January 2019 enchantment

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January 1, 2019 • Vol. 71, No. 01 USPS 175-880 • ISSN 0046-1946 Circulation 88,833 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 89,000 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 to the cooperatives who are members of the Association that deliver electric power to New Mexico’s rural areas and small communities. The mission of the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association is to strengthen, support, unify, and represent Cooperative member interests at the local, state, and national levels. 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.

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Salt and Solitude A historic journey through The Salinas Pueblo Missions.

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An outlet for energy savings Not your ordinary power outlet.

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Downed and dangerous Stay safe around downed power lines.

DEPARTMENTS

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Charles Pinson, President, Central Valley Electric Cooperative, Artesia George Biel, Vice President, Sierra Electric Cooperative, Elephant Butte Tim Morrow, Secretary-Treasurer, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Duane Frost, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Mountainair Chris Martinez, Columbus Electric Cooperative, Deming Vacant, Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Grants Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Clovis Robert Caudle, Lea County Electric Cooperative, Lovington Robert Quintana, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Mora Thomas G. Rivas, Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative, Chama Preston Stone, Otero County Electric Cooperative, Cloudcroft Antonio Sanchez, Jr., Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative, Portales Joseph Herrera, Socorro Electric Cooperative, Socorro Travis Sullivan, Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Clayton Wayne Connell, Tri-State G&T Association, Westminster, Colorado Charles G. Wagner, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma

What to do with your live tree after Christmas Four gardening tips to recycle your Christmas tree.

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NATIONAL DIRECTOR

David Spradlin, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer

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Current News

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Hale to the Stars

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Enchanted Journeys

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Energy Sense

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

Thomas G. Rivas, Chair, Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative Chris Martinez, Columbus Electric Cooperative Robert Caudle, Lea County Electric Cooperative Joseph Herrera, Socorro Electric Cooperative NEW MEXICO RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION

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Legislative Almanac

Co-op Staff Learn the ‘Nuts and Bolts’ at Transformer School

The guide to New Mexico's senators and representatives who represent you, and much more useful information. Hard copies of the 2019 Legislative Almanac will be available midto-late January 2019. You may also download the smart app to your smart device from any of the two app stores. Search for: NMRECA Legislative Almanac.

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ver 30 electric co-op staff members from across the state attended training to enhance their skills and knowledge about the transformer industry during the Transformer School held December 3-5, 2018, at Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative in Moriarty.

Attendees attended classroom style educational courses and handson training workstations during the three-day training school. On the first day, Roy O’Day, Director of Loss Control, of Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives, Loss Control Division (OAEC), educated attendees about transformer action; types of transformers; transformer sizing and fusing; transformer calculations; and more.

The remaining two days consisted of hands-on training at workstations. A variety of workstations included load calculations and fusing Wye and Delta connections; understanding CT and PT transformers and connections; hands-on training on miniature transformers; trouble shooting connections; and training on pad-mount transformers.

Instructors of the workstations including O’Day were David Berryman, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative; Aaron Horner, Central Valley Electric Cooperative; Ray Rush, Otero County Electric Cooperative; and Cade Standifer, OAEC. The New Mexico Rural Electric Self-Insurer’s Fund (NMRESIF), in coordination with the NMRESIF Safety Committee and the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives, Loss Control Division, sponsor the Transformer School.

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A co-op portfolio of power resources

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very day, we provide our consumermembers with safe, reliable, environmentally responsible and affordable power. We’re able to provide this essential service because we use many types of fuel to generate electricity. Having diversity in our power resources helps us keep costs affordable should one type of fuel spike in price or be in short supply.

You may occasionally hear about base load and non-base load power sources. How these resources work together to power your homes and businesses is important, and long-term planning plays a vital role in meeting your needs. Generation plants are typically longterm assets, which last for several decades.

Over 30 percent of the power provided by our generation and transmission cooperatives is renewable energy. However, base load power plants are most commonly fueled by coal or natural gas. The plants operate nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provide a consistent and steady amount of power.

Based on our consumer-members’ annual and average daily use requirements, we plan ahead to know how much power we need to generate or purchase to meet those needs.

Base load power plants run at constant levels, allowing these plants to provide the lowestcost generation in a safe and efficient manner.

Throughout New Mexico and the United States, base load power plants supply the majority of the power used by consumers. In New Mexico, as a testament to our commitment to being good stewards of our environment, we continue to invest in upgrades to

these base load plants to ensure they meet strict and changing environmental standards.

As part of our balanced approach to providing you with power from a variety of sources, we supplement base load power with a healthy dose of hydroelectric power and intermittent renewable resources, such as wind and solar. These intermitted resources are considered non-base load power because we have limited control over their power generating ability. For example, on a sunny day, solar panels can produce maximum output. Or, when wind speeds are steady and not too high or too low, wind turbines can generate a fairly consistent supply of power. However, during cloudy days or at night, we can’t rely on solar power because it isn’t generating a significant amount of energy. Because of the unpredictably of non-base load sources, we use them in tandem with base load plants to ensure when our consumer-members flip the switch for power, they can count on a reliable and adequate power supply to meet those needs.

