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Staff member Sandy Stambaugh witnessed ENMU-Ruidoso grow By Dr. Cynthia E. Orozco Sandy Stambaugh is a familiar face at ENMU-Ruidoso. During her tenure of 16 years, Sandy watched as the college transformed from a store front operation into a branch college. Sandy similarly changed, taking advantage of the educational and professional opportunities ENMURuidoso provided over the years. In many ways, the story of the college is the story of people like Sandy Stambaugh. The college was an off-campus instruction center when Sandy was hired in 1995. With no classrooms and limited office space in a small building on Sudderth, Sandy quickly pitched in beyond her duties of registering students to do whatever was needed. The camaraderie and the excitement of being on the ground floor of a new and important endeavor buoyed the college’s first few employees. “We were like a family,” says Sandy. “Even though we all had different job titles, we all jumped in. Even Dr. Miller would come out to the front desk to register students. I remember him using his truck to haul trash--even doing janitorial work. But that was the atmosphere. These people were my family away from my family, and ENMU-Ruidoso was my home away from home.” As more and more students registered for classes and the college grew, so did Sandy’s official job duties. She quickly took on the job titles of administrative secretary and computer technician. In 1997, she set up the bookstore and served as the college’s first bookstore manager. It was in the field of computer science that Sandy found a calling. She started taking computer classes just after being hired and graduated with an Associate’s of Art degree. Her job responsibilities shifted to the fast-paced field of technology with a promotion to computer technician. “My associate’s degree opened so many more doors. I would have never believed that doing something that I loved and working towards a
degree would have resulted in my being where I am today. It was hard work—there were many late nights studying and then getting up early to go to work, but it was worth it. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.” As a computer technician, she ordered computers, dealt with licensing issues and purchased software, making many connections with people in the industry along the way. She oversaw the acquisition and installation of 26 computers when the campus moved to the Mechem location. She also helped to launch a computer lab in Mescalero, and when Dr. Jim Miller, College Director, convinced Gateway to donate10 more computers, Sandy helped to set them up in the computer lab at the new Mescalero Empowerment Complex and traveled monthly to assist students there. As the demand for computer literacy grew, Sandy was asked to teach an introductory computer class. Teaching, combined with her technical knowledge, opened up a new world of possibility for Sandy, culminating in her own home-based business, “Personal Touch Computer Services.” Meanwhile, opportunities at the college opened up again when a new position in the marketing department was formed to handle in-house and printed publications such as course schedules, academic catalogs, posters, flyers and advertisements for area media to be produced using state-of-the-art computer graphics programs. While no longer able to practice her interpersonal skills that came so naturally to her, Sandy was able to explore her creative side and keep up with the newest developments in graphic arts. The last few years have seen shifts in the college’s focus and shifts in Sandy’s activities. After a brief stint as an academic support technician assisting instructors with online classes, forms and procedures, she now finds herself coming full circle as the bookstore manager. She is able Continued on next pg
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HigherLINCOLN education bond SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS on November ballot
RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380 Early voting will be open from On Nov. 6, voters in New Mexico Oct. 20 to Nov. 3. With the passage will consider Higher Education Bond of Bond C, ENMU Roswell plans to C that would make $119.4 million target several infrastructure problems available for colleges and universities associated with an aging campus. in the state, including $1.5 million The boiler serving the west side of for infrastructure improvements at the Lawrence C. Harris Occupational ENMU-Roswell. ENMU in Portales Technology Center (OTC) will be rewould receiveALAMOGORDO $9 million from Bond • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA C for renovation and infrastructure up- placed. The roof will also be replaced grades of the Jack Williamson Liberal on the Arts and Science Center (ASC). The ASC was a Walker Air Force Arts Building. ENMU-Ruidoso would Base structure built in 1954. “The also receive $500,000 for infrastrucRoswell campus has 34 buildings on ture projects. NMMI would receive 124 acres,” said Dr. Madden ENMU $5 million for the renovation of Lusk Roswell president. “Our physical plant Hall. Because other bonds are retiris a combination of former Air Force ing, the net increase in property taxes structures built in the 1950s and other would be zero. Absentee voting is construction that dates back to the from Oct. 9 to Nov. 2.
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1980s. Many of our buildings are in desperate need of renovations or repairs. This bond issue will help us address some of the critical problem areas for the comfort and safety of our students, employees, and the public who utilize our facilities.” Voters will also consider Library Bond B on the Nov. 6 ballot. Bond B will provide $3 million to fund academic library acquisitions statewide. The roof on the Arts and Science Cen-
ter was replaced when the building was renovated in 1996. The boiler on the west side of the Lawrence C. Harris Occupational Technology Center dates back to 1978. Chaves County will receive a total of $90,129 for public and school libraries. ENMU Roswell will receive $34,239 if Bond B is approved by voters. The cost for Bond B is approximately 56-cents per year for a home with an assessed value of $100,000.
