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Thursday, April 2, 2015 Volume 20, Issue 7 Publisher: Charles Fischer Editor: Christina Stock Ad Design: Sandra Martinez, Steve Stone Columnists: Donald Burleson, James “Mitch” Mitchell, Ashley Mouser, Sara Woodbury Get in touch with us online Facebook: facebook.com/PecosVisionMagazine Twitter: twitter.com/PecosVision Pinterest: pinterest.com/VisionMagazine Email: vision@rdrnews.com rdrnews.com/wordpress/vision-magazine For advertising information, call 622-7710

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March of Babies Local Family Steps Up to Help Babies Be Born Healthy

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undreds of families and business leaders will join together on April 11, 8:30 a.m. at Cielo Grande Park in the March of Dimes annual March for Babies, led by local ambassadors the Carter Family.

Brynlee Kate Carter is Roswell’s March of Dimes Ambassador Child.

Her story started on Christmas Eve, 2013. At only 22 weeks pregnant, her mother Heather began experiencing preterm labor. Soon, she was flown to Lubbock to await their daughter, Brynlee’s, early birth, leaving her five other children at home in Roswell with friends and family. She was told Brynlee might have only a 23-percent chance of survival. Her family felt helpless and terrified.

Heather was put on bed rest and received medicine to speed up the development of Brynlee’s lungs, which were still growing. Through determination and many prayers, Brynlee’s delivery was held off until Jan. 27, 2014, when she arrived weighing 2 pounds, 10.5 ounces, about three months premature. She received Surfactant, a medication developed by the March of Dimes, to help her breathe. This treatment saved Brynlee, as it has saved the lives of countless babies born premature. Brynlee

still faced numerous challenges, and had to undergo surgery to correct a life-threatening heart problem. She survived many struggles, and after 57 days in Neonatal Intensive Care, she was able to finally come home to her family in Roswell. As her family celebrates the milestone of Brynlee’s first birthday this year, they will be sharing their story as the March of Dimes Ambassador family.

The Carters are thankful for their community and for those who walk and raise money in this year’s March for Babies. Everyone who participates helps to fund lifesaving research and technology that will save precious babies like Brynlee, so one day every baby is born strong, healthy and fullterm.

March for Babies is the largest annual fundraising event for the March of Dimes and takes place in more than 900 communities nationwide. More than 4 million babies are born in the United States each year, and the March of Dimes has helped each and every one of them through research, education, vaccines and breakthroughs.

Funds raised by March for Babies in New Mexico help support prenatal wellness programs, research grants, newborn intensive care unit (NICU),

family support programs and advocacy efforts for stronger, healthier babies.

Last year more than 100 people attended the Roswell March for Babies walking event and raised more than $30,000 to support the March of Dimes.

Opening ceremonies will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the walk will begin at 9.

Music, food, kids games and family activities will take place after the walk around Cielo Grande complex.

Anyone can sign up and start a fundraising team with co-workers, family and friends. Registration is available at marchforbabies.org or contact Becky Horner at 505-659-9894 or bhorner@ marchofdimes.org for help or more information.

The history of March of Dimes goes back to the dark years before World War II when polio spread as an epidemic throughout the United States.

The organization was born as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP), the Foundation achieved an instantaneous popularity that reflected the contemporary popularity of its founder, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

FDR’s polio disability — he was never able to walk again on his own after contracting polio — translated into a systematic program to uncover the

mysteries of polio and to lend a helping hand to Americans suffering from the disease.

Today, the March for Babies is sponsored nationally by the March of Dimes number one corporate supporter Kmart, Macy’s, Famous Footwear, Cigna, Mission Pharmacal and United Airlines. Local sponsors include Lovelace Regional Hospital, MECA Therapies, Molina Healthcare, KBIM FM the Country Giant and Big 5 Sporting Goods.

The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. With chapters nationwide and its premier event, March for Babies, the March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. For the latest resources and information, visit marchofdimes.com or nacersano.org.

They are also on Facebook and Twitter.

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A new Tune in Town The Roswell Flute Ensemble is looking for new Members

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Girls can do Everything Adventure Family Weekend with the Girl Scouts at Fort Lone Tree

By Christina E. Stock Vision Editor

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hroughout the year the Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest troop 18044 have many fun events planned. Fort Lone Tree Adventure Camp Family Weekend on April 10-12 is the next one scheduled.

The Girl Scouts show that girls can do everything, especially at Fort Lone Tree. They have zip lines to fly through the sky, a three-story high rope course for the brave ones who can test their skills, an outdoor track to race a RC car around, rock walls and giant swings.

Participants can visit the archery and rifle range and for those who like to keep their feet on the ground, tamer games such as board games and cards are also available.

Fort Lone Tree is tucked away in the Capitan mountains, where Billy-theKid used to roam. The fort looks like a real fort out of a Western movie and was established in 1980. The girls and their families do not have to rough it; the cabins have plumbing, heat and electric. Men and women stay in separate cabins. The area is surrounded with pine trees and meadows. Families can relax, connect, and create memories, away from all distractions of daily life.

All activities are supervised by certified camp staff.

Registration to ensure a spot should be brought in or mailed as soon as possible to 1307b E. College Blvd. or call 622-7801. The Family/Camp Event Registration forms can be found at gsdsw.org/forms. The cost is $90 per person and includes two nights lodging, five meals and all supervised activities. To get a glimpse of the activities at Fort Lone Tree check out their webpage at lonetree.org or their Facebook page.

Girl Scouts have a proud history in southeast New Mexico. In 1927 Mary White (1894-1988) established one of the earliest Girl Scout camps in America and the first in New Mexico, just outside Mayhill. Generations of girls learned stewardship of nature and community. Today’s girls continue to get energized as volunteers and activists by Mary White’s pioneer spirit.

he Roswell Flute Ensemble started in 2014 and grew out of a few enthusiasts in the Roswell Community Band. Currently, it is a trio composed of Brittnye Lamb, who is employed by the quality of life company Sodexo and whose father is the Roswell Community Band leader, MAJ Ricardo Valenzuela, Troop Leadership Advisor at the New Mexico Military Institute and Sara Woodbury, curator of collections, Roswell Museum and Art Center.

