October 2013 enchantment

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The Voice of New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives

Fifteen Years in the Making...

A Dream Comes True

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enchantment October 1, 2013 • Vol. 65, No. 10 USPS 175-880 • ISSN 0046-1946 Circulation 124,893

enchantment (ISSN 0046-1946) is published monthly by the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. enchantment provides reliable, helpful information on rural living and energy use to electric cooperative members and customers.

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Nearly 125,000 families and businesses receive enchantment Magazine as electric cooperative members. Non-member subscriptions are available at $8 per year or $13 for two years, payable to NMRECA. Allow four to eight weeks for delivery.

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Readers who receive the publication through their electric cooperative membership should report address changes to their local electric cooperative office.

THE NEW MEXICO RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION provides legislative and educational services for the 18 cooperatives that deliver electric power to New Mexico’s rural areas and small communities. Each cooperative has a representative on the association’s board of directors, which controls the editorial content and advertising policy of enchantment through its Publications Committee.

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Charles Pinson, President, Central Valley Electric Cooperative, Artesia George Biel, Vice President, Sierra Electric Cooperative, Elephant Butte Jerry Smith, Secretary-Treasurer, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Taos BOARD OF DIRECTORS Leandro Abeyta, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Mountainair William C. Miller, Jr., Columbus Electric Cooperative, Deming Arsenio Salazar, Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Grants Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Clovis Johnny Jaramillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Española Robert Caudle, Lea County Electric Cooperative, Lovington Virginia Mondragon, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Mora Tomas G. Rivas, Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative, Chama Preston Stone, Otero County Electric Cooperative, Cloudcroft Jerry W. Partin, Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative, Portales Donald Wolberg, Socorro Electric Cooperative, Socorro Gary Rinker, Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Clayton Paul Costa, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer Wayne Connell, Tri-State G&T Association, Westminster, Colorado Charles G. Wagner, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma

FEATURES

NATIONAL DIRECTOR David Spradlin, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer

The principles that guide cooperatives in everyday business.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Donald Wolberg, Chairman, Socorro Electric Cooperative William C. Miller, Jr., Columbus Electric Cooperative Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Johnny Jaramillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Virginia Mondragon, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative

Protect Your Home from Electrical Fires 9 Electrical safety and fire prevention safety tips.

Building Communities Cooperatively

Economic development brings communities and electric cooperatives together.

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NEW MEXICO RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION 614 Don Gaspar Avenue Phone: 505-982-4671 Santa Fe, NM 87505 Fax: 505-982-0153 www.nmelectric.coop www.enchantment.coop

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Keven J. Groenewold, Executive Vice President, kgroenewold@nmelectric.coop Susan M. Espinoza, Editor, sespinoza@nmelectric.coop Tom Condit, Assistant Editor, tcondit@nmelectric.coop

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ADVERTISING Rates available upon request. Cooperative members and New Mexico advertisers, call Susan M. Espinoza at 505-982-4671 or e-mail at sespinoza@nmelectric.coop.

National representative: The Weiss Group, 915-533-5394.

Advertisements in enchantment are paid solicitations and are not endorsed by the publisher or the electric cooperatives of New Mexico. PRODUCT SATISFACTION AND DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITY LIE SOLELY WITH THE ADVERTISER. Copyright ©2013, New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. Reproduction prohibited without written permission of the publisher.

A woman’s dream becomes a reality.

In search of three final photos for museum.

Plan now to avoid paying a large debt later.

On the Cover

The newly constructed Community Culture Center in Ribera. Cover story and photo by Karen Boehler.

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View from enchantment 5 Hale To The Stars

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Los Antepasados

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On The Menu

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Energy Sense

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Book Chat

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Vecinos 20 Enchanted Journeys

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Trading Post

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Youth Art

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Your Co-op Page

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Co-op Newswire New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Telephone Numbers Los Numeros de los Cooperativas de Electricidad de Nuevo México

Winter Shut-Off Protection Notice

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rotection from winter shut-off begins November 15, 2013. To avoid potential disconnection of services, please call the Human Services Department at 1-800283-4465, or the appropriate tribal or pueblo entity for eligibility information for the Low Income Heating Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Your service will not be disconnected from November 15, 2013, through March 15, 2014, if you qualify for LIHEAP and you remain current on any payments that you owe under a payment plan, or as of November 15, 2013, you have no past due amounts.

For more information call the Human Services Department at 1-800-283-4465 or your local electric cooperative. The phone numbers for the electric cooperatives are listed.

Nota de La Protección de Desconexión del Invierno El 15 de noviembre del 2013 empezara la protección de desconexión del invierno. Para prevenir una posible desconexión de servicios, por favor de contactar al Departamento de Servicios Humanos al 1-800-283-4465 o a la organización tribal o pueblo para información sobre elegibilidad para el programa de bajos recursos de energía, (LIHEAP). Su servicios no serán desconectado durante el 15 de noviembre 2013 hasta el 15 de marzo del 2014 si usted califica para el programa de bajos recursos de energía, (LIHEAP) y si usted continua al corriente en los pagos que usted deba bajo un plan de pago, o hasta el 15 de noviembre del 2013 y no tenga ningún pago astrasado.

Para información en español llame al Departamento de Servicios Humanos, 1-800-283-4465 o su cooperativa de electricidad. Los numeros de los cooperativas de electricdad son listado.

• Central NM Electric Cooperative Mountainair, 505-832-4483/1-800-339-2521

• Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative Mora, 575-387-2205/1-800-421-6773

• Central Valley Electric Cooperative Artesia, 575-746-3571

• Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative Chama, 575-756-2181

• Columbus Electric Cooperative Deming, 575-546-8838/1-800-950-2667

• Otero County Electric Cooperative Cloudcroft, 575-682-7607/1-800-548-4660

• Continental Divide Electric Cooperative Grants, 505-285-6656

• Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative Portales, 575-356-4491

• Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Clovis, 575-769-2116/1-800-445-8541

• Sierra Electric Cooperative Elephant Butte, 575-744-5231

• Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Española, 505-753-2105/1-888-755-2105

• Socorro Electric Cooperative Socorro, 575-835-0560/1-800-351-7575

• Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Taos, 575-758-2258/1-800-688-6780

• Southwestern Electric Cooperative Clayton, 575-374-2451/1-866-374-2451

• Lea County Electric Cooperative Lovington, 575-396-3631/1-800-510-5232

• Springer Electric Cooperative Springer, 575-483-2421/1-800-288-1353

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR EVENT NOTICES?

We welcome your comments or information about book submissions, vecino profiles, and community events.

Our phone number is 505-982-4671. For community events e-mail: events@nmelectric.coop.

Keep wintery drafts out of your home by sealing cracks and gaps. Weather stripping around doors and windows works well when you can see daylight between the frame and the wall or floor. Use caulk to seal around the frames where you see gaps.

For more tips and tricks, visit TogetherWeSave.com.

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Seventy-Five Years of Energizing Rural New Mexico

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The rural electric co-ops in New Mexico have grown into quite a business.

Not bad for a bunch of folks who knew very little about electric power companies.

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ctober is “co-op month” and is always an appropriate time to reflect on the history of rural electrification.

Seventy-five years ago, the electric co-op idea energized rural New Mexico. It gave farms, ranches and rural communities the opportunity for the conveniences of electric service. Co-ops did what large power companies would not—bring power to the countryside.

We don’t appreciate how hard rural Americans struggled to get the electricity they needed to be part of the 20th century. In New Mexico, there were 28 applications to form rural electric cooperatives between 1936 and 1949. Sixteen of them were successful, which means twelve of the applications were rejected.

They were rejected for many reasons, but the common theme was “not enough customers to prove economic feasibility.” However, the first co-op pioneers remained vigilant. Some achieved economic feasibility by combining the extreme rural areas with the small towns in the area. Some did it by purchasing some of the small, private utility properties in the area.

So, how do we take 75 years of successfully serving rural New Mexico and build on it for the future? By remembering how we got to this point. In the 1930s, electric poles and wires were revolutionary. Not everyone was happy about having the night skies invaded by light bulbs. Not everyone immediately understood how electricity would make their lives easier and better.

Others feared they couldn’t afford to pay the cost of electricity. Or that the local board would not have the savvy to manage and operate such a complex system. But enough people took the risk and today rural areas enjoy many of the same opportunities that urban areas enjoy.

Today, electric co-ops in New Mexico serve over 210,000 customers—from Rodeo to Des Moines and from Chama to Lovington.

The land area served by consumerowned co-ops in New Mexico is almost 100,000 square miles. There are more than 900 employees that operate and maintain your co-ops around the state. They oversee $1.7 billion in utility plant, including over 45,000 miles of power lines.

In 2012, the cost of power was $330 million and the cost to deliver

Keven J. Groenewold. P.E. Executive Vice President and General Manager New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association

that power was another $170 million. At the end of the year, the total patronage capital (which is what is left over after all expenses are paid) was just under $45 million.