STAMBAUGH from pg 2 to use her customer service skills with the community and her creativity in designing a working space. She keeps current with the retail computer sector. The bookstore offers special discounts on Dell computer products to faculty, staff and students. Sandy Stambaugh reflects the story of ENMU-Ruidoso. From the modest beginnings where everyone chipped in through focusing on the needs of a growing student body, to taking advantage of the newest technologies to put the college on the map,
Sandy has seen and been part of it all. Today, as she stocks the bookstore with art and office supplies not found elsewhere in town and assists students with the best deals in computers and laptops, ENMU-Ruidoso is developing a computer cyber security program while priding itself on the kind of personal attention to its students that Sandy has been providing from the start. “I think that after all these years, I’ve finally found my niche at the college,” she laughs. “I think I finally found my new home away from home.”
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While driving to our county seat last week, I realized I had fewer minutes than I planned. I thought I left plenty of time to arrive in Carrizozo with time to spare, but when I found myself behind persons who thought speed limit signs are law and not suggestions, I realized I would be cutting it close. A driver behind me felt the same way. He was hugging my bumper for miles until I took charge. I passed several cars in the process of getting down the hill quicker. The driver behind me had a function at the meeting for which we were aimed which was much more important than this reporter’s, and in my community spirit, I determined I’d be his front door. When I sped around a vehicle (sorry if that was you) he continued to follow close behind. I was ready to take one for the team and accept the citation to allow him to get to our meeting in a timely manner. I’ve deserved a boatload of citations in my driving career. I need a siren. I need to alert those in front of me that I want to go faster. Are there sirens for sale? I can only imagine how much revenue we could generate if Lincoln County’s Finest would offer to retail sirens. I’d buy one. I’d attach it to my car and I’d blow it (ever so gently) when I’m behind a driver who feels compelled to sight-see. My horn just doesn’t do it. It’s a siren I need. Truly, I’m kidding. I realize sirens are for our Finest’s use to get me out of the way. When I hear a siren I know
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someone somewhere is in dire need. Whether it’s a fire or emergency, I know to move. I respect Sue Hutchison the siren. I respect suehutch@valornet.com the siren blower. Today is nine-eleven and all of us remember where we were when we watched the coverage of NYC and listened to hours of sirens broadcasted across the world. We watched towers disintegrate while desperate folks hurled themselves to the ground in an effort to escape the fire’s fury. We gathered our families around if we could, and hunkered down to protect them as our collective ire rose in protest against those who would dare to assault the US of A on our own soil. We began to see the courage of First Responders around the country as they stopped living what was normal and headed to what we now call Ground Zero. A new normal was forced upon those whose loved ones were killed whether in the twin tower area or the Pentagon, or the flights-turned-bombs passengers whose lives were wrested from them that horrific day. As an EMT, I thrive on emergen-
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Left to right: Cade Hall, seven years fire and EMT Intermediate; Mike Friburg, three years fire and EMT Basic; Laura davis, Emergency Coordinator; Elaine Coker, office manager and EMT-Basic; and Chris Berryhill, 11 years fire and EMT Basic.
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Left to right: Steve Gonzales, four and a half years fire, EMT-Basic; Chase Tanner, four and a half years fire, EMT-Basic; Lt. paul Hart, 23 years fire, EMT-Basic; dayne Hall, six years fire, EMT-Basic. All firefighters in Ruidoso are currently certified EMT’s. Hart will retire in November. cies. I’m not a long term care giver. I’m not alone in the need for an adrenaline rush when it comes to assisting in a crisis. But stress takes on all sorts of forms as we try to live past an emergency. Whether directly affected by 9/11 or our latest local stressor with the Little Bear, chest pain, dizziness, anger, fear, feeling lost, nausea, difficulty concentrating are not out of the ordinary. So here’s the bottom line. Americans get through it. We find a way. We’ll come through the Little Bear’s aftermath as we have with all the crises so far. We’ll find a way to rest more, listen carefully to our loved ones, understand when we snap at each other we’re not really that way. We’ll try to be appropriate with our responses, but realize when we get it wrong that we all deserve a
break. We’ll find resources to help us survive, whether it’s Lincoln County’s assistance program, clergy and church, or a trusted friend. And when we hear a siren behind us, we’ll realize we need to pull over, get out of the way and offer support for our local Finest as they respond to an emergency. Unless it’s me behind you and I’m hugging your bumper – then you can get mad, salute me with any finger you choose and I’ll tap my horn as I’m passing you with a smile. Only my horn. You deal with stress your way and I’ll deal with it mine.
