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New high school proposed for Capitan

August 21

Open House at Ruidoso High School

Celebrating the opening of the new science wing and the completion of the “Bog Springs” project. Warrior Drive, 5:30 7:30 p.m.

August 22

ENMU-Ruidoso Back to College Bash and Business After Hours

Register for classes, free food, live music, demos and giveaways. 709 Mechem Dr., 4:30 - 7 p.m. www.ruidoso.enmu.edu.

Free.

Bosque Bassoon Band concert in Carrizozo

Presented by Carrizozo Music in the Parks, this free concert features a variety of musical genres, followed by a reception and opportunity to meet the performers. 7 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 10th and D Ave. Pre-concert meal at 5 p.m. – burgers, hotdogs, salad, dessert, beverage – for $8. www.carrizozomusic.org; 575-648-2757.

Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers at IMG

The Gatlin Brothers’ four-decade career has taken them from dusty Texas stages to White House performances, from Broadway to the Grammys and to the top of the country charts.

8 p.m. 575-464-7777; www. innofthemountaingods.com.

Tickets start at $20.

August 22-23 Neal McCoy

Neal McCoy’s brand of pop country, honky tonk, feel-good love ballads and sweet Texas swing has brought him a string of hits since the mid-1990s.

Spencer Theater, 8 p.m. both nights. 575-336-4800; www. spencertheater.com. Tickets are $66 and $69.

August 23-25

Horse racing weekend

Enjoy the final weekend of the summer season with a regular schedule before the Labor Day finale. Racing runs Friday through Monday with a 1 p.m. first post time. 575-378-4431, www.raceruidoso.com. Free

Ruidoso Antique Show

Celebrating more than 21 years of being one of the most exciting antique shows of the West with everything from Tin to Tiffany. Proceeds go to Noon Lions Club charities. Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr., www.azantiqueshow.com. $3 in advance; $4 at the door.

575-257-2776.

August 24

‘From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China,’ free movie at Sacred Grounds

Murray Lerner’s Oscar-winning film chronicles the great violinist’s 1979 visit to China. 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. 575257-2273.

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Ed Vinson checks out improvements made in a Capitan classroom.

County extends subdivision ordinance

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com While prospective developers may not appreciate the Lincoln County Commission’s decision to extend a subdivision moratorium, residents and ranchers may appreciate the stay of drilling as commissioners and researchers with the office of the U.S. Geological Survey take a long look at the county’s water resources.

“The system most certainly isn’t even anywhere close to being in balance and there are places that really need to be protected to make sure they get back to some part of normality,” Commission Chair Jackie Powell said. “What’s happening is desperation, grabbing water over here and moving it there.”

While the county has more than adequate water rights on paper, natural resources aren’t subject to regulation, she contended.

“I’m wanting to wait until after the snowpack,” she said. “The water situation is still a dire, dire situation in Lincoln County. We should get some snowpack and balance back before we do this.”

Commissioners Kathryn Minter and Dallas Draper both initially opposed the measure, stating that the moratorium effectively ended development, and the income from

development, in the county.

“We’re requiring water rights now for subdivisions, and I don’t think we’ve had one application and I don’t think there are any in the works,” Minter said. “The purpose of our ordinance was to ask for water rights, so, again, I think we should rescind this moratorium.”

An amended ordinance requiring water rights for all new developments already had passed a vote at the commission, becoming effective on Aug. 16, County Attorney Alan Morel said.

“The moratorium is really a short-term measure to allow you to adopt and ordinance,” Morel clarified. “It was only intended to stay in until you had time to revise your ordinance.”

Moving onto a motion, commissioners compromised until more data, possibly from an ongoing USGS survey, was available.

“I understand what Mr. Morel’s saying and I understand what Commissioner Minter is saying,” Commissioner Preston Stone said, winding up for a motion.

“I agree with Chair Powell – I think until we actually see what the drought issue and the winter moisture effect is going to be, if there’s going to be winter moisture accumulation, I would like to see the moratorium stay in place at

By Eugene Heathman Editor eugene@ruidosofreepress.com Construction at Capitan High School has taken a new twist. Ed Vinson, Capitan School Board member announced to the Ruidoso Free Press that evaluations by the contractors on the job and the architect conclude that it’s less expensive to build a new high school than to continue with the remodel.

Vinson was on campus to monitor progress of work as classes got underway when he was advised that the project and unforeseen problems would amount to at least 83 percent of what a new school building would

cost. Vinson says that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “It’s better to find out at this stage than to keep patching a building that will never be right. Every time we opened up a wall, more change orders were looming in regards to deficient and non-compliant electrical and plumbing systems, then we discovered the entire roof structure was not up to code and at the end of its natural life span.”

The district has stopped construction and identified a parcel of school property near the middle school field house to construct the new high school.

Meanwhile, high school students See CAPITAN, pg. A3

Lobos BBQ finale

Photo courtesy of Sandi Aguilar

The UNM Lobos wrapped up their two-week training camp with a community BBQ hosted by the Village of Ruidoso at the Lodge at Sierra Blanca. Players were on hand to sign autographs and meet with the public before embarking on their 2013 football season. UNM Lobo football can be heard on MTD Radio stations W105 FM, local 99.1 and AM 1490 KRUI Sports, Talk and Tourism. least another six months. Typically our winter moisture is December through February.”

Stone’s motion was seconded

by Powell and accepted by Minter with the understanding that it would automatically rescind in February. Draper, while not objecting verbally, cast his vote against the successful measure.

Powell added that the continued moratorium might also serve as an educational incentive, making

residents and visitors a bit more aware of the ongoing water issues.

USGS survey

More information on the county’s water are still to come, scientists with the USGS said, taking to the podium after the measure to bring commissioners up to date on their doings, as well as encouraging them not to abandon the overdue project.

“The county has partnered See ORDINANCE, pg. A3

Hondo students stranded by floodwaters Children tired, hungry but safely returned home

flash floodwaters.

While stranded at the low level crossing, a resident allowed the driver and a secretary for the school district and the children use of her home for several hours until the floodwaters subsided. The children were prevented from crossing over from about 4:30 p.m. until the last child was safely delivered home at about 7:45 p.m.

“Even though parents were concerned for the extended period of time the children were prevented from crossing through the dangerous rushing water, the bus driver did exactly the right

By Eugene Heathman Editor eugene@ruidosofreepress.com Torrential monsoon rains stranded a busload of approximately 12 Hondo students for several hours due to rising floodwaters in Alamo canyon Monday afternoon.

The school bus driver transporting the children noticed quickly rising water and determined the safety of the children was more important than to attempt a crossing.

Lincoln County Emergency Services Director Joe Kenmore praised the bus driver’s actions. “The bus driver was very smart

By Eugene Heathman for not trying to negotiate with the rushEditor ing floodwaters. This is a case when if you eugene@ruidosofreepress.com encounter floodwaters to turn around, don’t Two Lincoln County men died Saturday drown,” Kenmore said. in an early morning ATV accident between Just last month a woman from Texas, White Oaks and Jicarilla. riding with her family in Bonito Canyon, Law enforcement officials report that was hospitalized with injuries after the Grant Dean, 49 of Capitan and William Huvehicle she was in was swept away by

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Government meetings

The Ruidoso Cemetery Board meets today at 11:30 a.m. The Parks and Recreation Commission has a regular meeting on Aug. 26 at 5:30 p.m. Both meetings will be held at Ruidoso Village Hall, 313 Cree Meadows Dr. The Greentree Solid Waste Authority regular board meeting has been moved to this Thursday at 10 a.m. For more information, call the GSWA office at 378-4897 or toll free at 1-877548-8772.

Chile for sale The Carrizozo FFA chapter is selling roasted green Chile in the Ag Shop at Carrizozo High School starting this Thursday. You must place your order at 575-6482346, ext. 110 before Thursday.

Chile may be picked up Aug. 22 from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and Aug. 23 from 7 a.m.-3 p.m.

Mild-Big Jim and Hot-Sandia are available. Prices are $25 for 40 pounds, $15 for 20 pounds and $5 for five pounds.

Music in the parks Carrizozo Music in the Parks welcomes the Bosque Bassoon Band to Trinity United Methodist Church in Carrizozo at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The band began as a series of informal reading sessions by bassoonists in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe area in 2004 and has performed from coffee houses to grower’s markets – including concerts at the International Double Reed Society conferences in Austin, Texas and Ithaca, N.Y. The church will host a barbecue sandwich dinner with salads and fixings on the evening of the concert. For more information, call Elaine Brannen at 575-648-2757 or visit www.carrizozomusic.org.

Pool open The Carrizozo pool is open weekends from 1-6 p.m. through Sept.

8. There are two lifeguards available for full capacity. For more information, call the Town Hall at 648-2371.

Community choir The ENMU-Ruidoso Community Choir is gearing up for the fall semester. Practices are each Thursday from 6-7:40 p.m. at the performing arts building at Ruidoso High School. To sign up, register for the Music 126 class at ENMURuidoso.

Calling car enthusiasts The Carrizozo Street Fair kicks off Sept. 1, celebrating its 20th anniversary with a classic car exhibit and music in the park.

Vintage car and truck owners and lovers are invited to come and share their passion for motors, wheels and the automobile.

There will be music in MacDonald Park on Twelfth Street across from the post office from 5-7 p.m.

The evening is partially sponsored by Sierra Blanca Motors in Ruidoso, with several vehicles provided by Ruidoso’s Pine Top Car Club. For more information, visit the Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce website at www.carrizozochamber.org.

The Arid Group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 1216 Mechem at 7:30 a.m., noon and 5:15 p.m. daily; Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. There is also a Monday 6:30 p.m. women’s open meeting.

The Sunny Spirit Group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets Monday and Thursday at noon and Friday at 5:30 p.m., while the women’s group meets Wednesdays at noon in the parish hall of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Mount at 121 Mescalero Trail.

For more information regarding AA meetings in Lincoln and Otero counties, call 430-9502.

Al Anon of Ruidoso – for family members of alcoholics – meet at 1216 Mechem Dr. Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous of Capitan meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center, 115 Tiger Dr., just one block off of Highway 48. For more information, call Ted at 354-9031. Alcoholics Anonymous of Carrizozo meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Baptist Church Hall.

Altrusa Club of Ruidoso meets at 5 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at First Christian Church, 1211 Hull Road. If you think an organization like Altrusa may be a good fit for your volunteer efforts, contact membership chair Barbara Dickinson at 336-7822.

A bereavement support group meets Thursdays from 1-2 p.m. at the Ruidoso Public Library. All residents of Lincoln County are welcome. For more information, call Ruidoso Home Care & Hospice/Encompass at 258-0028.

The Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 5:15 p.m. at Otero Electric, 507 12th St. in Carrizozo. For more information, call Fran Altieri at 9730571.

The Federated Republican Women of Lincoln County meet the fourth Monday of each month at K-Bob’s at 11:30 a.m.

For more information, call 3368011 or visit www.frw.rplcnm.org The Federated Woman’s Club of Ruidoso, supporting community service organizations and providing scholarships, meets Mondays at 11 a.m. at 116 S. Evergreen Dr. A pot luck lunch at noon is followed by bridge and other card games.

A special program is also presented most months, and hosts Yoga Wednesdays. For times or further information, call 257-2309.

Firefighters for Christ meet on the second Thursday of the month at the Ruidoso Downs

Racetrack Chapel at 7 p.m. This service is open to firefighters and their families. For more information, call 258-4682.

Gamblers Anonymous meets every Thursday at 7:15 p.m. in the Mescalero Reformed Church, 336 Wardlaw Dr. in Mescalero. For more information, call 575-6826200.

Inspired Living at Sanctuary on the River – ongoing programs and Live your Passion coaching to enhance your life. Visit www. sanctuaryontheriver.com for a current event schedule, or call 630-1111 for more information.

The Kiwanis Club of Ruidoso meets every Tuesday at noon at K-Bobs.

The Lincoln County Garden Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month at the Otero County Electric co-op, on Highway 48 in Alto, at 9:45 a.m. Visitors are welcome. The Garden Club’s purpose is to encourage community beautification and conservation, and to educate members in the arts and sciences of horticulture. For more information, call 973-2890.

The Lincoln County Community Theater meets the fourth Monday of every month at 8:30 a.m. All are welcome to come.

Call 808-0051 for the meeting location, or visit www.lcct-nm. com.

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words and a local member of the New Mexico State Poetry Society. For more information, call 575-202-5709 or the library at 258-3704.

Optimist Club meets at noon every Wednesday at K-Bobs.

The Photographic Society of Lincoln County – dedicated to the advancement of digital photography – meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the ENMU Community Education Annex on White Mountain Drive, the middle building of the three Ruidoso elementary school buildings. Annual dues are $15 per family which includes lectures and field trips. Contact Leland Deford at 257-8662 or Herb Brunnell at 258-4003 or 937-0291.

Rotary Club of Ruidoso meets at Cree Meadows Country Club noon every Tuesday.

Ruidoso Noon Lions Club meets every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at Cree Meadows Country Club. For more information, call 257-2476.

Ruidoso Evening Lions Club meets each Tuesday at 7 p.m. at 106 S. Overlook.

Ruidoso Gambling Support meets the first and third Wednesday of every month at 5:45 p.m. in the Lincoln Tower at 1096 Mechem Dr., Suite 212. For more

information, call 575-464-7106.

The Lincoln County Health and Wellness Coalition meets the second Wednesday of each month at noon at Sanctuary on the River, 207 Eagle Drive, to promote Lincoln County as a Health and Wellness destination. Bring a brown bag lunch. For more information, call 630-1111.

The Ruidoso Noon Lions meet at 11:30 a.m. each Tuesday at Cree Meadows Country Club.

Ruidoso Masonic Lodge No. 73 meets first Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m. If the first Monday is a national holiday, the meeting will be held on the second Monday. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 575-354-0111.

Ruidoso Toastmasters meet every Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the ENMU Annex, 201 E. White Mountain Dr., next to the elementary school. Ruidoso Toastmasters Club is for those who want to improve their thinking, listening, speaking and leadership skills for that next job, promotion, or just to be more effective. Call 575799-3215 or 832-444-3633 for more information. Free for guests and prospective members. There is a membership fee when you decide to join the club.

SAA meets every Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Mount at 321 Mescalero

Trail Road. For more information, call 575-956-3101 or 575-3364187.

Sacramento Mountain Village is a network of older adults in Ruidoso and surrounding communities who support independent living by offering services and activities that keep seniors healthy and happy in their own homes.

Benefits of membership include art and yoga classes, weekly walking and discussion groups, social functions and monthly member breakfasts at K-Bobs, on the fourth Saturday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Membership is open to any Lincoln County resident 49 years or older. For more information, call 258-2120 or visit www. sacmtnvillage.org.

Veterans of Foreign Wars LCpl Steven M. Chavez Post 12071 meets on the third Monday of each month at Cree Meadows Country Club “North Forty” Room. Social hour starts at 6 p.m. with the regular meeting at 7 p.m. For more information or to join, call Commander Jerry Ligon at 575-808-1114 or Post Adjutant Jerry Grace at 575-9730007.

Vietnam Veterans of America, PFC Robert G. “Bobby” Montoya Chapter 1062, meets every fourth Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Veterans Plaza, 201 Second Dr. in Ruidoso Donws. For more information, call President Vic Currier 575-802-5293.

The Lincoln County Regulators, members of the Single Action Shooters Society, hold matches the second Saturday of every month at the Ruidoso Gun Range located on Hale Lake Road. Registration is at 9 a.m., matches start at 10 a.m.

The public is welcome to participate or watch the action. During the shooting matches, all other shooting is suspended. For more information, call Avery (AKA Rowdy Lane) at 937-9297.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse is part of American Western history that continues today.

The Posse meets the first Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. at the headquarters located a mile south of Carrizozo on Highway 54. For more information, visit www.lincolncountysheriffsposse. org or call 575-512-7077.

Mountain Poets meet the first Saturday of each month at the Ruidoso Public Library from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Ruidoso Public Library conference room. Come join other poets and share your efforts. Read your work aloud in a non-critical, supportive atmosphere.

The meetings are hosted by Carol Borsello, a veteran of many

AVSD meet The Alpine Village Sanitation District holds its regular monthly meeting on Sept. 2 at 4 p.m. in the district’s building at 114 Alpine Meadows trail. For more information, call 257-7776 or 973-0324. Email at knobelc@ windstream.net.

American Legion Post 79 – Jerome D. Klein Post, meets on the third Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. at Veterans Plaza, 201 Second Dr. in Ruidoso Downs. For more information, or to join, call Harold Oakes, Post Commander, at 575-315-5374.

American Legion Post 11 meets the third Saturday of each month at Wells Fargo Bank in Carrizozo at 9 a.m.

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ORDINANCE, from pg. A1

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County commissioners were addressed with new data regarding post Little Bear Fire watershed and extended the new subdivision ordinance into at least the start of 2014. with the USGS for a number of years, providing funding for this study,” County Manager Nita Taylor said. “USGS also recently advanced a surface water sampling schedule in the upper Rio Hondo study in order to determine potential effects of the Little Bear Fire on the Rio Bonito, Eagle Creek and Magado Creek.”

While the study had originally only been scoped for one interpretive report, the advent of the record-breaking burn across an area in the midst of hydrological testing had presented scientists with an unique opportunity to get an indepth look at the impacts of fires and flooding on an aquifer, with the implications of the data reaching far beyond the county, said Lauren Sherson, a hydrologist with USGS. “In 2009 that was modified to include a second interpretive report. The first report is data through 2010 and the final report, scheduled to be written this year, is going to include data from 2010-2013, but also looking at the big scope of the entire project and looking at historical data.”

The final report is currently under review, looking to publish in “the next couple of months,” she added. “The only other modification to the study plan has been we’ve had to figure out how to deal with the Little Bear Fire, which happened right at the end of our study. Our final sampling event is scheduled for October.”

Water levels in streams and aquifers, as well as water quality and the age of the water all were sampled several times throughout each year, giving scientists an understanding of how the county’s water tables rose and fell with the rain and snow. Researchers also have been sampling water from wells across the county, tracking “general chemistry and isotopes” to aid them in identifying more specific sources and delays of aquifer recharge, she explained.

“The project has been ongoing since 2001,” she continued. “We have been collecting and analyzing data to address concerns you all have had about increasing population, decreasing precipitation and how these things are affecting the water supply and water quality.”

All of this data would further be compared against historical hydrological data, going back to the 1960s, she added.

“The drought and groundwater withdrawals have impacted the aquifers in terms of causing water level declines,” Sherson said, echoing anecdotal evidence from farmers across the county. While rain and snowpack worked to recharge the aquifers, the “very low storage capacity” of the aquifers was limiting. “Because of the low storage capacity of the aquifers, the precipitation is very important to the recharge,” though that precipitation is fickle in the county, with the greatest shortfall coming during the winter months.

“The snowmelt has been so much lower than it historically has been,” she said – a trend reflected in average annual streamflow as well, though not at every sampling

location. “We’re also hoping to characterize regional water quality and compare that data to historic data.”

Future funding

Still, commissioners weren’t happy with the price tag for the project, already at $448,475 since 2007 with more to come through the end of FY2013.

“I can’t tell you how disappointed I am that we’re just now getting around to maybe writing a report,” Powell said, further criticizing the report as “misleading” in regards to aquifer recharge. “One thing that comes up all the time is we’ve had a monsoon, we’ve had snowfall and water levels are up,” she said. “But the USGS never really adds the next part – it The New Mexico Department of Public goes down just as fast and it Safety reports an endangered missing goes down lower each year. It has to do with common sense person: James A. Jaramillo, reported – our creek by the house is missing as of Aug. 19. The report in dry eight months out of the NCIC states that he has not taken his year, just bone dry.” medication for bipolar disorder as well Continuing, Powell wondered if the money as daily insulin injections. He has shown being spent on a late report signs of depression and aggressive behavior. Jaramillo was wouldn’t be better spent last seen in Ruidoso Downs. If you have any information on on thinning and watershed restoration. the whereabouts of James A. Jaramillo please contact the “Some of this is comRuidoso Downs Police Department at 575-378-4421. mon sense – I know we have to have science to back us up and everything, but when we spend $450,000 I would imagine we would have more,” she said.

That financial burden isn’t shared by the county alone, Matt Ely, supervisor and hydrologist with the USGS clarified. Though he didn’t have data from earlier years, the most recent had seen expenses split about 55/45 between county and USGS respectively.

Commissioners also questioned the possibility of finding more sources of funding for the project, drawing in state or federal support.

Ely said that while his office would be, and has

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CAPITAN, from pg. A1 will be returning to classes in the building to benefit from what has been done while site work for the footprint of the new high school takes place. “Once the new high school is finished, we will move the students into that building, then use the old high school to move elementary school students for classes while a new elementary school is constructed during the next few years,” Vinson said.

The change in plans is to prevent the same scenario with the elementary school that the high school project has incurred yet use the old high school as a transition point during the construction of the two new schools.

Following the completion of the new elementary school, the district will likely seek to demolish the building and make room for other projected campus improvements. Based on the overall circumstances and the cost overruns expected to be at or even above the cost of the projected high school remodel, Vinson contends the change in plans was necessary. “We want to get the very best result possible for the bond money spent and believe this is a very prudent fiscally responsible decision,” Vinson said.

Capitan voters approved a $5 million bond election in spring, 2013, which opened the door for the school district to implement changes which will assist in the security and safety of students while becoming a more environmentally aware campus. The Capitan School Board is presenting the change in plans to the community Thursday evening at 6 p.m. in the Capitan Middle School. Priorities for student safety, ecological and fiscal

been, looking over other options, commissioners would likely have far more luck getting funding than the USGS. “If we don’t fund you for 2014, does that mean we don’t get a final report?” Minter asked.

“There will be one investigative report that will be late, to be sure, but has been completed,” Ely said.

