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February 1, 2016 • Vol. 68, No. 02 USPS 175-880 • ISSN 0046-1946 Circulation 123,822

enchantment (ISSN 0046-1946) is published monthly by the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. enchantment provides reliable, helpful information on rural living and energy use to electric cooperative members and customers.

Nearly 124,000 families and businesses receive enchantment Magazine as electric cooperative members. Non-member subscriptions are available at $8 per year or $13 for two years, payable to NMRECA. Allow four to eight weeks for delivery.

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OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Charles Pinson, President, Central Valley Electric Cooperative, Artesia George Biel, Vice President, Sierra Electric Cooperative, Elephant Butte Jerry Smith, Secretary-Treasurer, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Taos BOARD OF DIRECTORS Leandro Abeyta, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Mountainair William C. Miller, Jr., Columbus Electric Cooperative, Deming Arsenio Salazar, Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Grants Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Clovis Harold Trujillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Española Robert Caudle, Lea County Electric Cooperative, Lovington Robert Baca, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Mora Tomas G. Rivas, Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative, Chama Preston Stone, Otero County Electric Cooperative, Cloudcroft Jerry W. Partin, Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative, Portales Joseph Herrera, Socorro Electric Cooperative, Socorro Gary Rinker, Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Clayton Tim Morrow, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer Wayne Connell, Tri-State G&T Association, Westminster, Colorado Charles G. Wagner, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma NATIONAL DIRECTOR David Spradlin, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE William C. Miller, Jr., Chairman, Columbus Electric Cooperative Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Harold Trujillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Robert Baca, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative Joseph Herrera, Socorro Electric Cooperative NEW MEXICO RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION 614 Don Gaspar Avenue Phone: 505-982-4671 Santa Fe, NM 87505 Fax: 505-982-0153 www.nmelectric.coop www.enchantment.coop Keven J. Groenewold, Executive Vice President, kgroenewold@nmelectric.coop Susan M. Espinoza, Editor, sespinoza@nmelectric.coop Tom Condit, Assistant Editor, tcondit@nmelectric.coop DISPLAY ADVERTISING Rates available upon request. Cooperative members and New Mexico advertisers, call Trish Padilla at 505-982-4671 or e-mail at tpadilla@nmelectric.coop. National representative: National Country Market, 1-800-626-1181.

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INSIDE READS Lights Out!

A journey into history when the lights went out in 1965 and 2003.

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From a world-famous runway to one at home, Patricia Michaels celebrates and creates fashion in her own compassionate style.

Technology Exposure: How Much is too Much?

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Co-op Newswire EIA: Coal Prices, Production Decline in 2015

By Steven Johnson, ECT.coop

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he Energy Information Administration said on January 8 that low natural gas prices, lower demand and more environmental regulations factored into declining prices and mine output in 2015.

Most major coal-producing regions witnessed double-digit price drops in 2015 after a relatively stable 2014. Coal prices in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, the nation’s most important deposit of low-sulfur coal, fell by 18 percent, EIA said.

Only the Rocky Mountain region, one of the agency’s five defined coal regions, experienced stable prices in 2015.

The Central Appalachian region saw a 22 percent price dip at the same time

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that its production dropped by 40 percent, compared with the 2010-2014 average, EIA said.

Difficult mining geology and high operating costs contributed to the lower numbers, the agency reported.

EIA said overall, U.S. coal production in 2015 was about 900 million short tons, 10 percent lower than in 2014 and the lowest level since 1986.

U.S. coal exports also declined in 2015, especially to major coal export destinations such as Europe and China.

When complete data are available, EIA said exports will show a 21 percent decline from 2014, including a 50 percent drop in shipments to the United Kingdom and Italy.

The agency said the trends are likely to continue into 2016 with low natural gas prices and the uncertainty about the cost of compliance for coal plants under new federal emission regulations. The power sector is expected to use about 764 million short tons of coal in 2016, down sharply from a peak of more than 1 billion short tons in 2008.

Why Does This Magazine Arrive from the Electric Cooperative?

Did you know enchantment magazine is provided to you by your local electric cooperative? You get a copy of enchantment each month because it is the most convenient and economical way for your co-op to share information with its members.

Cooperatives are founded on seven co-op principles with the fifth principle being “education, training and information.” To live up to this principle, New Mexico’s electric co-ops use enchantment to educate and inform their members.

Each month, the co-ops publish information about co-op services, trustee elections, annual and district meetings, rate changes, energy-saving options, safety tips, and more. Sending all that information in individual mailings would increase costs and add to your electric bill.

Many co-op members have a tendency to simply toss flyers and newsletters that only contain electric news. By weaving the electric information you need to know throughout an interesting magazine that covers a wide variety of interests, readership increases. And, you learn more about your electric cooperative.

You will also find information on New Mexico’s electric co-ops at nmelectric.coop and enchantment.coop. Or follow the electric co-ops on the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/nmreca or at Facebook. com/enchantmentnmreca

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Rural Payday and the REPTC can serve as models for catalyst in future rural economic initiatives.

The timing is urgent and the need is now.

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Creating Jobs in Rural New Mexico A recent Census Bureau report revealed New Mexico has one of the highest poverty rates in the nation, at 22.2 percent. The state’s medium income is down, and there are few bright spots on the horizon.

Usually, it is the rural areas that get hit with the brunt of this bad news. This all started in 2008, with the financial crisis and the loss of many construction jobs. The Land of Enchantment was slow to rebound. Now we are seeing a slowdown in the oil and gas sector with oil and natural gas inventories at record highs. Unemployment numbers are not looking good.

We need some good news and positive outcomes. Economic development doesn’t just happen.

States get jobs for people the same way people get jobs for people; with good resumes, well-cultivated contacts and lots of interviews.

Several years ago, then-Senator Pete Domenici, created the Rural Payday initiative. This program helped bring call centers to eight of New Mexico’s smaller communities.

Some 3,000 New Mexicans got jobs in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Española, Grants, Las Vegas, Moriarty, Silver City, and Taos, thanks to the hard work of the local communities and

the support they received from Rural Payday, among others.

The jobs didn’t magically appear in those towns. New Mexico won these contracts because they were the best choice. However, we had to prove our worth to decision-makers who were being wooed by many competing communities.

That’s because, above all else, economic development is a process with winners and losers.

Communities around the country compete with each other for businesses that want to open new offices.

Each of these towns want and need new jobs. Each of them works hard to bring those jobs home.

Rural Payday was started to organize this type of effort for the parts of the state that needed additional help. Senator Domenici wanted to create a central clearinghouse of expertise that local communities could use. He wanted to create an alliance of local business and elected leaders that endured beyond any single effort to recruit a new business.

That is critical to our state’s longterm success. There is no magic wand that creates jobs. Instead, we will succeed only if we commit ourselves to a decade-long effort to grow our economy.