Nationally, electric cooperatives employ 70,000 people in the U.S., and pay $1.4 billion in state and local taxes annually. They also retire hundreds of millions of dollars every year in patronage capital. In 2012 alone, electric co-ops retired $768 million in capital credits, for a total of $11 billion since 1988.

Many rural New Mexicans were risk takers. In their own quiet way, they face the daily challenges of surviving in this arid desert. Mostly, they succeed. Some of their success comes from the basic service they receive from their electric co-op. As the origins of electric cooperatives fade into the past, let’s reaffirm the spirit of cooperation. Each of you has been a part of this evolution and should take pride in the success of New Mexico’s electric cooperatives.

From such humble beginnings 75 years ago, the rural electric co-ops in New Mexico have grown into quite a business. Not bad for a bunch of folks who knew very little about electric power companies.

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Hale to the stars

BY ALAN HALE • A MONTHLY GUIDE TO THE STARS OF NEW MEXICO

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here are five planets in our solar system that are bright and conspicuous objects to the unaided eye. Quite often all five are visible during a given night, but there are other occasions when one or more are hidden in sunlight (either between the sun and Earth, or on the far side of the sun from Earth) and thus can not be seen. Such is the case in October, when only three of the bright planets are easily visible.

Strictly speaking, the other two planets, Mercury and Saturn, are also visible, but very low in the west during dusk, and generally only during the first part of

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the month. These two disparate worlds are located fairly close to each other on Tuesday, the 8th.

Brilliant Venus, which has slowly climbed higher and higher out of the dusk for the past few months, becomes even more prominent during October, and sets about an hour after the end of dusk by month’s end.

It passes close to the bright star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on Wednesday evening, the 16th, and at the end of the month will feature an exactly half-lit phase (like our moon does during its FirstQuarter phase, which takes place on the 11th).

Our solar system’s largest planet, Jupiter, rises in the east during the last hour or so before midnight, and is highest above the horizon around the beginning of dawn. Mars, meanwhile, rises

during the mid-morning hours.

Around mid-month it passes quite close to the bright star Regulus in the constellation Leo. Comet ISON, which was discovered in September of last year by two Russian astronomers working with the International Scientific Optical Network (hence the name), comes extremely close to the sun in late November and has the potential to become quite bright. At the beginning of October Comet ISON passes only

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October 1973: Region X Meets in Dallas.

There would be no electricity in rural America were it not for all the meetings electric cooperatives hold. In the fall of the year, various regions get together to decide what can be done to provide better and more dependable service for the members. The Region X membership consists of these cooperatives in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. About 450 registrants showed up for the three-day event. The next Region X meeting will be held in New Mexico in the fall of 1974.

—Editorial

October 1993: Do Hats Make the Man? Having dinner in a restaurant in a small Northern New Mexico hotel, I couldn't help but note a "cowboy" (real or feigned I don't know) with a big black hat who sat at a table with three ladies who were hatless. Personally I thought the guy was a slob. I visited with a real old timer about this. He said no real cowboy of yore would have insulted a woman by wearing his hat in her home, a restaurant or similar places. It was out of respect that the ranchmen of old remove their head gear.

—Jack Flynn

October 2003: Co-op Workers Go to School to Keep the Lights On, Safely. Coffee cup in hand, Dudley Murph jumps out of the truck and stomps on the desert floor. He casually walks to the storage unit, where he unlocks and opens its wide door. The spring 2003 Rural Electric Lineman's School is about to begin. Before the students get to work, Murph, with concern in his voice, tells the group, "Gentlemen, the main thing is to get home safe." With that said, the men gather their gear and begin a day of hands-on training .

—Susan M. Espinoza

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6.5 million miles from Mars, and hopefully may be imaged by one or more of the various spacecraft that are orbiting Mars and on the surface. Two weeks later the comet passes close to Mars in the sky, at the same time that the red planet is passing by Regulus.

The larger Martian moon, Phobos, in the course of an annular eclipse of the sun as seen by the Curiosity rover on the Martian surface on August 17, 2013. These three images were taken three seconds apart. NASA photograph.

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On The Menu BY MARY GERLACH, R.D.

SPOOKTACULAR HAUNTING Drinks

If you’re planning a monster bash this Halloween, brew up drinks so frightfully delicious that it will spook the taste buds of every little ghost, witch and goblin.

Monster Mash Mudslide 4 cups TruMoo lowfat chocolate milk 10 chocolate wafer cookies, coarsely broken ½ cup frozen non-dairy whipped topping, thawed 8 mini-chocolate chips or mini-chocolate candies (orange/brown color recommended) ❧ In blender, blend chocolate milk and chocolate wafer cookies until smooth. Heat mixture in saucepan or microwave until just heated through. To serve, pour chocolate milk mixture into 4 glasses. For each serving, spoon a large, upright dollop of whipped topping to resemble a ghost. Insert chocolate chips or chocolate candies into dollop for eyes. Makes 4 servings Source: TruMoo.

Spooky Smoothie 3 cups limited edition TruMoo lowfat vanilla milk, orange color 1½ cups lowfat vanilla Greek yogurt 5 cups ice cubes ¼ cup fat-free whipped cream Candy corn for garnish, optional ❧ In blender, combine vanilla milk, yogurt and ice cubes. Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy. To serve, pour into serving glasses. Top with whipped cream and candy corn. Makes 4 servings. Source: TruMoo. 8

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Screaming Blood Orange Witches Brew with Ice Hand

Serve this bright red punch to all your witches and goblins this Halloween.

1½ cups sugar or 1 cup granular Splenda 1 envelope Cherry Flavor unsweetened drink mix 1 envelope Tropical Punch Flavor unsweetened drink mix 8 cups cold water 2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice 1 plastic or vinyl glove for Ice Hand

Ice cubes 2 cups orange sherbet, slightly softened 1 orange, thinly sliced 1 lime, thinly sliced ❧ In large bowl, add boiling water to dry gelatin; stir at least 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Stir in orange juice; cool to room temperature. Just before serving, pour into punch bowl; add seltzer and ice cubes; stir. Add scoops of sherbet and fruit slices. Makes 8 servings.

❧ Ice Hand: The night before, rinse one plastic or vinyl glove inside and out several times with cold water to make sure any powder coating is removed. Fill with water and tie the wrist tightly using a twist tie; freeze overnight.

Punch: In punch bowl, combine sugar or Splenda and drink mixes. Add water; stir until sugar and mixes are dissolved. Add orange juice for blood appearance; mix well. Float ice hand in punch bowl. Makes 10 servings.

Pumpkin Patch Goo

Green Ghoulade

❧ Combine ingredients in blender and puree until smooth. Use a Sharpie to draw a pumpkin face on the outside of each plastic glass, then pour drinks into glasses and garnish each with a dollop of vanilla yogurt or whipped cream. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon.

Makes 2 or 3 servings.

This slimy green drink will please big and little ghouls at Halloween.

2 cups boiling water 1 pkg. (8-serving size) lime gelatin 2 cups cold orange juice 1 liter seltzer or club soda, chilled

This is a rich drink everyone will love. ½ cup canned pumpkin ¾ cup vanilla yogurt ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg Pinch ground cloves 2 tsps. brown sugar 4 ice cubes Whipped cream

Protect Your Home from Electrical Fires

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ach year, electrical failures and malfunctions cause 43,900 home fires, resulting in 438 deaths, 1,430 injuries, and $1.47 billion in property damage. But many home electrical fires can be prevented simply by understanding basic electrical safety principles and following safe practices.

This year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign—October 6-12—focuses on kitchen fires. The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) have teamed up to offer safety tips to help protect your home and family: ESFI Electrical Safety Tips • Safety should always be the top priority when working with electricity. ESFI recommends that a qualified, licensed electrician perform all home electrical work in compliance with local and national safety standards.

• Consider having your circuit breakers replaced with arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs), which provide enhanced electrical fire protection by detecting dangerous arcing conditions.

• Keep the area around the electrical panel clear so you can easily shut off power in an emergency.

• Do not use extension cords on a permanent basis.

• Avoid overloading outlets.

• Do not use light bulbs that exceed the recommended wattage of the light fixture or lamp.

NFPA Fire Prevention Safety Tips • Install smoke alarms inside each bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of the home.

• Test smoke alarms every month by pushing the TEST button.

• Create a family fire escape plan that includes two ways out of each room.

• Pick an easy-to-find meeting place outside, a safe distance from your home.

• Practice your escape plan by having at least two fire drills a year.

One fire drill should be at night while your family is sleeping.

• If anyone in your household is deaf, or if your own hearing is diminished, consider installing a smoke alarm that

uses a flashing light or vibration to alert you to a fire emergency.

Visit www.esfi.org for more home electrical safety information and for ESFI’s Fire Prevention Week resources.

