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java junctionCup of coffee with friendsBy Lynda Sánchez

Something perhaps a little in-spirational today... with most of you I have had this simple cup of cof-fee. Sometimes it has been around a camp fire and in a battered tin cup; some-times at a charming Tea Party like we have here in Lincoln from time to time at the Dolan house; sometimes at the Wortley with regu-lar and sturdy white pottery mugs; sometimes at Starbucks or regular restaurant coffee, sometimes in an heirloom and delicate china coffee cup like what my mother used to use; sometimes in my favorite

wild rose coffee cup or one that included an Iris embedded on the side and given to me by Katherine, my hija. Sometimes the thought, the

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A hidden treasure– the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of FameBy Eugene Heathman and Ty Wyant

The Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame, home to building racing history one horse, one trainer and one jockey at a time, is dedicated to educat-ing the public about horseracing and preserving racing’s history. It features a collection of very rare pieces of racing memorabilia located at Ruidoso Downs Race Track.

Offering up a superb collection of racing memorabilia and racing history lives throughout the collection, The Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame inductees are people and horses who have had a profound impact on their sport. “Even non-racing folks who appreciate history are amazed at the in-teractive kiosks that present some of the greatest races and stories in racing his-tory as well as information on each of the members of the hall of fame,” said Ty Wyant, museum curator. Every year only one owner/breeder, one trainer, one jockey and one horse are en-shrined. Induction ceremo-nies are held at the track in late June. “It is a very select group, indeed, and there are very few museums like this in the country, especially at race tracks,” Wyant said.

Bobby Cox, Corona Cartel named to Ru-idoso Downs Race-horse Hall of Fame

Two-time champion owner Bobby Cox, along with major stakes winner and leading sire Corona Car-tel, will be honored as 2013 inductees to the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame. Cox has been a major force as both an owner and a breeder in Quarter Horse racing at the highest level.

He was named the 2004 and the 2010 champion owner by the American Quarter Horse Association. At Ruidoso Downs, Cox won the 2004 All Ameri-can Derby and the Rainbow Derby with his homebred champion Brimmerton. He also won the 2004 Ruidoso Futurity with homebred All About Ease, 2007 All American Derby with homebred Dont Let Down and the 2009 Rainbow Futurity with Zoomin With Ease. Cox’s horses have earned nearly $8 million and horses he bred have earned more than $14 million since 1991.

Corona Cartel impacted Quarter Horse racing as both a racehorse and a sire. On the track, Corona Cartel raced to the Grade 1 wins in both the Los Alamitos Million and the Kindergar-ten on his way to career earnings of $517,142. He raced for owner Ce-lina Molina and was trained by Jaime Gomez. Corona Cartel then became one of the most infl uential sires in the history of the breed. A son of Holland Ease and Ruidoso Downs Racehorse

Hall of Fame member Corona Chick, he recently surpassed the $40 million mark in progeny earning. Mr Jess Perry and Corona Cartel are closely ranked for the titles of leading living sire of money earners and the second all-time lead-ing sire of money earners behind First Down Dash.

Standing at Lazy E Ranch in Guth-rie, Okla., Corona Cartel has sired fi ve champions and three millionaires. His daughter Blues Girl Too was named

the 2007 world champion and retired with earnings of $2,032,328. She is the all-time leading money-earning mare. His other millionaires are $1,212,471 earner and All American Futurity win-ner Teller Cartel, who also stands at Lazy E Ranch, and $1,004,829 earner Eye For Corona. Corona Cartel is the sire of 125 stakes win-ners and 124 stakes-placed runners.

McArthur, Brooks named to Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame

Trainer James McAr-thur and jockey Roy Brooks join owner/breeder Bobby Cox and leading sire Co-rona Cartel to complete the

2013 class to be inducted into the Ru-idoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame.

McArthur has been one of Quarter Horse racing’s most important train-ers for four decades. His stable has

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Courtesy photosTrainer James McArthur, 2013 inductee into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame. McArthur has been one of Quarter Horse racing’s most im-portant trainers for four decades. Below, Corona Cartel, one of the most infl uential sires in the his-tory of Quarter Horses.

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been primarily based in New Mexico, however he has also found success in California. Up until recently, his wife Donna ran their operation based at Los Alamitos Race Course.

James sent out Walter Merrick’s world champion Easy Date to win the 1973 All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs and then to win the 1974 Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos. Easy Date became the fi rst horse to sweep Quarter Horse rac-ing’s premier race for 2-year-olds (All American Futurity) and older horses (Champion of Champions). The only other horse to perform this feat is world champion Refrigerator. Easy Date also became the fi rst horse to win the All Ameri-can Futurity who was sired by an All American Futurity winner, Merrick’s Easy Jet. The fact that everyone’s Hall of Famer Merrick sent Easy Date to McArthur is testament to his skills as a horse-man. Easy Date is in the AQHA Hall of Fame.

