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enchantment April 1, 2012 • Vol. 64, No. 4 USPS 175-880 • ISSN 0046-1946 Circulation 124,964

CONTENTS

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. Nonmember subscriptions are available at $8 per year or $13 for two years, payable to NMRECA. Allow four to eight weeks for delivery.

Baseball swings into action this spring. The Pecos League features six teams, with names ranging from Pupfish to Invaders to Fuego, that will sweep across New Mexico for a fun-filled action season. Cover story by Karen Boehler. On the cover, California native Josh Grady was one of the top Roswell Invader pitchers in their first season, getting picked up by a higher-level team midway through the season. Photo by Robert Bailey.

Periodical Postage paid at Santa Fe, NM 87501-9998 and additional mailing offices.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS 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 Hal B. Keeler............................................................... Columbus Electric Cooperative, Deming Arsenio Salazar...............................................Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Grants Lance R. Adkins...............................................................Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Clovis Kenneth T. Borrego.....................................Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Española Robert Caudle.......................................................Lea County Electric Cooperative, Lovington Robert M. Quintana........................................... Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Mora Thomas 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 John Ingle...................................................Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma NATIONAL DIRECTOR David Spradlin..............................................................................................................Springer MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Donald Woldberg, Chairman......................................................Socorro Electric Cooperative Hal B. Keeler.............................................................................Columbus Electric Cooperative Lance R. Adkins......................................................................... Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Kenneth T. Borrego.................................................... Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Robert M. Quintana.....................................................Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative

Batter Up!

FEATURES

9 YLC Delegate Represents New Mexico 9 Icon of the West 10 School's in Session for Teachers 15 NRECA Annual Meeting

Thousands of electric cooperative leaders gather to conduct business at the NRECA Annual Meeting.

Lovington high school student, Josh Gutierrez, takes on a leadership role at the NRECA Annual Meeting.

A collection of over seventy windmills, dating back as far as the 1800s, finds a new home.

New Mexico educators have an opportunity to attend an agriculture conference this summer.

DEPARTMENTS

4 Co-op News: A ribbon cutting ceremony for the LCEC Generation plant, and a co-op photo hangs on the CFC building walls.

20 Relics, etc.: Want to buy or sell that hard-to-find something? A Relics ad is for you.

4 Hale to the Stars: Venus rides high in the western sky, the Big Dipper is grand, and a glimpse at galaxy M101.

23 Youth Art: The Youth Artists swing into action with home run drawings.

Keven J. Groenewold........................................................................ Executive Vice President Susan M. Espinoza...........................................................................................................Editor Tom Condit.......................................................................................................Assistant Editor

5 Los Antepasados: Forty, 20 and 10 years ago in enchantment.

24 Your Co-op Page: The latest from your electric cooperative.

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.

5 the view from enchantment: The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board repeals costly GHG regulations.

at enchantment magazine …

We believe New Mexico is a great place to live. We want to share our enthusiasm with the members of New Mexico’s rural electric cooperatives. Our goal is to tell the story of the people and places that make New Mexico special. We also want to offer our readers useful and reliable information about energy use, conservation and rural electric cooperation.

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

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 ©2012, New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. Reproduction prohibited without written permission of the publisher.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR EVENT NOTICES? We welcome your comments or information about community events. Our mailing address is 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Our phone number is 505-982-4671. Or, you can e-mail us. For comments e-mail: comments@nmelectric.coop. For events e-mail: events@nmelectric.coop.

6 Table for Two: Fill your bag with homemade pretzels, caramel corn and lemonade as you swing into the baseball season.

8 Cut Your Energy Dollars: Landscape your yard and garden with energy efficient low-voltage lights.

16 Book Chat: An aerial view of the Rio Grande, adventures of an outdoorsman, a collection of western writings, and Kateri and miracles.

18 Nuestros Vecinos: A blacksmith who designs knives that are so precise, anyone can get a clean shave.

O ur priorities are: • People: Friends and neighbors in their jobs and hobbies.

• Places: Charming and interesting nooks and crannies around the state.

• Heritage: The culture we share and the events that created it.

• Co-ops: The story of the cooperatives that power our lives and our state.

19 Enchanted Journeys: Events and information from co-op country.

April 2012

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Co-op News

A monthly guide to the stars of New Mexico

the latest news from around the state and the nation

Guests Brave High Winds

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Photo that hangs on the walls in the CFC building.

The walls of a new building in Dulles, Va., are filled with life-sized photos that pertain to electric cooperative history and present day scenes.

And one of those photos is a vision of rural New Mexico taken in the service area of Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative. The photo by Kory Webb, an employee of the co-op, was taken 15 miles west of Floyd during an ice storm in January 2007. The photo is located on the third floor on the northwest side of the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) building.

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by Alan Hale

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CEC Generation, LLC, officially opened its 46-megawatt (MW) generation plant February 28 with a ribbon cutting ceremony on the 20,256-square-foot facility in Lovington.

More than 250 people from across the country attended the event including representatives from Burns & McDonnell, Wärtsilä, Exelon, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Lea County Electric Board Trustess of Lea County Electric Coopertive attend the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony; and the compeleted LCEC Cooperative, and local business owners. Four Generation, LLC plant. of the five New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioners were also in attendance.

Support for the project was evident as guests braved high winds to attend the ceremony and tour the plant. The plant uses natural gas-fired reciprocating Wärtsilä generating sets that are radiator-cooled through a closed-loop system. Each of the five generating sets can operate independently or in combination, and can come to full load in five minutes from a cold start. The ability to change loads quickly makes this plant a good tie to wind energy.

LCEC Generation is the first in the United States to pair Wärtsilä generating sets with wind energy. The emission-reduction system in place reduces the nitrogen oxide by 96 percent and carbon monoxide by 94 percent. The plant is approximately 45 percent efficient.

David Drescher of Exelon Corporation officially announced that construction is under way on the new Wildcat Wind project east of Lovington. The project will interconnect 27.3 MW of wind energy to the LCEC Generation plant. Wildcat Wind will consist of thirteen 2.1 MW Suzlon S97 wind turbines. Exelon expects the project to begin commercial operations late in the second quarter of the year.

Co-op Photo on Display in Virginia

Hale to the Stars

he brilliant planet Venus continues to dominate the skies during April, riding very high in the western sky and setting as much as four hours after sunset. It begins to fall towards the sun near the end of the month, and continues this during May until it passes directly between Earth and the sun in early June. Meanwhile, on the evenings of April 2 and 3 Venus passes through the southern regions of the Pleiades (“Seven Sisters”) star cluster in Taurus.

Most of the other planet action is also during the evening sky. Jupiter sinks close to the western horizon and sets during dusk the second half of the month. Mars, meanwhile, is overhead during the early evening hours, and Saturn is at its highest above the horizon in the hours around midnight. Mercury does sneak into the dawn sky during April but is very low.

One of the most prominent and best-known star groupings currently visible in the nighttime sky is the Big Dipper, which this time of year rides high in the north

The galaxy M101, with the supernova that appeared last summer. See arrows.

The rest of the stars are foreground stars within our own galaxy. Image provided by Gianluca Masi, and taken with the Virtual Telescope in Italy. Used with permission.

throughout the evening hours. It was the first star grouping that this writer learned, having been pointed out to him as a young child by his father. Because we are looking “out” away from our galaxy when we look in the direction of the Big Dipper, we can see quite a number of other galaxies in this part of the sky; several of these are bright enough to see with binoculars or a small telescope (if one is located in a suitably dark environment).

One of the brightest of these galaxies is known as M101, and is located near the end of the Big Dipper’s handle. Late last summer a “supernova”—a star that literally blows itself apart—appeared in M101. This was one of the brightest such events we have seen in the past 20 years, and for a couple of months it can be seen using small telescopes. Events such as this help us in measuring the distances to much more distant galaxies, and in the late 1990s this led to the discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, due to a still-very-mysterious entity known as “dark energy.”

Alan Hale is a co-discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp and the founder of the Southwest Institute for Space Research and the Earthrise Project. Hale lives in Cloudcroft, where the dark skies are a boon to stargazing.

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Los Antepasados 40 Years Ago in enchantment

April 1972: Co-op Member Asks Question. At a Columbus Electric meeting, PSC’s vice president Robert B. Rountree was asked by a co-op member if he had heard anything about Phelps Dodge’s plans to move into the co-op service area and build a large plant. He said, “I have made calls to Phelps Dodge and they have denied it.” A few days after Rountree’s statement, a story in the NM Miner revealed that Phelps Dodge Corporation announced plans to build a new $100 million copper smelter within the territorial limits of Columbus Electric Cooperative.

—Editorial

20 Years Ago in enchantment

April 1992: Tale of Two Governors.

