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January 1, 2015 • Vol. 67, No. 01 USPS 175-880 • ISSN 0046-1946 Circulation 124,342

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.

Over 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. Periodical Postage paid at Santa Fe, NM 87501-9998 and additional mailing offices. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Postmaster: Send address changes to 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505-4428. Readers who receive the publication through their electric cooperative membership should report address changes to their local electric cooperative office. THE NEW MEXICO RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION provides legislative and educational services for the 18 cooperatives that deliver electric power to New Mexico’s rural areas and small communities. Each cooperative has a representative on the association’s board of directors, which controls the editorial content and advertising policy of enchantment through its Publications Committee.

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

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INSIDE READS Surviving the Winter Season

Essentials and emergency items to have handy to help survive the winter chill.

Love Thy Llama

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

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NATIONAL DIRECTOR David Spradlin, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer

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 Susan M. Espinoza at 505-982-4671 or e-mail at sespinoza@nmelectric.coop. National representative: National Country Market, 1-800-626-1181. Advertisements in enchantment are paid solicitations and are not endorsed by the publisher or the electric cooperatives of New Mexico. PRODUCT SATISFACTION AND DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITY LIE SOLELY WITH THE ADVERTISER. Copyright ©2015, New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. Reproduction prohibited without written permission of the publisher.

On a mission to rescue llamas. Differences between a co-op and distribution/G&T co-ops. Get your cameras ready this year’s photo contest.

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L-R: Nova and Zenith, also known as Mama Llama, belong to writer Karen Boehler, where they live with 11 other farm animals. Cover story and photo by Karen Boehler.

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Co-op Newswire Electric Co-op Crews Attend Meter School

lectric co-op crew members attended an educational, training meter school in Moriarty in December at the Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative. From across the state, over 20 electric co-op staff members participated in the meter school. The purpose of the school is to receive educational training, perform hands-on training and to learn more about safety issues, so crew members may enhance their work skills to keep the power on, for you. The meter school is coordinated through the New Mexico Rural Electric Self Insurer’s Fund in conjunction with the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives.

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In the November enchantment, we asked readers to share their family traditions. Here’s a warm family tradition from Barbara and Jim Wagner of La Luz. “Every anniversary, my husband and I walk up the canyon north of our home to a lone pine tree. The trek is 3 miles or more round trip. We have established a unique picnic spot under the pine tree. We were married January 7, 1951, and when we moved to Laborcita Canyon in 1967, we decided that tree would be our special place. We have missed going a few times, usually just the two of us make the trip but once in awhile one of our children or a special friend will go along. Lately, we have enlisted the help of Jim’s burro, Samson, to carry the picnic gear. We are 81 and 82-years-old now, celebrating 64 years together very soon.” Thanks Barbara and Jim for sharing your special family tradition with enchantment readers; and Happy Anniversary! —Ed.

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Rural New Mexico has its share of torchbearers as we prepare for the next four years. We look forward to working with this group, as

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well as our new urban friends next year.

t’s time to wish everyone a Happy New Year and take a peek at the upcoming legislative session and other changing faces in state government. With a 37-33 majority in the House, the Republicans and Governor Susana Martinez have a real chance of passing several bills that have been blocked by Democratic majorities for the past several years. The remaining obstacle is a Senate where Democrats have a 25-17 majority, but sometimes lose critical votes to a coalition comprised of the Republicans and a handful of moderate-conservative Democrats. The first-term scorecard shows Governor Martinez with a solid record on issues important to co-ops. Her position on many energy and rural issues are closely aligned with much of our membership. We will be building on these past successes and look forward to a good working relationship in the second-term. Outside of the roundhouse, change is coming to the Attorney General’s Office where Democrat Hector Balderas is still basking in the afterglow of a sizable victory that bucked the Republican momentum in other races. Balderas’ final tally outperformed everyone else and far exceeded other Democrats who narrowly won statewide races for Auditor and Treasurer. Mr. Balderas

was raised in the small rural community of Wagon Mound and is another incoming elected official who will have a good understanding of rural issues. Secretary of State, Diana Duran, is returning for a second-term after a hard fought race. Ms. Duran is from Otero County, and is very familiar with rural New Mexico. Again, she is a statewide elected official with deep rural roots. The race for State Land Commissioner has finished a mandatory recount which is triggered when the margin of victory is less than one-half of one percent. Republican Aubrey Dunn has been declared the winner in this hard fought race. Mr. Dunn comes from a rural background and his strong rural ideals make him an excellent partner for rural electric cooperatives where we have dealings on state lands. The Public Regulation Commission will have two new, familiar faces in January. Lynda Lovejoy was elected from the northwest district. She previously represented this district from 1999-2006. Sandy Jones is the incoming Commissioner from the Southwest district where he previously served from 2007-2010. These two seasoned veterans should be able to hit the ground running as we begin this new chapter. Both Commissioners

