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CONTENTS 6 PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK • SILVER CITY ADVENTURES New editor onboard By Richard Coltharp 7 EXIBITS • NMSU LIBRARY World War I artifacts 8 DESERT DIARY Ingestibles

17 ARTS EXPOSURE • GALLERY GUIDE Weekly events in Grant County. 19 BODY, MIND & SPIRT Grant County Weekly Events

9 TOURISM MOMENT • MONUMENT HIEGHTS Gila Cliff visitors bring economic devlopment

20 BRIGHT BLOOMS • THE BIRDS OF SPRING An avian time to caboodle By Jay W. Sharp

10 WILD RIDE • CONSERVATION GENETICS Gila trout management By Craig Springer

22 HEALTHY FEET • GOOD SHOES , GOOD HEALTH Footwork can make all the difference By Bernard Sternthal

12 WEARING HISTORY • FASHION COLLECTION Silver City Museum 13 ARTS EXPOSURE • ARTS SCENE. The latest area art happenings

26 TALKING HORSES • LOOK BUT DON’T TOUCH Keep your hands to yourself By Scott Thompson

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28 THE STARRY DOME • CONSTELLATION OF THE MONTH Virgo the maiden By Bert Stevens

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29 LOOKING UP • TRAVEL THE STARS Astronomy conference coming to Las Cruces By Todd G. Dickson

23 ART AND NATURE • RELAXING ON THE DUNES White Sands fullmoon nights By Zak Hansen 25 EXPLORING PUBLIC LANDS • HIDDEN TREASURES Organ Mountain Desert Peaks By Ben Gabriel

30 SOUTHWEST GARDENER • MERCHANT GARDENS Flowing yards By Vivian Savitt

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32 RED OR GREEN • DINING GUIDE Restaurant guide for southwest New Mexico. 32 TABLE TALK • Yankie Creek Coffee House By Elva K. Österreich

26 ART OF THE RIDE • COWBOY CRAFTMANSHIP Creating a good saddle By Karin Ray

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39 40 DAYS & 40 NIGHTS Complete area events guide for May and a little beyond.

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About the cover: “Bone Dry,” by Brian Helsmeyer While visiting family in Deming, Hilsmeyer had been making quite a few images of the surrounding environment, but was having a difficult time coming up with a photograph that spoke to New Mexico’s relationship with water. Images of baked earth and empty arroyos couldn’t really convey the region’s fragile relationship with this precious resource. At the very end of my journey, he discovered a box of old animal bones in his aunt’s garage and was inspired to hang this coyote skull on the backyard clothesline. The result was this photo, “Bone Dry,” a meditation on life and water in Southern New Mexico.

Correction: Photographer Max Carmichael graciously provided the photos which ran with the May Southwest Gardner column. Desert Exposure regrets the omission of his name from the May issue.

Desert Exposure is published monthly and distributed free of charge at establishments throughout Southern New Mexico. Vol. 20, number 5, May 2015. Mail subscriptions are $19 for 6 issues, $37 for 12 issues. Single copies by mail $4. All contents © 2015 OPC News, LLC. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without written permission. All rights to material by outside contributors revert to the author. Views expressed in articles, advertisements, graphics and/or photos appearing in Desert Exposure do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or advertisers. Desert Exposure is not responsible for unsolicited submissions of articles or artwork. Submissions by mail must include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope for reply or return. It will be assumed that all submissions, including email letters, are intended for publication. All submissions, including letters to the editor, may be edited for length, style and content.

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he has seen the folks from Mythbusters other things, the death of an Alamogordo citizen who blow stuff up in the middle of nowhere out- perished in one of the planes flown into the World side of Socorro. Trade Center. She and I and everyone in the buildShe has walked beneath the pines in Ruidoso and ing watched in horror on an old, black-and-white TV Cloudcroft. with foil on the antennas, as the towers fell in endless She has photographed stealth aircraft at Hollo- replays. man Air Force Base. Elva is eagerly looking forward to this next chapShe has met chimpanzees in Alamogordo. ter in her career as a journalist in New Mexico. She has hung upside down in a stunt plane over I will remain involved with Desert Exposure as the desert. publisher, contributor, collaborator and, whenever She has floated over the white sands in a hot air possible, restaurant reviewer. balloon. Elva, though, will be the guiding force of the pubShe has photographed graduation ceremonies in lication. She will work with the community to cover Las Cruces. the things readers and advertisers want. She went to high school and college in AlbuquerI have been a fan of Desert Exposure for some que. time, having enjoyed its diverse, eclectic approach She has raised three sons in the Land of Enchant- and observations of life in southern New Mexico. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ment, one of whom is now a Marine. always insightful, interesting, intriguing and enterShe has hiked the Organ Mountains. taining. Not to mention fun. She has seen aliens in Roswell. Well, maybe. Those are the same things that made Elva want She has shared a jail cell with (a photo of) Billy to be the publicationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s editor. She wants to continue the Kid. and build on that. She has traveled nearly every corner of our state â&#x20AC;&#x153;My love for the communities, people, history, in the search of stories. landscape and sunsets of New Mexico has found a She has the soul of an artist and a heart of gold. home in Desert Exposure where I can strive to conHer name is Elva Ă&#x2013;sterreich and tinue to reflect all those things now she is the editor of Desert Exin this beautiful monthly paContact us! posure. per,â&#x20AC;? Elva said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am delighted 840 N. Telshor Blvd., Suite E Elva has a long history of working to be here and virtually hopLas Cruces, NM 88011 in newspapers in New Mexico, and ping with excitement at the (575) 524-8061 an even longer history living in New opportunity to further explore email: Mexico. Since 1998, she has worked the world that is Southern New editor@desertexposure.com as a writer, photographer and editor Mexico and the Silver City letters@desertexposure.com at newspapers in New Mexico, inarea.â&#x20AC;? ads@desertexposure.com cluding the Alamogordo Daily News, We look forward to working El Defensor Chieftan in Socorro, the with everyone in the communiRuidoso News and the Las Cruces ties we publish. Bulletin. If you have any questions, feel free to contact eiElva is excited about this opportunity and is look- ther one of us. Elva will be monitoring the editor@ ing forward to meeting and working with all of you. desertexposure.com email. Her cell phone number is Having known Elva for almost 20 years, I can assure 575-443-4408. you she is very pleasant and easy to work with. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also dedicated to her craft, and dedicated to See what you can do to spread her readers and community. some of the happiness today. I was with Elva on Sept. 11, 2001, when I was the Richard Coltharp is editor and publisher of the Alamogordo Daily News. We worked publisher of Desert Exposure together with the other members of the newspaper, putting out three printed editions in about 20 hours, breaking news to readers that included, among many

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Coyotes have a place in Columbus

Coyotes and mice

Quote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) is a deceptively cute animal, with big eyes and ears. Its head and body measure approximately 2-3 inches (5cm - 7.5cm) in length, and the tail adds another 2 to 3 inches. In color, the deer mouse ranges from grey to reddish brown, depending on age. The underbelly is always white and the tail has clearly defined white sides. The hantavirus strain present in deer mice is Sin Nombre (SNV). The deer mouse is found throughout North America, preferring woodlands, but also appearing in desert areas.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; http:// www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/rodents/

In addition to carrying the Hanta Virus, the deer mouse also harbors the assassin beetle, aka cone-nose beetle or Mexican kissing bug â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a rather large insect that sucks blood (yours, if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a mouse handy) (it also loves squash and is called a squash bug) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in South America, they carry Chaga, which is coming north with migrants from South America. Guess what the main meals for coyotes is â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not your French poodle. Deer Mice. Rabbits. Since the Village of Columbus, in its infinite wisdom some years ago, saw fit to poison all the coyotes in this area, I have been plagued with

deer mice. I never saw them before, but have killed about a dozen in my house so far this year alone. I know people like to kill everything that bothers them, but I happen to like the coyote. I like its song; I like the animal; I like that it keeps rodent and rabid rabbit populations down. I truly miss the song dog in the Columbus area, and no matter how deceptively cute the deer mouse is, it is a filthy, nasty little beast when in your home. What can we do to stop the vendetta on coyotes and realize that they, too, have a place in the ecosystem? Maya Columbus, NM

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NMSU Library World War I Artifacts

ocumenting the reach of World War I into New rank of major prior to mobilization in 1917 as part Mexico, the New Mexico State University Li- of the American Expeditionary Force. De Bremond brary - Archives and Special Collections De- served with distinction, was promoted to lieutenant partment will be running the exhibit “New Mexico and colonel, and saw action in the Second Battle of the World War I: Documents, Photographs and Artifacts” Marne in the summer of 1918. Parking after 4:30 p.m. is free on campus and in the Milton Gallery of Branson Library, 4th floor East, Branson Library is open during the summer from at NMSU through Oct. 1. In 1915, due to revolutionaries along the southern 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. border, the United States made advancements in the to 6 p.m. Saturday and is closed on Sunday. For technology which became crucial at its entry to the more information, contact the NMSU Library’s Uniwar. Among the most important advances was radio versity Archives at (575) 646-3839. communication. The New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts embarked on an ambitious program of training buzzer operators under the direction of engineering professor, Ralph W. Goddard. In 1918 the college worked out a program of military training for the government-sponsored Student Army Training Corps that was so successful that the War Department asked Goddard to demonstrate the equipment and teaching methods developed here to other schools. In addition, the War Department designated the college as a “radio listening post” for the Army’s intelligence department — a highly classified operation. Thanks to Goddard NMSU Library’s University Archives holds approximately two dozen photographs of these military programs, a selection of which are on display in the Milton Gallery. The Rio Grande Historical Collections’ de Bremond Collection will feature campaign maps and correspondence from Charles Marie de Bremond’s tour of duty in France. De Bremond was a prosper- One of the images on display at the Branson Library ous farmer and sheep rancher from Roswell who was through Oct. 1.(Rio Grande Historical Collections’ commissioned as a first lieutenant in the New Mexi- de Bremond Collection) co National Guard Battery A in 1910. He rose to the

A World War I poster supporting women working. (Goddard Collection in the University Archives)

ADVENTURE

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Three from Las Cruces embark on 1,400 mile bicycle journey

aleidoscope Las Cruces, in partnership with the Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce, has embarked on Kaleidoscope Bicycle Expedition 2015. They will left on, June 1, and are traveling from Las Cruces and plan to arrive July 15 at Yellowstone National Park. Along the route they will pedal over 1,400 miles, camp on public lands as much as possible, connect with nonprofit organizations and businesses, including representatives from United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ Church, as well as entrepreneurs with a commitment to local, sustainable business. In so-doing they will build collaboration among western communities, and serve as ambassadors for First Christian Church and the Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce. Kaleidoscope Las Cruces is a program of First Christian Church of Las Cruces (FCC) that identifies needs in Las Cruces and finds ways to meet those needs. It creates sustainable solutions that support the health, wellbeing and happiness of all people by creating spaces of respect and inclusion. Kaleidoscope began their work two years ago, and since starting they have partnered with after-school activities with middle and high school youth. One such partnership is with a local middle school bicycle club that meets

weekly, equips youth with bicycle maintenance and riding finding lodging with individuals found on Couchsurfing. Their destinations cities are: Socorro, Belen, Albuquerskills, and through partnerships and sponsorships has connected these youth with bicycle gear they would not have que and Farmington New Mexico, Durango, Cortez, Monotherwise. They’re also working with LGBT groups in the trose Sapinero / Gunnison, Poncha Springs, Idaho Springs, community and New Mexico State University to promote Denver, Nederland, Estes Park, Grand Lake and Walden, Colorado, Saratoga, Rawlins, Jeffrey City, Ft. Washakie, better understanding and inclusiveness. First Christian Church of Las Cruces (FCC) is a United DuBois, Colter Bay and Yellowstone National Park, WyoChurch of Christ and Disciples of Christ congregation. It ming. is an Open and Affirming congregation welcoming into the full life and ministry of the church all persons, including those of every race, culture, age, gender, sexual orientation, ability and economic status. FCC has previ304 E. 17th St. - $550/month plus utilities, ously fostered services for physically and 500 sq. ft. with 3 offices and 1 bathroom. mentally limited youth and developed alterFully carpeted, updated fixtures native affordable housing for seniors, among other things. Kaleidoscope continues this and Evap. Cooling long-held tradition of social justice advocacy and work in the community. Contact Enchantment Property Managment @ The riding team consists of: Naoma Staley, 575-538-2931 for more information Blake Stogner, and Shad Bostick. The team will bike an average of 50 miles a day, and take breaks every 5-7 days depending on terrain. They’ll be camping on public lands and

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Two take home gift card Thelma and Richard Melvin won a $153 Silver City Food Co-op Gift Card. They entered the drawing that was advertised in the Community Concert Association program. “I was so happy to win.” Thelma Melvin said. The mission of the Silver City Food Co-op is to cultivate personal, community and environmental health by sustaining a cooperatively owned market. For more information, please contact the Co-op at (575) 388-2343, or visit our website www.silvercityfoodcoop.com.

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream Treatment vs. Cure Divided nuts Jerry the Joker grew up in a small town and told this story: On the outskirts of this small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. “One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me,” said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence. Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, “One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me ...” He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with

a cane, hobbling along. “Come here quick,” said the boy, “you won’t believe what I heard! Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls!” The man said, “Beat it kid, can’t you see it’s hard for me to walk.” When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery. Standing by the fence they heard, “One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.” The old man whispered, “Boy, you’ve been tellin’ me the truth. Let’s see if we can see the Lord ...?” Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord. At last they heard, “One for you, one for me. That’s all. Now let’s go get those nuts by the fence and we’ll be done ...” They say the old man had the lead for a good half-mile, before the kid on the bike passed him.

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My wife is a saint. When I first asked her if my dad could move in with us, she said, “Sure, why not?” Her own father had passed away a few years earlier, and she had always gotten along with mine. Besides, he was a grown man. Self-sufficient. He used to be in the Army, for gosh sakes. During World War II. How much trouble could he be? The house we live in has a guest house in the front that is separated from our house by a nice patio. That’s where I enjoy drinking coffee and reading the newspaper in the morning, and that’s where I enjoy drinking coffee and talking with my wife in the evening. Did I mention how much I enjoy drinking coffee? That’s because I do. The kitchen is directly behind me. On the evening he moved in, I was enjoying coffee by myself, and I could hear her talking with my father. “Dad,” she said, “would you like some ice cream?” She was trying to be nice, and make him feel at home. “What’s that?” he answered. “Do you want some ice cream?” “Do I want some ice cream?” “Yes, Dad. Do you want some ice cream?” “Ice cream?” “Or would you like some later?” She was already trying to cut her losses. “What about later?” he asked. Changing the question was a bad idea. Now he had to mentally shift from reverse into first gear. “Would you like ice cream right now, or later?” “Ice cream right now? Oh, huh... okay, it sounds good. What flavors do you have?” “Dad, we only have vanilla.” “You only have what?” “I have to go to the grocery store to get more, but right now we only have vanilla.” “Vanilla... huh.. hmmm... well... well... you don’t have any other flavors?” “No, Dad, just vanilla.” “Only vanilla?” “Yes, Dad. Only vanilla. We ran out of the other flavors.” “You ran out of what?” “Other flavors.” “Did you say you have other flavors?” “No, Dad, we only have vanilla.” “You only have vanilla?” “Dad, that’s all we have,” she said, a bit more firmly this time. It worked. “Well, I guess I have no other choice. If you don’t have any other flavor, I guess I have to have vanilla. Since you don’t have any other flavor. But just give me a little. You always give me too much.” So I hear my wife take the vanilla ice cream out of the freezer, and she serves dad a bowl

of it. Meanwhile, my coffee’s gone cold from waiting for my wife to join me. I can hear her put the bowl in front of him, and then I hear the clink of metal against porcelain. I finish the last of my coffee, and get up to join my wife inside. “This ice cream’s not very good,” I hear my Dad say. I sit back down. My life’s just become an Abbott & Costello routine. Last night I was sitting on the sofa watching TV when I heard my wife’s voice from the kitchen: “What would you like for dinner, my love? Chicken, Beef or Lamb?” I said, “Thank you, dear. I think I’ll have chicken.” She replied, “You’re having soup. I was talking to the dogs!”

Thirsty? So this guy walks into a bar and orders two beers. He downs one and empties the other into his pocket. He orders a second round and does the same thing. After a couple more rounds of this the bartender gets kinda worried and says to the man “You know, it’s your money and your beer, so who am I to say what you can and can’t do with it ... I’d just hate to think you’re making a mess I’ll have to clean up.” The man looks at him and says “Not to worry, I have an eight-inch man in my pocket drinking all those beers.” Incredulous, the bartender say that’s impossible. So the man reaches in his pocket and pulls out an eight-inch tall man who he sets on the bar. He walks around a bit and the bartender hands him another beer which he begins to drink. Turning back to the regular sized man, the bartender asks “does he talk?” The man laughs and says “Sure he talks! Hey, Kevin, tell him about the time you called that witch doctor a quack?”

Good news, bad news The lawyer says: “I have good news and bad news.” The CEO replies: “I’ve had an awful day, let’s hear the good news first.” The lawyer says: “Your wife invested $20,000 in five pictures that are worth about $2 million.” The CEO replies enthusiastically: “Well done, that is very good news indeed! What is the bad news?” The lawyer answers: “The pictures are of you and your secretary.”

Making money on the beach A couple lived near the ocean and used to walk the beach a lot. One summer they noticed a girl who was at the beach almost every day. She wasn’t unusual, nor was the travel bag she carried, except for one thing; she would approach people who were sitting on the beach, glance around and then speak to them. Generally, the people would respond negatively and she would wander off. But occasionally someone would nod and there would be a quick exchange of money and something that she carried in her bag. The couple assumed that she was selling drugs and debated calling the cops, but since they didn’t know for sure, they decided to just continue watching her. After a couple of weeks the wife said, “Honey, have you ever noticed that she only goes up to people with boom boxes and other electronic devices?” He hadn’t and said so. Then she said, “Tomorrow I want you to get a towel and our big radio and go lie out on the beach. Then we can find out what she’s really doing.” Well, the plan went off without a hitch and the wife was almost hopping up and down with anticipation when she saw the girl talk to her husband and then leave ... The man then walked up the beach and met his wife at the road. “Well, is she selling drugs?” she asked excitedly. “No, she’s not,” he said, enjoying this probably more than he should have. “Well, what is it then? What does she do?” his wife fairly shrieked. The man grinned and said, “She’s a battery salesperson.’” “Batteries?” cried the wife. “Yes!” he replied. “She Sells C Cells by the Seashore.”

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TOURISM MOMENT

Monument Heights Visitors to Gila Cliff Dwellings create $1.7 million ineconomic benefit

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS! Hidalgo Medical Services (HMS) is expanding services for Grant and Hidalgo Counties. Starting June 8, HMS will assume assume services being provided by La Frontera in our communities. There will be expanded mental health services for children, adults, and families.

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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (Photo courtesy of Kenneth John Gill)

new National Park Service report shows that 31,136 visitors to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in 2014 spent $1,746,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 24 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $1,753,000. “Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument welcomes visitors from across the country and around the world,” said Superintendent Hugh Hawthorne. “We are delighted to share the story of this place and the experiences it provides. We also feature the park as a way to introduce our visitors to this part of the country and all that it offers. National park tourism is a significant driver in the national economy, returning $10 for every $1 invested in the National Park Service, and it’s a big factor in our local economy as well. We appreciate the partnership and support of our neighbors and are glad to be able to give back by helping to sustain local communities.” “So far our 2015 visitation is 40 percent higher than at the same time in 2014. This means that the economic impact of the

BY THE BOOK “Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument;” produced by Western National Parks Association and written by Laurence Parent is available at the park and various location throughout Silver City. This book is an excellent place to start for general information about the park and the cliff dwellings. Hidden within five caves in a narrow, side canyon of the Gila River are the structural remains left by people of the Mogollon culture 700 years ago. This book introduces the dwellings and their significance in history.

park is even higher this year.” The peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis was conducted by U.S. Geological Survey economists Catherine Cullinane Thomas and Christopher Huber and National Park Service economist Lynne Koontz. The report shows $15.7 billion of direct spending by 292.8 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. This spending supported 277,000 jobs nationally; 235,600 of those jobs are found in these gateway communities. The cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy was $29.7 billion. According to the 2014 report, most park visitor spending was for lodging (30.6 percent) followed by food and beverages (20.3 percent), gas and oil (11.9 percent), admissions and fees (10.2 percent) and souvenirs and other expenses (9.9 percent). To learn more about national parks in New Mexico and how the National Park Service works with New Mexico communities to help preserve local history, conserve the environment, and provide outdoor recreation, go to nps.gov/NewMexico.

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WILD RIDE • CRAIG SPRINGER

Conservation Genetics Steers Gila Trout Management

A fish that once stared at extinction offers wilderness angling opportunities

Bathed in yellow, this Gila Trout at the Mora National Fish Hatchery in Mora, New Mexico, carries a genetic diversity that it and its offspring will need to survive in the wilds of the Gila National Forest. The Gila Trout is native only to southwest New Mexico and portions of Arizona. (Craig Springer/USFW)

he trout stole its color from a southern New Mexico summer sunset. Gila trout sport a painter’s pallet of pink and olive, rose, yellow and copper and a few tones in between. Beneath the black pepper flakes that fleck its side lies a lexis — a language carried forward from another time. It’s an ancient language coded in molecules of proteins written by the press of time and experience in a land turned arid. Gila trout, native only to headwater streams that vein over the Mogollon Rim of New Mexico and Arizona, have expressed in their genetic makeup a mapping of how to survive in the vestiges of what surely was a large and contiguous range. Their genetics equip them to face what nature may hurl at them in an already harsh environment. It’s those innate characteristics coiled in the doublehelix of DNA that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists strive to preserve in the fish. Conservation genetics is at its heart an investment in the future with an eye on the past. Dr. Wade Wilson, with the Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources and Recovery Center in Dexter, knows Gila trout like few others can; he’s a geneticist and can de-code the language. It’s his charge in the conservation of Gila trout to help ensure that the diversity of genetic characters unique in this fish stay in the fish going forward. Wilson works adjunct with another U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility in New Mexico, the Mora National Fish Hatchery near Las Vegas, where captive stocks of the rare

tiny piece of fin. From there it’s up to yellow trout are held. Hatchery bioloWilson and his staff using leading-edge gists are fully immersed in Gila trout technology to look deep at each fish — captive breeding, and it’s done smartat the molecular level. Wilson will pinly, carefully, through the consult of point individual fishes with the rarest Wilson. of genetics in the captive populations “We monitor genetic diversity in and suggest what Wiese calls “pair-wise captive trout to ensure that what we spawns.” It’s akin to arranged marriages have in the hatchery represents what but with the express scientific purpose we have in the wild,” Wilson said. to ensure that the rarest of genetic charThat mixture is essential for the acters found by Wilson are carried forfuture. ward in the next generation of fishes. “The more genetic diversity that Males and females that differ among exists among the fish, the better various genes make the best partners. chance those future generations of Biologists from the U.S. Fish and The Gila trout was described by Gila Trout can adapt to changing envi- Wildlife Service’s New Mexico Fish science a mere 65 years ago. Through ronments and stressors and diseases and Wildlife Conservation Office, much of that intervening time — 50 in wild populations,” Wilson said. based out of Albuquerque assess years — it had been closed by law to “Here’s how we get it done,” said populations Gila Trout throughout angling as the fish stared at extinction. Nate Wiese, Mora’s manager and lead much of the year. (Dustin Myers/ Its lot improved with conservation and fisheries scientist. “Each fish gets a USFWS) was down-listed from “endangered” to microchip injected just under the skin just like your vet can do for your dog. That chip gives each “threatened” in 2006, and opened to fishing a year later. And fish a personal ID, like a Social Security number. Knowing so it remains, threatened and fishable, despite a welter of each fish at an individual level is a first step in securing the catastrophic wild fires — the sort that makes the evening network news broadcast for days on end. future of Gila Trout.” “An integral part of the conservation strategy calls to With every captive fish in the hatchery marked as such, biologists take non-lethal tissue samples from the fish, a replicate in the wild the distinct genetic lineages,” said Wi-

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ese. It’s a measure of conservation security to give a “Since the Whitewater-Baldy Fire we’ve replicated geographic spread between populations. “But what Whiskey Creek lineage in McKenna Creek and Uphappens when a massive fire threatens to gobble up per White Creek,” said Myers. “Whiskey fish will also the original and replicate populations? The hatchery go into Sacaton Creek this year. But Whiskey Creek is the back up.” itself is still healing and we have to wait for habitat Fire is hard on trout, parconditions to improve.” ticularly when a mountain It’s about the habitat — instream turns into a sludge of cluding ensuring that Gila ash slurry at first rain post-fire. trout waters remain free of The Whitewater-Baldy Fire mongrel or nonnative trouts that decimated the Gila Wilthat compromise the genetic derness in 2012 necessitated integrity of pure lineages via a trout rescue ahead of such interbreeding. Barriers, made circumstances. New Mexico on site, or natural waterfalls Fish and Wildlife Conservation are a means of segregating Office biologist Dustin Myers fishes. Toward that end, Myers based in Albuquerque led such recently worked with the Forrescues involving pack horses est Service to restore a vital and helicopters and hatchery barrier, a natural waterfall, by trucks from streams sure to be blasting out lodged boulders to slugged by ash. Now, Mora Naensure 21 miles of prime Gila tional Fish Hatchery is home Trout habitat in the West Fork to the only known population Gila remain free of unwanted of the Spruce Creek lineage of fishes. Gila Trout. Three other strains The lack of habitat has been are held there, too: Main Diaa vexation in Gila trout conmond Creek, Whiskey Creek servation. But science married and South Diamond Creek linwith the resolve of individuals eages. who care about this beautiful Flying fish, trout that is, from Mora Aside from the robust ge- National Fish Hatchery are dropped bright trout is a way forward. A netics plans that steer captive in by longline near the West Fork Gila. certain splendor in the spectra breeding, Wiese manages the A biologist from the New Mexico Fish of inspiring pigments reflected hatchery to produce Gila trout and Wildlife Conservation Office comby a wet Gila trout call to mind conditioned toward a wild en- municates to the pilot by radio. (Dustin Emerson: “If eyes were made vironment. Instead of growing Myers/USFWS) for seeing, then beauty is its lazy trout as fat as toads, they own excuse for being.” are in a captive environment that mimics nature — But the beauty is richer than what strikes the eye; like boulders, plants and fast-flowing water. “We get it’s that Gila trout sheltered in a hatchery and those them off the couch and on a treadmill,” said Wiese. facing the rigors of the wild still carry today the im“They are going to be better suited for real streams. press of the past. It’s like tough-love for your children.” Those real streams are still healing from the 2012 Craig Springer works for the U.S. Fish and Wildfire and the Silver Fire that scorched headwaters life Service in Albuquerque. atop the Black Range in 2013, and fish will return to them this autumn. Myers makes that call as to what streams are ready for trout.

