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Along with the artists of White Oaks

Carrizozo is just a 45 minute drive down from Ruidoso or a 55 minute drive up from Alamogordo.

It is a scenic drive no matter what direction you come from. Nestled in the shadows of the beautiful Sacramento Mountains at the northern edge of the Tularosa Basin, Carrizozo is experiencing a resurgence as a growing ARTS Community. The town has over 30 artists who call it home and many of the old buildings have been converted into Galleries, Studios and smaller Cafes.

Historic 12th Street, just one block off the main street or Highway 54 and behind the Wells Fargo Bank, has turned itself into the main thoroughfare for the Arts movement. Art Galleries, Shops, Coffee CafĂŠ and the town's Museum are all located on this street. The famous Painted Burros of Southern New Mexico are on the rooftops of many of the buildings.

Malkerson Gallery 408, located right in the

middle of the block, is responsible for the birth of these burros. They have all been painted and adorned by local artists in the County.

The Gallery has sold or placed over 300 of these burros over the last 12 years and you can find about 25 of them out alongside the streets or on the rooftops of the buildings throughout town to greet you on your visit to Carrizozo. The Gallery has about 10 to 15 of these painted burros for sale at any given time. The Gallery also features contemporary art, paintings, jewelry, sculpture and hand-crafted items and has its own Sculpture Garden as well. You are invited to view the work of over 20 Carrizozo Artists interpretation of "The Rose" in many different mediums and styles.

Exhibit dates are February 17 through April 2, 2018.

On April 6th, a new exhibit will be installed at The Gallery, in connection with the upcoming World Art Day on April 15th.

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The new installation is called “Walking with Our Ancestors”. It is another brilliant exhibition that Gallery 408’s owner, Joan Malkenson, has constructed and it is really meant to compliment and support the underlying thoughts and values of World Art Day. She has aways been fascinated by the astronaunt’s perspective of seeing our precious Earth as a small blue dot from their journeys in outer space.

From that viewpoint the astronaunts talk about not only the fragility and precious nature of our Earth, but also the connectivity of all Humankind on this Earth.

Today science and technology have helped us understand our connection to everyone around the world through our DNA. Come and enjoy. Gallery 408 is open Thursday through Monday 10am to 5pm with Sundays Noon to 5pm.

Across the street from Malkerson Gallery 408 are two additional Galleries. On one corner is The Heart of the Raven Gallery that features pottery from 4 kilns in the back of the store as well as paintings and weavings, They also host a number of pottery classes that one can attend.

At the other corner, in the biggest building on the street, is The Tularosa Basin Photography Gallery with the work of over 40 photographers From the distance of outer space, towns and and all the photos being exclusively from New cities and countries loose their geographic Mexico. No one has ever counted them but there bounderies and nationalities, and the Earth is seen are supposed to be over 500 photos on display and as a “whole” and “humanity as a whole”. for sale in the Gallery. This is the LARGEST photo gallery in the entire state of New Mexico and is a This exhibit draws it’s inspiration from those two must visit on your itinerary. basic thoughts. There is a large collage drawing 4’x6’ on the back wall of the gallery entitled simply, This Gallery is also the exclusive Photo Gallery “The Blue Dot”. In front of the collage is an for the New Mexico Magazine Photo Contest assemblage of ceramic foot imprints and two Winners each year. In its 17th year, this Contest sculpted feet of a mother and child. These are the features some of the best photography from “footprints of humanity” and are respresentative of around the entire state. There were over 2700 all of our footprints and those of our ancestors who photos submitted for this year's contest and there came before us. were only 25 Winners selected.

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The Tularosa Basin Gallery of Photography in Carrizozo is proud to announce that the New Mexico Magazine's Photo Contest Winner's Exhibition is now available to be seen in its Gallery.

This represents the 17th Annual Contest for the Magazine and is the third year in a row that the Gallery has been chosen as the exclusive place within the entire State that these photos can not only be seen but also purchased.

There are a total of 24 stunning photos that where chosen by six judges from a record 2700 photo entries that are on display. These 24 photos were taken by 19 different photographers from within our State and have been judged the best out of the submissions from nearly 400 different photographers.

There were six different categories that photographers could enter images in: Landscapes, Plants and Animals, New Mexico Details, Sense of Place, Seasons, and the brand new category of the year---Enchanted Adventures at New Mexico State Parks.

Each category features a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner as well as an Honorable Mention photo. The Grand Prize Winner this year is entitled "Pilgrimage to Tome' Hill" and was photographed by David Cushman. One can view all these photos in the

February issue of the New Mexico Magazine or by visiting the Gallery's website at www.photozozo.org Many different sizes of each and every photo can be made available, but the Gallery carries two specific sizes that are in-stock and ready for sale.

