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29 4 VIEW FROM HERE • Sports Can you do it from the couch? by Walt Rubel
15 CELLO DAYS • Fairy Garden Take a musical stroll in Cloudcroft
5 GUEST COLUMN • Wild Gila Present and future by Guadalupe Cano
16 ON STAGE • Supersax Planting improvised tunes
5 LETTERS • Readers Share Talking about rights and Richardson 6 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK • What if? A lesson in leadership by Elva K. Österreich 6 RAISINGDAD • Hot Day New shoes or not by Jim and Henry Duchene 8 EVERYDAY OBSERVATIONS • The Hitchhiker Learning a life lesson by Abe Villarreal 9 LOOK TO THE STARS • Stargazing Great Southwest Star Party 9 HITTING THE RAILS • Southwest Trains Railroad historian presents 10 THE NATURAL WORLD • Lions, Deer, Mustangs Changing thought patterns by Laurie Ford 11 IN THE DESERT • Scientist Saturdays Nature Park invites the curious 11 STATE CLIMATE • What is Going on? Museum series features climatologist 12 GIVE GRANDLY • Give a Little, Give a Lot Nonprofit coalition holds grand event 14 ARTS EXPOSURE • Looking at Stars ‘Genesis’ at Spaceport America 15 ON STAGE • ‘Fallout’ Where is scarier?
16 ON STAGE • Russian Music New Horizons Symphony 16 CALLING ARTISTS • Opportunities New Mexico artists take note 17 ON SCREEN • ‘Bad Juju’ TV series for phone by Mike Cook 18 ARTS EXPOSURE • Arts Scene Latest area arts happenings 19 ARTS EXPOSURE • Gallery Guide Art venues across the area 20 ARTS EXPOSURE • Ners Neonlumberjack Artist in residence for national monument 21 BORDERLINES • Border Crisis? Strong opinions in Bootheel by Marjorie Lilly 22 PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK • Cultural Compadres You mean there’s a ‘New’ Mexico by Richard Coltharp 23 STARRY DOME • Chamaeleon the Chameleon Creeping around by Bert Stevens 23 ON SCREEN • ‘Undeterred’ Border documentary at UU fellowship 24 GETTING BATTY • Feeding the Bats Planting food for pollinators by Elva K. Österreich 25 DIPPING INTO THE PAST • Reading the Rocks Many theories, few answers by David Burge
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26 TULAROSA BASIN • A Taste of Ancient Time Looking at human legacy by Joan E. Price 27 RED OR GREEN • Dining Guide Restaurants in southwest New Mexico 29 TABLE TALK • Wining Around Winery open for decade by Alexia Severson 30 BODY, MIND SPIRIT • Grant County Events Weekly happenings in Grant County 31 NATIVE ROOTS • Echoing Ecosystems Looking to the bigger picture by Tricia Hurley 32 CYCLES OF LIFE • Whose Roadway? Can we guarantee road safety? by Fr. Gabriel Rochelle 33 ACROSS THE BORDER • Twenty Years La Casa de Amor Para Niños by Morgan Smith 36 LOOK DOWN • World Turtle Day The race is not always to the swift 38 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS • Events Guide What’s going on in May? 45 DINOSAURS • Out of the Depths of Silence Gordodon surfaces by Joan E. Price 46 JULIE’S JOY • ALS Walk Memory of friend inspires action by Elva K. Österreich 46 SUN, EARTH, UNIVERSE • Exploring Solar System Las Cruces museum hosts hands on exhibits 47 LIVING ON WHEELS • Perfect Gifts for RVers What fits in the travel trailer by Sheila Sowder
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Ron Roland is one of more than 40 southern New Mexico artists who responded to the Desert Exposure call for artists in honor of World Turtle Day. His colorful, kind depiction of this sea turtle fellow won the cover image position. To see some of the other submissions, visit pages 36 and 37 inside. Originally from the West Bank in the New Orleans area, Roland has resided since in Florida, Colorado and Georgia before settling in Silver City last fall. With an early background in graphic design – including rock concert posters, underground newspapers, and Sears Roebuck catalogs – Ro-
land’s clean, contemporary graphic aesthetic is apparent in both his landscape and animal paintings as well as his mixed media assemblage. He is an artist owner at FringeArtz Gallery in Silver City.
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If You Can Do It From Your Couch, It Isn’t a Sport
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ack in my days as a sportswriter, we would get into heated arguments about what was and was not a sport. Bowling and curling are sports, but shuffleboard isn’t.
Pool and darts are iffy. Golf is a little bit of a gray area too. If you walk the course it’s a sport, but if you ride the cart and have a cold beer in the cupholder at all times it probably isn’t. Poker isn’t a sport. Dancing isn’t a sport, even if its on ice skates. Gymnastics is a sport, but cheerleading isn’t. I know that ruffles feathers, but the reason for cheerleaders is right there in the name - to lead the cheers, from the sidelines, as other athletes compete in what are sports. Almost all races are sports, but there is a descending level of sportiness, with the world record holder in the 100-meter dash at the very top. Horse racing and NASCAR are sports, even though the horse and car do most of the work. The annual Great Races in Silver City, in which teams push a motorless go-cart and driver in a race around campus, is a sport. So is the annual Pancake Day race in Liberal, Kansas and the Brass Bed Race in Central City, Colorado. Duck races are not a sport. Tennis, volleyball, squash, handball, pickleball, racquetball, ping pong, paddleball and Jai alai are all sports. So are soccer, hockey, water polo, field hockey and polo. But not air hockey. Later, after I had moved to Las Cruces, there were more heated arguments when New Mexico changed the physical education requirements for high school graduation to include being in the marching band. I hesitate to bring this into a discussion of what is and is not a sport because PE, while it may include sports, is not itself a sport. Dodgeball is a sport, climbing a rope isn’t. Playing a musical instrument is never a sport, even if you play and walk at the same time. Chuck Berry played and duckwalked at the same time, but he never claimed it was a sport. Twirling flags isn’t a sport either.
Like cheerleading, these are things that are done at sporting events, but that does not make them sports. Last year, the board of directors for the New Mexico Activities Association, which governs high school sports, decided on a 6-5 vote to include video games as an officially sanctioned activity, culminating each year with a state championship tournament. Except, of course, that they don’t call them video games. They call them eSports. The objective, supporters say, is to attract students who don’t like sports. The state has selected five video games, or … whatever, that will be used the first year. One of them is NBA 2K, in which competitors pretend to be playing basketball. So, along with awarding championships each year to the state’s best basketball teams, we will also award championships to those teams that are the best at pretending to play basketball. I don’t know anything about the other four selections: Smite, League of Legends, Rocket League and Icons, other than that none are violent, which is probably why I’ve never heard of them. The best thing about our arguments about what qualifies as a sport is that - like all great arguments - there is no right or wrong answer, only strongly held opinions. All of us had our own criteria, and it often shifted to suit that day’s debate. But there is one thing I’m pretty sure that we all would have agreed on. If you can do it without getting off the couch, it’s not a sport. Walt Rubel has been a journalist since 1982, working in Las Cruces since 2002. He can be reached at waltrubel@ gmail.com.
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A Wild Gila River The present and the future
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ilver City and other communities in Grant County are defined by the people who reside in them. Our diverse populations value the traditions of those who came before us while always keeping an eye pointed to the future. Our shared commitment to honoring our roots, combined with our drive to grow and improve, is what makes the people of this region so special. A piece of federal legislation is being considered that would capture this balance beautifully. Wild and Scenic designations create permanent protections for free-flowing rivers that exceed a carefully defined threshold of remarkable qualities. Our Congressional leaders are being encouraged by a growing number of members of our community to move forward with legislation that would add certain segments of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers to the nation’s Wild and Scenic Rivers System. As southern New Mexico’s only remaining free-flowing river – parts of which flow through the world’s first protected wilderness area – the Gila certainly qualifies for inclusion in this federal conservation program. The proposed Wild and Scenic designations would preserve the traditional uses of the Gila River that Grant County residents’ treasure, including fishing, hunting, hiking, picnicking, camping and rafting, just to name a few. These are the activities that bring people in our communities together and draw us back home when-
ever we are away. At the same time, Wild and Scenic designations would be aligned with the vision of our residents. The protected segments would remain accessible to recreationists and New Mexico’s families for all generations that will come after us. As a municipal elected official, it is of the highest concern that I think about what is currently happening in my communities, while thinking ahead about how my decisions will impact our next generations. This is where Wild and Scenic legislation strikes a perfect balance for our community. It will allow us to preserve our traditions while preparing us for the future simultaneously. People in Silver City are constantly sharing with me their favorite stories about their trips through the Gila Wilderness and their experiences on the river. Some of my own most beloved childhood memories are of spending time on the river, fly-fishing with my late father. Many of my constituents own businesses that specifically cater to those who visit our community to engage in outdoor activities on the river and are dependent on the river enduring into the future so they can continue to make a good living. As our community continues the discussion on the importance of outdoor economics, one thing is very clear. We must do all that we can to preserve the incredible resource that has drawn so many of us to this part of the country in the first place. As other areas are
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continuously being developed, the conversation is often centered around what we can do to make sure that the Gila River and the forest in general are protected. We now have an opportunity to speak out as a community and support the passing of this federal legislation. Doing so will remind the nation how important and valued our natural resources are to all of us. The thought of permanently protecting the river and its tributaries has been embraced with open arms by the vast majority of the people who call this region home. In a time when there are so many things that divide us, it is the Gila River that brings us together time and again. That is why I am urging our leaders in Congress to act now and introduce Wild and Scenic legislation. This action is crucial for the people who live in Grant County, and for the thousands of people who choose to visit our communities every year. Our actions today are not just for us. They are also for the generations to come that will cherish their time on the river as much as we do today. We have a responsibility to help preserve the river for all those who will come after us. Most importantly, we have a responsibility to the river itself. Guadalupe Cano is District 4 Silver City Town Councilor.
Dear Editor: Just an update about First Amendment rights at the border. On March 23, I went with a companion to the Columbus Port of Entry. As a citizen and taxpayer, while I was there I wanted to take pictures of what we are getting for $96 million tax dollars – and counting. After the second shutter snap, a shout rang out, telling me I couldn’t take pictures. When the DHS officer got closer, she told me I couldn’t take pictures of a federal building. I saw no signs to that effect. I didn’t have time to argue the issue with her then and there, so I said thank you and we went on.
After I got home, I called the Port of Entry and was told the name of the officer in charge. I have since written to that person to express my disagreement with an interpretation of the law that denies me my First Amendment rights. In that letter, I included the following justification for my protest: Here is a succinct summary of the matter: www.thoughtco. com/legality-of-photographing-federal-buildings-3321820 Please note that: “In the case, a judge signed a settlement where the government agreed that no federal statutes or regulations bar the public from taking pictures of the exterior of federal buildings. The settlement also outlined an agreement where the agency responsible for all
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government buildings (the Federal Protective Service) had to issue a directive to all of its members about photographers’ rights. The article was updated in January of 2019, so it should be current. I made the following request of the officer in charge: “Please make sure that all of your employees are aware of the public’s right to photograph the grounds, facilities and activities from outside so that my experience of Saturday is not repeated. Alternatively, please advise me of the authority you believe you have to restrict a photographer’s rights, and why signs to that effect are not posted.” That letter was mailed on
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What if?
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hat if leadership didn’t mean politics or money? What if people become leaders based on their own inherent value and ability to contribute productively? What if only respect for life and your fellow man were driving the actions of your leaders? I sat down with some of the Las Cruces Bahá’í leaders to see how leadership works in that faith, which I already knew had to be quite different than anything else we may be familiar with. In any given local Bahá’í community, nine community members are elected every year to serve as the facilitators of the activities in the community, Las Cruces Bahá’í Carl Ewing told me. Those facilitators also bear the function of resolving any issues that might come up with people who might need help. “The major part of that is there is no individual who leads everything and its always what they call the Local Spiritual Assembly,” Carl said. Above that is the National Spiritual Assembly and then is the International House of Justice. “The main thing is, they are not responsible to those who elected them,” he said. “There is no ‘why didn’t you vote for so and so?’ ‘Why didn’t you do this?’ or ‘Why didn’t you do that?’ There is none of that. So that eliminates that whole element.” Another one of the leaders, Jean, said the Bahá’í elections are totally distinct from any other elections in the world. “We have no nomination process, there is no campaigning, no election,” she said. “You simply go to the election meeting and you place your nine names on a ballot, choosing from all of the members in the community, whichever ones you think are most suited to serve on that body. “The reason it works so well, I think, is since there is no nomination process and nobody tooting anybody’s horn, you really have to reflect on who has been of the most service in the community. Who has really done the most? Who has the best understanding of what the Bahá’í principles are and the teachings and how to apply them to further civilization and those sorts of things?” Anybody over 21 is eligible to be elected, Carl said. Ballots are completely secret, nobody knows who you voted for. This avoids vested interests and biases and all these kinds of things that can creep into organizations. There is a list of qualities they are asked to look for when considering who they will vote in as leaders: unquestioned loyalty, selfless devotion, a well-trained mind, recognized ability and mature experience.
“It’s to our advantage to have a mix of people,” Sharon said. Once individuals are voted in, there still is no one leader taking charge of things. Jean said the nine elected leaders follow the faith’s Principle of Consultation. The nine meet and consult whenever there are issues to discuss or things to decide. “You are going to have nine different viewpoints,” she said. “The Principal of Consultation means that everyone should put their opinion forth whether it agrees with everyone else or not. Through this, looking at all the other opinions which may be in conflict, eventually the truth of the matter surfaces and you come to a consensus of the idea.” Once in a while there is no consensus and the group must vote, she said. But usually just the act of consulting, putting your idea out there, works to bring everything together. One of the things everyone strives for is to remain detached from the “that was MY idea” concept. “That’s kind of the key to it,” Jean said. “You don’t own that idea, that idea just exists. And so, in that process we learn what’s going to be the most effective thing.” “The thing about being detached is a key,” Carl said. “You have to realize that you are not all-knowing, and you are putting it out there for the discussion and then usually the truth emerges.” “Once a decision is made, everybody has to rally behind that decision to carry it out with full heart.” Jean said. “If the decision was wrong, it becomes obvious very quickly and if it was right, you have established a level of unity in that action that impels it forward.” Sharon provided an example of the process, she remembers, when they were planning a big picnic in the park for everybody. They could bring their friends and family and everything. One of the members wanted to do hotdogs because “everybody does hotdogs.” “The assembly decided they weren’t going to have hotdogs, they were going to have chicken,” she said. “But he knew he was right about this business, so he went out and bought hot dogs and everything that goes with them. Nobody ate hotdogs, they ate chicken. So, he did support the assembly’s idea too, but he ended up eating all the hotdogs himself.” “More pressing issues come up,” Carl said. “Do we continue renting this place or do we participate in some community activity? Things like that.” The Bahá’í also see leadership as an opportunity to help others. “For example,” Carl said,
“there is a foundation in Colombia, Bahá’í inspired, and it goes into different communities, and educates them in community leadership. It’s an educational institution and I just mention because there are a number of ways of looking at leadership.” Leadership is not just on an administrative level, he said, but leadership can be in a community in general, teaching community members to be leaders of their own lives. Carl himself has brought that type of leadership to Las Cruces, working with students at Doña Ana Community College. He said it can be hard to keep students in school and part of the answer is to get them to identify who they are, what their gifts are and what their qualities are. The Bahá’í feel that helping people in rural communities around the world to take leadership of their own lives can help them remain in their own communities. “There is such a brain drain of people going to cities and not returning to the village and village life was really not growing because of that,” Jean said. “So, this has enabled people. For instance, when they are doing units on mathematics, they set up a store. They learn how to sell things, how to keep track of inventory, that sort of thing and then they can do that for their livelihood and they don’t have to leave the village.” To me it is looking like the Bahá’í faith is about leadership, from the inside out. Carl’s wife, Sharon, agrees. “We do try to keep it focused in a direction,” she said. “We serve the overall purpose with it.” “Everyone participates,” Jean said. “It’s very much a service ecology in the community so everyone, no matter what your means, can find some means of service. In that sense it’s a servant leader model but it’s not any one person in charge of the community.” The object of the Bahá’í teachings is to develop worldwide unity and understanding. Their leadership style promotes this object in every way it can. Elva K. Österreich is editor of Desert Exposure and would love to meet Desert Exposure readers during her office hours in Silver City on Thursday, May 23, at the Tranquilbuzz Café, located at the corner of Yankie and Texas streets. If that is not a good time, Elva will be glad to arrange another day to meet and you can always reach her at editor@ desertexposure.com or by cell phone at 575-443-4408.
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y father walks every day – EVERY day – rain or shine. Today was not only one of the shine days, but it was also one of the hot days. The VERY hot days. I try to pass along this information to him, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned from dealing with my father, it’s that I can’t deal with my father. “Pop,” I tell him, “it’s hot outside.” “No, it’s not.” “Sure it is.” “No, it’s not.” “I was just outside. It’s hot.” “It feels cool to me.” “It feels cool to you because you’re inside the house. Outside, it’s hot.” My father isn’t listening to me. He’s trying on the new pair of Nikes I brought him from Tucson. “Oh, yeah,” he tells himself, “these feel good. It’s just what I needed.” He stands up. Does a little high-stepping around the island in the kitchen. “They fit perfectly,” he tells me, heading toward the door. “I’ll see you later.” I try to distract him. “You know, pop, my wife will be down in a few minutes. You don’t want to wait for breakfast first?” “For what?” “For breakfast?” “Are you going to make it for me?” “Er… ah… um...” I say. I’ve also learned if I can distract my father long enough, he’ll forget what he wants to do and will settle down, watch TV, or maybe take a nap. There’s no distracting him today. “That’s what I thought,” he says. “I’ll go on my walk first.” He’s really excited about trying out his new shoes. He’s like a big kid. I’m really regretting buying him those Nikes. No good deed may go unpunished, but it can also cause you a lot of inconvenience. So off he goes. Meanwhile, my wife shows up. A minute late, but not a dollar short. It’s our bank account that suffers from that ailment. “You want breakfast?” she asks. I have a very beautiful wife. I look at her. She’s wearing cotton pajamas that are a size too big. The sleeves go past her wrists and halfway down her hand. The pajama bottoms drag on the ground. She looks awfully cute. “Well... I AM hungry,” I tell her. She knows what kind of nourishment I have in mind, so she changes the subject. “Where’s dad?” she says. “Walking,” I admit. “Walking?” “Yes,” I say, knowing where this is going. “Walking.” “So you let him go on a walk?” “I didn’t let him go in a walk. He went.” “But it’s hot.” “He didn’t think so.” “It’s VERY hot.” “He thought it was cool.” “Yes, inside the house it’s cool, but outside it’s hot.” “That’s what I told him,” I say,
starting to get agitated, “but you know my father. If there was a way I could have stopped him from going out on his walk, I would have.” That’s the thing about my father. He affects so many aspects of my life. My wife and I are sniping at each other, not because we’re actually irritated with each other, but because our lives are essentially put on hold. I can’t kiss my wife good morning without my father sticking his nose between us asking if his dog has been fed yet. I look at it this way: I have a window of opportunity to do certain things, and that window is closing way too fast for my taste. By inviting my father into my home to live with us, I’ve limited the things I can do. I can’t hike as often as I would like. That would mean leaving my wife to deal with my father all by herself. He would drive her nuts, and that’s MY job. So I hike when I can, and I wait for my father to come back from his walks the rest of the time. “Should I fix something or what?” she says. “I would guess ‘or what’.” So, we make the best of a bad situation. I make two cups of coffee. She likes sugar and cream. I prefer mine black. I grab the newspaper. She picks up a novel she’s been dying to read. Michael Connelly’s “The Late Show.” We go outside to the front patio where there’s shade and it’s still cool. I sit down. Single out the sports section. My wife sits down and opens her book to the first page. And THAT’S the exact moment my father comes back. “Man,” he tells us, wiping his forehead with the baseball cap he was wearing. Detroit. Like Tom Selleck in Magnum PI. Not the new guy. “It’s hot out there.” “Did you have a nice walk, dad?” my wife says, trying to be nice. He ignores her question completely. “Is there anything cold to drink?” he asks the air. “That sun was BURNING.” My wife gets up to get him his drink. “Your wish is my command,” is what she should say, but she’s too polite. “I told you,” I say. “You told me what?” “That it was hot.” “When did you tell me that?” “Just before you left.” He ignores that. I don’t know if he doesn’t hear what I say, or just ignores the things he doesn’t want to acknowledge. “I should have had breakfast,” he says, shaking his head and sitting down in my wife’s chair. “I could have gone for a walk later, when the sun cooled down.” He looks at his new shoes and shakes his head some more. “I don’t know about these shoes,” he says. “They hurt my feet.” You know what else hurts? My pride. I ease my pain at RaisingMyFather.BlogSpot.com, JimDuchene.BlogSpot.com, or @ JimDuchene.
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t was about five years ago, the day after Christmas, and I was racing to get back to Silver City from a trip to visit family in Tucson. I had an obligation that afternoon so I was going as fast as the law would allow. Just as I was turning into the last highway leading into Silver City, I noticed a man walking on the right-hand side of the road. He didn’t have his finger out in the air, he was just walking. Something inside me told me to pull over and offer him for a ride. I told him I could take him as far as Silver City and he said that would be great. When he entered the car, he seemed just like an average person. He wasn’t dirty or smelly. He didn’t seem hungry. His name was John and he had a backpack. John had been walking for three weeks when I picked him up. When his mother passed away, he scrounged up all the money he had and flew from Pennsylvania to San Diego, California. Funerals can be expensive. John found himself broke and with no one to contact. He did the only thing he knew to get
back home. He started walking. When I met John it was 21 days into his journey and we were in the cold of winter. He explained to me that he was making his way cross-country but had to avoid the interstate. Law enforcement frowns upon hitchhikers and truckers don’t pick them up due to insurance restrictions. John had a long way to go. He said he wouldn’t make it to Pennsylvania until the summer. His employer had been calling him and was running short of patience. If he didn’t get home soon, he’d be unemployed and completely out of money. When we reached Silver City, the pastor of my church put him up at a local hotel. I told him that I had to go but would call him later to see if I could get him a ride to Deming. His map told him that Deming was connected to an interstate, and there was this other road – the Black Range. The thought of John walking, sleeping through the Black Range was scary. He didn’t know what he was headed into, especially in December. Later in the evening, the pastor called to let me know
that helping John out for just one night wouldn’t be enough. It wouldn’t be right unless we all knew that John made it to Pennsylvania safely so he purchased him a Greyhound ticket home. I couldn’t believe it. I had only known John for a few hours but I was so happy for him. I called John and he told me that he was in disbelief. I gave John my cellphone number and asked him to call me when he made it home. Three days later John called. He was home. I learned a big lesson that day. John taught me to listen to that voice in my head. He taught me to not be afraid to help someone just because they look different or unfamiliar. Thank you, John, you made your mother proud. Abe Villarreal is the assistant dean of student activities at Western New Mexico University. When not on campus, he enjoys writing about his observations on life, people and American traditions.
