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The New Mexico Centennial

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Centennial Event Year Preview................................................Starting on Page 3

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In The Spotlight A long journey is for the birds..................................................................................5 RMAC Winter Classes .............................................................................................19

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START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT WITH YOUR PLAINS PARK MERCHANTS Convenient-Free Parking-Quality Products At The Following Merchants:

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Plains Park Beauty Shop

Future Merchants: Roswell Little Theatre

Located on West Hobbs at Union and Washington.

Serving Roswell for over 40 years.

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History.......................................................................................................................13 Roy Rogers had three wives

UFOlogy....................................................................................................................24 Interfacing with Alien Life: Timing is Everything

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A Maintenance Crew works on the Union Pacific #844 Centennial Special

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A preview of this year’s

Rey Berrones Vision Editor

Centennial events

On January 6, 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state in the U.S. The New Mexico Centennial Foundation is celebrating this event with 16 month’s worth of events statewide that started with the Centennial SalsaFest kickoff in Las Cruces which was held on Aug. 28, 2011.

While some of these events, like the Grand Centennial Ball, are being held specifically for the Centennial, many of the events are annual activities that are using the Centennial theme THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

to reflect on their own history here in New Mexico.

What follows is a preview of the many events that are happening in southeast New Mexico to celebrate the New Mexico Centennial. As many of these planned events are happening in the year to come, times and dates are tenative and subject to change or cancellation.

Year-long Projects

Roswell - KidzArt Calendar The 2012 Centennial edition of the KidzArt Calendar is now available. More

than 150 RISD elementary school student artworks are included, drawn under the tutelage of Creative Learning Center visual arts instructors during the 2010-11 school year. Along with the great art, the calendar features Roswell centennial events and historical facts. The calendars are $10 each, and proceeds go towards printing the 2013 KidzArt Calendar.

The 2012 calendar is sponsored by the RMAC Foundation and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art. Calendars are available at the Anderson Museum, Finishing Touches, RMAC VISION MAGAZINE

Foundation office, the RMAC Museum Store and Tinnie Mercantile & Deli.

Roswell - Xcellent Music at AMoCA The Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art will be holding a series of musical events during the Centennial year thanks to an Xcel Energy Foundation Arts & Culture grant. This is a music series that will feature a variety of musical acts. The first event happened on Dec. 17 and featured jazz musician Ken Fields and several local musicians. Look for more information forthcoming in this magazine on the Xcellent Music at AMoCA. Roswell - Sunday Fundays The Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico will be hosting Centennial Sunday Fundays every month during 2012. Those who are interested in the history of southeast New Mexico will enjoy these presentations and activities.

Planned events include, “The KKK in Roswell,” presented by Elvis Fleming, “Lost Treasures of New Mexico,” presented by John LeMay, “Women’s Suffrage,” presented by Mimi des Cognets, and “Exploring Roswell’s Roots, The South Park Cemetery in Roswell,” presented by Heidi Huckabee and Valarie Grant.

Roswell - RMAC Second Saturday Art Program This popular nine-month program joins gallery experiences with hands-on art activities for students in grades three - 12 on the second Saturday of the

month. The 2012 term will focus on the theme of line, and will include diverse artist-led projects inspired by a variety of exhibitions throughout the year. The program starts on Jan. 14 and ends with the Second Saturday Art Show on Oct. 6. Space is limited. To register a student for an upcoming session, please call the RMAC at 624-6744, ext. 10. Sponsored by the RMAC Foundation.

Jerry West - Roswell Artist-in-Residence Centennial Artist Jerry West has been selected as the Roswell Artistin-Residence program’s Centennial artist. Jerry is a painter from the Santa Fe/Las Vegas, N.M., area who has already made inroads in our community by painting a mural at Mi Casita Restaurant. His narrative paintings usually include the New Mexico landscape and historical or iconographic references from around the state. His one-year residency will begin Jan. 1 and culminate in an exhibition of his work at the RMAC toward the end of 2012. There will be a Mural Unveiling Party at Mi Casita Restaurant located at 305 S. Main on Jan. 14 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. with the unveiling at 5:30 p.m.

Clovis and Santa Fe Railway Participations in World War II The display at the ClovisCarver Library will tell the story of the 713th Railway Operating Battalion which was trained for the war efSee CENTENNIAL, Page 4 PAGE 3

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fort at Camp William C. Reid, located in the Clovis railyard south of the Santa Fe lines approximately across from Axtell St. This battalion was nicknamed “The Santa Fe Battalion.” The Clovis Depot Model Train Museum will make three presentations to augment the display and educate visitors on three topics directly associated with railroad operations.

One topic will be presented on each second Saturday of the month and the cycle will repeat four times during the year.

The first topic will be a history of the AT&SF and its contributions to New Mexico statehood. The second topic will be in two parts. One on communications and how the railroad spurred the developments from Morse Code to modern communications; the second on the development of the “time zone” system. The third topic will be how a steam locomotive works and why it is called a “Choo Choo.”

January

Santa Fe - The Grand Centennial Ball Jan. 6 The Grand Centennial Ball will take place on Statehood Day, Jan. 6, 2012, at the Santa Fe Convention Center from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. At this once-ina-lifetime, black tie ball you can “Take a Step Back in Time for the Future of New Mexico.” All proceeds from the ball will help establish

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the Centennial Children’s Legacy Fund.

The Centennial Children’s Legacy Fund is an initiative of the New Mexico Centennial Foundation, created to live beyond 2012 in service to children statewide. The fund will be managed by a New Mexico-based foundation in perpetuity, and accessible to charitable organizations working to enhance the education and welfare of New Mexico’s children.

The ball will include cocktails, dinner, live music, dancing and some birthday surprises. Individual tickets for $250 includes cocktail reception, dinner, parking and drink tickets.

Family, Patron or Community table tickets for $5,000 includes special VIP seating, table-top recognition, recognition in commemorative Grand Ball program, cocktail reception, dinner, parking and drink tickets for table guests. For more information, please contact Alexandria V. Taylor at (505) 984-2012 or alexandria.taylor@nmcentennial.o rg.

Roswell - Plaque Unveiling Ceremony Jan. 6 The Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico in conjunction with the Roswell Museum and Arts Center received a grant from the New Mexico Centennial Committee to place historical plaques at the site of five of Roswell’s historical buildings. The metal engraved plaques will have a picture of the original building and a brief history of the building or site.

Photos Courtesy Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico Girls, left to right, Cap. Leaʼs stepdaughter Willie Day, Hazel Hyde, and Cap. Leaʼs daughter, Ella Lea standing in front of Goss Military Academy school barracks under construction in 1893. This photo is part of the Diamond of the Pecos Exhibit.

The five buildings or sites selected were: The oldest house owned by Van C. Smith, and oldest store, also owned by Smith. They are located in the 400 block of N. Main Street across from the County Courthouse, which was selected as well. The original site of the Goss Military Academy at the corner of N. Main and Fifth streets was also selected. The last building selected was the City Hall building at the corner of Fifth Street and Richardson Avenue.

There will be an unveiling of the plaques on Jan. 6.

Roswell: Diamond of the Pecos Jan. 6 Join the RMAC on statehood day for the opening of Roswell: Diamond of the VISION MAGAZINE

Pecos. There will be a reception on Jan. 6 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. This joint exhibition about Roswell’s history is being curated by staff from the RMAC and the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico. Artifacts and art from both museums will be on view at RMAC throughout the Centennial year. For more information, call the RMAC at 624-6744.

Carlsbad Centennial Statehood Day Jan. 6 This is a Chautauqua event at the Carlsbad Museum and Art Center from noon to 1 p.m. featuring President Roosevelt. Also speaking will be President William Taft and first Governor of New Mexico, William McDonald. Mayor

Janway will also be reading a proclamation in honor of the New Mexico Centennial.

Official unveiling of 15,000 local historic photographs can be accessed online at nearlovingsbend.com by the Southwest NM Historical Society. Fueled by Jed Howard and designed by Paul Derby. Brought to you

by Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad Centennial Committee, and the Southwest NM Historical Society.

Lincoln County Centennial Tour Jan. 6 - 7 The Lincoln County Centennial Tour is a two-day guided tour.

Day 1: Join the Carrizozo Woman’s Club for brunch

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Noel Sivertson Photo

A long journey is for the birds Beth Roesler Biology Technician

We are not the only ones traveling during the holiday season. A few months ago, our tall and slender feathered friends, the sandhill cranes, arrived at the refuge ready for a long awaited rest. This year, the THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

Roswell area reached its peak of sandhill cranes in early November, topping off at around 30,026, of which 25,626 were on the refuge.

