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There were 33 cars decorated at this year’s Trick Or Trunk, a joint production of Community United Methodist Church and St. Eleanor’s Catholic Church. There were monsters, ghoulies and princesses of all kinds, with games and treats for all.

‘Lucky 13’ tips for a safe Halloween

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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.

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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CMC, Hotels/Motels, Sutherlands, La Tienda, Artesia Chamber of Commerce, Bennies Western Wear, Eddy Federal Credit Union, Artesia General,

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Ocotillo Golf Course, Hampton Inn, Hospital, Lea County Inn, Country Inn and Suites, Iron Skillet Café, Event Center, Albertsons, Denny’s, Rancher Steak House

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, Fun Trackers, La Quinta, The Lodge, Hubbard Museum, Jorge’s, Lincoln Tourist Center, Smokey Bear Museum in Capitan

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a safe Halloween Courtesy, Food and Drug Administration

Whether you’re goblin or ghoul, vampire or witch, poor costume choices – including decorative contact lenses and flammable costumes – and face paint allergies can haunt you long after Halloween if they cause injury.

Enjoy a safe and happy Halloween by following the “lucky 13” guidelines from FDA, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:  Wear costumes made of fire-retardant materials; look for “flame resistant” on the label. If you make your costume, use flameresistant fabrics such as polyester or nylon.  Wear bright, reflective costumes or add strips of reflective tape so you’ll be more visible; make sure the costumes aren’t so long that you’re in danger of tripping.

 Wear makeup and hats rather than masks that can obscure your vision.  Test the makeup you plan to use by putting a small amount on the arm of the person who will be wearing it a couple of days in advance. If a rash, redness, swelling, or other signs of irritation develop where the makeup was applied that’s a sign of a possible allergy.  Check FDA’s list of color additives to see if makeup additives are FDA approved. If they aren’t approved for their intended use, don’t use it.  Don’t wear decorative contact lenses unless you have seen an eye care professional and gotten a proper lens fitting and instructions for using the lenses.

Safe treats

Eating sweet treats is also a big

part of the fun on Halloween. If you’re trick-or-treating, health and safety experts say you should remember these tips:  Don’t eat candy until it has been inspected at home.  Trick-or-treaters should eat a snack before heading out, so they won’t be tempted to nibble on treats that haven’t been inspected.  Tell children not to accept – or eat – anything that isn’t commercially wrapped.  Parents of very young children should remove any choking hazards such as gum, peanuts, hard candies or small toys.  Inspect commercially wrapped treats for signs of tampering, such as an unusual appearance or discoloration, tiny pinholes, or tears in wrappers. Throw away anything that looks suspicious.  For partygoers and party throwers, FDA recommends the following tips for two seasonal favorites:  Look for the warning label to avoid juice that hasn’t been pasteurized or otherwise processed, especially packaged juice products that may have been made on site. When in doubt, ask. Always ask if you are unsure if a juice product is pasteurized or not.

Normally, the juice found in your grocer’s frozen food case, refrigerated section, or on the shelf in boxes, bottles or cans is pasteurized.  Before bobbing for apples – a favorite Halloween game – reduce the amount of bacteria that might be on apples by thoroughly rinsing them under cool running water. As an added precaution, use a produce brush to remove surface dirt.

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Two fine directors

By Gavin Bigger RHS Senior and Red Feather Theatre member The Red Feather Theatre Company is currently in the process of rehearsing Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Directing these actors is film director, Diego Rojas and student director-stage manager Robyn Davis. Diego Rojas is responsible for the film segments used in Red Feather’s upcoming play.

After writing an original film script for the actors to memorize, he shot his own film with the help of some of Red Feather’s new equipment, provided recently by the district for an initial venture into the motion media realm. Next, Diego used the footage to create videos to be used in the performance. As all of this happened, and other actors rehearsed for the live part of the production, Robyn Davis kept the production organized and progressive. She is now responsible, with the help of her assistant – yours truly – for all of the back stage cues both to actors and technical crew. Together we will make sure the production is well prepared for an audience.

