The Zine, May 29, 2012

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Friday June 1 @ The Quarters The Pleasure Pilots • 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

SaTurday, June 2 @ Wingfield Park Mark Kashmar • 12 to 12:45 p.m.

Hard Knock Blues Band • 1 to 2:25 p.m.

24/7 Blues Band w/ Gary Stamper 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.

Buzz & The Soul Senders • 4 to 5:30 p.m.

The Pleasure Pilots • 5:45 to 7:15 p.m.

The Kinsey report • 7:30 to 9 p.m.

SaTurday, June 2 @ The Quarters Festival Musician’s Jam – Buzz & The Soul Senders • 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Sunday June 3 @ The Quarters Sunday Blues & Bar-B-Q • 24/7 Blues Band 3 to 7 p.m.

Tickets $20 in advance $22 at the gate • All Active Military $15 in advance $20 at the gate • Kids 12 & Under FREE advance sales call 866-207-4816 or 575-257-9535 Buy online at www.ruidosoblues.com Or at The Quarters, 2535 Sudderth Beer Tasting Tent presented by Budweiser Food • Beverages • Vendors • Games Ok to bring water. No coolers or pets please.

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Welcome to MTD Media Radio and The Zine

Counties Ruidoso areas Kim Smith and Alamogordo.

Traffic Director Now with The When I first came to Zine mirroring the southeast New Mexico MTD radio geographic five years ago from coverage and complisouthern California menting the content… and started to work for I feel listeners and MTD Radio, as a newreaders will find our comer to the area I felt radio broadcasts, live a little “uninformed.” programs, including But soon after learning internet on-demand about, and listening to, streaming - and the all five of MTD Media’s newsprint magazine broadcast stations I was Kim Smith will give them the best surprised to learn about kim@mtdradio.com source of news, current the wealth of events, topics, fun, entertainment, wide music sports, weather and news – in addition to the great music and advertiser’s sales formats and local travel. With many businesses now also advertising with or services. I recall after that, almost anything anybody would ask… I knew MTD Radio and The Zine across counties, listeners and readers can also learn what was happening in southeast New Mexico. My experience with the broad- more about their great offers, sales and cast formats of MTD Media Radio services. Whether you are a local or a included coverage of Lea County’s visitor, make MTD part of your family Hobbs and Lovington, Eddy County and use our wonderful sources to help Carlsbad and Artesia, Chaves County you learn about the great goings-on in Roswell as well as Lincoln and Otero all of southeast New Mexico.

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• Area: Ruidoso, Ruidoso W105 KWMW provides Downs, Alto the largest coverage area • Age group: 25-54 of any country station in • Listener: educated, middle SE New Mexico and West class THE KID is one of the Texas and is relayed to • Rush Limbaugh, Glenn area’s most popular and 99.1 Ruidoso. The popular Beck, Sean Hannity and powerful classic rock classic country format more stations featuring the appeals to a broad age • Local and national news greatest album rock of the • Cloudcroft and Ruidoso; listenership in the areas past 35 years. soon to include Roswell • Upcoming tourism events served.

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Celebrating the Mexican Canyon trestle restoration Courtesy of the US Forest Service

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The Zine is published every Tuesday by the Ruidoso Free Press, 1086 Mechem, Ruidoso, New Mexico 88345. The circulation of The Zine exceeds 12,000 printed copies weekly delivered via direct mail to homes and post office boxes located exclusively within Lincoln County.

Over 3,000 papers are available at newsstands, stores and hotels throughout Lincoln, Lea, Eddy, Chaves, and Otero Counties. First class subscriptions to the Ruidoso Free Press are available for $80 by calling 575-258-9922. Classifieds, legals, obituaries, wedding announcements, birth announcements and thank-you ads are available by calling the classified department at 575-258-9922. For all advertising opportunities, call 575-258-9922.

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Liability for any error in advertising is limited to the value of the actual space in which the error occurs and will be satisfied by correction in the next issue.

Errors of fact or erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any individual, firm or corporation appearing in this newspaper will be corrected upon being brought to the attention of the general manager or editor.