The Roswell Flute Ensemble plays a variety of music at nonprofit events and for the Roswell Chamber of Commerce during its business-after-hours events. On April 19 they are going to play during the Catholic service in the chapel on the New Mexico Military Institute campus. The next event will take place as a jazz social on April 28 at 6 p.m. at the Peachtree Village Retirement Community on 1301 W Country Club. The Roswell Flute Ensemble will provide ambience music for the business-after-hours at Roswell Nissan on 2111 W Second St. on May 7 at 5 p.m.

When Valenzuela was asked which type of music he and his fellow flutists prefer, he says; “Let us know, which music you like and give us a week’s time. We’ll learn it.” For now they perform everything from classical to modern and all for free as a service to our community.

The history of the flute is a very long one, along with percussions, it may have been the first instrument made by humanity for entertainment. It’s development can be followed around the world - from Roman ruins in Europe, caves in France and palaces in India.

Even in pre-Columbian graves, flutes were found in many shapes and forms – from primitive single pipes to double and multi pipes. The development of the flute took a huge step in 1847 when goldsmith, engineer and musician Theobald Boehm developed the modern metal flute after many variations by him and other musicians/designers of the period. The Boehm flute used today all over the world is in many ways the same instrument that was created in 1847 in Boehm’s Munich workshop in Germany. Boehm designed a mechanism to allow the nine available fingers to master the fourteen tone holes.

Without Boehm’s engineering expertise, he would have never been able to achieve it. His mechanism made use of ring keys mounted on rods or axles.

Can you play the flute? If so, the Roswell Flute Ensemble encourages you to join its flute choir. Even if you haven’t played in a long time, there is always a place for you. If you are interested in flute music for meetings and events, contact Valenzuela at 624-8477 or email ricardo@nmmi.edu.

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Calendar Ongoing Events Roswell Every Week, Mon Attention all pool players! Roswell Ball Busters is Roswell’s own local BCA sanctioned 8 ball pool league and they are looking to expand.

They have openings on teams now and will be accepting new teams this year. They play every Monday night at 7. Five person coed teams, each team member plays three games. Venues are Farleys, Variety, Fraternal Order of Eagles and Center City bowling alley. Play there and get a chance to play BCA national in Las Vegas, NV all expense paid. For more information call 575-650-2591 or email ballbusters@ outlook.com Every Week, Mon - Sat Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield The Early Years This Walker Aviation Museum display will remain through the end of the year. This exhibit features a short history of the base and many items from the WWII era, as well as information about the planes that flew at Roswell Army Airfield from 1941-1945. The museum is open from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 347-2464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.

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

Every Week, Tues, Wed, Thurs Games at Pair-A-Dice Pair-A-Dice game shack, located at 309 N. Main St., holds weekly gaming events. Tuesday from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. is Trading Card Game night, featuring free play of games like Pokemon, Yu Gi-Oh!, Card Wars, My Little Pony and collectible card games. Wednesday from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. is board game night.

Thursday is Miniature Night, featuring paint and play for games like Warhammer from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Friday nights feature Magic: The Gathering from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday afternoons have special featured games, which change weekly. For more information, call 575-623-4263, or email

vbriseno@pairadicegameshack.com Every Week, Wed Weekly Knockout The Roswell Fighting Game Community presents Weekly Knockout at The Unity Center located at 108 E. Bland every Wednesday from 7 p.m. - midnight. Dragonpunch with Ken, slash with Sabrewulf and smash with Kirby all night long without disturbing your neighbors.

Casual and competitive gamers are welcome.

Bring your favorite games and set up. All games are welcome.

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

Tapatio Cuic Gonzales plays Latin Pop and Country music at El Tapatio at 3012 N. Main from 6 p.m - 9 p.m. For more information, call El Tapatio at 578-1915.

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.

Every Saturday Open Jam at Dragon and Rose Open Jam every Saturday from 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. at Dragon and Rose music studio located at 4504 W. Second

St. For more information, call 575-840-5744.

Ruidoso Every Week, Thu Karaoke at Cree Meadows Lounge Karaoke with DJ Pete, every Thursday evening from 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. at Cree Meadows Lounge.

Calendar Roswell March 30- April 3 Children Art & Craft Activities From 9 am until 12 pm the Roswell Museum and Art Center on 100 W 11 St. will have a week of craft activities, planetarium shows, gallery tours and an outdoor activity for all

kids ending in story time with a build-asnack project on the patio. This is a free half day schedule event for children age seven and up. For more information, call 575-624-6744 ext. 10.

Roswell April 2 Camp Movie Launch Night See the movie CAMP at Galaxy 8 Movie Theater and hear from Royal Family KIDS founder Wayne Tesch and Child Abuse Survivor and Camp Counselor Samantha Orr. Tickets are $25 and include a “Movie Theater” Dinner. Help us get a Royal Family KIDS camp started for abused and neglected kids 6 >>

Every Thu Bingo at the Elks Lodge Doors open at 5 pm for dinner service games start at 6:30 p.m. Open for the public. 1720 N Montana Ave. 575-6221560.

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

Every Saturday Cuic Gonzales at El

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER April 17-18 at 7:30pm April 19 at 2:30pm April 24-25 at 7:30pm April 26 at 2:30pm

For more information: Call 575-624-7398 or visit www.showtix4u.com

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of New Mexico. Tickets available at roswell. royalfamilykids.org.

Artesia April 3 Live music at Cottonwood Winery Kevin McMichael is going to play on the patio of the Cottonwood Winery at 1 E Cotton-

1301 W. Country Club Rd. New Owners- Same out of this world team!

Join us April 10th from 4-6 pm for an out of this world experience.

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wood Rd (between Roswell and Artesia). For more information call 575-365-3141 or email cwwine@pvtnetworks. net.

Roswell April 3 Leon Russel Rock ‘n Roll legend Leon Russell will play at The Liberty, 312 N Virginia Ave, on Friday, April 3. Leon Russell is considered one of the most accomplished and versatile musicians in rock ‘n roll history.

