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Why isn’t the coffee I brew at home as good as it is at Sacred Grounds? Third in a series
Part three: Coffee brewing machinery
In parts one and two, we covered basics and specifics of the coffee brewing process but did not discuss any of the specifics of which machines work well in the rarified air of Ruidoso. The simple truth is, if you took care of the factors mentioned in the previous two articles relating to water quality, coffee quality, grind quality, and you bought – or brought – an electric, drip coffee maker here, it most likely does a poor job of making coffee. Even at sea level, where most consumer model coffee brewers are designed to operate, they do a poor job. So, which method of brewing coffee is best? No brewing method is “best” – it is largely a matter of personal preference. Some brewing methods are more suited to one type of coffee than another, for example, vacuum brewing tends to emphasize the delicate flavors in a cup, whereas espresso brewing makes a potent concentrate. Some methods are simpler, some more complicated (the process takes longer, requires a special mill, etc). The following is a list and explanation of the methods of brewing the perfect cup of coffee– even in Ruidoso.
Pour-over
Manual pour-over drip brewing is one of the cheapest, easiest ways to make great coffee. All you need is a pack of good quality paper (or hemp) filters, a filtercone holder, and a way to heat water. With a manual method, you can be assured the water is 200 degrees (unlike most auto-drip machines), and that the grounds are thoroughly wet. Pour-over brewing has seen a lot of attention in recent years, and suddenly it seems there are a lot of filtercones to choose from. Which filtercone to choose? You can make good coffee with all of them; depending on the number of holes in the filter (or the drip stop mechanism), you may need to use a slightly different method with each cone. The Clever Coffee Dripper requires the least amount of technique - it is sort of idiot proof. The more holes a filtercone has, the more you need to take care in how you add the water, essentially adding water slowly and carefully to maintain the thermal mass of the coffee and draw out the infusion time. Continued on pg. 5
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League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, a prestigious group that has been around since about 1913. Stevenson: Have you ever explored painting or music? Malpica: I do paint, but just for myself, and I play piano, mostly classical music, Beethoven and some Chopin. My father was a pianist. Stevenson: You count among your collectors celebrities such as Demi Moore, Anne Rice and the late Lucille Ball. How did they find your work? Malpica: I used to do the New York International Gift Show. A lot of celebrities shop there. Stevenson: You say you are inspired by “mysterious dreams and visions”. Do you keep a dream journal? Malpica: I don’t keep a dream journal. In my dreams it is almost as if I am working…and the faces just come to me and they stay with me during the day as I work. I close my eyes and I see the images. Stevenson: In addition to these dream like images, do you also work from live models? Malpica: No. I have many books for reference on Native American clothing and regalia, but really when I’m making something I just think about the material itself and how it would be worn in a natural way. I appreciate all of Nature. I feel Nature and the land are sacred. When I first came to New Mexico on a visit I felt the spirits of the Native Americans on the land, I sensed how they must have lived. I visited the Valley of Fires in Carrizozo and I thought it was so beautiful. When I returned to my home in the East, we sold our house and came out here right away! Stevenson: What is a typical length of time for completing one of your sculptures? Malpica: About six to eight weeks. I work on multiple pieces at once. I am always in love with the piece I am working on at the time. Stevenson: What is a typical work day like for you? Malpica: Coffee, then computer; email and Facebook posts, then to work. I typically work eight to 10 hours a day. I sometimes skip lunch and sometimes go back to work after dinner, if I have a show coming up. I’m doing about three shows a year now. Stevenson: Do you listen to music while you work? Malpica: Always. Right now I’m in to classic rock… for the energy it gives. But it depends on my mood. Stevenson: You are currently working on a series of life size sculptures of women. What is your inner inspiration for this? Malpica: It is a Goddess series. I like the female sen-
Misha Malpica has created hundreds of life like sculptures complete with intricate regalia. Reminiscent of magical realism, shamanistic visions and profound inspiration from the land, her work enchants. Raised in poverty, she nevertheless found means and materials for her self-expression. Stevenson: Why did you become an artist? What has motivated you? Malpica: I have always just liked to make things. Always; from when I was a child; from mud to found objects, I liked to put things together to make something else. I grew up in New York and we used to go to the beach and find seashells and rocks. We would bring them home and make them into little people and put them in gourds and all kinds of things. Stevenson: You say “we”…was that your family? Malpica: Yes. I had an uncle who was an artist and he went with us on these trips. He was a real old time Bohemian. I have a picture of him painting in Greenwich Village. He’s wearing a beret. Stevenson: What other childhood experiences, if any, helped or hindered your path to becoming an artist? Malpica: When I was in junior high school, I applied to the High School of Music and Art. We were very poor. My family couldn’t afford art supplies so I drew on the walls, inside the dresser drawers, inside the closet walls. When I applied to the High School of Music and Art I didn’t have a portfolio. I submitted all my art on little bits of paper and scraps, all I had. They rejected me. I didn’t get in and