There is the 8 by 10 inch image matted to an 11 by 14 inch size for $ 55.00 and then the 11 by 14 inch image matted to a 16 by 20 inch size and framed in a black metal special Gallery frame with non-glare glass for just $ 185.00. All images are developed with archival inks and will last years and years.

The Gallery also has the work of over 35 other Photographers...ALL from within our State and ALL the photos have been taken from within our State---making this one of the few "New Mexico True" Photo Galleries in the State. It is also the Largest Photo Gallery in the State so get ready to see over 500 photos on the walls and panels when you visit the Gallery.

The Gallery is open Thursdays through Mondays from 10 AM to 5 PM with the exception of Sunday being Noon to 5 PM. It is located right in the middle of Carrizozo on Historic 12th Street that has become the center of the growing Arts District with a number of other Galleries to visit while you are there . It is just one block behind the Wells Fargo bank building on HWY 54 as you drive through town.

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Page 8 There were six categories to compete in this year---Landscapes, Enchanted Parks, Plants and Animals, Sense of Place, New Mexico Details, and Seasons. There were awards for First, Second and Third Place as well as Honorable Mention-----plus an overall Grand Prize Winner. These 25 stunning photographs will be on display and for sale starting with the Grand Opening on Saturday and Sunday the 27th and 28th of January. Refreshments will be served both days 10 to 5 PM on Saturday and Noon to 5 PM on Sunday. The Exhibition will then be on display and for sale throughout most of 2018.... www.photozozo.org is their website.

day. More details and timing of the specific events can be found on website; luminagallery.com

The Carrizozo Arts Community is also very excited to announce the opening of a new art gallery on it’s Historic 12th Street called Lumina Gallery. It is located two doors down from Gallery 408 and also right next to the 12th Street Outdoor Sculpture Garden on the corner. The owner use to have an art gallery in Los Angeles, but closed that down to come to New Mexico and join the growing art scene here in Carrizozo. The Gallery is open Saturdays and Mondays 10am - 5pm and Sundays Noon - 5pm. It is also open by appointment when you call 575-648-4444.

As a special incentive to stop by her shop and take a look, she is offering a 20% discount on anything in the shop to any individual who shows up bringing along this ad/copy of the Alamodoso Magazine during the two months of March and April 2018--- so saddle up and come take a look !!!

While on 12th Street, walk around the corner from the Photo Gallery and visit a great western shop. Called the "Soul Of The West Bootique" it features cowboy boots, western attire, jewelry, accessories and gifts. This shop is located right across the street from the Wells Fargo Bank. The proprietor's name is Gwen and she knows her cowboy boots inside and out and has an amazing selection of one of a kind boots that will fit any foot.

The next stop on your shopping tour in Carrizozo is the Highway 54 Emporium. It is at the south end of 12th Street and is the bright orange building with the burro on top of it---at 1114 Central Avenue on HWY 54.This unique and fun store has just about everything you have ever wanted or have The Grand Opening for Lumina Gallery is never thought about wanting...Jewelry---vintage, scheduled for Friday through Sunday, the 13th new, or Native American. They have the largest through 15th of April to coinside with World Art selection of Hawaiian shirts in the Southwest. They Day that is being celebrated around the world. have furniture old and new, books, china, music--old time vinyl from the Rock and Roll Days and 60"s Leonardo De Vinci’s birthday is April 15th and Soul music. The store is arranged like an old the International Association of Art has chosen that fashioned General Store and is filled with date each year to promote awareness of creative fascinating old and unusual items. And so come on activity worldwide. in and be amazed at how much stuff can fit Under One Roof !!

Carrizozo will be the only town in New Mexico that will be honoring that date. You do not want to Your Day Trip to Carrizozo can also be planned miss our first annual celebration of this important around lunch as the town boasts a couple of fun

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This is a small orange trailer located on HWY 54 right in the middle of town. It features breakfast burritos in the morning and then the best barbeque sandwiches around noon....pulled pork, brisket, smoked chicken or sausage.

Order any of the sides to go with it along with a soft drink and you have a great meal. Buy your lunch to go or sit at one of their outside tables and join the locals of Carrizozo in a conversation or two.

Currently open Tuesday through Saturday 9am 6pm.

There is also the Carrizozo CafĂŠ right across the street if you want to eat indoors. Cozy small town atmosphere and serving a wide range of delicious food and sandwiches.

The second cafĂŠ is the Four Winds Restaurant located right there at the intersection of HWY 54 and 380. It offers breakfast, lunch and dinner and is the only restaurant in town open all seven days of the week.

That just about wraps it up---Art Galleries, small fun Shops, and Food--- it makes a great day trip from anywhere in Lincoln or Ortero Counties. If you cannot come to Carrizozo right now, then view us at www.carrizozochamber.org or look at our fun pictures at www.carrizozoworks.org.

SEE YOU REAL SOON !!!!!