His most recent album Life Journey released in April, 2014, features newly-written, original songs, and Russell’s turns on classics with the celebration of ten other writers. Reservations starting at $40. For more information on The Liberty, to become a member, or how to attend an event, visit www.thelibertyinc.com or call 575.627.2121 Alamogordo April 4 Trinity Sight Tour - 75.

Anniversary Travel with a vehicle caravan that will form at the Tularosa High School football field parking lot. The caravan will leave Tularosa at 8 a. m. The tour ends at 2 p.m. Please contact the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce to travel with the caravan.

575-437-6120. White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office: 575-678-1134 - Admission is free.

Alamogordo April 4 Easter in the Park The parade starts at 10 am in the Alameda Park on 1321 N White Sands Blvd. There will be booths, games and Egg hunt for the kids. For more information call 575-439-4250 or email jrichards@ci.alamogordo.nm.us.

Artesia April 4 Wait for What at the Adobe Rose Restaurant The musical duo Wait for What is performing at the Adobe Rose Restaurant, 1614 N 13th St. For more information call 575-746-6157 or check out the restaurants website at adoberoserestaurant.com.

Roswell April 4 First Volunteer Fair The Roswell Salvation Army is hosting Roswell’s first Volunteer Fair at the Roswell Civic Center from 9 am-3 pm.

Many service organizations will be present with information about their programs. For more information contact Charlotte Woody at the Roswell Salvation Army, 575-622-8700.

Roswell April 4 Celebrate Easter in Roswell The Spring River Park & Zoo will have their Easter Egg Hunt starting at 10:30 a.m. for 8-10 year olds, 11:00 a.m. for 6-7 year olds and at 11:30 a.m. for

4-5 year olds. There will also be games for all ages every 1/2 hour beginning at 10:30 a.m. with prizes: Sack Races, Spoon Race, ThreeLegged Race, Hula Hoop Contest and Egg Toss.

There are more games at the Chaves County Courthouse beginning at 1 pm. The Easter Parade is a walking parade on the Chaves County Courthouse Lawn and begins at 2 p.m. You can win awards for your Easter outfits! Best dressed kids/adult, best dressed pet, best Easter bonnet (kids/adult), best float, best overall and best vintage. More information online at mainstreetroswell.org.

April 7 Roswell - Hagerman Lake Arthur 2nd Annual Mayors Day / County Day of Recognition for National Service All Seniors 55 and older will eat free at the Roswell Joy Center, 1822 N Montana Ave., Hagerman Joy Center, 503 East Argyle St. and Lake Arthur Joy Center, 700 Oklahoma Ave., from 11:15 to 12:30. Roswell Mayor Dennis Kintigh will be at the Roswell Joy Center, Dexter Mayor Mitchell Daubert and Hagerman Mayor Cliff Waide will be at the Hagerman Joy Center.

Lake Arthur Mayor Ysidro Salazar will be at the Lake Arthur Joy Center. Representatives from the Board of

Calendar Chaves County Commissioners will be in attendance as well. For more information call Sean Davis at 623-3960 or Delores Villa at 6234866. Through Senior Corps programs such as The Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, (RSVP) and the Senior Companion Program (SCP), National Service is tackling tough problems and strengthening communities. On Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 Mayors and Counties across the country will thank those who serve and recognize their impact on the Mayors and County Day of Recognition for National Service.

Roswell April 7th, 6 pm and April 11th, 10 am Social Media Classes at the Roswell Public Library Interested in learning more about Facebook or how to use Pinterest?

Then sign up for one of the Roswell Public Library’s Social Media classes at the reference desk, 301 N. Pennsylvania Ave., or call 6227101 or roswellpubliclibrary.org Roswell April 8 4-H Informational Meeting If you are a new parent and 4-Her to Chaves County 4-H or have a kid who is interested in joining, please 7 >>

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come to the “Welcome to 4-H” Informational meeting, where they will discuss all about 4-H. Get information on clubs, projects, contests, leadership, opportunities and much more. The meeting will start at 6 pm in the Extension Auditorium.

Call Andrea at 575-6223210 for more information.

Roswell April 8 Gentle Yoga Class to Benefit the Roswell Humane Society At Kana Clothes, LLC/ Yoga at Kana on 112 W McGaffey St. From 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Join instructor Colette Speer and practice yoga in a gentle class and support the work that the Roswell Humane Society is doing in our Community. Cost: Donation only. All donations will go to the Roswell Humane Society. For more information call Kana Clothes at 575910-8845 or yogaatkanaclothesllc.com

Artesia April 10 Theatreworks USA Click, Clack, Moo! The Barnyard comes to life inspiring children to read. At the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m., tickets for adults are $15, kids are $8. “Cows that type? Hens on strike!

Whoever heard of such a thing!” Farmer Brown cries. When his granddaughter Jenny comes for a visit, Farmer Brown declared the farm a “tech-free zone.”

He confiscates her laptop in the cold barn along with the shivering cows who use her computer to type messages requesting blankets.

“No way,” replies Farmer Brown. “No blankets!” So the cows go on strike and the chickens join them in solidarity. No blankets: no milk, no eggs! Will Farmer Brown give in to the animals’ demands?

Will Jenny get her computer back” Find out in a hilariously “moooooving” new musical about negotiation and compromise, based on

the Caldecott Honor Book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. More information at artesiaartscouncil.com Artesia April 10 Live music at Cottonwood Winery Joel Gothard is going to play on the patio of the Cottonwood Winery at 1 E Cottonwood Rd (between Roswell and Artesia). Gothard’s band have a wide range from Jazz to Country to Blues and Pop. For more information call 575-365-3141 or email cwwine@pvtnetworks. net Artesia April 10 Barbecue and Music at Cottonwood Winery Thunder Katz will be playing on the patio of the Cottonwood Winery at 1 E Cottonwood Rd (between Roswell and Artesia). Doc’s BBQ will be set-up for lunch and dinner. For more information call 575-3653141 or email cwwine@ pvtnetworks.net

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Roswell April 10 Roswell Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 55th Anniversary The Roswell Symphony Orchestra concludes their 55th anniversary season with pianist, Ko-Eun Yi, Pearson Auditorium, NMMI. For tickets, call or visit the RSO office at 575-6235882, 1717 West Second, Suite 205 or online roswellsymphony.org.