Base load power sources are the backbone of our system for a number of reasons, including the fact that energy cannot be effectively stored. Advancements in energy storage, such as batteries, have come a long way in recent years but it’s still not economically feasible or in some cases, reliable enough, to meet our consumer-members’ needs. Through our national partners, we invest in ongoing research to determine when and if technologies, such as storage options, may be viable for our consumer-members.

As a member of your not-for-profit electric cooperative you may be thinking, why is all of

this important to me? Having a balanced and diverse energy portfolio is similar to having a diversified personal financial plan. When it comes to savings, it’s not prudent to put all of your eggs in one basket. The same is true with sources of power generation. To achieve the best mix of reliability, affordability, environmental responsibility, and safety, we rely on multiple sources rather than just one type of power generation.

By Keven J. Groenewold. P.E. Chief Executive Officer New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association

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hale to the stars I by alan hale

New Horizons Spacecraft

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he general sparseness of bright planets in our evening sky that began during the latter part of 2018 continues into the New Year; two of the five bright planets, Mercury and Saturn, pass behind the sun and aren’t visible at all this month. Mars is visible during the evening hours and remains high in our western evening sky all month, and sets four to five hours after sunset.

Most of the planet action is in the morning sky.

Venus shines brilliantly in the pre-dawn sky all month, rising about two hours before the start of twilight. Meanwhile, Jupiter climbs higher and higher throughout January, rising over two hours before the beginning of dawn by month’s end. The two bright worlds pass each other and form a dramatic conjunction on Tuesday morning, the 22nd.

A partial eclipse of the sun takes place on January 6 and is visible from the northern Pacific Ocean as well as Japan, Korea, parts of China,

Mongolia, and Siberia, as well as western Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands. While our part of the world won’t see that event, we are well placed to see the total lunar eclipse that takes place on Sunday evening, January 20. Totality lasts for slightly over one hour, from 9:40 to 10:45 p.m. MST, during which time the eclipsed moon should take on a reddish to orange-tinted coloration as it passes through the Earth’s shadow.

A major spacecraft event takes place on New Year’s Day, when the New Horizons spacecraft, which passed by Pluto in mid-2015, passes just a little over 2,000 miles from a small object in the far outer solar system which is informally named Ultima Thule (Latin for “a distant unknown region”). Ultima Thule, which was discovered by New Horizons team members with the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014, is about 16 to 19 miles across and is in what is called the “Kuiper Belt,”

Artist’s conception of Ultima Thule being visited by the New Horizons spacecraft on January 1, 2019. Image courtesy NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Steve Gribben.

made up of very small objects beyond Neptune. As the encounter takes place, it will become the most distant world ever to be visited by a spacecraft (4.1 billion miles from Earth).

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January 5 • Socorro

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January 19 • Chama

January 24 • Red River

First Day Hike over Elephant Butte Dam Elephant Butte Dam • 575-744-5421

National Bird Day Tour Percha Dam • 575-743-3942

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Red River Songwriters’ Festival 400 E. Main Street • 515-754-3104

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January 19 • Truth or Consequences

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1st Annual Bearoon Plunge Navajo Lake • 505-632-2278

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Polar Bear Plunge Sugarite Canyon State Park • 575-445-2413

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Christmas Traditions Around the World Western Heritage Museum • 575-492-2678

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Happy New Year!

What to do with your live tree after Christmas If your Christmas tree is one that cannot be planted, and is drying, following are some good gardener solutions for you, courtesy of New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service.

1. Some municipalities provide a place where you can take the old trees to be chipped and turned into mulch. Sometimes you can take some of that mulch for use at home. The chipped tree can be added to a compost pile, but will be fairly slow to decompose.

2. For gardeners without access to a chipper, you can trim the branches that have needles from the trees.

These branches may be used as mulch in perennial beds or under trees to moderate fluctuations in soil temperature, reduce evaporation, and make it difficult for weeds to grow. As summer arrives, these branches may be removed, allowing the fallen needles to remain.

3. You can also place the tree in the garden or flower bed with the base of its trunk buried in the soil to hold the tree upright, or tied to a stake to keep it upright. Bird feeders and suet for birds can be attached to the tree like ornaments.

The birds attracted to the tree will appreciate the food and shelter provided by the needles, even as the needles dry and turn brown.

4. As the weather warms, the tree may be used as a trellis for climbing vegetables or flowers. These are good supports for cucumbers, beans, Malabar spinach, and peas.

Climbing flowering plants such as morning glory or scarlet runner beans may also be grown on the old Christmas tree.

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energy sense I by patrick keegan and brad thiessen

Keeping the home fires affordable: home heating options

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with electric baseboards and wall heaters. Should I upgrade to a different kind of system? —Ryan Dear Ryan: You’re really getting the double whammy, especially if you live

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in a cold climate. Fortunately, you have a few potential solutions.

A good first step, before making major changes to the heating system, is to look at the area you are heating.

The amount of heated space and the efficiency of that space determine how large of a heating system you’ll need.

