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Contents
6 Editors Notebook The Sky Is NOT Falling
Dont start rolling up the sidewalks. By David A. Fryxell

35 Body, Mind & Spirit Love, Sweet Love

Why taking care of yourself is good for your relationship. By Bina Breitner

Creative Director & Silver City Advertising Sales

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7 Letters
Our readers write.

37 Body, Mind & Spirit The Antibiotics Around Us

Rediscover the benefits of antibacterial foods and herbs. By Susan Melgren

8 Desert Diary
All about guys, plus more reader tales.

10 Tumbleweeds Soups On
A tasty Portal tradition for a good cause. By Dawn Newman-Aerts. Plus news briefs and the Top 10.

39 Body, Mind & Spirit Drinking Rocket Fuel?

Perchlorate in the water, plus pollution and asthma risk. EarthTalk

12 Henry Lightcaps Journal Comfortably Dumb

Stupid is as stupid doesnow more than ever. By Henry Lightcap

40 Body, Mind & Spirit Beat the Winter Blues

Shedding light on seasonal sadness. NIH News in Health

41 Body, Mind & Spirit Weekly Events

Grant County support groups, classes and more.

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Understanding hypertension and hyperthyroidism. By Angela Clendinin

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42 Ramblin Outdoors The Law of Nature

Pondering life, death, critters and creation. By Larry Lightner

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15 100 Hikes Saddle Up

Easy hiking off Saddle Rock Canyon Road. By Linda Ferrara

43 Talking Horses Romeo and Juliet

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16 Arts Exposure 15 Years of Loving Art

For the Love of Art month in Las Cruces.

44 Red or Green? Dining Guide

Restaurant guide for Southwest New Mexico.

18 Arts Exposure Arts Scene

Latest area art happenings.

46 Red or Green? I am Curious (Chocolate)

At Silver Citys Curious Kumquat, its prime time for chocolate. By Peggy Platonos. Plus Chocolate Fantasia preview.

20 Arts Exposure Gallery Guide

Where to enjoy art in our area.

48 Red or Green? Table Talk

Restaurant news.

22 Living Legends True Gene-ius

Happy birthday, Gene Booththe original Silver Dollar Cowboy. By Manda Clair Jost

49 40 Days & 40 Nights

Complete area events guide for February and early March.

24 The Natural World Dinosaurs in the Desert

Looking for the real Jurassic park? Start in New Mexico. By Mary Syrett

50 The To-Do List

Dont-miss events this month.

26 The Lively Arts Making Mariachi

An innovative school program has made Deming a mariachi mecca. By Marjorie Lilly

54 Continental Divide Beauty and the Beast

Guys, you can stop working on those six-pack abs now. By David A. Fryxell About the cover: Equestrian 2 by Bob Diven, oil on canvas. Collection Fristoe & Company, PA, Las Cruces. Diven will be honored as part of this months For the Love of Art events; see this issues Arts Exposure section for details. For more about Diven, see his website at www.bobdiven. com.

29 Our Towns The Magic of Old Mesilla

Discover a getaway right in our own backyard. By Jay W. Sharp

33 Borderlines Feeding Smiles

Bringing food, blankets and hope to Colonias. By Marjorie Lilly

34 The Starry Dome Eridanus, the River

What to watch in the skies this month. By Bert Stevens

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he Mayan Apocalypse didnt materialize (and we promise thats the last time well use that phrase) and the nation didnt fall off the fiscal cliff (ditto). But as 2012 melted into 2013, many folks in Silver City felt as though the apocalypse was in fact now. Suddenly, it seemed, local businesses of every sort were toppling like dominos. We heard from several people, Silver City is becoming another Lordsburg! With apologies to our friends in Lordsburg, that was not intended as a compliment. Within the space of a few weeks, two notable downtown restaurants, Isaacs and Caf Un Mundo, closed. Located on the prime corner of Broadway and Bullard, Isaacs in particular left a gaping hole in the downtown landscape. Legacy Lighting, an upscale retailer on Hudson Street not far from downtown, also closed, although the owner will continue to sell her popular candle line sans storefront. Out on Hwy. 180, the towns only movie theater, Real West Cinema, announced plans to close after the theater operators badly needed upgrade plans collided with the owners desire to sell the building. As if that werent troubling enough, rumors flew that a slew of other downtown retailers were also giving up. One store on Bullard even resorted to posting a sign on its door, No We Are Not Going Out of Business. (For the record, two neighboring retailers also confirmed to us that rumors of their closing were without foundation.) Before breaking out the black crepe, its worth noting that there are openings to go along with the closings. Downtown, the Murray Hotel is at last open, and Bullard now boasts another fine restaurant, Tre Rosat, and an upscale antiques store, Blackwells. This month, the new River Ranch Market will open on Bullard. We continue to be hopeful, too, about the development of a Silver City branch of Palomas popular Pink Store. And the Silco may start showing movies. Out on Hwy. 180, Tractor Supply Co. is new, with a major retail center planned for next door. Silver City even now has a Little Caesars Pizza outpost (though we continue to long for the return of Kentucky Fried Chicken and those secret herbs and spices). The Hwy. 180 openings represent franchise or chain operations, which tend not to be as supportive of the community (though wed be glad to be pleasantly surprised here), and of course do nothing for the downtown core. But they are evidence nonetheless that Silver City and Grant County are not about to wither and blow away in this springs winds.

at the same time somebody needs to be out there finding the next downtown art gallery, convincing retailers in Taos or Tubac that they ought to give Silver City a try, even figuring out how to get us a movie theater again. This is important beyond the simple filling of one more empty storefront. Theres a critical-mass effect that can build a towns businessesor, if the accumulation of changes goes the other way, drag it inexorably downward. To take art galleries as an example, its difficult for just a handful of establishments to attract enough art lovers to be an arts destination. No one is going to spend a gallery hopping weekend in a place with only a couple of places to hop. On the opposite extreme, however, gather enough quality galleries and you get Canyon Road in Santa Fe. Silver City is at neither end of that spectrum right now, but wed love to see a calculated, concentrated push toward more of a critical mass. Tourism of all types benefits from reaching a certain tipping point. Grant County needs to have enough things to do, indoors and out, and enough attractive places to stay and eat to be worth at least a long weekend. (Places also need to be open when tourists are here. As small-business owners ourselves, we appreciate the strain of mom-andpop businesses. But if you cant be open on weekends and keep regular hours, you cant complain about poor sales.)

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till, we continue to believe that the area can do better in terms of economic developmentspecifically retail and tourism-related businesses. With the welcome hiring of a new executive director at the Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce, Sherry Logan, the time is ripe to take a fresh look at efforts to recruit and retain local businesses. One step Logan might initiate would be to improve coordination between the various organizations engaged, one way or another, in that endeavor. While each has a different mission, it does sometimes seem that the area has an awful lot of groups trying to boost business, the arts and tourism: the Chamber of Commerce, the Green Chamber of Commerce, the Arts and Cultural District, MainStreet, the Small Business Development Center at WNMU, even the Mimbres Region Arts Council in its own way. (As long as that list is, its not even comprehensive.) At a minimum, the area would benefit from making sure each organization knows what the other is doing, and that all are pulling in the same direction. Reducing any overlap between these groups would also help maximize our limited resources. Somewhere in that welter of worthy groups, wed like to see someone step forward and take the lead in proactive new-business recruitment. Theres certainly a role for seeking out major new employers, as SIGRED used to do; thats a longterm project, though, with often-evanescent rewards as the Stream call center proved to be. But

eve heard about what a sorry state downtown Silver City was in during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The ups and downs of the mining business were no doubt the most important driver of the local economy. But a small push in the right direction was the opening of A.I.R. Coffee in 1993. After Jacqueline Shaw, an escapee from the corporate rat race in coffeecrazed Seattle, brought her espresso machine to Yankie Street, something began to change. Newsweek ran a story on cappuccino vs. cowboys, the new war for the Old West. The Washington Post ran another story, and the New York Times wrote up Silver City, with a big photo of A.I.R. Coffee. Artists and other creative types moved to town, followed by a wave of active retirees from places like California and Texas. By the time we arrived, 10 years ago this very month, Silver City was a town on the moveyet with a funky charm all its own. The relocation wave, of course, broke with the real-estate bust that helped plunge the nation into recession. Now we worry that the generation of creative folks who came here and contributed so much to the towns character is simply getting older (we feel their pain!) and thinking of hanging it up. Thats a bigger long-term concern than the coming or going of a business or two. Who will replace the people who have made Silver City different from other small towns across the Southwest? More to the point, who is out there recruiting that next generation of creative people, entrepreneurs and colorful characters? Its hard to imagine publishing Desert Exposure in any other town of this sizehaving enough interesting people to write about, much less getting the support we enjoy from the advertisers who make the biggest little paper in the Southwest possible. As we turn the calendar to our second decade hereApril will be our 10th anniversary issue producing Desert Exposureour fondest hope is that Silver City and Grant County continue to be special. Things will change, as they always do, and the town can continue to flourish just as it has since A.I.R. Coffee became Yankie Creek Coffeehouse. But we hope that unique mix of cappuccino and cowboys never gets lost, and that those who come here next and open businesses can treasure this little town in the Gila Wilderness as those who came before them did. k David A. Fryxell is editor and publisher of Desert Exposure.

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I reckon I dont shoot as straight or mosey as fast. njoyed reading the Jeff Berg article on mov- Happy trails! Paul Hoylen, Jr. ies and TV shows referencing or being filmed Deming in New Mexico (Local Characters, January). A lot of new information many of us may not have been aware of. Thanks. Sinking Bipartisanship One of the major omissions, however, was Sildont think the GOP will ever meet the Demoverado, the blockbuster Hollywood movie of 1985, crats halfway no matter how close the Demofilmed at the Eaves Movie Ranch just south of Sancrats move towards meeting the GOP (Beyond ta Fe. It starred Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Politics, Editors Notebook, December). The GOP Glover, Kevin Costner, John Cleese and the late is more afraid of the Tea Party and NRA than the Brian Dennehy. I remember the movie vividly, be- Democrats. If the GOP would just vote for what cause I had a part as an extra. Extras were paid $50 would be in the best interest of our country and for a 12-hour day. My son and I worked six days on find common ground with the Democrats, we that movie during the coldest part of that particu- could move forward in a meaningful way. Its time lar winter. I understand I am in the flick for a full for the GOP to break from their bondage and think one-quarter of a second. Interestingly, even New for themselves. Mexico Magazine forgot Silverado in a recent isJackie Blurton sue highlighting the states film industry. Silver City The other show was a shortlived TV program called Please Holiday Revelations Contact us! Stand By. This 30-minute sitstill believe in the presence of PO Box 191 com ran just 24 episodes, endSanta, so I enjoyed your piece Silver City, NM 88062 ing in 1979. It told the story of (The Most Real Things in telephone 538-4374 a family from California who the World, Continental Divide, quit the hubbub of the big city to December). Its a timeless letter email: move to the fictional town of Deand should be required reading editor@desertexposure.com Queen, New Mexico (populafor all fathers. letters@desertexposure.com tion 5,000, if you count the citys Now as far as Larry Lightads@desertexposure.com prison population), where they ners piece (Rambling Outdoors, ran Americas smallest television December)he has just discovstation out of their garage. I was particularly fasci- ered that Silver City has a gas problem? My goodnated because we lived in Farmington at the time, ness, he needs to get out more. and Farmington then had Americas second-smallMike Moutoux est TV station. I could relate to their problems. Pinos Altos John Catsis Silver City Editors note: Actually, we know from hearing him gripe about Silver Citys high gas prices enjoyed Jeff Bergs story about movies made or many times that Larry is well aware of the probnot made here. Made me think of The Tall Texan, lem. Its just that he was finally moved to write filmed on location at City of Rocks State Park. It about it. stared Lloyd Bridges and Lee J. Cobb. Made in 1953 shortly after the park became official. Locals hired Great Pick on as workers and held a BBQ for stars and staff. I just want to thank you for publishing such a saw the film a few years ago. Not the best work, but beautiful and detailed article about our 5967 fun to watch because of the location. My wife and I Traders (New Mexican Pickers, December). are volunteers in our fourth winter at the park. Of- Author Karen Ray performed an awesome job on ten as I walk among the rocks I envision the actors the article and I hope you publish more from her. having a shoot-out. Thanks for a great paper. Shes definitely dedicated to true journalism. HavTim Davis ing her spend countless hours and days with us in via email our shop was a great pleasure. Karens company on our recent picking trip was an exciting advenEditors note: Thanks for the movie and TV ture and I truly doubt I would have invited just anymemories. Jeffs story wasnt meant to be compre- one to witness certain transactions, but felt 100% hensive, but rather to focus on some of the fiction- comfortable with her presence and she is always al characters from New Mexico. These additions welcome to tag along. I am honored to have been help flesh out that fictional roster! chosen for such a great article. Gary Warren 5967 Traders, LLC. uch obliged for Jeff Bergs fine piece on Mesilla k New Mexico film and TV. I disagreed with my good friend Jeff when he said none of these western characters was real. Let us hear from you! Write Desert Exposure Gary Coopers character in High Noon and John Letters, PO Box 191, Silver City, NM 88062, Waynes character Hondo along with the Lone or email letters@desertexposure.com. 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oly water Yes, we do have yet another joke involving nuns that we didnt use last month in our persons-of-the-cloth extravaganza. So we begin with this from GeraldH: In a convent in Ireland, the 98-year-old Mother Superior lay dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make her last journey comfortable. They tried giving her warm milk to drink, but she refused it. One of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Then, remembering a bottle of Irish whiskey that had been received as a gift the previous Christmas, she opened it and poured a generous amount into the warm milk. Back at Mother Superiors bed, they held the glass to her lips. The frail nun drank a little, then a little more and before they knew it, she had finished the whole glass down to the last drop. As her eyes brightened, the nuns thought it would be a good opportunity to have one last talk with their spiritual leader. Mother, the nuns asked earnestly, Please give us some of your wisdom before you leave us. The aged nun raised herself up in bed on one elbow, looked at them and said: DONT EVER SELL THAT COW!

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osing the battle of the sexes And now, three stories of the gender wars from the male perspective. (Ladies, just wait for the last one.) First, this tender love story from the Silver City Greek, from the season not so long past: A couple was Christmas shopping at the mall on Christmas Eve and the mall was packed. As the wife walked through the mall, she was surprised to look up and see her husband was nowhere around. She was quite upset because they had a lot to do. Because she was so worried, she called him on her mobile phone to ask him where he was. When he answered, in a calm voice, the husband said, Honey, you remember the jewelry store we went into about five years ago where you fell in love with that diamond necklace that we could not afford and I told you that I would get it for you one day? The wife choked up. Holding back tears she said, Yes, I happily remember that jewelry store. He said, Well, Im in the Hooters bar next door to it. Next, heres a fond fairy talewith, of course, a happy endingsent our way by CharlesC: Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, Will you marry me? The Princess said, NO! And the Prince lived happily ever after: He rode motorcycles, chased women, hunted, fished and raced cars. He went to naked bars and dated women half his age, drank whiskey, beer and Captain Morgan and never heard a complaint, never paid child support or alimony. He ignored his yard, shot guns and ate Spam and potato chips and beans and blew enormous farts and never got cheated on while he was at work. He had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up. The end. But then theres this cautionary tale, guys, from the Packrat Out Back: Here are the Five Rules for Men to Follow for a Happy Life that Russell J. Larsen had inscribed on his headstone: 1. Its important to have a woman who helps at home, cooks from time to time, cleans up, and has a job. 2. Its important to have a woman who can

apital pun-ishment While were on the subject of fairy tales, as we were just a joke or two ago, heres another love story from The Santa Claran, with a different kind of kick: There lived a man who was very unhappy because he was deeply in love with a girl who didnt know he was alive. In desperation, he visited a coven of witches who lived nearby and presented his case before them. Touched by his tale of woe, and impressed with the young mans appearance, manner and bearing, they decided to help him. They worked their magic and eventually presented the young man with several small objects that looked like capsules. Bury these under the window of your beloved under a full moon and she will love you, they instructed. Doubtful, the young man resolved nevertheless to do as the witches instructed. On the very next full moon, he stealthily made his way over to his beloveds house and carefully buried the capsules in the rich loam beneath her window. Nothing happened right away, but, trusting the wisdom of the old ladies, he went home to see what the next day would bring. The next morning, he walked hopefully over to the girls house and rang her doorbell. She opened the door, saw it was him, and grabbed him. She hugged him, kissed him, and invited him in for lunch. Their courtship was short but passionate, and within a month they were happily married. Late one night after they had been married, the young man visited the coven again. I just want to thank you ladies for your help. My life is everything I could have desired. No problem, dearie, said one of the old ladies. After all, nothing says lovin like something from the coven, and pills buried says it best. ids say the darnedest things More tales from school, courtesy of Farmor the Swedish Grandma: Teacher: Glen, why do you always get so dirty? Glen: Well, Im a lot closer to the ground than you are. Teacher: Millie, give me a sentence starting with I. Millie: I is Teacher: No, Millie. Always say, I am. Millie: All right. I am the ninth letter of the alphabet. Teacher: George Washington not only chopped

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ts not the end of the world, but you can see it from there Finally, in what we promise will be the last word on this subject (at least until we get another joke about it), heres this from Jess Hossinaround in Arenas Valley: Mayan guy: Wanna get a beer? Other Mayan guy: Im working on this calendar, but I guess if I dont finish it, it wont be the end of the world. k With the apocalypse a bust, you no longer have an excuse for procrastinating! Send your favorite anecdotes, jokes, puns and tall tales to Desert Diary, PO Box 191, Silver City, NM 88062, or email diary@desertexposure.com. The best submission each month gets a brandnew Desert Exposure mouse pad, scientifically proven to take the strain out of emailing jokes to Desert Diary.

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hile most people appreciate having any soup choice on the menu, theyll have to look far and wide for a selection that matches the Soup Kitchen fundraiser held annually in Portal, Ariz., near Rodeo. There youll find a three-day soup extravaganza that features more than 50 tasty recipeseverything from the exotic, African-chicken-peanut or Zuppa Tuscana, to a healthconscious Vegetarian Soyrizo Potato or the less-elegant, smashed potato cheese. The Soup Kitchen is the annual Portal Rescue fundraiser. The Soup Kitchen volunteers (left to right): Karen Fasimpur, Donna 17th Annual Soup Kitchen, Feb. Meecham, Howard Tophoff, Gerry Hernbrode, Vicki Beno, Delane 11-13, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., will Blondeau, Alice Newton and Bill Wilbur. (Photos by Dawn Newonce again be hosted by dozens man-Aerts) of enthusiastic volunteers and cooks. Last year they served an that is not only a lot of fun, but also raises a lot estimated 395 lunchgoers. of dollars. The original idea for a soup kitchen-type fundThis years Honorary Mayor and raffle-coorraiser began with a handful of close friends and dinator, Gerry Hernbrode, points out that the neighbors, says last years coordinator, JoAnn Ju- fundraiser is also about real world delivery of lian. In those early years, it was led by Barbara top-notch medical services. We have quite a few Miller, who had a very simple but interesting con- retired people here, and others, who have come to ceptto bring together a few cooks, with crock- count on our rescue resources here. So, its really pot-inspired dishes, casseroles and soups. Julian become an event with life and death concerns. credits much of the Soup Kitchens early success to Miller, who was committed to the idea from the ilbur says that soups and crock-pot very beginning. dishes this year will feature everything Today, the social event has earned some local from the time-honored, traditional beef distinction as a much-needed resource for local stews, to more exotic recipes from around the rescue and emergency operations. You might say, world. We had roughly 20 recipes to offer our its not just about chicken soup anymore, says guests on each day of the three-day event, adds Julian. In 2012, the event raised some $6,843 in past coordinator JoAnn Julian. And our cooks alproceeds from a combination ways get rave reviews. of lunch-ticket sales, cookbooks Beno says, We really like to and prize raffle tickets. She exmix it up a bit with our recipes. plains that proceeds are used So youre going to find new into pay for Portal Rescue needs, spirations each year. ranging from insurance costs, Coordinators encourage vehicle maintenance and fuel to people to be creative with their volunteer-based training needs. recipes. Says Julian, I think all The Portal community esof the food items (which also intimates it may cost as much as $50,000 a year to clude homemade desserts and bread choices) live run the rescue service, which responds to local up to the expectations of people who truly apprecifire and medical emergencies. So over the past few ate the art of good cooking and new recipes. months, kitchen volunteers have been busy pullIn addition to the soup and crockpot menu, the ing out their utensils and recipe cards for what has Soup Kitchen fundraiser includes a communitybecome a celebration of home cooking with a dash wide raffle, which will award roughly 18 prizes for of good will. winners this year. Prize contributions include doBasically, the soup kitchen has raised funds nated art by Marge Fagan; hand-carved wood art by through kitchen sales, tax-deductible donations Bill Reinbold; glass art by Greg Wayman; original as well as through raffle tickets, explains the 2013 photography donated by Fred and Pat Espenak; as event coordinator, Chris Wilbur. well as hand-crafted quilts by Carolyn Dearing and Lead kitchen-volunteer Vicki Beno points out Stevie Wayman; and $100 in lottery tickets. that the event has also become a popular get-toOne of the new additions this February will gether for folks in the San Simon Valley and be- be a special collection of tried and true crockyond. Lunch guests have come from as far away pot dishes, soups and other recipes compiled by as South Korea. cookbook volunteer Kate Fackelman. The booklet Julian says, This has been a great way to bring of past and recent dishes will be offered at $5 per the Portal and Rodeo communities together copy during the three-day event. We really count on some pretty wonderful volunteers to come together each year, to work hard, to share their culinary talents as well as their enthusiasm, says Julian, with a smile. And its not just about chicken soup, anymore! k

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anyone who shares our commitment to join with us in this undertaking. The mission of Animal Friends of New Mexico is to befriend animals and their caretakers through promoting appropriate adoptions, fostering, spay and neutering, education, outreach and fundraising with the goal of alleviating suffering and lessening the euthanasia rate of companion animals. The groups next meeting will be Monday, March 11, at 3:30 p.m. in the Silver City Food Coop Meeting Room at 520 N. Bullard St. For information, see www.animalfriendsnm.org. Meanwhile, the High Desert Humane Society will be celebrating its 40th anniversary of helping animals in Grant County this year. Major events are planned for this fall, and the group will be trying to raise $40,000 for spay and neuter programs. Watch for details in an upcoming issue of Desert Exposure. www.highdeserthumane.org.

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heres a new local organization looking out for the welfare of animals, and its co-sponsoring an event this month. The new Animal Friends of New Mexico and the High Desert Humane Society will be holding an Adoption Day on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 10 a.m.-noon at the Tractor Supply Co. at 2707 Hwy. 180 E. in Silver City. Its a chance to see some of the adorable cats and dogs who are eager to meet you. Dogs from the Hurley Animal Shelter will also be there. Animal Friends of New Mexico was founded in November when a small group of animal advocates joined together to explore how to help the plight of our animal friends, particularly here in Southwest New Mexico. According to the groups website, We are dismayed by pet overpopulation and the resultant high rate of euthanasia of companion animals and desire to take responsibility to help these creatures who cannot speak for themselves. We are a diverse and ever-evolving group of people who share a deep conviction that animals are sentient beings who are dependent upon human beings for their welfare and protection. We believe that animals, as well as humans, deserve to live life with dignity and respect, and hopefully with love. We each contribute by volunteering our energy and resources as we are able, following our personal passions and shared desire to improve the quality of life of our animal friends. We promote a climate of openness and transparency and invite

Who and whats been making news from New Mexico this past month, as measured by mentions in Google News (news.google. com). Trends noted are vs. last months total hits; * indicates new to the list. Number in parenthesis indicates last months Top 10 rank. Time to turn the page on some long-time Top 10 contenders. Heather Wilson, were talking to you and Gary Johnson, youve been warned. 1. (2) New Mexico drought8,720 hits () 2. (3) New Mexico spaceport4,040 hits () 3. (4) Virgin Galactic2,550 hits () 4. (6) Gov. Susana Martinez2,220 hits () 5. (7) Ex-Gov. Gary Johnson + president823 hits () 6. (-) New Mexico drivers licenses756 hits () 7. (-) Spaceport America702 hits () 8. (8) Sen. Tom Udall469 hits () 9. (-) New Mexico illegal immigration372 hits () 10. (9) Richard Branson + New Mexico330 hits () of long-time coordinator Michelle Detterick, and will be sponsoring its annual Love Your Library day on Feb. 9. The free event, with the theme of Reach for the Stars!, will be 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Public Library in Silver City. Along with a free-book giveaway, prize drawings and games, the event will feature live musical performances, storytelling and readings (of course!), crafts and healthy treats. No advance registration is required. For more information, contact Literacy Link-Leamos at the Silver City library, 515 W. College Ave., (575) 388-0892, literacylinkleamos@yahoo.com. k

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f youre like me, you remember your elders sitting in corpulent coffee klatches around the dining-room table, smoking cigarettes and grousing about the deteriorating levels of intelligence all around them. Every generation is more clueless than the preceding one, and each succeeding generation is another full revolution on the downward spiral to intellectual oblivion. This used to raise my rebellious youthful hackles, having my entire generation unfairly dismissed out-of-hand by these wrinkled old oracles of octogenarianism. In hindsight, I get their point, and so does a Stanford geneticist who recently confirmed the findings of the spit-and-whittle club: People are getting dumber. Gerald Crabtree published his hypothesis in the prominent journal Trends in Genetics, which is really only prominent among nerdy groups of geneticists. Those people who still believe in so-called science found Crabtrees central thesis alarming: Each generation produces deleterious genetic mutations, so our intelligence is ever-more impaired compared to that of our predecessors. To put a fine point on his argument, Crabtree theorized that if we transported an ancient Athenian from 1000 BC to today, he would be among the brightest and must intellectually alive of our colleagues and companions. How can a grubby, robe-wearing, unemployed Athenian philosopher be smarter than us, you might ask? We are slathered in smart stuffwe have hand-held computers that can access the sum total of all human knowledge in seconds (given a sufficient number of signal bars). We have verified the rotund aspect of Earth by landing men on the moon. We are exploring the smallest building blocks of the universe, and know that Higgs-Boson is not a wedding registry at Target. Demonstrating that his brain is obviously unencumbered by the very genetic mutations he frets about, Crabtree explains that historically, natural selection took care of many of these evolutionary boo-boos. If a cavemans brain decided that it was a good idea to ride a lion, that brain was quickly converted to feline protein. Although mechanisms still exist today to clean up the gene poolskateboarding, Velveeta cheese, stealing live copper electrical wiresthey are far less efficient and automatic than hungry lions. Civilized society protects the dumbest among us with class-action lawsuits, guardrails, messages of positive self-esteem and universal access to medical care. ell, this all makes perfect sense now. Kardashians, fake breasts, bacon sundaes, and YOLO are perfect examples of

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atrophying brainstems. Behavior like this wouldve left our ancestors either impaled on pikes and positioned outside city walls to warn potential invaders, or wiped out by barbaric Mongol hoards that suffered no similar lack of focus. Just a few generations ago, mankind was cooking up great things like the Hoover Dam and Apollo moon rockets and the theory of relativity. Now, mankind is wholly preoccupied with Top-40 Flo Rida songs filled with penis references or the Jesus-like arrival of the newest iPhone. As a species, we are no longer challenged to expand our knowledge and understanding of the world. Schools are pressured to pass every backward-baseball-cap-wearing slacker so they can get out of school and start punching out babies. Facts dont need to be retained since the collective knowledge of the universe is now on-demand. Huntinggathering skills are irrelevant in a world that has a Taco Bell in every gas station, dulling our problem-solving abilities and replacing our spinal fluid with nacho cheese. Our grandparents went to school to learn Latin and trigonometry and the Socratic method. Our parents learned English and algebra and the scientific method. We learned Words With Friends and calculators and the rhythm method. As interesting as his research is, Crabtree didnt offer solutions to this sad state of affairs, but since my genetics havent suffered any mutations that werent caused by the judicious application of high-quality scotch, I have donated a considerable amount of brainpower to the problem. First, we must convince the mouth-breathers and simpletons that bacon sport jackets and salmon-meat Uggs are haute couture. Then, we release starved grizzly bears. In one fell swoop, we remove the scratch-and-dent genes from the equation, promote survival of the fittest, and move on from Kanye West and Honey Boo Boo. Youre welcome. Of course, there is still a chance that Crabtrees research was overly pessimistic and maybe he was just having a bad day. Perhaps its too easy to miss the forest of intelligence because of the stupidity of the trees. After all, being a semi-professional curmudgeon, I am apt to romanticize the past too much, and maybe those grumpy old men drinking coffee at the table were missing the point: Maybe we get smarter as we get older. Its really the only thing that makes sense. k Henry Lightcap tests his IQ daily in Las Cruces.

