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A few of the photos of art and artists that appeared in the 2013 Ruidoso Free Press’ Zine. From left to right: art by Virgil Stephens, Cheryl Gaer Barlow, Georgia Stacy; James Lane, Gary Morgan; glass by Summer Sarinova; Pete Davis; sculpture by Misha Malpica; metal work jewelry by Zoë de Negri; robot by Mike Lagg; ceramic by Teresa Hughes; sculpture by William Goodman; Paula J. Wilson; William Goodman hammering iron; The Roswell Project movie poster; “The Gap” sculpture by Gerrold Flores; Old Lincoln Re-enactors; Samantha Filer receiving award for her movie during “Desert Lights Film Festival;” metal art by Lay Powell and sculpture by Joe Bova. Story on pg. 4

A look at the year revealing a community of creators

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About New Year’s resolutions By Rosalyn Stevenson Interesting News Year’s resolution statistics from www.statisticbrain.com:

45: 17: 38: 8: 49: 24: resolutions

Percent of Americans who usually make New Year’s

Percent of Americans who infrequently make New Year’s resolutions Percent of Americans who absolutely never make New Year’s resolutions

Percent of people who are successful in achieving their resolution Percent who have infrequent success

each year

Percent who never succeed and fail on their resolution

People who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions

Type of resolutions

47: 38: 34: 31: resolutions

Percent of self-improvement or education-related Percent of weight-related resolutions Percent of money-related resolutions Percent of relationshiprelated resolutions

Age success rates

39: 14:

Percent of people in their twenties who achieve their resolution each year

each year

Percent of people over 50 who achieve their resolution

Length of resolutions

75: 71: 64: 46:

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Percent who maintained a resolution through first Percent past two weeks Percent past one month Percent past six months

The website www.usa.gov/Citizen/ Topics/New-Years-Resolutions says, “These New Year’s resolutions are popular year after year (see below). Find resources to help you achieve your goals.”

Drink less alcohol Eat healthy food Get a better education Get a better job Get fit Lose weight Manage debt Manage stress Quit smoking Reduce, reuse and recycle Save money Take a trip Volunteer to help others

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A look at the year revealing a community of creators in the mountains, the deserts and all around

By Rosalyn Stevenson In 2013, the Ruidoso Free Press printed in the Zine about 51 stories with photos from this writer, mainly interviews and chats with some amazing people. Amongst these stories have been, to name a few, a writer known across the nation who is almost as much a legend as those she writes about (Elizabeth Fackler); artists whose works will be visible in the museums of the area for generations, perhaps centuries (Peter Rogers; William Goodman; Ven Voisey; Jessica Kirkpatrick; Derek Chan); American crafts men and crafts women and artists who labor with their hands and the materials of the earth to bring beauty into the world (Georgia Stacy; Mike Lagg; Steve Sabo; Jerry Longbotham; Yolanda and Robert Espinosa; Zoë de Negri; Lay Powell; Rory Combs) artists from near and far whose one passion is to express the ineffable for those of us who cannot (James Tsoodle; Cheryl Gaer Barlow; Kathleen Cotton) contemporary artists living quietly in country studios who are gaining world recognition through their work (Paula J. Wilson) and many more. We have learned that a little boy drawing at the kitchen table with only a pencil and a piece of writing paper as tools can grow up to be a master draftsman, an artist who brings honor to the title “American Western Artist” (Virgil Stephens). We have learned that a young girl who was rejected for art school because she had no money for a proper portfolio and who dropped out of high school because of the despair, can go on to become

a recognized, sought after sculptor, whose works are collected by celebrities (Misha Malpaca). We have met a female woodcarver who did not let loss of her sight keep her from touching and carving wood (Madeleine Sabo) and a young man who, though he is known nationwide as a tough mountain boarder, is not afraid to sit on the couch and knit with his grandmother, and is brainy enough to make a business of the hats they make (Matt Silva). We have been introduced to filmmakers who break new ground as they strive to advance the tech-

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Madeleine Sabo in her wood shop.

