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Pumpkins keeprolling at St. Peter’sBy Jessica Johnstonstudio 104 news, Carlsbad

If you’re lucky, you might find the Great Pumpkin on the front lawn of St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church this month. In its eighth year, St. Peter’s Pumpkin Patch is going strong in its efforts to raise money for community organizations in need. Through Oct. 31, families can purchase a wide variety of different sized pumpkins, gourds and Indian corn, or take advantage of photo ops and activities for their children.

“It’s a great community activity, and this is something I think defines us as a church – that we do service in the community,” said current Pastor Geri Cunningham.

The Pumpkin Patch started back in 2005 with former Pastor Ken Thompson, who got the idea from his daughter’s church in Pennsylvania. Each year, the pumpkins are grown, picked and shipped from the Navajo Reservation near Farmington. Pro-ceeds have gone to different charities and organizations each year, such as the Carlsbad Community Kitchen, Carlsbad Battered Family, Opera-tion Comfort, Grace House, Loving Care Center and Crossroads Carlsbad Mental Health.

This year, funds will be divided equally amongst Jonah’s House Food Pantry, the Carlsbad Boys & Girls Club, and Iglesia Luterano Cristo Rey in El Paso. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will also match up to $1,300 of the proceeds. Cunningham noted that last year, St. Peter’s was able to give out $2,500 to each of the charity recipients.

The Pumpkin Patch has also drawn volunteers from across the community, generating about 60-70

helpers each year. On Saturday, the pumpkin delivery was late this year, but it didn’t deter people from show-ing up to help unload Sunday. Most of the volunteers come from the Boys & Girls Club, St. Edward’s Youth Group, Grace House, the Girl Scout and Boy Scout troupes, and local firefighters, but there are also many others that come independently.

“Unloading is the biggest draw,” Cunningham said. “Yesterday as we were unloading, we had a couple of people actually come to buy pump-kins, and they got in line and just helped unload.”

In addition to selling pumpkins, St. Peter’s offers many activities for young children and families. Photo ops, pumpkin bowling and Saturday treats at the hospitality table are some of the favorites. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, preschoolers and their families are welcome to come for story time and take home a small pumpkin.

“It’s one of those things that almost everybody in the church gets involved with, and I think that’s an excellent reminder that we’re doing God’s work in our community,” Cun-ningham mentioned.

The Pumpkin Patch hours through Oct. 31 are:

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A G E L E S S M E D I C I N EMy face is smoking (hot)Dr. Stephen RathFusion Medical Center, Ruidoso

If you haven’t fi gured it out by now, this article series is designed to be interactive. If you have a question don’t be afraid to ask. I’ll start this article by answering a question recently posed.

The question: “Dr. Rath, you probably examine more skin and skin lesions than any other physi-cian in town. Why do you insist that I have a dermatologist look at a suspect lesion before you are willing to remove the lesion or perform a “Bladeless Facelift?”

Answer: I’m not a dermatologist and I don’t play one on TV. Even if I slept in a Holiday Inn Express last night I would still not have the four years of skin cancer education that dermatologists receive. Dermatolo-gists are the only specialists that have the appropriate education to evaluate suspect skin lesions in vivo, or while still live on the body. Unfortunately, Ruidoso doesn’t have a dermatologist and it requires a drive to Roswell or further to get an appointment. Need a derm? Dr. Henry in Roswell accepts new patients and is my personal der-matologist.

The title of this article, “My face is smoking (hot),” alludes to smoking. What does smoking have to do with ageless or anti-aging medicine? Dr. Rath, why are you attacking my (one) vice?

First of all, let me clarify that this soapbox can’t be too high. I am a re-formed smoker. When I was a helicop-ter mechanic in the Army, the smokers received smoke breaks while the non-smokers worked without any breaks. As you might imagine, the choice of

staying out on the hot fl ight line or walking over to a shady spot and smoking with a group of friends was a no-brainer. It wasn’t the best policy for troop health, and has since changed; but I was a smoker. When I left the active duty Army at the end of a six-year enlist-ment and went to college

I used the opportunity to quit.Every smoker can look on the side

of a pack and see that smoking will increase the risk of lung cancer. What isn’t listed is the microvascular disease that smoking causes. Microvascular disease? Smoking causes the smallest blood vessels to constrict, decreasing blood fl ow to end organs such as skin and sex organs.

What does that mean to me? Smoking makes you look older. Com-bine smoking with no sunscreen and you’re on the fast track to older skin.

According to Wikipedia, in Janu-ary 2012 the excise tax per pack in New Mexico was $1.66. This cost is tacked on to the manufacturer’s price. Using the average price I paid years ago on base, $2.50 + $1.66 about $4. One pack a day? $120. More than four months? $480. We have patients who pay for their Botox or laser procedures with the money they saved when they quit.

Want to stop but don’t know how? Stop by and ask me how I quit (my method requires a cannuter valve).

