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enchantment August 1, 2016 • Vol. 68, No. 08 USPS 175-880 • ISSN 0046-1946 Circulation 123,987

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.

Nearly 124,000 families and businesses receive enchantment Magazine as electric cooperative members. Non-member subscriptions are available at $12 per year or $18 for two years, payable to NMRECA. Allow four to eight weeks for delivery.

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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 Harold Trujillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Española Robert Caudle, Lea County Electric Cooperative, Lovington Robert Baca, 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 Leroy Anaya, Socorro Electric Cooperative, Socorro Gary Rinker, Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Clayton Tim Morrow, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer Wayne Connell, Tri-State G&T Association, Westminster, Colorado Charles G. Wagner, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma NATIONAL DIRECTOR David Spradlin, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE William C. Miller, Jr., Chairman, Columbus Electric Cooperative Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Harold Trujillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Robert Baca, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative

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Co-op Newswire

Electrical Safety Warning for Pokémon Go Players 11 As you "catch" a Pokémon stay away from electric equipment—the power can be electrifying.

Hidden Landmarks Photo Contest

Co-op members share photos of landmarks they use as part of giving directions.

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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 Keven J. Groenewold, Executive Vice President, kgroenewold@nmelectric.coop Susan M. Espinoza, Editor, sespinoza@nmelectric.coop Tom Condit, Assistant Editor, tcondit@nmelectric.coop DISPLAY ADVERTISING Rates available upon request. Cooperative members and New Mexico advertisers, call Trish Padilla at 505-982-4671 or e-mail at tpadilla@nmelectric.coop. National representative: National Country Market, 1-800-626-1181.

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Enchanted Journeys

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On The Menu

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Energy Sense

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Book Chat

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Vecinos 16 On the Cover: Eugenia Oglesby,

a member of Farmers' Electric Cooperative, took this photo of the "Cute Carved Bear," located at the entrance of the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site between Oscuro and Tularosa.

Backyard Trails

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Youth Art

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Co-op Newswire

Co-op Teens Visit Our Nation’s Capital T

he Government-in-Action Youth Tour is a lifetime opportunity for many New Mexico teens. Twenty-nine high school students ventured outside their hometowns for one week in June to join nearly 1,700 other students from across the nation to attend the Youth Tour in Washington, D.C. The Youth Tour celebrated its 52nd anniversary this year.

“The Youth Tour was the highlight of the summer for many students from New Mexico, and we are proud to have sent them to Washington, D.C.,” says Evelyn Vigil, New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NMRECA) office manager and Youth Tour director.

The students represented their Venable Named Youth Leadership Delegate electric cooperatives, schools and communities during the tour.

This year’s Youth Leadership “The students gained a first-hand Council delegate understanding of the importance of is Alexis Venable electric cooperatives, the legislative who is sponsored process, and made friendships from

by Continental across the country. They left the tour Divide Electric grateful to their electric co-ops for Cooperative in sponsoring them on this educational Grants. She was opportunity,” says Vigil. chosen by the chaperones to represent In addition to taking in the sights the New Mexico electric co-ops at the and sounds of the nation’s capital, national level. Venable is a senior this all the state groups convened for year at Grants High School and her National Youth Day to learn from career goal is to become a forensic public figures and other inspirapsychologist or Air Force psychologist. tional speakers. The students also had the opportunity to visit with New Mexico’s congressional leaders.

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) initiated Youth Tour after Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson suggested to co-op leaders at an NRECA annual meeting that they “send youngsters to the nation’s capital where they can actually see what the flag stands for and represents.” The tradition of sending students to D.C. continues each June.

Previous Youth Tour participants have become university presidents, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, and members of Congress. In fact, Apple CEO Tim Cook credited Youth Tour with his first trip to Washington in his commencement speech to graduates of George Washington University in 2015.

The tour is coordinated by NMRECA and NRECA. This is NMRECA’s 19th year participating in the tour. Visit our Facebook page for a glimpse of pictures taken from this year’s Youth Tour: https://www.facebook.com/NMYouthTour

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The Power of Community Solar

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According to the CFA white paper, rural electric cooperatives have been one of the leaders in developing community solar projects.

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e are settling into the dog days of summer. Hopefully, the monsoons arrive soon to break this recent drought and deliver some much-needed rain. If they don’t, we will continue to endure the hot, dry August days we have seen in recent years.

While that may be the downside— on a positive note that also usually means an abundance of sunshine.

With the advances in technology and decreasing costs, solar generation is becoming more affordable. However, it still needs to be properly engineered and integrated into the existing electric distribution system.

But more and more of our members are taking notice and inquiring about purchasing their own solar generation system. There are many options available. A member can install a small rooftop or ground-mounted system at their home or business. Members can direct their co-op to build a small utility scale system in the community.