The additional report mentioned by Sherson would focus on “the new stresses to the system with drought and with fire – these are two additional things that we felt warranted study,” he said. If funding were cut, it would dramatically diminish the chances of completing the second, more in-depth report. Ely said the report also would help to sort out why the aquifer was diminishing, “what is due to increased groundwater withdrawals and what is due to drought.”

Moreover, the reports would lend more credibility to the county and other agencies that could make use of the information, he added.

“Our results do seem obvious to people that have perennial creeks in their backyard that used to flow,” he said. But USGS studies would stand up in court and are commonly used by organizations to determine policy where anecdotal evidence, however accurate, may not suffice.

Commissioners eventually passed by the issue without rescinding funding for the USGS study in the amount of $92,220, already in the budget for 2014, the final year for the study.

Photo courtesy of Sue Hutchison

Chuck Bass with Zuni Electric lays fiber optic conduit for Capitan schools.

responsibility will be presented for public comment and review. Current improvements are the result of the successful bond election.

Campus wide renovations include a new state of the art multipurpose building; a new enclosed play area, new covered waiting area, new outdoor area and a new student drop off areal. “We’ve been extra vigilant at developing a master plan that directly focus’ on security enhancement. The passing of this bond is helping us achieve those goals,” says Capitan High School Principal Jerrett Perry.

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letterS to tHe editor Boys and Girls Club changes and thanks

The beginning of the school year brings about changes here at the Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Blanca. Our growth continues at a tremendous pace, having just registered our 476th member since open-

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ing our doors in March 2012. We started the school year off with 115 kids (without Kindergarten even starting), our previous record for daily attendance was 118 kids.

The Club is a drop in after school program, providing a fun safe place to kids after school each day. With homework help,

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Corruption, cronyism and competence

and even be concerned

By Eugene Heathman with the decisions local Editor officials make but unless eugene@ruidosofreepress.com they are master criminals, With a few village corruption is unlikely. folks in the cross-hairs Cronyism is a much over the Grindstone water easier element to prove, filter drama which has yet in a small rural comonce again fueled the fleet munity, likely exists and of ominous black helicopsits on the fringe of Open ters for another series of Meetings Act violations conspiracy strafings. The when two or more elected New Mexico Environofficials are seen having ment Department report lunch together. Most of certainly raises questions, Eugene Heathman particularly those who eugene@ruidosofreepress.com the time, superintendents, county and village managrelate to the events being ers implement extreme internal controls tied to corruption and cover-ups at the highest local levels. Bear in mind, no one to prevent inescapable and perceived has been brought to justice in the form of acts cronyism. Elected officials must also adhere to a variety of open meetings acts, prosecutable criminal charges from this incident, though heavy fines were indeed request for proposal procedures and disclosures. Meeting agendas, packets, budlevied. gets and open meeting notifications and of When some folks don’t like what they see or hear at village council, county course, encouraged public attendance and commission, school board meetings, spe- scrutiny are specifically designed to precial and general elections; the three C’s of vent what officials are so often accused of. Whether their actions are intentional local government arise. These words are or not, the system of controls work when corruption, cronyism and competency. the public takes complete ownership of Quite frankly, these words have very big meanings and are very harsh accusations elected and contracted officials, not the often based on obscure or conflicting latter. factual merit. Corruption is a very serious Competency may be one of the three accusation, especially when the result of C’s with the lowest criteria to prove but unearthed corruption is accompanied by one of the most difficult to enforce. The indictments, arrests and convictions; so process of recalling and impeachment of few of which have occurred during the local officials are very costly and often past couple of decades in Lincoln Counvery polarizing in a community and the ty. The Ruidoso Village Council, mayor process is rarely tested, often with an ofand village manager have repeatedly ficial resigning rather than being exposed. addressed the filter violation on public It’s the public’s responsibility through the record. People shouldn’t be so quick to use of these internal controls and legal accuse officials of corruption, unless remedies to keep a watchful eye upon they are willing to prove it by the means and take swift action against missteps by listed earlier. Granted, one can question our governing officials.

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fun games, programs that help kids learn about handling money, journalism, building relationships, job skills and even some learning thrown in when they least expect it, parents and kids are both excited about our programs. The Club accepts members from kindergarten through 12th grade with a monthly membership fee of only $10.

We must thank the Lincoln County/Ruidoso Board of Realtors for their support and sponsorship of the recent iPad raffle to benefit the Club. This raffle brought nearly $2,000 in needed funds. We also thank Walmart for their assistance in this raffle.

Our newest community partner is Schlotzsky’s restaurant. Recognizing the importance of our programs and building our community, they have committed to providing a monthly donation to The Club.

If you or your company would like to join the list of community partners, contact the Club at 575-808-8338.

Our current fundraising project is a five-day guided cow elk hunt. The hunt includes lodging, meals at the beautiful

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Chavez Canyon Ranch just outside Hondo.

This opportunity can be yours for only the price of a $20 ticket. The drawing will be held on Oct. 18. Tickets are available at the Club, Fire Power and Farmers Insurance.

On Sept. 19 and 20, the Club will be closed so that we may take our entire staff to Albuquerque for a state wide training of Boys & Girls Clubs to be able to make our programs even better to serve our members. We ask parents to please plan accordingly.

Tim Coughlin Executive Director Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Blanca

Warrior Pride thank you

The Warrior Pride Boosters would like to say “Thank you” to everyone in the Ruidoso Community and RMSD parents that attended the first annual Warrior Pride Meet and Greet.

It was a great event and the start to what will hopefully be a great year for Ruidoso students.

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Awareness gone wild

There’s a lapel awarebon one day and I found ness ribbon for everything. myself speaking with a And by everything, I’m smoking, alcoholic North not too far off accuracyKorean I might be ofwise. For many, it’s a way fensive. Or what if I was to communicate support wearing both a red pin or awareness, but as I’ve for DUI awareness and studied this phenomenon, a green pin for roadway I’ve found that lapels might construction worker safety need to be enlarged. awareness and I forgot to Unless you and your wear my purple pin due to lapels work for the Ameriearly onset of Alzheimer’s? can Broadcasting Company.

What if I want to support Sue Hutchison ABC “discourages” their all parents everywhere? suehutch@valornet.com on-air journalists from Should I wear both a white wearing lapel ribbons, paand pink? But if I do wear triotic lapel flags and anything which a white and pink, could a Sue’s-lawould be a symbolic gesture of pel-looker also infer I might be supsupport. Some wonder why. ABC’s porting breast cancer awareness and stance was criticized after the 9-11 Pope John Paul II? Either wouldn’t disaster in New York more than be too far off, but might be com11 years ago, and while mayors, pletely opposite of what I wanted to congresspeople and President Bush communicate. donned patriotic jewelry, lapel pins, How can we cope? How can shirts, and all things red, white we support everything effectiveand blue, ABC encouraged their ly? What color should I wear journalists to remain visibly today? neutral.

Jeffery Schneider, senior Lapel pins signify a barvice president at ABC made a rage of issues. Called awareness statement after 9-11 which inpins in the industry, (and yes, there’s dicated ABC wasn’t banning the an industry dedicated to creating wearing of patriotic hardware but awareness ribbons and pins – we’re was encouraging their journalists to Americans – we make money appear neutral. ABC also said their every which way we can.) they overseas staff might be opening look like a ribbon folded upon itself the door for retribution from USAto create a loop. Where one might hating countries should a journalist think a certain color of an awarewear overt patriotic insignia while ness pin indicates support of a in the field. Schneider said that single issue, one would be dead both before and after 9-11 the wrong. standard practice was for onGenerally, a pink ribbon air staff to refrain from wearis dedicated to breast cancer ing anything which could appear awareness. One color…one cause… symbolic. generally. It can also signify celTo explain his pin absence ebrating responsible birth parents. at the time, Bill O’Reilly of Fox It gets dicey after pink.

News said shortly after 9-11, “I’m Here are just a few for your just a regular guy. Watch me and consideration. Red awareness pins you’ll know what I think without may mean HIV/AIDS awareness, (my) wearing a pin.” however, in certain circumstances I have to admit that I had red can also mean Driving Under absolutely no idea how unaware the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) I was. I merely assumed I knew awareness, heart disease my world and how to show awareness, and a variety of my support. I thought that by medical syndromes awareness. If how I speak, where my harda person wears a purple pin it could earned cash goes, and which meetsignify awareness of Alzheimer’s, ings I attend I could visibly lend my epilepsy, pancreatic cancer (by now backing. I was clueless about all the you think I’m making all this up, colors I was missing! While I’m a don’t you?) fibromyalgia, religious proud American, I don’t think I even tolerance or intolerance, memory of own a flag lapel pin! Yikes!

9-11 victims, Crohn’s disease, colitis, But wait, there’s more! Gray thyroid issues awareness or domespins mean asthma awareness along tic violence awareness. with allergy and diabetes awareGreen pins could mean ness. Silver pins mean elder ecology awareness, organ abuse awareness and brain and tissue donor appreciadisorders awareness. Yellow tion, prostate or ovarian cancer may mean liver or bladder or awareness, and roadway constructesticular cancer awareness, along tion worker safety awareness, with Prisoner Of War/Missing In in addition to missing children Action veteran awareness, or simply awareness or glaucoma and kidney Come Home to someone who’s disease awareness. gone astray.

Then there’s blue. Along with Appropriately, brown pins may signifying drunk driving awareness signify colorectal cancer awareness. (wait, I thought that was red…?)

I’m in way over my head. I there’s anti-tobacco support, antiwonder if there’s an awareness second-hand smoke awareness, pin for complete confusion. freedom of speech support Perhaps plaid. and, (and this one caught me completely by surprise) north Glad her lapels Korean abduction of Japanese can handle anything citizens awareness. White ones may she sticks in ‘em, Sue indicate support of adoptive parcan be reached at ents, awareness of student sexual suehutch1958@ assault or child exploitation, purity gmail.com. and poverty awareness, and, from what I’ve read, was a favorite ribbon color of Pope John Paul II. What a dilemma! If I chose to wear a blue awareness rib-

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August 21, 2013

Family business: A legacy of traveling kitchens

When another vendor

By Erik LeDuc at an event was selling Reporter Indian tacos of their own, erik@ruidosofreepress.com the Prudencios came up There are about 20,000 people living in the 4,831 with a stuffed pizza, though square miles that make up Lincoln County, give or take it wasn’t quite as tasty, at seasonal migrations, which makes remembering your least by Corinne’s estimaneighbors’ names much less of a challenge.

Still, there are some faces and names you’ll bump into tion. A returning bite of innovation at the County Fair more often than others. If you’ve been to even a small came from Fabian – the portion of the year-round festivals across the county, you Burger Dog, which, like it might know Corinne and Fabian Prudencio – they’ll be sounds, consists of a grilled there at most every event and have been for the past sixhot dog on top of a hamodd years. burger – add green chile if Just follow your nose – they’ll be cooking at Prudy’s you feel like it. food stand when they’re not at their weekday jobs.

“We do about 30 of Corinne’s been working for a title company for about 26 these events each year and years and Fabian’s a 15-year county employee.

“The way we got started with the food court, Fabian’s about 10 of them are actually in Lincoln County,” mom and dad used to do this when Fabian and his brothers and sisters were real young,” Corinne said, adding that Corinne said, quickly listing off a few of the events that Fabian’s sister and brother also ran food stands, one in immediately sprung to mind Lincoln County, the other up in Albuquerque. with Fabian offering the It’s kind of a family trade, though the couple hadn’t occasional reminder to fill expected to get into it as well – especially when they first the gaps; “the County Fair, were making money for other people. Specifically, fundCowboy Symposium, the raising to help their son, Patrick, who was then attending Fourth of July in Capitan Hondo schools. for the rodeo, the Art Festi“If they raised money from their freshman year to their senior year, however much money they raised would val at the (Ruidoso) ConErik LeDuc/Ruidoso Free Press vention Center, the Christhelp them go on their senior trip,” she said. “Fabian alServing up sopapillas and other treats at the Lincoln County Fair, the Provencios mas Jubilee and then a few ready had some experience in it, so we did fundraisers for continue their legacy of travelling kitchens. other small ones.” Though the Hondo class and to raise money for our son.” festivals out of the county actually made up the bulk of Patrick’s class got their senior trip and Corinne and sides, started carrying tables and a canopy. Then we kind Fabian found that they actually enjoyed the food court cir- their business, Corinne said they never wandered too far of looked like the Beverly Hillbillies going down the road, from home and they’re cuit, branching out from so Fabian’s mom and dad had an old, old concession they not running year-round. local fundraising to grow used to use when the kids were little that we got.”

“January, February into a reasonably profitCorinne and Fabian remodeled the unit and used it for and March we really able, if sporadic, business. a time, but it was definitely jockeying for antique status. don’t do too much except “After Patrick gradu“About three years ago we actually bought a car hauler the Little League in Ruated, about four years ago, and turned it into a mobile kitchen,” she said. “We still set idoso,” she said. “If they we just kept doing it, for up outside under the canopy, but we take the mobile kitchen – Corrine Provencio don’t have anybody, any ourselves,” she said.”Our with us – it has the grill, the freezer, the refrigerator, the fundraisers that want to very first event was Old counter space and everything. It’s just like a little kitchen on do it, then they’ll ask us to come, just so there’s food there wheels, about 20 feet long. You should see us sometimes – Lincoln Days and (The Last Escape of Billy the Kid pagfor people.” eant).” it’s like a caravan. We feel like we’re part of the circus someDecember’s also off limits, but the rest of the year There’s another youngling that might need some more times, we set up with the same people at a lot of events.” fundraising, but that won’t be for a few more years, she said. they spend their weekends rambling between events.

But the most important growth from the business isn’t “On the south side of New Mexico, we go all the way For now they’re cooking for fun and profit, and they financial or material – it’s the people they meet along the really haven’t had to try too hard to find more venues, she from Las Cruces to Portales,” she said. “And we do one in road.

Carlsbad.” added.

“Most of these events, we never even went before we Further than that simply wasn’t worth the time and gas started doing concessions,” she said. “We’ve made a lot “People would taste our food and then they would invite us to do another event,” she said, chuckling. “Some- it would take to get to the event, set up, cook, pack up and of friends and we meet new people everywhere we go. We still be ready to return to work on Monday, though equiptimes we just have to say ‘no’ because we’re too exhausthave some people, wherever we set up, they follow us. ment they’ve picked up over the years have made traveled from the one before. Our free weekends keep getting There’s a family from Roswell, if we set up in Roswell, ing a bit less of a burden, she said. “Poor Fabian, he’d less and less.” they come eat with us. If they find out we’re set up in load the refrigerator, the grill and everything,” she said.

As for the food, that’s a family recipe.

Capitan, Ruidoso or Alamogordo, they go over there just “With a little bit more money we got a fl atbed trailer with “Fabian’s the cook,” Corinne said. “I make the dough to eat with us.” and my mom helps.” It’s a family business, helped along by a string of relatives ranging from parents to progeny, she explained. “It’s my mom’s recipe for the dough, I do the voluntary, was originally launched in 2003, ALBUQUERQUE — There is another salsa and Fabian does all the cooking before PNM became the electricity providway of supporting wind and solar energy, for the meat. We make our homemade er for customers in Ruidoso, Alamogordo short of building your own wind turbine or salsa fresh for every event, cook evand Silver City. At the time, it was sourced Mexico Wind Energy Center in House, installing panels: PNM Sky Blue. erything on-site.” exclusively with wind power and provided “PNM Sky Blue is an affordable way for New Mexico, and 22,000 solar panels Conditions permitting, they try to the first renewable energy used by PNM being installed exclusively for Sky Blue customers to make the power supply greencook outside. to serve customers. This May, PNM added at a new PNM solar center that will be in er,” said JoAnn Newton, PNM Executive “It draws a crowd when we cook solar energy to the program, reflecting the Director of Marketing and Communications. online this fall. company’s changing energy mix.

Participation costs an extra 1.7 cents PNM customers already get some the dough to make the Indian tacos,” “Our Sky Blue customers are making a per kilowatt-hour over the regular price energy from solar centers and a wind she said. “People really like to watch measurable difference,” said Newton. of electricity, with the customer choosing farm, as well as from nuclear, natural gas us do all that. Our main menu is the Sign up for PNM Sky Blue at PNM. how much they want to purchase up to 90 and coal-fired power plants. Sky Blue lets Indian taco, the stuffed sopaipilla and com/SkyBlue. Learn more about PNM’s customers add more wind and solar energy percent of their monthly use. A 100 kilodeep-fried pies. From there we’ve just growing renewable energy sources at watt-hour block, for example, adds $1.70 to the overall power supply by purchasing added things and changed our menu PNM.com. to the monthly bill.

The program, which is additional energy generated by the New based on where we were and who was selling what.”

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It’s a family business, helped along by a string of relatives, ranging from parents to progeny.

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Another way to support wind and solar energy:

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B U S I N E S S buzz Ribbon cutting

Ashley Hall L.M.T., owner of Serene Massage N’ Wellness Day Spa recently cut the ribbon at 2902 Sudderth. Hall focuses on healing for mind, body and soul.

Dr. Mary “Vickie” Peebles, D.C., specializing in gentle chiropractic care shares the day spa location.

Ruidoso Valley Greeters on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce presented Hall with the turquoise bow symbolizing prosperity and success and a plaque commemorating the day.

Regional attorney honored

Attorney Eric B. Darnell was recently honored by the Texas Bar Foundation. Darnell was elected as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the justice

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system throughout Texas. One-third of one percent of Texas State Bar members are invited to become Fellows every year.

Once nominees are selected, they must be elected by the Texas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees. Membership has increased from 254 Charter Fellows in 1965 to more than 7,500 Fellows throughout Texas.

Darnell is a licensed attorney in all state and federal courts in Texas and New Mexico. Darnell maintains an active litigation docket in both states as well as being licensed and maintaining an active docket in additional, Eric B. Darnell specialized Federal Courts.

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Hard decisions: Ruidoso Home Care and Hospice buyout complete

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com Ruidoso Home Care and Hospice, a long running mainstay of end of life and beginning of recovery care in the county, has gone through some tough times as Medicare reimbursements continue to drop. With Medicare patients making up a significant portion of the hospice’s clients and more anticipated to enroll in the program as the Affordable Care Act marches on, private hospices around the nation are looking at tough choices – sell out, close their doors or stop taking Medicare patients they can no longer afford.

RHCH took the first option, though it took four years for the business, established in 2000, to find a buyer.

“Ruidoso Home Care and Hospice is now owned by Encompass out of Dallas, (Texas),” said Jennifer Chadwick, founder and now administrator and branch director of the hospice. “The move was because in the past six years, this is the seventh year in a row, we have had significant Medicare cuts in reimbursement. It was impossible for me to continue financially to keep the agency open. And with more Medicaid patients it will get harder and harder to make this work.” During the past six years, Chadwick said she has seen reimbursements cut by about 18 percent, trimmed off one to 2 percent at a time.

“We had another 2 percent cut April 1 and we have more cuts planned for the next three consecutive years,” she said. “I really do believe that most small, independent agencies will not survive.”

According to a Reuters report, those cuts are proposed at 3.5 percent each year, already driving home health care stocks down an average of 10 to 20 percent. (http://www. reuters.com/article/2013/06/28/us-homehealth-cms-idUSBRE95R0N720130628) “If people are concerned about this, I would certainly hope that they would write their representative or senators, because this is going to continue,” she said. Ironically, “home health and hospice both are the providers that save

Medicare money, bottom line, by keeping people out of the hospital.”

Though the hospice may provide more direct care to patients, a primary focus of the business is education. By teaching patients and families to manage their ailments, hospice workers improved the quality of life for their patients and worked to help prevent problems and future hospitalizations.

“That’s part our biggest role in home health,” she said.

“We also have nurses, physical therapists, occupational

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Ruidoso Home Care and Hospice is now owned by Encompass out of Dallas.

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therapy, speech therapy, social workers and aides. It’s a very wide spectrum – we take care of people after strokes, after surgeries – especially orthopedic surgeries – heart disease, heart surgeries and we also take care of people with cancer and terminal illnesses.”

Though Encompass is based in Dallas, the company operates approximately 130 hospices scattered across the nation and an administrative network that can survive the reimbursement cuts far better than a solo operation. Without that network to distribute costs across a wider field,

smaller hospices like hers had to struggle just to stay in business, Chadwick explained.

Chadwick mentioned that she had first approached Presbyterian, owners of the Lincoln County Medical Center, about buying out the hospice years ago, but “they weren’t interested. I saw this trend coming several years ago. It was really clear where this was going with Medicare.”

Without the buyout, the hospice would have simply folded when it could no longer endure the cuts.

“I felt like it was very important to have home health and hospice here in the community and as many people as possible keep their jobs,” she said. “It’s worked out pretty well, actually.”

From the 28 people that were employed prior to the buyout last month, Chadwick has retained 25 through the transition. Some additional changes also followed, most notably the discontinuation of service to Corona.

“I have been looking at that closely for the last four years anyway,” she said. “That decision is really based on the fact that it takes one staff person three hours, minimum, of drive time for a visit to Corona. It’s just too far away, and I don’t have the abundance of staff that I can pull one away for a half-day for a visit. It’s purely a logistics and resource management decision.”

The name also will be changing to Encompass Home Health and Hospice, she added. “There also will probably be some insurance we won’t be able to take,” she said. “That was already happening before the ownership change, I had stopped taking Amerigroup insurance and a couple of others that would not pay.”

For more information about Ruidoso Home Care and Hospice, visit them at www.rhch.org/index.html.

For more on Encompass, visit www.ehhi.com.

USDA seeks applicants for funds to assist rural microentrepreneurs WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary the project, this organization has helped 16 Tom Vilsack announced the availability of microenterprises with direct loans totaling loan and grant funds to support rural micro$650,000 that have created or saved 67 jobs. entrepreneurs and microenterprises.