nology of film making through digital media (Jay Tavare; Brett Nichols; Alan Trever; Dusty Deen). We have seen job creating programs in the film industry developing in junior and high schools (Desert Lights Film Festival) and in local branches of universities (Roswell, ENMU and Ruidoso ENMU). We have met a man who is so modest in his demeanor you would never guess that he was the man who dealt the World Series of Poker for many years (Gary Morgan) and his brother who is a regular on New Mexico movie sets (James Lane). Through these stories and many others, we have come to see that our part of the Southwest in New Mexico is positively brimming over with interesting people. The community of creators is alive and well in the mountains and the deserts, in the high and the low places, the visible and the hidden places, and we have seen that artists of high reputation (Susan Weir-Ancker) can and do attract teachers and artists of world-class ranking to the area to enhance and enliven even more this broadly diverse community (Joe Bova, Fulbright Fellowship winner). The response to these stories, from the artists and the public as well, has been tremendous and I am pleased and proud to have been able to work with the Ruidoso Free Press to shine the light of public recognition on the people who agreed to be interviewed by me in 2013. The year 2014 promises to be just as full of insight into creative, interesting and colorful lives! Happy New Year everyone!

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New Year’s traditions around the world By Rosalyn Stevenson

United States

Probably the most famous tradition in the United States is the dropping of the New Year ball in Times Square, New York City, at 11:59 p.m. Thousands gather to watch the ball make its one-minute descent, arriving exactly at midnight. The tradition first began in 1907. The original ball was made of iron and wood; the current ball is made of Waterford Crystal, weighs 1,070 pounds, and is six feet in diameter. Another American tradition is the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The Tournament of Roses parade that precedes the football game on New Year’s day is made up of elaborate and inventive ﬂoats. The first parade was held in 1886. A traditional southern New Year’s dish is Hoppin’ John – black eyed peas and ham hocks. An old saying goes, “Eat peas on New Year’s day to have plenty of everything the rest of the year.”

Hogmanay (Scotland)

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The birthplace of “Auld Lang Syne” is also the home of Hogmanay (hog-mah-NAY), the rousing Scottish New Year’s celebration (the origins of the name are obscure). One of the traditions is “first-footing.” Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve, neighbors pay visits to each other and impart New Year’s wishes. Traditionally, First foots used to bring along a gift of coal for the fire, or shortbread. It is considered espeBy Rosalyn Stevenson

“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” “New Years Eve is the only acceptable time to wear body glitter without being mistaken for a stripper.” “I have only one resolution. To rediscover the difference between wants and needs. May

cially lucky if a tall, dark, and handsome man is the first to enter your house after the New Year is rung in. The Edinburgh Hogmanay celebration is the largest in the country, and consists of an all-night street party.

Oshogatsu (Japan)

The new year is the most important holiday in Japan, and is a symbol of renewal. In December, various Bonenkai or “forget-the-year parties” are held to bid farewell to the problems and concerns of the past year and prepare for a new beginning. Misunderstandings and grudges are forgiven and houses are scrubbed. At midnight on Dec. 31, Buddhist temples strike their gongs 108 times, in an effort to expel 108 types of human weakness. New Year’s day itself is a day of joy and no work is to be done. Children receive otoshidamas, small gifts with money inside. Sending New Year’s cards is a popular tradition – if postmarked by a certain date, the Japanese post office guarantees delivery of all New Year’s cards on Jan. 1.

Spain

The Spanish ritual on New Year’s eve is to eat twelve grapes at midnight.

I have all I need and want all I have. Happy New Year!” (and for us geeks) “When I hear a funny joke I will not reply, “LOL, LMAO or ROTFLMAO!” “I will try to figure out why I really need five Facebook accounts.” “I will stop using, “So, what’s your URL?” as a pickup line.”

From: www.jokes4us.com/holidayjokes/newyearsjokes

The tradition is meant to secure twelve happy months in the coming year.

The Netherlands

The Dutch burn bonfires of Christmas trees on the street and launch fireworks. The fires are meant to purge the old and welcome the new.

Greece

In Greece, New Year’s Day is also the Festival of St. Basil, one of the founders of the Greek Orthodox Church. One of the traditional foods served is Vassilopitta, or St Basil’s cake. A silver or gold coin is baked inside the cake. Whoever finds the coin in their piece of cake will be especially lucky during the coming year.

