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

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

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

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

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By Lynda Sánchez Something perhaps a little inspirational today... with most of you I have had this simple cup of coffee. Sometimes it has been around a camp fire and in a battered tin cup; sometimes at a charming Tea Party like we have here in Lincoln from time to time at the Dolan house; sometimes at the Wortley with regular and sturdy white pottery mugs; sometimes at Starbucks or regular restaurant coffee, sometimes in an heirloom and delicate china coffee cup like what my mother used to use; sometimes in my favorite

wild rose coffee cup or one that included an Iris embedded on the side and given to me by Katherine, my hija. Sometimes the thought, the camaraderie, the discussion all can be considered here.

Some of the best and strongest café fuerte y rico came from my visits to pueblos in Colombia where the campesinos offered me café tinto; black and strong and would knock your socks off, served in a tiny metal cup. I always fix coffee with Louisiana Chicory... strong, dark and with a dollop of whip cream and rum for special occasions.

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A hidden treasure

– the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame

By Eugene Heathman and Ty Wyant

The Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame, home to building racing history one horse, one trainer and one jockey at a time, is dedicated to educating the public about horseracing and preserving racing’s history. It features a collection of very rare pieces of racing memorabilia located at Ruidoso Downs Race Track.

Offering up a superb collection of racing memorabilia and racing history lives throughout the collection, The Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame inductees are people and horses who have had a profound impact on their sport. “Even non-racing folks who appreciate history are amazed at the interactive kiosks that present some of the greatest races and stories in racing history as well as information on each of the members of the hall of fame,” said Ty Wyant, museum curator. Every year only one owner/breeder, one trainer, one jockey and one horse are enshrined. Induction ceremonies are held at the track in late June. “It is a very select group, indeed, and there are very few museums like this in the country, especially at race tracks,” Wyant said.

Bobby Cox, Corona Cartel named to Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame

Two-time champion owner Bobby Cox, along with major stakes winner and leading sire Corona Cartel, will be honored as 2013 inductees to the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame. Cox has been a major force as both an owner and a breeder in Quarter Horse racing at the highest level.

He was named the 2004 and the 2010 champion owner by the American Quarter Horse Association. At Ruidoso Downs, Cox won the 2004 All American Derby and the Rainbow Derby with his homebred champion Brimmerton.

He also won the 2004 Ruidoso Futurity with homebred All About Ease, 2007 All American Derby with homebred Dont Let Down and the 2009 Rainbow Futurity with Zoomin With Ease. Cox’s horses have earned nearly $8 million and horses he bred have earned more than $14 million since 1991.

Corona Cartel impacted Quarter Horse racing as both a racehorse and a sire. On the track, Corona Cartel raced to the Grade 1 wins in both the Los Alamitos Million and the Kindergarten on his way to career earnings of $517,142. He raced for owner Celina Molina and was trained by Jaime Gomez. Corona Cartel then became one of the most influential sires in the history of the breed. A son of Holland Ease and Ruidoso Downs Racehorse

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Trainer James McArthur, 2013 inductee into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame. McArthur ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA has been one of Quarter Horse racing’s most important trainers for four decades.

Below, Corona Cartel, one of the most influential sires in the history of Quarter Horses.

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Hall of Fame member Corona Chick, he recently surpassed the $40 million mark in progeny earning. Mr Jess Perry and Corona Cartel are closely ranked for the titles of leading living sire of money earners and the second all-time leading sire of money earners behind First Down Dash.

Standing at Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie, Okla., Corona Cartel has sired five champions and three millionaires. His daughter Blues Girl Too was named the 2007 world champion and retired with earnings of $2,032,328. She is the alltime leading money-earning mare. His other millionaires are $1,212,471 earner and All American Futurity winner Teller Cartel, who also stands at Lazy E Ranch, and $1,004,829 earner Eye For Corona. Corona Cartel is the sire of 125 stakes winners and 124 stakes-placed runners.

McArthur, Brooks named to Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame

Trainer James McArthur and jockey Roy Brooks join owner/breeder Bobby Cox and leading sire Corona Cartel to complete the

2013 class to be inducted into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame.

McArthur has been one of Quarter Horse racing’s most important trainers for four decades. His stable has continued on next page

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Park. He won the 2011 Heritage Place been primarily based in New Mexico, Derby aboard Capo De Capi and the however he has also found success in 2012 edition with Priceless Feature.

