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Thursday, May 31, 2012
IN THE NEWS
Village Board approves
$941,694 FY budget
By John Larson
The Magdalena Village Board approved several
expenditures in the month of May at their
regularly scheduled meetings.
The board approved a request by Marshal
Larry Cearley to purchase two in-car video systems,
two radar antenna packages and two rear
antennas from MPH Industries for his office’s
two Expeditions at a cost of $10,480.
The Village will pay one half the cost of
installing a concrete pad at Indian Village on the
rodeo grounds. Mayor Sandy Julian said the village
will pay $500 of the $1,000 cost of concrete,
and the Old Timers Committee paying $500.
She said Frankie Martinez has volunteered to do
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Whitewater Baldy fire
continues to spread
By John Larson
Layers of dense smoke from the Whitewater
Baldy Complex Wildfire continue to blanket
areas of Socorro and Catron counties, particularly
in the afternoon and evening hours.
The fire has been steadily growing since being
started by lightning on May 16. As of
Wednesday, May 30, the fire had grown to
170,272 acres, a record for New Mexico. It is
also the largest wildland fire in the country at this
time.
Last June and July the Wallow Fire in
Arizona grew to over 500,000 acres.
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By John Larson
See VILLAGE, Page 2
See WHITEWATER, Page 5
Coin laundry changes
hands; expands services
Through the efforts of an enterprising Catron
County couple, the coin laundry in Magdalena
will remain open, and their plans are to expand
the business.
The former Suds ‘n Stuff is now Magdalena
Mercantile and Laundromat.
The new owners, Jonathan Hafey and Dara
Machotka-Hafey took over the business from
Mike and Patricia Chambers in the middle on
May 16.
“First of all we are expanding the hours of the
coin laundry,” Jonathan said. “We are now open
See MERCANTILE, Page 10
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Dozens of Magdalena residents rushed to get photographs and videos of the rare tornado that tore a mile and a half long path across ranch
land about one mile west of the village. Weather service officials ranked the twister an EF1, based on estimated wind speeds of 100 mph.
Photo courtesy of Z.W. Farnsworth
Tornado in Magdalena area uproots
trees, fence posts and disrupts rodeo
By John Larson
The Village of Magdalena had the
dubious honor of being mentioned in not
only Albuquerque but national news
broadcasts after a tornado touched down
west of town on May 13.
According to weather service reports,
the twister touched the ground at about
1:45 p.m. about one mile west of the village
limits. The event was preceded by
rain, hail and wind gusts of near 50 miles
per hour.
Marshal Larry Cearley said after the
tornado touched the ground Deputy
Terry Flanigan “immediately took off
and went down to the rodeo grounds and
notified them down there, came back to
the fire department and hit the siren.”
According to the National Weather
Service in Albuquerque, the tornado
earned an EF-01 on the Enhanced Fujita
scale. Its winds were estimated to be 100
miles per hour.
The tornado was estimated at approximately
75 yards wide, and was on the
ground for a little over one mile, just
south of Highway107.
“Probably the closest residence it
came to was Toni Broaddus’s. It did
jump up briefly to just south of Highway
60 about 200 yards from Joe Don
Autrey’s house,” Cearley said.
Cearley said property damage was
limited to two stock tanks, uprooted fence
posts and a few shingles.
“There was debris on the road, a couple
of trees uprooted and traffic signs
blew down,” he said.
The entire event lasted from five to
seven minutes.
Cearley said law enforcement could
do little but try to manage the traffic.
“People were driving toward the tornado,
trying to get a picture of it, instead
of driving away from it or taking shelter,”
he said. “In a situation like this, with limited
personnel, the best we can do is try
to notify as many people as possible and
watch and wait. Look to see where that
thing’s going to go, what path it may
take.”
Cearley said the best action is to take
shelter.
“Get into a room with no windows or
a basement if you have one,” he said.
“Tornados can be unpredictable with
regard to speed and direction.”
The last recorded tornado in
Magdalena was in August, 1950,
although the Mountain Mail published a
photograph of a funnel cloud in Alamo
by Denise Ganadonegro in Alamo in
2008.
Ranch in Escondida is a safe haven for wild horses
By John Larson
One Socorro County woman has taken on the goal of trying
to protect as many wild horses as she can.
Donna Harris is owner and operator of My Wild Horses
Ranch in Lemitar, the purpose of which is to protect horses that
had been abandoned or escaped and are living on their own.
“Two years ago I became partners with Carlos Lopopolo
and we began making improvements to the range. The land was
fenced and a well was drilled,” Harris said. “Carlos moved to
Texas with his wife and I bought him out last year.”
The ranch is about 600 acres and Harris hopes to add more
acreage as time goes on.
“Currently, there are five wild horses roaming out on the pre-
serve,” she said. “Two mares with foals and a black filly approximately
two years of age. They are quite shy.”
Harris is originally from Wisconsin, and has been a Socorro
County resident for over 30 years.