Keven J. Groenewold. P.E. Executive Vice President New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association

One such program that has worked over the last decade is the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit (REPTC). Last February, New Mexico’s Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department released a study analyzing a ten-year assessment of this credit. The study period was the first ten years of the REPTC, 2003-2012.

The results of the study were positive. Over that decade, the credit cost New Mexico about $60 million, with the potential cost of another $60 million from unclaimed tax credits. For the same period of time, the labor impact was $400 million spread over 9,000 jobs. So, on the average, a $6 million yearly cost from the tax credit, resulted in 900 annual jobs paying about $45,000 per year.

There were also other tax and environmental benefits.

For a look at the full report see: www.emnrd.state.nm.us/ECMD/ CleanEnergyTaxIncentives/documents/REPTCFinalReportFeb2015.pdf Maybe Rural Payday and the REPTC can serve as models for catalyst in future rural economic initiatives. The timing is urgent, and the need is now. Hopefully, the 2016 legislative session crafts the next winning combination.

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Enchanted Journeys

Hale to the stars

BY ALAN HALE

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ur one bright planet during the evening skies of February is giant Jupiter, the largest world of our solar system.

Jupiter, with its accompanying four large moons that are visible in a decent pair of binoculars, rises in the east during the mid-evening hours and is highest—slightly south directly overhead— two to three hours after midnight. It then remains bright and high in the western sky until well after dawn.

As the morning progresses, other planets join Jupiter in the nighttime sky. Mars rises less than an hour after midnight, and is highest in the sky shortly after the beginning of dawn. The Red Planet gradually brightens throughout the course of the month as it draws closer to Earth, to which it will be closest at the end of May. Meanwhile, the ringed world Saturn rises about an hour and a half after Mars, and is also somewhat high in the sky by the first glow of dawn.

For the past several months, Venus has been a fixture in our morning sky, but is drawing to an end. In early February, Venus rises around the beginning of dawn, but sinks closer to the eastern horizon over time and disappears into the sunlight by about the end of next month. It is joined in early February by Mercury, which for the next couple of weeks will be visible somewhat below

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A simulated appearance of Orion after Betelgeuse has exploded as a supernova. Image licensed under the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Venus. On Saturday morning, the 6th, the planetary duo is joined by the thin crescent moon.

While February nights may be cold, they also shine forth with many of our sky’s brightest stars. The prominent constellation Orion, with its many bright stars, is high in our southern sky during the evening hours. Its second-brightest star, Betelgeuse (which marks Orion’s northeastern “shoulder”) forms an almost perfect equilateral triangle—the “Winter Triangle”—with the brilliant star Sirius (the brightest star in the entire nighttime sky) and another bright star, Procyon.

Betelgeuse is a type of star known as a “red giant;” were it to switch places with our sun, all the planets out to Mars would be orbiting inside it. It is a very massive star approaching the end of its “life,” and sometime in the nottoo-distant future, it will explode as a supernova. While this will likely not happen for thousands of years, yet, it is conceivable it has already happened, and the light from the explosion—640 lightyears away—is now on its way to us. For a few weeks, Betelgeuse will appear almost as bright in our sky as the full moon.

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Energy Sense BY PATRICK KEEGAN Keeping Your Pets (and Your Energy Bill!) Comfortable

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ear Pat: I recently adopted a dog, but I work during the day. I want to make sure he stays comfortable without making my electrical bill go haywire. Can you offer any tips? —Annie D. Dear Annie: Congratulations on your new furry family member!

It’s a good idea to think about your energy bills. I remember working with a homeowner concerned about their high energy bills and discovered an uninsulated double garage was being heated all winter to keep the dog warm! Keeping your pet comfortable and entertained when you’re away doesn’t have to take a bite out of your energy bill.

Pet owners often assume their indoor pets want the same level of cooling and heating as the rest of the family. However, most dogs and cats can be comfortable with a wider range of temperatures. An exception might be an older pet or one with medical issues, which might require consultation with your veterinarian.

Here are a few tips to keep your pet cozy without cranking up the thermostat: • A cozy, insulated doghouse might be all your outdoor dog needs, except on the very coldest days.

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• Make sure your indoor pet has a warm place to sleep, like a pet bed with a blanket. Consider giving your pet a few sleeping options throughout your home in different temperature zones, so your pet can adjust as needed.

• If you have a very drafty home or an older pet who may appreciate more warmth, a heated pet bed or bed warmer will use far less energy than running your central heating high all day. This solution can also be good for those who keep their pets in the garage and worry about them staying warm enough.

Instead of heating a large, uninsulated space, provide a nice warm bed! If you only plug in the heated beds when needed, they will use far less energy.

Those with unique pets, like birds or lizards, may need to keep them in warmer environments. Consider moving these pets to a room that can be easily kept warm, but note that this may change over the course of a year.

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Photos, l to r: Give your pets a warm place to sleep. Photo Credit: Freeimages.com/Lucía Rojas. A heated pet bed or bed warmer uses far less energy than running your heater all day. Photo Credit: Freeimages.com/ Bethan Hazell.

David Bopp, an energy advisor at Flathead Electric Cooperative in Montana, shared that he performed an energy audit for a member with tropical birds kept in a sunroom at more than 80 degrees Fahrenheit. While this temperature was easy to reach in the summer, winter weather— combined with the sunroom’s windows—resulted in very high heating bills.

Pet doors are popular, but can also be a major air leak that drives up your energy use. When purchasing a pet door, make sure it has energy-efficient features, like thick construction, weather sealing and the ability to be closed off when not in use. Some newer models have magnet or battery locks: a small magnet or sensor on your pet’s collar opens the door, and the rest of the time, the door is shut tight, keeping out other critters—as well as blowing wind and snow!

Some people also leave their televisions or radios on while they’re away, thinking the voices will keep their pets from being

bored (and destroying their shoes!). However, there are ways other than flipping a switch to keep your pooches and kitties entertained. Exercising your pet when you’re home and giving them a variety of toys or a nice perch to see out a window when you leave will be more entertaining and less energy intensive than a TV. If you must leave something on when you’re away, try soothing, calm music instead of a blaring TV. We all love our furry family members, but remember, keeping them comfortable doesn’t mean you have to pay more on your monthly bill.

Lights Out!

“There are a lot of things that can impact the grid still in front of us,” notes Lawson.

50 years after the northeast blackout, challenges remain for the electric blacktop

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lame it on a Q-29, a safety device the size of a shoe box, at a remote Canadian electrical substation near Niagara Falls. Blame it on human error for setting the suspect Q-29s limit too low for the transmission line it protected.

Or blame it on the hubris of those who never fathomed so small an error could cascade into such a cultural benchmark of failure.

No matter who or what was to blame: When power use rose along the eastern Great Lakes at dusk that crisp November day 50 years ago, that small safety device prematurely tripped, as it was mistakenly set to do, and shut down its transmission line. The Great Northeast Blackout of 1965—a power failure the likes of which the world had never seen—had begun.