An interview with

By Rosalyn Stevenson Lee K. Abbott has published seven books of short stories. “All Things, All at Once: New & Selected Stories” is his latest collection. His stories, reviews and articles have appeared in Harper’s; The Atlantic Monthly; The Georgia Review; The New York Times Book Review; The Southern Review; Epoch; Boulevard; Crawdaddy; The North American Review and others. His fiction has been reprinted in The Best American Short Stories and The Prize Stories: The O’Henry Awards. He has twice won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, was awarded a Major Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council in1991 and was recipient of the 2004 Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award.

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Lee K. Abbott

Stevenson: Lee, of the many awards you’ve received, which is the most valued by you? Abbott: The Distinguished Alumni Teaching Award at Ohio State University. I’m very proud of that. It meant that I was having an effect in the classroom. In other words, I was having the same effect on my students that great teachers had on me as I tried to learn the writer’s art. Stevenson: What great teachers are you referring

to?

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Abbott: Specifically two or three people from

New Mexico State University where I got my B.A. a guy named Mark Medoff, a playwright and screen writer, and a considerably less well-known man, James Leary, who was my undergraduate adviser, a terrific man who wrote pulp fiction. He wrote for True Confession Magazine. He wrote stories like, “Venusians Made Me Their Love Slave.” The nice thing about working with Jim was he didn’t give a hoot about my “artistic” ambitions. He insisted that I be first and foremost an expert craftsman. That was wonderful training, great discipline. He was also the first one to turn me onto Eudora Welty, who became one of my gods. Back in the day they had what was called “The Cabman Records,” which were recordings of writers. He happened to have a record player in his office, so he put on “Why I Live At The PO” by Eudora Welty, and I was hooked. Also people in the classroom who had time for my silly questions, had time to read the really juvenile drafts of things that I hope have been shredded somewhere along the line. They put great books in my hand, they made me understand and claim citizenship in a literary universe that I had not had

before. I was just a kid from Las Cruces, well out of the literary main stream. John Cheever is another inﬂuence. I’ve taken to describing myself as the child of the backstreet liaison between Eudora Welty and John Cheever. If you can understand that, you are well on your way to understanding my sense of humor.

called: “Identity Card” by F.M. Esfandiary. I liked it enough so she gave me a second book of his called, “The Beggar,” followed by “The Flowers” by Jean Genet. I don’t know what she saw in me that she thought would be an audience for these very peculiar volumes.

The second thing was, a book store opened in Las Cruces called: “Books Galore and More” run by a woman named Arlene Belkin. I started wandering in there with some regularity. I don’t know what I was looking for necessarily, but Arlene would put a book in my hands in exchange for whatever money I had stolen from my father’s wallet.

Then she gave me “Absalom Absalom” by William Faulkner, and a strange thing happened. What was I, 13, 14, something like that, I was a normal, red blooded American boy who would much rather be out playing baseball than reading, and yet, there I was, “Absalom Absalom” in one hand and the dictionary in the other hand, reading two or three sentences and looking up the two or three words I didn’t know, committing them to memory. I can still remember - miasma, efﬂuvia, things like that. Those are words that are just not in a 13-year-old kid’s vocabulary. There was something compelling about the narrative, the drama on the page that made me stay and do all this work. So I’d have to say that having the good fortune of wandering into that bookstore and having that relationship with Arlene was indispensable to my development.

I can remember the first book she gave me. It was

For my brother and me, I don’t want to over dra-

Stevenson: What childhood experiences if any inﬂuenced you to become a writer? Abbott: My parents for all their faults were readers. Books, magazines and newspapers were in the house. I think that at some point I must have looked around and said to myself, “That must be a pretty beguiling activity, because these people could be doing something else and yet here they are book in hand.”

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Contemporary American Author matize it, but it was a very weird mixture. Our mother was drunk by 6 o’clock in the morning at the moment my father was going off to work. The house was gloomy, dark and I felt there were secrets everywhere that I was not privy to. And they were scary secrets. But owing to the sort of boy I was, I sublimated everything and internalized all their trouble. I acted out in school. In fourth grade I ran away from school every day for about four months. Mr. Taylor the principal would come to the edge of the playground and say, “Lee if you leave the school grounds I am going to have to report you as truant, then you’re going to be in real trouble. Why don’t you just come to the office with me now and take a couple of swats and we’ll start all over. So I’d say, OK. I liked Mr. Taylor… nice guy. He later became the school superintendant in Las Cruces; he was sergeant in the House of Representatives in New Mexico for many, many years. I would also routinely disfigure myself, cut myself, give myself haircuts without benefits of mirrors, was angry, got in fist fights all the time. It took the light and steady touch of a lot of interested grown ups to steer me in the right direction. I remember being in the seventh grade and taking what was called “Fused English,” which meant taking three hours of English each day, having to write. I liked it, got patted on the back for it. I learned lots of valuable lessons about teaching by being exposed to people who gave a hoot about what happened in the classroom.

