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Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club at IMG

Live Stand-Up Comedy Series with professional comedians performing every Wednesday night at Inn of the Mountain Gods. 7 p.m. 575-464-7053, Innofthemountaingods.com. $5 admission, must be 21.

Through January 10 Christmas tree recycling

Schoolhouse Park, Sudderth Dr., next to the public pool.

Drop off trees inside the orange fencing. Do not put trees in trash compactors, dumpsters or on the street.

After Jan. 10, the trees will be mulched and the mulch will be available for residents to pick up. Sponsored by PNM, the Village of Ruidoso, Ruidoso Parks and Recreation, and Greentree Solid Waste.

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January 11

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Ski Apache, Highway 532/Ski Run Road, noon - 1 p.m. Try your skills in our terrain park competition located at the bottom of the mountain on the gondola lift line. Compete for prizes, medals and bragging rights. 575-4643641; www.skiapache.com.

“Copying Beethoven,” free movie, Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m.

Before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven (Ed Harris) needs help with copying out the charts. A student of composition, Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger), is sent to assist the deaf, temperamental, ailing man. In return, he tutors her and explains the principles of Romanticism.

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Above, several armored vehicles were deployed by the New Mexico State Police during an early morning raid in Ruidoso Tuesday. Below, both Aaron Ramos and Brittany Caughron are being sought on arrest warrants for the charges affiliated with Tuesday’s raid. Anyone with information on their whereabouts or with other information relating to Ramos or Caughron are encouraged to call the Lincoln County Sheriff ’s office at 800687-2419 or 575-648-2341.

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State police execute early morning raid in Ruidoso Eugene Heathman Editor eugene@ruidosofreepress.com The early morning peace and quiet of midtown Ruidoso was shattered by explosions and a state police helicopter as a SWAT situation developed in the early hours Tuesday morning at Pine and Wingfield roads in Ruidoso.

The situation began at approximately 4:45 a.m., awakening residents with a New Mexico State Police helicopter searching the area.

Lincoln County Sheriff Robert Shepperd announced that at

Crowded field of candidates ready to run in election Eugene Heathman Editor eugene@ruidosofreepress. com With the March municipal elections just around the corner, the field of candidates throwing their hat in the ring to fill a variety of vacant seats is crowded and competitive.

Ruidoso Village Clerk Irma Devine reported that Rafael Salas, Tim Coughlin and John Cornelius submitted candidate packets for

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village council.

Gloria Sayers, Dan Jones and Tom Battin are running for mayor.

In the Ruidoso regu-

lar municipal election, up for grabs are the following elective offices: One mayor for a fourSee ELECTION, pg. A3

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Editor’s note: this is the second of a two-part series covering issues between the county, Alto and Greentree Solid Waste Authority.

Despite recent hints at compromise between Lincoln County and Greentree Solid Waste Authority, any chance of an agreement between the two entities seems to have gone out the window as commissioners moved to continue their plans to depart the Joint Powers Agreement that forms GSWA during a special meeting on Jan. 2.

Commissioner Mark Doth, the county’s representative on GSWA’s board, made the motion to direct County Manager Nita Taylor and County Attorney Alan Morel to “negoti-

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ate on our behalf with the firm Melendres Melendres & Harrigan for our withdrawal from GSWA.” The law firm is based out of Albuquerque.

Commissioner Preston Stone added, “for the record,” that the withdrawal would be “with prejudice.”

The motion carried unanimously, followed by another motion from Doth to draft a letter of support for Morel against GSWA’s complaint to the New Mexico Disciplinary Board, which also carried unanimously.

The basis of GSWA’s filing against Morel is a perceived conflict of interest in his representation of Lincoln County as well as representation of Sierra Contracting, the trash hauler that won the bid to handle Alto’s waste after it discontinued GSWA’s services. Alto is an unincorporated part of Lincoln County, and S! ROOM D E B 4

approximately 5 a.m. Tuesday, a search warrant was executed by the White Mountain Narcotics Enforcement Unit and the New Mexico State Police Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) at 203 Ridge Road in Ruidoso on property occupied by Aaron Ramos, 36, and Brittany Caughron, 23.

The White Mountain Narcotics Enforcement Unit is a task force comprised of officers from the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office, Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs Police. The search warrant was See RAID, pg. A3

thus subject to county rulings and contracts, the complaint contended.

County issues

Though the relationship between the county and Greentree was mostly soured by the withdrawal of Alto from the collection area in late 2012 – legally or illegally is still a matter in the courts – a number of issue have existed between the two entities.

Under the initial JPA, the county had two votes – not much to Ruidoso’s former five, but significant in the face of the single vote from the other participating entities that still remain active. Though GSWA representatives have stated that number was amended to a single vote each in 1998, when Ruidoso formalized its changed relationship with the authority, See LC/GSWA, pg. A5

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Frederic Moras, race director of the Ski Run Road Challenge Runs, presents a check for $3,300 to Shippen Salas, program director of the Ski Apache Disabled Skiers Program (SADSP). The 12.5-mile run, held the last July, has donated $15,000 to the program since 2007.

“We are so grateful every year to the Ski Run Road Challenge,” Salas said. “It helps tremendously in our goal to give everyone the opportunity to enjoy skiing and the outdoors.”

Another fund-raising event for SADSP is the annual silent auction Jan. 25 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. To donate items or to volunteer, call 575- 4643193.

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LCMC welcomes first baby of 2014 Courtesy photo

Yanel Gutierrez and John Mendez, from Tularosa, sit with their first baby, Adamari Mendez who was LCMC’s first baby of 2014.

Adamari was born Friday, Jan. 3, at 12:30 p.m. and she weighed six pounds 14.4 ounces and was 19 inches long.

ELECTION, from pg. A1

Gloria Sayers

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year term to be elected at large and three councilors for four-year terms to be elected at large.

The regular municipal election for the election of municipal officers will be March 4.

Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. at the Ruidoso Convention Center,

111 Sierra Blanca Drive.

For two Ruidoso Downs council seats, Tom E. Armstrong Sr., former mayor of Ruidoso Downs, who was voted out in the 2012 mayoral election.

Wayne G. Williams, who can be described as a “professional watchdog,” attends every meeting where

he and his wife continually take the council, mayor and city staff to task for various issues.

Tommy L. Hood, the incumbent, runs the Ruidoso Downs Senior Center.

William R. Dunlap and Margie R. Morales also filed for the vacant council positions.

RAID, from pg. A1

the result of an ongoing three-month investigation by Agents from White Mountain Narcotics Enforcement Unit that resulted in arrest warrants being issued for Aaron Ramos and Britanny Caughron, both of whom reside at 203 Ridge Road.

A separate investigation also was being conducted by the Otero County Narcotics Enforcement Unit with Ramos and Caughron as the suspects. Ramos is charged with two counts of trafficking a controlled substance, one count each of possession of a dangerous drug for sale, possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is also charged with two counts of perjury. Caughron is also wanted for failure to comply with conditions of release following an arrest for possession of heroin.

Additional charges are pending on both individuals. New Mexico State Police conducted a dynamic entry into the residence at 203 Ridge Road to execute the search warrant, but neither Ramos nor Caughron

were present in the residence at the time.

Residents nearby reported at least one “flash bomb”-type explosion and other ‘popping’ sounds were reported at 5:10 a.m. The rental complex was surrounded

by New Mexico State Police Department officers in tactical gear. Police officers on the scene announced to neighbors they were making an arrest and ordered residents indoors for their safety.

Shortly afterward another loud flash bomb type explosion was heard. At approximately 6:30 tactical vehicles remained on the scene. Ruidoso Police secured the area and roads to the complex were blocked.

Both Ramos and Caughron are being sought on arrest warrants for the charges listed.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts or with other information relating to Ramos or Caughron are encouraged to call the Lincoln County sheriff’s office at 800-687-2419 or 575-648-2341.

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Dr. Deborah Hewitt delivered Adamari Mendez, newborn female, at 12:30 p.m.

Jan. 3, to Yanel Gutierrez and John Mendez of Tularosa. Baby Adamari weighed six pounds, 14.4 ounces and was 19 inches long.

LCMC is owned by the county of Lincoln and is managed by Presbyterian Healthcare Services; an integrated, notfor-profit healthcare system.

Adamari is the couple’s first child.

While baby Adamari was the first baby for LCMC in 2014, the county-owned hospital delivered 356 in 2013, including one set of twins. LCMC’s Labor and Delivery department cared for 858 outpatients in 2013.

“Everyone at LCMC is truly honored to be a part of this memorable experience for Yanel, John and baby Adamari,” said Felicia Garwood, Labor and Delivery Manager at LCMC. “We’re glad they chose LCMC as a part of this milestone in their lives.

Garwood said LCMC has focused on more community outreach programs including prenatal, breastfeeding and sib-

“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein Here are some updates that may serve you well this year: • Too much sitting may lead to depression. The American Journal of Preventive Medicine cited a study saying that women who sit for more than seven hours a day are 47 percent more likely to be depressed than those who sit for four hours or less a day. More importantly, women who don’t exercise were found to be 99 percent more likely to have depression.

• Music and prayer. According to a new study, playing music and praying are as effective as a good diet, exercise, or not smoking in preventing heart attacks.

The analysis of nine trials found that mortality rates and heart attacks were cut by 55 percent.

• Combating snoring with singing during the day. The International Journal of Otolaryngology (try saying that three times really fast) released a new study concluding that vocal exercises similar to those used by professional singers can stop snoring by strengthening muscles in the soft palate and upper throat. In terms of relationships, you single folk may want to consider marrying a singer to avoid sleepless nights!

• Too much sleep. The Journal of Psychiatric Research published a study concluding that people in their 60s and 70s who sleep more than nine hours a night could cause memory loss and raise the risk of dementia.

Those who slept the longest suffered almost twice as

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ling classes. She added that patient safety is a top priority for everyone at LCMC and especially in her department.

Patsy Parker, Director of Patient Care Services said LCMC strives to provide the best birthing experience possible for every patient and family the hospital serves.

“It is a privilege that so many families choose to share this life-changing moment with LCMC,” Parker said. “The Labor and Delivery staff does an outstanding job handling the volume of deliveries, which can be as many as six deliveries in one day on occasion.”

Lincoln County Medical Center is a county-owned facility leased and managed by Presbyterian Healthcare Services. This partnership has existed since 1972 and is dedicated to improving the health of individuals, families and communities. Lincoln County Medical Center and Presbyterian Healthcare Services operate a hospital, six clinics and a countywide ambulance service. Lincoln County Medical Center employs more than 250 people, including more than 15 providers throughout Lincoln County.

Missing horse found in good health

By Matthew Midgett

“Pasha,” an 18-year-old Arabian horse, lost near Fort Stanton since Thursday, Dec. 26, was found Jan. 2 by local photographer Joseph Arcura, who was hiking in a rugged canyon below Highway 220.

Arcura spotted the horse in deep brush.

He was unaware of the recent week-long search for the horse by numerous individuals and groups.

The former endurance horse was still wearing the bridle and saddle which had slipped under the horse when he became spooked and lost his rider.

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much cognitive deficiency as those who slept less.

• Meditation benefits.

Studies have shown that meditation decreases loneliness, stress, anxiety, and depression. Once people struggling with anxiety see the positive effects of meditation, they are likely to continue the practice.

It has also been found to James D. Martin improve cognitive function and focus.

• An encouraging word for us older folks. A study recently published in Psychology and Aging found that although it gets harder to learn new information as one gets older (fluid intelligence), it is offset by an increased ability to make decisions due to knowledge and experience (crystallized intelligence). In a series of test older folk had a better understanding of finances than younger people, thus making better financial decisions.

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member Matthew Midgett, who had organized the search, took the horse to veterinarian Becky Washburn, who declared Pasha “in remarkable condition.”

Pasha waited at Midgett’s Followed Dream Ranch for his owners to pick him up and return him to their Roswell home.

Said owner Kevin Bradley, “You don’t often see a real miracle. I can’t thank Matt and all the others enough.”

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Joe Arcura (center), who spotted the horse in deep brush, along with other volunteer searchers at the recovery site near Highway 220.

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ETTER TO THE EDITOR Just the post-Christmas facts, ma’am L To the Editor:

I should have created their obvious ignorance. a questionnaire before I It’s like trying to add married. ketchup to dessert, There are all sorts of because the stories just issues I would have listed don’t mix at all. in an effort to cover all Now, post-Christmas the bases, so there would and in the midst of be minimal surprises. de-decorating in prepaBut I didn’t. ration for next year’s I had no idea there holiday season, here are were so many opinions the facts. about the correct way to Mr. Claus travels the accomplish menial tasks. entire globe on ChristSue Hutchison Hanging toilet paper, mas Eve. He deposits suehutch@valornet.com squeezing toothpaste gifts into homes of tubes, folding socks and deserving recipients, underwear, how to cut a boiled egg to both with or without chimneys, while name a few, there are those who are poresidents are asleep. Whether family larized and absolutely certain their way members have assisted Santa in gift prois the only right way. And while I used to curement or are depending on the Big, think those things simply didn’t matter, White-bearded Guy for the whole stash, I’ve come to realize it’s all about power. the gift pile simply isn’t complete until, And nagging until the one who diswell, Christmas morning. agrees gives in out of sheer exhaustion.

If gifts are open on Christmas Eve, So when my first Christmas as a the whole story goes up the chimney in Hutchison arrived more than three desmoke. cades ago, I was shocked to realize I was Surprisingly, after I explained the a part of a group of folks who believed above-listed facts, our Hutchison family the correct time to open Christmas gifts unit adopted the proper gift-exchange was, wait for it, Christmas Eve. In my moment right after awakening on Christopinion, that threw the whole Santamas morning. Our children never had to down-the-chimney-to-bring-presents-on- suffer through the obvious deception of Christmas-Eve story right out the frosted Christmas Eve corruption. There were window. times I allowed one gift to be opened the Christmas morning is the proper, night before Christmas, but only one. We sensible, and logical time to do the deed. still plunge into the pile on Christmas What were they thinking? morning while wearing PJs and barely But wait, there’s more. able to focus.