Diego Rojas is a senior in Ruidoso High School.

As a member of the advanced class in The Red Feather program, he volunteered to make a film to be used in “The Tempest.” This is not his first attempt; he has directed and shot several other films and submitted them in local film competitions and placed in many of them. What’s more, everything Diego knows about film making, he learned himself.

From a young age he has had a soft spot for directing and making stories visual, so every opportunity to learn more about this task he has taken. Today, he is a talented and organized film director accomplishing his goal of creating entertaining short movies to use during the play. This may be one of his best works yet. He has had access to many well trained actors, some professional film and sound equipment and a well-lit stage with a minimalist scenery props. With all of these recourses and his excellent experience, he was able to create a first-class film to be enjoyed by an auditorium of people.

After this production, Diego plans to move forward with his film making, after all, film making is his passion. Above all, Diego has worked hard to become as skilled with film as he is. He will continue with this as he moves forward with his dream of becoming a professional film maker. Diego will make a fine cinematographer some day because he will not stop until there is nothing more to learn about the trade. The Red Feather Theatre Company strongly believes one of his strongest qualities is his deep understanding of what his audience would enjoy, and therefore how to shoot his film. Diego knows how to make a horror movie terrifying, a love story romantic, a tragedy heart wrenching, and

even a thriller exciting. Diego aims to please, and his work isn’t over until his inner perfectionist is satisfied. Red Feather is glad to say he is a part of its company, and is excited to see what he accomplishes in the future.

“The Tempest” is three hours long. It requires many actors, many technical crew members, and even more time spent rehearsing. Since the production began Robyn Davis has helped the cast remain organized and to stay on cue. She has learned and helped prepare blocking while alerting actors of their approaching scene and will soon participate in preparing crew members for their technical tasks.

On top of her committed service as stage manager, she has sacrificed all of her spare time to help the production and the cast. Robyn is another member of the advanced class and is only a sophomore.

Because she is also an actor she is better suited to provide help to the cast who have spent 147 production hours, after school hours, rehearsing since mid August.

Robyn has two more years at Ruidoso High School and will be a leading member in the Red Feather Theatre Company. As a sophomore, she has been given a leading position in the company that demands responsibility and discipline. It is safe to say that Red Feather knew what it was doing when it made that decision. Robyn has made Red Feather proud, and is expected to continue to do so for another two years.

On behalf of all Theatre members, thank you to the two talented and hardworking directors Diego and Robyn. The third director is composer and lead actor, Jake McCaw, but that is a whole other story. Without their efforts the performance of “The Tempest” would not be as grand as it is turning out. It is a pleasure to work with such motivated individuals as these and even more of a pleasure to enjoy the performance that they have made possible on Nov. 1, 2 or 3. Buy a ticket from The Chamber of Commerce, Golden Yarn, Can’t Stop Smokin’, Zocca Coffee, and now Rita’s Salon on the Hill.

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Kevin and I were ready for our 6 a.m. departure for “the world’s largest consumer bicycle and sports expo” held in Denver each October. It had been two years since the sojourn north to seek the old parts I needed to keep my aging road bikes alive. Kevin spent most of the seven hours it took us to get to the Olympic Training Center (the state’s most visited tourist attraction) sleeping but was ready for the facility tour and then it was on to Denver.

The doors of the National Western Complex building were to open at 9 a.m. In order to capitalize on a “one in a million” chance of procuring that rare 50-year-old Italian component, we stood in the already forming line by 7 a.m. As we stood there, many vendors were unloading their wares and we got to evaluate the goods before they were “officially” for sale. I was thankful that a 45-year-old two-wheeled beauty from the classic era was not in my frame size – no sale.

Upon entering the shrine of the ultimate in recycling, Kevin and I went our separate directions, each of us on a mission. After procuring the requisite old parts, the Beth Schneider photographic display of images of some of the most iconic venues on the professional calendar captured my attention; the human moments of the sport were enthralling.