Governor Bruce King learned much of the politicking art from his mentor, the late Governor John E. Miles. Both came from limited rural backgrounds; one quality both men possessed was patience. Governor Miles would spend countless hours each day talking to just about anybody about anything. Governor King’s campaign style is predicated on as much personal contact as possible.

—Jack Flynn

10 Years Ago in enchantment

April 2002: Fire Safety Counts.

Perform these tasks annually to protect your home from fire: 1) thin tree and brush cover; 2) dispose of slash and debris left from thinning; 3) remove dead limbs, leaves and other litter; 4) stack firewood away from home; 5) maintain irrigated greenbelt; 6) mow dry grasses and weeds; 7) prune branches to 10 feet above the ground; 8) trim branches; 9) clean roof and gutter; and 10) reduce density of forest.

—Editorial

April 2012

Co-op Members Spoke, Policymakers Listened

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fter more than two years of hearings, deliberations, and court challenges—the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) has come full circle. And New Mexicans are better off for it.

In the closing days of the last Administration in 2010, the EIB adopted four rules, or regulations that it believed would reduce CO2 emissions in New Mexico.

This was done, based on questionable facts and analysis, and even more questionable conclusions.

The rules were cobbled together without much attention to application and implementation.

Fast forward and what a difference a year makes.

The new EIB has gone back and taken a second look at its greenhouse gas regulations (GHG). It has considered the benefits versus the costs of these rules. The EIB has carefully thought through how these rules can be implemented and how they work with the other existing rules.

They concluded these rules suffered from a lot of defects, were vague in parts, lacked detail and definition, and were poorly drafted, and likely to lead to much controversy and litigation.

There were two separate sets of rules. Three rules proposed by the Environment Department, and approved by the EIB, were repealed earlier this year. Many of the parameters that were needed to implement these rules were speculative at best.

The cost of these rules to New Mexicans would have been in excess of $1 billion

it concluded the promulgation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) GHG regulations effective in January of last year had the effect of sun-setting the Cap rule on that date.

The Cap rule would automatically be terminated, if and when, a federal program begins. So, the Rule effectively has been found to have

by Keven J. Groenewold, P.E.

The EIB reviewed factors such as: the absence of any environmental or climate change benefit from the rule, the huge costs the rule would impose on the state, again, in excess of $1 billion, and the lack of technical feasibility of the rule. The EIB concluded these were also flaws in the Cap rule. Based on these conclusions, the EIB voted

You made your voices loud and clear that reliable and affordable electricity was more important than some misplaced and poorly thought-out ideology. with virtually no benefit in GHG reductions. We covered this repeal in last month’s enchantment.

Last month, the EIB voted to repeal the final rule dealing with Cap only of GHG. The EIB’s deliberations were very thorough and reflected extensive consideration of the record both in the repeal case and in the case in which the rule was adopted. Several problems with this rule were discussed. We will review only a few of them here.

The EIB considered the effect of the sunset clause in the Cap rule (Rule). Based on the EIB’s analysis of the sunset or termination clause,

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sun-setted within a matter of days of its promulgation.

The EIB also considered the stringency of this rule.

It concluded that since the Cap rule was more stringent than the federal rule, it violated the state’s Air Quality Control Act. This Act states that no state standard can be more stringent than the federal standard. Therefore, the Cap rule was invalid because it was more stringent than the federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) regulations.

Lastly, the EIB considered the three-part analytical framework established by the Air Quality Control Act.

unanimously to repeal this final rule.

Co-ops believe they got it right. Nearly 18,000 of you weighed in on this debate. You made your voices loud and clear that reliable and affordable electricity was more important than some misplaced and poorly thought-out ideology. You—the members—were the winners in this most recent decision.

We all owe the Martinez Administration and the EIB a e debt of gratitude.

Keven J. Groenewold is the executive vice president and general manager of the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, which publishes enchantment Magazine on behalf of New Mexico’s rural electric cooperatives.

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pounds of peanuts a year. That’s no doubt a good thing for New Mexico’s peanut growers. Raw or roasted, shelled or unshelled, peanuts have been a classic ballpark snack since the earliest days of baseball.

And Cracker Jack is now sold in bags instead of boxes, but is still available at all thirty Major League ballparks across the country.

Some ballparks allow you to bring in your own food and beverages, which is great for families with small children. If the economy’s taking a bite out of your pocketbook, and that includes a lot of folks right now, you might consider taking a basket full of goodies to the ballpark.

If you prefer to watch the game at home but want to enjoy a little of the ballpark atmosphere food-wise, read on for some ideas you might consider during baseball season!

Homemade Soft Pretzels and Pretzel Dogs

Grand Slam Baseball Snacks!

by Mary Gerlach, R.D.

Serve all-time favorite foods like pretzels, popcorn and lemonade at your next tailgate party.

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uy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack! It’s baseball season again and time to think of family get-togethers, picnics and hot dogs!

These days, it’s hardly surprising to find upscale fare such as sushi and lobster rolls at ballparks across the United States. But that doesn’t mean traditional snacks have lost their appeal. When they’re rooting for the home team, baseball fans still like their peanuts and Cracker Jack.

In ballparks and beyond, Americans consume more than 20 billion hot dogs and 600 million

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1½ cups warm water (110-115 F) water 1 Tb. sugar 2 tsps. kosher salt 1 pkg. active dry yeast 4½ cups all-purpose flour 2 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted Vegetable oil, for bowl and pans 10 cups water ²₃⁄ cup baking soda 1 large egg yolk beaten with 1 Tb. water Pretzel salt ❧ In bowl of stand mixer, combine water, sugar and kosher salt; sprinkle dry yeast on top. Allow to sit for 5 minutes or until the mixture begins to foam.

Add flour and butter; using dough hook attachment, mix on low speed until well combined. Change to medium speed and knead until the dough is smooth and pulls away from the side of the bowl, approximately 4 to 5 minutes.

Remove dough from bowl, clean the bowl and then oil it well with vegetable oil. Return the dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and sit in a warm place for about 50 to 55 minutes or until the dough has doubled in size. Preheat oven to 450 F. Line 2 half-sheet pans with parchment paper and lightly brush with vegetable oil; set aside.

In 8-qt. saucepan, bring 10 cups water and baking soda to a rolling boil. Meanwhile, turn dough out onto slightly oiled work surface and divide into 8 equal pieces. Roll out each piece into a 24-inch rope. Make a U-shape with the rope, holding the ends of the rope, cross them over each other and press onto the bottom of the “U” to form a pretzel shape. Place onto parchment-lined half sheet pan.

Place pretzels carefully into boiling water, one-by-one for 30 seconds.

Remove from water using a large flat spatula; return to the half sheet pan. Brush top of each pretzel with beaten egg yolk-water mixture and sprinkle with the pretzel salt. Bake until dark golden brown, about 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack for at least 5 minutes before serving.

Makes about 8 large pretzels.

Note: This same dough can be used to wrap around a small cooked sausage or hot dog; bake on cookie sheet until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Serve with mustard.

Nutritional analysis per pretzel: Calories 389; Carbohydrates 80g; Protein 9g; Fat 4g; Cholesterol 3mg; Sodium 1,615mg.

Caramel Corn with Nuts 20 cups popped popcorn 2 cups dry roasted peanuts 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar ½ cup dark corn syrup 1 cup butter ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. baking soda ❧ Heat oven to 250 F. Combine popcorn and peanuts in roasting pan; set aside. Combine brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, and salt in 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a full boil, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Continue boiling, stirring occasionally, about 3 to 5 minutes until candy thermometer reaches 238 F, or small amount of mixture dropped into ice water forms a soft ball. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Pour mixture over popcorn, stirring until coated.

Bake in 250 F oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for 1 hour or until caramel corn is crisp. Remove from pan immediately. Cool completely,

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stirring occasionally. Store in tightly covered container. Makes 20 cups.

Note: Don’t like peanuts—leave them out. The caramel corn is delicious on its own and you’ll lower the fat and sodium.

Nutritional analysis per serving (with peanuts): Calories 151; Carbohydrates 31g; Protein 3g; Fat 3g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 111mg.

Jalapeño Mushroom Poppers 2 slices bacon Cooking spray 1½ tsps. olive oil 8 large fresh mushrooms, stems removed and chopped, caps reserved 1 clove garlic, minced 1 Tb. finely chopped onion 1 jalapeño pepper, ribs and seeds removed, finely chopped 1 (3-ounce) pkg. cream cheese, softened 3 Tbs. shredded Cheddar cheese Freshly ground black pepper, to taste ❧ In skillet, sauté bacon until browned and crisp, about 10 minutes. Drain on paper towel. Crumble and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray.

In same skillet, wipe bacon grease from skillet with paper towel; heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat.

