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The Zine, southeast New Mexico’s most recognized entertainment and lifestyle magazine, is designed to accompany our readers throughout the region as they enjoy the diverse and entertaining activities and destinations.

The Zine can be found at the following locations, in addition to being inserted in each week’s Ruidoso Free Press.

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Kent Quick/ Texico, Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce, White Sands National Monument, Hampton Inn, Motel 6, White Sands Missile Range, Super 8 Motel, Imax/Space Hall, Holloman AFB, Plateau Expresso, Boothill RV Resort, Alamo Tire, 84 Lumber

EDDY COUNTY

CMC, Hotels/Motels, Sutherlands, La Tienda, Artesia Chamber of Commerce, Bennies Western Wear, Eddy Federal Credit Union, Artesia General,

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Ocotillo Golf Course, Hampton Inn, Hospital, Lea County Inn, Country Inn and Suites, Iron Skillet Café, Event Center, Albertsons, Denny’s, Rancher Steak House

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Roswell Chamber of Commerce, Visitor Center, IGA Lawrence Brothers, UFO Museum, Candlewood Suites, Holiday Inn, Dennys, IHOP, Farmers Market, Albertsons, Days Inn, Farley’s

LINCOLN COUNTY

Ruidoso Chamber of Commerce, Ruidoso Athletic Club, Ruidoso Downs Race Track, Apache Travel Center, Fun Trackers, La Quinta, The Lodge, Hubbard Museum, Jorge’s, Lincoln Tourist Center, Smokey Bear Museum in Capitan

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and wellness for 2013 and beyond

By Eugene Heathman Editor Ruidoso and the areas throughout Lincoln County are fast becoming known as a diverse high altitude training and recreation destination.

The 2013 Ruidoso Health & Wellness Fair, Jan. 16, will provide an epic opportunity for locals and visitors to the community to engage in variety of health, wellness and fitness activities.

The place to be Wednesday is the Ruidoso Convention center.

From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., participants can undergo a wide variety of health screenings such as mammograms, cholesterol, blood glucose level and blood pressure evaluations. Local health care professionals will have booths to calculate people’s body mass index and body age analysis, including strength and flexibility evaluations provided by Lovelace Health Plan professionals.

Local triathlete and certified triathlon trainer Sarah Crewe emphasized a person’s health and wellness is based on a person’s lifestyle which upon her own personal reflection may need significant change. “I was not always an athlete. I swam as a kid, but stopped doing anything but get into trouble from the time I was in high school until I was in my mid-20s. One day I realized that not only was I a couch potato, I actually was beginning to look like one,” Crewe said.

Crewe decided to start working out and changing her life and began by lifting weights, then got into aerobics, and started running.” I was a struggling teacher in Harlem at the time and had no money to stay with a gym, so I ran,” Crewe said.

In addition to health screening, the Ruidoso Health and Wellness Fair will provide attendees with abundant information on the area’s walking, bicycling and recreational venues such as the Grindstone multiuse trail system, the Links walking trail, the Smokey Bear Ranger District fitness trail, the Fort Stanton BLM (Bureau of Land Management) recreation areas and much more.

Opportunities about learning to incorporate the benefits of healthy eating habits, financial, mental and spiritual health will also be available for attendees.

Requests for mammograms provided by Assured Imaging can be scheduled by calling 888-233-6121.

Most insurance plans are accepted at the health fair to cover cost related items. Those interested in cholesterol and glucose screenings are requested to fast a minimum of 12 hours prior to coming to the Health & Wellness Fair. Hydration with water is acceptable during fasting time.

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Exploring alternative medicine and more OTERO Ever considered trying something different, something more natural, in order to get healthy and feel good? Ruidoso Public Library’s Universal Class offers courses in Alternative Medicines, teaches about ancient remedies and New Age techniques online.

Through the Ruidoso Public Library’s webpage, www.youseemore. com/ruidosopl, library members can access Universal Classes for free at home or anywhere mobile device catches the internet. All that is needed is a library card number to sign up. Then an account can be created with Universal Class and the path to learning can begin.

Universal Class is located on the library’s webpage under the e-Branch tab.

For more information or help locating Universal Class, ask the librarian.

The list of courses in Alternative Medicine is thorough, allowing exploration in many different fields.

Try one today.

