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Thursday, August 4, 2016 Volume 21, Issue 14 Publisher: Barbara Beck Editor: Tom McDonald Vision Editor: Christina Stock Copy Editor: Vanessa Kahin Ad Design: Sandra Martinez Columnists: Donald Burleson, Sara Woodbury Get in touch with us online Facebook: PecosVisionMagazine Twitter: twitter.com/PecosVision Pinterest: pinterest.com/VisionMagazine Email: vision@rdrnews.com www: rdrnews.com/wordpress/vision-magazin For advertising information, call 622-7710 Correspondence: Vision Magazine welcomes correspondence, constructive criticism and suggestions for future topics. Mail correspondence to Vision Magazine, P.O. Drawer 1897, Roswell, N.M. 88202-1897 or vision@rdrnews.com Submissions: Call 622-7710, ext. 309, for writers’ guidelines.

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On The Cover 60th Anniversary of Roswell Lions Hondo Little League World Championship

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Left to to right (front row): Teddy Garrett, Jimmy Valdez, David Sherrod, Randy Willis and Harold Hobson. (Middle row): Guy Bevell, Dick Storey, Albert Palomino and Mike Sandry. (Back row): Manager Dick St. John, Billy Turley, Ferrell Dunham, Blaine Stibling, Tommy Jordan, David Smith and Coach Pete Ellis.

time and place, that brings back the best memories of childhood and the U.S.: Baseball.

“It’s going to be fun,” McVay-Davis said. “When you walk into the civic center, we have real turf you walk on. It will be as if you are stepping onto the field as they (the Little League) did many years ago. We will have a set of bleachers there and we will have a concession stand. Even if you do not have a background in sports, you will love it. There will be pickles and licorice — I grew up at the ballpark — we will also have the gumballs with the stitching that makes it look like a baseball,” she said.

There will be also memorabilia, bats and pictures. “We have a wonderful scrapbook that Mr. Hobson has obtained,” said McVay-Davis. “His mother did a phenomenal job of collecting and keeping everything.” She encourages anybody who has photos of the events to bring them in to 200 N. Lea Ave. or to email them to historydirector@outlook.com to have them included in the display and the PowerPoint presentation that evening.

Additionally, there will be custom-made pendants and baseballs for the occasion available for purchase to support the Historical Society.

Just as if it were an ESPN press conference, the guests of honor, the original Lions Hondo Little League Baseball Team of 1956, will sit up on stands. “There are only a few who have passed or can’t come,” said McVay-Davis. “We are encouraging family members and friends to be there to honor those, even if they are deceased. We have their name cards and hats there.

“We have not been able to contact all the ballplayers from this team,” said McVay-Davis. “Anybody who has graduated with one of the players, have been friends with them, or has been in contact, please contact the Historical Society. It is my hope and wish that every ballplayer and coach will be represented.” she said. The team members who had played against the Roswell team are invited too. “That is who made them good,” she said. “It’s their competitors. We want everybody to come. They are all friends and just love ball.

Now they are just all in for the love of the game.”

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Pride of New Mexico - Pride Of Roswell ... And A Mystery The 35th annual Historical Society Heritage Award Dinner to honor 1956 Lions Hondo Little League World Series Championship Baseball Team.

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special group of men is going to be honored this year at the 35th annual Historical Society Heritage Award Dinner on Aug. 30 at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center, 912 N. Main St. This year is the 60th anniversary of the Lions Hondo Little League Baseball Team winning the World Series Championship in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of Little League Baseball, against Delaware Township, New Jersey. They won 3 to 1.

“The event will be held a week from being exactly 60 years ago, which happened on August 24,” said Amy McVay-Davis, executive director of the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico.

The doors will open at 6 p.m. The steak dinner is catered by Peppers Grill & Bar and served at 7 p.m. The event will also include a silent auction.

Tickets are $70 per person, $500 per table, reservations are requested by Aug. 9. For more information, visit roswellnmhistory.org or call 575-622-8333.

This year’s Heritage Award Dinner is going to transport the guests into a

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Continued from Page 4 went. “If it exists in this earth and it is broken, damaged, somebody broke it and wouldn’t want to admit it,” McVay-Davis said. “It would be great to have that in the Historical Museum. It is something irreplaceable — turn it in, no questions asked.”

Today’s Little League teams will have a chance to meet the famous players.

“We have invited not only the Little League Allstar Lions Hondo team, but also the Little League New Mexico East Side and Noon Optimists. All will be a part of this.” McVay-Davis said.

“It is very important to have the young generation there,” McVay-Davis said.

“Sometimes they lose sight of the reason (to play), it’s not just to be cool and wearing a nice uniform, looking good and playing good. Imagine, what it took for the kids to play,” she said.

In 1956 there were only two Little Leagues in Roswell, the Optimists on the north side and the Lions Hondo team. According to the memoirs in the book of Dewey Johnson, “A Summer Of Champions,” the Optimists had the nicer ballpark, while Lions Hondo had to deal with a grassless hard-packed clay field.

He describes playing on it, “A line-drive foul ball down the third base line would bounce halfway to Carlsbad before it could be retrieved. And we had one game ball. I brought pocketbooks to read while we waited for foul balls to be returned to play.”

Johnson has been invited to the event. “He lives in Albuquerque but his brother lives here,” said McVay-Davis.

One of the 1956 Little League Champions who will be at the event is Tom Jordan Jr. “You get a good idea what Roswell was like, reading Dewey’s book,” Jordan said. “He took it from real life, he changed some of the names, but I knew the people he was talking about.

“Roswell was not a very big town, for sure,” Jordan said. “My dad was playing baseball himself.” Tom Jordan Sr. was an American professional baseball player, a catcher who appeared in 39 Major League games over three seasons for the Chicago White Sox (1944; 1946), Cleveland Indians (1946), and the St. Louis Browns (1948). In 1956 he was a playing manager for a number of unaffiliated teams in the low minors in Southwest U.S. Jordan Jr.’s father didn’t want his son to play but to join him while his mother was supportive of him following his father’s footsteps.

“He (Tom Jordan Sr.) was the manager in Albuquerque when I was nine and 10. And I played up there in Albuquerque in Little League. Of course, I was the bat boy of the Albuquerque Dukes. I’ve grown up around baseball all my life.

I don’t remember much about driving to Roswell, but there were not as many roads as there are today,” Jordan said.

Jordan arrived at the age of 11 in Roswell. “There wasn’t anything around Roswell High then,” he said. “It was still open fields. There were a few streets around there but not very many.” Jordan’s favorite subject in school at the time was history.

His Little League team started in Carlsbad. “I told my father before, we would win the Little League Championship. And he thought I was crazy,” Jordan said. The Championship took place in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. “We took the plane to Williamsport,” said Jordan. “When we came back, we came back by train. Stan Gallup, he was the announcer, I guess. I don’t remember it, but they said he got on the train in Clovis. He was the one who was broadcasting. He acted as if he was there.”

“You don’t have to love sports to love Mr. Jordan for his passion, being here in Roswell,” McVay-Davis said. “I think of him as a representative of Roswell.

You don’t have to be a sports fan to honor one of the greatest historical athletic stories of Roswell. We got olympians who represent us, that is awesome. But they (the Little League) achieved greatness when we didn’t have a lot going on. And then when the team got back, half the town greeted them.”

“The Roswell Daily Record reported 5,000 being there,” said Jordan. “I think that was just a guess. All you could see were people.”