it was devastating. Stevenson: Devastating? In what way? Malpica: Well, I quit high school. I never graduated. The public high school was rough, very rough. Stevenson: I read on one of your websites that you are self taught in your art. What motivated you to start making the figurative sculptures? Malpica: After I was married my husband and I and our three children moved to New Hampshire, sort of a “back to nature” move. I had no job, no car so I started to make things again. I made soft sculptures as Christmas presents and then started selling them at small craft fairs and it all grew from there. I moved into clay in the 1980’s when polymer clay came out. I saw some polymer clay sculptures by Abigail Brahms. She was doing these really wonderful Renaissance pieces. I began to make wizards and old people and Victorian characters. I even made some life size pieces for mall displays during Christmas. I was juried into the
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suality of the face and the breasts. These pieces will hang on the wall. There is some African and aboriginal look to the women. Some are somewhat abstract. Some have pendants with words on them. Stevenson: Are you a feminist? Malpica: Yes. Stevenson: Are you involved in any of the current women’s movements such as “The return of the sacred feminine”? Malpica: No. All of my energy goes into my art. I have found that if I try to do too many other things, my energy shatters. Stevenson: What do you see as a possible progression of your work? Malpica: I haven’t really thought about that. I let it come day by day. I am phasing out polymer clay, though, and using less fabric. So the work is becoming less multi medium and more sculpture. Stevenson: Do you have ups and downs with your work? Do you do anything special to stay motivated? Malpica: Ups and downs? Oh, yes. I have times when I feel empty. When I get like that I look through my magazines and books and that gets me going again. And I go on hikes with my husband and our dog in the mountains of Ruidoso. Stevenson: You offer classes at your studio. As a teacher what is important to you to pass on to your students? Malpica: Spontaneity! For me that’s how it works! I don’t plan ahead. Go with the moment. Do what you feel. Don’t make it difficult or drawn out!
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Wellness Watch – Oxygen therapies: hydrogen peroxide, continued
Last week we began in the brown plastic to explore the many bottles in drug stores EARN DOUBLE ENTRIES virtues of Hydrogen and pharmacies. MON-WED! Peroxide and its uses in Moving up the the field of health and line in strength we find wellness. Hydrogen per6 percent Beautician oxide (or H202) is one of grade, which is used to color and bleach hair. nature’s most wondrous Then there are varimiracles. It is a naturalous industrial and techly-occurring substance nical grades ranging that is produced and utifrom 30 percent to 35 lized by our body’s cells percent, which are used in a number of ways. All for scientific experiof us have enjoyed the mentation, and cleaning protective and healing Tim Seay electrical parts, etc. benefits of H202 since And finally a 90 percent concenbirth, as it is present in mother’s milk trate, which is literally used as rocket and is found in even higher concenfuel booster! trations in our “fi rst milk” known as DRAWING FOR ONE PAIR ON APRIL 29, 2013 All of these forms above contain colostrum. This fact stands to reason AT 7PM AT CASINO APACHE TRAVEL CENTER since one of H202’s main functions is to preservatives and stabilizers such as activate and stimulate our immune sys- acetanilide, phenol, sodium, stanate and DRAWING FOR ONE PAIR ON APRIL 30, 2013 tertrasodium phosphate, making them tem. Most of us have experienced the inappropriate for internal use. immediate and dramatic bubbling reacAT 7PM AT INN OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS This leaves 35 percent Food Grade tion that occurs when H202 is applied H202, which is the only form that is apto an open cut or wound. This reaction is a result of the H202 attacking and propriate for internal medical use. H202 can administered into the destroying the bacteria that is present before it has a chance to create infecbody in a number of ways including tion. This same reaction (among others) oral ingestion, intravenous injection occurs when H202 is used internally. and absorption through the skin. It is, however, important to keep in mind that Hydrogen peroxide is essential to all this substance is a strong oxidizer and life and recent research has uncovered can be very dangerous, even fatal, if its functions in several other processes not used properly. For this reason it is within our body. Lets look at vitamin recommended that you do your homeC for example, most of us now know work and seek out a physician or other that vitamin C is helpful in fighting infection but few realize that the way in medical professional with extensive experience is this arena. which it does so is by producing H202 In the next edition of Wellness which in turn stimulates the production Watch we will wrap up our introduction of prostaglandins. Another example to oxygen therapies with a summarized is the existence of lactobacillus in the look at the extensive list of health chalcolon and vaginal walls producing hylenges that hydrogen peroxide, ozone drogen peroxide to maintain a healthy and hyperbaric oxygen therapies have level of protective fl ora or “friendly Proposed revised 4 color logo with a positive read and reverse logos in both horizontal and vertical formats. On darker color backgrounds or “busy” backgrounds we been proven effective in treating. Until reccommend either using the black or white logo as well as the Mescalero Apache “Isolated” Dancer (as in the examples below). bacteria” as it is often called. This good *actual colors may vary then please feel free to email questions bacteria destroys harmful bacteria and or comments to: timseay@live.com or viruses, aiding in the prevention of call 575-770-0136. colon disease, vaginal infections, bladAll the best to you in health and der infections and a number of yeast happiness. overgrowth disorders. Man-made hydrogen peroxide Please note the information in this arcomes in a variety of grades and Mescalero NM, near Ruidoso | InnoftheMountainGods.com ticle is not intended for use as medical strengths. advice. It is for educational purposes These range from pharmaceutical See players club booth for details. Must play using Apache Spirit Club Card. The Mescalero Apache grade, which is a dilution of 3.5 percent only. If you have a medical issue please Tribe promotes responsible gaming. For assistance, please call 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537). consult your doctor. and is the most common form found