Roswell April 10 First Career & Job Expo of the University High School and The NM Grads Program Roswell Between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the University High School on 25 West Martin Street .

There will be fun, free food and prizes for all attending. The Expo is free to everyone in the community. There will be games for the kids such as face painting, cupcake walk and more. Raffle prizes will be awarded throughout the event. There will also be different booths

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Roswell April 10 Grand Opening of the Peachtree Village Retirement Community New Owners - same Out Of This World Team. Featuring live music by Retrofit, food, tours and much more. Address 1301 W. Country Club. R.S.V.P.

by April 5th for more information call 6278070 or email Marybeth Lawrence at lawrence@ peachtreeret.com.

Roswell April 10-12 Sign-up for the Adventure Family Weekend with the Girl Scouts at Fort Lone Tree Registration to ensure a spot should be brought in or mailed as soon as possible to 1307b E. College Blvd. or call 622-7801. The Family/ Camp Event Registra-

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To get a glimpse of the activities at Fort Lone Tree check out their webpage at lonetree. org or their Facebook page.

Alto April 11 Nashville Chicks with Hits at the Spencer Theater Sherrie Austin, Kylie Sackley and Alissa Moreno, each an accomplished performer and recording artist on their own, now blend their perfect Country in song, while also sharing the tales behind the hit songs they’ve penned for some of country music’s biggest names (i.e.

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ig Daddy Weave kicked off their 44-city Beautiful Offerings Tour with four sold-out shows prior to the second part of their formal tour announcement in February 2015. Special artists in the spring tour include guest artists Jason Gray, Citizen Way and Lauran Daigle.

The tour follows one of the band’s most successful years on the road and on radio. The Beautiful Offerings Tour premiered in fall 2014 as the launch of a Big Daddy Weave-driven event tour, a la Winter Jam or Rock & Worship Road Show.

Grace Community Church in Roswell is going to be the host for the artists on April 19. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the performance starts at 6:30 pm.

The Beautiful Offerings format is one being of community among the artists and the audience, celebrating that having being redeemed and made beautiful

by God. Our lives and worship are offerings to Him. To personify this community, Big Daddy Weave performs as musical accompaniment for the tour artists, playing the radio hits in a fast-paced first set. The second set sees all of the artists on stage performing well-known worship music together in union with the audience. “God has shown up in such a powerful way on these tours,” said Mike Weaver of Big Daddy Weave. “We continue to be blown away

by His great love for us and for the people that we get to play for every night. ”The Beautiful Offerings Tour has been an especially sweet season, performing with artists who are our close friends. We’re looking forward to a great

collaboration in music and ministry with our friends Jason Gray and Citizen Way and our new friend Lauren Daigle, who is hands down my favorite new voice in Christian music. Her amazing talent is coupled with such a wonderful heart for Jesus. I can’t wait to share this evening with people all over the country.”

The first leg of the Beautiful Offerings Tour, which took place in the fall of 2014, saw record attendance numbers for the band with multiple sold-out shows.

Big Daddy Weave’s most recent album release, Love Come to Life has now scored four No. 1 singles, propelling them to be the second most played artist on Christian AC Monitored stations in 2014.

The group recently received a nomination for Worship Song of the Year and the opportunity for fans to vote them to appear on a 7-UP can at the K-LOVE Fan Awards. The nominations were announced just days after returning from a World Vision trip to Cambodia and a performance at the esteemed Brooklyn Tabernacle. A long-time partner with World Vision, having connected more than 13,000 caring fans with children in need through child sponsorship, Big Daddy Weave will continue that trend, incorporating video and stories from their recent trip to Cambodia throughout the tour in an effort to raise awareness of how all can help with the needs of others here and abroad. see

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he Roswell Symphony Orchestra concludes their 55th anniversary season with delightful pianist, Ko-Eun Yi on Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pearson Auditorium, New Mexico Military Institute.

Ko-Eun Yi is a winner of the 2013 CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition and has earned praise for playing with “elan and fire and a surplus of bravura technique”. She has garnered numerous top prizes in her young career, with recent successes at the 2010 World Piano Competition in Cincinnati and the 2011 Wideman International Piano competition in Jackson, Mississippi. A compelling recitalist, KoEun has given solo concerts around the world and the RSO is thrilled to have her as guest artist for this final anniversary concert.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Ko-Eun Yi began her piano studies at the age of three. She earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at The Juilliard School studying with Jerome Lowenthal and completed

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The concert, conducted by music director Maestro John Farrer, will feature pieces from Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov and Dvorak. Sixty musicians from the Roswell Symphony Orchestra will show their expertise for the final performance of this season. This concert is sponsored in part by Shirley Childress, Fawn Alcorn-Pierce and Pioneer Bank.

For tickets for this symphony concert, call or visit the RSO office at 575-623-5882, 1717 West Second, Suite 205 or online roswellsymphony.org.

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LeAnn Rimes, to name a few.) The performance starts at 7 p.m., with a Fajita and Relleno Buffet before the show at 5 p.m. Tickets for the performance are $39, $45, $49. Pre-show buffet tickets are $20. For more information, call 1-888-818-7872 or visit spencertheater.com Alto April 11 12 Hours in the Wild West Bike Race The season opener for endurance mountain biking in New Mexico kicks off at 8 a.m. at the Ft. Stanton Recreation Area. This race covers fourteen miles of pure single track and 1700 feet of climbing.

EcoServants, an AmeriCorps program that helps build trails and teach young people life-skills, has helped build, maintain and staff the race course. They will receive 25-percent of all profits from this event. Post race party and awards ceremony

at 8:05 p.m. See website for details and registration. ziarides.com - Online registration closes at Midnight on April 7th.

