Silver City Life Summer/Fall 2009

Summer/Fall ‘09

Complimentary

THE ECONOMY INFORMATION AND ADVICE FROM LOCAL RESOURCES

COMPOUNDING Precision Prescription Drugs

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH & RECOVERY

INTEGRATED MEDICINE

WEST FORK GRUDGE

A Mostly Historic Tale

One of Life’s Experiences

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16 Goat Milking. Become a member of this unique co-op.

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Faces in Business.

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Advertisers Index.

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Investing. James Edd Hughs shares tips from Edward Jones.

18 A Grudge on the West Fork. An 1800s family feud turns the tranquil wilderness into a deadly saga.

22 The Economy. Lending options, government programs and business tidbits are discussed by local professionals and business people concerned about getting Silver City back on the financial track.

32 Prescription Drug Compounding.

Pharmacist Al Martinez brought the science of compounding to Silver City, providing precise medication for specific individual requirements.

38 Centers for Integrated Medicine.

Dr. Brad and Leesa Haire offer modern alternative methods for achieving physical and mental balance.

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Hollyhocks next to the historic Warren House provide a fresh and colorful entry to Silver City’s Big Ditch Park. The park serves as a venue for arts and crafts shows and strolls along what was once the city’s main street.

10 Legal Issues. Attorney David Gorman discusses injuries from other’s negligence.

12 Out & About. Snapshots of recent local events.

14 Summer Pet Precautions. Prevent your pet from being exposed to rabies.

15 Happy Endings. Happy endings for dogs and cats.

21 Summer Birding. With resident experts Gene Lewis and Dr. Dale Zimmerman.

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Area Attractions Historic Downtown Area Events Pinos Altos Trail of the Mountain Spirits National Scenic Byway Georgetown Dining, Galleries & Shopping Area Map Bayard, Hurley & Arenas Valley Area Birding Cliff & Gila Glenwood & Alma Health & Wellness Salons & Spas At Your Service Quick Facts Index of Advertisers

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Contributors Brett Ferneau and his wife LeAnne Knudsen relocated to the Silver City area seven years ago from Santa Fe. They live near Santa Rita, where Brett is a member of the volunteer fire department. The couple has two mammoth saddle donkeys, Frosty and Aspen.

Sarah Gibson A Boston native, and avid Red Sox fan, Sarah Gibson is new to Silver City. She is a graduate of The George Washington University with a BA in English and Journalism.

She is currently teaching English at Cobre High School in Bayard, NM. Eugene Lewis began serious birding in eastern Kansas in the 1950s, eventually roaming the entire state in his pursuit of the avian species.

Upon retirement in 1991 he moved to Silver City, where he has continued his lifelong quest.

Dutch Salmon is a former correspondent for the Albuquerque Journal and the author of seven books, including Gila Rising and the recently published Country Sports. He lives near the Gila Wilderness with his wife Cherie and son Bud. Judy Wuthrich is a locally well-known cosmetologist and annual culinary contributor to the Chocolate Fantasia.

Other interests include writing, photography, polymer clay projects and supporting the ethical treatment of animals.

She lives in Silver City with her dog Spot.

Pat Young lives with her husband Jeff in the mountains above the Mimbres Valley where they hand-built their log home. The retired journalist has written for numerous publications.

Silver City Office 1609 N. Swan Street • Silver City, NM 88061

Hurley Branch Dr. Dale A. Zimmerman is an ornithologist, botanist, naturalist and Professor Emeritus of Biology at WNMU, where he taught for 31 years. He is also a recognized bird illustrator, nature photographer & author with field experience on every continent.

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Faces In Business Fully Stocked Quilt Shop Sewing Machine Repair Long Arm Quilting

Cards & Gifts Special orders filled weekly

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BOB & ALMA CARSON Carson Insurance Agency 601 E. 19th St., Silver City 575-538-3787 carsonagencynm.com

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Your Neighborhood Feed Store Under new ownership. Formerly A & L Feed.

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Cactus Classic ® Ropes

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Farrier Supplies

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MIKE DAVIES Creative Vision Landscaping 11780 Hwy. 180 E. 575-574-2250 creativevisionlandscaping.com

The Carson Insurance Agency serves as an independent agent seeking the best coverage for your particular personal requirements at the lowest cost.

The agency directly represents 11 companies like Travelers, Safeco, Progressive, Dairyland and Liberty Mutual. It provides personal policy options and coverage for home, auto, business, worker’s compensation and bonds.

Owners Bob and Alma Carson moved to Silver City in 1982 and have both worked in the financial sector for over 20 years. Alma began working with the agency owned by Barbara and Thayne Peters in 1996 and she and Bob bought the agency in January of 2009. They offer personal service and advice and are active Kiwanis members. “These are tough economic times,” states Bob,“making coverage for the unexpected even more important.”

“Creative Vision has a larger selection of landscaping materials than most New Mexico rock yards, including 36 colors of rock,” states owner Mike Davies.

“Silver City has a lot of do-it-yourselfers,” says Mike, “and I also work with local building contractors. I keep an inventory on site so that you can compare actual rock sizes and colors, and you can take a sample to match with your exterior finish or trim. I have recently brought in new materials not previously used in this area.”

Mike carries a selection of flagstone from throughout Latin America. He is a dealer for artificial grass and can install putting greens, driveways and walkways. “We can increase the value of your home or simply make your surroundings more pleasing.”

Feeds for Small Animals and Pets

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KIM K. GODFREY Toy Town 113 W. Broadway, Silver City 575-388-1677

Creative learning through play is the motivational atmosphere that Kim Godfrey has created at Toy Town in downtown Silver City. In addition to huge, but adorable stuffed animals that children between the ages of two and eighty-two would love to adopt, Kim carries skill toys, educational toys, items for science projects and toys that inspire learning by stimulating the imagination. She sponsors activity days, gives a 10% discount to educators, has a birthday registration program and recently celebrated her first year of operation with music by Bayou Seco.

Kim moved to Silver City 4 ½ years ago from Bisbee, Arizona. She began working at Toy Town and ended up purchasing the business April 11, 2008.

Summer 2009

Index of Advertisers A Bead Or Two . . . . . . . . . . . . .S20 a.i.r. Coffee Co., Inc . . . . . . . . .S34 Ace Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S29 Allstate Insurance . . . . . . . .19, S10 Alma Store & Grill . . . . . . . . . . .S38 AmBank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Amanda Yaryan . . . . . . . . . . . . .S22 Angelwings Coordinated Care .S18 Anima Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S27 Arizaga Doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Art and Conversation . . . . . . . .S23 Artistic Impressions . . . . . . . . .S45 Azurite Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . .S26 Bad Ass Bakery . . . . . . . . . . . . .S20 Bear Creek Motel & Cabins . . .S11 Belleza Salon & Tanning . . .C2, S45 Blue Dome Gallery . . . . . . . . . .S26 Border Area Mental Health . . .S42 Bright Funeral Home . . . . . . . . .S15 BroCom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S47 Carson Insurance Agency . . . . . . .9 Casitas de Gila Guesthouses . .S37 Cassie Health Center for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . .36, 38 Century 21 Thompson Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C4, S9 Chavez Construction . . . . . . . . . . .4 Clementine Mercantile . . . . . . .S21 Common Thread, The . . . . . . . .S26 Consignment Boutique, The . . .S29 Cook’s General Contracting . . . . . .7 Copper Quail Gallery . . . . . . . . .S27 Corre Caminos Transit . . . . . . . . . .3 Creations & Adornments . . . . . S23 Creative Vision Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . S35 Curves For Women . . . . . . . . . .S43 Custom Steelworks . . . . . . . . . .S46 Desert Springs Physical Therapy . . . . . . . . . . .34 Eagle Mail Services . . . . . . . . . .17 Eat Your Heart Out Catering . . .S30 Edward Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Ego Trip Salon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S45 Eva’s Hair Styles . . . . . . . . . . . .S45 First New Mexico Bank . . . .10, S6 Five Star World Class Tattoo . .S20 Ft. Bayard Credit Union . . . . . . .S33 Furniture Gallery, Inc. . . . . . . . .S44 Gallery 400 / Gila House Hotel . . . . . . . . .S22 Georgetown Cabins . . . . . . .S16-17 Gila Hike & Bike . . . . . . . . . . . .S28 Gila Regional Medical Ctr. . . . . .33 Gila Regional Cancer Center . . . .37 Gila Terra Verde By Design . . . . .23 Griffin’s Propane, Inc. . . . . . . . . . .4 H & S Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Heckler’s Copies To Go . . . . . . .S14 Hester House . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S21 Hidalgo Medical Services . . . . . .C3 Holiday Inn ExpressSilver City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S12 Horizon Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Hutchings Fine Art . . . . . . . . . .S23 Iniguez Physical Therapy & Fitness Center . . . . . . . . . . .C2 Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S45 J & S Plumbing & Heating . . . .S47 Jalisco Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S30 Jeff’s Certified Auto Service . . . .S5 Joe Burgess Photography . . . . .S22 JW Art Gallery . . . . . . . . .S27, S35 Kris’ & Krafter’s Kreations . . . .S21 La Cocina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S31 Legacy Home & Gifts . . . . .40, S28 Leyba & Ingalls Arts Supplies & Gallery . . . . . . . .S23 Lois Duffy Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S26 Lopez & Associates, PC . . . .10, S2

Los Olmos Guest Ranch . . . . . .S41 Manzanita Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . .S29 Masa y Mas Tortilleria . . . . . . .S21 Material Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S28 Medicine Shoppe, The . . . . . . .S43 Melinda’s Medical Supply . . . . .34 Mimbres Region Arts Council . ..S9 Mirror Mirage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S45 Moonstruck Art . . . . . . . . . . . . .S27 Morning Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S21 Motel 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S8 Mr. Ed’s Stoves & More . . . . . . .20 Mule Creek Adobe . . . . . . . . . . .39 Ol’ West Gallery & Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S26 Palace Hotel, The . . . . . . . . . . . .S5 Party Zone Party Supplies . . . . .S28 Peace Meal Cooperative . . . . . .S30 Pretty Sweet Emporium . . . . . .S20 Prudential Silver City Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Re/Max Silver Advantage . .7, S11 ReStore/Habitat for Humanity Gila Region . . . . . .S48 Red Barn Family Steakhouse . .S32 Roland Snure, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . .38 Rose Valley RV Ranch . . . . . . . .S46 Royal Scepter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S29 Satellite Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S46 Seedboat Gallery . . . . . . . . . . .S27 Sharpening Center, The . . . . . .S35 Sherman Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Silver City Beverage Company . .23 Silver City Food Co-op . . . . . . . . .S5 Silver City MainStreet Project . .S4 Silver City Museum Store . . . . .S7 Silver City Real Estate . . . . . . .S47 Silver Imaging & Portrait Studio . . . . . . . . . .S28 Silver Rexall Drugs/ Cup of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Silver Spirit Gallery . . . . . . . . . .S23 Silver Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S46 Silverado Health Food Shoppe .S19 Smith Real Estate . . . . . . . . .1, S1 Solid Ground Realty . . . . . . . . .S35 Southwest Bone & Joint . . . . . . .35 Southwest Hearing Aid Ctr. . . . .20 State Farm Insurance . . . . . . . . .20 Steel Horse Adventure Tours . .S16 Stinar Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S13 Stone McGee & Co. CPAs . . . . .S46 Super Salve Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . .S43 Syzygy Tileworks . . . . . . . . . . . .S29 T-World Urban Apparel . . . . . . .S29 Tatiana Maria Gallery . . . . . . . .S23 The Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . .S21 Thomas H. Laws, CPA, CVA . . .S47 Thundercreek Quilt & Fabric Shop . . . . . . . . . . . .6, S46 Toy Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S28 Tres Amigos Enterprises . . .39, S39 Two Spirit Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . .S5 Udder Delight . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S40 United Country Mimbres Realty . . . . . . . . . . . .S3 UPS Store, The . . . . . . . . . . . . .S47 Valerie M. Milner . . . . . . . . . . .S22 Victoria Chick . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S22 Victoria J. West . . . . . . . . . . . .S22 Wells Fargo Bank . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Whitewater Motel . . . . . . . . . .S39 Wild West Weaving . . . . . . . . .S26 Wilderness Shadows & Cowboy Creations . . . . . . .S20 Windows, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S47 XYZ Ranch Estates . . . . .S36, S-C4 Yada Yada Yarn . . . . . . . . . . . . .S20 Yello on Yankie . . . . . . . . . . . . .S27 Zia Publishing Corp. . . . . . .2, S-C2

