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What’s

happening November 6

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 or older.

November 8-10 Christmas Jubilee

Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr., Fri., noon - 6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (visit with Santa and story telling, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.); Sun. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. (visit with Santa and story telling, 12:30 - 3 p.m.)

The annual Christmas Jubilee offers something for everyone.

Bring the kids and meet Santa.

Shop for unique gifts and get a head start on Christmas. 575336-4877; www.ruidoso-christmasjubilee.net. $1 admission.

12 and under are free. Active military are free with ID.

November 9

Free movie ‘Sideways’

Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. Struggling novelist and wine connoisseur Miles (Giamatti) takes his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) on a wine-tasting tour of California vineyards.

Jack’s insatiable need to sow some wild oats before marriage leads them in into doubledates with wine pourer (Sandra Oh) and a recently-divorced waitress (Virginia Madsen).

Miles discovers a little hope that he hasn’t let himself feel in a long time. 575-257-2273.

The Oak Ridge Boys

Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd., 8 - 10 p.m.

The Oak Ridge Boys got their start in 1973. 40 years later, they still perform 150 shows annually, release new music, and make new fans. Hear hits like “Elvira,” “Bobbie Sue” and “American Made” from one of the greatest traditional country vocal groups that have stood the test of time. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.

575-464-7777; www.innofthemountaingods.com. Tickets start at $25.

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Workshop tackles funding water infrastructure

By Eugene Heathman Editor eugene@ruidosofreepress.com Aging and failing water infrastructure in the Village of Ruidoso and ways to fund the replacement of water lines were discussed during a workshop at village hall Monday.

Mark Valenzuela with George K Baum & Company presented councilors Denise Dean, Gloria Sayers, Joseph Eby, Rafael Salas and Village Manger Debi Lee the village’s current debt profile and financing options for what will likely be the largest series of projects of its kind since the 1970s.

Valenzuela stated the village has approximately $14 million in available bond financing due to its A1 credit rating and suggested the water infrastructure replace-

ments be conducted through a series of general obligation (GO) bonds over time. Village manger Debi Lee agree stating that she wasn’t comfortable with immediately maxing out the villages available credit for what is likely to be a 10-year series of projects.

“That’s a lot of money ($14 million) to be accountable for at one time for a project of this magnitude. We have no idea what might hit us down the road,” Lee said.

Valenzuela presented a $13 million, $10 million and $7 million project fund which would be attached to Ruidoso property taxes in the form of a mill Levy as the means to support the debt service on the bonds. With just three weeks to present the matter before the voters in the March election, councilors must decide

if the first of four GO bonds will be on the March ballot.

Using the City of Albuquerque as an example, Valenzuela favored the lower bond incriminations. “By showing the voters progress of the projects each municipal election cycle, you will be establishing good communication and visible results to the community. That way, when the next phase of GO bonds cycle through subsequent elections, people will tend to get behind the bond,” Valenzuela said.

Valenzuela emphasized the language for the use of the bonds must be singular and project specific. The bond money could also not be used to finance or retire other debt. “For the $7 million financing option, the mill levy would be 1.09 with the annual

debt service being $524,119,” Valenzuela said.

A mill equates to $1 per $1,000 of taxable property value, which is one third of its listed worth.

A $3 million financing option was brought up that to Gloria Sayers was a very palatable option. Lee agreed stating,” We (the Village) could concentrate on areas of close proximity to make it easier on the contracts and we could measure successful completions much easier.”

The proposed mill levy request would be the first that the village has actually asked for in several years. The Lincoln County Medical Center mill levy is through the county and the recently approved GO Bond by Ruidoso voters were for capital improvement projects See WORKSHOP, pg. A3

Village ‘over a barrel’ on land swap

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com CAPITAN – Trustees may not like it, but the village definitely did not have the upper hand in approving a land swap agreement necessary to secure future funding for repairs to Main Road during a special meeting on Oct. 29.

Under the proposed agreement with Caughron Investments, LLC, the village will reroute the intersection of Main Road and N.M. 48 a bit more southwards, exchanging the land for areas where the road currently runs, along with 180 yards base course and a free twoinch water meter. The price of the materials and tap were estimated at about $4,700 in value, Village Clerk Kay Strickland said. “We

can skip this and do other portions of the project, but we’ll have this mess from now on.”

Yet while nobody liked the scenario, it was necessary to ensure the road continues to get repairs, Mayor Sam Hammons said.

“The road’s being moved in several places because the surveys were wrong,” Hammons said. “We’re going by the advice of our engineers, and they’re saying if we don’t put the road in our right of way, properly, then the state’s not going to give us any money. We can’t do the Main Road project if we don’t do this.”

While the road had been there “forever” and had gone through three surveys, all had been wrong.

Should trustees not approve the

trade, the $600,000 project could be completely derailed or unfunded for the particular stretch in contention. Without deeds to the See LAND SWAP, pg. A3

Capitan Homecoming

November 10

Annual ‘Joy for Kids Toy Run’

The Quarters in Midtown, 12 - 5 p.m. Bring a new, unwrapped toy valued at $5 or more. Leave O’Reilly Auto Parts parking lot, Sudderth Dr. and Highway 70 at noon. Parade will go to the circle at Upper Canyon entrance and will end at The Quarters. Live music, lots of door prizes and silent auction. All proceeds go to Santa’s Helpers. Everyone welcome, motorcycle not required. 575336-4629. $3 donation at the door to help Santa.

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From left, Mayor Sam Hammons, trustees Lilly Bradley and Diane Riska look over the prospective changes with Village Clerk Kay Strickland.

Capitan’s homecoming king and queen are seniors Thomas Fields and Tara Herrera, honored Friday.

Youth center receives first ‘seed’ clients

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com Lincoln Pines Youth Center is officially open and staff will be putting their months of training to the test as the first half-dozen youth break in the bunks.

“The youth center will be slowly seeded,” said Henry Varela, public information officer with New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department. “These are the first six, and as we continue to get everything running and going

we’ll continue to bring in more youth until there are 24. I know the employees were really excited to get going.”

The center currently employs 50 workers, drawn from local labor pools, which brings in about $1.8 million in salaries to the area.

Varela said there was “no specific time period” to fill the first of two dorms. Rather, staff would evaluate the ongoing conditions in the center – in regards to both clients and new employees – and gauge an appropriate pace to bring in more

youth from the southeastern part of New Mexico. Depending on the conditions during the center’s first year of operation, an additional 24 youth may arrive, maxing the center at a potential 48. This would also mean more local hires, up to perhaps 98 total staff.

“It will be based on when we get more youth from that area, relative to conditions at the center,” he said.

“You have Ruidoso, Alamogordo, Portales, Clovis – children from the southeastern part of New Mexico.”

Varela added that the decision to

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Community Calendar Job fair A veterans’ job fair hosted by the Alamogordo Chamber and Otero County Economic Development Council is scheduled for Thursday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the White Sands Mall, 3199 N. White Sands Blvd.

All booths are free. Call the Alamogordo Chamber at 437-6120 for more information and registration forms.

Joy for Kids toy run Bring a new, unwrapped toy – valued at $5 or more – to The Quarters in Midtown on Nov. 10 at noon for this year’s toy run.

The parade leaves O’Reilly Auto Parts parking lot on Highway 70 at noon and will lead down Sudderth Drive to the Upper Canyon entrance and back to Quarters.

There will be live music, lots of door prizes and a silent auction.

All proceeds – including a $3 door donation – benefit Santa’s Helpers. Call 336-4629 for more information.

Meeting about dance Debra Rogers, artistic director and founder of the Ruidoso Dance Conservatory, will be the featured speaker at the Nov. 11 meeting of the Ruidoso Federated Woman’s Club at 11 a.m.

“Helping children discover their dreams through dance” is the motivation behind Rogers’ program, designed to preserve the tradition of classical ballet, encourage lifelong health and enrich the community.

The public is invited to attend and enjoy a potluck lunch provided by club members. The club house is located at 116 S. Evergreen. For more information, call 257-2309.

Library closed The Ruidoso Public Library will close on Nov. 11 in honor of Veterans’ Day and will reopen Nov. 12 at 9 a.m. For more information, call the library at 258-3704.

Tea Party meet The Lincoln County Tea Party will meet Nov. 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the Swiss Chalet to discuss the Common Core Standards Initiative in education. Guest speakers Rick and Cheryl Harbaugh from the Albuquerque Tea Party are scheduled to speak and have been leading the charge to defeat Common Core in New Mexico.

The public – especially parents, teachers and school board members – are welcome to come and participate in the discussion.

Chili supper Come join the United Methodist Men at the fellowship hall of Community United Methodist Church for their annual chili supper, Nov. 14 from 5-7 p.m. An $8 for adults includes drink and dessert for dining in. Dessert only for to-go orders.

Dei Corps The Dei Corps Disaster Relief Ministry is seeking individuals to fill relief volunteer and rescue specialist positions in Ruidoso.

The organization seeks those to fill positions in business affairs management and office assistance, relief Chaplains and assistant Chaplains, relief specialists and volunteers, and rescue, EMS and security specialists.

Rescue, EMS and security volunteers should call Bill McGeachy at (575)-973-8782. Chaplains and

Ministers should call (575)-3541573.

Those wishing to make a financial donation to the Ruidoso Unit can do so through Wells Fargo Bank at 401 Sudderth Dr.

Firewood available For residents in Sun Valley, there will be wood until snowfall. Free, cut firewood and un-cut logs are available at the Sun Valley, La Junta and Little Creek subdivisions north of Ruidoso west of Highway 48, behind the Alto Post Office.

Drive on the Sun Valley and connecting side roads; look for stacked wood next to County roads.

Call Jim Miller for details and/or locations at 575-937-2873.

Christmas Bazaar The Capitan Women’s Club is seeking vendors for its Country Christmas Bazaar at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds on Dec. 7.

Booth fees are reasonable and spaces are going quickly. For more information, contact Ashley Ivins at nmcanchaser@hotmail.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

call Fran Altieri at 973-0571.

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

For more information, call 3368011 or visit www.frw.rplcnm.org Firefighters for Christ meet on the second Thursday of the month at the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack Chapel at 7 p.m. This service is open to firefighters and their families. For more information, call 258-4682.

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

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

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

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

Ruidoso Gambling Support meets the first and third Wednesday of every month at 5:45 p.m. in the Lincoln Tower at 1096 Mechem Dr., Suite 212. For more information, call 575-464-7106.

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

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

Sacramento Mountain Village is a network of older adults in Ru-

Government gatherings Scheduled government meetings

• Ruidoso (Village Hall: 575-258-4343) Military 365 Committee: Today at 1 p.m. at Village Hall Library Board: Today at noon, library Village Council: Nov. 12, 3 p.m. at Village Hall • Ruidoso Downs (City Hall: 575-378-4422) City Council: Nov. 11, 4:30 p.m. at City Hall • Capitan (Village Hall: 575-354-2247) Village Council, Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m. at Village Hall.

• Carrizozo (Town Hall: 575-648-2371) Town Council: Nov. 12, 6 p.m. at Town Hall • Corona (Village Hall: 575-849-5511) Village Council: Nov. 13, 1:30 p.m. at Village Hall idoso and surrounding communities who support independent living by offering services and activities that keep seniors healthy and happy in their own homes.

Benefits of membership include art and yoga classes, weekly walking and discussion groups,

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

NOTICE! Call for Lincoln County Artists!

Lincoln County Juried Art Loop is calling for artists earlier this year. Entries are due December 9th, 2013 for the July 4, 5, & 6th, 2014 Art Loop.

Contact Swan at 575-653-4393 for information or pick up application forms at ENMU or the Chamber of Commerce.

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

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

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

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

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

Ruidoso Noon Lions Club meets every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at

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

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Prescribed burning to resume on Lincoln National Forest ALAMOGORDO — Fire officials on the Lincoln National Forest’s Sacramento and Smokey Bear Districts plan to take advantage of favorable weather conditions as they resume prescribed burning operations during the months of November and December. Fall and winter weather provides an excellent burning environment, however, ignitions are dependent on fuel and weather conditions on the day of the burn, as well as days that follow ignitions. Cool daytime temperatures help moderate fire intensity; good ventilation ensures that smoke will disperse and result in minimal air quality impacts; predicted high winds can cause ignitions to be postponed.

Two projects on the Sacramento Ranger District that firefighters will focus on are located south and east of Cloudcroft include: • Cox Canyon, 162 acres: slash piles; about three miles SE of Cloudcroft.

• Spud Forks Piles, 1200 acres: slash piles; 10 miles east of Cloudcroft near County Road C7 (Dry Canyon).

The projects on the Smokey Bear Ranger District are a part of the ongoing collaborative burn program in which multiple land and fire management agencies work together to accomplish critical Wildland Urban Interface treatments.

Firefighters from Mescalero, Ruidoso Fire Department, and Lincoln County Volunteer Fire Departments may be observed on these projects, along with the Forest Service

personnel. These projects include: • Section 16, 80 acres: broadcast burning of dry grass and needle cast in the Cedar Creek area, just past the Smokey Bear Ranger Station. This will include the fitness trail, picnic grounds and group campsites 1-3.

(Ignitions are planned for Nov. 12-14, but may be postponed if weather conditions are not favorable).

• Perk Grindstone, 80 acres: hand-piled slash unit is located on Raven Ridge, behind Smokey Bear Ranger Station; between Cedar Creek and Brady Canyons.

Ignitions will take place when snow is on the ground.

• Slash piles: one to four large slash piles behind the Smokey Bear Ranger Station and along Cedar Creek road will be burned one pile per day, on good ventilation days when snow is on the ground.

Prescribed fire projects will reduce fuel loads, which can help minimize potential wildfire risks.

Public and firefighter safety are always primary objectives during fire-related activities and missions.

Smoke may be visible during ignitions. Smoke sometimes settles into drainages and lower elevations at night, but usually dissipates by late-morning, as daytime temperatures increase. In the event that smoke is encountered on travel ways, motorists are advised to reduce travel speeds and turn lights on.

The public and media are discouraged from entering into the areas where prescribed burning is taking place, for their own safety and that of the firefighters. Please direct questions to Loretta Benavidez, Public Affairs Officer at 575-434-7290.

Prescribed fire updates are posted at http://nmfireinfo.com/.

You can also find us at www.fs.usda.gov/lincoln and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LincolnUSForest.

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for Ruidoso Municipal Schools, not for village use.

Valenzuela also noted that property taxes in Ruidoso are very low compared to where approximately 50 percent of Ruidoso property owners reside. “Most importantly, the money saved through conservation and gaining back the water produced in the village water line system that is lost (approximately 30 percent) is worth the investment,” Valenzuela said.

By establishing $3 million bond cycles every two years, Valenzuela said the village can pay down the principle and retire

the GO Bonds rather quickly and maintain future borrowing capacity against future needs.

Village Street Director J. R. Baumann suggested with Village Manager Debi Lee that problem areas with the highest priority be engineered and budgeted for the first phases of the water utility replacements.

“We need to get away from the galvanized pipes and into PVC. Naturally there will be the points where we tie into the old lines that will be a point of weakness but we will know everything else behind that point is new,” Baumann said.

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stretches of road the village is applying for funding to repair, the engineers, Dennis Engineering, could not file a plat for the project, he said. “Or we could fight it out for the next 25 years in court. It’ll take us that long to get the right of way straightened out. This guy’s got us over a barrel, we can’t even start this project until we straighten this out.”

Trustee Lilly Bradley asked if the village could simply pay Caughron a portion of cash, perhaps $5,000, rather than giving out a water meter to be placed at an unknown location. “What happens if this happens on down the road? Are we setting precedence with this, giving people gravel and water taps?”

Trustee Diane Riska also expressed her reluctance to pay with water taps, rather than cash.

“We have to weigh this whole thing against the project – that’s the bottom line,” Trustee Dennis Haskell said.

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The Tigers didn’t take to the streets for their homecoming parade this year, lacking adequate traffic control.

Instead, the gymnasium walls echoed with cheers as they paraded under cover.

The decision was additionally weighted against a near miss last year, when a student was almost struck by a vehicle during the parade.

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going to bring in youth until we were at this point.

The school, everything is fully functional.”

The new center is running with the Cambiar Program, designed to give youth educational and vocational opportunities during their incarceration that will benefit them when they return to society, along with peer support and counseling.

“We feel that’s very important – that’s why, when the youth are sent to any of our facilities in the state, we want to give them an opportunity,” Varela previously said during an interview with the Ruidoso Free Press. “They’re still young and, although they’ve committed crimes and done stuff that wasn’t good, it’s a part of that process for us to help them, to give them a chance when they get out.”

Community outreach

While the center itself is up and running, there still remains work to do. Varela said the next push

is to establish a community advisory board as a means to facilitate communication between the center and those that live around it.

“This is something that we’re working on,” he said. “Once we get that rolling we can meet every so often. We’re still working on how to put this together, but the community can continue to be involved in the process of having Lincoln Pines Youth Center there.”

Improved security at the center and communication with local law enforcement tie into the idea of keeping the public apprised of issues, with center staff working with Lincoln County law enforcement agencies to provide notice via the county’s CodeRed alert system should an incident that might affect the public occur.

Varela invited those interested in learning more about the camp or participating in the community advisory board to contact him via email, henry. varela@state.nm.us.

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Opinion letterS to tHe editor

Intimidated by intelligence

Village councilors Dean, Sayers and Eby sure talked tough about procedure and how things should be in their own little pretend world. They are scared that Tom Battin sitting in a still empty council chair for six months would bring intense feelings. I watched in shame and disbelief how three village fools conducted themselves.

The intense feelings must come from being far out-classed and intimidated by Battin’s intellectual and professional credentials. Their actions are evidence of their total lack of knowledge and respect for the state laws they swore to uphold when taking office. Tom Battin is no one to be afraid of and if they opened their eyes would realize how much he would help them as the village faces so many problems that would directly benefit from his expertise.

The three councilors clearly displayed their disregard not only for Mr. Battin, who would have been more than happy to show the adolescent-minded individuals how to do their jobs but for the council seat itself that will stay empty unless their little friends get the spot. What troubles me even further is the empty seat unbalances the council and it is obvious they are holding it hostage until they get their way. This is classless and an insult to the purpose of having a balanced council to conduct village business. It’s simply their way of getting back at the people who lectured them about state law and the process of professional conduct during meetings earlier this year. Even then, they openly patronized the system.