Distribution co-ops can band together and ask the wholesale supplier, usually the generation and transmission co-op to provide for a large utility scale solar facility. And a fourth option, which is chronicled in a recent report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), discusses the merits of community solar generation.

The CFA report makes the following points. Over a recent 18-month period, rooftop installations have quadrupled from 100,000 to 400,000. But nearly half of U.S. households have homes not suitable for residential solar, either because they rent or own a condo, or because their houses lack adequate sunlight or the right type of roof.

Local zoning and ordinances can also be an obstacle.

By comparison, community solar is available to anyone who wants to invest. Naturally, this form of local, home-grown power varies from place to place. Some projects sell or lease the panels; others sell or lease electricity generated by the array in power blocks.

Co-op power suppliers develop some projects. In other cases, third-party developers take the lead.

The CFA research identifies several benefits of this model for consumers. Larger, centralized community arrays can benefit from economies of scale, producing power that is less costly than electricity from individual rooftop solar arrays. According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative, “the per-kWh cost of electricity generated by residential PV is much higher than that from utilityscale plants.”

In a community solar project, the utility or developer is responsible for

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

the installation and maintenance of the solar panels, not the consumers.

The community-owned model eliminates some of the difficulties that arise when consumers without residential arrays end up paying more of the utility’s basic infrastructure and maintenance costs.

According to the CFA white paper, “rural electric cooperatives have been one of the leaders in developing community solar projects. These projects reflect strong interest and participation of their residential customers, who as members have the final say about investment decisions.”

The numbers back up CFA’s assessment. Electric co-ops in 39 states have community solar projects that are already on-line or in the planning stages. Electric co-ops embrace a business model that is open to participation by all members. For co-ops, community power just makes sense.

What community solar projects offer is a model that allows any member to participate and share the benefits, as well as the costs. It eliminates the issue of non-participants subsidizing participants from policies such as net metering. And if you are satisfied with the status quo, or want to watch these projects develop before testing the waters, just sit back and watch.

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Enchanted Journeys

Hale to the stars

BY ALAN HALE

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ontinuing the pattern that has played out the past couple of months, planetwatching during August is strictly an evening-sky affair.

We finally say goodbye to Jupiter—now hosting the recently-arrived Juno spacecraft—which has dominated the evening skies for the last few months. Jupiter sets around the end of dusk at the beginning of August and only about an hour after sunset at month’s end.

Jupiter isn’t alone in the dusk.

Mercury remains visible in twilight throughout most of August, although it never gets very high.

A thin crescent moon lies close to Mercury on Thursday evening of August 4, and Mercury passes closest to Jupiter on Friday evening, the 19th.

Venus, meanwhile, which has been hidden behind the sun for several months, is slowly climbing out of twilight, and passes very close to Jupiter on Saturday evening, August 27.

Mars, Saturn, and the prominent constellation Scorpius are highest above the southern horizon in late twilight during the first part of August. Mars, the brighter of the two worlds, travels eastward through the “head” of Scorpius shortly before mid-month, and around the 23rd passes directly between Saturn and the bright

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A first-quarter Jupiter, accompanied by its four large Galilean moons, as imaged by the approaching Juno spacecraft on June 21, 2016. NASA photograph.

star Antares. This star’s name, which comes from Greek words meaning “rival of Ares” (“Ares” being the Greek name for Mars) and derives from its distinctly reddish color, will be noticeably dimmer than Mars but will offer an interesting comparison of colors.

Both Mars and Saturn will set by midnight, and there are no bright planets in the morning sky this month.

However, August is the time of the Perseid meteor shower, which this year peaks on Friday morning, the 12th, and which normally produces up to 60 or more meteors per hour (as seen from dark rural sites).

The moon will be somewhat past its first quarter phase and will set around 1:00 a.m., thus leaving darkness for the last few hours of the night.

Some studies suggest that there may be an enhanced display of Perseids this year, up to perhaps as many as 150 meteors per hour. There is only one way to find out…

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August 2 • Nageezi Chaco Night Sky Program Chaco Culture National Historic Park 505-786-7014 August 4-7 • Alto Alto Artists’ Studio Tour Art Community 575-257-7395

August 14 • Las Vegas Annual Las Vegas Heritage Week 116 Bridge Street 505-425-8803

August 5 • Capitan Chautauqua: La Llorona Capitan Public Library 575-354-3035

August 19 • Angel Fire Cool Summer Nights Concert 3365 Mountain View Blvd.