Disclaimer: Dr. Stephen Rath, M.D., DABA is a board-certifi ed anesthesiol-ogist as well as the owner and medical director of Fusion Medical Spa located in Ruidoso. He is not an expert on the cigarette industry but he can help re-verse the aesthetic affects of smoking.

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A member of Team Holloman partici-pates in a 5k run/walk for breast cancer awareness at Hollo-man Air Force Base, Oct. 19. The run was sponsored by the 49th Medical Group’s Health and Wellness Center and Women’s Health Clinic.

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Orange Night features wild land fi re photographer

Kari Greer will be a guest speaker during Orange Night’s reception Sat-urday, Nov. 17 at the ENMU-Ruidoso White Mountain Annex, 203 White Mountain Drive.

A wild land fi refi ghter and con-tract photographer for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, Greer is nationally known for the quality of her images, her abil-ity to capture the life of those behind the lines and the capricious nature of fi re itself. Greer will speak about her impressions of the Little Bear Fire from both sides of the line. A fi re affected her hometown this year as well, so she is eager to share both experiences. Part of the frustration of being a fi refi ghter, she explains, is that she rarely is able to interact with the people whose property she and her crew are protecting. The areas she documents are typically evacuated, and crews are reassigned to other fi res before residents are allowed to return. She looks forward to coming back to Ruidoso to see the area and meet some of those affected by the fi re.

The idea for Orange Night came after the fi re and as people came to-gether to talk about their experiences. Georgia Stacy, an organizer for the event, sees a way to express her feel-ings while contributing to a greater understanding of what the fi re means to her, the community and the forest. “The night sky was the color orange for many of us during the Little Bear Fire. Some know fi re more inti-mately now. This is an opportunity to creatively express your feelings as a healing force for the community,” she says. “This venue was created with humility and respect for what happened and what will emerge.”

“I am working on talking antlers. I was drawn to all the changes that will be taking place in the forest. The fi re is creating shifts internally and externally, as things burned from in-side out. The talking antlers are like some ancient scroll one might fi nd to help understand what it was like

from the animal’s viewpoint.”Stacy emphasizes that Orange

Night is a way not only for individuals to express themselves but for the com-munity to come together as well in an act of healing and moving forward. She references Joseph Campbell: “There’s another emotion associated with art, which is not of the beautiful, but of the sublime. What we call mon-sters can be experienced as sublime. They represent powers too vast for the normal forms of life to contain them. Another mode of the sublime is of prodigious energy, force and power.”

Georgia Stacy and Judy Pekelsma will hang paintings, drawings and mixed media works at the White Mountain Annex beginning Oct. 31. The building will be open during busi-ness hours for viewing of the works. Anyone wishing to contribute is en-couraged to contact ENMU-Ruidoso Community Education at 257-3012. There is a $5 entry fee to cover the costs of the show and refreshments during the reception. All types of works are accepted, and the drawings of children on their feelings on the fi re are especially encouraged.

Courtesy photoGeorgia Stacy’s talking antlers.

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Hobbs Chamber newsWinning workshops: ‘Life is a bowl of choices: Choose your attitude with care!’ Oct. 24, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Presenter Lynda J. Lakin, Ph.D., will address the importance of choos-ing a professional attitude that best represents who you are so that others will want to work next to you, will look forward to working with you and will select you over others when considering promotions, opportu-nity, or advancements because of the reputation you establish for yourself through positive attitudes, actions and behaviors.

Specifi c focus will be placed on how to handle diffi cult and trying times and seemingly diffi cult people. The workshop will be located on the third fl oor of the City Hall Annex, located at 200 E. Broadway St.

Breakfast, workshop and business startup counseling for veteransOct. 25, 7:45 a.m. – noon

The New Mexico Veterans Busi-ness Outreach Center, in partnership with the Small Business Development Center, Wells Fargo and the Hobbs Chamber, will present business startup

resources available to veterans at the NMJC Training and Outreach Facility.

Hobbs Holiday Tournamentdec. 28-30

Coming up, the Hobbs Chamber will help produce the 55th Hobbs Holiday Tournament, and the Hobbs Chamber can’t do it without member support. Teams from New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma will converge on the Tasker Arena fl oor for this mainstay tradition, which is a “W” for Hobbs every year and can be a win for your business, too. We absolutely need eight team sponsors to welcome our visiting teams to our community and to take them out for a meal. Sponsor-ship and advertising details, this year’s tournament and the accompanying booklet can be found at http://cloud.chambermaster.com/userfi les/User-Files/chambers/270/File/2012SponsorandAdvertiserForm.pdf.

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Otero County Electric Cooperative gives back to the communityBy Kelli Pruett

At its recent annual meeting of members, Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) demonstrated the cooperative philosophy by donating funds to several organizations that have provided or con-tinue to provide services to those in need in the counties served by the cooperative.