Councilor Dean needs to understand that playing around with village business by thumbing her nose at an exceptionally qualified nominee as she hopes for the mayor’s chair is much different from running a car club. Battin has much to offer this immature council when it comes to conducting village affairs. Eby claims he can make decisions for himself but switches his reasons from the last time Battin was nominated, probably because he didn’t have the guts to say it when Battin was sitting in front of him the first time. Sayers tries to act smart by asking lots of questions but her lack of intelligence shows when it comes to deciding if state law doesn’t work for her, will pout until the laws change.

P. Wood, Ruidoso To the Editor: This is clever. Last Tuesday three of five Village Councilors voted against the Mayor’s nomination of Tom Battin to fill a vacated Council seat with supposedly “good reason.”

In reality, they voted against Battin for the “same reason,” yet chose to not utter the “real reason,” then listed “other reasons” so it would not appear they voted for the “same reason.” To oppose Battin seems to me a bit circumspect with very “little reason” at all.

Councilor Dean’s reason is she wants

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to change the process first, before she will consider the Mayor’s appointee, which she has no authority to do. So, as Mayor Alborn correctly pointed out, until the law is changed the Council should abide by the law. Randy Van Vleck, Attorney for the New Mexico Municipal League agreed, telling both Dean and the Ruidoso News that only the Mayor can make such appointments, and nothing the Council does can supersede State law. Councilor Dean’s “reason” offers no logical basis, so what is the “real reason” behind her vote?

Councilor Sayers offered other alternatives, meaning simply, she does not want Mr. Battin on the Council. That’s strange.

Most of the Councilors would tell you their resumes don’t come close to Mr. Battin’s level of experience. Still, Dean and Sayers argued for changing the process. So, what is the “real reason” behind Sayer’s vote?

Councilor Eby says Mr. Battin “brings intense high emotions and feelings in the community” That statement is inflammatory and could not be further from the truth – unless, of course, you are purely partisan in your decision making. Councilors are elected at-large to serve all citizens of the Village.

They are not elected in separate council districts so they should not be obligated to any group. If one uses that “reason” for a vote then it’s clearly not in the best interests of all the people. So, once again, what is the “real reason” behind Councilor Eby’s vote?

I don’t have a problem with anyone’s political ideology – until it comes down to making the “reasons” for the vote, personal – then sullying the reputation of a good and decent gentleman in Mr. Battin. To argue that Battin is a controversial, “intense” problem for this Village is contrived nonsense, found in those few in the Republican Party and so called Tea party, who whisper among themselves that Battin is somehow obligated to the Hubbard race track interests, which is laughable. It tells me that, despite their “reasons” Dean, Sayers, and Eby don’t know Tom Battin very well. He is simply their target. And that, folks, is the “real reason” behind their three ‘no’ votes.

What about the people? We have a right to be represented by the best minds, the best credentials, and the best overall service record of dedicated people like Mr. Battin, who are willing to serve. These Councilors were not elected to be our nannies; or to block the mayoral appointment process for their minority interest groups. And this is not the time for them to be posturing to run for Mayor next year! We want that vacancy filled to insure fair representation. As W. C. Skousen said – a free people should be governed by the rule of law – and not the whims of men (or women). Mr. Battin is by far the best person available to serve. So, I appeal to all three Councilors to stop dividing this community and follow the law, rather than deny us representation. We the people will

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Common Core

To the Editor: As retired teachers, we want to alert readers to new state-mandated standardized tests that are bombarding teachers and students in both grade school and high school. Teachers are frustrated with such standards at the expense of covering suitable material, but they fear retaliation from administrators if they go public with their concerns.

New Mexico State Senator George Munoz also is criticizing what he considers the New Mexico Department of Education’s “heavy-handed” mandates and suggests an investigation. His child, a student at Gallup High School, was thrown into a “chaotic start because testing threw the curriculum out of balance and dampened intellectual curiosity.” This one-size-fits-all approach in education narrows the academic experience and limits teachers’ choices to reach a student’s individual potential.

Known as Common Core, the program was sweetened with grant money offered to states from the federal government. New

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Mexico saw “green” and with almost no fanfare signed onto an effort begun in 1996 when some governors and business leaders, including Bill Gates of Microsoft, Craig Barrett of Intel, and Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. of IBM, developed standards for high school graduates. It was touted as a state-led initiative, but in reality it is a federal mandate from Washington. And there is no opting out, even for students in charter and private schools, as well as homeschoolers.

Our experience as educators has taught us that big government programs fail time and again and that money is not the solution to all problems. The educational standards debate is one worth having, but it seems that politicians and their allies in business have come through the back door in deciding to implement what they feel is best for students, families and the country.

It’s time to reevaluate Common Core, and we encourage parents, teachers, administrators, school board members and citizens to ask how it will impact all of us in Lincoln County. Those interested can learn more at the next Lincoln County Tea Party meeting at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Swiss Continued on next page

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Chalet Inn. Speakers will be Albuquerque educators Rick and Cheryle Harbaugh.

Phyllis Thompson, Capitan Terry Franklin, Alto

Thank you Steve Pearce and Tea Party

I read with interest the Free Press article about Steve Pearce’s visit to Ruidoso to discuss recent political events. It was correct but hardly noble of Representative Pearce to return his congressional pay from the 16-day government shutdown period since he and his Tea Party caused the shutdown. It was the very least he could do. The Tea Party shutdown cost our economy an estimated 24 billion dollars. All 435 congressman and congresswomen could have given their pay back for that period but their total would be only a tiny, tiny part of $24 billion. It’s also estimated that the Tea Party government shutdown will have reduced the U.S. economy’s growth for the year by about 25 percent. This can be translated into unrealized jobs. We have you to thank Representative Pearce and the Tea Party. Apparently the Tea Party congressmen and congresswomen think political games are more important than fiscal responsibility.

Every living respected economist I read on the current U.S. economy says the past stimulus efforts have been right for the economy and, if anything, possibly more stimulus is needed. So what has the Tea Party now done? It has caused the economy to slow.

Home sales are now slowing. The decline in the unemployment rate is slowing. Is this good government? The current congress has accomplished the least of all congresses since before World War II. But, actually, this seems to be what the Tea Party wants. Ask them to explain why it was worth a $24 billion loss.

If anyone who reads this knows of any living respected economist who thinks what congress has done to our economy is right for our country, please tell me who that economist is. I want to read them.

Dick Mastin, Alto

Do we really need Obamacare?

Over the past month, the focus of most Americans has been on one subject: Obamacare. The country is divided over this law with many claiming such a law has been long overdue, while others, including me, seeing the law as an intrusive over-reach that has less to do with health care and everything to do with a power grab by the left.

The major problem with Obamacare, in my view, is that its framers seemed to have blurred the distinction between health care and private health insurance. When critics say that we need to overhaul health care in this country, I think they really mean health insurance. It is my judgment that the U. S. has the best health care in the world, if we define it as doctor care and medical treatment.

I believe it is useful to view private health insurance as a “portal” to accessing health care; however, it is not the only portal: there is Medicaid; State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); free medical clinics and hospital emergency rooms, which are required by law to treat anyone, regardless of whether they can pay or not. It would seem

that anyone needing medical attention could obtain it through one of these portals.

So the big question is: Who really benefits from Obamacare? According to most sources, some 85 percent of Americans have health insurance, mostly from their employer but some individually. If that number is correct, who are the other 15 percent? I was surprised – no, make that appalled – by the dearth of information about this 15 percent, particularly, since Obamacare will take control of one-sixth of our economy. One would think that, with such an enormous undertaking, the Obama administration and the Democrat congress would have wanted to make their case to the American people. If they did, I did not read about it.

Intuitively, I have my ideas about who is included in the 15 percent who have no health insurance. First, there are those who are caught in the gap between not qualifying for Medicaid and SCHIP and those not having enough income to afford private health insurance. Secondly, there are those Americans who probably do qualify for some assistance but do not know it. Lastly, there are young Americans, who consider themselves “immortal” and see no need to buy health insurance.

Assuming these are the groups that have no health insurance, what type of assistance should they be provided? I would lump the first two groups together and give the problem to Medicaid, which is set up to handle low income families and individuals.

Medicaid was established in 1965 (along with Medicare) to serve the medical needs of Americans who cannot afford to pay for those services. An add-on to Medicaid is the SCHIP program, which provides medical insurance for children (up to age 26). These programs are administered by the states, and by all accounts, do an excellent job of caring for those they serve. The primary criterion for Medicaid and SCHIP eligibility is income. That being the case, it would seem obvious that the way to give more people access to health care is to loosen the income requirements for eligibility for these programs. In fact, with the opening of the health insurance exchanges, many Americans are realizing that Medicaid is a better option for them than signing up for private insurance available through the exchanges, since Medicaid is free and private insurance is not. Why was this truth not broadly known before Obamacare was passed into law?

The third group of uninsured is young Americans. The expectation by the Obama crowd is that this group will gladly sign up in order to support older, less healthy Americans. Not only is this expectation naïve, it seems to have missed the fact that the young are generally the least affluent of adult Americans. While I am not aware of any census material that correlates age and income, I can assert that it is not an accident that the participation in the sport of golf correlates with income and guess what: older Americans play a lot more golf than younger ones. For a number of reasons, I do not believe that we should place the burden of Obamacare on the backs of our young.

This brings us to the more egregious feature of Obamacare: the loss of millions of existing health insurance policies that do not meet the requirements of Obamacare.

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Lobbying in the Land of Enchantment: Special interests and their hired guns

Albuquerque — Common Cause New Mexico (CCNM) today released its latest “Connect the Dots” report focusing on lobbyists and lobbying in New Mexico. The research looks at who are the lobbyists; who are their employers; political contributions to legislators by both lobbyists and their employers; and money spent by both lobbyists and their employers to entertain and feed legislators.

In 2013, there were 673 lobbyists registered in New Mexico, outnumbering legislators by over six to one.

The report takes a look at the lobbyist corps in Santa Fe and asks who they are and who they represent. We look at the tools they use to influence legislation, campaign contributions, food, entertainment and other amenities. Further, the report delves into several case studies to see if there is a correlation between gifts, contributions and outcomes including: • The oil and gas lobby and its effort to block a bill to update fines and requirements for the industry in 2013 • Agricultural interests and their effort to block a bill to require the identification of genetically engineered crops in 2013 • The banking industry’s efforts to block a foreclosure bill in 2013 • And the trial lawyers’ efforts to block two bills providing legal immunity for Spaceport America in 2012 and the passage of a measure in 2013 pushed by lobbyists representing Virgin Galactic, the spaceport’s major tenant Want to know how much sway lobbyists have on lawmakers and the laws they craft in the New Mexico Legislature? Or if the hired guns in Santa Fe are exerting undue influence by virtue of their omnipresence and their clients’ deep pockets?

Or do you think they simply provide information for unpaid legislators with no salary, no permanent staff and little time and expertise in technical issues? We explore all of these questions and more in Someone, in their infinite wisdom, apparently made a list of “benefits” that every health insurance policy should have. These include coverage for birth control, substance abuse, child dental care and restrictions on deductibles. Thus, in spite of President Obama’s assurances to the contrary, if you like your health plan, you can’t keep it. This aspect of Obamacare is unmitigated arrogance and trumpets to all of us that the federal government knows more about what is best for us than we do. Thus, millions of Americans now face loss of their health insurance with the prospect of having to buy a policy that they don’t need at a price that they can’t afford with deductibles that are exorbitant.

Supporters of Obamacare continue to insist that this law is needed because the health insurance companies can’t be trusted to do the right thing. That may be true, but have we not known about the shortcomings of the insurance industry for years? And

this research report.

Among the findings: • Six top lobbyists in the NM legislature have 20 or more clients • 26 former legislators are now lobbyists • Lobbyist have spent three-quarters of a million dollars feeding, entertaining, and giving gifts to candidates for state office, over the past year and a half • Representatives opposing a bill to regulate oil and gas operations received three and one half times more contributions than those voting for it • Two thirds of oil and gas contributions to legislators come from companies based outside New Mexico • Special interests representing bankers and lawyers spent heavily on key committee members to block legislation over several years.

“We want to clarify that the correlations found here between lobbyist spending, campaign contributions and voting behavior do not imply that legislators are trading votes for campaign donations or fancy dinners,” says Viki Harrison, executive director of Common Cause New Mexico. “However,” she continued, “the correlation between contributions and voting behavior alone can erode trust in government and interest in politics among the population. If the public believes that powerful interest groups can use their financial resources to steer policy in the direction of their interests, it is not good for the status of democratic governance in our state.”

Harrison added that the report has been months in the making. “We were delighted to have had former State Senator Dede Feldman as part of our research team for this project. Her intimate knowledge of the legislative process was vital, “she said, “as was the help of two law students, Jarrett Hines-Kay and Jonas Armstrong.”

For a full copy of the report contact Viki Harrison at 505-205-3750 or vharrison@commoncause.org.

can’t we ask congress to write a 10-page bill addressing needed reforms in that industry?

And, while they are doing that, how about including a page or two regarding tort reform and insurance sales across state lines, two items that seem to have been forgotten in the formulation of Obamacare?

One more thing, the health insurance companies should not be required to insure anyone with a pre-existing condition. This requirement makes about as much sense as requiring someone to assume his neighbor’s home mortgage. All this policy does is drive up the cost of health insurance for everyone. People with pre-existing conditions should look to Medicaid for relief and they should receive it.

I ask the question: Do we really need Obamacare? Or would it not be a lot less painful and a lot more productive to expand Medicaid and reform the health insurance industry?

William L Haralson, Alto

Hitting the right notes, but singing the wrong song

By Marita Noon Executive Director, Energy Makes America Great Inc. marita@responsiblenergy.org Jobs. Enlarging the tax base. Market access. Energy choice. Fair compensation. Options. Make money. These words and phrases represent ideas or concepts that are attractive to Republicans, conservatives, limited-government and free-market supporters, and even fiscally minded Democrats – which is exactly why they are being used to get buy-in from these groups for something that is 180 degrees from their core values. This approach, I believe, is part of an organized plan by the left to hoodwink the right.

If supporters of renewable energy, such as wind and solar, said it was heavily subsidized, had an artificial market created by government mandates, was the recipient of taxpayer dollars through Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill that funded projects like Solyndra, and was marred by cronyism – which are all true, the right would run. Instead the wily tactics have won over a few Republicans with strong conservative résumés. Those sell-outs are working hard to bring their peers into the fold.

While they may be hitting the right notes, they are singing the wrong song.

I first became aware of this scheme back in July – then, I thought it was just an anomaly. The Georgia Tea Party Patriots, cofounded by Debbie Dooley, partnered with the Sierra Club in support of increased solar in the state. When I talked to her for a column I wrote addressing it, she told me it was all about choice. With a sneer, she called the utility company “a monopoly” and explained that solar would give them competition while consumers would get options.

The Georgia story is not as unique as I first thought.

In Texas, the poser is Jeff Clark, who served as staffer for George W. Bush. At an Oct. 16 panel discussion on the future of wind power in Texas, hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation and attended primarily by small government proponents, Clark touted his Republican bona fides, as he argued that wind energy promoted economic activity.

According to a report from fellow-panelist Robert Bradley,

Clark made a case for wind power by “providing all the statistics of how his industry had rescued poor rural areas in the state by providing income to struggling farmers and enlarging the tax base.”

The biggest shill yet can be found in Arizona in the form of former Republican Congressman Barry Goldwater Jr. An article from the left-leaning Mother Jones magazine says: “His support for solar comes from conservative free-market principles rooted in ‘creating choice for the American consumer.’” Goldwater, is chairman of the advocacy group: TUSK (short for Tell Utilities Solar won’t be Killed).

TUSK’s logo is a red, white, blue elephant. (Note: the elephant is the symbol of the Republican Party. Coincidence?

I don’t think so.)

Arizona’s specific battle is over net-metering – which is described as “a policy that allows homes and businesses with their own solar power systems to send excess energy they generate back to the grid and make money off it.” This sounds like an appealing capitalistic venture that freemarket conservatives would support. And they would, if the owners of those solar panels bought them with their own hard-earned money and when they “make money off it,” the rate the panel owners received was a reasonable wholesale rate – not the current retail.

In fact, as even the New York Times acknowledges: the economics of rooftop solar “depend on government incentives or mandates.” But you won’t find that in Goldwater’s support of solar. Instead he’s trying to appeal to his fellow Republicans by talking about choice, competition, and making money – despite the fact that those who can afford the upfront costs of rooftop solar installation are doing so because of the state and federal taxpayer dollars that subsidize the purchase and installation. The entire rate-paying base must pick up the grid (and other maintenance) costs for the growing percentage of solar users.

One story is an anomaly; two, a coincidence; three, a trend.

Why the push to deceive and convert those whose small government and fiscally conservative principles are in

opposition to the subsidies and cronyism found in green energy? Because the production tax credit for the wind energy industry ends Dec. 31, and like solar, it is dependent on the government largess. With D.C. focused on debt and spending, those subsidies – which barely received a one-yearextension as a part of last December’s fiscal cliff deal – are a likely place to cut.

In Arizona, the all-Republican Corporation Commission is considering changes in the net-metering policy that would remove the favored treatment solar users receive – with a decision expected in November. For solar to survive, rankand-file Republicans must be won over to the solar-subsidy side. If that happens, the commissioners might fear an election upset and, therefore, not change the policy that allows those with solar power systems to “make money off it.”

In Georgia, the vote has already taken place. The allRepublican Georgia Public Service Commission voted to add solar to Georgia’s electricity generation. The Georgia victory makes the Arizona fight to persuade Republicans imperative.

These are just three stories of which I am aware. If my postulation that there is an organized effort to convince conservatives to support subsidies is correct, there are likely – or will be – similar stories in other states.

When a so-called conservative talks green energy and sounds like he or she is hitting the right notes, be careful.

It’s probably the wrong song. Don’t get suckered into joining their choir.

