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

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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

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

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Pumpkins keep CHAVES PECOS VALLEY rolling at St. Peter’s ROSWELL

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By Jessica Johnston pumpkin delivery was late this year, studio 104 news, Carlsbad but it didn’t deter people from showIf you’re lucky, you might find ing up to help unload Sunday. Most the Great Pumpkin on the front lawn of the volunteers of St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWYcome 380 from the Boys Church this month. In its eighth year, & Girls Club, St. Edward’s Youth Group, Grace House, the Girl Scout St. Peter’s Pumpkin Patch is going and Boy Scout troupes, and local strong in its efforts to raise money firefighters, but there are also many for community organizations in others that come independently. need. Through Oct. 31, families can “Unloading is the biggest draw,” purchase a wide variety of different Cunningham said. “Yesterday as we sized pumpkins, gourds and Indian CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA were unloading, we had a couple of corn, or take ALAMOGORDO advantage of photo•ops people actually come to buy pumpand activities for their children. kins, and they got in line and just “It’s a great community activity, helped unload.” and this is something I think defines In addition to selling pumpkins, us as a church – that we do service in St. Peter’s offers many activities for the community,” said current Pastor young children and families. Photo Geri Cunningham. ops, pumpkin bowling and Saturday The Pumpkin Patch started back treats at the hospitality table are some in 2005 with former Pastor Ken Thompson, who got the idea from his of the favorites. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, preschoolers and their daughter’s church in Pennsylvania. families are welcome to come for Each year, the pumpkins are grown, story time and take home a small picked and shipped from the Navajo pumpkin.

Reservation near Farmington. Pro“It’s one of those things that ceeds have gone to different charities almost everybody in the church gets and organizations each year, such as involved with, and I think that’s an the Carlsbad Community Kitchen, excellent reminder that we’re doing Carlsbad Battered Family, OperaGod’s work in our community,” Cuntion Comfort, Grace House, Loving Care Center and Crossroads Carlsbad ningham mentioned.

The Pumpkin Patch hours Mental Health. through Oct. 31 are: This year, funds will be divided Monday - Friday, 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. equally amongst Jonah’s House Food Saturday - 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Pantry, the Carlsbad Boys & Girls Sunday - 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Club, and Iglesia Luterano Cristo St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Rey in El Paso. Thrivent Financial is located at the corner of for Lutherans will also match up to $1,300 of the proceeds. Cunningham West Pierce and George Streets. For more noted that last year, St. Peter’s was able to give out $2,500 to each of the information, call the St. Peter’s charity recipients. office at The Pumpkin Patch has also 575-887drawn volunteers from across the 3033. community, generating about 60-70

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My face is smoking (hot) staying out on the hot Dr. Stephen Rath flight line or walking Fusion Medical Center, over to a shady spot and Ruidoso smoking with a group of If you haven’t figured friends was a no-brainer. it out by now, this article It wasn’t the best policy series is designed to be for troop health, and has interactive. If you have a since changed; but I was question don’t be afraid a smoker. When I left the to ask. I’ll start this article active duty Army at the by answering a question end of a six-year enlistdr. Stephen Rath recently posed. ment and went to college The question: “Dr. Rath, you probably examine more skin I used the opportunity to quit.

Every smoker can look on the side and skin lesions than any other physiof a pack and see that smoking will cian in town. Why do you insist that I increase the risk of lung cancer. What have a dermatologist look at a suspect lesion before you are willing to remove isn’t listed is the microvascular disease that smoking causes. Microvascular the lesion or perform a “Bladeless disease? Smoking causes the smallest Facelift?” blood vessels to constrict, decreasing Answer: I’m not a dermatologist blood flow to end organs such as skin and I don’t play one on TV. Even if and sex organs.

I slept in a Holiday Inn Express last What does that mean to me? night I would still not have the four Smoking makes you look older. Comyears of skin cancer education that bine smoking with no sunscreen and dermatologists receive. Dermatoloyou’re on the fast track to older skin. gists are the only specialists that have According to Wikipedia, in Januthe appropriate education to evaluate ary 2012 the excise tax per pack in suspect skin lesions in vivo, or while New Mexico was $1.66. This cost is still live on the body. Unfortunately, tacked on to the manufacturer’s price.

Ruidoso doesn’t have a dermatologist Using the average price I paid years and it requires a drive to Roswell or ago on base, $2.50 + $1.66 about $4. further to get an appointment. Need a One pack a day? $120. More than derm? Dr. Henry in Roswell accepts four months? $480. We have patients new patients and is my personal derwho pay for their Botox or laser matologist. procedures with the money they saved The title of this article, “My face when they quit. is smoking (hot),” alludes to smoking.

Want to stop but don’t know how?

What does smoking have to do with Stop by and ask me how I quit (my ageless or anti-aging medicine? Dr. method requires a cannuter valve).