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Energy Sense BY JAMES DULLEY Low-flow Showerheads Better than Ever

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ear Jim: Both my energy and water bills are increasing, so I plan to install low-flow showerheads. I tried them before, but my family didn’t like them. Are they any better now, and how do I pick a good one?—Pat V.

Dear Pat: Bathing uses a lot of water a month for most families, and hot water drives costs up.

Low-flow showerheads can help cut down on both.

For many years now, all showerheads sold in the United States have been limited to a maximum water flow rate of 2.5 gallons per minute (gpm) at a water pressure of 80 pounds per square inch (psi), as mandated by federal energy efficiency standards. Some older showerheads may use as much as 5 gpm without even providing an adequate, forceful water flow.

Many of the new low-flow showerheads provide good water flow using even less than 2.5 gpm.

I must have tested more than a dozen low-flow showerheads this year alone, and I found there are significant differences in showerhead sprays for ones

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with identical flow rates. The most efficient ones are as low as 1.5 gpm, and the savings in water and energy use can pay back their cost in just a few months.

Keep in mind whether you like a specific shower spray pattern and force is a personal matter.

There are a number of factors that determine how much water and energy will be saved. Water savings is affected directly by the gpm rating for the showerhead, while energy savings is determined by both the gpm rating and how much hot water has to be mixed with cold water for a comfortable shower.

The type of spray pattern has an affect on how warm the water feels on your skin. Showerheads that create larger water droplets feel warmer because large droplets have a lower percentage of surface area, so they cool down less before they reach your body.

Some needle-type, low-flow showerheads create tiny water droplets. These might lose more heat as they move through the air. If this happens, people tend to set the faucet handle to a greater percentage of hot water and may actually end up using more hot water—and more electricity—than

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before. Some showerheads also add air to the spray for more force, but this might also cool the water spray.

It’s easy to distinguish a narrow needle-spray design because they are usually small. For a fuller spray, look for ones with many holes across a larger face. Some might appear to have a large face with many spray holes.

The low-flow shower spray swirls to create the sense of much more water flow. Source: Delta Faucet.

If they have adjustable patterns, not all the holes are used simultaneously water and walk away, waiting for so they may actually create a needle the hot water to reach the shower. spray if you desire that at times.

Gallons of hot water may be wasted down the drain until you A handheld adjustable showactually get into the shower. erhead is very effective. I use With the Lady Bug, when the one that has four spray settings water temperature at the showerselected by rotating the head. head reaches 95 degrees, the flow is Water flow can be directed where automatically slowed to a trickle so you want it, which can save water. very little hot water goes down the There are two inexpensive add-on devices that can help reduce drain. When you’re ready to get into the shower, pull the string on water use on any showerhead. One the handle, and the warm shower is a tiny push/pull trickle valve (also called a lathering valve) that’s starts flowing at full force.

The following companies offer mounted between the shower arm showerheads and systems: Delta, and the showerhead. When you don’t need water, push the button to 1-800-345-3358, www.deltafaucet. com; Moen, 1-800-289-6636, www. slow the water to a trickle without moen.com; Price Pfister, 1-800having to readjust the temperature 732-8238, www.pricepfister.com; at the faucet each time.

ShowerStart, 480-496-2294, www.

Another water-saver is a Lady evolveshowerheads.com; and Bug valve by ShowerStart (also Speakman, 1-800-537-2107, www. known as Evolve Showerheads). speakmancompany.com.

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Building Communities Cooperatively

Congratulations to

Farmers' Electric Cooperative

By Meghaan Evans

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lectric cooperatives’ commitment to community harkens back to their genesis. By bringing safe, reliable, and affordable power to unserved rural areas, co-ops provided the ultimate economic development boost. And they’re still offering that today.

“In our economy right now, the cooperative model makes it possible for communities to band together in ways that enrich the quality of life,” says Jo Ann Emerson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the organization that supports more than 900 electric co-ops across America.

Economic development efforts can range from building the relationships necessary to bring revenue-generating activities into a community to investing in partnerships with other businesses to create new jobs.

“Historically, electric cooperatives have fostered the concept of “self-help,” enabling commerce and employment by bringing wealth to the communities they serve via different types of “capital.” Electric cooperatives are perfectly positioned to do this because of their intimate knowledge of local assets and resources, as well as relationships with business, political and opinion leaders,” Emerson explains.

“Personal relationships are at the core of the cooperative business model, and the ability to establish and build those relationships is the key to successful economic development efforts,” she says. “Electric co-ops, for example, work hand-in-hand with chambers of commerce, industrial parks, agricultural producers, manufacturers, and small businesses. Economic development is essential not only to the prosperity of rural communities, but also to the cooperatives that serve them.

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Economic development doesn’t just provide the community with monetary value; it creates trusted partnerships between the co-ops and their communities,” says NRECA’s

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Emerson. “The true value in economic development is the improvement to the co-op member’s quality of life.

That is the cooperative purpose, and it’s what we’re about.”

Source: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

Meghaan Evans writes on consumer and cooperative affairs for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

Cooperative Principles

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Every October since 1930, not-for-profit cooperatives of all sorts have recognized National Cooperative Month as a way to educate the public about how co-ops work and to appreciate their many members. This year, your cooperative highlights the notions that guide all co-ops: the seven cooperative principles. These notions lead electric cooperatives to do business in a better way every single day.

No. 1: Voluntary and Open Membership

Electric cooperatives are open to anyone who is able to use its services, which means any person who moves into a co-op service area and uses the co-op lines for service is allowed membership.

No. 2: Democratic Member Control

Annual meetings serve as a way for members to get to know the people who run their co-op, and it’s where members are updated on business matters. Sixteen electric cooperative annual meetings are held each year in New Mexico. Central Valley Electric Cooperative in Artesia kicksoff the annual meeting season either in February or March, and Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative in Chama, ends the season in September.

“Democratic member control” means members vote for a trustee who represents them on a board, which governs the cooperative. Annual meetings also serve as the forum for electing trustees. Annual meetings are the day where your voice and vote count.

No. 3: Members’ Economic Participation

No. 4: Autonomy and Independence

Electric cooperatives form a vast network across America.

They’re found in 47 states, and cooperative-owned electric lines cover 42 percent of the nation’s land mass. But what’s unique is that each cooperative is an autonomous, independent business. Cooperatives work with their co-op neighbors, but members are the sole governors of the co-ops. Member-elected board of trustees approve policies and resolutions that inform the way co-ops do business.

Even though co-ops are independent entities, they still rely on one another to share resources, information and, in some cases, manpower. Electric co-ops have long relied on one another to get power restored more quickly after severe weather emergencies. Called “mutual-aid agreements,” it works just as it sounds: When a co-op needs extra help after a natural disaster such as a wildfire or ice storm, co-ops from neighboring towns and states help out. And when neighboring co-ops need help, New Mexico electric cooperatives sends crews to them.

No. 5: Education, Training, and Information

Cooperatives have a charge to keep their members informed—not just about cooperative business, but also about topics like energy efficiency, safety and community contribution. For example, enchantment, the publication you are reading now, is one way co-ops keep their members up-to-date on relevant news. You can also stay informed via co-op websites (your local electric cooperative website has a wealth of information to select upon), bill inserts, Facebook, and other sources of social media.

Because electric cooperatives are owned by its members, they do not create profits for distant shareholders. Any excess revenue—called “margins”—is allocated back to the membership in the form of capital credits, or patronage capital. Capital credits are “retired” and then paid back to members each year based on their purchases (in the case of electric cooperatives, electricity) from the cooperative. Margins are used by the co-op as working capital for a period of time, then paid back to individual members. As Keven J. Groenewold, executive vice president of New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, emphasizes in his column on page 5, nationally in 2012, $768 million in capital credits were retired, for a total of $11 billion since 1998! Allocating and retiring excess revenue to members help distinguish cooperatives. Cooperatives are proud to support their communities by putting money back into the local economy—and into the pockets of those they serve.

No. 6: Cooperation Among Cooperatives

No. 7: Concern for Community

Possibly the most visible of all the cooperative principles, the last is what drives electric co-ops to be good stewards of the communities they serve—Concern for Community.

Electric co-ops undertake a variety of projects, from food and book drives, to school electrical safety presentations, to offering scholarships, to sponsoring high school students to attend the Government-in-Action Youth Tour.

In 2009, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative in Taos, listened to the community when the call came to create a high-speed Internet network. The co-op applied for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for a fiber optic network.

Eventually funds were awarded in the amount of $65 million to connect every home and business in the co-op service area.

While the first priority of all electric co-ops is delivering safe, affordable, reliable electricity to the members served, co-ops also strongly believe in supporting and contributing to the development of local communities. Even if there were no ‘concern for community’ principle, every person who works at the co-op lives there too.

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Fifteen Years in the Making...

A Dream Comes True

BY KAREN BOEHLER

Gloria Gonzales had a dream one night almost 15 years ago, and now, after years of highs and lows, that dream is becoming a reality.