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The Great Southwest Star Party at the Museum of Space History starts May 31 and is open to stargazers of all ages. The three-day event will feature night sky viewing parties, museum and area tours, workshops, food vendors and on-site RV and tent camping. (Photo courtesy Air and Space Magazine)
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he first Great Southwest Star Party is slated to be held May 31-June 2, 2019, at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo. The three-day event will feature night sky viewing parties, museum and area tours, workshops, food vendors and on-site RV and tent camping. “Southern New Mexico is internationally known for its dark skies and clear nights, with several public and private observatories in the area. It just made sense for the Museum of Space History to create something like this,” said Museum Outreach Coordinator Tony Gondola, an amateur astronomy himself who originated the concept for the event. “Several counties and cities, including Alamogordo, have enacted dark sky ordinances to protect and encourage night sky viewing. We’re looking at this event as a way to showcase what we have in our area to amateur astronomers and their families across the country.” Opening day of the event, Friday, May 31, offers a welcome
BBQ dinner with a special guest speaker followed by the first night of observing. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, a cowboy breakfast provides the lead in to the swap meet style vendor displays, optional field trips and local tours, solar observing, various presentations and astronomy workshops. The evening meals will offer a taste of southwestern flavor and local cuisine before a full night of viewing. Sunday evening is open to the general public, with participating astronomers allowing the public to view the skies through their telescopes. The lower parking lot on the museum grounds (the large lot just above the New Horizons Theater) will be designated for RV and tent camping, with an estimated capacity of 18 RVs and more than 40 tent sites. Food vendors will be on-site all three days, as will vendors offering astronomy related items. “The museum provides a perfect host site for an event like this,” said Museum Executive
Director Chris Orwoll. “The museum is base camp, and where most of the activities happen, but it’s also an excellent springboard for showing our guests what we have to offer in the area, like Apache Point, White Sands and of course, the local pistachio groves and wineries.” Local tours are planned for Saturday and Sunday afternoons during the event. Online registration for the event is currently underway on the museum’s website and offers guests the option of picking and choosing their activities. Applications for vendors who would like to participate in the event are now available through the museum’s marketing department. The New Mexico Museum of Space History, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is a division of the NM Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information, call 575-437-2840 or toll free 1-877333-6589 or visit the website at www.nmspacemuseum.org. Like us at: www.facebook.com/ NMSpaceMuseum/.
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he Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad with a program on May 4. Prince McKenzie of the El Paso Railroad and Transportation Museum will speak on the history of railroading in the Southwest, at Cross Point Church in Silver City, at 7 p.m. that evening. A pre-lecture dinner will be served
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THE NATURAL WORLD • LAURIE FORD
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Changing thought patterns start to save species
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ho doesn’t find the vision of our beautiful wildlife, living free in their natural environment, awe-inspiring? The siting of a bear and her cubs creates major traffic jams in Yellowstone National Park where vehicles patiently concede to herds of bison on the road that may take hours to disperse. Wild mustangs galloping across the range, their manes and tails streaming in the air, beckon drivers to pull off the highway and watch in amazement until the last horse disappears over the hillsides in a cloud of dust. Or, that rare glimpse of a cougar perched on a craggy ledge in the distance that most would consider to be the vision of a lifetime. But the moment these wild creatures infringe on the very same persons space at home – eating prize rose bushes, nibbling on young grasses intended for domestic livestock or hunting uncomfortably nearby – they are almost instantly transformed into hideous varmints that need to be eradicated. People don’t always like sharing their personal space, especially when it affects them monetarily, with nature, no matter how beautiful it is. This modern-day dilemma isn’t much different from that which European settlers faced when they travelled west across the great plains and majestic mountains in the 1800s. They, too, were in awe of the millions of buffalo and wild horses and other wildlife that dominated the landscape with their beauty and wildness. But, when the time came for these settlers to establish homesteads this admiration turned to disdain as the animals damaged their crops, preyed on their livestock and competed for valuable natural resources the settlers wanted. These are the same complaints that are echoed today, presenting a very similar problem – how to manage the wildlife. Until the turn of the century wildlife was viewed as an unlimited resource so the simple solution at that time was to kill them. Throughout the 1800s animals were hunted and trapped for sub-
Wildlife management has become the norm, putting behind us days when eradication was the policy and wildlife numbers seemed endless. (Photo by Laurie Ford)
sistence and commercial purposes. Any animal killed or captured became private property. Few laws regulating hunting existed and hundreds of species were slaughtered, many to extinction, for personal gain – whether it be for money, land or goods. This unregulated hunting, along with loss of habitat, quickly led to a drastic decline in many species and by 1900 deer had been hunted to near extinction. Bison, once numbering 30 to 60 million, virtually disappeared. The mountain lion had been eradicated east of the Mississippi while states where they were still present in the west continued to offer bounties for their pelts. Wild horses had been pushed into remote desert areas of the west and laws authorizing their slaughter passed in Nevada and other states. It was an uncontrollable, ugly and inhumane era that began to attract the public’s attention and concern. With a heightening awareness of the rapidly declining population of wildlife government agencies began to take steps to protect and preserve threatened species. Refuges and parks were established and new laws, such as the Lacey Act, were introduced eliminating the commercial use of wildlife. But, as communities expanded, encroaching on critical habitat, and largely unregulated hunting persisted the populations of big game animals continued to decline and the fo-
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cus shifted to reduce the numbers killed. For decades wildlife had been viewed as the property, and financial asset, of the states which they inhabited and hunting fees had become a valuable source of income. It was imperative to maintain a sustainable harvest of big game to insure this revenue continued. Game laws were tightened, limits and hunting seasons imposed, and predator control was initiated to not only protect livestock, but the deer and elk prey population as well. In 1914 the Bureau of Biological Survey, now known as United States Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services, was created by the federal government to eradicate predators such as the mountain lion. Since then numerous studies have proven that mountain lions are only responsible for a minuscule number of livestock and big game losses but the agency persists in its mission. The USDA’s own reports show that dogs and coyotes are responsible for close to 65 percent of cattle kills and more sheep in five western states died from poisoning than lion attacks. The government agencies that were created to protect threatened species and manage wildlife were now also tasked with facilitating and regulating hunting and predator control. The belief that short-term considerations supersede preservation of select species, those that create revenue and those that do not, was born. And, the question of who gets to stay, and who goes was largely answered, but the numbers were still to be determined. Laurie Ford moved to New Mexico 15 years ago. Photography and horses have always been her passion. For the past several years she has been travelling around the west, camping in wildlife areas to observe and photograph the animals in their natural environment.
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Scientist Saturday Mornings Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park invites the curious
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he Asombro Institute for Science Education is posting a scientist on-duty at the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park (CDNP), 56501 N. Jornada Road, Las Cruces, on the first Saturday of each month. An Asombro institute scientist is on duty 8 a.m. to noon on first Saturdays to answer questions and help orient visitors to the property. There are free refreshments (while supplies last) and souvenirs available for purchase. Scavenger hunts and trail guides are also on hand for park exploration. There are prizes for completed scavenger hunts. The Asombro Scientist will bring along the institute’s natural history collections to help visitors learn about the plants and animals of our region by examining skulls, pelts and plant samples. The CDNP encompasses 935 acres of pristine desert just outside of Las Cruces. The site features diverse native plants, wildlife viewing opportunities and views of the Organ and San Andres mountains. Visitors can explore the park on the paved
Scientist Saturdays at the Asombro Institute for Science Education offers information and adventure to visitors at the facility. (Courtesy photo)
Desert Experience Mini Trail or on the unpaved 1.2-mile Desert Discovery Trail. The park is free to enter and open to the public year-round 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. There are restroom facilities and drinking water available near the parking area on Scientist Saturdays. To get to CDNP from Interstate 25 in Las Cruces, head east on U.S. Highway 70. Take the Mesa Grande Road exit (at Oñate High School). Make a U-turn under the highway to head west and stay in the right lane. Turn right (north) on Jornada Road. Fol-
low Jornada Road for 6.4 miles and turn left at the CDNP sign. Follow the entrance road to the parking area and trailhead. CDNP is operated by the Asombro Institute for Science Education. The Asombro Institute provides hands-on science education programs for more than 13,000 students throughout southern New Mexico and west Texas each year. Anyone interested in learning more about membership and volunteer opportunities can call the Institute office at 575-524-3334 or visit www.asombro.org.
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t 7 p.m. on May 9, Dave DuBois, the state climatologist for New Mexico, Director of the New Mexico Climate Center and Associate College Professor at New Mexico State University, will give an update on the environmental indicators of climate change in New Mexico. Admission is free to this presentation in the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s theater. DuBois says we have been seeing an increase in temperature of about 0.7°F per decade over the past 50 years across most of New Mexico. He will review the latest on climate change indicators across the state as of 2019 that include temperatures, drought, rainfall, extreme precipitation, winds, wildfires, growing season and air quality. He will also look toward the future and discuss the latest climate scenarios for various locations in New Mexico and what
that might look like for following generations with respect to agriculture. DuBois provides climate information and education to policymakers, the agricultural community, industry, educators and the public. In addition, he gives numerous talks and holds workshops every year on topics covering climate, drought, air quality, and climate change. DuBois teaches and trains students in the Plant and Environmental Sciences Department at NMSU and maintains an active research program in air quality and climate. He is also the New Mexico Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow state coordinator and looking for more volunteers to join. Although he is a native New Mexican, DuBois grew up on a farm in rural southern New Jersey and collected weather data as a child. DuBois holds physics degrees from Rutgers and NMSU
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Looking at the Stars
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tto Rigan always thought the New Mexico spaceport was a fantasy. Then it became very real to him when he was chosen as official spaceport artist. When he got the initial invitation and contract there was no mention of creating the entryway sculpture, instead the job was to collaborate with designers for the visitor’s center, incorporating earth art ideas into an architectural design for a plaza and observation deck at the spaceport site. Then, eight months into the project, suddenly the pressure was off, and the assignment changed. “They had me shift to the entry,” he said. “They said, ’Let’s make sure we have something out there to tell people they have arrived.’” The process of creating the massive “Genesis” statue now standing in the center of the roundabout at the entry to Spaceport America, is more time consuming than most people might think, Rigan said. “What was out there had to be very relevant to what spaceport was about,” he said. “There was concern because of the closeness to the trail (Jornada del Muerto). It (the artwork) had to be noticeable from a distance but not overwhelming in the landscape.” Because the sculpture was to be built in a roundabout that is also the main entry for spaceport tenants which would be bringing in rockets and long-bed trucks, he had to think, “What can I put up that won’t get in the way of a horizontal rocket ship?” The sculpture couldn’t block the view either, so he started thinking in terms of something reaching up to the sky. “It’s like opening up your arms to space,” Rigan said. “That was the beginning of my shaping of the form. I wanted the form to re-
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Guest Artist: Les Brandt Shares his original wood-turned pieces and maybe one painting
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“Genesis” by Otto Rigan stands a quiet guard at the gates of Spaceport America. Pieces of glass in the sculpture mirror the stars above the location. (Photo by Elva K. Österreich)
form is mathematically, the more difficult it can be to build.” Usually working in stone and glass, Rigan said there was no way to do this piece in stone because of the weight. He is very familiar with glass though and has written books about architectural glass. “I have always loved what glass can do,” he said. “The iron is so dense and not reflective, and the glass is the lyrical part. It’s always different, always changing. That’s the allure to glass.” Rigan feels extraordinarily lucky to have the opportunity to create a piece like Genesis. “This kind of a project, I see related to time,” he said. “As soon as (Virgin Galactic starts commercial space flights out of Spaceport America) happens, the world’s eyes are suddenly going to be there. I see its (Genesis’s) symbolism as part of the future.” He said he loves the earth and doesn’t have an interest in personally going to space. But they must make sure the space experience is a total experience for those who do want to go. “The aspiration aspect of opening up space is really important,” Rigan said. “Space is here – space freight, space telecommunication and space passenger travel.”
iterate the night sky. That’s where the glass came in. It is an implication of the night sky in summer right above that spot.” Genesis, created of iron and glass, was designed to rust, creating a deep reddish brown finish to the piece. “It was a tip of the hat to blend in to fit the earth,” he said. He wanted the glass stars to reflect what an observer would see laying on the ground looking at the summer sky. Although living in California and having taught in Arizona, Rigan spent his childhood years New Mexico, growing up in Roswell. He couldn’t wait for the opportunity to get out here and see the sky, which he did. He had an astronomer help him with the alignments, then made a model to show to the Spaceport Authority. It was presented to the New Mexico Department of Public Arts and was approved. Genesis was fabricated in Phoenix in three parts. The glass was cast in West Virginia. All the elements were then shipped out and assembled on the site. Ultimately the piece is 40-feet wide, 23-feet high and 5-feet deep. “I tipped the whole thing leaning 7 degrees, so you can see the glass,” Rigan said. “The simpler a
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ON STAGE
‘Fallout’
Where is it scarier?
N Visitors to Shady Pines can stroll through the garden at 200 Fox St. in Cloudcroft as they listen to the music of cellos and other live instruments wafting from the house. (Photos by Elva K. Österreich)
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Fairy Garden in the Mountains Take a stroll in the Shady Pines of Cloudcroft
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here is a garden in Cloudcroft they call Shady Pines, it has paths to stroll along with fairies and trolls who hide in the leaves and flowers. Guests are invited to enjoy the atmosphere and stroll, or lounge during the first week of each summer month as some of New Mexico’s best cello, and other stringed instrument, players jam inside the cabin in the middle of the garden. On July 6, a concert highlights the summer with “Cello Chant in the Round,” held at Cloudcroft High School, 310 James Canyon Highway 82, bringing together the Shady Pines Chamber Players including returning cellists from Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Corpus Christi and Austin, with classical and more modern compositions. Concert proceeds benefit the school’s music programs. A “love gift” of $20 is encouraged. “Because audience will be placed all around the musicians, you will feel you are making the music with them,” said Suzannah Barnaby, SPCP co-founder. “With the live acoustics of the Com-
Inside: Musicians from across New Mexico and neighboring states visit Cloudcroft to practice at the Shady Pines cabin and many will join in the July 6 Cello Chant concert.
mons area and your proximity to performers, your cockles are sure to shiver with these cellistic sounds.” Dates for the Garden Stroll are June 15-22, June 30- July 5, and Aug. 30- Sept. 7. The music drifts through usually 9-11 a.m. and 2-5 p.m. Shady Pines is at 200 Fox Street in Cloudcroft facing Wren Street; halfway up the unpaved middle road (Wren) to The Lodge. Visitors are asked not to enter the cabin. Donations are welcome and benefit Cloudcroft Schools music programs as well as help defray production costs. For information call 361-557-1960 or email shadypinestwigs@gmail.com or visit facebook.com/shadypineschamberplayers.
o Strings Theatre Company presents “Fallout,” a new play by Laura King at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. Anna has a well-equipped fallout shelter built by her father. When the sirens sound one day, she pulls David, her lawn handyman, in with her. As the play unfolds, the audience discovers many hidden truths about both. The play stars Joshua Taulbee as David and Gina De Mondo as Anna. The two damaged strangers take shelter from an unknown menace in a relic from the Cold War. In the claustrophobic confines of a family bomb shelter, Anna and David will have to decide if what is outside is more terrifying than what they are hiding inside themselves. Joshua Taulbee is doing double duty, starring in the show and designing the set. Light design is by No Strings resident designer Peter Herman. Bekah Taulbee will be running the
Laura (Gina de Mondo) and David (Joshua Taulbee) have a stressful bomb shelter moment in “Fallout” as produced by the No Strings Theatre Company. (Photo by Peter Herman)
lights and sound for the show. Playwright Laura King will be coming from Atlanta for the opening weekend of her play. She will do a talkback after the performances on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. “Fallout” runs from May 3 May 19. Performances are Fri-
days and Saturdays at 8, Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. on May 12 and 19, and a Thursday performance at 7 p.m. on May 16. Tickets are $12 to $15 and $10 for the Thursday, May 16 performance only. Call 575-523-1223 for reservations.
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Jazz concert is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Sunday May 5, in the historic Rio Grande Theatre in downtown Las Cruces to benefit Mesilla Jazz & Blues Society Scholarship program. Supersax of the Southwest was formed in 2018, modeled after the original 1972 Supersax Group. The original group consisted of five saxophonists, percussion, keyboard and bass, based on the great Charlie “Bird” Parker’s solos. When Bird blew a series of choruses based on the chord pattern of some standard song, the product was a work of art worthy of being extracted
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from its context and expanded through the medium of orchestration. Supersax of the Southwest goes beyond harmonizing great Charlie Parker solos, embracing select improvisations of other great saxophonists – Dexter Gordon, Chris Potter, James Carter, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. The band is made up of Danny Garcia, Tai Mikeileckey, Josh Carter, Roman Chip and Shawn Marcus – saxophones; Carlos Barba – keyboard; Ricki Malachi – drums; and Arnold Schnitzer – bass. All the pieces are based on
favorites like “Autumn Leaves,” “Blue Bossa” and “Boogie Stop Shuffle,” as well as jazz standards like “Doxy” and “Straight No Chaser.” The concert is sponsored by the Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society, with all concert proceeds going toward the Bob Burns Scholarship Fund. The society has been awarding scholarships bi-annually to New Mexico State University music students, with over $10,000 awarded to date. Tickets are available for $10 on line from the Rio Grande Theatre, riograndetheatre.org, and at the door on the day of the concert.
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Getting into Russian Music
New Horizons Symphony focuses on specific composers
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usic director and conductor Jorge Martinez-Rios will lead the New Horizons Symphony in its spring concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 19 at the New Mexico State University Atkinson Recital Hall in Las Cruces. The concert is free and open to the public. The symphony orchestra welcomes back guest artist Joseph Seth Zamora who won first place in the New Horizons Symphony Young Artist Competition in 2015. He has earned several other awards in Texas and New Mex-
ico competitions. Zamora will perform the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2. He graduated from NMSU in 2018 with a Bachelor’s in Piano Performance. Zamora is also a composer, collaborative pianist/ accompanist, and private piano teacher. In addition to Rachmaninoff, more Russian music is in store for the audience with excerpts of Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, the rousing Procession of the Nobles by Rimsky-Korsakov, On the Steppes of Central Asia by Borodin, and Prokofiev’s The Montagues and the Capulets
(Romeo and Juliet). Finlandia by Sibelius rounds out the beautiful program. New Horizons Symphony in Las Cruces is a nonprofit organization and member of New Horizons International Music Association that provides musical opportunities for adults. NHS gives three concerts a year and rehearses Thursday evenings in the NMSU Band Room. For information about the concert, call 575-521-8771. For information about joining the orchestra, email Gay Lenzo at gmlenzo14@gmail.com or visit the website www.nhsocruces.com.
Calling Artists • Deming Art Center also looking for Artists for the June 2019 Fiber Arts Show. This show runs June 1-28, 2019 with intake from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, May 31. Entry fee is $25 for one to three pieces and the show will be judged and prizes
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awarded. Info: 575-546-3663, www.demingarts.org or Facebook page. • Book space available: Moonbow Alterations and Gift Shop, 225 E. Idaho No. 32, in Las Cruces has space available to display and sell local books that have been published any time. Info: 575-527-1411 or alicebdavenport@gmail.com. • Renaissance Arts Faire: The Doña Arts Council’s (DAAC’s) 48th Annual Renais-
sance ArtsFaire will take place on Nov. 2 and 3, at Young Park in Las Cruces. DAAC is seeking qualified artists to participate. This is a juried art show for hand-made fine arts and crafts in textiles, jewelry, metal, sculpture and wood, mixed media, painting and drawing, photography and prints, pottery and glass and recycled materials. An application fee for all booths is $35. For a corner booth, add $50. Artists apply online at www.Zapplication. org.
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Queen and Prince tributes in Las Cruces
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ity of Las Cruces is hosting a downtown concert honoring some of world’s best-known performers. A Prince and Queen Tribute “Purple Madness” and “Queen Nation” takes place on Friday, May 10. Tickets can be purchased online at VisitLasCruces.com. “Purple Madness,” a tribute to
Prince, is the ultimate celebration of the widely beloved entertainer and profoundly influential artist. Queen Nation, a tribute to Queen, was formed in 2004. The mission of the show is to carry on the musical torch and preserve the image, sound, and stage persona of vintage Queen.