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represent much of our co-op area and understand our issues. As we switch gears to the New Mexico House, veteran Republican, Don Tripp, a successful businessman from Socorro, is the incoming Speaker of the House. Of historic note—this is the same seat once held by another Socorro businessman—hotel financier Conrad Hilton almost 100 years ago. Rep. Tripp, like his predecessor, Speaker Ken Martinez, is a cooperative member. Nate Gentry, a Republican attorney from Albuquerque, was selected as the next Majority Leader in the House. Gentry was extremely active in recruiting candidates for the Republican House races and is credited with playing a key role in these successful elections. Rounding out the majority leadership team is Alonzo Baldonado as Majority Whip and Kelly Fajardo as Caucus Chair, both represent Valencia County. The Democrat House minority is led by Santa Fe attorney, Brian Egolf. Sheryl Williams-Stapleton returns to leadership as the Minority Whip and Patricia Roybal Caballero rounds out the Democrat’s team as the Caucus Chair. As you can see, rural New Mexico has its share of torchbearers as we prepare for the next four years. We look forward to working with this group, as well as our new urban friends next year.

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Hale to the stars BY ALAN HALE

uch of the planetary action in January takes place in the early evening. The brilliant planet Venus, after hiding in the sunlight for a few months, emerged into the evening sky in late December. It climbs higher above the southwestern horizon after dusk in January. During the first half of January, it is joined by Mercury, and between the evenings of the 8th through 12th, the two worlds are close together in the sky, closest on the 10th. Mars is also in the southwestern sky, somewhat higher then the Venus/Mercury duo. It is dimmer, and sinking lower each evening, setting about an hour after the end of dusk by the end of January. Jupiter, meanwhile, is much brighter and higher, rising in the east during dusk and almost overhead one to two hours after midnight. The inaugural column devoted quite a bit of attention to Saturn, as that was the month the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe (carried to Saturn by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft) soft-landed upon Saturn’s moon, Titan. Currently, Saturn rises in the east during the mid-morning hours and is well up in the eastern sky by the beginning of dawn. Cassini has continued to orbit Saturn during the intervening decade,

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Sunlight glinting off of Titan’s Kraken Mare sea in that moon’s polar regions. This image was taken by Cassini on August 21, 2014, during a flyby of Titan. NASA photograph. and has made several close flybys of Titan and some of Saturn’s other moons, and will continue doing so for another 2½ years before it will be deliberately targeted to impact into Saturn’s atmosphere. The inaugural column also carried information about a moderately bright comet that was visible in the sky at the time. Another moderately bright comet, which was discovered in August by an Australian amateur astronomer, Terry Lovejoy, should be visible in our skies this January. It starts the month in the southwest of the bright star Rigel in the constellation Orion, and travels to the north—northwest while passing 44 million miles from Earth on the 7th. It passes somewhat west of the Hyades star cluster in Taurus just after mid-month and is west of the Pleiades star cluster (also in Taurus) a few nights later before ending the month in the constellation Andromeda. Lovejoy’s comet should be dimly visible to the unaided eye and easily detectable with binoculars throughout this time.

