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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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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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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

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Roswell Chamber of Commerce, Visitor Center, IGA Lawrence Brothers, UFO Museum, Candlewood Suites, Holiday Inn, Dennys, IHOP, Farmers Market, Albertsons, Days Inn, Farley’s

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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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Ski Run Road Challenge – competition with altitude

The Ski Run Road Challenge is more than a run up the mountain. It’s a way to open up the mountain to people who perhaps never dreamed they could ski. Last year’s Ski Run Road Challenge resulted in a $3,600 donation to the Ski Apache Disabled Skiers Program. The race has contributed nearly $11,000 to the program in the race’s five-year history, according to race director Frederic Moras.

“It’s a good match – people who are challenging themselves to run up the mountain are helping other people to overcome challenges,” Moras said.

Last year Moras became an instructor with SADSP. “It’s an amazing experience to give someone the experience of sliding across the snow. We work with children and adults, and often they and their families had never thought it would be possible for them to ski. And we instructors get as much out of this experience as our students.”

Program Director Shippen Davis appreciates the support from the Ski Run Road Challenge as well as the community support from events like the Silent Auction, held this year Jan. 28 at the Inn of the Mountain Gods.

The Ski Run Road Challenge (SRRC), scheduled for Saturday Oct. 27, will be shorter in distance due to Little Bear Fire recovery & lift building at Ski Apache.

The “lite” version of the SRRC in 2012 will be a 9.2 mile run for solo and threeperson relay, finishing at Windy Point on Highway 532.

The three-mile fun run starting at Eagle Creek Sports Center will be unchanged. The race is fundraiser for the Ski Apache Disabled Skier Program.

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Pictured are Frederic Moras, race director for 12 mile and three mile runs; Shippen Davis, program coordinator SASDP and Lori Lamphere-Stewart, assistant program director.

The cause Started in 1976, Ski Apache Disabled Skiers Program is one of the oldest adaptive ski schools in the country.

The goal of SADSP is to provide snow sports instruction to any person with a permanent disability, regardless of the type of extent of disability or financial limitations. SADSP works with individuals, schools, NMSB and VI, rehabilitation centers, occupational and physical therapy centers. Ski Apache Adaptive Skier Program.

T-Shirts/Best Costume/ Awards / Food The first three overall male and female winners of the 9.2 mile race will receive a now “ classic” Ruidoso carved bear (voted best award by Texas Triathlete News in 2008). First relay male, female and co-ed members will receive a Ruidoso carved bear. Each finisher of the races (9.2 mile and three mile runs) will receive a commemorative T-shirt. Best costume awards too.

We make every effort to have sufficient shirts for all participants.

Information Registration is open at skirunroadchallenge.com or active. com. Questions at srrcruidoso@hotmail.com or 575-937-7106.

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future compliance with the New Mexico U.S. Senator Tom Udall announced Environment Department’s reuse policy. that the City of Jal will receive more It will allow the City to update the nitrithan $1 million in grant and loan fundand denitrification components ing from the U.S. DepartmentCARLSBAD of Agri•fication ARTESIA culture’s Rural Development program to of its plant treatment processes and improve the effluent disposal systems improve water quality and provide upto protect groundwater and surrounding dates to its wastewater treatment plant. lands. The project will address these “As New Mexico struggles with issues to ensure the health and safety of a historic drought, it is important that customers at reasonable rates. we support rural communities in their effort to maintain high water qualityROSWELL and The funding is part of the Water and efficiency systems,” Udall said. “I am Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program pleased the USDA has made this critithrough the U.S. Department of Agrical investment, which will ensure the culture Rural Development office. The citizens of Jal have a safe, reliable water program helps improve water and waste system for many years to come without disposal systems, such as solid waste major increases in their water bills.” disposal and storm drainage, in rural RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS HWY The U.S. Department of Agriculture areas. The •funds are380 made available to Rural Development funding includes public entities including municipalities, a grant of $918,000 and a low-interest counties, Indian tribes, and corporations loan of $262,000, which will be used not operated for profit in towns with to achieve effluent water quality for populations up to 10,000.