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‘Bad Juju’
Filmmaker introduces Television for phone
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ad JuJu.” That’s the name of the character created and played by Las Cruces filmmaker Julian Alexander in the digital series by the same name now available on IGTV (instagram TV), YouTube and Facebook and which is designed to be watched on a smart phone. The first three five-minute episodes of the new series were screened during an April 5 premiere party at Salud! de Mesilla, where the first episode of the series was shot. Alexander wrote, directed and starred in “Bad JuJu” for Story Island, a London-based production company. A total of 16, five-minute episodes in the series have been filmed so far during about five days of shooting in Las Cruces and Mesilla, he said. “We’re really excited about the production,” Alexander said at the premiere party. “What’s really cool about the series is the idea that we shot everything with the intention of being watched on your smart phone. We turned our camera sideways and shot in portrait. It was a completely new approach to framing our shots and composing our images.” Bad JuJu is a rap artist who has been signed to a recording contract for his comedic talents. What he really wants is to be taken seriously as a rapper. “You’re a comedian, Junior, that’s what you’re getting paid for,” Bad JuJu’s manager tells him. “Do the funny rap, please!” “I want to make serious music,” JuJu replies. “Why can’t you take me seriously.” JuJu’s got a record deal, a beautiful girlfriend and “he’s living out your dreams,” according to Aiku Series on Facebook. “However, your dreams are not his reality.” The series “is a commentary on social media, online dating and Hip-Pop culture (Hip Hop is the new pop,” Alexander said.) “Our characters are archetypes, from mumble rappers and hypebeast to influencers and paparazzi re-
porters. Fame in the social media age. People are getting famous for nothing, so what happens when someone gets accidentally famous and isn’t allowed to use it the way he’d like. That’s Bad JuJu. He went viral… now what?” “Bad JuJu” is “a multi-faceted look at digital superficiality,” Alexander said. “Phones have changed our living experience and ability to interact with each other. All the characters in the show are struggling in one way or another, digitally. Whether it’s the lack or abundance of followers or dating. Social media is controlling their lives.” In addition to Alexander, the main cast of “Bad JuJu” includes Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim, Josh Horton, Terry Troutman, Jessica Jimenez and Nick Check and Per Andreassen. The creative team is comprised of Executive Producer Emmanuelle Rey-Magnan, Producer Pilar Cartró Benavides, Production Designer Noe Gomez. Cinematographer Jazmin Harvey, music composer MS Kumar, editor Lia Hayes and sound designer Massimiliano Borghesi. Alexander also thanked Las Cruces Film Liaison Jon Foley and the nonprofit Film Las Cruces “for welcoming our production and supporting our shoot,” as well as local businesses. Alexander and producer Cartró Benavides have been working together since grad school in England – in addition to a BA in digital filmmaking from New Mexico State University’s Creative Media Institute (CMI), Alexander has an MFA from Leeds Beckett University. “Once she started working for Story Island and developing shows with them,” Alexander said, “she brought me into the conversation, and that’s when I had the opportunity to pitch ‘Bad
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JuJu,’ which was based on a tiny series of micro skits I made a few years back. They liked my work and my approach to comedy, and a year and half later it led to this. “This series is a milestone in my life,” he said. “It’s rare to have a gig where I have this much freedom. This is a dream. The experience Story Island has given me is mind blowing.” Alexander said his biggest challenge on the project “was probably directing and acting at the same time. We had a bare-bones crew and they were the best of the best, and also close friends of mine along with NMSU students. We were all wearing different hats and had roughly 80 pages of script to shoot. “A lot of my best work has found its way into the series and a lot of myself is within the show as well,” Alexander said. This comedic style and aesthetic is one that’s been a through line in my work since I began producing content over a decade ago. This series truly is international,” he said. “We are still mastering our episodes. Between our editing, design and music we’re in conversation with folks based in India, France, England, Italy and beautiful Las Cruces, New Mexico.” Alexander has written, directed and acted in a number of local films. “Buffalo,” which he wrote and directed, was featured in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. He also has been an actor, director and writer for local theatre. While attending The Northern Film School in England, Alexander made “Beat Blue,” filmed in Las Cruces and Albuquerque, which is a police drama all in rhyme, and “Leo.”
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Print work by five Latinxs is featured at Light Art Space in Silver City through June 23.
• Light Art Space, located at 209 W. Broadway in Silver City’s historic art district is featuring “5 Latinxs: Contemporary Works,” an exhibition featuring the work of five contemporary Latinxs from Arizona, California, New Mexico and New York. The artists present work in a variety of media including photographic polaroid lifts and cyanotypes, mixed media, video and installation. Exhibit runs May 11 to June 23 with a reception from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. The gallery also hosts the Red Dot Gala! From 5 to 8 p.m. on May 3 and a Spring Walkabout in Downtown Silver City and Second Saturday Gallery Walk from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 11. Works by Karen Hymer are ongoing with a variety of photographic media and concepts will be on view including botanicals and figurative works. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, also 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays and by appointment. Info: lightartspace.com, email info@lightartspace.com or 520240-7075. • Mariah’s Copper Quail Gallery in Silver City’s historic art district at 211A N. Texas St. has a lot of activities planned for of May. The featured artist for the month is Les Brandt, who is displaying his word-turned pieces, and maybe a painting or two. A meet the artist event is
from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. Resident artist, Caleb Jimenez, is bringing in new art for sale on The wood Saturday, May turned pieces 11 for the first of Les Brandt annual downare on disSpring play, featured town W a l k a b out. at Mariah’s MCQ will have Copper Quail in May. additional inventory out on the sidewalk for sale, with a special featured work from Jimenez. The gallery will also stay open late on May 11 for the Second Saturday Gallery Walk. Finally, stop on by the Sunday, May 26 for the Blues Fest Gallery Walk. Info: 575-388-2646.
through Mondays, Sundays noon to 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the rest of the days in the week. Closed Tuesdays. It’s located at 401 12th St. in Carrizozo. Info: 575-937-1489. Wendi Harris is the featured artist at Creative Designs Custom Framing and Gallery in Alamogordo.
“Wishing for One More Ride,” colored pencil by Carolyn Paez is one of many pieces on display at the Grant County Art Guile.
• The Grant County Art Guild is open at its new location, 316 N. Bullard St., formerly the Hester House in Silver City. Featured at Art Guild Gallery are Carolyn Paez and Diane Cornelius, painters both, though Carolyn also uses other media. GCAGG is open every day except holidays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Info: Karen Stephenson at karenphotoarts@gmail.com.
ALAMOGORDO • Wendi Harris is the featured
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artist at Creative Designs Custom Framing and Gallery, 917 New York Ave. in Alamogordo for May. The exhibit is “Lonely on the Mountain.” A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Harris settled in Alamogordo as she is inspired by the varying terrain, diverse subject matter and long twilight. A reception will be held from 6-8 pm on May 17. Regular Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Info: 575-434-4420.
DEMING/COLUMBUS • The May exhibit at the Deming Art Center features the annual Luna County Fine Arts and Fine Arts & Crafts Show. It showcases local artists and crafters in many different mediums including, painting, sculpture, fiber arts, jewelry and more. The show will be judged and prizes awarded. There will be an artist reception from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, May 5. The show will run through May 29. The Deming Art Center is located at 100 S Gold St., Deming. Info: 575-546-3663 or www.demingarts.org.
CARRIZOZO • The Tularosa Basin Gallery of Photography in Carrizozo is the exclusive photo gallery in the state to host the New Mexico Magazine photo contest winners for the fourth year in a row. As the largest photo gallery in the state, the 26 winning photos are on display and for sale throughout the year. The gallery is open from Wednesdays
Art Gallery’s current home inside D.W. Williams Hall before 2020, when the gallery transitions into the University Art Museum in Devasthali Hall, currently under construction. Programming for “dis-continuum: 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition” includes an Artist Talk at 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. with Cleo Arevalo and Fernando Enriquez on Thursday, May 2. Info: uag.nmsu.edu.
Poppies by Judy Licht is but one of the pieces the Las Cruces Arts Association is showing at several venues in May.
The work of Ferando Enriquez is just the start of the display at the University Art Gallery through May 11.
• The University Art Gallery presents two new exhibitions: “dis-continuum: 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition,” featuring the work of Master of Fine Art candidates Cleo Arevalo and Fernando Enriquez and “Reveries: 2019 BFA Thesis Exhibition,” featuring work by Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates Debbie Jo Baxter, Angelica Jones, Bernadette Larimer, Raquel Madrigal, Saul Ramirez and Carissa Staples. Both exhibitions held in the UAG located at 1390 E. University Ave, remain on display through May 11. This exhibition also features works by Trey Broomfield and Olivia Lemmons, who are currently part of the BFA capstone course. Their installations will inhabit alternative spaces throughout D.W. Williams Hall. “Reveries” and “dis-continuum” are the last fulllength exhibitions at the NMSU
• The Las Cruces Arts Association Members are exhibiting their work at the Big Picture Gallery May 3-30. The multi-media exhibit “PRIMAVERA” is the spring show located at 2001 E. Lohman Ave in the Arroyo Plaza. Open Monday-Friday 9 a.m-5 p.m. A reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 17 and additional exhibits are up at Celestial Hearing and Picture Frame Factory Outlet and Gallery also located in the plaza. • The Branigan Cultural Center, from May 3 through July 20, features “The Front Porch,” an exhibit by local artist Storm Sermay. The photographs provide a survey of front porches in the Mesilla Valley and beyond, offering a unique glimpse into life and culture in New Mexico and the way people present themselves through their homes. The museum is open from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays (June through August); and from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at 501 N. Main Street. Info: las-cruces.org/museums or 575-541-2154.
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We strongly recommend gallery patrons call locations before visiting as gallery hours are subject to change and do so often. Contact Desert Exposure at 575680-1978 or editor@desertexposure. com to update listings. All area codes are 575 unless indicated otherwise. Silver City Alaska Mudhead Studio-Gallery, 371 Camino de Viento in Wind Canyon. By appointment, Letha Cress Woolf, potter, 907-783-2780. Anthony Howell Studio, 200 W. Market St. 574-2827. By appointment only. [a]SP.“A”©E, 110 W. Seventh St., 5383333, aspace.studiogallery@ gmail. com. Barbara Nance Gallery & Stonewalker Studio, 105 Country Road, 534-0530. By appointment. Stone, steel, wood and paint. Sculpture path. www. barbaraNanceArt.com. Blue Dome Gallery, 307 N. Texas, second location at 60 Bear Mountain Road, 534-8671. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Saturday. www. bluedomegallery. com. Borderlands Gallery, Stephan Hoglund Studios, 211 W Yankie St., Silver City. 218-370-1314. www.stephanhoglund. com. The Cliffs Studio & Gallery, 205 N. Lyon St., corner of Yankie and Lyon streets, 520-622- 0251. By appointment. Common Ground, 102 W. Kelly, 534-2087. Open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, other times by prior arrangement. 575-534-2087. Cow Trail Art Studio, 119 Cow Trail in Arenas Valley, 12-3 p.m. Monday, or by appointment, 706-533- 1897, www. victoriachick.com. Creative Hands Roadside Attraction Art Gallery, 106 W Yankie, Silver City. 303916-5045 Hours are 10:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. By appointment at other times. Elemental Artisans, by appointment only, 215-593-6738. Finn’s Gallery, 300 N. Arizona St., 406790-0573 Francis McCray Gallery, 1000 College Ave., WNMU, 538-6517. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday to Friday. FringeArtz, 519 N. Bullard St. 678457-3708. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, sometimes Sunday. The Glasserie Studio and Store, 106 E. College Ave., 590-0044. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Grant County Art Guild Gallery, 316 N. Bullard St. 10 a.m-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. GCAG.org. Guadalupe’s, 505 N. Bullard, 535- 2624. Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Leyba & Ingalls Arts, 315 N. Bullard St., 388-5725. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Contemporary art ranging from realism to abstraction in a variety of media. www.LeybaIngallsARTS.com, LeybaIngallsART@zianet.com. Light Art Space, 209 W. Broadway. 520240-7075, lightartspace.com. Lloyd Studios, 306 W. Broadway St. 5901110. Sculpture, custom knives and swords. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. Lois Duffy Art Studio, 211C N. Texas, 534-0822. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday or by appointment. Original paintings,
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Gallery Guide cards and prints. www.loisduffy. com, loisduffy@ signalpeak.net. Lumiere Editions, 104 N. Texas St., 956-6369. Vintage and contemporary photography. Monday to Friday. The Makery, 206 N. Bullard St. 5901263. Freestyle weaving studio and school of fiber, book and paper arts, 11 a.m .- 4 p.m. Thursday to Monday, www.makerysvc.com. Manzanita Ridge, 107 N. Bullard St. 388-1158. Mariah’s Copper Quail Gallery, 211-A Texas St., corner of Yankie and Texas streets, 388-2646. Fine arts and crafts. Mimbres Regional Arts Council Gallery, Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 1201 N. Pope St. 538-2505, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday www.mimbresarts.org. Molly Ramolla Gallery & Framing, 203 N. Bullard, 538- 5538. www. ramollaart. com. Ol’ West Gallery & Mercantile, 104 W. Broadway, 388-1811/313-2595, 8:30 -10 a.m. Monday to Friday. The Place at the Palace, at 201 N. Bullard St. 575-388-1368. Seedboat Gallery, 214 W. Yankie St., 534- 1136. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday or by appointment. info@ seedboatgallery.com. Soul River Gallery, 400 N. Bullard St. 303-888-1358; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. Sterling Fine Art, 306 N. Bullard St. Silver City, 505-699-5005, 1-4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. Abstract to realism, workshops and lessons available. sterlingnm.com. Studio Behind the Mountain, 23 Wagon Wheel Lane, 388- 3277. By appointment. www. jimpalmerbronze. com. Studio Upstairs, 109 N. Bullard St., 5742493. By appointment. Syzgy Tile Gallery, 106 N. Bullard St., 388-5472. Tatiana Maria Gallery, 305 N. Bullard St. 388-4426. Tree Spirit Gallery, on-line only at www. cogan-cogan.com. 303-888-1358. 21 Latigo Trail, 941-387-8589. Sculpture by Barbara Harrison. By appointment only. Wild West Weaving, 211-D N. Texas, 313-1032, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, www. wildwestweaving.com. Wind Canyon Studio, 11 Quail Run Road off Hwy. 180, mile marker 107, 5742308, 619-933-8034. Louise Sackett, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and by appointment. Wynnegate Gallery, 1105 W. Market Street, 575-534-9717, noon – 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, also open for Red Dot Tour, artist showings and by appointment. Yada Yada Yarn, 621 N. Bullard St. 388-3350. Zoe’s Studio/Gallery, 305 N. Cooper St., 654-4910. By chance or appointment. Mimbres Chamomile Connection, 3918 U.S. Highway 35, 536-9845. Lynnae McConaha. By appointment. Kate Brown Pottery and Tile, HC
15 Box 1335, San Lorenzo, 5369935, katebrown@gilanet.com, www.katebrownpottery.com. By appointment. Bayard Kathryn Allen Clay Studio, 601 Erie St., 537-3332. By appointment. Northern Grant County Casitas de Gila, 50 Casita Flats Road, Gila, 535-4455. By appointment. gallery@ casitasdegila. com, www. galleryatthecasitas.com. Deming Deming Arts Center, 100 S. Gold St., 546-3663. Monday to Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Gold Street Gallery, 112-116 S. Gold St., 546-8200. Open noon-4 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Orona Art Studio, 546-4650. By appointment. lyntheoilpainter@ gmail. com, www.lynorona.com. Reader’s Cove Used Books & Gallery, 200 S. Copper, 544-2512. Monday to Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Photography by Daniel Gauss. Studio LeMarbe, 4025 Chaparral SE, 544-7708. By appointment. Columbus Village of Columbus Library, 112 Broadway, 531-2612, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Rodeo Chiricahua Gallery, 5 Pine St., 557-2225. Open daily except Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hillsboro Barbara Massengill Gallery, 895-3377, open weekends and by appointment. Mesilla Doña Ana Arts Council Arts and Cultural Center, 1740 Calle de Mercado, Suites B and D, 523-6403, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Galeri Azul, Old Mesilla Plaza, 5238783. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Galeria on the Plaza, 2310 Calle de Principal, 526-9771. Daily 10 am.-6 p.m. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470 Calle de Guadalupe, 522- 2933. Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Ouida Touchön Studio, 2615 Calle de Guadalupe, 635-7899. By appointment. ouida@ouidatouchon. com, www. ouidatouchon. com. The Potteries, 2260 Calle de Santiago, 524-0538, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Rokoko, 1785 Avenida de Mercado, 405-8877. Las Cruces Big Picture Gallery, 2001 Lohman Ave, Suite 109, 647-0508. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday to Friday. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Blue Gate Gallery, 4901 Chagar (intersection of Valley Drive and Taylor Road, open by appointment, 523-2950. Camino Real Book Store and Art
Gallery, 314 South Tornillo St. 5233988. Thursday to Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cottonwood Gallery, 275 N. Downtown Mall (Southwest Environmental Center), 522-5552. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Paseo, 5410658. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Justus Wright Galeria, 266 W. Court Ave., 526-6101, jud@delvalleprintinglc. com. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Las Cruces Arts Association, Community Enterprise Center Building, 125 N. Main St. www. lacrucesarts.org. Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., 541-2137. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday to Friday; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday. Mesquite Art Gallery, 340 N. Mesquite St., 640-3502. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday to Friday; 2-5 p.m. Saturday. M. Phillip’s Fine Art Gallery, 221 N. Main St., 525-1367. New Dimension Art Works, 615 E. Piñon, 373-0043. By Appointment. NMSU University Art Gallery, Williams Hall, University Ave. east of Solano, 646-2545, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. Nopalito’s Galeria, 326 S. Mesquite, 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Friday to Sunday. Quillin Stephens Gallery, behind downtown Coas Books, 312-1064. By appointment only. Tombaugh Gallery, Unitarian Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano, 522-7281. Wednesday to Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or by appointment. Unsettled Gallery & Studio, 905 N. Mesquite, 635-2285, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday to Friday; 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment. Virginia Maria Romero Studio, 4636 Maxim Court, 644-0214. By appointment, agzromero@zianet.com, virginiamariaromero.com. Ruidoso Art Ruidoso Gallery, 808-1133, artruidoso.com, 615 Sudderth Drive, Ruidoso, 11a.m.-5 p.m., ThursdaySunday. The Adobe, 2905 Sudderth Drive, 2575795, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. DJ’s Jewelry, 618 Carrizo Canyon Road, 630-1514, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Specializing in turquoise, Native American traditional, New Mexican contemporary and estate jewelry. Earth-N-Stone, 2117 Sudderth Drive, Suite 14, 257-2768, 808-1157. Gazebo Potters, 2117 Sudderth Drive No. 7, 808-1157. Pottery classes, workshops, wheel time, kiln firing and works by local potters. Josie’s Framery, 2917 Sudderth Drive, 257-4156. Framing, gallery representing regional artists and photographers. LongCoat Fine Art, 2801 Sudderth Drive, Suite D., 257-9102, 10 a.m.5 p.m. Monday through Saturday Contemporary Masters and historical
works of art. Mountain Arts, 2530 Sudderth Drive, 257-9748, www.mountainartsgallery. com, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Tanner Tradition, 624 Sudderth Drive., 257-8675. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Quality Native American art and jewelry. Thunder Horse Gallery, 200 Mechem Drive, Suite 1, 257-3989. info@ thunderhorsegallery.com, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. Bronze sculpture by Rory Combs, Sarinova glass and fine art. The White Dove, 2825 Sudderth Drive, No. A, 575-257-6609, 9:30 a.m-4 p.m. daily, Authentic Native American jewelry and artifacts. Kenneth Wyatt Galleries of Ruidoso, 2205 Sudderth Drive, 257-1529, www. kennethwyatt.com. Fine art by the Wyatt family. Ruidoso Downs Pinon Pottery, MM. 26465 U.S. Hwy. 70, 937-0873, 937-1822, www. pinonpottery.com. Pottery by Vicki Conley and other area artists, fine art by Anita Keegan and Virgil Stephens. Alamogordo Creative Designs Custom Framing & Gallery, 575-434-4420, 917 New York Ave. Patron’s Hall/Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, 575-434-2202, 1110 New York Ave. Tularosa Horse Feathers, 318 Granado St. 575585-4407. Art, southwest furniture and decor. The Merc, 316 Granado St. 505- 2386469. Art gifts by regional artists, books. Capitan Heart of the Raven, 415 12th St., 937-7459, Functional and decorative pottery, classes. Carrizozo Malkerson Gallery 408, 408 12th St. in Carrizozo, 575-648-2598. Tularosa Basin Gallery of Photography, 401 12th St. in Carrizozo, 575-9371489, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday to Monday; noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Exclusive exhibit venue for the winners of New Mexico Magazine’s photography contest and the largest photo gallery in the state. Lincoln Old Lincoln Gallery, 1068 Calle la Placita, across from the visitor’s center in Lincoln, 653- 4045. Coffee bar featuring 45 New Mexico artists, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday San Patricio Hurd La Rinconada, NM 281 U.S. Hwy. 70, 653-4331, www. wyethartists.com. Monday through Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Works by Peter Hurd, Henriette Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, N.C. Wyeth and resident artist, Michael Hurd. White Oaks White Oaks Pottery, 445 Jicarilla Drive (three miles past White Oaks), 6482985. Daily, 10 a.m-5 p.m. Porcelain pottery by Ivy Heymann.
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Yvonne Postelle is one of the May featured artists at the Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery.
• The Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, across from the historic Fountain Theatre, features two local artists for the month of May, Yvonne Postelle and Mike Shalett. Postelle is a member of several art associations and studied locally. She is primarily an oil landscape painter. The love of art has been a constant passion and after retiring in 1989 she pursued her love of art. Shalett, originally from Washington, D.C. graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the American University. After retirement, Mike took workshops in photography and reed basket making. While still interested in photography he has become self-taught making lariat baskets. First American Bank, Mesilla, is well represented by gallery members who rotate their artwork on a monthly basis. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Info: 575-522-2933, www.mesillavalleyfinearts.com. • Converge Las Cruces presents “The Face of Climate Change,” a photographic exhibition at the Cottonwood Gallery located in the Southwest Environmental Center from May 1 through June 14. The Face of Climate Change, examines climate change through the eyes of 12 photographers. The exhibition visually documents and comments on the status of our warming world. An opening reception is
www.desertexposure.com scheduled 5-7 p.m. May 3 at The Southwest Environmental Center, 275 North Main Street, Las Cruces, and coincides with the monthly Las Cruces Downtown Art Ramble. Info: 575-932-8866.
“Color and Light: The Joy of Watercolor.” The artists reception at DAAC is from 4-7 p.m., 1740 Calle de Mercado, Mesilla. The public also gets to vote on their favorite at this exhibit.
• Jill Somoza is showing a group of recent paintings titled “Shards” at the Tombaugh Gallery from May 5 through June 7. Her paintings are abstract, acrylic on vinyl. The vinyl is stretched over irregularly shaped panels made of wooden slats. Most of the painting consist of multiple, connected panels. She chooses clear vinyl (rather than canvas) for its translucent quality. The paintings stand a few inches out from the wall so that light can penetrate and give them a sense of airiness. The gallery is hosting an opening reception from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 5 and features the poetry of Joe Somoza. The gallery is located at 2000 S. Solano in the Unitarian Universalist Church. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Info: 575-642-1110. • The New Mexico Watercol-
• “A Fantasy Free-for-All” is featured at the Rokoko Art Gallery, 1785 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla, May 11 through June 22 with an artists reception from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. The gallery is open from noon-5 p.m. on Saturdays. Info: 575-5225553 or rokoko@rokokoart.com.