McArthur also won the 1984 All American Futurity with Eastex. The gelding set a then stakes record of 21.42 seconds while winning the 440-yard classic by one length. He is still the seventh all-time leading money earner at $1,869,406 and was the all-time leading money earner until he was surpassed by Refrigerator. McAr-thur’s other major Ruidoso Downs stakes wins include the All American Derby, Rainbow Futurity, Rainbow Derby and Kansas Futurity. At Los Alamitos, he won the Kindergarten (twice) and the Dash For Cash Futu-rity (twice). He also won the Golden State Derby at Bay Meadows and the Dash For Cash Futurity at Lone Star Park.

Jockey Roy Brooks defi nes lon-gevity. He turned 71 in August and has won the latest two runnings of the Heritage Place Derby at Remington

Park. He won the 2011 Heritage Place Derby aboard Capo De Capi and the 2012 edition with Priceless Feature. Then, after winning this year’s Heri-tage Place Derby, he came to Ruidoso Downs and rode Priceless Feature in the Grade 1 $903,000 Rainbow Derby. They held the lead until the fi nal jump when champion Ochoa caught them and they fi nished second by a head. Less than two weeks later, Brooks celebrated his 71st birthday.

He was born and still lives in Blanchard, Okla., on his family’s

farm. He began his race riding career in 1969 in his na-tive Oklahoma. He scored his fi rst of three Oklahoma Derby wins in 1971 and also has three wins in the Oklahoma Futu-rity and two wins in the Oklahoma-bred Futurity. He was second in the 1987 All American Futurity aboard Elaina Rae and third in the 1983 All American Futurity with Racy Roman. Brooks

most productive year came in 2007, when he turned 66, with 93 victories and his horses banking $1,617,996. His most important win came in the Speedhorse Gold and Silver Cup Futu-rity at Fair Meadows. He won the fi rst Sam Thompson Award in 2011.

The Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame is located on the second fl oor at Ruidoso Downs Race Track, near the entrance of the All American Turf Club.

“We also have the facilities avail-able for parties, educational events and business meetings, anything you can imagine. The Hall of Fame is for the people to enjoy and we welcome the opportunity to host events among horse racing greatest legends,” Wyant said.

Admission is free. All donations to the Racehorse Hall of Fame are tax deductible and help promote the Hall of Fame’s mission.

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Art of the West features Gordon SnidowBy Sue Hutchison

Local and internationally acclaimed artist Gordon Snidow has been selected as the headline artist for Art of the West’s May/June 2013 edition by Vicki Stavig, editor. A full-length feature article was written by Stavig herself in the process of catch-ing up the international art world about Snidow’s current work, including a message from Lee Ar-none, president of The Snidow Museum of Fine Art. Snidow’s work has been selected to be featured on the cover.

“We are so pleased Gordon has been given this well-deserved honor. No one deserves it quite like him,” says Arnone. When Stavig asked Arnone about Snidow and the vision for the upcoming museum, Arnone said, “I wanted to give the world a glimpse into the unparalleled work and life of Gordon Snidow.”

The bimonthly publication features Snidow and his passion of art with photos of his most recent work. Titled “Art is the Air I Breathe,” it traces Snidow’s love of depicting the American West back to his boyhood and is an interview to describe his pathway. Personal anecdotes along with his refl ec-tions on his more than 50 years of documenting the

west are contained in the article. “Complacency is the artist’s greatest enemy,” says Snidow in the article as he describes his development as an artist. “My main goal is to never be satisfi ed,” he says.

Snidow and his wife Grace have been Ruidoso residents for decades and have contributed his art to hundreds of Lincoln County businesses, chari-ties and organizations. Snidow is in his studio daily, in the continual process of painting the American West as he sees it. The Snidows have recently donated a life-size bronze sculpture to Ruidoso’s new River Trail and the pedestal is in the process of being built as the sculpture’s permanent home at the trailhead.

Nothing is off limits to Snidow. Where some artists may focus on one or two aspects of western life, Snidow features it all. From interpretations of the life of a cowboy, he’s also painted the homeless, veterans, women on the range and even graffi ti. Snidow’s work is his view of a half century of life across the genre of the west.

Art of the West’s website is www.aotw.com to learn more about the article and the magazine. To learn about The Snidow Museum of Fine Art, visit www.snidowmuseum.org.

