Ruidoso Free Press December 24, 2012

Eugene Heathman [email protected]

Once the darling of solid waste services in Lincoln County, the Greentree Solid Waste Au-thority has suffered estranged relationships with the Alto Lakes Water and Sanitation District, and lost several key accounts as a result of the Little Bear Fire.

Amid negotiations with Lincoln County following a scathing performance review by county commissioners last month, Greentree delivered a lump of coal in the form of a lawsuit last week just prior to the fi nal commission meeting of 2012 and just in time for Christmas.

Attorney for Lincoln County Alan Morel said, “It is incredibly unfortunate that Green-tree Solid Waste Authority elected to litigate rather than negotiate a resolution of this matter. It was my understanding that Greentree was providing documentation to the Lincoln County Manager, Nita Taylor and after review of that documentation, the parties would sit down and come up with a satisfactory resolution everyone could live with. Unfortunately that is no longer an option. The board of county commission-ers of Lincoln County has scheduled a special meeting for Jan. 8, 2013 at 9 a.m. at which time the board of county commissioners of Lincoln County will discuss this matter in executive ses-sion and instruct me on how to proceed.”

The 77-page lawsuit fi led in Carrizozo 12th Judicial District Court for a declaratory judgment requesting a preliminary and perma-nent injunction citing violations of Joint Use Authority guidelines. According to the lawsuit, Lincoln County and GSWA also entered into a separate joint powers agreement Nov. 19, 1992, for solid waste collection accompanied by an alleged guarantee for the fi scal solvency and operation of GSWA.

Lincoln County Manager Nita Taylor responded to the lawsuit saying, “The county directed me to work with GSWA’s Operations Manager, Debra Ingle. We have since met and Debra provided me with the additional informa-tion I requested. Before there was time to even present the commission with additional informa-tion, GSWA fi led a lawsuit. Incurring and paying legal fees to litigate the matter, before we were able to attempt to resolve the matter outside the courtroom, could have been better spent on pro-viding services to Lincoln County residents.”

Earl Adamy, Board Chairman of the Alto Lakes Water and Sanitation District strongly disagrees with the assertions of GSWA. “Ms. In-gle’s letter of Nov. 6 includes a diagram which shows that the county authorized the district. Not true. The district is a creation of the State and was created by order of the district court Jan. 19, 2005. There never has been a “MOU” for services between GSWA and ALW&SD as

depicted on the diagram. The district executed a 36-month facility lease agreement with GSWA in May 2008 with a fi rm termination date and no district fi nancial obligation to GSWA. That lease was subsequently extended to 42 months and terminated on expiration at the end of No-vember,” Adamy said.

Adamy contends the GSWA board and Su-pervisor Ingle have long been acutely aware of the fact that the district was not a GSWA mem-ber entitled to rights and privileges of member-ship. This was made clear to the district when it was informed, shortly after formation that it would have to pay non-member landfi ll rates if the Authority did not handle district waste and in mid-2008 when negotiating the facility lease with the GSWA Board as an outside entity not subject to GSWA jurisdiction. Further, the Au-thority had no objection in 2006 when County Ordinance was amended to recognize the statu-tory authority of water and sanitation districts to provide solid waste services to their residents.

The lawsuit contends Greentree would be ir-reparably harmed, should the county and district exclude GSWA from its license to collect solid waste in unincorporated areas of the county. The suit further states the GSWA provides an essen-tial public service and would be compromised if it defaults on its loan obligations because GSWA will be unable to perform on its debt service obligations should the revenues be lost.

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serve with SantaBy Eugene Heathman and Sue Hutchison

Holloman’s top secret; Operation Assist Santa (OAS) is off without a hitch this year, according to Col. Andrew Croft, 49th Wing base com-mander. True to form, acronyms abound in the OAS mission to get Santa and his reindeer safely across North American skies.

Objectives include preparing Santa’s sleigh for immediate launch upon arrival for fueling, in addition to supplying adequate space for Christmas Present Distribution Complex (CPDC) to be housed. Santa Claus, his eight tiny reindeer and legendary Rudolph are now resting at the North Pole before embarking on their annual worldwide journey delivering toys and goodwill to good boys and girls all over the world. “I really appreciate the efforts of Holloman AFB and their staff during my Christmas journey. Every year, there are more presents and the service personnel have kindly provided storage for many presents. It’s a very long journey and the air support is welcome company,” Santa said.

Secondary mission includes providing adversary engagement ops during fl ight in NM airspace, and identifying naughty or nice children for gift delivery. Top secret technology is mounted to all participating escort Ho Ho Ho planes to detect sleeping or awake children, according

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Cree Meadows New Year’s Eve PartyParty the night away at Cree. Food, favors, and champagne toast with music by Terry Bul-lard. Cree Meadows Country Club, 301 Country Club Dr. 7 p.m. 575-257-9186. Reserva-tions required, $20/singles and $30/couples

New Year’s Eve PartyNo Scum Allowed Saloon, 7 p.m. - 1 a.m. Music by The Mixx. No cover. Dinner plates $10. 575-648-5583; www.noscumal-lowedsaloon.com

Win, Place & Show New Year’s CelebrationDancing and good cheer with Brendan Dawes. Champagne and party favors. No reserva-tions required. Win, Place, & Show, 2516 Sudderth Dr. 8 p.m. 575-257-9982, $20

Swiss Chalet New Year’s Eve PartyFood, fun and dancing with live music from Mark Reming-ton and Friends plus midnight champagne toast. The Swiss Grill, 1451 Mechem, 8:30 p.m. Swiss Chalet. 575-336-3333. $20

New Year’s Eve at Gra-cie’s SpeakeasyA Roaring 20’s party with fl ap-per and gangster costumes encouraged. Must be 21 and over. 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. Individual and table reservations. Grace O’Malley’s Irish Pub, 2331 Sud-derth Dr. 575-630-0219.

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Greentree delivers lump of coal to county for Christmas

By Sue [email protected]

Newly elected offi cials were sworn in during December’s monthly county commission meet-ing last week. Paul Baca, county as-sessor, Dallas Draper, county com-missioner, Preston Stone, county commissioner and Stirling Spencer, probate judge were sworn into their respective offi ces by Judge Martha Proctor. Rhonda Burrows, county clerk reminded those gathered that Proctor had the distinction of swearing in the governor of New Mexico earlier last year.

Baca and his staff received their oaths together. Baca was re-elected to his post and ran unop-posed. Draper’s oath was witnessed by his family and friends. After, he took a moment to thank com-missioner Tom Battin for taking time to advise and instruct after Draper’s election. Draper takes the position of representation held by Battin for two terms. Stone will assume Sedillo’s position Jan. 22 when the new commission will meet for the fi rst time.

Saying a tearful farewell, Jackie Powell, commission chair thanked Sedillo and Battin for a collective 16 years of county ser-vice and opened the meeting for public comment. Many community members spoke in admiration for the two relating dedication, leadership skills and integrity.

“When we started this journey, (more than 20 years ago) neither of us were seniors and now we both are,” said Ada Hendryx, county program director for senior centers about Sedillo. Of Battin, Hen-dryx related her admiration of his leadership skills and community involvement. “When I attended Walk Through Bethlehem a few years ago, I recognized a familiar face as you portrayed the tax col-lector,” she said.

Other speakers included Glenna Robbins, county treasurer,

Beverly Calaway, deputy county treasurer, Paul Baca, county asses-sor along with several representa-tives from other county entities. “This year our county has faced the greatest challenge we’ve ever faced with the Little Bear fi re. The leadership you both provided with calmness in your general demeanor showed you served the county well when it was really in need,” said Rhonda Burrows, county clerk. Burrows mentioned Sedillo’s “calm in the midst of the storm” and Battin’s “thoughtful analysis.”

Marsha Palmer, county exten-sion agent, thanked Sedillo and Battin for their support during the

past year of diffi cult funding loss-es. “If it wasn’t for the commis-sioners in this room, we wouldn’t have an agricultural agent and a 4H agent to work with our youth,” she reported.

Sedillo and Battin had an op-portunity to respond. “I’ve been in public service for 22 years now and I’m going to miss it,” said Sedillo, who began her years of service as a Carrizozo council member. She thanked Battin and mentioned she was glad to serve with all the past commissioners during her terms.

Battin referenced an agenda item from the meeting earlier in the

Hellos and goodbyes at the county commission

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressHolloman Air Force Base provides world class support to Santa Claus during prefl ight, delivery and post fl ight ops. Operation As-sist Santa (OAS) is in full swing tonight as Airmen volunteers make sure gifts are waiting for Santa’s sleigh. Holloman is the Northern American gift depository, according to elves Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunn. Dec. 26, these elves will become Staff Sgt. Jacob Smith and Airman First Class Ryan Feller. Seen here is one of thousands of containers Santa has sent to Holloman for safekeeping.

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Curt Temple, in comments made to outgoing county

commissioners Eileen Sedillo and Tom Battin, said the com-

missioners had taken sev-eral shots in the past eight

years of service. Seen here, Sedillo and Battin are pre-

sented with Lincoln County Line road signs, previously

installed on Hwy 380 which bear gunshot holes.

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CoMMUNitY CALeNdArTreecyclingThis year’s annual Christmas tree recycling program – hosted by Keep Ruidoso Beautiful, Village of Ruidoso and PNM – will be Dec. 26 - Jan. 13 at School House Park in Ruidoso. All tree stands, lights, ornaments and other decora-tions must be removed. Please do not illegally dump Christmas trees at other trash disposal sites or compactor locations.Lincoln County residents with trees cut into pieces four feet or less may also place them in their normal yard waste locations. For more information, call Ruidoso Parks and Recreation at 257-4030 or email [email protected].

Yoga by donation“Practice often, donate as able,” is the motto of the new Yoga by Donation class series, of-fered by Blue Lotus Healing Arts Center at 2810 Sudderth above Schlotzsky’s.The classes, which start Dec. 28 and 30, include meditation and moderate Hatha Yoga postures for all level, Fridays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Sundays from 3-4 p.m.Drop in or sign up online at www.ruidosodayspa.com, or call 575-802-3013.

Sanitation meetThe January meeting of the Al-pine Village Sanitation District will be Jan. 7 at 4 p.m. in the district building at 114 Alpine Meadows Trail. For more informa-tion, call 257-7776 or 973-0324.

Poster contestThe Cloudcroft Chamber of Com-merce is already looking ahead to Mardis Gras, and invites art-ists to enter the poster contest for this year’s Mardis Gras in the Clouds celebration. This year’s celebration has the theme “How Sweet It Is,” and entries must be submitted to the chamber offi ce at P.O. Box 1290, Cloudcroft, NM 88317 no later than Jan. 10 by 5 p.m.Entry size is 16x20, and the ma-terials can be canvas or profes-sional grade paper. The artwork should be signed by the artist and only one entry per artist will be accepted.

Little Bear meetThe next meeting of the Little Bear Forest Reform Coalition will be Jan. 14 in the Ruidoso Village Council chambers at 3 p.m. John Bemis, New Mexico Secretary of Energy, Mineral and Natural Re-sources, will speak about the fea-sibility of having a Single Engine Air Tanker stationed in the area.

American Legion Post 79 – Je-rome D. Klein Post, meets on the third Saturday of each month at the American Legion building located at the southeast corner of Spring Road and Highway 70 at 9 a.m. For more information, or to join, call Vic Currier, Post Adju-tant, at 802-5293.

The Arid Group of Alcohol-ics Anonymous meets at 1216 Mechem at 7:30 a.m., noon and 5:15 p.m. daily; Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. There is also a Monday 6:30 p.m. women’s open meeting.The Sunny Spirit Group of Alco-holics Anonymous meets Mon-day and Thursday at noon and Friday at 5:30 p.m., while the women’s group meets Wednes-days at noon in the parish hall of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Mount at 121 Mescalero Trail.For more information regard-ing AA meetings in Lincoln and Otero counties, call 430-9502.

Al Anon of Ruidoso – for family members of alcoholics – meet at 1216 Mechem Dr. Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous of Capi-tan meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center, 115 Tiger Dr., just one block off of

Highway 48. For more informa-tion, call Ted at 354-9031.Blue Lotus Healing Arts off ers mind-body classes and work-shops for stress reduction and health improvement. The center is located at 2810 Sudderth Dr. For tuition and times, call 575-202-8010 or visit www.ruidoso-dayspa.com.The center holds daily yoga class-es for men, women and young adults Monday through Sunday..

Inspired Living at Sanctuary on the River is held every week from Tuesday through Thursday with various disciplines off ered. For more information, call 630-1111.

The Federated Woman’s Club of Ruidoso, supporting community service organizations and provid-ing scholarships, meets Mondays at 11 a.m. at 116 S. Evergreen Dr. A pot luck lunch at noon is fol-lowed by bridge and other card

games.A special program is also pre-sented most months. The group and hosts Yoga Wednesdays. For times or further information, call 257-2309.

Firefi ghters for Christ meet monthly at the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack Chapel at 7 p.m. This service is open to fi refi ghters and their families. For more informa-tion, call 258-4682.

The Kiwanis Club of Ruidoso meets every Tuesday at noon at K-Bobs.

Ruidoso Gambling Support meets the fi rst and third Wednes-day of every month at 5:45 p.m. in the Lincoln Tower at 1096 Mechem Dr., Suite 212. For more information, call 575-464-7106.

The Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Posse is part of American West-

ern history that continues today. The Posse meets the fi rst Sun-day of each month at 2 p.m. at the headquarters located a mile south of Carrizozo on Highway 54. For more information, visit www.lincolncountysheriff sposse.org or call 575-512-7077.

Rotary Club of Ruidoso meets at Cree Meadows Country Club noon every Tuesday.

Optimist Club meets at noon ev-ery Wednesday at K-Bobs.

The Photographic Society of Lincoln County – dedicated to the advancement of digital pho-tography – meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Region IX offi ces at 237 Service Road. Annual dues are $15 per family which includes lectures and fi eld trips. Contact Leland Deford at 257-8662 or Herb Brunnell at 258-4003.

Ruidoso Evening Lions Club meets each Tuesday at 7 p.m. at 106 S. Overlook.

Ruidoso Home Care and Hos-pice off ers bereavement and grief support groups for those who have had losses in their lives. Two groups are available – Tues-day from 5-6 p.m. or Friday from noon to 1 p.m.The groups meet at Ruidoso Home Health and Hospice, in the conference room, at 592 Gavilan Canyon Rd. For questions or direc-tions, call Lyn Shuler at 258-0028. The Ruidoso Noon Lions meet at 11:30 a.m. each Tuesday at Cree Meadows Country Club.

Ruidoso Masonic Lodge No. 73 meets fi rst Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m. If the fi rst Mon-day is a national holiday, the meeting will be held on the sec-ond Monday. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call

575-442-2026.