The Lincoln National Forest is celebrating the successful stabilization of the Mexican Canyon Trestle and construction of the Trestle Vista Overlook on Saturday, June 2, in conjunction with American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day. It has rained in the mountains, trees are greening up, and it is time to get out and enjoy your National Forest.

Festivities will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Trestle Recreation Area on the west side of Cloudcroft, with Smokey Bear sharing his fire prevention message with kids of all ages. A short Children’s Hike will leave from the Trestle Recreation Area at 10 a.m. For those looking for a more strenuous experience, visit with guides who will be sharing information about the local history, vegetation, and wildlife along the Osha and Cloudclimbing Rail-Trails between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.

For philatelists, or stamp collectors, we will have a special stamp cancellation from 9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Trestle Vista along Highway 82. Justin Munoz of High Altitude outdoor store will lead a mountain bike ride down T-5002, the Old Cloudcroft Highway trail. Please reserve a space on that ride by calling 719-433-6590 or 575-6821229. A shuttle will return you and your bike to the Trestle Recreation Area.

Participants in any of these activities will receive a one-dollar off coupon redeemable June 2 or 3 at the Sacramento

Mountains Historical Museum.

Built in 1899 and currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Mexican Canyon Trestle is the signature icon for the mountain village of Cloudcroft, and an important symbol of the Sacramento Mountains’ rich railroad history. Standing 59 feet high and 323 feet in length the site was abandoned in 1947. The deterioration of the trestle compelled the Forest Service, the Village of Cloudcroft, New Mexico Rails-to-Trails Association, and interested individuals to explore options to stabilize the trestle and provide a safe, inviting overlook for people to enjoy, where they could learn about this historic treasure. Community outreach resulted in a broad array of partners whose dedication laid the groundwork for the trestle restoration project to be one of the first projects in New Mexico to take advantage of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.

For additional information on this event and the Lincoln National Forest, please contact the Supervisor’s Office at 575-434-7200; the Smokey Bear Ranger District Office at 575-257-4095; the Sacramento Ranger District Office at 575-682-2551, or the Guadalupe Ranger District Office at 575-885-4181, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. 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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C.A.R.S was opened up to all makes Eugene Heathman and members. Owning a car is not a Editor requirement to join the club. The only eugene@ruidosofreepress.com requirement is just have to have a The Carlsbad Automotive Res-ROSWELL keen interest in the automobile. toration Society (C.A.R.S.) will be The annual Car-A-Fair has had as sponsoring the 20th Annual Car-Amany as 193 vehicles attend the show Fair on June 1 and 2. C.A.R.S. is a from as far away as Florida. The show club dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the vehicles that define is a big hit and well attended by New Mexico and West Texas classic car our automotive history. The club welRUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380 h a picnic on owners. The club hosts comes automobiles of interest from Friday night providing weenies, chips, any age and country of origin. There cookies and drinks for early regisare nearly 100 members - also of any trants, as well as a cruise through age or country of origin.

The club was started 22 years ago town ending up at the Fiesta Drivein Theater for a free movie. by combining membership from two Registration and the show smaller Carlsbad clubs - the Mustang itself is Saturday.

There will Club and the ALAMOGORDO Classic Chevy Club.

• CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA be many door prizes, DJ muSince Carlsbad is really too small sic, food and car-related vendors. to support single car make clubs,

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The car club is also partnering with the folks running the Chili CookOff. The chili cook-off, in its 19th year will have some keen competition and tasty chili and many other activities for adults and kids such as a volleyball tournament at the Beach Band Shell.

There will also be a Fire Fighters Combat Challenge for the best chili.

Come out for a day of fun and HOT food.

C.A.R.S. also sponsors the United Way Car Show in Carlsbad every October with proceeds going to the United Way of Carlsbad. We are proud to be able to support this worthy organization.

Photo courtesy of Eugene Heathman

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Active duty U.S. military offered CHAVES free entrance to all national parks PECOS VALLEY

must show a current, valid military idenSALT FLAT, TEXAS - To show tification card to obtain their pass. More appreciation for those who serve in the ROSWELL U.S. Military, beginning May 19 – Armed information is available at www.nps.gov/ findapark/passes.htm.