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WEARING HISTORY

Fashion Collection on Display “Open drawers, fashion plates and late night dates”

he Silver City Museum has a new exhibit, “Open Drawers, Fashion Plates, and Late Night Dates: High Fashion from the Wheaton-Smith Collection.” Through a generous donation from Elizabeth Wheaton-Smith, the museum is in possession of an extraordinary collection of fine clothing from the turn of the century. In studying the collection, we can learn about the lives of the Wheaton-Smiths, a prominent family in the Silver City area. The family, originally from England, migrated to the area in the late 1800s. With beginnings in mining and entrepreneurship, they settled here and remained a part of our community through several generations. On a larger scale, these garments also tell of the monumental upheavals in culture and economy taking place at that time in southwestern New Mexico. Rapid advances in technology and transportation, the mass migration of European Americans, and the unbound riches of prospecting are the definitive forces that shaped the times. The dresses contained within our collection tell of homes left behind, longing, mechanization, and a changing society. Take a peek into the past within the elegant folds of these unique items, many of which are on exhibition for the very first time. Funding in part for all exhibits and programs at the museum is made possible by the generous support of the members and volunteers of the Silver City Museum Society. The Silver City Museum creates opportunities for residents and visitors to explore, understand, and celebrate the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Southwestern New Mexico by collecting, preserving, researching and interpreting the region’s unique history. For more information about the museum and its programs, contact museum staff at (575) 538-5921or info@silvercitymuseum.org.

“Open Drawers, Fashion Plates, and Late Night Dates: High Fashion from the Wheaton-Smith Collection” is an exhibit being featured at the Silver City Museum.

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Luna County is one of eight counties across the nation selected to begin a new grant-funded program intended to link family farmers with members of the community who lack healthy access to food. Every county in the nation, 3,007 of them, was invited to apply for the Growing Food Connections funding, and Luna County was among 27 other applications accepted to argue for the award. The highly competitive process was capped by Luna County Manager Charles “Tink” Jackson fighting for bringing the program and funding locally. Jackson’s passionate argument for the program, coupled with research and fact-finding by county staff, secured Luna County’s place in the nationwide effort. “This county was built on the hard work of farmers, ranchers and the others involved in the complex world of agriculture,” Jackson said. “We plan to support the hard work of today’s ag community in Luna County while addressing the serious issues around healthy food access.” Luna County’s rich agricultural traditions, coupled with the county’s vision to increase access to healthy foods for area residents, create an ideal environment to strengthen the local food systems. This new program will join the county’s existing multi-pronged approach, through Luna County Healthy Kids Healthy Communities, to combating food insecurity and healthy food access. “We have found that our local leaders want tools and resources, not handouts,” said Julia Freedgood, Assistant Vice President for Programs with American Farmland Trust. American Farmland Trust is a national organization dedicated to promoting sound farming practices

and keeping farmers on the land. The group is one of the partners under the program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture. The partnerships will bring national expertise in food policy and planning to Luna County to assist with the creation of locally created and controlled plans and policies to support family farmers and enhance food security. At the county level, the process will be facilitated by a committee of local residents currently being created. If you are interested in serving on the committee, contact Jessica Etcheverry at 575-546-0494. “I’m excited to begin working with members of our community to address the issues they see and the problems we can alleviate together with good planning and teamwork,” Etcheverry, Luna County’s community projects director, said. “Don’t be shy; please contact me so we can begin collaborating toward these important goals.” Luna County is one of two counties in New Mexico awarded the program. The other is neighboring Doña Ana County. With the exception of the New Mexico counties and a county in Kansas, all of the other sites are located in the Southern United States or east coast. “The selected local governments will blaze a path for more than 30,000 local governments in the United States that have traditionally overlooked the problems and opportunities in their communities’ food systems,” Dr. Samina Raja, GFC Principal Investigator and Associate Professor at the University of Buffalo, said. To learn more about GFC, visit www.growingfoodconnections.org.

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ARTS EXPOSURE

Arts Scene

The latest area art happenings Silver City and Grant County

new gallery in Silver City opened its doors May 1 and enjoyed a flood of business during the Gila Bike Race. On June 6, Hutching Fine Art is holding a reception for a new show, the 6 x 6 show, featuring six artists displaying 6 x 6-inch paintings and mixed media. Hutchings Fine Art is located at 406b N. Bullard, in downtown Silver City. Open Wednesday thru Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and contains contemporary paintings by Deborah Hutchings and guest artists, including photographer, Vickie Pelham and contemporary designed weavings by award winning Navajo weaver, Marie Sheppard. Silver City sculptors Juan Velasco with his cottonwood carvings and Linda Joanou with her metal car hood sculpture are featured for June at ASPACE Gallery Through June 26. ASPACE is located at 110 West Seventh Street in Silver City. Joanou has been working with metal for more than 20 years now as well as other media. She began her career as an artist in San Diego and moved to Silver City in 2012. She said her new community full of artists and creative thinking in the foothills of the Gila National Forest offers fresh inspiration. At Western Bank, 330 Highway 180 W, the art of Narrie Toole can be found for the month of June. The display is called “The Art of and For the Southwest – Narrie Toole.” Tool creates works that reflect her years spent working closely with horses, cattle and myriad other critters. In more than 20 years of ranching she learned to ride the cattle trail and love the land. Her mare, Marda, taught her the intelligence and dedication that horses sometimes reveal to people. “Springing Into Summer” is the name of the current art exhibit at Common Ground Gallery, 102 West Kelly in Silver City. Artists included are Rick O’Ryan, Teri Matelson, Fenestra, Rita Sherwood, Avelino Maestas, Paula Geisler and Jessie Thetford, an emerging artist, who displays powerful figurative work. Thetford’s somber, surreal, fin -de -siecle personages command a response; they stare back at us. “The house itself has been called a work of art ,and it does provide a perfect foil for the display of art.” noted Geisler, Curator & Artist in Residence at the historically significant John Pickerel Risque House (known to be standing in 1877), now repurposed as an art gallery. Another artist in the current exhibit at Common Ground is turner of wood , Rick O’Ryan. His vessels, once trees, humble us with their majesty and deep resonance with lifelived ... and re-lived. The current display includes drawings by Jessie Thetford, Paintings by Rita Sherwood, Glasswork by Fenestra, Turned -Wood by Rick O’Ryan, Prismacolor Drawings by Teri Matelson, and Fine Photographs by Avelino Maestas. An artists’ reception will be held on June 21, which

“Barn Finds” by Jack Pomphry reflects a lifetime of illustration which is on display at the El Paso Electric Gallery, at the Las Cruces Rio Grande Theatre. is Fathers’ Day and the first day of summer, between 5 and 7p.m. The show continues through July 4. Gallery hours are 11-4, Tuesday through Sunday. For more information call 575-534-2087. The Copper Quail features the photography of Tom Vaughan and Sandy Feutz, also known as FeVa Fotos, for the month of June. The Copper Quail Gallery is at the corner of Texas and Yankie in Silver City and open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 575-388-2646 for more information. “Share the joy!” is the motto Feutz and Vaughan chose for their partnership in photography – and life. After careers in business and broadcasting (Feutz) and government and journalism (Vaughan), life brought them together and they discovered they had a longstanding mutual interest – photography. At Stonewalker Studio and Gallery, 105 Country Road, in Silver City, everything is blooming, singing, humming, buzzing and roaring, according to artist Barbara Nance. The working stone and steel shop is located at the end of the rainbow next to her casita gallery. “I’ve been blessed with a great gift,” Nance said, “It’s my privilege to honor and share all I can to bring light and laughter to the world.” Nance sculpts in stone, wood and steel. Her paintings are mixed aqua medium.

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Deming and Luna County

una Count Fine Arts and Fine Craft Show is featured at the Deming Art Center for June. There will be an artist reception on Friday evening, June 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. Call the Deming Art Center at 575546-3663 for more information. The Art Center is at 100 S. Gold in Deming.

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Sculpture is the name of the game at ASPACE Gallery on West Seventh Street in Silver City.

he West End Art Depot presents a one-woman show entitled Femme Schism: The Sequential Art of Tiffany Pascal for the month of June. The opening reception on Friday, June 5 at 6 p.m. is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. Femme Schism runs through June 26.

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“My most recent works revolve around girl gangs, girl geeks, and other recently added ‘female archetypes’ that expand the boundaries of femininity and gender fluidity,” Pascal said. “Skinned knees and butterfly tattoos, fancy shoes and baseball bats, cat T-shirts and brass knuckles -- these seemingly contradictory elements make up girl culture, the aesthetics of which are both feminine and sharp, audacious and whimsical. The fear of femininity in American society has brought upon a tendency to associate allthings-girly with weakness, submission, and frivolity. “While past feminist ideology has condemned femininity as a social construct, feminism now does not shame the sweaty boxer who loves to paint her nails or the ballet dancer who prefers to play video games on the weekends. Being a girl no longer means crying over boys at tea parties. Feminist girlhood is an increasingly immense space in which girls can be anything without being deemed anything other than girls.” Her work can also be seen at www.tiffany-pascal.com. West End Art Depot has a mission to create an alliance with people who hold a passion for the arts, and to advocate for and promote the artists of Las Cruces and the sur-

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rounding area through active outreach, education, and community service. We.AD is located at 401 North Mesilla Street in Las Cruces. Gallery hours are 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, noon tp 3 p.m. on Sunday and by appointment. For more information www.we-ad.org or call 575-312-9892 or nmartco.op@gmail.com.

he Las Cruces Museum of Art kicks off its Summer Workshops series with Michael Poncé and a multi-day workshop focused on painting from life. From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 30 and June 6, this adult two session workshop will be $30 for both sessions. The workshop will include color studArtistry in Chrome ies and a portrait demonstration. Students will have the opportunigallery showing of “Artistry in ty to observe and work along with Chrome” at El Paso Electric Galthe instructor. lery, Rio Grande Theater, feaMichael Poncé is a draughtstures the work of transportation artist man, painter, and sculptor. Poncé Jack Pumphrey for the month of June. exhibits both locally and nationPumphrey is an Air Force veteran ally. He received a MFA from the who served in Spain as a nuclear weapNew York Academy of Art and ons specialist during the early Cold War studied “Old master drawings” at Years. After paying his dues in the sales Scheharazade Sunflowers, Acrylic on canvas the Ashmolean Museum in Oxworld he found his niche by demonstrat& forged steel, can be found at Stonewalker ford, England. ing the capabilities of the product he was Studio and Gallery, 105 Country Road, in The Las Cruces Museum of Art selling by running off copies Silver City. is located at 491 N. Main Street of his ink sketches of boats next to Branigan Cultural Center. at Fisherman’s wharf and Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 other scenery around San Francisco. In 1989 he struck out on his own as an inde- p.m. The museum is closed Sundays and Mondays. For inARTISTS’ MARKET & GALLERY pendent graphics artist: Harbor Graphics and formation, call 575-541-2137 or visit las-cruces.org/muse1001 S.Solano • Las Cruces, NM 88001 Design in Gig Harbor, Wash. In 1998 he sold his ums. business and moved to Las Cruces where he started Jack Pumphrey Arts. Working nation- Featured Artists June 12th, 2015 ally with customers, prospects and referrals as une brings “Three Generations” a fine art exhibit feaRibbon Cutting 2:30pm • Festivities till 6pm a fine art watercolorist, he honed his talents turing a Grandmother, Mother and Son, the GouchenWe offer a fresh idea by doing commissions of classic cars and fine aurs from Alamogordo. The exhibit opens Friday June to present & represent your work! yacht. Utilizing his background in the printing 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Downtown Ramble and continues For more information call Cynthia: 575-652-7367 industry, Pumphrey created a line of Cruz’n through the month of June. The Big Picture Gallery is loCards, note cards and posters, calendars and cated at 311 N. Main Street. Hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 presentations folders. Examples of his work a.m. to 5p.m. and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more and contact information can be found at www. jack-pumphrey.artistwebsites.com. Join the Las Cruces Museum of Art to discuss the art selected for the regional juried exhibition Here & Now, on display through July 25. The exhibition features works in various media by artists living and working within a 150 mile radius of Las Cruces. In order to offer insight into the artistic process and inspiration of some of the artists whose work is included in the show, we are holding a series of informal panel discussions. The moderated discussions will allow for a free-form conversation to allow the public to meet the artists and ask their own questions. On June 5, 5:30 p.m. the moderators will be Joy Miller, MoA Curator of Exhibits and Brack “Buffalo Bar” Morrow, NMSU faculty member and the artists Signed prints and cards of the Buffalo Bar available are Isadora Stowe, Tom Birkner, Nolan WinOpen Saturdays 10- 4 pm kler, Michael Gutierrez, Greg Decker and Cas211-C N. Texas St., Silver City sandra Lockwood. 575-313-9631 Also on June 11, at noon, the Rubin Center www.loisduffy.com at UTEP will be facilitating an additional panel discussion featuring ceramic artists exhibiting in Here & Now. Artists include Suzanne Kane, Sharbani Das Gupta, and Amanda Jaffe. The talk will be held in the Rubin Center Auditorium, located at 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, on the UTEP campus. The Museum of Art is located at 491 North Main Street and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For additional Contemporary designed weavings by award winning Navajo information, visit the website at http://las-cruweaver, Marie Sheppard, are currently featured at Hutching Fine Art ces.org/museums or call 575.541.2137. Gallery at 406 N. Bullard in Silver City. (Courtesy Photo)

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One of the six artists who is part of the INFLUX: The next wave show at LuLu glories in his work. (Courtesy photo) information call 575-647-0508. The Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, located at 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla, across from the Fountain Theatre, features two artists, Roberta Leavell Widner and Kurt Van Wagner in June. Widner is an oil painter who prefers to express her talent in subject matters from abroad, mainly France and Italy, where she has taken extended workshops rendering her artwork in the old master’s style. Wagner has emerged as an accomplished self-taught digital artist. His artwork has gained international and local attention. During the past years, Kurt’s artwork has been featured in international magazines and book publications winning numerous awards. He transforms his personal photographs into collectable works of art. The results are varied and striking, full of colors and textures.

A family legacy of art is on display at The Big Picture Gallery, located at 311 N. Main Street in Las Cruces. (Courtesy photo)

In addition, the 31 artists of the gallery offer art in many media’s, which include original paintings, acrylics, pastels, fused glass art jewelry, unique one of a kind woodturning objects, stained glass, photography, mixed media, unusual decorated gourds, handmade textile weavings, art tile, affordable natural quality gems stone jewelry, prints, cards, and miniature paintings. Gallery hours are Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For information, call 575-522-2933 or visit the web site at www.mesillavalleyfinearts.com.

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n opening reception for “INFLUX: The Next Wave,” a show of paintings, prints, and photography by Chris Bardey, Deret Roberts, Cody Jimenez, Michael C. Gutierrez and Jodie Herrera, is from 5 to 7 p.m. on

June 4. The show is at LuLu Fine Art Gallery is located at 1800 Avenida de Mesilla, Suite A, Las Cruces and will run through July 29. On the forefront of the current push in contemporary visual art in New Mexico are five emerging artists each carving their own path through the art world. This premiere show will be the first time each artist has displayed together exhibiting new works at LuLu Fine Art Gallery. “INFLUX” introduces key players in the wave of emerging artists that are shaping the contemporary art scene in New Mexico with works in photography, printmaking and painting. All are invited to an artist’s reception with refreshments, live music, and door prizes. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The gallery can be reached at 575-523-4747 or luluelements@gmail.com.

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Around Silver: City views

Ward Rudick and Mr. Bruno enjoy a sunny Silver City day. (Photo by Marcia Weist) The patio at the Copper Quail Gallery adds dimension, with texture and light, to the gallery’s substantial collection of art. (Photo by Elva K. Österreich)

Below, not to be forgotten, a classic Dodge Matador awaits the day it will be refurbished. (Photo by Elva K. Österreich)

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Gallery Guide Silver City

ANN MCMAHON PHOTOGRAPHY, 125 Country Road. By appointment. www.AnnMcMahon.com. ANN SIMONSEN STUDIO-GALLERY, 104 W. YANKIE ST., 6545727. [A]SP.“A”©E, 110 W. 7TH ST., 538-3333, aspace. studiogallery@gmail.com. Azurite Gallery, 110 W. Broadway, 538-9048, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. www. azuritegallery.com. BARBARA NANCE GALLERY & STONEWALKER STUDIO, 105 Country Road, 534-0530. By appointment. Stone, steel, wood and paint. Sculpture path. www.barbaraNanceArt.com. BLUE DOME GALLERY, 307 N. Texas, 534-8671. Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. www.bluedomegallery.com. CLAYFUL HANDS, 622 N. California, 534-0180. By appointment. Phoebe Lawrence. THE CLIFFS STUDIO & GALLERY, 205 Lyon St. & Yankie, (520) 622-0251. Diane Kleiss’ encaustic multimedia art. By appointment. doart2@yahoo.com, www.dianealdrichkleiss.com. COMMON GROUND, 102 W. Kelly, 534-2087. Open daily Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. except Mondays; other times by prior arrangement. COMMON THREAD, 107 W. Broadway, 538-5733. Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Retail and gallery space for fiber arts. www.fiberartscollective.org. COPPER QUAIL GALLERY, 211-A Texas St., corner of Yankie and Texas, 388-2646. Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Fine arts and crafts. COW TRAIL ART STUDIO, 119 Cow Trail in Arenas Valley. Monday, 12-3 p.m. or by appointment, (706) 533-1897, www. victoriachick.com. CREATIONS & ADORNMENTS, 108 N. Bullard, 534-4269. Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Work by Diane Reid. Dragonfly Studio, 508 W 6th St., 388-8646. By appointment. FOUR DIRECTIONS WEAVING, 106 W. Yankie St. Monday, Wednesday, Saturday. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday. noon-3 p.m. 263-3830. Francis McCray Gallery, 1000 College Ave., WNMU, 538-6517. GUADALUPE’S, 505 N. Bullard, 535-2624. Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. HUTCHINGS FINE ART, 406 B N. Bullard, Downtown Silver City. Open Wednesdy to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 313-6939. LEYBA & INGALLS ARTS, 315 N. Bullard St., 388-5725. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Contemporary art ranging from realism to abstraction in a variety of media. www. LeybaIngallsARTS.com, LeybaIngallsART@zianet.com. LOIS DUFFY ART STUDIO, 211C N. Texas, 534-0822. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Original paintings, cards and prints. www.loisduffy. com, loisduffy@signalpeak.net. LUMIERE EDITIONS, 108 W. Broadway, 956-6369. Vintage and contemporary photography. Monday to Friday. MARY’S FINE ART, 414 E. 21st St., 956-7315. Mary A. Gravelle. MIMBRES REGION ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY, Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 1201 N. Pope St. www.mimbresarts.org. MOLLY RAMOLLA GALLERY & FRAMING, 203 N. Bullard, 5385538. www.ramollaart.com. Ol’ West Gallery & Mercantile, 104 W. Broadway, 388- 1811/313-2595. Daily 11 a.m.-6 p.m. SEEDBOAT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 214 W. Yankie St., 5341136. Wednesday to Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment. info@ seedboatgallery.com. SILVER SPIRIT GALLERY, 215 W. BROADWAY, 388-2079. STAINED GLASS SOURCE, 11 Oakridge Dr., 519-4880. Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m., April to December. www.stainedglasssource. gallery. STUDIO BEHIND THE MOUNTAIN, 23 Wagon Wheel Lane, 3883277. By appointment. www.jimpalmerbronze.com. THE STUDIOSPACE, 109 N. Bullard St., 534-9291. www. jessgorell.com. Studio Upstairs, 109 N. Bullard St., 574-2493. By appointment. SUSAN SZAJER STUDIO, Sanctuary Road, 313-7197, by appointment. 21 Latigo Trail, 388-4557. Works by Barbara Harrison and others. VIBRATIONS GALLERY, 106 W. Yankie St., 654-4384, starxr@ usa.net. Wild West Weaving, 211-D N. Texas, 313-1032, www. wildwestweaving. com. Wednesday to Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. WIND CANYON STUDIO, 11 Quail Run off Hwy. 180 mile marker 107, 574- 2308, (619) 933-8034. Louise Sackett. Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and by appointment. WYNNEGATE GALLERY & STUDIO, 110 W. Yankie St., (214) 9573688. Monday and Thursday to Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday 11:45 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment. YANKIE ST. ARTIST STUDIOS, 103 W. Yankie St., 313-1032. By appointment. Zoe’s Gallery, 305 N. Cooper St., 654-4910.

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HEARST CHURCH GALLERY, Gold St., 574-2831. Open late-April to early October. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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CHAMOMILE CONNECTION, 3918 Highway 35N, 536-9845. Lynnae McConaha. By appointment. COTTAGE STAINED GLASS & MORE, Cedar Lane off Hwy. 35, 536-3234. Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 2-5 p.m. KATE BROWN POTTERY AND TILE, HC 15 Box 1335, San Lorenzo, 536-9935, katebrown@gilanet.com, www.katebrownpottery.com. By appointment. NARRIE TOOLE, ESTUDIO DE LA MONTURA, 313-7390, www.narrietoole.com. Contemporary western oils, giclées and art prints. By appointment. Reese-Benton Arts, 3811 Hwy. 35, 536-9487. By appointment.

Bayard

KATHRYN ALLEN CLAY STUDIO, 601 Erie St., 537-3332. By appointment. T. ALI STUDIO, 421 E. Elm St., 537-3470. By appointment.

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FIERRO CANYON GALLERY, 4 HERMOSA ST., 537-3262, WWW. FIERROCANYONGALLERY.COM. THURSDAY TO MONDAY, 10 A.M.-5 P.M. LA GARITA, 13 HUMBOLDT, 537-6624. BY APPOINTMENT.

Hurley

JW ART GALLERY, OLD HURLEY STORE, 99 CORTEZ AVE., 5370300. WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY, 9 A.M.-5 P.M., SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 10 A.M.-5 P.M., WWW.JWARTGALLERY.COM.

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GILA RIVER ARTISANS GALLERY, 8409 HWY. 180. ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF LOCAL ARTISTS. FRIDAY TO SUNDAY 10 A.M.-3 P.M.

Northern Grant County & Catron County

ANNIE’S ON THE CORNER, Hwy. 180 and Adair, Luna, 5472502. CASITAS DE GILA, 50 Casita Flats Road, Gila, 535-4455. Sat.Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment. gallery@casitasdegila. com, www.galleryatthecasitas.com. WILLOW GALLERY, Hwy. 15, Gila Hot Springs, 536-3021. By appointment.

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ADOBE PATIO GALLERY, 1765 Avenida de Mercado (in the Mesilla Mercado), 532-9310. Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. GALERI AZUL, Old Mesilla Plaza, 523-8783. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. GALERIA ON THE PLAZA, 2310 Calle de Principal, 526-9771. Daily 10 am.-6 p.m. Galería Tepín, 2220 Calle de Parian, 5233988. Thursday to Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. MESILLA VALLEY FINE ARTS GALLERY, 2470 Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933. Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. THE POTTERIES, 2260 Calle de Santiago, 524-0538. Rokoko, 1785 Avenida de Mercado, 405-8877.

