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By Todd [email protected]

In the wake of contention over water rights and fl ow levels on Eagle Creek, Randall Camp, Ruidoso public works director and Debi Lee, village manager discussed the village’s posi-tion on the matter.

According to Camp, the question of wells drilled along the creek on Ski Run Road – and whether they affect the fl ow of the Eagle Creek some six miles to the east – is really one about property rights.

“The truth of the matter is they’re trying to circumvent state law,” said Camp, referring to a protest made by the Eagle Creek Conservation Association (ECCA) to the U.S. Forest Service over expired permits to operate the wells. “All our water rights are vetted by the Offi ce of State Engineers (OSE) and has been upheld by the Supreme Court.”

“They’re using the Forest Service’s environmental assessment as a back-door tool,” he continued. “In fact, most of the ECCA members that live down there are interlopers on the village’s

water rights. The rights date back to the 1880s, and they’ve been allowed by the county to develop along the creek in only the past 20 years.”

The permits used by the village to operate the wells – which were drilled in 1985 – expired in 1995, but Camp said the village had been allowed to drill with an understanding from the Forest Service. It was only a lawsuit by ECCA against the Forest Service that forced the federal government’s hand.

“They want to limit us to about 300 acre-feet per year, and right now we’re pulling about 700 acre-feet out of there,” Camp said. “That’s about a 50 percent reduction, and about 75 percent of the village’s water comes from those wells.”

In a draft letter to Eagle Creek resi-dents and property owners supplied by Lee, Smokey Bear District Ranger Da-vid Warnack writes the village has a pending application for a special use permit, and explains the OSE has rec-ognized the wells “as being supplemen-tal to the Village’s surface water rights with a priority dating back to as early

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Fort Stanton Live! A living legacy of southwest history

Warehouse board explores Boys and Girls Club possibility

By Eugene [email protected]

For authentic American Southwest action, look no further than what can be described as the heart of Lincoln County, Fort Stanton.

The annual Fort Stanton Live! celebration held on Aug. 6 and 7 brings costumed re-en-actors from the Civil War and French-Indian War eras to the fort for demonstrations, pre-sentations, a candlelight tour, a concert and a military ball.

Additionally, the event will have south-west history authors, historians dressed in clothing from the era, photographers, artists and a variety of vendors sharing crafts remi-niscent of the late 1800s and other custom handiwork.

Fort Stanton Executive Consultant Jay Smith said this year’s events lay the ground-work for much more than a tourist attraction.

“The Fort Stanton Foundation is fi nalizing the development of a long-range plan which will be presented to the state for review this fall,” explained Smith. “The plan entails a comprehensive multi-use proposition that will not only enable the foundation to host more

events and attractions but with the ultimate goal to sustain the historical development of the Fort Stanton community beyond my life-time.”

The foundation envisions hosting about

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Since it was founded, the mission of the Community Youth Warehouse – located at 200 Church Drive in Ru-idoso – has been to service the youth of the area, giving them a safe and secure place to learn and grow outside of school.

That mission will remain the same, but if director Vic-tor Montes is successful with his latest effort, the Ware-house will become home to the fi rst-ever Boys and Girls Club chapter in Ruidoso.

“The vision has always been to grow the youth cen-ter,” Montes said. “We jug-gled the idea of being with Boys and Girls Club, but when does that time come? I think we are there now.”

John Farr, regional service di-rector for the Boys and Girls Club, was on hand at the Warehouse July 21 to speak with the center’s board

of directors on what it would take for the Warehouse to become an offi cial Boys and Girls Club.

The real impetus was money, as Montes had gone to the Vil-

lage of Ruidoso requesting funds, but had to fi nd further sources of funding to continue the services offered by the Warehouse.

Farr gave a brief history of

Boys and Girls Clubs in American and described the work he’s done in his 26 years of working with the club in Lubbock.

“We try to create posi-tive outcomes for kids,” Farr explained. “We offer them training and support in art, homework, athletics, and offer programs for special needs kids.

“My children have been members in the program and have worked as volunteers.”

“You’ve got to have a strong board to make this work,” said Ruidoso Village Manager Debi Lee.

Following a long discus-sion on what can be done to raise funds for a fully-func-tioning Boys and Girls Club – including car raffl es and child sponsorships – the board

voted on the question to pursue a Boys and Girls Club affi liation at its Monday meeting. The Ruidoso Village Council take up the ques-tion at its next meeting Aug. 9.

Sandi Aguilar/Ruidoso Free PressJohn Farr, regional services director for Boys and Girls Club, speaks to board members at the Community Youth Warehouse July 21 about the possibility of the facility becoming the site of a new club affi liate.

Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free PressThe recently renovated Ft. Stanton Museum will literally come alive with a journey back in time as the parade grounds host civil war era encampments, demonstra-tions and historical exhibits Aug. 6 and 7.

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Courtesy photoThe top three winners of the summer reading program at the Capitan Pub-lic Library. From left to right: Maggie Rich, first place; Duncan Daugherty and Daniel Daugherty, both tied for second place. The winners received gift cards from Walmart. The rest of the children received book bags con-taining books and other prizes. Attendance at the seven summer reading programs was 161.

Reading program winners

e-Books at the Ruidoso Public Librarye-Books are the megatrend today and

the Ruidoso Public Library is busy building its virtual library. Popular, fiction books are not available yet at the Library’s e-branch – but in the mean time – we have purchased some reference books – travel guides, eye-witness books, gardening books and ency-clopedias. There are books on Ancient Reli-gion, pirates, dinosaurs, witchcraft, GLBT, dogs and more.

All these books are free to download to your e-book reader device, smartphone or computer. The user can keep them – no due date – they do not disappear (unless the

user deletes them).Easy to get to at the library website

www.youseemore.com/RuidosoPL, under e-Branch tab, Magazines, go to Gale Vir-tual Reference Library.

As always, one can ask a librarian for assistance.

Ruidoso Public Library is located at 107 Kansas City Road, Ruidoso. Library hours are: Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check out www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl/ or ruidosopub-liclibrary.blogspot.com/.

Preservation of Mescalero Apache language gets fundingThe National Endowment for the Humanities has

awarded a $321,200 grant for preservation of the Mes-calero Apache dialect through the agency’s Documenting Endangered Languages program.

The grant will allow Scott Rushforth, a linguistic an-thropologist at New Mexico State University, and the Mes-calero Apache Tribe to develop a dictionary and grammar of Mescalero Apache, an Athabaskan language spoken in southern New Mexico.

The endowment reported that there are fewer than 900 remaining speakers of the language. The project will ana-lyze the complex structure of verbs of Mescalero Apache and contribute to the phonetics and sound of the entire Athabaskan language family.

As part of the data gathering, researchers are expected to record and transcribe narratives, which will also capture the historical memory of not only the Mescalero Apache Tribe, but of the Chiricahua and Lipan Apache as well. The information collected would cover the period of the na-tion’s settlement of the west and post-relocation times.

The Mescalero Apache language study grant was the largest in the funding. Overall, the endowment and the Na-

tional Science Foundation awarded 34 grants and fellow-ships that totaled $3.9 million.

“Language is integral to what makes us human,” said the endowment’s chairman, Jim Leach. “When a language disappears before it is documented, it limits our under-standing of the way that people interact with their social and natural environments. By supporting the creation of dictionaries, grammars and digital archives, the DEL (Documenting Endangered Languages) program preserves and makes accessible a rich set of cultural information that reflects the traditions and accumulated wisdom of peoples who have lived and thrived on our shared planet.”

“We must do our best to document endangered languages before they fall silent,” added Myron Gut-mann, assistant director for social, behavioral and eco-nomic sciences for the Na-

tional Science Foundation. “Endangered languages are an irreplaceable source of linguistic and cognitive informa-tion, and recent advances in information technology make it possible to integrate and analyze that body of knowledge more comprehensively.”

Experts estimate that more than half of the roughly 7,000 currently used languages are destined for oblivion this century. The window of opportunity for high-quality language documentation, they said, narrows with each passing year.

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Ruidoso High School student Juliann Lamb was crowned as the 2011 Miss Al-buquerque Outstanding Teen Aug. 6 at the African American Theatre in Albuquerque. Lamb also served as the Miss Teen Ruidoso 2010.

The competition included Fitness Wear, Talent, Evening Gown and Onstage Ques-tion and Interview. Lamb won the Miss Al-buquerque Outstanding Teen and Best Inter-view segments.

Lamb’s platform for her term is Domes-tic Violence Awareness and Prevention, just as it was for her Miss Teen Ruidoso reign. She has been actively involved with Help End Abuse for Life in Ruidoso Downs.

When asked her intentions for the next year, Ms. Lamb said, “I will use my title to promote my platform of Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention.”

Lamb will be competing for the title of Miss New Mexico Outstanding Teen in Ru-idoso this coming summer and looks forward to using her title to improve the state and make a difference in the lives of survivors of domestic violence and their children.

Lamb will be a junior at Ruidoso High School this fall and is concurrently enrolled at ENMU Ruidoso working on her degree plan in criminal justice.

Ruidoso student crowned Miss Albuquerque Outstanding Teen

Courtesy photoCurrent Miss New Mexico, Sarina Turnbull and 2011 Miss Albuquer-que Outstanding Teen, Juliann Lamb.

By Patrick Jason [email protected]

Due to a huge dip in student enroll-ment at Carrizozo Municipal Schools this year, the state is set to slash nearly $238,000 from the school district’s budget.

According to the New Mexico Pub-lic Education Department, Carrizozo schools suffered from a significant loss in students from the previous year, and because of it would lose a substantial amount of its funding.

Funding for schools is determined

based on a formula that considers student population.

The school district’s superintendent, Robert Cobos, didn’t return a call seeking comment last week regarding the state’s decision or the district’s enrollment situ-ation.

In May, the school district agreed to move into a Monday through Thursday school schedule starting this school year, following in the footsteps of Capitan, Co-rona and Hondo Valley. The move, Cobos predicted, would save the school district between 16 percent and 18 percent in costs.

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Warehouse board figuring out Boys & Girls Club requirementsBy Todd [email protected]

Members of the Community Youth Center Warehouse aren’t shying away from the challenge of turning the center into a Boys & Girls Club, nor from help from the community to realize that dream.

The only problem is figuring out what all needs to be done.

“There’s a lot of requirements they have for the Boys & Girls Club,” said Tim Coughlin, board member for the ware-house. “We’re going through the steps, making sure we have everything in place and continuing to do the research we need to do.”

“We haven’t made any absolute deci-sion, but we’re moving forward with it,” he added.