Roswell April 11 The Roswell Symphony Orchestra presents the Annual Young Person’s Concert/Shadow Orchestra The RSO presents the annual Young Person’s Concert/Shadow Orchestra for all area fourth graders. This is a fun concert with music played specifically for young people with tunes they all will recognize. All of the students involved will experience something that is meant to spark an interest in music that will enrich their lives for years to come. This event is sponsored in part by the Armstrong-Clark Foundation, The Paul McCutchen Private Foundation, the Robert E. and Evelyn McKee Foundation, Otero Federal Credit Union and the

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The Roswell Symphony appreciates these sponsors that allow the orchestra to continue this tradition. Along with the Send-A-Senior program, the RSO continues its outreach program, Student Rush.

This program encourages all students eight years and older and accompanying adults to attend the symphony concerts for free.

Tickets are available for Student Rush in the lobby the night of the performance. For tickets, call or visit the RSO office at 575-623-5882, 1717 West Second, Suite 205 or online roswellsymphony.org.

Roswell April 11 2nd Annual Brotherhood Motorcycle Run for Autism Registration 9 am. Start at Buffalo Wild Wings, End at the Balloon Fiesta Park. $20 per bike.

For more information contact Wrench at 505508-9327 or Smiley at 505-401-9725. nmautismsociety.org Roswell April 11

Creative Collage at the Roswell Museum and Art Center Our younger artists will work with Cate Erbaugh in the creation of a mixed media using strips of colored and decorative papers that they will weave together on top of a painted surface. Recent Artist-in-Residence, Carlos Kemm, will guide the older students in creating collages based on figure and animal imagery using magazines, colored papers and foil. The event is free of charge and is open for 3rd Grade (eight years old) - 12th Grade. Space is limited.

For details and reservations, call Claudia Gonzales, Curator of Education, 624-6744 extension 22.

White Oaks April 11 No Scum Allowed Saloon Gasoline Alley is performing at 6 p.m. with a mix of Country, Rock and Blues. 933 White Oaks Rd in White Oaks.

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Artesia April 16 Aaron Tippin at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center Known as the “Hillbilly Hercules,” Aaron Tippin just unveiled He Believed, his exclusive album for Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores, Tippin has now released a second collection of songs, one that salutes America’s truck drivers. It’s called in Overdrive and features the trucker classics “East Bound And Down,” “Drivin’ My Life Away,” Prisoner Of The Highway,” “Girl On The Billboard,” and many more. The show begins at 7:30 p.m., tickets are between $30-$40. More information at artesiaartscouncil.com.

Ruidoso April 17-18 Wait for What at the Inn of the Mountain Gods The musical duo Wait for What is performing at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Wendell’s lounge. More information at 1-800-545-9011 or on their webpage innofthemountaingods.

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Artesia April 17 Live music at the Cottonwood Winery Noland Chumbley will be playing on the patio of the Cottonwood Winery at 1 E Cottonwood Rd (between Roswell and Artesia). Chef Toddzilla will be there with his food-truck. For more information call 575-365-3141 or email cwwine@pvtnetworks. net.

Roswell April 17 Duo Brazil Brilliance performs at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art Xcellent Music at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art presents at 7 p.m. the Duo Brazil Brilliance.

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orative pianist from her home country. Ms. Santos is a recipient of many awards and prizes. She has performed as as soloist and collaborative pianist in the Americas, Europe, and China. Brazilian-born violinist Cármelo de los Santos has won prizes in several international competitions.

His career as a soloist and chamber musician captivates audiences worldwide. He gained celebrity status at sixteen in Brazil by winning its most prestigious music competition, the Eldorado Prize, in São Paulo. Admission is free. For more information contact the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art at 409 E. College Blvd. or call 623-5600.

Roswell April 17 Slaid Cleaves at Pecos Winery Slaid Cleaves is going to perform at the Pecos Winery from 7-9 p.m.

He specializes in Folk/ Americana music.

Tickets are $25. For more information call 575-627-6265 or go to pecosflavorswinery. com.

Roswell April 17-19 and 24-26 Disney’s Tarzan at ENMU-Roswell’s Performing Arts Center The ENMU-Roswell Theatre Department is proud to present its spring production of Walt Disney’s Tarzan

The show is based on Disney’s epic animated musical adventure and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan of the Apes. Tarzan features heart-pumping music by rock legend Phil Collins and a book by Tony Award-winning playwright, David Henry Hwang. High-flying excitement and hits like the Academy Award-winning “You’ll Be in My Heart” as well as “Son of Man” and “Two Worlds”. Tickets are on sale now at the box office in the Performing Arts Center on campus. The box office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. General admission tickets can also be purchased at showtix4u.com. Ticket prices $5-$10. For more information, contact the box office at 624-7398 or email pac@roswell. enmu.edu.

Roswell April 18 5th Bob Crosby Open Ranch Rodeo The 5th Annual Bob Crosby Open Ranch Rodeo will be held at the Bob Crosby Arena at the Eastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds on East Poe Street. For more information and how to enter, call Benny Wooten at 575-626-4754.

Roswell April 19 Roswell Flute Ensemble

The Roswell Flute Ensemble are playing during the Catholic Mass at the New Mexico Military Institute in the Chapel on the north side, entrance on College. Service begins at 5 pm.

Roswell April 19 Big Daddy Weave’s The Beautiful Offerings Tour at Grace Community Church Top Christian music touring artist Big Daddy Weave is coming to Roswell as part of their Beautiful Offerings Tour. Doors open at 6 p.m., the concert starts at 6:30 p.m. For tickets go to bigdaddyweave. com/shows or to the office of Grace Community Church, 935 Mescalero Road.

Roswell April 21 Smith Family and Pioneer Bank to be honored at Foundation banquet Steve Smith and family and Pioneer Bank will be the guests of honor at the ENMU-Roswell Foundation’s Fourteenth Annual Foundation for the Future Banquet. The event will be held at the Roswell

Convention and Civic Center, 912 N Main St., at 6 p.m. Steve Smith and his family will receive the President’s Distinguished Service Award. Pioneer Bank will be recognized with the Diamond Service Award. The event is a fundraiser for the Foundation’s General Excellence Fund. More information and RSVP

by Friday, April 17 to Craig Collins, Foundation Coordinator at 575624-7304 or at craig. collins@roswell.enmu. edu Ruidoso April 24 The Band Perry at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Since their debut in 2010, The Band Perry has made noteworthy strides in country music, including multiple ACM, CMA and CMT Music Awards and string of instant hits.