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Appointment of first New Mexican to lead EPA regional office U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) issued the following statement on the appointment of Ron Curry to be the Environmental Protection Agency’s Administrator for the South Central Region 6, which includes the State of New Mexico.

“For more than three decades, the State of New Mexico has entrusted Ron to be a custodian of our natural resources,” Udall said. “Today, I applaud the Environmental Protection Agency for entrusting him with the responsibilities and challenges that come with leading this important regional office. Ron brings an incredible amount of experience in local, state and tribal governments as well as the private sector. He’s a pragmatic thinker who recognizes that environmental and economic prosperity go hand in hand, and I can think of no

one more qualified for this position.”

Curry, a Hobbs native, will be the first New Mexican to lead the region’s office, which is headquartered in Dallas.

As Administrator for the EPA’s South Central Region (Region 6), Curry will oversee the agency’s work in five states, including New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, as well as 66 tribes.

Biographical information provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Ron Curry has more than 36 years of management experience in local, state and federal government, as well as the private sector.

Mr. Curry served as Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department from January 2003 thru December 2010 in the administration of Governor Bill Richardson.

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Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park

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Kathryn Law will give a PowerPre-School Story Time will be Point presentation about Mexican held on Oct. 5, at 9:30 a.m. at Living Gray Wolf natural history.

Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park’s Visitor Center. The story will be “Three 1 p.m., in the Visitor Center Conference ROSWELL Pebbles and a Song.” A short walk in Room, biologist Steve West of the the park, weather permitting and an New Mexico Wilderness Alliance activity will follow the story. The volwill give a PowerPoint presentaunteer Docent program, sponsored by tion about the current status of the Friends of the Living Desert, presents Mexican Gray Wolf recovery effort.

Story Time. There is no fee for this spe- 1 - 3 p.m., docents in the Visitor Center cial program; however, children must be DOWNS RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO HWY and at •the Wolf380 Exhibit will demonaccompanied by an adult. For additional strate wolf skull and track replicas. information, call 575-887-5516.

Also children’s crafts and face Pre-School Story Time will be painting. held on Oct. 12, at 9:30 a.m. at Living All programs located in the Visitor Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park’s Center are offered free to the public, but Visitor Center. The story will be “Prairie regular fees apply for admission into Dog Pete.” A short walk in the park, the zoo: children 6 and under free, 7-12 ALAMOGORDO CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA weather permitting and an activity•will years $3, 13 and older $5. For more follow the story. The volunteer Docent information call the park at 575-887program, sponsored by Friends of the 5516.

Living Desert, presents Story Time.

Music and the Moon on Saturday, There is no fee for this special program; Oct. 27, Living Desert Zoo and Garhowever, children must be accompanied dens State Park is hosting a classic rock by an adult. For additional information, concert performed by The Proof at 5 call 575-887-5516. p.m. This concert will be outdoors, so Wolf Awareness Day, Saturday, bring a lawn chair. The last Full Moon Oct. 20 – as part of National Wolf Walk of 2012 will follow with the Awareness Week (Oct. 14 - Oct. 20). entrance time limited to between 6:15 to Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State 6:45 p.m. The concert is free; however Park in Carlsbad is one of only 52 normal entrance fees will apply for the institutions that exhibit and care for the Moon Walk (adults $5, children 7-12 endangered Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis $3, children 6 and under free). Docents lupus baileyi). Special events scheduled will illuminate the animals but adults for Saturday include: may carry a flashlight to use on the trail.

For more information, call the zoo at 11 a.m., in the Visitor Center Confer575-887-5516. ence Room, Interpretive Ranger

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J. F Maddox Foundation receives EDDY excellence in theVALLEY arts award PECOS

Governor Susana Martinez preCARLSBAD •awardees ARTESIAinclude Maria Martinez, sented seven New Mexico artists and Bill Mauldin, Glenna Goodacre, Tony arts supporters with the prestigious Hillerman, Georgia O’Keeffe, Patrick Governor’s Award for Excellence Oliphant, N. Scott Momaday, Tammy in the Arts this evening at the New Garcia, Luis Jimenez, Pop Chalee Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. and Robert Redford.

