July 1999 - Mountain Times

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Mountain Times
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July, 1999
Sunspot
In the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico
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Two riders wind their way down Monument Canyon in last year’s Timberon Endurance Ride.
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INDEX
THE YEAR 2000 (Y2K)
PAGES 4 - 5
HISTORY ARTICLE
PAGE 6
FOREST & LOCAL WILDLIFE
PAGES 7 - 10
WEED & SACRAMENTO
PAGE 12
MAYHILL SECTION
PAGE 13
SUNSPOT SECTION
PAGE 14
CLOUDCROFT SECTION
PAGES 15 - 17
TIMBERON SECTION
PAGES 18 - 26
CROSSWORD & CLASSIFIED
PAGE 27
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
PAGE 28
The Mayfair, on Memorial Day weekend,
was a great time for everyone this year. The
fair has been going on for about 25 years now,
but this was the first year in the last several
that there was good weather for the festivities. The fair was held behind the Cloudcroft
Chamber of Commerce with horseshoe contests, food and drink booths, arts and crafts,
a pancake breakfast by the Cloudcroft High
School Cheerleaders, etc… The Chamber
noted that there was a definite increase in
daytime attendance over last year. This was
no doubt due to all the fun activities going
on!
There was a band this year, called Andean
Nation, that played South American style
music. They had a terrific sound that fit right in with the mountain setting - featuring
different types of flutes, drums, and a guitar. The three man band was very well received and
the Chamber says they would like to try having them back again.
Also well received was the magician. He walked around the fair and entertained the crowd,
kids and adults alike. An added addition this year for the kids were the “fun and games”
booths. They helped out by giving the young ones something to do, and to occupy them
while the parents got a little shopping in. Speaking of shopping - although there were fewer
-continued on page 15, Cloudcroft -
Cherry Festival
Fire Restrictions
Held in High Rolls
Lifted in National Forest
The High Rolls Cherry Festival was held as
usual this year. Even with a late freeze that
destroyed the local cherries (they had to use
imported cherries) and the threat of rain, the
Festival went on! The Cherry Festival is held
on the 3rd weekend in June every year - so
mark your calendar, because it tends to sneak
up on you!
There is no charge for admission at the Festival, which has a unique setting because they
place the different vendors along paths and
among the trees. The booths emphasize arts
and crafts, although I also saw a pony ride there were 35 plus vendors this year.
The Cherry Festival is actually run by the
Lions Club for the Community. The property it is held on is owned by the High Rolls/
Mountain Park Lions Club “for the Community.” The Cherry and Apple Festivals represent the only means the Lions Club has to
collect the money they use to help the Community - by selling cider, fruit and renting booth
spaces (during the Apple Festival they also sell apple butter). The Lions have run the Cherry
Festival for the last 5 years, ever since they took it over from the late Cherry Bowl Extension
Club. Will Stigers, a High Rolls/Mountain Park Lion, said that the Lions Club there was
formed in 1958 and have been holding the Apple Festival for over 35 years - again be sure to
mark your calendar, because the Apple Festival is always on the 3rd weekend in October.
The Lions are not the only group that gets “money to help the community” from the
Festival - the United Methodist Church has the food concession, the School for the Visually
Handicapped sells pies, the High Rolls PTA sells ice cream, the High Rolls/Mountain Park
VFD sells snow cones, etc… When you attend the Festival you are not only having fun, but
are supporting a good number of organizations in the High Rolls/Mountain Park area.
This article was based upon information provided by Will Stigers at the Festival.
Effective June 22, 1999 at 8:00 a.m., fire and
smoking restrictions have been lifted on the
Lincoln National Forest. There was enough
rainfall in the past week to lower the fire danger to moderate and to keep that way for a
while. “As long as we don’t experience another severe drying trend with little to no
moisture and high winds, we probably will
not have to implement the restrictions again,”
explained LNF Fire Management Officer
Brian Power. Although the restrictions are
no longer in place, the public is strongly urged
to be very careful with campfires and smoking materials. If at all possible, use existing
fire rings and grills and extinguish smoking
materials in vehicles or buildings.
Fire and smoking restrictions went into
place May 17 on the Lincoln National Forest
due to extremely dry conditions. These precautions were necessary for the safety of residents and recreationists on public land and
to protect natural resources. As of June 21,
1999, the Lincoln National Forest had 16
human-caused fires totalling 5.4 acres and 8
lightning-caused fires totalling 6.9 acres. “The
cooperation we received from the public with
the fire restrictions was key in keeping the
number of human-caused fires to a minimum.
The public’s efforts in preventing wildfires is
greatly appreciated and I hope the public and
community support will continue,” said Forest Supervisor Jose Martinez.
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Corrections
In the last issue, the article “Bring Your Picnic Basket” said what a fun place Bear Canyon Lake was to fish, picnic, etc... Well it is
still a fun place to picnic, but apparently there
is NO WATER IN THE LAKE! We are sorry
for this misprint.
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Municipal Bonds A Little Home Cooking
By Charles Wagner, CFP
Once the almost exclusive domain of institutional investors, the municipal bond market has become a magnet for individual investors. Since these bonds are issued by state
and local governments, the principles of federalism (remember high school civics?) demand that the interest from municipal bonds be exempt from federal taxation. Although
they are generally free from federal taxes, these bonds may be subject to state and local
taxation. The popularity of municipal bonds has soared among individuals as they seek
federal tax-free interest to combat the inherent penalties of high income: deduction and
exemption limitations and higher marginal tax rates.
A municipal bond is essentially a promissory note. When an investor buys a municipal
bond, he/she is lending money to the issuing state or local government. In return for the
loan, the issuer pays interest at a specified rate and, at the end of the period, pays back the
principal. Funds raised through the sale of municipal bonds are generally used to finance
projects that benefit the public. The two most common types of municipal bonds are
general obligation bonds and revenue bonds. General obligation bonds are backed by the
“full faith and credit” and the taxing power of the issuer. Revenue bonds are secured by
the income from the specific project they were issued to finance.
Comparing the yield on a municipal bond to the return on a similarly rated, fully
taxable investment is basically a function of the investor’s tax bracket. Generally, the
higher the tax bracket, the more the potential benefit from investing in municipal bonds.
To illustrate this point, if an individual is in the 28% federal tax bracket, a municipal
bond paying interest at 6% will generate the same amount of income -after tax- as a fully
taxable investment earning interest at 8.3%. For an individual in the 36% bracket, that
same municipal bond paying interest at 6% will be equivalent to an almost 9.4% taxable
return. This taxable equivalent yield will be even greater for investors who purchase
home state bonds as these are also exempt from their respective state income taxes.
Another important factor in evaluating municipal bonds is how long the investment
will last. Different bonds have different maturity dates and choosing the maturity date
that is right for an investor depends upon his/her own investment objectives. Retired
individuals who are collecting Social Security should be aware that municipal bond income is included in the determination of taxable Social Security benefits even though it is
not part of their federal taxable income.
Municipal bonds offer an attractive investment alternative for many individuals. They
can be purchased directly or through tax-free bond funds or unit investment trusts (UIT).
If the purchase is through a mutual fund or UIT, a prospectus should be issued and
investors are advised to read this carefully before investing. Remember to compare returns on municipals with other investments using a taxable equivalent yield based upon
the investor’s marginal tax rate. Of course, this brief article is no substitute for a careful
consideration of each investor’s particular financial situation. Before implementing any
significant tax or financial strategy, contact an investment advisor.
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A Little About The Law . . .
New Mexico’s DWI Laws by Sheriff John A. Lee
I have been asked to explain to you New Mexico’s DWI laws. They are complicated, and
what I will try to do is simplify it as much as possible. Since DWI is no longer an acceptable
practice in the State, you should be very aware of the consequences.
The first thing that you need to know is that if you are caught DWI, you will be arrested.
No exceptions. There are two main reasons for this. First, if you are DWI, you deserve to be
arrested. Second, if an officer stops you and lets you go on home and you are DWI, then that
officer just assumed all the responsibility for whatever happens. If you are involved in an
accident, the officer gets sued for letting you go. I cannot afford that kind of liability, so we
have a zero tolerance for DWI.
DWI is defined in simple terms as follows:
It is unlawful to operate any type of vehicle anywhere in this
State while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Let’s look at this a little bit. “Vehicle” means any type of conveyance which can move you,
with the exception of human power. This would include horseback, and would exclude
bicycles. These are two examples of non-human and human powered vehicles. Of course, it
does include any type of motor vehicle. “Anywhere in this State” means just that. It includes
private roads, driveways, cow pastures, parking lots, etc., as well as established roads.
For a first offense conviction of DWI, the maximum sentence is 90 days in jail, a fine of
$500.00 or both. For a second conviction, you will have to serve a minimum of 72 consecutive hours in jail and a fine of $500.00. This may not be suspended. For a third conviction,
you will spend no less than 30 days in jail, with a fine of $750.00. For a fourth offense and on
up, you will receive a felony conviction, and will spend from 6 months to 18 months in the
State Pen. Additionally a fourth degree felony
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Y B Concerned about Y 2 K
The Author: Pete E. M. Warren is an internationally acclaimed electrical engineer renown
for his gift to develop innovative solutions to
complex problems. His experiences, driven by
his God given compassion, have brought him
recognition as an expert in many fields. As a young man he developed the telephone system for
the nation of Kashmir. Because he found many people in the remote regions without any
medical services, he took up the study of medicine and became a physician. When the physical
condition of his wife required him to return to the U.S., he saw that many were being excluded
from the marketplace of ideas by their lack of funds. He developed so many very low cost
broadcast stations the Federal Communications Commission deemed him an expert in the
field. Dr. Warren’s insatiable curiosity and compassion driven zeal to relieve people’s pain
caused him to study fields from aeronautics, alternative medicines, botany, communications,
dry land farming, and electric power generation… through microwave transmissions, navigation, and optical instruments, to water purification, x-ray technology and Y2K. As a recognized expert in fields literally from A to Z, his concern continues to be the terrifying price that
many will pay for their lack of preparation. “Ignorance,” he notes, “may be bliss but it is very
expensive.”
YEAR 2000 BUG
Karl Feilder is the president and CEO of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-UTA L.C.), which
makes Check 2000, a leading Year 2000 desktop software tool. In 1995 Microsoft bought a
networking software company that he had co-founded. His soft voice calmly paints an ugly
picture of what’s going to happen in North America after we move into the new millennium.
“In the first couple of days of January 2000, not much is going to happen, and probably the
media will write stories about how it was all a
hoax. By the end of January, when people
start not to be able to invoice their customers, not be able to process their sales forecasts, and not be able to pay their staff, then
they’ll start to realize maybe there’s a problem here and it’s quite serious.”
“But in February, when people are trying
to unravel what happened in January and
they’re still processing that month’s data, you’ll
get this cumulative data error, and that’s when
companies will come unstuck because they’ll
run out of cash…” “There certainly will be
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He also says that “only two percent of the
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think what’s needed, first of all, is that end
users have to take ownership of the situation.
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So many people I talk to say ‘the IT
department’s going to fix it’, or ‘Microsoft’s
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going to fix it’”.
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Feilder travels around the world researching how organizations are dealing, or not
dealing, with the year 2000 situation. He was
in Japan last week to meet with government
representatives and is scheduled to talk to
Dutch officials next week. He also counsels
governments in England, South Africa, Australia, Namibia, Morroco, Canada, France,
Italy, and Spain, among others.
“In Tokyo, the world’s second largest
economy, they have done virtually nothing
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for year 2000’s issues”, he says. “They’re taking the economic Darwinism approach: If
companies are too stupid to fix this problem
they deserve to die. Which is unfair, because
you can’t be accused of being stupid if you
aren’t aware of the problem.”
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The situation in Europe causes him more concern. “The biggest economy in Europe is
Germany, and they seem to have done almost nothing about the problem and seem to be
denying that it is real.” They’re about two years behind [the U.S.] in understanding this
problem. They’ve just gotten to the stage of worrying about whom to blame. Then they
realize it doesn’t matter. What’s important is they need to get on with checking their computers and making redemption plans.”
Two-Thirds of Washington DC Year 2000 Group Expect Negative Economic
Impact; But Members Believe Most Americans Will Handle Whatever Y2K Brings
( Washington DC Year 2000 G
Grr oup/USA Today)
“Despite the headline from the USA Today story above (Survey: 45% of Y2K Experts Worried”), the truth is two-thirds of the Washington DC Year 2000 Group expect a notable
negative economic impact from Y2K. (If you read the press release and the survey itself, you’ll
see that the 45 percent figure comes from those who expect at least a mild recession and rising
unemployment; however, another 11 percent expects a depression or worse, and so on. And
by the way, even among the other, more optimistic one-third, some believe Y2K will cause a
10 percent stock market correction, with a recovery within six months.),” says Drew Parkhill,
a widely respected Y2K expert.
“In the USA Today story above, Clinton Administration Y2K chief John Koskinen says
‘No one can tell you with any certainty what the end of the year is going to look like because
so much work is still under way’.”
“Which, incidentally, is true on any kind of statistical ‘or any other’ basis, Y2K is pretty
much non-forcastable, i.e., no outcome can be predicted which has a reliable degree of accuracy, since the number of variables is literally infinity. Of course, that means both positive
and negative outcomes are possible, within certain general limits.”
“According to the monthly report released last week, as of June 9, 18 of 28 government
departments, 86 of 170 agencies, and 54 of 95 local councils reported themselves to be behind schedule in their Y2K programs. All three water, gas, and electricity utility sectors also
reported themselves to be behind schedule. “Particular areas of concern were the essential
services sectors of the electricity supply industry, police and emergency services and health,
in which most agencies were behind schedule in repairing their systems. The Victorian electricity supply industry, which is presently being scrutinized by a team of auditors from Brit-
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1. It is prudent to expect a blackout with an
extended and duration of a typical once
in ten year event to happen in January
2000. Included that contingency in your
Y2K preparations if nothing happens you
won’t be embarrasses because that degree of preparation is always prudent.
2. Generating margins are tight in the summer in many parts of the USA. Because direct
Y2K problems, and indirect Y2k supply chain problems such as fuel, and maintenance
problems and financial problems, I expect the margin to sink even lower in 2000. This
can result in power shortages, curtailments, and rationing. The utility has not acknowledged this problem, nor have they analyzed it to my knowledge.”