More information at 1-800-545-9011 or on their webpage innofthemountaingods.com Roswell May 1-2 New Mexico Mud Invasion Comedian and veteran Travis Howze performs

at the Pearson Auditorium on Friday, 7 p.m.

Nik West (as seen on the TV show Glee) will perform on Saturday at 7 p.m. The New Mexico Mud Invasion - Mud & Obstacle Race happens on May 2nd at 9 a.m. at White Field on the New Mexico Military Institute grounds. Registration for the mud run and to buy tickets go to active.com. For further questions email bgomeznm@gmail.com or check out their Facebook page.

Roswell June 15 Calling All Artists!

The Roswell Fine Arts League (RFAL)/NM Miniature Arts Society 32nd Annual Juried Art Show and Competition will be held August 13-23, 2015 at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. The league is accepting entries until June 15. The event will be open to artists from all 50 States and to all RFAL members wher-

ever they live (also outside the U.S.A.). The art show is open to all mediums in the categories of 3-D, standard 2-D, photography/ digital and miniatures.

For a prospectus and entry form, send a SASE to RFAL/NMMAS, Box 2928, Roswell, NM 88202, download from rfal.org, email pathittle@hotmail.com, call 575-622-4985 or stop by The Gallery’s new location at Main Street Arts, 223 N Main Street. Local students can pick up a prospectus at The Gallery at Main Street Arts for a special exhibit of their work. No entry fee for students.

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Common Crane – Grus grus

By Ashley Mouser Biological Technician s some of you may have heard, seen on the news, read in the paper or even witnessed for yourself, there was an unexpected visitor in Roswell this year. It was a single common crane (Grus grus) that apparently veered off course during migration and began hanging out with lesser sandhill cranes, throughout the winter season. This unexpected visitor was first observed in November, feeding within farm fields near East Grand Plains and was last observed within the local area in January. Every evening, the common crane, along with his sandhill crane friends, would fly back to Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge to roost for the night.

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bird sparked quite a bit of interest from the birding community.

Bird watchers traveled from all over the United States to get a rare glimpse of Roswell’s most recent visitor. For most birders, this was a rare opportunity for them to add this species to their “life list” of birds. The last time a common crane was recorded in this area, was in 1961; over 50 years ago. With that said, the 1961 observation was not fully accepted due to the lack of photographic documentation or a definitive rare bird report. This time, we have photographic evidence, which makes this the first officially documented common crane observation in New Mexico.

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ing months, common cranes can be found in Northern and Western Europe, Asia, Northern China, Northern Mongolia and Eastern Siberia. When cold weather begins to threaten, common cranes migrate in large flocks to Southern Europe, Northern and Eastern Africa, the Middle East, India, Pakistan and even Southeastern China.

They typically weigh about 10 pounds, stand approximately four feet tall and have a wingspan of approximately 6 ½ feet wide. Their average life span can range from 30-40 years. Distinctive adult characteristic features of this species include: slate grey body plumages with black flight feathers and bustles of long drooping feathers that cover their backs and tails.

Their heads are typically black with two white stripes that extend from

their eyes to their upper backs. Adults typically have a single bright red patch atop the crown of their heads.

All crane species are omnivores; meaning that they eat both plant and animal matter. During the daytime, cranes typically fly to open grasslands to forage for food, such as roots, leaves, tubers, grains, nuts, invertebrates (animals without a backbone), bird’s eggs, rodents, snakes and lizards. Just before dusk, cranes will leave in large flocks to roost in a nearby shallow waterbody.

Common cranes are monogamous; meaning they mate for life. When trying to court a mate, both sexes engage in a dancing ritual, complete with head bobs, bows and pirouettes. After they bond, each pair of cranes develops unison calls, which exhibits a complex series of coordinated sounds that they use to locate each other.

During the breeding/ nesting season (AprilJune), both males and

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During nesting season, common cranes are antisocial and aggressively territorial. They have also been known to camouflage themselves by throwing mud and decaying vegetation on their bodies to avoid predators.

The common crane is considered to be very common within its home range, hence the name.

A survey in 2014 stated that there were approximately 600,000 common cranes worldwide, with the majority found in Russia and Scandinavia.

Even though this bird species is not endangered, conservation efforts are in place within some countries due to its worldwide cultural importance. In Greek mythology, the common crane was sacred to the god Hephaestus of Mount Olympus. Hephaestus, the son of Zeus

and Hera, was the god of blacksmithing, stone masonry, forges and sculptures. He was also responsible for forging all the weapons for the gods on Olympus.

While viewing some of the ancient Greek works of art, you can see common cranes carved into Hephaestus’ chariot.

The common crane that was residing here in Roswell has not been observed for about a month and is expected to be on its way back to Russia. We hope that you got the chance to see this rare bird at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. If not, be ready next winter, for who knows what will descend from the skies to visit the refuge.

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First Volunteer Fair

Civic Organizations are Coming Together

By Christina Stock Vision Editor­­

H

ow can our Roswell-newbies find information about more than 70 civic organizations in town? How can the organizations reach those new to our town and those who are now in a place in life to give back, when the need for volunteers is just as important as it was 100 years ago? The solution came with our Salvation Army Roswell Corps, who are organizing the first event of its kind in recent memory. They will present all organizations looking for volunteers – on one day – under one roof.

The First Roswell Volunteer Fair is going to take place in the Ros-

well Civic Center on 912 N. Main St. on April 4 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Those who are interested helping children, the elderly or animals, education or health, there is a booth and experienced volunteers who will be able to tell those who are interested in becoming active all about it. No matter, if our future volunteers are looking to be physical active, or want to share their knowhow, or are talented in organizing or planning, they will find the right place to take action and to make Roswell a much better place for their family, kids and our community.

