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DEPARTMENTSCo-op Newswire 4

View from enchantment 5

Hale To The Stars 6

Enchanted Journeys 6

On The Menu 8

Energy Sense 10

Book Chat 14

Vecinos 16

Backyard Trails 18

Trading Post 20

Youth Art 23

Your Co-op Page 24

INSIDE READSSurviving the Winter Season 9Essentials and emergency items to have handy to help survive the winter chill.

Love Thy Llama 12On a mission to rescue llamas.

Q&As about a Co-op 15Differences between a co-op and distribution/G&T co-ops.

2015 Photo Contest 17Get your cameras ready this year’s photo contest.

On the CoverL-R: Nova and Zenith, also known as Mama Llama, belong to writer Karen Boehler, where they live with 11 other farm animals. Cover story and photo by Karen Boehler.

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enchantmentJanuary 1, 2015 • Vol. 67, No. 01 USPS 175-880 • ISSN 0046-1946 Circulation 124,342

enchantment (ISSN 0046-1946) is published monthly by the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. enchantment provides reliable, helpful information on rural living and energy use to electric cooperative members and customers.

Over 124,000 families and businesses receive enchantment Magazine as electric cooperative members. Non-member subscriptions are available at $8 per year or $13 for two years, payable to NMRECA. Allow four to eight weeks for delivery.

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Readers who receive the publication through their electric cooperative membership should report address changes to their local electric cooperative office.

THE NEW MEXICO RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION provides legislative and educational services for the 18 cooperatives that deliver electric power to New Mexico’s rural areas and small communities. Each cooperative has a representative on the association’s board of directors, which controls the editorial content and advertising policy of enchantment through its Publications Committee.

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSCharles Pinson, President, Central Valley Electric Cooperative, ArtesiaGeorge Biel, Vice President, Sierra Electric Cooperative, Elephant ButteJerry Smith, Secretary-Treasurer, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Taos

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Leandro Abeyta, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Mountainair William C. Miller, Jr., Columbus Electric Cooperative, Deming Arsenio Salazar, Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Grants Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Clovis Harold Trujillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Española Robert Caudle, Lea County Electric Cooperative, Lovington Robert Baca, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Mora Tomas G. Rivas, Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative, Chama Preston Stone, Otero County Electric Cooperative, Cloudcroft Jerry W. Partin, Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative, Portales Joseph Herrera, Socorro Electric Cooperative, Socorro Gary Rinker, Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Clayton Tim Morrow, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer Wayne Connell, Tri-State G&T Association, Westminster, Colorado Charles G. Wagner, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma

NATIONAL DIRECTOR David Spradlin, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE William C. Miller, Jr., Chairman, Columbus Electric Cooperative Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Harold Trujillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Robert Baca, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative Joseph Herrera, Socorro Electric Cooperative

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Electric Co-op Crews Attend Meter School

Electric co-op crew members attended an educational, training meter school in

Moriarty in December at the Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative.

From across the state, over 20 electric co-op staff members participated in the meter school. The purpose of the school is to receive educational training, perform hands-on train-ing and to learn more about safety issues, so crew members may enhance their work skills to keep the power on, for you.

The meter school is coordinated through the New Mexico Rural Electric Self Insurer’s Fund in conjunction with the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives.

In the November enchantment, we asked readers to share their family tradi-tions. Here’s a warm family tradition from Barbara and Jim Wagner of La Luz.

“Every anniversary, my husband and I walk up the canyon north of our home to a lone pine tree. The trek is 3 miles or more round trip. We have estab-lished a unique picnic spot under the pine tree. We were married January 7, 1951, and when we moved to Laborcita Canyon in 1967, we decided that tree would be our special place. We have missed going a few times, usually just the two of us make the trip but once in awhile one of our children or a special friend will go along. Lately, we have enlisted the help of Jim’s burro, Samson, to carry the picnic gear. We are 81 and 82-years-old now, celebrating 64 years together very soon.”

Thanks Barbara and Jim for sharing your special family tradition with enchantment readers; and Happy Anniversary! —Ed.

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Keven J. Groenewold. P.E. Executive Vice President New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association

It’s time to wish everyone a Happy New Year and take a peek at the upcoming legislative session

and other changing faces in state government.

With a 37-33 majority in the House, the Republicans and Governor Susana Martinez have a real chance of pass-ing several bills that have been blocked by Democratic majorities for the past several years. The remaining obstacle is a Senate where Democrats have a 25-17 majority, but sometimes lose critical votes to a coalition comprised of the Republicans and a handful of moder-ate-conservative Democrats.

The first-term scorecard shows Governor Martinez with a solid record on issues important to co-ops. Her position on many energy and rural issues are closely aligned with much of our membership. We will be build-ing on these past successes and look forward to a good working relationship in the second-term.

Outside of the roundhouse, change is coming to the Attorney General’s Office where Democrat Hector Balderas is still basking in the afterglow of a siz-able victory that bucked the Republican momentum in other races. Balderas’ final tally outperformed everyone else and far exceeded other Democrats who narrowly won statewide races for Auditor and Treasurer. Mr. Balderas

was raised in the small rural commu-nity of Wagon Mound and is another incoming elected official who will have a good understanding of rural issues.

