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Last minute budget approval avertsspecial sessionBy Eugene Heathman [email protected]

In the waning days of the 2013 legislative session, Governor Susana Martinez was feeling the heat following her veto of the fi rst ‘Break-ing Bad’ fi lm and television series tax credit bill which essentially breezed its way to her desk with an expected nod for her approval and signature.

Martinez took to the MTD New Mexico in the Morning airwaves Friday to defend her position on the bill along with her frustration at how few bills had reached her desk during the 60-day session riddled with heavy hitting economic proposals, education reform and a staunch defense of second amendment rights of New Mexicans. “I vetoed the Breaking Bad Bill as it was written because in the grand scheme of New Mexico’s economy, it was unfair to uplift a single industry when New Mexico needs to diversify attractions to a variety of industries and provide economic development incentives across the board,” Martinez said.

Faced with less than 24 hours left in the session, Martinez expressed her discontent with legislators not presenting an agreeable balanced

budget for New Mexico by threatening to call a special session should a budget not reach her desk by the dead-line. “New Mexico will have a bal-anced budget and I am hop-ing legislators will put their heads together and bring a budget to my desk or I will call a special session to get the job done,” Martinez said.

Dubbed the “fi x it” legislative session, state lawmakers completed the session by success-fully tackling numerous challenges facing the state, but not without suspense. A compromise tax cut was passed by both chambers with one minute to spare, including restoring the TV show tax credit that was just limited to that industry. The provisions of the TV show tax credit were amended into the corporate tax cut

in the fi nal minutes of the session. The corpo-rate tax rate would be reduced from 7.6 percent to 5.9 percent during a fi ve year phase- in. The tax savings would be more than $8 million for the fi rst year to more than $80 million in tax savings the fi fth year.

Martinez also expressed the importance of education of New Mexico children as a key component to the future economic stability of the state. “Being 49th in the nation doesn’t cut it when it comes to education. Businesses want

By Todd FuquaSports [email protected]

ALBUQUERQUE – A year ago, the Hondo Eagles were star-struck when they walked onto the fl oor of the legendary Pit in Albuquerque for the Class B state cham-pionship.

This season, that wasn’t the case.That was obvious when Hondo earned

a measure of revenge against Wagon Mound, winning the 2013 title 69-34 and securing the school its fi rst-ever state bas-ketball title.

“We really wanted it this year,” said sophomore Roberto Nores. “We were able to crash the boards much better this year and we weren’t nervous.”

“Throughout this whole year, this was the most focused group I’d ever had,” said Hondo coach Brad Holland. “We had a stretch there in the middle where we didn’t play too well, lost three of fi ve.

“I think it was a learning experience for us, and the guys were focused after that to get to this game,” he added. “That was their only goal, and I’m glad they were able to reach it.”

What’s remarkable isn’t just that the

Eagles (24-4) fi nally won a state title, it’s that they did it in such convincing fashion. As the seconds ticked away near the end of the game, the clock wasn’t stopping because Hondo was so far ahead.

It was a marked difference from last year’s game, in which Wagon Mound jumped out ahead early and never let up. This time it was Hondo’s turn.

“They were a lot quicker,” said Wagon Mound coach Bobby Clouthier. “They passed the ball real well, and our defense wasn’t as strong as it usually is. That’s the quickest team we’ve played this year, and they were making us hurry things up on the offense.”

The Eagles scored fi rst on a three-pointer – fi tting, since Hondo was 14-22 from the three-point line on the day – then allowed Wagon Mound a score on a layup by Eric Olguin to make it 3-2.

After that, it was all Hondo. The Eagles went on an 11-0 run – including three straight 3-pointers – to start building a commanding lead

“We were due for one,” Holland said of Hondo’s performance. “It’s been a while since we shot the ball like that. We shot the

Hondo makes history at The Pit

See BUDGET, pg. A3

See EYE IN THE SKY, pg. A3

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressCorona’s Shelly Gensler (11) leads a fast break during Friday’s Class B girls state championship game at The Pit in Albuquerque.

Leading the charge

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March 20Laugh Out LoudComedy ClubProfessional comedians per-form live every Wednesday at Club 49 at Inn of the Moun-tain Gods. 7 p.m. 575-464-7028, www.innofthemoun-taingods.com. Must be over 21. Only $5.

March 23Free movie: ‘When Do We Eat?’It’s the “world’s fastest Pass-over Seder” gone horribly awry. Sacred Grounds Coff ee & Tea House, 2825 Sudderth Dr. , 6:30 p.m. 575-257-2273. Free.

Hub Traylor 4-H and FFA benefi t danceMusic by The Graham Broth-ers plus food and a silent auction to help the youth in learning ranching and farm-ing values. Lincoln County Fairgrounds, Capitan. 8 p.m. 505-264-3218, $5

March 24RHS Benefi t Golf Scramble at the LinksCome play at this Scottish-style golf course in the beauti-ful southern Sacramento Mountains and help raise money for the Ruidoso High School Golf Team. 1 p.m. Shot-gun start. This is the third of six golf scrambles. The Links Golf Course. 1 p.m. 575-257-5815. $35 entry fee.

Upcoming areaEaster eventsMarch 30Easter Egg Hunt at Cedar CreekCedar Creek Camping area, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fire engine rides and Smokey will be there. Sponsored by the Smokey Bear Ranger Station, and Ruidoso Parks and Rec-reation. 575-257-5030.

March 31Resurrection SundayCoyote Howling, 1803 Sud-derth Drive, 3 - 3:35 p.m. East-er Egg Hunt for children ages 12 and under. “Cake Walk” for all ages (Breads, cakes, cook-ies, treats). Gift drawings, face painting, jumping balloon and gift certifi cates. This is a celebration of The Resurrec-tion. Coyote Howling will not be open for purchases. 575-808-8320; www.CoyoteHowl-ingGiftShop.com.

Easter Egg Hunt at Ski Apache1 p.m. Kids enjoy Easter on the mountain. Dozens of eggs are placed around the moun-tain for children to fi nd and feature a Black Diamond, Blue Box or Green Circle, helping guide children of varying ages and skill sets to the appropri-ate area. Call 575-464-3600 for more information.

Eye in the sky for trash trucks raise eyebrowsBy Sue [email protected]

Jim Stoddard, village councilor, says he thinks the village has more important things on which to spend money and be concerned, but Global Positioning Systems (GPS) have been purchased for village solid waste vehicles. In addition to keeping track of their whereabouts, Jeff Kaplan, general services director for the village’s solid waste, says the new units will assess mechanical diffi culties and track vehicle problems.

“Back in January 2012 a committee was (formed) to look into GPS com-panies that were out there,” explained Kaplan, in preface remarks to his fi nd-ings. They found GPS Fleet Solutions, after securing three quotes from separate companies. “They were the only company that offered the ability to have both cellphone com-

munication and satellite communication,” he said. Kaplan further explained that the moun-tainous location of the village made cellphone

communication unreliable, making the satellite component crucial.

“Each unit, we got fi ve, cost us $1,575. A total of $7,875 (one time cost) was expended,” he defi ned, adding the monthly cost of satellite and cellular charge of the fi ve units of $425. Pooled minutes are included when information cannot be received with the cellular component within the fi ve unit system.

The system records number of stops on the routes, driven miles, residential trash bin locations and each time a truck lifts a trash bin. “I can give this (chart) to any driver, and show them the route on how to go about doing it,” said Kaplan while defi ning the benefi ts of the system. He said it will save time by allowing any driver to know routes

without having to train by driving established routes.

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressJeff Kaplan, general services director for the village, presented the benefi ts and features of a new GPS for village vehicles.

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressWearing his medal signifying him as a member of a state championship team, Hondo’s James Chavez celebrates his team’s Class B victory over Wagon Mound at The Pit in Albuquerque on Friday.

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COMMUNITY CALENDARAVSD meetingThe Alpine Village Water and Sanitation District’s monthly meeting is April 1 at 4 p.m. at 114 Alpine Meadows Trail. All resi-dents of the district are welcome to attend, with agendas available 24 hours prior to meeting time.

Free tax preparationVolunteer tax councilors and auxiliary personnel are off ering free tax preparation and e-fi ling to low income individuals and families with no age limitations. Small business owners are also welcomed.Those off ering the help do so under the auspices of the AARP Foundation, in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service. Come to the Ruidoso Senior Cen-ter Thursdays and Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturday’s from 9 a.m. to noon through April 13.

Yoga by donation“Practice often, donate as able” is the motto of the Yoga by Do-nation class series off ered in the heart of Ruidoso. Classes include meditation and moderate hatha-style poses for all levels.Join without pre-registration on Fridays 5:30-6:30 p.m. or Sundays 3-4 p.m. Instead of a fee, simply donate what you are able. Other classes are available on Mondays and Thursdays at 5:30-6:45 p.m. as well as private instruction. Call instructor Marianne Mohr for de-tails at 575-802-3013.

American Legion Post 79 – Je-rome D. Klein Post, meets on the third Saturday of each month at the American Legion building lo-cated at the southeast corner of Spring Road and Highway 70 at 9 a.m. For more information, or to join, call Harold Oakes, Post Com-mander, at 257-4001.

American Legion Post 11 meets the third Saturday of each month at Wells Fargo Bank in Carrizozo at 9 a.m.

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. Alco-holics Anonymous of Carrizozo meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Baptist Church Hall.

Altrusa Club of Ruidoso meets at 5 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at First Christian Church, 1211 Hull Road. If you think an organization like Altrusa may be a good fi t for your volunteer ef-forts, contact membership chair Barbara Dickinson at 336-7822.

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.

The Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 5:15 p.m. at Otero Electric, 507 12th St. in Carrizozo. For more infor-mation, call Fran Altieri at 973-0571.

The Democratic Women of the Sacramento Mountain Area meet the third Saturday of each month at 11:30 a.m. For more informa-tion, visit www.dwsma.org.

The Federated Republican Women of Lincoln County meet the fourth Monday of each month at K-Bob’s at 11:30 a.m. For more information, call 336-8011 or visit www.frw.rplcnm.org

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.

Gamblers Anonymous meets every Thursday at 7:15 p.m. in

the Mescalero Reformed Church, 336 Wardlaw Dr. in Mescalero. For more information, call 575-682-6200.

Inspired Living at Sanctuary on the River – ongoing programs and Live your Passion coaching to enhance your life. Visit www.sanctuaryontheriver.com for a current event schedule, or call 630-1111 for more information.

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

The Lincoln County Garden Club meets on the third Tues-day of each month at the Otero County Electric co-op, on High-way 48 in Alto, at 9:45 a.m. Visi-tors are welcome. The Garden Club’s purpose is to encourage community beautifi cation and conservation, and to educate members in the arts and sciences of horticulture. For more infor-mation, call 973-2890.

The Lincoln County fi bromy-algia and chronic pain support group meets on the fourth Thurs-day of each month from noon-2 p.m. in the parlor at First Baptist Church, 270 Country Club Dr. All are welcome and may bring a brown bag lunch. For informa-tion, contact Mary Barnett at 257-9810.

The Lincoln County Commu-nity Theater meets the fourth Monday of every month at 8:30 a.m. All are welcome to come. Call 808-0051 for the meeting lo-cation, or visit www.lcct-nm.com.

The Lincoln County Regulators, members of the Single Action Shooters Society, hold matches the second Saturday of every month at the Ruidoso Gun Range located on Hale Lake Road. Reg-istration is at 9 a.m., matches

start at 10 a.m. The public is wel-come to participate or watch the action. During the shooting matches, all other shooting is suspended. For more informa-tion, call Avery (AKA Rowdy Lane) at 937-9297.

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.

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 ENMU Community Educa-tion Annex on White Mountain Drive, the middle building of the three Ruidoso elementary school buildings. 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 or 937-0291.

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

Ruidoso Evening Lions Club

meets each Tuesday at 7 p.m. at 106 S. Overlook.

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.

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 di-rections, 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 575-354-0111.

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 Ruidoso and surrounding com-munities who support indepen-dent living by off ering services and activities 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 Chalet, on the fourth Sat-urday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Membership is open to any Lin-coln County resident 49 years or older. For more information, call 258-2120 or visit www.sacmtn-village.org.

Vietnam Veterans of America, Lincoln-Otero Chapter 1062, meets every fourth Wednesday at the American Legion Building, located at the corner of Spring Road and Highway 70 East in Ru-idoso Downs. For more informa-tion, call President Jerry Ligon at 808-1114.

Women Helping Women, a support group for domestic violence victims and survivors, meets Wednesdays from 2-3 p.m. at Sweet Charity, 26156 Highway 70. The group off ers support, resource referral and information about children’s is-sues and problems. There is no cost and bilingual services are available.If you have questions, please call the Nest at 378-6378.

Courtesy photoLynn Budd, left, was named Hubbard Museum of the American West Volunteer Award for 2012-13, and was given the award by Ruidoso Downs Mayor Gary Williams at this year’s volunteer luncheon. Budd, who has been a volunteer at the museum since March of 2010, works mainly in the museum gift shop as a clerk.

Volunteer award

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an educated workforce when they con-sider locating to New Mexico and I will continue fi ghting to improve the education of our children,” Martinez said. Incen-tives for educators who perform at higher standards was not out of the question for Martinez, who stated the results for hard work should with proven results should be rewarded.

The balanced state budget passed by

the Senate is being sent to the governor for her action. Highlights of the budget that will operate state government in fi scal 2014 include: Overall operating budget: $5.9 billion state spending plan; $246 million increase in state spending a 4.4 percent increase from this year’s level. The largest budget item is Public Education K-12: $2.57 billion to Public Education, 4.6 percent increase of $112 million.

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BUDGET from pg. A1

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On Board Diagnostics (OBD) are another benefi t according to Kaplan, who explained OBD could detect malfunctions of the trucks and alert staff prior to a major breakdown. “This system will relay to me any failures that happen with our equip-ment,” he said.

Some of the other features track driver behavior such as speeding and vehicle lo-cation. Some wonder why employees need monitoring. Councilor Denise Dean said she saw the system as a huge benefi t for Kaplan’s department, and asked for more time at a future council meeting to present additional features of the system.

Stoddard asked to confi rm the costs of the units and yearly costs for cell and satel-lite charges. Kaplan recapped, “Five units were $1,575 each for a total of $7,875. We have so far spent on cellular and satel-lite charges $2,550 for six months. We’re anticipating by year’s end another $1,700 on satellite and cellular service.”

“For a village our size I think’s it’s our department’s responsibility to know where their vehicles are. I cannot justify taxpay-er’s money to have that luxury. If we were in Albuquerque or Hoboken maybe so. But this is Ruidoso and I cannot (be convinced) this is a good use of our taxpayer’s mon-ey,” replied Stoddard.

Mayor Ray Alborn asked if the vil-lage was worried about what’s going on with the village’s equipment or where employees are with village vehicles. “If we’re looking at (enhancing) our ability to

observe what’s going on, that’s one thing,” he said.

Dean said she thought there were many benefi ts to the new system but added she’s received comments which concern her. “Employees not being on their jobs and not knowing where they were, we’ve had reports of (employees) out of their terri-tories,” she said, adding there were issues with malfunctioning equipment which the new GPS would assist. “There are a lot of reasons to have these units,” she said and added that accountability for employees’ whereabouts was a benefi t.

“If our employees are not driving where they’re supposed to be, we need to get new employees,” responded Alborn.

Kaplan doesn’t feel the department has a need to monitor their employees, but both Kaplan and his employees see the system positively because of satellite avail-ability and equipment monitoring. Similar systems have been used for decades, he said. Kaplan said an employee came to him asking if they were being monitored. He told the employee he was not monitoring, but was very interested in the maintenance solutions the system offered. To replace a truck would cost more than a quarter of a million, he said. “This system provides me with an opportunity to see how (vehicles) are maintained,” he said.

“I don’t have a need with my employ-ees to sit on them every day. They have a certain route they need to take and a cer-tain schedule we keep,” Kaplan said.

New Mexico Senate confi rmsRetta Ward as Secretary of Health

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Sen-ate voted unanimously to confi rm Retta Ward, MPH, as Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health. “I’m committed to improving the overall health status of New Mexicans. I expect the Department of Health to promote and imbed prevention efforts into all of the work we do, and I expect Department of Health employees to be role models for healthy living,” said Cabinet Secretary Ward. “I am passionate about all levels of prevention, from primary to quater-nary, because the return on investment is high, both in reducing health care costs and improving health outcomes.”

Ward served as the Cabinet Sec-retary of the Aging and Long Term Services Department since February of 2011. Governor Martinez nominated her as Secretary of Health in January. During her time at Aging and Long Term Services Department, Ward implemented a successful employee wellness program and statewide healthy aging initiative called “Know Your Numbers, Change Your Numbers, Change Your Life.”

“While leading the Aging and Long Term Services Department, Secretary

Ward showed a passion and commitment to public health and the well-being of New Mexicans,” said Governor Susana Martinez. “Ward, who grew up in New Mexico, has a deep understanding of the health needs in the state. In her new role at the Department of Health, she will implement initiatives to help make all New Mexicans healthier.”

In addition to her service as Sec-retary of the Aging and Long-Term Services Department, Ward worked as an educator and health professional. She previously managed the Arthritis Program for the Arizona Department of Health Services and worked as a health educator for Albuquerque Public Schools. In addition to her public health background, Ward has experience as a manager with the Hertz Corporation in Albuquerque, Chicago and New York. Ward was the head of Operations Train-ing for Hertz Rent-a-Car, overseeing the corporation’s 14 training centers located throughout the country. Ward earned her undergraduate degree in Health Educa-tion from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Arizona.

Lincoln County to receive $1 million for Little Bear Fire cleanupWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tom Udall an-

nounced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing more than $1 million to reimburse Lincoln County for cleanup costs resulting from fl ooding following the Little Bear Fire in the White Mountain Wilderness Area near Ruidoso. Lincoln County incurred more than $1 million in costs last year remov-ing and hauling debris resulting from post-fi re fl ooding

to improve public safety, restore access to roadways and protect property. “As fi re season approaches again in New Mexico, we are still dealing with the devastation from the Little Bear Fire,” Udall said. “I spent time with the Little Bear incident commander and regional team and was very impressed with their coordination. These federal dollars are going to Lincoln County for the tremendous work the community has done to restore the area.”