The author of Energy Freedom, Marita Noon serves as the executive director for Energy Makes America Great Inc. and the companion educational organization, the Citizens’ Alliance for Responsible Energy (CARE). Together they work to educate the public and influence policy makers regarding energy, its role in freedom, and the American way of life. Combining energy, news, politics, and, the environment through public events, speaking engagements, and media, the organizations’ combined efforts serve as America’s voice for energy.

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Proposed water rate increases to meet costs of production, repairs Long term conservation efforts urged during workshop

By Eugene Heathman Editor Eugene@ruidosofreepress.com With the Village of Ruidoso Utility Department reporting an average of three to four water leaks per day, current water revenues only fund operational costs with minimal maintenance to the villages failing infrastructure of water lines.

Village staff has been exploring financial options to meet the costs of water production and ongoing infrastructure repairs while council considers General Obligation Bonds to fund total water line replacement in some areas. Ray De La Vega with Wilson & Company, Inc. presented councilors Denise Dean, Gloria Sayers, Rafael Salas and Joseph Eby, along with Village Manager Debi Lee proposed changes to the village water conservation ordinance during a workshop in village chambers Monday. With Phase 5 water conservation methods currently in place, the village is considering proposed rate increases to encourage conservation and cover additional operational costs associated with extensive and daily repairs to water lines.

“The intent of the ordinance is to encourage water conservation while providing the necessary revenues to support operational expenses with failing water lines and excessive water losses,” De La Vega said. The village of Ruidoso is currently losing approximately 30 percent of water produced. De La Vega reported that a typical municipality loses just 10 percent. “Current village water rates cannot sustain the cost to supply and maintain capital maintenance

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The Ruidoso Water utility Department reports several water line breaks each day. Proposed rate increases would offset the costs to fix the leaks and encourage conservation.

of water lines. Every 1,000 gallons of water delivered to Ruidoso’s business and residential taps costs the village $5.74 at a fixed cost of operation,” De La Vega said.

The current rate structure applies $3.07 for maintenance fees, $3.35 for Capital maintenance, a base rate of $14.44 for residential and $18.64 for commercial. Proposed rate adjustments to the ordinance would be to increase the capital maintenance fee for residential and commercial to $6.93 and the base rate for both to $17. This would not include trash removal, sewer charges and applicable taxes.

De la Vega used 2012 water production records.

“When we started off this project they were the last full year we had,” he explained. According to those records, 644,008,000 gallons of water were produced for the

village, from both surface and ground water sources. Operating costs at that time were $5.74 per 1000 gallons, with a delivery cost of approximately $3.7 million and change was spent in operation and delivery in 2012, according to workshop documentation.

De La Vega proposed the gradual introduction of new metering systems that would record water usage on an hourly basis. “This is a good system to graduate into since more than 50 percent of Ruidoso residents do not live here full time and as in the big freeze, the water utility would be notified through the meters of excessive continuous water flow in a quicker time period,” De La Vega said.

Classification of water use amounts that would trigger higher rates and differentiating between residential rates in condominiums and time share units versus commercial hotels was a topic of discussion that Karen Morris, manager at Pinecliff Village suggested councilors address.

Reporting a nearly six figure annual water bill, Morris expressed concern against the feasibility of adding meters to each of the complexes 80 units at more than 1,000 each.

Discussion took place regarding the minimum base rate charge for each individual owner under the residential rate structure with Morris stating, ”That’s an unrealistic expectation, especially when it comes to timeshares when there are often up to 52 owners of record for each unit.”

Morris suggested the commercial rate for multi-unit condominiums that share a single meter based on gallons used and commercial base rates would be a more sensible approach. Nearing the end of the workshop, councilor Salas suggested the proposed agenda items during the upcoming council meetings pertain to public discussion and formal proposals to equitably balance the proposed rate adjustments and additional conservation measures proposed in the adjusted ordinance.

Construction begins at new location for Sacred Grounds Capitan hires new officer

By Eugene Heathman Editor Eugene@ruidosofreepress.com Some may have seen trees on the ground that had to be sacrificed in order to build the additions to the new Sacred Grounds at 2704 Sudderth.

Robbie Hall and his crew performed the necessary thinning with PNM standing by to make a temporary disconnect of electric.

Will Ponder, owner of Sacred Grounds

said, ”as sad as it was to see the trees go, particularly the big one, you’ll be seeing parts of them again as fixtures, furniture, features in the new Sacred Grounds on the River.” questions have been raised as to when will the new facility be completed. “We’re hoping to be in by June 1, 2014. I’m hoping before June 1 but a lot of things have to happen for that to be possible and at least one of those ‘happenings’ would be less good for Ruidoso—a warm and dry winter.

So, I hope that doesn’t occur,” Ponder said.

Regardless of the winter weather and when it will turn bad, Ponder is still a few weeks away from having a complete set of plans to submit to the Village in order to get a building permit.

For the future Sacred Grounds, Ponder already making a lot of behind the scenes preparations for the move and some of those preparations for the future involve more immediate changes, additions, and deletions in the current Sacred Grounds.

Customers will notice some of the main changes to the store in November.

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com The village’s police department will be fully staffed soon, as trustees moved to hire Ronald Bishop to fill the gap left

by Kevin Kennedy’s departure to the county Sheriff’s office, though his hiring initially met with some opposition.

“Ron is bringing a ton of qualifications,” Mayor Sam Hammons said. “We had some darn good applicants this time, but Ron came with the most qualifications and the longest service.”

Trustee Lilly Bradley expressed some unresolved concerns with Bishop’s history, stating that she did not feel the council had adequately discussed the matter of his hiring, eventually casting the sole dissenting vote.

Trustee Ricky LaMay was not present at the meeting.

“By the time we weighed the qualifications, everything’s looking good for him,” Hammons countered.

B U S I N E S S buzz HEAL Business Spotlight

Joe Blany, the Appliance Man, recently came to the Nest to work on the shelter’s washing machines. As one can imagine, the laundry room at the shelter gets a lot of continual use, especially with a house full of residents. Blany fixed the unit and went about his merry way, without charging HEAL for the repairs.

Thank you, Appliance Man, for being part of the HEAL team.

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On Monday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m., the Ruidoso Federated Woman’s Club welcomes Debra Rogers, the Artistic Director and founder of the Ruidoso Dance Conservatory. “Helping children discover their dreams through dance” is the motivation behind this vibrant program designed around values to preserve the tradition of classical ballet, encourage lifelong health and enrich our community.

The program has received professional recognition for full-length ballet performances.

The dance ensemble is preparing for their annual holiday production of the “Nutcracker.”

The public is invited to attend and also enjoy a potluck lunch provided by club members. The club house is located at 116 S. Evergreen. For further information, call 575-257-2309.

’Zozo Chamber happenings

There is so much happening at the Carrizozo Chamber. Thursday, Nov. 7, 6 p.m.: Happy Hour Get Together at Soul of the West. Tuesday, Nov. 12, 5:15 p.m.: regular business meeting/Otero Electric 6 p.m.: free seminar New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange. Thursday, Dec. 5: Light Up the Night Celebration The Chamber is looking for a few good hands to help make the first annual celebration a tremendous success. Please call Leslie Samora at 648-2352 for more information.

U.S. Forest Service waives fees during Veterans Day weekend

The U.S. Forest Service is waiving fees at most of its day-use recreation sites over the Veterans Day holiday weekend, Nov. 9-11. The fee waivers – the fourth this year – are offered in cooperation with other federal agencies under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. Day-use fees will be waived at all standard amenity fee sites operated by the U.S. Forest Service. Concessionaire operated day-use sites may be included in the waiver if the permit holder wishes to participate.

Family-style dinner for veterans

Cree Meadows Country Club and the Republican Party of Lincoln County

Trustees Dennis Haskell and Diane Riska wondered if Bishop looked to be a long-term hire and what his ambitions in the department would be.

“Is he just finishing up a career,” Haskell wondered, adding that “at age 62 I know I wasn’t trying to take anyone’s department job away from them.

I know we had a bit of a problem with that in the past. He’s already had his (career).”

“After talking to him several times, I don’t foresee him leaving anytime,” Capitan Police Chief Randy Spear said.

Bishop, a veteran officer, most recently hails from Angel Fire, where he served as an officer for about two years between 2010 and 2013. He also has served as a chief of police in Cordova (2005-07) and Saint Mary (2000-02) in Alaska, according to a report from the Sangre de Christo Chronicle. (http://www.sangrechronicle.com/articles/2012/04/28/news/ doc4f997562dec9b736391706.txt)

have teamed together to offer veterans and their immediate families a free hamburger meal, according to Diane Harlan, first vice chair of the Republican Party of Lincoln County. Everyone is invited to enjoy a Veteran’s Day dinner on Monday, Nov. 11 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the South Forty Room of Cree Meadows Country Club. Hamburgers, potato salad and more, plus coffee, tea or water will all be free to veterans and their immediate families.

Forget about those K-rations, Brations, C-rations and MREs. Remember when you would have traded almost anything for a real American hamburger?

All veterans are invited. And, according to Dr. Jim Lowrance, chairman of the Republican Party of Lincoln County, everyone is invited. Visit with veteran friends and enjoy Veterans Day. The cost is just $7 per plate for the hamburger meal. You can buy a vet a meal for $7.

Just pay at the entrance and tell them what you want to do.

RSVP is appreciated for the headcount, but not required, to 336-7822 or email bsd@bajabb.com. This Veterans Day celebration is in lieu of the regular second Monday Republican Party of Lincoln County meeting.

For information about the Republican Party of Lincoln County, call 258-2750, email to office@rplcnm.org or stop in at Room 313 in the Lincoln Tower at 1096 Mechem Drive in Ruidoso.

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Making discrimination a thing of the past over another not on the basis of performance

By Margaret A. Graham or ability, but instead because of a characAttorney, Montgomery & Andrews P.A. teristic such as gender, race, religion, sexual Employment discrimination is toxic for orientation, age, national origin, disability the employer, the perpetrator and the victim. or political ideology. Retaliation for filIt cripples productivity, creates a hostile ing a complaint and sexual harassment are work environment and hurts employee related forms of employment discrimination. morale.

Employment discrimination is addressed in If allowed to continue, it can lead to numerous laws, including Title VII of the costly lawsuits and damage a business’s imCivil Rights Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Age age, reputation and brand.

Discrimination in Employment Act, and the The best way an employer can avoid Americans with Disabilities Act. being found liable for employment disMargaret Graham Few New Mexico employers are experts crimination is to make equal opportunity in employment discrimination law, leaving that job to the company standard – from recruitment to promotions, their human resources experts or legal advisers. But they pay, benefits and training opportunities. Employers should and their employees should act affi rmatively to foster a know enough about employment law to recognize discrimination and the potential for discrimination when they workplace where the only distinctions made are between employees who perform above expectations and those see it and to ask for expert help if they are unsure. who consistently underperform.

Employees share responsibility for keeping the workEvery company policy manual should include a stateplace free of discrimination. Employees should not tell ment that the business has zero tolerance for discriminajokes that disparage sexual or racial minorities, for extion. Every employee should sign a form saying he or she ample, and should not tolerate other people who behave badly toward them or their co-workers. Management must has read the policy and understands it. encourage a climate of comfort for employees to report Mandatory training sessions given once or twice a year discriminatory or harassing behavior. on employment discrimination can reinforce the policy Employment discrimination happens when one worker and give employees a chance to ask questions.

– or one class of workers – receives preferential treatment Employees should feel safe approaching supervisors or

human resources to report discrimination or to file a complaint, and management must investigate all such reports and complaints.

Employees can contribute to a discrimination-free workplace by modeling the company’s cultural taboos against discrimination. They should treat others the way they want people to treat them – with respect, professionalism and genuine inclusiveness.

Employees should not tolerate co-workers or managers who make insensitive or blatantly prejudicial comments – whether or not someone in the target group has heard the comment. Such interventions should be handled at the lowest level possible – a constructive one-on-one conversation is ideal – but if the behavior doesn’t stop, employees should discuss the problem with a manager or human resources. They should document incidents and bring that documentation to management if requested to do so.

Employers and employers can benefit from the experience and knowledge provided by attorneys who specialize in employment discrimination matters. Should a case result in litigation, legal representation is essential. Visit montand.com for more information.

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.

Continuing progress with small business enrollments ALBUqUERqUE — The New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange (NMHIX) announced that 925 businesses opened accounts during the first full month of operation of the SHOP (Small Business Health Options Program) which serves small businesses who have 50 or fewer employees.

Of the 925 businesses that have opened accounts since Oct. 1, 288 have completed enrollment and chosen a reference plan, which is a metal level with specific benefits.

This represents 1,603 eligible employees.

Four categories of plans, ranging from Bronze to Silver to Gold to Platinum are available. Bronze plans have the lowest premiums and are the most affordable plans up front, but may require higher out-of-pocket costs. The more “precious” metal plans, such as Platinum, have lower out-of-pocket costs but higher premiums and are more expensive up front.

Employees of the businesses that have selected a reference plan can choose from

available options within that metal level from Blue Cross Blue Shield, Lovelace, New Mexico Health Connections and Presbyterian. Each provider will offer one or more plans in each metal level, so employees will have a number of choices. No matter how many different health plans their employees choose, each employer will receive only one monthly insurance bill.

“We want to remind the employers who have already enrolled as well as those considering enrollment that we have more than 300 registered insurance agents and brokers who can help them decide their percentage of contribution and which metal level is right for them and for their employees.

There is no cost to the employer to use an agent or broker,” said Mike Nuñez, NMHIX interim CEO. Businesses can find a broker by calling 1-855-99NMHIX or visiting www.

BeWellNM.com (English) or www.SecuroQueSiNM.com (Spanish) and entering their

zip code. To get started, they simply click on “Where do I start? Small Businesses” or “Por dónde comienzo? Pequeñas empresas.”

Employers who choose a reference plan

by Nov. 30 can take advantage of a “Golden Enrollment Period” without a requirement of how many of their eligible employees have to participate. After this Golden Enrollment Period, 50 percent of a business’s eligible employees will be required to participate.

SHOP enrollment will continue year-round on a rolling monthly basis. For instance, if an employer chooses a reference plan in March 2014, employees would enroll in April with coverage beginning May 1, 2014.

Employers who start the SHOP application process will be asked to click an attestation that should they decide to offer coverage they must offer it to all FTEs (full time employees or equivalents), but this does not obligate an employer to offer coverage.

NMHIX is also preparing to enroll as many individuals as possible once enrollment on the federal website is available. The Exchange is implement-

2014 futurity trial supplements due Nov. 15 at Ruidoso Downs RUIDOSO DOWNS — The final opportunity is coming soon to supplement a foal of 2012 to any of the 2014 futurities at Ruidoso Downs – the $2.6 million All American Futurity, $900,000 Rainbow Futurity and $700,000 Ruidoso Futurity – before the trial supplemental fee is due on Nov. 15 at Ruidoso Downs.

The All American Futurity supplemental fee is $2,200, the Rainbow Futurity supplemental fee is $1,800 and the Ruidoso Futurity supplemental fee is $1,600.

The owners of supplemented horses must then pay all remaining sustaining payments to retain eligibility.

Also due on Nov. 15, are sustaining payments for the 2014 All American, Rainbow and Ruidoso futurities.

The All American Futurity sustaining payment is $500, the Rainbow Futurity sustaining payment is $450 and the Ruidoso Futurity sustaining payment is $350.

The owner of any horse who is supplemented by Nov. 15, does not need to pay the Nov. 15 sustaining payment. The supplemental payment makes the horse eligible through the Nov. 15 sustaining payment. Only sustaining payments after Nov. 15 are required to main-

tain eligibility.

Horses who maintain eligibility to compete in a futurity (even if they make the trial-entry payment and do not enter the trials) are then on the path to competing in the following year’s respective Grade 1 derby. This year, the $2.8 million All American Derby paid the largest purse in quarter Horse racing history. The Rainbow Derby had a record $1,055,000 purse and the Ruidoso Derby had a record $822,603 purse.

The 2014 Juvenile races connected to each futurity will offer substantial purses. The Ruidoso Juvenile will have a $50,000 purse, the Rainbow Juvenile will have a $50,000 purse and the All American Juvenile will have a $100,000 purse.

For additional information, contact Annelle Reynolds at 575-378-7224.

For complete Ruidoso Downs’ information, go to www.raceruidoso.com, visit the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino Facebook page and obtain the latest news by following the Ruidoso Press Box (@RuiPressBox) on Twitter.

Helping Santa in Lincoln County the giving – this Sunday at quarters.

More than 1,000 The workshop is open children in Lincoln until Dec. 19 and deCounty will receive new livery of the 400 boxes clothes, toys and Christis done Dec. 20. Many mas dinner courtesy of volunteers find this Santa’s Helpers. Started day most rewarding as in 2000, replacing Santa’s 12 noon: O’Reilly’s new toy drop off they are able to see the Cops, the program is run immense gratitude and entirely by volunteers 12 noon: Biker parade to Upper Canyon relief from the parents with all items donated.

1:00 p.m.: Live Music & Auction and children receiving a “We could not do it if we complete Christmas. at Quarters, $3 for Santa didn’t have a nice comApplications for Linmunity that donates their coln County families and time and money,” says seniors are available at MTD Media, board member Jordan Miller. als assist with the annual event. The 1086 Mechem and First Christian Last year, the extra room at the workshop is open from late NovemFirst Christian Church was filled ber through Dec. 20, Monday through Church, 1121 Hull starting Nov. 25 until Dec. 10. The applications wall-to-wall with boxes, toys, clothSaturday with volunteers receiving, require clothing sizes for the children ing, wrapping paper and volunteers. cataloging, sorting and wrapping with birth certificates for verification Miller says there are a handful of items for the 400 family boxes. “We and families are required to be at their individual volunteers that come in can always use more help,” encourresidents on Dec. 20. Boxes will not almost every day, with civic and ages Miller. be left at the doorstep and boxes cancommunity groups coming in weekly.

