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By Karen Boehler RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380 fun,” and while she’s not a runner herFor the Ruidoso Free Press self, she’d heard from friends about ROSWELL — If you never got the growing popularity of mud runs. over the childlike thrill of playing in “Actually, it’s become the rage,” the mud; if climbing a rope ladder or she said. “It’s the extreme sport these squeezing your way through a narrow conduit still fills you with excitement; days. Because in doing a mud run, you actually have to be a little more and if getting down and dirty is simconditioned than in just one area. ply fun, then ALAMOGORDO a new event coming• to CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA So I thought, ‘Why aren’t we doing Roswell may be right up your alley. this here?

Why are people in southThe first Roswell Mud, Sweat and ern New Mexico leaving the area to Tears obstacle race is set for Sept. 28, compete?’” and while the Alien City is known She’s drawn support from evfor its road races and triathlons, this eryone from the National Guard to brings a whole new dimension to racing, with a 5K course that will include FLETC cars dealerships, radio stations, newspapers and, of course, local up to 20 obstacles that competitors runners, with the course design comhave to negotiate. ing from experienced mud racers.

“In the middle of (the course) is The run will begin at the Noon going to be around 18 to 20 obstacles that you’re going to have to overcome Optimist Little League fields, but extend into the uncultivated area behind before you get to the end,” said orgathe fields. The full course will be two nizer Barbara Gomez. “Everything laps of about 1.5 miles, filled with an from mud crawls to hay climbs. Tire amazing variety of obstacles. Walls to obstacles. climb. Dirt piles “You run, to climb over you climb, you and slide down. get down,” GoMuddy areas. A mez said. “You log walk.”

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September 25, 2013

BookTalk at the Ruidoso Public Library

Steven F. Havill

Junior College for a program in gunsmithing. He are: Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Steven F. Havill returns again to the Ruidoso Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Public Library with a new Posadas County Mystery, received an associate’s degree in gunsmithing in 2006. Much of the knowledge he gained in this class www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl/ or http://ruidosoNightZone. On Friday, Oct. 4 at 2 p.m., friends and was used in his last book, One Perfect Shot. “I had publiclibrary.blogspot.com/. fans are welcome to come hear Havill’s tales of writing the No. 19 book in the Posadas County Mys- to work harder for that associate’s degree in tery series. The fictional county, Posadas County, is been the history of medicine, and a Bio for Steven F. Havill: • CLOUDCROFT • TULAROSA gunsmithing than for located in theALAMOGORDO boothill of New Mexico. long-term writing project, the mainThe author of four western novany of the others,” he A former Ruidoso middle school English els, 18 contemporary mystery novels stream historical/medical novel Race said. “It’s a demanding, teacher, Havill loves to return to his old stomping set in fictitious Posadas County, New for the Dying, was released by St. rewarding program.” grounds to talk about his books, characters and inMartin’s Press in 2009. The protagoMexico, and two historical-medical Bring your quesdepth research for each of his book. nist, young Dr. Thomas Parks, finds novels set in the Puget Sound area tions and other Havill Havill is the author of 25 novels set in the during the 1890s, Steven F. Havill has himself caught up in a medical scam books to be signed by American west. He lives near Datil, with his wife that was so popular and successful been writing since 1981.

Kathleen, a writer and artist. For 25 years Havill was the author. His new book that its roots continue to thrive toFor 25 years he taught secondand some of his previous a dedicated secondary school teacher of high school day. The sequel to that novel, Comes ary school in Grants and Ruidoso, titles will be available biology and English in Grants and Ruidoso schools. a Time for Burning, was also released New Mexico, as well as various for purchase.

He also has taught various writing courses at in January, 2011. writing courses at NMSU and UNM NMSU and UNM branch colleges, and journalism at Ruidoso Public Havill was been named a Guest branch colleges, and journalism at Trinidad State Junior College. Leaving teaching in Library is located at 107 of Honor for the LeftCoastCrime2011 Trinidad State Junior College. He 2000, Havill still offers writing courses for first time Kansas City Road. Hours turned from high school teaching in convention, hosted in March 2011 authors. He’s held courses at ENMUin Santa Fe, and has been a regular 2000 to devote full-time to writing.

Ruidoso and the Capitan Library. A Teaching provided valuable research presenter and faculty member of the New Mexican at heart, Havill earned Hillerman Writing Conference. into human nature, he says. both his B.A. and M.A. from the UniRaised in the grape-growing “That’s 25 years of meeting and versity of New Mexico. country of New York’s Finger Lakes dealing with interesting characters,” In addition to teaching and writregion, Havill moved to New Mexico Havill said. “There’s no better reing, Havill has spent a number of in 1965. He received his bachelor’s search than that for a fiction writer.” and master’s degrees from the years in the newspaper business as The first appearance of UnUniversity of New Mexico, where he reporter, photographer, and editor, dersheriff William Gastner, whom met his wife of 43 years, Kathleen working at newspapers in both New Publisher’s Weekly called “surely Murphey Havill.