Photos courtesy of Sue HutchisonGordon Snidow is the featured artist for May/June’s Art of the West magazine. The local artist has contributed to hundreds of organiza-tions in Lincoln County with one of his recent gifts to Ruidoso a life-size bronze which will be placed at the start of the new Ruidoso River Trail, shown below.


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A G E L E S S M E D I C I N EData-driven docs, part 3

Dr. Keri RathFusion Medical Spa, Ruidoso

Let’s talk about HPV; let’s talk about you and me

The article series, Data Driven Docs, is designed to provide a behind-the-scenes view into a few areas of medicine that should be driven by data or best practices and, for whatever reason, are not. Some-times our practices are driven, as men-tioned in previous articles, by third parties or regulation agencies. Sometimes we ignore best practices because our patients ask us to.

As a guest writer, I will make a de-parture from the glamorous world of aes-thetic and fl ight medicine and delve into something as mundane as the Pap smear. Men - you are not yet welcome to put the paper down and leave. I’m going to talk about something you might fi nd interest-ing as well if you are a bit of a science nerd. Ladies – I know that Pap smears are something that you have historically felt were your annual duty. Skip them and you could be sure to feel the wrath of your disapproving provider and potentially even have to beg for your birth control. Take heart, times are changing.

Described initially by Dr. George Papanicolaou in 1943, the Pap smear has been the single most life saving screening test we as a species have ever dreamed up. Cheap, easy, fast and readily avail-able; it is performed around the world more often than any other cancer screen-ing test in existence. Is it perfect? No. Is any screening test? No. We have, how-ever, gotten much closer to perfect since 1943. I’ll explain. A Pap smear consists of cells from the cervix taken during a pelvic exam being evaluated under a microscope to see if they have any characteristics of cancerous cells. That was, until 1999, the best we could do. In 1999, the FDA approved a molecular test to diagnose the viral infection (human papilloma virus or HPV) that caused cervical cancer. The test was not easy to use until Pap smear col-lection changed a bit and we could test for the virus without a second visit or second pelvic exam. After a few years with the HPV testing technology and some more

studies, we began to under-stand more fully the pro-gression from viral infection to cancer. We began to see that most of the women who had this virus got rid of it all by themselves in a year or two. In 2006, the Pap smear screening intervals changed as women were risk strati-fi ed by their age. Our man-agement of borderline Pap smears changed to include

HPV testing. In 2012, the recommenda-tions changed again to further extend the screening interval to fi ve years.

Five years?!? I have many patients who don’t believe it and feel that skipping their Pap smear is akin to a death wish. I have heard a number of times “I know about the new recommendations but I would feel better if you just went ahead and did my Pap smear.” Before you start to feel like fi ve years is long enough to slip through the cracks consider that screen-ing tests are a balancing act. They don’t diagnose anything. It takes more testing, more expense and more emotional trauma to make the diagnosis and the job of the screening test is to help us determine when further testing is warranted. The new guidelines were designed to get more bang for our buck. If you have an abnormal pap smear in 2012 we are already much closer to a signifi cantly risky diagnosis than we were with an abnormal Pap smear in 1998. I am in no way arguing that abnormal Pap smears should not be investigated ap-propriately. In some cases this includes repeating the test in a year. In some cases, this includes a diagnostic test called a colposcopy. In some cases, the Pap smear is signifi cantly abnormal enough to war-rant skipping the diagnostic test and going straight to treatment. In no case does it ever include repeating the Pap smear in a few months and believing there will be a better result. At your next visit, ask where you fall on the screening interval spectrum. Ask where you are spending your health-care dollar. Let’s make them count.

Disclaimer: Dr. Keri Rath, MD, FACOG is a board certifi ed Ob/Gyn in Ruidoso. She fi nds molecular diagnostic technology exciting as she was originally a biochem-istry and genetics nerd and will be happy to whip out a fl ow chart or draw an expla-nation on exam table paper for you if you want one. Comments or questions? Email [email protected].

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Desert Light Film Festival – A big hitYouthful New Mexico � lm makers display creativity and technical savvy By Rosalyn Stevenson

The Desert Light Film Festival, April 19, showcased more than 50 fi lms made by middle and high school students. The fi lms were presented and viewed at the Rahovec Theatre on the campus of NMSU in Alamogordo and at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts also in Alamogordo. An awards ceremony was held at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts.

The festival is presented each year by New Mexico State University, Alamogordo; the Otero County Film Offi ce and the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts. Keynote speakers this year included Dr. Phil Lewis, Director, Creative Media Institute, New Mexico State University, and Ann Lerner, Film Liaison, City of Albuquerque. Also present was Jan Wafful, Otero County Film liaison.