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An enlarged thyroid 120/70, which is similar to the normal blood pres- gland may be palpated, but a normal exam does sure of a human. not rule out the possibility of hyperthyroidism. To Different from humans, however, animals usu- confirm the disease, the animals thyroid hormone ally experience secondary hypertension as a result level will be checked through blood work. from another disorder instead of primary hyperSince thyroid hormones affect most organs in tension, accrding to Dr. Ashley Saunders, assistant the body, it is important to test a cat for the disease professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary if it is suspected. If left untreated, secondary prob& Biomedical Sciences. lems can arise such as heart enlargement, with People get hypertension, so they can relate to an elevated heart rate. Another problem resulting it, Saunders says. The thing that is different be- from untreated hyperthyroidism is hypertension, tween people and pets, though, is high blood pres- or high blood pressure. Both hypertension and sure in pets is usually caused by something else. heart disease caused by hyperthyroidism will reHigh blood pressure can be a sign of kidney solve with proper treatment of the thyroid disease. disease, diabetes, endocrine disease, cancer in Left untreated, the cardiac complications rethe adrenal glands, or central nervous system and lated to hyperthyroidism can be life-threatening, brain disease. High blood pressure can also cause Cook says. resinous problems such as blindness, seizures and Hyperthyroidism can be treated three ways: depression. Other signs inmedication, radioactive ioclude fainting, anxiety and dine or surgery. restlessness at night, and Traditionally, medicaloss of balance. tion is the main way to Hypertension can retreat the disease. For this sult in blindness, fainting option, an anti-thyroid episodes, and can even medication is given to decontribute to kidney discrease the amount of the ease, Saunders says. hormones released from Blood pressure on a pet the thyroid glands. This is usually taken by shavis relatively inexpensive, ing the underside of a paw An older cat can suffer from both hyperbut the drug must be given and placing a cuff halfway tension and hyperthyroidism, and require once or twice daily for the down on the leg. Taking medication for both. rest of the cats life. Also, blood pressure on a pet is side effects can include similar to that of a human; an ultrasound machine vomiting, anemia, lethargy and bone-marrow supis used to listen to the pets blood flow while the pression. cuff is inflated and then released. The animals Some owners have a hard time getting the blood pressure should be taken by a veterinarian. medication in to their cat, Cook says. We can get The main treatment for hypertension is medica- it reformulated into a liquid if this is easier, and tion. sometimes we use a product that is rubbed into the Hypertension in pets is totally different than in ear and absorbed that way. people because it is normally caused by another Radioactive-iodine therapy is becoming indisease and it needs to be medicated, Saunders creasingly popular when dealing with hyperthysays. People are used to hearing that they need to roidism in cats. For this long-term treatment, the change their lifestyle, diet and activity level when cat is injected with the radioactive iodine, which diagnosed with hypertension, but that does not destroys the tissue of the overactive thyroid gland. work for petsmedication is needed. Although this procedure is usually very effective, Since hypertension is also a symptom for un- it is more expensive and requires the cat being derlying problems, Saunders explains that it is confined to the hospital while the radioactivity deimportant to get a pets blood pressure checked creases. regularly. Middle-aged pets and older, she adds, This is one of the best ways to treat this disare more susceptible to having diseases that would ease, and the choice I made for my own cat when cause hypertension. she was hyperthyroid, Cook says. Once the pet is middle aged or older, blood Surgical removal of the thyroid gland(s) is anpressure should be taken regularly, at least once other option available for this disease. Although a year, Saunders says. This helps monitor their the long-term success rate is good, there is a risk of blood pressure and other possible disorders. damage to the parathyroid glands, located close to the thyroid gland. The parathyroid gland is responUnderstanding Feline Hyperthyroidism sible for maintaining proper calcium blood levels. We usually only recommend surgery if the s your middle-aged cat experiencing increased thirst, appetite and urination? Is your furry gland is cancerous, which is very rare, or if medifriend losing weight or evidencing a change in cation or radiation are not a suitable choice, Cook behavior? If so, your family cat may have hyper- says. A veterinarian can help determine which treatthyroidism. This common disease is caused by an overpro- ment option is best for your animal. In general, the duction of thyroid hormones, called T3 and T4, due prognosis for a cat with hyperthyroidism is good. to dysfunction of the thyroid glands in the cats After treatment, long-term monitoring of the thyneck. There are two of these glands, on either side roid levels will help ensure the cat continues to live of the windpipe. Both glands are usually affected, a happy life. k but this is not always the case. The symptoms mentioned previously are not the only signs of hyperthyroidism; other symptoms include vomiting, Pet Talk is a service of the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M diarrhea and a matted or greasy coat. These signs University. Stories can be viewed on the Web start slowly and many owners may not initially at vetmed.tamu.edu/pet-talk. Suggestions for realize that something is wrong, says Dr. Audrey future topics may be directed to cvmtoday@ Cook, associate professor at Texas A&M College cvm.tamu.edu. of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.

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100 Hikes Linda Ferrara

Saddlerock Canyon Road presents a variety of easy hiking opportunities.

Name: Saddlerock Canyon Road Difficulty: Easy Directions: From the intersection of Hwy. 180 and Hwy. 90, take Hwy. 180 west 12.9 miles to Saddlerock Canyon Road (on the south side of the highway). This road is close to mile marker 100 and is right after Mangus Valley Road. Travel on the dirt road for 1.3 miles to where the Gila National Forest sign will be. Soon after the sign, the dirt road divides. Stay to the right. You know you are correct if you see cattle corrals to your left (a few minutes up the road). Soon you will enjoy interesting rock formations. Continue on this road until you reach the green gate (a mile or two). Park. Hike Description: Walk through the green gate and hike up the trail until you see the Riparian Area sign (a 5-10 minute walk). If you go straight, you will soon enjoy the canyon with little waterfalls (seasonal). If you go to the right, there is a lovely trail through sandy areas, groves of trees and mild hills. Once in the canyon, youll also see
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tourniquet), knife (cutting tool, screw driver, pick, scraper, eating utensil, toothpick), plastic bag (carry-all, carrying out garbage, water collection, tourniquet, hat, rain guard, signal flag). k Linda Ferrara is a former Silver City realestate agent who recently completed 100 local hikes in a years time (see November 2012 issue).

Interesting rock formations make Saddlerock Canyon an attractive hike. (Photo: Linda Ferrara) the distinctive saddle-shaped rock that gives the canyon its name.You could travel anywhere from 1 mile to 10 miles hiking in this area. Notes: The hiking options in this area are many. There are several side trails and dirt roads to explore. This area is worth many trips back to investigate. There are many fences to traverse; please be respectful of ranchers livelihoods. Helpful Hint: Carry things that serve more than one purpose: bandana (sun guard, hat, dust guard, wash cloth, tissue, signal flag, bandage,

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aunched in 1998 as a valentine to the arts, For the Love of Art month marks 15 years of celebrating the visual and performing arts in Las Cruces and southern New Mexico this month. Organized by Artforms Artists Association of New Mexico, this Februarys calendar of events is packed with artist studio tours, plays, poetry readings and musical performances. As in the past, the kickoff event will be at the Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St. in downtown Las Cruces. The Artforms member show opens on Feb. 1 from 5-7 p.m. in conjunction with the Downtown Ramble. Art on display will include paintings, jewelry, pottery metal sculpture, weaving and other original art (www.artformsnm.org). Artist and performer Bob Diven (Jackrabbit of All Trades, May 2011) will be recognized for his contribution to art in the area. (Diven is also this Winter Walk by Sylvia Bowers, one of the many issues cover artist.) artists featured in For the Love of Art month. The Branigan Cultural Center will then host three Saturday events. On Feb. 2. from 12-1:30 p.m., La Sociedad Poetry Group will perform. On out the area and include photography, paintings in Feb. 9 from 1-2 p.m., its the Shape Note Singers. oil, watercolors and acrylic, stoneware, woodcuts, weaving, handwoven garments Then on Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. the and egg tempera with gold leaf. center will host the group PerFor tour locations, see www.artcussion 10 + 1. formsnm.org. Other special performances will feature the New Horizons Symphony, the Alaska String or the Love of Art month Band and No Strings Theatre. comes to the Las Cruces Alma dArte Charter School will Convention Center on Frihave a program, Who Cares day, Feb. 15, from 1-7 p.m., and About the Past?, on Feb. 9 from Saturday, Feb. 16, from 10 a.m. 1-4 p.m. featuring the history of to 5 p.m.; admission is free. The the 130-year-old property where showcase of regional artists will the school is housed in the Alinclude jewelry, painting, blown ameda Depot Neighborhood. glass, gourd art, ceramics, fiber The school will also present, art, metal yard art, sculptures, Feb. 22-23, Illegal 2 (Vandalizwatercolors, photography, street ing History), a multi-arts event art and culinary art. Ramon Esto highlight graffiti/street art in calante, who died in 2010, will be the community as a social and Deer by Tahinea Joanna honored in memoriam for his deBradley. artistic statement. tailed work in wood and leather. As in past years, there will be Bob Diven will have his art artist Studio Tours, Feb. 9-10 and Feb. 23-24. These available at the convention center and will be tours will feature special works by artists through- present to discuss his current projects. Yolanda Martinez, who has won multiple NAMMY Awards for her performing and singing, will be performing and showing her drum work. Performances will be Friday at 4 p.m. and Saturday at 3:45 p.m. Escalante, Diven and Martinez will all be honored for their achievements on Saturday at 11 a.m. Students of the Alma dArte High School will have their art on display and for sale. Student art will feature street art as well as paintings and other art Spring Poppies II, photograph by Mel Stone. forms, and students will dem-

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9 from 1-3 p.m. Feb. 1-26, exhibitFor the Love of Lettering, Southwest Calligraphy Guild, Terrace Gallery, Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho. Calligraphy using mixed media. Reception Feb. 1 from 4-6 p.m. Feb. 1-23, exhibRayma Claessen is one of the participating artists itArtForms Members in the Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallerys annual Show, Branigan CulturMy Masterpiece show, part of For the Love of al Center, 501 N. Main. Art month. Various media. Reception Feb. 1 from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 1-23, exhibitFor the Love of Color, Las on the months events, Cruces Arts Association, Mountain Gallery and Studios, 138 W. Mountain. Painting, photography, sculpture, fiber arts and mixed media. Reception Feb. 1 from 5-7 p.m. For the Love of Art Month Feb. 1, performanceOvercome Band, BraCalendar of Events nigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main, 5-7 p.m. Ongoing, exhibitThe Fascinating World of Feb. 2-28, exhibitEye of the Beholder, Ali Fractals, Mesilla Valley Fractal Artists, Funky Karma Incense and Tea, 3207 S. Main. Reception Feb. Keyes, Aralia Gallery, 224 N. Campo. Reception 17 from 10 a.m.-4pm; opportunity to create your Feb. 2 from 2-6 p.m. Feb. 2, talkWalk and Talk, by Jo-an Smith, own fractal. Feb. 1-March 15, exhibitOur Beating Art, Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Paseo, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Feb. 2, poetry readingLa Sociedad Poetry, Art Club, sponsored by City of Artists, New American School, 207 S. Main. Reception Feb. 1 from Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main, 12-1:30 p.m. 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 3-March 29, exhibitOut of the DarkFeb. 1-March 1, exhibitORIENTal EXPRESSions, Las Colcheras Quilt Guild, Bank of ness and Into the Light, Georjeanna Feltha, Tomthe West, 201 N. Church. Reception Feb. 1 from 5-7 baugh Gallery, Unitarian Universalist Church, p.m., handquilting demonstrations every Wednes- 2000 S. Solano. Mixed media. Reception Feb. 3 from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. day morning. Feb. 8-April 30, exhibitSpring Fling, Blue Feb. 1-28, exhibitThe Arts in Progress, GFWC Progress Club, Thomas Branigan Memorial Gate Gallery, 4901 Chagar Court. Oil, watercolor, Library, 200 E. Picacho. Various media. Reception acrylics. Reception Feb. 8 from 4-8 p.m. Feb. 8-April 30, exhibitDennis Lujan, feaFeb. 1 from 5-6 p.m. Feb. 1-28, exhibitMy Masterpiece, Mesilla tured artist, Aa Studios, 2645 Doa Ana Road. Mixed Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470A Calle de Guadalupe, media, paintings. Reception Feb. 8 from 4-8 p.m. Mesilla. Artworks are copies of famous works or ARTS EXPOSURE continued on next page done in the style of famous artists. Reception Feb. onstrate culinary art. The performance areas of the school will present on Saturday, with flamenco dancers at 10:30 a.m. and the choir at 11:15 a.m. Other performances at the two-day event will feature folk singer and guitarist Frank Lovato, Friday at 2 p.m.; jazz guitarist Anthony James, Friday at 3 p.m.; and steel-drum performer Laura Humphreys on Saturday, followed by the group Percussion 10+1. For more information see www.artforms.com.

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new photography exhibit, Ft. Bayard: New Mexicos Newest Ghost Town, opens Feb. 1 in the Mimbres Region Arts Council gallery in the Wells Fargo Bank building, with a reception from 3:30-5:30 p.m. The show features the work of FeVa Fotos photographers Sandy Feutz and Tom Vaughan as they present, through their images, the beauty, potential and current deterioration of this national historical landmark. There will also be an array of photos from the adjoining Ft. Bayard National Cem- Sandy Feutz Cruisin Ft. Bayard, part of a new photography etery, as well as a glimpse at Ft. show at the Mimbres Region Arts Council gallery. Bayards much ignored Potters Field. In recognition of Black History Month, the during the show or through FeVa Fotos website Buffalo Soldiers stationed at the fort will also be (fineartamerica.com/profiles/feva-fotos.html), will commemorated. The exhibit runs through Feb. 28. be donated to the Ft. Bayard Historic Preservation Members of the Ft. Bayard Historic Preser- Society. There will also be a silent auction that will vation Society will be at the reception, in period run for the duration of the show, with proceeds to dress, displaying Ft. Bayard historical information the organization. 1201 N. Pope. The new exhibit at Cow Trail Art Studio in and news of current efforts to save this site. In support of the societys work, 10% of all sales of pho- Arenas valley is 100 Years Of American Landtography featuring Ft. Bayard, either purchased scape1879 to 1980. Curated from the 43-year

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Railrunner by Mayanna Howard, part of the Trains, Planes and Automobiles show at the Las Cruces Railroad Museum. private collection of artist Victoria Chick, the exhibit features original, signed prints by Eric Gibberd, Margaret Jordan Patterson, A.F. Bellows, Birger Sandzen, Milford Zornes, Charles Dahlgreen, Roi Partridge and Philip Cheney. Included are etchings, woodcuts, lithographs and a graphite drawing enhanced with watercolor. Cow Trail Art Studio will be open to visitors during winter months Mondays only from noon until 3 p.m. or by appointment. Small group, informal and free coffee lectures can be arranged with 24-hour notice to learn more about the artists lives and the techniques they used. The exhibit will be on view until the end of April. 119 Cow Trail, Arenas Valley, (760) 533-1897. Copper Quail Gallery this month features works in fiber by Jane Bowen. 211-A Texas St., corner of Yankie and Texas, 388-2646. JW Art Gallery in Hurley is featuring original oils by Leighton Fossum. 99 Cortez Ave., 537-0300, www.jwartgallery.com. In addition to its signature stained-glass creations by owner Shirley Mize, The Cottage in the Upper Mimbres is now featuring prints and original artwork by Narrie Toole, metalwork by Jimmy Head, jewelry, antique furniture and glassware. 40

he Silver City Museums latest exhibit, A Vessel By Any Other Name, opens Friday, Feb. 8, and runs through Sept. 8. The exhibit will explore the many functions of the containers we use in our daily lives along with some surprising alternative uses for common objects throughout history. It will give visitors a chance to see objects from the collections that are rarely seen. There is still time to view paintings and woodblock prints from the collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. DobesWPA Artist Manville Chapmans Reflections on Adobe will continue on display at the museum through Sunday, Feb. 17. Photographer Dennis Wellers panoramic photographs, titled Gila Wide, exploring the Gila River valley are also on view. The museum will host an Artist Trunk Show, featuring local potter Mary Giardina, on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Silver City Museum Store regularly sells her pottery, but does not have the space to display large pieces. For one day only, the store will offer Giardinas large vessels, bowls and plates. I try to create pottery with complete awareness of the clay and the process needed to shape a piece into a functional form, says Giardina. The decoration evolved from my experimentation with glaze colors and my love of native plants. The flowers are hand-carved and then stamped into the clay to form floral arrangements or patterns. Each piece is a unique work of artno two are alike. 312 W. Broadway, 538-5921, www.silvercitymuseum.org.

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he El Paso Electric Gallery, south of the Rio Grande Theatre lobby, this month features the multi-media collages of Roy Van der Aa. The exhibit will include limited palette collages incorporating a grid and repetition and modification of elements, working in tone, rhythm, theme and variation, almost like music. Born in Holland, educated in Montreal, and living in the ARTS SCENE continued on next page

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Elemental New Mexico opens Feb. 1, with a US since 1989, Van der Aa is a founding member reception 5-7 p.m. at the Museum of Art. The exof ArtForms and is a member of the Society of Lay- hibition includes work by New Mexico artists Bill erists in Multimedia, The Insighters and the Visual Gilbert, Diane McGregor, Brian Kluge, Nolan WinArts Network (VAN). The exhibit will open with an kler, Anthony Howell and Michael Berman. 491 N. artist reception on Feb. 1, 5-7 p.m., as part of the Main St., 541-2137. Downtown Art Ramble. 211 N. Main, 523-6403. Sierra County The New Mexico he annual Watercolor SocietyGathering of Southern Chapters Quilts Quilt monthly meeting, Feb. Show will be held 10, 2-4 p.m., will feaat Ralph Edwards ture a program by Jae Civic Center in Truth Drummond, Painting or Consequences on Flowers Lit from WithFeb. 22-23, 9 a.m.-4 in. Good Sams Arts & p.m. each day. The Crafts Room, 3011 Bueshow will include na Vida Circle. quilts by local quilThe societys For ters, a quilt raffle the Love of Art month and guessing games presentation will be sponsored by Winheld at the Las Cruces ter Quilters of Sierra Railroad Museum, County. 460 4th St., with an opening recep- Garden Melody, collage by Roy Van der Aa, winterquilters@yation Feb. 1, 5-7 p.m. showing as part of a new exhibit at the El Paso hoo.com. k Trains, Planes and Au- Electric Gallery in Las Cruces.

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Silver City Ann SimonSen Studio-GAllery, 104 W. Yankie St., 654-5727. Art + ConverSAtion, 614 N. Bullard, 388-3350. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sundays 12 a.m.-6 p.m. Gallery and gathering space. www.artandconversation.com. ArteSAnoS, 211-B N. Texas St., 519-0804. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 12-6 p.m. [A]SP.Ae, 110 W. 7th St., 538-3333, aspace.studiogallery@ gmail.com. Azurite GAllery, 110 W. Broadway, 538-9048, Wed.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. www.azuritegallery.com. Blue dome GAllery, 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road (Bear Mountain Lodge, 2251 Cottage San Road), 5348671. Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. www.bluedomegallery. com. ClAyful HAndS, 622 N. California, 534-0180. By appointment. Phoebe Lawrence. ClAymoon Studio, 13 Jade Dr., 313-6959. Marcia Smith. By appointment. Common tHreAd, 107 W. Broadway, 538-5733. Mon., Thurs, Fri. and Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Retail and gallery space for fiber arts. www.fiberartscollective.org. CoPPer QuAil GAllery, 211-A Texas St., corner of Yankie and Texas, 388-2646. Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Fine arts and crafts. Cow trAil Art Studio, 119 Cow Trail in Arenas Valley. Mon., Thurs.Sat., 12-3 p.m. www.victoriachick. com. CreAtionS & AdornmentS, 108 N. Bullard, 534-4269. Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Work by Diane Reid. drAGonfly Studio, 508 W 6th St., 388-8646. By appointment. frAnCiS mCCrAy GAllery, 1000 College Ave., WNMU, 538-6517. GAllery 400, Gila House, 400 N. Arizona, 313-7015. Tues.-Sat., 1-6 p.m. www.gilahouse.com. Howell deSiGn & GAllery, 200 W. Market St., 388.2993. www. anthonyhowell.com. Jeff KuHnS Pottery, 3029 Pinos Altos Road, 534-9389. By appointment. leyBA & inGAllS ArtS, 315 N. Bullard St., 388-5725. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Contemporary art ranging from realism to abstraction in a variety of media featuring artists Crystal Foreman Brown, Romaine Begay, Christana Brown, Susan Brinkley, Gordee Headlee, Diana Ingalls Leyba, Dayna Griego, Constance Knuppel, Mary Alice Murphy, Phillip Parotti, Betsey Resnick, Teri Matelson, Joe Theiman, Zoe Wolfe, Melanie Zipin. www.LeybaIngallsARTS.com, LeybaIngallsART@ zianet.com. loiS delonG Studio, 2309 Paul Place, 388-4759. By appointment. loiS duffy Art Studio, 211C N. Texas, 534-0822. Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Original paintings, cards and prints. www.loisduffy.com, loisduffy@ signalpeak.net. mAryS fine Art, 414 E. 21st St., 956-7315. Mary A. Gravelle. mimBreS reGion ArtS CounCil GAllery, Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 1201 N. Pope St. www.mimbresarts. org. molly rAmollA GAllery & frAminG, 307 N. Texas, 538-5538. www. ramollaart.com. off BeAd GAllery, 701 N. Bullard, 388-8973. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ol weSt GAllery & merCAntile, 104 W. Broadway, 388-1811/3132595. Daily 11 a.m.-6 p.m. red eArtH GAllery, 108 W. Yankie St., (505) 850-3182, www. pudfranzblau.com. SeedBoAt Center for tHe ArtS, 214 W. Yankie St., 534-1136. Mon., Thurs.-Sat. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sun. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tues.-Weds. by appointment. info@seedboatgallery.com. Silver SPirit GAllery, 215 W. Broadway, 388-2079. StonewAlKer Studio, 105 Country Road, 534-0530. By appointment. Barbara Jorgen Nance. Studio BeHind tHe mountAin, 23 Wagon Wheel Lane, 388-3277. By appointment. www.jimpalmerbronze. com. tHe StudioSPACe, 109 N. Bullard St., 534-9291. www.jessgorell.com. Studio uPStAirS, 109 N. Bullard St., 574-2493. By appointment. SuSAn SzAJer Studio, Sanctuary Road, 313-7197 By appointment. tAtiAnA mAriA GAllery, 305 & 307 N. Bullard St., 388-4426. toP HAt Art, 115 N. Bayard.

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Living Legends Manda Clair Jost

Happy birthday, Gene Booththe original Silver Dollar Cowboy.
rications. Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) was in fact a kid from Cincinnati who grew up on a houseboat on the Ohio River and worked in his fathers shoe factory. The two other original Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer, hailed from Winnipeg and Missouri respectively, and, like Roy Rogers, didnt adopt the cowboy persona until later in life as entertainers. While Gene Autry and Tex Ritter were at least born into Western ranching families as children, Autry worked mainly as a telegraph operator and Ritter was a brainy college kid majoring in political science. Did any of these men really grow up working any kind of cowboy life, encouraging little dogies to get along toward the cool, clear water, where the deer and the antelope play? Perhaps Autry alone might have caught a glimpse of that life as a boybut for the most part, these Singing Cowboys were of the type once parodied by Johnny Mercer in the famous song that goes, Im an old cowhand from the Rio Grande, and I play guitar in the cowboy band! Im a cowboy who never saw a cow, never roped a steer cause I dont know how, and I sure aint fixing to start up now! Yippee-eyeyo-kai-yay!

True Gene-ius

Gene Booth and his horse Coley on the 1974 Yucca Records full-LP debut. Cover art by Georgina Higuera, who played fiddle on this and other Yucca releases. the two of them first met Cash in 1965: That was before Johnny and June were married and before Johnny was busted for dope. Johnny had already kicked his boots off and was running around in his socks. He was tall and skinny back in those days, kind of nervous and couldnt stay still. I heard one of the Statler brothers ask him, Are you going to Juarez, Mr. Cash? and I heard him say, Hell, no. Johnny is our 31st cousin. Of all the country greatsamong whom Booth himself has the talent to be countedMarty Robbins was the one who seemed to take the greatest liking to Booth and his music. The two of them enjoyed a friendship that lasted 18 years, from 1964 until Robbins passing in 1982. While Robbins politely explained that he already had hundreds of songs just like Genes and therefore couldnt risk recording any of Booths songs himself, he still acted frequently as an enthusiastic supporter. Robbins often called up radio stations specifically to request that they play a Gene Booth song or two.

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Gene Booth (right) after a December 2012 performance, with brother Jimmie Booth by his side, as usual.