In June 2012, the Little

Bear Fire burned almost 45,000 acres, destroyed more than 250 homes and structures, and damaged six local watersheds, becoming one of the most destructive fi res in state history. In July 2012, the communities also experi-enced heavy post-fi re fl ooding as a result of runoff from the fi re burn scar. Udall and retired Sen. Jeff Bingaman sent a letter to President Obama in August 2012 requesting disaster declarations from the federal government to offset the cost to the state and affected communities.

Emergencies, Law Enforcement and the Public at the Flying J Ranch, 1028 State Highway 48 in Alto, March 24 at 2 p.m.Speakers:• Benny House, Otero County Sheriff• Richard Mack, former Sheriff Gra-

ham County, Arizona• Minerva Davalos, retired Lincoln

County Deputy Sheriff• Dr. Ray Seidel, local physician and

ConstitutionalistGuests from Carrizozo and Capitan

Police Departments plan to attend, and responses are pending from invitations to representatives from Ruidoso, Ru-idoso Downs, and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Offi ce.Topics:• Role of Law Enforcement during

normal times• Role of Law Enforcement during

and after emergencies• Bill of Rights issues and redress

• Citizen responsibilities and expecta-tions

Event purpose and format:Local law enforcement works

diligently to serve our communities, but without support from county residents, their numbers are too small to cover ev-erything during emergencies. In light of the stumbles during and after last year’s fi res, this event is intended to establish good community communication and co-ordination with local law enforcement in advance of any future disasters. Speak-ers and guests will address questions and participate in discussions with attendees. The goal of the event is for the public to be empowered with important informa-tion and build cohesive relationships in the community.Additional information:

For additional information and up-dates, visit www.AbleLincoln.net. [email protected], 575-336-2828 or 575-354-1512

Law enforcement topic ofCommunity Networking Event

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PressSteve Duff y, producer of Stronger, the COPE benefi t last Satur-day said he couldn’t be more proud of the per-formers. “I’m absolutely thrilled at this evening’s event,” he said. “Work-ing together with the production crews of the Spencer and Mountain Annie’s, along with all our support team was simply wonderful.” Seen here are Brian Scott, MC and performer, Duff y and Ingrid Fowler, MC and Center Of Protective Environment Lincoln County director.

Ruidoso grows Stronger


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All Capitan citizensOn Tuesday, March 26 at 4 p.m., there

will be a public hearing at Capitan Village Hall to discuss annexation of 400 acres, part of a 1,200 acre parcel, into the village on Capitan’s eastern edge along Highway 380 and next to and behind Grazing Bull Restaurant. Following the hearing will be a special meeting to consider granting Conquest Investments’ request for annexa-tion into the village. Annexation, in this case, will include water being supplied by the Village of Capitan.

More than 7 ½ acres have already been annexed into the village as Capitan Trad-ing Post, where ½ acre lots are to be sold as commercial property. Conquest Invest-ments has the responsibility to provide

the infrastructure: construction of roads, drainage and installation of water lines and sewer pipes. Again, annexation does include the water being supplied by the Village of Capitan.

Let us see and confi rm the quality of the infrastructure on the commercial property fi rst. We must not be in a rush to consider more annexation of an investment company’s land as a residential subdivi-sion using Capitan water without proof of workmanship.

Your attendance at the meeting on the 26th is very important if you wish to make your voice heard whether for or against ad-ditional annexation of another subdivision.

Jean CoultonCapitan

LETTER TO THE EDITOREDITORIAL

Gone in 60 days, the fast and furious legislative session

The much antici-pated 2013 legislative session has come and gone, with much fan-fare, spectacular stunts, brief yet fi ery romance and average substance. Having attended several legislative sessions, the witnessing of opening session pomp and cir-cumstance and the en-tertaining yet unproduc-tive hazing of freshman legislators concluded with the predictable last minute stall and slam of the fi nal trickle of bills to the governor’s desk was less than impressive.

Rather than following sophomoric tradition of paddling plebes doused with shaving cream during, let’s say, hell week at the onset of the session, adult and allegedly professional public servants choose to mock freshman legislators with harsh-toned, ridiculous questioning and forcing them to sing favorite songs. Veteran lawmakers even unanimously voted against bills only to immediately bring bills back for a vote to pass. It is no wonder the governor is frustrated with the mediocre work ethic of lawmakers in the early days, well the waning days, well up to the fi nal minutes of legislation concerning key elements of New Mexico business

during uncertain times before taking their work seriously.

Granted, there are state legislators who are worth their salt, bring reasonable bills and de-bate to each session but then there are those who purposefully manipulate the session until crunch time to stall or bury what could be useful bills in the fi nal days in contempt of fair debate. The volume of proposed

legislation slamming through the hallways of the roundhouse was remi-niscent of spectacular multi-car speed chases and blizzards leaving stranded travelers eager to present their voice, their right to be heard stranded sitting on the fl oors, maxing out their data plans, surviving off roundhouse coffee and vendomatic cafeteria grub.

Newspapers and television news report but it is the constituent’s duty to scrutinize the quality of these sessions following the fast and furious nature of the good, bad and ugly here and gone in 60 days. Those who braved the roundhouse hallways, took days off from work, cared enough to write letters send emails and call not only their own legislators but those in other districts to remind them that they too serve the grand constituency are to be commended. It’s dirty work, commit-tee hearings are long, often postponed, and purposely stalled in order to avoid direct argument from the public who arrive in force. These sessions are the ownership of voting New Mexicans and should be taken quite seriously as one year worth of work must be done in just 60 days. Therefore the expec-tations are high and when just more than 300 of the approximately 1,300 proposed legislative priorities make it to the governor’s desk, one must ask; is there too much frivolous legislation moving through the pipeline or is there too much legislator frivolity early in the session, or both?

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I’m not alone. There are thousands of us who have amassed stories enough to fi ll volumes. If we were to gather together to swap tales, we’d need to reserve the convention center. New Mexico magazine has given the concern an entire page in years gone by and I’m dedicating this edition of my column to the problem. Let me represent all of us who feel the need to voice.

In case you’re in doubt, let me be clear: New Mexico is one of the 50 states in the union. Without us our country would have an unsightly 49, fl ags and stars would need to be recalled, maps need to be redrawn. Yet there are those who insist we don’t exist, or if we do we are either a territory of the United States of America or part of the international scene. With the Real ID Act in limbo, who knows what classifi cation we New Mexicans will have?

My man is a native and as a young’un, spent time in Lincoln County. Reared in Albuquerque and Clovis, his family came to our mountain for vacation or to visit family and has loved this area all his life. My fi rst sight of the Sacramentos was 1979, and I share my man’s opinion. Prior to our marriage more than 30 years ago, when I informed my Californian friends I was marrying, many of them remarked they didn’t know I was fl uent in Spanish, and wondered about passport issues. I tried to explain my man wasn’t of Hispanic ori-gin nor did he speak Spanish, but they still thought I was headed to an international destination.

I had no idea I’d be facing this confu-sion for the rest of my life.

Several years ago as we made plans to move to Lincoln County I wondered if there were commuter fl ights to Sierra Blan-ca airport to relieve travelers of the more than two hours in ground travel required to arrive here when fl ying into Albuquerque or El Paso. I was in the Phoenix airport at the time of my musing and since I had a layover time, thought I’d chat with one of the helpful and educated behind the South-west airline info desk.

“I was wondering, does Southwest have a commuter fl ight from Albuquer-que or El Paso to Sierra Blanca Regional Airport in New Mexico?” I asked. (The fatal mistake was mentioning our state by name.)

The girl behind the desk, supposedly a plethora of useful information, nicely asked to be excused while she phoned someone to seek my answer. Like phone-a-

friend on Millionaire.Her answer: “We don’t

have a fl ight there, but you can check with Aero-Mexi-co. They probably do.”

I had a choice. Should I educate her with maps and a short geography les-son? Should I correct her? Should I ask if she could spell Albuquerque and if she knew which land mass was between Arizona and Texas?

I thanked her, smiled and walked away. It was the high road, I determined and I took it.

We are one of the younger ones, grant-ed but we’re a full-fl edged state, for good-ness’ sake. If you’re one who’s still vague, we’re north of the Mexican and Texas borders, east of Arizona, south of Colorado and west of West Texas. We’re hemmed in by lots of fellow American soil! We have a state-everything, from fl owers to reptiles, songs to aircraft; those who know we’re a state have commemorated us in a wide variety of ways.

Our national government has been playing around with the idea of requiring new forms of offi cial ID recently with the Real ID Act, enacted May 11, 2005. They might not be helping our please-let-us-be-one-of-you issues, and New Mexico is one of more than 25 states who have either passed legislation opposing the Act or which have pending legislation. From our governor’s offi ce this past week I was told the deadline for New Mexicans to obtain and use passports or Real IDs when fl ying has been extended until further notice. Good thing. I never would have made it to California a couple weeks ago if I was required to show my passport. In addition to the horrifi c photo, I didn’t have the thing on me and I’m simply not used to constantly carrying documentation that big. I’m going to need a new wallet if my passport is going to become part of my daily luggage.

The governor’s staff gave me a phone number for the Department of Homeland Security and told me to check with them on the status of Real ID and to fi nd out what defi nition they would give to “further notice.”

I’m awaiting their response.Until further notice, we’re a state, you

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Solar power systems that use photo-voltaic panels present unique hazards in the case of fi re. These systems produce both thermal and electric energy and require new fi refi ghting strategies. ENMU-Ruidoso Community Education is offering a four-hour class in just such strategies on either April 17 or 18 from 8 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. The class is designed for fi rst respond-ers and fi refi ghters. The fee is $1,000. Qualifi ed applicants may be eligible for a fee waiver under a State Energy Sector Partnership Program grant. There are many categories for grant eligibility including veterans, workers in the fi eld who may di-rectly benefi t from this training, those who are unemployed and workers who meet low income requirements. For more information on the class, grant requirements and/or to register, please call ENMU-Ruidoso Com-munity Education at 575 247-3012.

Local doctor receives awardDr. John Anderson was awarded the

“Top Surgeon Award” and recognized as a National Leader in Reconstructive Foot and Ankle surgery at a national surgical conference in North Carolina in January. Dr. Anderson was also Voted New Mexico Podiatrist of the Year and was given an award by the state medical association at the annual surgical meeting Feb. 9.

Anderson, one of the team who will occupy the new facility on Highway 70 and offer orthopedic services to Lincoln County, will work closely with Lincoln County Medical Center. The hospital is in the process of creating operating theaters for

orthopedic procedures such as hip and joint replacements. LCMC says it’s committed to providing residents and guests with pre-mium medical services locally.

Carrizozo Chamber hosts Busi-ness After Hours

Friday, March 22, 5:15 p.m. at Soul of the West. Soul of the West is a boutique offering vintage and handmade boots, designer apparel, ranch décor, antiques and more. Soul of the West is located at 407 Central Avenue in Carrizozo. Owner Gwendolyn Rogers is offering 25 percent

discount on regular priced items that evening. Business After Hours is for the host business to show-case their business. It is also for chamber members to network with other chamber members as well as non-members to learn what being a chamber member offers.

For more information, call 575-648-3243 or the Chamber President, Fran Altieri at 575-973-0571.

Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce golf raffl e

Win two rounds of golf and the use of a cart at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. Proceeds from the raffl e will benefi t the many community projects of the Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce. The estimated value is $200 and expires Sept. 3 (restric-tions of dates do apply). The drawing will be on May 10 at 5:15 p.m. at the Business After Hours event at the Rainbow Inn in Carrizozo (103 Central Avenue). Tickets are $2 each or six for $10. Tickets are available in Carrizozo at the New Beginnings Thrift Store, 1214 E. Avenue and the Carrizo Mountain Hardware Store, 1114 E. Avenue (both shops are located on Highway 54/Central Avenue), or stop by the Carrizozo Visitor’s Center (the caboose). Tickets are available in Capitan at Washington Federal, 100 Smokey Bear Blvd. Mail checks to PO Box 567, Carrizozo, NM 88301.

For more information, go to www.car-rizozochamber.org or contact Anne Exter-kamp at 305-323-0366 or Fran Altieri at 575-973-0571.

Ruidoso Downs Council gets down to businessBy Todd [email protected]

It was a relatively uneventful night for the Ruidoso Downs City Council on Monday, as the governing body needed only 20 minutes to get through the agenda.

The only contentious moments came when councilor Judy Miller and resident Peggy Lujane expressed their dismay at Mayor Gary Williams handling of the discussion before a vote on a controversial humanitarian variance ordi-nance at the last meeting.

“I felt we were deprived of our right to discuss an or-dinance, and I don’t feel it was fair to us to stop discussion

and call for a vote,” Miller said. “That was a confusing ordinance that needed to be discussed.”

“I feel some citizens’ rights were trampled on at the last meeting,” Lujane said. “We voted for you to be honest and open. That one councilor can be silenced and something be voted on concerns me.”

The council voted to approve a resolution which

identifi es the extension of sewer service to the Agua Fria subdivision as a colonias project for curb and gutter work. Cleatus Richards, public works director, stated the applica-tion asks for $100,000 from the New Mexico Department of Finance Authority, with a 20 percent match from the city.

Ten percent is a cash match directly from the city cof-fers, while an additional 10 percent is a loan compliment from DFA, payable after the funds are expended.

The city police department found itself with an extra $13,600 which required a budget adjustment. Police Chief Doug Babcock stated the money was a grant from the Hub-bard Foundation which will be used to purchase radar units for police cruisers to monitor traffi c.

The last bit of business entailed a new agreement be-tween Ruidoso Downs and the engineering fi rm URS Corpo-ration for completion of a Community Development Block Grant project on Nevada and River lanes.

Much of Nevada Lane is already curbed, guttered and paved, but Richards said a new contract was required by DFA. He stated he hopes the project will be completed be-fore the year is out.

By Michelle CaskeyLincoln County Public Information Offi cer

After weeks of dirt work, the site of Lincoln County’s new Physicians Of-fi ce Building is fi lled and leveled and construction has progressed to the slab foundation stage. Dirt work has involved excavation and replacement of clean fi ll which will meet compaction require-ments. This process has put many compa-nies with local ties to work. Excavation and compaction has been completed by Renegade, headquartered in Las Cruces with a busy Ruidoso offi ce.

Clean fi ll dirt was brought in from Bonnell Sand and Gravel in Glencoe with many local haulers doing the driv-ing, among them John Herring, owner of Herring Heavy Hauling and a well known Ruidoso Firefi ghter.

“Every time I check on progress at the Physicians Offi ce Building I recognize familiar faces from our community,” said Nita Taylor, Lincoln County Manager “I’m glad to see that local contractors and suppliers are being put to work on this project.”

The bidding procedure for the POB required that quality and experience stan-dards be met alongside price. When Jaynes Corporation was chosen as the contractor Ted Kostranchuk with architectural fi rm Dekker Perich Sabatini noted “Jaynes turned in the lowest price on this project

but also had the highest marks for proven quality on comparable builds.” Subcontrac-tors were also required to show experience on projects of a similar scope and com-plexity. “Subcontractors had to demon-strate that they had satisfactorily completed work on other medical facilities of more than 25,000 square feet since 2005 before their bid price was considered.” Said Chris Butler with Jaynes Corporation.

Local suppliers of lumber and cement will be kept busy during many phases of construction. Foxworth-Galbraith was the sole provider of timber for the newly com-pleted retaining wall and will be supplying other lumber throughout the building phase. The Ruidoso branch of Cemex will be the primary concrete supplier on the project. Their contribution will ramp up this week as work begins on the slab foundation.

Courtesy photosAbove, Dennis Rich and Robert Page with DT Collins & Associates, a private land surveyor fi rm based in Ruidoso, stake Lincoln County’s Physician’s Offi ce Building property in anticipation of slab foundation. At left, John Herring, Ruidoso fi re-fi ghter and owner of Herring Heavy Hauling, takes a break from hauling fi ll to the POB property.

Local contractors hard at work at Physicians Offi ce Building site

Nurse practitioner joins White Mountain Medical

Lincoln County Medical Center, LCMC, is pleased to announce that Christina Coo-per, CNP, has joined White Mountain Medical. Cooper started on Monday,.

Cooper has worked in healthcare since 2003 in vari-ous settings. She has worked at a nursing home, in cardiac critical care, progressive care, emergency room and outpa-tient surgery units, at hospitals and clinics in Florida, California, Colorado and Mississippi. “We are honored to have Christina join our team of providers,” said Dr. Gary Jackson, LCMC’s Medical Di-rector. “She will give another option for residents seeking access to a primary care provider for their family medical needs.”

Cooper has also worked with pediat-rics, internal medicine, women’s health and obstetrics as well as family practice during her clinical rotations while completing her Family Nurse Practitioner degree. She has worked at White Mountain Medical and Internal Medicine Associates during her clinical rotations from July through Decem-ber 2012. Cooper received her Bachelor of Science nursing degree from St. Petersburg College in Florida and her Masters of Sci-

ence in nursing degree from the University of South Ala-bama in Mobile.

Cooper will be at White Mountain Medical every Monday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“LCMC is looking for-ward to Christina’s compas-sionate approach to primary care for families,” said Jack-son. Jackson said that LCMC is aggressively recruiting

primary and specialty care physicians and providers and the hospital remains commit-ted to the patients, members and communi-ties the hospital serves. Cooper joins her husband Erik who is a Nurse Practitioner in the “Fast Track” at LCMC.

Lincoln County Medical Center is a county-owned facility leased by Presbyterian Health-care Services. This partnership has existed since 1972 and is dedicated to improving the health of individuals, families and communi-ties. Lincoln County Medical Center and Presbyterian Healthcare Services operates a hospital, six clinics and a countywide ambu-lance service. Lincoln County Medical Center employs more than 250 people, including more than 15 providers throughout Lincoln County.