“These seven artists and supportJ. F Maddox Foundation of ers bring acclaim to our great stateROSWELL Hobbs was established in 1963 by through their inspiring talents, vision Jack and Mabel Maddox to serve and dedication,” Governor Martinez the residents of southeastern New said. “It is especially an honor to Mexico. The foundation has played recognize these talented artists and an important role in funding the arts contributors during our state’s cenin Lea County, supporting many arts tennial year given the important role organizations, events, education and RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380 arts and culture have played in New community development initiatives.

Mexico’s history.”

The foundation gave approximately The Centennial 2012 Governor’s $426,000 to arts and culture projects Arts Awards recipients are: Tony and events in Lea County in 2011.

Abeyta of Santa Fe for Painting/JewTen years ago, the foundation elry; Michael Berman of San Lorenzo granted $1.5 million to fund the esfor Photography; Lonnie Klein of Las tablishment of the CORE Knowledge Cruces for Music; Ed Sandoval •ofCLOUDCROFT curriculum• in the Hobbs Municipal ALAMOGORDO TULAROSA Taos for Painting; Thomas B. Catron Schools which included principles in III of Santa Fe – Major Contributor teaching liberal arts, with emphasis to the Arts; J. F Maddox Foundation on visual arts and music. of Hobbs – Major Contributor to the The foundation has been a Arts; and Catherine Oppenheimer of longtime supporter of organizations Santa Fe – Major Contributor to the such as the New Western Heritage Arts.

Museum Lea County Cowboy Hall of The Centennial 2012 Governor’s Fame at New Mexico Junior College, Arts Awards ceremonies are being Southwest Symphony and Lea Counheld this evening at the St. Francis ty Commission for the Arts. Maddox Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Foundation funding has helped bring Art in Santa Fe. children to the Western Heritage MuThe Governor’s Arts Awards seum; supported projects that bring were established in 1974 by Goverperformances to children; and funded nor Bruce King and First Lady Alice after school and summer programs at King to celebrate the extensive roles the Lea County Center for the Arts, – both economic and cultural – that ensuring that children have access to artists, craftspeople and arts supportthe arts in Lea County. Though Jack ers play in the life of New Mexico.

Maddox died in 1978 and Mabel A diverse and prestigious list of Maddox in 1987, their family legacy painters, weavers, sculptors, danccontinues through the work of their ers, musicians, storytellers, poets, nephews, retired District Judge Don actors, playwrights and potters have Maddox and James Maddox, who been honored by the governor’s arts serve on the foundation board, which awards, now in its 39th year. Past Don Maddox is chairperson of.

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Rabies in wild animals continues to expose petsCHAVES and people in the state PECOS VALLEY

ed States. The New Mexico Department In the past few weeks, the New of Health is coordinating efforts with Mexico Department of Health has ROSWELL the New Mexico Veterinary Medical confirmed rabies in five animals. They Association and the New Mexico State include a bat from San Miguel County, University Cooperative Extension Sera raccoon and bat from Eddy County, vice to promote World Rabies Day, an a skunk from Curry County, and a bat event that takes place in many locations from Grant County. The recent cases around the•world, Sept. 28. have led to several unvaccinated dogs RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS HWYon 380 “Unvaccinated pets or pets not upbeing euthanized and several people to-date on their rabies vaccination can have been required to get rabies shots to prevent them from developing rabies. be exposed to a rabid wild animal and put your family members at unnecesThe disease is fatal in humans nearly sary risk and exposure to a disease that 100 percent of the time. is almost always fatal,” said DepartThe World Health Organization estimates that more than 55,000 people ment of Health Cabinet Secretary Catherine Torres, M.D. “We are pleased die of rabies inALAMOGORDO the world each year, • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA mainly in Asia and Africa. However, in to be working with the New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association and 2011, six people and several hundred dogs and cats died of rabies in the Unit- the Cooperative Extension Service to

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In 2012, there have been 41 confirmed rabid animals in New Mexico.

“The New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association is encouraging veterinarians around the state to give talks on rabies and pet health at local schools during the week of World Rabies Day,” said New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association President Dr. Murt Byrne. “We are also encouraging them to hold rabies vaccination clinics that week.”