Gene Booth in about 1976, with Marty Robbins, a good friend and supporter for over 18 years.

he Singing Cowboy is a fading archetype of American entertainment that has no equal in any other culture, and could be said to be close to extinction. In the early 20th century, hugely popular artists such as Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, the Sons of the Pioneers and Tex Ritter spilled their smiles and their songs on recordings and on the silver screen with a clean-cut, heart-of-gold style that excluded almost every other country and western artist who emerged after the 1950s. The Singing Cowboy is always the good guy, and therefore usually wears the white hat. He is clean-shaven, respects women, adores children, fears the Lord, and may often save the day with that aww, shucks brand of humility that makes our modern action heroes seem shamefully arrogant. As the original singing cowboys began to slip into retirement and the Sweet By-and-By, their archetype held fast. In the latter part of the 20th century we had Quick Draw McGraw, Twinkie the Kid, Laurence Fishburne as Cowboy Curtis on Pee Wees Playhouse, and Woody from Toy Storyall of whom, if they didnt always sing, unquestionably hailed from the same universe as Rogers and Autry, wherever that shimmering land might be. Silver City residents have become increasingly aware that we have our own gently aging Singing Cowboy in our midst: a tall, soft-spoken man by the name of Gene Booth who celebrates his 70th birthday this month. Unlike the Hollywood cowboys who made it big on the silver screen, Booth appears to be the Real McCoy. You see, there was always something a little too perfect about the original Singing Cowboys. They were always a bit too clean, too kinda sort of Hollywood advertisement to encourage Americans to explore the not-so-wild West, where all would be welcomed with a glass of iced tea and protected by the vigilance of Sunday-school crooners like Tex Ritter and Rex Allen. Indeed, the majority of the famous singing cowboys were contrived fab-

n the other hand, Elgie (Eu)Gene Booth and that is his real namewas born into a ranching family near Lake Valley, NM, in 1943. While he sings and plays guitar much like any of the other Singing Cowboys (and appropriately wears the white hat), he really did grow up on a ranch in the Southwest, where he really did shoe horses and brand calves, picked and packed Hatch chile with his brother Jimmie, and really did play his guitar as a teenager while standing in the saddle astride his favorite horse named Coley. I learned how to yodel listening to Jimmie Rodgers records, and found out about Gene Autry and Roy Rogers from movies and comic books, Booth recalls. I liked Rim of the Canyon [1949] with Gene Autry because we both grew up on ranches, so it felt like we were some kind of kin. We were in the same business. When he became a recording artist in 1962, Booth was signed to New Mexicos now-defunct Western music label, Yucca Records, which was based out of Alamogordo. Yucca Records pressed several hundred vinyl releases from such artists as Bobby Fuller (of I Fought the Law fame) and Tiny Tim, while focusing primarily on a few dozen New Mexico Western artists who enjoyed mainly a regional audience At the age of 19 I started playing and singing in night spots, Booth recalls. Between 1962 and 1973, he recorded 10 vinyl singles for Yucca Records, and finally a full LP in 1974, The Original Gene Booth (Yucca YLP 109)of which he currently owns but a single pristine, shrink-wrapped copy despite the fact that he possesses no functioning record player. In his lifetime, Booth has written over 500 original songs. Another selection of his songs was released on vinyl around 1976 as a double album entitled, uproariously, The Singing Mortician. That was a reference to Booths short stint working as an undertaker in hospitals in Hatch and Ruidoso, where he would frequently see the worst that could happen to men (as chillingly revealed in the album liner notes). All together, Booth estimates that he sold about 100,000 records on the Yucca label, mostly peddled at gigs he played as a young man in New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and even a little in ol Mexico, as he says.

ne of Booths originals from the Yucca label, Time I Better Write, was about a man composing a letter to his family back home. One of my fans, Brewster, had this relative in Vietnam who was a military disc jockey, Booth recalls. He played the song Time I Better Write and the whole base wanted to hear more of it. He told me it was a number-one hit, and stayed number-one through the duration of the Vietnam War, which ended two or three months after sending that record. On closer examination, however, it seems that Robbins was wrong about having hundreds of songs like Genes. Perusing the extraordinarily prolific discography of Gene Boothmost of which exists as low-fidelity home recordings one is awestruck by the raw sincerity of his work. While a fair share of his songs were written about love interests and heartbreak (as any songwriter might do), conspicuously absent are the cinematic

uring those years he got to know many of the touring country legends: Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell, Kitty Wells, Ernest Tubb, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, and even a young Johnny Cash. Booth says, The majority of them became good friends. I would show them some songs they could use, and sometimes they would ask me to sing in their shows. Booths younger brother Jimmie recalls the day

Gene Booths 1964 publicity photo for Yucca Records, at the age of 21.

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yarns about riding the range, gunfighting the bad guys, the Mexican seorita, and all the other marketable fodder that was the bread and butter of Hollywood cowboy repertoires. Instead, Booth penned his own distinctively New Mexican songs such as The Legend of the Kneeling Nun, Mimbres Archaeologist, Girl from the Moon (a tall tale about falling in love with a female survivor of the Roswell crash) and The Ballad of Sarah Rooke. The latter was probably the only song ever written that lauds a real-life historic heroine of our state, a switchboard opLocal fans of Gene Booth wearing True Gene-ius T-shirts at Dianes erator from Folsom, NM, who Parlor in December 2012. lost her life in a 1908 flash flood while frantically telephoning everyone in the town that a wall of water was on its I done it cause I wanted an outlet for my way (18 people died in that flood including Rooke, songs, Booth explains. Songs and movie scripts while hundreds were saved by her warnings). are the same, only songs are shorter. Still other Booth songs show an uncommon respect for women in general, even very small girls oday, Gene Booth lives modestly in Arenas such as the heartbreaking song Orphans Home on Valley with his brother Jimmie, his nephew his Yucca debut, about two very young sisters in an James, and a handful of other relatives. As orphanage who get separated by thoughtless adop- always, they continue to keep horses, goats and tive parents. His local hit Plastic Woman mocks some small animalsincluding two white ferthe cold as ice esthetic of cosmetic surgery. Keep- rets, one of which is named Calamity Jane Booth ing Your Memory Sweet is a fathers song of love to (of course). On Sundays and Mondays, he puts his only child, a daughter, whom Booth lost custody on one of his custom tailored Western shirts, plus of when his first marriage fell apart. suspenders and tie both spangled with rhinestone Why so many tender songs about real-life butterflies and hummingbirds, and his trademark heroines, small girls and everyday women? It white hat, which sports an extremely heavy halo just happened that way, of antique silver dollars Booth explains. I had to that Booth welded togethwrite stories and favored er himself. He packs up a girls over boys. [Orphans large Gibson jumbo guitar, Home] was a true story and he and his ever-supabout boys, but I changed portive brother Jimmie it to girls cause I thought head down to Dianes or it would be sadder. These the Buckhorn for a couple are all very personal stoof Bud Lights, and an opries, but like Booth himportunity to perform to self, they are realmore a Grant County audience real than almost any tale that is finally beginning to that Rogers or Autry might appreciate how much of a croon on the silver screen, gem Booth is. from a script and sheet When Booth performs, music that someone else he is both a humble genwrote. tleman and an effective Johnny Cash running around in his socks showman, frequently tellwith Gene Booth in 1965, at Liberty Hall in ing corny jokes in a thick nd yes, theres that: ranchers drawl that simSince 1993, Booth El Paso. ply cannot be faked, and has been making movies, too (what Singing Cowboy worth his salt singing with a nostalgic tenor tremolo and genuwouldnt star in his own movies?). But these arent ine yodeling that are both vanishing arts, often Singing Cowboy movies as youve ever seen them imitated but rarely delivered as convincingly as before. If you ever catch Booth performing at Di- Booth does it. Late last year, a small group of reanes Parlor or the Buckhorn in Pinos Altos (the cently converted fans printed up some Gene Booth two venues you are most likely to spot him), for a T-shirts that show his 1964 Yucca publicity photo mere $10 you can purchase one of his 15 self-pro- with the pun, True Gene-ius. If Booth is indeed the living legend that many duced movies burned to a recordable DVD with a locals now believe him to be, perhaps it can be sticky label created on a mechanical typewriter. Pop it into a DVD player, and marvel at Booths attributed to the fact that he began playing guitar many original musical interludes woven between at the tender age of sixa genuine Gene Autrycreative, if sometimes hard-to-follow, original branded childs guitar gifted to his sister by their storylines. These include not only good guys, bad mother. In a lifelong effort to pay tribute to the Holguys and gunfights, but also monsters and witch lywood cookie-cutter cowboys of yesteryear, Gene doctors and the men of the entire Booth clan Booth somehow grew up to be the real thing. k dressed in drag for lack of female actresses to cast. These movies are weird, no doubt, but they are Manda Clair Jost is a professor of natural also wonderful, while being one of the best ways sciences at Western New Mexico University to get your hands on a diverse selection of Booths in Silver City, and a former US Fulbright original songs, many of which have been recorded Scholar. live only in these movies, with no standalone audio counterparts.

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fossil record is particularly significant because some of these dinosaurs are among the oldest ever recorded. Additionally, Coelophysis, the official state fossil, is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs with regard to both completeness and abundance. New Mexicos best-known dinosaur fossils come from rocks found in the San Juan Basin of the northwestern part of the state. Late Cretaceous fossils are particularly abundant in the Bisti-De-nazin Federal Wilderness Area south of Farmington. Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the San Juan Basin lived in river floodplains and jungles located near an ancient seacoast.

The Natural World Mary Syrett

Dinosaurs in the Desert

Looking for the real Jurassic Park? Start in New Mexico.
ready had been extinct for some 80 million years before the appearance of the well-known Cretaceous dino known as Tyrannosaurus. At the beginning of dinosaur history (the Triassic Period), there was one hypothesized supercontinent on Earth, now known as Pangaea. Many dinosaur types were widespread across it. As Pangaea broke apart with continental drift, however, dinosaurs became scattered across the globe on separate continents. Distinctive dinosaur types evolved in specific geographical areas, including the desert Southwest. Are all fossil animals dinosaurs? No. Dinos were a distinct group of ancient animals that had particular skeletal features. Their hips, hind legs and ankles were specialized and allowed the legs to move directly under the body, rather than extending out from the side of the body, as with modern lizards. This arrangement enabled dinosaurs to bring their knees and ankles directly below their hips and provided the necessary attachments for super-strong leg muscles. Dinosaur bone structures were well-designed for supporting a large body, for standing upright and for running. The front legs were expertly adapted for grasping prey. These skeletal features separated dinosaurs from other ancient reptiles, such as the plesiosaurs and pterosaurs. Fossil mammals, such as mammoths and saber-toothed tigers, are also sometimes incorrectly referred to as dinosaurs. The fastest dinosaurs probably werent any quicker than some modern-day land animals, such as giraffes. Dinosaur speeds are deduced from fossilized trackway finds, and from inspecting the dinosaurs shape and structure. The speediest dinosaurs more than likely were bird-like bipedal carnivores called theropods, which had long, slim hind limbs and light bodies. Where are most dinosaur fossils found? Fossils have been found all over the world and on every

Coelophysis, pronounced See-low-FYsis, literally means hollow form. It is New Mexicos state fossil. Above: Petrified Forest National Park re-creation by David Martz. Below: Fossil skeleton at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. (Photo: Matt Celeskey)

etween 225 and 65 million years ago, the Land of Enchantment was the land of the dinosaurs. New Mexico is unique in that it preserves both body fossils and trace elements of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous creatures. Body fossils are actual pieces of an animal, such as fossil bones and teeth. Trace elements are fossilized behavior and can include footprints, skin impressions and egg shells. Dinosaur fossils have been found across all of New Mexico except for the extreme southeastern corner of the state. Why are dinosaurs called dinosaurs? Paleontologist Richard Owen coined the word dinosaur (meaning fearful great lizard) in 1842. Over time, the term was simplified to terrible lizard; however, not all dinosaurs were terrible. Nor were they all lizards. Long before Steven Spielberg depicted dinosaurs as objects de tourism in the Jurassic Park movies, prehistoric creatures already were in service as marketing tools for tourists. Musician Ray Price, comedian Jerry Seinfeld and many writers and photographers from a variety of publications have pulled off interstate highways in New Mexico to inspect dinosaurrelated exhibits. mong the questions New Mexicans and New Mexico visitors may have about the terrible lizards is: Why were dinosaurs so big? Most dinosaurs werent giants, but no one knows for certain why some of the creatures were huge. The smallest dinosaur is named Compsognathus. How long were dinosaurs around? The creatures evolved 228 million years ago (during the Triassic Period, toward the beginning of the Mesozoic Era) and became extinct some 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Eoraptor is the earliest-known dinosaur. But because Eoraptors skeleton shows genetically advanced skeletal features, its possible that even older dinosaur fossils may be found somewhere. Did all dinosaurs live together, and at the same time? No and no. Both time and geography separated dinosaur communities. The Age of Dinosaurs (the Mesozoic Era) included three consecutive geologic time periods. Distinct dinosaur species lived during each of these periods. For example, the principal Jurassic dinosaurStegosaurusal-

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hat color were dinosaurs? Direct fossil evidence for dinosaur skin color is not available. Some dinosaurs likely had protective coloration, such as pale undersides to reduce shadows, as well as irregular color patterns to make the creatures less visible in vegetation. Some dinosaurs probably were as brightly colored as modern-day lizards, snakes and birds. What did dinosaurs eat? Some ate lizards, turtles, eggs or early mammals. Some hunted other dinosaurs or scavenged on dead animals. Most,

Herrerasaurus and Eoraptor skeletons, plus a Plateosaurus skull, North American Museum of Ancient Life. (Zach Tirrell)

Pelvic bone of Tyrannosaurus rex, the specimen Stan (or BHI 3033, found in 1987). (Ballista) continent (except for Antarctica). Large concentrations have been found where it is easiest to recover fossils; that is, where Mesozoic Era sediment is exposed, such as badlands. In North America, dinosaur fossils have been found at many places, including New Mexico.

inosaurs lived in a violent world where volcanic eruptions continuously shook the land, darkening the sky with ash and sending steaming mudflows surging through canyons. It was among majestic volcanoes, in a world that harbored a fascinating array of plants and animals, that dinosaurs flourished. Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the New Mexico area were some of the last to live on Earth. They are well-known because of the information they provide scientists about the cause(s) of dinosaur extinction. New Mexicos record of Triassic dinosaurs includes skeletons of Coelophysis, teeth of Revueltosaurus, bones of Eucoelophysis, fragmentary skeletons of other dinosaurs and tracks of many other prehistoric creatures. The New Mexico

vidence of creatures predating even the dinosaurs can be found at the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument, northwest of Las Cruces. The monument was established in 2009 to conserve, protect and enhance the unique and nationally important paleontological, scientific, educational, scenic and recreational resources and values of the Robledo Mountains in southern New Mexico. The monument includes a major deposit of Paleozoic Era fossilized footprint megatrackways within approximately 5,280 acres. The trackways contain footprints of numerous amphibians, reptiles and insects (including previously unknown species), plants and petrified wood dating back 280 million years, which collectively provide new opportunities to understand animal behaviors and environments from a time predating dinosaurs. The site contains the most scientifically significant Early Permian track sites in the world. There are opportunities for hiking, horseback riding and off-highway vehicle driving in portions of the monument. Viewing trackways is limited, however; as they are discovered, and to preserve them for ongoing and future scientific study, the trackways are removed and transported to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque. The new Museum of Nature and Science in downtown Las Cruces also has a major new exhibit on the monument (see Museums on the Move, December 2012). The BLM is developing plans to facilitate public access to the National Monument. There are currently no facilities or signs for or at the Monument; for updates, see www.blm. gov/nm/st/en/prog/recreation/las_cruces/ trackways.html. Directions: Coming from Las Cruces, traveling on Picacho Ave./Hwy. 70, at the stop light with Shalem Colony Trail, go north on Shalem Colony Trail for approximately 5.5 miles. Prior to reaching the Rio Grande, you will reach a county road, Rocky Acres Trail. Turn west. Go west approximately one-quarter mile to a dirt road entrance on the left-hand side. Cross over a cattleguard and continue to the west. This road, past about a mile, is for high-clearance, 4wd vehicles only.

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In Early Jurassic times, a shallow lake stretching hundreds of miles existed in what is today southwestern Utah. Dinosaurs congregated on the shores of this lake. The creatures might have crouched there on the shores after eating fish or plants. Since the initial track discovery at the St. George Site in 2000, this locale has grown into North Americas largest site for Early Jurassic footprints. Many of the tracks are well-preserved at the bottom of a three-foot-thick layer of sandstone and belong to the track name Eubrontes, meaning three-toed footprints. They include examples of footpads, claw marks and detailed skin impressions.

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The Late Jurassic was the golden age of dinosaurs, when huge dinosaurs--the largest land animals ever--stalked the landscape. The Age of Super Giants hall at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque features New Mexicos own Seismosaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs to have walked the planet. however, ate plants (but not grass, which hadnt evolved yet). Rocks that contain dinosaur bones also contain fossil pollen and spores, which indicate many different types of plants existed during the Mesozoic Era. Many of these plants had edible leaves, including evergreen conifers and, in the latter part of the dinosaur age, fruit. Although the exact time of origin for flowering plants is uncertain, the last of the dinosaurs almost certainly had fruit available to eat. Dinosaurs were typically plant-eaters for the same reasons that modern herbivores eat plants namely, because plants were what they could obtain and digest.

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ew subjects in the Earth sciences are as fascinating as dinosaurs. The study of dinosaurs in New Mexico stretches our imaginations, provides new perspectives on time and space, and invites people to discover worlds that are quite different from modern Earth. From a scientific perspective, the study of dinosaurs is important both for understanding the causes of past major extinctions of land animals, as well as for understanding changes in biological diversity caused by previous geological and climatic changes on Earth. These changes are, of course, still occurring. A wealth of new information about dinosaurs has been acquired over the past 30 years, and sciences old perceptions concerning dinosaurs as being slow, clumsy, dim-witted beasts have been revised. For a fascinating adventure into another world, explore the back roads of New Mexico; stop, exit your vehicle, and then sniff, listen, look around, and ask questions. Slowly, carefully, methodically. That is how inquisitive people learn, all the while acknowledging Socrates famous dictum, If I am considered an intelligent person, it is only because I admit I know nothing. k Mary Syrett is a freelance writer and photographer, as well as an amateur paleontologist.

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The Lively Arts Marjorie Lilly

Thanks to its innovative school program, Deming unofficially has the highest number of mariachi groups per capita of any town in New Mexico.
composing and playing music (including as half of the local folk duo Rainger, with his wife, Sue Wise Smith).

Making Mariachi

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Above: Deming mariachi group Angels of the Earth performs in Bayard. (Photo by Constance Albrecht)

Deming High School mariachi teacher Paul Smith. (Photos by Marjorie Lilly except as noted)

NE tay-ta, TWO tay, ONE-tee tay, TWO. Paul Smith is teaching his mariachi students how to read music. Its the last period at Deming High School, and the kids are relaxed and smiling. No instruments today, just hand-clapping and voice. Theres a lot of back and forth between the teacher and students. OK, were having too much fun, Smith says, and they laugh. Its the usual array of adolescents, some skinnyas-a-pole, others with weight problems, some kids self-conscious and shy and others bright and outgoing. These students are playing for Mariachi Amistad, the first mariachi group formed in the public schools in Deming and now the most advanced one in high school. Mariachi Companeros and Mariachi Alegre are also in the high school, and the middle school group is called Mariachi Familia. Deming unofficially has the highest number of mariachi groups per capita of any town in New Mexico. One of the reasons is that the public schools and other local people have actively supported the growth of the groups. Im the only full-time mariachi teacher that I know ofanywhere, says Smith. In his classes, Smith calls upon his own long career in teaching,

he schools have done such a good job of preparing musicians that Deming mariachi have been showcased six times at the International Mariachi Conference in Las Cruces, which started in 1993. Several groups of graduates have spun off from the school groups. These include Corazon del Desierto, Angeles de mi Tierra, Ilusion, Rosas del Desierto (an all-female group), Tierra Bella and Diamantes. Some of these groups straddle Deming and Las Cruces now because several players are going to NMSU. They play at weddings, quinceaneras, birthday parties, or any kind of party, sometimes getting $200 an hour. At times they play in Silver City and Lordsburg, where there are few prominent mariachi groups. They even play in Las Cruces, where there are only about as many mariachi groups as in Deming, in a city more than six times the size.

Nancy Loya performs at the Christmas concert. well-oiled machine. They sing with full-voiced and full-hearted abandon to the thumping of the guitarrones and the playing of trumpets and violins. The costumes, dating in style back to the 19th century, are handsome, and the music never loses a deep-set kind of courtesy and traditionalism despite the intense emotions put out. There couldnt be another immigrant group in the US that is as enthusiastic about the music from the old country as the Latino students are about mariachi. The audience at the Christmas concert responded with gritos (shouts), whistles, clapping and low shouting of names. Theres nothing even a little bit old-fashioned about the music to them.

I dont care if it sounds ugly, if its out-of-tune, or I sing a wrong noteits just that at that moment Im on fire.

t the Christmas concert in December, all three high school mariachi groups played Amistad, Companeros and Alegre. Smith cheerfully manned the lighting and sound systems. He says his students have taken ownership of the program. They need very little help from him as a conductor because the guitarrones (big guitars) maintain the rhythm and are often amplified. The students also choose their own songs. At each grade level, there are some students with surprisingly strong voices and stage presence. My first exposure to Mariachi Amistad was during an assembly when I subbed at the middle school. I was so surprised as I watched students that Id probably despaired over and disciplined in some way, as they belted out songs with aplomb and maturity. Theres nothing quite like a mariachi band when you get 12 to 16 players working together like a

Montserrat Ramirez (front) playing the guitarrone: I practice daily just to keep the rhythm going.

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lected us for the showcase. After that, Ruben Torres, a Deming school committee member, said, Why dont you continue? Valverde recalls, Thats when 18 violins were provided by the school. Thats also when Schwartzman was brought in to help teach violin.

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most of the musicians are mariachi conferences, where they attend master classes taught by professionals. Some of Valverdes students went to a conference in Corpus Christi, Texas, where they took classes from Mariachi Vargas. Valverdes eyebrows rise as he tells thisVargas Deming High School graduate Marissa Guillen is a famous group that performs with the Angels of the Earth mariachi goes back to 1897 in group. (Photo by Constance Albrecht) Mexico alverde has no This exposure redoubt that mariachi has kept some students from dropping ally charges up the kids, he says. out. Theyre in an English environment and underneath there is an identity crisis, he says. They he students in the mariachi groups are weedlisten to mariachi, and for some reason it draws ed out of a large crowd of aspirants. They them in. need to have a love of the art to take it this Ive had some kids that were completely shy, far. he goes on. Those that feel that the music spoke Montserrat Ramirez tells how he got involved to them, they just blossomed. Some of them I knew with mariachi. I fell in love with the bass when were at risk of dropping out. I knew they would be I first heard it and how it could play, he says. I in school every day to participate in my class. practice daily just to keep the rhythm going. Valverde adds, One of them was so shy he Gabriela Zuniga says she got interested when couldnt even talk to you. Hes now teaching gui- her older sister Amanda became a mariachi. tarron, and he helped start the all-female group Smith says Gabriela, only a sophomore, exRosas del Desierto. cels at stage presence. Honestly, I have low selfThe main outside source of instruction for esteem, she says. But when I get that adrenaline rush, I just give my all. I dont care if it sounds ugly, if its out-of-tune, or I sing a wrong noteits just that at that moment Im on fire. Eddie Trevizo, a senior, got inspired when his uncle played in Mariachi Amistad in 1997. I practice twice a dayright after school and before I go to sleep. Hes already playing in the group Ilusion. With this kind of honest commitment, these kids are likely going to carry on their relationship with mariachi for years. k

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Mariachi teacher Albert Valverde, credited with sparking Demings mariachi boom.

verybody attributes the impressive success of the program to Albert Valverde. Howard Schwartzman, a local violinist who was an assistant to Valverde for a few years, says he was a total motivator. Mr. V, as hes often called, grew up in Deming and played in his fathers band, which performed both Mexican and American songs. He was a band director in Deming for 20 years, sometimes at the public schools and other times at a local Christian school. (Smith was a student of Valverde beginning in seventh grade.) In 1996 I had retired from the band program [at Deming High School], says Valverde. I asked Mr. Madrid [the principal] if I could just teach guitar. The classes for guitar doubled, he says. In one class we had 93 students, and in another we had 68. We had to divide them in half. From there the idea of a mariachi group began. These efforts coincided with the rise of the International Mariachi Conference in Las Cruces. We put an ensemble together. We didnt have violins, so we used a marimba. The Conference se-

Marjorie Lilly writes the Borderlines column. Student Gabriela Zuniga (right), with Deming High educational assistant Amber Wood.

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Our Towns Jay W. Sharp

The Magic of Old Mesilla

Discover a getaway right in our own backyard.

n the tales of its past, the distinctiveness of its architecture, the offerings of its stores and vendors, the food and drink of its eateries, the ghosts of its buildings and churchyards, the music and dance of its plaza, the village of Mesillaor little tablelandlives by its historical roots and cultural diversity.

Above: The Mesilla Plaza, overlooked by the San Albino Catholic church, now a minor basilica, as seen from the plaza gazebo. The plaza was declared a Registered National Historic Landmark by the US Department of Interior in 1962. (All photos by Jay W. Sharp)

ols and the warm soft candlelight of luminarias on ocated in south-central New Mexico, just the night of Christmas Eve. On the exterior and interior walls of buildings, west of Las Cruces, Mesilla lies within the corridor of El Camino Real de Tierra Aden- the signs and the sidewalks of the plaza, and the tro, or the Royal Road to the Interiorthe name shelves of booksellers, you will find stories and arthe Spanish gave to the ancient trail that extended tifacts that recall Mesillas history. It began with a from the Mexico City region to the Rio Grande, progression from spear-carrying hunting and gaththen up the river toward Santa Fe and northern ering peoples to early agriculturists, to the culturally complex and sophisticated Puebloans, to the New Mexico. nomadic raidIn the faces ing Chiricahua of the people and Mescalero on Mesillas Apaches. It plaza and its took a dramatstreets, you ic new course will see the in the late 16th features of century with Hispanics, the passages Native Ameriof the Spanish, cans, Anglos who followed and others. In the El Camino their voices, Real de Tieryou will hear ra Adentro fluent Spanish to found, in and English, northern New sometimes Mexico, the laced with the earliest Euroaccents of the The plaza, with mariachis performing before the gazebo. The numpean settleFrench, the ber 54 refers to the year, 1854, when Mesilla officially became ments of the Germans, the part of the United States. Southwest. British, the For the next two and a half centuries, the Mesilla Arabs or the Japanese. In their music and dance, you will discover rhythms and melodies with ori- area, favorably located near the Rio Grande and gins in Spain, Moorish Africa, western Mexico and its water, served for ephemeral camp sitesor paPuebloan ceremonial chambers. In their celebra- rajesfor explorers, new settlers, military units, retions, you will experience the thrill of Mexican in- supply parties, merchants and Franciscan missiondependence from Spain in 1821; the pride in a hard- aries traveling north or south. It lay near the route fought victory over a superior French force in 1862; that Spanish refugees and their Native American althe fond remembrance of dead relatives and friends lies followed southward in desperate flight from the in an often-humorous ritual inspired by Mexicos Pueblo Revolt in the late 17th century. It was not until the middle of the 19th century, in Mesoamericans; and the sheer joy of Christmas carthe wake of the Mexican/American War, that settlers took up permanent residence in Mesilla, which was founded by decree by the Mexican government. Along what was now a paralleling branch of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, they would raise new structures for homes, businesses, local government and worship. They would turn river bottomlands into irrigated fields and vineyards, producing an agricultural yield that included superior wines and brandies. They constructed residences, commercial and municipal buildings, The ruins of an adobe home, several blocks west of the plaza, offera school and a church around ing an insight into how Mesilleros once lived.

The Human Story

and near a plaza, established both for tradition and for defense. Within a few years, Mesilla, with a population of perhaps 2,500, became one of the largest and most important American communities on the trails from Texas to California and from Mexicos Ciudad Chihuahua to Santa Fe. As the brawny young nation to the east asserted its power across the Southwest, whole new, and often violent, historical currentsspawned by international conflict, international commerce, the western immigrant surge, the Civil War, political turmoil, range wars, land disputes, mining and relentless Apache raidingswirled around and through Mesilla. In the plaza, in 1854, America celebrated its acquisitionthrough the Gadsden Purchaseof Mesilla, southwestern New Mexico and southern Arizona from Mexico. Through the mid- to late 19th century, American traders moved their goods by mule train and wagon down El Camino Real through the Mesilla vicinity en route to the city of Chihuahua. Prompted largely by the gold rush that began in 1848, immigrants, soldiers, miners, drovers and adventurers moved by wagon, horse, stagecoach and foot over the long trail that often led through Mesillas plaza before turning westward for California. Early in the Civil War, Union and Confederate soldiers marched, camped and skirmished around and within the community. The Confederacy made Mesilla the capital of New Mexico and Arizona lands it had seized, for a brief time, from Union forces. In 1871, Republicans and Democrats fought a pitched battle on the west side of

the plaza, killing nine and injuring dozens more. In the last half of the 19th century, ambitious cattle barons, mine operators, politicians, merchants, lawyers, military personalities and renegades felt drawn to Mesilla, where they created a volatile social stew. Meanwhile, Apaches preying on the settlers and travelers forced Mesilla to maintain a standing militiathe Mesilla Guarddrawn from the local families to protect the community until the Apache Wars finally ended in the 1880s.