Mexico and New York. In addition, one of the most appealing heroes In addition to teaching and for more than 15 years, he worked to come along in a while,” was in as an editorial associate with several Heartshot, the first of now 18 titles in writing, Havill has spent a number of years in the newspaper business as Writer’s Digest correspondence writthe Posadas County Mystery Series, reporter, photographer, and editor, ing workshops. published by St. Martin’s Press and working at newspapers in both New After his retirement, Havill Poisoned Pen Press. The latest adMexico and New York. In addition, returned to school at Trinidad State dition to that series is One Perfect for more than 15 years, he worked Shot, released in January, 2012. as an editorial associate with several Courtesy photo “But it’s a ‘real time’ series,” Writer’s Digest correspondence writSteven F. Havill Havill said. “With each title, the cast ing workshops. of characters ages – and you can’t In the fall of 2003, he returned to continue that forever. After Bag Limit school as a full-time student, enrolland Red, Green, or Murder, it was ing in Trinidad State Junior College’s time for the old man to retire.” With gunsmithing program in Trinidad, Bill’s retirement from law enforcement, his trusted associate and close CO. He received an associate’s degree in gunsmithing in 2006. “I had friend, Estelle Reyes Guzman, took to work harder for that associate’s over as protagonist in the series, degree in gunsmithing than for any debuting with Scavengers, followed of the others,” he said. “It’s a demandby Discount for Death, Convenient Disposal, Statute of Limitations, Final ing, rewarding program.”

Havill and his wife now live Payment, and The Fourth Time Is near Datil, New Mexico. He can be Murder. reached at wkgastner@yahoo.com.

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Taylor and technology art exhibit at ENMU-Ruidoso

As an illustrator in New was paid to imitate another style or look. I always had work because I was versatile. I could work with York during the early Newbern Taylor a number of clients within a single company.”

1960’s, not many illusembodies the past as he In the face of hodge podge assignments, Taylor trators used this media. waxes poetically on a struggled with his own identity. “As I faced all these Today, many artists technology-driven presArt Exhibit at enjoy the ability to blend styles and demands, I found myself groping for who ent. Nearly 50 years ago, ENMU-Ruidoso I was.” At one time, he drew illustrations under a color while retaining he was mastering the woman’s pseudonym, just to shake things up. For a the precision of drawworld of commercial art in the campus library ing with a pencil. Taylor while, he was Jason Kidd. The title of the exhibit is while crafting psychedelic Sept. 30 through Dec. 13 “Newbern Taylor Early Works 1967-83.” Now, and takes his own photocompositions in his spare after nearly 50 years in the business, he seems almost graphs as referential time. He’s reinvented Reception: Oct. 8, 6 - 7 p.m. at peace, even as he jumps from one topic to another, material. When asked himself in the face of anxious to share his knowledge and opinions on any about what he thinks of divergent interests, picknumber of topics with anyone who will listen. computer programs like ing and choosing aspects His advice for artists today? His answer is charAdobe Photoshop, he becomes surprisof his persona to suit his surroundings acteristically contradictory: “Find a niche. There are ingly invigorated. “Graphic artists and times. His clients over the years so many options out there. It used to be that a person today aren’t just knocking stuff out. include some of the largest internaThey know about concepts like shad- got a job, made a living, started a family, made it so tional mega-corporations, yet, today, kids would have a better life and then retired from ing. When I was designing interiors he chooses to live in Ruidoso. for the Hyatt Regency, I worked with that same job. Now young people might have three Inconsistent? Perhaps. The or four different careers. And starting young! There a blueprint. If the client wanted to unhinged life story of an eternal are 19 year-old art directors out there. A vocation see another color, I’d take it back hippie? Probably. Fascinating? or work is no longer separated from avocation or and have to re-draw it. Now that can Definitely. A talk with Taylor is a what we want to do. Like to collect leaves and press be done on a computer with one click. romp through the hey-day of the 1960s, them in books? Be an online consultant. There are Listen, I don’t want to be an old fogie on a whirlwind of reminiscences of relationall kinds of books on every subject, like scrapbooka porch, scratching my dog’s ear resenting the new ships with rock stars, fashion models and understuff. I have to look back and remember my days as ground artists, a marketing primer written in the Continued on pg. 7 a hippie being criticized shadows of New York’s skyscrapers and a present as being wrong. I want day reminder of lost opportunities spoken always to be modern, but in the with an optimism towards the future. “I’m not sure autumn of my career I where I’m going,” he says, staring off into the disjust can’t get used to a tance. “But it will be great.”

