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September 1, 2016 • Vol. 68, No. 09 USPS 175-880 • ISSN 0046-1946 Circulation 124,076

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 $12 per year or $18 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 Quintana, 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 Leroy Anaya, 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

Co-op Newswire

Overhead and Underground Power Lines 11 The pros and cons of the power lines that carry electricity to your home or business.

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Enchanted Journeys

On The Menu

Energy Sense

Keven J. Groenewold, Executive Vice President, kgroenewold@nmelectric.coop Susan M. Espinoza, Editor, sespinoza@nmelectric.coop Tom Condit, Assistant Editor, tcondit@nmelectric.coop

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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.

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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

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Co-op Newswire

Register and Vote Voter registration closes 28 days prior to an election. Deadline for the 2016 General Election in New Mexico is October 11, 2016.

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e care deeply about the communities we serve and want the very best for every one of our members. But as the presidential election draws closer, we’re reminded of a troubling statistic. In the 2012 elections, voter turnout in rural communities dropped by 18 percent—twice the decline seen nationally. That means the voice of rural America isn’t resonating as strongly as it should with our elected leaders and political candidates, and that the issues so important to us may not be front and center for them. Fortunately, we have the power to turn this around. Together, we can boost voter engagement and turnout on Election Day by doing taking the pledge to become a “Co-op Voter,” and casting our vote on November 8. Co-ops Vote is a non-partisan program developed by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the service organization that represents the nation’s more than 900 private, not-for-profit, consumerowned electric cooperatives. The goal is to encourage co-op employees and members like you to get out and vote and to inform members and candidates about the issues that matter to co-ops and rural communities: from the continued need for affordable and reliable electricity to broadband access and other rural economic development issues. Visit the Co-ops Vote website at www.vote.coop and take the quick and easy pledge to become a Co-op Voter. By doing so, you’ll be joining co-op members across the country in sending a powerful message: America’s electric cooperatives are voting in 2016 and expect our elected leaders to address the issues facing co-ops and rural communities. With 42 million members in 47 states, electric co-ops can stand together as a powerful voice in this year’s elections.

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Winter Shut-off Protection Notice

rotection from winter shut-off begins November 15, 2016. To avoid potential disconnection of services, please call the Human Services Department at 800-2834465, or the appropriate tribal or pueblo entity for eligibility information for the Low Income Heating Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Your service will not be disconnected from November 15, 2016, through March 15, 2017, if you qualify for LIHEAP and you remain current on any payments you owe under a payment plan, or as of November 15, 2016, you have no past due amounts. For more information call the Human Services Department at 800283-4465 or your local electric cooperative.

Nota de La Protección de Desconexión del Invierno El 15 de Noviembre del 2016 empezara la protección de desconexión del invierno. Para prevenir una posible desconexión de servicios, por favor de contactar al Departamento de Servicios Humanos al 800283-4465 o a la organización trival o pueblo para información sobre elegibilidad para el programa de bajos recursos de energía, (LIHEAP). Su servicios no serán desconectado durante el 15 de Noviembre 2016 hasta el 15 de Marzo del 2017 si usted califica para el programa de bajos recursos de energía, (LIHEAP) y si usted continua al corriente en los pagos que usted deba bajo un plan de pago, o hasta el 15 de Noviembre del 2016 y no tenga ningún pago astrasado. Para información en español llame al Departamento de Servicios Humanos, 800-283-4465 o su cooperativa de electricidad.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR EVENT NOTICES?

We welcome your comments or information about book submissions, vecino profiles, and community events. Our e-mail is comments@nmelectric.coop or call 505-982-4671. For community events e-mail: events@nmelectric.coop

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Farewell to a Co-op Champion

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Carpenter was comfortable visiting around the kitchen table over a cup of coffee, defending the co-ops in regulatory or court proceedings, or making our case at the New Mexico Legislature.

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ew Mexico electric co-ops lost a great champion and a dear friend last month with the passing of Richard Carpenter. He was a stalwart in the cooperative family for four decades. He served as the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s attorney from the 1960s until his retirement in 2001. He was also general counsel and a trusted advisor to Plains Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative and many other New Mexico cooperatives over that same period of time. Even after his retirement, he would still answer questions, recall history, and provide advice—when called upon. Dick Carpenter was born February 14, 1937, in Cortland, N.Y., graduated from Syracuse University and Yale Law School. He moved to Santa Fe in the early 1960s and practiced law in the state for 40 years. Much of his efforts were focused on rural electric cooperatives during that time. Dick arrived on the co-op scene in what was a very trying time for these young member-owned businesses. He carried the flag into many a co-op battles on behalf of the members. He was equally comfortable visiting around the kitchen table over a cup of coffee, defending the co-ops in regulatory or

court proceedings, or making our case at the New Mexico Legislature. Dick had a sharp tongue, when needed, and always a quick wit. He took his work very seriously. He didn’t care for notoriety and mostly shunned the spotlight. But through his tenure, he was a driving force in shaping the laws and regulations that have helped make New Mexico electric cooperatives the success stories they are today. Dick lived life to its fullest and was so much more than our cooperative attorney. He was a community leader in Santa Fe. He served on the Board of Trustees of St. Vincent Hospital—now Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, for over 20 years. Carpenter also served two, sixyear terms on the Board of Regents for New Mexico Tech in Socorro. He always strived to know exactly how and why things were being done. He took an interest in every aspect of the university, from student welfare to the financial reports. And through it all, his legal foundation was invaluable. All of this was commonplace—Dick would have told us. What he accomplished through his years was just doing his job, he would say. He would be quick to credit the co-ops with their success. And he would be partially right. But Carpenter helped establish

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the rules of the road necessary for co-op success to build and flourish. One of the many success stories Dick had a hand in, was creating the law which allowed New Mexico electric cooperatives to form the education foundations that help so many young New Mexicans with their college education. This happened 30 years ago. Prior to the enacting of this law, when a cooperative was unable to locate a former member to pay patronage capital, the monies would escheat to the state coffers through the Unclaimed Property Act. Today, those dollars go into foundation accounts that co-ops use to award scholarships to deserving students who are furthering their education. To date, roughly 10,000 scholarships have been awarded to the sons and daughters of co-op members. These awards total over $10 million. Carpenter wrote the law that the New Mexico electric co-ops successfully lobbied through the legislative process. There certainly isn’t enough room in this column to mention all the noteworthy things Dick accomplished. Suffice it to say, we can honor his memory by continuing on with the work he was so passionate about for four decades. Richard Carpenter left the co-op program in a better place for having been a part of it. He will be missed.