Stevenson: What role does the writer play in today’s America? Abbott: That’s a really big question. First of all when I sit down at the keyboard or with a pad of paper and a pencil I’m not thinking about my role as a writer in America. I’m just thinking about how to make a good story, and dealing with the troubles peculiar to that. Better minds than mine have argued that the writer is America’s

conscience. I can see where that might be true. I’m just trying to account for the here and now as I understand it and can imagine it in the lives of others. No matter the here, no matter the now. I’m pretty much the writer I am on the page now because of a discovery I made about myself 40 years ago. I was asked to participate in a symposium for Harper’s Magazine. The question was what it meant to be a Southern writer. First of all I disabused them of the notion that I’m a Southern writer. I’m a Southwestern writer, if these distinctions matter, and I just don’t think they do. But it gave me an opportunity to really come to grips with the question of how do I end up sounding how I sound? And it came to me that that is the direct result of admitting to myself that I was not an Ernest Hemingway, not a Faulkner, not a Fitzgerald and I was not anybody else. I was just a kid who knew two or three things. One of them was, I knew my landscape. I know that six or seven hundred square miles between Lordsburg and Lubbock, say, of desert. I know the language there that’s spoken, and that’s the language that showed up on my page. And that’s the landscape against which all the really important things ever happened to me, all the firsts – first love, first sex, first death, first disappointment, first triumph. All the firsts happened in that spare and austere world. I can’t sound like anybody else. But I did. Early in my career I published maybe a dozen stories that were all well put together, but that had nothing that mattered at their core. They were just skills that I was displaying. Stevenson: At present you live in Billy the Kid Territory in New Mexico. If Billy the Kid happened to take one of your writing classes, what advice would you give him? Abbott: I’ve seen some of the Kid’s writing. He wrote a letter to Lew Wallace, the governor of New Mexico asking for a pardon, and it was actualContinued on pg. 9

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New Year’s happenings around Ruidoso By: Hilary Romig Bring in the New Year with a memorable celebration. This year, residents of Lincoln County have many choices when it comes to choosing a place to go out for New Years’ Eve. In Midtown, Grace O’ Malley’s pub is hosting an Old West-themed party. Tickets are $20 per person, though tables are for sale as well. The party is for adults 21 and over and there will be a DJ, a chuck wagon buffet, dessert and a champagne toast. The fun begins at 7 p.m. Also in Midtown, Lucy’s will be open with their regular hours and WPS will start their night at 6 p.m. with a $20 cover charge. “There will be a live band from 8:30 until closing. At midnight party favors and free champagne will be given out,” said Wayne Shockey. WPS has a capacity limit of 200. Another celebration in the area will be held at Cree Meadows. The

party starts at 7 p.m. and goes until midnight. “Tickets are $25 for singles and $40 per couple. We will be having the Terry Bullard Band play at 7:30,” said Cheryl Lucero of Cree Meadows. On the menu there will be numerous choices of appetizers and a champagne toast at the end of the night. For more information call: 575-257-2733. Rio Grande Grill and Tap Room will be open past midnight. The Inn of the Mountain Gods will be starting their celebrations at 7 p.m. with a Rhythm and Blues theme. The entertainment for the night will be a tribute to the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. Food items will include oysters, smoked salmon, prime rib and other tasty items such as dessert. Tickets are $125 and can be purchased by calling: 575-464-7053. Make your New Year’s eve celebration memory fun and safe.