Add chopped mushroom stems, garlic, onion and jalapeño; sauté until mushrooms release moisture and soften, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Transfer mushroom mixture to a bowl, and stir in cream cheese, cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon; season with pepper. Spoon cheese mixture generously into the reserved mushroom caps; arrange stuffed caps in prepared baking dish. Bake in 350 F oven until cheese begins to brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. Makes 8 servings.

Nutritional analysis per popper: Calories 151; Carbohydrates 3g; Protein 3g; Fat 11g; Cholesterol 26mg; Sodium 105mg.

Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled. Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water. Serve over ice. Makes 8 cups.

Nutritional analysis per cup: Calories 72; Carbohydrates 18g; Protein 0g; Fat 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 0mg.

Cracker Jack Fact: In 1893, Frederick and Louis Rueckheim threw molasses and peanuts into the mix and unveiled the sweet and salty treat at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. A satisfied customer pronounced the new and improved snack “crackerjack,” a slang term of the time that roughly translates to “awesome.” The two brothers trademarked the expression and put it on their product. By the turn of the century Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer immortalized Cracker Jack in the classic song “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” even though neither had ever been to a baseball game.

WHAT WE DO: MeMbers of consuMer-owned electric cooperatives are connected by more than electricity. They’re connected by a network of people—starting at their local electric co-op where men and women are working hard to energize communities and rural economies across the West. Working together, the electric co-op network is able to produce and deliver the reliable, affordable electricity that’s an essential part of everyone’s lives. Along with providing the power that helps communities thrive, electric co-ops deliver value to their members by offering energy efficiency products and programs, investing in local renewable energy projects and staying steadfast to their long-standing commitment to the communities they serve. In the cooperative spirit, electric co-ops banded together decades ago, pooled their resources and with a common goal, formed their own power supply cooperative. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is a wholesale electric power supplier owned by the 44 electric cooperatives that it serves. Tri-State generates and transmits electricity to its member systems throughout a 200,000 square-mile service territory across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. Ultimately serving a population of 1.5 million consumers, Tri-State was founded in 1952 by its member systems to provide a reliable, cost-based supply of electricity.

Headquartered in Westminster, Colo., approximately 1,200 people are employed by Tri-State throughout its four-state service area. Tri-State’s power is generated through a combination of owned baseload and peaking power plants that use coal and natural gas as their primary fuels, supplemented by purchased power, federal hydroelectricity allocations and renewable resource technologies. Tri-State’s mission is to provide its member-owners a reliable, cost-based supply of electricity while maintaining a sound financial position through effective utilization of human, capital and physical resources in accordance with cooperative principles. As consumer-owned electric cooperatives, Tri-State and its 44 member distribution systems are independent electric utilities, owned by the members they serve. Democratically governed businesses, electric cooperatives are closely regulated by their consumers, who value and benefit from the electricity that energizes their communities. The unique geographic and system load diversity that characterizes the Tri-State network provides strength to the association. Tri-State’s members serve a variety of seasonal loads in a territory from northern Wyoming to southern New Mexico and across the Rocky Mountains. Tri-State takes seriously its responsibility and works closely with its member systems to protect member-owners—regardless of class, affiliation or association—from market, operational, financial and regulatory uncertainties affecting power production and transmission capabilities. The cooperative business model’s democratic structure provides for self-regulation and governance by and for its members. Decisions are made at the local level by members of the co-op in the best interests of the organization and its membership. Since co-ops are governed and operated by the people and for the people, the sense of independence is a vital component of co-ops’ can-do attitude. Tri-State’s self-reliance has helped secure and maintain an efficient and stable electric generating resource portfolio and transmission network.

A concerted effort is made to manage the numerous risks that are inherent in the electric utility industry while developing future resource options that provide a measure of long-term certainty. Although the majority of its operational and resource planning activities are carried out in an autonomous manner, Tri-State’s board and management stringently abide with the various regulatory and compliance processes in place while pursuing opportunities that ultimately provide the greatest benefit to the membership.

As their wholesale power supplier, Tri-State works closely with its 44 member systems on a number of different fronts—from planning and constructing needed transmission infrastructure, to developing local renewable energy projects, to creating and implementing energy efficiency programs and products. Although independent by nature, the cooperative business model is made stronger from co-ops’ ability and willingness to work together toward common goals. Cooperatives are committed to the communities in which they reside and that they serve. Not only do electric co-ops energize communities with a reliable, not-for-profit supply of electricity, but they also drive economic development, fund scholarships, support local charities and work to make life better in the areas they serve. Tri-State’s job is to keep the lights on for its 44 member co-ops and the people they serve, providing them with a long-term reliable, affordable and responsible supply of electricity – today and for years to come.

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association • P.O. Box 33695 • Denver, CO 80233 • Wholesale power supplier to 44 electric cooperatives in Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska and Wyoming.

WHAT IT MEANS:

AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY

Homemade Lemonade 1¾ cups raw sugar 8 cups water 1½ cups freshly squeezed lemon juice ❧ In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar.

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Together, we deliver the electricity that’s essential to life here in the West.

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energy dollars This contemporary lowvoltage light fixture uses the most efficient LEDs for the light source. Photo courtesy of Kichler Lighting.

Do-It-Yourself Outdoor Lighting

by James Dulley, P.E.

Low-voltage lights are a safe, efficient, easy-to-install option for decks and landscaping.

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ear Jim: I need efficient outdoor lighting by my deck and landscaping. I need something simple to install, so I thought about low-voltage lights.

Are low-voltage lights efficient, and what types are best?—Ronnie S. Dear Ronnie: I am a fan of lowvoltage residential lighting, and I use it in my own landscaping and gardens around my house. As you mentioned, the big advantage of low-voltage lighting is you can install it yourself and eliminate the professional installation expenses.

There are a variety of styles and

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accessories available at nearly every home center and hardware store.

Another related advantage is your family’s safety around low-voltage lighting. When you work in your yard, you do not have to worry about the risk of electrocution when digging with metal garden tools.

The energy efficiency of lowvoltage lighting is fairly similar to standard line-voltage (120 volts) outdoor lighting. There may be slightly more electricity used because of transformer inefficiencies and higher current in the wiring, but it is not a significant difference for most systems. If you are interested in brightly lighting a large area, line-voltage lighting fixtures, such as low pressure sodium, are your most efficient choice.

The newest and most energy efficient low-voltage landscaping lighting uses super-efficient LEDs (light emitting diodes) instead of standard incandescent bulbs. This type of lighting technology is becoming more common even for standard indoor lamps.

LEDs are still considerably more expensive than other lighting alternatives, but they use less than one-fifth as much electricity as equivalent incandescent bulbs. They also last at least 10 times longer. The light from LEDs is more directional than from incandescent bulbs, so multiple LEDs are often used inside one fixture for broader lighting patterns and brightness.

Each low-voltage LED fixture may use as little as one watt of electricity compared to about 11 watts from a typical snap-in wedge-base lowvoltage bulb. Some of the brighter fixtures, such as bollards, use a twowatt LED, and floodlights use three LEDs. The light quality from LEDs is very white and eye-pleasing.

The most difficult part of installing a low-voltage lighting system is making sure the total wattage of all the fixtures on a line does not exceed the rated output of the transformer. The maximum 12-volt output wattage will be listed on the transformer, and the instructions for the fixtures should list their individual wattages.

If you buy a prepackaged lowvoltage lighting kit, it will include the proper size transformer for the number and types of lights. If you add more or assemble your own lighting kit, be careful not to exceed the transformer’s output maximum or ever go above 300 watts.

If a lighting layout requires more than 300 watts, do not connect two transformers together. Set up two separate wiring layouts to stay below 300 watts on each.

When purchasing a low-voltage system or the components to put your own system together, select a transformer with a built-in mechanical or electronic timer or photo-eye control. These are common in many kits and easy to find.

The most convenient are photoeye controlled transformers. With a standard mechanical timer, if the electric power goes off temporarily, the timer motor also stops so the on/ off sequence will be incorrect and need to be reset. A photo-eye control has many sequencing options. One of the more convenient and efficient is “on” at dusk, “off” in a set number of hours (six, eight, 10). For security, an “on” at dusk, “off” at dawn is a good option but uses more electricity.

You will probably select a variety of path, deck, and floodlights to meet most of your landscape lighting needs. For much of the general lighting where the fixture is not noticeable, inexpensive plastic fixtures are fine. For more exposed areas, decorative metal fixtures with stained and etched glass are attractive. Another attractive option is natural wood fixtures.

To edge a path, snap-together lighted plastic simulated bricks are effective. The electrical connectors are built into the bricks so you have to run wiring to only the first brick along the edge. To light a deck, several decking material manufacturers offer built-in post and baluster e lights with hidden wiring.

Send inquiries to James Dulley, enchantment Magazine, 6906 Royalgreen Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45244 or visit www.dulley.com.