Rath, why are you attacking my (one) vice?

Disclaimer: Dr. Stephen Rath, M.D., First of all, let me clarify that this DABA is a board-certified anesthesiolsoapbox can’t be too high. I am a reformed smoker. When I was a helicop- ogist as well as the owner and medical ter mechanic in the Army, the smokers director of Fusion Medical Spa located in Ruidoso. He is not an expert on the received smoke breaks while the noncigarette industry but he can help resmokers worked without any breaks. verse the aesthetic affects of smoking.

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Team Holloman takes part in Breast Cancer Awareness run U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of Senior Airman Kasey Close/Released

A member of Team Holloman participates in a 5k run/ walk for breast cancer awareness at Holloman Air Force Base, Oct. 19. The run was sponsored by the 49th Medical Group’s Health and Wellness Center and Women’s Health Clinic.

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October 23, 2012

Orange Night features wild land fire photographer

Kari Greer will be a guest speaker from the animal’s viewpoint.”

Stacy emphasizes that Orange during Orange Night’s reception Saturday, Nov. 17 at the ENMU-Ruidoso Night is a way not only for individuals to express themselves but for the comWhite Mountain Annex, 203 White munity to come together as well in an Mountain Drive. act of healing and moving forward.

A wild land firefighter and conShe references Joseph Campbell: tract photographer for the National “There’s another emotion associated Interagency Fire Center in Boise, with art, which is not of the beautiful, Idaho, Greer is nationally known for but of the sublime. What we call monthe quality of her images, her abilsters can be experienced as sublime. ity to capture the life of those behind They represent powers too vast for the the lines and the capricious nature normal forms of life to contain them. of fire itself. Greer will speak about Another mode of the sublime is of her impressions of the Little Bear prodigious energy, force and power.”

Fire from both sides of the line. A Georgia Stacy and Judy Pekelsma fire affected her hometown this year will hang paintings, drawings and as well, so she is eager to share both mixed media works at the White experiences. Part of the frustration Mountain Annex beginning Oct. 31. of being a firefighter, she explains, is The building will be open during busithat she rarely is able to interact with ness hours for viewing of the works. the people whose property she and her crew are protecting. The areas she Anyone wishing to contribute is encouraged to contact ENMU-Ruidoso documents are typically evacuated, and crews are reassigned to other fires Community Education at 257-3012. before residents are allowed to return. There is a $5 entry fee to cover the costs of the show and refreshments She looks forward to coming back to Ruidoso to see the area and meet some during the reception. All types of works are accepted, and the drawings of those affected by the fire. of children on their feelings on the fire The idea for Orange Night came are especially encouraged. after the fire and as people came together to talk about their experiences.

Georgia Stacy, an organizer for the event, sees a way to express her feelings while contributing to a greater understanding of what the fire means to her, the community and the forest.

“The night sky was the color orange for many of us during the Little Bear Fire. Some know fire more intimately now. This is an opportunity to creatively express your feelings as a healing force for the community,” she says. “This venue was created with humility and respect for what happened and what will emerge.”

“I am working on talking antlers.

I was drawn to all the changes that will be taking place in the forest. The fire is creating shifts internally and externally, as things burned from inside out. The talking antlers are like some ancient scroll one might find Courtesy photo Georgia Stacy’s talking antlers. to help understand what it was like

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Winning workshops: ‘Life is a bowl resources available to veterans at the NMJC Training and Outreach Facility. of choices: Choose your attitude with care!’

CARLSBAD • ARTESIA Hobbs Holiday Tournament Oct. 24, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. dec. 28-30 Presenter Lynda J. Lakin, Ph.D., Coming up, the Hobbs Chamber will address the importance of chooswill help produce the 55th Hobbs ing a professional attitude that best Holiday Tournament, and the Hobbs represents who you are so that others Chamber can’t do it without member will want to work next to you, will support. Teams from New Mexico, ROSWELL look forward to working with you Texas and Oklahoma will converge and will select you over others when on the Tasker Arena floor for this considering promotions, opportumainstay tradition, which is a “W” for nity, or advancements because of the Hobbs every year and can be a win for reputation you establish for yourself through positive attitudes, actions and your business, too. We absolutely need eight team sponsors to welcome our behaviors.

RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380 visiting teams to our community and Specific focus will be placed on to take them out for a meal. Sponsorhow to handle difficult and trying ship and advertising details, this year’s times and seemingly difficult people. tournament and the accompanying The workshop will be located on the booklet can be found at http://cloud. third floor of the City Hall Annex, chambermaster.com/userfiles/Userlocated at 200 E. Broadway St. Files/chambers/270/File/2012Sponsor Breakfast, workshop and business andAdvertiserForm.pdf.

ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA startup counseling for veterans Oct. 25, 7:45 a.m. – noon Centennial Art Show The New Mexico Veterans BusiThe Llano Estacado Art Associaness Outreach Center, in partnership tion presents its 2012 fall juried art with the Small Business Development show, ”100 Years of Enchantment,” Center, Wells Fargo and the Hobbs now through Nov. 3, at the Lea Chamber, will present business startup County Center for the Arts.

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October 23, 2012

Otero County Electric Cooperative gives back to the community

By Kelli Pruett At its recent annual meeting of members, Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) demonstrated the cooperative philosophy by donating funds to several organizations that have provided or continue to provide services to those in need in the counties served by the cooperative.

The donations made by Otero County Electric Cooperative were made from its newly formed “Operation Roundup Program.” In this new program, each member that volunteers to participate allows OCEC to “Round Up” their bill to the nearest dollar. For example, if your electric bill is $57.85, it would be rounded up by fifteen cents to $58. This additional fifteen cents is then placed into a fund called “Operation Roundup” to help both individuals and organizations in times of need.

Little Bear Fire Relief Fund was one of the organizations that received a $2,500 donation at the cooperative’s annual meeting. Aimee Bennett with the Little Bear Fire Relief group expressed deep gratitude for the funds that will go to help many individuals and families affected by the catastrophic Little Bear Fire. This organization worked hard at collecting clothes and other items needed by the fire victims and allowed the displaced families a chance at a new start.

Samaritan’s Purse, an organization that serves throughout the world, was given a donation of $2,500 by OCEC for its part in the Little Bear Fire recovery efforts. Samaritan’s Purse supplied a large group of volunteers and equipment that performed the duties of cleaning up debris and burned material caused by the fire. Their emergency relief programs provide desperately needed assistance to victims of natural disaster, war, disease, and famine. As they offer food, water, and temporary shelter, they also meet critical needs and give people a chance to rebuild their lives. Samaritan’s Purse volunteers worked countless hours and hauled away tons of burned debris from what was left of people’s homes, while at the same time, sifting through the rubble to try to find and return items that provided priceless memories to the families that lived there.

Road Runner Food Bank was represented by Kathy Swope of the Sacramento Mountain Senior Services. Road Runner Food Bank is an organization in New Mexico that has been serving New Mexico’s hungry since 1980. As the largest food bank in the state, they distribute more than 26 million pounds of food every year to a network of hun-

dreds of partner agencies and four regional food banks. In turn, these agencies provide food directly to the hungry in our own communities such as Carrizozo, Capitan, Cloudcroft, Mescalero and Timberon. Otero County Electric Cooperative made a donation of $5,000 to the Road Runner Food Bank for its countless efforts to reach numerous recipients of its services in the area and the impact the organization has on its communities.

Co Bank, one of OCEC’s financing partners and represented by Tamra Reynolds, Assistant Vice President, made a matching contribution through its “Sharing Success” Matching Grant Program.

Co Bank launched a program in 2012 to match charitable contributions by cooperatives it finances across rural America. The “Sharing Success” grant program is designed to highlight the critical role that cooperatives play in the U.S. rural economy.

“The year 2012 has been designated as the ‘International Year of Cooperatives’ by the United Nations, and we know of no better way to celebrate co-ops than to help them give back to the rural communities they serve,” said Reynolds.

A special thank you goes to Co Bank for their efforts to help member/ owners of cooperatives across the nation including Otero County Electric Cooperative, Inc. Otero County Electric Cooperative is proud to be a part of each of the counties it serves in New Mexico and to be able to give back to so many that have given of themselves unselfishly over countless years and most recently during the tragic Little Bear Fire. Our deepest gratitude goes to each of our member/owners for giving to the “Operation Roundup” fund and for continuing to build on the cooperative philosophy of neighbor helping 575.257.4SPA (4772) • Toll free 1.855.257.4SPA neighbor.

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The psychling chronicles: I entered the Huntsman World Senior Games Headquarters looking for my souvenir-hunting spouse when we both eyed who appeared to possibly be a games spectator who might be supporting his spouse. A double, lower leg amputation led to this erroneous judgment. The games are held during the second and third weeks of October each year and attract approximately 10,000 able-bodied athletes aged 50 to 100-plus to the beautiful sandstone outcroppings of St. George, Utah.

I walked up to a gregarious, sixfoot-two, large chested, robust man easily moving about with a woman who seemed to be his wife and my curiosity got the better of me as I extended my hand in greeting. Upon shaking his right hand I couldn’t help but feel the mangled, three-fingered hand with what appeared to be a hole in its palm. I boldly asked, “What sport are you participating in?” not wanting to assume a lesser games status. He energetically replied in a strong, selfreliant voice, “Golf” and put his hands together in the golfer’s stance.

It was at that moment that I noticed a fifth amputation. His left hand was actually a flesh-colored prostheses.