Fine art is not the usual menu item at the recycle restaurant but it was a welcome addition as the imagery inflamed the travel lust to experience firsthand the scenic wonderfulness of our planet.

I left the island of artistic excellence and waded to a booth of memorabilia and found the small, non-descript booth of Howie Cohen. What caught my eye was a simple coffee mug with a photo of the greatest cyclist of all time (no, not Lance Armstrong). The photo depicted Eddy Merckx being congratulated by Tulio Campagnolo, an Italian innovator in the cycling industry, for a record win in one of the European classics.

The photo was some 40 years old which made the mug a “must have” for this purveyor of the classic, steel frame era.

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by MGM of a young Joan Crawford riding the bicycle she used to stay fit for the film, “Dancing Lady” (1933). Mr. Cohen casually mentioned that it was a photo from his private collection.

We spoke more of Hollywood and bicycles and I purchased “Hollywood Rides a Bike; Cycling With the Stars” and was delighted to receive it as an inscribed copy. I then learned that this “everything bicycle’s” man was contacted by Steven Spielberg to create the famous “flying” bicycle used in “ET.” He then pointed to the little Kuwahara propped on its kickstand at the end of a row of adult sized bikes and said, “There’s the bike.”

For the duration of my visit, no one had stopped to view this forlorn piece of cinematic history and like me, its job was done. Next week will be the last weekly column of the Psycling Chronicles. Thank you, loyal readers, for allowing me my two-wheeled linguistic meanderings this past year.

It has been satisfying. It was early afternoon and like ET, I was ready to go home.

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Activities at Living desert Zoo Pre-School story time

Pre-School Story Time will be held Friday, Nov. 2, at 9:30 a.m. at the Visitor Center. The story will be “The Fall of Freddie the Leaf.” A short walk in the Park, weather permitting and an activity will follow the story. The volunteer docent program, sponsored by Friends of the Living Desert, presents Story Time.

There is no fee for this special program; however, children must be accompanied by an adult.

Pre-School StoryTime will be Friday, Nov. 9, at 9:30 a.m. at the Visitor Center. The story will be “Albuquerque Turkey.” A short walk in the park, weather permitting and an activity will follow the story. The volunteer docent program, sponsored by Friends of the Living Desert, presents Story Time. There is no fee for this special program; however, children must be accompanied by an adult. For additional information, please

call Susan Young or Kathryn Law at 575-887-5516.

Guest lecture: “Chaco Canyon”

Learn about the ancient history of this center of ancestral Puebloan civilization in Northwestern New Mexico.

David Kayser, National Park Service archaeologist, will be giving the lecture in the conference room Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. There is no fee to attend this program.

ENMU-Roswell testing center staff recognized The Professional Prometric Center staff, under the auspices of the ENMU-Roswell Testing Services Department, has once again received 100-percent compliance in its biometrics check-in process.

The staff members included in this recognition are Matthew Rincon, Juan Hernandez, and Geneva Pisana.

In June, a total of 142 Prometric Corporate Test Center Labs delivered exams requiring biometric check-in. Of these labs, only 14 achieved 100 percent, 106 labs achieved compliance between 90 to 99.99 percent, and 22 labs achieved below 89.9 percent. In addition, the staff received recognition for providing excel-

lent customer service across the board to not only examinees, but to colleagues, district managers, and other functional departments at Prometric.

The staff was sent a small care package which included Prometric backpacks, candy, and praise points the staff can use to select personal items from different vendor sites.