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NEW AT THE LIBRARY

Alamogordo Public Library 920 Oregon Ave, Alamogordo Mon-Thurs 10am to 8pm Fri 10am - 5pm | Sat 11am-5pm | Closed Sun.

Fiction When the spring windstorms get you down, stay inside and be blown away by a new fiction from the library instead. Recent releases from fan favorites J.D. Robb, Jonathan Kellerman, and Danielle Steel are available for check out in regular print, large print, and audio CDs. Need to Know (Ballantine) by Karen Cleveland is a fast paced espionage thriller. It’s also a novel about marriage and motherhood. Juggling career and family is challenging; especially for CIA analyst mom, Vivian Miller.

The stakes are high when Vivian has to make decisions. The impact of her actions will affect not only her family, but also national security. Answers only raise more questions and Viv doesn’t know who to trust. With a sharp twist at the beginning this novel is a page turner to the very end.

More new titles of note are the fresh Oprah pick, American Marriage (Algonquin) by Tayari Jones, The Immoralists (G.P. Putnam's Sons) by Chloe Benjamin, and the long awaited new title from bestselling author Kristin Hannah: The Great Alone (Holtzbrinck.)

New books are springing up all over the place!

Look for these hot titles and more when you visit the Alamogordo Public Library.

Non-Fiction Patrisse Khan-Cullors co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi after learning of the acquittal of Treyvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman. Khan-Cullors shares, with journalist asha bandele co-writing, her story - from a childhood of poverty, racism, and

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She shares the way that she and many others like her had access to no resources or even healthy food and safe, comfortable shelter.

It is through sharing the intimate not often seen or understood realities of growing up and being black in the United States of America that she illuminates why the Black Lives Matter movement happened and took hold of the nation.

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir does share the story of the genesis of the Black Lives Matter movement: however it does not do so through a thorough dissection of the movement itself. It does so by sharing the personal histories of Khan-Cullors, her family, and friends that illustrate why many in our country feel like their lives don’t matter.

Children’s Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasley. Blue Montgomery comes from a family cursed for generations. The curse is the result of an ancient, selfish, unwise deal made between one of Blue’s ancestors and a magical golden alligator named Munch in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp.

As a result, half of the family (like Blue’s racecar-driving father) are destined to be winners, while the other half (like Blue) are fated to lose at literally everything they do.

Every hundred years, there is one chance for someone in the Montgomery family to change their fate. When Blue’s father drops him off in the dead of night at the home of the grandmother he’s never met, he comes face-to-face with his large, mixed-up family, and a hero-in-training named Tumble Wilson who lives next door.

Tumble believes that Blue needs her help to change his fate: “I’m here to help, and help is here!”

Too bad Tumble’s efforts at saving others usually result in needing to be saved herself. They will face Munch in the swamp to try and change both their fates.

Cassie Beasley’s new novel, Tumble & Blue, tells a story of friendship and explores weird family ties.

But more than that, it tells a story of how we deal with the fates we’ve been given, and what happens when we dare to change our own destiny.

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Page 19 "The Friendship Tea House is a culmination of everything my husband Bob and I have ever invested ourselves into over the years. Our creation is an old-fashioned tea party atmosphere that is inviting, quaint, joyful, fun, beautiful, and relaxing. It was designed to be a meeting place where girlfriends between ages of 4 and 104 can visit and play. So come and “Pour Yourself a Memory."

Our Grand Open House is April 6th, the first Friday in April, from 10:00am-6:00pm. The Friendship Tea House is located at 920 Ninth Street in Alamogordo, NM (the corner of 9th and Hawaii).

Bring your friends and we'll visit over a cup of tea and some cookies. Parties can be booked also.

I, Barb, graduated from college with a BA in both Elementary and Early Childhood Education and later obtained a minor in Physical Education. After a few years teaching, I began a speaking ministry to youth and adults talking about the value of life, choices and consequences, and the power of forgiveness. There I discovered my passion as a speaker for over 30 years. I am excited that my passion for speaking can also be used as I host tea parties at the Friendship Tea House for women and children.

Eleven years ago, we left South Dakota and moved to Alamogordo where Bob finished his military career and took to the life of retirement.

He had had enough of mowing a continually growing lawn during the summer and shoveling a constantly snowed in driveway during the winter. He threw away his thermal underwear, sold the lawn mower, snow blower, ice pick and shovels to embrace a "wild hog,” the gentle climate, and life in the Chihuahuan Desert. It was his dream come true.

Bob is the “nuts and bolts” foreman at the Friendship Tea House.

My roots run deep in large family life and social structure with wonderful people I am blessed to call my friends. Therefore, when we moved, I knew I wanted to create a place where old friends could sit and visit in a beautiful environment and possibly even meet new friends. A place where little girls’ birthday dreams come true as they play dress-up with hats and jewelry, baby dolls, Barbie dolls, and play dishes.