Organizers of the 2013 Desert Light Film Competition include Jan Wafful, Otero County Film Liaison; Omar Hamza, store manager for JC Penney; Bryan Yancey, ProTech division head at NMSU Alamogordo; Ranger Kathy Denton, Education and Interpretation specialist at White Sands National Monument; Laurie Anderson, Otero County Economic Development Council executive assistant; Christa Haynes, New York Life Insurance, Joan Griggs, festival director from NMSU Alamogordo; and Dr. Bruce Martin and Donna Cook, NMSU Al-amogordo.

Sponsorship for cash prizes was provided by JC Penney.

Joan Griggs, director of Desert Light Film Festival, talked about how the festival has developed:

“In 2002, the Otero County Economic Development Council had the idea of starting an Otero County Film Offi ce, as fi lm was beginning to be a source of economic growth for the area. I took on the job of creating the fi lm offi ce. Many people contributed ideas, and we developed the idea of the Desert Light Film Festival to showcase middle and high school student fi lms

and the White Sands Film Festival to showcase other fi lmmakers. We wanted the festivals to raise awareness that we have a fi lm offi ce in Otero County.

The Otero County Film Offi ce, in conjunction with the New Mexico Film Offi ce, offers support in all aspects of fi lmmaking to any fi lmmakers wanting to fi lm in New Mexico.

Through the years the White Sands Film Festival has grown into an international fi lm festival. It is now held in Las Cruces. We continue to develop the Desert Light Film Festival here, in Alamogordo. This year we had 127 entries, from 12 schools, including two from Albuquerque, two from Santa Fe and one from the home schooling program.

Seminars were given on special effects makeup; editing using Adobe Premier Pro; pyrotechnic special ef-fects; making fi lms not for cinema; and insider information from ABQ fi lm.

The fi lms are shown on a movie theatre-size screen using DVD disks, DVD player and an Eiki device to proj-ect the fi lms. Something really new this year was the seminar on making fi lms for virtual reality glasses and mobile phones and iPads.

The students learn fi lmmaking in the classroom at their respective schools. The school programs make cameras and editing software available to the students. Some judging criteria are provided to the students for the fes-tival, but otherwise all of the concept and creation of the fi lms is done by them.

As fi lmmaking is becoming more and more a part of New Mexico eco-nomic growth, we envision many of our young people trained and equipped to participate in all aspects of fi lm mak-ing, from make-up to production.

It’s been wonderful developing the Desert Light Film Festival. People get stars in their eyes when you talk about fi lm; kids, teachers, the community.

Everyone wants to come back. We could likely double the number of entrants next year and still be able to handle it here within our support structure.”

For more information: www.fi lmo-tero.com.

From left, Joan Griggs, director of Desert Light Film Festival (2012); Jan Waff ul, Otero County Film liaison; Samantha Filer and Shannon Jones of JC Penney. Filer, 17, was awarded 1st Place in the Drama/Comedy High School Division and was presented with the Best of Festival Award. Below is Sylvia Barnhill from Alamogordo, who received an Honorable Mention. She produced “My Sweet Tooth” (animation).

Photos courtesy of Jan WaffulJoan Griggs, director of Desert Light Film Festival (2012).


Fort Stanton Live! to be better than ever in 2014By Jack Shuster

Plans are underway for the best Fort Stanton LIVE! ever, according to Clinton Smith, president of Fort Stan-ton, Inc. Fort Stanton features nearly 160 years of southwestern history beginning with its initial creation as a military garrison in 1855 and operated as a military fortifi cation through 1896. It then became the fi rst tuberculosis hospital in New Mexico, a working ranch, a CCC work camp, an internment camp for German seaman during World War II, the state hospital for the devel-opmentally handicapped, a low security women’s prison and has even housed

several juvenile, drug rehabilitation and alcohol rehabilitation programs.

Fort Stanton LIVE!, to be held July 13-14, will bring costumed Living His-torians from the Civil War and Indian Wars eras to Fort Stanton for demon-strations, presentations, a concert and a military ball which will have visitors dancing into the night. Additionally, the event brings authors, historians, photog-raphers, artists, and a variety of histori-cal vendors to site to share their crafts and other handiwork.

Featured presenters include Lincoln Historic Site manager Gary Cozzens speaking on the Lincoln County War

and Fort Stanton, Doctor Cynthia Orozco of ENMU-Ruidoso with a series of slide on the Fort Stanton Ranch and, in costume, Nisha Hoffman presenting “I Married a Soldier.” Special tours of the WW II internment camp will also be available – so that one can take a peek back at one of the most important chapters in world history. Local food vendors will be on hand to provide sus-tenance for your day at the Fort as well, so bring a healthy appetite for knowl-edge, food and fun.