Taylor is the subject of ENMU-Ruidoso’s art screen.” exhibit from Sept. 30 through Dec. 13 in the campus He can, however, library. A reception will be held Oct. 8 from 6 to 7 work alongside comp.m. The retrospective focuses on Taylor’s works puter artists. He worked from 1967-1983. The scope is impressive. “There’s as an art director for an something to appeal to everyone,” he explains. “It internet provider and doesn’t matter if you are conservative, a nature lover designs websites today. or like edgy works. There will be a work on a wall “It’s exactly like a twoand someone will say ‘Hey, I really dig that.’” page spread in a magaAll the works are for sale. “Everything is my zine.” He also designed favorite, but it is absurd for me to hold onto them.” icons for an early online Commercial and non-commissioned works are grocery store. “I’ve done represented and include drawings and sketches for a variety of stuff. While album covers, rock posters, logos, advertisements most of the people and freelance work. Taylor’s distinctive style ties around me specialized the pieces together; a type of surrealism of recogniz- in a certain style or able subject matter interspersed with images that are subject matter, I drew Food items only. Offer good ’til Nov. 16, 2013. bound to carry special connotations for the viewer. everything and anything.

Faced with a conglomeration of a flying fish here, I had no schooling, Starting Nov. 29th: a flamingo there, faces of people, real and imagso I just drew. I drew ined, fairies and/or subtle symbols, it is possible to raccoons, cars, deer, Hours 11 a.m. - 8:00ish Friday - Monday see something new each time. “I don’t try and say fashion stuff and hamanything. It is up to the viewer to look at a piece and burgers. Clients looked Closed from Nov. 17 thru Nov. 28. pull images together based on their own life experithrough my portfolio 118 Lakeshore Dr. • Alto • www.treehousetea.com • 575-336-8444 ence.” and tried to peg me, but Taylor works in pen and ink and colored pencil. they couldn’t. Often I

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Capitan Farmers’ Market looking to grow vendors

By Erik LeDuc Drawing the line between eating hearty and healthy usually comes down to a matter of taste – the tofu steak doesn’t stand much of a chance, but HOBBS • LOVINGTON fresh spinach just might hit the spot.

Unfortunately, what’s especially good for the gastronomy isn’t typically kind on the wallet – at least not without bypassing a middleman or three and buying it straight from the producers.

That’s what farmers’ markets are CARLSBAD • ARTESIA for, after all.

For the Capitan market, it means getting up in time for work on Saturday and heading to a shaded backyard of a series of shops at the corner of Smokey Bear Boulevard (U.S. 380) and Lincoln Avenue (N.M. 48), cattycorner to VilROSWELL lage Hall, and taking a stroll between the booths from 9 to 11 a.m. thing the comestibles do have in common is that it’s Usually there are about half a dozen vendors, all grown locally, he said. give or take. The recent rains, while always welMost of the producers are from Lincoln County come, made it hard to pick crops from the field, said – Capitan, Nogal and Carrizozo, to name a few.

George Tippin, manager of the weekly market for RUIDOSO • RUIDOSO DOWNS • HWY 380 Others hail from a county or so away, but not so far the past seven years. that they can’t haul everything over in the back of a “It’s weather dependent,” he said. “Last week we had two (vendors) – eggs and a bakery – because pickup. It’s a fairly simple arrangement for producers to deal with too. The market, a non-profit group, they didn’t get rained out.” supplies the venue and setup, receiving a percentage Being homegrown, the produce isn’t a uniform of gross sales from the producers to reinvest - be it shape or size, as you might see in supermarkets – in tables, advertising or other ideas or necessities. curling and coloring its way through a spectrum Happily the group doesn’t have to pay for the of hobbyist breeds and commercial seeds. The one

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Above, Chris Lopez, one of the vendors at the Capitan Famers’ Market, roasts a sack of red chiles on a small, portable roaster.

At left, vendors and customers are set up under shaded awnings.

space, Tippin added, extending the group’s gratitude to Capitan resident Gregg Russell, who donates the use of the gravel yard.

As for the origins, the market was established a while before Tippin came on board, part of a broader measure to raise interest in farming.

“The parent organization for the farmer’s market is the Lincoln County Agri-Tourism Advisory Council,” he said.

“When it was founded, it was by the county with a committee,” said Velma Hobbs, vendor and member.

The goal of the council is, true to its name, to “support agriculture through tourism,” she said.

Originally, a number of farms, “like the Raspberry Farm, Serendipity Orchard, the Hondo Iris Farm and the Lavender Farm – a lot of people that had farms where people could come visit, see the actual process” – had gathered to display parts of agriculture to visitors, she said.