Secretary of State, Diana Duran, is returning for a second-term after a hard fought race. Ms. Duran is from Otero County, and is very familiar with rural New Mexico. Again, she is a statewide elected official with deep rural roots.

The race for State Land Commissioner has finished a manda-tory recount which is triggered when the margin of victory is less than one-half of one percent. Republican Aubrey Dunn has been declared the winner in this hard fought race. Mr. Dunn comes from a rural background and his strong rural ideals make him an excellent partner for rural electric cooperatives where we have dealings on state lands.

The Public Regulation Commission will have two new, familiar faces in January. Lynda Lovejoy was elected from the northwest district. She previously represented this district from 1999-2006. Sandy Jones is the incoming Commissioner from the Southwest district where he previ-ously served from 2007-2010. These two seasoned veterans should be able to hit the ground running as we begin this new chapter. Both Commissioners

represent much of our co-op area and understand our issues.

As we switch gears to the New Mexico House, veteran Republican, Don Tripp, a successful businessman from Socorro, is the incoming Speaker of the House. Of historic note—this is the same seat once held by another Socorro businessman—hotel financier Conrad Hilton almost 100 years ago. Rep. Tripp, like his predecessor, Speaker Ken Martinez, is a cooperative member.

Nate Gentry, a Republican attorney from Albuquerque, was selected as the next Majority Leader in the House. Gentry was extremely active in recruit-ing candidates for the Republican House races and is credited with playing a key role in these successful elections. Rounding out the majority leadership team is Alonzo Baldonado as Majority Whip and Kelly Fajardo as Caucus Chair, both represent Valencia County.

The Democrat House minority is led by Santa Fe attorney, Brian Egolf. Sheryl Williams-Stapleton returns to leader-ship as the Minority Whip and Patricia Roybal Caballero rounds out the Democrat’s team as the Caucus Chair.

As you can see, rural New Mexico has its share of torchbearers as we prepare for the next four years. We look forward to working with this group, as well as our new urban friends next year.

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Hale to the starsBY ALAN HALE

Much of the planetary action in January takes

place in the early evening. The brilliant planet Venus, after hiding in the sunlight for a few months, emerged into the evening sky in late December. It climbs higher above the south-western horizon after dusk in January. During the first half of January, it is joined by Mercury, and between the evenings of the 8th through 12th, the two worlds are close together in the sky, closest on the 10th.

Mars is also in the southwest-ern sky, somewhat higher then the Venus/Mercury duo. It is dimmer, and sinking lower each evening, setting about an hour after the end of dusk by the end of January. Jupiter, meanwhile, is much brighter and higher, rising in the east during dusk and almost overhead one to two hours after midnight.

The inaugural column devoted quite a bit of atten-tion to Saturn, as that was the month the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe (car-ried to Saturn by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft) soft-landed upon Saturn’s moon, Titan. Currently, Saturn rises in the east during the mid-morning hours and is well up in the eastern sky by the beginning of dawn. Cassini has continued to orbit Saturn during the intervening decade,

and has made several close flybys of Titan and some of Saturn’s other moons, and will continue doing so for another 2½ years before it will be delib-erately targeted to impact into Saturn’s atmosphere.

The inaugural column also carried information about a moderately bright comet that was visible in the sky at the time. Another moderately bright comet, which was discov-ered in August by an Australian amateur astronomer, Terry Lovejoy, should be visible in our skies this January.

It starts the month in the southwest of the bright star Rigel in the constellation Orion, and travels to the north—north-west while passing 44 million miles from Earth on the 7th. It passes somewhat west of the Hyades star cluster in Taurus just after mid-month and is west of the Pleiades star cluster (also in Taurus) a few nights later before ending the month in the con-stellation Andromeda. Lovejoy’s comet should be dimly visible to the unaided eye and easily detectable with binoculars throughout this time.

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Sunlight glinting off of Titan’s Kraken Mare sea in that moon’s polar regions. This image was taken by Cassini on August 21, 2014, during a flyby of Titan. NASA photograph.


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The Environmental Protection Agency has a listing for plumb-ing products, similar in concept to Energy Star appliances, called WaterSense. To qualify for a WaterSense label, the faucet must be 20 percent more efficient than standard products in a category. The industry standard is 2.2 gpm (gallons per minute) maximum water flow rate. Look for the WaterSense label.

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Llamas are native to South America, only coming to the United States in 1920, when publisher William Randolph Hearst imported some for his personal zoo. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, llamas and their smaller cousins, alpacas, became very popular in the United States and, as often happens, that popularity had unintended consequences.

“They were breeding, breeding, breed-ing, and all of a sudden we came up with this glut of animals and no homes for them,” says Pat Little, SWLR founder. “We bred the ostriches and the mink, and all other animals, and that’s what we seem to think is OK to do with our animal friends. And it’s very unfortunate. Then people like us step up and say, ‘We’ve got to straighten out the mess someone else made. To bring the animals in and take care of them, and make sure they have permanent homes.’”

Llamas became popular for their fiber—their wool is highly prized by weavers—as pack animals, guard animals, and simply as pets. The highly intelligent camelids—they are in the same family as camels—have a gentle temperament, are highly inquisitive and are easily trained. Their dung is used as a nutrient-rich compost.

