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MOVIE ON THE LAWN AFTER SUNSET Photo courtesy of Jim Miller

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Jim Miller specializes in low-light, time-lapse and landscape photography. He is a native of New Mexico, though his travels have taken him all over North America. His experiences throughout his travels have helped shape his unique approach to photography and film. He has worked with many local film production companies filming independent movies which highlight the rugged landscapes of the southwest. His footage was featured on the Weather Channel’s Full Force Nature series detailing the Ruidoso Flood (2008).

Miller worked as the official videographer and photographer for the Miss New Mexico Pageant and the B.A.M. Music Festival. Additionally, he produced several films for the Cloudcroft and Timberon City Devel-

opment Councils. His work has been published in the Cloudcroft Mountain Monthly, the Ruidoso Free Press, the Ruidoso News and various magazines published throughout the state. In addition to being a professional photographer, Miller is a full-time student at Eastern New Mexico University studying art, photography and film.

Currently, Miller works in Ruidoso as a professional photographer covering events, weddings, portraits and commercial photography and video production. Miller’s work can be viewed and purchased through www. willtravelphoto.com.

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The great Chubby Checker rocks the Spencer Saturday, Aug. 10

It’s easy to see why Chubby Checker enjoys continuous fame when catching his explosive energy on stage.

He’s a virtual dynamo, and his historic song’s call – “Come on everybody, Let’s do the Twist” – gets folks young and old springing into motion with increased spunk in their every kick.

The man behind this phenomenon is an amazing vocalist, singer-songwriter, rocker and arranger. Not only has his “Twist” been ranked as Billboard’s biggest chart hit of all time (for its charting singles between 1958 and 2008) but Chubby is the only recording artist to place five albums in the Top 12 all at once. Starting in 1960 when he was just 18, he’s enjoyed a succession of up-tempo dance tracks that include the Platinum record “Let’s Twist Again,” the winner of the 1961 Grammy Award for Best Rock and Roll Solo Vocal Performance. Additional hits include “The Hucklebuck,” “The Fly,” “Dance the Mess Around” and “Pony Time,” which became his second No. 1 single.

Additionally, his 1962 duet with Dee Dee Sharp, “Slow Twistin’” reached No. 3 on the national charts and “Limbo Rock” hit No. 2.

Chubby has performed and recorded continuously since his wave-cutting rhythms first hit the airwaves and, to date, has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, securing the No. 56 spot in all-time record sales. His National Chart Life is second only to Elvis, and everyone agrees that Chubby revolutionized our culture with his socalled “dancing apart to the beat” when introducing “The Twist” to the world.

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(The high-octane tune not only changed the way we all move to music, it’s the first to have gotten teenagers and adults dancing on the dance floor at the same time). Indeed, from Woodstock to the 21st century, artists and fans express themselves in a fashion that Chubby first presented on American Bandstand in 1960. That’s the reason why Dick Clark said: “The three most important things that ever happened in the music industry are Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Chubby Checker.”

Joined by his five man band The Wildcats on saxophone, keyboards, drums, guitar and bass, the one and only Chubby will twist in Spencer spotlights Saturday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. Excellent seats are available for $79 and $76. Call the Spencer Box Office at 575-336-4800 or go online to www.spencertheater. com for tickets. The night of musical charm and gusto is sponsored by Sandy Erwin and Kay Bird. A pre-performance grilled pork chop buffet ($20) is also available in the lobby at 6 p.m.

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The upcoming racing week at Ruidoso Downs

Fight breast cancer on Saturday during Pink Day at the Races. Fun and fundraising help improve breast cancer awareness. Saturday offers thoroughbred fillies in the Aspen Cup and the top 870-yard runners compete in Sunday’s Master Salls Handicap. Racing runs Friday through Monday. First post time is 1 p.m. daily with free parking and free general admission.

Pink Day at the races

By Ty Wyant For the Ruidoso Free Press It is Pink Day at the Races to increase breast cancer awareness and the unbeaten Winter Book leads the three-year-old fillies competing over six furlongs in the $50,000 Aspen Cup on Saturday at Ruidoso Downs.

The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 230,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women this year and nearly 40,000 women will die from breast cancer in 2013. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer.