An old wagon near the plaza recalls the freight business, trade and transportation of the late 19th century.

Confederate soldier re-enactor, reminding of Mesillas role in the Civil War.

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ing brick structure that enveloped the old church like an umbrella, in 1906. With their new church complete, they dismantled their old church and carried it out, piece by piece, through the new front door. In 2008, the historic San Albino was granted minor basilica status by the Vaticans Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Shopping and Dining

round and near the plaza, which the US Department of Interior declared a Registered National Historic Landmark in 1962, you will find galleries and shopsimbued with a century and a half of historythat offer an abundance of paintings, sculptures, jewelry, ceramics, katsina dolls, fabrics, leather products, baskets and other goods produced by regional and local artisans as well as by Puebloan, Navajo and Apache craftsmen. You will discover specialty shops that offer packaged local treats and excellent regionally produced wines. On the west side of the plaza, you can browse through one of the best regional bookstores in the southern New Mexico and western Texas region, Bowlins Mesilla Book Center. A stained-glass depiction of a stage coach and If youre ready for lunch or dinner or just for a team, in the La Posta restaurant, brings back the relaxing moment, you can choose from any of sevdays of John Butterfields overland mail service. eral restaurants, coffee shops, wineries or amiable Mesilla, located at the mid-point of the Butterfield beer joints. Depending on the size of your party and route, held an important administrative position in the time of day and season, you may find yourself his service. (Photos by Jay W. Sharp) seated in a well-appointed dining room, a secluded alcove, an open porch, a shaded patio or a friendly bar. With luck and a good wine you may experiThe Architectural Story he first residents of Mesilla built, around and ence what the Spanish call duende, which literally near the plaza, jacales, simple one-story hov- alludes to an elf or troll but figuratively refers to an els with walls made of vertical sticks plas- unexpected and magically good time. Eateries immediately on or near the plaza intered with mud and roofs fashioned with thatched clude: branches and grasses. The Double Eagle, famous for its aged As the community population grew, the resisteaks, and its dents replaced their jacales with sister restaumore durable, one-story adobe rant, Peppers, structures. Much like Middle specializing in Easterners 10,000 years earlier, Mexican food, they constructed the walls from are located on adobe bricks made from mud the east side of mixed with straw and dried in the plaza, in a the sun. Somewhat like Pueblo building listed peoples hundreds of years earas a Regislier, they built flat roofs from tered National heavy wooden beamsviHistoric Landgasoverlain with branches or mark. Double latheslatillascapped with Eagle offers a mud. They often hung drop nationally reccloths, like large hammocks, ognized wine beneath the ceilings to catch list and superb the insects and dust that filtered margaritas. through the roof. They leveled La Posta, and packed the earthen floors with a diverse to serve as living surfaces. Some menu of worldbuilt front porches for shade. class Mexican The more prosperous constructfoods, lies at ed brick-trim parapets along the the southeast tops of their adobe walls. corner of the Some decades after the origi- San Albino, built in 1906, replaced an adobe plaza, with the nal construction, many residents church built on the same site in 1849. entrance on and businesses plastered their walls to protect the adobe bricks from deteriora- the east side of the building. It once served as the tion. Many of the original buildings still stand, serv- business office for the Butterfield Overland Mail ing as businesses and homes around and near the service and for Sam and Roy Beans freight and passenger service, and then as the upscale (for the area plaza. The residents built the communitys first and time) Corn Exchange Hotel. Today the restauchurch, San Albino, a humble adobe structure, at rants guest book lists signatures of visitors from all the north end of the plaza in 1849. They raised a across the world. Josefinas Old Gate, a 19th century resinew San Albino church, a towering and dominatdence converted into a restaurant, gift shop and small inn, is located on Calle de Guadalupe, on the east side of San Albino. In its interior rooms, front porch or large shaded patio, it serves light meals, snacks, pastries and outstanding wines. Emilias on the Plaza, at the southwest corner of the plaza, offers a full Mexican food menu as well as salads and sandwiches. On the weekends of spring through fall, it often features live bands on the patio. For something light, the Mesilla Caf, on Calle de SanBuildings along the west side of the plaza, most of them now plastiago just one-half block east of tered to protect the adobe bricks from erosion.

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the plaza, offer a range of coffees, snacks, pastries and desserts. While the restaurants all have patios or cozy nooks where you can order something to drink, Vintage Wines, on Calle de Principal a half block south of the plaza, specializes in wines, offering some 50 choices as well as tapas. The owner, an authority on the wines, can offer rewarding suggestions for selections. El Patio, on the southwest corner of the plaza, has been described as one of the best dive bars in the world. It has been the hangout of generations of locals. Just before the Civil War, the building housed way-station operations for the Butterfield Overland Mail. In 1860, Sam Bean older brother of infamous Texas Judge Judge Roy

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f youre yearning for some unusual company, you may find it in the form of several ghosts who hang around a few of the old buildings on the plaza or among the grave markers of the San Albino churchyard. For instance, at the Double Eagle, if you choose to eat in the small secluded Carlotta Room, you may receive a visit from the ghosts of a pair of young lovers who were stabbed to death in the room by the boys enraged mother. Or if you opt for a drink and a snack in the Victorian-era bar, you may hear the barkeep complain about the antics of a fun-loving poltergeist. MESILLA continued on next page

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Hidalgo issued, from his small church in Dolores, the cry for Mexico to declare its independence from SpainEl Grito de la Independencia. The Entertainment and Celebrations ften, even during casual evenings and Cinco de Maya and Diez y Seis de Septiembre weekends, you will find small music groups events become a vividly colorful swirl of the dance and maybe poets performing on the plaza and music and rhythms of Mexico and Spain, the or in the eateries patios and bars. For a unique climb of a greased pole, the childrens scramble for motion-picture experience, walk over to the Foun- scattered piata candies, the offerings of vendors, tain Theater, located on Calle de Guadalupe, a the gatherings of families and friends. La Da de los Muertos, or the Day of the half-block south of the plazathe site where the Confederates established their military command Dead, around the first of November, when Hisduring their stay in Mesilla. Originally built in 1905 panic families gather to remember those who as a vaudeville theater, the Fountain Theater now have passed and to celebrate their lives. Da de los Muertos begins with a offers a foreign, indequiet candlelit evening pendent, classic or art procession from the film every evening and plaza to the churchon Saturday and Sunyard, where graves day afternoons. Unlike have been groomed modern film theaters, and decorated, to honthe Fountain features or and remember berickety old seats, caf loved lost relatives. It tables and chairs, and features, on the plaza, historical wall murals. altars that memorialize It serves not only the those who have passed, usual movie theater soft drinks and popcorn but Da de los Muertos icon. (Photos by Jay W. Sharp) including not only family members but also also coffee and pastries. good friends, heroes As you will soon discover in Mesilla, the community makes celebra- and even beloved pets. In a display of panels, it tion a folk artof its cultural heritage, books and honors those local heroes who have sacrificed authors, historical events, fine art exhibits, music, their lives for their country. Its vendors, many who dance, classic cars, remembrances, Christmas car- have painted their faces specifically for the occaols and lights. You may enjoy most what are per- sion, offer delightfully funny symbols of the day. And, with good luck and a dollar bill, you can haps Mesillas most popular events of the year: Cinco de Mayo, or Fifth of May, marking the dance with Deatha frightfully ornamented figure day in 1862 that a ragtag Mexican force in Puebla who contributes the money to charity. defeated an invading French army that many considered the best in the world at the time. o learn more about Mesilla, see www.old Diez y Seis de Septiembre, or 16th of Sepmesilla.org or call or visit the Mesilla Visitember, marking that moment in 1810 when Father tor Center at 2231 Avenida de Mesilla, NM 88046, (575) 524-3362. The little book Historic Walking Tour of Mesilla, NM, by Mary De Varse and Vesta Siemers also offers interesting information about the plaza and the community. Ive relied on it as a source of information for some of the picture captions. k

If you shop at the gift shop next door to the Double Eagle, at the Galleri Azulonce the home of one of the earliest of the Jewish families to live in Mesillayou may encounter the ghost of one of the daughters, who died there as a little girl. Should you choose La Posta, which Kit Carson, Billy the Kid, Pancho Villa and Douglas MacArthur patronized, you could be warned about the poltergeist who thinks its funny to move your chair just as you are about to sit or to tip your salad bowl just as you are about to eat. If you like to explore old and historic cemeteries like the San Albino churchyard, located a few blocks south of the plaza, you may see the wispy spirit of La Lloronathe Weeping Womanwho makes appearances across much of the Southwest and Mexico, especially at twilight. An exquisitely beautiful young peasant girl who was betrayed by her aristocratic lover, she fell into despair. She drowned their two children and then herself in the Rio Grande. Perpetually weeping, she now haunts riverbanks and churchyards in an everlasting search for her children.

Above: La Posta restaurant, located at the southeast corner of the plaza, has been visited by travelers from across the globe. Below: Fountain Theater, located on the site of a Confederate army barracks, was built in 1905. It is New Mexicos oldest movie house.

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n November, a not entirely audible message ap- that produced hunger. peared on my answering machine in response But, when I got him on his cell, Alex Leaos said to my column that month on hunger in the little he was just a cousin of that family, which produced towns south of Palomas. about 70% of the crops in the area. His family had It was from a woman named Judith near Silver a small farm, and he didnt seem defensive at all. City. When I called her back, Judith explained that Fifty years ago, he said, you saw a lot more she was retired and had $250 that shed like to farming going on in Colonia Victoria than there is spend on food for those people. She couldnt stop now. What he saw was just a general decline in agthinking of those children going to sleep hungry. riculture for business reasons. In a week or two, she drove down to Deming with boxes and boxes of canned chicken, Spam, udith and I went back to Colonia Modelo just pineapple chunks and more. Together we drove a few days before Christmas. Shes a very acsouth from my house for almost an hour, to the tive quilt-maker, and brought with her six or Mexican town of Colonia Modelo. seven quilts she had made or had on hand. Tom At that point I had learned that almost every- from Casa de Amor (which distributes food in Paloone there was a farmworker and was eating about mas) made a trip to Deming to give me a mountaintwice a day. A woman I had talked to there told me ous pile of blankets and fleece throws that reached she knew seven families who were in a crisis mode almost to the top of my station wagon. There were and were eating only about once every two days. little toys for the children. Her name was Oralia, and she ran a tiny groJudith and I had emailed each other about concery store that was identifiable only by a small sign templating, as we fell asleep, how people in Coloreading, Refrescate aqui (Renia Modelo could possibly sleep fresh yourself here), with a picon winter nights with almost no To help the needy in Palomas and ture of someone drinking from a blankets. neighboring communities, contact these organizations: soda bottle. Oralia had a candid People in general were thankhonesty to her face. ful at getting the blankets, but Border PArtnerS406 S. there was an especially nice Granite St., Deming, NM 88030, (575) 546-1083, (715) 292-9557 touch of justice in the beautiful e drove house to house (cell), info@borderpartners.org, antique brown and gold quilt with Oralia sitting in www.borderpartners.org that the garbage pickers got. Es the back seat directCASA de Amor PArA ninoS hermosa, (its beautiful) Elenita ing us. 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But larity to the reactions she and 656-341-4195, Palomas_Outwhat struck me later, after the I had to the people we helped. reach@yahoo.com Christmas dinner I went to that Just as I was, she was most afour lAdy of PAlomASPO night, was the smiles on peoples fected by Yessica, the woman Box 622, Columbus, NM 88029, faces that werent there during who had been recently widowed (575) 531-1101, ourladyoflasthe first trip. and left to care for three chilpalomas.org/palomas_hunger_ project.html Sarafina flashed us a smile dren and her mother. There was when she saw us coming. Goyo, a fierce urgency that flickered on ASilo PArA AnCiAnoSc/o who before was fretful, grinned. her face. Reina de Cisneros, PO Box 981, Columbus, NM 88029. Yessica looked calm. Oralias We both noticed that her husband, when he came back 10-year-old son, with his round, from working in the fields, sober face, was good, that he grinned at us broadly as his wife explained what looked concerned about his mother. Judith also felt that Elenita was a special per- had happened. It was a modest achievement. But something is son. Elenita and her husband Goyo were an elderly couple who were picking two garbage dumps in better than the whole lot of nothing they had been order to eat. Elenita was not much more than four going through feet tall and had a settled sense of humor and selfpossession. fter this I wrote a letter to Peppers SuperWe both saw the hang-dog expression on the market in Deming requesting money for face of Sarafina. People said her family was hungry 100-pound bags of beans for these families. because the husband didnt want to work. Recognizing the seriousness of the situation, ownThe last family was a 76-year-old man they er Mark Schultz with tremendous grace wrote out called Pulido, who lived alone and was earning $3 a check for more than double that amount. to $5 a day working in the fields. In the off-season Judith plans to get bags of flour for the families he gets just $10 a month from the government. in mid-February, when she can afford it. The poverty in Colonia Modelo and Colonia Victoria is a notch worse than in Palomas, and we are ome farmworkers in Colonia Modelo and in nearby towns said that there was less work working on finding more people in extreme need for them because of the droughtthat grow- to help. But Palomas also has extreme cases of need. ers were planting less. But I got a different take on this scenario from There are families eating just one meal a day, and Alex Leaos, who works as an agent for Border Ive heard a report that a couple of women died Foods in purchasing red chile produced in north- in the deep freeze in mid-January, when temperatures went down below five degrees. ern Chihuahua. The phone message I got three months ago He agreed that a few wells had gone dry, but that the reduced work level was more for purely seems to be spinning into something bigger. Donabusiness reasons. He said the growers left be- tions are always welcome at the organizations listcause there wasnt business anymore. Manage- ed, and you may want to specify where the money should be ment wasnt therethey went broke. I had left several messages for Leaos at his spent. k office, but they were never returned. I figured it was because he was part of the Leaos family that dominated farming in Colonia Victoria, a few miles Borderlines columnist Marjorie Lilly lives in Deming. from Colonia Modelo, and that he was avoiding

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(all times MST) Feb. 3, 6:56 a.m.Last Quarter Moon Feb. 8, 2 p.m.Mercury 0.3 degrees north of Mars Feb. 10, 12:20 a.m.New Moon Feb. 16, 2 p.m.Mercury greatest distance from the Sun (18 degrees) Feb. 17, 1:31 p.m.First Quarter Moon Feb. 19, 4 a.m.Saturn stationary Feb. 22, 12 p.m.Mercury stationary Feb. 25, 1:26 p.m.Full Moon there turned out to be a cold spot in southwestern Eridanus. This cold spot appears to be real, but there is a slight chance that it is just an unlucky fluctuation. If this is real void, it would be the biggest known structure in the universe, some 500 million light-years across. This supervoid would be between 6 billion and 10 billion light-years away from us. Astronomers checking catalogs of galaxies in the sky have found that there are fewer galaxies in the cold spot than in other areas in the sky, supporting the supervoid theory. Unfortunately, targeted telescopic counts of galaxies in the cold spot do not appear much different than in surrounding areas. Still, a supervoid has not been completely ruled out, and it will certainly be interesting to see what the European Space Agencys Planck spacecraft, launched May 14, 2009, will find in this area of the sky as it refines the observations from WMAP.

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orman Macleans novella A River Runs Through It is about two boys and the men they eventually become; one focus of the story is the Blackfoot River and how fly fishing is a common thread through their lives. So, too, does a river run through our winter sky. The constellation Eridanus, the River, runs from halfway up in our sky southwestward toward to the horizon. The eastern bank of Eridanus is formed by the constellations Orion, Lepus, Caelum and Horologium. The western bank is formed by Cetus, Fornax and Phoenix. Eridanus ends at Hydrus, near declination -57 degrees, just below our southern horizon. At the south end of this river is the brightest star in Eridanus, the first-magnitude star Achernar, which means the rivers end. Achernar barely gets a half-degree above our southern horizon when it is straight south of us. About 144 lightyears away from us, this star is spinning very rapidly, so its equatorial diameter is 50% larger than

Eridanus, the River, runs though the center of our February sky. The Eridanus Supervoid is shown relative size, some 10 degrees across. The colors indicate the relative temperature of the cosmic background microwave radiation, with blue being the coldest. It is unclear if this is really a 500-million-light-year-across area with a very low density of matter or just an unusual fluctuation (or something completely new).

The Planets for February

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its polar diameter. It would appear as an extremely oval sun in the sky of any planet orbiting it! The mythology on this constellation is uncertain. It has been associated with the river Po in Italy, but it has also been associated with other rivers at various times by various peoples. The Greek myth of Phaton is associated with Eridanus as well. Phaton wanted proof from his mother Clymen, who was married to the human King Merops, that his real father was Helios, the sun god. Helios drove his fiery chariot (the Sun) through the sky each day. Clymen convinced Helios to allow Phaton to drive the chariot for one day. The day came, and Phaton took the reins. The flaming chariot ascended into the sky, but Phaton could not control the mighty horses pulling it, and it veered too close to both heaven and Earth, scorching both. To stop the destruction, Zeus stepped in with a thunderbolt, slaying Phaton. His flaming corpse fell to earth, landing in the river Eridanos, which put out the flames. That river is commemorated by our constellation of Eridanus. ou cannot talk about Eridanus without mentioning the nearby star Epsilon Eridani. This 3.7-magnitude star is just 10.5 light-years away. It is only about 400 million years old, a veritable youngster. It is just a little smaller than our Sun, and possibly has two planets imbedded in a large ring of dust that circles the star. With its nearness and Sun-like properties, this planetary system has often been a target for interstellar journeys in science fiction. Perhaps the most interesting phenomena in this constellation is an area that appears colder than most of the rest of the sky. This was first detected by NASAs Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). Launched on June 30, 2001, this spacecraft was designed to measure the cosmic background microwave radiation, a faint echo of the Big Bang. The goal of WMAP was to measure the difference in the temperature of this microwave radiation over the entire sky. It could not be done from Earth because our atmosphere would interfere in the measurement. In mapping the tiny temperature differences,

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ercury is back in our evening sky, after spending last month too near the Sun to be seen. Mercury appears low on the west-southwestern horizon as the month starts. Passing Mars on Feb. 7, Mercury continues moving upward, until it reaches its farthest point east of the Sun (18 degrees) on Feb. 16. The Messenger of the Gods then turns back toward the Sun, passing Mars again on Feb. 26, and disappearing back into the bright twilight by the end of the month. This track starts in Capricorn, moving rapidly into Aquarius. Continuing east, it slows and turns north, entering Pisces, where it ends the month traveling westward toward the Sun. At its farthest distance from the Sun, it will shine at magnitude 0.1 with a disc that is a 35% illuminated (and shrinking) crescent that is 7.9 seconds-of-arc across. Mars is a difficult object this month, glowing at magnitude 1.2, just seven degrees above our western horizon as it gets dark. Mars is moving slowly eastward along the ecliptic in Aquarius in February, from this constellations western boundary to its northern boundary with Pisces. The God of Wars disc is a tiny 4.0 seconds-of-arc across, and it sets at 6:55 p.m. Moving eastward just north of the Hyades star cluster in Taurus, the King of the Planets is high in our south-southeastern sky as it gets dark. At magnitude -2.5, Jupiters disc is 40.8 seconds-ofarc across. It sets around 1:45 a.m. The Ringed Planet starts the month near the star Zubenelgenubi in Libra. Saturn moves slowly eastward until Feb. 19, when it becomes stationary and then turns back, heading westward. It shines at magnitude 0.5, rising around 11:30 p.m. Saturns Rings are 39.5 seconds-of-arc across and are tilted down 19.3 degrees with the northern face showing. Saturns disc is 17.4 seconds-of-arc across. You might be able to catch a look at Venus very low in the east-southeast during the first few days of the month, but it will quickly become too close to the Sun to be visible for the rest of the month. The Goddess of Love will not be back in our sky until late April, when it will be in the evening sky for the rest of the year. Speaking of 2013, it will not be a leap year, so you will have one less night this year to keep watching the sky! k An amateur astronomer for more than 40 years, Bert Stevens is co-director of Desert Moon Observatory in Las Cruces.

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Body, Mind & Spirit Bina Breitner

Why taking good care of yourself is good for your relationship.

Love, Sweet Love

n honor of Valentines Day, here are some pointers from a lot of different people Ive known or noticed over the years. Dottie, who had lost her beloved husband on a Christmas morning, said the two most important things in a marriage were courtesy and a sense of humor. Jim, a businessman, said his father told him he should give 60%he shouldnt be satisfied with 50-50, because if he felt he was giving more than 50% he was probably just getting close to giving 50%. If both people aimed for 60-40, giving more than they got, they as well as all the happiness, the little and big trimight end up somewhere near 50-50. His marriage umphs, the goofy pleasures, the goals and new was in pretty good shape after many decades. possibilities. Elaine told me she believed in marriage, not in You each have to be trust-worthyworthy of her husband Richard. He was just another person; trust. You listen with acceptance. You dont judge marriage was larger than either of them. So was or humiliate. If you think somethings a mistake, family. She had a context for whatever irked her you listen anyway before you suggest an alternaabout her husband, and her relationship stayed tiveand its still her choice. resilient. When he was particularly reactive, she For this, you have to make time, you have to be could watch him and smile at the absurditywhich empathetic, and you need emotional discipline usually brought him around. you dont just react with, Thats Its occurred to me that takthe dumbest thing Ive ever ing good care of yourself is heard. I have to go to work. good for your relationship. Just This might be honest, but hell for yourself, youll feel better. think twice about confiding in Youll also be a much better you again, and youll grow apart. partner, because youre happier As one speaker put it during a and have more to give. Besides, seminar on couples, In terms of when you take care of yourself trust, it takes 20 nice events to youre less likely to burden your make up for one zinger. Too bad partner with whatever ails you when you dont. those zingers roll so easily off the tongue (toward Maybe this is part of Dotties courtesy in a rela- yourself and your love). tionship. Or you could think of it as being responsible for your membership in the couple. t helps if you dont take things personally. If Remember you both are separate people. No hes got a wrong-headed idea, its still his idea. I matter how closely you and your true love are remember believing that being honest was the connected, youre still you, with your tempera- highest form of intimacy. Then I read a magazine ment, your history, your rhythms, your limitations article suggesting kindness was more important and quirks, your interests and values. Sure, a rela- than truth. Really? Yes, really. You can still slip tionship is easier and deeper when you and your some truth into the conversation (well, your idea partner have shared values, but no two people are of truth). identical. The differences can make life more inBy not taking things personally, you dont get teresting. flooded with your own reactions. You hate it when If youre looking for the perfect merger, those he doesnt clean up all the dishes before bedtime differences can feel hurtful to you. (If Im differ- and youre met by a pile in the sink or on the counent, hell disapprove of mewe should be together ter when you go into the morning kitchen. Youve in all waysand maybe theres something wrong told him repeatedly, and he still doesnt do it. with me because Im not like him, and hell stop You could tell him again, feeling hurt and reloving me..... is a logic that leads to anguish and sentful. He knows it matters to you, and he still resentment.) doesnt do it. He says, Im sorry, but you know But if you can enjoy, be amused by, and respect hes not. So, you retort, if youre that sorry, go the differences, youve got fun in store. Variety is BODY, MIND & SPIRIT continued on next page the spice of life. Relationships go dull when everythings predictable: Nobodys growing, or is growing secretly because he or she feels a need to mirror the other. Besides, an independent spirit is more attractive. When youre a bit separate, your love wont take you for granted, and you wont take him or her for granted. Its more engaging to wake up next to someone and find out who he or she is today. Whats on her mind? Whats he thinking about? Mindfulness lets Experience be the Teacher Whats evolving?

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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT continued clean up the dishes! The day is off to another good start. Instead, you could find a good moment to have a conversation with him: Honey, Im confused. I know you care about me, and you know it upsets me when you dont clean up the dishes before bed. So whats going on? Im baffled. Even if he doesnt know the answer, he has to start thinking about itand now its on him to figure it out. Every time he leaves the dishes, its no longer about you. Maybe you decide to leave them for him (for a week?). Its his issue, not personal for you, and not about you. Make him confront it. (And if you cant leave the dishes unwashed, figure out what your issue is.) This kind of squabble feeds back into the suggestion that you are two separate people. Maybe when he was a kid, his mom repeatedly criticized the way he washed dishesthere was a food fragment on the fork, hed overloaded the dishwasher, the glasses were streaked, whatever. He truly hates washing dishes. OK, find a way to trade household duties. He can forego dishwashing if he cooks, or vacuums, or does all the laundry, washes both cars, goes to market.... So long as it feels fair to both of you, the content doesnt matter. Andplease notenot washing the dishes wasnt about you at all. Dont take things personally. ou need to speak up about your needs. Sometimes people think thats selfish, but its quite the opposite. If you dont tell your partner what you need, he wont know. However romantic you both are, he cant read your mind. He isnt you. Play it out: You need to go to bed early; he loves it when you watch late-night TV with him. Once again, youre different people. If you say nothing, except how glad you are he wants to feel that coziness with you, youll be increasingly sleep-deprived. Youll become irritable and resentful. Youll even stop enjoying the cozy time, because he doesnt care that you need more sleep. Well, maybe hed care if you told him. And, once you tell him, even if he cares more about his cozy time than about your sleeping enough, at least it will now be his problem instead of yours. Go to bed. Tell him you love him, you know its frustrating for him, give him a hug and a kiss, and go to bed. You can wake up refreshed and loving. When he says he missed you, give him another kiss on the forehead, and say, We need to find another way for you to feel cozy that doesnt wreck my health. Youre taking care of yourself, so youre happier and feeling well; you care about his happiness; being different is blame-free; youre being kind while being your own person. He doesnt need to take your rejection of late-night TV personally, because your going to bed isnt a rejection of him at all. Youre just being youand the issue of your health and happiness is important. You have to speak up.

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The Antibiotics Around Us

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ong before the discovery of penicillin in the 1920s, cultures around the world turned to plants for their antibiotic needs. Ancient Egyptians used honey on wounds to help heal and prevent infection, and everyone from the ancient Romans to the early Americans relied upon garlic to treat infections. With the advent of conventional antibiotics, however, Western medicine began to leave medicinal plants behind. But today, with growing concerns about the overuse of antibiotics and the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, interest in plant medicines is being restored. Unlike antibiotics, which wipe out all bacteria in the body regardless of whether theyre harmful or beneficial, plants can be used to target an infection while leaving the bodys supply of good bacteria intact. Although medical professionals dont suggest avoiding antibiotics altogether (many bacterial infections are serious enough to warrant their use), in many cases, antibacterial herbs and foods can help prevent infection and work synergistically with antibiotics to treat infection. Always talk to your doctorand be wary of taking antibiotics for upper respiratory infections, many of which are caused by viruses and therefore will not respond to antibiotics. Pomegranate extract shows antibacterial activity against bacteria such as E. coli, Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus. those who took nothing. Cranberries work better as a preventive measure than as a treatment. To help prevent infection, drink one cup of unsweetened cranberry juice (sugar feeds the growth of bacteria) daily or take 400 to 500 milligrams (mg) of cranberry extract BODY, MIND & SPIRIT continued on next page

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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT continued capsules twice daily. Pomegranate is another powerful antibacterial. Although the antioxidant activity of this superfood has been well-documented, recent studies have also been diving into pomegranates antibacterial properties. In a study published in the International Journal of Microbiology, pomegranate extract showed antibacterial activity against bacteria such as E. coli, Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus. Additionally, a clinical trial of kidney disease patients on dialysis found that those patients who drank pomegranate juice three times a week for one year were less likely to be hospitalized from infection. Although the juice provides some antibacterial effects, of the parts tested, the fruits rind showed the strongest inhibitory effect against bacteria. To make a tea from the rind, cut its peel into nickelsize pieces, lay them in the sun to dry, then steep four to five pieces in boiling water. You can also drink one cup of pomegranate juice daily.