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housands of electric cooperative leaders, including many from New Mexico’s rural electric cooperatives, from across the country united in March to attend the 70th NRECA Annual Meeting in San Diego. It was a time to celebrate the strength of the cooperative network, to conduct important business of the association and to focus on how cooperatives can continue their mission of providing members with affordable and reliable electricity.

Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Cooperative Alliance, in a keynote address, called on electric cooperatives nationwide to educate the public about the cooperative business model, a model “based on human need, not human greed.” Noting that cooperatives employ more than one billion people worldwide. Dame Green drew a sharp contrast between a business model concerned with maximizing profits for distant shareholders and member-owned, not-for-profit cooperatives.

The following is an excerpt from Dame Green’s keynote address:

YLC Delegate Represents New Mexico

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Josh Gutierrez of Lovington, son of Manuel and Mona Gutierrez, represented New Mexico on the Youth Leadership Council (YLC) at the NRECA Annual Meeting. A total of 42 YLC members participated in the NRECA Annual Meeting in San Diego held in March. They provided support to the NRECA staff and co-op delegates, were involved in the Parade of States at the opening general session, and joined a variety of educational activities.

Gutierrez, a junior at Lovington High School, represented Lea County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) last June as a delegate on the annual Government-in-Action Youth Tour in Washington, D.C. During the week-long tour, he was chosen to represent New Mexico at the YLC Conference. As one of the nation’s youth leaders, Gutierrez returned to Washington the following month to attend the conference with other state representatives.

“The LCEC Trustees and I were extremely proud of Josh as we watched him represent the state of New Mexico at the annual meeting,” LCEC General Manager Gary Hurse said. “It is a significant accomplishment for Josh to be recognized for his character and leadership on a national level.”

Photos, clockwise: Dame Pauline Green, President, International Cooperative Alliance, Manchester, England; Glenn English, Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Va.; and New Mexico voting delegates during the NRECA business meeting.

“Cooperative businesses are built on the globally accepted principles of sound democracy; a commitment to an economic return to members on their trade with the business, and not the size of their share holding; and businesses having a wider social engagement as a core part of their DNA. For nearly two centuries we have been helping to reduce conflict, build community cohesion, build skills and expertise, develop local leadership potential, support women into positions of economic activity and leadership in their communities—in effect we have been building civil society— all with the intellectual underpinning of the value of common endeavour in sustainable member-owned, local enterprises… . Cooperatives have taken millions out of poverty with dignity, by helping them to build their own cooperative enterprises.”

Glenn English, NRECA Chief Executive Officer, addressed members of the audience that a rewrite of the Clean Air Act is needed. The following is an excerpt from CEO English’s address: “I’m not talking about eliminating the Clean Air Act; I’m talking about rewriting the Clean Air Act. Now, the Clean Air Act has been around since 1970, over 40 years. And through that 40-year period of time, we have seen rules and regulations and court decisions piled on top of each other. Now, we have had some amendments from time to time, but never a rewrite.

What we need today is for our Congress and the president, our government, political leadership, to set new goals for the future—10, 20, 30 years down the road—and they need to work with us to help rewrite the law that tells us how we can move in that direction without them being hindered by e a lot of old rules, regulations and court decisions.”

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eople collect all sorts of items: rocks, cars, antique glass, ice cream scoops. But in 1980, Bill Dalley of Portales began collecting something a little less common. Windmills. That’s right.

Blades, towers, pumps. The works.

It became such a backyard assortment that his 75 windmills will now be part of the Roosevelt County Fair this summer.

Windmill Friendship

It all started when a friend was tearing down some windmills and Bill said he’d take them. At the time, his wife Alta wasn’t too keen on having even one windmill in the backyard, let alone a growing collection.

“At first I didn’t like them. I thought they were junky,” she says, remembering back when piles of torn down windmills began littering her yard. “But once he started putting them up, they looked kind of nice.”

The Dalley’s weren’t the only ones who thought an assembly of windmills looked good. They became a

novelty. People began stopping by.

“Because of the mills, we’ve met lots of interesting people,” Alta says.

“People from Europe and the Far East have come by to look at them.

It turned out to be great fun.”

bringing home mills he spent a lot of time maintaining them. But finding parts for the older models turned a bit tricky tracking down gears, blades, governors. In the search he soon learned he wasn’t

“People from Europe and the Far East have come by to look at them. It turned out to be great fun." — Alta Dalley.

A Whirling Hobby

Bill worked in the Portales School District as a high school counselor; collecting windmills became a hobby that engaged him after school hours, on weekends and during the summer vacation.

Many of the mills he collected were antique and he says the oldest one dates back to 1890. Besides

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alone with this fascination of windmills. So he started a windmill trade fair in 1989 and it’s continued ever since with windmill aficionados meeting annually in Colorado, Texas and Illinois.

Icon of the West

There’s nothing like seeing a lone windmill off in the distance, roll-

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ing plains stretching for miles, maybe a mountain range at the horizon. It’s picturesque and that windmill near an old homestead or a water tank often brings with it a sense of patriotic pride. But people began harnessing wind long before windmills became an emblem of the western ranches.

In 500 A.D., the early Persians were the first to capture wind to pump water and grind grain. In 1219, the Chinese began operating windmills that used bundles of reeds to catch the wind.

The idea quickly spread to Europe and over many centuries the technology rapidly changed the shape of the rotor diameters, often enlarging them from one to several meters.

These systems were later perfected in the U.S. during the 1800s.

The first was the Halladay windmill in 1854, followed by the Aermotor and Dempster designs, which are still used today. But these early models still had wooden paddlelike blades. …continued on page 17

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very spring, the sounds of “Play ball!” followed by the crack of the bat are heard around New Mexico. From sandlots to Little League fields to high school and college diamonds, baseball is alive and well in the Land of Enchantment.

But since 1961, the only place in the state to watch professional baseball was in Albuquerque, with the Dukes and Isotopes. All that changed in 2011 with the formation of the Pecos League of Professional Baseball, a six-team independent league that brings the American pastime to small—or at least medium—town New Mexico.

Golden Referral

Beginning in May 2011, six teams competed in the league: The White Sands (Alamogordo) Pupfish, Carlsbad Bats, Las Cruces Vaqueros, Roswell Invaders and Ruidoso Osos, as well as the Alpine (Texas) Cowboys.

The league was the brainchild of Houston businessman and player Andrew

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Dunn, who was convinced to start a team in the Continental Baseball League in Las Cruces in 2010. After a shortened 2010 season, the league folded after the championship was played on July 31. But Alpine fans—who had had teams in their city all the way back to 1947—didn’t want to lose their team and persuaded Dunn a new league was the way to go.

Although it was a long shot— “Financially, you would definitely say it’s not a sound decision, because the failure rates have been greater than the success rates, for sure, 100 percent sure,” says Dunn. He spent more time on the road in New Mexico and west Texas than he did at home, scouting potential locations for the new league.

“Noting the potential success in Las Cruces, Roswell was picked as the second (New Mexico) city, per the advice of our main supporter in Las Cruces,” Dunn says.

“He said it would be golden.”

That put three teams in the league, and after considering Bisbee, Ariz., and Clovis, Dunn chose Ruidoso and Alamogordo as

the fourth and fifth sites. Having trouble finding a sixth team that met all Dunn’s requirements—mainly a professionalquality stadium with lights and the ability to sell beer—he decided to place a traveling team—no home stadium—in Carlsbad.

And the Pecos League was born.

A League is Born

“We had a good plan and we had some good markets and we really felt like we could make something work,” says league Manager of the Year Chris Paterson. “There was a very untapped market there in New Mexico, with only one (pro) baseball team in the entire state. We had a lot of states to choose from and we thought we had a good market to tap into.” For the most part, they did.

Although the success rate varied from city to city, the league will open its second season May 8 with the league’s newest teams, the Santa Fe Fuego and Trinidad (Colorado) Triggers, facing off just north of the border.

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Carlsbad’s travel team fell victim to not having a home stadium, and despite a rabid fan base, Ruidoso didn’t have lights or beer, so despite playing for the league championship in 2011—against Roswell—the Osos were disbanded.

But with six solid teams and one year’s worth of experience, both Dunn and Paterson believe the quality of baseball will only get better this year. “It’s even better with Santa Fe and Trinidad,” Dunn says. “We’re actually going to have six equal-footed teams.”

“Definitely,” Paterson agrees. “I think this year it will only get better because those people in those towns will have a year under their belt. They’ll know what to expect and stuff like that. Also, the people in town that worked for the teams, they’ll have a year experience as well, so I think that’s something they can really gain off of this year.”

A Big Step Up

Now, you may be wondering, if this is professional baseball—and it is—what major league teams are they aligned with?