The fame stayed with Jordan growing up. “For a long time everybody knew who the person was because of the team. I mean everybody,” he said. “You couldn’t get away with anything. Somebody would always call my mother if I tried anything.”

“I took that class from Elvis (Elvis Fleming, who taught history at Eastern

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New Mexico University-Roswell and is a great supporter of the HSSNM), and I think it was the last or the next day. He had not said anything to me during the class until the last day, when he said, ‘We have a celebrity here, in our classroom.’ He started talking about our team and who I was. I thought that was pretty cool,” said Jordan.

After graduation Jordan turned pro, just as his father had, and played for the Chicago White Sox for three years. “Then I got into the service (Army),” Jordan said. “I actually played in the Service World Series. I played over there in Germany where they played the Service World Series. We were runner-ups.”

It is not widely known, unless one served in one of the branches of the U.S. Forces, that the military encouraged their soldiers to play baseball. This goes back more than 150 years during the American Civil War. It was an effective way to fight boredom between battles and to distract prisoners of war. It was also a social equalizer and was used as an instrument of teamwork and relations between military branches and international relations.

When the Nazis surrendered in 1945 the U.S. Army decided the best way to keep hundreds of thousands of its soldiers occupied in Germany was to set up, virtually overnight, a massive athletics apparatus, within the different branches and ranks. Baseball was the most popular game among the G.I.s, and a large league was formed, with representatives from most of the divisions in the theater.

In 1966, when Jordan Jr. had joined the services, it was the height of the Vietnam War and the troops needed distraction. Demonstrations against Vietnam and the U.S. took place in the capitals of Europe, in front of U.S. embassies and military installations on a smaller scale than back in the States.

“I played in Wiesbaden, Germany, too,” said Jordan. “That is all what I did in the service, I played baseball. We played in one of the games leading up to the World Series in Paris. They had division-level teams. There are 25,000 men in a division. Half of the teams that they had over there were professional players that were drafted into the service and they had division-level football. They had a bunch of professional football players there.

“The commanding general we had over there, he was a big baseball fan and he came to every game. Of course, he would helicopter in. We had to take the bus. Sometimes we took one of those military planes. We went to Paris by plane,” Jordan said. see

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Christina Stock Photo Amy McVay-Davis and Tom Jordan Jr. are looking at the original memorabilias of the 1956 Lions Hondo Little League World Series Championship Baseball Team that will be on display at the event.

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Continued from Page 4 After finishing his service Jordan returned to Roswell and married.

“I became a truck driver and drove for a long time,” he said. “I just quit here about two years ago.”

The freedom of the road is no longer there.

Truck drivers are electronically monitored almost around the clock with minimum break times. “That is one reason why I quit too,” Jordan said. “I would be probably driving now.

The last few 10 to 12 years I just drove from here to San Anton (San Antonio) hauling milk. I really enjoyed that and then I got word about the monitoring. You can’t even take a five minute break out of the schedule. I think, if you own less than four or six trucks you do not have to abide by those new rules like big companies do. They won’t let you get away with anything. And they got so many lawyers now, they are looking for anything a truck driver does.

“I got a grandson playing at Roswell High now, Ty Jordan,” Jordan said. “He is an honor roll student. My wife, Sheila, never misses any of his games.”

Asked about what has changed in Little League since he played, Jordan said, “I am sometimes going to Little League games and they are yelling constantly at their kids, ‘Do this, do that.’ Parents are probably more involved today.

“If you get to become a Major League player you probably will be a millionaire real quick,” Jordan said. “If you stay in the Major Leagues for three or four years,

you are set for life. I got a $10,000 sign-in bonus (Chicago White Sox).

Which in 1961 was quite a bit.”

“I think Roswell High has like 40 summer league games, so there is a lot more to do.

Kids today often say there is nothing to do in Roswell. “They should have been around then, when there was no TV and no cellphones and such as that,” Jordan said.

“We are just blessed to have in Roswell the MVP (Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player) of that team,” said McVay-Davis. Jordan counted one more MVP. “Well, we really had two MVP’s, my friend, Ferrel Dunham, me and him we pitched all the innings there,” Jordan said.

In a phone interview Dunham shared some of his memories growing up in Roswell. “What I remember is, we were on the south side of town, an old dirt field, we practiced in the dirt. The Noon Optimist was on the other side of town and they had the nice Little League field. We would go out every afternoon, even if it was hot. We just had our League and we played.

“I grew up playing baseball on a vacant lot every afternoon in the summertimes. There was not very much to do, you played ball or you worked. My parents had a lot of work for me to do, such as mowing the lawn, but we also had some time playing ball,” Dunham said.

“At 12 years old I had no conception of size of a town. I know we could walk everywhere we went. Either ride or bicycle or walk.

We didn’t need a car

Photo courtesy of the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico Archives.

Roswell celebrates their Hondo Lions Little League Baseball Team who won the World Series Championship in 1956. back then. We would walk to the movie theater and back. It was a big deal going to the movies. You got a quarter and you got to get into the movies, buy popcorn or a Coke or candy bar and all for a quarter. There were all kinds of movies going on back then. Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, and you had the movies you wouldn’t call scary now, they were scary then to a 12 year old. Like ‘The Thing.’

“The other thing about Roswell was, we slept out in the yard at night in the summertime. You didn’t worry about locking your house, you didn’t worry about much of anything as far as crime or vandalism or anything else goes. We didn’t have air conditioners so we just slept outside.

“It was a great time to grow up in the ‘50s,” Dunham said.

His memories returning to Roswell after winning the Little League Championship are quite memorable. “I still remember all the people at the train station when we got back after we won. I remember my brother — he is twoand-a-half, almost three years older than I am — and I got to kiss a lot of his girlfriends. I was 12 and that was a big deal for me then.”

“It was hard for all those kids and they didn’t have money” McVay-Davis said about the Little League team of 1956. “How they were getting to all those games. It was not as easy as staying in motels. The kids had fun. Roswell did a phenomenal job back then

to support them. Some parents could go and that was a big deal. And that game was a tight game until the end. It is just a lot of fun,” said McVay-Davis.

“This is beyond Roswell — it is a pride of New Mexico.”

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Calendar Ongoing Events Roswell Every first Wednesday of the month Pecos Valley Quilting Guild business meeting The meeting is at 10 a.m. at the Roswell Adult Center in room #22. For more information, call Sue Carter 575-624-1854.

Roswell Every first Thursday of the month Meeting of the Sand Diver Scuba Club at 6:30 p.m.

The location changes.

For details, call the Scuba Shop at 575-973-8773 or visit scubashoproswell. com.

Roswell Every first Friday of the month Pecos Valley Steam Society Social Everybody is invited. No dress code. The meeting is usually at Stellar Coffee Co., 315 N Main St. at 6 p.m. For more information, follow them on Facebook.

Roswell Every third Tuesday of the month Sgt. Moses D. Rocha Marine Corps League Detachment 1287 Meeting Marine Corps League Meeting at 1506 E. 19th St. at 7 p.m. For more information, call 575-578-4689.

Roswell Every Wednesday — all season Men’s Senior Golf tournament The tournament takes place in the morning for Spring River Men’s Senior Golf at the Spring River Golf Course.Call the golf course at 575-622-9506 for additional information.

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Every second Wednesday of the month Roswell Woman’s Club Meeting The Roswell Woman’s Club meets at Los Cerritos Restaurant, 2103 N. Main St. at noon. For more information about the club, “like” their new Facebook page or call Rhonda Borque Johnson at 505-917-1292.