SAA meets every Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Episcopal Church at the Holy Mountain at 321 Mescalero Trail Road. For more information, call 575-956-3101 or 575-336-4187.

Sacramento Mountain Village is a network of older adults in Ru-idoso and surrounding commu-nities who support independent living by off ering services and ac-tivities that keep seniors healthy and happy in their own homes. Benefi ts of membership include art and yoga classes, weekly walking and discussion groups, social functions and monthly member breakfasts at Swiss Cha-let, on the fourth Saturday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Membership is open to any Lincoln County resident 49 years or older. For more information, call 258-2120 or visit www.sacmtnvillage.org.

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to Andrew Gray, Captain and pilot. “Santa may fl y by the homes of children who are awake due to his busy fl ight schedule deliv-ering toys, so children need to set out their snacks for Santa and be sure to go to bed early Christmas Eve. The new technology also detects and disables trail cameras just in case someone tries to get an unauthorized photo of the jolly man,” Gray said.

High Interest Items (HII) for OAS involve using the Santa Claus Geographi-cal Positioning System (SCGPS) and covering the population of civilians and military persons ages 1 - 92 years. F-22 planes are providing top cover for Santa’s sleigh, MQ-1s will provide path tracking of the sleigh, and identifying strategic deliv-ery points. MQ-9s will utilize the highly sensitive “sleep detectors” mounted in the camera ball on each plane. With the current threat of the Grinch nearby, a BOLO has been issued to watch for a green, black nosed, yellow-eyed, furry creature with a bad attitude. “It is very important to use this new technology in order to overcome ‘grinchiness’ in order for all the Whoville’s throughout the world to have a very merry Christmas,” Santa said.

Snow is possible for Santa’s annual epic journey so extra measures are being taken to make sure his sleigh is safe and ready for wintry conditions. “ I like to make sure the sleigh has plenty of antifreeze and the windshield wipers are in good condition. I also like to keep some extra snacks and warm blankets on board in case the weather gets really bad. Its best to be prepared for all kinds of conditions,” Santa said.

Holloman Air Force Base, located west of Alamogordo is the only base nationwide to participate in OAS. With more than 750 school children, grades K-8 in the base school, Holloman fi nds ways to create fam-ily oriented activities for base personnel. Holloman participates in Toys for Tots, and various other community minded holiday charities. Since the base opened in 1942, OAS has been a part of each holiday season

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morning. “When Michelle (Caskey) men-tioned something out of date and overweight, I was so relieved to fi nd out she was talking about a water truck for auction,” he said, lightening the moment. “There are no fi ner people anywhere in the United States than the people of Lincoln County. It’s an ex-tremely unusual sanctuary. We still have old fashioned ethics in our people,” he continued and mentioned the surest way to bring him back for meetings was to include a potluck.

Due to medical issues, Battin was out of the county for 10 weeks and thanked the commission for patience and forbearance in allowing him to participate by phone for

several meetings. Nita Taylor presented the outgoing com-

missioners with Lincoln County Line road signs which, until recently, had been in-stalled on Hwy 380. The signs were riddled with gunshot holes. “Curt Temple mentioned earlier that both of you had taken shots throughout your years of service and we wanted to commemorate that,” she said as she presented the signs which were signed, “With gratitude – Lincoln County Staff.”

As he fi nished his remarks, Battin admit-ted he would miss his service to the county and commission. “There will be a vacuum here,” he said of his heart.


OpinionWWII home front heroes and heroines

This article is for and about the men and women who are in their 80s and 90s, and who were the backbone of the hard working civilian population of these United States in World War II.

They maintained the home front by filling the vacancies when the men were drafted or enlisted in the Armed Forces.

They went to work in the defense plants that produced and built the thousands of arms and supplies that war demanded. These older men and women came back into the work force and went to work in these defense plants and started producing war supplies at a fantastic rate. Men and women worked shoulder to shoulder at the same job and the women were never again just housekeepers and mothers. They were free now and were equal in all respects social and work force. We were now an intelligent and hard working team in a world war that would need all of our effort and coopera-tion from shipyards to aircraft factories to building armored tanks. They not only built those instruments of war, they flew them and drove them to make sure that they were made right and were safe for their husbands, brothers and children to use, in the skies and on the ground.

For the men and women who didn’t live near defense plants groups were formed to roll bandages, write letters or make up packages of cookies, gum, matches, and whatever else they had to send to the troops overseas.

When I quit my job in a defense plant and joined the Navy, my mother with her sixth grade education decided she could be patriotic also. She proudly hung a star in the front window for me in service. She then volunteered to serve four hours a night once a week as an aircraft warden on the roof of our local court house to spot and track all aircraft.

There wasn’t any enemy aircraft within 5,000 miles of that court house, but that didn’t matter. She felt that she was doing her

patriotic duty and was exceedingly proud to be doing her bit in wartime.

In retrospect it is difficult to put into words the magnitude of the many things that the people of America were capable of doing so I will not try.

Rationing was countrywide and covered just about everything you used in your daily life. But amazingly people hardly ever com-plained. The troops overseas needed those things more.

In conclusion please let me remind you younger generations of all ages that we who are veterans of WWII and the veterans of the home front who supported us are now passing away at a faster rate because the years are taking their toll.

We are now in our last years of our life, so please give us a helping hand, a hug or just a handshake or thank you. We did our best for you, the younger generations and we were proud of what we accomplished. When called, we answered with all we had to give.

I am a 92-year-old veteran of World War II. I am Bob Brophy.

You have just read about the heroes and heroines I consider the true greatest genera-tions.

The front pages get the headlines, but it’s the people on the back pages that produce the headlines that look and read so great.

We were, one and all, in the world conflict and not one of us should be left out of the praise for a job well done. We are all Americans and we let the world know who we were.

Alborn shouldn’t play with gun lawsTo the Editor:

The mayor of any city or town is a figurehead who is elected to represent the will and opinions of the people who are his constituents. This is especially true in Ruidoso where we operate under a weak mayor, strong council government.

In a Republic, which is a representative

form of government and the one the found-ers chose for this amazing nation, we have the right to expect our elected officials to respect that. Our Mayor, putting his name on the roll call of Mayors for increased gun control is an overreach. The lack of effort to become educated on this very complex issue is a sad testament to where many of our governing officials have gravitated. Our Mayor’s effort to keep honest, law abiding citizens from exercising their rights by car-rying arms in council meetings provided an exercise in political justice. That was when our council members heard the people of Ruidoso and in a show of leadership de-railed the Mayor’s plans, thankfully termi-nating his misguided efforts.

A quick check of FBI stats will show that over the last 20 years gun ownership has increased exponentially in the U.S. and violent crime has been cut in half. Also note that Columbine occurred in the middle of the Clinton gun ban and when that danger-ous law expired, the likes of Schumer and Pelosi ranted about how gun crime was go-ing to, once again, run rampant. In fact (and

no surprise to those who care enough about truth to inform themselves) all violent crime continued to decrease. As an added example of the failure of gun restrictions, look to Chicago and California.

These two states have the most restric-tive gun laws in the nation and both are war zones. I have no expectations that anyone caught up in an ideology has any interest in facts, but it is my fervent hope that those who recognize that they are not educated and want to be will take the time to get involved in the conversation. Only then will we start to work on real solutions and not more deadly ideological missteps. The recent mass murder of so many of our young was an unthinkable human tragedy, but the failure of Connecticut to protect its children must not be the basis for preventing me from protecting mine. With all due respect Mr. Mayor, put your personal name on anything you like, but please don’t use your title as though you represent a consensus in Ruidoso without asking us first.

Chuck DuncanRuidoso

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Anti-Corruption Bill introduced for state sessionFrom reports

Nate Gentry (R-Bernalillo - 30), House Republican Whip, pre-filed House Bill 13, an anti-corruption bill that strengthens the laws dealing with public corruption. “Public corruption is not only an abuse of the people’s money and resources but a breach of public trust. It’s time that New Mexico address these issues that have permeated multiple levels and branches of government and tainted the reputation of those who serve in government.” Gentry stated.

Under Gentry’s bill, a convicted public official would receive a life-time ban on lobbying and contracting with government. Criminally, an official could

spend up to an extra year in prison. Ad-ditionally, government entities would be required to conspicuously post all con-victions under this section of the criminal code. Similar legislation sponsored by Gentry passed the House of Represen-tatives unanimously in 2011 and with broad bi-partisan support in 2012.

Though time expired before the bill passed last year, Gentry hopes the bill’s urgency will be recognized by all parties especially after the myriad of corrup-tion oriented headlines over the past year. “We need to take steps to restore New Mexican’s faith in their lawmak-ers,” Gentry said, “and this bill is a good start.”


U.S. Fire AdministrationDecorating homes and businesses is a

long-standing tradition around the holiday season. Unfortunately, these same decora-tions may increase your chances of fi re. Based on data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), an estimated 240 home fi res involving Christmas trees and another 150 home fi res involving holiday lights and other decorative lighting occur each year. Together, these fi res result in 21 deaths and $25.2 million in direct property damage.

Following a few simple fi re safety tips can keep electric lights, candles, and the ever popular Christmas tree from creat-ing a tragedy. Learn how to prevent a fi re and what to do in case a fi re starts in your home. Make sure all exits are accessible and not blocked by decorations or trees. Help ensure that you have a fi re safe holi-day season.CHRISTMAS TREES

What’s a traditional Christmas morning scene without a beautifully decorated tree? If your household includes a natural tree in its festivities, take to heart the sales person’s sug-gestion – “Keep the tree watered.”

Christmas trees account for hundreds of fi res annually. Typically, shorts in electrical lights or open fl ames from candles, lighters or matches start tree fi res. Well-watered trees are not a problem, a dry and neglected tree can be.

Caring for your treeDo not place your tree close to a heat

source, including a fi replace or heat vent. The heat will dry out the tree, causing it to be more easily ignited by heat, fl ame or sparks. Be care-ful not to drop or fl ick cigarette ashes near a tree. Do not put your live tree up too early or leave it up for longer than two weeks. Keep the tree stand fi lled with water at all times.

Disposing of your treeNever put tree branches

or needles in a fi replace or wood-burning stove. When the tree becomes dry, discard it promptly. The best way to dispose of your tree is by taking it to a recycling center or having it hauled away by a community pick-up service.

HOLIDAY LIGHTSMaintain your holiday lights

Inspect holiday lights each year for frayed wires, bare spots, gaps in the insulation, bro-ken or cracked sockets, and excessive kinking or wear before putting them up. Use only light-ing listed by an approved testing laboratory.

Do not overload electrical outletsDo not link more than three light strands,

unless the directions indicate it is safe. Connect strings of lights to an extension cord before plugging the cord into the outlet. Make sure to periodically check the wires – they should not be warm to the touch.

Do not leave holiday lights on unat-tended!

HOLIDAY DECORATIONSUse only nonfl ammable decorations

All decorations should be nonfl ammable or fl ame-retardant and placed away from heat vents. If you are using a metallic or artifi cial tree, make sure it is fl ame retardant.

Don’t block exitsEnsure that trees and other holiday

decorations do not block an exit way. In the event of a fi re, time is of the essence. A blocked entry/exit way puts you and your family at risk.

Never put wrapping paper in the fi replaceWrapping paper in the fi replace can result

in a very large fi re, throwing off dangerous sparks and embers that may result in a chim-ney fi re.

CANDLE CARENever leave a burning candle unattended

Consider using battery-operated fl ameless candles, which can look, smell and feel like real candles.

If you do use lit candlesMake sure candles are

in stable holders and place them where they cannot be easily knocked down. Keep candles at least 12 inches from anything that can burn. Avoid using candles in bed-rooms and sleeping areas.

Never put lit candles on a tree

Do not go near a Christmas tree with an open fl ame – candles, lighters or matches.

Rocky Mountain Mercantile aids Little Bear Fire victims

Courtesy photoSkye Holt with 4 year old son Ramzi receive a present from the Rocky Mountain Mercantile at the old gun shop in Capi-tan. “We wanted to do a little something for those families who lost every-thing,” stated store man-ager Heather Fulcher. “In addition many of those families are signing up to have Santa personally deliver those gifts from atop of a restored vin-tage fi re truck Christmas Eve in the parking lot at

the Capitan school from 4 to 5 p.m.” Skye Holt said, “What your shop is doing for the community and the children is great. We all need cheer and uplifting after such tragedy as the Little Bear Fire. This is supposed to be a great time year for children and families; however, for some is wont be due to the fi re. So what you are doing is great, bringing out what the season is truly all about... giving.”

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State tourism ad campaign generates positive ROIStudy reveals effective-ness of ‘New Mexico True’ 2012 spring campaign

The New Mexico True campaign, launched by the NM Tourism Department last spring, delivered a 3-to-1 return on invest-ment for taxpayers, which means that for every dollar spent on media, $3 came back to the New Mexico tax base. The recent study was conducted by Longwoods International, a research fi rm specializing in measuring the ef-fectiveness of tourism advertising campaigns.

“The results of this research demonstrate that our new campaign has been effective in motivating people to visit our state,” said Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson. “Our investment is paying off – every visit results in jobs, tax revenue and a stronger economy

for New Mexico.”The $1.2 million New Mexico True

campaign produced: • 264,000 additional trips• For every dollar spent on advertising the

New Mexico True campaign, visitors spent $30 in New Mexico

• Generated $35.1 million in incremental visitor spending

• Visitor spending produced $3.6 million in state and local taxes, giving taxpayers $3 for each dollar that was invested in the campaign.

The fi ndings from this study help sup-port the department’s request of an additional $2.5 million to be used specifi cally for ad-vertising to further build on this momentum.

The survey measured the impact of print, television, digital and outdoor advertis-ing in the West Texas, Colorado Springs, and Tucson markets.

“I’m proud that we are able to show all that New Mexico has to offer to an even greater number of visitors and tourists,” said Governor Martinez. “The tourism industry is part of the backbone of New Mexico’s

economy. When it thrives, our state thrives. Our efforts to share New Mexico’s treasures with the rest of the country and the world are paying off.”

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Four Seasons Mall gets a facelift

The Four Seasons Mall, poised as an ideal, multi-tenant dining and shopping experi-ence located at the corner of Eagle Drive and Sudderth in Midtown, was beginning to show signs of its age until the owners gave the mall a top-to-bottom facelift, just in time for the holidays.

Merchants’ spirits were lifted as crews fi nished the trim work on the project just as last weekend’s winter storm blew into town. The Four Seasons Mall is 100 percent occupied and professionally managed by the commercial division of BuyRuidoso.com. The Four Seasons Mall is anchored by the legendary Hall of Flame Burgers and Ice Cream Emporium. The mall offers a complete indoor shopping experience for locals and tourists featuring Beads to Beauty, Wild West Photos, High Score Gaming, Time Out Video Arcade, Tanks and Tu-Tu’s and Best of the West Ted-dy Bears upstairs. Shoppers shouldn’t miss downstairs at the Four Seasons Mall featur-ing a delightful new art gallery and lounge, Better Home and Health, Farrahs Photography and longtime mainstay; The Train Store and More.