California. Up until recently, his wife Then, after winning this year’s HeriDonna ran their operation based at Los tage Place Derby, he came to Ruidoso Alamitos Race Course.

Downs and rode Priceless Feature in James sent out Walter Merrick’s the Grade 1 $903,000 Rainbow Derby. world champion Easy Date to win They held the lead until the final jump the 1973 All American Futurity at when champion Ochoa caught them Ruidoso Downs and then to win the and they finished second by a head.

1974 Champion of Champions at Los Less than two weeks later, Brooks Alamitos. Easy Date became the first celebrated his 71st birthday. horse to sweep Quarter Horse racHe was born and still lives in ing’s premier race for 2-year-olds (All Blanchard, Okla., on his family’s American Futurity) and older horses farm. He began his (Champion of race riding career Champions). The in 1969 in his naonly other horse to tive Oklahoma. He perform this feat scored his first of is world champion three Oklahoma Refrigerator. Easy Derby wins in Date also became 1971 and also has the first horse to three wins in the win the All AmeriOklahoma Futucan Futurity who rity and two wins was sired by an All in the OklahomaAmerican Futurity bred Futurity. He winner, Merrick’s was second in the Easy Jet. The fact 1987 All American that everyone’s Futurity aboard Hall of Famer Elaina Rae and Merrick sent Easy third in the 1983 Date to McArthur is testament to his Courtesy photo All American Futurity with Racy skills as a horseJockey Roy Brooks Roman. Brooks man. Easy Date is most productive year came in 2007, in the AQHA Hall of Fame. when he turned 66, with 93 victories McArthur also won the 1984 All and his horses banking $1,617,996.

American Futurity with Eastex. The His most important win came in the gelding set a then stakes record of 21.42 seconds while winning the 440- Speedhorse Gold and Silver Cup Futurity at Fair Meadows. He won the first yard classic by one length. He is still Sam Thompson Award in 2011. the seventh all-time leading money The Ruidoso Downs Racehorse earner at $1,869,406 and was the allHall of Fame is located on the second time leading money earner until he was surpassed by Refrigerator. McAr- floor at Ruidoso Downs Race Track, near the entrance of the All American thur’s other major Ruidoso Downs Turf Club. stakes wins include the All American “We also have the facilities availDerby, Rainbow Futurity, Rainbow able for parties, educational events Derby and Kansas Futurity. At Los and business meetings, anything you Alamitos, he won the Kindergarten can imagine. The Hall of Fame is for (twice) and the Dash For Cash Fututhe people to enjoy and we welcome rity (twice). He also won the Golden the opportunity to host events among State Derby at Bay Meadows and the horse racing greatest legends,” Wyant Dash For Cash Futurity at Lone Star said.

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Admission is free. All donations Jockey Roy Brooks defines lonto the Racehorse Hall of Fame are tax gevity. He turned 71 in August and has won the latest two runnings of the deductible and help promote the Hall of Fame’s mission.

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Art of the West features Gordon Snidow

By Sue Hutchison Local and internationally acclaimed artist Gordon Snidow has been selected as the headline artist for Art of the West’s May/June 2013 edition by Vicki Stavig, editor. A full-length feature article was written by Stavig herself in the process of catching up the international art world about Snidow’s current work, including a message from Lee Arnone, president of The Snidow Museum of Fine Art. Snidow’s work has been selected to be featured on the cover.

“We are so pleased Gordon has been given this well-deserved honor. No one deserves it quite like him,” says Arnone. When Stavig asked Arnone about Snidow and the vision for the upcoming museum, Arnone said, “I wanted to give the world a glimpse into the unparalleled work and life of Gordon Snidow.”

The bimonthly publication features Snidow and his passion of art with photos of his most recent work. Titled “Art is the Air I Breathe,” it traces Snidow’s love of depicting the American West back to his boyhood and is an interview to describe his pathway. Personal anecdotes along with his reflections on his more than 50 years of documenting the

west are contained in the article. “Complacency is the artist’s greatest enemy,” says Snidow in the article as he describes his development as an artist.

“My main goal is to never be satisfied,” he says.