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Enchanted Journeys

Hale to the stars BY ALAN HALE

lanet-watching continues as an evening activity during September, although some changes are in the offing. Jupiter finally disappears into dusk. While it may be briefly visible low in twilight at the beginning of the month, it quickly sinks to the horizon and is lost in the bright sky within a few days. After passing behind the sun (as seen from Earth) near month’s end, Jupiter reappears in the dawn sky during the latter part of October. Venus remains fairly low in twilight during September but gradually climbs higher above the horizon, and will be a brilliant sight in our evening skies during the final months of 2016. Higher in the evening sky are Saturn and Mars, both located east of the “head” of the prominent constellation Scorpius and north of the bright star Antares. Saturn, with its rings currently about as wide open as we can ever see them from Earth, sets three to four hours after sunset. Mars, which is shrinking in apparent size as it continues receding from Earth, pulls farther and farther east of Saturn and sets a half hour to a full hour after that planet. The sole planet visible in the morning sky is Mercury. It appears in the dawn during the latter days of September and rises near the beginning of twi-

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Enhanced-color close-up view of the white spots within the Occator Crater on Ceres, as imaged by the Dawn spacecraft. Recent studies indicate these bright spots are salt deposits. NASA photograph. light at month’s end. It should remain visible for the first week or so of October before disappearing into the dawn sky. Some dimmer worlds of our solar system (that are visible with binoculars) are wellplaced for viewing this month. Neptune is traveling slowly through the constellation Aquarius, and Uranus (currently traveling through Pisces) follows a couple of hours later. The “dwarf planet” Ceres— presently home of the Dawn spacecraft—is located in the constellation Cetus, a bit to the southeast of Uranus. Two eclipses take place this month, although neither is visible from anywhere within the U.S. An annular solar eclipse on September 1 crosses southcentral Africa and the western Indian Ocean, while on the 16th the moon will dig deeply into Earth’s outer shadow, or “penumbra,” as seen from throughout the Eastern Hemisphere. Meanwhile, the stage is being set for the total solar eclipse that will be crossing the central U.S. a year from now, on August 21, 2017.

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Fall Weather Comfort Dishes

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eptember has arrived with its changing light and cooler evening temperatures—signifying the season has changed. Here in New Mexico, as the first leaves turn to gold, our senses are made aware of the impending shift by the sight of pickups loaded with stacks of wood traveling down the road, and the scent of roasting chile in the air as we begin provisioning for winter. No longer constrained by afternoon heat, we light our ovens to prepare for fall weather comfort foods that showcase the abundant fall harvest. Here are recipes for some of my early autumn standbys. They deliver a lot of home cooked warmth for a small investment of time. Be sure to include crusty bread, biscuits or cornbread to sop up the sauce.

Cabbage Tamales 1 small-medium cabbage 1 lb. hamburger 1½ cups rice or barley, cooked 2 Tbs. soy sauce 1 Tb. Worcestershire sauce ½ tsp. garlic power ¼ tsp. black pepper 1 bay leaf 1 Tb. sweet paprika 1 tsp. red chile powder

¼ cup matzoh meal or fine breadcrumbs 1 egg, beaten 1 can tomatoes, chopped ½ can water, hot ❧ Place cabbage over hot water in a steamer and steam until outer 8 to 10 leaves can be easily pared from the stem. Combine hamburger, rice or barley, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, black pepper, bay leaf, sweet paprika, red chile powder, matzoh meal or fine breadcrumbs, beaten egg. Mix well. Place 2 generous tablespoons of the hamburger mixture on cabbage leaf, roll and tuck ends, fasten with toothpick. When all rolls are complete, place in large heavy pot, add tomatoes and ½ can hot water. Bring to a boil. Cover, lower flame and simmer for 1½ hours, stirring occasionally. If necessary, add more liquid. Serves 4.

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❧ Gently brown stew meat in olive oil over a low flame. Transfer to deep stew pot. In same skillet as meat was browned, sauté onion and garlic cloves. Add to meat, then add tomatoes, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, and 1 can hot water. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer 1 hour on low flame, stirring occasionally. Add vegetables. Simmer one more hour until vegetables are tender. Add more liquid if necessary. Serve with mashed potatoes. Can be made ahead and flavor improves overnight. Serves 3-4.

Chicken Paprikash 1 whole chicken, cut-up Garlic Black pepper Smoked Spanish paprika Sweet Hungarian paprika 3 Tbs. olive oil 1 can tomato sauce ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped ½ tsp. thyme ½ tsp. rosemary 1 bay leaf ❧ Season chicken with garlic, black pepper, coat with mixture of equal parts smoked Spanish paprika and sweet Hungarian paprika. Brown chicken in olive oil. Place in stew pot. Add can tomato sauce, parsley, thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf. Cover with chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Lower to simmer, add 1 more heaping tablespoon of paprika mixture, stir. Continue simmering for 1 hour, or until chicken is tender and juices run clear. Ladle chicken and sauce into bowl over rice. Add a dollop of sour cream on each serving. Serves 4.