Angels 101: History, Religion, Spiritualism & You Anti Aging Techniques Aromatherapy (Intermediate to Advanced) Aromatherapy 101 Astrology 101 Auras: Viewing, Identifying, and Understanding Buddhism 101 Building Self Esteem Chakra Clearing

Chakra Meditation Dream Interpretation Emotional Healing Energy Healing Flower Essences Healing Affirmations 101 Homeopathy 101 How to Improve Your Memory Life Coaching 101 Lifetime Wellness Meditation 101: Learn How to Meditate Natural Skin Care Relaxation 101 Self Hypnosis 101: Reshaping Your Reality Spiritual Counseling 101 Stress Management 101 Tarot Cards 101 Teaching Reiki The Art of Breathing 101 The Runes Therapeutic Bathing 101 Wellness Coaching Wicca 101 Yoga 101

There are more than 500 courses relevant for the whole community offered on Universal Class – from learning more about a hobby to braiding hair; from improving computer skills to learning to cook; from homeschooling children to improving or learning office skills, bookkeeping/accounting for

employees; and so much more. at 575-258-3704. The Ruidoso Public The librarians will be at the RuLibrary is located at 107 Kansas City idoso Health and Wellness Fair at the Road. Hours are: Monday through ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA Convention Center on Wednesday, Jan. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 9 16, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 For more information about Univer- p.m. www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl or http://ruidosopubliclibrary.blogspot.com. sal Class, call Ruidoso Public Library

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Inspired Living at Sanctuary on the River Free life-changing experiences offered January and February Design the best life for 2013 – participate in “Wish Experience” Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Deepak Chopra’s events utilize this tool and report amazing shifts in health, wellness, prosperity and happiness.

Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. is “Breath of Empowerment.” Sandra

Gussett presents a practice which accelerates healing and physical energy with a sensation of vibration and heat, pushing through blocked meridians, oxygenating blood and removing Qi blockages. Bring a quilt, blanket and a pillow. Space is limited.

For more information, call 575630-1111 or go to www.SanctuaryOnTheRiver.com.

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Wellness Watch –

Frequencies rising

The invisible threat to our health and survival as a species in direct correlation

By Tim Seay to our technological Better Home and advances in commuHealth nication and energy In the past six use. But don’t listen articles we covered to me. Check out this a basic overview of article about breast Pulsed Electro-Magcancer and leukemia netic Field Therapy. So as an example: www. far we have explored a dirtyelectricity.ca/canlittle bit of the history cer_and_the_dirty_ and touched briefly on electricity_plague.htm the many health chalI hope this inforlenges that this safe, mation prompts you natural and inexpenas the reader to learn sive form of therapy Tim Seay more about what is has been proven effective. I also touched on the concern about going on around you and how it may be impacting your health and the health of what may be going on in our environment with regard to the rapid expansion your loved ones. Please don’t be one of the “Sheeple” in our society. Educate of the “Wireless Age” and how that is yourself; it is worth the time invested impacting the health of humans and all I promise. With that said I refer you to of the earth’s creatures.

Now let’s look deeper into this huge a powerful new video on the subject of Electro-Smog and cell phone use. It is environmental change that is taking entitled “Resonance-Beings of Frequenplace all around us. cy” by James Russell.

I had planned for this to be the last Here is the link: http://vimeo. article in this series but have moved com/54189727 it up in the curriculum list due to the As I said, watching this video refact that a very important and powerquires an investment on your part – that ful video has just been released on the being the investment of one of our most subject. precious commodities, time.

In the timeline of human history, It is about an hour and a half long, public access to electrical power is a the equivalent of a Hollywood movie on brand new development.

DVD or Netflix. Maybe make it part of In 1879 electric lights were first “date night” with popcorn and hot cocoa used for public street lighting in Cleveland. That same year California Electric or pretend you have a school class to attend or some other creative way of Light Company Inc. in San Francisco setting the time aside but please find was the first company to sell electricity a way to watch it. If you have kids or to customers. The company used two grandkids, I triple urge you to do so. small generators to power 21 Brush arc As always, if you have any queslight lamps. tions, comments or requests for more That was only 134 years ago folks. info don’t hesitate to call or email me, In the last decade or so we as a 575-770-0136, timseay@live.com or society (or at least a few of us) are drop by our Wellness Lounge in the waking up to the reality that we are Four Seasons Mall, 2500 Sudderth messing with sources of power and Drive, Suite #12. energy that we know virtually nothing Until next week, I wish you all the about. Epidemic levels of cancers and best in health and happiness. other health disorders have sprung up

