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

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Despite shutdown, Holloman Haunted House to be open to the public

By KRWG News and partners Holloman Air Force Base is opening the doors to its annual Haunted House to the public for the first time this year, Oct. 25-26 from 6 to 11 p.m.

“On behalf of the men and women of Team Holloman, I’d like to invite the community to enjoy 25,000 square feet of exciting and terrifying Halloween horrors alongside Holloman families,” said Col. Andrew Croft, 49th Wing commander.

The Haunted House is located at the intersection for First Street and Santa Fe Drive on Holloman AFB. The guided tour will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Tickets are $6 for guests ages 12 and

up and $3 for those under 12. Concessions will be available for purchase.

The Haunted House will also be open to DoD ID cardholders only Oct. 30-31 from 6 to 9 p.m. Those without a DoD ID card must pre-register by calling the Visitor Center at 575-5725920 or 575-572-4138 and providing name, date of birth and Social Security number for a standard background check, which is required for all Holloman visitors. Pre-registered individuals will be allowed to access the base with a valid government-issued ID card for the Haunted House.

Please note that guests under age 16 must have an escort age 16 or older.

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Poetry corner ‘October’ by Marie Park

Autumn!

Golden crown of summer days, Trailing across the fields In her robes of red maple And flaming sumac.

Scattering golden coins Shaken from the sycamore trees,

Filling the air with her perfume Of ripening apples and drifting woodsmoke Stirring our hearts with a strange mixture Of joy in this flashing beauty And sadness at the passing of warm sunny days.

An ending And a beginning.

For we can see beyond this blaze of color Into the next scene of nature’s panorama; Fields stretching out under coverlets of snow,

Barren trees scratching rheumatic fingers Against a leaden sky.

The family warm before a golden fire, A shelf of books, a bowl of apples, And beyond that: another spring another summer another autumn God’s eternal promise of something good Beyond each opened door.

“Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.”

Revelation 3:8

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2014 Desert Light film competition

By Jan Wafful

The Desert Light Film organizers announce the 2014 Desert Light Film Festival will take place Friday, April 25, 2014.

Presented by New Mexico State University-Alamogordo, the Otero County Film Office, and the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts and sponsored by JC Penney, this competition will give students an opportunity to showcase their work, compete for prizes, and participate in seminars designed for young filmmakers.

Desert Light film competition is open to all New Mexico high school and middle school students, including students who attend public, private or charter schools, or who are home schooled. This festival is designed for any student who has an interest in film making.

Categories include narrative or drama/comedy, animation, music video, documentary, experimental film, music video and 30-second commercial. The criteria for all categories include production quality, creativity and originality, resourcefulness and entertainment value. This year you are encouraged to produce a 30 second commercial featuring JC Penney, in honor of our longtime corporate sponsor. The JC Penney commercial could feature local stores, merchandise and salespeople.

Sponsored by JC Penney through the JC Penney Foundation, Desert Light offers prizes in every category. First Place awards are $100 each. Honorable Mention awards are $50 each. Local JC Penney’s store manager Omar Hamza will be on hand to personally present the awards for the winning films. Seminars this year will include Final Cut Pro, special effects makeup for film, and production

techniques. Other seminars will be announced.

The preferred method for submitting student films is via Vimeo. The Vimeo account can be found at https://vimeo. com/user21243085 The login is desertlightfilmfest@gmail.com The password is lightdesert2014.

When videos are uploaded, there will be a tab for Privacy Settings. On that page is a question: Who can watch this video? Under that question, please choose: “Only people with a password – protect this video with a password.” Create a password, and then email that password to us at desertlightfilmfest@gmail.com along with the Title of the film. That way we will watch for it.

Films which cannot be submitted via Vimeo will still be accepted on disk. Please submit individual, single DVDs for each film submission. Do not submit multiple films on one DVD as was allowed in the past. If schools or students have something that won’t work with the criteria above, please email us and tell us what format you do have. We will try to work with you.

A special Film Briefing with Ranger Kathy Denton has been arranged at the White Sands National Monument following the Awards Ceremony. Whenever professionals come to film at the Monument, they have certain procedures to follow before they arrive, and while they are filming. This interactive briefing will teach you much about the protocol of filming in national parks and working with other agencies. Students will arrive at the White Sands before sunset, and then be able to film some fabulous footage. This is a very special opportunity to spend several hours at one of the sites kept especially for filming. This event is open just to students and teachers attending the Desert Light Film Festival.