Little and her husband discovered llamas during a backpacking trip on the Windsor Trail near Santa Fe in 1989, where they met hikers with an unusual entourage.

“They were way back on the snowfields and had llamas with them,” Little says. “And we started talking with the hikers; and they were eating steaks and fresh salad, so we asked, ‘Wow! How did you do this?’”

How they did it was to take advantage of one of the llama’s main uses: as a sure-footed, alert pack animal that can carry 25-30 percent of its own body weight. There are several outfitters in New Mexico that offer guided hikes using the exotic animals, and many more individuals who keep the animals for the same use.

The Littles became llama owners, quickly realizing their home in La Luz, with covenant restrictions, wasn’t suitable for the friendly, intelligent animals. So they found seven acres in Tularosa and moved there to raise their family and the animals.

In 1999, they and other llama fanci-ers saw television news stories about an elderly woman in Tijeras who became ill and could no longer care for the herd she owned. The people who were trying to

save the herd had good intentions, but knew nothing about handling them, and at least one llama died.

“They thought they were doing the llamas a favor, but they didn’t know how to work with llamas,” Little says. “So after the incident happened, the people in New Mexico who really knew about llamas and enjoy llamas, decided to be supportive of that kind of situation when law enforce-ment and everyone else is involved. We could go out and wrangle the llamas and gather them up.”

And so, Southwest Llama Rescue which today is the second largest llama rescue facility in the U.S. was born. There are smaller llama rescue facilities in New Mexico—Silver City, Ruidoso and Taos—and companion facilities in Texas, Washington and the northeast. SWLR works closely with all of them. But Little and her dedicated crew of volunteers have become known as the people to call if a llama needs a new home.

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Southwest Llama Rescue founder Pat Little stands next to a chute used to gently restrain llamas for medical treatment, shearing or toenail clipping. Photo by Karen Boehler.

“We’re pretty well known across the United States, so we don’t have any problem with people finding us,” Little says.

The number of animals on the SWLR ranch varies a lot. “Llamas come and go,” she says, explaining five rescues from Nevada were just sent to a new home in Colorado. Still, another half-dozen remain at the ranch, several perma-nent residents, others still looking for homes.

The rescued llamas come from different situ-ations. Some calls come in from law enforce-ment, where animals are seized because they aren’t being cared for properly, “and it’s deemed they need to rescue the animals.”

Those type of situations can be tough, often times the animals have had little or no human contact, and the owners aren’t exactly happy.

“When we go into these type of situations, we ask the people to stay in their houses; we go in and pick up the animals and get out of the area,” Little says. Some have been rescued from slaugh-terhouses, while others come from owners who can no longer take care of their animals.

“We have a lot of llamas coming in now from owners who are elderly, and can no longer care for them,” Little says. “Fortunately, in these instances, it’s usually people who have had their animals for a long time, so they call us, but they also finance the animals. They care for the animals after we bring them in.”

While SWLR houses llamas of all ages and genders, they specialize in hosting geriatric males; a 28-year-old and two 27-year-olds live permanently on the ranch. Little helps the others that come in find new homes, but she makes sure those wanting a new companion know what they’re getting into.

“We always tell people llamas are cool to be around, but they require care and you have to be fair to them. You can’t just take one, then decide two months later it’s not really what you want.”

Adopters must meet certain requirements, which includes a home visit to make sure the property is suitable, and sign a contract with SWLR that covers the remainder of the animal’s life. “If something happens that the people cannot care for them any more, they’re returned back to Southwest Llama Rescue,” Little says.

Caring for llamas isn’t cheap, but Little has several irrigated pastures the llamas can graze for most of the year, and dona-tions help with winter feed, veterinarian bills and other expenses.

“We have people who make con-tributions to Southwest Llama Rescue on their death, and they leave money for their animals or for other animals that are in our care,” Little says.

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Little is always looking for help. Money is gladly accepted as well as volunteers or foster care providers.

SWLR relies on its volunteers, who come from near and far. Help Exchange (www.helpx.net) is an international organization that connects hosts (on farms, ranches, homes, lodges, or hos-tels) with volunteers who want to expand their horizons for room and board. Little has hosted several HelpXers and hopes to see more. Other volunteers are locals—including family mem-bers—with others spread across the state.

“Not only do we adopt animals out, we provide assistance to people who have

llamas,” she says. “People who have questions or are having problems, or need assistance in training. We have outreach people who do that kind of work.”

Just as shelters exist to care for unwanted dogs and cats, refuges such as Southwest Llama Rescue are beacons of light for those creatures too large or too exotic for smaller sites. And the llamas (and occasional alpaca) given a new lease on life from folks like Pat Little most certainly thank their rescuers in their own llama way.

Llamas and alpacas are in the camelid family, but there are differences between the two South American, high-mountain

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Enjoy sixty-two masterful con-temporary halftones of popular Taos artists with “intimate anec-dotes,” some written by family and friends. The cover blurb says, “The struggle to earn a living in Taos produces a sense of shared emo-tion and gallows humor… .” Tony Reyna of Taos Pueblo recalls riding horseback to town on a muddy wagon road. Editor Bill Whaley cobbles together a vivid word pic-ture of the deceased Modernist Bea Mandelman. John Nichols, writes in his rambunctious and reveal-ing style about life in Taos. Artist extraordinaire Larry Bell defines sculptor Ken Price by his “wet fin-gers slurping the finish of his cup.” Price says, “Doing your own thing may be the only way to be suc-cessful.” Most portraits are soul-ful. Only the top half of Patricia Sanford’s head shows so the viewer stares directly into her eyes. Maye Torres speaks with passion and humor of magic and her rooted-ness in the land. Even if you’ve never been to Taos, you’ll get it.