The businesses supported include medical “By supporting very small business offices, and retail, restaurant and manufacenterprises through the Rural Microentrepreturing operations. neur Assistance Program, USDA has been Since the program began, USDA has able to direct assistance to small firms that provided 97 loans totaling more than $37 milotherwise might not be able to obtain credit,” lion and 124 grants totaling more than $9.5 said Vilsack. “This program has shown that million to 110 MDOs. These organizations even a modest investment of federal dollars used the USDA funding to make more than can have a huge impact for the local economy 760 microloans to 712 rural microenterprises. in small towns across rural America.”

This assistance to individual businesses has Tom Vilsack Despite budget uncertainties, USDA created or saved an estimated 2,700 jobs. remains focused on strengthening the rural Secretary Vilsack said that today’s aneconomy. nouncement is another reminder of the imporUSDA’s Rural Microentrepreneur Astance of USDA programs, such as RMAP, for sistance Program (RMAP) was established rural America. A comprehensive new Food, under the 2008 Farm Bill to support the Farm and Jobs Bill would further expand the development and ongoing success of rural rural economy, Vilsack added, saying that’s microentrepreneurs and microenterprises, just one reason why Congress must get a which are defined as rural businesses with comprehensive Bill done as soon as possible.

10 or fewer employees. About $12.2 million USDA, through its Rural Development will be provided to eligible applicants this mission area, has a portfolio of programs year. Under the program, USDA may provide designed to improve the economic stability loans of up to $500,000 to Microenterprise of rural communities, businesses, residents, Development Organizations (MDOs). farmers and ranchers and improve the qualThey, in turn, make microloans for ity of life in rural America. USDA has made Terry Brunner business start-up or development to eligible a concerted effort to deliver results for the microentrepreneurs who are unable to obtain American people, even as the Department conventional credit elsewhere. Grants of up to $30,000 are implements sequestration – the across-the-board budget available for MDOs to provide technical assistance and reductions mandated under terms of the Budget Control Act. training, particularly in rural areas that have experienced USDA has already undertaken historic efforts since significant outmigration. USDA does not directly provide 2009 to save more than $828 million in taxpayer funds funds to the ultimate recipients. through targeted, common-sense budget reductions. These RMAP applications are due by September 13, 2013. reductions have put USDA in a better position to carry out More information about how to apply is available in the its mission, while implementing sequester budget reductions August 14, 2013 Federal Register. View it here: www.gpo. in a fair manner that causes as little disruption as possible. gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-08-14/pdf/2013-19765.pdf, or by contacting any USDA Rural Development state office.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To RMAP funds have helped a number of small businesses file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of since the program began. In 2010, USDA provided the the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of AdjudicaSouthern Illinois Coal Belt Champion Community, Inc., a tion, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250$500,000 loan and $187,000 grant to capitalize a revolving 9410 or call 1-866-632-9992 (toll-free customer service), loan fund and provide technical assistance for microbusi1-800-877-8339 (local or federal relay), 1-866-377-8642 nesses in rural southern Illinois. In the first three years of (Relay voice users).

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Conflict resolution – Understanding the mediation process Mediation is an excellent way to resolve problems at all stages. Whether issues involve: interpersonal, business relations or family matters, all sides benefit greatly from the mediation process. When you take the time to work out your differences, you can expect a win-win for all the parties involved or at the very least you will come away with an understanding of the “other side of the issue.” Come learn the basics of how to use mediation techniques to better understand and resolve all types of issues or conflict. Presented at the Ruidoso Public Library on Friday, Aug. 23, at 11 a.m. with Richard Aguilar providing an in-depth walk through of this powerful method.

Aguilar will present the principals of mediation, how to be an active listener and to use a humanistic approach to better understand, and ultimately resolve, conflict. Through audience interaction, he’ll guide you through situations that are common to conflict and provide real world methods to avoid negative “positional posturing”.

Richard Aguilar is developing a mediation practice for Southern New Mexico to provide a method for solving problems that could escalate to the court system. Having recently received his mediation certification from the School of Law at the University of New Mexico, Aguilar also has experience in conflict resolution from more than 12 years in the corporate arena.

Aguilar co-founded two national internet mortgage companies based in Overland Park, Kansas. As vice-president, he honed his conflict management skills dealing with hundreds of clients and employees each month.

Originally from Tularosa, Aguilar returned to Southeastern New Mexico six years ago. He has held the position of executive director for the Ruidoso Valley Economic Development Corporation and served as a Planning and Zoning commissioner for the Village of Ruidoso, Extra Territorial Zone.

For more information call Ruidoso Public Library at 575-258-3704. The library is located at 107 Kansas City Road. Hours are: Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. http://www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl/ or http://ruidosopubliclibrary.blogspot.com/.

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Ruidoso Home Care & Hospice Foundation

Butterfly release

At left, Wilma and Jerry Maloy watch as their Monarch butterfly takes flight during the Ruidoso Home Care & Hospice Foundation’s annual Butterfly Release. The event, aside from raising funds for end of life care at the hospice, commemorates family and friends lost. The Maloys were remembering Joe Maloy, husband, father and long-time Ruidoso resident and business owner.

Below right, Emir Wilson of Fort Worth, stares intently at a butterfly, temptingly close to his nose.

Wilson’s family attended the event during their visit to help support the foundation.

Below left, RaeLeigh Chadwick places a butterfly, still dozing from its cryogenic trip from California, onto a Butterfly Bush lent to feed the hungry insects from Seasons Nursery.

Photos by Erik LeDuc/Ruidoso Free Press

Clockwise, from left, Ruth Ann Eledge of Austin, freed her butterfly with thoughts of her grandson and father in mind.

Aubryn, Dana and Averyn Jensen watch as their butterfly begins to stir. The local family was attending in memory of departed family members.

Kaycee Whipple listens for the first scratchings of her Lepidoptra. She was attending in memory of her grandfather, Paul Jones.

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August 21, 2013

Carrizozo at work: Town accepted to Frontier Communities Program

nounced some news on the local library

By Erik LeDuc project.

Reporter “On Saturday, Aug. 24, the Carrizozo erik@ruidosofreepress.com Library Committee has a fundraiser schedCARRIZOZO — Trustee Ray Dean reported good news for the town’s advertising uled,” he said. “There’s a bunch of really initiatives following Carrizozo’s acceptance need stuff available at affordable prices.”

Proceeds will go toward establishing a into the Frontier Communities Initiative public library for the town, alongside six other towns out though that endeavor is still of the 16 that applied. a ways off, he said.

The program is similar Those wishing to volunto the state’s MainStreet teer to help with the library, Program, but centered to donate, or to get more around small communities information may contact with populations fewer than Committee President Sheila 7,500. The municipalities Lynch at 575-648-2233. accepted – Carrizozo, CoDean also listed off lumbus, Hurley, Madrid, the some coming concerts with Moriarty section of Route Music in the Parks, starting 66, Santa Clara and Wagon with an Aug. 22 concert by Mound; will receive help the Bosque Bassoon Band, to advertise and brand their Gov. Susana Martinez 7 p.m. at the Trinity United particular image while the Methodist Church with a program, signed into law by pre-show dinner at 5 p.m.

Gov. Susana Martinez this Next up is a Sept. 1 perforyear, steps out of the trial mance from Timberwolf, phase.

5 p.m. at McDonald Park. “’This program will On the following day Paul strengthen some of our Piño and the Tone Daddies, treasured historic communialong with local musician ties in New Mexico,’ I quote Susan Kolb will be perthe Governor, ‘by creating forming from 10 a.m. to economic development proj3 p.m. for the Street Fair. ects in the heart of some of Lastly, at least for now, will our most treasured historic be the Albuquerque Woodrural communities in New win Quintet, 7 p.m. at the Mexico,’” Dean read. “I’d Sen. Phil Griego Trinity United Methodist especially like to thank our Church. legislators, Sen. Phil Griego and Nora Espinoza, they supported this from the getLook at co-op go and helped get it through Trustees also heard the legislation.” a presentation by local The program was grantgrantwriter Steve Duffey on ed a $100,000 legislative utilizing space in town for a appropriation to establish Lincoln County farmer’s coitself, hire staff and begin op, though any action will forming a program to aid the be quite a ways off. communities. Though the “The concept I wanted program wouldn’t provide to talk with you about is an any funding for the town, issue that faces our whole Sen. Nora Espinoza there would be benefits that community, this would be would, hopefully, allow the a county-wide food co-optown to better fund itself by becoming more erative,” Duffey said. “How the food co-op appealing to new residents, tourists and works is like a buying club. It becomes a travelers, he said. very big, very viable business if you get a “There are four tracks you can apply lot of people involved.” for,” he said. “Carrizozo Works applied for As each member establishes a semibranding and image development – beregular buying schedule the co-op can look fore you can sell something, it needs to be at bulk rates for items – one pound of coffee branded. The Economic Development Debecomes a lot cheaper per person when the partment will be in the process through the co-op can order 250 pounds in a go. Memnext year for an image development probership fees, as of yet undecided, would gram for Carrizozo, so this should be fun.” help support some of the co-op’s functions But, like any other local initiative, half while still offering non-member rates if the battle is selling the idea to the commusomeone wanted to give it a try without nity to ensure the local support to make the commitment, he said. program a success.

“Not that our intention is compete For more information on the Frontier with the small grocery stores – we actually Communities Program, visit http://www. want to work with them and have business gonm.biz/Frontier_Communities.aspx. members as well,” Duffey clarified, adding Speaking on local support, Dean anthat some restaurants had already expressed

Ruidoso Magistrate Court Probation violation

James E. Frohnhofer, 45, of Clovis, appeared in court on Aug. 14. He was ordered to continue on probation and was given credit for 36 days served at Lincoln County Detention Center.

Fraquio B. Silva, 30, of Ruidoso, appeared in court on Aug. 15. He was ordered to serve 90 days at LCDC, receiving credit for 65 days served. He was also fined at $58 a day for time served. Silva also pled no contest to driving on a revoked license and was given 334 days probation and fined $381 in fees and court costs.

Emerson Pino, 34, or Mescalero, appeared in court on Aug. 15. He was given credit for 37 days served at LCDC and fined at $58 per day.

DWI

Grover J. Nolan, 53, pled no contest to charges on Aug. 14 and was sentenced a 90-day suspended sentence, with a year in supervised probation and $341 in fines and court fees.

Sabino A. Sandoval, 80, pled no contest on Aug. 14 and was sentenced to 364 days of a suspended sentence. He must undergo supervised probation for three years and was fined $741 in court costs and fees.

Thomas G. Schauer, 35, pled no contest on Aug. 14 and was sentenced to 90 days suspended, 364 days supervised probation and charged $241 in court fees.

Jeromy W. Weise, 31, was found guilty on Aug. 14 and was sentenced to 355 days suspended, three years probation and was funed $741 in fees and court costs.

Martha C. Stokes, 61, pled no contest on Aug. 15 and was sentenced to 90 days suspended, 364 days supervised probation and fined $441 in court costs and fees.

Battery

Kaceney A. Wilson, 23, was found guilty for battery on a household member and possession of drug paraphernalia on Aug. 15. The defendant was sentenced to 363 days supervised probation and charged $148 in court fees.

Raymone Allen, 34, was found guilty on Aug. 15 of battery on a household member and larceny and was sentenced to 182 days supervised probation. He was also fined $273 in fees and court costs.

Disorderly conduct

Abraham K. Duffy, 30, was found guilty on Aug. 15 and was sentenced to 123 days suspended with 59 days of credit for time served. He was also charged $73 in court fees.

Resisting arrest

Timothy Cole, 21, was found guilty on Aug. 15 and sentenced to a 322-day suspended sentence with supervised probation.

He was also fined $373.

interest in becoming a part of the co-op. “If the pricing could be held down, if we could get higher quality foods at more affordable prices – for anyone that’s interested in organic foods or real health foods you have to travel, as you know, to Ruidoso for what I would consider very high prices. There’s a lot of people in Lincoln County shopping elsewhere for higher quality foods.”

Also, it would cut down on the time between farm and table, he added. “The average food item travels about 5,000 miles before it reaches the table.”

A survey circulated by co-op planning participants had returned very positive results, with about nine-tenths of respondents supporting the idea and expressing an interest in purchasing organic foods through the co-op. Early estimates for membership were at 250 people per year, though Duffey said the hope is that interest will be even higher.

He also expressed a tentative interest in the Valle del Sol Clubhouse to host the prospective co-op depot, but trustees dissuaded him, mainly on account of parking – the lack of commercial access to the property would be prohibitive to frequent, large deliveries.

“We’d love to have you here, maybe we can work something out with another building or something,” Trustee Yovanne Lucero said. “I just don’t think the clubhouse would be feasible for something like that.”

But the old hardware store might fit the bill, Mayor Wes Lindsay mused. “We’d love to have you in Carrizozo, we need something like that and I think we could do it.”

It’s something to keep in mind, Duffey said, happy to have a receptive audience for the idea.

Other business

 Though July had been fairly quiet for the Carrizozo Police Department, the end of August would make up for lost time as an Operation DWI Superblitz gets underway. The initiative will run from Aug. 16 for three weeks, through Memorial Day weekend, Carrizozo Police Chief Stephen Barnett said.

Over the month the department received 171 calls, issued 38 traffic citations and filed two misdemeanor cases – about one fifth of the case log this time last year, he said.

“It’s been an outstanding month for this town,” Barnett said of the case log.

“This time last year we had nine. I attribute that to my officers and the town pulling together and coming to us with situations that need to be handled by the police department.”

Enforcement of the town’s nuisance ordinance will be back on track shortly, as the magistrate court had recently read through and approved the rule.

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Five new letters had been subsequently sent out to property owners in violation of the town’s ordinance, Barnett added.

“They’ll take them in their court now.”

 Carrizozo’s Maintenance Foreman, Joey Thornton, reported that the town was making use of new, used culverts obtained at “at a big time reduced rate” from Capitan to improve drainage in “troubled areas.”

Erosion control continued to occupy most of the department’s time, he added.  Lucero, helped along by former Fire Chief Walter Hill, provided a bit of information on the town’s volunteer fire department in lieu of Chief LeeRoy Zamora, who was not at the meeting.

The department had received about $1,500 in donations from “passing the boot” during the Fourth of July festivities. The fireworks cost about $4,500, Hill said.  Hill also reported on some youth athletics for the town and thanked the many people that have helped the little leagues along.

“On behalf of the Carrizozo Little League Baseball, T-Ball and Soccer clubs and, most importantly, the kids of our community that participate in our program, the department expresses our deep appreciation for the parents and generous people that help support the Little League programs,” he said. “This was a very successful season and I feel we can continue to improve on our sports facilities and programs for the youth of our community.”

Financially, the program was doing pretty well, he added.

“We started the season with $300, but we took in a total amount of $4,484,” Hill said.

So far the clubs have spent $2,995 on trophies and uniforms, leaving about $1,289 remaining for other expenses, he said.  Trustees approved Mesa Verde, an Alamogordo-based company, to work on rehabilitating the airport apron.

The company submitted the low bid of $439,061.61, under the Armstrong Consultants estimate, $531,955, and the competing R.L. Leeder Company’s proposed $475,155.70.

The project is scoped to cover the removal and replacement of asphalt on part of the runway, drainage control and other maintenance. After grants and assistance from NM Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration, the town is projected to pay about $116 for the project, according to Armstrong Consultants’ estimates.

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“If you don’t immediately dry out your home and clean your belongings, you could be setting yourself up for problems down the road,” said Department of Health Secretary Retta Ward, MPH. “As you are cleaning up after a flood and during rainy season, be on the lookout for mold.”

Mold is part of nature’s decay process.

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August 21, 2013

Capitan approves project amendments

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com CAPITAN — Trustees are taking another look at funding for a water storage tank repair project.

“This is the painting and repair,” Capitan Mayor Sam Hammons said.

The project would be for one tank, located behind the school, unless funds stretched a bit further, he said. “I think we’ve got enough money for the one behind the bull barn, but we’ll have to wait and see.”

Village Clerk Kay Strickland said the agenda item was there so trustees could “approve the way the money will be split up. The water trust board gave us a grant for 60 percent, which is $24,150. We have to take out a loan through the Finance Authority for $16,100 and our 10 percent match is $4,025.”

Trustee Diane Riska asked if the item already was in the budget, but Finance Director Shirley Pavlovic answered it was not yet.

Still on the subject of water, trustees amended their agreement with Dennis Engineering for improvements to the village’s wastewater treatment plant.

“This is the project where we’re draining the ponds and removing sludge,” Hammons explained, followed by Trustee Diane Riska. “The amendment is just some changes to their charges.”

The adjustment would raise one expense item from $6,918.68 to $8,913.68 while lowering others, moving expenses from the design phase into “additional services,” Strickland said. “It’s just moving money, it’s not going to increase the total amount.

Hammons said he wasn’t sure if there would be any changes to the timetable to complete the project. “It might be this year, it might be next year.”

Other business

 Trustees also took another look at planting trees along East Creek Road, an item tabled at the previous meeting while village staff worked to determine on whose property, village or private, the potential project would be on.

“It belongs to Conquest Developments,” Hammons reported.

Unfortunately that means the project would not be getting underway, at least not by the village, as “you can’t plant trees on someone’s land,” something that would violate anti-donation laws, Trustee Lilly Bradley said. “I went down that road and it’s really ugly – there are no trees, so I came back and wanted to put it on the agenda. But if it didn’t belong to us, you can’t put trees in.”

Trustees speculated on other possible options, such as requesting Conquest Developments plant trees as part of larger landscaping plans, but had to drop the idea without planning any plantings. The developer had not been approached on the issue, Ham-

mons said.  Capitan will be advertising to fill a gap in its law enforcement, following the resignation of Kevin Kennedy, effective Aug. 17.

“I’m sad you’re leaving,” Riska said to Kennedy as trustees prepared to accept the former police officer’s resignation.

“I would just like to say that Kevin has been a real asset to our community,” Bradley said, followed by applause from trustees and audience members. “I hate to see him go.”

Kennedy would be moving over to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy, Hammons said. “I’m sure he’ll continue to do good work.”

After reluctantly accepting Kennedy’s resignation, trustees moved on to find his replacement with pay to be based on the certified officer’s experience.

The starting rate is $14.75, Strickland said.  Trustees also approved a motion to go out for bids, again, on the pile of used culverts taking up space near the septic treatment lagoons. Trustees had previously batted around the prospect of allowing Greentree Solid Waste Authority to remove the metal for free, but were now taking a second look at the prospect.

“There are some good ones that we can get some money out of,” Hammons said. “We’ve already sold some to Carrizozo, because we can trade between entities. But there are some private people that want some, and it’s better to sell them. We’ll get a couple bucks per foot out of them and (GSWA) will take all the junk ones.”

The village had previously advertised the culverts, but had received no bids until afterward, he added.

“I’m sure a lot of people just didn’t see it,” Riska said, moving to go out for bids a second time.  Trustees also approved a Fire Protection Fund carry-over request, looking forward to purchasing more equipment for the village’s volunteer fire department.

“In order to carry funds from the Fire Protection Fund, you must have approval from the state Fire Marshal’s office,” Pavlovic said. “The request for the approval must be to them by Aug. 31.”

The village intended to use the carry-over funds, totalling $312,420.25, along with $213,263 from the new budget to purchase a new pumper engine ordered in February, expected to arrive in October, she said.

“The remaining $99,157.45 in the Fire Protection Fund monies will be used toward the purchase of an attack truck and a command vehicle,” she continued, adding that the request had been read and approved by the volunteer fire department’s chief, David Cox.

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August 21, 2013

Santa Rita Fiesta returns to Carrizozo

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com Whether you prefer to call it Santa Rita or the anglicized St. Rita, the small Carrizozo parish is a hub for events and fundraisers in the windswept town on the plains of Lincoln County.

Traditional enchilada dinners, bake sales, christmas ornament sales, dances and, most recently, the Santa Rita Fiesta have gone through, though not all of the help stays local – they’ve got more than themselves to look out for.

“We’re one church with three parishes,” Liz Duran, a volunteer organizer at the festival, explained.

“There’s only one priest for three churches. The one in Capitan is Sacred Heart and the one in Corona is St. Theresa. It’s like mission churches, he goes to three different locations on Saturday and Sunday.”

So, rather than being able to devote all his time to one town, Fr. Mike Williams spends a lot of time driving between the churches. This also means that fundraisers are split

roughly between the three churches, though they’re mostly on an as-needed basis, the biggest being the Santa Rita Fiesta, which occurred over the weekend. Typically the fundraisers do rather well, drawing close to $1,000 or above for well-attended events, though the churches are by no means doing well off. Fr. Wiliams still chips in his own money to fill the occasional gap, she said.

“It’s for paying the bills, anything to do with our church,” she said.

“We do anything anybody can think of – we did an enchilada dinner a few months ago, raising money to stucco the walls. That’ll take a few months to do because everybody works on it in their spare time – that’s mainly the Knights of Columbus, an independent Catholic men’s organization.”

The group’s activities, which include the occasional fundraiser, differ from the church’s in that they work for only one parish, Santa Rita, in their hometown of Carrizozo, she added. “The Knights put on the annual Blessing of the Bikes, people come from all over for that, and that money’s spent on St. Rita.”

As for Liz and her husband, Sam, they’re fairly recent additions to the fiesta.

“Sam and I have been here for four years, just joining in on the festivities,” Liz said.

About three years ago the Durans jumped in to help the fiesta, varying in attendance from year-to-year, and had stuck with it since. Their first year was well attended, raising a good chunk of change for the three parishes. Last year wasn’t so good, she admitted, but this year’s fiesta had done very well with the addition of more events to draw residents and visitors, she said.

Horshoe tournaments, ballet recitals, 50/50 drawings, dinner, live music, vendors, a basketball tournament and the unique sport of cabbage ball are all good fun, but the important part is to bring the community and the parish together, even if the budget doesn’t cover a fresh coat of paint for the church’s walls, bricks outlined by decades-old peeling paint.

“That’s why we do this, just for Christian fellowship, just to bring the community together,” Liz said.

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Though the basketball tournament was long over, an open court was as good as an invitation to Carl Barela, left, and Xavier Zamora.