Every Week, Tue Electric Guitar and Amp Workshop This workshop is in the evening from 7 to 9 p.m. and covers all things related to the proper set up of the electric guitar, the signal chain from guitar to foot pedals to amplifiers. This is a beginner’s to intermediate level workshop. $5 Admission, all ages welcome. Location is at the Atomic Recording & Sound Studio, 4505 W. Second St. For more information, visit atomicrecordingsound.com or call 575-420-1301.

Every Week - Thu Dart Tournament at the Eagles Open for the public. 3201 S. Sunset Boulevard. For more information, call Mike and Donna Ramey at 575-910-5895 or Leigh Humble at 575-627-7350 or visit roswelldarts.com or email roswelldarts@ roswelldarts.com.

Roswell Every Week, Mon 8 Ball Pool League Roswell Ball Busters is Roswell’s own local BCA sanctioned 8 ball pool league. They play every Monday night at 7. Venues are Farleys, Variety, Fraternal Order of Eagles and Center City bowling alley. For more information, call 575-650-2591 or email ballbusters@outlook.com.

Roswell Every Week, Mon - Sat Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield - The Early Years This Walker Aviation Museum 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.

The museum is open from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 347-2464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.

Roswell Every Week, Mon - Sat 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 museum is open from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 347-2464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.

Roswell Every Week, Tue, Wed, Thu Games at Pair-A-Dice Pair-A-Dice game shack, located at 309 N. Main St., holds weekly gaming events. For more information, call 575-623-4263 or visit their Facebook page.

Roswell Every Week, Wed Weekly Knockout The Roswell Fighting Game Community presents Weekly Knockout at The Unity Center located at 108 E. Bland St. every Wednesday from 7 p.m. midnight. All games are welcome. For more information, visit facebook. com/RoswellFGC.

Roswell Every Week - Thu Composer Workshop This workshop takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. and is for participants interested in composing original songs and covers topics such as lyrics, chord sequences, open tunings, cadences and trouble shooting current submissions. Participants are encouraged to bring their original material and instrument. $10 admission. All ages welcome. Location is at the Atomic Recording & Sound Studio, 4505 W. Second St. For more information, visit atomicrecordingsound.com or call 575-420-1301.

Roswell Every Week, Thu, Sat Live music at Cattleman’s Kountry Kitchen Tom Blake performs at Cattleman’s Kountry Kitchen, 2010 S. Main St., 575-208-0543.

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Every Week, Thu T-Tones at El Toro Bravo The T-Tones play at El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 622-9280.

Every Week, Fri Tina at El Toro Bravo Tina Williams performs at El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 622-9280.

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Every Week, Thu Bingo at the Elks Lodge Doors open at 5 p.m. for dinner service. Games start at 6:30 p.m. Open for the public. 1720 N. Montana Ave. 575-622-1560.

Every Week, Fri The GIG “God Inspired Gathering” — The GIG happens every Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Courthouse.

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them on Facebook at gospel.music.jubilee.roswell.

Roswell Every Week, Sat Gospel Jubilee The public and musicians are invited to join in the Gospel jubilee at Tabernacle of David Church at 7 p.m. Live feed starts at 7:30 p.m. at 24-7christian. org/gospel.music.jubilee. This is for everybody.

The church is located at 424 E. Fifth St. at Shartell.

For more information, find them on Facebook at gospel.music.jubilee.roswell.

Roswell Ongoing throughout August Art classes at The Gallery at Main Street Arts The Gallery at Main Street Arts, 223 N. Main St., is offering various classes and activities throughout the month of March. For more information, call 575-6255263 or 575-623-3213.

Roswell Ongoing throughout August Roswell Young Marines Program The Roswell Young Marines are looking for volunteers to help with the launch of the program.

The YM is a program geared towards kids in ages ranging from 8-18 years of age and through the completion of high school. Interested parties do not have to be veterans and veterans do not have to be Marine to apply. The program is involved in honoring our nations veterans and helping out with community events. For more information, email BXCsg@yahoo.com, attention Sergio Gonzalez, Unit Commander or visit youngmarines.com.

Cloudcroft Ongoing throughout August Cloudcroft Art Workshops Make plans to come and join renown artists this summer for a time of artistic renewal. The goal of the organizers at the Cloudcroft Art Workshops is to provide the students with the best personalized and quality instruction possible. Workshops will be held from Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Old School House (Public Library) located at 90 Swallow Place. For more information, visit cloudcroftart.com.

Roswell Ongoing until August 9 Free movies at Galaxy 8 As part of the Summer Kids Series free movies are shown at Galaxy 8 movies, North Mall, every Tuesday at 9 , 11:20 a.m. and 1:40 p.m. Seating limited to theater capacity.

Tickets are issued on firstcome-first-served-basis.

For more information visit allentheatresinc.com.

Artesia Ongoing until August 11, Thu Free Movies in the Walkway Every Thursday movies are shown at the Heritage Walkway. Popcorn is provided. Organizers ask to bring own soft drinks and chairs. Movies start at 8 p.m. at the Heritage Walkway. For more information, call 575-746-4212.

Artesia Ongoing until August 31 Underground of Enchantment Exhibit The Artesia Historical Museum and Art Center, 505 W. Richardson Ave., displays “Underground of Enchantment.” The exhibit features stunning photographic images of Lechu-

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guilla cave and three dimensional versions. There is also a hands-on table with local rocks and minerals for visitors to explore. “Underground of Enchantment” allows visitors to view the formations in Lechuguilla cave without having to rappel 118 feet underground. Call 575.748.2390 for more information; tours and after-hours visits available by appointment.

Roswell Every Week until October 1, Sat Farmers’ Market The Farmers’ Market takes place on the Chaves County courthouse lawn from 7-11 a.m. For more information, contact Lester Peck at 575-627-2239 or Jessie Hansen at 575910-6687 or find them on Facebook.

Calendar Ruidoso / Alto August 4 - 7 13th annual Alto Artist’s Studio Tour The free, self-guided tour in Alto offers the chance to explore behind the scenes the local art community. The public is invited to visit also private studios to meet the artists.

For more information, visit altoartiststudiotour.com.

Roswell August 5 4-H Farm Fun at the Zoo At 10 a.m. 4-H children and their animals visit meet with Spring River Zoo at 10 a.m. There will be story reading, 4-H Youth Show and Tell and the zoo staff present a short tour of the zoo. It is the final program of the Spring River Zoo summer series. For more information, call the Spring River Zoo at 575-624-6760.

Roswell August 5 Live music at Peppers Grill & Bar Jonny and the Crashers are performing in the evening on the patio of Peppers Grill & Bar, 500 N. Main St. For more information, call 575-623-1700 or visit peppers-grill.com.

Roswell August 5 Live music at The Liberty Texas country music legend Cory Morrow will perform at the Liberty, 312 N. Virginia Ave. Opening for him is Walt Wilkins at 8 p.m. Morrow performs at 8:45 p.m. This is for members of The Liberty club and their friends only. For information about tickets, visit thelibertyinc.com or call 575-627-2121.

Carlsbad August 5 - 6 Kicker Arenacross & Mud Bog Show The event will take place at the Eddy County Sheriff’s Possee Arena on both days. For more information, visit their Facebook page at KickerAX or email t o d @ c y c l e c i t y p ro m o tions.com or call 918-6299930.