About a year ago, I saw a neglected little house for sale on 9th Street and realized its potential for tea parties. Shortly after, it became mine and the birth of a new dream began unfolding before my very eyes. The place I imagined for little girls and big girls to gather, laugh, meet new friends, and share with old friends was finally happening.

The sky is the limit for the different special events that can take place at the Friendship Tea House. Some ideas are a bridal tea, new baby tea,

small wedding and reception, card party, business meeting tea, retirement tea or a farewell tea party. All parties are by reservation only. The tea parlor can seat up to 12 people. The sunroom can seat another group of up to 4. The playroom could accommodate up to six, if needed.

In the near future, I plan on starting a Kindness Counts afterschool activity for kids. It will be a co-ed class with children learning lessons on etiquette and manners. Keep posted on my Facebook page or website for details.

The Friendship Tea House is unique in that it features a play room stocked with a large Barbie Doll house and Barbie's, an assortment of baby dolls, and play dishes. The dress-up room has vintage and fancy dresses, with accessories, hats, and gloves. This room is in loving memory of my daughter, Johanna Kathryn, a precious gift of God, who died a tragic death and never got to celebrate a birthday. Children love this room and I love that it's their favorite room in the house.

It's not just a place where friends get together to eat or drink. It is an experience where memories are made and dreams come true for little girls. Make a reservation to come and “Pour Yourself a Memory.”

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Our specialty is raising grass-fed beef the old fashioned way, from start to finish on open ranges and grass pastures the way Grandpa did! No added hormones, steroids, or unnecessary antibiotics!

Folks say our beef is tasty, tender, and juicy, just the way they remember it being in the good old days. The side benefit is that it provides a more balanced Omega-3 to Omega-6 ratio than conventional beef. This has been proven to be good for the ticker! A good diet of grasses also provides many additional vitamins and minerals along with increased CLA, a known cancer fighter.

So it tastes good and is good for ya!

adapted animals. They require less water and eat many plants the British Breeds won’t touch. They tend to move while they graze, and with their smaller stature and hooves, they have a reduced impact on riparian areas. These guys and gals are more likely to survive a severe draught.

The Thistle Dew Ranch (try saying that fast) on the Mimbres River near Faywood, New Mexico is home to our herd. We have 511 total acres with 141 of those acres being irrigatable. We have established seven rotational pastures with underground drip irrigation for finishing our steers.

As they reach maturity, these steers are processed We have a special breed of cattle called Criollo! to provide a continuous supply of grass-fed beef to (Pronounced Cree-yo-yo) These cattle are direct ten established retail and restaurant locations. The descendants of the cattle brought to the new world rest of our herd grazes the balance of the acreage.

by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to We firmly believe that the best way to make our the new world. They are the foundation herd that grass-fed beef available to the general public is by established the Texas Longhorn, Florida Cracker, partnering with select retail outlets that make our Georgia Piney, Corrientes, and many other old product available 6 or 7 days a week during regular southern cattle. The Criollo by history are desert business hours.

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Even the cat and the rat are friends here at Runyan Ranch, As if the cat really has a choice!

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Why Rosé Is the Perfect Wine for Easter Every Easter, there comes a spate of wine pairing pieces that traipse cheerily down the dual menu paths of ham and lamb. What to drink with ham? What to drink with lamb? (And then, of course, a subgenre of tongue-incheek pieces about what wines go with chocolate bunnies. Har har, indeed.)

Well, fret all you want about whether your Grenache is going to bring out the particular gamey notes of your locally farmed lamb leg, but if you ask me the cardinal thing about Easter drinking is that it’s Spring. You know, rebirth, new life, happy fuzzy lambs gamboling in the fields (depending on your dinner plans, don’t think too

much about that), white clouds scudding through the cerulean sky, daffodils peeping from their beds, cold weather merely a memory now.

Easter is the first real opportunity in the year to break out the rosé and feel properly seasonal about it. Partly that's for all the reasons just mentioned, but partly it's also because by mid-April all the new vintage wines will have arrived.

This year for rosé that means the 2018s, fresh off the boat or truck, full of verve, juiciness, zing; and, I’d add, entirely adaptable to almost any kind of food. Even ham. Or lamb. Just not a chocolate bunny. Nothing goes with those.

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820 10th Street | Alamogordo Corner of 10th & Alaska

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Page 54 Many local residents will recognize Three Rivers as a ghost town on Highway 54 about 17 miles north of Tularosa and about 30 miles from Carrizozo. It's at the entrance of the turn off to see the Three Rivers Petroglyph site on Three Rivers Road. The area has a colorful history that dates back to a time long before Europeans landed on our shores. Many people who come down for the Winter stop year after year. They don't want to miss new art work that has been created by the Blagg's and their many artist friends.

