silver city life summer 2014
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FEATURING: THE SILCO THEATER: Silver City's first movie theater is being resurrected with all it's original historic glamour and charm as a modern cinema experience. THE ARTS, BEST $4 BURRITOS, DAVID KENDRICK, PEOPLE MAKING A DIFFERENCE, THE TRADES, WNMU COACH ADAM CLARK, GOSPEL MISSION, MEDICAL SECTION: Specialists serving the area and SILVER CITY DOCS.TRANSCRIPT
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THE ARTSACCOLADES FOR THE“OTHER” DISCIPLINES
EDUCATIONSNAPSHOTS OF A UNIVER-SITY COACH AND RETIREDBANDLEADER
PEOPLETHE TRADES AND A GOSPEL MISSION
MEDICALVISITING SPECIALISTS AND LOCAL DOCS
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Victor A. Nwachuku, M.D., FACOG, seems to thinkof himself as a hard-nosed crusader for betterhealth—but his friends will tell you he’s one of thekindest men they’ve met.One pal recalls being saved with an emergency hysterectomy the night Nwachuku
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sured. He’s become a friend.
Certainly the staff at the Mbutu public health clinic in their native Nigeria understands that kindness.
He and his wife Nkechi, an RN at GRMC, assumed responsibility for the clinic eight years ago. The
Nwachukus have parlayed financial help from Silver City’s First Baptist Church on Swan Street and do-
nations from their own funds into a well for accessible water, desks, examining tables, surgical equipment,
delivery equipment and medications for the clinic. It has about 100,000 people in its catchment area.
The clinic typically sees patients with malaria, complicated pregnancies, high blood pressure, heart dis-
ease and diabetes. They’ve been back to Nigeria to visit every year for the past three years. Last year,
Dr. Nwachuku performed seven hysterectomies and myomectomies in the short time he was there.
“We’re just scratching the surface,” he says. “It feels good for me, but I know there’s a lot of work to be
done.” They’re forgoing a trip this year because it’s an election year in Nigeria and they owe it to their
two sons and two daughters not to get caught up in the political turmoil.
Arriving in the U.S. in 1979, Victor A. Nwachuku amassed sterling educational
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Jefferson University Medical School in Pennsylvania. His residency was served at
Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. He is board-certified in OB/GYN. He was
lured to Silver City in 2000 by a recruiter. “At first I thought, ‘No way,’ but then I
visited, and drove around, and said, ‘This is the place I want to be.” In 2001,
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On the cover: Recreating theoriginal 1923 Silco Theater signthrough a MainStreet projectprovided an exciting uplift to his-toric downtown Silver City.Funds continue to be raised torenovate the Silco as a movietheater. Photo by Joe Burgess.See story on page 14.
SUMMER 2014
Features14 The Silco Theater. With continuing community
support, Silver City’s first movie theater is beingresurrected with all its original historic glamourand charm as a modern cinema experience.
16 The Arts. Book and poetry authors and a re-spected photographer expand the artistic allure ofSilver City locally, state-wide and internationally.
42 Best $4 Burritos. The hearty burrito reignssupreme in New Mexico and Silver City’s burritoentrepreneurs attract fiercely loyal clientele.
44 David Kendrick. The retired Silver High band di-rector reflects on his SHS career and highlightshis continuing involvement with the Southwestmusic scene.
46 Making a Difference. Locals discuss theirpassionate commitments to a variety of issuesfrom renewable energy and wilderness to tennis.
49 The Trades. Addressing critical issues inhomes and buildings, new and old, inside and out are the people who advise, produce, supply, install and respond to problems.
54 WNMU Coach Adam Clark. The footballteam is building momentum for the 2014 sea-son and creating community respect throughvolunteer projects..
56 Gospel Mission. Randy Salars focuses on ef-forts that help feed and clothe the homeless,protect them from the cold, shelter women andprovide hope.
58 Specialists Serving the Area. Bolstering localmedical facilities, specialists from around theSouthwest bring big-city services to the region.
60 Silver City Docs. Attracted to the area over theyears for a variety of reasons, local medical pro-fessionals strengthen the city’s foundation.
The SourceS1 Area AttractionsS2 Gila Cliff Dwellings
National MonumentS3 City of Rocks
State ParkS4 Historic DowntownS6 Silver City MuseumS8 Big Ditch ParkS10 Area EventsS12 Historic Pinos AltosS14 Fort BayardS16 Area MapsS18 Index of AdvertisersS19 Galleries & ShoppingS20 Art GalleriesS22 ShoppingS24 Health & WellnessS26 Cliff & GilaS27 Glenwood & AlmaS28 At Your ServiceS29 Salons & SpasS30 Trail of the Mountain
Spirits National Scenic Byway
S32 Deming
Departments10 New Faces In Business. New businesses,
business owners and leaders complimentthe city’s economy.
12 Financial. James Edd Hughs commentson achieving financial goals through persist-ent (“automatic”) investments.
18 Recycle. Create an impressive one-of-a-kind box from old cookie and candy metalboxes.
20 Out & About. Snapshots of recent localevents.
22 Happy Endings. Local residents’ dogs find happy adopted homes.
24 Advertisers Index.
41 Summer Birding. Western Tanagers and afew of its relatives grace the forests andoccasion the city.
Contents
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SILVER CITYLIFETerri Menges
President & Managing Director
Joseph BurgessVice President & Photo Journalist
Arlyn CooleyStaff Accountant
Benjamin FisherJames Edd HughsLeAnne Knudsen
Eugene LewisKate McGrawMike Rowse
Dutch SalmonElizabeth Stewart
Doyne WrealliJudy Wuthrich
Contributing Writers
Joseph BurgessWriting & Photography Except where credited
Mark EricksonBenjamin Fisher
LeAnne KnudsenDebra SuttonJudy Wuthrich
Dale ZimmermanContributing Photographers
Terri MengesDebra Sutton
Designers
LeAnne KnudsenAdvertising Sales
Special Thanks
Silver City Life is published bi-annually by Zia Publish-ing Corp. P.O. Box 1248, 116 McKinney Rd. (deliveriesonly), Silver City, NM 88062-1248 Phone: 575-388-4444,Fax: 575-534-3333 e-mail: [email protected] Silver City Life Online: www.ziapublishing.com©Zia Publishing Corp., 2014. This issue of Silver City Life is copy-righted under the laws of the United States of America. All rightsreserved. Reproduction in whole or part without permission of thepublisher prohibited. For permission to use any portion of thispublication email: [email protected]. All submissions of ed-itorial or photography are only accepted without risk to the pub-lisher for loss or damage. Every effort was made to ensureaccuracy in the information provided. The publisher assumes noresponsibility or liability for errors, changes or omissions.
Dr. Victor AcquistaTamera AhnerWayne AllenBill Archibald
Jerry & Matt BeckRomaine “Ro” Begay
Robert BenavidezWanda CaseAdam ClarkNick Contor
Cindy DonatelliMark Erickson
Tenisha FlowersDr. Greg E. Franklin
Herman GomezRascal Guiterrez
Laura HowellJames Edd Hughs
David & Cindy Kendrick
Johan & Rita KivinenKim KlementHelen Lemal
Dr. Craig LeichtWilliam &
Elizabeth LloydPriscilla Lopez
Cissy McAndrewDr. Michael McCrackenBonnie BuckleyMaldanadoRonald Mardson & SnowRebecca MartinStef MelendezMatthew MolinaLarry MooreNathan NewcomerDr. Victor NwachukuSonya OrozcoDr. Norman RatliffOfficer John ReyesLinda RowseMike RowseJeff RudolfRandy SalarsDr. John StanleyDr. Donald J. StinarJuan TellezDavid VesicaJoe & Tammie WheelerLucy WhitmarshAbe VillarealKendra & Sara WolfeDr. Lauri Yablik
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Contributors
Benjamin Fishergrew up in rural Indi-ana and moved to Sil-ver City in 2012 tobuild a career in jour-nalism and get hisfirst taste of theSouthwest. He haswritten for Indianapo-lis Monthly magazine,the Howey PoliticalReport, the SilverCity Sun-News, TheSilver City DailyPress and Silver CityLife and has pub-lished poetry in anumber of journals.
Eugene Lewis began serious birding in easternKansas in the 1950s, eventually roaming the en-tire state in his pursuit of the avian species. Uponretirement in 1991 he moved to Silver City, wherehe has continued his lifelong quest.
Kate McGraw isa longtime SantaFe journalist andauthor who de-scribes her re-cent work onNew MexicoTraveler and Sil-ver City Life asthe most funshe’s had in along time. “Doc-tors,” she statesempha t i c a l l y,“are not boring!”
Mark Erickson hasshot just abouteverything in his 50-plus years of photo-graphing Silver City.One fabulous mem-ory is photographingthe famous golferBilly Casper when hereturned to GrantCounty to put on thebenefit Billy CasperClassic for manyyears. “Mr. Casperautographed everyimage as well ascaps and golf balls.He is a great fellow,”Mark says.ph
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Judy Wuthrich is a locally well-known cosme-tologist. Her interests include writing, photog-raphy, creating art dolls, making jewelry fromrecycled material and supporting the ethicaltreatment of animals. She lives in Silver Citywith her dog Gizelle.
Dr. Dale A. Zim-merman is an or-nithologist, botanist,naturalist and Pro-fessor Emeritus of Biology at WNMU,where he taught for31 years. He is alsoa recognized bird il-lustrator, naturephotographer andauthor with field ex-perience on everycontinent.
Doyne Wrealli isnamed after hergrandmother andgrew up all overthe Southwest.She designatedSilver City as thehometown of herheart in 1990 andworks part-time asa technical editorfor an earth sci-ences/engineer-ing firm.
Elizabeth Stewart hasa degree in Marketing.Her career includescable television man-agement, public rela-tions for an electricutility and 17 years inthe radio industry. Hermost recent career...real estate. Elizabethlives in Silver City withcats Monkey andSophia Maria Luisa.
Mike Rowse bornin Silver City, Mikeand wife, Linda metas students atWNMU. Careerstook them aroundthe western U.S.but they returnedhome in 2001 torun KSCQ radio.Their two daugh-ters worked in thebusiness making atrue family affair.Mike is now back ininsurance withFarm Bureau.
Mike RowseFarm Bureau InsuranceWRITTEN BY KATE MCGRAW I PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
Michael “Mike” Rowse both is and isn’t a “new face in business” in Silver City.He grew up here and attended WNMU. He and his family returned 13 years ago, and owned
KSCQ Radio until he sold it in 2005. Recently, he opened a Farm Bureau Financial Servicesagency in Silver City, and he takes delight in serving the community he’s loved for a long time.But he’s not exactly new, he acknowledges.“There’s no doubt about it, it is easier being known in the community than having to come in
and start fresh,” Rowse says. “Definitely Silver City is home, but there still is a sense of commu-nity about being in business here. The biggest thing I like about Silver City is that there is suchdiversity of people here. There are people from all over the world. It’s hard to find that in a townof this size. Despite having lived here, I’m still meeting new faces,” he adds with a chuckle.
For Rowse, Farm Bureau was an obvious choice. “Mybackground was in insurance, so it was familiar andI knew of the company and their reputation so itseemed like a good fit,” he says. His wife Lindasells real estate with Coldwell Banker; theirdaughters Marissa and Jocelyn are attendingNMSU and WNMU, respectively. Rowse says his hardest task is convincing peo-
ple Farm Bureau’s services are not just for farmers.“Farm Bureau encompasses all kinds of insur-
ance,” he said. “Since it began in 1941,they have used their expertise to
expand into all markets. It is amutual association,” he notes,“in which all customers aremembers. It started as amutual and still is a truemutual, one of the fewcompanies owned byits policyholders. Thatkeeps costs down,and provides for
input from stakehold-ers.”
“I enjoy selling in-surance very much be-cause I understand theneed for it. As an agent,you’re also a consumer,so you understand that itneeds to be affordable. I’ve
been on both side of thefence.”