· The Canadian army has set up a new and improved 24-hour operational nerve center to
handle domestic crises in the West.
· The centre designed to direct such military operations as the 197 Manitoba floods and last
year’s Alberta forest fires, sits in the old school housing Western Canadian army headquarters at Griesbach Barracks.
· Although it was set up to handle potential Y2K bug problems across Western Canada at the
turn of the millennium, the larger facility will provide permanent military help in the
event of provincial emergencies.
·
Monday, May 31, was the first day
western army headquarters ran a major operation out of the new centre as it began a week-long exercise to test communication,
command and control scenarios for worst-case Y2K
disruptions.
·
The operations
centre can accommodate
about 40 military personnel,
including medical, engineering, logistics, law, and policing
personnel. Together so they can exchange information quickly and save valuable time in an emergency.”
1.
MURT SAYS
ain hired by the office of the regulator-general, reported being behind schedule in all of it’s
distribution, transmission, and generator sectors…”
“ In the police and emergency services sector, the Police, Fire, Emergency Services Operations, and BEST communication network all reported being behind schedule in their Y2K
repairs…”
“However, the government auditor sees things differently (always pay attention to what
the auditors say, as opposed to what politicians say). Victoria’s Audit-General recently submitted a report in the State Parliament: The report found that while the Government had
claimed 92 percent readiness in May, only 36 percent of the State’s business-critical systems
had been repaired. Again, don’t forget that Australia is supposed to be one of the bestprepared nations in the world. In addition, that a recent survey showed more than half of the
local governments in Canada are behind the Y2K curve- and Canada is indisputably one of
the most Y2K-ready nations on Earth. With news like this from countries like these, you
really have to wonder what’s going with state-provincial (and local) level governments in
‘lesser prepared’ major countries, like Germany, France, Japan, Brazil, China, and so on.”
“Most experts still agree that Canada is number one in Y2K preparation. The federal
government to Canada obviously believes Y2k could bring severe disruptions; contingency
planning. This is all to the good ; the more insurance, the less negative the impact any
disruptions which may occur will have. And besides, the Army will be able to use this site
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From the Canadians came a new federal
report of the Commons industry committee
on Y2K: “Delays in many industries could
cause major disruptions”.
Dick Mills, the guru of Y2K, says “Everything that is not tested doesn’t work. The
question of the day is therefore, ‘How can
utilities claim to be Y2K ready while doing
little or no integrated testing?’ I have two
specific predictions that have remained unchanged since June of 1998:
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“I’m not trying to send mixed messages. I’m not trying to send any message at all. I don’t
have an agenda I am trying to explain in layman’s terms what I know about he power systems
and Y2K. This reality is neither black nor white; it’s mottled.”
Department of State tasks include: using their “network of embassies and missions abroad
to collect ‘early warning’ information, “and FEMA to “establish direct communications with
its emergency management counterparts in a number of countries to obtain information on
critical infrastructure elements”.
This information will:
2.
3.
4.
Provide vital up front intelligence to assist in analyzing risks and consequences in the
US;
Keep the media and public fully informed of the potential impact on the domestic Y2K
situation based on the events in foreign countries;
Provide the private sector with valuable information as it related to Continuity of Operations and the cascading effect of foreign Y2K impacts, and
Allows the Federal Government to better plan for the potential need for U.S. humanitarian aide to foreign countries that have been impacted by the Y2K conversion.
The Federal Government assumes that the US may have from 12 to 24 hours of advance
notice of Y2K- related disruptions. The Declaration Evaluation includes:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Threats to life, health, or safety;
Special populations and considerations;
Critical facilities;
Large scale disruptions of normal community functions and services;
And technical assistance
A new concern: Virus writers are notorious for using “trigger dates” in their payloads.
Virus writers are almost certain to “ exploit the confusion surrounding the Y2K problem”.
Some from the latest report card from Congressional Y2K Committee, Chairman Stephan
Horn:
DOE (Department of Energy)
Agriculture (Department of Agriculture)
Justice (Department of Justice)
DOT (Department of Transportation)
Treasury (Department of the Treasury)
DOD (Department of Defense)
AID (Agency for International Development) F
The total of all Departments, including these, is a
C+
C+
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I’ve Lived in Lincoln County for Fifty-Three Years
Elisha Leslie’s Pioneer Story
mother, myself, Lura, Jim and Callie. There
was Mr. and Mrs. Arthurs and one boy and
one girl. Mr. and Mrs. Yorke had no children.
My father and the other two men decided
to drive their cattle through. The other two
men hired two men, brothers named Carter,
and I made a hand for my father. We three
rode horseback and looked after the cattle,
about 200 head.
Each wagon had their own provisions and
I was born February 14, 1873, in Dublin, each family did their own cooking over a
Erath County, Texas, and came to New camp fire. The woman and children slept
Mexico when I was ten years old. I have in the wagons and the men slept on the
lived in Lincoln County about fifty-three ground. Each wagon had their own chuck
box and water kegs. The only fresh meat
years.
My father met a man by the name of Jack that we had on the trip were prairie chickFarr, who came down into Texas from Lin- ens and antelope
coln County, New Mexico. He was always that we shot on the way. We did not see
telling my father what a great country New any Indians or buffalo and we had no seriMexico was and wanted to sell my father a ous trouble. We grazed the cattle along and
when we would come to good grass and
ranch that he had in Lincoln County.
In the spring of 1883 my father decided water we would sometimes stay an long as
to sell out his farm near Dublin Texas, and a week.
We crossed the Pacos river at Fort Patches.
move to Lincoln County. Two other men
that he knew wanted to come too, so these We had heard so much about the quickthree men, my father, a man by the name sands on this river and how dangerous it
of Dink Arthurs, and a man named Yorke, was to cross it that my father got a pilot to
(I have forgotten his other name), decided guide us across. We got all three wagons
to set out for Lincoln County. They had and all the cattle across without any serithree covered wagons, one to each family. ous trouble.
Billy the Kid had not been dead very long
In our family there was my father and
and we went out to see his
ALL INSTALLED grave. My father had met
Billy the Kid at a railroad
FOR UNDER
construction camp but did
not know him well.
From Fort Patches we
went down to Roswell and
up the Hondo river
through the Mescalero Indian reservation, through
Tularosa and on over to
Weed, New Mexico.
We got to Weed in the
fall of 1883. We were on
the road about three
months. The two Carter
boys left us at Weed and I
do not know what became
of them. The Arthurs family stayed in New Mexico
only a year or so and went
back to Texas.
The Yorkes lived around
Weed for several years and
the last I heard of them
they were still in the
Penasco country, in New
Mexico.
My father stayed in
Weed only about a month
and then decided to go to
the Farr Ranch, which is
about eight miles from
White Oaks, and is now
known as the Felix
Guebara Ranch.
We drove our cattle from
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During the Great Depression from 1936
to 1940 there was a WPA Writers’ Project
writing up oral histories of pioneers. Edith
L. Crawford of Carrizozo worked for this
Project, and on October 14, 1936 she interviewed Elisha Leslie of White Oaks. The
manuscript she wrote after her interview is
now in the Library of Congress. Here is
her report of what Elisha Leslie (63 years
old in 1936) told her.
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Weed, through the mountains, to the Farr
Ranch. We stayed there at this ranch all
that winter. In the spring of 1884 my father filed on a homestead at the foot of the
Tuscon Mountains. My sister Callie died
during the winter that we were at the Farr
ranch.
After we had lived on the homestead for
several years my father bought a small place
in White Oaks and stayed there during the
fall and winter and sent us children to
school there. After school was out in the
spring we would go back to the homestead.
It was near enough for my father to go back
and forth to the homestead all the time and
see how things were getting along.
One winter I got tired of going to school
and decided that I would get out on my
own, so I ran away from White Oaks and
went out to the Block Ranch and hired out
as a bronc buster. I was about seventeen, I
guess then. I was a good rider and not
afraid to tackle any kind of horse. I worked
for the Block outfit for about five years. It
was owned then by two brothers, Andy and
Mel Richardson.
About 1894 I went to Arizona. I opened
a meat market at Springerville, Arizona. I
was married there in 1895 to Minnie English. After I married I went to work for a
man named Harris Miller, who owned a
ranch near Springerville. I worked for his
for about three years. While I was working
for him, breaking wild horses, a horse fell
on me and crushed me up pretty badly.
I was in a hospital at St. Johns, Arizona,
for more than six weeks. As soon as I was
able to travel again I came back to my
father’s place in the Tuscon mountains. I
know that my days of breaking horses was
over.
I homesteaded on a place of my own not
very far from my father’s place. I raised a
few cattle and horses and did some dry
farming. My wife and I had four children,
Ruby, Walker, Lura and Alma. When Alma
was about three months old my wife died.
This was about 1920. My mother-in-law,
Mrs. George English took my children to
care for. Mr. and Mrs. English lived on a
place about a mile from our place.
About 1923 I moved in to Carrizozo and
opened up a meat market. I brought my
three oldest children with me and sent them
to school. Ruby, the oldest girl, kept house
for me.
In 1933, I was married to Mrs. Ruby
Wright, of Albuquerque. In 1934 we moved
to White Oaks and I bought the place that
my father had owned there, and my wife
and I still own it and live there.
My father died in February, 1932, and my
mother died just a month later, March 17,
1932, in White Oaks, New Mexico. Both
are buried there. My parents had ten children, five of whom are still living here in
New Mexico, one in Colorado, and four are
dead. The names of the children who are
living are, Elisha, Lura, Robert, Ward, Ben
and Ellis. My brother Ward still lives on
the old place that my father homesteaded
in 1864.
Notes from 1936:
Weed, New Mexico, is now in Otero
County, in the Sacramento Mountains,
about four miles southeast of Cloudcroft.
When we came to this country in 1883, all
of the places mentioned were in Lincoln
County at that time.
The Penasco country referred to in this
story was formed by a group of ranchers
who settled on a small dry creek, called
Penasco Creek. It is in the Sacramento
Mountains, and at that time in Lincoln
County.
Our homestead was in Lincoln County,
in the Tuscon Mountains, about eight miles
southwest of White Oaks, and about fourteen miles northwest of Capitan.
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One of the things often heard in the Southwest during the warm summer is watch out for goes out, touches the ground, then retreats into little sensory holes in the roof of the snake’s
snakes. This is usually followed by some sage advice about rattlesnakes and how to avoid mouth so it “smells”. These are the snake’s primary tools, because its vision is poorly develthem. Over the years, because little was known about rattlers, there have been numerous oped and hearing is almost nonexistent.
Before striking, a rattlesnake normally coils into an S shape with its head and neck pointed
legends that people tend to accept as facts about rattlesnakes. To learn more about rattleat the target. They can only strike a distance of 1/3 to 1/2 of their length. They open their
snakes, let’s first take a little test.
mouth before striking and the hypodermic like fangs swing out to inject the venom.
True or False?
The venom injected is actually
modified saliva that contains
- You can tell the age of a rattlesnake by counting its rattles.
many digestive enzymes. Even
- Rattlesnakes always rattle before they strike.
newborn rattlers are able to inject
- Rattlesnakes can’t swim.
a small amount of venom. Venom
- Rattlesnakes have acute hearing.
quickly kills its prey by breaking
- A rattlesnake can strike the full length of its body.
down blood cells and body tissues.
- A rope surrounding a campsite will keep rattlesnakes away.
It kills through internal bleeding
- Anyone bitten by a rattlesnake will die.
by stopping blood clotting, by
- Newborn rattlesnakes are harmless.
shock, and kidney or respiratory
Even though most of the above statements are commonly befailure. This may happen quickly
lieved about rattlesnakes, they are all false. Let’s look at some of
in small animals, but takes time
the facts about rattlers and maybe relieve some of the fear shroudin humans. That’s the reason that,
ing these reptiles.
even though about 8,000 people
At birth, baby rattlesnake have one button or rattle that is not
are bitten by poisonous snakes
exposed until it sheds its skin the first time about ten days after
each year in the U.S., only 10 to
birth. Tben, each time it sheds its skin it adds another rattle. In
15 die. The major threat of snakesome areas of the country this occurs once or twice each year,
bite to people is shock. The “I’ve
but in southern areas it may be as high as four or five times a
year. In addition, few rattlesnakes are able to keep their string of rattles intact. They often been bitten by a rattler so I’m going to die.” syndrome. Remember you have a better chance
lose segments due to normal wear and tear, so a snake with over 10 rattles is very rare even of drowning in a bathtub than dying from snakebite. The best thing to do is to keep calm
though it may be over 20 years old.
and get to a doctor. Even if it may take a long time to get to the doctor, you are not likely to
A coiled rattlesnake may or may not “buzz” before it strikes. Why a snake rattles is not die.
Fear of rattlesnakes has really created myths and legends. Rattlers aren’t superhuman and
fully understood, but they don’t always rattle. The best guess is that buzzing is a defense
mechanism that they developed to keep from being stepped on by larger animals, such as the are not an animal to be highly feared. It is also not necessary to kill them on sight, they have
their place, just give them some space.
100 million bison that once roamed the plains.
Rattlesnakes, like all other snakes have dry scales, they are not slippery or slimy. Scales
combined with muscular action push against the ground to move the snake, and contrary to
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swimming snake is a rattler is to look for the rattles, it holds them above the water when it
swims.
Rattlers are pit vipers and have infrared-heat-sensing pits located between the nostrils and
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secondary to defense. In reality snakes trail their prey down using smell. The forked tongue
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Forest Health in the Sacramentos - A Meeting is Held in Timberon
The Village of Timberon and surrounding areas in Otero County, New Mexico, lie within
an extensive forest of mostly ponderosa pine at elevations ranging from 6900 to 7200 feet in
the Sacramento/White Mountains. The forest setting attracts visitors to the community and
is why many people relocate here or purchase vacation property. Many here describe the
forest as “pristine” or “natural.” While the expanse of forest land is certainly beautiful and of
great value, there are reasons to be concerned about the conditions of the forest.
Historical information and recent research indicate that there have been some dramatic
changes in the structure of Southwest forests since European settlement. The ponderosa pine
forest, in particular, tended to be much more open and park-like than the one we see today.
Groups of large “yellow pines” were separated by open, often grassy areas with perhaps a few scattered individual trees. Almost certainly there was more water in
springs and streams than there is now.