Customers can stop for a soft drink and a snack or they can shop for one-of-a-kind Turquoise Jewelry, American arts and crafts.

Many people say that the Blagg's have carved out their own little oasis in the heart of New Mexico.

Cameron is a nationally known Western artist who has lived in the Northwest most of his life. He's been a working artist for over 40 years. Cameron honors his Native American heritage from Oklahoma in his paintings. Living the life of a mountain man Enjoy the great conversations with in Oregon and Montana and now, living in Cameron and his Mandan wife Pamela.

New Mexico, is evidenced in many of his Cameron has researched the old west and all paintings. of its characters and can spin a story or two Pamela is from the Fort Berthold in North that will leave a memory forever. Ask him about the local favorites such as Billy the Dakota. She has both Flathead and Mandan Kid! We are located on the bottom of the ancestors. Pam is keeping the cultural traditions of her ancestors alive with her hide Three Rivers Ranch and close the Three tanning and beading. She also makes a mean Rivers Petroglyphs Site. Also just past there is the famous Santo Nino de Atocha Mission.

Espresso coffee. Stop by for a cup and a great conversation!!! She and Cameron can Thousands come here from all over the spin a tale or two about the characters of the world to see these great sites and to pray at this powerful church. old west reflective in Cameron's paintings!

Far too many people tell us that they have driven past this unique trading post for years and never stopped! Please do not let that be you! We have resident artist Cameron Blagg creating master pieces every day!

The originals are here, the giclees, the prints and the greeting cards . . . for everyone's budget!

Inside the Trading Post, don't forget to get some of the Cherry and Raspberry Cider and the local cactus jellies. Pick up a unique gift from some of Cameron and Pam's artist friends. You will not find treasures like this anywhere else! And best yet, the stories that go with them. Stop for a night or a month in our RV park. You will be treated like family!

Don't hesitate! We'll be glad to see ya!

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The Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway was built as a branch line for the El Paso and Northeastern Railway. Construction began from the connection at Alamogordo, in 1898 to reach the Sacramento Mountain fir and spruce forests to the east. Sawmills were built in Alamogordo to mill lumber for extension of the EP&NE to reach the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.

The railroad reached Cloudcroft, New Mexico, in 1900, where a lodge was built for summer tourists to enjoy the cool mountain air.

Cloudcroft was laid out in several villages so tourists might avoid associating too closely with loggers and railway workers. The railway was extended from Cloudcroft to the small

community of Russiain 1903; and several branches were built to reach timber for the Alamogordo Lumber Company.

Climbing from the Tularosa Basin into the Sacramento Mountain fault block escarpments required numerous trestles, switchbacks and grades as steep as 6.4 percent. The work was supervised by Horace Sumner, whose experience in Colorado included construction of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad. The result has been described as a standard gauge railroad built to narrow gauge standards. It was one of the most spectacular railroads of the American west.

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Books Revisited is having a Remodeling Sale...GOING ON NOW! Everything shelved in the store is half price! Yes, the entire store is on sale. Great bargains to be had. Shop now!

Wednesday thru Saturday,10:00-6:00.

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My Brothers’ Keeper Written by Merlinda Castro

I went about with my daily routine of getting ready for work. In the middle of doing my makeup I had an overwhelming desire for boiled eggs..

I thought to myself, hmmm how weird I don’t really care for boiled eggs, but I walked to the kitchen and put two to boil.

As I was walking out of the front door with my eggs in my little lunch box, the thought came to me that toast with butter spread would be wonderful with my boiled eggs. So I went back into the kitchen and made some toast and took extra care in spreading the butter.

On my way in to work I pass a Giant convenience store. As I was approaching the store I thought, orange juice would be great with my breakfast; (on a side note, I don’t really care for orange juice).

It started out like any other day. My alarm went off at 6:15 am and I groaned and moaned and rolled over and hit snooze.

I slept another 15 minutes and off went the alarm again. I woke up stretched and said out loud, “ok get up, sleeping party is over”.. I then prayed, thanked God for another day of life and out of bed I sprung. (Ok maybe I am exaggerating perhaps drug myself out of bed).

As I walked in I noticed a man sitting on the sidewalk with his head down just staring at the sidewalk. He touched my heart, so as I grabbed for my orange juice I grabbed one for him too.

The thought came to my head maybe that was the reason I was craving orange juice.

I paid for my items walked out and said hey buddy, here you go. He looked up at him and his eyes filled with tears as he said to me, wow, guess God did hear me. I just asked him for orange juice right before you drove up. He thanked me

profusely. I felt blessed beyond measure because I had been obedient.

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They were ragged around his ankles. He had on a filthy gray jacket.

As I zoomed by him in my shiny red eclipse I heard the voice. “Merlinda give him your breakfast”. I pretended I didn’t hear and kept driving. As I arrived to the gate to my job, I heard the Lord say “give him your breakfast.” Out loud I said “Ugggg you always do this to me”.