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Fishing report for Southeast NM Bataan Lake: Trout fishing was very good for anglers using salmon eggs and Power Bait. A few fish were also taken by anglers using spinners. No reports on other species. Black River: Stream ﬂow at Malaga on Monday was 20 cfs. Trout fishing was fair using salmon eggs and copper John Barrs. Blue Hole Park Pond: Trout fishing was fair to good using salmon eggs and garlic scented PowerBait. Bonito Lake: Closed. Bosque Redondo: Trout fishing was good using garlic scented PowerBait, salmon eggs and small spoons. No reports on other species. Bottomless Lakes: Trout fishing at the Devil’s Inkwell was good this past week. Anglers did well using rainbow and chartreuse PowerBait. 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 good using salmon eggs, garlic cheese, PowerBait and small spinners. Chaparral Park Lake: Trout fishing was fair to good for anglers using PowerBait and salmon eggs fished just

off the bottom. El Rito Creek: No reports from anglers this week. Eunice Lake: Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs, PowerBait, homemade dough bait and worms. Green Meadow Lake: No reports from anglers this week but trout fishing should be good with the recent stocking. Greene Acres Lake: Trout fishing was good using chartreuse and green PowerBait and salmon eggs. Grindstone Reservoir: Trout fishing was very good using PowerBait and salmon eggs. No reports on other species. Jal Lake: Trout fishing was fair to good using salmon eggs and PowerBait. Lake Van: Fishing was fair using Power Bait and salmon eggs. Oasis Park Lake: Trout fishing was very good using green and olive wooly buggers and salmon eggs. Pecos River: Stream ﬂow below Sumner Lake on Monday was 15 cfs. No reports from anglers this week. Perch Lake: No reports from anglers this week. Ruidoso River: Stream ﬂow at Hollywood on Monday was 5.3 cfs. We had no reports from anglers this week.

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SADD sends a message for all – be safe during the holidays

mission is pretty much what is stands By Hilary Romig for Students Against Destructive DeciSADD is an organization that is sions, trying to avoid and make the part of the Ruidoso High School that public aware of destructive decisions. promotes safe habits. During the We are trying to make the world a holidays, their message is especially better place by starting with us, our important as they want every person school and community,” said student in the community to remember to participant Roberts. be safe throughout the holidays and SADD has helped the village in their celebrations. Currently, there are other ways such as having a commuabout 25 students involved. In order nity project chosen for each month. to become a part of SADD there is a “This month we helped wrap presmandatory pledge. ents for Santa’s Helpers, that deliver “You must sign a paper pledging presents to financially hurting families that you will hold yourself accountthroughout Ruidoso. We have been in able and you will try to hold others the Aspen Fest parade and helped with in SADD members accountable to avoiding destructive decisions,” stated Santa’s helpers for several years now. Our SADD team hasVALLEY also been workactive member Theresa Roberts. CARRIZOZO • CAPITAN • LINCOLN • HONDO ing with the state’s evolvement team Their main sponsor is Mrs. Jametrying to get awareness and support son, the high school health teacher. about how tobacco affects communiThe group of students encourages the ties.” community to refrain from poor deciThis is a message for all to keep in sions such as drunken driving, abmind to ensure happy and safe holistaining from drugs and reminders to HOBBS • LOVINGTON days. wear seatbelts at all times. “SADD’s

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ly pretty well put together, I thought, for a criminal. I guess I would tell him to stop shooting people and start writing about it. I would have liked to hear about the Kid’s life in his own words. Stevenson: Is political correctness hurting American literature? Abbott: Yes. It’s a form of censorship and I’m opposed to censorship. We have an amendment that protects our right to say any thing we want. My test is: is it accurate? There are no words to be afraid of, only untruths can hurt us. Stevenson: How can you sum up what you want to say to people through your writing? Abbott: I don’t really have any-

thing to say. I just have experiences to share. They are imagined experiences for the most part, shaped into what I hope is a compelling narrative. I want to do to strangers what stranger’s books did to me as a child. I can remember being very small and reading books about Blackbeard the Pirate. You have to remember this is in Las Cruces. There is not a body of salt water anywhere near the place, and yet there I am on what amounts to the bounding main, the breeze in my hair and a pirate’s patch on my eye, enjoying the heck out of myself. I was transported. I mean to do that to strangers. I want to ravish them as I was ravished.