Hobbs herself runs goats, poultry and other animals, mostly in cooperation with 4-H programs, she said. “We got a grant to put out literature – some really nice stuff the first couple of years,” but many of the founders didn’t stick around for too long, leaving the group to transition into something different – “more of a growers coalition. We’ve had a hard time getting growers interested, I think people have a hard time stopping what they’re doing Saturday morning to come to the market.”

As for making the market grow, there simply needs to be more producers, Tippin said.

“I understand, I have a garden,” he said, laughing. “It’s a lot of work – you have to grow a whole lot to have enough left over to sell.”

Beyond gardens, orchards and fields, there’s still room for other vendors – “if it is directly tied to gardening, the kitchen, cookbooks – things that are directly involved,” Tippin added. “It’s a farmer’s market, it’s about produce.”

With more vendors, the selection and reliability of the market would grow, and “with the right advertising, people will come to them,” Hobbs said.

Many did, including a couple from Ruidoso that snagged the one and only sack of roasted red peppers after contacting the growers, Chris and Monette Lopez, on Facebook before the market.

For more information, search for Capitan Farmers’ Market on Facebook.

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ART EXHIBIT, from pg. 5 ing. Beautiful books. Anything you can imagine can be realized because of technology. Plus, you can sell anything on the web. Luckily for me, there is a respect for old world guys.

Some of those young art directors are looking for old school people to draw, so I’m still in the mix.”

Taylor will be 70 years old soon and as he looks back on the breadth of his experience with the looming possibility of a new identity, he has a wealth of work to draw upon plus the sense of humor borne of being “in the mix” during such tumultuous and defining times. “If someone had told me that rock music would help to sell Cadillacs…” He smiles, trailing off and shaking his head in disbelief. He looks up suddenly as if experiencing an epiphany. “You know, I used to

work with collages…I did a collage of photographs based on the Battle of Britain and then drew it like a still life.

I could make adjustments as I drew.

I changed the turret coming out of a woman’s shoulder, and then….Yeah, I might do that.” Again he stares off into the distance, smiling, no doubt visualizing a new composition and, with it, maybe a new persona.

Newbern Taylor will be on hand during the reception on October 8 to encourage young artists and to share his experiences and talk about his work. What he will not do is explain what his work means. That is up to the viewer.

For more information on exhibit or the reception, please contact Beth DeFoor at ENMU-Ruidoso at 2573006.

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ROSWELL MUD RUN, from pg. 3 run, you crawl on your belly, you climb up mud piles.”

She hopes to have several “colon blows,” long culverts that competitors have to crawl through, only to drop into a pile of mud at the end. In honor of Roswell’s heritage, there’ll be an “Alien push,” where competitors have to push a jeep with an alien sitting in it for a certain distance before the can move on to next obstacle, “And then on top of all that, in one of our hardest obstacles, you’ll have a drill sergeant yelling at you,” Gomez said. “In case you don’t have enough motivation to do it all on your own, we’ll have a drill sergeant there to help you over those humps.”

But while that sounds tough – and it is, Gomez said – there’s also fun planned.

The night before will feature a pre-party at Pepper’s Grill and Bar with music, drinks and prizes, where entrants can pick up their goodie bags and registrations will be taken.

Following the race – “apparently mudders do not get exhausted,” Gomez said – will be a VIP after party at the new Holiday Inn with a dance floor, two DJs and a cash bar.

It’ll be an all-out party,” Gomez promised.

And while all this sounds like fun and games, it does have a serious goal. Money raised from the event, as well as raffles at the parties, will benefit the New Mexico chapter of Operation Wounded Warrior, and organization that provides health and comfort items to the service men and women recovering from injuries sustained through their participation in the U.S. military.

Registrations can be made on line (https://roswellmud. racesonline.com/index.cfm?reg_ type=1&fuseaction=site.reg_ form&init=true) through Friday, with walk-up registrations accepted at Pepper’s Friday night and beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

Gomez said she already has registrations from across New Mexico, Texas and Arizona, and invites everyone to give it a try.

“I think I would encourage everyone (to come), whether you’re a novice, who’s never done something like this before, or if you are an elite runner and have done these type of things before, because there’s something for everyone.”

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Paradise Lost – the lodge at White Oaks

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By Janie Smith Most of us, at one time or another, have had a vision of a special place where we could fulfill our dreams. Dreams vary from a tropical paradise to a house on a cliff overlooking the ocean to a glass domed apartment high above a bustling city. In the early 1970s, four miles up a steep rocky road from White Oaks, a man created a special place at the foot of Carrizo Mountain. It seemed a long way up that rocky road and it seemed as if there were nothing up that road but rocks and bushes and trees. Just about when the road appeared to end in a tangle of rocks, there was a clearing. It was an unlikely place for a clearing, but there it was with waving grass and wildflowers.

Jimmy James was the owner and contractor that in the early 70s found this clearing. He bought 80 acres and started construction on a 5,000 square foot lodge with a unique rustic design. After three years the lodge was complete.