The donations made by Otero County Electric Cooperative were made from its newly formed “Operation Roundup Program.” In this new pro-gram, each member that volunteers to participate allows OCEC to “Round Up” their bill to the nearest dollar. For example, if your electric bill is $57.85, it would be rounded up by fi fteen cents to $58. This additional fi fteen cents is then placed into a fund called “Operation Roundup” to help both individuals and organizations in times of need.

Little Bear Fire Relief Fund was one of the organizations that received a $2,500 donation at the cooperative’s annual meeting. Aimee Bennett with the Little Bear Fire Relief group expressed deep gratitude for the funds that will go to help many in-dividuals and families affected by the catastrophic Little Bear Fire. This organization worked hard at collecting clothes and other items needed by the fi re victims and allowed the displaced families a chance at a new start.

Samaritan’s Purse, an organization that serves throughout the world, was given a donation of $2,500 by OCEC for its part in the Little Bear Fire recovery efforts. Samaritan’s Purse supplied a large group of volunteers and equipment that performed the duties of cleaning up debris and burned material caused by the fi re. Their emergency relief programs provide desperately needed assistance to victims of natural disaster, war, disease, and famine. As they offer food, water, and temporary shelter, they also meet critical needs and give people a chance to rebuild their lives. Samaritan’s Purse volunteers worked countless hours and hauled away tons of burned debris from what was left of people’s homes, while at the same time, sifting through the rubble to try to fi nd and return items that provided priceless memories to the families that lived there.

Road Runner Food Bank was represented by Kathy Swope of the Sacramento Mountain Senior Services. Road Runner Food Bank is an organiza-tion in New Mexico that has been serving New Mexico’s hungry since 1980. As the largest food bank in the state, they distribute more than 26 mil-lion pounds of food every year to a network of hun-

dreds of partner agencies and four regional food banks. In turn, these agencies provide food directly to the hungry in our own communities such as Car-rizozo, Capitan, Cloudcroft, Mescalero and Tim-beron. Otero County Electric Cooperative made a donation of $5,000 to the Road Runner Food Bank for its countless efforts to reach numerous recipi-ents of its services in the area and the impact the organization has on its communities.

Co Bank, one of OCEC’s fi nancing partners and represented by Tamra Reynolds, Assistant Vice President, made a matching contribution through its “Sharing Success” Matching Grant Program. Co Bank launched a program in 2012 to match charitable contributions by cooperatives it fi nances across rural America. The “Sharing Success” grant program is designed to highlight the critical role that cooperatives play in the U.S. rural economy.

“The year 2012 has been designated as the ‘International Year of Cooperatives’ by the United Nations, and we know of no better way to celebrate co-ops than to help them give back to the rural communities they serve,” said Reynolds.

A special thank you goes to Co Bank for their efforts to help member/owners of cooperatives across the nation includ-ing Otero County Elec-tric Cooperative, Inc.

Otero County Elec-tric Cooperative is proud to be a part of each of the counties it serves in New Mexico and to be able to give back to so many that have given of themselves unselfi shly over countless years and most recently during the tragic Little Bear Fire. Our deepest gratitude goes to each of our member/owners for giving to the “Operation Roundup” fund and for continuing to build on the cooperative philoso-phy of neighbor helping neighbor.

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I entered the Huntsman World Senior Games Headquarters looking for my souvenir-hunting spouse when we both eyed who appeared to possibly be a games spectator who might be supporting his spouse. A double, lower leg amputation led to this erroneous judgment. The games are held during the second and third weeks of October each year and attract approximately 10,000 able-bodied athletes aged 50 to 100-plus to the beautiful sandstone outcroppings of St. George, Utah.

I walked up to a gregarious, six-foot-two, large chested, robust man easily moving about with a woman who seemed to be his wife and my curiosity got the better of me as I extended my hand in greeting. Upon shaking his right hand I couldn’t help but feel the mangled, three-fi ngered hand with what appeared to be a hole in its palm. I boldly asked, “What sport are you participating in?” not wanting to assume a lesser games status. He energetically replied in a strong, self-reliant voice, “Golf” and put his hands together in the golfer’s stance.

It was at that moment that I noticed a fi fth amputation. His left hand was actually a fl esh-colored prostheses. Paul spoke easily of his sport and even-tually his accident.

Paul had played the roughest of sports as a Canadian youth and was proud that his chosen career required intelligence, strength and a sense of community service. He was the man called upon during the deep freeze of Canadian cold-snaps to climb the power towers to restore electricity to his powerless neighbors and his lines-man duties almost became routine. One cold night it was anything but.

The call came late, one week after his recent marriage, and he answered his call to duty. He was 20 feet up when the project controller turned on approximately 14,000 volts of electric-ity which jolted Paul into a muddy ditch (cushioning his fall) alongside a deserted, northern Alberta highway. Paul went on to explain that the charge had boiled his blood, severely damag-ing and scarring his internal organs. He felt fortunate to be alive after numerous

medical procedures. I asked about the length of recovery and he stated matter-of-factly that he’s still recovering 21 years later.