Like dominoes, equipment down the interconnected lines overloaded. The failures rippled—then cascaded out. Within minutes, most all of New York state and parts of seven neighboring states and Canada, including New York City, Boston and Toronto, were left in the dark. Manhattan’s glittering skyscrapers became black hulking monoliths against a full moonlit sky. Almost everything electrical shut down over 80,000 square miles. It was “The Twilight Zone” in real life.

Some 800,000 people in New York City had to walk from stalled subway trains in the dark tunnels while others were trapped in elevators and had to be rescued. Stranded commuters filled every available darkened hotel room or slept in lobbies.

The November 9, 1965, blackout affected some 30 million people and lasted up to 13 hours. Not until the August 2003 blackout in much the same area did North America see another blackout that compared.

“Where were you when the lights went out?” became a catch phrase for the decade and even the title of a big-screen Doris Day comedy about crazy events set in motion that night. The blackout was joked about in popular TV shows of the day like “Green Acres” and “Bewitched.”

A Patchwork of Design: North America’s

But to utilities and policy makers on both sides of the Great Lakes, the blackout was no laughing matter. It exposed issues in the humongous North American electrical highway called “the grid,” the largest machine mankind ever built, that interconnects power generators, power lines and the end-use electric consumers.

“That was the first blackout of that scale in the United States and really got the attention of our government,” says Barry Lawson, associate director of power delivery and reliability with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

“It was a significant wake up call for everybody.”

Soon after, Congress demanded improvements.

Utilities that generated and transmitted electricity came together to create a voluntary organization—the National Electric Reliability Council (NERC)—to establish standards and policies and provide peer oversight. “It put into place a lot of practices and policies that the industry agreed to do,” Lawson says.

Since then, innovations in technology have allowed for better gathering of data and monitoring of the flow of power across the grid. But at the same time, changing laws and regulations fundamentally shifted the way the grid and utilities operate. A whole new set of challenges has arisen—affecting the largest power producers down to the smallest distribution cooperatives.

electric grid may be the largest interconnected machine on earth and truly a marvel of engineering, but it wasn’t initially designed that way. It was created as needed—over the course of 100 years— one section at a time.

The traditional utility model that grew with the use of electricity in the early 20th century was vertically integrated. That is: Within a given service territory, one utility owned and operated the power plants and the transmission and distribution power lines to meet the needs of the consumers in that territory.

Over time, utilities connected with neighbors for mutual benefits—like backup power when needed. The networks grew. Today’s grid includes approximately 3,000 utilities and other entities operating 10,000 power plants sending energy across 450,000 miles of transmission lines.

There are actually three power grids in the 48 contiguous states: the Eastern Interconnection (generally for states east of the Rocky Mountains); the Western Interconnection (for states from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean); and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (which covers approximately 85 percent of Texas). The three grids operate as islands, independent of each other for the most part. The Rockies make for a logical, logistical geographic split, and Texas stands apart partly because of its “Lone Star” traditions of geographic, political and economic independence.

The power grid envisioned in the 1900s was not built for today’s population and the profusion of electrical devices that now permeate our lives. The grid is now stretched to capacity.

Girding of the Grid: After NERC came along in 1968, overall reliability improved for 30 years. “It worked well in the vertically-integrated industryowned transmission model,” says Lawson.

Congress tossed the monkey wrench of unintended consequences into the already complicated grid works in 1992 when it deregulated the generation of electricity. The “vertical” began to break

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On The Menu BY SHARON NIEDERMAN

A Time of Sweetness

It’s February, and perhaps many are thinking about spring—even as we may still be snuggled up by the fireplace listening to the winds howl. But, by Valentine’s Day, thoughts of love and the new season cheer us on as springtime makes its way onto the menu with the first fresh strawberries. To celebrate the appearance of these beautiful berries, delight your loved ones with chocolate-dipped strawberries. And, if you’re planning a special Valentine’s brunch, the stuffed French toast practically makes itself, while making you look good. For a special dessert, light and luscious crepes on the table, perhaps lit with candles for the holiday of love, will proclaim your affection.

Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries 6 ounces chopped semi-sweet chocolate or 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 box strawberries, with stems Wax or parchment paper ❧ These lovely berries are easy to prepare however, there are a few details to keep in mind to insure success. 1: Allow no water in your chocolate. 2: Try to keep stems on the berries.

3: Use the microwave to melt the chocolate.

4: Have all ingredients at room temperature.

While some recipes call for melting chocolate in a double boiler, microwaving is the best way to prevent water from getting in your chocolate and having it “seize.” Depending on the strength of your microwave, melt the chocolate in a glass dish for 1½ minutes, checking every 30 seconds to stir. Remove from microwave when chocolate is silky and completely melted.

Cover a cookie sheet with wax or parchment paper. Working quickly, take the green hull of each berry and twirl in the melted chocolate.

Place dipped berries on wax paper. Refrigerate ½ hour. Serve. Makes 12 berries.

Stuffed French Toast 1 loaf day old French bread 8-ounce tub whipped strawberry cream cheese

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4 eggs 1 cup milk ¼ cup half-and-half ½ tsp. cinnamon, plus sprinkling on top ¼ tsp nutmeg 1 tsp. vanilla ❧ Generously butter an 8x8-inch baking dish.

Slice French bread into 1½-inch slices, there should be 8 slices. Layer bread in buttered dish. Spread cream cheese generously over bread. Layer remaining bread slices over cream cheese. Beat eggs; add milk, half-and-half, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Mix well. Pour mixture over bread. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

Cover. Refrigerate overnight. In morning, heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake 45 minutes or until custard is set. Serve topped with fresh or frozen berries or sliced bananas, and syrup. Serves 3-4.

Sweet Crepes Crepes 2 eggs 1 cup flour 1 cup milk 1 tsp. sugar Butter for frying Wax paper Filling 1¹/3 cups ricotta ¹/3 cup sugar ¼ tsp. cinnamon

❧ Crepes: Mix eggs, flour, milk, and sugar.

Butter an 8-inch no-stick skillet. When butter is slightly brown and sizzling, add 2-4 tablespoons batter, or enough to cover the bottom of the pan. Fry crepe over low flame until edges start to curl and bubbles form in the pancake.

Flip and cook a minute on the other side.

Separate crepes with wax paper. Filling: Mix filling ingredients until creamy. Place 2 tablespoons of filling in the center and roll crepe together. You may make ahead and refrigerate.

When ready to serve, fry each crepe in melted butter. Serve drizzled with chocolate syrup or topped with berries and, if you wish, whipped cream. Makes 8-10 crepes. Two to a plate is a good serving.

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atricia Michaels, of Taos Pueblo heritage, is a unique high fashion and textile designer who specializes in contemporary Native American designs of her own creation. In 2012, she was one of 16 fashion designers chosen to compete in Season II of the popular Lifetime reality TV show, “Project Runway,” where she claimed the title of Runner-up.