Beyond the whole problem of if turEven the year our daughter broke her key, ham, prime rib or roast beef is the arm the night before, in her codeineproper Christmas afternoon meal, and if induced fog the next morning we insisted same said meal should be consumed in that she open her gifts. She sat in my lap, the early afternoon or evening, there’s we tackled her pile together, got ’er done the issue of the turkey stuffing. Oyster? and only after did I allow her to go back Cornbread? Sausage? If one is married to sleep. I’m hard core. to cornbread stuffing, adding pecans or Incidentally, I’ve worked on the other grapes or any seafood at all is simply issues, one at a time. Toothpaste difreprehensible. ferences? Give each person a tube to I tried to fight the cornbread vs. squeeze as desired. It’s also more sanistandard stuffing battle early on, only to tary. Socks? Keep a stretched out sock succumb to cornbread. I learned at that to show that your way of single folding point to choose my battles better. is best and most economical (socks stay I wasn’t about to surrender to the dark stretchy longer). side of Christmas Eve gift molestation.

It took me more than two decades to There’s no rhyme or reason why those win the toilet paper battle but now we who wish to ruin Christmas Eve have hang all our paper over, not under. Bam! chosen to take hostage all of us who Success. believe it is the wrong time to open gifts.

You’d better watch out, you’d better Those who choose to rip into beautifully not cry, you’d better not open on Christwrapped packages on Christmas Eve mas Eve next year, I’m telling you why. have created alternative Santa stories Santa Claus is coming to town and he to keep children everywhere confused, shows up on Christmas Eve. and it’s just not right. In fact, it’s almost He’s watching all year. There are 50 cruel. weeks to change your ways.

Family members who trade gifts on Christmas Eve and proceed to tell their Working all year to make it on 2014’s children that Santa will bring additional nice list, Sue can be reached at gifts overnight are simply trying to hide suehutch1958@gmail.com.

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I cannot understand why most New Mexicans are more concerned about the lives of adult murderers than they are about the lives of children. Cruel adults can torture and take the lives of innocent babies without the fear of losing their own lives.

Our state repealed the death penalty in 2009. Unbelievably, the vast majority of parents and grandparents either vocally supported or silently condoned the repeal.

When New Mexico had the death penalty, a murderer couldn’t be sentenced to death, for murdering a child, unless the murder was in conjunction with a rape or to silence a witness. A baby cannot be a witness; therefore, an adult who murdered a baby couldn’t receive the death penalty as long as he didn’t also rape the child. However, an adult prisoner could be sentenced to death if he killed a fellow inmate during an actual or attempted escape.

Instead of acting on my voiced concerns, my state representative, Dub Williams (R),

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introduced a bill that would have allowed judges and only judges to carry concealed weapons. He was far more concerned about the lives of judges than he was about the lives of children. My state senator, Tim Jennings (D), introduced a bill that increased the penalty for anyone who shoots a Game and Fish Department’s game decoy. He was far more concerned about someone shooting a decoy than he was about someone murdering a child.

Why does New Mexico humanely euthanize animals instead of inhumanely caging them for life, but inhumanely cages people for life instead of humanely euthanizing them?

Tragically, many of our state’s children are victims of violent crime. Between 1875 and 1896 Judge Isaac Parker (“the hanging judge”) proved that “timely” executions drastically reduce violent crime. The death penalty must be reinstated for adults who murder kids.

Franklin L. Boren, Tinnie

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Dan Jones announces Ruidoso mayoral candidacy

village employees can attend.

I support the Village Council.

A well-respected member I believe that they should be of the Republican Party and a given back the power to make cornerstone of the Tea Party of policy and better represent Lincoln County, Dan Jones is their constituency. I also supa civic icon whose dedication port the small business comto the constitution and honest munity of Ruidoso and want government is unquestionable. to help them increase their A full-time resident of Rubottom line. Our retirement idoso for more than 13 years, community is also a concern Jones is a retired grocery store of mine. I understand their real manager and military veteran.

Dan Jones estate and medical concerns He is one of the most politiand am open minded to their ideas.” cally outspoken and active members of our In support of the Dan Jones campaign, Jay community, often fighting single handedly McKittrick, comedic entertainer and columfor the civil liberties of the people. Dan nist proclaims: “Dan Jones has my vote. I was instrumental in opposing Mayor Ray can’t think of a better candidate for Mayor Alborn’s executive order banning firearms, and led the campaign to re-open public input than Dan Jones. I have personally known him for more than a decade and in that time at Village Council meetings. he has proven himself to be a man of his “I believe that our local government should be ‘for the people and by the people,’ word, a generous and friendly neighbor who cares more about his community and not subservient to special interests. I don’t constitution than he does of himself – Dan is want to be a dictator. I want to be a leader, a wise man, a real man of the people.” a facilitator of the people’s best interests. I Jones is a country gentleman who rewant to find out where all the money is gospects women’s rights and who often gives ing, why the dam is not being repaired, why lodgers tax money is being spent on projects financially to support school events and local charities. that clearly aren’t increasing tourism, why Quoting Jones: “Let’s start with our town. courtroom revenues are up 400 percent, why The constitution has served the American so many village employees are resigning, people for more than 200 years. It’s time and why the city isn’t cleaning up their own to take back our community, our constituland while they fine the residents for the same. I want to restore faith and trust in local tion and our rights. We the people have the power to turn things around. There are 8,000 government by improving transparency, by voters in the Village. Don’t let others vote on opening meetings to more public input, and your behalf. All I need is your vote and your by changing the Village Council Meeting support. Thank you.” time to 5:30 p.m. so that more residents and Staff reports

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Commissioner Mark Doth said he has yet to see a genuine signed document agreeing to that.

“We have asked for a copy, if it exists, we have gone to the state, we have gone through every record of the county – it doesn’t exist, the old JPA was still in effect,” he said. “Someone had mocked one up in pen, written off to the side, but it was never an approved document. Every amendment has to be approved by all the members.”

Doth also contended that a cost analysis of the operation was sorely needed, both in terms of voting authority and in how much revenue was being redistributed to balance the budget between municipalities.

“We were told no one community supports or subsidizes any other community,” Doth said. “Basically, the formula is they look at how much each entity bring in income, extrapolates that in a percentage basis and applies it towards the bottom line expenses – that’s not the way to do that.

You have no idea what area or community is the most cost effective or least expensive in the overall analysis. The issue on hand, one that has never been resolved, is that the county is a 50-plus percent owner.

Basically, our revenues contribute 60 percent of revenues for Greentree. For that, we have little or no representation on the board – the level of service continues to decline, things aren’t being done the way they should and our residents are the one who suffer.”

Rate setting authority has been an issue as well, with commissioners strenuously objecting to the increased rates during their July meeting.

The rate increase, budgeted at two percent per year over 10 years, comes after the decreases in pickups between Alto and the Little Bear Fire, a combined total of about 1,500 homes, 300 from the fire, and the end of the “gold mine” of asbestos disposal, GSWA Operation Supervisor Debra Ingle said previously at a December village hall meeting in Capitan, aiming for a gradual increase, rather than a dramatic change.

According to the 2012 U.S. Census, there are about 17,600 households in Lincoln County. About 40 percent, or roughly 7,000, counting Alto, of these homes are in rural, unincorporated areas, according to the 2010 census. The withdrawal of these homes would represent a significant financial impact to GSWA, which has posted negative revenues of about $50,000 for the past two years.

Alto ‘lawsuit’

“What is was, basically there was a disagreement between us and the county on what they could or could not do related to the Alto Lakes Water & Sanitation District,” GSWA Consultant Joe Lewandowski, referring to a court case adjudicated on earlier in the year by First District Court Judge Sarah Singleton. “What occurred, we tried discussing that with the county, the county attorney, the county manager – every facet we could to try to figure out how to resolve this issue.”

Lewandowski said GSWA’s board elected, rather than pay thousands in attorney fees, to instead move ahead with a declaratory judgment – all parties, GSWA, the county and Alto, would stand in front of a judge for about an hour, present their case and hand over what documentation they had to support their positions.

In the initial filing for a declaratory judgment, GSWA requested that Lincoln County “transfer all it jurisdiction and authority” for the collection of trash in unincorporated areas, including Alto, to GSWA, continue payments on the authority’s debt though the county’s Environmental Gross Receipts Tax and order the county not to withdraw from the authority until “at least such time as the (New Mexico Finance Authority) facilities improvement loan ($4.9 million) is paid in full.” The authority also sought compensation for legal fees “and further relief as to the court feels just and proper.”

Lewandowski added that while the judge had received the authority’s documents on the matter, she had ruled based on an interpretation of state statutes, never touching the original dispute. “She felt the county had no right to enter into any exclusive contract on solid waste similar to what a municipality can do. Reality is, it’s not true.”

The case will return to court on Jan. 24, for reconsideration after GSWA filed on June 21.

The new documents contend that under state law the county may “establish and maintain, manage and supervise a system of storage, collection and disposal of all refuse and pay the cost of contracting” – arguing that allowing Alto to begin business with Sierra Contracting was a breach of the existing contract between the county and GSWA. The motion further contends that “it is settled law in New Mexico that municipalities have the exclusive authority to enforce a general system for refuse collection,” a right retained equally by counties.

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RK’s to be served up soon on Mechem

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com Ruidoso will soon see another option for dining out or to-go, as RK’s Burgers prepares for a tentative Feb. 1 opening, provided plans stay on track.

“You might picture us kind of like Dairy Queen,” said owner Ray Eidson.

The difference will be quality, he added. From their burgers through the frozen custard, Eidson said the business will be using higher quality ingredients than a regular drive through, balanced against keeping affordable costs for his diners.

“Everything we do will be premium, a little bit different from what everyone else is doing. We’re trying to give a better product for the price.

We’re looking to stay open ’til around 6 p.m., seven days a week.”

Still, there’s a lot of work to be done on taking the menu from conceptual quality to the table – Eidson had originally planned to open the location as a franchise branch, but circumstances were against him.

“We were gonna go with Freddy’s, which is a new franchise out of Albuquerque, but a couple of guys got the whole thing so we decided to start our own,” he said. “We’re going to have tastings with major suppliers, like Cisco, bringing in their chefs and everything. We’ll see what kind of sides we want and get the general opinions.”

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Left, work has moved indoors at RK’s as the interior proceeds towards completion.

Below, visitors will be greeted by a large mural painted by Mescalero artist Nathanial Chee.

Once the menu is ironed out it will still be up for review from the public, he added.

“We’re going to leave room for taking stuff out, putting stuff in – whatever the community wants,” said Ryan Wright, manager of the diner. “We want to give them something different.”

Eidson, who has been an “off and on” resident of the village since 1973, said that now that he’s retired from his major ventures, oil field work and other endeavors, he “wanted something to do,” and opening a restaurant seemed like a fine idea.

RK’s is located next to Pioneer Bank on Mechem Drive.

All American nominations Veterans Council forming in Ruidoso

62-percent increase.

Original nominations for foals of 2013 to all The three-year-old program is further enthe Grade 1 races at Ruidoso Downs – highlighted hanced. Starting this summer three new $100,000 by the record $2.7 million All-American Futurity stakes are to be held on the same weekend as each – are due by Jan. 15 at Ruidoso Downs.

Add active duty veterans, spouses The recent Southern Veterans of the Grade 1 derbies. The $100,000 Mr Jess The All American Futurity had a $2.6 million and children and that total is more Advisory Council approved by the Perry at 400 yards will be held on Ruidoso Derby purse in 2013 and will again this Labor Day. It is Ruidoso Village Council on Dec. 10, than 300,000 veteran-related indiday (June 7), the $100,000 Corona Cartel at 440 horseracing’s highest purse for any two-year-old is structuring with nine voting Mem- viduals in the region. yards is set for Rainbow Derby day (July 19) and race in North America.

Those veterans constitute more bers on the council with up to 15 the $100,000 First Down Dash will be run over In addition to the 2015 All American Futurity, advisory members (non-voting) from than 25 percent of all eligible voters 440 yards on All American Derby day (Aug. 31). for the initial payment of $250, the foal of 2013 in Southern New Mexico. various entities around the State Preference is given to horses who raced in the trigains eligibility to the 2015 runnings of the $1 such as the New Mexico Small BusiOrganizer Vic Currier said, als to their respective derbies. million Rainbow Futurity and the $750,000 Runess Administration, the Las Cruces “There are more than 2,200 veterans idoso Futurity. The 2013 foal also gains initial eliThe futurity program has also shown impresVet Center (separate from the VA), in Lincoln County, 8,800 veterans in gibility to the 2016 editions of the $2 million (est.) sive growth in the number of eligible horses for the New Mexico Dept. of Veteran Otero County and 5,200 in Chaves All American Derby, the $900,000 (est.) Rainbow the 2014 futurities from five years ago. When Services, Western NM University, County. I have prepared written Derby and the $700,000 (est.) Ruidoso Derby. evaluating comparable figures, the All American Eastern NM University, NM State information to review about the misThe total estimated purses for these six Grade 1 Futurity is up 18 percent, the Rainbow Futurity is University, local or regional VFW, sion of the VAC. races exceeds $8 million. up 22 percent and the Ruidoso Futurity is up 26 American Legion, Vietnam Veterans, “The intent is to have a very If any horse sweeps the All American Futurity, percent.