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Researchers think that carvacrol, one of the active chemical compounds in oregano, is largely responsible for this herbs medicinal qualities. a bacterium known to cause many food-borne illnesses, under research conditions. Most researchers attribute garlics antibacterial effects to the compound allicin. Because heat can chemically change this compound, eating raw garlic provides the most benefits. Cutting or crushing garlic also releases the allicin. Eat one clove of raw garlic daily; if you feel as if you are coming down with an infection, increase your intake to three or more cloves per day. Always talk with your doctor before making any changes to your health regimen, but because of garlics potential blood-thinning effects, be especially sure to discuss incorporating garlic if youre taking blood thinners or if you have an upcoming surgery.

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arious studies have shown honey to be useful for fighting many forms of bacteria that infect the skin and wounds. A clinical trial of goldmine workers in South Africa found honey just as effective at treating shallow wounds and abrasions as the conventional pharmaceutical treatment, and at a fraction of the cost. Additional trials and studies have shown that honey can help heal wounds quickly, relieve pain and decrease rates of infection. Honey is most often used externally to treat con- Antibacterial Herbs ditions such as burns, ulcers, bedsores and infected regano (Origanum vulgare), a popular Italor fungated wounds. For minor burns and wounds, ian herb, has many uses outside the kitchen. apply honey directly to the site and cover with a In a 2001 Georgetown University Medical sterile bandage. Change the dressing once or twice Center study, researchers discovered that oregano daily. For more serious wounds, ask your doctor oil inhibited growth of the Staphylococcus bacteria, about using honey to help the as well as the Candida albihealing process. cans fungus known to cause This antibacterial can also yeast infections, as effectively be consumed to promote as common antibiotics such as healthy immune function and penicillin. Researchers think help fight colds, flu and respirathat carvacrol, one of the active tory infections. Take one tablechemical compounds in oregspoon three times daily as a ano, is largely responsible for preventive, or once every hour this herbs medicinal qualities. for acute conditions. Take 300 to 500 mg in capsuled Note: Honeys produced liquid form. from bees allowed access to In a 2009 Romanian study, wildflowers and plants are researchers found that sage generally considered more po- Various studies have shown honey to showed strong antibacterial tent in their healing qualities be useful for fighting bacteria. activity against Staphylococthan large-scale agricultural cus, salmonella and E. coli and single-plant honeys (the kind you usually find bacteria. Both the German Commission E and the at the grocery store). Grocery store honeys can USDA have deemed sage as antibacterial, and the also be contaminated with pesticides or made with USDA even mentions white sage (Salvia apiana) high-fructose corn syrup. For maximum healing as a treatment for sore throats because of its abilibenefits, buy honey from a local source you trust. ties to inhibit bacteria growth. Drink one cup of Never give honey to children younger than two. sage tea (steep one teaspoon of dried sage leaves or one tablespoon of fresh sage in boiling water for three to five minutes) daily. k Glorious Garlic ong used as a folk remedy for treating coughs, colds and respiratory infections, studies have Excerpted from Mother Earth Living, a nashown garlic to have antibacterial effects cational magazine that provides practical ideas, pable of fighting infections. A recent study from inspiring examples and expert opinions about Washington State University, published in the healthy, beautiful homes and lifestyles. To read Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, looked more articles from Mother Earth Living, visit at the garlic-derived compound diallyl sulfide and www.MotherEarthLiving.com or call (800) 340-5846 to subscribe. Copyright 2012 by Ogfound it to be 100 times more effective than two den Publications Inc. conventional antibiotics at killing Campylobacter,

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Perchlorate is both a naturally occurring and man-made chemical used in the production of rocket fuel, missiles, fireworks, flares and explosives. It is also sometimes present in bleach and in some fertilizers. Its widespread release into the environment is primarily associated with defense contracting, military operations Eleven million Americans live in areas where concentrations of and aerospace programs. Perchlorate can be wide- perchloratea chemical used in the production of rocket fuel, misspread in ground water, soils and siles, fireworks, flares and explosivesare significantly higher in plants, and makes its way up the public drinking water supplies than what is considered safe. (Image: food chain accordinglyeven Comstock/Thinkstock) into organically grown foods. A 2005 Journal of Environmental Science and EWG points out that Massachusetts is already testTechnology study using ion chromatography to ing for it with a 1 ppb cut-off, per the mandate of its find contaminants in agricultural products found statewide standard set back in 2006. The only other state to have a drinking water quantifiable levels of perchlorate in 16% of conventionally produced lettuces and other leafy greens standard for perchlorate is California, which set and in 32% of otherwise similar but organically 6 ppb or less as an allowable concentration back produced samples. Today, traces of perchlorate in 2004. But that states Office of Environmental are found in the bloodstreams of just about every Health Hazard Assessment recently proposed lowering the standard to 1 ppb based on new data rehuman on the planet. Perchlorate in the environment is a health con- garding environmental exposure, possible effects cern because it can disrupt the thyroids ability to of perchlorate and consideration of infants as a produce hormones needed for normal growth and susceptible population. If the EPA develops a tough new standard, aldevelopment. Besides its potential to cause endocrine system and reproductive problems, perchlo- most every state will need to readjust its water rate is considered a likely human carcinogen by monitoring systems to take into account how the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). much perchlorate is making its way to our taps and Some 11 million Americans live in areas where into the foods we eata no doubt costly process concentrations of perchlorate in public drinking but one that will greatly benefit both current and water supplies are significantly higher than what future generations. CONTACTS: Environmental Working Group, is considered safe. Per the mandate of the Safe Drinking Water Act, www.ewg.org; EPA Perchlorate Info, water.epa. the EPA is currently working on setting national gov/drink/contaminants/unregulated/perchlorate. standards for how much perchlorate can be al- cfm. lowed in drinking water without putting people at risk. As part of the process, the agency is studyDear EarthTalk: Is it true that asthma ing the available science on the health effects of cases in children often correlate to living perchlorate exposure and evaluating laboratory close to roads and all the associated pollumethods for measuring, treating and removing per- tion-spewing traffic? chlorate in drinking water. The EPA will publish a proposed rule on the matter for public review at Living near a roadway certainly does exacsome point in 2013. erbate asthma, especially for kids. A recent We are happy that the EPA is moving ahead study by the University of Southern Caliwith a drinking water standard... but we are con- fornia (USC)the most comprehensive by far to cerned that it wont be strict enough, reports Re- date on this topicfound that at least 8% of the nee Sharp of the nonprofit Environmental Work- more than 300,000 cases of childhood asthma in ing Group (EWG). The group would like to see the Los Angeles County can be attributed to traffic-reUS adopt a truly health-protective drinking water lated pollution at homes within 250 feet of a busy standard lower than 1 ppb [parts per billion] for roadway. The findings, released in the September perchlorate. Insiders dont believe federal policy- 2012 online edition of the peer-reviewed journal, makers will go that low, however, since the EPA Environmental Health Perspectives, indicate that says it cannot detect perchlorate below 2 ppb. But previous research underestimated the effects of roadway traffic on asthma. Our findings suggest that there are large and previously unappreciated public health consequences of air pollution in Los Angeles County and probably other metropolitan areas with large numbers of children living near major traffic corridors, says Rob McConnell, one of the lead researchers on the study and a professor of preventive medicine at USCs Keck School of Medicine. These findings confirm our understanding that air pollution not only makes things worse for people with asthma but can actually cause asthma to develop in A recent study by the University of Southern California found that at least 8% of the more than 300,000 cases of childhood asthma in Los healthy children, reports Diane

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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT continued Bailey of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading environmental non-profit. It is even more sobering when you consider that 45 million Americans live within 300 feet of a highway and many of them are children. USC researchers note that new laws in California designed to reduce carbon outputimproving fuel efficiency and reducing vehicle miles by increasing public transit optionswill also help reduce asthma triggers. Some of the policies designed to reduce traffic congestion and car usage include offering housing developers incentives to locate projects closer to transit stops, thus encouraging use of public transit. Plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change offer an opportunity to develop win-win strategies that will maximize the health benefits from reduction both of greenhouse gases and of air pollutants that directly harm children, McConnell says. There is also emerging evidence that other diseases may be caused or exacerbated by urban air pollution, including atherosclerosis, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and neurological disorders, McConnell adds.

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Thus, policies to combat climate change may have near-term health benefits beyond reducing the burden of disease due to asthma. According to NRDCs Bailey, prioritizing the land directly next to freeways and other busy roads for commercial rather than residential use is one way to keep people at a safer distance from asthma-triggering pollution. Those who already live near busy roadways can help mitigate pollution effects by planting treesfoliage of all kinds is good at absorbing pollutantsand by filtering their indoor air to minimize overall exposure. But given that traffic pollution increases asthma by some 8%, says Bailey, wed better do everything we can do reduce that pollution and minimize exposure to it. CONTACTS: Environmental Health Perspectives, ehp.niehs.nih.gov; NRDC, www.nrdc.org. k EarthTalk is written and edited by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss and is a registered trademark of E - The Environmental Magazine (www.emagazine.com). Send questions to: earthtalk@emagazine.com. Subscribe: www. emagazine.com/subscribe. Free trial issue: www.emagazine.com/trial.

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s the days get shorter, many people find themselves feeling sad. You might feel blue around the winter holidays, or get into a slump now after the fun and festivities have ended. Some people have more serious mood changes year after year, lasting throughout the fall and winter when theres less natural sunlight. What is it about the darkening days that can leave us down in the dumps? And what can we do about it? NIH-funded researchers have been studying the winter blues and a more severe type of depression called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, for more than three decades. Theyve learned about possible causes and found treatments that seem to help most people. Still, much remains unknown about these winter-related shifts in mood. Winter blues is a general term, not a medical diagnosis. Its fairly common, and its more mild than serious. It usually clears up on its own in a fairly short amount of time, says Dr. Matthew Rudorfer, a mental health expert at NIH. The socalled winter blues are often linked to something specific, such as stressful holidays or reminders of absent loved ones. Seasonal affective disorder, though, is different. Its a well-defined clinical diagnosis thats related to the shortening of daylight hours, says Rudorfer. It interferes with daily functioning over a significant period of time. A key feature of SAD is that it follows a regular pattern. It appears each year as the seasons change, and it goes away several months later, usually during spring and summer. SAD is more common in northern than in southern parts of the United States, where winter days last longer. In Florida only about 1% of the population is likely to suffer from SAD. But in the northernmost parts of the US, about 10% of people in Alaska may be affected, says Rudorfer. As with other forms of depression, SAD can lead to a gloomy outlook and make people feel hopeless, worthless and irritable. They may lose interest in activities they used to enjoy, such as hobbies and spending time with friends. Some people say that SAD can look like a kind

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ioral therapy (CBT)a type of talk therapycan also help patients who have SAD. For the cognitive part of CBT, we work with patients to identify negative self-defeating thoughts they have, says Dr. Kelly Rohan, a SAD specialist at the University of Vermont. We try to look objectively at the thought and then reframe it into something thats more accurate, less negative, and maybe even a little more positive. The behavioral part of CBT tries to teach people new behaviors to engage in when theyre feeling depressed, to help them feel better. Behavioral changes might include having lunch with friends, going out for a walk or volunteering in the community. We try to identify activities that are engaging and pleasurable, and we work with patients to try to schedule them into their daily routine, says Rohan. A preliminary study by Rohan and colleagues compared CBT to light therapy. Both were found effective at relieving SAD symptoms over six weeks in the winter. We also found that people treated with CBT have less depression and less return of SAD the following winter compared to people who were treated with light therapy, Rohan says. If youre feeling blue this winter, and if the feelings last for several weeks, talk to a health care provider. Its true that SAD goes away on its own, but that could take five months or more. Five months of every year is a long time to be impaired and suffering, says Rudorfer. SAD is generally quite treatable, and the treatment options keep increasing and improving. k

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Theotokos Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Santa Clara. 537-4839, theotokos@ zianet.com. reStorAtive yoGA4-5:30 p.m. A Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas, 3882425. mondAyS A CourSe in mirACleS6:30 p.m., 600 N. Hudson. Information, 534-9172 or 534-1869. AArP CHAPter #1496Third Monday. 12:30 p.m. Senior Center, 205 W. Victoria. Contact Marcia Fisch, 388-1298 AArP widowed PerSonSSecond Mondays. 11 a.m. Glad Tidings Church. Contact Sally, 537-3643. Al-Anon12:05 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1915 Swan, Silver City. Contact Valerie, 313-2561. Art ClASS-9-10:45 a.m. Silver City Senior Citizen Center. Beginners to advanced. Contact Jean 519-2977. KundAlini yoGANoon. A Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas St. PinG PonG5:30-7 p.m. Grant County Convention Center. Beginners 7-8 p.m. Silver City SQuAreSDancing 7-9 p.m. Presbyterian Church, 1915 N. Swan St. Kay, 388-4227, or Linda, 534-4523. tAi CHi for Better BAlAnCe1 p.m., Senior Center. Call Lydia Moncada to register, 534-0059. tueSdAyS AlCoHoliCS AnonymouSMens group, 7 a.m. Unitarian Fellowship Hall. 3845 N. Swan. Jerry, 534-4866. AlzHeimerS/dementiA SuPPort 1-3 p.m. Senior Center. Margaret, 388-4539. BAyArd HiStoriC mine tour 2nd Tuesday. Meet at Bayard City Hall, 800 Central Ave., by 9:30 a.m. $5 fee covers two-hour bus tour of historic mines plus literature and map; call 537-3327 for reservation. ComPASSionAte friendS4th Tuesday. 6:30 p.m. Support for those whove lost a child. Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, 7th and Texas St. Charlene Mitchell, 534-1134. fiGure/model drAwinG4-6 p.m. Contact Sam, 388-5583. GilA writerS6:30 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Room, 1313 E. 32nd St. Trish Heck, pheck@grmc.org, 538-4072 . interBody yoGA5:30-6:30 p.m., 315 N. Bullard, 2d fl. 519-8948. KiwAniS CluBNoon. Red Barn, 708 Silver Heights Blvd., 590-0540. loS ComAdreS CAnCer SuPPort GrouP1st Tues. 6 p.m. Business and HAtHA yoGA5:30 p.m. First Church of Harmony, 609 Arizona St. Lori Zitzmann. HiStoriC mininG diStriCt & touriSm meetinGSecond Thurs. 10 a.m. Bayard Community Center, 290 Hurley Ave., Bayard. 537-3327. KundAlini yoGA5:30 p.m. A Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas, 3882425. mountAin dulCimer JAm6:15 p.m., Public Library. ProGreSSive PilAteS5:30-6:30 p.m., 315 N. Bullard, 2d fl. 5198948. toPS5 p.m. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1915 Swan, 538-9447. vinyASA yoGA5:30-6:30 p.m., 315 N. Bullard, 2d fl. 519-8948. yoGA ClASSFree class taught by Colleen Stinar. 1-2 p.m. Episcopal Church fellowship hall, 7th and Texas. fridAyS KundAlini yoGANoon. A Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas St. overeAterS AnonymouS6 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center conference room. 313-9400. Silver City womAnS CluB2d Fri., 10 a.m. 411 Silver Heights Blvd. 538-9326. tAiz2d Friday. Service of prayer, songs, scripture readings and quiet contemplation. 6:30 p.m. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 538-2015. woodCArvinG CluB2d and 4th Fridays except holidays. 1 p.m. Senior Center. 313-1518. youtH SPACe5:30-10 p.m. Loud music, video games, chill out. Satellite/ Wellness Coalition. SAturdAyS AlCoHoliCS AnonymouS BeGinnerS6 p.m. Lions Club, 8th & Bullard (entrance at Big Ditch behind Dominos). Newcomers and seasoned members welcome. AlzHeimerS/dementiA SuPPort 10 a.m.-noon. Gila Regional Medical Center Conference Room. Margaret, 388-4539. BeGinninG SAlSA7-8 p.m. Javalinas. Instructor Gail Willow, 388-3332. BloominG lotuS meditAtion1 p.m. Details: 313-7417, bloominglotus-sangha@googlegroups.com. douBle feAture BloCKBuSter meGA Hit movie niGHt5:30-11 pm. Satellite/Wellness Coalition. eveninG PrAyer in tHe eAStern ortHodox trAdition5 p.m. Theotokos Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Santa Clara. 537-4839, theotokos@ zianet.com. KidS BiKe ride10 a.m., Bikeworks, 815 E. 10th St. Dave Baker, 590-2166. nArCotiCS AnonymouS6 p.m. New 180 Club, 1661 Hwy. 180 E. SAdHAnA morninG PrAyer, meditAtion, yoGALast Sat. 5-7 a.m. A Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas, 388-2425. SPinninG GrouP1st Sat., 1-3 p.m. Yada Yada Yarn, 614 N. Bullard, 388-3350. vinyASA flow yoGA10 a.m. All levels. A Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas, 388-2425. k

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ow that Im in the early stage of the winterof-my-years, I find myself spending more and more time reflecting, pondering and cogitating over life and all of its complexities. One of these complexities is one of the socalled laws of nature. That law is this: In order for anything to live, something must die. What brought me to this point of reflection was the occasional letter from some irate animal-rightist who criticizes and condemns me for my choice of hunting and killing any given animal. I have to ask myself, Why do they have such a problem? Within this law-of-nature, one of three scenarios must apply to humans: (1) we must kill it ourselves; (2) someone else must kill it for us; or (3) it must have died on its own. If a person eats meat, the law applies; if a person is a vegetarian, it still applies. Aaah, but you might argue that the vegetable plants or the fruit trees or the nut trees dont die; they live on. But wait, while that is true, the fruit, nut and vegetable that come from that plant do indeed die, and thats the part that man depends upon! Once that part is separated from the parent plant, it dies, just as if I cut my hand off of my body and I dont reattach it; my hand is effectively dead. That, too, reflects the law of nature: When something within nature dies, nature itself doesnt die. One of the criticisms that I hear is that hunters encourage and perpetuate game animals only to kill them, but isnt that true of people who buy their protein at the supermarket, or those who grow vegetables to harvest for a vegan to consume? I get a kick out of people who refuse to eat meat protein and get their protein from soybeans. Didnt someone grow and harvest (in this case, allow them to die) those soybeans in order for them to be consumed? And even if we dont have a hand in killing it, it still has to die first before we consume it. To consume doesnt necessarily mean that we eat it; there are other avenues. For instance, we cut and gather firewood to heat our dwellings or cook our food. Either a live tree was harvested or we used naturally dead wood. In the latter case, when we gathered the dead wood and used it, a whole lot of parasitic life was destroyed in the process. And even if our dwelling choice is entirely made of stone and metal, what about the cabinetry or the furniture? We humans still destroyed some form of life to make that end product. Let me clarify: I define the term to die as for something to cease being what it was originally. In that context, even extractive products fall into that category. Iron ore becomes steel that is used in our autos and trucks and bicycles and whatever else we use steel in. Crude oil becomes gasoline for vehicles as well as synthetics for our clothing, footwear and a myriad of other products. And the list goes on.

and I advance to you, what is more organic than wild game? Some of my critics dont eat red meat but think nothing of eating fish or poultry. Those creatures still had to die! Or are they saying that it is perfectly okay to eat anything as long as they dont have a hand in taking its life but others do it for them? Lets go to the real extreme in this argument (as if it isnt already): Many of us, including my critics, are cat and dog lovers. We buy canned and dry food for our pet companions. I challenge you to look at the ingredients list; it is full of byproducts of other critters that gave their lives so all of those dogs and cats could live.

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have some few friends who are animal-rightists. Even if they dont actually have a direct hand in killing some lifeform, or eating meat killed by others, they are duplicitous in some way where a life is taken. For instance, one friend refuses to even kill a spider in the house, but he/she will look the other way as that spider kills and eats a fly caught in its web! Another friend has cats, but is perfectly okay with the cats killing any mouse or rat that dares enter the house! Along those lines, I find it enigmatic that another person will condemn me for killing an animal for sport and utilizing it in some way, as a violation of that animals right to live, yet will champion the right of a wolf, coyote or any other predator to take away the right to life of its prey! Please explain the difference to me? Arent we all part of the larger scheme of nature? Another critic will eat so-called organic meat,

his brings me to my final thoughts on the subject; some of which I have never thought of in this context before. When I think of it, these final thoughts probably sum up why I think it is perfectly all right to hunt and kill what I hunt. It is my rationale of why I love the outdoors in general. I am, and have been, a born-again Christian for many years of my life; it is my choice to be so. I constantly read The Good Book and here is my argument. First of all, in the book of Genesis, it says that everything was given to mankind for his/her use. Second, in the Old Testament it tells me that animal sacrifice was instituted for the benefit of mankind; the animal died to become the salvation of early man, instituted by a benevolent and loving Creator-God. And yes, I choose to believe that a Triune God started everything and it wasnt by some Big Bang. This Creator-God instituted the law-of-nature about which Im speaking. Oh, I will admit that this Creator-God concept does raise the profound question: Then where did God come from? I also admit, I simply dont know, but that is what faith is all about. I have faith in that; others have faith in a Big Bang. So what does all of this have to do with the law-ofnature, that for anything to live, something must die? Well, as I pondered all of this, I realized that Nature, as we know it, conforms perfectly to the character of the Creator-God who made it. I get this info from the New Testament that says that Jesus-The-Christ is part of that Trinity-God and is The Second Person of The Godhead, whose unique role was to be Creator of nature. In accordance with this role and with another role He assumes, which is to be Savior of Mankind, He had to conform to His created law-of-nature of which I have been speaking. The Good Book says that Jesus had to die for me. In order for Him to do this, He had to leave His role of Creator-Son and choose to become a man. Why? Because God cannot die; He is The Forever God! Man is the one who dies. When Jesus carried all of my sins to the cross in my place, and died on that tree, then rose to life again as being part of The Godhead once more, His act gave me eternal life! In other words, He died so that I may livethe very law-of-nature! So then, if this law was ordained by God, through His act towards mankind, then I can freely observe this same law-of-nature and not feel guilty about it in the least. Whether you agree with me or not, thats your business; I dont have to answer for others, I just have to answer for me. As always keep the sun forever at your back, the wind forever in your face, and may The Forever God bless you too! k When not ramblin outdoors, Larry Lightner lives in Silver City.

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ecently I was helping a rider looking at new horses. This rider had skills and experience, way beyond a beginner but definitely not an expert. But I felt the search was being driven by the wrong criteria. The horses on the prospect list were there more for their size, breed and beauty than suitability for their intended use. Little thought was being given to the temperament or athletic ability of the horses relative to the riders skills. The buyer had hired me to help screen and evaluate prospects as they showed up. I try to be unbiased and unemotional in this role, hoping to keep a buyer from making a big mistake or finding out later that the seller forgot a few facts about the horse. One horse in particular was coming to the top of the list, a real beauty though too big and spirited for the buyer, who was petite and really only looking for a good trail horse. Too many riders end up over horsed or under horsedleading to problems for either the rider or the horse. I voiced my concerns and heard the response that makes me mentaland that goes to the core of a basic issue between horses and humans: Oh, thats OK if hes too big and athletic for me because my spouse is big and strong and can ride the horse, too. And I have a neighbor with a son and theyre real big strong guys and they can ride the horse, too. The dreaded horse as machine, bike or ATV response! That attitude says a horse is simply a stock animal that should react and behave the same way for any rider who mounts up, regardless of skills, technique or equipment. No regard for mental or physical development, different personalities, the psychological needs of the animal or unique bonds that may formit might be my horse but once trained (meaning programmed), it should just do the job regardless of circumstances. If this were really the case, I wonder why so many people have problems with so-called trained horses. his got me thinking about two horses, Romeo and Juliet, Ive become attached to at End of the Road Ranch Horse Rescue and Sanctuary, and the wisdom behind Pat Parellis attempts to build a horse-anality model to help people better understand and teach their horses. Parelli likes to look at the basic personalities of horses along two intersecting scalesone going from introvert to extrovert, the other from right-brained (more reactive, spooky or high strung) to left-brained (more responsive, thinking or calm). The idea is you can roughly classify any horse within those parameters to help guide your training. In other words, one size does not fit all, and you need to take these differences into consideration if you want to build or buy the horse that will best match your skills and goals. Ignore them and perhaps you have the reason behind many problems with well trained horses. Romeo and Juliet have been a perfect case study of personality differencesalmost like human twin studies that have looked at nature vs. nurture. They came to the sanctuary from a group of seized horses in northern New Mexico, starving and in bad shape. They looked to be yearlings given their size, and were long shots to even survive. After some quality vet care, it appeared the horses were probably between three and four years old. Their size and poor development were the result of starvation. It turned out Romeo was still a stud (hence his new name!) but was so underdeveloped you could not tell. Both horses clearly had a common parent as they looked like twins. There were stallions in their group, so with Juliet being older than first thought, there was a concern she might be pregnant. After Romeo was gelded (he got to keep his name, though) and Juliet tested negative for pregnancy, the first task was to bring them back to health with plenty of good food and loving care. The efforts of the rescue owners and volunteers brought the horses to a level of health they had probably never seen. Clearly, the long-term effects of malnutrition would limit their sizeabout that of a pony, even though their bone structure indicated they would have been much bigger. But both

seemed bright and happy with no obvious health or mental issues. The horses were classic blank slates and had probably never been handled. As I started to evaluate them to begin teaching the basics, what intrigued me right away was that they were practically joined at the hip. Close in age with obvious shared parentage and breeding, they had probably been living together their entire lives. Yet, they had dramatically different personalities. Romeo was a more introverted, rightbrained horse based on how he interacted with other horses and what he did when introduced to the first steps of training. Juliet was far more extroverted and left-brained in her behavior. Neither is likely be a riding horse, except perhaps for a child, but they still needed to learn the basics: catch and halter them; teach them to stand for the vet or farrier; go into the trailer; lead and respect the handlers space; and be comfortable with grooming, bathing and being tied. The goals for each were the same and the natural horsemanship techniques used for training would be the same, but the pace of teaching would have to be different for each horse.

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omeo would literally shake when you approached him on his right side. He was difficult to catch, even in a small space. He showed no curiosity and would spook and flee from anything new or the slightest amount of pressure. Once haltered, he would plant his feet and not move when you tried to lead him. He was close to being dangerous because he was so afraid. Juliet, on the other hand, showed great interest in everything we did. She grasped the concept of giving to pressure and in only a couple of sessions was giving basic yields with softness. She was easy to lead and quickly understood the sending exercises so important in this training. She handled some scary sensory challenges with few problems, even my carwash, which is as scary as it gets for most horses. She accepted a saddle like shed been wearing one her whole life, and has even started to do some work in long lines. As she learned more and gained strength and confidence, however, she also started to challenge other horses for a higher place in the herd and express opinions about her training. Had I taken the horse as machine approach that you train them all the same way, both horses would have problems. Romeo needs a lot more time and patience, with each task broken down so he can succeed and be rewarded and praised for even the most basic exercise. Each training session requires going back and reviewing things until he relaxes and gains some confidence. Moving on to new things or higher levels of pressure takes planning, sensitivity and a good eye for what he is saying with his body and behavior. But hes getting it, showing some curiosity, and even trusting me enough to go through the carwash. His athletic abilities have surprised me. As for Juliet, the personality that has surfaced and grown indicates she will need a more experienced hand for a different set of reasons. Can you imagine these two horses being handled or owned by someone who made no allowances for their unique personalities and ability to learn, expecting them to accept and understand things in exactly the same way, just because theyre horses? Or believing they would not always react differently to different people or situations, even after training? We accept that differences in human personalities lead each of us down a different path in life, and that every person is not equally suited to every activity or career. Youll get a lot more from your horse if you look at him in the same waymake him yours, accept who he is and dont give him a life as a bike. k Scott Thomson lives in Silver City and teaches natural horsemanship and foundation training. You can contact him at hsthomson@ msn.com or (575) 3881830.

