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By Sue [email protected]

Village of Ruidoso councilors unani-mously voted to request more than $400,000 from the state for two major projects. Last Monday’s quick meeting was the result of timely action by Debi Lee, village manager who submitted the request in a matter of days after she was informed there were available state funds to assist the village in fi re recov-ery and fl ood preparedness.

“I’d like to thank Governor Martinez publicly for helping us throughout the whole fi re experience,” said Mayor Ray Alborn. “She walked behind the scenes, spent days with us, and told us she’d allocate as much help as possible to Lincoln County. When she saw a need, she’d say ‘I want to do this’ and it became evident that she would help.” He also mentioned the presence and assistance of Lt. Gov. John Sanchez, who visited the area and promised his continued support.

Offi cially an encumbered loan from the state at this point, $215,990 is appro-priated to harden Alto Dam anticipating fl ood waters to tax its existing strength. The

remaining $218,000 will provide funds for radio communications upgrades. Both needs were selected as priorities in expectation of fl ooding issues due to rapid watershed with monsoonal rains. With evacuations already

taking place two weeks ago for those living in close proximity to riverbeds, these two needs swam to the top of the list. Those who live close to water paths are advised to be in

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What’shappeningJuly 13‘The Pied Piper’ atSpencer TheaterA Missoula Children’s Theater Performance with local children learning the acting trade and perform-ing in this professional production. 108 Spencer Road. 7 - 9 p.m. 1-888-818-7872. www.spencer-theater.com. Adults $18. Children $10. Up From The AshesArt Benefi tRuidoso Regional Coun-cil for the Arts starts this special art show to benefi t those who suff ered losses during the Little Bear Fire with a grand opening reception, 6 p.m. 1712 Sudderth. The show runs through August 24. 575-257-7272; www.ruidoso-arts.org. July 13-15Zia Festival race trialsBeginning at 1 p.m.All horses are New Mexico bred with qualifi ers run-ning in the Zia Festival on July 29. Free admission, free parking. Fort Stanton Live!Wild West Show with Civil War reenactments, Buff alo Soldiers, and mountain men at the historic fort. Vendors, food and enter-tainment plus candlelight tour Friday night. 575-354-0341, www.fortstanton.org. $5. July 15Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at IMGContemporary swing band from Southern Califor-nia with notable singles including “Go Daddy-O” and “You and Me and the Bottle.” Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m. 575-464-7777, innofthemountaingods.com. An evening withUdi Bar-David at Mountain Annie’sUdi Bar-David equally at home as a classical cellist and on innovative impro-viser of music of all genres, spreads the messages of hope, understanding and co-existence. Champagne punch reception. 2710 Sudderth, 7 p.m. 575-257-7892. www. mountainan-nies.com $20.

July 16Udi Bar-Davidconcert in CarrizozoPre-concert Italian din-ner at Assembly of God, 13th at C Ave, 5 p.m. Free concert at Trinity United Methodist Chruch, 10th & D Ave. at 7 p.m. 575-648-2757. www.carrizozomusic.org.

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RMSD Board recall advances, president defends actionBy Eugene [email protected]

In the wake of RMSD Superintendent Bea Harris being placed on administrative leave, a recall petition against RMS board member Curt Temple and President Devin Marshall was allowed to proceed by order of order issued June 21, District Judge Jerry H. Ritter Jr issued June 21. Marshall contends the actions of the board were legal and appropriate.

Marshall released a state-ment to the public immediately following the action against Harris but has since remained silent under advisement until now. “Recently many have asked for more information concern-ing the action taken at the May 29, meeting and our decision to place Dr. Harris on Administra-tive Leave. A small vocal group calling themselves “SOS” is now requesting a recall election. “Gossip rages as a result of these things. Misinformation and angry words are ravaging our commu-nity and separating friends. This saddens me beyond measure. I

believe it is time to speak out about the state of our school dis-trict and to let you hear another side to the story,” Marshall said

Ruidoso School District Su-perintendent Bea Etta Harris was placed on paid administrative leave May 29 during a special meeting. Marshall, Temple and board member Cecil Davis cast votes in favor of Harris’s remov-al. Kerry Gladden and Rhonda Vincent voted against the action.

“The extremely diffi cult decision was made as a result of 15 months of strained interac-tions, and numerous attempts to develop a working relationship as a team of six. We have held several team building sessions, written out specifi c expectations, and asked many diffi cult ques-tions of our superintendent to encourage more accountability, and to foster higher academic standards,” Marshall said.

Letter of ReprimandHarris was issued a Letter of

Reprimand on Jan 30. The letter addressed Harris’s “unacceptable conduct in addressing the School

Photo courtesy of USFS Smokey Bear Ranger DistrictType 1 incident Hot Shots struggled with rugged terrain and thick underbrush to fi ght the Little Bear fi re near its point of origin in the White Mountain Wilderness. See story, pg. 10.

Little Bear ignition point

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressHeavy equipment operators scramble to construct a catchment system at Alto Lakes for debris expected from the rainfall in the Little Bear Fire burn scar.

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FIGHTERSReplacing bicycles lost in Little Bear FireBy Eugene [email protected]

Bicycle Ruidoso, a non-profi t organization supporting outdoor recreation activities donated six new Giant ‘Boulders’ mountain bikes to the Bonita Park campground to replace those destroyed by the Little Bear Fire. The organization is just one throughout Lincoln County that is stepping up to re-build the people’s lives affected by the disaster.

The staff of Bike Shop Ruidoso presented the bikes which they procured at cost, to the camp with the funds pro-vided from Bicycle Ruidoso. In addition to the bicycles, Cindy Lacotta of Giant Bicycles sent a care package of cycling cloth-ing and safety equipment to a

local cyclist who lost his home. Lindsay Mapes of Zia Rides, the company that hosts 12 Hours in the Wild West mountain bike race each spring at Fort Stanton, collected another $150 in dona-tions for equipment and assis-tance with bikes during the 24 hours of Enchanted Forest race in Gallup on June 16.

Cody Thurston and Dale Moebus of Bike Shop Ruidoso assembled the bikes and prepared them for delivery. The timing couldn’t be better as Bonita Park reopened during the weekend and the summer staff is eager to fi nish the summer with camp programs and of course, some trail riding with the new moun-tain bikes.

Bicycle Ruidoso presents or supports major races in Lincoln County including the Tour de

Ruidoso, the Ruidoso Sprint Tri-athlon, 12 Hours in the Wild West and the Ski Run Road Challenge. Bicycle Ruidoso is a member of the Ruidoso Trails Coalition, a

local not-for-profi t whose mis-sion is to expand local trails, and working towards making Ruid-oso the epicenter of the Southern New Mexico cycling world.

Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free PressMembers of Bicycle Ruidoso and Bike Shop Ruidoso present new mountain bikes to Lauren Frazier, Conner Bryan and Korey Frazier of the Bonita Park Campground. The bikes replace the ones burned in the Little Bear Fire.

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Horses foundFour horses, three of them at Ruidoso Downs Race Track, have been found – presumably displaced by the Little Bear Fire. If you think any of these horses might be yours, con-tact the New Mexico Livestock Baord at 575-649-2758.

Summer mealsThe Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Blanca plans to increase the number of meals that were served last year as the Commu-nity Youth Center Warehouse. More than 13,000 meals were served to youth throughout Lincoln County, and club Ex-ecutive Director Tim Coughlin wants to increase both the number of sites and total num-ber of meals served in 2012.There is no income require-ment for a youth to partici-pate in the program, only that the youth be between the ages of 5 and 18. For more information, call Coughlin at 575-808-8338, or visit the club’s website at www.bgcSi-erraBlanca.org.

Ruidoso Art FestivalFor more than 40 years, the Ruidoso Art Festival has been an event that has played host to some of the nation’s most accomplished artists. This year will be no exception, as Mi-chael Hurd – son of famed art-ists Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth, will be the featured Lincoln County artist.This year’s festival will be held at the Ruidoso Convention Center July 27-29, and will feature 120 artists from 12 different states and the nation of Israel. Hours will be from noon to 7 p.m. July 27, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. July 28 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 29.

Helping enrich HondoThanks to a grant through Dreyers’ Fruit Bars and the Fruit Tree Planting Founda-tion’s “Communities Take Root” program, residents can vote to bring a fruit orchard to the Hondo Community Garden.The garden was selected from hundreds of applications na-tionwide as one of the possible sites for an orchard provided by Dreyers, but now it’s up to residents to make it a reality by visiting www.Communiti-esTakeRoot.com to support the planting of this orchard. You can vote once a day, every day, through Aug. 29. Only the top 17 locations with the most votes will get this opportunity.The Hondo Community Gar-den is part of the Lincoln and Otero County Healthy Life Ini-tiative, a group of public and

private agencies and local gardeners, supported by the U.S. Forest Service. In 2011, the program introduced more than 300 students to methods for cultivating a diverse, or-ganic food garden. Learn more about the Healthy Life Initiative by visiting the NMAC’s website at www.nmhealthykids.org.

Free transportationFree transportation is available in Ruidoso for senior citizens aged 60 years and older. For details or to request transpor-tation services, please call one day in advance. This service is provided Monday through Friday for local transportation only. Contact the Ruidoso Se-nior Center at 257-4565.

Low-cost yogaA low-cost community yoga class for beginners and inter-mediate students is held every Friday from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Blue Lotus Healing Arts Cen-ter, 2810 Sudderth in room 207 above Schlotzsky’s. Room temperature is warm, so wear layered clothing and bring water. Mats and props are pro-vided. Call Marianne Mohr at 575-802-3013 for more infor-mation.

American Legion Post 79 – Jerome D. Klein Post, meets on the third Saturday of each month at the American Legion building located at the south-east corner of Spring Road and Highway 70 at 11 a.m. For more information, or to join, call Vic Currier, Post Adjutant, at 802-5293.

The Arid Group of Alcohol-ics Anonymous meets at 1216 Mechem at 7:30 a.m., noon and 5:15 p.m. daily; Thurs-days at 6:30 p.m. There is also a Monday 6:30 p.m. women’s open meeting and beginners and young peoples’ big book study Fridays at 7 p.m.

The Sunny Spirit Group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets Monday and Thursday at noon and Friday at 5:30 p.m., while the women’s group meets Wednesdays at noon in the parish hall of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Mount at 121 Mescalero Trail.

Al Anon of Ruidoso – for family members of alcoholics – meet at 1216 Mechem Dr. Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Sat-urdays at 10:30 a.m. For more information regarding AA meetings in Lincoln and Otero counties, call 430-9502.

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 organiza-tion like Altrusa may be a good fit for your volunteer efforts, contact membership chair Judy Griffin at 937-5437.

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

The Federated Republican Women of Lincoln County meet the fourth Monday of each month at Cree Meadows Country Club at 11:30 a.m. For more information, call 257-4160 or visit www.frw.rplcnm.org

The Federated Woman’s Club of Ruidoso, supporting com-munity service organizations and providing scholarships, meets Mondays at 11 a.m. at 116 S. Evergreen Dr. A pot luck lunch at noon is followed by bridge and other card games.A special program is also pre-sented most months. The group and hosts Yoga Wednes-days. For times or further infor-mation, call 257-2309.

Firefighters for Christ meet monthly at the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack Chapel at 7 p.m. This service is open to firefighters and their families. For more in-formation, call 258-4682.

Inspired Living at Sanctuary on the River is held every week from Tuesday through Thurs-day with various disciplines offered.Tuesday – Iyengar Yoga in the conservatory, intermediate 10 a.m.-noon, gentle 4-5 p.m., be-ginner/mixed 5:30-7 p.m.Wednesday – Tai Chi. Develop balance, flexibility and move-ment, 10-11 a.m.Thursday – Qi Gong. Cultivate energy, strength and health, 10-11 a.m.Also on Thursday, music and lunch with TomTom and Friends, noon-1:30 p.m. For more information, call 630-1111.

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

The Lincoln County Gar-den Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month at the Otero County Electric co-op, on Highway 48 in Alto, at 9:45 a.m. Visitors are welcome. The Garden Club’s purpose is to encourage community beauti-fication and conservation, and to educate members in the arts and sciences of horticul-ture. For more information, call

973-2890.

The Lincoln County fibromy-algia and chronic pain support group meets on the fourth Thursday of each month from noon-2 p.m. in the parlor at First Baptist Church, 270 Coun-try Club Dr. All are welcome and may bring a brown bag lunch. For information, 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 location, or visit www.lcct-nm.com.

The Lincoln County Regula-tors, 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. Registration is at 9 a.m., matches start at 10 a.m. The public is welcome to par-ticipate or watch the action. During the shooting matches, all other shooting is suspend-ed. For more information, call Avery (AKA Rowdy Lane) at 937-9297.

The Lincoln County Sher-iff’s Posse is part of American Western history that continues today. The Posse meets the first Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. at the headquarters lo-cated a mile south of Carrizozo on Highway 54. For more in-formation, visit www.lincoln-countysheriffsposse.org or call 575-512-7077.

Optimist Club meets at noon every Wednesday at K-Bobs in Ruidoso.

The Photographic Society of Lincoln County – dedicated to the advancement of digital photography – meets the sec-ond Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Region IX offic-

es at 237 Service Road. Annual dues are $15 per family which includes lectures and field trips. Contact Leland Deford at 257-8662 or Herb Brunnell at 258-4003.

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 Sup-port meets the first and third Wednesday 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 offers bereavement and grief support groups for those who have had losses in their lives. Two groups are available – Tuesday from 5-6 p.m. or Fri-day 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 ques-tions or directions, 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 first Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m. If the first Monday is a national holiday, the meeting will be held on the second Monday. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. For more informa-tion, call 575-442-2026.

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

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lage is a network of older adults in Ruidoso and sur-rounding communities who support independent living by offering services and activities that keep seniors healthy and happy in their own homes. Benefits of membership in-clude art and yoga classes, weekly walking and discussion groups, social functions and monthly member breakfasts at Cree Meadows Country Club, on the fourth Saturday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Member-ship is open to any Lincoln County resident 49 years or older. For more information, call 258-2120 or visit www.sac-mtnvillage.org.

Vietnam Veterans of America Lincoln County Chapter meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Ameri-can Legion Hall on the south-east corner of Spring Road and Highway 70 in Ruidoso Downs. Membership is open to U.S. military veterans who served on active duty in Vietnam from February 1961 or any duty location worldwide from Au-gust 1964 through May 1975. For information or to join, call Jerry Ligon at 808-1114 or Vic Currier at 802-5293.

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 offers support, resource referral and information about children’s issues and problems. There is no cost and bilingual services are available.If you have questions, please call the nest at 378-6378.

White Mountain Search and Rescue Team meets every third Monday at 7 p.m. at the First Christian Church, 1211 Hull Road. For more information, visit www.whitemountainsar.org or call Tony Davis at 336-4501.

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Records will be kept indicating how the funds were used, with the purpose of submitting correct paperwork to the state by June, 2013. When proven the funds were used as directed, the encumbered monies will be released as a grant to the village, according to Alborn.

“We have a great team of village employees who work to make things happen,” said Alborn. “Randall Camp, Justin King, and Tom Stewart are work-ing fast and furious to keep everything up and running.” Dick Cook, former Incident Commander, is working with the village to reduce ladder fuels and raise awareness of homeowners to create defensible space around their homes.

Work has begun at Alto dam in an effort to harden and fortify prior to the onslaught of monsoonal water flow.