Saturday’s Pink Day at the Races is a grassroots effort to battle this dreaded disease with all proceeds going to Altrusa of Ruidoso. Anyone wearing pink will receive a free pink backpack (while supplies last) and there will be games, prizes, giveaways, drawings and a silent auction. Also, Race to Whip Cancer tee shirts will be sold for $15 each.

The racing has a female emphasis with a full field of 12 3-year-old Thor-

oughbred girls racing in the Aspen Cup. Owned by Solitaire Stable, Jimmy and Marion Sanders with Lisa Dominguez, Winter Book shoots for her third stakes win from as many starts when she makes her first start since October in the Aspen Cup. The filly started her career a year ago at Ruidoso Downs and trainer Henry Dominguez placed her in a stakes race, the Dale Wood Stakes, for her career debut. The Any Given Saturday daughter stepped up in stunning fashion with a seven-and-one-half length victory.

Winter Book moved up in class for her second start and responded with a two-and-one-quarter-length win in the Permian Basin Stakes as the 5-2 favorite.

Enrique Portillo Gomez has the mount on Winter Book and they will start from the ninth post position.

The Brian Stivers-owned and -trained Oneotwo comes off a pair of stakes wins at Arapahoe Park. She won the Inaugural Handicap over males and then took the George Wafer Memorial

Photo courtesy of Sue Hutchison

Swingin Daddyo’s owner, breeder and the trainer’s mother are all cancer survivors. Swingin Daddyo won the 2010 Rainbow Derby. over fillies and mares as the 8-5 favorite.

Kelsi Purcell also travels from

Arapahoe Park to ride Oneotwo and they drew the fourth post position.

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Famed artists Rogers, Donti Flores exhibit work in Capitan

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By Rosalyn Stevenson It was the last wish of Virginia Watson-Jones that Peter Rogers and Jerrold Donti Flores stage an exhibition of their art at what was her home in Capitan. Jones, a sculptor, writer, teacher, activist and supporter of the arts, passed away in January.

A resident of Capitan for several decades, WatsonJones earned her BA and BFA degrees from Loyola University and the University of Texas at San Antonio.

She attained her MA and MFA degrees at Texas Women’s University, culminating in the 1986 publication of her book, “Contemporary American Women Sculptors.”

Watson-Jones also published: “Lincoln County Arts” in 1999, a book of Lincoln County artist profiles and bios.

Some of Watson-Jones sculptural pieces and drawings will be on display during the August exhibit along with six never before shown works by Peter Rogers and new sculptures by Jerrold Donti Flores.

Peter Rogers is an internationally acclaimed artist and member of the legendary Wyeth-Hurd family of New Mexico artists. He was born in London where he studied at St. Martin’s School of Art. In 1957 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. In 1963 he married Carol Hurd, daughter of the painters, Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth Hurd and began painting and living on the Hurd’s ranch in San Patricio, where he continues to live and work.

Rogers’ work as a painter has been largely divided between major commercial commissions and his passion and life’s work, a series of major works in both painting and writing, titled together: “The Quest.”

Major commissions by the artist include murals for the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company and the Anaconda Mining Company: 1.) mural depicting the development of Prudhoe Bay and the North Slope oil fields in Alaska; 2) mural for the Anaconda boardroom in Denver of the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana; 3.) mural of the Cananea Pit, another copper mine in the state of Sonora in northern Mexico for the ARCOMEX offices in Mexico City.

Rogers was also commissioned to paint a mural for the Texas Tech Museum in Lubbock and a mural depicting the history of Texas for the State Archives and Library Building in Austin. Because of the popularity of this latter 13 foot by 35 foot curved mural, Rogers was made an Honorary Citizen of Texas. In Lincoln County, Rogers’ famed mural of Billy the Kid can be viewed at the Lincoln County Heritage Trust Museum.

of a sterling career as a painter.

His paintings are in numerFlores paintings evolved ous private collections, notably August 10, 11 • 17, 18 into what has come to be called that of Roy Anderson, oil mag107 South Lincoln, Capitan “Precisionist” style and from nate, as well as other notables. He 2 - 8 p.m. daily there into a near photo-realism periodically shows new work at style. His works have been cuhis studio in San Patricio.