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Billy Donnel

Patricia Fell

Beverly Hamill

Sylvia Mikes

Dina Patton

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patfell@remax.net Cell 575.538.1460

bev@bevhamill.com Cell 575.590.7674

sylviamikes@remax.net Cell 575.590.5700

dpatton@aznex.net Cell 575.574.8117

Linda Pecotte

Debbie Rogers

Sonja Rutledge

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Liz Stewart

Steve Vinson

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Investing

FINANCIAL FOCUS We’re Still the Land of (Investment) Opportunity COURTESY OF JAMES EDD HUGHS AT EDWARD JONES®

Over the past several months, you may have become somewhat discouraged at the prospects of investing for your future. Every day, it seems, brings another piece of bad news: stock market volatility, a decline in manufacturing, housing prices in freefall, auto companies teetering on bankruptcy — the list goes on and on. However, despite these distressing headlines, you are still living in a country that is home to the most powerful economic engines in recorded history — and while these engines may currently be stalling a bit, they still offer the power and the potential to successfully drive your investment vehicles.

To get a sense of this size and strength, consider the following: If the world population of 6.7 billion people were represented by just 100 persons, only five of them would live in the United States — but these five would have some pretty big economic clout.

In fact, they would own 34 percent of the world’s equity market capitalization and 25 percent of the gross world product, according to Bloomberg News.

Furthermore, these five people would be responsible for technological breakthroughs that resulted in electric lights, telephones, airplanes, television, computers, the Internet and much more. And they would produce the world’s largest supply of electrical energy and sit on land that contained nearly half the free world’s known coal reserves, according to the Energy Information Administration. For good measure, they would account for 37 percent of all Nobel Prize winners, according to the Nobel Prize Foundation.

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Taken together, these and other factors reveal a robust supply of natural resources, intellectual capacity and entrepreneurial spirit — and these assets don’t melt away in any bear market. Instead, they point to the long-term expansion of our economy.

And who owns the bulk of these corporations? More than 90 million American shareholders — and more often than not, their patience, discipline and confidence has been rewarded in the long term.

What new investment opportunities lie just around the corner? Some await our focus on “green energy.” Others anticipate the reinvestment in our infrastructure, a key element of the Obama administration’s economic stimulus plans. These areas may be promising, but they won’t tell the whole story of the future of investing — because those chapters have yet to be written.

In the meantime, what should you do?

Stick with these tried-and-true strategies: • Look for quality. Seek out quality companies — those with long track records of profitability, strong management teams and competitive products.

• Think long term. We’re likely to continue seeing volatility in the markets, though perhaps not to the extremes of the past year.

You’ll need to look past these short-term price movements and commit yourself to investing for the long term. Over time, quality investments usually pay off.

• Maintain adequate liquidity. If you have a short-term goal — such as paying for college in two or three years — set aside an appropriate amount of money in liquid investments that are likely to preserve your principal.

• Stay invested. Don’t take a “time out” from investing. The biggest rallies usually occur early in a bull market, and if you’re on the sidelines, you’ll miss out on these growth opportunities.

America’s future is still bright, and yours can be, too — by investing wisely and patiently and by focusing today on your goals for tomorrow.

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James Edd Hughs 210 West Hwy. 180, Suite 100 (575) 534-1221

575-538-3787 Corner of 19th and Swan Silver City, NM carson@carsonagencynm.com

Formerly Peters Agency This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

James Edd Hughs, Financial Advisor Edward Jones 210 Hwy. 180 W, Suite 100 Silver City, NM 88061 (575) 534-1221 www.edwardjones.com

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“Where Your Friends Go To Save Money” SILVER CITYLIFE – 9

Legal Issues

INJURIES FROM

CARELESS ACTS AND NEGLIGENCE

BY DAVID H. GORMAN If you are injured by a careless act, or the negligence of another, you should contact an attorney as soon as possible to ascertain if you have a claim and to seek advice as to your rights. These consultations are usually free, and you may be entitled to damages, lost wages and coverage for pain and suffering resulting from the incident.

The whole area of personal injury is complex and undergoing constant scrutiny and change, including the laws governing statute of limitations for personal injury cases. As a general rule in New Mexico, an adult has two years from the date of the act to sue a governmental entity or employee and three years to sue a private party, physician, hospital or other healthcare provider not associated with government. If city, county or state government is involved, a written notice may be required within 90 days of the incident. In a case involving death, the written notice period is extended to 180 days. If the written notice requirements are not met, the claim could be waived or dropped.

You should not attempt to determine legal matters such as giving “notice” or statute of limitation without legal advice.

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foremost in its actions, but in reality, it will be the insurance company’s interest that governs the response. It can be an arduous task to decipher what the insurance policy or contract actually says or means.

Legal cases are time consuming, but a few minutes with an attorney or staff member could benefit you or a family member or at least allow you to make a more informed decision about your next move. Before accepting a quick settlement check from an insurance company, an attorney may advise you to focus on the first priority of healing and covering all medical-related issues. The next concern will be to determine how much coverage is available for your ongoing bills and losses. Lastly, you can make a personal decision as to whether you are satisfied with the settlement options, if they exist, or if you want to take the next step based on how the incident will affect your future health and ability to earn a living.

In some cases, a previous injury or illness may have been aggravated. The purpose of the coverage or suit is to attempt to return the individual to a condition prior to the incident. I always ask, “Why are you here and what do you want to accomplish.” You should ask any questions that are on your mind and the attorney will determine where the claim fits or doesn’t fit into the legal system.

Attorneys, like doctors, are often offering opinions, and you are definitely encouraged to seek a second opinion.”

right: Dave Gorman is a graduate of NMSU in City and Urban Planning and earned his law degree from Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington. He has practiced law with Lopez and Associates, PC, since 2006.

Lopez & Associates, P.C. 1311 N. Grant Street Silver City, NM 88061 (575) 538-2925 www.dml@qwestoffice.net

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out & about

BY JOE BURGESS AND JUDY WUTHRICH

JAN SHERMAN

ZEENA PHOBIA

In Silver City, everyone dreams of Chocolate Fantasia, which happens to coincide with Valentine’s Day…what a great excuse to celebrate chocolate!

LANCE ARMSTRONG FINISHES IN PINOS ALTOS

BUCK BURNS & DIANE HALEY

BONNIE MALDONADO

DIANE HOLLOWAY

NIKKI SZAJER

JEFF SCHADEL RIDERS ON COOPER STREET

KRISTINA ARMSTRONG

HURLEY PRIDE WOMEN PARTICIPANTS LINE UP ON BULLARD

Toy Town’s Anniversary Party brought together the young at heart, emphasizing the exciting act of learning. Photos courtesy of Toy Town.

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ISABEL AVILA

MARTY YOUNG

The Hurley Festival was pulled together again by members of Hurley Pride and local business and civic groups. A parade, car show, arts and crafts and good food were the main attractions.

The Tour of the Gila, in its 23rd year, featured world champion riders, including Lance Armstrong, Chris Horner and Levi Leipheier.

Crowds cheered the national participants as well as locals of all ages.

A SERIOUS PARTICIPANT

HEATHER HARDY, “LIL MAMA” HARDY & THE BLUES BAND

The three-day Silver City Blues Festival attracted another stellar group of national performers as enthusiasts from the surrounding region packed Gough Park and local hotels and restaurants.

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Shootout at the crossroads of Yankie and Texas has turned into an annual extravaganza starring shop owners and friends…and partner, they’re muy bad hombres!

We love our Farmer’s Market for its great produce, homemade goods, talented local entertainers, friendly conversations and lots of fresh air and sunshine.

ANDREW DAHL-BREDINE

The Red Dot Art Walk offered a special opportunity for the world to enjoy the artwork and artisans of Silver City.

TERRI TODD

Sunday Morning Cup enjoying music from Al Arasteh with that morning cup of coffee at Yankie Creek Coffee House.

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BY JUDY WUTHRICH This year in Grant County, there have been two bobcats that have tested positive with rabies. There are simple precautions to prevent your pet from being exposed to rabies. The most important one is to have your pet vaccinated. Our local animal shelter offers reducedfee vaccination clinics, on the second Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. If your unvaccinated pet is exposed to rabies, the disease is 100% fatal.

Another simple measure is to keep your yard clear of animal attractions. Leaving food out to feed wild animals only attracts more species that can be potential carriers of rabies. Spaying or neutering your pet will also prevent unwanted animal guests from lingering in your yard.

If you see abnormal behavior in an animal, report to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish at 575-388-0770. For emergencies, call 911.

Do you have a local animal rescue story? Call Judy Wuthrich 313-4286 or e-mail dithle@hotmail.com.

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Lightning

Tyrone

Mya Ford

Alexandra Todd & Steve Fox

Margie & Gary Ford

‘Lightning’ struck the heart of Sherwood Nance the day he picked her up from the police department. She was held and detained for loitering in Silver City awaiting the Animal Control Officer, Sherwood. He vowed never to fall for the animals he collects, but has a soft spot for hounds and wanted her to have a good home.

Sherwood and his wife, Barbara, thought Lightning was an old dog because she was grey and dusty but after a bath, they discovered a young and vibrant Dachshund.

“She’s just a sweetheart,” Sherwood says with Barbara nodding in agreement.

Alexandra and Steve had pets as children, but not as adults. They decided to get a dog, but with Alexandra's allergies, it had to be a certain breed. Linda Brewer helped research the Arizona Poodle Rescue website and found a Poodle/Bichon Frise mix. Tyrone was not easy to acquire. Alexandra and Steve had to fill out an application, be interviewed, and have a home inspection, too. After passing all the trials, Tyrone found his ideal home.

