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Fryxell (575) 538-4374 • [email protected] 6 Editor’s Notebook • Greed, Inc. 33 Body, Mind & Spirit • Making Adjustments Corporate profits are at record highs, while wages slump You think about adjusting to him, but can you adjust to YOU? Creative Director & and unemployment lingers. By David A. Fryxell By Bina Breitner Silver City Advertising Sales Lisa D. Fryxell 8 Desert Diary 35 Body, Mind & Spirit • All About Fats (575) 538-4374 • [email protected] Irishmen, priests and Newfies and other reader tales. Stop fearing fat in your food and start understanding it. By Tabitha Alterman Advertising Sales 10 Tumbleweeds Silver City: A day for giving, plus reader critter photos and the Top 10. 37 Body, Mind & Spirit • Scents and Sensibility Ilene Wignall Natural alternatives to store-bought plug-ins. By Allison Martin (575) 313-0002, [email protected] 12 Southwest Gardener • Fighting in the Fields Las Cruces/Mesilla: Gardening for victory, knitting graffiti, and a friend remembered. 38 Body, Mind & Spirit • Weekly Events Kristi Dunn By Vivian Savitt Grant County support groups, classes and more. (575) 956-7552, [email protected] Deming: 14 Ramblin’ Outdoors • Adventure Vehicles, Part 3 39 The Starry Dome • Ursa Major, the Great Bear Marjorie Lilly SUV and truck shopping with Larry. By Larry Lightner What to watch in the skies this month. By Bert Stevens (575) 494-5095, [email protected] 16 Arts Exposure • Going for Gold 40 Red or Green? • Dining Guide Web Designer The Hearst Church in Pinos Altos has gone from a haven for Restaurant guide for Southwest New Mexico. David Cortner miners to a gallery where artists seek purchase prizes. By John Catsis 41 Red or Green? • Table Talk Columnists Restaurant news. Linda Ferrara, Henry Lightcap, Larry Lightner, 18 Arts Exposure • Arts Scene Marjorie Lilly, Vivian Savitt, Bert Stevens, Latest area art happenings. 42 Red or Green? • Ranch to Table, for Goodness’ Sake Scott Thomson Silver City’s River Ranch Market offers meat raised in natural, 20 Arts Exposure • Gallery Guide healthy, humane environments. By Peggy Platonos P.O. Box 191 Where to find art in our area. Silver City, NM 88062 44 40 Days & 40 Nights (575) 538-4374 21 Talking Horses • Brain Power Complete area events guide for May and early June. www.desertexposure.com Use yours to help your horse. By Scott Thomson 46 The To-Do List 22 Southwest Wildlife •Unwelcome Guest Don’t-miss events this month. The invasive salt cedar, or tamarisk, hogs our scarce water supplies and threatens to overwhelm our floodplains and wet- 48 100 Hikes • Trooping Along lands. By Jay W. Sharp Tackling Saddlerock Canyon with Boy Scout Troop 930. By Linda Ferrara 24 Western Heritage • Cold Case Desert Exposure is published monthly and distrib- Former Hidalgo County Sheriff Bill Cavaliere has turned from 50 Continental Divide • Bare-Faced Truths uted free of charge at establishments throughout law enforcement to solving the mysteries of Apacheria’s past. A beard grows in New Mexico. By David A. Fryxell Southwestern New Mexico. Vol. XIX, number 5, May By Dawn M. Aerts 2014. Mail subscriptions are $19 for 6 issues, $37 About the Cover for 12 issues. Single copies by mail $4. All contents 26 Out and About • The Catfish’s Meow “Sun-Kissed Paintbrush” copyright © 2014 Continental Divide Publishing LLC. Not much to look at, New Mexico’s abundant catfish are fun by Sandy Feutz/ All rights reserved. No portion of this publication to catch and delicious to eat. By Mary Syrett FeVa Fotos. Feutz is a may be reproduced without written permission. All member of the Grant rights to material by outside contributors revert to 28 The Lively Arts • More Sounds of Silver City County Art Guild, which the author. Views expressed in articles, advertise- Meet more of the people behind the performances who make will open its annual ments, graphics and/or photos appearing in Desert this small-town music scene so big. By Twana Sparks members show on May Exposure do not necessarily reflect the views of the 2 at the historic Hearst editors or advertisers. 31 Borderlines • Talking with Talaco Church gallery in Pinos Desert Exposure is not responsible for unsolic- A conversation with Palomas’ mayor, plus hunger among Altos. Read more in this ited submissions of articles or artwork. Submissions Mexican fieldworkers.By Marjorie Lilly issue’s Arts Exposure by mail must include a self-addressed stamped section. envelope for reply or return. 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