Paul spoke easily of his sport and eventually his accident.

Paul had played the roughest of sports as a Canadian youth and was proud that his chosen career required intelligence, strength and a sense of community service. He was the man called upon during the deep freeze of Canadian cold-snaps to climb the power towers to restore electricity to his powerless neighbors and his linesman duties almost became routine. One cold night it was anything but.

The call came late, one week after his recent marriage, and he answered his call to duty. He was 20 feet up when the project controller turned on approximately 14,000 volts of electricity which jolted Paul into a muddy ditch (cushioning his fall) alongside a deserted, northern Alberta highway.

Paul went on to explain that the charge had boiled his blood, severely damaging and scarring his internal organs. He felt fortunate to be alive after numerous

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medical procedures. I asked about the length of recovery and he stated matterof-factly that he’s still recovering 21 years later.

I then asked what his greatest challenge has been and without hesitation, “Loss of identity and purpose.” He was a Linesman. And seven days after the accident he had undergone five amputations thus terminating his life as he knew it. He then spoke of the deep depression he and his family endured.

Chris meandered back to us and observed, “I like your cross.” I hadn’t noticed a significant detail that made the cross hanging from his neck unique. Paul’s cross was a piece of Christian symbolism with a neatly detailed linesman climbing the pole of eternal life. Paul hadn’t lost his identity and purpose after all. He has become an inspirational disciple of spiritual healing and modeling that defines identity, purpose and participation in life. Today, Paul is an inspirational coach for the power company and demonstrates his spiritual beliefs with his participation in life.

To quote William Least Heat Moon from his famous travel tome, “Blue Highways, A Journey Into America,” “It was one of those moments that you know at the time will stay with you to the grave ... It is for this I had come.”

My puny ailments were forgotten.

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Forest Service to host community meeting in Weed, New Mexico Fire officials from the Sacramento Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest will be hosting a community meeting in Weed, N.M., Monday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. at the Weed Community Center, located at 16 Weed Road. The purpose of the meeting is to provide information about the upcoming Akers Prescribed Fire project that is scheduled for ignition operations around Nov. 5. The project is a coordinated effort that is partially funded through the NM Dept. of Game and Fish Habitat Stamp Program. Other resource managers from the Ranger District and agency partners will also be available to answer questions about the project. They include representatives from NM State Forestry; NM Dept. of Game and Fish; Otero County emergency coordinator and the Otero County manager; and district staff who will report on fuels,

range, timber and wildlife management activities.

“We will be providing information about the Akers Prescribed Fire and upcoming projects that will be ready for implementation in the near future, and we’ll give an overview of several projects that are in the planning stages,” said Caleb Finch, assistant fire management officer on the Sacramento Ranger District.

“This will be a good opportunity to let people take a look at a large project planning map and get a sense of projects that are or will be underway,” Finch added.

For more information about the community meeting, please contact the Sacramento District Office at 575-682-2551. You can also find us at www.fs.usda.gov/lincoln and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter. com/LincolnUSForest

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Tackling food disorders

also beneficial in According to nutritional healing statistics published and detoxifying in the New Mexico the body. There Childhood Obesity are suggestions of Report of 2011, one three-, five- and in five third grad10-day fasts. An ers was considered excellent choice obese. While the for rapid weight data collected in loss and nutrithe study included tional healing and only kindergarten detoxification is: through third grade Ingredistudents, and only Angie Fernandez ents: 3 carrots; included participaVeggie.gurl09@gmail.com 3 kale leaves; 2 tion of 35 selected celery stalks; 2 schools, this inbeets; one turnip; ¼ lb. spinach formation is quite alarming. and ½ head of cabbage. If you Poor lifestyle choices including don’t have access to a juicer, the improper diet and exercise were considered the major contributing ingredients may be gently boiled factors to this growing epidemic. in purified water. It is suggested to drink the vegetable broth and What alarms me even more leftover vegetables can be saved is the growing number of food for consumption after the fast. disorders among our teens, as Raw veganism - this growconcerns of body image and self esteem become an issue. Accord- ing trend has become a popular lifestyle choice that promotes ing to kidshealth.org, 1-2 teens out of every 100 students struggle weight loss along with nutritional healing from illnesses such as with an eating disorder. One of obesity, cancer, diabetes and a the most common eating disornumber of other lifestyle inders is anorexia which consists duced disorders. Raw veganism of restricting food consumption is lifestyle choice that includes and often includes excessive only fruits, vegetables and nuts dieting, fasting and excessive that are consumed in their natural exercising. Another major food state and does not allow them disorder is bulimia which often consists of binge eating, vomiting to be cooked. There are many resources on the Internet that and the excessive use of laxacontain valuable information and tives in order to rid the body of the consumed foods as quickly as recipes on this subject. There are various ideas to be shared that possible. can help us reconstruct our favorFood disorders, don’t just ite recipes into delicious and guilt affect our teens as we commonly free meals. One of my favorites is see adults affected by them as well. My suggestion is to look no a chocolate brownie recipe that is also gluten-free. further than the produce isle for Ingredients: 1 ½ cup walnuts healthy ways to encourage rapid or pecans; ¾ cup cacao (nature’s weight loss. chocolate); 10 pitted dates, Juice fasts - This is an exsoaked for 20 minutes; 1 Tbsp. cellent way to encourage quick vanilla and a pinch of sea salt. weight loss. This should be done Mix ingredients in a food procesunder the supervision of a health sor until ingredients are mixed care professional and I encourwell then gently press into pie age research on this subject before you begin. Juice fasting is pan, cut and serve.