The business owners are prepared for the holiday sea-son and encourage locals and tourists to take a stroll through the mall as there is a little bit of something for everyone, in-cluding fun, family entertain-ment. The Four Seasons Mall also has free parking. The mall hours through the holiday season are 9 a.m until 8 p.m. – later if it’s busy.

Santa visits the NestTwas a week before ChristmasAnd all thru the NestThe children were excitedAwaiting a special guest.

The fi re truck arrivedLights and sirens galoreWhen out stepped SantaWith shiny gifts and more.

One by one, each whispered into Santa’s

earTheir biggest wish for Christ-

masAnd prayers for the new year.

Santa’s hugs and warm wishesWill forever be rememberedBy those at the NestThose memories that will

always be treasured.

Santa’s work was completeOnce the last package was

openedSo he hugged one and allWho were encouraged and

hopeful.

As Andy Williams croons each holiday season, “it is the most wonderful time of the year.” Ask the children who are living at the Nest Domes-tic Violence Shelter, and they

would enthusiastically agree, especially after getting a very special visit from Old St. Nick this week.

Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) operates the 28-bed shelter in Ruidoso Downs. HEAL staff and board of directors celebrated this week with their annual HEAL Family Christmas Party that began with a potluck for all residents and their children and everyone associated with the Nest and Sweet Charity. The spouses of staff and board members also attended, fi lling the shelter to the brim with laughter and hugs.

After dinner, one can only imagine the absolute delight of the children when they heard the barreling fi re engine roar-ing down Highway 70 towards the shelter, lights a blazing and sirens screaming to announce the arrival of a very special guest. Ruidoso Downs Fire & Police Departments proudly escorted none other than Mr. Santa Claus from the North Pole, all the way to the Nest.

Excitement fi lled the air as Santa stepped down from the fi re truck with a large bag of beautifully-wrapped Christmas gifts for each of the residents.

Santa’s schedule is quite busy this time of year so he called one of his favorite, local stand-in’s to help him bring joy to the Nest. A special thank you to Dan Francis for showing up in the bright red suit for the second year in a row. He made several people exceptionally happy. His love and support are appreciated.

From each of us at the Nest, we wish you all a very blessed Christmas.

Business spotlightAs Christmas approaches

at the Nest and the shelter remains near capacity, HEAL would like to highlight a very special business in town that recently “saved the Santa day.” When Dan and Maria Elena Stagner of Stagner Landscap-ing and Penny Gardner heard advocates at the shelter were concerned about having suffi -cient gifts for the many clients in shelter, they raced to fi ll in the gaps. Their generosity is deeply appreciated with the enormity of impact their gifts will bring to the women and children who will wake Christ-mas morning at the domestic violence shelter.

“Remember, there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”

— Scott Adams.

NAR’s REALTORRelief Foundation grant

The Ruidoso Lincoln County Association of REAL-TORS should be very proud of the assistance they were able to give the families of the Little Bear Fire.

The Ruidoso/Lincoln County Association of REALTORS was able to help 17 families of the Little Bear Fire with the funds received from the grant from NAR plus

the distribution of an additional $2,000 which was raised from the iPad raffl e.

Dr. Miller wrote the grant for the association re-questing the funds from NAR.

A thanks to the committee mem-bers of the RL-CAR Little Bear Fire Committee for their time and hard work reviewing the applications for assistance.

Members of the Little Bear Fire Committee are: James Pax-ton, Chair, Susan Frederickson, Bill Hirschfeld, RB Holmes, and Dr. James Miller.

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Courtesy photoPictured is the HEAL family consisting of staff and board members: Front row, Selena Chino, Jessica Francis Martinez, Coleen Widell, Mir-iam Moreno, Josie Powell. Back row, Terry Thompson, Mona Earnest, Britta Magnusson, Danny Sisson, Santa Dan Francis, Selena Crow, Mark Chino, Corina Montoya and Carrie Calkins. Not appearing in the picture are board members Julie Gilliland and Corinne Prudencio and staff members Susanne Francis, Maurice Gudgel, Nancy LaPointe, Suzi Owensby, Wellen Chambers, Dora Coff er, Michael Hoppal and Dan Sloane, who was the offi cial picture-taker for the evening’s festivities.


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Mentors help small-business owners develop leadership skillsBy Paul ChomanRegional manager, WESST Enterprise Center in Farmington

Deciding what direction to take a busi-ness is isolating for the owner of a small business – especially a sole proprietor. Relatives and friends can offer advice and opinions, but they often lack the expertise to provide the informed, objective counsel the entrepreneur needs.

That’s when a mentor is handy. A men-tor is both coach and sage – someone who’s versed in the challenges of running a com-pany and ready to share knowledge with others who need help with business strate-gies, resources and goals. The best mentors empathize with the people they’re helping and aim to empower them to anticipate and overcome obstacles.

The junior partner in this arrangement isn’t a passive disciple, and the mentor’s word isn’t gospel. But it’s the mentee’s responsibility to make the fi rst move, direct the relationship and stay fully engaged in his professional development.

Identify scope and need: Some entrepre-

neurs need specifi c input for a limited time – maybe a discreet review of a business plan before it’s taken to investors. Some want a long-term relationship with an industry insider who can guide them through high-tech product development. Women and minorities might want an ad-visor familiar with the race and gender barriers they encounter in the business world. No matter what the case, a business owner who knows what she wants from a mentor is more likely to fi nd it.

Compatibility matters: Before begin-ning the search, the aspiring mentee should honestly evaluate his personal management style and openness to direction and construc-tive feedback. Without a willingness to trust the perspective of another person – some-times a complete stranger – the entrepreneur might be unwilling to take risks based on the mentor’s advice. After considering his own personality, the mentee can identify the qualities that matter most in a mentor.

Look around: The entre-preneur can search many places for a mentor. WESST – a New Mexico-based nonprofi t small-business development and train-ing network – is a great place to start, as WESST provides staff members to work face-to-face with clients. Industry and trade groups are also good places to meet people who might be will-ing to be mentors, and online communities link business people with experts all over the world.

Ground rules: The business owner should spend whatever time it takes to fi nd the person who most matches her needs in terms of expertise, availability and personal chemistry. Both parties then should formal-ize the bond by discussing and agreeing on expectations, goals and boundaries. Mentor and mentee should decide how often to meet and under what circumstances the mentee can ask for help between meetings.

Mentoring in practice: If the relation-ship evolves into a fruitful one, the business

owner should become increasingly confi dent about his developing skill and knowledge set and empowered by tangible growth in his leadership abilities. When the relation-ship reaches a natural end – when goals are met or in sight – both parties should discuss whether to make a clean break or maintain an informal collaboration.

WESST provides training, loans and support services to New Mexico small busi-nesses from six statewide nonprofi t offi ces. To learn more, visit wesst.org.

Finance New Mexico is a public service initia-tive to assist individuals and businesses with obtaining skills and funding resources for their business or idea. To learn more, go to www.FinanceNewMexico.org.

Paul Choman

Credit cards – the holiday hangover By Richard Aguilar, the Credit Wright

January will bring the beginning of a brand new year. We have the memories of 2012 giving way to the hopes for 2013.

It will be cold and windy in early Janu-ary when the fi rst credit card bills begin to arrive. Some folks will put those bills away till that dreaded time designated to sit down and pay the bills. Some will want to see the damage right away. How can that warm feel-ing of gift giving lead to the cold shock that your credit card balance(s) are that much higher? Well at least I have my old friend the minimum payment option!

It is the holidays, charge! Here is a technique for those value

minded consumers tempted to use credit versus cash.

Tell yourself that you are going to pay 12 percent to 24 percent MORE for that gift using credit. People wait in line, in the cold, to save 33 percent on a ‘must have’ gift. People charge the purchase and pay much more interest than they saved on the dis-counted price. Generally speaking, any shop-ping discounts are wasted when credit cards

are used especially if paying the ‘minimum payment.’ For a value minded thought, just add a 15 percent increase to the cost of the item. It makes me think twice.

Whoops?Credit card company problems tend to

get bigger and more costly the longer they are ignored. Slow payers not only get late fees, but interest rates increase. If a late payment has been made, study the credit statement or any correspondence from the credit card company. Consumers should look for a penalty or rate increase disclosure on the statement; take the time to call the credit card company. Ask them why it happened and how to get the penalties reversed. Re-gardless of why the payment showed up late, you will pay the increase so do everything possible to get them to reverse the fees or rate increase. If you (usually) pay as agreed use that as your best defense – “How can you punish me for one little mistake – I’ve always paid on time.” This argument does have power so they should be understanding and reverse the increases. However, those

who are prone to ‘slow pay’ may not be able to get any leniency. Be prepared to spend some time on this phone call, it will be worth the time to possibly lower fees or return to the lower interest rate.

Worst caseIf they will not work with you to reverse

a major increase in rate, it may be time to fi nd a new, lower interest rate card. If they jack up the interest rate up to the state maxi-mum it would be worth it to get a new card and transfer the balance to the lower rate card. This is only a solution for those who have better than average credit. The best case is to pay off that expensive debt ASAP.

Credit Cards are a necessary evil but should be used sparingly, they can make life that much easier. If people use them unwise-ly they can become the biggest headache of the inevitable holiday hangover.

“May your days be merry and bright and may all your credit be wright.”

Merry Christmas everyone!

Pearce lauds bill for support of NM troops, economy

The House approved the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report. Congressman Steve Pearce supported the legislation, which passed with bipartisan support.

“The NDAA authorizes military fund-ing and missions for the year to come, supporting our soldiers from Holloman to Afghanistan,” said Pearce. “I am proud to support this bill, which provides strong defense for our nation and key investments for New Mexico. The NDAA allows for national security-related space programs that will benefi t New Mexico Tech and White Sands Missile Range, authorizes new construction at both Los Alamos National Labs and Holloman Air Force Base, and increases salaries for our troops. Further, the NDAA rejects the President’s proposal to increase fees for TRICARE,

which means that our veterans will not face new fees for their healthcare in the coming year.

“Additionally, the NDAA includes strong constitutional protections for Ameri-can citizens,” Pearce continued. “Many felt that some of the original language stood on questionable constitutional grounds, so the language passed in today’s bill contains strong protections of Americans’ constitu-tional rights.

This is a testament to the citizens across the country who were concerned enough to get involved and stay involved until the change was made. “With troops still in harm’s way, I consider the passage of this legislation one of the most impor-tant votes of the year. My experience in the Vietnam War reminds me that regardless of the spending problems in Washington; we must do all we can to protect the men and women who bravely protect our nation. I believe this legislation does just that, and I am pleased that it once again passed the House.”

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In Oklahoma during the mid-80s, there lived a very, very young couple with a little 2-year-old boy. (I’m going to change the names for this story, but the tale is true). Not uncommon in that area, Susie married Austin when she was 16, barely old enough to drive, much less become a parent. It was a fa-miliar scene, children dated, became intimate way too early, found a little baby was on the way, and married as the decent answer to solve the “problem.” I have no idea if Susie and Austin were expecting before their mar-riage, because we didn’t know them at that point.

They lived in a little home in an Okla-homa panhandle town, Austin eking out a living to keep food on the table. Susie didn’t hold an outside job, kept their little boy warm and fed, and made a home for her small family.

Dec. 23, Austin was headed out the door to his pickup (everyone in Oklahoma either needs or wants or owns a pickup - mud included) getting ready for another shift at work. He didn’t see their 2-year-old behind his vehicle and felt a thump as he backed out their driveway. Horrifi cally, he realized too late what had happened. Susie and Austin rushed their little boy to the nearby emergency room, where doctors and nurses worked and did their best, to no avail. The little one died of massive crush injuries.

My man fi rst met Austin and Susie in the waiting room after they had been told the news no parent should ever have to hear. They denied, screamed and sobbed.

There are many times we wish for the superhuman ability to turn back the clock, and this one topped the list. It was the smallest casket I’ve ever seen.

After the shock settled in, Austin told my man he really wanted it to snow on Christmas, as a gift to everyone in town. His driveway was a constant reminder to Austin and Susie of the terror which occurred the day before. Snow wasn’t predicted, just

wind which was our constant companion in OK. The wind only stops twice a year in the panhandle, and that’s for the fi ve minutes it takes to change direction.

Christmas morning, our town awak-ened to a pristine layer of white snow. Aus-tin and Susie’s driveway was covered with a two inch layer of eraser, and Austin stood in his front yard, grateful for the small gift.

Their boy’s funeral was Dec. 26. Their families said goodbye to the little one, promising to meet him eventually on the other side. I played for the service, relieved that I play by ear. I would not have been able to read any music from the piano rack.

Austin and Susie understand a bit of what others across the continent are expe-riencing this Christmas. I cannot possibly imagine, and many of you can’t either. Peace should be a natural this season of the year, yet for some, it’s an open, oozing wound. Austin and Susie’s story became fresh for me again this year as I listened to the news night after night of a little town in Connecticut.

We need a nation blanketed in snow. Stories abound about a WWI Christmas

Eve truce in 1914. The tale involves Ger-man, English and French soldiers, hunkered down in hand-dug craters and trenches awaiting the next volley of bullet spray. The story continues when one soldier started singing. Music crossed barriers, bunkers and language that night as harmonies rang out from across fi elds and trenches. What was truly one of the most vicious wars of all time was truced, as the story goes, put-ting aside differences for just a moment of peace.

I’m ready for a bit of calm, and bright.

I’m craving peace and good will. I love to hear of cease fi res, truces and reparations. Austin and Susie grew up, had a few more to add to their crop, became involved in the church where their little boy’s fi nal rest journey began. And their lives were forever changed.

O little town of Ruidoso, or wherever you may be, try peace on for a while. May all your Christmases be bright.

Merry Christmas to all my readers. You may reach me at [email protected].

May we please have calm and bright – for a moment?

Sue [email protected]

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New Mexico unemployment drops slightly

New Mexico’s season-ally adjusted unemploy-ment rate was 6.2 percent in November 2012, down from 6.3 percent in October and also down from 7.1 percent a year ago.

The rate of over-the-year job growth, comparing No-vember 2012 with Novem-ber 2011, was negative 0.6 percent, representing a loss of 4,800 jobs. The current round of job loss started in June after 10 months of over-the-year job growth. Seven industries are currently adding employment and six industries are losing jobs.