NEW FACES in Business
The members of Curves in Silver City welcome new ownersCynthia Bridgeman and Kim Klement. Curves is a facility de-signed for women featuringCurves Complete, the only pro-gram that includes fitness, meal plans and coaching all inONE place. Cynthia is a retired school-
teacher and when approached topurchase Curves by a local realtor,she immediately thought this wasa great opportunity for her andher daughter. The mother, daughter duo
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Cynthia Bridgeman CurvesWRITTEN BY ELIZABETH STEWART
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photo by LeAnne Knudsen
Wayne “Butch” AllenSilver City JewelersWRITTEN BY DOYNE WREALLI I PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
Wayne “Butch” Allen is no stranger to Silver City. He had been a pur-chasing agent for Conner Fine Jewelers for more than 40 years before hebought the building and opened as Silver City Jewelers. He has servicedup to 20 jewelry stores in 5 states, but this is the first business he’s owned,and it’s because he loves Silver City. Allen still lives with his family in Arizona, but comes here every Thursday
and Friday, along with an appraiser and repair expert. “We’ll be doing thesame things Conner did, with some additions,” he explains. The store willbe buying gold from the public, and will be selling finer silver jewelry aswell. Allen hopes to increase store hours and add more employees soon. Being a fine-jewel purchaser can be hazardous; Allen survived an armed
robbery on the road with only a graze while being shot at six times. “MyMarine Corp training kicked in,” he says. “I dropped and rolled away. That,along with prayer, is what saved me.” His long business success is a testa-ment to the strong, positive relationships he maintains: “Everything on ahandshake,” he says. “That’s just how I do business.”
and Kim Klement PHOTO BY LEANNE KNUDSEN
ness and now Cynthia has a new retirement plan andKim is excited to be able to help other womenachieve their weight and fitness goals. Kim has longstruggled with her weight and recently lost 60pounds. Kim’s daughter, Brooklyn also works atCurves after school. This is an exciting time for Curves of Silver City.
New fitness programs have been introduced, includ-ing the Curves Workouts with Jillian Michaels, whichcombines the original Curves Circuit with functional,body weight-based exercises that increase strength,burn fat and kick start weight loss in just 30 minutes!Curves is also now carrying a full line of products, in-cluding women’s workout clothing and a variety ofmeal and snack bars. Give Curves a call at 534-0646 or stop by 2045
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THE
SILCOTHEATER
Let’s go out to a movie! Well, not just yet, but there is light at the end of the projector. Turning the Silco Theater buildingback into a movie house is in high gear. At magazine print time, $500,000 of the estimated $600,000 needed to complete theproject had been raised from grants, loans and donations. The non-historic interior modifications had been removed andconstruction bids closed in mid-July.
MainStreet Board President, Lucy Whitmarsh, stated that the group was working closely with the Historical PreservationDivision of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs to give Silver City a destination movie cinema that preserved thehistoric interior and exterior aspects of the building while adhering to current building codes and modern theater requirements.
Silco Theater Project Architect, David Vesica, added, “The gracious rectangular-shaped entry vestibule and original ticketbooth will be replicated. We looked to the original bones of the building for guidance and planning solutions.”
So what about this going out to a movie? Everybody today has the ability to watch a movie in the com-fort of home. So it’s the going out part…it’s exciting to get out of the house, head to the historic down-
town district, grab lunch or coffee and take in a movie. Some of the more senior types realize that itdoesn’t get any better than that, so the whole family needs to tag along to experience true cinema.
But the project is not quite there. Main Street needs your help to pull this off. It’s an eco-nomic revitalization project that will stimulate activity at all the downtown businesses,but on a more personal level, it’s one more piece of the puzzle that makes Silver City agreat place to live and visit, adding to an exciting downtown district that has a littlesomething for everyone. So purchase that tax-deductible seat and get your name on aplaque – keep this project rolling and preserve one of Silver City’s historic entertainmentoptions for the kids and grandkids…and the rest of us.The Silco movie theater was built in 1923, owned by Edward W. Ward. Over the years
photo courtesy Silver City Museum
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it became part of the Silco Theater chainthat added El Sol, 1934, and the Gila,1949-1950 in Silver City and the Sky-Vue Drive-In in Arenas Valley, the Tejoin Hurley, and El Cobre in Santa Rita.
The Silco is returning to its roots as amovie theater. Please call 575.534.1700to add your enthusiastic support.
opposite:Work continues on turning the Silcoback into a “downtown movie theater withmemorable historic and design charm,” statesproject architect David Vesica. above: DavidVesica joins MainStreet Board President,Lucy Whitmarsh, seated in one of the originaltheatre seats, to review the project status andfunding requirements.
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perspective at the ID Academy in Copenhagenin 2015. The ID Academy, a big supporter of theIntegral Movement, is one of Scandinavia’s largestcenters for education. His book has been trans-lated into Danish and he recently signed foreigndistribution rights for India and Nigeria. Briefly (which is a frustrating way to treatsuch an important subject), Dr. Acquista ar-gues for a more comprehensive approach tothe intelligence-gathering that goes into di-agnostic practice—one that includes thewhole patient, and the patient’s mental, emo-tional and spiritual truths as well as the physicalsigns and symptoms. “In the book, I offer thereader six different assessments that focus ondifferent aspects of health: physical, mental,emotional, environmental, social/cultural andspiritual. These assessments enable readers tocreate a comprehensive map of their health.This new paradigm does not pit healing prac-tices against each other, or against conventionalmodern medicine; instead, it represents a syn-
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Mark Erickson, PhotographerWRITTEN BY KATE MCGRAW I PHOTO COURTESY MARK ERICKSONMark Erickson has been photographing Silver City, its surrounding mines and Western
New Mexico University for 50 years. Except for a tour in Vietnam, he has lived in an 1898adobe for most of that half-century. Much has changed in that time, he acknowledges—but he adds in a tone of deep content that much remains the same. “There’s a differentfeeling from 50 years ago due to an influx of retirees,” he says. “At one time, I couldn’twalk down the street without knowing everyone I met,” he says wistfully. “That’s not reallytrue anymore. And some of the people get here and immediately want to change SilverCity. But,” he adds with a chuckle, “Silver City still doesn’t want to be changed.”Erickson arrived in Silver City in 1964, and found work with the university audio-visual de-
partment and with the mines to pay his way through Western. At home in southern Cali-fornia he’d started shooting photographs with a $25 Leica at age 10. “One of the neat
features to photograph at that time was the old Tyrone town site, which is largely gonenow,” he recalls. “After my Army stint I returned to Silver City and began teaching
industrial education. I also worked as a mechanic and electrician. When one thingslowed down, another picked up. I also was doing technical theatre—doingthat lighting really changed how I began to light my still and cine work.
“In the early seventies I was doing a lot more cinematography than stillwork, but I still was photographing the Gila Wilderness with a Leica and anold Rolleiflex,” Erickson says. He’s long since moved up in technology todigital cameras and videocams. “It’s all instant gratification these days,”he muses. After 50 years, the beauty and charm of the region and its peo-ple still captivate him. “I like it here,” Erickson says simply. “I’ve got a lotof friends, I travel around the state, and I’ve done a lot of work in the GilaWilderness over many years.”
Bonnie Buckley MaldonadoSilver City (Past) Poet LauretteWRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY BEN FISHERFor the greater part of her fifty year residency, Silver City’s first Poet
Laureate, Bonnie Buckley Maldonado, just squirreled away her poemsand focused on her first career as a teacher and counselor. When shefinally retired after decades gathering material, she dug out her note-books and really got to work. While most of what she experienced ascounselor was confidential, it provided her with insight and vision thatguided her later poetry.Maldonado joined a local poetry group and eventually co-founded
the Southwest Festival of the Written Word, held for the first time in2013. A selection committee was formed to appoint Silver City’s firstpoet laureate to serve as a figurehead for the weekend, and to Mal-donado’s surprise she was selected.Maldonado is proud of her new connections, laughing through
memories of meeting the Albuquerque laureate, slam poet Jakim Bel-lamy and being invited to read her work around a campfire for south-western women horseback riders. “On a beautiful Sunday afternoon,”Maldonado shares, “when locals could be doing anything else out-side, they chose to come listen to me at the Silver City Museum.”Maldonado’s two-year term is over now and a selection committee,
headed again by WNMU Writer in Residence JJ Wilson, has chosenElise Stuart as Silver City’s second poet laureate.
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Metal BoxMakeover
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BY JUDY WUTHRICH
ookies and candies come in great metal boxes. They are strong and sturdy.It seems a shame to throw them away but after awhile they do accumulate.Here’s a great makeover idea for your metal boxes you hated to throw away.
The common household supplies you’ll need are a metal box, scissors,white glue, facial swab, dull pencil, thick paper (card stock), shoe polish,
aluminum foil and a paper towel.Choose your metal box. Cut paper to fit the sides and top of your cylindrical box or
just the top if using an Altoid brand mint box. Using your imagination, draw a designon your paper. You can even draw your name. Make sure your design isn’t too intricatebecause the glue spreads out upon settling. Glue the paper to the box.
Using the tip of the glue bottle as a guide, trace your design with the glue. Be con-servative so the glue doesn’t get too drippy. If it does get drippy, don’t worry. Just let itbe part of your creation. Let it dry.
After dry, spread a thin layer of glue over the whole piece of paper with your design.Carefully smooth a piece of aluminum foil over the box. Using your paper towel and
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facial swab,smooth foil andpush against yourglue design to ac-centuate your pat-tern. Make sure toavoid ripping thefoil. Using yourdull pencil, at thistime you maywant to add extraenhancements to your design.
Smear shoe polish onto box making sureto get into the grooves of your pattern. Letdry just a minute or two and start wipingwith your paper towel in one direction towipe off some of the polish but not somuch you lose sight of your masterpiece.When the shoe polish dries completely, itwon’t rub off.
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Grant County welcomed Spring atthe 2nd Annual Home and Gar-den Expo at the Grant CountyBusiness and Conference Center.Hundreds of gardeners and gar-den-enthusiasts came out for anafternoon of food, music, work-shops and browsing at the 45 ven-dor booths. Photos by Mark Erickson.
Mogollon Ghost Townwill be CLOSED forthe 2014 season.Funds have been ear-marked and prioritizedfor repairing flood-dam-aged Bursom road (NM159) into the historicgold-mining ghosttown. Check with Glen-wood Ranger Station orwww.mogollonenter-prises.com for Spring2015 opening dates.Photos by Debra Sutton.
Gospel MissionFeeding and caringfor the homeless aretop left: DirectorRandy Salars visitswith Wanda Case.top right: MichelleMadison – volunteer,MJ Hay – cook andIvan Martinez –maintenance. bot-tom: Linda Es-carcaga – volunteer,Loretta Gabbert –thrift store em-ployee, MartyDempsey – volun-teer and BrendaCallahan – shopper.Photos by Joe Burgess
The Silver City BluesFestival in May is al-ways a big hit withvisitors and localsalike, featuring well-known performers.Photos by Mark Erickson.
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The SouthwestGreen Chamber ofC o m m e r c e ’ sMonthly Merchant'sRound Table featur-ing Dan Shilling,author and propo-nent of CivicTourism was held atDiane’s Restaurant.
8th Annual SouthwestNew Mexico Car Showin Historic DowntownSilver City offered spec-tators a full spectrum ofcar show categories -Lowrider, Custom, Orig-inal, Hot Rod, Muscle,and Euro. Photos byLeAnne Knudsen.
It was a perfect day for kite flying at the8th annual FUN KITE FLYING PICNIC onWhitewater Mesa. Participating wereBette Booth, Bill McCabe and gran-daughter Carlie Johnson, Bob Robinson,Cordelia Rose, Kelly Cranston, NielsScharn and Steve Law winner of the raf-fled kite. Photos by Judy Wuthrich.