575-937-4895 rated by the De Young Museum, From June 18, 2011 - Jan. the Walker Museum and the 24, 2012, the Roswell Museum Berkley Art Center which has and Art Center (RMCA) honored sometimes been touted as the Rogers with a comprehensive center for avant garde art and retrospective. The exhibit was also by the famed Pace Gallery titled: Peter Rogers: A Painter’s in San Francisco, to name a few.

Progress, curated by Andrew For some time Flores was John Cecil and supported in large under exclusive contract to the part by Donald B. Anderson, Pomeroy Galleries, a sister comfounder of the Anderson Museum pany of the Bechtal Corporation. of Contemporary Art also located His work has been collected by in Roswell. celebrities and notables, among “The results of Rogers’ them Steven Swiggs the founder artistic search have produced the and CEO of the Fairmont Hotels. evocative Quest paintings and his Flores was art director for book, “A Painters Quest, Art as the Paradise Ballroom in Los a Way of Revelation” (Bear and Angeles, an eclectic meld of Company, 1987) that explores event venue, music, fashion and and defines the conceptual basis art showcases. associated with his artistic and Flores is also noted for havspiritual vision… Rogers’ work ing been one of the members of – the literary and visual – has a similar disposition to that of Photo courtesy of Peter Rogers the first urban commune in the United States, “Project One.” visionary artist and poet Wil“The Second Baptism,” by Peter liam Blake (1757-l827). Both Rogers, 60 in. x 78 in., acrylic and oil. Populated by young intellectuals and professionals in the created art that is symbolically visual arts, music, literature and medicine, the commune rich, prophetic, and infused with mystical undercurrents. achieved fame when the Wall Street journal spotlighted it Both Blake and Rogers refer to visions as a source of with full coverage. inspiration. A personal, spiritual philosophy also figures Flores now lives in Capitan where he has been prominently in the voice of each artist.” Laurie J. Rule, experimenting and creating in ceramic and mixed meDirector Roswell Museum and Art Center, from “Peter dium sculptures for the past 14 years. He specializes in Rogers: A Painter’s Progress Exhibition Catalogue.” developing and formulating his own proprietary glazes Rogers says on his web site: “I want to express my in order to give his designs the fine art look he is after. most sincere thanks to Virginia Watson-Jones of Capitan.

It was she who first suggested that I ought to have a retro- Several of his recent pieces will be on display during the August exhibit. spective show at the Roswell museum. Without her perThe exhibit of Rogers, Flores and Watson-Jones sistence, and Andrew John Cecil’s enthusiastic response, work is a rare opportunity for the public to view these I doubt that this would ever have happened.” Some of works and to meet Peter Rogers and Jerrold Danti Flores.

Rogers’ work is on permanent display at the museum.

Anyone interested in New Mexico artists should plan to Jerrold Donti Flores had the first show of his paintattend. ings in 1962. The show sold out and was the beginning

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Love and marriage

wedding and have come to a few conclusions.

Fusion Medical Center, Ruidoso Love and marriage Love and marriage, love and don’t necessarily go marriage, together like a horse and Go together like a horse and carriage (unless you factor carriage. in the horse pulling the carThis I tell ya, brother, you riage off the road into a bar can’t have one without ditch during a heavy rain). the other.

Marriage can exist long “Love and Marriage,” after the love is gone. Most was written by Sammy Cahn people get married because Dr. Stephen Rath and Jimmy Van Heusen and they truly love each other; sung by Ol’ Blue Eyes himself. Frank keeping the love healthy requires work.

Sinatra made the song so popular it was Failure to effectively communicate with used as the theme song for the sitcom your spouse is the number one reason Married with Children. Quite a catchy for failed marriages (my own anecdotal tune, but it doesn’t quite ring true. observation, but think about it…).

Last weekend I had the opportunity There are many ways to communito accompany my wife and kids to a cate with your spouse. Men communiwedding in Santa Fe. A more relaxed cate better in the physical plane (sex), wedding, it was held at Hyde Park while women lean toward the emotional Lodge. The drive itself was both provok- aspect (body language and words).