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Due to overwhelmThe Hubbard Museing popularity and great um has drawn materials reviews, the Hubbard from its own collections, Museum of the American including 19th cenWest announced today tury Apache basketry; that the Land So Strange Pueblo pottery; an 18th exhibit has been extended century French musket to April 30. “A Land So and a 19th century bufStrange,” was created and falo gun, both from the designed by Curator of Museum’s C.L. “Bones” Exhibits, David Mandel Wright Firearms Collecand Curator of Collection; a life-size phototions, Adele Karolik, to graph of Billy the Kid; provide a unique and edu17th century Spanish cational journey of nearly chainmail excavated by “Brent Brokeshoulder” 400 years of New Mexico archaeologists at the site history. of New Mexico’s first With hundreds of artifacts and capitol; and souvenirs from the days of images from the 16th century to the New Mexico’s Route 66. 20th century, the exhibit tells the story The Hubbard Museum of the of the Native Americans, the Spanish, American West is located at 26301 and the Euro-Americans who created Highway 70 in Ruidoso Downs and is the New Mexico we experience today. open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visit Each group resisted the intrusion of the www.hubbardmuseum.org or call 575others on their lands, and each had their 378-4142 for information. The Hubown beliefs, their own cultures, and bard Museum of the American West technologies and fought to retain their is owned and operated by the City of way of life. Ruidoso Downs. COFFEE, from pg. 2
Vacuum
Vacuum brewing was a predominant infusion method early in the century, before paper coffee filters became widely popular. It takes a bit longer, but once you have tried it a couple times the process is fast and simple. And
your incentive to use these devices will be clear: coffee with pronounced body and no sediment; very clean and crisp; a cup where flavors are dramatic and heightened in every respect. Delicate coffees (African coffees, Central Americans...) are especially suited for vacuum brewing. Is vacuum brewing for everyone? No. Vacuum brewing produces a very clean cup – and so some can find it weak. But one person’s “clean” is another’s “weak.” If you like French press brewing, the clarity of this cup might seem thin to you. It’s a matter of preference.
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Spring events in Carlsbad
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The Carlsbad Horticulture Society is holding its Annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7 from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens State Park. Many varieties of xeric, or low water use, outdoor plants are available as well as indoor succulent plants. The Society sells plants all year but have the best selection during the plant sale. For more information call: Dean Brummett 234-9554
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program, sponsored by Friends of the Living Desert, presents StoryTime. There is no fee for this special program; however, children must be accompanied by an adult. There will be no PreSchool StoryTime on Friday, April 12 because school is not in session ROSWELL that day. For additional information, please call Kathryn Law at 575-887-5516.
Pre-School StoryTime will be held on three Fridays in April at 9:30 a.m. at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park’s Visitor Center. The stories will be: April 5: The April Rabbits; April 19: Three Pebbles and a Song; April 26: Seven Blind Mice. A short walk in the Park, weather permitting, and an activity will follow the story. The volunteer docent
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Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park will host the annual• RUIDOSO Earth Day and March •for Parks380 RUIDOSO DOWNS HWY event from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 in the Visitor Center. Exhibitors will include the Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks, Rainbow Recycling, City of Carlsbad Beautification Committee, Carlsbad Soil and Water Conservation District, and the U.S. Forest Service with free tree seedlings. Activities will include a raffle, door prizes, sunspot viewing through a telescope ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA with solar filters, and many Party for the Planet children’s activities including crafts, face painting, and microscopes to look at pond creatures. There is no fee to attend this event, but normal
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Music and the Moon
On Thursday, April 25, at 6 p.m., Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park is hosting a free program of music from around the world performed by flutist Ruth Keys. For more information, call 575-887-5516.
Star Party at Brantley Lake
There will be a Star Party at Brantley Lake State Park on Friday, April 12 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Limestone Campground Group Shelter. Large telescopes will be set up to look at the planet Jupiter and other wonders of the night sky. Visitors are welcome to bring their own telescopes as well. There is no fee for this program other than the $5 per vehicle day-use fee or camping fees for those who are staying at the park. The Star Party will be cancelled if the sky is too cloudy. For more information, call the park at 575-457-2384.