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Energy Sense

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ear Pat: I am planning to replace my current heating system with a geothermal heat pump. It is comparatively pricey to other options, but it seems like an efficient option, and I like the fact that it includes air conditioning. Would a geothermal heat pump be a good choice for me? —Ralph D.

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Dear Ralph: In most areas of the U.S., space heating and cooling account for a large percentage of overall home energy use, so upgrading to a more efficient HVAC system is a great way to reduce your monthly energy bill. A geothermal heat pump, also known as a ground source heat pump, is among the most efficient types of heating and cooling systems you can consider installing in your home. Even when it is extremely hot or cold outside, the temperature a few feet below the surface of the ground remains relatively constant and moderate. A geothermal heat pump system uses this constant ground temperature to help heat and cool your home. As a result, geothermal heat pumps are quite efficient. For example, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, geothermal heat pumps use up to 44 percent less energy than traditional

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1. The collector, or loop field, which is in the ground and cycles a liquid, like antifreeze, through dense plastic tubing. 2. The heat pump that is in your home. 3. The duct system that distributes the heated or cooled air throughout your home.

your home. In the summer, the heat pump extracts heat from the home and transfers it to the cooler ground. The collector that exchanges heating and cooling with the ground can be set up in one of three main ways: • Horizontal system: Plastic tubing is placed in trenches four to six feet below the surface of the ground. This system works well when a home or business

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A horizontal loop field can be less expensive than vertical drilling, but requires more space, as shown at this larger installation at an electric co-op. Photo Credit: Federated Rural Electric Association (MN).

has sufficient available land, as these systems may require up to 400 feet of trenches to be dug. • Vertical system: If the site does not have sufficient space for a horizontal system, a collector can be placed vertically. In this system, a drill digs 100 to 400 feet below the surface and places the tubing. This system can be more costly than a horizontal system, but will have less impact on any existing landscaping and can be used on smaller lots. • Pond system: If a home has access to a pond or lake, a pond system (also known as a water source heat pump) may be possible. The loop field is connected to the heat pump and then placed at least eight feet below the surface of the water. If a homeowner has access to a pond that is sufficiently wide and deep, this option can be the lowest cost. Geothermal systems typically cost more than other heating systems, largely because of the collector and the associated digging or drilling, but their high efficiency can help reduce the payback time. The cost will vary based on whether new ductwork is

needed and the type of collector you install, among other factors. However, there are incentives available for those who install qualified geothermal heat pumps. Most notably, there is a 30 percent federal tax credit for installing an Energy Star-rated system before the end of 2016—so, if your system and installation cost $20,000, you could take $6,000 directly off your federal tax bill. Some states also offer tax incentives, and your electric co-op may offer rebates or financing to help you pay for the system. For those with high energy bills resulting from heating and cooling, an efficient geothermal system is a good option to consider. In addition, those building new homes should consider at the outset whether to install a geothermal heat pump. With new construction, the system can be included in the mortgage and installing it before the home is completed means no disruption to your landscaping. Talk with a qualified energy auditor who can help you evaluate the different heating and cooling options that would be best for your home.

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Tapping a Trend BY KAREN BOEHLER

According to one microbrewery owner in New Mexico, “Most adults in the state drink 27½ gallons of beer a year and that number rarely changes.” With more than two million residents in the state, that’s a lot of beer. And while much of the beer sold comes from national or regional brands, there’s still a lot of room for local brewers. There are 66 local breweries listed on the New Mexico Brewers Guild website (nmbeer.org), and while the majority are in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, rural communities are also part of the microbrew scene, which in turn bring money into the communities.

Sierra Blanca Brewing Company

Sierra Blanca Brewing Company got its start in Carrizozo in 1998, in a historical building just off the intersection of U.S. Highways 54 and 380 in the shadow of the mountain peak. But owners Rich and Sue Weber soon outgrew the tiny village and found a place where they could draw traffic as well as maintain a rural lifestyle— Moriarty. “We moved here because of location,” Rich says. We are near I-40 without being in a city.” They are co-op members of Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative headquartered in Mountainair. Today, signs along the interstate direct travelers to the brewery, which not only still brews its flagship Alien Ale (in amber, wheat and imperial stout) and beers from Rio Grande Brewery, which they bought in 2006, but also for the monks at Abbey Brewing Company in Abiquiu, Isotopes Stadium in Albuquerque, and Texas-based Guns ’N’ Oil out of Austin, Texas. But they remain a small-town operation. “We opened a small brewery, and we’ll always be one.” They brew and bottle the beers—which are shipped as far as Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Nevada—and also invite visitors into their tasting room just

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off Old Route 66 and their newest venture, a half-acre beer garden. “We wanted to create an oasis out here for people to come and hang out in the garden, instead of having to drive into Albuquerque,” says manager and administrative assistant Tasha Isbell. “We wanted something on the east side of the mountains for people to be able to have fun with.” The garden is indeed an oasis, with a pond filled with koi, native plants along gravel-strewn paths, a bandstand, tables and chairs, games, and of course, a bar with beer on tap. Sierra Blanca Brewing Company, which is open six days a week, hosts horseshoe tournaments, four-hole tournaments and parties for events such as St. Patrick’s Day and Octoberfest. But the beer garden is family friendly—they also brew root beer and other sodas for those who prefer not to imbibe. Visitors come from all around, bringing money to the local economy. “We have locals. We have tourists. We have people who come from Albuquerque,” Tasha says. “People who come from Roswell and Carrizozo, who stop on their way through here. People who have known Rich and Sue

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Photos, top to bottom: Rich and Sue (not shown) Weber own the Sierra Blanca Brewing Company in Moriarty. Growlers and mugs can be found at the Blue Heron Brewing Company in Española. Photos by Karen Boehler. since their beginnings. If they’re coming through, they’ll stop just for a pint of beer.”