Lincoln August 5 - 7 Old Lincoln Days and 76th “The Last Escape of Billy the Kid” pageant The town of Lincoln comes alive during the annual Old Lincoln Days, a three day-long celebration and historic re-creation of the frontier West. It starts on Friday and runs through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $7 per adult to access the historic site. Children, veterans, active military and their families are free.

New Mexico residents are free the first Sundays of the month. There will be chuck-wagon cooks, blacksmithing demonstrations, dancing girls,

gunfighters-a-slinging, notable speakers and a colorful parade. “The Last Escape of Billy the Kid” performances will be held at the Pageant Grounds at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Throughout town there will be living history demonstrations, arts and crafts vendors, shops, and food concessionaires. Seven museums of the Lincoln Historic Site will be open, including the Anderson-Freeman Visitor Center and the Murphy-Dolan Store, now known as the Old Lincoln County Courthouse, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday through Sunday. To see the entire line-up of events and for more information, visit billythekidpageant.com.

Lovington August 5 - 13 81st Lea County Fair & Rodeo The 81st Lea County Fair & Rodeo continues years of tradition at the Lea County Fairgrounds in Lovington. To inquire about vendor space, RV rental availability, competition paperwork, contact Lea County Fair & Rodeo: fair@leacounty.net, or by calling 575-396-8686. To become one of the Fair & Rodeo sponsor, contact Alex Archuleta at alex_ archuleta@comcastspectacor.com or by phone at 575-391-2900. Admission prices are: $10 for adults (13 and over), $5 for children (6-12 years old).

Children under the age 5 are free. For more information about the events in

Lea County, visit leacountyevents.com.

Roswell August 6 Free Summer Movies MainStreet Roswell and the City of Roswell Parks and Recreation Department present the movie “Batman vs. Superman” that will show as soon as the sun sets (approximately 8:30 p.m.). The movies are shown at the Spring River Park and Zoo from May until August (until further notice).

The audience can bring in blankets, chairs, food and drinks. There will be also a concession booth provided by non-profit organizations. No pets, smoking or alcohol are permitted. For more information visit mainstreetroswell.org.

Roswell August 6 Live music at Roswell City Limits The Wicked West Band out of Hobbs perform. Country and southern rock. $10 admission, all ages event.

Location is at the Atomic Recording & Sound Studio, 4505 W. Second St. For more information, visit atomicrecordingsound. com or call 575-420-1301.

Roswell August 6 30th Annual Bottomless Lakes States Park Paddle Boat Race The races will begin at 1 p.m. at the Lea Lake beach. There will be several different age categories: 8 and younger, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15 and older.

Prizes will be awarded to 1st-3rd place in each age category.

Registration is free but day-use fees into the park do apply.

For more information, call 575-624-6058.

Ruidoso August 6 Chiari Syringomyelia Foundation unite@night walk Unite@night is a collection of one-mile, casual evening walks around the country that bring together people who are living with the devastating effects of Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, EDS, and related disorders. Unite@night supports CSF Chapters to provide education and increase awareness while funding advocacy work and research projects that can potentially find answers to help those who are fighting these disorders. The walk will start at Riverside Park, 102 Joe Welch Dr. at 6 p.m.

To register and for more information, visit unitenight.kintera.org/ruidosodowns or call Mirandy Wood at 575-937-1566.

Cloudcroft August 6 - 7 Art and Wine in the Pines The tasting is hosted by the Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce and takes place on

Roswell August 6 - 7 Gun Show The Western Frontier Gun Show will be held at the Roswell Convention & Civic Center, 912 N. Main St. Doors open Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

General admission is $ 5 and children 10 and under are free with an adult. For more information, contact Eli Calles at 575-430-8681.

Roswell August 6 - 7 Lorene Johnson Gratton Workshop The workshop will take place at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, presented by Alice Leora Briggs on Aug. 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Aug. 7 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $75, Gratton Scholarships are available to those who are economically in need. This is an innovative and versatile way to create unique prints (monotypes). In this fast-paced and playful workshop, participants will create a photo collage from a wide array of images. This initial work will be taped to the back of a sheet of translucent plastic. Watercolor and watercolor pencils will be used to create lines, marks and washes in response to the collage beneath the plas-

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Tanya Tucker in Concert Tanya Tucker and Curtis Braly as opening act at the Spencer Theater.

By Christina Stock Vision Editor

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anya Tucker’s distinctively smoky voice and superb song selection have made her one of the most successful and admired women in country music. She was

just 13 years old when bursting onto the country scene with “Delta Dawn” in 1972, and by the age of 15, the Texas teen received honors with the American Country Music Association and scored several Grammy nominations.

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A little known background story says that Bette Midler added the song “Delta Dawn” to her repertoire in 1972. It had been written by former child rockabilly star Larry Collins and songwriter Alex Harvey the year before.

Nashville-based producer Billy Sherrill heard Midler sing “Delta Dawn” on The Tonight Show

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and wanted to sign her to Epic Records and have her record the song.

Finding out that Midler was already signed to Atlantic Records, Sherrill cut the song with Tucker, who was newly signed to Epic. Tucker’s version was released April 1972 and reached number 6 in the country and western charts that spring.

Tucker’s many hits include “Down To My Last Teardrop,” “Tell Me About It,” “Two Sparrows In A Hurricane,” “Hangin’ In,” It’s A Little Too late,” “If Your Heart Ain’t Busy Tonight,” “Blood Red and Goin’ Down” and “What’s Your Mama’s Name?”

Her peerless vocals and soulful performances have resulted in a string of hit albums and singles that have garnered hundreds of honors and awards – the making of a true country legend.

As critics say, “Tanya’s voice is vibrato-full and tangy, with the kind of restless intensity that stays in your mind long after the song is done.”

That famed vocal stamp she’s applied to many a compilation outside of the country realm, including “Already Gone,” by The Eagles, a rhythm & blues tune with Little Richard, “Something” in a salute to the Beatles and the national anthem for the Super Bowl, World Cup and countless other championship events.

The Seminole native is a role model for female artists everywhere, a singer quite deserving of her Hall of Fame status: “When you listen to Tanya Tucker you hear spirit and independence.

That’s what she’s given to country music,” said global music critic John Lomax III. Tucker’s latest honor was in 2015 at a special exhibit at the Country

Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

This Texas rose appears with her band in two concerts at the Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Road, in Alto. Aug. 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $ 39 and are available at spencertheater.com or by calling 575-3364800 or 1-888-818-7672.

Tuckers’ concerts will include a brief opening set with rising country star Curtis Braly.

“So excited to perform back-to-back shows in Alto with one of the leading ladies of country music; it’ll be fun to hit ‘replay,’” said Braly. “This is the last leg of this particular tour with Tanya and we plan to go out with a bang.”

Braly was born into a family where the love of music was a part of his life from the moment he could walk. Recalling memories from his early childhood, his first exposure to performing was singing with his mother in the church choir. That led to his first solo performance at the age of five.

Country music became Braly’s first love. While in school, Braly took first advantage of every performing opportunity allotted to him. In the eighth grade, he won first place in a talent contest singing “Old Time Rock-nRoll.” That set things in motion for Braly to seriously pursue performing live. “Something magical happened to me on that stage”, Braly said, “I knew that music was my destiny, there is no other feeling like it.” By his sophomore year, Braly had enrolled in theatre and choir, started his own band and won a national talent contest.

The prize was a trip to Nashville where he decided that he definitely

had the itch to be a country music artist.