Fire scar and tree ring analyses indicate
that wildfires burned through these “presettlement” forests every few years, maintaining their relatively open character.
These fires were generally low-intensity
ground fires. Many of these fires were
probably caused by lightning, while others may have been purposely started by
Native Americans. The forest community,
including many species of wildlife, were
well adapted to these conditions. High
A forest health / fire hazzard reduction and
intensity fires, which destroyed large parts
public awareness seminar in Timberon.
of the forest, were probably very rare.
As Europeans settled the area, the lands were heavily grazed by livestock, limiting the spread
of ground fires. Logging removed most of the large trees in many areas for railroad ties, mine
props, and other building materials. Around the turn of this century, suppression of all
wildfire became policy. A very dense, “second-growth” forest of young trees developed, becoming the forest we see today in most areas.
While fire suppression protected the forest, over many decades it has contributed toward a
very dense forest (for the Southwest), with high levels of undergrowth and dry fuels. Moreover, competition, due to the crowded conditions, has led to poor growth rates and the spindly forms displayed by many trees.
Much of the accessible forest lands in the Southwest have been thinned within the last
twenty years or so,, alleviating these conditions to a greater or lesser degree. Most of the forest
in and surrounding Timberon, however, has not been thinned. Tree growth and vigor are
often very low. Tree densities per acre and the buildup of flammable natural vegetation
(fuels) are striking, often extending literally to homeowners’ front porches.
Although the term “forest health” is a subjective one ‘ depending upon one’s values and
point of view, it is our opinion that much of the forest in and surrounding Timberon is in
poor health. The crowded conditions are our main concern. Chronic diseases and outbreaks
of insects also affect the forest and may be indicators of an unhealthy condition.
Dwarf mistletoes are parasitic plants that occur naturally in the forests of the Southwest.
Although the effects of this chronic disease may appear subtle, over many years infected trees
become weakened, deformed, and eventually are killed. Young replacement trees typically
become infected and do not develop into sizable trees.
The amount of dwarf mistletoe infection is considerably higher in this area than in most
other parts of the Southwest. Moreover, a comparison of surveys done in the 1950’s and
1980’s shows an increase in the level of mistletoe on ponderosa pine in the Lincoln National
Forest. Fire suppression may well be the primary reason for the increase, since fires seem to
be nature’s way of keeping the disease in check.
Because of their branching patterns and the accumulations of pitch in infected limbs, dwarf
mistletoe infected trees are more flammable than healthy trees. Areas of the forest infected
with this parasite often have many dead trees, which adds to the accumulation of fuels. There
are several extensive areas in around Timberon with severe dwarf mistletoe infections.
Bark beetles, small insects that tunnel under the bark and quickly kill trees, have been at
outbreak levels on the ponderosa pine of the Lincoln National Forest and the Mescalero
Apache Indian Reservation since 1990. These insects primarily attack trees in dense, crowded
forests. The Hornbuckle and Sunspot areas near Timberon have been heavily hit by beetle
activity. We will likely see more damage as the outbreak continues.
Bark beetles appear to be one of nature’s ways of thinning a crowded forest; however, highvalue trees can be lost. Extensive mortality is unsightly and can increase the risk of wildfire.
Dead trees, whether from beetles, mistletoe, or other insects or diseases, can create additional
hazards for property owners.
What can/should be done to improve forest conditions?? There is no
easy solution to the “forest health” problem. The present forest has developed over many decades, and efforts to improve conditions would necessarily be long-term.
We think that a good “prescription” for much of the forest would be what is called a “low
thin” or “thinning from below.” In this type of treatment, the largest, most-vigorous trees are
left. Smaller trees, especially those that are weak and suppressed, are felled (many of these
trees would never develop into the large, mature trees that add value to a property). Some
young, vigorous trees can be left where space allows. Depending on stand conditions, up to
or even more than half the trees are removed, leaving the best ones on site.
Proper forest thinning has many long-term benefits. The remaining trees grow more quickly.
Upper crowns fill out and become more attractive. The result is healthier trees that live
longer. “Low thinning” also reduces the “fire ladder;” this can limit damage in the event of
wildfire.
A fire ladder refers to vegetation and debris (fuels) that are found at or near ground level
(brush, slash, forest litter, tall grass, lower limbs on trees, etc.); such material can grow and/or
extend into larger, taller vegetation (trees) creating a continuous pathway for fires to spread.
Once a wildfire spreads from ground level into the canopies of larger trees it becomes a crown
fire. Running crown fires, which are often pushed by strong winds, are difficult or impossible to stop, and can destroy anything in their path. Results of such fires can be seen throughout Otero County. The Spring Fire of 1974 devastated thousands of acres. More recently, the
Bridge Fire of 1994 forced the evacuation of Timberon.
Much of the Sacramento Mountains are situated in what is often referred to as the wildland/urban interface/intermix; this can be defined as a geographic area where developments
(homes, businesses, etc.) have been constructed within native vegetation (trees, brush, grass)
and natural topography (canyons, hillsides, ridgetops). Structures are often so well-blended
with the existing vegetation and/or topography that, for fire suppression purposes, the structures have become part of the natural fuel.
Although fire danger and fire behavior conditions fluctuate rapidly through the years due
to climatic conditions, fire hazard or fuel loading change slowly, with gradual increases in
severity as natural vegetation continues to grow and/or die. Individual property owners need
to consider a long-term strategy to fire hazard reduction.
Proper forest thinning helps reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire. It also returns the
forest to a more open condition, which is what all the evidence suggests is the natural state for
ponderosa pine.
For more information, contact Bill Duemling at New Mexico Forestry in Capitan by calling 505-354-2231.
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News from the Lincoln National Forest
OFFICE HOURS
MISCELLANEOUS FOREST PRODUCTS
anger D
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The Sacramento R
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aturday
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pm. If you would
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anger
ox 288, Cloudcr
oft, NM 88317
write to : District R
Ranger
anger,, P.O. B
Bo
Cloudcroft,
88317, or phone (505)
682-2551
682-2551.
Permits for wildings (small trees to be transplanted to your yard) may be purchased at
the Ranger Station. Prices vary depending upon tree size. Fall, after the first frost, is the
best time to transplant trees.
Permits for posts and poles (pinyon, pine, aspen, or juniper) may also be purchased at
the Ranger Station.
RECREATION
SLASH PIT
A new special use permit has been issued for the operation of the Sacramento Ranger
District developed recreation sites. The following recreation sites are now operated by
Recr
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Management
(RRM): Apache Family Campground, Deerhead
Family Campground, Pines Family Campground, Saddle Family Campground, Silver Family Campground, Silver Overflow Family Campground, Sleepy Grass
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Andrea
Family Campground, Sleepy Grass Family Picnic Ground, Aspen by Andr
Group Campground, Black Bear Group Campground, Lower Fir
Group Campground, Upper Fir Group Campground, Slide Group
Campground, Silver Amphitheater, and La Pasada Encantada
Trailhead. RRM Complex Managers are Ed and Pat Morris, stationed
at Deerhead Family Campground.
Group campgrounds on the Sacramento Ranger District (Aspen
Group Campground, Black Bear Group Campground, Lower Fir Group
Campground, Upper Fir Group Campground, Slide Group Campground)
may be reserved from 5 days to a year in advance by calling 1-877-444-6777
1-877-444-6777.
Reservations are being taken by a new contractor known as ParkNet. There is now a
World Wide Web site set up to access the National Recreation Reservation Center. You
can make reservations over the internet or see if a reservation site is available or not, for
any National Forest site that accepts or requires reservations. There is information about
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state and private campgrounds, also. That address is: http://www
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Visitors may hike, camp, ski, picnic, or otherwise enjoy themselves anywhere on National
Forest land that is not posted closed. Motorized vehicles must remain on open roads except
for camping purposes when they may be driven up to 300 feet off open roads. According to
New Mexico state law, it is unlawful to park any motor vehicle or to camp within 300 yards
of any man-made water hole, water well, or watering tank used by wildlife or domestic stock
without prior consent of the private landowner, private land lessee, or public land management agency.
It’s the time of year for the slash pit to be open again. The dates it will be open are
Saturday, July 10, and Sunday, July 18 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. You may bring any
natural woody debris (logs, branches, leaves) to the site for dumping on these
days. No trash, lumber, sawdust, or root wads will be allowed. No commercial
hauling to the site will be allowed. Only private citizens clearing woody debris
from their property will be allowed. All debris must be free of material such as
rocks, mud clumps and excessive dirt. The landowner must be present when
the debris are brought to the site and must fill out a short questionnaire.
There will be no charge for using the site. These opening days are dependent on the weather. If it is raining or snowing the slash pit will not
open.
FIRE RESTRICTIONS
Fire Restrictions on the Lincoln National Forest have been lifted due recent
rainfall.
ROADS and TRAILS
All trails are open. Often, trees and other debris falls on trails. If you run across any areas
that require Forest Service attention, please call or come by the office and give us a description of the problem, including the location. As always, we appreciate any assistance from the
public with small trail obstructions that can be safely cleared. Most trails on the Sacramento
Ranger District are open for non-mechanized uses (such as hikers, horseback riders, skiers,
and snowmobilers) and mechanized uses (mountain bikers and motorized vehicles less than
50 inches in width). These trails are shown in green on the Lincoln National Forest Travel
Map. Trails that are red on the Travel Map are open to non-motorized and non-mechanized
travel only. Please be considerate of all trail users.
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If you are purchasing land, always make sure that it has legal access from a public road. If
there is other private land between the land you are purchasing and a public road, there
should be some type of documentation that you will have access across that land. Documentation may include an easement or documentation in the deeds. (We are NOT legal experts
and this is NOT legal advice—if you have questions, please consult a professional). If you
must cross land administered by the Lincoln National Forest to get to your private property,
i.e., your property is surrounded by Federal land and no public road accesses it, please give us
a call at the Ranger Station.
FUELWOOD
Rock Tank and Hornbuckle Fuelwood Areas are open pending rain/mud conditions. NM
State law requires that any person cutting, removing, transporting, or selling any woody
materials must have the written consent of the owner or proof of ownership with them. This
is required whether the woody materials are cut from public or private land.
Fuelwood is sometimes available from the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Mescalero. Call 6714410 for information. Several local sawmills and timber companies also sell firewood. Contact them directly for more information.
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The Roadrunner
by Ben Hanson
Children’s cartoons frequently use wild animals for characters. Often, these cartoons tend to sensationalize one characteristic of the animal. For instance, let’s look at the cartoon character the Roadrunner. The Roadrunner’s blazing
speed always allows it to survive the attacks of the wily coyote.
It is true, the roadrunner is a fast bird, however, it’s speed
may be slightly overrated. Biologists believe that roadrunners can reach speeds of 20 miles per hour, but their speed is deceiving. The relatively small
size of the roadrunner and it’s ability to run full speed while weaving in and out of brush,
gives the appearance that it is traveling much faster than it actually is. Like many other
running birds the roadrunner has long legs with short toes. If pressed it will fly for short
distances by leaping into the air and fluttering its small wings, but it prefers to keep its feet
firmly on the ground.
Roadrunners are members of the cuckoo family, that’s right the same family as the famed
cuckoo bird. Unlike many of the other birds in its family, the roadrunner does not practice
brood parasitism (to lay eggs in the nest of others birds for them to raise). Instead, the
roadrunner’s nest is an untidy bundle of twigs lined with anything found loose in the desert
including: bones, snake skins, leaves and paper. The female lays three to seven white eggs and
incubates them for approximately 19 days. Baby birds are bom with black skin, which is a
heat-conserving adaptation to cold desert nights. Within three weeks young roadrunners are
fledged and begin to gather food for themselves.
The roadrunner eats a variety of things. It’s especially noted among desert birds for its
expertise at killing snakes, which is done by a series of quick stabs from a long, pointed beak.
It is also an avid lizard killer. Any lizard darting from the shadow of a rock or cactus may find
itself with a roadrunner in hot pursuit. When a lizard is overtaken by a roadrunner it receives
a whack on the head and is then beaten repeatedly on the ground or against a nearby rock,
before being swallowed headfirst. In addition to snakes and lizards, roadrunners eat many
insects, especially crickets, large grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars. They also feed on
mice and birds, both eggs and young.
Like many other birds, roadrunners engage in sunbathing. Biologists are at a loss to explain this behavior, but one theory is that the heat gained through absorption by spreading
the wings and tail feathers causes ectoparasites (parasites that live outside the animals skin) to
move about, making it easier to remove them by preening.
There are many folk stories that surround the roadrunners snake fighting ability. One of
my favorites is that if a roadrunner is bitten by a rattlesnake, the bird rushes off and swallows
a particular herb as an antidote (Not True). Stories like this, along with its cartoon depiction,
have given the roadrunner almost mystical status.
The roadrunner is a beautiful and fascinating bird. It’s no wonder that the founders of our
state chose it as our state bird.
Penasco Chipmunk
from the Department of Game and Fish
What we call least chipmunks are common in New Mexico,
and you may see one scamper off with a morsel at your campsite. But to see the Penasco chipmunk you have to travel to
the Sacramento Mountains. Chipmunks (Eutamias minimum)
and their relatives are the only rodents in New Mexico that
have stripes on their backs. Chipmunks also have stripes that
extend onto the face, while squirrels have stripes only on their
bodies. Chipmunks have bushy tails and are not spotted.
The Penasco chipmunk (E. m. atristriatus), is a subspecies
of the least chipmunk. Its body is grayish-brown on the back,
and light brown on the flanks, rump and thighs. The belly is
white, the feet are pinkish, and the tail is dark. The top of the
head is black with flecks of white and cinnamon. There is a
white patch behind each ear. The face is white. Eyes and claws
are dark. This chipmunk displays dark stripes on the back
Either the Penasco or a
and head. Individuals are about six inches long, with sevenGray-footed
Chipmunk.
inch tails. The Penasco least chipmunk is found on Sierra
Blanca and elsewhere in the Sacramento Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. It lives in elevations of 7,290 to 8,580 feet above sea level.
This chipmunk lives along the James and Penasco canyons, in and near ponderosa pine
forests. There, they are found in open areas that include fence rows bordering fields and thin
stands of trees. They are also found as low as juniper woodland and as high as spruce forest.