The answer is: none. The Pecos League is independent baseball, the lowest level of pro ball but pro nonetheless.

“It’s professional all the way,” Dunn says.

“Guys are paid $400 a month. They’re paid.

They’re trying to move up and the difference between them and the (formerly Class A El Paso) Diablos is not much.”

Moving up is the key for these players. For the most part, they’re former college players who weren’t drafted and still have hopes of making the big leagues. So the quality of play is generally a step up from college ball, some-

times a big step up. So far, 65 players—and one front office staffer—from last year’s teams have moved up to higher levels of baseball.

But unlike major and even minor league ball, these players are accessible to their fans.

Since their paychecks aren’t very big, the Pecos League houses its players with families in the cities they play in.

Host Families

These host families can choose to house one or more players for the season, and most make lifelong friendships.

“It was a really neat experience,” says Barbara McLean, who, with her husband Don, hosted several Roswell Invaders. “We got to know all the players. We housed two at one time; up to four at one time. Great bunch of guys. Good experience. I would recommend it to anybody.”

And teams in each of the six cities are currently looking for host families for the new season. “I would definitely encourage them, but just know that you can take it to whatever level you want to,” McLean says. “You can provide as much laundry services, food, whatever you want to do, but they don’t really expect it. It does take a lot of time. It is a four-month commitment.”

But one that most host families wouldn’t trade for anything.

The All-Star Game

Players, of course, aren’t home all the time as the season is 70 games long, divided between

road and home. The Pecos League also has an All-Star Game—this year set for July 8 in Alamogordo—and a playoff, in which the top four teams advance and vie for the league title.

Last year, the Roswell Invaders won that title in a tough three-game series that came down to the wire. Paterson managed the Invaders to the title, but has moved on to Alamogordo, where he’s now the manager of the Pupfish. But ask anyone—even those folks with teams they’re rooting for—and they’ll say this year should be a lot more competitive.

“I think it’s going to be a lot harder to win the championship this year,” Paterson says. “I think the teams are going to be a lot more evenly distributed, I guess, talent-wise.

Obviously, the only reason I would be doing this is if I thought I would be successful at winning a championship wherever I would be at, but I think that Alpine is another strong contender, like always, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Alpine and White Sands aren’t there at the end of the year.”

Future Goals

And while the managers and fans are just looking at one year at a time, Dunn is looking further ahead. His goals?

“Eight teams, with a team in the following season in Los Alamos, Taos, Durango, Pueblo West, Silver City, and Pecos, Texas.

And making sure these teams survive. We know we’re going to be in Las Cruces, Roswell and Alamogordo for sure. No doubt. That’s a permanent fixture. Alpine is welcome to stay as long as they want to stay. Those are four permanent fixtures in the south.”

Play Ball

No matter where you live in New Mexico, the sound of professional “Play ball,” could be e headed your way.

Baseball photos by Robert Bailey, except for middle photo on page 14 taken by Todd Fuqua, Ruidoso Free Press. Logos courtesy of Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs.

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n w o T l l a m S Baseball All in the Name

What is independent baseball? In New Mexico, west Texas and southern Colorado, it’s high quality baseball played by determined athletes with a lot of fun mixed in.

“I’ve been to a bunch of baseball games, and it’s a different atmosphere,” says Las Cruces general manager Miguel Salcido. “I’ve been to the major leagues. I’ve been to the Isotopes.

These guys, they’re trying to do everything they can to get to the next level. The intensity. The way they play and their work ethic. The way they start out early in the morning and don’t go home until 11 (at night), you’d be surprised how much work these guys put in.”

The team names alone tell you this is something different: Invaders (where else but Roswell?); Pupfish (White Sands); Bats (Carlsbad) and Osos (Ruidoso), even though out of the picture for now, are highly creative; while the Vaqueros (Las Cruces) and Cowboys (Alpine) are more traditional. The newest teams are the Santa Fe Fuego, and Triggers, which celebrate Trinidad and Raton’s past and present.

The Fans

Players live with host families, who usually become that player’s biggest fan. But even for those who can’t host a team, the athletes are not aloof professionals you see only from a distance.

After games, the players come out to greet their fans, signing autographs, bats, balls—whatever the fans might bring with them. Youngsters especially are thrilled, often rushing to the clubhouse door to wait for their favorites to emerge.

Because it is small-town baseball, the players are peppered with questions, especially since most are not from New Mexico. Last

year, players came from across the U.S. as well as Australia and Japan.

Game Plan

Game prices are low, usually about $6 a game or $200 for a season pass, and you get a lot more than just baseball for your ticket.

The stadiums are generally small, cozy affairs with the bleachers at the edge of the field.

Roswell’s Joe Bauman Stadium is a high school field. Alamogordo adapted a Little League field, putting up fish net in the outfield in lieu of a wall, earning it the name “The Aquarium.”

The Vaqueros play in Apodoca Park, a long-time high school facility that’s being renovated, and Alpine has its own miniature Wrigley Field that dates back to 1947.

Trinidad is rebuilding their high school/ college field with reconstruction money from last year’s earthquake, and the Fuego will use Fort Marcy Park, best known as the site where Zozobra is burned every year.

Team Mascots

to raise money for the players. Since the players are relative youngsters earning a pittance, every time a batter hits a home run or a pitcher strikes out the side 1-2-3 in an inning, fans pass a hat around with the proceeds going to that player.

It’s a place where you can see city councillors sitting alongside magistrate judges next to just-plain-folks out to have a good time.

“It was so awesome,” says Invader fan Michelle Hendricks of the new team. “It was great. Since it came in the first time, I hope it continues through the years because this is an awesome thing for young kids to go out and enjoy something for family nights.”

And, she says, you don’t even have to be a baseball fan to enjoy it. “I wasn’t really into baseball when my husband said, ‘Well, just go out and try it. Check it out. You might like it.’ And now I’m there every night. I have not missed one night since they first came into town. Roswell Invaders. They’re awesome.”

That’s an opinion you’ll get from fans across e the league. Only the name will change.

Many of the teams have mascots to entertain Karen Boehler writes from Roswell. She wrote last the fans. Ros is the Invader’s mascot, a bigmonth's cover story, "Our Nation's Heroic Canines." eyed, big headed alien that thrills children and adults alike. Elmo—of Sesame Street fame—was seen around White Sands last year and a Grizzly—courtesy of Carrizozo High School—competed with the “orange man,” a Ruidoso fan Pecos League: www.pecosleague.com dressed from head to toe in skintight Alpine Cowboys: www.alpine.pecosleague.com orange fabric, at Oso games. Also Las Cruces Vaqueros: www.lascrucesvaqueros.com between innings, there are dizzy bat Roswell Invaders: www.roswellinvaders.com races and dance contests for fans; giveaways and raffles; mascot battles; and, Santa Fe Fuego: www.santafefuego.com of course, the seventh-inning stretch, Trinidad Triggers: www.trinidadtriggers.com where fans can belt out “Take Me Out White Sands Pupfish: www.whitesandspupfish.com to the Ballgame.”

Team Websites

Passing of the Hat

Something else you don’t see in big league stadiums is fans passing the hat

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Kateri, Native American Saint. By Giovanna Paponetti. Clear Light Publishing, 2011.

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The most important refinement of the American fan-type windmill, the kind we’re used to seeing, was the development of steel blades in 1870.

They revolutionized the technology; from that point on until 1970, over six million windmills of one horsepower or less using steel and wooden blades were installed in the U.S. alone. The primary use was for pumping water. By the mid-1920s, wind generators began bringing electricity to rural areas in the Midwest.

The Collection

It’s these classics that fascinated Bill and he fondly mentions them by name—Samson, Eclipse. Once he started gathering windmills the whole family naturally joined in— kids, then when they married, their spouses, and then the grandkids.

Wind damage is extensive to mills and their upkeep meant lots of time spent painting, repairing and checking the lubricant level. After thirty years it got to be too much.

“I’m 80 years old and can’t climb the towers anymore,” says Bill. The towers that the rotators attach to are often fourteen to twenty feet high. When he first began thinking about what to do with the windmills, he asked the city of Portales if it wanted them. Officials there weren’t interested.

Finding space for 75 or so windmills is not easy. Then his daughter who is a teacher mentioned the search at school; in turn, another teacher mentioned it to her husband who happened to be a commissioner—Bill Cathey—with Roosevelt County. He took on the project and headed the search to find a home for the windmills.

A Large Task at Hand

“We formed a committee of people in the community. We looked around then went to the fairgrounds and scoped things out. We drew up some plans then modified them and shifted the space around,” Cathey says. A new building had been erected at the fairgrounds, and

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it was finally decided to place the windmills near that building, but a bit south. That finalized, then began the task of moving the windmills.

Clovis Gray is the man in charge of moving them. He’s been servicing water wells his whole life. He certainly grew up in the business.