For the past couple of years, Toys not be picked up at the workshop. For SADD (Students Against Destructive for Tots has been a major contributor more information, please call 575Decisions), Ruidoso Rotary and many which helps supplement the Joy for 336-4629. more charitable groups and individuKids Toy Run, the traditional start of

By Sandi Aguilar

14th Annual

‘Joy for Kids’ Toy Run Sunday, Nov. 10

ing a series of regional trainings with health insurance plans and the health care guides so that the guides fully understand all options and can offer free, accurate and useful information to individuals.

“We want to make sure that everyone is more than ready to hit the ground running and offer effective information so that individuals can select and get enrolled in the right plan as quickly and efficiently as possible once individual enrollment is more fully available,” Nuñez said.

As of right now, individuals have until Dec. 15 to enroll in a plan to receive coverage as of Jan. 1, 2014. NMHIX is offering information and free enrollment through at least 370 health care guides at 200 enrollment sites throughout the state.

Individuals can make appointments with health care guides or insurance agents or brokers now by calling 1-855-99NMHIX or visiting www.BeWellNM.com (English) or www.SecuroQueSiNM.com (Spanish). To get started on the website, they click on the “Where do I start? Individuals and Families or Native Americans” options or on “Por dónde comienzo? Individuos y familias o Indígenas Americanos” to find a guide or broker in their area.

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Aerie business: Eagles seeking nest

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com The old axim of not putting the cart before the horse usually holds true – up until you get a deal you can’t pass up on the cart.

Such was the case when the Smokey Bear Aerie 4301 found an unbeatable deal on a prefabricated metal building originally intended for Arizona State University.

The building, 4,500 square feet in total, had been ready to ship when the college cancelled the order in favor of a larger building, giving the Eagles a chance to swoop in and snag it for about $25,000 – shipping included.

“We’ll just store it until we find some land,” said Paul Burchfield, club president.

Now they just have to find somewhere to put it – a surprisingly difficult prospect that’s been occupying the club since last year. They’ve made inquiries into a few locations but always have been a step behind, such as when the Rusty Anchor, Capitan’s former bar, burned down a scant few weeks after they looked into leasing or buying the structure.

Another promising prospect was shot down after they learned “the land was not what it was represented as,” lacking necessary water and septic infrastructure, he said.

“Besides all that, we want to pay this building off first and build some credit,” he said. “My secretary has put out nearly 900 letters to the Eagles all around the state, and every day they’re sending us donations – some are $100, $5, whatever they can afford.”

Ricki Pate, president of the Women’s Auxiliary, said the club hoped to pay the building off within a year, give or take as do-

nations and fundraisers continue to roll on.

“We just had to back off and take it slow for a while,” she said.

“We got a little carried away and tried to do everything ourselves, but now we’ve backed off and are letting the Eagles, our members here, take over. We’re trying to get it so we’ve got things paid as we go and not being in debt.”

In the meantime, the Eagles are still recruiting. The men’s wing is full, with about 90 names filling the rosters (30-ish local names and plenty of dual-enrollments with other Aeries), but the women still have a little ways to go – Pate said she was three shy of getting her required 25, though her dual-enrollments were nearly on par with Paul’s, just over 40.

“We’re picking up a few at a time, it’s not real big but when we get going our membership will just soar,” Burchfield said.

Christmas charity

Though the Eagles Club is not expecting to be open for the holidays, they still plan to participate in the season of giving.

“We have some people talking about getting donations and finding some needy families for Christmas,” Pate said, working with Capitan schools to identify prospects. “We can get them food, coats, toys – whatever we might need to do in this community to help out at least three families.”

Pate added that the club is looking for cash donations for the families, allowing members to purchase items tailor-made for the families’ needs.

For more information contact Paul Burchfield at 575-202-8620 or 575-354-0057; and Ricki Pate at 575-805-6727 or 575-6408986.

Erik LeDuc/Ruidoso Free Press

Clockwise from top, tasters line up around the bowls of chili during the Eagles’ cookoff competition on Saturday, later casting their votes for the best bowl. Carol Hair came in first with a spicy pot, followed by Charlie Ross’ frito pie and Paul Burchfield, a first-time chili cooker. The event was hosted by the Barnett family, charter members of the club.

Below left, Eagles Women’s Auxiliary President Ricki Pate, left, hands a pile of raffle tickets over to Harold Macaw. Below right, Kristina Burdine bites into a homemade carrot cake cupcake for dessert.

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November 6, 2013

Shopping 101: get in the car

The season is upon us. when I find a shorter Clearance aisles are filled line at the one of three with all things Halloween functioning check stands and Christmas merchandoes the computer in my dise galore; we’re apselected line decide to proaching Black Friday shut down, or the checker with retailers hoping person suddenly choose billions of dollars flow to take lunch? freely out of our wallets These are life altering and into their cash drawissues, people. ers. Retailers, if they’re With these questions depending on me this swirling around in my year, should learn to live mind, I left our hometown Sue Hutchison with disappointment. and went to a neighboring suehutch@valornet.com The thought of awaktown last week to grab ening before dawn to a few things I needed. dress, drive, dash into a shop and wrestle In I walked to a full-of-shoppers bustling others for a bargain is on my short list of locally-owned grocery store. It began to events I’ll spend the remainder of my life get eerie when, in mere seconds, I was aptrying to avoid. Completing IRS forms proached by the manager of the store, asksounds more appealing to me. ing if he could be of assistance. Blew me There are lists of items not to buy on away. I took his bait and explained what Black Friday according to Emily Dovi, I needed. He was up to the challenge and from DealNews.com. She reports that high walked with me to the appropriate section definition televisions, toys, exercise equip- of his store, introduced me to a department ment, winter apparel and jewelry among worker and returned to the front of the other items will be overpriced on the day store to assist another shopper. I explained after Thanksgiving. The day nicknamed again my need to employee-who-wantedBlack Friday is labeled such with the hope to-please-me and he was uncertain how to that retailers will break even and take in help me, so he introduced me to the depure profit (be in the black) until the end partment manager who took me precisely of the calendar year. to the place the item I needed was shelved.

I’m simply not a career shopper. Unlike Another worker showed me how to opermany of my gender I can’t endure hoursate the dispenser. long shopping experiences. I certainly I almost cried in relief. The worker don’t begrudge those who think clumping even checked with me regarding if I was up with a gaggle of women, piling into aware of the price of the item. Paying for caravanning cars, and spending hours my purchases, every single check stand together while buying next to nothing was manned by smiling, friendly workers. sounds like a heavenly day. To me, howTwo of them at each stand. One to scan, ever, the afore described day sounds like one to bag. I had no idea how to respond. something exactly the opposite of heaven. I wanted to hug (I’m also not a hugger) Exactly. each and every worker. The manager came I’m surgical, most of the time. I have to my check stand to make sure I had a list on a clipboard. I walk with purpose, found what I needed. And the icing? The find the items on the list, hurl them into bagger held my two small bags in his teeneither my reusable shopping bags or the age hands, ready to follow me to my car to cart I’m navigating, and head to the most deposit them for me in the location of my available checker. In and out. As fast as choice. I looked at him with gratefulness, possible. No chit-chat. I’ve been known to told him I could take it from there, and he actually plot a pathway through obscure reluctantly surrendered my groceries to aisles simply to avoid anyone I know. my care.

Don’t be offended. I treat all my friends It was almost a religious experience. that way. I’m so focused I’ve frequently Back in Ree-a-do-sa I was, once again been taken for a store employee. I can’t in the large supermarket, dodging pallets tell you how many times someone has of unstocked merchandise one afternoon, approached me to ask question regarding plotting an attempted quick check out at the location of a certain item. If I know the the pharmacy when I passed through the answer, I direct them, in hopes of helphunting section of the store to expedite ing my fellow shopper get out of the store my departure. Two young boys at noon on ASAP. Friday, both who appeared to be school Do unto others…. age, were wandering in the same aisle, no I have questions. Why do large discount adult visibly in charge. One of them spied stores have 30 check stands and usually no the display of hatchets and machetes. more than three checker persons on duty?

“Hey, let’s buy a machete!” said one to Why, if the same said large discount stores the other. want shoppers to purchase wares, are It was then I realized that shopping may there mammoth obstacle courses of boxes, not only be unpleasant but downright lifepallets and unshelved items in each and threatening around here. every aisle? It’s as if shoppers are dared to succeed.

Thinking online shopping grows more conWhy, when one has a question about venient and definitely safer every moment, merchandise, is there absolutely no availSue can be reached at suehutch1958@ able employee within a mile radius? Why, gmail.com.

Neufchâtel Copyright © 2013 Jay McKittrick My wife and I were at the grocery store the other day, and we had just got in line to check out, when she said to me: “Oh… I almost forgot… quick, go grab me a box of Neufchâtel.”

“Okay… What’s Neufchâtel?” I asked.

She said, “Its cream cheese, silly – What do you think it is?”

I told her, “I don’t know, honey!… Neufchâtel… It sounds like a diuretic to me.”

Can you imagine that TV commercial? “Four out of five proctologists recommend Neufchâtel for their patients who eat too much pizza. Neufchâtel: The clinically proven constipation prescription.”

And if you think about it, Neufchâtel could

be the name of a very prestigious automobile: “Introducing the 2014 Bentley Neufchâtel, with cloud cruise technology. It’s like floating through life.”

Neufchâtel could even be the name of a lost Violin Concerto, in A minor, by Johan Sebastian Bach; or the color of a new Sherwin Williams interior latex paint; or a bumper sticker slogan: Save the Neufchâtels.

It could even be the name of a 19th century polar explorer (try to imagine the voice of David Attenborough for this one): “And it was on this coastline in Antarctica that Leon Neufchâtel discovered being cold, and that he was an idiot for not exploring the islands of the South Pacific.”

Neufchâtel could even

Jay McKittrick jaymckittrick@gmail.com

be a European holiday vacation destination.

“This year we’ll be enjoying the World Cup in Neufchâtel, France, where we will be skiing with our good friends the Klammers who own a condo there.”

What’s so funny about the word is that it can be used for almost anything.

It can even be used as an expletive when watching one of those ghost hunting shows: “Holy Neufchâtel… That scared the pizza out of me!”

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History First in a series of essays on Lincoln County history Carmon and Leona Mae Phillips

By Dr. Cynthia E. Orozco Chair, History, Humanities and Social Sciences, ENMU Ruidoso & Interim Curator of Education, Hubbard Museum Carmon Phillips was born in Oklahoma in 1913. In the late 1930s he promoted, managed and restored several movie theatres in New Mexico. During the Depression Carmon sought out work in California but was mistreated there as an “Okie.” He met and married Leona Mae in Clovis in 1939.

Carmon visited Ruidoso as early as 1936; his wife’s parents had a variety store in Ruidoso for a short time. During World War II he installed radar units in military airplanes for Lockheed in Dallas. In 1946 he and wife Leona Mae moved to Ruidoso, a tourist destination during the war.

In 1948 they began publishing a magazine called “Pictorial Ruidoso.” Carmon also wrote articles about the region for El Paso and Albuquerque newspapers. In the late 40s the Phillips bought the “Old Dowlin Mill.” The Old Mill dated back to 1868 and was the first permanent structure in what would become Ruidoso. The mill was originally constructed near the present-day Ruidoso Valley of Chamber office but was moved to its present location after a flood. It became a trading post for area residents, including Mescalero Apaches. A settlement and post office developed because of it. Carmon borrowed money from Jacqueline and Hugh Bancroft of Carrizozo for repairs in 1950. (Later Jacqueline became a Spencer.) Phillips restored the old wheel with wood from the Parsons mine water tank.

Carmon said the mill was “in deplorable conditions” filled with cow chips, hay, dirt, and items stored by residents using it as storage shed. Lloyd Davis, past Ruidoso mayor, described the Old Mill as “dilapidated,” “boarded up” with the mill wheel off its axle. This began the family’s tenure as stewards of Ruidoso and Lincoln County history and as historical preservationists. According to their daughter Delana, “Carmon aspired to never let people forget this old building, and never let it stop giving us history lessons.”

They purchased the property next door on Sudderth for $500 from the White Mountain Development Company and built a commercial business/house for Carmon’s work as an artist and photographer. The Phillips sold oil paintings, photo finishing, postcards, curios, jewelry, and gifts there. They also had a mail order business.

After renovations, the mill’s doors were open in 1951 and much of the business was moved there.

A photographer, Carmon’s photos are the most comprehensive visual record of daily life in Lincoln County and Southeastern New Mexico in the second half of the 20th century. He took more than 6,000 photos of local communities including Ruidoso Downs Race Track, the ski resort, and Mescalero; his photos made use of both flash and natural light simultaneously. The Phillips developed the Carmon Phillips Publication postcard business. These 8¾ by 5½ and 5½ by 3½ post cards were picturesque and invited tourists to visit Ruidoso, the “Playground of the Southwest.” They were distributed across the country.

As town photographer Carmon documented fraternal and social clubs, businesses, churches, individuals and groups, and landscapes. According to photography historian David Mandel, his work followed and was equal to the Farm Security Administration photographers Arthur Rothstein and Russell Lee of the 1930s and early 40s.

Phillips was also a mover and shaker in Lincoln county.

He helped found the First Christian Church; helped found the Ruidoso Chamber of Commerce; and served as president of the Lions Club.

In the 1950s he promoted the “Ride Up Moon Mountain” adventure for passengers seated in open buckets.

Thus, the Phillips were town and county promoters.

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Long Term Care Awareness month: Plan today so you are prepared for tomorrow

By Rebecca J. Ponder CLTC November has been declared Long Term Care Awareness month by the American Association for Long Term Care. It’s also National Family Caregiver’s Month.

Your life today is all about options – from how and where you live and work, to the type of car you drive, right down to the flavor of coffee you drink in the morning.

So it’s only natural that you want a range of choices when it comes to planning for the future.

Consider, at least 70 percent of Americans 65 and over will require some form of long term care (LTC) during their lives.

Yet health insurance and Medicare generally do not cover LTC expenses, and many people do not have another option in place.

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calero Apache tribe; it was renamed Ski Apache.

The Phillips had one daughter, Delana, an actor and filmmaker currently living in Ruidoso. In 1995 she produced and directed the video “Storytellers of Lincoln County” which included interviews with her parents. Delana Clements currently owns the landmark Old Mill which is on the State Register of Historic Places and is expected placement on the National Register of Historic Places soon. Leona Mae died in 1992; Carmon died in 1999. Ruidoso streets Phillips Circle, Leona Place, and Delana Drive honor them.

The Lincoln County Historical Society has some of Phillips photos; a few have appeared in two Images of America books and Lincoln County Tells Its Stories. Delana donated the large photographic collection to the Hubbard Museum of the American West in 2011. The Hubbard is currently exhibiting 120 photos titled “ALBUM: Mid-20th Century Photographs by Carmon Philips of the People and Places of Lincoln County.”

insurance, the burden of care giving often falls upon unpaid family caregivers. Although all long term care needs, by definition, last more than 90 days, many people need help for much longer, sometimes for years. This can be a significant physical, financial and emotional burden for family caregivers.

Long Term Care Awareness Month is a perfect time to make plans for how your family will manage the impact of extended care. A long term care planning discussion with your family and financial professional is a key part of developing a comprehensive strategy. Why? Because LTC can impact your family, as well as your retirement savings or business productivity, and your ability to leave something for the next generation. From insurance and pubic programs, private family support, self-funding and even a combination of these, there are many options to consider as part of your planning.

Have a long term care discussion today.

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Pro football Washington at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Nov. 8 High school football Ruidoso at Lovington, 7 p.m.

Nov. 10 Pro football Philadelphia at Green Bay, 10:30 a.m.

Carolina at San Francisco, 1:30 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 11 Pro football Miami at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

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Volleyball Hondo d. Clovis Christian, 3-1 Hagerman d. Capitan, 3-0 Cloudcroft d. Mescalero, 3-0

Oct. 31 Volleyball Capitan d. Mescalero, 3-1

Nov. 1 Football Capitan 56, Magdalena 8 Carrizozo 78, Alamo Navajo 0

Nov. 2 Volleyball Portales d. Ruidoso, 3-1 Boys soccer Class 1A/3A playoffs Santa Fe Prep 3, Ruidoso 1

Nov. 4 Volleyball District 3B tournament Vaughn d. Hondo, 3-1

Nov. 5 Volleyball District 4-3A tournament Lovington at Ruidoso, late District 7-1A tournament Mescalero at Capitan, late District 3B tournament Vaughn at Corona, late

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Nov. 7 Volleyball District 4-3A championship at Portales, 6 p.m.

District 7-1A tournament at Cloudcroft, 6 p.m.

District 3B championship, site TBA, 6 p.m.

Nov. 8 Football Ruidoso at Lovington, 7 p.m.

Class 1A playoffs Fort Sumner at Capitan, 7 p.m.

Eight man playoffs Carrizozo at Melrose, 7 p.m.

Six-man semifinals Dora at Hondo, 6 p.m.

Nov. 9 Volleyball District 4B championship at Carrizozo, 2 p.m.

Cross country Class 3A state meet at Rio Rancho Class 3A girls, 10 a.m.

Class 3A boys, 12:35 p.m.

• Rematch with Santa Fe Prep ends in defeat

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Saturday’s soccer score wasn’t much different for Ruidoso than the last time they played Santa Fe Prep, allowing one less goal.

Still, the Griffins scored more, winning 3-1 and ending the Warriors’ season in the first round of the Class 1A/3A playoffs at Santa Fe “It was a lot better game this time around,” said Ruidoso coach Aaron Romero. “There was no score at the half, but we had some great opportu-

nities to score. We just couldn’t take advantage.”

Santa Fe Prep got on the board first 15 minutes into the second half, and that started the momentum rolling for the hosts. Ruidoso (910) never really recovered after the second goal.

It didn’t help that Luis Leyva had to sit on the bench after being yellow-carded twice, meaning the Warriors were short-handed the rest of the way.

“We played as hard as we could, and the scoring could have been very different,” Romero said. “I figured whoever struck first would have all the momentum, that was the key.”

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Grizzlies roll into playoffs • Carrizozo at Melrose, Saturday at 7 p.m.

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com CARRIZOZO – If the mercy rule in eight-man football didn’t stipulate that all games had to – at least – last to halftime, Carrizozo’s contest with Alamo Navajo on Friday would have been over in the first quarter.