“I had a dream of a grand building and it had these arches, and I could smell these great chicharrones, and I could hear music, and I could hear children laughing.

Then, I woke up really exhilarated by this dream!” —Gloria Gonzales.

The New Mexico blue sky frames the Old Ribera Community School before the building's renovation evolved this August. Photo by Karen Boehler.

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The dream The reason Gonzales was so excited is the Ribera resident was looking for some place for the youth of the rural communities in San Miguel County to go to without having to travel all the way to Las Vegas.

“When kids from here go to West Las Vegas, if they’re in sports or music or anything, they leave at seven in the morning and return late at night,” she says. “I just felt that was too long of unsupervised time, were they really where they were supposed to be?”

Because of the lack of activities, Gonzales moved to Santa Fe because she wanted job opportunities for her four teenagers, and stayed there until her children were grown. After the dream, she realized that had some sort of community center existed, she may not have moved. Then, one day, on her way to the dump, she passed by an old schoolhouse, one she

Photos, clockwise: Gloria Gonzales listens as a workman explains what's next to be done in one of the old schoolhouse's many rooms. The hallway in the schoolhouse is filled with equipment, supplies and workers during construction, but once complete, it will be used to display art work. The old stone walls will remain visible wherever possible throughout the building. The multipurpose room is the largest room in the schoolhouse, and will be used for parties, classes and other community events. Photos by Karen Boehler.

had passed for years, and thought, ‘That’s the building in the dream!’

“The building” was the Old Ribera Community School which was built in the late 1800s. The facility burnt down in 1927 and was rebuilt. Although the history is somewhat murky, it was used as an elementary school for the Las Vegas school district until 1968, when a consolidated school was built for the entire district. Later, the Public Health Department used it as a well-baby and immunization clinic in the early 70s, and it was then used for Head Start classes from 1976 to 1978. But after that it sat vacant, with weather and vandalism taking its toll.

Community members unite Then, along came Gonzales, Rose and Johnny Montoya, Lucia Quintana, Richard Rivera, Tillie Rivera, and Angel Sandoval who formed the Los Pueblos Community Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to turning the building into a community cultural center.

“We’re focusing on families and children, their language; which some people are losing. Keep them abreast with their heritage. We’re going to do some genealogy work. And, we want to get the kids to learn about their own culture,” Gonzales says.

School ownership Initially, it seemed like it would be a fairly easy project. Gonzales contacted the West Las Vegas school’s superintendent, “And, he was so happy somebody wanted the school. He was really excited and ready to turn it over to me in a New York second.”

But others weren’t so certain, and besides, it turned out the building no longer belonged to the district.

The district had deeded it to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as part of a 22-acre patent of land, and the building encroached on 19 feet of that land. Things got even more complicated as Gonzales began researching the history of the building, trying to determine just who really owned the former school.

She convinced the BLM the building was historical and shouldn’t tear it down. She found no true deed from the school to the BLM, and got a quit claim deed from the county and school district; and The San Miguel del Bado land grant. That was 2006.

Funds trickle in for Center When the community council received its non-profit status, the land grant heirs deeded the property to the council, and money started coming in for the center.

The council had received private donations in 2006; funds from the United States Department of Agriculture in 2007; and funds from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 2008.

In 2009, title for the building was transferred from Los Pueblos Community Council to the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), with a plan for a lifetime lease to the council. The DCA approved funding for Phase 1 of the project, and additional money came from HUD. …continued on page 16 enchantment.coop

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The newly constructed Community Culture Center—where community members, friends and family can gather and share stories, learn more about their culture, and have and participate in events. Photo by Gloria Gonzales.

A Dream Comes True …continued from page 15

Phase 1 Phase 1 mostly involved demolition and stabilization, and cost more than expected.

“The demolition became very expensive because asbestos was found,” says project manager Eric Biderman. “Crews had to check for all the lead paint stuff. They had to check for buried oil storage containers. So there was a lot of money that went into just the demolition and remediation before we started building again.”

Several walls fell down, and had to be completely rebuilt. A bond beam, eight inches of cement three-feet high, was placed along the inside bottom for stabilization. The top was anchored with steel beams, tying everything together.

Once Phase 1 was complete, Biderman was hired—“he’s the frosting on the cake for us, because he’s really been able to oversee it well,” Gonzales says—an architect lined up and plans made. It was April 2012. “So we think we’re going to start construction. We’re so excited,” Gonzales says.

But a new administration was in power in Santa Fe, and it had different ideas.

Construction on hold, again “They showed up here out of the blue. Hadn’t seen them. Hadn’t heard from them. Hadn’t found them,” 16 OCTOBER 2013

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Gonzales says. “They supposedly had no files on us whatsoever. We supplied every paper and document of what had gone on in Phase 1. And, they told us we couldn’t build because it was their building and they would have to be in charge of it.”

So, once again, construction was put on hold for six months as the council had to work on buying back the building—which they previously owned— from the state and working out some final land purchases with the BLM. “In 15 years, I’ve earned a PhD in bureaucratic tolerance,” Gonzales laughs.

Almost there But finally, in late 2012, the construction phase on the building continued again, using as much local labor as possible. “One of the things that is really important to us is to use as many local people,” Biderman says. As of September 16, 2013, construction is 96 percent complete, final details for inspection are in progress, and Gonzales expects to obtain a “certificate of occupancy” this October as projected.

They are still short of funds for final projects, such as color coating the outside, finishing the flooring, equipping the kitchen, and installing the solar panels the building is plumbed for. “And, we’re ready, the items just have to go in,” Gonzales says.

“We didn’t wait and say, ‘We don’t have the money, we can’t do it.’ We acted as if we had it.” They will need operational fees, and hope some of the final supplies can be donated.

Once complete, the building will include a commercial kitchen; a hallway, which will feature an art showing space; an activity room; a multi-purpose room for parties, classes, events; a recreation room for after school activities; a library with high speed Internet and books about valley history and local arts, and culture; handicapped accessible bathrooms; and an office.

Books, shelves and wood flooring “We’d love to get books for the library,” Biderman says. “Particularly books about northern New Mexico and its history, culture, arts, Spanish colonial, books of that nature. And, if there’s anyone remodeling a home or school gymnasium, and there’s a pile of nice wood flooring or bookshelves, we could use them, that would be a big help,” says Biderman. “We’re good at recycling,” Gonzales emphasizes.

Everyone welcome And, with about 15 to 18 villages over the 15 to 20 miles of the land grant—about 5,000 people—the facility will be open to people from all around San Miguel and surrounding communities.

“With the money that we’ve put into this center, we want to have people from San Miguel, Harding, Guadalupe and Mora Counties,” she says. “We’d like it to kind of be the northern cultural center for these areas that have little entertainment available. We hope the center will grow to serve all these areas.”

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This is part of a nationwide call for photos effort by the National Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Fund (VVMF). The VVMF plans to build a museum near The Wall to display the photos of the over 58,000 Americans who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. The call for photos in New Mexico launched in October 2009.

Since then, family, friends and acquaintances have come forward with photos of these fallen heroes. But three photos are still lacking. These photographs are of fallen New Mexicans from the Navajo Nation. If you have any information, please contact Northern New Mexico Chapter #996 member, Art Canales via e-mail at artcan@ newmexico.com or call 505-986-8384.

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Phyllis Hotch says writing has been her lifeline through her husband’s illness and the tumultuous onslaughts of old age.

“Writing helps me to find the beauty, comedy, and patience that accompany illness and loss.”

Hotch’s poems are like a shaft of light left by vaporized emotions, filtered through waves of mystery and pain, “sequestered fragments/ streaming diamonds/fears burning/dark water . . .” Conscious of the palpable layers of herself and her deepest connections, the poet embraces memories of her beautiful mother, and of her lost daughter who is nonetheless present like a beam of moonlight, “a ray–only one–along my bed/I played it/with my fingers/like a harp/and filled the whole room.” Rudolfo Anaya says in his blurb for her cover, “Thank you, Phyllis, for these brilliant and sensitive insights into life’s joys and tragedies. Your poems renew our faith in the human spark that lights our path.”

Our young hero Jesse Harper has just graduated from high school and decided to join the Army. His father was awarded a Bronze Star for Valor during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. At home in New Mexico, Jesse knows how to drive an 18-wheeler and hopes to drive trucks for the Army. The author includes some well-written tales of a woman trucker and perils on the road. He describes in riveting detail the rollover of a cattle truck with live steers and the story of a heroic collie, Sergeant Sloan, who saves the day. Claffey also tells the brief life story of Jesse’s recruiter, Sergeant George Henry Begay, a member of the Navajo Nation whose maternal grandfather was a Code Talker in World War II. Soon Jesse finds himself driving a truck in Iraq­­—and chaos ensues.

The action is predictable and lacks emotional tension in spite of the frequent jaw tightening. All told, it reads more like a memoir than a novel.

