCC, Rosie approached several organizations with a special presentation of her son and requested their help for the golf tournament. “This is my son. I’m so proud of him, he’s a hero, a hero does things for the greater good without hesitation and not wanting any recognition,” said Rosie.

The golf tournament will help build the funds of the endowment so that scholarships can be given out every year for students interested in the EMT/medical field.

“Being an educator I’ve seen so many kids who want to be doctors and don’t have the means, and I wanted, something like this to be available that would make a difference, every teachers joy and goal to see them succeed and see them do something wonderful with their lives,” said Rosie. The Lovatos are happy to see this event come together and feel that their son, in a sense, is still serving the community, and this is something he left

behind in his memory.

The response to this event has been a great one. Sponsors are mostly from the medical field. Others are those who remember that tragic day and were more than willing to honor the memory of the young EMT. AMR, who employed Steve, was approached to be a title sponsor and agreed without hesitation. ”AMR has been so wonderful.

They will bring a team to play and goodie bags for the golfers, they have been so supportive,” said Rosie.

Major sponsors include Xcel, Sam’s, Roswell Regional and the list continues to grow.

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you go through a bad thing, you want something good to come out of it,” said Lawrence. The golf tournament is set as a three-person scramble with a cost of $60 per player/$180 per team. An estimated 30 teams are expected to golf in the tournament. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. If golfing is not your forte, but you still want to support the cause, sponsoring a hole or being an event sponsor is an option.

For more information on the AMR Steve Lovato Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament, contact Susie Russell at the Community Foundation of Chaves County at 622-8900 or visit stevelovatomemorial.org.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Noel Marquez

Noel Marquez, from Artesia, has been painting murals in both the Southwestern United States and Mexico for more than 40 years. Marquez earned a bachelor’s degree at New Mexico Highlands University, and his master’s degree in fine arts at the University of California, San Diego. In the late ‘60s, Marquez traveled to Mexico at the age of 14 to study pre-Columbian art, purchasing his first oil colors in Juarez. Shortly thereafter, Marquez knew he wanted to paint murals. “It brings art to the public,” Marquez said.

“Art belongs to the people, so it’s something that belongs to everybody. It’s not something that you pay for to decorate your home, but it’s a piece of public art, and if it passes the test, and everybody respects it, it will be there a long time.” While studying pre-Columbian art in Mexico, Marquez was fascinated by how Aztec and Mayan civilizations used murals to tell stories, and has believed public art is the most effective way to reach people ever since. “These murals had a kind of a spiritual, connected quality,” he says, “that we’re all in the same world surviving together, and then you can pick elements that are important to you.”

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Noel Marquez and several fifth-grade students painting a mural at El Capitan Elementary.

Noah Vernau Record Staff Writer

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New Mexico never looked so colorful

Noel Marquez, muralist, helped fifth-grade students at El Capitan Elementary learn the history of the state through the arts this month, working together to paint a mural in honor of the New Mexico Centennial.

The mural, a six-week project, is a product of the Creative Learning Center’s Legacy Project, which connects local artists with fifthgrade students in the Roswell Independent School District.

The mural features a variety of different themes and symbols unique to the state, ranging in categories of science, nature, math, archaeology, art, music and technology. The foundational background of the painting is a galaxy, which Marquez sees as a metaphor for the world we live in. Everything else, he says, are unique contributions of the 75 fifth-grade

students at El Capitan.

Marquez said that, essentially, these contributions became self-portraits.

“This is like a collage of all their creative ideas, of who they feel they are right now and what they connect with, which helps them to be who they need to be. It also helps them with research, to come up with information that has a little bit more complexity,” he said. “We’re more than just symbols. The symbols are there, but it transforms into a limitless universe — and they can be part of it.

They’re not limited to New Mexico. But we use the flavor of New Mexico to be who we need to be.”

The mural at El Capitan was Marquez’s third project with students in Roswell, having previously completed murals at Military Heights Elementary and Sunset Elementary. He says that more than anything else, the experience of painting allows students an VISION MAGAZINE

opportunity to create their own voice. “These kids have a lot to say, and by pulling out that creative inner voice of theirs, it makes them better students in this school,” Marquez said.

“That’s what the program is trying to do, is show them they can create solutions instead of being directed to nothing but solid answers.

There are many ways to answer questions.”

Students contribute by proposing drawings of what they want to place within the galaxy, a process that Marquez feels helps the students breathe life into their still-forming ideas.

Once a proposal is ready, students begin painting their drawings into the mural, which, at El Capitan, resulted in icons such as bears, a buffalo dancer, railroads, a windmill, a monarch butterfly, reptiles, San Ildefonso Pueblo potter Maria Martinez, license plates, pinto beans, and the seal of New Mexico.