Forces Day – the National Park Service This military version of the America began issuing an annual pass offering free the Beautiful National Parks and Federal entrance to all 397 national parks for acRecreational Lands Pass also permits tive duty military members and their dependents. “We all owe a debt to those who free entrance to sites managed by the U.S. Fish &• Wildlife Service, the Bureau sacrifice so muchRUIDOSO to protect our• RUIDOSO country,” DOWNS HWY 380 of Land Management, the Bureau of said Guadalupe Mountains National Park Reclamation, and the U.S. Forest Service.

Superintendent Dennis A. Vásquez. “We “Through the years, military members, are proud to recognize these brave men and women and hope that a visit to this or especially those far from home in times of conflict, have found inspiration in any national park will offer an opportunity to unwind, relax, rejuvenate, and just America’s patriotic icons and majestic landscapes, places like the Statue of have fun with their families.”

Liberty and the Grand Canyon that are Active duty members of the U.S. ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA cared for by the National Park Service Military and their dependents can pick and symbolize the nation that their sacriup their pass at the Pine Springs Visitor fices protect,” said National Park Service Center, which is open every day, except Dec. 25, from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. They Director Jonathan B. Jarvis.

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Brantley Lake –

Eddy County’s water wonderland

Brantley Lake has a rich, colorful past. Located north of Carlsbad, the lake was created in 1988 by completion of a four-mile-long dam across the Pecos River. The dam holds back some 42,000 acre-feet of water that keep the secrets of one of the wildest Wild West towns.

Seven Rivers, so named for the seven arroyos entering the Pecos, was a booming town of 300 in the 1880s. This once-raucous town now lies silent beneath Brantley Lake. At its height, it boasted a post office, two stores, a hotel, a school and two saloons – one reportedly had easily removable doors that served as stretchers for those who were slow on the draw.

The town’s desperado image was re-confirmed with archeological excavation of the graves in Seven Rivers’s Boot Cemetery and reinterment of remains in Artesia’s Twin Oaks Cemetery. A memorial in their honor reads: “This monument was erected in memory of all whose lives ended at Seven Rivers, many as victims of the time and place in which they lived.

Only a few were old. All played a part in

settling the last frontier.” Of the 14 bodies of men between ages 18 and 45, ten bore fragments of bullets and knives. They died over trespassing and rustling accusations, Union and Confederate alliances, and personal vendettas. The nearest sheriff was 125 miles away in Lincoln. Fugitive Billy the Kid, rustler Bob Edwards, rancher John Chisum, saloonkeeper Les Dow, and the Jones family are among the characters who made Seven Rivers legendary.

Southern lake Brantley Lake is the southernmost lake in New Mexico, offering water sports and year-round camping to visitors.

Fishing fun Anglers can catch a variety of warm water fish such as largemouth bass, walleye, channel catfish, white bass, bluegill and crappie.

Getting there Brantley Lake State Park is 12 miles north of Carlsbad via U.S. 285, then 4.5 miles northeast on Eddy County Road 30.

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HWY A380 moving program whereby indiico Safari Club Chapter has viduals with visual impairment a strong commitment to the are offered a unique opportumission of Safari Club Internanity to “see” wildlife through tional and also to the education the sense of touch. By utilizing of hunters, sportsmen, women, and especially youngsters, who donated and borrowed animal are interested in the outdoors, mounts, skins, skulls and hunting and shooting. thousands of individuALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT •horns, TULAROSA als who are visually impaired and disabled To help accomplish the goals of this have been able to gain a “visual” perspecMission, the Chapter has been active in tive of what nature’s animals are like. sending local teachers to the “American Whether touching the inside of an alligaWilderness Leadership School” (AWLS).

These workshops are held each summer at tor’s long snout, feeling the serpentine neck of a giraffe, stroking the thick fur of a bear, SCI facilities in Jackson Hole, Wyo. and or hearing the game calls of waterfowl and also in Bryant Pond, Maine. Our chapter big game, the participants get to experience has sponsored numerous local teachers what even many sighted people have not. from School Districts all over Southern New Mexico to the AWLS program.