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Left, Susana Toler’s young dance class put on a performance on Saturday for the fiesta.

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Carrizozo resident, historian and writer Polly E. Chavez, right, and many others were out for a day of fun at the fiesta, dining on freshly cooked food between events.

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Carrizozo’s Chief of Police Stephen J. Barnett manning a DARE promotional booth at the fiesta. Chief Barnett just returned from the annual New Mexico DARE Associational In-Service Training Conference that took place in Las Cruces, where he was re-elected the NMDOA’s Public Information Officer. Barnett said he’s looking forward to teaching this year’s Carrizozo 5th graders.

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Wagon Tales rolls to fastest time

Aug. 23 Pro baseball Texas at Chicago White Sox, 6 p.m.

Aug. 24 Pro baseball Texas at Chicago White Sox, 5 p.m.

Aug. 25 Pro baseball Texas at Chicago White Sox, noon

Aug. 26 Pro baseball Texas at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Aug. 27 Pro baseball Texas at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Sports Results

Aug. 17

Softball Mountain Double Up at Eagle Creek Mixed D Jacked Up Alamo 15, Dinè/Native Hitterz 5 Dirty Dozen 16, Quarters Coed 6 Dang-Hitz 11, Aces 9 The Mix 18, Mescalero Homies 2 Sangre 12, Aztecs 9 Dang-Hitz 13, Ka-O-Tik 10 Aztecs 15, Mescalero Homies 5 Bust-N-Balls 12, Diné/Native Hitterz 11 Boom 27, Quarters Coed 6 Sangre 12, Dirty Dozen 4 Pitch Slap 17, Dang-Hitz 7 Aztecs 17, Dang-Hitz 2

Aug. 18 Softball Mountain Double Up at Eagle Creek Mixed D FTP/FTB 15, Sangre 10 Honey Badgers 17, Sangre 16 Schedule is subject to change

Sports Upcoming

Aug. 23 Horse racing Maiden, claiming and allowance racing at Ruidoso Downs, 1 p.m.

Disc golf Professional Disc Golf Association state championship at Grindstone Dam, 8:30 a.m.

Aug. 24 Horse racing Maiden, claiming and allowance racing at Ruidoso Downs, 1 p.m.

Disc golf Professional Disc Golf Association state championship at Grindstone Dam, 10 a.m.

Aug. 25 Horse racing Maiden, claiming and allowance racing at Ruidoso Downs, 1 p.m.

Disc golf Professional Disc Golf Association state championship at Grindstone Dam, 9 a.m.

Aug. 26 Horse racing Maiden, claiming and allowance racing at Ruidoso Downs, 1 p.m.

Aug. 27 Volleyball Hondo at NMMI, 5:30 p.m.

Roswell at Ruidoso, 6 p.m.

Boys soccer Goddard at Ruidoso, 4 p.m.

THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL:

Hes Relentless and EspeBy Todd Fuqua and Ty Wyant cially Tres, who each hold spots For the Ruidoso Free Press among the top 10 horses in the After just four races on Friday, national poll, set the pace with the fastest qualifier to this year’s All the top two times from the first American Futurity had already been 14 trials, but other top 10 horses determined. in the weekly AQHAracing.com/ Wagon Tales, a transfer in from Horseplayernow.com national Retama Park, turned on the jets in poll did not fare as well. Seventhhis first race in two months to turn ranked Coronado Cartel could apin a time of 21.021 seconds, outdispear in the All American Juvenile tancing Skuze Pleeze by a length in while top-ranked Big Biz Perry the second day of futurity trials at and fifth-ranked Wr Golden Eagle Ruidoso Downs. The race was fast did not record times in the top 10 enough that Skuze Pleeze was the marks on Thursday afternoon. second fastest horse on the day and The other horse assured a third fastest overall in qualifying for spot in the All American Futurity the Labor Day final. was Houdini.

Fatal Policy showed in the race Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press The Amber Blair-trained Hes with the fifth-fastest time of 21.412.

Cody Jensen rode Wagon Tales (10) to a victory over Scuze Relentless should move up from Those times withstood the Pleeze during the second day of trials to this year’s All Amerihis 10th spot in the poll after his remaining 10 trials, as a stiff headimpressive win over third-fastest wind greeted every horse from then can Futurity on Friday at Ruidoso Downs Race Track. Wagon Tales was the fastest qualifi er for both days with a time of qualifier Handsome Jack Flash in on.

21.021 seconds. the eighth trial. The Cody Rodger “He broke really well from the Smith-ridden Hes Relentless was th gate,” said jockey Cody Jensen of Wagon Tales ended up about 1/10 of a timed in 21.148 seconds over 440 yards while Wagon Tales’ performance. “He’s a big, rangy second faster than Hes Relentless, the fastest Handsome Jack Flash received a 21.209 time. quarter-mile type of horse. I knew that Skuze horse after the first day of trials and the horse You N How Many More and Fly Thru Pleeze was a really nice horse and that if I that finished in front in June’s $1 million The Fire each won their 440-yard trials in could beat him we’d do well.”

Heritage Place Futurity at Retama Park.

21.267 seconds, forcing the blind shake for the final spot after the first day of trials.

KH Logax Inc.’s homebred You N How Many More, second in the $750,000 Ruidoso Futurity, won the shake, relegating Fly Thru The Fire, owned

by R.D. Hubbard, Johnny Cope and Butch Southway, Gay Harris/Ruidoso Downs Race Track to the $75,000 All Hes Relenteless (3) just holds off Handsome Jack Flash in the eighth trial to the All American Futurity at Ruidoso American Juvenile.

Downs on Thursday. Hes Relentless turned in a time of 21.148 seconds, the fastest on the day.

Bon Accord pulls upset in derby trials

By Todd Fuqua and Ty Wyant For the Ruidoso Free Press For one horse, the 10th race on Saturday’s program at Ruidoso Downs Race Track didn’t go as planned at all.

For one long shot, it went perfectly.

Wicked Courage came into the race – the ninth trial for this year’s All American Derby – as the winner of the Ruidoso and Rainbow derbies looking for the triple crown sweep.

He’s looking to become the first horse to win the Ruidoso, Rainbow and All American derbies since DM Shicago in 2005.

He’d also be only the fourth horse to do it, as My Easy Credit in 1977 and Dash For Speed in 1988 pulled off the feat when the first derby of the summer was known as the Kansas Derby.

Wicked Courage was the prohibitive favorite Saturday, almost paying even money for a win, but then something unexpected happened.

Wicked Courage stumbled out of the gate and found himself almost dead last right away.

He made a good effort to finish second, but ultimately couldn’t catch up to a horse named Bon Accord.

The gelding – owned by

Garvin Kelly, Nancy Yearsley and Vinewood Farms of Oklahoma – not only won in his first race since May, he turned in a time of 20.977 seconds, the fastest time of the day.

Wicked Courage is still in the All American final, his time of 21.164 is still second fastest overall, but it was his first loss in 10 starts. The last time he didn’t finish first was a full year ago during trials to the All American Futurity.

“He stumbled and you can’t win them all,” said Wicked Courage’s jockey Cody Jensen. “All good things must come to an end.

Don’t worry about it.”

With the unexpected victory came a high reward for bettors, as Bon Accord paid $70.20 on a $2 win bet.

“Honestly, coming into this race, I just wanted to finish close to Wicked Courage and qualify.

He’s a great horse and if we could be close to him we would be in the hunt (to qualify),” said Bon Accord’s trainer Juan Aleman.

“We liked this horse since he was two. He’s had talent and we’ve been working with him and made some equipment changes. He worked great here.”

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Hughes getting down to business with Tigers from last year’s team, along with Thomas Fields, Elijah

By Todd Fuqua Lloyd, Dillon Trapp, Phillip Payan, Tell Lawrance, Sports Editor Robert Miller, Dominique Salcido and Typhen Bason. todd@ruidosofreepress.com “That’s a pretty good nucleus,” Hughes said. “We It might seem a tall order for a coach to take over have some talent here that will surprise some people. a football program that’s just a year removed from an We just have to get the green-ness out of them.” appearance in the state championship, but Jim Hughes Getting that green-ness out might take some time is no stranger to challenges. and hard-knocks before the Tigers start winning, but Hughes took over the Capitan program in the sumthat’s nothing new. Last year, Capitan was 0-3 with mer, moving in from Wilcox, Ariz. to take the reigns. losses to Fort Sumner, Jal and Hagerman before defeatThe Tigers were 8-4 last year, going undefeated in ing Estancia 47-8 and going on an 8-game win streak.

District 3-1A and falling at the end of the season to That win streak included playoff victories over Fort Escalante in the Class 1A championship game.

Sumner and Hagerman.

Hughes is no stranger to regular season triumph and “Going though last year’s experience will help this post-season disappointment. In 2009, Wilcox lost the team a lot,” Hughes said. “They know they can fight Class 2A state championship game, then went 10-0 in through it and won’t hit the panic button. Kids are more the following season before falling to Thatcher in the resilient than we think.” first round of the playoffs.

Erik LeDuc/Ruidoso Free Press Like all schools this size, Capitan is constantly He’s hoping the same type of pattern doesn’t repeat Capitan head football coach Jim Hughes (orange shirt) treading water in terms of numbers, meaning a stubbed in Capitan. shouts encouragement to a pair of Tigers during drills at toe can create havoc in the lineup.

The real challenge is numbers. There aren’t a whole Tiger Field on Aug. 15.

It’s a situation that has Hughes’ complete attention lot of boys to choose from in the first place, and even right now.

Capitan lost a huge core of talented seniors from last fewer that have reported to work since practice began “I’m still focused on who my left and right tackles season’s squad, and it’s Hughes’ challenge to rebuild and on Aug. 5. and center will be,” Hughes said. “I’m not worrying about reload some gaps.

“We’re getting there, it’s just taking a while,” Hughes what everyone else has. We just have to prepare ourIt’s not like the Tigers don’t have anybody back. Rusaid. “We’d hope there’d be more players out, but we’ve selves.” ben Mendoza is returning at quarterback with experience still had a good turnout.”

’Zozo gridders seeking playoff return this season

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Even with low numbers and injuries, Carrizozo’s football team had a pretty

successful season last year.

After going 7-3 in the regular season – and 2-2 in District 2-eight man – the Grizzlies fell to Foothill in the first round of the state

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Josh Ventura returns a kick during football practice at Carrizozo’s Laabs Field, Thursday.

playoffs.

This season, secondyear coach Kevin Sheehan believes Carrizozo can do better, if they stay healthy.

“We’ve got good leadership with five seniors, and all will start,” Sheehan said.

“This is a good place to start from.”

Jace Hill is back from shoulder surgery and will likely start at quarterback.

He’ll be joined by fellow seniors Nick Chavez, Dalton Vega, Zachary Zamora and Lowery Johnson. With the exception of Johnson – a transfer in from Wyoming – all the seniors have been playing on the team since they were freshmen.

This year, the season starts where last season ended – with a game against Foothill at home on Aug. 30. As Foothill is a reforma-

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Berkman might not be back until Sept. 1

By T.R. Sullivan MLB.com ARLINGTON -- Designated hitter Lance Berkman, who has been on the 15-day disabled list since July 7, said he doesn’t expect to be activated until Sept. 1 when the roster is expanded. Berkman, who is dealing with inflammation in his left hip and a chronic sore right knee, said he is willing to wait that long even though he’s ready to be activated now.

“In a perfect world, Sept. 1 would be tomorrow,” Berkman said. “But it’s not. The situation is a difficult one for the organization. The roster, the way it is configured, doesn’t lend itself to a change because it would leave us short in other areas. The best thing for us is to wait until Sept. 1, unless somebody gets hurt.”

Bowling RUIDOSO BOWLING CENTER Tuesday summer team standings, week 11 of 14 Name Won Lost Four Feathers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 15 Split Happens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 20 Village Butter Balls. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 21 Time Out Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 21 3 Old Farts & a Kid . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 21 Team Zocca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 23 Grissoms Raiders . . . . . . . . . . . . 20½ 23½ The Outlaws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19½ 24½ Strike Ballz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 25 Ball Busters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 26

Last week’s high scores Handicap series – 3 Old Farts & a Kid, 2,549, Time Out Team 2,526, Grissoms Raiders 2.522 Handicap game – Four Feathers 893, Village Butter Balls 864, The outlaws 864 Men’s handicap series – Doland Yeager 716, Billy Weddige 699, Ruben 680 Men’s handicap game – Ronnie Wright 262, Mike Mazur 257, Chris, John Cardone 252 Women’s handicap series – Pam Bernard 701, Kathy Kiefer 679, Misty Barnes 637 Women’s handicap game – Diana Prouse 247, Millie Cimarron 239, Cindy Sanchez 227

tory school in Albuquerque, the Falcons are difficult to scout because their lineup can change almost from one week to the next.

So, Sheehan is just working on getting his team ready for all sorts of possibilities, and getting ready for a wide-open District 2 this season that has been pared down to just three teams.

Mountainair – always a state contender – and Alamo Navajo make up the district opponents. Gone are Tatum, Floyd/Elida, Melrose and defending state champion Gateway Christian to District 3.

While things may look a little easier for the Grizzlies

with the departure of those power teams, Sheehan isn’t taking anything for granted.

“We’re the only threeteam district in the state,

and it should be a battle,” Sheehan said. “If we do what we have to and stay healthy, we should get into the playoffs.”

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By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Last season for the Ruidoso boys soccer team was a disappointment – there’s no way to avoid that fact.

The Warriors finished 5-12 overall and were 2-6 in District 3-1A/3A, not earning a berth in the state playoffs. Considering the senior leadership and experience that squad had, Ruidoso coach Aaron Romero feels they should have done better.

“I figured the guys that are back would remember that and come back ready to work,” Romero said. “They did work and play in a league through the summer, we’ll see how they do.”

The Warriors actually have a lot of experience returning to the team with seven seniors – Efran Roque, Jonathan Ortega, Carlos Ortega, Raul Tello, Ernesto Ybarra, Tyler Dowling and Bobby Blaine.

Of that group, only Blaine – who moved to Ruidoso in the spring from Virginia – was not on the team last season.

There’s eight returning starters, which is big for a soccer team. But there’s not

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Ruidoso boys soccer coach Aaron Romero (top) leads his team through warm-up exercises before practice at W.D. Horton Stadium. much beyond the starting 11.

“We’ll need all the kids we can get, all hands on deck,” Romero explained. “I’m

Softball rolls on at Eagle Creek

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com The summer’s not quite over for USSSA softball at Eagle Creek Complex, as the Mountain Double Up brought co-ed teams from around southern New Mexico over the weekend.

There were five local teams, but only one was able to get close to the final game.

Sangre won their first two games of the double-elimination bracket, brushing aside Aztecs and Dirty Dozen before dropping a 15-10 decision to FTP/FTB on Sunday morning.

With that loss, Sangre took on Honey Badgers and lost by one run, 17-16, to bring their tournament to an end with a fifth-place finish.

FTP/FTB ended up winning the tournament with a 15-9 victory over Mutiny out of Hobbs.

Other local teams included Dang-Hitz, which also won its first two games before falling 17-7 to Pitch Slap. DangHitz then lost 17-2 to the Aztecs to bring their tournament to a close.

Quarters Coed, Diné/Native Hitterz and Mescalero Homies all were done after two games.

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Dang Hitz third basemen awaits the throw as Aces’ Israel Rodriguez cruises into the bag, Saturday, during the Mountain Double Up tournament at Eagle Creek Complex.

Local woman hits hole in one in tourney It was warm and breezy as Debbie Kothmann carefully placed her golf ball on the tee at the Inn of the Mountain Gods golf course’s 12th hole. She was being watched by quiet bystanders, her teammates and supporters of HEAL & The Nest’s 4th Annual Deacon Bob Open charity golf tournament.

She took a deep breath and drew back the club as she’d done so many times before. With one artful swing, the weight was lifted off her shoulders. The quiet crowd went wild when they realized she had hit a hole in one.

“I mean, you always just try to hit the best shot you can,” Kothmann said. Her expert swing won her a set of new Cleveland Iron golf clubs at this year’s tournament. “I would say I had a great time at the tournament!

I’m already looking forward to next year.”

Kothmann is new to Ruidoso and a part-time transplant from Kingwood, Texas. She visited Ruidoso as a child when she was growing up. Like many, she has fallen in love with the charms and community of Lincoln County.

“It’s like adult summer camp. Who doesn’t love it here?” she said.

Like many newcomers, Kothmann was looking for an active afternoon of fun. “I had heard about The Nest when I first came to town, but the tournament

State disc golf championship hosted at Grindstone course

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Ruidoso has never hosted the New Mexico State Disc Golf Championship before, but it’s already turned out to be a rousing success.

Golfers from around the country – 150 strong – have signed up for the 25th annual event, bringing with them the enthusiasm for this sport to the Grindstone Dam course starting this Saturday.

“I didn’t think I’d have a problem hitting 150 players, but it’s nice to see them come through,” said Art Keenom, tournament director. “This is a popular place to come and play disc golf.”

The state championship has been held in the Albuquerque area in the past – it was at the Sipapu Resort

north of Santa Fe last season – but the course there is on a limited playing area. To accommodate more players, you need more holes.

That’s what caught Keenom’s eye when he first played the Grindstone course. Not only is there enough room for a full 18 holes, championship organizers are bringing in extra baskets to increase the number – at least temporarily – to 30 for the two-day tournament.

The more holes you have, the more players can play. That’s the biggest reason Keenom decided to move things to the Sacramento Mountains.

“The first time I saw this course, I thought we could host a meet this size,” said Keenom, who has been playing disc golf since 1994.

“We’re even looking at space

for other courses in the area.

It’s really growing thanks to the support from the Village and the disc golfing community there.”

The tournament gets going at 8:30 a.m. on Friday with the players’ check-in and runs through 5 p.m.

Saturday tee-off is at 10 a.m., while the Sunday tee-off is at 9 a.m. There will be a dinner and awards ceremony at Quarters in Midtown Sunday evening.

As successful as this tournament has been, Keenom would like to see a full professional tour come into the area.

If we can get some sponsors to help pay for it, we might be able to bring a super tour in, Keenom said.

“We need the room for extra holes, and we have it here.

This is a growing sport.”

DERBY from pg. B1 Roberto Velero, showed in the race, and his time of 21.204 ended up being fourthfastest overall.

Jon and Donna McPherson’s Point Break Dash won the eighth trial by onehalf length with the third-fastest qualifying time of 21.170 with Jensen riding.

pleased with the kids that are back. Our first day of practice was probably the best practice I’d had in three years.”

Unlike the last few years, the Warriors won’t be starting the season at the Coyote Classic in Roswell for two reasons – the tournament is a bit too early for Romero’s taste, and Ruidoso was usually up against teams that were just too strong.

Ruidoso begins the season Aug. 27 at home against Goddard, and Romero has scheduled games against private small schools East Mountain, Desert Academy and Santa Fe Prep.

“Those are good measuring sticks for us,” Romero said. “They’re winnable games that can help us grow.”

Last season, there were a few losses that should have been victories, including a game against Centennial that ended in a shootout and a contest at home against district foe New Mexico Military Institute which the Warriors led at halftime.

Romero said losses like those were due to some mental roadblocks.

“I don’t know if it was a lack of maturity and experience, but we had a tough time mentally recovering from some mistakes,” Romero said. “Now we just have to give ourselves a chance to win.”

“He had been acting up in the gate, so we took the blinkers off,” said trainer Paul Jones.

A son of First Down Dash purchased for $100,000 at the Ruidoso Super Select Sale, Point Break Dash came off a fourthplace run in the Rainbow Derby.

was the first real chance I had to support it.”

She joined the 100 other golfers in the Deacon Bob Open.

Kothmann was lucky, but also invested years of practice into developing her golf skills – 23 Courtesy years, to be exact.

Debbie Kothmann shows off the ball with which “My practice varies she hit a hole in one at the Inn of the Mountain a little, but I try to Gods golf course. play at least a few crosses the boundaries of sports and times every week. into life itself: “Just try to hit the best I’m going to be participating in the shot you can. I try to always keep Alto Lakes championship soon, too.” positive, always keep moving forWhen asked about her process, ward. And no regrets.”

Kothmann shared some wisdom that

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Lady Warriors out to finish what they started different,” Garcia said. “There are some with a foot injury while Davis is

By Todd Fuqua dynamics we’ll have to work with right off returning to volleyball after sitting Sports Editor the bat. We’re training them to be a utility out last year. todd@ruidosofreepress.com team.

Freed was being developed There were a number of sur“I have no doubt they have belief in as a setter before she got hurt, so prised fans and teams at last year’s never got a chance to develop that. themselves, but it’s still a work in progClass 3A state volleyball tournaress,” she added. “We know that other This season is the test. ment when the Ruidoso Lady Warteams won’t be taking us lightly, so we’ll “She’s determined. She’ll get riors made it to the championship continue our drive. We’re ready to go.” in the weight room and get more match before falling to Pojoaque.

“We want to make it farther than we out of her,” Garcia said. “But right About the only people that did last year,” Whipple said. “It will be now it’s just about getting ready to weren’t surprised were the Lady really hard, but it’s about getting up to compete.”

Warriors themselves. that next level. We were surprised to win “The foot hurts some days, Looking back, it’s probably a game against Pojoaque, now we have to but there’s not much you can do,” not surprising that people were so Freed said. “Now we have a pretty get to their level.” shocked that Ruidoso made it as far “The challenge is getting there,” Freed solid team this season. They’re as it did. It came into the tournasaid. “We shouldn’t have any problem doyoung, but experienced.” ment an even .500 with no District There are a number of younger ing that if we play like we can.”

4-3A wins and had struggled against players that have experiteams of all calibers throughout the ence from last season’s season. championship run – playThey just peaked at the right ers like Ryann Flack, time, and they’re hoping to do even Jade Devara, Andi Harbetter when the season gets underrelson and Isa Lindsey. way on Tuesday with a home match Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press Even freshman Lia against Roswell.