The mayor knows first-hand what some are enduring. At 12 years of age while living in Houston, his home burned to the ground, leaving he and his mother with the clothes on their backs. Their pet dog survived the fire by hunkering under a bed. Alborn and his mother lived with a nearby relative for a few days until they

could move into an efficiency apartment. They bought enough clothes to get by and slowly rebuilt their lives.

“People in Washington DC don’t know the problems we have here – to pretend otherwise is a mistake. Our people should have more control over our area.” Alborn is quick to thank David Warnack, Smokey Bear District Ranger and his team of firefighters, and Harlan Vincent, acting Ruidoso Fire Chief for their combined efforts to save Lincoln County. “I think the message has been delivered. Congressman Steve Pearce has been helpful to us by communicating with those who need to know and by guiding us through this time.”

“I think we have a leg up since last week we’ve appropriated these funds. We should all trust the judgment of Warnack and Vincent. They are schooled in fire-fighting. I don’t know about fighting fires. We should be able to ask them what to do and stay out of their way,” says Alborn. He says the 2010 freeze and the 2008 flood have taught the village how to do their jobs.

Alborn promises, “We’ll turn over every rock for additional funding to help the village be the best it can be.”

REPAIRS from pg. 1

RECALL from pg. 1

Board of Education’s action in the matter of a discharged employee on Nov 18, 2011.” The letter also reprimands Harris for her criticism of the Board’s decision with the “unsupported attack on the integrity of the Board in the matter and that Harris’s misconduct violates Board policy.”

“In this letter to Dr. Harris, we addressed her ongo-ing unacceptable conduct and unprofessional commu-nication to the members of the Board. The letter also included specific violations of hiring policies and ignor-ing ethical duties as Superintendent of Schools. However, after many attempts to foster cooperation, our district still suffers from strained internal relations, apparent low staff morale, declining grades, decreased enrollment and litigation that is costing the district millions of dollars,” Marshall said.

The letter further contends Harris “engaged in a per-sistent pattern of challenging and delaying the implemen-tation of Board decisions, direction and policy in which you (Harris) disagree.” The letter is signed by Marshall, Temple and Davis but not by Gladden and Vincent.

Dissenting Board membersGladden and Vincent have been outspoken in

regards to their opposition to the action and the Boards action against Harris. Gladden read a prepared statement before the board which said; “I would like to address what I believe is a grave injustice to an outstanding superintendent who has been targeted by certain mem-bers of this school board that are trying desperately to camouflage whatever their real reasons are for wanting to get rid of her.”

Board member Rhonda Vincent vehemently encour-aged the citizens present to hold the board accountable for what she deemed as a reckless and shameful decision and demand transparency from the elected board. Board members Curt Temple, Cecil Davis and Devin Marshall voted for the action with members Gladden and Vincent voting against placing Harris on administrative leave.

Harris has weathered the storm of criticism before. The school board had voted earlier in the year to not take action on Harris’s contract which is up for renewal next year and would have cost the district approximately $100,000 to buy out the remainder of her term. The outgoing school board voted just prior to the election to secure Harris’s contract through most of the newly elected board members first term. However, due to an Open Meetings Act violation, the new School Board had to re-vote on the matter.

Legal counsel“As Board President, our policy dictates that I am

allowed to seek legal counsel on behalf of the board in the oversight of district affairs. I have used this privilege over the past months to seek legal counsel on many dif-ferent issues. I incurred a total of $3,984,” Marshall said.

An accounting of those legal fees consisted of $3,068 for legal counsel in drafting Harris’s letter of reprimand in December 2011. $61 for legal advise on Superinten-dent actions in July, 2011 and $855 in the development of the letter to place Dr. Harris on administrative leave in May, 2012. The balance $2,716 was incurred by the district, with board consent for board directed issues 5/11: Policy issue $116; 6/11: Open Mtg Act issue $272; 7/11: Advice on Corrective issues with Superintendent, we were counseled to invoke a growth plan $61; 8/11: Administrative evaluation issue, $82; 9/11: Audit, Calen-dar Audit issue $444; 11/11: District Employee Contract Issue, $71; 12/11: Mtg on disciplinary action and prepa-ration of the Letter of Reprimand $3068; 2/12: Corrective Action on Open Meeting Act $349; 3/12: Growth plan development $555; 5/12: Letter of administrative leave & investigation issues, $1735. For corrective action regard-ing an Open Meeting Act violation, $349 was charged. In August 2011, $82 was charged for counseling about per-sonnel evaluation matters. In July, 2011, $61 was charged for advisement on growth planning to correct issues with the Superintendent. In June 2011, $271 was charged for an attorney opinion on Board policy and another $116 for a policy review in May. Additional expenses were applied toward legal counsel in the case of a discharged school district employee.

“As I recently reviewed the legal bills incurred by our district this past year, I found that the district had incurred legal bills totaling $314,068.16. During the last 3 years legal bills concerning the Ruidoso Middle School building project totaled $199,000. Because a final bill for the construction of RMS, from Carl Kelly Construction for $600,000 was not paid, at the direction of our Superintendent, our district has now had to settle with this contractor for nearly $2 million. Hundreds of thousands of additional dollars have also been spent correcting issues on the construction of RMS because of insufficient oversight during the building process. Would we be responsible overseers of the district if we just ig-nored these issues and pretended everything was okay?” Marshall said.

Declining enrollmentMarshall further stated; “During a recent budget

phone interview in June, with the Public Education Department, I was disheartened to hear that our declin-ing enrollment was, according to the interviewer, ‘con-cerning.’ The person on the phone said that losing 280 students in one year, was a significant decline and that we should be concerned with this large number. Our district in response did an in-house study to determine where those students have transferred. Forty seven of the students who left our district moved to neighboring schools, 12 chose to homeschool, 14 got their GED’s. One hundred-fifteen students were lost from Ruidoso High School alone.”

Failing grades“Earlier this spring, the Governor’s office announced

grades for our district. We received two F’s, a D and two C’s,” Marshall said. The AYP considers 37 subgroups – including ethnicity, English language learners, students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged – in giving a school a pass or fail designation. Bea Etta Har-ris, Superintendent for Ruidoso Municipal Schools, said that this isn’t a fair way to judge a school’s proficiency.

“When you fall out of just one of those subgroups,” explained Harris, “you don’t meet AYP.”

Some smaller schools were given fewer than 37 subgroups. Ruidoso Municipal Schools, for instance, has 25 subgroups.

Marshall further contends, “Our district’s answer was that the grading system wasn’t fair. When my children fail a test we work together to figure out strategies of improve-ment to bring those grades up, we don’t make excuses. I believe that the grades we were given are directly related to the fact that our staff and faculty’s hands have been tied because of overcrowded classrooms, increased responsi-bilities and decreased funding due to dropping enrollment. Perhaps we should have given our teachers raises, to let them know that we value them, instead of hiring more administrative positions at competitively high rates of pay. As a board, we want to step back and re-examine our priorities so we can make progress and move forward.”

Justified actionCitizens vocally expressed dismay during a special

Ruidoso Municipal School Board meeting when the board voted to place RMS Superintendent Bea Harris’s on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation for unknown reasons.

The gallery filled to capacity with citizens and elected officials from the Village of Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs and immediately erupted with discontent and tears from supporters of Harris when the decision was announced. Some citizens present angrily demanded the recall of the school board members who voted to oust Harris after be-ing refused the opportunity for public comment.

“Taking action at the May 29 board meeting was a difficult step, but one that a majority of the board felt was necessary. Instead of supporting the action taken by the majority of the board, a few vocal people and two con-senting board members have recklessly brought this to a point now that people are calling for a hanging without a trial. Did you not elect these new board members to bring about accountability and needed improvement to our schools for the sake of our kids? I implore you to con-sider this evidence placed before you and to examine the facts for yourselves,” Marshall said.

Marshall asks that the public uphold the commit-ments made to bring change to our district and to help put a stop to what she states is a reckless, destructive campaign that is threatening the school district’s financial stability and children’s future.


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To the Editor:On our recent Independence Day our

founding fathers were probably rolling over in their graves. They believed in a limited-government and capitalism.

Since the Great Depression, the U.S. has slowly been heading towards social-ism.

Socialism doesn’t work because it goes against human nature. Socialism gives no one an incentive to give his or her best. For example, you and I work in a widget factory. For every low-quality widget that I produce, you produce 10 high-quality widgets; however, we both receive the same pay and benefits. If you’re like most people, you’ll reduce the number of high-quality widgets that you produce. This is why socialist countries always have shortages of widgets and the widgets they do have are of low-quality and are expensive. Per the communist doctrine, the following are the first actions a government must take to impose social-ism on its people: The lower classes must be pitted against the upper class and there must be a redistribution of wealth. This gives the lower classes a false sense that the government is concerned about them.

Under socialism there is essentially no middle class. There is a small, wealthy, ruling class and an extremely large, im-poverished, lower class. Additionally, in socialistic countries the government totally or partially runs all businesses. Remember, that unlike most of the private sector’s businesses, all governments and govern-mental programs are inherently inefficient, expensive and wasteful and most are fraud ridden. Finally, under socialism the people rely on the government instead of on themselves and the government is involved in all aspects of the people’s lives. Due to people having different abilities, ambitions, circumstances, etc. there will always be a class system. Parents, do you want your children to “exist” in an impoverished, so-cialistic country? If you do, remain silent. Fortunately, I have no children!

Franklin L. BorenTinnie

Common sense and warinessTo the Editor:

Your July 3 coverage of public con-cern over the Little Bear Fire contained both common sense strategies for address-ing the fire threat in Lincoln County and evidence that some are attempting to use tragedy to advance their private agen-das. Calls for thinning of the forest and removal of ladder fuels are basic tactics that should be employed by both the For-est Service and homeowners to reduce fire threat. Moreover, Federal funding for such work and other forest-related improve-ments could provide local jobs. Address-ing the periodic infestation of bark beetle through better funding of mitigation ef-forts could also reduce the threat of fire as

would earlier and better enforced restric-tions on public access to forests during drought periods.

But in addition to useful discussion of measures to reduce the fire threat, this tragic fire has also prompted efforts by some to press their agendas under the guise of concern about the fire threat. It was not really a surprise to see Congress-man Pearce using this tragedy to advance his campaign against wilderness with calls for an expansion of access to the forest by timber developers, ATV enthusiasts, and expanded grazing permits. The timber and ATV industries, among the Congress-man’s most prominent funders, have long sought an end to wilderness protection as a means of expanding their profits. Calls for “local control” of the forests are prompted by the realization that resistance to commercial exploitation of public lands is generally much easier to overcome at the local level where the vast resources of national and international corporations can overwhelm local voices seeking to protect wilderness.

There are other strategies that over the longer term could address the fire threat in Lincoln County and across the state. Timely regional directives, such as those that allowed for the immediate deploy-ment of motor vehicles and chainsaws to fight the fire in wilderness areas, was commendable and should be standard practice in the future. Use of a single chain of command and employment of local fire fighting assets from the outset of a fire should be standard procedure.

More long term strategies should include serious, scientific examination of the impact of climate change for the region. The fossil fuel industry, the most profitable commercial enterprise in human history, has long blocked serious review of policy implications of climate change, especially in New Mexico where that industry has great political power. Without a concerted effort to wean our society off fossil fuels, the climatic conditions which are desiccating our forests, reducing snow packs and relentlessly increasing tempera-ture gradients, New Mexico faces an arid, bleak future.

As the people of Lincoln County and New Mexico consider how best to address the growing threats to forests and more broadly to our way of life, we must be wary of those who would exploit these threats to advance partisan political and commercial agendas.

Edmund McWilliamsWhite Oaks

Support of school board actionTo the Editor:

In the school board election a year and a half ago, Ruidoso voters, for whatever their reasons swept out some of the old guard and replaced them with some new faces. Rhonda Vincent was the

only holdover from the 2009 board. The old guard, led by 20-year veteran, Susan Lutterman, in an “in your face” act of defiance, extended Dr. Bea Etta Harris’ contract for another two years.

This should never have been done. The fate of Dr. Harris should have been decided by the 2011 board and not the 2009 board, which had already been castigated by the voters. So now, after more than a year of service, the majority of this new board decided that Dr. Harris’ performance in several areas was not up to snuff and suspended her with pay.

So now apparently there is going to be a recall election if enough signatures are collected. This recall effort is on the surface being led by Mrs. Gladden and Mrs. Vincent. However, word has it that some of the former board members are also pulling the strings behind the scenes.

But I have to ask why on God’s earth would we want to go back to an era where Ruidoso schools were an embarrassment to this community? For those of you read-ers who don’t know, Ruidoso elementary, middle school and high school all aca-demically rank in the bottom 10 percent in the state.

Since New Mexico public schools rank 49th out of 50 states nationally, that means that Ruidoso schools are some the worst in the nation. To make matters worse, two local law enforcement officials told me personally in mid-May that Ruidoso High School has just recently replaced Los Lu-nas High as the number one drug school in New Mexico. In addition, there are report-ed widespread breakdowns in discipline at both the Middle and High School.

But as I said at the mid-June school board meeting, to replace Devin Marshall and Curt Temple with the likes of a Susan Lutterman, a Rifle Salas or a Frank Sayner would be like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Ruidoso parents need schools that will best prepare their children to be able to face a challenging and ever changing world when they leave school. Administrators should make the lower schools prepare the kids for high school and that the high school should be a col-lege prep school, even if the graduates opt to go to trade school, the military or whatever. The goal of teachers should never be just to prepare children to pass

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Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free PressIn stark contrast, black water fl ows through a green forest in Bonito Canyon. Below, residents in Bonito Canyon clean up the debris from their burned home as the ash-fi lled black water of the Rio Bonito rises during a rainstorm.

the next standardized test. Recently it was called to my attention

that a lady teacher, who had vacationed here for many years, bought a retirement home here with her husband. She had been a successful teacher with an exem-plary record for some 20 years in Texas. She met for an interview with Dr. Harris for a teaching position in the Ruidoso schools. At the end of the interview, Dr. Harris curtly told her that she ‘was over-qualifi ed for the position.

Say what? A News Flash to Dr. Har-ris: When all your schools are in the pits, everybody should be over-qualifi ed to help cure the problem! Part of the problem with Ruidoso schools is that apparently there have been too many “under-quali-fi edn teachers” working here for too long.

It’s time to end this recall nonsense. After all, there will be another election early next year when voters can let their voices be heard.

Let the majority on the board do its job and terminate Dr. Harris. The fact that Dr. Harris is highly visible at school events by helping sell refreshments at football games, plays and dances doesn’t mean that she is doing a good job. Ques-tionable hiring and fi ring practices, ignor-ing board policies and issuing an employ-ment contract with un-allowed extended days would indicate otherwise.

The board should then make an abso-lute effort to fi nd and thoroughly qualify a superintendent with a proven track record and one who is not afraid to tackle the academic, behavior and drug problems in Ruidoso schools. Steal one from another district if you have to. but get a superin-tendent in here who’s not afraid to kick butt and take names to turn this school district around.

The goal of the board and new su-perintendent should be to make Ruidoso schools the absolute best in the state. Nothing less will do. Remember, it’s all about the kids.