The biggest challenge is the budget. Coughlin said the club needs the first

year’s operating expenses either in the bank or already pledged. What makes it even more difficult is that the board doesn’t even know how much it needs right now.

“We’re thinking about $125,000, but that figure might be high or low,” Cough-lin said. “The biggest variable is salaries. We also need 100 student members before we can be declared a club. There’s a lot of things to go through.”

Coughlin said the board is now meet-ing every other week to go through the re-quirements, and will be attending a leader-ship conference in Fort Worth, Texas, this week to make contacts and get more infor-mation and ideas.

“We have some idea of the deadline to get all this done, but the board still has yet to decide when that will be,” Coughlin said. “We have to figure out all that needs to be done before we invite the public to help out with this. But the sooner, the better.”

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Proposed redistricting results in less representationLincoln County could lose 2 seats in the House,1 in the SenateBy Patrick Jason Rodriguez [email protected]

Lincoln County, like other sparsely populated areas in New Mexico, might lose a seat – or two – in the state House of Representatives after the once-per-decade process of redistricting is fi nalized.

The general rule of thumb for redis-tricting says that districts are to be uni-form in population with a deviation of no more than plus or minus 5 percent from the ideal, roughly 29,400. But since there was an enormous population growth in Rio Rancho and the northwest neighbor-hoods of Albuquerque during the past 10 years, House districts from the rural parts of the state will need to be relocated to the metropolitan area to support balanced rep-resentation.

For example, District 29, located in the Albuquerque neighborhood of Paradise Hills, has a population of 59,097 based on 2010 Census data, or about 29,700 more than the ideal for an individual district. By comparison, District 51, located in Otero County, including most of Alamogordo and Holloman Air Force Base, has a pop-ulation of 22,261, or roughly 24 percent less than the ideal.

But the question is which districts will be relocated.

Now that the Redistricting Commit-tee, a select bipartisan group of 18 state lawmakers from both chambers, has com-pleted its public hearing tour across the state, the concepts presented to them will be discussed and debated by the entire Legislature during a special session begin-ning Sept. 6.

During a Redistricting Committee public hearing in Albuquerque on Aug. 15, Brian Sanderoff, president of Research & Polling Inc., which has been contracted to help the Legislature with the redistricting process, showed the committee numerous examples of how the Albuquerque metro-politan area could pick up House districts from other parts of the state, including Districts 57 and 59, both of which are cur-rently partly situated in Lincoln County.

District 57, with a population of 26,501, is 11.4 percent below the ideal population; District 59, with a population of 25,797, is 12.3 percent below the ideal.

That’s not all.There are four concepts that have Dis-

trict 57 moved out of Lincoln County and shifted into parts of Chaves, De Baca and Guadalupe counties; there is one concept that has District 59 moved out of Lin-coln County and shifted completely into Chaves County; and there is one concept where District 56 would encompass all of Lincoln County, becoming the county’s only House district.

Those three districts are the only such currently in Lincoln County. District 57 covers the majority of Lincoln County, including the communities of Carrizozo, Capitan, Corona and Ruidoso north of Cree Meadows Drive, along with portions of Chaves and Otero counties. District 56 (population of 25,946, or 11.8 percent below the ideal) covers the south central portion of the county, including most of the village of Ruidoso and all of the city of Ruidoso Downs; plus the Otero County communities of Mescalero and La Luz, and the foothills of Alamogordo. District 59 covers the southeastern portion of Lin-coln County, including the Hondo Valley, and parts of Chaves and Otero counties.

According to Sanderoff, legislative districts should not have split precincts, plans may not dilute a protected minor-ity’s voting strength, and districts should be composed of contiguous precincts and be reasonably compact.

All but two of the eight concepts have Rep. Zachary Cook (District 56) represent-ing at least of a majority of the residents of Lincoln County in the House. But the two-term Republican from Ruidoso said that while he’s prepared for the possibility that his district would be the only one in the county, there’s a chance that the fi nal district boundaries wouldn’t be drawn un-til after the special session is over.

“There are a number of scenarios out there,” he said, referring to the eight (A through H) different concepts, “there’s no telling what the fi nal product will look like. And keep in mind that the (redistrict-ing process) was caught up in court for quite a while last time.”

He’s alluding to when the Legislature met in special session in September 2001, only to come away with a plan to redistrict the Public Regulations Commission, after

vetoes by then-Gov. Gary Johnson for two plans to redistrict the House, and litiga-tion followed. In 2002, state District Court Judge Frank Allen adopted a House plan that had been approved by the Legislature but altered eight districts to accommodate plans submitted at trial by the Navajo and the Jicarilla Apache nations.

The litigation surrounding the 2001 redistricting efforts cost the state about $3.5 million.

“There’s no telling what the fi nal product will look like,” Cook said.

Cook added that no matter how the district boundaries are eventually drawn, he would be running for re-election in 2012, even if he does lose his constituency in Otero County.

The goal of legislators during the special session on redistricting is to come away from the grueling process of draw-ing up new boundaries in a politically fair manner, while at the same time avoiding having scenarios where incumbents are running against one another. However, in all likelihood there will be some incum-bents facing each other in an election, either in a primary or in the general elec-tion, as redistricting takes effect with the results of the 2012 election.

One such hypothetical incumbent match up that could have an affect on lo-cal politics would have Rep. Nora Espino-za (District 59) running against Rep. Den-nis Kintigh (District 57) in a Republican primary, should both decide to run for re-election, as both reside in Roswell. This particular concept has District 57 moved into Sandoval County and District 59 put completely into Chaves, including all of Roswell.

Those types of scenar-ios, though, according to Sanderoff, are more likely to happen in the eastern part of the state, where population growth has ei-ther stagnated or declined during the past ten years.

Moving a seat from Lincoln County or from another part of southeast-ern or eastern New Mexico

to Rio Rancho or western Albuquerque wouldn’t have much of an affect on the political make up of the state Legislature, said Sanderoff, as all of those areas are fa-vorably Republican.

Said Sanderoff: “In the concepts we try to balance it politically.”

The concepts for the Senate districts are a little easier to break down, as all but one of the nine proposals leave Lincoln County with only one district.

Currently there are two Senate dis-tricts in Lincoln – District 33, a seat that is currently held by Republican Rod Adair, and District 32, currently held by Demo-crat Tim Jennings, the Senate president pro tem.

District 33 covers all of Lincoln County but the southeastern portion, and northwest Chaves County. District 32 covers the southeastern portion of Lincoln County, including the Hondo Valley, and parts of Chaves, Otero and Eddy counties.

Under most of the proposed concepts for Senate redistricting, District 32 is moved out of Lincoln County, while Dis-trict 33 would encompass the county and be the lone Senate district.

One Senate concept, however, has both District 32 and 33 shifted out of Lin-coln County and into nearby counties, and Districts 27 and 40 moving in. Under this particular plan, District 27 would cover the northern, eastern and southern portions of Lincoln County, including the communi-ties of Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, Capitan, Corona and the Hondo Valley; District 40 would include the western portion of the county, including Carrizozo.

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Boys and Girls Club plans moving forwardBy Todd [email protected]

Make no mistake – there will be a Boys and Girls Club in Ruidoso.

That’s if the board at the Youth Community Center Warehouse realizes their dream.

Tim Coughlin, chairman of the Warehouse board, re-cently returned from a B&G regional conference in Fort Worth, Texas, with director Victor Montes, and learned quite a bit about what it takes to start a local club – and what it does.

“I always thought it was an after school daycare pro-gram, and it really is not,” Coughlin said. “It’s so much more and it’s just amazing what they do.”

The Warehouse board is now fi red up and ready to get a local club going, but – as with anything of such scope – funds are needed.

Also, a building larger than the current warehouse is required.

“According to club standards, this building will only handle about 50-60 kids, and there’s so much more need than that,” Coughlin said. “We’ve been speaking with the

school district, looking at the availability of additional space. So far, everybody we’ve talked to are all on board and told us we need this club.

“But right now our biggest hangup is funding,” he added.

Coughlin said the Warehouse’s current budget is $145,000, augmented greatly by the growing summer food program, which has brought in added income and expens-es. That number is about $60,000 short of club require-ments.

“It’s still a lot of money, but it’s not that much,” Coughlin said.

Club membership of at least 100 kids is also a require-ment, but Coughlin said the need in Lincoln County is so acute, fi nding 100 kids – from ages 6-18 – shouldn’t be a problem at all.

According to statistics provided by Coughlin, nearly 4.1 million people are served by 4,000 clubs across the country, and the opportunities afforded by such a club in-crease graduation rates.

“Nationally, only about two-thirds of kids graduate from high school,” Coughlin said. “But among club mem-bers, that rate is 90 percent. It just does tremendous things

for the kids. They’re having fun, but they’re learning at the same time.”

What’s next for the Warehouse board is fundraising – including starting a founder’s club, in which anyone donat-ing $1,000 would have their name placed on a plaque to commemorate them as an initial founder of the new club.

“We’re also talking about naming opportunities to name a room, a building or a hallway for those that want to get involved,” Coughlin said.

All of this began with the founding and building of the Warehouse by Community United Methodist Church, which then opened it to all youth in the community, dis-tancing itself from actually running the facility and hiring Montes to run it independently of the church.

“The church planted and nurtured the seed, which has grown up to this plant,” Coughlin said. “This plant has grown up and is ready to blossom. That’s where we’re at and we’re ready to go. The excitement in the community is there.”

Anyone interested in helping out or donating to the cause of starting a new Boys and Girls Club in Ruidoso can call Coughlin at 973-5469, or Montes at 630-0318 or 808-3267.

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EducationCoughlin named youth center directorBy Todd [email protected]

Tim Coughlin made his decision to step down as president of the board of di-rectors for the Community Youth Center Warehouse with some reluctance, but he’ll still be involved with the organization.

As of last week, he is the center’s di-rector.

“The only issue was salary,” said Coughlin. “But I won’t accept one until we get a Boys and Girls Club here, and then I’ll only accept 75 percent of the pay. Whatever we can do to get this going, that’s where I’m at right now.”

Coughlin – who replaces Victor Montes as the center’s director – said he was pretty much doing the job anyway after Montes had stepped down more than a month ago, and the board fi gured it was time to make it

offi cial with a vote.He and the board have been working

toward making the center a Boys and Girls Club since June, and they’re very close to their fundraising goal. The national Boys and Girls Club organization requires a cer-tain amount either raised or pledged before a new chapter can be chartered.

Coughlin said the center has reached 73 percent of its fundraising goal, still needing about $39,000. “We’re close and getting there, and we’d like to be opened by January,” he said.

While raising $39,000 in less than a month seems like a lot, Coughlin explained the money merely needs to be pledged to the club, and those pledges can be honored with small payments over time.