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August 5 • Socorro First Saturday Star Party NM Tech Etscorn Observatory 575-835-8927

August 19-22 • Artesia Underground of Enchantment Exhibit Historical Museum and Art Center 575-746-2122

August 5-13 • Lovington Lea County Fair & Rodeo Lea County Fairgrounds 575-396-8686

August 20 • Folsom Folsom Man Archaeological Site Tour Folsom Museum 575-278-2122

August 10 • Acoma Pueblo San Lorenzo Feast Day Acomita Village 800-747-0181

August 25-28 • Deming Great American Duck Race McKinley Duck Downs 575-546-2674

August 13 • Cleveland Cleveland Roller Mill Dance Cleveland Roller Mill Museum 575-387-2645

August 26 • Mountainair Sunflower Festival 101 E. Broadway 505-847-3490

August 13-14 • Carrizozo Carrizozo Festival of Lights Downtown 575-648-8500

August 26-28 • Cimarron Cowboy Music & Poetry Gathering Historic St. James Hotel 575-376-9207

August 14 • Chama Annual Chama Days Celebration Robert Gallegos Park 575-756-2184

August 27 • Jemez Springs Centennial Celebration Valles Caldera National Preserve 575-829-4100

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On The Menu BY SHARON NIEDERMAN

Eggplant Excellence eggplants. If your eggplant is very fresh, just peel it and use it however you please. But, if you purchase it at the supermarket, it’s best to peel it, slice it, salt the slices, and set them under a weight for a couple of hours to remove bitter juice. Drain and wash very well.

Here are three recipes that show how delicious eggplant can taste.

Baba Ghanoush

This Turkish or Middle Eastern preparation may be used as a dip that goes well with pita chips, a sandwich spread or a topping for vegetables.

1 large eggplant 1 clove garlic ¼-½ cup tahini (sesame paste) ½ lemon, juice

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he garden harvest is here and stalls at the farmers market are overflowing with gorgeous fresh produce. But one of the most versatile vegetables is often overlooked. We’re talking eggplant. We may not know how to get the best out of it, or we may have a childhood aversion to it, or we just don’t know what to do with it besides batter it with egg and dip into a mixture of seasoned fine corn meal and flour then fry it—a favorite way to eat it in my home.

Cultivated since prehistory, the nutritious eggplant appears in the cuisines of India, China and the Middle East.

I don’t notice much difference in taste whether I use white, purple or small Japanese

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❧ Prick one large eggplant with a fork. Roast in oven at 425⁰ F until soft, about 30 minutes.

Or, if you prefer, char on grill or over open flame on top of the stove. When eggplant is cool, scrape out flesh and put eggplant in blender with garlic, tahini (sesame paste), and the juice of the lemon. Serves 4.

are tender, add tomatoes. Stir, simmer 20 minutes. Serves 6-8 as a side dish.

Eggplant Parmesan

This version avoids the heaviness of frying.

1 medium eggplant Olive oil 3 large fresh tomatoes, sliced, or 1 large can tomato sauce Fresh basil leaves ½ lb. provolone cheese, sliced ½ lb. mozzarella cheese, sliced Parmesan cheese, grates ❧ Peel and prepare the eggplant. Pat dry.

Brush both sides with olive oil. Bake on a wellgreased cookie sheet in a 425⁰ F oven 15 minutes, turning once, until eggplant is soft. Grease a 9-inch round casserole. Slice eggplant. Layer slices of eggplant, tomatoes (or tomato sauce),

Ratatouille 3 tbs. olive oil ½ lb. eggplant, sliced 2 cloves garlic, mashed ½ lb. zucchini, sliced 2 green peppers, sliced 1 lb. fresh tomatoes, chopped, or 1 large can tomato sauce ❧ Peel and prepare eggplant. Pat dry. Slice the eggplant. Saute the eggplant and garlic over low-medium heat in olive oil until tender. Add zucchini and green peppers. Continue to sauté.

Add more oil if necessary. When all vegetables

basil leaves, and slices of cheese until all ingredients are used. Top with parmesan. Bake at 350⁰ F uncovered until bubbly. Serve with rice or pasta, and a salad. As a variation, add 1 small can chopped green chile or 3 to 4 fresh roasted, seeded green chiles to the tomato sauce and substitute a layer of sour cream for one cheese layer. Serves 3-4.

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Energy Sense

BY PATRICK KEEGAN AND AMY WHEELESS

Is Your Ductwork Delivering?

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ear Pat: I recently moved from a home with wall-mounted heaters to one with central heat and air, and a duct system. How can I ensure my ducts are working efficiently? —Carla.

Dear Carla: Homes with central forced-air heating and cooling systems, like furnaces, central air conditioners and heat pumps, use air ducts to deliver the conditioned (heated or cooled) air through the home. Ducts are often concealed in

Time to Clean the Ducts When: • There is visible mold in your duct system or there was a recent flood that caused mold or mildew in your home.

• There is something in the ductwork impeding airflow, like debris or an infestation.

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• Your heating registers are releasing dust into the air.

• Home residents have allergies or asthma problems that have not been alleviated by other changes.

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walls or in areas of your home you don’t go to often, like a crawlspace, so many people do not immediately think of them as an area to save energy.

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Though duct cleaning may not do much for the efficiency of your systems, duct sealing is important for saving energy and lowering

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A Duct Blaster test can show you how leaky your ductwork is. Photo Credit: Ket555.