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AGELESS MEDICINE

Mayan Medicine

without anesthesia also Dr. Stephen Rath carries an extremely high Fusion Medical Center, death rate. (“Doc, we Ruidoso can only assume he was As we approach Dec. cured, he stopped com21, the end of civilization plaining shortly after the according to the Mayan surgery began.”) calendar, I think it is So, excepting live worth reflecting on the sacrifice, are there any Mayan style of medicine areas we have in comand comparing it with curmon? Sure! Ancient dr. Stephen Rath rent practice. healers would often forWhile I prefer to use mulate a healing plan after obtaining peer-reviewed journals as a primary a detailed history of the patient’s life source, Wikipedia appears to rival and past experiences. While many of other resources for Mayan medicine our current medical specialties seem and was consulted for this article. to fast-forward through the subjecFor those who have been pushed into tive (patient reported) in favor of the the digital age against their will (my nurse Janet comes to mind) Wikipedia objective (measured and tested), some practices, including my own aesthetic is an online open-source encyclopepractice, rely heavily on where the dia reviewed by many subject matter patient has been in order to formulate experts before an article is deemed to a plan to help them get to their desired meet acceptable standards. Arguably, destination. the original texts are better resources, Call me old fashioned; I actually but my education didn’t include the enjoy taking a history of a patient’s Mayan language. life and experiences. I find that in We practice one of the first types of medicine in our home. The origin in doing so, I am able to establish a connection with more than 99 percent of our household was probably the same the patients I see. What about the less as in prehistoric times. Dad’s back than 1 percent? Are they just difficult isn’t the same as it used to be- mine patients? Call me an optimist, but I is largely due to years of jumping out think that sort of connection can be of airplanes. After dinner, while the established with anyone given enough kids are getting ready for bed, dad time. lies down on the floor. The kids finish Given enough time… Nobody getting ready for bed and are ready knows how much time we have left on to perform one of the earliest pain control rituals known to man- my kids this planet. According to the ancient Mayans, not much. I subscribe to the call it “Walk on Back.” After a short theory that they ran out of space on therapy session, the kids are ready to the rock calendar. I guess time will go to sleep and dad feels a bit better.

Perhaps the earliest subspecialty: fam- tell. ily medicine?

Disclaimer: Dr Stephen Rath, MD, Many of us are aware that the DABA is a board certified anestheMayan culture occasionally used live siologist as well as the owner and sacrifice in purification rituals in an medical director of Fusion Medical effort to cure disease. In the event the Spa located in Ruidoso. He is not an person sacrificed was also one of the expert on ancient medicine but he afflicted, they achieved a 100 percent cure rate; something modern medicine believes he can make a difference in modern medicine. Comments or queshas yet to achieve. tions? His email address is: DrRath@ Modern patients seem to be FusionMedicalSpa.net. okay with this, as open-heart surgery

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MainStreet program makes strides in Artesia

By Rich Williams New Mexico MainStreet director and state Arts and Cultural District coordinator, New Mexico Economic Development Department Artesia is a southeastern New Mexico town named for the artesian aquifer on which the area’s early agricultural industry was based. Today Artesia’s 10,700 residents are drawing on the city’s history as they work with the Artesia MainStreet program to remake the town’s downtown.

Artesia MainStreet is part of the New Mexico MainStreet Program, a grassroots economic development program of the New Mexico Economic Development Department. The state Legislature launched the program in 1985 to help communities remake older commercial neighborhoods as economically viable business environments while preserving local cultural and historical resources.

The program currently serves 23 affiliated MainStreet projects and six state-authorized Arts and Cultural Districts statewide.

In the late 1970s, the National Trust for Historic Preservation developed the consensus-building approach used by MainStreet participants to wed economic development and historic preservation. Community volunteers are the engines of each program, but MainStreet Program directors contribute resources, education, training and technical services as needed.

It’s the water

Artesia MainStreet began as an effort in 1997 to revitalize the appearance and spirit of the town’s dilapidated downtown area, according to program manager Rebecca Prendergast, who serves as a liaison between the public and the state program. Volunteers began hosting activities to draw the community’s attention to downtown as a destination place and began working with landscape architects and engineers to create a master plan for downtown rehabilitation.

In 1998, the Artesia City Council approved the master plan, empower-

ing Artesia MainStreet to incorporate as a nonprofit to spearhead downtown renovation and encourage merchant and community unity.