Larry McDaniel, a family friend and veterinarian, helped with some health concerns, but all is well. “I can’t imagine life without him,” said Alexandra.

Margie and Gary Ford decided that their granddaughter, Chryssa could have a dog.

They were thinking about a Chihuahua or a Dachshund. After looking online and driving as far as Williamsburg, they ran into a friend who asked them what they were doing.

Margie explained, and he said he had the perfect dog for the Fords.

This friend delivered Mya, the Chihuahua.

Margie said, “It was love at first sight.” They knew she was ‘the one.’ After driving all over the state, Mya had been right here the whole time. Now Mya knows there's no place like home.

Piper

Ida Mae

Jeezabel

Rachel and John Owen

Cecilia Stanford

Elizabeth Wright

Rachel and John Owen recently lost a dog to old age. Having another geriatric dog at home, Boomer, they thought it was a good idea to look for an additional dog.

They found Piper at the local animal shelter. The Owens went twice to walk her with Boomer to see how the two dogs would cope. Piper was quiet and non-aggressive and seemed perfect. Rachel said, “I think no one wanted her because she looks grumpy.”

Now, Piper has many reasons to smile.

She even passed Snake-break classes teaching her to avoid snakes while hiking wearing her very own backpacks.

While volunteering to walk dogs at the animal shelter, Cecilia Stanford came across a dog described as 'cage crazy'. The dog would jump straight up and bark non-stop if someone approached her cage. Cecilia decided to walk her anyway and discovered the understandable reason for her behavior: Ida Mae didn't want to "mess up" her kennel. After taking care of business, she was mellow. Cecilia would sit and talk to her and the two became friends.

Ida Mae had a few hang ups, but they have worked through them together. Cecilia says, "Rescued dogs know they're rescued. They know life is better."

Jeezabel came from a disbanded puppy mill. When rescued by Elizabeth Wright, she weighed only 4 pounds and had a severe heart murmur, and was covered with ticks and fleas. Max and Gladys, two other rescued dogs in the home, helped Elizabeth get Jeezabel well.

Peggy, Elizabeth's mother, gave Jeezabel her own blue bowl, but Jeezabel didn't know how to stand at a bowl and eat.

Now that she's figured it out, she carries it with her, spilling food as she goes.

Jeezabel now weighs 11 pounds with only a faint heart murmur. Who says love can't mend a broken heart?

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Goat Milking...

WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY JUDY WUTHRICH

People volunteered to help milk the goats which evolved into our local goat-milking co-op.

It all started with one goat. A local family got a goat for milking, but since goats require two milkings a day, it became too overwhelming.

People volunteered to help milk the goats which evolved into our local goat-milking co-op.

These volunteers make up 14 shifts, one in the morning and one in the evening, seven days a week. There are currently two goats to milk, Bianca and Sonora. Each goat will produce about one to one and a half gallons of milk a day. Other chores at the milk co-op are to feed, water, and clean the pens. Cleaning the pens leads to another co-op on the premises. The goat manure is sent to the chicken pen for the chickens to peck out the grain seeds which still have nutrition. The chicken droppings are then added to the compost pile and will end up in the community garden.

The goat-milking co-op is actually a membership with dues. The benefit of belonging to this group is members get to keep the milk, which you can make into yogurt, kefir, and cheese. The membership money goes for the care of the goats, like food, stud fees, and veterinary visits.

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washing it with a cloth and an ecofriendly soap solution, the bucket is placed just right (so Bianca won’t kick it over), only then are you ready to milk.

You grasp the teat, wrapping your thumb and forefinger around the base tightly enough to trap the milk inside. Squeeze with your middle finger, then your ring finger, then pinky in one flowing motion while aiming for the bucket. If a tight enough grip is not used, the milk goes back up into the udder. With enough experience, both teats can be milked at the same time.

Bianca had twin kids about two months ago. I wanted to go visit them in their pen, but they seemed skittish.

Mary showed me a place to sit down and let me hold a pan of grain while they investigated me. I felt my cell phone in my back pocket being tugged out while the other kid tried to eat my camera strap, flash and my pants while Mary reminded me, “goats are just like mischievous dogs.”

For more information on becoming a member of this goat milking co-op, you may e-mail Kori Wilken at kori53@hotmail.com.

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history

A Grudge on the

West Fork WRITTEN BY M. H. “DUTCH” SALMON

He was a mountain man all right, known as

“Hunter” Thomas Jefferson Wood.

Folks relied on him for skins, hides, wild meat. For a price of course. Even in his youth he had earned a certain “western” reputation in the wild Gila wilderness.

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he Silver City Enterprise would report: “Wood narrowly escaped death in the jaws of a silver tip (grizzly bear). The bear struck Wood on the side of the head, gouging out an eye and inflicting scars which he bore for the remainder of his life. As the bear stood over Wood, (George) Parker shot the bear and it fell dead across Wood’s body.” Later, the Enterprise would recount how Wood and Parker bushwhacked a gang of horse thieves, the notorious Nelson gang, killing five of the seven miscreants caught in the act.

Tom Wood was known from then on as a man-killer. But he also had a domestic side. He brought in a young wife to his camp, Tomasita Cisneros, who left a traveling circus to join him there. They built a cabin along Iron Creek, just across Turkeyfeather Pass from the upper West Fork of the Gila River, had a garden, hunted, fished and trapped, raised some stock, and three children; the middle one, a son named Charlie, who had his father’s flair for dangerousness. By all accounts this was a family that preferred the wilderness life, and had largely solved its hardships.

Into the midst of this wilderness tranquility, in 1885, came the Grudgings brothers, Henry, Willie, and Charley, who built a cabin and established a homestead of their own along the West Fork, not far upstream from what is now the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.

The Grudgings brothers were cattle rustlers, according to more than one report, including the say-so of Tom Wood who threatened to expose them. Meanwhile the Grudgings had it on record, they claimed, that Charley Wood, now fifteen, would butcher a Grudgings’ steer, jerk the meat in the arid mountains, and sell it as deer jerky at substantial profit on the streets of Silver City. However vast the wilderness, and long the river, a family feud developed, and they knew how to find each other.

On October 10, 1892, Charley Wood, returning with supplies on a pack train from Silver City, made camp along the West Fork. His body was found there the next day by a passerby. Head lacerations

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suggested he had been pistol whipped before being shot through the head.

Physical evidence was lacking but in time Tom Wood focused on the Grudgings, and Willie Grudgings in particular became the marked man. The family feud was already there. Rumors fly, even in the wilderness, and a dying cowboy, bucked off a horse and breathing his last, claimed he was there when it happened; it was Willie, he said, who killed 15-year-old Charley Wood. Or so some said he said. A father would deliver his own justice. On October 8, 1893 Tom Wood shot and killed Willie Grudgings, outside by the corrals, at the Grudgings’ homestead along the West Fork of the Gila River. He promptly slipped back into the wilderness and hung about the homestead for the better part of three years; with Tom Wood’s reputation, nobody wanted to try and arrest him, especially on his home ground.

But, on the lam, Tom Wood was not a free man and that, rather than guilt, may have weighed on the mental wellness of a lover of the wild. In 1896 he surrendered, got a good lawyer in Silver City, and was acquitted. He’d said he did it. Did the jury find him innocent, or simply justified? The record is silent.

He returned to his mountain home and lived most of the remainder of his life there, seemingly content with the history he had created, and died of natural causes at 78.

Willie Grudgings was buried by his brothers near the family homestead. A headstone remains along the West Fork for those who can find it: “William Grudgings, Waylaid and Murdered By Tom Wood, October 8, 1893, Age 37 Years 8 Months.”

It all seems quite odd today. I was fishing along there not long ago and it would be hard to find a more idyllic locale than the wilderness waters of the West Fork of the Gila River. The Willie Grudgings headstone rests quiet and cryptic in a bucolic park. Yet long ago, that pristine flow was witness to a pistol whipping, a murder, and revenge that might have equaled it in crime.

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Designer Jewelry by Linda Boatwright, Featuring Paintings

by Dorothy McCray, Fine Wood & Copper Lamps.

Wed.-Sat. 10-5.

Contemporary Fine Craft, Art and fine decor. Open Wed.-Mon. 11am-5pm (Sun. until 3pm)

A classic gallery featuring paintings of various genres by Deborah Hutchings and other fine artists.

Also highlighting contemporary fabric accessories.

Contemporary craft gallery featuring Janey Katz’s Critters from the “Hood” cut from old trucks & Suzi Calhoun’s colorful pottery. 11-5, closed on Tues.

307 N. Texas St. • 534-8671 bluedomegallery.com

108-110 W. Broadway 538-9048 azuritegallery.com

LOIS DUFFY ART

OL’ WEST GALLERY AND MERCANTILE

Studio and Gallery showing Imaginative Portraits, Surreal Places and Realistic Scenes of Life

A traditional western gallery of fine art, furnishings, fixtures & beyond.

104 W. Broadway • 388-1811

211 C N. Texas St. 313-9631 • loisduffy.com

211-B N. Texas • 313-6939 debhutchings.com

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TATIANA MARIA GALLERY

CREATIONS AND ADORNMENTS

Contemporary Native American Jewelry, Pottery & Folk Art • Rugs & Textiles • Fine Art & Art Glass • "Spanish Primitive" & Antique Furniture

An eclectic collection of handcrafted custom jewelry, ceramics, sculpture and paintings.

116 N. Bullard St. • 534-4269

305-307 N. Bullard St. 388-4426

THE COMMON THREAD

WILD WEST WEAVING

LEYBA & INGALLS ARTS

A Fiber Art Gallery -over 60 Artists.

Nonprofit. Features Clothes, Rugs, Baskets, Cards, Home Décor, and Jewelry. Classes offered all year.

Custom weaving in the Chimayo tradition using natural fibers dyed with natural dyes. Textile restoration. Classes - call for schedule.

ART SUPPLIES AND GALLERY

SILVER SPIRIT GALLERY

Contemporary Art ranging from Realism to Abstraction in a variety of media. Call for a class schedule.

A community of 24 artists exhibiting a wonderful variety of styles & media in works inspired by the Southwest.

107 W. Broadway • 538-5733 fiberartscollective.org

211 D N. Texas St. 313-1032 • HosanaEilert.com

315 N. Bullard St. • 388-5725 LeybaIngallsARTS.com

109 N. Bullard St. • 388-2079 silverspiritgallery.com

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Artist: VALERIE M. MILNER

COPPER QUAIL GALLERY

YELLO ON YANKIE

Contemporary painter and printmaker focused on expressing emotion through the action of human and animal subjects. Represented

by JW Art Gallery, Hurley, NM.

Finely crafted gourd masks and gourd vessels influenced by indigenous arts from around the world.

From garden gods and yard fish to western landscapes and etchings, we offer a diverse collection of fine arts and crafts from our talented artists.

A colorful gallery featuring contemporary work in fiber, copper, jewelry and painting.