Glow, is one of many of the New Mexico Watercolor Society’s paintings, part of the “Alternate Spaces” exhibit at Café de Mesilla.
or Society’s Southern chapter is hosting its informal “Alternate Spaces” exhibit at the Cafe de Mesilla, 20190 Avenida de Mesilla, for May. The public gets to vote on their favorite painting of the exhibit The cafe is open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. except Tuesdays. There are about 30 watercolor paintings from various members of the chapter. On Saturday, May 11 Doña Ana Art Council gallery hosts the Southern Chapter’s juried Spring Show. Here the artists responded to the theme of
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• “Two Interpretations of Our View” with the art of Jan Archey and Patricia Grace is featured from May 3 to June 1 at the Rio Grande Theater Gallery. Archey loves to make functional ware and finds great pleasure knowing her work will become part of special family celebrations. Grace started her art education as an oil painting student in the late 90’s while working full time at White Sands Missile Range. Grace’s ceramic tiles for this exhibit are an interpretation of the Organ Mountains, including the animals that inhabit them, that try to capture the essence of the landscape. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. An opening reception will be held during the downtown art ramble from 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 3. • “Shall We Go Outside?” artwork by visual artist Margaret Bernstein will be featured in the Margaret BerBlack Box nstien works accompany the T h e a t r e current play, gallery with “Fallout,” at reflections the Black Box from Laura Theatre. King’s play “Fallout.” The exhibit and images are on display in conjunction with “Fallout,” running May 3-19 at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. Info: 575523-1223.
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BORDERLINES • MARJORIE LILLY
Teena Johnson, a restaurant manager in Animas, said she would feel better if there were more Border Patrol around. (Photos by Marjorie Lilly)
Border Crisis?
Life near Mexico brings up strong opinions
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n early April, I drove out on Route 9 along the United States/Mexico border between Columbus and Animas, under the giant sky that swallowed up the wide-open, rock mountain landscape. This is one of the most remote and unpopulated areas of New Mexico. It’s an area being especially guarded from illegal immigrants these days by the Border Patrol. People in Hachita, Animas and Rodeo have a special interest in the politics of immigration these days. I was going there to find out what people were saying about the immigration issues swirling in the public mind these days. This was about a month after a couple of unprecedented public events occurred in Luna County. Public meeting and resolution On Saturday, March 9, a meeting on immigration policy and the increased number of migrants at the border took place at the First United Methodist Church in Deming. Over a hundred people, mostly Anglo, came from several counties in New Mexico and from Arizona and El Paso. Most were supporters of President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall to handle the “national security crisis.” People advocated gun rights, expressed fear of disease brought by migrants, and complained about the tax dollars used to bring some Palomas, Mexico residents’ children to Luna County Schools. The highly politicized event was organized by Luna County Republican Party chair Russ Howell. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (not present) and other Democrats were jeered at during the meeting. Lujan had withdrawn the National Guard members who were in the area, saying she saw no “overwhelming national security crisis” at the border. It should be said that the meeting was held on the same day as the yearly celebration of Raid Day, commemorating when Pancho Villa and his “Dorados” attacked Columbus and killed 17
people, military and civilian. For years the event has been called “binacional,” to bring both sides of the border together in friendship. The event features music, food, dancing and historical talks. Some visitors are ancestors of the people who died in Villa’s brutal attack and a memorial service for those people is held. This year the three Luna County Commissioners approved a resolution (19-14) to support Trump’s “Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States.” The commissioners called for support of efforts to “secure the border.” This was published in the Deming Headlight. The commissioners evoked the spirit of Pancho Villa, comparing his brutal attack in 1916 to the “invasion” of the New Mexico border by current migrants from Central American, reminding readers that Villa’s troops had stolen 100 guns, 80 horses and 30 mules.
Opinions in the Bootheel Animas is 74 miles west of Columbus. Regina Baltazar, who works in the post office, told me the town has a population of 237. Balthazar told the story of an elderly Anglo woman named Lucy Freeman who years ago was taken hostage for three days in her own home by Mexican drug gang members. They used her home as a stash house for drugs. The house was near the Antelope Wells Port of Entry, 45 miles south of the nearest town, Hachita. There are almost no houses near Antelope Wells. “That was serious,” Balthazar said. “But they didn’t beat her up or anything. She was 82.” But Balthazar and a Hispanic woman named Sandra made light of the “national crisis.” “We’ve never seen an illegal immigrant in Animas or in Hachita,” Balthazar said, and Sandra agreed. Balthazar lives in Hachita.
New Mexico Bootheel mechanic Darren Burch is worried about drug related border crossings and tells stories from the ranchers’ point of view.
The Continental Divide is near Hachita, and “hikers hike morning and night,” she said. “They stay at the Community Center, and they’ll camp outside. They’re not afraid.” The manager of the restaurant next door, PW’s, has a somewhat different story. Teena Johnson, born in Animas, tells some stories of when she was afraid. She was at her grandmother’s house last year when a “group of men came close to the house. One guy had a bunch of jugs. My grandmother said to me, ‘He’s not alone.’ She gave the men some water and then called the Border Patrol.” “We were always warned,” Johnson said. “We didn’t go walking in the night. I don’t think we want a wall like the Great Wall of China or something. But I personally feel safe when there’s more Border Patrol.” Several people in Animas mention the kidnapping of a man by drug gang members in December 2015. He works for Elbrock Water Systems. Listening to employer Tricia Elbrock describing the event is like listening to a relative of his tell about it. One day the man was carjacked in his truck by migrant drug dealers. After closing time, his wife put out a search warrant, and the Border Patrol and sheriff’s office searched all night with the help of a helicopter. The man called at 10 a.m. the next day, he had been left in the desert near Willcox, Arizona. The narcos had “left him loosely bound, saying to him, ‘Wait an hour,’ which he did.” “After returning, he spent a year in counseling,” Elbrock said. She has a message for Democrats in Washington, DC. “Tell Nancy Pelosi to get off her high horse and take care of her own people,” she said. “We want a wall!
Is there a solution for the Bootheel? I stopped to get some advice on my car from a repairman named Darren Burch. As soon as I told him I’m writing an article, he rolled out a litany of thefts and killings of U.S. citizens in the Bootheel and in neighboring Arizona by illegal immigrants. He’s just like any activist in his intensity. He includes the story of rancher Robert Krenz of Douglas, Arizona, who was killed in 2010 by either an illegal migrant or a drug trafficker. People in Animas feel close to ranchers in Arizona, who are just across the border. Douglas is about 70 miles southwest or Animas. If I’ve learned something from talking to the people of the Bootheel, it’s that the issue of safety from drug gangs is a serious problem. “It’s a real issue,” said one
Hispanic man who couldn’t use his name because of his job. The drug traffickers can be murderous. Of the 14 people in the rather informal survey of opinions I collected, I heard only three outright calls for a wall. Some intermediate remedies were expressed by a manager of a store. “We need more presence on the border, not on Highway 9, (The highway is 45 miles from the border),” the manager said. “I think a good fence would also be helpful.” Other people made requests
for more “boots on the ground.” It seems to me that Gov. Lujan was wrong-headed in recalling the National Guard from the Bootheel. But the publicized “national security crisis” is way far from real, I believe. The number of offenses is too small. And the wall is so big. Borderlines columnist Marjorie Lilly lives in Deming.
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PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK • RICHARD COLTHARP
Cultural Compadres “You mean there’s a ‘New’ Mexico?”
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here are four American states whose names begin with “New.” New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire and, of course, New Mexico. Of those, we are the only one that shares any identity with its namesake. Few Americans can even tell you for sure where or what York, Jersey or Hampshire are. York is a town in Pennsylva-
nia, and Jersey has been co-opted by citizens as the standard, dropping the “New” in common conversation, making it the only state that goes by its last name. “You from Jersey? I’m from Jersey.” “Oh yeah, what exit?” Not only does New Mexico share a name with Mexico, it shares a border, many families, and a great deal of culture, even in ways you don’t often consider.
One of the popular NFL teams in New Mexico, at least southern New Mexico, is the Dallas Cowboys. Partly because of proximity and partly because the Cowboys had back-to-back Mexican kickers in the late 1970s – Efren Herrera and Rafael Septien – the Cowboys generated a big following in Mexico too. The month of May brings the one day of the year many Amer-
Sierra County Arts Council (SCAC) Sponsored Events – Summer/Fall 2019 www.sierracountyarts.org
Truth or Consequences, NM Hillsboro, NM Second Saturday Art Hop
monthly 6 – 9 pm Downtown Historic District Broadway & Main Streets
Monthly Open Mic
7pm, the last Friday of the month, Ingo’s Art Café, 422 Broadway
Monthly Movie Night
6pm, the 3rd Monday of the month, Ingo’s Art Café, 422 Broadway
Southwest Chamberwinds
5pm Sunday, Sept.29, Grapes Gallery 407-409 Main St.
Hillsboro Community Center, 316 Elenora St. $10 / $5 Seniors & SCAC members (hccnm.org) Sunday, May 19 – 3pm –5pm
Kitty Jo Creek Bluegrass Band
www.facebook.com/KittyJoCreekBand Sunday, June 2 – 3pm – 5pm
Claude Bourbon
Classical Guitar www.claudebourbon.org
Kingston, NM
Black Range Lodge (www.blackrangelodge.com) 575-895-5652
The Summer Starlight Concert Series
Outdoor concerts include a potluck starting at 5:30pm. Wine & beer will be available from Black Range Vineyards. $10 / $5 Seniors, children & SCAC members Saturday, June 15 - 7 - 9pm Randy Granger (randygranger.net) Acclaimed singer/songwriter performs with Native American flute, percussion, and guitar.
Pickamania 2019
Saturday, July 20 - 7 - 9pm
Community Benefit Concert - Enjoy a potluck sup-
per & the Best of Local Talent in support of the Hillsboro Historical Society (hillsboronmhistory.info) Saturday, August 17 - 7 - 9pm
Wil Maring and Robert Bowlin (wilmaring.com) Award-winning singer/songwriter Maring and virtuoso guitarist/fiddler Bowlin create mesmerizing music that blends bluegrass, folk and country.
Jeff Scroggins
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, September 13, 14 & 15 Pickamania 2019: Americana music and Apple Pie, with Bill Bussmann MC. Featuring Jeff Scroggins and Fresh Horses (jeffscrogginsbanjo.com), Peter McLaughlin (petermclaughlin.info) plus favorite regional bands. Sunday, October 13 - 3pm-5pm
Desert Night Acoustic Music Camp Concert
Featuring The Hard Road Trio, instructors and talented student musicians. (hardroadtrio.com) Sponsored by the Sierra County Arts Council P.0. Box 1924 Truth or Consequences, NM 87901 • 575.894.0615 scacnewmexico@gmail.com • sierracountyarts.org Paid for by Truth or Consequences Lodgers Tax.
icans try to be Mexican, Cinco de Mayo, which, interestingly, is not that big a deal in Mexico. Mexican descendants living in New Mexico and most border states have long practiced the tradition of the quinceañera. Lately, Dia de los Muertos has become increasingly popular among many cultures. Our relationship with Mexico, though, is more complicated than just enjoying corn tortillas and bottled Cokes. Humans have long had a habit for hierarchy and castes. No matter what group, culture or society we’re in, there is frequent desire to have another group, culture or society to look down upon. When the Spaniards came to New Mexico, they acted as though they were king, and looked down on everyone else. Then, when the Anglos came, they acted as they were king, ignoring the Spaniards’ claims, and looking down on everyone else. The Native Americans and the Mestizos (the blending of Spaniards and Natives) took the brunt of both the Spaniards’ and the Anglos’ empire-building natures. And when African-Americans arrived in New Mexico, they got the same sorry treatment here they got everywhere else. When I moved to New Mexico in 1995, I was aware of the different aspects of widely varied Latin cultures. The term “Hispanic” is insufficient and certainly not all-encompassing. But not until I arrived in New Mexico did I learn of the prejudice of many descendants of Spaniards against Mexicans. It is more common in northern New Mexico than in southern New Mexico, but families whose roots can be traced to the original Spanish colonists often want to make it crystal clear they are not Mexican. In more than one New Mexico bar, as recently as the 1970s, there hung signs that read: “No Indians, Mexicans or dogs.” In the last quarter century, tolerance and inclusion have increased in the Land of Enchantment. I have seen positive change on smaller scales, such as inter-family relationships, and on larger scales, such as the state’s recognition of same-sex marriage. When I run across listings of New Mexico boards or committees from, say, the 1970s, the names are predominantly Anglo. I look at listings from those same groups today, and usually there is a wide variety in the ethnicity of names. I have had children in New Mexico public schools since 1995, and on occasion have been in the classroom when the students recite the pledge of allegiance to the U.S. flag, followed by the beautiful salute to the New Mexico flag: “I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico, and the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures.” American culture, in many ways, is largely homogenous.
But the cultures seem more varied in New Mexico. I know I talk endlessly about the magic of green chile, but its rampant use is unique here, and it is one thing most of us agree on. We’ve long enjoyed our green chile in foods created by many cultures: New Mexican, Mexican, Native American and Anglo. Better still, we’ve got Italian chefs adding it to pastas and lasagna; Japanese chefs including it in sushi and teriyaki dishes; and TV foodies from all over coming here to sing the praises of the chile. Both of my daughters are multi-ethnic, though neither could find any direct Mexican ancestry. Still, they grew up aware of, and interested in, our namesake neighbor to the south. When I was growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Mexico was called “Old Mexico.” I think New Mexico was still young enough back then people felt compelled to differentiate. It was particularly noted in my family, as my grandfather worked in New Mexico in the 1930s and early 40s, and my father was born in Hobbs. My second visit to Mexico, and the first non-resort visit, came in 1991, as a friend and I entered the country at Columbus, and spent some time well south of there. We were told at breakfast, by a Deming restaurateur, that the hassle at the border might not be worth it, but once you got to the interior, the Mexican people are “as good as gold.” The people we met were indeed good as gold. Societies and cultures are constantly changing, usually against the will of the established society members. Mexico has definitely changed in the past 50 years, as has our relationship with that country. The latest border issues, dealing more with people from Central America, will change the Mexican relationship more. Mexico itself, though, never has been and – I hope – never will be, anything but a neighbor and a friend, not only to New Mexico, but to the United States at large. Outsiders can come and get a glimpse of the bond between Mexico and New Mexico. But, just as with green chile, it’s harder for them to understand it being part of our daily lives. Richard Coltharp is publisher of Desert Exposure. He only believes in two conspiracy theories, and one is the Frito-Lay, Pace and Corona companies began building propaganda in the early 1990s to promote Cinco de Mayo to fill the U.S. party void between St. Patrick’s Day/spring break and endof-school/graduation. He can be reached at richard@ lascrucesbulletin.com.
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THE STARRY DOME • BERT STEVENS
Chamaeleon, the Chameleon Creeping around in the southern sky
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nother southern constellation that is always below our horizon from the desert southwest is Chamaeleon, the Chameleon. This small constellation consists of a long, thin diamond of four fourth-magnitude stars just on the edge of the Milky Way. It borders the constellation Octans, which contains the south celestial pole. While the stars form a diamond, the constellation boundaries form a curved rectangle, following the lines of right ascension (longitude) and declination (latitude). Chamaeleon was one of the 12 new constellations created by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius in 1597 based on observations made by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. The twelve constellations represent creatures discovered during the explorer’s travels, including the Chameleon. While it first appeared on a celestial globe that Plancius helped create, Johann Bayer was the first uranographer (celestial map maker) to include it in his 1603 celestial atlas. The brightest star in Chamaeleon is Alpha Chamaeleontis, a magnitude 4.1 white star that is 42 percent more massive than our sun. It is just 63.8 light-years away from us. When astronomers measure the amount of energy coming from this star, they find it emitting more infrared energy than would be normal for a spectral type F star. Any object orbiting a star will be warmed by the energy coming from that star. It will then radiate that warmth outward as infrared (heat) radiation. The excess infrared from Alpha Chamaeleontis comes from dust grains and asteroids in a disc orbiting the star. While there may be planets imbedded in this disc,
Far below our southern horizon lurks the constellation of Chamaeleon. This modern constellation is at the edge of the Milky Way and consists of four fourth magnitude stars and a number of fainter ones. The four brightest stars make up an elongated diamond shape. A number of molecular gas clouds exist in this constellation that are forming low mass T Tauri proto-stars that will one day shine more brightly when they get hot enough to start nuclear fusion.
Calendar of Events – May 2019 (MST) 04 4:45 p.m. New Moon 11 7:12 p.m. First Quarter Moon 18 3:11 p.m. Full Moon 21 7 a.m. Mercury on far side of the Sun from Earth (superior conjunction) 26 10:34 a.m. Last Quarter Moon
there have been no planets discovered around this star so far. Chamaeleon is home to several molecular clouds. These are vast expanses of cold gas where the gas atoms have bonded together to form molecules. In hot gas clouds, like those surrounding a hot star, the atoms receive too much energy from the star so that molecules that try to form from the atoms are immediately torn apart by the star’s energy. Only in cold clouds, like those found in this constellation, can molecules form. Over time, any gas cloud will eventually form clumps. The gravity of these clumps will
pull in more gas making each clump bigger with even more gravity. As the mass continues to grow, the center of the clump is compressed be the gas above it presses down on the core. The energy from the increasing temperature in the core spreads outward away from the core, causing the gas around the core to glow. Eventually, the energy reaches the surface of the clump and the clump appears to shine like a star. These glowing clumps are stars to be. The first one of these glowing clumps was discovered in 1852 as the star T Tauri, in Taurus. It was not until 1945 when
ON SCREEN
‘Undeterred’
Encore showing of border documentary
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special encore showing of “Undeterred,” a documentary film which shows how the people of Arivaca, Arizona, have mobilized to provide life-sustaining humanitarian assistance to migrants struggling to cross the desert on foot; and how they are asking respect for their own constitutional rights as U.S. citizens. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, May 20, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 3845 N. Swan Street in Silver City. An unincorporated rural community of 700 residents located 11 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border and 35 miles northwest of Nogales, Arivacans moved from shocked disbelief to resolute community resistance as Border
Patrol abuses became increasingly harsh at the checkpoints on all three roads to the town. “Arivaca, Arizona, has been a community since long before current border policing occurred,” A spokesperson said. “Today, Arivacans are trapped in their community, subjected to interrogations and inspections by armed Border Patrol officers at checkpoints whenever they leave town or return. “Undeterred” shows, through their own stories and actions, how militarization of the border affects their personal lives and their privacy.” Visit the website at undeterredfilm.org to view a trailer for the film. A suggested donation of $10 per adult will be requested at the
door to support the work of the UUFSC Social Justice Committee; however, no one will be turned away. All donations go to support organizations, which support the many of goals of the UUFSC: Immigrant Justice, Climate Change/Global Warming Awareness, and Income Justice. Recipients of past fundraisers include No Mas Muertes (No More Deaths), SPIN (Supporting People in Need), Annunciation House, and The Commons, among others. To learn more about the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City, email uufellowshipofsilvercity@gmail.com, visit our website at www.uufsc. com or visit us on Facebook at Unitarian-Universalist-Fellowship-of-Silver-City.
Alfred Harrison Joy defined this class of stars. The T Tauri class stars have more lithium in their spectrum than most stars. Lithium is destroyed by nuclear reactions in stars with a temperature of over 4.5 million degrees Fahrenheit. For T Tauri stars to have so much lithium, the star must be cooler than that temperature, which is too cool for nuclear fusion to be occurring in its core. This leaves the gravitational energy of the collapsing clump as the source that powers the T Tauri stars. They will one day get hot enough to begin fusion, but until then they still will have an excess of lithium to mark their existence. T Tauri stars are young and small, up to only three time the mass of our sun. They spin quickly, taking between one and 12 days to rotate, compared to a month for our sun. They also spit out large amounts of their own mass as high-speed winds carry material away from the star. About half of them also have a disc of material that encircles the star, that probably will be forming planets in the future. T Tauri stars are like teenagers, going through their turbulent youth before settling down and becoming stable main sequence stars.
The Planets for May 2019 Mars continues to be the only planet in the early evening sky. It has been getting further from us and getting fainter since its close opposition last July. It starts the month in eastern Taurus and ends it in western Gemini. At midmonth the God of War shines at magnitude +1.7 with a disc that is just four seconds-of-arc across. This planet is 25 degrees above the west-northwestern horizon as it gets dark and sets by 10:45 p.m. While early evening has Mars setting in the west, Jupiter rises around 10 p.m. in the east-southeast. It is moving westward in
eastern Ophiuchus, shining at magnitude -2.6. The King of the Planets’ disc is 44.9 seconds-ofarc across. It will be 23 degrees above the southwestern horizon as it gets light The Ringed Planet rises an hour after Jupiter and it will be 35 degrees above the southern horizon as dawn breaks. Shining at magnitude +0.4, it is moving westward in eastern Sagittarius. At midmonth, Saturn has a disc that is 17.5 seconds-of-arc across while the Rings are tilted down 23.5 degrees with the northern face showing and they are 39.7 seconds-of-arc across. Sparkling on the east-northeastern horizon around 5 a.m., Venus climbs to just eight degrees above the eastern horizon as it gets light. It shines at magnitude -3.9 with a disc that is ninety-one percent illuminated and 11.0 seconds-of-arc across. The Goddess of Love moves from south-central Pisces to eastern Aries during the month. Next month will be its last month in the morning sky this year. Mercury is still in the morning sky, at least for the first week of the month before it disappears back into the morning twilight. On May 1, it rises around 5:30 a.m. and it is just three degrees above the eastern horizon as it gets light. It shines at magnitude -0.4 with 75 percent sunlit disc that is 5.8 seconds-of-arc across. The Messenger of the Gods moves from south-central Pisces, through Aries and into eastern Taurus by month end. Mercury passes the sun on May 21. As May draws to a close, take a look on west-northwestern horizon as it starts to get dark in the evening for this little planet to reappear and “keep watching the sky”! An amateur astronomer for more than 45 years, Bert Stevens is co-director of Desert Moon Observatory in Las Cruces.
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Quaker Meeting for Worship Sundays 10-11a.m. Church of Harmony For more info: 575-590-1588 609 N. Arizona St. Silver City NM 88061 fevafotos@gmail.com
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19-A Racetrack Road, Arenas Valley, NM Phone: 575-538-9311 Website: www.vccsilvercity.com We are a community of faith called by Jesus to practice love of God and neighbor and boundless compassion for all. Sunday Worship at 10 A.M.