“I came here in 1979 to work on a ranch and break horses.”
She said her first horse – at five years old - was not a horse
at all, but a donkey.
“I have always been ‘horse crazy’, as my father put it,” she
said. “By the time I was 10, there was a pasture full of horses,
much to the chagrin of my dairyman father. As the oldest child,
I worked closely with my father in the dairy business for the first
20 years of my life. In 1962, for spending money, I started
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June 2
•29th Annual Winston Fiesta -
9 a.m. Parade starts at 11 a.m.
Winston, New Mexico
•VLA Guided Tour
11 a.m.-4 p.m. -
Very Large Array, Highway 60
•Guided Night Sky Stargazing,
one hour after dusk
Etscorn Observatory, New Mexico Tech
June 3
•4th Annual Viejitos Car Club Show and
Shine car show
11 a.m.-4 p.m. - Socorro Plaza
June 3-9
•14th Annual Pino Reunion and Camp
Meeting - Pino Campground, Rio Salado
June 4-9
•Socorro Open Golf Tournament
7 a.m. - Tech Golf Course
June 4
•Board of Trustees Meeting
6 p.m. - Magdalena Village Hall
•City Council meeting
6 p.m. - Socorro City Hall
June 5
•Primary Election Day, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
June 8
•Catron County Commission meeting
9 a.m. - Catron County Courthouse
June 9
•Dinner and Dance, Fundraiser for threeyear-old
Kipper Creley of Quemado
6 p.m. - Music by Clay Mac Band
•Elfego Baca Shootout - Socorro Peak
•Pro Am Golf Tournament
Senior and Professional Pro-Am
9 a.m. - Tech Golf Course
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
June 10
•Socorro Open
7 a.m. - Seniors Amateurs and Amateurs
Noon - Pros, Senior Pros, and Amateur
Championship - Tech Golf Course
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•Socorro Open
Pros, Senior Pros, and Amateur
Championship, 7 a.m.
Senior Amateurs and Amateurs
Professional Cut, noon - Tech Golf Course
June 12
•Socorro County Commission meeting
6 p.m. - County Annex Building
•Socorro Open
7 a.m. - Amateurs
Noon - Professionals and Amateur
Championship. - Tech Golf Course
June 14
•Socorro Chamber of Commerce
Social on the Plaza
5:30 p.m. - Chamber office, 101 Plaza
June 18
•Board of Trustees meeting
6 p.m. - Magdalena Village Hall
•City Council meeting
6 p.m. - Socorro City Hall
June 23
•Peru Travelogue by Jon Hertz
7 p.m. - Magdalena Public Library
June 20
•Catron County Commission meeting
9 a.m. - Catron County Courthouse
June 29
•Socorro County Commission meeting
6 p.m. - County Annex Building
June 30
•Hummingbird Photography
6:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. -
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Catron County Food Pantries accepting registrations
It’s time again for families who
want to participate in the monthly
Food Fair and Commodities sponsored
by the Catron County Food
Pantries. Even if a family currently
receives food from either program,
participated in past years, or
is new to it; someone from each
family must be present to register
for 2012-13.
Registration begins on Friday,
July 6.
To receive items from the Food
Fair only, a family member must
bring proof of residency such as a
driver’s license or a photo ID, and
contact information.
For commodities, proof of all
income is also required, this
includes WIC or Food Stamps
recipients.
Board members will verify the
incomes for participants in
Commodities but not Food Fair,
which is not based on income.
They will never ask for a copy nor
share that private income information.
Sign-up times are as follows:
Datil Community Center: 10
to 11 a.m.
Horse Mountain Fire
Department: 10:30 a.m. to noon
Pie Town Community Center:
12:30 to 2 p.m.
Quemado Community Center:
1 to 2:30 p.m.
Luna Community Center:
Noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, July 27.
VILLAGE: Budget
continued from page 1
the work.
Trustee Barbara Baca moved
to approve, and the board passed,
the purchase of the oxygen fill station
from Breathing Air Systems
in the amount of $14,878.
In other business:
The board approved the village’s
fiscal year 2012-2013
expense budget of $941,694.
Clerk Rita Broaddus said that the
figure does not include a requested
$300,000 in CDBG funds, or
$100,000 requested from the
highway department to complete
the paving of Pine Street. “We’ll
know for sure if we get that money
by the end of June,” Broaddus
said.
The board approved several
line items adjustments from the
general fund, including $9,000 to
water, $8,000 to sewer, $2,064 to
the recreation fund for maintenance
of rodeo grounds and picnic
tables, and $3,000 to the City of
Socorro for van service.
The board approved a
Statement of Understanding with
the American Red Cross submitted
by Mayor Pro Tem Diane
Allen. “We have 12 people interested
in the training. If anyone else
is interested, you are welcome.
The more the better,” Allen said.
“What this is, is an agreement
between the village and the Red
Cross on what responsibilities for
each will be.”