This was the first time a Native American contestant had competed in the history of the show’s run. Hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum, the hit series provides budding designers with an opportunity to launch their fashion careers. Michaels says the first time she saw Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, she “welled up in tears” because she felt so honored. As a finalist in 2013, Michaels became the first Native American designer to strut a collection at Lincoln Center in New York City during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

In the fall of 2015, Michaels presented a show called “Native Fashions Now” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. Her show, the first of its kind, caught the attention of the Art Review section of The Wall Street Journal as a “pop culture moment” for Native American fashion. Her designs ranged from southwestern nature themes to a modern contemporary “cityscape dress” and beautiful organic parasols that hung from the ceiling.

For the past 30 years, Michaels has struggled to break into the world of Native American contemporary high fashion. She studied graphic design, jewelry and traditional techniques at the American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, spent four years at the Chicago Arts Institute in Chicago and later worked at the Chicago Field Museum. She also lived in Italy for three years where she apprenticed with a tailor. “I’ve been told that my work is too contemporary, that it isn’t Native or not Native enough,” she says. “But how would they know? I’m the one who knows what it is to be native.”

Michaels describes her controversial style as “Thoughtful. New. And rejuvenating.” She refuses to follow stereotypical trends and has remained true to her vision. What makes her vision unique? “I think it is being a Native of Taos Pueblo,” she says, “coming from a village where we are taught to embrace the female energy.” On her mother’s side, she grew up in a traditional family where her grandfather was one of the leaders. “That gave me a certain confidence,” she says.

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In her PM Waterlily Studio & Showroom in Taos, she has created an exquisite gown decked with hand-painted leather shapes, a bold and contemporary statement based on ancient pottery sherd designs. “Everything has meaning behind it,” she reflects. “I do think about all those beautiful parts of my upbringing. I come from a family of dance and performance artists on my mother’s side. The garments we wore at the Pueblo were all handmade. My grandfather would hunt for the deer. He’d skin the buck and make buckskin dresses, and leggings and boots. So that was in my blood from my mother’s side.” As the youngest child, she often helped her mother alter her hand-me-downs, she says.

On her father’s side, Michaels is Polish. Her paternal grandmother Irene, was a professional tailor for Sax Fifth Avenue. Her Aunt Pat was in the fur coat industry in San Francisco. “So I don’t think I chose fashion,” Michaels says. “I think it chose me.”

Michaels, a co-op member of Kit Carson Electric, likes to collaborate with local Taos artists, using wool from Taos Fiber Arts, combined with beaded necklaces created by Donna Shilling. “I make a lot of garments with her, too,” she says.

Michaels also designs men’s clothing; using a cotton-silk blend from Italy, she creates beautiful men’s shirts, black and white, and off-white, which are later painted.

Michaels fashions graceful, flowing bridal gowns with an eyecatching flair. Check out www.patriciamichaelsfashion.com to see her online Signature Eagle Feather Scarves individually hand painted on silk organza. Michaels highlights this motif in an exquisite wedding gown, the skirt delicately hand-painted with large eagle feathers. “I don’t aspire to make what thousands of people have already made,” she says. She prefers to design personalized gowns that express the bride’s intrinsic style. Of course, this can get tricky if the bride keeps changing her mind, Michaels says with a laugh.

In the past two years, her designs have taken top honors at the Santa Fe Indian Market. “I want to celebrate new ideas, new directions, and something that’s always been there which is human compassion. For me, fashion isn’t about trend. Fashion is about celebrating what’s inside you. Look at New Mexico, all the vibrant cultures here that found a way to express themselves,” Michaels says.

Michaels is participating in the Taos Chamber of Commerce 2016 Taos Wedding Expo on Saturday, February 13, with a fashion show at 1:00 p.m., in Taos at the Sagebrush Inn & Suites. Her biography is online at taos.org/women/profiles-businesswomen.

Photo on page 12: Kona Mirabal displays the turquoise sleeve of a Patricia Michaels dress with pot sherd designs. Photo by Elayna Snyder. This page, top to bottom: Patricia Michaels drapes her Eagle Feather wedding dress. Photo by Phaedra Greenwood.

Three modern wedding dresses designed by Patricia Michaels.

Photo by Elayna Snyder.

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Vecinos BY GEORGIA MATTHEWS

G f randmaJ o o s s e c c u S t 's Ba e e w S kery e h T

Photos l to r: Camille Whitmore holds a tray of cream puffs; and Whitmore and fellow bakers stand in front of mounds of fresh, rising bread dough.

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estled away in Casa Blanca along I-40, west of Albuquerque, sits a small bakery that specializes in traditional Native American pastries, bread, cakes, and cookies.

Camille Whitmore and her sister, Teresa Sarracino, opened Grandma Jo’s Bakery in 1998 in the Pueblo of Laguna community.

Their desire to open the bakery can be attributed to the family’s tradition of baking in the kitchen. It’s named after the sisters’ grandmother, Josephine Whitmore, and remains a family affair.

When the sisters decided to open the bakery, their mom and their aunts shopped for the baking equipment which they still use

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today. The business resides in Continental Divide Electric Cooperative’s service territory, at the Casa Blanca Market Place.

When the sisters opened their shop, their plan was to specialize in traditional pastries and bread. Laguna pastries and bread are homemade, and the original recipes are Grandma Josephine’s. What makes the bread, pastries and pies unique is not only the recipe, but also the process in which they are made. “All of our products take time and are handmade similar to how it was done back in my Grandma’s time,” Whitmore says. “The only difference is we don’t use an outside rock-oven.”

Whitmore and Sarracino had no idea their business would flourish to the extent it has.

Not only providing sweet treats and native

breads to the area, Grandma Jo’s also began offering catering services in 2002. “We do catering for the local communities, including the Pueblo of Acoma, which is a good portion of our customer base,” says Whitmore.

Wedding cake requests are common with any bakery business, and Grandma Jo’s Bakery helps make each cake and wedding experience special for the client’s big day. “We always go the extra mile,” says Whitmore with a smile.

Whitmore shared a story of a time when she delivered a cake to an outdoor wedding in Grants, the weather was not cooperating.

“When I arrived, the wind was blowing and it was starting to rain.” Realizing the client’s wedding and reception was off to a bad start, Whitmore offered her bakery as an indoor location for the reception. The bride and groom graciously accepted the offer and Whitmore called family and friends to move furniture and equipment around in the bakery.

The bakery bakes and designs about six wedding cakes a year, and offers small sheet cakes to large four-tier cakes decoration options. “We’ve done traditional decorations, cakes with Native American designs, to nontraditional designs like a zombie-themed cake,” Whitmore says. “The largest cake we’ve done was delivered in Albuquerque; it was a four-tier cake with eight satellite cakes, decorated and had fresh cut roses on it.”

Whether it’s a special wedding day cake, catering an event, a quick sweet treat, or just a craving for homemade, tasty Indian bread, Grandma Jo’s Bakery is there to help you satisfy your needs.