“We envision Artesia Main Street as an economically active and energetic historic downtown where — because of its attractive, clean, shaded, pedestrianfriendly, small-town atmosphere — people will want to live, visit, shop and work,” Prendergast said. “I would like to see more retail business downtown, and I believe we are making incremental growth toward a more even business mix. We have some great ‘anchor’ businesses that have remained and chosen to remain in the downtown area for decades, and I see the trend of quality retail businesses continuing to grow.”

Public/private partners

Artesia MainStreet, Inc. has raised more than $6 million – 70 percent from private sources – for capital improvement projects since its inception. It’s had a hand in renovating the façade of a vintage movie theater and worked with

engineers and landscape architects to renovate Heritage Walkway and Plaza and the city’s Main Street.

“Our public/private partnership takes public dollars and leverages them with private resources to create a bigger impact overall,” Prendergast said. “There are projects that a private organization can tackle much easier that a public entity, and I think that the city of Artesia and Artesia MainStreet recognize the strength in that relationship. One step at a time is how our program has grown, and that is how the downtown has improved.”

Since 1985, thousands of jobs have been created and millions of dollars in private funds have been invested in New Mexico’s communities through the MainStreet Program. For information about past and present projects, visit www.nmmainstreet.org.

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B&I loans help rural NM communities develop

By Mike Hoyl Senior vice president, Western Commerce Bank in Lovington You don’t have to live off the map to qualify for a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development loan in New Mexico.

Most of the state is considered rural for the purposes of this economic development program, which can back loans as high as $25 million to qualifying ventures in towns with 50,000 or fewer people. That excludes only Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Las Cruces and Santa Fe, while towns close to these metro areas easily qualify.

Western Commerce Bank has participated in the Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program for 20 years and has consistently led in lending money to rural businesses through this program. We have loaned more than $50 million through the program, which we consider a critical tool for economic

development in rural America.

Fast-track funding

Well-prepared loan proposals win quick approval. Of the USDA loans that Western Commerce processed last year, it never took more than two weeks for a loan to be OK’d, and funding was available within 60 days.

Larger loan amounts or complicated loans can take longer because approval must come from Washington, D.C. But most packages get a local nod from the Albuquerque USDA Rural Development office.

Banks like ours are eager to loan money through this program, because the federal government assumes up to 80 percent of the risk. This allows us to put more money into the hands of borrowers who might not otherwise have qualified for a large loan. And it keeps the program’s allocated money in New Mexico — funding business

and community projects in our state — rather than being claimed by other states through reallocation.

A program with purpose

The Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program exists to develop or finance business, industry and employment in rural communities and improve the economic and environmental climates of those lower-population areas.

Program managers work with local banks such as Western Commerce to back loans for projects and enterprises that bring lasting community benefits, including jobs and the development of natural resources and renewable energy sources.

Program money can be used for business and industrial acquisitions to keep a business from closing or to help it with conversion, expansion, modernization or the purchase and development of land, easements, rights-of-way, build-

ings or facilities. It can be used to buy equipment, leasehold improvements, machinery, supplies or inventory.

Borrowers can be cooperative organizations, corporations, federally recognized tribes, partnerships, individuals or other legal entities — for-profit and nonprofit with the exception of charitable institutions. Individual borrowers and 51 percent of the owners of corporations or other private organizations seeking funds must be U.S. citizens or legally recognized permanent residents.

Western Commerce and other lenders also lend money in cooperation with other federal programs. Some of those government-backed loans have terms and conditions that mirror those of USDA loans, but the caps and guarantees are usually lower.

For more information about loan terms and interest rates, contact the USDA Rural Development Albuquerque office at 505-761-4953.

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Lincoln County Community Theater presents ‘The Miracle Worker’

By Pamela Witte The Lincoln County Community Theater gang is at work again! This fall they’re teaming up with lots of local folks to bring playwright, William Gibson’s award-winning Broadway play to life onstage at Mountain Annie’s Center for the Arts. “The Miracle Worker,” tells the true story of Helen Keller a young girl struck blind and deaf as a baby after a terrible fever.