There will be complementary coffee, tea and muffins in the morning and snacks, beverages for lunch.

According to the Corporation for National & Community Service of the United States of America, one in four adults (25.4 percent) in 2013 volunteered through an organization, demonstrating that volunteering remains an important way of life in the nation.

Looking back on history, voluntarism is as close to the heart of the United States as reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. It is part of the American spirit, often playing a revolutionary roll in our commu-

nities. Our roots in service extend all the way back to the first settlements, when volunteers provided for others in times of strife. From the very beginning of our nation, in wartime, times of tragedy and times of need, Americans have banded together to help each other. Without volunteers, there would have been no militia fighting the English, no Underground Railroad helping slaves to freedom.

Volunteering impacted our social system, beginning in the early 19th and 20th century, when women found a home and a voice in organizations, while they were still excluded from political decision making or voting. There they found strength and fellowship that united them to fight for their rights in mostly peaceful demonstrations. The first nurses of World War I under Dorothea Dix were all volunteers. In 1964, The War on Poverty became the beginning of several national service programs, including Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), the Job Corps, the Neighborhood Youth Corps and College Work Study Program.

Just like the United States, Roswell has a base in voluntarism with some of the oldest organizations in the area. Our Elks Lodge 969 will be this summer 109 years old. The Roswell Woman’s Club was founded the same year.

We have organizations supporting education of our children, of adults, supporting vet-

erans and much more.

Our leaders of tomorrow are formed watching their parents and grandparents working together to better their and everyones future.

There have been changes in town. One generation is slowly stepping away from the active life as a volunteer and into the position of advisor, the Best Generation there ever was – the World War II generation is almost gone. Baby-Boomers and younger citizens want to step up and continue this deeply American tradition of giving their time, their knowledge and effort to improve our town for the next generation to come. But how will they know, where they can do the best, where they fit in? Asking young people, and those who are new in town, you often hear: “I don’t know which organization is best for me. I don’t even know which one we have here.”

Volunteers can find their preferred organization at Roswell’s first Volunteer Fair, April 4 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Here is an overlook on organizations who will be present:

• Harvest Ministries • Roswell Literacy Council

• Roswell Red Coats • Roswell Refuge • Roswell Sertoma Club • Roswell Sunrise Rotarians

• SENM Veterans Trans • portation Network • Wings For L.I.F.E. • Historical Society of SENM

• City of Roswell • New Mexico Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC)

• Men’s Adult Roswell Baseball League

• Plan-it-Production A great start for Roswell’s First Annual Volunteer Fair.

For more information contact the Roswell Salvation Army at 575-6228700.

• Chaves County Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

• Habit for Humanity

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Art, Our Community Pulse

Culture

On the Horizon

Young Professionals for the Arts Collective

By James “Mitch” Mitchell Founding Member

W

hat does it mean to support the arts? Who has time for that anyway? As a professional whose last conscious experience in creating art was part of my formal education, supporting the arts means participating in them in any way that I reasonably can while working within the demands of my profession, my family, and my social commitments.

When I was younger, it was easier to be involved in the arts— or at least it feels that way. As a student, I had ample free time to participate in choir, take vocal lessons, and act and run sound and lights for my school’s theatre. These creative

Artist

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By Christina E. Stock Vision Editor In a new segment of our Vision Entertainment Magazine, we are going to feature future artists of Roswell and surrounding area.

The first artist brought to our attention attends Hagerman Municipal School and is 7th grader Taylor “Nikki” Steen.

At the young age of 13 years, Nikki captures the spectrum of colors and shape in a very mature vibrant way. She is inspired by the internet and video games,

outlets opened doors to me, allowed me to travel on multiple occasions, and provided scholarship money for college. As an adult, I have innumerably more demands on my time, but still I feel that involvement in the arts is not only enjoyable but also necessary for my own sake and the sake of the community in which I live and work.

It is equally cliché as it is true: I engage in the arts as a way of giving back. In turn, I continue to be enriched and overjoyed with what we can create when we apply skill, talent, and time.

Many people dedicated themselves as volunteers for my school choir, for community theatre, and for countless other extracurricular activities in which

I was privileged to recreate. Without these people in the community in which I grew up, I would not have experienced how the arts disciplines enrich our lives when we are involved in them. Without that experience, I would have no appreciation for the arts. And without appreciation for the arts, I would have fewer pathways to engage with this small, arts-rich community.

A lot of criticism about Roswell revolves around what it lacks and how it is too small.

I have found in my tenure here that there are numerous opportunities where, when Roswell feels small, it is small in all the right ways. When I go to a local gallery, museum, or theatre, I am bound to know my fellow patrons and to

Watch as so many of our kids are today. She says, “I draw mostly fantasy art, realism and sometimes tribal art.” She is a fan of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.

If you are a teacher or mentor of a talented child or young adult, email us at vision@ rdrnews.com for details or call 622-7710 ext.

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know the artists and performers all by name.

How rare and precious these experiences are.

If I like a painting or a performance, I can thank the artist or musician by name and tell them specifically what I like. I can invite them over to my home to share a meal, or maybe I will see them at coffee instead.

Visual art, live music, and theatre are all things I enjoy because of people who quite literally gave their time, their money, and most of all their passion, freely to me when I was a student. Some of those people I knew personally, many more I did not.

They volunteered for the benefit of all. I am indebted to them and inspired by their generosity of time.

When I think about

the role of YPAC, I think about people committed to giving of their time and talents liberally, fostering a creative collective of people who encourage and cultivate arts for the benefit of all.

Our collective exists not solely for our members but also for others, creating opportunities for amateurs and wouldbe artists to explore art again and again.

It is easy to think that my role (and the role of my business) in supporting the arts is to give money freely to worthy causes. But that is only part of it. Time is something we all have.

We should be more liberal in giving away our time—accounting for our work and family commitments, of course.

Art is meant to be shared. Without giving of our time to others, it

is impossible to share in a creative experience.