“The New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service provides information directly to the general public, including youth, on all aspects of animal health including rabies and pet health,” said Jon C. Boren, Associate Dean and Director of the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service.

For more information about rabies visit the Department of Health’s website at http://nmhealth.org/ERD/HealthData/rabies.shtml. For more information about World Rabies Day at http:// www.worldrabiesday.org.

Last weekend for Carlsbad Farmers Market Join us this Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. on the Eddy County Courthouse lawn for the last Carlsbad Downtown Farmers Market of the season. Our local growers will be providing the freshest, hand-picked, home-grown produce for your table. There will be okra, tomatoes, eggplant squash, peppers, eggs, pears, fresh-roasted green chile and more.

Fresh produce means better taste and nutrition. This Saturday will be the last day you can find the fresh,

hand-picked produce at the Carlsbad Downtown Farmers Market. Get there early for the best pick of the produce.

The farmer’s market season is made possible by our local growers, Carlsbad MainStreet, and our sponsors.

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By Galen Farrington rablady@beyondbb.com We were beyond the half-way point of the ride preparing for the fifth lap climb of the morning. I felt fortunate to be among the riders of the chase group as we were about to pass a rider participating at her own selected level of event completion. The concept of a lap event in which the rider chooses their own distance is the unique concept of the Tour de Ocho Millas held Saturday, Sept. 15 at Bottomless Lakes State Park, a fundraiser created to support the Reflections and Recovery ministry based in Roswell. As our group of six overtook the rider, I was wedged between her and two of my group and missed the wheel in front of me by less than an inch. A rider to my left cautioned me to “be careful.”

As I paid my registration fee in the coolness of the cloud blocked sun of dawn, the volunteer asked how many laps I’d be completing and I was apparently nonchalant with my eight lap response because she then said, “I guess that’s an easy ride for you; I’d be hard pressed to ride around the block.” I assured her that both events were validations of personal accomplishment and external comparison was not the indication of success.

I positioned myself immediately behind the elite riders who were pedaling for record times. I turned to view a string of almost 100 riders behind me and I prayed there would not be a repeat of last year’s crash on the first climb. The announcer created a start countdown and we were rolling, struggling for the rhythm that would safely carry us up the first climb around Lea Lake. And I watched the magnificence of the small group of well-toned cyclists glide up and over the short caprock ascension and steadily pull away in their three hour, eight lap, 64 mile ride. I wouldn’t see them again.

As stated in their refuge brochure, “Reflections and Recovery is a solution to the destruction caused by addiction....”

To witness the organization’s faith in promoting community spirit for the common cause of a better life for those who have succumbed to substance abuse is to embrace a hopeful spirituality that will benefit the entire community. The 2011 Tour de Ocho Millas bicycle event raised almost $13,000, with 100 percent of the money utilized by the new, nonprofit Reflections and Recovery Ministry Refuge.

On lap six, the rough road was taking its toll on the cyclists’ bodies and minds but I was now capable of seeing a smooth path at the end of this bumpy journey and thought of the individuals whose lives had far more decisive jolts. My three and a half-hour journey was a defined challenge that would soon be completed but those who I and many others were working for had far greater chasms to cross.

The volunteers of the second Tour de Ocho Millas formed a first class organizational Tour de Force. Having been to many fund rides, I found this ride to be as good as it gets: positively excited volunteers, non-stop encouragement from an even more excited event announcer who sang our national anthem in beautiful a cappella at the ride’s start, great swag, safe cycling environment, constant course patrols via support motorcyclists, superb feed zones/rest stops, professional timing equipment, fresh hamburgers and plump hot dogs at ride’s end, and website results within 24 hours.

The rider to my left who had advised me to be careful peaked my awareness providing me with the mental state needed to accomplish my ride safely. Every rider finished their personal challenge and some set records and even I had a personal best.

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Spencer Theater kicks-off its phenomenal Fall-WinterSpring 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 7 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 ($69 & $66) are on sale now, as they are for all performances in the season’s line-up. Call the Spencer Theater Box Office at 575-3364800 or go to spencertheater.com for information.