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AGELESS MEDICINE Data-driven docs, part 1
tion due to the trademark professional appearance Fusion Medical Center, Ruidoso that most docs maintain. Dateline Sept. 2007: The United Kingdom made The BBC rocks the medical great strides in the fight establishment with a report against spread of hospitalon the United Kingdom’s acquired infections when National Heath Service ban they banned white coats on the wear of white coats, and ties. I remember readties, and long-sleeve shirts ing the initial report of the during clinical activities. ban. While a professional What! Doctors aren’t alDr. Stephen Rath appearance was required lowed to wear white coats during my residency training, I hung my or ties when they see patients! Strangely white coat on the door and wore short enough, this announcement wasn’t met sleeves and a bow tie. (And yes, I can with the expected outrage in the United pull off the bow tie look.) States due to the data behind the new As a patient, I expect my physipolicy. Numerous studies have shown cian’s highest priority is my safety and that white coats and full-length ties are wellness. As such, professional dress fomites. What’s a fomite? According to should be redefined where my safety Wikipedia, a fomite is “any inanimate and wellness are the highest priority. object or substance capable of carrying Goodbye to the suit and tie! I expect infectious organisms, such as germs or my physician to wear either scrubs or a parasites, and hence transferring them short sleeve shirt (without a coat or long from one individual to another.” tie) to ensure I am not placed at any Picture this. You are in your usual greater risk. I understand that it is unstate of wellness and see your primary professional to place me at greater risk care physician (PCP) for your annual for the sake of appearance or personal wellness exam. Your PCP sees a diapride. The data supports this paradigm betic patient with a methicillin-resistant shift, not only in the United Kingdom staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infecbut in the United States. tion prior to your 15-minute visit. As an Join me in using data to drive our aside, MRSA is now prevalent in most communities, including Ruidoso and the healthcare system toward increased efficiency, increased patient safety and surrounding areas. Although your doc decreased cost. The data is there. Let’s does an admirable job with hand-washuse it for our benefit. ing before and after the wound check, This is the first article in a series and wears gloves during actual patient entitled “Data-driven docs.” The series contact, he thinks it is important to preswill examine the available data conent a professional appearance and duticerning some important medical issues fully wears a long-sleeve shirt and tie and compare current hospital policies and completes the look with the tradeand procedures with data-supported mark white coat. We’ll give him extra guidelines. Please feel free to email me credit for daily laundering of his white questions relating to community medicoat (folks-it doesn’t happen). During cal policy during this article series. Stay his exam, and unseen by the doc, the tuned for a data driven checklist to keep sleeve of his coat and the tip of his tie brushes against the open wound surface, you safe. Use it to replace the profit driven survey that “keeps you satisfied.” picking up the MRSA bacteria without visible soiling of the sleeve or tie. Disclaimer: Dr Stephen Rath, MD, DABA You are the next patient. Will you is a board certified anesthesiologist, Air ask your doc to start out with a new Force flight surgeon, paramedic, and wardrobe prior to seeing you? How pilot as well as the owner and medical many times have you asked your doctor director of Fusion Medical Spa located in to remove his shirt, tie, and white coat? Ruidoso. He keeps a white coat solely for Never? Me neither. picture opportunities. Comments or quesNumerous studies show that pations? His email address is: DrRath@ tients are placed at greater risk for infec- FusionMedicalSpa.net. Dr. Stephen Rath
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On an adventure
I am headed on an adventure. My teenage daughter and I have signed ourselves up to attend a mission trip through Fort Lone Tree. During this mission we will experience team building activities at the camp’s ropes course for a day and a half, then we will be off to the Alamo Navajo Reservation in northern New Mexico, where we will assist in repairing a rundown house by learning how to stucco and repair a roof. After that we will spend time relaxing, enjoying life and discussing the growth we experienced during the trip. We are super excited! My goal is to uphold my healthy lifestyle by packing smart so I can be mindful of the environment, while maintaining my healthy vegetarian lifestyle. Here are a few of the items I will take: • Sleeping bag and pillow • Clothes • Bathing suit – we will be rationed buckets of water for our showers which may help us understand how to conserve water • Toothbrush and toothpaste • Towels • Headlamp – this will free my hands from using the old fashioned flashlight • Toilet paper • Sewing and first aid kit • Journal – this will allow me to document my experiences, outline goals and capture my thoughts Packing my cooler and food supplies • Frozen containers of water, this will keep my ice chest cool, minimizing the expense and waste associated with bagged ice and I can drink the refreshing cold water as it begins to melt • Frozen homemade pinto and black beans (I never suggest canned beans) this will also help my cooler stay cold • Lots of fruits and vegetables to sustain us during this hard work and keep us well hy-
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Applications accepted for Steve LINCOLN LovatoSACRAMENTO memorial scholarship MOUNTAINS
Applications are being accepted for Response-(AMR) Roswell Service. He RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380 the Steve Lovato Memorial Scholarship had been employed for four years. In addition, he had planned to continue at ENMU-Roswell. The application his education to become a paramedic. deadline is Friday, April 15. The ComLovato was his organization’s safety munity Foundation of Chaves County officer, a driving instructor, and had established the Steve Lovato Memorial been selected as a company mentor to Scholarship Fund in 2002. This permahelp teach and develop potential EMTs. nent endowment fund was established Along with several others, Lovato, to provide scholarships to deserving ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA Emergency Medical Technician-Interindividuals interested in becoming mediate, was on duty while working for EMT’s. The fund is now being adminAMR when he was killed while renderistered by the Eastern New Mexico ing aid to an individual on March 16, University-Roswell Foundation. 2002. The endowment scholarship was Funds are available for tuition and created to remember the life and legacy the purchase of books up to $1,500 for of Steve Lovato shortly after his death. two paramedic students enrolled the For additional information, go Class of 2014 Paramedic Program for the fall 2013 and spring 2014 semesters to www.stevelovatomemorial.org or contact Mike Buldra, EMS Program ($750 per student per semester). Director, ENMU-Roswell Division of Lovato was an emergency mediHealth at 575-624-7076. cal worker for the American Medical