WNMU PracticeAn early springfootball practicewith no pads helpsplayers learn newplays for the com-ing year, build confi-dence and spirit,and stay in shape.See story on page 50.Photos by Joe Burgess
Cub Scouts meet atSilver City Museum– Leader Romaine“Ro” Begay andmembers of CubScout Troop 938,Den 1 attend a Cow-boy Trunk presenta-tion at the museum.Photos by Joe Burgess.
What could be more fun than a tasting at Little ToadCreek Brewery and Distillery at the corner of Bullardand Broadway! The recently-opened eatery and pubreenergized the downtown scene. Photos by (opposite)Mark Erickson and (above) Ben Fisher.
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Around Town RonaldMarsdon walks KathleenScheid’s English setter,Snow; Officer JohnReyes contributes todowntown safety; bicy-clers enjoy BullardStreet and StreetsideFood provides easy ac-cess to creative options.
Whitewater Trail atThe Catwalk – top:Park entrance andinterpretive signs.above: Ali Sutton,daughter of SilverCity Life ad designerDebra Sutton andhusband Kenny, cel-ebrates her secondbirthday at Whitewa-ter Creek. Photos byDebra Sutton.
WNMU Courts left: WNMU men’s tennis coachRobert Benavidez. right: U.S. Tennis Associationparticipants Helen Lemal (serving) and Linda Rowse.See story on page 48. Photos by Joe Burgess.
Jump into Summer com-munity fun day provided freeactivities for the whole fam-ily. Sponsored by HMSFamily Support Services,Grant County Health Coun-cil, and Fitness and Nutritionin the Community Group.Photos by LeAnne Knudsen.
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pets
Sadly, some pets become lost or you’ve found someone’s lost pet, butwhat’s the best means of pets being reunited with their owners? Lately, socialmedia is popular but so is putting flyers around town. Taking a found pet to thelocal animal shelter is the best option for the animal to find its owners. If a per-son opts to do advertising for a found pet, do not put too much information ona post or flyer which gives someone a chance to claim an animal that does notbelong to them just because they thinks it is cute. A post with no picture anda brief description leaving out one good identifying mark might be a better wayto make sure an animal is returned to the rightful owner. If you take the animal to the local shelter but have fallen in love with this pet,
at the High Desert Humane Society you can ask for the date in which the ani-mal will be available for adoption and then you will be first in line to adopt if theprevious owner is not found. “We just give them the adoption date and ask thatthey call first thing that morning,” says Gigi from HDHS. “If you do find some-one’s pet or you lose your pet you should contact the High Desert Humane So-ciety at 538-9261 and leave a description of the animal, where it was found orlost and your contact information. This can be done 24/7 as we have an an-swering machine for after-hours calls.”
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RomeoRomeo grew up as a street cat in Silver City.
Now he resides with Johan and Rita Kivinen buthe still makes his rounds in the neighborhood.He visits the local barbershop, Snuffy Cuts andgreets his neighbor Phillip when he gets offwork. Romeo knows everyone’s schedule. Romeo has seen more than nine lives and
his human, Johan used up one of his lives dur-ing a recent rollover in the car. When Johanpicked Romeo up from the veterinarian’s of-fice, Romeo managed to escape from the car-rier and jumped on Johan obstructing his viewand crashed the car. “We've got lots ofnames for Romeo: Brat Cat and MasterCardBUT we continue to celebrate his being withus,” says Rita.
NizhoniPriscilla Lopez has a weakness for pets
being peddled at parking lots. One daysomeone was selling puppies at a localparking lot and one of them had an umbil-ical hernia, so it was free. Priscilla in-tended to find her a home after Nizhoni’shernia surgery, but couldn’t part with her.“They say everyone has a human soulmate. I think Nizhoni’s mine. She protectsus, snuggles with us and keeps us safe,”says Priscilla.Priscilla’s daughter, Anabella, said when
asked how she feels about Nizhoni, “Ilove her.”
Teddy BearRebecca Martin was sitting in front of her
gallery, Vibrations, and noticed a woman car-rying something. It was a dog! The womancame over and asked Rebecca if she knewanyone who wanted a dog and Rebecca knewthis dog was for her. Teddy Bear and Rebecca are now insepa-
rable. Teddy Bear hangs out at the gallery, andcan be seen at the Murray Ryan Visitors’Center. Teddy Bear has a very active sociallife and has his own Facebook page called‘Teddy says.’ Rebecca writes the messagesthat Teddy Bear transmits. Teddy Bear’s stated mission is to spread
love and joy. “He’s a little love fountain!” saysRebecca.
Daizy DukeDaizy Duke was born in an apartment
that didn’t allow pets. Her mother’s ownerhad to find homes for her puppies or getevicted. William and Elizabeth Lloydadopted Daizy Duke thinking she was oldenough for adoption but realized her visionwas as if she might be 5 weeks old. Daizytook comfort in a fur to make her feel likeshe was with her mother.You may meet Daizy Duke at Lloyd Stu-
dios when she isn’t skateboarding or ridinga scooter with her human companions. “Shealso likes spelunking and hiking all aroundthe Boston Hills trails,” says Elizabeth.
Magnus & Bjorn aka Squeaky
Dave and Cindy Kendrick had gone afew years without cats in their home anddecided it was time to get a couple.They went to the local animal shelter anddecided on a pair of cats who were inthe same cage with each other. “We likethe fact that they are brothers so theyactually like each other and they getalong,” says Cindy. Magnus and Squeaky like to run up
and down the stairs of their loft stylehouse. “We don’t have to worry aboutbugs, either,” says Cindy. Magnus andSqueaky are always on patrol.
Booger & TurdJoe and Tammie Wheeler a couple of
unique cats with unique names. Turd wasadopted at an animal shelter becausethey thought she’d be a good mouser.They had never seen a white Manx catbefore. “She’s an absolute ball of en-ergy,” said Joe.Booger was one of a litter of kittens
being given away at a bait shop in Luna.She and her littermates had really bad eyeinfections. Booger got her name as hereye infection developed into a sinus infec-tion. “Every time she sneezed, she’d haveslime all over her face,” said Tammie.
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American Legion . . . . . . . . . .S14
Angelwings Home Care . . . . .S25
Azurite Gallery . . . . . . . . . . .S21
Bear Creek Motel & Cabins .S11
Bear Mountain Lodge . . . . . .S32
Blackwell’s Antiques & Gifts . .S22
Border Area Mental
Health Services, Inc. . . . . . .11
Carson Insurance Agency . . . . .8
Casitas de Gila Guesthouses . .S26
Cassie Health Center
for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
CATS - Community Access
Television of Silver City . . .S30
Copper Quail Gallery . . . . . . .S20
Cup of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . .S23
Dandelion Wish . . . . . . . . . .S22
Dement Electric, Inc. . . . . . . . .19
Dement Alarms, Inc. . . . . . . . .24
Edward Jones-
James Edd Hughs . . . . . . . . .12
Encore A Retail/Resale
Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S7
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Mike Rowse . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Susan Sumrall . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S29
Fierro Canyon Gallery, The . . .S21
Finishing Touch Home
Interiors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Frumpy Fox, LLC . . . . . . . . . . .22
Furniture Gallery . . . . . . . . . .S28
Gila Eyecare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Gila Hike & Bike . . . . . . . . . .S23
Gila Regional
Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . .63
Great American Duck Race . .S31
Griffin’s Propane/
Fuel Centers Plus . . . . . . . . .18
Hester House Candy & Gifts . .S22
HMS Hidalgo Medical Services C4
Holiday Inn Express-
Silver City . . . . . . . . . . . . . S15
Horizon Home Health . . . . . . .61
Horizon Hospice . . . . . . . . . . .61
Humphrey’s Enterprises, Inc. . .24
Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S29
J & S Plumbing & Heating . .S10
Jalisco Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5
JW Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . .S20
Leyba & Ingalls Arts . . . . . . .S21
Lloyd Studios . . . . . . . . . . . .S21
Life Quest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S25
Lois Duffy Studio . . . . . . . . .S20
Lopez, Dietzel & Perkins, P.C. . . . 7,S3
Manzanita Ridge . . . . . . . . . .S23
Manzano’s RV Park . . . . . . . .S12
Melinda’s Medical Supply . . .61
Millie’s Assisted Living Center . .24
Millie’s Bake House . . . . . . .S28
Mimbres Region Arts Council .S13
Mirror Mirage . . . . . . . . . . . .S29
Molly Ramolla Gallery
& Custom Framing . . . . . . .S20
Morning Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S2
Mule Creek Adobe . . . . . . . . . .8
One Stop Realty-Southwest .S11
Original Prints & Drawings . .S20
Palace Hotel, The . . . . . . . . . .S5
Party Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S23
Pathways to Health . . . . . . . . .15
Prudential Silver City
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
R.S. Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . .S18
RE/MAX Silver Advantage . . . .9
River Ranch Market . . . . . . . .S7
Rose Valley RV Ranch . . . . . . .S9
Seedboat Center for
the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S21
Silver City Food Co-op . . . . . . S5
Silver City Grant County
Chamber of Commerce . .19,S7
Silver City Jewelers . . . . . . .S22
Silver City
MainStreet Project . . . . . . .S4
Silver City Museum Store . . .S6
Silver Rexall Drug . . . . . . . . .S24
Speed Wrench Garage . . . . .S28
State Farm Insurance -
Chuck Johnson . . . . . . . . . .15
Stone McGee & Co. CPA’s . .S29
Super Salve Co. . . . . . . . . . .S25
Syzygy Tileworks . . . . . . . . . .S22
The Bedroom Shoppe . . . . . . .S7
The Pink Store North . . . . . . .S23
Thomas H. Laws, CPA, CVA . .S29
United Country
Mimbres Realty . . . . . . . . .S9
UPS Store, The . . . . . . . . . . .S28
Vibrations Gallery . . . . . . . . .S23
Vicki’s Eatery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S5
Victoria Chick-Cow Trail
Art Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S20
Victoria J. West . . . . . . . . . .S19
WNM Communications . . . . . .2
Western Institute for
Lifelong Learning (WILL) . . .19
Western New Mexico
University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Western New Mexico
University Museum . . . . . . .55
Western Stationers
Office Supply . . . . . . . . . . .S28
Whitewater Motel . . . . . . . .S27
Windows, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . .S29
Wynnegate Gallery & Studio . .S21
XYZ Ranch Estates . . . . . . .1,S15
Yada Yada Yarn . . . . . . . . . . .S22
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HISTORY OF THE SILVER CITY AREA SPANS THE ERAS FROMTHE ANCIENT MOGOLLON CULTURES TO THE PEOPLE OFtoday’s technology age. The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Mon-ument and visitor center are perhaps the strongest attractionin the area, providing a visual showcase of how these ancientslived. The largest collection of ancient Mimbres artifacts, includ-ing the NAN Ranch Collection, is displayed at the Western NewMexico University Museum. The Mimbres River Valley, thoughonce inhabited by pithouse and pueblo dwellers is now a sceneof orchards, hay fields, cattle and horses. The pride of large-scale mining operations is the Chino open pit copper mine onNM 152.The 3.3 million acre Gila National Forest provides many of
the reasons for both visiting the area and for making a commit-ment to live here. Lakes in the immediate region include LakeRoberts and Bear Canyon, Bill Evans and Snow Lakes. Addi-tional attractions include Additional attractions include pictur-esque Glenwood to the north and City of Rocks State Parkbetween Silver City and Deming.
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ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE TRAIL OF THEMOUNTAIN SPIRITS NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY IS THE533-acre Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Here youcan see the homes and catch a glimpse into the lives ofNative Americans who lived here between seven and eighthundred years ago. Along with the ancient ruins, themonument features a visitor center and museum.From Silver City there are two ways to travel to the
monument. The first is to go north past Piños Altos on NM 15, a winding, mountain forest road. Here, trailers overtwenty feet long must take an alternate route on NM 61/35.The other route is through the Mimbres Valley north from
NM 152 off US 180 east of town. This route is 25 mileslonger, but easier and takes the same amount of time –about two hours. Call ahead for hours and road conditions;(575)536-9461.