Be sure to mark Fort Stanton LIVE! on your calendar but plan on visiting the Fort Stanton Historic Site at any time.

Visitors are welcome to explore the grounds of Fort Stanton at any time, year round. The museum and store are open 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Thursday through Monday, noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The third full weekend of each month is Living History Weekend at Fort Stanton when the Living Historians of the Fort Stanton Garrison, re-enacting the pre-Civil War Company K, 8th U.S.

Infantry (1858), will set up camp at the Fort on Friday evening, and on Satur-day will present interactive historical interpretations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors will enjoy the regular morning drill exercises followed by a variety of military activities throughout the day. Visitors could witness everything from musket fi ring to mounted saber drills to the roar of the artillery. Anyone inter-ested in becoming a Living Historian is invited to join the drill at 8 a.m. on Saturday.

If you are looking for a special place to visit, a place to help you understand the history of New Mexico, and a place whose beauty and activity will leave an indelible impression on you and your family, the Fort Stanton Historic Site is a must-see attraction. Fort Stanton is nestled along the Bonito River running through the picturesque Capitan Mountains with the Sacramento Mountains – and the beautiful peak of Sierra Blanca – in the distance. Fort Stanton is easy to fi nd just off the Billy the Kid Scenic Byway (Hwy 380) on Hwy 220 at the Bonito River. The turn-off to Hwy 220 is 4 miles east of Capi-tan on the Byway or 10 miles west of Lincoln. The Fort is also easy to reach on Hwy 48, with the turnoff past the Sierra Blanca Regional Airport. Watch New Mexico history come to life at the remarkable Fort Stanton Historic Site.




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Photo courtesy of Eugene HeathmanCavalrymen from Fort Stanton undergo extensive train-ing and drills on horseback for those long days scouting the hills and valleys of Lincoln County.

Bataan Lake: Fishing was slow for all species. Black River: Stream fl ow at Malaga on Monday was 16 cfs. Trout fi shing was slow.Blue Hole Park Pond: No re-ports from anglers this week. Bonito Lake: Closed. Bosque Redondo: Fishing was slow for all species. Bottomless Lakes: Fishing was slow. Brantley Lake: Anglers are to practice catch-and-release for all fi sh here as high levels of DDT were found in several fi sh.Carlsbad Municipal Lake: No reports from anglers this week. El Rito Creek: Trout fi shing was good using worms and salmon eggs. Greene Acres Lake: Trout fi shing was slow to fair using PowerBait, homemade dough bait and worms. Green Meadow Lake: Trout fi shing was fair using spin-ners, PowerBait and salmon eggs. There were no reports on other species.

Grindstone Reservoir: Trout fi shing was good using PowerBait, salmon eggs, worms, Kastmasters, Z Rays and spinners. Fishing was fair using worms for catfi sh. Jal Lake: Fishing was slow for all species. Lake Van: Trout fi shing was slow to fair using Pistol Petes under a bubble, small Daredevles and worms. There were no reports on other spe-cies. Oasis Park Lake: Trout fi sh-ing was fair using Pistol Petes and worms. There were no reports on other species.

Pecos River: Stream fl ow be-low Sumner Lake on Monday was 75 cfs. Fishing was slow for all species. Perch Lake: Trout fi shing was slow. Ruidoso River: Stream fl ow near Hollywood on Monday was 2.5 cfs. Trout fi shing was slow.Santa Rosa Lake: The lake has reopened to boating but the launch area is undevel-oped and boating is restricted to no wake speed only. Fishing pressure was a bit lighter this past week due to high wind conditions. There were several walleye caught by anglers using swim baits, worms and minnows. Anglers using worms also picked up a few catfi sh. There were no reports on other species. The surface water temp was in the mid to high 50s. Sumner Lake: Fishing was slow for all species with very light fi shing pressure. The Violation Canyon boat ramp remains open at this time and will remain open as long as lake levels permit.

Fishing report for Southeast New Mexico

Photo courtesy of Eugene Heathman


Cinco de Mayo celebration for English and Spanish residentsBy Marco Sánchez

Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican celebration, and commemorates the Mexican army’s 1862 vic-tory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). It is called “El Día de la Batalla de Puebla” and is a key holiday in Mexico.

In the United States, Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, particularly in areas with large Mexican-American populations. Cinco de Mayo traditions include parades, of course, food and mariachi music performances, street festivals in cities and towns across the United States. Pero hoy les voy a descri-bir lo que para los que tenemos raíces mexicanas signifi ca. Actually, Mexico’s Independence Day (the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico) is celebrated Sept. 16.