Christina Cooper

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Ruidoso businesses shu� e, shiftand changeBy Eugene Heathman [email protected]

The change of season has brought winds of change to small businesses in Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs as owners jockey for new positions, addresses and names in anticipa-tion of making up for a disaster-ridden summer and moderate winter.

Vacancy rates of many business district property own-ers are decreasing as once-empty storefronts are sporting

fresh makeovers and new tenants as lease rates stabilize and property owners invest in capital improvements to attract new businesses. At the corner of Highway 70 and Mescalero Trail, the former Holiday Inn Express signs have been covered as the owners renamed the hotel the Ruidoso Mountain Inn. The owners attest, “We have changed our name but nothing else, same owners, same great service, and same great facility.”

From its legendary rustic location near All American Park in Ruidoso Downs, Sunset Saddles moved to a new location across from Lincoln County Medical Center next to Mario’s Market at 240 Sudderth Drive. Sunset Saddles not only makes fi ne western saddles and bridles but can build all types of leather crafted goods and perform leather shoe and boot repairs.

Freda Howard McSwane, Attorney moved south from her former location which now houses Coyote Howling at 1803 Sudderth Drive to a larger free standing building located at 1100 Sudderth Drive. Making the bold move to Midtown in or-der to capture attractive lease rates and abundant walk-in tourist traffi c, 2 Scoops Ice Cream and Sandwiches moved from 1218 Mechem Drive to 2306 Sudderth in the LA Nails Plaza.

While the original location for Ruidoso Offi ce Supply is all spiffed up and eager for a new tenant, In-Ka-Hoots has moved their retail operations to the Pine Tree Plaza at 2810-B Sudderth Drive next to Bike Shop Ruidoso. The Pine Tree Plaza is anchored by Schlotzsky’s, Cinnabons and TCBY Yogurt. Also in the Pinetree Plaza, the departure of Two Dame’s Décor provided the opportunity for Illusions, a household furniture, candle, accessory and handcrafted Paul Turner saddles to double their space. Illusions moved just two doors over while the owners of Mountain Delights jumped at the opportunity to move from their former End of the Vine location in the Visions Plaza to complete the tenant base at the now 100 percent occupied Pine Tree Plaza.

Twisted Pines Cigars and Smoking Needs moved from their location in the Brunells building in Midtown to the strip center housing Ski West Sports Company at 2807 Sud-derth Drive, next to the old Wingfi eld house, home of Viva, LLC. Twisted Pines carries a wide selection of fi ne imported cigars, gifts and accessories; including tobacco and medical program needs such as papers, wraps, glass pipes and acrylic smoking accessories. Next door to Twisted Pines at 2809 Sudderth is a new store called Hard Candy. This unique retail addition to Ruidoso has a variety of ladies lingerie, hair extensions, teeth whitening, eyelash extensions and wigs.

They also have an eco-friendly clothing section that includes hemp, organic cotton, and organic bamboo. They are con-veniently located in Midtown in the heart of Ruidoso. They regularly receive the newest top-quality, imported products from around the world.

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Triumph for transparency Legislature approves more notice of public meetingsBy New Mexico Foundationfor open government

Transparency in New Mexico took one important step forward on the last day of Sunshine Week, as the state Legislature moved to increase notice of public meetings across the state.

House Bill 21, sponsored by Rep. Jim Smith (R-Sandia Park) and Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto (D-Albuquerque), requires public bodies to post the agendas of their meetings 72 hours in advance. (Yes, weekends count.) The bill now goes to Governor Susana Martinez, a strong supporter of this and other transparency legislation.

“This kind of transparency gives peo-ple enough time to fully understand the issues that come before them and make plans to participate,” said Rep. Smith, who sponsored similar bills in 2011 and 2012.

As it is now, city councils, county commissions and other govern-ment bodies only have to post a fi nal agenda 24 hours in advance. That doesn’t leave much time to fi nd out about pending actions, let alone make arrangements to attend the meeting and rally support or opposition. “This move will help New Mexicans engage with government at every level and give them a voice in the process,” Sen. Ivey-Soto said.

The proposal was supported by the Foundation for Open Govern-

ment, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, the New Mexico Press Association and Conservation Voters New Mexico. “We’ve worked long and hard to give New Mexicans a better window into the workings of government,” said Gwyneth Doland, the executive director of the Founda-tion for Open Government. “This is a small change, but it will have a big impact on regular folks who care about what’s going on in their communities.” Existing law already waives notice requirements for emer-gencies; to prevent abuse under the new measure, House Bill 21 requires that an explanation of the emergency circumstances be forwarded to the At-torney General’s offi ce.

See Legislative wrap-up, pg. B8


Copyright © 2013Jay McKittrick

Late one night while driving through God knows what town in West Texas, I spotted a Taco Bell sign and pulled up to the menu board to order some grub. There I saw a paper sign that read: “Order food at the pick-up window please.”

So I pulled up to the window where the man inside (I think he was the graveyard shift manager) said to me, “Welcome to Taco Bell, may I take your order, please?”

“Yes…” I said. “Could I get a chalupa and another chalupa please?”

“Would you like any-thing to drink with that?” The man asked.

“Yeah…” I said. “I’d like a Carta Blanca to be honest with you.”

“Sorry Sir, but we don’t have Carta Blanca.” The man replied, politely.

“OK…” I said. “Then make it a Corona, would you pal?”

“Sorry Sir, but we don’t have Corona either,” he said with a smile.

“Do you at least have Dos Equis?” I asked with an exaggerated tone.

“No sir,” he said with a chuckle. “All we have is root beer.”

“Root beer doesn’t go with Mexican food!” I told him, jokingly.

“Sir, this is Taco Bell,” he said with a sense of hu-mor. “It’s not really Mexi-

can food.”Cracking up at his

punch line I told him, “They think it is in China, man! I hear that they love Taco Bell over there! In fact, I hear that they eat the stuff like it’s an aphrodi-siac.”

He said laughing, “That’s ’cause cha-lu-pa in Chinese means: Who’s Yo Daddy?”

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Perplexing budget adjustments concern Dean By Sue [email protected]

The village council, in a vote of fi ve to one, approved a midyear budget adjustment to help with residual mitiga-tion from the Little Bear Fire’s damage. Denise Dean, village councilor voted no and expressed her concern that several budget changes had been requested in the past few months.

According to village documents, immediate transfer of funds from the utility fund of $368,424 was requested. With anticipated Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) reimbursements, Bobbye Rose, commu-nity development director recommended the temporary transfer. The funds are required to continue three projects to en-sure not only adequate water supply for the village but redundancy should there be a need to use alternative methods.

The projects include installation of a pipeline to allow Carrizo Creek to be diverted (at Two Rivers Park without disruption of fl ow) to Grindstone Canyon reservoir to begin the refi lling process. Carrizo Creek’s watershed has been unaffected by watershed issues post Little Bear Fire and is a viable surface water source for the village. Also on the list is Eagle Creek bank stabilization, and third is the Alto Lake Duck Pond fi ltration system needed for the Eagle Creek watershed issues. Cap-tured water in the Duck Pond needs to be fi ltered and placed in Alto Lake for possible use by fi refi ghters and for treat-ment. The need is immediate, according to Randall Camp, utilities director for the village.

“A resolution is needed to utilize part of your funds...we’re asking for you to allow us to use your reserve funds and we will replace with FEMA funds,” said Rose. But Dean was perplexed. “It’s a lot of confusion for me as a councilor,” she said, and remarked that after she met with the fi nance department, she learned the village would dip into reserve funds and would require cashing in two village certifi cates of deposit. She directed her question to Camp, “We’ve heard, ‘if we don’t do this project we’ll be out of water’…but some of these projects have been on our books since the fi rst of July,” said Dean and asked Camp to explain. She wanted to know what made the projects in front of the council critical for the continued supply of village water.

Dean said she looked on the Internet to compare project lists with other municipalities. “They have like four proj-ects a year,” she said, comparing to Ruidoso’s more than 20 current projects. She said her frustration was not being able to see the end of the projects at hand, and that changes to projects keep occurring.

Debi Lee, village manager interject-ed an explanation. She said the village had 22 projects that were reduced to 17. “Are 17 projects too many to do in one year? Yes. That’s why we’re spending so much time and working…what I would suggest Randall do is talk about the projects that are absolutely neces-sary for us to deliver water. What he has been saying is North Fork wells,” she explained.

Lee remarked that most of the proj-ects the village undertakes come with some sort of complication which may change the nature of the project. The Grindstone dam liner project can utilize the low water level at this point to install the liner. “You’re eventually go-ing to have to do that and if you utilize the fact that Grindstone (water level) is below 56 feet, you’re going to save a lot of money by putting that liner in now.” Lee said the project is not listed because the village is still in the process of securing funds.

Lee continued by explaining that the village water issues are interconnected and several projects are contingent on each other, and said most of the projects were related to the continual mitigation efforts post Little Bear Fire.

Camp began by explaining the last budget which was approved was before the fi re and most issues dealt with the ongoing drought. “Then the fi re hit us and totally threw our budget out the window. We lost Rio Ruidoso watershed, we lost Eagle Creek watershed. The water supplies we were counting on, the Rio Ruidoso in particular during monsoon to put back into Grindstone Dam (are gone.) Right now we’re able to divert about 400 gallons a minute from (Rio Ruidoso) using basic rights,” he said. When monsoonal fl ow occurs surface waters will be contaminated due to the residual watershed damage from the fi re.

Camp put the projects in priority order as Dean asked. The North Fork well project was number one and the Carrizo Creek pipeline was number two, according to Camp who said if the council wanted to take the risk of not completing the needed projects, a 30 percent loss of water to Ruidoso may be the result. “We’ve done all we can do right now,” he said with installation of pres-sure release valves (PRV) to shift water from one con-tainment/catchment area to another.

Camp told the council that every time a disaster strikes, budget items must be re inspected to give village

departments the support they need to take care of immediate problems. “When a disaster strikes our priorities shift be-cause our fi rst priority is water for this town,” he explained. “This is the best plan we can come up with and it’s vetted by our water team...everybody is on board that this is what we need to do to secure the future,” he said.

Dean submitted an explanation for her no vote to the Ru-idoso Free Press. “When I was elected as a councilor, I was given the opportunity to serve on the IFAC (Internal Finance Audit Committee). Debi Lee our village manager and Nancy Klingman our fi nance director have worked diligently with our committee to assure that the village has the monies for any village expenditures.

“After studying the Budget Adjustment Request to fund these immediate water projects, I was concerned about the Carrizo Creek Pipeline adjustment of $285,880. This was a FEMA estimate. However when Mr. Camp stated that the bids for this project had increased to approximately $850,000, I became increasingly concerned. If a project is FEMA approved, FEMA provides 75 percent of the cost, the state funds 12.5 percent and the village share is 12.5 percent. This means that the 12.5 percent village share would be $106,250 instead of the $35,735 as presented on our council agenda. Therefore, I felt there needed to be a longer discus-sion and questions answered for me to be comfortable in approving such a large increase. The monies for this project would have to be pulled from our reserves which means we are dipping into our savings. This gave me even a greater concern for our village because FEMA requires that the $850,000 cost of the project must be funded up front before FEMA reimburses their portion.

“I understand that this is a critical project under our Stage 5 Water Emergency and must be completed before there is a high water demand, but I felt compelled to vote “No” at this meeting until we could re-evaluate the increased monies with our village manager and fi nance department.”

With Spring Break visitors, Camp reported to the council that water production had been increased to match demand and that summer was around the corner.

Joe Eby, village councilor commented that he saw the need to fi nd ways to rescue surface water and not rely on wells for two years while projects ensue. “Time is not on our side,” he said.

Camp said the plans he’s submitted offer a redundancy to well water usage and plan for the future needs of the vil-lage. “Always have a backup plan,” he said.

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressCouncilor Denise Dean expressed concerns regarding a request to make a mid year adjustment to the village’s budget at the meet-ing last week.

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressBonita Park Nazarene Camp is beginning the rebuilding process after more than nine months of clean up, men from Beltway Baptist Church in Abilene, Texas came last week to assist in the process. Beltway brings an annual guest group to the camp. Shown are Dustin Sizemore, Eddie Cann, David Ahlschwede, Larry Cox and Brandon Scott. The completed roof covers a bath house near the camp’s rehabilitated recreational vehicle area.

Bonita Park rebuilds


Paradise detours highway to HullBy Sue [email protected]

The junction of Ruidoso’s Hull Road and Paradise Canyon is near the pathway of Cedar Creek. When water fl ow exceeds its banks, road fl ooding occurs which presents a concern for travelers’ safety. JR Baumann, Ruidoso street department director made a presentation to the village council last Tuesday to explain the prob-lem and solution.

“The Hull and Paradise work is coming to fruition and will be on the next council agenda for approval of a contractor,” said Baumann at the council meeting. “I talked to our contractor and if everything works out… we should kick off construction April 1.” Budgeted village funds already exist to complete the project, with state funding and a village match. “We’ll receive a $167,000 reimbursement from the state when the project is com-plete,” said Baumann and says the goal of completion is on or before May 31.

Last week, Zia Natural Gas sent work-ers to the worksite to mark established gas lines. Also located at the site are village water and sewer lines.

In order to mitigate the problem a large hole will need to be dug on Hull directly north of the Hull and Paradise Canyon intersection and traffi c will need to be diverted, says Baumann. “The public will be inconvenienced for about two months. Hull Road from Royal Road to Paradise Canyon will be closed. There will be a giant hole in the ground and you won’t be able to get around there,” he told councilors. All work will be built to N.M. Department of Transportation standards, he continued and said area residents will be able to approach from the north if necessary.

To guide the public, Baumann is using signage for detour information for the duration of the project. “We’ve ordered some cus-tom signs that won’t just say detour. They’ll say detour to Hull Road or Paradise Canyon,” he explained. He showed council the specifi c areas on a map of the vil-lage where the detours will extend. “We’ll route people up through Country Club Drive and Cree Meadows Drive and back to Hull Road to get around the construc-tion zone. For people com-ing down Hull Road, we’ll catch them at Cree with some signs and allow them to come down Cree and hit Country Club and then make that turn to bypass the con-struction area at Hull Road.”

Paradise Canyon Road will remain open for the duration of the project.

Baumann says he thinks the locals will catch on in a day or two but the tourists will need to adhere to a new traffi c pattern to get drivers where they need to be. The street department will utilize message boards to keep driv-ers current with the construc-tion progress. One will be at Hull and Warrior Drive, one will be at Sudderth and Para-dise Canyon. Signs will also be posted on Heath Road to alert traffi c of changes and development.

Royal and Heath roads may experience a surge of traffi c during the project but the village is asking travelers to not use the two streets as a bypass. “We’re encouraging the public to use the estab-lished detour pathways,” said Baumann.

An eight-foot culvert will be installed and the road interchange will be elevated more than four feet, according to Baumann.

The village already owns the culvert and is reusing it at the new location. With an aging infrastructure, he will prepare the contracted crew for challenges. “We’re exposing water and sewer lines no one has seen in decades, but we should be in and out of there in 60 days,” he said. The work includes reinforcing and protecting water and sewer lines in concrete.

“This project will solve both the prob-lems of street fl ooding and traffi c/safety issues,” Baumann explained

After completion, Baumann says the road will level out. During heavy traffi c fl ow drivers will have a better line of vi-sion to the west of the intersection, and the pitch will be more level to assist drivers during icy conditions.

Randall Camp, village utilities direc-

tor has been dealing with infrastructure and water issues for years. “With wetlands on both sides of this project, its impera-tive we deal with this project in a proper manner,” he said. With the possibility of fi nding unforeseen utility issues both the utility and street departments will be on hand to mitigate any concerns after the pipes are exposed.

“If it’s necessary to shut off water to our residents, we’ll make sure we give them as much notice as possible,” said Baumann who plans to utilize radio, newspapers and Public Service Announce-ments. If there’s an emergency after ex-posing the pipes and structure replacement is necessary, Baumann says they’ll work quickly and try to keep the interruptions to a minimum.

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressJR Baumann, Ruidoso’s street director showed the village council where detours would be established during the Hull Road project. He anticipates the closure will be less than two months.

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free Press

Workers were on the roof Friday repairing damage caused by a

microburst last week which ripped part of the roof off the Carrizozo Market.

The market will be closed until work is

completed.

CarrizozoMarket

rebuilds


“Wisdom is with the aged and understanding in length of day.” — Job 12:12.

Modern day research is affi rming the truth that with age your brain becomes subtler, nimbler and fl at-out smarter than it’s ever been! It used to be conventional wis-dom that intelligence usually peaks by age 40. After that age it begins a slow decline until the brain ceases to be able to retain new informa-tion and will tend to forget what it used to know. Recent research however has proven that this theory is, for the lack of a better word, ‘hogwash!’

The facts are that the human brain be-comes more ‘agile’ with age. We may not be able to compile as much data into our memory as we did in college and our short term memory may not be what it was, but research is confi rming that with age we are actually better at manag-ing new information than when we were younger. As our temperament changes to suit new learned skills, we become more comfort-able with ambiguity and less susceptible to frustration or irritation. George Bartzokis, a UCLA neurologist states, “In midlife you’re begin-ning to maximize the ability to use the entirety of the information in your brain on a second-to-second basis. Biologically, that’s what wisdom is.”

Roberto Cabeza of Duke University conducted an exhaustive study confi rming that high-functioning older adults exhibited an ability to use a different hemisphere of the brain than other younger subjects or displayed an unusual acuity to use both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. As a result Cabeza believes that while the brain does get weaker as it ages, each hemisphere compensates for this decline by outsourcing some of its work to the other, often integrating their efforts so smoothly that your reason-ing is actually better than it was before.

Oftentimes, group ‘think’ or therapy sessions can assist one in dealing with major anxiety and/

or depression issues that threaten to debilitate one’s ability to live a meaningful, satisfying life.

It’s worth noting that his-tory’s fi rebrands and ideo-logues are typically young, while its judges, philosophers, peacemakers and theologians tend to be older. The bottom line is for some of us, who have some age ‘under our belts,’ the later years can be the best we have ever had!