James also built a combination workshop and stable with second level living quarters for a caretaker. Then up above the lodge he built a stone and log honeymoon cottage close to artesian springs. From this spring a pond was constructed just above the lodge, and an orchard of fruit trees was planted. While there was propane, a huge fireplace and wood stoves heated the lodge. At night there was the soft glow of gas light. It was a hidden paradise, but this paradise was not to last long for James. After three years, for reasons of his own, he sold the place to Frank Davis of the Whataburger restaurant chain in Texas.

What Davis intended to do with the lodge is unclear. He did use it off and on for a vacation spot for his employees, but no one ever occupied the lodge for any length of time. The orchard needed pruning and the animals began to invade the premises in the absence of humans. Reeds grew in the pond. Finally Mr. Davis gave up on the dream of the lodge and sold it to Olivia Rojas.

Rojas was a Mexican national. She owned an orphanage in Mexico and her dream was to bring the Mexican orphan children to the lodge. This plan was

thwarted, however, when access to the road leading to the lodge was denied. This road ran from White Oaks, across a private landowner’s property and then entered State Land.

The landowners, the Wetzels, would not allow a right of way across their property. Rojas took the matter to court, but the court case dragged on until she gave up in frustration and put the lodge on the market. She had owned the lodge for seven years and for seven years it had been vacant. Nature had taken its course and the lodge was now badly in need of repairs.

In 1999 Rojas sold the lodge to Peter Wolfe. Realizing that battling the Wetzels for a right of way was an exercise in futility; Wolfe went about getting easements from

Photos courtesy of Janie Smith

Nestled in the cradle of Carrizo Mountain is Paradise Lost, an intriguing lodge with an intriguing history. Paradise Lost welcomes anglers and wildlife to its serene beauty.

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Photos courtesy of Janie Smith

Above, looking down from the balcony, Paradise Lost is eager to host patrons with a rustic setting and a warm crackling fire. At right, is the kitchen area. Someday, the smell of eggs, bacon and pancakes will fill Paradise Lost. the State and National Forest so that he could build a new road off-white Oaks Canyon Road. Once the road was completed, repairs on the lodge were started. These repairs took eight months. At this time Wolfe lived occasionally in the lodge, but once the repairs were complete he lived there for an entire year. Wolfe said that in the evening “I loved the gas light and the wood stove.” He had a generator to run power tools, his vacuum cleaner and the washing machine. The fireplace and four wood stoves heated the place, and there was a propane tank that supplied propane for his refrigerator. The place was totally off the grid and self supporting. Then due to personal circumstances, the dream faded and Peter was forced to sell the lodge.

Since this was an exclusive property, Peter advertised it in “The New Mexican” magazine.

Out in California, the Church of Scientology saw the advertisement. They were looking for a remote place with a large dwelling where they could take troubled young people for counseling. It seemed as if the lodge fit their criteria and they contacted Peter about purchasing the lodge. The Scientologists took possession of the lodge in 2001 and a dozen troubled young people with their councilors soon were in residence. However, the Scientologists wanted to expand the operation to accommodate more youth.

Their plan was to bring in-house trailers and an area was bulldozed. The only snag to this plan was the entrance to the road off White Oaks Canyon. The easement was 30 feet, but this would not allow the large trucks hauling trailers to make the turn onto the road. The entrance needed to be wider. The property owner, however, objected to this. Ignoring the property owner, and the law, the Scientolo-

gists made plans to send equipment to widen that entrance. When the equipment arrived it was met by all the residents of White Oaks who had gathered to prevent the entrance from being widened.

Thwarted by the will of the White Oaks citizens, the Scientologists dream of establishing a huge troubled youth center vanished. Soon thereafter, in 2003, they failed to pay the mortgage and the property was foreclosed. Peter once again took possession of the lodge.

While the property was under a contingent contract for the entire year of 2005, that contract fell through. In 2006 a man, Robert Hamill, who lived both abroad and in the United States, became interested in the property. His dream was to create a “Wellness Center,” where people would come to find spiritual awareness.

However, he needed a partner and he contacted Scott Roser of Ruidoso. The two agreed to purchase the property and did so in 2006. The “Wellness Center” did not materialize however, and now the property is on the market again.

There it is now, a place that has the potential to fulfill dreams. It is

a place with a magic aura and a tranquility that can soothe any troubled thoughts. Surrounded by tall Ponderosa Pine the clearing is a faded version of its former glory. The once vibrant orchard is now only a few scraggly trees, but Carrizo Mountain still towers above the meadow. There is a deep silence here broken only by the wind waving the tall grasses. A lone hawk circles high overhead swooping gracefully on the air currents. In the deep stillness there is a promise that this is paradise. This may be the place where dreams were lost, but it is still the place where anything is possible.