Organizers of the 2014 Desert Light Film Competition include K. Jan Wafful, Otero County Film Liaison; Omar Hamza, store manager for JC Penney; Jim Mack, Director of the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, Bryan

Yancey, ProTech division head at NMSU Alamogordo; Ranger Kathy Denton, Education and Interpretation specialist at White Sands National Monument; Lori Anderson, Otero County Economic Development Council Business Development Director; Christa Haynes, New York Life Insurance; Oscar Zamora, director of the Binational Independent Film Festival; Joan Griggs, festival director from NMSU Alamogordo; and Dr. Bruce Martin and Donna Cook, NMSU Alamogordo.

Submit films anytime from now until Friday, March 14, 2014. Each entry requires a $5 entry fee which should be mailed with your entry form to the Otero County Film Office, 1301 N. White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo, NM 88310. The entry form includes a “Use of Submissions” form to be signed by students over 18. Parents or teachers will sign for students under 18. All forms, including the form explaining the Entry Rules, information about Judging and Awards, and Description of Categories will soon be available on the Film Otero website www. filmotero.com. They will be sent to you within the next few days. For more information, contact K. Jan Wafful, Otero County Film Liaison at jan@filmotero.com or Joan Griggs at jgriggs@ nmsu.edu.

On the cover: From the 2013 Desert Light Film Festival competition, Best of Festival winner was 17-year-old Samantha Filer from Los Alamos, who created “Sword of Arundel,” in the high school drama category.

Photo by Otero County Film Office at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, host for April 2013 DLFF awards ceremony. Also pictured is Mountain View Middle School from Alamogordo at the 2013 DLFF on the NMSU-Alamogordo campus.

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Above, Sierra Middle School from Las Cruces at the 2013 DLFF on NMSU-Alamogordo campus.

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Painted Ponies stampede OTERO intoWHITE Lincoln CountyBASIN SANDS / TULAROSA

• CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA her pony design. The Hubbard ALAMOGORDO Museum eagle feather had four of the American West horses; red, yellow, in Ruidoso is pleased to black and white to announce the addition represent the rainbow of two life size ponies of mankind. from the esteemed PubThe second year, lic Arts project, Trail of Kathy Morrow painted Painted Ponies, by Las another life size pony Cruces artist, Kathy called Give Me Wings Morrow. that was purchased by In the year 2000, a bank in Las Cruces.

The Trail of Painted Both Horse Feathers Ponies was formed and Give Me Wings as a New Mexico were made into colPublic Arts project. lectible figurines that It became a powerful soon sold out at all merge of businesses, Courtesy photos retail outlets. charities and artists Eleven years after for the benefit of the the origination of the Trail of Painted New Mexico community. In the first Ponies, Kathy discovered a pony form year of the project’s conception, 120 on Main Street in Las Cruces. It was life-size horse sculptures were cast in a pony lost to the Trail of Painted Poa polyurethane resin. A call went out nies and the original design had been for artists to create original work on painted and repainted multiple times. the ponies. Each business sponsored She was able to purchase the pony a pony and selected an artist to create form. It had been damaged and the tail the work and a non-profit charity to was broken. She spent three months receive 80 percent of the sale of their restoring the form and sponsored pony. All sanding it to the base artists began with the and bringing the pony same sculpture as a to life with new art. blank canvas on which The pony was named to create their art. ArtGood Medicine. ists were allowed to alter the horses with Both Good Mediadditional sculpture and cine and Horse Feathers embellishments and are now on exhibit at many did. The first year the Hubbard Museum of the TOPP art project and the public is invited (2000) Kathy Morrow to come see these colorpainted her first life ful ponies. The museum size pony, Horse Feathis located at 26301 ers. She painted an Highway 70 West in Appaloosa with a large Ruidoso Downs, 575eagle feather on each 378-4142. Hours are 10 side and hand sculpted Courtesy photos a.m. - 4:30 p.m. daily, seven eagle feathers in Good Medicine, before and email: info@hubbardafter restoration. epoxy resin to adorn museum.org.

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MISSOULA, Mont. — Forest thinning, prescribed burns, wetland restoration and water creation projects to improve elk habitat, as well as research to enhance forage, and sponsorship of multiple hunting heritage projects, highlight 2013 grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for the state of New Mexico.