Large gains continue to be reported by the leisure and hospitality industry, with a gain of 3,000 jobs since this time last year. Job growth in the much larger educational and health services indus-try has decreased in recent months, and the current over-the-year increase was 1,600 jobs. Gains in other indus-tries ranged from 100 to 700 jobs. The professional and business services industry re-ported the loss of 3,900 jobs, and the information industry reported a loss of 900 jobs over the year. Government employment registered a net loss of 4,800 jobs since last year, with job losses reported at the state and federal levels. State employment reported 4,300 fewer jobs than last year.

Federal government reported that employment was down 1,200 jobs. Local governments have 700 more jobs than this time last year.

Over-the-year losses in the remaining industries ranged from 300 to 900 jobs.

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Firewise discussion prompts prevention tips By Sue [email protected]

Little Bear Forest Reform Coalition invited the public to sit in on a panel discus-sion in preparation of next year’s fire season. Mary Weaver, chair of the coalition invited several representatives from entities who share interest in fire prevention to participate in last Monday’s panel. Although the audi-ence numbered less than 20, information was shared to inform the public of pre-fire awareness.

Recently in the community discussion has focused on the possibility of utilizing a Single Engine Air Tanker for Lincoln County’s fire season. Cost prohibitive, a single day’s availability for a SEAT nears $2,800. With spring winds and a continuing drought being major contributors, fire season stretches across several months. With those who say a quarter to a half million spent in prevention may save multiplied millions in reparations, others say property owners can contribute greatly to overall fire determent.

“There’s a lot more to SEATs. If we bring in a pilot, mechanics, pay for pi-lot’s mileage from home to base, there’s quite a lot of cost,” said Ty Bryson, BLM speaker who listed $3,000 to $4,000 a day in overhead costs. With a SEAT’s inability to fly with winds more than 30 mph, altitude issues and problems with trying to access hard to reach forest areas, a smaller heli-copter may be in Ruidoso’s best interest, if air support is determined to be retained and utilized.

Lynn Lovelace, Capitan District For-ester agreed that a SEAT may not be the best answer for Lincoln County. “The thinning program, Firewise, and Ready, Set, Go programs; landowners can do these things,” she said to emphasize cost effective mea-sures. “There’s a false sense of security with a SEAT,” said Lovelace who said there are some situations for which a SEAT cannot be put in the air.

Firewise communities nationwide em-ploy techniques to improve property values, reduce loss risk and create defensible space around property. “The more homes within a community that adopt Firewise practices, the greater the impact on reducing the heat and speed of the fire,” says Firewise litera-ture. Ruidoso is an active member of the nationwide Firewise community.

Ready, Set, Go is a program which utilizes property owner instigated fire pre-vention techniques. Forest living requires diligent preparedness for the eventuality of wildfire, according to materials presented at the meeting. Defining defensible space includes creating a sufficient buffer to slow or halt the spread of wildfire to a structure. Maintaining near-home vegetation, remov-ing leaf and needle litter and managing combustible materials in the area are just three of the tips listed.

“The primary concern during the off season should be what they can do on their properties and homes,” said Dan Ware, NM Firewise coordinator with NM State Forest-ry, who offered to speak with neighborhood and civic groups. Panel members agreed education was a significant source of help for communities.

“Dumpster fires are lessening. Why is that? Education of the public, especially dur-ing seasonal events,” said Lovelace to prove the point.

Still, financial issues were near the top of the list. “We need billions of dollars just in this state to solve the problems we have,” said Brent Racher, PhD and president of NM Forest Industries Association. “We’re trying to change policies without taxpayer assistance,” he said. Racher adds there isn’t enough forest waste to make it profitable and so they are also looking into ways to utilize sawmills, shaving mills and wood pellets.

Racher continued by presenting pro-posed legislative changes, including de-veloping partnerships to utilize hazardous forest fuels and finding thermal (biomass) projects eligible for renewable energy cer-tificates.

“Our forest management is a societal problem. We’ll never have enough money to solve the problems and we never will,” said Racher who listed his email address as a resource for further information: [email protected].

Legislative concerns will be drafted before the end of the year, according to Racher. They will work with utilities, and electric co-ops, and find bipartisan represen-tation. “Phil Griego (D) will introduce the legislation and we’re hoping Zach Cook (R) will join for bipartisan approach,” he said.

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Dec. 17Boys basketballCapitan 69, Gateway Christian 22Girls basketballCapitan 51, Gateway Christian 37

Dec. 18Boys basketballHondo 63, NMMI 60Girls basketballHondo 63, NMMI 40

Dec. 20Boys basketball

White MountainHoliday tournament

at MescaleroCapitan 55, Immanuel Christian JV 24Hondo 71, Alamogordo freshmen 28Mescalero 46, Carrizozo 34Girls basketball

White MountainHoliday tournament

at MescaleroCloudcroft 46, Carrizozo 44Hondo 51, Alamogordo freshmen 11Immanuel Christian 66, Capitan 43Zuni 79, Mescalero 74 (OT)

Dec. 21Boys basketballArtesia 64, Ruidoso 45Girls basketballChaparral 52, Ruidoso 51

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Goddard Holiday Tournamentat Roswell

Ruidoso varsity vs. Gadsden, 3 p.m.Ruidoso junior varsity vs. Roswell junior varsity, 7 p.m.

Dec. 27Girls basketballRuidoso varsity and junior varsity in Goddard Holiday Tournament at Ro-swell, TBA

Dec. 28Girls basketballRuidoso varsity and junior varsity in Goddard Holiday Tournament at Ro-swell, TBAWrestlingRuidoso in Colt Duals at Silver City

Dec. 27WrestlingRuidoso in Colt Duals at Silver City

Jan. 4Boys basketballRuidoso at West Las Vegas, 3 p.m.Fort Sumner at Hondo, 7 p.m.Mescalero at Dora, 7 p.m.Girls basketballRuidoso at Robertson, 3 p.m.Fort Sumner at Hondo, 5:30 p.m.Mescalero at Dora, 5:30 p.m.

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This Hondo freshman is a shooting fi end, raining three-pointers in game after game. He and teammate James Chavez poured in four treys each – of 12 total for the Eagles – in their 71-28 win over the Alamogordo freshmen at the Mescalero tournament.

SPECIAL DEADLINESIn order to give our employees time off for the holidays, deadlines this week are

early, meaning some games played over the weekend don’t appear in this issue. To fi nd out how your favorite teams did in the Mescalero Tournament on Friday and Saturday, or to fi nd how the Ruidoso boys did at Artesia on Friday, visit www.ru-idosofreepress.com or use these QR codes to get the latest results.Mescalero tournament Ruidoso boys at Artesia

By Todd FuquaSports [email protected]

MESCALERO – There were blowouts and close shaves in the fi rst round of this year’s White Mountain Holiday Tournament Dec. 20, with a pair of local girls’ teams learn-ing the value of playing hard to the very end.

The Carrizozo girls opened the day with a 46-44 loss to Cloudcroft – the second time they’d lost to Cloudcroft this year, while the Mescalero Lady Chiefs saw a ten-point lead evaporate in the fi nal minute of regulation, and Zuni made them pay with a 79-74 over-time win.

“That’s basketball, and when you relax, bad things happen,” said Lady Chief coach Nate Raynor. “Even when we had that lead, we told them not to take it for granted.”

In other scores Thursday, Hondo’s boys and girls teams easily handled the Alamogor-do freshman squads – 71-28 for the boys and 52-11 for the girls – while the Capitan Lady Tigers dropped a 66-53 decision to El Paso Immanuel Christian. The Capitan boys cruised past the Immanuel Christian junior varsity 55-24.

The evening ended with a wild-and-wooly boys game between Carrizozo and tournament host Mescalero, a game which saw the Chiefs almost fl y completely off the rails before reel-

ing in a 46-34 victory.“I made sure I had a good rota-

tion going in and out of the game,” said Mescalero coach Mike Torres. “They’re still picking up the system.”

The Chiefs never trailed in the game, but Carrizozo made it fairly close midway through the second

quarter when the Grizzlies scored on a pair of Zachary Zamora free throws to make it 17-11.

Carrizozo wouldn’t get much closer than that, as the Chiefs spread the scoring around and were led by Dillon Perico’s 11 points in the victory. Grizzly Nick Chavez equaled Perico’s output of 11 to lead his team.

The Mescalero girls game stunned the hometown crowd, as the Lady Chiefs had a 10-point lead with 1:16 left in the fourth quar-ter, only to see Zuni get steals and turnovers and turn them into quick points at the other end. By the time the buzzer had sounded, the Lady Thunderbirds had scored 10 points in one minute to force the game into overtime.

Zuni then pulled away with more steals and layups – including three in a row by Alissa Paquin – to seal the victory.Paquin had 32 points to lead all scorers in the game, while Ardis Holder had 21 points for the Lady Chiefs before fouling out.

Thrills and chills at Mescalero tourney

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressMescalero guard Heather Enjady, left, tries to drive to the basket against Zuni center Darian Johnson, Dec. 20, during the fi rst round of the White Mountain Hol-iday Tournament at Mescalero. see tourNeY pg. B4


There are a number of factors that con-tributed to the Ruidoso Lady Warriors’ 52-51 loss to Chaparral on Friday.

Take your pick: The Lady Warriors’ poor start, their inability to handle passes or make shots when they were open, their inability to shoot the free throws.

The reasons added up, and it was the Lady Lobos that came out on top thanks to a pair of free throws by Alejandro Nieto with nine seconds left.

Ruidoso (3-4) got the ball down court and called a time out with four seconds left, but Chaparral center Alexandra Munoz stole the ball on the inbounds and held onto the ball as the buzzer sounded.

To say the Lady Warriors started poorly in this game is an understatement. They spotted Chaparral (7-2) to a 20-5 lead after the fi rst quarter, mainly because they didn’t expect a good game from the 4A school.

“We didn’t come out ready to play ball to-night,” said Ruidoso coach Dean Hood. “My girls told me at halftime that they weren’t ex-pecting Chaparral to be as good as they were.”

Ruidoso began a steady comeback in the second quarter, but a great deal of that had to do with the Lady Lobos’ sudden inability to score. They also threw the ball away an awful lot, committing 18 turnovers in the game.

By halftime, the Lady Warriors had chipped away at the lead and trailed by nine points, and were able to tie it with 46 seconds left in the third quarter on a free throw by Chloe Whipple at 33-all.

Actually, if Ruidoso had been able to make more of its free throws, this could have been a nine-point victory for the Lady War-riors. They were 8-for-18 at the line, while

Chaparral was 17-for-26.“We had three girls in practice shooting

free throws this week that made 12 straight shots,” Hood said. “And yet tonight, two of those girls missed a dozen. I wish I had an answer for that.”

The number of Lady Lobo free throws also illustrates how many more times Ru-idoso was whistled for fouls, including one on Lyndsey Saenz which sent her to the bench with fi ve fouls and sent Nieto to the line for her game-deciding shots.

Before that happened, the Lady Warriors

had actually been able to build a fi ve-point lead with three minutes left thanks to a three-pointer by Saenz – who led the team with 15 points – and a jump shot by TyLynn Smith.

But it was a slim lead Ru-idoso couldn’t maintain.

“I thought they did really well coming back in the game, they were patient,” Hood said. “Then they had a fi ve-point lead, and then we tried to go too fast when it was time to just take care of the ball.”

Madigan Gonzales compli-mented Saenz with 14 points, as did Darian Magooshboy with 12.

Melissa Amaya was the game’s leading scorer, putting in 27 points for Chaparral.

The Lady Warriors’ next test is at the Goddard Holiday Tournament in Roswell, with a fi rst-round draw against 5A school Gadsden.

The tournament also features 4A powers like Grants and Roswell, as well as a re-

surgent Goddard team that has already handed Ruidoso a big loss earlier in the year. Also in the fi eld is District 4-3A rival Portales, the only other 3A school at this year’s tourna-ment.

“We’re missing two of our players be-cause they will be with their families for the holidays,” Hood said. “That’s the way this works out this year, so the tournament didn’t come at a good time, and the Gadsden game will be a tough one. But I’ll be happy if I can come back 2-1 from this tournament.”

Ruidoso girls come up just short

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressRuidoso guard Daisy Cuevas, with ball, shoots over the hands of Chaparral’s Alexandra Munoz during Friday’s game at Ruidoso High School.

B2 Ruidoso Free Press December 24, 2012

The LOBO reportLobos remain undefeated, sweep NMSUBy Richard StevensSenior Writer/GoLobos.com

It wasn’t exactly a fi rst-round knockout. And it’s fair to say that both the New Mexico Lobos and their hero of the night, Kendall Williams, had to come off the canvas in order to card the 68-63 decision over New Mexico State.

Williams actually was the fi rst to hit the canvas/fl oor Wednesday night in the Aggie’s Pan American Center. He rolled his right ankle at the 18:54 mark, grabbed it in obvious pain, and stayed down several minutes before hobbling to the UNM bench.

“I think it really scared him,” said Lobo Coach Steve Alford.

It also didn’t look like Williams would return. He did - in a big way, fueling an 11-0 run with nine points to pull the Lobos out of a 25-14 hole.

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Ruidoso

Gadsden

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Portales

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ConsolationChampionship

3rd place

5 p.m. Thursday

3 p.m. Thursday

1 p.m. Thursday

7 p.m. Thursday

9 a.m. Friday 1 p.m. Friday

11 a.m. Friday 3 p.m. Friday

3 p.m. Saturday11 a.m. Saturday

9 a.m. Saturday 1 p.m. Saturday

Championship

Goddard Holiday Classicat Roswell, Dec. 26-28

RHS and GHS will play at 1 and 3 p.m., win or lose


CAPITAN – The frustration was evi-dent on the Gateway Christian bench even before coach Mickey Reeves was written up for a technical midway through the third quarter in the Dec. 17 game.

By that point, the Warriors trailed 50-15 and were being pum-meled – literally – out on the court.

“I just want the game to be as fair as possible, and they (the offi cials) will miss things or see things I don’t,” Reeves said. “But I want to protect my kids, too. When they’re getting knocked over, that’s when I’m going to get up and say something.”

Whether Reeves’ technical changed things is up for debate. Gate-way’s Tucker Bruns was called for an intentional foul midway through the fourth quarter, and before he could take his two free throws, Capitan’s Ruben Mendoza said something that got him a technical.

All this eventually led to a 69-22 thrashing by the Tigers.

Capitan (3-2) has placed a lot of faith in center Jake Lamay, who fi n-ished with 20 points – just two less than the entire Warrior team. But before he started taking over inside, the Tigers used a press to keep the ball from even getting past half court.

Capitan coach Ben Sanchez said the decision to press was academic – he knew he would need this strategy down the road, and Monday’s game seemed as good a time to practice it as any.

“We’re just trying to get that press down for future teams, we fi gured this would be a good game to try it out,” Sanchez said. “We played really good, and keeping Jake in the post down low worked out fi ne. We executed every-thing we wanted.”