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ed or Green? is Desert Exposures guide to dining in southwest New Mexico. The listings herea sampling of our complete and recently completely updated guide online at www.desertexposure.cominclude some of our favorites and restaurants weve recently reviewed. We emphasize non-national-chain restaurants with sit-down, table service . With each listing, we include a brief categorization of the type of cuisine plus what meals are served: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner. Unless otherwise noted, restaurants are open seven days a week. Call for exact hours, which change frequently. All phone numbers are area code 575 except as specified. We also note with a star (*) restaurants where you can pick up copies of Desert Exposure.

If weve recently reviewed a restaurant, youll find a brief capsule of our review and a notation of which issue it originally appeared in. Stories from all back issues of Desert Exposure from January 2005 on are available on our Web site. Though every effort has been made to make these listings complete and up-to-date, errors and omissions are inevitable and restaurants may make changes after this issue goes to press. Thats why we urge you to help us make Red or Green? even better. Drop a note to Red or Green? c/o Desert Exposure, PO Box 191, Silver City, NM 88062, fax 534-4134, or email updates@red-or-green.com. Remember, these print listings represent only highlights. You can always find the complete, updated Red or Green? guide online at www.desertexposure.com. Bon apptit!
notch pastries in the morning, deli lunch ordinner. . . Dianes new Deli has it allto go! (Sept. 2007) Artisan breads, sandwiches, deli, baked goods: B L D.* don JuAnS BurritoS, 418 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: B L. drifter PAnCAKe HouSe, 711 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-2916. Breakfast, American: B L, breakfast served throughout. eAt your HeArt out, 800 W. Market, 313-9005. Catering. * GAllo Pinto, 901 N. Hudson St., 597-3663. Mexican: B L D. Gil-A BeAnS, 1304 N. Bennett St. Coffeeshop.* Golden StAr, 1602 Silver Heights Blvd., 388-2323. If you sometimes long for the guilty pleasures of the Chinese food served at a mall food courtthink Panda Expressor just want your wontons without waiting, theres good news. Normal appetites will find the three-item combo tough to finish, so plan on leftovers whether youre eating in or taking out. All of its plenty tasty, and you can enjoy it just like in the food court. (February 2007) Chinese: L D. GrAndmAS CAf, 900 Silver Heights Blvd., 388-2627. American, Mexican: B L.* Grinder mill, 403 W. College Ave., 538-3366. Mexican: B L D.* JAliSCo CAf, 100 S. Bullard St., 388-2060. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. L D. JAvA tHe Hut, 611-A N. Bullard St., 534-4103. Espresso and coffeeshop: Mon.-Sat.* JAvAlinA Coffee HouSe, 201 N. Bullard St., 388-1350. Coffeehouse.* Kountry KitCHen, 1505 N. Hudson St., 388-4512. Mexican: Mon.Sat. B L early D, Sun. B only.* lA CoCinA reStAurAnt, 201 W. College Ave., 388-8687. Mexican: L D. lA fAmiliA, 503 N. Hudson St., 388-4600. Mexican: Tues.-Sun. B L D.* lA mexiCAnA, Hwy. 180E and Memory Lane, 534-0142. Mexican and American: B L. lionS den, 208 W. Yankie, 6540353. Coffeeshop. mASA y mAS tortilleriA, Suite C-The Hub Plaza, (505) 670-8775. Tortillas, tacos, chimichangas, burritos, enchiladas, menudo, tamales and more. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L.* mi CASitA, 2340 Bosworth Dr., 538-5533. New Mexican cuisine: Mon.-Thurs. L, Fri. L D. millieS BAKe HouSe, 215 W. Yankie, 597-2253. From pies to pizzas, the food is oven-fresh and innovative. (November 2012) Soup, salads, sandwiches, baked goods: Tues.-Sat. Deep-dish pizza: Thurs.-Mon. D. * nAnCyS Silver CAf, 514 N. Bullard St., 388-3480. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. tHe PArlor At diAneS, 510 N. Bullard St., 538-8722. Beer and wine bar, sandwiches, light bites: Tues.-Sun. afternoons. PeACe meAl Burrito BAr, The Hub, 6th and Bullard, 388-0106. Slow-roasted beef, pork and chicken options in addition to vegetarian and

GrAnt County Silver City AdoBe SPrinGS CAf, 1617 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-3665. Under new ownership and refocusing on what has made it a longtime Silver City favorite: excellent breakfasts and lunches. (April 2011) Breakfast items, burgers, sandwiches: Mon.-Thur. B L, Sat. & Sun. B L D.* AlottA GelAto, 619 N. Bullard St., 534-4995. Gelato, desserts and hot drinks: All day.* ASiAn Buffet, 1740 Hwy. 180E, 388-0777. A boundless buffet that would satisfy the Mongol hordes. (April 2010) Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, sushi: L D. BillyS BBQ And wood-fired PizzA, Hwy 180E, 388-1367. A freewheeling mixture of barbequed ribs and brisket, freshly made pasta, Cajun catfish, seared Ahi tuna, authentic Greek gyros, and pizzas baked in a wood-fired oven and featuring a wide range of innovative toppings. (November 2010) Barbecue, pizza, gyros, pasta: Tues.-Fri. D. Sat.-Sun. L D. Italian nights Weds., Sat.* BryAnS Pit BArBeCue, Mimbres Valley Self Storage and RV Park, (660) 247-3151 or (660) 247-3160. Authentic Southern-style barbecue.. Brisket, pork ribs, chicken and sausage dinners, pulled pork and chopped brisket sandwiches. (August 2010). Now also BBQ tenderloin and smoked turkey. Barbecue: L D. CAf oSo Azul At BeAr mountAin lodGe, 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road, 538-2538. Bear Mountain Lodge blends food, art and natural beauty into a memorable experience that pleases all the senses. The menu

changes daily, with entres that are always imaginative and tastycomfort food in a form that most of our mothers would never have thought of producing. (March 2011) Weekend brunch, weekday L by reservation only.* CHineSe PAlACe, 1010 Highway 180E, 538-9300. All the food is cooked to order. This means that not only does every dish arrive at the table freshly cooked and steaming, but also that you can tailor any dish to suit your taste. (October 2012) Chinese: Mon.-Fri. L D. CourtyArd CAf, Gila Regional Medical Center, 538-4094. American: B L, with special brunch Sundays.* CuriouS KumQuAt, 111 E. College Ave., 534-0337. A hotspot of modern culinary innovation. Lunch features soups, salads and sandwiches. Dinners are elaborate, imaginative, exotic five-course culinary creations. Entres always include vegetarian and vegan options plus others determined by what local ranchers have available. (July 2010) Contemporary: Mon. L, Tues.-Sat. L D.* deliGHtful Blend, 3030 N. Pinos Altos Road, 388-2404. Coffeeshop. diAneS reStAurAnt, 510 N. Bullard St., 538-8722. As they serve Dianes fresh, inventive dishes, the staff will make you subtly aware you are indeed enjoying a big-city-caliber dining experiencewithout the least bit of snootiness to detract from the fact that you are, nonetheless, in small-town New Mexico. (Sept. 2007) Homemade American, Euro and Pacific Rim: Tues.-Sat. L D, Sun. D only, weekend brunch, catering. diAneS BAKery & deli, The Hub, Suite A, Bullard St., 534-9229. Top-

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vegan fare with a commitment to provide food that is organic and healthy. (January 2013) Chipotle-style burrito bar: Weds.-Mon. L early D.* Pretty Sweet emPorium, 312 N. Bullard St., 388-8600. Dessert, ice cream: Mon.-Sat.* QS SoutHern BiStro And Brewery, 101 E. College Ave., 534-4401. Qs Southern Bistro has found its niche and honed its elevated pub menu to excellence to serve its funloving, casual dining crowd. (October 2010) American, steaks, barbecue, brewpub: Mon.-Sat. L D. red BArn, 708 Silver Heights Blvd., 538-5666. Steakhouse: L D.* river rAnCH mArKet, 300 S. Bullard. Grass-fed meats, pastured poultry, gluten-free baked goods, to-go soups and stews lunches. SABor, 1700 Mountain View Road, 388-2737. Mexican, sandwiches: B L D. SHeveK & Co., 602 N. Bullard St., 534-9168. Shevek & Co. will take your taste buds on a culinary tour from Spain to Greece, with delicious destinations all along the Mediterranean in-between. The sheer ambition of the offerings is astonishing. (March 2009) Mediterranean: D, brunch on selected weekends.* Silver BowlinG Center CAf, 2020 Memory Lane, 538-3612. American, Mexican, hamburgers: L D.* SilverAdo HeAltH food SHoP, 303 E. 13th St., 534-9404. Sandwiches, burritos, salads, smoothies: Mon.-Fri. L. SunriSe eSPreSSo, 1530 N. Hudson, 388-2027. Coffeeshop: Mon.-Sat. B L, early D. SunriSe eSPreSSo, 1212 E. 32nd St., 534-9565. Coffeeshop, bakery: Mon.-Fri. B L, early D, Sat. B L only.* tHree doGS CoffeeHouSe, 503 N. Bullard St. Coffeeshop, lunch specialties, pizza: L. tre roSAt CAf, 304 N. Bullard St., 654-4919. International eclectic: Mon.-Fri. L, D. Sat. D. * viCKiS eAtery, 315 N. Texas, 388-5430. Serving hearty breakfasts, sandwiches both cold and grilled, wraps and salads that satisfy in a homey yet sophisticated way. Dont miss the German potato salad. (Dec. 2009) American: Mon.-Sat. B L. Sun. B.* wrAnGlerS BAr & Grill, 2005 Hwy. 180E, 538-4387. Steak, burgers, appetizers, salads: L D.* yAnKie CreeK Coffee HouSe, 112 W. Yankie St. Coffeeshop, coffee, home-made pastries and ice cream, fresh fruit smoothies.* BAyArd fidenCioS tACo SHoP, 1108 Tom Foy Blvd. Mexican: B L D. little niSHAS, 1101 Tom Foy Blvd., 537-3526. Mexican: Wed.-Sun. B L D. loS ComPAS, 1203 Tom Foy Blvd, 654-4109. Sonoran-style Mexican, hot dogs, portas, menudo: L D. m & A BAyArd CAf, 1101 N. Central Ave., 537-2251. A down-toearth, friendly, unpretentious place kind of a cross between a Mexican cantina and a 1950s home-style diner, serving tasty, no-frills Mexican and American food at reasonable prices. (October 2011) Mexican and American: Mon.-Fri. B L D. SPAniSH CAf, 106 Central Ave., 537-2640. Mexican, tamales and menudo (takeout only): B. SuGAr SHACK, 1102 Tom Foy Blvd., 537-0500. Mexican: Sun.-Fri. B L. Cliff PArKeyS, 8414 Hwy. 180W, 5354000. Coffeeshop: Mon.-Sat. Hurley GAtewAy Grill, 2705 Hwy. 180E, 537-5001. From Friday Steak Night to everyday American and Mexican food, worth hitting Hwy. 180 for. (December 2011) American and Mexican: Sun.-Thur. B L, Fri.-Sat. B L D.* lAKe roBertS little toAd CreeK inn & tAvern, 1122 Hwy. 35, 536-9649. Rustic gourmet designed to appeal to the eyes as well as the taste buds. And this is true of the items on the brunch menu, as well as those on the very different dinner menu. (June 2012). Steaks, sandwiches, American: Thurs.Fri. D, Sat.-Sun. brunch and D. Tavern with soups, sandwiches, Scotch eggs: Daily L D. SPirit CAnyon lodGe & CAf, 684 Hwy. 35, 536-9459. For the German sampler, caf customers can choose two meat options from a revolving selection that may include on any given day three or four of the following: bratwurst, roast pork, schnitzel (a thin breaded and fried pork chop), sauerbraten (marinated roast of beef), stuffed cabbage leaves, or roladen (rolled beef with a sausage and onion filling). (July 2011) German specialties, American lunch and dinner entres: Saturday midday D. mimBreS elK x-inG CAf, (352) 212-0448. Home-style meals, sandwiches and desserts: B L. mimBreS vAlley CAf, 2964 Hwy. 35, 536-2857. Mexican, American, burgers: Mon.-Tues. B L, Wed.-Sun. B L D, with Japanese tempura Wed. D. PinoS AltoS BuCKHorn SAloon And oPerA HouSe, Main Street, 538-9911. The Buck, as most locals affectionately call it, has a history of satisfying at the dinner plate with its long-favored menu including generous slabs of meat, hearty green chile stew with kick and honest pours at the full bar. (December 2010) Steakhouse, pasta, burgers: Mon.-Sat. D. doA AnA County lAS CruCeS & meSillA ABrAHAmS BAnK tower reStAurAnt, 500 S. Main St. #434, 5235911. American: Mon.-Fri. B L. Andele reStAurAnte, 1950 Calle del Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: Mon. B L, Tues.-Sun. B L D. AntonioS reStAurAnt & PizzeriA, 5195 Bataan Memorial West, 373-0222. Pizza, Italian, Mexican: Tues.-Sun. L D. AQuA reef, 900-B S. Telshor, 5227333. Asian, sushi: D. BAAn tHAi KitCHen, 1605 S. Solano Dr., 521-2630. Thai: Tues.-Sat. L D, Sun. L. tHe BeAn, 2011 Avenida de Mesilla, 523-0560. Coffeehouse. A Bite of BelGium, 741 N. Alameda St., 527-2483. Belgian food: Mon.-Fri. B L. Blue AGAve CAf, 1765 S. Main St. (inside Best Western Mission Inn), 524-8591. Southwestern: B. Blue moon, 13060 N. Valley Dr., 647-9524. Bar, burgers: Sat.-Sun. L D. BoBA CAf, 1900 S. Espina, Ste. 8, 647-5900. Sandwiches, salads, casual fare, espresso: Mon.-Sat. L D.* BrAvoS CAf, 3205 S. Main St., 526-8604. Mexican: Tues.-Sun. B L. BreAK An eGG, 201 S. Solano Dr., 647-3000. Breakfasts, burgers, salads, sandwiches: B L.

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Alotta Words about

ALOTTA GELATO

February is an action-packed, fun-filled month for us: the Chocolate Fantasia and Valentines Day serve to keep us hopping. Events like these remind us of why we decided to move to Silver City its a place where something good is going on all year round. Were happy to remind you that ALOTTA GELATO is open 7 days and nights a week all year long, because Silver City is such a happenin town. Drop by and see us; youll be glad you did, and so will we! (Note: in order to get in the proper mood, light a scented candle, put the massage oil into the microwave, and put on a Barry White album before reading the next paragraph.) Whatever you do, dont forget your sweetie on Valentines Day! Wed like to point out that gift certificates are perfect for this occasion, can be purchased in any amount, and can be used a little at a time a gift that keeps on giving! In our (admittedly biased) opinion, few things are more romantic than sharing gelato with the one you love now thats amore! The point of this is that you shouldnt go so long without treating yourself to something specialwhether its a cup of our sinful Gila Conglomerate gelato, a big honkin wedge of triple-layer Carrot Cake, or whatever it is that turns you and/or your Valentine on. Dont forget: ALOTTA GELATO is open 7 nights a week until at least 9:00 PM (10:00 PM on Friday and Saturday nights). We have all kinds of hot drinks (such as coffee, 20-plus kinds of tea, hot cocoa, hot cider and even ramen noodles) to keep you all warm and snuggly, and we also carry delicious dessert items such as Key Lime bars, Triple Lemon Cheesecake, slices of flourless Chocolate Raspberry Torte, cookies, and the aforementioned Carrot Cake. Nothin says lovin like gelato, so pick up a hand-packed pint or quart today! Thanks for reading; as a token of our appreciation for you, our valued customer, bring this ad for 25 off any size gelato for each member of your party. Visit us online at: www.alottagelato.com

Alotta Gelato - 619 N. Bullard St., in Downtown Silver City -575-534-4995

Espresso Coffee Lattes

Juice Bar

Salads Wraps Sandwiches

722 E Florida St., Deming, NM 88030 ph: 575-546-3345

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The Caf Oso Azul at The Lodge

Bear Mountain Lodge

Valentines Day Menu

Crab Bisque Soup or Mushroom Bisque Soup

cateringonmarket.com

Starter:

Well see you at Chocolate Fantasia!

Mancotti stu ed with home made ricotta cheese, butternut squash, pistachios, and a bit of cream cheese with a fresh tomato basil sauce or Roast Pork Tenderloin served with Gruet Pinot Noir and Berry Reduction and scalloped potatoes or Tea and Rose Smoked Chicken Breast served with a pine nut, basil, and fresh tomato rice pilaf All entrees are served with roasted vegetables, Bear Mountain romaine salad, and homemade bread Chocolate Mousse nestled in a tulip of baked phyllo dough or Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream served with a ginger cookie $32. Reservation a must! Serving 5-7 pm

Entree Choices:

Eat Your Heart Out can provide meals for all your catering needs.
Brunches Luncheons Dinner Parties Birthday Parties Meetings & Social Gatherings Showers Graduation Parties Family Reunions Card Parties Memorial Services Our meeting room is available for your event of under 40 guests.

You dont need a formal gathering, just keep us in your refrigerator or freezer!
We can prepare dishes to serve 6 or 12 for take and bake. Give us a 2 day notice and well have your food ready when youre ready to pick it up.
Please go to our website cateringonmarket.com for a current price listing.

Dessert:

MARYS GOURMET CUPCAKES

are always available or by special order. Pick up one or a dozen. Call ahead so well be there when you want them.

60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road 575 538 2538 www.bearmountainlodge.com

stop in at 800 West Market Visit us online cateringonmarket.com

575-313-9005 800 W. Market Silver City, NM 88061 guardianvlb@aol.com CATERINGONMARKET.COM

Call 575-313-9005 or

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Red or Green? Peggy Platonos

Second Location Now Open on Saturdays

Sunrise Espresso II 1212 East 32nd St. Now offering Smoothies
Come on in or use our convenient drive-through. Enjoy freshly baked treats and free WiFi. If you have the time, we offer a relaxing comfortable location for informal meetings of getting together with friends.
At Sunrise Espresso we specialize in high quality espresso drinks designed to please the most discriminating tastes. The menu includes lattes, cappuccinos, mochas, and one of the best black cups of coffee you will find anywhere. All our drinks can be made hot, frozen (blended), or over ice, and most drinks can be made sugar free. Non-coffee drinks include Chai lattes, Italian cream sodas, and assorted teas.

At Silver Citys Curious Kumquat, where creativity is served up at every meal, its prime time for chocolate.

I Am Curious (Chocolate)

Silver Citys PREMIER Drive-Up Espresso Bar!

1530 N. Hudson Silver City, NM 575-388-2027 Mon.-Fri. 6am to 4pm Sat. 7am to 2pm New Second Location: 1212 E. 32nd St. Silver City, NM Mon.-Fri. 6am to 5pm Sat. 8am-3pm

684 HWY 35 near Lake Roberts

Offering German Food and a full menu

See our menu at www.spiritcanyon.com

575-536-9459
Saturdays 11:30am-3pm Bad weather? Call ahead.
Groups by reservation at other times. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE
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f you are adventurWhimsical chocolate frogs ous in eating, and welare always a hit with kids come the opportunity particularly when biting into to experience new comthem brings you to a suitbinations of ingredients ably gooey, gory-colored in your food, the Curious filling that tastes much, Kumquat in downtown much better than one might Silver City is worth a visit, expect frog guts to taste, for both lunch and dinner. The process starts with an And its a must for chocoeight-frog mold, which Rob late lovers, particularly sprinkles with drops of difas Silver Citys Chocolate ferent colors of cocoa butter Fantasia (see next page), to create a random pattern Valentines Day and Easter on each frogs back. The approach. Curious Kumdecoration process is the quats co-owner/chef, Rob reverse of the way its done Connoley, is rolling out on paper or canvas; in the major quantities of crecandy-making process, you ative chocolate bonbons work downward, so the with intriguing fillings. dots, which are done first Where else can you find and become the bottom shiny little hand-crafted dishes. It makes layer in the mold, wind up chocolate gems with fillings like Spiced Rum, Pear for a long, physibeing the top layer in the William, Cinnamon Love, Honey Saffron or any of cally demanding finished frog. (Photos by the other half-dozen options? If youre lucky, you day, but he has no Peggy Platonos) might even find some of those beauties with rose- complaint. mary salted caramel filling that were judged to be I guess the secret is that I love what I do, he the best bonbons at the national 2012 Chocolate says. I passionately love what I do. Fantasy Chocolatier Competition. Rob is planThe lunch menu features soups ($2.95 cup/$4.95 ning to participate in the annual competition again bowl), salads ($4 small/$7.50 large), creative sandthis year, to be held March 2 at the Hyatt Regency wiches on ciabatta ($7.50), black bean burritos Tamaya Resort in Bernalillo. Hes thinking of enter- ($5.50), gyros ($7.50), and Build-Your-Own Pizza ing the Honey Saffron Bonbons he is already mak- ($7.95)all made with local ingredients as much ing and selling at the Curious Kumquat. as possible. Robs chocolate sculpture Fresh and affordable, Rob last year won rave notices from says. From Day One, thats what spectators, but the judges fawe wanted, and thats how weve vored more traditional styles. kept it. This year, Rob is working on a This sounds simple enough, design for a five-foot-high chocbut simple is not really part of olate sculpture that features a Robs culinary vocabulary. The chocolate hot air balloon balsoups, salads and sandwiches anced in mid-air on slender tenon the lunch menu are all made drils of chocolate wafting from a in-house, and Rob and his staff chocolate cloud. He plans to crecure the meats themselvesthe ate the sculpture in pieces at the ham, the bacon, the pastrami. restaurant and assemble them They roast the turkeys themon-site at the time of the comselves. They produce their own petition. We can all help Rob by baked goods. Theyre even startStep two in the process of praying for cool weather at coming to make their own cheeses creating a chocolate frog uses petition time. and sausages. a custom air-powered spray-gun While were praying, we can These are not economy meato add a layer of light green console ourselves with the bonsures, Rob says. Its all part of cocoa butter as skin color for the bons available for purchase right our effort to produce good fresh frog. After the layer of green, now at the Curious Kumquat. Or, food that is tasty and satisfying Rob repeats the process with a if were really ambitious, we can and well, memorable. We buy layer of white cocoa butter, for actually learn how to make delocally as much as we possibly a light background between lectable bonbons ourselves. The can. We buy pigs, goats and lambs the colored cocoa butter and different processes for producdirectly from local 4H kids, and the dark chocolatemaking ing molded or dipped chocolate we cut up the whole animal ourthe colors show up clearer and candies are not all that difficult, selves after its been slaughtered brighter. The cocoa butter must and Rob is willing to give chocoat a USDA facility in Arizona. be heated to be liquid enough to late classes in private homes for Dinner at the Curious Kumspray, and the spray gun itself is groups of up to 10 people. quat also features good fresh warmed, so the cocoa butter will food, with ingredients acquired not solidify and clog the small locally wherever possible. But f he says hell do it, he will holes in the nozzle head. what Rob does with the food but it is hard to imagine how served at dinnertime catapults he can possibly squeeze chocolate classes into his busy schedule. The res- it into a different class of cuisine altogether. Dintaurant is open for both lunch and dinner Tuesday ner is where Rob pulls out all the stops and sends through Saturday, and Rob is on the job from early out five to seven courses of innovative dishes that in the morning until closing timewhich is when- are little masterpieces of taste and visual artistry. ever the last customer leaves. Then Rob washes Dinner at the Curious Kumquat is definitely an adventure. Essentially self-taught With the layers of colored in the realm of innovacocoa butter completed tive cuisine, Rob nonetheand cooled thoroughly so less knows all the correct they are solid, the mold terms and techniques for can be turned over, and every process he uses, the decorative designs on and he knows the formal each frog become visible. name for every element The molds are now ready to be filled with chocolate. he creates and then blends into the finished dish. As a

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CAf AGoGo, 1120 Commerce Dr., Suite A, 636-4580. Asian, American, sandwich, salad, rice bowl: Mon.-Sat. L D. CAf de meSillA en lA PlAzA, 2051 Calle de Santiago, 652-3019. Coffeehouse, deli, pastries, soups, sandwiches: B L early D. CAttlemenS SteAKHouSe, 2375 Bataan Memorial Hwy., 382-9051. Steakhouse: D. dAyS HAmBurGerS, Water & Las Cruces St., 523-8665. Burgers: Mon.Sat. L D. de lA veGAS PeCAn Grill & Brewery, 500 S. Telshor Blvd., 5211099. Pecan-smoked meats, sandwiches, steaks, seafood, craft beers: L D. deliCiAS del mAr, 1401 El Paseo, 524-2396. Mexican, seafood: B L D. dGS univerSity deli, 1305 E. University Ave., 522-8409. Deli: B L D.* diCKS CAf, 2305 S. Valley Dr., 524-1360. Mexican, burgers: Sun. B L, Mon.-Sat. B L D. dionS PizzA, 3950 E. Lohman, 521-3434. Pizza: L D. douBle eAGle, 2355 Calle De Guadalupe, 523-6700. All the steaks are aged on the premises in the restaurants own dedicated beef aging room An array of award-winning margaritas and deliciously decadent desserts. (March 2012) Southwestern, steaks, seafood: L D, Sun. champagne brunch buffet. * duBlin Street PuB, 1745 E. University Ave., 522-0932. Irish, American: L D. el tiBuron, 504 E. Amador, 6474233. Mexican, seafood, steak: L D. emiliAS, 2290 Calle de Parian, 6523007. Burgers, Mexican, soup, sandwiches, pastry, juices, smoothies: L D. GArduoS, 705 S. Telshor (Hotel Encanto), 522-4300. Mexican: B L D.* GuACAmoleS BAr And Grill, 3995 W. Picacho Ave., 525-9115. Burgers, pizza, salads, sandwiches, Hawaiian appetizers: L D. HieBertS fine foodS, 525 E. Madrid Ave. #7, 524-0451. Mexican, American: B L D. HiGH deSert BrewinG ComPAny, 1201 W. Hadley Ave., 525-6752. Brew pub: L D.* internAtionAl deliGHtS, 1245 El Paseo Rd., 647-5956. Greek and International: B L D. JAPAneSe KitCHen, 141 Roadrunner Parkway, 521-3555. Japanese: L D. JoSePHinAS old GAte CAf, 2261 Calle de Guadalupe, 525-2620. Pastries, soups, salads, sandwiches: Mon.-Thur. L, Fri.-Sun. B L. KAtAnA tePPAnyAKi Grill, 1001 E. University Ave., 522-0526. Japanese: Mon.-Fri. L D, Sat. D. lA PoStA reStAurAnt de meSillA, 2410 Calle De San Albino, 524-3524. Mexican , steakhouse: L D, Sat.-Sun. and holidays also B. lemonGrASS, 2540 El Paseo Rd., 523-8778. Thai: Tues.-Fri. L D, Sat.Mon. D. le rendez-vouS CAf, 2701 W. Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. French pastry, deli, sandwiches: Mon.-Sat. B L. lorenzoS PAn Am, 1753 E. University Ave., 521-3505. Italian, pizza: L D. loS ComPAS, 1120 Commerce Dr., 521-6228. Mexican: B L D.* mAin Street BiStro And Ale HouSe, 139 N. Main St., 524-5977. Bistro fare, beers: L, D Mon.-Sat. meSillA vAlley KitCHen, 2001 E. Lohman Ave. #103, 523-9311. American, Mexican: B L.* meSon de meSillA, 1803 Avenida de Mesilla, 652-4953. Steaks, barbecue, seafood, sandwiches, salads, pasta: L D. metroPolitAn deli, 1001 University Ave., 522-3354. Sandwiches: L D. milAGro Coffee y eSPreSSo, 1733 E. University Ave., 532-1042. Coffeehouse: B L D.* mix PACifiC rim CuiSine And mix exPreSS, 1001 E. University Ave. #D4, 532-2042. Asian, Pacific: Mon.-Sat. L D. noPAlito reStAurAnt, 2605 Missouri Ave., 522-0440. Mexican: L D. noPAlito reStAurAnt, 310 S. Mesquite St., 524-0003. Mexican: Sun.Tues., Thurs.-Sat. L D.* old town reStAurAnt, 1155 S. Valley Dr., 523-4586. Mexican, American: B L.* ono Grindz, 300 N. Downtown Mall, 541-7492. Hawaiian: B L D. PAiSAno CAf, 1740 Calle de Mercado, 524-0211. Mexican: B L D.* PAnCAKe Alley diner, 2146 W. Picacho Ave., 647-4836. American: B L, early D. PePPerS CAf on tHe PlAzA (in tHe douBle eAGle reStAurAnt), 2355 Calle De Guadalupe, 523-6700. Creative handling of traditional Southwestern dishes. [plus] such non-Mexican entres as Salmon Crepes and Beer Braised Beef Carbonnade. (March 2012). Southwestern: L D. *

