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Zine distribution

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.

OTERO COUNTY Kent Quick/ Texico, Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce, White Sands National Monument, Hampton Inn, Motel 6, White Sands Missile Range, Super 8 Motel, Imax/Space Hall, Holloman AFB, Plateau Expresso, Boothill RV Resort, Alamo Tire, 84 Lumber, Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center Eddy County CMC, Hotels/Motels, Sutherlands, La Tienda, Artesia Chamber of Commerce, Bennies Western Wear, Eddy Federal Credit Union, Artesia General, Yucca Health

Lea County Denny’s, Iron Skillet Café, Wagon Wheel, Rancher’s Steak House, Albertsons, Hobbs Chamber of Commerce, Back Porch Antiques, Broadmoor Mall, Lea County Event Center, NMJC Western Heritage Museum, Ocotillo Golf Course, Country Inn and Suites, Hobbs Family Inn, Econolodge, Executive Inn, Fairfield Inn, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Sleep Inn, Bob’s Thriftway, Radio Shack, MTD Radio-Lovington CHAVES COUNTY Roswell Chamber of Commerce, Visitor Center, IGA Lawrence Brothers, UFO Museum, Candlewood Suites, Holiday Inn, Dennys, IHOP, Farmers Market, Albertsons, Days Inn, Farley’s LINCOLN COUNTY 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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The Zine is published every Tuesday by the Ruidoso Free Press, 1086 Mechem, Ruidoso, New Mexico 88345. The circulation of The Zine exceeds 11,000 printed copies weekly delivered via direct mail to homes and post office boxes located exclusively within Lincoln County.

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

For submission of all editorial copy, press releases or letters to the editor, please email eugene@ruidosofreepress.com, or call 575-258-9922.

Sandi Aguilar, General Manager • sandi@ruidosofreepress.com Will Rooney, Director of Radio Operations will@mtdradio.com • 575-937-4413

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Sue Hutchison, Reporter

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Advertising space and copy deadline: Wednesday 3 p.m. prior to publication date.

Member New Mexico Press Association • Member New Mexico Broadcasters Association All advertising copy and artwork, news stories and photographs appearing in The Zine are copyrighted and may not be reproduced or reprinted without permission of the general manager or editor. Management reserves the right to reject advertising or news copy considered objectionable.

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

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

18th Annual

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ART LOOP

Studio Tour

30 artists in 23 studios

July 5, 6, 7 • 10 to 5 Art Loop began as a creative venture among Lincoln County artists 18 years ago and continues to be one of the most successful studio tours in New Mexico.

Throughout the Ruidoso area artists will open their studios, demonstrate their craft and discuss their creative process, creating much more than simply a vibrant art market. The hope is that visitors’ inner artists will come alive as they enjoy the finest art Lincoln County has to offer.

Kicking off Art Loop this year, The Tree House Café will host Picasso Pancakes, with several of the artists creating fresh, crazy-face pancakes. Pancakes will be served Friday and Saturday morning from 7 to 10:30 a.m. both days. The Tree House Café is located at 118 Lake Shore Dr. in Alto – a little hard to

find but well worth the venture.

Art Loop will run July 5 - 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Many of the artists will be offering organized demonstrations in their studios throughout the weekend.

Demonstrations are scheduled so that visitors may proceed around the loop in a continues route along the way. Keep in mind the Art Loop is a self-guided tour of Lincoln County’s finest juried artists and their studios.

Look for the brightly colored flags that will mark the way. In Lincoln County the artists cannot contain their creative spirits and their enthusiasm to share their art with everyone.

While taking the tour, don’t forget to patronize the sponsors – a complete list is on the map and also on the website, www.artloop.org. For more information call 855-522-5667.

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Lincoln County Art Loop Studio Tour to feature studio artists, tours, demonstrations

One of the juried artists selected for the upcoming 2013 Lincoln County Studio Art Loop Tour is Ruidoso newcomer Earlayne Chance. She is an oil painter whose works have found an eager audience in the 40 years of her painting career. She recently moved to Ruidoso, a locale she has visited for many years and which is now her home.

Visitors are invited to her home-studio at 500 Main Road in the Upper Canyon of Ruidoso, July 5 - 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Parking is available near

Chance’s home on both Main Road and Mountain Breeze Drive. She will be also be demonstrating her technique Friday evening, July 5, at Mountain Annie’s Center for the Arts, 2710 Sudderth Drive in Ruidoso.

For many years Texas has and still provides Chance with locales and inspiration for her paintings.

Since moving to Ruidoso in 2012, her canvases further include scenes and wildlife of New Mexico.

In 1991, she began studies with important leading American artists continued on pg. 4

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Earlayne Chance at the Hubbard Museum of the American West, with her painting “Rio Ruidoso, August.”

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There’s always a place to play.

Tuesdays & Fridays 2:00pm-7:00pm at Inn of the Mountain Gods & Casino Apache Travel Center

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EARLAYNE CHANCE, from pg. 3 who helped her to open new avenues of artistic growth. Her canvases continue to encompass vibrant color landscapes. Her paintings display creative compositions in landscapes, still lifes, garden scenes, as well as her first love, wildlife paintings. She has not allowed her past accomplishments, however, to stand in the way of her continued search for further artistic excellence.

Listed in Vols. I and II of Artists of Texas and American Artists, an Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans, Chance has long been recognized as an outstanding landscapist. She is recognized throughout Texas as an outstanding teacher, lecturer and juror. Her painting, “Summertime on the Nueces” was juried as 1996’s Best of Show in Austin’s KLRU’s Art Classic. In 2009, she was awarded the People’s Choice award in the Hill Country Arts Foundation, near Kerrville, Turning Point exhibit.

Her painting, “Rio Ruidoso, August” was recently selected for inclusion in the Hubbard Museum of Western Art’s summer exhibit, “Celebra’cion del Arte,” which runs through Sept. 9.