I highly recommend this self-help book in which Amsden advocates bolstering self-esteem and developing healthy attitudes when dealing with chronic illness. Chronic illness often begins, as it did for her, with the devastating impact of a negative diagnosis. A practicing therapist for 30 years, Amsden draws on various resources such as Joseph Campbell and tai chi; she presents commonsense exercises such as how to look fear in the eye, how to listen to your body, positive thinking, breathing and centering techniques that can lead to transformation and healing.

She offers her insights with quiet authority and never turns preachy.

“To reclaim and strengthen our intuition, all we need to do is open our hearts and listen,” she writes.

One of her fundamental messages is that we need to stop blaming others for our wounds, take back our power and change our lives from within. “Forgiveness opens our eyes and allows us to see ourselves and our world very differently,” she says.

This is a first novel for Ann Clemons, but hopefully not the last. Clemons has spent a lifetime working and playing in the equestrian world, involved in wild horse rescue and a program of equine counseling for humans.

She draws on her own rich experience to create with a sure hand and delicate sensibility Hawk, an older emaciated stallion that has just been taken forever from his herd. Her characters spring to life on the page with the story of Elena, an orphaned, indigenous girl of 17, who was removed from her tribe and placed in the foster system. On this touching journey of self-discovery, Elena finds refuge at last on the Layton Ranch with George and Sally, who treat her like one of the family. The girl identifies with the anguish of the lonely stallion, but finds an ancient ruin on the mesa that sparks visions of running with the herd. A bracing story and a lovely read!

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or an inspiring place to create art, Corinne Marie has a lot going for her.

Her Torrance county home and workshop are situated where the pinon-juniper woods edge up to the expansive prairie that peters out somewhere near the Oklahoma-Arkansas line. It’s here, under the filtered shade of New Mexico locust trees, that Corinne communes with the proverbial canvas.

But Corinne’s canvas is something most unusual. Teamed with her younger sister Dienna Genther, the two of them are engaged in a business we will all have to deal with someday: our ultimate demise. Together in a business called “The Old Pine Box,” Dienna is the craftsman; it is she who builds the custom coffins and urns. Some are stock coffins, a sort of one-size-fits-all, while others are made-to-order for those who look ahead. Corinne adorns the coffins and urns with beautiful art created with wood stain, paint, and etchings cut by burning wood.

Corinne came to arid New Mexico from rain-soaked western Washington by way of travels with Uncle Sam—a 20-year hitch in the U.S. Air Force. She enlisted shortly after high school and wended her way through stays in Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, Guam, and Nevada. Near the end of her service career she landed at Kirtland Air Force Base. It was there she mustered out, and it is here she has remained in retirement, going on 17 years.

Corinne calls herself “a compulsive painter. I’ll paint anything,” she says. “Been that way all my life. I started with crayons as a kid, went to colored pens and pencils, and eventually took up watercolors, acrylics and oils. I’ll use plain old latex house paint just to paint something.”

She’s also pragmatic and frugal. In the Nevada desert near a previous air force station, she gathered cow skulls off the desert floor. Some adorn her living room wall with still life and abstracts on the dried bones looking very much like the art that ornamented the album covers of the Eagles in the 1970s. The munitions boxes—air force discards—that carried bullets now sport her creations. “I like to salvage things,” says Corinne, “and give it new life.”

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Conversations awake the muse in Corrine M arie And one has to think that’s a sentiment that many of her clients shared, too: hoping for a new life when this one ends. And her clients go out in style. Much of the art that Corinne creates is done quickly.

Clients volunteer what kind of person the deceased was like in life.

The conversations stimulates the muse. “One person was a decorated airman; I painted medals and an airplane on the coffin top. Then there’s been angels, ranch scenes, the Virgin Mary, and scenes more macabre like images from the day of the dead.”

One has to admit, her craft is an unusual way to make a living, and when she launched into it, she had concerns. “Dealing with death isn’t easy” Corinne offers. “But there is no ghoul-factor in the work. I view it as creating art and woodworking. I continue to be humbled to adorn a coffin that carries another’s loved one.” Much of Corinne’s creations are short-lived. “I can’t get too attached to my work,” she says. “Most of it is viewed for only a short time, then covered with dirt, or turned to ash in cremation.”

But not always so. Urns and vessels are kept for viewing, and she’s painted, stained or etched a fair number of those over the years. She’s venturing now into pet urns and pet portraits. Her past work has been fairly simple—floral on pine to a much more elaborate scene of a cowboy and an angel in the show room. The coffin stands upright with an iconic cowpoke wrapped in the wings and of an angelic figure with a face like Marilyn Monroe, as if he’s being well cared for.

While death becomes no one, the creations at “The Old Pine Box” are certainly unique. They make simple yet beautiful vessels by which your earthly remains can spend all of eternity. And you can know this, the art that adorns them comes from someone who lives in the muse.

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By Doreen Friel he holidays are right around the corner, and if you’re like most people, travel and festivities can put a dent in your wallet. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With the right planning now, you can avoid paying for the holidays well into the new year. Here are some smart moves to help control your expenses and keep you from racking up a lot of holiday-related debt: Consider how you will get there. If you’re not celebrating locally, try to determine the most economical way to get to your destination. Can you drive, or is it essential that you fly? If you have to transport three or more people, for instance, driving a distance of 6-8 hours or less might save a significant amount of money. If you need to fly, consider purchasing your plane tickets as early as you can.

Gifts, gifts, and more gifts. Talk with your friends and family about doing less this year—perhaps with a group activity, such as a “Secret Santa,” where there’s a set budget and each person buys for just one other. Some families agree to buy only for children. Regardless, begin as far ahead of the holidays as possible so you can buy gifts gradually and on sale.

Consider when you’ll celebrate the holidays. It’s not for everyone, but some people actually celebrate the holidays at different times. You can save substantially on travel during off-peak times, and, if you buy gifts later, you could also take advantage of post-holiday sales.

Start thinking about next year.

Follow the same “plan ahead” theme for the 2014 holidays. Setting

Planning ahead will help you make smart financial decisions: ones that may help avoid a holiday hangover.

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Enchanted Journeys October 4 - 6 • Mt. Taylor Mt. Taylor Quilt Guild Show Cibola County Convention Center, 505-285-3762

October 10 - 13 • Truth or Consequences Sierra County Fair Fairgrounds, 575-894-1968

October 5 • Golden Annual Fiesta de San Francisco de Assis Historic Old Church, 505-286-1023

October 11 - 12 • Artesia Regional Swap Meet & Car Corral 1802 W. Main Street, 575-746-9477

October 5 • Tularosa Trinity Site Breakfast & Tour High School Football Parking Lot, 575-437-6120

October 11 - 12 • Socorro 11th Annual Socorrofest Historic Plaza, 575-835-8927

October 5 - 6 • Clayton 40th Annual Arts Festival Civic Center, 575-374-9810

October 11 - November 3 • Tome Dia de Los Muertos Show Tome Art Gallery, 505-565-0556

Matachines dancers perform at the Fiesta de San Francisco de Assis Historic Old Church in Golden. Photo courtesy of Janice Broxterman.

October 5 - 6 • El Rito El Rito Studio Tour Throughout the Village, 575-581-0155

October 12 • Deming Holy Family & New Beginnings Fall Festival Corner of Copper & Ash, 575-544-2195

October 19 - 20 • Portales 40th Annual Peanut Valley Festival Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, 575-356-8541

October 5 - 6 • Taos 30th Annual Wool Festival Kit Carson Park, 575-758-8234

October 12 - 13 • Moriarty Bean Valley Gun Show Civic Center, 505-281-3755

October 20 • Alamogordo 11th Annual Turquoise & Silver Tea Willie Estrada Civic Center, 575-437-2202

October 6 - 10 • Lincoln Billy the Kid’s Historic Regulator Ride Wortley Hotel, 505-286-4585

October 12 - 14 • Abiquiu Abiquiu Studio Tour Throughout Abiquiu, 505-685-4454

October 20 • Deming 84th Annual Klobase & BBQ Luna County Courthouse Park, 575-546-9783

October 7 - 13 • Socorro National Wildlife Refuge Week Bosque del Apache & Sevilleta, 575-835-1828

October 18 - 19 • Ruidoso Oktoberfest Convention Center, 575-257-6171

October 25 - 26 • Fort Sumner Art on Pecos Sixx Shooter Gallery, 575-355-6666

October 9 - 11 • Cimarron Fall Sale Sr. Hildegarde Parish Hall, 575-376-2417

October 19 • Tucumcari ENM Bluegrass & Old Tyme Music Fair Barn, 575-461-1694

October 26 • Columbus Pancho’s 8th Annual Car Show Pancho Villa State Park, 575-531-2711

October 9 - 13 • Deming Southwestern New Mexico State Fair Luna County Fairgrounds, 575-546-5255

October 19 - 20 • High Rolls Apple Festival Mountain Park, 575-682-6044

October 26 • Cloudcroft Harvest Fall Festival Nivison Library, 575-682-2733

October 10 - 12 • Socorro Alamo Indian Days Alamo Reservation, 575-835-8927

October 19 - 20 • Jemez Valley 10th Annual 26 Mile Trail Sale Follow Signs Throughout Valley, 575-829-9126

October 26 • Crownpoint Crownpoint Navajo Rug Auction Elementary School, 505-786-5302

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Drinking Water Storage Tanks, Heavy Duty Black Poly, proven algae resistant, 125 to 11,000 gallons, NRCS and EQUIP approved. Please give us a chance to serve you!! MasterCard/Visa.