After scoring their seventh touchdown of the game, the Grizzlies led 56-0 with 1:37 left in the first frame, and never slowed down in a 78-0 rout at Laabs Field.

“We had the boys stay focused and concentrate on discipline,” said Carrizozo coach Kevin Sheehan. “Just come out and play like this is any other team.”

Carrizozo’s offense was a model of efficiency. Their first score came when Jace Hill took the opening kickoff at the Grizzly 14 yard line and ran it all the way back for a score just four seconds into the game.

From then on, the Grizzlies (6-3, 2-0 District 2) scored at will – usually on just one running play. The shortest scoring runs by any Carrizozo player was a one-yard pass from Hill to Josh Ventura with 3:23 left to make it 48-0, and a one-yard punch-in by Devon Arteche near the end of the half.

Even though the Hill-Ventura pass was a short play, it was set up by a 49-yard punt return by Hill that was stopped just short of the goal line.

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Carrizozo, meanwhile, could do no wrong. Lawry Johnson had the best night with 142 yards and three touchdowns on just five carries. He added an interception which he returned for 25 yards to score at the end of the first quarter.

This is now the second district title in a row for the Grizzlies.

They’ve got a spot in this year’s state playoffs, but it’s this Friday at Melrose, a team that defeated Tatum 44-14 last week. Tatum owns one of Carrizozo’s two losses on the season.

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of possession. The Grizzlies only held the ball for just over seven minutes in the first two quarters, but were able to score in one or two plays.

Alamo Navajo (1-9, 0-2) was unable to get anything going.

Were it not for their passing game, the Cougars would have had minus yardage.

Daryl Apachito had 28 yards in the air, all on one pass play to Kevin Guerro with 19 seconds left. That helped negate a minus-28 team rushing effort.

Jade Loma was the only Cougar with any success on the ground, gaining 35 yards on 12

Readying for the Wildcats

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Open week in football does not mean a week off.

Ruidoso can tell you that, as they’ve been hard at work getting ready for this Friday’s District 4-3A game at Lovington.

A win means the Warriors earn their second straight district title and will likely earn a top-four seed into this year’s Class 3A playoffs.

Lovington is 1-8 on the season – the Wildcats’ only victory is a 34-6 decision against Eunice – but Ruidoso coach Kief

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Johnson says that’s a record that can be deceiving.

“Lovington has been in the games, they just haven’t found a way to win them,” Johnson said. “Lovington could still be district champs if they beat us. We just have to win outright.”

Lovington’s latest loss was a 20-17 decision at Portales last week, a game the Wildcats led 10-0 at the half. Portales outgained Lovington 449-171, but the Wildcats took advantage of very good field position each time they got the ball.

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By Ty Wyant For the Ruidoso Free Press The All American Gold Cup purse will be raised 500 percent to a guaranteed $200,000 in 2014 through cooperation between Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico Horsemen’s Association and the New Mexico Racing Commission.

The purse was approved by the NMRC at its meeting on Oct. 31.

“Once again, this purse increase shows how cooperation between shareholders in New Mexico racing works to give our customers, the fans, a better racing product,” said Ruidoso Downs’ general manager Shaun Hubbard. “I want to especially thank the owners and breeders who continually support our racing program.”

The All American Gold Cup started as a Grade 1 race – won

by Higheasterjet – at Ruidoso Downs in 1982, with a purse of almost $1 million. The following year the purse topped out at $1.5 million before beginning a precipitous drop.

The last four years, the race for horses four years and older had stalled out at a $40,000 purse, with Prospect To The Top winning the last two years. The 2014 All American Gold Cup offers the highest purse for the stakes since 1988.

The All American Gold Cup purse increase is another example of Ruidoso Downs supporting increased opportunities for older horses and should attract a stellar field. quarter horse racing’s topranked Ochoa, dominating winner of the $150,000 Robert

Carrizozo running back Lawry Johnson (11) passes teammate Nick Chavez while being pursued by Alamo Navajo defender Jade Loma on a scoring run, Friday, at Carrizozo. Johnson had 142 yards and three rushing touchdowns during the Grizzlies’ victory. For more photos, visit www.ruidosofreepress.com.

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Ruidoso’s Edwin Hernandez, left, and Santa Fe Prep’s Keenan Amer scramble for the ball during the first half of their Class 1A/3A state tournament game at Santa Fe on Saturday.

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Ruidoso netters finding their groove Third-place for • Lady Warriors take Warrior runners Portales to the limit

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com Ruidoso had a bit better time of it against Portales on Saturday than they did the last time the two teams met on the volleyball court, but the result was still a 25-21, 14-25, 25-19, 25-23 loss.

That meant the Lady Warriors finished the regular season 9-10, 2-2 in District 4-3A, and the Rams earned another district regular season title.

Ruidoso opened the district tournament on Tuesday by hosting Lovington.

Saturday’s match saw the Lady Warriors not rolling over for Portales (15-4, 4-0), as the games they lost were still very close.

The Rams weren’t helped by the fact that they lost senior outside hitter Kristen Wagner, arguably the best volleyball player in the state.

She rolled her ankle and Portales had to finish the victory without her.

The impact even affected Ruidoso.

“We were able to regroup, but we couldn’t stop thinking about that injury,” said Ruidoso coach Bernadette Garcia. “We had been playing her so well and that injury affected us. We all wish her a speedy recovery.”

Wagner’s ankle wasn’t injured as

badly as it seemed, and will be on the court for the district championship on Thursday.

Ruidoso held their own regardless of who was on the court for the Rams, coming up with nine blocks as a team and led by Lia Mosher’s six stuffs. They were able to win the second game with seven consecutive points and were led in the match by Marikka Temple’s seven kills.

Four Lady Warriors had at least five kills each.

“We did very good things in this match, and Portales was chasing them,” Garcia said. “They Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press fought for every Ruidoso defender Ryann Flack hits from the back row point, and it was during her team’s District 4-3A match against Portales great to see them on Oct. 22. doing that. The girls are showing that do, and have to keep them focused in they get the program and what we’re practice and in Tuesday’s match.” working towards.

A win against Lovington would “We can still bring a district title send Ruidoso to Portales on Thursday home,” she added. “We have work to for the 6 p.m. title match.

Hondo falls, goes down fighting

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com After needing four games to dispatch a winless Clovis Christian squad last week, the Hondo volleyball team

was swept by Vaughn on Monday in the first round of the District 3B tournament.

While the loss was disappointing, coach Dwayne Morris said it’s not like the girls weren’t trying.

“They played hard and showed the desire, so I felt we ended on a good note,” Morris said. “They had the talent, just not the experience to turn that talent into a skill.”

Hondo finished the

Bowling RUIDOSO BOWLING CENTER Tuesday Seniors standings, week 7 of 28 Name Won Lost Marx O Lot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 7 BLJ Trio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9 Two Ace’s & a Queen. . . . . . . . . . 17 11 Amigos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 13 Golden Oldies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 19 Last week’s high scores Handicap series – Marx O Lot? 1,873, Golden Oldies 1,850, Two Ac’s & a Queen 1,814 Handicap game – Amigos 670, BLJ Trio 641 Individual scores Men’s handicap series – Gene Nitz 675, Hubert Lee 637, Jim Clements 636 Men’s handicap game – Gene Nitz 252, Harry Allwein 247, Jim Clements 231 Women’s handicap series – Rose Bivens 622, Martha Chavez 618, Cindy Sanchez 509 Women’s handicap game – Martha Chavez 227, Linda Clements 221, Rose Bivens 216 ––– Tuesday Night Mixed standings, week 8 of 16 Name Won Lost Rhinorose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 Four Feathers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 Scorgasm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 Zocca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Sh”Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Ruidoso Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 Lane Violators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 Bowl Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 4 Gypsyhound Outla . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 4 Last week’s high scores Handicap series – Four Feathers 2,531, Rhinorose 2,488, Ruidoso Bowl 2,486 Handicap game – Sh”Dam 915, Bowl Movement 858, Scorgasm 847 Individual scores Men’s handicap series – Tom Douglas 789, Mike Barnes 713, TJ Sanders 690 Men’s handicap game – Ruben Peso 298, Eddie Silva 272, Mike Kim, JR Mitchell 248 Women’s handicap series –Gloria Wheeler 262, Millie Cimmarron 624, Patty Kim 613 Women’s handicap game – Ginger Williamson 224, Shannon Silva 221, Samantha McAlister, Dena Mitchell 220 ––– Wednesday Night Mixed standings, week 8 of 32 Name Won Lost

Team 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Team 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Team 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ruidoso Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Western Auto- Napa . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Team 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Western Auto- Napa 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 Down’s U-Haul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Living Energies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Team 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

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Last week’s high scores Handicap series – Team 6 2,585, Western AutoNapa 664, Team 9 2,449 Handicap game – Team 4 883, Team 7 883, Ruidoso Bowl 868 Individual scores Men’s handicap series – Jack Kannady 683, Chris Carter 664, Weldon Ganaway 663 Men’s handicap game – Phil Fanning 277, Sid Thomas 248, Ronnie Wright 239 Women’s handicap series – Connie Giles 669, Kathy Kiefer 667, Laura Flynn 650 Women’s handicap game – Kristi Espinosa 261, Crystal Roller 240, Irene Pawlowski ––– Thursday Night Men’s standings, week 8 of 32 Name Won Lost Good Ole Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 Team 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 Buckner Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 Western Auto- Napa . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Down’s U-Haul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 GWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 4 Ruidoso Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 4 Last week’s high scores Stratch series – Down’s U-Haul 2,752, Team 4 2,663 Scratch game – Western Auto- Napa 953, GSV 891 Handicap series – Good Ole Boys 3,303, Ruidoso Bowl 2,993 Handicap game – Buckner Electric 1,064 Individual scores Scratch series – Ronnie Wright 663, Hans Dubay 663, Weldon Ganaway 629 Scratch game – Jim McGarvey 253, Gene Nitz 235, Tom Douglas, Fred Vega 213 Handicap series – Mike Barnes 737, Chris Carter 692, Jim Clemente 651 Handicap game – Ryan Cannon 262, Ron Wright 246, Ron Slaten 237

season at 8-13, showing some flashes of brilliance that could be cultivated into a more successful season next year. That the junior high team finished undefeated is also a good sign.

“I’ll have players back that have learned a lot, and a ton of good freshmen,” Morris said. “Things are looking good for the future.”

By Todd Fuqua Sports Editor todd@ruidosofreepress.com One thing you can say about the Ruidoso cross country teams at Saturday’s District 3-3A meet – the boys and girls were consistent.

Both squads finished third at Silver, something that surprised Ruidoso coach Trevor Rabourn on the boys’ side – considering four Warriors finished in the top 10 individually.

“We just had a spread we couldn’t overcome,” Rabourn said. “Our fifth runner (Aaron Forster) had his best run of the season, but he just wasn’t fast enough. You can’t ask a whole lot more, almost everyone had their best day of the year.”

Rylan Vega was the top Warrior, finishing Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press fifth overall with a time Ruidoso’s Cisco Bob runs of 17:04, while Jared during the Ruidoso InvitaPollock, Tyler Davis and tional on Oct. 26 Cisco Bob ran 8-10.

Regan Werito ran 19:11 and won the district girls title outright, finishing her fastest run of the season. Elyssa Douds finished seventh, while Elizabeth Morgan was at 10th.

Next up is the state meet at Rio Rancho, a course the Warriors have run on already at the Rio Rancho Jamboree on Oct. 19. That meet was split between championship and varsity flights, with Ruidoso running in the “slower” varsity flight.

This time, they’ll run against the elite in 3A, and Rabourn is anxious to see how his athletes will do.

“Obviously, Rylan would like to end up in the medals, and other runners will be competitive,” Rabourn said. “I’m not sure where Regan will finish, but she’ll be at the top of the state runners. I think she’s capable of a top-10 finish, maybe even a top five.”

Lady Warrior runners will be Werito, Douds, Morgan, Kennadie Chino, Gabby Diaz, Alicia Little and Haley Randolph. Warrior boys making the trip north are Bob, Davis, Foster, Pollock, Vega, Ian Shaw and Jesse Tercero.

“It’s been a great season so far, with a solid team,” Rabourn said. “We’re in a tough district these days, and Lovington is going to challenge for some of the top positions at state.”

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Johnson said the open week has been good for his team to work on some new wrinkles in the game plan and heal up – although the Warriors will still be without Grant Weaver, whose season ended with an injury at Centennial three weeks ago.

Intimidation is also a factor, as the stands at Lovington will likely be packed with royal blue-wearing fans.

“Lovington will be ready to play and BETTER from pg. B1 be fired up,” Johnson said. “We can’t let their Saturday wasn’t a very home field distract us.” good day for any team from District 3-1A/3A, as Silver and Hatch also lost their state matches, although they were shut out while Ruidoso was able to get at least one goal.

Now the Warriors are looking to the future, one with out 10 graduating seniors from this year’s squad.

“It will be hard to repeat the success of this season, but I have faith in the 12 that are returning,” Romero said. “They’ve been with me for three years, and Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press we’ve taught and developed Silver receiver Andrew Martinez, left, is tackled by Gavin Eidson during the Warthem enough to step in and riors’ win over Silver on Oct. 11. It was Ruidoso’s biggest victory of the year so far, contribute.” but now the Warriors must prepare for Lovington this Friday.

Needless to say, that’s not what Ruidoso wants to have happen on Lovington’s home turf this Friday.

Johnson said the Wildcats split their offense between the run and the pass – much like both Portales and Ruidoso do.

“If our secondary does what it did against Portales, that will help,” Johnson said, referring to the three interceptions the Warriors got against the Rams. “The front line has to stop the run. On offense, we have to establish our run game with Cisco (Mayville) and Parker (Johnson). If we can throw for about 100 yards on top of that, we’ll be pretty effective.”

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GriZZlieS 78, CouGarS 0 Alamo Navajo . . . . . . 0 0 – 0 Carrizozo . . . . . . . . . . 64 14 – 78 First Quarter Car – Jace Hill 86 kickoff return (Lawry Johnson run), 11:46 Car – Nick Chavez 21 punt return (Chavez run), 10:04 Car – Johnson 50 run (Chavez run), 8:56 Car – Chavez 8 run (Hill run), 6:21 Car – Hill 27 run (Chavez run), 4:53 Car – Ventura 1 pass from Hill (Chavez run), 3:23 Car – Johnson 9 run (Najar run), 1:37 Car – Johnson 25 interception return (Thomas Holt run), 1:15 Second Quarter Car – Johnson 42 run (run fail), 10:56 Car – Devon Arteche 1 run (Hill run), 3:18 ––– Team statistics AN Car First downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 Rushes-yards . . . . . . . . . . .26-(minus 18) 11-193 Passing yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 23 Att-comp-int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 3-2-0 Total yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 216 Punts-avg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15.8 0-0 Fumbles-lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 1-0 Penalties-yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 6-35 Time of possession. . . . . . . . . . 16:35 7:25 ––– Rushing: AN – Jade Loma 12-35, Kevin Guerro 3-4, Daryl Apachito 11-(minus 57). Car – Lawry Johnson 5-142, Jace Hill 2-27, Nick Chavez 2-23, Devon Arteche 2-1.

Passing: AN – Apachito 6-1-1, 28. Johnson 1-1-0, 22; Hill 2-1-0, 1.

Receiving: AN – Guerro 1-28. Car – Caleb Ventura 1-22, Josh Ventura 1-1.

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Hondo’s football team is bookending its schedule this week with a familiar foe, although it won’t really be a bookend if things go the Eagles’ way.

Dora is coming to town this Friday at 7 p.m. for the semifinals of the State six-man playoffs. It’s the same team Hondo defeated 60-26 to start the season, but coach Branon Devine says you shouldn’t read too much into that score.

“We were up by just four points at the end of the third quarter, then they had some key injuries,” Devine said. “It was a lot closer than what the final score showed.”

Dora (8-2) is back at full strength and then some, having gained new players through eligibility. The Coyotes slayed Animas 55-0 last week to advance to the semis against Hondo (8-1).

“The kids are ready to get back on the field and face another team,” Devine said of the Eagles, who had a bye last week. “I know they’re excited, and they want to get back to the championship game, but we have to remember to play this game first.”

Fort Sumner coming to town

Hondo isn’t the only team facing an earlier foe, as Capitan welcomes Fort Sumner back to Tiger Field in the first round of the Class 1A playoffs this Friday.

Capitan finished the regular season at 6-4 and 3-0 to win another District 3-1A title following their 56-8 thrashing of Magdalena last week.

“Magdalena could be explosive, and broke a couple of big runs,” said Tiger coach Jim Hughes. “But our kids played well considering they had been off for three weeks.”

Last week’s game marked the first time Capitan had played a full game since their 14-13 loss at NMMI on Oct. 4. The Loving and Cloudcroft games were forfeits while their win over Mescalero was over in the second quarter due to weather.

The Tigers beat Fort Sumner 7-6 on a rain-soaked night the second week of the season. Hughes thinks it will be a different story this time around.

“We’re a lot better than the beginning of the year, but they are as well,” Hughes said. “If we show up and play well, this should be a good game.”

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Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press Despite the seeding, Alamo Navajo running back Jade Sheehan is upbeat about how the team looks at this Loma (20) is tackled by Carrizozo quartet Xavier Zamora (26), Garripoint. son Ventura (24), Dalton Vega (55) “These guys are ready and Devon Arteche on Friday. for the playoffs now,” Sheehan said. “Last year, I had five starters injured that didn’t play the last two district games. This year it’s totally different. We’re 98 percent healthy, the starters are ready to go and I’m looking at a good postseason.”

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L. Boniface Los Alamitos Championship, won the Mr Jet Moore at Ruidoso Downs last summer and would be a prime prospect for the All American Gold Cup. The Sleepy Gilbreath-trained gelding has wins at Ruidoso Downs in the All American Futurity, All American Derby and Rainbow Derby. He is the all-time leading money earner at more than $2.7 million.

Cold Cash 123, the 2011 world champion, would be another prime contender.

He summered at Ruidoso Downs in the Gilbreath barn, but did not start.