Ruidoso senior Kalen Freed hits the ball during Mon- Mosher got some playing “We are following the lead,” day’s volleyball practice at RHS. Freed – one of four time as an eighth grader said Ruidoso coach Bernadette seniors on this year’s squad – is returning to play near the very end.

Garcia. “Our goal is to finish strong. after sitting out all last season with a foot injury.

All this experience Our work is cut out for us, there’s could add up to a much “We lost some good seniors, but we no doubt, but I’m looking forward more successful year. gained a lot as well,” Temple said. “Rato it.”

To be successful, however, chel’s coming along with her defense, Ruidoso lost a good quartet of seniors others are stepping up. We have a lot more the Lady Warriors still have some from last year’s squad, but are returnwork to do.

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press options this year.” ing four more this year – Chloe Whipple, “Our defense has held sound, Ruidoso junior Ryan Flack is back as a defensive Of the four seniors, only Whipple and Marikka Temple, Kalen Freed and Rachel specialist for the Lady Warrior volleyball team. but our offense will be a little Temple played last season. Freed was out Davis.

Third time a charm? Carrizozo hopes so Youth the factor

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Three years of frustration could come to an end this November for the Carrizozo volleyball team.

At least it will if coach Pam Allen and her senior players have anything to say about it.

The Lady Grizzlies are starting this season with one goal in mind: To finally win a Class B state championship.

“That’s the goal, but then that’s the goal of everyone else, too,” Allen said. “We play a really good brand of volleyball, but the more important thing is learning to be responsible and honorable.”

Carrizozo had a stellar season last year, going 20-4, winning the 4B Bi-District title and earning a championship in the Mountain Top Tournament.

But the Lady Grizzlies again came up short in the one match they really wanted to win – falling in four games to nemesis Elida.

The Lady Tigers have won three Class B state titles in a row, knocking Carrizozo out each time. The last two years the Lady Grizzlies lost in the championship match, and this is the

“Their minds are tough and they don’t complain. They make every effort to do what they’re asked.”

With the holes on the front line, Allen has been toying with the idea of moving Fantasia Dennis over from setter, but Allen said the real goal is to Erik LeDuc/Ruidoso Free Press better the team, with Carrizozo seniors Sarah Ferguson, left, and Erica each team member Vega work on digging the ball during volleyball understanding their practice on Thursday. In the background is junior individual goals Kaitlyn Pearson. come second.

“She (Fantasia) year they want to put an end to that understands we need to do what’s streak once and for all.

To do that, they’ll need to plug up good for the team. That’s the right a couple of big holes on the front line mindset and everyone knows that.”

Also back as a starter from last after the graduation of Victoria Ventura and Andrea Vigil – both of whom season is Lisa Ventura. While the girls that are returning are talented, Allen were named North-South all-stars. said the younger girls are putting a lot The three seniors that are back – of pressure on them in practice for a hitter Sarah Ferguson, setter Shayna starting spot.

Gallacher and libero Erica Vega – “It’s in the hands of the individual bring with them a load of experience players,” Allen said. “I hope none of and determination.

“The work ethic along, those girls them think they have an automatic berth.” are a tremendous help,” Allen said.

for Mescalero

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com One of the things Julie Rocha battles in coaching her team is that volleyball is usually little more than a distraction until the girls can get on the basketball court.

The Lady Chiefs weren’t exactly terrible last season – they were 8-13 overall but had a 2-4 District 7-1A record and were a match shy of making it to the Class 1A state playoffs. Rocha thinks they can get over the hump this season, even with all the youngsters.

“We have four returning lettermen from last year and about 11 freshmen this season,” Rocha said. “I’m hoping those young girls can handle the leap to varsity well.”

Alexis Guydelkon, Amber Shanta, Cheralynn Lester and Lauren Yugos were on last year’s squad, and they’ll be joined by a freshman group that may not have a lot of varsity time, but have been playing together since they were in the sixth grade.

Rocha is aiming at the state tournament, but still can’t gauge how far they are from that goal until they at least play their first match of the year against the Alamogordo junior varsity on Sept. 3.

“The other district teams lost some strong competitors, so we might be able to match up on the court,” Rocha said. “We’ll have to see how they do on the court.”

Alumni back to lead Lady Tigers

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Anyone attending a Capitan volleyball match this fall may notice a familiar face.

Not on the court, although the Lady Tigers do have quite a few returners from last season. This person will be sitting – OK, pacing – at the bench.

The face belongs to Jessica Becker, a 2004 CHS graduate and a member of the 2002 Class 2A state championship volleyball team. She’s returned to her alma mater as the head coach for volleyball and track.

“It feels good to be home and have the opportunity to coach in my home town,” Becker said.

While Becker is happy to be coaching and teaching in Capitan, she stresses she’s not the focus of this Lady Tiger team, that honor goes to the Lady Tigers themselves.

Right now, there’s 35 kids out for the varsity and JV programs, with another

Jessica Becker 30 having reported to the middle school. Becker said excited is something to an understatement when describing how she and assistant Fallon Sparks – another CHS grad – feel about the upcoming season.

“There is some experience, and they’re young.

They’ll surprise some people this season,” Becker said. “I hope to be with this program a long time with the girls we have.”

Unlike last season, in which the Lady Tigers had only one senior on a squad that went 1-19, Capitan has a core of four seniors that

bring back a lot of talent and experience.

That group includes Teyna Montoya, Tera Herrera and Kayla Padilla, all of whom have played for the Lady Tigers since their middle school days.

They’re joined by senior Heather Kucinski, and the quartet is assuming a large leadership role.

“They’re pushing the girls, and the team has never worked this hard,” Becker said. “The seniors have really stepped it up now that we’re holding them to a higher standard.”

While Becker doesn’t want the spotlight on her, she does bring a lot of championship experience to the court. Besides being part of that state title volleyball team, she was also a gold medalist in shot put and discus in Class 2A in 2003, and later was a national discus champion while at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan. “I’ve won some things, and it all comes down to how hard you want to work and what you’re willing to

do,” Becker said. “There’s not much pressure on these girls because they didn’t win last year, so we’ll surprise some people. Some might not expect us to win, but I do.”

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Amber Shanta is a returning player for the Mescalero volleyball team this season.

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Hondo girls working to improve mental game

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Alyssa Gomez, right, goes up to block the ball in front of Hondo senior Valeria Lerma during volleyball practice on Aug. 14.

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com HONDO – Hondo volleyball coach Dwayne Morris had coached several different sports and different schools, but never volleyball, until last season.

This year, the firsts keep coming, and Morris hopes some extra experience will lead to a Class B state berth for the Lady Eagles.

“We’ve lost five seniors, and we’ve got the numbers this season, but we’re young,” Morris said. “Most of my junior varsity players have never played volleyball before.”

There’s only two upperclassmen back from last year’s team – senior Valeria Lerma and junior Lauren Gomez. There are others with experience, but they’re all still very young.

To gain the experience needed, Morris took the Lady Eagles to a camp and has held open gym over the summer. They’ve also been practicing since 2-a-days started Aug. 12.

“We’re working on our defense and serving, two of the biggest aspects of the game,” Morris said. “I already see improvement on the things we did last year.”

Hondo isn’t the only one to have lost experienced players – Corona and Carrizozo have as well. The Lady Eagles’ also aren’t the only ones that have improved on last season. Valley Christian – a squad that was winless last year – was at the same camp Hondo attended, and Morris said other teams will have to be careful.

“I guarantee teams better not take them for granted this year,” Morris said of the Lady Lions. “They are looking much better.”

Morris believes teams better not look past his team either. If the Lady Eagles can get past some mental and confidence issues, Hondo will surprise some people.

“When we played Corona for the district championship last year, we gave them a match,” Morris said. “(Corona) coach (Chris) Gage said he was glad we didn’t play like that against them the entire season. A couple of mental and service mistakes meant we dropped 12 points. That’s why we lost.”

Morris wants to improve on last season’s 11-12 record and get a spot in the Class B playoffs, but will be happy to meet other benchmarks.

“If the girls come out of it with positivity, we can turn some heads,” Morris said. “I already see improvement on the things we did last year.”

Corona’s netters excited about new season

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com For the last two years, Corona’s volleyball team has been the best of District 3B. For Corona coach Richard Gage, that’s not good enough.

“The one thing that concerns me this season is us,” Gage said. “We can compete if we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot.”

The Lady Cardinals were 20-4 last season, 9-1 in district. Most teams would consider that a stellar season, and Corona was certainly happy for their success.

But that one district loss was a 3-2 decision to Gateway Christian that decidedly took the Lady Cardinals by surprise.

The season ended with a loss in the Class B semifinals to Elida. It was as far as any Corona volleyball team had ever gone, but this year they want to go farther.

If they do, they’ll do it without a solid core of seniors that included front line players Shelly and Kelly Gensler, as well as North-South all-star Allysanne Huey at setter.

It’s not like they don’t have any experience. There were plenty of younger girls on last year’s squad that will be returning, such as juniors Haleigh Erramouspe and Corey Egan and sophomore hitter/blocker Hannah Gage.

Carissa Kinnick – a back row defensive specialist – will the Lady Cardinals’ lone seniors, while sophomore Jessica Liebold will return to the team after sitting out last year with a knee problem.

“We’ve got a good young group, and they’ve got a trip to state, some of them two,” said coach Gage. “This is a really good group, I’ve had them since sixth grade. Everything new I throw into practice, they’re excited about learning. That

makes it easier.”

One area the Lady Cardinals need to improve on is their serving.

“We won’t be as tall after losing the Genslers, but we do still have some height and girls that can hit,” Gage said. “We’re improving on our serves, which was our weakness and why we lost to Gateway

Christian like we did. All these girls were on that team and they don’t want a repeat of that.

“These girls were excited over the summer and are ready for the new season to begin,” he added. “There’s room for improvement, but we’ll see that over the year.”

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August 21, 2013

By Corey Bard

Across the globe, there are so many occurrences of neighbors who have lived side by side yet are hardly neighborly. Fill in the blank here, Yugoslavia, Romania, Rwanda, Ireland, Nicaragua, El Salvador – many countries have gone through periods of instability. The United States, to our credit, has not experienced the losing party attempting to over throw the newly elected government after an election.

However, the Civil War was fought when southern states seceded in protest to the election of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln made the decision to fight to keep the Union intact. It took losing more than 600,000 people and adjustments for another century before the ugliest period in American History had played out. In Border States like Maryland, there were families who were split by their loyalty to the Union and Confederacy.

In Appalachia, the most famous American quarrel was the Hatfields and the McCoys. Dean King has written “The Feud” chronicling what took place.

Researched, uncovering little known evidence, and interviewing relatives, “The Feud” depicts the early life in 1800s Virginia and Kentucky between the two families – descendants of European pioneers – as peaceful, but both working hard struggling to survive in frontier

America. As the Civil War went on, the two families divided, and the division escalated out of control with cycles of killing, kidnapping and torture, spawning a legal battle that went to the Supreme Court.

Murders, affairs, mercenaries, detectives, bounty hunters, vigilantes, rival governors, the cast of characters are people testing the bonds and loyalty of family: Hatfields vs. McCoys and the lengths people will go to defend their livelihood and honor. “The Feud” is a true story from American History asking the question what pushes people, neighbors, to the brink where they cannot settle their differences peacefully.

Mark Twain even wrote a fictionalized version of the Hatfields and McCoys in “Huckleberry Finn.” Huck and Jim narrowly escape being caught in the middle of the feuding families.

Let’s try remembering Appalachia for the great Bluegrass Music. Movies like “Song Catcher” bring out the Scotch Irish talents of mountain music. Fiddle music moved westward as the United States expanded. Let’s celebrate the preservation of the Great Smokey Mountain area or creation of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachian Trail System.

Events: August 23, 11 a.m.: “Conflict Resolution: Finding Win Win Solutions” with Richard Aguilar August 30, 11 a.m.: Little Bear Forest Reform Coalition presentation

Warrior Pride event boosts support

Photo courtesy of Kerry Gladden

Ruidoso High School kicked off the fall sports season with a Warrior Pride Meet & Greet at Horton Stadium on Friday night. Retired superintendent Mike Gladden, pictured here with current superintendent, Dr. George Bickert, purchased the first membership in the Warrior Pride Booster Club. The Warrior Pride Booster Club has been formed to help fund all sports and extra-curricular activities and clubs at RHS. For more information on how to become a member of the Warrior Pride Booster Club, please contact activities director Kief Johnson at 630-7900.

The six male dancers perform during a dance recital Sunday during the Santa Rita Fiesta.

Ballet, a center for light and hope

By Jane Smith For the Ruidoso Free Press Carrizozo is not a location you consider when you think of ballet, but ballet has come with great enthusiasm to Carrizozo.

With Susanne Toler from Nogal as the instructor, a troupe of girl and boy dancers 5 to 15 years old gave a dance recital Sunday, Aug. 18 at 3 p.m. at the Santa Rita Fiesta. The recital was held in the hall of the Santa Rita Church and well before the performance it was full of relatives, friends and what looked to be the entire population of Carrizozo.

The pre-performance scene was chaotic. Members of the dance troupe with great enthusiasm were twirling, leaping and spinning about.

Finally just when it appeared that these brightly attired young people in tutus were going to truly launch into orbit, Susanne Toler, the instructor, appeared and immediately chaos was lessened and order reigned. Susanne had created a program consisting of eight songs from “Earth Angel” the opening number to” This I Know” the closing song. The program

Obesity rate falls in NM children Land of Enchantment one of 19 U.S. states and territories to see decrease

SANTA FE —The New Mexico Department of Health announces a new report released earlier this month by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows obesity rates among young children from low income families in the state has declined.

The results show New Mexico to be among 19 U.S. states and territories to have a measureable decline in the obesity rates of low-income children between the ages of two to 4 years old who participate in federally funded maternal and child nutrition programs such as the New Mexico Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

The study compared the height and weight of the children from 2008 to 2011. The declines are modest. All 19 states and territories with decreases in obesity rates decreased just less than one percent, but it is still significant news as it marks the first major government research to show a consistent pattern of decline for low-income children.

“This is great news, but it shows there’s still a lot of work to be done in the fight against childhood obesity in New Mexico,” said Department of Health Cabinet Secretary, Retta Ward, MPH. “This report shows, however, New Mexico is on the right track.

Programs ranging from WIC to Healthy Kids New Mexico show that by focusing on young children, we are turning

the tide against obesity by shaping healthy behaviors at an early age.”

WIC provides supplemental food to program participants, along with nutrition education, information on breastfeeding and referrals to health programs.

Healthy Kids New Mexico works to make changes where children live, play and learn so it’s easier for them and their families to choose healthy foods and be active.

The last time the CDC studied this same data was in 2009. The results then: nine states had obesity declines, compared to 24 states reporting increases. The 2013 study shows the results reversed, with the majority of states, including New Mexico, reporting decreases.

“In 2009, New Mexico WIC began offering qualifying mothers and children healthy foods through its monthly food package including whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables,” said WIC Program Director, Sarah Flores-Sievers.

“The CDC report is a clear sign the food program, combined with nutrition and breast-feeding education – as well as the distributing of vouchers for use at Farmers Markets statewide– is making a difference.”

The CDC reports children ages three to five that are overweight or obese now are more likely to be that way as adults, putting them at higher risk of cancer, diabetes, stroke and heart disease.

For more information on WIC and Healthy Kids New Mexico programs, log onto www.nmhealth.org.

Photos courtesy of Jane Smith

At top, Z’Maury Zamora, 5 years old, during a solo performance; above center, the dance troupe performing “Somewhere Beyond the Sea;” and above, Susanna Toler with the 18 young boys and girls of the Center for Hope & Light dance troupe.

ran about 40 minutes. Various dancers in groups and pairs performed to each song with the six boys in the troupe performing a very nice presentation of “I’ve Got The World On a String.”

Curious as to the motivation of these young people for a venture into ballet, one of the boys, 10-year-old Dallton King, was asked why he was taking ballet lessons.

He said it was not because he wanted to be a dancer, but because he wanted to be a better football player. Dallton plays Little League football and said it had helped him with his balance. He also said he enjoyed the dance, but really was focused on football.

Another dance member, the youngest girl in the troupe, Z’Maury Zamora was quite vocal about her ballet lessons. She wants to be a dancer and has danced to music as long as she can remember. Z’Maury is 5 years old. Young as she is you could see her talent and she did a solo during the performance that brought the audience to cheers.

The driving force behind this ballet performance is the instructor, 22-year-old Susanne Toler. She said that she loves children and wanted to give the children of Carrizozo an opportunity to experience a new form in their education. Toler said that ballet will give the children the benefits of balance, strength, flexibility and focus that will last throughout their life. Presently enrolled as a student at Texas Tech University where she is majoring in History with a minor in Dance, Toler hopes one day to have her own dance studio. Judging from the performance of her present students and from the appreciative enthusiasm of the audience, this goal seems fully attainable.

The Center for Hope and Light dancers are indeed a bright ray of light and hope for the future.

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August 21, 2013

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News from around the state AUGUST 16 Three-time poacher gets a year in jail

A La Jara man convicted of his third poaching offense was ordered to serve 364 days in jail and donate $1,500 to Operation Game Thief, according to Game and Fish.

Diego Morales, 56, pleaded guilty and was convicted May 30 of unlawful hunting or fishing and unlawful possession of game without a license. Morales admitted to killing a deer Oct. 10, 2012.

Morales also faces $2,000 in civil penalties for the state’s loss of the deer.

Morales’ first offense was in 2010, when he pleaded guilty to unlawful killing and possession of a deer, and was fined $1,394 and sentenced to 364 days of unsupervised probation. His second offense was in 2011, when he was found guilty of unlawful possession of elk meat and unlawful parts picked up in the field. He was fined $1,626 and ordered to serve 728 days of unsupervised probation in that case.

“This sends a strong message to individuals who have multiple wildlife offenses,” said Chris Chadwick, captain of the Northwest Region Field Operations.

“Anyone considering stealing New Mexico’s valued wildlife should consider the consequences before taking these animals.”

— Hidalgo County Herald

Board OKs prohibition of prairie dogs

ROSWELL — Chaves County Commissioners fired a warning shot Aug. 15 across the bow of the Bureau of Land Management in an effort to block safe passage for hundreds of soon-to-be homeless critters.

But the move may not have totally eradicated BLM’s plan to move a population of Clovis prairie dogs to land in Chaves County.

Commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance banning the importation, relocation and harboring of prairie dogs within the county.

“These things are a nuisance and there’s just no reason in my mind to even fight the fight,” said Commissioner Smiley Whooton.

The board heard from several citizens who spoke about the destruction prairie dogs cause to agriculture and some who urged members this week to do something to stop BLM from moving an unwanted population of the species from Clovis.

“I draw my paycheck from my land,” said Tim Pollard, a rancher who has seen 80 acres covered by prairie dogs within four years. “We have feral hogs and we have prairie dogs. If they tell you they won’t move on you, that’s not true.”

The same county ordinance also applies to feral hogs.

BLM Roswell Field Office Manager Charles Schmidt said his office would continue to evaluate and prepare an environmental assessment of the property designated for the transportation, despite the decision.

But, BLM’s Roswell office is moving ahead with an environmental review of the proposed move, regardless, Schmidt said.

The BLM’s Chaves County property proposed for the prairie dogs is located within a 58,000-acre Area Critical of Environmental Concern, near Elida.

— Roswell Daily Record

AUG. 15 Mayor purchases two more radio stations

TAOS — The mayor now owns the maximum number of FM radio stations in this market allowable by law.

Last month, Taos Mayor Darren Cordova, who also owns DMC Broadcasting, bought two more radio stations, bringing the number of stations he owns to six. The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on the mayor’s recent purchase.

Cordova now owns four FM stations in Taos, which is the most he can legally own. The FCC determines how many stations a single owner can have based on the size of the market. The larger the market, the more stations one owner can have.

“I’m maxed out as a broadcaster,” Cordova said.

Cordova owns KXMT, KKTC, KKIT and KVOT, which is an AM station. The two new stations, both FM, don’t have call signs yet, and were originally both Taos stations. But because Cordova could own only four FM stations in the area, he trans-

ferred one of them to Springer, N.M. The station would be Springer’s first.

The FCC allows you to move radio stations from their original purchase location if you can prove you’re not taking anything away from the original location and that there is a need for the station in the community you’re moving it to. Cordova said he was able to prove this.

“They’re excited (in Springer) because they don’t even have a newspaper,” he said.

Cordova bought both radio stations for a combined $65,000.

— The Taos News

In-custody death being investigated

ROSWELL — The city has responded in a prepared statement to an Office of the Medical Investigation report that ruled the manner of the in-custody death for Cody Towler was homicide. The autopsy resulted from an incident where Towler was pronounced dead on Feb. 4 after officers were dispatched on a disorderly person call.

The city’s statement said, in part, “The investigation is current and ongoing. We ask the public be patient as investigators efficiently prepare and effectively present results of the investigation to the District Attorney’s Office for review.”

District Attorney Janetta Hicks said that the team would meet at the DA’s office to review the autopsy report and other evidence and decide what is the next step.

The Towler family attorney, Kenneth Egan, noted that their offices had filed papers to obtain any reports and forensic evidence pertaining to Cody’s in-custody death in March and has yet to receive a response.

During an interview with KBIM radio, Mayor Del Jurney said that their thoughts and prayers are with the family; however, he said he stood by the police. He asked citizens not to jump to conclusions and await the results of the investigation.

— Roswell Daily Record

ENMU promises 4 terms at lottery tuition rate

PORTALES — While the state of New Mexico has announced that the Lottery Scholarship may not be fully funded for spring 2014 and subsequent semesters, Eastern New Mexico University will guaranteed those scholarships will be funded for its students.

Students who enroll as a freshman at ENMU in Portales are eligible for the Greyhound Guarantee, which ensures that students’ tuition will be 100 percent covered for up to the first four semesters of their college career – as long as they are lottery-eligible New Mexico students.