Marquez believed it was important that students didn’t just limit their ideas to New Mexico’s statehood, encouraging them to look deep into the history of the area. “I ask them, ‘What is the history of these grounds?’ because it’s more than just 100 years of state government. The state of New Mexico, it’s a nice celebration, but the grounds of New Mexico are thousands of years old. And if you look at the images there are lots of Native American influences there.”

Marquez views his projects with students as cohesive efforts that help the children to see the multiplicity of people, cultures and traditions.

“Diversity is a very important message,” Marquez said. “It’s an avenue for everybody to look at a piece — and enter. And they’re all part of the answer. There’s not one answer; there are many answers and many voices.”

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March 2

Andy Gross at the Flickinger Center Andy Gross is one of the hottest stand up comic, magician and ventriloquist working today as evidenced by his sold out shows and devoted following! He performs over 150 shows a year at comedy clubs, Las Vegas, cruise ships, fortune 500 corporate events, colleges and performing arts theaters everywhere. He will be performing at the Flickinger Center at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 437-2202 or visit flickingercenter.com.

March 3

Alamogordo Public Library 112th Birthday Party The library will celebrate its 112th birthday from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The Friends of the Library would like to invite everyone in the community to join in the celebration. Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be given out. In addition, the winners of the 2012 Adult Reading Challenge will be announced and prizes awarded.

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Artesia High School Auditorium

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US Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors This is a free event by the The Jazz Ambassadors is at the Flickinger Center from 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Americaʼs Big Band is the official touring big band of the United States Army. This 19-member ensemble, formed in 1969, has received great acclaim both at home and abroad performing Americaʼs original art form, jazz. For more information, call 437-2202 or visit flickingercenter.com.

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Monday March 5

The Love Come to Life Tour, featuring Big Daddy Weave, Mikeschair and Kerrie Roberts, is playing the Artesia High School Auditorium at 7 p.m. with the Love Come to Life Tour. This tour is also playing in Portales at the ENMU Union Ballroom on March 4. This is an all ages show. General Admission tickets are $10, and VIP Meet and Greet Passes are $25. For ticket information, go to iTickets.com.

For more information, call 703-5735.

March 6

David Jackson talks about Clyde Tingley David Jackson talks about Clyde Tingley at the Flickinger Center at 7 p.m. as part of the NM Centennial celebration. Clyde Tingley was a leading politician in Albuquerque and New Mexico during the first half of the 20th century.

He served as governor of New Mexico during the Great Depression and his dealings with the news media were legendary in a time when New Mexico was still considered part of the frontier.

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Las Cruces Chamber Orchestra at the Spencer Theater Join the Las Cruces Chamber Orchestra at the Spencer Theater for an evening of Mozart in the Mountains with Vioninist

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March 6

The Alaska String Band at the Spencer Theater The Alaska String Band is playing a Class Act show for students from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

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Artesia March 8

Craicmore at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center Craicmore is at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Craicmore plays contemporary traditional celtic music.

With deep roots in the music of Scotland and Ireland, Craicmore features the critically acclaimed vocalist Nancy Johnston. Tickets are $20. For more information, call 7464212 or visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

March 5

The Love Come to Life Tour Big Daddy Weave, Mikeschair and Kerrie Roberts are playing the Artesia High School Auditorium at 7 p.m. with the Love Come to Life Tour. This is an all ages show. General Admission tickets are $10, and VIP Meet and Greet Passes are $25. For ticket information, go to iTickets.com. For more information, call 703-5735.

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March 10

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Experience. Let us introduce you to the world of alpacas through guided pasture tours and educational demonstrations. Free admission and free parking. For more information, call 683-5177 or visit windrushalpacas.com.

The Revived Tour

Alaska String Band and The Triple L Band at Lyceum Theater The Alaska String Band is playing a double concert with the Triple L Band at the Lyceum Theater from 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Tickets are $10, for tickets or Information Call 7492409.

Hobbs March 3

Digital Madness featuring DJ BL3ND DJ BL3ND, plus DJ TON!C and DJ Charlie Star at Club Sierra in Hobbs. Tickets are $20, or $25 at the door. For more information, call 6250508 or email info@sickke.com.

March 11

Southwest Symphony Orchestra featuring Lisa Liu The Southwest Symphony Orchestra featuring Lisa Liu is playing at the First United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. For more information, visit swsymphony.org.

March 4

The Love Come to Life Tour Big Daddy Weave, Mikeschair and Kerrie Roberts are playing the ENMU Union Ballroom at 6 p.m. with the Love Come to Life Tour. This is an all ages show. General Admission tick-

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March 10

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The Unity Center

579th will hold its reunion here in Roswell May 4-6, 2012. For more information, call 2472464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.