Chance’s 2008 trip to Scotland resulted in two One-Woman Shows of her Scottish paintings, the first in 2010 at the Hill Country Arts Foundation near Kerrville, Texas and in 2011 at Prellop’s Fine Art Gallery in Salado, Texas. Several of her Scottish scenes

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will be featured in her home exhibit this year with the Lincoln County Studio Art Loop Tour.

Chance is a member of the Oil Painters of America and the Plein Aire Painters of New Mexico organizations. She is a Member Emeritus of the Texas Wild Bunch, Professional Artists. She is collected by major corporate collections, including Del Webb Sun City, Scott & White Hospital, Samsung Corporation, Ernst & Young, LLP, Wells-Fargo Bank-Kerrville, The University of Texas at Austin and Temple-Inland Corporation.

She is represented in Texas galleries

by Fredericksburg Fine Art Gallery in Fredericksburg and by Prellop’s Fine Art Gallery in Salado, Texas.

Her wildlife paintings are published and distributed by Ray Greenberg, Art Publisher in Chester, N.Y. Several of Chance’s paintings have been chosen for exhibitions in New York, and Dallas.

Chance’s oil paintings are exhibited in Ruidoso at Mountain Annie’s Center for the Arts, 2710 Sudderth Drive. Ample free parking at the Gallery is also available for the Friday evening art demonstration. Chance’s painting, “Rio Ruidoso, August” can be viewed at the Hubbard Museum of Western Art during the Art Loop Tour weekend.

For more information and to view her currently available paintings, visit Chance’s website, www.echancestudio.com.

Tuesdays Wednesdays & Thursdays

Drawing July 27 @ 7PM • Inn of the Mountain Gods

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“Skyline Trail, Lincoln National Forest,” 10 x 20, by Earlayne Chance. This area burned in the Ruidoso fires, 2012.

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Jamie Slack’s whimsical creations

By Rosalyn Stevenson The talented Jamie Slack is an author as well as an artisan working with recycled materials and gourds.

About her creations using found objects, Slack says: “I just love the idea of taking something someone else saw no use for and turning it into something, a piece of fun art.”

She describes herself as the “birth mother” who creates “art for adoption” for the person who falls in love with her whimsical gourd sculptures.

A stroll through Slack’s studio in Ruidoso will reveal her passion for “out-of-the-box” creating ... FUNky gourd friends with a folk art flair, whimsical note cards and spherical gourds with personal messages.

Open during Lincoln County Art Loop Studio Tour, view the artists’s web site for other hours. www. jamieink.com.

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For tickets visit InnoftheMountainGods.com or or call (575) 464-7059 Minors must be accompanied by an adult.

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LINCOLN COUNTY ART LOOP STUDIO TOUR · JULY 5-6-7 · 2013 The Ellis Store Country Inn Come enjoy our shady cool Portale for a delightful lunch.

Specialty desserts and quiet, peaceful surroundings in our beautiful gardens.

Tour the oldest house in Lincoln County, circa 1850, with elegant antiques.

1453 Calle la Placita Lincoln, New Mexico 575.653.4609

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“Bonito Lake, Before the Fire” 14x18, oil/c

500 Main Road at Mtn. Breeze, Upper Canyon 10a - 5p

Look for the flags on Airport Rd. just West of the Spencer Theater.

Enjoy the panoramic views at the Wellhouse Ranch, 452 Airport Rd. Art loop Site #6.

Take a walk through the barn.

Inside, you’ll find life-size Oil Paintings of horses in their equestrian setting.

Original Oil Paintings, Gicleé Prints and Photography on Canvas.

Delaney Davis will be performing @ the Wellhouse Ranch Saturday July 6th from 2-5pm. www.andreadanteart.com

The Dolan House Built in 1883 by James J. Dolan

Bill and Beverly Strauser, owners

Restaurant - Coffee/Tea Shoppe Gift Shop www.thedolanhouse.com 575-653-4670 bev@thedolanhouse.com

826 Calle la Placita PO Box 197 Lincoln NM 88336

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Husband and wife team create inspired gourd art

By Rosalyn Stevenson Art Loop artists Robert and Yolanda Espinosa have worked together for 11 years creating inspired art using natural gourds. For the past four years the couple have worked intensely developing their professional presentation for their art.

Robert Espinosa says the gourds “talk to him” telling him what designs should be made on them. He cleans the gourds and cuts the designs out using a tiny hand saw, files and even nails.

Once the design cutouts have met his requirements and the rest of the design has been drawn, he turns the project over to his wife Yolanda who stains the gourds and paints in the design. She also adds beading in some cases.

Their gourd art can be seen during this year’s Lincoln County Art Loop Tour. Their studio, located in Capitan, will be open all three days of the Art Loop, July 5 - 7.

See more of their art at: www. twodeergourdart.com.

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Eagle gourd and Dreamcatcher gourd, hand-carved and painted by Robert and Yolanda Espinosa.

LINCOLN COUNTY ART LOOP STUDIO TOUR · JULY 5-6-7 · 2013 Ran La Roca Glass ART LOOP

July 5+6+7, 10 to 5 daily Ronda and Randy Dougherty 487 Highway 380 Lincoln, New Mexico 575-653-4219

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Vision-impaired artist creates beauty from wood and clay An interview with Madeleine Sabo

By Rosalyn Stevenson

Madeleine Sabo creates beautiful objects of art, motivates others and participates in year round art shows. She has been featured in the international magazine of the American Association of Wood Turners, New Mexico Magazine and others. She has not let her diminished eyesight slow her down. In the following interview she talks about her art process and her many projects.

Stevenson: How and when did you lose your eyesight?

Sabo: Five years ago I contracted Merca, a life threatening blood disease.

No one knows how I got it. I spent two weeks in the ICU, a total of about three

weeks in the hospital. When I came out I had lost my sight. After four major surgeries I now have some blurred vision in my left eye and I can see a little color.

Stevenson: So you make artistic wooden vessels by feel? Tell me about that.