The RMEF grants total $104,972 and benefit 16 counties with projects of statewide and national interest.

“New Mexico boasts some quality elk country and elk hunting and that will only improve after a series of RMEF-backed habitat enhancement projects are carried out around the state,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. “Several guzzler projects will also provide much-needed water for wildlife in an arid part of the Southwest.”

Since 1985, RMEF and its partners completed 278 different conservation and hunting heritage outreach projects in New Mexico with a combined value of more than $20.9 million.

“We have more than 4,800 members in New Mexico. It is thanks to them, especially our dedicated volunteers who raise funds through banquets and membership drives, that these funds are raised and put back on the ground in their home state,” added Allen. Allen also thanked RMEF chapters and volunteers around the nation for their dedication to conservation all across elk country.

RMEF grants will help fund the following 2013 projects, listed by county:

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Lea County – Help purchase equipment to launch the Lea County 4-H archery program to get youth interested in shooting sports and outdoor activities; and provide funding to purchase shell bags, shotgun shells, ear plugs, choke tubes, safety vests, ammunition, clays and other supplies for the Lea County 4-H shooting sports program.

science students from Capitan to attend the national competition in Louisville, Kent.

Socorro County – Replace an existing 2,200-gallon metal catchment with a 4,700-gallon galvanized water storage unit and install a one-acre pipe rail livestock exclosure to aid an elk herd of 100-250 approximately 15 miles west of Socorro; and install a new 4,700-gallon wildlife water development within the North San Mateo landscape approximately 50 miles southwest of Socorro; and five RMEF Albuquerque Chapter volunteers assisted with maintenance of two wildlife trick tanks and the construction of livestock exclosure fencing on the Mount Taylor Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest.

Statewide/Nationwide – Provide funding via RMEF state grants from New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas to assist the Military Warriors Support Foundation with a wounded warrior hunt filmed by the RMEF Team Elk TV show.

NM elk habitat enhanced thanks to RMEF grants Lincoln County – Deepen one existing wetland and create four small wetlands of various shapes and sizes totaling six acres on the top of Grindstone Mesa on the Lincoln National Forest to provide essential year-round wildlife drinking sites and develop critical habitat for a variety of wildlife species; provide sponsorship of the Lincoln County 4-H shooting sports program that gives youth age 9-19 the opportunity to learn responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline and skills; and provide funding for the Friends of Future Farmers of America 3-D Shoot to assist the winning New Mexico Forestry and Agri-

Curry County – Provide funding to help offset the equipment and supply expenses for the Eastern New Mexico Young Guns program; provide funding for the Clovis Bowhunters Youth Bow Adventures program which offers monthly archery instructional shoots for Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H and FFA youth age 17 and under in eastern New Mexico; and provide funding for the Curry County 4-H program which offers monthly instruction for Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts and 4-H members.

De Baca County – Provide funding for the Photo courtesy of Eugene Heathman De Baca County 4-H program that offers Wildlife in Lincoln County like this mature bull elk walking the streets of youth age 9-19 the opportunity to learn Ruidoso, will see improved habitat due to grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. firearms skills, safety and competition.

Conservation projects are selected for grants using science-based criteria and a committee of RMEF volunteers and staff along with representatives from partnering agencies. RMEF staff and volunteers select education projects to receive grants and hunting heritage projects to receive funding.

Partners for RMEF’s 2013 New Mexico projects include the Carson, Cibola, Gila, Lincoln and Santa Fe National Forests, as well as the Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, and various government, state, wildlife, business and volunteer organizations.

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is leading a conservation initiative that protected or enhanced habitat on more than 6.3 million acres – an area larger than Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier, Yosemite, Rocky Mountain and Great Smoky Mountains national parks combined. RMEF also is a strong voice for hunters in access, wildlife management and conservation policy issues. RMEF members, partners and volunteers, working together as Team Elk, are making a difference all across elk country. Join us at www.rmef.org or 800-CALL ELK.

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Self-publishing your book – digital technology makes it easy but will you get rich overnight?

By Rosalyn Stevenson Even though statistics to support self-published book numbers are hard to find, there is no question that self publishing is on the rise. According to an article on Wikipedia: “In 2008, for the first time in history, more books were self-published than those published traditionally. In 2009, 76 percent of all books released were self-published.”