Charles Jones Ruidoso

Oh black waterI wasn’t intending to write a letter

to the editor about the ‘Little Bear De-bacle’ but a couple of experiences this past week convinced me to revisit it. The fi rst occurred last Thursday when the fi rst substantial rain fell upon the Eagle Creek basin. Oh black water, keep on rollin’? Rolling it’s not. More like satanic pud-ding sliming it way down the canyon. The Doobie Brothers had a No. 1 hit with their “Black Water” but the National Forest Service won’t even make Billboard’s Top 100 with their version.

It wasn’t bad enough that we all watched as NFS miscalculations cost us more than 69 square miles of our beloved Lincoln National Forest and adjacent private lands, but now watching the stunning visual realization of losing our incalculably valuable watersheds is truly infuriating.

2011’s White and Swallow Fires were directly caused by human recklessness.

Infuriating too? Heck yes. But not nearly so much as a lightning-caused ignition which was not fanned and fueled, ini-tially, by high winds and dry conditions but rather by ‘institutional recklessness.’ Errant bureaucratic policy, coupled with poor fi eld-level decision fueled the Little Bear Fire during its fi rst four days of life.

I don’t suffer well the careless, sociopathic behaviors which caused last season’s blazes. But I have even more dif-fi culty resolving the anger I feel watching the black water glopping its way through devastated landscapes and bypassing res-ervoirs which used to hold nearly potable, sustaining rainwater for our community.

The second experience provoking this second Little Bear article involved a conversation with a very credible indi-vidual I’ve known for more than a dozen years. This person related that they and a friend trailered horses to the Ski Apache parking lot on the morning of Thursday June 7. They planned to ride parts of the Scenic and Crest Trails and chose that morning as they knew winds were predicted to kick up over the weekend. Upon arriving, they were surprised to see a parked helicopter and Forest Service fi re vehicles. Like most of us at that time, they’d not been aware of a fi re in the area and wondered if it was safe to ride their horses into the forest. They pulled up next to a fi re truck and a fi re offi cer approached informing them that it was perfectly safe but suggested that, once they reached the Crest Trail, they ride towards Monjeau Lookout instead of towards the fi re. Now here is the interesting part … He further explained that the fi re was in a grassy area near White Horse Hill and that they were just watching it for now.

Watching a grass fi re? Wow, what a contradiction with the offi cial NFS Little Bear reports released. And here all the time I read how they were pursuing a full suppression effort in heavy timber. We all need to stay angry, real angry. I hate black water and I hate government arrogance, misinformation campaigns and cover-ups probably more and I’m convinced we now have both in Lincoln County.

It’s essential that the real Little Bear story surface. Anyone out there with information which contradicts the offi cial fi re reports, contact me with the facts. I’ll protect your privacy and make sure the information is passed along to the right ears. It seems this is the only chance we have of avoiding another fi restorm rip-ping through our county. And has anyone noticed? We’ve still not had the courtesy of an explanation from the National Forest Service as to how things may occur differ-ently next time lightning strikes.

Addresses of our government offi cials are readily available so write a letter or two, make some phone calls and get your neighbors involved. Let’s fi x this problem once and for all.

And lastly, to those who disagree, tell me why my take on this fi re is wrong. Fire away, I like a good fi re fi ght.

Robert MoroneyAlto

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Downs Walmart stonewalls long-time vendorBy Sue [email protected]

Chances are every local Walmart shopper has benefi ted from Donnie and Julia Glover’s business at one point or another. The Glovers own a Bimbo Bakeries USA (Mrs. Baird’s) bread de-livery franchise and have more than 12 county stops along their daily path. Like dairy farmers’ schedules, it’s a job which requires them to awaken at 2 a.m. daily to make sure Lincoln County has bread. Rarely can they take vacation.

Alto residents and friends say the Glovers are quick with smiles and are active in their church. Donnie is a board member, a head usher and both of them are greeters. They’ve been deliver-ing bread and tortillas for 15 years, donate bread regularly to several local charitable organizations and have many satisfi ed customers. “They go above and beyond. When we’re out of bread, Don-nie always comes when I call. They’ve never been argumentative and deserve the very best,” says Sharla Ganaway, as-sistant manager of Ruidoso’s Thriftway grocery store who’s worked with the Glovers for 10 years who says she’s very satisfi ed with Glover’s work.

From what Glover has been told, Walmart in Ruidoso Downs isn’t satis-fi ed anymore. After a closed door meet-ing March 29 with local management and one of their area distributors, Glover was told he has been banned from the premises, even to the extent, says Glover, of prohibiting him from being in their parking lot. Julia must now man-age that part of their route alone to make ends meet.

According to Glover, when an issue between several vendors and a Walmart backdoor receiver associate reached an impasse, he went to management to dis-cuss the problem in an effort to fi nd a so-lution. Glover says management instruct-ed him to secure a list of vendor names that felt the same and had similar issues with the employee in question. Glover had a petition created with the intent of solving the confl ict and with the under-standing that he would not want anyone to sign a blank document. More than ten

vendors signed the petition which listed specifi c grievances. In an effort to solve the problem at hand, those who signed were interested in securing less stress in the Walmart working environment.

“Donnie and Julia are always nice, friendly and kind. It’s hard to under-stand why this is happening and why one person who is an employee has so much control at Walmart,” says a fellow vendor who’s been working alongside Glover for several years. Vendors who responded to questions and have the same diffi culties with the employee in question asked to remain anonymous because they feel frightened they might face the same repercussions as the Glov-ers if they try to solve the problem. Ven-dors depend on their Walmart contracts to support their families.

Ruidoso Downs Walmart serves thousands of customers weekly. Some items stocked there cannot be purchased elsewhere in town, which makes Lincoln County shoppers choose between spend-ing money at the Downs Walmart or driv-ing more than an hour to another option.

Glover’s BB USA distributor, Rudy Munoz has known the Glovers for several years and says, “The Glovers are excellent workers, and they work accord-ing to our regulations. We’ve never had any issues with them. There’s never been any warnings or write ups.”

There have been issues between

public opinion and the Downs Walmart over the years which have not presented a favorable outcome, in some shoppers’ opinions. In 2010 the store redesigned their facility, and several items no longer were stocked. The fabric department became a source of concern for hundreds of crafters in Lincoln County, and when it was announced to be on the chopping block, dozens wrote of their disappoint-ment. A petition with more than two hun-dred names was presented to Walmart at that time.

When all was said and done, Walmart chose to remove the fabric department and enlarge the electronic area. Since then, they have incorporated a pre-cut fabric selection, which, ac-cording to Claudia Best, Capitan profes-sional custom seamstress, does not meet the needs of those who sew as well as the former department. “The lady who stocks the fabric area does as well as she can with just one aisle,” says Best.

When the Ruidoso Free Press at-tempted twice to speak with Manager Raymond Simpson using his published cell phone number at each check stand, a voice message could not be recorded, with the taped response indicating a mailbox was not set up. When man-agement was questioned at the Downs facility, assistant manager Patrick Ro-man declined to speak with The Press. He directed The Press to phone Walmart

corporate offi ces in Arkansas and de-clined a face-to-face interview.

Corporate Walmart Media Liaison Kayla Whaling responded to phone questions, and stated Roman followed established Walmart protocol by declin-ing to speak. “I haven’t been able to con-fi rm Glover has been trespassed from the store,” said Whaling. When asked why a face-to-face meeting with Glover and local management has never occurred, Whaling responded that it was a local issue. Without any opportunity to speak with local management due to corporate protocol, Glover feels his hands are tied. He says he’s not interested in anyone be-ing fi red, but would like to sit down and come to a solution for both the employee and the remaining vendors’ benefi t. So far, Walmart has not given him permis-sion to do so, nor have they initiated a meeting, as was requested by Glover.

Business has suffered, according to Glover. Since his banishment from Walmart he’s decided enough is enough and is in the process of trying to sell his business. When asked if he’d like to be re-instated at Walmart, Glover responded he feels he’s fi nished.

Donnie and Julia continue to arise at 2 a.m. to deliver bread to Lincoln County. “At 60 years of age, I didn’t want a fi ght. Julia and I had our two-year plan for retirement. Now everything has changed.” Glover says they are tired.

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Celebrating new businesses in MidtownOn Thursday, July 5, the Ruidoso Valley Greeters did a Ribbon Cutting at a new business on Sudderth. The scooter store – Scoot Over Ruidoso, is located at 2200 Sudderth. They were very busy when we were there

and had rented sev-eral scooters earlier. The owner is Raenna Griffi s. So scoot on over to Scoot Over Ruidoso and rent a scooter and scoot all over Ruidoso. The Double R Bar Stu-dio, at 2400 Sudderth, with owner Michele

Romero, features a fun shop fi lled with jewel-ry, curios, hand-made items, photography and art. The Ruidoso Valley Greeters cut the ribbon on Thursday, July 5.

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The HEAL Annual Staff Retreat ended on an inspiring and celebratory note as the 2012 Employee of the Year was announced. Corina Montoya was selected by her fellow Nest employees as the recipient.

HEAL Board President Danny Sisson de-clares, “Corina very much deserves this award in recognition of her hard work on behalf of domestic violence survivors.” Montoya has been an advocate with the shelter for the past four years. Long charged with holding down the fort on the graveyard shift, Montoya’s move to the day shift allowed her to take on additional responsibilities.

Montoya is the facilitator for the Women to Women Support Group, a survivor group for community members held each Wednesday at Sweet Charity, as well as the Nest’s Faith Hour for the residents at the shelter. She coordinates the program for resident spiritual needs with Julie Gillil-and of the HEAL Board of Directors. As a young victim of domestic violence, Montoya remembers, “I couldn’t see my way out of my situation. Not until I returned to my faith. My faith gave me the strength and perseverance I needed to

fi nd my way out. I know if it worked for me, it can work for the ladies here.” Before joining the Nest, Montoya volunteered with a Prison Ministry Women’s Group. In this capacity, Montoya was able to witness fi rsthand the healing powers of faith for women in recovery. “That experience meant so much to me. I had a vision of my future where I was working with women and it uplifted me. Three weeks later, I saw the ad in the newspaper for the Nest and I knew it was meant to be,” explains Montoya.

HEAL Executive Director Coleen Widell states, “Corina is a remarkable and admirable

woman who gives 100 percent of herself to the women and children who live at the Nest. She is dedicated, compas-sionate and a true role model to her co-workers as well as our residents.” In her role as an Advocate, Montoya pro-vides domestic violence education, resource development, assistance with housing, daycare and employment, crisis services and legal advocacy. But Montoya doesn’t look at it as a job. “For me, it’s a calling. I love what I do. I love watching victims transition into independent survivors.”

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Local Democrats speak to rally the troopsBy Sue [email protected]

Speaking about the need for voters to unite, Phil Griego attended the monthly meeting of the Democratic Party of Lin-coln County. Meeting at their headquarters at 2809 Sudderth, both Griego and Stephanie DuBois presented their thoughts to the group.

“If we don’t stick together and get out to vote, we may lose the majority in the house and senate,” said Griego, candidate for NM State Senate Dis-trict 39. Listing Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wiscon-sin, Griego mentioned many states in which he says the “middle class was respected” and have now been lost to the Republi-can party.

“Republicans are trying to take our rights away. We need to move forward as Democrats. We’re rural people and we need to bring the race back to sensibility.”

DuBois, candidate for NM State Senate District 33 spoke

about the importance of having a Democrat run in every race. “We’ve got to get folks to early voting places. If we go door to door, we need to have absentee voting information in hands,” said DuBois. “Our main emphasis needs to be to represent our core values as Democrats. I won’t promise you

anything but I won’t lie to you, either.”

Being a certifi ed mediator, DuBois feels she can work with any faction to bring unity to NM’s legislature. She states she believes in a woman’s right to choose, marriage equal-ity, comprehensive sex education and respect for our environment and natural resources.

Both candidates mentioned the need to inform the public ballots will not have a place to indicate a

straight party vote anymore. Voters must blacken the space beside each candidate they choose.

The next monthly meeting of the Democratic party will be Aug. 2 when Scott Tillman, regional representative for Organizing For America (OFA) will be the featured speaker. All are welcome to attend.

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressPhil Griego, candidate for State Senate, District 39 and Stephanie DuBois, candidate for State Senate, District 33.

Nurse practitioner joins LCMC staff Lincoln County

Medical Center, LCMC, is pleased to announce that Erik Cooper, CNP, has joined the county-owned hospital’s team of medical providers. Cooper started his duties on July 2.

Cooper has worked in healthcare throughout the region at hospitals and clinics in Las Cruces and Albuquerque and in Cali-fornia, Arizona and Texas. He has more than six years as an Emergency Depart-ment nurse and has worked for level II – IV emergency facilities.

Cooper received his Bachelor of Science nursing degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg and his Masters of Science in nursing degree specializing in Acute Care/Family Nurse Practitioner from

the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Coo-per comes to LCMC from Portales and he also gradu-ated from New Mexico Military Institute in 1998 in Roswell with an Associ-ate of Arts degree.

Cooper will be in the “Fast Track” clinic inside the hospital’s Emergency Department every Friday through Monday from

noon to 10 p.m. “Our emergency room Fast Track

is designed to provide patients quicker access to quality care. We are looking forward to having Erik on staff caring for Lincoln County’s residents and visi-tors,” said Dr. Gary Jackson, LCMC’s medical director.

Jackson said that LCMC is com-mitted to the patients, members and

communities the hospital serves and it is important to us that there is no gap in medical coverage with this care model.

Cooper was a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve and he served from May 1998 to April 2006 when he was honorably discharged. Cooper comes to Ruidoso with his wife, Christina who is completing her Nurse Practitioner program.

Lincoln County Medical Center is a county-owned facility leased by Presbyterian Healthcare 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 ambulance service. Lincoln County Medical Center employs more than 250 people, including more than 15 providers throughout Lincoln County.

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Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free PressAnglers of all ages line the shores of Grindstone Reservoir to enjoy the sunshine, do some fi shing and participate in the variety of outdoor recreation op-portunities in Lincoln County. At right, multi-use trail systems attract horseback riders, hikers and mountain bikers to Lincoln County in addition to events like 12 Hours in the Wild West, the Sprint Triathlon and Tour de Ruidoso.

The booming outdoor recreation economyBy Eugene [email protected]

Despite the aftermath of the Little Bear Fire disaster, Lincoln County is still poised to take advantage of the very lucrative outdoor recreation economy evidenced by the crowds fi shing at Grindstone Reservoir and vehicles in town towing ATV’s or loaded down with full bicycle racks

Everything grows outside, including jobs and the economy.

The outdoor enthusiasts of today aren’t confi ned to typical demographic or activity segments. People seeking relief from urban life or the sweltering daily temperatures of Texas consist of all ages, shapes, sizes, ethnicities and household income and integrate outdoor recreation as an essential component of their daily lives.

In 2006 the Outdoor Industry Association commissioned the fi rst economic study on outdoor recreation in the United States. According to the latest report, the Great Recession radi-cally altered consumer spending habits,

unemployment reached its highest level in decades, and federal and state defi cits resulted in massive spending cuts.

The Outdoor Industry Association report states; despite the uncertainty, more than 140 million Americans make outdoor recreation a priority in their daily lives, proving it with their wal-lets by putting $646 billion of their hard-earned dollars right back into the economy. Even better, this spending di-rectly results in highly sought-after jobs for 6.1 million Americans.

Cody Thurston, owner of Bike Shop Ruidoso has been a tireless proponent of developing the viable economic growth opportunity active outdoor recreation brings to a rural community.