Marriage is a compromise! We start out ing and exciting. The severe rains from speaking two different languages and the night before had washed some of the mountainside onto the winding mountain if we aren’t attentive to the message received it is easy to miscommunicate. road, provoking my wife to suggest that Miscommunication has to be effectively we were obviously on the wrong road. addressed to move forward in the relaI stopped the car twice to ask directions tionship. Guys – hold your wife’s hand to ensure that we were, indeed, on the and walk beside her when you are out correct road and arrived in time to see the bride walk down the aisle. (Yes, guys on a date (make sure you take her out on dates). Gals – a massage unencumbered can ask for directions). My comments by clothing is almost impossible to resist to my lovely navigator of the past nine years were also apparently provoking, as (think happy ending).

Don’t think that my marriage is withit took some time for both of us to cool out pitfalls and compromises. (The horse off after the ride. Santa Fe is a great place and carriage in a flooded ditch comes to to cool off. mind).

We both make mistakes, but we The wedding vows were a bit differare committed to staying in love with ent from the classic vows, and included each other despite the amount of work a bit about her duty to excuse him from required.

This article is a love letter to my household chores during football season wife (I have to say that so she won’t try and his duty to protect her during posto eat my brain)try writing one yoursible zombie attacks. I had to refrain self!

Love and marriage requires work to from letting the audience know that I stay out of the ditch. I always encourage just narrowly escaped an attack from a my readers to work on improving their crazed zombie on the way to the wedpersonal health. Work on improving the ding. How did she get in the car? She looked like my wife when we started out, health of your marriage this month. but her mindless lack of navigation skills Disclaimer: Dr Stephen Rath, MD, DABA (she was holding the iPad) and violent is a board certified anesthesiologist, Air motions toward me and my comments Force flight surgeon, paramedic, and convinced me of my narrow escape. pilot as well as the owner and medical My kids both enjoyed the wedding director of Fusion Medical Spa located (mainly due to it’s brevity) and we all in Ruidoso. He has vowed to protect his enjoyed the dancing and family reunion wife from the attacks of other zombies atmosphere afterwards. I’ve had an opas long as she doesn’t attack him. Comportunity to reflect on both my marriage ments or questions? His email address is: as well as marriage in general since the DrRath@FusionMedicalSpa.net.

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• RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380 Lair, Eric Mann, Matt Miller, William ROSWELL RUIDOSO — Twenty-eight City of Roswell employees were honored last Schwalm, Danny Sons, Dawn Collins, Loretta Juarez, Sterling Moody, Richard week for their dedication and service to the city. Without each person performing Romero and James Huebner all received awards for their 10 years of committed his/her job to the best of his/her ability, service. Kim Conner, Richard Lindberg, the city would not function as well as it Paul Thompson, Andrew Sena, Denise does. Congratulations to all recipients.

Sanford, Gregory Carrasco, Filomeno Mayor Del Jurney, City Manager ALAMOGORDO • TULAROSA Gonzales and Jorge Ortiz received Larry Fry, Councilwoman Jeanine• CLOUDCROFT awards for their 15 years of dedicated Best and Councilman Savino Sanservice. Toni Reeves, Manuel E. Sisnechez congratulated and presented each ros, Larry Mendoza, Albert Tavarez and employee with an award. Jennifer Manuel Payne received awards for their Brady Griego received an award for 30 20 years of steadfast service. Mikel years of devoted service at the Roswell Kinney received an award for 25 years Industrial Air Center. Craig Baca, of loyal service to the city.

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Holloman’s 49th LRS achieves ‘Green Fleet Certification’

By Airman 1st Class Daniel E. Liddicoet 49th Wing Public Affairs HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE — In a time where environmental conservation has become an increasing priority for policymakers around the world, the 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Holloman AFB has risen to face the challenge by becoming the first unit in the Department of Defense to earn a Green Fleet Certification from the Association of Equipment Management Professionals.

The Green Fleet Certification is a prestigious environmental designation earned by only a few municipalities and commercial organizations. The distinction can only be achieved by showing a dedicated plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by way of innovative fleet management.

“Green Fleet Certification provided an avenue for us to be recognized for achieving lower emissions, said Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Frese, 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance flight chief.

“It’s a team concept, requiring lots of data pull and vehicle adjustments, we have achieved everything we set out to do.”