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drated as we work in the hot sun Quinoa and pasta (if we can boil water, we can cook) • Corn tortillas, flour tortillas and bread to pack lunches for the worksite • Spices – this will make the simple vegetables and fruit more flavorful Miscellaneous • Reusable plates, forks, spoons, knives, cloth napkins, sauce pan to boil water • Reusable coffee cups and refillable water bottles and a coffee press (no coffee filters necessary) • Biodegradable dish soap • Shopping bags as we may need to shop for more supplies and veggies during our adventure • Brain Perhaps on your next road trip you can use some of these ideas to help your vacation be healthy and sustainable. •
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Fishing report for Southeast NM Remember anglers, April 1 is fishing license renewal time for the 2013 season. Bataan Lake: No reports from anglers this week. Black River: As of Monday stream flow above Malaga was 1.3cfs. Trout fishing was slow. Blue Hole Park Pond: Trout fishing was good using PowerBait and salmon eggs. Bosque Redondo: Fishing was slow to fair using salmon eggs, Pistol Petes and small spoons for trout. No reports on other species. Bottomless Lakes: No reports from anglers this week. Brantley Lake: Anglers are to practice catch-and-release for all fish here as high levels of DDT were found in several fish. Carlsbad Municipal Lake: Trout fishing was fair using PowerBait and salmon eggs. El Rito Creek: Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs. Greene Acres Lake: Trout fishing was fair to good using PowerBait, Z Rays, Panther Martins, homemade dough bait and salmon eggs. Green Meadow Lake: Trout fishing was very good using small Daredevles, Panther Martins,
PowerBait, worms and salmon eggs. No reports on other species. Grindstone Reservoir: Trout fishing was very good for anglers using salmon eggs and PowerBait. A few fish were also taken by anglers using Z Rays and Panther Martins. Jal Lake: Fishing was good using salmon eggs, worms and PowerBait for trout. Lake Van: Trout fishing was fair using Pistol Petes, homemade dough bait, worms and salmon eggs. Anglers using worms also picked up a few catfish. No reports on other species. Oasis Park Lake: Trout fishing was good using PowerBait and homemade dough baits. Pecos River: Water flow on Monday below Sumner Lake was 83cfs. The west side access has dried out and is now open. Fishing was slow for all species. Perch Lake: Trout fishing was good using worms, PowerBait, salmon eggs, small Kastmasters, Panther Martins and Pistol Petes. Ruidoso River: Water flow at Hollywood on Monday was 3.2cfs. No reports from anglers this week.
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Four Shillings Short - around the world in 30 instruments
The Celtic/Folk/World music duo Four Shillings Short are coming to town. The duo presents a multicultural educational concert for all ages called “Around the World in 30 Instruments” featuring a fantastic array of instruments including hammered and mountain dulcimer, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, tinwhistles, recorders, Medieval and Renaissance woodwinds, North Indian sitar, charango, bowed psaltery, banjo, bodhran, guitar, percussion and even a krumhorn. This fun and informative program includes traditional music from Ireland and Scotland, India, Medieval & Renaissance Europe and the Americas.
Celebrating their 18th year together, the husband/wife duo tour in the US and Ireland, are independent folk-artists with 10 recordings, perform 150 concerts a year and live as full time troubadours traveling from town to town performing at music festivals, theatres and performing arts centers, folk societies, libraries, house concerts and schools. Aodh Og O’Tuama grew up in a family of poets, musicians and writers. He received his degree in music from University College Cork, Ireland and received a Fellowship from Stanford University in California in Medieval and Renaissance performance. He plays tinwhistles, Medieval and Renaissance
Trace Adkins in concert April 12
Trace Adkins is one of Country music’s most accomplished entertainers. His trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts and turned albums into Platinum plaques, selling more than 10 million albums, cumulatively. The Grammy-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry is also a television personality, actor and author. He is a spokesperson for the Wounded Warrior Program, the American Red Cross and will soon complete his eighth USO tour. His 2007 autobiography, “A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Redneck,”
the 6’6” oil-rigger-turned-Country star recounted his rise to fame, brushes with death, battles with personal demons and just how the world’s biggest alpha-male handles fatherhood – he has five daughters. In 2008, Trace’s integrity and wry humor served him well as he became a finalist on NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice. His return to Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars is now eagerly awaited. In 2011, he played a tougher-thannails biker in The Lincoln Lawyer and released his tenth studio album, Proud to Be Here (Show Dog-Universal). It debuted atop the Billboard Country chart and featured the top 10 single, “Just Fishin’.” In 2011, when a fire claimed the Adkins family’s home, Trace forged a relationship with the American Red Cross, who were among the first on the scene. He is now a spokesman for the esteemed organization and will compete on Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars in their name. In December 2012, Trace served as co-host of the American Country Awards on FOX for their third consecutive year. He released a new version of the Christmas classic, “We Three Kings,” and is preparing his eleventh studio album (Spring 2013), which will feature the new American anthem, “Tough People Do.”