Air leaks and inadequate insulation might be a major cause of higher bills, and correcting these problems might enable you to install a smaller heating system. An energy audit will provide the answers you need and give you an idea of how much you can save from weatherization measures and a more efficient heating system. Contact your local electric cooperative first to see if they offer energy audits or if they can recommend an auditor.

Let’s talk about heating systems.

Propane furnaces are expected to last 15 to 25 years, but if yours has been well-maintained, you may get more mileage out of it. Even if your furnace is still running well and has some life left in it, it may not be efficient.

Propane, gas and oil furnace efficiency is measured by the Average Fuel Utilization Efficiency, or AFUE. This is indicated on a label which may still be attached to the furnace. Your 20-yearold unit might have an AFUE in the 70 to 80 percent range. A new highefficiency furnace can have an AFUE rating of over 95 percent, which can reduce the portion of your propane bill that goes toward heating by 15 to 20 percent. The AFUE doesn’t account for any heat escaping through poorlyinsulated or improperly-sealed pipes or furnace ducts, so you definitely want those issues taken care of first.

Instead of replacing your old propane furnace with a new one, you have two additional options. You could install an air source heat pump, which would use your existing duct work, or a mini-split heat pump, which can heat up to four rooms. In the past decade, the efficiency of heat pumps has greatly improved, even to the point where they are solid options even in colder climates.

It’s not surprising that your mother’s electric bill is high. This is common for inefficient homes that rely on resistance heat using wall heaters, portable heaters or baseboard heaters.

Your mother’s home probably doesn’t have ductwork, which makes the installation of a central heat pump very expensive. Instead, I suggest getting a quote on a ductless minisplit heat pump. They are efficient for heating and cooling, so if your mother uses a window A/C unit (or two), she can save even more money.

Mini-splits are usually installed to heat and cool the largest, most used area of a home. Your mother can continue to use baseboard heaters in the rooms she doesn’t use as often. As efficient as the mini-splits are, they might not provide enough heat in a prolonged, extreme cold snap, so leaving a few baseboard heaters connected is a good idea.

Heating system upgrades have a big effect on comfort and the pocketbook for many years. Scheduling an energy audit and considering all your options gives you the best chance at making the right decisions. Good luck, and stay warm!

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A view looking north from inside the Abó Church. A carpet of grass is usually present during the summer months. National Park Service, Public Domain.

Salt and Solitude The Salinas Pueblo Missions

By Eric Bryan

T

he Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, near Mountainair in the Salinas Basin of central New Mexico, is a cluster of three discontinuous Spanish missions constructed from 1622-35. The sites were previously occupied by Pueblo Indians and were active trading communities. Spanish Franciscans, who’d named the area the Salinas District after the salt lakes northeast of Mountainair, thought the region ideal for the founding of missions.

But by the latter 1670s, due to drought, famine, disease, and Apache raids, Pueblo People and Spaniards had evacuated the area, leaving the pueblos to the weather, roadrunners, and reptiles.

The ruins at the sites are souvenirs marking the first connection between the Colonial Spanish and Pueblo Indians, and include the remains of the Quarai, Abó, and Gran Quivira mission churches.

On November 1, 1909 the Gran Quivira National Monument was created, and on October 15, 1966, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Quarai and Abó, themselves national 10

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Circular kiva beside the Abó Church.

National Park Service, Public Domain. monuments since 1962, joined the Gran Quivira National Monument in 1980 and 1981, respectively. In 1988, the monument was renamed the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.

Quarai The Quarai Unit is situated about eight miles north of Mountainair.

Occupying approximately 90 acres, it is the smallest of the three Salinas Pueblo Missions. When conquistador and explorer Don Juan de Oñate arrived at Quarai in 1598, he found it a bustling city. Springs along Zapato Creek supplied water to Quarai all year. The Quarai Mission and Convento were founded in 1626; and the mission church, La Purisma Concepcion de Quarai, was constructed 1627-32. The church was likely one of the largest

North American wall and beam constructions. The remaining walls, which were originally perhaps 40 feet tall, have a thickness of three to six feet. The new convento housed a square kiva (a Puebloan room for religious rituals and meetings), which probably functioned as a means to assist in converting the natives to Christianity. Drought beginning in the 1660s and Aztec attacks led to the abandonment of Quarai in 1675.

Members of the Lucero family came to the abandoned Quarai in the 1820s, repaired and moved into the convento, and from mission rubble built new houses and the Manzano Church. This resettlement wasn’t to last, as an upturn in Apache raids in the 1830s resulted in the destruction of much of the Lucero repairs and constructions, and led the family to evacuate Quarai. However, some of the determined Luceros returned in the 1840s and built new structures and a torreon—a circular defensive tower similar to a castle keep—to the southeast of the mission to aid the Luceros in battling attacking Apaches.

Abó The Abó Unit, nine miles west of Mountainair, covers about 370 acres. Once a major trading post, Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo is believed to have arrived here in 1583, at which time the pueblo had an estimated 800 inhabitants. The Spanish likely found Abó to be a busy community, as the many remaining pueblo mounds suggest.