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GETTING BATTY • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH
Feeding the Bats Conservation group plants nectar sources
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ather than swooping in the night, chowing down on mosquitos and other little flying critters, there are some bats that survive by sipping the nectar of native plants. Two of those are endemic to New Mexico. Melia Bayless, senior director at Bat Conservation International (BCI) is an ecologist and has been with BCI for 14 years. “Not a lot of people in New Mexico realize there are three species of bats that drink nectar,” Bayless said. “New Mexico, Arizona and Texas are the only states that have these nectorvious species.” Lesser long nose, Mexican long nose and Mexican long tongue bats all have jobs to do as they feed from and pollinate the native plants iconic for southern New Mexico. In New Mexico these bats provide critical pollination services in native species. They are also important to seed dispersal. “They pollinate many of our native agave and large night blooming cacti,”
Volunteers with Bat Conservation International plant agave plants in the desert to encourage Mexican and lesser ling-nose bats to roost in the area. (Photos by Dan Taylor, courtesy of Bat Conservation International)
she said. In southern New Mexico and Mexico many native plants have evolved with bats as pollinators. The blue agave, where tequila comes from, is closely involved with the bat population. Bayless said many refer to the Mexican long tongue bat as the tequila bat. BCI has taken on the job of helping the nectorvious bat species survive by protecting the roosts, caves and mines they live in. BCI’s efforts intend to stabilize the populations of the species, especially the Mexican long-nosed bat which is susceptible to roost disturbance and habitat destruction. “Basically, we need to do surveys to see if we can find additional roosts,” she said. “We need to protect those we know about and monitor the bat populations within those caves and mines.” To complete the work, BCI needs to conduct systematic surveys where the bats are known to be. Or, find them through acoustic monitoring — listening with special devices that pick up their calls in the ultrasonic. By monitoring the areas, researchers can do exit counts at roosts or use more highly sophisticated ways of monitoring. Researchers have identified a handful of roosts in southern New Mexico, most in the bootheel. But Bayless thinks there may be more and would like to complete more surveys to find them. “Animals need three things where they are living,” she said. “They need a place to live, food and they need open water for drinking.” Mexican long-nosed bat estimated population size has plummeted by 50 percent in the last decade. All the species are important pollinators. Their activities are vital for several species of agave and cactus throughout their range which extends from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras in the winter to summer roosts in southwest New Mexico and southern Arizona. To protect the bats’ food source, BCI is looking for places to do native restoration for landscapes by
Lesser long-nosed bat. (Photo by Bruce D. Tauert, courtesy of Bat Conservation International)
planting agaves. The group also has collaborations in place to improve drinking water quality. “The water restoration work primarily is in the Gila,” Bayless said. “Bats have to drink while they are flying. It’s touch-and-go drinking.” Much of the restoration work involves slowing down the streams and protecting native vegetation, which is also relevant for fish and frogs. Bayless said while no roosts have been found in the Gila the area is in migratory pathways. The two long nosed bat species are migratory. “They winter in Mexico and follow blooming agave into the United States,” she said. “Many populations of those bats will give birth and raise young in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. They are really only here in early summer months and they move all the way down into southern Mexico.” Private landowners are pitching into the efforts to help the bats by planting agave in their lands in the New Mexico bootheel and throughout the very Southern part of the state. There may be opportunities for other people to participate when it comes to planting agave. BCI greenhouses grow agave plants for three years before sending them out to be planted in the desert, the best time for the plants’ survival, she said. We have put out about 1,500 agaves and have another 6,000 growing now to be ready to be planted in 2 to 3 years,” Bayless said. “We are working with Mexican partners to protect roosts in Sonora too. We welcome groups, including youth groups, that have some
way to help us think about planting in remote areas.” A recent partnership with XTO Energy has boosted BCI’s ability to protect the roosting sites and food sources of the lesser long-nosed bat and the federally endangered Mexican long-nosed bat by means of a generous donation. “Thanks to XTO Energy we have additional resources to protect two at-risk bat species through a proven strategy of roost and food source protection,” said Kevin Pierson, BCI’s chief conservation officer. “We’re working hard to ensure the survival of these species and to continue to develop private industry partners that share our commitment to saving important species.” Bayless said the collaboration shows that the interests of business and the environment are not mutually exclusive. “You can make a difference while still making a profit,” she said of XTO Energy’s contribution. She said local communities are also important. People wishing to help in the area of bat conservation in general, can do so by talking about bats, learning more about bats and doing presentations. People can join BCI, she said. If they are interested in conducting surveys, they can contact BCI about nationwide opportunities for bat conservation. The mission of BCI is to conserve the world’s bats and their ecosystems to ensure a healthy planet. For more information visit batcon.org. Bat Conservation International nursery raises agave plants until they are 3 years old and ready to be placed in the desert to provide bats with nectar.
Mexican longnosed bat. (Photo by Winifred Frick, courtesy of Bat Conservation International)
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You can get up close to thousands of petroglyphs. You can take photos, but visitors are urged not to touch the rock art. Oil on your hands can damage them over time.
The ridgeline trail contains thousands of petroglyphs. The trail is steep and difficult at times, but you don’t need to go far to see lots of rock art.
DIPPING INTO THE PAST • DAVID BURGE
Reading the Rocks Many theories, few answers
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o one – not even the experts – really knows what the prehistoric rock art at Three Rivers Petroglyph Site truly means. Is it art for art’s sake? A way of communicating? Or just ancient graffiti? There is no Southwest version of the Rosetta Stone – the stone that one of Napoleon’s soldiers discovered that helped archaeologists decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. So, it just adds mystery to the site that is run and preserved by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. “We weren’t here when they were produced,” said Trinity Miller, an archaeologist with the BLM’s Las Cruces district office. “We don’t know their mindset. Many researchers have looked into re-interpreting these petroglyphs. But I think it is too difficult to tell what they mean unless you were the one who made them or were in that time frame.” Three Rivers is located 17 miles north of Tularosa, New Mexico, or 28 miles south of Carrizozo, off of U.S. 54. An excursion there can make for an adventuresome day trip or camping outing from anywhere in southern New Mexico. The 1,000-acre site has more than 21,000 documented petroglyphs and presumably, many more that haven’t been discovered yet. These are pecked or chipped rocks depicting images of faces, sunbursts, animals, handprints and geometric shapes. “If you have never seen petroglyphs before, this is the perfect place and opportunity to see thousands of petroglyphs in such a small condensed area,” said Carty Carson, district park ranger for the BLM’s Las Cruces district office. According to Miller, the petroglyphs were created by the Jornada Mogollon – a prehistoric Native American people who lived in this area from about 200 A.D. to about 1450. The petroglyphs were probably made sometime between 900 and 1400, Miller added. “This is an amazing place with thousands of petroglyphs, different types, dif-
Petroglyphs of faces are particularly Mexico and Texas.
striking at Three Rivers Petroglyph Site.
Make plans
An easy half-mile trail leads out to three excavated pit houses that were once inhabited by the Jornada Mogollon. (Photos by David Burge)
ferent symbols,” Miller said. Three Rivers contains two hiking trails. An easy half-mile round-trip leads out to and back from three excavated pit houses the Jornada Mogollon built and lived in. It’s a great way to start the visit and gain some perspective before seeing the mysterious petroglyphs. The other trail – a three-mile roundtrip of varying difficulty – heads up to a spectacular ridgeline. Along the way, you can get an up-close look at thousands of petroglyphs. Visitors can take photos but are asked not to touch the rock art, Miller said. The oils from your hands can degrade the images over time. This second trail can be steep and difficult at times. You can go as far as you wish and turn around any time you want. “You don’t have to go very far on the trail to see lots of petroglyphs,” Miller said. There are plans to eventually pave the trail out to the pit houses and the first part of the petroglyph trail before it starts
ascending up the ridge, Carson added. The idea is to make Three Rivers more accessible for everyone, Carson said. Amenities include a shade shelter at the turnaround point on the petroglyph trail, two RV camping sites with hookups, five tent pads, five picnic tables and one group site. The site also has a visitor’s center staffed by knowledgeable volunteers. Miller said you can visit the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site numerous times and discover something new each time. “You can see it again and again during different times, different weather, different seasons, and see things you have never seen before,” Miller said. Besides the petroglyphs, the ridgeline trail offers spectacular views of the Sacramento Mountains to the east and White Sands National Monument to the west. David Burge is a news producer for KVIA ABC-7 in El Paso. He has more than 30 years of experience working for newspapers in California, New
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site is located 17 miles north of Tularosa, New Mexico, or 28 miles south of Carrizozo, off of U.S. 54. Turn off the highway at Three Rivers and go another 4 ½ miles east to get to the site. The turnoff from the highway is not well marked, so keep an eye out. Once you get on the access road, just follow the signs. Cost: Day use is $5 per vehicle and $15 for buses. Camping is $7 for tent sites, and $18 for RV sites with hookups or $7 without hook-ups. Group site is $50. No campfires are allowed. Discounts: Discounts and passes are available for military, park volunteers and seniors. Contact the Las Cruces BLM office for details at 575-525-4300. Hours: Visitors center is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, but it is closed on Wednesday. Gate remains open at all times. An “Iron Ranger” self-pay station is available after-hours. No hiking is allowed at night. Pets: Allowed in camping and picnic area if on a leash. Pets are not allowed on the trails to help preserve the site. Rattlesnakes: Rattlesnakes are fairly common in this area. Stay alert and watch your children and pets. Information: 575-585-3457.
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TULAROSA BASIN • JOAN E. PRICE
A Taste of Ancient Time
Looking at human legacies in southern New Mexico
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he Tularosa Basin Conference brings together archaeology, history, ethnohistory, Native American studies, geology, geomorphology, biology, botany, paleontology, rock art studies and other subjects to examine the structure that binds southern New Mexico. Scientists who have brought their findings to the public in the past four conferences are gathering again on May 17, 18 and 19 in Tularosa, at the Community Center, 1050 S. Bookout Road, to share their latest findings on the prehistoric and historic scientific investigations connecting us with the early human lives of the huge valley we now call the Tularosa Basin of south-central New Mexico. Chocolate – that global taste passion that is found in every form from Easter eggs to gift boxes to chocolate-covered strawber-
ries – was a passion more than 1,000 years ago in the Tularosa Basin. Since the last conference, Alex Kurota of the New Mexico Office of Contract Archaeology at the University of New Mexico, has identified chocolate residue on some painted ceramic sherds of long-broken vessels in an ancient pueblo ruin near White Sands National Monument. This May, Kurota will add clarity to the exchanges of valuable painted potteries and cacao bean-exchange across the basin at the conference. There will be a chocolate table at the Tularosa Basin Conference and if you tell the staff at the registration table that you read about this in Desert Exposure, you will receive a free chocolate delight. Agave (century plant) – That dramatic source of tequila, another continental if not global passion, was grown throughout the American prehistoric South-
west. There are innumerable other products from agave that sustained the ancient palate and provided fiber for everything from sandals to nets to clothing. Agave nectar will be available at the conference next to the chocolate to celebrate its ancient companionship with human activity. Corn and water – now archaeologists, students and volunteers are uncovering prehistoric irrigation terraces where corn was grown more than 1,400 years ago in along the Rio Tularosa just east of present-day Tularosa. Eastern New Mexico State University graduate student Christine Gilbert has been comparing and analyzing these regional land features for new surprises that root us into the prehistoric cultural landscapes. Xoxi Nayapiltzin, Concha Native American who traces ancestry to several generations before
the Spanish Catholic entrada, will demonstrate the prehistoric methods of mathematical measurement, ratios and proportions depicted in numerous petroglyphs at Three Rivers Petroglyph Site and the implications for a prehistoric sacred geometry. The impact of Jornada Research Institute (JRI) educational outreach programs be reviewed by James Shields, a teacher who coordinates archaeology field trips in the Alamogordo Public Schools with JRI. There will be much more. Archaeologist Jeff Hanson will explain the association of “flute players” and springs he has documented at Petroglyph National Monument. Then Hanson will change hats to join his fellow archaeologist, M.A. Hungerford, on Friday evening as a seasoned musician in “The Regulators,” performing a mix of rock and blues
with heavy folk influences along with craft beer and local wine, food and a good time. Guided tours are scheduled for Sunday morning before people return home. For others, there will be a wrap-up at the Tularosa Winery for locally produced wine/ beer and conversation. We look forward to seeing everyone at the fifth Tularosa Basin Conference. There are also special rates being offered by local hotels. For much more information and preregistration, visit www. jornadaresearchinstitute.com. Joan E. Price is a writer and photographer based in Tularosa, New Mexico, with a focus on the cultural landscape of the Tularosa Basin.
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Red or Green? is Desert Exposure’s guide to dining in southwest New Mexico. We are in the process of updating and modifying these listings. We are asking restaurants to pay a small fee for listing their information. Restaurant advertisers already on contract with Desert Exposure receive a free listing. For other establishments, listings with essential information will be $36 a year and expanded listings, up to 10 lines, will be $48 a year. To get an updated listing in
Red or Green?, contact Pam Rossi at pam@ lascrucesbulletin.com or 575-635-6614. We emphasize non-national-chain restaurants with sit-down, table service. With each listing, we include a brief categorization of the type of cuisine plus what meals are served: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner. Unless otherwise noted, restaurants are open seven days a week. Call for exact hours, which change frequently. All phone numbers are area code 575 except
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TAPAS TREE, 601 N. Bullard St. in The Hub. 597-8272. Monday to Thursday L, Friday and Saturday L D (closes at 4 p.m.). TASTE OF VEGAS, 303 E. 13th St., 534-9404. Daily L. VICKI’S EATERY, 315 N. Texas, 388-5430. www.vickiseatery.com. Saturday-Sunday breakfast; Monday-Saturday lunch; and Friday-Saturday dinner. WRANGLER’S BAR & GRILL, 2005 Hwy. 180E, 538-4387. Steak, burgers, appetizers, salads: L D. TRANQUILBUZZ CAFÉ, 112 W. Yankie St. Coffee shop, coffee, home-made pastries and ice cream, fresh fruit smoothies.
Silver City ADOBE SPRINGS CAFÉ, 1617 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-3665. Breakfast items, burgers, sandwiches: Sunday B L, all week B L D. CACTUS JACKS, 1307 N. Pope St. 538-5042. Gluten-free, healthy groceries, grill fast foods and beverages. Monday to Friday B L D, Saturday and Sunday L.
CAFÉ OSO AZUL AT BEAR MOUNTAIN LODGE, 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road, 538-2538. B L, special D by reservation only. CHINESE PALACE, 1010 Highway 180E, 538-9300. Chinese: Monday to Friday L D. COURTYARD CAFÉ, Gila Regional Medical Center, 538-4094. American: B L.
DIANE’S RESTAURANT, 510 N. Bullard St., 538-8722. Fine dining (D), steaks, seafood, pasta, sandwiches (L), salads: Tuesday to Saturday L D, Sunday D only (family-style), weekend brunch. DIANE’S BAKERY & DELI, The Hub, Suite A, Bullard St., 534-9229. Artisan breads, pastries, sandwiches, deli: Monday to Saturday B L early D, Sunday L. DON JUAN’S BURRITOS, 418 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: B L. DRIFTER PANCAKE HOUSE, 711 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-2916. Breakfast, American: B L, breakfast served throughout. EL GALLO PINTO, 901 N. Hudson St., 597-4559. Mexican: Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday B L Thursday to Saturday B L D. FORREST’S PIZZA, 601 N. Bullard St. Unit J. 388-1225. Tuesday to Friday L D, Slices until 7 p.m. FRY HOUSE, 601 N. Bullard St. Suite C. 388-1964. Seven days L, Sunday L, D. GIL-A BEANS, 1304 N. Bennett St. Coffeeshop. Monday to Saturday 8 a.m.-noon. GOLDEN STAR, 1602 Silver Heights Blvd., 388-2323. Chinese: L D. GRANDMA’S CAFÉ, 900 Silver Heights Blvd., 388-2627. American, Mexican: B L. GRINDER MILL, 403 W. College Ave., 538-3366. Mexican: B L D.
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JALISCO CAFÉ, 100 S. Bullard St., 388-2060. Mexican. Monday to Saturday L D Sunday B. JAVALINA COFFEE HOUSE, 117 Market St., 388-1350. Coffeehouse. JUMPING CACTUS, 503 N. Bullard St. Coffeeshop, baked goods, sandwiches, wraps: B L. KOUNTRY KITCHEN, 1700 Mountain View Road, 388-4512. Mexican: Tuesday to Saturday B L D. LA COCINA RESTAURANT, 201 W. College Ave., 388-8687. Mexican: L D. LA FAMILIA, 503 N. Hudson St., 388-4600. Mexican: Tuesday to Sunday B L D. LA MEXICANA, Hwy. 180E and Memory Lane, 534-0142. Mexican and American: B L.
LITTLE TOAD CREEK BREWERY & DISTILLERY, 200 N. Bullard St., 956-6144. Burgers, wings, salads, fish, pasta, craft beers and cocktails: Monday to Sunday L D. MEXICO VIEJO, Hwy. 90 and Broadway Mexican food stand: 956-3361. Monday to Saturday B L early D. MI CASITA, 2340 Bosworth Dr., 5385533. New Mexican cuisine: Monday to Thursday L, Friday L D. MILLIE’S BAKE HOUSE, 602 N. Bullard St., 597-2253. Soup, salads, sandwiches, baked goods: Tuesday to Saturday B, L. NANCY’S SILVER CAFÉ, 514 N. Bullard St., 388-3480. Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D. PRETTY SWEET EMPORIUM, 312 N. Bullard St., 388-8600. Dessert, ice cream: Monday to Saturday. Q’S SOUTHERN BISTRO AND BREWERY, 101 E. College Ave., 5344401. American, steaks, barbecue, brewpub: Tuesday to Saturday L D.
REVEL, 304 N. Bullard, 3884920. Elevated comfort food. Weekdays LD, weekends BD, closed Wednesdays. SILVER BOWLING CENTER CAFÉ, 2020 Memory Lane, 538-3612. American, Mexican, hamburgers: Daily L D.
SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1530 N. Hudson, 388-2027. Coffee shop: Monday to Saturday B L, early D. SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1212 E. 32nd St., 534-9565. Coffee shop, bakery: Monday to Friday B L, early D, Saturday B L only.
Bayard FIDENCIO’S TACO SHOP, 1108 Tom Foy Blvd. Mexican: B L D. LITTLE NISHA’S, 1101 Tom Foy Blvd., 537-3526. Mexican: Wednesday to Sunday B L D. LOS COMPAS, 1203 Tom Foy Blvd, 654-4109. Sonoran-style Mexican, hot dogs, portas, menudo: L D. M & A BAYARD CAFÉ, 1101 N. Central Ave., 537-2251. Mexican and American: Monday to Friday B L D. SPANISH CAFÉ, 106 Central Ave., 537-2640. Mexican, tamales and menudo (takeout only): B. SUGAR SHACK, 1102 Tom Foy Blvd., 537-0500. Mexican: Sunday to Friday B L. Cliff
Tammy’s Café, U.S. Highway 180, Cliff, 575-535-4500. Visit Tammy’s Café on Facebook.RVs/Big Rigs welcome, Mexican/American food. Gluten free and vegetarian by request. Thursday to Saturday LD, Sunday L. “Bring home cooking to your table” Mimbres RESTAURANT DEL SOL, 2676 Hwy. 35, San Lorenzo. Breakfasts, burgers, sandwiches, Mexican: Daily B L early D. Pinos Altos BUCKHORN SALOON AND OPERA HOUSE, Main Street, 538-9911. Steakhouse, pasta, burgers: Monday to Saturday D. Santa Teresa BILLY CREWS, 1200 Country Club Road, 589-2071. Steak, seafood: L D.
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Las Cruces & Mesilla ABRAHAM’S BANK TOWER RESTAURANT, 500 S. Main St. 434, 523-5911. American: Monday to Friday B L. ANDELE’S DOG HOUSE, 1983 Calle del Norte, 526-1271. Mexican plus hot dogs, burgers, quesadillas: B L D.
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ANDELE RESTAURANTE, 1950 Calle del Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: Monday B L, Tuesday to Sunday B L D. AQUA REEF, 141 N. Roadrunner Parkway, 522-7333. Asian, sushi: LD. THE BEAN, 2011 Avenida de Mesilla, 527-5155. Coffeehouse. A BITE OF BELGIUM, 741 N. Alameda St. No. 16, 527-2483, www. abiteofbelgium.com. Belgium and American food: Daily B L. BOBA CAFÉ, 1900 S. Espina, Ste. 8, 647-5900. Sandwiches, salads, casual fare, espresso: Monday to Saturday L D. BRAVO’S CAFÉ, 3205 S. Main St., 526-8604. Mexican: Tuesday to
Sunday B L. BURGER NOOK, 1204 E. Madrid Ave., 523-9806. Outstanding greenchile cheeseburgers. Tuesday to Saturday L D. BURRITOS VICTORIA, 1295 El Paseo Road, 541-5534. Burritos: B L D. Now serving beer. CAFÉ DON FELIX, 2290 Calle de Parian, 652-3007. Mexican, street tacos, mini-burgers: Wednesday to Saturday L D, Sunday brunch only 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. CARILLO’S CAFÉ, 330 S. Church, 523-9913. Mexican, American: Monday to Saturday L D. CHACHI’S RESTAURANT, 2460 S. Locust St.-A, 522-7322. Mexican: B
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L D. CHILITOS, 2405 S. Valley Dr., 5264184. Mexican: Monday to Saturday B L D. CHILITOS, 3850 Foothills Rd. Ste. 10, 532-0141. Mexican: B L D. DAY’S HAMBURGERS, Water and Las Cruces streets, 523-8665. Burgers: Monday to Saturday L D. PECAN GRILL & BREWERY, 500 S. Telshor Blvd., 521-1099. Pecan-smoked meats, sandwiches, steaks, seafood, craft beers: L D. DELICIAS DEL MAR, 1401 El Paseo, 524-2396. Mexican, seafood: B L D. DICK’S CAFÉ, 2305 S. Valley Dr., 524-1360. Mexican, burgers: Sunday B L, Monday to Saturday B L D. DION’S PIZZA, 3950 E. Lohman, 521-3434. Pizza: L D. DOUBLE EAGLE, 2355 Calle De Guadalupe, 523-6700. Southwestern, steaks, seafood: L D, Sun. champagne brunch buffet. EL SOMBRERO PATIO CAFÉ, 363 S. Espina St., 524-9911. Mexican: L D. ENRIQUE’S MEXICAN FOOD, 830 W. Picacho, 647-0240. Mexican: B L D. FARLEY’S, 3499 Foothills Rd., 522-0466. Pizza, burgers, American, Mexican: L D. FIDENCIO’S, 800 S. Telshor, 5325624. Mexican: B L D. THE GAME BAR & GRILL, 2605 S. Espina, 524-GAME. Sports bar and grill: L D. THE GAME II: EXTRA INNINGS SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 4131 Northrise Drive, 373-4263, Live music on weekends. American, Southwest, now serving weekend brunch 10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays: L D GARDUÑO’S, 705 S. Telshor (Hotel Encanto), 532-4277. Mexican: B L D. GO BURGER DRIVE-IN, Home of the Texas Size Burrito, 1008 E. Lohman Ave. , Las Cruces, NM
88005, 575-524-9251. Monday - Saturday, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Specializing in Relleno Burritos and Other Mexican Food GOLDEN STAR CHINESE FAST FOOD, 1420 El Paseo, 523-2828. Chinese: L D. GRANDY’S COUNTRY COOKING, 1345 El Paseo Rd., 526-4803. American: B L D. HABANERO’S 600 E. Amador Ave., 524-1829. Fresh Mexican: B L D. HACIENDA DE MESILLA, 1803 Avenida de Mesilla, 652-4953. Steaks, barbecue, seafood, sandwiches, salads, pasta: L D.