Desert Water Brewing

Three hours south of Moriarty, just outside the city limits of Artesia, Desert Water Brewing invites visitors into their even smaller brewery.

Michael and Susan Mahan bought Cottonwood Winery three years ago and immediately added beer to the menu. “When we bought it as a winery we knew we wanted to add beer to it,” Michael says. “To bring more people in. And more couples. It seems like it’s easier to get more couples when you offer beer and wine.” While Sierra Blanca is the fourth-largest microbrewer in the state, Desert Water is on the other end of the spectrum. “I have a very small brewery,” Michael says, who is a cooperative member of Central Valley Electric Cooperative headquar-

tered in Artesia. “One of the smallest in New Mexico.” Still, the “barrel-and-a-half system” that can brew up 50 batches is used to make a variety of beers, with at least one on tap at all times. The most popular, Michael says, is Scottish Ale. On the outside, Cottonwood Wine and Brewery is barely noticeable from U.S. 285, a non-descript building surrounded by desert landscape. But step in the door and there’s a room with tables, a bandstand and dance floor, and one room farther is a wood-paneled bar with a halfdozen taps, tables and chairs, and a wall full of both local and New Mexico wines. They have live music and food trucks Friday nights, which draws locals, but tourists also stop by for a taste. “We actually get a lot of people stopping in,” Michael says. “They go online when they’re passing through to go to Carlsbad Caverns or Roswell, and find my brewery and The Wellhead in town, because there are two breweries in Artesia. We get a lot of passersby. It’s handy enough because we’re right off the highway.”

Blue Heron Brewing Company

Further north in the state, is the Blue Heron Brewing Company, another family-owned business that began six years ago. Kristin Hennelly and her husband Scott brew their beers just off Highway 68 in Embudo, with a tasting room across the road from a rafting company, which draws mostly tourists after a long day on the river. They also have a tap room in a historic building just off the Plaza in Española, which always has some Blue Heron brews on tap—“I make a lot of different beers. I mean a lot,” Kristin says. “At any given time, though, I try to keep at least five on tap,” and a small menu, mostly pizza. Kristin, who is a co-op member of Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Española, is trying to grow the Española store, bringing in music on weekends. She says they get a mix of visitors. “We get a few tourists; not as many as we would like. We definitely get people who are brewery hopping, looking for beer. Most of our clientele are people from Española and surrounding areas. We have a really huge, regular crowd who comes in and likes our product.” No matter the amount of beer brewed, microbreweries are big business in New Mexico, and rural communities are certainly no exception.

Photos, top to bottom: A patron at the Sierra Blanca Brewery Company in Moriarty. A showcase of New Mexico wines at Desert Water Brewing in Artesia. Bottles ready to be filled with ale at the Sierra Blanca Brewing Company in Moriarty. Photos by Karen Boehler.

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Book Chat BY PHAEDRA GREENWOOD

ROADSIDE NEW MEXICO: A GUIDE TO HISTORIC MARKERS

APRICOTS AND TORTILLAS: AN ANTHOLOGY ABOUT GROWING UP IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE POSTWAR YEARS

Revised and Expanded Edition By David Pike 2015, 504 pages, $29.95 University of New Mexico Press 800-249-7737; www.unmpress.com This lively book of 494 of New Mexico’s Historic Markers, organized alphabetically for easy identification, provides detailed essays for each one that explores history, geography and local legends. Pike also includes “Ghost Markers” for sites with missing markers that once preserved significant facts and events. Near the New Mexico-Texas border is a marker for Buffalo Soldier Hill that commemorates the deaths of four soldiers on the burning Llano Estacado, led astray by an elusive Comanche band. The author also makes an honest effort to include women in the male-dominated “his-story” of New Mexico. A marker along N.M. 518 in Mora County, where medical doctors are few, honors “Curanderas: Women Who Heal” using plants, spiritual and holistic remedies, “an integral part of the Hispanic fabric of Mora County…” Great “cliff notes” of the Southwest.

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2015, 137 pages, $17 Susan Paquet; Lisa Myers; Maria Leyba; Lynn Ewing; Cynthia Sylvester; Georgia Santa Maria; Andrew Paquet, Jr. Mercury HeartLink 505-881-2499; www.heartlink.com Seven authors recall authentic childhood memories. Susan Paquet was drawn to her classmates’ mellifluous Spanish “so powerful and magical that they were forbidden to speak it in the classroom” for fear of being paddled. Meyers tells how her mother abandoned her in a drug store. Leyba, who longed to “raze the school and scalp my teachers” returns to her old school as an art teacher and counselor. Ewing encounters a soldier who lost a hand on the Bataan Death March. Sylvester learns how to rise from disaster and find the strength to start again. Santa Maria, a “base brat,” knew “we were a Russian target, might be vaporized like the people in Nagasaki …” Andrew Paquet Jr. adds humor with “The Invisible Methodist.” A frank, engaging read.

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By Gabriel Horn 2015, 279 pages, $12.99 Lisa Hagan Books www.nativeearthwords.com

By Lloyd Tireman 2016/1949, 44 pages, $12.95 University of New Mexico Press 800-249-7737; www.unmpress.com

Rainy Peeks, a beautiful Native American child, orphaned at age five, is raised on the beaches of Florida by her “Granpa” and taught tribal traditions: to love and honor Father the Sky, Mother Earth and The Great Mystery. Despite confusing flashbacks and flashforwards and disconcerting shifts in tense and point of view, Motherless won the 2016 International Book Award for Multicultural Fiction, the Indie Excellence Book Award, and others. The story retains a power and charm that carries us through the shoals of “second language” to the bright shores of beauty and truth. Horn bemoans the violent behavior of humans from racism and genocide to oil spills and nuclear bombs. Modern civilization is viewed as koyaanisqatsi (out of balance), detached from the source of life. Luckily, “Not all people are crazy,” Horn writes. The Indigenous road reveals a portal into another dimension where wisdom, courage and imagination can heal our wounded planet. Bravo! Onward!