James D. Martin is the program manager of the Heritage Program for Senior Adults at the Lincoln County Medical Center. Heritage is a program designed to im-prove the quality of life for the older adult. Confi dential screenings are available by appointment. If interested please call 575-257-6283.

James D. Martin

Older can be better

Saturday, March 23 will be the 2nd Annual Hub Traylor 4-H and FFA Benefi t Dance and Auction. All proceeds raised go to the 4-H and FFA members who participate in the Lincoln County Fair. Last year, a $50 add-on was given to every single member who participated in the Lincoln County Fair, to assist them with their future projects.

The children range in age from 8 through 19. They are hard working, dedicated individuals being raised in agriculture and consumer sciences and being. These members are all taught responsibility and excellent work ethic. The animals they raise and the projects they participate in, come at costs to the members and their families. The hope is to help lessen the burden of these un-paralleled educational values so that the members may continue in this process.

Hub Traylor was a gentle, kind, amazing man who helped and supported all kids but especially those in 4-H and

FFA. Hub is a past member of the Lincoln County Fair

Board and one of the big-gest supporters of past fairs. Fundraising and donations are done in his honor to keep his drive for future suc-cess for these youth going strong.

The dance will be held at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Capitan at 8 p.m. Admission is $5. A Lincoln County favorite, The Graham Brothers, will be

performing.There will be a small concession

at the dance as well as a silent auction and cake and pie auction. Donations for the silent auction are welcome. Dona-tions can be brought in upon arrival to the dance and placed on the table at that time.

Support in this endeavor is greatly appreciated. If unable to attend, do-nations can be mailed to Corriente CowBelles, P.O. Box 549, Capitan, NM 88316. For more information, call Michelle at 505-264-3218.

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March 11BaseballCapitan 14, Floyd 1

March 12Girls basketball

Class B state tournamentat Bernalillo

Corona 67, Grady 48Hondo 72, Carrizozo 53

March 13Boys basketball

Class 1A state tournamentat Bernalillo

Hagerman 69, Capitan 52Class B state tournament

at BernalilloHondo 56, Santa Fe Waldorf 31



Hondo 58, Grady 45Girls basketball


Elida 66, Hondo 45Corona 47, Des Moines 40Baseball

Goddard Southwest Classicat Roswell

Ruidoso 11, Roswell 6SoftballArtesia JV 15, Capitan 11Capitan 5, Artesia JV 4

Hot Springs SlugfestRuidoso 20, Lordsburg 1


Class B state championshipat The Pit

Hondo 69, Wagon Mound 34Girls basketball

Class B state championshipat The Pit

Elida 63, Corona 27Baseball


Valley 13, Ruidoso 8Softball

Hot Springs SlugfestRuidoso 8, Cobre JV 7

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Lovington 7, Ruidoso 5Softball

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Ruidoso 15, Mesilla Valley 5

March 18SoftballRuidoso at Dexter, late

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Schedule subject to change

March 19TennisMesilla Valley at Ruidoso, 3:30 p.m.

March 21SoftballMesilla Valley at Ruidoso (2), 4 p.m.TennisNMMI at Ruidoso, 3:30 p.m.

March 22BaseballLogan at Capitan, 2 p.m.SoftballEstancia at Capitan, 3 p.m.Mescalero at Ruidoso JV, 3 p.m.Track and fi eldCapitan, Mescalero, Carrizozo in De-mon Relays at Dexter, 3 p.m.Ruidoso in Ralph Bowyer Relays at Carlsbad, 3 p.m.GolfRuidoso at NMMI scrimmage in Ro-swell, 8 a.m.

March 25BaseballDora at Capitan, 3 p.m.Ruidoso at Tularosa, 4 p.m.GolfRuidoso, Capitan in Georgia Seery In-vite at New Mexico Tech, 9 a.m.

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March 21College basketballUNM vs. Harvard in NCAA Tournament at Salt Lake City, 8 p.m.

March 26Pro basketballNew York at Boston, 4 p.m.

Brought to you byHondo boys basketball team

Was there any doubt who would be Athlete of this Week? This was Hondo’s fi rst-ever state championship on the hardwood, and with only two seniors, future Eagle teams will be ones to reckon with.

ball pretty well for most of the year, and we stepped up to the occasion today. I was proud of everybody.”

By the time both teams went to the locker room at the break, Hondo led 41-15. The Eagles knew, however, that they couldn’t let up on a team like Wagon Mound (20-8).

“I knew we had to come out and work hard,” said Adrian Vazquez. “To play as hard as we could and leave it all out on the court.”

When Olguin fouled out of the game with 5:37 left in the game and Holland started emptying the bench to put in the younger play-ers, the Eagles knew they had the championship in the bag.

Vazquez, one of only two seniors on this Hondo team, led the game with 16 points, tied with teammate Nores. Jordan Brady scored 15 points, including a 4-for-8 performance from beyond the arc.

Gabriel Cruz was the only Trojan in double fi gures with 12 points.

“We’re going to miss our seniors, and we’ll miss Adrian tremendously,” Holland said. “He’s a great leader and he started something. I hope we can get back to this game next year.”

Andrew Padilla is the only other senior on this year’s squad, and he hopes to pass on some wisdom to the players that will continue with the Eagles after he’s graduated.

“I hope that this year people really focus in on what the coach

has been putting into the pro-gram,” Padilla said. “If you’re a coachable team, this is what happens. A state championship is what happens.”

Eagles 69, Trojans 34Wagon Mound (20-8)Jose Aguilar 1-4 4-6 7, Damian Moreno 0-1 0-0 0, Andres Martinez 1-2 0-0 2, Rio Armijo 0-4 0-2 0, Marcus Cruz 0-2 0-0 0, Gabriel Cruz 5-17 1-2 12, Danny Gray 2-5 4-6 8, Eric Olguin 2-6 1-3 5. Totals 11-41 10-19 34.Hondo (24-4)Simon Gonzales 1-5 1-3 3, Jordan Brady 5-9 1-2 15, Edwin Prudencio 0-5 0-1 0, Adrian Vazquez 4-6 5-6 16, Tobias Herrera 2-4 0-0 4, Antonio Vazquez 1-2 0-0 3, Irving Gomez 0-0 0-0 0, Roberto Nores 3-7 7-9 16, Andrew Pa-dilla 0-0 0-1 0, Jesus Buillen 0-0 0-0 0, James Chavez 1-2 0-0 3, Billy Candelaria 4-10 0-0 9, Luis Masias 0-1 0-0 0, Juziah Ortiz 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-52 14-22 69.Wagon Mound 7 8 9 10 – 34Hondo 23 18 18 10 – 69Three-point goals – WM 2-15 (Aguilar 1-3, GCruz 1-7, Olguin 0-1, Moreno 0-1, Armijo 0-1, MCruz 0-2), Hon 13-24 (Brady 4-8, Ad Vazquez 3-4, Nores 3-5, AnVazquez 1-1, Chavez 1-2, Candelaria 1-2, Herrera 0-1, Gonzales 0-1). Fouled out – WM (Olguin). Re-bounds – WM 33 (Olguin 7), Hon 45 (Nores 8). Total fouls – WM 21, Hon 14. Turnovers – WM 21, Hon 16.

HONDO from pg. A1


ALBUQUERQUE – Carrizozo knows the pain of falling to Elida in volleyball, and now Corona knows it in basketball, having lost a second straight championship to the Lady Tigers, 63-27 on Friday at The Pit in Albu-querque.

“They’ve got a lot of size and experience, and we knew we couldn’t run up and down the fl oor matching them basket for basket,” said Corona coach Nicky Huey. “We had to control the clock and try to stay close.”

Friday’s loss doesn’t change the fact that the game was Corona’s second straight appearance in the state title game, or that the Lady Cardinals have doubled the number of NMAA trophies earned by Cardinal teams in the past 70 years.

Elida – which could be called the New York Yankees of Class B – may have seemed invincible these past three years, but chinks in the armor started to show this season, as teams have been gun-ning for them and shots haven’t fallen as easily in the past.

“Our mindset was different that last year, you can’t just run up and down the fl ow with those girls and expect to win,” Huey said. “They just have too much talent. We knew if we could con-trol the tempo, we could control the game.”

Corona (21-4) started the game with a deliberate offense to keep the ball out of the Lady Tigers’ hands, and it was working to begin with. The Lady Cardinals had a 4-3 lead on a jump shot by Kelly Gensler with 5:48 left in the fi rst quarter, and were still go-

ing strong even after a three-pointer by Marily Varela gave Elida (24-6) the lead for good shortly thereafter.

But Gensler went down hard just 26 seconds later and hurt her knee bad enough to have to come out for the rest of the game.

“We lost focus when Kelly went down,” Huey said. “We felt like she was going to have a good ball game today, she’d just been getting better and better, and she’s had a good week. She played well until she went down.”

Corona wasn’t completely out of it, keep-ing the Lady Tiger lead to single digits until just before the end of the fi rst half.

In last season’s championship game, the Lady Cardinals made a run at Elida, and that fact wasn’t lost on Elida coach Dan Howard.

“We had that in the back of our minds, and we weren’t about to let

that happen,” Howard said. “Our defense wasn’t like we wanted it, so we made quite a few adjustments, got some quick steals and everyone got back into the fl ow.

Elida didn’t let up as the second half started, going on a 22-2 run to effectively put the game away.

About the only good thing that happened for Corona was buzzer beating shot at the end of the period by Hannah Gage on an inbounds pass for the Lady Cardinals’ fi fth and sixth periods in the entire quarter.

Corona now has two second-place basketball trophies for its case – two of only four NMAA trophies the school has had in its

Corona second to Elida in Class B

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressCorona’s Corey Egan, right, drives the base-line against the guarding of Elida’s Reda Allison during Friday’s Class B state champi-onship game at The Pit in Albuquerque.

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressAbove: Hondo’s Adrian Vazquez lays up the ball for two during his team’s victory in Friday’s Class B champion-ship against Wagon Mound at The Pit in Albuquerque.

Right: Hondo coach Brad Holland cel-ebrates with player Billy Candelaria.

see CORONA pg. B3

B2 Ruidoso Free Press March 19, 2013

RUIDOSO BOWLING CENTERTuesday Seniors team standings, week 25 of 32Name Won LostAgeless Wonders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12Just Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 13The Who? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21½ 14½Smokey Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20½ 15½ Spud & the Tater Tots . . . . . . . . . 17 19

Last week’s high scoresHandicap series – The Who? 2,709, Just Us 2,498, Spud & the Tater Tots 2,391Handicap game – Smokey Bear 890, Ageless Wonders 842Men’s handicap series – Larry Caywood 678, Bob McCann 675, Tom Douglas 634Men’s handicap game – Harry Allwein 272, Hu-bert Lee 238, Gene Nitz 230Women’s handicap series – Martha Chavez 649, Ursula Eckersley 635, Rose Bivens 595Women’s handicap game – Myrna Douglas 229, Lucy Servies 214, Linda Clements 200

–––Tuesday Mixed team standings, week 8 of 16Name Won LostEbowla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0Rhino Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1No Pin Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1Homies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2Team 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2Ruidoso Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3Tuesday Night Fever . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3The Outlaws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 4

Last week’s high scoresHandicap series – Homies 2,536, No Pin Zone 2,493, Ebowla 2,422Handicap game – Team 9 921, Ruidoso Bowl 861, The Outlaws 817Men’s handicap series – Ruben 729, Keith Weber 667, Ronnie Wright 660Men’s handicap game – Michael Yanez 248, T.J. Sanders 245, J.R. Mitchell 240Women’s handicap series – Millie Cimarron 687, Liz Hubbard 646, Patty Kim 617Women’s handicap game – Rachel Weber 147, Gracie Rheingans 237, Diane Killingsworth 223

–––Wednesday Mixed team standings, week 24 of 32Name Won LostLiving Energies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3Team 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3No Doubt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4Ruidoso U-Haul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5

Ruidoso Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6Team 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8Team 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9Western Auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10

Last week’s high scoresScratch series – Western Auto 2,081, Team 7 1,793Scratch game – Ruidoso Bowl 758, Team 8 565Handicap series – No Doubt 2,700, Team 6 2,564Handicap game – Living Energies 914, Ruidoso U-Haul 852Men’s scratch series – Tom Douglas 643, Gene Nitz 606, Keith Brower 580Men’s scratch game – Jim McGarvey 225, Ronnie Wright 215, Weldon Ganaway 202Men’s handicap series – Ken Brower 721, Phil Fanning 686, Chris Carter 605Men’s handicap game – A.J. Seidel 269, Sid Thomas 224, Bob Layher 202Women’s scratch series – Lucy Servies 592, Sandi Meek 452, Jean Fannin 414Women’s scratch game – Pam Bernard 188, Kathy Kiefer 166, Sharla Ganaway 154Women’s handicap series – Trina Thomas 730, Irene Pawlowski 687, Sonia Younis 687Women’s handicap game – Vivian Mowdy 267, Gloria Wheeler 246, Gail Bailey 233

–––Thursday Men’s team standings, week 24 of 32Name Won LostGSV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10½ 1½Good Ole Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3Ruidoso Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3Downs U-Haul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3Buckner Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6Insidhers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2½ 9½Western Auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10Ruidoso Septic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10Last week’s high scoresScratch series – Western Auto 3,053, Downs U-Haul 2,578Scratch game – GSV 986, Insidhers 882Handicap series – Good Ole Boys 3,440, Ruidoso Bowl 3,204Handicap game – Buckner Electric 1,172, Ru-idoso Septic 1,085Scratch series – Keith Brower 754, Hans Dubay 649, Jim McGarvey 636Scratch game – Billy Weddige 249, David Hoff er 240, Virgil Reynolds, Mike Kim 237Handicap series – Efrene Gonzales 735, Brad Bar-rette 708, Jim Clements 707Handicap game – Donald Yeager 267, Ron Buck-ner 265, Tom Douglas 248

Bowling

Senior OlympicsCompetition for this year’s Se-

nior Olympics is gearing up in Lincoln County. The minimum age to compete is 50 as of Dec. 31, 2013, and a $5 registra-tion will enter atheletes in all events.

Deadline for early bird registration for the state games is April 12, $45. Regular registration is $60 by April 30. Late registration is $75 from May 1-15.

Bowling – March 19 and 26, 1 p.m. at the Ruidoso Bowling Center.

Table tennis –March 19, 10:30 a.m., Ruidoso Senior Center.

Recreational, track and fi eld

events – March 23, 9 a.m. at Ruidoso High School track.

Cycling –March 23, 8 a.m. at Bonito Fire Station on Airport Road.

Swimming – March 26, 10 a.m. at the Ruidoso Athletic Center, 415 Wing-fi eld

Pickleball – March 30, 10 a.m., White Mountain Sports Complex

Horseshoes – April 9, 10 a.m. at Smokey Bear Forest Trail parking lot.

For more information, call Sandee Jourden at 257-4565 or email at [email protected].

Contact for cycling events is Galen Farrington at 258-5355.

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BERNALILLO – Four games, four losses. That’s the easy way to summarize Capi-tan’s matchups with Hager-man this season.

Their latest – and fi nal – loss to the Bobcats came with a 69-52 decision in the Class 1A quarterfi nals on March 13.

This marks the second year in a row a team the Tigers have lost to in the quarterfi nals reached the state championship game. Hager-man fell to Cliff in Saturday’s fi nal, while Logan defeated Capitan in overtime last season and ended up besting Cliff for the Class 1A crown.

“Our goal was to beat Capitan,” said Hagerman coach Anthony Mestas. “Last year, Capitan beat us four times, and I told the kids at the beginning of the year, I wanted to beat them four times. I gave them the same speech every time we played them.”

The Tigers (18-8) didn’t lay down at fi rst, taking the lead with 1:25 left in the fi rst quarter on a layup by Wyatt Berryhill, only losing that lead with fi ve seconds left on an Alejandro Ramos score.

But after Capitan center Jake Lamay had to take the bench with a pair of fouls for the entire second quarter, the Bobcats (23-6) made their move – go-ing on a 10-0 run to take a commanding lead into the break.

“Jake got two fouls early in that fi rst quarter, and it changed up our game plan,” said Capitan coach Ben Sanchez. “With Jake out, they just went man on us and started pressuring us. Turnovers started to kill us.”

“Our shots weren’t falling to start. I fi gured since it wasn’t working on the outside, let’s take it to the inside,” Mestas said. “We weren’t always getting the free throws, but the shots were starting to fall.

The Tigers made something of a come-back in the fourth, repeatedly getting to within eight points, but Hagerman always came up with a score they needed to main-tain the lead.

What really hurt Capitan was the fouls – or lack of them on Hagerman’s part. When Hagerman’s Gavyn Quiroz was called for his fi rst foul with 59 seconds left in the third quarter, it was only the Bob-cats’ second foul as a team in the second half. The Tigers, meanwhile, already had nine.

That really caught up to Capitan when Lamay fouled out with 5:03 left in the game after running through a pick.

“We knew they would take it to him, it ‘s just something we need to work on,”

Sanchez said. “We were driving the ball with him out, and had to keep trying to penetrate. We got it down to eight, but then we started turning the ball over again.”

Wyatt Berryhill did his best to spell Lamay, putting in 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds to lead his team, but Tory Pa-dilla was the only other Capitan player in double fi gures on the night with 10 points.

In contrast, the Bobcats had three players in double fi gures. Jessie Rodriguez and Alejandro Ramos had 20 points each, while Jose Bejarano had 15 points inside. Bejarano also had 15 rebounds and two blocked shots to lead the Bobcats.

“He did really well. I was pleased with his effort,” Mestas said of Bejarano’s performance. “He had some key rebounds down the stretch.”

The game’s outcome is exactly what Mestas and the Bobcats wanted, although Mestas would have liked for the matchup to happen in the semifi nal or championship game rather than the round of eight.

“I think they could have matched us up differently, maybe not see each other until the semifi nals,” Mestas said. “They (Capi-tan) are better than a 10 seed and could have been in a different bracket, but I’m just happy with the win at this point.”