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Consider adding insulation to the unconditioned space, such as in the attic or basement, which can further increase the efficiency and comfort of your home.

Electrical Safety Warning for Pokémon Go Players Electric cooperatives are reminding players of Pokémon Go to stay away from electric substations, power plants and other electric equipment. The new smartphone-based augmented reality game sends players to real world places to “catch” Pokémon.

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HIDDEN LANDMARKS PHOTO CONTEST The next time you travel through the Land of Enchantment and ask for directions, you just may be told to turn right after the "Cute Carved Bear," or drive past the "Boot Fence." Wherever you go, keep an eye out for these Hidden Landmarks. Congratulations to this year's winners!

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To find the Evans place, it's the home one below the old windmill on the hill … you can see Mt. Taylor straight ahead, says Donald Evans who took the photo. Member of Continental Divide Electric Cooperative.

You know you're heading in the right direction when you pass the buffalo pasture between Raton and Cimarron on Highway 64. Photo by Jessica Frastaci. Member of Springer Electric Cooperative.

When you're driving to Ruidoso, watch for this beautiful decorated front entrance in Nogal says Stephen S. Salazar.

Member of Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative.

In Taos, drive past the field that has the old pickup filled with springtime flowers. Photo by Sally Ortiz. Member of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative.

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This railroad crossing sign is a landmark when traveling southwest on Old Lamy Trail from the Lamy Amtrak station. Photo by Cassie Stuart. Member of Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative.

Get your boots and spurs on. When you go south on Riata Road, turn right on the gravel road at the end of the boot fence, says David Senger who took this photo. Member of Otero County Electric Cooperative.

While driving down road 386 in Anton Chico, you can't miss the horse mail box, says Becky Jaramillo. Member of Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative.

Move over roadrunner, there's an elephant in Blue Springs. Blue Springs?

You know, where the elephant is on Highway 60 near Highway 47? Photo

by Ken Hansen. Member of Socorro Electric Cooperative.

Jay L. Warner took this photo of what he calls the Ghost School at Santa Rita in southern Socorro County. Member of Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative.

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By John Donald Robb 2015, 200 pages, $29.95 ENCHANTMENT University of New Mexico Press 800-249-7737; www.unmpress.com Bravo for this fine bilingual compilation of traditional New Mexican Spanish folk songs that helps preserve the lively spirit of our mestizo musicians and honors their contribution to the fabric of American cultural identity. Robb is a legendary music professor and composer at the University of New Mexico and author of Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest.

These secular and religious songs from his archives (1944 to 1979) include songs of patriotism, history, politics and social commentary, plus topics that range from foolishness and lies in relationships, to labor, courtship and marriage. There’s one about the melancholy shepherd, another about a cat on the roof who receives a letter of acceptance from a lady cat. He is so overjoyed he slips off the roof, breaks seven ribs, his spine and his tail. So there!

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By Sharon Niederman 2015, 207 pages, $19.95 The Countryman Press 212-354-5500; books.wwnorton.com This delicious outpouring of New Mexican cuisine just won the 2016 National Federation of Press Women’s (NFPW) Award. No wonder. It is chock full of inspiring recipes, vivid photos of sun-tanned faces and revealing profiles of the men and women who cultivate the plants and animals to produce the meals we love. Niederman highlights a variety of recipes from checkered-tablecloth cafes in southern New Mexico to white linen restaurants in Santa Fe. Try a recipe from The Pink Adobe where they serve to-die-for French Apple Pie that makes it’s own caramel sauce while the pie bakes. You might want to build an horno (outdoor wood-heated adobe oven) for Café Pasqual’s Vertical-Roasted Chicken or Turkey. Or try a pasta dish from the famous chef, Matt Yohalem of Il Piatto. Mouth-watering. Five stars!

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PIE TOWN REVISITED

DUMBEE

By Arthur Drooker 2015, 160 Pages, $34.95 University of New Mexico Press 800-249-7737; www.unmpress.com

By Lloyd Tireman 2016/1945, 44 pages, $12.95 University of New Mexico Press 800-249-7737; www.unmpress.com

Pie Town, where it’s legal to have pie for breakfast, is on U.S. 60 near the Very Large Array in southwest New Mexico, close to the Continental Divide. “Population: seventy, maybe,” says the author.

“No stores. No sidewalks, not even a stoplight. For most people, this qualifies as the middle of nowhere.”

Drooker, a television documentary producer and accomplished photographer, was fascinated by Depression-era photos from Pie Town taken by Russell Lee in the 1940s for the Farm Security Administration. “Lee didn’t just photograph his subjects. He saw them. With a camera,” Drooker said. Drooker decided to revisit Pie Town 70 years later, rephotograph places and relatives of the original pioneers and juxtapose present-day photos with Lee’s. The whole town came together to help Drooker with his project. His photos reveal his warm connection with the community and his interviews are as poignant as his pictures. Five stars!