Least chipmunks are very active during the day, retreating to burrows at night, in cold
weather, and to escape danger. They climb well, although much of their activity is spent on
fallen timber, rocks, and open ground. Populations living in colder areas hibernate. Foods
include weed seeds, sunflowers and cultivated grains, but fruits, nuts, flowers, leaves, insects,
and other items are no doubt eaten as well. Young are probably born in mid- to late summer,
as halfgrown juveniles have been seen in early September.
The least chipmunk is commonly found throughout New Mexico, but the Penasco subspecies has drastically declined. The reason for the possible extinction of this chipmunk appears
to be fewer pastures and agricultural fields. Gray-footed chipmunks may also have outcompeted the Penasco subspecies for food and habitat.
If the Penasco chipmunk is to survive in the Sacramento Mountains, the key to its survival
is restoration and maintenance of suitable habitat. Population surveys and strict control over
the killing of these chipmunks, including for scientific purposes, should continue.
Violators Pay
from Charles “Hoot” Murray, LNF
Forest visitors who violated the current fire and smoking restrictions in the Lincoln National Forest (LNF) were made to pay the price over the Memorial Day weekend. Forest
Service law enforcement officers issued 15 citations and arrested seven individuals for violations of the restrictions. Law Enforcement Officer Hoot Murray added that, “Most of the
violations occurred at night when campers probably thought they could get away with it.
Except they didn’t anticipate that we would have officers patrolling the Forest day and night.”
Consequences of violating the restrictions can include a $1,000 fine and/or 1 year in jail.
Thanks to the cooperation of the public and patrols by law enforcement officers from the
Forest Service and the Lincoln, Otero, and Eddy County Sheriff ’s Department, there were no
human-caused fires over the entire Memorial Day weekend. LNF Forest Supervisor Jose
Martinez extended his appreciation by saying, “We certainly would like to thank those who
did adhere to the fire and smoking restrictions while visiting the forest. I hope that they will
continue to be cautious throughout the summer.”
As a reminder, current fire and smoking restrictions are in effect Forest-wide except in
developed recreation areas where grills or metal-constructed fire rings are provided. That
does NOT include rock fire rings. Smoking should be confined to vehicles or buildings.
VINTAGE PHOTO
Fireworks are strictly prohibited on National Forest land at all times. Remember, fire danger
on the Lincoln National Forest is still extreme and we still need the public’s help in preventing wildfires. Fire restrictions will continue to be enforced by law enforcement officers. For
more information about fire and smoking restrictions, call the toll-free fire information hotline
at 1-877-864-6985.
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Two children share a magical moment in a mountain stream.
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for a month, a week,
the weekend, or just for the day.
The Independence Day
a weekend
you will treasure forever
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Bring your family to beautiful
will begin promptly at 10:30 A.M.
Timberon
No entry fee required.
Saturday, July 3rd
You will appreciate
the peace and serenity of this
friendly little village
nestled deep in the
Sacramento Mountains of
Southern New Mexico
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Parade Theme
“20th Century in Review”
Bring lawn chairs
for comfortable viewing.
Bring cameras too.
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IN THE FOREST OR TOWN
For additional information call:
(1-505) 987-2424,
987-2258 or 987-2530
Allow at least1 hour driving time
from Cloudcroft
Allow at least 1-1/2 hours driving time
from Alamogordo
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No worries, no officethe perfect get-away spot.
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Heated pool. Lifeguard on duty. $1 per person.
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PLAYING
Kiddies playground. Basketball, volleyball, tennis.
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FISHING
Two lakes stocked with trout. No license required.
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BROWSING
Visit the gift shop. Ask about our talented artists.
Tournaments and open play daily. Pro shop. Golf carts. Challenging 9 hole course Bar & Grill.
CAMPING
RV Park with full hook-ups, dump station, laundrymat. Primitive camping in forest.
Covered pavilion with large grill & electricity. Tables scattered around lake and Lodge areas.
PICNICS
WILDLIFE
Deer and other wildlife abound in this peaceful sanctuary. Be sure to bring your camera.
LODGING
Motel, cabins, condominiums. Rented by day, weekend, week, or month. Reasonable rates.
HIKING
FOOD
Like to exercise? Take a walk on the wild side. Enjoy natureup close and personal.
Bar and grill above pro shop, cafe on the main street. General store for groceries and supplies.
LIBRARY
2nd largest library in Otero County. offers a variety of books and videos. Visitors welcome.
PAGE 12 - WEED/SACRAMENTO
Happenings
Blue Sky Country
in Weed by Debbie Stone
We in the Weed area want to invite you
to our community. The Weed Café has
been completely renovated and will be finished in a few days. You can expect to hear
good “Old Time Music” on Friday and
Saturday nights, along with excellent food.
In order to make reservations, you need
to call 687-3611 in the daytime Monday
through Saturday. You can count on experiencing what it is like “to really get away
from it all,” and enjoy some good old-time
family fun in the cool mountain air! We will be looking for you soon in Weed.
Beginning on July 16th, in Weed we are having our annual Weed Bluegrass Festival. The
festival will continue on through July 18th. We are expecting lots of Bluegrass bands and the
community will have a concession stand during the festival. The Weed Café will also be open
for dining. Festivities will begin Friday the 16th at 7pm through 10pm. There will be a
reasonable admission charge. Saturday the music will begin at 2pm and continue until
10pm. Sunday we will
Pecos Valley Bluegrass
begin at 9am with a devotional and continue on
until noon with Gospel
Bluegrass. We will have
various other activities
going on in Weed through
the summer and a call to
687-3611, 687-3282 or
687-3648 will allow you
to find out what they are
and when they will be taking place!
Bear Mountain Realty
19 Weed Road, Weed, NM 88354
1-800-501-0289 or 1-505-687-2458
www.bearmountainrealty.com
Fax (505)687-2599
Here are some great properties/homes. Contact any of the agents listed
below for more information. (Some may have been sold - other listings added)
-38 prime acres near Camp of the Tall Pines turn-off, lots of flat land, backs national
forest, year-round access off paved road, electricity. $4,000 per acre.
-160 acres off Chimney Lake Road, rolling hills, pinon, juniper, forest. Lots of building
sites. Priced to sell $1,500 per acre.
-Chippeway Park steal, lovely wooded corner lot priced so low you must hurry! $6,000.
-Mobile in Hay Canyon with large build-on room on already surveyed lot. Only $22,000.
-3 bedroom double-wide on 2 lots in Twin Forks. This property has decks, views, and is
in clean move-in condition. NEWLY REDUCED $59,400.
-Two 80 acre parcels off Hwy24. This property has meadows and forest, backs national
forest. Electric runs through the property. $3,000 per acre or buy 160 at $2,750 per acre.
This is only a partial list, for more properties and information contact us!
Leonard Schuessler - Owner/Broker Sharon Ward - Owner/Associate Broker
Frances Goss - Smile Maker
by Sherry Ward
When someone mentions Frances Goss, I have noticed the instant reaction of automatic
smiling. Before I even met this lady, I noticed it and realized she must be special.
Frances lives in Downtown Weed with her husband Jimmy, a cattle rancher. They share
their home with “The Weed House of Prayer,” which is busting at the seams… even with the
new expansion.
Frances wears many hats. Frances is a poetess who often travels to far places to read her
work. Her poems are about the cowboy way of life, or her walk with the Lord. She has three
published works that she says are not about talent, but are God inspired.
Most of us who own her works of poetry can identify with them by our own life experiences. It is still great fun to
recognize in them her husband Jimmy (known as Old
Goss), or her children - Spike,
Sis, and Kendra.
Frances is also very active
in local government, fighting
for cattleman’s rights. She has
seen many of the cattle folk’s
rights disappear through the
years, and remains vocal and
diligent as an active member
of the Cattlemen’s Association.
Why is it, you ask, that people smile when they hear her name? It is because Frances is one
of the sweetest, kindest women in the area. Whether you need someone to pray for, or with
you - or if you just need a friend, Frances is always ready to stand with you. Her walk with
Jesus is so apparent, her love for the community so great, that it makes you smile just to think
of her.
Laughter
There’s one thing that I have found;
There are some folks I like to be around.
I wonder what it is they’ve got.
Then I know; they laugh a lot.
There’s a laughter that comes from deep within.
There’s a giggle, a chuckle, and just a grin.
It doesn’t matter which kind you do
As long as others can laugh with you.
The good Book says, “It will make you whole;
It’s just like medicine to your soul.”
I’ve often said to my daughters and son,
“It doesn’t hurt to have a little fun.”
Now I think to you I’ll say,
“Stop and laugh sometime today.”
A poem written by
Frances Goss
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MAYHILL - PAGE 13
Coming Soon to Camp Chimney Spring
Do you have trouble talking to your children about adult relationships? Do you wonder
how to help your child feel good about themselves? Would you like your child to learn these
things based upon Christian values?
From July 11th through the 17th, Camp Chimney Spring will offer a biblically-based human
sexuality camp for ninth grade youth. The camp is entitled Created to be Me - Fearfully and
Wonderfully Made. Linda Goodard who is the keynote and workshop leader for this camp
was asked in 1988 to design a sexuality camp for Central Area Disciples of Christ youth who
would be entering the ninth grade that fall. The course was so successful that she formed
Christian Life Enrichment Resources to handle the publication of her material. Her senior
high course has now reached over 2000 youth and has expanded from its local beginnings in
West Texas to as far away as New York State.
The purpose of this course is to provide rising eighth grade youth with factual and spiritual
sexuality information that will help them view sexual intimacy as a gift from God intended
for the marriage relationship. To enlighten youth to the dangers, risks, and consequences
that can occur when God’s gift of sexual intimacy is used outside of marriage.
by Karen Hare
The objectives of the course are:
- To impart factual information about the human reproductive anatomies.
- To provide accurate information about puberty, menstruation, conception, contraceptives and sexually transmitted diseases - HIV/AIDS.
- To enable youth to recognize “dating pitfalls”, controlling and/or violent dating relationships and peer pressure to be sexually active.
- To help youth learn to value the uniqueness of being male or female and to learn to
appreciate the differences.
- To give youth the opportunity to think through and ask questions about sexuality issues, abstinence, dating and love relationships, in an atmosphere of love and acceptance.
- To present a loving and forgiving God that has a plan for each of their lives, and to help
youth see Jesus as their “role model” for living full, health, and exciting lives.
The camp is open to all rising eighth graders and if you need any additional information on
this camp or any of the camps offered by Camp Chimney Spring, call 505-687-3520.
Vintage Photos from the Sara Jo Patterson Collection
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and we want to do the best job possible, but
because of our wide coverage area and small
staff we might not be able to attend all the
news-making events in the area. Please help
us out by reporting events, information, etc...
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PAGE 14 - SUNSPOT
Life as it was in the Sacramentos
Who Said That?
by Jim Mason
by Jim Mason
H
er
olvHer
eree ar
aree a couple of stories inv
involving early Sunspotters; the first Lee
D avis (no rrelation
elation to the rancher B
ill
Bill
Davis) and the second Rudy Cook.
Bill Davis, it is said, never liked
wimpy women or poodle dogs. One
Fall after the cattle had been moved
do
wn to their usual winter gr
ound in
down
ground
Alamo Canyon and after an early snowfall, Bill’s count showed one cow missing so he set out on horseback to find
her
ted up Water C
any
on withher.. H
Hee star
started
Cany
anyon
out much thought for the cold — the
snow was melting — but he didn’t
count on the water
water..
After riding a while thr
ough the
through
br
ush his jeans and socks w
er
brush
wer
eree soaked.
No w B
ill often rreminded
eminded hands who
Bill
complained about the cold that “they
could be workin’ in boots and neckties” so naturally he just kept on, but
he was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable. About then he met Lee and
his wife R
osemar
wn fr
om
Rosemar
osemaryy coming do
down
from
the peak. They stopped and Rosemary,
seeing his condition, pr
oceeded to rreeproceeded
move her own heavy wool socks and
over his pr
otests insisted he take them.
protests
Rosemary also had a poodle dog, and
fr
om that day on when she and Lee
from
stopped by the Davis place her poodle
was always welcome and could lie on
B ill
obin F
esmir
ill’’s lap. Thanks to R
Robin
Fesmir
esmiree
(Davis) for this story.
Sunspot Weather
for the Month of May
Snowfall:
May total
N or
mal
ormal
98-99 seasonal total
N or
mal
ormal
0.00"
1.13"
33.65"
78.04"
0.55"
0.96"
3.23"
6.32"
Temperatur
e:
emperature:
High/Date
Low/Date
Av erage H
igh
High
Av erage Lo
w
Low
79 / 23r
d
23rd
27 / 2nd
66.88
42.32
M ay R
ecor
ds:
Recor
ecords:
Snowfall
P r ecipitation
H igh Temperatur
emperaturee
Lo
w
T
emperatur
Low emperaturee
by Doug Gilliam
Simon Retires
by Dick Altrock
P r ecipitation:
May total
N or
mal
ormal
1999 Total
N or
mal
ormal
When R
udy and M
er
Rudy
Mae
wer
eree
ae Cook w
shortly expecting their first baby it was
mid-December so they moved down to
Alamogor
do to stay with B
ill and JJean
ean
Alamogordo
Bill
in their winter house until the arrival.
A gain ther
w missing in B
ill
theree was a co
cow
Bill
ill’’s
count and since a sev
er
m
sever
eree winter stor
storm
had descended on the ar
ea he had dearea
cided to go back to the ranch to look
for her
ot expecting to be long he
her.. N
Not
didn’t bother to heat up the house but
d,
leaving tr
uck and trailer in the yar
truck
yard,
saddled up and set out to sear
ch.
search.
That after
noon R
udy decided he
afternoon
Rudy
should check on instruments at the
peak and set out in his car
car.. H
Hee got as
far as the ranch but found the rroad
oad up
Water C
any
on impassable and it being
Cany
anyon
too late to star
ealiz
ed he
havee
startt back, rrealiz
ealized
he’’d hav
to spend the night. He found Bill’s
sleeping bag in the pickup and a little
fir
uilding a fir
firee wood in the house. B
Building
firee
in the barr
el sto
um
barrel
stovve - a 55 gallon dr
drum
tur
ned sideways and set on legs with
turned
an opening cut in it - he bedded down
on the sofa. The fir
ent out
firee soon w
went
and next mor
ning the ther
mometer in
morning
thermometer
the living rroom
oom rread
ead minus six degr
ees. H
grees.
