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Carport, storage, and priced to sell at only $124,900. # 25813 garage & outbuilding -- nearly 3,000 sq. ft. for only $259,000 -- See it soon! $210,000 -- Make an appointment to see this one soon! Becky Smith ext 11 Becky Smith ext 11 # 26146 Becky Smith ext 11 DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A3 HOME FURNITURE Special Purchase! Huge Savings! MON- FRI FREE 9 AM - 6 PM HOME FURNITURE DELIVERY SAT 538-3767 10 AM - 5 PM In-Store Financing APPLIANCES & CARPETING with approval 207 South Bullard Street Family owned and operated in Historic Downtown Silver City Since 1937 A4 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com Contents • Section A Publisher & Editor David A. Fryxell (575) 538-4374 • [email protected] 5 Editor’s Notebook • Trapped in the Past 20 Ramblin’ Outdoors • Taking a Fall Why trapper’s friends on the game commission may ultimate- Lessons learned the hard way. By Larry Lightner Creative Director & ly be their worst enemies. By David A. Fryxell Silver City Advertising Sales 22 The Starry Dome Lisa D. Fryxell 6 Letters This month in the skies. By Bert Stevens (575) 538-4374 • [email protected] Our readers write. 23 Body, Mind & Spirit • It Feels Personal—But It Isn’t Advertising Sales 8 Desert Diary Knowing what’s personal and what’s structural. By Bina Silver City: Shopping and sex, bravery and blondes. Breitner Ilene Wignall (575) 313-0002, [email protected] 10 Tumbleweeds •If Horses Could Talk 25 Body, Mind & Spirit • Slow Down, You Move Too Fast Las Cruces/Mesilla: Equine Voices rescues horses used in the border drug trade. Are you too busy to find time for you? By Sheri Lynn Kristi Dunn By Dawn Newman-Aerts (575) 956-7552, [email protected] 26 Body, Mind & Spirit • Pill Pollution Robyn Rivas 12 Henry Lightcap’s Journal • Kids These Days! Are we medicating our water supply? EarthTalk (575) 312-4685, [email protected] Whippersnappers, listen up! By Henry Lightcap Deming: 27 Grant County Weekly Events Marjorie Lilly 14 Southwest Wildlife • What’s Bugging You? (575) 544-3559, [email protected] In the insect world of the Southwest, variety is indeed the 28 Borderlines • A Visit to Juarez spice of life. By Jay W. Sharp Despite the violence, not what you expect. By Marjorie Lilly Senior Writer Jeff Berg 17 Southwest Storylines • Tuning In 29 Southwest Gardener • Big Horses and a Big Tree For Kyle Johnson, Gila/Mimbres Community Radio is only Horsepower for growing vegetables, plus Fort Bayard’s “al- Web Designer the latest stop on the dial. By Richard Mahler ligator” landmark. By Vivian Savitt David Cortner Columnists Henry Lightcap, Larry Lightner, Marjorie Lilly, Richard Mahler, Vivian Savitt, Bert Stevens, Scott Thomson P.O. Box 191 Silver City, NM 88062 (575) 538-4374 • fax (575) 534-4134 www.desertexposure.com Desert Exposure is published monthly and distributed free of charge at establishments throughout Southwestern New Contents • Section B Mexico. Vol. XV, number 10, October 2011. Mail subscriptions are $18 for 6 issues, $35 for 12 issues. Single copies by mail $4. All contents copyright © 2011 Continental Divide Publishing 1 Good Neighbors• Out of the Ashes 12 Arts Exposure • Portraits of North India LLC. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be Grant County emerges from a devastating fire season with a An exhibit of photography and folk arts captures part of a reproduced without written permission. All rights to material new commitment to community and preparedness. crowded subcontinent poised between past and future. by outside contributors revert to the author. Views expressed By Harry Williamson By Manda Clair Jost in articles, advertisements, graphics and/or photos appearing in Desert Exposure do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or advertisers. 4 The Lively Arts• With a Banjo on Her Knee 14 Arts Exposure • Arts Scene Desert Exposure is not responsible for unsolicited submis- Botanist and banjo player Lillis Urban looks for the elusive Area arts happenings. sions of articles or artwork. Submissions by mail must include Chihuahua scurfpea by day and plays music by night. a self-addressed stamped envelope for reply or return. It will By Jeff Berg, photos by Robert Yee 15 Arts Exposure • Our Cover Artist be assumed that all submissions, including e-mail letters, are Chris Alvarez. intended for publication. All submissions, including letters to 6 Looking Backward• Crash Program the editor, may be edited for length, style and content. America’s first military air campaign, launched from Colum- 16 Arts Exposure • Gallery Guide About the cover: bus, NM, in 1916, had its ups and downs. By Ken Emery Where to indulge in art. “Southwest Cloud 8 Red or Green? 17 40 Days & 40 Nights Temple” by Chris Al- varez, a featured artist Dining guide for Southwest New Mexico. Your complete guide to what’s going on in the month of Octo- at Seedboat Center ber, plus a peek into early November. 8 Red or Green? • Table Talk for the Arts in Silver City. For more about Latest restaurant news. 20 The To-Do List the artist and the 15th This month’s must-see events. 9 Red or Green? • Best of Both Worlds annual Weekend at the Galleries, Oct. The initials in “M & A Bayard Café” stand for “Mexican and 22 Continental Divide • Leaf Me Alone! 7-9, see this issue’s American”—and the café serves up good food of both types. Fall colors are great, if you don’t mind the bare limbs, bliz- Arts Exposure section. By Peggy Platonos zards and berserker rage. By David A. Fryxell Fri Oct 7 First Fridays Downtown. Free street dance on Market St, 7-10pm. Store specials, entertainment, and family activities. SilverCityMainStreet.com Oct 7-10 Weekend at the Galleries. www.mimbresarts.org Fri Nov 4 First Fridays Downtown: Day of the Dead. Dance and family activities in the SC Museum courtyard. Stores and galleries open late. SilverCityMainStreet.com Saturdays, 8am-6pm Sit, Sip and Shop on Yankie Street. Yankie Street becomes a haven for people, not cars, so come out and play! Enjoy coffee and goodies from Yankie Creek Coffee House and Bad Kitty Bakehouse and browse the galleries. MainStreet Gift Certificates accepted by 100+ Downtown merchants Available at AmBank ($25, $10 & $5 certificates) silvercitymainstreet.com Ad paid by Town of Silver City Lodger's Tax ©DE s DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A5 Editor’s Notebook • David A. Fryxell WINDOWSWINDOWS Trapped in the Past DOORSDOORS The game commission must stop ignoring public concerns about trapping. CABINETSCABINETS ew Mexicans are increasingly moving to- ered to our surprise not long after moving to New . 3WAN 3TREET s 3ILVER #ITY .- Nward a consensus that foothold trapping of Mexico, when a companion’s dog got trapped as we furbearer animals ought to be more closely were hiking Saddlerock Canyon. 575-534-4110 regulated—if not mostly banned, as our neighbors in Trappers will tell you how easy it is to open a trap Arizona did in 1994. Unfortunately, at the same time and free a trapped pet—or its owner. That’s because the New Mexico State Game Commission has taken they know what they’re doing. We’ve tried opening important steps in the opposite direction. Increas- a 6 1/2-inch foothold trap—the maximum allowed— ingly, the commission seems to serve only a tiny mi- and trust me, it’s not so easy for a tenderfoot. Trying nority—only 1,921 furbearer licenses were sold for to do it while a panicked dog is writhing in the trap 2009-10. But more than 40,000 people hike in areas would be a nightmare. where traps could be set. Don’t even think, by the way, of moving or spring- The latest evidence of an out-of-touch game com- ing a trap you encounter along a favorite trail. A 1978 mission came in July, when it ignored 12,000 public state law prohibits “intentionally affecting the condi- comments advocating a ban on trapping on public tion or altering the placement of personal property lands. Worse than ignored—the commission lifted used for the purpose of killing or taking a game ani- a year-old ban on furbearer trapping in the Gila and mal, bird or fish”—even an illegally placed trap. The Apache national forests that had been enacted to first offense is a petty misdemeanor, the second a protect reintroduced Mexican gray wolves. misdemeanor. The point here isn’t to revisit the emotional de- The American Veterinary Medicine Association, bate about wolf reintroduction. Rather, as the pub- the American Animal Hospital Association and the lic is clamoring for tighter controls on trapping, the National Animal Control Association have all con- In the Haunted House commission thumbed its nose at voters and did the demned foothold traps as “inhumane.” Trapped ani- or In the Belfry… opposite. mals, they say, suffer terror, exhaustion, exposure, Silver City outdoorsman and former game com- frostbite, thirst, starvation and shock. The Wildlife LLC missioner Dutch Salmon had it Protection Network says, “Vic- Frumpy Fox right, we suspect, when he com- tims suffer excruciating pain and Petsitting mented in the Sun-News, “If New Contact us! fear as they tear ligaments and Free ConsultationÊUÊÃÕÀi`ÊUÊ `i`Ê Mexico had a referendum, trap- 32%R[ break teeth in their struggle to MEMBER Frumpy Fox LLC ping would be gone.” Unfortu- Silver City, NM 88062 free themselves…. Animals suffer nately, Salmon’s voice of reason telephone 538-4374 lacerations, broken bones, joint 575-313-0690 and insights into the balance be- fax 534-4134 dislocations and gangrene.” The www.frumpyfox.com Silver City, NM tween nature and those who find email: World Animal Foundation claims ©DE ÊU their sport in hunting, fishing and [email protected] that up to a quarter of all trapped trapping will no longer be heard [email protected] animals escape by chewing off in Santa Fe. Gov. Susana Martinez [email protected] their own foot. Free the Animals abruptly removed Salmon and two cites a study in Wheeler National other commissioners in March, even though Salmon Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee that found 28% of mink, still had nine months remaining on his term. 24% of raccoons and 26% of trapped fox bit off their “I’m on my own limbs to escape. ast month, Animal Protection New Mexico and LTrapFreeNM.org sponsored a public forum in nd yet we understand that a case might be way to Mis Albuquerque to try to counter the game com- Amade for the practical necessity of continu- mission’s intransigence on trapping regulation. An ing some carefully regulated trapping. We’re editorial in the Albuquerque Journal prior to the not so naïve, for instance, as to flatly ban trapping of Amigos!” meeting likened trapping to cockfighting—“another skunks that can infest houses. Trapping is also more subculture in New Mexico that justified its animal effective than hunting for controlling animal-spread The place to go in cruelty as a way of life.” Just as the legislature finally diseases such as rabies. In Colorado and Arizona, banned cockfighting in 2007, the editorial conclud- according to a national trappers’ association, coy- Silver City for your ed, it should put an end to trapping. The editorial ote populations have expanded since those trapping pet’s boarding, brought a spate of letters in response—all even more bans to cause millions of dollars in damage to sheep vehemently anti-trapping. and cattle. Coyotes are also said to be hurting wild- grooming, It’s easy for trapping advocates to dismiss such life populations, such as antelope. daycare, dietary opinions and animal-lovers’ meetings up in Albu- These are issues that need to be carefully consid- daycare, dietary querque as the soft-hearted rantings of uninformed ered by a game commission that weighs the input of and training needs. city folk. But in Desert Exposure’s extensive past wildlife experts, trappers and animal activists. Unfor- coverage of the trapping controversy, it’s clear tunately for all concerned—especially New Mexico’s that even people who might think a ban goes too furbearers—that doesn’t seem to be on the agenda. far ought to be concerned about New Mexico’s lax Public opinion be damned, that’s the message from trapping rules. the current game commission. Unlike almost every sort of hunting, there’s no Trappers, too, ought to be concerned. Because bag limit on trapping furbearers. There’s no limit on as long as the game commission remains deaf to the 11745 HWY 180 E the number of traps an individual can set, as long as opinions of the 99.9% of New Mexicans who don’t 3 miles east of Silver City he can “make a visual inspection” every 24 hours. A trap, quashing even minimal reforms, the threat to Arenas Valley Road and HWY 180 trapping license costs just $20 for adult residents, their “way of life” that trappers most fear looms larger. s less than half that for hunting deer or bear—and yet Enlightened trappers and the game commission ought trapping activity is partly spurred by hopes of eco- to consider steps to better align the rules with wildlife nomic gain, increasing as pelt prices rise. Unlike management and to minimize the interactions of non- hunting, the wildlife management aspect of trapping trappers and their pets with traps, such as: is an afterthought at best, driven by the fur market • Establish quotas on some species, such as bob- rather than by furbearer populations; until 2006, trap- EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK continued on next page pers in New Mexico weren’t even required to report their catches (except for federally UÊ-ÕÌ ÜiÃÌiÀÊiÜiÀÞ tracked bobcats). Foothold traps must be placed UÊ1µÕiÊ}vÌà more than a quarter-mile from an The Music Space occupied dwelling (unless the oc- UÊ iÀ>ÊëiVià cupant consents in writing) or an Musical Instruments UÊÀiiÊ iÀ>Ê ÕÃiÕ established public campground, & Accessories roadside rest area, picnic area or UÊ,VÊÕ`}Ê boat launching area. Traps have Inside The Marketplace at the HUB Plaza to be more than 25 yards from any ÃÕ««iÃÊ>`ÊLà (6th & Bullard) designated US Forest Service or £näxÊ ÌÌiÊ7>ÕÌÊ,`°ÊUÊ-ÛiÀÊ ÌÞ]Ê ÊnnäÈ£ BLM trail. Less-formal trails have Special Orders possible. no such protection, as we discov- #ARLA 2IVERS OWNER s HOME 575.538.9001ÊUÊnÇÇ°xÎn°ää£ÊÌÊvÀii A6 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK continued inhumane and that it must be banned in a civilized society. Like the death penalty or abortion, for many cat, raccoon and fox. (Coyotes and skunks are so New Mexicans this is an all-or-nothing issue. prolific that they don’t need limits.) In 2007-08, for Nonetheless, trappers and their game-commission example, both bobcats and gray foxes were trapped allies need to understand that a similarly hard-line in numbers that reached the “estimated sustainable stand can’t succeed when you’re so in the minority. harvest limit” range. They need to be reasonable and take steps to better • Require a trailhead to be marked with a sign that separate their activity from those who find it at best traps are present. startling and at worst abhorrent. • Increase the minimum distance for a trap from Otherwise, if those who are supposed to be regu- a trail to 50 feet. lating trapping won’t listen, eventually the political • Limit the number of traps that a trapper can set wheel in Santa Fe will turn and the legislature and a in a season. different governor will. That’s when trapping will be • Ban non-resident trapping. While this would rep- finally banned in New Mexico. And its advocates will resent a small blow to tourism, veteran outdoorsmen have only themselves to blame. k say non-residents come here to make a living off of trapping, setting hundreds of traps in an area, then moving on after they’ve caught most of the furbear- David A. Fryxell is editor of Desert ers—very different from hobbyist trappers. Exposure. None of these reforms, of course, will suffice if you’ve concluded that trapping is simply cruel and Letters Winners, Apaches and Pearce Plus losing touch with reality and Larry Lightner’s “death wish.” Real Winners talking about seeing “animals” that turned out to be enjoyed Heather Null’s prizewinning story, “Mid- logs or boulders. And, now, it seems he is afraid of Idle of Nowhere,” in the September issue but hope- almost everything in the forest: bears, lions, wolves fully she is taking artistic license in her descrip- and snakes. tion of the rest stop on Hwy. 180 between Deming Gosh, I’ve been hiking alone in the forest since I and Silver City. While it might be lonely at night I was five years old. I’ve met bears, lions, rattlesnakes have always found it to be one of the neatest, clean- and wolves. No problem. I carry a camera—not a gun. est, best kept-up rest stops I have ever seen. I doubt Somebody! Get Larry some help! Tell him it’s OK that a coyote could find even a scrap of leftover food not to go into the forest. Tell him it’s OK to stay in— to eat there. The area is always nicely maintained. All maybe take up crafts or something. the rocks surrounding the paths are painted white; Deirdre Wolf some of the bushes are even painted and trimmed to Silver City resemble hearts or dice cubes. Three cheers to the people who keep up this great rest area! Pearce’s Pop Quiz Kathy Cassell have a few comments on the editorial about Steve Silver City IPearce’s visit to Silver City (“Editor’s Notebook,” September). Steve Pearce is a total fraud and liar. was reading this month’s issue of your magazine Many of the comments made in the editorial are very I(September) and I couldn’t believe my eyes when accurate and to add a little more to it: Pearce never talks I read the story of the cover, and I can’t believe about the $6 trillion of government waste and handouts (575) 531-0124 that the cover was actually colored in (by contest during George Bush’s years in office, which Pearce sup- winner Sarah Stills, over Ben Balas’ drawing)! Its ported 100%. In Pearce’s “limited” government scheme, absolutely remarkably beautiful. Congratulations on Bush, with support from the likes of Pearce and all the such an original concept. Both artists, the one who Tea Baggers out there today, gave Halliburton a “no-bid” drew the cover and the one who colored it in and contract to “rebuild” Iraq during the Iraq War. Where do won the contest, are amazing! I hope that they do “no bid” contracts fit in with the “free market” system SINCE more work for you on the future. I think there is no that Pearce and the Tea Baggers swear by? This cost other magazine out there such as yours! taxpayers many billions of dollars. 1970 Gloria Hernandez There was so much of this government wasteful El Paso spending that Pearce and the Tea Baggers supported for eight years under Bush, which contributed to Ringing a Bell our huge debt today, far more than anything Obama NO TRICKS HERE! just read the article on “ringing in your ears” has done. Yet here we are listening to their rhetoric I(Body, Mind & Spirit, September). I have had tin- about “too much” government. Pearce’s only beef WE CAN PUT YOU ON THE BIKE nitus for quite awhile, and since it doesn’t inter- with Obama is that Obama has tilted the scale ever fere with my hearing (my wife’s opinion to the con- so slightly towards the middle class and the poor and THAT’S RIGHT FOR YOU! trary), I find it useful. I can actually hear my pulse this is intolerable to Pearce and his Tea Bagger sup- as I go through the day, and when I exert myself, the porters who want to give the rich their “deserved” DON’T BE A beat speeds up and then happily settles back down federal subsidies. PUMPKIN HEAD, to my normal rate. William Joseph COME ON DOWN TO Also, if I ever hear just a constant tone in my Silver City GILA HIKE & BIKE! ears, I’ll know the ride is over. Bert de Pedro Unfriending Facebook Red Rock ust a note here to let you know I super-enjoyed Jyour “Continental Divide” column (“The Anti-So- Death Wish? cial Network,” September). It is sooo nice to read ambling Larry Lightner (“Rambling Out- that someone else who’s not a regular Joe Blow thinks R doors,” September) asks, “Any more ques- all this tweeting and social networking has gotten a bit tions?” before closing with his usual oddball out of hand. It’s amazing how hard it seems to be for reference to the strange god he believes in. I have even relatives to drop an email (or better yet, call) be- one: What is the psychological relationship between cause they are so hung up on Facebook. People gripe his love of killing defenseless wild critters and his at me all the time because I don’t have a Facebook stated precarious lifestyle? Is there a death wish in account, like I’m out of touch with reality. there somewhere? I have come to the conclusion that there are so Bob Young many people living in the “virtual world” that THEY Las Cruces have lost touch with reality. A lot of these people I know spend so much time gaming and hanging out ’m very concerned about Larry Lightner. Why online that I get to wondering if they even have GILA HIKE & BIKE Idoes he drive himself to hunt the forest he is so physical friends much anymore. In fact, my daughter Adventure Down! afraid of? I remember an article he wrote say- who lives in Phoenix says it’s getting really hard to Corner of College & Bullard ing how scary it was when noises heard could not know people physically. I warned her that life now Open 7 days a week 575-388-3222 be identified. I also remember an article he wrote has changed dramatically and that this seems to be DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A7 a major ailment in our culture/society. Sure, it is nice studied before she characterizes me as writing with to be able to chat with folks around the world; I used “racist bias.” These were brutal wars with extreme bru- the bikeworks to do it in email and enjoyed it. But doggone. You are tality on all sides. Treacherous political decisions were right. Where DO these people get the time to hang made, and dishonest military actions were committed. a community bicycle workshop out online so much? But many fair attempts were made to convince the Chir- )N (OUSE 4OOL ,IBRARY s %ARN A "IKE 0ROGRAM #OMMUNITY "IKE 2IDES Thanks again for a delightful editorial of “real life.” icahuas that their lifestyle was tenuous. At some point, And I’m sure that psychologists who specialize in cy- some Chiricahua Apaches made a conscious decision The Bike Works shop is undergoing a facelift! ber-psychology are making a mint nowadays. This is to raid, kill and plunder Americans and Mexicans after Come by to see our expanded tool stations & to find the the psychology of people who are so hung up on cy- even some other Chiricahuas (e.g., the Chihene N’de affordable reconditioned bike that is right for you. berspace and virtual reality that they have lost touch of Loco) had finally surrendered in 1884. with real reality and they likely don’t even have to be In my article “Chihuahua’s Journey” (April 2011), I 5IF#JLF8PSLT4IPQr&UI4Ur doing drugs or alcohol to achieve this dysfunction. recount how Chihuahua (whom I admire as a total hu- Th:QNQNtF:QNQNtSa: 10am-2pm-RIDE QNQNtSu: 5pm-8pm Laura Boyd man being) urged Geronimo to torture a Mexican family Silver City even after he’d promised to not do so. The entire family were tortured and killed brutally. I’ve noted that once the Artist Yankie Street Studios: Moving Like the Wind Chiricahua went into captivity, they were astonishingly erry Eagan’s August 2011 article on Apache his- peaceful and free of pathological violence: Chihuahua Studio Available Now! Jtory (“From Water to Water”) reeks of racist bias, was so gentle that when Captain Marion Maus came to Spaces Bright, heated artist spaces for rent. which is all the worse as his subtitle suggests Mount Vernon Barracks to hear the Apaches’ laments, self-reflection, none of which is apparent anywhere Chihuahua was lovingly tending an infant. Maus waited Call Secure, upstairs artist studios, in the piece. This rambling, disjointed bit of writing while he handed the baby to another person. 415.738.8379 with easy downtown access. seems to serve no clear purpose other than to pro- Torture and outrages happened on both sides, as or email Utilities included. vide Eagan with a forum for self-congratulation and I’ve acknowledged in writing in detail about the man- paul@ Not for overnight use. to demonstrate his, and non-Apache society’s, superi- ner in which Mangas Coloradas was tormented by goodnightnaturals ority to the Apache. Throughout the article he paints soldiers poking him with heated bayonets before kill- .com $230 per month. Apache people as unreasonably violent, drunk, servile ing and decapitating him. and existing meaningfully only in the past. As for the challenges of tracking the Apache, hav- Eagan writes, “It’s a myth to state that no one ing read 100-plus rolls of microfilm of the American +DSS\+DOORZHHQ)URP7KH*DQJ$W could follow Apaches save other Apaches.” Sure, Army from 1840-1890, I know there were ample oc- others could follow the Apache but ultimately, no casions when Americans working with non-Apache P rty Z ne one but other Apaches succeeded in finding them, scouts succeeded in finding down the Apache. and those Apaches were thanked with imprisonment The tragic instances of alcohol abuse among the :H+DYH&RVWXPHV:LJV0DNHXS+HDG%RSSHUV&RVWXPH along with the “renegades.” Despite the lack of “vigi- Apache are similarly well documented. Geronimo -HZHOU\:LQGRZ&OLQJV7DEOH'HFRUDWLRQ3ODWHV1DSNLQV lance” Eagan describes, it is nevertheless true that himself died from pneumonia contracted on a drink- DQG%DOORRQV,QRWKHUZRUGV(YHU\WKLQJ\RXQHHGIRU 5,000 US troops (one-quarter of the entire US army at ing spree in 1909. \RXUKDOORZHHQSDUW\H[FHSWWKHFDQG\ the time), 3,000 Mexican troops and nearly another As for non-Apaches telling this story, it’s ironic that (Behind Daylight Donuts) 1,000 of miscellaneous vigilantes—9,000 in all—were in just the previous paragraph Ms. Ramnarace ad- % TH 3T s 534-0098 in Silver City s Mon-Fri 9:30-5, Sat 10-3 unable to catch 37 Apaches (18 warriors, 13 women miringly quotes historian David Roberts, whom I’ve and 6 children) when they did not want to be caught. likewise cited in my articles. Roberts, of course, is not '( Eagan says, “Geronimo never fully apologized an Apache, either. for those many deaths, nor did any other Apaches at Canyon de los Embudos apologize.” Has the US Call for Compassion <0-*-;<3-8<;-+:-<16/:)6<+7=6 Desert Diary their entrance, saying, ‘Sorry, you can’t come in here without a Thai.’” Shopping & Sex, Bravery & Blondes h heavenly daze… This yarn from up yonder Owas roped and sent our way by CharlesC: “Cowboy Jim appeared before St. Peter Plus the hidden history of the automobile air conditioner. at the Pearly Gates. ‘Have you ever done anything of particular merit?’ St. Peter asked. osing the battle of the sexes… Two reports, first off, “We went on to the jewelry department, where she picked “‘Well, I can think of one thing,’ the cowboy of- Lfrom the frontlines of the gender wars. You’ll see why out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you, she was so fered. ‘On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Da- we couldn’t resist pairing them up. The opening volley excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a kota, I came upon a gang of bikers who were threat- comes courtesy of Ned Ludd: shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me, because she ening a young woman. I directed them to leave her “A woman was in town on a shopping trip. She began her asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn’t even know how alone, but they wouldn’t listen. So I approached the day finding the most perfect shoes in the first shop and a beau- to play tennis. largest and most tattooed biker and smacked him in tiful dress on sale in the second. In the third, everything had “I think I threw her for a loop when I said, ‘That’s fine, honey.’ the face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose just been reduced by 50% when her mobile phone rang. It was a “Finally, she said, ‘I think this is all, honey, let’s go to the ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, ‘Now, back female doctor notifying her that the shopper’s husband had just cashier.’ off or I’ll kick the crap out of all of you!’ been in a terrible car accident and was in critical condition and “I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, ‘No, hon- “St. Peter was impressed, ‘When did this happen?’ in the ICU. The woman told the doctor to inform her husband ey, I don’t feel like it.’ “‘Coupla minutes ago.’” where she was and that she’d be there as soon as possible. “Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped “As she hung up she realized she was leaving what was and she let out a baffled, ‘WHAT?’ aging Miss Malaprop… Picking up on our re- shaping up to be her best day ever in the boutiques. She de- “I then said, ‘I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. Pcent challenge to share your favorite malaprop- cided to get in a couple of more shops before heading to the You’re just not in touch with my financial needs as a man isms and mangled metaphors, Megapod sent hospital. She ended up shopping the rest of the morning, fin- enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.’ along this response to submitter Buckaroo Bibs: ishing her trip with a cup of coffee and a beautiful chocolate “And just when she had this look like she was going to kill “It’s nice to have a chance to chew the breeze with cake slice, compliments of the last shop. She was jubilant. me, I added, ‘Why can’t you just love me for who I am and not Buckaroo Bibs. Haven’t heard from her in a while, “Then she remembered her husband. Feeling guilty, she for the things I buy you?’ but absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. When I dashed to the hospital. She saw the doctor in the corridor and “Apparently I’m not having sex tonight, either—but at least read her well-thawed-out olio, I said to myself, ‘Half asked about her husband’s condition. The lady doctor glared she knows I’m smarter than her.” of one, six dozen of the other, might as well put my at her and shouted, ‘You went ahead and finished your shop- ear to the grindstone and put pen in hand.’ After all, ping trip, didn’t you? I hope you’re proud of yourself! While Go on, fire your best shot! Send your jokes to Desert Diary one stitch in nine gathers no moss. Sometimes it’s you were out for the past four hours enjoying yourself in town, at [email protected]. just in one ear and gone tomorrow, but life’s a gam- your husband has been languishing in the Intensive Care Unit! bol, and there you are.” It’s just as well you went ahead and finished, because it will orporal pun-ishment… This, “The Mother of All Eth- more than likely be the last shopping trip you ever take! For Cnic Jokes,” was sent along by Jess Hossinaround in C’mon, join in the pun! Send your own mixed- the rest of his life he will require round-the-clock care, and he Arenas Valley. Feel free to try to read it aloud all in one up phrases to [email protected]. will now be your career!’ breath: “The woman felt so guilty she broke down and sobbed. The “ An Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a nnals of hanky-panky… Maybe it’s the eth- lady doctor then chuckled and said, ‘I’m just pulling your leg. Latvian, a Turk, a German, an Indian, several Americans (in- A nic flavor, maybe the subject matter, but here He’s dead. Show me what you bought.’” cluding a southerner, a New Englander and a Californian), an are another two we couldn’t resist presenting Argentinean, a Dane, an Australian, a Slovakian, an Egyptian, in tandem. First, from TeresaO: Then there’s this, from Old Grumps: a Japanese, a Moroccan, a Frenchman, a New Zealander, a “An 18-year-old Italian girl tells her mom that she “One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting Spaniard, a Russian, a Guatemalan, a Colombian, a Pakistani, has missed her period for two months. Very worried, into bed. Well, the passion started to heat up, and she eventu- a Malaysian, a Croatian, a Uzbek, a Cypriot, a Pole, a Lithu- the mother goes to the drugstore and buys a preg- ally says, ‘I don’t feel like it. I just want you to hold me.’ anian, a Chinese, a Sri Lankan, a Lebanese, a Cayman Islander, nancy-testing kit. The test result shows that the girl is “I said, ‘WHAT?! What was that?’ a Ugandan, a Vietnamese, a Korean, a Uruguayan, a Czech, pregnant. Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says, “So she said the words that every boyfriend on the planet an Icelander, a Mexican, a Finn, a Honduran, a Panamanian, ‘Who is the pig that did this to you? I want to know!’ dreads to hear: ‘You’re just not in touch with my emotional an Andorran, an Israeli, a Venezuelan, a Fijian, a Peruvian, “The girl picks up the phone and makes a call. Half needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical an Estonian, a Brazilian, a Portuguese, a Liechtensteiner, a an hour later, a Ferrari stops in front of their house. A needs as a man. Can’t you just love me for who I am and not Mongolian, a Hungarian, a Canadian, a Moldovan, a Haitian, a mature and distinguished man with gray hair, impec- what I do for you in the bedroom?’ Norfolk Islander, a Macedonian, a Bolivian, a Cook Islander, a cably dressed in an Armani suit, steps out of a Ferrari “Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I Tajikistani, a Samoan, an Armenian, an Aruban, an Albanian, and enters the house. He sits in the living room with went to sleep. a Greenlander, a Micronesian, a Virgin Islander, a Georgian, a the father, mother and the girl and says, ‘Good morn- “The very next day I opted to take the day off work to Bahamian, a Belarusian, a Cuban, a Tongan, a Cambodian, a ing, your daughter has informed me of the problem. spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then Qatari, an Azerbaijani, a Romanian, a Chilean, a Kyrgyzstani, a I can’t marry her because of my personal family situ- went shopping at a big department store. I walked around with Jamaican, a Filipino, a Ukrainian, a Dutchman, an Ecuadorian, ation but I’ll take charge. I will pay all costs and pro- her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. a Costa Rican, a Swede, a Bulgarian, a Serb, a Swiss, a Greek, vide for your daughter for the rest of her life. She couldn’t decide which one to take, so I told her we’d just a Belgian, a Singaporean, an Italian, a Norwegian and 47 Afri- “‘Additionally,’ the gentleman continues, ‘if a girl buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new cans walk into a fine restaurant. is born, I will bequeath a Ferrari, two retail stores, a clothes, so I said, ‘Let’s get a pair for each outfit.’ “The maître d’ scrutinizes the group one by one and bars townhouse, a beach-front villa and a $2 million bank DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A9 Postcards from the edge… Readers continue to take us up on our challenge to snap a photo of them- selves holding a copy of “the biggest little paper Visit Old Mesilla, New Mexico in the Southwest.” First, here are Marta McElroy Goodman and her grandsons, Cameron, Blake and Ý8flaim]kÝ9YfckÛ¬Û8KDkÝ9ggckÝ:Yf\qÛ:g^^]]Û¬ÛÛJfY[ckÝ:dgl`af_Û¬Û8hhYj]d Julian, at Edisto Island, SC, where they attended a ÝÛ>Ydd]ja]kÛ¬Û=af]Û8jlÛÝ>a^lkÛ:mjagkÛ:jY^lkÝ=mjfalmj]Û¬Û;][gjÛ McElroy family reunion. Prior to the reunion, Marta Ý?]Ydl`Û¬ÛG]jkgfYdÛ:Yj]ÝA]o]djqÝDmk]mekÝGgll]jqÝI]YdÛ The Original “Pickers”! 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The Sanctuary she and dozens of vol- unteers have created is active over an area that ranges from its base in Green Valley to Tucson to Portal, Ariz., near Rodeo, NM. Equine Voices is the only such sanctuary in Arizona and one of the first anywhere to receive accreditation from the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. The organization was also recently spotlighted on “NBC Nightly News” for “Making a Difference.” Part of its mission is to let people know the story that doesn’t get told—and to get people like us to listen. The sanctuary takes in unwanted, injured or abandoned horses as well as finds homes for those that need one. “Back wounds, leg wounds, head shyness—you name it, we’ve seen it,” says Pomroy. “The dark side of our rescue work is witnessing the mistreatment so many horses have experienced—this is why they NEW MEXICO STATE LICENSED end up here.” She believes that a lack of education or sound responsibility in caring for horses also con- tributes to neglect and abuse. While Pomroy has taken in horses with a wide 6 range of physical and behavioral conditions, she is LYWorldH Class TattooWD ) U particularly concerned with the increase she sees State of the Art Tattoo studio and sterilization in abandonment by illegal traffickers. They use the Custom, Free Hand, Fine Line Black and Grey, Restoration, equines to carry 300- to 400-pound packs through Cover-ups, Tribal, Religious, Oriental, Lettering miles of desert and mountain routes into southern (575) 534-2646 Artist: Arizona and New Mexico. “Sundance” (pictured before, above, and after, top) 810 N. Bullard Wm. K. “We’re seeing some pretty disturbing activity,” is one of countless horses left abandoned to starve Silver City, NM 88061 Featheringill or die of thirst in the southern Arizona/New Mexico The Tumbleweeds Top 10 outback each month by the drug smuggling trade. The horse was rescued and nursed back to health 8:7.-;;176)4+):8-6<-:.7:01:- Who and what’s been making news from New by Equine Voices. #ARPENTRY s 0AINT s 4ILE Mexico this past month, as measured by men- tions in Google News (news.google.com), which says Pomroy of the growing number of calls she re- tracks 4,500 worldwide news sources (trends “I show up on time and ceives from Border Patrol as well as livestock offi- noted are vs. last month’s total hits; * indicates cers who find animals wandering through Pima and get the job done right!” new to the list). Number in parenthesis indicates Santa Cruz counties moving north towards I-10. last month’s Top 10 rank. Bill Richardson just References available Rudy Acevedo, a livestock officer and 15-year vet- can’t stay out of the news! A trip to Cuba pops eran of the agriculture department, works primarily him back into the top spot he held for so long. in the Southeast corridor near Nogales and beyond. #ALL 2AY AT Plus another ex-governor, Gary Johnson, finally :)A He says of the horses, “These are the victims of the “Have tools will travel!” gets invited to play with the other GOP presi- ©DE drug trade. After they’ve carried their drugs through dential candidates in a debate. Will it move his the border, they’ll just turn them out—but many of numbers? (Up, that is.) these animals have severe wounds and they just 1. (7) Ex-Gov. Bill Richardson—1,040 hits (V) don’t survive the heat and ordeal.” 2. (1) Gov. Susana Martinez—765 hits (V) According to Pomroy, who sees and treats the 3. (3) New Mexico drought—655 hits (V) E\ lucky survivors, “The restore time depends on how 4. (4) New Mexico wildfires—399 hits (V) injured the horses are.… Many will never be the 6WHYH3RWWV 5. (5) New Mexico driver’s licenses—392 hits (V) same either mentally or physically.” 