Snidow and his wife Grace have been Ruidoso residents for decades and have contributed his art to hundreds of Lincoln County businesses, charities and organizations. Snidow is in his studio daily, in the continual process of painting the American West as he sees it. The Snidows have recently donated a life-size bronze sculpture to Ruidoso’s new River Trail and the pedestal is in the process of being built as the sculpture’s permanent home at the trailhead.

Nothing is off limits to Snidow. Where some artists may focus on one or two aspects of western life, Snidow features it all. From interpretations of the life of a cowboy, he’s also painted the homeless, veterans, women on the range and even graffiti.

Snidow’s work is his view of a half century of life across the genre of the west.

Art of the West’s website is www.aotw.com to learn more about the article and the magazine. To learn about The Snidow Museum of Fine Art, visit www.snidowmuseum.org.

Photos courtesy of Sue Hutchison

Gordon Snidow is the featured artist for May/June’s Art of the West magazine. The local artist has contributed to hundreds of organizations in Lincoln County with one of his recent gifts to Ruidoso a life-size bronze which will be placed at the start of the new Ruidoso River Trail, shown below.

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studies, we began to understand more fully the proFusion Medical Spa, Ruidoso gression from viral infection to cancer. We began to see that most of the women who had this virus got rid of it all by themselves in a year or two. In 2006, the Pap smear screening intervals changed as women were risk stratified by their age. Our manThe article series, Data agement of borderline Pap Dr. Keri Rath Driven Docs, is designed to smears changed to include provide a behind-the-scenes HPV testing. In 2012, the recommendaview into a few areas of medicine that tions changed again to further extend the should be driven by data or best practices screening interval to five years. and, for whatever reason, are not. SomeFive years?!? I have many patients times our practices are driven, as menwho don’t believe it and feel that skipping tioned in previous articles, by third parties their Pap smear is akin to a death wish. or regulation agencies. Sometimes we I have heard a number of times “I know ignore best practices because our patients about the new recommendations but I ask us to. would feel better if you just went ahead As a guest writer, I will make a deand did my Pap smear.” Before you start parture from the glamorous world of aesto feel like five years is long enough to slip thetic and flight medicine and delve into through the cracks consider that screensomething as mundane as the Pap smear. ing tests are a balancing act. They don’t Men - you are not yet welcome to put the diagnose anything. It takes more testing, paper down and leave. I’m going to talk more expense and more emotional trauma about something you might find interestto make the diagnosis and the job of the ing as well if you are a bit of a science screening test is to help us determine nerd. Ladies – I know that Pap smears are when further testing is warranted. The new something that you have historically felt guidelines were designed to get more bang were your annual duty. Skip them and you for our buck. If you have an abnormal pap could be sure to feel the wrath of your smear in 2012 we are already much closer disapproving provider and potentially to a significantly risky diagnosis than we even have to beg for your birth control. were with an abnormal Pap smear in 1998.

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I am in no way arguing that abnormal Pap Described initially by Dr. George smears should not be investigated apPapanicolaou in 1943, the Pap smear has propriately. In some cases this includes been the single most life saving screening repeating the test in a year. In some cases, test we as a species have ever dreamed this includes a diagnostic test called a up. Cheap, easy, fast and readily availcolposcopy. In some cases, the Pap smear able; it is performed around the world is significantly abnormal enough to warmore often than any other cancer screenrant skipping the diagnostic test and going ing test in existence. Is it perfect? No. Is straight to treatment. In no case does it any screening test? No. We have, however include repeating the Pap smear in a ever, gotten much closer to perfect since few months and believing there will be a 1943. I’ll explain. A Pap smear consists of better result. At your next visit, ask where cells from the cervix taken during a pelvic you fall on the screening interval spectrum. exam being evaluated under a microscope Ask where you are spending your healthto see if they have any characteristics of care dollar. Let’s make them count. cancerous cells. That was, until 1999, the best we could do. In 1999, the FDA Disclaimer: Dr. Keri Rath, MD, FACOG approved a molecular test to diagnose the is a board certified Ob/Gyn in Ruidoso. viral infection (human papilloma virus or She finds molecular diagnostic technology HPV) that caused cervical cancer. The test exciting as she was originally a biochemwas not easy to use until Pap smear colistry and genetics nerd and will be happy lection changed a bit and we could test for to whip out a flow chart or draw an explathe virus without a second visit or second nation on exam table paper for you if you pelvic exam. After a few years with the want one. Comments or questions? Email Contact@FusionMedicalSpa.net.