Every Week, Thu, Fri, Sat

Friday March 9

The Revived Tour, featuring Send the Messenger, Us From Outside, A Faylene Sky, and Palisades is playing at the ENMU-Roswell Performing Arts Center, presented by The Unity Center. Tickets are $10, and the first band takes the stage at 6 p.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.

ets are $10, and VIP Meet and Greet Passes are $25. For ticket information, go to iTickets.com. For more information, call 703-5735.

March 9

Alaska String Band and The Triple L Band at Yam Theater The Alaska String Band is playing a double concert with the Triple L Band at the Yam Theater from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Tickets are $10, for tickets or Information Call 749-2409.

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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 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 1960s.

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

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Every Saturday

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.

Jan. 6, 2012 - Jan. 31, 2013

Roswell: Diamond of the Pecos Diamond of the Pecos focuses on the history and accomplishments of Roswell since its inception as a trading post in the Pecos Valley along the Goodnight - Loving Cattle Trail in the 1860s. From the simple outpost, Roswell has grown into the hub of southeastern New THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012

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Mexico. A collaboration between the RMAC and the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico, this exhibit includes historic photographs, art, and artifacts from both organizations. For more information, call 624-6744.

March 2

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Valley Christian Academy Drama Department Presents “The Princess Bride” Valley Christian Academy Drama Department Presents “The Princess Bride,” a wonderful love story and comedy.

Coffee and desserts are at 6 p.m., the performance starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for students or $8 for adults. For more information, call 6271500.

Jan. 20 - March 2

Curatorʼs Invitational Isaacʼs Gallery Curated by Trey Nesselrodt, this exhibition at the Isaacʼs Gallery located at 309 N. Virginia presents the work of 5 artists, Donald Anderson, Susan Marie Dopp, Corwin Levi, Agustin Lucho Pozo and Peter Rogers. All residents near or of Roswell with a chronological age range from 93 to 32. The works are a variety, from proto- realism, metaphysical revelation, the conceptual, to abstract construction. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. - 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For more information, call 6268626.

Feb. 17 - April 29

Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby features sixty-two silver-gelatin photographs of the 22,000 acre ranch and environs that are a part of the dramatic Piedra Lumbre Valley in northern New Mexico. First inhabited by ancestral Puebloan peoples, the area was named “Rancho de los Brujos”—the ranch of spirits and ghosts—by the Pedro Martin Seranno fam-

March 2

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Two-time national champion banjo player and slide guitar phenom Tony Furtado is holding a Pre-release party for his 16th album at Pecos Flavors Winery for 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Tickets are $25. For more information, call 627-6265 or visit pecosflavorswinery.com. ily who lived there in the 1700s. When OʼKeeffe discovered New Mexicoʼs high desert she called it the “Faraway Nearby.” Through his compelling images Varjabedian captures a moment in time by exploring and revealing the “power of place.” For more information, call 624-6744.

March 2

Lecture and Reception: Radio Sebastian: Shiine Radio Sebastian—through team member and Roswell

Artist-in-Residence fellow Corwin Levi—will talk about its current body of work investigating how many times you can squeeze the letter “i” into the word shine during a lecture at the Roswell Museum and Art Center at 5:30 p.m. A reception for Levi will follow the lecture. For more information, call 624-6744.

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March 2

The Band Mercy at Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge The country and classic rock band The Band Mercy plays Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge from 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

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March 3

6th Annual Cancer Awareness March, “Corps Against Cancer” New Mexico Military Instituteʼs Corps of Cadets will host the 6th annual Cancer Awareness March, “Corps Against Cancer” on Stapp Field from 2 p.m. 11:30 p.m. Monies raised by the Corps of Cadets through donations will go to the Chaves County Cancer Fund.

Members of the Roswell Chapter “Walk for Hope” are scheduled to join the Cadets in the march to support the Chaves County Cancer Fund. For more information, call 6248035.

March 3

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Send the Messenger

The Revived Tour is coming to Roswell, and with it comes the Albuquerquebased post-hardcore band Send the Messenger. This is Send the Messenger’s first full tour, and by all accounts, it is going great.

According to Jesse Rogers, drummer for Send the Messenger, “We came

into the tour already knowing A Faylene Sky, but we’ve gotten even closer with them since. Palisades and Us, From Outside, are all really cool guys as well.

We couldn’t ask for a better experience for our first real tour.”

This is Send the Messenger’s first real tour, but it was quite a journey to get to this point. Send the Messenger was formed in 2009

by vocalist Carlin Carter and guitarist Corey Lambert, who had been friends since second grade, when they met up with guitarist Chris Sanchez over craigslist. They faced several hardships, and band member changes until 2011, when they finally landed on a permament lineup that also includes vocalist Garrett McGrath, bassist Thomas Seely and drummer Jesse Rogers.

Of course, to those that have been following the band, permament is an understatement. Members of the band have an “Adelphia” tattoo that shows their commitment to the

band, and the brotherhood that they share with each other. McGrath has even posted video of himself getting the tattoo on his youtube channel along with music from the band.