La batalla de Puebla tuvo lugar el 5 de Mayo de 1862, el ejercito Frances creyó que seria fácil vencer al ejercito mexicano, por lo que, sin previa declara-ción de guerra y sin tomar las precauciones necesar-ias, asaltaron los fuertes de Loreto y Guadalupe, que defendían a la ciudad de Puebla.

El general Ignacio Zaragoza, al mando del ejercito mexicano que era compuesto de 4, mil

800 hombres, se agrupo en la ciudad de Puebla para detener el avance del ejercito invasor, el cual fue rechazado repetidas veces, teniendo al fi n que abandonar el campo y retirarse vencidos y perse-guidos por la caballería mexicana. La noticia del triunfo en Puebla llenó de entusiasmo a todo el país, moralmente levantó a el pueblo que se encontraba desanimado y temeroso por una posible invasión. La victoria mexicana era una sorpresa porque el ejército francés era más grande y tenía materiales de guerra superiores.

Hay un refrán en inglés que dice de esta manera, “es posible ganar la batalla y perder la guerra,” los franceses ganaron otras batal-las pero enfrentaron la resistencia mexicana y presión de los Estados Unidos, y tuvieron que retirar sus tropas en 1867.

El Cinco de Mayo es un día para con-memorar el coraje de

los luchadores contra la opresión. Quizás por eso este día de fi esta es muy popular dondequiera haya personas de ascendencia mexicana.

La historia es muy extensa y este espacio no es sufi ciente para contarla, pero les puedo decir que para una persona con raíces mexicanas tiene un gran signifi cado, se espera esta fecha con gran expectación. Lamentablemente somos pocos los que tenemos el interés de conocer la verdadera historia y transmitirla a las nuevas generaciones.

CLOUDCROFT — Sac-ramento Ranger District will open the Forest Service slash pit near Cloudcroft, to ac-commodate private landown-ers who need to dispose of slash. The slash pit, located one mile northeast of the Village of Cloudcroft, near the junction of NM Highways 244 and 82, is scheduled to be open on the following Satur-days: May 4, 11 and 25, and June 8. Plans to keep the pit open through the summer are contingent upon certain conditions, including: acceptable weather conditions, fuel load levels, the availability of District employees for staffi ng, and Forest Service related logging and thinning project activities in the vicinity of the slash pit that may temporarily impede access to site.

“The slash pit is now avail-able to Cloudcroft residents who are engaged in ‘Firewise’ projects that include removal of vegetation, such as trees, branches, shrubs, weeds, and

grass, from private proper-ties. Please remember that disposal of household trash and construction debris is not permitted,” said Ca-leb Finch, Assistant Fire Management Offi cer at the

Sacramento Ranger District.Once the slash pit is full, it will be

closed to the public until the material can be removed. Coordination with Otero County will allow for the vegeta-tive debris to be chipped and hauled to designated sites within the county. Dates and hours of operation will be posted at the Sacramento Ranger Dis-trict offi ce and at the entrance to the pit.

For more information, stop by the Sacramento Ranger District Offi ce; 4 Lost Lodge Road, Cloudcroft, or call 575-682-2551, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Satur-day from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Visit the website at www.fs.usda.gov/lincoln and follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LincolnUSForest.

Sacramento Ranger District to open slash pit for private landowners

61st annual Hondo Fiesta May 4The 61st annual presentation of

the Hondo Fiesta will be Saturday, May 4 at the Hondo school gymna-sium starting at 6 p.m. Students in Headstart through 12th grade will be performing in a dazzling display of Spanish, Mexican and New Mexican dances.

General admission is $7 for adults and students. We encourage large groups to call ahead for reser-vations. For reserved seating please call 575-653-4411.

A fi ne Mexican dinner will be served from 4 - 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria. The dinner will include enchiladas, dessert and drink for $6.

In an effort to preserve their Hispanic Heritage approximately 100 students from Headstart-12th grades will be participating in this year’s performance. The program,

which began with Fermin and Cirenia Montes in 1948, has blos-somed into a magnifi cent show drawing many people to the Hondo Valley every year. Since that time innumerable individuals, includ-ing former students, have worked together to keep the program alive and fl ourishing.

Through the years, public response to the folk dances and music has been enthusiastic. This year’s program will consist of several parts. The elementary will begin with their traditional favor-ite dances followed by the junior and high school students dancing to New Mexican and Mexican classics as the popular Café Colon, Jesusita en Chihuahua, El Jarabe Tapatio and many, many more.

For additional information contact the school at 575-653-4411.