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By Sue Hutchison Adopt-a-Block programs are currently “To get people to move here we need to have something for them to do,” underway. “We ask folks, ‘if there was one thing you would not change about says Ray Dean, president of Carrizozo Carrizozo, what would it be?’ and folWorks. Project 1500 is a CW plan it with the opposite question, ‘if encouraging visitors to makeCARLSBAD the town •low ARTESIA there was one thing their permanent resiyou would change…’ dence, 1,500 strong by to offer folks a place July 4, 2017. of involvement,” Dean and his says Dean. “I’ve had board have been people tell me they strategizing in an ROSWELL effort to present Carfeel at home in Carrizozo as an attractive rizozo more than any choice for visitors to other place they’ve call home. Wanting lived.” to make it a walk-to Adopt-a-Block community, Dean Courtesy photo is a program which hopes to have busigives residents an RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS ness revitalization, recreational activiopportunity• HWY to make380 a difference where ties growth and cultural events become they live. “We encourage neighbors a regular facet of ’Zozo life. Currently to pick up trash, bake goodies and the town offers restaurants, a grocery, share, help elderly residents care for bank and small business opportunities. their yards, and come together to set A relatively new program inneighborhood goals,” he says. The goal volves the installation of little libraries is to create a vital and beautiful area, throughout town. “A little free library is one block at a time. CW hopes neighALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA a place where one can take a book and borhoods in ’Zozo will become teams leave a book,” says Dean. “We build where traditions are started, conflicts the shell and local artists can decorate can be resolved and help can be rethem.” The first has been installed quested from each other if needed. across from Carrizozo’s Town Hall in CW’s community goals include the Sheahan’s front yard, he reports. creating new jobs and attracting new Little Free Library.org promotes lit- businesses. “But we want to have fun in the process,” says Dean. Residents eracy and the love of reading by buildthemselves, Dean and his wife say ing free book exchanges worldwide, they fell in love with New Mexico in in hopes of building a sense of community. Skills are shared, creativity and 1991 and moved to Carrizozo in 2004. wisdom stretching across generations is “We want to continually improve our schools and build on our existing reencouraged, according to the organizasources,” he says and hopes Carrizozo tion. It was a good fit for Carrizozo, Works is a vehicle for town growth. says Dean. “We don’t have the funds Among CW’s many community yet for a public library but this is a goal goals is striving to provide a safe, for us to achieve by beginning with healthy environment for all who live, Little Free Libraries.” A public library is one of several goals for Project 1500. work and play in Carrizozo. For more information, visit their website: carQuality of life projects are a rizozoworks.org. vital part of CW’s plans. Music in the

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ENMU-Roswell LINCOLN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS employees recognized RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380

The ENMU-Roswell FoundaShipping and Receiving clerk; tion and the ENMU-Roswell Branch Cosme Ramirez, Custodian Community College Board recently Ten years: Dr. Robert Bender, recognized a number of employees History instructor; Ken Davis, for their dedication and years of serEmergency Medical Services vice to the campus. ENMU-Roswell Education Program instructor; FoundationALAMOGORDO President, Betty Patton, Susan•Golden, Interim Dean • CLOUDCROFT TULAROSA presented Humanities and Theatre of Health; Christina Weir, Life instructor, Dallas Jeffers-Pollei, and Sciences instructor; Peggy Emergency Medical Services inHarelson, American Heart structor, Rodney Ray, with the 2012 Association Training Center Kosa Merit Awards. The award, incoordinator; James Richardstituted by the Kosa family in 1970, son, HVAC technician; Raul de recognizes academic and vocational Lara, Publications specialist; faculty for excellence in teaching Mavis Williams, Respiratory and service to the institution. Chosen Therapy instructor by their peers, the honorees receive Fifteen years: Maureen Olguin, an engraved plaque and a stipend.

Communication instructor; Members of the Community Marla Wittkopf Maier, UniverCollege Board also recognized the sity Studies instructor following employees with cerTwenty years: Richard Griego, tificates and pins for their years of Network systems manager; service: H. Louie Longoria, Special Five years: Dr. Lloyd Steve ChamServices instructor; Analisa bers, Human Resources direcBhakta, Assistant director, tor; Alan Trever, Media Arts Financial Aid instructor; James S. Markl, Gear Up Program director; Thirty years: Adalberto Arenivas, Paul Sandoval, Inventory, Carpenter-Foreman/Locksmith

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Grant opportunities workshop scheduled

The ENMU-Roswell Customized Training Program will present “Currently Available Grant Funding with Emphasis on Regional and Corporate Funders” on Thursday, Jan. 17 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Lawrence C. Harris Occupational Technology Center, room 115. The class introduces the grant writer to the currently available funding opportunities and anticipated funding opportunities for 2013. Lead instructor for the workshop will be Jane Batson,

Interim Assistant Vice President for External Affairs. Emphasis will be placed on using potential grant funding sources for your nonprofit or community agency and completing the requirements for grant proposals.

The workshop is $15 which includes materials that will be distributed during class. Registration for the workshop will be available onsite or by contacting the Customized Training office at 575-624-7321.

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Sex and the City (Village), Part 2

decrease.