6. (6) Virgin Galactic—294 hits (V) &XVWRP)XUQLWXUHDQG&DELQHWV Acevedo estimates that anywhere from 75 to 100 7. (-) New Mexico redistricting—293 hits (V) 5HILQLVKLQJ7ULPDQG0ROGLQJV cases of horse abandonment occur annually at the 8. (9) Billy the Kid—181 hits (V) 6HOHFW+DUGZRRGV'HDOHU hands of illegal drug handlers; other horses are never 9. (-) New Mexico state budget—147 hits (V) reported or found. Acevedo says, “I’ve seen horses 10. (8) Ex-Gov. Gary Johnson + president—110 with sores open plumb to the bone. They (drug traf- hits (W) VSZRRGZRUNLQJ#KRWPDLOFRP%D\DUG1HZ0H[LFR fickers) have absolutely no mercy with these poor animals. They work them along their routes until they just can’t go anymore.” As drug-smuggling activity expands, Pomroy expects to see many more horses suffering the effects from the illegal drug trade. She says, “Sometimes the Border Patrol or the livestock officer is the first on the scene—they call us. Sometimes a resident reports a problem. We try to take in all we can.” DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A11 he Equine Voices Rescue and Sanctuary proach on laws designed to protect them.” them back—to get them to trust us again,” says Pom- Tmission is geared to work on other issues, Pomroy would also like to see people better roy. The organization has four PMU mares being fos- too—the wild horse debate, the transport educated about the care and expense involved in tered and cared for in Portal. of horses across borders for slaughter and hu- choosing to buy and own a horse. “Having a horse “We’re finding good folks who really care about man consumption, “PMU mares” used to harvest is a choice,” she says. “They are expensive, they live this issue and who want to give horses a voice,” says hormones, concerns over Charro Rodeo events, as a long time, and these sentient beings are feeling Pomroy. “Now we have to listen to them!” k well as hoarding. and caring beings that depend on us for their basic “We would like to see equines reclassified under survival needs such as food, water and overall care. the law as ‘companion animals’ so the issue and stat- Unfortunately, horses are often treated as a ‘status For more information on the nonprofit Equine utes requiring humaneness can be applied beyond symbol’—or as a piece of machinery to use and then Voices, see www.equinevoices.org or call (520) 398-2814. 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The insects vary almost unimaginably in terms of size, form, color, range, habitat, diet and environ- mental roles and in almost science-fiction life cycles and behaviors. But for all their differences, they are bound together by certain common characteristics. Every species has a head, a thorax and an abdomen. The head has eyes, antenna and mouthparts. The thorax, or middle body segment, bears wings and six jointed legs. The abdomen contains the heart, the digestive tract and the reproductive organs. Every species has an exoskeleton that encases vital organs. A few examples suggest the breadth of the diver- he popu- sity within these basics: Ladybird beetle, which preys on aphids and cochi- Tlation of neal insects. insects in Aphid the desert ba- f all the bugs, the aphids are probably the cornicles, or “honey tubes,” protruding from the rear sins and moun- “Omost interesting,” William Atherton Du- of its abdomen. When called to move, perhaps due to tain ranges of Puy wrote in his Our Insect Friends and overcrowding or declining plant forage, the aphid may the Southwest Foes, first published in 1925. dress itself in wings, which will take it to new fields. falls far short, In southwestern New Mexico, for instance, the The aphid, well represented across the Southwest, in terms of aphids, or “plant lice,” comprise various species often gets very choosy in selecting the plant on which sheer numbers, that come in a range of sizes (all small, from one- it will feed. One species may dine just on your roses of that in many to three-sixteenths of an inch in length, according to or another of your garden plants. A yellow and black other parts Werner and Olson) and in a variety of colors (from species lives solely on milkweeds or oleanders, note of the United green to bright yellow to black to brown). Soft and Werner and Olson, who add, “The brown aphids that States, such as pear-shaped, the typical aphid has a distinctive pair of make a shiny mess under arbor vitae trees [a species Scenes from in the densely vegetated and humid estuaries along of conifer] can’t even live on the re- our variety the Gulf Coast. The diversity of species across the lated junipers.” of insect life: Southwest, however, may equal or exceed that of any In feeding, the aphid inserts Yellowjacket place else in the country. As Floyd G. Werner notes in its straw-like proboscis, or “bill,” wasps, at a Insects of the Southwest, which he co-authored with through the plant skin and sucks nest (top). Carl Olson, “The Southwest has a concentration of up the fluid, causing leaves to shriv- Praying mantis diversity that is unbeatable in the United States.” el and, sometimes, the plant to die. (above). Mat- The 100,000 or more insect species in the South- Because the plant fluids lack ami- ing walking west amount to a small percentage of the possibly no acids essential to life, the aphid sticks (right). 10 million species throughout the world. The ever- calls on a bacterium, which lives All the insects changing mix within our various insect communi- within specialized cells, to provide on these pages ties and the variability among the species, however, supplementary nutrients—the in- were photo- reflect a wide variety of ecological and environmen- sect’s way of taking vitamins. graphed in tal conditions. These range from hot desert basins Prodigiously reproductive, the southwestern (where summer temperatures climb well above 100 adult female aphid of the early New Mexico. degrees Fahrenheit) with sparse vegetation or al- spring may carry within her body Photos by Jay most barren sand dunes; to widely separated river not one, but two, generations—or W. Sharp. bottoms with dense shrub and thick woodlands; to a pregnant daughter. 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It and the Over time and across Europe, it would, according female mate. The female now produces an egg that to Werner and Olson, bring the color scarlet to royal can survive through the winter, yielding a larva that garments, military uniforms, national dress, cosmet- CONNER renews the aphid’s reproduction cycle come spring ics, various foods and even Michelangelo’s palette. It fine jewelers and summer. may have been incorporated in the cloth that Betsy Fortunately, aphids serve as a banquet for lady- Ross supposedly used in making the red stripes for bird beetles and their voracious larvae as well as for the first flag of the United States. The cochineal still 7KH0DJLFRIWKH+ROLGD\V parasitic wasps and aphid lions. Otherwise, aphids serves as the source of the dye that microbiologists would soon engulf us all. use to stain slide specimens, although it pays a heavy QHYHUHQGV« Strangely, the aphid, secreting honey dew from its price for the privilege: Some 70,000 cochineal insects cornicles, also serves as a kind of milk cow, or more are required to manufacture a single pound of the dye. /D\DZD\QRZ«EHDQ´HDUO\ELUGµ specifically, a “honey cow,” for some ant species. DuPuy wrote, “Ants follow these aphids about and lap up this honey. They even have flocks of them and milk them 3M-BX11 3N-BX11 regularly.” 1/4 Ct. t.w. 1/6 Ct. t.w. 3L-BX11 $775 $695 3P-BX11 3Q-BX11 1/6 Ct. t.w. 1/5 Ct. t.w. 1/10 Ct. t.w. Cochineal Scale $550 6WDFN5LQJV $745 $645 he cochineal, or “crimson,” Tscale has played what is perhaps a unique role for insects on the world stage, hav- 0D\WKH*LIWRI*LYLQJ ing parts in textile manufacturing, territorial conquest, international )LOO BUGS continued AMOS L. LASH, M.D. especially horses, that eat the hay. Specializing In Laser Surgery In some species, the blister beetle larvae prey on Urology the eggs of grasshoppers, actually imposing some control on a historic pest. In other species, newborn larvae called “triungulins” pack themselves together by the hundreds in a single mass that mimics—and even smells like!—a female solitary bee, according 1304 E. 32nd St., Silver City, NM to San Francisco State University scientists. Col- 575-534-0556 • (fax) 575-534-9107 lectively, with the precision of a military band, they Appointments By Referral Only [email protected] march to the tip of their host plant stem, where they pose provocatively as a single female bee, displaying a phony sexuality, luring lusty male bees. They quick- ly attach themselves to a foolish male when he tries A Bead or Two to mate with them. They transfer to various females “Life’s too short to use cheap beads!” when the male tries to couple with more rewarding mates, clinging to the unwitting females for a free Hop Over! ride to the bees’ nests. “Then,” says DuPuy, “showing October 20% off all no gratitude for the transportation furnished, this vi- SEED cious little creature alights, crowds its way into a cell Classes BEADS which the bee has arranged for its young, eats her this month! larva there and feasts for growing days on the food that has been provided for that larva.” October 1 – Saturday 1pm-3:30pm October 22 – Saturday 10am – 4pm Polymer Clay Pendant Gourd Shrine Assassin Bug Skinner blend and ikat loaf techniques. $50 includes most materials, bring an he assassin bug’s aliases—for instance, cone- $35 includes use of tools and some object to act as the center of your shrine material.s Instructor: Mary Buonocore as well as personal memorabilia relating Tnose bug, walapai tiger, bed bug, wheel bug, Assassin bug on mescal agave, looking for a mate. October 8 – Saturday 10am-2pm to the theme. thread-legged bug, kissing bug—reflect the Netted Coral Pearl Necklace Instructors: Michelle Parlee & Karen insect’s multiple personalities, making it a perfect vil- Rossman $35 plus materials, you’ll need 3-5 lain for a James Bond film. Depending on the species, blood, thank you very much! The assassin bug usually shapes of pearls. October 29 – Saturday 10am – 4pm Instructor: Shannon Curry Mixed Media & Cold Connections this bloodthirsty bug may prey not only on other in- comes under the cover of darkness, stealthily, invad- October 15 – Saturday 10am - 2pm Let’s see what we can make to honor sects but also on reptiles, birds or mammals, includ- ing a person’s bed, looking for exposed flesh, usually Dreamcatcher Dia de los Muertos. ing humans. the face, especially the tender flesh around the eye- $35 includes most materials. $40 includes some materials Instructor: Simon Sotello Instructor: Karen Rossman & Josh Stretch Typically, an assassin bug, which may look almost lids, ears or lips (ready to deliver an ominous “kiss”). www.abeador2.com armor-plated, like a medieval knight, measures a In a Utah State University Extension Entomology Inside Thunder Creek Quilt Company Mon.-Fri. 9-5 fraction of an inch to an inch and a half in length. Its fact sheet, insect diagnostician Alan H. Roe explains Sat 9-4 color ranges from brownish to black. It has a gener- that as an assassin bug delivers a bite, it injects a an- 703 N. BullarEt88-8973 Closed Sunday ally oval, but sometimes a considerably elongated, esthetic, rendering the wound virtually painless, and shape, according to Borror and White. It has anten- it injects an anticoagulant, assuring free blood flow. nae with four segments, and a three-segmented tube- In the Dermatology Online Journal, Rick Vetter says like beak that it folds into a groove beneath its throat. that the insect will typically feed for 8 to 15 minutes. THE place to stay in Silver City It has thickened forelegs that it snaps together like It may cause an especially sensitive person to suffer spring-loaded clamps to snatch insect prey. Threat- symptoms such as violent itching, breathlessness, 4HE (OLIDAY )NN %XPRESS IN BEAUTIFUL 3ILVER #ITY .EW -EXICO IS ened by other predators such as certain reptiles or nausea, heart palpitation and even unconsciousness, YOUR TICKET TO A 3OUTHWEST ADVENTURE ,ET OUR FRIENDLY STAFF AID birds, some assassin bug species defend themselves Roe adds. In Latin America, the bite sometimes leads YOU IN EXPLORING THE WONDERS OF THE 3ILVER #ITY AREA FROM A by using their beaks to squirt their venom, from a to Chaga’s disease, a form of sleeping sickness, al- CONVENIENT HOMEBASE THAT FEATURES A foot away, at their attacker’s eyes and nose, caus- though that is rare in the United States. The assassin FULLY EQUIPPED CARDIO WORKOUT ROOM ing extreme irritation. If its stream strikes a human’s could clearly be a villain worthy of 007! eyes, it can cause temporary blindness. SPA FACILITIES COMPLIMENTARY %XPRESS Widely distributed across the Southwest, the as- he aphid, cochineal scale, blister beetle and 3TART BREAKFAST AND FREE HIGH sassin bug that preys on insects tends to hang around assassin bug provide a snapshot of the vari- SPEED )NTERNET ACCESS IN T foliage, and the species that prey on vertebrate ani- ability in the world of insects, but, in the end, EVERY ROOM mals may invade burrows, nests, dens and human they deliver no more than the briefest glimpse of a bedrooms. The female lays her eggs in the fall, pri- strange world. They tell us nothing of whole other marily in secreted crevices and cracks. The nymph families of insects. Butterflies, for instance, the swal- hatches in the spring, looking much like a miniature lowtails, bring a whole other dimension, with an adult. After several molts, it emerges as a full-grown ethereal beauty, to the Southwest (see Southwest assassin bug, ready to ply its full trade. Wildlife, July and August 2011). Social insects—the The species that prey on insects may stalk and ants, termites, honeybees and wasps—draw the fas- attack or simply ambush their victims. The assas- cination of biological scientists and sociologists with sin bug drives its beak like a dagger into its victim’s an orchestrated and disciplined lifestyle. Twig-like, body, injecting “a very toxic, or poisonous, liquid three-inch-long walking sticks, so thin some bear that affects the nerves and liquefies the muscles and names like “devil’s walking stick” or “devil’s knitting tissues,” according to the From Amazing Insects needle,” may strip the leaves from trees and issue a website. It goes on, “Prey many times their size can venomous spray at its would-be attackers. The pray- be quickly overcome. Once the insides of the prey ing mantis, a three-inch, powerful insect, ambushes Directly behind Wendy’s s 3UPERIOR 3TREET are turned into a liquid, the assassin bug uses its victims and eats them alive, “like a stalk of celery,” 53 (WY %AST s 3ILVER #ITY .- [beak] to suck out the liquefied tissues in much the say Werner and Olson. 575-538-2525 same way we use a straw to drink a milkshake!” The In the Southwest, tens of thousands of insects (/,)$!9 s WWWHIEXPRESSCOM assassin bug’s toxin can kill a much larger insect in have been identified and classified by biological sci- a matter of seconds. It discards its victim’s carcass entists, but only a fraction of those have been stud- with disdain. The assassin bug may also deliver a ied closely. Moreover, tens of thousands more await painful bite, in self defense, if carelessly handled by identification and classification. The richness of life a human. in the insect community of the Southwest—the di- The species that prey on the blood of vertebrate versity of sizes, forms, colors, ranges, habitats, diets animals feed not only on wildlife (especially pack- and environmental roles—is a story with many chap- rats) but also on domesticated animals and pets— ters still to unfold. k and, sometimes, they may help themselves to human Jay W. Sharp is a Las Cruces author who is a regular contrib- utor to DesertUSA, an Internet BARBARA DUFFY magazine, and who is the author of Texas Unexplained. To Associate Broker read all his guides to wildlife of Office: 575-388-1921 ext. 23 Cell: 575-574-2041 the Southwest, see www.desert- exposure.com/wildlife. Toll Free: 800-368-5632 Fax: 575-388-2480 Thanks to Jana McFarland, email: [email protected] NMSU graduate student, for her help in identifying some of the insects in the photographs. DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A17 Southwest Storylines • Richard Mahler Tuning In For Kyle Johnson, Gila/Mimbres Community Radio is only the latest stop on the dial in a career that’s taken him from TV and movies to “Radio Free Silver.” on’t worry, Kyle Johnson assures me, running Dfingers through his short gray hair, KURU-FM is coming. “What we think will happen by the end of this year,” the board member and secretary-treasurer of Gila/Mimbres Community Radio declares, “is Inter- net radio.” The online service will start by playing mostly music, he explains, and will not identify itself initially as KURU, the call letters recently assigned to the long-awaited Grant County station. “We won’t keep them a secret, but we’re basically saving the marketing value of the call letters until we’re actually broadcasting on the airwaves.” Okay. And when will that happen? When will KURU actually air at its recently assigned 89.1 FM? “If we get lucky fast,” speculates Johnson, speak- ing in the authoritative manner that served him well during a past career as an actor and musician, “it could happen a year from now. If we get lucky slow, it could take two years.” Either eventuality, he be- lieves, should renew enthusiasm for a project that has ridden a rollercoaster of support as efforts to launch the station have dragged on for over six years. Kyle Johnson, a self-described “media guy.” (Photos “People need to push a button or turn a dial to by Richard Mahler) hear [programming],” Johnson allows during a re- cent interview. “I think that’s what it needs to catch.” tains, “so I’ve really been concentrating on that.” In April 2005 about a dozen Grant County resi- Asked if he seeks to become KURU’s first general dents formally birthed the idea—which already had manager, Johnson demurs, noting that much ground- been kicked around for several years—of creating work still must be done for such a paid position to an independent, listener-supported voice for an area enter the realm of possibility. 211 S. Silver St. Deming, NM 88030 served by only a handful of radio stations. Of these, “Hearing that our application for a construction 575-544-8890 Office the non-commercial options were retransmissions permit was approved was a great relief,” he says. 575-544-8891 Fax of New Mexico State’s KRWG-FM, an NPR affiliate, “But it started a clock running that stops in three Downtown along with a couple of religious broadcasters. Gila/ years. We have to be on the air within that time pe- Real Estate Mimbres Community Radio incorporated in fall 2005, riod or else we lose the permit.” Marcia then hired an attorney and engineer to move its idea The result? Johnson is one busy guy. An unexpect- forward. During the long period of bureaucratic ma- ed task is answering questions related to a non-com- Langston Qualifying Broker neuvering—extended by a freeze on applications im- mercial station that came on the air during the two 575-545-1703 Cell posed by the Federal Communications Commission years GMRC spent waiting for the FCC to act. Silver [email protected] (FCC)—some early GMCR organizers faded away City’s KOOT-FM, at 88.1 MHz, is licensed to Communi- and even Johnson dropped off the board for a while. ty Access Television of Silver (CATS), which also op- But enthusiastic newcomers are now on board and, erates low-power KOOT-TV. The radio station, techni- following the FCC’s grant of a construction permit cally assigned to Hurley, has been broadcasting music for a 10,000-watt facility last December, their dream and public affairs shows from a Bullard Street studio is closer to reality than ever. since spring 2009. Because KOOT-FM describes itself Video Stop “What brought about the genesis of this was a as having “an educational and community” focus, Giant October Clearance Sale pretty acute dissatisfaction with the existing media many wonder why the GMRC folks simply don’t join landscape,” says Johnson, a self-described “media forces with the outlet. 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The latter is due to a fre- IRU&DWDORJ'9'V The 60-year-old Gila resident, whose communica- quency- and time-sharing arrangement with another 2YHUVWRFN'9'V9+6IRU tions credentials stretch back to childhood, is help- entity that has not yet started to broadcast. 4XDOLW\*XDUDQWHHG ing to secure the money, office space, volunteers and “I’m sure some people are confused,” Johnson ad- equipment needed to put the station on the air. “The 9LGHR6WRS$OEHUWVRQ¶V6KRSSLQJ&HQWHU thing has to get launched for it to be viable,” he main- SOUTHWEST STORYLINES continued on next page &HOHEUDWHWKH+ROLGD\V October and November Only 'HPLQJ+HDOWK&HQWHU 50% off Family Portrait sessions. 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It was all after- AUTHORIZED DEALER for the-fact that KOOT was being planned; it didn’t come Harman pellet stoves in the area out of a grassroots community process, which sets a www.abetterchimneynm.com tone for what might be expected.” Authorized He also foresees that KURU will have greater Not All Stoves are Created Equal, Choose Wisely! Dealer Stoves s Sales s 3ERVICE s GB98 Lic. # 033328 editorial freedom, more “adventuresome” fare, and a ©DE 1800 US Hwy 180 E., Silver City s much more powerful transmitter than KOOT. “In es- sence,” he predicts, “we will have coverage roughly equal to or better than any existing Grant County sta- tion. If you can hear one of them, you will hear us.” or this articulate and energetic community Fradio advocate, returning to the airwaves in unfettered fashion may be particularly sweet. Over seven years ago, Kyle Johnson lost a short-lived and controversial weekday program on Silver City’s KNFT-AM after a group of local businesspeople threatened to pull advertising if Johnson’s one-hour offering wasn’t dumped. The pressure came from a conservative faction, he contends, that engaged “in what was basically thuggery.” As the deposed talk show host tells the story, his “red hot minute” on KNFT—actually, about eight Johnson beside a sculpture by Cecilia Stanford. weeks—was a fluke from the start. The station’s then-owner offered him the 9 to 10 a.m. slot out of TV and radio interviews can still be heard on the In- the blue on a day when Johnson asked for some air- ternet via the Radio Free Silver website (see box). time, perhaps an hour each month, on behalf of the Grant County Peace Coalition. ver time,” Johnson points out, “area ra- “I’d never done radio before,” Johnson admits “Odio stations have changed hands so that with a shrug, citing previous experience as the origi- all but one of them are now owned by nal general manager of CATS. “But I thought, ‘Let’s the same [corporate parent, Arizona-based Skywest give it a whirl.” Media], with basically a chain model.” The result, “Radio Free Silver” was born. Johnson continues, is that most programming comes “The idea was that it would be a discussion show,” from a central location in a big city out of state: “They Johnson recalls, “with dialogue and debate between have no interest in local issues at all. Period. What [members of the Peace Coalition] and those with op- our station would be like is a lot more social inter- posing views.” His ultimate motive, says Johnson, was action and, basically, more coverage of social justice instigating political change. “I felt that 2004 was a piv- issues, although over a 24-hour period it is mostly go- otal year, that George Bush was going to destroy our ing to be mainly music, arts and culture.” country.” Yet while some shows focused on the war Asked to be more specific, Johnson says that KU- in Iraq, others involved local issues or the work being RU’s backers “want very much to provide a real al- done by nonprofit organizations. “Basically,” says John- ternative to the kinds of things that you typically get son, “my show involved a single subject under discus- on a radio station. We would like, for example, to get sion with one or two guests.” We talked about “a wide [the Mideast-based network] Al Jazeera as one of our range of things, and not particularly radical subjects.” news sources. It’s the new BBC—so get used to it. I’d Within a month, Johnson continues, “the station also like to have some English-language programming started getting calls of complaint about my show, out of India, Latin America, Africa and Asia that really even though I was followed by [nationally syndicat- gives the picture of how other people see the world.” ed conservative hosts] Rush Lim- This, he says, is the notion of baugh, Bill O’Reilly and Michael “turning the telescope around so Savage each day.” The threat de- we can see what other people are livered to management by a group thinking and how we are perceived of disgruntled business owners, by them.… Even in community according to Johnson, was that radio, this is something you rarely “either you get rid of this thing hear. Let’s open a window out of No interest with equal monthly payments for 40 months on all or we are going to take all of our our own direct experience and see BERNINA purchases totaling $4000 or more—ONE DAY ONLY. advertising off both the AM and what other people are thinking, FM [KNFT] stations, not just this how they see us, and what’s hap- Tues - Fri 9:30 am - 5:30 pm one show.” Within a month, de- pening where they live.” Sat 9:30 am - 4:00 pm spite full financial support of his In summing up his activist ori- CLOSED SUN & MON program from Radio Free Silver, entation, Johnson quotes the late Johnson was off the air. anthropologist Margaret Mead: ©DE 1601 E. Lohman | Las Cruces, NM 88001| 575-523-2000 You can stay abreast of Gila/ The incident received national “Never doubt that a small group Mimbres Community Radio attention, not all of it flattering to of thoughtful, committed citizens through its website, gmcr. Silver City. “The irony,” Johnson can change the world. Indeed, it org, and hear programs from laughs, “was that some people is the only thing that ever has.” the Radio Free Silver archives who were not necessarily sup- KURU, according to this co- at radiofreesilver.com. Learn porters of us, the hotel and real founder, “will be a use of media more about community radio estate people, had been trying to that empowers our community. in general at the website of paint this as a wonderful retire- The media-chain radio stations the National Federation of ment community with great natu- certainly don’t want to talk about Community Broadcasters, ral attributes and a terrific place to anything that might be unpleasant nfcb.org. The live. They were asking [those op- to explain to their advertisers.” posed to the program], ‘What is it with you yahoos? We’re trying to build this place up s an aside—and in the interest of full disclo- and you’re trying to turn it into some kind of redneck Asure—I’ll mention that I first met Kyle John- Tree backwater?’” son casually about 25 years ago, when we Shaking his head at the memory, Johnson says he both lived and worked in the Los Angeles area. For had a hunch that “something like this could happen. a time he dated my housemate. Our first encounter “A beautiful, mysterious, and gratifying experience.” I knew that there were enough people here with that was at a concert by an African ensemble at a time Mark Naglazas, The West Australian way of thinking that they would do something” to get when Johnson was a musician in a band, writing Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. the show off the air. songs and playing guitar. Undeterred, Johnson took Radio Free Silver’s pro- “During that part of my life in Los Angeles I was Real West Cinema, on Highway 180 gramming, now in video form, to CATS as well as oth- not involved in political activity, even though I had Sponsored by the WNMU- er public-access TV outlets in other cities. These dis- a political awareness,” Johnson reflects. “As an art- Silver City International Film Society. cussion shows continued running for several years. ist I think I was much more self-focused or centered Adults $8. WNMU Students & Staff no charge with valid ID. ©DE Meanwhile, the audio portion of many of Johnson’s on things that had to do with my career.... But I’ve DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A19 always been involved in media. I started working as radio outlets or on CATS except irregularly or from ing “on the air,” concludes Johnson, “it will relieve an actor at seven years old.” time to time.” us all—especially me—of the need to describe what According to Wikipedia, Johnson’s acting career community radio is. People will be able to click the began when his mother, actress-singer Nichelle Nich- ila/Mimbres Community Radio needs about button and hear it. In terms of content I think we will ols—who portrayed Lt. Uhuru in the “Star Trek” TV G$150,000 to sign on, although it expects to off- move quickly to present a pretty good sketch of what series and movies—dragged him as punishment to set that with some donated equipment from KURU will be ultimately. It will take some months to an audition for a stage play. The director was imme- the former owner of now-defunct KSIL-FM. It plans develop things, to train people, and to get programs diately impressed by young Kyle and cast the boy on an initial operating budget of between $75,000 and from local folks—but it will happen.” the spot for his production. Born in 1951, Johnson $80,000 annually. Stay tuned. k was cast as Sidney Poitier’s son in the 1965 epic, The “All we ask from supporters,” says Johnson, “is a Greatest Story Ever Told, and went on to play the base membership of $60 per year. It will take a while lead role of Newt in the critically acclaimed 1969 to ramp up to that, but I think getting a thousand sub- Southwest Storylines colum- movie The Learning Tree. During the Sixties and scribers at that level is possible and not unreasonable nist Richard Mahler is a free- lance writer based in Silver Seventies he appeared in episodes of TV’s “The Fu- in this county.” With a core of this many listeners con- City. His career in radio gitive,” “Mod Squad,” “McCloud” and “Dr. Kildare,” tributing regularly, he argues, “we will not be beholden includes stints as a freelance among others. Johnson segued into a music career in to businesses, to grants, or to any of the sources of reporter for NPR, CBS, Paci- the 1980s. His love song “Ready to Receive” became funding that tend to have strings attached or are here fica and other outlets. Learn a modest hit for singer-musician Claudia Russell and today and gone tomorrow.” more at www.richardmahler. com. headlined her album of the same name. So what can listeners expect to hear when GRMC But that was then—and this now. starts webcasting this fall or winter? “The process of helping launch KURU has been “We will begin mapping out our schedule first with interesting and fruitful for me personally,” muses music,” says Johnson, who sees communication as the unifying Johnson, “and BEST PRICECall us IN for TOWN! the theme in his string of endeavors. “Now I am not sim- replacing it [over Monsoon Specials Adobe ply talking about or visualizing community, but actu- time] in blocks - - ally engaging at a level where I am really developing with news and on Gravel Techniques $ a relationship and an involvement with organizations public affairs, Specializing in large concrete pours that are very dedicated. 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I’ve got goodly pain in my lower back shoe off my left foot and observed that there was no and especially my left leg when I either stand or walk. swelling, so I hadn’t cracked or broken the ankle, That includes my groin muscle and my thigh and my thank the Lord! outer hipbone. Sometimes they even scream at me! I next retrieved an Ace bandage from my pack For days now I’ve been icing and heating the areas, and proceeded to wrap said ankle. I cogitated as I plus soaking in a hot tub. I’ve massaged, stretched sat there, thinking that if I sat too long, I might stiffen and gone to the chiropractor. Oh, I can sit or lie and up to the point that I couldn’t hobble to my ATV a there is no discomfort, but who can do that all of the half-mile down-valley. So I made the decision to go to time? Weeds grow, dog crap needs tending to, work camp and get some pain reliever in me. has to be done and many other commitments. At camp, I downed 800 milligrams of Ibuprofen My usual cure for such a thing is to hang upside- and laid down and read a novel for an hour, waiting down for five minutes once or twice a day, and then for the pain killer and anti-inflammation to take ef- ice the injury and I’m as good as new by the next day. fect. That never happened and I was in misery when That’s kept me out of the chiropractor and doctor’s I decided that I’d better break camp and head for offices for four years now, but not this time. home two days early. Once there I could do the inver- It all began the second day of early bear season. sion/ice treatment and hopefully salvage the remain- I’d been up this valley and the series of small water- ing time in the hunt. falls many times before over the years, but this time Of course, I was in misery as I limped around put- water was running down them. ting things away, hooked up my truck to the camper '2*6 The falls lay about half a mile up from the head of and loaded the ATV and attendant trailer. At least on 'RJV·´2QWKH5RDGµ*URRPLQJ6HUYLFHV the narrow valley and I was coming down them after the way home, while sitting and driving, I felt a whole from Reserve, New Mexico scouting far above. The falls rise about 30 feet in a lot better. Mobile pet grooming services in your neighborhood series of small steps, with the upper step being about But as soon as I left the truck and stood up, the -ARY "OURN five or six feet in height; the next step down is about misery was back in new levels! 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Beehive cluster (M44) Even though this grouping is rather far south, it is Oct. 3, 9:15 p.m.—First Quarter Moon still one of the classical constellations, listed in Ptol- Oct. 11, 8:06 p.m.—Full Moon emy’s Almagest in the second century AD. Oct. 13, 3 p.m.—Saturn in conjunction with the Sun While there isn’t a great deal of mythology about Oct. 19, 9:30 p.m.—Last Quarter Moon this constellation, the Greeks thought of it as a Oct. 26, 1:56 p.m.—New Moon wreath that had adorned the head of Sagittarius Oct. 28, 8 p.m.—Jupiter at opposition the Centaur. Because of this, the constellation was sometimes known as Corona Sagitti, before the In- ing at 67 miles per second across the sky. ternational Astronomical Union defined all the con- RX was discovered in 1992 among the data from stellations and their boundaries in 1922. The Arabs the ROSAT X-ray Observatory. It was first thought to called it the Tortoise, the Woman’s Tent, the Ostrich be only about 200 light-years away, but later observa- Nest and the Dish. The Chinese also thought of it as a tion with the Chandra X-ray Observatory satellite in tortoise, specifically the Black Tortoise of the North. 2002 showed it to actually be twice as far away. This constellation is on the eastern border of the Neutron stars have a gravity so strong that it Milky Way, but has only a few deep-sky objects. One forces the electrons that normally orbit the nucleus is NGC 6541, a globular cluster in southwestern Co- of an atom into the protons in the nucleus to form MAGGIE KNOX rona Australis. It is bright enough to be seen with neutrons. This allows all the atoms that had been Licensed Massage Therapist the naked eye from a dark location. 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The Planets for October 2011 Gift Certificates Available NM Lic# 4096 This globular was first discovered on March 19, ercury and Venus are both east of the Sun 1826, by Nicolò Cacciatore (1780-1841), who was Mthis month, which puts them in the evening working at an observatory in Palermo, Italy. This was sky. But as it gets dark, both are so low in just a few months before James Dunlop indepen- the west that they will be very hard to find. October +\SQRWKHUDS\ dently found it on July 3 of that year. Cacciatore first sees Mercury pulling away from the Sun, but the thought this to be a “new nebula.” John Herschel’s ecliptic, to which all planets stay close, is at a very +\SQRWKHUDS\7UDLQLQJ 1847 catalog lists it as h 3725, and later in his General shallow angle to the horizon. So even though Mer- 2FWREHULQ6LOYHU&LW\ Catalogue it is GC 4372. Finally, J.L.E. Dreyer’s New cury is pulling away from the Sun, Mercury appears General Catalogue listed it as NGC 6541 in 1888. to slide southward along the horizon without get- 3DVW/LIH5HJUHVVLRQ :HLJKW5HOHDVH Another less visible but more interesting object in ting much higher. By the end of the month, Mercury ,$0:RUWK\3URJUDP Corona Australis is the neutron star RX J1856.5-3754. will be only 5 degrees above the west-southwestern Madonna Kettler, BA, MHt, LBLt This designation is from the ROSAT X-ray source horizon as it gets dark. Its disc is 5.4 seconds-of-arc catalog (the RX part). The “J” indicates that the coor- across, and it shines at magnitude -0.3. It is 84% illu- 7KH&HQWHUIRU,QQHU3HDFH//& dinates that follow refer to the orientation of the sky minated, becoming less full every day. 575-534-1291 [email protected] in 2000. Finally, the Right Ascension and Declination Venus spends the month near Mercury. At month of the object are listed (18 hours, 56.5 minutes; -37 end, Venus is 94% illuminated and becoming less full degrees, 54 minutes, respectively). during the month, too. Its disc is 10.6 seconds-of-arc This object (we will just call it RX) was originally across and it shines at magnitude -3.9. Next month the larger member of a binary star system. As the Venus will become easier to find as it gets higher in Spiritual arts and gifts from around the world larger star, it aged faster and became a supernova. Af- the sky. Venus and Mercury both start the month in ter the supernova explosion, RX was large enough to Virgo, and then move into Libra, where they will be Be kind, for everyone you meet become a neutron star, but not so large that it would when the month ends. is fighting a great battle. become a black hole. Before and during the super- Jupiter reaches opposition this month on Oct. 28. -Philo nova blast, some of the material from RX was trans- This is a great time to view its 49.6 second-of-arc disc ! VARIETY OF FUN $AY OF THE $EAD ferred to its partner. With added mass, the partner since it will be high in the sky at midnight, visible all DECORATIONS AND GIFTS IN STOCK star then started aging more rapidly. It too became night. Jupiter shines at magnitude -2.9. It spends the . "ULLARD s 3ILVER #ITY .- a supernova, blasting a good deal of its mass into month in Aries. /PEN 4HURS &RI AND 3AT AM TO PM space and weakening the gravitational bond between Mars is the last planet up in the morning sky. Ris- ©DE the two stars. The weakened gravity, combined with ing around 2 a.m., the God of War glows at magnitude the supernova blast, threw RX off into space, travel- +1.2. At mid-month, Mars’ disc is 5.5 seconds-of-arc Just underneath the Teapot of Sagittarius is the little across. Traveling from Cancer into Leo, Mars is head- constellation of Corona Australis, the Southern ing toward Regulus, which it will pass next month. 