As Frese explained, gaining recognition as a Green Fleet squadron resulted from a culmination of efforts. To demonstrate their low emission standards, multiple points of data had to be pulled from more

Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Daniel E. Liddicoet/Released

Staff Sgt. Mario Garcia, 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance technician, uses a computer to set up an automatic vehicle idling program at Holloman Air Force Base, July 19. The automatic idling system helped lower harmful emissions from some of the larger diesel vehicles in the LRS fleet at Holloman.

than 800 vehicles in the squadron.

“It’s not just one person or one area responsible for this,” said Master Sgt. John Shaffer, 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance superintendent, “we had to rely on information from many career

fields in order to show that our emissions met the standards for Green Fleet Certification.”

In addition to demonstrating low emissions, the 49th LRS also instituted a base-wide vehicle idling policy and an automatic mechanism to shut down engines on certain idling vehicles in the fleet. The 49th LRS is also committed to using biofuel on all of their vehicles as well as low-ash oil to bring down harmful hydrocarbons. These adjustments helped create lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the squadron.

“We hope that as our Airmen go on to newer bases, they take on some of the initiatives we’ve started here,” said Frese, “so that they can become the starting point for the rest of the Air Force to implement some of these changes.”

Ultimately, the effort demonstrated by the 49th LRS affects not only the well-being of the environment but also the longevity of the vehicles. Through being responsible stewards of the environment, the 49th LRS has also managed to increase the efficiency of their vehicles.

The 49th LRS receives their recognition with humility, and looks to the future in hopes that they can make a lasting impact.

“Being the first recognized for this in DOD is a huge accomplishment in our career field,” said Shaffer, “and hopefully we can lead the way for others to follow.

A pilot’s ‘unrealistic’ dream comes true

By Capt. Erin Dorrance 49th Wing Public Affairs Office Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a series of four articles featuring the F-22 Raptors at Holloman Air Force Base.

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE — After three years of rigorous U.S. Air Force pilot training, 25-year-old 1st Lt. Andrew Van Timmeren, 7th Fighter Squadron pilot, finally got to climb into the world’s most advanced fighter jet and take it for a spin. Holloman Air Force Base has 24 F-22 Raptors. The single-seat, twin-engine fighter aircraft is an air dominance fighter, which utilizes stealth technology, and was delivered to the Air Force inventory to be flown operationally in 2005. The F-22 Raptor augments and will eventually replace the aging F-15C Eagle fighter jets.

“It is a pipe dream to fly the Raptor,” said Lieutenant Van Timmeren, who was assigned the F-22 directly after completing undergraduate pilot training.

He studied political science at the U.S. Air Force Academy and graduated in 2010. The Grand Rapids, Mich., native

said that everyone asked him what he wanted to fly while he was at the academy, but if he said the F-22, he was laughed at because it was an unrealistic dream.

Previously, F-22 aircraft were only assigned to F-15 and F-16 pilots with fighter pilot experience. The Air Force opened up the F-22 pipeline to new pilots because the flying program has been in place for several years with experienced instructor and evaluator pilots in place.

“It is well within the capacity of these new pilots to fly the F-22,” said Lt. Col. Shawn “Rage” Anger, 7th FS commander. “New pilots make our experienced instructor and evaluator pilots even better at their jobs because of the meticulous training required when you are brand new to the jet.”

Once pilots arrive to the 7th FS they have several weeks of training before they are considered “combat ready” in the F-22. Since the F-22 is a single-seat airplane, the pilot is on his own...with a wingman flying beside him for mutual support.

When 1st Lt. Stephen Renner, 7th FS pilot, walked out to an F-22 for the first time, he had to do a gut check.

“I knew I was prepared because of my amazing training, but I did feel anxious to fly the F-22 on my own the first time,” he said.

Lieutenant Renner graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a degree in astronautical engineering in 2010.

The Piedmont, Calif., native said that he has wanted to be a pilot for as long as he can remember. “Flying the F-22 is a farfetched dream come true,” he said.

Lieutenants Van Timmeren and Renner were both at the top of their undergraduate pilot training classes. They have spent the past three years enduring the Air Force’s intense pilot training program, including hundreds of hours of simulator and training aircraft flying, water survival, austere land survival, medical evaluations, and three flights in an F-16 Fighting Falcon to prove they could sustain 9 g’s of gravitational force, land a fighter aircraft and successfully complete aerial refueling.