Studio open Mondays by appointment.

gourdweb.com

534-4680 • VictoriaChick.com Artist: VICTORIA J. WEST Colorful and richly layered watercolor and oil still life settings with a Southwestern theme.

On display at Adobe Springs Restaurant, Silver City, NM.

Yello on Yankie, 108 W. Yankie St. What’s A Pot Shop, 300 N. Arizona St.

211 A N. Texas St. • 388-2646 ¡ÁNIMA!

Artist: AMANDA YARYAN Contemporary & abstract mixed media paintings & fine art photography on display at Gallery 400.

400 N. Arizona St.

108 W. Yankie St. • 534-4968 susanszajer.com

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Art gallery featuring Mexican inspired folk art, store & fully equipped custom frame shop. Visit ¡ánima! and let your imagination run wild. Tues.-Sun. 10-5.

amandayaryan.com gilahouse.com

art - clay - fiber - jewelry Wednesday - Sunday 11:00 - 4:00

215 W. Yankie St. • 574-7808 animagallery.com

Westwind Studios by appointment.

ARIZONA STREET

GALLERY 400 GILA HOUSE HOTEL

110 W. Yankie St. 956-5346

HURLEY

388-4775 Artist: JOE BURGESS

Specializing in large fine art pieces.

Mon.-Fri. 4-6 or by appointment.

Fine art photography on display at JW Art Gallery in Hurley 99 Cortez Avenue, Hurley

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SEEDBOAT GALLERY

Painting “Between Earth and Sky”

by George Mendoza

Representing Fine Art and Craft in the Historic Yankie Texas Art District.

400 N. Arizona • 313-7015 gilahouse.com

214 W. Yankie St. 534-1136

JW ART GALLERY Fine Art, Bronze & Wooden Sculpture, Custom Framing, Gift Shop, Historic Hurley Museum, Monotype Workshops. W.-F. 9-5 • S-Sun. 10-6

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Material Good

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Toy Town

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Your party supply headquarters for: Birthdays, Baby Showers, Holidays, Weddings, Anniversaries.

Open: Monday-Friday 9:30 -5:30 Saturday 11:30-4

A natural home store featuring green building supplies,housewares & more.

Environmentally friendly flooring, paint, plaster, insulation, stains, water filters, books, recycled glass & more.

Tues.-Fri. 11am-5pm, Sat. 12pm-4pm

Outdoor apparel and footwear for casual, work and play! New Mexico T's and caps. Featuring Carhartt, Life is Good, Woolrich, Prana, Horny Toad, Keen and Merrell. Quality products for Quality People.

Best homemade fudge in town.

Unique gifts and cards for all occasions. Free gift wrapping.

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809 N. Bullard St. 388.3191 • Fax: 388.3192

THE HUB PLAZA

TOY TOWN

KRIS’S KRAFTERS’ KREATIONS

316 E. 14th St. 534-0098 SILVER IMAGING “For portraits you’ll love.” Also a full service photo and digital lab.

New Larger Portrait Studio!

1008 Pope Street 534-4432 • 538-8658 www.silverportraitstudio.com

Everything Your Child Needs to Learn–Laugh–Grow! We assure the best quality toys. Hard to find items you will treasure for years.

Serving the cycling & hiking needs of southwest New Mexico for the past 20 years.

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316 N. Bullard St. • 388-1360

THE MARKETPLACE / FUN RENTAL & RESALE The Marketplace is 5,000 square feet of new and used affordable treasures - downtown - in The Hub. M-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 11-4

113 W. Broadway • 388-1677

Locally Crafted Southwest Gifts and Decor. Candles, Flower Arrangements, Horsehair Ceramics, Yard Art, Metal Art, Carving, Intarsia and Special Orders.

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505A N. Bullard • 534-9927

LEGACY HOME & GIFTS

CLEMENTINE MERCANTILE

Looking for a unique gift? Come see the array of choices we have to offer. Mon-Fri 10-6 • Sat. 10-2.

Unique Shopping Experience in Historic Downtown Silver City.

Fresh homemade corn tortillas & chips, chicken & pork tamales, beef & chicken burritos, jarritos & cokes and salsa to go.

400 N. Bullard St. 538-5164

106 N. Bullard St., Suite C 534-9255

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T-WORLD URBAN APPAREL

Featuring Fall Holidays at this unique Gift & Christmas Emporium. Quality leather purses, crosses, glycerin soaps, home decor, extraordinary candles, ice cream, drinks and candy also available. Mon.-Sat. 9:30 -5.

Cakes and Mm Mm More! Devilishly divine cakes, pies, cookies and muffins. Local and organic ingredients are part of our menu including soups, sandwiches and quiche.

High end furniture and accessories from America’s finest resorts & hotels.

Complete line of licensed sportswear, Hip Hop clothing and accessories.

Corona, Mudd, Echo Red, G-Unite, Sean John, Lowrider, Phat Farm.

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300 S. Bullard St. • 534-3388 A BEAD OR TWO

YADA YADA YARN Everything for knitters new and old!

Wool, cotton and fun yarns. Open 11-5 daily, closed on Tuesdays.

Open knitting Sun.12-3

614 N. Bullard St. • 388.3350 www.yadayadayarn.com FIVE STAR WORLD CLASS TATTOO 40 Years Experience • All Styles, Well Done • NM State Licensed.

Tues.-Sat. 11:30 - 5pm Sun-Mon by Appointment

810 N. Bullard St. • 534-2646 S20

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Fabulous, fun, full-service bead shop featuring a multitude of beads.

Ample workspace & parking. Friendly knowledgeable staff. Classes, repairs & finished jewelry. M-F 9-5:30, Sat. 8:30-3, Sun. 10-2.

703 N. Bullard St. • 388-8973 www.ABeador2.com WILDERNESS SHADOWS & COWBOY CREATIONS Custom Steel Art, Ranch Signs, Tattooed Glass & Old West Wooden Craft Creations.

406 B N. Bullard St. • 534.0757

107 N. Bullard St. • 388-1158 SYZYGY TILEWORKS Nationally recognized handmade tile company, dedicated to producing aesthetically pleasing clay tile in the craftsman tradition. Also available Metal, Glass, Stone, Concrete and Imported Ceramic Tile

106 N. Bullard St. • 388-5472 www.syzygytile.com

1445 Hwy. 180 E., Ste C (across from Burger King) • 534-3406 ACE HARDWARE Not JUST a Hardware Store. Large Selection of Gifts & Outdoor Furniture.

Lumber Now Available.

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3025 Hwy. 180 E • 534-0782 www.acehardware.com

ROYAL SCEPTER GEMS & MINERALS

THE CONSIGNMENT BOUTIQUE

Native copper & silver from local mines & minerals from around the world. Southwestern Jewelry • Unique Gifts • Mineral & Fossil Specimens • Free Mineral Museum • Rock Hounding Supplies and Books

1805 Little Walnut Rd.•538-9001 www.RoyalScepter.com

Gently Worn & Trendy New Clothing for Women and Juniors. Accessories and Jewelry. Inventory reviewed by appointment only - please call.

Open: Thurs. & Fri. 11-5, Sat. 11-3

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All dinners prepared from scratch using the finest available ingredients.

Available week nights from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.

Call ahead to reserve dinner, then stop by on your way home.

On-site lunches served by advance order.

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SILVER CITY IS ABOUT PEOPLE, BUT NOT JUST TOURISTS AND not just locals. The restaurant table next to you might have an artist from New York, a family escaping the heat in Tucson or native Silver Citians in bright red hats. Whether you crave Mexican, Chinese, homemade pizza, burgers or steak, the local restaurants are convenient for visitors and filled with locals who appreciate excellent food and service.

Likewise the galleries and shops provide a major market feel in a small town atmosphere. The arts and crafts are distinctive, clever and absolutely world class. The owners and artists, whether helping the visitor from Baltimore or their neighbor from down the street, care about giving the customer a piece that will enhance that wall at home and make the owner smile with pride. Silver City’s clean air and forest playgrounds, of course, awaken the creative genes (and the appetite for good food)… of visitors and locals alike.

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LOCATED JUST 34 MILES SOUTH OF SILVER CITY, THE CITY OF ROCKS STATE PARK IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR A fun-filled daytrip or picnic with the entire family. The park features giant monoliths that were formed from the eruption of an ancient volcano and eroded by the wind over an extended period of time. These huge, unusually shaped boulders are perfect for sightseeing or climbing.

For some, the park resembles a medieval village; for others it is a collection of misshapen, albeit benign, giants.

Essentially, it is a flat-lying sheet of reddish lava jointed along vertical rather than horizontal planes creating the likeness of a city with streets and buildings. There are formations which readily suggest giants’ chairs, prehistoric monsters, or creatures of imaginative myth.

Complete with a desert garden, the park offers picnicking and camping spots. Adjacent to the formations rises Table Mountain, a perfect example of a mesa.

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Offering a large selection of fine foods and the best salad bar in town.

Banquet facilities for parties of up to 250.

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THE EPITOME OF THE LATE 1800S MINING ERA, GEORGETOWN BLOSSOMED AND DISAPPEARED WITH the price of silver. Boasting 1200 residents at its peak, the Georgetown Post Office handled local mail from 1875 to 1903.

Clinging to a hillside overlooking the Mimbres River Valley, the town consisted of the usual miners’ shanties, saloons and bawdy houses, but also featured churches, upper and lower public schools, an opera house, literature hall, ice skating rink, community park, several mercantile businesses, butcher shop, a harness shop, and restaurants. The Naiad Queen was the biggest silver producer of the area followed by the McGregor mine located at the site of the current Georgetown Cabins.

Residents experienced problems with Apache renegades and an epidemic that took young lives. Perhaps the best written record of this pre-statehood community is the headstones at nearby Georgetown Cemetery. Only the outlines of a few foundations remain of the townsite.

EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY, VASTNESS AND BACKROADS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO

NAMED FOR GEN. GEORGE D. BAYARD, AN EARLY-DAY CAVALRY OFFICER AND INDIAN FIGHTER, FORT BAYARD was activated in 1867 and played a major role in the Apache wars. Abandoned as a cavalry post in 1900, it was converted into a State geriatric hospital, a function it still serves today, albeit it is undergoing a facelift and construction of a new central facility. Many of the outlying buildings and original officers’ residences are being preserved for history.

For the recreationist, Ft. Bayard is attached to the Ft. Bayard Game Refuge. Famous for its elk, here are thousands of acres of pine-studded uplands open to hikers and equestrians (no motorized vehicles), where active outdoor types may follow the trails used by the cavalry over 100 years ago.

Find Indian petroglyphs, old homesteads, the State’s largest alligator juniper, and all just 10 miles east of Silver City.

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National Monument ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE TRAIL OF THE MOUNTAIN SPIRITS NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY IS THE 533-acre Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Here you can see the homes and catch a glimpse into the lives of Native Americans who lived here between seven and eight hundred years ago. Along with the ancient ruins, the monument features a visitor center and museum.

From Silver City there are two ways to travel to the monument. The first is to go north past Piños Altos on NM 15, a winding, mountain forest road. Here, trailers over twenty feet long must take an alternate route on NM 61/35.