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Ruidoso airs out the quilts More than 100 quilts were donated by quilters throughout the southwest area to the survivors of the Little Bear Fire disaster that cost many Lincoln Country residents their homes. Each family received as many quilts as there were family members. The event offered vendors with quilting supplies as well as a variety of activities for attendees, such as quilting tech-
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tion, and eat healthy snacks. The event Mark your calendars for the free is coordinated by the RISD Wellness Fun, Fit, Family Night on Monday, Committee•with sponsors Sept. 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Roswell RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS HWY 380 including ENMU-Roswell, the NM Department Convention and Civic Center. Famiof Health, Healthy Kids Chaves County, lies and their children, grades K-5, are Chaves County Extension office and invited to participate in fun wellness Blue Cross Blue Shield New Mexico. activities, obtain educational informa-
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High tech-high altitude medical services Fusion Medical Spa offers many non-surgical services and in the words of aesthetician Morgan Ingram, “We are an innovative spa combining a little bit of everything from alternative to traditional medicine.” Services include physician supervised weight loss, laser hair reduction, scar and stretchmark reduction, microdermabrasion, photo rejuvenation, chemical peels, vein therapy, Restylane™, JUVÉDERM®, and Botox™ injections, as well as high end skin care products. The Visia Complexion Analysis System is free to anyone who wants to know how their skin ranks compared to others of the same age, gender and skin type. The analysis is divided into eight categories – spots, wrinkles, texture, pores, UV spots, brown spots, red areas and porphyrins (enzyme deficiency in the skin). The results are generated into a report with percentiles and photos that become a baseline for recommended services or
products. Another hi-tech piece of equipment is the Palomar StarLux 500 laser and intense pulsed light (IPL) platform which is used for a variety of cosmetic and aesthetic procedures. “Scar and stretchmark therapy is very new,” said Steve Rath, owner of Fusion Medical Spa and a medical doctor. “We are the only office in Southern New Mexico to have it [Palomar StarLux 500]. I’m very excited about being able to offer all our services to this community.” The IPL laser goes through a filter to the scar tissue. Tiny micro-beams penetrate, making pinpoint marks similar to the marks a person would get if they pressed a hairbrush against the skin. Some of the abnormal cells are killed where collagen deposits have created a scar, but a large amount of the skin surface remains untouched. What this means to the patient is less pain and less downtime – approximately 12 hours, versus four to six weeks with the ablative process.
people encouraged to get flu vaccinations The New Mexico Department of Health is recommending that people start to make appointments now to get vaccinated against the flu. While flu season in New Mexico typically starts in the winter, getting a flu vaccination now will help people build immunity. “Getting a flu shot every year is the best protection against the spread of the disease, and I advise all New Mexicans to get vaccinated as soon as possible before the start of the flu season,” said Department of Health Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Catherine Torres. “It is especially important for children to be vaccinated against the flu every year. I also advise everyone to follow good hand hygiene practices to help minimize the spread of the flu this season.” The Department of Health and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that everyone older than six months get their flu vaccine to prevent the disease from spreading. The Department’s public health offices provide vaccine to people who are at high risk for serious illness or death from complications of flu, and people who have no health insurance. Public health offices are listed in the phonebook’s blue pages under state government. Contact information for public health offices is listed at www.nmhealth. org. As the flu season progresses, you can find information about the flu and flu clinics by calling toll-free at 866-681-5872 or visiting, www.immunizenm.org/flu.shtml. More clinics will be scheduled later in the season.
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Volunteer firefighter paul Garber By Sue Hutchison Evacuation is personal with Paul Garber. As a volunteer firefighter with the Bonito team, it’s a part of his training. June 9 Garber and his family awaited news to evacuate their home at Bonita Park the early morning hours. Garber was listening to the Bonito team on his radio and had first hand information about the speed and power of the fire. “People kept dropping in on us to find out the latest about the fire,” says Garber who says he could picture the places where he was hearing transmissions of his firefighting team. Just one problem: Garber was nursing a broken pelvis which occurred in April and couldn’t join his team as they fought the Little Bear. “I couldn’t even help load up the house. I had an empty pick up bed and couldn’t lift any weight,” remembers Garber, no stranger to heavy lifting. “Twenty pounds is like a loaf of bread to Paul,” says wife, Brenda. Earlier in April Garber was in a tree topping a dying willow, as a part of the work he provides with his business, Mountain Tree Service. He says he had done the same thing for 18 years. “A four
inch branch broke out from under my foot. I tried to pinch the tree with my feet but it broke. The last thought through my mind was ‘this is going to hurt’ and I thought, ‘life has just changed for me.’” He fell from the tree and landed on his back. While first responders and firefighters tried to cover him with blankets, it rained and hailed, soaking the team. Multiple doctor visits and a stay in an Albuquerque hospital diagnosed him with a cracked central pelvis with pulled tendons and ligaments which produced temporary numbness in his legs. Garber wondered if paralysis was in his immediate future. Now in June, along with hundreds, their home and all its contents burned to the ground, leaving Garber and family homeless. Along with stored firefighting equipment, all his woodworking tools, his Tree Service equipment and his wood mill were burned. Garber was born and reared in Farmington and his parents worked with the Navajo people most weekends. Garber was reared in the ways of the Navajo, learning their lifestyles and culture. His love for nature and natural elements grew as