The crane population here at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge varies greatly during the year due to climatic factors, like major winter storms, and

food availability. There are two different sub-species of sandhill cranes: the lesser and the greater. As obvious as their names are, the lesser sandhills are much smaller in size, weigh about 6 pounds and stand approximately 3 feet tall.

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almost 5 feet in height. At Bitter Lake NWR, we harbor mostly lesser sandhill cranes but we do get a small percentage of the greater sub-species.

Of all the cranes in the world, sandhill cranes are the most abundant. In fact, crane fossils from ten million years ago look almost the same as a modern sandhill crane. I guess cranes aren’t fans of change, except when it comes to migration, which is a seasonal journey from one region to another in search of food, habitat, or to escape unfavorable weather.

But where do they come from before they arrive here? Some people may think that they arrive in spaceships just like the citizens of Roswell, but actually migrant birds move from temperate breeding sites to warmer wintering habitat through flight. In the warmer months, lesser sandhill cranes reside in Northern Alaska, Canada, and even some all the way in Siberia. Brrrrrrr. They arrive at these breeding grounds during the springtime to reproduce in sometimes lifelong monogamous partnerships. These cranes typically use the same breeding grounds each year, and so will their young.

When the cold weather begins to come in the fall, the adult and juvenile birds begin their long journey down south. Most of our cranes migrate all the way to New Mexico, usually with a stopover at the Platte River in Nebraska before landing here. They stay there for about a month because of its abundant food and safe roost sites. In response to adverse weather conditions, they leave to find better seasonal resources on what we refer to as “wintering

grounds,” like the one here on the refuge.

How long it takes the cranes to migrate is heavily reliant on what the habitat conditions are on the migratory route. Sandhill cranes have been known to fly about 360-500 miles without stopping. In order to make that long trek, cranes have to feed excessively to increase their fat reserve, as some of us do anyway without the excuse of migration. Sandhill crane body fat is used as fuel.

This is mostly the reason why cranes make stopovers on their migration route, to refuel and maintain a healthy fat reserve. Cranes will burn fat quickly since they have to support their heavy weight and wing muscles during flight.

Sandhill cranes will pretty much eat anything they can get their beaks on, things like grains, insects, fruit, leaves, amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals. To conserve energy in flight, they fly in V-formations which you may have seen as they are flying above town and the refuge.

All cranes in the flock benefit from the V-formation because it reduces drag to fly close together.

During their stay here, the cranes travel back and forth to farm fields around town. In the evening beginning around 3:30 p.m., they fly back to the refuge to roost for the night. It is a lovely sight and sound to see and hear all the cranes flying in for the night. If you haven’t been yet, come out and see it for yourself!

The refuge offers cranes an opportunity to roost on a large and lush natural wetland. This is one of the many reasons Bitter Lake NWR exists, to continue to provide a stopover and wintering grounds for birds that are on their seasonal long journey.

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Stu Pritchard Roswell Historian

It is doubtful if any territory or state in our union experienced the difficulties that New Mexico encountered in seeking to join the brotherhood that is our United States.

It is difficult to believe that from the initial requests for statehood until the final acceptance, some fifty submissions were introduced during the sixty-year struggle to attain statehood. In that period, virtually all facets of national politics played a role in New Mexico’s statehood battle. In the initial stages, there was the slavery issue, then the bitter antagonism of reconstruction, followed by the East’s fear of the Western domination in the Senate. There were also the barriers of religious bigotry, racial discrimination and ignorance of the geography of such a

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slavery, and demanding protection from the greedy Texans. Several times it appeared that New Mexico had been approved for statehood despite a succession of unfortunate incidents, including the untimely death of President Zachary Taylor.

The “Elkins Handshake,” a faux pas by Stephen Elkins, a law partner of Thomas B. Catron, so alienated southern Congressmen that Georgia and Alabama failed to pledge their delegation, defeating New Mexico’s statehood bid. Another try for statehood was defeated when partisan elements introduced fear on the part of the Anglo element that they would be overwhelmed by the native “Mexicans.”

Indirectly, the SpanishAmerican War increased chances for statehood. A large proportion of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders came from New Mexico and

Graphic Courtesy United States Postal Service The USPS is commemorating the New Mexico Centennial with a New Mexico Centennial stamp that features artist Doug Westʼs “Sanctuary” painting.

Arizona. The first reunion of the Rough Riders was held in Las Vegas, N.M. in June 1899. There, President Roosevelt pledged himself to statehood saying, “All I shall say is if New Mexico wants to be a state, you can count me in, and I shall return to Washington as your spokesman and do anything you wish.” After President McKinley was assassinated, New Mexicans prepared to celebrate statehood as a certainty failing to realize that political remarks are often forgotten as circumstances change.

Much of New Mexico’s efforts were stymied by a senator from Indiana named Albert J. Beverage. His attitudes toward New Mexico’s statehood built a stone wall which obviated many of the state’s efforts. Considered a well though of orator, Beverage was motivated primarily

by his conviction that the creation of a new state must concern the nation, not just the territory and that it was unfair to the nation to give a low population area the status of statehood before they were prepared for it. Additionally, Beverage had become convinced that the Spanish-speaking inhabitants and the Southwest itself was essentially useless.

As time passed, Beverage came to believe that the combining of Arizona and New Mexico, plus the combining of Oklahoma and the Indian Territories would qualify as two new states for the Union. Pursuing the idea with the eloquence that had blocked New Mexico’s previous efforts, the senator received apparent approval from his associates.

Again events overtook this plan. Although New Mexico accepted the measure, Arizona did not, preferring to

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large and varied topography.

Many influential interests were opposed to statehood.

Large merchant enterprises, mining interests, the railroads, many ranchers and large landowners all opposed statehood since higher taxes generally followed the statehood designation.

Eastern newspapers often searched out incidents of the widespread corruption of New Mexico Territory. Incidents involving the Santa Fe Ring, the escapades of Billy the Kid and the disappearance of Colonel Albert Fountain and his son were topics of interest to politicians who had a stake in the statehood selection process. Texas, who would become a neighbor state, was busy debating claims to the Rio Grande River while New Mexico was debating the issue of the extension of PAGE 6

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wait for a single statehood rather than join a dominant Spanish-speaking element in New Mexico. This defeated the measure for both territories causing President Roosevelt to demand that both be granted statehood, “for the good of the Republican Party!”

One of New Mexico’s ablest political leaders, Albert B Fall, took the helm for New Mexico’s efforts and during the ensuing months convinced both political parties that the cultural, economic, political and social attainments of his state would enchance our nation with its statehood.

After constitutional conventions, Congress passed the necessary resolutions providing statehood for New Mexico (and Arizona.) President Taft formally declared statehood on January 6, 1912. Crowds throughout the state cheered them-

selves hoarse as word of the president’s declaration was confirmed.

Residents in Roswell became wild with joy and according to the Roswell Morning News, large throngs of several thousand people gathered at the corner of Third Street and Main where a speaker’s platform had been erected and decorated with American flags. A number of speakers made presentations including Mayor W.M. Atkinson, Superintendent of Schools C.C. Hill and bank president John Poe, (who was with Pat Garrett when he shot Billy the Kid.) The really large celebrations were held in Santa Fe where the state’s new governor was inaugurated. The long struggle which had taken three-score years was finally over as New Mexico became part of the Union.

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Jan. 7

3rd Annual Zach Trak Join the 3rd Annual Zach Trak 1K/2K/5K/10K in support of disabled children from 9 a.m. noon at 700 E First St. This event drew 250 people its first year. Expect to have an even more fantastic time this 3rd year with not only a most wonderful walk/wheel/run but fantastic food from Stella Vita and more great music from Daniel Park and Desert DJs, too. Admission is $30. For more information, visit alamoshape.com.

Jan. 14

Artesia

Ocotillo Performing Arts Center - Billy Dean Billy Dean is performing at 7:30pm, at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center. Billy Dean released his debut album in 1990 with the hits “Only here for a Little While” and the Grammy nominated “Somewhere in My Broken Heart”. His other hits include “Billy the Kid,” “If There

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siaʼs own Dylan Romine will be opening. For more information, visit facebook.com/thejahvahouse.

Hobbs Jan. 14

Southwest Symphony Orchestra featuring ARRIVAL an ABBA tribute Southwest Symphony Orchestra featuring ARRIVAL - an ABBA tribute is playing Tydings Auditorium at 7 p.m. For more information, visit themusiofabba.com and swsymphony.org.