Hee managed to get the car back
on the rroad
oad and pr
omptly headed for
promptly
town.
Meanwhile Bill had found the cow in
the vicinity of Sunspot too late to drive
her down so he went to Rudy’s house
which was heated b
naces
byy two oil fur
furnaces
so while Rudy spent a miserable night
at Bill’s house Bill spent a most comext mor
ning
for
table one at R
udy
Next
morning
fortable
Rudy
udy’’s. N
he pushed the cow down canyon and
hauled her out. Ther
er
Theree w
wer
eree plenty of
laughs when they found out what had
happened.
10.00" - 1978
4.25" - 1992
83 - 1969
14 - 1988
AFRL/VSBS and the National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak held a retirement
party for Dr. George Simon on 11 May at
Sacramento Peak. Dr. Gregory Ginet, VSBS
Chief, presided over the Air Force portion of
the ceremonies. He read congratulatory letters from General Dick Paul, Ms. Christine
Anderson and Dr. Janet Fender and presented
gifts to Dr. Simon from VSBS and VS. Dr. R.
Altrock reviewed Dr. Simon’s career, and Dr.
D. Neidig presented Dr. Simon with a gift
from VSBS-West. Dr. Stephen Keil, who is
transitioning from AFRL to Director of NSO,
gave Dr. Simon a “roast”, and several other
staff members from the two organizations told
humorous anecdotes about Dr. Simon. Dr.
Keil hosted a dinner for Dr. and Mrs. Simon
that evening. Dr. Simon continues as an
AFRL Emeritus Fellow and will be attached
to VSBS during his tenure.
Last February I wanted to use the following poem in this column but
couldn
couldn’’t find it. Well, cleaning out a
file draw
er last w
eek, I unco
ed it
drawer
week,
uncovv er
ered
again. P
erhaps the physicists among
Perhaps
us will know it’s author since he was
one of the best.
VALENTINE BY A TELEGRAPH
CLERK (GENTLEMAN) TO A
TELEGRAPH CLERK (LADY)
And clicked this answer back to me,“I am thy Farad, staunch and true,
Charged to a Volt with lo
lovve for thee.”
The poem used in April was written
by R
obin (D
avis) F
esmir
e.
Robin
(Davis)
Fesmir
esmire.
NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY
SACRAMENTO PEAK
The tendrils of my soul ar
aree twined
With thine, though many a mile apart,
And thine in close-coiled cir
cuits wind
circuits
Ar
ound the needle of my hear
t.
Around
heart.
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WWW.SUNSPOT
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Constant as D
aniell, str
ong as G
Daniell,
strong
Grr o ve,
Ebullient thr
ough its depths like SSmee,
mee,
through
My heart pours forth its tide of love,
And all its cir
cuits close in thee.
circuits
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O tell me when along the line
F
ws
Frr om my full hear
heartt the message flo
flows
What curr
ents ar
currents
aree induced in thine?
O
ne click fr
om thee will end my woes.
One
from
Thr
ough many an O
hm the Weber flew
Through
Ohm
flew,,
AND
APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
The Sunspot Editor for the
Mountain Times is Brian
Armstrong. Contact Brian at
(505) 434-7103
or email
garfield@sunspot.noao.edu
CLOUDCROFT - PAGE 15
Fun Times Continued
Postal Scripts
vendors this year, 65 vendors and artists, the merchandise was of higher quality. The crowd
must have been impressed, as several of the vendors reported record sales.
In other parts of the Village there were also interesting activities going on. At the high
school football field you could see the Zia Rodders Hot Rod Show. There were close to 100
cars this year, more than there were last Mayfair. At night there was a street dance on Burro
Avenue with Mark Grey and the Renegades. The turnout was said to be low, but this was the
first street dance to be held on Memorial Day weekend. Over towards Mayhill, at the G.
Gordon Wimsatt Memorial Arena, there was a rodeo. There was something for everyone this
year at the Mayfair! If you missed the Mayfair this year, mark your calendars and try to make
it next year. It is a great way to kick off the season!
The Western Round-up kicked off Friday, June 11th, with a barbecue and pie auction in
Zenith Park. Over 40 pies were auctioned off, with a portion of the proceeds going to the
Garden Club and the rest of the money went to support the activities. The Garden Club
made some of the pies and the rest were donated by people around the community. The
Cook Shack did the barbecue.
On Saturday, June 12th, the Centennial Parade made its way down Highway 82 and onto
Burro Avenue. There were 20 entries in the parade - the Cloudcroft Marching Band, bagpipe
players, fire trucks, etc… We have pictures for you, but could not get a list of the winners as
that appears to be some sort of well guarded secret.
There was a model train display at the Middle School on Saturday and Sunday, and the
Kiwanis held bingo Saturday night in the Old Red Brick Schoolhouse.
A street dance Saturday night on Burro Avenue featured Steve Anderson and the Stray
Bullet Band. This was their first time in Cloudcroft and the verdict on the show is in - they
were great! Again, just like this year’s Mayfair, if you missed the Western Round-up you
missed loads of fun.
by Judy Henry
The color of the paint for the Post Office
drew a lot of comments and speculation.
The more adventurous liked the blue-green
color that was first applied but it probably
would not have passed inspection by the
Postal Service Architect. Most everyone
preferred the original color, but that type
only lasts for about 6 months, whereas the
solid color stain will last about 5 years.
Once the trim is completed people will
probably become accustomed to the new
color and not remember what it used to look
like. It is nice to see it clean and fresh looking again. Thanks to the painters who were
very careful of the nesting Mama swallow
and her babies.
Laura Brown Daves says “A LETTER IS
BETTER!” And we certainly agree. Letter
writing seems to be a dying art. Even kids
who do everything on the computer still
enjoy receiving letters. Older people eagerly
look forward to the mail to see if they have
received a letter from a friend or loved one.
When it arrives it is held with anticipation,
opened, read then carefully and put away
for future readings. The news and the words
on the printed page are savored. For those
who still enjoy sending and receiving letters, the Postal Service has various items of
stationery that match several recent commemorative
stamps that have been issued. Some favorites are the Arctic Animals,
the Fruit Berries, the Tropical flowers, and
the Aquarium Fish.
Aquarium fish will be swimming by in
your local Post Office. The stamps will be a
sure hit for anyone who works with or admires fish. They are brightly colored with
stationery to match. Those who have been
waiting for the Xtreme Sports, American
Glass, and the California Gold Rush may
now get them at their local Post Office.
Below are some photos from the Western Round-up Parade -
A little practice session before getting on stage at Cloudcroft’s Bluegrass Festival.
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From The Cloudcroft Chamber
New Chamber President, Newsletter
The first issue of “The Bear Facts”, the official Chamber newsletter of the new millennium,
went out in mid-June. We put in everything we could think of, but if anyone has any suggestions, give us a call. The newsletter will contain such information as Business After Hours
(we will no longer be sending invitations), advertising opportunities, new members, and
more. This will be our main means of communication with Chamber members, so please
take some time to read it. We will mail it to all Chamber members, and it will be available to
the public at the Chamber.
Chamber president Debbie Gardner resigned on June 17th. She and her family are moving
to Ruidoso. President-elect Berle Van Zandt took over immediately as President. An interim
president-elect will be chosen from the board at the next meeting. So, good luck to both
Debbie and Berle. I am sure you will both succeed in your new endeavors.
The Western Roundup Street Dance was enjoyed by all that attended. Some however, did
not enjoy it so much. They were busy cleaning up Silly String and (I hope I can say this in the
paper.) Fart Bags. It seems
that some of our local youth
purchased these items and
used them to vandalize the
Burro Street Exchange. Mr.
Cave was not pleased. We
held a discussion with the
Mayor, and decided we would
heighten security at these events, and
supply a clean-up crew. Most importantly, we are asking parents
not to let children attend without an adult. With everyone’s help, hopefully we can put an
end to this “crime wave”.
From the Museum
by Pat Rand
Saturday, June 5th, was a day Club of El Paso, who were such a great help in obtaining current addresses of the “babies,”
to remember as far as the Sac- and also helped with the festivities. Gifts were given to all the “babies,” including a Kiwanis
ramento Mountain Historical centennial throw, which went as swaddling clothes to Frances Bonnell English, the only baby
Society is concerned. Arrange- born at the “Baby San,” who came down from Durango, Colorado.
ments were made to have a tour
Margie Springer Young, who came all the way from Amherst, Massachusetts by train beof historic buildings in the Vil- cause she no longer flies, was given a centennial cross-section of a railroad rail to signify her
lage from 1pm until 4pm. three-day journey. The weather was a little “iffy” and the lawn games had to be cancelled, but
Scotty Black, whose grandfa- a fine time was had by all.
ther Horace Stevens built his
A special thanks has to go to Jeanine Graham of Triangle Trophy in Alamogordo. She was
cottage on Grand Avenue in contacted to make a plaque for the Historical Society’s “Old-Timers Honorees,” which in1906, and who wrote the book cludes the namesof 99 people to date. She made up a beautiful plaque, which you have to
“Cloudcroft - What Have They Done With My Meadow,” contacted the Horseless Carriage come to the Museum to see. When asked about the bill, she said she was donating it in the
Club of El Paso, and was able to have nine vintage autos available to take people on the tour. memory of her husband Billy, who recently passed away. Thanks, Jeanine!
For those who may not know, the Museum is open on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and SaturNine buildings were available for viewing and at Eagle Eyrie, which was one of the included
buildings, Lee Wilson served refreshments. The start and stop of the tour was from the day from 10am until 4pm, and on Sunday from 1pm until 4pm. If you haven’t been in the
Museum parking lot, and a number of people visited the Museum either before or after they Museum lately, stop in and, hopefully, be pleasantly surprised.
If you have a question about the Museum or the Historical Society, please call the Museum
went on the tour.
At 4pm that afternoon, the official dedication of the bust of John Arthur Eddy, considered at 682-2932, and we’ll try to answer it.
to be the “Father of Cloudcroft,” was held on the porch of the Eddy summer cottage now on
the Museum grounds. All the vintage cars
pulled into the grounds to allow for viewing
Otero County Electric Participates in Career Day at the Scott Able 4-H Camp
after the ceremony. Mayor Dave Venable
welcomed the people and read a proclamation naming the day “John Arthur Eddy
Day.”
The unveiling of the bust was done by artist Ernie Lee Miller, the sculptor of the bust,
together with Dr. David Townsend and Clif
McDonald, who helped arrange for
Cloudcroft to obtain the bust. Following the
ceremony, the Mountain Garden Club served
refreshments at the Wuersching Annex at the
rear of the Museum property. The weather
cooperated and it was a very nice ceremony.
Many thanks to all participants who were of
tremendous help.
The reunion of the “Baby San” patients was
another successful and moving activity. It was
held at the Cloudcroft Lodge and at the home
of Leon Brown, which is on the site of the
“Baby San.” Each place setting had a matted
photograph of the “Baby San,” donated by
Paul Happel, a photographer from Roswell.
For entertainment, the “Chamber’s Maids”
quartet, composed of Jan Hunter, Dixie Neill,
Mandy Smaga, and Vicki Smith, sang a medley of songs from the time period of 1911
though 1934, when the “Baby San” was in
operation.
Sixty-seven people participated, including
nine of the survivors. Descendants of the docMark Martin gives campers a ride in the bucket truck.
Andy Carrell climbing a power pole keeps attention of campers.
Career Day is sponsored by NMSU and this year Otero County Electric sent - Wayne McGee, Bill Chance,
tors who treated the patients came in good
Andy Carrell, Tommy Hernandez, Mark Martin, and John Martin to put on various demonstrations for the kids.
numbers, as did members of the Women’s
CLOUDCROFT - PAGE 17
The Lodge Report
by Lisa Thomassie
Congratulations to Holly Counts, April 1999 Employee of the Month. Holly
has been an outstanding employee of The Lodge for over one year. Holly
works in our laundry department. She is a pleasant,
friendly, efficient, hardworking employee. She
performs her job duties exceptionally
well. Holly has recently been
promoted to Laundry Assistant Supervisor and has
accepted her added responsibility very well. We
are very fortunate to have
Holly employed at The
Lodge and wish her continued success in her position.
Congratulations to Jody Mancillas,
May 1999 Employee of the Month. Jody has
been an outstanding employee of The Lodge
for over eight years. Jody works in our kitchen
in many different capacities. He performs dock
work and unloads all of our freight. He also bakes
our breads and desserts. Jody will do anything for anybody… all anyone has to do is ask him. Jody is also a member of the PRIDE Committee,
which is just another demonstration of his willingness to want to help others. We are very
fortunate to have Jody employed at The Lodge and wish him continued success in his position.
We are having a successful Centennial Celebration. The events for June were enjoyable and
memorable. A special thanks to the many, many people that were involved and helped with
the events. July’s events will be just as exciting with the Cloudcroft Light Opera Company
and Trainload of Talent.
Otero County Region of School to Careers Program has officially received a $100,000
grant. The Cloudcroft, Alamogordo, Tularosa, Mescalero, and Visually Handicap Schools
will benefit from this program. This program is designed to partner with the communities,
businesses and schools to better educate our children of the future. If you want to be involved, please call myself, Marcy Merrick, or Steve Starkey.
As a part of The Lodge’s Centennial Celebration we are holding The Lodge Centennial Golf
Invitational September 23 - 26, if you are interested in attending please call The Lodge for
further information.
We would like to welcome the following groups: Embry Riddle Acronautical, Penasco
Valley Telephone, NM School Board Association, Hamilton/Garmon Wedding, CHECS, El
Paso Federation of Teachers, NM IDEA, V-S Industries, La Clinica de Familia, Wellcare,
Fischer Family Reunion, NMSU Board of Regents, Safety Counselling and Eckl/McCormick
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Cloudcroft Golfing News
from infomation provided by Marty Mills
The Hal ‘Pappy’ Nenninger Memorial
Tournament was held this last month at the
Cloudcroft Lodge Golf Course. Fifty six
golfers entered this event, with the proceeds
going to provide college scholarships.
First place was taken by the team of Brian
Brastad, Greg Gonet, June Scott, and Virgil
Kelley with a score of 55. In second place
was the team of Jon House, Pete Trimble,
Don Young, and Gwen Young with a score
of 55. As you can see both teams shot the
same score, their positions were determined
by a playoff on the scorecards.