Here’s an amusing and informative children’s book from the Mesaland Series, first published in the 1940s to introduce children to Southwestern animals and plants. The book has an old-fashioned flavor and charming illustrations. It’s about a big, handsome bee who buzzes around all day when he should be gathering nectar to make honey. When the other bees tease him, he says, “Buzz buzz, I likes what I duz.” So the others call him Dumbee. Curious and aggressive, Dumbee often lands in sticky places. Luckily lots of wild creatures are willing to help him out of his latest tangle. While he’s messing around on the mesa, two boys smoke the bees out of their hive and eat most of the honey. How can this story possibly turn out well for Dumbee? You’ll be surprised. A fun read for ages about seven and up.

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rank Lopez is a photographer with a passion that goes beyond creating images and includes connecting with people. Lopez is from Las Trampas.

One day in June, we stood on the east side of the San Jose de Garcia Church admiring the architecture and enjoying relief in the church’s shade from the sun. Lopez points nearby to his grandmother’s grave. The headstone is among the few within the modest space enclosed by a mud wall. Beyond, the village stood still in the heat.

These days Lopez is not exhibiting work but he’s busy taking pictures. Recently he photographed an elder woman in her garden. A few weeks before that there was a wedding. Lopez respects and loves the connection with people that photography allows.

This respect grants him unique access to the community and its members.

He’s a man with a camera and a keen eye but he’s also a man with a big heart who has been through calamity. “I walk into every photo shoot with fear,” Lopez says. In 2007, he was declared

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a paraplegic after a weightlifting accident. At the time he was living in Boston. Once he was strong enough to travel he came home to heal. After years of physical therapy and ignoring grave diagnoses, he moves with a labored gait and uses a cane, but— he can walk.

The fear he describes is rooted in, “Will I be able to do it?” He continues and laughs, “Some know me as the crawling photographer.” It’s easy to sense Lopez’s light spirit. He carries around infectious joy.

After talking to his parents on the phone, members of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, I wondered if the joy runs in the family.

In June, Lopez went on a pilgrimage, completing a north-bound trek from Albuquerque to the Santuario de Chimayo, participating in the annual event with Pilgrimage for Vocations. In previous years, he completed the walk from the other three directions. This year, sleeping on floors in gymnasiums and churches was more of a challenge. Battling pain is ongoing since the spinal cord injury. Even

so, his enthusiasm made clear that the journey was rewarded with a deep sense of faith, camaraderie and accomplishment.

The parking lot at the Trampas church stayed mostly empty except for the occasional camping car. Lopez was soon on his way to his aunt’s 80th birthday party. Pointing across the street to a pink house on the hillside that belongs to his family, he described how, as a little boy, he led his blind grandfather by the end of his cane on strolls through the village. “It’s where my Spanish education began.”

Lopez’s vocabulary mistakes would lead to his grandfather stumbling to the ground. “I quickly learned the difference between “el steppe,” a Spanglish version of “el escalon,” when I was trying to describe a step down.”

I asked if walks through the village with his grandfather were also where his sense for photography developed. He shrugged, “I was my grandfather’s eyes.”

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Photo courtesy of the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.

Requiem for the Past The desire to look smartly into the future requires the counsel of the past. Author William Faulkner wrote in Requiem for a Nun, "The past isn't dead and buried. It's not even past.” Our past, you see, makes up the present.

New Mexico is blessed with a colorful and storied past that makes living here all the more appealing. Only in this enchanted land do the ancient and the modern so starkly intersect. And to our great fortune, travelers across New Mexico are treated to roadside historic markers that chronicle in short narratives, historic events and people associated with places that are as varied as the land from Raton to Rodeo.

You might be surprised to learn this: anyone can nominate to have historic mark-

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ers placed along roadways. All it takes is some knowledge and a one-page application provided by the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.

I know of a historic event worthy of a roadside marker. It’s the stuff of legend, yet largely unknown today. It made national news from New York to San Francisco. The event was reported to Congress by the military. Men and women who witnessed it wrote about it in diaries. What they saw was seared into their memories.

In early September 1879, a band of disgruntled Apaches led by Victorio laid waste to citizens and soldiers in Sierra County.

The Apaches were rightfully upset at the government for displacing them from their Warm Springs home near Truth or Consequences. After attacking a post of 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, they made their way south with stolen Army horses.

They turned up Berenda Creek and headed into the Mimbres Mountains with Buffalo Soldiers at their heels.

Near a pleasant little plain along today’s NM 26 just north of Lake Valley, much blood would spill on September 11. An entire family of Hispanic ranchers, 12 people from babies to elderly would meet their maker, murdered and horribly mutilated by the accounts of several witnesses. But that’s not all; a posse of Hillsboro citizens sought to intercede only to walk into an ambush expertly set: 15 more died. If any Apaches perished, their names were not recorded.