While continuing to put energy into his musical dream, Braly landed a job at The New 93Q Country Radio station in Houston.

Not only did Curtis get the exposure to yet another facet of the country music industry but he was also afforded the opportunity to be the opening act for country artist Daryl Singletary. That led to another engagement as the opening act for Johnny Rodriguez. Both engagements played to over 5,000 country music fans. A fellow worker from 93Q passed the word on to a friend in Nashville that Braly was a talented artist in the making and that led him to award-winning songwriter, Randy Boudreaux.

After working in the studio with Boudreaux, Braly was encouraged to spend more of his time in Music City.

Braly’s outgoing personality and his ability to tell a story through music has won over the hearts and ears of many.

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Submitted Photo of country and western musician Jody Nix who is going to perform at the 81st Lea County Fair and Rodeo.

Let’s Go To The Fair!

81st Lea County Fair and Rodeo 2016 takes place in Lovington.

By Christina Stock Vision Editor The 81st Lea County Fair & Rodeo is set to continue years of tradition at the Lea County Fairgrounds in Lovington, Aug. 5 – 13. Cowboys, clowns, and contestants will be whooping and hollering as they cheer on their favorites.

This annual tradition includes tons of family entertainment such as Xtreme Bulls, a threeday Wrangler Silver Tour PRCA rodeo, Mutton Busting for the kids, team roping and barrel racing, livestock show and sale, a carnival, food and shopping vendors, a fiddler’s contest, and the Lea County Queen Contest.

Concerts almost every night of the fair include; Hispano Heritage Celebration, Christian and Faith night, Western country swing bands,

and current name acts on tour.

On the opening night, Aug. 5, the concert lineup will include a Hispano Heritage Night with La Maquinaria, La Arrolladora and Los Traviezos. On Aug. 6, Jody Nix will perform. On Aug. 8, William Clark Green will take the stage. Xtreme Bulls will perform Aug. 9. Christian & Faith Night with Matthew West will take place Aug. 10; on Aug. 11, Troy Murph will perform, on Aug. 12, Neal McCoy will entertain and on Aug. 13 it will be Justin Moore.

The three night Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Rodeo has been called the “richest rodeo” in the state, which means that the payouts are the highest for the contestants. That combined with the Tuesday night Xtreme Bulls event bring the Top PRCA

national contenders to Lea County.

Lea County is home to the internationally known Tuffy Cooper family who for three generations, from grandfather to grandsons, have been National Finals Rodeo national champions. Xtreme Bulls is taped and televised on the Wrangler Network. Since 2015 the last Saturday night of the rodeo is livestreamed on the Wrangler network.

This event has an admission price for the fairgrounds including the rodeo and concert and all the exhibit halls.

Although the carnival is part of the fair, carnival rides are an additional cost. Admission prices are $10 for adults, $5 for children (6-12 years old) and children under 5 get in for free.

Other entertainment includes small stage acts and the Texaco Tal-

ent Show contest.

Local contestants may also submit their entries for prizes in the categories of arts and crafts, photography, quilting, gardening, cooking, and special projects.

A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available as well for the fair and rodeo.

Each sponsor package can be customized to fit each company’s needs and wishes for exposure. To become one of the event’s sponsors, contact Alex Archuleta at alex_archuleta@comcastspectacor.com or by phone at 575-391-2900.

To inquire about vendor space, RV rental availability and competition paperwork contact Lea County Fair & Rodeo: fair@leacounty. net or by phone 575396-8686.

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tic. With an etching press, we will transfer these watercolor paintings from their plastic matrices onto dampened paper to create monotypes. All skill levels welcome. For more information, call Amanda Nicholson at 575-6246744, ext. 22.

Ruidoso/Alto August 6-7 Tanya Tucker and Curtis Braly This amazingly prolific country star scored her first hit “Delta Dawn” when just 13 (back in 1972) and continues to score mega-hits, including more than 65 chart hits. Tucker’s distinctively smoky voice and superb band share her many Grammy nominated and ACA classics like “Down To My Last Teardrop,” “Two Sparrows In A Hurricane,” and “Blood Red and Goin’ Down,” among other favorites. Opening for her is up and coming country musician Curtis Braly. For more information, visit spencertheater. com or call 575-336-4800 or 888-818-7872. Tickets

start at $39. The concert starts both days at 8 p.m.

The Spencer Theater is located at 108 Spencer Road, Airport Highway 220 in Alto. For more information, visit spencertheater.com or call 575-3364800 or 888-818-7872.

Roswell August 7 Second Battle of the Bands at Epiq Nightclub This is the 2nd Annual Battle of the Bands for all Genres to show their appreciation for their fans.

There will be vendors, music and any band any genre is welcome to sign up. This is solely people’s choice. The fans will decide who the best band is.

This is an all ages event. from noon to 11 p.m. Epiq Club is located at 3905 SE Main St. For more information, call 575-623-8557.

Roswell August 8 - 9 Auditions for Young Frankenstein The Musical On August 8 at 7 p.m. and August 9 at 9 p.m. Way Way Off-Broadway Theatre Company will be holding auditions for their 2016 Fall production of Young Frankenstein The Musical! Auditions will be held at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell’s Performing Arts Center. The organizers ask to bring a song with a CD or USB accompaniment track to sing along with. If you do not have a song prepared you may sing a song a capella. This musical is an adult musical and does contain adult

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content. Interested artists must be of high school age and older to audition.

For more information, visit their event page on Facebook or waywayoffbroadway.com.

Roswell August 9 Reservation deadline for the 35th annual Historical Society Heritage Award Dinner The 35th annual Historical Society Heritage Award Dinner will honor the 1956 Lions Hondo Little League World Series Championship Baseball Team on Aug. 30, 6 p.m., at the Roswell convention and Civic Center, 912 N. Main St. Tickets are $70 per person, $500 per table. For reservations and more information, visit roswellnmhistory.org or call 575-622-8333.

Roswell August 12 Live music at Peppers Grill & Bar Soulgroove are performing in the evening on the patio of Peppers Grill & Bar, 500 N. Main St. For more information, call 575-623-1700 or visit peppers-grill.com.

Roswell August 12 Live music at The Liberty Michael Martin Murphy in concert.

The singer, songwriter and storyteller is going to perform at The Liberty Club, 312 N. Virginia Ave., at 8 p.m. This is for members and their invited guests only. For more information, call 575-6272121 or visit thelibertyinc. com.

Hobbs August 12 - 13 Cruisin2Cure Cruisin2Cure takes place at the New Mexico Junior College, 5317 N. Lovington Hwy. and benefits the American Cancer Society and The Light Of Lea County. There will be a

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cancer memoral ride on Friday. Lineup starts at 6:30 p.m., the ride starts at 7 p.m. at 905 E. Bender in Hobbs. Kids day will start at 5 p.m. on Friday. There will be no charge to bring the kids to play games, get wet and win prizes.

General public admission $2. Kids 10 and under can get in free. Registration starts at 7 a.m. on Saturday. There will be a bike and car show and poker run. Detailed information is available on their Facebook pageCruisin2Cure or call 575-408-2903.