Roswell

Every Week, Mon, Wed, Fri Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield - The Early Years

Saturday Jan. 14

Billy Dean is performing at 7:30pm, at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center. Billy Dean released his debut album in 1990 with the hits “Only here for a Little While” and the Grammy nominated “Somewhere in My Broken Heart”. His other hits include “Billy the Kid,” “If There Hadnʼt Been You,” and “We Just Disagree.” Admission is $20. For more information, call 746-4212.

Hadnʼt Been You,” and “We Just Disagree.” Admission is $20.

For more information, call 7464212.

Jan. 24

Mikeschair at the Jahva House MIKESCHAIR is performing at the Jahva House at 7 p.m. Arte-

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This Walker Aviation Museum display will remain through the end of the year. This exhibit features a short history of the base and many items from the WWII era, as well as information about the planes that flew at Roswell Army Airfield from 1941-1945. For more information, call 247-2464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.

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Peace Through Strength This Walker Aviation Museum exhibit is a tribute to the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron assigned to Walker Air Force Base during the early 1960s. The squadron was responsible for operating and maintaining 12 Atlas missile silos around the See CALENDAR, Page 8

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Join the RMAC on statehood day for the opening of Roswell: Diamond of the Pecos from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. This joint exhibition about Roswellʼs history is being curated by staff from the RMAC and the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico. Artifacts and art from both museums will be on view at RMAC throughout the Centennial year.

For more information, call 6246744 or visit roswellmuseum.org.

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greater Roswell area. The exhibit was funded through a grant from the Association of Air Force Missileers. The 579th will hold its reunion here in Roswell May 4-6, 2012. For more information, call 247-2464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.

Every Week, Wed, Sat

Karaoke at Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge Karaoke at Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge at 118 East Third St. from 9 p.m - until people stop singing.

Jan. 6, 13

Ritmo Latino at El Toro Bravo Ritmo Latino plays El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 6229280.

Jan. 7

The Band Mercy at Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge The country and classic rock band The Band Mercy plays Billy Rayʼs Restaurant and Lounge from 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Every Week, Thu, Fri, Sat

Every Saturday

Open Mic at Ginsberg Music Ginsberg Music opens up the stage every Saturday from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. P.A. system and drums are provided, all other instruments must be brought by the musician.

Dec. 17 - Feb. 19

Saturday Jan. 14

xEasycorex, Mesa, Arizona based band A Step Ahead, Orange County, California based band In Her Own Words, Lamesa, Texas based band Hearts In Overdrive, Carlsbad based band Emphasis of Ataxia and Lubbock, Texas based band Within This Hour will be playing on Jan. 14 at the ENMU-Roswell Performing Arts Center located at 52 University Blvd. The concert is presented by The Unity Center, and tickets are $7. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Roswell Museum & Art Center - Exhibition: Karen Aqua (1954-2011) - “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral” This exhibition is based on drawings, sounds, and video from former RAiR fellow Karen Aquaʼs film, Taxonomy, which was completed before her passing from cancer in May 2011.

There will be a tribute to Karen Aqua on Jan. 13. The Roswell Museum and Art Center will host a Screening and Public Reception on Jan. 13 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. and The Memorial Tribute will follow at 7 p.m. at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art. For more information, call 624-6744.

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The Yucca Recreation Cen-

terʼs Christmas Vacation Fun Program The Yucca Recreation Centerʼs Christmas Vacation Fun Program will be in session from Dec. 23 - Jan. 6 and the cost of the program will be $10 per day.

The Concession stand is open for lunch and snack time. Holiday events scheduled for the program include Sports, Crafts, Movies, and more. For more information, contact the Yucca Recreation Center at 624-6719.

Jan. 5 - 7

Basketball Camp The MYFDC is having a Basketball camp for ages 5 and up.

The camp will be from 9 a.m 11 a.m. Camp registration fee is $10 for children 5 years - 13 years, and $20 for youth 13 VISION MAGAZINE

years - 18 years. This fee will also cover your registration fee for any other activities held at MYFDC during January. For more information, call 347-5309 or visit myfdc.co.

Jan. 6

Exhibition Reception: Roswell: Diamond of the Pecos

Roswell Public Library - Story Time - “Polar Adventure” The 4-H New Years Eve Dance is a from 8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. at the ENMSF Fairgrounds Farm Bureau Building. Admission is $5 per person, or $15 per family.

Jan. 7

4-Hʼs New Yearʼs Dance The 4-H New Years Eve Dance is a from 8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. at the ENMSF Fairgrounds Farm Bureau Building. Admission is $5 per person, or $15 per family.

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Photos Courtesy Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico The Roswell Club in 1912. This photo is part of the Diamond of the Pecos Exhibit.

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at 10 a.m. in its historic building where 93-year-old Carrizozo historian Johnson Stearns will share some stories of early times from his own experiences.

Then move on to the Carrizozo Heritage Museum exhibits of old-time ranch life.

Formerly an old ice plant, this is an interesting but “cool” place. Take a short drive down 12th Street to 408 Gallery for original and local art. Next visit Roy’s Gift Gallery and Olde Time Ice Cream Parlor for a sample from an original fountain built in 1908. Day one will conclude with a visit to Capitan’s Smokey Bear Museum and Park and then a THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

guided tour of Spencer Theater.

Day 2: Start off taking a drive to Coe Ranch as historian Drew Gomber explains the history about the land and the town of Lincoln, real Billy the Kid country. The final stop is Fort Stanton for a real New Mexican lunch, a presentation about the Fort and a guided tour of their sites.

For more information on the tour and how to register visit carrizozochamber.org.

Chautauqua at the Ruidoso Public Library Jan. 6 - 7 Jan. 6 at 10 a.m. or Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. at the Ruidoso Public Library. Kay Sebring-Roberts Kuhlmann presents Marion Sloan Russell as she remembers her

journey on the Santa Fe Trail as a young woman in the mid-1800s. Come journey with her to New Mexico’s past. Brought to you by the New Mexico State Library Foundation and the Friends of the Library.

Alamogordo - Raising the 47 Star Flag Jan. 6 The Alamogordo Museum of History is the home of one of the very few remaining original 47 star United States flags. To kick off Alamogordo’s Statehood Centennial celebration, the Tularosa Basin Historical Society is planning an event which will feature the flag. Since flags can only be declared by congress on July 4 there was never an “official” forty-seven star flag. New Mexico became a VISION MAGAZINE

state on January 6 followed

by Arizona 39 days later.

The forty-eight star flag became “official” in July 1912. However, several companies and individuals “jumped the gun” early and made forty-seven star flags.

These flags are called “authentic” rather than “official.” This means the flags are authentic to the period and are made of material usually used for such construction. The event will include statehood music and keynote speaker Secretary of State Dianna Duran. The flag-raising ceremony will be Jan 6. at the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce building at 10 a.m.

For more information, call 434-4438.

Hobbs - Centennial Photography Exhibit Jan. 7 - 28 The Lea County Commission for the Arts is having a Centennial Photography Exhibit at the Center for the Arts in downtown Hobbs. It will feature landscapes, people and events of southeast New Mexico, with subjects from Lea, Chaves and Eddy Counties.

There is an opening reception on Jan. 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the exhibit runs until Jan. 28. For more information, contact the Lea County Commision for the Arts at 397-2787.

Roswell - Lecture: Dr. Deni Seymour: Distinguishing Apache from Comanche: Beginning Efforts Jan. 15 This free lecture is Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. at the RMAC. Dr. Deni Seymour, an ar-

chaeologist who specializes in researching nomadic groups, has found that the Carlsbad/Roswell area was a crossroads for a number of different protohistoric and historic groups—most of which have yet to be identified archaeologically.

She will discuss evidence of ancestral Apache habitation as well as Comanche and other mobile groups that occupied and moved through this region. Seymour will compare types of artifacts as well as placement and layout of sites that hint at differences between these groups.

February

Hobbs - Southwest Symphony Cultural Arts Series Presents- The Vienna Boys Choir Feb. 13 Vienna Boys Choir is at Tydings Auditorium at 7 p.m. No group of child musicians is more renowned than the incomparable Vienna Boys Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben), founded by Emperor Maximilian I in 1498. Six centuries later, the famed Vienna Boys Choir continues to delight music-lovers across the globe with their purity of tone, distinctive charm and a diverse, crowd pleasing repertoire that encompasses Austrian folk songs and waltzes, classical masterpieces, beloved pop songs, holiday favorites and medieval chant. Gifted musicians with voices of unforgettable beauty, they carry on the Vienna Boys Choir’s illustrious tradition See CENTENNIAL, Page 10 PAGE 9

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Alamogordo - Jon Hunner - The March to Statehood Feb. 24 Jon Hunner’s lecture is 7 p.m. at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts.