601 W. Market St. (at Cooper) Silver City, NM Crown. (A larger, printable version is on our web- Saturn is too close to the Sun to be observed this site, www.desertexposure.com.) month, but next month it will be in the morning sky. Client-Focused Essential Oil Blends So get ready for cold-weather observ- Flower Essences ing and “keep watch- ing the sky”! k Reiki Sessions 575-519-9083 An amateur as- tronomer for more than 35 years, Bert Stevens is co- director of Desert 3DXO(*DOEUDLWK/,6:/&6: Moon Observatory in 7KHUDSLVWa$GROHVFHQWV $GXOWV 3K Las Cruces. )D[ 6RXWKZHVW&RXQVHOLQJ $:HVW0DUNHW6WUHHW 6LOYHU&LW\10 $/LFHQVHG,QGHSHQGHQW &OLQLFDO6RFLDO:RUNHU 1HZ0H[LFR7H[DV ,QGLDQD DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A23 Body, Mind & Spirit • Bina Breitner It Feels Personal—But It Isn’t Knowing what’s personal and what’s structural. ’ve noticed that people suffer Imore than they need to when they don’t distinguish between what’s personal and what’s struc- Think of how you tural. Here are some examples of what I mean by that, from a mari- recover from a tal breakup, a childhood loneli- /3&& ness, and a job environment. 'LDQD6(GZDUGV Lila and George had been bad storm. The /LFHQVHG3URIHVVLRQDO&OLQLFDO0HQWDO+HDOWK&RXQVHORU ,QGLYLGXDODQG)DPLO\&RXQVHOLQJ married for 27 years and still got on well. Each had friends and violent weather 3OD\7KHUDS\ jobs, there was enough money, 5HODWLRQVKLS3UREOHPV the house was paid for, their two rushes through $GRSWLRQDQG)RVWHU&DUH,VVXHV daughters were launched, and life *ULHIDQG/RVV was good. and is gone within Except that George fell in love '( :HVW&ROOHJH6W6XLWH0HGLFDLG 7HOH with Marie. He saw her on the side a day. The after- 6LOYHU&LW\1HZ0H[LFR3URYLGHU &HOO for two years, then finally told Lila he wanted a divorce, and moved effects last a out that evening. Would you like to use ecofriendly products in your home? Lila was stunned, then furious, Try a different line of products that are: helpless, frightened, hysterical long, long time. with hurt and rage. How could he t$MFBOFSt4BGFSt4BWF.POFZ be this amoral? How could she have been so blind? How could he -FUNFJOUSPEVDFZPVUPUIFQSPEVDUTNZGBNJMZ humiliate her so permanently and cal, social, financial... and they could evolve only BOE*DBOUMJWFXJUIPVU$BMMPSFNBJMNF still say he “loved” her? How could he set this kind slowly. of example for their daughters? Where was the man Think of how you recover from a bad storm. The Anna Goetz she thought she’d known, and had always admired? violent weather rushes through and is gone within a XXXONFDPUFBNDPNttHPFU[GB!HNBJMDPN She was unmoored, thrashing in tumultuous waters. day. The after-effects last a long, long time. At first, t"XBSEFENFNCFSPG###t$PNQBOZJT ZFBSTPME *OUFSOBUJPOBMXFMMOFTT Nothing made sense. you grieve the damage to your home, you rage, you DPNQBOZtJOGSFFQSPEVDUTt8PSLGSPNDPNGPSUPGZPVSIPNFZPVSPXOIPVST Over time, she began to put the pieces of her sit down and cry helplessly, you ask, “Why me?” life back together. She stayed in the house, saw her Then you start the work of rebuilding. It’s the same friends, continued working, and started counsel- with the loss of an important relationship or some LIGHT YOUR OWN PATH ing in an effort to understand better what had gone large life change. You react quickly, in flashes, but the Self Healing Facilitated by Experience, Training, Compassion wrong and how she could take better care of herself rebuilding of your life takes a long time. You have Past Lives Discovery & and her daughters during such wrenching change. to find new building materials, so to speak—new Spiritual Integration As her life stabilized, Lila started wondering rhythms, new ways of allotting your time and energy, Certified 1985 why was she still in distress. She didn’t really miss new ways of defining yourself, and new ways of re- Eileen Stevens Energy Healing George. If that was the kind of fellow he was, and lating to the familiar and the unfamiliar. CPLT - ULC Ordained 1983 if he didn’t want to be with her, she was better off People can make the mistake of entering a re- Soul Retrieval Shamanic practioner 1991 without him. She had a job, she had friends, she had lationship blithely, because they don’t understand supportive family, she had done nothing wrong, he how much “clean-up” there is if things don’t work For a free consultation please call: provided some financial support—the heck with out. “Oh, I’ll get over it. I’ll move on,” they say. “If 575-313-7352 ©DE him! She could do well enough on her own. So why it doesn’t work out, we can always split up.” On the was she still miserable? personal level, that’s correct. At the structural level, a break-up is a lot more complicated. You need to read Molly Gierasch, PhD hat’s where recognizing the difference be- the warning labels. Ttween what was personal and what was struc- Brave people, who are accustomed to making Licensed Psychologist tural came in. Lila hadn’t understood that her tough decisions and moving forward, are especially grief, for example, wasn’t only for George. It was also susceptible to this naïveté. “She’s a scumbag, and I’m Certified EMDR Therapist for their partnership and the role he had filled in her better off without her,” may feel true—and may be life—structural realities. true—but that’s about her. What about you and all Consultant & Instructor He’d been her “husband.” They’d been “married,” the adjustments you’re faced with? It’s easy to under- they’d been “a couple.” They had been “parents” to- estimate the time and emotional cost involved. 575-534-2856 gether. None of those realities was personal: George You can also end up being too hard on yourself. Individual Psychotherapy Silver City, NM was the man who occupied those categories in her ©DE EMDR and good solid Therapy life. Of course the relationship had felt (and had been) BODY, MIND & SPIRIT continued on next page extremely personal. She didn’t marry a mannequin; she married a person, George. But she’d been )UHH\RXUPLQGDQGRSHQ\RXUKHDUWZLWK4LJRQJ Silver City First Degree “married,” whereas now she was All October classes held at First class Reiki Class “separated” and heading toward Center for Healing Arts, 300 W. Yankie St. FREE, divorce. She, George, and every- Monday 5-6pm 5 classes for Thursday, Dec. 1—6PM - 9PM one in the community who knew Tuesday 12noon-1 $35 Friday, Dec. 2—6PM - 9PM Wednesday 8-9am punchcard them would be shifting identi- Thursday 6:30-7:30pm Saturday, Dec. 3—9AM - 5PM ties around. She wasn’t “George’s wife” any more. She was becom- For information and registration 388-8114. ing an “ex-wife.” VICKI ALLEN, REIKI MASTER These structural adjustments Martha Everett, LMT and Certified Qigong Instructor (575) 388-8114 were going to take much longer, 575-388-2098—www.abundancetherapeutics.com ©DE because they were part of how she had defined herself, to herself and others. Bringing her identity Acupuncture & Allergy Center into line with the new realities was a slow, disturbing process. JoAnne Galbraith, Doctor of Oriental Medicine DELIA Z. GASKINS Dr. of Naturopathy/Master Herbalist She’d known herself in the con- 204A W. Market Street text of her relationship to George. Nutrition Consultant/Health Advisor She knew his breathing at night, Certified Nat Health Professional -ÛiÀÊ ÌÞ]Ê UÊxÇxÈx{äÇnn his smell, his quirks and needs, Now also in Las Cruces! his schedule, as part of her inner Pueblo Plaza, Executive Suites, #1 Call for schedule and location. world. She knew herself in the 1100 South Main St. | Las Cruces, NM 88005 ® community as a member of their (575) 233-2534 | [email protected] Acupuncture/Chinese Herbs |NAET Allergy Elimination couple. The changes were physi- '( Mei Zen™ Cosmetic Acupuncture|Pain Management A24 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com sible. It wasn’t you; it was in the structure. You can BODY, MIND & SPIRIT continued see events and your feelings in a larger, more accu- rate context (telling the truth does set you free). Be- “It’s been a year,” you say impatiently. “How can I still cause you’ve stopped holding yourself responsible be stuck on that creep?” Well, you may not be stuck for (structural) things beyond you, you can relax, cry, &HOHEUDWLQJ >74=6<--: ment or beginning any new ©DE regimen. +7:6-: ©DE DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A25 Body, Mind & Spirit • Sheri Lynn Bina Breitner MA, LMFT Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist* Slow Down, You Move Too Fast Issues of Relationship with: Self, Others, Your Body, Work, Are you too busy to find time for you? Change, Food, Aging, Health, Love, Money and Art. y the time I’d received my last wake-up call, Individuals, couples, families & groups BI was spending a great deal of my earnings to 808 W. 8th St. • Silver City, NM • (575) 538-4380 maintain my body so that I could continue to Now accepting Blue Cross Insurance overwork. Weekly appointments for acupuncture, *Licensed in NM (#0108841) and in MA (#1150) • Se Habla Español therapeutic massage, chiropractic and a naturopath- ic doctor—it was now costing me a pretty penny to keep my overwhelmed endocrinal system from tak- “Mindfulness lets Experience be the Teacher” ing me out. Blooming Lotus Meditation Group I did the math and had a “come to Jesus” moment In the tradition of of clarity about my self-value. It occurred to me that if backed down on the external demands, my strug- Thich Nhat Hanh gling body would stand a chance. Up to that point, meeting the well-meaning expectations of everyone Mindfulness! Living each moment in full awareness else was killing me. I was swimming hard upstream may be on the line. Here’s the path I followed to dig of breath, thought and feelings. and my body was waving several white flags, the final my way out of the hole: of which was my second pre-cancer diagnosis. Know Your Limits: Only you know how much I’d been a busy woman. I’d been a busy woman stress you can take before you break. For some, Meets most every Sunday in Silver City. 575-313-7417 for years. “breaking” is becoming physically ill too frequently. email: [email protected] For another, it may be the red flag from important re- elissa is a busy woman. She complained lationships, or feeling constantly irritated and angry. Mto me frequently that there “aren’t enough And some wait for the really big diseases, like cancer. Gila Friends Meeting hours in the day.” She’d moan, “If only I had Knowing your limits requires some self-care and The Religious Society of Friends more time, I could squeeze in some time for me. This attention so that you know the level that is unhealthy extra 60 pounds on my body looks terrible, my back for you. Don’t have time for self care? Bingo. hurts, I just went on meds for my blood pressure, and Figure Out Where Your Time Goes: Fill out a I don’t even have time to shop for bigger clothes.” calendar of an average week, filling in every hour She was recently laid off from her job. Two weeks of every day so you can look at it on one sheet of Quaker Meeting for Worship ~ Sundays 10-11 a.m. later, we spoke again. I asked her paper. Include hours at work, Children’s program from 10:15-11 a.m., 2nd & 4th Sundays how it felt, to now have all that doing household chores, taking free time on her hands. care of children or other people, .85 ,3]-5*#,#./&#.35 (. ,5R5gngi585& '65#&0 ,5#.35 The truth is that the ),5'), 5#( ),'.#)(95kmk7inn7ijmn55R5 )& )(, H!#&( .8 )' “What free time?” she demand- time sleeping and eating. Be ed. “I have no idea how I found the more we multitask, honest. Then sit back and have time to work!” the less happy, a look at it. Set Priorities: What are the Silver City Zen Center ex’s family and friends creative and rested five most important things in your Rcomplain to him that he is we are. Our life, and in what order? (Hint: put (Ginzan-ji Zen Buddhist Temple) not present. In a room with relationships suffer. you and your self-care at the top. Meditation Practice (Zazen) Monday-Friday 7:00-7:30 am loved ones, he keeps his smart- We can’t “give away what we don’t Tuesday & Thursday 6:00 pm phone in his palm and texts during got.”) Zazen & Dharma Talk Saturday 9:00 am conversations. “What?” he says. Take that priority list and apply Informal Dharma “I’m right here!” it to that schedule you drew up. Does it match up? Discussion Group Friday 5:30-6:30 pm His ailing grandmother asked him to leave her What can you cross off your schedule to make more Community Movie Night Every other Monday 6:00 pm hospital room and “take that thing with you.” Rex time for the things higher on your priority list? was angry. “Hey!” he said to relatives in the room, “I Just Say No: Take the things you crossed off your Resident Priest: 506 W. 13th St. (corner of 13th and Virginia) have a LIFE!” list and say “no” to them. You can let folks know that Rev. Dr. Oryu Paul Stuetzer 575-388-8874 you are prioritizing to save your sanity. Or health. Or e’ve become a nation of multitaskers be- relationships. Wcause we believe that the more we accom- Schedule Blank Time: This is very important. The Unitarian Universalist plish, the richer our lives will be. But the We ALL need a little flexible time. Stare at a wall, Fellowship of Silver City truth is that the more we multitask, the less happy, smell a rose, wander down the street, pull out a proj- extends an invitation to creative and rested we are. Our relationships suffer. ect you enjoy, or just sit and think. This space pro- We are effectively addicted to having too much to vides the opportunity to heal on all levels—physical, YOU do. Many of us feel validated by a full schedule and emotional, spiritual, psychological. ~ come, see, think and explore with us ~ there is an increasing tendency among us to judge our If you feel there is value to the old saying, “I’ll a warm welcome awaits you! Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion born of the Jewish and Christian traditions. self-worth and sense of achievement on how active rest when I’m dead,” it may come sooner than you We are a diverse group of religious independents who keep our minds open we are. think. k to the religious questions people have struggled with in all times and places. Are YOU too busy? Answer these nine questions Join with us on Sundays, 3835 North Swan, at 10:00 a.m. Light refreshments and conversation available after the services to see: Sheri Lynn, who spends half of the year in Silver City, has over 20 years of experience in the fit- P.O. Box 4034, SC, NM 88062, For more information call 575-538-0101 1. Do you greet people with a tirade of how very ness industry. Her varied background includes busy you are? credentialed experience in addictions counseling, 2. Do you complain about being “stressed” or “cra- public speaking, personal training, civil engi- zy busy”? neering and mining engineering. Lynn devel- VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH 3. Do you get out of bed in the morning already oped the Genesis Transformation system (www. genesistransformation.com), which includes looking forward to when you can climb back in? UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Genesis, an international award-winning online 4. Is your “downtime” scheduled? food journaling tool. Contact her at sheri@gen- “An Open and Affirming Congregation” 5. Are you sacrificing quality food for the sake of esistransformation.com. convenience when you feed your family? Sheri Lynn will be speaking on the “Five Simple Our statement: 6. When you have a day off, do you crave more ac- Steps to Lasting Health and Fat Loss” at Moun- tain View Market in Las Cruces on Saturday, “Acknowledging our origins as the Santa Rita Community Church, we at tivity? Do you feel restless and unable to slow down Nov. 12, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. $10 admission, $7 Valley Community Church, United Church of Christ affirm our historic and enjoy yourself? for Mountain View coop members. and ongoing call to be a place where all are welcome. We also acknowledge 7. How often do you moan that there “aren’t the unfortunate history of Christian churches as places of exclusion and enough hours in the day”? division. Knowing this history, and as a Christian family called to include, 8. Do you find it difficult to get love and serve, we at Valley Community Church, United Church of Christ through an actual conversation Mind,Body&SpiritMassage declare ourselves to be an Open and Affirming congregation. with someone without checking CombiningScience&Art We welcome all into the full life, ministry, sacraments, fellowship and your phone/texts? leadership of our congregation regardless of race, gender, age, language, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical, mental or emotional ability 9. Do you carry your smart- or disability, economic or marital status, political persuasion, or faith phone with you at all times? Are background. We strive in every generation, by the grace of God, to meet you anxious if you do not have it our historic call to be a place where all are welcome.” within your grasp? Join us for Sunday Worship at 10 am kay, so you’re still reading 575-313-9805 License#4770 TraceyJonesLMT 19-A Racetrack Road – Silver City this article. Your health, O [email protected] Massage&BodyWork tXXXWBMMFZVDDPSH relationships or career A26 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com Body, Mind & Spirit • EarthTalk Affinity Counseling Center ANNE A. VEENSTRA, M.S.W. Licensed Independent Social Worker Pill Pollution Short-term or Long-term Counseling for Depression, Are we accidentally medicating our water supply? Anxiety, Trauma, Abuse, Loss Specializing in Energy Psychotherapy ear EarthTalk: Pharmaceuticals were in the news again recently, how they are pol- 301 W. College Ave., Suite 12 License I-3059 D luting water and raising a host of health is- Silver City, New Mexico 88061 (575) 388-0064 sues because we dispose of them both unused and used through body waste elimination. What can be done? harmaceutical drug contamination in our Pgroundwater, rivers, lakes, estuaries and bays is a growing problem. Millions of us are flushing unused medications down the toilet and discharging them in our body waste—even though sewage treat- ment plants and septic systems were never designed to deal with such contaminants. Additional discharg- es by healthcare facilities exacerbate the problem. As a result, researchers have identified traces of pharmaceutical drugs in the drinking-water supplies of some 40 million Americans. A nationwide study conducted by the US Geo- logical Survey in 1999 and 2000 found low levels of pharmaceuticals—including antibiotics, hor- mones, contraceptives and steroids—in 80% of the rivers and streams sampled. According to Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE), the effects of constant, low-level exposure of pharmaceuti- cals on ecosystems and humans are uncertain, though “possible health concerns include hormone disruption, antibiotic resistance and synergistic ef- Researchers have identified traces of pharmaceutical fects.” And antidepressants, says CCE, can “alter drugs—including antibiotics, hormones, contracep- the behavior and reproductive functions of fish tives and steroids—in the drinking water supplies of and mollusks.” some 40 million Americans. (Photo: Stockbyte) CCE cites a recent Stony Brook University study showing that some fish species in New York’s Ja- times a year. maica Bay are experiencing “feminization”—the “If no instructions are given on the drug la- ratio of female to male winter flounder was 10 to 1 bel and no take-back program is available in your in the studied area—likely a result of flushed phar- area, throw the drugs in the household trash, but maceuticals that can act as “hormone mimics” and first take them out of their original containers and cause such effects. New York’s Department of Envi- mix them with an undesirable substance, such as ronmental Conservation concurs, citing a number of used coffee grounds or kitty litter,” says the FDA. other studies underscoring the impacts on aquatic This will make them less appealing to children, pets life. What irks CCE about the problem is that almost or people who may intentionally go through your all known sources of drugs in the environment first trash, says the agency, which adds that a final step pass through wastewater treatment plants where is to put the medication into a sealed bag or other they could be filtered out, but these facilities are not container to prevent leaks. required to be equipped with pharmaceutical filter CONTACTS: CCE, www.citizenscampaign.org; devices. National Prescription Drug Take Back Days, www. In light of the problem, the US Food and Drug nationaltakebackday.com; FDA’s “How to Dispose of Administration (FDA) in 2007 established its first Unused Medicines,” www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ set of guidelines for how consumers should dispose ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedi- of prescription drugs. First and foremost, consum- cineSafely/UnderstandingOver-the-CounterMedi- ers should follow any specific disposal instructions cines/ucm107163.pdf. k on a drug’s label or the patient information that ac- companies the medication—and shouldn’t flush the drugs down the toilet. If there are no disposal in- EarthTalk is written and edited by Roddy Scheer structions, the FDA recommends finding out from and Doug Moss and is a registered trademark of E—The Environmental Magazine (www.emaga- your municipality if any take-back programs are zine.com). Send questions to: earthtalk@emaga- ©DE in place. Also, the US Drug Enforcement Adminis- zine.com. Subscribe: www.emagazine.com/sub- tration sponsors National Prescription Drug Take scribe. Free trial issue: www.emagazine.com/trial. Back Days across the country at various sites a few PILATES DANCING STONES STUDIO ' LCC8I; a ,@CM Body, Mind & Spirit BOARD CERTIFIED PULMONARY DONALD J. STINAR, M.D. Grant County Weekly Events BOARD CERTIFIED CRITICAL CARE Support groups, classes and more. BOARD CERTIFIED INTERNAL MEDICINE 2584 N. SILVER ST., BLDG. B Sundays TEA PARTY PATRIOTS—2nd and 4th p.m., 315 N. Bullard, 2d fl. 519-8948. SILVER CITY, NM 88061 AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP—5:30 Thur. 6 p.m. Red Barn Steakhouse, 708 TOPS—5 p.m. 1st Presbyterian BOARD CERTIFIED (575) 388-0184 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Center Silver Heights Blvd. 388-4143.. Church, 1915 Swan, 538-9447. V YOGA SLEEP MEDICINE (575) 388-0186 Fax board room. Jerry, 534-4846. Wednesdays INYASA —5:30-6:30 p.m., A SOCIETY RCHAEOLOGY —First Sun. AL-ANON—5:30 p.m., Swedenbor- 315 N. Bullard, 2d fl. 519-8948. YOGA CLASS of every month, field trip. 536-3092, gian Church, 1300 Bennett St. Ellen, —Free class taught [email protected]. 535-2596, or Jerry, 534-4866. by Colleen Stinar. 1-2 p.m. Episcopal BEAD SOCIETY —1 p.m. Alotta Gelato ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY—Third Weds. Church fellowship hall, 7th and Texas. 388-1362. of every month. Oct.-Nov., Jan.-April 7 Fridays BINGO —1st and 2d Sun. Doors open p.m. Silver City Women’s Club. Summers GILA AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY—2d 12:30 p.m., games start 1:35 p.m. 6 p.m. location TBA. 536-3092, whud- Fri. Grant County Admin. Bldg., 1400 Benefits Salvation Army and Post 18 [email protected]. Hwy. 180E. [email protected]. charities. American Legion Post 18, 409 BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN—Second KUNDALINI YOGA—Noon. A Daily W. College Ave. 534- 0780 Weds. 6 p.m. Gila Regional Medical Practice, 104 N. Texas St. 0DVVDJH7KHUDS\ GENTLE YOGA —5:30-7 p.m. A Daily Center Conference Room. Subject to OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS—6 p.m. Practice, 104 N. Texas, 388-2425. change. 536-2953. Gila Regional Medical Center confer- HOLISTIC PRESENTATIONS —11 a.m. GRANT COUNTY DEMOCRATIC ence room. Art, 590-6141, or John, &RORQ+\GRURWKHUDS\ PeaceMeal Coop Deli. 534-9703 PARTY—First Weds. 6:30 p.m. Red Barn 538-8779. PRAYER AND STUDY IN THE EASTERN Restaurant meeting room. Linda Pafford, SILVER CITY WOMAN’S CLUB—2d ORTHODOX TRADITION —Sunset. The- 536-3055 Fri., 10 a.m. 411 Silver Heights Blvd. otokos Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, GROUP MEDITATION—5:30 p.m., A 538-9326. Santa Clara. 537-4839, theotokos@ Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas St. 388- TAIZÉ—2d Friday. Service of prayer, zianet.com. 2425. songs, scripture readings and quiet con- RESTORATIVE YOGA —4-5:30 p.m. A LADIES GOLF ASSOCIATION—8 a.m. templation. 6:30 p.m. Episcopal Church Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas, 388-2425. tee time. Silver City Golf Course. of the Good Shepherd, 538-2015. Mondays OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS—Noon. St. VETERANS HEALING CIRCLE—2d Fri. Luna de Cobre Therapy Center A COURSE IN MIRACLES—6:30 p.m., Mary’s Academy, 1801 N. Alabama, 12-4 p.m. Marian Hall, 1813 N. Ala- 600 N. Hudson. Information, 534-9172 building by flagpole. Jerry, 534-4866; bama St. 388-4870. Margarita Silva Potts, L.P.C.C. or 534-1869. Sharon, 534-0079. YOUTH SPACE—5:30-10 p.m. Loud AARP CHAPTER #1496—Third PFLAG—(Parents, Families and music, video games, chill out. Satellite/ Ph.D. in Metaphysics Monday. 12:30 p.m. Senior Center, Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 2nd Wellness Coalition. 205 W. Victoria. Contact Marcia Fisch, Weds. 5:30 p.m. Wellness Coalition, Saturdays 388-1298 509 N. Bullard. 590-8797. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BEGIN- Individual and Family Counseling AARP WIDOWED PERSONS PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP —Second — NERS—6 p.m. Lions Club, 8th & Bullard Mind, Body and Spirit Balancing Mondays. 11 a.m. Glad Tidings Church. 3rd Weds. 6:30 p.m. Gila Regional (entrance at Big Ditch behind Domino's). Contact Donna, 538-9344. Medical Center Conference Room. 388- Newcomers and seasoned members A -ANON L —Noon. First Presbyterian 1198 ext. 10. welcome. REPUBLICAN PARTY OF GRANT Church, 1915 Swan, Silver City. Contact BEGINNING SALSA—7-8 p.m. Java- 575-590-2202 COUNTY Shawneen, 313-4721. —Third Weds. 6 p.m. Red Barn. lina’s. Instructor Gail Willow, 388-3332. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT ART CLASS—-9-10:45 a.m. Silver DOUBLE FEATURE BLOCKBUSTER MEGA 807 Grant, Bayard, NM 88023 GROUP City Senior Citizen Center. Beginners to —3:30-5 p.m. All-Purpose Room, HIT MOVIE NIGHT—5:30-11 pm. Satel- advanced. Contact Jean 519-2977. Billy Casper Wellness Center, Hudson lite/Wellness Coalition. KUNDALINI YOGA—Noon. A Daily St. & Hwy. 180. James, 537-2429, or EVENING PRAYER IN THE EASTERN OR- Practice, 104 N. Texas St. Danita, 534-9057. THODOX TRADITION—5 p.m. Theotokos Richard Nicastro, Ph.D. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS —6-7 p.m. Thursdays Retreat Center, 5202 Hwy. 152, Santa Licensed Psychologist Gila Regional Medical Center Board CANCER SUPPORT GROUP—2nd Clara. 537-4839, theotokos@zianet. Room. Jerry, 534-4866; Sharon, 534- Thurs. 6 p.m. Gila Regional Medical com. Specializing in Marital & Couple’s Issues: 0079. Center Board Room. 388-1198 ext. 10. KIDS BIKE RIDE—10 a.m., Bikeworks, SILVER CITY SQUARES —Dancing CARDIAC SUPPORT GROUP—3rd 815 E. 10th St. Dave Baker, 590-2166. Increase Harmony, Deepen Trust & Intimacy, 7-9 p.m. Presbyterian Church, 1915 Thurs. 4 p.m. Grant County Business and NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS—6 p.m. Reduce Conflict, Heal from an Affair. N. Swan St. Kay, 388-4227, or Linda, Conference Center, 3031 Hwy180E, New 180 Club, 1661 Hwy. 180 E. 534-4523. 590-2578. SADHANA MORNING PRAYER, MEDITA- (575) 915-2601 Tuesdays CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL—First Thurs. TION, YOGA—Last Sat. 5-7 a.m. A Daily Phone and Skype sessions available ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS—Men’s 5:30 p.m. Grant County Admin Bldg. Practice, 104 N. Texas, 388-2425. group, 7 a.m. Unitarian Fellowship Hall. DE-STRESSING MEDITA- SPINNING GROUP—1st Sat., 1-3 Relationship Center of New Mexico 3845 N. Swan. Jerry, 534-4866. TIONS—12-12:45 p.m. New Church p.m. Yada Yada Yarn, 614 N. Bullard, 1060 South Main St., Las Cruces, NM 88005 BELLY DANCE WITH ZOE—5:30-6:50 of the SW Desert, 1302 Bennett St. 388-3350. www.StrengthenYourRelationship.com ©DE p.m. A Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas St. 313-4087. VINYASA FLOW YOGA—10 a.m. All 654-4910. HISTORIC MINING DISTRICT & TOUR- levels. A Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas, COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS—4th ISM MEETING—Second Thurs. 10 a.m. 388-2425. k Tuesday. 6:30 p.m. Support for those Bayard Community Center, 290 Hurley who’ve lost a child. Episcopal Church, Ave., Bayard. 537-3327. KUNDALINI YOGA Parish Hall, 7th and Texas St. Charlene —5:30 p.m. A Send weekly events updates and Mitchell, 313-7362. Daily Practice, 104 N. Texas, 388-2425. additions to events@desertex- FIGURE/MODEL DRAWING MOUNTAIN DULCIMER JAM —4-6 p.m. —6:15 posure.com. All phone numbers Contact Sam, 388-5583. p.m., Public Library. 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A28 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com Borderlines • Marjorie Lilly A Visit to Juarez Daniel Armendariz 575.546.1466 Despite the violence, it’s not what you expect. fax 575.546.0769 Agent mobile 575.494.3370 oward Campbell, a sociology professor at It was a clear 90-degree day, and there was a [email protected] UTEP, offered by phone to go with me to comfortable number of people on the sidewalk (al- 816 S. Platinum St. | Deming, NM 88030 H Juarez last month. though, as a newspaper vendor estimated, there was Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company* | Western Agricultural Insurance Company* Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company* | *Company providers of Farm Bureau Financial Services I put it off for a week or more, partly because I probably only about a fifth of the number compared couldn’t quite fit his schedule with mine. But I was to a few years ago, when El Centro had wall-to-wall also a little too scared. It wasn’t palpable fear, but it people). Grimy-looking city buses and cars still bar- was that I didn’t quite have the courage. reled down Avenida 16 de septiembre. Campbell had said to me, “You’d have to have re- The fact is, the phrase “throbbing with life” came ally, really bad luck to have anything happen to you.” to mind. This was something I felt embarrassed to He’d never witnessed any violence in the many times say. he’d crossed to Juarez. Campbell was ready to go back to El Paso, but EMBROIDERY AND BOOT & SHOE REPAIR The number of murders there has also been drop- I had reached a point, surprisingly, where I had no ping somewhat—how much isn’t really clear. There problem staying in Juarez by myself. I didn’t have any AND NOW SCREEN PRINTING was something between a 37% and 22% difference fear. between the first seven months of 2010 and those of Before going there, I had pictured almost all busi- KARL BENNETT 2011, depending on the source of information. nesses shuttered tight, with an overcast sky and a 4*-7&3453&&5t%&.*/( /. These facts, plus a couple of phrases from prayers, few lonely people scurrying through the streets. CELL 575-544-1979tOFFICE 575-544-2200 got me there. A lot of businesses had closed, but the majority [email protected] So we walked across the bridge, Campbell in very were actually open for business. informal clothes and prepared to give me a little This irony seems to have something to do with the walking tour of El Centro, or the business district of nature of war, or at least at this level of conflict. Life Juarez. goes on right on in the middle of it. There’s more life We veered toward the right at the other end of the than death going on. bridge, so he could show me the large vacant lots Tinley Tee where many buildings had been razed. t another store in the Centro a man was will- Tire Co., Inc. An attempt by the city to “clean up” the Bella Vista Aing to talk with me for a while. "MJHONFOUt#SBLFTt&YIBVTU area of bars and brothels there had devastated the He said he leaves work at 6 p.m. and walks G.G. Gore, neighborhood, which used to be glamorous, a place “from work to the house, nothing more,” because of PXOFS where movie stars would visit, according to Camp- fear. Violence can happen “day or night, at any hour.” Alexi Jackson,NBOBHFS bell. The brothels and so forth had basically moved He said, “Last week two guys were shooting near- farther west. by, and the federal police came $PMVNCVT3PBE Deming, NM 88030 But this didn’t really have any- The fact is, the and beat them up.” But his voice thing to do with the drug war, be- was confidential and kind. He .'QNt4BUQN cause this campaign had all start- phrase “throbbing seemed cautious, not terrified. t ed about four years ago. Campbell I asked him if he thought told me that El Centro, especially with life” came about moving to El Paso, and he the Bella Vista district, had seen said, “How can one make a living “hundreds” of murders. It is one to mind. This was in El Paso?” Giving up his store of the worst places. wouldn’t be easy. But there was another kind something I felt On the other hand, a man in Accounting & Tax Service of “social cleansing” occurring, a little bookstore tucked away an attempt by the police on July embarrassed south of the Av. 16 de septiem- 24 to take control of El Centro. to say. bre told me he had never seen “They had all these people, just an incident of violence in Juarez. prostitutes, people that looked He’d just read about them or AlmaAccountant Villezcasand Tax Preparer like prostitutes, poor people, street drug sellers, ven- seen them on the news. (520) 591-0012 dors of pirated goods,” and the police put them into The killings can seem remote even if you live trucks, Campbell said. Four hundred people ended there. There may be six or eight murders a day, but [email protected] Prepare sus up getting arrested for a while, but very few stayed they’re almost all occurring in other neighborhoods. impuestos facilmente 618 W. Cedar St., Deming, NM 88030 in the prisons. An employee at a certain chain store whose name Juarez’ new police chief, Julian Leyzaola, who I won’t mention confided to me that the owner of the came from Tijuana in March, seems to have bended chain pays the narcos for protection. He said of the the murder statistics downward a bit, although he businesses near him, “The majority are affected by has serious human rights accusations against him. extortion.” The trend neatly coincides with his arrival. People were confiding in me, people were courte- ous, people came out of their shells somewhat. Spanish Stirrup e stopped at a bakery that I’d often visit- Juarez had seemed barren to me before, and the Wed before the violence. Its inventory now people seemed apathetic and jaded. It was so close seemed to be a tenth of what it was before. to the border that there was no novelty to a visiting It used to have about a dozen bins of different kinds gringo. Most weren’t especially interested in talking Rock Shop of loaves of bread. Now that was all gone. to me, not as much as people were in smaller cities The young woman working the cash register said like Zacatecas or Chihuahua. with a kind of frazzled look, “Honestly, I don’t see On the way back to the bridge, on Av. Juarez, I 4UJSSVQ3E4& %FNJOH/. that it’s gone down [the level of killings]. There’s a lot stopped in a little restaurant to eat a gordita. The (2 miles west of Rockhound State Park) of danger in these streets.” owner, a woman with red hair, told me brightly that How much danger existed, and what its size and all the shuttered businesses on the street had closed t shape were, was something very much on my mind. because they had debts, not because of extortions. We then went to the open-air market and stopped She was obviously trying to improve the “image” of to talk to people selling fruits and vegetables. A man Juarez. 5IVOEFS&HHTt4MBCTt"HBUF assured me there wasn’t much violence there. He It was a good try, but I already had a better image 1PMJTIFEBOE6OQPMJTIFE.JOFSBMT said the local police were the “rateros” (thieves). of Juarez. I’ll think twice before going $BCPDIPOT back to Juarez. But when I do I .PTUMZ/BUJWF3PDL know I will find a very different 5IVVQVO0]L[WV city from the one I pictured be- from within100 mi. radius of Deming fore I went there. k ,WK\WZWN7ZQMV\IT5MLQKQVM 8IPMFTBMFSFUBJMCVZFST )K]X]VK\]ZM0MZJIT:MUMLQM[ 5POPGSPVHISPDL Borderlines 6W_QV4WKI\QWV[ columnist %JHT"WBJMBCMF Marjorie ?4I[+Z]KM[)^M ;;QT^MZ Lilly lives in .PO4BU 4I[+Z]KM[65 ,MUQVO65 Deming. ©DE WNNQKM" KMTT" ,- DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 A29 Southwest Gardener • Vivian Savitt Lone Mountain Natives Big Horses and a Big Tree Largest Selection of Blooming Horsepower for growing vegetables. Plus Fort Bayard’s “alligator” landmark. Native Perennials in Grant County. As a local boy, Kyle gets chided by the older farm- Visit our home nursery or come see us at the ers who cannot understand why in the world he SC Farmers Market for Cacti, Shrubs, Trees, Wildflowers, doesn’t use a tractor. But, Kyle acknowledges, “they Seeds and all your Landscape needs. also respect my efforts.” OPEN EVERY SATURDAY @ SILVER CITY'S DOWNTOWN Kyle believes that corporate farming practices— with its high energy consumption and heavy use of FARMER'S MARKET (8:30 TO NOON) or by appointment. fertilizer and pesticides—will continue until it sim- ply becomes economically unfeasible. He sees small Mark & Tricia 575-538-4345 farms like his own eventually being the only sustain- Plant Growers and Consultants [email protected] able and economically viable alternative. By appointment. On his small farm at the moment, autumn field work is underway—plowing under old crops, har- vesting red and yellow onions and three different va- At Frisco Farm:, Kyle Scaggs leads his team of Belgian rieties of squash and digging up sweet potatoes. draft horses while a friend holds the plow. (Photo: Kelsy 5RFNZDOOV /DQGVFDSHV During the down time offered in winter, Kyle Waggaman) hopes to build a root cellar, burn brush and cut trees. E\GHVLJQ ith the addition of “Kate” and “Bess,” two Kate and Bess will help haul the logs. The rest of the Wmajestic Belgian draft horses who each time they will no doubt graze picturesquely among On Landscaping, weigh 1,600 pounds, the operation of Fris- the area’s pastoral splendor. And although Kate and co Farm in Pleasanton serves as a harbinger of what Bess may resemble the Budweiser Clydesdales, you 30% Rockwalls & small-scale organic farming may look like in the near won’t catch them promoting beer. future. OFF Concrete Work! Situated on the San Francisco River just south of Another Big Species Glenwood, Frisco Farm is owned by Kyle Skaggs, who oldiers in the Ninth Cavalry and early settlers /DV&UXFHV10 has provided organic produce to area residents for two Shad a clear view of it from the north side of Sig- years. Besides the Silver City Farmers’ Market, Kyle nal Peak. Centuries later, the exact same tree— also sells to the Silver City Food Coop and local res- an alligator juniper (Juniperus deepeana) growing taurants and to coops in Las Cruces and Albuquerque. 