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Desert Light Film Festival – A big hit Youthful New Mexico film makers display creativity and technical savvy

By Rosalyn Stevenson The Desert Light Film Festival, April 19, showcased more than 50 films made by middle and high school students. The films were presented and viewed at the Rahovec Theatre on the campus of NMSU in Alamogordo and at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts also in Alamogordo. An awards ceremony was held at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts.

The festival is presented each year by New Mexico State University, Alamogordo; the Otero County Film Office and the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts. Keynote speakers this year included Dr. Phil Lewis, Director, Creative Media Institute, New Mexico State University, and Ann Lerner, Film Liaison, City of Albuquerque. Also present was Jan Wafful, Otero County Film liaison.

Organizers of the 2013 Desert Light Film Competition include Jan Wafful, Otero County Film Liaison; Omar Hamza, store manager for JC Penney; Bryan Yancey, ProTech division head at NMSU Alamogordo; Ranger Kathy Denton, Education and Interpretation specialist at White Sands National Monument; Laurie Anderson, Otero County Economic Development Council executive assistant; Christa Haynes, New York Life Insurance, Joan Griggs, festival director from NMSU Alamogordo; and Dr. Bruce Martin and Donna Cook, NMSU Alamogordo.

Sponsorship for cash prizes was provided by JC Penney.

Joan Griggs, director of Desert Light Film Festival, talked about how the festival has developed:

“In 2002, the Otero County Economic Development Council had the idea of starting an Otero County Film Office, as film was beginning to be a source of economic growth for the area. I took on the job of creating the film office. Many people contributed ideas, and we developed the idea of the Desert Light Film Festival to showcase middle and high school student films

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Joan Griggs, director of Desert Light Film Festival (2012).

and the White Sands Film Festival to showcase other filmmakers. We wanted the festivals to raise awareness that we have a film office in Otero County.

The Otero County Film Office, in conjunction with the New Mexico Film Office, offers support in all aspects of filmmaking to any filmmakers wanting to film in New Mexico.

Through the years the White Sands Film Festival has grown into an international film festival. It is now held in Las Cruces. We continue to develop the Desert Light Film Festival here, in Alamogordo. This year we had 127 entries, from 12 schools, including two from Albuquerque, two from Santa Fe and one from the home schooling program.

Seminars were given on special effects makeup; editing using Adobe Premier Pro; pyrotechnic special effects; making films not for cinema; and insider information from ABQ film.

The films are shown on a movie theatre-size screen using DVD disks, DVD player and an Eiki device to project the films. Something really new this year was the seminar on making films for virtual reality glasses and mobile phones and iPads.

From left, Joan Griggs, director of Desert Light Film Festival (2012); Jan Wafful, Otero County Film liaison; Samantha Filer and Shannon Jones of JC Penney. Filer, 17, was awarded 1st Place in the Drama/Comedy High School Division and was presented with the Best of Festival Award.

Below is Sylvia Barnhill from Alamogordo, who received an Honorable Mention. She produced “My Sweet Tooth” (animation).

The students learn filmmaking in the classroom at their respective schools. The school programs make cameras and editing software available to the students. Some judging criteria are provided to the students for the festival, but otherwise all of the concept and creation of the films is done by them.

As filmmaking is becoming more and more a part of New Mexico economic growth, we envision many of our young people trained and equipped to participate in all aspects of film making, from make-up to production.

It’s been wonderful developing the Desert Light Film Festival. People get stars in their eyes when you talk about film; kids, teachers, the community.

Everyone wants to come back.

We could likely double the number of entrants next year and still be able to handle it here within our support structure.”

For more information: www.filmotero.com.

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Fort Stanton Live! to be better than ever in 2014

By Jack Shuster Plans are underway for the best Fort Stanton LIVE! ever, according to Clinton Smith, president of Fort Stanton, Inc. Fort Stanton features nearly 160 years of southwestern history beginning with its initial creation as a military garrison in 1855 and operated as a military fortification through 1896.