Technology is making it easier and easier for authors who are overwhelmed by the endless search for an agent and interested publishers to take charge and get their book printed and available to the public. If the author of a book is willing to forgo an advance from an established publishing company, and is willing to do the hours of work needed to promote their book, self publishing may be the solution to getting the book seen, purchased and read.

Print-On-Demand (POD) publishing means that an author can place their book for sale on a retail book selling site such as Amazon.com and have only those copies of the book printed that are actually ordered.

While retailing within popular online shopping sites such as Amazon.com has given fabulous new opportunities to self published authors, they must be willing to do the work to bring their book to the attention of those who might want to read it. This means, amongst other things, marketing via social networking sites and blogs, especially the author’s own blog with links to as many other blogs in keeping with the author’s style as possible. In publishing terms this is called, “building a platform.” Most authors who self publish, also give readings in live personal appearances to promote their books and often also place advertisements for the book in

newspapers and magazines. There are many review sites online and the selfpromoting author will benefit by asking professional reviewers to review their book. Offering the book for sale at book fairs is another option for the hardworking self promoter. Many independent book stores will take the author’s books for sale, but this means that they must first be printed. The option for print on demand is more suitable for many self publishers, and in addition to selling at an online retail site, the author’s own website / marketing / bookstore site is indispensable.

Local Ruidoso area author Hank Barone said that he has used Createspace and Lulu to self-publish his three young adult books. He said that he found the process, “Very straight forward” and added that he did hire a freelance professional who specializes in helping authors self-publish with his first book.

Mr. Barone’s website, an excellent example of self-publishing website marketing savvy can be seen at: www.hankbarone.com If the author of the book is familiar with graphic design, they can design their own cover and interior pages with only the imagination and access to digital tools the limit of possibilities.

The author can choose to be in control of the entire process of developing the look and style of their book, including cover design, interior formats, price mark-ups, and distribution or to use the services of their chosen online print-ondemand company for these aspects of getting their book created. Knowledge of computer usage, uploading procedures and file formats is necessary.

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ROSWELL More than 30 companies will be first Business Expo and Job Fair is the showcased and recruiting for posiplace to be. “The expo is an event for local business to showcase their products tions ranging from entry level to upper management. Visitors will also have and services in our community and an excellent opportunity for job seekers and the opportunity to get information on employers to network. The event also al- services provided by the participating businesses•and, in some lows visitors to discover local•resources RUIDOSO RUIDOSO DOWNS HWY 380 cases, submit resumes and be interviewed on the spot thereby helping to keep their business for open positions. local” said Carlsbad Chamber of ComSome of these positions include merce CEO, Robert Defer. journeyman lineman, journeyman elecParticipants also have to opportutricians, apprentice lineman, apprentice nity to win an iPad Mini courtesy of the Chamber. The expo is scheduled for electricians, experienced utility foremen, concrete finishers, CDL drivers, Thursday, Oct. 17 at the Pecos River engineers, •construction foreman, meter Conference Center at 711 Muscatel• CLOUDCROFT ALAMOGORDO TULAROSA tech, residential instructors, teller, partAvenue in Carlsbad and will run from time loan processor, engineers, mechan4 - 8 p.m. The event is free and open to ics, equipment operators, caregivers and the public. many more.

“This will also be an opportunity Garden Mart, a local floral designs for NMSU-Carlsbad and the NMSUboutique, will also be showcased as the Carlsbad Small Business Development Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center to advertise their programs and of the Year. Call 575-887-6516 for more services available to the community” information. said NMSU-Carlsbad President Dr.

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On Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m., Al- turn South on E Avenue, then take the first right to D Avenue and 10th. tura Winds, a woodwind quintet based Music in the Parks is able to offer these in Albuquerque, will present a concert concerts thanks to the generosity of Zia featuring a variety of musicalHOBBS genres at• LOVINGTON the Trinity United Methodist Church on Natural Gas Company and their commitment to enhancing the quality of 10th at D Ave. in Carrizozo. cultural entertainment and education in This Carrizozo Music in the Parks Carrizozo. concert will be followed by a reception A pre-concert meal will be served at and opportunity to meet the performers. the at the Carrizozo Woman’s Club on The musicians will also perform CARLSBAD • ARTESIA 11th Street and D starting at 5 p.m. Park at 2 p.m. at the Carrizozo School Old on D Avenue and walk to both venues.