Missionary work started at Abó in 1622, and a church and convento were built 1623-28. As with Quarai, the builders incorporated a kiva (though of the circular type) into the church. The church and convento were renovated in 1640-58, work which

The Kid At Quivira

In the spring of 1880, Billy the Kid and John Meadows were moving south through New Mexico Territory with some stolen horses. After a stop at Punta de Agua, the pair continued south and came to Gran Quivira in the mid afternoon.

Luckily for them it had rained recently, and they collected water from holes in the ground. The horses needed rest, so they camped for the night amongst the ruins.

On the top of what remained of the church, the men saw a cross made of cedar poles. They climbed atop a wall to get a better view of the relic, and Meadows suggested to the Kid they remove it and carry it down in order to make a close inspection of it. “No, John,” the Kid replied, “it has a history and we’ll

expanded and improved the church. The laborers literally built the new church around the old one, leaving the smaller church intact within for the continuation of services during construction.

Once the new church was completed, the builders dismantled the smaller inner church.

In 1641, the Spanish recorded the pueblo’s population as 1580. Due to famine, drought and Apache raids, Abó’s residents abandoned the mission pueblo in 1672-3. According to the Spanish, the pueblo’s surviving inhabitants evacuated to the Río Grande Valley and allied with the Spaniards in the 1680 Pueblo Rebellion.

Spanish sheep herders moved to Abó in 1815 and built a plazuela, a fortified ranch constructed within a defensive wall. Barns, houses, a torreon, and a corral were all encompassed by the surrounding wall. Despite these strategic measures, the Apaches drove out the herders in 1830. Settlers finally established themselves at Abó in 1865.

Gran Quivira The Gran Quivira Unit, about 25 miles south of Mountainair, covers 611 acres. Before the arrival of the Spanish, Gran Quivira was a large city with numerous pueblo buildings. Espejo likely came to

leave some scientific devil do that.”

They explored the mission grounds, coming across what seemed to be a former irrigation ditch. Meadows speculated a source of water must have been near, but had been diverted by earthquakes. Late the following day, their horses refreshed, the fugitives made for Red Lake to the southeast in the hopes of finding more water.

The National Park Service (NPS) noted, “In history and archeology, the placement of an artifact is almost as important as the artifact itself. Removing artifacts destroys the information that may be learned from the relationship to its surroundings.” Billy the Kid’s apparent concern for the cedar cross, the NPS suggests, means that perhaps in addition to being a famed outlaw and New Mexico legend, the Kid had a streak of the historic preservationist in him.

this place in 1583, and Oñate arrived with an expedition in 1598. Construction of the mission began in 1629, and the Inglesia de San Isidro Church was constructed 1630-5. The building of a larger church, San Buenaventura, started circa 1660. As happened with Abó, Apache attacks, famine, and drought forced the residents to vacate the site in 1672. After Gran Quivira was abandoned, treasure hunters sought buried riches at Inglesia de San Isidro.

American explorer Major James Henry Carleton reported in 1853: “We found the ruins of Gran Quivira to consist of the remains of a large church, with a monastery attached to it; a smaller church or chapel; and the ruins of a town extending 900 feet in a direction east and west and 300 feet north and south. All these buildings had been constructed of the dark blue limestone which is found in the vicinity.”

Writing in the early 20th century, Le Baron Bradford Prince rhapsodized: “There is no more impressive sight on American soil than the outlines of those great buildings, silent and alone, against the evening sky; and it is no wonder that stories of the marvelous and the supernatural should cluster around them.”

Sources available upon request.

Directions

From Albuquerque: Take I-25 south to Belen, then NM 47 to US 60, and go east 21 miles to the Mountainair Headquarters. For the historic highway route from Albuquerque, take I-40 east to NM 337, then go 54 miles south to the Mountainair Headquarters.

From Mountainair Headquarters: For Quarai, take NM 55 north for eight miles, then go west one mile. For Abó, take US 60 west for nine miles, and NM 513 north for half a mile. For Gran Quivira, take NM 55 south for 26 miles.

For more information, call the National Park Service at: • Abó: 505-847-2400 • Gran Quivira: 505-847-2770 • Quarai: 505-847-2290

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on the menu I by bueno foods

Super Bowl Champs: Stews and Wings H

uddle this New Year with warm stews and wing it with glazed chicken wings. Recipes courtesy of Bueno Foods in Albuquerque.

Red Chile Chicken Posole 7 BUENO® Red Chile Pods, stems and seeds removed, rinsed 2¼ lbs. skinless chicken thighs, bone in 6 quarts water 1/3 cup vegetable oil 6 garlic cloves, minced 1 medium onion, diced 3½ Tbs. salt 1 (14 oz.) container BUENO® Red Chile Puree 1-2 lb. pkg. BUENO® Posole 2 Tbs. garlic, minced 2 tsps. BUENO® Oregano, crushed 1. Dice chicken into 1-inch pieces; reserve bones.

2. In an 8-10 quart stockpot, combine chile pods,

chicken bones, and 3 quarts water. Bring to a boil.