12 miles from Silver City—serves as an arboreal sur- From May through October he participates in the prise at the end of a two-mile hike on the “Big Tree 6LOYHU/HDI)ORUDO Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, Trail” (#755) at Fort Bayard. selling one share of produce harvested on the farm to With its checkered gray and black bark, the spe- We have LAVENDER Products! families and individuals for $15 a week. Kyle provides SOUTHWEST GARDENER continued on next page $RIED s /IL s 3OAP 25 shares and establishes a baseline income for himself. ,INEN 3PRAY s #ANDLES Tall and lean with corn-silk-colored hair that "ATH 3ALTS s 3KIN "UTTER matches the manes and tails of his drafting team, "ODY %XFOLIANT Kyle, 26, was born and raised in Glenwood. In this paradisiacal landscape his growing up—working Peggy L. Bryan, Owner | 575-388-1451 outside, swimming in the river, hiking and biking in 1611 Silver Heights Blvd. | Silver City, NM (Piñon Plaza next to Adobe Springs Cafe) the Gila—exemplified a great childhood. He would ©DE often assist his parents, both field biologists, doing raptor surveys. Kyle credits his parents, now science teachers, with showing him “the value of hard work and the importance of relating to the land.” At Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., the future farmer pursued an ecology degree. Later, he spent time training to run cross-country and 100-mile mountain races. His trophy pile, although not on dis- play, reflects numerous first-place accomplishments. Unless you were aware of these feats, Kyle probably wouldn’t mention them. Nowadays, such self-efface- ment is indeed a breath of fresh country air. During an apprenticeship on a farm in northern New Mexico, Kyle met Ann LeFevre, who taught him farming techniques. Afterwards, she moved with him to Glenwood, to help start Frisco Farm on land owned by his parents. The canopy of the Big Tree appears at the end of a A neighboring horse breeder let Kyle use her draft two-mile trail at Fort Bayard. This alligator juniper horse before he purchased his own team of Belgians is thought by some experts to be between 800 and from an Amish horse trader. The breed is known for 1,000 years old. (Photo by Vivian Savitt) its powerful build and good dispo- sition. Walking behind the collared and harnessed horses with a plow, Kyle says that he “experiences their quietness.” The horses, he continues, “keep me more in touch with what’s going on as I DE S I G N walk the furrows, noticing things like soil moisture. There is no dis- SIGNS tracting tractor noise.” Using animals also means less GRAPHICS soil compaction and having a con- stant source of fertilizer on hand. To keep the manure coming, PRODUCTION Kate and Bess consume organic rye One Man & A Truck grass and legumes, supplemented SALES Silver City • 590-3127 by hay in winter. When they are working—usually four days per U U U Commercial and Residential week—they are fed oats. In hot OL WEST Yard Services, Hauling, Tree trimming weather, the sorrel-colored team sweat profusely while doing heavy 104 W. BROADWAY We do it…when we say we’ll do it! work like plowing. Aside from work breaks, their R&R occurs on acres - 6 ,Ê /9ÊUÊΣÎÓxx Licensed and Insured of good Pleasanton pastureland. ©DE A30 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com SOUTHWEST GARDENER OWN THE LEGEND continued Pristine Riparian Corridor cies seemingly resembles alliga- of Bear Creek nestled tor hide. The intricate and dis- around the serenity of Ben Lilly's Pond. Huge tinctive bark could also serve as trees, forest borders and a fine pattern on contemporary seclusion beyond textiles. compare make this tract Thirty years ago, the tree was the emblem of the Gila listed in the New Mexico Big Country. This what Tree Registry and estimated to everyone looking for land be 63 feet tall—with a circumfer- in our area is seeking. It ence of 220 inches and a crown doesn't get any better. spread of 61 1/2 feet. Today, the Priced at only $8,000/ac., MLS # 27995. Big Tree’s height and age can only be guessed, but it holds landmark status locally nonetheless. "ASK THE EXPERT" Gabe Partido, forest vegeta- TIM DONOVAN tion manager and a timber spe- cialist at the Gila National For- LA PALOMA REAL ESTATE CELL: (575) 534-7955 | O: (575)-536-3865 | F: (575)-536-9787 est/US Forest Service, thinks if a PO Box 370~3516 Hwy 35~Mimbres, NM 88049 core sample were taken today, it Email: [email protected] would prove the tree to be 800 to Website: www.LaPalomaRe.com 1,000 years old. The coring pro- cedure results in an eraser-size sample whose rings, magnified under a microscope, reveal age. Ron Henderson, a retired for- ester who is associated with the freeform The Art of Fort Bayard Historical Society, agrees about the tree’s age. He also construction Stone and Water believes that the juniper remains extant because in the past, “it was too big and wide to saw down with either a crosscut saw or an ax.” In this way, the “Big Tree” could also be called the “big sur- Top: Plowing at Frisco Farm with vivor,” having escaped the histor- “Kate” and “Bess.” Each horse ic fort’s dire need for firewood. weighs 1,600 pounds and brings Russell Ward, Silver City District the farm to a higher level of forest ranger, explains that alliga- sustainability. (Photo: Kelsy Wag- tor juniper remains the preferred gaman) Above: Kyle Skaggs and firewood species because it splits his girlfriend Meggie Dexter take easily and contains far less creosote a break from selling Frisco Farm than Ponderosa pine. If allowed organic produce at the Farmer’s to collect on the sides of chimney Market in Silver City. Right: Up walls, creosote may combust. close, the bark of alligator juniper Alligator juniper is also popu- does resemble said reptile and larly used by wood craftsmen to even casts a bit of silvery shine. Custom Design & Building of: make rustic furniture. It is a slow- (Photos: Vivian Savitt) growing, hardy species resistant • Spas—stone and tile veneered insulated reinforced concrete to bark beetle. Severe cold, however, does affect its sure” attri- • Swimming Pools with automatic covers longevity, and Ranger Ward observed a large die-off bute to the Big • Waterfalls, Ponds and Streams of concrete and stone of the species last winter. On the other hand, alliga- Tree’s legacy: • Boulder Walls tor juniper is extremely drought tolerant. “No one ever We have stone! Serving NM & AZ k • Cut Stone Walls Ward advises that those concerned with obtaining hanged from or was buried underneath it.” • Flagstone Patios or Floors 575-535-2457 legally harvested firewood—not poached—should make sure that permit tags are marked on the cords they buy. Vivian Savitt gardens at Ditch Cottage in Silver Ron Henderson, who also documents the area’s City. 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He drove reaching some who were up to Ridge Road, where a deputy sheriff pointed to smoke in stuck in traffic trying to get the distance, saying a voluntary evacuation was under way. out of the subdivision and “The deputy said the fire was at least a half-mile away, so others who, after a short I thought we had all kinds of time,” Berstch recalls. conversation, had to hang- He and his wife were packing a bit later when a neighbor rant County didn’t get a phoenix rising out of the up with an, “I have to hurry now. I see flames!” called to say she had been blocked from getting back into Gashes of March’s Quail Ridge fire, but it did see some The fire, started by sparks from a vehicle’s faulty cata- the subdivision, asking the Berstchs if they could bring out uplifting after-effects, including a reverse-911 sys- lytic converter on Hwy. 90 near Tyrone, spread almost as her pets and a few other items. Berstch took a few minutes tem and the new Silver City Neighborhood Alliance. fast as the 45-mile-an-hour winds that pushed it. to email the association’s membership what was happening The fire was not the end but the start of an it-could-hap- “In the years I’ve lived here, I never anticipated having a “We grabbed her pets and left without even our tooth- pen-here story whose latest chapters were being written this wind-driven fire going from Tyrone into Quail Ridge,” Bena- brushes,” he says. year in Texas, where almost 2,000 structures were burned videz says. “In my mind, looking at the terrain, looking at By the time they were going out the back entrance from on forested acreages packed with homes—much like ours. fire behavior, and looking at the dominant winds, I always Silver Acres, the fire had jumped Ridge Road and the first “Quail Ridge was our wake-up call. Grant County is be- thought there would be a fire coming from the southwest OUT OF THE ASHES continued on next page yond the situation of saying it might happen. It did happen,” into that area.” says Gary Benavidez, Grant County fire management officer. He adds that the fire “What happened in Texas or in the 2003 firestorm in South- moved across the drain- ern California, where 2,800 buildings were destroyed, could ages, not burning along the happen here next time. So what are we going to do about it?” drainages, as would be ex- Even before the ashes had cooled and the smoke cleared in pected. And it traveled at al- Silver Acres, the subdivision south of town hardest hit by the most lightning speed, fed by blaze, people were trying to figure out answers to that ques- grass, the occasional struc- tion. How could we better prepare for the next conflagration? ture and trees. These people included Kathy Anderson, one of the coun- ty’s numerous Alaska transplants—even though she doesn’t ill Berstch, two-time live in Silver Acres. “I’m one of those jumpers. When some- Bpresident of the Silver thing happens, I jump in to help,” Anderson says. “And I Acres Property Own- don’t mind jumping in without all of the facts.” ers Association, walked out Anderson jumped in and started the Silver City Neigh- of his back door at about 2:30 6SRRNWDFXODU+DOORZHHQ 'HFRUDWLRQV Lighting~Home Accents~Gifts 910 N. Hudson, 575-388-1226 6ZHDWHUZHDWKHU Coming Soon! 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Residents can choose to received an automated kicked it hard by arranging slash and trash removal, phone message, an email or both. and borrowing a county pickup to haul it away.” The system was used again on Sept. 12 to warn Neighborhoods that have organized and are rep- residents in the 1900 block of Swan Street in Silver resented on the Alliance to date include Dos Griegos, City to stay in their homes due to a man who had Pinos Altos, Skyview Plus, Indian Hills, Silver Acres barricaded himself inside a nearby house and was and the Cottage San Road district. threatening to kill anyone who came close. The man was later taken unharmed after police fired teargas lmost immediately after being formed, the into the home. A Neighborhood Alliance sought to hold a Although all local phone numbers have already meeting with neighbors and county fire of- been entered into the system, Fortenberry says ficials. Some members saw a reverse-911 system as people who would like to be doubly sure they’re in- one solution. In May, Desert Exposure was the first cluded, or would like to opt for the email option, can local publication to speak out editorially about the find a link at the county’s and the town’s websites, need for reverse-911 in the county. grantcountynm.com and www.townofsilvercity.org. Anderson says that in understanding how a re- “With this new system we can record a message dow when we have support, not only by groups, but Kathy An- verse-911 system operates, people should reverse and then automatically launch it so it doesn’t tie up also by individuals.” derson, who their thinking from when someone experiencing our phone lines from receiving calls,” Fortenberry The Forest Service’s Ellen Brown agrees, speak- started the an emergency calls 911: “Instead, with reverse-911, says. “I can’t personally thank the people who donated ing in terms of the impact of the Miller Fire, which Silver City the county calls you and tells you what’s happening, the money, but I hope they know just how much it’s burned a few weeks later up Hwy. 15 in the vicinity of Neighborhood what the emergency is.” appreciated.” the Gila Cliff Dwellings. “The unification of this com- Alliance, talks munity still gives me goose bumps,” she says. “They with Silver City nderson says the Neigh- were on top of it, watching for smoke and letting us Councilman A borhood Alliance next know. Everybody was a fire lookout, so to speak.” Jamie Thomson turned its attention to join- Brown adds that she has worked in 10 different for- during a recent ing with other local organizations ests in five states, and there is always some amount of meeting at a to lessen the use of fireworks, public involvement in protecting the forest. “But the downtown along with helping existing neigh- degree I saw it here this year was pretty amazing.” coffee shop. borhoods with their firewise and There were 236 fires in the Gila Fire Zone this (Photo by Harry defensible space programs. The year, she says, compared to 108 in 2010 and 156 in Williamson) Alliance also worked to encour- 2009. The highest number of fires in recent years was age neighborhoods that have not 423 in 2000; 2008 saw the fewest, with 95 fires. formed an association to do so. What about the 2012 fire season? As a rule of thumb, if a neigh- No one can, of course, predict the weather, but in- borhood is located in the wildland dications are it is getting dryer in the Southwest. “Ev- urban interface (WUI) and is served ery year we seem to redefine the word ‘extreme.’ What by a volunteer fire department, it was extreme last year might be peanuts in a few years,” Ellen Brown, fire prevention and mitigation coordinator for the Gila needs to have an organized asso- Brown says. “Ten years ago the television weatherman National Forest, talks to a participant at a recent public event held in ciation that can help homeowners never talked about red-flag warnings. There were no downtown Silver City. (Photo by Harry Williamson) understand and initiate safety mea- fire weather watches. Now they are commonplace.” sures. The county currently has 13 Benavidez How might the Quail Ridge fire emergency might volunteer fire departments. says he keeps have been different if a reverse-911 system had been “The volunteer fire departments make or break referring to fire available? Anderson says people would have been the success in this county,” Anderson says. “I’m very, conditions in able to get a call, throw their stuff in a bag, get in their very impressed with the capacity of our firefighters Grant County car and get out of their neighborhood. “Minimally, to work together.” this year as akin people would have been evacuated in a more orga- This includes firefighters from the state and federal to the perfect nized sense, with less confusion and fear,” she says. forest services. Ellen Brown, fire prevention and miti- storm—the per- “Before our reverse-911 system, the sheriff and police gation coordinator for the Gila National Forest, says, fect fire season. staff had to go from door to door, banging on doors.” “We’re seeing an influx and uptick in what the New “Just on the is- Other means of getting the word out have been Mexico counties are doing to train and equip for wild- sue of dryness, radio stations, and during emergencies, the Forest land fires. Grant County is particularly good. There is we were at re- Service has occasionally established 800-numbers not much discussion about which shirt you wear. If cord levels, and for people to call. you’re needed to fight a fire, you just go.” the fires were Benavidez says he became more familiar with very aggres- reverse-911 in February when he spent a couple nderson says the Neighborhood Alliance will sive once under of hours talking with the Ruidoso fire chief. “I had Arekindle its efforts (pun intended) once the way, very hard looked at his urban interface situation and he has county reenters its lengthy dry season. Among to control.” some real nightmares there,” Benavidez says. the Alliance’s other goals, she lists helping the county Benavidez He adds that Ruidoso has an incredible amount enforce its hazardous substance and blight ordinanc- is available of fuels, including ponderosa thickets, along with es, continuing to strengthen the reverse-911 system, to speak to numerous steep canyons, with homes built right in and working to get young people educated and in- neighborhood Bill Berstch, the canyons. There is a one narrow road going in and volved in preparedness and community responsibility. groups on fire issues and creating defensible spaces president of the coming back out, with no escape routes. “Some of these are decisions the county has con- around homes, and will visit homes to give individual Silver Acres “Ruidoso has had reverse-911 for a long time, and trol over, but I think citizens always need to have in- homeowners an idea of what they need to do. Property Own- the fire chief said they are in the process now of en- put,” she says. He is also scheduled to teach a Western Institute ers Associa- larging and expanding it,” he adds. Anderson adds that the Alliance’s overall goal is to for Lifelong Learning class on “Protect Your Home tion, points to Anderson says Grant County is the perfect spot have a “joint citizen-government disaster prepared- from Wildfire” on Nov. 9 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The WILL some of the for such a system, adding, “We have a whole lot of ness effort that is very lively. I’m interested in helping classes are held at Western New Mexico University. areas that were homes that are at the end of the road.” the LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) be- The phone number to register is (575) 538-6835. burned in the The problem was money to pay for the necessary come bigger and stronger, having a disaster-prepared- A new edition of “Living With Fire: A Guide for Quail Ridge software. ness team that takes the county’s Community Wildfire the Homeowner,” updated just for New Mexico, was Fire. He be- Protection Plan and makes it a living, breathing docu- recently released, and is available from the county, lieves defensi- nce the Neighborhood Alliance started send- ment. We need to have have clearly marked evacua- New Mexico State Forestry and the USDA Forest ble space was ing out emails, included in the list were all of tion routes, outreach and education and all the rest. Service. It has an excellent step-by-step description O responsible for the county’s volunteer fire fighters, resulting, “There is no conclusion, no finality to the issue of how to create defensible space, referred to in the saving some Anderson says, “in a lot of chat going on,” especially of preparedness,” she says. “It’s an issue that con- book as a “lean, clean and green area.” k of the homes in the Dos Griegos and Pinos Altos areas. tinually needs to be massaged, and we need to have in his neigh- “It was from discussions in those areas that one younger people get engaged.” borhood. His individual anonymously donated the money to buy Kathy Anderson can be reached at scneighborsal- home was not the software,” she adds. In June, the donor made enavidez says that in his opinion, the county’s [email protected] to assist neighborhoods in starting and developing an association, and to an- burned. (Photo $15,000 available to the Regional Dispatch Board to most desperate need is an Emergency Operat- B swer questions on the Silver City Neighborhood Al- by Harry Wil- purchase the reverse-911 system and get it up and ing Center for improved coordination during liance. Gary Benavidez can be contacted at (575) liamson) running, with the condition that the board fund the local emergencies. He adds that, as bad as the Quail 534-0011, and Ellen Brown’s phone number at the rest of costs for permanent implementation. Ridge fire was, since it happened so early in the year, Gila National Forest office is (575) 388-8262. The system was operational in early July, with its it got people ready for the rest of the fire season. Harry Williamson moved to Grant County three years ago after reporting and editing for newspa- first true test coming on Sept. 1 due to a lightning- “I believe we didn’t have any other catastrophic pers in New York, Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas. caused grassfire in the Boston Hill area. Jean Forten- fire because the public was engaged, and that’s what Feel free to contact him at editorharrydad5@ berry, manager of the county’s Regional Dispatch makes restrictions successful,” he says. “It gave us a gmail.com. Authority, says the system worked well, except for so-called teachable moment, about a six-month win- B4 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com The Lively Arts • Jeff Berg gered Species Act. According to the petition, only eight samples of the plant have been collected since its discovery in 1744 and as few as 300 may exist in With a Banjo on Her Knee its traditional range, which includes far southwest New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and a portion of northern Mexico. Overgrazing is a prime, but unprov- Botanist and banjo player Lillis Urban looks for the elusive Chihuahua scurfpea en suspect in the plants’ disappearance. by day and plays music by night. Urban explains how she got involved in this proj- ect, looking for a plant in the vast spaces that its tra- ditional territory covers: “Well, my lab mate did simi- Prescott College in Arizona. Music took her to Den- lar survey work for the same folks this past year and mark, as well as a stint in Austin, Texas. they asked if he could do it again. He had previous Urban explains her alighting at NMSU and living commitments and recommended they ask me. They in Mesilla: “I met a professor, Donovan Bailey, who emailed me. I sent them my resume.” I really wanted to work with, who was smart and Too bad all jobs aren’t that simple to land, but she decent and I just decided to go for my PhD. It was does have concerns about what to do when this project great to meet and work with someone who had those ends in November, and is even considering moving. qualities, and I worked with him for five years. For now, though, it’s all about the scurfpea. “It is a “I’ve always been interested in plants, ever since rare plant and is only found in one area in New Mexico I can remember, and I’ve always loved to be outside, and one in Arizona,” Urban says. “It is also known his- and love adventures.” She adds with a laugh, “And torically to occur across the border in Mexico, but is I’ve always found friends who want to ‘get dirty’ with thought to have been extirpated there. It may be inter- me, even in Las Cruces.” esting for readers that the plant has been used medi- cally by the Tarahumara (tribe) to reduce fevers.” nother reason for being in New Mexico is What happens when a sample of the plant is Abecause Urban loves the desert and wanted found? “Well, when we are doing presence/absence to live a bit “off the radar” for awhile. She ac- survey work (meaning, just looking to see if it is knowledges being shy, but that has lessened because there) we record the position of all individual plants of her music, as she makes more and more personal we may find with high-dpi GPS coordinates. The last appearances at local establishments. time I was out we systematically walked a piece of Thus far, she has done gigs at Vintage Wines, High land out there for four days (one mile up, one mile Desert Brewing, the Fountain Theatre and the Rio back) and found no plants.” (On a followup trip in Grande Theatre. September, however, Urban and a partner did find Unlike her botany work, most of Urban’s musical scurfpea near Columbus. “They’re cute,” she says.) talent is self-taught. She dabbles in other instruments, “That piece of land was selected for two reasons: but specializes in the banjo with a side of guitar. I It is close to known populations of P. pentaphyllum Photos of Lillis s I glance out the large picture window of Las personally can’t think of another female banjo play- (the scientific name for the scurfpea) and a rancher Urban by AMariachi’s Mexican Restaurant in Mesilla, a er, certainly not one of note. (A Google search turns who is leasing the land for cows would like to drop Robert Yee woman on an old-fashioned “one-speed” bike up several country music crooners, such as Barbara tebuthiuron (a harsh herbicide) on it to kill the cre- breezes by, stops, and rests her transport against an Mandrell, who also played the banjo, Emily Robison osote and promote the growth of grass. This is a outside post. She is wearing an attractive and func- of the Dixie Chicks, the late Wendy Holcombe and relatively common practice in the rangelands of the tional pale green dress, which goes well with her Roni Stoneman of “Hee-Haw.” Not a long list.) Chihuahuan Desert, with mixed results. But, because shock of blonde hair. She carries a shoulder bag filled Most of Urban’s music is her own as well, writ- the piece of land is so close to known populations with her tools for the day. ten as originals. She is not the “pickin’ and a-grinnin” of P. pentaphyllum, the BLM decided that the land I’m always pleased when I meet people who don’t type of banjoist; rather she has her own unique sound first needed to be surveyed to see if P. pentaphyllum “fit” into the category of someone who may typically and style that would be hard to put into a niche if occurred there before the go-ahead was given for the live in southern New Mexico. That certainly applies one wanted to. She tends application of tebuthi- to Lillis Urban, botanist and banjo player. to make the instrument uron.” She scurries into the café, slightly askew, thinking sound softer and clearer The other part of her it is later than it actually is. She apologizes, noting that than other banjo artists assignment is ecologi- she is resting up from any number of things, including I have heard. The term cal survey work. “We go the recent successful defense of her dissertation for her “minimalist” fits, as not- to places where there PhD in botany from NMSU. That was quickly followed ed on her social network are known individuals by the start of some pages. of P. pentaphyllum and contract work with the Asked about her mu- establish plots,” Urban BLM, doing field re- sical influences, she explains, “record all the search near the town of thinks long and hard, plant species that oc- Columbus. No wonder and finally offers that she cur in the plot, assess she just woke up from a really doesn’t have any, the percentage cover three-hour nap. although Neil Young is a The endangered Chihuahuan scurfpea. (Photo by of species, and then do Besides all of that, favorite. “I rarely listen Mike Howard, Bureau of Land Management) line-transect work. The she has become the doy- to music at home,” she details are perhaps bor- enne of local banjo play- says. ing, but, in summary, we ers. “I guess playing music is one of my favorite ways lay out a series of lines within the plot and record “I was born in Chi- to be with people, to be with friends,” she goes on. the plant species that intersect the line (this is field cago, but we moved to “It is an amazing way to share. When I go out, when ecology for you—measuring nature). With this data Lake Bluff and when I I leave my adobe, the goal is most often to hear or people (not me, in this case) do math (basic stats).” was about 15 or so, my share music. I guess I am a bit of a hermit. I spend Urban adds that the main goal of the plot work “is family moved to Arkan- an awful lot of time alone, which I love, but I also to characterize and describe the habitat type where sas, to the Ozarks,” Ur- love people, and sharing music with people—well, these plants occur. Such an understanding will allow ban starts off. for me, anyway, it doesn’t get much better than that. for informed searches of potentially suitable habi- It was a bit of a And there are so many excellent players right here. tats where we may find additional populations and change to go from a sub- It’s incredible. All I have to do is bicycle four blocks also allow for comparative studies to be carried out urb north of Chicago on to be around a handful of players and songwriters— over time to see if/how vegetation structure may be the shores of Lake Michi- right here in Mesilla alone.” changing in an area and if/how changes affect the gan to the more rural life And Mesilla is a place she has grown to love. “I survival and recruitment of the scurfpea.” of Arkansas, but it was feel like I fit in Mesilla”, she offers, adding with a not one that she minded. smile, “So much so, that I would probably do ad hoc ut Urban would rather talk about her music. Leaving home at an early promotion work for the town.” BSo I inquire about a band that she has worked age, her travels for mu- She continues to talk about her musical ambi- with in Austin, The Just Desserts. sic and education have tions: “I would like to follow the music as much as “The Just Desserts are an Austin-based world taken her to some pretty I can, but, as you know, making a living with music music group headed up by Michael Shay and Lisa exotic places including is tough. Really tough. So, there is the botany, which Shawley,” she replies. “I’ve known Michael for years, Belize, Denmark and the I also love and which also doesn’t pay much. Wow, I back from my days in Arizona where we used to play University of Edinburgh really know how to pick viable professions, no?! But music together. He too really encouraged me time in Scotland, where she perhaps between the two there is a way.” and time again to sing, to play out, and to share my did her master’s degree songs. The Just Desserts cut a record in Austin about work. Belize was a place s for that botany work, her current assign- one and a half years ago and invited me to sing on it, for field work, and other Ament has her trawling the desert for a plant which I did. stops for botany instruc- called the Chihuahua scurfpea. In 2008, the “I plan to head again to Austin in December for a tion included the Uni- Wild Earth Guardians petitioned the US Fish and couple of weeks to do some recordings. I think music versity of Georgia and Wildlife Service to list the plant under the Endan- can be so subtle and putting your finger on what it is DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B5 UÊ *à working, or not working, or what you can hear in your mind but that UÊ*Ê µÕ«iÌ has yet to be sounded, can be a real challenge.” UÊÕÌ>ÀÃÊUÊ-ÌÀ}à Music is also what took her to We’ll special order any kind of strings Denmark. to record and play. 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Separating again in the dark, the pilots realized that the light was a forest fire. Willis turned south and Gorrell north. Eventually, Willis came upon another fire. The area near it seemed suitable for a landing and since he was getting low on fuel, he decided to risk it. The ground proved to be much rougher that it appeared from the air and he tore the undercarriage from The Curtiss Editor’s note: In our April 2010 issue (“First in Fight- his plane on landing. The fire proved to be a burn- “Jenny” flown ing Flight”), Ken Emery introduced readers to the ing crosstie on the railroad. He was five or six miles by the First US Army’s First Aero Squadron, which arrived in south of Pearson (modern Mata Ortiz) and 35 miles Aero Squadron Columbus, NM, on March 15, 1916, to join Gen- from his destination. from Columbus eral John “Blackjack” Pershing’s search for Pancho A few mounted men approached and hailed him, in 1916. Villa. This would be the first time that the US Army but he hid behind the railroad embankment until used airplanes in a military campaign—in effect, they left. He started walking, traveling at night and Lts. Herbert A. Dargue and (right) Edgar S. Gorrell the birth of the US Air Force. In this followup article, hiding by day. He reached the squadron at Colonia with “Aeroplane #43” between flights in Mexico. Emery delves deeper into some of the adventures of Dublan at 2 a.m. on March 21. the squadron’s pilots as they flew into history from Two attempts were made to retrieve Willis’ aban- southwest New Mexico. doned #41. The first attempt failed because the small fantry. On March 22, he was driven back to his plane detachment was fired on near Pearson and forced to (his guide had disappeared, but another was found) rders arrived from Gen. Pershing on March 19 retreat. A stronger force tried shortly after and found with enough gas and oil to get him to Ojo Frederico. Oto proceed at once to his new base near Ca- the plane. It had been stripped and the only salvage- There he could be refueled from an army truck train. sas Grandes. Captain Benny Foulois, squad- able part was the engine. Gorrell met the train as planned and refueled. But ron commander, took the orders literally, though that when he took off, he hit his left wing against the only meant the squadron would have to fly at night. The hile Willis was foundering at Pearson, Gor- obstacle in sight, the empty fuel drum. This damaged eight Curtiss JN-2 “Jenny” planes were readied for Wrell was following the North Star, deter- the wing so badly that he was forced to set down the flight and Foulois requested that a landing area mined to reach the US or Canada, whichev- again. He caught a ride the next day with the truck be prepared and signal fires lit to identify it. At 5:10 er came first. He continued until he ran out of gas and train bound for Colonia Dublan. On March 25, he re- p.m. the planes took off one by one and headed south glided to a landing in a field of bunch grass just south turned with mechanics and repaired the wing. Final- into Mexico. of a small stream. There were a few small buildings ly, on March 26 he rejoined the squadron, one week The Jennies were ill equipped for night flight. nearby and a mixed herd after leaving Columbus. None of the pilots knew where Casas Grandes was, of cattle and horses. just the general direction. Their “maps” were blue- North of the stream was hile Willis prints of uncertain accuracy. The only instruments a small mountain, which Wand Gorrell were compasses of various types and uneven quality, he decided to climb to were explor- which really didn’t matter much because the planes get his bearings. ing Mexico on foot and had no lights. At night the pilots would be flying blind. Just as Gorrell started horseback, Lt. Dargue Foulois led the way in #344 with the “experienced” out he thought he saw was having his own Capt. Townsend Dodd as his pilot. Dodd was the only men emerge from one problems. After losing pilot who’d previously flown at night—a total of 10 of the buildings, so he sight of the squadron, he minutes! The others were to follow single-file, hop- started to crawl. Appar- found a field near Janos. ing that the light from the previous plane’s exhaust ently this attracted the Captain Benjamin “Benny” Foulois, who command- The sound of his en- would keep them together. Lt. Walter Kilner in #42 herd’s attention because ed the squadron, with (right) Captain Townsend gine attracted some un- barely cleared the wire fence at the end of the field it came over to check Dodd. When the campaign began, Dodd was the friendly visitors so Dar- and returned to Columbus with engine trouble. The him out. It got close, very more “experienced” pilot at night flying, with all of gue took off again and, others flew on. close, too close! Gorrell 10 minutes of actual flight time. with a small flashlight, Just before total darkness, Foulois spotted dust was a small man (his managed to keep his from the US Cavalry and wisely decided that it was nickname was “Nap” for compass pointed south. foolhardy to continue at night, landing at Ascension. Napoleon) and he had heard stories of animals tram- Not finding Casas Grandes, he reversed course after Half his squadron landed with him. Lts. Robert Willis, pling things crawling on the ground, so he jumped a time and returned to the same field at Janos. This Edgar Gorrell and Herbert Dargue had already lost up and ran across the stream—hoping it wasn’t too time he shut off the engine and glided in. sight of the leaders, however, and continued deeper deep. It wasn’t and the pursuing herd stopped at the There was a building in the distance with figures into Mexico. stream. moving about, so Dargue didn’t dare sleep and sat Willis in #41 and Gorrell in #52 managed to stay Reaching the mountaintop, Gorrell rested until awake all night with his .45 in his lap. It was too cold together for a while, then became separated. Willis daylight, then started walking west—convinced he to sleep in any case and he was shivering violently by was east of Casas Grandes and Pershing. But at 3:45 morning. Several times he was frightened by nearby p.m., nearly out of water and with nothing in sight, he noises. The first proved to be cattle; the second, a gave up and barely managed to make it back to his coyote. At first light, he took off, landed at Corralitos plane and the stream. to get his bearings, then on to Colonia Dublan. He The next morning, while trying to catch a horse, was the first to arrive, followed closely by Lt. Kilner. he was accosted by a Mexican on horseback. The Kilner, after returning to Columbus, had worked man was yelling at him so Gorrell ducked into a into the night replacing the engine in #42. He took off nearby adobe house. The Mexican rode around and at dawn and had an uneventful flight. Foulois and the around the house, yelling in Spanish, while Gorrell rest of the squadron arrived soon after. ran from window to window brandishing his revolv- Dargue pointed out it was just as well that they er and shouting “amigo!” That was all the West Point didn’t find the field that first night. The non-flyers Spanish that he could remember at the time. with Pershing had chosen an area of dry marsh stud- The rider finally approached and Gorrell came out ded with bunch grass and mud clumps that a car of his refuge, covering his opponent all the time. It couldn’t drive across. It was surrounded on three took awhile but the man proved friendly and agreed sides by large cottonwood trees. Trying to land there to provide a horse and guide “Nap” to Ascension. in the dark, the entire squadron probably would have Gorrell had eight silver dollars; he agreed to pay the been destroyed. guide four for the trip to Ascension and four more for the return. During the negotiations, an older man ar- ershing wasted no time in putting the squadron rived and offered Gorrell some milk. The pilot said it Pto work. At noon on the day of their arrival, looked good and he could have used it but declined, Foulois and Dodd were sent flying south to- fearing that it might be poisoned. ward Cumbre Pass to locate cavalry moving south. The guide took Gorrell to Ascension and the 6th In- Twenty-five miles below Casas Grandes, they en- DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B7 countered the foothills of the Sierra Madres and Taking advantage of the lull in the action, Dargue were unable to fly over them due to the elevation and managed to prolong the photo op for half an hour by severe air turbulence. They were forced to return to posing in different, sometimes ridiculous positions base without completing the mission. and pretending to make adjustments to the plane or Later in the day, Lt. Thomas Bowen took #48 up. his uniform. The crowd was becoming a mob again It was hoped that with just one person, the planes and even the photographer was getting angry when, might be more successful. Bowen reported that he finally, a detail of Mexican soldiers arrived to pro- reached 10,000 feet (4,000 feet above the terrain) vide security. The photographer then got his pictures and that the visibility was good. But when he landed, and, to Dargue’s amazement and pleasure, sent him he was caught in a “whirlwind” (dust devil) and de- a copy! molished the plane. He walked away with scratches, Now that the planes were protected by the Mexi- bruises and a broken nose, thus becoming the squad- can Army, Dargue and Carberry were able to make ron’s first casualty. It earned him a trip back to Co- the necessary repairs. The next day, both planes lumbus to have his nose set. were able to leave, though a few shots from rooftops So, in two days in Mexico, two planes were lost, saluted them as they