Gym, also located at 10th and D Ave. For more information about either Both performances are free. concert or the dinner go to www.carTo reach both concerts, turn West rizozomusic.org or call Elaine Brannen from Route 54 at the Carrizozo Chamat 575-648-2757. ber Caboose, go to the stop sign and ROSWELL

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life, that she has been seriously painting and making bronze sculptures for just the past decade.

Gaer-Barlow went on to describe some of her influences: “My favorite artists are the Pre-Raphaelites and the Art Nouveau artists, but I don’t paint that at all. My work comes from my soul. I like Evelyn De Morgan and Edward Burn Jones, both Pre-Raphaelite artists. I also like James Bama and Remington, who is a “Western” artist. I like his work because he shows the dirt, the down and dirty realness of a scene.

Art is a passion for me and I have to get it out on

canvas or clay. I have to work on it until it comes out.

The painting usually goes pretty fast because I know what I’m doing. When I sculpt, I get lost in it. I don’t even feed my husband. I can sculpt for hours.”

Gaer-Barlow moved to Capitan four years ago with her husband. She is planning a grand opening for her gallery in the spring. Until then she is available by appointment, 575-937-5331.

Cheryl Gaer-Barlow

By Rosalyn Stevenson A self taught artist, Cheryl Gaer-Barlow says that she “gets a picture” in her mind and then “cannot rest” until she brings that image to life on the canvas or in sculpture.

She says that though she grew up in a family of painters and has been drawing and painting all her

Photos courtesy of Rosalyn Stevenson

At left, “Burnt Out - After the Little Bear Fire,” above from left, “Sioux Warrior” and “The Patriot.”

Renaissance and revolution art gallery and a theatre-style concert venue

By Rosalyn Stevenson Shirley Estes and her husband Jamie have undertaken an “enchanting” transformation at Mountain Annie’s, 2710 Sudderth Drive in Ruidoso. The pair took over the colorful, castle-like building in Midtown about two years ago.

“This used to be a dinner theatre,” Estes said. “We are in the process of removing the dinner tables from the theatre area so that we can replace them with theatre seating. We can currently seat about 240 people, but when we get the theatre seating, we will be able to seat about 450 to 500 people.”

Since the Estes team took over, the site has hosted music concerts by groups ranging from Rock to Country and even featured a Navajo Rock band.

“We are in negotiations to bring a ballet company here from Mississippi, the Ballet Magnificat. The date for their ap-

pearances is not set yet but may begin in the spring,” Estes said.

The site no longer serves dinner in the theatre area, but concession style snacks are available during shows. A café on the premises serves home-style smoked meat, full dinners, sandwiches and more.

In addition to the concert theatre area, Mountain Annie’s Center for the Arts houses the Renaissance & Revolution Art Gallery.

Photos courtesy of Rosalyn Stevenson Estes shows and has for sale At left, in the foyer at Mountain Annie’s Center for the Arts; at right, one of the gallery rooms. works she and her consultants consign from select collectors. Currently legends Joseph Sharpe, E.I. Couse and monotype workshop with the public in available to the public are original piecthe spring or summer.

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MOUNTAIN ANNIE’S, from pg. 9 gallery “Renaissance & Revolution” Estes said: “I want the art to be all encompassing in style, not just one kind of art. We show everything from realism to contemporary to impressionism and more. I thought the name sort of signified that.”

Estes will be showing regional artists in one person or group shows on a revolving schedule of about two or three months. Amado Pena will also be showing new works once or twice a year. Estes said she is also open to hearing from regional artists who would like to give workshops at the gallery. She said that for a new artist to be considered for a show at

Renaissance & Revolution gallery, they must visit and leave slides, photos or a portfolio for consideration.

They may also drop off one or two works that can be considered by Estes and the consultants she works with.

The next concert to be held in the theatre area at Mountain Annie’s Center for the Arts will be Danny Frazier a popular Nashville artist and his band who now hail from Cincinnati. The concert will be on Oct. 26. Estes said she advertises on local radio and in local newspapers.

The public will find information and ticket prices there or phone 575357-7982.

SELF-PUBLISHING, from pg. 7 professional photographers use routinely in the digital environment, such as Photoshop and Bridge.

Blurb, Lulu, iUniverse and Createspace (owned by Amazon.com), are some of the prominent and proven online print-on-demand companies.

Costs for print on demand books vary according to size, kind of paper, and type. A book of photos will cost more than a book with a four color cover and black and white text inside.

The cost of printing comes out of the author’s set price. These days, costs are quite reasonable through the major print on demand publishers, and the author does set the retail price for their book.