Making third place was the team of John
Scott, Gene Tiley, Josette Herrell, and Eddy
Coleman with a score of 57. In fourth place
was the team of Luke Mauter, Ken Forestal,
Kelly Gray, and Joan Goodman with a score
of 57. Fifth place was secured by the team
of Jim Rink, Byron Botts, Gary Owens, and
Dee Jones with a score of 57. This time
there were three teams tied at 57, and again
a score card playoff determined what place
they ended up in.
Sixth place was occupied by the team of
Bernie Hagins, Tommy Herrell, Fos Sadler,
and Sue Kehoe with a score of 58.
The team that had the most fun shot a 66
and included Wayne McGee, Mike Mills,
Terry Buttram, and Vic Plumb. Low Gross
for the men was Jack Ratcliff with a 71 and
Low Gross for the ladies was Missy Hass
with a 76.
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Hardesty 50th Anniversary
Flag Raising Ceremony
Bob and Mickey Hardesty celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary this last month in the
Timberon Chapel. Many of their friends, a good part of the mountain plus some, attended
the celebration. Bob and Mickey were married in Wichita, Kansas back in 1949.
Mickey told us an interesting story from when they were married. She was one of five girls
that had been good friends since 7th grade. All five were married within two years of each
other, and they were all in each others weddings. Bob and Mickey were the first to get
married, and are therefore
the first of the group to celebrate their 50th.
Up until one year ago, October, all the friends were still
married to the same partners.
Then recently one of the girls
was lost to a sudden illness,
leaving only four to attend
the reunion they hold every
five years in Wichita.
Because of the great distance to travel, none of these
friends was able to make the
anniversary celebration in
Front row
row,, left to right - daughter Jan, Bob & Mickey
Mickey,, son-in-law
Timberon.
Vince. Back row
row,, left to right - son Ed, and granddaughter Cody
Cody..
The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who have died in defense of their country during the
late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet church yard
in the land. In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades
will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.
We are organized, comrades, as our
regulations tell us, for the purpose,
among other thing, “of preserving and
strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late
rebellion.” What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead,
who made their breasts a barricade
between our country and its foes?
Their soldier lives were the reveille of
freedom to a race in chains, and their The flag is raised in Timberon on Memorial Day.
deaths the tattoo of rebellious tyranny
in arms. We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth
and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security, is but a fitting tribute to the
memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds.
Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let
no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or the coming
generations, that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.
If other eyes grow dull, and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust,
ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remains to us.
Let us, then, at the time appointed gather around their sacred remains and garland the
passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above
them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our
pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us, a sacred charge upon a nation’s
gratitude - the soldier’s and sailor’s widow and orphan……… from Headquarters, Grand
Army of the Republic, Washington D.C.- May 5, 1868.
Reprinted by permission from the Timberon News, June of 1984.
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School - God = Violence
What has happened to our schools? For that
matter what has happened to our children?
In wake of the recent incident that happened
in Colorado these questions are on everyone’s
mind. It seems that violence has become a
way of life for our adolescence. To most of us
this has become appalling. In the older generation you were taught to respect life, not
take it. You were taught values, principals and
morals. Yes maybe some did not live by these
standards, but for the most part they did, and
you certainly didn’t idolize those who did not.
If you understand the root cause for the violence then you can come up with a positive
solution for it. I fear that many of our political leaders are trying to put Band-Aids on
A look at school violence and what can be done to stop it.
mortal wounds because they do not have an
answer for what is happening. They know that
to continue in office they must do something.
Let’s look at an example. Immediately after
each shock wave of school violence the gun
control activist begin to cry, “See there! If
there weren’t any guns this would not have
happened.” But lets look at the situation rationally and with an open mind. What really
committed the crime? The gun or the individual? Obviously the gun was only an instrument, so then, it must be the person who
is at fault. Now we must ask, “Why did this
person do such a terrible thing?” The gun
control people will quickly say that it was
because the gun was readily available. This is
an irrational thought. Guns have always been
available in our society. It has only been in
recent years that there has been a wave of violence of this magnitude in our society. In our
past, for the most part, violence was something that happened in other countries. To
stop violence in our society we must look
deeper than gun control. Look back to when
and where the violent attitudes started and
there we will find the culprit.
What are the changes that have taken place
in our society that have caused us to be such
violent, sex crazed people? Driven by passion
rather than morals? In the beginning of this
great nation Godly principals and morals were
strongly encouraged. Governing laws were
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passed using the Bible as a guideline. It was
God and Country. In the ‘60s and ‘70s a new
wave of liberal thinking began to infiltrate
our government, universities and schools.
They decided that we no longer needed God
in our society. A liberal lifestyle and way of
thinking began to take root. Slowly but surely,
thoughts and then laws began to change,
eroding our Godly culture. It started not with
the government, as many would claim, but
with a breakdown in the family. The
Woodstock era had started, free sex for everyone with no commitment. If God doesn’t
exist there’s no need to follow those biblical
guidelines any longer. Just do what’s in your
heart to do.
This kind of thinking has produced millions of fatherless children roaming aimlessly
with no direction. Divorce was a rare tragedy. Now it is common and even promoted.
Which, again leaves children with no stability. If you multiply all these unstable children, becoming adults and leaders of the next
generation, you have an unstable society that
has become a god unto themselves, making
decisions based on unbiblical principles.
Therefore these choices throw society into a
huge downfall. They know something is
wrong but refuse to admit they need God and
His principles in their lives.
I’ve been told over the years by various
people that there is separation of Church and
State and that you cannot legislate morality.
I totally agree with this. You cannot legislate
morality but you can promote it. At the very
least, do not promote immorality as this
present administration has done. Violence
and promiscuity has permeated this society.
What do you expect from a people and a government who save their whales at all costs and
then encourage the mass slaughter of their
unborn children.
To stop this violence and madness in our
streets and in our schools there must be a turning back to God and His principles. Parents
need to start taking the responsibility for the
actions of their children. You can take all the
guns from every American citizen and the violence will still continue until there has been a
change of heart. The change must be voluntary. It cannot be forced but it can be promoted. I pray that immorality will again one
day be looked upon with disgust rather than
just a way of life.
I challenge all to allow this change to begin
in you and let it spread out across this nation
until this violence is stopped in it’s tracks.
We invite you to join us on Sunday mornings. Our service starts at 10:00 AM and we
are located on Rocky Trail in Timberon, New
Mexico. Every last Sunday of the month we
have a potluck after the service that you’re
certainly welcome to attend. If you need any
info you can call me at #505-987-2323.
Pastor
Jim Moss
Associate Pastor
Paul Davis
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Richard Beem Wins Kemper Open
from an interview with Herb Wimberly
It was Richard Beem’s first year and his twelfth tournament on the PGA tour. He won the
1999 Kemper Open by 1 shot last month to bring home $450,000. Richard now qualifies to
play in the British Open.
When the Timberon Golf Course first opened years ago Herb Wimberly was the Head Golf
Professional and ran the golf shop under an agreement with Johnny Mobley and North
American Land Development. Richard’s
father, Larry Beem, was the first on-site
Resident Pro (he lived in a little trailer
off number nine green). Richard Beem
was three years old at the time, he’s 28
now, and lived here in Timberon for
about a year before his father accepted a
position at White Sands Golf Course.
This technically makes him a former
Timberon resident!
His father, Larry Beem, was the first
Pro at White Sands Golf Course. His
family then moved to Panama and on
to Berlin, Germany. Richard played his
high school golf in Germany.
Upon their return to the States,
Richard’s father returned to his position
as Pro at White Sands. He is now the
Men’s Golf Coach at New Mexico State
in Las Cruces.
Both Richard and his father, Larry,
Richard Beem, on botttom right, with his family
played for Coach Wimberly on the New
in front of number nine green in Timberon.
Mexico State Golf Team. Herb
Wimberly said that this was the only instance where father, and then son, played under him
on the team.
An interesting note - Tom Byrum, another former golf team member of Herb Wimberly’s,
first win on tour was the 1989 Kemper Open.
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by Stan Irvin
With the 4th of July holiday just a few days away, it is necessary to let everyone know about the
activities planned by the Golf Association. We will have a number of golf carts decorated and
participating in the parade on Saturday. The details of a special raffle sponsored by the Timberon
Home Extension Club will be showcased by the Association. During the parade and after, the
Mountain Top Daylight Masonic Lodge #81 A. F. & A. M. will sponsor the 6th annual Masonic
Charities Golf Tournament. Tee times are 8:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.. Sunday the 4th, at 9:00 a.m.
we will have a 18-hole Fourth of July Firecracker Scramble. Monday will feature a 9-hole Fun in
the Sun Scramble. All events are very affordable and are designed for players of any level of skills.
As in the past, we have golf events each
Saturday. Call the Pro Shop at 987-2260
for details.
As the spokesperson for the Timberon Golf
Association, I would like to use part of this
article to editorialize on the question of
“What is the future of the Timberon golf
program without a Pro?”
As I see it, we will not have a Golf Pro this
year or maybe in the year(s) to come. What
does that mean for the future for the
Timberon Golf Course and the programs in
place? Is it going to continue to grow, or is
it going to become an additional burden on
the tax base of the community?
“What are the qualifications that a Pro brings to the position?” I am sure this is in the job
description used in the hiring of the past pros, and I could have gotten the answer from the TWSD
management. However, I feel the following questions will need input from the people of Timberon
to determine the future of the greatest asset Timberon has.
Without a Pro on staff what skills in Golf Course Management can we assume at the Timberon
level? How will we provide the professional skills such as lessons, merchandising, grounds and
turf management and tournament development? Can we create the enthusiasm in the program to
attract visitors from surrounding areas to travel and spend the time and money to play our course?
How do we want the future of the golf course to proceed? Should we manage it as it has been or
should we have someone manage the assets? Could we enhance the attraction for all citizens of
Timberon to enjoy the golf course area with projects designed to develop a total recreational
concept?
These are not hard questions to answer, and it is my observation that any community that
believes in itself will always find the resources to accomplish the task that challenges the survival of
any entity. This is true in Timberon. We have to address the questions raised and I know that
when we are done we will only have a couple of unanswered questions. That is when we will need
to go for professional advice. It appears that all of the short term goals are in place. Only time will
tell if we have the desire and the resources to make the right decisions.
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Dont forget - the Tulie Creek Band will begin playing at 8pm in the Lodge/Annex and
will keep you swinging until midnight! There will be an extra charge for the dance.
TIMBERON - PAGE 21
Setting the Clock Back Fifteen Years in Timberon
Round the Mountain with Mary Fran
Well, here we are into mid summer. We’re all
happy to see FRANCES STOUT out and about
again… keep up the good work. ALVENA
MILLER it was certainly nice to see you come
by the pro shop and visit awhile. Hope your
progress will be steady and complete. Our illustrious Editor and his wife MAXINE had the pleasure of a visit from their daughter, SHERLENE,
son in law BOBBY and their four children, JAY,
DENEE, KIFFERI, and LACY. Thanks to their
efforts, the Fire Department floor received two
coats of paint.
Word is that the COUNTRY STORE and
KITCHEN have been sold to the ABERNATHYS of Las Cruces. Good luck to all parties. Can’t help but wondering if ELISE and
JORDAN SCHAAF aren’t going to miss their
treadmill.
Family reunions are the “IN” thing in
Timberon, it seems. C.C. CHRISTENSEN’s
were loaded with 26 of DOT’s family for a few
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August 7th and 8th
September 4th and 5th
October 2nd and 3rd
November 6th and 7th
December 4th and 5th
days, while the RAY BLOCK’s had what looked
like an invasion of their place on the golf course.
GRACE MEYERS crew are still arriving,
SHARON and JIM PETTIT with daughter
MICHELLE from Burleson, Texas and JOEY
and LARRY HODGIN from Annandale, VA
with children LIANNE and LAUREN, Sorry to
hear that CAROL and RICHARD STEARMAN
from Houston couldn’t make it, but with RICHARD completing school and then being
“off” to new horizons, it’s understandable. Yours
truly had a family reunion in MO. It was wonderful to see all my relates after ten years. LEE
and SUE MARTIN had children up for a long
visit – BILLY and DAVID BRADLEY of Benson,
AZ; daughter TINA RHODES of Visilia, CA,
and daughter THERESA BARTHOLOMEW,
two sons MICHAEL and JAKE (grandsons).
We hope CLARENCE KENNEDY’s mom is
recovering nicely… keep us posted on LULA’s
progress. PEGGY WOMANS did a swan dive
at one end of the pool tripping over the pool
cover rack and injured her foot. Hope the discomfort soon goes away and is gone by the time
you read this. Sorry to hear that BOBBY
POSTLEWAITE’s mother, PEARL CHANCELLOR, passed away last month.
JAN and LILA OLIVERI just returned from a
quick “golf and business trip” to Ft. Stockton
and El Paso. The BOMPARTS have arrived in
Timberon, and will be here for about a month –
glad to see you.
The beginning of the universe is the Mother
of all things. Knowing the Mother, one also
knows the sons. Knowing the sons, yet remaining in touch with the Mother, brings freedom
from fear of death.
Rum Cake
from Sue Haynes
Before you start – sample the rum; check
for quality. Good, isn’t it? Now, go ahead.
Select a large mixing bowl, measuring cup,
etc.., and check the rum again for quality – it
must be just right. Try it again!
With an electric beater, beat the cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add one peaspoon
sugar; beat again.
Meanwhile – make sure the rum is of the
best quality.
Add two large eggs and two cups of dried
fruit. Beat until very high. If fruit gets stuck
in the beaters, pry out with a screwdriver.
Check rum and check for consistency.
Sift in three cups of baking powder; add a
pinch of rum, one sesnpoon and one sup of
papper – or is it salt? Anyway, taste the rum
again… ZEWEEEE!!
Sift a half pint of lemon juice, fold in
chopped buttermilk, add strained nuts,
sample rum.
Now one bablepoon rum again, or whatever color is around. Mix well, great over,
turn on cake pan to 350… pour cake mixture into, over, and OOOOPS!!… on second
thought – also third and fourth – forget the
cake, check the rest of the rum and bo to
bed……….