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ALEGRE GALLERY, 920 N Alameda Blvd., 523-0685. Azure Cherry Gallery & Boutique, 330 E. Lohman Ave., 291-3595. Wed.-Thurs. 12-5 p.m., Friday to Saturday, noon-8 p.m. BLUE GATE GALLERY, 4901 Chagar (intersection of Valley and and Taylor roads), open by calling 523-2950. CHARLES INC., 1885 W Boutz Rd, 523-1888, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. COTTONWOOD GALLERY, 275 N. Downtown Mall (Southwest Environmental Center), 522-5552. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. CUTTER GALLERY, 2640 EL PASEO,541-0658. TUESDAY TO FRIDAY, 10 A.M.-5 P.M., SAT. 10 A.M.-3 P.M. GALERIE ACCENTS, 344 S. San Pedro #3, 522-3567. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. GRIGGS & REYMOND, 504 W. Griggs Ave., 524-8450, Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. JUSTUS WRIGHT GALERIA, 266 W. Court Ave., 526-6101, jud@ delvalleprintinglc.com. LAS CRUCES ARTS ASSOCIATION, Community Enterprise Center Building, 125 N. Main St. www.lacrucesarts.org. LAS CRUCES MUSEUM OF ART, 491 N. Main St., 541-2137. Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. MAIN STREET GALLERY, 311 N. Downtown Mall, 647-0508. Tuesday to Friday. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. MESQUITE ART GALLERY, 340 N. Mesquite St., 640-3502. Thursday to Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 2-5 p.m. M. PHILLIP’S FINE ART GALLERY, 221 N. Main St., 525-1367. MVS STUDIOS, 535 N. Main, Stull Bldg., 635-5015, www. mvsstudios.com. NEW DIMENSION ART WORKS, 615 E. Piñon, 373-0043. NEW MEXICO ART, 121 Wyatt Dr., Suite 1, 525-8292/6494876. Wednesday 1-6 p.m., Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. NMSU ART GALLERY, Williams Hall, University Ave. east of Solano, 646-2545. Tuesday to Sunday NOPALITO’S GALERIA, 326 S. Mesquite. Friday to Sunday, 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. OUIDA TOUCHÖN STUDIO, 1200 N. Reymond St., 635-7899. By appointment. ouida@ouidatouchon.com, www.ouidatouchon. com. QUILLIN STUDIO AND GALLERY, behind downtown Coas Books, 312-1064. Monday to Thursday and Saturday. TOMBAUGH GALLERY, Unitarian Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano, 522-7281. Wednesday to Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or by appointment. UNSETTLED GALLERY & STUDIO, 905 N. Mesquite, 635-2285. VIRGINIA MARIA ROMERO STUDIO, 4636 Maxim Court, 6440214. By appointment. agzromero@zianet.com , www. virginiamariaromero.com.

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ART SPACE GALLERY, 601 S. Silver, 546-0673. Monday and Friday noon to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., donni@chrisdonni.com. DEMING ARTS CENTER, 100 S. Gold St., 546-3663. Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. GOLD STREET GALLERY, 112-116 S. Gold St., 546-8200. ORONA ART STUDIO, 546-4650. By appointment. lyntheoilpainter@gmail.com, www.lynorona.com. READER’S COVE USED BOOKS & GALLERY, 200 S. Copper, 544-2512. Monday to Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Photography by Daniel Gauss. STUDIO LEMARBE, 4025 Chaparral SE, 544-7708. CHIRICAHUA GALLERY, 5 Pine St., 557-2225.

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hat’s wrong with this short sentence, “In a recent accident, a cyclist was hit by a car?” According to a very important movement in vocabulary that is beginning to move across the nation east from Seattle, virtually everything. Let’s try recasting it in newer, more descriptive language, “In a recent collision the driver of a car crashed into a woman on a bicycle.” First, the new sentence personalizes everything. No longer is an inanimate object somehow involved in the collision; the car driver, a human being, is. No longer is the person on the bicycle anonymous, hidden behind a category. She has personhood; she can be imagined as three-dimensional even without a name. Further, the incident is named for what it is, a collision; and the whole thing emerges out from under the passive voice, as if the “accident” were something that happened to the car rather than a crash the driver caused. So a level of responsibility is restored, into the bargain. Lastly, the bike is recognized for what it is: a vehicle with laws governing its use as do cars, trucks and motorcycles. For some people, the bicycle is a primary means of transportation to work and for other business like shopping and banking. Those of us who ride bicycles have noticed with alarm that given the old language usage, and possibly because of it, drivers get off the hook of responsibility in these matters both in New Mexico and across the country. Car drivers have killed, with impunity, people riding bicycles who have families, mortgages and jobs. Car and truck drivers have been released without so much as a ticket in cases where death has occurred. This is criminal. In recent youtube videos easily found online, bystanders accuse the bike-riding victim of a collision of being the one at fault. This is a sure sign that the automobile culture has infected us at a deep personal level and we need

“Those of us who ride bicycles have noticed with alarm that given the old language usage, and possibly because of it, drivers get off the hook of responsibility in these matters both in New Mexico and across the country.”

Asombro steps out for science

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to reclaim lost ground. I have been cussed out regularly in our “bike friendly community.” In a strange way I’m glad for that, because at least it means that the driver of a vehicle recognizes me as a human being, albeit one who is mentally impaired from his point of view. Not that I welcome name-calling, but it’s better than being invisible as an anonymous “cyclist.” Note that the Seattle Greenways project, which is behind this renaming, also refers to “people walking” rather than “pedestrians,” to get them out from behind the anonymity of a category. Is this a useful movement? Apparently so, according to the ongoing statistical gathering on the west coast. It is having an effect on consciousness, first of all, and secondly on actual collisions and crashes involving both people walking and those cycling. The effect on consciousness may, in the long run, be the most important thing because it will lead to an increase of awareness that people on bicycles belong on the roads. This will mean that drivers of cars and trucks will pay more attention to us. I can testify that this is a needed movement. Even with the current drop in oil prices that has seen costs plummet at gas stations, many of us are committed for the long haul to restructure our lives to minimize our consumption. We make no judgment on motorists; everyone is entitled to work out the details of their own life. But we need space; we need attentiveness from those who drive cars and trucks; and we deserve respect as individuals. The Seattle movement helps to draw attention to all these things. We welcome it.

Fr. Gabriel Rochelle is pastor of St Anthony of the Desert Orthodox Mission, Las Cruces, an avid cyclist and secretary for Velo Cruces, our local advocacy committee. The church web site is http://stanthonylc.org.

Game and Fish, Office of the State Engineer, and The Asombro Institute for Science Education was Office of the Governor. It was open to businesses, presented with the 2015’s Governor’s Environmental nonprofits, federal agencies, regional governmental Excellence Award in Albuquerque. The award rec- organizations, tribes and pueblos, land grants, and ognized Asombro’s commitment, collaboration, and civic organization who work to benefit New Mexico’s innovation in environmental education. In particular, environment. The Asombro Institute for Science Education is the award acknowledges Asombro’s Stepping Out for Science Education program for middle school a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing scientific literacy by fostering an understanding of the students. Students first engage in hands-on science proj- Chihuahuan Desert. The Asombro Institute provides hands-on science education ects to learn about the desert ecosystem and then participate in innovative science communication or programs for more than 17,000 students throughout southern New Mexstewardship action ico and west Texas programs to put their each year. Anyone new knowledge into interested in learnpractice. ing more about the The Governor’s Asombro Institute for Environmental excelScience Education, lence Award program membership, and volis a cooperative effort unteer opportunities of the NM should call the InstiEnvironment Detute office at 575-524partment, NM Energy, 3334 or visit our Minerals and National web site at www. Resources Depart- Rink Somerday and Stephanie Bestelmeyer receive the Govasombro.org. ment, ernor’s Environmental Excellence Award from NM Governor Department of Susana Martinez. (Courtesy photo)

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ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY—First Sun. of every month, field trip. 536-3092, whudson43@yahoo.com. BINGO—1st and 2d Sun. Doors open 12:30 p.m., games start 1:35 p.m. Benefits Salvation Army and Post 18 charities. American Legion Post 18, 409 W. College Ave. 534- 0780 HOLISTIC PRESENTATIONS—11 a.m. PeaceMeal Coop Deli. 534-9703 PRAYER AND STUDY IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX TRADITION—Sunset. Theotokos Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Santa Clara. 537-4839, theotokos@zianet.com.

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AARP CHAPTER #1496—Third Monday. 12:30 p.m. Senior Center, 205 W. Victoria. Contact Marcia Fisch, 388-1298 AARP WIDOWED AND SINGLE PERSONS OF GRANT COUNTY—Second Mondays. 10:30 a.m. Glad Tidings Church. Contact Sally, 537-3643. AL-ANON—12:05 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1915 Swan, Silver City. Contact Valerie, 313-2561. ART CLASS—-9-10:45 a.m. Silver City Senior Citizen Center. Beginners to advanced. Contact Jean 519-2977. GENTLE YOGA—5:30-6:56 p.m. Lotus Center at 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, (404) 234-5331. OLD-TIME COUNTRY DANCING—3rd Mon., 7-9 p.m. Pin Room, Silver Bowling Center. Free. PING PONG—5:30-7 p.m. Grant County Convention Center. Beginners 7-8 p.m. SILVER CITY SQUARES—Dancing 7-9 p.m. Presbyterian Church, 1915 N. Swan St. Kay, 388-4227, or Linda, 534-4523. TAI CHI FOR BETTER BALANCE—1 p.m., Senior Center. Call Lydia Moncada to register, 534-0059.

Tuesdays

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS—Men’s group, 7 a.m. Unitarian Fellowship Hall. 3845 N. Swan. Jerry, 534-4866. ALZHEIMER’S/DEMENTIA SUPPORT— 1st Tues. 1:30 p.m. Senior Center. Margaret, 388-4539. BAYARD HISTORIC MINE TOUR— 2nd Tuesday. Meet at Bayard City Hall, 800 Central Ave., by 9:30 a.m. $5 fee covers twohour bus tour of historic mines plus literature and map; call 537-3327 for reservation. COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS—4th Tuesday. 7 p.m. Support for those who’ve lost a child. Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, 7th and Texas St. Mitch Barsh, 534-1134. FIGURE/MODEL DRAWING—4-6 p.m. Contact Sam, 388-5583. LOS COMADRES CANCER SUPPORT GROUP—1st Tues. 6 p.m. Business and Conference Center, 3031 Hwy. 180 E. (next to Ace). 388-1198 ext. 10. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SUPPORT GROUP— First Tuesday. 11:30 a.m. at local restaurant; email for this month’s location: huseworld@ yahoo.com. REIKI CIRCLE—First Tuesday of the month, 6:30 p.m. 2035 Little Walnut. Treatment for those in need of healing. Vicki, 388-8114, or Virginia, 388-4870. SLOW FLOW YOGA—11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Lotus Center at 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, (404) 234-5331. SOCIAL SERVICES—Noon. Red Barn, 707 Silver Heights Blvd. 538-5666. TEA PARTY PATRIOTS—2nd and 4th Tues. 6 p.m. Red Barn Steakhouse, 708 Silver

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ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY—Third Weds. of every month. Oct.-Nov., Jan.-April 7 p.m. Silver City Women’s Club. Summers 6 p.m. location TBA. 536-3092, whudson43@ yahoo.com. BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN—2nd Weds. 6 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Room. Subject to change. 574-2888. BAYARD AL-ANON—6 p.m. Bayard Housing Authority, 100 Runnels Dr. 313-7094. A COURSE IN MIRACLES—7:15 p.m., 600 N. Hudson. Information, 534-9172 or 534-1869. CURBSIDE CONSULTING—Free for nonprofits. 9 a.m.-noon. Wellness Coalition, 409 N. Bullard, Lisa Jimenez, 534-0665, ext. 232, lisa@wellnesscoalition.org, FOOD ADDICTS ANONYMOUS WOMEN’S GROUP—6:30 p.m. 1000 N Hudson St., 519-1070. GIN RUMMY—1 p,m. Yankie Creek Coffee House. GRANT COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY—2nd Weds. Potluck at 5:30 p.m., meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sen. Howie Morales’ building, 3060 E. Hwy. 180. LADIES GOLF ASSOCIATION—8 a.m. tee time. Silver City Golf Course. LEGO CLUB—Ages 4-9. 4 p.m. Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave., 538-3672. PING PONG—5:30-7 p.m. Grant County Convention Center. Beginners 7-8 p.m. PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP—3rd Weds. 6:30 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Room. 388-1198 ext. 10. REIKI SHARE - Noon, Thursdays. For Reiki practitioners any level & lineage. 211B N.Texas. Contact Gianna, 970.685.0008. REPUBLICAN PARTY OF GRANT COUNTY— Third Weds. 6 p.m. Red Barn. STORYTIME—All ages. 10:30 a.m. Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave., 538-3672. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP—3:30-5 p.m. All-Purpose Room, Billy Casper Wellness Center, Hudson St. & Hwy. 180. James, 537-2429, or Danita, 534-9057.

Thursdays

ARTS ANONYMOUS—5:30 p.m. Artists Recovering through the Twelve Steps. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3845 N. Swan St. 534-1329. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP—1st Thurs. 6 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center Board Room. 388-1198 ext. 10. DE-STRESSING MEDITATIONS— 12-12:45 p.m. New Church of the SW Desert, 1302 Bennett St. 313-4087. GILA WRITERS—2-4 p.m. Silver City Public Library. Trish Heck, trish.heck@gmail. com, 534-0207. REIKE SHARE—Thursdays at noon, free to Reiki practitioners for hour of meditation, discussion and practice. Interpersonal Peace Center, 211-B N. Texas St., Silver City. Please confirm meeting schedule beforehand by contacting Gianna at 970-685-0008 or reikidancer@gmail. com. For information about Reiki visit www. AvantiHealingArts.com. GRANT COUNTY ROLLING STONES GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY—2nd Thurs. 6 p.m. Senior Center, 204 W. Victoria St. Kyle, 538-5706. HISTORIC MINING DISTRICT & TOURISM MEETING—Second Thurs. 10 a.m. Bayard Community Center, 290 Hurley Ave., Bayard.

537-3327. PROGRESSIVE PILATES—5:30-6:30 p.m., 315 N. Bullard, 2d fl. 519-8948. TOPS—5 p.m. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1915 Swan, 538-9447. WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT GROUP—1st Thurs. 6-7 p.m. GRMC Conference Room, 1313 E. 32nd St. 388-1198, ext. 10. VINYASA FLOW YOGA—11:30 a.m Lotus Center at 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, (404) 234-5331. YOGA CLASS—Free class taught by Colleen Stinar. 1-2 p.m. Episcopal Church fellowship hall, 7th and Texas.

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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS—6 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center conference room. 313-9400. SILVER CITY WOMAN’S CLUB—2nd Fri., 10:30 a.m., lunch 12 p.m. 411 Silver Heights Blvd. 538-3452. TAIZÉ—2nd Friday. Service of prayer, songs, scripture readings and quiet contemplation. 6:30 p.m. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 538-2015. WOODCARVING CLUB—2nd and 4th Fridays except holidays. 1 p.m. Senior Center. 313-1518. YOUTH SPACE—5:30-10 p.m. Loud music, video games, chill out. Satellite/Wellness Coalition.

Saturdays

ONE TIME EVENT - GENDAI REIKI HO TRAINING— Daylong Certification in Level I Traditional Japanese Reiki. Saturday, May 9. Learn Reiki to heal yourself and others, bringing health, happiness and harmony to your mind, body and spirit. Enlightening and enjoyable class with plenty of hands-on practice. Fee, $195. Includes original 40page manual and diploma certifying you as a Reiki practitioner. Interpersonal Peace Center, 211-B N. Texas St., Silver City. Advance sign up: Contact Dr. Gianna Settin at 970-685-0008 or reikidancer@gmail. com, or visit AvantiHealingArts.com. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BEGINNERS—6 p.m. Lions Club, 8th & Bullard (entrance at Big Ditch behind Domino’s). Newcomers and seasoned members welcome. ALZHEIMER’S/DEMENTIA SUPPORT— 10 a.m.-noon. Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Room. Margaret, 388-4539. BLOOMING LOTUS MEDITATION— 12:45 p.m. Lotus Center at 211 W. Broadway, 313-7417, geofarm@pobox.com. DOUBLE FEATURE BLOCKBUSTER MEGA HIT MOVIE NIGHT—5:30-11 PM. Satellite/Wellness Coalition. EVENING PRAYER IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX TRADITION—5 p.m. Theotokos Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Santa Clara. 5374839, theotokos@zianet.com. KIDS BIKE RIDE—10 a.m., Bikeworks, 815 E. 10th St. Dave Baker, 388-1444. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS—6 p.m. New 180 Club, 1661 Hwy. 180 E. SPINNING GROUP—1st Sat., 1-3 p.m. Yada Yada Yarn, 614 N. Bullard, 388-3350. STORYTIME—All ages. 10:30 a.m. Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave., 538-3672. VINYASA FLOW YOGA—10 a.m. All levels. Lotus Center at 211 W. Broadway, Becky Glenn, (404) 234-5331. All phone numbers are area code 575 except as noted. Send updates to events@ desertexposure.com.

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Fine art rewarded The winner of the People’s Choice Award for the Grant County Art Guild’s Masters Show is Kate Robinson for her oil painting of “Still Life of Apricots and Cherries” after Melendez. Members of the Grant County Art Guild are challenged to do a study of a painting by an old master and replicate. The 2015 Masters Exhibit was held at the Mimbres Region Arts Council/Wells Fargo Bank Gallery in April. Kate Robinson took the People’s Choice Award for that event.

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ome years ago, during the first spring and early summer my wife and I spent in southern New Mexico, we discovered that this part of the country has the most shameless bunch of birds we have ever seen. I mean, it’s disgraceful! They sing all day, sometimes even into the night, and they want us to think they are a charming delight, but we know what they’re really up to. It’s caboodling. Birds can’t outsmart us. I don’t know which species is the most disgraceful. The white-winged dove, old “Johnny one note,” may be the most persistent. All day long – from sunrise to sunset – these birds perch on signposts, fences, power lines, roofs and tree branches, and they call out insistently to each other, over and over and over. Occasionally, they pair up and fly away together, right out in the open, where anyone can see them, with the “C” word on their minds. The Gambel’s quail, usually a bird that keeps to the

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ground, loses its plumed head altogether when the spirit moves it to caboodle. The male leaves its earthen stage and takes to the top of a mesquite, right out where everyone can see it, and it issues a persistent brazen “ca caa ca ca” call – hoarse, like a feathered Louis Armstrong – hoping to attract a mate. The female – probably just to get the male to shut up – yields to his call. The mockingbirds are a sight, too. They not only embarrass us with those libidinous avian operatic voices, they stake out a territory and lay claim to it like they were in the California gold rush. Heaven help you if you’re a cat! Those mockingbirds not only cut up and carry on in public, they chase cats. Can you imagine such a thing? The house finches, which look as if they stuck their heads in a bucket of red paint, try to imitate the mockingbirds’ song. It’s not easy to mock a mockingbird. These little guys have a strange role model. If I sat in a tree and whistled at every lady bird around and chased after cats, my face would be red, too. I guess my candidate for the most scandalous bird of them all, though, is the great-tailed grackle. (Heavens, I’m almost embarrassed to say the name.) They not only broadcast their intentions with an astounding array of lascivious noises, sounding like an audio tape run backwards, they strut and stretch and display themselves like they were something really special. But even the mockingbird is more respected. Could you imagine a song called “Listen to the Great-tailed Grackle” or a novel named “To Kill a Great-tailed Grackle?” I know that by this time, you must be terribly concerned and asking anxiously what we can do about all this scandalous bird behavior. Well, I have several suggestions. First, we have to form a committee. Anyone knows you can’t do anything without a committee. Washington has taught us that. Next, I think we should all write letters to our local newspapers and complain right out in public about the behavior of these birds. That will undoubtedly line up wide support. Then, I think we should write letters to the mayors and the city councils of our communities and encourage – no, demand – that they pass ordinances against such bird behavior. That should take care of it. If we don’t do something, we’ll have to put up with the scandalous sights and sounds of these caboodling birds every single spring and early summer right here in southern New Mexico. MORE BIRDS! . K., O. K., I guess I should have known that it would happen. I wrote a letter to the editor of a certain local newspaper, asking that citizens form committees for action, write letters to that paper, petition our local politicians for ordinances — all with the purpose of putting an immediate, legislated stop to the disgraceful caboodling by all these lusting birds we have around this place every single spring and early summer. The editor did his job. He printed the letter. As far as I can discover, however, not one of “You People,” as we say in a local public comment column – You People know who you are! – has formed a committee. Not one has written a letter. Not one has petitioned our politicians, who, consequently, have not passed a single ordinance – not even a resolution! – to straighten out these birds. I think that says something about the collective morals of this community. Now, I’m thinking about sending letters to Sens. Heinrich and Udall and to Representative Pearce, requesting that they introduce a caboodling bird bill in their respective chambers in Washington. I would suggest to them – so they wouldn’t seem too radical – that they craft the bill to only make it unlawful for the

A white-winged dove calls for a lover. (Photo’s Courtesy of Jay W. Sharp)

Another mother white-winged dove, with a look of anxiety on her face, tries to shepherd her teenybopper young from adolescence into independent adult lives. That’s the price you pay for caboodling.

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After strutting with that “look” in his eye, the greattailed grackle demands a mate immediately. birds to caboodle in public. The birds could still act on their feathered lust in strict privacy. After all, we have similar laws for caboodling humans. I am not optimistic, however, about such a bill get- After strutting with that “look” in his eye, the greatting passed in either house in Congress, although tailed grackle demands a mate immediately. those august bodies don’t appear to have anything better to do. I suspect that the left wingers would have returned. We have had to put out feeders to think that a caboodling bird bill would be too con- try to distract them from their depravity, but you servative, and the right wingers would think it would know what? They just come in and feed like little gluttons and then disappear, and we know very be too liberal. So what has happened as a result of my struggles? well what they’re up to. They have babies right out Well, a pair of house finches has taken up housekeep- in public, where everyone can see them. So I just hope You People are happy, out there waling – no, they have shacked up! there’s just no other way to say it – right at our house, not in some dis- lowing in your moral slothfulness while my wife and creet place in the back yard, but in a ristra that hangs I sit here in our living room, held captive by a pair of immediately beside our front door. It’s almost like house finches. Oh, well, I guess that I would prefer horny birds to they read my first letter, and now they’re mocking us, of course, knowing very well that they are uncon- most politicians. strained by a single ordinance or law of any kind, federal, state or local. She sits there on that nest with big dewy eyes, looking prim and proper as though she hasn’t done a thing. But we know better. We know what she’s been up to. He sits in the tree near the door, redfaced, singing like Caruso — an expectant feathered father in the bird world’s waiting room. Why, he almost looks pleased with himself. We are so embarrassed by this scandalous situation that we can’t bear to walk out our front door. We can’t even let our friends come in the door. They might see all this business going on. Then, what on earth would they think of us? Now, on top of everything else, After strutting with that “look” in his eye, the great-tailed grackle dethe black-chinned hummingbirds mands a mate immediately.

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Visitors gather in the Full-Moon Night program area relaxing and enjoying moon-rise as they wait for a program to begin. (Holloman Air Force Base photo) • At 8 p.m. Friday, July 31, Austin, Texas, singer-songwriter Dana Falconberry and her five-piece band present and evening of “rusticated” chamber music on banjo, cello and vocal harmony, tunes they’ve performed at festivals including Austin City Limits, South By Southwest and Noise Pop. • At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, get ready for an evening of energetic rock and pop with Shock Action, the 1st Armored Division’s Band out of Fort Bliss, which will blaze through a high-caliber repertoire of R&B, hip-hop, classic rap and rock, country and more. • At 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, park rangers and researchers will be on hand to present demonstrations on the stunning science found within the confines of White Sands National Park – from bugs and footprints of giant Ice Age animals to

studies of the biology and mineralogy – that make its dunes a true natural and geographic wonder. • Closing out White Sands National Monument’s 2015 FullMoon Nights schedule, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, photographer, writer and artist Diana Molina will present an evening of tradition, culture and nature as she discusses the heritage of the Land of Enchantment and the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos – or “day of the dead” – through its symbols and iconography. This imagery includes a wide variety of regional mainstays, from the calacas and calaveras (skulls and skeletons) of Dia de los Muertos, the Virgin of Guadalupe and Mimbres rock art, found in the Mimbres Mogollon area that lies north, east and west of Deming. These better-known symbols and icons will be augmented

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Winners announced in Art Guild opening show The Grant County Art Guild kicked off the season in grand style with a May 1 artist reception for their Members Opening Show at the Pinos Altos Art Gallery, located in the historic Hearst Church. With 30 artists and fine crafters entering 150+ pieces in this annual show, the following ribbons were awarded: Best of Show: Fine Arts – Kate Robertson, Oil,”Good Cat Bad Cat;” Crafts – Rita Sherwood, 3-D Sculpture,”Homage to She Who Makes the Pots;” Photography – Tom Vaughan, Still Life, “Iris.” First Place in Fine Arts: Oil – Kate Robertson,”Good Cat, Bad Cat;” Acrylic – Rita Sherwood, “Still Life;” Mixed Media – Arlene Sarkela, “Lake Superior Rocks;” Drawing – Jackie Blurton, “Mother and Child;” Watercolor – Arlene Sarkela, “Ristra;” Pastel -– Arlene Sarkela, “Weathered Wood.” First Place in Crafts: 3-D Sculpture – Mark Bowen, “Spot;” Pottery/Ceramics – Stacy Schwarz, “Dragon’s Flame;” Fiber Art – Jan Wagner, Blue/Pink Basket; Needlework – Jane Bowen, Felted wool bag; Jewelry - Mark Bowen, Copper Bracelet; Mixed Media – Jan Wagner, Rolled Paper Clock. First Place in Photography: Landscape - Tom Vaughan, “Shiprock;” Still Life - Tom Vaughan, “Iris;” Wildlife - Sandy Feutz, “Monarch at Work.” Second Place, Fine Arts: Acrylic - Carolyn Paez, “After the Rain;” Mixed Media Jerry Howell, “La Puerto de la Hacienda;” Oil - Camille Painter Davis, “On the Dragon Fly Trail;” Drawing - Jackie Blurton, “Osprey;” Watercolor - Jerry Howell, “Sunny Wood;” Pastel - Carolyn Paez, “New Mexico Candlelight.” Second Place, Photography: Landscape -Tom Vaughan, “Rio Grande Valley;” Still Life - Sandy Feutz, “Pretty in Pink;”

Wildlife -Tom Vaughan, “Phainopepla.” Second Place, Crafts: Pottery/Ceramics - Malika Crozier, “Seasons - Set of Plates;” 3-D Works/Sculpture - Mark Bowen, “Adobe Abode” Birdhouse; Needlework - Jane Bowen, Pink Multicolored Wrap; Fiber/ Constructed - Arlene Sakela, Red Bag; Jewelry - Mark Bowen, Square Copper Pendant; Mixed Media - Mark Bowen, Desk Top Shaman. Third Place, Fine Arts: Oil - Karen Danhauer, “Thoughts in a June Drought;” Watercolor - Jackie Blurton, “Great Horned Owlet;” Mixed Media - Jerry Howell, “San Lorenzo Past;” Pastel - Julia Miller, “Wild Turkey;” Drawing - Jackie Blurton, “Falcon Profile.” Third Place, Photography: Wildlife Eric Sarkela, “Big Horn;” Still Life - Tom Vaughan, “How the West Was Won;” Landscape - David Brink, “Sotol.” Third Place, Crafts: Pottery/Ceramics - Stacy Schwarz, “Admire Me Frog Bowl;” 3-D/Sculpture - Mark Bowen, “Kinetic;” Needlework - Mary Margaret Soule’, MultiColored Afghan; Fiber Art/Constructed - Arlene Sarkela, White on White Bowl; Mixed Media - Camille Painter-Davis, Untitled. Honorable Mentions: Oil - Jeanne Dickerson, “Sun Drenched Poppies;” Jeanne Dickerson, “New Mexico Sunset;” Diane Cornelius, “Mimbres Valley;” Rita Sherwood, “In the Spirit of IT;” Camille PainterDavis, “Path to the Cliff Dwellings.” Acrylic - Barbara Smith, “Goldfinch;” Watercolor Barbara Kejr, “Yellow Butterflies;” Drawing - Carolyn Paez, “First Sign of Spring;” Mixed Media - Jerry Howell, “Porche de la Hacienda;” Pastel - Arlene Sarkela,”Red Barn;” Photography, Landscape - Sandy Feutz, “St. Joseph’s Apache Mission;” David Brink, “Reluctant Cowgirl;” Wildlife - Eric Sarkela, “Looking For Food.”