His grandfather on his mother’s side dealt with water wells; then his father, a Baptist minister who needed more income, went into the business. In 2002, Gray opened his own business, Gray’s Windmill and Pump Repair.

“I gathered a number of FFA kids from four area schools—Floyd, Elida, Dora and Portales—to help take the windmills apart. We had to build new towers to replace the old ones that were too far gone,” he says.

By last December he says there were thirteen mills on the ground and three towers were already set up at the fairgrounds. “It’s been quite a project. Already two have blown over. The wind plays havoc with them,” he says. Nevertheless Gray hopes to have all of them set up and ready for fair time this August.

The Local Legend

The fair opens on a Tuesday and runs through Saturday. Cathey estimates 500 people a day visit the fairgrounds and he knows people will be very interested in the mills.

Already he’s learned people are glad that the county decided to save the Dalley’s collection. Everyone knew about the backyard with the 75 windmills. It was a local legend.

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So now that the collection has a new home, are the Dalley’s pleased?

“Well, when they started taking them down, it looked a little lonely around here,” says Bill. “But I’m glad they’ll be some place permanent.”

Alta says, “I’m going to miss all the people stopping by.” The windmill collection became a family affair for several generations, now it’s only fitting that the Dalleys’ seventy-five antique windmills be enjoyed for many other generations to come.

As you make your vacation plans, mark Portales on your map to visit e the Icons of the West.

Photos by Cindy Bellinger. Bellinger is a member of Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, and writes the monthly book reviews for Book Chat.

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The Village Blacksmith

by JoAnne Lee

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Name Curtis Green Resides In Tierra Amarilla Co-op Member Northern Río Arriba Electric Occupation Blacksmith Twist of Life Seeing an object’s personality already in it, and giving it a new twist of life.

In His Words “I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I heard a story once about a guy who took orders nine years ahead; well, you might be dead in nine years.”

urtis Green, the local blacksmith in Chama began crafting in his garage. With his simple and down-to-earth philosophy concerning his art, Green forges with the mind set of ‘if you like it, you like it…if you don’t, you don’t.’

Located across from the RV Park on Highway 17 in central Chama, Green’s shop consists of two repurposed railcars.

Proud of using recycled metals, Green is famous around northern New Mexico for his quirky, hammered decorations like iron roses and precision-made knives. “I use mostly recycled metal like cotton picker spindles and railroad nails.”

Finishing the metal blades off with elk and deer antler and turquoise stones make the custom knives distinctly New Mexican.

“I used every one of the seventyseven pounds of cotton picker spindles last year when I made my knives,” Green says of the sought after blades. “There are 4.25 spindles in a pound. That’s over 300 spindles.

One spindle makes one blade.”

The finished knives are a fourpart alloy including nickel, high carbon steel and chromium. “I don’t turn a knife out that you can’t shave with,” he says. With his wares in high demand, Green fills orders as fast as he can, and cautions that interested parties should inquire at least two months ahead. “I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I heard a story once about a guy who took orders nine years ahead; well, you might be dead in nine years.”

Green signs all his art, including his knives with a chiseled “G.” “I do that on everything I make,” he says.

“It’s my mark.” That mark came in

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handy when Green had nine of his easy-to-recognize knives stolen.

“Years ago, a woman stole some of my knives and when they found her with them in Colorado, I got my knives back.”

Green began a teaching career in Arizona where he put a blacksmith shop in his garage. Even with a design degree, he never felt the need to conform. Green delights in the knife he knows goes to the lady that saved twenty dollars from each paycheck to specifically buy one of his designs.

The fun, Green says is taking something and giving it a new life. “This knife says USA on it, and this one was an old Ford wrench,” he says holding a knife with an originally forged deer’s head, iron handle formed from the box end of the wrench. Green says he looks for the personality that exists in a piece of metal and extends that into his pieces.

Drawing a distinction between blacksmithing and shoeing horses, Green contends that many black-

smiths, who made most tools for their communities, turned to shoeing horses to make money in the lean times. “A blacksmith did not want to be called a horse shoer. Yeah, I used to shoe horses, but I’m too damn old to do that now,” he says.

“There’s places people can learn about blacksmithing today. I was fortunate enough to grow up around it,” Green says. “We made hinges for our barn. I never would have dreamed that I’d be making hinges for a front door. The business has come a long way. A couple of weeks ago, I had a gentleman come to me to order fancy hinges for his house.”

Today, Green wears the knife he forged on his belt, where as a youngster, a store-bought knife would have hung in its place. “Things have flipped right around with time,” he says. e If you know anyone who would make a good profile for this column—including yourself—let us know at sespinoza@ nmelectric.coop.

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Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic April 7 Glenwood Gather your colorful kites, large and small, and head to Glenwood for the Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic on April 7.

Fly your kite with Photo by David Thornburg. ease in the wide open space with family and friends. Admission is free, and a free raffle drawing for a kite will take place at 2:30 p.m. The event is from noon to dusk at the Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths. It is the second house on the left after Mile Marker 3 on Route 159 off Highway 180 between Glenwood and Alma.

Other than flying your kite and having a tailgate picnic, you also have the opportunity to walk one or all five of the labyrinths at Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths. So bring your picnic, your kite, your laughter, your family and friends, your sun hat, and something to sit on. For more information contact Cordelia Rose via e-mail at info@wmlabyrinths.com or call 575-539-2868.

How to Submit Your Community Events

You may either mail or e-mail your listing to us. Submit your event information at least one month prior to publication to: Community Calendar, c/o enchantment Magazine, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505 or e-mail at events@ nmelectric.coop. We’re always looking for events.

April 7 Cloudcroft Annual Easter Egg Hunt Zenith Park 575-682-2733 April 7 Deming Mainstreet Trash & Treasures Morgan Hall 575-545-2436 April 7 T or C Ralph Edwards Dinner Moose Lodge 575-497-9480

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April 13 Socorro Santa Fe Opera Apprentices on Tour Macey Center NM Tech Campus 575-835-5688 April 13-22 Tome Helen’s Girls Show Tome Art Gallery 505-565-0556 April 14 Alamogordo Spring Spirit Hike BLM & Bridal Falls 575-430-5116

April 14 Deming Desert Alive & Native Plant Sales Rockhound State Park 575-546-6182 April 14 Tucumcari 3rd Annual Car and Bike Show 901 Tucumcari Blvd.

575-403-8852 April 15 Deming Celebrate 100 years of Statehood Rockhound State Park 575-546-6182

April 20 Angel Fire Monte Verde Lake Open Weekends 575-377-640 1-800-633-7463

April 28 Los Ojos Tierra Wools Spring Harvest Festival 91 Main Street 575-588-7231

April 28-29 Kingston A Window into Kingston’s Past, Kingston Main Street 575-895-5501

April 20 Artesia Carpe Diem String Quartet Ocotillo Performing Arts Center 575-746-4212

April 28 Socorro Fascinating & Diverse Shorebirds Workshop Bosque del Apache 575-835-1828

May 5 Socorro Cinco de Mayo Celebration & Rodeo Historic Plaza 575-835-8927

April 21-22 Carlsbad Cavern City Classic Omnium Stage Race NMSU Carlsbad Campus 575-302-3242

May 5 Socorro Refuge Tour & Dinner at Cibola Springs Amigos de la Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge 505-864-4021

April 21 Portales 3rd Annual Ray’s Run Baptist Children’s Home 575-396-3885 April 23 Alamogordo Squirm Burpee Flickinger Center 575-437-2202 April 24 Moriarty Moriarty Technology Petty Zoo Moriarty Library 505-832-2513 April 25 Clayton Union County Health Fair National Guard Armory 575-374-9361 April 27 Clayton All You Can Eat Annual Fish Fry Clayton Air Park 575-374-9077 April 27 Clayton Children K-6 Old Western Dance Clayton Civic Center 575-374-3393

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April 21-22 Clovis Clovis Home & Garden Show Clovis Civic Center 575-762-4342 April 21-22 Lordsburg Shakespeare Ghost Town Reenactment Main Street 575-542-9034

May 5-6 Edgewood 11th Annual Wind Festival Wildlife West Nature Park 505-281-7655 May 5-6 Talpa/Ranchos de Taos May Arts & Craft Fair Talpa Community Center 575-751-1014

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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.

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Complete Mark V Model 510 Shopsmith. Includes table saw, drill press, lathe, horizontal boring machine, and disc sander. Also includes a band saw and joiner. $1,200.

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Plows 4 bottom roll over 18-inch International 140, Field Ready. $5,200. Call 505-507-6229.

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Highest quality! Above/ below ground. Tents, Tipis, wood fired hot tubs. We appreciate your interest. Free consultations.