A pre-show Chinese Buffet is available at 5 p.m. for $20.

Fundraising raffle winner Courtesy photo

Ruidoso Federated Woman’s Club member Gladys Dendy congratulates Dan Stagner, winner of the G. Harvey signed art print. Funds benefit Lincoln County Food Bank, Ruidoso Home Health & Hospice, Disabled Skiers, Christian Services, Humane Society and the club’s annual Ruidoso High scholarship.

The club thanks Josie’s Framery and Lawrence Brothers for generously supporting their annual community service project.

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Governor kicks off centennial healthy kids challenge

Governor Susana Martinez kicked off the Centennial Healthy Kids 5-2-10 Challenge for all New Mexico third graders. The challenge is a Department of Health effort to encourage students to live a healthy lifestyle that includes a healthy diet and plenty of physical activity.

“While we are specifically asking third graders to make these healthy choices, I encourage all New Mexico families to follow the simple steps of the 5-2-1-O challenge so they can live longer, healthier lives,” said Governor Martinez.

The 5-2-1-O Healthy Kids Challenge asks students to do the following for 21 days: 5 – Eat five fruits and vegetables every day; 2 – Limit TV and computer use to two hours a day, and use the extra time reading books, or learning new hobbies; 1 – Get at least one hour of physical activity a day; O – Drink plenty of H2O every day.

All New Mexico third grade teachers will receive an activity book that promotes each of the habits listed above.

All third grade teachers will also receive a 21-day challenge tracker, where students

can document their activities. All material for the challenge is available at http:// healthykidsnm.org.

At the end of 21 days – the amount of time it takes to change eating and exercise habits - teachers or parents can return information in the tracker to Healthy Kids NM headquarters in Santa Fe. Students who complete the challenge will be awarded a medal.

“Children who are obese are more likely to be obese as adults and suffer from chronic diseases,” said Department of Health Cabinet Secretary Catherine Torres, M.D. “Eating more fruits and vegetables, drinking plenty of water and being more active will help New Mexicans avoid obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure.”

Fifteen percent of New Mexico kindergarteners are obese and 22 percent of New Mexico third graders are obese.

The Department also has more resources for teachers and parents to help promote healthy eating and active lifestyles. For more information, visit http://healthykidsnm.org.

PSYCHLING CHRONICLES from pg 7 But one of the more inspirational rides was completed by Miki Schultz of Carlsbad. I had learned later that this was the rider who formed the right side of the funnel I was wedged into earlier. I was to pass her again (albeit, more carefully) as she competed her one lap and I was to learn after studying the results sheet that she was one of the 12 of us who were older than 60 years of age.

Ms. Schultz admitted to being a newcomer to cycling in an email and praised the joys of cycling without referring the discipline, goal setting, commitment and the understanding that winning isn’t always about coming in first. It’s about showing up. I dare hypothesize that her eight mile, one lap completed in one hour,

25 minutes and 50 seconds took more mental affirmations than my eight lap ride and at the same time proved Gail Kislevitz’s title “It’s Never Too Late” (2000) about beginning a sports program after the sixth decade of life.

Reflections and Recovery states in their literature that they “...will provide a safe haven where residents can change [their] thought patterns...” to break the addiction cycle. The “I can do it” thought pattern of Ms. Schultz symbolizes both the efforts of the event riders who chose their specific mileage challenge and the hurdles of the organization we all rode to support.

May we all be so inspired as to help our communities in providing events and programs that increase the quality of life.