Disabled American Veterans and informal monthly meeting to discuss Rainbow Futurity and the Ruidoso Futurity, the Additionally, the All American Gold Cup other veteran related groups. veteran issues outside of the normal connections of that horse earn the $4 million All for three-year-old and older horses will have a The Southern New Mexico Veter- veteran service organizations and to American Triple Crown bonus. $200,000 guaranteed purse in 2014. That is up ans Advisory Council (SNMVAC) is work toward raising awareness for Therefore, the total available money from the from $40,000 in 2013. a non-political council set up as a re- veterans in the areas of economic initial payment of $250 for each 2013 foal is more To download the nomination form for 2013 gional effort to advise communities; opportunity, re-training, jobs, physithan $12 million. foals to gain eligibility, go to www.raceruidoso. designed to become a pattern for cal and mental health programs.”

The following two payments of $350 (due com/horsemens-links-nominations-forms.php other councils across Southern New Interested members are invited to March 15) and $400 (due June 15) also maintain and then click on 2015 Triple Crown Nomination Mexico from Silver City to Hobbs meet Friday, following the Mescaleeligibility to all six Grade 1 futurities and derbies. Form. and Interstate Highway 40 south of ro tribal officer installation ceremoThen, starting with the Nov. 15 payment, owners Fully read the nomination form for in-depth Albuquerque to El Paso. ny at the Inn of the Mountain Gods may chose to remain eligible to any or all of the information.

The region has more than 69,500 at 12:30 p.m. or Saturday 10 a.m. futurities and their respective derbies.

For additional information, contact nominations veterans out of the total 176,000 at Zocca’s Coffee Shop on Mechem All of the Grade 1 futurities and derbies at secretary Annelle Reynolds at 575-378-7224. statewide. near Club Gas. Ruidoso Downs have shown an astonishing growth in participation over the past five years through the most recent payment for the 2014 runnings. The derbies lead the increases, showing Ruidoso Downs’s increased emphasis on older horse stakes.

When comparing the currently eligible at Village Hall.

Welcome to Tribal Officers Tourism director to continue horses to the 2014 All American, Rainbow Kelley has been in the position since The ceremony for newly elected Gina Kelley’s contract as the Village of and Ruidoso derbies to similar figures from 2010. Despite the Little Bear Fire that had Mescalero Tribal Officer installation will Ruidoso’s Director of Tourism was unanifive years ago, the All American Derby is a significant impact on lodging revenues be held on Friday at Inn of the Mountain mously renewed during a special meeting up 45 percent, the Rainbow Derby is up Gods. of the village lodgers tax committee Jan. 2 in 2012 and a disappointing snow year, 42 percent and the Ruidoso Derby shows a FY13 Lodgers Tax ReveThere will be traditional tribal music nues were the second highand dancing at 12:30 p.m. and the instalest in 10 years. Only FY12 lation ceremony will be at 1 p.m. revenues were higher.

The public is invited to attend this FY13 Lodgers Tax Revevent. enues totaled $1,246,285 according to the Ruidoso Harlem Ambassadors Lodgers Tax Committee.

Capitan’s Parent Teacher Association The committee also will be hosting the Harlem Ambassadors approved the assignment for a high-flying, hilarious, Harlem style of the remainder of Brad basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7 Cooper’s creative design p.m. in the Cummins Gymnasium. contract to Kerry GladThe Harlem Ambassadors will play den of The Agency due to against a team of community members Cooper’s recent untimely during this event.

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January 8, 2014

Grow It project helping New Mexico

By William Fulginiti Executive Director, New Mexico Municipal League Robin Hartrow, partner in the Alamogordo nonprofit spayneuter clinic All About the Animals, didn’t have time before opening her business last October to look carefully through a “welcome packet” of information she received while registering her business at City Hall.

By the time she caught her breath and reviewed the material – prepared by Finance New Mexico in partnership with the New Mexico Municipal League – she was pleasantly surprised to learn of the many free and lowcost resources available to business owners in New Mexico.

“It’s crazy all the stuff we didn’t know,” Hartrow admitted

during a recent break between clients. “We got the idea and hit the ground running, and things kept popping up that we didn’t anticipate.”

The welcome packet – part of the Municipal League’s “Business – Let’s Grow It Together” project – includes materials on how to get a business off the ground and where to find information about choosing a legal structure and obtaining a federal tax ID, gross receipts tax number and necessary permits and licenses. One document lists contact information for dozens of organizations that exist to help business owners with technical assistance, advice, industry expertise and financing.

Hartrow and business partner Dawn Sage did a lot of the groundwork for their business before registering and picking up

the Grow It packet.

They rounded up four veterinarians who shared their goal of cutting euthanasia rates by reducing the population of homeless animals, found a facility and equipment, and secured all the permits required to provide spay and neuter services.

A lot they learned the hard way, as many business owners do.

But as the business evolves, Hartrow said, “things will still come up, so we’ll keep this information close at hand. Grant information will be most helpful.”

John Haynes owns another animal-oriented Alamogordo business – a for-profit venture called Darkside Serpents. The business opened last fall as a limited liability company co-owned by Haynes and two friends who agreed the town needed a one-stop shop for

people who keep reptiles, amphibians and arachnids and need supplies and food for their exotic pets.

“We want to [provide] goodquality animals – healthy animals and to teach people to be responsible pet owners,” Haynes said.

“We’re just trying to be a legitimate, good reptile store.”

Unlike a lot of people who start small businesses, Haynes spent three years developing his business model. He did his own homework to find out what permits he needed and got startup funding from his partners and relatives.

Moving forward, he said, the packet “will probably help us,” especially if the packet is updated regularly to include lists of professional services essential to businesses, such as accoun-

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The Municipal League initiated the Grow It program to encourage economic development and to demonstrate to business owners how cities can serve them. Business success is critical to cities large and small, because tax-paying businesses provide jobs and generate revenue that funds public services that improve communities and keep residents safe.

Finance New Mexico is a public service initiative to assist individuals and businesses with obtaining skills and funding resources for their business or idea. To learn more, go to www.FinanceNewMexico.org.

Everything from Head 2 Toe County Dems to

By Hilary Romig Reporter hilary@ruidosofreepress.com When it comes to looking your very best, the ladies of Head 2 Toe salon are the place to go.

Their clever name is just one of the many reasons to enter their welcoming doors.

“The name just seemed right. When we first opened we offered everything from head to toe.

We had hair stylist, nail technician, massage therapist and Esthetician,” stated hairstylist, Michelle Mullins as she calmly finished up with a client.

Previously they were located at the Jira Plaza, their current location is 2825 Sudderth Suite G and sits behind Sacred Grounds.

“We have been at the Boulder plaza for three years now. We have three hairstylists and one full time nail technician,” Mullins said.

Hilary Romig/Ruidoso Free Press While walk-in clients may be fit in if the days’ Nail technician, Sonia Wanamaker, busy at work. schedule allows, appointments made ahead of time are the best way to go. Head 2 Toe cuts and styles “I have been doing hair for 27 years; since my training men, women and children’s hair and is always up on the in specialized cutting and coloring that has become my latest fashion. favorite part of my job. Margaret has been cutting hair “For our hair services we do coloring, hi-lighting, per- for 25 years,” Mullins said, referring to the stylist next manent waves, cutting and styling. We also offer facial to her. “Diandra has been a stylist and nail technician for waxing. The nail technicians offer pedicures, manicures, around 26 years and Sonja has been doing nails for 20.” acrylic nails, gel nails and gel polish. Our prices are very With the top of the line service you will find at Head reasonable for the area.”

2 Toe it is no wonder they have local clients as well as Most womens’ haircuts start at $25 and include wash, clients from out of state. Head 2 Toe is open five days per week; Saturday appointments may be made ahead of cut, drying and styling. Pedicures are $45. While you time. Make any appointment by calling 575-257-3083 await your appointment, the salon offers coffee, tea or hot and look your best. chocolate in its vibrant, fun and comfortable atmosphere.

host delegates From the Democratic Party of Lincoln County

The Chair of the Democratic Party of Lincoln County, Steve Duffy, announced the time and location of the Lincoln County Convention as Feb. 7, from 3-7 p.m. at the Village Lodge Clubhouse on 1000 Mechem and Innsbrook Roads in Ruidoso.

All registered Democrats are invited and encouraged to attend. Delegates elected at the ward and precinct levels are certified at the County Convention, and will attend the State PrePrimary Convention will take place in Albuquerque at the Route 66 Casino and Resort March 8.

Delegates from each New Mexico County will choose ballot positions for constitutional and federal offices.

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“This is the democratic process at its best,” Duffy said. “The Democratic Party truly embraces honesty and transparency, and the need for government to restore opportunity to the average person. By participating at the county level, Democratic voters will learn more about the political process at the state and national levels, which ensures that their views are ultimately well represented.

I urge everyone to get involved.”

For more information on the Democratic Party’s County Convention or other events and activities, call 575-648-4443.

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Community news exchange of New Mexico JANUARY 5 Police department sets out recovered items from thefts

ROSWELL — The Police Department here has set aside two days for victims of vehicular and residential burglaries and larcenies to view stolen items and perhaps recover their assets.

Victims of such crimes will be able to view items Jan. 8 and 9 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the police department in Roswell.

To view the items, interested parties must bring copies of their burglary or larceny reports, or obtain copies from the department’s Records Division.

— Roswell Daily Record

JANUARY 3 Spring runoff expected to be below normal in basins

SILVER CITY — The volume of the water runoff in this area’s rivers this spring will be significantly less than normal if current conditions continue, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. It based its stream-flow forecasts on precipitation and mountain snowpack.

The runoff in the Gila and San Francisco river basins is on track to range from 49 percent of the historical average, on the Gila below Blue Creek near Virden; to 95 percent of normal, on the San Francisco at Glenwood.

“Precipitation (in) October was almost nonexistent (in the two basins), with 3 percent of normal received,” the NRCS wrote in

the first of its monthly State Basin Outlook reports this winter.

“November saw a slight upswing in moisture, with 64 percent of normal precipitation (in the Gila and San Francisco basins). December precipitation picked back up somewhat, with 105 percent of normal recorded.

Snowpack is at 119 percent of median, compared with last year’s 150 percent at this time (Jan. 1),” the report stated.

— Silver City Daily Press

Wilson also ordered that the court will consider Valley Meat’s motion to dismiss the case on grounds that the court lacks jurisdiction and that the court should require a security of bond from the attorney general in the matter.

— Roswell Daily Record

District judge delays hearing on horse slaughterhouse

ROSWELL — After years of struggle, it took the strong will of local veterans, officials and community businesses to provide Roswell with its own official cemetery to honor its service men and women.

U.S. Army Vietnam veteran Robert Jensen stood in the bitter cold Dec. 30 on a freshly paved street, to watch the dedication ceremonies.

Surrounding the stage were Southeast New Mexico Legion Riders standing at attention, holding the American Flag. An honor guard marched forward before the crowd stood for the singing of the “StarSpangled Banner.”

“To see something like this, is very heartwarming,” Jensen said. In his time, veterans were spat on, he said.

On stage, Air Force veteran and congressman Steve Pearce, a pilot who served in missions over Vietnam, said, “I think Roswell is setting an example nationwide for other places that are just tired of waiting on a federal government that is too slow, too bureaucratic, and sometimes gets caught up in the mundane pieces rather than the willingness to remember,” Pearce said.

“We will remember here. We will dedicate. We will hallow this ground … locally.

If Washington chooses to join, good for them,” Pearce said. “But we’re going to do it on our own.”

Though plans for the cemetery were years in the making, the final pieces fell into place quickly in the past few months. The McBride family donated 20 acres north of, and directly adjacent to, the South Park Cemetery.

— Roswell Daily Record

ROSWELL — A Santa Fe district judge delayed Attorney General Gary King’s request to permanently stop a Roswell company from opening a horse slaughterhouse after his attorneys admitted they were not prepared for the hearing.

District Judge Matthew Wilson extended a temporary ban on Valley Meat Company’s operations for 10 days.

“The plaintiff indicated that he did not have witnesses ready for today’s hearing and that he was not ready to proceed to a hearing on the preliminary injunction,” Wilson wrote in his order to reschedule the hearing for Jan. 13.

Wilson found that immediate and irreparable injury may result if the temporary restraining order issued the previous week was not extended and that the public interest “is better served by strict compliance with the state’s laws in prevention of possible unsafe food from entering the food supply and possible damage to the water supply.”

Legislative preview –

Money, education, politics always dominate sessions

By Tom McDonald Dispatch New Mexico This may be the year for a short session – which officially convenes on Jan. 21 – but it’s already off and running. Halfway through the period set aside for pre-filings, some 119 measures have already been entered into contention.

Some of them are noteworthy and controversial, while others are obligatory and safe. But before we tap into what’s been filed so far, let’s review a few of the parameters for getting things done in the upcoming session.

As always, there are bills, resolutions and memorials. Bills are proposed laws, and they’ll dominate the session by their sheer numbers – four-fifths of the filings as of Jan. 3 are bills. Resolutions, however, must be passed to get an issue before the voters. Memorials, on the other hand, create studies, which can set the tone for future legislative activity.

This being a 30-day session, the legislative agenda is limited to fiscal or budgetary matters, items on Gov. Susana Martinez’s “call” or agenda, and bills that were passed in the 2013 session then vetoed by Martinez.

Now let’s look at what I’ll call “three realities” to all legislative sessions: Money, education and politics. It’s all about money; education gets the most money; and to control the money, one must play the politics.

Allow me to be more specific about these realities as they relate to this year’s session: • Money: The state spends more than $5 billion annually, and lawmakers are the ones who figure out how to divvy it all up. This year there’s an anticipated surplus in funds – nearly $300 million more than is currently being spent – so everybody will be salivating over where that extra money will go. And don’t expect much of it to go into some sort of a rainy day fund. Instead, lawmakers will be more interested in bringing home as much bacon as possible, since that’s the way they get re-elected.