I then asked what his greatest chal-lenge has been and without hesitation, “Loss of identity and purpose.” He was a Linesman. And seven days after the accident he had undergone fi ve am-putations thus terminating his life as he knew it. He then spoke of the deep depression he and his family endured.

Chris meandered back to us and observed, “I like your cross.” I hadn’t noticed a signifi cant detail that made the cross hanging from his neck unique. Paul’s cross was a piece of Christian symbolism with a neatly detailed linesman climbing the pole of eternal life. Paul hadn’t lost his identity and purpose after all. He has become an inspirational disciple of spiritual healing and modeling that defi nes identity, purpose and participation in life. Today, Paul is an inspirational coach for the power company and dem-onstrates his spiritual beliefs with his participation in life.

To quote William Least Heat Moon from his famous travel tome, “Blue Highways, A Journey Into America,” “It was one of those moments that you know at the time will stay with you to the grave ... It is for this I had come.”

My puny ailments were forgotten.

The psychling chronicles: Inspiration

Galen Farringtonrablady@beyondbb.com

Forest Service to host community meeting in Weed, New Mexico

Fire offi cials from the Sacramento Ranger District of the Lincoln Nation-al Forest will be hosting a community meeting in Weed, N.M., Monday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. at the Weed Community Center, located at 16 Weed Road. The purpose of the meeting is to provide information about the upcoming Akers Prescribed Fire project that is scheduled for ignition operations around Nov. 5. The project is a coor-dinated effort that is partially funded through the NM Dept. of Game and Fish Habitat Stamp Program. Other resource managers from the Ranger District and agency partners will also be available to answer questions about the project. They include represen-tatives from NM State Forestry; NM Dept. of Game and Fish; Otero County emergency coordinator and the Otero County manager; and district staff who will report on fuels,

range, timber and wildlife manage-ment activities.

“We will be providing informa-tion about the Akers Prescribed Fire and upcoming projects that will be ready for implementation in the near future, and we’ll give an overview of several projects that are in the planning stages,” said Caleb Finch, assistant fi re management offi cer on the Sacramento Ranger District. “This will be a good opportunity to let people take a look at a large project planning map and get a sense of projects that are or will be under-way,” Finch added.

For more information about the community meeting, please contact the Sacramento District Offi ce at 575-682-2551. You can also fi nd us at www.fs.usda.gov/lincoln and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LincolnUSForest

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According to statistics published in the New Mexico Childhood Obesity Report of 2011, one in fi ve third grad-ers was considered obese. While the data collected in the study included only kindergarten through third grade students, and only included participa-tion of 35 selected schools, this in-formation is quite alarming. Poor lifestyle choices including improper diet and exercise were considered the major contributing factors to this growing epidemic.

What alarms me even more is the growing number of food disorders among our teens, as concerns of body image and self esteem become an issue. Accord-ing to kidshealth.org, 1-2 teens out of every 100 students struggle with an eating disorder. One of the most common eating disor-ders is anorexia which consists of restricting food consumption and often includes excessive dieting, fasting and excessive exercising. Another major food disorder is bulimia which often consists of binge eating, vomiting and the excessive use of laxa-tives in order to rid the body of the consumed foods as quickly as possible.

Food disorders, don’t just affect our teens as we commonly see adults affected by them as well. My suggestion is to look no further than the produce isle for healthy ways to encourage rapid weight loss.

Juice fasts - This is an ex-cellent way to encourage quick weight loss. This should be done under the supervision of a health care professional and I encour-age research on this subject before you begin. Juice fasting is

also benefi cial in nutritional healing and detoxifying the body. There are suggestions of three-, fi ve- and 10-day fasts. An excellent choice for rapid weight loss and nutri-tional healing and detoxifi cation is:

Ingredi-ents: 3 carrots; 3 kale leaves; 2 celery stalks; 2

beets; one turnip; ¼ lb. spinach and ½ head of cabbage. If you don’t have access to a juicer, the ingredients may be gently boiled in purifi ed water. It is suggested to drink the vegetable broth and leftover vegetables can be saved for consumption after the fast.

Raw veganism - this grow-ing trend has become a popular lifestyle choice that promotes weight loss along with nutritional healing from illnesses such as obesity, cancer, diabetes and a number of other lifestyle in-duced disorders. Raw veganism is lifestyle choice that includes only fruits, vegetables and nuts that are consumed in their natural state and does not allow them to be cooked. There are many resources on the Internet that contain valuable information and recipes on this subject. There are various ideas to be shared that can help us reconstruct our favor-ite recipes into delicious and guilt free meals. One of my favorites is a chocolate brownie recipe that is also gluten-free.