“New Mexico’s March to Statehood” could just as easily be called “The Stumble to Statehood.” New Mexico faced many obstacles, both internal and external, to winning its official status as a state.

This lecture, illustrated with photos and documents from the time period, surveys the history of New Mexico’s progress from a territory of the U.S. established in 1850 to a state in 1912.

Roswell - Soup’n Bowl Feb. 25 The Soup’n Bowl is presented by the RAiR Foundation and the Pecos Valley Potters Guild. Adding to all the community events surrounding the Centennial, is a particularly elaborate – and rare – fundraising effort to support the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation. Community artists, members of the Pecos Valley Potters Guild, and former RAiR fellows are creating 1,000 handmade bowls to be sold at the Saturday, February 25, 2012, Soup ‘n Bowl. For $25, ticketholders will pick a bowl of their choice, partake of gourmet soup and dine in the Anderson Mu-

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seum amidst live music.

Platters and other fine artworks will be included in a silent auction. For more information on the items above, call AMoCA at 6235600.

March

Hobbs - Southwest Symphony Orchestra featuring Lisa Liu March 11 SWSO featuring Lisa Liu at First United Methodist Church in Hobbs at 3 p.m.

Fresh off her recent tour with Josh Groban, a classic afternoon of music awaits as SWSO welcomes back to Hobbs accomplished violinist Lisa Liu to perform with the orchestra. The daughter of celebrated violinist and opera singer Li-Ping Hsieh, Lisa Liu’s musical aspirations truly lie in her roots.

At the age of 9 she took up the violin and went on to follow in her mother’s footsteps when she was accepted into the prestigious Juilliard pre-college music program, where she remained throughout her education, ultimately earning her bachelor’s and master’s degree in violin performance. With a wide collaboration roster lending her talents to movies, television, albums and concerts with celebrity artists from every genre, Lisa is a true pioneer in promoting the classic tradition while creating a modern musical fusion with her recent collaborations. Afterward, there will be a reception where you can meet with our conductor, Dr. Mark Jelinek, Southwest Symphony Orchestra musicians

Photos Courtesy Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico The Roswell Post Office on Second and Main in the early 1900s. This photo is part of the Diamond of the Pecos Exhibit. and Lisa Liu. For more information, call 738-1041.

Roswell - Judith Phillips Lecture at the RMAC March 17 Judith Phillips presents “Regionally Native Plants in Cultivated Landscapes” at the RMAC at 2 p.m.

Roswell is the transition point between high plains short grass prairie and desert grassland. Author and award-winning landscape designer, Judith Phillips will talk about native plants and their role in cultivated spaces during this free lecture.

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celebrating “Hagerman will Always Be Your Home.” The day begins at 7:30 a.m. with a fun run-walk ending up at the community center for a pancake breakfast and continues until the dancing ends at midnight.

Events include a parade down main street, the world-famous outhouse race, amateur talent contest, arts & crafts sale, book sale, a bake-off along with food and game booths and a Hagerman High School multiyear class reunion. This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy fun, food, family and friends!

Entry for all events is open to anyone, so if you are interested in joining in on the fun, please contact us at 752-0163 or visit old-

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Lovington / Hobbs New Mexico - Texas Challenge Centennial Marathon Race April 21 For all you runners out there the second annual running of the New MexicoTexas Challenge Marathon will take place on the morning of April 21. The Challenge will include a full marathon, a halfmarathon, a 10k, and a 5k race for runners of all ages.

The marathon will begin at 6:00 a.m. at the Lea County Museum in Lovington and end at the Western Heritage Museum in Hobbs. All other races will begin and end at the WestSee CENTENNIAL, Page 15 THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

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Sunday Funday - Secrets of the Roswell KKK At the Sunday Funday program of the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico at 3 p.m., Chief Archivist Elvis E. Fleming will reveal – for the very first time – the secrets of the Roswell Klan. In order to protect the privacy and identity of descendants of the Klan activists, the names of rank-and-file members will not be divulged. The Roswell Klan had a total of more than 500 members over its ten-year existence. The Roswell Klan was seen as different things by different people. The community seemed to consider it to be a patriotic organization, but the membership thought of it as a sort of lodge similar to the Masons. Others saw it as a trouble-maker needlessly stirring up unrest. The resident philosopher” of the Roswell Klan was Capt. Jason W. James, a very prominent man in the community who made speeches and published essays expressing his views on white supremacy, immigration, and universal suffrage. Flemingʼs presentation will take place in the meeting room of the Museum Archives Center at 208 N. Lea. There is no admission charge.

For more information call the Historical Center at 622-8333.

Jan. 8

Put God First Ministries Kickoff Prayer Gathering

Jan. 14

Mural Unveiling Party at Mi Casita Restaurant Jerry R. West, Roswell Artist in Residence Centennial artist will be unveiling a mural that he painted at Mi Casita Restaurant from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. The unveiling will happen promptly at 5:30 p.m.

Friday Jan. 6

Exhibition Reception: Roswell: Diamond of the Pecos, Join the RMAC on statehood day for the opening of Roswell: Diamond of the Pecos from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. This joint exhibition about Roswellʼs history is being curated by staff from the RMAC and the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico. Artifacts and art from both museums will be on view at RMAC throughout the Centennial year. For more information, call 624-6744 or visit roswellmuseum.org.

Put God First Ministries, Inc. is having a Put God First Kickoff Prayer Gathering at the Roswell Convention Center at 7 p.m. For more information, call Apostle Steven & Natasha Mackey at 1855-622-5397

On January 13, the RMAC and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art will collaborate on an evening of tribute and memorial for animation artist Karen

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Rey Berrones Vision Editor Mesa, Arizona based poppunk band A Step Ahead is returning to Roswell on Jan. 14, with the xEasycorex.net tour.

Band member Colin Becker says, “We love Roswell! We have played Roswell several times. I think 5 or 6 times... It’s always a great time when we come through.”

A Step Ahead is a band that thrives on positive lyrics and upbeat attitudes, and it shows in their high energy music. “We aren’t about being downers or singing sad tunes. The world has enough negativity. Some of our songs are about terrible situations.

We still like to put a positive outlook on it, “ says Becker of their music.

The album that they are currently touring for is the 2011 release, “In It To Win

It.” According to Becker, the song “In It To Win It” became the title track, “When we were tracking vocals and writing melodies it just came about. We wanted to make a anthem song for all the touring bands out there or for anyone with a dream for that matter.”

A track from the album was used in a recent benefit compilation. “Brandon Kellum is a great friend of ours. He contacted us a few months ago about Hope for the Hopeless Compilation CD. We couldn’t be happier to be a part of a good cause.

All proceeds of the compilation go to HALO Animal Rescue.” Becker said.

In addition to touring, the band is writing music for their upcoming release that is slated for spring of 2012.

With two songs already in the can, the music still carries the positive attitude, but has grown with a more solid groove.

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Becker said, “ASA is a small family. Recently we had a Ugly Christmas Sweater Party.”

This positive energy is eventually translated into their music with a songwriting process that according to Becker, “...starts will guitar ideas. We jam them out with

drums and they progress from there. Most of it gets changed once we record with producer Curtis Douglas.

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Left to right: “Cyclone,” Len “Mesquite” Slye (later known as Roy Rogers), non-member radio announcer “Old Uncle Joe,” Tim Spencer, and Bill “Slumber” Nichols.

1930. Leonard and his father Andy worked as migrant fruit pickers.

Leonard worked with various musical groups in Ohio entertaining at dances and parties, and he continued that activity in the Long Beach/Los Angeles area.

One group was called the “O-Bar-O Cowboys,” who toured towns in California playing live radio shows and stage shows.

During one of the band’s radio shows, Leonard Slye proposed marriage to Lucile Ascolese, a girl he had met while touring. They were married on May 8, 1933; he was 21 and she was 19. No picture or information about Lucile has surfaced.

In the summer of 1933, the Cowboys barnstormed the Southwest. The band consisted of “Cyclone,” Len “Mesquite” Slye, Tim Spencer, and Bill “Slumber” Nichols. They survived by hunting rabbits and by asking their fans to bring them food. They camped at the Greenhaven Tourist Camp on E. 2nd St. in Roswell to await their scheduled show at the Capitan Theater.