October 23, 2012

Burro raffle in ’Zozo Would you like to own a piece of Carrizozo art? The Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce is holding a raffle of the Shamana 4 life-size burro which stood in front of City Bank in Carrizozo for years.

Terri Parker, executive vice president of the City Bank in Ruidoso generously donated the burro to the Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce.

The burro was painted by nationally acclaimed artist and jeweler Zoë deNegri.

The estimated value is $1,200. The drawing for the Burro will be on Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. Proceeds from the raffle of Shamana 4 will be divided between the Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce scholarship program and the New Horizons Developmental Center participation in the Special Olympics event in the Spring.

Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Tickets are available at New Beginnings Thrift Store and the Visitor’s Center (the Caboose)

both on Highway 54/Central Avenue in Carrizozo. Send your check to PO Box 567, Carrizozo, NM 88301. Contact us at zozoccc@tularosa.net or 575-648-2732.

Seek out any Chamber member. For more info, contact Anne Exterkamp at 305323-0366.

Celebrate local businesses. Visit the Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce open house at the Visitors Center in Carrizozo (the caboose) on Nov. 17 from 2 to 6 p.m. The caboose is located on Highway 54 and Airport Rd in Carrizozo (near the fire station).

Poverty in America – It’s not what you think The newest film from Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Linda Midgett is being shared throughout the nation and will be screened locally on Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.

As part of a broader campaign to bring light to the new faces of poverty and the aftermath of the recession, national Christian non-profit Sojourners has produced a documentary film entitled “The Line.” The 30-minute film uncovers the emerging and entrenched faces of poverty in the United States, such as a suburban former banker who now relies on a food pantry and an aging fisherman whose shrimping business has been devastated by the after effects of Hurricane

Katrina and the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast.

The world premiere was held in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2, and was accompanied by more than 1,100 simultaneous screenings across the country. For more information on “The Line” or to learn more in preparation to view the movie, visit thelinemovie. com.

The local screening of “The Line” will be Oct. 25, 7 p.m., at the home of George and Barbara Mader. Contact Barbara Mader at 575-336-7777.

For more information on how to find or host another screening, or to learn more about the world premiere, visit www.thelinemovie.com.

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NM Skills USA volunteers at Bonita Park Photos courtesy of Sue Hutchison

By Sue Hutchison

More than 150 students and advisors from high schools and colleges across New Mexico came last Sunday to offer their help to complete staff housing area construction and aesthetics at Bonita Park. The camp staff has been displaced since the Little Bear Fire, living across Lincoln County instead of at the camp. NM Skills USA came to speed the process along to get staff back on camp before winter sets in.

Skills USA held their Service Learning Project and Fall Leadership Conference at Bonita Park. Arriving last Saturday, the group hit the ground running Sunday and provided volunteer assistance doing “handyman type projects” including installing vinyl skirting on five manufactured staff homes, electrical and welding work, fence building, drywall and floor repair, general cleaning, landscaping and a variety of smaller jobs. Central New Mexico Community College students assumed leadership of the high school student groups.

Pepsi partnered with the project by providing a pallet of water (60 cases) for the student’s use during the day.

Also sponsoring the event was Linn Energy, a Hobbs oil field company, who donated $5,000 for needed materials.

Linn considers Skills USA their arm of

Sharon Gordon-Moffett, dana Archuleta and Jerry Morris helped organize the effort for more than 150 statewide students to volunteer a day and a half at Bonita Park. Below, Skills USA students built a fence to surround the camp staff housing area at Bonita Park.

They erected the fence in less than six hours.

community service.

“We came last year for our leadership conference and when we heard about the fire, we began to plan right then to come and give back to the camp,” said Juan Carlos Medina, state president for SKILLS USA. “It’s always our goal to leave a place better than we found it” he said.

Organizing this year’s events were Sharon Gordon-Moffett, Director of Service Learning, Phi Theta Kappa at Central New Mexico Community College and Skills USA, Dana Archuleta of AJA Electric and Jerry Morris,

Hobbs educator teaching construction and engineering. “We’ve been planning to come since we heard about the fire,” says Morris.