Sabo: I work on a lathe that turns at about 1200 to 1500 rpm. The wood lies horizontally on the lathe and I shape it by using a very sharp tool called a bowl gouge. I also use a skew tool and parting tools when needed. I stop once in awhile during the process to feel the wood.

Before starting, I mark the wood with

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a black felt-tipped pen. I can still see some variation of light and dark, so the black line tells me where I want the narrowest and the fullest part of the piece to be.

My husband has been my rock. He helped me set up my tools so I know where everything is. Each day when I go into the wood shop, I set up the wood myself, turn the lathe on and begin.

The American Association of Wood Turners did a story in their international magazine about how my husband and I learned by trial and error how to set up a studio for the sightless. It works really well for me now and I hope the article helped others.

The work is a very serendipitous process. I get the ideas for my pieces from the wood itself. Right now I’m making a 17 inch tall vase from an 18 inch long piece of Arizona Cypress that came from a tree recently felled by high winds in Carrizozo. I can feel the bark and see the light and dark of the grain in a piece of wood if I put my good eye really close to the piece, and I use those things in the designs. continued on pg. 18 Photos courtesy of Steve Sabo

At top, Madeleine Sabo in her wood shop; center, Blowing Leaves clay bowl; at right, Juniper Vase with Turquoise.

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The upcoming racing week at Ruidoso Downs

Ruidoso Downs’ racing this week starts on the Fourth of July and runs through Sunday. On Thursday and Friday are the trials to the $1 million Rainbow Futurity with 13 races each day. On Saturday are the nine trials to the $1,055,000 Rainbow Derby on the 12-race program. First post time is 1 p.m. daily.

Two action-filled days of Rainbow Futurity trials Start Fourth of July racing week at Ruidoso Downs The two days of trials to the $1 million Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs get off to a hot start on Thursday with two Grade 1 horses in the first trial followed by the undefeated Remington Park Oklahoma-bred Futurity winner Coronado Cartel races Friday afternoon.

Racing this week runs on a special Thursday through Sunday schedule and returns to the usual Friday through Monday lineup the following week (July 12-15). First post time is 1 p.m. daily.

The horses with the five-fastest times on Thursday will join the horses with the five-fastest times on Friday in the finals of the first running of the Rainbow Futurity as a $1 million race on July 21 at 400 yards.

There will be 13 trials each day.

The first trial on Thursday pits $1,075,000 Heritage Place Futurity sixth-place finisher Pronto Alex against West Texas Futurity sixth-place finisher Pouring Rain.

Abalardo Flores Jr.’s and Carlos Lozano’s Pronto Alex has already made five starts for trainer Eddie D. Willis with a win in the $50,000 Laico Bird Stakes by one-half length back in April.

The gelded son of Inseperable went on to win his Heritage Place Futurity trial by two-and-one-quarter lengths before finishing sixth in the futurity.

David Pinon pilots Pronto Alex with the second post position.

Fredda Draper’s Pouring Rain showed promise at Sunland Park this spring when she won her West Texas Futurity trial in her first start and then was a lackluster sixth in the finals of the first Grade 1 race in New Mexico.

In her sole start at Ruidoso Downs, the Walk Thru Fire filly was sixth in her Ruidoso Futurity trial.

Pouring Rain tries to step forward when she starts from the sixth post position with Larry Payne up.

The 10th trial also provides a challenging matchup with $453,000 Sam Houston Futurity qualifier Eagletefamous and Ruidoso Juvenile third-place finisher Full Blown Dynasty.

Terry Baber’s Eagletefamous won his Sam Houston Futurity trial in his debut and then shied from horses in the

futurity and was never a threat. One of 26 horses trainer Blane Wood entered in the trials, he took a positive step in his Ruidoso Futurity trial when he showed a late interest to gain third.

Ricky Ramirez has the mount with the fifth post position.

Full Blown Dynasty was third in the Ruidoso Juvenile as the 3-2 favorite. The gelding by FDD Dynasty won continued on next page

HANDICAPPING

with Michael Cusortelli

JULY 3 • 9 a.m.

Rainbow Futurity & Derby trials on 105.1 FM and 1490 AM

surebetracingnews.com

Michael Cusortelli is a handicapper, blogger and freelance writer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A graduate of the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program, he has been a racing publicist and was most recently field editor and electronic news editor for the American Quarter Horse Racing Journal for 10 years. He has contributed to several industry publications, including the New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Magazine, Stallion E Search, The Horseplayer Magazine, Daily Racing Form, HoofBeats, and the Texas Thoroughbred Magazine. Joined SureBet in 2007. Email: oaktown_c@hotmail.com

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rAinBoW FuTuriTY, from pg. 7 his Ruidoso Futurity trial by three quarters of a length in his first start with a time of 17.589 seconds for 350 yards.

G.R. Carter Jr. has the mount with the seventh post position.

Reliance Ranches’ Coronado Cartel brings his three-forthree record, highlighted by his Remington Park Oklahomabred Futurity win, into his Ruidoso Downs debut in Friday’s eighth trial. The Corona Cartel-son nosed out Houdini, who was supplemented for $30,000 to race in the trials, to gain the Remington Park Oklahoma-bred Futurity win.

Coronado Cartel won his maiden at first asking and then rolled to a two-length win in his Remington Park Oklahomabred Futurity trial.

The sixth-ranked horse in the national quarter horse poll, Coronado Cartel drew the second post position and regular rider Jimmy Dean Brooks will be up for trainer Willis.

Ellen Kennedy Living Trust’s Houdini, runner-up to Coronado Cartel in the Remington Park Oklahomabred Futurity, also makes his Ruidoso Downs debut. The Luis Villafrancotrained gelding won his first two starts, including a two-and-one-half length romp in his Remington Park Oklahoma-bred Futurity trial, before losing a head-bobbing finish in the futurity.

Cody Jensen has the mount on

Houdini, a son of Valiant Hero, with the outside post position in the ninth race.

Johnny Trotter’s homebred Strategic Weapon may be winless from two starts, but is still a potentially dangerous Grade 1 horse. He was second in his Ruidoso Futurity trial with the second-fastest qualifying time and then had a horrid seventh-place trip in the Ruidoso Futurity at 7-2 odds that can be disregarded.