“A lot of people are realizing they don’t have the money right now,” said Coughlin. “We have a pledge form that states how

people can pay in the future, and that gives us something we can give to Boys and Girls Clubs to show we’ll get there. People can give $10 a month, so it’s affordable for a lot of people.”

Membership fees to the club are also $10 a month, making the center seemingly affordable for families with children to sup-port the club as well.

The center itself, located at 200 Church Drive, is too small in size to host a full Boys and Girls Club, but Coughlin said the

organization is very close to securing part of the old Ruidoso Middle School on Hor-ton Circle as its home base.

“We’re still working on the details, but we’re about 99 percent there,” Coughlin said. “The school district has been fantastic working with us.”

Anyone wishing to donate time or money to the founding of a Boys and Girls Club may contact Coughlin at (575) 973-5469, or email him at [email protected].

Youth of the WeekYouth of the WeekYouth of the WeekDestini Taylor

destini Taylor is a freshman at Capitan High school and a member of the school’s volley-ball team.Most people she knows have no idea she is extremely afraid of the dark.Her advice to others is to make wise decisions in life so you can get far.she admires her mom’s boss, Valerie, who works at Lincoln County Mercantile. “Anytime i need assistance i can go to her and she helps me,” said destini. “i can go to her for anything

that i need. she is so happy and bright.”“if i was a fruit i would be a mango,” said destini. “They are very good and very hard to break through.”destini said iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove would be the actress to play her in a movie. “she is so pretty and has a fun personality.”if a song was written to describe destini, the chorus would start with – “she is very happy all the time, her voice sounds like a jingle chime.” Taylor laughed as she described words of the chorus. For more information about “Youth of the week” contact Lisa Morales at 575-258-9922 or [email protected].

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Ruidoso welcomes new choir teacherRuidoso Middle

School and Ruidoso High School recently welcomed Jeff Owens as the new choir teacher. Owens, who lived in South Dakota be-fore making his way to Ru-idoso, recently took some time to share some thoughts about his background and his experience as a teacher.Why did you becomea teacher?

My mother was a music teacher for over 40 years and undoubtedly in-fl uenced my choice. My whole family was immersed in music and I was given many gifts of training and being exposed to the arts. When it came to choosing education as a career, it was rather simple: I wanted to be immersed in music as much as pos-sible, and I wanted to give back and share the gifts that I had received.What have been the biggest joy andthe biggest challenge?

The greatest joy is being thanked for my efforts in giving young people the opportunity to express themselves. Music allows the body, mind and spirit to syn-chronize in a way that few other disci-plines can offer. And to come together in

a community of singers is such a positive, enriching and unifying experience. The biggest challenge is always the human ego and convincing individuals to contribute their best to that musical community.What advice wouldyou give to a fi rst-year teacher?

Be prepared. Be as or-ganized as possible before walking into that class-room, and then be aware of the possibility that noth-

ing you have planned will work! And be as kind and compassionate as you are able. Every human has it hard sometimes. Anything funny happen your fi rst year?

I was directing a musical version of Dickens’ Christmas Carol, and to re-create the foggy streets of London we had a couple of fog machines. Well, the parent in charge backstage got distracted by some-thing and those middle schoolers took great delight in just letting the machines run and run and run. By the time I got backstage, the gymnasium had gotten so thick we could hardly see and we had to stop the show for a time! Everybody had a good laugh about that one!

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RHS welding trailer raffl eBy Marie Gomez

On Halloween, Iris Molina stuck her hand into a can fi lled with…tickets! Raffl e tickets that is. Over the course of the fi rst quarter, the welding classes at Ruidoso High School designed and built a beautiful 10 feet by 6 feet tilt bed trailer to raffl e off. This trailer is defi -nitely a workhorse of a trailer. With its 3,000-pound towing capacity and a treat-ed wood deck, it’s capable of hauling just about anything that moves.

The raffl e tickets were sold by weld-ing students and their teacher, Dave Mad-

er, during the past month. Mader made selling the tickets into a contest for the stu-dents, awarding the seller of the winning ticket with an originally-designed welding helmet. Much to the students’ chagrin, the winning ticket, which belonged to Stacy Atwell, was sold by Mader.

This trailer production and raffl e provided the students not only with job applicable welding skills, but some mar-keting skills as well. All proceeds went to the welding program, providing some of the expensive materials needed to main-tain the course at RHS.

Courtesy photoStudent Iris Molina pulls the winning raffl e ticket with assistance from teacher Dave Mader for the trailer built by Mader’s welding class.

What’s happening at the Ruidoso LibraryAt the Village of Ruidoso Public Li-

brary, the following programs, classes, closures & holidays are scheduled:

Let’s get Technical: Thursday, Nov. 10 at 10 a.m. Learn how to access your library account online, reserve or renew a book, check your fi nes, & update your address. In the library conference room.

The Library will be CLOSED Fri-day, Nov. 11 for observance of Veteran’s Day. The library will be open on Satur-day, Nov. 12, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Let’s go to the Galapagos, Thursday, Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. Large format movie, 40 min. In the downstairs classroom. Please note: This is a date & time change be-cause of the carpet replacement on the 18th.

The Library will be CLOSED Friday,

Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19 to replace the carpet. We apologize for the inconve-nience, but the new carpet will be great.

The Library will be CLOSED: Thursday, Nov. 24 through Sunday, Nov. 27. Regular hours resume on Monday, Nov. 28.

Let’s get Technical: Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 3 p.m. Learn how to access your library account online, reserve or renew a book, check your fi nes and update your address.

Ruidoso Public Library is located at 107 Kansas City Road. Normal library hours are Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. www.yousee-more.com/ruidosopl/ or http://ruidoso-publiclibrary.blogspot.com/

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Winter water woes plague villageBy Kerry GladdenFor the Village of Ruidoso

With memories of the great February freeze still fresh in their minds, Ruidoso offi cials have warned the village may experience a higher than normal water demand in the wake of the recent storms which have hit the area. The Village of Ruidoso issued a water conservation alert Friday. According to village offi cials; due to the recent cold temperatures, the Village is once again facing a water crisis as pipes in second homes that have broken and are putting a tremendous strain on the already over-taxed water system.

Village management is asking all hotels, res-taurants and residents to actively conserve water in the coming days as crews work to stem the fl ow of water in broken lines. “We are asking everyone to work with us and help us get through this,” said Mayor Ray Alborn. “We are expecting to have busy weekends with a lot of visitors coming in to enjoy the recent snow. It is crucial that everyone

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Things may not be mov-ing along on the schedule he wanted, but Tim Coughlin, director of the Community Youth Warehouse, says things are progressing steadily toward opening the fi rst Boys and Girls Club in Ruidoso.

“We’re about 80 percent there for donations,” Coughlin said. “We were hoping to get in front of the Village Council this month, but that – and a presentation before the Ruidoso Downs City Council – will have to wait until January.”

Because of those delays, the goal of having the Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Blanca up and running by Jan. 1 won’t be met.

But that doesn’t mean Coughlin is getting discour-aged. If anything, he’s more

energized by all the support and donations the club has received – and will receive.

The latest step in the club’s formation is approval from the Ruidoso Board of Education to lease the Horton Complex – site

of the former Ruidoso Middle School, located on Horton Drive.

Coughlin believes that ap-proval will be made offi cial at tonight’s school board meeting.

“Pretty much every service organization in the town has

given us money or pledges,” Coughlin said. “The new lease won’t be ready until about March, but that gives us more time to get the facility ready and raise more money and support.”

Coughlin: Boys and Girls Club fundraising chugging along

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Third at CloudcroftTodd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press

Capitan center Kersti Davis, gets around Dexter’s Natasha Banda underneaththe basket duringthe Lady Tigers’victory Saturday during the Mountain Top Tournament at Cloudcroft. Both the boys and girls teams fi nished third in the tournament.

See full story, see the sports section.

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Georgia Underwood, President of the Ruidoso Rotary Club, presents Tim Cough-lin, director of the Community Youth Warehouse, a check for $500 towards the opening of the Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Blanca. The donation is one of many the club has received from vari-ous businesses and organizations in town in advance of its pro-posed opening date in March.

Ruidoso webcam ranks in nation’s top 100By Eugene [email protected]

The Ruidoso webcam had 153,040 visits through 361 sources and medi-ums from Jan. 4 to Nov. 8, ranking it in the top 100 small town webcams in the United States.

“It’s just fascinating to see the huge traffi c from all over the world that visit the Ruidoso webcam,” said Cynthia West, one of many who maintain the webcam, “It is a worthwhile labor of love.”

West said she’s been corresponding with people all over the world who even stop by the Ruidoso.net offi ce when they do fi nally visit Ruidoso. Jesse Lerma, who is stationed in Afghanistan, wrote: “I have this page opened every min-ute, every day here in Afghanistan. It’s something I like to look at when stressed and just missing the heck out of home. It’s so sad when the camera goes out every now and then. I can’t wait to see one in Ruidoso Downs!”

Keeping the camera in operation has its challenges, said West.

“We once had the equipment re-moved by some workers who thought it was theirs,” she said. “Steve Tally had to track them down and get it back.”

West contends the camera system has endured every problem you can imagine. Ex-treme cold has cracked the casing the wires are in and then split the power line. There

have been snowballs thrown at the camera, and most recently electricity was lost when the retail store Outlaw Leather moved.

“Godzilla even damaged it when he went through Midtown,” said West. “Basi-cally, if it can go wrong it does. It’s one of the hardest projects to manage. It takes a team to keep it working. But people love

that cam and we do what it takes to keep it working.

Several people and entities are in-volved in funding and maintaining the Ruidoso webcam. According to West, Tally, Dave Shultz, Billy the Kid Byways and the tourism department are just a few who help out with the webcam.

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conserve water and be on alert to help identify any leaks or broken pipes that you may see in your neighborhood.”

The Village has been fi ghting an uphill battle with the water situation as demand is barely being met. Last week’s storm has only compounded the issue, and it is expected to worsen with heavily booked holiday week-ends ahead. According to Justin King, Assistant Utilities Director for the Village; “Our utility crews are working in the Village to fi nd leaks and turn off meters, and we will continue to do that

throughout the weekend. However, it is vitally important that we have everyone’s cooperation - especially the lodgers and restaurant owners.”

The Village is asking that all lodgers inform their guests about the need to conserve water during their visit. In ad-dition, restaurant owners can contribute by serving water to their patrons only on request. According to a release sent by the vil-lage Thursday, many wa-ter lines may have burst, and offi cials are asking residents to check their lines for leaks and report them to the water depart-

ment as soon as possible. Additionally, residents are asked to report any water leaks they may see while out and about. For more information, call the Water and Sewer Depart-ment at 257-2386, or the Ruidoso Police Depart-ment at 258-7365.