Joining top-ranked Ochoa in the Gold Cup, could be three other horses ranked in the top-five older horses this week. All American Derby winner Feature Hero is the thirdranked horse, Remington

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Park Championship winner and 2012 Rainbow Derby runner-up Priceless Feature is the fourth-ranked horse, and Ruidoso Derby and Rainbow Derby Winner Wicked Courage is the fifth-ranked horse.

All of these horses have excelled in Grade 1 races at Ruidoso Downs and the All American Gold Cup should

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now also attract Grade 1 horses from across the country.

The 2014 Ruidoso Downs season begins on May 22 with two days for trials to the $700,000 Ruidoso Futurity.

Ruidoso Free Press Sports Editor Todd Fuqua contributed to this story.

Majors Championship Nov. 2 Sooners 28, Raiders 0 Minors Semifinals Nov. 2 Raiders 18, Capitan 0 Steelers 22, Razorbacks 0 Flag Football Championship Nov. 2 Patriots 15, Packers 12

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Lobos Come Up Short

By Richard Stevens Senior Writer/GoLobos.com SAN DIEGO – University of New Mexico fell into a 14-0 first-quarter hole, scratched their way back to 2117 at the end of the third quarter, but couldn’t keep the San Diego State Aztecs out of the end zone in the fourth quarter. UNM fell 35-30 Saturday night in Qualcomm Stadium.

The Lobos made it interesting in the final minute with a 36-yard touchdown pass from Clayton Mitchem to Tyler Duncan with 46 seconds to play.

UNM’s last chance was to recover an on-side kick, but the Aztecs pounced on the bouncing ball with 45 seconds to go and ran out the clock. UNM also was off sides on the kick.

Capitan’s volleyball team ended its regular season with a 25-16, 20-25, 25-17, 25-15 victory over Mescalero on Thursday, only to turn around and face the Lady Chiefs in the first round of the District 7-1A tournament on Tuesday. The Lady Tigers finished the regular season 2-4 in district play, while Mescalero was winless.

But Capitan coach Jessica Becker said all things change in the district tournament.

“This is anybody’s game now, and we’d like to finish them in three games instead of four,” Becker said.

“I had some younger players in there, so it took a little longer, but it was good experience for them.”

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By Corey Bard

“New Mexico’s Reptiles & Amphibians: A Field Guide,” by R.D. Bartlett and Patricia P. Bartlett, is loaded with information about the lizard in your backyard or the snake you saw on your last hike. It can help you identify species with maps, color photographs, drawings, taxonomy, glossary and habitats.

The first item I learned was that the word herpetofauna refers to the reptiles and amphibians of a particular region.

The book is subdivided into sections: 1) About Amphibians and Reptiles; 2) Frogs, Toads and Tree Frogs; 3) Salamanders; 4) Turtles; 5) Snakes and 6) Lizards. It begins with a species list and ends with the glossary and references. A good book like this has a usable index so you can look up familiar terms or places and then find the information in the book by a listed page number. Regional maps are scattered throughout the book to tell you if the frog in your backyard lives in other parts of New Mexico.

The Sacramento Mountain Salamander grows to 3 ½ to 5 inches with

half its length being its tail. It can be found beneath the bark of fallen trees, burrowed in decomposing wood, or under hill side rocks. Its home is the Sacramento, White and Capitan Mountains. It has several shades of brown, with spots and striping, a lighter belly than back, some blotched some more uniform in color. Younger salamanders may have a red dorsal stripe as well. There are no similar species to the Sacramento Mountain Salamander, also named Aneides hardii.

Here are some interesting facts about salamanders: they are voiceless, so they locate each other by scent (pheromone) trails. Aneides hardii have strong legs and toes for climbing. Their jaws and head are strong too. They are quite alert and quick to move when startled. Their breathing is through their skin so they are lungless.

While living in cool dark places often burrowed underground, they do try to remain moist. The rainy season will make them more visible and more active. A salamander caught by a predator can break off its tail, escape, and grow a new tail by regeneration.

“Travel with the Library” November events:

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Sacramento Mountain Salamander.

Nov. 8 at 11 a.m. Dr. Clayton Alred, President of ENMU will present his summer 2013 trip to Bolivia Nov. 15 at 11 a.m. Jennifer Stubbs of Ruidoso Public Library will share photographs from Russia traveling the trans-Siberian Railroad to Lake Baikal.

The library will be closed Nov. 11 – Veterans Day and Nov. 28 - 30 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Carrizozo schools honor roll 1st nine weeks 2013-14

“A” Honor Roll 12th grade: Sarah Ferguson Shayna Gallacher Lawry Johnson Johnathan Smith Erica Vega Rylah Zamora 11th grade: Jacie Thornton Lisa Ventura 10th grade: Cirsten Barela Emily Comstock Tyler Hallacy Dana LaMay Joel Torres Alexis Zamora

Cody Carter Xavier Zamora

Naya Powell Josh Ventura

7th grade: Patrick Hooten Orion Wyatt Isaiah Ysasi

10th grade: Christian Najar Sam Robinson Caleb Ventura

6th grade: Nickolas Archuleta Hannah Carlsen Desi Ceja James Gonzales Robert Gonzales Ryslyn Luearas Nathan Montes Skyler Richmond Austin Vega D’Anna Willingham Mya Zamora

9th grade: Andrea Apodaca Deline Arteche Alex Randolph Garrison Ventura Hannah Ventura Janae Willingham

9th grade: Kristie Gallacher Gracie Hooten Lashae Lueras

“B” Honor Roll 12th grade: Devon Arteche Jace Hill Dalton Vega

8th grade: Steven Archuleta

11th grade: Kaitlyn Pierson

8th grade: Angel Autrey Hailey Barela Nikko Chavez Roberto Villagomez 7th grade: Detrick Autrey Dominic Barela Tristen Barela Jared Guevara John Wyatt Hemphill

Capitan businesses show appreciation for bus drivers

By Erik LeDuc Reporter erik@ruidosofreepress.com Last week was the first time School Bus Driver Appreciation Week was celebrated in Capitan, sponsored by a handful of local businesses.

Cindy Foglesong, a bus driver for Capitan schools, said the businesses had gotten together and sponsored several miniature parties for the dozen-odd drivers.

“Smokey’s Market, they hand delivered pizza and drinks on Wednesday,” Foglesong said. “On Thursday Renee’s Real Food baked us homemade chocolate chip cookies and one of my music students, Lynn Moore, made us a Bundt cake and the Brewer-Shell supplied drinks for us, so we had another little party. It was really neat for us, we’ve never, ever had

anyone do something like this for us.”

Ron Sponagel, store manager for Smokey’s Market, said he had been happy to bring the store sponsorship to the event after being contacted by the drivers. Renee Katzenstein and Mick LaMonica, proprietors of Renee’s Real Food, were unavailable for comment during a visit to Europe.

Foglesong added that this was the first year that the drivers were operating under the auspices of Capitan schools, as the task was previously contracted through Lincoln Transportation Services.

“We wanted to say thanks to the community for supporting us,” she said. “This is an incredible school bus driver group – nobody has any records, no accidents, no problems – all that good stuff. We’re the first and the last ones to see the kids every day.”

Clayton Alred presents ‘Bridges and Bolivia’ at the library Learn about footbridges in Bolivia at the Ruidoso Public Library, Friday, Nov. 8 at 11 a.m. Join ENMU-Ruidoso President, Dr. Clayton Alred, for a presentation on the joint efforts involving Rotary International and the Virginia-based foundation, “Bridges to Prosperity.”

Alred and Rotarians from four other clubs traveled to Bolivia in May to see firsthand the results of this innovative initiative.

“Bridges to Prosperity” (B2P) provides isolated communities with access to health care, education and economic opportunities by building footbridges over impassible rivers. Founded by a Rotarian, “Bridges to Prosperity,” and Rotary clubs have worked together closely for more than 10 years – and they are still going strong. Rotary supports bridges through grants and individual donations, as well as volunteering on B2P bridge locations.

Hear about the four bridge sites visited by the team as Alred explains the impact on rural citizens by connecting communities via footbridges.

This vivid pictorial presentation titled “Bridges and Bolivia” will also portray sights not typically seen by tourists in this South American destination.

The group’s itinerary started in La Paz and continued to Cochabamba before they returned to

the U.S. from Santa Cruz.

Most of the trip was spent in the central region of the country which is populated by quechua indigenous populations. The presentation will include glimpses into the life and culture of Bolivians whose customs have not changed for centuries. Recently, Alred emphasized that, “Every American should visit a Third World country to understand how fortunate we are to live in the United States.”

Alred, ENMU-President since 2009, has been active in the Ruidoso Rotary Club since that time. He currently serves on the group’s board of directors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Angelo State University and a master’s degree in education from Sul Ross State University. His Ph.D. is from the Community College Leadership Program at The University of Texas-Austin. Alred held various positions at Odessa College prior to joining the Ruidoso campus.

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

ENMU-Ruidoso professor to give talks Dr. Cynthia E. Orozco brings her Hubbard Lecture Series to ENMU-Ruidoso on two dates in November. Thursday, Nov. 21 at noon in Room 105, the history professor and author editor of numerous articles on the Southwest and author of “No Mexicans, Women or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement” will talk about the history of Ruidoso. The next day, Friday, Nov. 22 again at noon in

Food for thought Food plays an important role in the life of a child, be it real or imaginary.

The boys were playing in the kitchen. Bryce was doing the cooking and Amos was sitting at the table, alternately scratching his head and then painstakingly writing on a paper. This went on for some time before Amos stood and handed the paper to Bryce with a look of total relief on his face, “Here dad, I’ve finished my homework.” Tyler who was the big brother entered the kitchen area at that time, plopping his work boots on a chair and sitting on the table. He called out, “Hey, someone bring me a beer.”

Zeke runs a hamburger stand out of the playhouse on the playground. He maintains a drive thru window for any who want to be on the go. “Would you like to place and order, Ms. Nisha?”

“Yes, Zeke, I would like a green chile cheeseburger, large fries, a chocolate shake and a hot fudge sundae.”

He repeats the order back to me and has never missed.

Following the repetition he states, “Your order will be up in a minute. Here you go, Ms. Nisha.” He hands me my order, takes my money and says, “You have a nice day now.” I know some fast food places that could learn from him.

The sandbox on any playground is the hotbed of innovation. It is the budding engineer’s paradise. It is the chef’s cauldron of creativity. On one of the chef’s experiments Tyler asked me what I would like and I told

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him a bowl of chili. He was gone for some time and brought me back at least a gallon container’s worth of chili. He told me to be careful, it was pretty salty. I looked at him and said, “Oh Tyler, I can’t have salt. I’m on a salt-free diet.” At first he looked downcast, then cocked his head and Nisha Hoffman asked, “Really, Ms. Ninishahoffman@yahoo.com sha? You can’t eat salt?” I shook my head and told him, “I really can’t eat salt.” He took the chili container back and returned to the sandbox where I watched the sand fly out of the chili container.

A few minutes later he brought it back to me with a big smile and the following direction, “Eat it all, Ms. Nisha.

It’s okay I took out all the salt.”

Kate, Gail and Fran had taken their imaginary families on a picnic. The blankets were spread, the babies situated and the food was about to be taken out of the picnic basket. Davy walked up and asked if he could play. The girls all said, “NO!” We have a rule that states, “Everybody plays or nobody plays.” Kate had noticed that I was listening, looked at Davy and frowned while saying, “Okay Davy, you can be our server.”

Room 105, Dr. Orozco pays homage to the late Dave McGary while speaking about his horse sculpture that stands outside of the Hubbard Museum. Both of Dr. Orozco’s lectures are one hourlong, and attendees are encouraged to bring sack lunches.

These talks are free and open to the public. For more information, please call ENMU-Ruidoso Community Education at 575-257-3012.

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businesses for supporting Newspapers in Education:

Their contribution allows students at elementary, middle and high schools to receive the newspaper, to be aware of community events and use the paper for learning purposes.

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Win a turkey dinner while supporting honor society students

By Eugene Heathman Editor Eugene@ruidosofreepress.com Thanksgiving is just around the corner and if people are looking for the chance at winning a complete Thanksgiving dinner, look no further as the ENMU-Ruidoso Phi Theta Kappa Chapter is hosting a annual Scholarship Fund Raiser. The students are talking turkey this year with a Can’t Stop Smokin’ Thanksgiving dinner raffle.

The grand prize: two 9-12 pound freerange turkeys, with eight sides and a pie.

Second and third prizes are 9-12 pound free-range turkeys, with four sides and a pie. The meals can be picked up at Can’t Stop Smokin’ by the winner. The winning ticket will need to be presented in order to pick up their meal. The meal will be in a nice holiday basket.

Tickets may be purchased at the cashier office or from PTK and TWS members Monday through Friday 9-5 at ENMURuidoso 709 Mechem Dr. 575-257-2120,

Tickets are $5 or $20 for 5.

The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa is to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students. To achieve this purpose, Phi Theta Kappa provides opportunity for the development of leadership and service with an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas and ideals, a lively fellowship for scholars, and stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence.

This year’s PTK Officers who were recently inducted during an Oct. 30 ceremony at ENMURuidoso are: President: Matthew Courtesy photo Gonzalez, Vice President: Jeff Recently inducted Phi Theta Kappa honor Society students volunteer for many community projSchmidt, Secretary: Tonia Ashby, ects and participate in the Chapter’s annual fundraiser.

Treasurer: Briana All. The ENMU-Ruidoso chapter service-based activities for the community the turkey dinner raffle or upcoming is very active in not only raising funds events, please contact Tonia Ashby at as well. for local students but is heavily involved tonia.a.ashby@enmu.edu.

For more information on PTK,

LCMC presents ‘Color Me Ruidoso’ coloring contest winners bike to winner of IMG Health Fair games

Paisley Chee, 2

Jacob Light, 5

Brayden Rocha, 6

Lucas Green, 7

Chloe Garner, 8

Joshua Burdine, 9

Olivia Parker, 10

Georgianne Washington, 12

Josey Graham, 15

B. Carpenter, 80+

By Sue Hutchison

Saturday, Oct. 12, Lincoln County Medical Center, along with several health representatives, hosted wellness activities at the second annual Stepping Into A Better You Health Fair at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. Along with a 5K fun walk were more than 20 booths to offer participants material and information to promote better health.

LCMC sponsored 13 booths at the event.

The Med-Surg department hosted a pediatric booth which offered physical fitness games for children who attended. Along with her parents, Zoey Klinekole, age 3, participated in the event and won a bicycle, courtesy of the hospital. “If they played the games they got to sign up for the raffle,” explained Diane Latham, manager of the Med-Surg department at LCMC. “We wanted to show the children and their parents how important nutrition and exercise are to their overall health,” she continued.

Along with the bicycle came a new helmet, courtesy of the Emergency Room staff.

Presenting the new bike and helmet to Zoey last Friday at LCMC were Brad Treptow, LCMC Public Relations Manager and Latham.

The Klinekole family heard about the fair from flyers they saw and newspaper articles along with information from Zoey’s father, who is an employee at the Inn. One of five siblings, Zoey attends Headstart and lives in Mescalero with her family.

email address.

If you would like to receive updates about other events by the Parks and Recreation department please send in your email address to parksrec@ ruidoso-nm.gov and please check the calendar on the website regularly.

participants to give us their best depiction of what they do for fun in Ruidoso by putting themselves in the picture and coloring the scenery.

Of more than 50 entries only 10 were chosen as winners of a free medium pizza from Ruidoso Pizza Hut. Winners were notified by email which was a requirement to officially be entered in the contest. Art-work will also be featured on the Parks and Recreation website: www.ruidoso-nm.gov\parksandrecreation.

Winners are as follows: Paisley Chee, age 2; Savannah Graham, age 4; Jacob Light, age 5; Brayden Rocha, age 6; Lucas Green, age 7; Chloe Garner, age 8; Joshua Burdine, age 9; Olivia Parker, age 10; Georgianne Washington, age 12; and Josey Graham age 15.

The oldest participant, B. Carpenter, received an honorable mention but would not provide her age (80+) or an

The Parks and Recreation Department entered a float in the Aspenfest parade and distributed coloring contest kits to more than 500 parade goers. The theme of this year’s parade, “Color Me Ruidoso” prompted the idea to implement the coloring contest which asked

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Community news exchange of New Mexico NOVEMBER 2 Final barrier lifted, Valley Meat can open

ROSWELL — A federal judge denied a lawsuit Nov. 1 by animal rights groups against the USDA, lifting the final barrier for Roswell to become home to possibly the nation’s first horse slaughterhouse to open since 2007.

“This is great for Valley Meat,” said attorney Blair Dunn. “This means they go to work. They’re going to try to get open as soon as they can.”

Dunn represents Valley Meat and a second operation, Rains Natural Meats of Gallatin, Mo. Valley Meat’s owner Rick De Los Santos is lining up horses, employees and working with the USDA to prepare to open.

Valley Meat could begin processing horses within the coming week, Dunn said.

“It’s been an uphill battle,” Dunn said.

“It looks like the law is finally headed in the right direction.”

Albuquerque Federal District Court Judge Christina Armijo ordered to deny a lawsuit filed by the Humane Society of the United States and other groups against the USDA. The suit sought to stop the federal government from inspecting horsemeat plants until the USDA completed exhaustive and lengthy environmental reviews.

The ruling removed a temporary restraining order placed on Valley Meat and two other plants in Iowa and Missouri that had been issued grants of inspection.

— Roswell Daily Record

NOVEMBER 1 New police chief appointed for Roswell

ROSWELL — Phil Smith was named Roswell’s new police chief.

City Manager Larry Fry named Smith to the position on Oct. 31.

“It is a privilege to be taking over an agency that is filled to the roof with talent,” said Smith.

He promised to use “the talent we have” and said working at the police department was a collaborative effort.

Smith said one of his goals was to have Roswell recognized as the best police agency in the state. He also wanted to reassure the community that Roswell was a safe place to live.

“If you are not involved in crime, you are safe.”

— Roswell Daily Record

Jury duty leaves woman stranded ROSWELL — A Chaves County resident is stranded in Roswell because she ran out of gas after she drove into the city for jury duty.

She said that when she called to explain that she could not come in for jury selection because she had no money and no gas, she was told a warrant would be issued for her arrest.