A half-brother to champion and leading sire One Famous Eagle, the Wood-trained gelding has Ramirez up with the sixth post position in the third trial.

For complete Ruidoso Downs’ information, go to www. raceruidoso.com, visit the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino Facebook page and obtain the latest news by following the Ruidoso Press Box (@RuiPressBox) on Twitter.

Family Day at the track

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The ever-popular stick horse races launched the annual Family Day festivities at Ruidoso Downs Race Track Saturday accompanied by drink and hot dogs specials, free parking and admission.

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Wicked Courage to continue Triple Crown quest

After that, he won the Black Gold 350 Futurity

By Todd Fuqua and the Black Gold Futurity Championship at Will Sports Editor Rogers Downs in Oklahoma – a pair of Grade 3 todd@ruidosofreepress.com races that started putting this Captain Courage son As the 3-year-old stakes program at Ruidoso on the map.

Downs Race Track continues to grow exponentially, “We took some chips out of his knee and rethe number – and quality – of horsemen bringing habbed him after that, ran him just one time before their derby horses to the track is expected to increase bringing him to Ruidoso,” Smith said. “That race as well. (the Bob Moore Stakes at Remington Park) was a There may not be a Triple Crown bonus for race that everyone thought was too short for him, three big derbies – Ruidoso, Rainbow and All Amerbut he won and we felt he was primed and ready.” ican – as there are for the futurities, but that doesn’t Wicked Courage showed he was plenty ready mean the owner of this year’s Ruidoso Derby winPhoto courtesy of Roberta Harris for his first race at Ruidoso Downs as a three-yearner isn’t excited about a run at the second leg.

Wicked Courage winning the Ruidoso Derby, June 9. old, winning his trial to the Ruidoso Derby before That run starts this Saturday with trials to the taking the final in part of a cavalry charge at the Rainbow Derby, and those trials will include Wicked Captain Courage, and this was his first crop of yearfinish.

Courage, fresh off his narrow Ruidoso Derby victory lings. I had also seen his grandmother (Viking Anne) This is the first time in almost 30 years of bringon June 9. run at Los Alamitos and she was one of the greatest ing Quarter Horses to Ruidoso Downs that Smith has A win in all three Triple Crown races would pay 870-yard runners you’ve ever seen. For $4,000, you’d had a winner, and there doesn’t seem to be anything about $2 million to the winner. have thought I stole him.” stopping him.

That’s quite a return compared to what owner The horse was hard to break until he was gelded, “There’s been no problems coming back from that Andrew Smith paid for the horse. and then had some leg problems in his first year of rac- horse. He’s just the same old Wicked Courage,” Smith “I bought him at the Heritage (Place) Sale (in said. “He’s been a blessing.”

Oklahoma City) for $4,000,” Smith said. “It was from ing, just missing out on the Ruidoso Futurity.

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Purses boosted for all Ruidoso trial races Beginning with the two days of trials to the all-time record $1 million Rainbow Futurity this upcoming Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5, all trial races will have a 71-percent increase, up to $6,000 from the current $3,500 purses.

The purses for the trials on Saturday, July 6 to the record-setting $1 million (est.) Rainbow Derby will also be boosted to $6,000.

This increase in all trials includes all thoroughbred trials and all New Mexico-bred trials – every trial race at Ruidoso Downs.

“The horsemen support our races and build these races to record levels,” said general manager Shaun Hubbard.

“This is another way for us to show our appreciation to these horsemen who support our races year-in and year-out.”

After the Rainbow Futurity and Rainbow Derby trials, the upcoming trial races are the Zia Futurity trials, Zia Derby trials, Rio Grande Senorita Futurity trials, Rio Grande Senor Futurity trials, John Deere Ruidoso Downs Juvenile

Challenge trials, All American Futurity trials and All American Derby trials. All these trials will carry $6,000 purses.

The All American Futurity will have a record purse of $2.6 million while the All American Derby is heading towards an estimated $2.8 million purse. The All American Futurity has the largest purse of any two-year-old race in North America and the All American Derby promises to be the alltime richest Quarter Horse race.

There will be a special racing schedule over Fourth of July weekend with racing on a Thursday through Sunday schedule. The normal Friday through Monday schedule returns the following week. There is always free parking and free general admission at Ruidoso Downs.

For complete Ruidoso Downs’ information, go to www.raceruidoso. com, visit the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino Facebook page and obtain the latest news by following the Ruidoso Press Box (@RuiPressBox) on Twitter.

It is time to buy a flag for the 4th of July. They will be patriotically displayed along Highway 70 in front of the Ruidoso Downs Race Track. Call Rhonda Vincent at ENMU-Ruidoso Foundation, 257-2120 for more information.

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Fishing report for Southeast NM Bataan Lake: Fishcaught by anglers ing was slow for all using nightcrawlers. species.

No reports on other species.

Black River: Stream flow at Malaga on Green Meadow Monday was 8.8 Lake: No reports cfs. No reports from from anglers this anglers this week. week.

Blue Hole Park Grindstone ReserPond: We had no voir: Trout fishing reports from anglers was good using this week.

Kastmasters, Power Photo courtesy of Eugene Heathman Bait, worms, garlic Bonito Lake: Closed. cheese and salmon Bosque Redondo: eggs.

No reports on other species.

Fishing was slow for all species.

Jal Lake: No reports from anglers Fishing pressure was very light. this week.

Bottomless Lakes: No reports from Lake Van: Fishing was slow for all anglers this week. species.

Brantley Lake: Anglers are to practice catch-and-release for all fish as Oasis Park Lake: Fishing was slow high levels of DDT were found in for all species. several fish.

Pecos River: Stream flow below Carlsbad Municipal Lake: Fishing Sumner Lake on Monday was 99 cfs. was slow for all species.

Fishing was fair using nightcrawlers and for catfish. No reports on other Chaparral Park Lake: No reports species. from anglers this week.