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his grandmother introduced him to gardening and a respect for the land. When he was young, Garber went with his grandparents on a trip to New York, speaking at churches to earn funds to help Native Americans. “The rest of the time I would go out with my grandfather to help him with building repairs and roofing,” says Garber. Garber had two sons who were one quarter Navajo and they assimilated into the lifestyle. Garber soon found himself in Photo courtesy of Sue Hutchison mechanical drafting courses at the paul and Brenda Garber. Arizona Automotive Institute of Education. When he returned home during the oil boom, he worked drafting nita Park. I remember being called on a pressure vessels and piping for large oil wildland mix fire in Sonterra using that companies. truck. We were given the task of struc“When the oil bust happened in the ture protection. Since then Bonito Fire end of ’84, I began working for the Parks has grown. We now have more than 38 and Recreation department in Farmington, volunteers, lots of new people and better and expanded my love for the outdoors. It equipment.” Garber credits Carl Bartley started me into better training as I worked with City Bank, who has spearheaded with nurseries and learned about plants grant writing opportunities. for more than 10 years,” says Garber who “We have county support with the became a certified member of the Interna- emergency management team. The county tional Society of Arborculture. He kept his benefits with cooperation between us and certification for six years, but determined they are a big part of the grant writing he could learn more by teaching himself process,” says Garber. using materials indigenous to his area. Garber is healing slowly but surely. He moved to Bonita Park with his He’s a crafter and artisan who creates art two sons and earned his living as a cell with harvested wood. Tables, furniture, tower construction and maintenance shelves are produced with his artful touch. worker. He also met Brenda Tucker, who He’s waiting to see what their final plans later became his wife. While at camp, look like before he purchases replacement Garber became acquainted with Stan Yotools for his hobby, but his stash of burled com, a volunteer firefighter with Bonito. wood was burned along with the rest of “I thought it would be great to be a part his belongings. He still has the heart of a of Bonito Fire. That was more than eight firefighter. years ago,” says Garber, who’s been a part “I think firefighting is one of the most of the First Responder team ever since. important jobs in our area. It’s a drive “We trained with structural fire, apI have – I know I can do good and help paratus training, and we also evaluated people. Now I’m one of the old guys with homes for fire safety.” Using training litBonito and the mentoring part is really erature and the benefit of those who train picking up. Our top guys in Bonito Fire alongside, Garber recalls learning the bring almost 40 years of experience. We ropes quickly with hands-on training with feel responsible for this county and we’re equipment. “I’d already done climbing growing better communication and interwith my business and it became a big part action with county officials. of my training for the fire department.” “We also have the five year contract Garber’s business afforded him many opfor monitoring flooding from Ski Run portunities to climb trees in the process of Road through the Bonito Corridor. We’ve felling or tree maintenance. hiked those trails and this area is like our “Rescue training became a vital part own backyard. The Forest Service also of the team. Growing with Bonito Fire calls us for rescues,” remarks Garber, who has been amazing. Initially we were asis making progress and hopes to be back signed to a 1953 truck parked at Boon the front lines soon.
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from critics and musicians. Sept. 17-20 and Sept. 24-26 join us at the Ruidoso Public Library for a visual Monday, Sept. 24: “High Lonesome: ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA tour of the history of music in the U.S. The Story of Bluegrass Music.” From the Movies will be shown at noon in the hills of Appalachia through the innovadownstairs classroom with stereo sound. tions that shaped Bluegrass’s current Bring a lunch and drink. form, archival footage from the 1930s and 1940s, toe-tapping recordings and perMonday, Sept. 17: “Broadway: the formances, the film shows how country American Musical” Episode 2. Focuses on the Jazz Age, Broadway’s most prolific music enlivened and dignified the lives of era. The 1920’s brought sweeping changes the folk it sprang from. Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass, whose musical genius transforming American culture: new roles melded the Scots-Irish traditional melofor women, the mix of social classes in dies of his childhood with new instrumenProhibition speakeasies, creative opportunities for African Americans in jazz clubs. tation and driving rhythm to produce the The descendants of Jewish immigrants in- “high lonesome” bluegrass sound. cluding the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, and Tuesday, Sept. 25: “Latin Music Rogers and Hart combined the syncopated USA.” This is the origins of Mambo. The rhythms of jazz with lyrics that established Cuban hybrid of traditional Danzόn fused a vibrant witty new American argot. with Afro Caribbean rhythms migrated to New York City in the 1940s where it furTuesday, Sept. 18: Martin Scorsese’s ther developed by great barrio born Latin “Feel Like Going Home” Vol. 1. Travels from the banks of the Niger River in Mali band leaders including Perez Prado and Tito Puente. The music and dance craze to the cotton fields and juke joints of the swept the country and was mainstreamed Mississippi Delta to trace the origins of the blues in a lyrical combination of origi- by television and the music industry. It’s nal performances (including Corey Harris, popularity loosened some of the stiff social rules of the time, as its appeal across Willie King, Taj Mahal, Keb Mo, Otha classes and ethnic groups integrated the Turner, Habib Koite, Salif Keita and Ali dance floor and helped prepare the way Farka Toure) and rare archival footage. for less restrictive social interaction beWednesday, Sept. 19: “Ken Burns tween sexes. Jazz” Episode 6. In the 1930’s, the Depression deepened and swing jazz thrived. Wednesday, Sept. 26: “From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale.” The The saxophone emerged as an iconic inemergence of Hip Hop. In South Bronx strument; Kansas City became the center where Mambo had its heyday a generation of a vibrant new music scene epitomized earlier, hip hop was created and pracby Count Basie. Basie refined his sound in New York where Benny Goodman held ticed by Jamaican and African American youngsters and then by Latinos in abanthe first Jazz concert in Carnegie