• Education: Nearly two-thirds of state revenues go into the state’s educational systems and, these days, how education is being run is one of the hottest of the hot-button issues. One name more than any other – Hanna Skandera, secretarydesignate of the Public Education Department – has become a lightning rod. And that takes us to the third reality I mentioned …

• Politics: It will be especially intense this year. For one thing, Gov. Martinez is up for re-election in November, and she needs some serious legislative successes

under her belt to improve her odds of winning a second term. And for another, two state senators, Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque, and Howie Morales, D-Silver City, as well as the state’s chief law enforcer, Democrat Attorney General Gary King, have all announced their intent to run against the Republican Martinez – so her “loyal opposition” will be particularly strong this time around. A good example is Sen. Lopez’s promise to have a vote in the Senate Rules Committee she chairs on Skandera’s confirmation as PED secretary.

That said, based on what I see with the pre-filings so far, the session is shaping up in a somewhat predictable fashion.

Education is already getting plenty of attention – I counted 28 education-related measures filed as of Jan. 3, including one that’s sure to stir up a hornet’s nest: Senate Joint Resolution 2, filed by Sen. Michael Padilla, D-Bernalillo. If passed, it would eliminate Skandera’s cabinet-level position and replace it with a 10-member board of education. Politics, not smart government, will undoubtedly drive the coming debate over that one.

Then there is what I call the corporate measures, of which I’d say there are at least a dozen filed so far. These are the bills being pushed not so much by the sponsoring lawmakers as they are by business and industry interests. For example, I seriously doubt that House Bill 24, which would give a tax break for selling heavy commercial or military carriers, is the brainchild of its sponsor, Rep. Bob Wooley, R-Roswell. More likely is that it was brought to him by those who will benefit from the tax break.

Health care and human services gets a quarter of the state’s revenue, so it’s no surprise that, as of Jan. 3, there are seven related bills and one resolution filed. And since water is always an issue, I searched for and found five related bills filed. Interestingly, health and water issues are both being touted by Martinez, so expect some movement on these issues.

Most bills, however, never get anywhere. Expect a thousand or more to be filed, while only a relative handful will actually become law. Time, and the upcoming short session, will tell us which ones actually matter this year.

So stay tuned, because it’s only getting started.

Tom McDonald is editor of the New Mexico Community News Exchange and owner-manager of Gazette Media Services LLC. He may be reached at 505-454-9131 or tmcdonald@gazettemediaservices.com.

DECEMBER 31 Veterans cemetery dedicated despite Washington

DECEMBER 27 Southwest Hay Conference on tap latest this month

RUIDOSO — Hay producers will come together to learn about the different production aspects and limitations to forage production in the Southwest, including pests and fertilization, drought and water supplies, and marketing barriers at the annual Southwest Hay and Forage Conference here Jan. 15-17.

Other highlights of this year’s conference include saline soil management, updates on the dairy situation in the Southwest, new mobile device technology for agriculture and alternative waste management and energy generation on farms.

New Mexico Hay Association and NMSU will host the annual event.

— Clovis Livestock Market News

Businessman, rancher to run for land commissioner

ROSWELL — Aubrey Dunn, chair of the Chaves County Soil and Water Conservation District, announced his candidacy this week to run for the position of New Mexico commissioner of public lands.

A New Mexico native, businessman and rancher, Dunn said that management of state lands today is critical to the future of New Mexico and its educational system.

“I am running for our children and grandchildren,” Dunn said. “I am running for jobs for New Mexicans. This state deserves a land commissioner that understands that maximizing the responsible use of our natural resources is how we put money into our permanent fund for education and create opportunity for industries to add jobs.”

Dunn has served Chaves County for more than 10 years as a member of the conservation district and is a board member of the Farm Credit of New Mexico. While serving, he has helped establish a noxious weeds control program, worked on land leveling for farms, livestock watering systems, wildlife fencing projects, watershed work and solar well projects.

— Roswell Daily Record

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Sports Results

Dec. 27

Girls basketball Goddard Holiday Tournament Gadsden 49, Ruidoso 23

Dec. 28

Boys basketball White Mountain Invitational Championship Capitan 63, Hondo 55 Girls basketball Goddard Holiday Tournament 7th place game Hatch 45, Ruidoso 30 White Mountain Invitational 7th place game Hondo 57, Mescalero 36

Jan. 3

Boys basketball Reserve 67, Corona 13 West Las Vegas 58, Ruidoso 49 Girls basketball Corona 37, Reserve 28

Jan. 4

Boys basketball Mosquero 31, Corona 23 San Jon 75, Corona 22 Girls basketball Socorro 47, Ruidoso 42 Corona 49, San Jon 32

Jan. 6

Boys basketball Socorro 57, Ruidoso 46

Jan. 7

Boys basketball Immanuel Christian at Mescalero, late Cloudcroft at Corona, late Mountainair at Carrizozo, late Capitan at Hondo, late Girls basketball Cloudcroft at Corona, late Mountainair at Carrizozo, late Capitan at Hondo, late Ruidoso at Goddard, late

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Jan. 9

Boys basketball Smokey Bear Tournament at Capitan Carrizozo vs. Immanuel Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Mescalero vs. Capitan JV, 3:30 p.m.

Hondo vs. Cloudcroft, 6:30 p.m.

Capitan vs. Evangel Christian, 6:30 p.m.

Girls basketball Smokey Bear Tournament at Capitan Carrizozo vs. Mescalero, 2 p.m.

Hagerman vs. Hondo, 2 p.m.

Capitan vs. Immanuel Christian, 5 p.m.

Jan. 10

Boys basketball Dexter at Ruidoso, 7 p.m.

Corona at Cloudcroft, 7 p.m.

Smokey Bear Tournament at Capitan Mescalero/Capitan JV vs. Cloudcroft/ Hondo, 4 p.m.

Capitan/Evangel Christian vs. Carrizozo/Immanuel Christian, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball Corona at Cloudcroft, 5 p.m.

Smokey Bear Tournament at Capitan Carrizozo/Mescalero winner vs. Capitan/Immanuel Christian, 5:30 p.m.

Hondo vs. Valencia JV/Cloudcroft JV, 2:30 p.m.

Jan. 11

Boys basketball Hot Springs at Ruidoso, 7 p.m.

Smokey Bear Tournament at Capitan 7th place game, 10:30 a.m.

Consolation championship, 1:30 p.m.

3rd place game, 1:30 p.m.

Championship, 5 p.m.

Girls basketball Ruidoso at Silver, 4:30 p.m.

Smokey Bear Tournament at Capitan 7th place game, 10:30 a.m.

Consolation championship, noon 3rd place game, noon Championship, 3:15 p.m.

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Capitan wins round two against Hondo

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com MESCALERO – In recent years, the Capitan-Hondo boys games have become the contests to watch in Lincoln County.

Dec. 28 was no exception, as the Tigers out-ran and out-shot the Eagles for a 63-55 victory in the championship of the Mescalero White Mountain Basketball Invitational.

“It’s a challenge every time we face them,” said Capitan forward Tracker Bowen. “We just had to stay calm and play our game, let them play theirs.”

It was a game that was postponed for a week due to snow, but that didn’t concern Capitan one bit.

“We just had Christmas day off, that was it,” said Capitan center Jake LaMay. “We were practicing every day to get ready for this.”

Capitan (5-2) started with a 6-0 run thanks to strong inside play by LaMay and Bowen.

The pair combined for 40 points in the game and were both named to the all-tournament team, with LaMay named as the tournament MVP. Lamay did more than just score points, he also came up with a couple of blocks and had 19 rebounds to control things in the paint.

“I think we’ll be a lot better in district with games like this,” LaMay said. “We’re just a better team with our chemistry, we’re passing the ball around, we’re just a better team this year.”

TIGERS 63, EAGLES 55 Hondo (5-3) Simon Gonzales 0 3-4 3, Jordan Brady 7 6-8 24, Antonio Vasquez 2 0-0 4, Marcelino Herrera 1 2-2 4, Christopher Torrez 0 0-0 0, Roberto Nores 2 3-7 9, Jesus Guillen 0 0-0 0, Billy Candelaria 4 1-3 9, Bryce Polido 0 2-2 2, Luis Masias 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 17-26 55.

Capitan (5-2) Bobby Hughes 1 0-0 2, Robert Miller 0 1-2 1, David Ellison 0 0-0 0, Jacob Dickinson 0 0-0 0, Jacob Griego 1 1-2 3, Thomas Fields 1 2-4 4, Kaleb Cleckler 4 1-4 9, Jacob Morrow 0 0-0 0, Ruben Mendoza 2 0-0 4, Tracker Bowen 4 5-7 14, Ben Corona 0 0-0 0, Jake LaMay 9 8-15 26. Totals 22 18-34 63.

Hondo 6 17 17 15 – 55 Capitan 12 20 12 19 – 63 Three-point goals – Hon 6 (Brady 4, Nores 2), Cap 1 (Bowen). Fouled out – Hon (Vasquez, Nores, Candelaria), Cap (Fields). Rebounds – Hon 33 (Polido 7), Cap 51 (LaMay 19). Steals – Hon 4 (Brady 2), Cap 1 (Hughes). Blocks – Hon 1 (Polido), Cap 2 (LaMay 2). Intentional Foul – Gonzales. Total fouls – Hon 29, Cap 22. Turnovers – Hon 9, Cap 13.

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Capitan forward Tracker Bowen, right, puts up a shot in front of Hondo’s Simon Gonzales during the championship game of the Mescalero White Mountain Invitational, Dec. 28.

For Hondo, the big problems were shooting and keeping starters on the court.

Normally deadly from outside, the Eagles (5-3) had six three-pointers – including four from top scorer Jordan Brady – but there were several more shots from beyond the mark that didn’t find their mark.

When Antonio Vazquez, Beto Nores and

Billy Candelaria fouled out of the game – all three strong three-point shooters in their own right – things really went south for the Eagles.

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Warriors in basketball overload

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Five games in 10 days.

That’s the immediate schedule for the Ruidoso boys basketball team, and the new year hasn’t kicked off to such a great start for the Warriors.

Ruidoso started their home stand with a 58-49 loss to West Las Vegas Friday, followed up with a 57-46

loss to Socorro Monday.

“I know what it is, we’re missing a lot of players that can’t play,” said Ruidoso coach Dennis Davis. “It’s hurtful to our opportunities to be successful when three out of your top six won’t be able to play.

“I knew Socorro wouldn’t be an easy team to beat, many of their losses were to very

SOCORRO 57, RUIDOSO 46 Socorro (2-8) Sean Moore 1 1-6 3, Dennis Woods 0 0-0 0, Zeb Esquivel 3 3-4 9, Dru Ware 0 0-0 0, Joe Armijo 2 4-4 8, John Brannan 0 0-0 0, Gene Jaramillo 0 0-0 0, Gibo Padilla 0 0-0 0, Ethan Smith 5 2-2 12, Matthew Jojola 7 4-5 22, Will Brannan 1 1-2 3. Totals 19 16-23 57.

Ruidoso (3-7) Cade Patterson 1 0-0 2, Isaac Gilliland 4 1-2 9, Brendan O’Connor 0 0-0 0, Branden Atchley 1 0-0 3, Anfernee Rocha 3 0-0 8, Jesse Valdez 0 0-0 0, Luis Marquez 6 1-2 14, Tristan Yazzi 0 0-0 0, Justin Platta 1 0-0 2, Blayne Maldonado 2 4-4 8, David Perez 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 6-8 46.

Socorro 7 17 16 17 – 57 Ruidoso 5 7 12 22 – 46 Three-point goals – Soc 4 (Jojola 4), Hom (names). Fouled out – Soc (Smith), Rui (Atchley). Rebounds – Soc 24 (Jojola 7), Rui 17 (Maldonado 5).

Steals – Soc 5 (Jojola 2), Rui 7 (Marquez 2). Technical Fouls – Soc (Smith), Rui (Atchley). Total fouls – Soc 18, Rui 19. Turnovers – Soc 12, Rui 12.

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Ruidoso’s Justin Platta, right, drives into the defense of Socorro’s Matthew Jojola during Monday’s game at Ruidoso High School.

good teams,” he added. “But I was hoping we’d have a better game against them.”

Monday’s game was low-scoring to begin with, as Socorro had a 7-5 lead after the first quarter. Things remained close until the SWarriors (2-8) went on a slowly developing 12-3 run to take a big lead by the half.

Many of Socorro’s points came at the free throw line – the S-Warriors were 16-for-23 from the charity stripe, while Ruidoso didn’t get to the line that often.

Things got a bit more interesting in the final period, as the R-Warriors (3-7) went on a six-point run of their own following a foul of Blayne Maldonado.

Maldonado made both his free throws, then made foul shots stemming from a technical foul on Socorro’s Ethan Smith. On the ensuing possession, Ruidoso’s Luis Marquez got a layup.

Ruidoso was playing much better after that, attacking the basket and getting either layups or fouls, but the initial Socorro lead had been so much that the R-Warriors were unable to get any closer than 10 points.

“Our effort was certainly better in the last five minutes,” Davis said. “We did a better job of attacking the basket on the offensive side, and we had better aggressiveness on defense.”

Marquez led Ruidoso with 14 points, while Isaac Gilliland had nine points. Maldonado and Anfernee Rocha put in eight points each.

Matthew Jojola was the big man for See OVERLOAD pg. B3

Ruidoso girls lose close one at Socorro

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com After a narrow loss – any loss – a basketball team might naturally be a little down, but Ruidoso girls coach Dean Hood was actually very happy with how his Lady Warriors performed in a 47-42 loss at Socorro Saturday.

“We handled the ball well, made better passes and moved the ball cleaner,” Hood said. “We didn’t shoot very well, though, and that’s been a problem in our last few games.”

Defensively, the Lady Warriors (2-6) played much better, and handled the defensive pressure Socorro brought to the

floor. About the only difference between Ruidoso and a victory was a 9-0 lead they allowed Socorro at the beginning of the game.

“We were tied by halftime, but Socorro kept pulling ahead and we’d have to catch up,” Hood said. “They pulled away right at the very end and we ran out of time.”