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1994 Peterbuilt 400 cat 13-speed, jakes, approximately 180,000 on rebuild, new power divider, new suspension bushings front to back, air ride. Two new steering tires, 4 new drive tires, 10 aluminum wheels.

15’ dump box air gate new rubber seals on doors, air conditioner. Very nice, clean, tight solid truck. 575770-1401, 575-776-8526.

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., 505-470-3542 or 505-455-0012. E-mail: rangehands@msn.com.

Website: www.rangelandhands.com 1996 Kubota L4200 Tractor/ Loader, 4X4, with box blade, 43.5 HP Diesel, 2,500 hours, $14,500. 2002 Bobcat 753 Skid-Steer Loader, 3,300 hours, $12,500. Both machines in good condition and serviced every 50 hours.

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Any condition considered.

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

For Sale: 1976 Evinrude 85 horsepower, V4 cyl. Gas oil mix. Runs great. $500 OBO. Call 505-281-2739.

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Registered Black Angus Bulls. 12-24 months old, semen & trich tested, good feet, raised at 5,000’ & above, delivery available. Tri-State Angus Ranches, 575-5369500, 575-493-9192, kandylopez2@aol.com.

MUSTANGS, MUSTANGS, MUSTANGS, MUSTANGS, MUSTANGS, MUSTANGS. Gentled, halter trained, geldings, mares, all ages, all sizes, BLM adoption fee $125. Delivery available www.mustangcamp.org or 505-419-9754.

Miniature Cattle For Sale!

Very colorful, Red Belties and Jersey/Dexter crosses.

505-384-1101.

Roping Cattle for Sale: 10 fresh Corrientes approximately 350 pounds. All black- good horn base and ready to rope. Call 575-6534821, Lincoln, NM.

AKC/ASCA Australian Shepherd puppies. Working stock, great pets. All colors available. Delivery available. For more info: 575536-9500, 575-493-9192.

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Looking For Water? Gifted to find underground streams.

Reputable douser, 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.

New Mexico Drinking Water Storage Tanks, Heavy Duty Black Poly. Fittings customized to your needs.

NMwatertanks.com, 1-800603-8272. Also new Servel propane gas refrigerators, 8 cubic feet. Kitchen or remote cabin. 575-682-2308.

Coffins: Handcrafted Solid Wood from $680. Three styles suitable for burial or cremation. Statewide delivery available. For a FREE catalog and funeral information booklet (English or Spanish) call 505-286-9410. www. theoldpinebox.com

Buffalo Meat, Grass-fed, All Cuts USDA inspected. All natural (no hormones, antibiotics, chemicals), low cholesterol, heart-healthy, nonallergic, wholes and halves.

Skulls, Hides, By-products.

Gift Certificates. 575-2782316, Tom and Inge Bobek.

For Sale: 30+ joints of good, used American made 2” well pipe galvanized. Also 20 new joints of 2-1/2” galvanized well pipe. Two good 2” pipe windmill towers, 15 butane tanks, all sizes. Several good ranch horses. 575-849-8141.

Quail for Sale. Landowners for Restocking - Training of Bird Dogs - Field Trials.

Excellent eating! (Grain Fed) - Bob Whites, Blue Scaled, Gambles and California Valleys. Hatching eggs and chicks! J & M Quail Farm. Glencoe, NM. 575-378-1056.

Goats For Sale: Boer bucks, 1@$100, 1@$150. Both proven fertile. Alpine and La Mancha milkers, $150, 2/$125 each, 3/$100 each, 6/$75 each. Bottle babies $25 each, weaned $50. Wanted: LGD pups raised with goats or sheep.

505-384-5254 Miniature Donkeys For Sale.

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

Gooseneck tandem axle trailer. Sixteen by six foot four inch flatbed with sixteen inch high pipe side rails. $1,500. Phone: 575-418-5722 Attention Muzzle Loaders!

Bullet molds, round ball and conical, lead, period patterns, other muzzle loading supplies. All must go.

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Do you have any guns you would like to turn into cash?

Maybe they’re just sitting around collecting dust. I buy any type of guns at top prices! Call 575-742-5127.

Tractor Tire Chains: 11.2x24, American made, no wear, $175. Pack Saddle Sawbuck with two hard-side panniers, very good condition, $300.

Cash and carry, trades possible, teeg26@hughes.net.

Beekeeping Equipment. Boxes: deep, medium and shallow, with frames - $15. each.

Tops, bottoms, and queen excluders - $5.00 each. 4 3/4” x 16 3/4” crimp-wired foundation, $150 per 25 pound box. Two-frame galvanized extractor, $100. Hot knives, smokers, bee blowers, hives of bees. I buy used beekeeping equipment, any amount.

Don Mason 575-623-4858, Roswell, NM. Murphy Panel Bed Cabinets.

Save space and money. www. bergmanwoodworking.com.

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Another Damn Newcomer!

Enjoy the funny story of a middle-aged couple moving to an isolated New Mexico village where they find friends, love, opportunities, and challenges - but never, ever total acceptance. A Book: www.anotherdamnnewcomer.com

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.

Telephone, 575-382-7804, NMhistory@totacc.com.

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.

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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.

Wanted: Buttons. Looking for collections, old, new, large, small, unusual, plain, colors, any kind for craft project.

Reasonable amount paid.

575-776-2942, leave message, I will call back.

Collectible Guns: Colt, Remington, Mauser, Winchester, 30/40 Krag, Springfield Armory, M1 Carbine, all family owned and good condition; some with original cases, call Randy 505-583-2545 and leave me a message.

I buy Spanish Colonial spurs, stirrups, horse bits, weapons, etc. Also, old New Mexico Santos and handmade/carved furniture. Call 505-753-9886.

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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.

Have Left over quilt squares?

Sell them right here in the enchantment!

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 88052-0640.

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Come By and Check Out our new Southwest arrivals.

Forgotten treasures where today hangs out with yesterday. New and used one of a kind items. Between Edgewood and Moriarty right on Historic Route 66.

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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. Barbara Baird, 1-800-458-9847. E-mail: pinonview@aol.com.

FSBO or Rent. Ten-year-old, pueblo-style home on 320 acres. Amazing 360 degrees views, 1 hour from ABQ. Great room, elk, hardwood floors, 5-car garage, 2,200 sq. ft., 2 wells, stock tank, fenced. $395,000.

505-847-0276.

550 acres fully fenced, 3/2, 3,000 square feet house, sunroom, 2/1 bunkhouse, outbuildings, corrals, excellent well, telephone, electricity, LP gas, elk permits, easy access from Hwy 60. Pie Town. Leave clear message at 575-772-2550.

Fence Lake mobile home, 16’ x 76’, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths.

Spacious living room, 16’ bedroom closet, utility room, range, refrigerator. Ready to move. Cost $36,000 in 2008; a steal at $26,000.

505-788-2789.

3.2 acres near WEED, NM. 98 Seep Canyon Road.

Doublewide, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, central heat propane.

All appliances, wood stove, new water well, 3,000 gallon tank, corrals, horse stall, bomb shelter, storage building. $75,000. 575-762-1061.

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3/2/2 2,270 square foot 68 acres fencing, timber, plenty of good water, water rights.

Cleveland, Mora County, New Mexico. Appraised $360,000 or best offer.

575-387-6366.

Gorgeous 4 bedroom doublewide Repo for sale. 2x6 walls, tape and textured, open layout. Bad or no credit, no problem. We owner finance.

Call Julio at 505-908-0958 or 505-452-3991.

Columbus, NM: Two 40 acre parcels. Electric, 402 foot well, septic, good roads, RV pad with hookups.

Asking $45,000. Improved 40 - $25,000. Unimproved 40 - Make Offer. Tom 303-618-8431.

4 Acres Farmland, ready for a home. Utilities include: well, septic system, and electricity. New 31 x 36 steel metal garage/cement slab.

Pipe fencing and regular fencing surrounds property. Irrigation rights. Fawn fesque grass with alfalfa mix.

Contact Lisa, 505-699-1137.

Property located in San Acacia, NM.

For Sale: Mora Valley, approximately 20 acres dry land and 15 acres mountains. Serious inquiries only. Contact Mike at 505-753-6338.

Ruidoso (Tinnie, Alamo Canyon Estates), NM, 13 acres, new hilltop home, panoramic views, horses welcome, deer, bighorn sheep, wrap-around deck, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, $199,000. E-mail Mary Weaver: chouserman@ hotmail.com.

Live & work in the beautifully restored historic Magnolia Ellis Building” in Hot Springs district of T or C. Six rooms with two 1/2 baths downstairs. Three separate entrances may create possible rental income from office space. Off street parking.

Upstairs hosts a light bright living area with full bath & added features. The owner may consider long term lease or owner financing UAC & terms. Call broker at Adobe Hacienda Real Estate, 575-894-2181.