The POD company the author chooses may offer distribution on a profit sharing basis. Createspace offers the author the service of providing her or him with an ISBN number. Otherwise the author must purchase their own.

Because it is possible to create ebooks (digital only books) with no up-front or per-book costs, ebook publishing is an exciting option for selfpublishers that is very accessible today.

Technological advances with “Kindles” and other e-book readers and light weight tablet computers and the ease with which one may now download tens of thousands of online books, has made the ebook market boom. The most popular formats for ebooks are .mobi, PDF, HTML and Amazon’s .azw format. Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords all offer online tools

for creating and converting files from other formats to formats that can be sold on their websites. As with POD publishing, the author also has the option for selling her or his ebooks on their own online marketing site or bookstore. The author is once again, responsible for the all important self promotion.

According to Horace Dediu, the founder of Asymco, a website that publishes analysis of business trends, Apple sold about 200 million ebooks in 2012, or about 17 million a month.

An estimate by Morgan Stanley analyst Scott Devitt that Dediu cites worldwide ebook sales in 2012 at about 859 million units. (www.digitalbookworld.com.

Some resources for self publishing authors are: www.digitalbookworld.com A chart of the bestselling E-books for Amazon Kindle can be found at www.popvortex.com. There is also a link there to the iBookstore Top 50 E-books.

A list of book fairs in New Mexico and elsewhere can be found at: www. read.gov. Four listings for New Mexico are: Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair; Border Book Festival, Las Cruces; Four Corners Storytelling Festival, Farmington; Taos Storytelling Festival, Taos.

The Center For The Book, Library of Congress (www.myvote.com) lists book fairs.

The online Independent Book Publishers Association (www.ibpa-online. org) is another resource for self publishing authors.

October 16, 2013

Community theater auditions – ‘The Plight Before Christmas’ Auditions for the one hour melodrama, “The Plight Before Christmas” will take place Sunday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Ruidoso.

Performances will be the first two weekends in December, at the ENMURuidoso White Mountain Annex, Friday and Saturday nights, with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. included.

Characters include: Ebenezer Humbug – despicable villain. Requires a strong male actor who is in every scene; Cheyenne – lady with a somewhat

sordid past; Felicity – the heroine; Bob Scratchit – the hero; Slim Dickens – the sheriff; Jake Marley – the mysterious boarding house guest; Aunt Fuzziwig – boarding house proprietress.

The plot includes two simple musical numbers including audience participation.

LCCT also plans to have a float for The Parade of Lights, with this melodrama theme – so we’ll need folks to assist in that area as well.

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

Black River: Stream flow at Malaga on Monday was 9.2 cfs. Fishing was slow.

Blue Hole Park Pond: Trout fishing was fair using salmon eggs and PowerBait.

Bonito Lake: Closed.

Bosque Redondo: Fishing was slow for all species.

Bottomless Lakes: Fishing was slow for all species.

Brantley Lake: The State Park office announced the reopening of the lake to boating and swimming. Anglers are to practice catch-and-release for all fish here as high levels of DDT were found in several fish.

Carlsbad Municipal Lake: No reports from anglers this week.

Chaparral Park Lake: Fishing was slow for all species.

El Rito Creek: Trout fishing was good using worms, salmon eggs and copper John Barrs.

Eunice Lake: Fishing was slow for all species.

Greene Acres Lake: Fishing was slow for all species.

Green Meadow Lake: No reports from anglers this week.

Grindstone Reservoir: Trout fishing

was good using garlic scented PowerBait, salmon eggs and worms. No reports on other species.

Jal Lake: No reports from anglers this week.

Lake Van: Fishing was slow for all species. Fishing pressure was light.

Oasis Park Lake: Fishing was slow for all species and fishing pressure remained very light. Anglers are reminded that there is a 2-fish limit on channel catfish.

Pecos River: Stream flow below Sumner Lake on Monday was 174 cfs. Fishing was slow to fair using liver and night crawlers for catfish.

No reports on other species. Fishing pressure was very light.

Perch Lake: Fishing was slow for all species.

Ruidoso River: Stream flow at Ruidoso on Monday was 14 cfs. Trout fishing was fair using worms and small copper John Barrs.