3. Reduce heat. Cover and cook for 30 to 45 minutes over medium-high heat.

4. Remove chicken bones and discard them.

5. Remove chile pods, place in blender along with 2 cups stock from pot.

6. Blend into a puree, and add back to stockpot.

7. In a large skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion, and sauté until translucent.

8. Add diced uncooked chicken and 1 Tb. salt to the garlic and onion mixture; cook until golden.

9. Add garlic, onion, and chicken mixture to pot.

10. Add red chile puree, posole, remaining 3 quarts water, remaining salt, and oregano.

11. Bring entire mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 1 hour.

Makes about twelve 16 oz. servings.

Green Chile Chicken Stew 4 split chicken breasts (approx. 3 cups) 12

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3 1 2 ½ 1 ½ 3 ¼

cups chicken broth (13 oz.) container BUENO® Frozen Green Chile carrots, sliced cup frozen whole kernel sweet corn potato, chopped cup onion, diced cloves garlic, minced tsp. pepper

1½ cups dark brown sugar ¾ tsp. sea salt 3 tsps. cornstarch ¾ tsp. orange zest 30 pieces cooked chicken wings 1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced 1. In a medium saucepan, whisk together orange

1. Remove skin from chicken and debone. Cut

chicken into bite-size pieces.

2. Place chicken pieces in stockpot and cook over medium heat until they turn white.

3. Pour in chicken broth.

4. Add remaining ingredients and cook over low heat until chicken and vegetables are tender.

Makes six 8 oz. servings.

2.

Red Chile Glazed Chicken Wings

6.

1½ cups orange juice 1 (14 oz.) container BUENO® Red Chile Puree

3.

4.

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juice, red chile puree, brown sugar, salt and cornstarch.

Simmer over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes until glaze coats back of spoon.

Remove saucepan from heat. Stir in orange zest.

In a wide bowl, toss together one third of the cooked chicken wings and red chile glaze. Make sure chicken wings are coated evenly.

Place glazed wings on a serving platter. Repeat with the remaining chicken wings and glaze.

Garnish with green onions and additional orange zest if desired.

Makes about 6 servings (5 wings each serving).

An outlet for energy savings

By Kaley Lockwood, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

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oes the ebb and flow of your energy bill have you searching for an affordable way to reduce or better control your use? If you answered yes, then look no further because we’re taking a quick dive into a practical and affordable device that allows you to better manage your home’s energy use. We’re talking about energy-saving outlets!

These next-generation devices afford the same surge protection as their predecessors, but also tie in the “smart” functionality of an internetconnected device.

There are several different kinds of energy-saving outlets available, but there are two factors you should consider. First is size; there are many different sizes ranging from a single external outlet to a power strip with multiple sockets. The second thing you’ll want to consider is Wi-Fi connectivity; internet-connected outlets, commonly known as smart plugs, may enable you to fully realize the potential of these energy savings.

This is because you’ll have greater remote control of the outlet through your smart phone, tablet or home assistant (like Google Home or Amazon’s Alexa).

You’ll also want to consider where you’ll use the energy-saving outlet and what you’ll use it for. Answering these questions will make it easier to choose the device that works best for you.

With smart plugs or smart power strips, a few clicks and swipes on your smart phone will enable you to fully shut down the electrical currents to your high-powered devices to prevent them from consuming electricity even

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book chat I by phaedra greenwood

Las Mujeres Misteriosas

By Carmen Baca • Lulu Press • 844-212-0689 • www.lulu.com • www.amazon.com

Hickory Doc's Tales: The Pack: First Generation

By Linda Harkey • Archway Publishing

La Muertae (death) battles with La Llorona to save the life of young and beautiful Rosita.

The legendary spirit of La Llorona is often heard weeping beside a waterway at dusk.

To spite her unfaithful lover, they say she drowned her two children and then drowned herself. When Rosita climbs to the top of a local waterfall she is bewitched by La Llorona who tricks her into accepting “a gift:” to foresee accidents and disasters. Later, in anguish, Rosita finds she cannot prevent what will happen or save anyone. But La Muertae takes pity on her, intervenes to alter the spell which allows Rosita to save her own mother from a fire. Lunatica, the ghost of Rosita’s “loco” distant cousin, becomes Rosita’s dream guide as bored La Llorona perfects her dark spell of madness and death. The author includes a glossary of Spanish words like curanderismo (holistic healing). And delicious descriptions of food. A compelling journey into the Hispano culture of New Mexico in the 1950s.

The Long Place

By Luis Montaño • Ocote Press • www.amazon.com

How long is this place? Forever? Or a split second lit by a flash of blue lightning with “pronghorns born on the run” where “UFOs hover close enough to prickle hair;” where a fence rider huddles “under his saddle while his horse/is killed by baseball hail…”

Montaño pens free verse, vivid and surreal, a stream of consciousness that swirls around small town life in Santa Rosa, a gas stop on Route 66. This could be his father in “Standard, Open All Night:” “You could’ve been Jesus with a tire gauge/you could’ve been Joseph/the patron saint of snow chains/cursing the soggy money” or whispering to the barber, “‘Yep, two kids in college’/even when nothing was left over…” In “Taps for Us” “Everybody knows the taste/of warm tarmac on the soldier’s lips…the etched, black/granite of our generation.” Coronado rises from the dust; Brando and Monroe shine on the silver screen at the Comet Drive-In. Whew! Five stars.