Ruidoso/Alto August 12 Andy Williams Moon River and Me! Starring Jimmy Osmond This sparkling tribute celebrates the award-winning, easy listening songs of the great crooner Andy Williams. Starring Jimmy Osmond, the youngest of the famed Osmond entertainment family, singing Williams’ heart-warming classics like “Music to Watch Girls By,” “The Days of Wine and Roses” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” Sponsored in part by Bruce & Lynn Morgan. For more information, visit spencertheater. com or call 575-336-4800 or 888-818-7872. Tickets start at $39. The concert starts at 8 p.m. The Spencer Theater is located at 108 Spencer Road, Airport Highway 220 in Alto.

For more information, visit spencertheater.com or call 575-336-4800 or 888818-7872.

Artesia August 12 - 13 “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” The original cast of Way Way Off Broadway’s hilarious hit musical about relationships is performing at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 310 W. Main St. on Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. and on Aug 13 at 2 and 7 p.m.

The musical is rated PG13.

Tickets are $15. For information, call the OPAC at

575-746-4212.

Artesia August 12 - 13 Safari Club International Clay Shoot The proceeds from the Safari Club International Southern New Mexico Chapter will go to sponsoring conservation projects, youth hunting programs, and wildlife management projects in southern New Mexico. You can shoot both days or just one. This is a one in six win for all participants for donated hunts, firearms, and other prizes. You must be present to win. It starts on Aug. 12 at 5:30 p.m. with 100 bird event under the lights. It continues on Aug. 13 with a AM rotation at 8 a.m. and PM Rotation at 1 p.m. with a 100 bird event on a slightly more challenging course.

The event is held at the Eddy County Shooting Range. Both nights are $ 150 per shooter. For more information, contact Bart Hanson at 575-703-1161 or email brthanson@aol. com.

Ruidoso August 12-13, 17-18, 2628 “Red Hot Patriot-The Kick-ass Wit Of Molly Ivins” At Play Productions and the Old Mill Preservation Corporation will present “Red Hot Patriot-The Kickass Wit of Molly Ivins” by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel. Performances will be held on Aug. 12, 13, 17, 18, at 7 p.m. at Sacred Grounds , 2415 Sudderth Drive and Aug. 26, 27 at 7 p.m. and Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. at The Old Dowlin Mill at 641 Sudderth Drive. The play celebrates the life of Molly Ivins, the famously sharp-tongued newspaper columnist and bestselling author. A Texas original, Ivins skewered the “good old boys” and the political establishment with her acerbic wit, humor and wisdom.

The world premiere was

produced by the Philadelphia Theatre Co. with directors Sara Garonzik and Diane Claussen. The play is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. Tickets are $15 and available at the door. For more information, email maxsonatplay@yahoo.com.

Roswell August 13 Free Summer Movies MainStreet Roswell and the City of Roswell Parks and Recreation Department present the movie “Zootopia” that will show as soon as the sun sets (approximately 8:30 p.m.). The movies are shown at the Spring River Park and Zoo from May until August (until further notice). The audience can bring in blankets, chairs, food and drinks. There will be also a concession booth provided by non-profit organizations.

No pets, smoking or alcohol are permitted. For more information visit mainstreetroswell.org.

Roswell August 13 Second Saturday at the Roswell Museum and Art Center Carrizozo mixed media artists Mike Lagg and Paula Wilson will present a class for children from 3rd grade (8 years) through High School. The class will be a wood sculpture and shadow workshop.

The program starts at 10 a.m. until noon. To reserve a spot call 575-624-6744, ext. 10. The RMAC is located at 100 W. 11th St. Roswell August 13 Live music at Farley’s Food, Fun and Pub Home Grown Boyz perform at 6 p.m. on the patio.

Farley’s Food, Fun and Pub is located at 1315 N. Main St. For more information, call 575-627-1100.

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Roswell August 13 Rock and Roll, Country music Cibolo Springs will be performing from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Roswell Recreation Center (Roswell adult Center), 807 N. Missouri Ave. Cost is $5 per person. For more information, call Bob Power at 575-420-6394 or the RRC at 575-624-6718.

Roswell August 18 Live music at Pecos Flavors Winery Lincoln Durham performs at Pecos Flavors Winery, 113 E. Third St. For more information or reservations, call 575-627-6265 or visit pecosflavorswinery. com.

Roswell August 19 Live music at Peppers Grill & Bar Robin Earwood is performing in the evening on the patio of Peppers Grill & Bar, 500 N. Main St. For more information, call 575-623-1700 or visit peppers-grill.com.

Roswell August 19-21 11th Annual Alien Open Darts Tournament The Pecos Valley Dart Association invites everybody to the 11th Annual Alien Open Darts Tournament at the Roswell Convention an Civic Center.

There will be prizes up to $10,00 incl. cash. The event begins at noon on Aug. 19. Registration begins at 11 a.m. and cost $110 per person. For more information visit roswelldarts.com or email roswelldarts@roswelldarts. com.

Roswell August 20 2nd Annual General Jerry Childress Golf Tournament The Salvation Army invites everybody to join in the 2nd annual Gen. Jerry Childress Golf Tournament at the New Mexico Military Institute Golf Course. For more information visit the NMMI Golf Pro Shop, 201 W. 19th St. or call 575-622-6033.

Roswell August 20 Live music at Farley’s Food, Fun and Pub Jonny and The Crashers perform at 6 p.m. on the patio. Farley’s Food, Fun and Pub is located at 1315 N. Main St. For more information, call 575-627-1100.

Roswell August 20 Classic Country Music Dwain and Jill will be performing from 6-9 p.m. at the Roswell Recreation Center (Roswell Adult Center), 807 N. Missouri Ave. Cost is %5 per person and coffee, tea, punch will be provided. For more information, call the RRC at 575-624-6718 or Carla Cobb at 575-627-3400.

Ruidoso/Alto August 20 Rich Little — Little By Little Experience the incomparable comedic talent of Rich Little in his new stage show of spot-on impersonations and loving skewering of Bush, Reagan, Obama, Johnny Carson, John Wayne, George Burns, Nixon, Clinton, Sinatra, Bogart, Eastwood and other larger-than-life luminaries. This will be a trip down memory lane, an evening packed with reverence and gut-busting laughter with the great impersonator. For more information, visit spencertheater.com or call 575-336-4800 or 888818-7872. Tickets start at $39. The concert starts at 8 p.m. The Spencer Theater

is located at 108 Spencer Road, Airport Highway 220 in Alto. For more information, visit spencertheater.com or call 575-3364800 or 888-818-7872.

Roswell Aug. 23 - Nov. 15 Theater is magic acting class - of course you can act The acting class has a few openings remaining for beginners to intermediate. 13 weeks, 7 - 8:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Office (school building), 111 E. Deming St. Organizer and teacher Monica P. Desjardins promises fun stressfree learning. Cost is $235 in total. Deposit $40 with three payments of $65 or $15 a week. There is a discount available for students over 60 years, as well as three scholarships (First is 100% for students 60 and over, one 50% for adult students all ages and one for 25% for adults of all ages). Cost includes ads for play or skits, facility, supplies and royalties.

Finale is a short play for friends and family on Nov. 15. For more information call 575-626-0674.

Roswell August 26 Live music at Pecos Flavors Winery Courtney Patton with Jason Eady perform at Pecos Flavors Winery, 113 E. Third St. For more information or reservations, call 575-627-6265 or visit pecosflavorswinery.com.

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Submitted Photo Billy the Kid is shooting his way out of the jail.

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The Glory Of Billy The Kid Old Lincoln Days and 76th annual “Last escape of Billy the Kid” pageantry.