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Love Thy Llama

n a sharp curve on a rural road in Tularosa, a brightly-painted mailbox proclaims “Love thy llama.” A few feet farther, on a smaller road, a llama crossing sign is tied to a fence. And just a bit more down the dirt road is the headquarters of Southwest Llama Rescue (SWLR), a non-profit organization designed to provide a safe refuge for unwanted, neglected or abandoned llamas through intervention, education and necessary support. Llamas are native to South America, only coming to the United States in 1920, when publisher William Randolph Hearst imported some for his personal zoo. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, llamas and their smaller cousins, with Mr. alpacas, became very popular in the nder Pat Little, interacts fou ue sc Re ma Lla st we of South Karen Boehler. United States and, as often happens, that Kelly Quarles, daughter me at the ranch. Photo by ho t en an rm pe a s ha o popularity had unintended consequences. Blue, a 28-year-old llama wh “They were breeding, breeding, breeding, and all of a sudden we came up with save the herd had good intentions, but “They were way back on the snowfields this glut of animals and no homes for knew nothing about handling them, and and had llamas with them,” Little says. them,” says Pat Little, SWLR founder. at least one llama died. “And we started talking with the hikers; “We bred the ostriches and the mink, and and they were eating steaks and fresh salad, “They thought they were doing the all other animals, and that’s what we seem so we asked, ‘Wow! How did you do this?’” llamas a favor, but they didn’t know how to think is OK to do with our animal to work with llamas,” Little says. “So after How they did it was to take advantage friends. And it’s very unfortunate. Then the incident happened, the people in New of one of the llama’s main uses: as a surepeople like us step up and say, ‘We’ve got Mexico who really knew about llamas and footed, alert pack animal that can carry to straighten out the mess someone else enjoy llamas, decided to be supportive of 25-30 percent of its own body weight. made. To bring the animals in and take There are several outfitters in New Mexico that kind of situation when law enforcecare of them, and make sure they have ment and everyone else is involved. We that offer guided hikes using the exotic permanent homes.’” animals, and many more individuals who could go out and wrangle the llamas and gather them up.” Llamas became popular for their fiber— keep the animals for the same use. And so, Southwest Llama Rescue their wool is highly prized by weavers—as The Littles became llama owners, which today is the second largest llama pack animals, guard animals, and simply quickly realizing their home in La Luz, rescue facility in the U.S. was born. There as pets. The highly intelligent camelids— with covenant restrictions, wasn’t suitable they are in the same family as camels— for the friendly, intelligent animals. So they are smaller llama rescue facilities in New Mexico—Silver City, Ruidoso and have a gentle temperament, are highly found seven acres in Tularosa and moved inquisitive and are easily trained. Their there to raise their family and the animals. Taos—and companion facilities in Texas, Washington and the northeast. SWLR dung is used as a nutrient-rich compost. In 1999, they and other llama fanciworks closely with all of them. But Little ers saw television news stories about an Little and her husband discovered and her dedicated crew of volunteers have elderly woman in Tijeras who became ill llamas during a backpacking trip on the become known as the people to call if a Windsor Trail near Santa Fe in 1989, where and could no longer care for the herd she llama needs a new home. they met hikers with an unusual entourage. owned. The people who were trying to

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“We’re pretty well known across the United States, so we don’t have any problem with people finding us,” Little says. The number of animals on the SWLR ranch varies a lot. “Llamas come and go,” she says, explaining five rescues from Nevada were just sent to a new home in Colorado. Still, another half-dozen remain at the ranch, several permanent residents, others still looking for homes. The rescued llamas come from different situations. Some calls come in from law enforcement, where animals are seized because they aren’t being cared for properly, “and it’s deemed they need to rescue the animals.” Those type of situations can be tough, often times the animals have had little or no human contact, and the owners aren’t exactly happy. “When we go into these type of situations, we ask the people to stay in their houses; we go in and pick up the animals and get out of the area,” Little says. Some have been rescued from slaughterhouses, while others come from owners who can no longer take care of their animals. “We have a lot of llamas coming in now from owners who are elderly, and can no longer care for them,” Little says. “Fortunately, in these instances, it’s usually people who have had their animals for a long time, so they call us, but they also finance the animals. They care for the animals after we bring them in.” While SWLR houses llamas of all ages and genders, they specialize in hosting geriatric males; a 28-year-old and two 27-year-olds live permanently on the ranch. Little helps the others that come in find new homes, but she makes sure those wanting a new companion know what they’re getting into. “We always tell people llamas are cool to be around, but they require care and you have to be fair to them. You can’t just take one, then decide two months later it’s not really what you want.” Adopters must meet certain requirements, which includes a home visit to make sure the property is suitable, and sign a contract with SWLR that covers the remainder of the animal’s life. “If something happens that the people cannot care for them any more, they’re returned back to Southwest Llama Rescue,” Little says.