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EXPLORING PUBLIC LANDS • BEN GABRIEL

Hidden Treasures

Organ Mountains Desert Peaks celebrates first year

The desert turns green after the summer monsoon rains hit in southern New Mexico, surrounding the Organ Mountains in a skirt of color filled foothills. (Photo by Todd G. Dickson)

have inspired novelists Edward Abbey, ach morning I awake and Rudolfo Anaya and painter Georgia look east to the majestic O’Keeffe. It is vital we continue to proOrgan Mountains. This tect “The Land of Enchantment.” iconic landscape is where I recreJust over one year ago, on May ate and reconnect with the envi21, 2014, the Organ Mountains Desronment. A I take my daughter ert Peaks National Monument was to view wildflowers, wildlife and designated. The national monument, wildness. It tells us stories of the is managed by the Bureau of Land past, present and future. This Management and includes the Organ place is special for my family, and Mountains, Doña Ana Mountains, Siwe get to share it with everyone. erra de Las Uvas Mountains Complex I am fortunate to have seen and the Greater Potrillo Mountains, many of Southern New Mexico’s each providing diverse geological, arhidden treasures, having hiked, cheological and biological resources. biked and climbed countless These public lands belong to each miles and many peaks. I have Ben Gabriel (Courtesy photo). American and are now protected for shared many sublime sunsets, future generations. with friends after a long day on In addition to the one-year anniversary of the Organ the trail. Other days, I have hiked alone when solitude helps Mountains this year marks the 15th anniversary of the crerejuvenate my mind. My experience is not just my own, but that of thousands ation of National Conservation Lands. Formerly known as of residents and visitors to our public lands. Each day the National Landscape Conservation System, NCS conpeople work and play on New Mexico’s public lands. They sists of some of the nations most significant landscapes.

Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, these lands provide critical habitat for wildlife and plants, clean air and water, and vast open spaces where Americans can hunt fish and recreate. They stand proudly alongside our national parks and wildlife refuges as guardians of our nation’s rich and diverse heritage, and drivers of the country’s $646 billion outdoor recreation economy. The system includes 874 federally recognized areas, 74 in New Mexico. As we celebrate our public lands in New Mexico and across the country we must be aware that we continually face threats to these treasured places. They are the backdrops to our communities, tell us our past and will define our future. I encourage you to visit and support your public lands. Ben Gabriel is the Executive Director of the Friends of Organ Mountains – Desert Peaks. He has been Manager of Operations for the recreational sports department at New Mexico State University and earned his Master of Higher Education Administration degree there in 2010.

BY THE BOOK “Day Hikes and Nature Walks in the Las Cruces – El Paso Area” by Greg Magee is a publication of the Southwest Environmental Center. This book describes 40 day trips into the mountains, canyons, and desert of the region, as well as general information about regional natural and cultural history. The trips are designed to appeal to hikers of all levels of ability, ranging from easy strolls along the Rio Grande to rugged off-trail treks to the summits of isolated mountains.

Any turn in any canyon of New Mexico public land can reveal a visual and exploratory treasure. (Photo by Todd G. Dickson)

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ART OF THE RIDE • KAREN RAY

Cowboy craftsmanship Creating a saddle with both rider and horse in mind

an you imagine a horse with chronic back pain? Unfortunately, many of our equine companions have been doing their best to perform under just such conditions. From horn to cantle, a saddle is an integral part of the riding experience. It can be one of your best friends or can give endless grief. TW Saddlery and Specialized Saddles, two local companies under the same ownership umbrella, have developed a patented fitting and construction system to provide maximum comfort and mobility to both horses and riders. Greenville, Texas, is recognized as the saddle making capital of the world. However, 700 miles away in Canutillo, Texas, saddle designers Dave Kaden and Tracy Webb Kaden of Specialized Saddles and TW Saddlery are making a mark on the world with their innovative designs. This large company makes nearly 1,000 saddles per year, shipping them worldwide and participating in about four major equine trade shows per year. “Specialized Saddles is our original company and we began by establishing a strong following in the endurance market,” says Kaden. The company has been in business about 17 years and focuses primarily on en-

all types of horsemanship. Thirty years of ranch work and riding prepared him well for both competing in endurance riding and developing saddles that would meet the rigorous demands of sport and work. The TW Saddlery brand has been around for five to six years and stands for Totally Western, but also happens to be the initials of Tracy Webb. Kaden said Specialized Saddles “is the world’s largest manufacturer of endurance saddles … many hall of fame riders use and endorse our saddles.” In addition to many U.S. customers, saddles are also sold in Australia, Belgium, Norway and the United Kingdom, among other locations, by representatives specially trained in the company’s fitting technique. In the UAE, endurance riding is a big business and has an enormous national following. Kaden said some sheiks “have over 400 horses in training” and the country is setting new world records every year in the sport. Dave Kaden puts horse and saddle through their paces. durance and trail saddles. He explained that initially he would periodically get requests to make western saddles and saw the op-

portunity to help all kinds of horses. Kaden grew up on a Texas ranch and is familiar with the physical and mental demands of

‘Where you ought to be’ Gail and Terry Kinter, endurance riders and trainers in Silver City, first purchased Eurolight model saddles back in 2008. “They made a special saddle for me. It’s purple ’cause it’s my favorite color,” Gail

TALKING HORSES • SCOTT THOMSON

Look but don’t touch

Horses and their owners need courtesy and respect as much as anybody

ack in January, I read an interesting and frightening article in Equus magazine entitled “The Case of the Vicious Horse” (January 2015, Issue 448). The gist of the story was this: In Connecticut in 2006 a small thirdgeneration family-owned business that sold plants, herbs and similar items to the public was sued by one of its customers. In addition to their basic business, the owners of the operation also had a small horse-boarding facility on the property. After purchasing some plants from the store, a customer carried his young son over to a fenced area to see the “pretty horsies.” The customer was holding his son up to pet the horse closest to the fence, and the horse bit the young boy on the cheek, causing enough damage to require surgery and leaving a permanent scar. There had never been a horse related incident on the property. The case moved through various courts for a number of years until in 2013 the State Supreme Court found in favor of the father and son, in a ruling that horses are in fact inclined “to do mischief or be vicious.” The plaintiffs used expert testimony from vets, animal control officers and even the owners of the business to prove their case that horses can be dangerous and unpredictable and can do serious harm without obvious provocation. One of the strongest pieces of evidence for the plaintiff was the fact that the owners of the business and the boarding facility had placed signs everywhere warning customers not to feed or pet the horses. It was argued the existence of the signs implied there was a known risk with these dangerous animals and greater precautions should be taken to protect the public. Makes one think of the high fences at the zoo around the lions and tigers. It is a scary thought to have this kind of legal precedent on the books anywhere in the country, labeling a horse as a “vicious” animal. Most states have laws to protect horse owners, trainers, and riding facility businesses due to the basic dangers in the sport, stating that participation is at your own risk. However, this case makes one think that such laws could easily be challenged. But, here’s the real mystery for me. What is it about the horse that makes people think they can walk up to any horse they see, even if they’ve never been around horses, and pet or even feed them? No need to knock on a door and ask the owners if it’s OK, just walk up, reach over the fence and pat the horse. Maybe even throw them an apple

or two, or maybe slip them a peppermint candy. No thought to what the animal might do or whether or not the horse might have any health issues, just some basic belief that all horses love people, are kind and gentle and happy to get a treat. I don’t see this kind of behavior with any other domesticated animal, even though the horse is probably the most unpredictable and powerful of all the animals in our lives. You certainly wouldn’t walk up to a fenced dog you didn’t know and feel that it was OK to stick your hand in there or even feed them something. We’ve been fighting this behavior for years on our own property, and I’m sure we’re not alone in the horse community. One day we came down to the barn to see a young dad standing at our fence (electrified with 9000 volts and signs), holding up his child to our horses while attempting to feed the horses some green grass from the side of the road. The horses were getting pretty excited, starting to nip at each other to be first in line for the goodies. We quickly intervened, explaining calmly to educate why doing this with horses you don’t know is a bad idea, only to be hit with a response from the dad that “I’ve been around horses all my life and I know what I’m doing.” Excuse me? You’re on my property, ignoring my fence signs and trying to feed my horses with no knowledge of their behavior or personalities, while presenting your son and his tiny little fingers holding grass to horses that never get grass. How is this your right and why am I a jerk for asking you not to do it? I used to own and drive some pretty hot cars, but that doesn’t make it OK for me to walk into your garage and fondle or sit in your vintage Corvette. Amazingly, a week or so after this incident we came down to our barn and found the same person doing it again. The conversation was not so civil this time. Some time after that, a good neighbor of ours was having a party and some of the guests wandered over to our fence line with a bag of apples, thinking it would be great fun to feed the nice horses. Again, we were lucky enough to see this before anything happened, but I can say we blew our stacks on this one. One of our horses has a severe health issue that is triggered by the sugars in things like fruit, carrots, candy, grains or even green grass. An overload on apples could have caused him serious health issues, in the extreme could have even led to his death. I wonder if we hadn’t been there and our horse

binged on apples and became very sick, would these people have come up to our house to tell us what happened. Somehow I don’t think so. Our horses tend to ignore anyone on our dirt road, even other riders. But, we noticed when one couple would go for an evening walk, both horses would trot over to the fence line near the road. Suspicious of this behavior, we hid in the barn to observe and sure enough as the couple went by they strolled over to the fence and out came the carrots and apples. When we stepped in to ask them to please not do this, we got the old “we used to have horses and know they love these treats.” Guess what, these aren’t your horses. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this behavior. There’s a horse, let’s go over and pet it. Let the kids climb on the fence so they can be right up at head level. Let the dog run into the pasture, or I’m sure it will be OK if we crawl through the fence to be next to the horse. Heck, I’ve even seen people lift an infant over a fence to try to put it on the back of horse they’ve never seen before. I’ve seen fingers removed, elbows crushed and legs broken from people approaching unknown horses. I know people who have had to move their fence lines or create double fences to keep people away. And where does the liability fall? If someone can explain to me what it is about the horse that makes people do this, I’d love to hear it. Here’s some advice. Horses are wonderful animals and our lives would be missing something without them. However, horses can be unpredictable. Not every horse likes people and not every horse is happy to see a child. Approaching a stallion without knowing it or a mare in season or about to give birth can be very dangerous. Horses have good days and bad days, and they have colds, aches and pains, and can be cranky just like us. In most cases, they are very important to their owners. They are expensive to own and their health care costs can rival what we spend on ourselves. Given all this, don’t ever approach a horse without the permission of the owner and without some information as to the nature, personality and behavior of that particular horse. Even a horse you meet out on the trail. Respect signs. Keep a safe distance away and admire their beauty and grace but keep it at that. And, pass this basic respect of property and animals on to your kids and grandkids so years from now the courts don’t banish all horses to the local zoos.

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DESERT EXPOSURE said with a laugh. She also has a second Eurolight. Her husband, Terry, bought his Eurolight within a month of Gail getting hers. “I just went on and on and on about the saddle,” Gail said. “I thought, how can a saddle make that much difference in me? I knew it could in a horse. The first time I rode it … wow! It is comfortable for the horse and the rider the first time you get on it. I’ve never ridden a saddle this comfortable. “David and Tracy truly care about the horse and fitting a saddle to a horse and their system is amazing. I haven’t seen one like it. What I like so much about those saddles is the freedom of movement for the rider because of the adjustable stirrup placement … Terry and I were riding so many different horses training for endurance, one saddle fits everybody, you just adjust the saddle to fit every horse. We had 17 horses we were training. And so instead of having to have three or four different saddles, you have one saddle that you’re used to riding all the time and then, it doesn’t matter what the horse does, you’re used to your saddle and you’re able to stay there where you ought to be.” The process of adjusting the saddle fit to a different horse is very quick and simple, Gail said. “It’s wonderful, the saddle is already adjusted for you, the rider, you just adjust it for the horse and you’re ready to go.” The Kadens operate Flight Leader Farm in Canutillo, on the Texas-New Mexico border, less than a mile from the Rio Grande. The Mesilla Valley provides plenty of top quality hay for the horses and an abundance of beautiful scenery to explore. The farm is a fully fledged horse operation as well as home to the sister saddlery companies. Tracy runs the equine side of things on the farm and works “as a consultant to individuals interested in purchasing high quality performance horses.” She also designs custom saddles with a fashionable flair to fit the needs of both the horse and rider. “If you have always dreamed of a one-of-a-kind saddle she can help you design your own work of art,” she said. “Exotic leathers, custom tooling, silver with Austrian crystals are all available.”

Amazing transformation Kaden began competing in endurance races back in 1999 and is now a four-time national endurance champion. He used three different saddles in those events and said the right saddle really lets the horses perform better. With David and Tracy, the Kinters leased horses to the King of Malaysia when his equestrian team came to Las Cruces for an FEI (International Federation for Equestrian Sports) endurance ride. David fit one of Specialized Saddles’ models on one of the horses “and that saddle fit him beautifully,” Gail said. He and Tracy are both highly skilled in all areas of horsemanship. Even as they practice for a mounted shooting event, the care and love they have for their horses and equine sports are evident. “Necessity was the mother of invention,” said Kaden. “Nothing was more true than the genesis of our product.” He said he once had seven different saddles, changing them out depending on the horse and the riding situation. “Chronic sore backs were always a problem after 50-mile rides, not only for me but for every guy that I knew that was over 150 pounds. Everybody had sore backs. Endurance riding is to horse riding in the same sense that car racing is to the cars we drive.” Their primary market is trail riders, who benefit from the lessons learned in the endurance sport. He set out to overcome those sore backs and “see the fit.” Fortunate to live in Greenville, at the time, he

Origins “The first ‘saddles’ appeared more than 4,000 years ago,” according to equisearch.com, “and were nothing more than a patch of animal hide or a piece of cloth. These early models offered little in the way of support or security, but they served as a buffer between horse and rider during bareback migrations and battles.” The website describes a saddle found in a fifth century B.C. Scythian tomb “intricately decorated with

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Dave Kaden of Specialized Saddles and TW Saddlery models one of their creations. (Courtesy photo) began working on developing new saddle patterns, often drawn out on newspaper, collaborating with companies to develop prototypes. “The really rewarding thing about my job is the amazing transformation I’ve seen in the attitude of horses and people’s experience with their horses,” Kaden said. “I’ve transformed many horses from a tail wringing barn sour horse that they just want to get rid of to a happy horse … just a tremendous reward.” Their unique system has built in padding and results in a perfect, adjustable fit. Kaden says it is “the only system in the world that lets you adjust all three dimensions of saddle fit, width, arc and angle.” Kaden also has a computerized pressure pad. “If you feel you’re not getting something quite right with the fit, you can go to David and for a minimal fee, put your saddle on top of this computer sensitive pad, it puts a thermal image on the computer and he is able to diagnose where the fit needs to be adjusted,” Gail said. “The service that you receive from them is second to none.” The Kinters use their saddles not only for endurance riding and training but also trail riding. The lightweight construction and ease of carrying gear makes rides in the mountains of the Gila National Forest a real pleasure. Gail said the saddle is so balanced you can ride it without a cinch, although she wouldn’t recommend this to novice riders. Although most humans are right handed, Kaden said most horses are left-handed and prefer the left lead. This is why racehorses run to the left and barrel racers take two left turns and only one right. Each side of their saddles is independently adjustable to accommodate the “surprising number of horses that exhibit asymmetry,” a trait humans often share. The saddles are primarily made of English bridle leather, more waterproof and pliable than traditional skirting leather. However, they use a synthetic Biothane “for the parts that you never ever want to break, the stirrup leather and the billet strap that attaches the girth.” He explained that “if you ignore those, after years of use and salt, (from horse sweat) they can break.” The company makes about 19 different saddle models, each custom built on-site at Flight Leader Farm and taking about 6-8 weeks to create. “It’s hard to imagine what a saddle will feel like without actually trying it with your horse,” Kaden said. That’s true with many things, and the Kadens believe so strongly in the great fit and quality of their saddles they are happy to provide you with a demo to ride. “You couldn’t ask for easier people to work with … they work very hard and truly care about the horses,” Kinter said.

animal motifs made from leather, felt, hair and gold. As expert horsemen, the Scythians used cushioned saddles and girths and may have had leather stirrups.” The actual date of the invention of the stirrup is widely debated but there is no doubt that it transformed the equine transportation of the day. According to “The Early History of Horsemanship” by Augusto Azzaroli, “The stirrup first came into use in Asia and all evidence points to it having been invented by the riding nomads of the steppes.”

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Constellation of the Month: Virgo, the Maiden

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irgo, the Maiden, can be found about halfway up in our southern sky as it gets dark. It is dominated by the first magnitude star Spica near the middle of the constellation. Spica is the brightest star in this section of the sky, but if you are having trouble locating it, first locate Ursa Major in the northern sky. Then follow the arc of its tail southward until you encounter the first magnitude star Arcturus. Continue following the arc southward and you will reach Spica. A shortcut to remembering

the Virgo cluster were discovered in the late 1770s and 1780s by French astronomer Charles Messier, who was trying to create a list of non-star-like objects in the sky so that he would not mistake them for comets while he was hunting for these wandering fuzz balls. While he did discover thirteen comets, he is much more famous for his list of non-comets, which amateur astronomers call the Messier List. The supergiant elliptical galaxy M87 is very near the center of Virgo cluster. This massive galaxy is has

this is to “arc on to Arcturus and speed on to Spica.” There are a number of other variations of this phrase, but they all mean the same thing. Mythologically, Virgo is sometimes thought to be representing Ceres, the goddess of the fields and growing crops, but it is also often identified with Proserpina, Ceres’s beautiful daughter. Proserpina’s stunning beauty got her in trouble when Pluto, god of the underworld, was passing by in his black chariot and spied her playing in the fields. He was so taken by her beauty that he kidnapped her and took her to the underworld. When Ceres discovered that Proserpina had been kidnapped, she despaired and stopped causing the plants to grow, potentially leading to a great famine. Jupiter, king of the gods, could not tolerate this and ordered Pluto to return Proserpina to Ceres for six months of each year. The rest of the time Proserpina would dwell with Pluto. When she is with Ceres, Ceres’s joy causes the plants to grow and crops to ripen. When Proserpina is with Pluto, Ceres’s sadness causes the plants die until the following spring when Proserpina is returned to her. Virgo is in our evening sky from March through August signaling Proserpina has returned to the Upper world and the plants are growing again. The first magnitude star Spica is actually a very close binary star. These two stars are so close together that only about five million miles separates their surfaces and they orbit each other in just four days. Spica’s primary is ten times the mass of our sun, while the secondary is seven times the mass of the sun. Both stars are actually egg-shaped, rather than round because of the tidal forces they exert on each other. Along the northern border between Virgo and Coma Berenices is the center of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. One of the most famous clusters of galaxies, the Virgo Cluster is about 58 million lightyears away from us and about 1.4 million light-years across. Many of the brighter galaxies that make up

an equally massive black hole at its center. This is a very active black hole, pulling in material from all around it and shooting out a jet of plasma at least 5,000 light-years long. It is the brightest radio source in the sky. As an elliptical galaxy, the stars in this galaxy are densest near the nucleus, and become less so the further from there you are. There are an amazing 12,000 globular clusters that orbit M87, compared to the only 200 or so that orbit our galaxy. M87’s gravity is strong enough that it keeps the other 1,300 to 2,000 galaxies from drifting away. Most of these galaxies are spiral or elliptical galaxies. Studies of this cluster have shown that there are actually three subclusters in the Virgo cluster, A is centered on M87, B is centered on the galaxy M86 and finally C centered on the galaxy M60. These may have originally been three separate clusters whose mutual gravity is pulling them together to form a single larger cluster, the Virgo Cluster. The Virgo Cluster is at the center of the Virgo supercluster which is 110 million light-years across. Our local group of galaxies, which contains our Milky Way galaxy as well as the Andromeda galaxy and many smaller members, is an outlier of the Virgo supercluster. But the Virgo supercluster actually appears to be a lobe of the Laniakea supercluster, also known as the local supercluster.

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ars is still too close to the Sun to see in June, but Venus is still brightening our evening sky. It is thirty degrees up in the western sky as it gets dark, with a disc that is 26.3 secondsof-arc across and is 44 percent illuminated at midmonth. The goddess of love shines at magnitude -4.4 and sets by 11:15 p.m. Venus travels eastward from eastern Gemini, through Cancer and into western Leo. On June 30, Venus will be less than a third of a degree from Jupiter and they will have almost identical disc sizes.

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DESERT EXPOSURE The king of the gods shines at magnitude -1.9, as it moves slowly eastward from eastern Cancer into western Leo, Jupiter is thirty-five degrees up in the west as it gets dark. Its disc is 33.4 secondsof-arc across at midmonth, setting by 11:45 p.m. Saturn in almost thirty degrees up in the southeast as it gets dark and sets around 4:45 a.m. The ringed planet is moving slowly westward in eastern Libra. At midmonth Saturn has a disc that is 18.3 seconds-of-arc across while the rings are 41.5 seconds-of-arc across and they are tilted down 24.2 degrees with the northern face showing. It shines at magnitude +0.2. After being in the evening sky last month, Mercury is in the morning sky for the last two-thirds of this month. The Messenger of the Gods reaches its highest point in the sky on June 24 when Mercury’s disc will be 36 percent illuminated and 8.1 secondsof-arc across. It will be eight degrees above the eastern horizon as it starts to get light. Mercury will remain in Taurus all month, first moving a little westward and then turning back eastward on June 13. Mercury’s disc will become smaller and more full as the month goes on. The June solstice will occur on June 21, signaling the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemi-

Watch the Skies Calendar of Events – June 2015 (MDT) June 2 June 6

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Full Moon Venus furthest east of the Sun (45 degrees) Last Quarter Moon New Moon June Solstice-Summer starts First Quarter Moon Mercury greatest distance west of the Sun (22 degrees) Venus and Jupiter within 0.3 degrees

SILVER CITY FIBER ARTS FESTIVAL July 17 and 18, 2015 Save the Date!

sphere. On that date, the sun will reach its northernmost point in our sky, giving us the longest days and shortest nights of the year. So enjoy stargazing on these warm, short nights and “keep watching the sky!” An amateur astronomer for more than 45 years, Bert Stevens is co-director of Desert Moon Observatory in Las Cruces.