Ingredients: 1 ½ cup walnuts or pecans; ¾ cup cacao (nature’s chocolate); 10 pitted dates, soaked for 20 minutes; 1 Tbsp. vanilla and a pinch of sea salt. Mix ingredients in a food proces-sor until ingredients are mixed well then gently press into pie pan, cut and serve.

Tackling food disorders

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Poverty in America –It’s not what you thinkThe newest fi lm from

Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Linda Midgett is being shared throughout the nation and will be screened locally on Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.

As part of a broader campaign to bring light to the new faces of poverty and the aftermath of the recession, national Christian non-profi t Sojourners has produced a documentary fi lm entitled “The Line.” The 30-minute fi lm uncovers the emerging and entrenched faces of poverty in the United States, such as a suburban former banker who now relies on a food pantry and an aging fi sher-man whose shrimping business has been devastated by the after effects of Hurricane

Katrina and the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast.

The world premiere was held in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2, and was accompanied by more than 1,100 simultaneous screen-ings across the country. For more information on “The Line” or to learn more in preparation to view the movie, visit thelinemovie.com.

The local screening of “The Line” will be Oct. 25, 7 p.m., at the home of George and Barbara Mader. Con-tact Barbara Mader at 575-336-7777.

For more information on how to fi nd or host another screening, or to learn more about the world premiere, visit www.the-linemovie.com.

Burro raffl e in ’ZozoWould you like to own a piece of

Carrizozo art? The Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce is holding a raffl e of the Shamana 4 life-size burro which stood in front of City Bank in Carrizozo for years. Terri Parker, executive vice president of the City Bank in Ruidoso generously do-nated the burro to the Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce.

The burro was painted by nationally acclaimed artist and jeweler Zoë deNegri. The estimated value is $1,200. The draw-ing for the Burro will be on Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. Proceeds from the raffl e of Shamana 4 will be divided between the Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce scholar-ship program and the New Horizons Developmental Center participation in the Special Olympics event in the Spring.

Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Tickets are available at New Beginnings Thrift Store and the Visitor’s Center (the Caboose)

both on Highway 54/Central Avenue in Carrizozo. Send your check to PO Box 567, Carrizozo, NM 88301. Contact us at zozoccc@tularosa.net or 575-648-2732. Seek out any Chamber member. For more info, contact Anne Exterkamp at 305-323-0366.

Celebrate local businesses. Visit the Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce open house at the Visitors Center in Carrizozo (the caboose) on Nov. 17 from 2 to 6 p.m. The caboose is located on Highway 54 and Airport Rd in Carrizozo (near the fi re station).

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2012 RuidosoChristmas Jubilee

NM Skills USA volunteers at Bonita ParkBy Sue Hutchison

More than 150 students and advi-sors from high schools and colleges across New Mexico came last Sunday to offer their help to complete staff housing area construction and aesthetics at Bonita Park. The camp staff has been displaced since the Little Bear Fire, living across Lincoln County instead of at the camp. NM Skills USA came to speed the process along to get staff back on camp before winter sets in.

Skills USA held their Service Learning Project and Fall Leadership Conference at Bonita Park. Arriving last Saturday, the group hit the ground running Sunday and provided volunteer assistance doing “handyman type proj-ects” including installing vinyl skirting on fi ve manufactured staff homes, elec-trical and welding work, fence building, drywall and fl oor repair, general clean-ing, landscaping and a variety of smaller jobs. Central New Mexico Community College students assumed leadership of the high school student groups.

Pepsi partnered with the project by providing a pallet of water (60 cases) for the student’s use during the day. Also sponsoring the event was Linn Energy, a Hobbs oil fi eld company, who donated $5,000 for needed materials. Linn considers Skills USA their arm of

community service. “We came last year for our leader-

ship conference and when we heard about the fi re, we began to plan right then to come and give back to the camp,” said Juan Carlos Medina, state president for SKILLS USA. “It’s always our goal to leave a place better than we found it” he said.

Organizing this year’s events were Sharon Gordon-Moffett, Director of Service Learning, Phi Theta Kappa at Central New Mexico Community College and Skills USA, Dana Archu-leta of AJA Electric and Jerry Morris,

Hobbs educator teaching construction and engineering. “We’ve been planning to come since we heard about the fi re,” says Morris.

Anna McCall, a second term electrical student at CNMCC assisted in wiring one of the utility buildings at

Bonita Park. “I chose to train to be an electrician because it’s a challenging fi eld involving skills more than brute strength,” said McCall as she ran con-duit through the ceiling.

“We’re happy they came and helped,” said Ben Yocom, Bonita Park’s plant manager. “They contrib-uted hundreds of volunteer hours and got us closer to being able to live in our homes,” he said. Yocom and wife Stephanie, also employed at Bonita Park, will live in one of the homes painted by Skills USA.