YPAC succeeds if we encourage our members first to give freely and our broader community next to give again. Kids and young adults are engaged when we create opportunities for them to pour passion into a discipline. Our community is better when people of all ages may attend a symphony, sing in a choir, play an instrument, hear a visual artist explain her work, and go to a play. A better city is not better for its buildings or restaurants or street signs. It is better for its people who breathe life into it. Art in our community is the pulse, demonstrating that life.

Iris by Henriette Wyeth

History

From the Vault Roswell Museum and Art Center

By Sara Woodbury RMAC Curator of Collections and Exhibitions

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ast month we highlighted one of Peter Hurd’s iconic paintings at the Roswell Museum, The Oasis. It only seems apt, then, to feature a work by Henriette Wyeth, the wife of Peter Hurd and an exceptional artist in her own right. Now that spring is underway, let’s celebrate the season by taking a look at one of Wyeth’s great flower paintings, Iris.

Originally from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Henriette Wyeth (1907-1997) came from an artistic family. She was the eldest daughter of N.C. Wyeth (18821945). Considered one of the most prominent American illustrators of the twentieth century, N.C. Wyeth painted energetic works for such classics as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. In addition to her talented father, Wyeth also had several artistic siblings, the most well-known of whom is the painter Andrew Wyeth (19172009). Growing up, Wyeth and her siblings w e r e e n c o u r ag e d t o pursue their creative passions, and as a teenager she was already an accomplished painter, creating portraits, still lifes, and fantasy scenes. In addition

to studying with her father, Wyeth attended the Normal Art School in Boston and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Henriette Wyeth came out to New Mexico after she married Peter Hurd (19041984), who had studied with N.C. Wyeth during the 1920s. After settling permanently in San Patricio, Henriette would largely stop painting fantasy scenes and focus primarily on still life and portraiture. As a portraitist, she was renowned for her ability to evoke a sitter’s personality and character, especially in children. Among her more famous sitters is the Santa Fe poet and writer Witter Bynner, whose portrait is also part of the Roswell Museum collection.

In her still life paintings, Wyeth portrayed a variety of subjects, but flowers were always of particular interest to her.

For Wyeth, the cyclical blossoming and decay of flowers epitomized the state of flux in which the world itself constantly exists, wh e re e ve ryth in g is subject to change. Her flower paintings were concerned not only with beauty, but also transience. With their luminous quality and reflections on mortality, Wyeth’s floral works

are reminiscent of many seventeenth-century Dutch paintings, which also meditated on the inevitability of impermanence through the fleeting beauty of flowers.

Painted around 1945, Iris is demonstrative of Wyeth’s skills as both a painter and as a sensitive observer of her subjects. The painting showcases several iris in different colors, including yellow, purple, and orange. Wyeth

successfully depicts the light reflecting off the translucent petals, giving the iris an almost glowing quality.

Further setting off the blooms is a black cloth that occupies most of the background, providing a striking contrast to the brightly-colored flowers. Yet the black drape only occupies about two-thirds of the picture plane; the remaining part of the background is much lighter and multi-col-

Photo courtesy Roswell Museum and Art Center ored, almost iridescent. paintings, the Roswell The contrast between Museum itself is also the black drape and in a constant state of lighter backdrop gives change and renewal. the painting a sense As the spring season of asymmetrical bal- gains momentum, the ance. Iris may depict Museum will continue a traditional subject, to offer new exhibits, b u t d e t a i l s s u c h a s classes, and programs, the background give so if you haven’t visited the painting a sense lately, be sure to stop of visual energy that by and take part in the emphasizes the sense excitement. For more of flux and change that information, give us a intrigued Wyeth as an call at 575-624-6744 or artist. visit our website at rosLike the flowers in wellmuseum.org.

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No such thing as a UFO?

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UFOlogy

Looking Up

By Donald Burleson

ven in an age when more people than ever have either seen a UFO themselves or know and trust someone who has, a notable amount of skep ticism remains. Don’t get me wrong; in my view skepticism is a healthy attitude, as one should believe only what is supported by evidence. But in the presence of evidence, one needs to consider it, and there is plentiful evidence for the existence of UFOs. Nevertheless, I sometimes hear people say there is no such thing, and I’m aware in fact

that some people find the notion downright foolish. Once when I was participating in an online discussion thread (concerning the philosophy of Ayn Rand), another participant told me, in effect: “Nothing you have to say should be taken seriously, when you’re a UFO investigator and write books about it.”

The logic there is ludicrous, of course, yet the incident suffices to show what disdain some people have for the topic.

But what does it really mean when someone says that there is no such thing as a UFO? If

we take this statement literally, in terms of the d e f i n i ti o n o f “ UFO , ” the line of reasoning quickly becomes insupportable.

An unidentified flying object is precisely that: an airborne object that we cannot readily identify. Every time a radar operator sees a solid blip that no one can account for or establish radio contact with, humankind has encountered, for the moment at least, a UFO, and there are experiences like that quite often. Every time a pilot sees something in the sky that can’t be identified, we have met

up with another UFO, and it’s a rare pilot who hasn’t seen one, or even many of them.

So, taken literally, the statement “there are no UFOs” is contrary to fact.

However, sometimes people may mean something more defensible in saying this. One might mean: “Sure, there are things in the sky that are hard to identify, but if we found out enough about them, we would know that they have a perfectly mundane explanation.”

And that’s undeniably true for some anomalous objects

seen in our skies, but by no means all. I could make a long list of sighting cases that allow no facile accounting for them.

How, for example, do we account for the large, diskshaped craft that terrorized motorists in and around Levelland, Texas in November 1957, landing on the roadways several times and causing the sheriff (as I discovered by interviewing his daughter) to go out to a nearby ranch and investigate a burn-ring on the ground with dead cattle around it?

And if all this was

nothing extraordinary, as government and military authorities claimed at the time, why did they sternly admonish the sheriff to keep his mouth shut about the whole thing?

Such threats can only be an indication of a deep, anxious desperation to keep the matter covered up. And well they might want to, considering that the Levelland object wasn’t supposed to be in American airspace at all.

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