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Fishing report for Southeast NM

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Bataan Lake: No reports from anglers this week.

Black River: Stream flow at Malaga on Monday was 2.7 cfs. No reports from anglers this week.

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

Bonito Lake: Closed.

Bosque Redondo: Fishing was slow to fair using night crawlers, chicken liver and homemade dough bait for catfish.

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: Fishing was slow for all species.

Chaparral Park Lake: Fishing was slow for all species.

El Rito Creek: No reports from anglers this week.

Greene Acres Lake: Fishing was slow to fair using hot dogs, night crawlers

and homemade dough bait for catfish.

No reports on other species.

Green Meadow Lake: No reports form anglers this week.

Grindstone Reservoir: Trout fishing was slow to fair using PowerBait, salmon eggs and worms.

Jal Lake: Fishing was fair using worms for catfish.

Lake Van: Fishing was slow but there were a few catfish caught by anglers using homemade dough bait and chicken liver. No reports on other species.

Oasis Park Lake: We had no reports from anglers this week. Anglers are reminded that there is a two-fish limit on channel catfish.

Pecos River: Stream flow below Sumner Lake on Monday was 109 cfs.

Fishing was slow to fair using liver for catfish. No reports on other species.

Perch Lake: No reports from anglers this week.

Ruidoso River: Stream flow at Ruidoso on Monday was 5.9 cfs. Trout fishing was slow to fair using worms and salmon eggs.

August 7, 2013

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EVENTS CALENDAR CHAVES COUNTY

ROSWELL: Aug Fri’s Summer Concert Series, Cahoon Park, 1101 W. 4th, 6:30 8 p.m. Presented by the Roswell Parks & Recreation Department.

Performances will vary and different types of music will be showcased along with Country & Western, Rock and Roll, Jazz and many others. 624-6720. Free Sat’s Farmers and Gardeners Market, Chaves County Courthouse lawn, featuring high-quality fresh produce, flowers and crafts.

575-627-2239 10-11 Origins: Evolution Transcendance, ENMU-Roswell’s Physical Education Center. A weekend of workshops featuring the art of bellydance. Gala Show 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Pueblo Auditorium, featuring acclaimed bellydancers from New Mexico and West Texas. originsevolution. evenbrite.com

LEA COUNTY LOVINGTON: Aug 7-10 78th Annual Lea County Fair & Rodeo. PRCA Xtreme Bulls, Aug. 6, 7 p.m. More information at www.leacounty.net Concert schedule: Aug. 7 Jeremy Camp, Lea County Fairgrounds, 9:30 p.m.

Aug. 8 Josh Abbott, Lea County Fairgrounds, 9:30 p.m.

Aug. 9 Sara Evans, Lea County Fairgrounds, 9:30 p.m.

Aug. 10 Josh Turner, Lea County Fairgrounds, 9:30 p.m.

10 Downtown Round-up Sale, presented by Lovington MainStreet Project, 8 a.m. - noon.

Shop LOCAL for all of your rodeo and back-to-school needs. 575396-1418 17 Billy Joe Shaver; Lea County Museum’s 2013 Summer Concert Series, Love St. on the east side of the Courthouse, 7 - 10 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs and dancing shoes. Free 20 MainStreet Branding community meeting, Troy Harris Center, 201 S. Main, 6 - 8 p.m.

Learn more about the branding process; see examples from other communities; share thoughts about the strengths and challenges of the MainStreet district; be a part of the positive changes in the community. 575-396-1418

EDDY COUNTY

ARTESIA: Thru Artesia Quilter’s Guild 8/30 Annual Show, Artesia Historical Museum & Art Center, M-F, 9 a.m.

- noon; 1 - 5 p.m.; Sat, 1-5 p.m.