RIDING ON HURLED BONES: SELECTED POEMS OF THOMAS J. MCCORDEdited by Kathryn Albrecht2012, 95 pages, Wasteland Press575-838-1103, [email protected]

In college McCord was a care-free California surfer. Until he stumbled and fell off the edge of a cliff. His “hurled bones” landed him in a coma for three months. He recovered with impaired motor skills and short-term memory loss. He found employment at a library where he wrote short poems on his break. Albrecht, his supervi-sor, became his editor who vowed to help him publish this book. Though McCord doesn’t remember the fall, in one way or another, his poems revolve around “the chaos that has overtaken me/and made me look more closely at what mat-ters.” His themes are precognition, guilt and redemption, death and rebirth. Writing helps organize his cognition. “A steady diet of verbs keeps me trim/while the subject eludes me.” He makes up words like “ragment” and concludes, “What you haven’t said/tells more of you/than volumes spumed like wheat/across an empty field.”

THE BLOCK CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTERBy Demetria Martinez2012, 97 pages, University of Oklahoma Pressoupress.com, amazon.com

It’s been a long time since a book made me not only laugh but boo-hoo out loud and grab a tissue. This author is smart, articulate, and politically savvy with a wry sense humor. “A lot of women, when around an attractive man, hold their stomachs in slightly,” Martinez writes. Chapters alter-nate in viewpoint between char-acters, a bit confusing, but it ties together at the end. Lupe writes letters to her unborn daughter Destiny about her life as a pregnant waitress at Frontier Restaurant in Albuquerque. Lupe hopes Destiny will become a writer and push a pen, not a broom. Since 9/11, Cory keeps the TV on day and night “in case something happens.” “Flor? She’s Jewish…But Jesus was too, so no contradictions there.” Maritza keeps the books for the Peace and Justice Center. Lupe is Block Captain, for her neighborhood, to help save ladies from the darkness of crime and teach them to look out for themselves. A rich cultural read!

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Eisenberg’s Guess Who series is based on a warm childhood memory of being read to by a favorite aunt who left it up to him to guess the last rhyming word. These rhyming books, for children three through six, are designed to educate and help stretch the child’s vocabulary. According to his bio on Amazon, Eisenberg has been a Broadway and Hollywood publi-cist, a radio and TV scriptwriter. His light-verse anthology entitled, Life-Cycling, is currently being adapted as a musical revue. He has written six adult books and three children’s books in the Guess Who series. In this book the Wright family is looking for a house with “lots of big trees and not much lawn to mow.” The author provides humorous encounters with helpful neighbors and inquisitive squir-rels, skunks and mice. It’s a bright, attractive book with lots of rhymes and lively illustrations.

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Taos Science Fair Team Wins First Place in National Competition

Ninth Graders Bring Home the WinIntelligence, teamwork and perseverance finally paid off for

the 2013-14 Taos Science Fair Team when they won first place in national competition and a standing ovation from the Taos School Board.

It was a long journey for Team Advisor Laura Tenorio, and four team members from Taos Middle School/Taos High: Anthony J. Archuleta, James M. Valerio, Andrea G. Chin-Lopez, and Julia A. Johnson. Over a year ago they began working together after school and on weekends to develop a project called “Crabyotics.” Their mission was to fight an alarming rise in resis-tance to antibiotics due to over-exposure, to create a filter that would remove antibiotics from drinking water.

The National Science Fair, called eCybermission, is sponsored by the U.S. Army and the National Science Teacher’s Association. The primary goal of the Fair is to bring together teams of students, grades six through nine, to scientifically solve problems in the community and the world.

The Taos student team was chosen from 20 team finalists who were, in turn, selected from 4,400 teams who originally entered the free annual competition. The Taos team won an all-expense-paid trip to a week-long National Judging and Educational Event in Washington, D.C., to compete for the National Championship in their grade.

They brought home a huge trophy and $37,000 in awards. “We took every prize in our category,” says Tenorio.

Crabyotics was, in part, the inspiration of a previous science teacher, Ernie Lopez, who suggested filtering out antibiotics would be considered the “holy grail” of science projects, says Tenorio who has been with the Taos School Science Fair for 21 years. “Teams from Taos have made it to the International Science Fair for well over 30 years,” she says. “We got into eCybermission two years ago in an effort to expand our horizons.”

None of the Taos team members had ever been to D.C., before. Their accommodations were Spartan and the schedule was strict. “Ten

minutes early was late,” says Valerio. They saw plenty of the Capitol including the House and Senate, Chin-Lopez says, but had no time to tour the White House. They agreed their visits to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and the Library of Congress were outstanding. Their biggest learning curve? “Definitely teamwork,” Archuleta says. Chin-Lopez says, “Collaboration. Our biggest issue was managing our different schedules.”