It then became the first tuberculosis hospital in New Mexico, a working ranch, a CCC work camp, an internment camp for German seaman during World War II, the state hospital for the developmentally handicapped, a low security women’s prison and has even housed

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Infantry (1858), will set up camp at the and Fort Stanton, Doctor Cynthia Orozco of ENMU-Ruidoso with a series Fort on Friday evening, and on Saturday will present interactive historical of slide on the Fort Stanton Ranch and, interpretations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in costume, Nisha Hoffman presenting Visitors will enjoy the regular morning “I Married a Soldier.” Special tours of drill exercises followed by a variety of the WW II internment camp HOBBS will also • LOVINGTON military activities throughout the day. be available – so that one can take a Visitors could witness everything from peek back at one of the most important musket firing to mounted saber drills to chapters in world history. Local food vendors will be on hand to provide sus- the roar of the artillery. Anyone intertenance for your day at the Fort as well, ested in becoming a Living Historian is invited to join the drill at 8 a.m. on so bring a healthy appetite for knowlCARLSBAD • ARTESIA Saturday. edge, food and fun.

If you are looking for a special Be sure to mark Fort Stanton LIVE! on your calendar but plan on visiting the place to visit, a place to help you understand the history of New Mexico, Fort Stanton Historic Site at any time. and a place whose beauty and activity Visitors are welcome to explore the grounds will leave an indelible impression on of Fort Stanton at ROSWELL any you and your family, the Fort Stanton time, year round. The Historic Site is a must-see attraction.

Pecos River: Stream flow bemuseum and store are Fort Stanton is nestled along the Bonito low Sumner Lake on Monday River running through the picturesque open 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. was 75 cfs. Fishing was slow Capitan Mountains with the Sacramento Thursday through for all species.

Mountains – and the beautiful peak of Monday, noon to 4 Sierra Blanca – in the distance. Fort p.m. on Sunday.

Perch Lake: Trout fishing RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380just off the Billy Stanton is easy to find The third full was slow. the Kid Scenic Byway (Hwy 380) on weekend of each Ruidoso River: Stream flow Hwy 220 at the Bonito River. The turnmonth is Living near Hollywood on Monday off to Hwy 220 is 4 miles east of CapiHistory Weekend at was 2.5 cfs. Trout fishing was tan on the Byway or 10 miles west of Fort Stanton when slow.

Lincoln. The Fort is also easy to reach the Living Historians Santa Rosa Lake: The lake on Hwy 48, with the turnoff past the of the Fort Stanton has reopened to boating but Sierra Blanca Regional Airport. Watch Garrison, re-enacting the launch area is undevelALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA New Mexico history come to life at the the pre-Civil War oped and boating is restricted Company K, 8th U.S. remarkable Fort Stanton Historic Site. to no wake speed only.

Fishing pressure was a bit lighter this past week due to high wind conditions. There were several walleye caught by anglers using swim baits, worms and minnows. Anglers using worms also picked up a few catfish. There were no reports on other species. The surface water temp was in the mid to high 50s.

Sumner Lake: Fishing was slow for all species with very light fishing pressure. The Violation Canyon boat ramp Photo courtesy of Eugene Heathman remains open at this time and Cavalrymen from Fort Stanton undergo extensive trainwill remain open as long as ing and drills on horseback for those long days scouting lake levels permit. the hills and valleys of Lincoln County.

several juvenile, drug rehabilitation and alcohol rehabilitation programs.

Fort Stanton LIVE!, to be held July 13-14, will bring costumed Living Historians from the Civil War and Indian Wars eras to Fort Stanton for demonstrations, presentations, a concert and a military ball which will have visitors dancing into the night. Additionally, the event brings authors, historians, photographers, artists, and a variety of historical vendors to site to share their crafts and other handiwork.

Featured presenters include Lincoln Historic Site manager Gary Cozzens speaking on the Lincoln County War

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Fishing report for Southeast New Mexico Bataan Lake: Fishing was slow for all species.

Black River: Stream flow at Malaga on Monday was 16 cfs. Trout fishing was slow.

Blue Hole Park Pond: No reports from anglers this week.

Bonito Lake: Closed.

Bosque Redondo: Fishing was slow for all species.

Bottomless Lakes: Fishing was slow.

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: No reports from anglers this week.

El Rito Creek: Trout fishing was good using worms and salmon eggs.

Greene Acres Lake: Trout fishing was slow to fair using PowerBait, homemade dough bait and worms.

Green Meadow Lake: Trout fishing was fair using spinners, PowerBait and salmon eggs. There were no reports on other species.