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SILVER CITY SPRANG TO LIFE DURING THE SUMMERof 1870. The discovery of silver brought thousands of miners, andmerchants followed in their footsteps. The town's founders decided Silver City would be “built tolast.” In 1880, an ordinance was passed requiring masonryconstruction for new buildings. This left behind solid commer-cial buildings, brick Victorian homes, and adobe structures.Devastating floods between 1890 and 1910 washed away theoriginal Main Street and all but one of its handsome brick build-ings. The stately Warren house is the sole survivor. What usedto be Main Street is now known as the Big Ditch.The Silver City Visitor Center and Big Ditch Park provide
gateways into Historic Downtown for visitors and residents. Silver City MainStreet Project has provided comprehensivedowntown revitalization services since 1985. This vibrant award-winning district has over 200 entities including retail and servicebusinesses, art studios, government services, nonprofits,churches, and schools. It’s a treasure of a downtown!
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LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC 1881 MANSARD/ITALIANATEHOME OF H.B. AILMAN, THE SILVER CITY MUSEUM ISone of 13 museums in New Mexico recognized by the Amer-ican Assn. of Museums. Founded in 1967, the museum is fo-cused on the regional history of Southwest New Mexico withover 20,000 related objects. Photo collections depict SilverCity from the 1870s and include a significant collection fromthe 1930s and 40s.Native American artifacts from the Mimbres, Mogollon and
Casas Grandes peoples number over 500 pieces, and thereare exhibits from more recent Navajo and Apache groups. Extensive mining exhibits, early Anglo and Hispanic settlerclothing, furnishings and even firearms are displayed. There isalso memorabilia from native son Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, for-mer astronaut and U.S. Senator.It is open every day except Monday, and is located at 312
West Broadway. The Museum Store features books and giftsdepicting or influenced by local history and cultures.
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WHEN SILVER CITY’S FOUNDING FATHERS CREATED THETOWN SITE IN THE LATTER 1800S, THEY LAID OUT THEgrid like those of many eastern cities – with the streets running due north, south, east and west. They did not realizethat the new town’s proximity to a north/south running slopewould encourage a natural disaster to occur.
In 1895 and again in 1903, flash floodwaters roared downSilver City’s Main Street, gouging out a huge ditch with a bottom some 55 feet below the original street level. As rainscontinued to feed the creek in the years that followed, cottonwood trees grew, providing shade.
The town’s Main Street was gone, but every adversity carries with it the seed of an opportunity. Working together,local businesses, residents and civic organizations created abeautiful and unique downtown park.
Big Ditch Park can be accessed via the footbridge at theSilver City Visitor Center parking lot.
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EXCEPT FOR THE ASPHALT ON ITS MAIN STREET, DOWN-TOWN PINOS ALTOS LOOKS MUCH LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE appeared nearly 150 years ago, when it was inhabited by thelikes of Judge Roy Bean. The town’s amenities, however, havegreatly improved in the last century or so. They include a museum, dining establishments and an authentic western bar.Gold was first discovered in the area by Spanish and
Mexican miners. Anglos rediscovered the metal in 1859/60,and for a while the town was called Birchville after the firstman to find “color.” Nearly abandoned due to constant fightswith the Apaches, it was re-established in 1866 under its orig-inal Spanish name.Pinos Altos is located along the Continental Divide, six
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Area EventsJulyJul 4 Independence Day Festivities.
4th of July parade though down-town Silver City, followed bymusic and vendors in GoughPark.Weather permitting fireworks dis-play at dusk. 1-800-548-9378www,silvercity.org
Jul 18-19 Hummingbird Festival. Aunique opportunity to catch thesebeautiful birds in action at theheight of the season. Festivitiesinclude guest speakers and liveentertainment. Little Toad CreekInn & Tavern. 575-536-9649
19 Big Ditch Day. Downtown SilverCity. Music, educational tours,historical re-enactors, conserva-tion demonstrations, and theFarmers’ Market. Local arts,crafts, and food. Local artists andinventors will display their con-traptions, inventions, and innova-tions in SilverCity’s Makers Fair!silvercitymainstreet.com
30-Aug 3 Silver City CLAY Festival.Celebrates clay at various ven-ues. Offerings will showcase tile,pottery, adobe and natural build-ing processes.CLAYFestival.com
August15 Bash on Broadway.Welcome
new and returning WNMU stu-dents. There will be live music,dancing, face painting and prizes.575-538-5555
15-16Copper Country Cruizers CarShow. Vintage vehicles of all kindsin Gough Park. 575-388-3468
17 Signal Peak Challenge. This chal-lenging mountain bike race is partof the New Mexico point series.The race is preceded by dinnerand party on Saturday night. 575-538-5555
30-Sep 1 Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Show. Museum qualitymineral specimens, jewelry, andarts crafted from rock and gemsas well as "rough" stones. GrantCo. Business & Conference Cen-ter. rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com
September6 Taste of Downtown. The annual
Silver City restaurant tour offerssamples from the best of over fif-teen of downtown’s restaurantsand coffee houses. 575-534-1700
12-14 Pickamania! Free music festivalcelebrating the close of summerfeaturing bluegrass, folk, andAmericana. Great festival in theheart of southwestern New Mex-ico. Gough Park. 575-538-2505
18-21 Annual Gila River Festival. Inconjunction with the 50th anniver-sary of the Wilderness Act andthe 90th anniversary of the GilaWilderness Area. This year’s
keynote address is by conserva-tionist Dave Foreman, work-shops, guided field trips, andkayaking along the Gila River andin the Gila National Forest as wellas events in historic downtownSilver City.. www.gilaconserva-tion.org. 575-538-8078
19-21 Fort Bayard Days. Learn moreabout Fort Bayard and the set-tling of the West. The day in-cludes info on the buffalosoldiers, military re-enactments,Native American history and somuch more. It ends with theBuckles and Bustles Military Ball.575-388-4477
20 Red Hot Children’s Fiesta. Thisis the largest child developmentand resource fair in southwestNew Mexico. Bring your childrenout for the many free activities.575-538-5555
24-28 Cliff Gila Grant County Fair.Outstanding animal and craft exhibits from schools and civicgroups across the county. Cliff, NM 575-388-1559
October4 Pinos Altos October Fiesta. Fam-
ily fun, live music, great food, andplenty of vendors offering crafts,jewelry, antiques & collectibles.Visit the PA Museum. 575-574-8394 email: [email protected]
11 Mimbres Valley Harvest Festival& Health Fair. A celebration withvalley growers, storytellers, musi-cians and craftspeople. Dancefrom 5-9pm www.mimbreshar-vestfest.com
11-13 Red Dot Art Weekend. Currentworks by regional artists in morethan 20 galleries in historic down-town Silver City and nearby areas.www.silvercitygalleries.com. 575-313-9631
Ongoing EventsFarmer's Market. Shop for the freshestproduce and to stock up on locally grownherbs, plants, and more. 8:30 am - noon, Saturdays May thru October. Main StreetPlaza beside Big Ditch Park, Enter at7th/Bullard. 575-534-1704 San Vicente Art Walk - Self Guided Toursvisit the galleries and studios in the area.575-388-4854. [email protected] Fridays Downtown. On the first Fridayof every month, Galleries and shops stayopen late in historic downtown Silver City.Enjoy dinner, take an art walk, or exploreour eclectic shops. Look for art openings,special offers, family activities, and more.575-534-1700 silvercitymainstreet.comWalking Tour of Historic Fort Bayard9:30am. Tours begin at the CommandingOfficer's Quarters. Jan-Apr two Saturdaysper month and May-Sept Every Saturday.Walking tours last about 2 hours with asuggested donation of $3. 575-536-316fortbayard.org
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LOCATED JUST 34 MILES SOUTH OF SILVER CITY, THE CITYOF ROCKS STATE PARK IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR Afun-filled day trip or picnic with the entire family. The park fea-tures giant monoliths that were formed from the eruption ofan ancient volcano and eroded by the wind over an extendedperiod of time. These huge, unusually shaped boulders areperfect for sightseeing or climbing. For some, the park resembles a medieval village; for others
it is a collection of misshapen, albeit benign, giants. Essen-tially, it is a flat-lying sheet of reddish lava jointed along verticalrather than horizontal planes creating the likeness of a citywith streets and buildings. There are formations which readilysuggest giants’ chairs, prehistoric monsters, or creatures ofimaginative myth.Complete with a desert garden, the park offers picnicking
and camping spots. Adjacent to the formations rises TableMountain, a perfect example of a mesa.
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Our friendly, knowledgeable staff will aidyou in exploring the nearby attractions ofSilver City, Grant County, and the Gila National Forest. Located near GrantCounty Airport, Freeport McMoRan MiningCompany, Gila Regional Medical Center,Western New Mexico University, GrantCounty Business & Conference Center,and Corre Caminos Transit Depot.
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Index of AdvertisersArt Gallery/Artists Azurite Gallery 7 S21Copper Quail Gallery 136 S20Fierro Canyon Galley, The 229 S21JW Art Gallery 47 S20Leyba & Ingalls Arts 54 S21Lloyd Studios 220 S21Lois Duffy Studio 55 S20Molly Ramolla Gallery & Custom Framing 181 S20
Original Prints & Drawings 109 S20Seedboat Center for the Arts 82 S21Vibrations Gallery 240 S23Victoria Chick - Cow TrailArt Studio 109 S20
Victoria J. West 123 S19Wynnegate Gallery & Studio 221 S21AttorneyLopez, Dietzel & Perkins, P.C. 56 S3Automotive Sales & ServiceSpeed Wrench Garage 160 S28Community Radio & TVCATS - Community Access Television of Silver City 236 S30
Contractors & BuildersJ & S Plumbing & Heating 46 S10R.S. Masonry, Inc. 228 S18CPA’sStone McGee & Co. CPA’s 93 S29Thomas H. Laws, CPA, CVA 98 S29Developmental DisabilitiesLife Quest 166 S25Eco / Natural ProductsSuper Salve Co. 94 S25EntertainmentMimbres Region Arts Council 62 S13EventsGreat American Duck Race 241 S31General Store / Food Co-opRiver Ranch Market 224 S7Silver City Food Co-op 144 S5Gifts Cup of Grace 90 S23Home Products / ServicesManzanita Ridge 57 S23Syzygy Tileworks 95 S22The Bedroom Shoppe 193 S13Windows, Etc. 116 S29Insurance Farm Bureau Financial Services 222 S29
Lodging Bear Creek Motel & Cabins 10 S11Bear Mountain Lodge 184 S32Casitas de Gila Guesthouses 17 S26Holiday Inn Express 44 S15Palace Hotel, The 68 S5Whitewater Motel 114 S27MedicalAngelwings Home Care 132 S25Border Area Mental Health Services 13 S11Silver Rexall Drug 90 S24MuseumSilver City Museum Store 86 S6Office SuppliesWestern Stationers Office Supply 99 S28OrganizationAmerican Legion 191 S14Silver City MainStreet Project 85 S4Real Estate, DevelopmentsProperty ManagementOne Stop Realty-Southwest S11United Country Mimbres Real Estate 106 S9
One Stop Realty 239 S11XYZ Ranch Estates 151 S15Restaurant Bakery / CoffeeJalisco Cafe 48 S5Millie’s Bake House 212 S28Vicki’s Eatery 210 S5RetailBlackwell’s Antiques & Gifts 214 S22Dandelion Wish 155 S22Encore A Retail/Resale Marketplace 231 S8
Furniture Gallery, Inc. 36 S28Gila Hike & Bike 39 S23Hester House Candy & Gifts 43 S22Morning Star 65 S2Party Time 69 S23Silver City Jewelers 26 S22The Pink Store North 234 S23Yada Yada Yarn 117 S22RV ParkManzano’s RV Park 170 S12Rose Valley RV Ranch 76 S9SalonsInnovations 84 S29Mirror Mirage 63 S29Shipping & MailingThe UPS Store 108 S28
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THE GROWTH OF SILVER CITY’S ARTS COMMUNITY IS ARESULT OF THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL APPEAL OF THEarea and a concerted effort to diversify the regional economy.The establishment of an art market unique to Silver City is indeed contributing to the economic base. Regular openings,tours, galas, and other special events have dramatically increased local involvement and developed Silver City as anarts destination. The arts play a role in almost every celebra-tion and there are major festivals dedicated specifically to thearts. There is no doubt that art is an integral and key segmentof Silver City’s lifestyle.