Joint Utilities Director Steve
Bailey requested expenditures to
repair or replace the transmission
on the Suburban Richie Torres
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Thelma “Cissy” Reynolds was elected the 2012-2013 Old Timers Queen at the
annual Queen’s Tea May 1 at the Magdalena Senior Center. She will be
crowned on Saturday, July 14 at the rodeo grounds following the Old Timers
parade.
Photo by John Larson
drives. He said the forward gears
were out and he has to drive it
backwards in reverse gear. “Bobby
Winston gave an estimate of
$1,200 for the entire job,” Bailey
said. Julian said the board must
have at least two quotes in order to
approve the expenditure. Bailey
said he will ask Leseberg for a
quote for the first meeting in June.
In the meantime, “he drives it pretty
good in reverse,” Bailey said.
Bailey reported that the liner
tear in the large lagoon is now
exposed and will be ready for
repairing. He said he is getting
information on the cost to repair
the tear.
Marshal Cearley was given
approval to advertise for a new
deputy. He said Deputy Terry
Flanigan is retiring in July. Mayor
Julian said the advertisement must
stipulate that only certified law
enforcement officers will be considered
for employment. She said it
would save the village of having to
pay the cost for someone to attend
the state’s police academy.
The board approved a request
to replace the village’s sign on
Main Street. Mayor Julian said
the current sign lists Jim Wolfe as
mayor, and that two of the trustees
are no longer on the board. Daniel
Martinez of Magdalena Wood
Shop will provide the new sign.
The board was informed that
the restroom at the transfer station
now has running water.
The Board voted to provide
lunch for Alamo’s Red Ribbon
Runners in September.
Trustee Diane Allen asked if
board members could get purchase
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obituaries
Merritt Case
(Feb. 5, 1926 - May 8, 2012)
Merritt C. Case Jr.,
86, passed away
peacefully on Tues.,
May 8, 2012 in
Socorro. He was born
in Fabius, New York,
on Feb. 5, 1926, to
Merritt C. Sr. and Alice
(Reish) Case.
Merritt grew up with his grandparents in
upstate New York but was a Magdalena resident
for many years. He was a proud
Veteran, serving as a Corporal with the U.S.
Army during World War II.
Merritt married the love of his life, Elsie
on Feb. 22, 1947.
He was a jack of all trades. He worked
as a farmer, a Farrier, a ranch hand, and he
was an owner and operator of a trucking
Company. He loved horses and raised them
all his life. Merritt enjoyed collecting guns
and attending gun shows. He especially
enjoyed riding and traveling with his wife on
his Harley Davidson. Merritt was fond of
beagles, and had a few in his lifetime and
cherished their companionship.
Above all Merritt loved and adored his
family.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and his beloved grandson, Brett.
Merritt is survived by his loving wife of
65 years, Elsie (Brown) Case; his devoted
daughters, Wanda Simmons and husband,
John; Alanna VanWinkle and husband,
George; and Donna Case; his loving grandchildren,
Michael; Scott; Chris; Stephen;
Wendy; Jeff; Jay; and Lynette; 17 great
grandchildren; his sister, Jane French and
husband, Ken; three nephews; and many
other loving family members and friends.
A Memorial Service will be held on
Wed., May 16, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. at the
First Baptist Church of Magdalena, 902
Kelly Street in Magdalena.
Interment will take place at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
or donations may be given in Merritt’s
honor to Socorro General Hospital Home
Health Care and Hospice, 306 N. California,
P.O. Box 1009, Socorro, NM 87801(575)
835-8343.
The family wishes to express their sincere
gratitude to Socorro Home Health Care
and Hospice, especially to Sharon Long,
who provided exceptional care to our
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beloved Merritt. Your kindness will always
be remembered.
To view information or leave a condolence,
please visit www.danielsfuneral.com.
Merritt’s Care has been entrusted to Daniels
Family Funeral Services, 309 Garfield St.,
Socorro, NM 87801. 575-835-1530
Larry Fagan
(Mar. 27, 1947 - May 27, 2012)
Lawrence Neill
Fagan, a longtime resident
of Socorro
County, passed away
on Sunday, May 27,
2012. He was born on
March 27, 1947 in
Belen to Fuzzy and
Vera Fagan.
Larry worked as a Livestock Inspector for
thirty eight years.
He loved his job and loved the livestock
industry.
Larry had many talents, he was a gifted
artist, working with paints, pencil, as well as
sculpture. Leather work was also a talent of
his. He made many beautiful saddles, chaps
and tack.
Larry was a caring and compassionate
man who cared deeply for his family, especially
his grandchildren.
Larry is survived by his longtime companion,
Betty McDaniel of Socorro; his
daughters, Macky Fagan-Padilla and husband
Frankie, of Los Lunas; and Petra Fagan
of Lemitar; his loving grandchildren, Lucas
and Sterling Padilla, Bryan Fagan and Jacob
and Jordan Kehler; and his sister Nan Lane
and husband Terry of Bernardo.