Perch Lake: No reports from anglers El Rito Creek: Trout fishing was this week. good using salmon eggs, worms and small dry flies.

Ruidoso River: Stream flow near Greene Acres Lake: Fishing was Hollywood on Monday was .28 cfs. slow with just an occasional catfish No reports from anglers this week.

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Rory Combs

Member of the National Sculpture Society shows work during Art Loop Studio Tour

By Rosalyn Stevenson Rory Combs grew up in an area rich in Native American history. He has been intrigued by Native American culture since childhood and marvels in their spirituality and wisdom.

Combs creates strongly beautiful portraits of Native Americans in bronze. He begins by sculpting the piece in clay. It is then taken to a foundry where a mold is made from the clay and then a wax replica is made using the mold. The wax replica is dipped in ceramic slurry repeatedly until the desired thickness is achieved. The piece is then fired and the wax core is burned out. This leaves a hollow mold into which bronze is poured and set to create the final cast bronze piece.

In addition to showing his sculptures at his open studio during the Lincoln County Art Loop Studio Tour this year, Combs will have some of his charcoal portraits of Native Americans available. He also will be showing new bronze pieces from 9 to 40 inches tall. All pieces are limited editions.

Combs earned his BA degree in Advertising Design from Photos courtesy of Rory Combs Iowa State University and also studied sculpture. His work At right, Red Armed Panther by Rory Combs. has appeared in juried shows from Wyoming to Illinois.

His work is available at Dakota Nature and Art-Hill City, S.D., or through his website: www.rorycombs.com.

Visit The Dolan House in Lincoln

The Dolan House built in 1883 is nestled in the beautiful Bonito Valley in the famous town of Lincoln – brought to fame by the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid, who roamed the surrounding area and broke out of the nearby jail.

Today, visitors will enjoy the hospitality of Bill and Beverly Strauser, who have lovingly renovated the historic building.

Stop by for a delicious variety of homemade lunch and dessert specialties with always fresh and up-to-date choices. Ask about Tea Parties and special events (meetings, family reunions, wedding receptions, birth-

days and anniversaries). Visit the gift shop located next to the dining room for antiques, books, unique items, and souvenirs. Run a penny through the penny machine to get images of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett.

Open all year around, call for winter hours. Located in the center of Lincoln, across the street from the Tunstall Store Museum at 826 Calle la Placita. The hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays. 575-653-4670.

Visit the website: www.thedolanhouse.com and Facebook page (The Dolan House) for up-to-date information.

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Preserving ancient Native American Petroglyphs in contemporary materials

By Rosalyn Stevenson

Lay Powell Lay Powell makes sculptures out of huge sheets of steel. His sculptures are based on his research of petroglyphs that he finds he says, “in really out-of-the-way places off the beaten path, places where I have to hike in sometimes for 10 miles or so.”

Some of Powell’s metal sculptures are 12 feet tall. One is 16 feet wide. He uses a hand held torch to cut the steel. He says: “This leaves just a little roughness, kind of a rhythmic edge to the metal where you can almost see the heart beat coming through where the hand has cut the metal.”

Powell talked more about how he came to research ancient petroglyphs and use them in his sculpture and paintings: My father was a rancher with a lot of land and when I was a kid he used to take me with him when he went to brand the cattle.

He would drop me off at the “rockpile” on his land, which was a primitive area with a lot of petroglyphs carved into the rocks. I saw my first petroglyphs when I was five years old. As I was alone all day with these images, they became my “playmates.”

I actually felt they were talking to me, and

that I was talking to them. I felt I understood their language and the stories they were telling and the sacredness and the ceremony implied in the images.

When I was three or four years old, I found some crayons and crawled behind the furniture and started filling in squares in a pattern on the wall-paper. My parents saw what I was doing and thought it was proof that I would be an artist. Later they sent me to art school. I studied at the University of New Mexico where I received a Bachelor’s Degree in fine art. The graphic art training I got in college brought me back again to the graphic style of petroglyphs.

Though Powell’s metal sculptures are beautiful and dynamic on their own, they also preserve some of the ancient “language” of forgotten ancestors. When asked why he thinks it’s important to preserve ancient petroglyph

images in contemporary materials Powell said: “When I was a child the native “rock art” was pristine. Over the years, as I’ve visited various sites, I’ve seen these images degraded by graffiti, by public abuse and by natural degradation. I want to preserve some of the magic, the ceremony, the Shamanistic spirit of these expressions from the past. I still feel they are speaking to me and I am speaking to them.”

Powell’s art has been shown in galleries in Colorado and throughout the Southwest. He is currently showing for the first time in this year’s Art Loop Studio Tour, July 5 - 7. He also creates custom pieces for clients from a wide array of select images he has specially sourced.

See the full map of artist studios by picking up an Art Loop Studio Tour map at the Ruidoso Chamber of Commerce or visit: www.artloop.org.

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Photos of artwork courtesy of Lay Powell; photo of Lay Powell cutting steel courtesy of Rosalyn Stevenson

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The fine craft of wood turning –

Master craftsmen Steve Sabo and Jerry Longbotham

By Rosalyn Stevenson Steve Sabo: Being “Green” before it came in vogue, most of the wood used in Sabo’s artwork comes from local wood, scavenged from wood piles, friends trees, his own property and even the remains from the Little Bear Fire. “Knowing the history of a unique piece of wood makes the finished piece come alive as it tells a story and gives it character.”

Inspired by the wood itself, Sabo has come to realize that working with wood “is a serendipitous adventure. One never knows what to expect until you get inside of it and can fully appreciate what the good Lord has given us to work with.”

Sabo’s work is prominently displayed in many galleries around the country and locally at the Renaissance & Revolution Art Gallery in Ruidoso.

Photos courtesy of Jerry Longbotham

At top, Maple Burl Bowl by Steve Sabo; at left, Wood Ash Bowl and Cups with Turquoise Inlay by Jerry Longbotham.

gator Juniper, Native Walnut and Algerita are some of his favorites. “Algerita is an unusual wood to work with,” the artist says.