Dr. Stephen Rath Doc – you’re saying that Fusion Medical Center, Ruidoso if I am above age 30 and have The patient question symptoms of low testosterone of the week: “My husband you would recommend startrecently started testosterone ing hormone replacement? replacement and has too much Even though I had my levels energy. Is there something you checked and they were in can do to slow him down?” the normal range? Hormone While I don’t agree with replacement is a personal slowing him down, I can bring decision. Very rarely do I you back up to speed. The best actually recommend patients results from starting bio-idenDr. Stephen Rath start BHRT. I discuss their tical hormone replacement symptoms, review lab results therapy (BHRT) are achieved when both and the likely results of starting replaceof you have been adequately treated. More energy is great during the day, but can seem ment. We don’t know if your lab results are normal for you. We didn’t draw baseline a bit excessive around bedtime when you levels at age 14, 18, and 22 when your body aren’t speaking the same language. Move was stabilizing hormone production. your bedtime up by 30 minutes, turn off I learned to treat the lab results in the TV earlier and talk. Most guys aren’t medical school. “I’m sorry, sir. Your testosthe best at whispering sweet nothings. If terone levels are on the low side, but they you open a dialog and let him know that are still within the normal range. It’s just discussing plans, home life, and the events of your day help you unwind and get ready part of getting old.” Or worse, “I’m sorry, ma’am. Your symptoms just don’t make to get in the mood, he may step up to the sense. Your levels are normal for your age plate. Good luck to both of you. group. It must be in your head.”

Last week’s article discussed the oriLow T made it personal for me. Take gin of the well-woman exam and touched a look at the most common symptoms and on the difference between men and women count how many you have. Low energy or regarding being physically and emotionfatigue, poor sleep, depression, difficulty ally ready for sex. This article will delve concentrating, difficulty losing weight, into the benefits of a normal testosterone difficulty gaining muscle and low libido.

(T) level for men and women.

Erectile dysfunction? ED usually occurs as Let’s be candid. A man with a normal a late symptom after other symptoms have T level doesn’t need much inspiration for been present for a while. sex. We continually confound the women My professional medical opinion is with our self-inspiration. “Wait a minute. I that it makes good sense to treat the perwas going over the shopping list and askson, not the paper. Lab results on paper are ing you about what you would like to eat standardized for the “majority” of patients, next week. Were you even listening to me? not for you. Your body may not do well How can you be ready to have sex?” on the low end of “normal.” T levels are Guys – try to pay enough attention age adjusted, so the older you get, the that you can parrot back the last sentence. lower the chance that your level will be Slip in a remark about how her company is abnormally low. Most of my phone calls the most valuable thing about dinner and to patients reporting their low T begin with how you would be happy with bread and “None of your lab levels look like you are water as long as she is with you. Mention dying but your testosterone is low enough that as she was talking you were paying that you probably feel like you are dying.” more attention to her lips than what she Tired of being tired? Give me a call. was actually saying and you may pull it Want to learn more about BHRT? Stay off. Otherwise, prepare for another cold tuned for next weeks article as I bring in a night as she tries to teach you a lesson guest writer to discuss more sex hormones. about paying attention to what she says.

Disclaimer: Dr Stephen Rath, MD, DABA Gals – remember how it used to be a is a board certified anesthesiologist as lot easier to get in the mood? Testosterone well as the owner and medical director of is one of the most important sex hormones, Fusion Medical Spa located in Ruidoso. and it decreases in women and men as we Every time he thinks he is an expert on sex age. Depending on the study, T levels in his wife adds a new wrinkle. Comments or women can start to drop as early as age questions? His email address is: DrRath@ FusionMedicalSpa.net.

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Living Desert docent training

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Training begins at 10 a.m. and goes For more information, call 575until 2 p.m. with a half hour for lunch 887-5516. from noon untilRUIDOSO 12:30 p.m. (bring • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380

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Counties across New Mexico are eligible forOTERO drought assistance

living • Pay essential family WHITE SANDS / TULAROSA BASIN USDA offers emergency expenses ALAMOGORDO loans to producers ahead• CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA • Reorganize the farming operation of 2013 crop season to help • Refinance certain debts, excluding combat persistent drought real estate Congressman Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District highlighted efforts by the federal government to assist farmers and ranchers who have been negatively impacted by the severe drought in New Mexico and across much of the country. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack designated a number of counties across New Mexico as a primary natural disaster area due to recent drought, making all counties in the Third District eligible for assistance from the Farm Service Agency (FSA), including FSA emergency loans,”As drought persists, USDA will continue to partner with producers to see them through longer-term recovery, while taking the swift actions needed to help farmers and ranchers prepare their land and operations for the upcoming planting season,” said Vilsack.

Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the disaster declaration to apply for emergency loan assistance. Emergency loan funds may be used to: • Restore or replace essential property • Pay all or part of production costs associated with the disaster year

“Last year was the hottest year ever in the United States, leaving farmers and ranchers across New Mexico struggling in the face of devastating drought conditions. We have also been impacted by a lack of rain and snowfall during the monsoon and winter months,” Congressman Luján said. “The disaster declarations by the Secretary of Agriculture will make important resources available to help farmers make ends meet during this difficult time.”