A Rosary will be recited on Friday, June
1, at 8:30 a.m. at the San Miguel Catholic
Church followed by a Mass of Resurrection
which will be celebrated at 9 a.m. with
Father Andrew Pavlak.
Interment will take place in the San
Pedro Cemetery.
A reception will be held at the San
Antonio Fire Station.
To view information or leave a condolence,
please visit www.danielsfuneral.com.
Larry’s care has been entrusted to
Daniels Family Funeral Services, 309
Garfield St., Socorro, NM 87801. 575-835-
1530
Rudy Pina
(Feb. 16, 1918 – May 17, 2012)
Rudolph H. Pina,
94, passed away
peacefully on
Thursday, May 17,
2012. He was born in
Morenci, Ariz., on
February 16, 1918, to
Mike and Maria
(Hernandez) Pina.
Rudy was a resident of Magdalena since
1978. After he earned his high school diploma,
he served in the United States Marines.
In World War II, he held the rank of Tech
Sergeant.
He was a proud Veteran and a survivor
of Pearl Harbor. He was a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American
Legion.
Rudy was an inspector for the Davy
McKee Construction Company and retired in
1982 after forty plus years of service. Rudy
was also a member of the Church of Christ -
Socorro.
Above all things, Rudy loved and adored
his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents,
his beloved wife, Dovie Alene in 1996,
his sisters, Ruth, and Dolores, and his step
son, Don.
Rudy is survived by his brother, Paul H.
Pina; his step daughter, Connie Hart and
husband, Wood Sr; his step son, Bob
Reirson; and many loving grandchildren,
great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and
close friends.
A Graveside Interment Service was held
on Monday, May 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in
the Magdalena Cemetery.
To view information or leave a condolence,
please visit www.danielsfuneral.com.
Rudy’s care has been entrusted to
Daniels Family Funeral Services, 309
Garfield St., Socorro, NM 87801. 575-835-
1530
Carrie Roberta (Rob) Emery
Carrie Roberta
(Rob) Emery passed
away at home in Datil
on May 22, 2012 at
the age of 92. Rob was
born in Magdalena,
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her parents were Grover Cleveland and
Martha (Littrial) Powell, who homesteaded
north of Quemado.
Rob had three siblings, Bernadyne
Brown, Nancy Ray, and Ted Powell.
Rob and Odell Emery married in 1938,
they had two daughters, Sue Harriet and
Carol Coker Spears. Rob and Odell worked
for H L Craig in Pie Town, -W-, 00, and C-N.
They got a little bunch of cows together
and bought a place southwest of Datil in
1948 and made it their home.
Rob has six grandchildren, 18 great
grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren.
She was a member of Cattle Growers,
AQHA, Garden club, Sacaton Cowbells Datil
Baptist Church, and the Extension Club. Rob
was a savvy cowgirl and horse breeder. She
loved springtime because of all the baby
calves, colts, birds, and butterflies.
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She enjoyed sewing, painting, fishing,
playing cards and she loved Scrabble.
Rob also enjoyed reciting poems.
A Funeral Service will be held on
Saturday, May 26 at the Cowboy Church,
southwest of Datil. Burial will be held in the
Datil Community Cemetery, next to Odell.
Refreshments will be served at the Cowboy
Church following the services.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
and donations may be given in Rob’s
honor to your favorite charity of choice or the
New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranch, 6209
Hendrix Road, NE 2nd Floor, Albuquerque,
NM 87110.
To view information or leave a condolence,
please visit www.danielsfuneral.com.
Rob’s care has been entrusted to Daniels
Family Funeral Services, 309 Garfield St.,
Socorro, New Mexico 87801. 575-835-
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Trash management key to
managing bear issues
Bear season begins soon at a
trash can or dumpster near you.
To make this a safe spring and
summer for bears and humans, the
New Mexico Department of
Game and Fish is encouraging the
public to manage their trash properly.
“Everyone needs to keep their
trash in an enclosed container
stored in a secure building,” said
Rick Winslow, large carnivore
biologist for the department.
“Only put your trash out on the
morning it will be collected and
hauled away.”
Every year, bears that come
into towns searching for food are
caught and relocated or killed by
department employees. Bears are
killed when conservation officers
determine the bears are a threat to
public safety. Bears that regularly
feed on garbage can lose their fear
of humans and consider humans
as a source of food.
“This is potentially a very dangerous
situation,” Winslow said.
“If people care about bears and
their own safety, they won’t let this
happen.”
Populations of bears and
humans have grown significantly
in New Mexico. In 1925, just
prior to bears being protected as
game animals, a conservative estimate
of the bears on U.S. Forest
Service land was 660 animals.
Today, the statewide estimate
exceeds 6,000 bears.
“We recognize that it’s a thrill
to see the bears in town or being
released back into the wild on the
TV news, but fed bears are dead
bears,” Winslow said.