flew off. though the authorities didn’t yet know of Willis’ And what of Dodd during all of this? After deliver- mishap. ing his copy of the dispatches to the consul, Dodd When Lt. Herbert A. Dargue was surrounded by an angry Mexican Because the Jennies were underpowered and met the civilian governor of Chihuahua—who turned mob in Chihuahua City, he bought time by posing for photographs—in- unable to maneuver in the mountains, they were re- out to be an old college chum from the University of cluding this one. stricted to lower elevations. There they proved use- Illinois. So while Foulois stewed in jail and other pi- ful primarily as couriers. The cavalry troops were lots stood off a mob, Dodd enjoyed a college reunion spite their thirst, they couldn’t drink much because it actively searching for Villa and were scattered over over lunch! tasted so bad. A little farther on, they discovered the hundreds of miles of Chihuahua. Pershing used the stream’s source—a pigsty! aero squadron for reconnais- t. Ira A. Rader made a re- They managed to get across the San Andreas Val- sance, to keep track of the cavalry Lconnaissance flight on April ley without being seen. They even napped in a corn- and relay messages. In the course 14 with dispatches for Ma- field once. When they reached the plateau that San of this work, the pilots often were jor Howze’s 11th Cavalry. Locat- Antonio was on, they saw a lake in the distance. But challenged. ing Howze near Ojito in extreme when they reached it they couldn’t drink from it, ei- southern Chihuahua, Rader land- ther; it was too alkaline. At last, a mile or so away n April 7, two planes flew ed #52 in rough country. There amidst a copse of cottonwoods, they found a spring Oto Chihuahua City with dis- was damage that he couldn’t re- that was palatable. patches for the American pair. He was 100 miles from the Several hours later, near midnight, they reached consul. Foulois flew with Dargue nearest base so #52 was aban- the railroad. Following it, they reached San Antonio in #43 while Dodd and Lt. Joseph doned and Rader joined Howze’s at 6 a.m., 49 hours after their flight began. And they E. Carberry in #45 carried dupli- column. They loaned him a “sick could still see their forest fire in the distance. It was cates. Dargue landed south of the mule,” which he rode bringing up discovered later that Willis had walked the 65 miles city while Carberry took Dodd to the rear like a camp follower. with a broken ankle. the north. Dodd managed to get The demise of #52 left the into the city without incident, but squadron with three planes, soon his ended the “active” phase for the First Aero Lt. Robert Willis went down five Foulois wasn’t as lucky. to be but two. On April 19, Dar- Squadron in Mexico. There were only two Jen- or six miles south of Pearson T When a large, angry crowd gath- gue, with Willis as observer, left nies left and they were used up. They were (modern Mata Ortiz) and 35 ered around their plane, Foulois San Antonio in #43. They had a flown back to Columbus, condemned and destroyed. miles from his destination. He advised Dargue to fly to the north new Brock camera to photograph Pershing’s search for Villa was started walking, traveling at and join Carberry. As Dargue was the roads and area near Chihua- slowing dramatically. To Persh- night and hiding by day, finally taking off, four rurales shot at him hua City. The plane lost power ing’s chagrin, he was ordered to reaching the squadron at Colonia Taking advantage of but caused no damage. Foulois re- in the hills west of the city and pull back to northern Chihuahua Dublan at 2 a.m. on March 21. monstrated with them, whereupon came down in very rough terrain. and maintain defensive positions the lull in the the locals arrested him. As he was It landed on a 45-degree slope there while diplomacy ran its being led away, escorted by a mob of several hun- and ended up upside-down with Willis dangling by course. action, Dargue dred, Foulois spotted an American watching and one foot. Dargue extricated himself and then Willis Back in Columbus, the squad- asked him to get word to the American consul. After from the wreckage. Besides Willis’ ankle, which was ron received a variety of new managed to significant delay, the military governor of Chihuahua bruised and painful, he had a three- or four-inch gash planes. The main field in Colum- prolong the photo obtained Foulois’ release. on his scalp behind one ear. bus and the satellite fields in Mex- Dargue and Carberry had their own troubles while Dargue tended Willis’ scalp wound, then they ico were used for testing, training op for half an hour Foulois was cooling his heels in jail. When Dargue gathered what they needed and could carry and and courier service. Four planes reached Carberry, another unruly crowd was already set fire to the plane. The fire rapidly spread to usually were in Mexico at any by posing in gathering. The pilots were hard-pressed to protect nearby brush and trees. This amazed them since given time. their planes as the crowd moved in and started to the vegetation looked green. Eventually the blaze By the end of 1916, all the origi- different, some- collect “souvenirs.” Nuts and bolts were removed. grew to become one of the largest wildfires in nal pilots had been promoted and times ridiculous Swatches were cut from the fabric and cigarettes Mexican history. transferred. The US was expand- burned holes in it. The pilots decided to fly to the The downed pilots were 65 miles from their base ing its Air Service in anticipation positions and pre- American Smelter a few miles away where there was at San Antonio with no recourse but to walk. Willis’ of World War I and these, the most a fenced enclosure for protection. head and ankle bothered him a great deal. Although experienced pilots available, were tending to make Carberry got away in a hail of stones but part of there were trails, they didn’t dare use them for fear given responsible command and Dargue’s fuselage flew off and damaged the stabi- of whom they might meet. So they stuck to the training assignments elsewhere. adjustments to the lizer. He had to abort the takeoff. The mob gathered rough ground, which made the walking tougher and Some went on to prominence in plane or his uniform. again and Dargue, now alone, was getting desperate slower. Knowing that water would be scarce, they the war and later. A number of when a photographer arrived. He wanted pictures of tried to ration the little water that they had in their other pilots passed through Co- Dargue and his Jennie—so the crowd politely backed canteens. Dargue had used some to clean Willis’ lumbus and Mexico in 1916-17. off to allow him his shots. wound. They had emergency rations but not much. Some of these also had very successful careers. They saw turkeys and other game The adventures related above are the highlights but dared not shoot. They avoid- (low lights?) of the first five weeks of America’s first ed all habitations. They were try- air campaign. As these stories are few, one might ing to reach the railroad about think that most of the pilots spent most of their 50 miles away, which would lead time in mundane routine assignments. True, if one them to San Antonio. considers flying in underpowered, wood, wire and There were several steep ridg- canvas planes routine! Pershing was impressed, es, almost mountains, and can- stating, “Officers have literally taken their lives in yons that they had to cross. Sev- their hands without hesitation.” Every flight was eral times they climbed to higher risky and that all survived the Jennies in Mexico is ground to get their bearings. Once remarkable indeed. k they hid from a Mexican driving a pig. They could see the San An- dreas Valley, where they expected The First Aero Squadron Foundation is working to to find a river. It was there, but restore the field in Columbus used by the First Aero Squadron and to preserve the legacy of America’s dry. They pushed on, trying to first airbone military campaign. For information, cross the valley before dawn. write FASF, PO Box 1516, Columbus, NM 88029, They were out of water and or see www.firstaerosquadron.org. Officers of the First Aero Squadron in San Antonio, Texas, prior to thirst was becoming a real prob- Ken Emery a retired field archeologist who lives setting off as part of Pershing’s “Punitive Expedition” into Mexico after lem. When finally they found a in Columbus, is a board member of the First Aero Squadron Foundation. Pancho Villa. Left to right: Lts. T.S. Bowen, J.E. Carberry andC .G. small stream, they brushed the Chapman, Captain B.D. Foulois, and Lts. T.D. Milling and I.A. Rader. green scum aside and drank. De- B8 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com atmosphere. The menu is simple and DE LA VEGA’S PECAN GRILL & Red or Green? • Dining Guide hearty, a blend of American and Mexi- BREWERY, 500 S. Telshor Blvd., 521- can.” Mexican, American, hamburgers: 1099. Pecan-smoked meats, sandwich- B L D. * es, steaks, seafood, craft beers. “The Pinos Altos restaurant uses local produce whenever ed or Green? is Desert Exposure’s guide to issue it originally appeared in. Stories from all back BUCKHORN SALOON AND OPERA possible, including the pecan wood HOUSE pellets used in the smoking and grilling. dining in southwest New Mexico. The listings issues of Desert Exposure from January 2005 on are , Main Street, 538-9911. “‘The R Buck,’ as most locals affectionately A lot of the foods and drinks are infused here—a sampling of our complete and updated available on our Web site. call it, has a history of satisfying at the with pecans, and also with green chiles guide online at www.desertexposure.com—include Though every effort has been made to make dinner plate with its long-favored menu from Hatch, processed on site. They even serve green chile vodka and green chile some of our favorites and restaurants we’ve recently these listings complete and up-to-date, errors and including generous slabs of meat, hearty green chile stew with kick and ‘honest beer.” (February 2010): L D. DELICIA’S DEL MAR reviewed. We emphasize non-national-chain restau- omissions are inevitable and restaurants may make pours’ at the full bar.” (December 2010) , 1401 El Paseo, rants with sit-down, table service . changes after this issue goes to press. That’s why we Steakhouse, pasta, burgers: D. 524-2396. Mexican: B L D. DG’S UNIVERSITY DELI, 1305 E. Uni- With each listing, we include a brief categori- urge you to help us make Red or Green? even better. versity Ave., 522-8409. Deli: L D. * zation of the type of cuisine plus what meals are Drop a note to Red or Green? c/o Desert Exposure, DOÑA ANA COUNTY DICK’S CAFE, 2305 S. Valley Dr., served: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner. Call for PO Box 191, Silver City, NM 88062, fax 534-4134, or Las Cruces & Mesilla 524-1360. Mexican and Burgers: B L D. DION’S PIZZA ABRAHAM’S BANK TOWER RESTAU- , 3890 E. Lohman, exact hours and days of operation, which change email [email protected]. RANT, 500 S. Main St. #434, 523-5911. 521-3434. Pizza: L D. DOUBLE EAGLE frequently. We also note with a star (*) restaurants Remember, these print listings represent only American: B L. , 2355 Calle De Gua- where you can pick up copies of Desert Exposure. highlights. You can always find the complete, updat- ANDELE’S DOG HOUSE, 2184 Ave- dalupe, 523-6700. Southwestern: L D. DUBLIN STREET PUB, 1745 E. Univer- If we’ve recently reviewed a restaurant, you’ll find ed Red or Green? guide online at www.desertexpo- nida de Mesilla, 526-9632. Mexican hot dogs, burgers, quesadillas. sity Ave., 522-0932. Irish, American. EDDIE’S BAR & GRILL a brief capsule of our review and a notation of which sure.com. Bon appétit! ANDELE RESTAURANTE, 1950 Calle del , 901 Ave- Norte, 526-9631. Mexican: L D. nida de Mesilla, 524-8603. Pub Food, GRANT COUNTY in or taking out. All of it’s plenty tasty, 388-5430. “Serving hearty breakfasts, AQUA REEF, 900-B S. Telshor, 522- American and Southwestern: B L D. EL CAMINO REAL RESTAURANTE Silver City and you can enjoy it just like in the food sandwiches both cold and grilled, wraps 7333. Asian, sushi: D. , 1765 ADOBE SPRINGS CAFÉ, 1617 Silver court.” (February 2007) Chinese: L D. and salads that satisfy in a homey THE BEAN, 2011 Avenida de Mesilla, S. Main St., 524-8591. Mexican, lunch Heights Blvd., 538-3665. “Under new GRANDMA’S CAFE, 900 Silver Heights yet sophisticated way. Don’t miss the 523-0560. Coffeehouse.* buffet: B L D. EL TIBURON ownership and refocusing on what has Blvd., 388-2627. American, Mexican: German potato salad.” (Dec. 2009) BLUE AGAVE CAFE, 1765 S. Main St. , 504 E. Amador, 647- made it a longtime Silver City favor- B L D.* American: B L.* (inside Best Western Mission Inn), 524- 4233. Mexican, seafood, steak: L D. EMILIA’S ite: excellent breakfasts and lunches.” GRINDER MILL, 403 W. College Ave., WRANGLER’S BAR & GRILL, 2005 8591. Southwestern: B D. , 2410 Calle de Parian, (April 2011) Breakfast items, burgers, 538-3366. Mexican: B L D.* Hwy. 180, 538-4387. Steak, burgers, BLUE MOON, 13060 N. Valley Dr., 652-3007. Burgers, Mexican, soup, sandwiches: B L.*Alotta Gelato, 619 ISAAC’S GRILL, Bullard and Broad- appetizers, salads: L D. 647-9524. Brew Pub: L D. sandwiches, pastry: B (weekends), L, D. FORK IN THE ROAD N. Bullard St., 534-4995. Gelato and way, 388-4090. “Situated in the historic YANKIE CREEK COFFEE HOUSE, 112 BOBA CAFE, 1900 S. Espina, Ste. 8, , 202 N. Motel desserts.* and massively renovated Isaac Cohen W. Yankie St. Coffeeshop.* 647-5900. “The signature Bubble Tea is Blvd., 527-7400. Buffet: B L D. FOX’S PIZZA DEN ASIAN BUFFET Building.… Though one certainly can , 1340 E. Lohman , 1740 Hwy. 180, 388- Bayard just the beginning of an inventive eating 0777. “A boundless buffet that would linger over a ‘serious dinner’ here, or experience. The menu—with a long list Ave., 521-3697. Pizza: L D. A.I.R. ROASTING HOUSE AND CAFE, GOOD LUCK CAFE satisfy the Mongol hordes.” (April 2010) enjoy microbrews and appetizers for , 1507 S. Solano, 208 Central Ave., 537-3967. Coffee- of soups, salads, sandwiches, appetiz- Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, sushi: L D. hours, it’s great for a quick bite, too.” 521-3867. Mexican seafood. B L early house.* ers, wraps and ‘other stuff’—is the same BILLY’S BBQ AND WOOD-FIRED (November 2006) American, Burgers, for lunch and dinner, although Tuesday D. FIDENCIO’S TACO SHOP, 1108 Tom GRANDMA INES’S KITCHEN PIZZA, Hwy 180E, 388-1367. “A Sandwiches, Sushi: L D.* , 2910 Foy Blvd. Mexican: B L D. through Thursday nights Boba lays on freewheeling mixture of barbequed ribs JALISCO CAFE, 100 S. Bullard St., Avenida de Mesilla, 527-0602. Ameri- LITTLE NISHA’S, 1101 Tom Foy Blvd., special Caribbean fare and Friday and brisket, freshly made pasta, Cajun 388-2060. “The Mexican restaurant nights are Asian-themed, with sushi.” can: B L D. 537-3526. Mexican: B L D. GRANDY’S COUNTRY COOKING catfish, seared Ahi tuna, authentic Greek where you take out-of-town guests . . . , 1345 M & A BAYARD CAFE, 1101 N. (June 2009) Sandwiches, salads, casual gyros, and pizzas baked in a wood- Jalisco’s massive menu goes well beyond El Paseo Rd., 526-4803. American, Central Ave., 537-2251. Mexican and fare, espresso: L D.* fired oven and featuring a wide range of the traditional combination plates, BRAVO’S CAFE, 3205 S. Main St., Southern: B L D. American: B L D. GUACAMOLE’S BAR AND GRILL innovative toppings. The baby back ribs though it has those, too.” (December , 3995 SPANISH CAFÉ, 106 Central Ave., 526-8604. Mexican: B L D. and beef brisket—all treated with tasty 2007) Mexican: L D. BREAK AN EGG W. Picacho Ave., 525-9115. Burgers, 537-2640. Mexican (takeout only): B L. , 201 S. Solano Dr., dry rubs and slow-roasted for long hours JAVA THE HUT, 611-A N. Bullard St., 647-3000. Breakfasts, burgers, salads, pizza, Hawaiian: L D. SUGAR SHACK, 1102 Tom Foy Blvd., HIEBERT’S FINE FOODS in the smoker-cooker—are moist, tender 534-4103. Coffeehouse. * , 525 E. 537-0500. Mexican: B L. sandwiches: B L. and championship quality.” (November JAVALINA, 201 N. Bullard St., 388- BURGER NOOK, 1204 E. Madrid Madrid Ave. #7, 524-0451. Mexican, 2010) Barbecue, pizza, gyros, pasta: L 1350. Coffeehouse.* Cliff Ave., 523-9806. Burgers: L D. American: B L D. HIGH DESERT BREWING COMPANY D. Italian nights Weds., Sat. * KOUNTRY KITCHEN, 1505 N. Hudson PARKEY’S, 8414 Hwy. 180 W., 535- BURRITOS VICTORIA, 1295 El Paseo , CAFÉ OSO AZUL AT BEAR MOUNTAIN St., 388-4512. Mexican: B L early D.* 4000. Coffeeshop. Road, 541-5534. Burritos: B L D. 1201 W. Hadley Ave., 525-6752. Brew LA COCINA RESTAURANT LODGE, 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road, , 201 W. Col- Hurley CAFÉ AGOGO, 1120 Commerce Dr., Pub: L D.* HOTEL ENCANTO, 705 S. Telshor, 538-2538. “Bear Mountain Lodge lege Ave., 388-8687. Mexican: L D. GATEWAY GRILL, 2705 Hwy. 180E, suite A, 636-4580. Asian, American: LA FAMILIA 532-4277. Southwestern, Continental: blends food, art and natural beauty into , 503 N. Hudson St., 388- 537-5001. American and Mexican: B L L D. a memorable experience that pleases all 4600. Mexican: B L D.* CARILLO’S CAFE, 330 S. Church, 523- B L D. * D (Fri-Sat). INTEGRITY BAGELS the senses.… The menu changes daily, LA MEXICANA, Hwy. 180 W and 9913. Mexican, American: L D. , 1405 S. Solano, Lake Roberts with entrées that are always imaginative Memory Lane, 534-0142. Mexican and CATTLEMEN’S STEAKHOUSE, 2375 522-3397. Bagels and Sandwiches: B L. SPIRIT CANYON LODGE & CAFE, 684 INTERNATIONAL DELIGHTS and tasty—comfort food in a form that American: B L D. Bataan Memorial Hwy., 382-9051. , 1245 El Hwy. 35, 536-9459. (July 2011) Ger- most of our mothers would never have MARGO’S BAKERY, 300 S. Bullard St., Steakhouse: D. Paseo Rd., 647-5956. Greek and Inter- man specialties Saturday L. thought of producing.” (March 2011) 597-0012. Baked goods: B L.* CIROS MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 160 national: B L D. JAPANESE KITCHEN Weekend brunch, weekday L by reserva- MARY’S RESTAURANT, 1700 Mountain Mimbres W. Picacho Ave., 541-0341. Mexican: , 141 Roadrunner tion only. * View Rd., 534-9317. Mexican: B L. ELK X-ING. BREAKFAST, sandwiches, B L D. Parkway, 521-3555. Japanese: L D. JOSEPHINA’S OLD GATE CAFE CAFE UN MUNDO, 700 N. Bullard, MAS Y MAS TORTILLERIA, Suite C-The Mexican: B L. CROSSWINDS GRILL, Las Cruces , 956-8752. Vegetarian, juice, soup: L. Hub Plaza, 534-9255. Tortillas, Mexi- MIMBRES VALLEY CAFE, Hwy. 35 N., Airport off I-10, 525-0500. Burgers, 2261 Calle de Guadalupe, 525-2620. CHINESE PALACE, 1010 Highway 180 can: B L. * 536-2857. “You won’t go home hungry Mexican: B L. “Whether for breakfast or lunch, E., 538-9300. Chinese: L D. MI CASITA, 2340 Bosworth Dr., 538- from the Mimbres Valley Café, an oasis DAY’S HAMBURGERS, Water & Las Josephina’s offers a delicious change of COURTYARD CAFE, Gila Regional 5533. Mexican: L D. of down-home good food in a friendly Cruces St., 523-8665. Burgers: L D. pace. There are a variety of classic deli Medical Center, 538-4094. American, NANCY’S SILVER CAFE, 514 N. Bul- Sunday brunch, catering: B L D.* lard St., 388-3480. Mexican: B L D.* CURIOUS KUMQUAT OFF THE HOOK , 111 E. College , 1700 Mountain we’re expanding the value meals. Ave., 534-0337. “A hotspot of modern View Road, 534-1100. Catfish, chicken, culinary innovation. Lunch (Mon.-Sat.) shrimp: B L D. * Table Talk “Our lunches have not been philosophically features soups, salads and sandwiches. THE PARLOR AT DIANE’S, 510 N. aligned with our dinners,” Connoley adds. “Starting Dinners (Thurs.-Sat.) are elaborate, Bullard St., 538-8722. Sandwiches, light re Rosat Café, 101 N. Cooper St., will be at the same time in mid-October, we’re revamping imaginative, exotic five-course culinary bites: D. creations. Entrees always include vegetar- PEACE MEAL COOPERATIVE VEGETAR- closed for a couple of months, but fans of the the lunch menu to include only house-made or cured IAN DELI, The Hub, 6th and Bullard, 388- T ian and the super-duper hamburger, plus popular Silver City eatery shouldn’t panic. Co- meats, mostly locally sourced, house-made pickles two determined by what local ranchers 0106. “The unique and healthful food owner Jason Marsh says the restaurant will be mov- and kimchi, and a whole new menu featuring local have available.” (July 2010) L D. * is tasty, and the only such of its kind DIANE’S BAKERY & CAFE, 510 N. around for miles—maybe even galax- ing from its location in the former home of Cienega ingredients made in our kitchen. Virtually nothing Bullard St., 538-8722. “As they serve ies.” (February 2007) Vegetarian: L D.* spa to a building on Bullard Street, which they’ll be will come from outside our community.” PRETTY SWEET EMPORIUM Diane’s fresh, inventive dishes, the staff , 312 N. completely remodeling in the meantime. Look for Also in October, the Kumquat will hold an Okto- will make you subtly aware you are Bullard St., 388-8600. Dessert, ice indeed enjoying a big-city-caliber din- cream. * Tre Rosat to return late this year or early next. berfest beer tasting (12-5 p.m., $20) and an authentic ing experience—without the least bit of Q’S SOUTHERN BISTRO, 101 E. Col- Isaac’s Bar and Grill at the corner of Bullard German dinner on Saturday, Oct. 22. Reservations are snootiness to detract from the fact that lege Ave., 534-4401. “Q’s Southern and Broadway in Silver City is now simply Isaac’s highly recommended, 534-0337. 111 E. College Ave. you are, nonetheless, in small-town New Bistro has found its niche and honed Mexico.” (Sept. 2007) American: L D, its ‘elevated pub’ menu to excellence Grill. The restaurant, which has been for sale for weekend brunch. to serve its fun-loving, casual dining some time, recently sold its full liquor license and hevek & Co. also has some special events this DIANE’S BAKERY & DELI , The Hub, crowd.” (October 2010) American, now serves only wine and beer. 388-4090. month. For First Friday, Oct. 7, there will be a Suite A, Bullard St., 534-9229. “Top- steaks, barbecue: L D. S notch pastries in the morning, deli lunch RED BARN, 708 Silver Heights Blvd., Much to the dismay of locals and Pinos Altos tour- tasting of South American wines, five for $8 in- or casual, tasty dinner. . . Diane’s new 538-5666. “From the friendly staff ists, the beloved Pinos Altos Ice Cream Parlor, 30 cluding munchies. Then you can celebrate Hallow- Deli has it all—to go!” (Sept. 2007) to the down-home food—steaks, of Main St., is closing with the retirement of its owners. een (a bit early) with a special beer-tasting dinner on Sandwiches, deli, baked goods: B L D.* course, plus chicken, seafood, burgers, DON FIDENCIO’S, 901 N. Hudson St., sandwiches and a sampling of superb Out in the Mimbres, Bryan’s Pit BBQ has lost Friday, Oct. 28. Reservations are required, 534-9168. 534-4733. Mexican: B L D. Mexican fare—you might be settling its location along Hwy. 35. The owners are hoping to 602 N. Bullard. D JUAN’S BURRITOS ON , 418 Silver in for lunch or dinner at an especially find a spot to reopen, possibly in Silver City. Heights Blvd., 538-5440. Mexican: B L. large ranch house.” (October 2009) DRIFTER PANCAKE HOUSE, 711 Hwy Steakhouse: L D.* ore musical chairs in the Las Cruces res- 180 E., 538-2916. Breakfast: B L.* SHEVEK & CO., 602 N. Bullard St., ots of news from the Curious Kumquat, taurant scene. The former Durango Ba- EAT YOUR HEART OUT, 800 W. 534-9168. “Shevek & Co. will take your M where chef Rob Connoley reports, “We’re do- gels, 1495 S. Solano Dr., is now Integrity Market, 313-9005. Take-away dinners: taste buds on a culinary tour from Spain L 4:30-6 p.m.* to Greece, with delicious with delicious ing a re-boot of the restaurant. While things Bagels. New owner Deborah Soffera, who bought EL RINCON, 3110 N. Silver St., 388- destinations all along the Mediterranean are going very well with our tasting dinners, our the bagel joint in April, is responsible for the change. 2715. Mexican, American: B L D. in-between. The sheer ambition of the Wednesday ‘Eat What the Chef Eats’ have ex- Hours are Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and GILA BEANS, 1304 N. Bennett St. offerings is astonishing.” (March 2009) Coffeeshop. Mediterranean: D, brunch on selected ploded like we never imagined and so we want Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. 522-3397. GOLDEN STAR, 1602 Silver Heights weekends.* to expand the concept. Starting in mid-October And Fox’s Pizza Den has completed its promised SILVER BOWLING CENTER CAFE Blvd., 388-2323. “If you sometimes long , 2020 we’ll be opening for dinners on Tuesdays through move from 115 S. Roadrunner Parkway to 1340 E. for the guilty pleasures of the Chinese Memory Lane, 538-3612. American, food served at a mall food court—think Mexican, hamburgers: L D.* Saturdays. On those days guests can choose from Lohman Ave. 521-3697. k Panda Express—or just want your SUNRISE ESPRESSO, 1530 N. Hudson, at least four different one-plate meals ranging in wontons without waiting, there’s good 388-2027. Coffeeshop. price from $10-$17. The popular foraged, modern- news.… Normal appetites will find the TRE ROSAT CAFÉ, closed for remodel- three-item combo tough to finish, so ing of new location. ist tasting dinners will still be offered on Thurs- Send restaurant news to [email protected]. plan on leftovers whether you’re eating VICKI’S EATERY, 315 N. Texas, day through Saturday. So, we’re adding a day, and DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B9 Red or Green? • Peggy Platonos Alotta Words about $/277$*(/$72 It’s October again, the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and that can only mean one thing: it’s time for Best of Both Worlds Pumpkin Pie gelato! People ask us all year for the stuff, but we only make it in the Fall. Time’s a-wastin’, so come on in and taste this The initials in “M & A Bayard Café” stand for “Mexican and seasonal favorite; it’s a perfect way to end a good hearty meal, or as an added dividend to a delicious dessert. We sell it by the serving American”—and the café serves up good food of both types. and also have hand-packed pints and quarts available in case you want to stock up. And we’re not just talking about Pumpkin Pie: we he M & A Bayard Café sits alongside the rail- can hand-pack your choice of more than 30 incredible flavors (such as the ever-popular Bounty coconut chocolate and our exclusive Gila Conglomerate), Troad tracks in the village of Bayard. It’s a down- including dairy-free fruit flavors and sugar-free ones sweetened with Splenda® (and to-earth, friendly, unpretentious place—kind yes, we can pack several flavors into each insulated container). This is the real deal, of a cross between a Mexican cantina and a 1950s folks: authentic Italian gelato, low in fat but bursting with great tastes, made on the home-style diner, serving tasty, no-frills Mexican and premises with imported flavorings and fresh ingredients. (And if all this isn’t enough American food at reasonable prices. (The “M & A” in to get you in here, wait ‘til next month when we bring back a couple more of our the café’s name stands for Mexican and American.) seasonal favorites: Egg Nog and Peppermint Stick!) Remember that we also carry delicious dessert items such as Key Lime bars, brownies, The café is open weekdays for breakfast, lunch cheesecake, cookies, flourless Chocolate Raspberry Torte, and big honkin’ slices of and dinner. And the menu includes a wide range of three-layer Carrot Cake— plus hot and cold drinks to go with them. Lastly, we have both Mexican and American options for each meal, gift certificates available in any amount for any occasion including Halloween (no, we as well as dishes that merge the two food traditions. didn’t forget Halloween). Green chiles, in particular, find their way into several $/277$*(/$72 is open 7 (count ‘em!) days a week, beginning at Noon every types of omelettes and onto several kinds of burgers. day until 9:00 PM (Sunday through Thursday) or 10:00 PM (Friday and Saturday)— sometimes even later. Come on down to the most delicious destination in Silver City There are a number of surprises on the menu. and experience the best gelato anywhere, from the oldest gelato store in the Land of The three types of fish offered on the dinner menu, Enchantment! Thanks for reading. As a token of our esteem for you, our valued for instance—filleted trout, catfish and cod—are all customer, bring this ad for 25¢ off any size gelato for each member of your party. grilled, not fried. (Each for just $8.95.) On Friday, however, the M & A also offers a very popular fish fry for $5.95—$6.95 with shrimp added. 9LVLWXVRQOLQHDW ZZZDORWWDJHODWRFRP The café’s green chili—served in a bowl for $5.65 $ORWWD*HODWR 1%XOODUG6W and in a cup for $3.50—is made with beef, rather than LQ'RZQWRZQ6LOYHU&LW\ the more traditional pork, and some of that flavorful beef is included in the breakfast burritos, along with eggs, hash brown potatoes and bacon. Purists will be happy to hear that the green chile sauce at M & A M & A Bayard Café owners Alex and Rebecca is made the old-fashioned way and does not include Brown. (Photo by Peggy Platonos) cream of mushroom or celery soup as a base. One word of caution: If you order the Roast Beef “If she feels nice, she’ll let me cook sometimes.” Dinner with visions of a pink slab of beef dancing in “It’s hard when you don’t have the help, but we your head, forget it. Picture instead a generous por- enjoy it,” Rebecca says. tion of beef that is what I would call pot roast—melt- “Though age is creeping up on us,” Alex com- in-your-mouth tender, covered in a classic brown ments. Corner Florida & Columbus Hwy. gravy and wonderfully tasty—and you will not be dis- Alex is 70, and Rebecca is 62. The restaurant appointed. That dinner costs just $7.95 and includes opens at 5:30 a.m. The two of them arrive at 4:30 a.m. PO Box 191, Deming NM 88031 (as all the American-style dinners do) a vegetable, a “And people are already waiting,” Rebecca says. (575) 546-3922 roll, a choice of potato, and either salad or soup. The café offers pack lunches, and many of the lo- cal miners come early to pick up their lunches, which lex and Rebecca Brown established the café consist of burritos or sandwiches—“or whatever Ain 1987, and have owned and operated it ever they want,” Alex says. since. It’s a popular eating place now, but it “We do catering, too,” he adds. “We did one event took a while for people to find it. for 600 people for the power plant outside Deming a “We started with $16 days when we first opened. few years ago.” Not too many people. But every year for 24 years The M & A Bayard Café is open from 5:30 a.m. to we’ve been going up,” Alex says. “We don’t advertise 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is located at 1101 unless we have something special going on. The peo- N. Central in Bayard, and is closed on Saturdays and ple advertise for us.” Sundays. For more information, call the café at (575) Tortillas~Menudo~Tamales~Barbacoa “It was mostly family helping in the beginning,” Re- 537-2251. k becca says. Now, their daughter Charol shares the man- Cira & Manuel 7KH+8%3OD]Da1%XOODUG6XLWH& agement responsibility with them, and they have paid Lozoya 6LOYHU&LW\1HZ0H[LFRa kitchen and serving staff. But Alex and Rebecca remain Send Mimbres freelance writer Peggy Platonos hands-on in the business, taking care of ordering, su- tips for restaurant reviews at platonos@gilanet. com or call (575) 536-2997. pervising and doing the actual cooking when necessary. “Well, Rebecca does the cooking,” Alex amends. Pinos Altos Orchards & Gift Shop sandwiches to choose from, all served versity Ave., 521-3505. “Homey, classic sophistication of San Francisco—head We have over 50 varieties jams & jellies, on freshly baked bread, as well as the Italian fare. This location also features to Mix Pacific Rim Cuisine in Las Cruces windchimes, loads of Mexican & soup of the day in a cup or bowl, and ravioli dishes, in half and full portions, for an international dining experience salads.” (October 2008) Pastries, soups, served with salad and a basket of warm, that satisfies. This elegant yet comfort- Peruvian imports, and much more. salads, sandwiches: B (Fri-Sat), L. fresh bread. Save room for dessert.” able restaurant—belying its strip-center KATANA TEPPANYAKI GRILL, 1001 E. (July 2008) Italian and Pizza: L D. address—offers impeccable food from a We have clay pots & metal yard art, too! University Ave., 532-2042. Japanese: LOS COMPAS CAFE, 6335 Bataan Me- wide array of cuisines, unhurried service L D. morial W., 382-2025. Mexican: B L D. and a deep wine list.” (March 2008) .ER;IMWPMRK ~Gift Certificates available~ KIVA PATIO CAFE, 600 E. Amador LOS COMPAS, 603 S. Nevarez St., Asian and Pacific: L D. S[RIV Ave., 527-8206. Mexican, Southwestern 523-1778. Mexican: B L D. MOONGATE CAFE, 705 E. US Hwy. Call for hours and American: B L D. LOS COMPAS, 1120 Commerce Dr., 70, 382-5744. Coffeeshop and Mexi- 0LACER 3TREET s 0INOS !LTOS .- s LA COCINA, 204 E. Conway Ave., 521-6228. Mexican: B L D. * can: B L D. 524-3909. Mexican: B L D. LOS MARIACHIS, 2790 Avenida de MY BROTHER’S PLACE, 336 S. Main LA IGUANA, 139 N. Main St., 523- Mesilla, 523-7058. Mexican: B L D. St., 523-7681. Mexican: L D. 8550. “The restaurant is an interesting MARIA BONITA, 207 E. Lohman, NELLIE’S CAFE, 1226 W. Hadley combination of styles, with elements of 541-5580. Mexican: B L D. Ave., 524-9982. Mexican: B L D. coffeehouse, deli and fine dining imagi- MESILLA VALLEY KITCHEN, 2001 E. NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 2605 Mis- natively woven together.” (February Lohman Ave. #103, 523-9311. Mexican souri Ave., 522-0440. Mexican: L D. 2011) Sandwiches, soups, salads, coffee and American: B L D.* NOPALITO RESTAURANT, 310 S. Mes- bar: B L D. * MESON DE MESILLA, 1803 Avenida quite St., 524-0003. Mexican: L D.* LA MEXICANA TORTILLERIA, 1300 N. De Mesilla, 652-4953. Steaks, barbe- OLD TOWN RESTAURANT, 155 S. Solano Dr, 541-9617. Mexican: B L D. cue, seafood: L D. Valley Dr., 523-4586. Mexican and LA NUEVA CASITA CAFE, 195 N. METROPOLITAN DELI, 1001 University American: B L.* Mesquite, 523-5434. Mexican and Ave., 522-3354. Sandwiches: B L D. ONO GRINDZ, 300 N. Downtown American: B L. MIGUEL’S, 1140 E. Amador Ave., Mall, 541-7492. “Expect Ono Grindz’ LA POSTA RESTAURANT DE MESILLA, 647-4262. Mexican: L D. authentic Hawaiian fare to thrill your 2410 Calle De San Albino, 524-3524. MI PUEBLITO, 1355 E. Idaho Ave., taste buds in an atmosphere that charms Mexican and Steakhouse: L D. 524-3009. Mexican: B L D. all your other senses.” (Feb. 2008) LAS TRANCAS, 1008 S. Solano Dr., MI RINCONCITO, 1605 S. Solano Dr., Hawaiian: B L D. 524-1430. Mexican: L D. 532-1091. Mexican: B L ORIENTAL PALACE, 225 E. Idaho, LEMONGRASS, 2540 El Paseo Rd., MILAGRO COFFEE Y ESPRESSO, 1733 526-4864. Chinese: L D. 523-8778. Thai: L D. E. University Ave., 532-1042. Coffee- PAISANO CAFE, 1740 Calle de Mer- LE RENDEZ-VOUS CAFE, 2701 W. house: B L D. * cado, 524-0211. Mexican: B L D.* Picacho Ave. #1, 527-0098. Deli, Sand- MIX PACIFIC RIM CUISINE AND MIX PANCAKE ALLEY DINER, 2146 W. Pica- wiches, coffeeshop: B L. EXPRESS, 1001 E. University Ave. #D4, cho Ave., 647-4836. American: B L D. LORENZO’S, 1750 Calle de Mercade, 532-2042. “For a true taste of Tokyo, a 525-3170. Italian and Pizza: L D. classic curry, a Vietnamese tidbit or big DINING GUIDE LORENZO’S PAN AM, 1753 E. Uni- bite of Australia—all served up with the continued on next page B10 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com DINING GUIDE continued Amador Ave., 523-1851. Mexican: B Road, 526-1920. Sandwiches, soup, ral Dr., 824-4749. Steakhouse: B L D. that’s worth the drive to Deming. Famous L D.* salads: B L. TORTILLERIA SUSY, 661 Paloma for its fajitas: Choose chicken, beef or PAOLA’S BAKERY AND CAFE, N. Main ROSIE’S CAFÉ DE MESILLA, 420 Ave- SI SENOR, 1551 E. Amador Ave., Blanca Dr., 824-9377. Mexican: B L D. both, fajitas for two, or try the unusual St., 524-2025. El Salvadoran. nida de Mesilla, 526-1256. Breakfast, 527-0817. Mexican: L D.* Doña Ana stuffed fajita potato or seemingly contra- PEPPERS ON THE PLAZA SPIRIT WINDS , 2355 Calle Mexican, burgers: B L D. , 2260 S. Locust St., BIG MIKE’S CAFE, Thorpe Road. dictory fajita burrito.” (September 2009) SANTORINI’S De Guadalupe, 523-6700. Southwest- , 1001 E. University 521-1222. Sandwiches and Bakery: B Mexican, Breakfasts and Burgers: B L D. Mexican: B L D.* LA PARRILLA ern: L D. Ave., 521-9270. “An eclectic blend of L D.* SAFARI, 2221 Desert Wind Way, , 1409 Columbus Road, PHO SAIGON ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO , 1160 El Paseo Road, Greek and Mediterranean dishes—gy- , 1800 382-0600. 544-4443. Mexican: B L. 652-4326. Vietnamese: L D. ros with different meats, such as lamb Avenida de Mesilla, 524-0390. Wine LAS CAZUELAS, 108 N. Platinum Ave. PIT STOP CAFE, 361 S. Motel Blvd., or chicken, hummus with pita, Greek tasting, Bistro: L D. La Mesa (inside El Rey meat market), 544-8432. CHOPES BAR & CAFE 527-1993. Mexican, American, steak: salads—plus sampler plates and less- SUNSET GRILL, 1274 Golf Club Road , Hwy 28, 233- “This gem of a restaurant turns out B L D. familiar items such as keftedes and (Sonoma Ranch Golf Course clubhouse), 9976. Mexican: L D. perfectly cooked steaks and seafood, PLAYER’S GRILL, 3000 Champions pork shawarma. Vegetarian options are 521-1826. American, Steak and Burg- Organ as well as a full line of Mexican fare.” Dr. (NMSU golf course clubhouse), 646- numerous.” (July 2010) Greek, Mediter- ers: B L D. THAI DELIGHT, 16151 Hwy. 70 E., (June 2011) Steaks, seafood, Mexican: 2457. American: B L D. ranean: L D. TERIYAKI BOWL, 2300 N. Main St., 373-3000. Thai, steaks, sandwiches: L D.Manolo’s Cafe, 120 N. Granite St., RANCHWAY BARBEQUE, 604 N. Valley SB’S LATE-NIGHT LUNCHBOX, 120 S. 524-2055. Japanese: L D. L D. 546-0405. TERIYAKI CHICKEN HOUSE MIMBRES VALLEY BREWING CO. Dr., 523-7361. Barbecue and Mexican: Water St.. New American fare, vegetar- , 805 El LUNA COUNTY , 200 B L D. ian, vegan, wraps: L D. Paseo Rd., 541-1696. Japanese: L D. S. Gold, 544-BREW. Craft beer, pizza, RED BRICK PIZZA, 2808 N. Telshor THE SHED, 810 S. Valley Dr., 525- THAI DELIGHT, 2184 Avenida de Me- Deming burgers, wings, paninis: L D. ADOBE DELI Blvd., 521-7300. Pizzas, sandwiches, 2636. American, pizza, Mexican, silla, 525-1900. “The menu quite liter- , 3970 Lewis Flats Rd. PALMA’S ITALIAN GRILL, 110 S. Silver, salads: L D. desserts. B L D. * ally has something for everyone. For the SE, 546-0361. “The lunch menu features 544-3100. “Even if you think you don’t RENEE’S PLACE, 3000 Harrelson, SI ITALIAN BISTRO, 523 E. Idaho, adventurous, there are traditional Thai traditional deli-style sandwiches, rang- like Italian food, you might want to try 526-4878. American. 523-1572. Italian: L D. curries, soups and appetizers to choose ing. The dinner menu is much grander, this family-run enterprise, with Harold ROBERTO’S MEXICAN FOOD, 908 E. SIMPLY TOASTED CAFÉ, 1702 El Paseo from, all of which can be ordered in though some sandwiches are available and Palma Richmond at the helm. In the degree of heat that suits you.… then, too: filet mignon, flat iron steak, addition to the name, Palma brings to The restaurant is clean, comfortable, T-bone, ribeye, NY strip, Porterhouse, the restaurant her Sicilian heritage and casual in a classy sort of way, and totally barbequed pork ribs, halibut, Duck recipes that came to the United States unpretentious.” (January 2011) Thai, L’Orange, Alaska King Crab legs, with her grandmother. Harold brings salads, sandwiches, seafood, steaks, broiled salmon steak, shrimp scampi, training in classic Continental cuisine, German: L D. * pork chops, osso buco, beef kabobs.” along with his family’s New England TIFFANY’S PIZZA & GREEK AMERICAN (March 2010) Bar, Deli and Steaks: L D.