575-748-2390 Aug 10 “The Little Mermaid,” presented by Rising Star Summer Theatre, Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for 11 and under. 575-746-4212 17 Sportsman’s Gathering of Southeastern NM, First Baptist Church in the Total Life Center, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Prizes, demonstrations and lunch included. $10 per person or $30 per family of four. 575-365-4437; http://cloud. chambermaster.com/userfiles/ UserFiles/chambers/325/File/ SportmansGathering.pdf CARLSBAD: Aug Thur’s Movies in the Park, 418 W. Fox St. Bring blankets and chairs and enjoy an outside movie along with fun and games. cityofcarlsbadnm.com; 887-0276 Fri’s Friday Focus, Best Western Stevens Inn, 1829 S. Canal St. 7:30 a.m. Carlsbad Chamber networking breakfast - share information about your business or organization. operations@ carlsbadchamber.com Pre-School StoryTime, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. A short walk in the Park, weather permitting and activity will follow the story. 575-887-5516.

No fee for this program: however, children must be accompanied by an adult Sat’s Carlsbad Downtown Farmer’s Market, Eddy County Courthouse lawn, 8 - 11 a.m. Fresh produce, handmade crafts, prepared food, entertainment. 628-3768 10 Robin Scott Solo on the patio at Yellow Brix, 201 N. Canal St., 7 - 10 p.m. Info and reservations: 941-2749 13, Strictly Business: The Dale 20 Carnegie Immersion Seminar presented by the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, at the National Cave & Karst Research Center, 400-1 Cascades Avenue, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. 915-772-2999 or 915-731-0786, www.elpaso. dalecarnegie.com to register and for pricing information

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LINCOLN COUNTY

ALTO: Aug 9 Chubby Checker, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Rd., 8 - 10 p.m. The man behind this phenomenon is an amazing vocalist, singer-songwriter, rocker and arranger. Not only has his “The Twist” been ranked as Billboard’s biggest chart hit of all time, but he is the only recording artist to place five albums in the Top 12 all at once. Chubby has sold more than 250 million records worldwide.

His “national chart life” is second only to Elvis. 575-336-4800; www.spencertheater.com. Preperformance buffet, 6 p.m., $20.

Performance, $76 and $79 12 Spencer Theater Golf Scramble, Rainmakers Golf Course. Deadline to register is Aug. 8: 575-3364800; www.spencertheater. com/sum13/rain_13golf.html.

7 a.m. registration and breakfast.

8 a.m. shotgun start. This is the annual Golf Tournament to raise money for the Spencer’s artistic programming. Players receive continental breakfast, cart and green fees, goodie bag and lunch.

Awards and lunch in the Founder’s Room at the Spencer following the tournament. 575-336-4800. Fourperson teams: $100 per golfer.

Limited to the first 18 foursomes CAPITAN: Aug 7-10 Lincoln County Fair, Fairgrounds, 5th St. and Highway 48. Indoor exhibits; art show, flower show, photography and fine art, and a sewing and quilt show. The Buyers dinner and livestock sale is Fri. Aug. 9. Food vendors also available.

575-648-2311. Free RUIDOSO: Aug 9 Free movie “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. This is an amazing film about an amazing individual. Even so, it is difficult to watch. It is the true story of French magazine “Elle” editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn’t paralyzed.

After the movie, the interview with the film’s director Julian Schnabel, which is a very interesting story itself, will be shown. This is not a tear-jerker, but it may leave viewers ashamed to complain of their ailments, debilitating though they may be. 575-257-2273

LINCOLN COUNTY

RUIDOSO DOWNS: 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. The Celebracion del Arte is a juried fine arts competition that seeks to recognize and honor excellence in the visual arts of the American West.

Thirty-two artists were selected as finalists for the show. 575-3784142; www.hubbardmuseum.org WHITE OAKS: Aug Fri’s Rascal Fair, White Oaks Community Market open for 2013 season, 4 p.m. to dusk. Located just east of No Scum Allowed Saloon in White Oaks. Local, organic fruit and produce, fresh eggs, plants and seeds, hot weekly favorites at the Goldrush Grill, baked goods, pottery, woodwork, handmade soaps, baskets, jewelry and metalsmithing from local artisans. Pan for gold and sip free coffee by the campfire

MESCALERO Aug Wed’s Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, Club 49, Inn of the Mountain Gods.

7 p.m. Professional comedians will perform live. $5 admission. Must be 21 or older. 575-464-7028 Sun’s Sundays Under The Stars, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 6 - 11 p.m.