Guadalupe Becerra lives on Shoshoni Road, some 30 miles from town. She, like many, is struggling to make ends meet.

The courts pay 19 cent per mile and $6.25 per day for jury duty.

“I drive a Durango. I get about 12 miles to the gallon and it takes $60 to fill the tank,” Becerra said.

She said that she just served last week and received about $19 for reimbursement.

After driving to Roswell for jury duty, she was not selected to serve.

— Roswell Daily Record

OCTOBER 31 County to move forward with state permits

FORT SUMNER — More than two decades after being faced with the forced closure of the county landfill, De Baca County has been issued state permits to operate a facility to collect solid waste, recyclables and construction and demolition debris at its new facility east of town.

The permit, issued Sept. 30, clears the way for the county to open the new solid waste transfer station and to begin accepting and burying construction and demolition debris.

Issued by the New Mexico Environmental Department, the permit is for a period of 20 years and remains in place as long as the county complies with conditions of the Solid Waste Act. County Commission chairman Adolfo Lucero said the permit will allow the county to move ahead with plans to begin distribution of waste containers to county residents and businesses.

— De Baca County News

New parking ordinance postponed by city

LOVINGTON — A new residential parking ordinance that was scheduled for a city commission vote on Oct. 28 hit a snag when a group of citizens spent an hour complaining the ordinance was too strict.

The commission, ready to make a decision that night, backed off the vote and tabled the issue until some language in the ordinance could be clarified.

The ordinance was drafted after commissioners received complaints of commercial vehicles parking in residential areas. The intent of the proposed ordinance was to address commercial vehicle problems and the influx of camping trailers being parked on the street and in the front yards of homes.

— Lovington Leader

OCTOBER 30 Seniors say they’re being pushed out of center EDGEWOOD — Some senior citizens believe they are being pushed out of the Tijeras Senior Center by the village, and want to roll back changes put into place at the center this year. Meanwhile, Mayor Gloria Chavez issued an administrative order

recently that further limits use of the center.

The order, which is in the form of a “Senior Center Policy Manual,” lays out rules for use.

Despite multiple telephone calls, Chavez did not respond to requests for comment by The Independent.

Of particular concern to Connie Dyba and others protesting actions taken by the village this year – including cutting the hours the senior center is open in half, and replacement of a popular senior center manager, Jody Weidner – is a section called “Participant Conduct.”

Those who don’t “adhere to the following behaviors,” according to the document, can be banned from the senior center.

Seniors must maintain personal hygiene that is not “offensive or unhealthy,” not use language that other participants or staff “will find obscene, abusive or sexually offensive,” and “respect decisions made by Center management,” among other participants.

Participants must be able to function without one-on-one assistance or have the help of a caregiver; walk safely and independently; and “conform his/her behavior to the Participant Conduct section” of the manual.

Dyba said because she has an oxygen tank and needs to help to lift and move it, that she would no longer be able to attend the center under the new rules.

The manual continues, “Disruptive Participants are subject to being removed from the Center and Village property without prior warning.”

Dyba and Watson both described themselves as “loud” and worried that a heated game of dominoes could get them permanently ejected from the center.

Other prohibited activities include smoking, gambling, weapons, fighting, bicycles, and “improper use of restrooms, including but not limited to shaving, bathing and hair washing.”

— The Independent, Edgewood

Librarian fired after alleging sex act in the library

ESTANCIA — Estancia fired a second town employee in as many meetings when the Board of Trustees approved Oct. 21 the mayor’s termination of part-time assistant librarian Jaime Kurz.

Kurz had no comment. Her attorney Joseph CampBell later said that he will sue the town on her behalf for violating the Whistleblower Protection Act. CampBell said Kurz saw two town employees engaging in sexual relations at the library while on the clock. Neither was terminated or disciplined to his knowledge.

CampBell said Kurz notified then-clerk Julie Carter about the incident, which occurred in mid-August. During the course of the investigation, Mayor Sylvia Chavez fired Carter, who, like Kurz, was an “atwill” employee.

Kurz was still in a one-year probationary period, and therefore cannot appeal her firing.

Town officials said they cannot comment on personnel matters, but Chavez said Kurz “was not the fit needed for the library.”

Following the termination vote, council moved to enter executive session. In an unusual move, CampBell approached town attorney Catherine Robinson and said he did not hear every trustee’s vote. The board agreed to re-vote with a roll call vote.

Trustee Ted Helsley then said he did not feel comfortable voting because he didn’t know anything about the situation. He was told he could abstain, which he then did. The other trustees voted in favor and it passed.

— The Independent, Edgewood

Agency endorses plan to protect prairie chicken

CLAYTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently endorsed a conservation plan by New Mexico and four other states for the lesser prairie chicken, a species proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

“This is a landmark decision for longterm conservation of the bird,” New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Director Jim Lane said.

The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies plan represents an unprecedented conservation effort among the states within the bird’s historical range, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, private landowners and industry partners. Texas, New Mexico Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado drafted the plan to include financial incentives for landowners who voluntarily manage their lands to benefit the species. The plan also provides a framework to mitigate the effects of activities, such as energy development, throughout the bird’s range.

Under the plan, long-term agreements with farmers, ranchers, energy development companies, utilities, electric cooperatives, and other stakeholders will aim to improve habitat conditions for the lesser prairie chicken and increase their populations.

— Union County Leader

OCTOBER 29 Teenager killed ‘surfing’ on hood of vehicle

ROSWELL — An 18-year-old youth died in Chaves County as a result of a accident on the night on Oct. 28.

Sheriff’s Lt. Daniel Ornelas said the young man was vehicle surfing – standing on the hood of a truck while it was in motion.

“He lost his balance, slipped and fell in front of the vehicle.”

Ornelas reported that the vehicle was not going fast.

“The driver was unable to stop in time.

He was distraught when he heard his friend was dead.”

The accident is still under investigation, but Ornelas said authorities learned that there was no alcohol involved.

— Roswell Daily Record

Community Hero honored by state coalition

Carl Parsons was one of five notable volunteers honored at this year’s Community Heroes award ceremony, hosted in Farmington by the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Parsons was nominated by Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL). The Community Heroes award is aimed at recognizing individuals and groups who have shown support above and beyond the call of duty at shelters across the state.

Parsons is a local plumber who has worked extensively with the Nest domestic

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Carl Parsons, recipient of the 2013 Community Heroes award.

violence shelter. As someone always willing to lend a helping hand, he has become the go-to plumber for the shelter and has, through his years of service, responded to crisis calls at all times of the day and night.

He also acts as an Elder at Gateway Church of Christ and teaches marriage classes. “I’ll preach any time. I’ll even provide the soapbox,” Parsons joked.

He chose to work with the Nest because it was a way to support a cause he believes in. “I have a heart for the Nest because it deals with families – broken families in tough situations. I think family issues are one of the biggest problems we face today.

The Nest catches them, protects them and helps them see that what they are going through is unacceptable. The Nest teaches them other ways to live and that’s important because the cycle will repeat, or get worse, if not.”

Parsons’ commitment to the Nest is important because it illustrates a support for survivors and the mission of the shelter: to end violence and oppression in Lincoln County. In helping the shelter, he helps survivors recognize that they are living in a supportive community, which is important in ending the isolation many have suffered.

“The Nest provides a tremendous service to our community that I can’t provide on my own,” Parsons said, “and they are good at the work they do. It’s a great service to people in need. I can fix a furnace, or a toilet, and help support that in my own way.”

“Mr. Parsons is someone who is here whenever we are in need,” said Terry Thompson, Shelter Manager at The Nest.

“He has never said no. He just shows up.

He is so helpful. I don’t know what we would do without him and his willingness to help. He’s a wonderful, excellent man and is truly our community hero here at The Nest.”

Parsons said he wants to be encouraging to other potential volunteers who are interested in working with HEAL and The Nest. “You don’t have to be perfect.

Regardless of your talent, skill, vocation or job, you can take a moment to help someone in need, and I believe that’s how we show love to others. You can help in your own way.”

Weekly Featured Adoptable Pets

This solid black, Domestic Shorthair is Switzerland; she is about 1-2 years old and is very sociable. Switzerland has been here in the shelter for seven months, she was a stray abandoned on our doorstep in a box. She is very sweet and friendly with people and she loves to play with other cats. Switzerland is already spayed, and current on her vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $15 and it includes *free pet insurance for 30 days, and a microchip.

Here is Kailee; a 3-year-old Hound mix.

Kailee has been in our facility for five months, and she is a very sweet and friendly girl.

She is very social with people and loves to play with other dogs; she does great at the dog park, and is very curious about smaller animals. Kailee is kennel, house, and leash trained, she loves going out for long walks and hikes, and being a hound, she loves tracking things down. Kailee is very well behaved indoors and out. She is already spayed and current with her vaccinations.

Come and see our adoptable pets at 422 Gavilan Canyon Road or check out our new website at: www.petango.com/hslc

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Sharing love and light

By Sherry York

This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118, verse 24 is a favorite of mine.

On a recent Monday, as I looked through the racks of Burke’s Outlet trying to find suitable items of nightwear, I remembered the words of Sue Koepp, president of the Federated Women’s Club in Ruidoso, “often women and children arrive at The Nest with only the clothes on their backs.” I was on my way to a program on domestic violence at the Federated Women’s Club. At the meeting, we were going to donate pajamas, nightgowns, house shoes, and other items for women and children who had gone to The Nest to find shelter.

How does it feel to leave your home because you had been physically abused?

While I have no personal experience with domestic violence, several of my friends have. They have told me their stories. Those stories are now a part of my consciousness.

I remember the morning decades ago when I walked into the audio-visual equipment room of the high school library where I was librarian. I cheerfully said good morning to the adult library aide who was checking out film projectors, cassette recorders, etc. to teachers.

“How are you?” I asked.

“Not so good,” she said in a low voice. “My husband beat the **** out of me last night.”

Angry tears gathered at the corners of her reddened eyes. Drunk and high on drugs, he had come home from a bar and hit and kicked her until he passed out. He had been careful not to hit her where the bruises and cuts would be visible. She had to work. They needed her income.

“You have to leave him,” I said emphatically.

“I left him once,” she replied in a dull low tone. She had found the strength to leave him, to take her two teenaged children away from an abusive situation. She found an apartment and a job, but he stalked her. Everywhere she went, to work, to school, home to her apartment, he would be nearby.

He begged her to come back.

“I’ll never hit you again,” he promised.

Finally, she gave up, believed his promises,

went back to give the marriage another chance, conceived another child, and now the nightmare had returned.

There was no Nest in our area. My friend was trapped.

Years later, in another high school library, I saw bruises on the slender legs and arms of a student library aide. When we could speak privately, I asked if she was okay.

“My mother is not a whore. He called my mother a whore,” she said bitterly. As she haltingly told her story, I understood that her father had beaten his wife and his daughter.

When I asked if her father had hit her, she said, “He never touched me. He never laid a hand on me or my mother.” Those chilling words, recited by rote, were obviously untrue.

“She was so happy to be back with him,” she said. This girl wanted her mother to be happy, but her father obviously did not.

Since she had denied that abuse occurred, I made an “unofficial” report to authorities, and soon she and her mother were out of that situation again. Why did the mother go back? She loved her husband. She wanted her marriage to work. Why did he keep beating her? Why, indeed? This sweet girl’s life had been forever altered by domestic violence. She, a senior that year, graduated and moved on. I hope she found happiness in a wholesome relationship.

After Coleen Widell’s informative presentation at the Women’s Club, as I sat with my friend Mary Lou and Coleen at a card table, eating an excellent covered dish meal, we talked about domestic violence. I thought of another friend who had shared her story with me.

“He was choking me. He had his hands around my neck. He intended to kill me and the kids. He said he would. He was going to.”

The children ran to their grandmother’s house for help. By the time the grandmother returned, he had left.

“You don’t have to live like this,” the grandmother told her daughter.

My friend did leave her husband, but both she and her children are indelibly scarred by the violence in that household. She left, but the priest at the church she attended told her

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it was her duty to stay with her husband.

In a way, she was lucky because her mother was nearby and courageous enough to help her daughter get out of that dangerous situation. Not all abused women are so lucky. The Nest is for those women who desperately need help.

“One in three women will experience domestic violence,” Coleen said. Think about that. One in three. Ladies, line up with two of your friends. Either you or one of your friends will experience domestic violence.

Appalling!

As I ponder those statistics, I remember another friend whose husband had a restraining order served on her. It happened on her birthday. She and her special-needs daughter volunteered on that day each week at a local charity thrift store. He knew where she was.

He knew where she would be. After the restraining order was served, she couldn’t go home. She and her daughter had, in an instant, become homeless. There was no women’s shelter, no Nest for her.

With the help of friends and family, she left that psychologically-abusive man and divorced him. The minister at her church told her it was her duty to stay with her husband. Thank goodness she disregarded those instructions and has gone on to lead an independent, productive life.

“You’re worthless,” he told her over and over. “Nobody else would ever want you.

You can’t live without me.”

Those identical words were told to another young friend in her miserable marriage to a mean man. She was a beautiful, intelligent young woman who could have had a successful career as a model. Instead she had married an older man who continually called her lazy and stupid.

“After a while I started to believe him,” she said.

After years and years, women who have been abused, whether physically beaten or psychologically battered, begin to believe they deserve the abuse. I was glad to learn that The Nest provides shelter for women and their children and also provides counseling for their clients. Spiritual guidance and support are available at the shelter for those who wish to attend non-denominational religious services.

When my marriage ended after many years, I experienced how difficult it is to start

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This year when I went to the Empty Bowl Soup Supper, I was again amazed at how the community supports The Nest. My third Empty Bowl event was even better than the previous two. At a recent parade, I watched several courageous men walking for miles in red high heels beside the H.E.A.L. float.

On those occasions, I remembered stories of friends who were abused or witnessed abuse. One remembers herself as a child of four watching her father beat her mother to the ground and continue hitting her until her clothes were literally torn from her body.

A male friend was beaten repeatedly by a stepfather until he suffered seizures.

So many hidden scars! We all have the right to happiness. None of us deserves to be abused! I have been blessed in many ways.

I spend my summers and autumns in a little cabin in the Upper Canyon, and winter and early spring find me in a country cottage I call Happy House in rural Texas.

As I write, edit, paint, take photographs and make jewelry, I am content. My art business cards read, “Serene Spirit Creations.”

In 2011, I created a mixed-media painting I call “Goddess of Earthly Happiness.” From a photograph of the painting, I had printed cards with verse 24 of Psalm 118 inside: This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

The ideal is that everyone should be happy but for those in abusive situations, happiness seems an impossible goal. The Nest is helping. If you find it in your heart, go to Josie’s Framery and select some jewelry items for yourself or for a loved one or a friend. Half of the price will go to support programs at The Nest. I will use my half to buy more beads, make paper beads, and create more jewelry which I will infuse with love, light and positive energy.

A retired school librarian, teacher, editor, writer and artist, York recently placed her hand-crafted jewelry for sale at Josie’s Framery. Half the proceeds from sales of those items will go to benefit The Nest, the women’s shelter in Ruidoso Downs.

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Nov. 6 through Nov. 12 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6 Special Vision Screening for Kids, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road – upstairs in the archive room – 9:30 a.m. - noon. For toddlers (18 mo. +) and kids through age 7, to detect risk factors which could cause Amblyopia (lazy eye). If the screening shows signs of risk factors and family has financial hardship, KidSight may be able to help. Sponsored

by New Mexico Lions KidSight project. For more information, call 258-3704 or Vision Screener Curt Dimberg 630-1947. Free.

Pre-school Story Time, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 10:30 a.m. This week: Stories about libraries; craft: make a bookmark. 575-2583704.

Rainwater Harvesting Class at ENMU-R, 701 Mechem Dr., 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. This class will cover state laws, harvesting systems, commercial building and residential applications designed to collect, store and divert rainwater for personal and business use. 575-257-3012.

Fee is $35 or $25 for seniors.

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

attend. 575-464-7053.

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

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7 Tiny Tots Program, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. For infants and children through 3 years old. Programs can include: stories, dance, music, free play and sometimes a craft.

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

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

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

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

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8 Christmas Jubilee, Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr., runs through Nov. 10. Fri., noon - 6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (visit with Santa and story telling, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.); Sun. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. (visit with Santa and story telling, 12:30 - 3 p.m.) Join us for Ruidoso’s favorite shopping experience. The annual Christmas Jubilee offers something for everyone. Bring the kids and meet Santa. Shop for unique gifts and get a head start on Christmas.

575-336-4877; www.ruidoso-christmasjubilee. net. $1 admission. 12 and under are free. Active military are free with ID. Sacramento Camp & Con-

ference Center Thanksgiving Celebration and Open House, Sacramento Camp and Conference Center, 106 Assembly Circle, Sacramento, N.M., runs through Nov. 10.

Help us give thanks for this wonderful ministry and celebrate changed lives. Join us for the full event, just a day or for a Thanksgiving meal and special concert by the Flying J Wranglers. Lodging is free and reserved on a first come, first serve basis. Meals are available at a minimal cost and by reservation only. Activities include a campfire cookout, sing-a-long and worship, Sacramento’s Adventure Programming, tours of the grounds and facilities, a Thanksgiving meal with all the fixin’s, live auction, silent auction, hayrides and Sunday morning worship. 1-800-6673414; www.sacramentoassembly.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Mixx, variety, Club 49 at Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m.

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

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 Hubbard Museum/ENMURuidoso lecture series on Lincoln County history, at the museum, 26301 Highway 70 West, Ruidoso Downs, 2 p.m. This week: “History of the Hubbard Museum of the American West.” 575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum.org/ schedule-of-events. Free with admission.

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

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

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

Free movie “Sideways,” Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. Struggling novelist and wine connoisseur Miles (Giamatti) takes his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) on a wine-tasting

tour of California vineyards for a kind of extended bachelor party. Almost immediately, Jack’s insatiable need to sow some wild oats before his marriage leads them in into double-dates with a rambunctious wine pourer (Sandra Oh) and a recently divorced waitress (Virginia Madsen) – and Miles discovers a little hope that he hasn’t let himself feel in a long time. 575-257-2273.