Silver City’s recognition for its cultural depth results fromthe dedication and organizational expertise of numerous localgroups, and the overwhelming volunteer efforts and financialsupport of the entire community. The city is proud of itsachievements and is anxious to share them with its visitorsfrom around the world.
Colorful and richly layered watercolorstill life settings with aSouthwestern theme. Represented by Gallery400 on North Arizona St.in historic downtownSilver City.
Westwind Studiosby appointment575-388-4775On display at Adobe Springs Cafe
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VICTORIA CHICKContemporary painter & printmaker fo-cused on expressing emotion throughthe action of human & animal subjects.Represented by JW Art Gallery, HurleyCow Trail Art StudioMon. noon-3 or by appointment
760-533-1897•VictoriaChick.com
ORIGINAL PRINTS ANDDRAWINGS - Etchings, Woodcuts,Linocuts and Drawings by 19th and 20thCentury American Artists. Representedby Cow Trail Art Studio. Mon. noon-3 or by appointment
119 Cow Trail • 760-533-1897VictoriaChick.com
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JW ART GALLERYFine Art, Bronze & Wooden Sculp-ture, Custom Picture Framing, GiftShop, Historic Hurley Museum.W.-F. 9-5 • S-Sun. 10-5
99 Cortez Ave.,Hurley • [email protected]
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MOLLY RAMOLLA GALLERY& CUSTOM FRAMINGFine art, sculpture, prints, customjewelry, unique one-of-a-kind imaginary creations. Mon.-Sat. 11-5Framing by Daniel 654-0334
307 N. Texas St.538-5538www.RamollaArt.com
LOIS DUFFY STUDIOThought provoking surrealist and realistcontemporary paintings, giclee prints,and hand signed cards. OpenSaturdays 10am-4pm and by appointment.
211 C N. Texas St. • [email protected]
COPPER QUAIL GALLERYAn extraordinary selection of finearts, jewelry, and quality hand-craftedworks for you, your home and yard,created exclusively by local artists.
211 A N. Texas St. • 388-2646
Victor ia Chick • Cow Trail Art Studio
Original Prints And Drawings
JW Art Gallery
Molly Ramolla Gallery & Custom Framing
Lois Duffy Studio
Copper Quail Gallery
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THE FIERRO CANYONGALLERYTake a drive up Fierro Canyon andvisit our gallery in the middle of theHistoric Mining District. Fine art andscenic photography. Thur.-Mon. 10-5Just past the Hanover Post Office388-2646www.fierrocanyongallery.com
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WYNNEGATE GALLERY & STUDIOFeaturing Southwest & Impressionistpaintings, and scenic photography byJane Grant and Roy Adams.110W. Yankie St. •214-957-3688www.WynnegateGalleries.com
SEEDBO ATCENTER FOR THE ARTSFine Art & Craft Gallery and LivePerformance Space located in theArts & Cultural District in HistoricDowntown Silver City. Recording Studio available.214 W. Yankie St. • 534-1136www.SeedboatGallery.com
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LEYBA & INGALLS ARTSSUPPLIES, GALLERY & FRAMINGContemporary Art ranging from Real-ism to Abstraction in a variety ofmedia. Call for a class schedule.
315 W. Bullard St. • 388-5725 www.LeybaIngallsARTS.com
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LLOYD STUDIOSCustom Knifemaking, Antler Art &Sculpture, Damascus Knives &Swords - all hand carved originalsin antler, bone, horn, and ivory byWilliam & Elizabeth Lloyd. Fri., Sat., Mon. 11-7, Sun. 11-4
306 W. Broadway •303-378-0926 www.lloydstudios.com
AZURITE GALLERYDesigner Jewelry by LindaBoatwright, Featuring Paintings byLocal Artists, Fine Wood & CopperLamps. Wed.-Sat.10-5.
110 W. Broadway • 538-9048 www.azuritegallery.com
The Fierro Canyon Gallery
Wynnegate Gallery & Studio
Seedboat Center For The Arts
Leyba & Ingalls ARTS
Lloyd Studios
Azurite Gallery
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YADA YADA YARNEverything for knitters new and old! Wool, cottonand fun yarns. Open Tues.-Sun. 11-5Open knitting Sun.12-3
621 N. Bullard St. • 388.3350www.yadayadayarn.com
DANDELION WISHUpscale selection of eclectic an-tiques, collectibles & consignmentmerchandise. Something for every-one’s taste and budget. We handleestate and moving sales. Tues.-Sun. 11ish-6ish • Random Mondays
109 N. Bullard St. • [email protected]
SILVER CITY JEWELERSContinuing a 67 year tradition ofbeing Silver City's gem expert andfine jeweler. Turquoise, FineWatches, Clocks, Repairs & Gifts.
410 N. Bullard St. • 388-1177
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HESTER HOUSECANDY & GIFTSHomemade fudge, truffles & gourmet candies, candles, plushstuffed animals, SW gourmet & gifts, cards. Free gift wrapping.
316 N. Bullard St. • 388-1360
BLACKWELL'S ANTIQUES & GIFTSAuthentic Antiques at Dealer Pricesand Elegant Gifts. ConsignmentsEncouraged. Punkie Garretson,Owner. Open 7 days.
218 N. Bullard St. • 388-1737
SYZYGY TILENationally recognized handmade tilecompany, dedicated to producing aesthetically pleasing clay tile in thecraftsman tradition. Also, metal,glass, stone, concrete and importedtile. Tours available.
106 N. Bullard St. • 388-5472www.syzygytile.com
Hester House
Blackwell’s Antiques & Gifts
Syzygy Tile
Yada Yada Yarn
Dandelion Wish
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CUP OF GRACEFine selection of inspirational, re-gional, special occasion, western,and holiday gifts and books. Greet-ing cards. Free gift wrapping.
1308 Silver Heights Blvd.388-2115
PARTY TIMEWhere FUN times begin! For all yourparty supplies - Birthdays, BabyShowers, Graduation, Weddings,Holidays, Balloons & much more! Open Tues.-Fri. 11am-5:30pm,Sat. 10am-2pm
316 E. 14th St.534-0098
GILA HIKE & BIKEServing the cycling and hikingneeds of southwest New Mexico forthe past 25 years.
103 E. College388-3222
Cup of Grace
Party Time
Gila Hike & Bike
Vibrations Gallery
The Pink Store North
Manzanita Ridge
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VIBRATIONS GALLERYSilver City’s most unique gift shopoffering original creations by regional artists. Stained glass, weav-ing, digital prints & cards, instru-ments, jewelry, and more.
108 W. Yankie St. • 654-4384facebook.com/vibrations gallery
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THE PINK STORE NORTHAmazing selection of art, silver, jewelry, folk art and fine gifts from allof Mexico, selected by proprietors,Ivonne and Sergio Romero. Open daily 10am-5pm.
210 N. Bullard St. • 956-6250www.thepinkstorenorth.com
MANZANITA RIDGEHigh end furniture and accessories from America’sfinest resorts and hotels.
107 N. Bullard St. • 388-1158
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WITH ALL IT HAS TO OFFER, IT IS NO WONDER SILVERCITY, NM WAS VOTED ONE OF THE 50 BEST PLACES TOlive by National Geographic Adventure Magazine. Lookingfor a health food store, a new workout routine or vegetarianeatery? Silver City's got it. There are numerous health foodstores with a variety of products for your dietary needs.Want a workout? Try a new type of yoga in one of the quaintyoga studios downtown. If you're looking for somethingmore upbeat, join a dance class at one of the health clubsin town or the University. At any one of Silver City's gyms,there are a variety of exercise classes available whetheryou're looking to try dancing, water aerobics, a step class,or a simple treadmill routine. With a gym to match your per-sonality, there are unlimited ways to keep healthy and fit inthis small town.
Health & WellnessBy Sarah Gibson
Al Martinez, Head Pharmacist & Owner
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STRADDLING THE GILA RIVER, CLIFF ON THE NORTH SIDEAND GILA ON THE SOUTH, THESE TWO SETTLE-ments together total perhaps 500 habitants and are closeenough that the newcomer might see them as blending intoone town. Don’t be fooled. Each has its own post office, zipcode, and defenders. Cliff has the BBQ café, gallery, minifarmers market, filling station, fire station and school (K-12);Gila has the library, medical clinic, and tennis courts. Both retainan attachment to a rural ambiance based on irrigation agricul-ture that is uncommonly lovely, increasingly rare, and takes youback in time as you drive the Gila Valley, upstream or down,on either side of the river. True tales are still told here. TomLyons’ LC Ranch, based in Gila, was New Mexico’s largest at1.5 million acres circa 1900. Along nearby Rain Creek, Carland Blue Rice killed New Mexico’s last grizzly bear in 1931.Meanwhile, the bucolic agricultural vistas will have you in areverie of settling down on your own green parcel, with home-grown food, 5 acres, and independence.
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EVERYONE DREAMS OF FINDING THATQUIET LITTLE TOWN NESTLED IN THE mountains with a creek running through, the creature comforts a traveler needs, yet retaining a 1950s ambiance.That dream is Glenwood. About 60 miles northwest of SilverCity, Glenwood is surrounded by the Gila National Forest. Thatmeans plenty of public lands for the adventurous, like the SanFrancisco Canyon (bass, catfish, hiking and birding) or White-water Creek (spectacular vistas and the creek is filled withtrout). Stop in at the Forest Service Ranger Station for mapsand information. Glenwood also has a state fish hatchery, al-ways fun for the kids, with a public fishing pond and picnic area.A motel and several B & B style inns will put you up comfort-ably, the general store will keep you supplied. On up the roadabout 8 miles is Alma, last stop on Butch Cassidy’s OutlawTrail in the 1890s.A few miles east is the tomb of Sgt. JamesCooney, a gold and silver miner scalped by Apaches. There isa combo general store/café and you’ll want to explore MineralCreek, usually dry in town but a forest road takes you upstreamto another marvelous canyon and more trout.
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Mirror MirageFamily Oriented Full Service Salon.Perms, Cuts, Colors, Nails, Wax,
Manicures & Pedicures.Walk-ins Welcome.
Charlotte Benavidez, OwnerJohn Chavez, Stylist
575.388.5188315 E. 16th St. T Silver City, NM
InnovationsUnisex Salon. Specializing in Precision Cuts,
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THIS 93-MILE LOOP IS FILLED WITH HISTORY AND SCENICBEAUTY. TO GET STARTED, JUST HEAD NORTH FROMSilver City on NM 15 to the old gold-mining town of PinosAltos. Continue through the Gila National Forest to the GilaCliff Dwellings National Monument. Leaving the monument,backtrack to Sapillo Creek and take NM35 to Lake Robertsand across the Continental Divide to the Mimbres RiverValley. The scenic valley includes orchards, the MimbresArtisans studios and galleries, and the historic San LorenzoChurch built in the 1800s.
Turning west on NM 152, you will come to the Santa Rita mine overlook, one of the world’s largest open pitcopper mines.Rejoining US 180, turn north at Santa Clara to visit historic
Fort Bayard and continue a short distance back to Silver City.