Other programs available through SCI The Chapter also provided the funds to include B.O.W. (Becoming an Outdoors Woman), the Student AWLS Program and place and maintain a Sensory Safari at the CARRIZOZO CAPITAN • LINCOLN HONDO Program.

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area’s economic foundation and eventu“It All Happens Here” is the official ally enable large-scale investments. This slogan for our town, and it’s lived out at effort will only be possible through active Hobbs MainStreet. In our downtown area we have a shopping, entertainment, restau- partnerships with community members and organizations. rants, and a park. Come visit us for food, fun and great stores.

MainStreet Hobbs, Inc. is a New MexThe essence of MainStreet HobbsROSWELL is ico Department of Economic Development to identify new market opportunities for officially-certified MainStreet Program that the traditional commercial district, find is also recognized by the National Trust new uses for historic commercial buildfor Historic Preservation and the National ings and stimulate investment in property.

Main Street Center as an officially national With a comprehensive approach, our goal Main Street Program that follows precisely is to develop a thorough understanding of the Four Point Approach of the National the districts economic condition; identify Trust. Established in 1997, the program in RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380 opportunities by focusing on incremental Hobbs has been working in many ways to changes that will gradually improve the improve the heart of the community.

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WEEKDAYS 4PM to 7PM

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MONDAY NIGHT POOL TOURNAMENT

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Here’s a sample of our lunch fare featuring our new sandwiches:

SERVED11am-2pm Crab Sandwich $7.95 One of our Doolin Crab cakes on a corn dusted bun Fish Sliders $7.95 Battered cod on slider buns Grilled Cheese $5.95 Choice of American, cheddar, Mozzarella, Swiss or pepper jack on Texas Toast or Rye Bread BLT $5.95 Choice of cheeses, apple wood smoked bacon, green leaf lettuce, tomato on Texas toast or Rye bread BBQ Chicken Sliders $6.95 Smaller version of our BBQ chicken sandwich, your choice of mild, wild, or volcanic Breakfast Baguette Sandwich $8.95 Baguette sandwich made with over hard eggs, rashers, sausage, served with chips

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More than 20 years went into the complete, and a grand dedication ceremony building of St. Joseph Apache Mission. was held on the fourth of July. For many The Mission was mainly the inspiration years the windows were boarded up for and work of Father Albert Braun, O.F.M., lack of funds. The present windows were who first came to Mescalero as a young specially designed for the Mission and inFranciscan friar in 1916. Soon HOBBS after he • LOVINGTON stalled in 1961 by a glass company from El arrived he saw the need for a new church Paso. The Mission is laid out in the form of because the old adobe structure was too a cross. It is 64 feet wide and 131 feet long. small and in poor condition.

It is 50 feet to the rafters, and 80 feet to the Father Albert’s work in Mescalero roof peak. The tip of the cross on the bell was interrupted in 1918 when he went to tower is 103 feet high. The bell tower walls Europe as an Army Chaplain. Upon return- are four feet thick at the base. ing to Mescalero after the war he was The grave outside of the Mission is CARLSBAD • ARTESIA determined to build a church like the grand for a Franciscan friar, Brother Salesius.

Cathedrals in Europe to serve the Apache He was killed during construction of the people and as a memorial to those who had mission while trying to unload one of died in the war. the heavy stones from the truck. Brother Salesius had been an artilleryman for the Father Albert received permission to German Army in World War I. build a church, but was given no fundFather Albert served as a Chaplain ing. Armed with $100 left from his Army in World War II and survived three and pay and a free pass to ride the railroad,ROSWELL he went to Philadelphia to see noted architect, a half years as a prisoner of war in the Philippines. After the war, Fr. Albert William Stanton. Inspired by the dream of returned to Mescalero and rededicated St. Fr. Albert, Mr. Stanton drew the plans as Joseph Apache Mission to the veterans of a gift. In 1920 with a couple of volunteers both World Wars. In 1947 Fr. Albert was the foundation, which is seven feet deep transferred to Phoenix; where he went on in places, was dug and construction was RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS HWY 380 to serve the•Mexican-American populaunderway. tion with the same zeal he had brought to Tony Leyva, a stonemason and friend his ministry among the Apaches. He died of Father Albert’s from Santa Barbara, in a nursing home in Phoenix on March 6, Calif., volunteered to come to Mescalero 1983 at the age of 93. His remains were and help Father Albert build the Misreturned to his beloved Mission, and are sion. Tony asked only for room and board buried in the sanctuary. and to be returned to Santa Barbara to be Improvements have been made to the buried next to his wife upon his death. The Mission through the years. The roof has construction was done mostly by volunALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA been repaired, the center arch has been teers, including Father Albert and several reinforced, and the windows have been Franciscan friars.