Rogers said, “We bond as a band a lot over ‘Family Movie Night’ almost every night, too. Other than that, we’ll just throw a frisbee around together or something and just hang out as a band and as a family.”

This brotherhood and sense of family is not just limited to each other, but the band has also reached out to other bands. Part of the way that they support themselves on tour is by meeting up with other bands to do photography and promotion for other bands. Drummer Rogers is the photographer.

Of course, this seems to influence their music, as the lyrics of the songs tend to paint very visual images in the listener’s imagination. Turns of phrase like, “Paint with your words, colors that are worse than living with strings attached,” or “With a burning sunrise, well these shades of grey, well they wash away, leaving no hints of shadow,” it is very obvious that the band’s love of the visual arts comes through in the music.

“I can’t speak for the rest of my band for sure, but they do a lot of lighting assistance for my photoshoots, so maybe they’ve picked up on it as well,” Rogers said. “Basically, Corey will write out all the rhythm guitar and lay a foundation for the drums, then I’ll change whatever I see fit and make the drum parts my own and write/add a lot of the breakdowns and rhythmic sections. Corey and Chris then collaborate on guitar leads, and then Carlin and Garrett will sit down with Corey to write out vocals.

Safe to say, Corey is the main songwriter.”

To hear Send the Messenger’s music, or if you are a band in southeastern NM that wants to join a Send the Messenger photo shoot during the TX-NM leg of the tour, as they travel from Houston (March 5), through Roswell (March 9), and on up through Gallup (March 10), visit facebook.com/ sendthemessenger. Send the Messenger will be playing the Unity Center in Roswell on March 9 as part of the Revived Tour along with Us From Outside, A Faylene Sky, and Palisades.

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Tony Furtado CD Release Party Rey Berrones Vision Editor Two-time national champion banjo player and slide guitar phenom Tony Furtado is holding a pre-release party for his 16th album at Pecos Flavors Winery.

This will be a little more intimate than his normal

full band rock show, and will feature Furtado playing fan-favorites along with a two-time national fiddle champion, Luke Price.

“With the duo, it is a little more on the folk side,” said Furtado.

Furtado has been playing on the road for the past two decades and is set to release his CD/DVD live

album “Live From Mississippi Studios.” Although not officially released, fans have already begun to get ahold of the album through pre-release concerts and a kickstarter campaign.

This album has been funded through kickstarter, where fans pledged money to get special incentives in addition to the album be-

fore the recording even started.

Regarding the kickstarter campaign, Furtado said, “It is not free money. Every dollar in there I’m working for, because I’m offering something. They are buying the CD early, buying a sculpture or they are buying a lesson. I’m still in the process of fulfilling that stuff.”

Fans have already gotten signed copies of his album delivered to their door by Furtado through the project. “I’m going to the doorstep of a few people, and playing a few tunes, and giving them the DVD that they ordered,” said Furtado.

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March 3

Palisades is playing at the ENMU-Roswell Performing Arts Center, presented by The Unity Center. Tickets are $10, and the first band takes the stage at 6 p.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.

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Roswell Adult and Senior Center - Dance with Country Charm Country Charm will provide the music for your dancing and listening pleasure from 7 p.n. 10 p.m. Adults 18 and over are welcome. $5 per person. For more information, call 9141865.

March 9

Johnny and the Crashers at Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge The country and classic rock band Johnny and the Crashers plays Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge from 8:30 p.m. 12:30 a.m.

March 4

Dennis Lujan: Artistʼs Reception at The Gallery There will be an artistʼs reception at The Gallery, located at 107 East Fifth Street from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Lujan is the featured artist at The Gallery for the month of March. For more information, call 625-5263, or visit rfal.org.

March 7

Roswell Public Library Story Time - “Do-Re-Mi” and “Rhyme Time” Story time is at 10 a.m. amd 3:30 p.m., at the Roswell Public Library, located at 301 N. Pennsylvania. For more information, call 622-7101.

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This dynamic five member band, which also dances during performances, makes its home in a remote area of “the last frontier” and is the subject of much curiosity and inspiration.

The Alaska String Band is playing a double concert with the Triple L Band at the Yam Theater in Portales on March 9, and at the Lyceum Theater in Clovis on March 10. Tickets are $10, for tickets or Information Call 749-2409.

The Alaska String Band is playing a Class Act show for students from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. at the Spencer Theater on March 6. For more information, call 336-4800 or visit spencertheater.com.

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March 9

The Revived Tour The Revived Tour, featuring Send the Messenger, Us From Outside, A Faylene Sky, and

Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary Celebration The Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest are holding three events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting.