Photo courtesy of David Tremblay


EvEntS CaLEndar Member Hobbs Chamber of Commerce • Member Lovington Chamber of Commerce • Member Artesia chamber of commerceMember Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce • Member carrizozo chamber of commerce

Member Roswell Chamber of Commerce • Member Alamogordo chamber of commerceMember Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce • Member ruidoso Valley chamber of commerce

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HOBBS:Thru Crime Lab Detective exhibitMay 5 opening, Western Heritage

Museum. Visitors can solve a crime using the same tools and methods that detectives use. Gather evidence, investigate suspects and determine who committed the crime. Fun for the whole family. 575-492-2678 575-492-2678; www.westernheritagemuseum-complex.com. Free

May10-11 2013 Blessing of the Bikes &

Grill Battle, St. Paul’s Methodist Church, 575-392-5581

11 Rick Spring� eld Concert, Lea County Event Center, 5101 N. Lovington Hwy., 7:30 p.m. Selecta-seatlubbock.com, 1-800-735-1288

18 Find It in Hobbs Golf Tourna-ment, Ocotillo Golf Course, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Big prizes, cool giveaways, fun contests, great food and more. Businesses can set up a booth at a tee on the course to show o� wares or talk about services. There is a full menu of op-portunities for chamber members to participate in this tournament, in addition to actually playing golf. 575-397-3202; [email protected]

CARLSBAD:Wed’s Co� ee Connection, Trinity Hotel,

201 S. Canal St., 7 a.m. Meet people interested in our com-munity, discuss local events and issues, share ideas, create energy and excitement for our community

May10 Chick-Fil-A Leadercast, NMSU-

Carlsbad, hosted by the Carlsbad Department of Development. For a � yer for the list of speakers and to purchase tickets, go to http://busi-ness.carlsbadchamber.com/events/details/chick-� l-a-leadercast-581. Carlsbad is the only host site for this event in all of New Mexico

ROSWELL:May4-5 26th Annual Old Timers

Balloon Rally. Mass ascension both days at 6:30 a.m. at Cielo Grande. Fire Concert/Balloon Glow Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Cielo Grande Soccer Field on W. College. About 50 balloons, pilots and crews are coming to Roswell from throughout the Southwest and Midwest. 575-622-9892

4-5 Party on the River/Fiesta Del Rio; Thunder On The River Motorcycle Show and Valley Vintage Car Show Saturday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. at Cielo Grande. Sport-ing activities include a sand vol-leyball tournament, � ag football tournament and the annual Fiesta Tug of War. Thunder On The River 9th Annual Motorcycle Show, SW corner of Union and Riverside Dr. in Cahoon Park, 626-0754. Valley Vintage Motor Car Club 38th Annual Car Show, east side of Union between Riverside and 4th St., 627-8292 or 622-4350. The Annual Car Show & Shine will be Sunday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Both days: Live entertainment, vendors, food and game booths. No ice chests or animals are allowed in the park. No video cameras are allowed into the entertainment area during concerts. 624-6720

3rd Annual Skateboarding Competition, Cielo Grande Skateboard Park, Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. Free registration. 624-6719

4 Kentucky Derby Party, Bassett Auditorium, Roswell Museum and Art Center, 100 W. 11th Street, 2:30 p.m. Enjoy all things Derby - mint juleps, trivia games and prizes, Derby treats and watch the race on the big screen. Derby attire encouraged. Must be 21 or over. $50. 575-627-0918

ARTESIA:May4 Mariachi Tenampa, Ocotillo

Performing Arts Center, 310 W. Main, 7:30 p.m. Presented by Santo Petroleum. 575-746-4212; www.artesiaartscouncil.com. Tickets $20

7 Gathering of Friends - Spring Inspired Dishes, Simply Bello, 323 W. Main, 6 - 8 p.m. A cooking demonstration by Chef J with food sampling. Seating is limited. 575-736-3663; [email protected]. Registration $20

AprWed’s Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club,

Club 49, Inn of the Mountain Gods. 7 p.m. Professional comedians will perform live every Wednesday night. $5 admission. Must be 21 or older to attend. 575-464-7028

May4 Los Lonely Boys, Inn of the

Mountain Gods, “Texican rock ‘n’ roll” trio Los Lonely Boys promise an entertaining Cinco De Mayo weekend. Originating from San Angelo, Texas, the band’s debut single, “Heaven,” reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also earned the group a Grammy Award for “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.” The Boys’ most recent album, “Rock-pango,” hit shelves in 2011. Tickets start at $25, www.InnOfTheMoun-tainGods.com or Ticketmaster

ALAMOGORDO:IMAX NM Museum of Space History “HUBBLE,” Daily at 11 a.m. 2 and 4

p.m. The seventh awe-inspiring � lm for the award-winning IMAX space team. Accompany the walking astronauts as they attempt some of the most di� cult tasks ever under-taken in NASA’s history; experience the power of the launches, heart-breaking setbacks and dramatic rescues. Explore the galaxies and some of the greatest mysteries of our celestial surroundings