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PHo SAiGon, 1160 El Paseo Road, 652-4326. Vietnamese: L D. PlAyerS Grill, 3000 Champions Dr. (NMSU golf course clubhouse), 6462457. American: B L D. PullAroS itAliAn reStAurAnt, 901 W. Picacho Ave., 523-6801. Italian: L D. red BriCK PizzA, 2808 N. Telshor Blvd., 521-7300. Pizzas, sandwiches, salads: L D. roBertoS mexiCAn food, 908 E. Amador Ave., 523-1851. Mexican: B L D.* roSieS CAf de meSillA, 420 Avenida de Mesilla, 526-1256. Breakfast, Mexican, burgers: Sat.-Thurs. B L, Fri. B L D. SAntoriniS, 1001 E. University Ave., 521-9270. Greek, Mediterranean: Mon.-Sat. L D. SArAS PlACe, 1750 N. Solano Dr., 523-2278. Mexican: B L. SAvoy de meSillA, 1800 Avenida de Mesilla, 527-2869. Upscale fine-dining: Tues.-Sun. L D, Sun. B. tHe SHed, 810 S. Valley Dr., 5252636. American, pizza, Mexican, desserts: Wed.-Sun. B L.* Si itAliAn BiStro, 523 E. Idaho, 523-1572. Italian: Mon.-Sat. L D. SimPly toASted CAf, 1702 El Paseo Road, 526-1920. Sandwiches, soups, salads: B L. Si Seor, 1551 E. Amador Ave., 527-0817. Mexican: L D.* SPAniSH KitCHen, 2960 N. Main St., 526-4275. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. SPirit windS Coffee BAr, 2260 S. Locust St., 521-1222. Sandwiches, coffee, bakery: B L D.* St. ClAir winery & BiStro, 1720 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-0390. A showcase for St. Clair wines rooted in the same attention to detail, insistence on quality and customer-friendly attitude as the winery. (July 2012) Wine tasting, bistro: L D. SunSet Grill, 1274 Golf Club Road (Sonoma Ranch Golf Course clubhouse), 521-1826. American, Southwest, steak, burgers, seafood, pasta: B L D. tHAi deliGHt de meSillA, 2184 Avenida de Mesilla, 525-1900. Thai, salads, sandwiches, seafood, steaks, German: L D.* tiffAnyS PizzA & GreeK AmeriCAn CuiSine, 755 S. Telshor Blvd #G1, 532-5002. Pizza, Greek, deli: Tues.-Sat. B L D.* umP 88 Grill, 1338 Picacho Hills Dr., 647-1455. Irish pub: L D. vAlley Grill, 1970 N. Valley, 5259000. American: B L D, Friday fish fry. vintAGe wineS, 2461 Calle de Principal, 523-WINE. The atmosphere is casual and relaxed, the handful of tables situated snugly as in a real French bistro to encourage conversation. Kick off the evening with wine and tapas inside, or wrap up the night out on the charming, cozy patio with a dessert wine or port. (June 2008) Wine and cigar bar, tapas: L D. woK-n-world, 5192 E. Boutz, 526-0010. Chinese: Mon.-Sat. L D. zeffiro PizzeriA nAPoletAnA, 136 N. Water St., 525-6757. Owner Gary Ebert and his very attentive and efficient staff serve up gourmet-style pizza on hand-tossed crusts. (August 2009) Pizza, pasta, also sandwiches at adjoining Popular Artisan Bakery: Mon.-Sat. L D. zeffiro new yorK PizzeriA, 101 E. University Ave., 525-6770. Pizza: L D. AntHony erneStoS mexiCAn food, 200 Anthony Dr., 882-3641. Mexican: B L. lA CoCinitA, 908 W. Main Dr., 5891468. Mexican: L. CHAPPArAl el BAyo SteAK HouSe, 417 Chaparral Dr., 824-4749. Steakhouse: Tues.Sun. B L D. tortilleriA SuSy, 661 Paloma Blanca Dr., 824-9377. Mexican: Mon.Sat. B L D, Sun. B L. doA AnA BiG miKeS CAf, Thorpe Road. Mexican, breakfasts, burgers: B L D. orGAn tHAi deliGHt, 16151 Hwy. 70E, 373-3000. Thai, steaks, sandwiches: L D. rAdium SPrinGS Country CuPBoArd, 827 Fort Selden Rd., 527-4732. American: B L D. SAntA tereSA Billy CrewS, 1200 Country Club Road, 589-2071. Steak, seafood: L D. lunA County deminG AdoBe deli, 3970 Lewis Flats Road SE, 546-0361. The lunch menu features traditional deli-style sandwiches... The dinner menu is much grander, though

Cosmic Chocolate
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hocolate will be in the spotlight all over downtown Silver City this month, as the Mimbres Region Arts Council sponsors its annual Chocolate Fantasia on Saturday, Feb. 9. This years theme is Along the Milky Way. Gourmet chocolate tasting is the center of this event and tasting tickets are $20 for 20 individual pieces of chocolate from your choice of 30 Chocolate Stops in and around the towns historic district. Downtown merchants and galleries will decorate in keeping with the Milky Way theme, with many free events for the entire family including site-specific events, games, a Cosmic Parade and more. Chocolate Fantasia tickets traditionally sell out, so be sure to purchase yours early. This year, chocolate events start at 12 p.m. and will last until 4 p.m. Chocolate Stop maps and empty Valentine boxes ($2 each) for collecting your chocolates will be available at Chocolate Fantasia Headquarters at the Silco Theater on Bullard Street.

Follow along the Milky Way to Chocolate Fantasia, Feb. 9.

During the day the chocolates will be sampled and judged in a number of categories, and awards will be given out at the renovated, historic Murray Hotel. All are welcome to attend the awards event. For more information and tickets, contact MRAC at (575) 538-2505, or visit www.mimbresarts.org. k

This years Chocolate Fantasia features 30 Chocolate Stops. (Photo: B.J. Allen)

customer, you definitely dont need to know any of dinners from 6 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16. Bethose terms or understand any of those processes ing so close to Valentines Day, the theme of the in order to enjoy the results. But the fact that food meal is chocolatebut chocolate as most of us enthusiasts who ARE knowledgeable about these have never known it. things regularly make special trips from as far This will be a 10-course meal, with chocolate away as Albuquerque and Phoenix to enjoy Robs an ingredient in each coursebut nothing sweet dinner creations does speak well for the degree of and no mols, Rob explains. These experimental expertise he has attained. And those folks are as- dinners are where I experiment with brand-new, tounded at how low his prices are, at $34 to $38 for cutting-edge techniques that I want to try out. My a five- to seven-course meal that would qualify as guests are my guinea pigs, so to speak. And they haute cuisine anywhere, despite the casual atmo- pay $75 for the privilege, with an extra $25 charge sphere in which its served. if they would like to have paired wines included Im not into formality or snobbishness. What for each course. I want is to do world-class food thats accessible, Last year, Robs Valentines Day experimental Rob says. Some kid raised this animal, I did some dinner had the same theme, but dont worry careful preparation, let my imagination go, added there wont be a thing on the menu this year that some ingredients that might be a little unusual or appeared on the table last year. exotic, and created a dish that is, I hope, appealing Reservations are required, and are rolling in, in taste and in appearance so the available seats are and does justice to the anigoing fast. People are mal. coming in from AlbuquerFor those on a limited que and Phoenix, Rob budget, the dinner menu reports. And in the past, a offers an Entre Only opguy came all the way from tion. Currently, the meal Chicago to attend one of choices are: 4H Lamb my experimental dinners. Chops, grilled and served With Rob and the Curiwith potato pure over ous Kumquat appearing organic greens, $17 entre in Saveur magazines Top only/$38 full course; Cata100 list this year, other lan Venison Shank, cooked customers may wind up all day in a hearty Spanish traveling similar distancGarnacha wine, $15/$38; es to attend the event. Thai Duck, slow-cooked Immediately after the arand served with Thai red ticle appeared, Rob says, curry over cilantro rice, a car full of six foodies $15/$38; Tao Bao, steamed from Los Angeles showed Chinese bun with walnut up for dinner one night and tangy bean sauce, to sample his innovative $10/$34; Pecan Haresh, sa- Filling the molds with chocolate is a messy cuisine. vory pecan patties served business. The Belgian chocolate has to be The Curious Kumquat with Moroccan pepper and melted and held at between 93 and 97 is located at the intersecmaple sauce, $12/$34; and degrees so it is fluid enough to be poured. tion of Bullard and ColEat What the Chef Eats After allowing the chocolate to cool for a few lege Avenue in downtown Orange Berry Pork Stew, minutes in the molds, Rob will pour out the Silver City, and is open chocolate that remains warm and fluid in the served over rice, $12/$34. Tuesday through SaturThough the Curious center of the mold, leaving a thin but solid day. Lunch is served from Kumquat started out as a layer of chocolate to complete the upper shell 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dinspecialty food shop, it is of the frogs and a central space into which ner service starts at 5:30 now devoted almost ex- the filling will be gently stuffed. After that, a p.m., with the last seating clusively to serving meals. quick drizzle of chocolate seals the bottom at 8:30. The actual closing We do occasionally get in of the candy. As soon as that chocolate layer time is determined each special orderscheeses at cools thoroughly, each chocolate frog is night by the departure of the holiday season, Indian ready to be removed from the mold. the last customer. ingredients around this For more information, time of year, exotic herbs call the Curious Kumquat and spices periodically, at (575) 534-0337. k things like that, Rob says. And, of course, they sell his Send Mimbres freelance hand-crafted chocolates. writer Peggy Platonos tips for restaurant final note on chocoreviews at platonos@ late: Rob will be gilanet.com or call (575) offering one of his 536-2997. amazing experimental

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some sandwiches are available then, too. Dinner options include filet mignon, flat iron steak, T-bone, ribeye, New York strip, Porterhouse, barbequed pork ribs, Duck LOrange, Alaska King Crab legs, broiled salmon steak, shrimp scampi, pork chops, osso buco, beef kabobs. (March 2010) Bar, deli, steaks: L D.* BAlBoA motel & reStAurAnt, 708 W. Pine St., 546-6473. Mexican, American: Sun.-Fri. L D. BelSHore reStAurAnt, 1030 E. Pine St., 546-6289. Mexican, American: Tues.-Sun. B L. BenJiS reStAurAnt, 821 W. Pine, 546-5309. Mexican, American: Mon., Tues. Thurs, Fri. B L D, Weds. B L. CAmPoS reStAurAnt, 105 S. Silver, 546-0095. Owner Albert Campos prides himself on the authentic Mexican and southwestern food he cooks up, inspired by his home in the Mexican state of Zacatecassuch as the fantastic BBQ Beef Brisket Sandwich, a family recipe. But the restaurant has much more than Mexican fare. (June 2007) Mexican, American, Southwestern: L D.* CAnoS reStAurAnt, 1200 W. Pine St., 546-3181. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. L D. CHinA reStAurAnt, 110 E. Pine St., 546-4146. Chinese: L D. el CAmino reAl, 900 W. Pine St., 546-7421. Mexican, American: B L D. eliSAS HouSe of PieS And reStAurAnt, 208 1/2 S. Silver Alley, 494-4639. The southern-style fare is a savory prelude to 35 flavors of pie. (April 2012) American, barbecue, sandwiches, pies: Mon.-Sat. L D. * el mirAdor, 510 E. Pine St., 5447340. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D. Golden Sun StAr, 500 E. Cedar St., 544-0689. Chinese: L D. GrAnd motor inn & lounGe, 1721 E. Pine, 546-2632. Mexican, steak, seafood: B L D. irmAS, 123 S. Silver Ave., 5444580. Mexican, American, seafood: B L D. lA fondA, 601 E. Pine St., 5460465. Roomy, bright and airy, La Fonda is no mere taco joint. The extensive menu features all the Mexican favorites at bargain prices, plus a wide range of Anglo fare and a breakfast thats worth the drive to Deming. Famous for its fajitas: Choose chicken, beef or both, fajitas for two, or try the unusual stuffed fajita potato or seemingly contradictory fajita burrito. (September 2009) Mexican: B L D.* lAS CAzuelAS, 108 N. Platinum Ave. (inside El Rey meat market), 5448432. This gem of a restaurant turns out perfectly cooked steaks and seafood, as well as a full line of Mexican fare. (June 2011) Steaks, seafood, Mexican: Tues.-Sat. L D.* mAnGo mAddieS, 722 E. Florida St., 546-3345. Salads, sandwiches, juice bar, coffee drinks. mAnoloS CAf, 120 N. Granite St., 546-0405. The menu offers breakfast, lunch and dinner choices, and its difficult to convey the immense range of food options available. In every section of the menu, theres a mixture of American-style comfort food items and Southwest-style Mexican dishes which no doubt qualify as Hispanic comfort food. (February 2012) Mexican, American: Mon.-Sat. B L D, Sun. B L. mimBreS vAlley BrewinG Co., 200 S. Gold, 544-BREW. Craft beer, burgers, wings, paninis: Tues.-Fri. D, Sat.-Sun. L D. PAlmAS itAliAn Grill, 110 S. Silver, 544-3100. Even if you think you dont like Italian food, you might want to try this family-run enterprise, with Harold and Palma Richmond at the helm. In addition to the name, Palma brings to the restaurant her Sicilian heritage and recipes that came to the United States with her grandmother. Harold brings training in classic Continental cuisine, along with his familys New England food traditions. (Sept. 2010) Italian: L D. Sat. prime rib, Sun. buffet.* PAtio CAf, 1521 Columbus Road, 546-5990. Burgers, American: Mon.Sat. L D.* Prime riB Grill (inSide HolidAy inn), I-10 exit 85, 546-2661. Steak, seafood, Mexican: B D. rAnCHerS Grill, 316 E. Cedar St., 546-8883. Steakhouse, burgers: L D.* Si Seor, 200 E. Pine St., 5463938. Mexican: Mon.-Sat. B L D, Sun. B L. SunriSe KitCHen, 1409 S. Columbus Road, 544-7795. Good-quality comfort food. Theres nothing on the menu that is really exotic. But all the familiar dishes, both American

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ittle Toad Creek Inn & Tavern in Lake Roberts plans a grand opening for its brewery and distillery in March. It will be the first new operating brewery in this part of the state, and only the fourth distillery in New Mexico. Meanwhile, Little Toad Creek will have a Crawfish Boil & Cajun Feast with live Cajun music on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 4-9 p.m., and a special Valentines Day menu, Feb. 14-17. 1122 Hwy. 35, 536-9649, littletoadcreek.com. Also featuring a special Valentines menu, Shevek & Co. in Silver City offers a five-course aphrodisiac tasting dinner Feb. 14 and 15. 602 N. Bullard St., 534-9168, silver-eats.com. And Bear Mountain Lodges Caf Oso Azul has a special Feb. 14 prix fixe dinner, 5-7 p.m. Reservations are a must. 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road, 538-2538, www.bearmountainlodge.com. The next day, the Rotary Club will again be sponsoring a Valentines dinner fundraiser, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at Bear Mountain Lodge. The dinner includes a four-course meal, each course to be accompanied by a paired wine. Tickets are $65 per person, including gratuity, and proceeds will benefit The Volunteer Center of Grant County for the Alimento Para El Nino Program. For more information or to purchase tickets, call Mark at 537-5988 or Sunny at 534-2121. Cecilia McNicoll will be opening a new food business in downtown Silver City at 300 S. Bullard in mid-February, River Ranch Market. The store will feature grass-fed meats (beef, lamb, goat, pork and fresh sausages) and pastured poultry, gluten-free baked goods, and to-go lunches (soups and stew) and protein shakes. Bob Brockhausen, long-time owner and brewmaster at the Silver City Brewing Co., is the new owner of Daylight Donuts in Silver City. Sandy Caris is reopening her Elk X-ing Caf in Mimbres, featuring home-style meals, sandwiches and desserts in an all-log building with large windows to view the wildlife and rural scenes while eating. (352) 212-0448.

Fabulous getaway nestled in the tall pines of Pinos Altos Fireplaces Secluded Balconies Porches Telephone & WiFi Satellite TV Barbeque Grill Hot Tub in Cabana Meeting Room Cabins with Kitchens are available
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ew in the Las Cruces area is Savoy de Mesilla, an upscale fine-dining restaurant at 1800 Avenida de Mesilla. Along with entres such as stuffed pecan chicken and Angus truffle filet mignon, the restaurant serves a special liquidnitrogen ice cream dessert thats made at your table. Its open for breakfast on Sundays and lunch and dinner every day except Monday. 527-2869. Opening this month in downtown Las Cruces is the latest expansion of the popular Mountain View Market. Located at 120 S. Water St., near Griggs, Mountain View Market Kitchen will serve healthy breakfasts and lunches featuring bagels, breakfast sandwiches, coffee, smoothies, juice, hot and cold sandwiches, wraps and salads. Hours are Monday-Saturay, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. A new Indian restaurant, the Sheba Grill, is opening at 2265 S. Main St., formerly the site of Smoky Dicks. Qs, billed as a brewhouse with steak and pasta, will be opening in the building that used to house the Gadsden Purchase, 1300 Avenida De Mesilla. k
rodeo tAvern, 557-2229. Shrimp, fried chicken, steaks, burgers, seafood: Weds.-Sat. D. CAtron County reServe AdoBe CAf, Hwy. 12 & Hwy. 180, 533-6146. Deli, American, Mon. pizza, Sunday BBQ ribs: Sun.-Mon. B L D, Wed.-Fri. B L. CArmenS, 101 Main St., 5336990. Mexican, American: B L D. ellAS CAf, 533-6111. American: B L D. Glenwood AlmA Grill, Hwy. 180, 539-2233. Breakfast, sandwiches, burgers, Mexican: Sun.-Weds., Fri.-Sat. B L. Blue front BAr And CAf, Hwy. 180, 539-2561. Mexican, American, weekend barbecue, Friday catfish fry: L D. Golden GirlS CAf, Hwy. 180, 539-2457. Breakfast: B. mArioS PizzA, Hwy. 180, 5392316. Italian: Mon.-Tues., Fri.-Sat. D. SierrA County HillSBoro BArBer SHoP CAf, Main St., 895-5283. American, Mediterranean, sandwiches: Thurs.-Sat. L. HillSBoro GenerAl Store & CAf, 100 Main St., 895-5306. American and Southwestern: Sun.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. B L. noteRestaurant hours and meals served vary by day of the week and change frequently; call ahead to make sure. Key to abbreviations: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner.*=Find copies of Desert Exposure here. Send updates, additions and corrections to: updates@red-or-green.com. k

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Saturday, February 9, 11:00am - 4:00pm Chocolate Fantasia
Along the Milky Way, with cosmic characters and stellar chocolatiers. Presented by Mimbres Region Arts Council, Gila Regional Medical Center and WNM Communications $20 ticket buys 20 delicious chocolates at over 25 galactic Chocolate Stops, in downtown Silver City! 575-538-2505 or www.mimbresarts.org

and Mexican, are done well, and its that care in preparation that lifts the food above the ordinary. This is not a freezer-to-fryer type of restaurant. (September 2012) American, Mexican, breakfasts: Mon.-Thur. B L, Fri. B L D. tACoS mirASol, 323 E. Pine St., 544-0646. Mexican: Mon., Wed.-Sat. B L D, Tues. B L. AKelA APACHe HomelAndS reStAurAnt, I-10. Burgers, ribs, casino-style food: B L D.* ColumBuS PAtio CAf, 23 Broadway, 5312495. Burgers, American: B L.* HidAlGo County lordSBurG el CHArro reStAurAnt, 209 S. P Blvd., 542-3400. Mexican: B L D. KrAnBerryS fAmily reStAurAnt, 1405 Main St., 542-9400. Mexican, American: B L D. mAmA roSAS PizzA, 1312 Main St., 542-8400. Pizza, subs, calzones, salads, chicken wings, cheeseburgers, shrimp baskets: L D. rAmonAS CAf, 904 E. Motel Dr., 542-3030. Lordsburgs quit Mexican food treasure offers some unusual takes on traditional recipes. (December 2012) Mexican, American: Tues.-Fri. B L D, Sun. B mid-day D. AnimAS PAntHer trACKS CAf, Hwy. 338, 548-2444. Burgers, Mexican, American: Mon.-Fri. B L D rodeo rodeo Store And CAf. 195 Hwy. 80, 557-2295. Coffeeshop food: Mon.-Sat. B L.

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firSt fridAyS downtownChinese New Year preparation. Downtown Silver City, 535-1700, www. silvercitymainstreet.com. ft BAyArd: new mexiCoS neweSt GHoSt townExhibit through Feb. 28. The show features the work of FeVa Fotos photographers Sandy Feutz and Tom Vaughan as they present, through their images, the beauty, potential, and current deterioration of this national historical landmark. Opening 3:30-5:30 p.m. Mimbres Region Art Council Gallery, Wells Fargo Bank Building, www.mimbresarts.org. SeAn luCyBuckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloonandoperahouse.com. vfw fridAy niGHt dAnCinG Fridays. Hector Carillo performs pop, light rock, country western and Spanish. 8 p.m.-12 a.m. VFW Post 3347, Hwy. 180. ArtformS memBerS SHowExhibit through Feb. 23. Various media. Reception 5-7 p.m. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main. CHiCKen witH PlumSThrough Feb. 7. Largely set in 1958 Tehran, the story, adapted from Mariane Satrapis graphic novel, is a fail-safe tale of lost love leavened with panache, incorporating past and present with sweet and sour flavorings. Nightly 7:30 p.m., Sat. 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, $6 seniors and students, $5 MVFS members, children and Weds. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. Cw AvonA one-man band playing hard-hitting songs about love, life and the blues. 5-7 p.m. Free. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403, riograndetheatre. com. elementAl new mexiCoOpening of exhibition including work by New Mexico artists Bill Gilbert, Diane McGregor, Brian Kluge, Nolan Winkler, Anthony Howell and Michael Berman. Reception 5-7 p.m. Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., 541-2137. fAntAStiCK Art exHiBitArt inspired by the song titles of the musical. Wine and cheese reception 5-7 p.m. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, no-strings.org.

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Chasing Water is one of the films featured at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival at the Silco Theater in Silver City on Feb.2, sponsored by the Gila Conservation Coalition.
for tHe love of ColorExhibit through Feb. 23. Painting, photography, sculpture, fiber arts and mixed media. Las Cruces Arts Association. Reception 5-7 p.m. Mountain Gallery & Studios, 138 W. Mountain. for tHe love of letterinGExhibit through Feb. 26. Southwest Calligraphy Guild. Reception 4-6 p.m. Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho. meSillA vAlley SwinG ComBo Hosted by the Mesilla Valley Jazz & Blues Society and directed by Bob Burns, bringing back swing music from the 30s, 40s and 50s. 7 p.m. Free. Museum of Nature & Sciences, 411 N. Main St. orientAl exPreSSionSExhibit through March 1. Las Colcheras Quilt Guild. Reception 5-7 p.m. Bank of the West, 201 N. Church. our BeAtinG ArtExhibit through March 15. Art Club, sponsored by City of Artists. Reception 5-7:30 p.m. New American School, 207 S. Main. overCome BAndPerformance. 5-7 p.m. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main. trAinS, PlAneS And AutomoBileSNew Mexico Watercolor Society-Southern Chapter exhibit of 15 works in a 12-by-12-inch format. Reception 5-7 p.m. Railroad Museum. rAndy GrAnGerInnovative, award-winning singer/songwriter and recording artist, whose acoustic-based music blends Native American and World flutes, ethereal instruments like the Hang and Moyo percussive instruments and emotive vocals. 5-7 p.m. Free. Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St. tHe ACtS in ProGreSSExhibit through Feb. 28. GFWC Progress Club. Various media. Reception 5-6 p.m. Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E Picacho. tHe duSterSClassic rock-n-roll and oldies. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Ginas Cantina, 300 N. Main St. tHe fAntAStiCKSThrough Feb. 3. A musical telling the story of two fathers who decide that they want their children to fall in love with each other. Matt is a romantic, Luisa a fantasist. In an attempt to unite their children, the fathers feign a feud, hoping that once the children are in love, their dissension and disapproval of the relationship will spark an even greater love between them. 8 p.m. $10, $9 students and seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, nostrings.org. tHe mouSetrAPThrough Feb. 17. Agatha Christie comes forth with another hit about a group of strangers stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of whom is a murderer. 8 p.m. $7-$10. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 N. Downtown

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Fri 1 Sean Lucy Folk Rock - ABQ Sat 2 Pat Panther Blues - Bisbee Wed 6 Goodnight Texas Americana Roots San Fran Fri 8 Rhythm Mystic Pop, Rock Silver City Sat 9 Philip Gibbs Folk Rock, Songwriter - Austin Wed 13 Dustin Hamman Alt Folk Rock Silver City Fri 15 Mason Reed Soul, Singer Songwriter - Texas Sat 16 The Oversouls Local Rock & Soul Wed 20 Peter & Michele Local Pop, Jazz & Rock Fri/Sat 22 & 23 Tina & her Pony Alt Country, Taos Wed 27 The Oversouls Local Rock & Soul

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hatever the groundhog says about winter, things are definitely heating up in our corner of New Mexico. Youll hardly have time to finish cleaning up after your Super Bowl party (how do you get hot-wings stains out of the carpet?) before the fun kicks off again. Saturday, Feb. 9, brings the annual Chocolate Fantasia back to Silver City. You can read all about it (and get some champion chocolatemaking tips) in this issues Red or Green? section. Thats also the date to celebrate Mardi Countenor Terry Barber performs Feb. 23. Gras at the Buckhorn Opera House in Pinos Altos. Its a masquerade ball with funk, groove and Medical, Recreational and Scientific. Lee is the author of three books, including Acid Dreams: soul music by the Gras Daddies. Author Doug Fine, a frequent name in these The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, pages, talks about his life as an author on Feb. 15 the Sixties, and Beyond and The Beast Reawakat the WNMU Global Resource Center. Its part of ens. He is the cofounder and director of Project a busy month for the Western Institute of Life- CBD, an educational service that monitors and reports on developments long Learning that wraps up in cannabidiol science and (well, technically in March) therapeutics, and associate with a program on Preeditor of OShaughnessys, dicting and Chasing Solar the journal of cannabis in Eclipses. That March 1 clinical practice. Lee is also program, co-sponsored by co-founder of the New Yorkthe Silver City Astronomical based media research group Society, features Fred EspeFAIR (Fairness & Accuracy nak, retired astrophysicist In Reporting) and former from NASAs Goddard Space editor of FAIRs magazine Flight Center who has been Extra! dubbed Mr. Eclipse. Speaking of talks, catch Martin A. Lee at the Gila/ ardi Gras is hardly Mimbres Community Radio your only chance studio in downtown Silver Author Martin A. Lee, Feb. 21. to enjoy music this City on Feb. 21 at noon and month, either. On Feb. 12 7 p.m. Lee, an award-winning author and inves- at the Rio Grande Theatre in Las Cruces, the tigative journalist, will talk about his new book, Doa Ana Arts Council continues its 2012/2013 Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana, Performance Series with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Long recognized as one of the best big band orchestras in the world, the band has a record of 286 Billboard chart hits. Terry Myers now holds the baton for this history-making orchestra. On Feb. 17, the New Horizons Symphony, conducted by Dr. Marianna Gabbi, will offer a free concert at NMSUs Atkinson Recital Hall. The program will include Hansons Symphony No. 2, Romantic, and two vocal soloists, Slovankonthea Cordova-Mills and Jorge Martinez-Rios, who will sing selections from Leonard Bernsteins West Side Story. New Horizons is a national organization that was created to give seniors a venue for fulfilling their dreams of becoming musicians. Then on Feb. 23, the Grant County Community Concert Association will bring countertenor Terry Barber to the WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater. Barber has been featured on some of the worlds most prominent stages and has worked with many of the music industrys most prestigious songwriters, composers and producers. As a member of the multiple-Grammy-winning ensemble Chanticleer, he was called the jewel The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra plays Feb. 12. in Chanticleers crown. k

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AdoPtion dAyCome meet your new best friend from either High Desert Humane Society or the Hurley Animal Shelter. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Tractor Supply Co, 2707 Hwy. 180 E., animalfriendsnm.org. CHildrenS vAlentine CrAft dAyChildren will be making two Valentine crafts to take or hang on the librarys Valentine tree. 1-3 p.m. Bayard Public Library, 1112 Central Ave., 537-6244, bayardpubliclibrary. org. leAve to weAveParticipants will learn to weave a mug rug on a peg loom. Weave a set of mug rugs, or use the weaving as a doll house rug or blanket, or sew two together to make a little bag. This fun class is recommended for children age eight and

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older and is limited to 12 students. Preregistration is encouraged. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. $5. Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway, 538-5921, silvercitymuseum.org. PASSive SolAr Hot -Air PAnel worKSHoPParticipants will learn how to design, build and install a low-tech, passive solar hot-air panel to provide free heat. Taught by Asher Gelbart of Green Energy Now. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sliding scale, $5-$20. Re-Store, 704 W. Market St., 538-9540. PAt PAntHerBuckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloonandoperahouse.com. wild & SCeniC film feStivAl Sponsored by the Gila Conservation Coalition. Featured films: Chasing Water, The Mono Lake Story, A River Runs Through Us, Yelp, The Wolf and the Medallion, Bhutan: Land of the Black-Necked Crane. 6:30 p.m. $8, $5 GCC members, students free. Silco Theater, 311 N. Bullard St., 5349005, silcotheater.com, gilaconservation.org.