Anna McCall, a second term electrical student at CNMCC assisted in wiring one of the utility buildings at

Bonita Park. “I chose to train to be an electrician because it’s a challenging field involving skills more than brute strength,” said McCall as she ran conduit through the ceiling.

“We’re happy they came and helped,” said Ben Yocom, Bonita Park’s plant manager. “They contributed hundreds of volunteer hours and got us closer to being able to live in our homes,” he said. Yocom and wife Stephanie, also employed at Bonita Park, will live in one of the homes painted by Skills USA.

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Verizon Wireless completes purchase of Southeastern NM Rural market Submitted by Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless announced it has completed its purchase of wireless assets in New Mexico RSA No. 6, owned

by E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative and its subsidiary Plateau Telecommunications and operated under the brand name Plateau Wireless. The purchase will expand Verizon Wireless’ brand and network footprint in southeastern New Mexico to the counties of Eddy, Chaves, Lea, Otero and a portion of Lincoln that it doesn’t currently serve. Financial terms are not being disclosed.

The purchase includes Plateau Wireless’ Cellular, PCS and AWS spectrum covering the market, as well as customers and related GSM opera-

tions. The licenses and the operating assets being acquired cover a population of 259,000 and approximately 26,100 square miles, including state highways U.S. 285, U.S. 54 and U.S. 70. Major population centers include Roswell, Carlsbad, Artesia and Hobbs.

Verizon Wireless will convert the Plateau Wireless GSM network to CDMA for voice service; and EV-DO (3G) and 4G LTE for data services.

Verizon Wireless will serve acquired Plateau Wireless customers, using the existing Plateau Wireless brand name, until the network conversion is complete in 2013. At that time, Plateau Wireless customers will receive a letter from Verizon Wireless explaining their

Local musician volunteers for HEAL’s Empty Bowl Event Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) is pleased to announce local musician Tomás Vigil has signed on to entertain guests at the third annual Empty Bowl Event Sunday, Oct. 28 from 4-7 p.m. at 2714 Sudderth Drive in Ruidoso.

Vigil is a native New Mexican and lives in Ruidoso with his wife of 33 years, Ruth. Known around town as a generous musician, he is often called upon to help people and agencies with his musical gift. Dan Francis, a co-worker and friend of Vigil, said, “Everyone loves Tomás.

All someone has to do is ask him to help and he is there for them. He has played countless venues in New Mexico while helping out friends and organizations he believes in.”

Vigil began playing guitar at a young age. During his years at West Mesa High School in Albuquerque, he started studying classical guitar.

Vigil felt privileged to study under the famous Cuban classical guitarist Hector Garcia at the University of New Mexico.

Like most talented musicians, Vigil has many musical skills. Besides being one of the locals’ favorite for classical guitar, he is also a composer, music arranger and teacher of guitar.

After being self-employed in the information technology field, Vigil moved to Ruidoso in 1994 when he was drawn by the call of the mountains and family ties. He has been employed with Windstream Telecommunications for the past 11 years As a longtime supporter of HEAL, Vigil has delighted crowds at events such as the annual HEAL Heroes with Heart celebration. He says that he chooses to support HEAL because of the “…whole premise of what HEAL and the Nest does, creating a safe environment for victims and survivors of domestic violence and with the goal and hope that HEAL can truly work themselves out of a job by ending domestic violence.”

Tickets for the Empty Bowl Event are $15 and are available at the door. Only 300 bowls will be available, so get your tickets early.

Attendees will receive samples of various soups prepared by local chefs, foodies, organizations and restaurants, a ticket to vote for their favorite soup, a hand crafted bowl filled with their favorite soup, breads, cookies for dessert and an opportunity to bid in a silent auction for some of the most coveted pottery in Lincoln County.

service transition.

“We are excited to expand our presence and coverage in rural New Mexico and to welcome Plateau Wireless’ customers to the nation’s most reliable network. We believe the strength of our network enables people to live better and stronger lives,” said Andres Irlando, president, Southwest Region, for Verizon Wireless.

Verizon Wireless has invested more than $70 billion – more than $6 billion on average every year – since its inception to increase the coverage and capacity of its premier nationwide network, including the building and rapid expansion of its 4G LTE network, which currently is available to more than 75 percent of the U.S. population.

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 94.2 million retail customers, including 88.8 million retail postpaid customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 78,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon

Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/ multimedia.

E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative and Plateau Telecommunications was formed in 1949 as Eastern New Mexico Rural Telephone Cooperative. E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative and its subsidiary Plateau Telecommunications provide advanced telecommunications services (including 16,000 access lines and over 64,000 Internet and wireless subscribers) in all or parts of 18 counties in eastern New Mexico and 12 counties in the Texas Panhandle. Plateau continues its commitment to expand and strengthen the existing network to meet the rapidly changing demands of its customers and remains focused in the investment in and support of the rural communities served.