Caring for llamas isn’t cheap, but Little has several irrigated pastures the llamas can graze for most of the year, and donations help with winter feed, veterinarian bills and other expenses. “We have people who make contributions to Southwest Llama Rescue founder Pa Southwest Llama t Little stands next gently restrain llam to a chute used to as for medical treat Rescue on their ment, shearing or Photo by Karen Bo toenail clipping. ehler. death, and they leave money for their animals or for other animals that are in our llamas,” she says. “People who have questions care,” Little says. or are having problems, or need assistance in training. We have outreach people who do that As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Little is kind of work.” always looking for help. Money is gladly accepted as well as volunteers or foster care providers. Just as shelters exist to care for unwanted dogs SWLR relies on its volunteers, who come from and cats, refuges such as Southwest Llama Rescue near and far. Help Exchange (www.helpx.net) are beacons of light for those creatures too large is an international organization that connects or too exotic for smaller sites. And the llamas hosts (on farms, ranches, homes, lodges, or hos(and occasional alpaca) given a new lease on life from folks like Pat Little most certainly thank tels) with volunteers who want to expand their their rescuers in their own llama way. horizons for room and board. Little has hosted several HelpXers and hopes to see more. Other volunteers are locals—including family memLlamas and alpacas are in the camelid family, but there are differences between bers—with others spread across the state. the two South American, high-mountain “Not only do we adopt animals out, species. Read about the differences at we provide assistance to people who have http://enchantment.coop/features/1501.php

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Book Chat BY PHAEDRA GREENWOOD

TAOS PORTRAITS Photos by Paul O’Connor 2012, 144 pages, Hondo Mesa Press 800-249-7737, unmpress.com Enjoy sixty-two masterful contemporary halftones of popular Taos artists with “intimate anecdotes,” some written by family and friends. The cover blurb says, “The struggle to earn a living in Taos produces a sense of shared emotion and gallows humor… .” Tony Reyna of Taos Pueblo recalls riding horseback to town on a muddy wagon road. Editor Bill Whaley cobbles together a vivid word picture of the deceased Modernist Bea Mandelman. John Nichols, writes in his rambunctious and revealing style about life in Taos. Artist extraordinaire Larry Bell defines sculptor Ken Price by his “wet fingers slurping the finish of his cup.” Price says, “Doing your own thing may be the only way to be successful.” Most portraits are soulful. Only the top half of Patricia Sanford’s head shows so the viewer stares directly into her eyes. Maye Torres speaks with passion and humor of magic and her rootedness in the land. Even if you’ve never been to Taos, you’ll get it.

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RIDING ON HURLED BONES: SELECTED POEMS OF THOMAS J. MCCORD Edited by Kathryn Albrecht 2012, 95 pages, Wasteland Press 575-838-1103, lapaz@zianet.com In college McCord was a carefree California surfer. Until he stumbled and fell off the edge of a cliff. His “hurled bones” landed him in a coma for three months. He recovered with impaired motor skills and short-term memory loss. He found employment at a library where he wrote short poems on his break. Albrecht, his supervisor, became his editor who vowed to help him publish this book. Though McCord doesn’t remember the fall, in one way or another, his poems revolve around “the chaos that has overtaken me/and made me look more closely at what matters.” His themes are precognition, guilt and redemption, death and rebirth. Writing helps organize his cognition. “A steady diet of verbs keeps me trim/while the subject eludes me.” He makes up words like “ragment” and concludes, “What you haven’t said/tells more of you/than volumes spumed like wheat/across an empty field.”

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It’s been a long time since a book made me not only laugh but boohoo out loud and grab a tissue. This author is smart, articulate, and politically savvy with a wry sense humor. “A lot of women, when around an attractive man, hold their stomachs in slightly,” Martinez writes. Chapters alternate in viewpoint between characters, a bit confusing, but it ties together at the end. Lupe writes letters to her unborn daughter Destiny about her life as a pregnant waitress at Frontier Restaurant in Albuquerque. Lupe hopes Destiny will become a writer and push a pen, not a broom. Since 9/11, Cory keeps the TV on day and night “in case something happens.” “Flor? She’s Jewish…But Jesus was too, so no contradictions there.” Maritza keeps the books for the Peace and Justice Center. Lupe is Block Captain, for her neighborhood, to help save ladies from the darkness of crime and teach them to look out for themselves. A rich cultural read!

Eisenberg’s Guess Who series is based on a warm childhood memory of being read to by a favorite aunt who left it up to him to guess the last rhyming word. These rhyming books, for children three through six, are designed to educate and help stretch the child’s vocabulary. According to his bio on Amazon, Eisenberg has been a Broadway and Hollywood publicist, a radio and TV scriptwriter. His light-verse anthology entitled, Life-Cycling, is currently being adapted as a musical revue. He has written six adult books and three children’s books in the Guess Who series. In this book the Wright family is looking for a house with “lots of big trees and not much lawn to mow.” The author provides humorous encounters with helpful neighbors and inquisitive squirrels, skunks and mice. It’s a bright, attractive book with lots of rhymes and lively illustrations. To submit a book for review: include contact information and where to order.