“We broke the press OK, but we threw the ball away way too much and didn’t make the shots when we got them,” Reeves said. “The ball control was a huge difference. We’d have had a hard time as it was beating them with their big man inside.”

The strategy worked well, as Capi-tan had a 19-2 lead with 2:12 left in the

fi rst quarter and never looked back. The Tigers had 10 steals and Padilla fi nished with 14 points – mostly on fast break layups after those steals.

The Warriors (3-5) were paced by Andrew Meeks and Chris Bonham, who had only six points each.


CAPITAN – It might have taken the Capitan girls a bit to get going against former district opponent Gateway Christian Dec. 17. But once they did, boy did they go on a roll.

Capitan went on a 10-0 run in the second quarter to streak ahead of the Lady Warriors and secured their fi rst win of the season, 51-38.

The Lady Tigers (1-4) were able to get the victory thanks to a press and sticky fi ngers on defense. Capitan stole the ball 11 times – four times each by Kymbra Espinosa and Teyna Mon-toya – and all those steals led to a lot of points at the other end.

Espinosa took the great-est advantage, putting in 18 points to lead her team. Montoya added 10 points.

As great a night as Es-pinosa had, she still wasn’t the game’s highest scorer. That honor went to Gate-way guard Charlee Long-mire, who had 22 points and seven rebounds in the losing effort.

It wasn’t necessarily a bad effort on the part of the Lady Warriors (0-8), it was just a case of Gateway’s youth and inexperience be-ing too much of a factor.

“I thought we could match up with them better,” said Gateway coach Holly Tipton. “We were at fi rst, and if our shots fell, then that’s going to happen.”

One thing that would have made a difference in this game was foul shoot-ing. The Lady Tigers were whistled for 28 infractions,

and two – Jayda Silva and Torri Trapp – fouled out.

All those fouls meant the Lady Warriors were going to the line a lot, but they shot just 50 percent from the line. The missed 17 free throws would have given Gateway a three-point victory had they been made.

“That 50 percent from the free throw line is actu-ally an improvement,” Tip-ton said. “I taught some of

these girls to shoot a month ago. This will take some time to improve.”

With both teams deal-ing with inexperience, Monday’s competition was a chance for each squad to assess their progress in learning the game and each other.

“We’re young and still getting the team together,” Espinosa said. “I think we’re going to peak at the right time.”

Capitan manhandles Gateway Christian

Tigers 69, Warriors 22Gateway Christian (3-5)Scooby Taylor 0 0-0 0, Andrew Meeks 2 1-2 6, Abel Gaytan 0 0-0 0, Scotty Christiansen 0 0-0 0, Caleb Raney 0 0-0 0, Anthony San-chez 0 1-2 1, Timmy Schultz 0 0-0 0, Tucker Bruns 1 0-0 2, Cort Marley 1 0-0 2, Chris Bonham 3 0-0 6, Johnny Worrall 2 1-2 5. Totals 8 3-6 22.Capitan (3-2)Cory Everett 3 0-0 7, Tory Padilla 5 3-7 14, Ruben Mendoza 0 1-2 1, Jacob Griego 3 0-0 5, Thomas Fields 0 0-0 0, Kaleb Cleck-ler 4 1-2 9, Bobby Hughes 0 0-0 0, Tracker Bowen 3 0-0 7, Wyatt Berryhill 3 0-1 6, Dreamer Whipple 0 0-0 0, Jake Lamay 10 0-0 20. Totals 31 5-12 69.Gateway 4 9 8 1 – 22Capitan 23 13 23 10 – 69Three-point goals – GC 1 (Meeks), Cap 3 (Everett, Padilla, Bowen). Fouled out – None. Rebounds – GC 20 (Meeks 3), Cap 42 (Bowen 8). Steals – GC 7 (Worrall 4), Cap 10 (Mendoza, Griego 3). Blocks – GC 1 (Worrall), Cap 5 (Lamay 3). Technical Fouls – GC (Coach Mickey Reeves, Bruns), Cap (Mendoza). Total fouls – GC 12, Cap 11. Turnovers – GC 15, Cap 6.

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressCapitan forward Kaleb Cleckler goes up with a jump shot during his team’s win over Gateway Christian, Dec. 17, at Capitan.

Capitan girls get fi rst win of year

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressCapitan forward Bryanna Parker, right, dribbles the ball against the defense of Gateway Christian’s Char-lee Longmire, Dec. 17, at Capitan.

December 24, 2012 Ruidoso Free Press B3


HONDO – After a disappointing fi nish at last week’s Lake Arthur tournament, the Hondo Lady Eagles were hoping to redeem themselves with a good showing against New Mexico Military Institute on Dec. 18.

Mission accom-plished.

The Lady Eagles out-scored NMMI 21-6 in the fi rst quarter and cruised to a 63-40 victory.

“Our goal was to come out early, play hard and let the chips fall where they may,” said Hondo coach Brad Holland. “They did that, good things happened and we look like a much better ball team when we do that.”

As for NMMI, their girls were looking forward to the Christmas break, in which everyone gets to go home for four weeks. That made for a distracted squad.

“We just were not fo-cused at all,” said NMMI coach Maria Olesinski. “They just were getting out of the way on de-fense and were ready to go home. There were too many turnovers and too many bad passes.”

The distractions were evident early on, as the Lady Eagles (3-2) used their press almost to per-fection and held NMMI (4-4) to just six points in

the fi rst quarter and 15 points in the fi rst half.

Hondo, meanwhile, scored with ease. Lauren Gomez, Shania Gutierrez and Valeria Lerma com-bined for 26 of the Lady Eagles’ 39 points in the fi rst half, and coach Brad Holland was able to pull his starters from the fl oor by the end of the third quarter.

Lerma and Selena

Chavez had 11 points each to lead their team, while Gutierrez and Mon-tana Prudenco had 10 points each in a balanced attack.

NMMI was able to pick things up in the sec-ond half, keeping the Lady Eagles from extending the lead any further as Bianca Walker scored 16 of her game high 27 points in the fi nal two quarters.


HONDO – Hondo boys coach Brad Holland knew this would be a diffi cult game.

New Mexico Military Institute came into Tuesday’s contest with three losses, but two of them could just as eas-ily been wins if certain shots had fallen.

Chalk another close loss onto the Colts’ record. NMMI made a run near the end, but poor defensive judgment eventually spelled doom in a 63-60 decision.

NMMI (6-4) scored the fi rst points of the game on free throws by Jerrel Kaba, but then Hondo’s speed took over with a 9-0 run.

As in past games, the Eagles (5-0) used not only their speed, but also their outside shooting to earn the victory, raining in nine 3-pointers in the contest

Adrian Vazquez put in a quartet of those 3-pointers and led Hondo with 18 points.

Hondo maintained control until the fourth quarter, when things started to go awry.

Actually, things started to go south a little bit before the fourth quarter, when Kaba blocked a shot by Reberto Nores near the top of the key, grabbed the ball and raced to the other end for a thunderous dunk with seven seconds left in the third.

After that, the Eagles started throwing the ball away and making poor decisions offen-sively.

“We got a little careless with the basket-ball and let them have a run there,” Holland said. “NMMI is a good enough basketball team that they’ll make you pay for it.”

The Colts went from 10-down after Kaba’s dunk to a four-point lead with 3:55 left in the game following a pair of jump shots by Angel Reyes.

But then it was NMMI’s turn to start falling apart. Kaba fouled out on a play which put Billy Candelaria at the line, and his free throws tied the game at 58-all with 2:32 left.

NMMI later retook the lead on a putback by Blake Allen, but couldn’t control the clock and force the Eagles to foul.

“They didn’t realize that we had a three-point lead, and we took a shot from the corner, just forcing it,” said NMMI coach Pilar Carrasco. “Then we had four straight posses-sions in which we dribble it off our foot or get trapped instead of running our spread game where we could run some clock off.”

Hondo eventually tied it on a layup by Candelaria with 1:47 left, then got the lead for good on Vazquez’s fi nal three-pointer of the night.

From then, the Eagles were content to spread the fl oor and kill time, forcing NMMI –which had only fi ve fouls in the half at that point – to foul to stop the clock.

The Colts fi nally put Vazquez at the line for a 1-and-1 with three seconds left, and it looked like the strategy worked when he missed the front end.

But Nores grabbed the rebound and put up a shot. It wasn’t true, but by then the clock had run out, and the offi cials apparently never heard coach Carrasco screaming for a time out.

“I was trying to get the time out, but they just didn’t hear me,” Carrasco said. “But a lot of things would have had to go right for us to put that game into overtime.”

Vazquez was one of three Eagles in double fi gures, as Candelaria put in 15 points and Jordan Brady added 13.

Reyes was the game’s leading scorer with 19 points for NMMI, followed by Allen with 14 points, Kaba with 12 and Richard Trujillo with 11 points.

Eagles stay unbeaten vs. NMMI

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressHondo’s Andrew Padilla, left, passes the ball off in front of NMMI defender Richard Trujillo, Dec. 18, at Hondo.

Hondo girls hitting their stride

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressHondo’s Montana Prudencio (12) and Selena Chavez both go for a rebound during the Lady Eagles’ win over New Mexico Military Institute at Hondo on Dec. 18.

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Tuesday Seniors team standings, week 15 of 32Name Won LostJust Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36½ 23½Smokey Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 25Spud & the Tater Tots . . . . . . . . . 35 25Ageless Wonders . . . . . . . . . . . . 33½ 26½The Who? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 29Last week’s high scoresHandicap series – Just Us 2,525, Spud & the Tater Tots 2,472, The Who? 2,304Handicap game – Ageless Wonders 903, Smokey Bear 825Men’s handicap series – Tom Douglas 722, Larry Caywood 634, Spud Mitchum 621Men’s handicap game – Hubert Lee 248, Tom Bivens 236, Richard Gipson 220Women’s handicap series – Sandi Meek 681, Linda Clements 660, Ursula Eckersley 616Women’s handicap game – Linda Mitchum 243, Rose Bivens 231, Myrna Douglas 218

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Tuesday Mixed team standings, week 15 of 16Name Won LostHomies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6Rhino Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 12No Pin Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 14Living On a Spare. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 16Ebowla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 17Ruidoso Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 19The Outlaws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 21Energy 2 Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 23Last week’s high scoresScratch series – Ruidoso Bowl 1,998, Rhino Rose 1,828Scratch game – Homies 722, The Outlaws 556Handicap series – No Pin Zone 2,550, Living On A Spare 2,401Handicap game – Ebowla 867, Energy 2 SpareMen’s scratch series – Mike Kim 616, Tom Doug-las 584, Tom Rheingans 469Men’s scratch game – Max Cimarron 234, Ronnie Wright 205, Etienne Turner 171Men’s handicap series – Curtis Williamson 703, Jimmy Mauritsen 702, Alan Kirgen 634Men’s handicap game – Joe Terrell 256, Rocky Solis 244, T.J. Sanders 222Women’s scratch series – Pam Gernard 468, Sher-rie 392, Gracie Rheingans 307Women’s scratch game – Millie Cimarron 186, Diane Killingsworth 135, Mary Gillett 115Women’s handicap series – Patty Kim 640, Ginger Williamson 619, Diana Prouse 608Women’s handicap game – Rachel Weber 235, Sam McAlister 218, Dena Mitchell 212

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Wednesday Mixed team standings, week 15 of 32Name Won LostWestern Auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9Team 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 11Team 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12Ruidoso U-Haul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14½ 13½Team 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 15Living Energies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 16No Doubt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11½ 16½Ruidoso Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 19Last week’s high scoresScratch series – Western Auto 2,319, Living Ener-gies 1,974Scratch game – Ruidoso Bowl 783, Team 7 648Handicap series – Ruidoso U-Haul 2,710, Team 6 2,617Handicap game – Team 8 928, No Doubt 900Men’s scratch series – Weldon Ganaway 714, Jim McGarvey 653, Bob Layher 572Men’s scratch game – Gene Nitz 249, Tom Doug-las 225, Joe Shafer 225Men’s handicap series – Keith Brower 758, Phil Fanning 723, Ken Brower 704Men’s handicap game – Jack Kannady 284, Todd Fuqua 268, A.J. Seidel 237Women’s scratch series – Sandi meek 543, Kathy Kiefer 433, Lucy Servies 417Women’s scratch game – Pam Bernard 222, Linda Sinclair 164, Laura Flynn 137Women’s handicap series – Vivian Mowdy 708, Nancy Seidel 683, Sonia Younis 664Women’s handicap game – Trina Thomas 255, Irene Pawlowski 241, Michelle Lopez 230

–––Thursday Men’s team standings, week 14 of 32Name Won LostGood Ole Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9GSV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12Ruidoso Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 13Western Auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 13Down’s U-Haul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 14Buckner Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 16Insidhers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 16Ruidoso Septic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 19Last week’s high scoresScratch series – Western Auto 2,969, Insidhers 2,640Scratch game – GSV 1,083, Down’s U-Haul 903Handicap series – Ruidoso Bowl 3,477, Buckner Electric 3,315Handicap game – Good Ole Boys 1,217, Ruidoso Septic 1,172Scratch series – Hans Dubay 690, Terry Bernard 68, David Hoff er 652Scratch game – Hubert Lee 254, Billy Randolph 247, Jim McGarvey 233Handicap series – Fred Vega 765, Jimmy Maurit-sen 755, Max Cimmaron 730Handicap game – Ron Wright 283, Nick Hildreth 274, Keith Eickholt 272

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� e Ruidoso Military 365 Commi� eethanks all of our sponsors, participating

businesses and volunteersfor their support throughout 2012

Village of Ruidoso, Presbyterian Lincoln County Medical Center, � e Lodge at Sierra Blanca, First National Bank, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Village Lodge, Condotel Vacation Rentals, Ruidoso Optimist Club, High Country Agency,

Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce, Ruidoso Tourism, WalMart, Barbara Willard, Walton Stations NM, MTD Media, Ruidoso News, KEDU, � e Quarters.

Jerome D. Klein Post 79 American Legion Department of New Mexico, LCPL Steven M. Chavez Post 12071 Veterans of Foreign Wars. PFC Robert G. Montoya Chapter 1062 Vietnam Veterans of America

Winter Park, Ski Apache, Spencer � eater, Fort Stanton State Monument and Garrison, � e Links at Sierra Blanca, Seeping Springs Trout Lake, Flying J Ranch, Ruidoso Downs Racetrack & Billy the Kid Casino, Pine Top Car Club,

Disabled Skiers Program, � e Bike Shop, Ruidoso Athletic Club, � e Hubbard Museum of the American West, and Mountain Annie’s Center for the Arts.