This may seem a grisly prospect, but I see a deserving roadside marker as a requiem for the Black soldiers, Anglo miners, Hispanic ranchers, and the Apache people who perished in this clash of cultures.

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Home of the sweet six pack. Vending in Glorieta, I-25 Exit 299, Blue Tundra/ American Flag. Contact pecospablo@ hotmail.com or 505-603-2310.

IT IS WOOD SAWMILL AROMATIC RED cedar lumber, tongue and groove paneling closet lining. $3 a square foot. Call 575278-2433 in Folsom, New Mexico.

METAL ROOFING SCREWS (NEW), METAL AND rubber washers each screw, 6 boxes3,000 screws in each box, $125 each box.

Fireplace Custom Oak Mantel with mirror in storage, was model in store, paid $900 will sell for $250. Call 714-366-1984.

WANTED: TO BUY UNIT 13 ELK Archery Tag, unit-wide for the 2016 Elk Season. Call anytime, Myron at 330-231-2119.

COFFINS, CASKETS & URNS. Simple, Natural, Unique. Delivery in New Mexico.

Nationwide shipping. Call 505-286-9410 for catalog and FREE funeral information. Visit our website at www.theoldpinebox.com

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FOR SALE: MORA VALLEY, APPROXIMATELY 20 acres dry land and 15 acres mountains.

Serious inquiries only. Contact Mike at 505-753-6338.

Upgrading to geothermal just got more affordable. With the 30% federal tax credit set to expire at the end of this year, and an additional 30% state tax credit, the time to act is now! WaterFurnace units can save you up to 70% on heating, cooling & hot water. For a limited time, we’re offering homeowners with traditional systems a very special rebate package on our most efficient and comfortable geothermal heat pumps—the 7 Series and the 5 Series—from now until Dec. 9, 2016. Visit waterfurnace.com/NM to learn more.

IRRIGATED 40 ACRE HORSE PROPERTY IN Miami, NM. Remodeled adobe home built in 1910. Pipe fencing, 2,480 square foot barn, 3 bay equipment shed, hay barn w/loft, shop, 2 graineries, multiple pens with overhead gates, concrete alleys, and an upscale chicken coop. 40 existing shares in Miami Water Association will convey. $425,000. Bunny Terry, Keller Williams Realty. 505-504-1101, bunnyterry@kw.com or www.ilovesantafehomes.com AFFORDABLE 5,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR WITH Living area at airpark in Columbus, NM. Lots of space in hangar for restoring cars, farm/industrial equipment, or whatever your needs. Call 575-222-0239 or 575544-7411. Additional info and photos at barnstormers.com BLUEWATER LAKE VACATION HOUSE, OFF HIGHWAY 412. Fenced 1.2 acres. 1 bedroom, 1 bath with sunroom, screened porch, utility basement. Furnished, fully stocked. Views. $59,900. Call Howard Michael at 505-290-0761 or 505-876-2222.

BREATHTAKING 360° PANORAMIC VIEWS OF CAPITANS, Sierra Blanca Mountains from two-story (3120 ft.) house on 9.40 acres in Capitan, NM. Parkside setting, open frontroom, dining, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. Flexspace on first floor for Artist Studio/Home Office/playroom/poolroom, home theater, etc. Rock entryway, rock waterfall, insulated garage/workshop, carport. Residential, Commercial. Can be all family or a two-in-one home/business on first floor. Stress and air pollution free. Total investment only $378,900. 704-965-3331.

FOR SALE: 2,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL building at 6409 Highway 550, Cuba, New Mexico 87013. 1,200 square foot business space, 800 square foot apartment. All appliances included. Photo on Craig’s List. REDUCED to $65,000. Call 505-232-0273.

FOUR BEAUTIFUL WOODED LOTS IN VALLE Escondido. HOA offers 9-hole golf course, clubhouse featuring food and drink, swimming pool and stocked fishing ponds. Plus community water, trash and roads maintained year round. Easy year round access, HOA provides snow removal on roads.

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FOR SALE: “ASIS” FIXER-UPPER, 1.78 ACRES, “5” mile on paved road from Tucumcari, NM, city water, has grapevine, peach and cherry trees, 3 bedroom, 1 bath with add-on. Call 575-708-0502 for more information.

BUILD YOUR HOME ON GOOD LAND. 1 acre properties, improved and unimproved, in Highland Meadows Estates, 25 miles West of Albuquerque. Low Down, Owner Financed. Call 505-814-9833.

3/4 ACRE LOT FOR SALE BY Owner: 7 miles north of Española on Highway 285, view of the Jemez Mountains, $30,000 plus survey cost. Call 505-927-2706.

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 or call Barbara Baird at 1-800-458-9847.