HIGH DESERT BREWING COMPANY, 1201 W. Hadley Ave., 525-6752. Brew pub: L D. INTERNATIONAL DELIGHTS, 1245 El Paseo Rd., 647-5956. Greek and International: B L D. JOSEFINA’S OLD GATE CAFÉ, 2261 Calle de Guadalupe, 525-2620. Pastries, soups, salads, sandwiches: Monday to Thursday L, Friday to Sunday B L. KEVA JUICE, 1001 E. University, 522-4133. Smoothies, frozen yogurt: B L D. LA NUEVA CASITA CAFÉ, 195 N. Mesquite, 523-5434. Mexican and American: B L. LA POSTA RESTAURANT DE MESILLA, 2410 Calle De San Albino, 524-3524Mexican, steakhouse: L D, Saturday, Sunday and holidays also B. LAS TRANCAS, 1008 S. Solano Dr., 524-1430. Mexican, steaks, burgers, fried chicken: L D, Saturday and Sunday also B. LE RENDEZ-VOUS CAFÉ, 2701 W. Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. French pastry, deli, sandwiches: Tuesday to Sunday B L.
LET THEM EAT CAKE, 1001 E. University Ave. Suite D4, 680-5998. Cupcakes: Tuesday to Saturday. LORENZO’S PAN AM, 1753 E. University Ave., 521-3505. Italian, pizza: L D. LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 6335 Bataan Memorial W., 382-2025. Mexican: B L D. LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 603 S. Nevarez St., 523-1778. Mexican: B L D. LOS COMPAS, 1120 Commerce Dr., 521-6228. Mexican: B L D. LOS MARIACHIS, 754 N. Motel Blvd., 523-7058. Mexican: B L D. LOS MARIACHIS, 5600 Bataan Memorial East, 373-0553. Mexican, L D. LA MEXICANA TORTILLERIA, 1300 N. Solano Dr, 541-9617. Mexican: B L D. MATTEO’S, 1001 E. University Ave. C-1, 888-4310, Authentic Mexican: Monday through Saturday: B L D. Wonderfully simple menu, pleasant dining room and delicious aguas frescas. MIGUEL’S, 1140 E. Amador Ave., 647-4262. Mexican: B L D. MI PUEBLITO, 1355 E. Idaho Ave., 524-3009. Mexican: Monday to Friday B L D, Saturday and Sunday B L. MILAGRO COFFEE Y ESPRESSO, 1733 E. University Ave., 532-1042. Coffeehouse: B L D. MIX PACIFIC RIM CUISINE AND MIX EXPRESS, 1001 E. University Ave. D3, 532-2042. Asian, Pacific: Monday to Saturday L D. MOONGATE CAFÉ, 9345 Bataan Memorial, 382-5744. Coffee shop, Mexican, American: B L. MOUNTAIN VIEW MARKET KITCHEN, 1300 El Paseo Road, 523-0436. Sandwiches, bagels, wraps, salads and other healthy fare: Monday to Saturday: B L early D. NELLIE’S CAFÉ, 1226 W. Hadley Ave., 524-9982. Mexican: Tuesday to Friday B L.
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DOWNTOWN LAS CRUCES 119 n Main Street APRIL MUSIC EVENTS
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May 3rd: Sissy Brown May 4th: Ceekay Jones May 10th: Sam Madan May 12th: Joe Neri & Blues Dawg MRAC Blues Brunch Series May 16th: Run Boy Run May 18th: Kitty Joe Creek May 18th: Open Mic Comedy Night May 24th: Miller and the Other Sinners May 25th: David Miller Blues Brunch & Blues Jam After the Park May 26th: CW Ayon Blues Duo Trivia every Wednesday
May 4th: After the Calm Knock Out Tour May 5th: Cinco de Mayo Band Bash Food Trucks and Drink Specials
May 11th: Toad Anniversary Party with Soulshine & the Status Crows
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TABLE TALK • ALEXIA SEVERSON
Wining Around a Long Time Rio Grande Winery open for more than a decade in historic Mesilla Valley
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ordon Steel, 63, is wellversed in everything having to do with wine – especially New Mexico wine. If asked, he can tell you all about the different vineyards in the area – where they are located, how many acres there are and when most were planted. He can also tell you about the wineries – when many of them opened and where to find them. Steel’s knowledge and passion for wine are reasons he opened Rio Grande Vineyard and Winery, in the historic Mesilla Valley, in 2009. It’s also the reason the winery has been going strong ever since – not to mention the one-of-a-kind view of the Organ Mountains, seen from the tasting room’s back patio. The winery, co-owned by Steel and his wife Sandra, celebrated its 10-year anniversary on Feb. 15. “I’ve been thinking about doing this since I was a kid,” said Steel, who has been making wine since he was 13 years old. “I grew up in Hatch, and my dad’s family had vineyards [in Mesilla] in the 1800s, and he would tell me about it – what it was like growing up on those vineyards.” Steel left New Mexico in 1975 to join the military, which took him to Europe and several places throughout the U.S. But the goal was to eventually return to New Mexico to open a winery and vineyard, he said. In addition to traveling to different wineries and tasting rooms in the places he was stationed, Steel studied vineyard management and winemaking at the University of California-Davis and Washington State University, according to the Rio Grande Winery website. Steel said it took him five years to track down the property on which Rio Grande Vineyard and Winery now sits, and that he bought it in the 1990s, in different sections, over time. In 2004, the Steels planted Rio Grande Winery’s 10-acre vineyard. And in 2009, fol-
lowing Steel’s retirement from the U.S. Air Force, the couple opened the winery’s tasting room. While the numbers can vary, Steel said Rio Grande Winery makes about 5,000 gallons of wine and bottles about 1,500 cases per year. “We have 22 different wines that we make,” he said. A couple of the bestsellers at the winery include the Gewürztraminer, a sweet white wine, and The Spaniard, a dry red wine made from a blend of five different Spanish grapes. Rio Grande Winery makes all its wine onsite, and visitors can get a behind-the-scenes view of the process – some of the winery’s equipment is displayed behind a glass window in the tasting room. One of the unique aspects of Rio Grande Winery is the wine tasting, Steel said. “It’s more of an educational experience, so [a server] will go through wines with you and do a full wine tasting and guide you through your understanding about wine and [help you] learn about wine,” he said. Steel said he enjoys making wine because it allows him to be creative and try new things while making a good product. “It’s biology, it’s chemistry, it’s art all combined into one,” he said. While Steel may not always run Rio Grande Winery, he said, “I’ll always make wine. I’ll make wine for the rest of my life.” Since the winery opened a decade ago, it has attracted both locals and visitors from out of town. In late March, John and Charlotte Cordova, from Roy, Utah, stopped by the winery with their dog Socca while visiting the area on vacation. They sat out on the back patio to enjoy the view. “Can’t really say we go to a lot of wineries in Utah,” John said. “We’re on vacation, so we’re doing what we should do. It feels good; this is a very comfortable porch.”
Charlotte said she enjoyed the atmosphere, the fact that the winery was dog-friendly, and of course, the wines. “I tried all the really sweet, fruity wines,” she said. “The Muscat was really good, and the Dolchetto was a sweet wine that was really good.” In addition to its scenic views and wide selection of wines, Rio Grande Winery offers live music at 2 p.m. on most Sundays from spring through November. The winery is also a prime spot for weddings and events. The next event taking place at the winery is the Cat’s Meow Spring Fling, an April 25 fundraiser for the Cat’s Meow Resource and Adoption Center. The event will include a glass of wine with the entrance fee, a silent auction, live music and food trucks. “If [guests] buy bottles to take with them, on that particular night, we’re going to donate 50 percent of the purchase price of all bottles to the Cat’s Meow organization, so we’re looking to move a little bit of wine for them,” Steel said. For more information about live music and events taking place at Rio Grande Winery, visit www. facebook.com/RioGrandeWinery. For information about the winery, visit riograndewinery.com. Rio Grande Winery is open from noon to 5:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday, and open to groups by appointment Mondays and Thursdays.
Gordon Steel, owner of Rio Grande Vineyard and Winery, stands behind the bar in the tasting room. (Photo by Alexia Severson)
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MONDAYS AARP Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County —10:30 a.m., second Monday, Cross Point Assembly of God Church. All singles welcome. Contact Sally, 537-3643. Al-Anon family group, New Hope —12:05 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, corner of 20th and Swan Streets, Silver City. Open meeting. Contact: 313-7891. Meditation for Beginners — 5:30 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway. Jeff, 956-6647. www. lotuscentersc.org. Silver City Squares — Dancing 6:308:30 p.m., Methodist Church Santa Rita Street entrance. Kay, 3884227 or Linda 534-4523. Silver Chorale – 7-9 p.m. rehearsal, First Presbyterian Church, corner 20th and Swan streets, Silver City. New members welcome. Contact Anne, 288-6939. Southwest New Mexico ACLU – noon, first Monday (except September when it’s the second Monday), Little Toad Creek, 200 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. Bob Garrett, 575-590-4809. TUESDAYS Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support —1:30 p.m., First Tuesday, Senior Center. Margaret, 388-4539. Bayard Historic Mine Tour —9:30 a.m., Second Tuesday, meet at Bayard City Hall, 800 Central Ave. $5 fee covers two-hour bus tour of historic mines plus literature and
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map. Call 537-3327 for reservation. Figure/Model Drawing — 4-6 p.m. Contact Sam, 388-5583. First Tuesday, 6 p.m. at the headquarters, next to the Chevron/ Snappy Mart in Arenas Valley. Dan Larson, 654-4884. Gilawriters — 1:00-3 p.m., Visitors Center at Hudson and Broadway in Silver City. Contact Trish Heck, trish.heck@gmail.com or call 5340207. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — 11:30 a.m., first Tuesday at a local restaurant; email for this month’s location: huseworld@ yahoo.com. PFLAG Silver City — First Tuesday, 7 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3845 N. Swan. Confidential support for LGBTQ persons and their families. 575590-8797. Republican Party of Grant County — 6 p.m., second Monday, 3 Rio de Arenas Road (the old Wrangler restaurant). Slow Flow Yoga — 11:30 a.m.12:45 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, 404-2345331. Southwest New Mexico Quilters Guild – 9:30 a.m., first Tuesday, Grant County Extension Office, 2610 N. Silver Street, North entrance. Newcomers and visitors are welcome. 388-8161. WEDNESDAYS ACA Meeting (Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families) — 7-8:15 p.m. meets every Wednesday at the New Church of the Southwest Desert, 714 N. Bullard St. Athena, 575590-8300. Al-Anon family group — 6 p.m., Arenas Valley Church of Christ, 5 Race Track Road, Arenas Valley (the old radio station). Contact: 313-7891. Archaeology Society — 6 p.m., third Wednesday every month, OctoberApril at 2045 Memory Lane, Silver City; May-September meetings begin with a pot-luck dinner at 6 p.m. at Roundup Lodge in San Lorenzo-Mimbres, convening for business at 7 p.m. Visit www. gcasnm.org, or email webmaster@ gcasnm.org, or call 536-3092 for details. Babytime Sing & Play — 1 p.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue. Stories, songs, rhymes and movement for infants 0-12 months and their caregivers. Free, no registration necessary. 538-3672 or ref @silvercitymail. com. Back Country Horsemen — 6 p.m., second Wednesday, WNMU Watts Hall, opposite CVS Pharmacy, Hwy. 180. Subject to change. 574-2888. A Course in Miracles — 7:15 p.m., 600 N. Hudson. Information, 5349172 or 534-1869. Future Engineers — 4-5 p.m. Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue. Free creative construction fun with Lego, K’NEX, and Strawbees! For children ages 6-12, no registration necessary. 5383672 or ref@silvercitymail.com. Gin Rummy —1 p.m. at Tranquilbuzz, corner of Yankie and Texas Streets in Silver City. Grant County Democratic Party —5:30 p.m., potluck; 6:20 p.m., meeting, second Wednesday, Sen. Howie Morales building, 3060 E. Hwy. 180. 654-6060. Grant County Federated Republican Women – 11:30 a.m., Third Wednesday, WNMU
Cafeteria, Sunset Room. 313-7997. Ladies Golf Association — 8 a.m. tee time, Silver City Golf Course. Prostate Cancer Support Group — 6:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Room. 388-1198 ext. 10. Storytime — 10:30 a.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue. For children ages 0-5, no registration necessary. 538-3672 or ref@silvercitymail.com. THURSDAYS Blooming Lotus Meditation — 5:30 p.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway. 313-7417, geofarm@ pobox.com. De-stressing Meditations — Noon12:45 p.m., New Church of the SW Desert, 1302 Bennett St. 313-4087. Grant County Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Society —6 p.m., second Thursday, 2045 Memory Lane, Silver City. Anita, 907-8300631. Historic Mining District & Tourism Meeting — 10 a.m., second Thursday, Bayard Community Center, 290 Hurley Ave., Bayard. 537-3327. Little Artist Club — 10:30-11:30 a.m., Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue. Free creative fun for children ages 0-5. No registration necessary. 538-3672 or ref@silvercitymail.com. TOPS — 5 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1915 Swan, 538-9447. Vinyasa Flow Yoga — 11:30 a.m.12:45 p.m., Lotus Center at 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, 404-2345331. WildWorks Youth Space — 4 p.m. For children ages 10+ Space for youth to hang out, experiment, create and more. Free, no registration necessary. Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Avenue, 538-3672 or ref@ silvercitymail.com. Yoga class — Free class taught by Colleen Stinar. 1-2 p.m. Episcopal Church fellowship hall, Seventh and Texas. 574-5451. FRIDAYS Overeaters Anonymous — 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church. 654-2067. Silver City Woman’s Club — 10:30 a.m., second Friday, 411 Silver Heights Blvd. Monthly meeting, lunch is at noon. Lucinda, 3134591. Women’s Al-Anon Meeting: Women Embracing Recovery — 5:30 p.m., La Clinica Health and Birth Center, 3201 Ridge Loop, Silver City. Contact:313-7891. SATURDAYS Alcoholics Anonymous “Black Chip” —11 a.m.-noon, First United Methodist Church. Evening Prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition — 5 p.m., Theotokos Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Santa Clara. 537-4839. Kids Bike Ride — 10 a.m., Bikeworks, 815 E. 10th St. Dave Baker, 388-1444. Narcotics Anonymous — 6 p.m., New 180 Club, 1661 Hwy. 180 E. Spinning Group — 1-3 p.m., First Saturday, Yada Yada Yarn, 614 N. Bullard, 388-3350. Vinyasa Flow Yoga — 10-11:30 a.m., Lotus Center, 211 W. Broadway. All levels. Becky Glenn, 404-2345331. All phone numbers are area code 575 except as noted. Send updates to events@desertexposure.com.
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The Children’s Water Festival offers youngsters the chance to experience the natural riparian areas of the Gila River and learn about the interactions of the natural world. (Photo by Carol Ann Fugagli)
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hose of us attempting to create gardens around our southwestern homes have a healthy respect for intact riparian ecosystems. Planting here can be unforgiving. Many of us cannot help ourselves as soon as spring arrives, the urge to have our hands in the dirt is overwhelming. Spring is an unpredictable season, one day of beautiful sunshine, gentle breezes and a temperature approaching 80 degrees. The next day the temperature plummets 20 degrees and the dry, desiccating winds are so fierce the horizon is dulled brown from dust. Regardless, May is the time to plant. Setting out your herbs and veggie starts is usually safe by the first weekend of May as the danger of frost is usually past, but it is always wise to watch the weather up until Mother’s Day. It is a fine time to put in your trees, shrubs and perennials too. Spring root growth is important before plants devote their energy to growing leaves, flowers and fruit. Surround your food producing garden with native flowering plants to support native pollinators and beneficial insects, creating a healthy ecosystem. A few years back when I worked for the Gila Conservation Education Center, a nonprofit housed at the Gila National Forest Service here in Silver City, I developed curriculum and fun activities to teach kids about birds and bird migration. During the same time, I worked with the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance to develop curriculum on the natural history of the Gila River as well. I would ask the kids to close their eyes and imagine that they were a small warbler, vireo or
hummingbird that had raised its family in Canada, Montana or the Pacific Northwest. Now they are on the long journey to South America, where they would spend the winter. Along the way, there were many hardships: predators, thirst and starvation. Then comes the arid Southwest, brown and barren beneath them. Suddenly, there is a ribbon of green below them. I stop and ask the kids, “What is this ribbon of green? And why is it important?” Often some of them would pipe up, “It’s the Gila River!” As we discuss the importance of the Gila and riparian habitat, I introduce vocabulary: biodiversity, ecosystem, watershed, Continental Divide, riparian, meander, diversion, perennial, filtration, erosion, native and non-native species, threatened and endangered. We talk about the things that make the Gila special: it is deep and good for swimming, it is cool on a hot summer day with big shade trees; cottonwoods and sycamore’s, it is clean and smells good. I tell them that it is the last free-flowing river in New Mexico, that it is special because it is our river, it’s headwaters close to home, deep in the Gila Wilderness. The threats facing the Gila are numerous from diversions, dams, overgrazing, non-native plant and animal invasion, to agriculture and mining. We look at pictures of the Gila meandering through the Mogollon Box with stately trees towering along its banks, then compare them to pictures of the Gila near Safford, Arizona. There, the flow is diminished, exposed with stretches of shrubby, invasive tamarisk occurring between patches of
large riparian trees. There, the Gila is drying and dying. It would be wonderful to tell kids that the Gila will always be wild and free; that the migratory birds will always have this ribbon of green to quench their thirst and to stop and gorge on insects and berries to sustain them along their fall and spring journey. When I worked and traveled for the Arizona Game and Fish Department in the mid 90s, I remember the dismay I felt encountering dead and dry riverbeds. As I looked around at the remaining skeletal trees, cottonwood corpses, statues of a past flourishing riparian corridor, feelings of loss and immense sadness settled over me. The Gila is not something I want to lose, it is the last of its kind, and worthy of our protection; a gift to our children. To learn more about how you can help to designate the Gila as a wild and scenic river contact Nathan Newcomer at nathan@ nmwild.org or go to www.wildgilariver.org. For information on the Gila and how to take action visit www.gilaconservation.org. Tricia Hurley is co-owner with her husband, Mark Cantrell, of Lone Mountain Natives in Silver City. They have been growing, selling and learning about native plants for the past 13 years where they have a home nursery and sell at the local farmers market in downtown Silver City. Contact them at lonemtn@q. com or visit their website at www.lonemtnnatives.com.
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for us to use bike lanes. In many places bike lanes stop and start up again in a random pattern, making that rider to the bill difficult to follow. The proposed bill would have forced cyclists to use off-road paths as well, which is not always practical. Current law also allows for cyclists to “take the lane” on narrow roads, which has proven to be safer than riding as far to the right as is practicable, especially on roads with little or no shoulder or where the shoulder is full of rubble or gravel, as is so often the case. The same laws apply to electric bikes; they may be ridden on roadways, bike paths and bike lanes. The major issue is enforcement. Current law calls for a three-foot margin between cars and bikes, a frighteningly small margin in the eyes of cyclists. We’ll give the benefit of the doubt and opine that many motorists do not realize how close their vehicle may be to a bike. There are, however, hostile drivers who will buzz as close as they can to make a point. Such drivers should be prosecuted for reckless endangerment, but how is it possible to enforce this law unless one carries a camera onboard the bicycle? Some people do, in order to assist with the enforcement of the law. But try calling your local police department when you were narrowly missed by a car whose driver is also exceeding the speed limit to get past you. Nothing can be done, because the police can only be involved if they have concrete proof, which means when they are driving by and see the law broken. Because the laws are murky, further-
more, we see little prosecution or penalty for killing a cyclist, perhaps partly because the overwhelming assumption is that the cyclist is always to blame for an accident. As much as I want stiffer penalties (or any penalty at all) for those who injure or kill cyclists with a motor vehicle, and as much as I support as wide a margin between cyclists and motor vehicles that we can put on the law books, we need much more education of the general public to insure vehicular safety on the part of both motorists and cyclists. The passage of a 5-foot law is a pyrrhic victory for cyclists; it has symbolic meaning, but it will not win the entire battle for road equality. Drivers of motor vehicles need more education about cycling and they need to pay attention to what laws we now have. In the end, a change of heart is necessary. Most people believe and act as if motor vehicles own the road and bicycles don’t belong; it’s that simple. Until and unless we can change this perception, no amount of legislation will prove effective to guarantee the rights and the safety of the growing number of cyclists on our roads. Fr. Gabriel Rochelle is pastor of St Anthony of the Desert Orthodox Mission, Las Cruces, board member of Velo Cruces and chairman of the Hub Community Bike Shop steering committee. Email at: gabrielcroch@aol.com.