In addition to improved trash
management, the department
encourages homeowners to:
Pick fruit as it ripens and do
not allow it to rot on the ground.
Do not feed seed to birds in
mountain communities between
April 15 and Nov. 1.
Remove hummingbird feeders
if bears are using them.
If water is attracting bears, do
not provide it. That includes decorative
fountains and bird baths.
Do not feed pets outside.
Clean barbeque grills thoroughly
and place them in a secure
building.
Do not stack wood against your
home as bears are attracted to
rodents.
Pick up trash immediately if it
is scattered by bears or other animals.
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Magdalena hair stylist
marks twentieth year
By John Larson
This month marks a milestone
of sorts for Karolyn Rolsteon,
owner and operator of Karolyn’s
Hair Kare and Florist. 2012
marks her twentieth year of being
in business in Magdalena.
“I first opened my business in
June, 2012,” Karolyn said. “I
rented from Richard Torres and it
was next to Evett’s. I was in that
location for six years.”
She said the decision to go into
business for herself was an easy
one.
“I learned how to do flowers
ever since junior high. I started
making flower arrangements in the
back of Ester Wickham’s business,”
Karolyn said. “My mother,
Pat Ligon, was a regular customer
of hers and would hang out, visiting
with Ester. I would be with her
and get bored as tears, so I started
watering plants, making bows,
sweeping up, things like that to
pass the time.”
After graduating from
Magdalena High School, Karolyn
moved to Abilene, Texas, to go to
beauty school.
“I decided to come back home
because Magdalena needed a
beauty shop and flower shop,” she
said. “I also brought the first tanning
bed to Magdalena.”
In the late nineties Karolyn had
The Water and Ice Store
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an opportunity to buy “the place
next to where the Magdalena Café
is now. I was there for six years.”
Karolyn said she is appreciative
of the loyalty of her clients who
have supported her over the 20
years.
“After I closed the Main Street
location I joined Mabel Baca at
Cut and Curl, and then had Petals
and Perms at the corner of Sixth
and Kelly,” she said. “My clients
stayed with me and that meant a
lot to me.”
In 2004 Karolyn relocated her
business to its present location at
102 First Street.
“This is my best location yet,”
she said. “I have my consignment
store going on. People bring in
stuff they’d like to get rid of. Plus
the bling and of course the flowers.”
She likes doing both flowers
and hair, she said. “My expertise is
color, specializing in coloring
women’s hair and nice cuts. Also
pedicures and nails. It’s a full service
salon.”
Karolyn welcomes men to come
in for basic haircuts “and flowers to
buy for their wives.”
To keep up with the latest techniques,
Karolyn continues her
education. “I recently went to a
Tammy Taylor nail class in
Albuquerque,” she said. “It was a
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refresher course on manicures,
sculptured nails, gel nails, and
pedicures.”
Karolyn is also busy in the community,
having worked with Old
Timers and Lodgers Tax
Committee. She is also past president
of the Magdalena Chamber
of Commerce.
“This is a true family owned
and operated business. Without
my family and close friends my
business wouldn’t be a success,”
she said. “My husband Doc is also
very helpful to me. He likes to
deliver flowers because he gets to
see all the pretty ladies in town.”
Karolyn’s Hair Kare and
Florist is open most every day of
the year.
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The contrasting journeys of
a Hop Canyon traveller
By Jon Hertz
Magdalena resident Jon Hertz
will be presenting a slideshow and
talk on his 2006 trip to Peru at the
Magdalena Public Library on
June 23.
Hertz has spent his retirement
from the BLM traveling to the
four corners of the earth, and sharing
his experiences in lectures and
slideshows, sometimes with his son
Jeffrey.
“People assume it takes a lot of
money, but outside of the cost of
the plane fare, I end up spending
less money than I would by staying
at home,” Hertz said. “The secret
is not to take the expensive tours
and to stay at the more reasonably
priced hotels.”
“I like to experience the diversity
of different cultures, and also the
similarities,” he said. “Everyone
has the same issues, needs, desires
and family life. It’s funny that we
categorize people, and don’t think
of them as equal.”
He said we need to be tolerant
of peoples’ differing views and cultures.
“The bottom line is we all have
the same desires,” Hertz said.
“I’ve learned this by living in their
daily life. It’s a different atmosphere
you experience when you do
this.”
In his last presentation he related
and contrasted two of his journeys,
first to Costa Rica, and then
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to Senegal.
The contrast was radical: an
idyllic vacation in Costa Rica contrasted
with the harsh reality the
citizens of Mali experienced in
their day to day lives.
“As I was appreciating the
ocean and lush jungle paradise of
Costa Rica, I couldn’t help but
think of past travels where I was
anything but comfortable and content.”
“The trip to Senegal, Gambia,
and Mali had proven to be far
from comfortable, as the parts of
West Africa I experienced were
often bleak and discomforting,” he
said. “I recalled the poverty and
lack of employment that drove
great numbers of young men to
harass me, desperately seeking for
me to hire them as guides while in
their country.”