Trail of the Mountain
Spirits National Scenic Byway
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DemingBy Brett Ferneau
DEMING HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE ITS BEGIN-NINGS AS A ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE RAILROAD TOWN INthe old west. Situated 33 miles north of Mexico beneath themajestic Florida Mountains, today’s Deming is rapidly grow-ing, while retaining its friendly small town ambiance. Claimingto be the green chile capitol of the world and the source formost New Mexico wines, Deming also boasts a vibrant artscommunity, live music venues, a year-round golf course anda host of first-class restaurants. The Deming Luna MimbresMuseum displays unique collections of ancient pottery, geo-des and old west memorabilia. Its transit system providesconvenient travel around town and connections to Lordsburgand Silver City. Deming hosts many community events andspecial occasions, such as the famous annual Deming DuckRaces and Deming Onion Festival. Straddling Interstate 10,it is a natural rest stop between El Paso, Texas and Tucson,Arizona, and a jumping-off point for Rockhound, Pancho Villaand City of Rocks state parks.
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A long time back, like the year 1956, I wanted to see if myfamily and I would like to take up camping. Some camping gear wasbought like a nice tent and sleeping bags, and other needed items wereborrowed. We set off for southern Colorado about the first of August anddrove from our small town in eastern Kansas with everything we needed forthe week we would be away. Because cars didn’t have air conditioning inthose days we decided to do the driving at night to keep away from the day-time heat. And the children, ages six, four and two, could sleep all night. Itworked well and we arrived at the campground at six the next morning. As Igot out of the car to smell the mountain air I heard a sound nearby and beholdthere was a gorgeous yellow bird with black wings and delicate red on its head.I dived for my bird book and soon found it to be a male Western Tanager. Allthese years later I can once in awhile see the Western Tanager in my yard in thespring right here in Silver City. I still am in awe at the beauty of it. The female issimilar but without the red. Of course they breed a little higher up in the forest andare worth the effort to find them. We are fortunate to have two other tanager species in our area as well. The Sum-
mer Tanager male is all red while the female is a kind of yellow, one description callingit mustard. They also can be seen sometimes around town in the spring. As for breed-ing, they can be found along the San Vicente Trail just down from the parking areaunder the Hudson Street Bridge, and along the Gila River. They are generally easy tosee, that bright red of the male showing where it is. The third tanager is something of an anomaly as far as I’m concerned, considering its odd
common name of Hepatic Tanager. Who came up with that name I have not been able to findout but, of course, it has to do with the color of the male. One source describes the male as liverred while in Birds of New Mexico, the 1928 edition by Florence Merriam Bailey, it is calledbricky red and another book calls is just brick red. The Hepatic has a dark bill as opposedto the light bill on the other two tanagers. It also has a dark smudge on the face. Thefemale has been called olive yellow. They nest up in the forest area but I’m toldthey have been seen at the Little Walnut Picnic Area as well. A fourth tan-ager, the Scarlet, is an eastern bird but is seen sometimes variousplaces in the state in the spring.A little foraging should find all of these birds,
and be sure to reserve a few aahs! forthe Western Tanager.
The Western Tanager breeds in theforests just above Silver City andcan occasionally be spotted in townduring the spring season.
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Every place has its street foods - New York has the pizza slice, Chicago its dog – foods whose an-cestors arrived on plates but who soon went mobile. Here in New Mexico, the grab-and-go bur-rito reigns supreme. With prices around $4, these hearty, tortilla dressed helpings of meat, cheeseand chiles are a filling and affordable lunch for New Mexicans and travelers of any pay bracket. Sil-ver City is home to several stands of just this stripe, which serve the fair citizenry at all hours andfor years on end. Each has its own style and fiercely loyal clientele. Each has its own story.
BEST$4BurritosWRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY BEN FISHER
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DON JUAN’S BURRITOS418 Silver Heights BlvdAs the longest open burrito stand in
town, Don Juan’s has earned the loyal pa-tronage of many locals, especially thosewho rise early. Open each weekday at 5:00a.m., the bright yellow building on SilverHeights Boulevard gets a lot of businessfrom miners, contractors, and firefightersaccording to owner Juan Tellez.Tellez first opened Don Juan’s in Bayard
33 years ago and is still going strong herein Silver City.“I love this community,” he said. “This
is where I started, this is where I’ll end up.We have so many faithful customers,whether they order 1 burrito or 1000.”Be sure to try the Machaca breakfast
burrito with roast beef, green chile, eggand cheese.
DON FIDENCIO’SPinos Altos Road If any Silver City burrito stand nears
Don Juan’s in terms of name recognitionamong locals, it is Don Fidencio’s onPinos Altos Road. It has been open for 12years now and moved to the new locationwith the bright waving flags from HudsonStreet last year. Stef Melendez, daughterof owner Eleazar Melendez, says it has ac-tually helped their sales if anything. Oneof Fidencio’s biggest customer basesafter locals are the students from West-ern New Mexico University, who Stefsays can’t get enough.Fans flock in at all hours of the day for
the California – stuffed with ground beef, ahearty portion of cheese, pico de gallo andeven steak fries – and their homemadegreen chile. “People throw a fit if we everrun out of that,” Stef said.
EL GALLO PINTO901 N. Hudson St. (at College Ave.)Filling Fidencio’s former home on Hud-
son Street is El Gallo Pinto. Theyoungest of the bunch, open in the fallof 2013, it has become a fast favorite formany folks in town. In fact, it was themost popular in a Facebook poll on thesubject. El Gallo Pinto is actually a fullMexican restaurant with a drive throughwindow, disqualifying it from the road-side stand genre, but its full range ofbreakfast and lunch burritos have madea big name for themselves in a shorttime – especially because of their grow-ing reputation as having some of thebest green chile in town.
MI MEXICO VIEJO204 E BroadwayJust down Hudson Street from El Gallo
Pinto is the colorful quirky animal that is MiMexico Viejo. Decorated in bright orangesand greens, it’s hard to miss the standwhose fare is as exotic as its facade.
Whereas most of the burritos in townrely on three or four savory, spicy ingre-dients to carry their recipes, MexicoViejo employs a whole field of elementsto gain a more complex sampling. OwnerSonya Orozco runs the stand with hertwo sisters. They are proud of theirApache heritage and includes elementsof her ancestor’s cuisine and that of di-verse locations south of the border tocreate things like the Mexicano burrito –filled with egg, chorizo, cheese, red chileand nopales - prickly pear cactus. Mi Mexico Viejo also offers a shady
spot in the yard with tables and chairs,making it a lovely place to beat the heatwhile eating more of it.
©Joseph Burgess 2014
opposite: The quintessential roadside snack – theBurrito California from Don Fidencio’s, Don Juan’sChile Relleno and the Mexicano from Mi MexicoViejo. above, clockwise:Don Juan’s owner, JuanTelles, passes burritos to a drive-through cus-tomer. At Don Fidencio’s, cook Herman Gomezfries up a Burrito California. Mi Mexico Viejoowner, Sonya Orozco, frolics in front of her col-orful burrito stand on Hudson Street.
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WRITTEN BY BEN FISHERPHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE BURGESS
AND COURTESY OF DAVID KENDRICK
DAVIDKENDRICK
BAND DIRECTOR
After 39 years in any profession, you’re going to leave behindsome echoes. That goes double if that profession was band di-rector at Silver High School.
David Kendrick spent nearly four decades guiding young mu-sicians through their four years. In that time, he taught hun-dreds of students – including two daughters – many of whomcontinue to play today. In fact, eight of Kendrick’s former pupilsare now music teachers themselves right here in New Mexico.
Those students are the only reason the Midwest native stayedin the Land of Enchantment so long.
“I’m not a hiker or a biker, you know,” he said. “I stayed herefor the students I’ve met through the years. They’ve been thebest part.”
In his time at Silver High, Kendrick took his young chargesto perform all over the western states with frequent trips to Dis-ney Land and a concert and ski trip in Colorado.
“I wish I’d kept a diary,” he said. “All those years. And beingaround high school students is never dull. Band kids in particular.”
What he did keep are mementos he received from studentsand their parents, all on display in the small office in his homeoutside of town. Frames hold group photos, letters, and draw-ings from past pupils. One anthropomorphic Chevy Corvettesmiles down, drawn by one who knew of Kendrick’s fondnessfor the sports car.
In his retirement, Kendrick stays busy. The former teacherjudges band festivals in New Mexico and Arizona, directs at awinter band camp in Cloudcroft, and keeps his chops up as atrumpeter in the Mesilla Valley Concert Band each Sunday. Healso co-directs the Concert Band of the Southwest with CobreHigh director Chuck Gearhart.
above: David receives the 2012 Emeritus Teacher of the Year Award from theNew Mexico Music Educators Association. Pictured with David are wifeCindy, daughter Kelsey and husband Matt Swanson and daughter Ashleyand husband-to-be Sergio Beraun. opposite:David Kendrick directs the Con-cert band of the Southwest.
Courtesy David Kendrick
Courtesy David Kendrick
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
It’s the People...
Nathan NewcomerWilderness Alliance 50th AnniversaryWRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY JUDY WUTHRICH
According to Nathan’s mother, he’s a 5th generation New Mexican with the irony being that his last name is Newcomer.As a child, he had the advantage of growing up exploring and appreciating the New Mexico wilderness. Now, Nathanworks for the non-profit organization called the Wilderness Alliance whose goal is for the protection and restoration ofNew Mexico’s wildlands and wilderness areas. “There is no place on earth I would rather live and work than in the birth-place of the wilderness idea,” said Nathan. This year, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of The Wilderness Act and the 90th anniversary of the world’s first admin-
istratively-protected wilderness – southwest New Mexico’s own Gila Wilderness. There will be the National WildernessConference from October 15-19 in Albuquerque and the Wilderness Alliance will cohost this event and are expectingover a thousand people from all over the country to attend. This will provide an excellent opportunity to showcase boththe area’s existing protected wilderness and the group’s current campaigns to protect more. While hiking, backpacking, hunting or fishing, these luxuries are available to locals and visitors because of the addi-
tional and permanent protections afforded to federally designated wilderness areas. “The solitude, the lack of com-mercial development, the absence of noise and fumes from off-road vehicles, the knowledge that oil and gas drilling arenot allowed, clean air and water, wildlife – these things are a result of the 1964 Wilderness Act,” says Nathan.Today only 2 percent of New Mexico’s land is federally protected wilderness, the smallest percentage of any of the 11
Western states. At the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance there is an opportunity to do more but feel a sense of urgency.There are an estimated 4.6 million acres in New Mexico that are roadless and deserving of further investigation to de-termine if they would qualify for wilderness designation.
After a vast search of the west, Cissy McAndrew found Silver City, and the mantra, "build community, respect culture" came to her. She'sbeen living it since. A certified fundraiser, Cissy has developed an extensive and diversified network of friends and resources. Her par-ticipation over the years on committees including the Wild, Wild West Pro Rodeo, Copper Cowbells, Freeport McMoRan Community Part-nership Panel, Habitat for Humanity, Gila Regional Medical Center Collaborative Council, Women of the Moose, GrantCounty Prospectors, and PNM Energy Efficiency Advisory Group (to name a few) enables her to unifythe community by sharing first-hand knowledge across the region.Not only is Cissy an award-winning real estate agent, she is also the only certified EcoBroker® and
GREEN Realtor® in southwest New Mexico. Energy efficiency and renewable technologies are away of life for Cissy. She is the Executive Director of the Southwest New Mexico Green Chamberof Commerce and she practices range management and recycling, which extends to her goats, asthey recycle produce waste into quality fertilizer.In support of her community, Cissy practices triple-bottom-line decision-making: think local, buy
local, and invest local. You are likely to bump into her at one of the locally owned businesses, theFarmer's Market or Single Socks. "It's all about personal relationships," she says. She evenpays her utility bills in person (although those bills willbe much lower with her new solar array, picturedbelow). Cissy also sponsors the Indie Folk Series ofthe Mimbres Region Arts Council, and was the MCat the 2014 Blues Festival.After three years operating the Silver City Visitor
Center and hosting over 45,000 guests, she is excitedabout the Green Chamber moving to a vacant storefront inhistoric downtown to build relationships and assist thelocal merchants in building a sustainable local econ-omy. She challenges you to get involved!