During the waiting time,

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Lecture: Dr. Deni Seymour: Distinguishing Apache from Comanche: Beginning Efforts Dr. Deni Seymour, an archaeologist who specializes in researching nomadic groups, has found that the Carlsbad/Roswell areas was a crossroads for a number of different protohistoric and historic groups—most of which have yet to be identified archaeologically. She will discuss evidence of ancestral Apache habitation as well as Comanche and other mobile groups that occupied and moved through this region. Seymour will compare types of arti-

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Roswell Community Little Theatre Open House There will be an open house at the new Roswell Community Little Theatre on Union from 5 to 7 pm. This is a great time to see the new theatre. For more infor-

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facts as well as placement and layout of sites that hint at differences between these groups.

Deni Seymour is a research associate with the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona.

She has been investigating less-studied groups of the late prehistoric and historic period since the 1980s. This is a free event. For more information, call 624-6744.

Friday Jan. 20

Roswell Community Little Theatre Open House, There will be an open house at the new Roswell Community Little Theatre on Union from 5to 7 pm. This is a great time to see the new theatre. For more information, call 622-1982. mation, call 622-1982.

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Jan. 28

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specifically collected for New Mexico’s Centennial commemoration. 100 Years of Art in New Mexico is a special centennial exhibit at the Carlsbad Museum and Art Center sponsored by the Las Cruces Museum of Art and the New Mexico Humanities Council. Enjoy some of the most significant works done in New Mexico during the past 100 years. For more information, call 887-0276, or visit cityofcarlsbadnm.com/museum.cfm.

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Photo on left Courtesy Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico The Liberty, one of Roswellʼs earliest theaters, located at 305 N. Main. The motion picture being shown at the Liberty in this photo is The Shepherd of the Hills, directed by Harold Bell Wright and released in 1919. Formerly the Princess Theatre, and later the Pecos Theatre, it is now Pecos Flavors Winery, as shown on the right. The photo on the left is part of the Diamond of the Pecos Exhibit.

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ern Heritage Museum. All others begin at 8:00 a.m.

The Lea County Museum will handle all communications, and a specific web site will be set up for registration. For more information, call Jim Harris at 396-4805, or visit leacountymuseum.org Hobbs - Juried Art Fair at the Pannell Library NMJC April 22 - 29 A juried art fair with a theme of the word “Enchantment” will take place in Hobbs on April 22-29, 2012. Please submit all entries to the Director of the Pannell Library the week before the event. SubmisTHURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

sions will be accepted from anyone in Lea County or neighboring counties. Monetary awards will be presented on Sunday the 29th with a Reception. Works will be exhibited in the library and photos of the first, second and third place winning entries will appear in the New Mexico Junior College newsletter and on the library webpage.

For more information, contact Mary A Tuytschaevers, Director of Library at 9422873, or visit www.nmjc.edu.

Hobbs - Viva New Mexico! Centennial Celebration April 27 Friday April 27, 2012 – Tydings Auditorium 7:00 pm Viva New Mexico! Centennial Celebration – Take

a thrilling look into New Mexico’s magnificent living heritage! Fiestas Unlimited, who also produces and directs the annual holiday classic “A Mariachi Christmas” as well as the widely acclaimed Mariachi Spectacular, created “Viva New Mexico.”

Join the Southwest Symphony to celebrate the five predominant cultural influences of New Mexico showcased through an exciting multimedia journey of music, dance and song.

Fierce Aztec drum and dance in elegant quetzal feathers, traditional pueblo Indian singers and dancers celebrate the eagle and the buffalo, while fiery flamenco performers embody the heart and soul of Spain. Mexican mariachi VISION MAGAZINE

and folklorico dancers swirl in festive costumes all while the raucously industrious Cowboy and Americana culture arrives. Each story is a part of the beautifully vibrant threads that give honor to the brave and proud cultures that have made New Mexico the truly enchanted land it is today.

There will be an additional Youth Series Outreach Program Performance to Celebrate the New Mexico Centennial for 4th grade Lea County Students at Tydings Auditorium Friday morning before the public performance. For more information, call 738-1041.

Carlsbad - 100 Years of Art in New Mexico April 30 - August 13 Come and witness a century’s worth of art work

Carlsbad Caverns: Underground of Enchantment May 1 - Sept. 4 The Underground of Enchantment display is a series of stunning 3D images and large-scale color photos of beautiful Lechuguilla Cave in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Lechuguilla is known to cave photographers and researchers around the world, but it is closed to the casual visitor.

The display was assembled and created by a group of experienced and dedicated cavers who wanted to make the Lechuguilla Cave experience available to all.

Come and be amazed at the infinite variety and beauty of the underground world to be found at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. For more information, contact Kathy Elmore at 785-3021 or kathy_elmore@nps.gov or visit www.nps.gov/cave.

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The 25th annual Old Timers Balloon Rally will be Saturday, May 5th and Sunday, May 6th at 6:30 a.m., Wool Bowl Sports Complex, 1500 N. Grand Ave. Fire Concert will be Saturday, May 6th, at 7:30 p.m. Rally proceeds are donated to local charities.

Thousands of dollars from prior rallies have been donated to the Roswell Assurance Home, Roswell and Goddard High School Bands, DARE/GREAT, The Shriner’s Hospital Fund, Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children, Roswell Youth Soccer Association, Kiwanis Club of Roswell, and the Roswell Cerebral Palsy fund. For more information call (575) 622-9892 Hobbs - Lincoln, the Constitution and the Civil War Exhibit May 4 - June 7 The Constitution and Civil War exhibit is from the American Library Association and the National Center for the Constitution.

The exhibit will be in the Pannell Library from May 4 until June 7.

There will be an official Abraham Lincoln portrayer from the Association of Lincoln Presenters here to meet and greet visitors from 1-4 p.m. on May 24 with a program in the museum at 7 p.m. Abraham Lincoln is coming to us from Tennessee and we hope to have many in attendance. A reception will also be held on May 24th while Abe is greeting indi-

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viduals. We will have books evident on Lincoln and the Constitution and the Civil War for perusal. For more information, call 492-2873.

Roswell - Party on the River and Fiesta De Rio May 5 - 6 The Roswell Parks and Recreation Departments is sponsoring the Party On The River and Fiesta Del Rio celebration on Cinco De Mayo weekend at Cahoon Park. Admission is $5, and there will be a full range of entertainment and vendors to be announced. For more information, call 624.6720.

Hobbs / Carlsbad - Cattle Drive of the Century May 9 - 12 Lea and Eddy County Centennial Committees have partnered for the Cattle Drive of the Century, which is multiple events that start at the Pitchfork Ranch in Lea County. One hundred head of longhorn cattle will be driven from the Pitchfork Ranch to the Eddy County Sheriff’s Arena 60 miles away. The cattle, which are branded with a special “Centennial Brand,” will be offered to the highest bidders at an old-fashioned livestock auction at the End of the Trail event on May 12 in Carlsbad.

Dude Ranch Experience - 50 spots are reserved for those who want to ride the range. Arrangements are made through the Pitchfork Cattle Company. Anyone wishing to participate should be able to ride at least 15 miles per day on rough terrain. For more information, contact the Trail

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Photos Courtesy Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico The north Spring River in the early 1920s. This photo is part of the Diamond of the Pecos Exhibit.

Boss Bert Madera at pitchforkcattle.com.

Chuck Wagon Meal and Sing-a-long - Meet up with the cattle drive on any of the three nights of the event and enjoy a traditional chuck wagon meal and a campfire sing-a-long.

Busses will depart from Hobbs and Carlsbad each night at 5 p.m. Tickets are $75 each and can be purchased online at selectaseatlubbock.com.

Wagon Train and Trail Riders Experience - Those members of the public who own their own horses, mules, and wagons can also participate in the cattle drive. There are only 40 spots available and registration materials and payment must be received no later than April 9. The fee is set at $225 per person.

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End of the Trail - Carlsbad is planning a big celebration when the cattle arrive on May 12. Some of the plans include a children’s rodeo, branding, leather working, wool spinning, buggy rides, pony rides, cow-chip throwing contests, a chuck wagon cook off and more. There will be a Saturday evening concert. For more information, call the Walter Gerrells Center for Performing Arts at 234-9856.

Artesia - Classic New Mexico Movies May 10 - August 23 The Artesia Arts Council shows classic movies every Thursday evening during the summer outdoors in Heritage Walkway located in downtown Artesia .

Movies will be shown starting the second week in May and continue through the end of August. Each movie is open to the public.