Dreamcatcher Cafe, Village Bu� ery, Tree House Cafe, Caliente Grill, Grace O’Malley’s, Cafe Rio, � e Quarters, Ranchers Grill, Michelena’s, Farley’s, Ca� le Baron, Hall of Flame, Shrimpy’s, � e Dolan House, Cornerstone Bakery Café,

Can’t Stop Smokin’, Alto Café, Schlotsky’s, TCBY, Cinnabon.

Arrowhead Motel & RV Park, Cozy Cabins, Dan Dee Cabins, Fairway Meadows Condos, La Junta Guest Ranch, La Quinta Inn & Suites, Lodge at Sierra Blanca, Motel 6, Quality Inn & Suites, Rainbow Lake Cabin & RV Resort,

Village Lodge, Canyon Cabins, Cozy Bear Cabins, Ruidoso Lodge Cabins, Noisy Water Cabins, Mountain Air Cabins, Hummingbird Cabins, West Wind Lodge & Cabins, Crown Point Condominiums, Best Western Ruidoso & Pine Springs Inn,

Hotel Ruidoso, High Sierra Condominiums, Comfort Inn and � undering Paws Pet Resort.

Mitchell’s Silver, Eastern New Mexico University, � erapeutic Massage & Bodywork, Sanctuary on the River, Red Raccoon, Price Point Creative, and Southwest Art by Victoria Mauldin.

Youth Challenge, Kiwanis Club, Ruidoso High School Student Council, Ruidoso Middle School Student Council, Boy Scout Troop #59 and Alan Eastep.

Military 365 Commi� ee: Ruidoso Mayor Ray Alborn, Ruidoso Village Manager Debi Lee, Lynn Crawford, Clinton Smith, Cee Jay Bowker, Charles Meeks, Nancy Mitchell, Gina Kelley, Cheri Kofakis, Harold Oakes, David Pearce, James Hobbs, Becky Brooks, Deborah

Douds, Julie Gilliland, Debbie Jo Almager, Joe Vargas, Kerry Gladden and Brad Cooper.

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Co-ed volleyballThere is an open gym and mandatory coaches meeting on Jan. 7 or 9 for the upcoming Ruidoso Parks and Recreation co-ed volleyball league.

League games start Jan. 14, and roster forms, rules and waivers can be picked up at the Parks offi ce, 535 Resort Drive, or at the meeting.

A maximum of ten teams will play in the league, with a double elimination tournament at the end. Cost is $250 per team, plus an offi cial’s fee for each match.

All matches will be played at the Boys and Girls Club. Call 257-5030 for more information.

All-State footballLOCALS NAMED TO ALL-STATE FOOTBALL

TEAMSAs named by the New Mexico High School Coaches’ Association

3A FIRST TEAMDefense

Dylan Demerest, Sr., Ruidoso, linebackerMatthew Carr, Jr., Ruidoso, defensive lineman

3A SECOND TEAMOff ense

Kaylen Chavez, Sr., Ruidoso, off ensive linemanParker Johnson, So., Ruidoso, widereceiver

DefenseParker Johnson, So., Ruidoso, secondary

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1A FIRST TEAMOff ense

Jacob Wilcox, Sr., Capitan, running backDefenseDreamer Whipple, Sr., Capitan, defensive end/outside linebackerDillon Trapp, So., Capitan, defensive lineman

1A SECOND TEAMOff ense

Tory Padilla, Sr., Capitan, quarterback/punterThomas Fields, Jr., Capitan, linebackerJacob Wilcox, Sr., Capitan, linebackerTim Dickinson, Sr., Capitan, secondary/kick re-turn

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Off enseDalton Vega, Jr., Carrizozo, off ensive linemanTavi Nash, Sr., Carrizozo, tight end/slot

DefenseTavi Nash, Sr., Carrizozo, secondary

EIGHT-MAN SECOND TEAMOff ense

Nicholas Chavez, Jr., Carrizozo, running backDefense

Dalton Vega, Jr., Carrizozo, defensive lineman–––

SIX-MANOff ense

Lalo Lerma, Hondo, off ensive lineDefense

Lorenzo Holguin, Hondo, defensive lineAndrew Padilla, Hondo, linebacker

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“We had lost a few close ones like that in the past,” said Zuni coach Herrin Othole. “We didn’t get a score to play we needed. It was nice to get the win for a change.”

In the Carrizozo girls game, Victoria Ventura and Shayna Gallacher had 12 points each to lead the Griz-zlies, but they weren’t enough to counter Cloudcroft center Stacie O’Connor’s 21-points.

Ventura had one last shot with time running out to tie the game, but the ball went off the rim and the Bears recovered the rebound.

“We had our chances, and I thought we should have blown this team out,” said Carrizozo coach George Vega. “It’s the fundamentals, not rebounding, just touching it, not reading the pass. All those little things added up.”

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressIt’s a scene that well illustrates Mescalero’s game against Carrizozo in the fi rst round of the White Mountain Holiday Tournament at Carrizozo on Dec. 20. Carrizozo players Nick Chavez (5) and Tavi Nash take to the fl oor in a melee while Mescalero’s Jacoby Chavez tries to pass the ball to teammate Ariel Gallerito.

TOURNEY from pg. B1


TUESDAYDECEMBER 25

Live Music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAYDECEMBER 26

Farmer’s Market at SBS Wood Shavings in Glencoe from 9 to 11 a.m.

The Sterilizers perform at Casa Blanca Restaurant on Mechem Drive from 6 to 9 p.m.

Live Music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

THURSDAYDECEMBER 27

Mark Kashmar, country blues, Café Rio, 5:30 - 7:30.

Karaoke with DJ Pete Cree Meadows Lounge, 6 - 11 p.m., every Thursday, evening. All-you-can-eat taco bar from 6 - 9 p.m. Open to the public.

Mark Remington performs at the Swiss Chalet Inn, Mechem Dr., 6 p.m.

Susan Kolb, local favorite, per-forms at Grace O’Malley’s, 7:30 p.m.

Live music at WPS in Midtown Ruidoso from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

FRIDAYDECEMBER 28

Susan Kolb performs at Tina’s Cafe, dinner reservations recom-mended. 257-8930.

Mike Sanjku performs in Wen-dell’s Restaurant at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 5 - 10 p.m.

Doug Fuqua performs in Wen-dell’s Lounge at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 5 to 11 p.m.

Terry Bullard Band performs at Cree Meadows Country Club, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Friday night fi sh fry.


The Eliminators perform at Casa Blanca Restaurant, Mechem Dr., 6 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth in the Boulder Plaza, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Hosted by Tradd Tidwell. 575-257-2273; www.sacredgroundscoffee.net. Free.

Full Moon Gathering & Laby-rinth Walk, High Mesa Healing Center, 133 Mader Lane, Alto, 6 p.m.

575-336-7777, www.highmesaheal-ing.com.

Michael Beyer performs older songs and jazz at Kokopeli Country Club in Alto from 7 to 10 p.m.

Karaoke at The Elks Lodge on Highway 70, next to the Ruidoso Emporium, at 7 p.m.

The Pontiax – Classic rock, Club 49 at Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m.


SATURDAYDECEMBER 29

Steve Waldorf performs at Grace O’Malley’s, 12 - 3 p.m.

Susan Kolb performs at Tina’s Cafe, dinner reservations recom-mended. 257-8930.

Mike Sanjku performs in Wen-dell’s Restaurant at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 5 to 10 p.m.


Free movie, Monty Python’s “Not the Messiah,“ Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. This lavish 2009 live per-

formance at London’s venerable Royal Albert Hall commemorating Python’s 40th anniversary, and fea-turing the not-at-all-shabby BBC Symphony and Chorus, is funny and above all, silly enough to take its rightful place at the Python Round Table. For clear-thinking and pro-gressive-minded adults and other oddballs who think the Brits’ outra-geous sense of humor is “Right On.” 575-257-2273; www.sacredground-scoff ee.net. Free.

The Eliminators perform at Casa Blanca Restaurant and Cantina, Mechem Drive, 7 - 9 p.m.

Michael Beyer performs older songs and jazz at Kokopeli Country Club in Alto from 7 to 10 p.m.



SUNDAYDECEMBER 30



MONDAYDECEMBER 31

New Year’s Eve Ball: “Ballroom With A Twist,” Inn of the Mountain Gods. Daytime show: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Evening show: 8:30 p.m. - mid-night. Both shows will feature Danc-ing with the Stars pros Edyta Sliwin-ska and Alec Mazo, American Idol alums David Hernandez and Gina Glocksen and So You Think You Can Dance alum Randi Lynn Strong. The daytime show will also feature our grand buff et, music, ballroom danc-ing, countdown and champagne

toast. The evening show will also feature grand buff et, music, ball-room dancing, balloon drop, party favors, countdown and midnight champagne toast. Daytime show is $75; evening show is $125.

Cree Meadows New Year’s Eve Party, 301 Country Club Dr., 7 p.m. Come party the night away! Food, party favors, and a champagne toast at midnight. Terry Bullard will be providing the music. Reserva-tions are required: 575-257-9186. $20 singles, $30 couples. Tickets must be purchased in advance and

can be bought at the Business Of-fi ce between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

New Year’s Eve Party, No Scum Allowed Saloon, 7 p.m. - 1 a.m. Mu-sic by The Mixx. No cover. Dinner plates $10. 575-648-5583; www.noscumallowedsaloon.com

Win, Place & Show New Year’s Cel-ebration, 2516 Sudderth Dr., 8 p.m. Dance the night away with Brendan Dawes. Champagne and party favors. No reservations required. 575-257-9982. $20 at the door.

New Year’s Eve at Gracie’s Speakeasy, Grace O’Malley’s Irish Pub, 2331 Sudderth Dr., 8 p.m. Join us for an evening in the Roaring 20s! Flapper and Gangster costumes encouraged. Must be 21 and over. Limited reservations for tables and entry. 575-630-0219. Individual cov-er charge, $30 includes heavy hors d’oeuvres until midnight, cham-pagne toast, party favors, photo op backdrop, entertainment by DJ Pete Davis. Table Reservations: Ta-ble for 4, $150 - Includes all of the above plus 1 bottle of Champagne; Table for 6, $200 - Includes all of the above plus 1 bottle of Champagne; Table for 8, $250 - Includes all of the above plus 2 bottles of Champagne; Table for 12, $300 - Includes all of the above plus 3 bottles of Champagne.

Homegrown Boyz at Billy’s Sports Bar and Grill, 8 p.m. No cover.


Swiss Chalet New Year’s Eve Party, 1451 Mechem, 8:30 p.m. Join us for food and fun with dancing and live music from Mark Reming-ton and Friends. Champagne toast at midnight. 575-336-3333. Tickets are $20.

ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR • 12-25 thru 12-31Things to do every day

Ruidoso Winter Park Tubing Area, a quarter of a mile west of Hwy 48 on lower Ski Run Road in Alto. Open from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. on designated nights. The tubing experience offers twists, turns, bumps, jumps and bobsled curves. Featuring exclusively designed tubes for 3-6 riders and super size tubes for 3-10 riders plus a Kidz Korral for the smaller guests. Full snack bar. 575-336-7079; www.ruidosowinterpark.com. Kids thru 7 years of age $9; juniors 8-17 $17 reg. rates and $20 holiday; adults 18 and up $20 reg. rates and $25 holiday. All tickets good for 3 hours or until end of the day whichever is shorter. Snow clothing available for rent.

Ruidoso River Museum - Open at 101 Mechem Drive. Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thurs. - Mon. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children.

Simulcast Horse Racing at Billy the Kid’s Race Book at Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino. Simulcast races are shown live from across the country and betting windows are open to place your wager. Billy’s Race Book also serves delicious food and has a full bar. If you love horse racing, it is the place to go.

Smokey Bear Park is open in Capitan, located on Hwy 380. Open every day of the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s day. $2 for adults, $1 for children 7-12. Children 6 and under are free. Smokey Bear Historical Park is operated by EMNRD-Forestry Division.

Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, just east of the racetrack. The �irst New Mexico museum to be granted “af�iliate” status with the Smithsonian Institu-tion. Open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission $6 for adults with discounts available for seniors, military and youth. Visit www.hubbardmuseum.org or call 575-378-4142.

Annual Fall American Photography Competition & Exhibition, Hubbard Museum, 26301 Hwy 70, Ruidoso Downs, runs through March 17, 2013. The Hubbard Museum of the American West and the Photographic Society of Lincoln County are proud to present the 21st Annual Fall American Photography Com-petition and Exhibition. The Hubbard Museum will be closed Christmas Day. 575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum.org.

“A Land So Strange” exhibit, Hubbard Museum, 26301 Hwy 70, Ruidoso Downs, runs

through Feb. 8, 2013. An educational journey of nearly 400 years of New Mexico history. Hundreds of artifacts and images from the 16th to the 20th century tell the story of the Native Americans, the Spanish, and the Euro-Americans who created the New Mexico we experience today. Visit www.hubbardmuseum.org. Free with admission to the museum.

Pillow’s Funtrackers - Open weekends and most holidays throughout the year. 101 Carrizo Canyon Road just off Sudderth. Three go-kart tracks, miniature golf, arcade, Mountain Maze, and seasonal attractions such as Bumper Boats, Panning for Gemstones, Rock Climbing Wall, Extreme Air and Kiddie Bounce House.

Blue Lotus Healing Arts Yoga Center – Fun that’s good for you and the family. Daily mind-body activities ranging from meditation and relaxation classes to athletic, energiz-ing classes and Hot Yoga are scheduled throughout the day. Classes are available from beginner to advanced. 2810 Sudderth Suite 207, above Schlotzsky’s. Drop-in or purchase a package of classes with tuition ranging from $13 per class for drop-in to $108 for 20 classes in one month. For more information, go to www.ruidosodayspa.com or call 575-202-8010 or 802-3013.

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Education

Nob Hill Buzzy Bees, December 2012

Courtesy photoBack row, from left to right, Levi Price, Ashlynn Friberg, Sophia Rodriguez, Nicholas Ogden, Issac Kern, Roxy Frey, Brandon Crabtree. Middle row, from left to right, Meleah Montoya, Toby Smith, Elizabeth Velazquez, Daniel Brooks, Esha Bhakta, Destiney Urban. Front row (seated), Faithlynn Armendarez, Justin Mendez and Luke Ordorica.

Extended learning communities: Making connectionsREC IX is proud to support connec-

tions between our member districts to enable educators to collaborate and increase effec-tiveness. Last year, we began a pilot project focusing on extended learning communities.

Kayce Patterson (then a fi rst-grade teacher in Carrizozo) and Kimberlee Smith (fi rst-grade teacher in Corona) began using distance learning technologies to co-plan and co-teach. The extended learning setting cre-ated a professional network between highly effective teachers and supported them to con-tinue to build their own professional knowl-edge and capacity. The extended learning communities also created opportunities for students from small, rural areas to share their

learning and experiences with each other. We know that highly effective teachers

and highly effective learners are the result of proactive, focused and innovative learning environment. Distance learning is fi nding a way to connect those powerful educators so that all students benefi t and learn.