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HOBBS: Oct 23 - “100 Years of Enchantment” Nov 3 juried art show presented by the Llano Estacado Art Association and the Lea County Commission for the Arts. Center for the Arts, 122 W. Broadway. llanoestacadoartassociation.com 24 Winning Workshops: ‘Life is a Bowl of Choices: CHOOSE Your Attitude With Care!’ City Hall Annex, 200 E. Broadway St., 2 - 4 p.m. Lynda J. Lakin, Ph.D., will address the importance of choosing a professional attitude.

25 Breakfast, Workshop and Business Startup Counseling for Veterans, NMJC Training and Outreach Facility, 7:45 a.m. - Noon.

27 Farmer’s Market, Del Norte Park, 4143 N. Grimes, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

575-390-5974 LOVINGTON: Oct 31 Halloween on the Plaza, 575396-1418 Nov 3-4 35th Annual Arts and Crafts Fall Festival, Lea County Fairgrounds, Sat., 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.

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“Club Dead” Halloween Party, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 - 11 p.m. Enjoy the scariest Saturday night around during this annual event which features a DJ and costume contest with prizes for the scariest, funniest, sexiest, most original and best overall costumes.

Must be 21 years or older. Masks or fully painted faces are prohibited in the casino. 6 to 7:30 p.m.: Costume contest registration. Costume judging at 11 p.m. 575-464-7777; www.innofthemountaingods.com. $20 at the door.

An Evening with Chef Cat Cora, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 6 - 9:30 p.m. The table is set for an extraordinary weekend with Chef Cat Cora from Food Network.

Barnes & Noble mini-bookstore with Chef Cora’s book for sale; “Thanksgiving at Home” cooking demo, featuring tapas plate served to all guests; plus Q&A with the chef. FoodNetwork.com or CatCora. com. Tickets $50 - purchase at www.innofthemountaingods.com

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CARLSBAD: Oct Wed’s Coffee Connection, 7 a.m. Trinity Hotel 31 17th Annual Downtown Fall Festival, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Trick-ortreating and costume contest on Eddy County Courthouse lawn for children 12 and under. 575-6283768 Nov 16 Free Memory Screening, Senior Circle, 2423 Bonita, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Part of National Memory Screening Day - an initiative of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. Local health care agencies, care facilities and senior based organizations will be present to share information and answer questions. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

624-9999 ARTESIA: Oct 27 Eddy County Thrill the World Flash Dance and Zombie Walk-A-Thon, Jaycee Park, opens at 11 a.m. Presented by Landsun Computers to benefit Big Brothers and Big Sisters of SE NM. Pre-registration $5 per event or $7 for both, or $10 per event on the day of the event. eddycountyzombiewalk.com 5th Annual Dia De Los Muertos, Artesia Historical Museum, 505 W. Richardson Ave., 1 - 4:30 p.m. The Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead celebration is lots of fun for families with traditional refreshments, activities and it’s free. It’s the museum’s way of thanking everyone for their support over the year. Dressing up is encouraged. 748-2390; www. artesiamuseum.org U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble, AHS Auditorium, 215 Bulldog Blvd., 7:30 p.m. 7464212. Free.

30 Cecelia String Quartet, Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 310 W. Main Street, 7:30 p.m. $20. 575746-4122; www.artesiaartscouncil.com Nov 3 Collin Raye, Country Music recording artist, AHS Auditorium, 205 S. 15th St., 7:30 p.m. $40, $30, $20.

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ROSWELL: Oct Sat’s Enchanted Evening, 8 p.m. Bottomless Lakes State Park Farmers & Gardeners Market, Chaves County Courthouse lawn, 9 a.m. - noon. 575-627-2239 25 Business After Hours - Red Brick Plaza, 625 N. Main St., 5-7 p.m. Join the chamber for fun, refreshments, great networking opportunity. Bring your business card.

623-5695 27 Genealogy in the 21st Century, Roswell Convention Center, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Workshop topics include genealogy searches, online genealogy programs, preserving old or delicate documents and photographs. $50 at the door. wilsoncobb.org Thrill The World Roswell 2012 and Zombie Walk, Pioneer Plaza, 12 p.m. A street full of zombies all dancing to “Thriller.” Makeup and costume contest. Sponsored

by MainStreet Roswell, ENMU-Roswell, Roswell Parks & Rec, The Studio and the City of Roswell Lodger’s Tax. Proceeds benefit a United Way agency and to MainStreet Roswell. www.zombiewalkroswell.com Sci-Fi Film Festival and Digital Shootout, following the Zombie Walk at Bassett Auditorium.

Winning films from the June 2012 Cosmic-Con Haunted House and Halloween Party, Hope Amphitheater, 6:30 p.m. Costume contest, live music, light and laser show and DJs. Free candy, give aways and cash prizes.