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The building is pretty much ready to move in, except for a state inspection of the kitchen and food service area. Coughlin said the biggest need is fi lling the building with – for lack of a better term – stuff.

“The building is empty right now. We need furniture, tables, pencils, offi ce supplies, trash cans, pots and pans, uten-sils, everything,” Coughlin said. “We’ve been on this one-lane road of fundrais-ing to get the club started, and now it’s split into two roads, to get supplies for the building.”

Coughlin said the items in ques-tion don’t have to be brand new, stating many businesses and homes may have

unused furniture or supplies tucked away in closets or attics. He said that nothing is off limits.

The two-lane road will soon split into three when the club starts looking for volunteers to help run the place – including those that are willing to teach classes to students of all ages.

“We’ve already had all sorts of people come out wanting to help,” Coughlin said. “There’s a lot going on. This is truly going to be a community involvement.”

Those interested in donating time, money or supplies are urged to contact Coughlin at (575) 630-0318 or (575) 973-5469.

Courtesy photosThis weekend’s Nutcracker production will feature an abundance of local performers from all grade levels of area schools. At left, Aidan Haney star-ring as the Dew Drop Fairy; above right, Sabina Judah starring as Clara.

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2010 an off year for New Mexico mortgagesLast year was a down year for mort-

gages that originated in New Mexico, according to date from the Home Mort-gage Disclosure Act.

New Mexico slipped two spots in the national rankings, from 36th to 38th, based on a volume of $7.7 billion mortgages made in 2010. More than 60 percent of the state’s 2010 mortgages ($5 billion) were through refi nancing, placing it 37th in the country in this category.

In 2009, $9.7 billion in mortgages

were originated in the state, according to HMDA data. That makes the state’s year-to-year falloff nearly 20 percent.

In comparison, the national total dropped from $1.8 trillion in mortgages in 2009 to $1.6 trillion in 2010. New Mexico’s falloff was more than the de-cline overall nationally, which was about 11 percent.

Top in-state lenders for 2010 were Bank of Albuquerque, Suburban Mort-gage of Albuquerque and Los Alamos National Bank

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By Eugene Heathman and Patrick RodriguezFor the Ruidoso Free Press

Ruidoso Village Council wants to overturn legislation where a majority of funds col-lected from cigarette taxes that once went to local recreational amenities but are now essentially distributed through a behavioral health fund. During the fi rst regular council meeting Jan. 10, village council passed a resolu-tion in support of a bill in the New Mexico State Legislature to distribute revenue attributable to the Cigarette Tax Act to county and municipal recreational funds.

The Village of Ruidoso, like many other communities throughout the State of New Mexico is feeling the negative impact of the downturn in the national economy by virtue of reduce revenues for vital city services including how the distri-bution of cigarette taxes pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall support county and munici-pality recreational funds.

The NMRPA represents counties and municipalities

in the state that have parks, open spaces and recreation departments. The association says that cigarette tax had funded the development alternatives to tobacco products and the loss of that money has nega-tively affected many lo-cal parks and recreation departments.

Former Governor Bill Richardson in 2005 signed into law a bill that appropriated $7 million from the General Fund to the Behavioral Health Capital Fund for disbursement in suc-ceeding fi scal years. This reduced the fund-ing that goes into local and county recreational departments to 1.36 per-cent of net receipts.

Sponsoring a bill is Rep. Zachary Cook, R-Ruidoso, who said that local parks departments have been unfairly hurt by the legislation.

Cook said that overturning

the law could be done by ballot measure or by an order from Gov. Susana Martinez. Cook has drafted a bill to be presented at the 2012 legislative session, which begins next month.

“A draft of the bill is ready to be presented this week in time for the legislative session ,” said Cook. He added that he had origi-nally been approached about the

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Cook introduces concealed carry and trust billsBy Patrick [email protected]

SANTA FE – Rep. Zach Cook last week said he would fi le at least two bills today at the State Capitol, the fi rst day of a 30-day legislative session that will focus primarily on New Mexico’s budget.

One of the bills involves extending the concealed weapon law to allow permit hold-ers to carry fi re arms on state park land.

“As a supporter of the Second Amend-ment (of the Constitution), I think we have a right to keep and bear arms,” said Cook, a Republican who represents Ruidoso. “New Mexico does allow conceal-carry, so it doesn’t make sense to me that you can’t carry a concealed weapon when you go onto a state park.”

“New Mexico is a state known for recreation, and state parks are a large part of

that,” Cook added.Cook noted that permit

holders are allowed to carry concealed weapons in national parks,” so I don’t know why you couldn’t have them in state parks, particularly when there are dangers in state parks. I think someone should be able to protect themselves.”

The other bill Rep. Cook will sponsor involves perpetuit-ies concerning trusts owning property.

According to Cook, a trust is not allowed to own real estate in the state for more than 90 years, and his bill would extend that to 110 years.

“The purpose of that in the past couple of years is that several states are changing their rulings against perpetuities to allow trusts to

hold real property further into the future,” explained Cook. “What that does is make those states more competitive where families will come into those states, establish their trust into that state.”

“If the bill passes,” he added, “it makes New Mexico more competitive for that trust. And that means more money for New Mexico because the trust companies have to hire

more employees to manage that trust.” With the perpetuities bill, Cook intro-

duced that piece of legislation in the House last year during the regular session. It passed the House and made it through the appropri-ate committees in the Senate, however it died in the last day of the Senate before it could be brought up for a vote.

Lee Gross appointed as new mayor of Carrizozo

Coughlin represents B&G Club before Downs Council

By Patrick [email protected]

CARRIZOZO – Lee Gross was named mayor of Carrizozo af-ter the town council unanimously appointed him to the position dur-ing a special meeting Wednesday.

Mayor Pro Tem Dusty Voss made the selection for Gross to serve as mayor.

“The moral of the story is we have a pretty green, pretty new council,” Voss said before mak-ing his motion to appoint a new

mayor. “We have a ton of stuff going on – whether we get the money or not, I don’t know. And if somebody new comes in, we’re going to have to stop, stuck, and go back and show them where we are at this point in time, and I don’t want to do that.”

“I think he’s going to do a great job,” Voss added, referring to Gross. “Let’s support him and go on.”

Trustee Yovanne Lucero seconded the motion, saying, “I agree, because (Gross) has been

here, he knows what’s going on, he knows all the issues.”

The mayoral vacancy came up when Dennis Vega resigned from the position Dec. 28, citing personal reasons. Vega was named mayor shortly after former Mayor Mike Petty resigned in March.

Gross, who moved to the town three years ago, was elected to the town council in March 2010, in the same municipal election that saw Petty defeat three-term incumbent Mayor Manny Hernandez.

When asked who he would choose as Vega’s replacement during an interview on Dec. 29, Voss said: “It will be someone who has previous experience, that’s been on the council or has served in some capacity for the town for sure, so we don’t start from scratch all over again.”

The council will appoint a new trustee at a later date to fi ll Gross’ remaining term, which expires in 2014.

Gross was sworn in by Mu-nicipal Judge C.O. Rominger.


The Ruidoso Downs City Council didn’t take any action on it, but they did get a well prepared presentation Jan. 9 by Tim Cough-lin, director for the Community Youth Center Warehouse and advocate for the Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Blanca.

Coughlin was before the council seeking funding to help the group get its offi cial char-ter, and stated most of the money has either been raised or pledged, making the commit-ment he was seeking from the city minimal.

“We’ve looked at all sorts of clubs, and

found that those that are most successful are those that rely on small amounts from municipalities,” Coughlin said. “Take Hobbs. Their club relies on only 25 percent from municipalities. The rest of the funding comes from grants and fees.

“We’ve found that when a club relies too much on government funding, it fails when the money gets tight.”

Coughlin increased the chances of the council approving the funds through his well-versed answers to questions posed by councilors on security, availability of pro-grams to youth outside of Ruidoso and how the club would work to incorporate existing

after school programs such as the Rascals program through the Ruidoso Municipal School District.

“That only runs through fi fth grade, and the school district is actually losing money on that,” Coughlin said. “With us coming in and taking over, they’ll close that program down and all those kids will enter ours. It’s been a great collaboration with the school system.”

Coughlin stated the club would like to continue a funding relationship with Ru-idoso and Ruidoso Downs after it gets the charter, but that the funding level likely

Photo courtesy of Ty WyantCody Thurston of Ruidoso Outdoor Adventures is a strong propo-nent of recreation trails systems for Ruidoso. If passed, legislation would redirect cigarette tax funds back to communities for parks and recreational use.

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Photo: Special thanks to John SoddenKatie Kmetz of Ruidoso and Bruce Seale II of Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas were ‘Always & Forever ‘ united in matrimony Jan. 14 at the summit of Ski Apache with the majestic and snow-capped Sierra Blanca as an el-egant back-drop. The sunny day warmed the gathering of close friends and family in a picturesque winter wonderland. A well-attended recep-tion featuring champagne toasts, gourmet buff et and live music for the couple was held Saturday evening at the Lodge at Sierra Blanca.

Shakeup at Zozo P&Z strains relationsBy Patrick [email protected]

CARRIZOZO – Three members of the Carrizozo Planning and Zoning Commit-tee have resigned, further eroding relations between the board and the town council.

Judy Fitz, administrator of the plan-ning and zoning committee, resigned her seat during a town council meeting Jan. 9. The next morning, the resignations of committee members Jennifer Franklin and Dan Franklin were received by Town Clerk Leann Weihbrecht.

Mayor Lee Gross, who was sworn in on Wednesday, said he will attempt to schedule a meeting with the two remaining members of the planning and zoning com-mittee, Joey Thornton and Gary Lovelace, to discuss the future of the board.

The planning and zoning committee had been working on a variance involving town resident Cherie Cloudt’s miniature horses, which she keeps at a residence listed within a residential zone that prohibits the housing of livestock. After more than a year, the issue has resulted in miscommunication between Cloudt, the Planning and Zoning Committee and the town council.

JulieAnne Leonard, town attorney, recommended that the town council handle all planning and zoning matters until the issues with the planning and zon-ing committee have been dealt with. She added that she would work on codifying the planning and zoning ordinances into a one document.

Additionally, Leonard reminded residents that the Planning and Zoning Committee has never been a commission,

which would have given it autonomous enforcement powers. Instead, as a com-mittee, it has taken on more of an advisory role without any legal authority.