This year, REC IX has increased profes-sional networking through distance learning technologies to include extended learning/teaching teams in Hondo, Carrizozo, Corona, Capitan and Cloudcroft. Teachers from these sites have participated in intensive training in the use of the distance learning tools and are now collaborating together to support instruction and professional learning between

teachers and for students. Kudos to Capitan teachers (Mary Shanks, Ginger Weems, Betsy Peralta, Susan Owenings), Hondo teachers (Michelle Thurston, Angie Romero), Corona teachers (Kimberlee Smith, Julie Johnson, Debbie Reuss, Roxanne Erramouspe), Cloud-croft teachers, (Nancy Newlin, Kim Byers, Kathy Miller) and Carrizozo teachers (Dena O’Dell, Gina Vanlandingham) for their partici-pation in the extended learning communities.

Special thanks to Gary Cozzens for coor-dinating these extended learning communities and for the support of our technology staff (Bryan Dooley, April Stir-man, Travis Sobeck, Michael Diaz, Robert Miller) and our

instructional support staff (Kayce Patterson, Jana Shafer) for making these important con-nections happen. Another example of champi-ons creating successes. For more information about distance learning contact, Gary Coz-zens ([email protected]).

Mission: Region IX Education Coopera-tive is an educational service agency that is committed to supporting students to be successful individuals in the real world. REC IX accomplishes its mission by: engaging and supporting families/caregivers. For highlights and upcoming events, go to www.rec9nm.org.

Blue Ribbon Committee outlines 2013 objectivesRMSD

On Feb. 5, 2013, a regular school district election will be held to elect two persons to the Board of Education and to ask voters to renew the Public Schools Capital Improve-ments Act levy, commonly called the “two-mill levy,” for six more years.

At this election two candidates will be elected to the Board of Education. The two persons will be elected to represent single-member Districts 4 and 5 where each posi-tion is for a four-year term commencing March 1, 2013. The Public School Capital Improvements Act Levy Renewal The two-mill levy is designed to fi ll the educational funding gap between the operational fund that is used for textbooks, sala-ries and utilities and bond proceeds that are used for major construction and renovation projects. Unlike bond money, the proceeds from the two mill levy may be used for building maintenance. In the past, the District has used two-mill funds for many purposes, including safety and security upgrades, student computers and technology, classroom furniture and equipment, playground equipment, activity vehicles, build-ing maintenance and roof repairs.

Will continuation of the levy affect my taxes?Continuation of the levy will increase tax rates very

slightly. The adjustment will be 4 cents per $1,000 of Net Taxable Value or NTV. Re-approval of the levy will automat-ically adjust the tax rate back to $2 per $1,000 of NTV from the present tax rate of $1.96. (The tax rate was lowered over time because of a statutory process called “yield control.”) In

order to make this information more meaningful, examples of the effect on tax bills for selected property values are shown below. Full value of house Net taxable value (NTV) Annual tax effect $105,000 $35,000 $1.40 $120,000 $40,000 $1.60 $150,000 $50,000 $2.00 $180,000 $60,000 $2.40 $210,000 $70,000 $2.80

In order to determine the tax effect for your house, please check your latest notice of valuation or tax bill for the Net Taxable Value of your dwelling.

The Blue Ribbon Committee is a group of community members who support the schools and are willing to assist in updating the Facility Master Plan, and promoting and passing bond and two-mill levy elections. On the Feb. 5, 2013 ballot, along with the school board elections, the District will present for approval the renewal of the two-mill levy. These funds are essential to the school district and are used for increasing school safety and security, student computers and technology upgrades, classroom and school furnishings, vehicles, main-tenance and repairs. I have attached a copy of the brochure prepared by Casey Financial which gives more details.

The fi rst meeting of the Blue Ribbon Committee will be on, Jan. 7, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room at Central Offi ce, 200 Horton Circle, Ruidoso. At that meeting, the committee will organize and plan a public relations cam-paign to distribute information about the election and how the funds will be used.

Up to 30 high school juniors to be selected to Rosemont Leadership Institute’s inaugural class

The Rosemont Leadership Institute (RLI), in collabora-tion with the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University, is looking for high school juniors who are interested in preparing for future leadership roles.

Successful candidates will be awarded a $25,000 scholar-ship to attend either University of New Mexico or New Mexico State University. The scholarship will be paid over a four-year period contingent on meeting annual program commitments and maintaining enrollment at one of the two state universities.

The application deadline to be a member of the inaugu-ral Rosemont Leadership Institute class is Fri., Jan. 11, 2013. The application and more information about the program can be found at RosemontLeadership.org.

The Rosemont Leadership Institute has several objectives: providing students with the essential tools associated with effective leadership, improving high school graduation rates, facilitating college enroll-ment, enhancing the college experience, and incentivizing students to work and build businesses in New Mexico.

“Rosemont Leadership In-stitute was created to provide high school student leaders from across New Mexico with the fi nancial resources, global awareness, leadership train-ing and professional networks required to succeed in a com-petitive and knowledge-based economy,” said Daniel Burrell, CEO of Rosemont Realty and founder of RLI. “Our goal is to create New Mexico’s future leaders today.”

Once selected as a Rose-mont Leadership Institute Scholar, mandatory participa-tion in the several RLI activi-ties is required to qualify for the $25,000 scholarship: • Rosemont Leadership

Institute Academy: At-tend two, free, one-week summer leadership ses-sions – at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces in the summer of 2013 and at the Univer-sity of New Mexico in Albuquerque in the sum-mer of 2014.

• Rosemont Leadership Institute Challenges: Complete monthly aca-demic challenges during their senior year of high school to further develop leadership skills through research and practical

application.• Ongoing Mentoring: Meet with a university professors,

who will provide mentoring beyond academics.Additionally, while attending college, RLI Scholars will

be required to belong to a college campus student organiza-tion, shadow a leader and mentor high school students who are following them into the program to create a full-circle Rosemont Leadership Institute family.

RLI Scholars must have a 2.5 high school GPA or higher and maintain a 3.0 college GPA. The curriculum for the pro-gram was developed by the Center for Creative Leadership in conjunction with UNM, NMSU and Rosemont Realty. A joint committee with representatives from NMSU, UNM and Rosemont Realty will choose RLI Scholars.

The 2012 Rosemont Leadership Institute Scholars will be announced in March 2013.


Worship Services

ANGLICANMescalero Family Wor ship Center , Gary Dorsey, Pastor; 464-4741 ASSEMBLY OF GODCarrizozo Community Church (AlG) , Barbara Bradley, Pastor. Corner of C Ave. & Thir teenthOne ChurchPastor Todd Carter. 139 El Paso Road, Ruidoso. 257-2324. wwwonechurchnm.comBAPTIST Canaan Trail BaptistRoland Burnett, Pastor; Located just past milepost 14 on Hwy. 48, between Angus & Capitan. 336-1979First Baptist Church - Carrizozo; 314 Tenth Ave., Carrizozo. 648-2968; Hayden Smith, PastorFirst Baptist Church - Ruidoso; 270 Country Club Drive, Ruidoso,NM 88345. 257-2081; Dr. Allen Stoddard, PastorFirst Baptist Church - Ruidoso Downs, 361 E. Hwy 70, 378-4611, Randy Widener, PastorFirst Baptist Church - TinnieBill Jones, PastorMescalero Baptist Mission1016 Old Road Box 9, Mescalero, NM 88340, 973-0560, Pastor Zach MalottMountain Baptist ChurchIndependent-Fundamental KJV. 145 E. Grandview Capitan. 937-4019 Ruidoso Baptist ChurchWayne Joyce, Pastor; 126 Church Drive, Palmer Gateway. 378-4174Trinity Southern Baptist Church(south on Highway 48) 700 Mt. Capitan Rd. 354 -2044. Mel Gnatkowski, Pastor 808-0607 BAHA’I FAITH Baha’i Faith257-8857 or 258-5595 BUDDHIST Buddhism of the Lotus SutraGeorge Brown; 257-1569 CATHOLIC Saint Eleanor Catholic Church120 Junction Road, Ruidoso, 257- 2330. Reverend AI GalvanSaint Theresa Catholic Church

Corona. Sunday Mass: 6 p.m. Saint Joseph’s Apache MissionMescalero. Father Paul Botenhagen, OFMOur Lady of GuadalupeBent. Father Larry GosselinSacred Heart Catholic Church 299 3rd St, Capitan, 354-9102Santa Rita Catholic Church 243 Birch, Carrizozo. 648-2853. Father Franklin EichhorstCHRISTIAN First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)Rev. Ryan Arnold; 1211 Hull at Gavilan Canyon Road, 258-4250Carrizo Christian FellowshipLeonard Kanese wah Ill, Pastor. 56 White Mt. Dr., 3 mi. W of Inn of the Mountain Gods Mescalero. 464-4656CHURCH OF CHRISTGateway Church of Christ415 Sudderth, Rui doso, 257-4381. John Duncan, MinisterChurch of Christ - CapitanHighway 48. Joshua Watkins, MinisterCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS Church of Jesus Christ LDSRuidoso Ward, 1091 Mechem Bishop Melvin Jenson, 258-1253Church of Jesus Christ LDSMescalero Branch, Mormon Missionaries 317-2375EPISCOPAL Episcopal Church of the Holy Mount, 121 Mescalero Trail, Ruidoso. Rev. Judith Burgess Rec tor 257-2356. Website: www.eclc.us St. Anne’s Episcopal Chapel in GlencoeEpiscopal Chapel of San Juan in Lincoln St. Matthias Episcopal Chapel Carrizozo, 6th & E StreetEVANGELICAL The Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church1035 Mechem Dr. 802-5242FULL GOSPEL Mission Fountain of Living WaterSan Patricio

Full Gospel Church, Seed of Faith Fellowship, 517 West Smokey Bear Blvd, Capitan. Pastor Beverly Sills, 575 973-3721. 6 p.m. Sundays & Wednesdays, [email protected]’S WITNESSESJehovah’s Witness - RuidosoKingdom Hall 1102 Gavilan Canyon Rd., 336-4147, 257-7714Congregacion Hispana de los Testigos de Je hova1102 Gavilan Canyon Rd., 336-4147, 378-7095LUTHERANShepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 258-4191; 1120 Hull Road. Pastor Thomas Schoech. www.shlcruidoso.org METHODISTCommunity United Methodist ChurchJunc tion Road, behind Wells Fargo Bank. 257-4170Capitan United Methodist

Church Pastor Jean Riley and the congregation of Capitan United Methodist. White Oaks and Third in Capitan. 354-2288Trinity United Methodist Church 1000 D. Ave. 648-2893/648-2846. Car rizozo. Jean Riley, PastorNAZARENE Angus Church of the NazareneAngus, 12 miles north of Ruidoso on Hwy. 48, 336-8032. Rick Hutchison, Pastor QUAKERQuaker Worship GroupUnpro grammed meeting at the Anderson-Freeman Visi tor’s Center in Lincoln. For details, contact Sandra Smith at 653-4951 PENTECOSTALApostolic Pentecostal AssemblyRetired Pastor and author Harry A. PeytonAbundant Life United Pentecostal Church of Ruidoso

613 Sudderth Dr. Unit D. Pastor, Art Dunn, Youth Pastor, Nathaniel Dunn. Free home Bible studiesPRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church101 Sutton Drive (Nob Hill), Ruidoso, 257-2220. Tony Chambless, PastorAncho Community Presbyterian Church; Pastor Terry Aiello, CLPCorona United Presby terian Church, Pastor Terry Aiello, CLPNogal Presbyterian Church Reverend E.W. “Bo” LewisREFORMED CHURCHMescalero ReformedMescalero. Bob Schut, PastorSEVENTH DAY ADVEN TIST Ruidoso Seventh Day Adventist207 Parkway, Agua Fria, Ruidoso Downs, 378-4161. Pastor Andrew Spooner 437-8916; 1st Elder Manuel Maya 937- 4487SPANISH SERVICESIglesia del NazarenoAngus Church, 12 mi north of Ruidoso on Hwy 48. Marcho Sanchez, Pastor. 336-8032UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIPSacramento Mountains Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Call 336-2170 or 257-8912 for locationNON-DENOMINATIONAL American Missionary FellowshipRick Smith, 682-2999. E-mail: RickS@americanmission ary.org Calvary Chapel; 127 Vi sion, next to Cable Co., 257-5915. Pastor John Mar shallCentro Familiar Des tino304 Sudderth Dr., Rui doso, NM 88345, 257-0447. Services are bilin gualChrist Church in the DownsRuidoso Downs, 378-8464. AI and Marty Lane, PastorsChrist Community Fel lowshipCapitan, High way 380 West, 354-2458. Ed Vinson, PastorChurch Out of Church; Meeting at

the Flying J Ranch, 1028 Hwy. 48, Alto. Pastors: Tim & Julie Gilliland. Mailing Address: 1009 Mechem #11 Ruidoso 88345. 258-1388. www.churchoutofchurch.com. Keepin’ it simple ... Keepin’ it real!Cornerstone ChurchCornerstone Square, 613 Sudderth Drive, 257-9265. John & Joy Wyatt, PastorsFoot of the Cross Chris tian Ministries, 2812 Sud derth (Pine Tree Shopping Center) Pastor, Phil Appel. For more info please call 937-8677 or visit our web site at www.thefootofthe cross.org Grace Harvest Church1108 Gavilan Canyon Rd, 336-4213Iglesia Bautista “Vida Eterna”Pastor Rev, Ramon Robledo. 207 East Circle, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346, 361 E. Hwy. 70, 378-8108. Email: [email protected] J Bar J Church; 40 Hwy 70W, 257-6899 Pastor Charles W. Clary. E-mail: [email protected] Miracle Life Ministry CenterRon Rice & Cather ine Callahan, Ministers Available 24 hours for heal ing, prayer. 354-0255; e-mail miraclelife@ruidoso-on line.com Open Circle - High Mesa Healing Center, Sundays, 10-11 a.m. Call 575-336-7777 for informationPacto Viviente, 25974 Highway 70, la iglesia “J Bar J” en la granja roja. Domingos 12:30 p.m., Jueves 7 p.m. 937-6664. Es un lugar de familia, amistades y de crecimiento spiritual.Racetrack Chapel; Horseman’s Entrance, Hwy 70, 378-7264. Chaplain Darrell WinterNON-SECTARIANSpiritual Awareness Study GroupMinister: George N. Brown, PhD. ULC. 257-1569 Men’s Bible Study, Band Of BrothersCall 937-0071 for times and location The 1st Iglesia Apos tollca de la Fe en Cristo JesusLocated at: 613 Sudderth Dr. Suite D, Ruidoso. 937-7957 · 973-5413

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On Christmas Day we celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. Prophesied of old, the Person of the True and Living God, Purposed to be the one who would save those who believe, and the Preparation of mankind for eternal life in the Presence of God, Jesus is the ful� llment of God’s Promises.