“Active outdoor recreation contrib-utes more than ten times the revenue to New Mexico’s economy than horse racing or the fi lm industry. Attracting outdoor enthusiasts with a comprehen-sive, multi-use trail network, camping, horseback riding, skiing, hunting and fi shing while making Ruidoso a destina-tion for these activities will verifi ably add a much needed source of sustainable

economic diversity,” Thurston said.Active outdoor recreation injects

$3.8 billion annually into New Mexico’s economy, supports 47,000 jobs, gener-ates $184 million in annual state tax revenue, and produces $2.75 billion in annual retail sales and services across New Mexico – accounting for 4.6 per-cent of the gross state product.

“Ruidoso’s share of that pie is mere-ly crumbs compared to what we could easily have with the abundance of our existing resources. The community has taken the fi rst steps towards the com-mitment to this industry and is already reaping the benefi ts while enhancing our overall quality of life.” Thurston said.

Outdoor recreation is a growing and diverse economic super sector that is a vital cornerstone of successful communities that cannot be ignored. Most importantly, outdoor recreation is no longer a “nice to have,” it is now a “must have” as local civic and busi-ness leaders recognize the undeniable economic, social and health benefi ts of outdoor recreation.

Those kind of economic numbers

are no laughing matter and the Village of Ruidoso, Chamber of Commerce, local tourism department, many local merchants and lodgers are incorporating outdoor recreation into their marketing efforts.

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During a meeting of the Lin-coln County Literacy Advisory Council, Altrusa presented a dona-tion of $500 to Susie Morss, Lin-coln County Literacy Coordinator. The donation is part of Altrusa’s ongoing efforts to promote literacy in the community. This contribu-tion means that adult learners will receive free books to assist with tutoring and education.

The Lincoln County Literacy Council, part of ENMU-Ruidoso Adult Basic Education, provides free tutoring for adults needing to improve their reading, writing, or math skills, looking to achieve their GED to fi nd better employment, or to go on to college.

New tutors receive training and support before tutoring an adult learner. No prior experience is required, only two hours a week available to meet with a student and help that person improve his/her fundamental skills. Almost half of the adults in Lincoln County fi nd it diffi cult to read medical informa-tion, help children with homework, or complete job applications.

Tutoring rewards both the student and the tutor. You can make a huge difference in someone’s life as they strive to improve their educational skills and accomplish

goals. Training and materials are free.

Are you interested in helping someone improve his or her life? Perhaps you know someone who might benefi t from the Literacy Council’s services. New students are always welcome. Donations are also helpful and gratefully ac-cepted. Call Susie Morss at 575-

258-1730.The Altrusa Club of Ruidoso is

committed to serving the citizens of Lincoln County. If you are inter-ested in helping your community, contact Membership Chair Barbara Dickinson 575-336-7822, or go to www.AltrusaRuidoso.com for more information about Altrusa’s community service projects.

EducationI am preparing three half-hour pre-

sentations for Peace Village Day Camp coming up at the end of the month. Ru-idoso Public Library will partner with Peace Village, now in its eighth year of providing books, movies and resources that support Peace Village’s mission. On July 24, I will tell the story of Dega-nawidah and Hiawatha. Deganawidah, the Peacemaker, was named for trying to bring an end to tribal warfare and years of violence among the Iroquois people. His story parallels Moses of the Old Testament because Deganawidah needed a man who could communicate for him, his ideas about the formation of a Confederacy, just as Moses needed his brother Aaron to free the Hebrew

slaves from Pharoah and lead them from Egypt to the Land of Israel. Deganawidah’s voice was the leader, Hiawatha, immortalized and fi ctionalized in the poem, “Song of Hiawatha,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

In trying to sort out the facts from the story, I have read “Realm of the Iroquois,” published by Time Life Books and “Manual for the Peacemaker,” by Jean Houston. Jean Houston sorts through the psychology, myth, human development, personal and spiritual empowerment in revealing the tale of the Peacemaker creating a manual for fi nding joyous living and mak-ing a peaceful world a reality while remaining sensi-tive to Native Americans.

The Iroquois Confederacy may have been the fi rst model for a democratic society in the world. It lasted for several hundred years and still serves as a model that honors the authenticity and autonomy of its individual members whether nation, state, tribe, or culture. The Confederacy of the Iroquois was a microcosm of a planetary society rooted in the basis for all nations to coexist in friendship, harmony, and for all parts of ourselves to come together for a new way of being.

Jean Houston has acted as a consultant for UNI-CEF and helped indigenous peoples preserve their cultures. She leads seminars championing human development and potential.

Peace Village is operated entirely by adult vol-unteers and a paid high school aged staff. Half its participants receive scholarships to attend. The cost for the one week session is $90 per child. Peace Vil-lage will run from July 23-27 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at High Mesa Healing Center in Alto. Barbara Mader is the founder of High Mesa Healing Center and Peace Village. She hopes to introduce kids to the power of peace. Staff includes: Lou Ann Ellison, music; Andrea Reed, dance; Angie Fernandez, sustainable living and nutrition; Kathy Golightly, nonviolence and confl ict resolution; Leslie Green, Trust Walk exercise; Corey Bard, storyteller. For more information call 575-258-4547 or 575-937-0876.

By Corey Bard

July 10, 1878 Captain Henry Carroll and 2nd Lieutenant George W. Smith (or Wright?) with 52 enlisted men and 19 Indian Scouts depart Fort Stanton on patrol to scout the country surrounding the Mescalero Apache Reservation.

July 10, 1885 Private George H. Robinson, Company E, 13th Infantry dies and is buried in the Fort Stanton Cemetery.

July 10, 1938 Harald Kelley of Alamogordo baseball team fractured right humerous in game against the CCC camp.

July 12, 1938 Viola Salano froom girls’ camp seen for possible appendicitis.

July 13, 1938 Jorge in oxygen tent. Ramirez condition serious.

July 14, 1873 L. L. Higgins appointed Post Sutler.

Charles Bushnell appointed Post Master at Fort Stanton.

July 14, 1878 McSween and about 40 men arrive in Lincoln starting the “Five Day Battle.”

July 14, 1881 Billy the Kid is killed at Ft. Sumner by Sherriff Pat Garrett.

July 14, 1892 Ms. Alina O’Neil appointed Post Master at Fort Stanton.

July 15, 1938 Salano condition defi nitely improved.

July 16, 1855 Company K, 1st Dragoons, transferred to Albuquerque.

July 16, 1878 Sheriff Pepin requests loan of

howitzer from Lt. Col. Dudley. Pvt. Berry Robinson fi red on in the plaza as he brings Dudley’s reply.

July 17, 1878 Captains Purington and Blaird and Assistant Surgeon Appel sent to Lincoln to investigate the attempted shooting of Private Berry Robinson.

July 1854 Lieutenant Isiah Moore and troops from Los Lunas conduct reconnaissance of Capitan Mountains.

July 1858 Lieutenant William H. Jackson leads expedition from Fort Bliss into Dog Canyon following Indians who stole animals from the Fort.

July 1861 Two companies of Infantry and two companies of the Regiment of Mounted Rifl es sent to Fort Stanton for additional defense against Confederate attack.

July 1863 Picket of Company A, 1st New Mexico Volunteers attacked by Mescleros on Rio Hondo. Private Jose Chavez killed and buried on the spot.

July 1869 Captain Frank Smallwood leads expedition in pursuit of Mescaleros into Sacramento and Guadalupe Mountains.

July 1870 Indians steal stock in vicinity of Abo Pass. Captain William McCleave leads patrol into the Oscurea Mountains and to the Capitan Mountains. No raiders were found.

July 1871 Chief Cadette leads between 500 and 600 Mescaleros to Fort Stanton.

This week in Lincoln County HistoryCourtesy of Gary Cozzens, President, Lincoln County Historical Society Carrizozo

presents

Music in the Parksis an associate of CWI.575-648-2757for more informationwww.carrizozomusic.orgPaid for by LincolnCounty Lodger’s Tax.

Dessert & Coffee reception following concert

Pre-ConcertItalian Dinner

to benefi tthe Carrizozo

Food BankPrepared by Chef MikeBustran &

served at the Assembly of God on 13th at

C Ave.$10, 5-7 p.m.

Altrusa encourages literacy in LC

The air in the mountains is thin –your chainsaw needs AmericAn Oxygen

575.378.4752

Courtesy photoPictured are Judy Griffi n, Altrusa Club of Ruidoso and Susie Morss, Lincoln County Literacy Coordinator.

ENMU Summer Community Education classesThe week of July 16 thru July 20, sign up for

Youth Theatre Workshop. Children between the ages of 7 and 17 will work with a professional actress exploring performance skills including theatre games, improvisational acting, script work, storytelling, movement and shadow puppetry. There will be a informal showing on the fi nal day. Each week is a different format. Please wear clothes you can com-fortably move in, and bring a packed lunch. The class time is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday thru Friday, and the cost is $75 per week. Students can sign up for one or two weeks. Call 257-3012 to register.

On July 9, join us in Corona or at ENMU-Ru-idoso on July 11 for the New Mexico Movie series, where we will be showing “No Country for Old Men” (2007). The movie was written and directed by the Coen brothers and won four Oscars. Much of this fi lm was shot in Albuquerque, Las Vegas, N.M. and Santa Fe. The story is based on a book by Cormac McCar-thy. Coming across a drug deal gone bad, Llewelyn Moss takes the money and runs. He is pursued by one of the meanest villains in movie history. Rated R for violence and language. The movie is free, however,

please call in advance to ensure enough sodas and popcorn are on hand. 575-257-3012.

Horse Husbandry for Beginners-Oh Those Pretty Horses is offered on Wednesday July 11, 18 and 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at ENMU-Ruidoso. Whether you are new to horses, thinking of buying a horse, a parent of a child who is into horses or a seasoned horse owner, this course covers basic topics from parts of the horse and tack, grooming, saddle fi tting to nutrition and the expenses associated owning a horse. Requirement: Boots with a low heel for the hands-on part of the class. Cost for this course is $85 or $75 for seniors.

Digital Film 101-Windows Movie Maker will be held on Friday, July 13 from 9 a.m. to noon. Us-ing the movie maker included with Windows XP, a video capture device, and your pre-shot video, you will be able to cut, paste, add transitions, insert titles and credits, add background sounds and prepare your video to burn onto a CD or DVD. Learn about the types of video fi le formats, video capture devices and software needed to burn to a disk. Cost is $35 or $25 for seniors.

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It is my fi rm belief that food just tastes better with ketchup. It’s fat free, it’s a vegetable (I know I’m stretching it) and face it, it’s just delicious. I’ve read it protects against cancer, provides prostate health, can help lower cholesterol, and helps pro-tect cardiac muscle. It’s what’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner but I draw the line at dessert. I think I learned this strange eating pattern from my mom who enticed me, when I was a young, picky eater, with ketchup usage.

I live in a country which allows me the privilege of drenching each and ev-ery bite of food I shove into my mouth (you think I’m kidding) with ketchup. There are no ketchup police roaming and citing me for ketchup-excess. I buy the 10 lb. size can of Hunts at the warehouse store in Roswell. Truly, I do. It’s cheaper and it assures me I won’t run out often. I keep a smaller bottle in the fridge and refi ll as needed. It’s how I eat. My friend, Ilene, says French fries are only created to be a ketchup delivery system. I agree.

In my cultured opinion, Hunts doesn’t separate like the other brands. Cohesive ketchup is important. I take my ketchup choice and freedom to con-sume it seriously.

If I lived in New York City however, I would be required to put up with the soda police. Mayor Michael Bloomberg submitted a proposal in January which would limit sugared drink purchases while eating out to one 16 ounce size at a time. The proposal affected soft drinks sweetened with sugar or another caloric sweetener that contains more than 25 calories per eight fl uid ounces, and less than 51 percent milk or milk substitute by volume as an ingredient.

Never mind the diet drinks in NYC. They didn’t count in the proposal. Mayor Bloomberg doesn’t care if his constitu-ents pour aspartame or another chemical sweetener down, he just can’t stand his folks drinking natural sugar. He’s not

alone. Mayors in Mas-sachusetts are trying to follow Bloomberg’s lead.

It made me think: the second ingredient on my ketchup bottle’s list is sugar. Yikes! I wonder what Mayor Bloomberg thinks about ketchup. In the grand master list of vices, my thought is that ketchup may be pretty far down. I don’t pour vodka on my eggs, I pour ketchup. I add ketchup while in a crowd and by

myself. When I’m alone and have a ripe avocado, I’ve been known to peel it and fi ll the well with ketchup where the pit used to be. Unless you’ve tried it, you have no right to whine.

Perhaps I need to ask Mayor Alborn his opinion of ketchup. He may be at this moment sitting in a restaurant or bar somewhere with village attorney, Dan Bryant crafting a proposal to limit ketchup usage. Say it isn’t so, Ray!

Obesity is a problem in the US of A. As I’m typing this column my TV is tuned to Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and I’m watching Guy Fieri bread and deep fry everything in sight. Un-derstandably, we’re not the healthiest country on the planet. I’m not happy with anyone, however, telling me what I can and cannot eat or drink. I’d rather choose to eat what’s best for me, walk a bunch for exercise, and take my per-sonal health seriously. On my own. By myself. I’ll ask for help if I need it, but I probably won’t bother Mayor Alborn with the responsibility of making my dining or drinking choices.

Don’t even think about getting be-tween me and my Hunts. I won’t get in your way when you order the 72-ounce-size of Mountain Dew. This is America: land of both Nutri-system and buffet lines galore.

The buffet line better have vat of Hunts ketchup on it or I’m not paying.

Knowing someday she’ll need to eat like an adult, Sue Hutchison can be reached at [email protected].

Sue [email protected]

Back away from my ketchup

Blow it out your ascotCopyright © 2012Jay McKittrick

I saw a bumper sticker the other day on the back of a Jaguar that read: “My other car is a Range Rover.”

Well, why aren’t you driving the Range Rover? That’s my ques-tion, because given the choice I would be driv-ing the Rover.

“I only drive the Rover when I am on

safari in Botswana. I pay a tribe of Zulus to watch it for me when I am out of country. They wash it with elephants; and dry it with colorful linens; and they dance around it and sing songs about it and worship it as their god.”

(Oh…blow it out your ascot!)

Nobody cares about your other car.

If you want to impress us, impress us with your character not with your Rover.

And by the way, “My kids are honor students.”

Jay [email protected]

New Mexico unemployment rates mixedNew Mexico’s seasonally adjusted

unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in May 2012, down from 6.9 percent in April and 7.5 percent in May 2011.

The rate of over-the-year job growth,

comparing May 2012 with May 2011, was negative 0.2 percent, representing a loss of 1,500 jobs.

The return to job loss in May fol-lowed ninth months of over-the-year

job gains that av-eraged about 0.5 percent. Employment increased in four industries, decreased in seven, and re-mained unchanged in two. Educational and health services continued to lead the growing industries, up 4,600 jobs from its May 2011 total. Lei-sure and hospitality, up 2,300, and mining, up 1,900, also posted large increases. Gov-ernment, down 4,000 jobs, registered the largest over-the-year decrease, with losses spread over all three component levels – federal, state, and local. Professional and business services payrolls contracted by 3,800 jobs.