In resigning during the Jan. 9 town council meeting, Fitz cited ongoing frustrations on the committee, calling the board “ineffective.”

“In spite of the (town) attorney’s warnings about the town being potentially liable for lawsuits, insurance and having other problems, the last meeting we tabled the issue because there was still confu-sion,” Fitz said, regarding the issue of Cloudt’s horses. She added that no consid-eration seemed to be given to the planning and zoning recommendations.

Fitz also mentioned fellow planning and zoning members Jennifer and Dan Franklin, who are married, saying, “No couples or friends should serve on this committee, and the couple who are now there should decide which one should continue.”

At the town council meeting on Jan. 9, Dan Franklin spoke during a public input section.

Regarding the issue of Cloudt’s hors-es, Dan Franklin said the town council has had more than a year to resolve the matter, failing to do so before it was addressed by the Planning and Zoning Committee.

“Now it appears (the town council) is going to do something about it, and make it look like (the Planning and Zoning Committee) has botched this,” he said. “The statement was made that we had not done our job (on the Planning and Zoning Committee). It was also stated that (the committee) will serve the council. I’m not sure what that means.”

matter by Debi Jo Almager, parks and rec-reation director for the village of Ruidoso.

Almager acknowledged that she had been in contact with Cook about getting the legislation overturned, but would need to research her fi les to provide more infor-mation and statistics about how the loss of those cigarette tax funds have affected her department.

Scott Simpson, superintendent of parks and recreation for Tucumcari, and a member of the NMRPA board of direc-tors, said that he recently sent an email to state Rep. Dennis Roch, R-Texico, a member of the House Taxation and Rev-enue Committee.

In the letter to Roch, Simpson asked that he support the possible bill that Cook would introduce at the next legislative session. He also mentioned that the legis-

lation passed in 2005 was done at the last minute and has put some local parks and recreations programs in a bind.

“This is a quality of life issue for both adults and the children of our community,” Simpson wrote. The funds from the be-havioral health fund are distributed to the cancer research and treatment center at the University of New Mexico, 0.83 percent; the New Mexico Finance Authority, 1.25 percent; The NMFA on behalf of the UNM Health Sciences Center, 8.89 percent; to the NMFA for improvements to facilities at the Department of Health, 3.74 percent; to the NMFA for deposit in the authority’s credit enhancement account, 9.97 percent; and to the NMFA for the rural cancer treat-ment fund, 0.62 percent.

The remaining funds go back into the General Fund.

wouldn’t increase.“Once we get our

charter, we can apply for all sorts of other grants to help fund this,” Coughlin said. “But until we get that, we’re dead in the water.”

In public comments, area resident Jay McKit-trick praised the efforts by Coughlin to get the club off the ground.

“If you only knew how much energy and how many people have already volunteered their time and money, you would easily be in favor,” McKittrick said. “I hope you can fi nd it in your budget the funds to support this. This has been run very profession-

ally, and it’s time for our community to show sup-port for this.”

The council also awarded a special dis-penser permit to Organized Against Traffi cking Hu-mans for a fundraiser – the Blue Heartbeat Ball – Feb. 14 at the Hubbard Museum of the American West.

Dr. Janet Arrowsmith-Lowe addressed the council on what OATH is all about.

“Deming is a major traffi cking site of children from Central and South America to sites in the east, and this type of thing does happen in Lincoln County,” Arrowsmith-

Lowe said.The dispenser was

approved unanimously, as were operating invoices for the regional waste water treatment plant in the amount of $13,647 for October and $23,811.71 for November.

The board also chose precinct board mem-bers for the upcoming municipal elections in March. This year’s quali-fi ed electors are: Presiding judge Connie Sue Mc-Casland, election clerks Faye Randolph and Joyce Gustafson, translator Faye Randolph and alternate election clerk Shirlene Cusolito.

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Frontier Medical organized the show and along with hundreds of vendors were classes and give-aways. Understanding Medicare, learning about Botox and avoiding identity theft were several topics at the educational sessions. The highlight of the day was the raffle of a Toyota Scion. Tickets could be purchased for $10 and all pro-ceeds were donated to the NM Youth Challenge Foundation and Lend A Hand. The vehicle was paid for through sponsors whose logos were plastered all over the car. As part of the sponsor

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“It is so good for Frontier to be able to give back to the community,” says Judy Stubbs, coincidentally represent-ing both Lend A Hand and NM Youth Challenge Foundation. “The Foundation is raising funds for a new building and Lend A Hand is an umbrella organiza-tion collecting funds for distribution to those in need.” The conference switches the recipients of the raffle each year.

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Coughlin clears misconceptions about Boys and Girls ClubBy Todd [email protected]

Anyone who’s spent even a minor amount of time on the Internet likely knows what the acronym FAQ stands for. For those uninitiated, it means Frequently Asked Questions, and Tim Coughlin, director of the Community Youth Center Warehouse and lead proponent of the Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Blanca, is writing one up.

He’s doing it, he says, to clear up a number of misconceptions about the organization. “There are a number of people who don’t realize that we’re not at the warehouse, or that we’re even opening a club,” Coughlin said. “We’ve got a com-mittee putting together answers for many of these questions and will be sending them out into the community.”

The Club is less than a month from opening in the former Ruidoso Middle School – now known as the Horton Com-plex – on Service Road. While Coughlin admits the fundraising is a little short of where he wanted to be at this point, he said that hasn’t deterred the volunteers and board of directors from their goal.

“One way or another, we will have our doors open March 5, and March 3 will be the grand opening party at the club,” he said.The party, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will feature a number of dignitaries on hand to commemorate the facility, and there will be tours and other events all day long.

Coughlin has already been before the Ruidoso Downs City Council, and is on the agenda for

the Ruidoso Village Council meeting on Feb. 14 to ask for $15,000. Economic times may be tough, but Coughlin sees a $15,000 investment from these communi-ties as a pittance, compared to what the area as a whole is getting in return.

“When you compare this to what it would cost the village to build something like this from the ground up, that money is a drop in the bucket,” Coughlin said. Co-operation among many in the community is the key, and there is a council known as Alliance for Successful Kids (ASK) that coordinates with members of the school district, parks and recreation, and munici-pal governments to help steer the club.

“It’s a regular joint meeting of those who will benefit – and benefit from – the club,” Coughlin said. “This is all about keeping these kids active, energized and out of trouble.” The membership goal is very near to being reached. While Cough-lin cautions at growing too fast too early, the membership drive is still going, and those interested in joining or enrolling their children can call Coughlin at 575-630-0318 or 575-973-5469.

some concessions from both sides of the aisle, the result would be the same as last year, when the House voted to stop issuing licenses to undocumented im-migrants but the bill was rejected in the Senate. He said he will vote to approve the measure even without a compromise when it reaches the House floor.

Martinez, though, has said she would veto a bill that still allows undocumented immigrants to be issued a driver’s li-cense, making it even more difficult for lawmakers to find a middle ground.

Rep. Andy Nunez, an independent from Hatch, is the sponsor of HB 103, which has the backing of the governor. Although he was willing to compromise on the measure, he said he wouldn’t ac-cept legislation that continued to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license. His bill would allow foreign nationals to get a license only if they’re in the country legally.

The committee met on Wednesday and Friday to hear a House Labor and Human Resources Committee plan, a substitute for HB 103, which would allow undocumented immigrants to keep their licenses but increase proof of residency requirements, while increas-ing penalties for fraud, to no avail.

Park said a compromise between the two plans was the only way to avoid failure in the Legislature. He said the Senate won’t approve Nunez’s bill as is and the governor wouldn’t sign a bill into law that allows undocumented im-migrants to have a driver’s license.

Martinez campaigned heavily in 2010 on the promise to repeal the undocumented immigrant provision of the law. The Republican governor has repeatedly said the current driver’s

license policy is a risk to public safety and is subject to fraud from immigrants who come to New Mexico only to get a license that can be used as identification across the country.

Many GOP lawmakers have de-bunked the idea that this issue is only about immigration, saying that it’s more about national security.

Supporters of the current policy contend the law does not need to be repealed in order to deal with potential fraud, saying that a driver’s license is vi-tal to the state’s immigrant community.

Some Democratic lawmakers have sponsored alternative legislation to find middle ground.

Rep. Bill O’Neill, D-Albuquerque, is sponsoring legislation that would es-tablish a new driver’s permit for undoc-umented immigrants to be used only for driving and not valid as a government-issued identification. His measure, HB 171, would have driver’s licenses issued to those in the country illegally with the letter “J” printed on the bottom right corner; though the meaning of the letter is not specified in the bill.

Republicans on the Judiciary Com-mittee said they would have considered a special driver’s permit for undocu-mented immigrants that can’t be used as identification in other states.

Rep. Joseph Cervantes was the other Democrat on the Judiciary Committee who voted with Republicans to move HB 103 to the House floor.

New Mexico and Washington are the only states that allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license. Utah grants immigrants a driving permit that can’t be used for identification purposes.

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Martinez praises bipartisan work in LegislatureGovernor vows to keep pushing proposalsBy Patrick [email protected]

SANTA FE – No hardfeelings.

Gov. Susana Martinez seemed upbeat Thursday dur-ing a news conference shortly after the conclusion of the 30-day legislative session, even though many of the bills she had proposed were ultimately denied by the Democratic-controlled Legislature.

The fi rst-term Republi-can praised the bipartisanship toward passage of a balanced budget that doesn’t raise taxes. She commended the Legisla-ture for passing three proposed constitutional amendments that could help reform the Public Regulation Commission if voters approve them in November. She also mentioned approved legisla-tion that would lower taxes for

the state’s manufacturing and construction industries and take pensions away from corrupt public offi cials.

But this same Legislature had rejected two of Martinez’s chief legislative priorities.

Lawmakers failed to pass a measure to overturn a 2003 law that allows foreign nationals regardless of legal status to have a New Mexico driver’s license. The governor is concerned with a provision in the law that doesn’t prohibit licenses issued to un-

documented immigrants, saying it has led to widespread fraud and poses a threat to national security.

Although the House of Representatives voted 45-25 in favor of a repeal measure, the Senate responded by voting 27-15 to pass its own legislation that would impose tougher residency requirements and fraud penal-ties on foreign national driver’s license applicants. Neither mea-sure was voted on in the opposite chamber.

Important education legisla-tion pushed by Martinez died in the fi nal minutes of the 30-day legislative session. Democrats in the House blocked a vote on a Senate-approved bill that would have required third-graders to be able to read before moving on to the fourth grade. A bill centering on teacher evaluations also failed.

The governor pushed hard for education programs to establish the teacher evaluation systems and allow students who can’t adequately read by fourth grade to be held back. Both efforts received strong support when fi rst voted upon in the House.