All material used is native to the local- strengthened and replaced.

In the 1960s the tile roof was redone. ity. In the winter stone was quarried about four miles west of the Mission in Bent. The In 1986 a radiant heating system was instones were then hauled to the building site stalled which involved retiling the floor. At that time the baptistery at the base of the in the spring. The lime for the mortar was burned in pits near the Mission. The stones bell tower was turned into a daily chapel.

Artwork has been added over the were laid during the summer and fall. years, including the pictures of the Apache The timbers for the ceiling and roof were leaders in the back of the Mission, and purchased from a local sawmill. The tiles for the roof and floor came from the old La the three-part mural depicting an Apache puberty ceremony with the traditional Luz Pottery Plant in nearby La Luz. The lighting fixtures were designed and made in crown dancers. The Stations of the Cross

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were brought over from the Philippines and mounted on backgrounds painted by a local parishioner, Bruce Klinekole II. The icon of the Apache Christ above the altar in the front of the Mission was painted for the Mescalero Apache people in 1989 by artist Robert Lentz of Albuquerque.

Today the Mission remains an active parish church with 385 parish families and thousands of visitors from around the world. It is an important center for com-

munity activities. The food bank serves hundreds of people a year. There is a gift shop with many Native American items for sale, and an information center for visitors to enjoy.

The goal of the Restoration Committee and crew is to keep the Mission open and usable during the nearly $3 million restoration process. Visitors are always welcome and are encouraged to visit this cherished and sacred space often.

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Lucky for us, minutes) in a food probananas are available cessor until smooth. all year long. They are Liven it up a bit by ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA rich in simple carbohyadding fresh fruits as a drates, vitamin B6, vitopping such as bluetamin C, Folic acid and berries, strawberries or potassium, magnesium fresh peaches. Almond and manganese. Baslivers, peanuts or nanas are also a natural crushed pecans add to source of the nutritional this healthy delight. compound FructooligoStrawberry saccharide also known banana ice cream as FOS, which accordyou can follow the ing to Bridgette Mars, instructions for vanilla Angie Fernandez a nutritional consultant ice cream, minus the Veggie.gurl09@gmail.com out of Boulder, Colo. vanilla and then add a “are chains of sugar molecules that help handful of fresh strawberries. support populations of regularity along Smoothie - 1 banana, 1 cup of fresh with its support in both immune and strawberries, ½ cup of fresh peaches, liver functions. ½ cup water and ½ cup of ice. Blend, Bananas are considered ripe when serve and enjoy. they are completely yellow without any Banana and apple wraps - Warm green. Unripe bananas can be difficult up whole wheat tortillas (read ingrefor the body to digest, so consuming dients for healthiest choice) add sliced unripe bananas should be avoided. It bananas, sliced apples, cinnamon and has been suggested that we purchase or- honey to taste and you have an excelganic bananas because they are primar- lent breakfast, snack or dessert. ily less processed.

Fruit salad - 1 banana sliced, 1 Bananas can be used in several dif- apple sliced, 1 cup sliced grapes and 1 ferent ways to create more than a few cup of sliced fresh strawberries. Mix tasty and healthy snacks. Check these these items and devour. ideas out: They can also add flavor to your Vanilla banana ice cream - mix favorite healthy breakfast cereal and two frozen bananas, ½ tsp. vanilla and lessen the need for added sugars befive pitted dates (soaked in water for 20 cause of their natural sweet flavor.

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The psychling chronicles: Moments

Joe said it would be parked the bike in front easy. All I’d need to do of my dorm window was pass a driving test and where I could see but not then ask for a motorcycle touch it. endorsement and I’d be “Pull in the clutch ready to explore William lever with your left hand.