575-682-2308, 1-800-603-8272.

Tractor Parts: Save 15-50% on quality replacement parts for tractors. Large inventory for 8N and 9N Fords and TO20+TO30 Massey Fergusons. Valley Motor Supply, 1402 E. 2nd, Roswell, NM 88201. 575-622-7450.

Solar Submersible Well Pumps. Easy to install, reliable, and affordable. Pumps and controller carry a two year warranty. Affordable installation is available. For more information visit www. solarwellpumpsonline.com or call 505-429-3093.

Water Tank: 10, 000 gallon galvanized steel, potable, clean with manway.

Suitable for subdivision, livestock, etc. $6,000. Will deliver. 575-756-4100.

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Affordable Solar Pumps. New PVM centrifugal or helical rotor pumps. Pump water from well up to 800 feet. Contact Solutions4u at 505-407-6553 or solutions4u@yucca.net, www.solutions4usolar.com Tired of cranking up the generator? Call and see if we have a Solution 4U! Wanted: Older Airstream, Spartan, Silver Streak, Avion or similar style travel trailer. Any condition considered.

Finders fee paid for your help. Please call Rick at 505-690-8272.

Overhead Feed Bins. 1 to 4 compartment, 12 to 48 tons. Save $45 to $75 per ton bulk vs. sack feed. Emery Welding, Clayton, NM, www.emerywelding.com or 575-374-2320.

ROADS!!! We have proven solutions for your ongoing problems with your dirt and gravel roads. Our surface drainage systems, once installed, are guaranteed to reduce your need for road maintenance. They will retain the surfacing materials in place, eliminate washouts and erosion, eliminate mud holes, and harvest the road water runoff to increase forage. We employ the principles of surface hydrology in our design and construction of dirt road drainage systems. We also do uplands arroyo/gully erosion control, stream channel stabilization/restoration, wetland restoration, and irrigation diversions. We are a licensed and insured New Mexico General Contractor providing services statewide to public and private entities.

References and resume available on request. Rangeland Hands, Inc. Website: www.rangelandhands.com; E-mail: rangehands@gmail.com; Call 505-470-3542 or 505-455-0012.

For Sale: Howse 5 Foot Bush Hog, 3 point hookup, $500. Call 575-648-2292 or 505-506-6340.

Things That Go Vroom! (Vehicles) Vintage Finds (Antiques & Collectibles) When Opportunity Knocks (Business & Employment)

6. Mail your ad and payment to: NMRECA 614 Don Gaspar Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87505

Make check or money order payable to NMRECA 24 OCTOBER 2013

Heavy Duty Brand New Tandem dual flatbed trailers: Pierced frame, low profile, torque tube, double jacks, tool box & more. 24,000# GVWR 28´- $8,350; 30´$8,500, center pop up & spare included! www.sandiatrailer.com or 1-800-8320603. Still buying your old, unused horse, stock, flatbed, enclosed trailers.

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by Forest River. Has all upgrades, all fiberglass body, insulted (four seasons), super quiet, ONAN 5500 generator and fully self-contained. Single owner, special ordered with upgrades, larger AC, larger water heater, larger tanks rear towing hitch. Auto vents with rain sensors, skylight, awnings over all slide outs. Barn stored, non-smoker, no pets. Paid $45,000 brand new. Willing to sacrifice for $24,000. Two 1998 WaveRunners with trailer and covers, 2 strokes, GP 1200 and XL750 approximately 150 hours on each, $4,500. 505385-0071 or 505-249-8970.

920 Case diesel tractor; 2 (7) yard dump trucks; 2 (20) F flat bed trailers; 1 gooseneck; 1 pull type; 246 International engine overhauled; 5.9 Cummins diesel engine, 100K miles, transmission and rear end. Chevrolet 350 engine, transmission, and rear end, 15K miles. 505-617-4141 or 505-454-0781.

Delta 20 Inch Scroll Saw on table, $100; ShopSmith saw has tools and it all with vacuum, $3,000; 12x16 Morgan shed, $2,200; Delta 16” band saw, $200; Delta 10” table saw, $300; two rollaway boxes with tools, $350 each; 6: bench grinder on stand, $85; Ridgid drill press 15” inch, $300. Moriarty, 505-252-2683.

Bridgeport Series II Special Mill, 4J head w/4HP motor, quick switch 300 spindle, 5” quill feed, 11”x58” table, 30” X-Axis travel, 15” Y-Axis travel, 6” Riser on main column. Clayton, NM. 575-374-2320.

14’ Dump Box: Holds 10-12 yd. fits tandem axle truck. Includes hydraulic lift cylinder, $1,500. Two contractors racks for pickups, $250 each. 555 Ford backhoe for parts only or scrap, $1,500.

Transfer pump for extra fuel tank on pickup, $200. Two, 250 gallon propane tanks for scrap only. Over 75 pieces ceramic molds, $100. 575-354-2443 leave message.

Medical Power Wheelchair, Streamer Sport, new condition, cost over $5,000. $400 OBO. Call 575-484-3147.

Box Trailer, 78” L. New condition, cost $2,588.12. $400 OBO. Call 575-484-3147.

Country Critters Registered Australian Shepherd Puppies.

Blues, Reds, Tris, Blacks. One litter here, one on the way. kandylopez2@aol.com or 575-536-9500.

Livestock Round-Up New Mexico Drinking Water Storage Tanks, Heavy Duty Black Poly. Fittings customized to your needs NRCS and EQUIP approved. NMwatertanks. com, 1-800-603-8272. Also new Servel propane gas refrigerators, 8 cubic feet.

Kitchen or remote cabin. 575-682-2308.

Used irrigation pipe. PVC & aluminum in 6, 8 or 10 inch. Also, used bonnets and connections you might need. Call 505469-6666 for information.

Miniature Donkeys For Sale. Lots of fun.

E-mail: donkeysfarm@yahoo.com or call 254-965-7224.

Miniature Cattle: Jersey Bull (18 mo.).

Red Beltie Bull (mature). Proven.

Superior Genetics! Females also. Call 505-384-1101.

Mountain Top Goats For Sale. Excellent milkers, bucks, cabrito, 4-H, weed eaters, and pets. Nubians, La Manchas, mini Nubians, mini La Manchas, Nigerian dwarfs, and boer goats.

Capitan, 575-354-2846 after 7:00 p.m.

BUFFALO MEAT, GRASS-FED, ALL CUTS, USDA inspected. All natural (no hormones, antibiotics, chemicals) low cholesterol, heart-healthy, non-allergic, wholes.

Skulls, Hides, By-products, Gift Certificates, 575-278-2316 Tom and Inge Bobek.

AQHA 8 y/o Chestnut Mare, #4574948.

Barrel Horse out of Doc Olena and sire Blackburn 41 with 4 mo. colt at side/out of Poco Bueno. $2,500. 505-281-9853.

Wanted: Winter Pasture (December til April or May) for 4 horses. Lance 575-779-6381.

Brands For Sale - 7 LH and – L LR. Call 5758-799-1435.

Registered Black Angus Bulls. 18-24 months old. kandylopez2@aol.com or 575-536-9500. Can deliver.

Barred Rock Laying Hens, $15 each or make offer on flock of 170. Half hatched 1-2012, half 10-2012. Raised uncaged, free-range near Eagle Nest, NM. E-mail agnesgibson@hughes.net or call 575-595-3082 or 575-377-6128.

Get Better Grass Mileage! Mules for sale, all ages. These are good looking mules out of sensible mares and a large mammoth jack. E-mail kbrown@ bacavalley.com or call 575-278-2177 or 575-278-2179.

Part-time Rancher will build barbed wire fences, catch pens, and pipe corrals at economical rates. 505-635-1097.

Coffins: Handcrafted Solid Wood from $680. Several models suitable for burial or cremation. Statewide delivery available. For a FREE catalog and funeral information booklet, please visit www.theoldpinebox.com or call 505-286-9410.

Liquid Storage Tanks, many sizes/shapes in stock. Agricultural, commercial, industrial, water. FDA specs. www.westerntank.com or 1-888-999-8265. Discounts to everyone! Delivery available.

Looking for Water? Gifted to find underground streams. Reputable dowser, 45 years experience. To God be the glory!