LOOKING UP • TODD G. DICKSON

Travel the Stars

Astronomy conference coming to Las Cruces

local museums, farmers markets LCON – the annual conferand other attractions such as the ence for the Astronomical area’s national monuments. League – will be in Las CruThe conference’s hosts are the ces in early July, a first for an area Astronomical Society of Las Cruwith good dark skies and a rich ces and the Astronomical League. astronomical history. Cost for attending the conference That’s why Ron Kramer said for an individual is $50 for two or he urged conference organizers three days; for couples it is $80 to meet here after attending past for two or three days; and for stuconferences in large cities. ALdents with a valid ID the cost is CON has been held in more isolat$20. ed locations in the past, but never Prices are good until June 25, in Las Cruces, he said. but will increase by $20 after. Come July 6-11, Kramer will Ron Kramer of the Astronomical Society The costs of tours, Star-B-Q and get his wish. ALCON can attract of Las Cruces shows fellow ASLC memawards banquet are separate. from 100 to 500 members and bers Chuck Sterling and Jerry Gabers To see the latest agenda and draw astronomical devotees the telescope at Leasburg State Dam register for the conference, visit of all kinds, from the sciencePark. (File photo) alcon2015.astroleague.org. oriented enthusiast who has an Some of the conference expensive backyard telescope to experts in their fields who get access to the some of the speakers are being finalized, but will cover such topics as technical as the “Near-infrared Brightness Measuremost advanced technology peering into the universe. Kramer has been working with Bert Stevens and ments of Venus” or as interesting to the lay person as more than 14 volunteers to prepare a slate of confer- “The 2017 Great American Eclipse.” Stevens said he had hoped to be able to take conference presentations, excursions, local sight-seeing and a ence attendees to the observatories in the Sacramento fair amount of star gazing, weather permitting. The center for the conference will be Hotel Encanto Mountains east of Alamogordo, but both the Sunspot de Las Cruces, with conference attendees taking trips and Apache Point observatories will be down for mainto the Very Large Array in Socorro, White Sands Missile tenance at the time of the conference. For more information about ALCON, or to offer door Range and Leasburg State Dam, which has its own observatory that opened in 2013. There also will be nightly prizes and other suggestions, Kramer may be contacted star parties, held at EMI Technologies at 2200 N. Telshor at 521-1336 or rjipublishing@aol.com and Stevens mayBlvd., as well as time for conference attendees to visit be contacted at 649-0317.

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Merchant gardens Flowering yard as reflection of psyche

garden is not only the sum of its visual components, but also its gardener’s persona. If you look hard enough, the garden also reveals how setting and gardener fused. Two Silver City landscapes – gardened by the respective owners of Vintage Fantasies and Moonstruck Gallery – offer a look at this fusion. Patsy Madrid’s vintage apparel shop and her Silver Heights garden capture the essence of the 1950s and ’60s – juke boxes and petticoats, hot pink and aqua, spangled prom nights and sherbet punch. Nostalgia pervades both spaces. Madrid loves and lives retro. When the mood strikes, she uncovers her l966 Mustang convertible, picks up her friends to go “dragging Main,” then heads to Sonic Drive-in for cherry Cokes. In the garden, flower-power reigns. Madrid mixes a multitude of zany tin flowers as a backdrop for seasonal bursts of roses, peonies, snapdragons, geraniums, geums and zinnias. Two grand oaks, perhaps 75 years old, provide shade and natural “cool.” For further continuity, Leroy and Max – Madrid’s pet Yorkie, Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso blends – serve as shop dogs. In the garden, their barking makes neighborhood deer detour to other munching grounds. Madrid’s business developed as an outgrowth of her career in psychotherapy. She holds a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Western New Mexico University. “Back in the ’60s, it was the dark ages here for persons with mental health and substance abuse issues,” Madrid said. She began as a VISTA volunteer/ supervisor at the Chicano Youth Center on Chihuahua Hill. Along with other community members, she helped start El Grito and a crisis line. “To help women in counseling and instill confidence, I kept a closet of appropriate clothes that they could wear to job interviews and school classes.”

“The soil here is nothing but compacted rubble,” Blakemore said. “When we first started planting, we had to borrow a pickaxe from an old miner across the street.” The artists call both their gallery at 110 W.Yankie St. and the garden, “Moonstruck.” One reason is the preponderance of Cancerian attributes in their astrological charts. Another is that they find the term gleeful and see themselves as “amiable lunatics.” Bouchard, who learned knitting from her grandmother, wanted to be an artist. That aspiration was nixed by her father, so Bouchard pursued teaching instead. She taught school in Boston, and with a master’s degree in speech pathology worked with both brain-injured children and veterans returning from Vietnam. Bouchard finally attended art school at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, following her marriage to Blakemore. He, in turn, enthralled by a pot throwing demonstration at Dollywood, started ceramic lessons. Eventually, Blakemore studied with Dan Finch, the eclectic North Carolina potter. Moonstruck Gallery, in its second incarnation in the Silver City Arts Madrid Garden District, is now “strictly Top left: Roses and tin daisies mesh delighta family affair” -- featurfully in Patsy Madrid’s garden. ing Blakemore’s pottery, Bottom: An otherwise drab view is enlivened Bouchard’s fiber art, and by the garden’s signature tin flowers. jewelry by their daughterTop right: Peonies remind Max, a Lhasa in-law, Cher Bouchard. Apso, of his Tibetan origins. (Photos by Vivian On Saturday, while Savitt) Blakemore mans the gallery -- shoppers at Yada-Yada Yarn enjoy Pat Weather-permitting, her personal gardening therapy oc- Bouchard’s knitting expertise and assistance. Back home at Moonstruck Garden, a 35-foot diameter curs morning and evening if she is watering, planting or labyrinth serves as the garden’s major feature for two reapulling weeds. sons: the couple inherited a behemoth amount of stones “Just seeing flowers in bloom relaxes me so much.” Where the Madrid garden is reminiscent of a time past, from the former residents, and utilize the labyrinthine walk the Tyrone landscape of Pat Bouchard and Bill Blakemore to solve “a pressing conundrum or question.” At the labyrinth’s center is an armillary sphere, an asreflects a New Age bent sobered by the reality of pitiful soil. Today, Madrid says “high school girls can still find affordable dresses at the shop for $30. Formal wear for men and boys too.” “I’m proud of keeping my prices low,” she said, “because it provides a community service. Vintage clothing just requires a little cleaning to be beautiful again.” Madrid dresses up her garden with thrifty finds that exude a Jitterbug lilt. Garage-sale lawn furniture is repainted in vivid hues that sizzle under the oak canopy.

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At Moonstruck Gallery in Silver City, a fiber art pin by Pat Bouchard celebrates her love of gardens. (Photo by Bill Blakemore) Cathedral provides two artists with “an ordered walk from outside to inside” for problem-solving. In Silver Heights, the color and festiveness of a prom night is a therapeutic setting for a former therapist. What fusion!

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I At Moonstruck Gallery in Silver City, a fiber art pin by Pat Bouchard celebrates her love of gardens. (Photo by Bill Blakemore) tronomical instrument Bouchard purchased in Tennessee. When the sun is shining, it also serves as a time piece. Although the sphere’s coordinates were set to its place of origin – the couple “twist the instrument on its stand to match local time.” Other parts of the landscape are planted with native species and hardy rose bushes aided by Blakemore’s leafless compost concoction. Indeed, these merchant gardens offer high contrast. In Tyrone, a labyrinth based on the medieval one at Chartres

NMSU library gets grants for border culture projects Southwest and Border Cultures Institute (SBCI) has awarded a total of $5,000 to the New Mexico State University Library for two grants. The first grant, awarded $3,000, is titled “Expand Library Collections in the History and Future of Native American Education in the Southwest Border Region.” This grant is designed to expand and maintain the NMSU Library’s research collections regarding the intersection of Native American education, anthropology, literature, along with other topics, and will continue NMSU’s history as a trainer of Native American educators in the border region. The principal investigators will be John Sandstrom, College Associate Professor and Acquisitions Librarian at the NMSU Library, and Dr. Dana Christman, Associate Professor in educational leadership and administration.

purchased my first plant for Ditch Cottage at the old Silver Heights Nursery on Pope Street. Located a short walk from my house, the nursery was a joyful rendezvous with greenery before my garden got underway. After two decades in Silver City, owners Regina and Steve Vinson will close the business at June’s end. Thereafter, Country Girls Nursery (Kendra Wolf, owner) will occupy the space at 1950 Hwy. 180 E. The Vinsons readily helped local gardeners not only with on-the-spot know how, but also with an informative customer blog. On two occasions, the couple made their home garden public on the Evergreen Garden Club Tour. In the past, Regina also worked at the Grant County Farmer’s Market as a co-manager. If you were lucky enough to be invited to their home, the Vinsons entertained with brio – highlighted by Francocentric wine and food. As a friend once commented, “everything there is so civilized.” This lifestyle will surely continue after they move to Bend, Ore. Regina and Steve will be missed, but they hope that their customers will support new proprietor Kendra Wolf at Country Girls Nursery.

The second grant, awarded $2,000, is titled “Celebrating El día de los niños/El día de los libros 2016.” The NMSU Library has celebrated the event El día de los niños/El día de los libros multiple times over the last 15 years. In the past, programs children’s book authors have shared their works and cultural perspectives with both children and adults in our community. Some authors who have visited in the past include Ben Saenz, Joe Hayes, Amada Irma Perez, and Vaunda Nelson. A workshop held at the NMSU Library for this national event for 2016 will focus on the readers of children’s literature who have a talent to make a story come alive for students, which can ignite a love of books and reading in children. The principal investigator will be Alisa Gonzalez, Associate Professor and Education/Social Science Librarian at the NMSU Library. The workshop will be open to the community, reaching parents, teachers, and future educators. The event will be held on or very near the next “Día”, April 30, 2016.

Regina and Steve Vinson, owners, Silver Heights Nursery, are leaving after 20 years in business. Country Girls will take over July 1. (Photo by Vivian Savitt)

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or a selection of coffees, a warm atmosphere and a helpful proprietor, visit the Yankie Creek Coffee House in the middle of the Silver City Arts District. Yankie Creek can be the perfect place to alight for a while when the feet get weary as you stroll around downtown, you need a coffee (or tea or smoothie concoction) and you need to settle into a comfort zone for a while. There are cookies and pastries to munch on, or for a hungrier stomach, breakfast sandwiches and lox and bagels. Coffees come in three regular drip coffee choices from the house coffee, which is a dark roast to Chiapas and Columbian. Espressos, lattes mochas and other coffee concoctions are also available. For the non-coffee drinker there are Italian sodas, steamers, juice and soda-pop. Internet is served with the confections, so you can catch up on your email or Facebook as you catch your breath. Charm and warmth are the order of the day with co-owner Terry Sheffield behind the coffee bar.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it would be nice to own a coffee shop,â&#x20AC;? Sheffield said about his 2013 purchase. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It turned out to be more work than I thought, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all good. It has helped me get to know the people.â&#x20AC;? Terry Sheffield and his partner Dale Rucklos may not have owned Yankie Creek very long, but the building itself has a colorful history in Silver City. The building began as a restaurant, the Parker Bumham ACME Restaurant in September of 1882. Since then it has housed a saloon, paint shop, Chinese store, undertaker, Sears Cleaners Inc., the American Loan Co. Fred Crawford Insurance, a real estate agency and typewriter repair before coming full circle and becoming the Air Espresso Bar and Gallery in 1999.

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DESERT EXPOSURE every dish arrive at the table freshly cooked and steaming, but also that you can tailor any dish to suit your taste.” (October 2012) Chinese: Mon.-Fri. L D. COURTYARD CAFÉ, Gila Regional Medical Center, 538-4094. American: B L, with special brunch Sundays.* CURIOUS KUMQUAT, 111 E. College Ave., 534-0337. “A hotspot of modern culinary innovation. Lunch features soups, salads and sandwiches. Dinners are elaborate, imaginative, exotic five-course culinary creations. Entrées always include vegetarian and vegan options… plus others determined by what local ranchers have available.” (July 2010) Contemporary: Mon. L, Tues.-Sat. L D.* DIANE’S RESTAURANT, 510 N. Bullard St., 538-8722. “Always evolving, always interesting, Diane’s has it all.” (Sept. 2013) Fine dining (D), steaks, seafood, pasta, sandwiches (L), salads: Tues.-Sat. L D, Sun. D only (family-style), weekend brunch. DIANE’S BAKERY & DELI, The Hub, Suite A, Bullard St., 534-9229. “Always evolving, always interesting, Diane’s has it all.” (Sept. 2013) Artisan breads, sandwiches, deli, baked goods: Mon.-Sat. B L early D, Sun. B L.* DON JUAN’S BURRITOS, 418 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: B L. DRIFTER PANCAKE HOUSE, 711 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-2916. Breakfast, American: B L, breakfast served throughout. EL GALLO PINTO, 901 N. Hudson St., 597-4559. “Breakfast dishes are served all day, along with all the other traditional Mexican favorites like burritos (with a long list of filling options)… plus a vertical grill cooks sizzling chicken and carne al pastor.” (October 2013) Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D, Sun. B L. GIL-A BEANS, 1304 N. Bennett St. Coffeeshop.* GOLDEN STAR, 1602 Silver Heights Blvd., 388-2323. “If you sometimes long for the guilty pleasures of the Chinese food served at a mall food court—think Panda Express—or just want your wontons without waiting, there’s good news…. Normal appetites will find the three-item combo tough to finish, so plan on leftovers whether you’re eating in or taking out. All of it’s plenty tasty, and you can enjoy it just like in the food court.” (February 2007) Chinese: L D. GRANDMA’S CAFÉ, 900 Silver Heights Blvd., 388-2627. American, Mexican: B L.* GREEN TURTLE NOSHERY, 601 N. Bullard St. in The Hub, 200-6895. “The menu varies somewhat from day to day, and reflects the seasonal availability of local fruits and vegetables. Most of the items on the menu are vegetarian, but several non-vegetarian dishes have turned out to be popular and are likely to remain regular options.” (July 2014) Baked goods, organic breakfast and lunch items: Thurs.-Sat. B L, Sun. B L brunch. GRINDER MILL, 403 W. College Ave., 538-3366. Mexican: B L D.* HEALTHY EATS, 303 E. 13th St., 534-9404. Sandwiches, burritos, salads, smoothies: L. JALISCO CAFÉ, 100 S. Bullard St., 388-2060. “Four generations of the Mesa family who have been involved in a restaurant that remains family-friendly.” (June 2014) Mexican: Mon.-Sat. L D. JAVALINA COFFEE HOUSE, 117 Market St., 388-1350. Coffeehouse.* KOUNTRY KITCHEN, 1700 Mountain View Road, 388-4512. “Since 1978, Kountry Kitchen has been serving up Mexican food that is considered to be some of the best that can be found in the area. All the dishes are tasty, unpretentious, attractively presented and reasonably priced.” (February 2013) Mexican: Tues.-Sat. B L D, Mon.-Sun. B L.* LA COCINA RESTAURANT, 201 W. College Ave., 388-8687. Mexican: L D. LA FAMILIA, 503 N. Hudson St., 388-4600. Mexican: Tues.-Sun. B L D.* LA MEXICANA, Hwy. 180E and Memory Lane, 534-0142. “Carrying on the legacy of unpretentious but tasty and authentic Mexican food established many years ago at the family’s restaurant in Chihuahua.” (April 2013) Mexican and American: B L, closed Tues.Lion’s Den, 208 W. Yankie, 654-0353. Coffeeshop. LITTLE TOAD CREEK BREWERY & DISTILLERY, 200 N. Bullard St., 9566144. “The menu offers what they call ‘pub food’—but always with a bit of a twist.” (March 2014) Burgers, wings, salads, fish, pasta, craft beers and cocktails: Weds.-Mon. L D. * MEXICO VIEJO, Hwy. 90 and Broadway. “A remarkably extensive menu for a small roadside food vending stand, and the dishes are not what one normally finds in other Mexican restaurants.” (July 2013) Mexican food stand: Mon.-Sat. B L early D. MI CASITA, 2340 Bosworth Dr., 538-5533. New Mexican cuisine: Mon.-Thurs. L, Fri. L D. MILLIE’S BAKE HOUSE, 215 W. Yankie, 597-2253. “The food is oven-fresh and innovative.” (November 2012) Soup, salads, sandwiches, baked goods: Tues.-Sat. * NANCY’S SILVER CAFÉ, 514 N. Bullard St., 388-3480. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. THE PARLOR AT DIANE’S, 510 N. Bullard St., 538-8722. “Always evolving, always interesting, Diane’s has it all.” (Sept. 2013) Burgers, sandwiches, homemade pizzas, paninis: Tues.-Sun. L D. PRETTY SWEET EMPORIUM, 312 N. Bullard St., 388-8600. Dessert, ice cream: Mon.-Sat.* Q’S SOUTHERN BISTRO AND BREWERY, 101 E. College Ave., 5344401. “Q’s Southern Bistro has found its niche and honed its ‘elevated pub’ menu to excellence to serve its fun-loving, casual dining crowd.” (October 2010) American, steaks, barbecue, brewpub: Mon.-Sat. L D. RED BARN STEAKHOUSE, 708 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-5666. Steakhouse: L D.* SABOR, 1700 Mountain View Road, 388-2737. Mexican, sandwiches: B L D. SHEVEK & CO., 602 N. Bullard St., 534-9168. “If sampling new types of food is part of the adventure of traveling for you, you only have to go as far as Shevek & Co. Restaurant in Silver City to take a

culinary tour around the world.” (May 2013) Mediterranean: Fri.-Tues. D.* SILVER BOWLING CENTER CAFÉ, 2020 Memory Lane, 538-3612. American, Mexican, hamburgers: L D.* STREETSIDE FOOD, College and Bullard. “Its menu rarely offers more than three or four items on any particular day, yet it features an eclectic variety of food from all over the world on a revolving basis.” (October 2014) Fusion: Mon.-Sat. L. SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1530 N. Hudson, 388-2027. Coffeeshop: Mon.Sat. B L, early D. SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1212 E. 32nd St., 534-9565. Coffeeshop, bakery: Mon.-Fri. B L, early D, Sat. B L only.* TERRY’S ORIGINAL BARBEQUE, Hwy. 180 and Ranch Club Road. Barbeque to go: L D. THREE DOGS COFFEEHOUSE, 503 N. Bullard St. Coffeeshop, baked goods, sandwiches, wraps: B L.* TRE ROSAT CAFÉ, 304 N. Bullard St., 654-4919. “The menu ranges from humbler (but not humdrum) fare like burgers, pizzas (at lunch and happy hour) and pastas to seasonal specials like duck confit, rabbit blanquette and Elk osso buco.” (August 2012) International eclectic: Mon.-Sat. L, D.* VICKI’S EATERY, 315 N. Texas, 388-5430. “Sandwiches both cold and grilled, wraps and salads that satisfy in a homey yet sophisticated way. Don’t miss the German potato salad.” (Dec. 2009) American: Mon.-Fri. L, Sat. B L, Sun. B (to 2 p.m.). * WRANGLER’S BAR & GRILL, 2005 Hwy. 180E, 5384387. Steak, burgers, appetizers, salads: L D.* YANKIE CREEK COFFEE HOUSE, 112 W. Yankie St. Coffeeshop, coffee, home-made pastries and ice cream, fresh fruit smoothies.*

Bayard FIDENCIO’S TACO SHOP, 1108 Tom Foy Blvd. Mexican: B L D. LITTLE NISHA’S, 1101 Tom Foy Blvd., 537-3526. Mexican: Wed.-Sun. B L D. LOS COMPAS, 1203 Tom Foy Blvd, 654-4109. Sonoran-style Mexican, hot dogs, portas, menudo: L D. M & A BAYARD CAFÉ, 1101 N. Central Ave., 5372251. “A down-to-earth, friendly, unpretentious place— kind of a cross between a Mexican cantina and a 1950s home-style diner, serving tasty, no-frills Mexican and American food at reasonable prices.” (October 2011) Mexican and American: Mon.-Fri. B L D. SPANISH CAFÉ, 106 Central Ave., 537-2640. Mexican, tamales and menudo (takeout only): B. SUGAR SHACK, 1102 Tom Foy Blvd., 537-0500. Mexican: Sun.-Fri. B L.

Cliff D’S CAFÉ, 8409 Hwy 180. Breakfast dishes, burritos, burgers, weekend smoked meats and ribs: Thurs.Sun. B L. PARKEY’S, 8414 Hwy. 180W, 535-4000. Coffeeshop: Mon.-Sat.

Lake Roberts LITTLE TOAD CREEK INN & TAVERN, 1122 Hwy. 35, 536-9649. “‘Rustic gourmet’… designed to appeal to the eyes as well as the taste buds. And this is true of the items on the brunch menu, as well as those on the very different dinner menu.” (June 2012). Steaks, sandwiches, American: Thurs.-Fri. D, Sat.-Sun. brunch and D. Tavern with soups, sandwiches, Scotch eggs: Daily L D. SPIRIT CANYON LODGE & CAFÉ, 684 Hwy. 35, 5369459. “For the German sampler, café customers can choose two meat options from a revolving selection that may include on any given day three or four of the following: bratwurst, roast pork, schnitzel (a thin breaded and fried pork chop), sauerbraten (marinated roast of beef), stuffed cabbage leaves, or roladen (rolled beef with a sausage and onion filling).” (July 2011) German specialties, American lunch and dinner entrées: Saturday midday D.

Mimbres ELK X-ING CAFÉ, (352) 212-0448. Home-style meals, sandwiches and desserts: B L. MIMBRES VALLEY CAFÉ, 2964 Hwy. 35, 536-2857. Mexican, American, burgers: Mon.-Tues. B L, Wed.-Sun. B L D, with Japanese tempura Wed. D. RESTAURANT DEL SOL, 2676 Hwy. 35, San Lorenzo. “Popular and unpretentious food, powered by a huge solar system.” (April 2014) Breakfasts, burgers, sandwiches, Mexican: Daily B L early D. 3 QUESTIONS COFFEE HOUSE, Hwy. 35, 536-3267. “Consistently good food based on the success of the family’s Living Harvest Bakery.” (December 2013) Buffet: Tues.-Sat. B L.

Pinos Altos BUCKHORN SALOON AND OPERA HOUSE, Main Street, 538-9911. Steakhouse, pasta, burgers: Mon.-Sat. D.

ese: L D. ANDELE’S DOG HOUSE, 2184 Avenida de Mesilla, 526-1271. Mexican plus hot dogs, burgers, quesadillas: B L D. ANDELE RESTAURANTE, 1950 Calle del Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: Mon. B L, Tues.-Sun. B L D. ANTONIO’S RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA, 5195 Bataan Memorial West, 373-0222. Pizza, Italian, Mexican: Tues.-Sun. L D. AQUA REEF, 900-B S. Telshor, 522-7333. “Las Cruces’ smashing, elegant sushi restaurant is more than dinner—it’s a dining adventure…. Though Aqua Reef bills itself as serving ‘Euro-Asian cuisine,’ the menu feels (delightfully!) hard-core Asian, excelling in the fresh and raw.” (April 2008) Asian, sushi: D. THE BEAN, 2011 Avenida de Mesilla, 523-0560. Coffeehouse. A BITE OF BELGIUM, 741 N. Alameda St., 527-2483. Belgian food: Mon.-Fri. B L. BLUE MOON, 13060 N. Valley Dr., 647-9524. Bar, burgers: Sat.Sun. L D. BOBA CAFÉ, 1900 S. Espina, Ste. 8, 647-5900. Sandwiches, salads, casual fare, espresso: Mon.-Sat. L D.* BRAVO’S CAFÉ, 3205 S. Main St., 526-8604. Mexican: Tues.-Sun. B L. BURGER NOOK, 1204 E. Madrid Ave., 523-9806. Burgers: Tues.-

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www.desertexposure.com RED OR GREEN? continued Sat. L D. BURRITOS VICTORIA, 1295 El Paseo Road, 541-5534. Burritos: B L D. CAFÉ AGOGO, 1120 Commerce Dr., Suite A, 636-4580. Asian, American, sandwich, salad, rice bowl: Mon.-Sat. L D. CAFÉ DE MESILLA EN LA PLAZA, 2051 Calle de Santiago, 652-3019. Coffeehouse, deli, pastries, soups, sandwiches: B L early D. CARILLO’S CAFÉ, 330 S. Church, 5239913. Mexican, American: Mon.-Sat. L D. CATTLEMAN’S STEAKHOUSE, 2375 Bataan Memorial Hwy., 382-9051. Steakhouse: D. CHA CHI’S RESTAURANT, 2460 S. Locust St #A, 522-7322. Mexican: B L D. CHILITOS, 2405 S. Valley Dr., 5264184. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. CHILITOS, 3850 Foothills Rd. Ste. 10, 532-0141. Mexican: B L D. CHINA EXPRESS, 2443 N. Main St., 525-9411. Chinese, Vietnamese: L D. CHINESE KITCHEN, 2801 Missouri #29, 521-3802. Chinese: L D. CIROS MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 160 W. Picacho Ave., 541-0341. Mexican: B L D. CRAVINGS CAFÉ, 3115 N. Main St., 323-3353. Burgers, sandwiches, wraps, egg dishes, salads: B L. DAY’S HAMBURGERS, Water & Las Cruces St., 523-8665. Burgers: Mon.Sat. L D. DE LA VEGA’S PECAN GRILL & BREWERY, 500 S. Telshor Blvd., 521-1099. “The restaurant uses local produce whenever possible, including the pecan wood pellets used in the smoking and grilling. A lot of the foods and drinks are infused with pecans, and also with green chiles from Hatch, processed on site. They even serve green chile vodka and green chile beer.” (February 2010) Pecan-smoked meats, sandwiches, steaks, seafood, craft beers: L D. DELICIAS DEL MAR, 1401 El Paseo, 524-2396. Mexican, seafood: B L D. DG’S UNIVERSITY DELI, 1305 E. University Ave., 522-8409. Deli: B L D. DICK’S CAFÉ, 2305 S. Valley Dr., 524-1360. Mexican, burgers: Sun. B L, Mon.-Sat. B L D. DION’S PIZZA, 3950 E. Lohman, 5213434. Pizza: L D. DOUBLE EAGLE, 2355 Calle De Guadalupe, 523-6700. “All the steaks are aged on the premises in the restaurant’s own dedicated beef aging room… An array of award-winning margaritas and deliciously decadent desserts.” (March 2012) Southwestern, steaks, seafood: L D, Sun. champagne brunch buffet. * DUBLIN STREET PUB, 1745 E. University Ave., 522-0932. Irish, American: L D. EL PATRON CAFÉ, 1103 S. Solano Dr.