There will be a Thin Mint Fun Run at Cielo Grande Complex beginning at 9 a.m. This includes a 1 mile walk, 1 mile run and a 4 mile run. There will be the “Walk Thru History 100 years of Leadership” historical display at the Girl Scout Program Center from 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Finally, there will be the Bridging Ceremony at NMMI Stapp field starting at 6:30 p.m. All current and former Girl Scouts are invited to attend the bridging ceremony. SʼMores and singing to follow at the Girl Scout Program Center. This event is free and open to all.

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March 10

ciosi Join John Ciancioci, author of The Meditative Path as he speaks about systematic training of the mind for cultivating inner peace and outer harmony at the Ruidoso Public Library at 11 a.m. This presentation follows his book and attendees can find out about simple relaxation techniques for relieving stress and ways to cultivate awareness in daily life. This is part of the Building Common Ground program. For more information, call 258-3704 or visit youseemore.com/RuidosoPL.

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Conquistador Council Boy Scouts of America Pinewood Derby Championship The Conquistador Council Boy Scouts of America Pinewood Derby Championship is from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Roswell Ford. For more information, call Gary Miller at 910-7971.

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March 13

A Lot Like Birds at the Unity Center A Lot Like Birds, From Indian Lakes, I The Mighty, Here Lies The Hero and Avindale are playing at the ENMU-Roswell Performing Arts Center, presented by The Unity Center.

Tickets are $8, and the first band takes the stage at 6 p.m.

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Peace Studies with Les Field Join Les Field, professor of anthropology and director of peace studies at UNM for a discussion of social issues, such as public health, immigration, human rights, faith and community, education, social justice and community solidarity at the Ruidoso Public Library at 11 a.m. This is

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A Lot Like Birds, From Indian Lakes, I The Mighty, Here Lies The Hero and Avindale are playing at the ENMURoswell Performing Arts Center, presented by The Unity Center. Tickets are $8, and the first band takes the stage at 6 p.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter. part of the Building Common Ground program. For more information, call 258-3704 or visit youseemore.com/RuidosoPL.

March 7

Preschool story time at the Ruidoso Public Library Dragon and Magical Mysti-

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Hear storys about dragons and craft a dragon. For more information, call 258-3704 or visit youseemore.com/RuidosoPL.

March 10

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Preschool story time at the Ruidoso Public Library - St. PatrickĘźs Day Story time is at 10:30 a.m.

Hear storys about St. PatrickĘźs Day and craft a paper shamrock. For more information, call 258-3704 or visit youseemore.com/RuidosoPL.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Radio Sebastian opens at the RMAC

Vanessa Kahin Record Staff Writer

“We all shine on” said John Lennon, and the most recent transplant with the Roswell Artist in Residence program strives to depict, in visual form, exactly how we do so.

On their way to showing the act of shining, the force behind the RAiR program’s most recent protégée(s) seeks to form a collaboration with its viewers, as it has done within itself.

Corwin Levi — who works within a collaborative art team called Radio Sebastian — will share his vision in an exhibit titled “Shiine,” from March 3 through April 22 at the Roswell Museum and Art Center.

Artists involved with Radio Sebastian come and go — all but Levi, its founding member. Currently a joint effort with Washington D.C. artist Yumiko Blackwell, Radio Sebastian has used a multitude of media to depict the enigmatic state of shining in its upcoming exhibit.

“The body of work we’re doing now starts with the idea that any person is capable of great things,” Levi said. Therefore, “shine” refers to the spiritual act of radiating from within and reflecting on others.

The works in the exhibit seem to accentuate the evolving, unending process of shining and reflecting.

Comprised mostly of drawings done on various media, such as photographs, sculptures, mirrors, and glass; most pieces in “Shiine” feature the word “shine” repeated and extended with an infinite THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012

number of i’s. The word “shine” appears to go on forever, with no discernable beginning or end, and becomes the basic outline of seemingly unending loops, circles, and other designs.

“Each little symbol is a person,” Levi said of the drawings in the exhibit.

Each piece, he

said, “points to a larger

concept.”

One piece, for example, called “137 Shiine,” is made up of 137 “shine symbols” drawn on top of a paint stroke.

Levi said the inspiration for the exhibit came from an almost-forgotten doodle.

As an artist who favors drawing, Levi keeps years’ worth of papers and notebooks. These tend to have his signature doodles in the margins. “I’m an obsessive doodler,” Levi said. One glance at a used notebook, with Levi’s tiny yet exquisite doodles in the margins confirms this. He discovered a used notebook from when he was in high school that was marked with his telltale intricate designs. The word “shine” appears within them.

“I couldn’t remember exactly why I was writing it,” Levi said of the word. “But, it was clearly meaningful to me at the time.” He brought the idea of “shine” to his fellow collaborators in Radio

Sebastian. However, he’s careful to not allow himself to be viewed as the leader in a group that seeks to be as egalitarian as possible.