Cartoon Section - The Lighter Side of Timberon
The lighter side of Timberon, featuring “LOUISE” KENNEDY and friends. Food Service
with GRACE MEYERS and MAXINE DAVIS;
These are stories, events, and pictures taken
SUE and TAMMY QUICK; JAN OLIVERI,
WANNA BELL ROSS and “LOUISE”; with the permission of Editor Bill Davis from
DENISE CORDER, and JOE ROSEBOR- the old TTimberon
imberon News - it’
it’ss fun, it’
it’ss sad, it’
it’ss
ROUGH, ETC... with NORM and “LITTLE history! All photos were taken directly from
BRITCHES” WELBORN; and, ELISE and a 15 year old copy of the TTimberon
imberon News!
JORDAN SCHAAF.
PAGE 22 - TIMBERON
Cross-Country Bike Tour
TPO-EP Report
Arden Schug and Friends Travel from Coast to Coast
Timberon Property Owners of El Paso byHoward Neighbor
The Timberon Property Owners of El Paso met on June 6th to plan its participation in
the 4th of July celebration at Timberon. The first order of business was float design, for
the parade on the 3rd, following the parade theme of Twentieth Century in Review. TPOEP
members who plan to be on the mountain for the event should call Everett Putney at 7551842 or Howard Neighbor at 584-8956 for instructions on helping with assembly of the
float on Friday, July 2nd.
Also discussed was the dance from 8 to 12 Saturday evening, sponsored by TPOEP, with
music provided by the Tulie Creek Band. Member assistance will be needed to collect at
the door and the beverage booth.
TPOEP member-workers are invited to a pot luck dinner at the Putney place in the
mountains Sunday evening, the 4th. Contact Everett for suggestions of what to bring.
Sunday, July 11th has been set as the date for the July TPOEP meeting in El Paso, the
meeting being held at Everett’s house. Contact Everett for directions.
Three retired friends - Arden Schug, 59, Steve Lawrence, 50, and Pat Thornton, 56, started
their adventure of a lifetime on March 21st in San Diego, California. The friends would cycle
from coast to coast, more than 2,900 miles, taking about seven and a half weeks.
When they reached St. Augustine, Florida on May 12th, their ride should have been over,
however, they had been forced to skip a 38 mile section of the trip (Buckhorn to Silver City)
due to an unexpected snow storm. So they drove back to New Mexico from Florida to
complete the missed section of their trip.
Steve Lawrence and Pat Thornton are retired surveyors from Olympia, Washington and
Arden Schug is a retired electrical engineer from Tuscon,
Arizona / Timberon, New
Mexico. The three “retiree”
cyclists met during cross state
rides - Steve and Pat during a
summer ride, Arden meeting
them during a cross state ride
in Arizona.
They said it was always their
dream to travel cross country,
but never thought a dream
could hurt so bad. But in spite
of the strain on their bodies,
they said following their dream was well worth it. Each cyclist carried more than 50 pounds
of gear on the trip - taking one day a week to rest.
The three said that future cross-country tours are unlikely, but they will continue shorter,
cross state tours.
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Local Publishes
Book of Cowboy Poetry
Sid Benson, a resident of Timberon, has
published a book entitled - “Cowboy Poetry
and other works of Rhyme.” You can get a
first edition copy by mailing $10.00 to Tall Pine Publications
PO Box 3o2
Timberon, NM 88350
The community of Timberon
offers its sympathy to the Jim
Sims Family for their loss.
There is always room
for another article.
----------------There is always an extra place
for an announcement or event.
----------------There is always a spot
for you to advertise.
----------------If you can get it to us by the deadline
we will get it into this newspaper
newspaper..
Youre invited
to attend
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Independence
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Saturday, July 3rd
Picnic - 6pm
at dell telephone
fireworks - 9pm
west of city hall
Meeting all your telecommunications needs
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TIMBERON - PAGE 23
Timberon Beautification
A Report on the Progress of the Project by Denise Corder
The Timberon Beautification Project was born out of a desire to improve our lovely Timberon.
The project has taken the shape of some rock gardens and other rock “creations” around the
Timberon Pro Shop / High Country Grill area. In addition to the building of rock walls for
foliage, the laborers have done a general clean-up of the area as well.
Soon the walls will be completed and
a drip system will be installed, thus insuring that once the trees are planted
they will be watered and protected
from the deer. There have been a good
many donations by individuals, as well
as clubs / organizations, who have purchased trees. We will be looking forward to a beautiful display of color this
fall.
There have been many individuals
who have played a major role in keeping this project alive by either donating their time or their money, sometimes both. You know who you are so allow me at this time in the project
not to mention your names specifically,
but instead offer you our extreme gratitude for all you have done and are doing.
In a few weeks it will be time to do
Denise Corder and Annemarie Mckechnie
the fun thing - plant the trees!
I will be posting a bulletin to call for volunteers. If you can help, it
will be greatly appreciated. Leave your name at the Pro
Shop and you will be contacted.
Dont miss Timberons
Fourth of July Parade
School News
by Jean Green
On the Wednesday before school closed at the
end of May, the home Extension Club gave the
Timberon School students a poster award ceremony and an ice cream party at the Lodge Community Center. All of the students drew posters
depicting Timberon’s Fourth of July parade theme
“A Review of the 20th Century.” Each student was
(L-R) Chris Murtishaw, Gloria Wilson, asked to settle on one particular idea, invention,
or event that was unique and important to the
Catlin Love, and Eleanor Starcher
twentieth century. After much discussion, each
student drew a rough sketch of his/her idea and presented it to the class. Each one was
critiqued and suggested improvements were considered. Then the final drawings were done
on poster paper.
The completed posters were then given to the Home Extension Club to display at local
shops and businesses to advertise our upcoming parade on Saturday, July 3rd at 10:30pm.
Chris Murtishaw, Gloria Wilson, and Eleanor Starcher awarded each student a certificate
and a fiber optic flashlight. Then everyone when out to the Lodge lawn for ice cream drumsticks. A good time was had by all!
Smith Memorial Library
by Grace Meyers
Many of you availed yourselves of the excellent program put on by the Forest Service,
sponsored by the Fire Department. For those who missed it, the Forest Service people gave
the Library some materials which should interest you and the children. We have a video on
Pinon and Juniper ecology, coloring books, Smokey Bear bookmarks and storybook, and
pamphlets on protecting your home. Unrelated to Smokey, we received a big book on how to
draw bears, along with a couple on beginning guitar. I’m not sure who left these for us, but
we appreciate them.
A surprise donation from Bill Cosby - eight little books of his for parents (grandparents)
and children about little Bill. These are great to read either to the small-fry or with them,
since the books are easyreading. Little Bill learns how to handle different awkward
situations that arise in every child’s life. Another box
of “freebies” for trial came from Avalon Books.
These are varied genre including mystery, western, and romance. Their charm is the lack of Xrated material that seems to slip into everything
these days. For those who are tired of censoring
everything you read, do try these.
Finally, Sid Benson graciously gave us an
autographed copy of his book of cowboy and
other poetry. Thanks so much, Sid. And by the
way, very good Author’s photo on the cover!
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Kids hold a carnival on the Lodge lawn over
Memorial weekend.
A tradition - Barbara Jordan has presented a
gift to the Endurance Riders every year since
they started coming to Timberon. This year
it is a doll of an Indian Child.
PAGE 24 - TIMBERON
Timberon Fire Department
The Timberon Lions Club
by an Unidentified Fireman
The Lions Den by Tom Banks
Summer has arrived in Timberon and the Sacramento Mountains, and with its arrival
the “good stuff ” and the “bad stuff.”
The “good stuff ” is the arrival of seasonal residents and visitors to Timberon.
The “bad stuff ” is the extreme fire hazard. Although the mountains around
Timberon have had sufficient rainfall to
cause forestry officials to lift the fire ban,
that is not the case in Timberon.
“At the risk of sounding like an alarmist,
we must stress the dry conditions at
Timberon,” Chief Dave Ayers said.
All fire department personnel are geared
up for a severe summer if more rain does
not happen.
“We have had just enough rain to get
people overconfident about the fire hazard,” Assistant Chief Tom Ward said.
Everyone is urged to be cautious with
open fires of any kind. Fire is illiterate – it
cannot read the word controlled when used
with fire to describe an open fire.
A new training vehicle – a propane tank
converted to simulate a tank fire – was put
into use recently by the Timberon Volunteer Fire Department.
A very successful night-burn was held. The sight of the simulated tank burn was “out of
sight,” quoting one of the many spectators.
Although it was the first time for this particular type of training, the department personnel reacted like they had been doing it all the time.
Assistant Chief Ward spent many hours converting the 500-gallon tank into the training aid.
I wish I could say we are doing fine but, at our last meeting, May 27, we only had three
members attending and we had to make some decisions that involve all the members. This is
your club and you can help make decisions, but only if you attend the meetings. If you can’t
remember the meeting dates, mark your calendar for the entire year. Meetings are held on the
second and fourth Thursdays of every month. June meetings are on the 10th and 24th. July
meetings are on the 8th and 22nd, etc. Please make
it a point to attend. We can’t do it alone.
Bingo attendance is picking up and everyone is enjoying the games. We still have a $100 jackpot to
give away and I’m sure someone will win it soon.
Come on down to the games and maybe you will be
the lucky one. Lions Bingo is still held every Saturday night at 7:00 P.M. in the Community Center
(Lodge), with one exception: On Saturday, July 3, a
dance is scheduled in the lodge and Lions Bingo will
be held at 2:00 P.M. for that day only. Remember,
Lions Bingo Saturday, July 3, at 2:00 P.M. Fourth of
July weekend is shaping up to be very busy so plan
Jean Bergstorm calls bingo
on having some fun.
Castoffs are still being collected for Lions Club Flea Market. The big sale will be Labor Day
weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September 4th and 5th. The flea market is a year-round
event. If you have anything to donate or want to see what we have for sale, call Helene Cook
at 987-2317, Tom Banks at 987-2491 or Suzie Sims at 987-2385. Thanks to your generous
donations we will make Labor Day weekend a big event.
Have a nice summer but remember, no campfires or smoking in the forest while the weather
is so dry.
IT’S GREAT TO BE A LION; WE SERVE!
TIMBERON
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TIMBERON - PAGE 25
Letters From Our Readers in Timberon
The Golf Pro is Gone - Revisited
A Letter from General Manager Gary Scott
Dear Editor,
I have been a loyal fan, subscriber, and supporter of your newspaper The Mountain Times.
However, I was very concerned about a story in the June issue. The story was “The Golf Pro
is Gone.”
One sentence, “Doug Nailor said the reason for his leaving is that living in Timberon was
not conducive to his single lifestyle,” really jumped out at me.
Doug lived in an apartment at our home in Las Cruces and “house-sat” for us for four
years. We know him to be an honest, stable and hard-working person, as well as a good
friend. One reason that my family urged Doug to take this position at Timberon was that we
knew he could be happy with a solitary and quiet lifestyle. Whatever the reasons were for
Doug to have left Timberon, the “not conducive to his single lifestyle” was not one of them.
I was concerned enough that I called Doug and asked him if he was interviewed by the
Mountain Times or if he gave that reason for leaving. He assured me that he had never said
anything like that, so I guess my question is - if it’s listed like a quote, but it’s not and no
source was credited, where does this statement come from?
Sincerely,
Carleene Wimberly
When an individual voluntarily enters a public service position, they expect, although difficult to handle at times, criticism, accusations, unfounded truths and being questioned on
their parents’ origins. You soon learn to accept the criticism, try a little harder and continue
on. However, when you, your fellow workers, Board Members and your friends’ honor and
integrity are being challenged, it is time to make a stand and clarify the untruths. A recent
printed statement (in another newspaper) implied that the previous Golf Pro was not allowed
to perform as a Golf Professional. I do not understand this statement, which has no foundation. Other untrue statements and derogatory remarks have been made against TWSD and
myself in this matter, which also are without basis.
TWSD positioned itself this year to have a very productive golf season, by hiring a Golf
Professional. The Board Of Directors and myself were looking forward to the seasons start
and supported the Golf Pro on everything he presented, except on these three proposals.
First, banish all players from bringing refreshments on to the golf course, unless they were
purchased from the DTI Lounge, second, banish all privately owned golf carts, thirdly, purchase an additional six golf carts at a cost of $9,000.00, which was not budgeted nor could
TWSD afford.
On several occasions, we did not personally agree with some of the proposed changes.
However, recognizing that we also had to accept change, we supported the Golf Pro’s position. At times, the decision to support his proposals transcended friendships.
Mr. Naylor left Timberon, telling only his assistant that he was leaving and wasn’t sure
when he would return. As it turned out, he had interviewed for another job. At no time, did
Doug and I have a discussion, nor were any comments ever made that he was unhappy with
his job, or with TWSD or that he wasn’t allowed to “Perform as a Golf Professional.” Any
employee unhappy with conditions of their employment, owes it to themselves and to their
employer to make their opinions known so those problems can be resolved. Walking off the
job, in my opinion, is not a acceptable problem solving solution.
From the Editor - To answer your question Carleene, the statement in question came from an
interview with General Manager Gary Scott. Also, the intent of the article was to tell our
readers what had happened with Mr. Nailor and some of the events that preceeded his leaving, not to cause controversy!
Doug Nailor was not available for comment before the article went to print, but when this
problem came to light I was able to contacted him, with Carleene Wimberly’s help, at his new
job in Colorado. Mr. Nailor’s response as to whether he had said the “quote” in question was
“why would I say something like that?”
General Manager Gary Scott was asked to elaborate on his original statement (the quote in
question)…. He indicated that they were not Doug Nailor’s exact words, but a general way of
putting several things that Doug had said during a private conversation.
So, to sum it all up, as is the policy of this paper we have tried to present all sides of the issue
in question. Doug Nailor’s happy in Colorado, we’re happy in Timberon - let’s put this
behind us and move on.
F O R
S A L E
B Y
From the Editor - I feel that since “misunderstandings” tend to run rampant from time to
time, it should be pointed out that the letter above was not meant as a response to Carleene
Wimberly’s letter. The letter is not a clarification of last month’s article “The Pro Is Gone.” It
is aimed at an article in the “Timberon Mountaineer” and certain rumors that have been
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Timberons Businesses & Facilities
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A meeting of the Timberon Water & Sanitation District Board of Directors was held on
June 19, 1999 at 10:00am in the community center. Board members present were, Jack
Deaton, Jean Campbell, and Fred Willis. Richard Young, and Ray Wilson were absent.