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my blessings to worry In our quest to do about what I don’t have? better, be better, feel better, making changes can • Spiritual - If I share a frequently seem overrandom act of kindness whelming. When making each day, how much changes in our lifestyle, love will my commuwe often think of the nity feel as the feeling larger more difficult of love and goodness tasks, which can often spreads like wildfire. lead to procrastination on • Occupational - If I our path to wellness. As spend 10 minutes each a Lifestyle and Weight day working on a probManagement Specialist, lem in my workplace my goal is to encourage instead of complaining Angie Fernandez small changes that will about it, how much create new habits. All Veggie.gurl09@gmail.com more will I enjoy being efforts whether big or there? small can be valuable; all you have to • Occupational - If I don’t particido is multiply them. As there are many pate in office gossip, what positive contributing factors, let us not forget to things will my coworkers want to incorporate many of the various areas talk about instead? that may affect our well-being. Here are few examples of the multiplication • Emotional - If I take a moment factor at work: to learn a lesson from each of my shortcomings, how much better • Physical - If I skip one sugary will I be in my lifetime? snack a week and replace it with a few apple and banana slices in• Emotional - If I journal for just 10 stead, within a year just how many minutes a week, how relieved will calories would I have saved and I be for getting my feelings out in a how much nutrition will my body month? have received?

• Social - If I take a deep breath • Physical - If I park my car further before I respond to my “know-itaway from my workplace, grocery all teenager,” how much more will store, etc. and allow myself to walk she respect me for not responding a bit further once a week and then in anger and frustration? She may multiply that by the 52 weeks in a also rethink how she would like to year, how many miles will I have respond? walked?

• Social - If I take a moment to think • Environmental - If I use less water about how others may feel, how ofpressure each time I wash my ten would I be less likely to judge? hands, how many gallons of water The true goal in life is to enjoy it, would I have saved in five years? as we only get one, but it helps when • Environmental - If I purchase a we become better people. gallon of water instead of purchasIf I visit ing individual water bottles how a coffee much money and time spent on shop recycling efforts will I save in a once a month? week • Intellectual - If I read just five and minutes a day, how much smarter don’t will I be in 10 years? bring • Intellectual - If I learn a new my own hobby, how creative will I be in cup, this two years? is how • Spiritual - If I find three things in much which to be thankful for each day, trash how much happier will I be in a I will month as I am too busy counting have contributed to on our planet.

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HOBBS: 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 27-29 Rascality on the Rigs, “Oil’s Well That Ends Well,” Playhouse stage, 8 p.m. Come out and enjoy this fun show celebrating New Mexico’s centennial. communityplayersofhobbs.com 29 Farmer’s Market, Del Norte Park, 4143 N. Grimes, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

687-5974. Future dates: Oct. 13 and 27 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 25 - 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 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.

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

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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 Carlsbad Caverns National Park - Free entrance day, waiver includes entrance fees, commercial tour fees and transportation entrance fees. nps.gov/cave 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 Oct 6-7 Carlsbad Horticulture Society Fall Plant Sale, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Sale of native and xeric plants for desert landscaping.

20 Wolf Awareness Day, Living Desert Zoo, 1504 Miehls Dr.,1 - 3 p.m. Programs and activities about the endangered Mexican Grey Wolf. Regular admission fees apply ARTESIA: Sep 28-29 4th Annual Artesia Chamber of Commerce Clays Crusher, Eddy County Shooting Range, Friday at dusk; Saturday at 9 a.m. come out for great food and fun targets. www.artesiachamber.com. Friday $50 per shooter; Saturday $150 per shooter 29 Gaudete Brass Quintet, Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m $20 Oct 9 Eddy County Power Lunch, ‘How to be a GREAT Communicator,’ First Baptist Church, TLC Building, 322 W. Grande. 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Series by professional leadership trainer Walter Nusbaum. $5 11 Little Roy and Lizzie Show, Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. $20 13 Hot Club of San Francisco, Ocotillo Performing Arts Theater, 7:30 p.m. $20

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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 28 Honor Our Veterans Dinner and Dance, Veterans’ Memorial Hall, 1620 N. Montana, 7 - 11 p.m. Also a fundraiser for Adopt A Soldier program. Music by Tom Blake Trio. 840-6565. $10 28-29 The Chile Cheese Festival, Roswell Convention Center, 7 p.m. Friday, 9 p.m. Saturday.