Lights Out! …continued from page 9 down as competitive independent generators with no transmission operations or load-serving obligations entered the wholesale marketplace. Owners of existing transmission lines were required by law to allow open access to the network.

By the late 1990s, with all comers allowed to enter the fray, voluntary compliance with NERC standards and policies became inconsistent. New reliability problems began showing with outages in the Western grid. Lawmakers and utility industry folks talked about establishing additional oversight.

“It was not clear if this voluntary regulatory group using peer pressure would be able to continue to ensure the high level of grid reliability that the utility industry provided,” Lawson says.

That answer became clearer August 14, 2003.

During that hot afternoon when power use was high, a series of malfunctions, mishaps and mistakes escalated into the worst blackout in North American history.

It started when heavily loaded transmission lines sagged into overgrown trees in Northern Ohio, causing those lines to fail. Alarms to warn operators of the growing malaise malfunctioned, and the severity of the situation went unrecognized until it was too late. Just as in 1965, a blackout cascaded across the Northeast. Some 300 transmission lines failed. Well over 50 million people were affected throughout Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont.

The outage also spread into Ontario, Canada.

An estimated $10 billion economic loss was attributed to the blackout. While the vast majority of consumers had electricity restored within 48 hours, some parts of the United States did not have power for four days.

The 2003 blackout pushed reforms into “hyperspeed mode,” Lawson says. “Congress finally said, ‘We need something with teeth that’s mandatory and enforceable.’”

The ensuing Energy Policy Act of 2005 gave the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority over reliability. FERC chose NERC as the oversight organization, giving NERC, now called the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, new powers. In 2007, NERC’s 83 Reliability Standards were approved by FERC as

the first set of legally enforceable standards for the U.S. bulk power system.

In collaboration with NERC, the power industry has adopted and implemented a preventative approach to maintain and improve bulk power system reliability. The idea is to aggressively go after the many small failures, such as maintenance issues, that can aggregate into larger problems.

Coming Down the Lines: Even though electricity is at our fingertips almost 100 percent of the time, getting it to our homes and workplaces from where it’s generated is a challenging process.

Because large amounts of energy cannot be stored, electricity must be produced as it is used.

The grid must respond quickly to shifting demand and continuously generate and route electricity to where it’s needed the most. But significant changes and challenges are coming down the line. Issues affecting the grid include: • Age: Parts of the electrical transmission facilities in the United States are many decades old.

Given the age, some existing lines have to be replaced or upgraded and new lines may need to be constructed to maintain the electrical system’s overall reliability.

• New Technology: Upgrades in technology now let consumers connect their own home-generated electricity to the grid—using solar panels or wind generators. The federal government is also investing in smart grid digital technology to more efficiently manage energy resources. The smart grid project also will extend the reach of the grid to access remote sources of renewable energy like geothermal power and wind farms.

• Cost: The smart grid and better reliability will not be free. According to a study done by the Electric Power Research Institute, creating a smart grid could cost up to $476 billion over the next 20 years. Utilities are likely to be stuck with a large chunk of the bill, which could impact consumers’ energy costs. But EPRI noted the country is likely to recoup those costs—and then some. The report said the smart grid could provide up to $2 trillion in benefits over a 20-year period, such as power reliability, integration of renewable energy, stronger cybersecurity, and reduced electricity demand.

• Renewables: Federal climate change policy will rely on boosting energy efficiency and develop-

ing more sources of renewable energy. Both will impact the grid. Increasing transmission efficiency to better move and use electricity can potentially reduce the need for more generation and related transmission in the near future.

Renewable energy resources will likely require construction of entirely new transmission lines.

Wind, solar, geothermal, and other forms of renewable energy typically share a common setback: The areas where the power can be generated best are not population centers. For remote renewable facilities to be as beneficial as possible, associated transmission lines must also be built to move the power to where folks live. Renewables like wind and solar also present intermittency challenges for grid operators.

• Security: The grid may be vulnerable to both physical and cyber attacks. The cyber system is used to control the bulk power system and an attack can cause a blackout just as surely as if the transmission line was taken out of service.

One solution may be microgrids—localized grids that are normally connected to the more traditional electric grid but can disconnect to operate autonomously. Because they can operate independently of the grid during outages, microgrids could be typically used to provide reliable power during extreme weather events.

Are these new challenges capable of creating a cascading blackout on the scale of the one in 2003 or 1965? “You can’t say it could never happen again. There are still things we haven’t planned for or have protections for, or are too costly to plan for,” Lawson says.

Utilities, agencies and regulators have worked hard to mitigate and eliminate such events and are cautiously optimistic. But fail-safe reliability may never be possible. Weather, the main cause of power outages, always remains a risk. And newer concerns like terrorist acts and cyber attacks have only added to the overall complexity and cost of keeping the power flowing.

This article was compiled, written in most part, and edited by Richard G. Biever, senior editor of Electric Consumer. Contributions were edited from articles by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Other sources of information included Wikipedia, the American Public Power Association and NERC.

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Book Chat BY PHAEDRA GREENWOOD

TIME SERVED: POEMS

DAPHNE AND THEKLA

By Carlos Contreras 2014, 84 pages, $14.95 West End Press www.westendpress.org

By Jonna-Lynn Mandelbaum 2016, 161 pages, $14.95 Outskirts Press www.jonna-lynn.com

“Sirens, alarms, nightmares, dreams choked and lost, hope extinguished, complacency accepted: They all exist in a world where women and men are walled off, isolated, forgotten,” Contreras writes. Working in a prison, he serves as an honest witness on both sides of the wall. His poignant musings on prison life give way to thoughts of his father, a Vietnam vet who came home, “And not in a box/but instead captured by memories/that have in many ways/kept him there/almost just the same…

We the living/Are left to realize the weight of war.” Contreras is a National Poetry Slam Champion and native of Albuquerque. He is also a teacher and community organizer who facilitates a teen writing program called “Voces” at the National Hispanic Cultural Center and a jail writing program, “JustWrite” that connects those writers to universities and the community in an online forum. Bravo, Carlos! Muchas gracias.

In her preparation for teaching seminars for United Methodists Women’s School of Mission on the subject of “Churches in Solidarity with Women,” Mandelbaum discovered a courageous young Roman woman, Thekla, who became a follower of the Apostle Paul, and later a teacher of “the new faith” that taught love and forgiveness.

Mandelbaum’s historical fiction uses concepts and phrases that were common in the early days of Christianity. At first, Thekla’s story is told through the eyes of Daphne, Thekla’s substitute mother. Thekla was almost burned at the stake for refusing to marry, but saved by the miracle of a sudden violent storm that was also a manifestation of her faith. Mandelbaum earned a doctorate in education from Georgia State University and a master’s in public health from the Johns Hopkins University. For many years international health was the focus of her career before she turned to writing.

This is her fourth book.