Nineteen counties across New Mexico have been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to a recent drought: Chaves, De Baca, Lea, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Cibola, Eddy, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taos, Colfax, Guadalupe, Mora, San Juan, Union, Curry, Harding, Quay and San Miguel.

Nine counties have been named as contiguous disaster counties, making them also eligible for assistance: Bernalillo, Lincoln, Otero, Socorro, Valencia, Catron, Los Alamos, Sandoval and Torrance.

For more information on eligibility and how to apply for assistance, contact the New Mexico State Farm Service Agency at 505-761-4900.

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Snow drops fire danger to low on Guadalupe Ranger District Widespread snowfall covered much of southern New Mexico, including the Guadalupe Mountains west of Carlsbad. “The moisture brought on by the snow event was a welcome change,” said Art Arias, Fire Management Officer for the Lincoln National Forest’s Guadalupe Ranger District. “Snow stretched from the mountains to the plains and across the foothills of Eddy County last week. We’ve had reports of six to eight inches in the higher elevations and three to five inches in the low country,” Arias added.

The increased moisture is a factor in determining the current fire danger rating for the area, which now stands at LOW. Having a LOW fire danger generally means fuels will not ignite readily and if a fire does start, it spreads slowly by creeping or smoldering, with little danger of spotting.

As daytime temperatures increase and winds pick up, the fire danger will increase. Fire officials would like to remind everyone to follow some simple tips to help minimize wildfire risks: • Make sure campfires are dead out • Spark arrestors are required on chainsaws and off-road vehicles.

• Don’t park vehicles on dry grass.

• If you smoke, do so in areas that clear of vegetation and don’t toss cigarettes out.

• Don’t burn on windy days!

• Remember, it’s illegal to possess or use fireworks on public lands.

For more information about the Lincoln National Forest, please call 575-434-7200, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can also find us at www.fs.usda.gov/ lincoln and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LincolnUSForest.

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Department of Health offers services to help quit smoking

The New Year is a time when people make resolutions to quit smoking to improve their health and their lives. The Department of Health supports and encourages New Mexicans to quit smoking by offering a variety of free resources to quit now or commit to quit in 2013.

“Quitting smoking can be challenging because nicotine is a very addictive drug,” explained Benjamin Jacquez, program manager for the Department’s Tobacco Use Prevention & Control (TUPAC) program. “Fortunately, there are effective and evidence-based quit methods available and free services are offered throughout New Mexico.”

Tobacco users can access free cessation services through the statewide toll free number 1-800-QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669) or online at QuitNowNM.com. The Department offers free counseling services and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (patches, lozenges and gum) for participants who register. Cessation services have been expanded to meet the diverse needs of tobacco users. Participants can access services 24 hours a day in English or Spanish. Other languages are available through a 200 option language line.

TTY is available for the deaf and hard of hearing. Registered participants can also take advantage of more help by opting for text message support.

An estimated 284,900 New Mexican adults currently smoke. Tobacco use, as the leading cause of death, results in about 2,100 deaths in New Mexico each year. Also, an estimated 42,000 New Mexicans are afflicted with tobacco-related diseases. Cigarette smoking has a harmful impact

on nearly every organ in the human body and is linked to conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease, stroke, pneumonia and cancers of the lung, stomach, pancreas, cervix and kidney. The leading causes of smoking-related death in New Mexico are COPD (which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis) and lung cancer.

People who stop smoking can greatly reduce their risk for disease and premature death as well as help protect children, family, friends and pets from exposure to secondhand smoke that can cause immediate harm to those who breathe it.

The New Mexico Department of Health offers the following tips to help quit smoking: 1. Talk to a doctor or health care provider (e.g., doctor, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, psychologist, or smoking cessation coach or counselor), especially to consider using medications that can lessen the urge to smoke.

2. Prepare for

the day of quitting. Tobacco-proof the environment – get rid of all tobacco products (and other items such as ashtrays) in the home, car and at work.

3. Talk to family, friends and coworkers and let them know of the plan to quit. Ask them not to use tobacco in the same room or leave cigarettes and other tobacco products where they might be a temptation.

4. Change routines. Use a different route to work. Do something to reduce stress. Use distraction when the urge to smoke or use tobacco arises.

5. Get support from other people.

Studies have shown there is a bet-

ter chance of being successful if help is available.

6. Consider signing up for counseling. Telephone counseling is available free of charge at 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-7848669).

Regardless of how or which route is taken – whether with medicines, counseling or simply by stopping smoking – it’s most important to commit to quit, make a plan and stick with it. The Department of Health will continue to support individuals who want to quit by providing free resources and working to increase access to those services for all New Mexicans.