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free popcorn that is provided and enjoy themselves. A New Mexico movie will be shown about once a month (May, June, July and August) in honor of the Centennial. These movies will include Ben Hur on May 10, Milagro Beanfield War on June 7, Young Billy on July 5, Fat Boy and Little Man on July 26 and Two-Lane Blacktop on August 23. For more information, call 746-4212.

Roswell - Convergence May 12 - August 19 Convergence is the title of a project and an exhibition that culminates in two site specific mixed media art installations produced by students in three of Roswell’s high schools and showcased at the Roswell Museum and Art Center.

Corwin Levi will be working with Goddard High, Nancy Fleming will be working

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Inn of the Mountain Gods

Inn of the Mountain Gods Presents The Pointer Sisters Inn of the Mountain Gods presents The Pointer Sisters at 8pm, at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, Mescalero, N.M. Hailing from Oakland, California, The Pointer Sisters have been making hits for four decades. Singing everything from pop, disco, blues to country, The Pointer Sisters always put on a great show! Cost of tickets; Golden Circle: $60, Floor seats: $50 and $30, Standing room only: $25. For more information, call 1-800545-9011

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Julia Bergman Photo Students work on clay sculptures during classes at the RMAC

A new session of Roswell Museum and Art Center

Classes is starting

Rey Berrones Vision Editor

The winter quarter of art classes at the Roswell Museum and Art Center begins on Jan. 10. There is a full selection of weekday classes for children, teens and adults, and weekend workTHURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

shops for teens and adults.

The classes are a great way for adults and children alike to enjoy and create art at the museum while being taught by a faculty that is full of accomplished artists.

The classes are open to everyone, including those that do not think that they

have natural artistic ability.

The weekday classes for children and teens are Children’s Clay and Creative Forms in Sculpture and Drawing. The weekday classes for adults are Colored Clays and Printmaking. The weekend workshops for adults and teens are Ink and Bamboo Brush, Beginning and Intermediate Nature and People Photography, Yoga and Creative Writing Workshop, Composition in Design and Dimension: The Next Level in Fused Glass, Self-Portraits in Landscape: Put Yourself in the Picture, Beginning Fused Glass, and Papermaking: Recycle Your Garden.

There are also art scholarships available. According to Ellen Moore, “Our art scholarships are awarded to children and adults who cannot otherwise pay for a class. We have a limited number to give out each quarter. We do this to give people a chance to take art classes. Our requirements for scholarships are; interest, need, transportation (for kids) and regular attendance. Generally we do not award scholarships to more than one person in a family so that more community members can have the opportunity to take an art class. Teachers, counselors and friends can recommend people for scholarships.”

To request a scholarship, or to find out more information on the scholarship program, please call Ellen Moore, Curator of Education, at 624-6744, Ext. 22.

For more information on specific classes and tuition prices, call 624-6744 or visit roswellmuseum.org.

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the Cowboys played live radio shows on KGFL, Roswell’s first radio station.

On one of the shows, Slye mouthed, “Women nowadays can’t make lemon pies like Mom used to make!”

Arline Wilkins took the bait: she and her mother showed up at the radio station with two lemon pies (some accounts say they were apple or some other flavor). Arline was the daughter of P. D. and Lucy Wilkins and had graduated from Roswell High School in 1932. Len Slye was immediately attracted to Arline and tried to see her as much as possible while the band was in town. He apparently forgot that he had married Lucile shortly before this tour began!

“Mesquite” Slye returned to Los Angeles in September 1933, where he, Tim Spencer, and Bob Nolan soon formed a Western singing group that came to be known as the “Sons of the Pioneers.” The Pioneers had a successful career even after Len Slye left the group. They were in about 40 of his movies over the years.

Slye and Arline corresponded with each other, and she even went to Hollywood to see him. According to Internet sources, it did not take very long for Lucile to become jealous and weary of being married to a traveling musician. She and Len Slye separated in August 1934. She filed for divorce, which was granted on May 28, 1935, to be final as of June 8, 1936.

It was not coincidental that Len Slye and Arline Wilkins got married on June 11, just three days after his divorce from Lucile became final. He was 24 and she was 21 when Rev. D. B. Titus of First Christian Church performed the ceremony at the Wilkins home on E. 2nd St. Don Wilkins, Jr., and his wife

served as witnesses.

The newly-weds moved to Hollywood, where he continued his career as a singer and movie actor.

Len appeared in films under his legal name as well as “Dick Weston.”

When he starred in Republic Pictures’ “Under Western Stars” in October 1937, he took the stage name “Roy Rogers” and used it for the rest of his life.

Roy’s career consisted of 91 feature films and 102 half-hour television shows.

From 1943 to 1955, Rogers was the leading star among cowboy actors and was among the top ten men in movie receipts. The movie “King of the Cowboys” (1943) earned for him that title as a cowboy actor. He received the Western Hall of Fame President Reagan Award in 1988 for his 50 years of wholesome entertainment. That same year Roy was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame for his role in the development of the Western side of Country/Western music.

In 1940, Arline and Roy adopted Cheryl Darlene.

Linda Lou was born to them in April 1943. Roy Jr. “Dusty” was born October 28, 1946. Unfortunately, Arline died six days later from complications related to Dusty’s birth.

In 1944, Dale Evans began co-starring with Roy in the first of 35 movies that they made together.

They were married on December 31, 1947, in Oklahoma.

Some Roswell people remember the Wilkins family, such as former classmates of Arline and Don. Don became the advertising manager for the Roswell Daily Record. P. D. Wilkins operated a nursery on E. 2nd St. about 1918 to 1943.

While Roswell can still be proud that one of our own was married to one of the most wholesome movie stars that Hollywood ever produced, we now know that Arline Wilkins was not Roy Roger’s first wife.

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The New Mexico Humanities Council

establishes Creative New Mexico Steering Committee and other Centennial projects

Julia Bergman Record Staff Writer

The New Mexico Humanities Council currently has three centennial projects underway.

“The NMHC Atlas,” an online atlas, which includes over 20 historic maps of the state, allows users to overlay the maps and have them interact with one another.

Recently the NMHC Board of Directors approved two projects for the centennial.

Ninety-eight thousand dollars was allotted for "Celebrating New Mexico Art: From Ancient to Modern."

The project enables the New Mexico Museum of Art to create a permanent exhibition, a traveling exhibition, and a related publication by the Museum of NM Press, in addition to creating and distributing visual materials drawn from the major exhibition that are suited for exhibition in libraries and public schools, according to NMHC’s website.

Seventy-five thousand dollars was allotted for “Watershed Consciousness in the Greater Southwest.”

This project allows Lore of the Land, Inc. to conduct over 125 oral histories and produce a series of 13 halfhour radio programs exploring Watershed Consciousness from indigenous perspectives along the Rio Grande, Mancos. San Juan, La Plata, Gila Rivers and expand the scope of the project to also include the Pecos and Canadian Rivers, according to NMHC’s website.

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nial projects both completed and ongoing.

The NMHC has also been heavily involved with the initiative to establish a statewide advocacy organization dubbed Creative New Mexico.

Still in its beginning stages, the Creative New Mexico Steering Committee was established to explore the idea of creating a statewide advocacy organization to promote New Mexico’s creative and cultural economy.

Established in June, the committee’s members include representatives from entities such as the New Mexico Humanities Council, Creative Santa Fe and Creative Albuquerque.

Craig Newbill, executive director at the New Mexico Humanities Council, held a meeting to discuss the initiative behind the organization at the Roswell Museum and Arts Center on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Describing the organization’s beginnings as happenstance, Newbill said, “there was a great need (from the arts, culture and humanities communities) being demonstrated around the state, and legislators have spoken to some of us asking for some guidance. And that’s where we are today.”

Newbill’s talk focused on legislation concerning the arts, culture and humanities communities. “If you paid attention to the Legislature last session, you’ll see that the arts and culture preservation communities, we all got hammered.

Hardly any of us got anything through the Legislature. With a change in the

administration, a lot of these things you can expect. As a matter of fact, a lot of these cuts started to happen during the Richardson administration. As the economic situation continued to deteriorate, legislators found themselves considering arts, culture and preservation activities as non-essential items, and things that we could no longer afford.”

Newbill said the plan is to bring these issues up during the 2013 legislative session, as he’s heard from multiple sources that the upcoming session in January will not feature the right atmosphere for the conversation. Newbill described the main topic of conservation as the lack of funding for these kinds of arts, culture and preservation activities.

Until 2013, Newbill said new numbers and metrics, “that no one can quibble with,” must be generated.

These numbers need to show the impact the arts, culture and humanities communities have on economic development and job creation.