“It is a member of the Barberry family and has small prickly leaves. It produces a deep yellow in the sap wood portion and a rich dark brown in the hardwood portion.” Longbotham creates goblets, artistic Southwestern bowls and more.

He has two pieces that will be showing in the juried Celebracion De Arte at the Hubbard Museum in July, in addition to having open studio during the Lincoln County Art Loop Studio Tour, July 5 - 7. View more of his work at: www.speakingwood.com.

During this year’s Lincoln County Art Loop Studio Tour his work and the work of his wife, Madeline, also a master wood turner, can be viewed at their open studio and also viewed at: www.artisticartfromwood.com.

Jerry Longbotham: Longbotham states that “The energy of the sun is in the wood. Wood is a sort of time capsule for the sun. I let the wood speak to me and I create from that message.”

Longbotham works in wood found mostly in local Lincoln County; Alli-

Have a lot on your plate?

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Photos courtesy of Rosalyn Stevenson

Above, Steve Sabo in his workshop; at left, Jerry Longbotham in his workshop.

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Exciting new Art Loop techniques Submitted by Pearl Tippin Exciting techniques abound in this, the 18th year of Lincoln County’s Art Loop Studio Tour, the grand daddy of New Mexico Art Tours. Thirty artists in Alto, Capitan, Lincoln, Nogal, Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs will open their studios to show their current creations and to demonstrate some of their latest processes.

Earlayne Chance, Ruidoso number 19 in “The Loop” says “the painting process begins with outstanding photography where the design and composition is clearly identified.

This enables me to place the objects to be painted in a cohesive order.” Earlayne uses “old master techniques with lots of glazes after a loose block-in using oil paints and turpentine to “set” the composition. I can then make adjustments, if necessary, before beginning laying on thin to thick paints.”

Among the clay artists, Misha Malpica, Ruidoso number 16 on Art Loop’s map, sculpted in various mediums for more than 40 years, discovered fired clay which evolved into unique mixed media sculptures of ravens, bears and, particularly, horses. Incorporating ribbons, turquoise and Native American painted symbols to evoke the spirit of the animal from southwest folklore, Misha says, “Individually sculpted for hours and fired in a kiln, I try to give each horse its own personality. I apply layers of colors to give a soft, worn surface to their coats. Horse hair, vintage beads, feathers and leather fringe adorn my creations.”

From animals to flowers, Susan Weir Anker’s work, Lincoln number 8 in “The Loop,” has taken a different direction. Inspired “by the feminine spirit and our deep sister-ship with flowers, birds, and banquets, my demonstration will include glazing and drawing on functional serving platters with bouquets of garden blooms, I use both a round and angular format. The ceramic canvas gives me ample space to wrap flowers around and under the pieces. I use colorful velvet slips over a colonial white glaze. The result is a walk in a lush garden. Here in New Mexico, with the lack of water, our gardens are not so dense but we can be inspired by these beauties.”

Karen McCort, Art Loop map, Nogal number 5, has been trying different surface decoration techniques. “I make silkscreens from my photographs of wildlife. The silkscreens and underglazes are used to transfer these images to my stoneware plates.” Karen often uses commercial rollers to add surface texture and experiments with her own unique designs, both drawn and impressed, to add texture and interest to her pottery.

Precious metal clay (PMC) entails a very different process than some already mentioned.

This is Janet Alexander’s medium, Art Loop map Alto number 7.

“Janet combines metal smithing skills with a product called Precious Metal Clay (PMC).

It’s a fairly new product composed of recycled fine silver mixed with a binder. The product looks and feels like clay allowing her to carve designs into it. After drying the clay, the binder is burned off using a torch or a kiln, leaving only the metal fused together.

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Janet Alexander

Earlayne Chance

Misha Malpica

Karen McCort

Susan Weir-Anker

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Art Loop demonstrations

By Pearl Tippin When thinking of art, many people visualize oil on canvas or sculptures of bronze, but art is made by many divergent techniques. Thirty Art Loop artists in 23 different studios invite the public to come see how it is done during the 18th annual Lincoln County Art Loop studio tour, July 5 7, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Two artists using the medium of paper in very different ways are Michele Caskey and Linda Fox, both showing in Lincoln during Art Loop.

Linda cuts paper of varying textures and thickness into shapes and pieces them together to form a picture. Michele uses paper as a form of expression “Paper provides texture and pattern but also provides a means within the context of an abstract painting to identify form that we collectively agree on. So within these crazy bright paintings they are grounding images.

That is a popsicle. The question of why there is a popsicle on a mesa in the desert is left for the viewer to ponder and explore, which is half the fun of it.”

Lay Powell, an archaeological field illustrator of ancient petroglyphs, showing in Ruidoso, uses nine different mediums but his most recent discoveries are “Photo Extrapolation” and “Photo Expansion.” The first uses “photographs on a light-table, traced so only the rock art and shape of the stone are emphasized. The second twist in an old art form is to use a photograph as the central point of focus and then expand it outward in drawing from its boundary. What one sees is no longer the view of the camera but the expanded view of a photograph by an artist. The eye of a camera is like looking through a pin hole in a box and information can be limited. My

technique allows more information to expand outward or accompany the photograph to almost reinvent its focus point; a 4x6 photo turns into 8x10 piece of art.”

From rocks to Santos, Jeannie Adams, showing in Lincoln, known for her paintings on rock, has recently become a Santera, an artist who paints saints. It is a very old New Mexican traditional art form which Jeannie has modified by using hand cut pieces of barn wood as the backdrop for her acrylic paintings on recycled scrap metal siding. Favorites include; St. Francis, St. John the Baptist, St. James and the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Linda Caperton, is also showing in Lincoln. Best known for her beautifully dye-painted silk scarves, lately Linda has begun felting merino wool into light weight silk chiffon, a technique called Nuno. This new technique began in the 1990s and involves wetting the painted silk scarf and the colored woollen fibers with cool, soapy water, rolling them in a pool noodle 1,800 times, then, using hot, soapy water, vigorously throwing the noodle against the sink for approximately ten minutes, by which time the wool has felted into the silk. After a vinegar/water rinse, the scarf is laid flat to dry. Throughout this process, her mop is her best working tool.