Photos courtesy of Sue HutchisonSharon Gordon-Moff ett, dana Archuleta and Jerry Morris helped organize the eff ort for more than 150 statewide students to vol-unteer a day and a half at Bonita Park. Below, Skills USA students built a fence to surround the camp staff housing area at Bonita Park. They erected the fence in less than six hours.

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Verizon Wireless completes purchase of Southeastern NM Rural marketSubmitted by Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless announced it has completed its purchase of wireless as-sets in New Mexico RSA No. 6, owned by E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative and its subsidiary Plateau Telecommu-nications and operated under the brand name Plateau Wireless. The purchase will expand Verizon Wireless’ brand and network footprint in southeastern New Mexico to the counties of Eddy, Chaves, Lea, Otero and a portion of Lincoln that it doesn’t currently serve. Financial terms are not being disclosed.

The purchase includes Plateau Wireless’ Cellular, PCS and AWS spectrum covering the market, as well as customers and related GSM opera-

tions. The licenses and the operating assets being acquired cover a population of 259,000 and approximately 26,100 square miles, including state highways U.S. 285, U.S. 54 and U.S. 70. Major population centers include Roswell, Carlsbad, Artesia and Hobbs.

Verizon Wireless will convert the Plateau Wireless GSM network to CDMA for voice service; and EV-DO (3G) and 4G LTE for data services. Verizon Wireless will serve acquired Plateau Wireless customers, using the existing Plateau Wireless brand name, until the network conversion is com-plete in 2013. At that time, Plateau Wireless customers will receive a letter from Verizon Wireless explaining their

service transition. “We are excited to expand our pres-

ence and coverage in rural New Mexico and to welcome Plateau Wireless’ customers to the nation’s most reli-able network. We believe the strength of our network enables people to live better and stronger lives,” said Andres Irlando, president, Southwest Region, for Verizon Wireless.

Verizon Wireless has invested more than $70 billion – more than $6 billion on average every year – since its inception to increase the coverage and capacity of its premier nationwide network, including the building and rapid expansion of its 4G LTE network, which currently is available to more than 75 percent of the U.S. population.

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 94.2 million retail customers, including 88.8 million retail postpaid customers. Headquar-tered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 78,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon

Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative and Plateau Telecommunications was formed in 1949 as Eastern New Mexico Rural Telephone Cooperative. E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative and its sub-sidiary Plateau Telecommunications provide advanced telecommunications services (including 16,000 access lines and over 64,000 Internet and wireless subscribers) in all or parts of 18 coun-ties in eastern New Mexico and 12 counties in the Texas Panhandle. Plateau continues its commitment to expand and strengthen the existing network to meet the rapidly changing demands of its customers and remains focused in the investment in and support of the rural communities served.

Local musician volunteers for HEAL’s Empty Bowl Event

Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) is pleased to announce local musician Tomás Vigil has signed on to entertain guests at the third annual Empty Bowl Event Sunday, Oct. 28 from 4-7 p.m. at 2714 Sudderth Drive in Ruidoso.

Vigil is a native New Mexican and lives in Ruidoso with his wife of 33 years, Ruth. Known around town as a generous musician, he is often called upon to help people and agencies with his musical gift. Dan Francis, a co-worker and friend of Vigil, said, “Everyone loves Tomás. All someone has to do is ask him to help and he is there for them. He has played countless venues in New Mexico while helping out friends and organizations he believes in.”

Vigil began playing guitar at a young age. During his years at West Mesa High School in Albuquerque, he started studying classical guitar. Vigil felt privileged to study under the famous Cuban classical guitarist Hec-tor Garcia at the University of New Mexico.

Like most talented musicians, Vigil has many musical skills. Besides being one of the locals’ favorite for classical guitar, he is also a composer, music arranger and teacher of guitar.

After being self-employed in the information technology field, Vigil moved to Ruidoso in 1994 when he was drawn by the call of the moun-tains and family ties. He has been employed with Windstream Telecom-munications for the past 11 years

As a longtime supporter of HEAL, Vigil has delighted crowds at events such as the annual HEAL Heroes with Heart celebration. He says that he chooses to support HEAL because of the “…whole premise of what HEAL and the Nest does, creat-ing a safe environment for victims and survivors of domestic violence and with the goal and hope that HEAL can truly work themselves out of a job by ending domestic violence.”

Tickets for the Empty Bowl Event are $15 and are available at the door. Only 300 bowls will be available, so get your tickets early. Attendees will receive samples of various soups prepared by local chefs, foodies, organizations and restaurants, a ticket to vote for their favorite soup, a hand crafted bowl filled with their favorite soup, breads, cookies for dessert and an opportunity to bid in a silent auction for some of the most coveted pottery in Lincoln County.