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woodwinds, recorders, doumbek (from Morocco), bowed TUESDAY, APRIL 23 psaltery, spoons and sings 1:15 - 2:30 p.m., school concert both in English, Gaelic and 6 - 8 p.m., free family concert French. Ruidoso Public Library Christy Martin grew 107 Kansas City Rd. • Ruidoso up in a family of musicians and dancers. From 575-258-3704 the age of 15, she studied North Indian Sitar for 10 ages, who’ll be amazed by the duo’s years, five of them with a student thematic range.” of master sitarist Ravi Shankar. She — Glen Starkey, New Times, began playing the hammered dulciSan Luis Obispo, Calif., 2010 mer in her 20s and has studied with “They are not the Clancy BrothMaggie Sansone, Dan Duggan, Cliff ers or Jean Richie or Ravi Shankar but Moses, Robin Petrie, Tony Elman a combination of all three, laced with and Glen Morgan. In addition she Irish humor. Their collection of instruplays mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, ments is museum-like and I’ve never banjo, guitar, bodhran (Irish frame drum), charango, bowed psaltery and seen the place so packed.” — San Gregorio General Store, Calif. sings in English, Irish, Spanish and Sanskrit. “These are two of the best musicians that I’ve seen come through. They What folks say about are authentic, traditional and spontaneFour Shillings Short: ous.” “Four Shillings Short, celto-indo — Suburban Exchange, Houghton fusion duo, is a world class act.” Mich. — KMFB - Late Night Liz, “A husband-and-wife duo of mystiFort Bragg, Calif. cal musical abilities. Their sound is “Stunning performance last haunting, crystalline beauty.” night. What a delightful couple. — Monterey County Weekly, Would definitely go to see them Monterey, Calif. again. Folk music at its best. Well “Four Shillings Short are the sung, well played and I lost count of ultimate in entertainment. The variety how many instruments. One of the of musical instrumentation really keeps most inspiring performances I have me interested. Equal amounts of male ever witnessed.” and female energy keep the emotional — Alan Grainger, content well-balanced. Song lyrics Berea, Ky., 2011 don’t get hidden underneath too much “The Celtic/Folk/World music accompaniment. Harmonies are sweet; duo performs on a bevy of unusual instrumental solos spirited. And best of instruments and in myriad styles. all, their demeanor belies a commitment This is a great show for kids of all Continued on pg. 10
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Music fest at the Old Mill
On Friday, April 5 at 6 p.m., Richard Chorné will present a special program with his musical friends at the Old Mill Playhouse, 641 Sudderth Dr., Ruidoso. This concert will feature Corinna Ripple on fiddle, best known as a member of the Flying J Wranglers. Blake Martin will also help with this show. The group will cover a variety of styles and songs. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door. The show is one set, approximately 70 minutes. Tickets may be purchased at the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds help preserve the Old Mill as a part of Ruidoso history and now as an intimate music venue.
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FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT, from pg. 9 to the ideal of rising up singing.” — Chicory House Concerts Forty Fort, Penn. Their musical virtuosity makes old songs sound new and new songs sound like time-worn Celtic spells. — CITY PAGES, Wausau Wis. Four Shillings Short takes you on a musical journey through time and across the seas as they perform everything from traditional Irish tunes and airs to Indian Ragas. Throughout the performance they play a mix of world music that both have pulled from their rich and diverse backgrounds, but always keep a Celtic bent to their sound.” — The Foothills Sun-Gazette, Exeter, Calif. “Sunday nights’ concert featured a husband and wife duo called Four Shil-
Life’s a bush
Copyright © 2013 Jay McKittrick Late one afternoon while rolling along Interstate 10, a middleaged tumbleweed bumped into the base of a large saguaro cactus: “Hey! Why don’t you watch where you’re goin’!” shouted the cactus with authority. “Sorry, sir!” the tumbleweed responded humbly. “Tom? Tom Tumbleweed – is that you?” asked the saguaro with excitement. “Hey! Chris Cactus – long time no see, man!” “Wow! It has been a long time,” said the cactus at the sight of his old acquaintance, “and the last time I saw you, you were really on the
lings Short. They are astounding. They both have wonderful singing voices. They play an incredible variety of music from Indian Ragas to Celtic, Traditional folk and about anything else you can think of. They are very charismatic with great stage presence.” — Columbus Folk Music Society, Ohio “Within moments of hearing the hammered dulcimer and the flute, I was transported through time and space to a green, green meadow and felt the warm Irish sun on my face and smelled the salt air of the Atlantic coast. The rest of the tour was no less evocative. Thank you Aodh Og and Christy for your moving artistry and for letting us share the path with you and such a beautiful and all too brief May evening.” — Jan Hardison, Youngstown, N.Y., 2012
fence in life.” “Yeah, but I’ve got a good job now,” the tumbleweed told him with pride, “working for the Transportation Department. ”No kidding – Jay McKittrick What, do you pick up jaymckittrick@gmail.com trash on the side of the road or something?” Homeland now... I’m the cactus asked. responsible for keep“Nothing like that,” ing terrorists out of the the tumbleweed told desert and stuff like him. “I run a crew... We that – but like they say: roll in front of trucks... Life’s a bush, and then You know, to slow you die.” them down. It saves “Ain’t that the lives, and reduces our truth,” the tumbledependency on foreign weed agreed. “In my oil.” next life, I’m coming The tumbleweed back as a horney toad then said looking up at – lucky little lizards the cactus, “I see that – they get to screw you are still in secuaround all day while rity?” the rest of us work “Yeah... I’m with ourselves to death!”