Newbill said he believes Roswell could be an anchor for the organization because of, “the sources, the enthusiasm of the many organizations in the community. I think there’s a breadth and depth of the culture and arts related activities in Roswell that simply have not developed in other parts of the state. I look to the organizations and the people in Roswell as leaders in showcasing New Mexico history and culture.”

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Photo of Craig Newbill courtesy New Mexico Humanities Council The next step for Creative New Mexico would be creating a board, defining a mission statement, organizing meetings and the like. Newbill said the organization has already applied for nonprofit status.

“We want to hold six, eight or 10 (meetings) to see is there statewide support for this or not. So really it’s the ground floor of making sure that there’s enough support to have a successful venture,” Newbill said after the meeting.

After the meeting, Laurie Rufe, director of the Roswell Museum and Arts Center, expressed her enthusiasm towards the organization.

“Creative New Mexico should be a state network of arts and culture and hu-

manities activities that can foster greater cultural tourism, advocate for the arts and culture within the state, to our state representatives, to our local people like City Council members and to our congressmen in Washington.”

“I think it’s a no-brainer that by collaborating you have greater access to those who make policy and those who have access to funding support. It’s a statewide effort that unites us, rather than pitting individual against individual, community against community. It’s just not a very strategic way of deciding which projects, which organizations, which causes have the greatest need,” Newbill said after the meeting.

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Graphic Courtesy Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico Proposed artwork for the plaque that will go in front of the Roswell Courthouse

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with Roswell High, and Sharbani Das Gupta and Fatima Barnes will be working with University High.

Students and their teachers will work with three professional artists and the Museum’s curatorial staff.

The student-artist-museum teams will consider the term “convergence” as a unifying factor in the conceptual development of the installations and an overarching goal of “coming together” — a confluence of ideas, people, and tangible art objects that promote individual and communal identity.

In addition to being one of the New Mexico Centennial Events, this project is THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

part of the Roswell Museum and Art Center’s 75th Anniversary. Convergence is funded by the Kerr Foundation, Inc, Pioneer Bank, Roswell Museum and Art Center Foundation and the City of Roswell. For more information, call the RMAC at 624-6744.

Roswell - Heloise May 17 Author and syndicated columnist Heloise will be speaking at the Roswell Convention Center at 7 p.m. This event is being sponsored by the Roswell Public Library, the Friends of the Roswell Public Library and Xcel Energy.

Tickets are required. The free tickets are available at the Roswell Public Library.

For more information, call 622-7101.

Carlsbad - Seven Rivers Regulators 10th annual

Shooting Shindig May 18 - 20 Seven Rivers Regulators is a Cowboy Action Shooting Club depicting fictional and real events that happened in the taming of the old west and southeastern New Mexico during the late 1890s and early 1900s. It recreates the way of life during the settling and organization of cities and counties during the time that New Mexico was still a territory.

They will be using actual events in writing the scenarios that will be used during the weekend, including life in Seven Rivers, Eddy and Phenix. Tall tales come to life.

Shooters will be coming from New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Colorado and several other states and foreign countries. Among VISION MAGAZINE

those scheduled to shoot are: Tex and Cat Balou (part of the Founders of SASS); New Mexico Top Shooter; Top Woman Shooter; Texas Regional Top Lady; and others. For more information, call 3613435.

Hobbs / Santa Fe - New Mexico Centennial Pony Express Ride May 26 - June 8 On May 26, 2012, the New Mexico Centennial Pony Express ride will kickoff at 7:30 a.m. in front of the Western Heritage Museum Complex in Hobbs.

The first leg of a 14 day ride begins when Lea County’s Express Master, former State Senator Bill Lee, hands mail to “Red” Harmon Hann the first rider in the Pony Express.

The mail, which will be collected from locations throughout southeastern New Mexico will be carried by dozens of riders. The relay riders will travel over 365 miles, visiting towns, villages and scenic stops on route to Santa Fe. On June 8, the riders will end their journey as the mail is given to Santa Fe’s Express Master Chuck Franco, New Mexico’s First Gentleman, who will turn it over to a representative of the U.S. Post Office. The letters will then be sent via U.S. mail to the addressee.

Anyone wishing to join the Centennial Pony Express Ride can do so by contacting Red Hann at 575-6319372 or at country2462000@msn.com .

Ruidoso - New Mexico

Line Dance Jamboree May 31, June 1 Line dancing evolved from early settlers whose barn dances included polkas, reels and contra dances.

The 2012 New Mexico Line Dance Jamboree will take place on Thursday, May 31 and Friday, June 1, at the Ruidoso Convention Center.

The Jamboree will begin with a workshop with local choreographers from 2-4 p.m. and resume with an all request dance session from 6-9 p.m. Friday’s event is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and will include a lunch break. Many of the dancers will be coming from Carlsbad and Farmington. For more information, call LaNora Pickel at 336-7034.

June

Roswell - Roswell Public Library Summer Reading Program: Celebrate 100 Years of New Mexico June 1 - 31 Join the Roswell Public Library in celebrating 100 years of New Mexico with their Centennial Summer Reading Program. Prizes will be given for every hour of library books read or listened to starting June 1, 2012. They will also have exciting visitors to the library all summer long. In 2012 the Roswell Public Library celebrates it’s 106th birthday. Come by and visit a library that’s been in Roswell since before New Mexico was a state. Details on summer reading can be See CENTENNIAL, Page 22 PAGE 21

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found at www.roswellpubliclibrary.org or by calling 622-7101.

Lovington - Lea County Centennial Street Dance with The Bellamy Brothers June 22 Lea County is hosting its Centennial Street Dance.

This will be an old-fashioned, frontier-style street dance with the Bellamy Brothers band performing live on a large countyowned stage. The dance will take place on Love Street on the east side of the Lea County Courthouse in Lovington. The Lea County Museum has held street dances at this location for the last four years. All Lea County Museum programs are free to attend. For more information, visit leacountymuseum.org.

July

Roswell - Birthday Party and Open House for the Historical Society of Southeast New Mexico July The Historical Society of Southeast New Mexico will be having its Birthday Party and Open House.

Specific details are to be determined, but will be available in the months leading up to the event.

Hobbs - 2012 New Mexico Centennial Celebration Boots and Spurs Art Show July 14 The Lea County Commission for the Arts is having a Boots and Spurs Art Show at the Center for the Arts in PAGE 22

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downtown Hobbs. They will be accepting submissions of art works of boots and spurs as well as actual boots and spurs. There is no fee to enter, and the entry deadline is June 30.

There is an opening reception on July 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information, contact the Lea County Commision for the Arts at 397-2787.

September

Hobbs - Book Discussion on Lincoln and the Civil War Sept 8 - Nov 3 A series of five books on President Lincoln and the Civil War will be read and discussed with Professor Dwight Pitcaithley over an eight week period at the Pannell Library at New Mexico Junior College. Join us for as many as you like; refreshments will be provided at each discussion.

This book series, hosted by the Humanities Department, ties into the Pannell Library’s theme of Lincoln and the Civil War. A listing of the books will be available at the first meeting.

This is free and open to the public. For more information, call 492-2873 Hobbs - Oil’s Well That Ends Well - An Old-Fashioned Melodrama Sept 13 - 16 Last performed in Hobbs in 1962, this vaudeville melodrama is a celebration of the Playhouse’s 75th anniversary and New Mexico’s 100th anniversary. Besides a classic presentation of a traditional melodrama, the olios will include other talented performers that will

Photos Courtesy Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico The Roswell Rotary in 1939. This photo is part of the Diamond of the Pecos Exhibit.

leave the audience remembering back to the good ol’ days as well enjoying good, hearty laughs. For more information, call 393-0676.

Roswell - John Erickson Lecture Sept 14 Talk by John Erickson, author of Hank the Cowdog books at the Roswell Convention Center at 7 p.m.

Sponsored by the Roswell Public Library and the Friends of the Roswell Public Library. This is a free event, but tickets are required. For more information, call 622-7101.

Roswell - New Mexico Centennial Air Tour Sept 15 - 16 The Roswell stop on the New Mexico Centennial Air VISION MAGAZINE

Tour will be presented by Walker Aviation Museum.

This event is still in the proposal stage. For information on statewide aviation events, visit nmpilots.org.

October

Carlsbad - New Mexico, a Territory on the Edge of Statehood Oct. 1 - 6 “New Mexico, a Territory on the Edge of Statehood” will have Chautauqua players portraying several historical figures including Teddy Roosevelt and John Chism. Each actor will speak about their character’s part in the community of Carlsbad and creating statehood for New Mexico.