SOLID LOG CABIN, RUSTIC 3 BEDROOM, 1-1/2 bath, 1+ acre lot, bordering forest, lake, 2 miles away, very reasonable in the beauty of QLE. Call 520-743-7270.

SALAMON ESTATES, SOUTH OF RIO COMMUNITIES, New Mexico. 16x80 Mobile Home on 1.25 acres. Permanent foundation. Call 505-980-2585.

FINISHED CABIN ON HALF ACRE WITH Juniper Pines vegetation, Southeast of Alamogordo and Cloudcroft in Timberon, NM with abuting half acre and additional half acre. Call 520-784-1746.

TWO CABINS, 1800 & 700 SQUARE feet. 25+ acres in Ponderosa Pines @ 8,000 feet, north of Pie Town, NM. Hunting Unit 13. $450,000. For a DVD with a powerpoint walk-through, contact David Hanneman, 520-296-9236 or hannemans@cox.net LOG CABIN KITS: BUILD YOUR OWN custom Cabin with one of our Kits, 6x8 D T&G Logs, 4x10 Rafters and 2x6 Ship Lap Decking. Kits range from 700 to 2,000 square feet. Based in New Mexico. Call 575-682-6683 or 575-202-0180.

WALK-IN READY, UTE LAKE, LOGAN, NEW Mexico vacation rental. Enjoy lake in comfort. 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, mobile home, sleeps 6, A/Cs, furnished, all household needs, D/W, microwave, W/D, spacious deck, bbq grill, lake view, one mile from South Dock, fenced backyard, $100 night, 2 night minimum. Reservations 575-403-5290.

IN LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: SIX beautiful acres. Forest, pasture, next to National Forest. Build your dream home! Bring your horses, they will love it too! Call 505-281-2598.

OWN A HOME IN COUNTRY LIVING! 2 & 3 bedroom, 2 bath mobile homes on 1 acre in Highland Meadows Estates, 25 miles west of Albuquerque off I-40. Low Down, Owner Financing. Call 505-814-9833.

COUNTRY CABIN NEAR CHAMA. QUAINT 900 square-foot home with 2 bedrooms and 1 bath on 2 acres. New wood floors throughout. Wraparound deck affords panoramic mountain views and abundant wildlife sightings. Detached studio/garage, storage shed and large dog run. Great weekend getaway or full-time residence with year round access. All appliances included. $135,000. Call 928-899-5409.

QUEMADO LAKE ESTATES, FOR SALE BY Owner: 1.5 acres with water, electric, septic and metal storage building on property. RV ready and close to lake. $40,000. Call 575-772-2779.

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THREE 5 ACRE LOTS CONNECTED IN Timber Lake Ranch, Ramah, New Mexico. Forested, views, elevation 7,300 feet, electric, phone, borders national forest. Very quiet and private. Please call for price, will negotiate. 505-783-4046 or 520-825-9172.

WATER DOWSING AND CONSULTING: PROVEN SUCCESS, 40 years experience. In Lincoln County, will travel. Elliot Topper, 575-354-2984.

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FOR SALE: 1979 INTERNATIONAL SCOUT II. 1967 Ford 3/4 ton pickup. 1998 Polaris 6x6 ATV. 4 Bridgestone tires P275/55R20. For more information call 575-760-3042.

PROJECT TRUCK 1987 JEEP COMANCHE: 4.0L, 4x4, 99% complete, 87,000 miles, $1,500.

2 trucks: 1995 Ford F350, 7.3D, 185,000 miles; 1996 full size Bronco 5.0L, 155,000 miles, $12,000. For more information, call Mel 505-753-2035.

1954 FWD FIRE TRUCK FOR SALE. $5,000 or best offer. Call 505-455-7433.

2015 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500, LT, CREW cab, long bed, 4x4, 6.6l, V8 turbo diesel, nice white exterior, beautiful cloth interior, automatic transmission, only 7,000 miles, one owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $41,950.

See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises. com or call 505-832-5106.