MainStreetRoswell.org Oct 1 - 6 ENM State Fair, Fairgrounds, 2500 SE Main St., Samestate concert Oct. 3; free with paid admission to fair. Chisholm Challenge, 7 p.m. Oct. 5 & 6. enmsf. com 2 Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico 31st Annual Heritage Dinner, Roswell Convention Center, 912 N. Main St., reception and silent auction 6:15 p.m. $50 per person; table of 8, $400. Deadline for corporate tables is Sept. 28. Catered by Peppers. 622-8333

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RUIDOSO: Sep 29 ENMU-The Wildlife Society “Beast Feast” Fundraiser, Sam Tobias Campground #3 in the Cedar Creek Picnic area, 2 - 8 p.m.

A family-oriented pig roast with activities for children, talks about wildlife conservation, bake sale, horseshoe tournament and more.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of the event, children under 6 eat for free. The cost covers a plate of food and a beverage. Tickets will be available for purchase at the cashiers office at ENMU-Ruidoso or call Lee Mitchell at 575-937-2218.

All proceeds benefit the ENMURuidoso chapter of The Wildlife Society. www.facebook.com/#!/ events/133361970142671/?notif_ t=plan_user_joined WHITE OAKS: Sep Fri’s Rascal Fair Community Market, 4 p.m. til dusk. Located just east of No Scum Allowed Saloon. Open through end of October.

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ALTO: Sep 30 Sierra Blanca Christian Academy Annual Gospel Sing, Flying J Ranch on Hwy 48 N., 5 - 8 p.m.

Come and enjoy light refreshments and old-fashioned gospel songs.

There will also be a dessert auction.

This is an annual fundraiser for Sierra Blanca Christian Academy.

575-630-0144; http://sbchristianacademy.org. Free.

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 CARRIZOZO: Sep 30 Carrizozo Music in the Parks: A Concert of Flute and Piano, Trinity United Methodist Church, 10th & D Ave, 7 - 10 p.m. Carrizozo Music in the Parks is sponsoring a flute and piano concert with Lisa Van Winkle and Esequiel Meza. Concert will be followed by a reception to meet the performers. Carrizozo Woman’s Club will host a pre-concert dinner at the clubhouse on 11th and D Ave., 5 - 6:30 p.m. Raspberry chipotle chicken dinner, dessert cart and beverage for $8. 575-648-2757; www.carrizozomusic.org. Free Oct 1 Carrizozo Music in the Parks: A Concert of Flute and Piano, Old Gym Carrizozo School Campus - park on 10th St. and enter the first west entrance off the central courtyard, 10 - 11 a.m. Carrizozo Music in the Parks is sponsoring a flute and piano concert with Lisa Van Winkle and Esequiel Meza. This concert is made possible by the generosity of the Zia Natural Gas Company and their commitment to helping enhance the cultural education of students in Lincoln County. 575-648-2757; www. carrizozomusic.org. Free.

RUIDOSO DOWNS: Sep 25 - ‘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, 26301 Hwy 70 West, open 7 days a week, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., 378-4142. hubbardmuseum.org

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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 30 Full Moon Night at White Sands, White Sands National Monument, Hwy 70, 7 - 9 p.m.

Bring a picnic and enjoy the moonlight on the white sand. Or listen to music, learn about the monument at our program area. 575-4796124; www.nps.gov/whsa/planyourvisit/full-moon-nights.htm. $3 per person 16 and older; children 15 and under free.

Oct 4 Business After Hours, United Way of Otero County, 1610 Tenth St., 5:30 - 7 p.m.

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 12 FAN Club, Tia Lupe’s Mexican Restaurant, 1200 N. White Sands Blvd., 8 - 9:30 a.m. Sponsored by: First National Bank 13 Halloween Masquerade Ball, Willie Estrada Civic Center, 800 E. First St., 8 p.m. - midnight. Sponsored by: Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce. Tickets on sale at the Alamogordo Chamber, $12.50 in advance/$15 at the door. Must be 21 and over; cash bar; music; dancing; door prizes; costume contest

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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 Ray Stevens, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m. The country music pop singer-songwriter, equally well-known for his serious material and his novelty songs - from his multi-million selling comedy hit, “The Streak” to the socially aware “Mr. Businessman” to his Grammyaward winning pop standard “Everything is Beautiful,” his talent is unparalleled. Tickets start at $25. www.innofthemountaingods.com