Mexican: Tues.-Thur., Sun. B L, Fri.-Sat. B L early D. EL SOMBRERO PATIO CAFÉ, 363 S. Espina St., 524-9911. Mexican: L D. EL TIBURON, 504 E. Amador, 6474233. Mexican, seafood, steak: L D. EMILIA’S, 2290 Calle de Parian, 6523007. Burgers, Mexican, soup, sandwiches, pastry, juices, smoothies: L D. ENRIQUE’S, 830 W. Picacho, 6470240. Mexican: B L D. FARLEY’S, 3499 Foothills Rd., 522-0466. Pizza, burgers, American, Mexican: L D. FIDENCIO’S, 800 S. Telshor, 5325624. Mexican: B L D. FOOD FOR THOUGHT 920 N. ALAMEDA AVE., 635-7857. HEALTH FOOD, SOUP, SANDWICHES, JUICES, SMOOTHIES: MON.-FRI. B L, EARLY D. SAT. B L. FORK IN THE ROAD, 202 N. Motel Blvd., 527-7400. Buffet: B L D 24 hrs. GAME BAR & GRILL, 2605 S. Espina, 524-GAME. Sports bar and grill: L D. GARDUÑO’S, 705 S. Telshor (Hotel Encanto), 522-4300. Mexican: B L D. GO BURGER DRIVE-IN, 1008 E. Lohman, 524-9251. Burgers, Mexican: Mon.-Fri. B L. GOLDEN STAR CHINESE FAST FOOD, 1420 El Paseo, 523-2828. Chinese: L D. GRANDY’S COUNTRY COOKING, 1345 El Paseo Rd., 526-4803. American: B L D. GUACAMOLE’S BAR AND GRILL, 3995 W. Picacho Ave., 525-9115. Burgers, pizza, salads, sandwiches, Hawaiian appetizers: L D. HABANERO’S 600 E. AMADOR AVE., 524-1829. Fresh Mexican, Because good food shouldn’t be bad for you: B L D. HIGH DESERT BREWING COMPANY, 1201 W. Hadley Ave., 525-6752. Brew pub: L D.* INTERNATIONAL DELIGHTS, 1245 El Paseo Rd., 647-5956. Greek and International: B L D. JAPANESE KITCHEN, 141 Roadrunner Parkway, 521-3555. Japanese: L D. J.C. TORTAS, 1196 W. Picacho Ave., 647-1408. Mexican: L D. JESSE’S KANSAS CITY BBQ, 230 S. Church, 522-3662. Barbecue: Mon., Tue., Thurs-Sat. L D. JOSE MURPHY’S, 1201 E. Amador (inside Ten Pin Alleys), 541-4064. Mexican, American: L D. JOSEFINA’S OLD GATE CAFÉ, 2261 Calle de Guadalupe, 525-2620. “A delicious change of pace. There are a variety of classic deli sandwiches to choose from, all served on freshly baked bread, as well as the soup of the day in a cup or bowl, and salads.” (October 2008) Pastries, soups, salads, sandwiches: Mon.-Thur. L, Fri.-Sun. B L. KATANA TEPPANYAKI GRILL, 1001 E. University Ave., 522-0526. Japanese: Mon.-Fri. L D, Sat. D.

KEVA JUICE, 1001 E. University, 5224133. Smoothies, frozen yogurt: B L D. LA COCINA, 204 E. Conway Ave., 524-3909. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L. LA GUADALUPANA, 930 El Paseo Road. 523-5954. Mexican: Tues.-Sat. B L D. Sun. B L. LA MEXICANA TORTILLERIA, 1300 N. Solano Dr, 541-9617. Mexican: L D. LA NUEVA CASITA CAFÉ, 195 N. Mesquite, 523-5434. Mexican and American: B L. LA POSTA RESTAURANT DE MESILLA, 2410 Calle De San Albino, 524-3524. “A restaurant with history hard-wired into the fiber of its being. Through building, menu and ownership, its roots extend all the way back to the 1840s.” (September 2011) Mexican , steakhouse: L D, Sat.-Sun. and holidays also B. LAS TRANCAS, 1008 S. Solano Dr., 524-1430. Mexican, steaks, burgers, fried chicken: L D, Sat.-Sun. also B. LE RENDEZ-VOUS CAFÉ, 2701 W. Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. French pastry, deli, sandwiches: Mon.-Sat. B L. LET THEM EAT CAKE, 2001 E. Lohman, Suite 136, 649-8965. Cupcakes: Tues.Sat. LORENZO’S PAN AM, 1753 E. University Ave., 521-3505. “Homey, classic Italian fare.… Also features ravioli dishes, in half and full portions, served with salad and a basket of warm, fresh bread. Save room for dessert.” (July 2008) Italian, pizza: L D. LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 6335 Bataan Memorial W., 382-2025. Mexican: B L D. LOS COMPAS CAFÉ, 603 S. Nevarez St., 523-1778. Mexican: B L D. LOS COMPAS, 1120 Commerce Dr., 521-6228. Mexican: B L D.* LOS MARIACHIS, 754 N. Motel Blvd., 523-7058. Mexican: B L D. MARIA’S, 1750 N. Solano Dr., 5569571. Mexican: B L D. MESILLA VALLEY KITCHEN, 2001 E. Lohman Ave. #103, 523-9311. American, Mexican: B L.* MESON DE MESILLA, 1803 Avenida de Mesilla, 652-4953. Steaks, barbecue, seafood, sandwiches, salads, pasta: L D. METROPOLITAN DELI, 1001 University Ave., 522-3354. Sandwiches: L D. MIGUEL’S, 1140 E. Amador Ave., 647-4262. Mexican: B L D. MI PUEBLITO, 1355 E. Idaho Ave., 524-3009. Mexican: Mon.-Fri. B L D, Sat.-Sun. B L. MILAGRO COFFEE Y ESPRESSO, 1733 E. University Ave., 532-1042. Coffeehouse: B L D.* MIX PACIFIC RIM CUISINE AND MIX EXPRESS, 1001 E. University Ave. #D4, 532-2042. Asian, Pacific: Mon.-Sat. L D. MOONGATE CAFÉ, 9395 Bataan Memorial, 382-5744. Coffeeshop, Mexican, American: B L. MOUNTAIN VIEW MARKET KITCHEN,

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DESERT EXPOSURE 120 S. Water St., 556-9856. Sandwiches, bagels, wraps, salads and other healthy fare: Mon.-Sat.: B L early D. * MY BROTHER’S PLACE, 334 S. Main St., 523-7681. Mexican: Mon.Sat. L D. NELLIE’S CAFÉ, 1226 W. Hadley Ave., 524-9982. Mexican: Tues.Sat. B L. NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 2605 Missouri Ave., 522-0440. Mexican: L D. NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 310 S. Mesquite St., 524-0003. Mexican: Sun.-Tues., Thurs.-Sat. L D.* OLD TOWN RESTAURANT, 1155 S. Valley Dr., 523-4586. Mexican, American: B L.* ORIENTAL PALACE, 225 E. Idaho, 526-4864. Chinese: L D. PAISANO CAFÉ, 1740 Calle de Mercado, 524-0211. Mexican: B L D.* PANCAKE ALLEY DINER, 2146 W. Picacho Ave., 647-4836. American: B L, early D. PEPE’S, 1405 W. Picacho, 541-0277. Mexican: B L D. PEPPERS CAFÉ ON THE PLAZA (IN THE DOUBLE EAGLE RESTAURANT), 2355 Calle De Guadalupe, 523-6700. “Creative handling of traditional Southwestern dishes…. [plus] such non-Mexican entrées as Salmon Crepes and Beer Braised Beef Carbonnade.” (March 2012). Southwestern: L D. * PHO SAIGON, 1160 El Paseo Road, 652-4326. Vietnamese: L D. PIT STOP CAFÉ, 361 S. Motel Blvd., 527-1993. Mexican, American, steak: Mon.-Sat. B L D. PLAYER’S GRILL, 3000 Champions Dr. (NMSU golf course clubhouse), 646-2457. American: B L D. PULLARO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 901 W. Picacho Ave., 523-6801. Italian: L D. Q’S, 1300 Avenida De Mesilla, 571-4350. Brewhouse with steak and pasta: L D. RANCHWAY BARBECUE, 604 N. Valley Dr., 523-7361. Barbecue, Mexican: Mon.-Fri. B L D, Sat. D. RASCO’S BBQ, 5580 Bataan Memorial E. (inside Shorty’s gas station). Barbecued brisket, pulled pork, smoked sausage, ribs. RED BRICK PIZZA, 2808 N. Telshor Blvd., 521-7300. Pizzas, sandwiches, salads: L D. RENOO’S THAI RESTAURANT, 1445 W. Picacho Ave., 373-3000. Thai: Mon.-Fri. L D, Sat. D. ROBERTO’S MEXICAN FOOD, 908 E. Amador Ave., 523-1851. Mexican: B L D.* ROSIE’S CAFÉ DE MESILLA, 300 N. Main St., 526-1256. Breakfast, Mexican, burgers: Sat.-Thurs. B L, Fri. B L D. SAENZ GORDITAS, 1700 N. Solano Dr., 527-4212. Mexican: Mon.Sat. L D. SANTORINI’S, 1001 E. University Ave., 521-9270. “An eclectic

blend of Greek and Mediterranean dishes—gyros with different meats, Thai curries, soups and appetizers to choose from, all of which can be such as lamb or chicken, hummus with pita, Greek salads—plus samordered in the degree of heat that suits you.… The restaurant is clean, pler plates and less-familiar items such as keftedes and pork shawarma. comfortable, casual in a classy sort of way, and totally unpretentious.” Vegetarian options are numerous.” (July 2010) Greek, Mediterranean: (January 2011) Thai, salads, sandwiches, seafood, steaks, German: L Mon.-Sat. L D. D.* SAVOY DE MESILLA, 1800-B Avenida de Mesilla, 527-2869. “If you TIFFANY’S PIZZA & GREEK AMERICAN CUISINE, 755 S. Telshor Blvd are adventurous with food and enjoy a fine-dining experience that #G1, 532-5002. Pizza, Greek, deli: Tues.-Sat. B L D.* is genuinely sophisticated, without pretension or snobbishness, you RED OR GREEN? continued on next page definitely need to check out Savoy de Mesilla. The added attraction is that you can do this without spending a week’s salary on any of the meals—all of which are entertainingly and delectably upscale.” (March 2013) American, Continental: B L D. THE SHED, 810 S. Valley Dr., 525-2636. American, pizza, Mexican, desserts: Wed.-Sun. B L.* SI ITALIAN BISTRO, 523 E. Idaho, 523-1572. “The restaurant radiates homespun charm and the kind of quality that is neither snobbish nor flamboyant. The menu ranges from classic Italian entrées like Chicken Piccatta, Chicken Marsala, Frutti de Mare alla Provençal, and Chicken or Melanzane Parmesan to burgers, salads, sandwiches, pizzas and pastas—all tweaked creatively in subtle and satisfying ways. Dessert offers an amazing variety of cakes, pies, cream puffs, brownies and cheesecakes.” (October 2014) Italian: Mon. L, Tues.-Sat. L D. SIMPLY TOASTED CAFÉ, 1702 El Paseo Road, 526THUR JUNE 2nd The Harmaleighs (Original Country from Nashville) 1920. Sandwiches, soups, salads: B L. SAT JUNE 6th Jones & Miles (Rock + Bluegrass from Ruidoso) SI SEÑOR, 1551 E. Amador Ave., 527-0817. Mexican: L D. THUR June 11th Tiffany Christopher (One-Woman Band) SPANISH KITCHEN, 2960 N. Main St., 526-4275. SAT JUNE 13th Steve Smith & Chris Sanders (Old-Time Mandolin & Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. Vocals) SPIRIT WINDS COFFEE BAR, 2260 S. Locust St., 5211222. Sandwiches, coffee, bakery: B L D.* THUR JUNE 18th Deltaphonic (New Orleans Funk/Rock/Soul) ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO, 1720 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-0390. “A showcase for St. Clair wines… SAT JUNE 20th Jerusafunk (Funky World Music from Phoenix) rooted in the same attention to detail, insistence on qualTHUR JUNE 25th Little Table Contra Band & La Union Maldita ity and customer-friendly attitude as the winery.” (July (Bluegrass/Latin) 2012) Wine tasting, bistro: L D. SUNSET GRILL, 1274 Golf Club Road (Sonoma Ranch SAT JUNE 27th Celia Gary (Athens, GA Singer/Songwriter) Golf Course clubhouse), 521-1826. American, Southwest, steak, burgers, seafood, pasta: B L D. TERIYAKI BOWL, 2300 N. Main St., 524-2055. Japanese: Mon.-Sat. L D. TERIYAKI CHICKEN HOUSE, 805 El Paseo Rd., 5411696. Japanese: Mon.-Fri. L D. THAI DELIGHT DE MESILLA, 2184 Avenida de Mesilla, 525-1900. “For the adventurous, there are traditional

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RED OR GREEN? continued UMP 88 GRILL, 1338 Picacho Hills Dr., 6471455. Irish pub: L D. VINTAGE WINES, 2461 Calle de Principal, 523WINE. Wine and cigar bar, tapas: L D. WOK-N-WORLD, 5192 E. Boutz, 526-0010. Chinese: Mon.-Sat. L D. ZEFFIRO PIZZERIA NAPOLETANA, 136 N. Water St., 525-6757. “Owner Gary Ebert and his very attentive and efficient staff serve up gourmet-style pizza on hand-tossed crusts.” (August 2009) Pizza, pasta, also sandwiches at adjoining Popular Artisan Bakery: Mon.-Sat. L D. ZEFFIRO NEW YORK PIZZERIA, 101 E. University Ave., 525-6770. Pizza: L D.

Anthony ERNESTO’S MEXICAN FOOD, 200 Anthony Dr., 882-3641. Mexican: B L. LA COCINITA, 908 W. Main Dr., 589-1468. Mexican: L.

Chapparal EL BAYO STEAK HOUSE, 417 Chaparral Dr., 8244749. Steakhouse: Tues.-Sun. B L D. TORTILLERIA SUSY, 661 Paloma Blanca Dr., 8249377. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D, Sun. B L.

Doña Ana BIG MIKE’S CAFÉ, Thorpe Road. Mexican, breakfasts, burgers: B L D.

Radium Springs COUNTRY CUPBOARD, 827 Fort Selden Rd., 5274732. American: B L D.

Santa Teresa BILLY CREWS, 1200 Country Club Road, 5892071. Steak, seafood: L D.

LUNA COUNTY Deming ADOBE DELI, 3970 Lewis Flats Road SE, 5460361. “The lunch menu features traditional deli-style sandwiches... The dinner menu is much grander, though some sandwiches are available then, too. Dinner options include filet mignon, flat iron steak, T-bone, ribeye, New York strip, Porterhouse, barbequed pork ribs, Duck L’Orange, Alaska King Crab legs, broiled salmon steak, shrimp scampi, pork chops, osso buco, beef kabobs.” (March 2010) Bar,

turns out perfectly cooked steaks and seafood, as 85, 546-2661. Steak, seafood, Mexican: B D. deli, steaks: L D.* well as a full line of Mexican fare.” (June 2011) RANCHER’S GRILL, 316 E. Cedar St., 546-8883. BALBOA MOTEL & RESTAURANT, 708 W. Pine St., Steaks, seafood, Mexican: Tues.-Sat. L D.* 546-6473. Mexican, American: Sun.-Fri. L D. Steakhouse, burgers: L D.* MANGO MADDIE’S, 722 E. Florida St., 546BELSHORE RESTAURANT, 1030 E. Pine St., 546SI SEÑOR, 200 E. Pine St., 546-3938. Mexican: 6289. Mexican, American: Tues.-Sun. B L. 3345. Salads, sandwiches, juice bar, coffee drinks. Mon.-Sat. B L D, Sun. B L. CAMPOS RESTAURANT, 105 S. Silver, 546-0095. MANOLO’S CAFÉ, 120 N. Granite St., 546SUNRISE KITCHEN, 1409 S. Columbus Road, 544Mexican, American, Southwestern: L D.* 0405. “The menu offers breakfast, lunch and dinner 7795. “Good-quality comfort food. There’s nothing CHINA RESTAURANT, 110 E. Pine St., 546-4146. choices, and it’s difficult to convey the immense on the menu that is really exotic. But all the familiar range of food options available. In every section of dishes, both American and Mexican, are done well, “Refreshingly different from most of the Chinese the menu, there’s a mixture of American-style ‘comand it’s that care in preparation that lifts the food restaurants you find these days in this country. Chef fort’ food items and Southwest-style Mexican dishes above the ordinary. This is not a freezer-to-fryer type William Chu, who owns the restaurant and does which no doubt qualify as Hispanic ‘comfort’ food. of restaurant.” (September 2012) American, Mexithe cooking, is committed to offering what he calls There’s nothing particularly fancy about the food, but can, breakfasts: Mon.-Thur. B L, Fri. B L D. the ‘fresh and authentic flavors of Chinese food.’” it’s fresh and tasty. And the prices are reasonable.” TACOS MIRASOL, 323 E. Pine St., 544-0646. (August 2014) Chinese: Tues.-Sun. L D. (February 2012) Mexican, American: Mon.-Sat. B L Mexican: Mon., Wed.-Sat. B L D, Tues. B L. EL CAMINO REAL, 900 W. Pine St., 546-7421. Mexican, American: B L D. D, Sun. B L. TOCAYO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1601 E. Pine ELISA’S HOUSE OF PIES AND RESTAURANT, 208 PATIO CAFÉ, 1521 Columbus Road, 546-5990. St., 567-1963. Mexican, dine in or take out: Mon.1/2 S. Silver Alley, 494-4639. “The southern-style Burgers, American: Mon.-Sat. L D.* Sat. B L D, Sun. B L. fare is a savory prelude to 35 flavors of pie.” (April PRIME RIB GRILL (INSIDE HOLIDAY INN), I-10 exit 2012) American, barbecue, sandwiches, pies: Mon.RED OR GREEN? continued on page 38 Sat. L D. * EL MIRADOR, 510 E. Pine St., 544-7340. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. “FORGHEDABOUDIT” PIZZA & WINGS, 115 N. Silver Ave., Rescued, Abandoned and Abused Animals need loving homes. All are spayed or neutered and have current vaccinations. 275-3881. “Direct from New York City, Bob Yacone and his wife, Kim Duncan, have recreated an authentic-style New York pizza parlor.” (June 2013) Italian, pizza, wings: Mon.-Sat. L D, Sun. D. GRAND MOTOR INN & LOUNGE, 1721 E. Pine, 546-2632. Mexican, steak, seafood: B L D. IRMA’S, 123 S. Silver Ave., 544-4580. Mexican, American, seafood: B L D. LA FONDA, 601 E. Pine St., 546-0465. Mexican: B L D.* LAS CAZUELAS, 108 N. Platinum Ave. (inside El Rey meat market), 544-8432. “This gem of a restaurant

Columbus Animal Rescue Corkie is a 12lb, approx. 3 yr old Terrier mix. Corkie has only three legs, probably from birth, but he plays, runs and jumps with the other dogs. He likes cats. Corkie was abused and is nervous with new people but is a playful, loving lap dog who needs a loving home.

Corkie needs a loving home! Call Pat at 575-649-7644 • We have puppies and kittens, too!

Annual Medicare Wellness Visits at Silver Health Care

. . . . . . . .

What is it?

A preven ve visit for addi onal baseline informa on for your health care provider (not a rou ne physical exam)

Am I Eligible

All people with Medicare are eligible.

Does it take the place of visiting my doctor?

No. You may schedule an addi onal appointment with your provider. Results from the screening are informa on for you and your doctor to help make health care decisions.

What is a wellness screening?

A preven ve visit that covers medical and social history, simple vision and hearing tests, poten al risk for depression, level of safety, screening fore shots for pneumonia, flu and shingles, advanced direc ves, and other preven ve services.

Why should I do this?

The screening helps to prevent disease and disability based on your current health and risk factors. It will help your provider to develop a personalized health plan.

How long does it take? Approximately an hour.

What happens to the information?

Your health care provider is given a report of the results of the screening for your health records. The pa ent is also given the results and sugges ons and/ or refferals to resources that may be needed.

Who pays for this?

Medicare will allow one wellness visit yearly at no cost to the pa ent.

BOOK AN APPOINTMENT NOW BY CALLING

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OUR PAWS CAUSE THRIFT SHOP

at 108 N. Bullard Open Wed. - Sat. 10 am - 2 pm Call for more info Jerry 654-3002 or Mary 538-2626 The SPAY/NEUTER AWARENESS PROGRAM provides YOUR DONATIONS spay/neuter assistance to low-income families & individuals in Grant, Hidalgo & Catron counties. DESPERATELY NEEDED! Please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t add to the 4 million plus pets PO Box 1958, Silver City, NM 88062 euthanized in shelters every year. Call SNAP at 575-590-4513.

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APACHE HOMELANDS RESTAURANT, I-10. Burgers, ribs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;casino-styleâ&#x20AC;? food: B L D.*

Columbus IRMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S KITCVHEN, B L D, Highway 11, 575-694-4026, Mexican food. LA CASITA, 309 Taft, 575-531-2371. B L D, Mexican food. PATIO CAFĂ&#x2030;, 23 Broadway, 5312495. Burgers, American: B L.*

Sun.-Weds., Fri.-Sat. B L.

PANTHER TRACKS CAFĂ&#x2030;, Hwy. 338, 548-2444. Burgers, Mexican, American:

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80, 557-2295. Coffeeshop food: Mon.Sat. B L. RODEO TAVERN, 557-2229. Shrimp, fried chicken, steaks, burgers, seafood:

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EL CHARRO RESTAURANT, 209 S. P

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KRANBERRYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FAMILY RESTAURANT, 1405 Main St., 542-9400. Mexican, MAMA ROSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PIZZA, 1312 Main St., 542-8400. Pizza, subs, calzones, salads, chicken wings, cheeseburgers, shrimp RAMONAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CAFĂ&#x2030;, 904 E. Motel Dr., 542-3030. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lordsburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quit Mexican food treasure offers some unusual takes on traditional recipes.â&#x20AC;? (December 2012) Mexican, American: Tues.-Fri. B L D, Sun. B mid-day D.

ÂĽ TENT SITES ÂĽ RV SITES ÂĽ CABINS ÂĽ ÂĽ WALKING TOURS Faywood Hot Springs 165 Highway 61 Faywood, NM 88034 for more information call 575-536-9663

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533-6146. Deli, American, Mon. pizza,

895-5283. American, Mediterranean,

Sunday BBQ ribs: Sun.-Mon. B L D,

sandwiches: Thurs.-Sat. L. HILLSBORO GENERAL STORE & CAFĂ&#x2030;,

Wed.-Fri. B L. BLACK GOLD, 98 Main St., 533-

100 Main St., 895-5306. American and Southwestern: Sun.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. B L.

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Mexican, American: B L D. ELLAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CAFĂ&#x2030;, 533-6111. American:

served vary by day of the week and change frequently; call ahead to make

B L D.

baskets: L D.

Tues., Fri.-Sat. D.

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6538. Coffeehouse, pastries.

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a big city.â&#x20AC;? (Nov. 2008) Italian: Mon.-

D (Dec.-April: closed Mon.-Tues.)

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up better pizza than youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find in many

Quemado Lake, 773-4672. Steakhouse:

Weds.-Sat. D.

FIDENCIOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S, 604 E. Motel Dr., 542-

2457. Breakfast: B. MARIOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PIZZA, Hwy. 180, 539-

Mon.-Fri. B L D

HIDALGO COUNTY

Blvd., 542-3400. Mexican: B L D.

GOLDEN GIRLS CAFĂ&#x2030;, Hwy. 180, 539-

UNCLE BILLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAR, 230 N. Main St.,

sure. Key to abbreviations: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner.*=Find copies of

533-6369. Pizza: Mon.-Sat. L D.

Desert Exposure here. Send updates,

Glenwood ALMA GRILL, Hwy. 180, 539-2233. Breakfast, sandwiches, burgers, Mexican:

additions and corrections to: editor@ desertexposure.com.

Community Youth Volunteers display the power of partnership In May 2014, The Volunteer Center of Grant County welcomed the first group of community youth volunteers from the Juvenile Probation Office (JPO) and a friendship was formed. In partnering with Bianca Padilla, program coordinator for JPO, and Gary Stailey, youth community volunteer coordinator, the Commons and TVC have benefited from hundreds of hours of community service while helping community youth to build skills in gardening, construction and communication. In the last year, community youth volunteers have built a 12-foot by 18-foot greenhouse; planted and harvested close to 750 pounds of produce distributed to families in our food pantry; planted over 60 fruit and flowering trees for the VCG orchard, and much more.

The Grant County Community Foundation and 41 local non-profits thank you for Giving Grandly! The Learning Center for Dyslexia & Academic Success Grant County Community Foundation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; GCCF Guadalupe Montessori School Gila Valley Library The Volunteer Center of Grant County Southwest Festival of the Written Word Literacy Link â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Leamos Gila Resources Information Project High Desert Humane Society Mimbres Region Arts Council â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MRAC Gila / Mimbres Community Radio â&#x20AC;&#x201C; KURU Upper Gila Watershed Alliance Border Partners Life Quest, Inc. Western Institute for Lifelong Learning First Born Program Friends of the Library The Lotus Center El Refugio Silver City Mainstreet â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Silco Theater Gila Valley Mobile Food Pantry End of the Road Ranch Silver City Arts & Cultural District â&#x20AC;&#x201C; CLAY Mimbres Valley Health Action League Friends of Forma SNAP of Southwest NM Silver Regional Sexual Assault Support â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SASS The Wellness Coalition Community Partnership for Children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; CPC Glenwood Community Library Gila Native Plant Society The Bike Works Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society Silver City Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club Border Area Mental Health Services Grant County Senior Olympics The Non Profit Resource Group Silver Adult Care Services Silver City Museum Society GRMC Foundation Grant County Community Concert Assoc.