Least-Heat-Moon’s blue Press quickly on the shift highways. I was about lever with your left foot to turn 19 and I’d never for first gear. Ease off driven (legally), much less the rear brake lever with a manual transmission your right foot. Twist 289 Mustang. But Joe was the rotational right hand a confident soul. grip, the throttle, with To my utter amazeyour right hand as you Galen Farrington ment, Joe drove me to release the front brake rablady@beyondbb.com the Portales DMV where and clutch levers,” said I passed a written test I Joe. Obviously, I was a hadn’t studied for (“No books.”), passed limb or two short. “Oh, and look straight a driving test I wasn’t ready for (abrupt ahead, not at the controls,” he continued clutch engagement), and received a moas he nonchalantly sucked on his filter-less torcycle endorsement for a vehicle I didn’t Camel. have (or know how to operate) and all Well dear readers, you guessed it. this “certification” took less than an hour.

Not enough clutch slippage and too much I wanted to shout to those enslaved by throttle resulted in one heck of a wheelie the bus and subway schedules of the East as I slid off the seat, almost ripping off that freedom awaited them in the desert the tail light assembly with important, paradise of the Llano Estacado. Now I personal body parts, and my feet poundneeded a non-pedal vehicle. I also kept my ing spiritedly across the parking lot with mouth shut. my hands frozen on the handlebar and I had saved the massive sum of $400 throttle. My feeble grey matter processed as a result of my line work at the Melrose the information – “Reverse twist.” And I Peanut Factory and Joe (my ride) said did so with my torso slamming into the it was time for the next step, the actual seat as I wheelied no more. In pure, catpurchase of a motorcycle (the operation of like instinct, my now splayed feet kept which was still a mystery) from the Clovis me upright and with my hands (and body) Honda dealer. Mom was not happy but registering a solid 10 on the Richter Scale it’s amazing how much courage can be as adrenalin replaced my normal blood acquired in a 2,000-mile separation. Joe supply. What seemed like an eternity knew I couldn’t ride the bike back to the lasted but a few seconds; it was one of dorm at Eastern, so after I paid my peanut those defining moments of life. cash for a used Honda CB 160, I drove Or rather, it was the life of the mo(my first solo) his “four on the floor” Mus- ment that enabled a lifetime of motorized tang the 19 miles back to Portales and he two-wheeled adventure.

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SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380

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WHITE SANDS / TULAROSA BASIN ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA

May 29, 2012

An evening with piano man

Doug Montgomery ALTO – Back by popular demand, pianist Doug Montgomery returns to the Spencer Theater on Saturday, June 2 at 8 p.m. for a concert of classical music and popular show tunes.

A resident of Santa Fe since 1982, Montgomery spends most summers as the featured entertainer at the famed Vanessie Restaurant where he enchants audiences from all corners of the planet. Acclaimed by the Hollywood Reporter as being “The best piano bar we have ever experienced,” the affable and entertaining Juilliard-trained pianist is often regarded as the Michael Feinstein of the southwest and is fondly considered New Mexico’s own “Piano Man.” Equally at home performing Chopin, Puccini and Rachmaninoff, or singing hit songs by Gerswin, Lloyd Webber or Billy Joel, Montgomery is the consummate showman whose talents both mesmerizes and ingratiate to marvelous effect.

With 12 versatile piano recordings, Montgomery’s most recent release, “Mediterranean Nights” is a 23-track compilation of classic songs of romance like “Besame Mucho,” “Theme from ‘The Godfather,’” “Amor Amor Amor” and “O Sole Mio.” Critics have applauded the release for its dreamy elegance and sophistication. “Doug Montgomery is a rare and gifted pianist who knows how to perfectly showcase a movie theme or popular song with just the right amount of embellishment and sophistication to captivate, inspire and entertain. Each interpretation is a masterful rendering of elegance and artistry.”

Tickets to the performance are $49 and $46. Call the Spencer Box Office at 575-3364800 or go online to www.spencertheater. com for tickets and information. The event is sponsored in part by Fran Redinger. A preshow Lasagna buffet will be in the Crystal Lobby at 6 p.m. Buffet tickets $20.