“Any of us can bring ideas to the group,” Levi said.

“This one was fine with everyone.”

“Shiine” has been completed despite the distance between Radio Sebastian collaborators. Levi said he is in constant communication with Blackwell, either through snail mail or online. There is no way to know for sure where Levi’s contribution ends, and Blackwell’s begins.

“It’s fluid,” Levi said of Radio Sebastian. “We don’t really keep track of who did what.”

This fluidity extends to Radio Sebastian’s membership; collaborators often leave or join the group. Levi said he began as an artist working individually before he felt the need to work in collaboration. This has allowed Levi, who is otherwise soft-spoken and reserved, to show his art while remaining private. “I really like showing art,” Levi said. “But, I don’t necessarily like showing my name in big letters.” Levi said collaborating allows for Radio Sebastian members to disperse and, from their location, achieve more for the group. There is also the added bonus of having more minds at work.

“More people are better not because you have more hands, but because you have more ideas,” Levi said.

Unable to name a hometown, due to the fact he was constantly on the move as a child and has lived in 10 different states, Levi said he went to high school in Knoxville, Tenn. This is also the place where he lived the VISION MAGAZINE

longest. His family, including his parents, lives in Alexandria, Va. Levi completed a bachelor’s degree in art and art history at Rice University in Houston. He completed a master’s in fine arts in painting at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.

Levi started Radio Sebastian in 2009. The name, Radio Sebastian, is itself based on a collaborative effort. “Sebastian” is a poem as well as a drawing. The poet, Levi explained, would write one stanza, and he would create a drawing based on the words. The poet would, in turn, write another stanza in response to the drawing; and Levi would draw in response to the new stanza, and so forth. “It grew until it felt done,” Levi said of the fluid drawing that features lines of poetry intertwined with his minute doodles. The design seems to have no distinct beginning or end.

“This, I think, captures the experience of ‘Sebastian,’” Levi said of the work.

The “radio” part of the group’s name was added as a result of Levi’s fascination with invisible radio waves that communicate despite their invisibility. Aside from poetry and the visual arts, combining sound and imagery is appealing to Levi as well. A trained pianist, Levi writes music. He said he finds it impossible to catalog his music and admits there are not many songs to take credit for, as his compo-

sitions tend to be few in number but long — as he has not stopped adding to them.

Levi’s residency began Sept. 1, 2011, and will run through Aug. 31, 2012. He is completing his residency as Corwin Levi. However, the shows and exhibits he is affiliated with are credited to Radio Sebastian.

The final collaboration in Levi’s “Shiine” is the one that takes place between art and viewer. This is why, he said, he does not discuss his art until the viewer gives his or her opinion of it first.

“It may not be at all what I think the piece is about,” Levi said. After the viewer has been afforded his or her unbiased view, Levi is then willing to discuss his art.

“I want people to have a reaction, then, I’m happy to talk about (the art),” he said.

“The pieces are so much about people,” Levi said of “Shiine.” “I welcome viewers to partake.”

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HISTORY

Uncle George Part Two

The best known man in Hagerman

known throughout the growing community. He took his child companions on imaginary trips all over the world, often as passengers atop large sand hill cranes. “Hang on tight” he would say, “we’re almost on Egypt... look those are the pyramids and over there is the Sphinx and that’s the River Nile.” Or perhaps it was the impressive Tower of London or the grand Eiffel Tower.

Whether it was the Great Wall of China or the towering Alps, the children always arrived home safe and sound with a greater knowledge of the wonderful world of Uncle George’s Rangers.

Of course, George was drawn to the Boy Scouts and visited many troop meetings, at times, as a participant in merit badge programs.

He wrote lyrics to be sung to the melody of “Marching through Georgia.”

Photo of George Butler courtesy Stu Pritchard Stu Pritchard Roswell Historian

In 1910, George Butler, wife Ellie and two of their children, moved to New Mexico for Ellie’s failing health. Moving from Lake Arthur to Hagerman, Butler soon became known as the “best known man in Hagerman,” as recorded in an article in the Hagerman Messenger. He constructed a swimming pool for the small town, then surrounded his holdings with small bungalows, each with a pathway leading to a small water fountain which he dubbed “the fountain of life.” He had become convinced that Hagerman’s mineral water had added extra years of life for both him and his wife. The bungalows were often filled with persons who stayed in Hagerman partaking of Uncle George’s “healing waters.”

In 1926, several years after his wife passed away, the aging man moved to Roswell with his daughter and her family. He seems to have adopted every place he lived and he delighted in the small town of Roswell. It was not long before the tales he wove for his “Rangers” became

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Hurry! Hurry! (Hurree) Boy Scouts, good and true, Hurry! Hurry!

There’s a lot for us to do.

Every time we do a deed.