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ROSWELL: Apr 6 Kickin’ Country Gala, Eastern NM State Fairgrounds, Arts & Crafts Bldg, 5 - 11 p.m. Hosted by Esperanza House of Artesia and Roswell. $25 ticket includes BBQ and barn dance and live and silent auctions. Music provided by Jody Nix & The Texas Cowboys. All proceeds benefit the child abuse and sexual assault prevention programs of Esparanza House, Inc. (Artesia and Roswell). Call 575-736-2020 for tickets or visit www.esparanzahouse.com ARTESIA: Apr 8 Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), Hotel Artesia, 5 p.m. Industries face a regular onslaught of federal regulations that threaten the economy and way of life. Can companies survive the federal regulatory avalanche? How can industries get ahead of cap-andtrade, Endangered Species Act and a carbon tax? Attend a reception featuring Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) to discuss these issues and more. RSVP to 575-746-2744 11 U.S. Border Patrol Citizens’ Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), 6 - 8 p.m. The U.S. Border Patrol Academy invites the general public to participate in a Citizens’ Academy beginning April 11 and continuing for six consecutive weeks following. The Citizens’ Academy is designed to give members of the community an opportunity to experience what it takes to become a Border Patrol Agent. Participants must be at least 18 years old and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien. FLETC is a secure facility; therefore all attendees must be cleared by FLETC Security Services before gaining access to the campus. To register or for more information, contact the Community Liaison and Academy Support Department, 575-748-8032 Free Income Tax Assistance, ENMU-Roswell, Instructional Center, Room 112B, 4 - 7 p.m. To qualify, total family income must be less than $51,000 OR for individuals 65 and older filing a simple return. All preparers are IRS Certified for 2012 Income Taxes. 575-347-8466
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CARLSBAD: Wed’s Coffee Connection, Trinity Hotel, 201 S. Canal St., 7 a.m. Meet people interested in our community, discuss local events and issues, share ideas, create energy and excitement for our community Apr 6 Third Annual Spring Fling, Beach Bandshell area, 12 - 4 p.m. A fun, positive way to kick off the week of spring break for families. Music, interactive booths, information from community organizations, live performances by area groups and more. 575-885-2118. Free 7 Carlsbad Horticulture Society Annual Spring Plant Sale, Living Desert Zoo & Gardens State Park, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Many varieties of xeric, or low water use, outdoor plants are available as well as indoor succulent plants. 575-2349554 12 Star Party at Brantley Lake, Limestone Campground Group Shelter, 7:30 p.m. Large telescopes will be set up to look at the planet Jupiter and other wonders of the night sky. Visitors are welcome to bring their own telescopes as well. Regular entrance fees apply. The Star Party will be cancelled if the sky is too cloudy. 575-457-2384.
LEA COUNTY HOBBS: Thru Crime Lab Detective exhibit May 5 opening, Western Heritage Museum. Visitors can solve a crime using the same tools and methods that detectives use. Gather evidence, investigate suspects and determine who committed the crime. Fun for the whole family. 575-492-2678 575-492-2678; www.westernheritagemuseumcomplex.com. Free Apr 4-14 Wright’s Carnival, Lea County Event Center, 5 - 11 p.m. week days; 5 - midnight weekends. Tickets and arm bands only available at the carnival 12 An Evening with Trace Adkins, Lea County Event Center, 5101 N. Lovington Hwy., 7:30 p.m. Get tickets at Selectaseatlubbock.com and the Lea County Event Center. 800-735-1288
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ALTO: Apr 6 The Fab Four! Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Rd., 7 - 9 p.m. The Fab Four is elevated above every other Beatles Tribute due to their precise note-for-note renditions of Beatles’ songs. The stage show includes three costume changes representing each era of the Beatles’ career. 575-336-4800; www.spencertheater.com. Preperformance buffet, 5 p.m., $20. Performance, $69 and $66 RUIDOSO: Apr 4 Business After Hours, Dr. Dylan Midkiff, 456 Mechem, Suite C, 5 - 7 p.m. Dr. Midkiff ’s office has moved into their new building and want to show it off. Stop by and help them celebrate. Refreshments, networking and sharing ideas with fellow chamber members. 257-7395. Free Live Concert with guitarist and 5 musician, Rich Chorné, the Old Mill Playhouse, 641 Sudderth Dr., 6 - 8 p.m. Accomplished guitarist and musician, Rich Chorné will present a special program with Corina Ripple and Blake Martin. Proceeds go to help preserve the Old Mill as part of Ruidoso’s history and future as an intimate music venue. www. guitarrich.com. $20 5-6, “And Then There Were None,” 12-13 a classic Agatha Christie murder mystery, presented by Lincoln County Community Theatre, 2710 Sudderth Dr., 7 p.m. $20; tickets may be purchased at the door. 257-7982 6 Free Movie “The Butterfly,” Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. Julien (Michel Serrault), a collector of butterflies, seeks to find the rare Isabelle Butterfly at the request of his now deceased brother. Before he begins his journey to the Alps for the search, he meets 8 year old Elsa (Claire Bouanich). Julien agrees to bring Elsa along, not knowing that Elsa’s mother never approved or knew about this. 575-257-2273. RUIDOSO & RUIDOSO DOWNS: Apr 4-5 Used Tire Amnesty Weekend, All American Park in Ruidoso Downs; Schoolhouse Park in Ruidoso, Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat 8 a.m. - noon. Bring used tires and old pots and pans. Car, light truck, SUV tires (with or without rims). No large commercial tires. 575378-4697 or 575-257-5030