Enter Annie Sullivan a partially-blind tutor tasked with teaching Helen sign language.

As a youth, Helen Keller was a feral charge, full of anger, frustration and fear. “The Miracle Worker,” is a heaving, shin-cracking, emotional, heartwarming, play performed with complete commitment, and compassion.

Startling performances and harrowing physicality will draw you in and keep you on the edge of your seat.

Over the year, LCCT has enjoyed a period of renaissance, revitalization, change and growth. They’ve drawn new talent, encouraged production of an outstanding, varied theater season and brought exciting, fun, prolific theater to Lincoln County. This November they will be doing something very special with the “The Miracle Worker.”

Joining up with loads of great volunteers, LCCT will host a Gala Benefit Production to raise funds and awareness for, the Ski Apache Disabled Skiers Program.

Obviously, this is one terrific project. Talented actors, amazing set designers, award-winning direction,

and skilled crew are all elements of this brilliant production, but this show has a little something extra. An amazing cast of local youth actors will wow audiences with their ability to bring to life William Gibson’s cast of beloved family servants and emotionallycharged blind students.

The miracle working kid-cast includes, Avonlea Ward who electrifyingly leads the crew as Helen Keller; Brianna Stoddard, brilliant as Viney the Keller’s cook; Sofia Reyes as Martha, a delightful child-constant in the Keller home; May Lucero, eager understudy for the role of Helen; Daisy Reyes as Alice, a vivacious blind student; Ella Ward as timid Sarah, the smallest blind child and Jude Johnson as the emotionally-stirring voice of Annie Sullivan’s little brother.

During rehearsals, these young actors have excelled beyond expectation. Their talent and enthusiasm is catching, astounding, truly something special. An amazing play filled with the energy of youth, “The Miracle Worker” is a total must-see. Help raise funds for the Ski Apache Disabled Skiers Program by joining LCCT at the Gala event Friday Nov. 9 which includes hors d’oeuvres and music by Lanny Maddox.

The gala opens at 5:30 p.m. with the performance at 7 p.m. Additional performances will be held Nov. 10, 16 and 17. Get your tickets early as seating is limited. Tickets are available at 575-257-7982 and The Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce 575-257-7395.

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The Sierra Blanca Regional Airport & Pine Top Car Club would like to thank our many Sponsors & Businesses that donated to the success of our Air Show SPONSORS

Village of Ruidoso BuyRuidoso.com-Ruidoso Real Estate AvFuel Corporation The Lodge @ Sierra Blanca Hotel Ruidoso Swiss Chalet Inn Paradime Pictures Jim Taylor Parkhill Smith & Cooper Jim Parada Ruidoso Ford Lincoln Mercury Western Auto/Parts Plus Condotel Corporation Golden Yarn Flooring Pat Papson - Farmer’s Insurance White Mountain Glass Century 21 Aspen Real Estate Alto Café City Bank of New Mexico Sierra Blanca Motors High Country Insurance First National Bank Copper Mountain Auto Body Otero County Electric Coop.

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New Mexico Pilots Association Civil Air Patrol-Alamogordo Ron Massey Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Posse New Mexico State Police Native Air Holloman Air Force Base Honor Guard MQ1 Static Display T-38 Flyby Casa Décor Grace O’Malley’s Irish Pub Bill & Dorene Craven Glen Cheng - Farmers Insurance Win Place Show, Quarters & Ranchers Restaurants Rose Furniture Tanner Tradition Rags To Riches Upholstery Jody & Nancy Finley In-Ka-Hoots/The Ranch Diva Village Ace Hardware Hagerty Insurance Don & Nancy Stockstill Terry & Kay Williams

DONATIONS & DOOR PRIZES

Pat Papson/Glen Cheng - Farmer’s Insurance Washington Federal Bank Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce Rio Ruidoso Realtors Parkinson Automotive Greg Carey - State Farm Insurance Mike & Lynn Budd Walmart Otero Federal Credit Union Billy the Kid Casino KEDU Christian Radio MTD Radio Christine Citarella-Pinnacle Real Estate THE KID 101.5 Classic Rock Radio W105 Real Country Radio MIX 96.7 FM Best Hits Radio KRUI 1490AM-News/Talk/Tourism