* food traditions.” (Sept. 2010) Sat. prime BELSHORE RESTAURANT CUISINE, 755 S. Telshor Blvd #G1, 532- , 1210 E. rib, Sun. buffet. Italian: L D. * 5002. Pizza, Greek and Deli: B L D.* Spruce, 546-6289. American: B L. PATIO CAFE, 1521 Columbus Road, CAMPO’S RESTAURANT TONY’S RESTAURANTE, 125 S. Campo , 105 S. Silver, 546-5990. Burgers, American, breakfast St., 524-9662. Italian: B L. 546-0095. Mexican, American, South- specialities: B L D. * UMP 88 GRILL, 1338 Picacho Hills western: L D.* PRIME RIB GRILL, inside Holiday CANO’S RESTAURANT Dr., 647-1455. Irish pub: L D. , 1200 W. Pine Inn, I-10 exit 85, 546-2661. Steak and VALLEY GRILL, 1970 N. Valley, 525- St., 546-3181. Mexican: B L D. Seafood: B L D. * DAIRY QUEEN 9000. American: B L D, Friday Fish Fry. , 1414 E. Pine St., 546- RANCHER’S GRILL, 316 E. Cedar St., VINTAGE WINES, 2461 Calle de 820. Frozen desserts, burgers. * 546-8883. Steakhouse: L D.* DEMING TRUCK TERMINAL Principal, 523-WINE. Wine and cigar , 1310 W. SI SENOR, 200 E. Pine St., 546- bar, tapas: L D. Spruce, 546-8832. American, Mexican: 3938. Mexican: B L D. WOK-N-WORLD, 5192 E. Boutz, B L D. SUNRISE KITCHEN, 1409 S. Columbus EL CAMINO REAL 526-0010. Chinese, pizza: L D. , 900 W. Pine St., Road, 544-7795. ZEFFIRO PIZZERIA NAPOLETANA, 136 546-7421. Mexican, American: B L D. * TACOS MIRASOL, 323 E. Pine St., EL MIRADOR N. Water St., 525-6757. “Owner Gary , 510 E. Pine St., 544- 544-0646. Mexican: L D. 7340. Mexican: B L D. Ebert and his very attentive and efficient Akela GOLDEN STAR, 500 E. Cedar St., staff serve up gourmet-style pizza on APACHE HOMELANDS RESTAURANT, 544-0689. Chinese. Gil-A Beans Coffee Shop hand-tossed crusts.” (August 2009) I-10. Burgers, ribs, “casino-style” food: GRAND MOTOR INN & LOUNGE, Pizza, also sandwiches at adjoining B L D. * 1721 E. Pine, 546-2632. Mexican, Silver City RV Park & Self Storage Popular Artisan Bakery: L D. ZEFFIRO NEW YORK PIZZERIA, 101 E. steak, seafood: B L D. Columbus IRMA’S PANCHO VILLA CAFE 1304 N. Bennett St. University Ave., 525-6770. Pizza: L D. , 123 S. Silver Ave., 544- , Hwy. 11, 531- Silver City A cut above the rest— 4580. Mexican, American and Seafood: 0555. Mexican and American: B L D. Anthony B L D. PATIO CAFE, 23 Broadway, 531- Behind Food Basket off 90 Come in and let us prove it! ERNESTO’S MEXICAN FOOD , 200 LA FONDA Open 7 am - noon , 601 E. Pine St., 2495. Burgers, American: B L.* Anthony Dr., 882-3641. Mexican: B L. 546-0465. “Roomy, bright and airy, LA COCINITA and 4 pm - 6 pm Featuring Java Dave’s Coffee , 908 W. Main Dr., 589- La Fonda is no mere taco joint. The HIDALGO COUNTY 1468. Mexican: L. Keith & Julie Cason 5FBt)PU$PDPBt/PODPGFFESJOLT extensive menu features all the Mexican Lordsburg Owner/Barista Chapparal favorites at bargain prices, plus a wide EL CHARRO RESTAURANT, 209 S. P -BUUFt.PDIBt'SBQQFTt4NPPUIJFT EL BAYO STEAK HOUSE ©DE , 417 Chapar- range of Anglo fare and a breakfast Blvd., 542-3400. Mexican: B L D. / iÊ >vjÊ"ÃÊâÕÊ>ÌÊ/ iÊ `}i ur Hear o t Y O OCTOBER t u a t E 7KDQNVJLYLQJ ♥ TAKE AWAY DINNERS Bear 0HQX ♥ CATERING 575-313-9005 Mountain MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7KXUVGD\1RY OCTOBER 3 OCTOBER 4 OCTOBER 5 OCTOBER 6 OCTOBER 7 Lodge Pork Loin Closed for Special Beef Stroganoff 1(:',6+ Buttered Noodles 6HUYHG1RRQWRSP Twice Baked Catering Fried Chicken No Take Away Potatoes Event for Vegetable and Waffles Dinner Roll Fall Starters Vegetable Grant County Greens Dinner Roll Health Cookie Open for Regular Banana Pudding 10.00 Brie with Apple Chutney Cake Council Annual 10.00 Catering Orders 10.00 Banquet Soup Course Ginger Carrot Soup OCTOBER 10 OCTOBER 11 OCTOBER 12 OCTOBER 13 OCTOBER 14 BBQ Chicken Pork Loin and Meatloaf Chicken Pot Pie Entree Choices (Please Choose One) Mac 'n' Cheese Dressing Baked Potato W/ Potatoes and No Take Away Salad Vegetable Cabbage Slaw Vegetables Herb Encrusted Roast Thanksgiving Turkey Served with Bun Dinner Roll Dinner Roll Tossed Salad Cookie Cake Pie Dessert Open for Regular Apple Pistachio Dressing and Bourbon Gravy 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Catering Orders or Pork Tenderloin Stuffed with Cranberries In A Port Wine Sauce OCTOBER 17 OCTOBER 18 OCTOBER 19 OCTOBER 20 OCTOBER 21 or Frito Pie Italian Chicken Pork BBQ with Bun Green Chile Breast Salad Baked Potato- Chicken Enchilada No Take Away Autumn Garden Vegetables Lasagna Layered with Phyllo and Brownie Baked Tomato Sweet or White Pinto Beans Homemade RicottaCheese (Vegetarian) 10.00 Sauced Spaghetti Cabbage Slaw Fruit Salad Salad Brownie Corn Bread Open for Regular All Entrees Include Italian Bread 10.00 Cookie Catering Orders Pie 10.00 Apple-cranberry Sauce, Coconut Milk Sweet Potatoes, Winter Vegetable Au Gratin, 10.00 Homemade Bread, and an Asparagus Red Bell Pepper Tomato Salad and OCTOBER 24 OCTOBER 25 OCTOBER 26 OCTOBER 27 OCTOBER 28 Bear Mountain Crackers Chicken Parmesan Pot Roast Potato Soup or Oven Fried Chicken With Pasta Alfredo Potatoes, Carrots, Fish Chowder Mashed Potatoes No Take Away Tossed Salad Celery Tossed Salad w/ Gravy Desserts (Please Choose One) Italian Bread Salad Dinner Roll Salad Pumpkin Cheese Cake with Membrillo Whipped Cream Dessert Dinner Roll Cake Dinner Roll Open for Regular 10.00 Pie 10.00 Cookie Catering Orders or 10.00 10.00 Tiramisu with A Bit of Brandied Cranberry Sauce OCTOBER 31 NOVEMBER 1 NOVEMBER 2 NOVEMBER 3 NOVEMBER 4 Coffee or Tea 3 Meat Lasagna Chicken 'n' Roast Pork w/ Brisket w / BBQ Cost Is $32.00 Per Person Tossed Salad Dumplings Sauerkraut and Potato Salad No Take Away Italian Bread Potatoes & Potatoes Baked Beans Reservation Only (Choose Entree and Dessert When Reserving) Cookie Vegetables Relishes Crusty Roll 10.00 Salad Rye Bread Brownie Open for Regular Dessert Cake 10.00 Catering Orders We Are Proud To Offer New Mexico’s Own 10.00 10.00 Gruet Chardonnay, Pinot Noir or Champagne Available by the glass or the bottle. Please consult your server on pricing. Take Away Dinners Are Available From 4:30-6:00 pm 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road Call ahead to reserve your dinner or just stop by the kitchen to pick up your dinner on the way home. 575-313-9005 s 7 -ARKET s 3ILVER #ITY .- xÇxÊxÎnÊÓxÎnÊUÊÜÜÜ°Li>ÀÕÌ>`}i°V GUARDIANVLB AOLCOM s #!4%2).'/.-!2+%4#/- ©DE DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B11 FIDENCIO’S, 604 E. Motel Dr., 542- Glenwood Italian: D (Tues., Sat.). 8989. Mexican: B L early D. ALMA GRILL, Hwy. 180, 539-2233. Other Catron County KRANBERRY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT , Breakfast, sandwiches, hamburgers, PURPLE ONION CAFE, Mogollon, 539- 1405 Main St., 542-9400. Mexican and Mexican: B L. * 2710. “Seasonal, quirky and way off BLUE FRONT BAR AND CAFE American: B L D.* , Hwy. the beaten path, The Purple Onion Café MAMA ROSA’S PIZZA , 1312 Main 180, 539-2561. “Plentiful appetizer in Mogollon serves eclectic fare and St., 542-8400. Pizza: L D. platters, perfectly done and tender ‘famous’ pie.” (August 2011) Breakfast, RAMONA’S CAFÉ , 904 E. Motel Dr., ribeye, weekend special barbecue dishes burgers, veggie melts, pita pockets: B L 542-3030. Mexican, American: B L D. smoky sweet and ample. Try the ‘Stevie’ (Fri.-Sun., Mon. holidays, May-Oct.) Animas sandwich, a grilled cheese with onions, DAILY PIE CAFE, Pie Town, 722-2700. PANTHER TRACKS CAFE, Hwy 338, tomatoes and chiles.… A regular haunt Italian and Homestyle: B L D. 548-2444. Burgers, Mexican and for locals who eat out, and a Thursday EL SERAPE, Quemado, 773-4620. American: B L D night yoga group meets and eats here Mexican and American. each week.” (Nov. 2007) Mexican and SNUFFY’S STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON, Rodeo American, weekend Barbecue, Friday RODEO STORE AND CAFE Quemado Lake, 773-4672. Steakhouse: D , coffeeshop catfish fry: L D. * food: B L. GOLDEN GIRLS CAFE, Hwy. 180, 539- RODEO TAVERN , 557-2229. D 2457. “Dig into an honest taste of the SIERRA COUNTY (Weds.-Sat.). local scene and a down-home breakfast Hillsboro you’ll surely wish your mama had made. BARBER SHOP CAFE, 895-5283. CATRON COUNTY The specials listed up on the whiteboard American, Mediterranean, Sandwiches: Reserve all come with biscuits and gravy, and the B (Sat., Sun.) L. HILLSBORO GENERAL STORE ADOBE CAFE, Hwy. 12 & Hwy. 180, ample menu has all the usual suspects— , Main St., 533-6146. Deli, American, Thursday omelets, pancakes, French toast and, of 895-5306. American and Southwestern: pizza, Sunday barbecue buffet: B L D course, breakfast burritos—clueing you B L D (Sat.). (Thurs., Sun.). into the rib-sticking satisfaction ahead.” BLACK GOLD, 533-6538. Coffee- (Nov. 2007) Breakfast: B. NOTE—Restaurant hours and meals MARIO’S PIZZA house. , Hwy. 180, 539- served vary by day of the week and CARMEN’S, 533-6990. 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College Ave. in Silver City. Regular gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4:30 Mon., Thurs., p.m. During the MRAC Weekend Fri., Sat. — at the Galleries, the exhibit will be noon until 3 p.m. open Saturday, Oct. 8, from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with an in- 119 Cow Trail in teractive musical performance of Arenas Valley Sanskrit kirtan on Saturday from 4:30-6 p.m. Jost is a professor of Natural "Red Cat Brand" acrylic 51" x 76" Sciences at Western New Mexico “Waiting for the Eclipse”: A group of pilgrims to the holy town of University, and was a US Fulbright Kurukshetra await the moment of a solar eclipse, when they will take a ©DE www.victoriachick.com Scholar to India during the first half purifying dip in an ancient tank of sacred water. of 2011. In this article, she shares some of the experiences reflected in her exhibit. sories, Lay’s potato chip, and condoms with disturb- ing brand names like “Man Force” (seriously). But he flat, humid state of Haryana in North India except for the biggest cities (and targeted toward the Tis sometimes called the “bread basket of the westward-gazing upper class), there is hardly such a nation.” A four-hour drive in moderate traffic thing in India as a one-stop grocery store. along National Highway 1 from New Delhi offers Streets teem with pedestrians, ancient bicycles in little to see but wheat and flooded rice fields, hay- half-repair, dromedary camels, three-wheeled motor stacks and dung huts, water rickshaws, bearded ascet- buffalo and cattle, and the ics in orange robes, bullock colorful agrarian people who carts hauling produce, and reside in the nearly 7,000 dif- motorcycles with up to five ferent villages of Haryana. At passengers apiece (ladies about one-seventh the size riding sidesaddle in colorful of New Mexico, Haryana is pyjamas or wrapped in sa- &RSSHU4XDLO*DOOHU\ still considered to be one ris). Every quarter-mile or so Presents of the “smaller states” of In- stands an ornate temple ded- dia. Haryana’s population icated to one of the deities exceeds 25 million—greater of the Hindu pantheon, dec- than the entire population of orated in fresh flowers. Beg- Southwest Sway Texas, greater than the com- gars profoundly disfigured bined sum of all the popula- by polio mutter and crawl An extraordinary collection tions of the 10 largest cities along filthy sidewalks, too of Southwestern art by our in the United States. In New tired to even beg anymore. Mexican terms: whereas In- Passenger trains rumble talented local artists. dia overall has more than 10 by noisily, jam-packed and times the average population surprisingly on-schedule. A density of the United States, sow and her piglets scurry October 7 — November 9 the little state of Haryana quickly by, performing their has more than 90 times the civil service of helping rid population density of New the village ditches of trash, s #ORNER OF 4EXAS 9ANKIE IN 3ILVER #ITY ©DE Mexico, and more than 180 since garbage collection times the population density “Bangled Arms”: Three friends in Rajasthan and landfills are unknown of our own Grant County. take a break at Amber Fort. in most of India. A wedding CONSTRUCTION ZONE If you find these numbers procession marches along an difficult to fathom, try imagining about 2 million peo- alleyway, with trumpet players, vigorous drumming, Weekend at ple residing in Silver City, and an additional 4 million and a festooned chariot bearing the highly decorated the Galleries residing in the surrounding rural environs between bride and groom, whose marriage was almost cer- Oct. 7-9, 2011 Deming and the Gila. Or, more accurately, imagine tainly arranged by their parents. Red-faced monkeys Grant County evenly peppered with about 1,500 vil- gallop and crash across sheet-metal roofs, wreaking Opening lages averaging 4,000 residents terror and havoc in their menac- apiece, most of whom do not have ing paths. The adhan—the Mus- Reception, Sat, electrical power in their homes, lim call to prayer—begins again Oct. 8, 4 - 8 pm. and who must walk a mile (or over a loudspeaker from a nearby more) several times each day to mosque, borne on a steady wind Refreshments and fetch and carry water from sourc- smelling of dust, dung, incense, live music. Hard hat es of questionable purity. That is exhaust, fresh milk, fruit stands not required! the structure of India’s popula- and rot. Everything is beautiful, tion, where about 70% of people hideous, wonderful and horrific. live in more than half a million Anyone who has spent a sig- Lois Duffy’s Studio & Gallery small villages scattered across the nificant amount of time in India country. knows well the great contrasts will be showing the latest 3-D There, the “farmer’s market” es- that this nation is famous for. portrait constructions by Lois, thetic enjoyed in small American and contemporary quilts and towns is not a quaint, two-dollar- uring my six months in new textile constructions tomato weekend attraction, but DNorth India as a Fulbright by Susan Szajer. a necessary way of daily life that fellow, it frequently oc- Open Friday and Saturday10 am to 4 pm or by appointment has been going on for millennia. curred to me that my mission of “Macaque”: A man shows off 211C N. Texas, Silver City, NM Of course, every village has many traveling there for the express Art (575) 313-9631 of the small, family-owned provi- an unusual companion, since purpose of teaching Evolutionary Lois Duffy WWWLOISDUFFYCOM s LOISDUFFY LIVECOM sion stores that sell things like monkeys are considered to be Biology was both totally apropos ©DE soap, soft drinks, cellphone acces- pests in India. and totally absurd. Apropos be- DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B13 destiny of being married away by her parents no later than her mid-20s, regardless of any other hopes she might have for herself. Under the very best circum- +RZ3LJV)O\ stances she will be matched to a husband who treats her kindly, even if she might not have selected him as a mate if given a say in the matter. Under the worst circumstances, if she suffers domestic abuse, she is E\-DQH\.DW] usually trapped in that situation for the rest of her life, since North India frowns sternly upon divorce, )RU6DOHGXULQJ2FWREHU and divorced women are considered to be “broken,” useless, and largely doomed to a lonely future of eco- nomic hardship and being shunned. For a North Indian woman, even her own birth may have been a disappointment to her family, as sons are greatly preferred over daughters, even to :HHNHQGDW the point of inspiring female-specific abortions and infanticide. I lived only a few miles from the village WKH*DOOHULHV with the most alarming gender asymmetry in all of India at about 540 females per 1,000 males, an im- 2FWREHU balance that is no accident, but is created by the elimination of female fetuses and children. Ironi- cally, a woman’s mother-in-law often participates in the demanding expectation that she will bear only Weekend at the Galleries Kick-Off Wine & Beer Tasting sons, and not daughters. After all, due to the now il- “When Pigs Fly” - Friday, October 7, 5-8 pm legal but still widely practiced tradition of the dowry, “Red Sardarji”: A Punjabi man of the Sikh religion every son represents an eventual financial gain to Seedboat Center for the Arts - Tickets $12 tends to a decorated camel in Chandigarh. the family when he takes a wife, and every daugh- ter represents a financial liability whose dowry must 614 n. bullard cause where else in the world could Darwin’s ob- someday be paid. The enormous gender imbalance servations of superfecundity, natural selection and that has developed in North India also contributes ©DE silver city, nm the struggle for existence be more apparent in the to elevated rates of sexual harassment and rape. The human species? And absurd because 21st century very same villages that eliminated female children Indians don’t want to learn about evolution; they are reaching a demographic crisis where they start want to learn about social infrastructure, resource scratching their heads and wondering: Who are we management, family planning and law enforcement. going to marry all our sons to? There aren’t enough And yet, all of those more mundane and immediate girls here to go around! needs are related to evolutionary biology, as well. It is possible that some of the things I am describ- So while I spoke and lectured daily about Darwin, ing—the sights, the sounds, the social condition of biodiversity, evolutionary family trees and genome women—are partly skewed or incomplete, as they databases, I also dropped frequent hints (in context) represent a foreign observer’s take on the experience about human overpopulation, conservation biology, of living in India. Much of what I learned, however, bioprospecting for medicinal plants and the dangers came directly out of conversations with Indian profes- of continuing to enforce India’s firm traditional patri- sors, students and friends, both females and males. archy at the expense of the well-being of the women. While I am primarily a biologist, I also have a degree On one hand, these things are none of my busi- in anthropology, and know that one of the principles ness; on the other hand, as an earthling and a female, central to modern social science is an awareness that they are. The Fulbright program, which sends Ameri- outside observers can never accu- can researchers and academics to over 150 countries rately comprehend or document worldwide (and also brings foreign scholars to the the subtle things that occur in a US), is not “ideological colonialism” nor does it strive culture that isn’t theirs. I believe to mold other cultures to fit Western ideals. Rather, in this principle. As a biologist, the Fulbright program emerged in the 1940s from however, I also know that there is the nifty idea that connecting well-educated scholars something unsustainable and ter- from every academic minal about ex- discipline might be a ponential popu- more effective way of lation growth; attaining international about unregu- understanding (and lated depletion peace) than through of natural re- political treaties, the sources; about military and trade “gendercide”; agreements alone. and about When I first started women partici- working in India, I was pating fully in delighted to find that the same cycle almost 70% of gradu- of oppression ate students in the bio- that harms logical sciences were them. female. I thought: Here It will be was a healthy, pro- fascinating to gressive society that watch as India cultivates scientific re- becomes the search opportunities in most populous the largest democracy nation on Earth in the world (which in- within another cidentally has a female 5 to 10 years. As president, as well). a nuclear pow- But when I eventually “Ladies of Garhwal”: Three friends in the er, global leader learned that a lot of my Himalayan district of Garhwal, with a basket in technology female students had of feed for their goats. and medicine, no true career aspira- the world’s tions and were chasing fourth largest degrees only to make them more marketable for ar- economy, and the world’s largest ranged marriage, a very different picture began to democracy, it is reasonable to pre- emerge. dict that India will be one of the Certainly women around the globe experience op- most powerful nations on Earth pression in some form or another, and certainly the within our lifetimes—if it isn’t so circumstances of women in North India are not rep- already. I’m just not sure how they resentative of the entire nation, or experienced by all can succeed without curbing their to the same degree. But for the most part, the life of population growth, or without a North Indian woman goes something like this: She meaningful participation by the fe- spends her childhood awaiting the socially mandated males of the species. k B14 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com Arts Exposure Arts Scene The latest area art happenings. Silver City & Grant County ime flies when you’re hav- Ting fun—and enjoying art. This year’s Mimbres Re- gion Arts Council’s Weekend at the Galleries, Oct. 7-9, marks the 15th such arts-filled Colum- bus Day weekend in Silver City. Events begin with a kick-off re- ception and special art sale at the Seedboat Center for the Arts on Friday, Oct. 7. This year, the art sale is themed “When Pigs Fly.” Says MRAC director Faye Mc- Calmont, “We expect that the pieces may be realistic, fun or just plain fanciful.” All sale items are the work of The 15th annual Weekend at the Galleries will fea- local artists and will be priced at $200 or less for ture works by Silver City artists including Janey Katz the evening. Proceeds benefit MRAC programs. (left) and Jean-Robert Be’ffort (right). The kick-off reception will include a wine and beer tasting and appetizers from 5-8 p.m. Tickets are $12 org, where you can also download a Weekend at the and are limited due to space. (Attendees must be Galleries brochure. at least 21 years of age.) Tickets can be purchased online at the MRAC website or by stopping by or inny Wolf Studio and Gallery plans two calling the office. Gspecial events this month. During Weekend at Free Gallery Art Walks will be held Saturday the Galleries, on Oct. 8, a reception from 4-8 from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. will feature local potter Kate Brown and Kings- p.m. On Saturday evening, galleries will host Eve- ton silversmith William Lindenau. Then on Oct. 29, a ning at the Galleries, a gala event of opening re- Dios de los Muertos celebration will feature pottery ceptions. Enjoy meandering the streets of historic sculptor Dominique Gonzalez and the creation of a downtown Silver City while searching for the per- community altar, 3-6 p.m. 108 W. Yankie St., 313-5709, fect piece of art. www.ginnywolf.com. For more information, call the Mimbres Region Copper Quail Gallery will open a new show, Arts Council at 538-2505 or visit www.mimbresarts. “Southwest Sway,” during Weekend at the Galleries, Robert Yee Photojournalist . Filmmaker . Editor 737 Indian Hollow Rd Las Cruces, New Mexico 88011 Phone (575) 521-1258 www.robertyeeproductions.com [email protected] Yankie/Texas ART DISTRICT Molly Ramolla Artesanos Gallery at the crossroads of Yankie & Texas Streets Gallery & Framing 303 & 307 N. Texas 211B N. Texas in Historic Downtown Silver City 538-5538 or 654-0334 519-0804 www.ramollaart.com Lois Duffy Art Tundar Gallery The Copper Quail Seedboat Gallery 211C N. Texas 110 W. Yankie 211A N. Texas 214 W. Yankie 313-9631 597-0011 388-2646 534-1136 Vicki’s Eatery Yankie Creek Yankie Street 315 N. Texas Coffee House Wild West Weaving Artists 388-5430 112 W. Yankie 103 W. Yankie Breakfast M-Sat 7-10:30 534-9025 211D N. TEXAS s s SUN s Lunch M-Sat 11-3 M-S Sun 7a to 4p 519-0615 AT A TO P s www.wildwestweaving.com ©DE DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B15 ?PMV1LZMIUI\VQOP\QIU_MIZQVOIXQVS\]\]°LIVKQVO[KPWWT Our Cover &RQVHUYDWRU\RI¬'DQFH 2020 Cottage San Road Artist Silver City, NM 88061 hris Alvarez has been interested in art since 575- 538-5865 or 534-4324 Che was a young boy growing up in his a[ OQOOTQVOQ[OWWL hometown of Silver City. He learned to draw by watching an older cousin copy pictures out New students welcome! of a magazine. When he grew older, he took some bad advice given with good intention and Pre-School , Ballet, tried to find something “to fall back on” in case art didn’t work out. He spent a lot of energy, he Pointe, Tap, Jazz, says, looking for that safety net with some suc- Hip-Hop, cess. He experimented, trying his hand at differ- Modern, Salsa, ent endeavors such as bartending, working with Adult at-risk youth, and working as an ophthalmic assis- “Stretching Cat” by Kelley S. Hestir, featured artist at tant. In 1988 he even enlisted in the US Army. The StudioSpace in Silver City. Programs “Although I found all these experiences valu- able and rewarding, art was always there call- and more ing,” he says. In 1997 Alvarez decided to commit She was the concept artist, sculptor and site design- to becoming a professional artist. He signed up er of the Bataan Death March Memorial at Veterans Silver City, NM 88061 PMU][QKQ_IV\\WNTaTQSM The Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery will fea- October 7-9 ture local artists Roxana Quinnell and Kurt Van Wag- ner this month, with an artists’ reception Oct. 16, 1:30-3:30 p.m. 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933, www.mesillavalleyfineart.com. Sierra County Arts Scene he Monte Cristo Gift Shop & Gallery in Chlo- ride will celebrate its fifth birthday with a bash on At The Galleries 15th Annual Weekend T We carry the finest in art supplies as well as art for the discriminating collector Saturday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Located in the old Monte Cristo Saloon & Dance Hall built in 1880 to serve 4-A*)16/)44; 2&YPPEVH the thirsty miners of Chloride, the gallery is now home 7MPZIV'MX]21 “Between Daylight and Dark” by Linda Gendall, part of the Denim Show at Main Street Gallery in ARTS SCENE ARTS Las Cruces. continued on next page [[[0I]FE-RKEPPW%687GSQ ©DE B16 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com ARTS SCENE continued poetry. Food will be provided by the chefs at the soon- to-open Chloride Bank Café. Chloride is 40 miles from to the works of some 30 artists and a stop on the New Truth or Consequences. From I-25 take exit 83 or 89 to Mexico Fiber Arts Trail. Works include photography, Hwy. 181, then take Hwy. 52 west to Winston. At Win- painting, quilting, counted cross-stitch, stamping, jew- ston take the first left past the General Store, stay on Weekend at the Galleries elry, woodwork, metalwork and more. Locally grown the paved road two miles to Chloride. 743-0493, mon- Special guest artist, Juanita Coriz and produced food items are also available. [email protected]. k from Santo Domingo Pueblo Displaying artists will be on hand to meet patrons. demonstrating traditional hand cut beads Sue Hawkins, painting and batik, will be demonstrat- and mosaic onlay work. All phone numbers are area code 575 except as ing her techniques. Area authors Tom Diamond, Patsy Join us for music, refreshments and meet the noted. Send gallery news to artists. Classical guitar for our enjoyment, King and John Middagh will be signing their works, [email protected]. Saturday, Oct. 8, 3 - (6 or) 7pm and Homer Bryant will perform his original cowboy FINE ART & FURNITURE Native American jewelry, pottery & folk art Arts Exposure Art glass, textiles & rugs, “Spanish Primitive,” contemporary & antique furniture ©DE s 305 & 307 N. Bullard, Silver City Gallery Guide Silver City Barbara Jorgen Nance. mental Center), 522-5552. Mon.-Fri. 9 ANN SIMONSEN STUDIO-GALLERY, STUDIO BEHIND THE MOUNTAIN, 23 a.m.-5 p.m. 104 W. Yankie St., 654-5727. Wagon Wheel Lane, 388-3277. By ap- CRUZ NOPAL, 1175 W. Picacho, ART + CONVERSATION, 614 N. Bul- pointment. www.jimpalmerbronze.com. 635-7899. Thurs.-Sat.10 a.m.-6 p.m. or lard, 388-3350. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 THE STUDIOSPACE, 109 N. Bullard St., by appointment. ouida@ouidatouchon. p.m., Sundays 12 a.m.-6 p.m. Gallery 534-9291. www.jessgorell.com. com, www.ouidatouchon.com. and gathering space. www.artandcon- SUSAN SZAJER STUDIO, Sanctuary CUTTER GALLERY, 2640 El Pas- versation.com. Road, 313-7197 By appointment. eo,541-0658. Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., ARTESANOS, 211-B N. Texas St., TATIANA MARIA GALLERY, 305 & 307 Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 519-0804. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., N. Bullard St., 388-4426. New Mexico GRIGGS & REYMOND, 504 W. Griggs Sun. 12-6 p.m. landscape oils by Dan Boldman and Ave., 524-8450, Tue.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 [A]SP.“A”©E, 110 W. 7th St., 538- Maria Brion. Fine art glass panels by p.m. 3333, [email protected]. Steve and PJ Robowski. Mimbres gourd JUSTUS WRIGHT GALERIA, 266 W. AZURITE GALLERY, 110 W. Broadway, vessels and masks by Pierre Nichols. Court Ave., 526-6101, jud@delval- 538-9048, Wed.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Gallery designed furniture. leprintinglc.com. www.azuritegallery.com. TOP HAT ART, 115 N. Bayard. J.T. MACRORIE STUDIO, 639 S. San BLUE DOME GALLERY, 60 Bear Moun- TUNDAR GALLERY & STUDIO, 110 Pedro, 524-1006. tain Ranch Road (Bear Mountain Lodge, Yankie, 597-0011. LAS CRUCES MUSEUM OF ART, 491 N. 2251 Cottage San Road), 534-8671. 21 LATIGO TRAIL, 388-4557. Works Main St., 541-2137. Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.- Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 11 by Barbara Harrison and others. 4:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. a.m.-3 p.m. www.bluedomegallery.com. TWO SPIRIT GALLERY, 313 N. Bullard, LUNDEEN INN OF THE ARTS, 618 S. CLAYFUL HANDS, 622 N. California, Suite B, 534-4563. Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-4 Alameda Blvd., 526-3326. Daily 8 534-0180. By appointment. Phoebe p.m. a.m.-6 p.m. Lawrence. WILD WEST WEAVING, 211-D N. MAIN STREET GALLERY, 311 N. CLAYMOON STUDIO, 13 Jade Dr., Texas, 313-1032, www.hosanaeilert. Downtown Mall, 647-0508. Tues.-Fri. 313-6959. Marcia Smith. By appoint- com. Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri.- 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ment. Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. MESQUITE ART GALLERY, 340 N. COMMON THREAD, 107 W. Broad- YANKIE ST. ARTIST STUDIOS, 103 W. Mesquite St., 640-3502. Thurs.-Sat. 11 way, 538-5733. Mon., Thurs, Fri. and Yankie St., 313-1032. By appointment. a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Retail and gallery ZOE’S GALLERY, 305 N. Cooper St., M. PHILLIP’S FINE ART GALLERY, 221 space for fiber arts. www.fiberartscollec- 538-8983. By appointment. N. Main St., 525-1367. MVS STUDIOS tive.org. Tyrone , 535 N. Main, Stull COPPER QUAIL GALLERY , 211-A Texas MOONSTRUCK ART STUDIO, 501 Bldg., 635-5015, www.mvsstudios.com. ?AIVSQM;\ NEW MEXICO ART St., corner of Yankie and Texas, 388- Covellite Dr., 956-5346, 654-5316. By , 121 Wyatt Dr., ;QT^MZ+Q\a65 2646. Tue.-Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Fine appointment. Suite 1, 525-8292/649-4876. Weds. arts and crafts. SUN DAWG STUDIO, 501 Malachite 1-6 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. COW TRAIL ART STUDIO NMSU ART GALLERY ! , 119 Cow Ave., 388-3551. By appointment. , Williams Hall, ___OQVVa_WTNKWU Trail in Arenas Valley. Mon., Thurs.-Sat., University Ave. east of Solano, 646- 12-3 p.m. www.victoriachick.com. Pinos Altos 2545. Tues.-Sun. HEARST CHURCH GALLERY, Gold St., CREATIONS & ADORNMENTS, 108 N. NOPALITO’S GALERIA, 326 S. Mes- Bullard, 534-4269. Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 538-9761/538-8216. Open mid-May quite. Fri.-Sun., 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. p.m. Work by Diane Reid. to mid-Sept. Fri., Sat., Sun. and holi- TIERRA MONTANA GALLERY, 535 days, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. OZMI\M^MV\[ DRAGONFLY STUDIO, 508 W 6th St., N. Main St., 635-2891. Tues.-Sat., 11 Weekend at the Galleries Dios De Los Muertos 388-8646. By appointment. Mimbres a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, October 8 ~ Celebration FENESTRA’S PANES IN THE GLASS, 102 CHAMOMILE CONNECTION 3918 TOMBAUGH GALLERY, Unitarian W. Kelly St., 534-2087. By appointment. HIGHWAY 35N, 536-9845. Lynnae Mc- Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano, Reception 4:00 til 8:00 Join us in creating a FRANCIS MCCRAY GALLERY, 1000 Conaha. By appointment. 522-7281. Weds.-Fri. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or Featured artists: community altar. College Ave., WNMU, 538-6517. KATE BROWN POTTERY AND TILE, HC by appointment. Local potter, Saturday, October 29 ~ GINNY WOLF STUDIO & GALLERY, 15 Box 1335, San Lorenzo, 536-9935, UNSETTLED GALLERY & STUDIO, 905 108 W. Yankie St., 313-5709, www. [email protected], www.katebro- N. Mesquite, 635-2285. Kate Brown and Reception 3:00 til 6:00 ginnywolf.com. wnpottery.com. By appointment. VIRGINIA MARIA ROMERO STUDIO, Kingston Silversmith, Featured: Pottery Sculptor, HOWELL DESIGN & GALLERY, 200 W. REESE-BENTON ARTS, 3811 Hwy. 35, 4636 Maxim Court, 644-0214. By William Lindenau Dominique Gonzalez Market St., 388.2993. www.anthony- 536-9487. By appointment. appointment. [email protected] , www.virginiamariaromero.com. For more information call Ginny at 313-5709 howell.com. JEFF KUHNS POTTERY, 3029 Pinos Bayard La Mesa Altos Road, 534-9389. By appointment. T. A LI STUDIO, 421 E. Elm St., 537- LA MESA STATION GALLERY, 16205 S. KAREN CARR STUDIO , 117 W Market 3470. By appointment. Hwy. 28, 233-3037. Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 St., 388-4505. By appointment. p.m., Sun. 1-4 pm. LEYBA & INGALLS ARTS, 315 N. Hurley JW ART GALLERY Bullard St., 388-5725. Mon.-Sat. 10 , Old Hurley Store, Columbus ART ON THE WESTERN EDGE a.m.-6 p.m. Contemporary art ranging 99 Cortez Ave., 537-0300. Weds.-Fri. 9 , at from realism to abstraction in a variety a.m.-5 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Windwalker Guest Ranch B&B, Hwy. 11 of media featuring artists Crystal Fore- www.jwartgallery.com. north, mile marker 7, 640-4747. man Brown, Romaine Begay, Christana Deming Brown, Susan Brinkley, Gordee Headlee, Mesilla ART SPACE GALLERY, 601 S. Silver, ELKIN STUDIO Diana Ingalls Leyba, Dayna Griego, , Oñate Plaza, 635- 546-0673. Mon., Fri. 12-6 p.m., Sat. Constance Knuppel, Mary Alice Murphy, 2025, www.elkinjewelers.com. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., [email protected]. GALERI AZUL Phillip Parotti, Betsey Resnick, Teri Matel- , Old Mesilla Plaza, DEMING ARTS CENTER, 100 S. Gold son, Joe Theiman, Zoe Wolfe, Melanie 523-8783. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., St., 546-3663. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 Zipin. www.LeybaIngallsARTS.com, Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. p.m. GALERIA ON THE PLAZA [email protected]. , 2310 Calle KING’S KORNER, 103 E. Ash, 546- LOIS DUFFY, 211C N. Texas, 534- de Principal, 526-9771. Daily 10 am.-6 4441. 0822. Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The p.m. GOLD STREET GALLERY, 112-116 S. GALERÍA TEPÍN studio and gallery of Lois Duffy presents , 2220 Calle de Gold St., 546-8200. a unique and thought-provoking view of Parian, 523-3988. Thurs.-Sun., 11 ROOM WITH A VIEW, 108 E. Pine St., the world through the eyes of an artist. a.m.-5 p.m. 546-5777. MESILLA VALLEY FINE ARTS GALLERY Imaginative portraits, surreal places and , 2470 Calle de Guadalupe, 522-2933. Rodeo realistic scenes of life. Original paint- CHIRICAHUA GALLERY Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sun. 12- , 5 Pine St., ings, cards and prints. www.loisduffy. 557-2225. com, [email protected]. 5:30 p.m. PRESTON CONTEMPORARY ART CEN- MIMBRES REGION ARTS COUNCIL Hillsboro TER BARBARA MASSENGILL GALLERY, GALLERY, Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 1201 , 1755 Avenida de Mercado, 523- N. Pope St. www.mimbresarts.org. 8713, www.prestoncontemporaryart. 894-9511/895-3377, Fri.-Sun. 10:30 MOLLY RAMOLLA GALLERY & FRAM- com. Tues.-Sat. 12-5 p.m. a.m.-4:30 p.m. ROKOKO PERCHA CREEK TRADERS, 895-5116, ING, 307 N. Texas, 538-5538. www. , 1785 Avenida de Mer- ramollaart.com. cado, 405-8877. Weds.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. OL’ WEST GALLERY & MERCANTILE, Las Cruces Chloride 104 W. Broadway, 388-1811/313- ALEGRE GALLERY, 920 N Alameda MONTE CRISTO, Wall St., 743-0190. 2595. Daily 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Blvd., 523-0685. Daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. k SEEDBOAT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 214 BLUE GATE GALLERY, 311 Old W. Yankie St., 534-1136. Mon.-Sat. 10 Downtown Mall, 523-2950. Tue.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. [email protected]. a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-noon. SILVER SPIRIT GALLERY, 215 W. CHARLES INC., 1885 W Boutz Rd, SUBMIT GALLERY INFORMATION TO— Broadway, 388-2079. 523-1888, Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Desert Exposure, PO Box 191, Silver STONEWALKER STUDIO, 105 Country COTTONWOOD GALLERY, 275 N. City, NM 88062, fax 534-4134, email Road, 534-0530. By appointment. Downtown Mall (Southwest Environ- [email protected]. DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B17 40 Days & 40 Nights October2011 What’s Going on in October Mondays Wednesdays 2SHQ0LF1LJKW#SP SaloonSpaghetti Plus a look ahead into early November. :HGWK $PRV7RUUHV )ULWK .HYLQ3DNXOLV³7XFVRQ )ULGD\2FWREHU 63(&,$/ 6DWWK %i[WDOR%HQJZ$OPD=D]] 3(5)250$1&(%< OCTOBER comedy unlike any western you may temporary Art History. 10 a.m. NMSU :HGWK :DOO\/DZGHU have seen, this is an entertaining big- Library, 646-4707, lib.nmsu.edu. SATURDAY )ULWK 6DWWK%RE(LQZHFN³7XFVRQ budget musical based on the Broadway Silver City/Grant County :HG WK 3HWHU 0LFKHOH 114TH ANNUAL PINOS ALTOS FI- play by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick TUESDAY ESTA—Family fun and games, live music, Loewe. Two unlikely prospector partners Silver City/Grant County 63(&,$/3(5)250$1&(%< FREE FLU SHOT CLINICS great food, and plenty of vendors in cel- (Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood) share the 4 —Ages 4 )ULVW /H&KDW/XQDWLTXH*\SV\-D]]³$%4 ebration and support of our community same wife (Jean Seberg) in a California and up. First-come, first served. Hidalgo 6DWQG :DGH/DVKOH\³)ODJVWDII /H&KDW spirit. Step back in history to when the gold rush mining town. CineMatinee. Medical Services. 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. $4, $1 MVFS members. Foun- 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Mimbres Valley Clinic, :HGWK *RUGHH+HDGOHH /XQDWLTXH west was wild and enjoy music, dancing, *\SV\-D]] a bit of history of historic Pinos Altos and tain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 2743 B Hwy 35 N. )ULWK 5HLQ*DUFLD³'HPLQJ GILA FARMERS’ MARKET other entertainment. 10 a.m. 574-8394. 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. —3:30-6:30 6DW WK 6LOYHU&LW\6WULQJ%HDQV IURP$OEXTXHUTXH PANCHO VILLA’S RAID ON COLUM- BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS—Please p.m. 414 Hwy 211 in Gila, 525-2729. BUS HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS IN have all animals under restraint. 