¡No Se Vende! Water as a Right of the Commons

By Kay Matthews • Acequia Madre Press • 505 689-2200 • www.acequiamadrepress.com

In this informed and articulate book, Matthews has tracked and reported years of essential information on the complicated history and politics of water issues in New Mexico.

She also served on the board of the New Mexico Acequia Association and other waterrelated organizations. She and her partner, Mark Schiller, built a house, raised two children and learned how to be buen vecinos and parcientes. To make a living, they founded Acequia Madre Press and published hiking guidebooks. They also founded La Jicarita, a newspaper (now online) about critical water issues in northern New Mexico. ¡No Se Vende! promotes the traditional concept of water to be shared as a community resource— not a private commodity to be sold to developers. Matthews comments on water transfers, future development, the Abeyta and Amodt adjudication settlements, Indian water rights, Top of the World water transfers, and threats to the acequia system. Five stars!

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888-242-5904 • www.archwaypublishing.com

Doc, the oldest and wisest hunting dog, relates with humor and authenticity the adventures of the pack at Lazy Dog Hacienda. There is nothing more exciting for a pack of short-haired pointers than an eight-dog trailer and the hunting fields. These hunting dogs are descended from a great-grandfather in Germany where they were taught to track deer as well as point and retrieve birds. But when Zeke grabs a calf by the neck, he finds himself circled by angry cows and quickly learns that a calf is not a deer. These stories teach elementary school children about hunting dogs, their relationships with their hunters, and fascinating animal behavior from crows to armadillos, blue jays, and porcupines. Zeke’s skunk-slinging episode is comical. The book also provides some important life lessons for children and charming black and white illustrations. Harkey has been an enthusiastic hunting dog owner for over 30 years. She and her family have recently moved from Oklahoma to Angel Fire, New Mexico.

Mail your book with contact information and where to order to: enchantment Book Chat, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505.

An outlet for energy savings …continued from page 13 when switched off. Several devices found inside your home are commonly referred to as “parasitic loads,” “phantom loads” or “energy vampires.” In fact, most entertainment systems consist of several parasitic loads, such as televisions, DVD players, and video gaming consoles. These outlets can potentially curb these loads, which can cost the average household an extra $200 per year.

In addition to preventing unnecessary energy consumption, these energysaving outlets are affordable for most folks who are looking to trim their use.

The average smart outlet costs around $10 to $20 and has the potential to pay for itself within two years or less depending on how often you use it.

As previously noted, convenience is also a major factor to consider when thinking about your next effi-

ciency upgrade. Smart plugs typically come with simple instructions to download an accompanying app on your smart phone and then connect the plug to your home’s Wi-Fi. The convenience in being able to turn the device on and off using your phone cannot be understated. Advanced smart plugs and smart plug apps also have the ability to automate the use with your schedule and even your presence in the home.

You can also have large-load devices turn off at a set time each night and turn on every morning when you’re ready to use them. If you want to use your television, for example, at a time that’s outside of the preset hours, you can easily switch the device on through the smart phone app. Through automation, you’re able to power down these energy-intensive devices and prevent unnecessary energy use.

For folks who are looking to opti-

ThinkEco also offers smart, energy-saving outlets. Shown here is the modlet (or modern outlet), which can be controlled remotely and even adjust to your personal schedule. Photo credit: ThinkEco.

mize their energy use and eliminate vampire loads, smart plugs may be your best option. For others who want more of a hands-off option to save additional dollars, energy-saving outlets and power strips without the Wi-Fi

connection may be a better choice.

Either way, energy-saving outlets are just one of many energy efficient options, and as technology continues to evolve, we’ll likely see additional options emerge in the future.

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vecinos I by ariana kramer

h t i w p U Saddle y e r t u A Cooper

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igh school senior Cooper Autrey lives with his parents, Lauri and Randy Autrey, and his younger brother, Calvin.

They live in Estancia, a farming and ranching community served by Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative. In 2018, Autrey was selected to participate in the Government-in-Action Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., and was chosen by the chaperones to represent New Mexico for 2018-19 as the Youth Leadership Council (YLC) delegate.

The Government-in-Action Youth Tour is an all-expense paid trip for students sponsored by rural electric cooperatives across the United States. Autrey was one of over 1,500 students who participated—he learned about electric co-ops, met congressional leaders, toured the nation’s capital, and made friends with other students.

“We got to see the White House and Capitol Hill, and see the monuments that shaped the country, and showed who we were,” says Autrey.

At the time, “I got to meet with Reps. Steve Pearce and Michelle Lujan Grisham, and Sen. Martin Heinrich.”

As the YLC delegate, Autrey returned to D.C. for a week-long trip with other YLC delegates last summer. In addition, Autrey will attend the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s annual meeting in Orlando, Florida in March 2019.