The Blue Goose Café Ruidoso River Resort & Inn Lodge at Sierra Blanca Casa Décor K-Bobs Tree House Café The Wild Herb Market Andy’s Auto Bill Yorston Our Daily Bread Cafe The Texas Club Tina’s Cafe Boots & Jeans Late Bill & Dottie White Ruidoso One Stop Auto/Car Quest Foxworth Galbraith Soloman Pump Service & Clark Racing Hagerty Insurance Cortez Gas

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ENMU-Roswell Theatre to present ‘True West’ The ENMU-Roswell Theatre Department will present Sam Shepard’s True West in the campus Performing Arts Center Nov. 16-18. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18. General admission tickets are $5 and $2 for ENMURoswell students. General admission tickets can be purchased online at www. showtix4u.com or at the Performing Arts Center. ENMU-Roswell student tickets must be purchased at the Performing Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased Monday through Thursday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information, contact the box office at 575-624-7398.

Disclaimer: True West contains language that might not be suitable for all ages. No one under 17 years of age will be admitted without an adult or an adult’s consent.

Obie Award Winning and Tony

Award Nominee, True West, is a character study that examines the relationship between Austin, a screenwriter, and his older brother Lee. The play is set in the kitchen of their mother’s home 40 miles east of Los Angeles. Austin is housesitting while their mother is in Alaska.

He is confronted by his brother, who proceeds to bully his way into staying at the house and using Austin’s car. In addition, the screenplay which Austin is pitching to his connection in Hollywood, somehow gets taken over by the pushy con-man tactics of Lee, and the brothers find themselves forced to cooperate in the creation of a story that will make or break both their lives. In the process, the conflict between the brothers creates a heated situation in which their roles as successful family man and nomadic drifter are somehow reversed, and each man finds himself admitting that he had somehow always wished he were in the other’s shoes.

Ski Run Road challenges runners Photo courtesy of Herb Brunell

1st Male relay “Road Stars” winners with their Ruidoso Bears, local doctor & sponsor Frank dimotta, Mike Richards, Kris Romero

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HOBBS: Oct 30 - “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 31 Haunted House, Hobbs Community Playhouse, 7 p.m. Arrrrrrr mateys!!!! Join us for our third season of Marooned on Pirate Isle, a haunted adventure where you need to watch out for undead pirates, voodoo witches, and other monsters that may be lurking around every corner. The Playhouse is transformed into a maze where you don’t want to get lost because you may just end up joining the undead!

Nov 9 Greg and Greg presents “American Civil War Play,” New Mexico Junior College, Watson Hall, 1 p.m.

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. - 5 p.m.

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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 Ab Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings, the Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m. Ab Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings is a Latin Grammywinning Mexican Cumbia group from Corpus Christi, Texas. Their music encompasses the styles of Cumbia, hip hop and R&B. Tickets, start at $25

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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 9, 10 “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge 11, & Marley” Carlsbad Community 16, 17 Theater, National Parks Highway.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 11, 2 p.m. matinee.

This Israel Horovitz adaptation will feature the talented director and actor Randy Milligan in his farewell performance as “Scrooge.” Adults $12; students $6. 575-887-3157 10-12 Fee Free Days, Carlsbad National Parks & Sites, 575-785-2232 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 30 - Carlsbad Winter Wine Festival Dec 1 711 Muscatel, 575-522-1232 ARTESIA: Oct 30 Cecelia String Quartet, Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 310 W. Main Street, 7:30 p.m. $20. 575746-4122; www.artesiaartscouncil.com Nov 2-4 2012 Balloons & Bluegrass Festival, 6th & Main Street, 575746-2744 3 Collin Raye, Country Music recording artist, AHS Auditorium, 205 S. 15th St., 7:30 p.m. $40, $30, $20

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Member Hobbs Chamber of Commerce • Member Lovington chamber of commerce Member Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce • Member Artesia chamber of commerce Member Roswell Chamber of Commerce • Member Alamogordo chamber of commerce Member ruidoso Valley chamber of commerce

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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 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 Nov 2,3,4 “Noises Off,” A comedy by Michael 9,10, Frayn, directed by Lynetta Zuber.