That helps a fella true We’re helping our comrades and country.

In the early thirties, his eyesight failing, the elderly man was forced to forgo his daily walks, but he still scribbled his little poems, sitting at an ancient desk, wearing a green eyeshade and holding a small magnifying glass. He loved New Mexico and would put his joy into little poems.

While there, he became extremely fond of Hagerman: If I could have a vision Of nature’s lavish hand, Bestowing choicest blessings O’er a broad and fertile land.

I’d see no fairer picture Than dear old Hagerman.

And he reportedly recorded little snippets of his recent adopted town, Roswell: I see her green and lovely lawns Neath tall and spreading trees.

Inhale the perfumed atmosphere Borne on the gentle breeze.

All sweet with beauty’s pleasure The things we love so well.

I’ve seen no fairer picture Than our dear community: Roswell.

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Uncle George also played classic melodies on the violin and taught several of his young people how to play the instrument. With all, next to his kids and his poems, he loved to paint. He had been quite successful as an illustrator, although he usually gave his artwork away. With his failing eyesight, he was left with a family who adored him, a host of friends who appreciated him and always his little poems. This was his last: Walks with God

I have the sweetest walks with God O’er mountains, hills and plains, I see the most beautiful pictures Displayed throughout his domain.

They are works of his hands Many ages ago What marvelous sights to see.

He recorded them faithfully ever since then, So he might show them to you and to me.

There were more stanzas, of course, and he never really finished this final poem. He died peacefully in his bed at age 76 and after he died an internationally famous poet, Julia Dangerfield Glass, wrote the loveliest poem of them all entitled simply “Uncle George.”

He had the sweetest “walks with God” and as he walked, Trees reached their arms to him.

And birds sang more sweetly Because he was passing, And clouds lay more softly in the sky...

Little children were glad And all the things he loved Loved him and rejoiced as he went by He had the sweetest walks with God, But today, he lies so still...

The trees stand with bowed heads; The birds are silent, the sky overcast As a veil, The sun hidden, as one who covers his face To mourn.

Friends are silent...

With a silence that bespeaks.

The consciousness of the loss of A friend...

They have known.

Sure I knew Uncle George... he was my grandfather.

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Ski Season Wrap-up Julia Bergman Record Staff Writer

With rising temperatures and spring on the horizon, the winter season in Ruidoso will inevitably be coming to a close.

Robert Deming, who handles marketing and communications for Ski Apache, said this year the mountain experienced a very solid season. “We’re actually running neckin-neck with some of our better years.”

The sking season, which was fully operational Thanksgiving weekend, will end sometime at the end of March or beginning of April depending on the climate.

At 11,500 feet, Ski Apache’s big market is beginners and those who are early in their skiing career, with the overall emphasis being enjoyment. “Why are we learning about all these skills; it’s because it will allow us to have more fun in the snow. It’s not to get laden with technicalities. Our big emphasis is to get it across to our students and to our early skiers and so forth to remind them that the reason that they’re here is to have fun. If they have fun they’ll come back,” DemTHURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012

ing said.

Those visiting the mountain can ski, snowboard, tube and as of late trikke. A trikke, similar to being on a tricycle in the snow, allows people to stand upright and steer as they travel down the mountain.

Roughly 100 people have tried the snow sport so far. The only requirement is to take a lesson, particularly to learn how to board the chair lift.

Ski Apache’s tubing hill and the trikke provide the non-skier with less physically demanding activities, and are more suited for less adamant snow sports enthusiasts.

“With those introductions that the snow doesn’t bite, they can move on to other snow sports and feel comfortable on the mountain and moving about effectively,” Deming said.

The mountain is gearing up for college students who will be visiting Ski Apache during their spring breaks throughout March. Deming said he’d like to reinvigorate the interest in the college spring break market, specifically by marketing the mountain as a collegiate destination. This year the mountain will host a variety of activities, races

and contests such as the pond skim.

In addition to the collegiate market, Deming said Ski Apache would like to further reach out to its Spanish-speaking market, which mainly comprises northern Mexico.

Additionally, the mountain is looking to cultivate more instructors from that area, communicate that through our Spanish-speaking news outlets. Despite the re-invested interest in these two markets, Deming said, “We’re not leaving anything behind; we’re just enhancing the parts where we know we need to.” The mountain is also still sensitive to its current clientele and their needs.

“We’re meeting the customer with accommodations. We now want to get ahead of the customer and anticipate more of the things that they would want to be doing,” he said.

“We’re moving our marketing efforts to concentrate on the lifestyle that’s up here, the fact that it’s a life-expanding experience; we’re staying away from the mundane typical messages about resorts and skiing and so on.”

Ski Apache will also continue to integrate social media approaches.