Sanchez, meanwhile, was looking to the future.

“We’ve only got fi ve seniors, and have eight players coming back next year,” San-chez said. “We’ve just got to work hard.”


BERNALILLO – For about two minutes of Thursday’s Class B semifi nal against Elida, it seemed the Hondo Lady Eagles had found a chink in the Lady Tigers’ supposed impenetrable armor.

Hondo used a de-liberate offense which yielded a score on a jump shot by Lauren Gomez to give the Lady Eagles a 2-0 lead.

It was the only lead Hondo had, however, as Elida’s tenacious defense and rebounding earned them a 66-45 victory and a return trip to the Class B state championship game.

While the Lady Tigers may have showed just why they’re the No. 1 team in the state, Hondo (18-13) proved they were a team to reckon with. It’s just that they didn’t really prove that until the last four minutes of the game.

That’s when senior Selena Chavez returned to the fl oor after having to sit on the bench for most of the middle quarters in foul trouble.

She played like a woman possessed and scored 10 points and led the team with 11 re-bounds, but it just wasn’t enough to offset Elida’s hustle up to that point.

“It hurt us tremen-dously when we had to sit

Selena and Montana (Pru-dencio),” Holland said. “A senior in this type of game will sell it out and give it everything they’ve got. We were right in it until they sat down, but that’s part of the game.”

“We pride ourselves on our defense,” said Elida coach Dan Howard. “If they don’t want to get back, we’re going to try to put pressure on their basket.”

The Lady Tigers re-ally killed Hondo on the boards, outrebounding them 43-29 and led by Kaylen Jasso and Reda Allison with nine each.

“That’s what Elida does, they create turn-overs and are very strong on the glass,” Holland said. “That Jasso girl is a hoss.”

The game was perfectly illustrated by Hunter Haley, who led

the Lady Tigers with 13 points. Near the end of the third quarter, she knocked loose an inbound pass underneath the Hondo goal and – with two Lady Eagles and no Elida teammates around – went to the fl oor to secure the ball.

With no one to pass to, she put up a shot from her knees, which she missed. She then got up – still with two Hondo Lady Eagles around her – got her own rebound and was fouled.

That’s pretty much how the game went for Hondo. Once Chavez re-entered with just over a minute left in the game, the Lady Eagles went on a 5-0 run, but it was too little, too late.

Lauren Gomez had 12 points to lead the Lady Eagles in the losing ef-fort.


In two games during the regular season, Hondo and Carrizozo’s girls teams split a pair of Lincoln County showdowns.

In what amounted to the rubber match in the Class B quarterfi nals on March 12, it was the Lady Eagles that came out on top with a 72-53 decision.

“They played good, I was very pleased with them,” said Hondo coach Brad Holland. “They de-fended as well as we could

expect. They (Carrizozo) had a good third quarter, but we were able to hold them off.”

The inside-out game was working well for the Lady Eagles who were led by center Selena Chavez with 22 and forward Lauren Gomez with 21 points. Go-mez had a quintet of three-pointers, showing Hondo could be deadly from the perimeter.

“Hondo shot the lights out, they played very well,” said Carrizozo coach George Vega. “We just couldn’t get going into our game.”

Hondo had a 22-10 lead at the end of the fi rst period and maintained control the rest of the way. Shayna Gal-lacher led the Lady Grizzlies (13-14) with 16 points, while Vicotria Ventura had 15 and Sarah Ferguson 10.

Kaitlyn Pierson and Andrea Vigil – normally strong on the scoring end – were held to single digits on the day.

“I’m still proud of these girls, they fought hard,” Vega said. “We’ve started a good program now, and we’ll be alright down the road.”

Fourth time no charm for Capitan

One and done for Lady Grizzlies

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressCapitan guard Tory Padilla, left, attempts a shot in front of Hagerman’s Jose Bejarano during Wednes-day’s Class 1A state quarterfi nal game at Berna-lillo.

Lady Eagles outhustled in state semis

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressHondo’s Montana Prudencio, center, fi nds herself in the midst of Elida defenders Madison Haley, far left, Reda Allison (20) and Sealton Veo-Chenault during the Class B state semifi nals at Bernalillo.

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The LOBO reportLobos are king of MWCBy Richard StevensSenior Writer/GoLobos.com

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Really, this was how this Mountain West Tournament thing should have ended. The cream of the Mountain crop soared to the top during the regular season and did it again in a three-game war in the Las Vegas Thomas & Mack.

And they did it like a hammer coming down on brittle glass. The three UNM victims combined to shoot 32.4 percent and average 50.7 points.

Call it a New Mexico Lobos’ double-double.The University of New Mexico Lobos (29-5) added

a Mountain West Tournament Championship to their MW regular-season title by slapping down the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels 63-56 in the Rebels’ own yard.

By Ty WyantFor the Ruidoso Free Press

The popular training races at Ruidoso Downs return for the third year on May 6-8.

The 300-yard races provide owners, trainers and fans an opportunity to get a peek at some of the top 2-year-old prospects pointing to the rich summer futuri-ties at Ruidoso Downs: the $750,000 Ruidoso Futurity, the $1 mil-lion Rainbow Futurity and the $2.6 million All American Futurity. Ruidoso Futurity trials are held on opening day of the summer season, May 24.

The training races will be at 8:30 a.m., after the reno-vation break, and each race will be limited to six horses. Post times will be 18 minutes apart and horses must be saddled before coming to the paddock.

Entries will be taken on or before 11 a.m. on May 2. The entry must include horse’s name, trainer and jockey preference (1st, 2nd and 3rd choice). There will be a $50 entry fee due at time of entry (cash or check only). The horse will not be able to leave the paddock if entry pay-ment is not paid.

Also returning is the popular horsemen’s welcome back barbecue on May 8 after the training races at the racerack chapel.


The Ruidoso baseball team fi nished with a pair of losses at this year’s Goddard Southwest Classic over the weekend, and while that might be a bad thing, coach Gilbert Alvarado is itching to get his team back on the prac-tice fi eld to work on some minor adjustments.

“They haven’t rolled over against anybody, they haven’t given up no matter how far be-hind they’ve been,” Alvarado said of the Warriors (1-4). “We need to improve a few things and get

everyone going at the same time. Once all their pistons are fi ring, they should be OK.”

The Warriors dropped a 13-8 decision to Valley in the tourna-ment semifi nal on Friday, then lost 7-5 to District 4-3A rival Lovington on Saturday.

Ruidoso committed 11 er-rors against Valley, but had only one miscue against the Wildcats. Alvarado said the real problem in that game was walks and hit batters.

“We allowed four runs off of walks or hit by pitches,” Alvarado said. “We also left runners on base in every inning but two.

That’s a bad time for the bats to go silent.”

Ruidoso won’t play again until March 25, when they play Tularosa in a road doubleheader.

Win over RoswellRuidoso’s baseball team

opened the Goddard Southwest Classic Thursday with a 11-6 vic-tory over Roswell at New Mexico Military Institute Field.

It was a good win for the Warriors (1-2), but it required a comeback.

“We spotted them a few runs on errors,” said Ruidoso coach Gilbert Alvarado. “We were down

2-0 going into the third, then tied it up.”

After giving the Coyotes a few more runs in the fourth in-ning, Ruidoso scored seven more runs to put the game away.

Ryan Sanchez started for the Warriors and went three innings, giving up two earned runs. Jes-sie Tercero pitched in relief and earned the victory.

As a team, Ruidoso was very successful, amassing 15 hits.

“We started slow against their offspeed pitches, but made the adjustments,” Alvarado said. “The kids had a hard time getting those. They had to show some

patience and move up in the box so the curve ball wouldn’t drop as much.”

Ruidoso plays the winner between Clovis and Valley on Friday at 4 p.m., with a chance at the tournament championship game in the offering.

Whoever the Warriors play, Alvarado knows his team will be tested.“We’re looking for some good measuring sticks at this tourna-ment,” Alvarado said. “Even the ones we lost to Goddard, that shows the kids where they’re at and how they compare to other good teams.”

almost 70-year existence. But second place is a bitter pill to swallow for Corona seniors Kelly and Shelly Gensler and Allysanne and Christy Huey.

Allysanne ended up with eight points to lead the Lady Cardinals, while Varela was the leading Lady Tiger with 19 points. Hunter Haley also had 13 points and Reda Al-lison 10 for Elida.

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressCorona forward Kelly Gensler is tended to after she went down with a knee injury in the fi rst quarter of the Class B state championship game on Friday at The Pit in Albuquerque. Gensler was unable to return to the game.

Close losses for Warrior baseball at Goddard tourney

Popular training races return this spring at Ruidoso Downs

FileJockey Ramon Sanchez celebrates after leading One Dashing Eagle to a win in last year’s All American Futurity. Horses eligible for this year’s multi-million dollar race will get a head start on things during training races at Ruidoso Downs May 6-8.

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressCorona’s Saige Bell takes a long stride as she takes the ball across the court, Fri-day, during the Class B state championship game at The Pit in Albuquerque.

CORONA from pg. B1



In the early part of any sports season, coaches will try to load the schedule up with strong opponents in or-der to improve their teams.

The Capitan softball team may have split its season-opening double-header with Artesia’s junior varsity on Thursday, but coach Rodney Griego is very pleased with how the team was tested in a 15-11 loss and 5-4 victory.

“The fi rst game was a better one for us, even though we lost,” Griego

said. “I was mixing in a lot of different girls in the second game to get them some experience before it was called because of dark-ness.”

Capitan led the fi rst game 4-0 after three in-nings, and then got two outs in quick succession in the fourth.

That’s when the errors started.

“We just couldn’t get that last out,” Griego said. “After that, Artesia was leading by two runs, and it was back and forth the rest of the way.”

The Lady Tigers take

the fi eld again next Thurs-day with a doubleheader against Mesilla Valley start-ing at 4 p.m. Griego said the makeup of the team is still in transition.

“There’s a certain nine I want out on the fi eld, but nothing is set,” Griego said. “They’re all still competing for spots, and it will take a number of games to fi gure that out.

“Artesia’s always a good team to gauge where you’re at,” he added. “If we improve this much in every game, we’ll be sitting pretty at the end of the season. That’s our goal.”

By Todd Fuqua and Karen BoehlerFor the Ruidoso Free Press

The season has started well for the Ruidoso softball team, as the Lady Warriors earned the cham-pionship trophy from the Hot Springs Slugfest over the weekend.

Ruidoso beat Mesilla Valley 15-5 in Saturday’s title game, to cap an 8-7 victory over the Cobre junior varsity and a 20-1 thrashing of Lordsburg in the tournament opener.

“We hit the ball well, although we had more of a diffi cult time adjusting to a slow pitcher,” said Ruidoso coach Sal Beltran of the competition’s hurlers. “It took us a couple of innings to get going.”

Against Cobre, it was a pitching duel between the two starters until Ruidoso took command in the top of the sixth.

“We kind of broke it open with a cou-ple of real timely hits; a couple of passed ball, runners advanced,” said assistant coach Chuck Shalley. “Ended up pushing seven across in the sixth, then they kind of crashed back into it.”

That made it 8-5, and while the Lady Indians shut Ruidoso down in the seventh, some Lady Warrior mistakes made it close in the bottom of the stanza.

Destri Vincent went the distance in the center circle. Offensively, Shalley said, “Raina Duncan stepped up. Hit a line-drive double to start that (sixth) inning off. Then Jade Devara stepped up. I think she had a two-run double.”

Lia Mosher also had a timely hit, but Shalley called it “a team effort. The hitting became contagious that inning and I think we might even have batted around. It was good.”

Against Lordsburg, the Lady Warriors allowed one run in the fi rst inning – off several walks and Lordsburg’s lone single

– while Ruidoso only put on one run as well.

“It just took us a little while to adjust to a slower pitcher,” said Beltran said. “We were way ahead of the pitch and we just couldn’t correct on the bat.”

But once the girls got used to the slower pitch, everything changed.

By Karen BoehlerFor the Ruidoso Free Press

The retirement of former Ruidoso golf coach Eric Eggleston means Melissa Misquez will be taking over both the Warrior and Lady Warrior teams this year, but don’t expect any decrease in either team’s performance.

Last year, both teams qualifi ed for state “and they did pretty well,” Misquez said. “The girls made it to state pretty early in the season. The boys made it after winning district.”

The Warriors graduated three players from last year’s fourth-place squad, bringing back only one varsity player from last year. But Misquez sounds excited about her current squad.

Keenan Kane, the senior re-turner, just wrapped up the basket-ball season, but he’s been playing on weekends and trying to get out and practice when he can.

“I look forward to him coming back,” Misquez said.

Leading the newcomers is eighth grader Garrett Edgington.

“He’s shooting really well for us so far,” the coach said. “He’s come a long ways and shows a lot of dedication to the game. He’s do-ing pretty well for us so far.”

Parker Morrow is new to golf, having played baseball as an eighth grader, and dabbled a bit in seventh grade. Now a freshman, “He’s practiced real hard for us,” Misquez said.

Sophomore Harris Desiderio is also new this year, but “Again, he’s just got a great swing and he’s come out this past week pretty well,” the coach said.

With those expected to fi ll the No. 1-4 spots, Misquez said players will battle for the No. 5 spot, but names freshman Riker Graham as a strong possibility for the varsity

squad.“We’ve got a young team

for the boys and as long as they just stay dedicated like they have been, they’re going to be just fi ne and hopefully we’ll make it to state again this year with them,” Misquez said.

The Lady Warriors didn’t graduate anyone from their state fourth-place team, which means Misquez is even more excited about them.

Senior Allie Thompson, who’ll be out full time once cheerleading wraps up, will lead the team along with senior Melissa Mota, “who’s been practicing real strong, so far,” the coach said.

Junior Alexa Davis just came off basketball, but “In the past she’s performed real well and I’m sure this year isn’t going to be any dif-ferent,” the coach said.

Then there’s the two young-sters, starting with freshman Kaylor Grado.

“Kaylor’s been playing real strong for us,” the coach said. “She’s a freshman this year and she came out all summer and practiced real hard and she really put forth a big effort this year, so I’m expect-

ing a lot from Kaylor this year.”Rounding out the varsity is

eighth grader Alexis Lucero.“Again, she’s played all sum-

mer. She went to all kinds of junior events all through the summer. Won a few of those, and she’s a real big hope for the whole team.”

Misquez said Lucero can break 90 consistently, which is good not only for a girl, but an eighth grader of either gender.

“She’s really going to come out strong for the team, and with the two strong seniors, very competent seniors, they’re going to lead the team very well and so with those other two girls, the younger ones, playing well for us, it’s going to really help the team out a lot,” Misquez said.

Just like last year, the coach doesn’t expect the girls to take too long to qualify for state.

“I’m pretty sure we’ll qualify our fi rst tournaments out,” she said. “We have a pretty strong team. I really believe they’ll go out and do their best and get through and they’ll play real well for us.”

Misquez said Socorro will be the biggest competition for the Lady Warriors – “They have

the strongest girls team in New Mexico. They beat 5A schools and the 4A schools. So Socorro’s just a really strong girls’ team, and that’s who the girls’ competition is” – and St. Michael’s and Socorro tops on the boys side.

“They’re young, kind of like us,” she said. “I think a lot of the boys teams were building last year and hopefully we’re all kind of the same level, once we actually get to going and playing our season.”

And once that season gets underway, Misquez is hoping to see even better fi nishes than in 2012.

“We’re hoping they’ll move up, and hopefully place at district and state and bring home a trophy for both,” she said. So that will be exciting.”

With a large group of younger golfers fi lling out the junior varsity ranks, Misquez is looking toward the future as well.

“We’ve already been pretty strong. It’s just fi nding the dedicat-ed kids who will stay out, because golf is a frustrating game and it’s hard to get better unless you prac-tice every day. And there’s a few of them who stick around and practice every day, and then there are others

who just kind of fi zzle out, which is fi ne. Golf is diffi cult to stay dedicated to.”

CapitanThe Tigers have slowly been

building their golf team, and while coach Royce Brown isn’t sure if he’ll even have a varsity team this year – junior varsity is more likely – with 10 boys and one girl, he’s defi nitely looking to the future.

Brown’s boys team includes one senior, Matt Porter, six juniors, and one each from the sophomore, freshman and eighth grade ranks.

“Matt’s got the best chance (to qualify for state), because he’s done a lot in the summer time and he’s more focused on where he’s going from here,” Brown said. “He fi nally realized what I’ve been telling him, is you’ve got to practice a lot. The summer time is not just put your golf clubs away until next season comes around.”

The other nine might have individual chances, but as a team, Brown is looking ahead.

“Hopefully, individual score-wise (some will qualify).” he said. “Then we’ll get the younger guys through JV, and hopefully they’ll stick with it and we’ll look more for a team aspect even as soon as next year.”

The lone Lady Tiger taking to the links is Olivia Bertrand, who, Brown said, started the sport last year.

“She defi nitely is very coach-able and puts in a lot of effort,” he said. “She’s still working on getting the skill part down.”

So while a trip to Socorro – where the 3A/1A state champi-onship will take place May 13-14 – may not be in the cards this year, a state tourney trip could be in the near future.

Golf teams to start swinging on the course

FileKeenan Kane

FileMelissa Mota

Capitan softball splits with Artesia JV

Lady Warriors take Slugfest tournament title

Tony Archeluta/T or C HeraldRuidoso pitcher Destri Vincent fi res one to the plate during her team’s game against Lordsburg in the fi rst round of the Hot Springs Slugfest at Truth Or Conse-quences on Thursday.


EducationUniversal Class

Do you recall the corre-spondence courses of yore? Writing off for a packet, laboring alone, and mailing in your answers required a very dedicated student. To-day, learning has many more options. Ruidoso Public Library hopes you will sign up for “Universal Class.” IACET, the International Association for Continu-ing Education and Training, accredits these continuing education units.

As a graduate student in an online program for a Mas-

ter of Library and Information Science, I can appreciate the evolution in distance education. I have worked through the Introduction to Knitting. I found links to short videos on how to do a new tech-nique, glossaries for knitting vocabulary and a supportive, “can-do” atmosphere.