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It’s really horrendous.”

After examining the elk Gehrt was able to find what appeared to be trauma to internal organs, in particular to the tops of the lungs, which would be consistent with injuries caused by a small caliber bullet. Due to extent that the elk had decomposed, Gehrt was not able to find the bullet.

“In the past, poachers have waited to return to an animal because they couldn’t find it or they were waiting to claim the animal when they had a hunting license,” Gehrt said. “That is what I suspect happened here. The wanton waste in this situation is sickening.

It’s one of the reasons that trophy poaching should be a treated as a felony.”

Gehrt measured the elk’s antler length to be 422.375 inches, shy of the Safari Club International (SCI) New Mexico Big Game Record of 437.625 inches (typical).

Although archery

season opened Sept. 1 in Game Management Unit 23, it is illegal to hunt elk with a firearm during archery season.

If caught, the poacher could only face misdemeanor charges and potential civil penalties greater than $10,000 for the unlawful killing of a trophy elk this size.

“This is an ongoing investigation,” said Gehrt.

“We are following up on every lead.” One witness saw a silver Dodge pickup with dually-style rear wheels and New Mexico plates in the area around the time of the elk’s death. Anyone with information about this crime is urged to call Operation Game Thief toll-free, 1-800-432-GAME (4263), or to visit www.wildlife. state.nm.us.

Callers can remain anonymous and may earn rewards if information leads to charges being filed.

Trophy bull elk found dead, poaching suspected ALMA — New Mexico Department of Game and Fish conservation officer KC Gehrt recovered a dead, world-class, bull elk outside of Reserve Sept. 4.

Poaching is suspected.

Hunters discovered the rotting, but completely intact, elk carcass in a canyon, a mile and a half east of Little Round Mountain. Hunters in the area last saw the massive elk alive Sept. 1.

“It’s stealing,” hunter Jeff Lewis said. “The state lost a huge amount. That’s a once in a lifetime bull.”

Lewis and his hunting partner Don Roach had been tracking and shooting video of the enormous elk for three years.

“Up until this year, every time we would have an encounter with him he would disappear,” Lewis said. “But this year he was visible every morning and every night. We thought we would have a chance to have a stalk on him and have a chance to harvest. But the poacher must have seen him too.

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

Black River: Stream flow at Malaga on Monday was 16 cfs. Fishing was slow.

Blue Hole Park Pond: No reports from anglers this week.

Bonito Lake: Closed.

Bosque Redondo: No reports from anglers this week.

Bottomless Lakes: Fishing was slow for all species. Check these lakes out during the winter trout stocking.

Brantley Lake: Brantley Lake State Park was closed to boating and swimming due to safety issues related to heavy rains and runoff into the lake.

Anglers are to practice catch-andrelease for all fish here as high levels of DDT were found in several fish.

Carlsbad Municipal Lake: No reports from anglers this week.

Chaparral Park Lake: Fishing was fair using night crawlers and liver for catfish. No reports on other species.

El Rito Creek: Before the heavy rains hit, fishing was fair to good using worms and copper John Barrs for trout.

Eunice Lake: Fishing was fair using worms, hot dogs and liver for catfish.

Greene Acres Lake: Fishing was slow to fair using night crawlers and blood bait for catfish.

Green Meadow Lake: No reports from anglers this week.

Grindstone Reservoir: Fishing was good using salmon eggs, PowerBait, worms, Pistol Petes and spinners for trout. No reports on other species.

Jal Lake: No reports from anglers this week.

Lake Van: Fishing was slow to fair using night crawlers, liver and hot dogs for catfish. No reports on other species.

Oasis Park Lake: Fishing was slow for all species and fishing pressure was light due to heavy rains in the area. Anglers are reminded that there is a 2-fish limit on channel catfish.

Pecos River: Stream flow below Sumner Lake on Monday was .37 cfs.

Fishing was slow for all species.

Perch Lake: No reports from anglers this week.

Ruidoso River: Stream flow at Ruidoso on Monday was 89 cfs. No reports from anglers this week.

Photo courtesy of Eugene Heathman

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ROSWELL: Sep Fri’s Summer Concert Series, Cahoon Park, 1101 W. 4th, 6:30 8 p.m. Presented by the Roswell Parks & Recreation Department.

Performances will vary and different types of music will be showcased along with Country & Western, Rock and Roll, Jazz and many others. 624-6720. Free Sat’s Farmers and Gardeners Market, Chaves County Courthouse lawn, featuring high-quality fresh produce, flowers and crafts.

575-627-2239 Thru Youth Basketball League 9/30 registration The Yucca Recreation Center, 500 S. Richardson.

Registration for ages 5 to 8 years - must be of school age by Sept.