And the Senate Rules Com-mittee for a second consecutive year failed to schedule a con-fi rmation hearing for Hanna Skandera, secretary-designate of the Public Education Depart-ment, leaving her as Martinez’s only nominee to run a depart-ment unconfi rmed by the upper chamber.

“We didn’t get everything we wanted,” Martinez said. “I

Village council supports Boys and Girls ClubBy Sue [email protected]

Ruidoso’s council meeting proved lucrative for Tim Coughlin, although not as lucrative as he requested.

Coughlin, executive director of Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Blanca, attended last Tuesday’s meeting, requesting vil-lage funds. The new chapter plans to open its doors at Horton Complex, 134 Reese Drive, with a community open house March 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will open for members March 5. Coughlin requested $15,000 to support start-up costs, according to his request letter to the village.

Prior to voting, Councilman Jim Stod-dard questioned Coughlin about the status of the Sierra Blanca chapter’s 501-C3 tax exempt fi ling, concerned about the legal aspect. Coughlin responded that it’s just “a matter of paperwork.” Also pending is an issue of fi ling a corporation name change in Santa Fe. Stoddard recommended Coughlin retain legal counsel to assure these items are settled correctly. With the caveat of the club receiving 501-C3 status, council voted

unanimously to give $10,000. Awarded two thirds of his request,

Coughlin realized he’s in the process of earning the village’s trust and was grateful for the vote of confi dence. With counsel from Debi Lee, village manager, the vote was followed by inviting Coughlin to return in a few months with a report and request any funds still available prior to the village setting a new budget.

Boys and Girls Clubs of America is a national program aimed at helping young-sters grow in positive ways. Coughlin re-ports the Sierra Blanca chapter will include tutoring, martial arts, and other programs with varied focus areas such as career launching and fi nancial responsibility. Fol-lowing Ruidoso schools schedule, the club will be open after school and during the summer. More than 100 member slots have been fi lled already, according to Coughlin.

Coughlin states the most successful model for funding Boys and Girls Clubs indicates 25 percent municipal funding, with the remainder being secured through sponsorships, grants and other fund-raising methods. He’s received private support.

“We have worked hard to cultivate a strong sense of community and in turn, these individuals, groups and organizations have put their trust in us by making donations to assist us in obtaining the necessary fund-ing and become partners in support of our youth,” says Coughlin.

Jack Schuster, chairman of Sierra Blanca Boy Scouts, while verbalizing support for Boys and Girls Clubs, spoke against municipal funding for the club during the public input session. Schuster declared the Scouts do not seek or secure municipal funds and thinks Boys and Girls Clubs shouldn’t be supported through pub-lic funds either.

“When you dance with the devil, the devil picks the tune,” declared Schuster.

Coughlin, an Eagle Scout as a youth, spoke with Schuster after the council meeting. “I was a scout myself and we’ll get together to see how we can assist each other.”

The Village of Ruidoso supports Boys and Girls Club, which will open March 5. Coughlin invites comments and welcomes support at 575 973-5469.

By Patrick [email protected]

SANTA FE – Legis-lation introduced in the House of Representatives that would have reinstated the distribution of funds from a statewide cigarette tax to local recreational amenities died in com-mittee as the Legislature adjourned on Thursday.

Although House Bill 75 received unanimous support in the Health and Government Committee on Feb. 10, the matter was not discussed in the Taxation and Revenue Committee.

The legislation would have allocated 0.83 per-cent of net receipts from the cigarette tax for the creation of a county and municipal recreational fund.

In 2005, then-Gov. Bill Richardson signed into law a bill that stopped the alloca-tion of 1.35 percent amassed from the ciga-rette tax going to local parks and recreation

departments through the general fund. The current law, which has been in effect since 2010, appropri-ated $7 million from the general fund to a behavioral health capital fund for pay-out on behalf of the New Mexico Finance Authority in succeeding fi scal years.

Those funds are distrib-uted to the cancer research and treatment center at the University of New Mexico, 0.83 percent; the New Mexico Finance Author-ity, 1.25 percent; UNM Health Sciences Center, 8.89 percent; the NMFA for improvements to facilities at the state Department of Health, 3.74 percent; the NMFA for deposit in the

authority’s credit enhancement account, 9.97 percent; and the NMFA for the rural cancer treatment fund, 0.62 percent. HB 75 would keep these disbursement rates intact. A fi scal impact report completed last week by the Legislative Finance Committee says the bill

would cause the state to lose about 0.98 per-cent of total current general fund cigarette tax distributions each year if signed into law. The report also says the LFC has concerns with including continuing appropriation language in the statutory provisions for newly created funds, as earmarking reduces the ability of the Legislature to establish spending priorities.

Rep. Zach Cook, R-Ruidoso, the sponsor of HB 75, said that local parks and recre-ational departments have been negatively impacted by the current law.

The Ruidoso Village Council on Jan. 10 passed a resolution requesting that the Legis-lature overturn the 2005 law.

Handguns still notallowed in state parks

Another measure introduced by Cook would have allowed concealed-carry permit holders to bring handguns into recreational areas operated by the New Mexico State Parks Division, but this bill also died in com-mittee as the legislative session ended.

House Bill 206 passed the Consumer and Public Affairs Committee on a 4-1 vote Feb. 9. However, the measure was not discussed while in the House Health and Government Affairs Committee.

Recreational fund bill dies in House committee

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Dignitaries hail wastewater treatment plant grand openingBy Eugene [email protected]

There couldn’t have been a better time to celebrate nearly a decade of quasi-govern-mental collaboration and local determination to replace the now antiquated sewage treat-ment plant than Wednesdays ribbon cutting ceremony for the Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs regional wastewater treatment plant. The existing plant for Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs, built in 1978, was designed to last ap-proximately 20 years and was beyond the end of its life-span. The new $32 million facility is on line and ready for the summer tourist season boasting 2.7 million gallons per day treatment capacity and short-term peak treat-ment of 3.62 million gallons per day.

The environmental protection require-ments of the water discharged from the plant were the toughest of their kind,” said Del Archuleta, the CEO of Molzen, Corbin and Associates who engineered the state of the art facility, the fi rst of its kind in the United

Bog Spring Wetland restoration a top priority for WarnackBy Sue [email protected]

A proposal to reclaim natural wetlands near Gavilan Canyon Road was presented at February’s county commission meeting by David Warnack, Smokey Bear District Ranger (SBDR). Deliver-ing his monthly report, Warnack informed the commission of this and other current projects the for-est service is managing.

Bog Springs Wetland was damaged by Ruidoso High School’s construction and, when funded, restoration “will con-tribute to the overall health of the Rio Ruidoso,” says Warnack. Grant monies given in 2001 and 2007 supplied the funds for res-toration projects near the schools and for student participation in a new Career Pathways for-estry module. The Bog Springs Wetland project continues the rehabilitation of this area.

Although not affi liated with the forest service, the Ruidoso

River Restoration Committee will also provide students with training in wetland rehabilita-tion, giving opportunity for high school students to become involved in environmental health, while providing much of the labor. Warnack provided a list of the members of this commit-tee which includes the Village of Ruidoso, City of Ruidoso Downs, Wild Earth Guardians, New Mex-ico Department of Game and Fish and a community member. “This committee is tasked with the responsibility to develop projects to improve the watershed and the health of the Rio Ruidoso.”

“There’s a constant balance between (providing) opportuni-ties and managing resources,” remarks Warnack.

As the SBDR, his respon-sibilities cover a wide variety of issues as well as acreage. Smokey Bear district oversight and management covers 423,416 acres according to Warnack. Forest restoration, public educa-

tion, wildlife protection and grant writing are all a part of Warnack’s job description. He works in tandem with Mescalero offi cials to manage the forest in ways which provide enjoyment and beauty to all area residents. Co-workers also include wildlife biologists, grazing/ranging spe-cialists, a hotshot team and trail managers.

Warnack says he loves coming to work. His start in public service began in the Gila National Forest near Silver City, where he participated in trail construction while in college. Living in a remote work center gave him the solitude he needed to formulate his love for the land. “People care about public land,” says Warnack, and he takes his responsibilities seriously.

Power and gas lines, com-munication towers and graz-ing cattle require forest service management as well. Warnack works in partnership with those who hold land use permits. Deal-

ing with constant drought issues requires additional resources to maintain forest integrity. Fulfi ll-ing federal requirements are also a part of the balancing act Warnack assumes.

Another project, the Habitat Stamp Program (funded through state hunting fees) currently searches for existing springs, deals with water treatment, and maintains more than 30 trick tanks on forest service land. Tanks are used as reservoirs for rainwater, and assist wildlife by provid-ing water in drought conditions. Presenting along with Warnack at the commission meeting, Ranger Todd Rawlinson delivered history, current and future projects of HSP.

“We can’t ever forget the members of the Smokey Bear Ranger District,” states Warnack. “They aren’t just employees, they’re community members. We care about our community and our forest.”

For more information, call Warnack at 575-257-4095.

By Eugene [email protected]

Saturday’s grand opening of the Sierra Blanca Boys and Girls Club acknowledged the tireless effort of Tim Coughlin and his board of directors to provide the commu-nity a safe place for boys and girls to learn and grow – all while having fun. That place is a portion of the former middle school and gym located at the Horton Complex, a facility that was being consid-ered at one point for demolition. It is now the place where great futures are started each and every day. The move to step up to the standards, reputation and support dynamics of a national organization from its development at the Community Youth Warehouse at the Methodist Church was no less than a daunting task for Coughlin. Once it was decided upon, Coughlin’s team accomplished in six months in what most clubs take 12 to 18 months to open the new center.

Just last week, Coughlin although close to his goal, faced a budget defi cit as he pre-sented a request for $15,000 from the City of Ruidoso Downs. “We may not be able to provide all the services we want right now, but we will be open,” Coughlin said. Downs councilors amid some legal clarity and looming elections voted to postpone a decision until after the election.

Not to worry. As Coughlin and his

staff presented the citizens of Lincoln County the renovated gym, re-furbished computer, study

celebrating the investment in today’s youth

Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free PressBobby Snowden, waste management director for the new ruidoso and ruidoso Downs wastewater treatment plant, cuts the ribbon dedicating the new facility amongst local and federal dignitaries who assisted with the development of the decade-long project.

Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free Pressruidoso valley greeters and board members of the new Sierra Blanca Boys and girls club celebrate the grand opening during a day fi lled with activities for kids and thanks to those who helped launch the new venture to provide for Lincoln county youth.

Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Pressrobert Donaldson, director for the r.D. & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation stepped up and presented the Sierra Blanca Boys and girls club with a $15,000 donation, much to the total sur-prise and heartfelt gratitude of a genuinely emotional coughlin.

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120 LEGAL NOTICESREGION IX EDUCATION COOP-ERATIVE COORDINATING COUN-CIL MEETING - Thursday, March 15, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – REC IX Execu-tive Director’s O� ce. The meeting is open to the public. Agenda items include budget adjustments/sub-missions, � scal, program updates, and employment recommenda-tions/resignations. In accordance with the Americans With Disabili-ties Act, community members are requested to contact Cathy Jones at (575)257-2368, if public accom-modations are needed.

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INVITATION FOR BID

Notice is hereby given that the Vil-lage of Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico calls for sealed bids on Bid #2012-015B.

The Village of Ruidoso is re-questing sealed bids for Uni-form Laundry service.

Interested bidders may secure a copy of the speci� cations from the Purchasing Department at 311 Center St. or will be mailed upon written request, email re-quest or telephone request to Vicki Eichelberger, Purchasing Agent, at 575/257-2721, email [email protected]

Bids will be received at Village of Ruidoso Purchasing Warehouse if hand delivered - 311 Center St., Ruidoso, NM 88345, if mailed – Vil-lage of Ruidoso, Purchasing Dept., 313 Cree Meadows Dr., Ruidoso, NM 88345, until Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. Mountain Time. Submitted bids will be transmitted and publicly opened at 2:10 P.M. Mountain Time and read aloud at the Annex Building at 421 Wing-� eld. Any bids received after closing time will be rejected and returned unopened.

The Village of Ruidoso reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all informalities as deemed in the best interest of the Village.

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INVITATION FOR BID

Notice is hereby given that the Vil-lage of Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico calls for sealed com-petitive bids on IFB 2012-014B for the WATERLINE INSTALLATION WORK ON EMBDY ROAD AND RAN-DLE DRIVE.

Bids will be received at Village of Ruidoso Purchasing Warehouse located at 311 Center St., Ruidoso, NM 88345 until 2:00 p.m. Mountain time, Friday, March 16, 2012. Sub-mitted bids will be transported and opened at the Annex Building at 421 Wing� eld at 2:15 p.m. Moun-tain Time. Any bids received after closing time will be rejected and returned unopened.

Interested bidders may secure a copy of the bid at the Village of Ru-idoso Purchasing warehouse at 311 Center St. Ruidoso, NM or by calling 575/257-2721.

The Village of Ruidoso reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all informalities as deemed in the best interest of the Village.

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and recreational areas; Robert Donaldson, director for the R.D. & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation stepped up and presented the Sierra Blanca Boys and Girls Club with a $15,000 donation, much to the total surprise and heartfelt gratitude of a genuinely emotional Coughlin. “We were a supporter of the Com-munity Youth Warehouse and the Foundation fully supports the Boys & Girls Club,” Donaldson said.

The grand opening festivities in-cluded a musical presentation from Up with People, a dance routine from the Ruidoso Dance Ensemble, martial arts demonstrations, food, games and the opportunity for par-

ticipants to place their handprints on the wall in the entryway. More than one hundred kids and their parents attended the grand opening.

Coughlin named dozens of sup-porters and thanked everyone who contributed to the organization, regard-less of the amount of service. “Today, and from now on, it’s all about the boys and girls in Lincoln County and the future we are providing for them with this facility and developing this organization, right here,” Coughlin said. Boys & Girls Club programs and services promote and enhance the de-velopment of boys and girls by instill-ing a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and infl uence.

States. “This is a huge win for the environ-ment downstream from Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs and the Mescalero Reservation. I feel great about this project for Lincoln County.” Strict environmental scrutiny followed a lawsuit fi led in federal district court regard-ing pollution of the riparian ecosystem below the plant. A settlement between Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs, the plant’s owners, and the plaintiffs, which include environmental groups and private property owners living downstream, determined the stringent pol-lution protections and habitat improvements for the Rio Ruidoso. Terry Brunner, Director for the New Mexico USDA Rural Develop-ment division in Albuquerque praised the facility. ”There’s more activity around that river area. Riparian wildlife is returning and this state of the art facility assures the protec-tion of water quality and rejuvenation for your river,” Brunner said.

The Ruidoso/Ruidoso Downs Regional Wastewater Plant was funded by $8.7 mil-lion in Reinvestment Recovery Act and 9.75 million in USDA grant and low interest loan funding. Construction was put at $28.3 mil-lion while engineering expenses were $3.7 million. Zach Riley, fi eld representative from

Congressman Steve Pearce’s offi ce said, “Rural economies need these critical infra-structure projects as the previous treatment system here would not be able to sustain increased volume and economic growth.

During the VIP tour following the rib-bon cutting ceremony, Waste Management Director Bobby Snowden pointed out the defi ciencies of the antiquated sludge system currently in use said, “The treated effl uent which is reintroduced to the river will be free of traditional hazardous chemicals such as chlorine and is organically friendly to the river ecosystem downstream.” The environ-ment is a major benefactor of this advanced wastewater treatment system.

The current sludge piles from the present system can be used for a variety of agri-cultural fertilizer purposes. Snowden said; “Although they are not ideal for use in small gardens, the sludge, which resembles the consistency of mulch piles is great for crop-lands, grazing lands and even the shoulders of roadways which would assist in the re-vegetation of native plants while preventing erosion. “ He assures the by-product is safe for the described uses and is available at no charge.

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Paul Van GulickI was Born May 3, 1955 at the Walter

Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. where, incidentally, there were a lot of monkeys solving mazes and whatnot. I don’t remember if I solved any.

I spent my formative years in Dela-ware which is very small. About two and one-half Delawares would � t neatly into one Lincoln County - and I only lived in one tiny part of Delaware. Some time passed, and in my mid-thirties I retired from whatever it was that I was doing and rode a bicycle from Tampa, Fla. to Eugene Ore. Along the way I phoned semi-weekly travel notes to an answering service that friends could call and listen to - kind of a pre-internet proto-blog. I called it the “Sojourner News - All the News that’s Mostly True”.

More time passed, I got back to work, it’s all a blur - but I eventually arrived here, married, and now we’re living happily together on four acres of land on the river in Ruidoso Downs, my town of choice. Rebecca and I get to participate in a fun community garden just two doors down, and some-times I get to play gui-tar and mando-lin with a buddy from the garden - we call ourselves

“Five Gallon Bucket”. I have no idea why.

Minerva DavalosI was born in Ruidoso, raised three

children as single parent and am an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Capitan.

I began law enforcement career in 1990 and retired in December 2010 as the � rst female deputy to retire from Lincoln County Sheri� ’s O� ce. I am also a candi-date for Lincoln County Sheri� .

My volunteer accomplishments include; working with kids as a two-year board member for the Lincoln County Ro-deo Club. The rodeo club has participants ranging from 2 years to 19 years of age.

I currently serve as Vice President of the Lincoln County Sheri� ’s Posse. The goal of the Sheri� ’s Posse is to raise money for scholarships awarded to local graduates to continue their studies.

I am also a member of the Sierra Blanca Disaster Response Team, a sup-port group that responds to emergency incidents. This team supports the critical incident emergency responders with hy-

dration, snacks and meals during critical hours of an emer-gency. I currently attend ENMU-

Ruidoso

studying communication and I enjoy early morning co� ee with my neighbors, the outdoors, any horse activities and just being around people.


Ruidoso now has a Boys and Girls Club, but the fundraising continues.

Tim Coughlin, executive director of the B&G Club of Sierra Blanca, recently went before the Ruidoso Downs City Council requesting $15,000 to help cover a $38,000-plus shortfall in the budget, but the council voted to postpone any decision

on the request until after today’s munici-pal elections. This occurred in spite of the fact that the Village of Ruidoso pledged $10,000 to the organization during the regular monthly council meeting Feb. 28. Still, Coughlin wasn’t upset, and under-stood the city council’s concerns. “You never know what’s going to happen with a city council, and I respect their decision to do that,” Coughlin said during the club’s grand opening Saturday. “There are times when government agencies make a deci-sion on the way out, and spend unwisely. They’re letting the new councilors coming in to make that decision.

At the Feb. 27 Downs council meet-ing, Coughlin told the council the club would be open, whether the city approved funding or not. “We may not be able to provide all the services we want right now, but we will be open,” Coughlin said.

Among the concerns raised by the council was the state’s anti-donation clause, which city attorney John Under-wood stated was meant to keep govern-ment out of private business. However, he also took into account that Ruidoso has already pledged funds and has spoken to village attorney Dan Bryant on what it takes to draft the funding agreement.

Underwood also suggested Ruidoso Downs provide 25 percent of what Ru-idoso has pledged, to refl ect the number of kids coming from Ruidoso Downs into the school district. Coughlin pointed out that the funding should actually be 50 percent, as another 25 percent of students come from the county.

Councilor Dean Holman pointed out the Rocks amateur boxing club at the Ruidoso Downs Baptist Church, stating it provides some of the same services as the

Boys and Girls Club.“I would suggest the council factor

that in if we decide to contribute,” Hol-man said. “Some of this money should go to a local club that is really affecting a lot of youth.”

Holman was also skeptical of the $10 membership fee, which he states could keep a lot of youth away. All the questioning prompted councilor Tommy Williams to suggesting postponing the decision until after the election – both to give the new council a clean slate on the question and to give Underwood time to put together a comprehensive contract with the club.

“We’re open. There’s a problem in the community and we have to address that problem,” Coughlin said. “We may have to cut some of our budget even fur-ther, but we’re open.”

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Need to know what kind of bug is eating your lettuce before it has a chance to grow? Want to know how to save on your electric bill? How about a healthy choice for dinner tonight and all for free? Agents Pete Gnatkowski and Marsha Palmer, currently assist with services provid-ed by the Lincoln County Extension Co-op. The possibly exists the services may not be around much longer.

Lincoln County Extension provides research-based community, agriculture, and home economic information to residents as a service of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. A Land-Grant school, NMSU was founded in 1888 in part to assist settlers, and the county’s offi ce has been operational since 1917. Funding cut-backs are affecting staffi ng and Lincoln County stands to lose an agent. There are only two at this point. “In the past three years, we’ve lost a lot of state funding,” says Gnatkowski.

“We offer lots of services and information we can give to county residents that they may not fi nd anywhere else.” Gnatkowski and Palmer work with youth, commu-nity and agricultural groups, uniquely tailoring informa-tion to match Lincoln County needs. Available curricula

cover literally hundreds of topics.Gnatkowski spoke at February’s county commission

meeting to bring awareness to this issue. In years past, funding has been provided with the formula of one third federal, one third state and the fi nal third county. Los-ing an agent may mean signifi cant cutbacks in available services. The current resource list is long: climate stud-ies, soil enrichment and conservation, effi ciency, nature awareness and environmental concerns, health and nutri-tion, volunteerism, and youth enrichment programs like 4H all come under the Extension umbrella. Any of these areas or several others may need to be cut.