Find more information at QuitNowNM.com.

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In our quest for health, we often forget to consider the beverages we consume as contributing factors to our wellness. We also need to remember that these items can add to our caloric intake and many items even though claiming to be healthy are not always what they appear. Here are a few thoughts to consider: Fruit juice – many of these products claim to contain 100 percent fruit juice or declare to be 100 percent natural. Fruit juices are often produced using concentrate, which is not a natural practice and many commercial juices have been pasteurized which changes their natural state.

Commercially-produced juices can confuse the body and cause our digestive system to work harder in search for nutrients and during the digestion process. Unless you have access to freshly-juiced fruits and vegetables, my suggestion would be to eat a piece of fruit instead, or minimize commercially-produced fruit juices from your lifestyle.

Tea – teas can be a great tool in healing and detoxifying the body when purchased wisely. It is important to read your labels when choosing prepackaged teas as they often contain unnecessary sugars and preservatives.

Be mindful that prepackaged teas, even green teas can often contain corn syrup. Teas are best purchased from a health food or herb store, which will also allow you to choose your own healthy sweetener, such as unpasteurized (raw) honey, stevia or agave syrup.

Beer and wine – many studies have concluded that these items can produce health benefit as some studies have suggested these items can boost the immune system and thin our blood. For the gluten-free lifestyle, many cider beers are now available.

When choosing wine, red wines are commonly considered the healthier than white due to

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Prime Time Business Expo features family fun for Otero County

By Tina Eves

Angie Fernandez

Veggie.gurl09@gmail.com

high amounts of polyphenols which are a natural antioxidant.

Sodas – There are sodas available with healthier “natural” sugars instead of corn syrup and these items can usually be found in health food stores.

Diet sodas are often considered more harmful than regular sodas, due to the types of sugar replacers used in them. If you enjoy soda, make sure to minimize your intake.

Water – water is often beneficial to the body as it is useful in many of the body’s daily functions and can aid in detoxification. I personally stay away from “smart” waters, “vitamin” and flavored waters as many of these contain additives that can be derived from a synthetic or unnatural source.

Steam distilled water is considered healthiest. While the safety of tap water is debatable, an annual water report should be available for your area to understand its quality. Natural flavors can be added to your water by adding a squeeze of lemon, lime, or orange or you can always soak freshly sliced and peeled cucumber for a fresh flavor.

If we are smart about our beverage choices and don’t “drink our calories” we can choose to save the calories for dessert.

With businesses and vendors from El Paso, Ruidoso and Alamogordo, Otero County’s 4th annual Prime Time Business Expo promises to be fun for the entire family. Free of charge, the event is scheduled for Jan. 18 from 3 - 8 p.m. at the Sgt. Willie Estrada Civic Center, 800 E. First Street in Alamogordo.

The Alamogordo Chamber puts on the event to provide an opportunity for the community to become more aware of businesses in the area. Pre-Check, a personnel background checking company, the new restaurant, Carino’s and Anytime Fitness are just a couple of businesses hoping to educate new customers. Erin with Slumber Party participated the first year and gained 100 new clients at the show.

More than 50 booths providing in-

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formation, samples, demonstrations and giveaways will be represented. Music from DJ Rico, Zumba demonstrations, and free food samples provide a party atmosphere which is accentuated by the Mardi Gras theme. Vendors are invited to dress up. Guests are encouraged to get their Expo Card at the entrance, visit all of the vendor’s booths and turn in the card for hourly door prize drawings.

Several area restaurants will offer samples at booths throughout the civic center and adults can enjoy the cash bar. For more information, contact the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce at 575437-6120 or email at mtd@alamogordo.com.

Bikes for Books program in Carrizozo schools

By Milu Abel Motivating youth towards expanding their knowledge through reading is not always easy. Since Fall of 2009, Carrizozo schools have participated in a program called Bikes for Books, the program encourages reading by rewarding two students twice a year with their own bike. On Dec. 19, Bikes for Books presented the bikes to the two students who earned the most points.

Grades K-6 participate in the program. To be eligible students must “bring special ‘tickets’ to the library and place them in containers each time they read a book, and pass the Accelerated Reader test for each book with a score of 80 percent or more,” said

Rosemary Shafer, staff and coordinator at the Carrizozo school. The points are awarded depending on the books level of difficulty, the longer or harder the book the more points earned. The two students with the highest test scores and most points earned are the recipients of the bikes.

This year the two bikes were rewarded to third grader, Robert Lueras, reading a total of 43 books, and fourth grader, Joanna Vega, reading a total of 19 books. The grade with the highest amount of points earned was 4th grade with a total of 148 points. When in town, make sure to be aware of any cyclists, there are beginning to be quite a few.