Hertz said that one night in
Dakar, Senegal’s capital, he found
himself trapped in a car with five
or six very aggressive young
Senegalese men trying to serve as
his entourage of guides.
“Feeling pressured, I literally
had to jump out of the moving
vehicle as we neared a stop escaping
from their less than well-meaning
travel assistance,” he said.
“It’s funny that years later I find
myself thinking so much more
about the time I spent in Africa
than of those lovely beaches in
Costa Rica,”
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working on firebreaks on
west and north flanks
continued from front page
Fire Information Officer Nancy
Guerrero told the Mountain Mail that crews
are continuing to work on several sections of
the fire to create buffers.
“The crews of the Southwest Area Type
1 Incident Management Team are clearing
vegetation from a previous burnout on north
and west flank to create a larger firebreak
around the fire’s edge,” Guerrero said.
“They continue to provide structure protection
in Mogollon, Willow Creek and other
ranches and homes in the area.”
She said 15 hotshot crews and 13 hand
crews are currently working the fire. A total
of 1,236 personnel from local, state and federal
agencies are involved doing different
jobs.
“For the most part, the fire has been
actively burning in all directions,” Guerrero
said. “Near the northeast corner of the fire
below the Middle Fork of the Gila River,
there was significant movement to the east.
There are several pockets of extreme fire
behavior.”
She said 58 engines, 24 water tenders,
seven dozers and 12 helicopters are assigned
to the fire.
“The fire is moving in a direction away
from the communities of Reserve, Luna and
Glenwood,” Guerrero said.
A smaller fire, the 40 acre Wagon
Tongue Fire, 15 miles north of Reserve and
near Aragon, has been controlled by personnel
from the Reserve Ranger District.
Daily updates on the Whitewater Baldy
Wildfire can be seen on the internet at:
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2870/.
Satellite images of the fire’s smoke plume
can be seen at: http://www.nasa.gov/mis-
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or heavy physical activity outdoors in smoky
conditions.
Other tips to keep in mind during this
dry, windy period:
Before a wildfire approaches your home,
evacuate your pets and all family members
who are not essential to preparing the
home. Anyone with medical or physical limitations
and the young and elderly should be
evacuated immediately. Remember the “P’s
of Evacuation”; People, Pets, Prescriptions,
Papers, Pictures and Personal Computer.
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county, Hop Canyon firefighter Michael
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View of the Whitewater Baldy Complex fire from Negrito Fire Base on Bursum Road in Gila National Forest.
Photo courtesy of USFS Gila National Forest
Mideke offers suggestions for reducing the
odds of losing a structure by wildland fire.
Walk around your home, yard and neighborhood
thinking like a fire.
Where do you see fuels and fuel sources
such as brush, weeds, dry grass, trees, scrap
piles, woodpiles, gas cans, propane tanks?
Where are the “ladders” and “paths”
linking fuel concentrations?
Think how the patterns of fire progression
you visualize change when you bring
wind of various strengths and from different
directions into the picture.
How can fire climb your walls, leap to
your eaves or take hold of your roof?
Consider scenarios for fire coming in with
the prevailing wind and from fires igniting
on adjoining properties.
In Socorro County, volunteer firefighters
have been busy responding to several wildland
fires.
County Fire Marshal Fred Hollis said
the worst was a house fire.
“The San Antonio Fire Department
responded to a fire that burned a doublewide
mobile home Saturday,” Hollis
said. “It was fueled by high winds and everything
was dry.”
He said there have been no major wildland
fires in the county, but that up to eight
times crews were called out to control fires
along roadways “usually caused by vehicle
activity.”

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letters to the editor
o The Editor:
If there are still 52.9 percent of
oters who disagree that President
bama is “the worst president
ver,” then the sign standing on
rivate property along Highway
0 in Magdalena would certainly
e an inflammatory remark from
heir point of view. However, it is
ot an unpatriotic remark. The
uthor making that statement has a
oint of view too. Three cheers for
he First Amendment.
Equally inflammatory is the
dea that an individual’s First
mendment rights should be subect
to the opinion of some portion
f the population, in this case, an
lleged majority.
Also inflammatory is the idea
hat our community’s survival is
omehow dependent on our capitlation
to that population’s opinon.
If we cannot depend on the
atronage of 52.9 percent visiting
ocialists, perhaps we may still
ope in the investment of 47.1 perent
capitalists who may also be
assing through.
Who agrees or disagrees with
he remark expressed on the sign in
uestion is ultimately immaterial.
hat we should be thankful for is
very person who participates in
he conversation. The more paricipants
there are, the less likely
hat any percentage of the voting
opulation can bulldoze their opinon
over the other.
When we are passionate about
ur values our conversations are
oing to be heated. When we meet
ith a difference of opinion, we
an become emotionally inflamed.