This Facsimile book is part of the Mesaland Series that teaches children about the flora and fauna of the Southwest. The illustrations are simple and educational. This clever coyote likes to pull tricks on dogs and humans. Though he eats a variety of things, in the winter he is often hungry. When a local cowboy thinks he has been tricked by the coyote, he decides to lay a trap for him. Caught in the steel trap, coyote chews off three of his toes to free himself. Three-Toes can’t chase down a rabbit anymore so he uses cunning. He watches where the rabbits like to hang out, then shows himself and disappears. Is Three-Toes sneaking up behind them? When an anxious rabbit flees down the arroyo, ThreeToes is waiting. He celebrates his catch by yipping joyfully on top of the mesa. A fun read.

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Vecinos BY CRAIG SPRINGER

Retablos and Trout in Tajique I

’m standing on the east-facing portico of artist Joe Dowell’s home near Tajique in Torrance County. The soft song of a spotted towhee sweetens the air. Dowell’s home and studio are on a gentle hillside studded with junipers and a few piñon pines. It’s a great place to be an artist. Dowell’s house is made of what he calls “farmer stone,” native angular rocks stacked and mortared, materials borne of necessity. It’s about a century old, likely built by the first homesteaders who tried to eke out a living in the Estancia Valley growing pinto beans. The “nesters” as they were called, mostly from Oklahoma and Texas, made a go of it for a few decades cultivating the land. Now it’s here that Dowell, who receives service from Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative headquartered in Mountainair, makes a go of it plying his craft with wood and saws, brushes and acrylic paints, lacquers and sealants. As we walk inside the stone abode, the monotone sound of AM radio seeps from a distant room. You hear more crackle than the actual broadcast for the lightening popping somewhere distant. The long and narrow foyer is well apportioned with a mix of completed artworks. I am awe struck with surprise of Dowell’s breadth of subject matter. He is perhaps best known for his wildlife art—his trout and salmon and bird life in particular. He also has on display a tall wooden slat, and painted on it a menagerie of New Mexican animals. “It’s my tribute to Saint Francis of Assisi and all the animals that live around me in Tajique,” says Dowell. “I have tried to capture all the animals that have blessed me here at my house. I’ve been visited by them all.” The piece is done in the spirit of 19th century Mexican retablo devotional art and depicts from the ground up, a rattlesnake and robin, mule deer and pronghorn to bluebirds, goldfinches and wrens and more, all surrounding the patron saint of animals. The poetry is additive in that it’s painted on a slat from an ancient barn that once stood a short walk from his studio. It’s been pulled down by gravity and Dowell recycles the wood into art. Dowell is a self-described “army brat,” the son of a Korean War veteran. He started painting at age two and was encouraged to follow the muse by his parents. He came of age in Indiana and attended Indiana University earning a Bachelor of Fine Art and an Associates in Commercial Art. As has happened with so many artists, he felt the pull of New Mexico. “I’ve been here 25 years,” says Dowell. “I was enchanted from the start—we live in an enchanted land.”

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This enchanted land inspires the painter, Dowell. “New Mexico is a great place to scratch around, to find your muse or find yourself,” he says. “Maybe you’re an O’Keefe or may be you’re not, but you can see how Georgia played around with desert life. There’s beauty in every living and every dead thing in desert lands.” Fish, these days, seem to be his forte. He loves to fish; and he loves to create and paint them. “I am moved by their form in nature,” he says. “There’s a connection you feel with fish when you get to know their habits and habitats that come with fishing. Rocks mean something in trout streams and when you fish for them you know why.” Dowell has painted a good many species of fish that live in nature from Alaska to Florida, including two trout native only to the American Southwest: Gila trout and Rio Grande cutthroat trout—New Mexico’s official state fish. Dowell accurately replicates the natural colors found on fishes in nature in fine detail, from parr marks to the scads of pepper flakes on a trout’s flank. Back out on the portico, off in the distance, a truck rambles down a road throwing up a rooster-tail dust trail that’s quickly lost in the breeze. The sky has darkened as sheets of rain pour on the prairie looking like at this distance, a sheer curtain pulled by the wind. Half of an arcing rainbow, the colors of which grace Dowell’s art, punctuates the point that this is an enchanted land. “Living here is like watching a PBS special about nature,” says Dowell, as we part. Joe Dowell’s trout are on display at The Range Cafe in Bernalillo. He will be showing his work at the 14th Annual Harvest Wine Festival, Wines of the San Juan, Blanco, New Mexico, September 24-25. You can call him at 505-702-9783.

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Back Yard Trails BY CRAIG SPRINGER

Hillsboro Peak Offers Commanding Views of Southern New Mexico

he Black Range is anything but ordinary. From a distance, this 65-mile-long armada is dark and foreboding. It is rugged terrain, not easily penetrated and was among the last places explored in New Mexico by scientists. Botanists and snail biologists surveyed the range in the early 19th century. The Forest Service measured its timber in about 1910. The Black Range was the province of the Apache until the early 1880s. Hillsboro Peak in the southern end of the Black Range stands stalwart, catching winter snows that feed springs, and Percha and Palomas and Animas creeks that tumble toward the Rio Grande, only to get soaked up by sun and sand. Fewer people live on the flanks of Hillsboro Peak and the Black Range today than in years past. Kingston and its nearby mining camps at the base of the Hillsboro Peak bounded with about 1,500 folks until the Panic of 1893. From the mountain top, you can see where the hardscrabble miners scratched at the earth looking for color. When the price of silver plummeted, they moved on and never came back.