The Taos team succeeded in creating a filter from Chitosan, a poly-mer extracted from shells of crustaceans. “We did a lot of smashing crab shells,” says Chin-Lopez. Their filter removes about 60 percent of antibiotics.

Back in Taos, Archuleta and Chin-Lopez are working on a filter for home use. For wastewater treatment plants filters, they plan to col-laborate with the Taos Soil and Water Conservation. The project has expanded into multiple sections that include the entire science lab of 21 high school students and nearly 200 middle school students.

Tenorio says for her, the most important thing is to show the world people from a rural town can have big goals and meet them, too.

Photo, l to r: Andrea G. Chin-Lopez; Nancy Hardick, U.S. Army RDECOM; Anthony J. Archuleta; Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; James M. Valerio; Suzanne Milchling, U.S. Army RDECOM; Julia A. Johnson; Cmd. Sgt. Major Lebert Beharie, U.S. Army RDECOM; and Laura Tenorio. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army RDECOM.


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“Little wing don’t fly away, when the summer turns to fall. Don’t you know some people say, winter is the best time of them all—winter is the best of all.” ~Neil Young, Hawks Doves

Outside my window, snow flakes waft on a breeze. They float like the dust in my office in the angular yellow light of morning that comes through the window in a warm and welcome way. A white-breasted nuthatch flies from a hidden haunt in my woods, and

alights head down on a suet cake just out my door.

Some folks delight in spring migrant birds returning north to nest, a harbinger that planet Earth is wobbling back into the vernal position. Birds are certainly a delight to watch. You can’t help but feel you’re starting anew when a wren fires off a serried spring song. But I don’t have to wait for winter days to peel away to have my spirits lifted by birds.

White-breasted nuthatches are cavity-nesters, and they took readily to nest boxes I planted in my piñons years ago. In autumn when most of the other song birds leave for a warmer clime, I am not disappointed. My white-breasted nuthatches tough out New Mexico winters living among the trees—and they never leave.

These compact birds are energized and nervous. You might meet one on a winter walk like an unexpected gift, as they hurry themselves inspecting every crook and crevice on a tree trunk. Even as the mercury drops, their spirits stay high. They are agile climbers, and you’re likely to find them hang-ing upside down, or circling a tree trunk in a head-first downward spiral. They deftly run on the bottom side of a branch looking more like a horsefly than a bird. Take pause and watch one. They carry a countenance of inquisitiveness as they hack seeds and hatchet at furrowed bark for bugs.

Come April, they will take an interest in nest boxes and natural cavities. It’s then you’ll hear a nasally yank-yank, yank song lacking all musical quality.

This cold morning I delight in seeing an upside-down nuthatch steal away suet in a little upturned beak. A few months from now, new young will leave the nest boxes.

In short order, a young one will scurry down a tree head-first, and take pause. It will stick out its head at 90 degrees, give me a quizzical sideways glance and be off. But I know it won’t be going far; it will stay behind for my benefit when summer turns to fall.

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WELL & WINDMILL REPAIR SOLAR PUMP Installation. With over 25 years in the well service business! Please call for an estimate of your well or windmill service. We also sell and install solar pumps. Digger Services: Wesley 505-219-9715, office 505-384-4138.

WANTED: USED GARAGE OR LARGER METAL building, to be moved. The closer to Grants the better. Call 651-331-8927.

USED DOWN FLOW RESIDENTIAL & MOBILE home furnaces, $250 - $600. Two 6’ floral glass door display coolers, $1,800 each. [email protected]

CLINEBELL B56 BLOCK ICE MAKER W/DUAL bag filler & 2 HP remote condensing unit, $6,000. Hoshizakia KM250 Ice Machine, $1,500. [email protected]

SNO-TEK 24 INCH SNOW BLOWER - 2 stage. Purchased new in October 2011. Purchase price, $650. Used less than 1 hour. Works great on pavement, concrete, sidewalks, etc. Asking price: $350. If interested call 575-289-0187.

TRACTOR PARTS: SAVE 15-50% ON QUALITY replacement parts for tractors. Large inventory for 8N and 9N Fords and TO20+TO30 Massey Fergusons. Valley Motor Supply, 1402 E. 2nd, Roswell, NM 88201. 575-622-7450.

SOLAR SUBMERSIBLE WELL PUMPS. EASY TO install, reliable, and affordable. Pumps and controller carry a two year war-ranty. Affordable installation is avail-able. For more information visit www.solarwellpumpsonline.com or call 505-429-3093.

WATER TANK: 10,000 GALLON GALVANIZED STEEL potable clean with manway suit-able for subdivision, livestock, etc. $4,000. Will deliver. Call 575-756-4100.

920 CASE DIESEL TRACTOR; 2- 7 yard dump trucks; 2- 20 F flat bed trailers; 1 goose-neck; 1 pull type; 246 International engine overhauled; 5.9 Cummins diesel engine, 100K miles, transmission and rear end. Chevrolet 350 engine, transmission and rear end, 15K miles; Ford 1/2 ton, 4 wheel drive utility truck; Dodge dually, 1 ton utility truck. Ganon box blade with reaper. 505-617-4141 or 505-454-0781.