From the front line – Fighting a wildfi rePart one of a two-part series

By Eugene [email protected]

The anatomy and dynamic behavior of a forest fi re from the point of ignition may ap-pear innocent at fi rst but can quickly develop with help from the forces of nature into a rag-ing inferno. The Little Bear Fire is no excep-tion.

Whether a fi re is caused by a cigarette butt, bottle rocket, sparks from a tow chain skipping on the highway or in this case, lightning; each fi re behaves differently. The US Forest Service, Smokey Bear Ranger District released a report detailing the chronology of events leading to the conditions which caused the ground crews to lose control of the Little Bear Fire.

The Little Bear Fire started by lightning on Monday, June 4. Since the fi re was dis-covered on June 4, fi refi ghters have, and will continue to actively suppress the fi re.

The management objective for this fi re is full suppression according to the report. Bobby Kitchens, a public information offi cer as-signed to the Little Bear Fire stated in a report presented to the Ruidoso Free Press that full suppression means the fi re will be stopped and extinguished around the entire perimeter as quickly and effi ciently as possible consider-ing fi refi ghter and public safety and the values at risk. Kitchens further detailed that it is the most aggressive suppression strategy. Another strategy is the point or zone protection where certain areas are suppressed such as commu-nities, subdivisions and individual structures and other portions of the fi re perimeter may be steered toward natural fi rebreaks such as lakes, cliffs and rock outcroppings.

On June 4, the Little Bear Fire was re-ported at 3:30 p.m. The report further explains that a helicopter and crew were immediately dispatched and they sized up the fi re from the air at 1/4 acre in size. The fi re was located at the 10,200 ft. elevation in steep rugged terrain. Firefi ghters were granted verbal approval from the Forest Supervisor to land the helicopter and operate chainsaws within the White Mountain Wilderness. A decision was made to fi ght the fi re aggressively, quickly, and safely with the objective of keeping it small which according to the report implemented a full suppression strategy.

At this stage, Kitchens explains that wild-fi re incidents are ‘typed” based on size (current and anticipated) complexity, number of re-sources such as personnel, fi re engines, heavy equipment and aircraft assigned or required,

values at risk and political considerations, meaning the number of jurisdictions involved.

“We (USFS) have guidelines and analyti-cal tools to help a responsible offi cial decide on typing but they are not necessarily hard and fast rules. These decisions on levels of management can be made very quickly as were done on the Little Bear Fire,” Kitchens said.

When the fi re was confi rmed, a helicopter landed and off-loaded two fi refi ghters and equipment. The fi re was now at one half acre as they arrived on scene and was burning in dense mixed conifer with low fl ame lengths. The fi re was located on a north-facing slope near the upper 1/3 of the mountain and had received some rain. The crew directly at-tacked the fi re Monday night until it was deemed too dangerous due to falling snags. Firefi ghters slept away from the fi re line at night due to safety concerns according to the Forest Service report.

Tuesday, June 5, a 20-person Type 1 Hot Shot crew, hiked into the fi re and after size-up estimated the fi re had grown to between two and four acres. Kitchens explained that Hot Shot crews are mostly seasonally hired young men and women who are highly trained and physically fi t. Firefi ghting is their primary job during the fi re season. Type 1 teams are supplied with vehicles, tools, meals-ready-to-eat and sleeping bags. They can operate for periods of time with little logistical support and often sleep somewhere near the fi re line thus increasing their work time suppressing fi re and minimizing travel.

The Type 1 crew assumed command and released the helicopter personnel. The full suppression strategy was kept according to the forest service report. Signifi cant risks were identifi ed by the Hot Shot superinten-dent who was the Incident Commander (IC) and in charge at this time. These included steep-rocky terrain, large rocks, numerous snags and overhead hazards, and heavy fuels.

Photos courtesy of USFS Smokey Bear Ranger District

At top, thick underbrush and fallen trees made progress challenging for the inci-dent team on the ground during the early stages of the Little Bear Fire.

At left, the terrain where the Little Bear Fire started was at approximately 10,200 ft. in elevation on steep slopes, cluttered with fallen snags, dead trees and other dangerous obstacles.

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Being prepared – hindsight and blind foresightBy Eugene [email protected]

In a short time span of just four years, Lincoln County residents have endured numerous serious wildfi res, a devastating deep freeze, severe drought and catastrophic fl ood. Following each disaster, actions by government offi cials and citizens alike have bolstered fl ood prone areas, improved infrastructure and aggres-sively pursued defensible space management with the village and its interface with National Forest and other public lands.

The residents of Lincoln County are learning the fast and hard way, many lessons about disaster aware-ness and response, rather than what Commissioner Doth described as learning lessons a little too late at the “For our Forests Health Rally,” June 30 at Wing-fi eld Park. While hindsight is said to be twenty-twenty, foresight can be equally blind. Adopting the motto of Boy Scouts, being prepared, can lessen the impacts of these events by investing in the future rather than the expensive recovery of loss.

Village of Ruidoso Councilors, U.S. Forest Ser-vice personnel and Lincoln County commissioners are improving fi refi ghting capabilities and disaster pre-paredness in the area around Ruidoso and Fort Stanton. Effective fi refi ghting and disaster planning in rural Lincoln County will require capital improvements and foresight amidst budget priorities, protecting the public and responsible Eco management.

Single Engine Air TankersThe following is excerpted from a Ruidoso Free

Press article published Jan. 17, 2011. In January, 2011 Village councilors opted out of stationing the Single Engine Air Tankers (SEAT) at Sierra Blanca regional airport during the fi re season. Then, Assistant Fire Chief Harlan Vincent presented Ruidoso Village coun-cilors the recommendation against staging a designated fi rst response air tanker at Sierra Blanca Regional Airport. “I met with offi cials from the New Mexico Forestry Division and the State Energy Mineral and Natural Resources Department; they told me the plane with its limited capacity, give people a false sense of

hope,” Vincent said.Single Engine Air Tankers (SEAT) with a 15,000

gallon water capacity will instead be available from Roswell and Alamogordo. “The air tanker stationed at the municipal airport last year could only carry around 1,500 gallons, which is like pouring one teaspoon of

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water at a time to put out a fi re in your fi re-place,” Vincent said.

On Monday June 4, the Little Bear Fire was at one-half acre and in the fi rst days was at less than ten acres according to a USFS report. The use of helicopters also proved to be ineffective; helicopter bucket drops were ordered but were ineffective due to the density of the trees and the length of drop (200-300 feet). The helicopter bucket was exchanged, however, due to the high altitude and other air density factors, it was deemed unsafe to attempt to use the new bucket. Sling loads of hoses, numerous blivets (soft-sided contain-ers holding around 75 gallons of water), and bladder bags were delivered, according to the same report.

In 2010, the village paid approximately $50,000 to keep a plane stationed at the airport.

“Having the planes in Alamogordo and Roswell is a good idea since the State Forestry Agency will pick up the tab for them to fi ght fi res from where they are normally stationed but will not cover the optional expense of keeping a plane at the airport here,” Village Councilor Angel Shaw said.

Every little bit helps. Single Engine Air Tankers were essential in containing the Swal-low Fire in June of 2011. Four SEAT aircraft, assigned to the Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, were dropping 800-gallon loads of slurry on the fi re almost immedi-ately. The Swallow Fire destroyed nine homes.

“The response to this fi re was immediate, swift and seamless,” Village Manager Debi Lee said. “The quick work of all the emergency personnel is what has kept this from becoming a much bigger incident.”

Ugly cell and radio towers, no internetWith Lincoln County lacking redundant fi ber

optic communication capabilities many communica-tion abilities in emergency situation rely on hand-held radios, cell phones and commercial radio airwaves. On Saturday, June 9, most of the ability to communicate in Lincoln County collapsed when fi ber optics were severed and the Little Bear Fire encroached upon Buck Mountain which disabled most local television and ra-dio signals until emergency communication equipment could be deployed.

Residents of Capitan were essentially isolated from Ruidoso during the Little Bear Fire but fought hard against the construction of a cell tower within

village limits in 2009. Lincoln County Commission-ers adopted a strict wireless communication ordinance in 2007 drafted to not only protects the interests of the public but to also protect the unique and beautiful view shed in Lincoln County. Plans to add towers on Buck Mountain have been stalled. Village and county offi cial’s efforts to establish a backup communications has been initiated again with alternatives to the heavy reliance of Buck Mountain. During a special council meeting Alto resident and White Mountain Search and Rescue member Tony Davis said the Little Bear Fire has only illustrated the need for redundancy even more. Davis also suggested the Lincoln County Com-mission to address potential state legislation to correct the defi ciencies.

Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free PressA Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) attacks the Swallow Fire in June 2011.

HINDSIGHT from pg. 10

TUESDAYJULY 10

Hunger Games Survivor, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Ages 10 through Teens - It’s a mashup of the awesome books (or movie) the Hunger Games with the popular TV show, Survivor. Do you have what it takes? May the odds be ever in your favor. 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.

WEDNESDAYJULY 11

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

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

Suzi Weber & the Mixx (Country & classic rock) perform in Club 49 at Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m.

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

THURSDAYJULY 12

Illustrative Journaling with Jamie Slack, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Ages 10 through Teens - Say what?! Jamie Slack is a local author who shares her technique for drawing what you feel or how your day went to help you have fun while recording your thoughts. 575-258-3704; www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl/. Free

Mark Kashmar, country blues, Café Rio, Thursdays, 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.

Jace N Lee (Local Southern rock-ers) perform in Club 49 at Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 p.m.

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

FRIDAYJULY 13

Christmas in July Bridge Tourna-ment, Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr., runs thru July 15. Daily tournaments at 9 a.m., 1 p.m., and 7 p.m., Friday & Saturday. 10 a.m. only Sunday. 575-257-1898; www.rui-dosobridge.com. Pairs and KO’s: $10 / person / session. Swiss Team: $96 / team (Sunday lunch included in fee). Non-ACBL or unpaid member: add $2 for each session.

Fort Stanton Live! Runs thru July 15. Candlelight tour is Friday night. Wild West Show with Civil War reenactments, Buff alo Soldiers, and Mountain Men. Vendors, food, and entertainment. 575-354-0341; www.fortstanton.org. $5 per person, chil-dren 16 and younger are free.

Markie Scholtz Puppet Show,

Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 2 - 3:30 p.m. All ages are in-vited for today’s event: Markie Scholtz and his puppet show. 575-258-3704; /www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl/. Free

The Rascal Fair and White Oaks Community Market, 5 p.m. to dark. Produce, plants, fl owers, crafts and unique entertainment. Every Friday through the summer.

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

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

Cree Meadows Country Club is hosting a fi sh fry and live band.

Cantina Night at Laughing Sheep Farm, 1 mile west of Lincoln, Hwy 380, mm 96, from 5 to 9 p.m. Live music with guitar and fi ddle playing West-ern Swing.

Relay for Life, All American Park, next to the Ruidoso Downs Senior Center, 6 p.m. and runs til 10 a.m. Sat-urday. Come join us to help raise mon-ey for Cancer research at All American Park in Ruidoso Downs. 575-808-1205; www.relayforlife.org/lincolncoun-tynm. Entry fee: $10 per person.

“Up From the Ashes” Art Benefi t, Ruidoso Regional Council for the Arts, 1712 Sudderth Dr., runs thru August 24. A benefi t for those who suff ered losses during the Little Bear Fire. A portion of the artwork sales will be donated. Grand Opening reception will be at 6 p.m. 575-257-7272; www.ruidosoarts.org.

Tomas Vigil performs at Land-locked Restaurant on Mechem Drive from 6 to 9 p.m.


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

Susan Kolb performs at the No Name Café 6 - 9 p.m. 522 Sudderth, 575-257-2253. Friday evening dinners are by reservation.

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

“The Pied Piper” a Missoula Chil-dren’s Theatre Performance, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Rd., Alto, 7 - 9 p.m. The kids have worked hard and this is their chance to show what they have learned. 575-336-4800; www.spencertheater.com. Adult tickets are $18. Children’s tickets are $10.

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

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



SATURDAYJULY 14

Lincoln Co. Community Thea-tre auditions for “The Fantasticks,” The Warehouse, 220 Junction Rd, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bring a 32 bar A capella selection designed to showcase your range. Needed, 1 soprano and 4 bari-tones. Show dates: Sept. 28 and 29; Oct. 5 and 6.

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

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

Tony Avallone performs at Cree Meadows Country Club, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Prime Rib plate: $11.95.

Tomas Vigil performs at Land-locked Restaurant & Bar on Mechem from 6 to 9 p.m.


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

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



SUNDAYJULY 15

The Rocky Plateau Band Open Music Jam, No Scum Allowed Saloon in White Oaks, 2 - 6 p.m. Every Sunday thru the summer.

Sundays Under the Stars, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 6 - 11 p.m.

Live music by Fast Forward at 6 and “Smoke Signals” after sunset. 1-800-545-9011; www.innofthemountain-gods.com. Free.

An Evening with Udi Bar David, Mountain Annie’s, 2710 Sudderth, 7 - 9 p.m. Join us for a unique musical performance and Champagne Punch Reception. Udi Bar-David is equally at home as a classical cellist and an inno-vative improviser of music of all gen-res. Spreading the messages of hope, understanding and co-existence, Udi continues to perform and create op-portunities for open dialogues, bring-ing people together from diff erent cultural backgrounds. 575-257-7982; www.mountainannies.com. $20.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Can-yon Rd., 8 - 10 p.m. Enjoy the sounds of contemporary swing and celebrate summer at this special performance. 575-464-7777; www.innofthemoun-taingods.com. Tickets start at $30.


MONDAYJULY 16

Creating Fairies, Ruidoso Public Library, 107 Kansas City Road, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Ages 6-9. Why wait for a fairy to fi nd you? Create your own. 575-258-3704’; www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl/. Free.

Cellist Udi Bar-David at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 10th & D Ave., Carrizozo, 7 - 9 p.m. Pre-concert benefi t Italian dinner at Assembly of God, 13th at C Ave, 5 p.m. 575-648-2757; www.carrizozomusic.org.


ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR 7-10 thru 7-16

Things to do every dayRuidoso 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.

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.

Live horse racing at Ruidoso Downs Race Track, Friday - Monday through Labor Day weekend. Post time is 1 p.m. (with the exception of some holidays, special meets and horse sales). Visit RaceRuidoso.com for more information.

Flying J Chuckwagon Supper and Show,

Hwy 48 north of Ruidoso. Every day except Sunday; gates open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner and show is $25 for adults; $15 for children 4-12. www.�lyingjranch.com for more information.

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 available for seniors, military and youth. Visit www.hub-bardmuseum.org or call 575-378-4142.

“Biennale Grande” juried art show and exhibit, Hubbard Museum, 26301 Hwy 70, Ruidoso Downs, runs through July 15. Original art from some of New Mexico’s best artists. For more information, call 575-378-4142, or visit www.hubbardmuseum.org. Free with admission

to the museum.“A Land So Strange” exhibit, Hubbard Muse-

um, 26301 Hwy 70, Ruidoso Downs, runs through Feb. 8, 2013. An educational journey of nearly 400 years of New Mexico history. Hundreds of artifacts and images from the 16th to the 20th century tell the story of the Native Americans, the Spanish, and the Euro-Americans who created the New Mexico we experience today. Visit www.hubbardmuseum.org. Free with admission to the museum.