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ARTESIA: Jan 28 Legislative Session, Santa Fe. For Business Day the Chamber will set up a booth and hand out goodies. If your business has any promotional items, drop them by the chamber or call 575-746-2744.

29 Workforce Reinvestment Act (WRA) presentation, Rotary Club noon meeting, Hotel Artesia. WRA allows for small businesses to be reimbursed up to 90 percent for on-the-job training through NM Department of Workforce Solutions. RSVP to any Rotary member or the Artesia Chamber Feb 9 Benefit Fashion Show, Artesia Country Club, 6 p.m. Silent auction and concert with S.H.I.L.O. 12 Power Lunch Walter Nusbaum has spent more than ten years doing training and development with executives, business people, athletes, and non-profit organizations.

Sponsors needed. 575-746-2744

LEA COUNTY HOBBS: Jan 17 MonaVie - Free Drink to Your Health, Sister’s Boutique, 8605 Denver City Hwy (Alabama St. & Dal Paso), 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. From powerful antioxidant support to joint, heart and immune health, these body-beneficial products provide the nutrition needed for a healthy and active lifestyle.

Tracy Lawrence in concert, Lea County Event Center, 5101 N. Lovington Hwy., 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at Selectaseatlubbock. com, 1-800-735-1288, and the Lea County Event Center Box Office, 575-391-2900 24 - Crime Lab Detective exhibit May 5 opening, Western Heritage Museum. Visitors can solve a crime using the same tools and methods that detectives use. Gather evidence, investigate suspects and determine who committed the crime. Fun for the whole family. 575-492-2678 575-492-2678; www.westernheritagemuseumcomplex.com. Free 26 Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding 2013, Lea County Events Center, 5101 N. Lovington Hwy., 7:30 p.m. Tickets on sale at Selectaseatlubbock.com and the Lea County Event Center. Box Office, 575-391-2900

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CARLSBAD: Jan Wed’s Coffee Connection, Trinity Hotel, 201 S. Canal St., 7 a.m. Meet people interested in our community, discuss local events and issues, share ideas, create energy and excitement for our community 26 Silver Spur Gun and Blade Show, Walter Gerrells Performing Arts Center, 4012 National Parks Highway, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Adults $5, Under 12 free Feb 10-12 Bat Brigade trip to Santa Fe during the NM Legislative Session to meet with various cabinet secretaries including Tourism, Transportation, State Parks, State Land Office and Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources as well as with the Governor, Lt. Governor, Senators and Representatives from Eddy County. An Eddy County reception, hosted by the Artesia and Carlsbad Chambers of Commerce and the Carlsbad Department of Development. 575-887-6562 www.developcarlsbad.org 15 The Sisters Rosensweig, Carlsbad Community Theater, 4801 National Parks Highway, 7:30 p.m.

Directed by Ellen Friesen, written

by Wendy Wasserstein, published

by Dramatists Play Service. Winner of the 1993 Outer Critics Circle award for Best Broadway Play.

A captivating portrait of three disparate sisters reuniting after a lengthy separation and coming to terms with their differences, respect and love for one another.

LINCOLN COUNTY ALTO: Jan 17 Business After Hours “Search for the Grail” Party, Spencer Theater, 5-7 p.m. Search for the grail among savory sauces and bowl a few in the mini-lanes during this party highlighting Spencer’s upcoming shows: “Nunset Boulevard” and “Spamalot.”

Food, prizes and tickets. 257-7395.

Free 29 Dan Goggin’s “Nunset Boulevard,” Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Rd., 7 - 9 p.m. Pre-performance buffet at 5. Cindy Williams as Mother Superior in a musical comedy about the Little Sisters of Hoboken. Co-starring the original New York cast, this “Nunsense” adventure takes the sisters to

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Tinseltown, where they’re thrilled at the prospect of performing at the Hollywood Bowl. But they discover the actual booking is at the Hollywood Bowl-A-Rama. So bowling is their fate. Featuring all new songs and great doses of heavenly humor, Dan Goggin’s “Nunset” is gleeful, boisterous, and sinfully funny. 575-336-4800; www.spencertheater.com. Buffet $20; performance $66 and $69

RUIDOSO: Jan 16 Ruidoso Health and Wellness Fair, Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Village of Ruidoso invites you to be healthy at this free event offering Body Age Analysis, Biometrics Screening and vendors with health related products and services. 575-258-4343.

19 Comedian Jay McKittrick, The Historic Old Mill, 641 Sudderth, 6 p.m. Stand-up comedy fans will experience an hour of laughter when Ruidosan Jay McKittrick performs his “Married, Fat and Happy” humor with acoustic guitarist and folk singer Charlie Elmer. Parental guidance suggested. 257-7395. $17, $21 Free Movie “Il Postino,” Sacred Grounds Coffee and Tea House, 2825 Sudderth Dr. 6:30 p.m. “The Postman” is cheered by critics and audiences everywhere, as the record-breaking Academy Awardwinning romantic comedy that delivers a punch to the heart.