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Grindstone Reservoir: Trout fishing was good using PowerBait, salmon eggs, worms, Kastmasters, Z Rays and spinners. Fishing was fair using worms for catfish.

Jal Lake: Fishing was slow for all species.

Lake Van: Trout fishing was slow to fair using Pistol Petes under a bubble, small Daredevles and worms. There were no reports on other species.

Oasis Park Lake: Trout fishing was fair using Pistol Petes and worms. There were no reports on other species.

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800 hombres, se agrupo en la ciudad de Puebla para detener el avance del ejercito invasor, el cual fue rechazado repetidas veces, teniendo al fin que abandonar el campo y retirarse vencidos y perseguidos por la caballería mexicana. La noticia del triunfo en Puebla llenó de entusiasmo a todo el país, moralmente levantó a el pueblo que se encontraba desanimado y temeroso por una posible invasión.

La victoria mexicana era una sorpresa porque el ejército francés era más grande y tenía materiales de guerra superiores.

Hay un refrán en inglés que dice de esta manera, “es posible ganar la batalla y perder la guerra,” los franceses ganaron otras batallas pero enfrentaron la resistencia mexicana y presión de los Estados Unidos, y tuvieron que retirar sus tropas en 1867.

El Cinco de Mayo es un día para conmemorar el coraje de

los luchadores contra la opresión. Quizás por eso este día de fiesta es muy popular dondequiera haya personas de ascendencia mexicana.

La historia es muy extensa y este espacio no es suficiente para contarla, pero les puedo decir que para una persona con raíces mexicanas tiene un gran significado, se espera esta fecha con gran expectación. Lamentablemente somos pocos los que tenemos el interés de conocer la verdadera historia y transmitirla a las nuevas generaciones.

Cinco de Mayo celebration for English and Spanish residents

By Marco Sánchez Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican celebration, and commemorates the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). It is called “El Día de la Batalla de Puebla” and is a key holiday in Mexico.

In the United States, Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, particularly in areas with large MexicanAmerican populations. Cinco de Mayo traditions include parades, of course, food and mariachi music performances, street festivals in cities and towns across the United States. Pero hoy les voy a describir lo que para los que tenemos raíces mexicanas significa. Actually, Mexico’s Independence Day (the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico) is celebrated Sept. 16.

La batalla de Puebla tuvo lugar el 5 de Mayo de 1862, el ejercito Frances creyó que seria fácil vencer al ejercito mexicano, por lo que, sin previa declaración de guerra y sin tomar las precauciones necesarias, asaltaron los fuertes de Loreto y Guadalupe, que defendían a la ciudad de Puebla.

El general Ignacio Zaragoza, al mando del ejercito mexicano que era compuesto de 4, mil

Sacramento Ranger District to open slash pit for private landowners CLOUDCROFT — Sacramento Ranger District will open the Forest Service slash pit near Cloudcroft, to accommodate private landowners who need to dispose of slash. The slash pit, located one mile northeast of the Village of Cloudcroft, near the junction of NM Highways 244 and 82, is scheduled to be open on the following Saturdays: May 4, 11 and 25, and June 8.

Plans to keep the pit open through the summer are contingent upon certain conditions, including: acceptable weather conditions, fuel load levels, the availability of District employees for staffing, and Forest Service related logging and thinning project activities in the vicinity of the slash pit that may temporarily impede access to site.

“The slash pit is now available to Cloudcroft residents who are engaged in ‘Firewise’ projects that include removal of vegetation, such as trees, branches, shrubs, weeds, and

grass, from private properties. Please remember that disposal of household trash and construction debris is not permitted,” said Caleb Finch, Assistant Fire Management Officer at the Sacramento Ranger District.

Once the slash pit is full, it will be closed to the public until the material can be removed. Coordination with Otero County will allow for the vegetative debris to be chipped and hauled to designated sites within the county.

Dates and hours of operation will be posted at the Sacramento Ranger District office and at the entrance to the pit.

For more information, stop by the Sacramento Ranger District Office; 4 Lost Lodge Road, Cloudcroft, or call 575-682-2551, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Visit the website at www.fs.usda.gov/lincoln and follow on Twitter at http://twitter. com/LincolnUSForest.