— De Baca County News

School Board OKs payment plan to state

FORT SUMNER — The School Board took steps Aug. 12 to repay nearly $750,000 to the Public School Finance Authority for construction and remodeling funding awarded to complete the district’s recent projects.

The Fort Sumner School Board was faced with the reality that the funds were originally scheduled to repaid in 2014, rather than “as you can.”

The issue came to light recently when the district received closeout documents from the projects. Until that point, the Board was under the assumption the funds could be repaid gradually. The Board in 2012 made a $250,000 payment using funds from the school district’s savings of funds from its annual payment in lieu of taxes on the New Mexico Wind Energy Center at Taiban Mesa.

The Board also discussed at that time an annual payment schedule to trim the debt, with the understanding that no definite deadline has been established.

— De Baca County News

Efforts continue to reduce deer population

SILVER CITY — Ray Aaltonen, Southwest Area chief of the New Mexico Game & Fish Department, updated the Silver City Town Council at its Aug. 13 meeting, regarding the department’s efforts to reduce the number of deer in the municipality.

The three-tiered program, according to Aaltonen, consists of “shoot and sell” on private land, “trap and transport” within the town, and an archery hunt on private

land beginning early next year.

Since June 2012, Aaltonen said, there have been 62 deer shot and sold from private land, and 110 trapped and transported to other areas – 67 of which have been radio-collared.

Asked how effective the program has been, Aaltonen said the department is still evaluating.

— Silver City Daily Press

Rare bird found, draws bird watchers

LOVINGTON — Bird watchers have been flocking from across the country to Chaparral Park after local resident Ree Hoyl spotted a rare Blue-footed Booby on the morning of Aug. 11. The sighting has excited bird enthusiasts, prompting some to travel from as far as Missouri to get a look at the saltwater fowl.

Hoyl spotted the bird near the lake around 8:30 a.m. when she was walking on the exercise path. “I thought it was something else and sent a picture to my son Ryan (Webb),” she said. “Mom, that’s a Booby,” said her excited son when he quickly called her back.

“We were giddy all day,” Hoyl said with a laugh. “I’ve got over 800 hits on my Flickr (website) pictures.”

The Lovington sighting is the second ever in New Mexico. One was sighted in at Conchas Lake in August 2009.

— Lovington Leader

School board sets bond election

LOVINGTON — The School Board approved a resolution Tuesday night calling for a special bond election in November.

“We really don’t have a choice anymore,” said Lovington Superintendent Darin Manes. “All of our classrooms are being utilized. We have literally run out of room for our students.”

The first day of school was Aug. 14 and some students met in makeshift classrooms. At Lea Elementary, one class has been moved into the gym. The teacher’s lounge has been converted into a classroom and the school counselor has been moved into a janitor’s closet.

— Lovington Leader

AUG. 13 Pig sells for nearly $18,000

LOVINGTON — The Lea County Livestock Sale ended on a high note Aug. 10 with the unofficial total at $510,974 for 114 4-H and FFA animals sold without add-ons.

But what everyone was talking about however, was the $17,755 that Chance Tool paid for one of the last pigs sold in the sale.

The auctioneer was down to the last four animals when the price on Jal 4-Her Colten Butts pig kept going up between two bidders.

When the gravel finally dropped, the Kermit, Texas, oilfield company had paid $67 a pound for the 265-pound swine.

Colten’s grandfather, Terry Butts, is employed by Chance.

Helen Nave, who was bidding for her nephew who owns the company, says she was just following his wishes to buy the pig.

The overall sale raised $107,022 more than last year’s unofficial totals and is only the second time the totals have topped the half-million dollar amount. The unofficial total in 2008 was $518,741.

— Lovington Leader

AUG. 9 Cowboy on untraditional road to success

PORTALES — Stewart Williamson’s mid-life crisis didn’t involve fast cars, young women, motorcycles or mountain climbing.

It did, however, come with difficult circumstances, a large dose of reality – and an unexpected outcome.

And like any good thing, there was nothing easy about it.

A former ranch and feedlot cowboy from Pep, Williamson will be honored as the Adolph Bayers Spur Maker of the Year by the National Bit, Spur and Saddle Collectors Association in November. The award will be presented during the Working Ranch Cowboys Association’s world championship ranch rodeo Nov. 7-10 in Amarillo.

It is the second major award for Williamson, who was named 2010 Engraver of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists.

— Clovis Livestock Market News

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August 21, 2013

Making up for lost faith

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com Whether you identify yourself at the polls as Democrat or Republican, Libertarian or Green Party, the one trend these groups follow vaguely in unison is a diminished confidence in our nation’s government on most all levels.

It’s not a reassuring number, once you take a look at Rasmussen polls, for example. In one, less than half of those surveyed, 47 percent, said they trusted the federal government to “do the right thing only some of the time,” sadly doubling the number that expected our elected officials to do the right thing most of the time, 24 percent. (http://(www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/ june_2013/24_trust_federal_government_to_do_right_thing_ most_or_all_the_time) Less than a third think the nation is even going in the right direction. Even given the wild vagaries of the “right direction” between political and social groups that’s not a reassuring number. (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/right_direction_or_ wrong_track) Admittedly, statistics are all in the sampling. Still, you won’t find many who will say they feel comfortable with the situation – Congressman Steve Pearce certainly isn’t.

“Americans are wondering when the government is gonna start living by the same rules they live by,” he said.

“They have to balance their budget; they expect us to balance our budget. It’s a very hard discussion – how can we get the government to start disciplining itself, becoming more efficient and working across (agency jurisdiction) lines.

Right now one of our greatest threats is people saying, ‘the government doesn’t work, our system doesn’t work. They’re saying, ‘find the efficiencies, be an effective government, not an expensive one.’”

Another drop out of the confidence bucket for Americans has been the recent information leaks from the Office of Personnel Management, which runs federal benefits that indicated congressional members could see their new health care costs under the Affordable Care Act defrayed by 75 percent. While the statements are not official, they’re already raising a furor, he said.

“We in Congress should live by the same rules that every other American does,” Pearce said. “They’re talking about it on the streets – its driving people crazy right now. They see themselves struggling to make ends meet and then, suddenly, they see the White House has worked out back room deals to give out $1,000 subsidies a month – that’s how much it was going to cost us. I’m sorry, but that’s how much it’s costing everyone else. Either repeal the law or live by it.”

One option to increase government accountability Pearce has been pursuing alongside other officials is to explore the options provided by the growing virtualization of the workplace – a virtual Congress or Senate would see politicians back home, accessible to their constituents. It also

is a bipartisan effort, the selfproclaimed “conservative Republican” added.

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, a “liberal Democrat” from California was “willing to join in. The two of us are pushing the concept. He’s high-tech, I’m oil field blue collar, but we’re working together on it. We had a virtual town hall just recently, I was in my office, he was in his and we were just talking back and forth.”

Using video conference technology or even video chat applications such as Skype also would allow citiErik LeDuc/ Ruidoso Free Press zens to tune in and watch live Congressman Steve Pearce discusses government accountability with Will or recorded sessions, he said.

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“They can watch our votes, they make mistakes, “they say, ‘we need more people,’ so they can watch us in committee hearings, so to me it says the agency is geared not to provide the efficiencies busiaccountability and stability of our system would improve ness would provide, but to find the inefficiencies. We need greatly.” to redesign government from the ground up, it needs to be “We like the idea, our leadership hates it,” he chuckled. proactive and people’s pay should be based on the amount of “I think the people who should be able to put the thumb on us are our constituents. The closer we are to our constituents, cases, the amount of work, whatever.”

A recent ruckus in Arizona following the Federal Emerthe more powerful our transparency is. That’s a recipe for gency Management Agency denying aid money to homegreat, great suffering on the part of people. As we underowners that had too much personal insurance also illustrates mine the confidence in the government by being isolated in that point as it comes closer to home, he said.

Washington, we increase the likelihood that some radical “The government comes down and burns your house movement takes over – much suffering comes from radical and, if you’ve taken the precautions you should, then you’re movements.” on your own,” Pearce said. “If you didn’t bother to buy Moving elected officials back home also puts the presany insurance, then they’ll pay. Where is the sense and the sure on lobbying groups which, while still an important part fairness in that? You’re getting penalized for doing the right of governance shouldn’t be the first face seen after a reprething. That’s a mentality in the government that’s wrong.” sentative steps out of their office, he added.

Actions or inactions by the government through the “If you walk out right now off the House floor, there years, be it a decrease in funding for high-scoring schools are very small chances of running into someone from New Mexico there to ask me about the vote,” he said. “The lobby- and grants for failing students, frustrating FEMA rules or ists would have to come here to see us. The constituents play other issues have had a negative impact that stretches far a more powerful role, but, right now, the lobbyists have ease beyond the small crises raised in the lives of those impacted – personal accountability won’t grow in a vacuum, much less of access when we’re all gathered in one place. The lobbying industry would say it’s not good for them, but I think it’s one that sees preparedness punished, he contended.

“It’s the same up and down the spectrum,” Pearce said, good for America, good for our constituents.” adding that the government should pay out on the problems Unfortunately, the idea hasn’t been very well received its caused and ensure equitable treatment. “Up in Santa Rosa from his peers on either side of the political divide.

“When I talk about it in Washington, it’s like I took Continued on next page somebody’s steak away from them,” he said. “That’s one of the problems with Washington – they get insulated, isolated.

There is the desire, on our part, to make the government more efficient but, frankly, the government gets paid when it’s inefficient.”

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Open government advocates announce 2013 Dixon Freedom Award winners

buquerque, at 11:30 a.m. This year’s speaker will be Ruben Navarrette, Jr., a syndicated columnist with the Washington Writers Group and columnist with the Albuquerque Journal.

“These individuals, and one newspaper, have fought for the public’s right to know and for government transparency in New Mexico,” NM FOG Executive Director, Terry Schleder said. “Innovations in how we access our public documents and history come very fast today, and there are plenty of people who pay lip service to openness in government. But very few people will truly make history come alive – in court or on the page – to protect the public’s right to know what their government is doing, or has done, on their behalf.”

The Dixon Award Ceremony and Benefit Luncheon will be held Oct. 2 at the Embassy Suites in Albuquerque. Individual tickets are $60, and sponsorship opportunities are available. All proceeds benefit the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.nmfog. org or call the FOG Hotline at 888-843-9121.

Weekly Featured Adoptable Pets Nack – Best Dressed Pet of the Week This month’s best dressed pet of the week is Nack; he is a 5 month old Tuxedo Domestic Shorthair. He has been at the Humane Society for about 3 months.

Nack is a very social kitten; he loves to run around and play with other cats and kittens, and is very affectionate with people. He loves toys, and loves to go out in our sun room.

Joenes is a 5 month old yellow Labrador Retriever. He loves to eat and go out for walks out on the trail.

Joenes and his sister Jayde have been in our shelter for only 1 month, but they both are very playful, and sociable, Joenes walks well on a leash, and is slightly kennel trained. He is your typical cute, cuddly puppy, he loves attention and chew toys.

To adopt one of these featured pets, contact the Humane Society of Lincoln County. Hours of operation: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 11-5 and Saturday 11-2. Location: 422 Gavilan Canyon, Ruidoso. 575-257-9841.

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by FOG Board members to receive the organization’s top award for open government. The award, which has been given since 2002, honors NM FOG co-founder and longtime Board member William S. Dixon. Dixon was an attorney and leading defender of the First Amendment and public rights under the New Mexico Open Meetings Act (OMA) and Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA).

“The struggle against any culture of secrecy is a lifelong fight that many appreciate yet few actually wage,” said NM FOG’s Dixon Awards Chairwoman, Kyla Thompson.

“When you’re in it for the long haul, you’d better have a sharp intellect and a great sense of humor. Bill Dixon had both. We celebrate his memory and we celebrate those who continue the fight in new and innovative ways. Their perseverance benefits us all, and serves as beacon for democracy through good government in a rapidly changing world.”

The winners are: Lifetime Achievement Award: Rob Dean, recently retired editor of The Sante Fe New Mexican; Journalism Award (2): Heath Haussamen, online investigative journalist, and The Santa Fe Reporter newspaper; Law Award: Patrick Griebel and Jeremy Theoret, attorneys who fought and won the rights of the public to know the truth about Billy the Kid’s death; Citizen Award: Dr. William Turner, for his fight to open the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District organization to the public.

The awardees will be honored by NM FOG at its annual awards ceremony on Oct. 2, at the Embassy Suites in Al-

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LOST FAITH, from pg. B8 they had two feet of hail; roofs were collapsing under the weight. They were told there were not enough people affected and, well, there are not many people in the town that got hit. A lot of the things in government are written for big cities, they’re not written for rural outposts, so I think this is going to be a Western Caucus issue.”

Among the major issues for the regional regulators are the management of the forests, he added.

“These fires, 200 years ago in history, were small grass fires because our forests were 50 trees per acre,” he said.

“Under the USFS, now it’s 2,500 trees per acre because of the management.”

The congressman touched back onto one particular policy, once held by the forest service that he felt should be reinstated – the alternately criticized or praised 10 a.m. policy, which mandated a one-day time limit to extinguish fires.

The former policy was disastrously expensive for the USFS, growing to consume ever-larger portions of the agency’s budget before it was abandoned in favor of new research and fire management policies in the early 1970s, about 35 years after it was implemented. During this time the USFS

had followed a “full suppression” approach to fires, according to the Forest History Society. (http://www.foresthistory. org/ASPNET/Policy/Fire/Suppression/Suppression.aspx) Unfortunately, what doesn’t burn one year may burn the next, alongside new growth, and increased fire severity may follow periods of fire suppression.

That’s why it’s O.K. to let the forests burn sometimes, Pearce said. “If you’ve got rain going on, you can have a controlled burn any time the conditions are right.”

Just not during the fire season in the southwest – the everdryer region needs a more proactive solution, he clarified. “(The USFS says) ‘we need more money to clear out the timber,’ and I’m saying it used to be done where people paid for that timber,” he said. “Their view is ‘we have to leave all those big, healthy trees.’ Well, more than 50 trees per acre and they’re going to burn anyway. Let the forest go and pick 50-100 trees per acre, then let’s log the rest. If they would increase the size of trees they let loggers take, loggers would actually pay to log, rather than getting paid to log. Our western forests don’t have the water or nutrition available to feed 2,500 trees per acre – that’s the reason they’re small and spindly.”

USFS Chief Tom Tidwell also has made encouraging statements in regards to increasing the private industry’s involvement in thinning forests, but New Mexico faces unique challenges in attracting businesses, owing to the typically small-diameter trees that proliferate in the state’s forests. Recent initiatives to promote the biofuel industry, which would make use of the small-diameter forest products within New Mexico have not met with much success. Larger diameter timber, which is far more appealing to sawmills, isn’t exactly easy to come by either, as USFS conservation policies protect old growth forests, he said.

The failure of the biofuels push was because the forest service and government, “would not give people certainty, he said. “People aren’t going to put $30 million into a biomass plant and build right here. They want a 50-year contract to cut these small-diameter trees and they also want a radius around the mill to where they were certain. The forest service would give a half-year – who’s going to build a $30 million plant on six months’ worth of cutting trees?”

That’s what it all boils down to, he said. Until confidence in the nation’s government and officials is earned back, we won’t be seeing much positive progress.

August 21 through 27 Things to do every day Ruidoso River Museum - Open at 101 Mechem Drive. Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thurs.

- Mon. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children.

Live horse racing at Ruidoso Downs Race Track, Friday - Monday through Labor Day weekend. Post time is 1 p.m. (with the exception of some holidays, special meets and horse sales).

Visit RaceRuidoso.com for more information.

Flying J Chuckwagon Supper and Show, Hwy 48 north of Ruidoso. Every day except Sun-

day; gates open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner and show is $27 for adults; $15 for children 4-12. www. �lyingjranch.com for more information.

Smokey Bear Park is open in Capitan, located on Highway 380. Open every day of the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s day. $2 for adults, $1 for children 7-12. Children 6 and under are free. Smokey Bear Historical Park is operated by EMNRD-Forestry Division.

Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, just east of the racetrack. The �irst New Mexico museum to be granted “af�iliate” status with the Smithsonian Institution.

Open seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21 Open House at Ruidoso High School, Warrior Drive, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Celebrating the opening of the new science wing and the completion of the “Bog Springs” project.

Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, Club 49, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 7 p.m. Professional comedians will perform live every Wednesday night. $5 admission. Must be 21 or older to attend. 575-464-7028.

Live music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

THURSDAY AUGUST 22 Tiny Tots Program, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. For infants and children through 3 years old. Programs can include: stories, dance, music, free play and sometimes a craft.

ENMU-Ruidoso Back to College Bash and Business After Hours, 709 Mechem Drive, 4:30 - 7 p.m. Register for classes, free food, live music, demos and giveaways. www. ruidoso.enmu.edu. Free.

Bosque Bassoon Band concert, 10th and D Ave., Carrizozo. 2 p.m. (Carrizozo School Old Gym) and 7 p.m. Trinity United Methodist Church). Carrizozo Music in the Parks presents a concert featuring a variety of musical genres followed by a reception and opportunity to meet the performers. At 5 p.m., a pre-concert meal of grilled burgers and hotdogs with all the trimmings, salads, desserts and beverage will be served for $8 at the church. Gwendolyn Watson, cellist, will entertain in the sanctuary from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. 575-648-2757; www.carrizozomusic.org. Free.

Mark Kashmar, country blues, Café Rio, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Karaoke with DJ Pete Cree Meadows Lounge, 6 - 11 p.m.

All-you-can-eat taco bar from 6 - 9 p.m. Open to the public.

Neal McCoy, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Rd. Alto, Thursday and Friday, 8 p.m.

Neal McCoy’s brand of pop country, honky tonk, feelgood love ballads and sweet Texas swing has brought him a string of hits since the mid1990s. His rich, bouncy baritone, million-dollar smile and charming Irish-Filipino looks, have made him a favorite on the live concert stage. He’s known to be forever fresh and free wheeling in performance, virtually thriving on audience interaction. McCoy has sold six million records and has hit the charts with 25 top singles.

575-336-4800; www.spencertheater.com. Tickets are $66 and $69.

Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd., 8 - 10 p.m. The Gatlin Brothers’ four-decade career has taken them from dusty Texas stages to White House performances,

from Broadway to the Grammys and to the top of the country charts. Brothers Larry, Steve, and Rudy Gatlin started singing as kids in their little hometown of Abilene, Texas, and from there went on to make music history, proving there’s no harmony quite as pure as family harmony. 575-464-7777; www.innofthemountaingods. com. Tickets start at $20.

Live music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

FRIDAY AUGUST 23 Ruidoso Antique Show, Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Drive, Fri., 5 - 9 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Celebrating more than 21 years, this is one of the most exciting highend antique shows of the west.

Antiques, collectibles and decorative arts selected and presented by many outstanding antique dealers from all over the U.S. www.azantiqueshow. com. $3 in advance; $4 at the door; $5 for all three days. 575257-2776.

3-Day Horse Clinic with Craig Cameron, Felix Canyon Ranch, Flying H, Roswell, through Aug. 25. Join the Felix Canyon Ranch – a working ranch in beautiful Southeast New Mexico – for 3 days from “Beginning and Winning” with Hall of Fame Cowboy Craig Cameron, who will provide instruction and tips to bring horses and owners to a new level of horsemanship. Registration includes all meals, room, horse boarding and clinic. Spectator passes also available. Space is limited. For more information or reservations call 888-242-5868 or visit our website, http://www.ranchlinehunting.com/leisure.

Susan Kolb performs at Tina’s Cafe, dinner reservations recommended. 257-8930.

Rascal Fair, White Oaks Community Market open every Friday 4 p.m. to dusk.

Admission $6 for adults with discounts available for seniors, military and youth. Visit www. hubbardmuseum.org or call 575-378-4142.

“Celebracion del Arte” Juried Art Show, Hubbard Museum, 26301 Highway 70, Ruidoso Downs 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Runs through Sept. 9.

Original art from some of New Mexico’s best artists will be on display. The Celebracion del Arte is a juried �ine arts competition that seeks to recognize and honor excellence in the contemporary visual arts of the American West. Thirty-two artists, representing 54 pieces of original art, were selected as �inalists for the show. 575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum.org.

Located just east of No Scum Allowed Saloon in White Oaks.

Local, organic fruit and produce, fresh eggs, plants and seeds, hot weekly favorites at the Goldrush Grill, baked goods, pottery, woodwork, handmade soaps, baskets, jewelry and metalsmithing from local artisans. Pan for gold and sip free coffee by the campfire.

Hillbilly Potentates, outstanding bluegrass music, perform at Laughing Sheep Farm, 5 - 9 p.m. 575 653-4041. 1 mile west of Lincoln, Hwy 380, mm 96.

Mike Sanjku performs in Wendell’s Restaurant at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, 5 - 10 p.m.

Terry Bullard Band performs at Cree Meadows Country Club, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Friday night fish fry.

Mark Remington performs at the Swiss Chalet Inn, Mechem Dr., 6 p.m.

The Eliminators perform at Casa Blanca Restaurant, Mechem Dr., 6 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth in the Boulder Plaza, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Hosted by Tradd Tidwell. 575257-2273; www.sacredgroundscoffee.net. Free.

Karaoke, No Scum Allowed Saloon in White Oaks, 7 - 11 p.m.

Michael Beyer performs older songs and jazz at Kokopelli Country Club in Alto from 7 to 10 p.m.

Karaoke at The Elks Lodge on Highway 70, next to the Ruidoso Emporium, at 7 p.m.

Live music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

SATURDAY AUGUST 24 Susan Kolb performs at Tina’s Cafe, dinner reservations recommended. 257-8930.

Mike Sanjku performs in Wendell’s Restaurant at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, 5 to 10 p.m.