Hall. doned parks and burned out buildings. Billie Holiday, Mary Lou Williams and Ella Fitzgerald women musicians emerged Break dance competitions and battles of songs and words redirected gang fighton the Jazz scene. ing into creative expression and brought Thursday, Sept. 20: “History of Rock a measure of fame to the most successful and Roll” Episode 3. The reinvention of artists. Hip hop reflected and defied the rock and roll in the mid 1960s. From the economic deprivation of its creators. folk scene in Greenwich Village, Bob Ruidoso Public Library is located at Dylan transformed what rock communi107 Kansas City Road, Ruidoso. Library cated. Dylan’s meeting with the Beatles hours are: Monday through Thursday 9 moved the British Group toward greater a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and experimentation with lyrics and led him Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. www.youseeto “go electric” at the 1965 Newport Folk more.com/ruidosopl/ or http://ruidosopubFestival. See thrilling performance footliclibrary.blogspot.com/ age with social and musical commentary
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includes a QuickBooks Learning Guide, The Small Business Development a $50 value). The discounted class and Center at NMJC is offering a Quicklunch are made possible by the Hobbs Books class on Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. - 4 CARLSBAD • ARTESIAFirm Foundation corporate Chamber’s p.m. at the Larry Hanna Training and sponsors. QuickBooks allows busiOutreach Center. nesses and organizations to take care Through a partnership with the of daily transactions such as writing Small Business Development Center checks, making bank deposits, transferat New Mexico Junion College, Hobbs ring funds, tracking inventory items and Chamber members can learn in a invoicing customers. Reporting tools in hands-on format how to use the popular ROSWELL these various areas also helps managebusiness accounting software Quickment in making decisions that could be Books. The class, normally offered at crucial to operations and growth. $150, is available to Hobbs Chamber members at $125 per student (price Call the SBDC to register, 492-4701.
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ticipants will receive the materials necesThe Community Drug Coalition of sary to make their own presentations. Lea County is partnering with the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office to The Attorney General’s Office has offer an Anti-Meth Initiative Training. requested to film our training in order to Due to the extremely negative impact share with other communities. Parents, methamphetamine abuse is having upon school staff, community advocates and/ our young people and others, the Ator concerned citizens are all to be a part ALAMOGORDO • CLOUDCROFT TULAROSA torney General’s Office has developed a of this free•training and expand your comprehensive tool to assist in educaknowledge of the substances that are tion for communities to act against hurting our communities, 48.4 percent methamphetamine abuse, manufacturof Lea County students know at least ers, and from those that would benefit one adult who sells drugs. from addicting others. The training will be held on Thursday, Sept. 27 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. For those who agree to become a Dinner will be provided. To sign up for trainer, this program is free of charge. the training, you may contact the CDC Anyone can volunteer to receive this at 391-1301. More information: Comtraining, participants will be taught munity Drug Coalition of Lea County everything needed to know to become a 575-391-1301. trainer. Once training is completed, par-
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Chinese acrobats open fall season at the Spencer Theater Spencer Theater kicks-off its phenomenal Fall-Winter-Spring Season 2012-13 of shows on the very day curtains first rose 15 years ago. In the spotlights will be the amazing Cirque Chinois, the highly theatrical national troupe of acrobats from Beijing. This is the company that inspired creation of the Cirque du Soleil in North America, and as winners of over 20 Gold and Silver medals at International circus festivals (a circus in Asia has a broader acrobatic, non-animal tradition), the company of 45 acrobats, contortionists, trapeze artists and dramatists are considered the very best in the world. Their performance at the Spencer Theater on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m., will included spectacular theatricality and acrobatics on a death-
defying scale, a demonstration much like the victorious athletic feats of the Olympics taking place in the midst of the games’ grand opening ceremonies. Tickets are on sale now, as they are for all performances in the season’s line-up. Call the Spencer Theater Box Office at 575.336.4800 or go to spencertheater.com for information.
Grants available to improve housing for farm workers Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is accepting applications for technical assistance grants to develop domestic and migrant farm labor housing. “These grants will help communities submit quality applications to increase their chances of getting funding to build much-needed affordable housing for farm workers,” Vilsack said. “Increasing the supply of affordable housing in rural communities not only helps the residents, it helps the entire community.” Grants are available to organizations that will help housing authorities, state and local governments, Indian tribes, non-profit organizations, and community- and faith-based groups apply for loans and grants to build farmworker housing. The purpose of the grants is to increase the number of high-quality applications USDA receives. Vilsack announced on July 18 the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for loans and grants to build or preserve affordable rental farm worker
housing. This technical assistance funding is to organizations that assist potential borrowers under that NOFA. Upon hearing about the availability of this funding, USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner said, “Since a major part of New Mexico’s economy is based on agriculture production this funding is especially important because our farm workers should be given every opportunity to attain the dream of homeownership for their families.” Technical assistance grantees must have the knowledge, ability, expertise or practical experience necessary to develop and package farm labor housing loan and grant applications. They also will be required to submit a minimum number of applications to USDA, based on their location. For additional information, see page 54877 of the Sept. 6 Federal Register, www. gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-09-06/ html/2012-21885.htm. The deadline for submitting applications is Nov. 5.