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HOBBS:Oct23 - “100 Years of Enchantment”Nov 3 juried art show presented by the

Llano Estacado Art Association and the Lea County Commission for the Arts. Center for the Arts, 122 W. Broadway. llanoestacadoartas-sociation.com

24 Winning Workshops: ‘Life is a Bowl of Choices: CHOOSE Your Attitude With Care!’ City Hall Annex, 200 E. Broadway St., 2 - 4 p.m. Lynda J. Lakin, Ph.D., will ad-dress the importance of choosing a professional attitude.

25 Breakfast, Workshop and Business Startup Counseling for Veterans, NMJC Training and Outreach Facility, 7:45 a.m. - Noon.

27 Farmer’s Market, Del Norte Park, 4143 N. Grimes, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. 575-390-5974

LOVINGTON:Oct31 Halloween on the Plaza, 575-

396-1418Nov3-4 35th Annual Arts and Crafts Fall

Festival, Lea County Fairgrounds, Sat., 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

CARLSBAD:OctWed’s Co� ee Connection, 7 a.m. Trinity

Hotel31 17th Annual Downtown Fall

Festival, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Trick-or-treating and costume contest on Eddy County Courthouse lawn for children 12 and under. 575-628-3768

Nov16 Free Memory Screening, Senior

Circle, 2423 Bonita, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Part of National Memory Screening Day - an initiative of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. Local health care agencies, care facilities and senior based organizations will be present to share information and answer questions. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome. 624-9999

ARTESIA:Oct27 Eddy County Thrill the World

Flash Dance and Zombie Walk-A-Thon, Jaycee Park, opens at 11 a.m. Presented by Landsun Computers to bene� t Big Brothers and Big Sisters of SE NM. Pre-registration $5 per event or $7 for both, or $10 per event on the day of the event. eddycountyzom-biewalk.com

5th Annual Dia De Los Muer-tos, Artesia Historical Museum, 505 W. Richardson Ave., 1 - 4:30 p.m. The Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead celebration is lots of fun for families with traditional refreshments, activities and it’s free. It’s the museum’s way of thanking everyone for their support over the year. Dressing up is encouraged. 748-2390; www.artesiamuseum.org

U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble, AHS Auditorium, 215 Bulldog Blvd., 7:30 p.m. 746-4212. Free.

30 Cecelia String Quartet, Ocotillo Performing Arts Center, 310 W. Main Street, 7:30 p.m. $20. 575-746-4122; www.artesiaartscoun-cil.com

Nov3 Collin Raye, Country Music

recording artist, AHS Auditorium, 205 S. 15th St., 7:30 p.m. $40, $30, $20.

ROSWELL:OctSat’s Enchanted Evening, 8 p.m. Bot-

tomless Lakes State Park Farmers & Gardeners Market,

Chaves County Courthouse lawn, 9 a.m. - noon. 575-627-2239

25 Business After Hours - Red Brick Plaza, 625 N. Main St., 5-7 p.m. Join the chamber for fun, refreshments, great networking op-portunity. Bring your business card. 623-5695

27 Genealogy in the 21st Century, Roswell Convention Center, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Workshop topics include genealogy searches, online genealogy programs, preserving old or delicate documents and photographs. $50 at the door. wilsoncobb.org

Thrill The World Roswell 2012 and Zombie Walk, Pioneer Plaza, 12 p.m. A street full of zombies all dancing to “Thriller.” Makeup and costume contest. Sponsored by MainStreet Roswell, ENMU-Ro-swell, Roswell Parks & Rec, The Stu-dio and the City of Roswell Lodger’s Tax. Proceeds bene� t a United Way agency and to MainStreet Roswell. www.zombiewalkroswell.com

Sci-Fi Film Festival and Digital Shootout, following the Zombie Walk at Bassett Auditorium. Winning � lms from the June 2012 Cosmic-Con

Haunted House and Halloween Party, Hope Amphitheater, 6:30 p.m. Costume contest, live music, light and laser show and DJs. Free candy, give aways and cash prizes.

Outrun Fear - Run/Walk Haunted Trail, Cielo Grande Park, 7 p.m. Part of breast cancer awareness month; bene� ts Chaves County Cancer Fund. Live bands. 575-308-3263 or 575-910-6004

28 Krumland Auto Ghouls Hal-loween Festival 2012, Roswell Toyota, 2211 W. 2nd St., 1 - 6 p.m. Magic show, hypnotist, clown show, costume contest an more. Proceeds bene� t Chaves County Cancer Fund.

29 Winnie the Pooh, Gateway Church, 1900 N. Sycamore, 7 p.m. A stage adaptation of the A.A. Milne book. Free.

30-31 Unity Center Haunted House, ENMU-Roswell Physical Education Center, 52B University Blvd., 7 p.m. $5 adults; $3 children 11 and under. 575-208-8603

Oct27 “Club Dead” Halloween Party,

Inn of the Mountain Gods, 8 - 11 p.m. Enjoy the scariest Saturday night around during this an-nual event which features a DJ and costume contest with prizes for the scariest, funniest, sexiest, most original and best overall costumes. Must be 21 years or older. Masks or fully painted faces are prohibited in the casino. 6 to 7:30 p.m.: Costume contest registration. Costume judging at 11 p.m. 575-464-7777; www.innofthemountaingods.com. $20 at the door.