The other route is through the Mimbres Valley north from NM 152 off US 180 east of town. This route is 25 miles longer, but easier and takes the same amount of time – about two hours. Call ahead for hours and road conditions; (575)536-9461 or (575)536-9344.

MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING HAVE BEEN THE DRIVING FORCES OF BAYARD AND HURLEY SINCE THE early 1900s, while Arenas Valley has developed into a small business district and community midway between the mining district and Silver City. With vistas of the kneeling nun and the mammoth Santa Rita open pit copper mine, as well as the headframes of historic underground mining operations, the area provides visitors visual insights into the state’s richest mineral districts. As the number of people involved in mining operations decreases, the communities are focusing more on their festivals, the arts and the tourism side of the historic mining operations. In the case of Arenas Valley, uncomplicated country living is the predominant draw…and a great little restaurant. Bayard has its coffee and tortilla companies and Hurley boasts a southwest fine arts gallery housed in its historic “company store.” Mining and reclamation still contribute significantly to local economies.

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IN OCTOBER 2004 ABOUT 120 PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT Visitor Center to dedicate a monument to famous Chiricahua Apache Chief Geronimo, who was born in the area in 1829.

The monument was a collaborative effort between the Forest Service, the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway Committee, the Silver City/Grant County Chamber of Commerce, and Geronimo’s own great grandson, Harlyn Geronimo and Harlyn’s wife Karen of Mescalero. Harlyn got the idea for the monument while visiting the area in the spring of 2004.

Chief Geronimo had told biographers that he was born near the headwaters of the Gila River, which is the area where the National Monument stands today. Geronimo died in Oklahoma in 1909, after unsuccessfully pleading with federal authorities to be allowed to return to his homeland to die.

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BY SAPILLO CREEK, LAKE ROBERTS IS A MAN-MADE 75-acre lake offering some of the finest mountain fishing, boating and camping in New Mexico. Lake Roberts features boat ramps, two campgrounds, picnic spots and a variety of nature trails leading into the forest.

The lake beckons fisherman, hikers and birders to experience the natural beauty of the area. Overlooking the west end of the lake stand the “Vista Ruins,” an authentic Mimbres Indian pit house site.

The area is home to hundreds of species of birds, and is a wintering spot for bald eagles. As many as ten species of hummingbirds may be observed in the summertime at feeding stations along NM Highway 35 and at nearby local inns.

Late March to late May is the best time to fish for the lake’s 10 to 14-inch rainbow trout, but Lake Roberts also contains crappie, catfish and some bass.

GOOD WEATHER, SPARSE POPULATIONS AND THE WIDE SPAN OF LIFE ZONES OFFER UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES for birding in Southwest New Mexico. Birding can begin at Big Ditch Park in downtown Silver City. The Gila River and its tributaries north of Silver City offer a rich assortment of birds, and hummingbird banding demonstrations are given near Lake Roberts. Other locations include Whitewater Canyon and The Catwalk near Glenwood and the Guadalupe Canyon of New Mexico’s bootheel, harboring species found nowhere else in the US. Silver City lies at the center of a vast belt of mineralization that has produced billions of dollars worth of metals and a diversity of gems and minerals. Gem and mineral collections are displayed in area museums, shows are hosted throughout the region, huge copper mining operations continue and Rockhound State Park by Deming is dedicated to rock hound enthusiasts, encouraging collecting for personal use.

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National Scenic Byway

STRADDLING THE GILA RIVER, CLIFF ON THE NORTH SIDE AND GILA ON THE SOUTH, THESE TWO SETTLEments together total perhaps 500 habitants and are close enough that the newcomer might see them as blending into one town. Don’t be fooled. Each has its own post office, zip code, and defenders. Cliff has the café, filling station, and school (K-12); Gila has the grocery, feed store, and senior center. Both retain an attachment to a rural ambiance based on irrigation agriculture that is uncommonly lovely, increasingly rare, and takes you back in time as you drive the Gila Valley, upstream or down, on either side of the river. True tales are still told here. Tom Lyons’ LC Ranch, based in Gila, was New Mexico’s largest at 1.5 million acres circa 1900. Along nearby Rain Creek, Carl and Blue Rice killed New Mexico’s last grizzly bear in 1931. Meanwhile, the bucolic agricultural vistas will have you in a reverie of settling down on your own green parcel, with homegrown food, 5 acres, and independence.

THIS 93-MILE LOOP IS FILLED WITH HISTORY AND SCENIC BEAUTY. TO GET STARTED, JUST HEAD NORTH ON PIÑOS Altos Road from US 180 East in Silver City to the old goldmining town of Piños Altos. From there, NM 15 will take you through the Gila National Forest to the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Leaving the monument, the byway backtracks along NM 35 to Sapillo Creek and Lake Roberts.

Continuing across the Continental Divide, the road descends into the Mimbres River Valley. The historic church at San Lorenzo was built in the 1800s.

Continuing west on NM 152, you will come to the mine overlook near Santa Rita, where you can view one of the world’s largest open pit copper mines.

Rejoining US 180, you can turn north at Santa Clara to visit historic Fort Bayard, or continue on a short distance back to Silver City.

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EVERYONE DREAMS OF FINDING THAT 102 QUIET LITTLE TOWN NESTLED IN THE MOUNtains with a creek running through, the creature comforts a traveler needs, yet retaining a 1950s ambiance.

Those who think it’s only a dream have never stopped over at Glenwood. About 60 miles northwest of Silver City, Glenwood is surrounded by the Gila National Forest. That means plenty of public lands for the adventurous, like the San Francisco Canyon (bass, catfish, hiking and birding) or The Catwalk and its Whitewater Creek (spectacular vistas and the creek is filled with trout). Stop in at the Forest Service Ranger Station for maps and information. A motel and several B & B style inns will put you up comfortably, the general store will keep you supplied, and there is a café/bar that’s plenty “Western”. And on up the road about 8 miles is Alma, last stop on Butch Cassidy’s Outlaw Trail. The iconic bandit worked at the nearby WS Ranch (private) in the 1890s.There is a combo general store/café and you’ll want to explore Mineral Creek, usually dry in town but a forest road takes you upstream to another marvelous canyon and more trout.

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WITHOUT THE ASPHALT ON ITS MAIN STREET, DOWNTOWN PINOS ALTOS LOOKS MUCH LIKE IT MIGHT have appeared nearly 150 years ago, when it was inhabited by the likes of Judge Roy Bean. The town’s amenities, however, have greatly improved in the last century or so. They include a museum, an ice cream parlor, dining establishments and an authentic western bar.

Gold was first discovered in the area by Spanish and Mexican miners. Anglos rediscovered the metal in 1859/60, and for a while the town was called Birchville after the first man to find “color.” Nearly abandoned due to constant fights with the Apaches, it was re-established in 1866 under its original Spanish name.

Pinos Altos is located along the Continental Divide, six miles north of Silver City on NM Highway 15.

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2nd Annual

Pickamania! Festival September 12-13, 2009 Silver City’s Americana Music Festival SPECIAL EVENT

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THE CATWALK NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL IS SITUATED IN WHITEWATER CANYON NEAR GLENWOOD. THE Catwalk is a metal bridge secured into the canyon walls that leads through some of the most beautiful parts of the canyon. This 250 foot metal causeway clings to the sides of the boulder-choked Whitewater Canyon, which in some places is only 20 feet wide and 250 feet deep. There are many spots where a hiker can leave the steel causeway and relax on the grassy banks of the sycamore shaded stream.The original catwalk was a gravity fed slurryline for a local mill. The mines above the canyon were worked from their discovery in 1889 until 1942 (Billy the Kid's stepfather, William Antrim, was a blacksmith at the town called Graham). The Civilian Conservation Corps. was assigned the task of rebuilding The Catwalk as a recreation attraction for the Gila National Forest in 1935. The present metal catwalk was rebuilt by the Forest Service in 2004.

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Area Events August 14-16 18th Annual Run to Copper Country Car Show. Vintage vehicles of all kinds. Gough Park, Silver City. 585-388-3468 15 Signal Peak Downhill Challenge.

Rocky Horror Gila Show! Call for more information. 575-574-5956 15-16 30th Annual Silver City Gun Show Guns, knives, ammo, turquoise jewlery, reloading equipment, western and military memorabilia and more.

Food by Lone Mountain 4-H Club.

For tables or information call: George Shepard, 575-388-2360 22 Fort Bayard's 143rd Birthday.

Birthday and baseball game with vintage equipment. The theme is “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

September The Gem & Mineral Show.

Museum quality mineral specimens, jewelry, and arts crafted from rock and gems as well as "rough" stones.

Silver City Recreation Center.

5-6 San Vicente Artists Art Fair. Fine Artists & Crafters, Artists in Action, Tempting Foods. San Vicente Artists of Silver City. 575-534-4269 artfair@silvercityartists.org 11-13 Pickamania! a FREE bluegrass, folk, Americana, roots and singer/songwriter festival in the heart of southwestern New Mexico. This year's headliners include the Pine Leaf Boys, Mollie O'Brien, Anne and Pete Sibley, Finders & Youngberg, Boris McCutcheon and the Salt Licks, Fish Tank Ensemble, Adobe Brothers, Dusky Buskers, and Melanie Zipin and additional performances will embellish the weekend to provide guests with non-stop entertainment.

575-538-2505 www.mimbresarts.org 17-20 Annual Gila River Festival.

Celebrate the centennial of Aldo Leopold's legacy in the Southwest.

Hikes, workshops, kids' activities, and panel discussions that will foster an appreciation of Aldo Leopold's conservation ethic. 575.538.8078 18-19 Fort Bayard Days. Living history exhibits, a tour with entrance into the Nurses' Quarters and Commanding Officer's home and Buckles and Bustles Military Ball.

575-956-3294 26 Tapestry of Talent Fashion Show. fashion show. 2pm Bayard Community Center. 575-538-5733.

30-Oct. 4 Grant County Fair. Cliff, NM 388-4223

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Taste of Downtown Silver City.

Downtown Silver City. 575-5341700.

9-12 Weekend at the Galleries. Wine Tasting, Auctions, workshops, dancing and wandering the Art Galleries.

Downtown Silver City. 575-5382505. www.mimbresarts.org 13 David Cabassi & Tatiana Larionova (piano duo) Mr. Cabassi tours with his wife, briliant Russian pianist Tatiana Larionova. They've each won numerous awards and piano competitions.

Together, they render absolute magic, whether playing on two pianos or together on one. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre 575-5385862

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Pinos Altos Annual October Fiesta.

Fine Food, Live Music, Crafters, Raffles, & Fun Activities for Children. Pinos Altos Main Street.

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Butch Thompson Trio. Well known from a long run on NPR's "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor, the Butch Thompson Trio has earned critical and popular recognition around the world for its exuberant brand of classic jazz and ragtime. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. 575-538-5862 Annual Lighted Christmas Parade.