I called him and told him I would need him to come in so that we could go over his application together. He said he would be back in a couple of hours. When he returned the other girl who I put my car in reverse and backed up to where worked with me asked if she could go to lunch early. Later she told me the smell was just too bad he was. I opened my window and stuck my arm out the window and said here this is for you (with for her to stay. a bit of an attitude I might add). He had to lean I told him that he would need to change his down to get the bag, he opened it and a smile contact; I explained to him that our corporate spread across his face. He said how did you office would reject the application if we left it like know? This is my favorite breakfast, and I love that.

He told me he had no one. I said well then orange juice. I smiled back and said well, “I hope write my name in.

I asked him for his SS card and you enjoy it.” driver’s license. He said he didn’t have either. I I walked into work and I told my boss. “I hate said well can you bring in your birth certificate and maybe you can go over to MVD and get a when God does that to me”. He said, “Ok crazy driver’s license. He said I don’t have one. what did God do now?”

I told him about my breakfast I had made and I said well can you order it? I have to have it in about how God had just told me to give it to a order to get you hired. He said well I can try. I homeless man who was walking down the road. said ok, I’ll hold on to your application till I hear He said “Oh that’s odd, God told me to hire him. back from you.

His application is on your desk. Get to work and process it and let’s get him on.” I said “are you A few days later he came in and stood at the nuts? He stinks, I mean when I handed him my counter, he motioned for me to come over. I breakfast I almost gagged. The stench hit me right walked over to him and he started to cry. He across the face, are you going to take him home looked at me with his mangled hair and beard full with you and have him shower?” of weeds and said, I’m sorry I’ve wasted your time. I called and I need to send a $10.00 money He said “don’t worry about it. Just get him order and a self-addressed stamped envelope for hired”. I went to my desk and looked at his me to be able to get my birth certificate. He said I application and the one thing that stuck out was on the line where it asks “emergency contact” he don’t have it; he then turned and walked out the door. I stood at the window and watched him wrote in, “Call the morgue”. walk through the yard to the gate as he wept with

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Something happened in my heart at that moment and I started to cry. I grabbed a $20.00 from my purse and ran out the front door and yelled “Tom, hey Tom, wait.” I caught up to him and I handed him the $20.00 and said here you can pay me back after you get your first check.

He stood still with the tears going down his face and he asked “are you sure? I’m sure I said and I walked back into the office. I walked in and my boss said “what that was about? Did God tell you to give him money?” I laughed and said yup.

Over the course of a couple of months, Tom would come in every morning to give me updates on what was going on with his birth certificate. I would pack him a breakfast and go sit in the breakroom. I would make us both a cup of hot chocolate and we would sit and talk.

One morning I brought him some clothes that I had bought for him. I also gave him a package with personal hygiene stuff and said you should That evening when I arrived at Scenic and 1st take a shower and wear your new clothes so I can to do my daily 2 mile walk, I opened my door and take a picture of you tomorrow. stepped out. There on the ground was a pack of Marlboro lights longs. I reached down and picked He kind of grunted and laughed and said, “I them up and lifted them up in the air and I yelled, knew that would eventually come up”. I said I am “Thank you God, thank you!!” My sister turned not trying to offend you in any way. He said Oh and looked at me and said, “Mer are you going don’t worry, no offense taken. crazy?” I laughed and said wait till I tell you. The next day I took them to work and handed them to The next morning he walked in and I had to Tom and when he went to thank me, I said no, take a second look. Not only had he showered but thank God. he had cut his hair and shaved his beard and moustache off. I looked up from my desk and let A few weeks later, Tom didn’t show up on out a sigh and said, “OH TOM! You Sir, are Monday as usual and I didn’t see him for the rest beautiful”! Tears immediately welled up in his of the week. I asked the guys at work if they had eyes and he said no one has ever spoken those seen him. They all said no. I was worried and on words to me, not even my mother. I said well you Friday at 4:00 pm he called. I could barely hear are. him, he said, I’m sick, will you come get me and Tom was a smoker (I have to throw this in here.) Every day when he would come give me his updates he would go out to a canister where the smokers in our building would throw their half smoked cigarettes. He would gather up a handful and off he would go. I felt sorry for him but my own personal convictions wouldn’t allow me to give him money for cigarettes or buy him any. One day in particular as I watched him, I thought to myself, you should just break your own rule, but I couldn’t get myself to.

take me to the hospital. I said yes Tom, where do you live? He gave me directions. When I arrived I saw an old run down house with no windows no doors and no roof. I was sure I was at the wrong place so I went next door to the men’s halfway house.

I asked them if Tom was there, they said are you talking about the homeless guy. I said yes.