“AIR RACERS,” Daily at 10 a.m. 12 and 3 p.m. Devoted to the fastest race in the world: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. Enter into Nevada’s Valley of Speed to experience the intensity and high-speed thrills of a sports event like no other combined with spectacular air show entertain-ment. También en español

May12 Stella Vita Mother’s Day

Brunch, 902 New York Ave., 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Make reservations today, 575-434-4444

CLOUDCROFT:May12 Mother’s Day Bu� et in Rebecca’s at

The Lodge Resort, 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Treat mom to a wonderful Mother’s Day meal at The Lodge. $35 adults; $15 children 12 and under. Reservations are required 575-682-2566 or 800-395-6343 or visit www.TheLodgeResort.com

LEA COUNTY

MESCALERO

ALTO:May4 World Labyrinth Day, High Mesa

Healing Center, 1 - 2 p.m. A global celebration of the labyrinth on the � rst Saturday in May. “Walk as One at 1” – be part of the “rolling wave of peaceful energy as the earth turns.” A labyrinth is a single path or unicursal tool for personal, psychological and spiritual transformation. For direc-tions to High Mesa Healing Center, go to highmesahealing.com or call 575-336-7777. Free

CAPITANMay4-5 Annual Smokey Bear Days.

Includes � re prevention and educa-tional booths, live music, a street dance, visits from Smokey Bear throughout the event and at the cutting of his birthday cake. There is also a vendor’s marketplace, fun and education for the kids, chainsaw carving contest, auction of Smokey Bear memorabilia and much more. Parade Saturday at 10 a.m. 575-354-2748

CARRIZOZO:May4 History of Livestock in New

Mexico Talk, Carrizozo Heritage Museum, 12th St., 1 - 2:30 p.m. This slide-illustrated talk covers the 400-year history of livestock in our state. The speaker is Bill Dunmire, who retired as Superintendent of Carlsbad Caverns National Park after 28 years in the National Park Service. His has written six books about New Mexico. Free

HONDOMay4 61st annual Hondo Fiesta Hondo school gym, 4-8 p.m.

Dances start at 6 p.m. Students in Headstart through 12th grade per-form a dazzling display of Spanish, Mexican and New Mexican dances. $7 for adults and students. A Mexican dinner – enchiladas, dessert and drink – for $6 will be served from 4 - 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria. 575-653-4411

RUIDOSO:May2 Lincoln County Prayer Break-

fast, Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr., 6:30 - 8 a.m. Breakfast bu� et. Tickets can be picked up at Rio Ruidoso Realtors at 1204 Mechem Dr. or KEDU at 1009 Mechem Dr. 575-937-2849

2nd Annual Casino Gala for COPE, Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd., 6 - 9 p.m. This event will feature food, cash bar, casino games, entertainment, silent and live auctions, prizes, and most important of all - bene� t the community. All pro� ts for this bene� t will assist in saving COPE of Lincoln County and the services it provides to Lincoln County victims and their families. COPE is the Center of Protective Environment - “your hope for a safe, violence free life.” Silent Auction closes at 8 p.m. Live Auction begins at 7:30 p.m. 575-434-3622. Tickets are $20

3 Mesa Verde Enterprises Open House and Ribbon Cutting, 102 Close Road, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. They will be showcasing their products and services to the public. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. Rib-bon Cutting, 11 a.m. 575-257-2995

3-4 Rock of Ages, Ruidoso Schools Performing Arts Center, Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. The dancers with the Ruidoso Dance Ensemble will knock your socks o� . Tickets $5. 575-257-3573

RUIDOSO DOWNS:Thru “Time Exposures: Picturing a 7/5 History of Isleta Pueblo in

the 19th Century,” Hubbard Museum, 26301 Hwy 70. This exhibit focuses on one of the oldest Native American communities with photos, interactive video, stories of the Pueblo of Isleta during the 19th century, artwork and pottery. 575-378-4142; www.hubbard-museum.org. Admission: Adults, $6; seniors and military, $5; ages 6 to 16, $2; under 6, free

Thru “Celebracion del Arte” Juried9/9 Art Show, Hubbard Museum,

26301 Hwy 70, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Original art from some of New Mexico’s best artists will be on display. The Celebracion del Arte is a juried � ne arts competition that seeks to recognize and honor excellence in the contemporary visual arts of the American West. Thirty-two artists, representing 54 pieces of original art, were selected as � nalists for the show. 575-378-4142; www.hubbardmuseum.org

61st Annual Hondo Fiesta, May 4

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