Photo courtesy of Eugene Heathman

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ROSWELL: Oct 18 Lecture - Derek Chan Exhibition, Roswell Museum and Art Center, 100 West 11th Street, 5:30 p.m. Derek Chan is a story teller and visual artist. His new work includes calligraphy-based pieces presented as freestanding wood panels and suspended scrolls. www.roswellmuseum.org. Free 19 11th Annual ENMU-Roswell Foundation Golf Tournament, NMMI Golf Course. Tee times are 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Four-person team scramble tournament; $75 per player; $300 per team. Proceeds will benefit the Foundation’s General Excellence fund. Event, corporate and hole sponsorships available. 575-624-7304.

Nov 10 Veterans Parade, Downtown Roswell, 10 a.m. Annual parade to honor our veterans. Free. www.mainstreetroswell.org/ article.php?story=veterans

To post your event here send to: editor@ruidosofreepress.com or call 575-258-9922

LEA COUNTY HOBBS: Oct 16 Veggie Tales Live! “Happy Birthday Bob & Larry,” Lea County Event Center, 5101 N. Lovington Highway, 7 p.m. Tickets on sale at selectaseatlubbock.com; 1-800-735-1288 LOVINGTON: Oct 26-27 New Mexico High School Rodeo, Lea County Fairgrounds, 101 S. Commercial, Jake McClure Arena, 9 a.m. daily. www. nmhighschoolrodeo.com Nov 2-3 Fall Festival Arts & Craft Show, Lea County Fairgrounds, 101 S. Commercial, Sat., 10 a.m.

- 6 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. www.lovingtonchamber.org/ brochures.aspx. Free admission.

For vendor information, contact the Lovington Chamber, 575-396-5311

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ARTESIA: Oct Oct 16 - Artesia Citizen Police Academy, Nov 21 Artesia Public Safety Complex, Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Artesia Police Department will be hosting its 2nd Annual Citizen Police Academy.

Applications can be picked up at the Chamber. Sept. 30 is the deadline to sign up. 575-746-5000 19 39th Annual Art in the Park, Central Park (Quay and 7th St), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This great annual event is free, fun for the whole family and features unique hand-crafted items from skilled artisans. 746-4212 Fall 4-H Clover Buster Clay Shoot, Eddy County Shooting Range, 140 Fire House Road, on-site registration at 8 a.m.

Shoot begins 9 a.m. $100 per shooter/100 sporting clays. 4-H’ers and shooters 18 and under, $50.

Courtesy of the New Mexico 4-H Foundation. 505-294-6178 Homegrown Boyz, hosted by Chapz Bar & Grill, 1808 S. 1st St., 9 p.m. $5 cover charge. 575-7462616 26 Halloween Adult Zombie Prom, Chapz Bar & Grill, 1808 S. 1st St. Crowning of a King & Queen and prizes. 575-746-2616 29-30 Kitchen Creations & Nov Westside Church of Christ, 5-6 2002 W. Grand, 5 - 7 p.m. Artesia Health Resources will be hosting a series of free hands-on cooking classes for people with diabetes.

Learn to plan healthy meals for the family. 575-746-9848 CARLSBAD: Oct 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 and activity will follow the story. 575887-5516. No fee; children must be accompanied by an adult 17 Music and the moon, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, 5:30 p.m. Free concert featuring guitarist/vocalist Chris Long, followed by a Full Moon Walk, with normal entrance fees (adults $5, children 7-12 $3, children 6 and under free). 575-887-5516

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ALTO: Oct 18 Odyssey Dance Theatre’s “Thriller,” Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Rd., 8 - 10 p.m. The Odyssey Dance Theatre, a Utah company of 18 dance professionals, presents a theatrical dance with creepy ghouls in hilarious dance numbers that include “Death of A Sugarplum Fairy,” “Frankenstein & Frankenstein,”“Jason’s Jam,”“Dem Bones,”“Children of the Corn” and “River of Blood Dance.” There will be break-dancing mummies, vampire ballerinas, witches and hip-hopping skeletons.

BBQ chicken buffet before the performance, $20. Performance, $56 and $59. 575-336-4800; www. spencertheater.com CAPITAN Oct 30 Business Lunch and Open House at Lone Tree Camps, (call for directions), 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Be inspired by Tim Worrell, founder and CEO of Lone Tree Camps. Worrell has more than 35 years experience as a business owner of for-profit and non-profit companies. He will keep you smiling with his humorous outlook on the life lessons learned over the years. 575-354-3322; www. lonetreecamps.org. $10 per person or $35 for a group of 4 CARRIZOZO Oct 17 Altura Winds, Trinity United Methodist Church, 10th St., 7 - 9 p.m. plus a performance at the old gym at 2 p.m. This woodwind quintet is based in Albuquerque and will present a concert featuring a variety of musical genres. A reception and opportunity to meet the musicians will follow the concert.