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Vecinos BY PHAEDRA GREENWOOD s

Ninth Graders Bring Home the Win I

ntelligence, teamwork and perseverance finally paid off for the 2013-14 Taos Science Fair Team when they won first place in national competition and a standing ovation from the Taos School Board. It was a long journey for Team Advisor Laura Tenorio, and four team members from Taos Middle School/Taos High: Anthony J. Archuleta, James M. Valerio, Andrea G. Chin-Lopez, and Julia A. Johnson. Over a year ago they began working together after school and on weekends to develop a project called “Crabyotics.” Their mission was to fight an alarming rise in resistance to antibiotics due to over-exposure, to create a filter that would remove antibiotics from drinking water. The National Science Fair, called eCybermission, is sponsored by the U.S. Army and the National Science Teacher’s Association. The primary goal of the Fair is to bring together teams of students, grades six through nine, to scientifically solve problems in the community and the world. The Taos student team was chosen from 20 team finalists who were, in turn, selected from 4,400 teams who originally entered the free annual competition. The Taos team won an all-expense-paid trip to a week-long National Judging and Educational Event in Washington, D.C., to compete for the National Championship in their grade. They brought home a huge trophy and $37,000 in awards. “We took every prize in our category,” says Tenorio. Crabyotics was, in part, the inspiration of a previous science teacher, Ernie Lopez, who suggested filtering out antibiotics would be considered the “holy grail” of science projects, says Tenorio who has been with the Taos School Science Fair for 21 years. “Teams from Taos have made it to the International Science Fair for well over 30 years,” she says. “We got into eCybermission two years ago in an effort to expand our horizons.” None of the Taos team members had ever been to D.C., before. Their accommodations were Spartan and the schedule was strict. “Ten

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Taos Science Fair Team Wins First Place in National Competition minutes early was late,” says Valerio. They saw plenty of the Capitol including the House and Senate, Chin-Lopez says, but had no time to tour the White House. They agreed their visits to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and the Library of Congress were outstanding. Their biggest learning curve? “Definitely teamwork,” Archuleta says. Chin-Lopez says, “Collaboration. Our biggest issue was managing our different schedules.” The Taos team succeeded in creating a filter from Chitosan, a polymer extracted from shells of crustaceans. “We did a lot of smashing crab shells,” says Chin-Lopez. Their filter removes about 60 percent of antibiotics. Back in Taos, Archuleta and Chin-Lopez are working on a filter for home use. For wastewater treatment plants filters, they plan to collaborate with the Taos Soil and Water Conservation. The project has expanded into multiple sections that include the entire science lab of 21 high school students and nearly 200 middle school students. Tenorio says for her, the most important thing is to show the world people from a rural town can have big goals and meet them, too.

Photo, l to r: Andrea G. Chin-Lopez; Nancy Hardick, U.S. Army RDECOM; Anthony J. Archuleta; Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; James M. Valerio; Suzanne Milchling, U.S. Army RDECOM; Julia A. Johnson; Cmd. Sgt. Major Lebert Beharie, U.S. Army RDECOM; and Laura Tenorio. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army RDECOM.

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White-Breasted Nuthatches A Wintertime Delight “Little wing don’t fly away, when the summer turns to fall. Don’t you know some people say, winter is the best time of them all—winter is the best of all.” ~Neil Young, Hawks Doves Outside my window, snow flakes waft on a breeze. They float like the dust in my office in the angular yellow light of morning that comes through the window in a warm and welcome way. A white-breasted nuthatch flies from a hidden haunt in my woods, and alights head down on a suet cake just out my door.

Some folks delight in spring migrant birds returning north to nest, a harbinger that planet Earth is wobbling back into the vernal position. Birds are certainly a delight to watch. You can’t help but feel you’re starting anew when a wren fires off a serried spring song. But I don’t have to wait for winter days to peel away to have my spirits lifted by birds. White-breasted nuthatches are cavitynesters, and they took readily to nest boxes I planted in my piñons years ago. In autumn when most of the other song birds leave for a warmer clime, I am not disappointed. My white-breasted nuthatches tough out New Mexico winters living among the trees—and they never leave.