$ 15,730.00 $ 15,074.00 $ 7,055.00 $ 5,720.00 $ 4,698.00 $ 3,888.00 $ 3,216.00 $ 2,725.00 $ 2,663.00 $ 2,545.00 $ 2,415.00 $ 2,410.00 $ 2,360.55 $ 2,119.75 $ 1,900.00 $ 1,884.00 $ 1,815.00 $ 1,531.00 $ 1,491.00 $ 1,375.00 $ 1,355.50 $ 1,195.00 $ 780.00 $ 630.00 $ 625.00 $ 610.00 $ 542.00 $ 510.00 $ 500.00 $ 464.35 $ 445.00 $ 425.00 $ 420.00 $ 353.00 $ 277.00 $ 255.00 $ 240.00 $ 230.00 $ 225.00 $ 180.00 $ 25.00

Grant County Total $ 92,902.15! * Freeport McMoRan Matching Grant Recipients

JUNE 2015

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40 DAYS & 40 NIGHTS

What’s Going On in June

THE MARKETPLACE IN DOWNTOWN SILVER CITY

OPEN SUN 11-3 • TUES-SAT 10:30-5:30 • CLOSED MON

Music and ice cream all month

MONDAY, June 1 Silver City/ Grant County

Laughter Club - 12:15 - 12:45 p.m. 614 N Bullard St. in Silver City. Use the physical act of laughter to enhance your health. No jokes are used but lots of breathing, laughing and clapping. Free. For more information call Mary Ann Finn at 575388-0243. Peter & Brandon – 7:30 p.m. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 9566144.

Deming/Luna County

Deming Flea Market – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Buy, sell, trade. Intersection of Hatch Highway and Hwy. 180, 2 miles north of Deming. Call 575-494-3021 for more information.

TUESDAY, June 2 Las Cruces/Mesilla

Argentine Tango de Las Cruces – Tango lessons are from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. and Milonga from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at 2251 Calle de Santiago, Mesilla. The cost is $5. For more information, call Terri Coffman at 505-620-0377.

T or C/Sierra County

The Sierra Twirlers – 6 to 8 p.m. mainstream/plus square dance, including special session time for inexperienced dancers looking to improve their skills, held at 710 Elm St. Truth or Consequences. Everyone is welcome – guys, gals, singles, couples, and families with children over 8 years old. There is a $3 per person cost to dance and join in this healthy and fun social activity. There is no cost to go and watch. Call Jean or Jim at 575-894-0083 or Carole at 575-313-9971 for additional information.

WEDNESDAY, June 3

and “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” night with performance sponsor Snappy Mart. Gates open at 6 p.m.; Exceptional Rodeo at 6:15 p.m.; Circle Heart Mutton Bustin’ at 7:30 p.m. and the PRCA Rodeo performance gets underway at 8 pm. Events are held at the Southwest Horseman’s Park, off of US Hwy 180 and Caballero Road just East of Silver City. Brittany Kingery – 8 p.m. Up-and-coming Troprock star, $5 cover. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144.

575-388-2897 601 N. Bullard

est 1995

1950 Hwy 180 E. (behind Aunt Judy's Attic) Silver City, NM 575.956.3159 Open Tuesday-Saturday 9-5 Check out our blog at www.silverheightsnursery.blogspot.com

for sale announcements, new arrivals and local gardening advice.

Alamogordo/ Otero County

Jurassic World at Hastings Entertainment – Story time for the whole family features a Jurassic themed story reading and a chance to win tickets 40 DAYS & 40 NIGHTS continued on next page

Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo – Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold. Gates open at 6 p.m., Circle Heart Mutton Bustin’ at 7:30 pm and the PRCA Rodeo performance gets underway at 8 pm. Events are held at the Southwest Horseman’s Park, off of US Hwy 180 and Caballero Road, just East of Silver City.

THURSDAY, June 4

FRIDAY, June 5

Silver City/ Grant County

Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo – Family Night

Come in and see locally made and imported pieces from Therese “The Jewelry Lady”

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Jurassic World at Hastings Entertainment – Story time for the whole family features a Jurassic themed story reading and a chance to win tickets to the upcoming movie, Jurassic World by entering a Dino Draw Contest. Hastings is at 2350 Lohman in Las Cruces and can be reached at 575-525-0022. Big Band Dance Club – 8 to 10 p.m. offers dance ballroom, country, swing and Latin styles at Alma de Artes School, 402 West Court Street in Las Cruces. The DJ will be Gary Koverman. Group dance lesson taught by John Guisto at 7:00-7:45 p.m. $7 for all on CD nights except $5 for students with ID. For more information call 575-526-6504. June is new member month. Every new person that joins will receive free dances. The Harmaleighs – 8-11 p.m. Live music. Original country from Nashville. No cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575525-6752, www.highdesertbrewingco.com.

to the upcoming movie, Jurassic World by entering a Dino Draw Contest. Hastings is at 805 White Sands Blvd. in Alamogordo and can be reached at 575-437-0776. T or C/Sierra County Total Motion Release – 10 to 10:45 a.m. body balancing technique to improve flexibility, realign the body and reduce pain held at Elephant Butte Lake RV Resort. Donations accepted and distributed to local charities. Call Liz Foster at 575-744-5996 for more information.

Silver City/ Grant County

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SEASON OPENS Saturday, May 9th

Saturdays — 8:30-noon

Mainstreet Plaza, off N Bullard at 7th St. Accepting EBT/SNAP Vegetable plant starts • Produce Locally made products • Live music Support your local farmers!

Call for vendor info or questions: 575-654-4104

Popcorn Fridays – Free popcorn and other food

FAMILY REUNIONS • CHURCHES • BUSINESS MEETINGS SCHOOLS • CLUBS • HUNTERS • RV GROUPS Experiences in God’s great outdoors for everyone!

Open ALL year for ALL groups.

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Lone Mountain Natives Join the effort to create Pollinator Friendly Gardens.

Buy pesticide & herbicide free nursery plants Plant native for native pollinators Consult with us for a pollinator friendly garden Check out our wide selection of perennials, trees, shrubs and succulents Let us help with all your healthy habitat landscape needs. At the Farmer’s Market or 538-4345 to visit our nursery. www.lonemountainnatives.com

Check out: www.xerces.org and www.nrcs.usda.gov/pollinators

JUNE 2015

40 DAYS & 40 NIGHTS continued samples. Silver City Food Co-op, 520 N. Bullard St., 388-2343, www.silvercityfoodcoop.com. Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo – Rodeo action brought to you by Big O Tire of Silver City and Deming. Gates open at 6 p.m., Circle Heart Mutton Bustin’ at 7:30 pm and the PRCA Rodeo performance gets underway at 8 pm. Events are held at the Southwest Horseman’s Park, off of US Hwy 180 and Caballero Road, just East of Silver City. Cinderella – 7 p.m. movie at the WNMU Light Hall Theater, 1000 W. College Ave. Silver City. JB & the Jack Rabbits – 8 p.m. From outlaw country to heavy metal, no cover. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144.

Deming/Luna County

www.desertexposure.com Society at the Fountain Theatre presents a daily film beginning every Friday and continuing through the following week. The Fountain Theatre is one block south of the Mesilla plaza, at 2469 Calle de Guadalupe. Effie Gray is based on a scandal that shocked Victorian England and stars Emma Thompson and Dakota Fanning.

Alamogordo/ Otero County

Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo gates open daily, June 3 - 6 at 6 p.m., Circle Heart Mutton Bustin’ is at 7:30 p.m. and the PRCA Rodeo performance gets underway at 8 p.m. Events are held at the Southwest Horseman’s Park, off of US Hwy 180 and Caballero Road just East of Silver City. (Courtesy photo)

Deming Flea Market – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Buy, sell, trade. Intersection of Hatch Highway and Hwy. 180, two miles north of Deming. 575-494-3021. Fine Arts and Fine Crafts show reception – 5 to 7 p.m. at the Deming Art Center. Open show invites the community to the artists’ reception. For information, call 575-546-3663.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Fair trade marketplace – Unique gifts hand-made by women from Mexico and the border region available at La Frontera, in Nopalito’s Galería, 326 S. Mesquite St. Las Cruces. The market is open Fridays (4-7 p.m.), Saturdays (12-5 p.m.), and Sundays (12-5 p.m.) All of the sales go to the women. Artist Reception for June – 5 to 7 p.m. Artists’ reception takes place in the El Paso Electric Gallery in Las Cruces during the First Friday Downtown ArtRamble, and features the original fine art renderings of nationally recognized graphic designer and printing consultant Jack Pumphrey. Arabian Nights – 8 p.m. The story of Shahrazad’s wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar, adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by Karen Caroe. $12 general admission, $10 students and seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St., www.no-strings.org, 575-5231223. Effie Gray – At 7:30 p.m., the Mesilla Valley Film

Strumming – 7 to 9 p.m. is a musical celebration using a variety of primitive instruments which are provided at CAPPED, 907 New York Ave. For more information call Tea Hood at 575-434-4673. Art in the Park – 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. the Alamogordo Club for Teens invites everyone 17 and under to participate in this event at Washington Park in Alamogordo. Food and drinks are provided. Call Christopher Whrite at 423-598-3958 for more information.

Ruidoso/Lincoln County

First Friday at Art Ruidoso – 5-8 p.m. Art Ruidoso Gallery is open late the first Friday of every month with exhibit openings and treats. 2809 Sudderth Drive, Ruidoso. Call 575-808-1133 for

information. Circus Dinner Theater – 6-9 p.m. ASA NISI MASA presents a dinner catered by the Four Front Café with family entertainment from dancing to miming to absurd theater and classic drama at Mountain Annie’s, 2710 Sudderth Drive, Ruidoso. Call 575-973-4340 for more information.

SATURDAY, June 6 Silver City/ Grant County

Saturday Afternoon Poetry in the Parlor – 1 p.m. with Bonnie Maldonado at the Silver City Museum, 312 W Broadway. Enjoy a poetry reading from Silver City’s 2012 Inaugural Poet Laureate while relaxing in Victorian elegance. Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo - The final performance brought to you by “The Brown Boys” at Werner Tire. Gates open at 6 p.m.; Circle Heart Mutton Bustin’ at 7:30 p.m.; PRCA Rodeo performance at 8 pm. Events are held at the Southwest Horseman’s Park, off of US Hwy 180 and Caballero Road just East of Silver City. Cinderella – 7 p.m. movie at the WNMU Light Hall Theater, 1000 W. College Ave. Silver City. Andrew Dahl-Bredine – 7 p.m. awardwinning singer/songwriter weaves American folk sounds with traditional African, Latin and Brazilian rhythms and themes. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 3201 Ridge Loop, Silver City 956-6144.

La Clinica

Family Health & Birth Center (575) 388-4251 (on 32nd St up the hill from the Hospital)

Las Cruces/Mesilla Dead When I Got Here – 10 a.m. at the Fountain Theatre, 2469 Guadalupe in Mesilla. This is the U.S. premier of a documentary filmed in Cd. Juarez is here only for one day. Filmmaker Mark Aitken and a panel will be present to discuss the film which is about a mental asylum run by its own patients in Juarez, Mexico. Storytelling - At 10:30 a.m. the Storytellers of Las Cruces carry on the age-old art of performing stories every Saturday at both COAS Bookstore locations. This week, Douglas Jackson will be at the downtown COAS and Judith Ames will be the storyteller at the COAS location on Solano. All children who attend will receive a coupon good for $2 off a book. Arabian Nights – 8 p.m. The story of Shahrazad’s wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar, adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by Karen Caroe. $12 general admission, $10 students and seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St., www.no-strings.org, 575-5231223. Jones & Miles – 8-11 p.m. Live music. Rock and bluegrass from Ruidoso. No cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575-525-6752, www.highdesertbrewingco.com.

T or C/Sierra County

National Free Fishing Day – Fish without a license all day at Elephant Butte Lake State Park or any other waterway. For information, call the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish at 575-744-5923. Sierra County Farmers Market – 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. at Ralph Edwards Park, Riverside and Cedar, Truth or Consequences. Call Colleen Davis at 575-894-9375 for more information. Winston Annual Fiesta – 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. at the Winston Community Center in Winston. Parade BBQ dinner, craft fair/flea market, chow chip poker, games for children of all ages and a western dace starting at 8 p.m. Winston is 35 miles northwest of Truth or Consequences via Highway 52. Old Time Fiddlers Saturday Night Dance – 7 to 9 p.m. at the New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm Street, Truth or Consequences. Live music, toetapping fun, refreshments and a door prize. For information call 575-297-4125. Celestial Resonance, a Journey into the Infinite Heart with Paradiso & Rasamayi – 7 p.m. at La Paloma Hot Springs & Spa, 311 Marr St., Truth or Consequences. Tickets available online at torcchamber. org/event/sound-healing-concert-series-with-paradisorasamayi or for purchase at La Paloma Hot Springs & Spa, 575-894-3148.

Ruidoso/Lincoln County

Summer Music at Ruidoso Public Library – 2 to 4 p.m. Simple Gifts, bluegrass music from an Alamogordo group of musicians, plays on the lawn outside the library. Call 575-258-3704 for more information.

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Games!

Saturday, June 13th aat Gough Park from 11am-3pm SPONSORED BY:

Everyone is invited to

GET MOVING!

Call Belinda at 575-534-0248 for more information.

Relays! Dancing! Food!

JUNE 2015

DESERT EXPOSURE SUNDAY, June 7

Ruidoso/Lincoln County

Sunday Under the Stars - Starting at 6 p.m. outdoor entertainment at Inn of the Mountain Gods presents free live music with the Abe Mac Band, followed by a movie, “Planes.” Make sure to bring chairs and blankets. Weather permitting. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 575-4647777.

MONDAY, June 8 Silver City/ Grant County

The Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County – 10:30 a.m. at Glad Tidings Church 11600 Hwy 180 E The speaker will be Nancy Miller talking about her trip to Korea. Cost for lunch is $12. All singles are welcome. For information call 575-537-3643. Friends of the Library Annual Meeting – 4:30 to 6 p.m. guest speaker, George Julian Dworin, the Silver City Arts and Cultural District and Tourism Director. His topic will be “Through the Eyes of the Visitor,” with an overview of why Silver City is such a unique destination and how partnership with the arts is so vital to the community. Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave., for more info contact folsilvercitynm@gmail.com.

TUESDAY, June 9 Las Cruces/Mesilla

Every Other Tuesday: Alyssa Gose & Elijah Estrada – 6:30 p.m. a 17-year-old senior at Las Cruces High School who plans on majoring in musical theatre, Alyssa Gose has appeared in more than 25 plays and musicals including ASTC’s “Meet Me in St. Louis” and Scaffolding Theatre Company’s “Nine.” Joining Alyssa on stage will be fellow soloist Elijah Estrada and pianist David Cunniff. Every Other Tuesday is a Doña Ana Arts Council program that showcases local performers. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.RioGrandeTheatre.com or call 575-523-6403. Argentine Tango de Las Cruces – Tango lessons are from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. and Milonga from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at 2251 Calle de Santiago, Mesilla. The cost is $5. For more information, call Terri

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call Phyllis McQuaide at 575-654-0196. Compasito – 8 p.m. Brothers Andrew and Peter Dahl-Bredine play a mix of world music. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144.

Silver City/ Grant County

24 Club 2015 Home Tour - 1 to 4 p.m. features the historic Mimbres Valley with a Cowboy Theme complete with a cowboy snack at the Tea House, located at La Esperanza Winery. The tour features eight locations in Mimbres. Tickets are available at Insurance First, Adobe Springs Cafe, Alotta Gelato, Morning Star and Curl Up & Dye in Silver City and the Mimbres Café and La Esperanza in Mimbrea or by calling 575-5902932. Simplify, simplify – 7 to 10 a.m. is a talk and discussion led by the Rev. Joni-Kay Rose at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City, 3845 N. Swan, Silver City. Signed copies of Joni-Kay’s 2003 book, “The Joy Beyond Craving: A Buddhist Perspective on Addiction and Recovery,” will be available for purchase after the service. Call 575538-0101 or 575-956-5414 for more information. Cinderella – 2 p.m. movie at the WNMU Light Hall Theater, 1000 W. College Ave. Silver City. Searching for Water Tour – 7 p.m. Rafael Vigilantics with Ceekay Jones play. The Huffington Post calls Vigilantics “The Iggy Pop of Hip-Hop.” $6 cover. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

National Free Fishing Day is all day June 6 and everyone can fish without a license at Elephant Butte Lake State Park or any other waterway. For more information call the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish at 575-744-5923. (Photo by Craig Springer) Coffman at 505-620-0377.

T or C/Sierra County

The Sierra Twirlers – 6 to 8 p.m. mainstream/plus square dance, including special session time for inexperienced dancers looking to improve their skills, held at 710 Elm St. Truth or Consequences. Everyone is welcome – guys, gals, singles, couples, and families with children over 8 years. There is a $3 per person cost to dance and join in this healthy and fun social activity. There is no cost to go and watch. Call Jean or Jim at 575-894-0083 or Carole at 575-313-9971 for additional information.

WEDNESDAY, June 10 Alamogordo/ Otero County

Wine Down Wednesday – 5:30-8 p.m. Live music by Randy Granger, Native American flutist and guitarist, wine hors d’oeuvres, Heart of the Desert wines. $10 cover. Heart of the Desert Pistachios & Wine, 7288 Hwy. 54/70, between Alamogordo and Tularosa. 575-434-0035, www.heartofthedesert.com.

THURSDAY, June 11 Las Cruces/Mesilla

Tiffany Christopher – 8-11 p.m. Live music, one woman band. No cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575-525-6752, www.highdesertbrewingco.com.

T or C/Sierra County

Total Motion Release – 10-10:45 a.m. body balancing technique to improve flexibility, realign the body and reduce pain held at Elephant Butte Lake RV Resort. Donations accepted and distributed to local charities. Call Liz Foster at 575-744-5996 for more information.

FRIDAY, June 12 Silver City/ Grant County

Popcorn Fridays – Free popcorn and other food samples. Silver City Food Coop, 520 N. Bullard St., 388-2343, www. silvercityfoodcoop.com. Learn to Make Ice Cream Community Forum – From noon to 1 p.m. learn with this Community Forum at 614 N. Bullard St., for more information call 575-388-2343 Over the River and Through the Woods - 7 p.m. A comedy by Joe DiPietro is produced by Silver City Community Theatre and plays at the Western New Mexico University Light Hall Theatre, 1000 W. College Avenue in Silver City. The performances are free and donations gratefully accepted. For more information,

Fair trade marketplace - Unique gifts hand-made by women from Mexico and the border region available at La Frontera, in Nopalito’s Galería, 326 S. Mesquite St. Las Cruces. The market is open Fridays (4-7 p.m.), Saturdays (12-5 p.m.), and Sundays (12-5 p.m.) All of the sales go to the women. Danny Collins – At 7:30 p.m., the Mesilla Valley Film Society at the Fountain Theatre presents a daily film beginning every Friday and continuing through the following week. The Fountain Theatre is one block south of the Mesilla plaza, at 2469 Calle de Guadalupe. Danny Collins, played by Al Pacino as a megawatt singer, sells out stadiums packed with silver bouffants and has calcified into a caricature of a human being. Arabian Nights – 8 p.m. The story of Shahrazad’s wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar, adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by Karen Caroe. $12 general admission, $10 students and seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St., www.no-strings.org, 575-523-1223.

Ruidoso/ Lincoln County

Circus Dinner Theater – 6-9 p.m. ASA NISI MASA presents a dinner catered by the Four Front Café with family entertainment from dancing to miming to absurd theater and classic drama at Mountain Annie’s, 2710 Sudderth Drive, Ruidoso. Call 575-973-4340 for more information.

SATURDAY, June 13 Silver City/

Friends of the Silver City Library Quarterly Book Sale – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $.50 paperbacks and $1 hardbacks. This sale features series by authors such as David Baldacci, Michael Connelly, Jeffrey Deaver, Donna Leon and James Patterson at 1510 Market Street. Members only from 9 to 10 a.m. folsilvercitynm@gmail. com. Artisan Market – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. support local artisans at 614 N. Bullard St., for more information call 575-388-2343. Jump Into Summer Family Fun Day – From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will be prizes, games, relays, dancing and food at Gough Park, for more information call Belinda at 575-597-2714. Rotary Club’s Wild West Casino Night - 6:30 pm at Billy’s BBQ, 2138 Hwy 180 East. Games include Roulette, Blackjack, Craps and Texas Hold ‘Em poker. There will be appetizers, live entertainment, prizes, and a no-host bar. Wear your western attire. Proceeds fund the Silver City Museum’s planned outdoor Big Ditch exhibit. Over the River and through the Woods – 7 p.m. A comedy by Joe DiPietro is produced by Silver City Community Theatre and plays at the Western New Mexico University Light Hall Theatre, 1000 W. College Avenue in Silver City. The performances are free and donations gratefully accepted. For more information, call Phyllis McQuaide at 575-654-0196. Michele and Brandon – 7:30 p.m. Soul, funk, rock n’ roll and country. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

MainStreet Farmer’s Market – 7 to 11 a.m. in downtown Las Cruces, along Main Street. Book Month kick-off at Hastings Entertainment – People who buy a

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“Cruel” analyzes the evolution of mankind, from its initial stages, through the birth of its consciousness, and concluding with a retrospective of its innermost thoughts and beliefs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. General admission is free to the public. For more information, call 915-532-5551 Ext. 259. Arabian Nights – 8 p.m. The story of Shahrazad’s wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar, adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by Karen Caroe. $12 general admission, $10 students and seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St., www.no-strings.org, 575-523-1223. Steve Smith & Chris Sanders – 8-11 p.m. Live music, old-time mandolin and vocals. No cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575525-6752, www.highdesertbrewingco.com.

book or more get a free tote bag and a discount all month through July 11. Hastings is at 2350 Lohman in Las Cruces and can be reached at 575525-0022. Storytelling - At 10:30 a.m. the Storytellers of Las Cruces carry on the age old art of performing stories every Saturday at both COAS Bookstore locations. This week Gloria Hacker will be the storytellers at the downtown COAS and Grits Wrangler will be the storyteller at the COAS location on Solano. All children who attend will receive a coupon good for $2 off a book. Italian Language Class for Beginners – Free at 3:30, “Get Ready For A Trip To Italy,” with the Italian Culture Club Of Las Cruces, runs about T or C/Sierra County an hour and covers Sierra County Farmers travel phrases for Market – 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. at Ralph Edwards Park, those planning a trip Riverside and Cedar, Truth or to Italy, emergency Consequences. Call Colleen situation communiDavis at 575-894-9375 for cations, some roll more information. playing along with Old Time Fiddlers Satura vocal performance day Night Dance – 7 to of a popular Italian 9 p.m. at the New Mexico Opera Aria, with Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish English Libretto to 710 Elm Street, Truth or Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Program is offering enhance appreConsequences. Live music, free four-hour ATV safety classes for kids and ciation. A Handout toe-tapping fun, refreshments adults on June 13 and 27. To register for a class, package is available and a door prize. For more or for more information about OHV recreation and will cost $3 if information call Zelma Iorio at rules in New Mexico call 505-222-4712. (Courordered in advance. 575-297-4125. tesy photo) The class is at the Thomas Branigan Alamogordo/ Memorial Library. Otero County Call Al “Chance” Cella at 575-915-8963 for more Off-Highway Vehicle Safety Training information. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Cruel - 7 p.m. a contemporary dance show in Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Program, in partnertwo acts at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main, ship with the Lincoln National Forest Sacramento in Las Cruces. The show is based on the novel Ranger District, is offering free four-hour ATV “1984” by George Orwell and choreographed by safety classes for kids and adults at the Benson Mexican director and choreographer Ebert Ortiz.

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Ruidoso/ Lincoln County

Cultural Collaborative Music – In partnership with the New Mexico Music Commission, Lincoln Historic Site hosts a concert of traditional western music by Jim Jones (Cowboy Way) at the amphitheater next to the Visitor Center from 11 a.m. to noon. From noon to 1 p.m., Lincoln staff will talk about the colorful history of Lincoln. From 1 to 2 p.m., modern western music will be performed by the Flying J Wranglers in a second concert in the amphitheater. The event will be free and food vendors available onsite. Call 575-653-4025 for more information.

There is a $3 per person cost to dance and join in this healthy and fun social activity. There is no cost to go and watch. Call Jean or Jim at 575-8940083 or Carole at 575-313-9971 for additional information.

Ruidoso/ Lincoln County

The Marshall Tucker Band – Gates open at 6:30 and the concert begins and 7 p.m. with a special guest appearance by Gleewood at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino, 26225 U.S. Highway 70, Ruidoso Downs. Call 575-378-4431 for more information.