WE HAVE A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS SUPPLY of horse, livestock, cargo and flatbed trailers to choose from. Ex: 25 ft. long dual tandem for $8,225. Large parts and service department also. Custom headache racks built in house. Still buying your unwanted trailers. www.sandiatrailer.com or 800-832-0603.

SEPTIC TANK PUMPING. CALL MARQUEZ EXCAVATING Septic Pumping & Installation. Tony: 505-670-7582, 505-757-2926 or Anthony: 505-913-0619. Serving Pecos, Glorieta, Rowe, and Ilfield area.

Country Critters

RED & WHITE BORDER COLLIES PUPPIES for sale. Asking $250. For more infor-mation call 575-472-5371 or cell 575-760-3245.

Livestock Round-Up

HAYGRAZER 4’X6’ ROUND BALES, VERY FINE stemmed quality hay, $130 ton; $70 bale in field. SE of Portales, 30 miles plus. 575-273-4220, 575-760-4223.

NOT ALL WATER TANKS ARE CREATED EQUAL! Is Quality, Value and Longevity impor-tant to you? Buy High Specific Gravity, Heavy Weight, Long Warranty, Superior Black NRCS tanks. Notice: lowest prices only provide mini-mum standards, lower weights, and shorter warranties. Find out more! 575-430-1010.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS! WE certainly appreciate it. Here’s wishing you and your family a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Thanks again. The February deadline is January 9th.

NEW MEXICO DRINKING WATER STORAGE TANKS, Heavy Duty Black Poly. Fittings customized to your needs NRCS and EQUIP approved. High Specific Gravity, heavy weight, Long Warranty, Algae Resistant, Black NRCS Water Tanks. 1-800-603-8272, 575-682-2308.

Odds & Ends

BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT. 400 MEDIUM SUPERS WITH frames, $15 each. Buy 100 or more, $10 each. Crimp wired shallow founda-tion, 12-1/2 # box, $75 each. Don Mason 575-623-4858 or 575-626-7708, Roswell.

MEDICINE FROM THE KITCHEN: A HANDBOOK for 1st aid and minor illnesses using safe and simple remedies found in the kitchen. Be prepared for any emer-gency. Order Now! $13.95. [email protected] or 505-470-1363.

FOR SALE LARGE WOODEN OFFICE DESK with six drawers. Top measures 36”x72.” Price $100. Call 575-396-3459.

OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS, $380 WITH WARRANTY. ALSO sell portable concen-trators and oxygen supplies. Repair and service of equipment. Aspen Concentrator Repair Service, 719-471-9895. Shipping available.

WANTED: GOOD USED POWER POLES, 25 - 45 feet long. Call 505-384-5163.

Roof Over Your Head

VIGAS, BEAMS, POLES, HOUSE LOGS CUT from standing, dead, dry Spruce. Up to 45 ft. Will custom cut. Forked Cedar posts for ramadas, corn driers and cedar fence posts. 575-638-5619.

LEASING FIVE ACRES: SAN MIGUEL, BERNAL area. Well water, electricity and new septic. Beautiful 360° views, only 45 minutes from Santa Fe and 25 from Las Vegas, NM. Call 505-471-3753.

TAOS LAND FOR SALE: 2 ACRES or 3 acres parcels with well share, electric. Manufactured housing approved. Seller financing. Low monthly pay-ments. Lower Colonias/Camino Tortuga. Some are owned by Licensed New Mexico Real Estate Broker. Call for details. 575-770-0831. Mark @ Crossroads Realty 575-758-3837.

BUG OUT LOCATIONS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO mountains. Rentals range $45 to $4,500 per month for 21 living unit building. Over 150 rentals remaining available. For information packet send: Sixteen USPS Forever Stamps. To: NMBOL, 1402 East 2nd, Roswell, NM 88201.

OWN A HOME IN COUNTRY LIVING! Two and 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, mobile homes on 1 acre in Highland Meadows Estates, 25 miles west of Albuquerque off I-40, low down, owner financing. 505-814-9833.

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TRES PIEDRAS/CARSON AREA - LOOKING FOR a partner to share the 640 acre Bee-Bar Ranch near Carson, NM. Our propo-sition is to sell 1/2 the property, 320 acres, splitting the ranch north and south. North half currently has 3-story A-Frame house, south half is raw land. Buy either. See our website www.bee-barranch.com for details.

BEAUTIFUL HOME IN PARADISE W/7 LOTS. Great year round climate bird watch-ing capitol of southeastern, Arizona. National forest located nearby. One bdrm. 1 ba. guest house. Two story main home has 2 bdrm, 1 ba. Has area that could be converted to 2 additional bedrooms, game room w/spa. Hunters dream processing meat room, walk-in refrigeration unit, stainless steel sinks and table meat saw. Furniture and appliances. Getaway home at the gateway to the Chiricahua Mountains. Priced Reduced, $185,000. Call 928-339-4806.

FOR SALE: 1/2 ACRE AND HOUSE in Denver, Colorado, $150,000 or Best Offer. Call 303-887-4636.

IN TUCUMCARI, NM: 3 BEDROOM HOUSE. Older home in good condition. Ready to move into, 5 blocks from middle school. $26,000 Terms. Call 575-487-2731, 575-403-6731.