575-257-2273 RUIDOSO DOWNS: Thru “A Land So Strange” exhibit, 2/8 Hubbard Museum, 26301 Hwy 70. An educational journey of nearly 400 years of New Mexico history. Hundreds of artifacts and images from the 16th to the 20th century tell the story of the Native Americans, the Spanish and the Euro-Americans who created the New Mexico we experience today. www.hubbardmuseum. org. Free with admission to the museum.

Thru 21st Annual Fall American 3/17 Photography Competition & Exhibition, Hubbard Museum, 26301 Hwy 70. 575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum.org.

Admission: Adults, $6; seniors and military, $5; ages 6 to 16, $2; under 6, free

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Member Hobbs Chamber of Commerce • Member Lovington Chamber of Commerce Member Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce • Member Artesia Chamber of Commerce Member Roswell Chamber of Commerce • Member Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce Member Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce

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mESCaLErO Johnny Rivers, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd., 8 - 10 p.m. Don’t miss an evening with Johnny Rivers, legendary rock ‘n’ roll singer, songwriter and guitarist. Some of his hits include the No. 1 hit “Poor Side of Town”, “Summer Rain”, and “Secret Agent Man.” 575-464-7777; www.innofthemountaingods.com. Tickets start at $25 Ski Apache Disabled Skiers’ Silent Auction, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 6 - 9 p.m. Guest speaker Dana Bowman, skydiver, retired Army Sergeant 1st Class and retired member of the elite Golden Knights parachute team.

Celebrating its 37th season, SADSP is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to teaching people with disabilities to ski and snowboard, hosting approximately 200 students each year. 575-464-3193; www.skiapachedisabledskiersprogram.com

SKI APACHE: Jan Learn a Snow Sport January Learn alpine skiing, telemark skiing or snowboard or Trikke – it is up to you to do something new. Ski Apache is offering some great deals on the mountain in the month of January.

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Sisters on Snow – One Day Event, Snow Sports Seminar. This seminar for women includes one day of instruction, video analysis and a personal improvement plan tailored to your goals. Just drop into the Snow Sports Learning Center to get started and signed up.

Ski Apache Vertical Challenge How many vertical feet can you total in four hours? Find out in this competition using Flaik GPS technology. $35 (per team of five)

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Terrain Park Competition III Display your skills or witness daring and athletic ability of these intrepid competitors. $10 Fab Females February Free ski tips for women, Wednesdays and Fridays in February, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Women meet at the bottom of Capitan Chair (Chair 4) at 10:30 Terrain Park Competition IV Display your skills or witness daring and athletic ability of these intrepid competitors. $10

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ALAMOGORDO: IMAX NM Museum of Space History “HUBBLE,” Daily showings: 11 a.m. 2 and 4 p.m. The seventh awe-inspiring film for the awardwinning IMAX space team. Accompany the walking astronauts as they attempt some of the most difficult tasks every undertaken in NASA’s history; experience the awesome power of the launches, heartbreaking setbacks and dramatic rescues. Explore the grandeur of the nebulae and galaxies, the birth and death of stars and some of the greatest mysteries of our celestial surroundings.

“AIR RACERS,” Daily showings: 10 a.m. 12 and 3 p.m. The firstever IMAX theatre film devoted to the fastest race in the world: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. Enter into Nevada’s Valley of Speed to experience the intensity and high-speed thrills of a sports event like no other combined with spectacular air show entertainment. También en español.

Jan 18 Primetime Business Expo, Alamo Convention Center, Sgt. Willie Estrada Civic Center, 800 E. First Street, 3 - 8 p.m. Enjoy Music

by Dj Rico, food and door prizes.

Cash bar. Free 25 Premier Series - Golden Gates/ Moscow Nights, Flickinger Center, 7:30 p.m. Offering audiences a glimpse into Old Russia through music, song, and dance. www. flickingercenter.com 26 Lake Lucero Tour, White Sands National Monument. Take a tour to Lake Lucero with a ranger and learn about the formation of the sands and the plants and animals that live in and around the dunes.

This three-hour tour is only offered once a month. Reservations required. 575-679-2599. $3 per adult and $1.50 for kids and America the Beautiful Senior and Access pass holders.

CLOUDCROFT: Feb 8-10 Mardi Gras in the Clouds Family Celebration Parade, food and entertainment under “The Big Tent.” 866-874-4447; www. cloudcroft.net Mar 13 Easter Egg Hunt , Zenith Park, Sponsored by the Kiwanas. 575682-2733