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Today, there’s still treasure to be found in the vistas and the challenge of getting to the top of Hillsboro Peak. It’s a 10-mile round-trip and can be done in a day. But an overnighter is better; you can reach out and touch the cosmos. You’ll find a fire tower on top for good reason—the commanding views of the Gila National Forest and the immense Rio Grande Valley. Parts of the Black Range burned in 2013, so the trail to Hillsboro Peak is shadeless in parts. The trail starts at Emory Pass. You’ll hike by a rock wall built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps designed to hold back a sliding scree field, roughly half way to the peak. As you approach the Aldo Leopold Wilderness boundary, you can take a short foray down the forested slope to Hillsboro Lake, a shallow large pool where you’ll be all but guaranteed to see deer or bear tracks, if not the animals in the flesh. Emory Pass and the trailhead is 34 miles west of I-25 on NM 152. Take water. A spring marked by a sign near the mountain top is a reliable source if filtered.

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IT IS WOOD SAWMILL AROMATIC RED cedar lumber, tongue and groove paneling closet lining. $3 a square foot. Call 575-278-2433 in Folsom, New Mexico. COFFINS, CASKETS & URNS. Simple, Natural, Unique. Delivery in New Mexico. Nationwide shipping. Call 505-286-9410 for catalog and FREE funeral information. Visit our website at www.theoldpinebox.com WANTED: “OLD” FISHING TACKLE. PRE-1950, LURES, reels, complete tackle boxes. Paying cash, “TOP” prices paid. Send photos to: tacklechaser@aol.com or call 575-354-0365. ADVERTISE A DISPLAY AD IN ENCHANTMENT'S Holiday Gift Guide. Contact Susan at sespinoza@nmelectric for special promotion pricing and details. WANTED: OLD, VERY RUSTED CORRUGATED ROOFING. Need several hundred square feet to use for fencing (nail holes, etc. OK). Pieces 6 feet or longer. Call 505-316-1476. 2000 35-FOOT HITCHHIKER 5TH WHEEL CAMPER. Great condition. Very clean. One slide out. Must sell! Asking $12,800 or best offer. Stored in Roswell, New Mexico. Contact rickyflores5070@ gmail.com or call 575-512-5070 after 6:00 p.m. WANTING TO BUY AN OLD BLACKSMITH’S anvil. Please call 575-742-5127 with description.

LOOKING FOR A SMITH & WESSON or Colt revolver. Please call 575-742-5127 with details.

Roof Over Your Head TWO CABINS, 1800 & 700 SQUARE feet. 25+ acres in Ponderosa Pines @ 8,000 feet, north of Pie Town, NM. Hunting Unit 13. $450,000. For a DVD with a powerpoint walk-through, contact David Hanneman, 520-296-9236 or hannemans@cox.net BREATHTAKING 360° PANORAMIC VIEWS OF CAPITANS, Sierra Blanca Mountains from twostory (3,120 ft.) house on 9.40 acres in Capitan, NM. Parkside setting, open frontroom, dining, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. Flexspace on first floor for Artist Studio-Home Office-playroompoolroom, home theater, etc. Rock entrywayrock waterfall, insulated garage-workshop, Carport. Residential-Commercial. Can be all family or a two-in-one home/business on first floor. Stress-air pollution free. Total investment only $378,900. 704-965-3331. THREE 12-ACRE LOTS NEXT TO VILLANUEVA. Power and water. $45,000 for each lot. Owner Financed. Call 505-690-0308 or 505-466-6127 (Español).

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LOG CABIN KITS: BUILD YOUR OWN custom Cabin with one of our Kits, 6x8 D T&G Logs, 4x10 Rafters and 2x6 Ship Lap Decking. Kits range from 700 to 2,000 square feet. Based in New Mexico. Call 575-682-6683 or 575-202-0180. WATER DOWSING AND CONSULTING: PROVEN SUCCESS, 40 years experience. In Lincoln County, will travel. Elliot Topper, 575-354-2984. LEAVE THE MADNESS BEHIND. RETIRE IN beautiful Lincoln County New Mexico, next to the national forest. Bring your horses. Enjoy peace, quiet and natural beauty together. 3-8 acre lots, located north of Ruidoso. Discount for veterans, owner financing. Call 505-281-2598. TIME SHARE FOR SALE: WYNDHAM FLAGSTAFF, Arizona. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, sleeps 6. Full kitchen with dishwasher, air-conditioning, washer/dryer, fireplace. Close to Grand Canyon and Sedona. Call 940-613-0605. WALK-IN READY, UTE LAKE, LOGAN, NEW Mexico vacation rental. Enjoy lake in comfort. 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, mobile home, sleeps 6, A/ Cs, furnished, all household needs, D/W, microwave, W/D, spacious deck, bbq grill, lake view, one mile from South Dock, fenced backyard, $100 night, 2 night minimum. Reservations 575-403-5290. 300 SOUTH MARSHALL IN GRADY: THREE bedroom, two bath home on large lot with covered horse stalls and pens, central heat, air conditioning, woodstove, village water. Big Mesa Realty, 575456-2000. Paul Stout, Broker, NMREL 17843. Call 575-760-5461, www.bigmesarealty.com

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LOOKING FOR WATER? GIFTED TO FIND underground streams. Reputable dowser with 50 years of experience. To God Be The Glory! Contact Joe Graves at 575-758-3600 in Taos, 75 miles north of Santa Fe. God Bless You. 20 ACRES, 45 MINUTES FROM SANTA Fe. Power and water. Security gate and small airstrip. $125,000. Owner Financed. Call 505-690-0308. HILLSBORO HOME FOR LEASE OR SALE By Owner. Beautifully renovated, 3 bedroom 2 bath secluded home. 1,700 square feet, custom cabinets, near downtown Hillsboro on approximately two acres. Easy access to T or C and Las Cruces. Call 575-895-5154. LAND FOR SALE IN GLORIETA, NEW Mexico. These 7.75 acres border the forest on the west side. The beautiful Pecos Wilderness can be clearly viewed from the east. Asking $125,000. Call 575-421-1110. CLOUDCROFT VILLAGE, 209 CHIPMUNK. 2 BEDROOM, 2 bath; den/dining room, washer/dryer hookups, fireplace, woodstove. New paint, new carpet. Owner Financing. $125,000. Call 915-595-4021.