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EVENTS CALENDAR LEA COUNTY

HOBBS: June Sun’s Sunday Traditional Worship Service, 8:45 a.m. First United Methodist Church Of Hobbs Sunday Morning Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. First Baptist Church Sunday Contemporary Worship Service, 11 a.m. First United Methodist Church Of Hobbs 1-2 Urinetown, 8 p.m. The Community Players of Hobbs 3 Urinetown, 2 p.m. The Community Players of Hobbs 8-9 Urinetown, 8 p.m. The Community Players of Hobbs 19 School Board Meeting, 6 p.m.

Hobbs Municipal Schools July 17 School Board Meeting, 6 p.m.

Hobbs Municipal Schools 19-21 Disney’s Aladdin, Junior, 7 p.m.

The Community Players of Hobbs 22 Disney’s Aladdin, Junior, 7 p.m.

The Community Players of Hobbs Aug 25 Crystals n Cowboys Fashion Show and Auction, 4 p.m.

LOVINGTON: June 15-16 Smokin’ on the Plaza, New Mexico State Championship, IBCA Sanctioned BBQ Cook Off, Central Plaza. For more information, call Lovington Mainstreet, 396-1418

To post your event here send to: editor@ruidosofreepress.com or call the 575-258-9922

EDDY COUNTY

CARLSBAD: June Wed’s Coffee Connection, 7 a.m. Trinity Hotel 2 Music and the Moon, 6:30 p.m.

Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park Full Moon Walk, 8 p.m. Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park 5 Transit of Venus and Solar Viewing, 4 p.m. Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park 15-17 Roadrunner Gem and Mineral Show, 9 a.m. Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park 30 Music and the Moon, 6:30 p.m.

Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park Full Moon Walk, 8:15 p.m. Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park ARTESIA: June 6 Brown Bag Theatre in Heritage Walkway - OPAC 7 Summer Classic Movies – OPAC 9-10 Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball – CoC. Come out and show off your street ball skills!

9-10 Georgia Loyd Memorial Swing N Scramble - CoC 13 Brown Bag Theatre in Heritage Walkway - OPAC 14 Summer Classic Movies - OPAC Relay For Life - CoC 18 Missoula Children’s Theatre Week Begins - OPAC 20 Brown Bag Theatre in Heritage Walkway - OPAC 21 Summer Classic Movies – OPAC 22-24 Roswell Comic Con & Roswell International Sci-Fi Film Festival – CoC 23 Missoula Children’s Theatre Performances - OPAC ECSRA Registered Sporting Clays Shoot - ECSRA 28 Summer Classic Movies - OPAC 29-30 Tate Branch Auto Group 1st Annual Smokin’ On The Pecos BBQ Cook-Off – CoC First Annual Kansas City BBQ Society and Rocky Mountain BBQ Society sanctioned competition, presented by Devon Energy 29-30 E-Waste Collection - ACB 29 Films Made in New Mexico “Westerns Part 4” - OPAC 30 United Way Sporting Clays Fun Shoot – ECSRA

CHAVES COUNTY

ROSWELL: June Sat’s Enchanted Evening, 8 p.m.

Bottomless Lakes State Park 1-2 Proposals, 7:30 p.m. Roswell Community Little Theatre 9 Enameling with Logan Howe and Jeremy Howe, 10 a.m.

Roswell Museum and Art Center 23 Star Party, 8:30 p.m. Bottomless Lakes State Park

To post your event here send to: editor@ruidosofreepress.com or call the 575-258-9922

MESCALERO June Sun’s Sundays Under The Stars, 6-11 p.m. Inn of the Mountain Gods.

Live music and a movie after sunset. www.innofthemountaingods. com, 800-545-9011 3 St. Joseph Apache Mission Parish Bazaar, 12 - 5 p.m. 626 Mission Trail. Games, arts & crafts, entertainment. www.stjosephmission.org, 575-464-4473 4 Kellie Pickler, 8 p.m. Inn of the Mountain Gods. Country music artist made famous on the 5th season of American Idol. Her latest album “100 Proof” was released in January. www.innofthemountaingods. com. 800-545-9011

To post your event here send to: editor@ruidosofreepress.com or call the 575-258-9922

LINCOLN COUNTY ALTO: May 26 Gregg Rolie Band, 8 p.m. Spencer Center For The Performing Arts June 2 Masonic Lodge #41 Benefit Poker Run, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Eagle Creek RV Park, Ski Run Road. 575354-5707.

