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The function of Overcoming dyslexia Prehistoric trackways exposure feathers, page 22 page 24 page 30 Biggest Little Paper in the Southwest FREE Our 17th Year! • July 2013 2 JULY 2013 www.desertexposure.com www.SmithRealEstate.com Call or Click Today! (575) 538-5373 or 1-800-234-0307 505 W. College Avenue • PO Box 1290 • Silver City, NM 88062 Quality People, Quality Service for over 40 years! BEAR MOUNTAIN SPENDOR – Great view location at the FIXER-UPPER SPECIAL! University area, great location! ROOM TO ROAM! This 5-6 BR 3 Bath home has loads of edge of civilization. Quality construction with front porch Needs Everything – all the TLC you can muster! But it’s potential -- just 2 miles from town on 1 3/4 acre with more for enjoying the great view. 3 BR, 2 BA, double garage, lots cheap! Only $42,000 buys a great starter or retirement available. City water, privacy, and nice views, + double of storage and much more! $235,000 MLS # . home, or a nice investment property. 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Fryxell (575) 538-4374 • [email protected] 6 Editor’s Notebook • Safety vs. Liberty 37 Body, Mind & Spirit • Getting Through Don’t make that trade-off too quickly. By David A. Fryxell Keys to constructive communication. By Joanie V. Connors Creative Director & Silver City Advertising Sales 7 Letters 39 Body, Mind & Spirit • Take Your Body Back! Lisa D. Fryxell Our readers write. Discover the gentle self-massage technique of Myssage. (575) 538-4374 • [email protected] By Juniper Bowers 8 Desert Diary Advertising Sales Funny things come in threes, plus more reader tales. 40 Body, Mind & Spirit • Natural Eye Health Silver City: A healthy diet and lifestyle can improve your odds Ilene Wignall 10 Tumbleweeds for seeing clearly as you age. By Linda B. White (575) 313-0002, [email protected] Giving until it helps, the two Steve Pearces, a pack of reader Las Cruces/Mesilla: critter photos, plus the Top 10. 42 Body, Mind & Spirit • Weekly Events Kristi Dunn Grant County support groups, classes and more. (575) 956-7552, [email protected] 13 Gardening • Mid-Course Correction Deming: Time to consider replacement veggies. By Craig Idlebrook 43 Henry Lightcap’s Journal • Hotel Klepto Marjorie Lilly If it’s not nailed down, it’s included with the room, right? (575) 494-5095, [email protected] 14 Ramblin’ Outdoors • A Step from the Ordinary By Henry Lightcap Fun with metal detecting. By Larry Lightner Web Designer 44 Red or Green? • Dining Guide David Cortner 15 100 Hikes • A Cherry Worth Picking Restaurant guide for Southwest New Mexico. A good hike for a hot summer day. By Linda Ferrara Events & Social Media 46 Red or Green? • A Taste of Old Mexico Courtney F. Graziano 16 Arts Exposure • Down-to-Earth Artistry The roadside Mexico Viejo food stand in Silver City Silver City’s second annual clay festival, July 27-August 4, cel- honors older traditions in south-of-the-border food. Columnists ebrates artists through the ages who aren’t afraid to get their By Peggy Platonos. Linda Ferrara, Henry Lightcap, Larry Lightner, hands dirty. By Richard Mahler Marjorie Lilly, Vivian Savitt, Bert Stevens, 48 Red or Green? • Table Talk Scott Thomson 19 Arts Exposure • Arts Scene Restaurant news. Latest area art happenings. P.O. Box 191 49 40 Days & 40 Nights Silver City, NM 88062 21 Arts Exposure • Gallery Guide Complete area events guide for July and early August. (575) 538-4374 Where to enjoy art in our area. www.desertexposure.com 50 The To-Do List 22 Natural World •The Function of Feathers Don’t-miss events this month. For birds of the desert Southwest, feathers are essential for everything from flight to finding a mate.By Mary Syrett 54 Continental Divide • Them! Making a mountain out of an anthill. By David A. Fryxell Desert Exposure is published monthly and distrib- 24 Learning • When Reading Is Hard uted free of charge at establishments throughout A determined teacher and local Masons combine to create a Southwestern New Mexico. Vol. XVII, number 7, July center to teach Silver City children with dyslexia. About the cover: Western New Mexico University Museum is 2013. Mail subscriptions are $19 for 6 issues, $37 By Debra Sanders the home of the NAN Ranch Collection—the largest and most for 12 issues. Single copies by mail $4. All contents complete collection of Mimbres materials in existence from copyright © 2013 Continental Divide Publishing LLC. 28 Land of Enchantment • Fool’s Gold a single prehistoric Mimbres site, and the largest and most All rights reserved. No portion of this publication That treasure hidden by a millionaire author north of Santa comprehensive permanent educational exhibition of Mimbres may be reproduced without written permission. All Fe is only the latest New Mexico hoard. By Jeff Berg pottery and artifacts in rights to material by outside contributors revert to the world. The Mimbres the author. Views expressed in articles, advertise- 30 Southwest Wildlife • Tracks of Time heritage in clay, along ments, graphics and/or photos appearing in Desert Prehistoric Trackways National Monument preserves with modern clay artistry, Exposure do not necessarily reflect the views of the the passage of life before the dinosaurs. By Jay W. Sharp will be celebrated in Silver editors or advertisers. City’s second annual clay Desert Exposure is not responsible for unsolic- 33 Borderlines • Sebastián’s Garden festival this month and early ited submissions of articles or artwork. Submissions Looking for ways a ranchito can prosper. By Marjorie Lilly August. Read a complete by mail must include a self-addressed stamped preview in this issue’s Arts envelope for reply or return. It will be assumed 34 The Starry Dome • Corona Borealis Exposure section. Photo- that all submissions, including e-mail letters, are What to watch in the skies this month. By Bert Stevens graph Courtesy of Western intended for publication. All submissions, including New Mexico University letters to the editor, may be edited for length, style 36 Talking Horses • The Crutch of Reins Museum. Photo by Anthony and content. Control—in your hands or in your mind? By Scott Thomson Howell. Western Institute for Lifelong Learning www.will-learning.com JOIN WILL NOW AND BE READY FOR EARLY BIRD COURSE SIGN-UP ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 Over 150 courses and events each year for the cost of annual membership, just $75! The Institute for Foreign Language Study is back, for an additional $75/ course for WILL Members! 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