11 Roswell Community Little Theater, 1717 S. Union, Fri & Sat, 7:30 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m. 575-622-1982, www.

RoswellLittleTheatre.com 10 Veteran’s Parade, 10 - 11 a.m.

Parade will begin at the Chaves County Courthouse and travel north to College Ave. MainStreet Roswell partnered with the Veteran’s Parade Committee to host this event.

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RUIDOSO: Nov 3 Annual Electronic Recycle, Lawrence Bros. IGA, 721 Mechem Dr., 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Drop off your obsolete, outdated and replaced electronic items to be recycled by Greentree Solid Waste. Parks and Recreation: 575-257-5030 or Greentree Solid Waste: 575-378-4697; www.greentreeswa.org. Free.

RUIDOSO DOWNS: Nov 2-3 Breeders’ Cup - Wager on all the of the Breeders’ Cup action from Santa Anita at Ruidoso Downs and Billy’s Sports Book. The $2 million Ladies Classic highlights the Friday card and the $5 million Breeder’s Cup Classic is on Saturday. First post time is 12:15 p.m. on Friday and 11:05 a.m. Saturday.

3 Annual Fall American Photography Competition & Exhibition, Hubbard Museum of the American West, Hwy 70 E., next to the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack.

The Hubbard Museum and the Photographic Society of Lincoln County are proud to present the 21st Annual Fall American Photography Competition and Exhibition, which will be open to the public until March 17, 2013. 575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum.org. Adults, $6; seniors and military, $5; ages 6 to 16, $2; under 6 - Free

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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 CAPITAN: Oct 31 Halloween at Smokey Bear Historical Park, 118 West Smokey Bear Blvd., 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Come to the Spook-tacular Halloween at Smokey Bear Park. Bring a bag for treats, a flashlight for the Haunted Forest, and a camera for a Ghostly Photo-Op. Games and treats inside presented by the Capitan Women’s Club. And if you dare... wander through the Haunted Forest.

WARNING: The forest gets scarier after dark, so bring the young ones and the faint of heart early. 575354-2748. Free.

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. 575-6307800 Nov 1,2,3 RHS Red Feather Theater Company presents “The Tempest,” RHS Performing Arts Facility, 125 Warrior Dr., Thurs, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fri, 7 - 9 p.m.; Sat, 2 - 4 p.m.

The company will present all five acts of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.”

This is his last play and even perhaps his eloquent farewell to the public and stage. “Forgiveness and reconciliation is a major theme meted out through an array of characters from a sorcerer, a monster, a prince, power hungry royalty, drunken mariners, goddesses and magical spirits.” 575-630-7945.

Advance tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Golden Yarn Flooring, Can’t Stop Smokin’, Zocca Coffee, and the Ruidoso Chamber of Commerce. Tickets are $12 at the door.

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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 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 Nov 2-3 New Mexico Centennial Line Dance Jamboree, Tays Special Event Center, 575-437-7507 3-4 Alamogordo Antique Collectible Show & Sale, Alamogordo Civic Center, 800 1st St. (Corner of 1st & Florida), Sat, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sun, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. See a magnificent selection of glass, porcelains, silver, jewelry, furniture, dolls and toys, plus a variety of country and primitive items. Don’t miss this excellent show - known for quality and diversity for the last 24 years. 575-437-6304. Free.

10 Veterans Day Parade, 10th Street, 575-437-6120 CLOUDCROFT: Nov 10 Walking Tour of the National Solar Observatory, Sacramento Mountains Museum, 575-6822932 or 575-682-2733

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