Contact Joe Graves at 575-758-3600. In Taos, 75 miles north of Santa Fe. God Bless You. Murphy Panel Bed Cabinets. Save space and money. www.wallbedsbybergman. com or call 505-286-0856.

Homemade For The Hunter’s Camp.

Pecos Pablo Hunter Packs. Capulin, assorted jellies, raw honey, caramel nut rolls, bread, etc. Special bulk order for hungry hunters. Pecos or Santa Fe, pecospablo@hotmail.com or 505-603-2310.

License Holders for Unit 48. Be scent free and successful, stay at Moleski Camp, LLC. You can shower daily and we’ll do your laundry on-site. Guide yourself or I’ll connect you with local, qualified guides. Also available for Unit 46 one ES and one A authorizations. Don’t beat up your RV trying to take it up in the White’s Peak area. Call Jerry at 575-668-2103.

For Sale: Acorn Superglide 120 stairlift.

Nine months old. Complete package: instructions, DVD, chair and track. Currently mounted. Sold as is, where is. Guaranteed to be working as new. Asking $1,995, negotiable.

Weekends/evenings: 575-625-0615; working hours: 575-624-8020; mobile: 719-213-1396.

For Sale: Three Alpine goats, females. 2 lactating and 1 yearling. Calm, bottlefed as babies and organically fed, $150 each. E-mail benesblueheavenfarms@ yahoo.com or call Ken 505-927-9058.

New Mexico Magazine 1980 - 2011. Almost complete file. Cost: $15, cost of this ad. You pick up in Gallup area.

505-778-5705.

Small Horse Facility For Sale or lease.

Three fenced paddocks, 2 fenced pastures, sheds and large double-wide on 10 acres. Irrigation, wells, paved roads near Tularosa, $230,000 cash.

575-430-2876.

For Sale: 150 feet of used cedar fencing, $550 for 462 Dog Ear pickets; 36 stringers; 20 posts; one wood gate with hardware. Buyer must pick up in San Antonio, NM. Call for details 970-250-8139.

Proven Angus Cross Bull, 3 years-old, throws small, fast growing calves, good Heffer bull. Gently and calm disposition. Call 575-838-2333.

Odds & Ends

Ruger Model 77; Caliber: 30/06, $500.

Winchester Model 70; Caliber: 243, $575. Remington Model 772; Caliber: 22-250; Jewel Trigger, $600. Circle Y youth saddle, 14” seat, $275. W-W Trailer, GN, New 7,000 lbs. axle, 3-horse converted to 4, $1,800. Ron @ 505-670-4845.

Ethan Allen Dining Set. Early American Maple with 6 chairs. Table expands from 4 foot round to 6½ foot oval. $1,500. Jo An, 505-847-0829.

For Sale: Cement Mixer, Ford N9 not running, and pellet stove. Call 505-903-9348.

Roof Over Your Head Reserve, NM. Half acre with cabin.

Borders Gila National Forest. Concrete slab, septic system, beautifully landscaped. Electricity and water to property line. Located at end of paved road. $39,000. 575-533-6274.

I would like to purchase the Real Estate Contract, Mortgage or Deed of Trust for which you are receiving payments.

Please call for fast pricing and quick closing. E-mail: pinonview@aol.com Barbara Baird, 1-800-458-9847.

TAOS LAND FOR SALE: Many lots ranging from 1.3 to 3.1 acres, all with well share and electric, many with natural gas.

Lower Las Colonias/Camino Tortuga, 6 miles to Town of Taos. Manufactured housing approved. Owner financing available. Low monthly payments. Call for details, Mark @ Crossroads Realty, 575-758-3837, 575-770-0831.

4 acres farmland. Utilities include: well, septic system, and electricity. Steel metal garage/cement slab. Fenced.

Irrigation rights. Fawn fesque grass with alfalfa mix. Contact Lisa, 505699-1137. Property located in San Acacia, NM. Owner financing.

Water Dowsing and Consulting. 37 years experience, proven success in Lincoln County, will travel, call Elliot Topper, 575-354-2984.

FOR SALE: VIGAS, HOUSE LOGS cut from standing, dead, dry Spruce. Up to 45 ft.

Will custom cut. Forked Cedar posts for ramadas, corn driers and cedar fence posts. Call 575-638-5619.

For Sale: Mora Valley. Approximately 20 acres dry land and 15 acres mountains.

Serious Inquiries Only. Contact Mike at 505-753-6338.

284 Acre Ranch, Monticello Canyon: with 3.8 acres, leveled, irrigated fields.

1,000 sq. ft. 2 bedroom, 1 bath original adobe home w/electric, phone, well.

20 paved miles from T or C. Must sell.

602-740-3489.

Sumner Lake, 2+ acres with mobile home, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, appliances, W/D, wood stove, enclosed porch, 40’ patio cover, deck with lake view, fenced, shed, septic, good well, furnished. $58,000. 505-281-1739 or 505-550-5690.

Manzano Mountain Retreat. 33 acres, nice cabin, 2 bedroom, 1 bath plus 2 cabins 60% complete, Torreon, New Mexico.

Good well, $209,000, new loan. 1 hour from Albuquerque and 90 minutes from Santa Fe. Call 505-384-4259.

Gorgeous Doublewide Repo For Sale! Bad/ no credit? No problem! Owner financing is available. Payments as low as $399/mo. Call Julio now @ 505-9080958 for more information.

Great Location, Across From Española’s Rio Grande Sun. Historic adobe building upgraded; last used as restaurant, 2,700 square ft. Hardwood floors.

Nice business opportunity. Please call Ramos R. Medina @ 505-692-3510.

119 Acre Ranch In La Jara with two residents, a barn, large shop and a couple of small elk and small game move around and through the ranch.

Altitude approximate 7,000 feet in the foot hills of the Jemez Mountains in Sandoval county. Asking $350K, phone 575-233-2033, 505-281-1840.

Pecos River Get-Away in Hidden Valley gated community. 5 miles north of Pecos. Fishing rights-150 feet from the Pecos River. Furnished 14x60 mobile home on 0.17 acres, screened deck, 14x24 addition, wood stove. $155,000.

505-820-6953. Will consider financing.

2005 RV, 29 Ft. Coachman, Capri. One pop out. Must see, $12,500. Phone 575-937-0281.

For Sale: 4.1 Acres In Edgewood, New Mexico, with single wide mobile home, barn, 3 stall carport, $62,000. Owner financing available with down payment required. Call 505-256-1904.

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Land For Sale: 35 Acres in Alamosa County, Colorado, $35,000. Domestic well on property, electric at property line, needs septic. Must build.

No mobile homes. Horses allowed.

Less than 5 miles away from City of Alamosa and schools. Call 719-589-2378. $175,000 will get you a 10+ acre homestead in Central Western NM. A well, septic system, electric, 14x56 mobile home, small tool shed, garden shed, greenhouse, guest cabin, and a storage shed. 505-495-9927.

Canjilon Land For Sale: 2 acres paved road to land. Electric and phone at road. Community water at road. Great views. $35,000. 575-638-5619.

Mountain Canyon Home near Ramah, NM. Two-story, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 3,000 sq. ft., 5 acres. See forsalebyowner.com on Internet, ID#23932609, $299,000.

Call 505-783-4190.

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High Rolls, NM. Property. Views beyond Tularosa Basin, perfect climate at approx. 6,500 ft. elevation. 4.9 useable acres, single level three bedroom pristine home, workshop. 24-hour recorded description at 1-800-4725510 (ID #2129). Blue Canyon Realty, 575-682-BLUE. 2,000 Sq. Ft. 1890s adobe. 2 bedroom, 1 bath on 1.5 acres w/river, Rt. 75, Peñasco, NM. Formerly a general store, it would make a great live in cafe, art gallery, studio, etc. New septic, insulation and plumbing. $180,000. artstudio@kitcarson.net or 575-587-0202.

Price Reduced: Home, 20 Acres, barns, $145,000 OBO. Good well, new roof, fenced. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, updated.

Off Hwy. 39 near Mosquero school, churches, private. 575-673-0088, 575-643-6477.

House And 1.381 Acres Irrigated land for sale in San Pedro. Two bedrooms, 1 bath, 2 carports, work shop. Asking $172,000. Call 505-614-6383 for further information.

House For Sale By Owner. 500 Seventh Street, Magdalena, NM. Two bedroom adobe with newer frame addition.

Recent upgrade, new stucco, windows, doors, flooring, central heating/air conditioning, wood heaters, metal privacy fence, appliances included. Asking $59,000 OBO. 505-877-2127.

Have a safe and Happy Halloween.

Quemado Lake, NM. 1 Mile from lake in Gila National Forest. ½ acre, 14x60 mobile home with 10x15 room addition, 10x8 storage shed, carport, 20x30 garage. Good vacation home. $80,000, can negotiate, 575-773-4740.