How has education changed? Now, courses are interactive and online. You can join or create a community of class-mates rather than fi nd the discipline to study alone. If the Internet does not appeal to you, perhaps a friend or group interested in the same topic will drive the computer, and allow everyone to partici-pate in the content.

As an example, the license allows a craft group to project the lessons in a class setting. Some courses offer video instruction while others are written, much like a blog or editorial. Each lesson has an assignment which you submit for grading with the facilitator, who provides feedback.

If you own a small business in town, might your employees and bottom line benefi t from training in customer ser-

vice skills or phone call techniques? If you work for a shop in Lincoln County, try earning a certifi cate showing your dedication to improving yourself for the betterment of the business to support a requested raise in cost of living.

Are you working with Workforce So-lutions to fi nd employment? Try out the GED preparation courses, such as basic math or science, ABCs of English Gram-mar or Geography, to improve your test scores and qualify for different jobs.

What could you possibly have left to learn? The possibilities might surprise you: from cake decorating to Reiki; ABCs of Chemistry to Angel Healing; First Aid for Pets to basic weight-lifting. One of the best ideas in education: a course on how to take online classes! Learn how to attach a photo to an email, fi nd or reply to a bulletin board post, and other minutiae for navigating Universal Classes.

If you have a new canine compan-ion, the basics and advanced options in obedience training might catch your eye. Or when you are ready to try your hand at art, explore several techniques or media via step-by-step instructions.

Some of our offerings are very edu-cational in focus, such as First or Second Grade Curricula, GED preparation, or the ABCs of subjects (from Algebra to Phys-ics). Other options cover Auras, Haunted Places or Lifetime Wellness. Lighter top-ics are Meditation 101, Energy Healing or Aromatherapy 101.

The options change occasionally, but 500 is quite a lot. If you have tried one, please tell us about the experience – or better yet, tell a friend. Universal Classes are an example of your tax dollars at work. There are no additional costs to you, as long as you have a library card in good standing. We hope you sign up to continue lifelong learning.

By Jennifer Stubbs Youth leaders graduateEighth graders learn compromise, perseverance and service from community leaders

Capitan Schools rewarded for recycling eff orts

By Sandi Aguilar

Ninety-six eighth grade students from across Lincoln County and Mescalero gathered for their fi nal leadership lesson on March 13 at White Mountain Annex. After a year-long program of in-school lessons, community service and interviews with the principal, the fi nal experience was interview-ing leaders in the community.

“Be strong and get out on your own,” Ruidoso Mayor Alborn advised one group of students. The eighth graders chose two particular areas of interest, such as govern-ment, sports, business or ranching. Panels of community leaders addressed the students. Approximately 50 leaders volunteered.

Bank president Greg Cory said his bank-ing career started with sweeping the offi ce. He showed up for his fi rst banking job in a three-piece suit and the bank offi ce manager handed him a broom. Cory said he showed his perseverance and commitment and the bank president gave him a chance. The stu-dents heard many times that one act leads to another. One doesn’t start at the top and one doesn’t always end up where they planned.

Student Andrea Apodaca from Carrizozo says, “It is not as easy as people make it out to be. There are a lot of obstacles to overcome.”

Youth Leadership Lincoln, an off-shoot of the adult program, is in its fourth year and has extended to all of the schools in Lincoln County and added Mescalero this year. Mes-calero counselor Gerry Gleason was pleased the program now included Mescalero students. “I hope they can be more aware of what is available out there… and to see that there are other opportunities and other expe-riences.” Gleason sees the commitment the students have to their culture, but feel they are too dependent upon the perceived guar-anteed job at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. “They need more exposure outside the Rez; to get out and learn and bring that back.”

Facilitators went to each of the schools each month with lessons on how to be a leader. The program teaches that this con-cept can be learned and leaders affect others in different ways. A major component of

the program is community service. Leaders lead by helping others. Corona led a food drive; Carrizozo and Hondo met with their elders at the local senior center; Capitan read to elementary students; Mescalero created Christmas cards for the senior citizens; and Ruidoso students did individual projects such as volunteering at the Christmas Jubilee.

“It was an honor working with them (American Legion Post 79) because I got to talk to them about how they were in the war. They taught me new things and I just felt good about myself cause I knew I was doing something that they can’t do,” says Tony Di-evert of his volunteerism. He also appreciated the Youth Leadership program, “I feel like a changed person since I’ve worked with this group and I had fun sharing thoughts with each other. I would defi nitely do this again.”

Students were also required to meet with their principals to discuss ways to make positive change in their schools. Ruidoso Middle School students wanted better lunch-es and more equipment for their extra-curric-ular studies. Carrizozo requested a vending machine, permission to take home e-pads and better lunch food. Hondo is looking for more extra-curricular activities such as a wrestling team, cheerleading team and art & music classes. The principals were receptive to the requests and options and limitations were discussed.

Youth Leadership Lincoln is a vol-unteer program designed to build leaders starting at the 8th grade level. Students are chosen by teachers and staff each year and are comprised of students from various socio-economic and academic backgrounds. Organizations that have donated to make this program possible are Leadership Lincoln (raffl e tickets on sale now), Rotary, Altrusa and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. If anyone is interested in more information on the youth or adult programs, please fi nd them on Facebook.

Photo courtesy of Sandi AguilarYouth Leadership Lincoln students interview law enforcement offi cers on March 12 prior to their graduation.

By Madi Buechter

Blue recycling bins are a familiar sight on the Capitan schools campus. Since Sep-tember 2012, Capitan schools have been doing their part to help the environment by recycling. Twice a month, in the high, middle and elementary schools, students go to the blue bins, collect the bottles, cans, and paper and take them to larger recycling bins stationed near the Agricul-ture building. During the last two quarters, students from the three schools have col-lected 26,738 pounds of paper, aluminum and plastics combined.

For their efforts, the schools have received an award from Greentree Solid Waste Authority of more than $700. The schools were named No. 1 in the state for their recycling efforts. The award ranks

Capitan schools 28th in the nation for recycling. The funds will be considered for several uses including buying toner for printers or cleaning supplies for the schools.

With help from teachers that sell bottles of water to thirsty students, to the drink-vending machine at the end of the hall, students have not only kept a few thousand pounds of trash out of landfi lls, but have also provided another source of monetary gain to the school.

Students and faculty were surprised to realize the school generated more than 26,000 pounds of recyclable waste. They could only imagine how much a larger school could produce.

Plans are to continue recycling on campus.

An honor and a commitment Why spend money on books? Readlibrary books on a Kindle, Nook or Ipad

By Kaylee Aguilar

The National Honor Society at the Ruidoso High School inducted 15 new members Monday evening. Students accepted into the program must fulfi ll four basic requirements – community, scholarship, leadership, and service. Stu-dents are required to have a cumulative grade point aver-age of 3.750 for their fresh-man and sophomore years. Leadership through extra-cur-ricular activities and commu-nity service are also important. Each student is evaluated by the faculty and staff according to the National Honor Society standards for good character identifying students who cooperate, show courtesy and respect and upholds morality and ethics.

2013 inducted members included Barbara Welch, Sterling Alley, Logan Garner, Stephanie Yamilex Miramontes, Walker Marion, Rio O’Neal, Dani-elle Grundeseth, Cade Patterson, Julia

Schneider-Montgomery, Rocky Cor-dova, Zachary Parra, Parker Johnson, Elizabeth Lindsey, Luis Leyva and AJ Shackleford. The ceremony consisted of passing of a candle representing the

passing of service responsibil-ities to younger generations.

The Ruidoso High School National Honor Society, which has about 20 members, meets every other

Tuesday at lunch to discuss service projects for the school

and community. Students must complete a minimum of four

hours each month on various community projects. Some volun-

teerism includes the winter coat drive, Altrusa Fashion Show and tutoring.

Ruidoso NHS President Kaylee Aguilar stated at the opening ceremony on Monday, “It was such an honor to induct these new students into NHS and for them to carry on the tradition of service and respect for our high school, themselves and our community.”

Ruidoso Public Library invites you to learn how to download free e-books on Tuesday, March 19 at 4:30 p.m. You can read books on your computer, laptop, smartphone or many more devices. If you have not yet decided on a device, this is still a great class to attend – learn what other people have to say about their toys and experiences. We even offer a few devices in a Tech-Petting-Zoo during the class time.

Just like a library book, these check out for a week or two. Unlike a library book, there’s never a late charge because the computer automatically returns your book. Don’t worry – you won’t lose your place. When the book is available to check out again, the fi le will open to the same page you left off.

The trickiest part about this class has

been usernames and passwords. To install the app on a device, you will need to know how to log in to your app store. This may be an Apple ID or Google ID and passwords. If using Amazon products, you will need your Amazon name and password. As with the library’s other online services (holds, re-newals) your library card number pairs with a PIN for access, too. Call or visit us if you have any questions about these services, or drop in to use the Wi-Fi to download and avoid the data limits or charges.

Ruidoso Public Library is located at 107 Kansas City Road, Ruidoso. Library hours are: Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sat-urday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl/ or http://ruidosopublicli-brary.blogspot.com.

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To adopt one of these featured pets, contact the Humane Society of Lincoln County. Hours of operation: Monday, Tuesday, � ursday, Friday 11-5 and

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ENMU-R students recognizedThirty-seven students were

recognized at this year’s New Mexico All-State Academic Team Recognition Ceremony at the State Capitol Rotunda. EN-MU-Ruidoso students, Tonya Ashby and Chon Caswell were selected by the ENMU-Ruidoso campus faculty and administration to be honored during the ceremonies. Students received a certifi cate, a medal-lion, and a letter from the New Mexico Council of University Presidents offering a full-tuition scholarship toward the comple-tion of their bachelor’s degree at any one of the state’s public four-year institutions.

Dr. Jose Garcia, Secretary of Higher Education, proclaimed Feb. 20 as Com-munity College Day in the legislature. The program for the day included recognition of team members in the House and Senate Edu-cation Committees and House of Representa-tives and State Senate fl oors, and a formal

awards ceremony. The annual All-State Aca-demic Team event is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for two-year college students, and was presented by the New Mexico Association of Commu-nity Colleges and New Mexico Independent Community Colleges.

Courtesy photoPictured is Tonya Ashby, ENMU-Ruidoso President Clayton Alred and Chon Caswell.

Creative aging class announces guest speaker

Kids’ College for spring break

Dr. Steve Poland, a licensed psycholo-gist and lecturer at UNM’s Division of Continuing Education, will speak to the Creative Aging classes at ENMU-Ruidoso on Wednesday, March 27 beginning at 4 p.m. and on Thursday, March 28 at 10 a.m. The talk is free, and the public is welcome.

Dr. Poland is well-known for his work in the fi eld of positive psychology. His “Find-ing Your Way to Happiness” class focuses

on the role of happiness and aging. Contrary to the stereotype of depressed seniors, Dr. Poland outlines how, after the age of 60, individuals actually are able to regulate emo-tions and approach life in a more contented and fulfi lled way.

For more information on Dr. Poland or the on-going and free Creative Aging class, please contact ENMU-Ruidoso Community Education at 257-3012.

The popular Kids’ College will take place during spring break, April 8 through 12 at the White Mountain Annex (WMA). All-day classes in a variety of subjects are designed for children ages 6 through 12. The emphasis is on learning in a fun and inter-active environment. The fee for the week is $135 or $35 per day. All materials are included, but students need to bring a sack

lunch and two snacks per day. DeeDee Lamb, the program director and

instructor, will be at WMA at 7:30 a.m. and stay until 5:30 p.m. so parents can drop their children off before work and pick them up after work. Space is limited, so early regis-tration is encouraged. For more information or to register, please call ENMU-Ruidoso Community Education at 575-257-3012.

Courtesy photoBack row, left to right: Alexis Coleman, Randi Greene, Des-tiny Luevano, Mariayah Ren-teria, Santiago Magana, Dante Martinez, Yoan Magana, Kam-den Diaz, Zoe Youngman; mid-dle row, left to right: Charlie Hough (from last month), Malachi Hernandez, Angelina Brown, Justine Casares (from last month), Dracen Prohaska, Citlali Figueroa, Jasmine Jim, Jamie Cox; front row, left to right: Kason McClosky, Adrian Reyna, Brook-lyn Parker, Amber Morgan, Aiden Hester, Noah Herrera and Jeff erey Smith.

Nob Hill March Buzzy Bees

Pie on Pi DayBy Kaylee Aguilar

Did you get pie on Pi Day? Math, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) stu-dents sold pie at school on March 14 to raise money for science fi eld trips. What’s Pi Day? 3/14... think about it.


TUESDAYMARCH 19

Books in your pocket, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Rd., 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Why pay for ebooks on your Kindle, Nook, iPad, smart-phone, or tablet? Ruidoso Public Li-brary has ebooks you can check out for two weeks. Learn the ins and outs of your device, log in to our catalog, and download the title or software necessary in an interactive class. 575-258-3704; www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl. Free.

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

WEDNESDAYMARCH 20

Preschool Story time, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Spring stories; craft: Bouquet of fl owers.

Mama Hottie and the Steriliz-ers, folk-rock / bluegrass / cha-cha-cha, Landlocked Restaurant, 601 Mechem, 6 to 9 p.m.

Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, Club 49, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 7 p.m. Professional comedians will perform live every Wednesday night. $5 admission. Must be 21 or older to attend. 575-464-7028

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

THURSDAYMARCH 21

Tiny Tots Program, Ruidoso Pub-lic Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. For infants and chil-dren through 3 years old. Programs can include: stories, dance, music, free play and sometimes a craft.

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

Karaoke with DJ Pete Cree Mead-ows Lounge, 6 - 11 p.m., every Thurs-day, 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.

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

FRIDAYMARCH 22

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

Hillbilly Potentates, outstanding bluegrass music, perform at Laugh-ing Sheep Farm, 5 - 9 p.m. 575 653-4041. 1 mile west of Lincoln, Hwy 380, mm 96.

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 Wendell’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.sacredground-scoff ee.net. Free.

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

Karaoke at The Elks Lodge on Highway 70, next to the Ruidoso Em-

porium, at 7 p.m. Robin Scott Trio – Alternative

90’s, Club 49 at Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m.


SATURDAYMARCH 23

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.


Thomas Radcliff e, fi nger style guitar virtuoso performs at Old Mill Theater, 641 Sudderth Dr., 6 p.m. 575-257-1090.

Mama Hottie and the Steriliz-ers, folk-rock / bluegrass / cha-cha-cha, Landlocked Restaurant, 601 Mechem, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Free Movie, “When Do We Eat?” Sacred Grounds, 2825 Sudderth Dr., 6:30 - 9 p.m. The “world’s fastest Passover Seder” gone horribly awry

– about an old school dad who’s as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips Dad a dose of hallu-cinogenic Ecstasy in order “to give him a new perspective.” Meanwhile, Mom brings a handsome stranger to dinner and the kids take sides. By the end of the night, however, Dad’s visions turn him into a modern day Moses intent on leading this hungry group to the promised land of family forgiveness. Of course they’re all so stubborn, it would be easier to part the Red Sea. 575-257-2273.

The Eliminators perform at Casa Blanca Restaurant, 7 - 9 p.m.

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

Robin Scott Trio – Alternative 90’s, Club 49 at Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m.


SUNDAYMARCH 24

RHS Benefi t Golf Scramble at The Links Golf Course, 105 Sierra Blanca Dr., 1 p.m. Shotgun start. Come play at this Scottish style golf course in the beautiful southern Sacramento Mountains and help raise money for the Ruidoso High School Golf Team.. This is the 3nd of six golf scrambles. 575-257-5815. $35 entry fee.

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doso from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

MONDAYMARCH 25


Things to do every dayRuidoso Winter Park Tubing Area, west

of Hwy 48 on Ski Run Road, Alto, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (until 9 p.m. on designated nights). Featuring tubes for 3-6 riders and super-size tubes for 3-10 riders plus a Kidz Korral. Full snack bar. 575-336-7079; www.ruidosow-interpark.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 holi-day. 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�ili-ate” status with the Smithsonian Institution. Open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission $6 for adults with discounts avail-able for seniors, military and youth. Visit www.hubbardmuseum.org or call 575-378-4142.

TimeOut Video Game Arcade - Ruidoso’s Gaming Epicenter! Open daily, including holidays. 2500 Sudderth Drive in the Four Seasons Mall. Air Hockey, Fooseball, Plush Cranes, Head to Head Motorcycle Racing, Pinball. Prepare for the Zombie Invasion! Get your dance on with Dance Dance Revolution! Tournaments, specials and party rentals available. For a Fun Family Night Out, Take Them to TimeOut! www.timeoutarcade.com 575-937-9330

Blue Lotus Healing Arts Yoga Center Daily mind-body activities ranging from meditation and relaxation classes to athletic, energizing classes and Hot Yoga. Beginner to advanced classes. 2810 Sudderth Suite 207, above Schlotzsky’s. Ranging from $13 per class for drop-in to $108 for 20 classes in one month. 575-202-8010 or 802-3013; www.ruidosodayspa.com.

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‘Disciple Now’ youth project serves the NestOne of the core values of Lincoln County is that of

service and it is demonstrated on a daily basis by our many local churches. “Disciple Now” is a multi-church program that teaches youth the importance of community service, empathy, support and kindness.

This past weekend, J Bar J Church, Gateway Christian Church and First Baptist Church of Ruidoso joined to-gether to host their third annual “Disciple Now” weekend. The project is a weekend-long event, usually hosted over spring break, that is aimed toward giving youth perspec-tive by providing hosted Bible studies, discussion groups and community service hours. This year, the event saw the participation of more than 100 students.

After spending Friday evening in groups hosted by volunteers around the community, the youth attended Bible studies early on Saturday morning, where they discussed the importance of helping and caring for others. Many of the group leaders are students who traveled to Ruidoso from Abilene Christian University. The leaders used the time to spread a message centered on this year’s theme: Love Revolution, in reference to showing God’s love to others through kind actions and kind words.