Outrun Fear - Run/Walk Haunted Trail, Cielo Grande Park, 7 p.m. Part of breast cancer awareness month; benefits Chaves County Cancer Fund. Live bands.

575-308-3263 or 575-910-6004 28 Krumland Auto Ghouls Halloween Festival 2012, Roswell Toyota, 2211 W. 2nd St., 1 - 6 p.m.

Magic show, hypnotist, clown show, costume contest an more.

Proceeds benefit Chaves County Cancer Fund.

29 Winnie the Pooh, Gateway Church, 1900 N. Sycamore, 7 p.m. A stage adaptation of the A.A. Milne book. Free.

30-31 Unity Center Haunted House, ENMU-Roswell Physical Education Center, 52B University Blvd., 7 p.m. $5 adults; $3 children 11 and under. 575-208-8603

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ALTO: Nov 3 ‘Take the Money & Run for President’ with Capitol Steps, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Road, Alto, 7 p.m. “The Capitol Steps,” the Washington D.C. musical parody comedy troupe, presents a night of fast and furious parody as the irreverent troupe performs selections from their new release “Take The Money and Run For President.”

Tickets are $79 & $76. 888-8187872; www.spencertheater.com RUIDOSO: Oct 27 Ski Run Road Challenge, Start: Eagle Creek Sports Complex (Hwy 532/Ski run road) Finish at Ski Apache Plaza, 8 - 11:30 a.m. A 12M run (solo or team relay) and 3M Fun run on Ski Run Road among the beautiful Sacramento Mountains.

It is a point-to-point run, uphill to MM 9.5 (10,000 feet) with a downhill finish at Ski Apache Plaza (9,600 feet). Sanctioned by the USA Track & Field. All proceeds benefit the Ski Apache Adaptive Skier Program.

575-257-9507 or 575-937-7106; skirunroadchallenge.com. Fees vary from $30 solo 3M to $150 team Nob Hill Fall Fest, Ruidoso Convention Center, 3 - 7 p.m. Fun for the whole family! Pumpkin carving, engraving booth, face painting and much, much more. 575-257-9041.

Tickets are required to play at the booths. Tickets are 25¢ each at the door.

28 Third Annual Empty Bowl Event for HEAL and the NEST, Mountain Annie’s Center For the Arts, 2714 Sudderth Dr., 4 - 7 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and are available at the door. Only 300 bowls and tickets will be available. Attendees will receive samples of various soups prepared by local chefs and restaurants, a ticket to vote for their favorite soup, a hand-crafted bowl filled with their favorite soup, breads, cookies for dessert, live entertainment and an opportunity to bid in a silent auction for pottery. This year attendees can also select a professionally-made bowl by local potters for $25. This event is being coordinated by HEAL volunteers, Brendan and Audrey Gochenour, who have arranged a soup competition between local chefs, restaurants, individual food enthusiasts and civic organizations.

575-378-6378; www.helpendabuseforlife.org.

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ALAMOGORDO: Oct Wed’s Farmer’s Market, Alameda Park, & Sat’s 1987 White Sands Blvd., 5 p.m.

Wed & 9 a.m. Sat. All vendors grow, raise or make the items they sell.

575-682-3323 27 New Mexico Fall Festival, New York Ave., 575-430-6381 30 Full Moon Night at White Sands, 6 - 9 p.m Bring your picnic and enjoy the moonlight on the white sand or listen to music, learn about the monument, and enjoy the beauty of the moonlit dunes.

Stop by the Visitor Center or ask the park rangers at the entrance for directions. 575-479-6124. $3 per person 16 and older; children 15 and under are free CLOUDCROFT: Oct 27 16th Annual Great Pumpkin Race & Harvestfest, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Fun for the whole family.

Pumpkin Race takes place on Burro Ave. The Harvestfest takes place at the library. Costume contest, coloring contest, pumpkin decorating/carving contest (please bring your already decorated/carved pumpkin) and games. Trick or Treating (4-6 p.m.) for the kids and a Haunted House at the Museum (opens at dark). 575-682-2733 El Paso Ghost Tours at The Lodge, for information or reservations: Lodge.Reservations@ thelodgeresort.com, 800-395-6343

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

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RUIDOSO: Oct 30 Brisket and Bingo at the Ruidoso Middle School, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Help support RMS’s Ag. Mechanics and Culinary Arts programs. Includes a BBQ Brisket sandwich, chips and drink for $7. Homemade desserts made by the RMS Culinary are also for sale for $1. Bingo cards are $1 ea. or twelve for $10. 575-630-7800 WHITE OAKS: Oct Fri’s Rascal Fair Community Market, 4 p.m. til dusk. Located just east of No Scum Allowed Saloon. Open through end of October.