Nov10 An Evening with Chef Cat

Cora, Inn of the Mountain Gods, 6 - 9:30 p.m. The table is set for an extraordinary weekend with Chef Cat Cora from Food Network. Barnes & Noble mini-bookstore with Chef Cora’s book for sale; “Thanksgiving at Home” cooking demo, featuring tapas plate served to all guests; plus Q&A with the chef. FoodNetwork.com or CatCora.com. Tickets $50 - purchase at www.innofthemountaingods.com

ALTO:Nov3 ‘Take the Money & Run for

President’ with Capitol Steps, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Road, Alto, 7 p.m. “The Capitol Steps,” the Washington D.C. musical parody comedy troupe, presents a night of fast and furious parody as the irreverent troupe performs selec-tions from their new release “Take The Money and Run For President.” Tickets are $79 & $76. 888-818-7872; www.spencertheater.com

RUIDOSO:Oct27 Ski Run Road Challenge, Start:

Eagle Creek Sports Complex (Hwy 532/Ski run road) Finish at Ski Apache Plaza, 8 - 11:30 a.m. A 12M run (solo or team relay) and 3M Fun run on Ski Run Road among the beautiful Sacramento Mountains. It is a point-to-point run, uphill to MM 9.5 (10,000 feet) with a down-hill � nish at Ski Apache Plaza (9,600 feet). Sanctioned by the USA Track & Field. All proceeds bene� t the Ski Apache Adaptive Skier Program. 575-257-9507 or 575-937-7106; skirunroadchallenge.com. Fees vary from $30 solo 3M to $150 team

Nob Hill Fall Fest, Ruidoso Con-vention Center, 3 - 7 p.m. Fun for the whole family! Pumpkin carving, engraving booth, face painting and much, much more. 575-257-9041. Tickets are required to play at the booths. Tickets are 25¢ each at the door.

28 Third Annual Empty Bowl Event for HEAL and the NEST, Mountain Annie’s Center For the Arts, 2714 Sudderth Dr., 4 - 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available at the door. Only 300 bowls and tickets will be available. Attendees will receive samples of various soups prepared by local chefs and restaurants, a ticket to vote for their favorite soup, a hand-crafted bowl � lled with their favorite soup, breads, cookies for dessert, live entertainment and an opportu-nity to bid in a silent auction for pottery. This year attendees can also select a professionally-made bowl by local potters for $25. This event is being coordinated by HEAL volunteers, Brendan and Audrey Gochenour, who have arranged a soup competition between local chefs, restaurants, individual food enthusiasts and civic organizations. 575-378-6378; www.helpenda-buseforlife.org.

ALAMOGORDO:OctWed’s Farmer’s Market, Alameda Park, & Sat’s 1987 White Sands Blvd., 5 p.m.

Wed & 9 a.m. Sat. All vendors grow, raise or make the items they sell. 575-682-3323

27 New Mexico Fall Festival, New York Ave., 575-430-6381

30 Full Moon Night at White Sands, 6 - 9 p.m Bring your picnic and enjoy the moonlight on the white sand or listen to music, learn about the monument, and enjoy the beauty of the moonlit dunes. Stop by the Visitor Center or ask the park rangers at the entrance for directions. 575-479-6124. $3 per person 16 and older; children 15 and under are free

CLOUDCROFT:Oct27 16th Annual Great Pumpkin

Race & Harvestfest, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Fun for the whole family. Pumpkin Race takes place on Burro Ave. The Harvestfest takes place at the library. Costume contest, coloring contest, pumpkin decorat-ing/carving contest (please bring your already decorated/carved pumpkin) and games. Trick or Treating (4-6 p.m.) for the kids and a Haunted House at the Museum (opens at dark). 575-682-2733

El Paso Ghost Tours at The Lodge, for information or reservations: Lodge.Reservations@thelodgeresort.com, 800-395-6343

MESCALERO

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

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

To post your event here send to: editor@ruidosofreepress.com

or call 575-258-9922

RUIDOSO:Oct30 Brisket and Bingo at the Ruidoso

Middle School, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Help support RMS’s Ag. Mechanics and Culinary Arts programs. Includes a BBQ Brisket sandwich, chips and drink for $7. Homemade desserts made by the RMS Culinary are also for sale for $1. Bingo cards are $1 ea. or twelve for $10. 575-630-7800

WHITE OAKS:OctFri’s Rascal Fair Community Market,

4 p.m. til dusk. Located just east of No Scum Allowed Saloon. Open through end of October.

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