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Youth Seriously Considered Suicide
18.6%
15.9% (NM rated 5th in the nation)
13.8%
Youth Attempted Suicide
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9.7% (NM rated 4th in the nation)
6.3%
Youth Binge Drinking
30.1%
25.0% (NM rated 6th in the nation)
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Youth Drinking & Driving
16.6%
9.7% (NM rated 2nd in the nation)
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Youth Marijuana Use
27.4%
28.0% (NM rated 19th in the nation)
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Youth Cocaine Use
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Youth using Pain Killers to get high
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14.3% (NM rated 1st in the nation)
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Youth Cigarette Smoking
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24.0% (NM rated 3rd in the nation)
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Holistic Living and High Mesa Healing Center As defined by the American Heritage Medical Dictionary, holistic, an adjective which comes from the noun, holism, is“the theory that living matter or reality is made up of organic or unified wholes that are greater than the simple sum of their parts.” Holistic medicine, practiced at High Mesa Healing Center, is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person, body, mind and spirit. Techniques integrate conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease to promote optimal health. The life purpose and passion of Barbara Mader, owner and executive director of HMHC, is to see an integration of complimentary/alternative care and conventional medicine. She believes another component in this integration includes the religious community, addressing the spiritual component of health and wholeness. The optimal healing environment addresses the social, psychological, spiritual, physical and behavioral aspects of health care to support healing and wholeness. Throughout history, many cultures have believed in the existence of some sort of energy that permeates all living organisms, including human beings. This universal life energy circulates throughout the body and in an energy field surrounding the body. Health according to this model is the harmonious flow of life energy. Imbalances in the flow (due to unhealthy habits or emotions) may result in dis-ease. Healers in
many cultures have used their hands to transmit energy to the sick in order to balance the flow of life energy. While these ideas may sound strange, conventional medicine has long used machines that emit or record various forms of energy to diagnose or treat disease. For example, x-ray and laser devices give off different kinds of energy, while ECG’s and EEG’s record the electrical activity of the heart and brain. Alternative therapies such as Healing Touch, a therapy where practitioners use their hands to transmit subtler forms of energy not easily measured by current scientific methods, are being shown to induce relaxation, relieve pain, speed wound healing, and even boost immune function. Barbara Mader, RN, HTP (Healing Touch Practitioner) provides healing touch for her clients at HMHC. Other complimentary healing practices provided at HMHC include massage, crystal therapy, Reiki, flower remedies, the Migun bed, SRT (spiritual response therapy) and more. A labyrinth (a place for walking meditation that assists in balancing energy and helping release stress and tension) is available for the public anytime. Pilates and Tai Chi classes are available. Attitudinal Healing and Open Circle, both open to the public, are spiritual groups that meet routinely. For more information, visit www. highmesahealing.com, email highmesahc@windstream.net or call 575-3367777.
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White Sands Balloon Festival Photo courtesy of Eugene Heathman
The NM Centennial Celebration Balloon is expected to fly at this year’s festival. The dates for the 21st White Sands Hot Air Balloon Invitational are Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16. Launch time is 7 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. Launch will be from various sites in Alamogordo and also at the White Sands National Monument. Admission is free except a gate fee for White Sands National Monument of $3.
How did the 2011 event turn out? It was totally windless at the 20th Annual Hot Air Balloon Invitational, and very mild in the 80s with little humidity.
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The psychling chronicles:
Tandem
Somehow the early morning air of eastern New Mexico’s llano estacado didn’t seem quite as crisp as the lesspressured oxygen of the south central mountains but the “Alpine Shifters” of Ruidoso knew we had the elevation induced breathing advantage as we waited for the start of the ENMUPortales Marathon. The Portales event was created due to the popularity of the College of Artesia (1966–1973) race which started five miles west of Hope and ended in Artesia’s downtown, 26 miles later. The event format included two starts, one for cyclists who started just before a second wave of aspiring runners. The races were at the dawn of America’s fitness craze and were successful community efforts. Chris and I waited patiently as the individual cyclists milled around us and quizzically observed our mount, a Schwinn tandem. There was no division for tandems but we were welcomed into the small participatory group. Another element that separated us from the other athletes was that in our haste to depart with the other Ruidoso cyclists after school, we had forgotten our suitcase with our athletic accouterments – we were to race in our school attire. So we stood there, slightly embarrassed due to our lapse of memory, anticipating the duel partnership that would propel us twenty-six miles, 385 yards on the out and back scenic ride past the landmark Greyhound Stadium. As I reflect on the event with blurred and faded memory, I recall the beginning of the running and cycling that would evolve into today’s impersonal mega events. It started innocuously with Kenneth Cooper’s Aerobics (1968) that lauded the benefits of running, swimming, and cycling as activities for the average person to increase the quality of their life. Two years later Eugene Sloane wrote “The Complete Book of Bicycling” which ignited bicycling involvement to lev-
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els that hadn’t been seen for almost eighty years. Then Jim Fixx’s, “The Complete Book of Running” (1977) completed the popular press trifecta that produced the American fitness tidal wave and was arguably the literary alarm that woke the dormant marathon boom. Oftentimes, as we age, we wax nostalgic about the good old days. Our brains often filter into a neither region those experiences we simply don’t want to remember and we attempt to correct the frustratingly challenging “now” times by seeking sanctuary in our “best of times.” The ENMU-Portales Marathon no longer exists either in actuality or concept. It was a simpler time and we liked our tandem but life necessitated (we thought) selling it and I realized the mistake too late as I attempted for years to buy it back but the new owner was smarter than me. Tandeming promotes a togetherness that seeks a common, uncomplicated goal wherein personal agendas are sacrificed for the communal good. Some “best of times” are worth revisiting to provide community advancement. Sometimes we need to look back to go forward before it’s too late.