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continued from page 33 cans had gone to Palomas before, promising to do this or that, and yet nothing ever happened.” That was 20 years ago. Jim and his wife, Pat, weren’t like those other Americans. They have been serving the Palomas community all these years and now we are gathered in the Pink Store to honor them. Look at what they have accomplished: 2000 – completion of first 2,000 sq. ft. of the shelter. 2001 – development of a pastoral network in Palomas as well as a food ministry for the many poor. 2003 – developing a ministry to refurbish homes 2004 – adding 4,000 sq. ft. to their shelter 2011 – developing a scholarship program which now helps more than 100 local school children. When you consider the cost of uniforms, books and school materials, education here is neither cheap nor free. 2013 – creating an orphanage for teenage girls in conjunction with the Children and Families Department (DIF) in Chihuahua. 2015 – being leaders in the development and construction of a public high school in Palomas. Previously the only high school in Palomas was a private one that most local kids couldn’t afford. 2016 – expanding the scholarship program to include youth going to college. 2017 – building a “tortillería” to provide employment. 2018 – sending the first girls from the orphanage to college. Jim and Pat were stunned to walk into the PInk Store and see close to 100 friends from Santa Fe, Durango, Colorado, where there is a large volunteer group, Silver City and Palomas. La Casa de Amor has a special meaning for me. When I
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first discovered it in 2010, I interviewed a woman named Martina Ontiveros who was a Mexican national and had been living in Santa Fe but went to Palomas to work as a volunteer in order to get away from a difficult marital situation. It was a time of tremendous violence in Palomas and I was very nervous. So, I asked her if she was afraid. She simply said that this was her mission. That opened my eyes to the fact that what sustains these impoverished border communities are people like her; that led to my ongoing involvement. Raising teen-age girls who have been largely abandoned by their families is a huge challenge, but that is only part of the struggle in Palomas. Every three years a new Mayor or “Presidente Municipal” is elected and that person then appoints the local “DIF” director who is usually a relative and may have no knowledge of social services issues. For that reason, Jim and Pat have had to reach out to the more professional statewide DIF. Crossing the border with food was always a problem. Despite the poverty in Palomas, Mexican customs officials were never hesitant to confiscate part of what Jim and Pat and their volunteers were bringing. Finding the right staff has also
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Zilla by Flo Hosa Dougherty Zilla, who is all the turtles in this triptych, lives at the Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Science. Artist Dougherty spent many hours at the museum to get all his angles. Donated to the museum in 2009 by a patron, he is currently 22 years old. One of the most popular attractions there, Zilla is interactive with small children (on the other side of the glass). He is a
4 common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentine) and was the turtle of the month at the museum in February. As the name implies, when threatened, these turtles will snap their powerful beak-like jaws. Unlike many other turtles, they cannot pull themselves into their shells as a defense mechanism. In captivity these turtles can live up to 100 years. In the wild these turtles prefer shallow ponds and streams.
Aak by Randy Catron Turtle is the symbol of the Earth. The Americas are referred to as Turtle Island. In Mayan belief, First Father emerged from the carapace of a turtle and “aak” is the transliteration of the word “turtle” from Mayan into English. The symbol is a Meso-American medicine wheel. White is for North. Yellow is for East. Red is for South. And black is for West. These colors vary a little from North American medicine wheels. Blue is for Sky and Green is for Earth. Turtle is also the symbol for time. Time is sacred to the Maya. Turtle’s right front leg points to the rising sun of the summer solstice. Turtle’s left front leg points to the setting sun of the summer solstice. Turtle’s right rear leg points to the rising sun of the winter solstice. Turtle’s left rear leg points to the setting sun of the winter solstice.
Pond turtles by Paul Vakselis This process gave me a deeper understanding of turtles. They have been around for eons. They exist ubiquitously worldwide. They are endangered. They add to the eco-system and
represent various colorful and not so colored versions worldwide. In the USA southwestern region we have only once variety which are not all that colorful and are quite small. They are often called “pond” turtles and scientifically are named western painted turtle - Chrysemys picta bellii. Other turtles can be massive and live for many years. They breathe air above ground, and underwater. They can hibernate under water for long periods of time. They both eat with their mouths, but also urinate and excrete waste through the same orifice. There is a rich history, ancestry and usefulness of turtles and they offer everyone no matter their age, something to explore, learn and appreciate.
Western Box Turtle by Jackie Blurton Here’s a pen and ink Western Box Turtle. I saw him trucking through the desert at a very quick and determined turtle pace. He obviously had a schedule to keep and destination in mind. I took his picture and did this drawing of him. I have a book on Zuni Fetishes that give the Turtle the attributes of being grounded and goal oriented. They precede to their destinations without hesitation or distraction. So, if you want to achieve a goal, ask Turtle for assistance.
Turtle Man by Larry Felhauer The piece is roughly 3 feet tall of steel and ceramics. The turtle motif is highlighted in the chest piece with the four turtles pointing to the four compass points. The theme carries through in the design on the boots as well as the turtle shell and feather rattle in his hand.
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nos Altos. Live music for spaghetti night. Info: 575-538-9911. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Hondo Iris Festival — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Hondo Iris Farm, MM 284, U.S. Highway 70, Hondo. Blooming iris, picnic tables, fair garden, gallery and gift shop. Continues daily all month. Cost: Free. Info: 575-653-4062.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
Silver City/Grant County Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m.-noon at the Ace Hardware Parking Lot, 3025 U.S. Highway 180 E., Silver City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@gmail.com. Byron Trammell — 6-9 p.m. at the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pi-
THURSDAY, MAY 2
Silver City/Grant County Free Film: “Von Ryan’s Express” — 7 p.m. at the Santa Clara National Guard Armory, six miles East of Silver City on U.S. Highway 180. This film is part of the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society movie
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Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Sierra Twirlers Square Dance — 5:30-8 p.m. at the Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm in T or C. Main stream and plus dancing. Info: 505804-3842. Las Cruces/Mesilla Salute Across America Tour — 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Barnett’s Las Cruces Harley-Davidson, 2600 Lakeside Drive. SSgt Tim Chambers (USMC veteran), know as The Saluting Marine is on tour through 20 states paying tribute to military veterans and patriots leading up to his Annual Salute in DC over Memorial Day weekend. Info: 575-541-1440. Salute Across America Tour — 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park, 1151 Roadrunner Parkway, Las Cruces. SSgt Tim Chambers (USMC veteran), known as The Saluting Marine is on tour through 20 states paying tribute to military veterans and patriots leading up to his Annual Salute in DC over Memorial Day weekend. Info: 575-541-1440. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Hondo Iris Festival — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Hondo Iris Farm, MM 284, U.S. Highway 70, Hondo. Blooming iris, picnic tables, fair garden, gallery and gift shop. Continues daily all month. Cost: Free. Info: 575-653-4062.
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Silver City/Grant County Spring into Art: Red Dot Studio Tour Gala — 5-8 p.m.at Light Art Space, 209 W. Broadway, Silver City. Examples of artwork by all participating tour artists on display. Cost: free. Info: 575-538-5555. America’s Wild Horses — 6 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Meeting House, 3845 N. Swan St. in Silver City. Their history, heritage, habitat and perpetual connection with humans Info: 575539-2503. Gypsy Feet — 6:30-9:30 p.m. at
the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Info: 575-538-9911. Audubon program: Birds of Australia — 7 p.m. at Western New Mexico University, Harlan Hall, Room 219, 12th and Alabama streets. Gary Emerson, birder, astronomer and systems engineer will speak. Cost: free. Info: swnmaudubon@gmail.com. Sissy Brown — 8 p.m. at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard St. Silver City. Singer songwriter on tour from Texas. Info: 575-956-6144. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County 70th Annual Fiesta — 10 a.m.10p.m. Downtown T or C. Dances, tournaments, games and contests and more. Info: info@annualtorcfiesta.com. Alamogordo/Otero County Launch Pad Lecture — 9-10 a.m. at the Museum of Space History, 3198 State Route 2001, Alamogordo. “Able and Baker: Monkeying Around with Spaceflight” with Michael Shinabery. Info: 575-4372840. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Smokey Bear Days: Celebrate Smokey’s 75 Birthday — 9 a.m.11 p.m. at Smokey Bear Historical Park, 118 Smokey Bear Blvd., Capitan. Arts and crafts vendors, food, chainsaw carving contest, fire fighter challenge, memorabilia auction and the unveiling of New Mexico Wildland Fallen Firefighter Memorial. Info: 575-354-2748. Elements of Dance — 7 p.m., Ruidoso Schools Performing Arts Center, 125 Warrior Drive. Presented by the Dali Ballet Company, involves all of the more that 65 students at the company ages 3 to 18. Info: dalidance18@gmail.com. Las Cruces/Mesilla “My Fair Lady” — 7:30 p.m. at the NMSU Center for the Arts, 1000 E. University Ave. in Las Cruces. Musical play. Cost: $18. Info: 575646-5122. “Fallout” — 8 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las
Cruces. A No Strings Theatre Company production of a play by Laura King with a cast of two, set in a fallout shelter. Info: 575-523-1223.
SATURDAY, MAY 4
Silver City/Grant County Spring into Art: Red Dot Studio Tour — All day all across the area, info available at at Light Art Space, 209 W. Broadway, Silver City. Examples of artwork by all participating tour artists on display. Cost: free. Info: 575-538-5555. America’s Wild Horses — 11 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Meeting House, 3845 N. Swan St. in Silver City. Their history, heritage, habitat and perpetual connection with humans. Info: 575-539-2503. OverSouls — 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Live music. Info: 575538-9911. Railroad Historian’s Program — 7 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 at Cross Point Assembly of God Church, 11600 U.S. Highway 180 E. Prince McKenzie of the El Paso Railroad and Transportation Museum talks about railroading in the Southwest. Info: 575-574-2573. Deming/Luna County Trash pick-up volunteers — Meet at the Columbus Library, 112 W. Broadway in Columbus, times vary. Info: 575-531-2612. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County 70th Annual Fiesta — 10 a.m.10p.m. Downtown T or C. Dances, tournaments, games and contests and more. Info: info@annualtorcfiesta.com. Old Time Fiddlers Dance — 7-9 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences. $4 Info: 575-744-9137. Deming/Luna County Stars-N-Parks Program — 9:1010:40 p.m. at Rockhound State Park. Presenter is Mike Nuss, Orion is setting, Leo is on the meridian and Bootes is in the northeast. Info: 575-635-0982.
Gypsy Feet play at the Buckhorn Saloon in Pinos Altos on May 3. (Courtesy Photo)
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MAY 2019 • 39 Two Salute Across America Tour events take place on May 2, one at Barnett’s Harley-Davidson and the other at Veteran’s Memorial Park. (Courtesy Photo)
Alamogordo/Otero County Cinco de Mayo Festival — All day at the Otero County Fair Grounds. Info: 575-434-0788. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Capitan Public Library’s Annual Plant and Garden Sale — 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Capitan Public Library, 101 E. Second St., Capitan. Everything from plants to garden art and baked good. Info: 575-354-3035. Smokey Bear Days: Celebrate Smokey’s 75 Birthday — 9 a.m.11 p.m. at Smokey Bear Historical Park, 118 Smokey Bear Blvd., Capitan. Arts and crafts vendors, food, chainsaw carving contest, fire fighter challenge, memorabilia auction and the unveiling of New Mexico Wildland Fallen Firefighter Memorial. Info: 575-354-2748. Rio Bonito Folk Fest — 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. at Fort Stanton. Performers include The Barefoot Movement, Higher Ground Bluegrass and more. Craft beer and wine tastings, regional food vendors and a children’s activity area. Info: 575-354-3041. Las Cruces/Mesilla Crafts for Kids — 10 a.m.-noon at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces. Pinwheels are featured for children of all ages welcome to create their own craft to take home. Info: 575522-4100. Yoga Festival Body and Soul — 2 p.m. at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces. Two days of master yoga classes and workshops from master teachers from around the state. Info: 575-522-4100. “Fallout” — 8 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. A No Strings Theatre Company production of a play by Laura King with a cast of two, set in a fallout shelter. Info: 575-523-1223.
SUNDAY, MAY 5
Silver City/Grant County Spring into Art: Red Dot Studio Tour — All day all across the area, info available at Light Art Space, 209 W. Broadway, Silver City. Examples of artwork by all participating tour artists on display. Cost: free. Info: 575-538-5555. Deming/Luna County Jam Session — 2-4 p.m. at Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine St. Deming. The Jammers play and serve coffee and cookies. Info: 575-546-2674. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County 70th Annual Fiesta — 10 a.m.10p.m. Downtown T or C. Dances, tournaments, games and contests and more. Info: info@annualtorcfiesta.com.
Sierra Twirlers Square Dance — 5:30-8 p.m. at the Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm in T or C. Main stream and plus dancing. Info: 505804-3842. Las Cruces/Mesilla Culture Series: What is going on with our weather — 7 p.m. at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces. Dave DuBois, state climatologist for New Mexico will give an update on the environmental indicators of climate change in New Mexico. Cost: Free. Info: 575-522-4100.
FRIDAY, MAY 10
Las Cruces/Mesilla El Chamizal Roundtable: Living Memorial — 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S. Solano Drive. Presenter is U.S. Park Ranger Rod Sauter offers a history of this national park’s meanings. Info: www. uuchurchlc.org. “Fallout” — 2:30 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. A No Strings Theatre Company production of a play by Laura King with a cast of two, set in a fallout shelter. Info: 575-5231223. Supersax of the Southwest — 3 p.m. at the historic Rio Grande Theatre in downtown Las Cruces to benefit Mesilla Jazz & Blues Society Scholarship program. Cost: $10. Info: 575-640-8752.
TUESDAY, MAY 7
Ruidoso/Lincoln County Hondo Iris Festival — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Hondo Iris Farm, MM 284, U.S. Highway 70, Hondo. Blooming iris, picnic tables, fair garden, gallery and gift shop. Continues daily all month. Cost: Free. Info: 575-653-4062. Las Cruces/Mesilla Open Mic — 7 p.m. at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 119 N Main St., Las Cruces. Info: 575556-9934. Photo presentation — 7 p.m. at the Southwest Environmental Center, 275 N. Main St., Las Cruces. Program with the Doña Ana Photography Club of a critique panel hosted by Seth Madell, Vince Gutschik and Carl Maier. Info: www.daphotoclub.org.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 Silver City/Grant County
Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m.-noon at the Ace Hardware Parking Lot, 3025 U.S. Highway 180 E., Silver City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@gmail.com. Las Cruces/Mesilla Discovery Afternoon: The Railroad in New Mexico — 2:30-4 p.m. at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces. The history of trains in New Mexico and the changes this new technology brought to agriculture. Open to students ages 5-17. Registration is required. Info: 575-5224100.
THURSDAY, MAY 9
Silver City/Grant County Free Film: “Strangers on a Train” — 7 p.m. at the Santa Clara National Guard Armory, six miles East of Silver City on U.S. Highway 180. This film is part of the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society movie series “Trains, Rails and Imagination: Hollywood and the Iron Horse.” Info: 575-388-4862. Riparian Bird Identification Class — 7-8:30 p.m. at the Glenwood Community Center, 14 Menges Lane, in Glenwood. Cost: free. Info: 575-538-5555. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County
Silver City/Grant County Hi Lo Silvers Spring Concert — 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 1915 N. Swan St. in Silver City. Singers are directed by Nada Dates and accompanied by Rhonda Gorog on piano and Bill Baldwin on string bass. Cost: Free. Info: 575388-8771. Sierra Edmister — 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Live music. Info: 575-538-9911. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Opening Weekend at Ruidoso Downs Race Track — 1 p.m. at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino. Los Rieleros del Norte— 8-10 p.m. at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino. One of the oldest norteño bands still active today. Cost $25. Info: 575-4647053. Las Cruces/Mesilla The Royal Graduation: Prince and Queen Tribute — 5:30-10 p.m. Plaza de Las Cruces, 100 N. Main St., Las Cruces. Cost: $15-
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Silver City/Grant and Catron Counties World Migratory Bird Walk — 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Catwalk National Scenic Trail. The Glenwood Ranger District is hosting a bird walk. Info: 575-5392481. Give Grandly! Give Local! Nonprofit Fair — 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Eighth Street between Bullard Street and the Big Ditch. Info: givegrandly.org. Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m.-noon in Historic Downtown Silver City at Eighth Street between Bullard Street and the Big Ditch. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. Hurley Pride Car Show and Festival — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the town of Hurley. Info: 575-538-5555. Spring Walkabout — 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Visit Downtown Silver City for deals, demonstrations prizes and more. Take part in a scavenger hunt. Info: 575-538-5555. Truth or Consequences/Sierra County Second Saturday Art Hop — 6-9 p.m. in Downtown T or C along Main, Broadway, Foch, and Austin streets. Galleries, studios, shops and restaurants open late for exploration. Info; promotion@torcmainstreet.org. Old Time Fiddlers Dance — 7-9 p.m. New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences. $4 Info:
The horse racing season begins at Ruidoso Downs on May 10 and continues weekends through the summer. (Courtesy Photo)
575-744-9137. Alamogordo/Otero County Science Saturday — 10 a.m.-noon at the Museum of Space History New Horizons Dome Theater, 3198 State Route 2001, Alamogordo. Info: 575-437-2840, Ext. 41132. Sounds of Freedom Day — 10 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Otero County Fairgrounds, 401 Fairgrounds Road, Alamogordo. Alamogordo’s 42nd annual military appreciation event includes carnival, live music, food and games. Info: 575-4394279. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Hondo Iris Festival — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Hondo Iris Farm, MM 284, U.S. Highway 70, Hondo. Blooming iris, picnic tables, fair garden, gallery and gift shop. Continues daily all month. Cost: Free. Info: 575-653-4062. Las Cruces/Mesilla Crafts for Kids — 10 a.m.-noon at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces. Children of all ages welcome to create their own craft to take home, today it is a paper plate porcelain flowers for Mother’s Day. Info: 575-5224100. Mother’s Day Fashion Show — 2-4 p.m. at Fort Selden Historic Site, NM I-25, Exit 19 at Radium Springs. A living illustration of American clothing from the Revolutionary War. Info: 575-202-1638. “Fallout” — 8 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. A No Strings Theatre Company production of a play by Laura King with a cast of two, set in a fallout shelter. Info: 575-5231223.
SUNDAY, MAY 12
Silver City/Grant County Silver City Blues Brunch — 1-4 p.m. at the Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard
St. in Silver City. Features Joe Neri and Blues Dawg Blues Jam. Info: 575-956-6144. “The Subsequent Morning” auditions — 2-4:30 p.m. at El Sol Theater, 406 N. Bullard St. Prepare a short, 3-minute performance of your choosing. Play in last two weeks of September. Info: virustheater.com. Hi Lo Silvers Spring Concert — 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 1915 N. Swan St. in Silver City. Singers are directed by Nada Dates and accompanied by Rhonda Gorog on piano and Bill Baldwin on string bass. Cost: Free. Info: 575388-8771. Deming/Luna County Jam Session — 2-4 p.m. at Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine St. Deming. The Jammers play and serve coffee and cookies. Info: 575-546-2674. T or C/Sierra County Black Cat Poetry Reading — 1-2:15 p.m. at Black Cat Books & Coffee, 128 N. Broadway, in Truth or Consequences. Info: 575-2028642. Las Cruces/Mesilla The Quest for Human Meaning Roundtable: One Poet’s Pondering — 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S. Solano Drive. Presenter is Chuck Harper and revolves around selected poems form Harper’s book. Info: www. uuchurchlc.org. “Fallout” — 2:30 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. A No Strings Theatre Company production of a play by Laura King with a cast of two, set in a fallout shelter. Info: 575-523-1223. Mesilla Valley Chorale: Celebrate Music — 3 p.m. at the Rio Grande Theatre on Main Street. Features four-part harmony from classical to jazz. Cost: 10. Info: 575-640-2560. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Mother’s Day Tea at Fort Stanton
A bird identification class is held in Glenwood on the evening of May 9. (Courtesy Photo)
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Historic Site — 2-4 p.m. at Fort Stanton Historic Site. Fundraiser featuring a Victorian-era tea party, costumed living historians and a program about Victorian social etiquette. Cost: 20. Info/reservations: 575-354-0341.
MONDAY, MAY 13
Silver City/Grant County Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County — 10:30 a.m. at Cross Point Assembly of God Church, 11600 U.S. Highway 180 E. The speaker is Judy O’Loughlin who will talk about work gardening. Cost: $12 for lunch. Info: 575-5373643. Las Cruces/Mesilla Letters from Ireland: Irish Music — 7 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 1701 Missouri Ave. Las Cruces. The Celestial Sounds Women’s Chorus is featuring the chorus, flute and piccolo with narration taken from 19th century Irish letters. Info: 314-629-1393. TUESDAY, MAY 14 Deming/Luna County Author Paul Thompson speaks at Book Club — 11 a.m.-noon at the Columbus Library, 112 W. Broadway in Columbus. Info: 575531-2612. Alamogordo/Otero County Hiring Our Heroes: Career Summit — 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holloman Air Force Base theater, 660 New Mexico Ave. Building 783. Career fair for veterans, service members and military spouses. Info: hiringourheroes.org/events. Ruidoso/Lincoln County “CATS” the Musical — 7 p.m. at the Spencer Theater for the Per-
The New Horizons Symphony plays in Las Cruces on May 19. (Courtesy Photo)
forming Arts, 108 Spencer Road, Alto. Musical theater production of a magical night when a tribe of cats gathers for its annual ball. Info: 575-336-4800.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
Silver City/Grant County Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m.-noon at the Ace Hardware Parking Lot, 3025 U.S. Highway 180 E., Silver City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@gmail.com. “The Subsequent Morning” auditions — 6-8:30 p.m. at El Sol Theater, 406 N. Bullard St. Prepare a short, 3-minute performance of your choosing. Play in last two weeks of September. Info: virustheater.com. Byron Trammell — 6-9 p.m. at the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Live music for spaghetti night. Info: 575-538-9911. Ruidoso/Lincoln County “CATS” the Musical — 1 p.m. at the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts, 108 Spencer Road, Alto. Musical theater production of a magical night when a tribe of cats gathers for its annual ball. Info: 575-336-4800.
THURSDAY, MAY 16
Silver City/Grant County Free Film: “Unstoppable” — 7 p.m. at the Santa Clara National Guard Armory, six miles East of Silver City on U.S. Highway 180. This film is part of the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society movie series “Trains, Rails and Imagination: Hollywood and the Iron Horse.” Info: 575-388-4862.
at the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Live music for spaghetti night. Info: 575-538-9911. Mesquite: Tree of Life — 7 p.m. at Western New Mexico University, Harlan Hall, Room 219 on the corner of 12th and Alabama streets. The presenter is Richard Felger talking about his work with native crops. Cost: Free. Info: gilanps.org.
Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Sierra Twirlers Square Dance — 5:30-8 p.m. at the Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm in T or C. Main stream and plus dancing. Info: 505804-3842. Las Cruces/Mesilla “Fallout” — 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. A No Strings Theatre Company production of a play by Laura King with a cast of two, set in a fallout shelter. Info: 575-523-1223.
Truth or Consequences /Sierra County Kayak Fishing Tournament — 6 a.m.-5 p.m. at Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Highway 195, Elebhant Butte. Prizes awarded in catch-photo-release tournament. Anyone with a watercraft that floats and is propelled without a motor can enter. Awards ceremony Sunday. Info: 575-744-4185.