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Country Critters RED & WHITE BORDER COLLIES PUPPIES for sale. Asking $250. For more information call 575-472-5371 or cell 575-760-3245.

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Odds & Ends BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT. 400 MEDIUM SUPERS WITH frames, $15 each. Buy 100 or more, $10 each. Crimp wired shallow foundation, 12-1/2 # box, $75 each. Don Mason 575-623-4858 or 575-626-7708, Roswell. MEDICINE FROM THE KITCHEN: A HANDBOOK for 1st aid and minor illnesses using safe and simple remedies found in the kitchen. Be prepared for any emergency. Order Now! $13.95. osoherbalsjessie@gmail.com or 505-470-1363. FOR SALE LARGE WOODEN OFFICE DESK with six drawers. Top measures 36”x72.” Price $100. Call 575-396-3459. OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS, $380 WITH WARRANTY. ALSO sell portable concentrators and oxygen supplies. Repair and service of equipment. Aspen Concentrator Repair Service, 719-4719895. Shipping available. WANTED: GOOD USED POWER POLES, 25 - 45 feet long. Call 505-384-5163.

Roof Over Your Head VIGAS, BEAMS, POLES, HOUSE LOGS CUT from standing, dead, dry Spruce. Up to 45 ft. Will custom cut. Forked Cedar posts for ramadas, corn driers and cedar fence posts. 575-638-5619.

HAYGRAZER 4’X6’ ROUND BALES, VERY FINE stemmed quality hay, $130 ton; $70 bale in field. SE of Portales, 30 miles plus. 575-273-4220, 575-760-4223.

LEASING FIVE ACRES: SAN MIGUEL, BERNAL area. Well water, electricity and new septic. Beautiful 360° views, only 45 minutes from Santa Fe and 25 from Las Vegas, NM. Call 505-471-3753.

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.

TAOS LAND FOR SALE: 2 ACRES or 3 acres parcels with well share, electric. Manufactured housing approved. Seller financing. Low monthly payments. Lower Colonias/Camino Tortuga. Some are owned by Licensed New Mexico Real Estate Broker. Call for details. 575-770-0831. Mark @ Crossroads Realty 575-758-3837.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS! WE certainly appreciate it. Here’s wishing you and your family a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Thanks again. The February deadline is January 9th.

BUG OUT LOCATIONS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO mountains. Rentals range $45 to $4,500 per month for 21 living unit building. Over 150 rentals remaining available. For information packet send: Sixteen USPS Forever Stamps. To: NMBOL, 1402 East 2nd, Roswell, NM 88201.

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. 1-800-603-8272, 575-682-2308.

OWN A HOME IN COUNTRY LIVING! Two and 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, mobile homes on 1 acre in Highland Meadows Estates, 25 miles west of Albuquerque off I-40, low down, owner financing. 505-814-9833.

TRES PIEDRAS/CARSON AREA - LOOKING FOR a partner to share the 640 acre Bee-Bar Ranch near Carson, NM. Our proposition is to sell 1/2 the property, 320 acres, splitting the ranch north and south. North half currently has 3-story A-Frame house, south half is raw land. Buy either. See our website www.beebarranch.com for details.

IN LOGAN, NM: 2 BEDROOM RENTAL property in good condition. Ready to move into or rent. Close to schools. $32,000. Call 575-487-2731, 575-403-6731.

BEAUTIFUL HOME IN PARADISE W/7 LOTS. Great year round climate bird watching capitol of southeastern, Arizona. National forest located nearby. One bdrm. 1 ba. guest house. Two story main home has 2 bdrm, 1 ba. Has area that could be converted to 2 additional bedrooms, game room w/spa. Hunters dream processing meat room, walkin refrigeration unit, stainless steel sinks and table meat saw. Furniture and appliances. Getaway home at the gateway to the Chiricahua Mountains. Priced Reduced, $185,000. Call 928-339-4806.

LOOKING FOR WATER? GIFTED TO FIND underground streams. Reputable dowser 50 years experience. To God Be The Glory! Contact Joe Graves at 575-758-3600. In Taos, 75 miles north of Santa Fe. God Bless You.