7 pm. Historic Downtown Silver City. 575-534-1700 silvercitymainstreet.com

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December TBD Black Tie Ball. 7-11pm Buffalo Bar. Tickets $25. 575-538-2505. www.mimbresarts.org TBD Annual Victorian Christmas Evening. 5-9pm An old-fashioned holiday celebration with musical entertainment, costumed characters, children’s stories, plum pudding, hot mulled cider, and other delights of the season. $3 donation Silver City Museum. 575-538-5921 info@silvercitymuseum.org

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Mogollon Ghost Town

LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF TODAY’S GILA WILDERNESS, THE TOWN OF MOGOLLON (PRONOUNCED Muggyown) began in 1876 following the discovery of gold and silver in nearby creeks. It took its name from the surrounding mountains, themselves named for a Spanish territorial governor in the early 1700s. With the opening of the Little Fannie mine, the town boomed until 1942, then suddenly became a ghost town when the mine closed. After a brief resurgence as an artist colony in the 1960s it was deserted again.

Modern-day Mogollon is home to 18 year-round residents, a volunteer fire department, and several seasonal businesses including dining and lodging establishments. It has a private museum, an historic theater and a church undergoing renovation. To visit this picturesque village, turn east off US 180 onto NM Highway 159 about three miles north of Glenwood. The scenic mountain road rises about 3,000 feet in 8.5 miles to reach Mogollon.

Ongoing Events Farmer's Market 8:30 am - noon, Saturdays through October. Main Street Plaza, Enter at 7th/Bullard. 575-534-1704 San Vicente Art Walk - Self Guided Tours visit the galleries and studios in the area.

575-388-4854. sva@gilanet.com.

The Morning Cup w/music Sunday mornings at Yankie Creek Coffee House.

The Melodrama Theatre Saturday nights.

“The Legend of Billy the Kid OR It’s Just a Little Gun Play.” 8:00 pm at the Red Barn Steakhouse. Call the Red Barn for your dinner reservations for the Melodrama @ 538-5666. Dinner seating is at 6:30pm and 7:00pm for the 8:00pm show.

Copper Creek Ranch Chuck Wagon Supper and Western Show Friday and Saturday night late May through Early September. Dinner served at 7 pm. 20 Flury Lane Silver City, NM 88061 Phone: 575-538-2971

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LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC 1881 MANSARD/ITALIANATE HOME OF H.B. AILMAN, THE SILVER CITY MUSEUM IS one of 13 museums in New Mexico recognized by the American Assn. of Museums. Founded in 1967, the museum is focused on the regional history of Southwest New Mexico with over 20,000 related objects. Photo collections depict Silver City from the 1870s and include a significant collection from the 1930s and 40s.

Native American artifacts from the Mimbres, Mogollon and Casas Grandes peoples number over 500 pieces, and there are exhibits from more recent Navajo and Apache groups. Extensive mining exhibits, early Anglo and Hispanic settler clothing, furnishings and even firearms are displayed.

There is also memorabilia from native son Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, former astronaut and U.S. Senator.

It is open every day except Monday, and is located at 312 West Broadway. The Museum Store features books and gifts depicting or influenced by local history and cultures.

By Sarah Gibson

WITH ALL IT HAS TO OFFER, IT IS NO WONDER SILVER CITY, NM WAS VOTED ONE OF THE 50 BEST PLACES TO live by National Geographic Adventure Magazine. Looking for a health food store, a new workout routine or vegetarian eatery? Silver City's got it. There are numerous health food stores with a variety of products for your dietary needs. Want a workout? Try a new type of yoga in one of the quaint yoga studios downtown. If you're looking for something more upbeat, join a dance class at one of the health clubs in town or the University. At any one of Silver City's gyms, there are a variety of exercise classes available whether you're looking to try dancing, water aerobics, a step class, or a simple treadmill routine. With a gym to match your personality, there are unlimited ways to keep healthy and fit in this small town.

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LOCATED IN SILVER CITY, WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY (WNMU) WAS FOUNDED IN 1893 AS Normal School and renamed WNMU in 1963. With a culturally diverse population and a student/faculty ratio of 13:1, it offers an excellent education with many unique opportunities.

It has award-winning academic programs including over 8 graduate degree programs, 41 baccalaureate degrees as well as 18 associate and certificate programs. WNMU offers more than 100 classes and 2 complete bachelor degrees online. It has learning centers in Deming, T or C, Gallup and Lordsburg.

WNMU offers several NCAA Division II sports such as basketball, football, volleyball, softball, tennis, cross country and golf. The accredited programs, highly qualified faculty and affordable in-state tuition fees, as well as tuition waivers for students from neighboring states, make WNMU accessible and affordable to all students whether undergraduate, athlete, continuing or part-time students or even distance learners.

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Rockhound & Pancho Villa State Parks

Located in the downtown historic district.

• Affordable Rates •18 Rooms & Suites • Continental Breakfast 106 W. Broadway • Silver City, NM 88061

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Reminiscent of a small hotel in the European Tradition.

THE TOWN OF COLUMBUS AND CAMP FURLONG WERE ATTACKED BY THE MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY FORCES of General Francisco Villa in 1916. General “Blackjack” Pershing led a punitive force into Mexico in pursuit of the Villistas, but with no success. Using Camp Furlong as a base camp, the Pershing force included the first aircraft used in a military operation, the first use of mechanized trucks by United States troops and the last true cavalry operation. A visitor center includes a replica of the airplanes used and one of the mechanized vehicles.

Rockhound State Park east of Deming is not only a great place to look for crystals, the area includes hiking trails, picnic areas, birding and star gazing. An impressive visitor center provides interactive displays and a desert botanical garden that attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Spring Canyon, which is included in the State Park, provides an ecosystem that is entirely distinct from the Rockhound area.

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Perms, Cuts, Colors, Nails,Wax, Manicures & Pedicures.

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SILVER CITY SPRANG TO 86 LIFE DURING THE SUMMER 140 of 1870. The discovery of silver brought thousands of miners, and merchants followed in their footsteps.

The town's founders decided Silver City would be “built to last.” In 1880, an ordinance was passed requiring masonry construction for new buildings. This left behind solid commercial buildings, brick Victorian homes, and adobe structures.

Devastating floods between 1890 and 1910 washed away the original Main Street and all but one of its handsome brick buildings. The stately Warren house is the sole survivor.

What used to be Main Street is now known as the Big Ditch.

The Silver City Visitor Center and Big Ditch Park provide gateways into Historic Downtown for visitors and residents.

Silver City MainStreet Project has provided comprehensive downtown revitalization services since 1985. This vibrant award-winning district has over 200 entities including retail and service businesses, art studios, government services, nonprofits, churches, and schools. It’s a treasure of a downtown!

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Big Ditch Park WHEN SILVER CITY’S FOUNDING FATHERS CREATED THE TOWN SITE IN THE LATTER 1800S, THEY LAID OUT THE grid like those of many eastern cities – with the streets running due north, south, east and west. They did not realize that the new town’s proximity to a north/south running slope would encourage a natural disaster to occur.

In 1895 and again in 1903, flash floodwaters roared down Silver City’s Main Street, gouging out a huge ditch with a bottom some 55 feet below the original street level. As rains continued to feed the creek in the years that followed, cottonwood trees grew, providing shade.

The town’s Main Street was gone, but every adversity carries with it the seed of an opportunity. Working together, local businesses, residents and civic organizations created a beautiful and unique downtown park.

Big Ditch Park can be accessed via the footbridge at the Silver City Visitor Center parking lot.

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QUICKFACTS New Mexico Facts Statehood: Jan. 6, 1912 Capital: Santa Fe Flag: Red Zia on gold Ballad: Land of Enchantment Songs: Oh, Fair New Mexico and Asi Es Nuevo Mexico Motto: Crescit Eundo (It Grows As It Goes) Poem: A Nuevo Mexico Cookie: Biscochito Gem: Turquoise Bird: Roadrunner (Chaparral) Flower: Yucca Tree: Piñon Animal: Black Bear Fish: Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout

Silver City - Grant County Profile POPULATION: (2004) est.

City: 12,500 County: 30,000 HOUSING: (2004) est.

TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS City: 4,700 (500 unoccupied) COUNTY: 14,000 GOVERNMENT: Firefighters: 23 full time City Police: 30 State Police: 12 (10 officers, 2 sergeants) County Sheriff: 32 Officers TAXES: Gross Receipts: 7.25% (2007) City: $3,009,860 City Retail: $214,463,457 Per Capita Income: $17,409 Property: 17,397 Mills (Residential) 15,680 Mills (NonResidential)

Major Events Red Paint PowWow Chocolate Fantasia Tour of the Gila Silver City Blues Festival Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo Fourth of July Celebration Picamania Weekend at the Galleries Lighted Christmas Parade

Area Museums MUSEUMS: 3 Silver City Museum was founded in 1967. A restored Mansard/Italianate home built by H.B. Ailman with 20,000 objects relating to the peoples and history of southwest New Mexico.

Admission is free.

WNMU Museum celebrated its 30th Anniversary November 6, 2004. Home of Pottery and Artifacts of Prehistoric South-western Cultures. Available for viewing are historic photographs of Silver City and surrounding areas.

Admission is free.

Pinos Altos Historical Museum: Circa 1860shoused in a log cabin that once served as the 1st school house in Grant

County. Houses a great collection of mining artifacts and historic memorabilia.

Admission is free.

Parks & Monuments City of Rocks State Park Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument The Catwalk National Recreation Trail.

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Ghost Towns Mogollon: 75 miles NE US180 Shakespeare: 46 miles SE NM90 Steins: 63 miles SE NM90/I-10

Health Care MEDICAL Gila Regional Medical Center: 68 Beds, 43 Physicians Optometrists: 2 Dentists: 12 Clinics: 5 Chiropractors: 9 Fort Bayard Medical Center: Long term care facility with 4 Physicians offering services in Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies, Geriatric care and Chemical Dependency unit.

Pharmacies: 5 Acupuncturists: 2

Historic Sites SILVER CITY HISTORIC BUSINESS DISTRICT H. B. Ailman House built in 1881 houses the Silver City Museum.

Bell Block constructed in 1897 and 1906 originally housed a saloon where straight drinks were sold for 12.5 cents Meredith & Ailman Bank built in 1882 was renamed the Palace Hotel in 1900.

Silver City National Bank built in 1923, presently used as City Hall.

O.S. Warren House built in 1885, is the only building on Main Street to survive the floods at the turn of the century.

Mrs. O.S. Warren building built in 1900 was the former Colby’s Sporting Goods.

El Sol Theatre building was built in 1934 to show Spanish-language films.

W. H. White house built in 1901 was built of brick in the Hipped Box style for one of Silver City’s first dentists.

Dr. W. H. White dental office built in 1887.

Isaac N. Cohen House built in 1882 has the only remaining example of double-hung pocket shutters.

Big Ditch Park was Silver City’s Main Street before the turn of the century

floods transformed it into an arroyo.

Bennett Block on W. Yankie built in 1882 of adobe construction with brick facades.

Max Schutz sample room on N. Texas was built to provide a meeting room for traveling salesmen.

Goodell’s Feed Store on Yankie was built in 1905 and 1911 and remained a farmer’s supply outlet until the late 1970s.