The score may have been narrow, but a five-point loss is still a loss, and Hood is looking down the line to seedings if the Lady Warriors can make it to the state tournament.

“This loss does hurt us, but the fact See GIRLS pg. B3

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Second trickster challenge draws crowd

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com Attendance at the Terrain Park Challenge usually picks up after the first event, with a dedicated core of competitors supplemented by visitors and newer riders, and last weekend was no exception.

Fifteen skiers and snowboarders stepped up, nearly triple the number that showed at the first event, said Bob Walker, special events coordinator for the resort.

Beyond the practice one will get from taking the jumps over and over again, there’s also another bonus to showing up for all events, as a season winner will be declared when the events wrap up towards the end of the ski season, based on total points collected over the series of events, Walker said. “For the lead, right now, is Alex Davis. His total points are 47.5, leading in advanced and novice.”

In addition to the increased numbers, there was a noticeable growth in the abilities of many annual competitors, “a lot of back-flips and front-flips are going on, they’re doing a lot more tricks,” he said. “They’re all getting better every year.”

That’s not to say there was as diverse a repertoire as he’d like to see, Walker added.

Most riders were “hitting that one line last time,” riding off the “Cannon,” a painted propane tank, before

sliding across or around a small rail to the little jump. Only a handful of contestants, notably Isreal Davis, elected to hit other trick lines, like the “Battleship,” a larger, angled rail.

“We’re going to change it up to where they hit one line of this, one line of that and they all have to hit the big jump,” he said.

A number of Ski Apache instructors, such as Sean “Panda” Bailey and Gage Wipple, also participated showing off their abilities, he added, laughing. “I don’t know how they got out of work to do it.”

Results

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Isreal Davis catches major air during Saturday’s Terrain Park challenge at Ski Apache.

Matt Silva dominated the competition, placing first in the Advanced Snowboard division with 38 points, followed by Homer Romero, 24 points, with Bailey in third at 21 points.

Alex Davis sandbagged to the top of the Novice Snowboarders at 29.5 points, with Zack Jennings close behind with 28.5 points as Wipple rounded it out at 23 points.

Skiers were more sparse in the competition, with the advanced division

held down by Martin Kuprianowicz at 33.5 points and Isreal Davis coming in at 23 points in the novice division.

Walker also created a children’s alpine division for a handful of young competitors, led by Diego Gonzales with Pablo and Andreas Sepalveda close behind.

Mariana Sepalveda, alpine, was the sole female competitor and left the event early.

The next event will be this Saturday at noon. Entry fees are $10 per person.

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Sean Bailey goes heels-over-head during the Terrain Park challenge, Saturday, at Ski Apache.

Hoop Shoot celebrates youth

By Eugene Heathman Editor eugene@ruidosofreepress.com What do you get when you combine talented children, passionate Elks and a community-minded Elks Scholar?

One fantastic Hoop Shoot! Hoop Shoot contests begin with local Elks Lodges. Eligible youth may compete in one Lodge contest per season.

The local contest took place Saturday and Rakim Stokes and Tristan Edwards are headed to Roswell Jan. 18 for the district round of the national tournament. Ruidoso Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Treasurer, Al Bused said,” Turnout was less than previous years but is still successful in being able to find creative ways to make a meaningful difference in their communities.”

The Elks desire through their “Hoop Shoot” program, to provide an interesting, character-building, competitive program for all girls and boys in the contest regardless of their previous athletic competition or abilities.

This nationwide, sanctioned program gives children an opportunity for spirited competition, fine relationships with their peers, and travel statewide, regionally and nationally- at a minimal expense to their parents. Not only are the participants involved in this wholesome, individ-

ual-effort program, but parents, classmates, teachers and community are included.

The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks has always considered youth its most treasured national resource. By affording America’s children an opportunity to sharpen individual athletic talents through the largest non-commercial, co-educational sports programs in the nation while teaching lessons of selfdiscipline, respect, dedication, loyalty and individual responsibility. “The contestants are better prepared for the challenge of Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free Press today’s world and tomorrow’s From left to right Cary Stokes, Rakim Stokes, with Elks Club mascot Elroy the Elk, productive opportunities,” Buse Tristen Edwards and Donna Edwards celebrate advancing to the district competisaid. tion in Roswell.

Parents accompany contestants throughout the competition. The parents of finalists at the a free pizza party for the participants and their families state, regional, and national levels attend the competition will be at the Ruidoso Elks Lodge 609 Highway 70, Sunas guests of the Elks. An awards ceremony complete with day at 3 p.m.

Rocky Gulch named to Hall of Fame

The first New Mexico-bred thoroughbred to earn $1 million, Rocky Gulch, will be honored as the horse inducted into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame during ceremonies in late June.

Rocky Gulch reached millionaire status in 2006 and then the undefeated (19 for 19) Peppers Pride became the second New Mexico-bred thoroughbred millionaire two years later. Peppers Pride was inducted into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame in 2011.

The 2014 class in the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame also consists of owners/breeders R. C. “Punch” and Suzanne Jones, trainer Carl Draper and jockey/trainer Cliff Lambert. The 2014 class celebrates New Mexico racing with each of the inductees being historic contributors to racing in The Land of Enchantment.

Bred and raced by Larry Teague of Hobbs, New Mexico, Rocky Gulch won 18 of 38 starts and amassed $1,151,725 in earnings with his career ending in December, 2007. He counted 14 stakes from those 18 wins with each of his stakes wins coming against New Mexico-bred company. He gained acclaimed when he stepped up against top open company to run second in the $105,000 Borderland Derby and finish third in the second running of the $500,000 WinStar Derby, each at Sunland Park. The WinStar Derby is now the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby and has Rocky Gulch

become an important race on the trail to the Kentucky Derby.

Trained by Terry Walker, Rocky Gulch gained fame not only for his millionaire status and his 14 stakes wins, but also for carrying imposts in his victories. At Sunland Park in 2004, in successive starts, he won stakes races carrying 123 pounds, 124 pounds, 127 pounds and 128 pounds.

At Ruidoso Downs he was undefeated from five starts. His freshman summer in 2003 at Ruidoso Downs was a coming-out party for the promising youngster. After winning his maiden at first asking and finishing a close second in the $172,000 Copper Top Futurity at Sunland Park, he stepped up at Ruidoso Downs to win his Rio Grande Senor Futurity trial by more than 11 lengths and then winning the $87,000 Rio Grande Senor Futurity by 15 lengths at 3-10 odds while setting a fiveand-one-half-furlong track record of 1:02.

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The next summer, Rocky Gulch continued to show his affection for Ruidoso Downs with a three-and-one-half-length win in the Road Runner Handicap as the 1-5 favorite while toting 126 pounds. He concluded his Ruidoso Downs racing two

years later, in 2006, with back-to-back allowance wins.

Rocky Gulch now lives in pampered comfort under the care of trainer Barbra Brown, Walker’s wife, as a member of the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame.

The LOBO howl

Bairstow scores 29 in victory

By Richard Stevens Senior Writer/GoLobos.com “The journey started today,” said Lobo Coach Craig Neal. “It goes up a notch. The intensity. What it means.”

What the scoreboard that flashed 80-73 in New Mexico’s favor over Colorado State means is that the Lobos begin the Mountain West wars where they plan to finish them – on the top of the standings.

The Lobos (10-3, 1-0) opened MW play Saturday in The Pit and muscled and ran past the 0-2 CSU Rams.

The running was provided by several Lobos highlighted

by Kendall Williams scoring 22 points and adding eight rebounds and seven assists.

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Smokey Bear Tournament at Capitan Jan. 9-11

Girls Capitan 5 p.m. Thursday Immanuel Christian 5:30 p.m. Friday 5:30 p.m. Friday

Boys Capitan 6:30 p.m. Thursday Evangel Christian 7 p.m. Friday 7 p.m. Friday

Carrizozo

Carrizozo

3:30 p.m. Thursday

2 p.m. Thursday

Mescalero Consolation Championship

Noon Saturday

Hagerman

Immanuel Christian

3:15 p.m. Saturday

Championship

2 p.m. Thursday

Hondo

2:30 p.m. Friday

Consolation Championship

2:30 p.m. Friday

1:30 p.m. Saturday

Noon Saturday

3rd place

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said. “We’ve got to be smart and develop a much better basketball IQ. That’s what’s killing us.”

While Ruidoso had another poor quarter leading to a loss Saturday, Hood said the effort was there, unlike their 49-23 loss to Gadsden during the tournament’s second day.

“I don’t where we were yesterday.

We came out so flat and so down,” Hood said. “We just didn’t have the effort that we did today.”

Gadsden doubled up the Lady Warriors in the first quarter and never let up.

Magooshboy and Muniz led Ruidoso with just six points each.

Bad quarters is just what Ruidoso had in their final game of the Goddard Holiday tournament against Hatch, falling 45-30 in the seventh place game Dec. 28.

“I don’t fault our effort today,” Hood said. “We didn’t always play well – we had fumble fingers and dropped the ball.

But the effort was there. We were trying to do things without being ready for it.”

Ruidoso actually led by one at the end of the first period, thanks to the outside shooting of Darian Magooshboy and Jules Muniz. The duo ended with a pair of three-pointers each and combined for 15 points in the game.

Hatch took the lead in the second quarter, but it was still only a four-point contest at the break. It wasn’t until the third quarter that the Lady Bears put the press defense on and went on a run to put distance between themselves and the Lady Warriors.

About the only thing that kept the game from turning into a rout was Hatch’s inability to score that many points themselves. Ruidoso outscored the Lady Bears 6-4 in the final frame. Had the Lady Warriors been able to make layups and good passes, they might have narrowed the gap quite a bit.

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press “We started making mental Ruidoso’s Denise Martinez, right, grabs a rebound miscues, and we made some over Hatch’s Alyssa Martinez, Dec. 28, at Roswell in the half-court, too,” Hood High School.

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“We’ve just got to stay out of foul trouble and keep our players on the floor,” said Hondo coach Brad Holland. “We also shot free throws very poorly in this game. We’ve just got to play smarter defensively and do the little things to win.”

After a bad first half – and a “motivational speech” from Holland to his team in the locker room – Hondo was able to put together a better game in the third quarter and got two within two points a couple of times. But they were never able to find the buck that could put them over the top.

The wind really went out from under the Eagles’ wings when – with Hondo trailing 55-53 with less than two minutes to go in the game – Simon Gonzales was called for an intentional foul on Bowen during a fast break.

Bowen made both free throws, and the Tigers scored on a layup by Lamay on the ensuing possession.

This was the second time the teams had faced each other, and they played each other Tuesday. The two could face each other again in the Smokey Bear Tournament beginning Thurs-

7th place

10:30 a.m. Saturday

Hondo 1:30 p.m. Saturday

3rd place

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that the girls are feeling much better about themselves is good,” Hood said.

“We can hopefully carry that into Tuesday against Goddard. I think we can play well with them and win as long as we don’t have a bad quarter or two.”

One quarter

4 p.m. Friday

6:30 p.m. Thursday

Cloudcroft JV 7th place

Mescalero

Cloudcroft

5 p.m. Thursday 10:30 a.m. Saturday

Championship

3:30 p.m. Thursday 4 p.m. Friday

Valencia JV

5 p.m. Saturday

Capitan JV

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Hondo’s Jordan Brady, left, puts up a shot after getting past Capitan defender Kaleb Cleckler, Saturday, at Mescalero.

day. If they did, it would be on the tournament’s last day.

“We have a game plan for them,” Sanchez said.

“Their twos can’t hurt us, we can get those back. We

just have to concentrate on their three-point game.

We had them spread out and the kids played good.

When Hondo got close again, the kids kept their heads.”

Socorro, pouring in 24 points and grabbing seven rebounds. Smith followed with 12 points.

Ruidoso still has three more games to play before the week is out – Tularosa on Thursday, Dexter Friday and Hot Springs on Saturday.

Add to that another game against Hatch on Jan. 14.

That’s a lot of basketball to play in a short time, but at least they’re all home games.

“It’s good we don’t have to do all that traveling, but it’s tough when you don’t play well at home,” Davis said. “I would like to put on a better show for the people who come and watch us play.”

Just short vs. Dons

The West Las Vegas Dons aren’t a bad basketball team, Davis still felt his team let a win get away Friday.

“We could have played better,” Davis said. “West

Las Vegas isn’t weak, but we’d have liked DONS 58, WARRIORS 49 to have done things West Las Vegas (4-5) better.”

Mike Ortiz 0 3-4 3, Miguel Sena 3 0-2 Davis said Ru6, Victor Ulibarri 0 2-2 2, DJ Bustos 8 9-10 28, Sebastian Bustos 2 0-2 4, Tino idoso’s loss was Castellano 1 0-0 2, Nick Gurule 0 0-0 0, a combination of J.J. Montano 3 0-2 6, Andres Gallegos 2 1-4 5, Anthony Medina 0 0-0 0. Totals injuries and a lack of 19 15-26 58. playing time over the Ruidoso (3-6) Christmas break. FriCade Patterson 0 0-0 0, Isaac Gilliland 1 2-2 4, Brendan O’Connor 1 0-0 3, day’s contest was the Branden Atchley 1 2-2 4, Anfernee RoWarriors’ first since a cha 0 0-0 0, Jesse Valdez 0 0-0 0, Luis 56-45 loss to Artesia Marquez 3 5-11 13, Tristan Yazzi 0 0-0 0, Travis Mosher 3 0-3 6, Justin Platta on Dec. 20.

1 1-2 2, Blayne Maldonado 14 3-3 17, Blayne MaldaDavid Perez 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 13-23 49.

WLV 16 12 17 13 – 58 nado had 17 points to Ruidoso 9 13 11 16 – 49 lead Ruidoso (3-6), Three-point goals – WLV 5 (Bustos 5), followed by Luis Rui 3 (Marquez 2, O’Connor). Fouled out – None. Technical Fouls – WLV Marquez with 13.