Heated” and “inflamed” are
djectives; they describe reality,
hey do not define it.
Magdalena has all the intellecual
assets we need to preserve our
ommunity so that we are not
ependent on the visiting voters’
genda.
Here’s my idea for generating
ome visitors and income for the
illage as a corporation and for
he community of individuals:
ould it be possible for the Village
o rent space at the rodeo grounds
ne Sunday per month to vendors
s a sort of flea market/craft fair?
agdalena is bursting with artists
f all mediums who could use an
nexpensive opportunity to market
heir work. And neighboring comunities
are bursting with people
looking for inexpensive outings
where they can find unique items
for all kinds of reasons.
Suppose for $10 per space we
could have: painters, quilters, knitters,
jewelry makers, photographers,
food vendors. Local contractors
could advertise their work.
Job seekers could advertise their
skills. Businesses could advertise
available jobs. There are special
interest groups in town that could
use the opportunity to share their
interest and do some fund-raising.
All the gardeners will have produce
to sell. That would be a small
income for the Village, but it
would be a start.
And for the community, the
earning power of the individual is
limited only to his/her imagination.
Anyone with knowledge/skill
could sell seats for a monthly class
besides selling a product.
The point is, the Village can
contribute to the individual, and
the individual can contribute to the
Village, to themselves, and to others.
I think we have it in us to take
care of ourselves and help each
other no matter who we each
decide to vote for.
To the editor:
Sarah Cearley
Magdalena
“We hold these truths to be selfevident,
that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable
rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.”
Those were the words Thomas
Jefferson wrote in the Declaration
of Independence, the document
that defined the country that the
founding fathers had hoped to
establish. The United States was
meant right from the beginning to
be a place where everyone was
treated equally.
Unfortunately, “...all men are
created equal...” doesn’t reflect the
attitudes of all Americans anymore.
Too often, we hear about
how “Indians are all drunks” or
“those illegals are criminals,”
“Muslims are terrorists,” or even
“immigrants are stealing our jobs!”
Too often these opinions are
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thrown around without any
thought as to their truth or impact.
The truth is that minorities are
what make this country, and even
this town great. The United States
has the highest GDP of any individual
country in the world, mainly
because the American economy
was built on the backs of immigrants
and their children. So much
so, in fact, that it has taken an economic
lead over other business
friendly countries. Even in the
midst of a recession, our GDP is
more than double that of China,
our closest runner up.
Illegals don’t come to this country
with the intention of being
criminals, but come here in an
attempt to live the American
Dream. They come to work, to
feed their families, and to give their
children an opportunity to grow up
in a place where they have access
to education, where they can play
in the streets without worrying
about being shot or arbitrarily
arrested.
The idea of illegals being criminals
bent on destroying the
United States from the inside
reads like a twisted conspiracy theory.
They want what every
American wants, and what the
founding fathers set out to give this
country: the right to “Life,
Liberty, and the Pursuit of
Happiness.”
How many of us can truly say
that in that situation, that we
wouldn’t do the same?
Addiction, be it to alcohol or
other substances is not an issue
limited specifically to Natives, but
is one that plagues every culture
and race. Addiction has likely
been with humans since we first
came into existence, with the first
recorded evidence of drug use dating
back to the Sumerians in
5,000 BC.
Addiction is even present in
animal species - primates in the
wild have been known to ingest
intoxicants such as opium. Nearly
half of the population of the
United States either suffers from
alcoholism, or has a close friend or
family member who does. It is
highly illogical and hypocritical to
treat one group as less valuable due
to alcoholism without looking at
our own families and their struggles
with the same disease.
As for all Arabs or Muslims
being Terrorists, saying that groups
like Al-Qaeda are representative
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of all Middle Easterners or
Muslims would be the equivalent
of saying Jim Jones is representative
of all Christians. Every faith
has people that corrupt it in an
attempt to further their own personal
agendas.
The attitude that Islam is a violent
religion could not be further
from the truth, indeed, the Qu’ran
actually states that murdering a
single person is an affront to God,
and is the same as killing the entire
world. (Surat Al-Ma’idah
[5:32]).
In truth, both Islam and
Christianity are surprisingly similar
in a lot of respects. So much of
what is heard about the religion is
simply propaganda and outright
lies and misinformation spread by
people with their own personal
agendas.
These baseless myths and opinions
help motivate people like
Shawna Forde in Arizona, who
killed a young Hispanic girl in an
attempt to begin a race war. They
give racists like David Duke a
foundation to justify their beliefs as
somehow acceptable. It gives terrorists
like Tyler Bingham and the
Aryan Brotherhood an excuse for
committing violent acts against
minorities and “race traitors.”
While we are lucky enough as a
country to have our first amendment,
we need to realize the
responsibility that such a freedom
entails.