Photo courtesy of David Tremblay

61st annual Hondo Fiesta May 4 The 61st annual presentation of the Hondo Fiesta will be Saturday, May 4 at the Hondo school gymnasium starting at 6 p.m. Students in Headstart through 12th grade will be performing in a dazzling display of Spanish, Mexican and New Mexican dances.

General admission is $7 for adults and students. We encourage large groups to call ahead for reservations. For reserved seating please call 575-653-4411.

A fine Mexican dinner will be served from 4 - 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria. The dinner will include enchiladas, dessert and drink for $6.

In an effort to preserve their Hispanic Heritage approximately 100 students from Headstart-12th grades will be participating in this year’s performance. The program,

which began with Fermin and Cirenia Montes in 1948, has blossomed into a magnificent show drawing many people to the Hondo Valley every year. Since that time innumerable individuals, including former students, have worked together to keep the program alive and flourishing.

Through the years, public response to the folk dances and music has been enthusiastic. This year’s program will consist of several parts. The elementary will begin with their traditional favorite dances followed by the junior and high school students dancing to New Mexican and Mexican classics as the popular Café Colon, Jesusita en Chihuahua, El Jarabe Tapatio and many, many more.

For additional information contact the school at 575-653-4411.

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ROSWELL: May 4-5 26th Annual Old Timers Balloon Rally. Mass ascension both days at 6:30 a.m. at Cielo Grande. Fire Concert/Balloon Glow Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Cielo Grande Soccer Field on W. College.

About 50 balloons, pilots and crews are coming to Roswell from throughout the Southwest and Midwest. 575-622-9892 4-5 Party on the River/Fiesta Del Rio; Thunder On The River Motorcycle Show and Valley Vintage Car Show Saturday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m.

- 7:30 p.m. at Cielo Grande. Sporting activities include a sand volleyball tournament, flag football tournament and the annual Fiesta Tug of War. Thunder On The River 9th Annual Motorcycle Show, SW corner of Union and Riverside Dr. in Cahoon Park, 626-0754.

Valley Vintage Motor Car Club 38th Annual Car Show, east side of Union between Riverside and 4th St., 627-8292 or 622-4350.

The Annual Car Show & Shine will be Sunday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Both days: Live entertainment, vendors, food and game booths. No ice chests or animals are allowed in the park. No video cameras are allowed into the entertainment area during concerts. 624-6720 3rd Annual Skateboarding Competition, Cielo Grande Skateboard Park, Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. Free registration.

624-6719 4 Kentucky Derby Party, Bassett Auditorium, Roswell Museum and Art Center, 100 W. 11th Street, 2:30 p.m. Enjoy all things Derby - mint juleps, trivia games and prizes, Derby treats and watch the race on the big screen. Derby attire encouraged. Must be 21 or over. $50. 575-627-0918 ARTESIA: May 4 Mariachi Tenampa, Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 310 W. Main, 7:30 p.m. Presented by Santo Petroleum. 575-746-4212; www.artesiaartscouncil.com.

Tickets $20 7 Gathering of Friends - Spring Inspired Dishes, Simply Bello, 323 W. Main, 6 - 8 p.m. A cooking demonstration by Chef J with food sampling. Seating is limited.

575-736-3663; simplybello@pvtn. net. Registration $20

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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 May 10 Chick-Fil-A Leadercast, NMSUCarlsbad, hosted by the Carlsbad Department of Development. For a flyer for the list of speakers and to purchase tickets, go to http://business.carlsbadchamber.com/events/ details/chick-fil-a-leadercast-581.

Carlsbad is the only host site for this event in all of New Mexico

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 May 10-11 2013 Blessing of the Bikes & Grill Battle, St. Paul’s Methodist Church, 575-392-5581 11 Rick Springfield Concert, Lea County Event Center, 5101 N. Lovington Hwy., 7:30 p.m. Selectaseatlubbock.com, 1-800-735-1288 18 Find It in Hobbs Golf Tournament, Ocotillo Golf Course, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Big prizes, cool giveaways, fun contests, great food and more. Businesses can set up a booth at a tee on the course to show off wares or talk about services. There is a full menu of opportunities for chamber members to participate in this tournament, in addition to actually playing golf.