IN LOGAN, NM: 2 BEDROOM RENTAL property in good condition. Ready to move into or rent. Close to schools. $32,000. Call 575-487-2731, 575-403-6731.

5,500 SQ. FT. TWO BAY SHOP/WAREHOUSE building. Currently used as an HVAC & plumbing shop. $250,000. [email protected]

LOOKING FOR WATER? GIFTED TO FIND under-ground streams. Reputable dowser 50 years experience. To God Be The Glory! Contact Joe Graves at 575-758-3600. In Taos, 75 miles north of Santa Fe. God Bless You.

NEAR EDGEWOOD, 1.5 MILES TO OLD 66, 20 minutes to Albuquerque; four acres, older double wide, large shop, other out buildings, great water. Cash deal, $149,000. 505-286-1763.

RESERVE, NM. HALF ACRE WITH CABIN. Borders Gila National Forest. Concrete slab, septic system, beautifully land-scaped. Electricity and water to prop-erty line. Located at end of paved road. $36,000. 575-533-6274.

CITY OF MOUNTAINAIR: 28 WOODED ACRES, water, electric, ready for development, Hwy. 55 access, $5,000 per acre. Owner financing, balance @ 6%. Call today 505-467-8661 or 505-864-6797.

PLAZA BLANCA: CLOSE TO ABIQUIU, 5 level acres with electric close by only $55,000 with no down, owner financ-ing, $605.60 for 20 years! Gatt Realty 505-685-4677. One acre with new septic system fronting Hwy. 554 the El Rito Hwy., only $15,000! No down $265.79 for 7 years! Gatt Realty 505-685-4677. Santa California City North of Medanales, 3.2 acres, no down, $286.94 for 10 years or $20,000 cash! Or 1 acre with 400 foot frontage $10,000! Gatt Realty 505-685-4677.

FOR SALE: AIRLOCK LOG CABIN, KELLER-WILLIAMS MLS #201305911, 13 Wigwam Trail, Pecos River Retreat, Ilfeld, NM, located between Santa Fe and Las Vegas. View of Rowe Mesa, pri-vate access to Pecos River on 3 acres, community utilities. New condition, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, heatilator fireplace, propane furnace, covered RV parking, insulated double garage, quiet commu-nity, $249,500. Contact realtor 505-819-3262 or owner 505-690-1062 with questions. Serious inquiries only.

WILD HORSE RANCH, CATRON COUNTY, NM: 20 acres with 50 mile views. Lot is level to rolling hills, covered in Juniper & Piñon with 1,000 feet border-ing BLM land. All season access on county maintained roads. $15K. Call 575-517-7499.

WILLARD, NM: 37 ACRES FOR SALE, under-ground water, electric, gas and tele-phone on front of property, only $35,000. Owner financing, balance @ 6%. Call today 505-467-8661 or 505-864-6797.

I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THE Real Estate Contract, Mortgage or Deed of Trust for which you are receiving payments. Please call for fast pricing and quick closing. E-mail: [email protected] Barbara Baird. 1-800-458-9847.

2.8 ACRES AT LEMITAR JUST NORTH of Socorro, $39,000. Underground power and community water to property. Enjoy country living, choice location, scenic views, ideal for horses. Small down payment, low monthly payment. Owner/broker 575-430-0006.

CABALLO, NM, 3.5 ACRES, HOUSE, SHOP with 14 RV spaces, commercial building overlooking lake. Good supplementary income. Owner financing with solid down payment. Asking $175,000. Call or text 970-903-1427.

SAN JON, NM RANCH FOR SALE: 2,400 acres, fenced, 3 windmills, dry creek, corral, barn, house with all utilities. Beautiful ranch off Rt. 66, $450. per acre. 432-557-7857 or 432-556-9335.


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SET OF FOUR, POLISHED WHEELS W/TIRES. Like new, 2,000 original miles. Wheels are 18x8x5; tire size P255/70R18 AT, Bridgestone. (For Jeep models only.) Asking $600. Call 505-351-1708.

2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CLASSIC 2500 HD work truck with an Extended Cab, 4x4, 6.6L V8 turbo DIESEL, seats up to 6 passengers, Automatic, Clean CARFAX! $19,995 www.uniqueenter-prises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2005 DODGE RAM 2500 LARAMIE QUAD Cab, 4x4, 5.9L L6 Turbo Diesel, Automatic, Leather interior with seating up to 6, Clean CARFAX! $24,995. www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2009 DODGE RAM 3500 SXT 6.7L L6, DIESEL, Manual, Quad Cab 4x4, only One Owner, with Clean CARFAX, low mileage of 49,809, leather interior, great condition! $37,995 www.uniqueenter-prises.com or call 505-832-5106.

1998 CHEVY 3500, LONG BED & Sylvan 16’ open bow aluminum boat w/trailer, 40 HP Mercury outboard. Both need some work. $5,500 for both. [email protected]

2012 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, 2500 HD LT, White, 4x4, 6.0L V8, One owner, clean CARFAX, Ext. Cab. 136,855 miles, automatic, cloth, seating up to 6 pas-sengers! $24,995. www.uniqueenter-prises.com or call 505-832-5106.