“The goal of the project is to lead our youth to show-ing love for others by taking on community service proj-ects and teaching them the value of helping others,” said Waynette Walker, past charter board member of Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) and secretary at J Bar J Church.

As one of the many recipients of the service, the Nest welcomed a group of visiting youth volunteers that spent a portion of the cold, overcast afternoon trimming and

pruning brush, picking up trash and doing spring cleaning in the shelter’s family courtyard. Though J Bar J Church contributes a monetary donation to HEAL and the Nest every month, the “Disciple Now” groups wanted the shel-ter to receive extra attention.

Walker said, “We thought it would be nice if the students could do something a little more direct, too, in addition to those donations. We wanted to be able to show the women who are staying at the Nest that the students and community care about them.”

Other groups spread out to clean up the homes and properties of elder members of our community. The tasks varied from raking up pine needles to washing windows. Several participants also took the time to travel to the Ladera and Camelot low-income apartment complexes

to host Bible studies, meet with residents and distribute donated clothing for resident’s children. After fi nishing the service projects, the groups returned to their host homes for study, discussion sessions and to prepare for a dinner with all of their families in which they would share what they had learned during their service.

HEAL would like to thank J Bar J Church, Gateway Christian Church and First Baptist Church of Ruidoso for providing the opportunity and development for our youth. In organizing this event, they have taken a big step toward shaping the future of our community and of our children, keeping the message of kindness and giving alive, while embracing our community with love.

Courtesy photoPictured are the youth from “Disciple Now” in Ruidoso.

Hair falls for charitySue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free Press

St. Baldericks’s Foundation supports fi ght-ing childhood cancer and uses St. Patrick’s Day as a springboard for their fundraising

eff orts. Acting Fire Chief Harlan Vincent’ said more than $5,500 was raised with

the fi rst $2,000 raised at his church (Gate-way Church of Christ) prior to the Sunday afternoon event, and preaching minister

John Duncan committing to having his head shaved. Local professional hairstylists

Rhonda Newsome, Jennifer Sanchez and Jasmine DeVare volunteered their services

for the event. Sanchez is a childhood cancer survivor. Seen here at left is Joe Kenmore,

County Emergency Services director and at right is Betsy Hobbs-Boyles participating by having her hair shaved. More than 50

participated in the event.


The New Mexican

SIGNED BY THE GOVERNORHouse Bill 216: The Fair Pay for Women

Act, sponsored by Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, will prohibit wage discrimination based on gender and make it easier for women to seek injunctive relief and damages in such cases. The bill also will prohibit employers from retaliating against a person making a claim under the act.

Senate Bill 447: This establishes a Native American Suicide Prevention Advisory Council.

SB 139: Under this bill, K-9s -- police dogs or dogs used by corrections offi cers -- will be off ered for free to their trainers or handlers when the animals retire from service.

SB 141: This will allow local law-enforce-ment agencies to use funds from the Law Enforcement Protection Fund to buy protec-tive vests for K-9s. The bill doesn’t earmark any extra money for doing this.

HB 493: Sponsored by Rep. Stephen Easley, D-Santa Fe, the bill creates a public clearinghouse for GIS data in the state at The University of New Mexico’s Resource Geo-graphic Information Center. The center will use environmental statistics and geologic data to create maps and other graphics that show a wide range of information about the state, from fi re impacts to soil conditions.

SB 2: Sponsored by Sen. Michael Sanchez, D-Belen, it will make permanent a distribution of the 0.046 percent of General Fund gross receipts tax to the State Aviation Fund, which expired June 30. The bill also defi nes the eligible uses of this revenue to include: plan-ning, program administration, construction, equipment, materials and maintenance of a system of airports, navigation aids and related facilities.

WHAT PASSEDEconomic development

HB 641: An assortment of tax cuts, includ-ing the “Breaking Bad Bill” (named after the Emmy-winning cable series shot in Albuquer-que), sponsored by Rep. Moe Maestas, D-Albu-querque, would increase the size of rebates for money spent on fi lm production in the state to 30 percent for a television series that shoots at least six episodes in a single season.

SB 240: Sponsored by Rep. James White, R-Albuquerque, the bill would limit lawsuits against fi rms that supply parts for spacecraft used in Virgin Galactic’s operation at the $209 million spaceport in Southern New Mexico. Gov. Susana Martinez supports this.

Workers

SB 416: Sponsored by Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Española, the bill would raise the statewide minimum wage for most employ-ees to $8.50 an hour from $7.50 an hour. The governor has said she will veto this.

SB 371: Sponsored by Sen. Jacob Can-delario, D-Albuquerque, this would prohibit employers from demanding from job appli-cants’ passwords to Facebook and other social media sites.

SB 128: Sponsored by Sen. Bill O’Neill, D-Albuquerque and Rep. Jane Powdrell-Culbert, R-Corrales, this would prohibit employers from using credit information as a basis for denying an interview to a prospective employee. There would be exceptions for employers when credit is a bona fi de occupational requirement.

Pensions

SB 27: The Public Employees Retirement Association “pension fi x,” sponsored by Sen. George Muñoz, D-Gallup, would increase the employee contribution rate by 1.5 percent for workers who earn $20,000 a year or more; reduce the cost-of-living adjustment from 3 percent to 2 percent for most retirees; and would delay eligibility for cost-of-living adjust-ments from two to seven full years.

SB 115: The Educational Retirement Board “pension fi x” would increase employee contribution rates by 2.8 percent over a two-year period for certain employees and would create additional eligibility requirements for benefi ts and cost-of-living adjustments for new employees hired after July 1.

Education

HB 460: Sponsored by Rep. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, this will stop charter schools from contracting with out-of-state private companies to manage a charter school or its educational programming.

HB 392: Sponsored by Rep. Mary Helen Garcia, D-Las Cruces, this would eliminate the authority of the secretary of the Public Educa-tion Department to review charter school appeals and places the duty of approving charters with the Public Education Commis-sion.

HB 562: Sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, D-Los Alamos, the bill would create the Technology Research Collaborative, which would establish advanced technology centers and develop new intellectual property for the state. The institutions participating in the collaborative include all national labora-tories, other major research institutes and all of the post-secondary educational institutions in New Mexico. The New Mexico Institute for Mining and Technology would act as fi scal agent for the collaborative.

HB 300: Sponsored by Rep. Doreen Gal-legos, D-Las Cruces, the measure would allow 10 excused absences from school for pregnant

and parenting teens.SB 587: Sponsored by Sen. Howie Mo-

rales, D-Silver City, this creates a 21-member committee to study and make recommenda-tions to alter the state’s current A-F school-grading system, while initiating a series of changes in the current system.

Health

SB 221: Sponsored by Sen. Benny Shendo, D-Jemez Pueblo, the measure would create the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange to institute a competitive market for the purchase of health insurance. The exchange would off er a choice of diff erent health plans, would certify plans that par-ticipate in the exchange and would provide information about health insurance options.

HB 22: Sponsored by Rep. Jim Smith, R-Cedar Crest, and Sen. Bill O’Neill, D-Albu-querque, this would provide autism insurance benefi ts for the state’s municipal employees.

Crime

HB 146: sponsored by Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, D-Albuquerque, the bill would require New Mexico retailers to implement a real-time “stop-sale” system for ephedrine and pseudoephedrine purchases. These drugs can be used in the manufacture of metham-phetamine. The stop-sale system is available free of charge to retailers in states mandating such a system and would be administered by the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy. The bill would limit ephedrine and pseudoephedrine purchases to 3.6 grams per day and no more than 9 grams every 30 days.

SB 442: Sponsored by Sen. Ron Griggs, R-Alamogordo, this would allow those convicted of great bodily harm or vehicular homicide by DWI to obtain an ignition interlock license after completion of their sentences.

SB 190: Sponsored by Phil Griego, D-San Jose, the bill calls for $300,000 of liquor tax revenues in the local DWI grant fund to be ap-propriated to the Local Government Division to cover the costs of installing and leasing interlock devices for indigent people. To date, more than 1,345 off enders are eligible for the indigent fund subsidy.

Liquor

SB 154: Sponsored by Sen. John Ryan, R-Albuquerque, this would allow Sunday liquor sales to begin at 10 a.m., two hours earlier than the noon starting time under current law.

SB 259: Sponsored by Rep. Bill Burt, R-Alamogordo, the bill would classify the fi rst off ense of an alcohol server caught selling to a minor as a misdemeanor, rather than a felony. Alcohol-serving licenses would have to be renewed every three years instead of the current fi ve.

Environment

SB 479: Sponsored by Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, this would prevent double dipping in water resources. It would require landown-ers who have sold irrigation rights from their property to obtain new water rights or hook into a community water service before subdi-viding the land. The bill carries an emergency clause and will take eff ect immediately if it is signed by the governor.

SB 480: Sponsored by Wirth, it would re-quire developers to provide proof of adequate water supplies for subdivisions of 10 parcels or more, with any one parcel 2 acres or less in size, before county commissioners will ap-prove fi nal plats.

SB 14: Sponsored by Wirth and Rep. Carl Trujillo, D-Santa Fe, this extends the sustain-able building tax credit for fi ve years. The bill was amended to apply only to houses that meet energy-effi ciency and other “green” building standards. The tax credit is nontrans-ferable. Builders say the tax credit is essential to help the state’s still struggling construction industry.

Public Regulation Commission reform

SB 8: The bill requires new qualifi cations for PRC candidates.

SB 107: The Uniform Real Property Trans-fer on Death Act, sponsored by Wirth, provides a simple, one-page form for owners to use to transfer property and avoid probate.

HB 46: This would move the Corporations Bureau from the PRC to the Secretary of State’s Offi ce.

HB 45: This would create an independent Offi ce of the Insurance Superintendent and remove that division from the PRC. A commit-tee would have the power to hire and fi re the superintendent.

SB 328: Sponsored by Griego, this would make major changes in the law governing taxis, moving companies, ambu-lances and buses. The law would ease the way for more competition while keeping in place consumer protections.

Miscellaneous

HB 483: Sponsored by Maestas, this would create an

independent Public Defender Commission that would appoint the state’s public defender and oversee depart-ment operations.

HB 21: Spon-sored by Sen. Jim Smith, R-Cedar Crest, and Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque, the bill would require a 72-hour notice for public meetings by government bodies.

SB 16: Sponsored by Wirth, the measure changes the way public fi nancing works for PRC members and judges in a statewide elec-tion. The bill is meant to get the system in line with a court decision that nullifi ed part of the current law.

House Concurrent Resolution 1: Sponsored by Rep. Don Bratton, R-Hobbs, this shields the private emails of legislators from being subject to requests under the Inspec-tion of Public Records Act – even if the emails concern public business.

SB 444: Sponsored by Sen. Mary Kay Papen, D-Las Cruces, and Rep. Candy Spence Ezzell, R-Roswell, this would address horse-doping problems in the horse racing industry in New Mexico.

SB 70: Sponsored by Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas, this would rename state monuments as historic sites and add Fort Stanton to the list.

WHAT FAILEDGuns

HB 77: Sponsored by Rep. Miguel Garcia, D-Albuquerque, the bill would have required background checks for people buying fi rearms at gun shows.

HB 137: Sponsored by Rep. Zach Cook, R-Ruidoso, this would have allowed concealed-carry license-holders to take their guns into liquor establishment.

Driver’s licenses

HB 606 and SB 521: Sponsored by Rep. Paul Pacheco, D-Albuquerque, and Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, these measures would have repealed the state law allowing New Mexico to issue driver’s licenses to undocumented im-migrants. Both died in committees.

Education

SB 260 and HB 257: Sponsored by Sen. Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs, and Rep. Mary Helen Garcia, these bills would have mandated retention for third-graders who are not pro-fi cient in reading. The bills also would have required that students who are defi cient in reading receive intensive remediation and intervention eff orts in kindergarten through second grade, before retention becomes a reality.

House Joint Resolution 10: Sponsored by Rep. Jim Trujillo, D-Santa Fe, would have put constitutional amendments on the 2014 general election ballot that would have made permanent the 5.8 percent annual distribution from the Land Grant Permanent Fund that goes to public education.

HB 50: Sponsored by Rep. Jimmie Hall, R-Albuquerque, this would have prohibited General Fund appropriations to colleges that do not properly teach teachers to teach read-ing. It died in committee.

Marriage equality

HJR 3: Sponsored by Egolf, this would have allowed voters to decide on a proposed constitutional amendment that would make same-sex marriage a constitutional right in New Mexico.

Election reform

HB 157: Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Stein-born, D-Las Cruces, this would have allowed 17-year-olds to vote in June primaries as long as they would turn 18 by the next November general election.

Crime

HB 465: Sponsored by Rep. Emily Kane, D-Albuquerque, the bill would have reduced penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana.

HB 87: Introduced by Egolf, this would have modifi ed requirements for ignition interlock licenses to state that a person who is under a court order not to drive without an ignition interlock license is prohibited from purchasing alcoholic beverages.

HB 32 and SB 409: Sponsored by Rep. Tim Lewis, R-Rio Rancho, and Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, these bills would have increased penalties for fourth and higher convic-tions for DWI. The bills died in committee.

HB 432: Introduced by Rep. Jason Harper, R-Rio

Rancho, the bill would have allowed parties to submit certifi ed reports of blood sample anal-yses in DWI cases without an analyst providing testimony in person. It would authorize the use of interactive video testimony by labora-tory analysts in lieu of in-person testimony.

HB 349: Sponsored by Rep. Liz Thomson, D-Albuquerque, this would have required a person whose driver’s license has been revoked for DWI to complete a minimum of six months of driving with an ignition interlock, with no attempts to tamper with the device, before his or her license can be reinstated; during that period, the device must not register a BAC of 0.04 or more, and the person must have at least one test per week. Also, the bill would have allowed the court to order an off ender who says he or she does not have a car or is not driving to obtain a home Breatha-lyzer device and provide morning or evening breath samples.

HB 362: Sponsored by Rep. Paul Pacheco, R-Rio Rancho, this would have allowed a law-enforcement offi cer to request a municipal, magistrate or district judge to issue a search warrant for chemical blood testing in misde-meanor DWI cases.

SB 460: Sponsored by Muñoz, this would have banned anyone with a fi fth DWI from ever again obtaining a driver’s license.

HB 97: Sponsored by Rep. Dennis Roch, R-Texico, this would have created new crimes of homicide by boat and great bodily injury by boat for someone who kills a person or causes great bodily injury while operating a boat under the infl uence of alcohol and drugs.

HB 431 and SB 532: Sponsored by Rep. Jason Harper, R-Rio Rancho, and Sen. Mark Moores, R-Albuquerque, these measures would have provided for the seizure and for-feiture of a motor vehicle driven by a person whose license is revoked for DWI.

SB 262: Introduced by Sen. Joe Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, this would have clarifi ed exist-ing law that makes strangling or suff ocating someone a third-degree felony. Currently, state district attorneys can charge the crime as a misdemeanor or a felony. Strangulation is frequently used by abusers to control their victims without killing them, experts testifi ed.

Environment

HB 189: This would have penalized people who knowingly make false statements or fi le false reports to the state Environment Department.

HB 136: This would have required oil and gas companies to disclose more information about the contents of their hydraulic fractur-ing fl uids. Sponsored by Egolf, the bill never made it past the House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee. State regulators and industry opposed the bill.

Taxes

HB 521: Sponsored by Rep. Ed Sandoval, D-Albuquerque, this would have allowed county assessors to reset residential property values to 90 percent of market in 2014 – and then limit increases to 5 percent a year. Cur-rently, there are thousands of homes valued way below market because of a law passed 10 years ago that limits increases to 3 percent a year.

Miscellaneous

HB 277: Sponsored by Rep. Christine Tru-jillo, D-Albuquerque, this would have prohib-ited employers from requiring their workers to attend meetings that have the main purpose of touting the employer’s opinions on religion or politics.

HB 445: Sponsored by Rep. Christine Trujillo, this would have regulated the way hospitals set staffi ng levels in the state, al-lowed nurses to refuse to work shifts not staff ed to agreed-upon levels. It also would have required hospitals to submit staffi ng data to the Department of Health for publication annually and would have created whistle-blower protection for people who reported violations of the law.

HB 579: This would have banned leg-hold traps and snares on public land.

VETOED BY GOVERNOR

SB 395: This would have prohibited a state agency from disclosing the names of people bringing complaints about wage law violations by contractors on public works projects.

HB 155: This would have imposed a $5 fee for newly issued, renewal or replacement disabled parking placards, a service currently provided free of charge.

HB 273: This would have amended the Public School Capital Outlay Act by removing requirements to increase lease-assistance pay-ments to charter schools using the consumer price index.

LEGISLATIVEreview – wrapping it up

Photo courtesy of the Santa Fe New MexicanGovernor Susana Martinez addresses the press following the end of the 2013 legislative session.

What passed, what failed, what was signed and vetoed


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. Alan 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, 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 Church Junc tion Road, behind Wells Fargo Bank. Russell Parchman and Ed Barlow, interim pastors. 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 Ruidoso613 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 Chuck Workman, 575-636-3773; 1st Elder Manuel Maya 937- 4487SPANISH SERVICESIglesia del NazarenoAngus Church, 12 mi north of Ruidoso on Hwy 48. Marco 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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Holy Week services in Lincoln County for the communityBy Sue [email protected]

The week prior to Easter is signifi cant for Christians. The week commemorates the last few days of Jesus’ earthly life and gives a pause to regular schedules for believers to gather, remembering the events recorded in the Bible. This year, Palm Sunday is March 24 and Easter is March 31. In the Christian tradition, several events are planned by the Lincoln County Mescalero Ministerial Alliance to offer a means of remembering the gospel accounts.

Many Lincoln County Protestant and Catholic churches will begin Holy Week in celebration of Palm Sunday and continue by joining together for community services at St. Eleanor’s Catholic Church Wednesday through Friday, March 27-29. Typically, community Holy Week services last less than 45 minutes and a meal is served following the service. Father Al Galvan volunteered St. Eleanor’s to host this year’s community Holy Week services in their new sanctuary, dedicated in 2012.