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


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July 6Baseball

Junior District 2 tournamentat Roswell

Noon Optimist 4, Rotary 2Lions Hondo 14, Eastside 0

Major District 2 tournamentat Roswell

Noon Optimist 14, Eastside 0Rotary 5, Valley 0

Minor District 2 tournamentat Alamogordo

Noon Optimist 8, Lions Hondo 4Eastside 7, Tularosa 6Ruidoso 4, Valley 3

July 7Baseball


Noon Optimist 19, Ruidoso 2Rotary 18, Eastside 5


Noon Optimist 12, Rotary 2Ruidoso 11, Tularosa 1


Noon Optimist 26, Eastside 4Rotary 10, Ruidoso 6

July 8Baseball


Rotary 16, Ruidoso 1Noon Optimist 10, Lions Hondo 0


Valley 15, Tularosa 0Lions Hondo 9, Ruidoso 2


Ruidoso 12, Eastside 7Lions Hondo 15, Valley 5

July 9Baseball


Eastside vs. Ruidoso, lateLions Hondo vs. Rotary, late


Rotary vs. Ruidoso, lateMinor District 2 tournament

at AlamogordoNoon Optimist vs. Rotary, lateRuidoso vs. Lions Hondo, late

July 10Baseball


Noon Optimist vs. Eastside, 4:30 pm.Ruidoso vs. Lions Hondo, 7:30 p.m.


Valley vs. Alamogordo/Ruidoso win-ner, 5 p.m.Noon Optimist vs. Lions Hondo, 7:30 p.m.


Ruidoso/Lions Hondo winner vs. Noon Optimist/Rotary loser, 6 p.m.

July 11BaseballMajor District 2 tournament at Ro-swell, TBAMinor District 2 championship at Alamogordo, 6 p.m.

July 12BaseballJunior District 2 tournament at Ro-swell, 6 p.m.Major District 2 championship at Roswell, 6 p.m.Minor District 2 tournament at Al-amogordo, if necessary, 6 p.m.

July 13Horse racingZia Futurity trials at Ruidoso Downs, 1 p.m.BaseballMajor District 2 tournament at Ro-swell, if necessary, 6 p.m.

July 14Horse racingZia Derby, Rio Grande Señor and Se-ñorita trials at Ruidoso Downs, 1 p.m.Football2A/3A North-South all star game at Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

July 15Horse racingMaiden, claiming and allowance rac-ing at Ruidoso Downs, 1 p.m.

July 16Horse racingMaiden, claiming and allowance rac-ing at Ruidoso Downs, 1 p.m.

Sports Results

Sports Upcoming

By Todd FuquaSports [email protected]

While local residents were glad for the rains and cool breezes which fell on the area Tuesday, several horse owners and trainers weren’t that happy when the wind picked up during trials to the Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs.

It didn’t take much – just a 20 mile-per-hour headwind – to make the difference, but no horse running after the sixth trial was fast enough to get into the fi nal until Feature Hero got in from the 19th trial after the weather condi-tions died down.

Jesastar – a sorrel colt owned by Juan Medina and trained by


Not win, nor rain, nor a poor show-ing in the Ruidoso Futurity kept Ochoa from an impressive win in his trial to the Rainbow Futurity Wednesday at Ruidoso Downs.

The 2-year-old champion and defend-ing All American Futurity winner broke wide from the gate, and reserved his best effort for last when he turned a one-length disadvantage to Roberto Sanchez trained Feature Mr Bojangles into a one length vic-tory in the last 50 yards of the race.

Despite the big fi nish, Ochoa’s per-formance wasn’t fast enough to withstand a fantastic run by Feature Mr Who, also trained by Sanchez. Feature Mr Who burned up the sealed track with a time of 21.495 seconds to come in as the fastest qualifi er.

In fact, the trials got faster as the day wore on, with only Priceless Feature get-ting into the fi nal from the fi rst three races.

It was an exceptional day for descen-dants of Feature Mr Jess, as Feature Mr Bojangles, Feature Mr Who and Pricless Feature were joined by Jesscuzican and Priceless Feature in the fi nal.

The fourth trial to this year’s Rain-bow Futurity was billed as a showdown between champion 3-yearolds. Feature Mr Bojangles was a winner in last year’s Four Corners, Rainbow and Hobbs American futurities and was named the champion colt for 2011. Ochoa was the champion 2-year-old gelding and overall champion for the same year.

The pair were running against the

weather as much as each other, as the skies opened up just before the race to make it a challenging affair . But a sealed track and 20 mile-per-hour headwind were no match for Ochoa or Feature Mr Bojangles, who turned in times of 21.634 and 21.749 sec-onds respectively, good enough for the top two marks at the time the race was run.

“He kind of ducked out there at the be-ginning of the race, and I’d rather he not do that,” said Ochoa trainer Dwane “Sleepy” Gilbreath. “I can’t say it hurt him. He’s not that quick early, but if you give him a chance to get running, he’ll come running.”

The fi fth trial really changed the com-plexion of the July 21 fi nal, as fi ve horses were fast enough to place themselves in the top ten with two more races to go. Tres

Seis Nueve took advantage of a lighter headwind and no rain to fl y to the fi nish line in 21.758, third best behind Ochoa and Feature Mr Bojangles.

However, the last two races changed the complexion even further, and by the end of the day, Ochoa was third, with Jesscuzican winning the fi nal trial with a time of 21.622, second behind Feature Mr Who’s top mark.

With such a competitive fi eld vying for the lions’ share of the Rainbow Derby’s $900,000-plus purse, Gilbreath knows it won’t be an easy run for his charge.

“I’d like to see him (Ochoa) some-where to the outside, I always like to have from seven to 10 myself,” Gilbreath said. “This will be a really tough derby.”

By Ty WyantFor the Ruidoso Free Press

Mountain Top Futurity winner Junior June Bug and two-time futurity winner Rex Hill head the 87 two-year-olds trying to qualify for the record-setting $395,028 Zia Futurity in nine 400-yard trials on Friday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.

The $395,028 purse surpasses the previous record purse of $363,586 set in 2007.

The horses with the 10-fastest times from the trials qualify to race for the $395,028 on Sunday, July 29 during the Zia Festival program celebrat-ing New Mexico-bred racing. A total of $1 million in purses is expected to be paid during the Zia Festival program with the Zia Futurity offering the largest purse on the stakes-fi lled card.

Richard McGehee’s Junior June Bug is one of the favorites after winning the $296,000 Mountain Top Futurity in his most recent start.

David and Ross Hinkins’ Rex Hill, another son of Jesse James Jr, is in superb form. The Carlos Sedillo-trained colt was third in his career debut and then reeled off three-straight wins, capped by the $168,000 New Mexico Breeders Futurity.


ALAMOGORDO – Ruidoso Minor manager Tricia Jameson’s strategy in this year’s District 2 tournament is simple when you think about it. Pitching and defense to keep the game close, hitting to take the lead, and an experienced closer who is lights out in the fi nal inning when his team has the lead.

That was the strategy the Ruidoso All-Stars used Sunday to defeat Roswell Eastside 12-7 Sunday to stay alive in the District 2 tournament.

“I told them I believe in them and have confi dent. If they make an error, go on to the next play,” Jameson said. “I’m always trying to encourage the kids and tell them they can do it.”

Ruidoso was coming off a 10-4 loss to Alamogordo Rotary Saturday, a game in which they were down by as much as 9-1

before scoring some runs late to make it respectful in the end.

“We were just off and not hitting,” Jameson said of the Rotary game. “Our batters just weren’t confi dent in the batters’ box, and I could see it. We rallied back near the end, but it wasn’t enough.”

Ruidoso carried that momentum over in a big way against Eastside, scoring the fi rst fi ve runs on fi ve straight hits against Eastside starter Armando Silva, who left in the fi rst inning without recording an out.

Eastside didn’t exactly go quietly, scor-ing fi ve runs of their own in the bottom of the second inning thanks to a pair of hits and some miscues by Ruidoso.

Errors almost sunk Ruidoso in the game, but each time they were able to close the fl oodgates and keep Eastside from coming back. Ruidoso sored six runs in the next two innings to effectively put the

Rainbow Derby trials wild and wooly

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressJockey Esgar Ramirez get plenty of high fi ves after he rode Feature Mr Who to the fastest time of Wednesday’s Rainbow Derby trials at Ruidoso Downs.

Junior June Bug, Rex Hill head Zia Futurity trials

Early runners fast enough for Rainbow

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressJesastar, with jockey Roy Baldillez aboard, fl ies to a win in his trial to the Rainbow Futurity, Tuesday, at Ruidoso Downs. Jesastar’s time of 19.741 seconds was fast enough to stand as the quickest through 19 more trials on the day.see rAiNBow pg. 15

Ruidoso Minors rebound with win

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressRuidoso shortstop Chris Shalley, left, throws the ball to fi rst base after forcing out Eastside’s Eddy Linares at second during Sunday’s Minors District 2 tournament game at Alamogordo.see MiNors pg. 15


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ROSWELL – District 2 Majors tournament host Lions Hondo proved they belong on the winner’s side of the bracket Sunday with a strong 9-2 victory over one of the tournament favorites, Ruidoso.

It wasn’t a mercy-rule win – just shy of that – and there was a bit of controversy, but after Ruidoso went up 1-0 in the fi rst the Lions took control and never trailed.

“We played pretty decent tonight,” said Lions Hondo coach Joe Carpenter. “We got a lot of pitchers in and threw a lot of pitches. So we’re hoping they can come through and pitch well for us as the tournament goes on.”

Lions Hondo starting pitcher Jordan Orona had a rough time, walking Jared Guevara, then, with one out, giving up a single to Alex Bates and RBI double to Isaiah Otero. After walking the next batter, Carpenter brought in Nick Palomino, who both coaches agreed was key to the Roswell victory.

“Yeah, he came in and it’s a real tough situation, but him being a 12-year-old, an older kid, being in those kind of big game situations he responded today,” Car-penter said. “And that’s what he’s got to continue for us to do to be successful.”

“The kid throws good,” agreed Ruidoso manager Jerald Tercero. “You can’t take nothing away from him. He’s a good pitcher and he threw really well.”

Palomino struck out the next two Ruidoso batters to end the inning; struck out the side in the second; and got one more K before being pulled in the third.

Offensively, Chris Carpenter opened up the Lion’s Hondo half of the inning with a triple and came in to score on a wild pitch.

After Ruidoso starter Lia Mosher got one out, Palo-mino singled and came home on a pair of errors. Mosher got out of the inning with only two runs on the board, but Lions Hondo picked right back up in the second.

With one out, Joseph Carrillo walked, Isaiah Her-nandez singled then Carpenter hit his second triple, scor-ing both. Ty Jordan followed that with a crowd-pleasing home run to put the Lions up 6-1 and end Mosher’s time on the mound.

Otero came in and closed out the stanza and despite walking the fi rst two batters in the third, kept the Lions from scoring any more.

Tercero sounded disappointed with how his team played.

“I don’t think we showed up,” he said. “I don’t have any excuses. We just got beat tonight. We just got beat.”

By Karen BoehlerFor the Ruidoso Free Press

ROSWELL – Ruidoso has had a tough time in the District 2 Juniors tournament in Roswell. In their opening game Saturday they fell to defending champs Noon Optimist then Sunday, Alamogor-do Rotary took it to the mountain team, winning 16-1.

The visiting Alamo squad went up 4-0 in the fi rst inning, driving starter Isaiah Soto off the mound after just 20 pitches. Branden Ingle came on in relief and got the fi nal two outs, then it seemed like Ruidoso might match that output.

In the bottom of the stanza, Gavin Edison and Kyler Woodul both singled, and after a strike out and fi elder’s choice, Edison scored on an error. But the two runners on base were stranded, and that was the story of the game, as Ruidoso left nine run-ners on in fi ve innings.

Although they were down

by 15 runs in the bottom of the fi fth, Woodul singled to open the inning. Tyler Orosco reached on a fi elder’s choice and Jesse Tercero and Cis-co Mayville both walked with only one out. But the fi fth Rotary bat-ter of the game got the fi nal two Ruidoso batters to strike out, end-ing the game earlier and far less successfully than hoped.

Ruidoso manager William Green sounded somewhat disap-pointed in his team’s play.

“There are a lot of improve-ments we can make across the board. We’re not playing to our potential,” he said.

Ruidoso will square off against winless Eastside at 4:30

p.m. Monday, and face 1-1 Lion’s Hondo Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the fi nal round robin game.

Green agreed his team may have faced the two toughest teams in the tournament to start, but said it won’t get any easier.

“You know, most of these teams we’ve never seen these confi gurations. They’re all new. They’re all good. So they’re all tough games,” he said.

Smokey Bear StampedeRodeo results

First go-round, July 4Name Mark Prize

Ranch broncsKevin Parker 77 $500Allen Godfrey 73 $176

Breakaway ropingKarley Johnson 2.07 $440Daria Weir 2.82 $330Nicole Sweazea 3.16 $220Randy Simpson 3.39 $110

Calf ropingJ.D. Kibbe 10.61 $440Pacen Marez 10.75 $330Court Smith 11.40 $220John Etcheverry 11.92 $110

Bull ridingTanner Harvey 82 $500Michael Mauldin 70 $260

Steer wrestlingPreston McCullan 5.66 $165

Saddle broncD.Tchernshoff 77 $500

Barrel racingLisa McWhorter 16.989 $759Lesley Maynard 17.126 $569Diedra Hale 17.213 $380

Brandie Hughes 17.585 $190Team roping

Francis/Medlin 4.77 $2,592Brown/Purcella 4.81 $1,944Gilliland/Wilson 5.61 $1,296Wimberly/Maestas 5.63 $648

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Second go-round, July 5Ranch broncs

Jeb Loney 81 $500Will O’Quinn 73 $220

Breakaway ropingAbbie Medlin 2.27 $506Kaitlyn Silva 3.36 $380Jessica Silva 3.41 $253LeAnn Herring 3.77 $126

Calf ropingBilly Bob Brown 8.81 $506Court Smith 9.50 $380Bryce Runyan 9.76 $253James Southard 9.90 $126

Bull ridingTanner Harvey 85 $500Daniel Morgan 78 $220

Steer wrestlingMiles McCullar 5.32 $275

Saddle bronc

Casey Sisk 78 $500Barrel racing

Lisa McWhorter 16.474 $876Jana Bean 16.611 $657Kalyn Hazen 16.669 $438Leslie Hines 16.711 $219

Team ropingRoberts/Garza 5.33 $2,430Brown/Siggins 5.56 $1,822Gomez/Elkins 5.66 $1,216Pucket/Hatley 5.73 $606

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Third go-round, July 6Ranch broncs

Jeb Loney 75 $500John Hobs 70 $176

Breakaway ropingShaylin Jacobs 2.82 $436Stephanie Logan 3.04 $327Ciarra LeFebre 3.12 $227

Calf ropingJ.D. Kibbe 9.87 $396Jim Breck Bean 11.09 $264

Saddle broncBrandon Biebelle 68 $500Brandon Jones 50 $176

Barrel racing

Jana Bean 16.991 $418Diedra Hale 17.494 $313Michal Robertson 17.685 $218

Team ropingRix/Molina 5.62 $1,604Gonzales/Jackson 5.99 $1,202Puckett/Passig 6.84 $838

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Fourth go roundRanch broncs

Kyle Goss 80 $500Cody Hendren 76 $198

Breakaway ropingStephanie Logan 2.62 $338Shaylynn Jacobs 3.06 $254Chalon LeFebre 3.10 $177

Calf ropingChad Shaw 14.27 $165

Saddle broncBrandon Biebelle 78 $500

Barrel racingKalyn Hazen 17.064 $306Deidra Hale 17.280 $204

Team ropingVick/Matthews 4.24 $1,486Gonzolas/Jackson 4.77 $1,112Siggins/Logan 5.11 $776

Majors: Ruidoso falls to Lions HondoRough going for Ruidoso Juniors

Photo by Karen BoehlerRuidoso’s Cisco Mayville, left, makes the throw from third as teammate Branden Ingle kneels to get out of the way Sunday.