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

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The Oak Ridge Boys, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd., 8 - 10 p.m. The Oak Ridge Boys got their start in 1973. 40 years later, they still perform 150 shows annually, release new music, and make new fans. Hear hits like “Elvira,” “Bobbie Sue” and “American Made” from one of the greatest traditional country vocal groups that have stood the test of time. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.

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MONDAY NOVEMBER 11 Live music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12 Jesus, Mommy & Me. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 1120 Hull Rd., Tuesday mornings, 9:30-11 a.m. for preschool-aged children. Bible story, songs, finger plays, craft/art/ learning activities and snack.

No fee. 575-258-4191.

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 Annual “Joy for Kids Toy 301 Country Club Drive

Things to do every day Ruidoso River Museum - Open at 101 Mechem Drive. Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thurs. - Mon. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children.

Simulcast Horse Racing at Billy the Kid’s Race Book at Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino. Simulcast races are shown live from across the country and betting windows are open to place your wager. Billy’s Race Book also serves delicious food and has a full bar. If you love horse racing, it is the place to go.

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

Run” at The Quarters in Midtown, 12 - 5 p.m. Bring a new, unwrapped toy valued at $5 or more. Leave O’Reilly Auto Parts parking lot, Sudderth Dr. and Highway 70 at noon.

Parade will go to the circle at Upper Canyon entrance and will end at The Quarters. Live music, lots of door prizes and silent auction. All proceeds go to Santa’s Helpers. Everyone welcome, motorcycle not required. 575-336-4629. $3 donation at the door to help Santa.

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Cree Meadows is open to the public and invites all non-members to join the family and share the fun without membership. Cree offers golf with a view; Sierra Blanca view dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner; entertainment on Thursday nights: DJ Pete Karaoke and Friday nights: the Terry Bullard Band.

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Where does creativity and ingenuity come from to solve our problems? The most popular answer to that question is a purely humanistic one that we as humans have become so smart that we can rely on research and algorithms and technologies to come up with the answers. As we build our tower of Babel higher and higher, the only thing that seems to reach even further Phil Appel into the sky is our collecphillip.appel@thefootofthecross.org tive hubris. But man’s ways are definitely not God’s ways and if I were to give an honest assessment of our humanistic efforts, I would give it a failing grade. What I see, if I were to be terribly honest, is a polarized, fearful world full of people who put nearly all of their faith in personal technology and political punditry. In a nutshell, we have become a world ripe for the harvest by the enemy to control our thoughts and subsequently our actions using his tried and true tactics of fear and hate. But I made a promise when I started this column that I would never just present a problem without a solution, so here you go…

To answer my question, true creativity and ingenuity comes from God. God never asked us to replace our brains with our iPads. Nor did he say we should just think really hard and talk aimlessly amongst ourselves rehearsing and recounting our problems. He makes it very clear that we are to seek His wisdom, fear Him, and trust in Him rather than ourselves. Then He wants to reason with us and work out His plans through us. We need to stop looking to the internet for our answers and start getting our downloads directly from the Source, Jesus. His resources are inexhaustible. His creativity is beautiful. And His solutions really work! Oh that we would stop being so easily conformed to this world and its constant grind and let God resurrect in us again His fresh ideas and solutions and attitudes that will be like a cup of cold, refreshing water to a dry and weary world.

So I challenge each and every one of us today. Let’s turn off the valve of sludge that the enemy is wanting to pour into our heads today and then take our newfound hours of time that we have recovered and spend them praying and reasoning and dreaming big with God again! Let’s put our faith in Him that He will direct our paths to creative, lasting solutions to the problems that plague our families, our community and our world.

Then let’s start sharing those ideas and asking God to help us put feet to our faith and actually carry them out. Now go change the world, one creative solution at a time.

Obituary

Linda June Parsons-Montano

Linda June Parsons-Montano, 72, of Capitan, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 15 at her daughter and sonin-law’s home (Randy and Nema Spear) in Capitan after a long, lingering illness.

Born Dec. 24, 1940 in Caddo, Okla., she was the daughter of the late George Henry Parsons and Lois Alexander.

In addition to her parents, she was preceeded in death by her brother James Daniel Parsons and

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Thought for the week

Charles Clary

I always need to be reminded that we can remember The football season is coming to the time of the the past, but we can’t live there. We can learn from things playoffs for the high schools and the colleges and we have experienced. We must realize that we only have universities are in the midst of the conference play. There will be winners and losers, but the winners will be into the the present and that we must live it to the full, taking advantage of every opportunity. We can’t live in the future rankings of who can be the champions of the different because we are not there, yet. levels of competition.

Our Warriors are playing for the championship of So, I wish the best for the Warriors, their coaches, fans the district in Lovington on Friday night. And at this and school. But, it would be great for a state championship point in time, they are ranked No. 2 in the state in their to come back to Ruidoso and create some great memories classification. I remember that when Alice and I moved to for the future. But, that comes one game at a time. So, Ruidoso in 2001, the Ruidoso Warriors played for the state there is one goal in the present… beat Lovington. And to championship in the ENMU stadium against Portales and do that there must be days of preparation and practice. they won.

You see, they will not be played today or tomorrow. It will My memory may fail me, but I think that the Ruidoso happen Friday. Today is the time to get ready. Preparation quarterback was Josh White. And with seconds to go in today to have hope for tomorrow. the game and Ruidoso behind by a touchdown, Josh dropped back to pass. The receivers were covered. So, Josh took off running and just as he was tackled, he fell into the end zone. And with the extra point, the Warriors were state champions.

Being a high school and college athlete, and a coach for 10 years, I am always impressed with anyone who has a “never give up” attitude. I think CHURCH SERVICES that is one reason Sunday School 9:45 AM WayneJoyce.com Morning Worship 10:45 AM that I have been such Sunday Night 6:00 PM a Roger Staubach Listen or Download FREE Wednesday Night 7:00 PM fan. And I long for the return of yesteryear RUIDOSO BAPTIST CHURCH for the Cowboys – Tom Landry, Jimmy Teaching you Chapter by Chapter & Verse by Verse.

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336-1979 First Baptist Church - Carrizozo 314 Tenth Ave., Carrizozo. 648-2968; Hayden Smith, Pastor First Baptist Church - Ruidoso 270 Country Club Drive, Ruidoso,NM 88345. 2572081; Dr. Alan Stoddard, Pastor First Baptist Church - Ruidoso Downs 361 E. Hwy 70, 378-4611, Randy Widener, Pastor First Baptist Church - Tinnie Bill Jones, Pastor Mescalero Baptist Mission 1016 Old Road Box 9, Mescalero, NM 88340, 9730560, Pastor Zach Malott Mountain Baptist Church Independent-Fundamental KJV. 145 E. Grandview Capitan. 937-4019 Ruidoso Baptist Church Wayne Joyce, Pastor; 126 Church Drive, Palmer Gateway. 378-4174 Trinity Southern Baptist Church (south on Highway 48) 700 Mt. Capitan Rd. 3542044. Mel Gnatkowski, Pastor 808-0607 BAHA’I FAITH Baha’i Faith 257-8857 or 258-5595 BUDDHIST Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra George Brown; 257-1569 CATHOLIC Saint Eleanor Catholic Church 120 Junction Road, Ruidoso, 257-2330. Fr. AI Galvan Saint Theresa Catholic Church Corona. Sunday Mass: 6 p.m. Fr. Mike Williams Saint Joseph’s Apache Mission Mescalero. Father Paul Botenhagen, OFM Our Lady of Guadalupe Bent. Father Larry Gosselin Sacred Heart Catholic Church 299 3rd St, Capitan. Mass 5:00 p.m. Saturday; 8:30 a.m. Sunday. 354-9102. Fr. Mike Williams Santa Rita Catholic Church 243 Birch, Carrizozo. 648-2853. Fr. Mike Williams CHRISTIAN First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

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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 Thomas Schoech. www.shlcruidoso.org METHODIST Community United Methodist Church Junction Road, behind Wells Fargo Bank. Judy Shema, pastor. 257-4170 Capitan United Methodist Church Pastor Jean Riley and the congregation of Capitan United Methodist. White Oaks and Third in

Capitan. 354-2288 Trinity United Methodist Church 1000 D. Ave. 648-2893/648-2846. Carrizozo. Jean Riley, Pastor NAZARENE Angus Church of the Nazarene Angus, 12 miles north of Ruidoso on Hwy. 48, 336-8032. Rick Hutchison, Pastor QUAKER Quaker Worship Group Unprogrammed meeting at the AndersonFreeman Visitor’s Center in Lincoln. For details, contact Sandra Smith at 653-4951 PENTECOSTAL Apostolic Pentecostal Assembly Retired Pastor and author Harry A. Peyton Abundant Life United Pentecostal Church of Ruidoso 613 Sudderth Dr. Unit D. Pastor, Art Dunn, Youth Pastor, Nathaniel Dunn. Free home Bible studies The 1st Iglesia Apostollca de la Fe en Cristo Jesus 613 Sudderth Dr. Suite D, Ruidoso. 257-

8053. Pastor Alex Castillo PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 101 Sutton Drive (Nob Hill), Ruidoso, 257-2220.

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

Services are bilingual Christ Church in the Downs Ruidoso Downs, 378-8464. AI and Marty Lane, Pastors Christ Community Fellowship Capitan, Highway 380 West, 354-2458. Ed Vinson, Pastor Church Out of Church Meeting at the Flying J Ranch, 1028 Hwy. 48, Alto. Pastors: Tim & Julie Gilliland. Mailing Address: 1009 Mechem #11 Ruidoso 88345. 258-1388. www. churchoutofchurch.com. Keepin’ it simple ...

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

E-mail: jbarjcountrychurcb@ruidoso.net Miracle Life Ministry Center Ron Rice & Catherine Callahan, Ministers Available 24 hours for healing, prayer. 354-0255; e-mail miraclelife@ruidoso-online.com Open Circle - High Mesa Healing Center, Sundays, 10-11 a.m. Call 575-336-7777 for information Pacto Viviente 25974 Highway 70, la iglesia “J Bar J” en la granja roja. Domingos 12:30 p.m., Jueves 7 p.m.

937-6664. Es un lugar de familia, amistades y de crecimiento spiritual Racetrack Chapel Horseman’s Entrance, Hwy 70, 378-7264.

Chaplain Darrell Winter 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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Ready, Set, GoRuck!

deliver.” The company brings people together under big logs and strenuous Six residents from the greater Ruidoso area headed to Albuquerque on Saturday, Nov. 2, to participate in a grueling circumstances, for some ‘good livin’.

Each GoRuck class starts off with fitness challenge where they strapped on 20-30 pound ruckaround 30 individuals, and ends with sacks and traversed more than seven miles of Albuquerque one united GoRuck family. terrain over a six and a half our period.

“It was great for everyone to finThe challenge, hosted by GoRuck, a company that creates ish together. I just love being around para-military style backpacks or “rucksacks” for civilians, positive people, and our group is all is a team event, never a race, designed to give participants a small taste of the training that Special Operations trainees are very positive, strong, and encouraging. We are not the type to give up on subjected to. ourselves, or each other.” Efrene GonGoRuck hosts several challenges that last for varying zales, local house painter and GoRuck amounts of time. The event on Saturday morning was a Light Finisher, said.

GoRuck Light and was advertised to last four to five hours.

“It boosted my confidence. After However, GoRuck is known to “under promise and over having my Photos courtesy of Wade Smith four boys, I Above, Kaylee Bryan, mother of four children carries Coco Everett during Saturhave been so days GoRuck!

Fitness Challenge Saturday in Albuquerque.

Below, Connor Bryan out of shape.

Photo courtesy and Lauren Frazier take a rest, GoRuck! style on the seven mile course.

It feels good of Sue Hutchison Grace Snidow was one of to be losing weight and building the featured speakers for strength,” Kaylee Bryan, stay at the annual Shine Conferhome mom, and GoRuck Light ence 2013 sponsored by Finisher, said.

Seed of Faith Church in Connor and Kaylee Bryan, Cory Capitan. Snidow delivEverett, Lauren Frazier, Efrene ered her personal life Gonzales, and Michelle Howard story to a group of more have been training for this event than 50 women who together for several months. The six attended. Held at Christ Ruidoso residents who completed Community Church, the the GoRuck Light meet four times a theme was “Shine like week, along with several other comDiamonds, and pasmunity members, on Bonita Park tor Beverly Sills hosted Campgrounds to train together in a several speakers with community oriented setting. musicians from Midwest City, Okla. Beginning last The workouts are similar in Friday and finishing the nature to a cross fit style, high they use only the items they can find around them to work following evening, the intensity regiment including things out with, such as logs, rocks, old tires, and sand. event was free of charge. like bear crawls, crab walks, sprints, More information about GoRuck can be found online For more information hiking, and weight lifting, and are at GoRuck.com. BP Fit is always open to hosting more about the next women’s designed with various modifications participants for their community based workouts. event, phone Pastor Sills to fit every person’s body type. The For more information at BP Fit, contact Lauren Frazier at 575 973-3721. group calls themselves BP Fit and at lgleaso@gmail.com.

By Lauren Frazier

Snidow speaks at Shine Conference

Classifieds 120 LEGAL NOTICES

RESOLUTION NO. 2013/2014-02 ELECTION NOTICE WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Alpine Village Sanitation District in the County of Lincoln and the State of New Mexico has determined to submit to a vote selection of one director, Position 3, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED

BY THE GOVERNING BODY (I.E., THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS) OF ALPINE VILLAGE SANITATION DISTRICT: Section 1. In compliance with Section 73-21-14 NMSA 1978, an election shall be held in Alpine Village Sanitation District at 114 Alpine Meadows Trail on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at which time there shall be submitted to the taxpaying electors of Alpine Village a slate of persons interested in becoming a member of the Board of Directors to Alpine Village Sanitation District, Position 3.

Section 2. Position 3 shall have a term of six (6) years beginning January 15, 2014.

Section 3. Nominations for places on the ballot for Board Position 3 must be filed with the Secretary of the Board, Cheryl Knobel, Post Office Box 699, Ruidoso, NM 88355 on or before November 14, 2013.

Section 4. The polls for said election will be opened at 10:00 a.m. on the day of said election and will be closed at 7:00 p.m. Each voter, except absentee voters, will cast his or her ballot at the polling place.

Section 5. The election committee shall receive no ballot unless the person offering to vote is a taxpaying elector of Alpine Village Sanitation District. A “taxpaying elector” means a person, qualified to vote at general elections in the State, who either has paid or incurred a general tax liability on real property within the District in the twelve months immediately preceding the election or who is purchasing real property within the district under a real estate contract where a property tax has been paid or incurred on the real property in the twelve months immediately preceding the election.

Section 6. Absentee voting will be permitted by following the instructions on the absentee ballots sent out to non-resident electors who reside in the State of New Mexico.

Absentee ballots will be mailed to all New Mexico residents who wish to vote in the election prior to the January election. However, at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, January 13, 2014 (the day before the election), the secretary is required to destroy all unused absentee ballots. In accordance with Sections 1-6-1 through 1-6-18 NMSA 1978, the completed official mailing envelope containing the absentee ballots will be accepted until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 so that they can be counted with the election tally on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 (election day).

PASSED, ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this October 7, 2013. /s/ William Hanson, President /s/ Cheryl Knobel, Secretary

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NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT. The town of Carrizozo is seeking applications for a full-time New Mexico

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I’d Go Wireless, your local Verizon Wireless Premium Retail in Ruidoso is now accepting applications for a friendly, outgoing, professional Sales Manager/Customer Sales & Service Rep. Sales experience a plus. Will train. Please inquire in person at 26126 US Highway 70, Ruidoso, NM. Data Entry/Secretary for the City of Ruidoso Downs Police Department Starting pay $10.71 hr. Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 8, 2013. Complete job description and application at the City of Ruidoso 123 Downs Drive, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346. Phone 575-3784422 or Fax 575-378-4586.

Website www.ruidosodowns.us “Drug free Workplace “EEOE. EMPLOYMENT NOTICE Lincoln County is now accepting applications for the position of PART TIME TRANSPORT OFFICER until filled in the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, located in Carrizozo, New Mexico. Applicant must be 18 years or over, must possess a valid NM Drivers License, have a high school diploma or GED, and have no felony convictions. Applicant should have experience in restraint and transportation of prisoners. Prior Law enforcement experience preferred. Employment will be condition upon applicant’s successful completion of a physical examination and substance abuse test. Obtain application and job description from Billie-Jo Guevara at 575/648-2385 ext. 100. Applications accepted until 5:00 p.m., November 15, 2013. Lincoln County, Equal Opportunity Employer and in Compliance with ADA Requirements, Title II-A. Certified Police Officer or eligible to certify by waiver. Salary starts at $16.50hr. plus health insurance and retirement. Complete job description and applications are available at the Town of Carrizozo City Hall, 400 9th St., P.O. Box 247, Carrizozo, NM 88301. Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Please mail completed applications along with resume to Town of Carrizozo, P.O. Box 828, Carrizozo, NM 88301 Att: Chief Barnett or deliver them to 404 Central St., Carrizozo, NM 88301.

Phone # 575-648-2351 E-mail: carrizozopolice@tularosa.net

140 GENERAL HELP WANTED ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. Duties: Appointment coordination, event & meeting planning, travel arrangements, setting appointments, raise monthly invoice. Send your resume and salary expectations to: sonwn1@yahoo.com CONSTRUCTION LABORER NEEDED. Call Jim 575-808-1959.

SALES AND OFFICE POSITION. Mature. Apply in person at Dale’s Furniture. 1 mi. east of racetrack on

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THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SIERRA BLANCA has part-time openings for after school program aides.

You must have a passion for working with kids, be energetic, be able to pass a background and drug test. Applications are available at 134 Reese Drive. 378-808-8338.

JANITORIAL. $9/hr. Background check required. (575) 937-0720.

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

111 FIR – UNF 2 BDR, 2 BA. Approx 1168 sq.ft. Pets ok with 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 (water is included).

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

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108 TURNBERRY LANE – FURN 2 BDR, 2 BA. Approx. 1254 sq.ft. $1400/Mo + utilities.

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

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121 W. GRANDVIEW ROAD – UNF 4 BDR, 2 BA. Horse facilities. Approx.

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