5,500 SQ. FT. TWO BAY SHOP/WAREHOUSE building. Currently used as an HVAC & plumbing shop. $250,000. tmsinc@ gilanet.com

NEAR EDGEWOOD, 1.5 MILES TO OLD 66, 20 minutes to Albuquerque; four acres, older double wide, large shop, other out buildings, great water. Cash deal, $149,000. 505-286-1763.

FOR SALE: 1/2 ACRE AND HOUSE in Denver, Colorado, $150,000 or Best Offer. Call 303-887-4636.

RESERVE, NM. HALF ACRE WITH CABIN. Borders Gila National Forest. Concrete slab, septic system, beautifully landscaped. Electricity and water to property line. Located at end of paved road. $36,000. 575-533-6274.

IN TUCUMCARI, NM: 3 BEDROOM HOUSE. Older home in good condition. Ready to move into, 5 blocks from middle school. $26,000 Terms. Call 575-4872731, 575-403-6731.

CITY OF MOUNTAINAIR: 28 WOODED ACRES, water, electric, ready for development, Hwy. 55 access, $5,000 per acre. Owner financing, balance @ 6%. Call today 505-467-8661 or 505-864-6797.

PLAZA BLANCA: CLOSE TO ABIQUIU, 5 level acres with electric close by only $55,000 with no down, owner financing, $605.60 for 20 years! Gatt Realty 505-685-4677. One acre with new septic system fronting Hwy. 554 the El Rito Hwy., only $15,000! No down $265.79 for 7 years! Gatt Realty 505-6854677. Santa California City North of Medanales, 3.2 acres, no down, $286.94 for 10 years or $20,000 cash! Or 1 acre with 400 foot frontage $10,000! Gatt Realty 505-685-4677.

WILLARD, NM: 37 ACRES FOR SALE, underground water, electric, gas and telephone on front of property, only $35,000. Owner financing, balance @ 6%. Call today 505-467-8661 or 505-864-6797.

FOR SALE: AIRLOCK LOG CABIN, KELLERWILLIAMS MLS #201305911, 13 Wigwam Trail, Pecos River Retreat, Ilfeld, NM, located between Santa Fe and Las Vegas. View of Rowe Mesa, private access to Pecos River on 3 acres, community utilities. New condition, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, heatilator fireplace, propane furnace, covered RV parking, insulated double garage, quiet community, $249,500. Contact realtor 505819-3262 or owner 505-690-1062 with questions. Serious inquiries only.

2.8 ACRES AT LEMITAR JUST NORTH of Socorro, $39,000. Underground power and community water to property. Enjoy country living, choice location, scenic views, ideal for horses. Small down payment, low monthly payment. Owner/broker 575-430-0006.

WILD HORSE RANCH, CATRON COUNTY, NM: 20 acres with 50 mile views. Lot is level to rolling hills, covered in Juniper & Pi単on with 1,000 feet bordering BLM land. All season access on county maintained roads. $15K. Call 575-517-7499.

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CABALLO, NM, 3.5 ACRES, HOUSE, SHOP with 14 RV spaces, commercial building overlooking lake. Good supplementary income. Owner financing with solid down payment. Asking $175,000. Call or text 970-903-1427. SAN JON, NM RANCH FOR SALE: 2,400 acres, fenced, 3 windmills, dry creek, corral, barn, house with all utilities. Beautiful ranch off Rt. 66, $450. per acre. 432557-7857 or 432-556-9335.

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Creating a Community of Caring Things That Go Vroom! SET OF FOUR, POLISHED WHEELS W/TIRES. Like new, 2,000 original miles. Wheels are 18x8x5; tire size P255/70R18 AT, Bridgestone. (For Jeep models only.) Asking $600. Call 505-351-1708. 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CLASSIC 2500 HD work truck with an Extended Cab, 4x4, 6.6L V8 turbo DIESEL, seats up to 6 passengers, Automatic, Clean CARFAX! $19,995 www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 LARAMIE QUAD Cab, 4x4, 5.9L L6 Turbo Diesel, Automatic, Leather interior with seating up to 6, Clean CARFAX! $24,995. www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2009 DODGE RAM 3500 SXT 6.7L L6, DIESEL, Manual, Quad Cab 4x4, only One Owner, with Clean CARFAX, low mileage of 49,809, leather interior, great condition! $37,995 www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 1998 CHEVY 3500, LONG BED & Sylvan 16’ open bow aluminum boat w/trailer, 40 HP Mercury outboard. Both need some work. $5,500 for both. tmsinc@ gilanet.com 2012 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, 2500 HD LT, White, 4x4, 6.0L V8, One owner, clean CARFAX, Ext. Cab. 136,855 miles, automatic, cloth, seating up to 6 passengers! $24,995. www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