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Tuesday summer team standings, week 7 of 14Name Won LostMarx-A-Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 4Ruidoso Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 12Homies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 13Energy 2 Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 16Village Butterballs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 17Four Feathers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 22

Last week’s high scoresHandicap series – Energy 2 Spare 2520, Four Feathers 2516, Ruidoso Bowl 2387Handicap game – Marx-A-Lot 900, Village But-terballs 881Men’s handicap series – Lonnie Edwards 766, Max Cimaron 684, George Heliman 621Men’s handicap game – Ronnie Wright 265, Don-nie Yeager 245, Gene Nitz 232Women’s handicap series – Teresa Gibson 688, Mary Gillett 603, Myrna Douglas 597Women’s handicap game – Millie Cimaron 236, Mona Butts 219, Pam Bernard 206

Bowling

By Ty WyantFor the Ruidoso Free Press

Paul Thomason’s veteran and local favorite ben-efi tted from a perfect trip to take the $21,800 Mark Villa Memorial Handicap over seven-and-one-half furlongs on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.

Quiet Again, making his 49th career start, settled in behind pacesetter Pierre Bear and let him lead the fi eld around the two turns. Jockey Duane Lee Sterling then pulled Quiet Again out from be-hind Pierre Bear and went on to the three-length win in 1:32.10.

Favored Watch Me Go got a rail trip under Miguel Hernandez and appeared to mount a threat on the turn, but could not close on Quiet Again, the 7-2 second choice.

Global Stage also made a late bid and fi nished two-and-one-quarter lengths behind Watch Me Go for third. Pierre Bear faded to fourth place.

The Jimmie Claridge-trained Quiet Again scored his 17th win and pushed his earnings to more than $612,000. He also has 11 second-place fi nishes and 10 third-place runs.

A son of Kentucky Derby winner Real Quiet, Quiet Again was second in last year’s Ruidoso Thoroughbred Championship as the odds-on favor-ite and second in Free Spirit Handicap two starts ago.

Raymond Vargas – posted the fastest time on the day with a 19.741-second run, guided by jockey Roy Baldillez.

The Mr Jess Perry sire out of Abstinence was heavily favored, but had a bad break from the gate and had to run down Secret Cartel, which led almost the entire race un-til the very end. Jesastar turned on the jets in the fi nal 150 yards to win by two lengths.

Through the fi rst six races – of 22 scheduled on a long day – the wind was non-existent, and the track was fast, as the times showed a horse would have to come in below 20 seconds to even have a shot at the fi nal.

Indeed, the only hors-es slower than 20 seconds were Distant Fury and Nellie Delaney, earning the ninth and tenth spots, respectively.

game away. They turned to Chris Shalley in the fi nal in-ning on the mound to preserve the victory and move on in the tourna-ment.

“They were a little overconfi -dent when they were throwing the ball away,” Jameson said. “I like to be aggressive, but I also know when it’s time to play it safe. They re-ally wanted to make the plays we do in practice, but they had to calm down and have confi -dence in Javi (Xavier Otero) to get us out of the inning, and that’s just what happened.”

Quiet Again gets perfect trip to win Villa Memorial

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressRuidoso Downs native Chon Miranda tries to stay aboard the bull “Night Ranger” during the Fourth of July rodeo at Mescalero, Friday. Miranda almost made the eight-second ride, but judges ruled he was bucked off just before the buzzer.

A bucking good timeRAINBOW from pg. 13

MINORS from pg. 13

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free PressRuidoso’s Xavier Otero puts everything he’s got into his swing during his team’s win over Roswell Eastside, Sunday, in the Minors District 2 tournament at Alamogordo.

Ruidoso 12, Eastside 7Ruidoso 504 201 – 12 14 4Eastside 050 020 – 7 5 2

Rui – A.J. Conrad, Xavier Otero (2), Chris Shalley (6) and Gage Guardiola. ES – Ar-mando Silva, Richard Peralta (1), Chris Sanchez (4), Jose Rodriguez (6) and Graciano Olivas. W – Conrad. L – Silva. 3B – Rui (Otero, Shalley, Con-rad), ES (Rodriguez). 2B – Rui

(Guardiola, Shalley, Abran Pena). LOB – Rui 7, ES 4.

Pitching linesRuidoso IP H R ER K BBConrad (W) 11/3 2 5 3 2 4Otero 32/3 3 2 1 3 1Shalley 1 1 0 0 3 0EastsideSilva (L) 0 5 5 5 0 0Peralta 3 6 6 5 2 3Sanchez 1/3 1 1 0 1 0Rodriguez 2/3 0 0 0 0 0


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Samaritan’s Purse begins recovery workSamaritan’s

Purse, in partnership with Angus Church of the Nazarene, has begun recovery work.

Immediate help neededThere is an immediate daily need

of more volunteers to help homeown-ers impacted by the Little Bear Fire by; sifting for personal items, loading debris into dumpsters, cutting trees, and providing emotional and spiritual support. If you think you could help us with any of the above please come and join us any/all days Monday through Saturday.

To volunteer please arrive at Angus Church at the following times:

Morning shift: 7:30 a.m. You can work a half-day or a full day.

Afternoon shift: 12:30 p.m.There will be a short orientation

covering safety and Samaritan’s Purse work policies, after which we will as-sign you to a team and have you work-ing as quickly as we can.

Volunteers need to be a minimum of 16 years of age. If you are 16 or 17 you must be accompanied by a re-sponsible adult (with a release signed by your parent). If you are 18 years or older, you will only need to complete a SP Volunteer Release.

Please come ap-propriately dressed for diffi cult and haz-ardous work. Wear long pants, work boots, leather work

gloves and a hat. Sunscreen is strongly suggested. We will provide coolers full of ice and water and a sandwich/snack for lunch.

Other needsBesides volunteers, we have the

need for dump trucks or dump beds, skid steers and trailers, shovels and wheel barrows.

If you are able, you may download and complete the volunteer forms prior to arrival by going to the following URL: www.spvolunteernetwork.org.

For more information, call the church offi ce at 575-336-8032.

The mission of Samaritan’s Purse

Samaritan’s Purse is a nonde-nominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Little Bear recovery center – UpdateCourtesy of Phil Appel

The Little Bear Recovery Team in Lincoln County continues to help survi-vors of the Little Bear Fire Incident to cope with their loss and provide guidance during their recovery. There are several new developments that are going on with regards to the ongoing recovery efforts and some preventative measures that are going on here with regards to the potential fl ooding hazard within the Rio Bonito Watershed.

Little Bear Recovery Center The Little Bear Recovery Center has

had a very busy few fi rst weeks. Since they offi cially opened on June 23, they have had nearly 90 families that suffered loss of land and/or property come by and register with one of the case workers. They now have more than 35 people who have volunteered their time and dedicated their hearts to helping the survivors of this incident as case workers. Each survivor who registers is assigned a caring associ-ate to help guide them through their own personal recovery process. If you are a survivor of the Little Bear Fire and have not registered with the Recovery Center, please come by the center and do so. You can also start the registration process online at www.littlebearrecovery.org and clicking on the Survivor tab.

Note: The Recovery Center has changing its hours. The new hours will be from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday - Saturday.

Little Bear Donations Center The Little Bear Donations Center is

in full operation. The Donation Center is located at 1940 Sudderth Drive in Ruido-so, right across the street from the Circle J Barbecue. If you have items that you would like to donate, please feel free to take them to the donation facility Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Here are some guidelines for dona-tions: • As mentioned before, we are all set

with clothing, so please do not donate clothes.

• If you want to donate items to the Do-nations Center, please make sure the items are clean and in good working order. New or “like-new” items are the best choice. Remember that most of the survivor families have no means to clean or fi x up items as they are currently displaced from their homes. If you have a lot of older items that can still fetch some money at a garage sale, consider having a sale and then either donated the proceeds directly or purchasing new items to donate to the survivors. We appreciate you and your desire to give. Please help work together with us to provide the best assistance possible for our friends and neighbors in need.

• Survivors who are working on the recovery of their property are in need of tools (power and hand and garden), gloves and work boots.

Financial donations The Little Bear Recovery Center has

begun to receive some fi nancial dona-tions from various sources. They wish to thank all of you that have given to the Little Bear Fire Fund. You can participate by clicking on the Donate button on the website www.littlebearrecovery.org. Or you can send money directly to City Bank of Ruidoso, Attn: Little Bear Relief Fund, 1096 Mechem Dr. #103, Ruidoso, NM 88345, 575-258-2265. One hundred per-cent of all money donated to this fund will go directly to the benefi t of the survivors. All administrative costs are being gra-ciously covered with funds outside of this source so we can make this promise. As the case managers identify the specifi c un-met needs of each family, your donations

will play a critical part in this recovery effort. The more money that is donated, the more complete of a recovery solution can be offered. Please carefully consider donating to these families today.

Volunteers Many people have taken the time al-

ready to fi ll out the volunteer forms on the website and have been connected with our volunteer coordination team. The Recov-ery Team would like to thank you for your willingness to participate in this recovery effort. The full recovery may last for many months, so please be aware that the op-portunity for you to use your specifi c skills may be today or it may be sometime in the future. But rest assured, our coordinators will contact you as the needs arise. If you want to volunteer and have not already done so, fi ll out the online form at http://littlebearrecovery.org/volunteers or visit the Little Bear Recovery Center on Hwy 48, two miles north of the Hwy 37 turn off.

There are some immediate needs

relating to volunteer efforts in preparation for fl ood conditions that may arise with our monsoon season, especially along the fl ood plain of the Rio Bonito watershed.

To get information on how you can help with this effort visit http://littlebear-recovery.org/2012/07/02/sandbaggers-needed-immediately.

The Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Relief Team has set up a relief effort at the An-gus Church of the Nazarene. This ministry still needs volunteers for the all-important effort of assisting the survivors with sift-ing through debris and cleaning off their home sites. Please read the following post to get information about how you can help with these efforts: http://littlebearrecovery.org/2012/07/01/all-hands-on-deck-samari-tans-purse-really-needs-our-help.

The burned area assessment report has been completed for the Little Bear Fire, and all Burned Area Emergency Response treatment recommendations and funding requests submitted to date have been approved.

Aerial application of grass seed will begin during the week of July 8. Aerial seeding will occur in two or more phas-es, starting on approximately 12,000 acres of heavily burned lands within Lincoln National Forest. Once the grass seed has been spread by fi xed wing aircraft, straw mulch will be placed by helicopter on a portion of those seeded areas where slope and terrain allow.

Aerial seeding in high elevations has been found to be very successful in the Southwestern Region. Straw mulch protects the grass seed and encourages germination by retaining moisture, in addition to providing immediate ground cover on heavily burned areas where vegetation has been lost. This combina-tion of grass seed and straw mulch is one of the most effective BAER treat-ments available and was hugely suc-cessful on the Wallow Fire in Arizona and western New Mexico.

BAER work to armor and recondi-tion roads is progressing well. How-ever, repairs to roads will be ongoing throughout the monsoon season as fl ows produced by heavy rains continue to impact roads in and around the fi re area. Culverts are being cleaned and maintained to remove debris. Rolling

dips and water bars have been installed on several Forest roads that are fre-quently used by the public to carry water away and reduce washouts.

Removal of hazard trees is about 90 percent complete along roads and in ar-eas that are critical to public safety. The toilets in the public restrooms at Forest Service campgrounds have been pumped to prevent them from contaminating the water runoff during heavy rains.

Burned area emergency response

Suppression rehabilitation is nearly complete on 39 miles of dozer line, which is also being treated with grass seed; and on 34 miles of line construct-ed by hand.

Lincoln National Forest is work-ing alongside numerous agencies and organizations including Lincoln County, Village of Ruidoso, Mescalero Apache Tribe, City of Alamogordo, Natural Re-sources Conservation Service (NRCS), NM Dept. of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Upper Hondo Soil and Water Conservation District, NM Department of Transportation, and NM Environment Department to lessen the impacts from heavy rains and help residents prepare for fl ooding and debris fl ows. For more information on services available to residents or for help with treatment on private lands, visit http://littlebearrecovery.org/ or our InciWeb page at www.inciweb.org/incident/2926.

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Less than one inch of rain and isolated reports of hail were reported Friday in the general vicinity of the Little Bear Fire burn area. Waterways held well throughout the county mini-mizing effects downstream.

Efforts continue to maintain the capacity of Bonito Lake and Alto Lake. Earlier work by Lincoln County Watershed Protection & Res-toration group to clear debris from waterways in the vicinity of the fire has been successful and has created significant positive impacts down-stream. After each rain event the situation is reassessed with the top priority to maintain the capacity of these reservoirs. The level of Bonito Lake is reported as nine feet below the spillway as of July 6.

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Donations of goods available to fire victimsChristian Services of Lincoln County,

Inc. received a shipment of goods from the Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Team out of Nashville, Tenn. These are available to anyone affected by the fire - not neces-sarily just loss of homes. This includes food, personal care items, child care items, cleaning items and many other things. Christian Services of Lincoln County also

has an abundance of clothing, so anyone who is helping with cleanup and needs clothing which can be worn until it’s filthy and then thrown away is welcome to come and take what they need.

Contact: Margo Mayo Christian Ser-vices of Lincoln County, Inc. 415 Sudderth Drive, Ruidoso, [email protected]. 575-257-4381

Flash flood awarenessIsolated thunderstorms producing

lightning and areas of heavy rain that increases the potential for flash flood-ing. Residents are being asked to be vigilant if they see or hear of rainfall moving into the area. The county will be issuing evacuations via the Reverse 911-Code Red system to residents with-in 100 yards of all affected rivers and streams as rain starts to fall. Residents are urged to take every evacuation order seriously and to move to higher ground at the first sign of rising water. Do not wait – evacuate.

Skies may be clear where you are but rain falling upstream through the areas affected by recent fires may move downstream more rapidly than usual. Water flows coming from the Little Bear Fire burn area will be full of ash and debris making them heavier and more dangerous. Consider evacuation routes that avoid main roads at the bottoms of canyons which can unex-pectedly flood. Do not drive through any flooded area. Waters may be full of silt which is extremely slick and can quickly cause loss of traction. You will not be able to see through flood waters carrying ash and debris to determine whether the roadway is intact.

Waters flowing in creeks and streams that is black and full of ash and debris is dangerous and may contain toxic run off from burnt structures upstream. Do not allow your children to play in or near these waters or al-low your pets to drink from them. The dark murky waters can disguise other hazards. Please keep children and pets away from creeks, streams and arroyos – even if they are dry.

Homeowners are being urged to keep culverts on their private property free of debris and to move animals, equipment and anything that could be carried downstream by flood waters to higher ground now. Alert systems are in place but you may have only a short time to respond once an evacuation no-tice is issued. The Lincoln County Wa-tershed Protection & Restoration group is clearing debris from drainages in 200 square miles of Lincoln County. It is the landowners personal responsibility to clear debris from private property.