2015 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500, HD, LT, 6.6L, V8 turbo diesel engine, 4x4, crew cab, automatic transmission, silver with beautiful cloth interior, only 38,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $45,950. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2013 FORD F-150 XLT, LARIAT SUPER crew, long bed, 4x4, 3.5L, V6 turbo engine, automatic transmission, white with leather interior, 56,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $32,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2013 TOYOTA 4RUNNER, SR5, 4X4, 4.0L, V6, beautiful silver exterior, clean leather interior, automatic transmission, one owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, only 49,000 miles, $34,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2012 DODGE RAM 3500, LARAMIE LONGHORN edition, crew cab, long bed, drw, 6.7l, l6 turbo diesel, white with leather interior, 4x4, automatic, 39,000 miles, heated/cooled seats, one owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $49,995. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2007 DODGE RAM 2500, LARAMIE, QUAD cab, 4x4, 6.7L turbo diesel, 6 speed manual transmission, nice blue exterior, beautiful cloth interior, one owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, 112,000 miles, $28,950. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2003 DODGE RAM 2500, SLT, 5.7L, V8 engine, white exterior, cloth interior, 161,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $8,950. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2015 DODGE RAM 1500, SLT, QUAD CAB, 4x4, 5.7L, V8 engine, automatic transmission, white exterior, clean cloth interior, 16,000 miles, one owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $31,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2013 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500, LT, CREW cab, 4x4, 5.3L, V8 engine, nice brown exterior with clean cloth interior, automatic transmission, 158,000 miles, one owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $20,850. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2013 SUBARU IMPREZA WAGON STYLE AWD, leather seats, sunroof, one owner CARFAX, silver with grey interior, 48,000 miles, automatic transmission, $18,750. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2011 NISSAN FRONTIER, SL, CREW CAB, 4x4, 4.0L, V6 Engine, clean red color with nice cloth interior, automatic transmission, 159,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $17,750. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2013 CHEVY TAHOE, LTZ, 4X4, 5.3L, V8 Engine, clean white exterior, nice leather interior, automatic transmission, 70,000 miles, one owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $37,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2009 MINI COOPER S, 1.6L, L4, turbo Engine, nice red exterior, cloth interior, 6 speed manual transmission, clean CARFAX, 113,000 miles, $9,950. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2012 GMC SIERRA 1500, DENALI CREW CAB, 6.2L, V8 engine, grey with beautiful leather interior, automatic transmission, 4x4, 91,000 miles, one owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $29,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2012 FORD F-250, SD, XLT, CREW cab, long bed, 4x4, 6.7L V8 turbo diesel engine, automatic transmission brown exterior, clean leather interior, clean CARFAX, one owner vehicle, 111,000 miles, $39,550. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA BASE LONG BED, 5.7L, V8 engine, 4x4, white with clean cloth interior, 144,000 miles, automatic transmission, clean CARFAX, $11,500. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA, SR5, DOUBLE CAB, 4x4, 5.7L, V8 engine, automatic transmission, clean brown exterior, nice leather interior, clean CARFAX, 119,000 miles, $20,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2008 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500, HD, LT1, crew cab, 4x4, 6.6L, V8 engine, nice grey color with clean leather interior, automatic transmission, 111,000 miles, one owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $32,900. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

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2008 GMC SIERRA 1500, SL, CREW cab, 4x4, 5.3L, V8 engine, gorgeous bronze exterior, nice cloth interior, automatic transmission, 70,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $24,950. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

WOULD LIKE TO BUY A 1955 or 1956 or 1957 Chevrolet car. Doesn’t need to run but all parts need to be there. Call 575-309-9399.

Vintage Finds 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: NEW MEXICO MOTORCYCLE LICENSE PLATES 1912-1959, paying $100-$500 each, also buying some New Mexico car plates 1900-1923.

Wanted: New Mexico Highway Journal magazines 1923-1927, paying $10-$25 single issues, $400-$800 bound volumes, library discards OK. 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.

VINTAGE TOOLS AND ODDITIES FROM THE INDUSTRIAL AGE. Objects for collectors and users from various trades. Specializing in American and European hand tools. Sell, buy, barter, consign. Gray Matter-Art + Artifacts.

926 Baca Street, #6, Santa Fe. 505-780-0316.

BUYING OLD STUFF: GAS PUMPS AND parts 1960’s 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 TO BUY: ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES. Looking for anything with advertising on it; old signs and memorabilia. Please call 575-760-5651.

When Opportunity Knocks LONGHORN DANCE BAND AVAILABLE FOR DANCES, private parties, clubs and organizations.

Playing the finest in Classic Country and Rock n Roll. Visit us at longhorndanceband.com and contact Mack Shafer at 575-354-9148 or 575-937-6863.

Scenic Summer Views Thanks for taking us on a journey of who and what you saw this summer! Don't you just love the rodeo? Let's draw Hats, Boots and Spurs for September's Youth Art topic. Whip out your crayons and coloring pencils and have a rodeo of a good time.

It's nearly October and that means National Co-op Month. To pay tribute to your electric co-op, draw a light bulb, your co-op building, or a light pole inside of a stamp for "My Co-op Stamp."

Look What's New: We now accept Youth Art drawings by e-mail. Send jpg file and required information by the 9th to: enchantment@nmelectric.coop

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. Accept artwork up to age 13. 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.

Analiya Brown, Age 10, Grants

Kynlee Davis, Age 7, Lovington

Jessica Gonzales, Age 10, Cuba

Jacob Felts, Age 10, Williamsburg

Elana Herndon, Age 10, Ramah

Olivia Kern, Age 8, Sandia Park

Brandy McKneely, Age 9, Taos

Savanna Molina, Age 10, Nambe Pueblo

Patrick Lopez, Age 4, Socorro

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