Jesus is the Light of the World and in him there is no darkness. Adam Lanza did not have the Light of the World in his heart or he would never have done those horrible killings in Connecticut.

Jesus is the Life of mankind. Without him there is only death, not eternal life. He died on the cross for the sins of mankind. He was raised from the dead to verify the work that he had done on the cross.

Jesus is the Love of God. God loved us, even though we are sinners and due the sentence of death and separation from God for all eternity, and sent His son to be our Savior and Redeemer.

Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of those who repent and call upon him for forgiveness. Christ shed his blood on the cross to cover and wash away our sin. John said of Jesus, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”

Jesus is the Lord of salvation and the manifestation of the Father. He will rule over the creation of his Father and establish holiness and righteousness in the Kingdom of our God.

We celebrate his birth one day out of the year, when we should be celebrating Jesus’ birth, life, death, resurrection and Kingdom work every day of the year. I am glad that we have the Christmas season and all that goes along with it, but it would be much better for us if we carried his Light in our hearts. It would be much better if we let him live his life through us every day. It would be much better if we would let his love cause us to love God, love ourselves and love others.

And we would be so blessed to live under his Lordship and be the people he died to redeem. If we would do that, every day would be Christmas. He would be born in the heart of everyone who believes. We would all have help for today and hope for tomorrow.

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Christmas is sweeter this year:Gilbert Montoya’s miracle By Sue [email protected]

Gilbert Montoya is a Capitan native. For as long as he’s been alive he’s loved Lincoln County. Mon-toya’s fondest early memories are when he stayed with his grandpa, Tordoteo for a few years. “Peter Hand (artist) drew my grandfather,” says Montoya proudly and displays the signed art in his home. His grandpa was a shepherd and Montoya would tend sheep alongside. As he grew older, grandpa’s sight deterio-rated until blindness took over. “Round that stray for me,” his grandpa would say, and Montoya would fi nd wandering sheep to bring back to the fold.

Being a boy in a family of eight sisters and one brother delivered a wealth of life lessons to Montoya, but he remembers grandpa Tordoteo’s place and the time spent with him as precious. “I wanted to help grandpa when he was blind, and thought I should tie a rope from the ranch house to the outhouse so he could fi nd his way,” recalls Montoya. His grandpa passed away when Montoya was a small boy in second grade.

His current home is in a little valley he loves just south of town. “When I was run-ning cross-country in high school this was just a little trail,” he says of the street he and wife Pat call home. “I used to say, ‘one day I’ll own land here’ while I ran and here we are.” Married in 1971, they were high school sweethearts.

He says he was in very good health those days, and never missed a day of work. He worked in the building industry and contracting took up much of his early adult years. “My favorite part was add-ing the fi nishing touches,” and said he was frequently the last man out. He and Pat also built a family of four daughters. He kept his grandpa’s words in mind, “Along the way, it’s not about making money, it’s about

making friends,” and used that principle as he developed into a dad and from a worker to a foreman.

In the mid ‘90’s his reputation grew and customers counted on him for hard work and dependability. Eventually earning his contractor’s license, Montoya developed a great working relationship with those he employed. Montoya says he had accepted Christ in 1975 but was “being a bit worldly and making stupid choices,” he says and through several circumstances during his contacting days, changed course.

Eventually he grew tired of the grind of managing crews and making sure every site ran smoothly. His desire to work in Correc-tions led him to become more physically fi t and returned to running, to the point that he was told he was already at graduation level of fi tness when he joined the acad-emy. He became vice-president of his class and found himself working at Camp Sierra Blanca when it was a detention center. His corrections career was short lived and of-fi cer Montoya changed course again by be-coming employed at Alto Lakes golf course.

The biggest change arrived March 17, 2010. “It was that day I was given a death sentence,” says Montoya. After dealing with a persistent cough for quite some time his local doctor diagnosed pneumonia and gave him a prescription of antibiotics. Two unsuccessful rounds later, other doctors pre-scribed several diagnostic tools to determine the problem. A CAT scan, PET scan and an MRI determined Montoya had lung cancer.

see MoNtoYA, pg. B8

Open Circle, which meets each Sunday morning at 10 a.m. at High Mesa Healing Center focuses on personal spiritual growth. The purpose is to assist in healing and deepening mental and spiritual attitudes and sharing the under-standing and joy that are a natural result of awareness. What is discovered can be applied in one’s personal life, relation-ships with family and friends and life in general.

Open Circle is not about learning how to “control” or change outer events or people, rather, it is about changing

one’s perception which leads to a deep-ening in spiritual growth and conscious-ness. Open Circle embraces a belief in a “loving Source” called by many different names depending on one’s belief.

There are two Open Circle facilita-tors. One was founder of the El Paso/Juarez Attitudinal Healing Center and has served the psycho-spiritual com-munity for over 30 years. The other is an ordained minister, counselor and world religions teacher, having served for more than 45 years in the fi eld. Both have lead Open Circle groups internationally.

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Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressGilbert Montoya is proud of his grandfather who was a model for artist Peter Hand, whose art is shown here. Montoya’s grandfather was a shepherd and his grandson lived with him for several years. Montoya is looking forward to spend-ing time with his grandchildren this holiday season. Left to right, Micah, age 6; Sophia, age 5; Noelle, age 8 and Riley, age 4. Not pictured is baby Laddie.


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“It was as clear as day to see. One lung was white and the other was black. They said it was stage 3, inoperable, non-small cell cancer,” said Montoya. When the diagnosis was being delivered, he told his doctor, “Say no more. Only the Lord knows how much more I have to live.”

Montoya began a blog to chronicle his days and nights. After a few consultations it was determined surgery would give him the best chance of survival, and it was scheduled for April 10, 2010 at Presbyterian in Albuquerque. At one point on his blog, he said, “Onward I will go, forward with purpose.” He listed Psalm 46 from scripture, beginning with, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in times of trouble.” His support team grew and many began to read his entries.

He admits he can’t stand pain. “The thought of some-one cutting into my side and spreading my ribs to remove part of my lung really bothered me,” he said as he described the days just before surgery. During the operation his entire left lung was removed along with lymph nodes. Doctors said they were certain they could not remove all the cancer.

Recovery began. He spent time in the Cardiac Care unit and eventually arrived home for a few weeks before the ordeal of chemotherapy and radiation began. His regimen included seven weeks of both chemo and radiation daily. “There were times I just wanted to call the whole thing off,” Montoya recalls during those dark weeks and felt he just wasn’t up to the challenge of fighting cancer. In his favor doctors said he was strong, young and fit.

Pat and the girls took over the responsibility of updat-ing the blog from time to time during his active recovery period. “A man doesn’t feel like a man when he’s being waited on hand and foot,” he smiled remembering his fam-ily caring for him. Yet he’s quick to say he knows beyond

a doubt that he survived because of his faith in God, family and support system.

“Only those who go through sorrow and suffering and scars understand. I never asked, ‘why me?’ I didn’t care about the why’s but the who’s. I was depending on God who was in control,” said Montoya. He thinks of his sib-lings, wife and daughters and now his crop of grandchildren and says, “I’d much rather deal with cancer than any of my family.” He says many times he fell asleep while holding a book which became meaningful to him during the months of difficulty, Healed of Cancer, by Dodie Olsteen, mother of popular pastor Joel Olsteen.

He was declared cancer free in 2011. He feels he’s con-tinuing to grow stronger and stronger each day as he deals with the loss of a lung and the accompanying life changes he’s made.

“People from California to Florida were praying for me. I knew during my surgery and treatment I needed just a mustard seed of faith. We suffer so we can understand others who suffer. Patient I am not, but I know He will complete the work in me,” says Montoya. For those dealing with cancer he says, “Keep the faith. If you are fighting cancer you’ve got to become a fighter. What kept me going was the say-ing, ‘If you give satan an inch he’ll take a mile.’ I wasn’t about to do that.”

I can plan this Christmas with my grandbabies,” says Montoya. “I’m too young to die. I need to see my babies grow up.”


120 LEGAL NOTICESTWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTCOUNTY OF LINCOLNSTATE OF NEW MEXICO

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFDOUGLAS CLAUDE HAYNES, Deceased

PB 2012-00029Div. III

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of this estate. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within two months after the date of the � rst publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the un-dersigned personal representative at 1221 Mechem, Suite 2, Ruidoso, NM 88345, or � led with the District Court of Lincoln County.

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Capitan SADD students speak up By Olivia Bertrand and Sue Hutchison

During the holiday season, many make deci-sions based on emotional moments which have lasting outcomes. Students at Capi-tan High are aware of the issue and recently discussed problems and solutions.

“Drinking is a way to make problems disappear from life for a short time, and then makes life seem bearable for a while. When you’re in the moment you don’t really think about coping with your problems or who it might hurt in the end,” says Makala Hopkins, 17, Capitan cheerleader who plans on becoming a radiologist after high school. Jarred Ellis’ goal is to become a cardiologist but realizes it’s still an uphill journey. “Most people deal with pain through negative ways because it’s easier than positive ways,” he says.

“Everybody wants to fi nd an escape from their problems. Many people fi nd this escape by being intoxicated. There are mas-sive amounts of people who fall to these means; there are alternatives but people try-ing to cope often don’t look for the alterna-tives. Some people just can’t cope without outside help,” says Walker Bymoen, 16 whose future, he hopes, includes becoming an Army Ranger.

Olivia Bertrand, president of Capitan’s Students Against Destructive Decisions wrote the following to give the community insight to their progress.

“Our Capitan schools have encountered a lot of changes in both negative and positive ways throughout these past years. Students can either join in with the negative ruckus, or stand up and stand out with positive solu-tions. Capitan schools have been undergo-ing a steady change in the past two years. The Capitan High School SADD has been making the process possible. We target three major important problems we face in the schools today: bullying, drugs and alcohol. We reach out to our peers and encourage them to make positive and effective deci-

sions that are benefi cial for them, for the present and future time.

“So far this year, we have had two major presentations addressing drugs (Red Ribbon Week) and bullying. Although these may be small steps, it is a process our schools have never been through from the eyes of fellow peers. Small yet effective. Capitan High School SADD targets the problems and creates helpful and resourceful solutions that are benefi cial and suitable, not only for the school, but for the community. We feel that it is our duty to open the eyes of many and have our peers come to the realization that we can breakthrough our problems together.”

“To take the pain away doesn’t have to be negative. There can be positive ways to deal with your problems,” says Alana Willingham, 16, who uses gymnastics as a positive outlet.

Bertrand concludes. “Stepping out and stepping up is all it takes to be one foot closer in providing help and resources to our peers that need the right direction. Espe-cially in a time like this, kids everywhere in middle and high school are going through a time where all they feel like they must fi t in; not knowing where and who to turn to. SADD creates a great place to go. Establish-ing something like this generates a positive ‘chain reaction;’ which is much needed in the present changing Lincoln County.”

Charles Harlan Reeves

Jacque Renee Leslie

Gregg R. Goldman

ObituariesCharles Harlan Reeves 88, of Rob-

inson, Texas, passed away surrounded by his loving family Monday Dec. 17. Services were Dec. 20 at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, with Bishop Don Connell offi ciating. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery.

Charles was born Nov. 10, 1924 in Haskell, Texas to Robert and Sarah Reeves. He was a graduate of Haskell High School in 1943, and married the love of his life, Marceal Whiteker, on June 4, 1943.

Charles joined Army Air Corp in June of 1943, training pilots during WW II. He graduated from Texas Tech with an agronomy degree, and went to work in Meridian, Texas for the soil conserva-tion service, for 25 years. Charles then moved to Sweetwater, Texas, continuing his work with soil conservation service until his retirement at the age of 55. He then began working for the U.S. Postal Service, delivering mail to the rural areas

in Nolan County. He was a member of the Sweetwater First Baptist Church. He also lived in Ruidoso for a few years.

He was preceded in death by his par-ents; a son Mike Reeves; brothers Cecil Reeves, Bill Reeves, and Truett Reeves.

He is survived by his wife of 69 years Marceal Whiteker Reeves; sister, Mary Emma Schmuckers of El Paso; children Bob Reeves and wife Mary of Grapevine, and Patricia Summers and husband Jim of Hewitt; grandchildren Mark Buckingham of Red Oak, Brad Buckingham of China Spring, John Reeves of McKinney, and Dan Reeves of Bedford; great-grandchil-dren Desiree Buckingham Ramirez, Shaun Buckingham, Brad Allen Buckingham, Caeden Reeves, Landen Reeves, Preston Reeves, Mason Reeves, Ethan Reeves, Melanie and Emma Kirksey; great-great-grandchildren Witten Ramirez; daughter-in-law Mary Ann Reeves.

Online guest book at www.pecan-grovefuneral.com.

Jacque Leslie Renee, 41, passed away Dec. 16. Jacque was born Dec. 18, 1970.

Graveside services will be held Dec. 28 at 11:30 a.m. at the Cedarvale Cem-etery in White Oaks, N.M.

Jacque is the daughter of Jim and

Janet Leslie of York ranch near Pietown, N.M. She is the granddaughter of the late Zane Leslie and Bessie Leslie of Car-rizozo.

She is survived by Jim Jr, Jana Leslie and Joan Steele, her loving brother and sisters.

Gregg R. Goldman, age 45, passed away peacefully on Dec. 4, in Ruidoso from renal cell carcinoma. He is survived by his mother, Karen, daughter Devyn, father Richard (Lynda), sister Danielle, aunt Joan, and brother Lance (Cami) Johnson. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Chet and Leona Badgett.

Gregg, a Sacramento native, was born on Dec. 16, 1966 and lived in Cali-fornia, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico. Gregg was a 1985 graduate of Jesuit High School, attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas and had successful careers in the automotive and gaming

industries. Gregg was an all-around athlete, ani-

mal lover, and music afi cionado. At the time of his death, Gregg enjoyed handi-capping horses. You’ve played your last game here, now it’s time to go play and sing with the angels. Go with God, until we see each other again. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord your soul to keep. All my love, Mother.

Condolences can be sent to P.O. Box 2785, Ruidoso, NM. 88355. The Celebra-tion of Life for Gregg Goldman will be held Jan. 30, 2 - 4 p.m. at the Ruidoso Elks Lodge on Highway 70 West.

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressCapitan’s SADD members: top row (left to right), Rob-bie Richardson, secretary, Cheyenne Dowdell, Wyatt Berryhill, Julia Bertrand. Bottom row, Jewell Allen, vice president and Olivia Bertrand, president.

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