Presented by Carrizozo Music in the Parks and through the generosity of Zia Natural Gas Company. 575648-2757; www.carrizozomusic. org. Both concerts are free RUIDOSO: Oct 18-19 31st annual Ruidoso Oktoberfest, Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr., Friday, 5 - 11 p.m.; Saturday, noon - 11 p.m.

German food, music, fun and of course, beer. Produced by Special Events Resource Group (SERG) – a non-profit corporation formed with the purpose of providing funds to benefit legitimate and recognized charities and fund education scholarships for the youth of Lincoln County. 575-257-6171; Oktober-

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festruidoso.com. Adults: $9 for one day; $16 for both days; young adults age 13 to 18: $5, $8 for two days; children under 12 free. Both must be accompanied by an adult 26 R & R in Ruidoso Party in the Park, Wingfield Park, Center St., 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Ruidoso celebrates its special relationship with our active and retired military personnel with a party at Wingfield Park.

575-257-7395; www.ruidosomilitarydiscounts.com. Free 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 Oct 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 19 Party on the Mountain, Ski Apache, Ski Run Rd. (Highway 532), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The band “Cross Roads” will be playing, events include a giant slide and obstacle course, a climbing wall, a long drive contest and bike trail will be open for the last time.

The Eagle Cafe and Spirit Bar will be open. Free t-shirts to the first 200 people, and any day season passes will be on sale. 575-4643600; www.skiapache.com. Free Nov 2 Grand Funk Railroad,the Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd., 8 - 10 p.m. Feel the ground rumble with the notorious awakenings of rock & roll and Grand Funk Railroad featuring founding members, Don Brewer and Mel Schacher, joined by veterans Max Carl (38 Special), Bruce Kulick (KISS) and Tim Cashion (Bob Seger). In 1973, Grand Funk released “We’re An American Band,” their first #1 single and first Gold Record for a single. Success continued with powerhouse hits like “The LocoMotion,”“Bad Time,” and “Queen Bee.” Minors must be accompanied by an adult. 575-464-7777; www. innofthemountaingods.com.

Tickets start at $25

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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 “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 Oct 17 Business After Hours for Alamo Senior Center, 2201 Puerto Rico, 5:30 - 7 p.m. An evening of great food, refreshments and networking with fellow chamber members.

575-437-6120. Free CLOUDCROFT: Oct 18 Rebecca’s Exceptional Wine Dinner, The Lodge Resort & Spa, 6 - 10 p.m. Enjoy a delicious 5-course dinner prepared by an award-winning chef, paired with wines to enhance the flavor of the palate. $88 (+ tax and gratuity) per person. For reservations, call 800-395-6343. Special dinner/lodging package available for couples. 575-682-3131; www.

TheLodgeResort.com 26 Fall Harvest Fest, 18th Annual Great Pumpkin Race, 2 p.m. - 3 Categories: Amateur, Semi-Pro and Pro. Starts on Burro Ave. next to Nivision Library; costume contest parade on Burro Ave., 3 p.m.; Trick or Treating on Burro Ave., 4 - 6 p.m. Free. Also Sacramento Mountains Historical Museum’s “Haunted Village,” ($5 admission), 1000 U.S. Highway 82, Fri. and Sat., 7 - 11 p.m. www. cloudcroft.net/events-page/ HIGH ROLLS Oct 19 High Rolls Apple Festival, High Rolls/Mountain Park Community Center, 56 Cottage Row, Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Smell and taste various apple products at the largest apple festival in the area. Local apples, cider, arts & crafts vendors, food, drinks and children’s activities. 575-6826044; www.hrmplions.com. Free

Wednesday Billy’s Seafood Night starting at 5 pm in Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill for $21.95 Senior Day Senior Specials for $3.95 in Billy’s Race Book Thursday Bottomless Pasta — all you can eat for $3.95 Friday Billy’s Power Ball Cash Giveaway Surf & Turf starting at 5 pm in Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill for $13.95 Saturday Prime Rib starting at 5 pm in Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill for $13.95 Sunday

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