Ruidoso/Lincoln County AspenCash Motorcycle Rally — 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Four days of riding, food and music. Info: motorcyclerally.com.
FRIDAY, MAY 17
Silver City/Grant County Bob Einweck — 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday morning. Catered lunch Saturday, jam session Saturday evening. Info: 575-5223085. Contra Dance — 7:30 p.m. at the Mesilla Community Center, 2251 Calle de Santiago, in Mesilla. The Little Table Contraband, a Las Cruces band will be playing and Lonnie Ludeman will be calling. No partner is needed. Beginners and newcomers are welcome. Cost : $6. Info: 575-522-1691. “Fallout” — 8 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. A No Strings Theatre Company production of a play by Laura King with a cast of two, set in a fallout shelter. Info: 575-523-1223.
SATURDAY, MAY 18
Silver City/Grant County Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m.-noon in Historic Downtown Silver City at Eighth Street between Bullard Street and the Big Ditch. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. Silver Chorale Spring Concert — 3 p.m. at Terrazas Funeral Home, U.C. Highway 189 E at Fort Bayard. Live performance conducted by Bryce Wooton and sung by Silver Chorale. Info: 575-288-6939.
Ruidoso/Lincoln County AspenCash Motorcycle Rally — 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Four days of riding, food and music. Info: motorcyclerally.com.
Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Old Time Fiddlers Dance — 7-9 p.m., New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm St., Truth or Consequences. $4 Info: 575-744-9137.
Las Cruces/Doña Ana County Las Cruces UkeFest 2019 — 7 p.m. at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road. Friday evening concert workshops all day
Alamogordo/Otero County THRIVE’s Fun in the Clouds — 9 a.m. in Cloudcroft. No Run Fun Run, golf scramble and party at the pavilion with live music, food and cocktails. Info: 575-437-8400.
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Movies on the Stage — 7-10 p.m. at the Washington Park Stage, 100 N. Washington Ave. in Alamogordo. Monthly family friendly movie for all to enjoy. Info: 575-439-4279.
Alamogordo/Otero County Fourth Fridays — 6-9 p.m.at the Alameda Park Zoo, 1021 N. White Sands Blvd. in Alamogordo. Live music, food and craft vendors. Info: 575-439-4279.
Ruidoso/Lincoln County Hondo Iris Festival — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Hondo Iris Farm, MM 284, U.S. Highway 70, Hondo. Blooming iris, picnic tables, fair garden, gallery and gift shop. Continues daily all month. Cost: Free. Info: 575-653-4062. AspenCash Motorcycle Rally — 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Four days of riding, food and music. Info: motorcyclerally.com. Las Cruces/Doña Ana County Prehistoric Trackways Guided Hike to Site Flood — 8 a.m. at Prehistoric Trackways National Monument. Be prepared to hike approximately 2.5 miles on rough and rocky terrain while learning about the climate and organisms that inhabited the Las Cruces area 280 million years ago. Info: 575525-4300. Crafts for Kids — 10 a.m.-noon at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces. Children of all ages welcome to create their own craft to take home, today it is a paper plate dairy cow and visit to the dairy barn. Info: 575522-4100. “Fallout” — 8 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. A No Strings Theatre Company production of a play by Laura King with a cast of two, set in a fallout shelter. Info: 575-523-1223.
SUNDAY, MAY 19
Silver City/Grant County A Mosey Around the Burro Mountains — 8 a.m., meet in the south parking lot of the Fine Arts Center Theatre on the WNMU campus for carpooling. Cost: Free. Info: hannablood@gmail.com. Silver Chorale Spring Concert — 3 p.m. at Terrazas Funeral Home, U.C. Highway 189 E. at Fort Bayard. Live performance conducted by Bryce Wooton and sung by Silver Chorale. Info: 575-288-6939. Deming/Luna County Jam Session — 2-4 p.m. at Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine St. Deming. The Jammers play and serve coffee and cookies. Info: 575-546-2674.
SATURDAY, MAY 25
The Hondo Iris Festival is every day in May at the Hondo Iris Farm. (Photo by Billy Koen)
Ruidoso/Lincoln County AspenCash Motorcycle Rally — 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Four days of riding, food and music. Info: motorcyclerally.com. Las Cruces/Mesilla Roundtable: Being Transgender — 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S. Solano Drive. Presenter is Linda Rogers with a panel talking about perspectives from a trans male, spouse and trans female. Info: www.uuchurchlc.org. “Fallout” — 2:30 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. A No Strings Theatre Company production of a play by Laura King with a cast of two, set in a fallout shelter. Info: 575-523-1223. New Horizons Symphony — 3 p.m. at the New Mexico State University Atkinson Recital Hall in Las Cruces. Guest artist Joseph Seth Zamora performs Rachmaninoff and the symphony plays more Russian music for the day. Info: 575-521-8771. Letters from Ireland: Irish Music — 7 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, 102 St. James St., the intersection of University and Main streets in Las Cruces. The Celestial Sounds Women’s Chorus
is featuring the chorus, flute and piccolo with narration taken from 19th century Irish letters. Info: 314629-1393.
MONDAY, MAY 20
Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Movie and discussion — 6-8:30 p.m. at Ingo’s Art Café, 422 N. Broadway in T or C. Showing independent and topical films to encourage community discussion. Info: 575-740-5868.
TUESDAY, MAY 21
Las Cruces/Mesilla Photo presentation — 7 p.m. at the Southwest Environmental Center, 275 N. Main St., Las Cruces. Program with the Doña Ana Photography Club, Dale Taylor presents YouTube videos about photography. Info: www.daphotoclub.org. Manny Flores and Friends — 7 p.m. with dessert social at 6:30 at First Christian Church, 1809 El Paseo in Las Cruces. Mesilla Valley Jazz & Blues Society monthly concert series. Cost: $5 members, $10 non-members. Info: mvjbs.mail@ gmail.com.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Silver City/Grant County
Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m.-noon at the Ace Hardware Parking Lot, 3025 U.S. Highway 180 E., Silver City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@gmail.com. Byron Trammell — 6-9 p.m. at the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Live music for spaghetti night. Info: 575-538-9911.
THURSDAY, MAY 23
Silver City/Grant County BluesFest: Big Ditch Crickets — Time to be announced at the Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway, Silver City. Info: 575-597-0229. Truth or Consequences/ Sierra County Sierra Twirlers Square Dance — 5:30-8 p.m. at the Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm in T or C. Main stream and plus dancing. Info: 505804-3842.
FRIDAY, MAY 24
Silver City/Grant County Silver City Blues Festival — Starts at 5 p.m. with the Gila Glass Classic Flame Off, 6:30 p.m. features the Rudy Boy Experiment, all at Gough Park in Silver City. Cost: Free. Info: www.silvercitybluesfestaval.org. Chris Dracup — 6-9 p.m. at the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St.
Silver City/Grant County Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m.-noon in Historic Downtown Silver City at Eighth Street between Bullard Street and the Big Ditch. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. Silver City Blues Festival — Starts at noon with the presentation of colors; 12:15 Amos Torres; 1:45 Chris Dracup Trio; 3:15 Laurie Morvan Band; 5 p.m. Guitar Shorty; 7 p.m. Grady Champion all at Gough Park in Silver City. Cost: Free. Info: www.silvercitybluesfestaval.org. Chris Dracup — 6-9 p.m. at the Buckhorn Saloon, 32 Main St. Pinos Altos. Live music. Info: 575538-9911. Stars-N-Parks Program — 9:1010:40 p.m. at City of Rocks State Park, 327 N.M. Highway 61, Faywood. Presenter is Bill Nigg. Mars is setting, Leo is low in the West and the Milky Way is rising. Cost: $5 day use fee. Info: 575635-0982. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Hondo Iris Festival — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Hondo Iris Farm, MM 284, U.S. Highway 70, Hondo. Blooming iris, picnic tables, fair garden, gallery and gift shop. Continues daily all month. Cost: Free. Info: 575-653-4062. Ernie Haase & Signature Sound — 8 p.m. at the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts in Alto. Grammy-nominated and Dove Award winning Southern Gospel quartet. Info: 575-336-4800. Las Cruces/Mesilla Crafts for Kids — 10 a.m.-noon at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces. Children of all ages welcome to create their own craft to take home, today it is patriotic paper lanterns in honor of Memorial Day. Info: 575522-4100. Las Cruces Wine Festival — Noon-6 p.m. at the Southern New Mexico State Fair Grounds. Features state wineries, food trucks, artisans and musicians. Cost: $10-
DESERT EXPOSURE $40. Info: 575-636-2199. “The Sound of Music” — 7 p.m. at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 Main St., Las Cruces. Part of the Classic Film Series, a 1956 American musical drama starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Cost: $8. Info: 575-541-2290.
SUNDAY, MAY 26
Silver City/Grant County Silver City Blues Festival — Starts at 12:15 p.m. with Roman Barten-Sherman; 1:45 Brody Buster; 3:15 Felix y Los Gatos all at Gough Park in Silver City. Cost: Free. Info: www.silvercitybluesfestaval.org. Las Cruces/Mesilla Whiteness as membership? Roundtable — 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S. Solano Drive. Presenter columnist Algernon D’Ammassa exploring recent pieces he wrote examining whit identity. Info: www.uuchurchlc.org. Las Cruces Wine Festival — Noon-6 p.m. at the Southern New Mexico State Fair Grounds. Features state wineries, food trucks, artisans and musicians. Cost: $10$40. Info: 575-636-2199. The Mayor’s Jazz Fest — 6 p.m. Plaza de Las Cruces, 100 N. Main St., Las Cruces. Cost: Free. Info: 575-541-2290.
MONDAY, MAY 27
Las Cruces/Mesilla Las Cruces Wine Festival — Noon-6 p.m. at the Southern New Mexico State Fair Grounds. Features state wineries, food trucks, artisans and musicians. Cost: $10$40. Info: 575-636-2199. The Mayor’s Jazz Fest — All day at Plaza de Las Cruces, 100 N. Main St., Las Cruces. Cost: Free. Info: 575-541-2290.
TUESDAY, MAY 28
Alamogordo/Otero County The Phil Leas Writer’s Group: all writers welcome — 11:30 a.m. at Desert Lakes Golf Course, 19 Hole
MAY 2019 • 43 Restaurant, 2351 Hamilton Road in Alamogordo. Enjoy lunch together and bring some of your work to read after dining. Info: 575-5855545.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29
Silver City/Grant County Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m.-noon at the Ace Hardware Parking Lot, 3025 U.S. Highway 180 E., Silver City. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@gmail.com.
FRIDAY, MAY 31
Ruidoso/Lincoln County All American Country Music Festival — 11 a.m.-10 p.m. at Wingfield Park, 300 Center St. in Ruidoso. Cost: $35. Info: allamericancountrymusicfestival.com.
Felix y Los Gatos out of Albuquerque are last to play the 2019 Silver City Blues Festival, closing the event on Sunday, May 26. (Courtesy Photo)
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
Silver City/Grant County Silver City Farmer’s Market — 9 a.m.-noon in Historic Downtown Silver City at Eighth Street between Bullard Street and the Big Ditch. Info: silvercityfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. Alamogordo/Otero County Flickinger Street Dance — 6-10 p.m. at the Flickinger Center of Performing Arts, 1110 New York Ave. in Alamogordo. Info: flickingercenter.com. Ruidoso/Lincoln County Third Annual Great High Mountain Bed Race and Green Chile Cookoff — 9 a.m.-noon. Parade through Midtown Ruidoso, beds race to Zipline Park. Info: 917-4461140. All American Country Music Festival — 11 a.m.-10 p.m. at Wingfield Park, 300 Center St. in Ruidoso. Cost: $35. Info: allamericancountrymusicfestival.com. Classic Country, Songs & Stories starring Linda Davis and Friends — 8 p.m. at the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts in Alto. Nashville trio with Grammy-winning style. Info: 575-336-4800.
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“Fallout,” a play by Laura King, closes on May 4, at the Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces. (Courtesy Photo)
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DINOSAURS • JOAN E. PRICE
Out of the Depths of Silence
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ilence. Not even a twig snapping to give reference to comprehend this deep silence in a stone in La Luz Canyon for 300 million years. And then, bright geology student eyes sighted some skeletal bones like fingers. That is not supposed to happen. They were clearly part of some ancient creature fossilized further into the stone. Ethan Schuth, while on a University of Oklahoma geology class field trip in March 2013, and Lynn Soreghan (who taught the geology class) contacted Spencer Lucas in Albuquerque. Lucas, curator of geology and paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, learned enough of their story to mobilize field crews from NMMNHS to collect the fossil bones petrified in an unwieldy slab of extremely hard sandstone in 2013-2014. Back at the museum, removing the encased ancient creature was carried on at the museum during 20152017 to reveal an exquisitely preserved but incomplete skeleton. A black lizard-like head, some of a neck and spine and a sail emerged and, after much serious discussion and banter, they named this ancient ancestor “Gordodon,” combining the name of nearby Alamogordo with the Greek word for “tooth.” “We knew it was very different because of the way it seemed to eat plants,” Lucas said. “The discovery rewrites the understanding of the early antiquity of reptilian herbivory, extending accepted dates of Late Triassic (205 million years ago) another 95 million years into the past.”
A human hand hovers over a few fossilized bones that were found exposed in La Luz Canyon by a geology student in 2013. The entire fossil was uncovered over the course of two years and can be seen for a few months at the New Mexico Museum of Space History. (Photos by Joan E. Price)
Gordodon is a new genus and species, evidence of a group that evolved to mammals rather than dinosaurs. The species name, kraineri, honors Karl Krainer, an Austrian geologist, for his many contributions during the last 20 years to our knowledge of the Permian Age of New Mexico, according to newmexicoculture.org. Other early herbivorous reptiles were not selective, chomping on any plants they came across “in a patch of forest and jungle, but Gordodon had some of the same specializations found in modern animals, like goats and deer, still found in La luz Canyon today and throughout the Sacramento Ranges. Gordodon has been transported to the New Mexico Space Museum in Alamogordo to be on view for several months. The return was an enigmatic but cheerful event complete with cookies and dignitaries of the city and Lucas. It began quietly as Bruce Tay-
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JULIE’S JOY • ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH
ALS Walk
Memory of friend inspires action
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hen Jan Hart and her husband lived in Ohio several years ago, she met one of the most amazing friends of her life, Julie Kroske. The two have been friends going on 6 years now, Hart said. “In the summer of 2016 she let us know she was undergoing the process of being diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis),” Hart said. Hart talked to CEO Tony Dohrmann at Electronic Caregiver where she works and he decided to provide Julie with the caregiver system they created providing Julie and her family with a strong sense of security and backup in emergencies. Grateful for the help, Julie offered to be the national ALS spokesperson for Electronic Caregiver. “So, she is an advocate for ALS awareness,” Hart said. “She wrote the Caring Bridge Journal and last year she flew in (to Las Cruces) in the spring and we followed her around Mesilla, White Sands, Alamogordo and Ruidoso taking images of her and creating an ALS campaign called Julie’s Joy.” According to Hart, during Julie’s tour of New Mexico Julie said, “I am determined to maintain my joy throughout
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this process.” “She has always been one to bring joy,” Hart said of her friend. “She has this determination to be joyful no matter what life brings.” This year Hart and her company were contacted by the ALS New Mexico because it is bringing the ALS walk to Las Cruces. “ALS is terminal, there is currently no cure,” Hart said. “The ALS Association is the only nonprofit in the country that is working to raise research money looking for answers.” On average there are 110 New Mexico families receiving assistance from the ALS NM. New Mexico’s chapter hosts a durable medical equipment loan closet loaning expensive and much-needed equipment
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to patients. It also fully funds all-in-one clinics throughout the state
where patients can be seen in one day, at one location, by a multitude of providers includ-
ing therapists, nutritionists, pharmacists, etc. A portion of the money raised in New Mexico goes directly to ongoing research. The average cost of ALS to each family is $250,000 per patient per year. Electronic Caregiver is challenging fellow southern New Mexico businesses to join the walk and raise money for ALS solutions on May 4 at Sisbarro Park on the New Mexico State University campus, 1815 Wells St. Everyone can donate (every single dollar counts), Hart said. And nearly everyone can walk, ride or even wheelchair this self-paced 3-mile walk. While it’s never quite known when it will hit or who will be affected. But most people in some ways are at risk for ALS as almost 5,000 people are diagnosed in the U.S. every year. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that once diagnosed has an average survival time of three to five years. Although, there is currently no cure, the fight the help those diagnosed is ever present. Donations can be made in support to a team, which will support those with ALS in New Mexico and their families. The self-paced walk starts at 10 a.m., with check in at 8 a.m. For more information on the walk or to make a donation visit: http://web.alsa.org/site/ TR?pg=entry&fr_id=13520 or contact Katie Crouch at katie. crouch@alsanm.org
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about our Earth, sun, and other planets. Packed with engaging, hands-on interactive exhibits and dazzling imagery, this 600-square-foot exhibition connect visitors with current NASA science research and launch them on a journey to explore the universe. Sun, Earth, Universe includes fun and compelling exhibits for visitors of all ages. Follow the design-build-test cycle of engineering and build a model spacecraft for your own mission to space. Spin a tumbler of 10,000 beads, representing all of the stars we can see from Earth, to search for the unique one that represents our Sun. Reveal hidden images using the same tools NASA scientists employ to explore the otherwise invisible forces and energy of the universe. Take a break and play the “Your Mission to Space” board game or help younger visitors pilot rovers across the Mars landscape play table. These ex-
periences are designed to introduce visitors to ongoing NASA research in the fields of heliophysics, Earth science, planetary science, and astrophysics, and encourage them to imagine what the future of Earth and space science might hold. The Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition is on display at the Museum of Nature & Science as part of a nationwide effort designed to engage audiences in the awe-inspiring fields of Earth and space science. The Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition was developed in collaboration NASA. Sun, Earth, Universe exhibitions are developed and distributed nationwide by the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Network). The Museum of Nature & Science is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and can be found at 411 N. Main St. in Las Cruces. For information call 575-522-3120.
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LIVING ON WHEELS • SHEILA SOWDER
Guide to the Perfect Gift for an RVer
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t was our first year as fulltime RVers, and we were working at a large resort in Death Valley. As Christmas approached, and the reality of how far we were from family set in, we felt a little depressed. It was the first Christmas Eve we’d miss with our 6-year-old grandson. A desert landscape rather than a possible white Christmas. And we both had to work on Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, I got a call from the shipping/receiving department of the resort. A package had arrived. Could I pick it up by five? I got there just as they were closing for the holiday. The clerk shoved the box into my arms with a mumbled “Merry Christmas,” and I walked back to our RV in the dusty twilight which, despite the colored lights in the palm trees, didn’t feel one bit like the holiday season. We opened the box as soon as I got home. Packed in the dry ice was a large carton of clam chowder and a box of crab cakes from our favorite Boston seafood restaurant. With a card
from my daughter that read “Thought you might be missing these.” That night we feasted, our spirits lifted, and we didn’t have to fake our joy for the Christmas season. All because of that perfect gift for a couple of lonely fulltimers on their first RV adventure. If only all the gifts we’ve received had been that perfect. But the reality is, fulltime RVers are hard to buy for unless you understand their lifestyle. First, they live in a small space with limited storage capacity, and every inch of that space has a purpose. Second, both they and their home move around a lot. When thinking of a Christmas gift for an RVing mom and dad, or an anniversary gift for your fulltimer in-laws, keep those facts firmly in mind. Most fulltimers agree that consumables — and beverages — are the best gifts. They’re temporary, and if the gifter has done her homework, something they love but rarely get. I fondly remember an edible bouquet, various kinds of fruit dipped in
dark chocolate, that I received for Mother’s Day one year. And every November we start looking forward to the box of delicious caramels that we receive for Christmas from thoughtful relatives. I asked around to find out what other gifts got a thumbsup, and it turns out the list is short, with gift cards nearly beating out food, although there are a few dos and don’ts that apply. Make sure the card is for something the receiver either needs or wants, and that it can be easily redeemed. A gift card to Williams-Sonoma may sound wonderful to you, but its products just might not thrill your RVing parents. Avoid any gift card that requires the receiver’s actual presence, such as at a restaurant or spa, unless you’re sure the place is easily accessible. We’ve had to let a few restaurant cards expire because we weren’t ever in their proximity. Big box stores and department stores scored high because of the ease of ordering online, and Amazon got everyone’s vote. Magazine and newspaper subscription gifts are favorites of many RVers, although be sure you know the interests of the recipient before choosing, because most RVers use a mail forwarding service and must pay forwarding postage whether they like the subscription or not. Online subscriptions are
wonderful for those who access information by that method, and eBook gift cards are a treat for avid readers. One RVer suggested a hanging magazine rack for his bathroom, and another a small Bose radio that plugs into his TV, but I think these were from their personal wish list rather than representative of the group’s opinion. The list of bad gift ideas almost got out of control. Everyone has a story. Breakables topped the list of really bad gifts, with one RVer recounting the sad fate of a set of beautiful wine glasses that didn’t make it through a season of traveling. Our old 1990 StarCraft Motorhome had a liquor cabinet with a rack for glasses, and even so, we lost three-fourths of our collection during our first year on the road. For those gift-givers who have never been in a typical RV, keep in mind that it doesn’t have many surfaces, such as table tops and extraneous shelves. So, no knickknacks, please, no matter how cute or meaningful. And most RVs lack empty wall space, so send small photos of the grandkids rather than the framed eight-by-tens. Do not send exercise equipment! A friend who travels fulltime in a 25-foot travel trailer is still in shock from the Christmas her kids got together and sent her an exercycle, and another received a large exer-
cise ball that she tripped over twice before dropping it off at a Goodwill. No furniture — it’s all built in. No plants. No linens — we all make do with two towels each, and an extra set of sheets takes up a lot of space. No large appliances. One RVer told of receiving a KitchenAid table-top mixer from her daughter. “I always wanted one when we owned a house, but in the RV, it took up half my counter space,” she lamented. Other large appliances mentioned: a bread maker, a cappuccino machine, and a Cuisinart. Space hogs all. If you’re planning a gift for an RVer, first consider their environment and lifestyle. If you’ve never seen their rig, look it up online to get a feel for the space. Then get as creative as you want. But to guarantee a smile on your RVer’s face, think food and maybe a bottle of wine or a good single-malt scotch. Sheila and husband, Jimmy, Sowder have lived at Rose Valley RV Ranch in Silver City for several years following five years of wandering the US from Maine to California. She can be contacted at sksowder@ aol.com.
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