1. First-time players must bring a birth certificate to verify age.

Children are required to play two quarters per game. $30 for the first child; $25 for each additional child. 624-6719 27-28 7th Annual Block Party and Chalk Art Festival and Chile Cheese Festival, presented

by MainStreet Roswell and Roswell Museum and Art Center.

Hands-on art for kids, chalk art contest (8 a.m., $10 individuals; $20 teams), music, entertainment, food and vendors. Block Party opens at 10 a.m. on 11th Street, north side of the museum.

Free. The Chile Cheese Festival celebrates harvesting season roasted chiles, ristras, fresh fruits and vegetables and hand-crafted items will be for sale. Also tours of the mozzarella cheese plant, courtesy of Leprino Foods, will be offered - visit www.mainstreetroswell.org for more information.

575-420-5718; www.roswellmuseum.org 28 Roswell Mud, Sweat & Tears – mud and obstacle course.

Optimist Park, noon. 1.5 or 5K course; individuals, teams or elite teams. Register at http://roswellmud.racesonline.com/. For more information: RoswellJackFM.com.

A portion of the proceeds benefit Operation Wounded Warrior Sep 30 Oct 5 Eastern New Mexico State Fair, Fairgrounds, 2500 SE Main.

Parade, entertainment, rides and games. All concerts are free with paid admission to the fair; adults $6; children 6-12, $2; children under 5 free. www.enmsf.com 575-623-9411

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ARTESIA: Sep 27-28 Clays Crusher Sporting Clays Fun Shoot, Eddy County Shooting Range. For more information call the Chamber, 575-746-2744 28-29 Our Lady of Grace Family Fun Weekend, Sat., 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Raffles, games, food and prizes. 575-3089611 Oct 7 - Artesia Citizen Police Academy, Nov 21 Artesia Public Safety Complex, Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Artesia Police Department will be hosting its 2nd Annual Citizen Police Academy. Applications can be picked up at the Chamber. Sept. 30 is the deadline to sign up. 575-746-5000 CARLSBAD: Sep Fri’s Friday Focus, Best Western Stevens Inn, 1829 S. Canal St. 7:30 a.m. Carlsbad Chamber networking breakfast - share information about your business or organization. operations@carlsbadchamber.com Pre-School StoryTime, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. A short walk in the park and activity will follow the story. 575-887-5516. No fee; children must be accompanied by an adult Sat’s Carlsbad Downtown Farmer’s Market, Eddy County Courthouse lawn, 8 - 11 a.m. Fresh produce, handmade crafts, prepared food, entertainment. 628-3768

LEA COUNTY HOBBS: Sep 28 21st Annual Chile Fest, Lea County Event Center, north parking lot, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Presented by United Way of Lea County. 575-3912900; http://www.leacounty.net 28-29 Annual Arts and Crafts Show, Lea County Event Center, arena floor. 575-391-2900; http://www. leacounty.net LOVINGTON: Sep Sat’s Lovington Downtown Farmer’s Market, Courthouse Square, 8 a.m. - noon. 575-396-1418 Nov 2-3 Fall Festival Arts & Craft Show, Lea County Fairgrounds, 101 S. Commercial, Sat., 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. www. lovingtonchamber.org/brochures. aspx. Free admission. For vendor information, contact the Lovington Chamber, 575-396-5311

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ALTO: Sep 29 Sierra Blanca Christian Academy Annual Gospel Sing, Flying J Ranch, Hwy 48 N., 5 - 8 p.m. An annual fundraiser for SBCA. Light refreshments, old-fashioned gospel songs and an auction for desserts.

575-630-0144; http://sbchristianacademy.org/. Free Oct 1 & 2 37th Annual Chuckwagons of the West Jamboree, Flying J Ranch, Hwy 48 N. Join the Flying J Wranglers in welcoming Wrangler bands from other Chuckwagon stage-shows – a celebration of western music and heritage by some of the best cowboy bands in the world. Doors open at 4:30.

1-888-458-3595; ww.flyingjranch. com/pages/jamboree.html. Tickets are $40; children 12 and under $25 2 Gypsy Romance, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Rd., 8 p.m. Celebrate Oktoberfest Hungarian style. The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, a company of 48 dancers and live orchestra, preserves folk dancing in a rhythmic swirl of festive reels and waltzes. Dressed in vibrant costumes, the artists perform international classics with traditional instruments. A bratwurst and beer party at 6 p.m., included with ticket. $56 and $59. 888-878-7872; www.spencertheater.com RUIDOSO: Sep 26 Get Grounded in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s, Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Drive, 6 - 9 p.m. Food, drink and silent auction.