They said “Oh; you’re the girl he talks about. Did you know that he borrows our hose and takes showers outside for you?” I said what?? They

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Page 66 said yeah he borrowed some scissors from us and he cut his hair and his beard off outside. My heart sank, it was in October and the temperatures had been in the low 30’s. I said well where is he?

They said next door, I incredulously asked, the house with no roof? Yeah that’s where he stays.

I went back over to the house, I got out of my car and I walked over to the door. Tears are running down my face as the memory replays itself. There he was, lying on a futon mattress on the bare ground. He was lying on his side in a fetal position holding his stomach. I whispered “Tom” then ‘Tom’ a little louder. He heard me and whimpered “I’m here”. I said “come on Tom, let’s go, I’ll take you to the hospital” “I can’t” he responded “my stomach hurts too much. I am just going to lie here”. I told him that I would be right back. I went to the store and bought him every over the counter medication the store had for stomach aches. I went over to my sisters and made him some soup. I came back and spoon fed him a couple of spoonfuls.

He was having difficulty swallowing. I went home and brought him blankets and pillows. I covered him up and tried to make him comfortable. I left him after a couple of hours with a heavy heart.

The next morning at work guess who walked in looking spry? Tom!! He said he had taken all of the medicine I took him!

On Thursday he didn’t show up. Friday morning I went to check on him; he was down again. I told him I would come get him when I got off work.

I went and picked him up at 4:00 and took him to the hospital. They took him back and did an MRI. An hour or so later the Doctor came in and asked me to leave the room. Tom asked why I need to leave. The Doctor said it was because of what I have to tell you. Tom said, no she stays, she my only friend in the world.

they were going to put a feeding tube in. I left him around 11pm.

The next day after work I came back. Tom did not have the feeding tube in. The doctor came in and said that they were unable to put the feeding tube in because he had cancer in his esophagus.

He said they would not be able to give him any further treatment and that they would be releasing him. He said we would normally send him home with Hospice but he has no home. I said no you are wrong.

God had this planned; he set up a divine appointment for Tom and me to meet. He’s going home with me. The doctor became emotional and went out into the hall. He apologized to me. I said no need for an apology. He asked, “Why? Who are you?” I told the doctor that I loved Tom, and that “he’s my friend, that’s why”.

I took Tom home the next evening. He suffered all night. I stayed up with him. At 2:00am it got so bad I had to call the Hospice nurse in. She tended to him and left. I slept on the couch so I could hear him.

At 5:00 am I got up and made some hot chocolate. I went in and wiped his face with a wet wash cloth. I gave him hot chocolate thru a straw. He took a few sips and opened his eyes and The Doctor said “Ok, you have advanced stared at me. I kissed his forehead and told Tom stomach cancer”. Tom asked how long? “Maybe “I love you”. He said “thank you for loving me one month” the Dr responded. Tom stared off into and don’t worry, I will wait for you”. space. I went over and put my arms around him and we cried. They checked him in and they said He died a few hours later.

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Page 67 I cried uncontrollably, I cried because I realized he had died and I had never shared Jesus with him.

The hospice nurse came and she said there is something I need to share with you. Tom told us yesterday before he left the hospital that he couldn’t believe you loved him.

He said “I don’t know what it is about that girl. When I first met her I told her if she was a Christian out on some mission to save me, I didn’t want to hear it. She said no worries; I am not trying to save you. I told her; don’t ever talk your Christian crap to me. She smiled at me and said ok. Do you know that not once did she ever talk about God to me? But do you know, I saw God, I saw God in her.

Whatever God she believes in, that is the God I believe in. The God that she serves, that is the God that I serve.” I cannot tell you what that did for my heart.

One day I will walk up, and there Tom will be sitting patiently waiting on a woman perhaps holding a cup of hot chocolate.

There is so much more to this story, but we will save that for another day. I hope I didn’t bore you. This is a true story, it happened here in Alamogordo.

I do not know who Tom was or why God brought him into my life, but one day I will know.

God bless you and remember it’s not so much about shoving God down people’s throats.

Love is a powerful thing.

Be kind and love people.

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The Lincoln County War | Part 8 |Billy’s Girl Paulita Maxwell was born around 1864-5 in the town of Mora, New Mexico. She was the daughter of Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell, a wealthy and respected landowner. The New Mexico border with Old Mexico was the haunt of the notorious outlaw, Henry “Billy the Kid” McCarty.

Billy was popular with New Mexico’s Hispanic community and often relied upon its hospitality. He was known to be something of a ladies man and had a particular taste for latina girls.

Paulita and the Kid are popularly believed to have been lovers and it has been claimed that she was pregnant with his child around the time that he was shot dead by Sheriff Pat Garrett.

As the legend goes, the Maxwells arranged for the pregnant Paulita to marry José Jaramillo, a prosperous sheepherder, to spare the family embarrassment. This version of events has been strongly contested.