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HIPPIES, INDIANS, & THE FIGHT FOR RED POWER

By Sherry L. Smith 2012, 265 pages, $34.95 Oxford University Press 800-445-9714; www.oup.com Here’s a thoroughly-researched account of how non-Indians stepped up to champion Indian rights and political reform. Smith follows a national movement from the Black Panthers at a Pacific Northwest fishin to Wounded Knee, the Trail of Broken Treaties caravan, and Peter Coyote’s visit to the Hopi elders.

In New Mexico, she focuses on the chaotic “back-to-the-land” counterculture movement of the 60s and early 1970s, more about how Indians like Little Joe Gomez helped the hippies than how the hippies helped the Indians. She mentions “The Blue Lake Saga,” an article published in an alternative paper, the Fountain of Light, about Taos Pueblo’s long struggle for the return of their sacred Blue Lake.

Hippies saw the Indians as the original longhairs who honored nature and lived communally. Celebrating Indian ways slowly seeped into mainstream consciousness. In December 1970, President Nixon gave Blue Lake back to Taos Pueblo.

ROADCUT

By Christopher Mead 2011, 210 pages, $75 hardcover University of New Mexico Press 800-249-7737; www.unmpress.com The creative genius of architect Antoine Predock is illuminated in this thoughtfully written five-star book with hundreds of drawings and photos that cover 40 years of stunning original architecture from housing complexes to museums all over the world. Predock’s early projects in New Mexico, the Rio Grande Nature Center and the imposing George Pearl Hall at University of New Mexico gave him his “first glimmer of the landscape as an architectural abstraction.” Exploring an excavation in Rome he experienced the collapse of time in “a blurring of geology, landscape and building” that propelled him to “seek the spirit of those layers” wherever he broke ground. In 2006, the American Institute of Architects awarded Predock its Gold Medal for his passionate, placeinspired vision that is now universally embraced. This shaman with a message about culture and nature draws streams of curious visitors into a timeless dance between humanity and ancient earth.

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osy cheeks, a runny nose and much laughter, that’s the sights and sounds of snow sledding. It’s oldfashion winter fun where gravity is your friend. Few things are certain in this life, like death and taxes and high cell phone bills. But there’s another, and that’s a calling to play in fresh snow.

The cold crunch of boots breaking a crusty snow, the scrape of plastic disc or the brush of a truck tire inner tube scooting downhill with kids of all ages, it’s all great fun. Sledding takes no real skills, nor do you need specialized equipment or high-tech clothing.

And it is fun to be had across New Mexico most anywhere you can find a snowy hill from your backyard and beyond.

If you want to hit the road and visit a commercial snow play area, there’s plenty of that going on too across New Mexico. You will find groomed slopes, hefty

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tubes, and lifts to take you back up hill, saving your energy for staying aloft the snow going back down the hills again and again.

Here’s a round-up of snow play areas with hopefully at least one of them near you.

Ski Apache is near the most prominent mountain in all of southern New Mexico, Sierra Blanca. The facility is west of Alto in Lincoln County. Ski Apache has a full complement of downhill skiing, snow shoeing—and tubing slopes. Call ahead at 800-545-9011.

Ruidoso Winter Park sits a few miles north of Ruidoso off NM Highway 48. The park sports lifts and giant tubes, and bobsled curves in its downhill runs that are sure to thrill. Some night time tubing is available. Call 575-336-7079.

Ski Cloudcroft is New Mexico’s southern-most ski resort, atop of the Sacramento Mountains surrounded

by the Lincoln National Forest. At 9,100 feet, the snow is sure to be good. It’s located on U.S. 82 near its namesake town. Call 575-682-2333.

Red River Ski Area sports a fast slope for tubing with a conveyor and nearby warming hut. The tubing area is open seven days per week. Call 575-754-2223.

Taos Ski Valley’s Strawberry Hill Tubing Park has several lanes for tubes with a conveyor taking you back up hill. The park is open for tubing in afternoons only.

Call 800-776-1111.

The Polar Coaster at Angle Fire Resort in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains has a 1,000-foot-long three-lane hill for quick, thrilling rides. Call ahead at 844-218-4107.

No matter if you tube on groomed slopes or sled in your backyard, this form of fun is great exercise for folks of all ages. Dress warm, stay dry and pack the hot cocoa to make the fun last.

Technology Exposure: How Much is too Much?

A new challenge for a generation of children with everyday access to media via TVs, computers, tablets, mobile devices, and gaming systems is the question of limits. According to Dr. David Hill, data regarding the potential benefits and drawbacks of technology exposure on child development are limited.

The strongest studies, he says, relate to television exposure. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) discourages TV viewing for children under two, as studies have shown negative impacts on language development in those children.

Another concern for the AAP is the link between passive viewing of media and childhood obesity. According to Hill, obesity rates increase for children who are exposed for more than two hours a day.

However, research has not evaluated the impacts of interactive media and gaming.

“For these activities, I would ask what they are displacing. Are they taking the place of in-person interactions that might lead to bonding and learning? Would your child be playing, running, or participating in family activities instead?” Hill says.

The AAP does make a distinction between screen time for entertainment and educational purposes. “Content matters profoundly,” Hill says. “The challenge comes in gauging the quality of various kinds of content.”

For elementary educators, this means planning lessons that maintain a healthy balance between screen learning and active learning—which is also necessary for child development. Furthermore, technology in the classroom should be used selectively and in ways that will enhance the students’ learning experiences.

“Technology is like any other tool: it’s only useful if it does the job you need it to do,” Hill says.

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We’re proud to stand with New Mexico farmers and ranchers as they carry on a rich agricultural tradition. We work hard to provide a reliable, affordable source of power to help you get the job done now and for years to come.

Dr. David L. Hill, MD, FAAP is chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media. He is also the author of “Dad to Dad: Parenting Like a Pro.”

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Big Toys DRINKING WATER STORAGE TANKS: HEAVY DUTY Black Poly, proven algae resistant, 125 to 11,000 gallons, NRCS and EQUIP approved. Please give us a chance to serve you!! MasterCard/Visa. 575-682-2308, 1-800-603-8272.

SOLAR SUBMERSIBLE WELL PUMPS. EASY TO install, reliable, and affordable. Pumps and controller carry a two-year warranty. Affordable installation is available. For more information visit www. solarwellpumpsonline.com or call 505-429-3093.

AFFORDABLE SOLAR WATER PUMPS. REPLACE THAT broken windmill. Helical Rotor, Centrifugal, and Pneumatic. 2-year warranty. Solutions4u@yucca.net or 505-4076553. Visit www.solar-waterpump.com TRAILERS AND MORE TRAILERS. 24,000# GVWR 20-40 foot dual tandem flatbeds with great pricing usually in stock. Call for custom flatbed, enclosed and livestock trailer quotes. 12 miles east of Albuquerque on Route 66. Open all day Tuesday-Saturday. 800-832-0603. sandiatrailer.com

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1974 CHEVY C65, 14 FOOT FLATBED dump truck, 427 engine, 4 speed-split. $3,400. 1977 Chief, 28 foot flatbed equipment trailer. $2,400. Call 505-690-2818 or 505-753-5709.