To avoid elections with more than three director positions open; Jean Campbell suggested
that appointees fill a vacated position until the end of the original term. The audience suggested that appointed directors be the next highest vote from the previous election instead of
someone picked by the directors. It was also stated that perhaps two year terms would reduce
the number of directors resigning. Two year terms would require a change in the law.
Jean Campbell moved to renew the audit contract with Art Davis for one more year. Fred
Willis seconded and the motion passed.
Jean Campbell moved to renew the Propane contract with Sacramento Energy supplying
propane at $.5933 per gallon for one more year. Fred Willis seconded and the motion passed.
Jean Campbell moved to adopt the Rules and Regulations for the cemetery. Fred Willis
seconded the motion and the rules were adopted unanimously.
Resolution 98/99010 to change Water Rule. Numbers 8 & 14 was read. Jean Campbell
requested that wording on Section D of Rule 8 also be changed. Jean Campbell moved to
change the rules and Fred Willis seconded the motion. The rules were changed unanimously.
Agenda Request:
James Bourguet expressed an interest in renting the restaurant facility at the lodge. The
audience was very supportive of the idea, the Board agreed to issue a request for proposals.
If you would like a copy of any of the resolutions or rules mentioned in the minutes, you
can pick them up at the District office (located in the Old Timberon Lodge building / Community Center) or call 505-987-2250.
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Timberon Backhoe (987-2357)
Sacramento River Lodge (987-2600)
Timberon RV Park (987-2240)
Riverside Condos (987-2339)
Masonic Lodge
Roberts Realty (987-2240)
Timberon Post Office (987-2231)
The Patty Wagon
Reece-bilt Construction (987-2253)
Blue Water Real Estate (987-2300)
Sacramento Energy (987-2365)
Timberon Mall (987-2525)
Air-Lock Log Homes (987-2240)
Mountain Wildflowers (987-2561)
Mountain Times (987-2561)
Patsys Cafe & Cabin Rental
Timberon Realty (987-2570)
Timberon Fire Dept. (987-2202)
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Report for May by Gary Scott
On May 27th I met with Mike Rice, New Mexico Aviation Division Director, and Planning
Coordinator Vicki Harley-Taggart in Ruidoso to discuss the funding of Timberon’s airstrip
resurfacing project. The Aviation Division requested a transfer of funds from the New Mexico
Highway fund utilizing the Budget Adjustment Request process which was reviewed and
approved. However, the Legislature refused to grant this transfer of funds causing the Aviation Division’s budget to be cut by 40% for 1999/2000. Yes, unfortunately, Timberon’s
funding was in the monies cut. Mr. Rice was quite upset with the lack of funding, as he
personally wanted to include Timberon in the 1999/2000 budget.
The 1st draft of Timberon’s budget was submitted to the State following the Board of Director’s
meeting held on May 15th. 1999/2000 projects approved were 1. Upgrade computers in the Water Department and Administration Offices
2. Begin the 1st year of a 2 year project in developing #7 Lake for water storage
3. Seal lower fishing lake
4. Purchase a used 4x4 pick-up with utility box for the water department
5. Replace 3 sliding 12’x12’ doors with overhead doors at the Maintenance Shop
6. Rebuild engine on the 72” rough cut mower
7. Deepen and seal #5 lake with bentonite for water storage
On June 10th, the lake water storage recovery system was tested for the 1st time. The valve at
the springs was closed, miscellaneous valves were opened/closed, #1 lake pump was started
and water was directed toward the treatment plant. After approximately an hour to balance
the system, the treatment plant was started up and water was delivered to the #2 tank. The
entire test was successful.
Due to our dry winter and spring, water restrictions had been placed on TWSD properties
several weeks ago. Water from the spring has been running at 225 gallons per minute, compared to last year at this time of 350 gallons per minute. The restrictions include - not
watering the golf course fairways, limited watering on/around the Lodge and swimming
pool, and shutting down the lower fishing lake. In addition, water from lakes #3 and #5 was
redirected to #1 lake. #3, #5, and the fishing lake are not sealed. Due to seepage, evaporation, and the low flow from the springs, the decision was made to conserve as much water as
possible.
Lower flows from the spring have been recorded. However, with a 5% annual growth in the
past several years, the system will be taxed going into the summer months. The current
conditions are not grave or critical. However, we can all help by being aware and to conserve
water.
Water District offices, Community
Center, and Library (987-2250)
Timberon Fishing Lakes
Mountain Millworks (987-2345)
Timberon Mountaineer (987-2267)
Timberon Self Storage
Sacramento Energy Storage Site
Community Dumpster
Sierra Propane (987-2385)
CURRENTLY CLOSED (Restaurant)
Golf Course Rentals (987-2600)
Casa Sacramento (987-2201)
Timberon Golf Course (987-2260)
High Country Bar & Grill (987-2580)
Timberon Chapel (987-2470)
Memorial Cemetery (987-2250)
Timberon School (987-2360)
Dell Telephone (987-2500)
Timberon Tire
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4
Timberon General Manager
21.
To South
Entrance
Hoov
Driive
Hoo
ver Dr
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33
32
31
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T he Trading P ost
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8.Unyielding
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wd.
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'partner'
22.Paradise
23.Charge
24.State: abbr.
25.43,560 sq.
ft.
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28.Cattle
rustlers' ploy
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30.Undivided
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36.Facile
38.TV patron
40.Intensity
42.Implore
43.Garden aid
44.Swiss sight
45.Thick slice
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one
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Horne
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41.Border
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hyph. wd.
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Sacramento Mountain Event Calendar
THURSDA
Y, JUL
Y1ST
THURSDAY
JULY1ST
TUESDA
Y, JUL
Y 6TH
TUESDAY
JULY
THURSDA
Y, JUL
Y 15TH
THURSDAY
JULY
SA
TURDA
Y, JUL
Y 24TH
SATURDA
TURDAY
JULY
imberon Fire Department will have its monthly
*The TTimberon
meeting at 6:30 PM in the TTimberon
imberon Firehouse.
imberon.
*AERC Endurance Ride in TTimberon.
*Karate Class from 6pm to 7pm at the Community
eed.
Building in W
Weed.
*W
omen’
eed Cafe from 9:30am
*Women’
omen’ss Bible Study in the W
Weed
to 11:00am.
*Campers for Christ meet in W
eed from 6:30pm to
Weed
8:30pm. Call Billy W
eddle at 687-3266 for more info.
Weddle
*T
imberon Extension Club meets at 10:15 AM in the
*Timberon
Timberon Lodge.
FRIDA
Y, JUL
Y 16TH
FRIDAY
JULY
*Lions Bingo in the TTimberon
imberon Lodge.
*Second day of Third Annual Thorp Classic at the
Timberon Golf Course. Call 987-2260 for info.
*W
eed Bluegrass Festival begins - from 7pm to 10pm
*Weed
*Cloudcroft Light Opera performance is 7:00pm at
Zenith Park in Cloudcroft..
*Third day of Third Annual Thorp Classic at the
WEDNESDA
Y, JUL
Y 7TH
WEDNESDAY
JULY
FRIDA
Y, JUL
Y 2ND
FRIDAY
JULY
*Computer class at 10am in the TTimberon
imberon Lodge with
Earl Morris.
*Ballet Classes for women and children in W
eed at the
Weed
Community Building. Call 687-2389 for info.
*AERC Endurance Ride in TTimberon.
imberon.
SA
TURDA
Y, JUL
Y 3RD
SATURDA
TURDAY
JULY
imberon Lodge.
ve. in
*July Jamboree Street Dance on Burro AAve.
Cloudcroft from 7:00pm to 11:00pm.
*July Jamboreein Cloudcroft’
Cloudcroft’ss Zenith Park, behind the
Chamber of Commerce.
*Art Show and Sale at the Cloudcroft Elementary
School.
imberon.
*Fourth of July Parade at 10:30am in TTimberon.
imberon Golf Course.
*Masonic Charity Best Ball at the TTimberon
imberon Lodge from 5pm to 7pm,
*Mexican Dinner at TTimberon
followed by Dance.
THURSDA
Y, JUL
Y 8TH
THURSDAY
JULY
Building in W
eed.
Weed.
FRIDA
Y, JUL
Y 9TH
FRIDAY
JULY
*Friday Night at the Movies in the W
eed Firehouse. Call
Weed
Jody W
alker for info at 687-3975.
Walker
Zenith Park in Cloudcroft.
SA
TURDA
Y, JUL
Y 10TH
SATURDA
TURDAY
JULY
imberon Lodge.
SUNDA
Y, JUL
Y 4TH
SUNDAY
JULY
*Independence Day
*Dedication service of the W
eed Cafe. The 10am mornWeed
ing service will be held in the cafe, and a potluch will
follow at noon. For more info call 687-2513.
*July Jamboreein Cloudcroft’
Cloudcroft’ss Zenith Park, behind the
Chamber of Commerce.
*Art Show and Sale at the Cloudcroft Elementary
School.
MONDA
Y, JUL
Y 12TH
MONDAY
JULY
*Zeta Beta meets in the TTimberon
imberon Lodge.
TUESDA
Y, JUL
Y 13TH
TUESDAY
JULY
*W
omen’
*Women’
Weed
to 11:00am.
eed from 6:30pm to
Weed
Weddle
MONDA
Y, JUL
Y 5TH
MONDAY
JULY
WEDNESDA
Y, JUL
Y 14TH
WEDNESDAY
JULY
*Mayhill Fire Department monthly business meeting
at 7 pm. Potluck begins at 6 pm.
imberon Lodge with
Earl Morris.
eed at the
Weed
Road 244
to Ruidoso
US 70
to Ruidoso
Highway 54
to Carrizozo
Alamogordo
Holloman Air Base
US 70 to
Las Cruces
US 82
-P
aved
Paved
*Mayhill Monthly EMS Meeting at 7pm.
TUESDA
Y, JUL
Y 20TH
TUESDAY
JULY
*W
omen’
*Women’
Weed
to 11:00am.
eed from 6:30pm to
Weed
Weddle
US 82
aved
Paved
-P
Lin
col
nN
ati
on Sacramento Weed
al
Sunspot
For
est
THURSDA
Y, JUL
Y 22ND
THURSDAY
JULY
Building in W
eed.
Weed.
FRIDA
Y, JUL
Y 23RD
FRIDAY
JULY
Road 24
-P
aved
Paved
Road 24
-P
aved
Paved
MAP OF THE
SACRAMENTO
MOUNT
AINS
MOUNTAINS
For
est Road 537 - Dirt
orest
Frequently Maintained
Pinon
Road 537 - Dirt
Frequently Maintained
SA
TURDA
Y, JUL
Y 31ST
SATURDA
TURDAY
JULY
imberon Lodge.
*T
rainload of TTalent
alent at Cloudcroft in High School Gym.
*Trainload
CHURCH SCHEDULES
If you would like to add your church to the schedule
or make a change - call 1-877-987-2561 (toll-free)
HOPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
*Youth Group meets every Friday at 7pm in the
Timberon Lodge.
*Church Service with Pastor Jim Moss every Sunday at
10:00AM out on Rocky TTrail
rail in TTimberon.
imberon.
TIMBERON CHAPEL
Road 24 to Dunken
then Highway 82
*Adult Bible Study - 2pm / YYouth
outh Meetings - 7pm every
Wednesday .
*Sunday School at 10:00 AM / W
orship every Sunday
Worship
at 11:00 AM.
Exercise Class is held every Monday and W
ednesday
Wednesday
imberon Lodge.
at 9:00 AM in the TTimberon
Smith Memorial Library is open:
Mondays & W
ednesdays
Wednesdays
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Fridays
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Saturdays
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Senior Citizen’
an leaves the TTimberon
imberon Lodge
Citizen’ss VVan
uesday mornparking lot promptly a 8:30 AM every TTuesday
ing for Alamogordo. The van leaves Alamogordo at
approximately 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM for the return trip
to TTimberon.
imberon.
Put your event in the calendar
calendar,, it’
it’ss free!
JUST CALL TOLL-FREE
McGregor Range
Road 506 - Dirt
Periodically Maintained
THURSDA
Y, JUL
Y 29TH
THURSDAY
JULY
Building in W
eed.
Weed.
WEED BAPTIST CHURCH
US 82
to Artesia
Road 130
-P
aved
Paved
Timberon
WEDNESDA
Y, JUL
Y 28TH
WEDNESDAY
JULY
imberon Lodge with
Earl Morris.
eed at the
Weed
WEDNESDA
Y, JUL
Y 21ST
WEDNESDAY
JULY
imberon Lodge with
Earl Morris.
eed at the
Weed
Mayhill
Mountain P
ark
Park
Bug Scuffle
TUESDA
Y, JUL
Y 27TH
TUESDAY
JULY
*W
omen’
*Women’
Weed
to 11:00am.
eed from 6:30pm to
Weed
Weddle
*Bible Study / Service every W
ednesday at 6:00 PM.
Wednesday
*Sunday School at 9:45 AM / Service at 11:00 AM every Sunday .
Road 521 - Dirt
Periodically Maintained
US 54
to El P
aso
Paso
MONDA
Y, JUL
Y 19TH
MONDAY
JULY
Cloudcroft
Westside Road
For
est Road 90 - Dirt
orest
Seldomly Maintained
Scenic Byway
6563 - P
aved
Paved
US 54
SUNDA
Y, JUL
Y 18TH
SUNDAY
JULY
*W
eed Bluegrass Festival and an all-community church
*Weed
service, starts at 10am.
*Friday Night at the Movies in the W
eed Firehouse. Call
Weed
Jody W
alker for info at 687-3975.
Walker
*First day of Third Annual Thorp Classic at the
Tularosa
High Rolls
SA
TURDA
Y, JUL
Y 17TH
SATURDA
TURDAY
JULY
imberon Lodge.
*T
imberon W
ater District’
*Timberon
Water
District’ss Monthly meeting at 10 AM
in the TTimberon
imberon Lodge.
*W
eed Bluegrass Festival - All day from 10am to 10pm.
*Weed
*Chili Cook-off in Cloudcroft at Zenith Park.
SUNDA
Y, JUL
Y 25TH
SUNDAY
JULY
877-987-2561
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E
S
OR EMAIL
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July 1999 - Mountain Times

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