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HOBBS: Centennial Art Show: Call for Artists The Llano Estacado Art Association and the Lea County Commission call for entries for the 2012 fall juried art show, ”100 Years of Enchantment,” Oct. 6 to Nov. 3, at the Center for the Arts, 122 W. Broadway. The prospectus can be downloaded from the LEAA site, llanoestacadoartassociation.com. Sep 26 Winning Workshop: Quickbooks Basic, presented by the Small Business Development Center at NMJC, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $125. Call 492-4701 to register 29 United Way Chili Cook-Off event center parking lot Oct 4 Find It in Hobbs Expo!, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. An opportunity for chamber members with products and services which residents and businesses have traditionally gone to other markets to find. Sign up now to reserve booth spaces. Businesses with products best suited for outdoor display are welcome. Call the Hobbs Chamber for more information. 6“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. LOVINGTON: Sep 15 Johnny Rodriguez concert/ street dance, Courthouse Square 575-396-4805 15- Celebrating New Mexico: Oct 18 Cultural Bridges to Lea County, Lea County Museum, 575-396-4805 21 Deadline for application for 35th Annual Arts & Crafts Fall Festival (event is Nov. 3 - 4); http://lovingtonchamber.org/docs/ brochures/Fall%20FestivalArtsandCraftShowApplication.pdf
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CARLSBAD: Sep Wed’s Coffee Connection, 7 a.m. Trinity Hotel Fri’s Pre-School Story Time, Living Desert Zoo, 1504 Miehls Dr., 9:30 10: 30 a.m. 575-887-5516 Sat’s Carlsbad Downtown Farmers Market, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Eddy County Courthouse lawn. Runs through mid-October. 29 Music and the Moon, Living Desert Zoo, 1504 Miehls Dr., 5 - 6: 30 p.m. - free concert by Carlsbad Community Band followed by full moon walk, 6:45-7:15 p.m. Regular admission fees apply for moon walk. 575-887-5516 ARTESIA: Sep 11 Eddy County Power Lunch, ‘Art of Leadership,’ First Baptist Church, TLC Building, 322 W. Grande. 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. Series by professional leadership trainer Walter Nusbaum. This month: How to create and manage change effectively. $5 13 Eddy County Safe Workplace Solutions, Artesia Drug & Crime Coalition, Pecos River Village Conference Center 711 Muscatel Dr., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free Homeless Veteran Outreach, West Main Baptist Church, 1701 W. Main St., 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Artesia VA Clinic. Information includes how to access VA Homeless Veterans services, VA benefits, assistance with disability claims and identification of employment opportunities. There will also be a limited supply of food, clothing and personal care kits. 746-3531. Free 15 F.E.A.R. (Female Empowerment And Readiness) Self Defense Class, Park Jr. High School, 8 a.m. Sponsored by the Artesia Chamber of Commerce. For all women, basic course. Space is limited. 575746-2744 or email dmbrown@ artesiachamber.com. $45
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ALAMOGORDO - Wed’s 5 p.m. & Sat’s 9 a.m., Alameda Park, 1987 White Sands Blvd. 575-682-3323 CARLSBAD - Sat’s, Eddy County Courthouse lawn, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Runs through mid-October GLENCOE - Wed’s, SBS in between MM 274 and MM 275 US Highway 70, 9 - 11 a.m. 575-653-4980 HOBBS - Sept. 15, Del Norte Park, 4143
N. Grimes, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Future dates: Sept. 29; Oct. 13 and 27. 575-390-5974 MAYHILL - Mayhill Community Center and Park, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sept. 29. Vendors needed – call 687-3334 or 687-2003 ROSWELL - Chaves County Courthouse lawn, 9 a.m. - noon. 575-627-2239 WHITE OAKS - Fri’s, 5 p.m. to dark, located just east of No Scum Allowed Saloon