(Coach David Bustos, Sena, Ulibarri), While the WarRui (Coach Dennis Davis, Mosher). Total fouls – WLV 17, Rui 18. Turnovers – riors hadn’t played WLV 5, Rui 12. in two weeks – and the Dons had playing time in the Stu Clark Davis said. “It will be fast Invitational over the break – Davis said the time and furious now before we get into district games. We off was by design.

“We just had two days of have to make up for the break somewhere down practice before this game, the line, and it’s usually in but I like to give the guys January that we do that.” time off for Christmas,”

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By Corey Bard

“…black men are in prison in far greater numbers than their proportion in the population. …the black convict is most perfectly preconditioned to hear the words, ‘the white man is the devil.’ You can tell that to any Negro. Except for those relatively few ‘integration’ mad so-called ‘intellectuals’ and those black men who are otherwise fat, happy and deaf, dumb and blinded, with their crumbs from the white man’s rich table, you have struck a nerve center in the American black man. He may take a day to react, a month, a year; he may never respond, openly; but of one thing you can be sure – when he thinks about his own life, he is going to see where, to him, personally, the white man sure has acted like a devil.” – from “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” as told to Alex Haley.

Saturday, Feb. 1 at 11 a.m., I will lead a discussion of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.” It is the opening lecture for “Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle” – made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as a part of the Bridging Cultures initiative, in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Eight copies of the book are available to check out.

Each Thursday evening at 6 p.m. during the month of February, we will show the following films as a part of this Civil Rights Series: Feb. 6, “The Abolitionists;” Feb. 13, “Slavery By Another Name;” Feb. 20, “The Loving Story;” Feb. 27, “Freedom Riders.”

For those of you who cannot make Thursday evenings, each movie will be shown a second time the following Friday at noon – Feb. 7, 14, 21 and 28. All the films are available for viewing from the Ruidoso Public Library website: www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl.

Go to the Library News tab and click on the Library Blog.

The Civil Rights Lecture schedule is as follows: Feb. 1, “Autobiography of Malcolm X,” discussion led by Ruidoso Librarian Corey Bard; Feb. 8, Chautauqua about Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King by Brenda Hollingsworth; Feb. 15, “No Mexicans, Women or Dogs Allowed,” by ENMU History Professor Cynthia Orozco; Feb. 22, “Benching of Jim Crow,” the integration of college sports by UTEP History Professor Charles Martin. Each lecture begins at 11 a.m. Saturday mornings. A complete brochure of “Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle” is available at the library.

Jan. 17: GIS Specialist Lori Carpenter will join Sharon Stewart at noon for a program on GEO Caching.

Jan. 23: Our Music Series at the library will begin at 6 p.m. Come hear Luke West’s rich voice ‘Sing Me Back Home’ with local favorite Tyler Jones featured on guitar, banjo and vocals.

Library concerts, Chautauquas, speakers and the Summer Reading Program are supported by funds from the Friends of the Library.

Aging creatively

By Sandi Aguilar

Ruidoso Free Press

January 8, 2014

Dr. Farah named to advisory committee

The first Creative Aging class

By Lisa Maue developed a questionnaire to ENMU-Ruidoso determine needs for individuals Dr. Clara Farah of Alto was over the age of 55 who live in appointed to the Aging and LongLincoln County. The questionTerm Policy Advisory Committee naire is available through the Colby Governor Susana Martinez. lege website under the CommuniFarah, an instructor at ENMUty Education tab and will remain Ruidoso and longtime advocate open until Jan. 18. When the for seniors, will serve a three-year results are tabulated, the group term that began Dec. 10. plans on presenting its findings The advisory committee is to area governmental, civic and made up of 11 members and meets social agencies with the aim of four times a year throughout the improving challenges to not only state for the New Mexico Aging residents over the age of 55, but and Long-Term Services Department on issues in healthy aging.

Courtesy photo the community as a whole.

“There are specific things that The cabinet-level department was Dr. Clara Farah need to be put in place or, in some created in 2004 by the New Mexcases, overcome, in order for a large segment of our ico State Legislature to address the needs of a growing residents to live here. And these are the people that we senior population. New Mexico has been identified need to draw from, to learn from,” Farah said. “Many as a state that will experience an increasing number are moving away because they can no longer live here of residents over the age of 65. The Aging and Longor looking to move soon because of medical issues, beTerm Services Department serves more than 200,000 New Mexicans each year with resources aimed at older cause of the possible loss of transportation and the lack of other services. It is a huge loss for all of us.” adults, adults with disabilities and their caregivers in The group is also working with the Village of addition to providing protective services for adults who Ruidoso to transform the Senior Center into a multiare the victims of abuse, neglect or exploitation. Such services include an Ombudsman Program to protect the generational community meeting place that will be a nucleus for community groups, information and rights of individuals living in nursing homes, a Senior Medicare Patrol to alert the public to possible Medicare resources. “Anthony (Montes) and Walt (Bratton) of the Village have been so open and willing to listen to fraud and abuse and assisting aging network organizations to provide meals and health promotion initiatives. our ideas. Hopefully, we this can be seen as a first step Local efforts by the department include support for the to making Lincoln County more senior- and citizenfriendly,” Farah said.

Carrizozo Senior Center and Ruidoso Downs Center’s According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2011, 22.6 lunch program.

Farah hopes to further bring attention to the region to percent of Lincoln County residents were over the age address the needs of aging baby boomers. “This genera- of 65. The percentage for the state of New Mexico tion is not interested in the concept of traditional senior was 13.6 percent. As this trend continues, Farah is convinced that new, more creative approaches to aging centers,” she explained. “They are looking for places are necessary. She hopes that, through her work on the to connect with others who are active and wanting to advisory committee and her class at ENMU-Ruidoso, experience and share new things, whether it is through she and her students will contribute tangible ideas and physical activity or being exposed to new ideas. Comreal solutions to the changing needs of New Mexicans munity colleges are the perfect environment for this over the age of 55. type of engagement, and, in my involvement with Farah’s spring class on Creative Aging will be held developing a Creative Aging curricula, I am seeing firsthand the need and rewards of working with this very vi- as a credit or for non-credit beginning Jan. 15. She will be going to Santa Fe on Jan. 28 for Senior Day at brant population. In just a few class cycles, my classes the Capitol. For more information on the Aging and have become groups who are dedicated to improving Long-Term Policy Advisory Committee, the Creative their own lives and, more importantly, the communiAging class or the current work by past Creative Agties in which they live. It’s been extremely gratifying, ing students, Farah may be reached at ENMU-Ruidoso and I am committed to fostering more of these groups at 257-2120. through the classes I teach at ENMU-Ruidoso.”

What’s in a name?

With the American society putting great emphasis on staying It was the last day of school before the Christmas young and looking good, growing older can be met with personal break. Tyler came in wearing a Santa hat, looking jaunty resistance and conflict. Regardless of health, physical activity as and funny. He asked if I liked the hat, hung up his coat well as mental acuity adjusts with age. Lifestyles, factors of imand asked to keep the hat on. I said it would be cool to portance and legal and financial issues all change the older people have Santa Claus in class for a day. get. How to accept the aging process and all of the changes that Our day started with snack and moved on to circle accompany it is the topic of a class offered at ENMU-Ruidoso by time where Tyler played Santa. He asked everyone if they Dr. Clara Farah, Ruidoso psychiatrist. had sent him a letter yet. Most said yes but a couple said “Having the wisdom and vision to find peace and happiness no and sadly declared it was too late now. I explained that in adapting to a less hectic life,” is a major component of Farah’s if they went home and wrote their letters and threw them class. When describing her class, Farah said she didn’t like calling in the fire (with help from mom or dad) that the smoke it graceful aging because people don’t necessarily age gracefully. would carry their wishes to the North Pole. Tyler listened She didn’t want to call it successful aging as people shouldn’t be to their wishes and gave a big Ho! Ho! Ho! grading themselves on how they adapt. Creativity is the key comWe talked about Christmas being the birthday of Jeponent to making oneself flexible in life changes and situations and sus and the animals that were there in the manger when thus keeping a happy character. he was born. We read a story based on the old English Discussion focus on health care; psychological adjustments to carol, Jesus Our Brother, Kind and Good as it tells the lifestyle changes; financial situations; the legal issues of probates, story of the manger animals. Later the hat was discarded trusts and wills; the process of dying; and how families take care and left on a table. of loved ones. Farah explains one of the biggest adjustments is the When I called pickup time, Tyler found a doll on the drop in income by about 30 percent and how people need to plan floor naked. He picked it up along with the clothes he for daily as well as long term living. found next to it and began to dress it. He commented Aging is not only fraught with concern, but does have its benefits. that the baby was tired and needed to go to bed. He “Older people have the ability to focus on what is really important straightened the bed and put the baby down and and this is really rewarding,” she says. Older people tend to serve covered it up. He noticed it did not have a pillow. their community and are out experiencing more. They are not caught Looking around he spied his hat, “I’ll use my hat up in what society feels needs to be done, but what they want to do. for a pillow. It is nice and soft and the baby can Case in-point, the past class participants have been so motivated sleep on it and be warm. I’m going to call the baby by the class, they created a community-based action group called the Jesus because like the animals I gave him some‘Creative Agers.’ Once an alumnus, students are invited to be a part thing for his manager bed.” of this advisory committee to identify and address senior needs in Covering all parts of the Christmas story before Lincoln County. Currently the group is directing the Senior Center on how to become an intergenerational community center. “We are the move!” states Farah. The alumni group is Hi! My name and free pet insurance for 30 days. helping the Village develop a is Stella; I plan to make the Senior Cenam a very Hey there, my name in is Comet; I am a ter a life-long learning place energetic very cute and for all ages to enjoy.

Retriever/ playful boy.

‘Creative Aging,’ a 16Boxer mix.

I am about 6 week class, is highly interacI am about months old tive with small group discus2 years old and and my coat sion and guest speakers.

I love to play outdoors. I am kennel and is short and Farah encourages people to leash trained. I do well indoors and I prevery soft. I love to be held and cuddled. I come and go as they please as fer to be the only dog. I am sweet, wellam definitely a hugger, not a fighter, and the classes are not necessarily mannered and really friendly with people I socialize with other cats and kittens very dependent upon each other. and I enjoy long walks and hiking. I play well. I was a stray, found in a local park The course can be taken for with toys, as long as you play with me and when I was very small, and have been here continuing education or psyI love belly rubs. I was brought to the Hu- at the Humane Society since July of 2013. I chology credit. It is offered mane Society as a stray back in October. love to explore and play with toys, and abMy adoption fee is $50 and it includes solutely love attention. I have great energy Wednesday afternoons at spaying, a microchip, current vaccinations, and lots of curiosity.

ENMU and Thursday mornings at the Senior Center for See adoptable pets at 422 Gavilan Canyon Road or check out more $65 and begins Jan. 15. Regadoptable pets at: www.petango.com/hslc istration is through ENMUHours are: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat 11-2 p.m. (Closed Wednesdays & Sundays) Ruidoso, 257-3012.

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the break can sometimes be a hassle. Trying to remember all the names, places and events can be a little much for the young ones. We had been discussing the Three Wisemen. I asked for their names and received Baltazar, Melchior and Casper.

Nisha Hoffman Pushing my luck I asked nishahoffman@yahoo.com for the gifts. Brandon said, “One gave gold.” Joey said, “One gave myrrh.”

Emmy said, “One gave Frankenstein!”

After all this discussion on Epiphany and what it meant and why the Wisemen were also called Kings and the Magi, we did an art project using shapes to make the figures of the Three Wisemen. Danny completed his project and brought it to me. His Wisemen were a little different in that one had hair all-around the edge of his crown and all were beardless. As I started to ask Danny about his picture, he slapped it down on the table in front of me and said, “Here ya go, Ms. Nisha, the Three Wise Guys, Curly, Moe and Larry!”

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January 8, 2014

Lincoln County

Calendar Ruidoso Free Press

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civic organization entertainment special events meetings week of January 8 - 14 Daily / Weekly

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 575-430-9502.

Al Anon of Ruidoso – for family members of alcoholics – meets 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. 575-354-9031.

Alcoholics Anonymous of Carrizozo meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Baptist Church Hall.

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 575-258-0028.

The Federated Woman’s Club of Ruidoso meets Mondays at 11 a.m. at 116 S. Evergreen Dr. Pot luck lunch at noon, followed by bridge and other card games. A special program is presented most months and hosts Yoga Wednesdays. 575-257-2309.

Gamblers Anonymous meets every Thursday at 7:15 p.m. in the Mescalero Reformed Church, 336 Wardlaw Dr. in Mescalero.

575-682-6200.

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

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

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. 575-257-2476.

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. 575-464-7106.

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. 575-799-3215 or 832-444-3633.

SAA meets every Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Mount at 321 Mescalero Trail Road. 575-956-3101 or 575-336-4187.

Women Helping Women, a support group for domestic violence victims and survivors, meets Wednesdays from 2-3 p.m. at Sweet Charity, 26156 Highway 70. There is no cost and bilingual services are available. 575-378-6378.

Through 1/10

Christmas Tree Recycle, Schoolhouse Park, Sudderth Dr., next to the public pool. Drop off Christmas tree inside the orange fencing. Do not put trees in trash compactors, dumpsters or on the street. After Jan. 10, the trees will be mulched and the mulch will be available at Schoolhouse Park for residents to pick up.

Sponsored by PNM, the Village of Ruidoso, Ruidoso Parks and Recreation, and Greentree Solid Waste. 575-257-5030. Free.

Friday, 1/10

Johnny & the Crashers, Classic Rock, Club 49 at Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m.