Victorian Homes, this architectural era spans the period of roughly 18251900. There are 31 homes still existing in the Silver City area.

Walking Tours (3) offered by the Silver City Museum: Gospel Hill, La Capilla and Business District.

Billy the Kid Cabin is located near the origin of his real home, this 1800s style cabin was donated by Ron Howard’s movie The Missing.

La Capilla Chapel Replica, built on a hill on the south side of Silver City. The chapel was a local landmark and was utilized in pilgrimages and festivals for Our Lady of Guadalupe.

PINOS ALTOS Fort Cobre Replica is 3/4 scale replica of the Santa Rita Del Cobre Fort (circa 1804) which originally was located at the Santa Rita open pit copper mine east of Silver City.

Buckhorn Saloon & Opera House, circa 1860s This fine restaurant and saloon is authentically decorated with 1800’s memorabilia and photographs.

Hearst Church. (circa 1898) built by the Hearst newspaper family and is the current home to the Grant County Art Guild. The gold used in decorating the Hearst Castle in California came from the Hearst Mine in Pinos Altos.

FORT BAYARD Buffalo Soldiers: In 1866 Congress authorized the organization of four black regiments to help the “pacification” of the West. The Indians christened these men with their short curly hair the Buffalo Soldiers, a name which the Tenth Calvary proudly bore on its military crest.

Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark/ National Cemetery.

Established as a territorial post dating back to 1863, the fort has served as a military center of operations, army and VA hospital and continues today as a State Medical Center.

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HISTORY OF THE SILVER CITY AREA SPANS THE ERAS FROM THE ANCIENT MOGOLLON CULTURES TO THE people of today’s technology age. The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and visitor center are perhaps the strongest attraction in the area, providing a visual showcase of how these ancients lived. The Mimbres River Valley, though once inhabited by pithouse dwellers is now a scene of orchards, hay fields, cattle and horses. The pride of large-scale mining operations is the Chino open pit copper mine on NM 152.

The 3.3 million acre Gila National Forest provides many of the reasons for both visiting the area and for making a commitment to live here. Lakes in the immediate region include Lake Roberts and Bear Canyon, Bill Evans and Snow Lakes.

Additional attractions include the Catwalk National Recreation Trail and the scenic gold mining ghost town of Mogollon, both near Glenwood, and City of Rocks State Park between Silver City and Deming.

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Summer Birding WRITTEN BY GENE LEWIS PHOTOGRAPHY BY DALE & MARIAN ZIMMERMAN

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I was stunned at the beauty of that black and vermilion ball of fire.The event was what I have come to call an‘avian rapture moment’, of which I have had many over my half century and more of birding.

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this page: A male Vermilion Flycatcher can be one of the many treasures included in New Mexico birding.

Summer brings many chances to see spectacular birds in the Silver City area, like the male Vermilion Flycatcher shown with this article. I had my first experience with this flycatcher early in my birding career when I didn’t even know the bird existed. It was sitting on a branch over a small stream and I was stunned at the beauty of that black and vermilion ball of fire. The event was what I have come to call an ‘avian rapture moment’, of which I have had many over my half century and more of birding. That particular experience is etched into my memory as a birding highlight. Vermilion Flycatchers can be seen in this part of New Mexico, usually in open areas not far from some larger trees where the female builds her nest. She has her own, subdued, colors that set her off from other flycatchers. One place that the Vermilion Flycatcher might be seen is at the southern part of the San Vicente trail which winds from just below the Big Ditch to near the golf course. A handy way of beginning the trail when looking for flycatchers is north of the golf course where there is a parking area. Just mosey along the trail and keep looking for whatever might show up in the early summer months. Having not birded that area in late spring or summer I can’t vouch for its presence but that is the kind of place a Vermilion Flycatcher finds to be ideal. If you go on and enter the area of tall trees keep an eye out for the Great Horned Owl that is often seen there year round.

Another place with reports of several Vermilion Flycatchers is the area known as the Iron Bridge. Go north on Hwy 180, cross the Gila River and immediately take the first road to the left that winds along the river. This will bring you to the bridge which has not been used since severe spring snow melts several years ago caused the river to destroy part of the bank approaching the bridge and collapsing part of the road. Now the area is set aside for birding and hiking. More recently The Nature Conservancy acquired the area beyond the bridge and along the river so you will not be on private land. Summer Tanagers and Bullocks Orioles can be found here along with many other attractive birds. You may have an ‘avian rapture moment’ of your own.

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Silver City Business Professionals share their views on banking, Federal incentives, local stimulus and starting a new business.

WRITTEN BY JOE BURGESS AND PAT YOUNG, PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS

above, from left: Silver City business and personal affairs are affected by the same factors that are hammering the nation’s economy. AmBank’s Joe Casey, business owners Jim and Debbie Nennich, green building contractor Rich Bigelow and accountant Linda McGee discuss economic factors of interest to local individuals and businesses.

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s finger pointing continues in Washington, London, Paris, Moscow and Bejing, in Silver City, well, finger pointing has never resolved much. It’s a small rural town, but unfortunately, still shares in the woes faced by the nation. The Big Eight will have to save the world, but the question here and now is how do Silver Citians get back to where they were before all this started?

Whether your retirement benefits took a plunge in the market or you lost your job in a cutback, it hurts and most people have a difficult time talking about it.

The fact is, however, resolution requires a conversation. You can start with your immediate family, but there are very few people in any community who understand the tax laws, which are currently changing on a daily basis, the stock market, which requires a totally different approach than it did a year ago, and what practices can help a small business survive the bad times.

Silver City Life can’t provide all the answers, but it can further the conversation. This article highlights some of the stimulus factors that might have an affect on your finances, provides some basic tips from a prominent local banker, as well as from a local business couple who have boldly expanded their company in the middle of this major economic downturn, and it offers some thoughts on green building, which might save you money in the long run.

The article should at least open your eyes to the fact that there are local people who are committed to helping individuals make smart decisions. The conversation is already taking place and each one of you should be participating.

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Linda McGee Economic Stimulus and You

ax laws are complicated and constantly changing, but many of those affecting 2009 and 2010 returns are meant to encourage renewed spending levels by individuals and businesses. The cost for these programs will be offset, primarily, by changes affecting high-income individuals, fund managers, corporations with offshore interests, the oil and gas industries and insurance companies.

Address your tax questions early by contacting area professionals who can help you plan and qualify for benefits. The following brief overview of tax changes affecting local interests was compiled by Linda McGee of Stone, McGee & Co., CPA’s.

TAX CHANGES FOR INDIVIDUALS Payroll Tax Credit. Taxes have been reduced by $400 per worker and $800 per couple in 2009 and 2010, with program phase out beginning at $75,000 and $150,000 if filing jointly. Those receiving a payroll check should already be seeing a little more take-home pay.

Child Tax Credit Expansion. A $1000 tax credit per child was extended to more families, even if the family does not earn enough money to pay taxes. Filing is required.

Expanded College Credit. The tax credit covering tuition and related expenses has been increased to $2,500 for 2009 and 2010 and begins phasing out for incomes over $80,000 or couples earning more than $160,000.

Homebuyer Credit. For first time homebuyers, there is an $8000 tax credit or refund for homes purchased between January 1 and December1 of 2009. The amount does not have to be repaid if the home remains in your possession more than three years.

Unemployment Tax Exclusion. An individual receiving unemployment payments will not have to claim the first $2,400 for the year 2009. The entire amount is normally taxed.

Expanded Earned Income Credit. This refundable credit provides an increased earned income tax credit in 2009 and 2010 for working, but low to moderate income families with at least three qualifying children. The maximum credit is $5,657 and the phase out range for this credit, regardless of number of children, has been raised.

Home Energy Credit. Up to 30 percent of expenditures, with a cap of $5,000, for home energy efficiency can be recovered up to a maximum tax credit of $1,500. Such items as the installation of energy-efficient windows and furnaces can be included, but be sure to verify the qualification.

Car Sales Tax Reduction. The sales tax for the purchase of an automobile has been reduced, but does not include interest payments and is phased out for incomes above $250,000.

opposite: Linda McGee is a fourth generation Grant County resident with ties dating back to 1885. Mike and Kay Stone and Linda started their accounting firm in 1980. The firm now consists of six C.P.A.’s of which Jarrod Muson and Kelley Wyatt recently joined as partners. Linda is celebrating her 40th tax year and taught for over 29 years at WNMU. She can be contacted at 575.538.3795.

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Joe Casey Bank Dealings in Today’s Economy

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ifferent banks respond differently to market changes. Community banks have fared well in the current economic downturn, because most remained more conservative and did not become involved in exotic mortgage loans. Even though community banks make up a smaller percentage of the overall banking picture, they will be the backbone of the country’s recovery, just as they tend to be the centerpiece of their local communities.

There are three community banks and two credit unions in Silver City with traditional approaches and flexibility focused on local needs. None are in the business of taking back homes and cars, and there is a great deal of latitude in available options. People who have had to deal with layoffs and income cuts need to communicate with their financial institution to work out solutions.

Personal financial histories are important and need to be protected. Credit scores are always considered in mortgage loans, but for other loans, many banks are primarily interested in the circumstances surrounding your history.

As a result of the stimulus package, there are additional business loan programs available through the SBA that provide guarantees, and also programs for helping individuals meet mortgage obligations. Loan officers can research the options for you.

There is always some pain involved in a recovery, but adjustments in the market are necessary to the system. There are options that can facilitate recovery, but there is never enough money to fix everything at once.

A major regulatory overhaul is certainly not the answer. Out of 8500 banks in this country, 8000 of them did nothing wrong. Regulation that affects all banks simply adds to the consumer’s cost. As much as one quarter of a bank’s income can go to regulation compliance, and in many cases, compliance with one regulation conflicts with another.

Most students graduate from our schools financially illiterate and therefore have a difficult time determining what is right in their financial decision-making. My advice is simply, don’t put all your eggs in one basket and never be embarrassed to seek help from your financial contacts.

opposite: Joe Casey is President of AmBank, the largest financial institution in Silver City. He is a graduate of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, and attended graduate school at Rochester Institute of Technology. He received a graduate degree from Pacific Coast Banking School. Joe came to Silver City in 1992 and was instrumental in organizing the AmBank charter. Joe celebrates 42 years in banking and finance and 45 years of marriage to his wife Cathy.

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ow does one expand business during a major economic downturn? “Maintaining good supplier relations and credit is, of course, critical.” states Jim Nennich of W & N Enterprises. “We listen to our customers and continuously reevaluate our approach for keeping them,” adds Debbie Nennich. “We closely track our sales to stay abreast of what is selling.”

“We have always met challenges head on without looking back,” says Debbie. “We are the king and queen of improvise!” Jim mentions that they have never had to reinvent anything.

“We study other businesses and simply add our own touch to what has worked for them. One very evident factor is that you cannot become stagnant in this or any business.” Debbie chimes in, “It’s a matter of developing a mindset in your life and believing in it. A good work ethic is necessary, you need to follow through with your commitments and you should absolutely treat other people the way you expect to be treated. During difficult economic times, understand that your employees have a lot piled on their plates and require more patience. Put on your happy face and work with them.”