Cowboy Folk Music with

Cree Meadows is open to the public and invites all non-members to join the family and share the fun without membership. Cree offers golf with a view; Sierra Blanca view dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner; entertainment on Thursday nights: DJ Pete Karaoke and Friday nights: the Terry Bullard Band. The “19th Hole” bar and lounge offers libation at best prices in town and a dramatic Sierra Blanca view.

Schedule weddings or meetings in the “North 40” banquet facility. Call 575-257-5815 for information about participating in a classic hometown Country Club where everyone can enjoy the atmosphere and services without membership.

Tim, Jay and Sally at Laughing Sheep Farm, 5 - 9 p.m. 575 6534041. 1 mile west of Lincoln, Hwy 380, mm 96.

Business After Hours and Ribbon Cutting, Ruidoso Dance Ensemble, 143 El Paso Road, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Help the Ruidoso Dance Ensemble celebrate their new building (2nd floor of the Gateway City Bank building). Enjoy refreshments including wine tasting by National Distributing. 257-7395.

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Mark Remington performs at the Swiss Chalet Inn, Mechem Dr., 6 p.m.

Free movie “From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China,” Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. Murray Lerner’s Oscar-winning film chronicles the great violinist’s 1979 visit to China. Stern had accepted the government’s invitation to attend a rehearsal and give one recital but instead wound up playing a formal concert, touring two cities, and teaching many master classes due to his overwhelming love for music and even more so for the musicians he met, some as young as 10. Communicating his instructions less through the translator than his energetically gleeful gestures and explosive vocalizations, Stern offers a wealth of technical tips, bowing techniques, and motivational nuggets that all boil down to one theme: don’t play the music, live it. 575-257-2273.

Terry Bullard Band, No Scum Allowed Saloon in White Oaks, 7p.m.

The Eliminators perform at Casa Blanca Restaurant, 7 - 9 p.m.

Michael Beyer performs older songs and jazz at Kokopelli Country Club in Alto from 7 to 10 p.m.

Live music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

SUNDAY AUGUST 25 Sundays Under the Stars, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 6 11 p.m. Live music performed

by The Mixx - country, classic rock; movie: “Treasure Planet” after sunset. 1-800-545-9011; www.innofthemountaingods. com. Free.

Live music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

MONDAY AUGUST 26 Live music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

TUESDAY AUGUST 27 Jesus, Mommy & Me. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 1120 Hull Rd., Tuesday mornings, 9:30-11 a.m. for preschool-aged children.

Bible story, songs, finger plays, craft/art/learning activities and snack. No fee. 575-258-4191.

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Sierra Blanca Christian Academy celebrates 10th anniversary

By Eugene Heathman and Sue Hutchison

When several groups like-minded Christians from seven different area churches came together with a vision for a Christian School in Lincoln County 10 years ago Sierra Blanca Christian Academy was founded at the Church of Nazarene Bonita Park.

One year later the non-denominational private school offering Christian-based academic curriculum moved to its current location at the First Baptist church at 270 Country Club Drive and is now stronger than ever. The school celebrated its 10th anniversary with new facilities including a gymnasium and beautiful classrooms “At the time SBCA began, there was no Christian alternative to offer in Lincoln County,” says Rachel Jones, SBCA administrator. “Now our staff must be certified either by the state or ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International), and must become dual certified within two years of employment.” Five faculty members with bachelors’ degrees offer a wide variety of backgrounds with strengths to meet the needs of more than 40 students school wide.

Academics are split into five classes: Pre-kindergarten 3 - 4 years, kindergarten, first and second grade, third and fourth grade, and fifth through ninth. Academic curriculum mainly comes from Abeka,

a Christian based source created in the 1950s. Prospective students at SBCA are interviewed and given placement exams to find the perfect fit. Parents or guardians are expected to donate 40 hours a year in volunteer work.

“We find our children in the older grades who began with SBCA show a huge difference in test scores,” says Jones. Regularly scheduled standardized testing using Terra Nova 3 measure student success. With smaller classes than public school offers, students find they have more time for individualized instruction from teachers. The academic standards at SBCA are high. Students who may have a deficit in one academic area are given the benefit of specialized instruction in an effort to bring them to grade level. “Our behavioral standards are also high and students learn from staff who model standards for students to watch,” says Jones.

Jones hails the academy as being a safe and secure learning environment for its students. “Anyone who comes into the school must register and be escorted on the premises by a staff member with keys to doors accessing the small campus secured with special magnetic locks and separate keys to each classroom,” Jones said. Teachers and staff are also trained in CPR and advanced firstaid through the academy’s in-service Continued on next page

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Students at Sierra Blanca Christian Academy learn a second language.

FamilySearch genealogy class at the library, Aug. 28 Genealogy is one of today’s most popular hobbies. Come learn how to search out your family and your roots by starting your family tree. A class is being offered by Elders Heninger, Moore and Smith, Aug. 28 at 3 p.m. at the Ruidoso Public Library in the public computer area.

The Elders will show you how to get started with a free familysearch.org account and discuss other resources to use to further your search.

The Elders teaching the class are serving two-year missions in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The teachers include: Elder Heninger from Magrath, Alberta, Canada; Elder Moore from Cove, Ore.; and Elder Smith from, Highland, Utah. They have given up two years of their lives to serve here.

The local church building is located at 1091 Mechem Dr. You can contact the missionaries for any questions or details at 575-937-9397.

FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Family Search is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving and sharing genealogical records worldwide for more than 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through more than 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and the local affiliate Village of Ruidoso Public Library.

As well as being the affiliate library for FamilySearch International, the Ruidoso Public Library provides online access to Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com (library version) to library card holders.

For more information call Ruidoso Public Library at 575-258-3704. The Ruidoso

Public Library is located at 107 Kansas City Road, Ruidoso. Library hours are: Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday 9

a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl/ or http:// ruidosopubliclibrary.blogspot.com/.

Outdoor service at Shepherd of the Hills Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church is hosting their outdoor worship service in the church pavilion at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings, and would like to welcome you.

Members and visitors enjoy this service, and it is not unusual to see one of God’s creation in the form of a deer joining us.

This additional worship service runs from Memorial weekend through Labor Day weekend. Led by Rev. Thomas

Schoech, the outdoor service is followed

by Children’s Sunday School at 9 a.m., Adult Bible class at 9:30 a.m. and the regular worship service at 10:30 a.m. indoors.

Shepherd of the Hills is located at 1120 Hull Road, Ruidoso. The church office is open from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. weekdays; for more information call 575-2584191.

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Obituary

William Grant Dean

William Grant Dean, 49 of Capitan, passed away on Aug. 17. Grant passed away doing what he loved to do and in a place that he loved to be. He was in the midst of beloved friends and family. The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24 at Capitan High School Traylor Gym. Grant was born in Roswell Feb. 11, 1964. He graduated from Capitan High School and attended college at LCC in Lubbock. He was married to Melanie Walker Dean for 22 years and had three beautiful daughters. Grant was currently working for King Industries as project manager.

He was a man who was truly larger

than life, with his infectious personality and warm heart he left an everlasting impression on everyone he came into contact with. He loved spending time with his three precious girls, family and friends and always found joy in riding motorcycles, driving race cars and being outdoors.

Dean is survived by Alyssa Dean, Halee Dean and Raynee Dean; his parents Gerald and Kathy Dean; grandmother Mary Dean; brother Rodney Dean and his wife Charis; sister Tamra Willingham and her husband Andy and many loving nieces, nephews and cousins.

In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been set up at Citybank NM.

Things are really going crazy in Egypt! We have been giving aid to the Egyptian government, military, and other parts of their nation. And now it seems that we are considering withdrawing aid from them. Basically, we have given them aid so that they would do what we want them to do. Now, we threaten to withdraw the aid, because every thing is going wrong in Egypt.

I mention this only to highlight that this is a policy and philosophy that has existed in America for a long time in our international relations. However, it is a philosophy that exists in every facet of American life. We pay people to do what we want them to do.

In the American home, we bribe our children to do what we want them to do.

In American politics, we bribe our voters to vote the way the parties want them to vote. In the American Congress, lobbyists bribe senators and representatives to vote the way they want Congress to vote.

No matter what area we consider, money is the motivation. It is not a matter of what is right. It is a matter of what can we get out of “going along with the money.”

It has even moved into our practice of the Christian faith. Our attitude is this… ”I will do what God wants me to do, so that He will be good and give me what I want.” Our motivation is not to honor God, but to get what we want.

I am not trying to be negative, but I have to call it like I see it. When are we going to do things on the basis of what God says is right? We have much evidence in the Bible of wrong motivations. And it is a predominant motivation of mankind to trust no one, not even God, and look out for one’s self.

We need to return to faith in God and do things His way. His standards are honest and true. His guidelines for right and wrong are without question. We need to adhere to the right and avoid the wrong. Our actions should follow the Scriptures with the Holy Spirit’s stamp of approval.

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SIERRA BLANCA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, from pg. B10 training program.

Tuition per student is $430 monthly with a price break for three or more students from one household. Scholarships and discounts for children in ministry families are available and the academy along with private donors awarded approximately $30,000 in student scholarships in 2013.

Scholarships are based on need. Openings

are available. For more information, call 575-630-0144.

The academy’s 10th anniversary fundraising event will take place Sept. 29 at the Flying J Ranch. A gospel sing featuring local talent along with the Flying J Wranglers, along with a dessert auction will benefit SBCA. The goal this year is $10,000. All are welcome to attend the free event.

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ANGLICAN Mescalero Family Worship Center Gary Dorsey, Pastor; 464-4741 ASSEMBLY OF GOD Carrizozo Community Church (AlG) Barbara Bradley, Pastor. Corner of C Ave. & Thirteenth One Church Pastor Todd Carter. 139 El Paso Road, Ruidoso.

257-2324. wwwonechurchnm.com BAPTIST Canaan Trail Baptist Roland Burnett, Pastor; Located just past milepost 14 on Hwy. 48, between Angus & Capitan.

336-1979 First Baptist Church - Carrizozo 314 Tenth Ave., Carrizozo. 648-2968; Hayden Smith, Pastor First Baptist Church - Ruidoso 270 Country Club Drive, Ruidoso,NM 88345. 2572081; Dr. Alan Stoddard, Pastor First Baptist Church - Ruidoso Downs 361 E. Hwy 70, 378-4611, Randy Widener, Pastor First Baptist Church - Tinnie Bill Jones, Pastor Mescalero Baptist Mission 1016 Old Road Box 9, Mescalero, NM 88340, 973-0560, Pastor Zach Malott Mountain Baptist Church Independent-Fundamental KJV. 145 E. Grandview Capitan. 937-4019 Ruidoso Baptist Church Wayne Joyce, Pastor; 126 Church Drive, Palmer Gateway. 378-4174 Trinity Southern Baptist Church (south on Highway 48) 700 Mt. Capitan Rd. 3542044. Mel Gnatkowski, Pastor 808-0607 BAHA’I FAITH Baha’i Faith 257-8857 or 258-5595 BUDDHIST Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra George Brown; 257-1569 CATHOLIC Saint Eleanor Catholic Church 120 Junction Road, Ruidoso, 257-2330. Fr. AI Galvan Saint Theresa Catholic Church Corona. Sunday Mass: 6 p.m. Fr. Mike Williams Saint Joseph’s Apache Mission Mescalero. Father Paul Botenhagen, OFM Our Lady of Guadalupe Bent. Father Larry Gosselin Sacred Heart Catholic Church 299 3rd St, Capitan. Mass 5:00 p.m. Saturday; 8:30 a.m. Sunday. 354-9102. Fr. Mike Williams Santa Rita Catholic Church 243 Birch, Carrizozo. 648-2853. Fr. Mike Williams CHRISTIAN First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

1211 Hull at Gavilan Canyon Road, 258-4250 Carrizo Christian Fellowship Leonard Kanesewah Ill, Pastor. 56 White Mt. Dr., 3 mi. W of Inn of the Mountain Gods Mescalero.

464-4656 CHURCH OF CHRIST Gateway Church of Christ 415 Sudderth, Ruidoso, 257-4381. John Duncan, preaching minister Church of Christ - Capitan Highway 48. Joshua Watkins, preaching minister CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS Church of Jesus Christ LDS Ruidoso Ward, 1091 Mechem Bishop Melvin Jenson, 258-1253 Church of Jesus Christ LDS Mescalero Branch, Mormon Missionaries 3172375 EPISCOPAL Episcopal Church of the Holy Mount, 121 Mescalero Trail, Ruidoso. Rev. Judith Burgess Rector 257-2356. Website: www.eclc.us St. Anne’s Episcopal Chapel in Glencoe Episcopal Chapel of San Juan in Lincoln St. Matthias Episcopal Chapel Carrizozo, 6th & E Street EVANGELICAL The Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church 1035 Mechem Dr. 802-5242 FOURSQUARE Capitan Foresquare Church Hwy 48, Capitan. Harold W. Perry, Pastor, 9377383 FULL GOSPEL Mission Fountain of Living Water San Patricio Full Gospel Church Seed of Faith Fellowship, 517 West Smokey Bear Blvd, Capitan. Pastor Beverly Sills, 973-3721.

6 p.m. Sundays & Wednesdays, pastorbev1@ gmail.com JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Jehovah’s Witness - Ruidoso Kingdom Hall 1102 Gavilan Canyon Rd., 3364147, 257-7714 Congregacion Hispana de los Testigos de Jehova 1102 Gavilan Canyon Rd., 336-4147, 378-7095 LUTHERAN Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church 258-4191; 1120 Hull Road. Pastor Thomas Schoech. www.shlcruidoso.org METHODIST Community United Methodist Church Junction Road, behind Wells Fargo Bank. Judy Shema, pastor. 257-4170 Capitan United Methodist Church Pastor Jean Riley and the congregation of Capitan United Methodist. White Oaks and Third in

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Capitan. 354-2288 Trinity United Methodist Church 1000 D. Ave. 648-2893/648-2846. Carrizozo. Jean Riley, Pastor NAZARENE Angus Church of the Nazarene Angus, 12 miles north of Ruidoso on Hwy. 48, 336-8032. Rick Hutchison, Pastor QUAKER Quaker Worship Group Unprogrammed meeting at the AndersonFreeman Visitor’s Center in Lincoln. For details, contact Sandra Smith at 653-4951 PENTECOSTAL Apostolic Pentecostal Assembly Retired Pastor and author Harry A. Peyton Abundant Life United Pentecostal Church of Ruidoso 613 Sudderth Dr. Unit D. Pastor, Art Dunn, Youth Pastor, Nathaniel Dunn. Free home Bible studies PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church

Universalist Fellowship, Call 336-2170 or 257-8912 for location NON-DENOMINATIONAL American Missionary Fellowship Rick Smith, 682-2999. E-mail: RickS@ americanmissionary.org Calvary Chapel 127 Vision, next to Cable Co., 257-5915. Pastor John Marshall Centro Familiar Destino 304 Sudderth Dr., Ruidoso, NM 88345, 257-0447.

Services are bilingual Christ Church in the Downs Ruidoso Downs, 378-8464. AI and Marty Lane, Pastors Christ Community Fellowship Capitan, Highway 380 West, 354-2458. Ed Vinson, Pastor Church Out of Church Meeting at the Flying J Ranch, 1028 Hwy. 48, Alto. Pastors: Tim & Julie Gilliland. Mailing Address: 1009 Mechem #11 Ruidoso 88345.

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Cornerstone Church Cornerstone Square, 613 Sudderth Drive, 2579265. John & Joy Wyatt, Pastors Foot of the Cross Christian Ministries, 2812 Sudderth (Pine Tree Shopping Center) Pastor, Phil Appel. For more info please call 937-8677 or visit our website at www.thefootofthecross.org Grace Harvest Church 1108 Gavilan Canyon Rd, 336-4213 Iglesia Bautista “Vida Eterna” Pastor Rev, Ramon Robledo. 207 East Circle, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346, 361 E. Hwy. 70, 3788108. Email: revrobledo@lycos.com J Bar J Church 40 Hwy 70W, 257-6899 Pastor Charles W. Clary.

E-mail: jbarjcountrychurcb@ruidoso.net 101 Sutton Drive (Nob Hill), Ruidoso, 257-2220. Miracle Life Ministry Center Tony Chambless, Pastor Ron Rice & Catherine Callahan, Ministers Ancho Community Presbyterian Church Available 24 hours for healing, prayer. 354-0255; Pastor Terry Aiello, CLP e-mail miraclelife@ruidoso-online.com Corona United Presbyterian Church Open Circle - High Mesa Healing Center, Pastor Terry Aiello, CLP Sundays, 10-11 a.m. Call 575-336-7777 for information Nogal Presbyterian Church Reverend E.W. “Bo” Lewis Pacto Viviente 25974 Highway 70, la iglesia “J Bar J” en la REFORMED CHURCH granja roja. Domingos 12:30 p.m., Jueves 7 p.m.

Mescalero Reformed 937-6664. Es un lugar de familia, amistades y de Mescalero. Bob Schut, Pastor crecimiento spiritual SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Racetrack Chapel Ruidoso Seventh Day Adventist Horseman’s Entrance, Hwy 70, 378-7264.

207 Parkway, Agua Fria, Ruidoso Downs, 378Chaplain Darrell Winter 4161. Pastor Chuck Workman, 575-636-3773; 1st NON-SECTARIAN Elder Manuel Maya 937-4487 Spiritual Awareness Study Group SPANISH SERVICES Minister: George N. Brown, PhD. ULC. 257-1569 Iglesia del Nazareno Men’s Bible Study, Band Of Brothers Angus Church, 12 mi north of Ruidoso on Hwy 48. Call 937-0071 for times and location Marco Sanchez, Pastor. 336-8032 The 1st Iglesia Apostollca de la Fe en Cristo UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP Jesus Located at: 613 Sudderth Dr. Suite D, Ruidoso. 937-7957 · 973-5413 Sacramento Mountains Unitarian

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120 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF LINCOLN

ALTO LAKES GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, INC., a New Mexico corporation, Plaintiff, vs.

Eastern New Mexico UniversityRuidoso

JAMES G. TUCKER and BARBARA L. TUCKER, husband and wife,

Notice of intention is hereby given by the Ruidoso Branch Community College Board for a regular meeting to be held on Thursday, September 5, 2013, at 6:00 p.m., in Room 103 at ENMU-Ruidoso, 709 Mechem Dr. Agendas will be available in the President’s office, 72 hours prior to the meeting.

Defendants.

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TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF LINCOLN STATE OF NEW MEXICO

D-1226-CV 2013-00123 Div. III

dant to the following described real property located in Lincoln County, New Mexico; Lot T21D, DEER PARK WOODS SUBDIVISION, Unit 4, Lincoln County, New Mexico, as shown by the plat thereof filed in the office of the County Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder of Lincoln County on October 28, 1977 in Tube No. 599;

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE UNDER FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT

(hereinafter referred to as “the Property”).

NOTICE is hereby given that under and by virtue of the Default Judgment, Decree Of Foreclosure And Of Sale And Appointment Of Special Master entered by the District Court of Lincoln County, New Mexico, on August 12, 2013 in civil cause number D-1226-CV-2013-00123, the under-signed will offer for public sale to the highest bidder for cash at the front entrance of the Ruidoso Municipal Building at 313 Cree Meadows Drive, Ruidoso, New Mexico on the 19th day of September, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., all rights of the Defen-

Notice is further given that the court directed foreclosure of the Plaintiff ’s claim of liens on the Properties and that the amounts to be realized at said sale from the Property, with interest calculated to date of sale, are as follows: Amount of Plaintiff ’s Judgment . . . . . . . . . . $4,974.88 Interest to date of Sale: . . $61.14 Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $276.74 Attorney’s Fees . . . . . . $1,500.00 In addition thereto there will be ac-

cruing interest, and costs of publication of this Notice, and the Special Master’s Fee fixed by the Court in the amount of $250.00.

The terms of this sale are that the purchaser must pay cash at the time the Property is struck off to him, except that the Plaintiff may bid all or any part of its judgment, plus interest without paying cash. /s/ Jennifer Miller Jennifer Miller, Special Master RICHARD A. HAWTHORNE. P.A. 1221 Mechem Drive, Suite 2 Ruidoso, NM 88345 (575) 258-3483 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for Lincoln County, New Mexico and Incorporated Areas The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Manage-

ment Agency (FEMA) has issued a preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report, reflecting proposed flood hazard determinations within the City of Ruidoso Downs. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. Technical information or comments are solicited on the proposed flood hazard determinations shown on the preliminary FIRM and/ or FIS report for the aforementioned community. These flood hazard determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to either adopt or show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. However, before these determinations are effective for floodplain management purposes, you will be provided an opportunity to appeal the proposed information.

This appeal period will commence on the second publication date of this notice scheduled on or about August 28, 2013. For information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, as well as a complete listing of the communities affected and the locations where copies of the FIRM are available for review, please visit FEMA’s website at www.fema.gov/ plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877336-2627).

from 12” to 18” in width with various lengths. The entire inventory must be bid on. Call Johnathan at 575937-4744 to see the culverts. Sealed bids will be accepted at 114 Lincoln Ave in Capitan until Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 4:00 PM. Bids will be opened at the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 6:30 PM.

The Preliminary FIRM and FIS report have been mailed to the local Floodplain Administrator. In addition, the FIRM and FIS report are available for review through an interactive mapping site on-line at http://riskmap6.com/Community. aspx?cid=154&sid=3.

TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF LINCOLN STATE OF NEW MEXICO

INVITATION FOR BIDS The Village of Capitan is requesting sealed bids for used culverts owned by the Village. The culverts are located at the Capitan Wetlands on the east side of Capitan. The sizes range

Kay Strickland Village Clerk 575-354-2247

SOUTHWEST SECURITIES, FSB, A federal savings bank, Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN D. JACOBY and CINDY DENISE JACOBY, husband and wife, Defendants.