575-397-3202; info@hobbschamber.org

Member Hobbs Chamber of Commerce • Member Lovington Chamber of Commerce • Member Artesia chamber of commerce Member Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce • Member carrizozo chamber of commerce Member Roswell Chamber of Commerce • Member Alamogordo chamber of commerce Member Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce • Member ruidoso Valley chamber of commerce

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ALTO: May 4 World Labyrinth Day, High Mesa Healing Center, 1 - 2 p.m. A global celebration of the labyrinth on the first Saturday in May. “Walk as One at 1” – be part of the “rolling wave of peaceful energy as the earth turns.” A labyrinth is a single path or unicursal tool for personal, psychological and spiritual transformation. For directions to High Mesa Healing Center, go to highmesahealing.com or call 575-336-7777. Free CAPITAN May 4-5 Annual Smokey Bear Days.

Includes fire prevention and educational booths, live music, a street dance, visits from Smokey Bear throughout the event and at the cutting of his birthday cake. There is also a vendor’s marketplace, fun and education for the kids, chainsaw carving contest, auction of Smokey Bear memorabilia and much more. Parade Saturday at 10 a.m. 575-354-2748 CARRIZOZO: May 4 History of Livestock in New Mexico Talk, Carrizozo Heritage Museum, 12th St., 1 - 2:30 p.m.

This slide-illustrated talk covers the 400-year history of livestock in our state. The speaker is Bill Dunmire, who retired as Superintendent of Carlsbad Caverns National Park after 28 years in the National Park Service. His has written six books about New Mexico. Free HONDO May 4 61st annual Hondo Fiesta Hondo school gym, 4-8 p.m.

Dances start at 6 p.m. Students in Headstart through 12th grade perform a dazzling display of Spanish, Mexican and New Mexican dances. $7 for adults and students. A Mexican dinner – enchiladas, dessert and drink – for $6 will be served from 4 - 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria. 575-653-4411

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RUIDOSO: May 2 Lincoln County Prayer Breakfast, Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr., 6:30 - 8 a.m.

Breakfast buffet. Tickets can be picked up at Rio Ruidoso Realtors at 1204 Mechem Dr. or KEDU at 1009 Mechem Dr. 575-937-2849 2nd Annual Casino Gala for COPE, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd., 6 - 9 p.m. This event will feature food, cash bar, casino games, entertainment, silent and live auctions, prizes, and most important of all - benefit the community. All profits for this benefit will assist in saving COPE of Lincoln County and the services it provides to Lincoln County victims and their families. COPE is the Center of Protective Environment “your hope for a safe, violence free life.” Silent Auction closes at 8 p.m.

Live Auction begins at 7:30 p.m.

575-434-3622. Tickets are $20 3 Mesa Verde Enterprises Open House and Ribbon Cutting, 102 Close Road, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. They will be showcasing their products and services to the public. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. Ribbon Cutting, 11 a.m. 575-257-2995 3-4 Rock of Ages, Ruidoso Schools Performing Arts Center, Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. The dancers with the Ruidoso Dance Ensemble will knock your socks off.

Tickets $5. 575-257-3573 RUIDOSO DOWNS: Thru “Time Exposures: Picturing a 7/5 History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th Century,” Hubbard Museum, 26301 Hwy 70. This exhibit focuses on one of the oldest Native American communities with photos, interactive video, stories of the Pueblo of Isleta during the 19th century, artwork and pottery.

575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum.org. Admission: Adults, $6; seniors and military, $5; ages 6 to 16, $2; under 6, free Thru “Celebracion del Arte” Juried 9/9 Art Show, Hubbard Museum, 26301 Hwy 70, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Original art from some of New Mexico’s best artists will be on display. The Celebracion del Arte is a juried fine arts competition that seeks to recognize and honor excellence in the contemporary visual arts of the American West.

Thirty-two artists, representing 54 pieces of original art, were selected as finalists for the show. 575-3784142; www.hubbardmuseum.org

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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 galaxies 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 May 12 Stella Vita Mother’s Day Brunch, 902 New York Ave., 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Make reservations today, 575-434-4444 CLOUDCROFT: May 12 Mother’s Day Buffet in Rebecca’s at The Lodge Resort, 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Treat mom to a wonderful Mother’s Day meal at The Lodge. $35 adults; $15 children 12 and under. Reservations are required 575-682-2566 or 800-395-6343 or visit www.TheLodgeResort.com

MESCALERO 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 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, Texas, 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