Its veracity is based on which date you believe for the wedding, sometime in January 1882, seven months after the Kid’s death, or January 14, 1883, eighteen months after his death. Paulita herself, in an interview done in the 1920s, denied having an affair with Billy the Kid but confessed to having been infatuated with him. Whether it happened or not, the romance with Paulita Maxwell has popularly been accepted into the Billy the Kid mythos.

The life of Billy the Kid and the details of the people who crossed his path are a prime example According to Billy the Kid historian, Frederick of when fact and fiction have become Nolan, Garrett’s wife heard gossip that Paulita indistinguishably intertwined. His legend became was pregnant with Billy’s child, which allowed bigger than Henry McCarty, the young man who Garrett to track him to Fort Sumner NM, where was shot dead in 1881 and who may or may not Paulita was staying and Billy was killed have loved Paulita Maxwell. Legends usually have some kernel of truth somewhere but take on Like with many of the details of Billy the a life of their own; the truth can be seen as Kid’s life, it is difficult to sort out the fact from irrelevant compared to telling a good story. the fiction in regards to his relationship with Paulita Maxwell.

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April 2018 horoscope for Aries April 2018 will be good in that now every decision taken will turn out to be a very important one in hindsight. Putting it plainly, the way you are working now will define typical patterns of your working sphere for the whole upcoming year, so you have to put in some effort.

Fortunately, thanks to its interstellar position, Eris, which in its usual position is not that favorable towards Aries, will give up on its devious plans and will move onto the right side.

only thing is to go ahead and to take the bull by the horns.

Everything will be quite obvious for those who are business owners. Don't lose yourself: selfish and boastful behavior will be acted against no matter how innocent it might seem to you. In general, business owners will have to hold themselves back, but only in the event of burning emotions. In all other events, try to act in bold and fearless ways!

Those who don't have their own business ventures will have to move slower and more cautiously. But, it doesn't mean that your destination will be less significant or less relevant. You only must precisely define your desires; everything else The main thing is to retain the enthusiasm that will arrive on its own. Don't let yourself be idle - try will fire up in you during the first days of the period. to accomplish everything as fast as possible, not Despite the fact that the majority of the month will compromising quality along the way. If you manage be inclined towards the resolution of personal to plan out everything in the right and well-thoughtmatters, your sign can serve as the exception to this out way, then you won't have to go back to the same rule. task twice, and your management will notice your efforts. What will it end up looking like Well, that is But please pay attention to the caveat that it can, a whole separate question. You know yourself best. not necessarily will, serve as the exception.

Everything will depend on you. It will depend on From the perspective of personal life, April 2018 what choice will be made, and thus on which path will turn out to be quite special. From one you will end up walking. Stars now recommend to perspective, it is a good period for sharing your time keep in mind this responsibility and to keep on with your significant other. This shared time will moving in the most confident way by not only create emotional equality, will provide spiritual observing and developing expertise, but also trying unity, will also satisfy some other very special to make your plans come true. You have to start needs. In any case, the stars recommend that you acting as fast as possible, and this will give some spend as much time as possible with your dearest advantages when required. and nearest. This advice is equally applicable to all of the Aries out there. But, of course, there are some Regarding the work direction, all of these small clarifications. This period might turn out to be statements become a lot more simplified. By the brighter for the single persons because they have to beginning of April 2018, Aries will be able to finish solve some truly difficult yet interesting situations. up all of their side projects and focus on what really Don't be afraid to make mistakes; you will have a matters. Actually, there should be no issues at all. chance to fix it. Anyway, everybody will get The situation will play entirely on your side; the something positive.

We can't help but be happy about it, and in its conjunction with Sun it will turn any situation into a favorable one within a very short period of time.

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Cochiti Recreation Area is located in Sandoval County, New Mexico, within the boundaries of the Pueblo de Cochiti Indian Reservation.

The lake offers two public recreation areas: Cochiti on the west side of the lake and Tetilla Peak on the east side. Both sides offer spectacular scenic views of the water and surrounding mountains.

There are many opportunities for wildlife viewing. Four osprey nesting platforms have been erected around the lake to provide nesting sites, as well as viewing opportunities. On the east side of the lake, deer, coyote and rabbit are often sighted.

Wind surfing is a favorite pastime for visitors. The lake is also a popular fishing spot for species such as bass, crappie, walleye, catfish, sunfish and trout.

The Cochiti Dam is one of the ten largest Cochiti Recreation Area has a swim beach earth-fill dams in the United States, and also one of the largest in the world. The lake derives and playground for the convenience of families its name from the Indian Pueblo on the Cochiti with children.

Reservation.

From Albuquerque, New Mexico, take Interstate 25 north to exit 259. Turn west on Cochiti Lake is in a high desert environment, and the dominant vegetation is State Route 22 and proceed through Pena desert scrubland.

Blanca to the park office and recreation

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