Cissy McAndrewWalking Her Talk
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Linda Rowse & Helen LemalU.S. Tennis Association WRITTEN BY MIKE ROWSEPHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
THE HIDDEN GEMAsk citizens of Grant County about ten-
nis in Silver City, you’ll likely get a quizzicallook and a comment about the nicecourts at Silver High School. Mention Sil-ver City tennis to players in the Southwest,from Juarez to Phoenix, they’ll describethe players from Silver City as “fun,friendly and GOOD.” When Helen Lemal decided to relocate
from the northeast United States, shebegan looking for warmer weather and anactive tennis community. While visitingTucson, she heard about Silver City andmade a visit but wasn’t expecting much.She met Linda Rowse, who invited her toplay tennis; the rest is history. Not onlywere the players friendly but the level oftennis being played was unbelievable.“To have so many good players in such asmall town was a big surprise.” It didn’ttake long for Helen to put down roots. Drop in to the WNMU courts on any
given weekend and you’ll see the courtsare full, with players of all ages laughing,competing and having a lot of fun. Every-one is welcome. Worried about your skilllevel? Then spend some time with CoachRobert Benavidez or the WNMU tennisteam. Both run clinics throughout the yearfor players of all ages and skill levels.Many local players compete in USTA
sponsored leagues and often qualify forthe sectional championships where theyare among the best. Victor Ruiz, Mike Tru-jillo, Bill Stroman and Rick Miller are reg-ulars on the senior circuit. Helen andLinda are also well known in USTA circles.They have so much fun, players from thesurrounding area often ask to join the Sil-ver City teams.
The tennis family might have been‘hidden’ before, but their smiles andwarm embrace of all comers has made Sil-ver City a tennis destination.
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THE TRADESJerry & Matt BeckJ & S PlumbingWRITTEN BY BEN FISHER I PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
Since he started his company 32 years ago, Jerry Beck and his family have made deep connections in the community… Liter-ally. J & S Plumbing and Heating has been installing and repairing Silver City’s pipes and vents for decades, and in that time, Beckhas learned a lot about operating in a small town.“In a small community like this, you have to design your business around what people can afford,” he said. The challenges don’t
stop there, though, as finding help has proven to be one of the most difficult and perseverant problems in operating a tradebusiness here. “One of the hardest things in a small community is finding qualified help who have the right licensing,” Beck said.Enter his son, Matthew Beck. Matthew has been working for his father’s company for years, holds about eight different licenses
necessary for the work and, as soon as all of the arrangements are in place, will take over as head of the company. While he ishappy with his decision to follow his father into the trade, he is concerned that he may be too rare among young men in choos-
ing to do so. “It’s getting harder and harder to find help,” he said, “and the help wehave is getting older and older.”
Between the two of them, though, the Becks are hopeful that the upcom-ing generation will find the benefits in the field and take aim. “I wish I couldconvince some younger people to pursue the trade,” Matthew said. “Be-cause, especially here, it’s impossible to be a specialist in a small town -
you have to know how to do everything. It’s a great, diverse way tomake a living.” “It’s definitely in demand, too,” his father
added, “and it’s a trade that will last forever.”That certainly seems true for the Becks.
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On this side of the economic fallout, local Bill Archibald – owner of Finishing Touch –proves Silver City can still support local business.Finishing Touch, next to the Silver City Food Basket on Hudson Street, sells special-
order carpet, laminate flooring and window treatments. Owner Bill Archibald and his staffalso take onsite measurements for customers.Archibald bought the business from founder Lindy Poe in 2000, but it was a winding
road that took him there. Raised in Hurley, Archibald had a longer career in journalism atthe Daily Press before venturing into the world of floors. There was a lot to learn, but hesoon got the hang of it and found he’d walked into a booming market. “For an eight ornine-year period, it was pure euphoria,” he said. “The market was good; everything wasmoving. You think that’ll last forever.”Then the country hit the recession. His customers grew more cautious, more careful and
slow with their choices. Still, though, Archibald says Silver City has shown its true colors inthese hard times. “Silver City is still enough of a small town that with good customer serv-ice and being friendly, people will give you their business,” he said. “We’re a close com-munity. You see your customers at the grocery store or a home football game. People wantto help each other.”So, despite the poor economy, Archibald and his small staff have found the riches of
community and will continue to provide their customers the same great service, becausethat’s how you make it - together.
Bill Archibald Finishing TouchWRITTEN BY BEN FISHER I PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
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The local legacy of Windows, Etc. iswritten in glass and stone across SilverCity. Nowhere is that truer, though, thanin that of the century-old building onSwan Street that serves the business.Formerly a home, the building was
one of the first in its neighborhood onSwan Street. Now, instead of a home, itis the storefront for a company that re-models them.New owner Nick Contor recently pur-
chased Windows, Etc. from founderGail Wolf, for whom he worked for thepast seven years. Not a lot has changedthough. Since the economic down turn,the company has focused mainly on
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remodeling, which matches the morefrugal nature of the industry. “Sincepeople aren’t able to afford buildingnew houses,” he said, “they’re fixingup the ones they have.”That’s where Windows, Etc. comes
in. The historic building is stockedwith windows, doors, kitchen cabi-nets, and skylights of the highestvalue. Windows, Etc. also works withGrant County installation specialistsand contractors to help stay local,just as Contor plans to do. His wifewas raised here and his daughter at-tends Aldo Leopold Middle School.“We’re not going anywhere,” he said.
It’s a love story: Larry Moore fell in love with Silver City-native Marrissa and moved herefrom southern California to marry her. He fell in love with the Gila Forest while cutting 200cords of deadwood per year, for 8 years, to support his growing family. With scrimping andsaving, they were finally able to invest in his own tools and he trained to install and servicewood and pellet stoves. At one early morning call, he found a miserable woman with two little kids huddled under
layers of clothes and blankets. Once the repairs were complete, he saw a sight he had neverseen before: happiness and warmth, and he was the cause. They shed their blankets andjackets; all three were dancing around the house and laughing in their short sleeves. The chil-dren uttering to their mommy “We have heat!”“I was sold!” he exclaims with a huge smile on his face “What could I ever do that would
be better than that?” He now services, repairs and refurbishes pellet, wood and gas stovesfrom his home-based business. Larry’s Stoves & More provides full service, at one stop. Heand his wife are very proud to report that their daughter is now at New Mexico State Uni-versity and their son already works part-time while attending Silver High School. He andMarrissa are still a love story and a success story, also at one stop. above:Matthew Molina and Larry Moore
Larry MooreLarry’s Stoves & MoreWRITTEN BY DOYNE WREALLI PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
Jeff RudolfOne Man & a TruckWRITTEN BY DOYNE WREALLI I PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
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The Country Girls of Country GirlsNursery are Mom, Kendra Wolf, anddaughter, Sarah. Kendra grew up gar-dening in Cliff but in adulthood spenther time working outside the home.Kendra rekindled her relationship with
the earth a few years ago. The familyduo started growing a few things andselling them at the Farmer’s Marketdowntown. Their produce and flowerssold out the first week and the second.They were a success. Customers startedcalling and requesting more and theduo was happy to oblige. That was three years ago and since
Hauling debris, forming mixed-media paintings, chopping down trees, restoring an antiquetool box, riding his Harley Davidson, creating sculpture, playing pool: One Renaissance Man. For the last 10 years, Jeff Rudolf and his truck’s motto has been: “We’ll Do It… When We
Say We’ll Do It!” His thriving business attests to how rare punctuality can be in Silver City. TheSouthwest in general, and here specifically, is truly the Land of Mañana. We cherish our laid-back lifestyle, but it can be frustrating on the wrong end of that stick. Along with hauling and major clean-up, Jeff does a lot of tree work: trimming and dead-
fall removal to improve the health of the trees, to the client’s design, and for fire suppres-sion. He put himself through college trimming trees back in the early 1970s in Connecticut.He’s also lived in Santa Fe and Miami before moving to Silver City in 1992. He was a sheriff’sdeputy and then operated a venture called Trucks Plus before starting One Man & A Truck. His artwork features paint-hardened rolled fabric on black canvas in shades of copper,
bronze, and silver, evoking metals. Conversely, his sculpture transforms the rigid straight linesof found metal objects into organic swirls and swoops. In fact, his split-level garage/work-shop is much bigger than his tidy house, which doubles as his art gallery. Jeff’s phone rings, “I’m gonna be late,” he says tersely before hanging up. Sheepishly, he tells
me, “That was a buddy, not work.
Kendra and Sara WolfeCountry Girls NurseryWRITTEN BY ELIZABETH STEWARTPHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
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This writer has always wondered why an area electrician is called Rascal. His answer “myfamily has called me Rascal since I can remember”. I was hoping for a fantastic story about achildhood adventure, but no, it was just happenstance as far as Rascal knows.Tomas “Rascal “ Gutierrez grew up in the Cliff area and attended Cliff High School. He met
and married Lorie Vandiver from Fort Sumner. They have two grown sons, Tommy and Justin.Tommy, wife Meaghan and daughter, Danikah live in the area. Justin lives in Las Cruces.Rascal was a T-Ball coach when his sons were growing up and he has always been passion-
ate about hunting (elk being his favorite prey), fishing, and golfing. He and Lorie enjoy livingin Silver City because “everything is so accessible” and of course the access to the great hunt-ing and fishing is high on the list.Rascal learned the electrical business working at Lariat Electric. When Lariat closed, Rascal
bought a bunch of their equipment and opened his doors as Rascals Electric. That was in2002. Now in 2014 Rascal is a highly recommended and busy electrician. “Rascal’s calm de-meanor and knowledge of the business make him an excellent electrician to call” accordingto one customer.Rascal has a home shop and employs three including himself. Eugene Armijo and son,
Tommy Gutierrez completes the crew. The company is licensed to work on residential as wellas commercial jobs both small and large. Rascal can be reached at 575-574-0471.above: Eugene Armijo, Tommy Gutierrez and Rascal Gutierrez
Rascal GuiterrezRascal’s ElectricWRITTEN BY ELIZABETH STEWART I PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
then green houses have gone up ontheir property. An antique truck withsignage was parked to announce theentrance to the nursery. They’ve ex-panded, also selling fruit and shadetrees, shrubs, evergreens, flowers, andsprouts that can fill your garden.Sarah hopes to become a gardening
landscaper, designing and planting ed-ible gardens and parks. Mom is con-tent to continue playing in the dirt andmaking gardening customers happy.Kendra and Sarah would like to in-
vite you out to Country Girls Nursery,2906 Mountain View Road. Just followthe signage or call 313-1507.
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Adam Clark left Davenport, Iowaand St. Ambrose University in2004 with a master’s degree inorganizational leadership. Tenyears later, Adam Clark is nowHead Football Coach at WesternNew Mexico University. Prior to
coming to WNMU he most recently coached at Col-orado School of Mines where he was defensive line coach andstrength and conditioning coordinator.Clark came to WNMU as defensive coordinator in Febru-
ary of 2010 with a strong football resume. He was promotedto head football coach at Western in May 2010, only a fewmonths after landing on campus. Clark’s wife Mimi is the Mar-keting Coordinator for WNMU. The pair has two kids and bothlead very busy lives around family and campus.Clark’s Mustang football team is getting to be known as a
can do team, both on and off the football field, and Coach Clarkmakes sure that their positive impact is ongoing. “I saw somuch potential in this program when I arrived on campus and Ibelieve we are turning this program into something that willmake the entire WNMU community and Silver City proud.” The football program is doing well. “We have a good group
of people on the team.” The players put in a lot of hours on
Coach Adam ClarkWRITTEN BY ELIZABETH STEWART I PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
the field with spring training and the fallfootball season and they are averaging800 hours of volunteer work in the com-munity each year. Clark is definitely build-ing a winning football program as theMustangs experience their highest win-ning percentage in 20 years.Through the university, the players are
involved with a variety of community proj-ects too. They work with the KiwanisClub doing tear down after their 4th ofJuly feed. They help elderly homeownerswho need help with yard work or otherprojects around the house. They’veworked with 150 homeowners over thelast five years. The team donates money,buys presents, wraps and distributesgifts to area kids at Christmas time. Theteam has also worked with the Silver CityRotary Club and the Gospel Mission.Clark is proud of his team and his en-
thusiasm is contagious. He feels that ifthe players make their mark both on thefield and in the community that it will onlybuild the numbers in the stands and fu-ture success for the football program.WNMU University has an excellent web-site and you are encouraged to visitwww.wnmumustangs.com for a full biog-raphy of Coach Adam Clark, roster ofplayers, and the fall schedule.