10 a.m. —Join John Read, park ranger at EXFNKRUQVDORRQDQGRSHUDKRXVHFRPRU SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. Pancho Villa State Park, and learn about —Mark Winne. CLIFF-GILA COUNTY FAIR—Through the history of the Mexican Revolution 4-6 p.m. Cobre Fine Arts Center, 1300 Oct. 2. Cliff Fairgrounds, 388-1558 from 1910-1920 leading to a discussion Tom Foy Blvd. FREE FLU SHOT CLINICS—Ages 4 and about some of the possible motivations Las Cruces/Mesilla up. First-come, first served. 10 a.m-2 behind Pancho Villa’s raid on Columbus AGGIES VOLLEYBALL VS. UNIVERSITY p.m. Hidalgo Medical Services, Med on March 9, 1916. 10 a.m. $5 per ve- OF NEW MEXICO—7 p.m. Pan Am Cen- Square parking lot, 114 W. 11th St. hicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, ter, 646-1420, panam.nmsu.edu. GILA MONSTER CHALLENGE FUN 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398. TRAP, NEUTER AND RETURN AND PLANT A WILDFLOWER GARDEN RIDE—A bicycle racing experience open — WINTER FERAL CAT CARE—Feral cat care to everyone. There will be 32, 52, 72 Learn to select the seed, prepare the soil, with Joe Miele. 6-7:30 p.m. Mountain and 106-mile courses. 590-2612. and sow the seed for an exciting spring View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. GRACELAND AND LONESTAR—Through display of wildflowers. 2 p.m. $7.50, Oct. 2. Two one-act plays, Graceland Free to members. Enchanted Gardens, WEDNESDAY by Ellen Byron and Lonestar by James 270 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-1886, Silver City/Grant County McClure. 7:30 p.m. $10. WNMU Fine [email protected], nmenchantedgar- 5AMOS TORRES—Buckhorn Saloon, Arts Center Theatre. dens.com. Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloon- SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO STATE RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PRO- andoperahouse.com. FAIR AND RODEO GRAM—Community potluck open house. —Through Oct. 2. 8 BAYARD FARMERS’ MARKET—3-6 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Senior Center, 205 W. a.m.-midnight. Southern New Mexico p.m. Lion’s Club, 808 Tom Foy Blvd., Victoria St., 388-2523 ext 13. State Fairgrounds, 12 miles west of Las 313-6883. SILVER CITY FARMERS’ MARKET—8:30 Cruces, I-10 west, exit 127 or 132, 524- LUNCH AND LEARN—Liz Mikols a.m.- 12 p.m. Mainstreet Plaza, North Bull- 8602, snmstatefair.com. speaks about the Harvey Girls. 12 p.m. THE 39 STEPS ard between 7th and 8th, 388-2343, www. —Through Oct 2. Mix Free. WNMU Global Resource Center. silvercityfarmersmarket.blogspot.com. Hitchcock’s film with a juicy spy novel, will-learning.com WNMU VOLLEYBALL VS. COLORADO add a dash of Monty Python and you Las Cruces/Mesilla MESA UNIVERSITY have a whodunit for anyone who loves —7 p.m. www.wnmu- BALANCED LIVING BOOKCLUB— 7:30- mustangs.com. the magic of theatre. Two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winner. 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Mountain View Market, 1300 Las Cruces/Mesilla $10, $9 students and seniors. Black Box El Paseo, 523-0436. AGGIES VOLLEYBALL VS. UTAH Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523- STATE —7 p.m. Pan Am Center, 646- 1223, www.no-strings.org. THURSDAY 1420, panam.nmsu.edu. THE NAMES OF LOVE—Through Silver City/Grant County BECOMING A BIRDER SERIES MIMBRES VALLEY FARMERS’ MAR- —Park Oct. 6. A young, extroverted left-wing 6 KET ranger will lead a guided tour along activist who sleeps with her political —4:30-6:30 p.m. Mimbres Valley the park trails and point out common opponents to convert them to her cause Roundup Lodge, 94 Aklin Hill Rd, birds found in the park this time of is successful until she meets her match. 536-3335. year. Please bring binoculars, water, Directed by Michel Leclerc. Starring Sara Las Cruces/Mesilla sunscreen, and wear close-toed shoes. Forestier, Jacques Gamblin and Zinedine THE GREAT CONVERSATION—Randy 8:15 a.m. $5 per vehicle. Mesilla Valley Soualem. Subtitles. Nightly 7:30 p.m., Harris. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Mountain Bosque State Park, 5000 Calle de Norte, Sun. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. 523-4398. $5 seniors and students, free for MVFS PSYCHIC READINGS AND ENERGETIC BORDER BOOK FESTIVAL DANCE — members. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Calle HEALINGS—Dawn Cheney. 12-2 p.m. Fundraiser. Frontera Bugalu performs. 7 de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesillaval- Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, p.m. $7. Palacio’s Bar, 523-3988. leyfilm.org. 523-0436. CLASSICS ONE GALA ALL-ORCHESTRA DEMING FUSILIERS—High Desert KEVIN PAKULIS—High Desert Brew- CONCERT —Also Oct. 2. The Las Cruces Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. ing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. Symphony Orchestra will perform Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, Lordsburg ,;=0EOI6SFIVXW FREE FLU SHOT CLINICS FRIDAY Zoltan Kodaly’s Variations on a Hungar- —Ages 4 and up. First-come, first served. Hidalgo Med- Silver City/Grant County Offering German Specialties ian Folksong: “The Peacock,” Charles WEEKEND AT THE GALLERIES— Ives’ Variations on “America,” and ical Services. 10 a.m-2 p.m. Lordsburg 7 and a full menu clinic parking lot, 530 E. De Moss St. Through Oct. 9. Kickoff reception and Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1, Op. art sale, “When Pigs Fly.” All sale items 9. 7:30 p.m. $35-$45. NMSU Atkinson White Sands are the work of local artists and will be 7IISYVQIRYEX TRINITY SITE OPEN HOUSE Hall, 1075 N. Horseshoe, 646-2421. —The Trin- priced at $200 or less for the evening. [[[WTMVMXGER]SRGSQ CULTURAL BAZAAR —The courtyard ity site is the location of the first atomic Proceeds benefit MRAC programs. The will be alive with more than a dozen cul- bomb explosion. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. $10 kick-off reception will include a wine and tures. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Branigan Cultural motorcycles, $25 per car, $100 per bus. beer tasting and appetizers from 5-8 White Sands Missile Range, Stallion Center, 501 N. Main St., 541-2154, p.m. Tickets are $12 and are limited due 3TIR7EXYVHE] EQTQ www.las-cruces.org/museums. Gate off Hwy 380, 678-1134, wsmr. to space. (Attendees must be at least 21 LA SEMILLA FOOD SUMMIT —Keynote army.mil. years of age.) Tickets can be purchased +VSYTWF]VIWIVZEXMSREXSXLIVXMQIW addresses from Las Cruces City Coun- online at the MRAC website or by stop- ,%2(-'%44)(%'')77-&0) SUNDAY () cilor Olga Pedroza and W.K. Kellogg ping by or calling the office. Seedboat Foundation Program Officer Ricardo Silver City/Grant County Center for the Arts. 538-2505, www. GRACELAND AND LONESTAR Salvador. Labor, food access and racial 2 —See mimbresarts.org. Oct. 1. 7:30 p.m. $10. WNMU Fine equity in our food system. $10, under FIRST FRIDAY DOWNTOWN—Street 18 free. Court Youth Center/Alma Arts Center Theatre. dance on the Courthouse lawn and free CLIFF-GILA GRANT COUNTY FAIR d’Arte High School, 402 W. Court Ave., — family activities to kick off Weekend lasemillafoodsummit.com. Cliff Fairgrounds, 388-1558. at the Galleries. Family activities and MAP DOWSING AND DOWSING FOR Las Cruces/Mesilla storytelling in the Silver City Museum Bed & Breakfast ENERGIES —Learn to use maps to remotely CLASSICS ONE GALA ALL-ORCHESTRA courtyard. 5-8 p.m. dowse for water, treasures, buried items, CONCERT—See Oct. 1. 3 p.m. $35- RIVER GIRL—Staged play reading. etc. Dowse for noxious (geopathic) 45.. NMSU Atkinson Hall, 1075 North 7 p.m. Silver City Museum Annex. 538- energies and learn to resolve problems Horseshoe, 646-2421. 5921, www.silvercitymuseum.org. associated with those energies. As a pre- MESILLA JAZZ HAPPENING—Live jazz KEVIN PAKULIS—Buckhorn Saloon, requisite, participants must have already on the plaza. Free. Old Mesilla Plaza, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloon- completed the Basic Dowsing Course or 524-3262 ext 117, www.oldmesilla.org. andoperahouse.com. Relax, Restore equivalent. 1-3 p.m. $15, $12. Farm & MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE—See & Explore Las Cruces/Mesilla ©DE Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Drip- Oct. 1. 11 a.m.-7 pm. 3855 W. Picacho AUTUMN IN NEW MEXICO—Art ping Springs Road, 522-4100, www. Ave., 526-1919, mesillavalleymaze. the Gila National Forest .,1*67211(:0(;,&2 nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. exhibit by members of the Ten O’Clock com. Club. 5-7 p.m. La Iguana Restaurant, ZZZEODFNUDQJHORGJHFRP MESILLA JAZZ HAPPENING—Through MISS JULIE —See Oct. 1. Through 138 Main St. Oct. 2. Live jazz on the plaza. Free. Oct. 9. 2 p.m. NMSU Hershel Zohn COWBOYS FOR CANCER DANCE—6:30 Old Mesilla Plaza, 524-3262 ext. 117, Theatre, 3014 McFie Circle, 646-4515, www.oldmesilla.org. p.m. Las Cruces Convention Center, Broad Mind Media presents theatre.nmsu.edu. 680 W. University Ave., 644-4367, MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE— SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR cowboysforcancerresearch.org. Through Oct. 2. Take a hayride out to AND RODEO —8 a.m.- 6 p.m. Southern DOWNTOWN RAMBLE the pumpkin patch to look for the perfect —Do the Main New Mexico State Fairgrounds, 12 miles Street Downtown Ramble through galler- Jack-o-lantern, and then discover the west of Las Cruces, I-10 west, exit 127 many twists and turns cut into a corn ies, shops, businesses and restaurants. or 132, 524-8602, snmstatefair.com. Enjoy art openings, exhibits, music, with Gwyn & Lori field. 11 a.m.-7 pm. 3855 W. Picacho THE 39 STEPS —See Oct. 1. 2:30 entertainment, open mic opportunities, Ave., 526-1919, mesillavalleymaze.com. p.m. $10, $9 students and seniors. Black 7am daily on CATS ch. 17, 7 pm nightly on CATS ch. 18 M JULIE shopping, refreshments and more. 5-7 ISS —Through Oct. 9. A Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, mistress of a country manor struggles p.m. Free. Downtown Mall, 523-2950. 7 am daily & 7 pm nightly on KOOT-TV ch. 8 523-1223, www.no-strings.org. INDIGO MEETS THE OTHER COLOR against the restlessness of her social — station and her burgeoning passions. MONDAY Exhibit through Nov. 1. Art on denim. Now on Koot Radio 88.1 FM, 7am-9am, 6 Days a Week By August Strindberg. 7:30 p.m. NMSU Las Cruces/Mesilla Artists reception. 5-7 p.m. Main Street Local & National interviews and events Hershel Zohn Theatre, 3014 McFie 3BANNED BOOKS WEEK: CENSOR- Gallery, 311 N. Main St., 647-0508. SHIP Circle, 646-4515, theatre.nmsu.edu. —Dr. Stephanie Taylor, NMSU EVENTS continued on next page www.themorningshowlive.com PAINT YOUR WAGON—A bawdy assistant professor of Modern and Con- B18 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com EVENTS continued Oct. 22. Our fine-feather friends, birds, Me Entertain You: Meet Lottie, Bessie All Showings are the subject of this class. How do they and Millie” by Liz Mikols. 11 a.m. $10, fly? What keeps them gliding in the air? includes lunch. Glad Tidings Church, Saturdays @ 1:30 pm MISS JULIE—See Oct. 1. Through Meet a Green Cheeked Conure Parrot 538-9344. 'MRI1EXMRII at the Fountain Theatre Oct. 9. 7:30 p.m. NMSU Hershel Zohn and his handler. Ages 4 and up. Craft 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla Theatre, 3014 McFie Circle, 646-4515, Las Cruces/Mesilla time. Registration required. 11 a.m.-12 Admission is $4, or $1 for MV Film Society members. theatre.nmsu.edu. BANNED BOOKS WEEK—NMSU Latin p.m. Free. Museum of Natural History, OCOTILLO DREAMS—Border Book American & Border Studies Librarian 522-3120, museums.las-cruces.org. Festival. Melinda Palacio. Book reading Molly Molloy. 10 a.m. NMSU Library, October Shows HOW TO SELECT AND PLANT A and signing. 5-9 p.m. Cultural Center 646-4707, lib.nmsu.edu. TREE—2 p.m. $7.50, free to members. Oct 1 Paint Your Wagon (1969, 158 minutes, rated PG-13) de Mesilla. Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Special note….there will be an intermission, OUTDOOR FILM SERIES—Outdoor Rec- TUESDAY Mesilla, 524-1886, gardens@zianet. reation on Campus. 180 Degrees South. Silver City/Grant County AND a sing-a-long! com, nmenchantedgardens.com. 7 p.m. Free. NMSU Intramural Fields. A FOOD SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE— INNER LANDSCAPES EXHIBIT—Art- 11 Oct 8 Cross Creek (1983, 125 minutes, rated PG) THE HEDGEHOG—Through Oct. 13. Also Oct. 13. Learn how our community ists’ reception. June Decker and Greg Paloma has decided to kill herself on can transform its food production model Oct 15 Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Decker. 4-6 p.m. Unsettled Gallery, 905 her 12th birthday. She questions and to one that is wholesome, regenerative N. Mesquite St., 635-2285. Time (2011, 75 min., not rated, partially filmed in NM) documents her life and immediate circle, and sustainable such as Joel Salatin’s LETTERS TO SANTA—Santa picks up drawing hilarious observations on the PolyFace Farm. Presented by J.J. Dabbs, Oct 22 The Concert (2009, 119 minutes, rated PG-13, in French letters children have dropped off since world around her. As her appointment a small family farmer in Gila with a BS in the end of September. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Russian w/ English subtitles) with death approaches, Paloma meets Agronomy and Environmental Science. Railroad Museum, 351 N. Mesilla St., some kindred spirits in her building’s Noon-1 p.m. Free. Silver City Food Co- Oct 29 El Sicario- Room 164 (2011, 90 minutes, not rated... 647-4480. grumpy concierge and an enigmatic, op, Community Room, 388-2343. US Premiere!) LOS LEONES CAR SHOW—Through elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire FALL BREAK CRAFT CLASSES—Through For more information call s WWWMESILLAVALLEYFILMORG Oct. 9. Cars of all types. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Paloma to question her rather pessimistic Oct. 14. Tissue-paper marigolds. 10 Free. Old Mesilla Plaza, 524-3262 ext. outlook on life. In French/Japanese with a.m.-noon. Silver City Museum, 312 W. 116, www.oldmesilla.org. subtitles. Nightly 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2:30 Broadway, 538-5921, www.silvercity- MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE— and 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, $5 seniors museum.org. Through Oct. 9. 11 a.m.-7 pm. 3855 and students, MVFS members. Fountain GILA FARMERS’ MARKET—3:30-6:30 W. Picacho Ave., 526-1919, mesillaval- Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, p.m. 414 Hwy 211 in Gila, 525-2729. 7+<7*-:.145; leymaze.com. 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. HISTORIC MINING DISTRICT TOURS— Oct 1- 6 The Names of Love (Directed by MISS JULIE WHOLE ENCHILADA SOFTBALL INVITA- —See Oct. 1. Through Learn about the underground min- Michel Leclerc. Subtitles). Oct. 9. 7:30 p.m. NMSU Hershel Zohn TIONAL.—Through Oct. 9. Largest adult ing history near Bayard. No walking Theatre, 3014 McFie Circle, 646-4515, Oct. 7-13 The Hedgehog (In French/Japanese slow pitch softball event in the nation. required. Bus tour. 10 a.m. Bayard City theatre.nmsu.edu. with subtitles.) This event has produced over 250 men’s Hall, 537-3327. OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT—Activi- Oct. 14-20 Anita (In Spanish/Hebrew/Cantonese, and women’s teams for the past 15 TEA PARTY PATRIOTS MEETING—6 ties for all ages including scale models of with subtitles. Free for MVFS members.) years. Sanctioned by USSSA. 1-9 p.m. p.m. Red Barn Family Steak House, 708 the moon/Earth, lunar phases, moon ob- Free. Harty, Paz and Maag Softball Silver Heights Blvd., 388-3848. Oct. 21-27 Life, Above All (In Sotho with subtitles.) servation journals and a short presenta- Complexes off Haldey Ave. and Solano Oct. 28-Nov 3 Nostalgia for the Light (In Spanish tion of lunar features you may see. 7:30 Las Cruces/Mesilla Dr., 647-3034, usssa.com. THE GREAT CONVERSATION with subtitles.) p.m. Tombaugh Observatory, NMSU —Randy Campus, 522-3120. Harris. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Mountain Ó{ÈÊ >iÊ`iÊÕ>`>Õ«i]Ê iÃ>ÊUÊÜÜÜ°iÃ>Û>iÞv°À}ÊUÊ xÇx®ÊxÓ{nÓnÇ SATURDAY - ÜÃÊ} ÌÞÊ>ÌÊÇ\ÎäÊ-Õ`>ÞÊ >ÌiiÊ>ÌÊÓ\Îä° PUMPKIN FESTIVAL—Through Oct. 9. View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. / iÊÕÌ>Ê/ i>ÌÀipvi>ÌÕÀ}ÊÌ iÊLiÃÌÊ`i«i`iÌ]ÊvÀi}Ê>`Ê>ÌiÀ>ÌÛiÊ Yom Kippur Two days celebrating America’s favorite White Sands vÃÊÊÌ iÊ-ÕÌ ÜiÃÌ°ÊiÊvÊÌ iÊ iÃ>Ê6>iÞÊÊ-ViÌÞÊÃViÊ£nt ©DE Silver City/Grant County gourd, the pumpkin. 11 a.m.-7 pm. $7- FULL MOON HIKES—Hike the 8WEEKEND AT THE GALLERIES— $9. 3855 W. Picacho Ave., 526-1919, moonlit dunes with a ranger. Reservation Through Oct. 9. Free Gallery Art Walks newmexicopumpkinfestival.com required. 6:30 p.m. $3. White Sands 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 WHOLE ENCHILADA SOFTBALL INVITA- National Monument, 679-2599 ext. 230, a.m.-4 p.m. On Saturday evening, gal- TIONAL—See Oct. 7. Through Oct. 9. 1-9 479-6124 ext. 236, www.nps.gov/whsa. leries will host Evening at the Galleries, p.m. Free. Harty, Paz and Maag Softball a gala event of opening receptions. See Complexes off of Haldey Ave. and WEDNESDAY highlights in Arts Exposure section. Mim- Solano Dr., 647-3034, usssa.com. Silver City/Grant County bres Region Arts Council, 538-2505, FATIGO—High Desert Brewing, 1201 12BAYARD FARMERS’ MARKET—3-6 www.mimbresarts.org. W. Hadley, 525-6752. p.m. Lion’s Club, 808 Tom Foy Blvd., BAXTALO BENG WITH ALMAZAZZ — Deming 313-6883. Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538- LUNCH AND LEARN HI LO SILVERS—Women’s choral —Vicki Johnson 9911, buckhornsaloonandoperahouse. group will include songs of stage, Broad- and Don Johnson, First Born Home Visi- com. way and film, Western, folk songs and tation Program in Santa Avelina, Gua- FORT BAYARD TOUR—Walking tours standards. 2 p.m. $10. Historic Morgan temala. 12 p.m. Free. WNMU Global last about two hours and are free. 9:30 Hall, 109 E. Pine St. Resource Center. will-learning.com. a.m. $4. Fort Bayard National Historic FALL BREAK CRAFT CLASSES OCTOBERFEST—5 p.m. Rio Mimbres —Through Landmark, 536-3161. Country Club, 2500 E. Pine. Oct. 14. Sugar-skull decorating. 10 FREE FLU SHOT CLINIC—Ages 4 and ST. CLAIR WINE FESTIVAL—Through a.m.-noon. Silver City Museum, 312 W. up. First-come, first served. Hidalgo Oct. 9. Benefit for breast cancer aware- Broadway, 538-5921, www.silvercity- Medical Services. 10 a.m-2 p.m. Cop- ness. 5-7 p.m. St. Clair Winery, 1325 museum.org. per Medical Clinic parking lot, 3185 N. WALLY LAWDER De Baca Road SE, 546-1179, www. —Buckhorn Saloon, Leslie Road. stclairwinery.com. Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloon- FREE FLU SHOT CLINIC—Ages 4 and andoperahouse.com. Columbus up. First-come, first served. Hidalgo Las Cruces/Mesilla Medical Services. 10 a.m-2 p.m. Cobre COLUMBUS FESTIVAL—Parade, games, AGGIES VOLLEYBALL VS. HAWAII—7 High School parking lot, 1300 Tom Foy street dance. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Columbus p.m. Pan Am Center, 646-1420, panam. Blvd., Bayard. Plaza Park, 494-0009. nmsu.edu. FREE FLU SHOT CLINIC—Ages 4 and BALANCED LIVING BOOKCLUB—Sid- up. First-come, first served. Hidalgo SUNDAY deeq Shabazz. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Medical Services. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Cliff/ Silver City/Grant County Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, Gila Clinic, 415 Hwy 211, Cliff. WEEKEND AT THE GALLERIES—Free 9 523-0436. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE— Gallery Art Walks from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Market St. Bookstore. Mimbres Region Arts Council, 538- White Sands SILVER CITY FARMERS’ MARKET—8:30 2505, www.mimbresarts.org. THE ROOTS OF COWBOY CULTURE— a.m.- 12 p.m. Mainstreet Plaza, North Las Cruces/Mesilla Join Rudy Avila and Alex Mares with Bullard between 7th and 8th, 388-2343, AGGIES SOCCER VS. NEVADA—NMSU Furs-N-Spurs Farm & Fun around a www.silvercityfarmersmarket.blogspot. Campus East of Pan American Center, campfire for a walk through time that com. 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com. discusses the origins of cowboy culture. WNMU MUSTANGS FOOTBALL VS. COWBOYS FOR CANCER TEAM ROP- With coffee brewing and biscuits cook- WESTERN STATE COLLEGE OF COLORADO — ING—See Oct. 8. 9 a.m. Sproul Arena, ing in traditional Dutch ovens, Rudy and Homecoming. 1 p.m. www.wnmumus- 7405 Harvey Farm Road, 526-2887, Alex will provide a overview of Native tangs.com. cowboysforcancerresearch.org. American pre-history and their contribu- Las Cruces/Mesilla LOS LEONES CAR SHOW—See Oct. 8. tions to modern cowboy culture. 7 p.m. ARTIST DESIGNED RECYCLED FURNI- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Old Mesilla Plaza, $3. White Sands National Monument, 679-2599 ext. 230, 479-6124 ext. 236, TURE SALE—Mix and mingle, browse 524-3262 ext 116, www.oldmesilla.org. www.nps.gov/whsa. and shop for cool, lovingly rehabbed MARIACHI SUNDAYS—4-6 p.m. Free. furniture and room decor. Also featuring Mesilla Plaza, 524-3262, lascrucesma- THURSDAY custom woodwork by master craftsman riachi.org. Silver City/Grant County MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE Thomas Koehler. Wine and music. 5-8 —11 13A FOOD SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE— p.m. Free. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 a.m.-7 pm. 3855 W. Picacho Ave., 526- See Oct. 11. Noon-1 p.m. Free. Silver N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403, www. 1919, mesillavalleymaze.com. City Food Co-op, Community Room, MISS JULIE riograndetheatre.com. —See Oct. 1. 2 p.m. 388-2343. BIRDING TOUR—Join a park volunteer NMSU Hershel Zohn Theatre, 3014 Mc- FALL BREAK CRAFT CLASSES—Through and learn the birds that are found in Fie Circle, 646-4515, theatre.nmsu.edu. Oct. 14. Papel picado. 10 a.m.-noon. PUMPKIN FESTIVAL Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. Please —See Oct. 8. 11 Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway, bring binoculars, water, sunscreen, and a.m.-7 pm. $7-$9. 3855 W. Picacho 538-5921, www.silvercitymuseum.org. 4BUt5IF%FNJOH'VTJMJFST wear close-toed shoes. 8:15 a.m. $5 Ave., 526-1919, newmexicopumpkin- GRANT COUNTY ROLLING STONES per vehicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State festival.com GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY MONTHLY WHOLE ENCHILADA SOFTBALL INVI- 5IVt,FWJO1BLVMJT 5VDTPO Park, 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398. MEETING—Speaker Ross Arrington on 4BUt'BUJHP #JTCFF "; COWBOYS FOR CANCER TEAM ROP- TATIONAL—See Oct. 7. 1-9 p.m. Free. Paper Treasurers mining memorabilia, ING—Through Oct. 9. Fun-filled celebra- Harty, Paz and Maag Softball Com- plus Larry Crotts of Dragonfly Enter- 5IVt#PC&JOXFDL 5VDTPO tion of team roping. Teams come from plexes off Haldey Ave. and Solano Dr., prises. Potluck beforehand; bring a dish across the country to compete for cash. 647-3034, usssa.com. to share and your own utensils, plates, 4BUt"MNB;B[[ Two full days of roping. 9 a.m. Sproul Deming beverage and glasses. 6 p.m. Senior 5IVt#PSJT.D$VUDIFPO5IF4BMU-JDLT Arena, 7405 Harvey Farm Road, 526- ARTS COUNCIL RECEPTION AND EX- Center, Victoria St., 534-1393, rolling- 2887, cowboysforcancerresearch.org. HIBIT—Barbara Harrison and Jim Ward. stonesgms.blogspot.com. CROSSCREEK 0KP4BSDP /. —Mary Steenburgen 1-3 p.m. Deming Arts Center, 100 S. MIMBRES VALLEY FARMERS’ MAR- stars in this adaptation of Marjorie Gold, 546-3663. KET—4:30-6:30 p.m. Mimbres Valley 4BUt#BZPV4FDP 4JMWFS$JUZ Kinnan Rawlings’ classic novel about ST. CLAIR WINE FESTIVAL—5-7 p.m. Roundup Lodge, 94 Aklin Hill Rd, 5IVt%ZMBO$IBSMFT #JTCFF "; her experiences living in rural Florida St. Clair Winery, 1325 De Baca Road 536-3335. during the 1920s and 1930s. Also stars SE, 546-1179, www.stclairwinery.com. VINO AND VINYASA—60 minutes of 4BUt%BO-BNCFSU &M1BTP Alfre Woodard and Rip Torn, whose TERRITORIAL BAND—2 p.m. Pit Park, yoga and a glass of wine. 6:30 p.m. performance won him an Oscar for Best 546-2382. $10. La Esperanza Vineyard and Win- Supporting Actor. CineMatinee. 1:30 ery, 206-940-1502. MONDAY p.m. $4, $1 MVFS members. Fountain Las Cruces/Mesilla Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, Columbus Day BREAST CANCER AWARENESS—Preven- 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. Silver City/Grant County tion, Screening, Aftercare and Herbal FUR N FEATHERS—Saturdays through WIDOWED PERSONS SERVICE 10 —“Let Support with Genevieve Mitchell, Wendy DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B19 Museum of Natural History, 522-3120, museums.las-cruces.org. Visit Historic Downtown Silver City FUR N FEATHERS—Saturdays through 'ALLERIES s 2ETAIL 'IFT 3HOPS s ,ODGING s 2ESTAURANTS #OFFEE s (ISTORIC !RCHITECTURE Oct. 22. This class concentrates on that lay eggs, marsupials, and plant-eating or herbivorous mammals. Ages 4 and up. Craft time. Registration required. 11 a.m.- 12 p.m. Free. Museum of Natural History, 522-3120, museums.las-cruces.org. GLASS MOSAIC WORKSHOP—Prereg- istration required. 10 a.m. $8 includes materials. Nopalito’s Galeria, 326 S. Mes- quite, 524-0003, nopalitosgaleria.com. GREEN FIRE: ALDO LEOPOLD AND A LAND ETHIC FOR OUR TIME—This 2011 Photo courtesy of Tyrah Hannibal Photo courtesy of Tyrah documentary, partially filmed in New Mexico, explores conservationist Aldo Leopold’s personal journey and reveals how his idea of a land ethic resonates today with people across the entire American landscape, from inner cities to the remotest wild lands. The film uses “The 39 Steps” at the Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces. photographs, correspondence, manu- Saturday, October 22 at 7pm scripts and other archival documents from Weir and Ruth Romo. 5:30-7:30 p.m. No cars are allowed in the monument the voluminous Aldo Leopold Archives as Candles in the Window Free. Mountain View Market, 1300 El during this event. Reservations required. well as historical film and contemporary Paseo, 523-0436. 8 p.m. $2.50-$5. White Sands National full-color footage on location, including THE NEW DEAL IS STILL A GOOD Monument, 679-2599 ext. 230, 479- landscapes that influenced Leopold and A drama by Kathleen Ann Thompson about DEAL—Kathryn Flynn, executive director 6124 ext. 236, www.nps.gov/whsa. that he in turn influenced. CineMatinee. of the National New Deal Preserva- 1:30 p.m. $4, $1 MVFS members. Foun- German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who tion Association in Santa Fe. Between SATURDAY tain Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 1933-43, folks got paid by the federal Silver City/Grant County 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. took part in an assassination plot against Hitler government to use their knowledge, skills 15BOB EINWECK—Buckhorn Saloon, JACK WARD INVITATIONAL CHORAL and who died in a Nazi concentration camp. and experience. Who were they? What Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloon- FESTIVAL—See Oct. 14. 7:30 p.m. $5- did they do and where? 7 p.m. $2. Farm andoperahouse.com. $15. NMSU Atkinson Hall, 1075 North Tickets $10 at Curious Kumquat or call 575-590-4406. & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Drip- HIGH DESERT HUMANE SOCIETY YARD Horseshoe, 646-2421. ping Springs Road, 522-4100, www. SALE—See Oct. 14. High Desert Humane MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE— Book Your Event Now! (for 10-180 people) nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. Society, Cougar Way, 538-9261. Through Oct. 16. 11 a.m.-7 pm. Mesilla BOB EINWECK—High Desert Brewing, COWBELLES ANNUAL DENIM AND Valley Corn Maze, 3855 W. Picacho -ON &RI AM PM s s SILCOTHEATERCOM 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. PEARLS—Dance and auction. Brisket din- Ave., 526-1919, mesillavalleymaze.com. Ad paid by Town of Silver City Lodger’s Tax ©DE ner. Proceeds help fund beef education THE CARE AND EVALUATION OF OUT FRIDAY and promotion, a scholarship given to OF PRINT BOOK WORKSHOP—Book Silver City/Grant County local agricultural students, El Refugio, dealer John Randall. Learn how to take 14FALL BREAK CRAFT CLASSES— 4-H programs, others. 6 p.m. $20 care of and evaluate your first edition Matchbox altars. 10 a.m.-noon. Silver advance, $25 at door. Flame Convention and out of print books. Participants are City Museum, 312 W. Broadway, 538- Center, 574-2629. asked to bring in their books for evalua- Company coming? 5921, www.silvercitymuseum.org. FLAMENCO ENSEMBLE—Chris Burton tion. $35. Cultural Center de Mesilla. BOB EINWECK—Buckhorn Saloon, Jacome. Acoustic flamenco with a vocal- THE ECOLOGY OF THE BURROWING Need a Spare Guestroom? Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloon- ist, three flamenco dancers, a bassist OWL—A peek at a captive breeding Ease the crowding at home, andoperahouse.com. and a percussionist. Grant County Com- reintroduction program. Join Lois Balin, HIGH DESERT HUMANE SOCIETY YARD munity Concert Association. 7:30 p.m. urban wildlife biologist with Texas Parks we have the extra room you need. SALE—Also Oct. 15. Annual yard sale $20, $45 for season. WNMU Fine Arts and Wildlife. 11 a.m. $5 per vehicle. > Each room has a private bath. of books, housewares, knick-knacks, Center Theatre. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, 5000 Delicious homemade breakfast served daily. FREE FLU SHOT CLINICS Calle de Norte, 523-4398. > furniture, appliances, tools and more. —Ages 4 and Easy walk to restaurants, shops and galleries. High Desert Humane Society, Cougar up. First-come, first served. Hidalgo TOSS NO MAS FALL CLEANUP—Keep > Relax on our sunny veranda or in our garden. Way, 538-9261. Medical Services. 10 a.m-2 p.m. Ani- Las Cruces Beautiful program is dedicat- > 411 W. Broadway FIDDLING FRIENDS—With Bayou Seco. mas Valley Clinic, elementary parking ed to keeping the city beautiful through Located in Historic Downtown Silver City 12:15-1 p.m. Yada Yada Yarn. lot, Animas. litter and weed control, graffiti eradica- Silver City, NM 88061 HI LO SILVERS—Directed by Valdeen GRANT COUNTY ROLLING STONES tion and prevention activities, community 575-388-5485 www.InnonBroadwayweb.com Wooton and accompanied by Virginia GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY FIELD recycling efforts, and neighborhood and Robertson on piano and Bill Baldwin TRIP—For details see rollingstonesgms. community-wide beautification projects. on bass viol, the chorus will sing old blogspot.com 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Dream Center, 1600 6th favorites and songs from stage and film. HEALTH SCREENING—PSA and total St., 528-4723. 7 p.m. Free. First Presbyterian Church, cholesterol testing. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. ALMA ZAZZ—High Desert Brewing, 1915 N Swan St. GRMC Laboratory, 1313 E. 32nd St. 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. TAIZE SERVICE—Taize-style worship 388-1198, ext. 10. consists of sung prayer, alternating LEARN TO NEEDLE FELT—Prairie Small. SUNDAY with spoken scripture readings, spoken Learn the basics of needle felting and Silver City/Grant County prayer and silence. The service is non- create a lovely standing wool doll. 1-5 16HI LO SILVERS—Directed by denominational, free to the public and p.m. $44, $39 SWFAC members. The Valdeen Wooton and accompanied by all are welcome. 5:30 p.m. Free. Church Common Thread, 107 W. Broadway, Virginia Robertson on piano and Bill of the Good Shepherd, Texas & 7th St. 538-5733, www.fiberartscollective.org. Baldwin on bass viol, the chorus will SILVER CITY FARMERS’ MARKET Las Cruces/Mesilla —8:30 sing old favorites and songs from stage and film. 3 p.m. Free. First Presbyterian A THOUSAND CLOWNS—Through a.m.- 12 p.m. Mainstreet Plaza, North Church, 1915 N Swan St. Oct. 30. Unconventional Murray, uncle Bullard between 7th and 8th, 388-2343, THE TREE—After the sudden death and custodian of precocious nephew www.silvercityfarmersmarket.blogspot. of her father, eight-year-old Simone Nick, is tired of writing cheap comedy com. SOBERFEST 2011 shares a secret with her mother Dawn. gags for a children’s television show. —All-day commu- She’s convinced her father speaks to her Murray finds himself unemployed with nity festival centered around celebrat- through the leaves of her favorite tree plenty of free time in which to solve ing life drug- and alcohol-free. Many and he’s come back to protect them. problems. By Herb Gardner, directed booths, games, food, live entertainment But the new bond between mother and by Marcus Vickers. 8 p.m. $5-$10. and keynote speakers. 9 a.m. Gough daughter is threatened when Dawn starts Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 Park, 574-4031. a relationship with George, the plumber, N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www. Las Cruces/Mesilla called in to remove the tree’s trouble- lcctnm.org. A THOUSAND CLOWNS —See Oct. some roots. 4 p.m. $8, WNMU student AGGIES SOCCER VS. IDAHO—NMSU 14. Through Oct. 30. 8 p.m. $5-$10. and staff free with valid ID. WNMU- Campus East of Pan American Center, Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 Silver City International Film Society, 646-1420, www.nmstatesports.com. N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www. Real West Cinema II, 11585 Hwy. 180 ALMA D’ARTE STUDIO ART SHOW— lcctnm.org. E, 538-5659, www.silverfilm.org. Exhibit through Oct. 28. Artists’ recep- AGGIES FOOTBALL VS. IDAHO—Tough tion. The Tombaugh Gallery presents Enough To Wear Pink Game. Wear Las Cruces/Mesilla MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE work by the Advanced Placement (AP) your pink in support of breast cancer —11 studio art program from Alma d’arte research. 6 p.m. $13-$30. NMSU a.m.-7 pm. Mesilla Valley Corn Maze, Charter High School 6-8 p.m. Tombaugh Aggies Memorial Stadium, 646-1420, 3855 W. Picacho Ave., 526-1919, Gallery, Unitarian Universalist Church, 532-2060, nmstatesports.com. mesillavalleymaze.com. A THOUSAND CLOWNS 2000 S. Solona, 522-7281. AGGIES VOLLEYBALL VS. SAN JOSE —See Oct. ANITA —Through Oct. 20. Anita is a STATE—2 p.m. Pan Am Center, 646- 14. Through Oct. 30. 2 p.m. $5-$10. young woman with Down syndrome who 1420, panam.nmsu.edu. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 lives in Buenos Aires, cared for by her AUTUMN NATURE STROLL—Join the N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www. mother Dora. Everything changes when Asombro Institute for Science Education lcctnm.org. CRUISIN’ FOR CRITTERS CHAR- Anita is left alone, confused and help- and a special desert expert guest. 9 a.m. Lessen Your RUN less after the nearby Argentine Israelite Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, 56501 ITY —Benefiting six local animal- Mutual Association is bombed. As Anita N. Jornada Rd., 524-3334, asombro.org. advocacy groups: Safe Haven Animal wanders through the city, she learns not BIRDING WITH A BIOLOGIST—Join Sanctuary, Action Programs for Animals, Carbon Footprint only to care for herself, but touches the urban wildlife biologist Lois Balin and SNAP, Great Dane Rescue, AWARE and lives of those around her. In Spanish/He- learn about the birds of Mesilla Valley the Humane Society of Southern New brew/Cantonese, with subtitles. Nightly Bosque State Park. Balin works for the Mexico. Riders will visit up to 10 area Buy a Used Book! 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. $7 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department businesses and organizations. Door regular, $5 seniors and students, Free and is an avid birder. Please bring prizes, silent auction items and entertain- for MVFS members. Fountain Theatre, binoculars, water, sunscreen, and wear ment will be featured at the after-party at 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, close-toed shoes. 8:15 a.m. $5 per ve- the Blue Moon Bar in Radium Springs. 10 mesillavalleyfilm.org. hicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, a.m. $10, includes lunch. Barnett’s Harley J WARD INVITATIONAL CHORAL ACK 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398. Davidson, 2600 Lakeside Dr., 527-4544, COAS Books, Inc.: My Bookstore FESTIVAL —Through Oct. 15. NMSU CO-OP ROCKS FOOD FOR THOUGHT— actionprogramsforanimals.com. K CRAFTS Choirs puts on a choral show, star- A celebration of food, art and music. IDS —Parents are required 317 N. Main 1101 S. Solano ring opera singer Kirstin Chavez and 5-11 p.m. Free. Mikey’s Place, 3100 to attend with kids. Snacks provided. on the Downtown Mall the choirs. 7:30 p.m. $5-$15. NMSU Harrelson St, 650-3496, www.mikey- 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Free. Mountain View Atkinson Hall, 1075 N. Horseshoe, splacenm.com. Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. Parking lots 4&6 575-647-4472 MARIACHI SUNDAYS 646-2421. EARTH SCIENCE WEEK CELEBRATION— —4-6 p.m. Free. Las Cruces White Sands Special activities including making your Old Mesilla Plaza, 524-3262 ext. 116, 575-524-8471 www.oldmesilla.org. FULL MOON BIKE RIDE—Take a lei- own toothpaste from scratch, exploring Las Cruces www.coasbooks.com surely bike ride through the monument. relative dating and fossils. 1-4 p.m. EVENTS continued on next page B20 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com EVENTS continued celebration, visit many vendors of fine arts and crafts and much more. 4 p.m. As for Jácome, he’s won the John Lennon ROXANA QUINNELL AND KURT VAN Free. St. Andrew’s Parish, 518 N. Alam- International Songwriting Contest for Best World eda Ave., 526-6333, saitandrewslc.org. WAGNER—Artists reception. 1:30-3:30 A THOUSAND CLOWNS—See Oct. Song, scored the Emmy-winning PBS TV special p.m. Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 14. Through Oct. 30. 8 p.m. $5-$10. THE TO “Flamenco,” played for the TV shows “Kylexy” 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, 522- Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 LIST 2933, www.mesillavalleyfineart.com. and “Greek,” been the featured soloist in the N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www. DO Scaring up some fun. Deming lcctnm.org. film 9/tenths and had two of his original songs 83RD ANNUAL KLOBASE & BBQ— EMPTY BOWLS—The Potters’ Guild appear in the Cannes Film Festival Fipreski Prize- 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Deming Courthouse of Las Cruces makes over 1,000 bowls winning film Park, 700 S. Silver, 546-9783. ever fear! There are plenty of events to keep yearly for its annual “Empty Bowls” Boris McCutcheon Amreeka. event. Patrons enjoy soup from local res- Nyou occupied in October until Halloween MONDAY taurants and keep a hand-crafted bowl. shows its scary face at month’s end. Start with the Then on Oct. Las Cruces / Mesilla 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $15-$18. St. Paul’s last round of traditional autumn festivals, includ- 21, the Mim- 17BANNED BOOKS WEEK—El Paso Methodist Church, 225 W. Griggs Ave., poet Bobby Byrd, the owner of Cinco 525-3831, potterslc.com, caldito.com. ing the 14th Annual Pinos Altos Fiesta on Oct. 1. bres Region Puntos Press. 10 a.m. NMSU Library, HARD 2 SPEL DAD—Through Oct. The festival is a benefit for the Pinos Altos Volun- Arts Council’s 646-4707, lib.nmsu.edu. 23. Pamela and Zac navigate their way teer Fire Department, and offers a chance to stroll Folk Series WINTER WELLNESS—Learn how to through the challenges and struggles combat common cold-weather ail- of growing up with dyslexia. By Linda around this historic mountain mining town. launches a ments through herbal and homeopathic Daugherty and Mary Rohde Scudday. After stocking up on festival food, you can new season at remedies. 6-7 p.m. Free. Mountain View 7:30 p.m. NMSU Hershel Zohn Theatre, feed your head on Oct. 4 with a talk by Mark the Buckhorn Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. 