THURSDAY, June 18 Silver City/ Grant County

Ambercare Open House and Ribbon Cutting – 4 to 6 p.m. RSVP to Reyne Maynes or rmaynes@ambercare.com.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Arabian Nights – 7 p.m. The story of Shahrazad’s wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar, adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by Karen Caroe. $12 general admission, SUNDAY, June 14 You scream, I scream, Let’s Make Ice $10 students and seniors, Cream from 2 to 3 p.m. June 20, is a class Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Silver City/ free for children who are members of the Main St., www.no-strings. Grant County org, 575-523-1223. Silver City Food Coop at 614 N. Bullard Over the River and Big Band Dance Club St. Pre-registration is required. For more inThrough the Woods – 2 formation or to register call 575-388-2343. 8-10 p.m. Offers ballroom, p.m. A comedy by Joe DiPicountry, swing and Latin (Courtesy photo) etro is produced by Silver styles at Alma de Arte, 402 City Community Theatre and West Court Street, in Las plays at the Western New Cruces. Live music created by Jim Helder’s Septet. Mexico University Light Hall Theatre, 1000 W. Col- Group dance lesson taught by John Guisto from lege Avenue in Silver City. The performances are 7-7:45 p.m. $7 for all on CD nights except $5 for free and donations gratefully accepted. For more students with ID. For more information call 575information, call Phyllis McQuaide at 575-654526-6504. June is new member month. Every new 0196. person that joins will receive free dances. Deltaphonic – 8-11 p.m. Live music, New OrLas Cruces/Mesilla leans funk, rock and soul. No cover. High Desert Arabian Nights – 2:30 p.m. The story of ShahBrewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575-525razad’s wedding night in the palace of King Shah6752, highdesertbrewingco.com. rayar, adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by Karen Caroe. $12 general admission, $10 T or C/Sierra County students and seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Total Motion Release – 10-10:45 a.m. body Main St., www.no-strings.org, 575-523-1223. balancing technique to improve flexibility, realign

Ruidoso/ Lincoln County

Sunday Under the Stars - Starting at 6 p.m. outdoor entertainment at Inn of the Mountain Gods presents free live music with Big Skillet, followed by a movie, “Maleficent.” Make sure to bring chairs and blankets. Weather permitting. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 575-464-7777.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS June 2015 SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH, 2015 Saturday Afternoon Poetry in the Parlor With Bonnie Maldonado 1 pm at the Silver City Museum, 312 W Broadway Enjoy a poetry reading from Silver City’s 2012 Inaugural Poet Laureate while relaxing in Victorian elegance. SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2015 Rotary Club’s “Wild West Casino Night” 6:30 pm at Billy’s BBQ, 2138 Hwy 180 East Games will include Roulette, Blackjack, Craps and Texas Hold ‘Em poker. There will be appetizers, live entertainment, prizes, and a no-host bar. Wear your western attire! Proceeds fund the Silver City Museum’s planned outdoor Big Ditch exhibit. FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2015 Kids’ Day at the Museum! 9 am to 12 pm in the Silver City Museum and Courtyard, 312 W Broadway in downtown Silver City. Special Story Time with Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley at 10:30 am. Our courtyard will be filled with activities, crafts, games, and more for the whole family! This event is free and open to the public. Come have fun at one of our biggest events of the year! EXHIBITS AT THE SILVER CITY MUSEUM: Open Drawers, Fashion Plates, and Late Night Dates: High Fashion from the Wheaton-Smith Collection, a study in fashion and society at the turn of the century, as viewed through the lens of one family’s extraordinary wardrobe. Now Open!

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TUESDAY, June 16 Las Cruces/Mesilla

Argentine Tango de Las Cruces – Tango lessons are 6:30-7:15 p.m. and Milonga from 7:15-9:30 p.m. at 2251 Calle de Santiago, Mesilla. The cost is $5. For information, call 505-620-0377.

T or C/Sierra County

The Sierra Twirlers – 6-8 p.m. mainstream/plus square dance, including special session time for inexperienced dancers looking to improve their skills, held at 710 Elm St. Truth or Consequences. Everyone is welcome – guys, gals, singles, couples, and families with children over 8 years.

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San Juan Day at the Lincoln Historic Site is June 24. A mass will be conducted at San Juan Mission. Local parishioners began building the mission in 1884; it was completed on June 26, 1887 and a feast was held immediately to celebrate. Following this year’s church service, another feast will be held, with a community potluck supper. The event is free to the public. Call 575-653-4025 for more information. (Courtesy photo) to local charities. Call Liz Foster at 575744-5996 for more information.

FRIDAY, June 19 Silver City/ Grant County

Popcorn Fridays – Free popcorn and other food samples. Silver City Food Co-op, 520 N. Bullard St., 388-2343, silvercityfoodcoop.com. Kids’ Day at the Museum - 9 a.m. to noon in the Silver City Museum and Courtyard, 312 W Broadway in downtown Silver City. A special storytime with Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley is at 10:30 a.m. The courtyard will be full of activities, crafts, games, and more for the whole family. This event is free and open to the public. The Shady Rest Band – 8 p.m. Honky Tonk Skiffle grass, Nate Guthrie and CK Dangerbird deliver high-energy sets that include everything from traditional works to an extensive catalog of foot stompin’ original tunes. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Fair trade marketplace - Unique gifts hand-made by women from Mexico and the border region available at La Frontera, in Nopalito’s Galería, 326 S. Mesquite St. Las Cruces. The market is open Fridays (4-7 p.m.), Saturdays (12-5 p.m.), and Sundays (12-5 p.m.) All of the sales go to the women. The Salt of the Earth – At 7:30 p.m., the Mesilla Valley Film Society at the Fountain Theatre presents a daily film beginning every Friday and continuing through the following week. The Fountain Theatre is one block south of the Mesilla plaza, at 2469 Calle de Guadalupe. “The Salt of the Earth” guides the viewer on a visual odyssey through photographer Sepastiao Salgado’s career. It earned a 2014 Oscar nomination for Best Documentary. Arabian Nights – 8 p.m. The story of Shahrazad’s wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar, adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by Karen Caroe. $12 general admission, $10 students and

seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St., www.no-strings.org, 575-523-1223.

Ruidoso/Lincoln County

Circus Dinner Theater – From 6 to 9 p.m. ASA NISI MASA presents a dinner catered by the Four Front Café with family entertainment from dancing to miming to absurd theater and classic drama at Mountain Annie’s, 2710 Sudderth Drive, Ruidoso. Call 575-973-4340 for more information.

SATURDAY, June 20 Silver City/Grant County

- 7 p.m. the Doña Ana Arts Council and Casa de Peregrinos will join forces with hometown legends Nosotros to present a concert and food drive at Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St., titled “Feed the Body and Soul.” Donations will be accepted at the door. Project MainStreet will have a food truck roundup with High Desert Brewing Company, which will line the street in front of the theater from 6 to 10 p.m. Reserved seat tickets are $26 and may be purchased in person at the box office (9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday), or by calling 575-523-6403. Learn more at RioGrandeTheatre.com. Arabian Nights – 8 p.m. The story of Shahrazad’s wedding night in the palace

You scream, I scream, Let’s Make Ice Cream – 2 -3 p.m. is a free class for children who are members of the Silver City Food Co-op at 614 N. Bullard St. Pre-registration is required. For information or to register call 575-388-2343. Sean Farley – 8 p.m. Farley has made it to play in the International Blues Challenge three times, taken the state at the Billtown Blues Festival “Arabian Nights,” adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed seven times and has by Karen Caroe, and runs June 5 to June 21 at the Black opened for bands Box Theatre, 430 N Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. (Courtesy like “Yes” and “Blue photo) Oyster Cult.” Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144. of King Shahrayar, adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by Karen Caroe. Las Cruces/Mesilla $12 general admission, $10 students and Storytelling - At 10:30 a.m. the Storyseniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main tellers of Las Cruces carry on the age-old St., no-strings.org, 575-523-1223. art of performing stories every Saturday Jerusafunk – 8-11 p.m. Live music, at both COAS Bookstore locations. This funky world music from Phoenix. No week, Judith Ames will be the storytellers cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. at the downtown COAS and Loni Todoroki Hadley Ave. 575-525-6752, highdesertwill be the storyteller at the COAS locabrewingco.com. tion on Solano. All children who attend will receive a coupon good for $2 off a T or C/Sierra County book. Sierra County Farmers Market – Nosotros: Feed the Body and Soul 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. at Ralph Edwards

Park, Riverside and Cedar, Truth or Consequences. Call Colleen Davis at 575-8949375 for more information. Old Time Fiddlers Saturday Night Dance – 7 to 9 p.m. at the New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm Street, Truth or Consequences. Live music, toe-tapping fun, refreshments and a door prize. For information call 575-297-4125.

SUNDAY, June 21 Silver City/Grant County

Justin Evan Thompson and Gabrielle Louise – 7 p.m. Singer/songwriter Americana/folk. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Arabian Nights – 2:30 p.m. The story of Shahrazad’s wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar, adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by Karen Caroe. $12 general admission, $10 students and seniors, Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main St., no-strings.org, 575-523-1223. Carlos Barba Trio – 7 p.m. performing for the Mesilla Valley Jazz & Blues Society for their monthly concert series which takes place on the third Sunday at First Christian Church, 1809 El Paseo. The cost is $5 members, $8 non-members and $1 for students with ID. The Carlos Barba Trio is made up of Christian Chesaneck on bass, Lawrence Brown on drums, and Carlos Barba on piano. The three members are current UTEP students and have been active performers in the region for almost a decade. The trio specializes in playing original compositions and is in the process of recording their first full-length album.

Ruidoso/Lincoln County

Sunday Under the Stars - 6 p.m. outdoor entertainment at Inn of the Mountain God. Free live music with the Branded Bandits, followed by a movie, “Space Jam.” Make sure to bring chairs and blankets. Weather permitting. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 575-464-7777.

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Alamogordo/ Otero County

HEAL Group Walk – 7 to 8 a.m. meet at Scenic and First Street on the South Scenic Extension. Bring your own water. The theme is white shirt, jeans and comfy shoes – “just keeping it cool.” Email or call for more information about HEAL– Healthy Eating Active Living, a subcommittee of the Otero County Community Health Council Maureen Schmittle Maureen. schmittle@state.nm.us 437-9340 Ext. 5.

Ruidoso/ Lincoln County

Saturday Afternoon Poetry in the Parlor in Silver City is at 1 p.m., June 6 with Bonnie Maldonado at the Silver City Museum, 312 W Broadway. Enjoy a poetry reading from Silver City’s 2012 Inaugural Poet Laureate while relaxing in Victorian elegance. (Courtesy photo)

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Every Other Tuesday: Johnoscar – 6:30 p.m. a piano prodigy, born in the Philippines, who began playing at age 4, was touring America at age 14 and was enrolled in Juilliard at age 16, Johnoscar will present selections from his upcoming album “Cinema Paradiso: A Night At The Movies.” Every Other Tuesday is a Doña Ana Arts Council program that showcases local and traveling performers. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit RioGrandeTheatre.com or call 575-523-6403. Argentine Tango de Las Cruces – Tango lessons are 6:30-7:15 p.m. and Milonga is 7:15-9:30 p.m. at 2251 Calle de Santiago, Mesilla. The cost is $5. For information call 505-620-0377.

T or C/Sierra County

The Sierra Twirlers – 6 to 8 p.m. mainstream/plus square dance, including special session time for inexperienced dancers looking to improve their skills, held at 710 Elm St. Truth or Consequences. Everyone is welcome – guys, gals, singles, couples, and families with children over 8 years. There is a $3 per person cost to dance and join in this healthy and fun social activity. There is no cost to go and watch. Call Jean or Jim at 575-894-0083 or Carole at 575-3139971 for additional information.

WEDNESDAY, June 24 Ruidoso/ Lincoln County

San Juan Day at the Lincoln Historic Site – A mass will be conducted at San Juan Mission. Local parishioners began building the mission in 1884; it was completed on June 26, 1887 and a feast was held immediately to celebrate. Following this year’s church service, another feast will be held, with a community potluck supper. The event is free to the public. Call 575-653-4025 for more information.

THURSDAY, June 25 Las Cruces/Mesilla

Big Band Dance Club - 8-10 p.m. dance offers ballroom, country, swing and Latin styles at Alma de Artes School, 402 West Court Street in Las Cruces. The DJ will be Mike D’Arcy. Group dance lesson taught by John Guisto at 7:00-7:45 p.m. $7 for all on CD nights except $5 for

students with ID. For information, call 575526-6504. June is new member month. Every new person that joins will receive free dances. Little Table Contra Band and La Union Maldita – 8-11 p.m. Live music, bluegrass and Latin. No cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575-525-6752, highdesertbrewingco. com.

T or C/Sierra County

Total Motion Release – 10-10:45 a.m. body-balancing technique to improve flexibility, realign the body and reduce pain held at Elephant Butte Lake RV Resort. Donations accepted and distributed to local charities. Call Liz Foster at 575-7445996 for more information.

SATURDAY, June 27 Silver City/ Grant County

Community Flea Market – From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. is an opportunity to recycle, reuse or repurpose a treasure at 614 N. Bullard St. in Silver City For more information call 575-388-2343. Soulshine – 5 p.m. Las Cruces rock ‘n’ soul duo will entertain outdoors at the Back Alley BBQ. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Storytelling - At 10:30 a.m. the Story-

Sierra County Farmers Market – 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. at Ralph Edwards Park, Riverside and Cedar, Truth or Consequences. Call Colleen Davis at 575-8949375 for more information. Old Time Fiddlers Saturday Night Dance – 7 to 9 p.m. at the New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm Street, Truth or Consequences. Live music, toe-tapping fun, refreshments and a door prize. For more information call Zelma Iorio at 575-297-4125.

Alamogordo/ Otero County

Off-Highway Vehicle Safety Training — The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Program, in partnership with the Lincoln National Forest Sacramento Ranger District, is offering free four-hour ATV safety classes for kids and adults at the Benson Ridge Pit eight miles south of Cloudcroft on FR223. Saturday a.m. and p.m. classes are scheduled. All students must pre-register, no walk-ins are allowed. To register for a class, or for more information about OHV recreation rules in New Mexico call 505-222-4712.

SUNDAY, June 28 Ruidoso/ Lincoln County

Sunday Under the Stars - 6 p.m. outdoor entertainment at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Free live music, followed by a movie, “LEGO Movie.” Make sure to bring chairs and blankets. Weather permitting. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 575-464-7777.

MONDAY, June 29 Silver City/ Grant County

Michael Shay – 7 p.m. With a nuance of a classical musician, the groove of a blues player and a baritone voice just twangy enough to know he’s from Texas. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 956-6144.

FRIDAY, June 26 Silver City/Grant County

The Oversouls – 8 p.m. Local rock ‘n’ roll band. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard, 9566144.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

The Winston Annual Fiesta is from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. June 6 at the Winston Community Center in Winston. Parade BBQ dinner, craft fair/flea market, chow chip poker, games for children of all ages and a western dace starting at 8 p.m. Winston is 35 miles northwest of Truth or Consequences via Highway 52. (Courtesy photo)

Robin Hood - 10 a.m. at Rio Grande Theater, 211 N. Main St., with actors ranging in age from 5 to 15 taking the stage when A Children’s Theater of the Mesilla Valley presents its annual summer production about a rogue bandit and his band of merry men who rob from the rich to give to the poor. For more information, or to reserve tickets, call 575-523-6403 or visit RioGrandeTheatre.com. Fair trade marketplace – Unique gifts hand-made by women from Mexico and the border region available at La Frontera, in Nopalito’s Galería, 326 S. Mesquite St. Las Cruces. The market is open Fridays (4-7 p.m.), Saturdays (12-5 p.m.), and Sundays (12-5 p.m.) All of the sales go to the women. Charlie’s Country – At 7:30 p.m., the Mesilla Valley Film Society at the Fountain Theatre presents a daily film beginning every Friday and continuing through the following week. The Fountain Theatre is one block south of the Mesilla plaza, at 2469 Calle de Guadalupe. Living in a

tellers of Las Cruces carry on the age old art of performing stories every Saturday at both COAS Bookstore locations. This week Nancy Banks will be the storytellers at the downtown COAS and Jean Gilbert will be the storyteller at the COAS location on Solano. All children who attend will receive a coupon good for $2 off a book. Robin Hood - 1 p.m. at the Rio Grande Theater, 211 N. Main St., with actors ranging in age from 5 to 15 taking the stage when A Children’s Theater of the Mesilla Valley presents its annual summer production about a rogue bandit and his band of merry men who rob from the rich to give to the poor. For more information, or to reserve tickets, call (575) 523-6403 or visit the website at www.RioGrandeTheatre.com. Celia Gary – 8-11 p.m. live music, Athens, Georgia singer/songwriter. No cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575-525-6752, highdesertbrewingco.com.

TUESDAY, June 30 Las Cruces/Mesilla

Argentine Tango de Las Cruces – Tango lessons are 6:30-7:15 p.m. and Milonga is 7:15-9:30 p.m. at 2251 Calle de Santiago, Mesilla. The cost is $5. For information call 505-620-0377.

T or C/Sierra County

The Sierra Twirlers – 6 to 8 p.m. mainstream/plus square dance, including special session time for inexperienced dancers looking to improve their skills, held at 710 Elm St. Truth or Consequences. Everyone is welcome – guys, gals, singles, couples, and families with children over 8 years. There is a $3 per person cost to dance and join in this healthy and fun social activity. There is no cost to go and watch. Call Jean or Jim at 575-894-0083 or Carole at 575-3139971 for additional information.

THURSDAY, July 2 Las Cruces/Mesilla

Jeremian Sammartano – 8 to 11

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July 4 events celebrate Independence Day across the communities of Southern New Mexico with parades, festivals and fireworks. (Photo by Elva K. Österreich) p.m. Live music, blues guitarist. No cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575-525-6752, highdesertbrewingco.com.

T or C/Sierra County

Total Motion Release – 10 to 10:45 a.m. body balancing technique to improve flexibility, realign the body and reduce pain held at Elephant Butte Lake RV Resort. Donations accepted and distributed to local charities. Call Liz Foster at 575744-5996 for more information.

FRIDAY, July 3 Silver City/Grant County

Popcorn Fridays – Free popcorn and other food samples. Silver City Food Co-op, 520 N. Bullard St., 388-2343, silvercityfoodcoop.com.

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Alamogordo/ Otero County

Summer Gazebo Concert Series Featuring Chris Baker – 6-10 p.m. at the Lodge Resort, 601 Corona Place in Cloudcroft. For information call 800-3956343. Pupfish Baseball and a free movie

– 6:30-10:30 p.m. a movie under the stars event follows a White Sands Pupfish baseball game at Griggs Field in Alamogordo. FunFlicks will be showing the movie, “Night at the Museum 2” on its 18-foot screen. Boy and Girl Scout Troops are welcome to camp overnight at Griggs Field following the movie! Contact Rich at 575-479-7002 if your troop would like to participate.

SATURDAY, July 4 Silver City/Grant County

Independence Day Celebrations – All day beginning with breakfast with the Lions Club at 7 a.m. at Gough Park in Silver City. The parade starts at 10 a.m. at Broadway and Hudson streets and moves up Hudson to 14th Street. Numerous vendors will have booths at the park and live performers will alternate on the stage. Fireworks begin at dusk. To register for the parade or as a vender, visit the chamber website at silvercity.org. Ice Cream Social – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Silver City Museum Courtyard at 312 Broadway. There will be ice cream, music and fun.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

Drew Reid – 8-11 p.m. Live music, Florida folk, country singer, songwriter. No cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575-525-6752, highdesertbrewingco.com.

T or C/Sierra County

Ole Time Fiddlers Saturday Night Dance – 7-9 p.m. at the New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers Playhouse, 710 Elm

Calls for artists Grant County Deadline for entry June 15: The Silver City Clay Festival’s International Juried Exhibition, “Clay in the Garden,” requires that each entry demonstrates the artist’s personal interpretation of “Clay in the Garden,” whether that be in the form of a ceramic vessel, tile, sculpture or garden ornament. Entries will be juried based on creativity and artistic merit. PO Box 2383, Silver City, New Mexico, 88062, 575-538-5560, Info@ClayFestival.com. Luna County Intake is July 31 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the “Fine Arts Photography Show,” the August exhibit at the Deming Art Center. A $25 entry fee covers 1 to 3 entries. Cash awards and ribbons will be given. Call the Deming Art Center at 575-546-3663 or check our website at www.demingarts.org for more information. Doña Ana County Deadline for applications is June 26: Doña Ana Arts Council is seeking artists and high-quality crafters for the 44th Annual Renaissance ArtsFaire that will be held Nov. 7-8 at Young Park. Apply online at zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=4120. The Renaissance ArtsFaire features approximately 180 vendor booths. Info: Michael Evans, event coordinator, 575-523-6403, events@daarts.org or daarts.

Soulshine, a Las Cruces rock n’ soul duo, at 5 p.m. will entertain outdoors at the Bac Alley BBQ. Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 N. Bullard in Silver City. Call 575-9566144 for more information. (Courtesy photo) Street, Truth or Consequences. Live music, toe-tapping fun, refreshments and a door prize. For more information call Zelma Iorio at 575-297-4125. Elephant Butte Fireworks Extravaganza – 9 to10 p.m. fireworks will be launched from Rattlesnake Island. Elephant Butte Lake State Park fees will be waived for the fireworks display.

Alamogordo/ Otero County

Fireworks Extravaganza – Tailgating, live band and more precede the New Mexico Museum of Space History Fireworks event in Alamogordo at the top of Hwy 2001. For information, call 505437-2840 or toll free 877-333-6589, or visit nmspacemuseum.org.

SUNDAY, July 5

org/renaissance-arts-faire. Celebrate Authors looking for published authors to participate in a Friends of the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library event. Authors must be residents of Dona Ana County. Information about the author and the book must be submitted on the application form found on the Friends’ website, www.libraryfriendslc.org. Completed forms should be sent to Sue Fletcher at sjfletch1940@yahoo.com no later than July 31. For more information call Fletcher at 575-521-8507. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery accepting applications. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery is accepting applications for exhibitions, and encourages artists to stop by the gallery to learn more. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery is located at 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, across from the Fountain Theatre in Mesilla. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday. For more information, call 522-2933 or visit www.mesillavalleyfinearts.com. The New Mexico Handmade, Inc. Gallery in the Old Tortilla Factory in Mesilla has space for two more artists. All mediums are considered. Contact Carolyn Kuhn at ckuhn03@sprynet.com for additional information. The Rokoko Art Gallery, located at 1785 Avenida de Marcado, seeks artists for solo or group shows in a rental exhibit space on a monthly basis. Gal-

Ruidoso/Lincoln County

Sunday Under the Stars - Starting at 6 p.m. outdoor entertainment at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Free live music with SK Band, followed by a movie, “Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Part 1.” Make sure to bring chairs and blankets. Weather permitting. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 575-464-7777.

TUESDAY, July 7

T or C/Sierra County

lery hours are Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 5 p.m. For prospectus and details, contact Mitch or Ame at alarokokomag@aol.com or call 405-8877. West End Art Depot Gallery (WE.AD). http:// www.we-ad.org/ WE.AD announces a call forregional artists interested in displaying original artwork. For more information email nmartco.op@ gmail or call 575-312-9892. WE.AD is a co-operative arts incubator with art studios and workshop space in a warehouse in the Alameda Historic Depot at 401 N Mesilla St, Las Cruces. Elsewhere in New Mexico Deadline for entry June 15. Roswell Fine Arts League and the New Mexico Miniature Arts Society is holding the 32nd Annual Juried Art Show and Competition. The show will be held Aug. 13 to 23, at the Roswell Museum & Art Center in Roswell. Entry fee: 4 pieces for $45. Open to artists from all 50 states and all RFAL members. Open to all mediums in photography/digital, 3-D, standard 2-D & miniatures. Download a prospectus from www. RFAL.org or send a SASE to RFAL Show 2015, PO Box 2928, Roswell, NM 88202. For details, email pathittle@hotmail.com or call 575-622-4985. New Mexico Arts announces the 2013 Purchase initiative and invites artists living in the state and galleries in the state to submit artwork for purchase. All media and genres are accepted. Information and applications: callforentry.org.

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DESERT EXPOSURE healthy and fun social activity. There is no cost to go and watch. Call Jean or Jim at 575-894-0083 or Carole at 575-3139971 for additional information.

THURSDAY, July 9 Las Cruces/Mesilla

Miss Shevaughn and Yuma Wray â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8 to11 p.m. Live music, California altpsych-country-rock. No cover. High Desert Brewing Co. 1201 W. Hadley Ave. 575525-6752, highdesertbrewingco.com.

FRIDAY, July 10

Silver City/Grant County

Popcorn Fridays â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Free popcorn and other food samples. Silver City Food Co-op, 520 N. Bullard St., 388-2343, silvercityfoodcoop.com.

Las Cruces/Mesilla

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The Clyde Tombaugh Story Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto when he was only 24 years old and before he had any formal training. It was only the beginning of his story. . .

BRANIGAN CULTURAL CENTER DOGS ENJOY PLAYING AT MIS AMIGOS WHETHER DURING THE DAY IN ONE OF OUR DAYCARE PLAYGROUPS OR FOR A LONGER STAY WHILE YOU ARE AWAY. WE HOPE YOU AND YOUR PETS WILL JOIN OUR CREW THIS SUMMER.

SCHEDULE YOUR DOG FOR A FULL OR HALF DAY OF FUN IN ONE OF OUR PLAYGROUPS 11745 HWY 180 E 575-388-4101 or 1-888-388-4101 Visit our Facebook pageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mis Amigos Pet Care and see our customers having fun! or by dropping by Mis Amigos www.misamigospetcare.com 3 miles east of Silver City

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