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Julian Lennon talks new documentary and app, collaborating with Steven Tyler

Music from Another Room — After taking a break from music for more than a decade, Julian Lennon restarted his recording career a few years back and, earlier this year, released his latest album, Everything Changes. Now, the elder son of John Lennon is giving fans an in-depth look at the making of that album, and at his life in general, in a new documentary titled Through the Picture Window that’s been incorporated into a recently released multimedia app available for Apple and Android devices. Lennon tells ABC News Radio that the documentary gives “folks a look at who I am these days, because… I’ve

been out of the public eye for a good 15 years-ish. So, this is for those who want to know a little view through the picture window at what I’m up to and who I am and what I do these days.” In addition to focusing on Lennon’s musical project, it also delves into his work as a photographer and his philanthropic efforts through his White Feather Foundation charity. The ﬂick includes interviews with various musical friends and collaborators, including U2’s Bono and Aerosmith’s Steve Tyler. After Tyler tapped Julian to sing backing vocals on a song for Aerosmith’s latest studio release, 2012’s Music from Another Dimension, Lennon asked the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer if he’d contribute to his own album, Everything Changes. After working out scheduling issues, Tyler and Lennon, along with their respective songwriting collaborators Marti Frederiksen and Mark Spiro, got together and banged out an original tune called “Someday.” The song features lush, swirling production reminiscent of psychedelicera Beatles and even includes a refrain taken from the Fab Four’s “Baby You’re a Rich Man,” a song Julian’s dad wrote. Julian says his favorite part of Tyler’s contribution to “Someday” was “his rap-rant at the end of the song, where he shows his voice off and his techniques,” adding, “He’s just an absolute classic, a brilliant, brilliant [singer]... It was an absolute honor to have him come play on the album.” Not only does Lennon’s new app

feature the Through the Picture Window ﬂick and Everything Changes, but it also houses an alternate, acoustic version of the album, as well as official videos he created for all 14 songs on the record. Julian tells ABC News Radio that fans also will be able to keep up with all the latest news about his various activities via the program. The app also offers links to his official website, his Facebook page and the White Feather Foundation’s site; direct access to purchase Every Changes via iTunes; and lyrics and sheet music for Lennon’s album. The acoustic edition of Everything Changes also can be purchased separately as a digital download, as can a DVD version of Through the Picture Window. Meanwhile, Lennon will be attending next year’s South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, where he’ll take part in an interview and performance event. The conference will run from March 11 - 16. Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio

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Lorde sets new digital sales milestone

Monty Brinton/CBS — Before the year’s end, Lorde has managed to set one more sales record with her hit “Royals.” According to Yahoo! Chart Watch, the singer’s chart-topping, Grammynominated hit has now sold four million downloads. That makes the New Zealand star the youngest artist in digital history to have scored a fourmillion-seller. Miley Cyrus used to hold the record:

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she was 17 years and seven months when “Party in the U.S.A.” reached the four-million mark in 2010. But since Lorde only turned 17 on Nov. 7, she grabs the title. Elsewhere on the chart, Christina Aguilera’s collaboration with A Great Big World, “Say Something,” has now reached the top five. Yahoo! Chart Watch notes that since she began appearing on The Voice, Christina has scored three top 10 hits. Before that, she managed just two between 2004 and 2010. Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio

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Taylor Swift, Kacey Musgraves and Florida Georgia Line make Entertainment Weekly’s ‘Best Music of 2013’ lists

CMA — Country music got some love on Entertainment Weekly’s Best Music of the Year lists for 2013. Taylor Swift’s RED tour was cited as one of the best performances of 2013 since the show “showcased a giant leap forward, both in mastery of the stage and of genres far beyond her country-Kewpie beginnings.” Kacey Musgraves’ album, Same Trailer Different Park, is hailed as “Gorgeous, witty country for an uncertain world. She’s the girl next door you’d be wise not to underestimate.” Finally, Entertainment Weekly’s staff admits to loving Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise (Remix)” with Nelly, calling it “Pure, brainless magic.” The review goes on to say, “If love means never having to say you’re sorry for loving this rap-country crossover beast, then yeah, we’re not sorry. We love it.” Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio Continued on next page

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ROSWELL: Jan 3 Nick Verzosa, Zac Wilkerson and Joe Teichman, $5 Song Swap, Pecos Flavors Winery, 305 N. Main St., 7-9 p.m. 575-6276265 10 Sam Barnes and friends, playing an acoustic set, will perform at Pecos Flavors Winery, 305 N. Main St., 7-9 p.m. $5 admission. 575-627-6265