Live music performed by Cadillac Kings - variety, at 6 and “Brother Bear” after sunset. www.innofthemountaingods.com. Free 9 Fourth Annual Deacon Bob Open Golf Tournament, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 1 - 5 p.m. A charity golf tournament to benefit Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) and The NEST Domestic Violence Shelter. Entry fee includes green fees, cart rental, refreshments, a goodie bag and a BBQ dinner.

575-378-6378; http://helpendabuseforlife.org/2013-deacon-bobopen-registration. $125 per golfer 22 The Gatlin Brothers, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m. In their four-decade career, the brothers scored more than a dozen Top 40 hits, including “Denver,”“Houston (Mean That I’m One Day Closer To You),”“Midnight Choir (Mogen David),”“She Used To Be Somebody’s Baby,”“What Are We Doing Lonesome,”“The Lady Takes The Cowboy Every Time,” and “Talkin’ To The Moon.” Tickets start at $20. www.innofthemountaingods.com

OTERO COUNTY

ALAMOGORDO: Aug 31 - Sep 2 Call for vendors: 23rd Cottonwood Festival, Labor Day weekend, Live entertainment, food, arts & crafts, carnival and Beer Garden. Food and arts & crafts booths available. Booth sizes and prices vary. 575-437-6120 Chamber Ambassador Pancake Breakfast - Sat. and Sun., 7 - 10 a.m. Tickets $7 ea., includes pancakes, made-to-order eggs, sausage, coffee, milk and juice Aug 8 Ribbon cutting: CAPPED Angel Thrift & Gift Store, 1515 Tenth Street, 11:30 a.m.

14-17 Otero County Fair and Rodeo, Otero County Fairgrounds, on the corner of White Sands Blvd. and Fairgrounds Rd, paid gates open 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. Thur., Fri. and Sat. No gate fee on Wed. and Sun. Rodeo is at 8 p.m. Fri. and Sat. Food, games and carnival rides.

Steer, heifer, swine, lamb and goat shows. 575-434-0788. Gate fee is $2 (5 and under, 65+ are free).

Rodeo tickets are $8 each and $3 for 12 and under 15 Business After Hours, Love Inc. of Otero County, 2826 Indian Wells Rd., 5:30 - 7 p.m.

CLOUDCROFT: Aug 31 - Sep 2 Labor Day Fiesta Shop Celebration and Sidewalk Sales, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day. Sat.: Street Dance with the Corner Pockets featuring Preston Eldridge, 7 - 11 p.m. at the Skating Rink; Wild West Gunfights on Burro Street; Melodrama, CLOC Pavilion, 7:30 p.m. Sun.: 3rd annual Outhouse Races, 2 p.m. 575-6822733; www.cloudcroft.net SUNSPOT Aug 10 Ten Hours at Sunspot, National Solar Observatory, Sacramento Peak, 2 p.m. - midnight. A premiere one-afternoon/evening special event sponsored by Southern Rockies Education Centers. Participants are encouraged to bring telescopes. Learn about the National Solar Observatory (NSO) and tour the Sac Peak Observatory facilities. Special guest speakers; catered banquet by The Dickerson’s Group; laser constellation tour; view the Perseid meteor shower from 9,200 feet and more. Limited seating. 432-426-3939 or 800-9650679. Full event: $75 per person; banquet and evening activities only: $55 per person

Wednesday Billy’s Seafod Night starting at 5 pm in Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill for $21.95 Senior Day Senior Specials for $3.95 in Billy’s Race Book Thursday Bottomless Pasta — all you can eat for $3.95 Friday LIVE RACING Billy’s All American Cash Giveaway Surf & Turf starting at 5 pm in Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill for $13.95 Terry Bullard band performing starting at 8 PM Saturday LIVE RACING: ASPEN CUP PINK DAY AT THE RACES Prime Rib starting at 5 pm in Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill for $13.95 Terry Bullard band performing starting at 8 PM Sunday LIVE RACING: MASTER SALLS HANDICAP Beer Specials in Billy’s Race Book Monday LIVE RACING $2 Beer and Hot Dogs in Billy’s Race Book Tuesday Billy’s All American Cash Giveaway Locals Day, 3X Points & 2 for 1 Lunch or Dinner $2 Beer and Hot Dogs in Billy’s Race Book

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