This is a fundraiser and all proceeds go to the Alzheimer’s Association for research, care and support programs. 575-937-0596 27 Appliance/Tire Disposal Event, Lawrence Brothers IGA parking lot, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free drop off recycling coordinated by Greentree Solid Waste. Furnaces, water heaters, dryers, washers, refrigerators, stoves and freezers; also passenger, SUV and light truck tires with less than 17” rim diameters. No heavy equipment, tractor or large semitruck tires. 575-378-4697 28 Garage Sale, White Mountain Elementary Parking Lot, 203 White Mountain Dr., 7 a.m. - 12 p.m. Buy a space for $10 and keep all of your sales. A pick up service for charity is available for any unwanted items.

575-937-9766 7th Annual Tour de Ruidoso, start and finish at the Lodge at Sierra Blanca, start is 8:10 a.m. Fundraising

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event to benefit local not-for-profit organizations. www.bicycleruidoso. com/#!__tour-de-ruidoso-centuryride. $40 for Century and 100k, $25 for Nearly Flat 20 miler; $10 late registration fee Robin Jones Memorial Optimist Club Scholarship Golf Scramble, Cree Meadows Country Club, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Help the Optimist Club raise money for scholarships and other programs for the children of Lincoln County. Raffle for more than $1,500 in cash prizes. Tickets are $5 each. 915-588-2487. Cost $80 per player including green fees, cart, lunch, prizes for everyone or $280 for a four-person team Free movie “Blood Simple,” Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. A classic art-house movie of the 80s. A Texas bar owner (Dan Hedaya) hires a seedy private detective (M. Emmett Walsh) to follow his cheating wife (Frances McDormand), and then kill her and her lover (John Getz). Not a movie for all tastes nor for all ages. 575257-2273 The New Riversong Ramblers, 2710 Sudderth Dr., 8 - 10 p.m.

Featuring Bart Trotter and Mark Remington. 575-257-7932; www. mountainannies.com. Tickets are $20. Military personnel, $16 RUIDOSO DOWNS: ALBUM: Mid-20th Century Photographs by Carmon Philips of the People and Places of Lincoln County exhibit at the Hubbard Museum of the American West. 26301 Hwy 70 West, 10 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m. daily. 575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum.org Sep 27 Appliance/Tire Disposal Event, All American Park, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Free drop off recycling coordinated

by Greentree Solid Waste. Furnaces, water heaters, dryers, washers, refrigerators, stoves and freezers; also passenger, SUV and light truck tires with less than 17” rim diameters. No heavy equipment, tractor or large semi-truck tires. 575-378-4697 WHITE OAKS: Sep Fri’s Rascal Fair, White Oaks Community Market, 4 p.m. to dusk.

Located just east of No Scum Allowed Saloon in White Oaks.

Local fruit and produce, fresh eggs, plants, hot weekly favorites at the Goldrush Grill, baked goods, pottery, woodwork, handmade soaps, baskets, jewelry and metalsmithing from local artisans. Pan for gold and sip free coffee by the campfire

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ALAMOGORDO: IMAX NM Museum of Space History “HUBBLE,” Daily at 11 a.m. 2 and 4 p.m. The seventh awe-inspiring film for the award-winning IMAX space team. Accompany the walking astronauts as they attempt some of the most difficult tasks ever undertaken in NASA’s history; experience the power of the launches, heartbreaking setbacks and dramatic rescues. Explore the galaxies and some of the greatest mysteries of our celestial surroundings “Tornado Alley,” Daily at 11 a.m., 2 and 4 p.m. Join storm chasers star Sean Casey and the researchers of VORTEX 2, the most ambitious effort ever to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes, on this heart-pounding adventure.

Experience the adrenaline of nature’s most dramatic phenomena Sep 28 Lake Lucero Tour, Take a tour with a ranger and learn about the formation of the gypsum dunes and the special plants and animals that live in and around them.

This three-hour tour is to the dry lakebed of Lake Lucero and only offered once a month; reservations required. 575-679-2599. $3 per adult and $1.50 for kids and America the Beautiful Senior and Access pass holders CLOUDCROFT: Oct 5-6 36th Annual October Art Fest, Zenith Park, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., hosted by the Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce. Hand-selected artists from all over the country will gather to exhibit sculptures, paintings, pottery, jewelry and more. 575682-2733; www.cloudcroft.net

MESCALERO Sep Wed’s Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, Club 49, Inn of the Mountain Gods.

7 p.m. Professional comedians will perform live. $5 admission. Must be 21 or older. 575-464-7028 27 Bret Michaels, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m. Don’t miss lead singer of Poison, Bret Michaels – the frontman of one the most important bands in rock and roll, Poison sold 25 million albums and had 15 top 40 hits, including “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,”“Talk Dirty to Me,”“Unskinny Bop” and many more. Disclaimer: Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets start at $25. www. innofthemountaingods.com

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

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Tuesday Billy’s Power Ball Cash Giveaway Locals Day, 5X Points & 2 for 1 Lunch or Dinner $2 Beer and Hot Dogs in Billy’s Race Book

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