By Christina Stock Vision Editor

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he quiet town of Lincoln is going to be filled with pageantry, gunslingers and “shady ladies,” as it celebrates its infamous heritage when it became the center of attention in the New Mexico Territory during the Lincoln County War. There will be food booths and live music as well.

Old Lincoln Days takes place Aug. 5 and 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days, and Aug. 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $7 per adult to access the historic site. Children, veterans, and active military and their families are free. New Mexico residents are free on the first Sunday of the month.

The Marrow Bone Springs gunfighters will be

here again this year, Beverly Strauser, owner of the historic Dolan House, said. “They come from Oklahoma and Texas. Miss Beulah with the Shady Ladies storytellers from El Paso will be here again. Pete Paulsen with his team of horses and wagon is going to be giving free wagon rides through the town.”

This year will be the 76th anniversary of the “Last Escape of Billy the Kid” pageantry, which takes place additionally to the Old Lincoln Days events.

“We have a concert planned in front of each show,” said pageant director and organizer Kent McInnes. “On Friday night we have a local band, Russel Burris.” Music will start at 7 p.m.

At 8 p.m. Betty Schrecengost, Lee and Donna Crandall will be announced as inductees in the pageantry hall of fame. The first actor in the pageantry, representing Billy the Kid, was nobody else but the famous painter, Peter Hurd. This is only the second year after the introduction of the pageantry hall of fame. First inductee was Dan Storm last year.

“We have a little group that actually mulls over the people who are put up each year to be inducted,” said McInnes. “It is kind of cool. It is a nice way to show appreciation for those who go out of their way in their daily life to volunteer.

“The show starts at 8:30 p.m. This all kicks off Friday,” MicInnes said. “We added a time frame on Saturday at 4 p.m. for people to come to the pageant grounds to actually get to meet some of the lead characters, take pictures with them. That is new. Then, we have a little music from 5 to 6 p.m. Tanja Reynolds will play at 6 p.m. She will do a concert that is included with your price of admission. She is a local girl. She went to school in Capitan and lived in Ruidoso. She was a finalist on ‘The Voice’ a few years ago.”

“I went to both Capitan and Ruidoso — graduated from Capitan,” said Reynolds in an email interview.

“I played Lincoln Days last year with Don Pedigo.

“My new record (third record) was released Feb. 1 and they have been sporadically spinning the song B-Side in New Mexico and West Texas. I plan to play some songs off the new record and also some familiar favorite covers.

We are definitely looking forward to a repeat on a new night,” she wrote.

“We have “The Last Escape of Billy the Kid” on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m.” said McInnes. “I got probably total about 75 actors including the board.

We got a guy coming as far as from California to be in it. He is actually related to Sheriff Brady, Bob Torres.

“Sunday we have the parade at 11 a.m. and then we have a concert with Jones and Miles. The pageant matinee will be at 3 p.m.

The actors in the pageant are all volunteers.

Some are ranchers, cowboys, shopowners. “We work on it all year except November and December,” said McInnes. “The rest of the year we meet once a month. We are going to have around 12 to 15 horses. Children love to see them. They like that a lot.”

Adults pay for the pageant show, $10, children from 6 to 12 years pay $6. Children under 5 years get in for free.

For more information, visit the event’s Facebook

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Christina Stock Photo Janice Forrest is checking on her chickens.

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Have you hugged a chicken today?

A glimpse into a Roswell family who raises chickens.

By Christina Stock Vision Editor

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or many the dream of having farm-fresh eggs from happy, free-roaming chicken is just that, a dream.

If you live in Roswell this dream can come true. On opening day of Roswell’s Farmers’ Market I encountered a young mother, Kesha Forrest, who was there with her eldest son, 10-year-old James. They were selling fresh eggs from their free range chickens.

Last Thursday morning I followed an invitation to meet their chickens.

Being raised in a big city, this is a treat for me. How many people get to see where their food comes from?

I don’t know what it is, but seeing Forrest’s children, James, 5-year-old Janice and the youngest, Jonathan, 3, running around with the chickens, hugging and cuddling them is one of the most peaceful sights I have seen in a while.

Forrest comes from a family of law enforcement officers and grew up in Roswell until she got married. “We

moved first to Hagerman, now we are back in Roswell,” Forrest said. “People are just giving us chickens, usually when they had bought chicks for their kids and when they mature the children don’t want to play with them anymore.”

The wide, open-fenced yard has a large, airy chicken coop and a smaller chicken coop for protection of the chicks against hawks, as well as water misters under a wide camouflaged tent. When we stepped into the coop the curious chickens came to check out who the new visitor was. Only one little rooster peaks out behind the coop, looks at me with my camera and vanishes again. Perhaps he had a bad experience with paparazzis.

The colorful flock of 110 chickens are Rhode Island Reds, White Rocks, Red Sex Links and even some of the smaller Bantams. That explains the variety of chicken egg sizes you can purchase.

“Until recently we had no problem with predators, but a couple weeks

Christina Stock Photo James Forrest is proud of the family’s chicken that he helps to raise. ago a bull snake got into the chicken coop,” said Forrest. While bull snakes are harmless and actually good for keeping rattlesnakes away, they do like to eat eggs. “The chickens love to forage for weeds, grass and bugs,” Forrest said. “They even eat scorpions.” Their feed pellets cost $120 every two to three weeks.

The chickens are inside the coop at night and early in the morning.

“That makes it easier to collect the eggs,” Forrest said. “Afterwards they roam around. When we had the Winter Storm Goliath we couldn’t get out for a while, but we made a ditch for the chickens. They were not bothered with the snow and pecked at it,” Forrest said with a laugh.

Living outside in the county, the Forrests do not need permits to have chickens. The family works together as a team. The father, J.J., cleans the coop and handles the straw. “I am allergic against straw,” Kesha Forrest explained. “I do the washing of the eggs and candling. Candling is when you hold a strong light at the eggs to see if they are fertilized or have blood spots.” Blood spots occur also with unfertilized eggs.

The egg gets made in the chicken’s oviduct. It descends the oviduct and has the shell made around the outside. Sometimes as it’s going down the oviduct, a blood vessel in the wall of that oviduct in the mother chicken

can burst and spill out and get into the material that’s being laid down in the egg. This means that you have a little blood spot in the egg that then gets wrapped up in the shell. They’re harmless.

The oldest children both go to El Capitan Elementary school. “My favorite class is math,” said James.

James Forrest is going to be helping his mom sell eggs this Saturday, but also selling water and soft drinks.

His mother is teaching him to become a businessman and what profits are.

“Sid from Graves Farms gave me a tip last week when he bought water.

But he told me it’s called ‘gratuity,’” he said.

The Forrest family are planning to enlarge the enclosure to have a fenced-in part for the kids, who are mostly found in the chicken coop playing with the birds.

“The only real problem is the amount of unwanted dogs and cats that people drop off here,” said Kesha Forrest. “And feral dogs who got loose and try to get in our chicken coop. The county sheriff personell and animal control can only do so much.” The family has BB-guns to deter those dogs from killing their chickens, which unfortunately has happened before.

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Sport

Balance Is Everything 30th annual paddle boat race at Bottomless Lakes State Park.

By Christina Stock Vision Editor

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he 30th annual paddle boat race at Bottomless Lakes State Park will be held on Aug. 6 at 1 p.m. at the Lea Lake beach.

There will be several different age categories: 8 and younger, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15 and older.

Prizes will be awarded to first through third place in each age category. Registration is free but day-use fees into the park do apply.