In the Ensenada, New Mexico area: one, two and three acre lots located next to paved road, power available, acequia (ditch) runs through property with beautiful pine trees and outstanding view of Brazos Cliffs. Also available are irrigated properties. Down payment required, owner financing.

505-249-8970.

Mountainair, NM Land. 154 AC w/older home, $155,000. 315 AC (no improvements), $173,500. Spencer Land & Cattle, Richard Spencer Qualifying Broker. 505-847-2421 or 505-705-0386.

Things That Go Vroom!

For Sale: Toyota Forklift, $2,500. Terra Trac Bulldozer $2,000. 66 Pontiac Convertible, $6,500. Dodge Pickup, $1,000. Horse Hot Walker, $1,000.

Prices are negotiable or will consider trades of comparable value.

575-694-0017.

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1990 Corvette Convertible, $8,600. Santa Fe. Super condition. White exterior, red interior, 62,000 miles. Always garaged.

One owner. Automatic, 350cc, electric locks, factory CD, A/C. 505-820-6953 or 505-690-6902.

1991 Chrysler LeBaron convertible. Good body, not running, needs engine work. $750 OBO. Leave message for Robert 575-687-4465. Cloudcroft, NM. 2002 L/S Izuzu Trooper. Excellent condition! Loaded. Skylight, Michelin tires with extra set of mud/snow tires. 4WD, automatic, V-6 24 valve. Must see.

Tijeras, NM $5,595, 505-281-9853.

2005 Yamaha Vino Scooter 125cc, 1,938 miles. 70-90+ mpg. Regular fuel.

Stored indoors entire life. Lives in Taos. $1,200. 575-776-8615.

1990 Honda NT650 HawkGT. 11,119 gently ridden miles. Near showroom. Stored indoors, not ridden for 5 years.

Freshly serviced. Kerker exhaust, Tara fairing soft-bags & more. $3,400.

575-776-8615.

Ford Bus E-350 Spartugus Body. 14 passenger + driver. 2 wheelchair locks.

Hydro-wheelchair lift. Excellent upholstery. New tires. 78,000 miles. Phone 575-714-0241.

For Sale: 1998 Red 4x4 K2500 standard cab pickup, 54,500 miles, Layton DUMP flat bed, $9,900 firm. Call 575-7561119, Chama, NM.

Vintage Finds Buying Old Stuff: Gas pumps and parts 1960s or earlier, advertising signs, neon clocks, old car parts in original boxes, motor oil cans, license plate collections, Route 66 items, old metal road signs, odd and weird stuff. Fair prices paid.

Have pickup, will travel. Gas Guy in Embudo, 505-852-2995.

Wanted: New Mexico Motorcycle License Plates 1900 - 1958. Paying $100 - $1,000 each. Also buying some New Mexico car plates 1900 - 1923. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 88052-0640.

E-mail: NMhistory@totacc.com or telephone 575-382-7804.

I buy Spanish Colonial spurs, stirrups, horse bits with jingles, weapons, etc.

Also, old New Mexico handmade/ carved furniture. Call 505-753-9886.

Wanted: New Mexico Automobile License Directory (“The Zia Book”), and Motor Vehicle Register books, 1900 - 1949.

Library discards OK. Paying $75 $100 per volume. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 88052-0640. E-mail: NMhistory@totacc.com or telephone 575-382-7804.

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Four Shelf System For Long bed Van - 1 each: 12’ section, 8½’ section, 3½’ section, 5’ tall. 16 pc. 7x2 - grids for craft displays, etc. New 225 gallon water tank fits in PU. 3 - blacksmith leg or post vices. 16 ft. flatbed trailer bumper pull.

4 wheel Doctor’s Buggy w/top. 2 - 4 year old ponies. All in good condition. Bob 505-847-2749, Mountainair, NM. 1873 Winchester .44. 1890 Winchester. 22 pump. 1864 Remington Rolling Block 7mm. All rifles in fair to good condition. $2,500 for all or trade for economy car/truck. 505-757-2231.

Wanted: New Mexico Highway Journal magazine, 1923 - 1927. Paying $10 $25 single issues, $400 - $800 bound volumes. Library discards OK. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 880520640. E-mail: NMhistory@totacc.com or telephone 575-382-7804.

Railroad Items Wanted: Lanterns, locks, keys, badges, uniforms, dining car china, etc. Especially seeking items from early New Mexico railroads such as: AT&SF, D&RG, EP&NE, EP&SW, and C&S. Randy Dunson, 575-356-6919.

Pre-estate Sale: Antiques, collectibles, miscellaneous items at DanCyn’ Windmill Museum, Hwy. 60, Pie Town, NM. Join the fun on September 14. Find a treasure.

Ready For Halloween? Put your outfit together at Rough Rider Antiques in Las Vegas. We have military gear, dozens of hats, gently used clothing, acres of jewelry. On display: a spooky old-fashioned coffin and life-size medical skeleton. New inventory each week.

You never know what you’ll find at Rough Rider Antiques. 501 Railroad and East Lincoln. Open every day.

505-454-8063.

When Opportunity Knocks Storage Units, McIntosh, New Mexico.

Office and 98 units, 2.25 acres, Highway frontage w/room for additional business. Call 505-384-5163.

Rural Convenience Store with Package Liquor License, living quarters on 1.3 acres with 3 acre foot well. Borders Gila National Forest. FSBO. Call 575-533-6274.

4 Acre RV Park and laundry. Two houses for sale by owner. Also owner finance. $230,000. 575-531-2125, Columbus, NM on Hwy 11.

For Sale: 10.9 Acres on I-40, 30 miles west of Santa Rosa, NM. Exit 243. Has building for business. Please call 575472-5088 or 505-259-3906.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation Required by 39 USC 3685 Filed with the USPS on 10-01-13 enchantment (publication number 175-880) is published monthly at 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505. Twelve issues are published annually with a subscription price of $4 paid by rural cooperative members in their electric bills.

The name and complete mailing address of the publisher is: The New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc., 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.

The name and complete mailing address of the editor is Susan M. Espinoza, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.

The owner is The New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. (NMRECA). There are no known bondholders or other security holders.

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The average number of copies of each issue during the preceding twelve months are: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months a. Total No. Copies (net press run) ............125,034 b. Paid Circulation (1) Outside County................................124,306 (2) In-County ................................................ -0(3) Sales Through Dealers ............................. -0(4) Other Classes........................................... -0c. Total Paid Distribution (Sum of 15b(1) through 15b(4)) ...........124,306 d. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (1) Outside County.......................................729 (2) In-County ................................................ -0(3) Other Classes........................................... -0(4) Outside the Mail.....................................672 e. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (Sum of 15d(1) through 15d(4)) ...............1,401 f. Total Distribution (Sum of 15c and 15e).........125,707 g. Copies Not Distributed .................................807 h. Total (Sum of 15f and 15g) ...................126,514 i. Percent Paid (15c divided by 15f times 100) ...98.88% No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date a. Total No. Copies (net press run) ............124,940 b. Paid Circulation (1) Outside County................................123,433 (2) In-County ................................................ -0(3) Sales Through Dealers ............................. -0(4) Other Classes........................................... -0c. Total Paid Distribution (Sum of 15b(1) through 15b(4)) ...........123,433 d. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (1) Outside County....................................1,507 (2) In-County ................................................ -0(3) Other Classes........................................... -0(4) Outside the Mail.....................................690 e. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (Sum of 15d(1) through 15d(4)) ...............2,197 f. Total Distribution (Sum of 15c and 15e).........125,630 g. Copies Not Distributed .................................820 h. Total (Sum of 15f and 15g) ...................126,450 i. Percent Paid (15c divided by 15f times 100) ...98.25% I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete.

Susan M. Espinoza, Editor

Tribute to the Statue of Liberty‌Great Job! Let's go Turkey for November's topic. Try your hand at some funshaped and colorful Turkeys. Have a gobble of a time!

A blanket of snow will soon cover the ground, and doors will burst open as we go out and play in the December weather! Draw what you see outside: snowmen, elk, trees, birds, kids sledding, dogs leaping in the snow. Use your colorful imagination. Have fun!

Remember: Print your name, age, mailing address, phone number, and co-op name on your drawings. Otherwise, your drawings are disqualified. Remember: color, dark ink or pencil on plain white 8.50 x 11.00 size paper is best. Mail to: Youth Editor, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Entries must be here by the 9th of the month before publication. Each published artist receives $10 for his or her work.

Kati Baker, Age 7, Portales

Estevan Chavez, Age 12, McIntosh

Caleb Martin, Age 13, Capitan

Jessica Gonzales, Age 8, Cuba

Hudson Ortega, Age 10, Cerro

Dresdyn Vallejos, Age 6, Carrizozo

Samantha Williams, Age 8, Lovington

David Vargas, Age 7, Columbus

Esperanza Lopez, Age 5, Socorro

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