Music from the 1890s to

1912 will be played by a band of three musicians with guitars and a banjo.

The performance will take place in the Halagueno Street Park from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m., next door to the library. All are invited to attend this Living History Event.

Roswell - Art Block Party and Chalk Art Festival: RMAC 75th Anniversary October 6 The annual Block Party and Chalk Festival will also be a centennial celebration, and mark the 75th anniversary of the Roswell Museum and Art Center. There will be all of the events that

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the Block Party is known for, as well as a large selection of family activities that will have the centennial theme. For more information, call the RMAC at 6246744.

Hobbs - One Hundred Years of Enchantment October 6 - 27 The Llano Estacado Art Association and the Lea County Commission for the Arts presents the 2012 Fall Open Art Show, “100 Years of Enchantment.” All entries must reflect the New Mexico Centennial theme.

Entries must be in by October 3. The public reception and awards presentation is October 6, from 6 - 8 p.m.

The show will be open to the public from October 6 27. For more information, call 352-6817.

Ruidoso - Billy the Kid’s Regulator Ride Oct. 7 Ride where the legends rode during this five-day horseback ride. Track Billy’s hoofprints during the Lincoln County War from the killing of John Tunstall to Billy’s final escape from the Lincoln Courthouse. The ride will include horses, tack, food (three meals a day), historians, private tours of historic Lincoln and Fort Stanton. All meals will be served at the historic Wortley Hotel (saddlebag lunches). Suitable for all levels of riding ability. Nonriding spouses are welcome. Reserve your spot THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

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now because space is limited. For more information and and to see the 2012 dates please visit GreatAmerican-Adventures.com.

Roswell - Beyond the Grave: South Park Cemetery Tour October 20 With the help of Heidi Huckabee, Valarie Grant and The Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico, the Roswell Community Little Theatre will give people a guided tour of South Park Cemetery. The stories of the people buried South Park Cemetary will be told in first person by actors portraying prominent figures from Roswell’s past.

Huckabee and Grant are also presenting “Exploring Roswell’s Roots, The South Park Cemetery in Roswell” on February 5 as part of the Sunday Fundays.

November

Alamogordo - New Mexico Line Dance Jamboree Nov. 2 - 3 There will be a NM Centennial line dance jamboree pre-party on Nov. 2 from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. It will be a open dance floor at the pre-party. you pick the music and the dance from the list that will be there. If you don’t know the dance then find a open spot on the floor and do another dance. The jamboree will be on Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Both events will be held at the Tays Special Event Center at 2400 N. Scenic Dr. The dances will be from the NM State line dance list. For more information, contact Bea Smith at kc5owl@yahoo.com.

There are many organizations mentioned in the Centennial preview. If you would like to get involved, or would like more information, please contact them.

The New Mexico Centennial Foundation 401 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 (505) 984-2012 nmcentennial.org contact@nmcentennial.org

Alamogordo Museum of History 1301 N. White Sands Blvd, Alamogordo, NM 88310 434-4438 alamogordohistorymuseum.com tbhs@zianet.com

The Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art Address: 409 E. College Blvd., Roswell NM 88201 623-5600 roswellamoca.org email@roswellamoca.org

Artesia Arts Council 310 West Main Street, Artesia, NM 88210 746-4212 artesiaartscouncil.com

Carlsbad Caverns National Park 3225 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220 785-2232 nps.gov/cave

Carlsbad Museum and Art Center 418 W Fox, Carlsbad NM 887-0276 cityofcarlsbadnm.com/museum.cfm patsy.jackson@cityofcarlsbadnm.com

Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 567, Carrizozo, NM 88301 648-2732 carrizozochamber.org zozoccc@tularosa.net

Clovis-Carver Library 701 N. Main St, Clovis NM 769-7840 www.library.cityofclovis.org library@cityofclovis.org VISION MAGAZINE

Clovis Depot Model Train Museum 221 W. First Street 762-0066 clovisdepot.com philipw@3lefties.com

Community Players of Hobbs 1700 North Grimes, Hobbs, NM 88240 393-0676 communityplayersofhobbs.com

Flickinger Center for Performing Arts 1110 New York Ave., Alamogordo, NM 88310 437-2202 flickingercenter.com flickinger@flickingercenter.com

The Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico 200 N. Lea, Roswell NM 622-8333 hssnm.net Historical Foundation for Southeast New Mexico 208 N. Lea, Roswell NM 622-1176 hfsenm.com

Lea County Museum 103 South Love, Lovington, NM 88260 396-4805 leacountymuseum.org leacomuseum@leaco.net MainStreet Roswell P.O. Box 1328 420-5718 mainstreetroswell.org

Lea County Commission for the Arts 122 W. Broadway, Hobbs, NM 397-2787 lcca.us lcca@valornet.com

Pannell Library 1 Thunderbird Circle, Hobbs, NM 88240 392-4510 nmjc.edu/library Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation P.O. Box #1, Roswell NM 88202 623-5600 rair.org stephen@rair.org

Roswell Community Little Theatre P.O. Box 305, Roswell, NM 88202 622-1982 roswelllittletheatre.com

Roswell Museum and Art Center 100 West 11th Street, Roswell, NM 99201 Phone: 624-6744 Website: roswellmuseum.org Roswell Public Library 301 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Roswell, NM 88201 622-7101 roswellpubliclibrary.org

Roswell Recreation Department 1101 W. Fourth, Roswell, NM 624.6720 roswell-usa.com/city/recreation RMAC Foundation 400 N. Pennsylvania Ave. Suite 220, Roswell, NM 88201 627-0918 rmacfound@qwestoffice.net

Ruidoso Public Library 107 Kansas City Road, Ruidoso, NM 88345 258-3704 youseemore.com/ruidosopl library@ruidoso-nm.gov

Southwest Symphony P.O. Box 101, Hobbs, NM 88241 738-1041 swsymphony.org swshobbs@hotmail.com Walker Aviation Museum 1 Jerry Smith Circle, Roswell, NM 88203 347-2464 wafbmuseum.org

Walter Gerrells Center for Performing Arts 4012 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM, 88220 234-9856 cityofcarlsbadnm.com/CommDevWalterGerrellsPA.cfm Western Heritage Museum 5317 Lovington Highway Hobbs, NM 88240 392-6730 museumshobbsnm.org

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UFOLOGY

Interfacing with Alien Life: Timing is Everything

Happy New Year!

In the field of UFO studies we constantly deal with the fact that there are unaccountable airborne objects in our skies, and with the notion that it seems reasonable to speculate that some of these craft, at least, are piloted by intelligent life forms not native to our planet.

How likely is it that indeed there are such alien life forms out there in the cosmos somewhere? My answer is, highly likely! Never mind

the fact that there are at least 125 billion galaxies in the known universe. We need only consider our own Milky Way Galaxy, a more or less average galaxy containing roughly 100 billion stars, plenty of potential for the evolution of life, given the billions of years thermochemical processes have been working.

Let’s be cautiously pessimistic. Suppose in our galaxy only one star in a million has a planet orbiting it that is suitable for life.

This would still imply 100,000 places in the galaxy where life could readily develop. And we can safely say that this "one in a million" estimation is far too pessimistic in fact, because we have already detected a number of potentially lifefriendly planets.

A planet needs to be in what we call the Goldilocks zone, so called because such a planet (besides being the right size) would be neither too hot nor too cold.

Even this restriction is

unduly pessimistic, because there could be life forms so different from those on Earth that they could thrive in extremely hot or cold temperatures, or in atmospheres that would not support familiar terrestrial life.

But even when we restrict our attention to planets in the Goldilocks zone, in terms of probability theory there should be many thousands of them orbiting various stars.

Could civilizations on these planets visit us? Some scientists doubt it because of the distances involved.

But this ignores the real possibility that such creatures could have technological capabilities unknown to us. (Think of teleportation, which we’re starting to experiment with ourselves, albeit only on the particle level so far.)

However, it isn’t so much a question of distance. The more crucial thing we have

to hope for is that advanced life forms, unless they’re time-travelers, would have evolved sufficiently close to us in time to interact with us.

Stars are continually dying, new stars are continually being formed in the vastness of space and time.

It is possible that whole civilizations somewhere in the galaxy have been born, lived for millions of years, and died out even before human life began to appear on Earth. It is equally possible that those new stars being formed will one day be orbited by planets that will be hosts to advanced life long after our own solar system is gone.

To have cosmic companions, we need to be here in the same time frame as alien civilizations. But this isn’t asking so much, in a galaxy this large. And we do see UFOs in our skies, after all.

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