3014 McFie Circle, 646-4515, theatre. nmsu.edu. Winne on “Healthy Local Food Systems in South- Opera House TUESDAY LIFE, ABOVE ALL—Through Oct. 27. west New Mexico,” at the Cobre Fine Arts Center in Pinos Altos Silver City/Grant County A grave and quietly moving story about in Bayard. From 1979 to 2003, Winne was the with Boris Mc- 18GILA FARMERS’ MARKET— 3:30- a South African girl of extraordinary 6:30 p.m. 414 Hwy. 211 in Gila, character. As the weight of the world executive director of the Hartford Food System, a Cutcheon. 525-2729. bears down on her slender frame, she private non-profit agency that works on food and Although born Las Cruces/Mesilla becomes the movie’s moral compass and hunger issues. From 2002 until 2004, he was a on Massachu- DOÑA ANA CAMERA CLUB —Good its authentic wonder: the child who is setts farmland, places to take pictures is the topic. forced to be an adult yet remains child- Food and Society Policy Fellow, a position sup- Visitors and members are encouraged like enough to feel real. In Sotho with ported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and he McCutcheon has found his place in the mountains to bring their own photos to the meet- subtitles. Nightly 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2:30 was a Visiting Scholar at John Hopkins University of New Mexico, in the foothills of the Sangre ings for display and discussion. 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, $5 seniors de Cristos. When McCutcheon was 19, he met Southwest Environmental Center, 275 N. and students, MVFS members. Fountain School of Public Health for the 2010-11 aca- Downtown Mall, 532-1919, dacamera- Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, demic year. Now based in Santa Fe, Winne has Ralph Rinzler, musician, ethnomusicologist, archi- club.org. 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. written for the Hartford Courant, Boston Globe, vist and founder of Folkways Records and Smith- THE GREAT CONVERSATION—Randy Deming The Nation, In These Times, Sierra Magazine and sonian Folklife, who took him under his wing for Harris. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Mountain GUATEMALAN MERCADO—Through View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. Oct. 22. Beaded jewelry, clothing, Orion. He is the author of Closing the Food Gap: a brief period and schooled him in traditional INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR textiles. 1-5 p.m. Deming Arts Center, Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty and Food American folk roots music. McCutcheon’s first two PERSONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT— 100 S. Gold. Rebels, Guerilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin’ albums, “Mother Ditch” (2001) and “When We Conference through Oct. 20. Opening MAYA INDIANS—Van Kirk. A docu- luncheon event is to engage and inform mentary of the lifestyle and customs dis- Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Were Big” (2003), were self-released and helped members of the general public on com- played in word and pictures of Mayan Agriculture. launch his career internationally. His album mercial space industry. Allan Lockheed will culture. 6:30 p.m. Free. Historic Morgan Then on Oct. 23, New Yorker magazine staff “Cactusman vs. the Blue Demon” (2005), as well be the speaker. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $50. Farm Hall, 109 E. Pine St. & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Drip- NEW MEXICO CENTENNIAL ART writer Susan Orlean will read from her latest as “Bad Road, Good People” (2008), are on the ping Springs Road. 646-6414, ispcs.com. CONTEST—8 a.m. Deming Arts Center, book, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend at the Frogville label out of Santa Fe. THE PROGRESSION OF TOYS—Open 100 S. Gold. discussion of the progression and Fountain Theatre in Mesilla. Orlean’s talk and development of toys through the ages. SATURDAY reading will ctober also brings some opportunities to Glen Hales, a local toy, car and min- Silver City/Grant County be followed Mark Winne Olend a paw, er, hand to our four-legged eral enthusiast. 5:30 p.m. Museum of A GARDEN OF INTERNATIONAL 22 by a screen- friends. Oct. 14-15 is the annual High Desert Hu- Natural History, 522-3120, museums. DELIGHTS—Silver City Woman’s Club las-cruces.org. open house. At the club you will be able ing of the mane Society’s Yard Sale at the animal shelter in to order daffodil and tulip bulbs for fall restored Silver City. Lots of good finds—we’re still working WEDNESDAY planting and See’s Candy for Christmas. version of the up a sweat on the elliptical machine we bought Silver City/Grant County Also see an international offering of BAYARD FARMERS’ MARKET 19 —3-6 beautiful, jewelry, purses, bags and silent 1925 there for a song a few years ago—and of course p.m. Lion’s Club, 808 Tom Foy Blvd., textiles from women’s cooperatives in Rin Tin Tin all the proceeds benefit the Humane Society. 313-6883. Palomas and Guatemala. Silver City LUNCH AND LEARN adventure Over in Las Cruces on Oct. 16, the Cruisin’ for —Julian Lee. Women’s Club, 1715 Silver Heights Creatures of the Maya. 12 p.m. Free. Blvd., 313-1091. film, Clash of Critters Charity Run will benefit six local animal- WNMU Global Resource Center. will- BAYOU SECO—9:30-11:30 a.m. the Wolves. advocacy groups: Safe Haven Animal Sanctu- learning.com. Silver City Farmer’s Market. PETER & MICHELE (You may ary, Action Programs for Animals, SNAP, Great —Buckhorn Saloon, CANDLES IN THE WINDOW—A drama Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloon- about German theologian Dietrich know Orlean Dane Rescue, AWARE and the Humane Society andoperahouse.com. Bonhoeffer, who took part in an assas- of Southern New Mexico. Door prizes, silent PROGRESSIVE VOTERS ALLIANCE OF best from the sination plot against Hitler and who died GRANT COUNTY movie The auction items and entertainment will be featured —Inaugural meeting. in a Nazi concentration camp. 7 p.m. Non-partisan group designed to serve as $10. Silco Theater, 311 N. Bullard St., Orchid Thief, at an after-party at the Blue Moon Bar in Radium a clearinghouse, point of contact and car- 534-9005, www.silcotheater.com. based on Springs. rying agent for advocates of social and D . PHOBIA’S HOUSE OF HOR- R her nonfic- economic justice, political equality and RORS—Through Oct. 31. Fourth annual environmental stewardship issues. 7-8:30 haunted house. Mature audiences. $5 tion book of f your activism tends more toward the voting p.m. Silco Theater, 311 N. Bullard St., ($1 off with can of food for food pantry). the same name, in which she was portrayed by booth, Oct. 19 is the inaugural meeting of the 534-9005, www.silcotheater.com. I 7-10 p.m. The Wherehouse, south end Meryl Streep.) Progressive Voters Alliance of Grant County at Las Cruces/Mesilla of Texas St. BALANCED LIVING BOOKCLUB—Sid- FOLDED FABRIC FUN—Make small the Silco Theater. The new non-partisan group deeq Shabazz. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. bags, flowers and holiday ornaments by he month brings a cornucopia of music, too. is “designed to serve as a clearinghouse, point Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, folding fabric, with minimal sewing. 1-4 On Oct. 15, the Grant County Community of contact and carrying agent for advocates of 523-0436. p.m. $20, $10 SWFAC members. The T Common Thread, 107 W. Broadway, Concert Association kicks off its season with the social and economic justice, political equality and THURSDAY 538-5733, www.fiberartscollective.org. Chris Burton Jácome Flamenco Ensemble, at the environmental stewardship issues.” Silver City/Grant County FORT BAYARD TOUR —Walking tours WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. In addition to Also in Silver City, on Oct. 28 the Southwest- 20MIMBRES VALLEY FARMERS’ MAR- last about two hours and are free. 9:30 KET—4:30-6:30 p.m. Mimbres Valley a.m. $4. Fort Bayard National Historic the renowned guitarist, the ensemble includes ern Chapter of the ACLU of New Mexico brings its Roundup Lodge, 94 Aklin Hill Road, Landmark, 536-3161. three flamenco dancers—among them Jácome’s annual meeting to the Silver City Woman’s Club. 536-3335. SERENITY ACRES HORSE RESCUE OPEN In recognition of the National LGBT Month, the HOUSE wife, Lena, who was born and raised in Silver Las Cruces/Mesilla —Horseback ride, rock painting, activities will focus on Constitutional civil liberties COOKING WITH GREENS—6-7 p.m. face painting and roping. BBQ chicken, City. Her parents still reside in Silver City in the Free. Mountain View Market, 1300 El burgers, beverages and sweet treats. 10 same home in which Lena lived when she gradu- related specifically to the lesbian, gay, bisexual Paseo, 523-0436. a.m.-2 p.m. $1 per item and activity. ated from Silver High School. Also dancing will and transgender community. PSYCHIC READINGS AND ENERGETIC Serenity Acres, 590-4843. SILVER CITY FARMERS’ MARKET HEALINGS—Dawn Cheney. 12-2 p.m. —8:30 be Silver City resident Carolyn Holguin. Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, a.m.- 12 p.m. Mainstreet Plaza, North nd then of course there are spooky events 523-0436. Bullard between 7th and 8th, 388-2343, Aleading up to Halloween. Silver City’s fourth BORIS MCCUTCHEON & THE SALT www.silvercityfarmersmarket.blogspot. Chris Bur- annual haunted house this year takes the form LICKS—High Desert Brewing, 1201 W. com. WADE LASHLEY ton Jácome Hadley, 525-6752. —Buckhorn Saloon, of Dr. Phobia’s House of Horrors, again at the Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloon- Flamenco Wherehouse at the south end of Market Street. FRIDAY andoperahouse.com. Ensemble Definitely not kids’ stuff, this mature-audiences Silver City/Grant County WNMU MUSTANGS FOOTBALL VS. 21BORIS MCCUTCHEON—Mimbres CHADRON STATE COLLEGE—12 p.m. www. spookfest includes “terror and extreme gore.” Arts Council Folk Series. 7 p.m. $20, wnmumustangs.com. Dates are Oct. 21, 22, 28, 29, 30 and 31, and WNMU MUSTANGS VOLLEYBALL VS. $15 members. Buckhorn Opera House admission is just $5 (or get $1 off by bringing a in Pinos Altos. 538-2505, www.mimbre- ADAMS STATE COLLEGE—7 p.m. www. sarts.org. wnmumustangs.com. canned-good donation for the food pantry). DR. PHOBIA’S HOUSE OF HORRORS— Las Cruces/Mesilla The Buckhorn in Pinos Altos will be hosting a Through Oct. 31. Fourth annual haunted 3RD BIENNIAL CHRISTMAS FAIRE— gala Dia de los Muertos and Halloween party house. Mature audiences. 7-10 p.m. $5 See Oct. 21. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. St. ($1 off with can of food for food pantry). Andrew’s Parish, 518 N. Alameda Ave., on Oct. 29, featuring a costume contest and DJs The Wherehouse, south end of Texas St. 526-6333, saitandrewslc.org. Emtron and Dirtyverbs. LE CHAT LUNATIQUE —Buckhorn Sa- A THOUSAND CLOWNS—See Oct. In Las Cruces, the Farm & Ranch Heritage loon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhorn- 14. Through Oct. 30. 8 p.m. $5-10. saloonandoperahouse.com. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 Museum holds its annual Ghosts of the Past family Las Cruces/Mesilla N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www. event, Oct. 28-29. Tour indoors or out and en- 3RD BIENNIAL CHRISTMAS FAIRE— lcctnm.org. counter characters from New Mexico’s past. k Through Oct. 22. Come join the holiday BAYOU SECO—8-11 p.m. High Desert DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B21 Brewing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. or demonstrate their special craft advance. Rio Grande Theatre, 211 gone berserk. But the absurd vision of SilverCityMainStreet.com. BIRDING TOUR—Join a park volunteer projects. Guests are welcome. 1 p.m. N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403, www. Woolsey’s tale takes on a sudden urgency WNMU MUSTANGS VOLLEYBALL VS. and learn the birds that are found in Episcopal Church of the Good Shep- riograndetheatre.com. as the Cuban Missile Crisis places the real COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-PUEBLO—7 Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. Please herd, 534-4750. NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT—Through threat of atomic horror just 90 miles off the p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com. WNMU M VOLLEYBALL VS. bring binoculars, water, sunscreen, and USTANGS Nov. 3. A film about astronomers in coast. With the help of Gene and Woolsey’s Las Cruces/Mesilla GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY wear close-toed shoes. 8:15 a.m. $5 —5 p.m. the Atacama desert of Chile. But it’s not leading lady, Ruth (Cathy Moriarty), the DOWNTOWN RAMBLE—Do the Main per vehicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State www.wnmumustangs.com. just about people looking up in their master showman gives a premiere they’ll Street Downtown Ramble through gal- Park, 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398. Las Cruces/Mesilla search for the origins of everything. It’s never forget. CineMatinee. 1:30 p.m. $4, leries, shops, businesses and restau- FUR N FEATHERS —Study meat- SANTA FE GUITAR QUARTET—Benefit about people looking down and inward, $1 MVFS members. Fountain Theatre, rants. Enjoy art openings, exhibits, eating or carnivorous animals, such as for KRWG. 7 p.m. Tickets at KRWG too—archaeologists, political victims 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, music, entertainment, open mic op- lions and tigers are studied, as well as and Enchanted Gardens. Rio Grande and women who hunt for the bones mesillavalleyfilm.org. portunities, shopping, refreshments and W UNTIL DARK whales. We will also look at apes who Theatre. of loved ones disappeared by strong- AIT —See Oct. 29. more. 5-7 p.m. Free. Downtown Mall, dine primarily on fruit. As part of this HOMEOPATHY FOR COLDS AND FLUS— man Augusto Pinochet. In Spanish with Through Nov. 13. 8 p.m. $10, $9 523-2950. class, children will discuss the place of Naturopathic Doctor Genevieve Mitchell. subtitles. Nightly 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2:30 students and seniors over 65. Black Box NASA ART EXHIBIT—Opening of ex- people in the animal kingdom and will 6-7 p.m. Mountain View Market, 1300 and 7:30 p.m. $7 regular, $5 seniors Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523- hibit through Jan. 29. Historic triumphs also meet a handler of exotic cats. Ages El Paseo, 523-0436. and students, MVFS members. Fountain 1223, www.no-strings.org. and pioneering legacy are well known DAN LAMBERT 4 and up. Craft time. Registration re- Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, —High Desert Brewing, to millions, but the inspiring rocket quired. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Free. Museum WEDNESDAY 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. launches, moon landings and planetary WAIT UNTIL DARK of Natural History, 522-3120, museums. Silver City/Grant County —Through Nov. 13. Deming explorations also have had an impact on las-cruces.org. BAYARD FARMERS’ MARKET—3-6 This play is a thriller that moves quickly as STARS-N-PARKS—Jupiter low in the the imaginations of America’s leading 2 SPEL DAD 26 HARD —See Oct. 21. p.m. Lion’s Club, 808 Tom Foy Blvd., the suspense builds to a breath-stopping east by program end. Summer and fall artists. Free. Las Cruces Museum of Art, Through Oct. 23. 7:30 p.m. NMSU Her- 313-6883. final scene. By Frederick Knott and constellations featured. Sally Allen. 7:25 491 N. Main St., 541-2137, lascruces. shel Zohn Theatre, 3014 McFie Circle, GORDEE HEADLEE—Buckhorn Saloon, directed by Karen Caroe. 8 p.m. $10, $9 p.m. $5 per vehicle. Rockhound State org/museums. 646-4515, theatre.nmsu.edu. Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloon- students and seniors over 65. Black Box Park, astro-npo.org. WAIT UNTIL DARK—See Oct. 29. MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE — andoperahouse.com. Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523- Through Nov. 13. 8 p.m. $10, $9 Through Oct. 23. 11 a.m.-7 pm. Mesilla LUNCH AND LEARN—Cissy McAndrew 1223, www.no-strings.org. SUNDAY students and seniors over 65. Black Box Valley Corn Maze, 3855 W. Picacho on The Green Chamber of Commerce Silver City/Grant County Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523- Ave., 526-1919, mesillavalleymaze. and eco-tourism in the Gila. 12 p.m. SATURDAY 30DR. PHOBIA’S HOUSE OF HOR- 1223, www.no-strings.org. com. Free. WNMU Student Memorial Build- Silver City/Grant County RORS—Through Oct. 31. Fourth annual NEW WORKS BY STEPHEN HAN- ALL SOULS TRAIL RACE ing. will-learning.com. 29 —Rugged haunted house. Mature audiences. $5 SATURDAY SEN—Humorous paper maché artist. 10 5K race along San Vicente Creek, with a Las Cruces/Mesilla ($1 off with can of food for food pantry). Silver City/Grant County a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Cutter Gallery, 2640 longer seven-mile Boston Hill option for GUATEMALAN HOLIDAY MARKET AND BALANCED LIVING BOOKCLUB—Sid- 7-10 p.m. The Wherehouse, south end 5 El Paseo Rd, 541-0658. hardened souls. 9 a.m. $10. S. Bullard of Texas St. SALE—Affordable, authentic gift items THE CONCERT deeq Shabazz. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. —This film follows the & San Vicente, 388-4306. from Guatemalan artists. MRAC/Wells story of Andrei Filipov, a former conductor Mountain View Market, 1300 El Paseo, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS—Costume Las Cruces/Mesilla A THOUSAND CLOWNS Fargo Bank Gallery, 538-2505, www. of the prestigious Bolshoi Orchestra whose 523-0436. contest. Halloween extravaganza. DJs —Through Oct. 30. 2 p.m. $5-$10. Las Cruces mimbresarts.org. refusal to fire his Jewish musicians in the Emtron and Dirtyverbs. 9 p.m. $7. Buck- FIDDLING FRIENDS—With Bayou Seco. 1980s incurred the rage of the Party and THURSDAY horn Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, Community Theater, 313 N. Downtown Silver City/Grant County Mall, 523-1200, www.lcctnm.org. 12:15-1 p.m. Alotta Gelatto. saw him demoted to the status of a humble buckhornsaloonandoperahouse.com. WNMU MUSTANGS FOOTBALL VS. MIMBRES VALLEY FARMERS’ MAR- MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE DR. PHOBIA’S HOUSE OF HOR- —11 caretaker. After 30 years yearning to com- 27 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSI- KET plete the concerto he felt born to conduct— —4:30-6:30 p.m. Mimbres Valley RORS—Through Oct. 31. Fourth annual a.m.-7 pm. Mesilla Valley Corn Maze, Roundup Lodge, 94 Aklin Hill Road, 3855 W. Picacho Ave., 526-1919, TY—12 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com. a performance interrupted midway through haunted house. Mature audiences. $5 WNMU MUSTANGS VOLLEYBALL VS. 536-3335. mesillavalleymaze.com. by agents of the KGB—he intercepts a fax ($1 off with can of food for food pantry). WESTERN STATE COLLEGE OF COLORA- VINO AND VINYASA—60 minutes of CICLOVIA HEALTH EVENT—Bike riding, inviting the Bolshoi to play in Paris and sets 7-10 p.m. The Wherehouse, south end DO—7 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com. about reuniting his disgraced orchestra for yoga and a glass of wine. 6:30 p.m. of Texas St. walking, jogging, dancing, aerobics, one last concert. In French and Russian with $10. La Esperanza Vineyard and Win- MAKE A LAMP—Using your hand- gymnastics and more. Skates are wel- Las Cruces/Mesilla AGGIES VOLLEYBALL VS. NEVADA subtitles. CineMatinee. 1:30 p.m. $4, $1 ery, 206-940-1502. made paper we will be forming petals come. 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Free. Young Park, —7 MVFS members. Fountain Theatre, 2469 Las Cruces/Mesilla and creating flower lamps. 2-4 p.m. 1905 E. Nevada Ave. p.m. Pan Am Center, 646-1420, panam. CLASSICS TWO Calle de Guadalupe, 524-8287, mesil- CINDERELLA MUSICAL—Las Cruces $15, $5 SWFAC members plus $10 ma- —See Oct. 29. 3 p.m. nmsu.edu. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBIT lavalleyfilm.org. High School Performing Arts Depart- terials fee or $17 if you buy paper. The $35-$45. NMSU Atkinson Hall, 1075 —Exhib- VALLE DE VIDA—This one-day event ment. 7 p.m. $10. Oñate High School, Common Thread, 107 W. Broadway, N. Horseshoe, 646-2421. it through Nov. 26. Opening reception. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRA- includes special talks in the classroom 5700 Mesa Grande Dr., 522-1659, 538-5733, www.fiberartscollective.org. 6-9 p.m. Nopalito’s Galeria, 326 S. TION on restoration, medicinal plants of the lchstheaterbooster.org. SILVER CITY FARMERS’ MARKET—8:30 —See Oct. 29. 12-7 p.m. Free. Old Mesquite, 524-0003, nopalitosgaleria. Mesilla Valley, Prehistoric Trackways MUSICAL MUSINGS WITH THE MAE- a.m.- 12 p.m. Mainstreet Plaza, North Mesilla Plaza, 524-3262 ext 116, www. com. RENAISSANCE ARTSFAIRE National Monument, and discussions on STRO—Want the inside scoop on Strauss, Bullard between 7th and 8th, 388-2343, oldmesilla.org. —Through FAMILY ALTAR BUILDING birds and landscaping. Other activities the buzz about Barber, the dirt on www.silvercityfarmersmarket.blogspot. —Part of Nov. 6. Spend a weekend with kings include guided nature and bird hikes, Dvorak? Let Maestro Lonnie Klein whet com. Dia de los Muertos. Families invited to and queens. Live entertainment, food special children’s activities, and informa- your appetite over lunch. 12 p.m. $16. SILVER CITY STRING BEANS—Buckhorn build family alters. 1-5 p.m. Nopalito’s and beverages. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $6, free tive booths in the plaza. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. $5 Ramada Palms Hotel and Conference Saloon, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buck- Galeria, 326 S. Mesquite, 524-0003, under 12. Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada per vehicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Center, 201 E. University Ave., 646- hornsaloonandoperahouse.com. nopalitosgaleria.com. Ave. OLDIES BUT GOODIES—7 p.m. $10. WAIT UNTIL DARK—See Oct. 29. Park, 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398. 3709, lascrucessymphony.com. Las Cruces/Mesilla SCIENCE CAFE Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Through Nov. 13. 8 p.m. $10, $9 —Climatology in New A SCENTED GARDEN Deming —2 p.m. $7.50, Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org. students and seniors over 65. Black Box BIG JIM ADAM AND JOHN STIL- Mexico. Could Tsunamis impact New free to members. Enchanted Gardens, Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523- WAGEN—Blues. 2 p.m. $10. Historic Mexico? Tim Lawton, professor of Geo- 270 Avenida de Mesilla, 524-1886, Hillsboro RONSTADT GENERATIONS 1223, www.no-strings.org. Morgan Hall, 109 E. Pine St. logical Sciences at NMSU, will answer [email protected], nmenchantedgar- —Michael J. GUATEMALAN MERCADO—Beaded that question and reveal historic geologic dens.com. Ronstadt and his sons Michael G. and Deming STEVE JONES jewelry, clothing, textiles. 1-5 p.m. Dem- data that may surprise those who think A THOUSAND CLOWNS—See Oct. Petie perform multi-ethnic roots music —“The Howling Coy- ing Arts Center, 100 S. Gold. we are adequately remote from Japan’s 14. Through Oct. 30. 8 p.m. $5-10. of the Southwest, looking backwards ote.” 2 p.m. $10. Historic Morgan Hall, WESTERN HERITAGE AND HARVEST trauma. Dr. Tim Lawton, Manasse Chair, Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 through the family’s participation in five 109 E. Pine St. 545-8872. FESTIVAL—10 a.m.-4 p.m. Spruce St., will lead a discussion of how distant N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www. generations of American folk music, and between Gold and Silver, 545-2436, geological events impact our life here lcctnm.org. looking forwards to the new music of the SUNDAY [email protected]. in New Mexico. 5:30 p.m. Museum of AGGIES FOOTBALL VS. NEVADA— next generation. 3-5 p.m. $5. Hillsboro Las Cruces / Mesilla MARIACHI SUNDAYS Natural History, 522-3120, museums. Homecoming game and Halloween Community Center. 6 —2-5 p.m. Free. SUNDAY las-cruces.org. costume party. 6 p.m. $13-$30. NMSU White Sands Mesilla Plaza, 524-3262, lascrucesma- DYLAN CHARLES Las Cruces / Mesilla —High Desert Brew- Aggies Memorial Stadium, 646-1420, LAKE LUCERO TOUR—Hike with a riachi.org. RENAISSANCE ARTSFAIRE 23A THOUSAND CLOWNS—See Oct. ing, 1201 W. Hadley, 525-6752. 532-2060, nmstatesports.com. ranger to the source of the sands. Learn —See Nov. 14. Through Oct. 30. 2 p.m. $5-10. AMAZING MAGICAL MUSICAL about the formation of the dunes and 5. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $6, free under 12. Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 FRIDAY ADVENTURES—The World of Jazz with the special plants and animals that live Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada Ave. WAIT UNTIL DARK N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www. Silver City/Grant County sax player Stephanie Muoz. 2 p.m. $5. in and around the dunes. Reservations —See Oct. 29. ACLU SONGWRITER COMPETI- lcctnm.org. 28 Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Downtown required. 9 a.m. $1.50-3. White Sands Through Nov. 13. 2:30 p.m. $10, $9 TION HARD 2 SPEL DAD—See Oct. 21. 2 —The Southwestern Chapter of Mall, 523-1223, www.no-strings.org. National Monument, 679-2599 ext. students and seniors over 65. Black Box p.m. NMSU Hershel Zohn Theatre, 3014 the ACLU of New Mexico will hold its BIRDING TOUR—Join a park volunteer 230, 479-6124 ext. 236, www.nps. Theatre, 430 N. Downtown Mall, 523- McFie Circle, 646-4515, theatre.nmsu. Annual Meeting. In recognition of the and learn the birds that are found in gov/whsa. 1223, www.no-strings.org. edu. National LGBT Month, the evening’s Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. Please MARIACHI SUNDAYS—4-6 p.m. Free. activities will focus on Constitutional bring binoculars, water, sunscreen, and MONDAY MONDAY Mesilla Plaza, 524-3262, lascrucesma- civil liberties related specifically to the wear close-toed shoes. 8:15 a.m. $5 Silver City/Grant County lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Halloween TAKE ME HOME—John Denver’s riachi.org. per vehicle. Mesilla Valley Bosque State Silver City/Grant County 7 MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE community. 6 p.m. Silver City Woman’s music comes to life through this ultimate —11 Park, 5000 Calle de Norte, 523-4398. DR. PHOBIA’S HOUSE OF HOR- Club, 1715 Silver Heights Blvd. CLASSICS TWO 31 tribute by Jim Curry and his band. Grant a.m.-7 pm. Mesilla Valley Corn Maze, —Through Oct. 30. RORS DR. PHOBIA’S HOUSE OF HOR- —Fourth annual haunted house. 3855 W. Picacho Ave., 526-1919, The Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra, County Community Concert Association. RORS—Through Oct. 31. Fourth annual Mature audiences. $5 ($1 off with can 7:30 p.m. $20, $45 for season. WNMU mesillavalleymaze.com. featuring pianist Jon Nakamatsu, will of food for food pantry). 7-10 p.m. The SUSAN ORLEAN READING haunted house. Mature audiences. $5 Fine Arts Center Theatre. —Talk and perform works by Beethoven and Rach- Wherehouse, south end of Texas St. a reading from new book, Rin Tin Tin: ($1 off with can of food for food pantry). maninoff. 7:30 p.m. $35-45. NMSU The Life and the Legend, which will be 7-10 p.m. The Wherehouse, south end Atkinson Hall, 1075 N. Horseshoe, TUESDAY followed by a screening of the restored of Texas St. 646-2421. NOVEMBER Silver City/Grant County REIN GARCIA HISTORIC MINING DISTRICT TOURS version of the silent 1925 Rin Tin Tin —Buckhorn Saloon, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION— TUESDAY 8 — adventure film, Clash of the Wolves, Pinos Altos, 538-9911, buckhornsaloon- Through Oct. 30. Featuring food, drinks, Las Cruces / Mesilla Learn about the underground mining his- DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBIT which became part of the National Film andoperahouse.com. crafts, entertainment and altars. 12-7 1 — tory near Bayard. No walking required. Exhibit through Nov. 26. 5-7 p.m. Bus tour. 10 a.m. Bayard City Hall, Registry in 2004. The film is 75 minutes Las Cruces/Mesilla p.m. Free. Old Mesilla Plaza, 524-3262 k long. Orlean, a New Yorker magazine A THOUSAND CLOWNS—See Oct. ext 116, www.oldmesilla.org. Nopalito’s Galeria, 326 S. Mesquite, 537-3327. staff writer, will also be available to sign 14. Through Oct. 30. 8 p.m. $5-$10. GHOSTS OF THE PAST—See Oct. 28. 524-0003, nopalitosgaleria.com. books after the film. 7:30 p.m. Fountain Las Cruces Community Theater, 313 6-8:30 p.m. $2-$5. Farm & Ranch Heri- Theatre, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, N. Downtown Mall, 523-1200, www. tage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs WEDNESDAY 524-8287, mesillavalleyfilm.org. lcctnm.org. Road, 522-4100, www.nmfarman- Las Cruces / Mesilla DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CANDLELIGHT AGGIES SOCCER VS. HAWAII—Pan Am dranchmuseum.org. 2 PROCESSIONAL MONDAY Center, 646-1420, panam.nmsu.edu. MESILLA VALLEY CORN MAZE— —Procession to San Al- Send events info Silver City/Grant County GHOSTS OF THE PAST—Through Oct. Through Oct. 30. 11 a.m.-7 pm. Mesilla bino Cemetery from the Plaza. 6-8 p.m. by the 20th of 24WNMU MUSTANGS VOLLEYBALL 29. This family event provides visitors the Valley Corn Maze, 3855 W. Picacho Free. Old Mesilla Plaza, 524-3262 ext the month to: VS. NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVER- opportunity to take an indoor or outdoor Ave., 526-1919, mesillavalleymaze.com. 116, www.oldmesilla.org. events@desert- SITY—5 p.m. www.wnmumustangs.com. evening tour where they will encounter MATINEE—Step back into a time of exposure.com, and interact with characters from New outrageous movie-theater gimmicks and THURSDAY fax 534-4134, Las Cruces/Mesilla PO Box 191, BANNED BOOKS WEEK—Novelist Mexico’s past. Crafts and music also are larger-than-life B-screen stars in this hom- Las Cruces / Mesilla AGGIES VOLLEYBALL VS. FRESNO Silver City, NM Alex Sanchez. 10 a.m. NMSU Library, part of the evening. 6-8:30 p.m. $2-$5. age to the great sci-fi and horror flicks of 3 STATE 88062 or NEW—submit your event 646-4707, lib.nmsu.edu. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 the 1950s and 1960s. John Goodman —7 p.m. Pan Am Center, 646- Dripping Springs Road, 522-4100, is at his uproarious best as the William 1420, panam.nmsu.edu. online at www.desertexposure.com/ TUESDAY www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. Castle-inspired movie promoter Lawrence submitevents. Silver City/Grant County THE GREAT CONVERSATION—Randy Woolsey, who brings his unique brand FRIDAY BEFORE YOU GO: 25GILA FARMERS’ MARKET— 3:30- Harris. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Mountain of flashy showmanship to the unsuspect- Silver City/Grant County 6:30 p.m. 414 Hwy 211 in Gila, View Market, 1300 El Paseo, 523-0436. ing residents of Key West. It’s 1962, and 4FIRST FRIDAYS DOWNTOWN—Day Note that events listings are subject 525-2729. NMSU ADVENTURE ARTS SERIES— 15-year-old fan Gene Loomis can’t wait for of the Dead. Dance and family activities to change and to human error! TOWN AND COUNTRY GARDEN Professional climbers Timmy O’Neill the arrival of Woolsey, who is in town to in the Silver City Museum courtyard. Please confirm all dates, times and CLUB—Members may bring and display and Sean O’Neill. 7 p.m. $10, $8 in promote his latest offering of atomic power 7-10 p.m. Free. Downtown Silver City, locations. B22 OCTOBER 2011 www.desertexposure.com Continental Divide • David A. Fryxell of pretty trees (especially our yard, when my dad got through planting) followed by apocalyptic winters. I’d spent all afternoon—it felt like all month—raking Leaf Me Alone! maple and ash leaves until at least you could see the lawn again. (Just in time for the grass to turn brown, yay!) The fruits of my labors were painstakingly im- Fall colors are great, if you don’t mind the bare limbs, blizzards and berserker rage. prisoned in black plastic Hefty bags set in the drive- way for the garbage collectors to haul away. (I don’t utumn leaves are overrated. Here in the ally, might as well be dead for as much beauty as think “compost” was a verb yet, at least not in South A Southwest, where the annual explosion of they provide? Dakota.) I’d settled down for a well-deserved reward fall colors tends to be limited to a few orange- of reading “Spider-Man” and watching “Gunsmoke.” y trees in town and (if we’re lucky) golden aspens peaking of snow, of course that’s another down- Then a sound drifted up from the driveway to my in the mountains, it’s easy to rhapsodize about the Sside that inevitably follows the fall colors, like, bedroom, which was on the second floor. It was a blaze of autumnal glory enjoyed by places like New well, winter follows autumn. Snow and its haunting mixture of ripping and laughter, followed England. Oh, I know that Arizona Highways and handmaiden, bitter cold (or maybe it’s the other way by an ominous rustling. state tourism offices down here like to get all excited around—I’m never very good with these extended Vandals—kids, I guess, maybe not much older about our fall colors, too. I’ve seen the pretty pic- metaphors), than I was— tures, and even done the driving-into-the-mountains exact a frigid had torn the thing in search of a glimpse. But it’s not the same, price for those plastic bags sorry. fleeting weeks open and Even in the Midwest, which doesn’t get the pub- of fall glory. strewn the licity that “leaf peeping” does in New England, you It’s like Mother leaves all over don’t have to go in search of fall colors. They’re ev- Nature saying, the driveway, erywhere. You can’t miss ’em. Every leafy street turns “Here’s a pretty from which into a cascade of reds, oranges and yellows. The hill- picture to look the unceasing sides along the Mississippi become a painter’s palette at. Oh, now I’m South Dakota of autumnal hues. snatching it wind was re- Here in the Southwest, not so much. away! And you turning them But my point is that this is OK. Breathtaking as au- have to go live to the lawn. tumn can be in other parts of the country, those fall in this freezer To put it colors come with a price. And, frankly, it’s a tradeoff for the next five mildly, I did I’m not willing to make, not anymore. months.” not take this Who in their development et’s start with the obvious fact that the leaves right mind well. If I had Lturn all these pretty colors because they’re dy- would willingly choose such a bargain? been Bruce Banner of the comic books I loved, I You can keep ing and getting set to fall off the trees. Going No one, of course, which is why the New England would have greened and grown into the Hulk right your autumn out with a bang, sure, but the autumn leaves are go- and Michigan and other tourist boards pump out the on the spot. (“You won’t like me when I’m angry…”) leaves! The ing out all the same. After this spectacular farewell PR so feverishly about their fall colors. It’s not just I think my parents were a tad alarmed, and perhaps underappreci- salute, the more leafy parts of our planet face long for the tourists; it’s also to convince the people who resolved to keep a sedative-filled syringe or a strait- ated cactus months with bare tree limbs etched against a snow- live there that, gosh, we’ve really got something spe- jacket in the First Aid kit henceforth. (below and blown sky. cial. People come from all over to see our gorgeous I don’t even remember what happened to the above right) Yes, we fall-color-bereft folks here in the fall colors! Forget about what comes next! leaves after that. Maybe I trudged out the next day keeps going all Southwest have to look at denuded trees, too. If residents of places with the best fall colors ever and raked them all up again. Perhaps my doting father winter long, not But we also have forests filled with pines that did a reality check, whole swaths of the country did it for me. Could be we simply gave up that year like some quit- stay green all year ’round, live oaks that dropped would simply be depopulated: “Wait a sec. A couple and let the season’s legacy of leaves do their worst, ter deciduous their leaves earlier in the year and just recently weeks of pretty colors followed by months freezing to our yard and the neighbors’. I like to think that af- trees we could got green again, and those unjustly unloved cacti. my tail off and scraping ice off my terwards we identified the vandals mention… While deciduous trees are going through all their windshield? What the heck am I Then a sound drifted by their fingerprints on the Hefty (Photos by Lisa colorful, dramatic spasms (“Look at me! I’m go- thinking? Honey, start packing, bags and hunted them down much D. Fryxell) ing dormant until spring! Enjoy me while you can, we’re moving to New Mexico!” up from the driveway the way Batman would deal with What makes fall colors such to my bedroom, which minions of the Joker. But I’m pret- an amazing scam is the timing: ty sure I’d remember that part. The good part comes right before was on the second The point is, no kid ever went the truly awful part! If you tried a floor. It was a berserk after raking up cactus similar trick with lab animals in needles all afternoon when he some cruel experiment, the crit- haunting mixture of should have been over at his ters would wise up after the sec- ripping and laughter, friend’s house playing superhe- ond or third electric shock: “Look, roes. Nobody has to rake and bag Fluffy, here’s a nice little rabbit followed by an the teensy little leaves that live treat for you. Wasn’t that tasty?” ominous rustling. oaks drop. Pine needles might go ZZZAPPP! Fluffy would be out of brown and get messy sometimes, that cage and all over Dr. Franken- but a little sweeping swiftly puts stein, scratching his eyes out. them in their place. But residents of fall-color states can’t seem to So don’t even try that fall-color dodge on me. “Oh, make the connection: Pretty leaves mean frostbite’s look how pretty!” Yeah, sure, but who’s gonna rake coming! Run, run away! ’em all up? It’s not gonna be Bruce Banner—I mean, me—I’ll tell you that right now! hat’s not even the worst of it, though, in my Like I said, overrated. k you lucky people! Aren’t I beautiful? Oops, there Tbook. I have a particular loathing of raking goes a leaf…”), the humble cacti soldier on, al- leaves, another inevitable consequence of na- most beneath our notice. ture’s autumnal paintbox. You rake and you rake, in When not When the snow falls, the cacti are still green—a what must be the most uncomfortable motion ever editing Desert Exposure, Da- striking contrast with the white of our occasional devised for the human body, but you can never get vid A. Fryxell dustings. As the world browns, the stoic, resilient them all. The whole raking thing makes Sisyphus spends his cacti remain colorful. Sorry if they don’t put on a look like Steven Covey (The Seven Habits of Highly time avoiding big, splashy show for us every autumn—isn’t it Effective People). lawn imple- enough that they’re green all year long, when their This was brutally brought home to me one autumn ments. deciduous cousins have given up the ghost and, re- when I was a kid in South Dakota, which had plenty Binx, here, Impression It’s also a black cat’s October Save 20%-50% of Van Gogh favorite holiday— Manzanita means Halloween! This is the Ridge Weekend on ALL scariest mask I could find! “there’s no place like it” at the Galleries, ARTWORK 107 N. Bullard so... during October. Silver City 575-388-1158 Tues.-Sat. 10-5 Estate Sales & Services Available And 20% off Mexican Furniture DESERT EXPOSURE OCTOBER 2011 B23 Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. What's your score? Find out! 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