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Apr Wed’s Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, Club 49, Inn of the Mountain Gods. 7 p.m. Professional comedians will perform live every Wednesday night. $5 admission. Must be 21 or older to attend. 575-464-7028 12 Brantley Gilbert & Kip Moore, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m. Brantley Gilbert was nominated for the 2012 ACM New Artist of the Year after earning his first-ever nod in the Song of the Year category at the 2011 CMA Awards. He has penned three No. 1 hits – “My Kinda Party,”“Dirt Road Anthem,” and “Country Must Be Country Wide.” Kip Moore is an up-and-coming country sensation. He paired up with songwriter Brett James, who produced his debut album, Drive Me Crazy. Moore’s first single, “Mary Was The Marrying Kind” was a hit and “Somethin’ ’Bout A Truck” is in the top 30 on the charts and climbing. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets start at $35 26 Pam Tillis & Laurie Morgan - Grits & Glamour Tour, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m. Tillis, daughter of famed performer Mel Tillis, has released three platinum albums and two gold, in addition to earning the Country Music Association’s “Female Performer of the Year” award. In 1999, Tillis took home her first Grammy for “Best Country Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “Same Old Train.” At age 25, Morgan became the youngest person ever to join the Grand Ole Opry and is also the first female country artist to release three consecutive platinum-selling albums. She is a four-time “Female Vocalist of the Year” and is best known for hits including “Something In Red,”“Out Of Your Shoes” and “Five Minutes.” InnOfTheMountainGods.com. $25 May 4 Los Lonely Boys, Inn of the Mountain Gods, “Texican rock ‘n’ roll” trio Los Lonely Boys promise an entertaining Cinco De Mayo weekend. Originating from San Angelo, TX, the band’s debut single, “Heaven,” reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also earned the group a Grammy Award for “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.” The Boys’ most recent album, “Rockpango,” hit shelves in 2011. Tickets start at $25, www.InnOfTheMountainGods.com or Ticketmaster
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ALAMOGORDO: IMAX NM Museum of Space History “HUBBLE,” Daily at 11 a.m. 2 and 4 p.m. The seventh awe-inspiring film for the award-winning IMAX space team. Accompany the walking astronauts as they attempt some of the most difficult tasks ever undertaken in NASA’s history; experience the power of the launches, heartbreaking setbacks and dramatic rescues. Explore the grandeur of the nebulae and galaxies, the birth and death of stars and some of the greatest mysteries of our celestial surroundings. “AIR RACERS,” Daily at 10 a.m. 12 and 3 p.m. Devoted to the fastest race in the world: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. Enter into Nevada’s Valley of Speed to experience the intensity and high-speed thrills of a sports event like no other combined with spectacular air show entertainment. También en español. Apr 6 Trinity Site Tour, Caravan starts at Tularosa High School, 7 a.m. Date: Tour the first atomic bomb site. 575-437-6120; www.wsmr. army.mil. Free to join the caravan 11 NMSU-Alamogordo Summer/ Fall Registration; continues through May 3. Register online at nmsua.edu or on campus at 2400 North Scenic Drive, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Mon - Thurs; 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fri. 439-3700; www.nmsua.edu 12-13 10th Annual White Sands Mustang/Ford Round-Up, Alameda Park, registration 8 - 10 a.m.; judging 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.; awards 2 - 3 p.m. More than 100 awards given: Mustang classes; Specialty Ford classes; Special awards. 575921-9383. Free to attend 12 Alamogordo Chamber Annual Banquet, Willie Estrada Civic Center, 800 E First St., 6 - 11 p.m. Citizen, Business and Associate of the Year will be announced. Enjoy dinner, music, dancing and a silent auction. Hollywood theme. 575437-6120. Tickets now available 27 19th Annual Earth Day Fair, Alameda Park Zoo, 1321 N. White Sands Boulevard, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. More than 80 different organizations will be participating and local non-profit organizations will sell food and drinks. Smokey the Bear, Woodsy the Owl and local entertainers plus children’s activities and games. Hundreds of butterflies will be released into the zoo’s Butterfly Garden. 575-415-3494. Free