The free will offerings received this year during the community services will benefi t Challenge Day 2013 at Ru-idoso Middle School. Challenge Day’s mission is to provide youth and their communities with experiential workshops that demonstrate the possibilities of love and connection through the celebration of diversity, truth and expression. The vision of Challenge Day is that teens have the opportu-nity to live lives where they feel loved and celebrated.

Research shows schools which participate in Challenge Day workshops see a reduction of violence, bullying, ha-rassment and substance abuse. Connectedness and feelings of safety are some of the reported results from participating schools. Ruidoso Middle School’s Be the Change Move-ment includes student driven service groups like Be The Change Team, and ROCKS Club. Responsible, On task, Contributing, Kindness, Safety are traits the middle school wishes to instill in students. Student sponsorships are $36 each and sponsors and volunteers are needed.

“We’re so excited and touched the Alliance chose our

effort to support,” said Kelli Shaw, part of the counseling staff at the school.

Ryan Arnold, LCMMA president and pastor of Ru-idoso’s First Christian Church has, with the alliance, planned services to include many area leaders. Musicians, pastors, laypersons and deacons from different faiths will participate. “The member churches and parishes of LC-MMA believe unity among the congregations of the county and Mescalero is not a human creation but a gift from God,” says Arnold. “We celebrate unity during Holy Week through these three worship services. The churches may all be quite different: some are conservative, some liberal, some are liturgical and some casual but we affi rm one another with mutual respect, realizing that we are bound in fellowship through our communion with Christ,” Arnold explains.

Speaking this year are Bobby Barnett, pastor of Ru-idoso’s Grace Harvest Church, Charles Clary, pastor of the J Bar J Church and Rick Hutchison, pastor of Angus Church; all volunteering to speak. Also participating are Father Al of St. Eleanor’s Catholic Church; Jean Riley, Methodist pastor in Carrizozo and Capitan; Ed Vinson of Christ Community Church in Capitan and John Duncan, preaching minister of Gateway Church of Christ. Jack Schuster of the Mescalero Apache Mission, Laurie Bena-vides of Church of the Holy Mount Episcopal Church and Tony Chambless of the Presbyterian Church will deliver the sacrament of the Lord’s Prayer.

Arnold continues. “In our increasingly divisive culture, I hope the Holy Week community services will encour-age each worshipper to see the centrality of Christ within believers and seekers of different theological or political persuasion,” he says. Holy Week services typically embrace shared beliefs and tend to try and stay clear of specifi c doctrines of individual churches. “In essence, I hope we can show we are Christians by our love for one another,” says Arnold.

Wednesday’s service will feature music from Ru-idoso’s Community United Methodist Church choir in ad-

dition to Ed Vinson deliver-ing the message. Maundy Thursday’s plans include

music from the Ruidoso First Christian Church with the message delivered by Charles Clary, and Good Friday’s service is planned to include Rick Hutchison’s message along with music from St. Eleanor’s choir.

Easter plans will be listed for area churches in the March 26 edition of the Ruidoso Free Press.

Lent is a 40-day season of the church year that provides people an opportunity for focused refl ection, penitence, sacrifi -cial service, and prayer, in preparation for a meaningful observance of the cruci-fi xion and resurrection of Jesus Christ during Holy Week.

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church is holding a series of midweek Lenten services on Wednesday evenings

at 6:30 p.m. The general theme of the services is “Facing the Cross.” Pastor Schoech’s sermon theme for Wednesday, March 20, will be “Facing Suffering,” based on Romans 8:18-19. A soup supper will precede the service at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited. The church is located at 1120 Hull Road. For more information call the church offi ce at 575-258-4191, Mon. - Fri., from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Lenten services at Shepherd of the Hills

Palm Sunday, March 24Sunday School/Bible Class: 9 a.m.Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.Maundy Thursday Service with Holy Communion,

March 28: 6:30 p.m. Good Friday, March 29Tenebrae Service 6:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday, March 31 Sunrise Outdoor Service: 7 a.m.Easter Breakfast: 8 a.m.Sunday School/Bible Class: 9:15 a.m.Festival Worship Service with Holy Communion:

10:30 a.m.

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 1120 Hull Road; 575-258-4191, www.shlcruidoso.org. Pastor: Rev. Thomas Schoech

Holy Week schedulefor Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

Thought for the week...Charles Clary

Which one are you? We look at three men in the earthly life of Jesus Christ – Judas, Simon Peter and the thief on the cross.

Judas Iscariot behaved in demonic mode, as Satan entered him. And to the delight of the Jewish high priests, he agreed to betray Jesus. He was disappointed in Jesus Christ, because he wanted an earthly king who would drive out the Romans. He was from the village of Kerioth. He was his name, Iscariot. That comes from the word that means, “of the dagger” or “assassin.” The word is “sikarios.”

Simon Peter denied and disowned the Lord Jesus. Jesus prophesied that Peter would deny him three times before the rooster would announce the dawn. Peter and his brother, Andrew, were � shermen on the Sea of Galilee. Peter was the leading apostle of Jesus Christ. Jesus did state that Peter would return to faith and serve the Kingdom of God. His name was Simon, which means “hearing,” but some linguists interpret that Peter went along with whatever he heard. He was kind of “wishy-washy.” Jesus renamed him Peter, which means “Rock.”

The thief on the cross was one of two criminals who were convicted of crimes that deserved their execution. He is unnamed in the Scriptures. As they hung on the cross, the � rst thief railed at Jesus, that if he is the Christ, he should save himself and them. The second thief stated that Jesus had done nothing to deserve his punishment, but that they were worthy of death.

Then, he turned to Jesus and asked to be remembered when Jesus comes into his kingdom. And Jesus said to the second thief, “Today, you will be with me in paradise.”

Would you be a “betrayer,” a “denier” or a “confessor” of Jesus? It may be that we have been all three. My mind goes to the Muslim country where a Christian minister will not deny Jesus Christ. While we do not have the ability to betray Jesus, we do have the opportunity to deny Christ. It is my prayer that we will repent of sin, confess that Jesus is Lord, and believe that God has raised Him from the dead. With that, we will celebrate the reality of the Resurrection. Read Luke’s gospel, chapters 22 and 23. It will give you help for today and hope for tomorrow.

Capitan United Methodist Church will hold an Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 31 at Smokey Bear Historical Park. Breakfast will follow at the church (corner of 3rd and White Oaks). All are welcome. Sunday services are at 9:10 a.m.

Easter Sunrise Service


120 LEGAL NOTICESTWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTCOUNTY OF LINCOLNSTATE OF NEW MEXICO

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFERIC N. THOMPSON, deceased.

PB 2013-00002Div. 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 first 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 filed with the District Court of Lincoln County.

/s/ Richard A. Hawthorne

Deborah Ann ThompsonPersonal Representative of the Estate of Eric N. Thompson

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/s/ Cathy Jones, Executive Director

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Schmidt Cassegrain $1000. 90mm refractor $250. Both with solar and moon filters, eye pieces and carrying case. 575-354-3240.

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500 RECREATIONAL2002 JAYCO EAGLE, 2 slides, 32ft long. $12,000.00. 325-669-4904

Call 258-9922 or stop by 1086 Mechem (MTD Media) to place your classified ad. Deadline for Legal Notices and Classified Display is Wed. at 5 p.m.; Deadline for Classified Liners is Thurs. at 5 p.m.

Classifieds

616 Mechem • Ruidoso, NM • (575) 257-4011 • 800-530-4597© 2013 BRER Affiliates Inc. An independently owned and operated broker member of BRER Affiliates, Inc. Prudential, the Prudential logo and the rock symbol are registered service marks of

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Looking for a career in Real Estate? Call us! For additional listings & other valuable information:www.PrudentialLynchRealty.com

ESCAPE TO THIS BEAUTIFUL SOUTH-WESTERN/TUSCAN STYLE HOME

One level, 3 large bedrooms, 3 baths, large office space, cozy sunroom, arched doorways and niches and Italian tile floors. Gourmet kitchen has stainless appliances, granite counters & custom cabinetry. 2 covered patios, enclosed courtyards. Oversized 4 car garage, paved roads, underground utilities & gated entry. $565,000 MLS#111563

RARELY OFFERED PROPERTY ON NOGAL CANYON ROAD

Consisting of 9+ acres. High-end 2002 manu-factured home with many special features. Met-al roof, fenced area and refrigerated air. Com-manding views of Nogal Peak, Capitans and surrounding mountains. In addition, there are three other manufactured homes and countless improvements. $374,900 MLS #111667

WONDERFUL RURAL SETTINGAustin stone exterior, 2 bedrooms plus nice office, 2 bathrooms. Vaulted ceilings, 2 car garage, 2 car carport. Fantastic view! Home is approximately 75% finished. Ap-proximately 40 x 50 barn with concrete floor. Seller will sell items that will help com-plete home for additional price. $219,500 MLS #111961

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SECTION 8VOUCHERS WELCOME

Inspiration Heights Apartment Homes

1, 2, and3 bedrooms.

Nestled in the pines of Ruidoso Downs

301 Sierra Lane378-4236

Under New OwnershipThis institution is an Equal

Opportunity Provider.TTY Relay - 711

Historic

ADOBE PLAZA

Low Rent High Traffic

200 Mechem at SudderthRuidoso’s

Landmark PlazaGreat Location &

VisibilityThousands of consumers pass daily! Start $595/mo

700-7,000 sf availableIncludes Advertising Plan

575-802-3013

Lincoln County’sBEST

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2012 New MexicoPress Association2nd Place Award

KATHYKIEFER

Seeking dedicated participants to help further develop one of the fastest growing restaurants in Ruidoso.

Only looking for the best! Please apply if you demonstrate great character, loyalty, maturity, experience, positivity and the ability to work quickly under pressure. This is NOT AN EASY BUSINESS! If you do not do well with policy and procedures, or you do not

take well to constructive criticisms, this is not the job for you. The following positions could be available: Servers & Cooks

I am seeking full time employees who wish to avoid hopping from job to job. Great dividends can be had for GREAT employ-ees. The pay is very competitive and the hours

are unbeatable. Come join our family today. Apply in person at

Cornerstone Bakery Café,359 Sudderth Drive, Ruidoso, NM.

We look forward to meeting you!

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Serving all of Lincoln County

4 br/2 ba, 3 car garage - $118,000 MLS1111623 br/2 ba, Upgrades/Xeriscaped, Dream garageand workshop$200,000 MLS1117553 br/2 ba dome ceiling. Walking distanceto Midtown.$182,000 MLS11187322 acres next to Nat’l. ForestTop of the world views.Home & casita. $449,000 MLS112166

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© 2013 BRER Affiliates Inc. An independently owned and operated broker member of BRER Affiliates, Inc. Prudential, the Prudential logo and the rock symbol are registered service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many

jurisdictions worldwide. Used under license with no other affiliation with Prudential. Equal Housing Opportunity.

RENTALSHOUSES

323 HEATH DRIVE – FURN 3 BDR, 2 (3/4) BA (showers only) with knotty pine walls & wood floors. Approx. 1337 sq.ft. $975/Mo + utilities.105 EVANS – UNF 2 BDR, 1 3/4 BA. Ap-prox. 1466 sq.ft. $1000/Mo + utilities.429 COLORADO – UNF 3 BDR/2BA with office, sunroom & fenced yard. Backs to National Forest. Approx. 2075 sq. ft. $1000/Mo + utilities. (Available April 1)258 DEER PARk DR. – UNF 3 BD, 2 BA, attached 2 car garage, gas log F/P, A/C. Pets on approval. Approx 1880 sq. ft. $1700/mo + utilities. (Available April 1)103 WEST – UNF 2 BDR, 2 BA. Deck and F/P. Approx 900 sq.ft. No Pets. $800/Mo + utilities. (Available April 1)111 FIR - UNF 2 BDR, 2 BA. W/D hookups, large utility room. Approx 1168 sq.ft. Pets on approval. $850/Mo + utilities. (Available April 1)

CONDOS406 SUNNY SLOPE #3 – FURN 2 BDR, 1 1/2 BA. $1100/Mo includes utilities.

MANUFACTURED HOMES112 HIDEAWAY LANE – FURN 3 BDR, 2 BA with wrap-around decks and hot tub. Fenced yard, pets OK. Approx. 1096 sq.ft. $1600/Mo includes utilities. (On the Market – Subject to showing with a lawful 30-day notice)

COMMERCIAL2900 SUDDERTH DRIVE – Large building at the corner of Sudderth & Mechem with many potential uses. Come take a look.419 MECHEM DRIVE – Approx. 1100 sq.ft. Come take a look. $650/Mo + utilities.2213 SUDDERTH DRIVE – Large retail space in the heart of Midtown with additional parking! Could also be used as residential or office space as well as retail space. Possible tenant improvements. So many options. Ap-prox. 2018 sq ft. $1800/Mo + utilities.

Space for Leasein the Heart of Midtown

Four Seasons Mall, 800sf, nicely finished for all

retail, snacks, Art; Bring your business into the

heart of midtown!Ample parking, tenant pays electric/gas, sign positioning available.www.bizruidoso.com 575-937-9330Eugene HeathmanBuyRuidoso.com

Professional Management2927 Sudderth Drive

575-257-8516

Registered DentalHygienist

Lincoln County Medical Centeris actively seeking a Registered Dental Hygienist for our Rural Health Clinic in Carrizozo, NM. Position requires a

highly motivated, multi-tasking individual.Experience required.

Excellent compensation and benefits package available. To learn more about Lincoln County Medical Center,

Ruidoso, visit www.mylcmc-ruidoso.com

To apply online please visit: www.phs.orgHuman Resources, Lincoln County Medical Center,

Ruidoso, NM ∙ 575-257-8256PHS is committed to ensuring a drug-free workplace. EOE

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Recycling of discarded textbooks and library books will kick-off at the Greentree Solid Waste Authority (GSWA) during the 4th annual Textbook Recycling Week, June 3 - 7.

All books must be transported to GSWA Recycling Center 26590 U.S. Highway 70, Ruidoso Downs will be open between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. during these dates for textbook and library book

drop-off. Covers may be left on the dis-carded books for recycling. All hardback or soft cover books will be accepted.

For more information on textbook re-cycling, contact the Greentree Solid Waste Authority office at 378-4697; toll free at 1-877-548-8772 or via email at [email protected]. General solid waste disposal and recycling information is avail-able at www.greentreeswa.org.

Plastic recycling on the rise in Lincoln County/MescaleroMajor changes have come to plastic

recycling in Lincoln County according to Greentree Solid Waste (GSWA) officials. Lincoln County will now join other New Mexico communities in accepting only Grade 1 and Grade 2 plastic for recycling. All other grades of plastic (3-7) will not be accepted by material manufacturers to whom the recycled plastic is sold, and may be discarded in the regular trash.

Identification of these items is easy! Turn the container over and look for the recycling triangle with a 1 or 2 molded or imprinted on the bottom of the container. Any other numbered plastic items should be discarded in the trash.

Grade 1 PETE plastic [polyethylene terephthalate] is ‘any plastic container with a neck’, primarily beverage containers like water bottles, soft drinks, clear vegetable and fruit packaging, etc. Grade 2 HDPE (high density polyethylene) is used in colored plant nursery containers, milk jugs, and other consumer products. The plastics

industry trade association introduced the Resin Identification Code (RIC) system in 1988 at the urging of recyclers around the country. The code was developed to meet recyclers’ needs while providing manu-facturers a consistent, uniform system that could apply nationwide.

Availability of plastic recycling is driven by manufacturers who need raw materials and are willing to pickup and pay for recycled plastic bales. Soft drink bot-tlers remain the biggest user of PET resin. “Custom” bottles are used for other prod-ucts, such as salad dressing, peanut butter and jellies. PET is also used for film, oven trays, sheeting for cups and food trays, oven trays, and other uses. Half of all polyester carpet made in the United States is made from recycled PET bottles.

Examples of plastic containers that are no longer recyclable include:• Medicine bottles, Grade 5• Yogurt, butter and other food containers • Other food packaging, Grades 5-7

Other types of plastic that cannot be recycled (no market for the material) includes:• Styrofoam of any kind• Plastic wrap of any kind• Plastic shopping bags – can be recy-

cled at the Smokey’s Country Market (Capitan), Walmart and at local thrift shops

• Plastic containers with oil, grease, or food products

• Restaurant cooking oil plastic contain-ersFor more information, contact the

Solid Waste Authority office at 378-4697, extension 13; toll free at 1-877-548-8772, via email at [email protected] or at www.greentreeswa.org.

Textbook/library book recycling event

An expanded tire recycling amnesty event has been scheduled for April 5 and 6 at two locations - Schoolhouse Park in Ruidoso and at All-American Park in Ru-idoso Downs for Lincoln County and Mes-calero residents. Passenger vehicle, SUV and light truck tires will be accepted at no charge. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. No heavy equipment or large truck tires will be accepted. Tires on rims may also be dropped off. More than 800 tires were col-lected from across Lincoln County in the tire recycling event last year.

Commercial tire companies are no longer eligible to participate in the am-nesty event.

Tire recycling is the process of recycling vehicles tires that are no longer suitable for use on vehicles due to wear or irreparable damage (such as punctures). These tires are among the largest and most problematic sources of waste, due to the large volume produced and their durabil-

ity. Tires are not desired at landfills, due to their large volumes and 75 percent void space which quickly consume valuable space for other waste materials. Dis-carded tires also contribute to the spread of West Nile and hanta viruses, which are at a national all-time high.

The high cost of fuel and the econom-ic recession in mid-2008 also caused tire recyclers out of the El Paso area to cease buying and picking up tires from several commercial tire companies in Lincoln County. In Lincoln County, discarded tires collected at recycling events are used in an engineered tire bale fencing project again under construction at the Greentree Transfer Station and Recycling Center on Highway 70 in Ruidoso Downs.

For more information on the upcom-ing tire amnesty event, contact the Solid Waste Authority office at 378-4697; toll free at 1-877-548-8772, via email at [email protected] or at www.green-treeswa.org.

Tire amnesty event for Ruidoso, Downs

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Ruidoso Free Press March 19, 2013