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Terrain Park Competition No. 3, Ski Apache, Highway 532/Ski Run Road, noon - 1 p.m. Try your skills in our terrain park competition located at the bottom of the mountain on the gondola lift line. Compete for prizes, medals and bragging rights.

575-464-3641; www.skiapache. com.

Johnny & the Crashers, Classic Rock, Club 49 at Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m.

“Copying Beethoven,” free movie, Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. Set in the days before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven (Ed Harris) needs help with copying out the charts, so a promising student of composition, Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger) is sent to assist. During the final years of Beethoven’s life, Holtz provides assistance to the deaf, tempera-

Wednesdays Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, Club 49, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 7 p.m.

Professional comedians will perform live. $5 admission. Must be 21 or older to attend. 575-464-7053.

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mental, ailing man. In return, he tutors her in composition and explains to her the ideas and principles of Romanticism.

Harris’ Beethoven is wracked by pain, but not overwhelmed by it; he understands his responsibility to nature too well to merely disintegrate. “God whispers in most men’s ears,” Beethoven says. “He shouts in mine.” 575-257-2273.

Monday, 1/13

Spring classes begin at ENMURuidoso. www.ruidoso.enmu. edu.

To submit listings/ information for the Lincoln County Calendar, email eugene@ ruidosofreepress.com

by Thursday the week prior to publication, or call 258-9922.

entertainment events weekly daily

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.

Monthly

Alpine Village Sanitation District meets the first Monday of the month at 4 p.m. at 114 Alpine Meadows Trail. The agenda may contain discussion regarding the election on Jan. 14 of a director and/or committees to address the Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan and Capacity Assessment. Residents of the district are welcome to attend.

American Legion Post 79 – Jerome D. Klein Post, meets on the second Monday of each month at Veterans Plaza, 201 Second Dr. in Ruidoso Downs. 575-354-0138.

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

Altrusa Club of Ruidoso meets at 5 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at First Christian Church, 1211 Hull Road. For information on volunteering, contact membership chair Barbara Dickinson at 575-336-7822.

The Federated Republican Women of Lincoln County meet the fourth Monday of each month at Cree Meadows Country Club at 11:30 a.m. 575-336-8011; www.frw.rplcnm.org.

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 575-258-4682.

Keep Ruidoso Beautiful Committee will meet Monday, Jan. 13 at noon at the Senior Citizen Center, 501 Sudderth Drive.

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. 575-973-2890.

The Photographic Society of Lincoln County meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the ENMU Community Education Annex on White Mountain Drive. Contact Leland Deford at 257-8662 or Herb Brunnell at 258-4003 or 937-0291.

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. 575-354-0111.

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 575-808-1114 or 575-973-0007.

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 Downs. For more information, call 575-802-5293.

Saturday, 1/11

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.

Open Mic Night, Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Hosted by Tradd Tidwell. 575-2572273.

Saturdays

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

Simulcast Horse Racing at Billy the Kid’s Race Book, Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino. Simulcast races are shown live from across the country and betting windows are open. Billy’s Race Book also serves food and has a full bar.

Smokey Bear Park, Highway 380, Capitan. Open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s day. $2 adults; $1 children 7-12; children 6 and under are free.

Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, just east of the racetrack. Seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission $6 for adults; discounts available for seniors, military and youth. 575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum. org.

Cree Meadows is open to the public. Enjoy the Sierra Blanca view while dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner; entertainment on Thursday nights: DJ Pete Karaoke and Friday nights: the Terry Bullard Band. 575-257-5815.

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Ruidoso Free Press

January 8, 2014

January 8, 2014

Cross-eyed

Alright friends, it’s time to put some feet to our faith.

This week I want to introduce you to TerraCycling. Oh, don’t worry, you won’t have to get on an exercise bike. In fact, you can just do the things you normally do and then just throw things away slightly differently. Let me explain…

Phil Appel TerraCycling is phillip.appel@thefootofthecross.org an exciting way that we can all help turn our waste into meals for starving children all around the world. Picking up where Recycling leaves off, TerraCycling allows you to repurpose an amazing plethora of eclectic things such as shampoo bottles, out-of-date cell phones, used toner cartridges, that old geeky calculator (no pocket protectors at this time), empty scotch tape dispensers, unwanted pairs of shoes (that are still wearable), cheese wrappers and even cigarette “bottoms” (not sure if I can use the other word on this page).

Just take your items to Coyote Howling Shop with a Cause, 1803 Sudderth Drive (right next to Domino’s Pizza), 575-808-8320, coyotehowlingnm@gmail.com.

Then they will turn your trash into meals for starving children. If you haven’t “discovered” this amazing store, you really need to. The people who run this place are basically angels on loan from God. The whole store is dedicated to hard-hitting causes around the world and around the block that really help people in need. From 10 to 100 percent of every purchase is donated directly to causes like Feed My Starving Children (www.fmsc. org). Get on the website at www.coyotehowlingshopforacause.com and click on the TerraCycle® link to find out about all the items that you can start collecting.

Then take your loot to the store and plug into something really worthwhile.

“Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’” Now go help them change the world, one TerraCycle® item at a time.

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Boys and Girls Club partners with The Nest It is not hard to see that rebuilding a life free of violence is a difficult endeavor, oftentimes taking years to accomplish. Even more challenging, though, is the work cut out for mothers – and their children – who enter The Nest domestic violence shelter. Growing up in a violent home throws children for a loop. Many have a seemingly impossible struggle ahead of them.

That struggle just got a little easier, thanks to Matt Bridges, board chair of the Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Blanca, a local non-profit organization that offers cost-effective educational and inspirational services to children from a variety of families in Lincoln County.

Bridges contacted Coleen Widell, executive director at Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) and The Nest domestic violence shelter, to discuss how to collaborate on providing services to kids from families at The Nest. The two of them met with Tim Coughlin, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club, to discuss how to roll out this partnership.

The afterschool program run by the Boys and Girls Club is an effective supplement to what The Nest provides inhouse. Participation in the program helps children learn and develop new skills with help from youth development professionals. Activities focus on developing children’s minds, bodies and spirits, so kids can expect to learn everything from physical education, martial arts and healthful eating to positive relationships, communication, decision-making and leadership skills.

The staff also helps children by providing a safe environ-

Episcopal Church of the Holy Mount hosts community supper

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Pictured are the staff of the Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Blanca.

ment full of stimulation for their budding curiosities and imaginations. Finally, the program offers children a chance to build the tools they need to navigate difficult situations through drug awareness and anti-bullying lessons.

The organization has chosen to take its support of The Nest above and beyond. It has begun offering a sliding scale payment plan for residents of The Nest during and after their 90-day transitional period. This cooperation illustrates an acknowledgement of the challenges families will face and a support of their efforts to live as a healthy family unit once again.

Though this partnership is certain to change and mold young lives in our community, the two organizations still need help. A single $50 donation will fully sponsor a child’s participation in the Boys and Girls Club afterschool program for the entire 90 days that she or he resides at The Nest.

While the donation is a one-time donation, the effects of it will have lasting, long-term impact in the life of a child recovering from domestic violence.

On Monday evening, Jan. 13, Church of the Holy Mount will host its ninth monthly Community Supper from 5:30-7 p.m. The free community supper is open to the entire community and no reservations are needed. The menu this month will include meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, Waldorf salad, red velvet cupcakes, with coffee and tea.

CHURCH SERVICES Sunday School 9:45 AM The community supper is WayneJoyce.com Morning Worship 10:45 AM offered the second Monday Sunday Night 6:00 PM Listen or Download FREE Wednesday Night 7:00 PM of the month by Church of the Holy Mount. St. Eleanor Catholic Church at 40 RUIDOSO BAPTIST CHURCH Junction Road provides the Teaching you Chapter by Chapter & Verse by Verse. community supper the fourth 126 Church Drive • Ruidoso, NM • 575-378-4174 Monday of the month. Bring Next to Family Vision Center on Mescalero Drive family and friends. For more Plenty of Parking! information, call 257-2356.

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This church feature is sponsored by these civic-minded businesses and individuals.

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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.

257-2081; 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. Justin Bowman, Pastor 336-7761. www. trinitycapitan.org 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. 258-8594 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 Alfred Ebel. www.shlcruidoso.org METHODIST Community United Methodist Church Junction Road, behind Wells Fargo Bank. Judy Shema, pastor. 257-4170 Capitan United Methodist Church White Oaks and Third in Capitan. Pastor Jean Riley 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 The 1st Iglesia Apostollca de la Fe en Cristo Jesus 613 Sudderth Dr. Suite D, Ruidoso. 2578053. Pastor Alex Castillo PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church

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Tony Chambless, Pastor Ancho Community Presbyterian Church Pastor Terry Aiello, CLP Corona United Presbyterian Church Pastor Terry Aiello, CLP Nogal Presbyterian Church Reverend E.W. “Bo” Lewis REFORMED CHURCH Mescalero Reformed Mescalero. Bob Schut, Pastor SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Ruidoso Seventh Day Adventist 207 Parkway, Agua Fria, Ruidoso Downs, 3784161. Pastor Chuck Workman, 575-636-3773; 1st Elder Manuel Maya 937-4487 SPANISH SERVICES Iglesia del Nazareno Angus Church, 12 mi north of Ruidoso on Hwy 48. Marco Sanchez, Pastor. 336-8032 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP Sacramento Mountains Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Call 336-2170 or

NON-SECTARIAN Spiritual Awareness Study Group Minister: George N. Brown, PhD. ULC. 257-1569 Men’s Bible Study, Band Of Brothers Call 937-0071 for times and location

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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, 2570447. 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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REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LINCOLN COUNTY

A tract of land lying in the E/2 SE/4, Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 15 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico, and being more particularly described as follows:

By: /s/ Lee Griffin Lee Griffin 1044 Mechem Drive Ruidoso, New Mexico 88345 (575) 258-9404 Attorney for Plaintiff

PRE-PRIMARY OFFICIAL CALL Call is hereby made for Precinct Caucuses of the Republican Party of Lincoln County to be held January 25, 2014, at 10:00 am at the Cree Meadows County Club, 301 Country Club Dr., Ruidoso New Mexico to Elect Precinct Delegates to the PrePrimary County Convention.

Call is hereby made for the County Central Committee Meeting of the Republican Party of Lincoln County to be held January 25, 2014, at 9:00 am at the Cree Meadows Country Club, 301 Country Club Dr, Ruidoso, New Mexico to consider contests to delegates from the Precinct Caucuses to the Pre-Primary County Convention, and consider any other proper business.

Call is hereby made for the PrePrimary County Convention of the Republican Party of Lincoln County to be held January 25, 2014, at 10:00 am at the Cree Meadows Country Club, 301 Country Club Or, Ruidoso, New Mexico, to Elect Delegates to the Pre-Primary Republican State Convention, to be held March 01, 2014, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Registration begins at 8 am and ending at 9 am. Elected Delegates to the Pre-Primary State Convention will be expected to pay the $55 convention fee by close of the meeting on January 25, 2014.

Submitted by, Evelyn Webb Secretary, Republican Party of Lincoln County TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF LINCOLN FIRST SAVINGS BANK a South Dakota banking corporation, Plaintiff, -vHOMBRE GORDITO, a/k/a HOMBRE GORDITO, INC., a New Mexico corporation, NICOLINE H.M. ANGENENT, a/k/a NICOLINE H ANGENENT, individually and as President of Hombre Gordito, Inc., FRANS HULST, FRED DE LEON and ANELLADEE DE LEON, and JON SCHOEMANN and PEGGY SCHOEMANN, Defendants.

No. D-1226-CV-2013-00093 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that on January 14,2014, at 10:00 A.M., at the front entrance to the Village of Ruidoso Municipal Building located at 313 Cree Meadows Drive in Ruidoso, New Mexico, the undersigned Special Master will offer for public sale the following described real property to the highest bidder for cash: Parcels 7 and 8, WINDMILL RANCHES DEVELOPMENT, Lincoln County, New Mexico, as shown by the plat thereof filed in the office of the County Clerk of Lincoln County, New Mexico, on April 9, 2002, in Cabinet H, Slide No. 334.

AND A tract of land in the W/2 NW/4 SW/4 of Section 13, Township 9 South, Range 15 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico, described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a point from which the Southwest corner of said Section 13, a mound of stone in place, bears South 00°57’56” West a distance of 1227.68 feet; Thence North 00°57’56” East a distance of 940.47 feet to a point on the South right of way line of NM State Highway No. 380; Thence along said right of way South 71°02’00” East a distance of 186.48 feet; Thence along the arc of a curve to the right whose central angle is 24°29’00” and whose radius is 768.60 feet an arc distance of 328.43 feet (CH=South 58°47’30” East 325.94 feet); Thence South 46°33’00” East a distance of 243.23 feet; Thence leaving said right of way and going South 01°50’38” West a distance of 522.40 feet; Thence South 88°03’14” West a distance of 631.17 feet to the said place of beginning; ALONG WITH A tract of land lying North of NM State Highway No. 380 in the W/2 NW/4 SW/4 of Section 13, Township 9 South, Range 15 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico, described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a point on the North right of way line of NM State Highway No. 380, from which the Southwest corner of said Section 13 bears South 19°29’48” West a distance of 2019.23 feet; Thence along said right of way North 46°33’00” West a distance of 74.06 feet; Thence leaving said right of way and going North 21°30’30” East a distance of 46.97 feet; Thence South 73°50’37” East a distance of 43.66 feet; Thence South 03°44’30” West a distance of 74.06 feet to the said place of beginning.