In his role as youth leadership council delegate, Autrey says he met Matthew Collins, CEO of Central New Mexico Cooperative headquartered in Mountainair. “We have a plan that I will try to attend some meetings coming up,” says Autrey.

Autrey is a senior at Corona High School, because of the small school size, he has enjoyed one-on-one instruction from his teachers. There are less than 100 students in the entire K-12 school, and only eight in his graduating class.

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“It’s a really small, close-knit school,” says Autrey, who has attended school in Corona since the seventh grade. His favorite subjects are English and History, but Autrey is planning to study animal science and agricultural business in college. He aims to become either an animal nutritionist or a ruminologist, and has already applied to Oklahoma State University, Texas Tech University, and West Texas A&M University.

His interest in animal science comes naturally.

Autrey’s family owns a ranch, and he works for his parents on everything from building fences to feeding cows. “We have animals from cows to horses, and even a goat that runs around the house. We also show livestock in the county and state fairs. We show steers and my little brother shows pigs,” says Autrey.

The family also has dogs. Autrey’s favorite animals are horses, and his favorite horse is one named Greydog. “He’s a full grey horse,” says Autrey. “He’s kind of an ornery one, but definitely my favorite. I’ve had him for so long, I got him back when I was a freshman. I got him to rodeo with, and we started using him for ranch work.”

Sports are also high on Autrey’s list of things he likes to do. He plays basketball and runs track.

Autrey has been a member of the Corona Chapter of Future Farmers of America since seventh grade.

This year he is the chapter president. In addition, he is a member of the National Honor Society.

When he isn’t busy ranching or playing sports, Autrey also enjoys reading. He says some of his favorite books are a series called “Hank the Cowdog” written by John R. Erickson.

Asked if he had anything else he wanted to share with others, Autrey says, “I want to emphasize what a great trip D.C. was. It’s a once in a lifetime deal. It is a great opportunity.”

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COFFINS, CASKETS & URNS. Individually handcrafted of solid wood. Simple. Natural. Unique. Quality Craftsmanship. www.theoldpinebox.com or 505-2869410 for FREE funeral information. Proudly serving New Mexico since 2004.

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.

RAILROAD ITEMS WANTED: KEROSENE LANTERNS, BRASS locks, keys, badges, uniforms, bells, whistles, and pre-1950 employee timetables. Always seeking items from any early New Mexico railroad, especially D&RG, C&S, EP&NE, EP&SW, AT&SF, SP or Rock Island. Call Randy Dunson at 575-356-6919 or 575-760-3341.

HEADSTONES (I.E. CEMETERY MONUMENTS) IS OUR BUSINESS. Over 1,000

designs. An eternal memory of a loved one. TAOS MOUNTAIN HERITAGE. Call 575-770-2507 or email: taos_mt_heritage@msn.com Website: www.taosmountainheritage.com WANTED: NEW MEXICO Motorcycle License Plates, 1912-1959. Paying $100-$500 each. Also buying some New Mexico car plates 1900-1923. Visit NMplates. com for history and 3,500 photographs of NM plates. Bill Johnston, Box 1, Organ, NM 88052-0001. Email: Bill@ NMplates.com or telephone 575-382-7804.

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4. 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. Name:________________________ ___________________________ Address:_______________________ ___________________________ City:_________________________ State:_________ ZIP:_____________ Phone:________________________ Cooperative:____________________ Select Category Below

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YOUR ONE STOP SHOP FOR: WATER WELL • WINDMILL SOLAR • ELECTRICAL 575.895.3306 10849 HWY 152, HILLSBORO, NM 88042

Real Estate MOUNTAIN CABINS. 1800+ and 700+ square foot cabins on 25+ acres. At 8,000 feet in the Wildhorse Ranch Subdivision, Pie Town, adjacent to the community property with pond. Excellent well, 5000 gallon storage. $400,000. Contact Dave at: hannemans@cox.net BLUEWATER LAKE SOUTH (Thoreau side).

40 minutes to Gallup or Grants, less than 2 hours to Albuquerque, 5 minutes to National Forest. Nice two bedroom, one bath, furnished mobile home on community water. Refrigerator, washer, dryer, wood stove, evap cooler; propane furnace, water heater and stove.

Great views from the 8x12 deck. 6x10 shed. Excellent neighbors, superior views and great access. $36,500 cash sale or part trade for classic car, truck or pontoon boat.

Call 505-604-0635.

CONCHAS, 0000 BOAT Dock Drive. Vacant land just over 1/2 acre. Water access at high mark. $40,000.

Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com WANTED! YOUR FARMS and Ranches. Let us list

and sell your rural property today. Broker has over 40 years of experience working in production agriculture in New Mexico and is currently a farm owner and operator since 1988. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com AMALIA-TAOS COUNTY: 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 2300 square foot mother-daughter prepper’s dream hacienda with large 2-car garage. Sustainable living on 3.3 secluded acres (additional land available) with trees, streams and pond, nestled in peaceful, Amalia valley with spectacular mountain views. Active and passive solar. Loads of extras. $549,900. Call or email for web link to details and pictures. 575-770-6748, safeira@hotmail.com FOR SALE: 30 acres grass with 2 bedroom, 1 bath house and storage building. Steel corral with good water well. House surrounded by trees. Paved roads on two sides. One mile from Ft. Sumner, NM. $170,000. Call 1-903-674-2564.