CV 2012-00312 Div. III

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE UNDER FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT NOTICE is hereby given that under and by virtue of the Default Judgment, Decree Of Foreclosure, Order Of Sale, And Appointment Of Special Master entered by the District Court of Lincoln County, New Mexico, on November 1, 2012 in civil cause number CV-2012-00312, the undersigned will offer for public sale to the highest bidder for cash at the front entrance of the Ruidoso Municipal Building at 313 Cree Meadows Drive, Ruidoso, New Mexico on the 6th day of September, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., all rights of the defendants John D. Jacoby and Cindy Denise Jacoby to the following described real property located in Lincoln County, New Mexico; Lot 43A, Block 1, PONDEROSA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, Unit 1, Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico as shown by the replat of Lots 42 and 43, Block 1, Ponderosa Heights Subdivision, Unit 1, filed in the office of the County Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder of Lincoln County on May 23, 1991

Ruidoso Free Press

B12 in Cabinet E, Slide No. 22 June 2, 1005 in Cabinet I, Slide No. 309; (hereinafter referred to as “the Property”).

Notice is further given that the court directed foreclosure of the mortgage and security agreement on the Property and that the amounts to be realized at said sale from the Property, with interest calculated to date of sale, are as follows: Principal Amount of Plaintiff ’s Judgment:. . . . . . . . $101,017.92 Interest from May 15, 2012 to date of Sale: . . . $11.67 per diem Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $451.89 Attorney’s Fees . . . . . . $2,500.00 In addition thereto there will be accruing interest, and costs of publication of this Notice, and the Special Master’s Fee fixed by the Court in the amount of $250.00.

The terms of this sale are that the purchaser must pay cash at the time the Property is struck off to him, except that the Plaintiff may bid all or any part of its judgment, plus interest without paying cash. /s/Jennifer Miller Jennifer Miller, Special Master RICHARD A. HAWTHORNE. P.A. 1221 Mechem Drive, Suite 2 Ruidoso, NM 88345 (575) 258-3483 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF LINCOLN TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT JUDY W. WALSH, Plaintiff, vs.

THE ESTATE OF ROGER DUTCHOVER (a/k/a ROGER R. DUTCHOVER a/k/a BLUE DUTCHOVER), DECEASED, CONNIE DUTCHOVER, LISA DUTCHOVER, LETICIA S. RODRIGUEZ, BLUJE ROSE DUTCHOVER, SHAWNA MARIE SEDIK, RICHARD HOUGHTON, RICKY KENNETH DUTCHOVER, SANDRA GENT TORRES, RON BUSH, JANE CHAVEZ ADAMS, AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, OR CLAIMANTS OF ROGER DUTCHOVER, DECEASED Defendants No. CV-2013-00159 AMENDED NOTICE OF COMPLAINT; NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TO: THE ESTATE OF ROGER DUTCHOVER (a/k/a ROGER R. DUTCHOVER a/k/a BLUE DUTCHOVER), DECEASED, CONNIE DUTCHOVER, LISA DUTCHOVER, LETICIA S. RODRIGUEZ, BLUJE ROSE DUTCHOVER, SHAWNA MARIE SEDIK, RICHARD HOUGHTON, RICKY KENNETH DUTCHOVER, SANDRA GENT TORRES, RON BUSH. JANE CHAVEZ ADAMS, AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, OR CLAIMANTS OF ROGER DUTCHOVER, DECEASED GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that a Complaint has been filed and is now pending against you in the District Court of Lincoln County, New Mexico, wherein JUDY W. WALSH is the Plaintiff and you are the Defendants in the above captioned and numbered cause, and that the object of said Complaint is to obtain a foreclosure judgment on an undivided one-half interest in the real property whose street address is 150 Loma Grande Road, Nogal, NM 88341, and whose legal description is: Tract 1 of the HICKS LAND DIVISION FOR FAMILY TRANSFER, Lincoln County, New Mexico, being a portion of the SW/4 SE/4 of Section 29, Township 9 South, Range 13 East, N.M.P.M., thereof filed in the Office of the County Clerk and Ex-officio recorder of Lincoln County, New Mexico, July 30, 2003, in Cabinet H, Slide No. 639.

(If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.) that unless you appear, answer, or plead in said cause, Plaintiff will take judgment by default against you for the relief prayed for in the Complaint; and that Jud A. Cooper, PO Box 1231, Ruidoso, NM 88355, phone 575-258-2585, is the attorney for Plaintiff.

WITNESS my hand and official seal this 24th day of July, 2013.

KATINA WATSON CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT BY /s/ Rhonda Wheeler Deputy Clerk STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF LINCOLN TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-1226-CV-2011-00044 ALTO LAKES GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, INC., a New Mexico Corporation, Plaintiff, v., BARBARA FLEMING and JESUS and MARIA GUARDIOLA, husband and wife, Defendants, WASHINGTON FEDERAL, (formerly known as First Federal Bank), a federally chartered savings bank, Counterclaimant and Crossclaimant, v.

ALTO LAKES GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, INC., a New Mexico Corporation, Counter-Defendant, v.

BARBARA FLEMING; JESUS and MARIA GUARDIOLA, husband and wife; JESUS GUARDIOLA CONSTRUCTION & CONCRETE PUMPING, INC., a New Mexico corporation; THE LINCOLN COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY, a duly authorized New Mexico solid waste authority; and BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO,

Cross-Defendants.

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NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 17, 2013, at 9:30 a.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the main entrance of the Lincoln County Courthouse, 300 Central, Carrizozo, New Mexico, 88301, sell all the right, title and interest of the above-named Cross-Defendants in and to the hereinafter described real estate to the highest bidder for cash.

The property is described as follows: Lot 89 of DEER PARK VALLEY SUBDIVISION, UNIT 3, Lincoln County, New Mexico, as shown by the plat of Deer Park Valley Units 1 thru 9, filed in the office of the County Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder of Lincoln County, New Mexico, on April 17, 1981, in Cabinet D, Slide Nos. 7 through 10.

THE FOREGOING SALE will be made to satisfy a default judgment rendered by the above Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on August 12, 2013, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the above-described property.

The Default Judgment, which includes interest and costs through May 23, 2013, is $269,627.80 and the same bears interest at the rate of 7.00% per annum, or $45.72 per diem, from May 23, 2013, to the date of sale, plus the costs of sale, including Special Master’s fee, publication costs, Plaintiff ’s costs expended for taxes, insurance and keeping the property in good repair. The amount of such interest to the date of sale will be $5,349.24.

The Counterclaimant/Crossclaimant and/or its assignees have the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Counterclaimant/Crossclaimant may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. The sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due. Counterclaimant/Crossclaimant and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser(s) at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

I’d Go Wireless, your local Verizon Wireless Premium Retail in Ruidoso is now accepting applications for a friendly, outgoing, professional Sales Manager/Customer Sales & Service Rep. Sales experience a plus. Will train. Please inquire in person at 26126 US Highway 70, Ruidoso, NM. RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRACK & CASINO IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SEASONAL FULL-TIME AND SEASONAL PART-TIME FOOD & BEVERAGE • CONCESSIONS (16yrs & up) • WAITER(S)-WAITRESS(ES) (21 yrs & up) • BARTENDER(S) (21 yrs & up) • BUS PERSON(S) • DRINK SERVERS (21yrs & up) YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME AND YEAR-ROUND PART-TIME SECURITY • SURVEILLANCE • CASINO FLOOR INFORMATION: For information regarding job qualifications, please call (575) 378-4431.

HOW TO APPLY: Applications are available at the Receptionist Desk located on the 2nd floor of the Executive Offices.

PAY: Competitive Wages-Hourly Pay varies depends upon position applying for and experience relation to that position.

RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRACK & CASINO IS A DRUG-FREE WORK ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. Employment with Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino is contingent upon a successful drug screening test.

NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT The Village of Capitan is accepting applications for a full-time certified police officer. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and have no criminal record or adverse driving record. Qualified candidate must have a valid New Mexico driver’s license. Applicants will be required to pass a background investigation, psychological test and drug screening. Salary will be based on experience; benefits are competitive and PERA is included. Applications may be picked up at Village Hall, 114 Lincoln Avenue, Capitan, NM, 88316, or can be mailed by calling (505) 354-2247. Applications will be accepted until September 4, 2013, at 4:00 PM. Kay Strickland, Village Clerk • 575-354-2247

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser(s) at such sale shall take title to the above-described real property subject to a one month right of redemption.

Dated: August 14, 2013 /s/ Peter Baca PETER BACA Special Master Post Office Box 215 Carrizozo, NM 88301 STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE PROBATE COURT LINCOLN COUNTY No. 2648 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TALMADGE E. ARRINGTON, DECEASED. NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed person representative of this estate.

All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within two (2) months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned personal representative at the address listed below, or filed with the Probate Court of Lincoln County, New Mexico, located at the following address: 300 Central Ave., Carrizozo, NM 88301.

Dated: Aug. 8, 2013 /s/Terry Arrington Terry Arrington 2321 Fame Ct., Granbury, TX 76048 325-668-0694

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DENTAL ASSISTANT - Excellent career opportunity, no experience necessary. Will train the right person. Bilingual a plus. Starting salary 15.00/hr. Please fax or email your resume to 575-257-0249/greatgrins@ aol.com Attn: Laura NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for part time evening cart attendant and servers/bar tenders. Apply in person Cree Meadows Country Club 301 Country Club Dr. Ruidoso RUIDOSO JOCKEY CLUB is currently looking for bus staff and food runners. Please apply in person. For more info call 575-378-4446.

RAMADA INN is hiring for housekeeper and front desk. Apply in person at 26141 Hwy 70.

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Communication/Detention

Officer Police Department $11.91 per hour Un-Certified $12.79 per hour Certified September 18, 2013

Full Benefit Package The City of Ruidoso Downs is accepting applications for Full Time Communication/Detention Officer. High School diploma or equivalent. Computer and telecommunication experience preferred. Must be able to work rotational shifts.

Must obtain New Mexico State Public Safety Telecommunication Certification within one year of hire date. Must possess a valid NM Driver’s License. Must pass physical and drug screening. EEOE. For complete job description and application please visit City Hall at 123 Downs Drive, Ruidoso Downs, NM, call 575-378-4422. E-mail rreynolds@ ruidosodowns.us.

LINCOLN COUNTY is now accepting applications for the position of FULL TIME DEPUTY SHERIFF until filled in the Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Department, located in Carrizozo, New Mexico. Applicant must be 18 years or over, must possess a New Mexico Police Officer’s Certification or be certifiable by waiver, and willing to work anywhere in Lincoln County.

Employment will be condition upon applicant’s successful completion of a physical examination and substance abuse test. Wages are NonProbationary $20.1812 - $26.1936 depending on years of law enforcement service and advanced training hours. Obtain application and job description from Billie-Jo Guevara at 575/648-2385 ext. 100. County of Lincoln Equal Opportunity Employer and in Compliance with ADA Requirements, Title II-A. CAREGIVER POSITION (Training Available) An active but wheelchair bound Ruidoso businessman has an opening. This permanent part time, possibly fulltime, rewarding position is available for a caring and capable person of strong ethics. Position requires providing personal care and attention to detail. This not a babysitting type position so Caregivers must be physically capable but we have great equipment etc. Housing is even a possibility. Call afternoons only 575-336-7474 or email careers@pizzazzyfoods.com

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HONDO VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACULTY/STAFF POSITION NOTICE 2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR High School Social Studies Teacher Secondary NM Teacher License Current Resume Letter of Interest Three (3) current references Application Instructional Assistant High School diploma or GED Instructional assistant license Pass background and criminal records check Application Resume Reference letters Letter of Interest Application deadline: Until positions are filled. Incomplete packets will not be accepted.

Send COMPLETE packet to: Cindy Gomez Administrative Assistant Hondo Valley Public Schools P.O. Box 55 Hondo, NM 88336 Applications available on Hondo Schools website: http://www.hondoschools.org The Hondo Valley Public Schools is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, race, color, age, gender or nationality.

616 Mechem • Ruidoso, NM • (575) 257-4011 • 800-530-4597

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MAGNIFICENT TERRITORIAL ADOBE-STYLE HOME

3 bdrm, 3 ba home on just over 1 acre. Professionally designed w/ colorful features throughout.

Striking wooden ceilings add to the cozy warm feeling of this home. 3 fireplaces add that special touch. Tile floors throughout. Master suite has large sitting area. Impressive courtyard w/ rock patio. Fantastic views. $339,500 MLS #113209

Austin stone exterior, 2 bdrm plus nice office, 2 ba. Vaulted ceilings, 2 car garage, 2 car carport. Fantastic view! Home is approximately 75% finished. Approximately 40 x 50 barn with concrete floor. Seller will sell items that will help complete home for additional price. $199,500 MLS #111961

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NM RN Licensure, Bachelor’s Degree Preferred Responsibilites: Address all medical related issues including referral if applicable for appropriate care for students Knowledge/skills: High degree of knowledge of state and federal regulations pertaining to k12 education programs, Ability to work with changing priorities, regulations and deadlines, ability to analyze situations accurately and to recommend necessary actions.

Contract Period: 2013-14 school year.

Salary: Per RMSD salary schedule Application process: apply online at www.ruidososchools.org.

Contact: George Heaton, Principal, heaton@ruidososchools.org, contact #: 575-630-7800

140 GENERAL HELP WANTED THE CARLSBAD CURRENT ARGUS, a daily newspaper in Carlsbad, New Mexico is seeking a Lead District Sales Manager to lead our Circulation Department responsibilities include: Manages all home delivery, single copy, Total Market Coverage (TMC) and alternate delivery distribution operations. Manages the verification process for single copy returns.

Manages independent contractor agreements and relationships. Maintains quality distribution and meets company set performance standards in regards to customer service.

Reviews and analyze department expenses in an effort to control and reduce cost. Meets budget commitments. This is a managerial position with hands-on responsibilities. Must have proven supervisory distribution management experience. Print Operations experience would be a plus. Must have strong people skills, verbal and written. Ability to deal effectively with internal and external customers. Reviews and approves all independent contractor agreements.

Develops employees and promotes teamwork, cooperation, collaboration and communication.

Interviews, hires, trains, assigns and directs work, appraises performance, rewards and disciplines, coaches and resolves workplace concerns of staff. Job Requirements: • High school graduate or the equivalent is required with a college degree preferred. • Previous experience in sales and/or customer service or in a print media circulation department.

• Must possess excellent customer service, interpersonal, communication and bookkeeping skills. • Must be able to work early morning hours, have reliable transportation, a current driver’s license, proof of liability insurance and a safe driving record.

Please apply: Please apply through our website at www.currentargus. com and select the link “Apply With Us” at the bottom of our webpage or send resume to: Texas/New Mexico Newspapers PSHP, Attn: Human Resources, 500 w. Overland Ave. Suite 150, El Paso, Texas 79001 Company offers excellent benefits including medical, dental, life insurance and 401K. The Carlsbad Current Argus is an equal opportunity employer providing a drug-free work environment.

HELP WANTED at Tangle Y Wood N Art in Hondo. Call 575-937-0378 MOUNTAIN AIR CABINS is looking for full and part time housekeeper.

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Seeking dedicated participants to help further develop one of the fastest growing restaurants in Ruidoso.

Only looking for the best! Please apply if you demonstrate great character, loyalty, maturity, experience, positivity and the ability to work quickly under pressure. This is NOT AN EASY BUSINESS! If you do not do well with policy and procedures, or you do not take well to constructive criticisms, this is not the job for you. The following positions could be available: Server, Busser, Dishwasher.

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3 bdrm, 2 ba, with study, den, living room PLUS bonus room! Beautiful tiled showers, garden tub and granite countertops throughout. Crown molding and real rock fireplace.

Situated on a cul-de-sac with gorgeous views on 6.58 acres. This home is special and a delight to see! $419,000 MLS #113281

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323 HEATH DRIVE – FURN 3 BDR, 2 (3/4) BA (showers only) with knotty pine walls & wood floors. Approx. 1337 sq.ft. $975/Mo + utilities.

111 FIR – UNF 2 BDR, 2 BA. with large utility room & W/D hookups. Approx 1168 sq.ft. Pets ok with owner approval. $800/Mo + utilities. (On the Market - Subject to showing with a lawful 30-day notice) 148 EAGLE RIDGE – UNF 3 BDR, 2 BA. with 2-car garage and partially covered deck. Approx. 1800 sq.ft. Pets ok with owner approval. $1600/Mo + utilities. (On the Market - Subject to showing with a lawful 30-day notice) (Available Aug. 20) 551 WHITE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS – UNF 3 BDR, 2 1/2 BA. with 2-car garage, large deck, study & utility room. Gated community. Approx.

2619 sq.ft. $1800/Mo + utilities.

213 BRADY CANYON – UNF 1 BDR, 1 BA. Approx. 384 sq.ft. $400/Mo + utilities.

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575-802-3013 190 REAL ESTATE

All American Realty SALES & RENTALS Long & Short Term Rentals Nice Commercial $ 1200 Available Now (575) 257-8444 TWO NEIGHBORING 20 ACRE RANCHES each just $12,900 or together for $24,000. Lender repossession. 1 hour 45 minutes southwest of Albuquerque. These ranches previously sold for 3x the new asking price. Remote, high dessert setting with good access and electric. Financing available. Call NMRS 1-888676-6979

200 RENTAL SERVICES ADVERTISE your vacation property, to more than 284,000 New Mexico newspaper readers. Your 25-word classified ad will appear in 32 newspapers around the state for only $100. Call this newspaper for more details or visit www.nmpress.org for more details.

205 ROOM FOR RENT ROOM AND BATH with private entrance. $350 per month. 575-3788163

MANUFACTURED HOMES:

111 LAGUNA – UNF 3 BDR, 2 BA with W/D hookups, office and large deck. Approx. 1435 sq.ft. $1000/Mo + utilities.

481 PARADISE CANYON – FURN 3 BDR, 2 BA with log siding & a great deck. Approx.

1760 sq.ft. $1600/Mo includes utilities. (Available Sept. 3) 112 HIDEAWAY LANE – FURN 3 BDR, 2 BA with wrap-around decks and hot tub. Fenced yard, pets OK. Approx. 1096 sq.ft. $1600/Mo includes utilities. (On the Market – Subject to showing with a lawful 30-day notice) (Available Aug. 28)

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2900 SUDDERTH DRIVE – Large building at the corner of Sudderth & Mechem with many potential uses. Come take a look.

CONDOS 406 SUNNY SLOPE #3 – FURN 2 BDR, 1 1/2 419 MECHEM DRIVE – Approx. 1100 sq.ft.

BA. $1100/Mo incl. utilities.

Come take a look. $500/Mo + utilities.

575-257-4011 • 800-530-4597 View these rentals at: www.ruidosorelo.com

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ing area. Mostly furnished throughout. Water, sewer and garbage paid.

Fenced lot, yard, cut and cared for by maintenance man. Beautiful adult mobile home park bordering Links Golf Course in Pine Terrace Estates space 6. $23k. 1108 Mechem Drive, Ruidoso. 575-808-8392 or 830-2853567.

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#416 CHAMPION’S RUN – FURN 2 BDR, 2 BA w/ carport. Approx. 1320 sq.ft. $900/Mo + utilities. (Available Sept. 4.)

2-3 BEDROOM 2 bath house, Overlooks Race Track. $129,000. Call for appointment 575-258-5355

235 HOMES FOR RENT: FURNISHED / UNFURNISHED 4 BEDROOM 2 BATH on Cree. $1200 plus utilities 257-7911 3 BDRM, 2 BTH, Bills paid, WD, 2 living areas, fireplace, 1 bdrm, bills paid, 575-937-9160

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Inspiration Heights Apartment Homes 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms.

Nestled in the pines of Ruidoso Downs 301 Sierra Lane

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275 RETAIL SPACE SALE/ LEASE COMMERCIAL/STORE-FRONT RETAIL. Approx 1800 square feet great location best price in town $1500.

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320 AUCTIONS BENEFIT AUCTION For Laura Hemphill All Proceeds will go for Cancer Treatment SAT. AUG. 24, 2013 • 10.09 A.M. BIG BLUE AUCTION 500 CENTRAL AVE. CARRIZOZO, N.M. REAL ESTATE - 700 Sq. Ft., 1 bd, 1 bath house - 1105 5th St. Carrizozo - 80 Acres, Lots 175 & 176 Windmill Ranches; VEHICLES - 1993 C1500 Chev. Truck, 2003 Trailblazer, 2006 Infinity G-35 Vehicle, ATV 4 Wheeler, 2 Pickup Bed Covers; MISC - Bikes, Furniture, Stetson Hat, Misc.

Antiques, Porcelain, Crystal, Coins, Art Supplies, Golf Clubs, Lamps, Exercise Machine, Office Desk, Office Supplies, New Lawn Mower, Much More (a few items will have a minimum) For more info. Call Frank Walker 575-648-3007

370 GARAGE SALES/ESTATE SALES

WANTING ANTIQUE fishing tackle lures and reels, cir. 1940. Top cash dollar paid. 575-354-0365

RELOCATING. Selling furniture, rugs and goods. Very good condition.

Call for details 575-202-5709 SALE DATES: 8/23 & 8/24 7AM-12PM, 8/25 ALL DAY. 279 Eagle Creek Canyon Rd.

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470 HORSES/STABLES/MISC.

300 WANT TO BUY

TOPSOIL FOR SALE. Please call 575-937-3015

HORSE BOARDING available near race track. 575-378-8163

KOKOPELLI FULL GOLF MEMBERSHIP for sale. 512-401-9601

560 MOTORCYCLES

220 MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE

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ADULT MOBILE HOME PARK. Several homes available at Pine Terrace Estates at 1108 Mechem Drive. For more details call Bill Pippin 575-2574228 or after 6 pm 575-258-3414.

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HONDA 1989 PACIFIC COAST. SPORT/CRUISER 800cc. Windshield, faring, trunk in pearl white. $2,995. 575-808-0576.

MUST SELL DUE TO MEDICAL CONDITION.

570 CARS 2009 HONDA CIVIC with manual transmission, 48K Miles, New tires, front end alignment, battery, and oil change. A great gas saver. $6,500.

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