Or e-mail me at jktuck14@outlook.com 1993 FREIGHTLINER CLASSIC: 70” CONDO SLEEPER. 550 HP Cat engine, 15-speed transmission. Nice truck, $19,000 OBO. Call 575-418-0190.

1979 HONDA GOLDWING MOTORCYCLE, $2,000 OBO. John Deere Corn Chucker, works great, $700 OBO. Call 575-418-0908.

TRACTOR PARTS: SAVE 15-50% ON QUALITY replacement parts for tractors. Large inventory for 8N and 9N Fords and TO20+TO30 Massey Fergusons. Valley Motor Supply, 1402 E. 2nd, Roswell, NM 88201. 575-622-7450.

Livestock Round-Up 2002 FRIESIAN STALLION. GOOD DISPOSITION AND easy gaits which he passes on to offspring. Offspring on premises. Some western mountain trail and dressage experience. 15-2 hands of solid, healthy horse. Grass hay only. $12,000. Call 505281-1870, weekends best.

NEW MEXICO DRINKING WATER STORAGE TANKS: Heavy Duty Black Poly. Fittings customized to your needs, NRCS and EQUIP approved. High Specific Gravity, Heavy Weight, Long Warranty, Algae Resistant, Black NRCS Water Tanks. 1-800-6038272, 575-682-2308.

TOP QUALITY HAY, MORA AREA. GRASS/ALFALFA mix. Barn-stored, not rained on. $7 per bale at my barn. Will deliver minimum 100 bale load for additional charge. Call 575-387-5924 or 575-779-7325.

NOT ALL WATER TANKS ARE CREATED EQUAL! Is Quality, Value and Longevity important to you? Buy High Specific Gravity, Heavy Weight, Long Warranty, Superior Black NRCS tanks. Notice: lowest prices only provide minimum standards, lower weights, and shorter warranties. Find out more! 575-430-1010.

WHITE AND MULTI-COLORED HOMING PIGEONS. YOUNG, healthy, banded. Can train for dove releases or racing. Great for kids!

Must down-size. Call 505-660-1112.

HAYGRAZER: 2015 CROP, QUALITY HAY, FINESTEMMED, leafy, $90 ton, $55 bale.

Haygrazer, 2014 Crop, still good hay, green inside, $70 ton, $40 bale. Wheat Hay, 2015 Crop, $65 bale. All are 4’x6’ round bales. All, prices in field. 30 miles SE of Portales, NM or 35 miles SW of Muleshoe, TX. 575-273-4220, 575-760-4223.

PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS BULLS. 4 BORN Spring 2014 and 15 born Spring 2015. Good disposition, low birth weight, good feet.

Raised 5000’-7200’. Trich and fertility tested. Delivery negotiable. 575-536-9500.

Odds & Ends COFFINS, CASKETS & URNS PEOPLE BUY before they die. Direct delivery to funeral homes in New Mexico. Storage program available. Call 505-286-9410 for FREE brochure. Visit us at www.facebook.com/theoldpinebox or www.theoldpinebox.com BEE-KEEPING EQUIPMENT: 200 USED MEDIUM (6-5/8”) supers with frames, $10 each; 150 pounds crimp-wired foundation for shallow supers 4-3/4”x16-3/4,” $5 per pound.

I also buy bee-keeping equipment, used. Contact Don Mason in Roswell at 575-623-4858.

GRASS FED/GRASS FINISHED BEEF. ALL NATURAL, no hormones, no antibiotics. Halves or whole. Reasonable prices. Call 575-420-5868.

WATER RIGHTS FOR SALE: IRRIGATION, 7.01 acres; 19.628 acre feet. Located in Santa Cruz Irrigation District on Ortega Ditch. Call 505-753-5709 or e-mail me at jktuck14@ outlook.com FOR SALE: 1971 PIANO, PREMIUM LEVEL Grand

by Wm Knabe & Company. It carries a plaque saying, “Official piano Metropolitan Opera since 1926.” Very good condition, $5,995. These are one-off pianos with unusually rich tone. Call 505-287-2621 in Grants.

BOAT FOR SALE: 14-FOOT ALUMINUM BOAT, flatbottom, Fisher Marine, 1967. Excellent condition, $330. 7.5 hp Mercury outboard also available. Call 505-565-0595.

WATER SUCTION PUMP WITH SUCTION HOSE, 2-inch diameter; flow rate 150 GPM; used only twice, paid $550 for pump and accessories, asking $400. Dining room solid oak table with six chairs & china cabinet, $1,400. Call 505-710-1135 for more information.

WANTED: LOOKING TO BUY UNIT 15 Elk Tags unit-wide or may also be looking for closed ranch. Please contact Andre at 716-866-9795.

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TWO PROPERTIES IN ESCUDILLA BONITA ACRES. 25 acres, $50,000; 20 acres, $40,000.

Together $80,000. Coyote Creek, near Arizona border, crosses land. Call 520-447-6632.

I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THE Real Estate contract, Mortgage or Deed of Trust for which you are receiving payments. Please call for fast pricing and quick closing.

E-mail: pinonview@aol.com, Barbara Baird. 1-800-458-9847.

COUNTRY LIVING! 2 AND 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath Mobile Homes on 1 acre in Highland Meadows Estates, 25 miles west of Albuquerque off I-40, low down, low monthly, owner financing. Call 505-814-9833.

NEW MEXICO MOUNTAIN HOME/HUNTING LODGE. TWO cabins, 25.5+ acres in Unit 13. 37 Lasso Lane, Pie Town. View at ponderosalodgeatwildhorse.com and contact Dave Hanneman at hannemans@cox.net for additional information.

FOR SALE: MORA VALLEY, APPROXIMATELY 20 acres dry land and 15 acres mountains.

Serious Inquiries Only. Contact Mike at 505-753-6338.

SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE 5 ACRE FARM. ACEQUIA irrigation, large home, horse corral, trees. Close to Sunport and downtown, 2425 Malpais Road SW. $445,000.

Call 505-417-2480 or 505-417-2483.

MT. TAYLOR CABIN VACATION RENTAL. FOR rent or FSBO, 5 miles into Cibola Forest. 1 acre, locked gate, 2 bedrooms fully furnished, propane and electric heat. 1,365 square feet includes basement room; has phone and satellite. $95 per night or selling price $150,000. Call John at 505-238-7079.

FOR RENT: 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH in Akela Flats near Deming, exit 102 on I-10. $550 a month. 1 acre, water well, pay electricity.

No deposit. Call Gustavo at 915-241-7272.

1990’S AIRLOCK LOG CABIN MLS201500260, 13 Wigwam Trail, Ilfeld, NM. Quiet neighborhood between Santa Fe and Las Vegas. 3 acres, mountain views, community utilities, energy efficient, insulated double garage, covered RV parking. $229,500. James Congdon, SF Props, 505984-7398. Owner, 505-690-1062.