Lincoln County’s growth supports the need for at least two agents. Smaller counties have more. According to Extension administration, keeping the local Exten-sion offi ce going will mean shifting responsibilities and cutting back on employee hours. It also indicates current services will need to be cut back. Charlie Siepel, one of three district department heads, admitted to the commis-sion he is fi ling for early retirement to try and not lose any more positions.

Statewide, according to Gnatkowski, 10 agent posi-tions will be terminated, and not refi lled. In addition, specialist positions will remain vacant, which means

information resourcing will be lost. Youth programs are a focal function of the Exten-

sion. Gnatkowski and Palmer spend almost 60 percent of their time working with youth. In addition, Palmer initiated and leads an all-age health and fi tness awareness group each Tuesday and Thursday in Carrizozo. Helping small businesses survive is another function of the Exten-sion. Enjoying their assistance, the Capitan Farmer’s Market benefi tted from Gnatkowski’s help.

Commissioner Eileen Sedillo remarked that she’s “defi nitely in support of this,” while Commissioner Jackie Powell said “I want to help support this program, but I’m not sure the county’s fi nancial help is the only option.”

Commissioner Kathryn Minter, when presented with possible cutbacks in the area of home economics re-marked that anyone could pull recipes off the Internet and that the county can’t make up the difference in shortfall. “We need to question everything.”

Specifi c cutback changes remain to be seen. For now, Lincoln County residents still have a wealth of information available at the extension offi ce. For more information, call the extension offi ce at: 575 648-2311. To voice support of county Extension services, email the President’s offi ce of New Mexico State University at [email protected].

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policy could provide an economic jumpstart and give the country direction like the NASA Space Program did in the 1960’s. Several years ago, two independent fi lms were produced in Austin, Texas – “Nobelity” and “One Peace at a Time.” The fi rst fi lm interviews Nobel Prize winners and goes about trying to solve many of the world’s problems. Several of the people are in agreement that if we start with solving the world’s energy problems, many other things will be

taken care of as well. The second fi lm fi nds people all over

the world who really are making a differ-ence locally. Starting in their backyards, they can begin to see the effects of their projects and people’s lives. If a woman in an African village can spend time receiving an education by attending school instead of walking miles each day to get clean water because now a well was dug in her village, the impact on their lives is tremendous. In India, public computer stations have been placed in cities giving people Internet access who cannot afford the technology, software, or monthly Internet fees. One man received the Nobel Prize in economics for lending microloans predominantly to women to start small businesses. Ninety-seven percent of his loans are paid back to his fi nance company and he is not charging insurmountable interest.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Secu-rity Advisor in Jimmy Carter’s Presidency has written a book, “Strategic Vision” which outlines how the United States should redirect itself since the economic emergence of China, India, Russia, and Brazil. The United States still has the largest economy and remains the largest

consumer. The European nations to-gether represent the second largest market. Though we may have squandered our advantages and lived beyond our means, the world still marvels at the economic model of prosperity the United States ex-perienced after World War II. It is not too late to provide leadership, innovation, and start rebuilding the aging infrastructure in our cities. An energy policy and rebuilding initiative could refocus the United States.

We have borrowed and become a debtor nation to fi nance our wars abroad. We are on course to implode like the Soviet Union from spending on defense and ignoring education, infrastructure, and how our food is produced. There is greater disparity between rich and poor, and the middle class prosperity attainable to so many working people has disappeared. We have become the nation of America’s “Next Top Model” or “Dancing with the Stars” because we value being discovered for talent. We lost sight that working hard for 20 or 30 years will separate you from the pack and can be an enriching and meaningful life. Why are so many playing the lottery and supporting the gambling industry? The business owners, doctors, lawyers, professors, teachers, librarians, contractors, electricians, plumbers, and real estate agents I have known have had ups and downs, good years and bad years, but most paid their dues and adjusted their lives to be able to carry on and were not lured by a quick fi x or get rich scheme. The mark of an intelligent work force are people who adapt and can teach them-selves new skills and adjust.

Last week’s energy convention and solar tour allowed me to visit and learn how to convert a home to be more energy effi cient including tips for rainwater har-vesting, solar conversion, and temperature control. These are solutions to problems that can be made locally without waiting for the government to become involved with an energy policy.

By John Pijawka

Nestled four miles west of Carrizozo is one of the most unique geo-logical and astronomical viewing sites in Lincoln County. The Carrizozo Malpais, or “badlands” at the Valley of Fires Recreation Area has been hosting star parties for the public with the Alamogordo Astronomy Club and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) since 2005. Geologically, it is one of the most recent lava fl ows in the United States, dated approximately 1,000-1,500 years ago. It fl owed a distance of about 44 miles and ranges in width from about a half mile to more than fi ve miles within the Tularosa Valley.

Its featured characteristic fl uidal “pahoehoe” fl ows are made up of alkali olivine basalt that was ejected from the 85’ tall cinder cone located 6 miles north called Little Black Peak. Areas in the southern part of the fl ow have been mea-sured at over 160’ thick. An interpretive handicap accessible nature trail is also available within the park.

With this in mind, it makes for a great area for hosting star parties. The lava fl ow engulfs the camping and picnicking area that limits the lights of Carrizozo at night and keeps the wind at bay a majority of the time. Think of

the campground and picnic area as a “kiosk” nestled on sandstone ris-ing above the lava fl ow. However, as some folks can attest, the wind can get out of hand, espe-cially in the spring time. The club usually hosts two events a year, in the spring and fall. Partici-pation has been the key to these successful star parties with 10-30 visi-tors partaking, coming from all over the United States. Plenty of enthu-

siastic volunteers from the club also do-nate their time, scopes and knowledge. Both tent and RV camping, great open horizons, and limited night lighting are some of the perks offered.

The BLM will waive the entrance fee for the evening since not all people attending are from the campground. The club would like to thank Bill Murry, the Outdoor Recreational Planner for the BLM, Albert Najar, the Park Manager and the park volunteers who assist with organization of these events. Without them and club volunteers, these star parties would not be possible. The next star party will be Saturday, May 12, starting at 8:15 p.m. behind the visitor’s center/offi ce. For more information call 575-648-2241. For more information on the Alamogordo Astronomy Club www.zianet.com/aacwp/.

Astronomy, Geology at Valley of Fires

May 1, 1863 Major Joseph Smith assumes command of Fort Stanton.

Capitan Abreu and 15 men leave for the Tularosa region in search of marauding Indians.

May 1, 1864 Ojo Blanco and 42 Mescalero Apaches escape from Bosque Redondo.

The count of Mescalero Apaches at Bosque Redondo is 87 men, 120 women and 147 children for a total of 354.

May 12, 1859 Congress establishes Fort Stanton Reservation.

May 2, 1878 McSween, Widenmann, Ellis and others arrested for assault and battery with intent to kill and closely confi ned at Fort Stanton.

May 2, 1930 Work started on tennis court on parade, fi nished June 3.

May 2, 1939 Patient Kelley returned intoxi-cated.

May 4, 1855 Fort Stanton established on Bonito by Brig Gen David Garland.

Companies I and K, 1st Dragoons trans-ferred to Fort Stanton.

May 4, 1909 William Brazel is acquitted for murdering Pat Garrett even though he confessed to the crime.

May 5, 1857 David Garland appointed the fi rst postmaster of Fort Stanton. This is the fi rst Post Offi ce in Lincoln County.

May 6, 1933 Hospital grounds being land-scaped, about 3,000 trees planted.

May 8, 1855 Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Van Dozier Reeve assumes command of Fort Stanton. Lieutenant Colonel Miles returns to Fort Fillmore.

May 8, 1845 Germany surrenders. There are 347 German seamen present at Fort Stanton, 239 from the S. S. Columbus.

This week in Lincoln County HistoryCourtesy of Gary Cozzens, President, Lincoln County Historical Society

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I imagine many of us share in the philosophy of “if it’s not broken, don’t fi x it.” This attitude may be favorable in some areas of our lives, but it should be reconsidered when it comes to the human body and our wellbe-ing. Sadly, we often wait for something to go wrong before we think about chang-ing our habits and lifestyles. When it comes to our health, prevention and maintenance are usually the best medicine. Just like an automobile, the human body needs proper fuel and routine maintenance to make it last for the long haul. Here are a few thoughts to consider; which will help keep your body (and car) running smoothly:

Proper fuels - Natural whole foods are the best way to fuel your body. Consuming plenty of fresh (uncooked) fruits and vegetables will ensure that your body has the right formula for proper performance.

Fuel fi lters - just as a clogged fuel fi lter can slow you down, so can clogged arteries. The primary con-tributor to clogged arteries is satu-rated fats from animal sources. You can minimize this risk by lessoning your intake of saturated fats. Because animal products are usually consumed

primarily for protein, it is advisable to rotate your protein sources to include healthier meats such as fi sh or skinless poultry along with nuts and beans.

Flush those fl uids - by obtain-ing a proper intake of water, we can constantly contribute to the fl ushing out of toxins in our sys-tem. We might also consider a juice fast

to give our system a more thorough fl ush. A juice fast can be as minimal as 24 hours, but may be extended for a longer period of time for maximum benefi t. It is advised to do a little research on this beforehand to ensure a safe and healthy fl ush.

Sugars in the gas tank - we all know this is bad for our vehicles and the same is true for our bodies. It is important for us to minimize our intake of processed sugar as these substances are highly addictive, and also contribute to diet-related illnesses such as hypoglycemia and diabetes. Unfortunately many of the foods lin-ing our grocery shelves are packed with variations of processed sugar, so it is important for us to start reading our labels.

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A group of young, aspiring journal-ists from the Sierra Blanca Boys and Girls Club will be launching a new monthly newslet-ter. “Speaking Out” will highlight Club programs, activities and feature staff profi les. The production of the newsletter and mentorship is sponsored by the Ruidoso Free Press. Members of the founding group are; Shaunna Gonzales, Lizette Harris, Enoch Rue and Amber Allen. Tim Coughlin, executive director for the Sierra Blanca Boys and Girls Club said, “You should have seen them after you (Eugene Heathman, managing editor) left. They were already compiling questions and starting to gather the facts for their fi rst assignments. Yesterday I got them little notebooks to carry and will be making each of them press passes before our next meeting.”

Club launches monthly newsletter

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