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ROSWELL: Sep 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 13 MainStreet Roswell Alive After 5, on Main Street from 2nd St. to 4th St., 4 - 7 p.m. Farmer’s Market, sidewalk sale, entertainment. 420-5718 14 ‘Hank the Cowdog’ books author John Erickson, Roswell Convention Center, 912 N. Main, 7 p.m. Presented by Roswell Public Library. Tickets are required; pick up free tickets at the library, 301 N. Pennsylvania. 622-7101. 14-16 7th Annual Chisum Shootout, E. NM State Fairgrounds, Bob Crosby Arena. 623-1133; cowboymountedshooting.com Pinatafest, Chaves County Courthouse lawn, sponsored by the Hispano Chamber of Commerce. Vendors, live entertainment, car show, dance contest, taco eating contest and of course, pinata breaking. 624-0889. 15 Xcel Energy Tour de Ocho Millas, cycling tour around Bottomless Lake State Park. Several options available for riders of all abilities. www.TourdeOchoMillas. com 17 Fun, Fit Family Night, Roswell Convention and Civic Center, 6 - 8 p.m. Families with children grades K-5, are invited to participate in wellness activities, obtain educational information and eat healthy snacks. Coordinated by the RISD Wellness Committee; sponsored by ENMU-Roswell, the NM Department of Health, Healthy Kids Chaves County, Chaves County Extension office and Blue Cross Blue Shield NM. 20 Business After Hours, House of Flowers, 405 W. Alameda, 5 - 7 p.m. Great business networking opportunity. 623-5695 21-22 Pecos Valley Quilt Show, Roswell Convention & Civic Center, 912 N. Main St., Fri. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Over 200 quilts, merchant mall, demonstrations, door prizes. $2, children free with adult. www.pecosvalleyquilters.com
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ALTO: Oct 3 Chinese Cirque, the National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China, Spencer Theater, 7 p.m. Pre-performance Chinese buffet at 5 p.m. $69 and $66 (buffet $20). 888-818-7872 or 575-336-4800. www.spencertheater.com RUIDOSO DOWNS: Sep 11- ‘Authentic Memories of the Oct 15 American West,’ the Snidow Museum of Art, partnering with the Hubbard Museum of the American West present more than 80 works of world-renowned artist Gordon Snidow in a unique setting at the Hubbard Museum, 26301 Hwy 70 West, open 7 days a week, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., 378-4142. hubbardmuseum.org RUIDOSO: Sep 14-15 Golden Aspen Hog Battle, Ruidoso Convention Center, 107 Sierra Blanca Drive. Trade Show, Live music, Paws and Stripes Demos, Cooking Competitions. Check website for complete schedule. 575-538-8370; www.hogbattlebbq.com 20 Business After Hours at Rio Ruidoso Company, Ltd., White Mountain Plaza, 1204 Mechem Drive, 5 - 7 p.m. Catered refreshments and a chance to network with your fellow chamber members. 21-22 The Bennett Trust Benefit Gala, at the historic Old Mill, 641 Sudderth, 7 p.m. Two evenings of performance art, including the premiere of Robert Patrick’s new comedy, “You’re Family.” Tickets are $45 and can be purchased at the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce, 720 Sudderth. For information call 575-257-7395. All proceeds will benefit the Bennett Trust ENMU Scholarship Fund.
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ALAMOGORDO: Sep 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 15-16 21st Annual White Sands Balloon Invitational, Balloon Park, LaVelle Road - Sat. launch at 7 a.m., ‘Balloon Glow’ - Sun., 7 p.m. White Sands National Monument- Sun. launch at 7 a.m. 800-826-0294 or 437-6120 Tularosa Basin Wine & Music Fest, Alameda Park, Noon - 6 p.m. Live music, wine samples, local artists, vendors, food & fun. Live art auction, 4 p.m. $12 (must be 21 years old or with parent or legal guardian). 575-522-1232; www. TularosaBasinWineFest.com 20 Business After Hours, Desert DJ’s; held at Flickinger Center, 1110 New York, 5:30 - 7 p.m. Oct 6 Trinity Site tour, Caravan leaves from the Tularosa High School Football Field Parking Lot at 8 a.m. 800-826-0294 or 575-437-6120; www.wsmr.army.mil CLOUDCROFT: Sep 15 19th Annual LumberJack Day, Zenith Park, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Lumberjack competitions including axe throwing, block chops, obstacle racing and chain saw races. 575-682-2733, 1-800-UPHIGH7. Chamber of Commerce raffle - win a Polaris Ranger 500 EFI 22 Cross-Eyed Moose Jeep Jamboree; lot next to Cross-Eyed Moose Cafe, 4th Saturday of every month. 575-495-8075
MESCALERO Sep 12-16 Golden Aspen Motorcycle Rally Inn of the Mountain Gods. Poker run, events and vendors. A tradition in Ruidoso for more than 40 years. Saturday Motorcycle parade starts at 10 a.m. 575-973-4977; visit www.motorcyclerally.com or call for schedule and admission prices Oct 6 Roots & Boots, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m. Three country greats are part of the Roots & Boots tour: Aaron Tippin, Joe Diffie and Sammy Kershaw. Pure country at its best! Tickets are on sale now from just $25. www.innofthemountaingods.com