Both of the parts described as the SELL TRACT are one tract as shown by the Claim of Exemption Boundary Survey Plat of a Tract of Land in the W/2 SW/4 NW/4 and the W/2 NW/4 SW/4, Section 13, Township 9 South, Range 15 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico, recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Lincoln County, New Mexico on November 24,2003 in Cabinet H, Slide No. 724;

Beginning at the East onequarter corner of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 15 East; thence North 87°53’00” West, 1316.36 feet to a point on the West line of the E/2 of said SE/4; Thence South 01°04’10” West along the West line of the said E/2, 1087.05 feet; thence South 88°48’03” East, 1314.58 feet to a point on the East line of said SE/4; thence North 01°09’26” East along said East line, 1065.98 feet to the point of beginning; AND A tract of land lying in the E/2 SE/4, Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 15 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East line of said E/2 SE/4 from which the East one-quarter corner of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 15 East, bears North 01”09’26” East, 1065.98 feet; thence North 88°48’03” West, 1314.58 feet to a point on the West line of the E/2 of said SE/4; thence South 01°04’10” West along said West line, 1087.05 feet; thence South 89°43’11” East, 1313.02 feet to a point on the said East line; thence North 01°09’26” East along said East line, 1065.99 feet to the point of beginning; AND A part of Lot 1, Section 4, lying South of a fence line, Township 10 South, Range 13 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico, described by metes and bounds as follows: Starting at the Northeast corner of said Section 4; thence South 00 degrees 09 minutes 49 seconds East a distance of 853.06 feet; thence along a fence North 89 degrees 20 minutes 28 seconds West a distance of 660.79 feet to the place of beginning of the herein described tract of land; thence South 00 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds West a distance of 26.54 feet to the South boundary of said Lot 1; thence along said South boundary North 89 degrees 28 minutes 29 seconds West a distance of 660.92 feet; thence along the West boundary of said Lot 1 North 00 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East a distance of 28.08 feet; thence South 89 degrees 20 minutes 28 seconds East a distance of 660.78 feet along a fence to the said place of beginning; AND W/2 SE/4 NE/4, Section 4, Township 10 South, Range 13 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico; TOGETHER WITH that certain Grant of Easement filed in the office of the County Clerk of Lincoln County, New Mexico on September 15, 1978 in Miscellaneous Book 55, page 568.

The two tracts of land in Section 4, Township 10 South, Range 13 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico, being also described as follows: Tracts A1 and A2, as shown by the Exemption Survey of a tract of land in the W1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4 of Section 4, Township 10 South, Range 13 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico, filed in the office of the County Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder of Lincoln County, New Mexico on July 2, 2007 in Cabinet I, Slide 745; AND Tract B, as shown by the Boundary Adjustment Plat, A tract of land in the W1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4 of Section 4, Township 10 South, Range 13 East, N.M.P.M., Lincoln County, New Mexico, filed in the office of the County Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder of Lincoln County, New Mexico on August 22, 2005, 2007 in Cabinet I, Slide 361.

The Special Master’s sale will be conducted pursuant to a Default Judgment and Summary Judgment entered by this Court on December 11, 2013, in an action for collection of Plaintiffs Promissory Notes and foreclosure of Plaintiffs Mortgages.

Plaintiffs Judgment directed foreclosure of the real property to satisfy the following aggregate Judgment liens: Principal, interest and late fees through 12/11/2013 . . . . . . $149,167.72 Costs of suit . . . . . . . . . 1,958.85 Attorney fees . . . . . . . 13,566.74 Special Master’s fee . . . . 325.87 $165,019.18 In addition to the judgment liens referred to above, Plaintiff will accrue additional costs, including costs of publication of this notice, which will be added to Plaintiffs liens.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Special Master may continue the date of sale without republishing this Notice of Sale by appearing on the date and at the time designated in this notice and announcing the postponement to another specific date. /s/ Sarah Prothro Sarah Prothro, Special Master

IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF LINCOLN IN THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

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cost more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), the improvements must be reported to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014.

The information required and the form may be obtained from the Assessor’s office. Section 7-38-8 (C), NMSA 1978.

3. All real property owned by any nongovernmental entity and claimed to be exempt from MARIA OLVERA, property taxation under the Plaintiffs, provisions of Paragraph (1) of Vs. Subsection B of Section 7-36-7 SALVADOR HERRERA a/k/a NMSA 1978 shall be reported SALVADOR HERRERA GOMEZ, for valuation purposes to the Defendants. appropriate valuation authority. If a change in eligibility staCause No. CV 13-222 tus or ownership of the propNOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE erty has changed, the change shall be reported no later than NOTICE IS GIVEN that on January the last day of February 2014.

21, 2014, at 10:00 A.M., at the front Section 7-38- 8.1 NMSA 1978. entrance to the Village of Ruidoso Downs Municipal Building located 4. If you own property that has at 123 Downs Drive, Ruidoso Downs, decreased in value during New Mexico, the undersigned Spe2013, and that property is subcial Master will offer for public sale ject to valuation for property the following described real proptaxation purposes, you must erty to the highest bidder for cash: report the decrease in value Lot 14, Block 2, Valley View to the Assessor no later than Subdivision more commonly the last day of February 2014. known as 208 Turkey Canyon The report must contain the Road, Ruidoso Downs, NM required information and must 88346 be on a form that is obtained from the Assessor’s office. SecThe Special Master’s sale will be tion 7-38-13, NMSA 1978. conducted pursuant to a Default Judgment and Summary Judgment 5. If you believe that your real entered by this Court on December property is entitled to head2, 2013, in an action for collection of of-family exemption, veteran Plaintiff’s Judgment. exemption or disabled veteran exemption from property Plaintiff’s Judgment directed foretaxation, you must apply to closure of the real property to satisfy the Assessor for exempt status the following aggregate Judgment no later than thirty (30) days liens: after the mailing of the County Principal and interest Assessor’s notices of valuathrough 1/21/14 . . . . . . . $38,059.74 tion in order to be entitled to Costs of suit . . . . . . . . . . . . . $618.00 the exemption from taxation Attorney fees . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,817.00 in 2014. Exceptions: If an exSpecial Master’s fee . . . . . . . . 250.00 emption from taxation was in

$ 42,744.74 effect for 2013 and the basis of the exempt status or use is In addition to the judgment liens reunchanged from that year, apferred to above, Plaintiff will accrue plication for exemption need additional costs, including costs of not be made for 2014. If you publication of this notice, which will have previously been granted be added to Plaintiff’s liens. an exemption and now have a NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that change in ownership or status the Special Master may continue the you must notify the Assessor date of sale without republishing of the change no later than the this Notice of Sale by appearing on last day of February 2014 of the the date and at the time designated change. If required, application in this notice and announcing the for exemption must contain postponement to another specific the required information and date. must be on a form that is obtained from the Assessor’s /s/ Lori Plant office. Section 7-38-17, NMSA Lori Plant, Special Master 1978.

FREDA HOWARD MCSWANE, P.C. 6. Property subject to valuation is By: /s/ Freda Howard McSwane, Esq. presumed to be nonresidential and will be so recorded by the Freda Howard McSwane, Esq. assessor unless you declare 1100 Sudderth Dr. Ruidoso, New Mexico 88345 the property to be residential (575) 258-9404 no later than the last day of Attorney for Plaintiff February 2014. If your property has changed in use from CITY OF RUIDOSO DOWNS residential to nonresidential or from nonresidential to residenNOTICE OF WORK SESSION tial use you must declare this NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that status to the Assessor no later Governing of the City of Ruidoso than the last day of February Downs has called for a Work Session 2014. The declaration must of the Governing Body of the City of contain the required informaRuidoso Downs, Representative from tion and must be in a form the Village of Ruidoso, Representathat may be obtained from the tive from the County of Lincoln and Assessor’s office. Section 7-38Representatives from the New Mex17,1 NMSA 1978. ico Department of Transportation 7. If you are a person who is sixtyfor Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at five (65) years of age or older or 10:00 a.m. The Work Session will be disabled, and whose “modified held at the City of Ruidoso Downs gross income” was not greater Council Chambers, 123 Downs Drive, than $32,000 in 2014 and you Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico. The own and occupy a single-famipurpose of the Work Session is as ly dwelling you may be eligible follows: for a limitation on the taxable • Discussion of what action to value of your residence. The take regarding future operalimitation of value specified in tion of Lincoln County Transit Subsections A, B and C under Section 7-3621.3 NMSA 1978 I certify that notice has been given shall be applied in the tax year in compliance with Section 10-15-1 in which the owner claimthrough 10-15-4 NMSA 1978 and Resolution 2013-25. Seventy-Two ing entitlement files with the (72) hours prior to meeting date county assessor an application and made available to the public. for the limitation, The applicaMeetings of the City of Ruidoso tion must contain the required Downs Governing Body are open to information and must be on a the public. form that is obtained from the Assessor’s office. Section 7-36If you are an individual with a dis21.3 NMSA 1978. ability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the City of Ruidoso Downs at least one week prior to meeting or as soon as possible.

Carol Virden MMC City Clerk/Treasurer COUNTY ASSESSOR ORDER NO. 13-34 NOTICE OF REQUIREMENTS TO REPORT CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO PROPERTY VALUATION AND CLAIMING EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXATION The County Assessor hereby publishes notice to property owners, pursuant to Section 7-38-18 NMSA 1978, as follows: 1. All property subject to valuation for property taxation purposes not valued by the Assessor in 2013 for property taxation purposes must be reported to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014, unless it is not subject to valuation for property taxation purposes in 2014. The report must contain the required information and be on a form that is obtained from the Assessor’s office. Section 7-38-8, NMSA 1978.

2. If you have made improvements to real property during 2013 and the improvements

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8. If your land was valued in 2013 in accordance with the special method of valuation for land used primarily for agricultural purposes, and the land is still used primarily for agricultural purposes, you need not reapply for that special method of valuation in 2014. If your land was valued in accordance with the special method of valuation in 2013, but it is no longer

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used primarily for agricultural purposes, you must report the change to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014. If your land was not valued in accordance with that method of valuation in 2013 and it is now used primarily for agricultural purposes, application must be made under oath, in a form and contain the ,information required by department rules and must be made no later than thirty (30) days after the mailing of the County Assessor’s notices of valuation in order to be entitled to the exemption from taxation in 2014. Section 7-36-20 NMSA 1978.

9. If you own “livestock” that is subject to valuation for property taxation purposes, you must report such livestock to the Assessor. All such livestock present in the county on January 1,2014 must be reported to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2014.

If the livestock is transported into the county after January 1, 2014, it must be reported to the, Assessor no later than the first day of the month following the first month in which the livestock has been present in the county for twenty (20) days. The report must contain the required information and must be on forms obtained from the Assessor’s office. Section 7-36-21 NMSA 1978.

10. If you own a manufactured home [that was not previously assessed] and it was present in the county on January 1, 2014, you must report it to the Assessor no later than the last day February 2014. The report must contain certain required information and must be on a form obtained from the Assessor’s office. Section 7-36-26 NMSA 1978.

THIS NOTICE IS ONLY A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 7-38-8, 7-38-8.1, 7-3813, 7-38-17, 7-38-17.1, 7-36-21.3, 7-36-20, 7-36-21, and 7-36-26 NMSA 1978, and related Taxation & Revenue Department Regulations.

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108 TURNBERRY LANE – FURN 2 BDR, 2 BA. Approx. 1254 sq.ft. $1400/Mo + utilities. (On the Market - Subject to showing with a lawful 30-day notice) 209 EAGLE DRIVE #3 – UNF 1 BDR, 2 BA with stackable W/D hookups. Approx. 828 sq.ft. $600/ Mo + utilities.

WHISPERING BLUFF #207 – FURN 2 BDR, 2 1/2 BA. $750/Mo + utilities. Approx. 1152 sq.ft. Available February 1.

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225 Mobile Homes for Rent 3 bedroom 2 bath mobile. $800 plus deposit, water paid. 575258-4545.

For rent refurbished 14X65’ mobile home on 12 acres near San Patricio. New windows, flooring and bathrooms. 3 bdrm, 1 3/4 bath. $750 per month. No smokers, no pets.

575-258-4064.

Capitan: 16x60, 2br, partly furnished. $525/mo. $350 deposit.

References. 575-354-5111.

235 Homes for Rent: Furnished/Unfurnished Unfurnished 3bdrm 2bth, fireplace, fenced yard, carport, lease required $695mo, $695deposit, credit check, Jo Steele Agency 336-4700.

Gated community, large 2 bedroom, 3 bath, den, heating/ac, patios, privacy, garage. $1700 month.

575-378-4159.

1br home, $575 mo., $400 deposit. 575-257-0872

Office Assistant Needed for a busy work environment. Must be able to perform tasks as assigned, learn company specific programs

Cornerstone Bakery Café, 359 Sudderth Drive, Ruidoso, NM.

111 FIR – UNF 2 BDR, 2 BA. Approx 1168 sq.ft. Pets ok w/owner approval. $800/Mo + utilities. (On the Market - Subject to showing with a lawful 30-day notice) 962 GAVILAN CANYON – UNF 2 BDR, 2 BA. Approx. 1070 sq.ft. $975/Mo + utilities.

964 GAVILAN CANYON – UNF 2 BDR, 2 BA. Approx. 1011 sq.ft. $975/Mo + utilities.

114 LARCH – UNF 3 BDR, 2 BA. Approx. 1326 sq.ft. $1050/Mo + utilities.

201 PARKWAY – UNF 2 BDR, 2 BA with garage, covered porch & W/D hookups. Approx. 1220 sq.ft. $1200/Mo + utilities. Available January 15 (On the Market - Subject to showing with a lawful 30-day notice)

2 bedroom 2 bath. $800 month.

Pets ok. 133 Reese. 575-937-3892.

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310 Miscellaneous Honda walk behind snow blower $600. Commercial concrete roof tiles 2 styles $1,500 each.

95’ Nissan Sentra real clean, good

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330 Antiques/Uniques Personal collection of religious art. Late 1700’s to early 1900’s call 575-937-4895.

550 Autos for Sale 1978 Chevrolet pick-up body is rusty but has rebuilt motor and tranny, 2 wheel drive $700. Call 575399-6741

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Topsoil and Fill Dirt For Sale Please call 575-937-3015