Jim originally worked for Furr’s, and in 1999 the Nennichs took a chance and moved to Silver City.

Following much study they purchased the Snappy Mart Stores. They survived several potentially catastrophic events, but continued to diversify by purchasing area Food Basket stores, Wrangler’s Bar & Grill and, more recently, by opening the Silver City Beverage Company.

BEVCO, as the new enterprise is often called, was a giant leap taken in a difficult economy and small-town population base. “We researched and feature top food items from across the nation,” says Jim, “and around 80% are turning over well. Silver City has attracted a population that appreciates specialty foods, fine wines and a large selection of beer… and we responded to that.”

“We have experienced all levels of the grocery business and we never forget where we came from,” concludes Debbie. “We work hard, we are thrifty and we continue to learn. We are imaginative, we have a vision and we are aggressive about achieving that vision.” “After all,” Jim adds, “Microsoft, McDonalds, Disney and Google were all launched in bad economic times.”

Nennich Business Tips include: monitor inventories frequently and cash flow very diligently, separate “nice to do” from “have to do” and eliminate nonessential expenses as much as possible, reduce or stretch debt and build up cash reserves, get aggressive with account receivables and don’t forget the “human element.”

opposite: Jim and Debbie Nennich of W & N Enterprises are owners of the Snappy Mart and Food Basket stores, Wrangler’s Bar and Grill and recently opened Silver City Beverage Company featuring specialty foods, a large selection of beer and wine, fresh made sandwiches and a soup/salad/potato bar.

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or Rich Bigelow and Mary Stoecker, it was the right choice all around. He was a carpenter with a penchant for efficient, quality building when he came to Silver City in 1978. She was an advocate of recycling and minimizing material consumption when she came here in 1981.

Abundantly sunny southwest New Mexico proved the perfect destination for both of them when they met and married 24 years ago. The rolling 10-acre Burro Mountain parcel they eventually built on proved the perfect place to showcase their live-green lifestyle and demonstrate the economic benefits that go along with it.

Bigelow, a general contractor, is ever cognizant of cutting down on consumption. He advises customers on alternatives in the expanding world of green products.

“I’m for sustainability and low maintenance, which I promote in my business,” he says.

Sitting in their pleasant home, both Bigelow and Stoecker talk enthusiastically about Viva Verde Expo, which took place in Silver City June 26-28. Established by a number of organizations, the event connected the community with resources and solutions for living green. (Visit vivaverdenm.com for more information.)

A tour of the Bigelow/Stoecker homestead illustrates just how comfortable living green can be. Eighteen photo voltaic panels (170 watts each) occupy a subtle spot near the home. The 3.15 kilowatt system not only powers their home, but “banks” power for cloudy or shorter days and gives them income from selling power back to PNM. “Our last check from PNM for the month was $76,” Bigelow says.

An average solar system in today’s market costs approximately $10,000 per kilowatt hour to install and get online. Bigelow points out that there is no sales tax for material and labor, plus there are federal and state tax credits available.

On the roof of their home is a 50,000 BTU solar hot water system. The home also utilizes passive solar south-facing windows with high-efficiency glass. Timbers for the home were salvaged from a forest fire.

Upstairs bedrooms belong to their children, Neal and Teresa, both off at college. The main floor master bedroom sits just off a sunny, open great room and kitchen.

Bigelow estimates that they reduced their carbon footprint by over 80 percent when they added solar to their home. They were already saving 15 percent by driving less and hanging clothes out to dry verses dryer use. It all adds up to savings.

Money they get back from PNM or save on propane, plus federal and state credits, are applied to a loan for the solar investment. They expect to pay for their solar system within 10 years.

“We’ve done all this on a middle income,” Stoecker says. “We took advantage of tax credits and shifted our focus.”

They both point out that anyone can reduce energy use, even without a big investment.

opposite: Rich Bigelow and wife, Mary Stoecker, own a general contracting business that emphasizes green building techniques and products. Rich is experienced with solar power and hot water options.

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Silver Rexall’s

Prescription Drug

Compounding Program

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The sign over the door – Silver Rexall Drug Compounding Pharmacy – suggests something different about this pharmacy on Silver Heights Blvd. Inside, it looks like any other pharmacy, although Cup of Grace Christian Books and Gifts occupy a portion of the store and familiar products like tobacco are no where to be seen.

“I felt tobacco was contradictory to good health,” says Al Martinez, owner and pharmacist in charge.

Martinez and his wife, Betty, purchased the pharmacy in 1982. They moved to Silver City from Tucson and have remained a part of the community ever since, raising two children here, a daughter, Kristin and a son, Jacob.

Originally opened in 1953 as Meadows Rexall Drug, the store has seen many changes over the years, though some things remain the same. Cup of Grace Christian Books and Gifts “have become a part of us,” Martinez says.

Traditional service, medical supplies and equipment as well as the latest medications are always available. One trade-

opposite: Pharmacist Al Martinez has compounded drugs since the outset of his career of 40 years. this page: Jenny Reyes carefully inspects pills to insure the right ones have been included in a prescription.

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CUP OF GRACE • Christian Books & Gifts • Free Gift Wrapping 1308 SILVER HTS. BLVD. • SILVER CITY, NM 88061 • 538-2115

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• Power Lift Recliners • Bathroom Safety Aids • Diabetic Care Supplies • Oxygen & Respiratory Equipment

• Orthopedic Supports • Motorized 3 Wheelers • Hospital Mattresses & Beds • Personal Healthcare Disposables

FREE DELIVERY • 24 Hour Emergency Service • Medicare, Medicaid and Private Insurance Accepted

above: Al Martinez chats with employee Celica Carbajal about their work. opposite: Not all pharmacies have the sterile environment required for the compounding of certain drugs.

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mark commodity, however, has been expanded to include compounding.

The pharmacy did some compounding before, Martinez says, but not nearly as much as they do now. Compounding constitutes around ten percent of his current business.

A pharmacist for 40 years with several more years of experience as an intern before that, Martinez explains the compounding process by saying, “Medications are prepared from scratch, taking drugs in base chemical forms and incorporating them into various dosage forms.

“We resort back to what pharmacists did from Biblical times,” says the pleasant pharmacist with a ready smile who puts a major emphasis on customer care. “It’s more user friendly, especially for people who require an alternative route of administration, such as the pediatric and geriatric population.”

The compounding pharmacy can prepare many medications not commercially available such as drugs that have been discontinued. They even compound veterinary products.

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above: Al explains a procedure to a customer. opposite: Compounding requires the precise amount of specific drugs to be mixed from scratch.

Left to right: Cerisse Grijalva, CNA; Barbara Dominguez, Office Manager; Wanda Hall, Owner/Director, Certified Bereavement Counselor; Trish Kindle, Clinical Coordinator, RN; Martha Gonzalez, LMT Not shown: Gregory Koury, M.D., Medical Director Edward Alvarez, BSW

“There is also a greater need for treatment of pain today,” he continues. “Instead of opiates, we can prepare topically applied products.”

Hormone replacement alternatives are another area where compounding comes into play. “We can replace hormones identical to those naturally occurring in the body to keep you in a healthy state,” he says.

Compounding requires some extra training and equipment that many pharmacies may not have, and compounding requires a pharmacist dedicated to serving the needs of a smaller population.

Martinez, who was born in El Paso and schooled in Tucson, has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona. He is a licensed pharmacist in California and Arizona as well as New Mexico. Chemistry is a vital part of a pharmacist’s background, he says, and most pharmacists have a minor in chemistry.

“I’ve been a compounding pharmacist from my initial training,” he says.

“It’s just part of what pharmacists did.”

Silver Rexall Drug boasts a sealedoff sterile room, called a clean room, an autoclave and a laminar flow hood for producing specialized sterile products such as ophthalmic or intravenous medications, or antibiotic therapy that would allow a patient to be at home rather than in the hospital. Some of the sterilizing equipment, usually seen only in hospitals, must be recertified every six months. A compounding laboratory for other medications takes up another corner of the busy pharmacy.

It’s a family-owned pharmacy with old-fashioned service and high-tech capabilities. Martinez sums it up by saying, “We bring the chemistry lab into the pharmacy, and we’re here to serve our patients to the best of our ability in every area.”

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Achieving a Sense of Balance The Heartsong Center for Integrative Wellness WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED

BY JOE BURGESS

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n a world where daily doses of stress affect our physical health and people rarely take the time to determine the potential side affects from taking different drugs, Brad and Leesa Haire are providing the area with alternative options for dealing with medical issues. Brad, a doctor of osteopathy, is board certified in family practice and his wife Leesa, who is a certified Brain State Therapist, have opened the Heartsong and Riversong Centers to treat common disorders from a different perspective.

The centers offer numerous modern alternative considerations for healthy living, often founded on ancient concepts. Theragem, a device that combines the precision of electronic engineering with the medical wisdom of shamans and healers from ancient times, provides a modern day, FDA approved, therapy for addressing pain and disease. This crystal light therapy (also known as dielectric resonance) uses a blend of wave frequency, color, light and crystalline energy to rebalance the body on a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level. Centers of excellence around the world have found Theragem useful to treat a myriad of conditions such as anxiety, asthma, depression, insomnia, stress, and many skin conditions.

Brain State Conditioning, the primary focus of the Heartsong Center, has evolved into the best treatment for many medical issues, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder experienced by many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Utilizing state-of-the-art electronic feedback programs, the brain is provided a mirror image of its activity and allowed to gently replace dysfunctional patterns with neural networks that are homeostatic (the condition of balance and harmony for the brain). Treatments result in an optimized state for

thinking, feeling and healing of the body.

Intravenous Blood Therapy is used to address problems such as heavy metal poisoning, acute and chronic infections, peripheral vascular disease, nutritional deficiency, vascular dementias and neuropathy from the blood stream by using chelation agents that are flushed out through the urinary tract. The centers also treat infections with oxygen added intravenously as opposed to prescribed antibiotics.

Exercise With Oxygen Therapy allows tissue deprived of adequate blood flow and oxygen to be supplied once again with nutrients, giving positive results for such conditions as stroke, angina, heart attack and dementia.

Cellular healing and relief can be enhanced through the use of micro amperage electrical currents at specific frequencies (no pain or sensation) for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, shingles, diabetic skin ulcers, chronic neck and back pain, joint sprains, muscle and bone injuries, infections and other maladies.

Before accepting a seemingly hopeless condition or when fine-tuning your physical and mental state, discuss the options provided by the Heartsong and Riversong Centers. Brad comments “In recent years, the allopathic medical model has been increasingly challenged by alternative and quantum treatment systems that bridge ancient knowledge with current technology to effect new healing results. Today each person must analyze these data and select their own best therapy.” As the sole occupant of your body, your only body…become informed about the amazing new options for “integrative wellness!”

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above: Brad Haire, doctor of osteopathy, and his wife Leesa are providing the area with alternative options for dealing with their health and well-being.

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