LEA COUNTY HOBBS: Jan 23 Exhibit opening: Bigger than T-Rex, Western Heritage Museum, New Mexico Junior College, 5317 Lovington Highway, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Exhibit runs through May 1. A T-Rex is huge but what if there was a bigger carnivore on the loose? Well there is: the giganotosaurus. This 45-foot-long skeleton will be on display along with: Mapusaurus (45 feet long); Mapusaurus juvenile skeleton (20 feet long); Velociraptor skeleton (5 feet long) – and more. The opening will feature special speakers who will shed some light on these creatures and the time they lived. 575-492-2679. Free

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ARTESIA: PVT Scholarships. PVT is now taking applications for the PVT Education Foundation Scholarship due by March 1 and the Foundation for Rural Services Scholarship due by Feb. 24. Both scholarships are for undergraduate work. Applications can be obtained at PVT Headquarters, 4011 W Main St. or on www. pvt.com. For more information call 800-505-4844 or 575-748-1241 Jan 3-4 Wait For What? band performs Cottonwood Wine and Brewing, #1 E Cottonwood Rd. 575-365-3141 11 Bunnell Strings, Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 310 W. Main, 7:30 p.m. Transforming classical, pop and rock genres with their crossover blend of styles, the musical string quintet of five siblings attracts audiences of all ages to share their story of family, faith, and music. www.bunnellstrings. com. $20. 575-746-4212 CARLSBAD: Jan 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

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Randy Houser and family falling off the map for a while: ‘Most people probably won’t know where we are’

Stoney Creek Records — Randy Houser’s career kicked into overdrive this year thanks to his two number-one hits “How Country Feels” and “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight.” That means he didn’t have much time to spend at home with his wife, Jess, and young son, West. Now that things have slowed down for the holidays, Randy says he and family are falling off the map to spend time together. “Most people probably won’t know where we are,” Randy said earlier this month before going underground for the holiday. He added, “There’s a lot of things I feel I missed out on with my little boy and my wife. I think the biggest thing is while I have a month off, we’re just gonna spend that together and play catch up.” Randy steps back in the spotlight as an opening act on Justin Moore’s Off the Beaten Path tour launching Jan. 23 in Greensboro, N.C. Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio

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ALTO: Jan 21 ‘Man of La Mancha,’ Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Rd., 8 - 10 p.m. Winner of five Tony awards including Best Musical, this breathtaking new touring production by Columbia Artists Theatricals stars 30 singers, dancers and musicians. “Man of La Mancha” is a comedic tragedy based on Miguel de Cervantes classic novel, set in southern Spain. Filled with heartbreaking hilarity, Quixote, a seeming madman, insists that there are castles and knights and virtuous ladies, but others only see taverns, windmills and trollops. Pre-performance enchilada buffet at 6 p.m. ($20). 575-336-4800; www.spencertheater.com. Performance is $66 or $69 RUIDOSO: Thru Jan 10 Christmas Tree Recycle, Schoolhouse Park, Sudderth Dr. Drop off your Christmas tree inside the orange fencing. After Jan 10, the trees will be mulched and the mulch will be available at Schoolhouse Park for residents to pick up. Sponsored by PNM, the Village of Ruidoso, Ruidoso Parks and Recreation and Greentree Solid Waste. 575-257-5030. Free Feb 1 Created Equal - Book Discussion, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Library Directory Corey Bard discusses “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.” Part of Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle program funded by NEH. Copies of the book are available at the library. 575-258-3704; www.youseemore. com/ruidosopl/. Free admission 5 Lincoln County Day in Santa Fe, 5 - 7:30 p.m. The Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce encourages all Chamber members and village businesses to a Chamber-hosted reception with legislators at 5 p.m. at The Inn & Spa at Loretto (211 Old Santa Fe Trail). Specific issues affecting local commerce and business will be addressed. 575-2577395. Tickets are $30 per person in advance or $40 at the door RUIDOSO DOWNS: ALBUM: Mid-20th Century Photographs by Carmon Philips of the People and Places of Lincoln County exhibit at the Hubbard Museum of the American West. 26301 Hwy 70 West, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. daily. 575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum.org