Head Football Coach AdamClark stands before theWNMU Mustang mascot(opposite) explains a playon the whiteboard (above)and demonstrates a moveduring spring practice.Known as the “can do”team, Clark’s athletes trainhard on the practice fieldand perform civic dutieshelping elderly homeown-ers, donating Christmasgifts to children and workingwith Kiwanis, Rotary andGospel Mission projects.
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The front room of the Silver City Gospel Mission looks, at first, like just another thrift store. Clothes, toys andkitchenware hang on racks or sit on shelves. Patrons peruse, fingers flicking through the wares.That is until you see the crates of eggs and vegetables waiting by the door and needy locals picking up their
monthly goods.The Gospel Mission has been helping Silver City residents for years and the store front is just the beginning of
the services offered. The doors at the rear of the room lead to a commercial kitchen and dining room, for instance,where during the daily free breakfasts, director Randy Salars walks between tables, shaking hands with the regu-lars, checking on their families and work.
Gospel MissionWRITTEN BY BEN FISHER I PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
Providing Meals and Shelter for the homeless
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“We fill in the gap for hunger and cold,” Salars said. “Andwe can actually feed and clothe people pretty easily. We try togive them hope as well as material goods, though; a friend totalk to.”Salars was in the Marine Corps for 20 years and said that
actually, the last three years as manager have been the tough-est of his life. He operates the mission with one additional em-ployee and ten regular volunteers.The Silver City Gospel mission offers daily breakfast and
lunch, showers, a shelter from the cold during the winter andoperates the Sierra House women’s shelter on the property.They are also getting further into offering more social work,like the addiction and anger management workshops andother aids to the needy.
right: Gospel Mission Director Randy Salars says the Mission helpshomeless individuals fight hunger and cold and attempts to give themhope. below: the Mission offers breakfast and lunch as well as showerfacilities, shelter during winter months, addiction and anger managementworkshops and a shelter for women. Salars operates with an employeeand ten regular volunteers.
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Michael McCracken, M.D. Oculoplastic SurgeonMichael McCracken, M.D., FACS, is a
well-known oculoplastic surgeon with athriving practice at the McCracken Eye andFace Institute of Denver/Boulder, Colo. InSilver City, he’s known colloquially as “thedroopy-eye guy.”That’s neither a reflection on the young
doctor’s looks, nor an aspersion on his med-icine. It’s just that the correction of droopyeyelids forms a large part of the practice thevisiting physician does out of Dr. NicholasMittica’s office. Since 2009, McCracken hasflown from Denver to Tucson and thendriven to Silver City four times a year.“The most common thing I do is correct
droopy eyelids or baggy lower lids, but Ialso treat patients with tearing and eyelidlumps and bumps. Also, I do cosmeticBotox injections,” he says.
McCracken did his ophthalmology resi-
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Lauri Yablik, Ph.DFt. Bayard Medical CenterWhen Lauri Yablick, Ph.D is getting ready to leave NeuroPsychology, Ltd., in Tucson
for her three-day sojourn in Grant County once a month, she has a roadie to make sureshe’s prepared.“He makes sure I’m packed right and everything’s ready,” she says with a grin.On second thought, better make that Roadie, with a capital R. Roadie is her little dog
and he loves visiting his friends in Silver City. Roadie especially loves the water troughwhen he goes to daycare at Mis Amigos. “He’s not a therapy dog, but he’s therapy forme,” Dr. Yablick laughs.Dr. Yablick started coming to Fort Bayard on the recommendation of the center’s
psychiatrist, Bob Garrett, M.D. “He and I had worked together in Tucson. When he‘retired’ to Silver City, he began working at Fort Bayard, and recommended me whenthey were looking for someone to provide intervention beyond medication,” Dr.Yablick explains. “My role is to help with behavioral problems and adjustment issuesrelated to the various neurological and health conditions of patients. I also work withtraining staff and helping families.”She had vacationed in Pinos Altos several times. “It’s a beautiful area, the right com-
bination of things old and familiar and something new and interesting,” she says. “It’s thefirst time I’ve ever worked in a small-town environment and I really enjoy the familiarityof it. I really like the art scene, you have some spectacular restaurants and the environ-ment is beautiful. I have found Silver City a really friendly and welcoming community.”
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Gregg E. Franklin, M.D., Ph.D. is a radiation oncologist who practices withNew Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants, Ltd. in Albuquerque. Thatgroup has been providing cancer-treatment services to patients at Gila Re-gional Medical Center for about 20 years. Five years ago, the group added ra-diation treatments to the services it provides.There are four Albuquerque doctors on the team, and they take chartered
flights to Silver City to see patients. “We’re like an outpatient clinic attachedto the hospital. These patients are very thankful that we’re there, because theywould have to travel at least two hours for treatment otherwise,” Dr. Franklinsays. “We get patients from Deming, Lordsburg, even Arizona.”The doctors include both medical oncologists who deliver chemotherapy
and radiation oncologists, like Dr. Franklin, who provide the radiation therapyservices. And they now have the best technology to back them up. In 2013,the state Legislature appropriated money to GRMC for a new linear acceler-ator. It’s being installed now and will be running just before summer. Thenew machine, Dr. Franklin notes, is “the most advanced, state-of-the-art ac-celerator in all of New Mexico.”“The main advantage of the Trilogy machine,” he says, “is that it allows us
to more precisely target the cancer and spare normal tissues, and thereforereduce the side effects that the patients experience.”
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dency with Dr Mittica at the University ofIllinois at Chicago. After his eyelid surgerytraining, he did two additional years oftraining in oculoplastic surgery at the Uni-versity of California San Diego. He is truly ahighly-credentialed specialist: in additionto the American College of Surgeons, healso is a member of the American Societyof Ophthalmic Plastic and ReconstructiveSurgery and the American Academy ofCosmetic Surgery.So why make the long trip to this small
southwest New Mexico town instead ofhaving patients travel (as many do, fromacross the country) to his Institute in Den-ver? “I enjoy coming to Silver City for thesmall-town feel,” he says with a shrug. “Ienjoy the down-to-earth feel and the laid-back patients. It's a privilege to have theopportunity to serve your community.”
Greg E. Franklin, M.D., Ph.D.Radiation Oncologist
Photo by Mark Erickson
Photo by Mark Erickson
John Stanley, M.D. is a familiar face in a new role inSilver City. A family medicine practitioner, he was in
private practice at Southwest Family Medicinefor 22 years before joining Hidalgo Med-ical Services/Silver City CommunityHealth Services last February. Stanleysays he made the switch to teach aresidency in family medicine and tobe able to recruit younger doctorswho need help with school loanrepayments. He and his wifeTracy, his longtime medical assis-tant, helped his partner CharlieAlfero start HMS in Lordsburg18 years ago. He also startedGospel Mission Clinic in 1996and ran it for about 10 years.
Stanley is a fierce advo-cate for family practice.“The best way to practicegeneral medicine is familypractice,” says the graduateof the University of Texas atHouston Med School. But, headds, it’s best practiced in asmall town, which is why hecame home to where hisgrandparents lived and his dad
grew up. “Family medicine is areal rewarding profession, especially in asmall town where you know a lot of peo-ple, take care of folks across the spectrum,and can actually take care of the whole per-son,” he said. He’s fiercely loyal to hishometown, too: “It’s been a great place toraise four kids.”
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John Stanley, M.D.Family Medicine
Donald J. Stinar, M.D.Internist
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Donald J. Stinar, M.D. is an internist withthree subspecialties: critical care, pul-monology (lungs), and sleep disorders. Heis medical director of the Intensive Care Unitat Gila Regional Medical Center. He is alsoon staff at Memorial Medical Center in LasCruces. He is chairman of the GRMC ethicscommittee and they coordinate an annualethics conference. His lung and sleep prac-tice is generally outpatient at his privateclinic and eight hours a week at HidalgoMedical Services. Dr. Stinar provides bothtreatment and education with the help ofDavid Paul, R.N. “He is an excellent educa-tor, and we are very lucky to have him.Asthma patients benefit a great deal fromDavid’s instruction,” he says.Dr. Stinar has provided a free clinic for
many years, first at the Gospel Mission, andnow at his office the first Monday of themonth. Dr. Stinar trained at Cook Countyhospital in Chicago, and it provided him withbroad clinical experience in critical care andpulmonary diseases. He worked on wards forpatients with tuberculosis and leprosy. Treating sleep disorders has become a
major, and professionally rewarding part ofhis practice. “With minimal medication andvery little invasiveness you can change peo-ple's lives.”The Stinar family has been here since
1997. They enjoy playing handball onWNMU’s courts.” Dr. Stinar’s wife Colleen isan R.N. and also sells real estate. Their sonBrian owns a software development busi-ness in Albuquerque, and their daughterAutumn teaches English in Berlin. Hepraises the town he's served for 17 years.“The people here are very friendly. They arepatient and grateful.”
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The outdoor life available in Silver City plus a first-rate hospital attracted Gila RegionalMedical Center’s new board-certified cardiologist, Norman Ratliff, M.B., FACC. He’s beenhere about a year, having come from Las Cruces. His training was in Minneapolis.He and his wife and three children play tennis, hike and fish and his wife “is an avid run-
ner,” Ratliff says. The family loves Silver City. His wife is in healthcare as well. She performscardiac ultrasounds at the hospital. Originally from Rochester, Minn., she did her training atthe Mayo Clinic.Ratliff is the only board-certified cardiologist with a full-time practice in Grant County, serving
residents in Grant, Catron, Luna and Hidalgo Counties. “We’re getting lots of patients fromDeming, Reserve and Lordsburg,” Ratliff says. He’s in a clinic across from the hospital with anurse-practitioner and nurse. “We use a team approach to manage patient care,” he says.Non-invasive cardiology is the best practice for many heart conditions, the doctor says.
“I think that the future of cardiology is more on the preventive side, with non-invasiveimaging, and less and less interventional treatment,” he comments. “A lot of studieshave shown that many people do very well on medical therapy—medications—ratherthan a stent or bypass. It’s been shown that people do very well on medication.”To decide on the medication requires careful study of the
patient and tests, he acknowl-edges. “You need to viewthe whole picture, thewhole clinical situation anddecide what tests theyneed,” Ratliff says. At hisclinic, he has an array ofpossible tests.
A little over a year ago, Craig Leicht, M.D. was in Arizona joking with arecruiter who’d brought his son Jonathan to Gila Regional Medical Cen-ter as a manager. “Hey,” he said, “maybe there’s a place for me there.”Well, there turns out there was a place for Dr. Leicht, as the center’s first
pain management specialist. Double board-certified in anesthesiologyand pain medicine, Leicht graduated from the Loma Linda UniversitySchool of Medicine in southern California, and did fellowships in San Fran-cisco and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. As a military veteran, hesays he has “been all over” but likes Silver City about the best of any place.“It’s been very good so far,” he says. “The patients have been very easy
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the patient won’t need to take as much. We try to make the patient wellenough to get back to daily life, exercise, and live a life that won’t spiralout of control because of pain.”
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