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1:30 p.m. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main. lASAGnA GArdeninGLasagna gardening is an easy, no-till way to create garden beds full of nutrient-rich, fluffy, crumbly soil that plants will thrive in. Join us for a hands-on, practical workshop in which we will demonstrate how to use this low-effort, high-results technique to make amazing garden beds for up-coming spring planting. 2-4 p.m. $20, $15 MVM members. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. rAnGer led nAture HiKeSSaturdays. Join a park ranger on a guided nature hike and learn about the history of Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. Plants and wildlife that live in the park will be identified along the trail. 3 p.m. $5 per vehicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398 Bird tourSSaturdays. Join a Park Volunteer and learn the birds that are found in Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. 8:15 a.m. $5 per vehicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398. StorytellerS of lAS CruCeSJudith Ames. 10:30 a.m. Coas Books Downtown, 317 N. Water St. StorytellerS of lAS CruCeSJean Gilbert. 10:30 a.m. Coas Books Solano, 1101 S. Solano. tHe BenefitS of wHole food nutritionSaturdays in February. Information about the importance of whole food nutrition, supported by clinical research. Join us for information, tips for healthy living, and fun. 12-1 p.m. Free. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. tHe fAntAStiCKSSee Feb 1. Through Feb. 3. 8 p.m. $10, $9 students and seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1223, no-strings.org. tHe mouSetrAPSee Feb. 1 Through Feb. 17. 8 p.m. $7-$10. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, lcctnm. org. wAlK And tAlKTalk by Jo-an Smith. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Paseo. SArAH GettoGetto performs music in many styles including country, pop, adult contemporary, classical and Christian. Close your eyes, you will swear Patsy Cline is in the room. 2 p.m. $10, $8 DPAT members. Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine, 545-8872, dpat.org. S
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Milky Way. Gourmet chocolate tasting is the center of this event; tasting tickets are $20 for 20 individual pieces of chocolate from Chocolate Stops in and around the towns historic district. Free events for the entire family including games and a Cosmic Parade and other events to be announced. Chocolate Stop maps will be available at Chocolate Fantasia Headquarters at the Silco Theater on Bullard Street. See story in Red or Green? section. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $20. www.mimbresarts.org. CHildren of tHe univerSeSilver City Astronomical Society members will talk with children about their role in the universe and kids of all ages will have an opportunity to craft a 3D moving finger-scaled model of the night skies that includes seasonal constellations. 11 a.m. Free. Silver City Public Library, silvercityofstars@gmail.com. fiddlinG friendS witH BAyou SeCo12:15-1 p.m. Yada Yada Yarn, 614 N. Bullard. love your liBrAryPrize drawings, free books for everyone, games, live musical performances and singers, crafts, treats and healthy snack-making, storytellers and readers, renew your library card for free. A full morning of fun for everyone. 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Silver City Library, 515 W. College Ave., 388-0892, literacylinkleamos@yahoo.com. mArdi GrAS mASQuerAde BAll With the Gras Daddies. 7 p.m. $12. Buckhorn Opera House, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloonandoperahouse.com. niGHt SKy PreServAtionWilliam (Bill) Wren, veteran astronomer with the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas, will offer a program illustrating common-sense solutions for night lighting that save energy, increase safety, and reduce light pollution. He will also discuss how to speak to a neighbor who has an offensive light. 1 p.m. Billys BBQ, 2138 Hwy. 180 E., silvercityofstars@gmail.com. oliver! AuditionSAlso Feb. 11. Theatre Group New Mexico. 4-6 p.m. WNMU Parotti Building. 538-6503. PHiliP GiBBSBuckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloonandoperahouse.com. SeCond SAturdAy BooK SAle The Friends sell a huge variety of gently used books, music CDs, DVDs, recorded books on tape and CD, and videotapes. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friends of the Silver City Library, 1510 Market St. wnmu womenS BASKetBAll vS. AdAmS StAte ColleGe5:30 p.m. WNMU Brancheau Complex, wnmumustangs.com. wnmu menS BASKetBAll vS. AdAmS StAte ColleGe7:30 p.m. WNMU Brancheau Complex, wnmumustangs.com. your CHAKrA And enerGy SyStemSThis class explores in great detail the energy system of the human body. You will learn about your chakraswhat they represent, how to achieve good health through maintenance of the chakras, and how to meditate upon them to keep them in good repair. This class is a must for any energy worker, as you will learn how to identify the layers and what the colors in the aura mean, among many other things. Everyone will get a free chakra reading, and see how to test others chakras. Bring a notebook if you plan to attend. If you have taken this class before and want a refresher, you are welcome to take the class again. With Gaye Rock. 9 a.m.-11 a.m. $45. The Rock Center, 413 N. Bullard, 956-5200. Ai weiwei: never SorryFree film. Ai Weiwei is Chinas most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, he expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beaten him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention. The documentary is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. In Mandarin and English with subtitles as needed. 1:30 p.m. Free. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. Amor de lAS CruCeSExhibit through March 4. City of Artists. Reception 12-2 p.m. Mesquite Art Gallery, 340 N. Mesquite. Art And our PreHiStoriC PASt Talk. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Cutter Gallery, 2640 El Paseo. HArneSS your dArK Side: mASterinG JeAlouSy, rAGe, fruStrAtion And otHer neGAtive emotionSAl Graves. 2 p.m. Free. NMSU Bookstore & Cafe. invitinG PollinAtorS into tHe GArdenDiscover the many pollinators that inhabit our gardens. Create a safe and welcoming environment for pollinators to improve fruit and vegetable production. 2 p.m. $7.50, free to members. Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-1886, gardens@zianet.com, nmenchantedgardens.com. my mASter PieCeReception for exhibit Feb.1-28. Artworks are copies of famous works or done in the style of famous artists. 1-3 p.m. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470A Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933. nmSu AGGieS BASKetBAll vS. 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narrative of the property in the Alameda Depot Neighborhood from the County Courthouse, Court Junior High School, Court Youth Center, and Alma darte Charter High School. Exhibits of the buildings history, culinary treats from different decades, and current visual art. 1-4 p.m. Alma darte and Court Youth Center, 402 W. Court. CAnCer SoCiety AnnuAl dAnCe Mardi Gras theme. Brisket dinner served by Palmas Italian Grill. 6 p.m. Special Events Center, 2300 E. Pine, 546-4780. AlASKA StrinG BAndA lively collection of bluegrass, old time, gospel, swing, dawg, blues, Celtic and original music. A single family performing with guitar, twin violin-fiddles, bass, mandolin, ukulele, percussion and vocals. 2 p.m. $10, $8 DPAT members. Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine, 545-8872, dpat.org.

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rollinG StoneS Gem And minerAl SoCiety field triPTrip is announced at the meeting on Feb. 14. Must be a member or a guest of a member to attend. Ansel Walters, 388-2010, rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com. tHe overSoulSBuckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloonandoperahouse.com. wnmu womenS BASKetBAll vS. ColorAdo meSA univerSity5:30 p.m. WNMU Brancheau Complex, wnmumustangs.com. wnmu menS BASKetBAll vS. ColorAdo meSA univerSity7:30 p.m. WNMU Brancheau Complex, wnmumustangs.com. AlmA dArte CHoir11-11:30 a.m. Convention Center, 680 E. University. AmeliA BedeliAS BirtHdAySpecial childrens story time and bonnetmaking workshop. 11 a.m. Free. NMSU Bookstore & Cafe. Coil PotS for KidSChildren in the workshop will visit the exhibit Pueblo to Pueblo: The Legacy of Southwest Pottery for a glimpse into how Native American cultures created beautiful three-dimensional work out of clay. The class is limited to the first 15 registrants. Please register in advance. Ages 6-8. 10 am.-11 a.m. Free. Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., 541-2154, las-cruces.org/museums. deSert BABy-weArerSLearn about safe and comfortable babywearing, practice new methods, try different carriers and meet other baby-wearers at this monthly meeting. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Free. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. fACulty reCitAlPage Bartz, bassoon, and Carl Fels, oboe. 7:30 p.m. Free. NMSU Atkinson Hall, 1075 N. Horseshoe, 646-2421. fly tyinG And CAStinG CliniC The Mesilla Valley Flyfishers will be giving demonstrations on fly tying and casting in the park classroom. Beginners are welcome. Limited to 20 participants. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $5 per vehicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398. for tHe love of ArtSee Feb. 15. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Convention Center, 680 W. University Ave., artformsnm. org. lAurA HumPHreyS Steel drumS1-2 p.m. Convention Center, 680 E. University. nmSu AGGieS SoftBAll vS. Penn StAte2:30 p.m. $6. NMSU Womens Softball Complex, 646-1420, www. nmstatesports.com. nmSu AGGieS SoftBAll vS. ColorAdo StAte4:30 p.m. $6. NMSU Womens Softball Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com. PHilliP GiBBSHigh Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. StorytellerS of lAS CruCeSPat Gill. 10:30 a.m. Coas Books Downtown, 317 N. Water St. StorytellerS of lAS CruCeSSonya Weiner. 10:30 a.m. Coas Books Solano, 1101 S. Solano. BenefitS of wHole food nutritionSee Feb. 2. 12-1 p.m. Free. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. Saturdays in Feb. tHe mouSetrAPSee Feb. 1 Through Feb. 17. 8 p.m. $7-$10. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, lcctnm. org. veGetABle GArdeninGPreparing and planting a vegetable garden. Learn what and when to plant. Get answers to your pest-control problems and other garden challenges. 2 p.m. $7.50, free to members. Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-1886, gardens@zianet.com, nmenchantedgardens.com.

Art worKSHoPDeming Arts Council. 1 p.m. Deming Arts Center, 100 S. Gold, 546-3663, demingarts. orbs.com. mAry KAyeMary Kaye is a multiple award winning entertainer who shares the stories of the West in music and song. 7 p.m. $10, $8 DPAT members. Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine, 545-8872, dpat.org. 20tH AnnuAl BootHeel CowBoy Poetry fieStA5 p.m. $12.50, $8 students. Hidalgo County Museum, 708 E. 2nd St., 542-9258.

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ner Room, Second Floor. 527-8432, jnaomiscott@comcast.net. new HorizonS SymPHony orCHeStrA ConCertThe orchestra will perform Hansons Symphony No. 2, Romantic. Also featured are two vocal soloists, Slovankonthea Cordova-Mills and Jorge MartinezRios, who will sing selections from Leonard Bernsteins West Side Story. Other pieces to be performed are George Gershwins Porgy and Bess, Desmond-Brubecks Take Five with saxophonist Jim Helder, and Aaron Coplands Hoe-Down from Rodeo. 3 p.m. Free. NMSU Atkinson Hall, 1075 N. Horseshoe, 646-2421. nmSu AGGieS SoftBAll vS. ColorAdo StAte11:30 a.m. $6. NMSU Womens Softball Complex, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com. nmSu AGGieS SoftBAll vS. texAS teCH1:30 p.m. $6. NMSU Womens Softball Complex, 6461420, www.nmstatesports.com. tHe fASCinAtinG world of frACtAlSMesilla Valley Fractal Artists. Reception. Opportunity to create your own fractal. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Funky Karma Incense & Tea, 3207 S. Main. tHe mouSetrAPSee Feb. 1 2 p.m. $7-$10. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 N. Downtown Mall, 5231200, lcctnm.org.

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Jo Tice Bloom, a retired history professor, will discuss some of those women who have made New Mexico what it is. Some are natives of the state; others are adopted daughters. All represent the diversity of New Mexico from the days of the Spanish colony to the 21st century. 7 p.m. $2. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. fAll in love witH tHe deSert nAture wAlKValentines Day brings visions of chocolates, hearts and roses. Break out of that rut and fall in love with nature. Mother Nature doesnt require all of those presents; she just wants you to enjoy her beautiful views and discover something new when you take a walk. 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, 56501 N. Jornada Road, 524-3334, asombro.org. livHigh Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. love letterSTells the story of Andrew Makepeace Ladd and Melissa Gardner, whose poignantly funny friendship and ill-fated romance takes them from second grade through adolescence, maturity and middle age. 7 p.m. $10, $9 students and seniors. Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown

ArGentine tAnGo de lAS CruCeS6-9:30 p.m. $5, NMSU students free with ID. 525 E Lohman, 620-0377. eveninG witH A doCtorDr. Kelley Elkins. Come learn almost everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask. A look at todays health issues with information we may not all have access to. Ideas will be presented that can assist you to alter, change or correct your present situation easily and inexpensively. Bring your questions to a forum that is openended. 6-7 p.m. Free. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. every otHer tueSdAySoulshine. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, 5236403, riograndetheatre.com. nmSu AGGieS SoftBAll vS. unm5 p.m. $6. NMSU Womens Softball Complex, 646-1420, www. nmstatesports.com.

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with Academia. After growing up in Lordsburg, Redford has designed buildings around the world. 12 p.m. Free. WNMU Global Resource Center. 538-6835, will-learning.com. Peter & miCHeleBuckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloonandoperahouse.com. uSinG foundAtion direCtory onlineBrown bag. Nikki Zeuner. 12 p.m. $10. The Wellness Coalition, 409 N. Bullard St., 534-0665 x231. de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403, riograndetheatre.com. ArGentine tAnGo de lAS CruCeS6-9:30 p.m. $5, NMSU students free with ID. 525 E. Lohman, 6200377.

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Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. our townThrough March 10. See Feb. 22. 7:30 p.m. $10-$15. NMSU Center for the Arts, 646-4515.

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Marijuana. Seating limited. 12 and 7 p.m. $15. Gila/Mimbres Community Radio studio, 519B N. Bullard St., 597-4891, GMCR.org. memBer APPreCiAtion dAyEnjoy free food samples and enter a drawing for prizes. Members receive a 10% discount on everything in the store. Everyone welcome. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Silver City Food Co-op, Community Room, 111 6th St., 388-2343, silvercityfoodcoop.com. BiG BAnd dAnCe CluBCDs. DJ: Mike DArcy. 7-10 p.m. $7. Court Youth Center, 402 W. Court St., 5266504. BoB einweCKHigh Desert Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752.

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NMSU students free with ID. 525 E Lohman, 620-0377. every otHer tueSdAyLCHS Solo & Ensemble Honors Orchestra. 6:307:30 p.m. Free. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403, riograndetheatre.com.

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duSty low trioFour-piece alternative country band featuring the Sullivan brothersJesse, Sam and Dannyalongside local jazz legend Tony Movsesian. 9-11 p.m. Free. Main Street Bistro and Ale House, 139 N. Main St. illeGAl 2A multi-arts event to

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rHytHm of tHe dAnCeThis twohour dance and music extravaganza contains a wealth of talent derived from all areas of Irish life, including 15 dancers, 3 tenors, 7 acoustic musicians and a seanos dancer. Combining traditional Irish dance and music with the most up-to-date stage technology, the show is a thousand-year-old story executed with all the advantages of the modern-day stage show. 7 p.m. $20, $15 MRAC or GCCCA member, $5 student. WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater. 538-2505, mimbresart.org.

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plores clouds, blowing grasses, and the palette and distressed surfaces of ancient Roman wall painting. Her designs reflect and respect the requirements of this particular medium. Her works are shown and collected extensively in private and corporate collections worldwide. 6:30-8 p.m. WNMU Parotti Hall, 538-2505, mimbresarts.org. nmSu AGGieS menS BASKetBAll vS. louiSiAnA teCH7 p.m. Pan Am Center, 646-1420, panam.nmsu.edu, www.nmstatesports.com. our townThrough March 10. See Feb. 22. 7:30 p.m. $10-$15. NMSU Center for the Arts, 646-4515. roCKHound rounduPThrough March 10. Gem and Mineral Show. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Southwestern New Mexico Fair Grounds, 4100 Raymond Reed Blvd., 546-0056, www.dgms. bravehost.com.

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highlight the significance of graffiti/ street art in the community as a social and artistic statement. A collaboration between the Court Youth Center, Alma darte Charter High School, and the WestEnd Art Depot that includes exhibits, outdoor demonstrations, hip hop, Great Conversations on illegalism and art sales. 6-9 p.m. Alma darte and Court Youth Center, 402 W. Court. HArd roAd trioAcoustic Americana bluegrass trio featuring the song-writing and mandolin talents of Steve Smith, Minnesota songbird Chris Sanders and bassist Anne Luna. 7 p.m. $10. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403, riograndetheatre.com. our townThrough March 10. Thornton Wilders drama about two families living in adjacent houses in sleepy Grovers Corners, NH, in the early years of the 20th century has been described by many as the Great American Play. The play details the everyday lives of two families, the Gibbs and the Webbs. But underlying the events of their livesmarriages, births, and deathsis a hope for something more. 7:30 p.m. $10-$15. NMSU Center for the Arts, 646-4515. ruSt And BoneThrough Feb. 28. Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alis bond with Stephanie, a killer-whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident. Stars Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts and Armand Verdure. Nightly 7:30 p.m., Sat. 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, $6 seniors and students, $5 MVFS members, children and Weds. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle Sharlene Wittern and Sarah Addison. 10:30 a.m. Coas Books Downtown, 317 N. Water St. StorytellerS of lAS CruCeSJudith Ames. 10:30 a.m. Coas Books Solano, 1101 S. Solano. Studio tourSSee. Feb. 9. Also Feb. 24. For tour locations, see artformsnm.org. BenefitS of wHole food nutritionSee Feb. 2. 12-1 p.m. Free. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. Saturdays in Feb. tHe muSeum roCKSAlso Feb. 24. This first-ever event brings together wholesale and resale dealers of both cut and uncut gemstones, rocks, minerals, jewelry, jewelry-making supplies and educational displays on the art and science of rocks and gems. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $4, free under 4. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.

Court, nmstatesports.com. our townThrough March 10. See Feb. 22. 2 p.m. $10-$15. NMSU Center for the Arts, 646-4515. nmSu AGGieS BASeBAll teAm vS. lA SAlle1:05 p.m. $6. NMSU Presley Askew Field, 646-1420, 5322060, nmstatesports.com. rememBer tHen3-5 p.m. $12. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403, riograndetheatre.com. mindS interruPtedThe National Alliance on Mental Illness Doa Ana County and Compassionate Touch Network will present an evening of monologues by seven Las Cruces residents who have written their personal stories about the impact of mental illness on their lives. There will be a brief reception in the lobby after the stage presentation. 7-8:15 p.m. $10. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403, riograndetheatre.com. roCKHound rounduPGem and Mineral Show. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Southwestern New Mexico Fair Grounds, 4100 Raymond Reed Blvd., 546-0056, www.dgms.bravehost.com.

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What really brought this home to me was the news, released by a breathless show-business press a day or two after that Solo Beauty dinner out, that Saturday Night Live actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis is engaged. To Olivia Wilde. Now, as the rest of you pick your collective jaw up off the floor, let me explain to the lesscelebrity-obsessed out there about Olivia Wilde. A fine actress who has gone on from the critically acclaimed TV show House to a range of motionpicture roles, Miss Wilde is also quite strikinglooking. How striking-looking? One young woman I know, happily heterosexual, has stated several times that she would consider switching to the other team if offered an opportunity to date Olivia Wilde. Get the picture? Yowsa!, as a previous generation of admiring men might have said. As for Jason Sudeikis, again, hes not so homely as to invite scorn, ridicule and thrown tomatoes. You might cast him as the leading mans comicrelief best friend. He looks like he could be your high-school geography teacher. In terms of what he brings to the genetic party, its useful to know that Sudeikis uncle is George Wendt, who played the barstool-occupying Norm on Cheers. Olivia Wilde, in short, would seem to be Way Out of His League. Yet here they are, blissfully, hopefully, wildly in love and ready for a walk down the aisle. But wait, guys, it gets better. Poor ol Jason hitched up with Olivia Wilde (herself on the rebound from, get this, an Italian princeyes, apparently Italy still has princes) on the rebound. Hed previously been dating (wait for it) January Jones. Yes, the January Jones who plays the (lets be frank here) hot blonde wife on Mad Men. Who was deemed sufficiently appealing to the eye to portray the blonde-bombshell telepath Emma Frost in the movie X-Men: First Class. (I checked this out on Wikipedia, the Source of All Knowledge, where I also learned that she is working to save endangered sharks and that, after giving birth to a son, Xander Dane Jones, on Sept. 13, 2011, she ate the placenta.) In what sort of universe does Jason Sudeikis get to date not only Olivia Wilde but also January Jones? Could it be that women really do like a man with a good sense of humoreven if hes ordinary looking? Can it be that women, whom men secretly already know to be vastly superior creatures in every other way, are also less shallow in seeking romantic relationships? Alas for the interest of science but happily for me, I am in no position to further test this theoryeven though, with Sudeikis engaged, January Jones is apparently on the market. Shes from my hometown of Sioux Falls, SD, so wed already have something in common. But no, Im already married to another gorgeous woman from Sioux Falls, who apparently did like a man with a good sense of humor (and with looks and wardrobe in serious need of a makeover). Happy Valentines Day, honey! k Desert Exposure editor David A. Fryxell will be buying extra flowers and chocolate this Feb. 14.

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Guys, you can stop working on the six-pack abs now.

Beauty and the Beast

e were having dinner at a local restaurant the other night when I noticed a good-looking woman sitting at a table by herself. She had a mane of blondish movie-star hair that reminded me of the Miss Alabama beauty-pageant contestant whom A.J. McCarron, the Alabama quarterback, is dating. This woman was older than Katherine Webb, McCarrons girlfriend who was verbally drooled over by the sportscasters on the recent BCS national championship game, but had the same sort of seemingly effortless beauty. You know those women who look as though they get out of bed in the morning perfectly coiffed and exquisitely made-up, while the rest of the world arises dumpy and disheveled? That kind of look. Normally, being married to an attractive woman myself (bet you were wondering how long before I dug myself out of that hole, huh?), I dont notice other women. But this one was notable not only for her beauty or the fact that she was apparently dining alone, but also because she kept glancing in my direction. Not a come-hither glancethough who knows? I have been working outbut definitely looking my way. I was preparing to give her my best, Sorry, baby, but Im taken glare in return when a man walked up to her table. Solo Beauty leapt out

He is, of course, the quarterback for the national champion Alabama Crimson Tide, though Miss Alabama started dating him before the BCS win. Girls go for that whole star-quarterback thing, I guess. Go figure. Nonetheless, Miss Alabamas looks were sufficient to cause ESPN announcer Brent Musburger, a septuagenarian, to go on and on in the midst of the national title game: Wow, Im telling ya, you quarterbacks, you get all the good-looking women. What a beautiful woman! Whoa! So if youre a youngster in Alabama, start getting the football out and throw it around the backyard with pops.

reepy as Musburgers outburst may have been, I think he was missing the point. Women, I am coming to believe, are better able than men (such as Brent Musburger) to look beyond surface attractiveness and appreciate the other attributes of a man, be those quarterbacking ability or a good sense of humor. In short, schlubs of the world, rejoice! There is hope for us yet! This has not, however, been the message from the media in recent years. Whereas once a man could get away with being merely dashing, lately the stakes have been raised to demand rock-hard abs along with chiseled features. An

of her chair and gave him a hug and a decidedly non-sisterly smooch. When I discussed this later with my wife, whos much more observant about such things, she pointed out that both of them were wearing wedding rings. So much for that come-hither look; Solo Beauty was eyeing the door, not me, in expectation of her hubbys arrival. Heres what struck me about the husband, though: Most objective observers would agree that, though not so hideous as to scare dogs and children, he was not in her league, looks-wise. Ordinary is the word that springs to mind. You wouldnt look twice at the guy as he and his grocery cart passed you in Albertsons. Which brings me back to the Alabama quarterback, A.J. McCarron. A recent adult haircut has spruced him up a bit, but his early-season mug shot still shown on TV during the game sports a mop of black hair that looks as though a small terrier is perched on his head. Girls his age might, I suppose, judge the quarterback as cute, but Ryan Gosling or Ryan Reynolds or any other hunky Ryan he is not.

In what sort of universe does Jason Sudeikis (above) get to date not only Olivia Wilde (left) but also January Jones (right)?

entire magazine empire, Mens Health, has been built on the importance of abs. For those of us who loathe sit-ups and have since elementary-school PE classes, this has been an unwelcome development. Another magazine, People, has done its part in raising the handsomeness bar with its annual sexiest man alive award. (Guys, can you now understand why women hate being objectified as mere eye candy? Dont you think Ryan Reynolds has feelings, hopes and dreams, too, just like the nebbish-y guy holding his shirt for him between takes?) Channing Tatum, this years honoree, is pretty much all abs, as far as I can tell. What do women see in this guy? Can you have a witty, bantering conversation with a bunch of abdominal muscles? I think not. Do rock-hard abs bring you flowers or listen to you go on and on about your nails? Good luck with that! ut the media (and most of us men) may have misjudged American women, mistakenly thinking they are as shallow as, well, men.

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