UTE LAKE, LOGAN, NEW MEXICO VACATION rental.

Stay and play in comfort. 3 bedroom house 2 bath, lakeview, furnished, cable and Wi-Fi. $150 a night up to 6 people.

Perfect for fishermen, families and hunters. Reservations 505-980-7925. Photos: www.utelakevacationlodging.com HIGHLAND MEADOWS, OFF HIGHWAY 6 NEAR I-40. 3 bedroom, 2 bath Oakwood 1999 manufactured home on one acre, fenced yard, trees, shed and studio. For sale, $25,000. Two adjacent acres available for additional $5,000 each. Call 505-514-6049.

BACK ON THE MARKET! LOVELY 3 bedroom Karsten home on 30.56 acres near Magdalena. Many upgrades, new septic system. Barn/garage, studio, well house, greenhouse, hen house, loafing shed and pen. Fenced and cross fenced. $175,000.

E-mail nmmommallama@gmail.com or call 575-418-7333.

LOOKING FOR WATER? GIFTED TO FIND underground streams. Reputable dowser with 50 years of experience. To God Be The Glory! Contact Joe Graves at 575-7583600. In Taos, 75 miles north of Santa Fe. God Bless You.

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FORD TRUCKS. ONE-1968, TWO-1971, ONE-1974, ONE-1989, three-302 Eng 2AT miscellaneous parts. Call 505-280-9089.

2009 FORD F150 4X4, V8, REG. cab, 8-foot bed, bedliner, PW, chrome running boards, new tires, intake manifold. All new in 2014, 106,000 miles, excellent condition, well maintained. $14,000. Call 505-269-4179.

1986 FORD F250 DIESEL, 247,000 MILES. Runs well, has plenty left on it. New glo-plugs.

2004 bed, has had some alteration to gas filler neck to accommodate new bed. Has engine warmer that must be plugged in 45 minutes prior to starting in winter. $1,250. Taos, 575-770-0140.

Vintage Finds BUYING OLD STUFF: GAS PUMPS AND parts 1960s or earlier, advertising signs, neon clocks, old car parts in original boxes, motor oil cans, license plate collections, Route 66 items, old metal road signs, odd and weird stuff. Fair prices paid. Have pickup, will travel. Gas Guy in Embudo, 505-852-2995.

YOUR HUSBAND CALLED AND SAID YOU could buy anything you want at Rough Rider Antiques in Las Vegas. Fabric, paintings, statuary, flatware, worn signs, painted shutters, buckets, tubs, watering cans, chandeliers, tole trays, stained glass and jewelry are part of the mix. Rustic benches straight from the barn: a primitive bench has a back and arms, no nails; another bench has a quilt-covered seat in shades of blue. Nancy’s 9-foot church pew, worn smooth, is a great display for Navajo rugs, framed art and books.

Check out the sales as we make room for more merchandise. Open MondaySaturday, 10-5. Sunday noon to 4. Across from the train depot and an easy walk to historic hotels and good eats. 501 Railroad and Lincoln. 505-454-8063.

I BUY SPANISH COLONIAL SPURS, STIRRUPS, horse bits with jingles, weapons, etc.

Also, old New Mexico handmade/carved furniture. Call 505-753-9886.

RAILROAD ITEMS WANTED: LANTERNS, LOCKS, KEYS, badges, uniforms, dining car china, etc. Especially seeking items from early New Mexico railroads such as: AT&SF, D&RG, EP&NE, EP&SW, and C&S. Randy Dunson. 575-356-6919.

ANTIQUE SADDLES, 9 TOTAL: HEISER, MUELLER, Gallup, Miller, Collins, Furstnow, etc., sell all for $3,800. 1915 New Mexico Brand book with 1917 update book, excellent condition, $1,000. New Mexico Cattle Brand p LRC, LHH; $1,800. Call 575-707-0367.

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IRRIGATED LAND LEASE, MILE FRONTAGE ON Brazos River, Highway 84 access, 91 acres, fields, trees, stream, water rights, irrigation structures, fenced for cattle/ haying. Owner supports continuing land improvement program. 505-345-4006.

WANTED: NEW MEXICO MOTORCYCLE LICENSE PLATES 1912-1959, paying $100-$500 each, also buying some New Mexico car plates 1900-1923. Wanted: New Mexico Highway Journal magazine 1923-1927, paying $10-$25 single issues, $400$800 bound volumes, library discards OK. Wanted: New Mexico Automobile License Directory (”The Zia Book”) and Motor Vehicle Register books 1900-1949, library discards OK, paying $75-$100 per volume. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 88052-0640. E-mail: NMhistory@ totacc.com or telephone 575-382-7804.

When Opportunity Knocks HEARING KEEN IN 2016? AUDIBEL HEARING Aids, hearing tests, and service available statewide through Hear On Earth Hearing Care Center. www.hearonearthnm.com, 1-800-950-8816. Serving southern New Mexico since 1985.

WORK FROM HOME. SIMPLY RETURN CALLS. $2,000 to $5,000 a week. No selling, explaining or convincing to do ever. Not a job, not a network marketing business. Full training and support. Call 505-685-0966.

FOR RENT 2 SPACES AVAILABLE: 3,600/SF or 700/ sf, prime location in Española. Perfect for medical, consignment/thrift, market, general office. National tenant, very reasonable terms. For more information, contact Art, 505-927-7533.

FOR SALE IN ESPAÑOLA: 12,000 SQUARE foot shopping center. 100% location.

Owner financing available. Contact Art Martinez for more information, 505-927-7533.

MANZANO MOUNTAIN ART COUNCIL ART CENTER Artist studio with natural light, available for $100 per month. Event space also available. Basic heat and electricity included. Inquiries, call 505-847-0295.

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Fun in the Great Outdoors Awesome job Youth Artists! The Youth Editor is now inspired to go ice fishing and sledding. Dr. Seuss's Birthday is March 2. For March, draw a birthday card for Dr. Seuss or your favorite book cover—because Books Rock! Have fun! Earth is our home, so let's celebrate Earth Day in April. Draw a happy dancing Earth surrounded by flowers and trees, or you dancing on top of the world. Or show us if you will recycle or save water while brushing your teeth. Whatever you draw, have a colorful time.

Remember: Print your name, age, mailing address, phone number, and co-op name on your drawings. Otherwise, your drawings are disqualified. Remember: color, dark ink or pencil on plain white 8.50 x 11.00 size paper is best. Mail to: Youth Editor, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Entries must be here by the 9th of the month before publication. Each published artist receives $10 for his or her work.

Emily Alaniz, Age 10, Lake Arthur

Edyn Baros, Age 8, EspaĂąola

Roman Bojorquez, Age 9, Las Vegas

Morgan Crisp, Age 10, Clayton

Synoa Brown, Age 13, Grants

Trinity Rose Fisher, Age 11, Fort Sumner

Arron Lucero, Age 8, El Rito

Manuel Velarde, Age 7, Dixon

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