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1995 HOLIDAY RAMBLER NAVIGATOR 38 WD, 300 HP diesel pusher, 94,987 miles, must be seen to be appreciated, $2,500. Photos and more info at www. bisonrv.com 2011 FORD F-250 XLT, 6.2L V8, White, automatic, 4x4, extended long bed, clean CARFAX, 113,775 miles, cloth, great condition, with seating up to 6 passengers! www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2008 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD SLT, 6.6L V8, Blue, crew cab, Turbo Diesel, Automatic, 4x4 beautiful leather interior, 100,418 miles, with a Clean CARFAX, seating for 5. www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

Vintage Finds WANTED: NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY JOURNAL MAGAZINE, 1923-1927. Paying $10$25 single issues, $400-$800 bound volumes. Library discards OK. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 880520640. E-mail: NMhistory@totacc.com or telephone 575-382-7804. FOR SALE ANTIQUE SAFE - VICTOR Safe & Lock Co. Cincinnati, December 1855-March 1893. Good condition. 18”x18”x29” Combination works good, $600. Call 505-859-2293. I BUY SPANISH COLONIAL SPURS, STIRRUPS, horse bits with jingles, weapons, etc. Also, old New Mexico handmade/ carved furniture. Call 505-753-9886.

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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. VINTAGE TOOLS AND ODDITIES FROM THE Industrial Age. No rust, no plastic. Buy-Sell-Trade. Gray Matter-Art and Artifacts. 296 Baca St., Baca Street Studios #5. Santa Fe, 505-780-0316. WANTED: NEW MEXICO MOTORCYCLE LICENSE PLATES 1900-1958. Paying $100-$1,000 each. Also buying some New Mexico car plates 1900-1923. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 88052-0640. E-mail: NMhistory@totacc.com or telephone 575-382-7804. FAST FACTS: YOUR CLASSIFIED AD GETS printed in nearly 124,000 copies of enchantment, which get circulated to 80% of the state. Now that's coverage! 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. 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 FOR SALE COMMERCIAL BUILDING - FULLY equipped for mechanic shop, 2,000 square foot metal building and land two lots in Espanola city limits. Will sell with or without equipment. For more info e-mail johnnybmedina@ yahoo.com or call John 505-927-3659. WORK FROM HOME. SIMPLY RETURN CALLS. $1,000+ a day. No selling, explaining or convincing to do ever. Not a job, not MLM. Full training and support. Call 505-685-0965. I BUY ELK ANTLERS. HIGHEST PRICES paid in New Mexico. No amount too small or too large. Call Bill @ 575-588-9342 or 505-350-8868. e-mail bgpinionridge@ wildblue.net BREW ME A CUP FOR A winter’s night. For the wind howls loud, and the furies fight; Spice it with love and stir it with care, And I’ll toast your bright eyes, my sweetheart fair. ~Minna Thomas Antrim, "A Night Cap," A Book of Toasts, 1902. RURAL CONVENIENCE STORE WITH PACKAGE LIQUOR License, living quarters on 1.3 acres with 3 acre foot well. Borders Gila National Forest. FSBO. Call 575-533-6274. AUTO MECHANIC RETIRING FROM OWN AUTO repair shop. Lots of equipment. Must be sold in lot. Serious inquiries only. Northern New Mexico. Call 575-758-4420.

Youth Artist Choice Monthâ&#x20AC;Ś We're going "peanuts" over this cold weather! Draw a peanut or two in coats, scarfs or boots. Does your peanut have a face? Is your peanut holding an umbrella. Have a peanut of a time drawing. Albert Einstein's birthday is March 14. How do you think the numbers of the world are celebrating? Is number 2 going down the slide? Is number 7 flying in the sky? Is number 14 walking to the library. Use your imagination and have a "prime" 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.

Zayra Alvarado, Age 11, Portales

Dylan Baca, Age 6, Santa Cruz

John Chadwick, Age 9, Lemitar

Marcus Emerson, Age 10, Thoreau

Sofia Gallegos, Age 11, Ribera

Maggie Garcia, Age 10, Artesia

Emily Pope, Age 14, Estancia

Samantha Williams, Age 9, Lovington

Mackenzie Torivio, Age 11, Moriarty

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