Gourds are Robert and Yolanda Espinosa’s canvas, showing in Capitan. From the gourds, Bob cuts out the shapes he wants, which he uses for other decorative art pieces, then Yolanda paints the gourds with their cut outs showing different colors and decorated with beads, feathers and silk threads.

Demonstration schedules and studio tour maps are available at www. artloop.org.

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mAdeLine sABo, from pg. 8 working in clay. I make open bowls with maple leaf patterns. Of course clay one can really feel.

Sometimes it can be frustrating working in the wood shop, but overall it is so wonderful to take a piece of wood that is just a big piece of a tree and turn it into a beautiful piece of art. I get rewarding feedback from people who see my work and I value that.

And then they buy a piece and that is so wonderful. I’ve had visitors from Texas who came to visit my wood shop because someone else had told them about me.

I started working in wood in 2002. I also did painting before my sight loss; Stevenson: You’re showing work at the Southwest landscapes and westernHigh Mesa Studio Tour on April 27 and 28. themed paintings in acrylic.

Tell me about your involvement with this In 2006, 2007 and 2008 I won Best Photo courtesy of Steve Sabo tour. of Show for two of my wood vessels Trickles of Turquoise wood vase.

Sabo: I organized the entire tour, advertisand one painting at the G.F.W.C., the ing, everything. I delegate, and all the artist General Federation of Women’s Clubs State Conventions. participants in the tour have worked together as a team to make this happen.

Some of my pieces have turquoise or other embellishments I’m also doing the Art Loop in July; the Alto Artists Studio inlaid either in a natural crack in the wood or where I have cut a groove in the wood to make a design. My husband helps Tour also in July; the Christmas Jubilee in November and my husband and I have a show together in the gallery at the with the gluing after I determine the design.

Roswell Museum in October.

Each piece I make is hand-sanded by me on the lathe in a I started the Lincoln County support group for the site imfive-step process going from coarse to fine sandpaper and paired. We meet once a month. then to steel wool. After sanding, the piece is given three coats of Watco I also give motivational talks for the New Mexico Wood TurnOil. I then buff ers Association and for other groups who might benefit from each piece using my experience. the Beall Buffing Stevenson: What inspirational influences have helped you?

System. This is Sabo: I have a motto – A.P.S. It stands for: Accept – Patience done on a wide – Stubborn. Accept what you cannot change, be patient with wheel. I use three yourself and be stubborn. sets of buffers.

Finally the piece I tell people: I am a wife, a mother, an artist, and oh, by is given a coat of the way I am blind. Life may not be the party you thought it special wood wax would be, but go ahead and dance anyway. And don’t ever to seal the color of give up. the wood.

For more info about the High Mesa Studio Tour or Madeleine Sabo’s wood or clay art, call 575-354-0201.

I’ve also started My husband also turns wood, and we try to use as much New Mexico wood as possible. New Mexico has plenty of Juniper which has a very warm tone and is easy to turn. We also use New Mexico Maple, Box Elder, Pistachio and Salt Cedar. The Box Elder has beautiful pink tones if grown next to water. The Salt Cedar has a wonderful reddish color with lots of designs in the grain if grown next to water.

The Pistachio has black grain.

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ROSWELL: Jul 4 Mike Satterfield Fireworks Extravaganza, Cielo Grande, presented by the Roswell Sertoma Club. Live music starts at 5:30 p.m.

Inflatable games, food vendors and fireworks start at 9:15 p.m.

5-8 UFO Festival 2013, downtown Roswell. UFO enthusiasts and skeptics alike join in on one of the most-debated incidents in history.

Featuring guest speakers, authors, live entertainment, a costume contest, pet costume contest, parade, family-friendly activities and more. www.ufofestivalroswell.com 6 19th Annual Lovelace Alien Chase 10K and 5K, Civic Center Main and 10th St., 7 a.m. For more information: roswellrunnersclub@ yahoo.com

MESCALERO Jul 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 The Pontiax (classic rock) at 6 and “Captain America” after sunset. www. innofthemountaingods.com. Free 4-7 Mescalero Apache Ceremonial and Rodeo, Mescalero Rodeo Grounds, Rodeo Grounds Rd. Native dances, arts and crafts and food vendors. Main gate opens at 10 a.m. Lunch is served at noon and dinner is served at 5 p.m. Rodeo every day at 1:30 p.m. 575-4644494. Open to the public. $5 for non-natives 5 Baby Bash with special guest MC Magic, plus Royal T., Lil Bandit & Mr. Sancho. Enjoy the smooth hip hop beats from some of rap’s hottest artists. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets start at $20. www. innofthemountaingods.com 7 The Highwaymen Tribute Show, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd., 1 - 3 p.m. A tribute to Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. The Highwaymen traveled the world performing country music to millions of fans, performing hits like “Ring of Fire,”“Dukes of Hazard” and “On the Road Again.” 575-4647777; www.innofthemountaingods.com. Tickets start at $50

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ARTESIA: Jul Thur’s Summer Classic Movie Series, presented by the Artesia Arts Council. On the plaza, 8:15 p.m. Bring a chair and a drink. Free. 646-4122; artesiaartscouncil.com 4 Fourth of July Celebration, Jaycee Park: Volleyball Tournament; 5K Fun Run & Walk; Firefighter Olympics; Parade (Main Street); Firecracker Scramble (Artesia Country Club); Madison Rising in Concert 8 p.m. followed by; Sons of Thunder Pyro Team Fireworks Extravaganza. Free. 575-746-2744 CARLSBAD: Jul 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 13 Night Sky Watching Program, Carlsbad Caverns, 8 - 10 p.m.