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CONCHAS, 107 CAMP Circle. 2 bedroom, 1 bath mobile home on .68 acres. Community water. $39,500.

Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com HOUSE AND LAND for sale. Bluewater Lake, Prewitt side. 1900 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1.23 acres. New high-efficient furnace. All major appliances included. Great room with large stone fireplace. 1200 square foot garage. $130,000. Call Trish, 505-290-2699.

CONCHAS, 000 BOAT Dock Drive. Vacant land just over 1/2 acre. Water access at high mark. $40,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com FENCE LAKE, 295 Pine Hill Road. 2 bedroom, 3 bath log home on just over 60 acres. Well, outbuildings, corrals, hunting opportunities. $320,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com CONCHAS, 141 GREEN Place. 3 vacant lots at 1.02 acres. Has new septic system with RV hookups installed February 2018. Community water. $37,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com GRADY, 300 MARSHALL. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, two-story home. Corrals and outbuildings. Village water, $59,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com

Advertise Today! Did Aunt Sally give you

"Ugly Christmas Sweaters?" Sell some in the enchantment.

Contact Mary Margaret at 505-982-4671 for classified ads.

Contact Shaylyn at enchantmentads@nmelectric.coop or 505-252-2540 for display ads.

SAN ANTONIO, NM, Zanja Road. 4.66 acres irrigated farmland in Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District. Has produced alfalfa and grass hay crops. Utilities nearby, $75,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com

MORA/EL CARMEN, TBD County Road A012.

10.5 fenced acres, electricity, beautiful mountain views. $59,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com

INCOME POTENTIAL/OWNER MOTIVATED: Large 4 bedroom plus two detached apartments plus separate property with 2 bedroom home with acreage.

All offers considered. Century 21, Ernest Romero, 575758-0800 or 800-336-4826.

MAY YOU ALL have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

CONCHAS, TBD 1, 2 and 3 Big Mesa Avenue.

Waterfront accessible lots. TBD 1 is 4.4206 acres, $75,000. TBD 2 is 1.231 acres, $25,000 and TBD 3 is 0.908 acres, $25,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com

WEST OF PORTALES, 41392 US 70. 3 bedroom, 2 bath home, 1.5 stories on just over 3 acres. Outbuildings, small corral. $175,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000.

Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com

WEST OF CONCHAS/GARITA, 134 Paisano. 1 bedroom, 1 bath home with 1 bath guesthouse. Just over 7 acres, $34,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com

TULAROSA, 509 RIATA Road. 4 bedroom, 2 bath log home on 70+ acres with office room and detached garage. 13 acres have pistachio orchard, bar. $640,000.

Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com

PORTALES, 1715 WEST 17th Lane. 2 bedroom, 1 bath home with small studio in back. Recent paint and carpet. $79,000. Big Mesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com ELEPHANT BUTTE, 208 Pinto Trail. 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on permanent foundation with large front porch, shop, carport, pine trees, just over 1 acre. $198,000. Big ˆMesa Realty, 575-456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker NMREL 17843, 575-760-5461. www.bigmesarealty.com CLASSIFIED ADS FOR the February 2019 enchantment are due January 9th.

Downed and Dangerous

youth art Kelly Canavan • Age 6 Edgewood

Mariana Chavez • Age 6 Guadalupita

Caylee Jo Durkin • Age 12 Lemitar

Aubrey Dutchover • Age 7 Carrizozo

Foster Kerr • Age 5 Magdalena

Elise Henderson • Age 8 Edgewood

If you see a downed power line, always assume it is energized and dangerous. Avoid going near it or anything in contact with the power line.

35 ft.

Downed power lines can energize the ground up to 35 ft. away – so keep your distance.

Never drive over a downed line or through water that is touching the line.

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If you see a downed line, notify the local authorities immediately.

Youth Artist Choice

Deadline

This was your month to draw anything you wanted. Looks like you had fun!

Submit your drawing by the 9th, one month prior to publication.

February's Topic: Our State Capitol

Hooray! You Get Paid!

Draw our state capitol in Santa Fe, also known as the Roundhouse

March's Topic: Bouquet of Flowers

Never try to move a downed power line, even if you think the line is deenergized or if you’re using a non-conductive item – this will not prevent injury or death!

Source: ESFI.org

Brighten things up with a colorful bouquet of flowers. Your choice.

Each published artist receives $15.

Have a Youth Art Topic?

Mail or email your suggestion to us at enchantment@nmelectric.coop or with your current entry. Or, call us at 505-982-4671.

Include on the back of your drawing: Send Your Drawing by Mail or Email Mail: Youth Editor 614 Don Gaspar Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87505 Email: enchantment@nmelectric.coop

Name:________________________ Address:_______________________ ___________________________ City:_________________________ State:_______ ZIP:_______________ Phone:________________________ Cooperative:____________________ Accept artwork up to age 13.

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