“We host this event every year in August to provide our visitors another recreational opportunity,” said Park Superintendent Blake Ingram. “Our guests really seem to enjoy it.

It’s a lot of fun.”

New Mexico’s state parks saw a return turnout in 2015, Gov. Susana Martinez announced last

week.

Five million visitors stopped by 35 New Mexico state parks in 2015, more than 1 million more from the previous year. That total set new records for the fourth straight year, according to a statement from the governor’s office.

“This is great news for New Mexico. When our state parks flourish, so do our communities,” Martinez said in the statement. “Our state parks are absolute treasures, and it’s exciting that more people are finding adventures that feed their soul right here in New Mexico.”

For more information about the paddle boat race, visit the event’s Facebook page or visit emnrd.state. nm.us/SPD/. There is

also a photo contest in which participants who upload their photo have a chance to win $1,000 cash or other prizes.

The photo contest is part of the New Mexico True tourism campaign, which encourages locals and visitors to explore the New Mexico state parks.

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Christina Stock Photos Above: The youngest family member, Jonathan Forrest, 3, shows no fear of the family’s chickens. Some are almost as big as he is.

Below: Kesha Forrest at her booth at Roswell’s Farmers’ Market.

During the interview with Vision, Forrest got a call for an order of five dozen eggs. “I am getting low for the Farmers’ Market,” she said with a big smile.

The Forrests accept orders over the phone, 575-626-3423, and deliver within the city, Dexter and for larger orders in Artesia.

Who else can have eggs from chickens who are used to getting hugged and loved?

The Farmers’ Market takes place Saturdays from 7-11 a.m. at the Chaves County courthouse lawn until Oct. 1. For more information about the market, contact Lester Peck at 575-627-2239 or Jessie Hansen at 575-910-6687 or find them on Facebook.

Art

Bettina Steinke, ‘Dorothy Brett — Sketch From Life’ From the Vault Roswell Museum and Art Center

By Sara Woodbury RMAC Curator of Collections and Exhibitions

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he newest exhibit at the Roswell Museum and Art Center is Artists by Artists, on view in Horgan and Graphics Galleries.

Pulled from the Museum’s vaults, this show highlights portraits of artists by other artists, and emphasizes the versatility of portraiture as an art form.

Portraiture enables artists to evoke the sitter’s taste, character and mood, all while expressing their own creative personalities, but what happens when artists create portraits of other artists? How do they capture the distinct creative persona of the sitter while asserting their own stylistic preferences? Visitors to this exhibit are invited to explore these different questions while looking at the works on view, but today we’ll get head start by taking a look at “Dorothy Brett-Sketch from Life” by Bettina Steinke (1913-1999).

Originally from Maine, Steinke worked as both a portraitist and muralist. Steinke received her formal art training at the Fawcett Art School in Newark, New Jersey, and then Cooper Union in New York. In 1933 and 1934 she also

received scholarships to the Phoenix Art Institute in New York City. During World War II she worked for the United States War Department, and painted such notable figures as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. She first visited Taos in 1947, and eventually moved there in 1954, becoming acquainted with such artists as Bert Geer Phillips, Ernest L. Blumenschein, and Dorothy Brett.

Born into an aristocratic British family, Dorothy Brett (18831977) had associated with such writers and intellectuals as Aldous Huxley, Virginia Woolf, and George Bernard Shaw before visiting Taos for the first time in 1923 at the invitation of art patron Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962). By 1924, she had settled in Taos permanently, dedicating herself to rendering the spiritual and ritualistic dimensions of Native American life through her painting.

With her rich supply of anecdotes and distinctive artistic vision, Brett became a prominent personality within the Taos art scene during the twentieth century, and posed as the subject for Steinke’s gestural painting.

“Dorothy BrettSketch from Life” exemplifies a looser style that Steinke had

begun exploring in the ‘60s as a means of recharging from her more refined, polished work. She describes the painting in the following quote: “It was one of the first of my experiments on putting down my reaction to a personality in one to two hours. What I call my ‘gut paintings.’

Since then I have painted these quick, expressive reactions to several of the artists I have known. They are fun and a wonderful relief from the big commissioned portraits.”

A sense of spontaneity defines the sketch. Rather than blend her brushwork, Steinke leaves it plainly evident, allowing the viewer to imagine the process of painting this work. Brett’s face appears to materialize into existence out of a swirling mass of brushwork. Quick, darting strokes of red and blue hint at the outlines of her clothing, while Steinke adds successive layers of brushwork to define the features of Brett’s face.

Two white highlights in her eyes stand out, suggesting the alertness and vivaciousness of Brett’s personality.

With its light touch and minimal detailing, the painting exemplifies the sense of spontaneity and freedom and Steinke endeavored to achieve in her looser sketches.

Photo courtesy Roswell Museum and Art Center

Artists by Artists will be on view until November 6, 2016.

To learn more about upcoming exhibits, programs, and other Museum events, check out our website, our social media accounts of Facebook and Insta-

gram, or give us a call at 575-624-6744.

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UFOlogy

Australian DNA Testing Of Possible Alien Hair

Looking Up

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s my regular readers know, one of my primary interests in the field of UFO studies has for some time now been the strong suspicion that secret government researchers, geneticists with exceedingly high security clearances, must be making deep, exhaustive studies of DNA extracted from bodies recovered from Roswell and other UFO crash sites. Such research has to be producing some of the most significant scientific finds in history, but as I have lamented many times before, these discoveries, whatever they

By Donald Burleson

entail, are surrounded by impenetrable official secrecy. The government, after all, doesn’t openly admit that the Roswell alien bodies even exist.

We have genetic data from research into what may be alien DNA that has not been managed by official secret keepers, results produced not by government activity but by private sector research, and this provides hints about what amazing sorts of things the more clandestine research likely is uncovering.

On July 23, 1992, a man named Peter Khoury, living in Syd-

ney, Australia, had an extraordinary “encounter” experience. Not feeling well and having lain down to rest, he slept briefly but awoke to find two strange women at the foot of his bed, one of them appearing Nordic and blonde-haired, the other dark-haired and apparently Asian, though both gave the impression of not quite seeming to be normal humans. The Nordic one made what Khoury felt were amorous advances to him. After a coughing fit he looked up to see that his peculiar visitors were gone. Later he found, on his person,

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some strands of very fine blonde hair.

Six years later Khoury would consult prominent Australian UFOlogist Bill Chalker, who then initiated an investigation of the carefully preserved hair sample, calling in some biochemists and geneticists who agreed to conduct, in a private lab, polymerase chain reaction profiling on DNA extracted from the hair.

The results were striking.

While the DNA proved to be very similar to ordinary human genetic material, it revealed a rare racial type. Although the

hair was blonde, the person was an unusual Chinese Mongoloid variant as indicated by the mitochondrial DNA taken from the shaft of the hair. Oddly, though, DNA from the root of the hair suggested not a Chinese source but an uncommon Basque-Gaelic type. For the racial typing to differ according to whether one looked at the shaft or the root of the hair was pretty bizarre.

Who or what were these women really?

Further, examination of nuclear DNA from the hair sample showed that genes encoding for the CCR5 protein were in

a deleted state, which in us would (so biologists have determined) encourage a heightened resistance to such infections as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Whatever origins the women had, this genetic result could well mean that they enjoyed an immunity to at least some human viruses. Unfortunately, humans probably do not reciprocally have immunity to alien viruses.

In any event it’s clear that research on alien DNA can have profound implications for genetics and human health.