RUIDOSO: May 31 Line Dance Jamboree, 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Ruidoso Convention Center; begins with a workshop with local choreographers and resumes with an all-request dance session.

575-336-7034 June 1 Line Dance Jamboree, 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Ruidoso Convention Center; continuation from 5/31. 575-3367034 1-2 “The Day They Kidnapped The Pope,” 7 p.m. ENMU-R Annex, 203 White Mountain Drive. Presented by the Lincoln County Community Theater. www.lcct-nm.com 1-2 “Next to Normal,” 7:30 p.m. both days & 2 p.m. June 2. Presented by the HUB Theatre Group, RHS Performance Art Center, 125 Warrior Drive. 806-300-5962, 222. hubtheatregroup.org 2 Mountain of Blues Festival, 12 - 8:30 p.m. Wingfield Park. www. ruidosoblues.com, 575-257-9533 2 Kid’s Fishing Day, Grindstone Lake, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Canoe rides, lectures, refreshments and Smokey the Bear. 575-257-5030 9 Ruidoso Sprint & Kids Triathlons, 8 a.m. Wingfield Park RUIDOSO DOWNS: June 2 Free Spirit Handicap, Ruidoso Downs Race Track 9 Ruidoso Futurity & Ruidoso Derby, Ruidoso Downs Race Track Rag Rug Festival and Gift Show, 10 a.m. The Hubbard Museum of the American West 10 Rag Rug Festival and Gift Show, 10 a.m. The Hubbard Museum of the American West WHITE OAKS: June Fri’s The Rascal Fair and White Oaks Community Market, 5 p.m. to dark. Produce, plants, flowers, crafts and entertainment

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OTERO COUNTY

ALAMOGORDO: June 2 Summer in the City, 10 a.m.

Celebrate NM Statehood Centennial at the Historic Alameda Park on White Sands Blvd. Live entertainment, food booths, carnival rides and vendor stands. Sponsored by the Alamogordo CofC and the City of Alamogordo. 575-437-6120 4 White Sands National Monument Full Moon Concert, 9 p.m., dedicated to the NM Statehood Centennial. Nothing is more breathtaking than the white sand dunes bathed in moonlight and wonderful music adds to the enchantment.

575-679-2599 ex 210 6-7 Mammoths to Missiles; The Human History of the Tularosa Basin. Wed. afternoon and Thurs. morning. Join this White Sands Institute field seminar and visit locations at White Sands Missile Range rarely open to the public.

575-439-3626 10-16 Honoring our Wounded Warriors NM American Legion Riders Centennial Run. Contact Ed Darrell Winfree 430-7755 or Milton Chestnut 446-9045.

16 Celebrate New Mexico Centennial by attending a book signing by Author Loretta Hall.

Signing “Out of This World: New Mexico’s Contributions to Space Travel” 5 - 7 p.m. at Books Revisited in White Sands Mall. 575-443-1011 Centennial Relay for Life at Griggs Field on North Florida Av. Celebrate cancer survivors and to raise money for cancer research.

Begins Sat. 5 p.m. and ends Sun. 7 a.m. Contact Patti Ren 572-3047 or Pat Tedford 575-437-5164.

16-17 Model Rockets Discharge Expo Contact Hugh Malcolm, 575-4345441. Location is on Mesa Verde Ranch Road. Follow signs.

17-23 Juneteenth NAACP Parade and program on Buffalo Soldiers.

575-437-8118 20, 21-23 Southern New Mexico Centennial Quilt Show. Hundreds of quilts on display many of them antique quilts and some for sale.

Located at the Otero County Fair Grounds, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily.

575-437-4880 29-30 Folklore Tale Lady of White Sands portrayed in Ballet, 7:30 p.m. Presented by the Dept of Dance, NMSU-Las Cruces. Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, 1110 New York Ave. 575-491-5972