1995 HOLIDAY RAMBLER NAVIGATOR 38 WD, 300 HP diesel pusher, 94,987 miles, must be seen to be appreciated, $2,500. Photos and more info at www.bisonrv.com

2011 FORD F-250 XLT, 6.2L V8, White, auto-matic, 4x4, extended long bed, clean CARFAX, 113,775 miles, cloth, great condition, with seating up to 6 passen-gers! www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

2008 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD SLT, 6.6L V8, Blue, crew cab, Turbo Diesel, Automatic, 4x4 beautiful leather interior, 100,418 miles, with a Clean CARFAX, seating for 5. www.uniqueenterprises.com or call 505-832-5106.

Vintage Finds

WANTED: NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY JOURNAL MAGAZINE, 1923-1927. Paying $10-$25 single issues, $400-$800 bound volumes. Library discards OK. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 88052-0640. E-mail: [email protected] or telephone 575-382-7804.

FOR SALE ANTIQUE SAFE - VICTOR Safe & Lock Co. Cincinnati, December 1855-March 1893. Good condition. 18”x18”x29” Combination works good, $600. Call 505-859-2293.

I BUY SPANISH COLONIAL SPURS, STIRRUPS, horse bits with jingles, weapons, etc. Also, old New Mexico handmade/carved furniture. Call 505-753-9886.

BUYING OLD STUFF: GAS PUMPS AND parts 1960s or earlier, advertising signs, neon clocks, old car parts in original boxes, motor oil cans, license plate collections, Route 66 items, old metal road signs, odd and weird stuff. Fair prices paid. Have pickup, will travel. Gas Guy in Embudo, 505-852-2995.

VINTAGE TOOLS AND ODDITIES FROM THE Industrial Age. No rust, no plastic. Buy-Sell-Trade. Gray Matter-Art and Artifacts. 296 Baca St., Baca Street Studios #5. Santa Fe, 505-780-0316.

WANTED: NEW MEXICO MOTORCYCLE LICENSE PLATES 1900-1958. Paying $100-$1,000 each. Also buying some New Mexico car plates 1900-1923. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 88052-0640. E-mail: [email protected] or telephone 575-382-7804.

FAST FACTS: YOUR CLASSIFIED AD GETS printed in nearly 124,000 copies of enchantment, which get circulated to 80% of the state. Now that's coverage!

RAILROAD ITEMS WANTED: LANTERNS, LOCKS, KEYS, badges, uniforms, dining car china, etc. Especially seeking items from early New Mexico railroads such as: AT&SF, D&RG, EP&NE, EP&SW, and C&S. Randy Dunson, 575-356-6919.

WANTED: NEW MEXICO AUTOMOBILE LICENSE DIRECTORY (“The Zia Book”), and Motor Vehicle Register books, 1900-1949. Library discards OK. Paying $75-$100 per volume. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 88052-0640. E-mail: [email protected] or telephone 575-382-7804.

When Opportunity Knocks

FOR SALE COMMERCIAL BUILDING - FULLY equipped for mechanic shop, 2,000 square foot metal building and land - two lots in Espanola city limits. Will sell with or without equipment. For more info e-mail [email protected] or call John 505-927-3659.

WORK FROM HOME. SIMPLY RETURN CALLS. $1,000+ a day. No selling, explaining or convincing to do ever. Not a job, not MLM. Full training and support. Call 505-685-0965.

I BUY ELK ANTLERS. HIGHEST PRICES paid in New Mexico. No amount too small or too large. Call Bill @ 575-588-9342 or 505-350-8868. e-mail [email protected]

BREW ME A CUP FOR A winter’s night. For the wind howls loud, and the furies fight; Spice it with love and stir it with care, And I’ll toast your bright eyes, my sweet-heart fair. ~Minna Thomas Antrim, "A Night Cap," A Book of Toasts, 1902.

RURAL CONVENIENCE STORE WITH PACKAGE LIQUOR License, living quarters on 1.3 acres with 3 acre foot well. Borders Gila National Forest. FSBO. Call 575-533-6274.

AUTO MECHANIC RETIRING FROM OWN AUTO repair shop. Lots of equipment. Must be sold in lot. Serious inquiries only. Northern New Mexico. Call 575-758-4420.

Youth Artist Choice Month…


We're going "peanuts" over this cold weather! Draw a peanut or two in coats, scarfs or boots. Does your peanut have a face? Is your peanut holding an umbrella. Have a peanut of a time drawing. Albert Einstein's birthday is March 14. How do you think the num-bers of the world are celebrating? Is number 2 going down the slide? Is number 7 flying in the sky? Is number 14 walking to the library. Use your imagination and have a "prime" time.

Remember: Print your name, age, mailing address, phone number, and co-op name on your drawings. Otherwise, your drawings are disqualified. Remember: color, dark ink or pencil on plain white 8.50 x 11.00 size paper is best. Mail to: Youth Editor, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Entries must be here by the 9th of the month before publication. Each published artist receives $10 for his or her work.

Marcus Emerson, Age 10, Thoreau Sofia Gallegos, Age 11, Ribera Maggie Garcia, Age 10, Artesia

Emily Pope, Age 14, Estancia Samantha Williams, Age 9, Lovington Mackenzie Torivio, Age 11, Moriarty

Zayra Alvarado, Age 11, Portales Dylan Baca, Age 6, Santa Cruz John Chadwick, Age 9, Lemitar

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