Telescopes, stories, night walks and other special programs start at dusk immediately after the Bat Flight program. 785-2232

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LEA COUNTY HOBBS: Jul 4 July 4th Community Celebration, Harry McAdams Park, 5000 Jack Gomez Blvd., 4 - 7 p.m. Food, fun and games for the whole family, Bike & Wagon decorating contest, Diaper Derby plus fireworks at 9:15 p.m. 397-9291 LOVINGTON: Jul 13 Lea County Museum’s Summer Concert Series: Bobby Flores Band, 103 N. Love St., on the east side of the courthouse, 7-10 p.m.

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ALTO: Jul 5 The Lettermen, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Rd., 8 - 10 p.m. Preperformance buffet at 6 p.m. From their first hit in 1961 – “The Way You Look Tonight” – through current hits of today, The Lettermen sound is non-stop harmony and their concerts are non-stop fun. Enjoy hits such as: “When I Fall in Love,” “Theme From A Summer Place,” “Goin’ Out of My Head/Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,”“Put Your Head on My Shoulder,”“Hurt So Bad” and “Shangri-La.” 575-336-4800; www. spencertheater.com. Buffet is $20.

Performance is $76 and $79 CAPITAN: Jul 4-7 Smokey Bear Stampede, Lincoln County Fairgrounds. Parade on July 4, 10 a.m.; Fireworks at dusk July 4, fire restrictions permitting.

Rodeo at 7 p.m. daily. Dutch oven cooking, kid’s rodeo, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, ranch bronc riding, steer wrestling and more.

Afternoon events each day. 575808-2814. Complete schedule at www.smokeybearstampede.com CARRIZOZO Jul 4 4th of July Celebration, Valle Del Sol Park, Highway 380. BBQ Brisket Dinner 5-8 p.m. and fireworks at dusk. Music by Paul Pino & the Tone Daddies 4 p.m. Dinner tickets $8 or $7 in advance. 575 973-0571 RUIDOSO: Jul 2 Business After Hours, hosted by New Mexico Bone & Joint Institute (formerly Alamogordo/Ruidoso Orthopedic and Sports Medicine), 26130 Hwy 70 West (next to Ruidoso Ford), 7 - 9 p.m. Stop by take and tour of the new building and meet the staff while enjoying an evening of refreshments and networking. 575-257-7395 or 575-434-0639 4-6 Mercado Del Artisan Outdoor Fair, River Rendezvous, 524 Sudderth Dr., 10 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Enjoy live music & wonderful fine art; including, gourd art, pottery, mosaics, jewelry, metal art, photography and much more. Vendors wanted. 575-258-3409. Free 5-7 Lincoln County Art Loop. Lincoln County artists open their studios to the public for a self-guided tour to view their collected works. Some share space with one another that shortens the scenic trip through southeastern NM. All offer

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extraordinary and unusual wares for perusal and purchase. A list of artists and studio locations at www. artloop.org. 1-877-377-6576. Free 6-7 Western Frontier Gun & Craft Show, Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr., Sat., 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Buy, sell, trade. Guns, ammo, knives, military surplus, jewelry.

All federal and state regulations will be followed. 575-430-8681. $5 per person. Children under 10 free with a parent 6 Party in the Plaza, Time Square Plaza, 2501 Sudderth Drive, corner of Eagle and Sudderth, Midtown, 6 - 9 p.m. Fun, food and shopping in Midtown 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 artist. 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: Jun 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 5-7 Cowboy Mafia Band performs at the No Scum Allowed Saloon, 1- 5 p.m. 575-648-5583 7 Paul Pino & The Tone Daddies perform at the No Scum Allowed Saloon, 7 p.m. 575-648-5583

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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 Jul 4 4th of July Parade - America the Beautiful, starting on the corner of Oregon Avenue and 10th Street and proceeding south, 10 - 11 a.m. Join the City of Alamogordo and the community for a patriotic celebration. 575-4394142. Free Freedom Faith Fireworks Celebration, Bethel Baptist Church, 1316 Scenic Drive, 4 - 10 p.m. The Annual *Freedom *Faith *Fireworks* Celebration, starting with a gospel sing at 4 p.m. in the Bethel Conference Center. Free food, family fun and friendly fellowship at 6 p.m. Inflatable bounce houses, dunk tank, dessert auction plus a car and motorcycle show.

575-437-7311; www.bethelnm. org. Free CLOUDCROFT: Jul 3 Lost Legends Memorial Scramble & Dinner, The Lodge.

TheLodgeResort.com 4 Fourth of July Community Parade and Picnic, parade is on Burro Street, 2 p.m.; BBQ, live music, fun and games from 4 - 6 p.m. 682-2733; cloudcroft.net 6 Fourth of July Street Dance, Burro Ave., 7 p.m. 682-2733; cloudcroft.net 5,6, “Big Bad” presented by the 12,13, Cloudcroft Light Opera Company, 19,20 Open Air Pavilion in Zenith Park, 7:30 p.m. Free. cloudcrofttheatre. com

Tuesday Billy’s Great Car Giveway Billy’s Summer Punch Out! Locals Day, 3X Points & 2 for 1 Lunch or Dinner $2 Beer and Hot Dogs in Billy’s Race Book Wednesday Billy’s Great Car Giveway 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 LIVE RACING: Rainbow QH Futurity Trials Billy’s Great Car Giveway Billy’s Slot Tournament Billy’s Shoot Out Six Handicapping Contest Bottomless Pasta — all you can eat for $3.95 Friday LIVE RACING: Rainbow QH Futurity Trials Billy’s Great Car Giveway Billy’s Summer Punch Out! 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: Rainbow QH Derby Trials Mark Villa Memorial Racing Free Day Billy’s Great Car Giveway 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 Billy’s Great Car Giveway Beer Specials in Billy’s Race Book Monday Billy’s Great Car Giveway $2 Beer and Hot Dogs in Billy’s Race Book

Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino 26225 US Highway 70 • Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346 For More Information Call (575) 378-4431 www.RaceRuidoso.com

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