El Morro Area between Grants and Zuni. 160 acres, house, well, two studios, large garage, greenhouse, guest cabin, good road, satellite dish, elk and deer present. $240,000. Call 505-290-9931.

Hi-Country Mountain Retreat at Blue Water Lake, south side (I-40, Thoreau Exit 53), State Road 612, equal distance from Gallup or Grants. Furnished mobile home with 2 large room additions, 2 full baths, 2-3 bedrooms or “sun room.” Includes new appliances, propane water heater, plenty of storage. Includes 2 storage sheds (10x12) fenced 3/4 acre, exceptionally clean. Community filtered water system - new lines. Newly paved road, 1 block from main highway.

“Great view of Lake” within walking distance. Great lawn with sprinkler system.

Plenty of trees mostly Colorado spruce. Nice neighborhood. Friendly neighbors. Many new improvements in neighborhood. Pro-panel roof. One block from modern fire department (volunteer). 3/4 mile from Cibola National Forest. $98,000. for sale by owner. I will not finance.

Contact: Frank, 575-7228988, pdfrgar198@q.com.

Two acres of land with small three bedroom mobile home that can be rented. Two water wells. New septic system.

Fenced all the way around with corrals for animals. Clean surroundings. 575-396-4347, 575441-4521 in Lovington, NM. Water Dowsing and Consulting. 36 years experience, proven success, in Lincoln County will travel. Call Elliot Topper, 575-354-2984.

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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. $48,000.

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For Sale: 40 gorgeous acres in Zuni Mountains west of Grants. 2-1/2 miles north at junction State Road 49 and Forest Road 50. Canyon with seasonal stream. 505-287-3496 or jonnie@jonniehead.com.

Gorgeous 2 bedroom, 1 bath home, 930 square feet. All NEW interior, newer exterior stucco, lifetime roof, chain link fencing. Asking price is well below value: $74,900.

Call: 505-847-2361.

ESTATE SALE: Large site-built Magdalena house. Ten rooms, 2,500 sf. 3-4 beds/2 bath. Family room w/ beamed ceiling & floor to ceiling brick fireplace. Game room/full wet bar. Stepdown living w/2nd fireplace & separate dining. Dual zone heat. Central A/C. Recent kitchen appliances (DW/ island stove/built-in oven/ disposal/triple sink). Three entries & covered porches.

1 car garage & separate carport. Three site-built storage buildings. 1/2 acre fenced corner lot. Recent metal roof on all buildings. Excellent condition. Schools 3 blocks.

Includes 1-year homeowner warranty. $155,000. Can be purchased furnished.

Photos & info contact owner: smvhou@msn.com (713-6557081). Will consider trade for NM or TX property.

19.6 Acres; good grassland, $4,000 down buys 1/2 interest in good producing well, power at road 14,000 acres goes with property for trail riding. $450/month, 3% on balance. 505-506-1437. 20 miles south of Albuquerque.

Chama Village two quarter acre lots with city utilities available, $16,500 each.

Chama River frontage in La Puente, 19.7 acres, has power and well, irrigated, $199,900. Burnside Realty, www.buyburnside.com, 1-877-709-4433.

Three bedroom, 2 bath mfg’d home on 48 acres with garage. Rural, private, mountain views, next to BLM. New 2003, no neighbors, 5,850 feet elevation, $142,000. Great horse country. 575-418-1961.

Gorgeous Remote Land.

620 acres at $750/acre, 42 miles from Raton, Clayton, Springer. Borders Chico Mountain state land along gravel state road. Ponderosas, breathtaking views to Wagon Mound, Rockies. Call Punch 575-445-4077 or cell 575-447-7757. http://www. kiowaland.com/brochures/ keller_620acre.pdf.

For Sale by owner, Tucumcari, NM. Three bedroom, 2 full bath in nice neighborhood.

Newly remodeled. Large master bedroom. Laundry room and pantry. Carport with cement drive. Big back yard with 2 large storage buildings with concrete floors, shelving and work bench. Call 575-576-2503, 575-403-7037 or 575-4618520 for appointment.

Wanted: Ranch for lease or possibly owner-financed/ lease option to buy. Prefer trees with some open areas for horses. Must have good water. Please call: 505-603-0541.

For Sale: 2003 Solitaire double. 28x56, 6" walls, metal roof, new carpet & paint. 2' storage building. Extra large fenced lot.

Owner will carry contract with approved credit & $6,000 down. Priced below appraisal. 575-546-4019.

For Sale: 2008 Polaris RZR, HP 0800cc, 78 miles, like new, garage kept. Remote winch, $10,500. For Sale: 2007 Dodge 2,500 6 speed 6.7 engine diesel, PS, AC, radio, heater, alarm, no power windows or locks, $25,000. Call 575-815-0795.

For Sale: 2003 Suzuki, Volusia Intruder Motorcycle, 800 cc, 1,300 miles. NEW,Excellent Condition, Must Sell, $5,000 OBO. Call: 505-290-2699.

2010 Chrysler, Sebring, 32,000 miles factory warranty, $13,500. 1996 Corvette, 75,000 miles, $11,800. 2005 Dodge Diesel R-cab, 110,000 miles, $13,900. 2007 Dodge Magnum $11,800. 1967 to 1972 Chevy Pickups.

1972 Jimmy air 4x4. 1969 Chrysler 440 parts car. 1978 Chevy 454 parts truck. 1968 Plymouth Satellite air. 1965 Dodge Coronet air. 2000 Dodge 1/2 ton 5-speed, U fix. We take trade-ins.

Soults Motors, Lemitar 575-838-0758.

1965 Streamline, 34 Emperor Travel Trailer. Fully renovated vintage 33’ cousin to the Airstream. Photos at www.vintage-airstream. com. New plumbing, tires, micro, TV. $11,000. 505285-3785. Grants, NM. ‘76 Toyota Chinook RV. AC, cruise, 131K miles. Good condition, 20 MPG, $3,000.

‘94 Fleetwood, Jamboree, Class C. 18.5’, 7.5L. Good condition, new tires, solar panels, extras, 75K miles, $7,995. 575-854-2523.

For Sale: 1994 Cadillac DeVille. Original 73,000 miles. In great condition, $3,900. Call 575-437-8278.

For Sale: Feed & Mercantile Business, Chama area.

Business established in 2002. Priced right! Call 575-588-0147.

Bookkeeping Services including tax returns, payroll, AR/ AP, notary, and financial statements. Reasonable prices. Specializing in sole props/small businesses.

Free pick up and delivery.

Licensed, bonded and insured. 505-864-4489.

Tree Removal. Chain saw for hire. Also, pick up sleeper for sale or trade. Call 505-861-5690. your ad gets sent to nearly 125,000 households and businesses.

Best Pals Photo Contest Deadline Extended to Monday April 30!

We know you love your Quirky Pets, but we know there are some Comical People out in the Land of Enchantment. And, how about those High-Strung Instruments? Surely you have a student who plays the piano or the saxophone.

Quirky Pets Dressed Up Animals Smiling Pets Playful Animals My Best Friend

Comical People Funny Faces Having a Laugh Dressed Up Just Playing Around

High-Strung Instruments Old Beat Up Guitars Poetic Pianos Brass Instruments Out-of-the-Ordinary

Visit www.enchantment.coop for full photo contest details Entries Due: Monday, April 30, 2012 Mail to: Best Pals Photo Contest enchantment Magazine 614 Don Gaspar Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87505

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Batter's Up!

Youth

The Youth Artists have wowed fans with these home run drawings. Keep up the excellent work! Go Youth Artists!

May is National Electrical Safety Month. Show us what you do to keep yourself safe from getting zapped by electricity. Ideas include, flying kites in an open field away from power lines, taking out toast from the toaster with your hand instead of using a fork, or keeping appliances such as your hair dryer, CD player away from water. Talk to your parents about this, they can help. So be safe and Zapped-Free from Electricity for May's topic.

Let's laugh! It's summer vacation! Draw us your Funny Face for June's topic. What faces do you make to get your baby brother or sister to laugh? Look in the mirror and make a funny face.

Draw what you see. Or, maybe you've seen Mom or Dad make a funny face too. Have fun!

Note: Parents we ask that you please include a telephone number on your child’s drawing. We have had several instances where we needed to call you. Thank you.

Page Print your name, mailing address, phone number, age, 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.

Kari Baker, Age 11, Portales

Andrew Garcia, Age 6, Grants

Maria Griego, Age 11, Placitas

Mary Caitlyn Ickes, Age 11, Angel Fire

DJ Gallegos Benavidez, Age 4, Ribera

Tyler Moore, Age 6, Veguita

Dalila Olivas, Age 10, Columbus

Keely Legerski, Age 8, Las Vegas

Faith Riley, Age 11, Estancia

April 2012

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