MESCALERO Jan 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. 575-464-7053 4 Terrain Park Competition No. 2, Ski Apache, Highway 532/Ski Run Road, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Try your skills in our terrain park competition located at the bottom of the mountain on the gondola lift line. Compete for prizes, medals and bragging rights. 575-464-3641; www. skiapache.com 18 “America’s Got Talent” finalist Joe Castillo, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd., 8:30 p.m. Using nothing but a light table, sand and music, Castillo creates powerful images that tell epic stories, creating captivating, fluid illustrations for large audiences with an overhead video camera projected on a large screen. The show will be accompanied by dinner at 7 p.m. Limited tickets are available. www.innofthemountaingods.com 11 Terrain Park Competition No. 3, Ski Apache, Highway 532/Ski Run Road, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Try your skills in our terrain park competition located at the bottom of the mountain on the gondola lift line. Compete for prizes, medals and bragging rights. 575-464-3641; www. skiapache.com 18 Ski Apache GPS Mileage Challenge, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. This competition is designed for all levels of skiers and board riders. It is about enjoyment and finding the places and trails that suit your level. Skiers/snowboarders tally distance, which is tracked automatically by GPS, to be combined other members of a five-member team. Teams must include one person under 18, one female, one snowboarder, one person over 50 and one person from any other group. If a team has four persons over 50 and meeting the other requirements that team will receive 500 vertical feet. Teams can sign up at the Flaik GPS booth in the days leading to the competition or the same morning. $35 entry fee per team. Prizes include medals and T-shirts. Awards ceremony will be on Plaza at 3 p.m. 575-464-3600; www.skiapache.com

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ALAMOGORDO: IMAX NM Museum of Space History “HUBBLE,” Daily at 10 a.m., 12 and 3 p.m. The seventh awe-inspiring film for the award-winning IMAX space team. Accompany the astronauts as they attempt some of the most difficult tasks ever undertaken in NASA’s history. Explore the galaxies and some of the greatest mysteries of our celestial surroundings “Tornado Alley,” Daily at 11 a.m., 2 and 4 p.m. Join storm chasers star Sean Casey and the researchers of VORTEX 2, the most ambitious effort ever to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes, on this heart-pounding adventure. Experience the adrenaline of nature’s most dramatic phenomena Jan 4 The Crescent Moon, Oliver Lee State Park, 409 Dog Canyon Rd., group shelter, 6 - 7:30 p.m. The Amateur Astronomers Group will sponsor a night under the stars. A Crescent Moon in Aquarius will grace the evening sky. Dress warmly. 575437-8284. Day-use fee required 5 Bridal and Special Events Expo, Willie Estrada Civic Center, 800 1st St., 1 - 5 p.m. Presented by Diamond Events - Wedding & Event Planning. If you will be having a wedding or a special event, then this is the place to be. Meet local wedding vendors and register for a chance to win prizes. www. facebook.com/diamondeventsnm. Free admission 7 From Idea to Business: PreBusiness Workshop, Small Business Development Center at NMSU-Alamogordo, 2400 N. Scenic Drive, Technical Ed SBDC Bldg, Room 103, 9 - 11 a.m. This workshop is designed to give you the tools you need to start a business legally and profitably, and you will learn about the assistance and resources available to you. 575-439-3660; www.nmsbdc.org/ alamogordo/showevent.html. Free CLOUDCROFT: Jan 24-26 Murder Mystery Weekend, The Lodge at Cloudcroft, 601 Corona Place. A perennial favorite, the weekend includes a champagne reception, buffet dinner on Fri. and Sat. evenings, Sun. breakfast buffet, lodging both nights, a mystery gift and prizes to the best sleuths. Performed by Alamogordo Music Theater. Call for more information and reservations (not available through online booking) 800-395-6343

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YOUNG AT HEART FOR 55+ Billy’s Seafood Night starting at 5 pm in Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill for $21.95 Senior Specials for $3.95 in Billy’s Race Book Thursday BILLY’S “SHOOT OUT SIX” HANDICAPPING CONTEST IN BILLY’S RACE BOOK. Bottomless Pasta — all you can eat for $3.95 Friday Surf & Turf starting at 5 pm in Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill for $13.95 Saturday BILLY’S GOLD RUSH Prime Rib starting at 5 pm in Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill for $13.95 Sunday Beer Specials in Billy’s Race Book Monday $2 Beer and Hot Dogs in Billy’s Race Book Tuesday SLOT PLAY GIVEAWAY $2 Beer and Hot Dogs in Billy’s Race Book