“The immediacy of taking a photograph of something you’ve just done or some place you’re about to go, or skiing through the trees, all of those little things make the experience of skiing, snowboarding and snow sports much more immediate and shareable with other interested friends,” Deming said.

Deming said it’s arguable that Ski Apache has the best skiing weather in the country. When snowboarding down one of the mountain’s 39 trails, coat unzipped with the sun beating on your back, it’s hard to disagree. It’s days like those that rouse you to get out of bed at 7:30 a.m. to hit the powder and take the last lift of the day up the mountain for one more chance at an idyllic ride down to the bottom.

Next year snow enthusiasts can look forward to using a flake GPS. The device allows skiers and snowboarders to track their distance on the mountain. Ski Apache will also host a contest throughout the season and will award a prize to the person who tops out at the end of the year.

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Joe Nichols at the Inn Julia Bergman Record Staff Writer

If one were to tune in to country singer Joe Nichols’ iPod they’d most likely hear the sounds of Steve Earle, Beethoven, and George Strait.

Nichols channeled some of his favorites and played his own tunes off of his sixth and latest studio album It’s All Good, while making a stop on his tour to play at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso Feb. 17.

Songs off the album were generated from producers, his record label, and some were found by him and his wife. “Songwriters in town, relationships and picking their brains and seeing what they had and if it fit me,” Nichols said.

While Nichols did not write any of the songs on his current album, he said, “I like it a lot better than anything I’ve done in a long time.” In the past he was written the songs, “What’s A Guy Gotta Do,” and “Cool To Be A Fool,” and hopes to write many of the songs on his next album.

Nichols draws inspiration from, “the moments in my life that made me laugh the least at the time, but make me laugh the most right now.” Of all his songs, Nichols said, “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off,” has resonated the most with fans. “That one seems to really get something out of the crowd that some of the others don’t.”

During his performance, Nichols played songs from his record, covered the songs of renowned country singers like Willie Nelson and Hank Williams, and even gave some twang to Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s rap hit “Baby Got Back.” Nichols, who said he feels like a ham on stage, prefers singing to playing the guitar, which he says makes him nervous. “There’s a lot of people out there that can do it a lot better than me. Singing makes me feel comfortable. If I can stumble through it on the guitar then that’s great.”

While Nichols, who calls himself a traditional country singer, has received Grammy nods and praises from legends, and his idols George Jones and Merle Haggard, he said his greatest accomplishment is, “still doing it after ten years. Certainly being here and being able to play music every night, that’s a pretty big accomplishment and more than I ever thought I would do.”

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UFOLOGY

Extraterrestrial Visitors: What do they Want?

While the majority of UFO sighting reports can be explained in earthly terms (possible secret experimental aircraft, balloons, space station transits and the like), there will always be a small fraction of them explainable only as alien visitation. What else can one say, for example, about the smooth, silent, disk-shaped object that a whole team of climbers witnessed with field glasses in 1926 in the

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Himalayas, at a time too early for it to have been a human-manufactured aircraft that sophisticated?

Undeniably we have been visited, but there remains the question, often speculated about in the field of UFO studies: what do these creatures from the Great Outside want? Why are they here?

We can make some good guesses. Quite possibly after seeing nuclear explo-

sions and other wayward gestures on the part of humankind, alien visitors may simply think we bear watching. After spectacles like 9-11, a colossally tragic event inspired by religious fanaticism, mentally advanced alien observers could very plausibly assume that as a species we are dangerously loony or, at the very least, badly in need of another million years of evolution.

But when we ask questions like “What do the aliens want?” we may be on slippery ground from the outset. In all likelihood these creatures, given that they so easily travel through galactic space, are psychologically as different from us as we are different from flatworms, so let’s face it, alien psychology is something of which we know little or nothing.

How do we know that

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aliens really “want” anything in any sense we can readily understand? “Want” is a psychologically loaded term, and if we project our own characteristics onto alien creatures, we may be coloring the analysis in ways destined only to oversimplify and mislead.

Are aliens curious about us? Again, the question assumes that we can apply human concepts and qualities like curiosity to extraterrestrial brain functions, and it is far from certain that this is a valid thing to do. It is conceivable that highly developed, thinking life forms might exist without such a quality as curiosity as we know it.

On the other hand, one can argue that such a mental property as curiosity might be something that no advanced species is likely to have evolved without, wherever their evolution has

taken place. If their environment has included other creatures predatory to them, the potential objects of this predation would scarcely have stayed around very long without being curious about the beings threatening to prey upon them. That is, natural selection would favor creatures having curiosity about their surroundings.

And what natural selection favors is what lives another day to replicate its genetic material and copy itself into the future.

So at least we might reasonably speculate that alien visitors could be curious about us. But maybe we flatter ourselves. They may only be curious about how much of a threat we pose for others, given our often bizarre collective behavior.

If so, let’s hope they notice our good points too.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012