Monitor current weather conditions

at www.srh.noaa.gov/abq.The Natural Resources Conserva-

tion Service (NRCS) and the Upper Hondo Soil and Water Conserva-tion District are teaming up to help landowners restore burned areas and minimize erosion and flooding. Native Grass Seed to cover one acre is avail-able free of charge at the Upper Hondo SWCD office in Capitan, 516 W. 1st St. (Hwy 380), 354-2220, across from the Capitan High School. This seed will have to be covered with mulch and wa-tered. Mulch is also available (as much as you need) at the Capitan UHSWCD office, at the Little Bear Recovery Cen-ter on Highway 48 between MM 14 and 15, and at the entrance to The Ranches of Sonterra, Unit 1, Villa Madonna and Nazarene Church Camp (Bonita Park).

New Mexico State Forestry is now taking orders for fall delivery of one- and two-year-old seedlings from their New Mexico Conservation Seedlings program. Native trees and shrubs are available for a very reasonable price. Go to their webpage at www.nmfor-estry.com to order on line or call 505-476-3325 to have information mailed to you.

A Recovery Guide, designed to pro-vide citizens with information regarding various forms of assistance, has been developed and is available at the Little Bear Recovery website (www.littlebe-arrecovery.org). The disaster recovery team has set up an information number, 575-258-INFO (4636), that is designed to put citizens in direct contact with an individual who can provide informa-tion regarding animal assistance, basic needs, health and wellbeing, insurance assistance, legal assistance, debris removal and other services that may be needed. This information line will be staffed Monday- Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Recovery and preparedness as-sistance can also be found at: http://lincolncountyready.com.

If you are cleaning up a burned structure, you should be aware of the inherent hazards. Learn how to protect yourself by consulting: www.tpaa.com.au/files/Fire%20Clean-Up%20Summary, www.epa.gov/naturalevents/returnhomeadvisory.htm, and www.calepa.ca.gov/Disaster/Fire.

PNM supports fire relief efforts: contribution to Red Cross,outreach for bill assistance

PNM employees heard reports of the Little Bear Fire in the Ruidoso area served by PNM and immediately asked two ques-tions: What can we do to help, and is the company doing anything beyond its work to restore outages?

PNM had a ready answer to the second question. It had pledged an ini-tial $5,000 to the American Red Cross relief efforts in the community, and later pledged another $5,000 to be used as a challenge grant to spur other donors to give. The PNM contribution is funded by shareholders and not through customer rates.

“PNM was the first company donor to proactively reach out to the American Red Cross with an offer to help in this disas-ter,” said Red Cross Regional CEO Cindy Adams. “We hadn’t even started reaching out to potential donors when the offer for assistance from PNM arrived. We are so appreciative for the financial assistance but also for the challenge that PNM was able to issue to encourage others to donate and double the impact of their giving.”

On June 21 and 22, PNM also reached out to victims who needed a helping hand with utility bills while coping with losses related to the fire. The company accepted and processed PNM Good Neighbor Fund applications at the Ruidoso PNM office, 1100 Mechem Drive on both days.

PNM experienced some outages in the Buck Mountain area related to the fire and completed restoration on Friday, June 15. Restoration required clearing trees and roads to replace burned lines. The majority of customers served by PNM in Ruidoso did not have fire-related outages since the fire had not reached the village itself. However, hundreds of local resi-dents in and around the community have been affected with the loss of homes and other property.

“The fire has created a number of new challenges for the citizens of Ruidoso and surrounding areas, but the community has pulled together to successfully meet those challenges head on,” said Steve Dettmer, PNM team manager. “We are pleased to be a part of that community effort.”

Waterways holding

Increased water flow seen downstream of Bonito LakeOne storm dropping two inches of

rain in the general vicinity of the Little Bear Fire burn area produced heavy flows of water in some rivers, creeks, streams and canyons. Flooding was seen in Kraut Canyon and some others that are usually dry. A break in the rain overnight allowed water to recede from the affected water-ways. More rain is expected and flash flooding is possible. The Lincoln County Watershed Protection & Restoration group is out in force again this morning clearing debris out of affected waterways to mini-mize the impacts of fire debris compro-mising critical infrastructure. There have been no reports of injuries or damage to homes. All evacuations were temporary and limited.

First Christian Church on Hull Road has made themselves available to take evacuees if any evacuations are issued today. The Lincoln County Emergency Services will be monitoring waterways as rain starts to fall throughout the county and will notify residents as necessary of any developing hazardous situations

County road crews are clearing flood debris from roads in Sierra Vista, Sun Valley and on Bonito Lake Road. Roads above Bonito Lake and at Monjeau con-tinue to be littered with debris. Bridges

throughout the county held well during this rain event.

Residents are being urged to keep an eye on the weather by monitoring NOAA weather radio or www.srh.noaa.gov/abq/ and to be aware of the effects of rain fall-ing upstream.


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 - Ruidoso270 Country Club Drive, Ruidoso,NM 88345. 257-2081; Dr. Allen Stoddard, PastorFirst Baptist Church - Ruidoso Downs361 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 FaithMeeting in members’ homes. 257-2987 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 ChurchCorona. 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 Christian Community Church127 Rio Corner w/Eagle, Mid-town. For more information call: 378-7076 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 Jon Ogden, 258-1253Church of Jesus Christ LDSMescalero Branch, Mormon Missionaries 317-2375EPISCOPAL Episcopal Church of the Holy Mount121 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 StreetFOURSQUARECapitan Foresquare ChurchHwy 48, Capitan. Harold W. Perry, PastorEVANGELICAL The Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church1035 Mechem Dr. 802-5242FULL GOSPEL Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship Int’lK-Bob’s Hwy. 70 in Rui doso. Ron Rice, 354-0255, e-mail fgbm� @ruidoso-on-line.com Mission Fountain of Living WaterSan PatricioJEHOVAH’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, 378-7095JEWISH / HEBREW

Kehilla Bat- Tzion & Hebrew Learning Center, Inc.2204 Sudderth Dr. Ruidoso, NM 88345. 257-0122LUTHERANShepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

258-4191; 1120 Hull Road. Pastor Thomas Schoech. www.shlcruidoso.org METHODISTCommunity United Methodist ChurchJunc tion Road, behind Wells Fargo Bank. Stephanie Harmon, Pastor. 257-4170Capitan United Methodist Church Pastor Jean Riley and the congregation of Capitan United Methodist. White Oaks and Third in Capitan. 648-2846Trinity 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 of this and other Quaker activities 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 ChurchPastor Terry Aiello, CLPCorona United Presby terian ChurchPastor Terry Aiello, CLPNogal Presbyterian Church Reverend E.W. “Bo” LewisREFORMED CHURCHMescalero ReformedMescalero. Bob Schut, PastorSEVENTH DAY ADVEN TIST Ruidoso Seventh Day Adventist207 Parkway, Agua Fria, Ruidoso Downs, 378-4161. Pastor Andrew Spooner 437-8916; 1st Elder Manuel Maya 937 4487UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIPSacramento Mountains Unitarian Universalist FellowshipCall 336-2170 or 257-8912 for locationNON-DENOMINATIONAL American Missionary FellowshipRick Smith, 682-2999. E-mail: RickS@americanmission ary.org Calvary Chapel127 Vi sion, next to Cable Co., 257-5915. Pastor John Mar shallCasa de Oracion Comu nidad Cristiana

Ruidoso 304 Sudderth Dr., Ruidoso, NM 88345. 257-6075. Pas tor: Carlos & Gabby Carreon. *All Services are Bilingual* - Translators AvailableCentro 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 ChurchMeeting 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, PastorsCowboy ChurchPreacher Buster Reed of Amarillo. Call 378-4840 for more infoFoot of the Cross Chris tian Ministries2812 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 Church40 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 Pacto 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.Peace Chapel Interde nominational (ULC), Alto North, 336-7075. Jeamsie Price, PastorRacetrack ChapelHorseman’s Entrance, Hwy 70, 378-7264. Chaplain Darrell WinterThe Word of Life Church Rev. Chuck Fulton, pas tor/648-2339. 711 ‘E’ Ave., Carrizozo, NM. A� liated with the Evangelistic Assembly ChurchNON-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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Thought for the week...Charles Clary

Family means so much! With all the hustle and bustle of the summer, tourist season, and the Little Bear � re, things are really hopping around Ruidoso. Throw in family visits and summer is really busting out all over. The celebration of the J Bar J’s tenth anniversary, and things are on high speed.

On Sunday evening, our third daughter, Jenny and six of her 11 children arrived in Ruidoso for a visit and we have a full house and a happy one. Summer means so many things for those of us who live in the Sacramentos. Flatlanders come to escape the heat. Families get together for reunions because the kids are out of school. And friends accept our invitations for a visit. Folks of faith come and share our worship of God with us. Some come year after year, and we are glad to see them.

Flatlanders, family, friends, and folks of faith are a blessing to us and they come from states and miles away to share in our mountain paradise. Sure, the � re has put a kink in some folks’ celebration. But the truth is this. Even when things are not going on as usual, we can share the blessings of the F’s in our lives. We are still trying to help the folks who have lost nearly everything, but God will bring us, those who need help and those who are helping, together for recovery and blessing.

Unity on display: Mountain Family FellowshipBy Sue [email protected]

Five pastors, active in their own de-nominational traditions have decided dif-ferences don’t matter and are joining their congregations together for a weekend of unity and worship. The 23 year old annual event which used to be solely for Gateway Church of Christ’s family has grown to include hundreds who don’t call Gateway home with folks from Texas, Colorado and California joining in.

This year, there’s a new shared focus for everyone involved.

Mountain Family Fellowship began as a weekend camping experience for families to enjoy not only each other, but good food and great preaching. Decades old, MFF had a standing date arranged to use Bonita Park Nazarene Camp’s facili-ties. Old fashioned BBQ’s were enjoyed with legendary green chile burgers, a tradition. RV’s and tents became week-end homes for hundreds. When the area MFF usually used was destroyed in the Little Bear, organizers needed to make a decision.

This year, MFF decided to use a mod-

ifi ed schedule but will continue the tradition of great fellowship. Several area churches are joining with Gate-way to show unifi ed support. Christ Community Church with Pastor Ed Vinson in Capitan, First Baptist Church with Pastor Alan Stoddard in Ruidoso, Angus Church with Pastor Rick Hutchison, and Foot of the Cross with Pastor Phil Appel in Ruidoso will join Gateway led by Preaching Pastor John Duncan for the weekend.

Because they’re not renting facilities or providing meal options this year, all monies received will be donated to Bonita Park Camp to assist in rebuilding and restora-tion. Tears came to Bonita Park’s Executive Director Stan Yocom’s eyes when he heard of MFF’s plan. “We’re overwhelmed that they would think to help at a time like this,” said Yocom. “It’s heartwarming to be cared for in this way, and we’re so grateful. It’s a major blessing.”

“When our people heard of the deci-sion to raise funds for Bonita Park, a near standing ovation occurred,” said Duncan.

“It happened both weekends we an-nounced it.”

Along with others, the pastors meet weekly to pray together which has bonded them into a cohesive unit. “We want to present an intentional agreement around the gospel. Our prayer time is a personal thing. We don’t talk about numbers, we talk about what’s on our hearts,” says Stoddard who enjoys the unity the group offers. “We trust each other because of that prayer time,” agrees Duncan and Vinson. The trust spills over and they fi nd working together is a natural byproduct.

The keynote speaker for the week-end is Pastor Jimmy Sportsman who was the former Preaching Pastor at Gateway.

Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free PressMFF pastors John Duncan, Ed Vin-son, Phil Appel, Alan Stoddard and Rick Hutchison.

Outdoor service at Shepherd of the Hills

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church welcomes you to their outdoor worship service in the church pavilion at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings.

Members and summer visitors enjoy this outdoor service, and it is not unusual to see one of God’s creations in the form of a deer joining us. This additional worship service runs through Labor Day weekend.

Led by Rev. Thomas Schoech, the outdoor service is followed by Bible class at 9:30 a.m. and the regular wor-ship service at 10:30 a.m. held indoors. Shepherd of the Hills is located at 1120 Hull Road in Ruidoso. The church offi ce is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays. For more information call 575-258-4191.

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120 LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICE

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

RFP NO: 12130039

The Board of Education, Hondo Valley Public School District, is requesting competitive sealed quali� cations-based proposals for the following project:

Change out lighting � xtures from old T12 lighting � xtures with en-ergy e� cient T8 lighting � xtures. The T8 lighting � xtures will be throughout campus including Gymnasium concession area. Main gym area will require changing the current T12 with energy e� cient T5 lighting � xtures. Please include warranty for � xtures, ballasts and bulbs. Please include warranty on labor.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) may be reviewed by contacting the District.

Proposals will be received no later than July 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm. Sealed proposals must be deliv-ered to:

Andrea M. Nieto-Walker,SuperintendentPO Box 55Hondo, NM 88336505-653-4411

The Hondo Valley Public School Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all propos-als and/or cancel this RFP in its entirety.

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“Jimmy was instrumental in getting our weekly prayer time started, and it’s wonderful he’ll be here for this weekend,” says Hutchison, who has been a part of the pastor’s prayer group for more than seven years. Sportsman led MFF for more than ten years and is a familiar Lincoln County face.

“We’re truly defi ning the name Mountain Family Fellowship by joining together from all over these mountains to fellowship this weekend.” Appel is glad the doors are open to anyone who wants to come.

“It’s exciting to see Gateway want-ing to help Bonita Park create something new. The whole idea of what the Gateway elders have done helps create a new tradi-tion.” Hutchison, whose church is affi li-ated with Bonita Park and whose church family has suffered great loss because of the Little Bear fi re knows about the camp’s needs.

Everyone is welcome to attend and participate. Offerings will be received each service with proceeds going to the restora-tion of Bonita Park Nazarene Camp.

The schedule:Friday, July 13: 7 p.m. at Gateway

Church of Christ with children’s activities during the service.

Saturday, July 14: 7 p.m. at Ruidoso High School Gym with children’s activi-ties during the service.

Sunday, July 15: 10 a.m. at Ruidoso High School Gym

“I’d love for all our churches to come together for the gospel’s sake; to listen to the gospel in a simple way,” says Stoddard when asked what he feels MFF should look like in fi ve years. Duncan recalls a Sunday a few months ago when all fi ve pastors were warmly received as each preached at one another’s church.

Christian unity is on display across Lincoln County.

Floyd Harlan PowellObituary

Floyd Harlan PowellFloyd Harlan Powell left

his earthly home, family and friends on Monday, June 25.

Floyd was born in Waco. He graduated from McGregor High School and the University of North Texas. Floyd was proud of his military service as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force. He retired from Alcon Laboratories after 27 years of service in Fort Worth, Chicago and Puerto Rico. He was a life member of Presbyterian Church, a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity and after retirement served for many years on the board of Arlington Boys and

Girls Club.He was predeceased by

his parents, Hobart and Alta Powell; and son, Greg Powell.

He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife of 55 years, Jeannette Powell; his daughter, Marci

Powell; family and many dear friends.

Service was held June 28 at Moore Funeral Home in Arlington,

Texas, the Rev. Sharon Gearing of-fi ciating. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Foundation, 4899 Belfort Rd., Ste 300, Jacksonville, Fla. 32256.

MFF from pg. 18

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