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FOR SALE: IN MORA VALLEY. 15 acres mountains and approximately 20 acres dry land. Serious inquiries only. Contact Mike at 505-753-6338. FOR SALE: 1994 SOLITAIRE DOUBLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED home, 28x54. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, metal roof, fireplace, built-in China hutch, dishwasher and stove. Located in Tucumcari, New Mexico. For more information, call 575-461-1516. MOUNTAIN TOP LAND WANTED IN MORA County. 75+ acres, secluded with trees, pastures, water, view; including timber and mineral rights; not near any dumps, noise, air or light pollution. Don’t want house or electric. All land contiguous. Call or text, 716-361-3618. 78 ACRES, 3/2 DW PIE TOWN, trees, fenced, good well, outbuildings, elk, $160,000. 640 acres Fence Lake, excellent hunting property, fenced, solar well, $360,000. Tri-County Real Estate License, Gregg Fix, Qualifying Broker, 575-838-6018. www.landsofamerica.com/ member/12695. SALE OR LEASE, PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN CABIN. 5.5 acres, 1200’ county road 2+1 Greatroom with fireplace, kitchen, living room. Attached 20’x20’ garage, all utilities. BUY $129,000 or LEASE 1 year $725/month. Immediate Occupancy. To see, call Frank at 505-783-4949 or leave a message please. FOR SALE: HOME, 300 RAILROAD, WAGON Mound, New Mexico. Must see to appreciate! Price Reduced. Inquiries, phone 970-568-7959. FOUR BEAUTIFUL WOODED LOTS IN VALLE Escondido. HOA offers 9-hole golf course, clubhouse featuring food and drink, swimming pool and stocked fishing ponds. Plus community water, trash and roads maintained year round. Easy year round access, HOA provides snow removal on roads. ALL 4 Lots for $49,950. Call 806-236-3020. APPROXIMATELY 1,200 SQUARE FOOT LOG CABIN on 2 acres at Millstone Acres by the Brazos Cliffs, 5 minutes from the Chama River. 2 bedrooms, one bath. All utilities, appliances included. Call 505-836-4560. 150 VIGAS SALVAGED FROM OLD SCHOOL house. Up to 24’, can cut to length, good condition. Also more at up to 50’, plus poles. Call 575-638-5619. CANJILON LAND FOR SALE: 2 ACRES, paved road, community water, power, phone available. Great views, forest access. $35,000. Call 575-638-5619.

Things That Go Vroom! WOULD LIKE TO BUY A 1955 or 1956 or 1957 Chevrolet car. Doesn’t need to run but all parts need to be there. Call 575-309-9399. 2005 NISSAN TITAN XE, CREW CAB, 5.6L V8 engine, 4x4, automatic transmission, beautiful gray exterior, nice leather interior, 126,000 miles, $16,500. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises. com or call 505-832-5106.

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1994 BLUEBIRD 66-PASSENGER SCHOOL BUS, IN excellent condition, $5,000. Contact: Sandia Baptist Church, 1100 W. Manana Boulevard, Clovis, New Mexico 88101. Call 575-763-3471 or 575-799-1736.

2004 GMC SIERRA 1500, EXTENDED CAB, 4x4, 5.3L V8 engine, automatic transmission, nice gold exterior, clean cloth interior, 163,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $11,950. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

1991 VOLVO STATIONWAGON 944 TURBO, GOLD color, no dents, excellent condition. Some maintenance and restoration work required, have complete maintenance records. Serious/reasonable offers only! Located at Bluewater Lake, Thoreau, New Mexico. Call 505-285-1064.

2008 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500, HD, LT1, Crew cab, 4x4, 6.6L V8 engine, nice gray color with clean leather interior, automatic transmission, 111,000 miles, 1 Owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $32,900. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2007 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 DURAMAX, LT, 6.6L V8 engine, 4x4, crew cab, short bed, automatic transmission, nice brown exterior, only 75,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $33,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2013 CHEVY TAHOE, LTZ, 4X4, 5.3L V8 engine, clean white exterior, nice leather interior, automatic transmission, 70,000 miles, 1 Owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $37,950. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2015 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD, LT, 6.6L V8 Turbo Diesel engine, 4x4, crew cab, automatic transmission, silver with beautiful cloth interior, only 38,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $45,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2012 GMC SIERRA 1500, DENALI CREW cab, 6.2L V8 engine, gray with beautiful leather interior, automatic transmission, 4x4, 91,000 miles, One Owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $29,950. See pictures at www.niqueenterprise.com or call 505-832-5106. 2013 TOYOTA TUNDRA, CREW MAX SR5, 4x4, 5.7L V8 engine, automatic transmission, nice red exterior, clean cloth interior, 130,000 miles, clean CARFAX, One Owner vehicle, $26,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2003 DODGE RAM 2500, SLT, 5.7L V8 engine, white exterior, cloth interior, 161,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $8,950. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500, CREW CAB, 5.3L V8 engine, automatic transmission, gorgeous red exterior, nice cloth interior, 184,000 miles, 4x4, clean CARFAX, One Owner vehicle, $13,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2013 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500, LT, CREW cab, 4x4, 5.3L V8 engine, nice brown exterior with clean cloth interior, automatic transmission, 158,000 miles, 1 Owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, $20,850. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER, 4.0L V6 engine, stunning blue exterior, clean cloth interior, automatic transmission, 107,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $19,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises. com or call 505-832-5106.

2004 GMC YUKON XL 1500, 5.3L V8 engine, nice tan exterior, beautiful leather interior, automatic transmission, 163,000 miles, clean CARFAX, One Owner vehicle, $11,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 1984 FULL-SIZE CHEVY BLAZER 4X4, $2,600 or with snowplow $5,000 OBO. 1997 Dodge 2500 4x4 regular cab, $2,600 or with snowplow $6,000 OBO. 1996 Dodge 2500 4x4 extended cab with snowplow $5,000 OBO. Call 505-620-9167. HIS AND HER’S CLASSICS: HIS, 1931 Ford Model A Deluxe Coupe. Her’s, 1976 MGB 50th Anniversary Model. Both in great shape. Below NADA Book. Call 575-760-9478. 2009 MINI COOPER S, 1.6L L4, Turbo engine, nice red exterior, cloth interior, 6 speed manual transmission, clean CARFAX, 113,000 miles, $9,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises. com or call 505-832-5106. 2012 FORD F-250, SD, XLT, CREW cab, Long bed, 4x4, 6.7L V8 Turbo Diesel engine, automatic transmission, brown exterior, clean leather interior, clean CARFAX, One Owner vehicle, 111,000 miles, $39,550. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2013 TOYOTA 4RUNNER, SR5, 4X4, 4.0L, V6, beautiful sliver exterior, clean leather interior, automatic transmission, One Owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, only 49,000 miles, $34,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106. 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500, SL, CREW cab, 4x4, 5.3L, V8 engine, gorgeous bronze exterior, nice cloth interior, automatic transmission, 70,000 miles, clean CARFAX, $24,950. See pictures at www. uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

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2013 SUBARU IMPREZA WAGON STYLE AWD, leather seats, sunroof, One Owner CARFAX, silver with gray interior, 48,000 miles, automatic transmission, $18,750. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

MEXICAN BUFFET, BEAUTIFUL CARVING, VERY OLD; wicker shelves and drawers, double doors, old; Armoire with two doors with mirrors. All in good condition. Call 505-579-4007.

2007 DODGE RAM 2500, LARAMIE, QUAD cab, 4x4, 6.7L, Turbo Diesel, 6 speed manual transmission, nice blue exterior, beautiful cloth interior, One Owner vehicle, clean CARFAX, 112,000 miles, $28,950. See pictures at www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

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.

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WANTED: NEW MEXICO MOTORCYCLE LICENSE PLATES 1912-1959, paying $100-$500 each, also buying some New Mexico car plates 19001923. Wanted: New Mexico Highway Journal magazines 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. BUYING OLD STUFF: GAS PUMPS AND parts 1960’s 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. Objects for collectors and users from various trades. Specializing in American and European hand tools. Sell, buy, barter, consign. Gray Matter-Art + Artifacts. 926 Baca Street, #6, Santa Fe. 505-780-0316. WANTED TO BUY: ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES. Looking for anything with Advertising on it; Old Signs and Memorabilia. Please call 575-760-5651. WANTED: “OLD” FISHING TACKLE. PRE-1950, LURES, reels, complete tackle boxes. Paying cash, “TOP” prices paid. Send photos to: tacklechaser@aol.com or call 575-354-0365. A COWBOY BATHTUB? WE HAVE THAT and more at Rough Rider Antiques in Las Vegas. Antlers, old tools, military and Fred Harvey. A buckboard seat that lost its wagon; a 10-foot church pew worn smooth; a Kodiak Island goat hide ready to hang; carved wood decoys. Navajo rugs; Native American, estate and costume jewelry. Coins, postcards, rare books. We are packed with furniture from 19th Century to present day (1800s fainting couch to apartment-size bistro table with 2 stools). Tons of tables and cupboards. Maybe a hundred fine china cups with saucers, fancy glass and colorful kitchenware. French soap and gently worn or new clothing. Nancy has added a dozen new oilcloth patterns. Bring your friends and stay for lunch. 501 Railroad Avenue. Open 7 days. 505-454-8063.

When Opportunity Knocks LONGHORN DANCE BAND AVAILABLE FOR DANCES, private parties, clubs and organizations. Playing the finest in Classic Country and Rock n Roll. Visit us at longhorndanceband.com and contact Mack Shafer at 575-354-9148 or 575-937-6863. ARE YOU THIS PERSON? SELF-MOTIVATED, TEAM player, proactive, trouble-shooter, advocate health/wellness, like to help others, businessminded, believe relationship marketing. If so, Young Living Essential Oils members Sharon Grace, 505-235-9460, and LInda, 575-779-9007, want to interview you. Call/text.

Hats, Boots and Spurs Our Youth Artists had a grand old time at the rodeo! Awesome job! It's nearly October and that means National Co-op Month. To pay tribute to your electric co-op, draw a light bulb, your co-op building, or a power pole inside of a stamp for "My Co-op Stamp." The Youth Editor recently spotted beautiful red and yellow ristras. For November's topic, draw "Rockin' Ristras." Have a colorful and fun time.

Look What's New: We now accept Youth Art drawings by e-mail. Send jpg file and required information by the 9th to: enchantment@nmelectric.coop

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. Accept artwork up to age 13. 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.

Christin Armijo, Age 10, Socorro

Odessa Becenti, Age 11, Crownpoint

Jaxsen Cordova, Age 7, Moriarty

Luke Love, Age 7, Sandia Park

Colton Cruz, Age 11, Des Moines

Alan Luna, Age 10, Hagerman

Marisa Martinez, Age 10, Chimayo

Aaliyah Salazar, Age 12, Pecos

Hanna Whitney, Age 9, Datil

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