With the rise of white supremacist
gangs in our state, it is incredibly
important that we evaluate the
opinions we hear and obtain our
information directly from the
source, rather than allow ourselves
to be sucked into the wave of discrimination
that is overtaking our
town, and our country.
To the editor:
Ayla Ryan
Magdalena
Lynette Napier, a retired nurse
with over 30 years of experience at
Presbyterian Hospitals and
Clinics, gave a presentation April
30 at the Magdalena Senior
Center on The Affordable
Healthcare Act of 2010.
The initial consensus there was
that most of us didn’t know what
was included in this comprehensive
plan, but Ms. Napier explained in
understandable language the way
it will affect us. These are some of
the high points.
Health insurance reforms that
benefit individuals and families are
at the heart of the new law. Some
of these reforms have already
begun, others will be implemented
over the next four years with most
changes in place by 2014.
Many of the aspects of the new
law involve regulation of insurance
companies. As of 2010, people
with pre-existing medical conditions
cannot be denied coverage.
Also, insurance companies will
now be accountable for “unreasonable”
hikes in coverage. Lifetime
limits on insurance coverage have
been eliminated, and young adults
are now covered under their parent’s
policies until age 26.
Also implemented in 2010 was
a 50 percent discount on drugs in
the coverage gap called the
“Donut Hole” with a $250
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In 2011 there was another 50
percent discount. Savings on
brand-name medications will continue
annually until this situation is
eliminated entirely in 2020.
This legislation provides free
preventive care such as annual
wellness visits with no deductible
or co-pay, which leads me to a very
important aspect of this new law,
the emphasis on rebuilding the
Primary Care system.
To quote Ms. Napier,
“Primary care is the backbone of
preventive health care. The
Affordable Healthcare Act creates
a new Prevention and Public
Health Fund designed to help create
the necessary infrastructure to
prevent disease, detect it early, and
manage conditions before they
become severe.”
Currently there is a serious
shortage of primary care professionals.
Medical schools have over
weighted their programs to favor
specialties which are more profitable
financially.
The Prevention and Public
Health Fund will provide 16,000
new primary care doctors, nurses,
and physicians assistants in the
next five years with funding for
scholarships, loan repayments, better
pay for graduates, and loan forgiveness
if providers work in
underserved (rural and inter-city)
areas. The University of New
Mexico has an excellent Primary
Care training program and is participating
in this effort.
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as a Hospital at Home Program,
and a new Community First
Choice Option which allows states
to offer home and community
based services to disabled people
through Medicaid in place of institutional
care in nursing homes.
In 2012 Healthcare organizations
were encouraged to reduce
paperwork and administrative
costs by sharing on-line health
records, and Medicare established
a hospital value-based purchasing
program. This program gives
financial incentives to hospitals to
improve the quality of care, and
hospital performance is required to
be publicly reported.
2013 brings improved preventive
health care coverage under
Medicaid at little or no cost to individuals.
Hospitals will be given a
flat rate for care. And CHIP,
insurance coverage for children
who are not eligible for Medicaid,
will be extended for two more
years.
A big change in 2014 is that
most individuals who can afford it
will be required to have basic
health insurance coverage, much as
auto insurance is mandatory.
There will be free choice insurance
exchanges for people whose
employer does not offer health care
insurance. Tax credits to help the
middle class afford insurance will
become available, and these tax
credits will be paid directly to the
insurance company to reduce the
premiums.
Another big change in 2014 is
more Americans will be eligible for
Medicaid. Americans who earn
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To the editor:
mountainmailnews.com • Mountain Mail • May 31, 2012 • Page 7
Cheryl Hastings
Datil
This is the Catron County
Commision’s rebuttal to Gila
National Forest Supervisor
Editorial Statement that appeared
in the Glenwood Gazette.
The Catron County
Commission would like to set the
record straight regarding the
February 17, 2012 editorial letter
from Gila National Forest
Supervisor Kelly Russell, in which
she disputed the right of Catron
County to maintain Historic
Highway 12 (aka National Forest
System Road 32).
The Catron County
Commission has a duty to preserve
access on this public road which
has been legally claimed by the
County as an RS2477 right-ofway.
RS2477 stands for U. S.
Revised Statute 2477 which was a
grant enacted by Congress in
1866, insuring right-of-ways
across public lands.
The grant is eloquently stated
in one sentence: “A right-of-way
for the construction of highways
across public lands not otherwise
reserved for public purposes is
hereby granted.”
In the days before motorized
transportation, construction could
mean simply beating a path, moving
rocks, anything that made passage
easier for commerce, travel,
homesteading, mining, etc.
RS 2477 was repealed in
1976 under the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act, but
preserved RS2477 rights-of-way
that had been established, subject
to “valid existing rights.”
Ms. Russell states, “ Congress
has not delegated to the Forest
Service the authority to establish a
valid RS 2477 right; a court of
competent jurisdiction must determine
the existence of RS 2477
rights-of-way across federal lands.
The burden of proving the existence
of an RS 2477 right-of-way
in court lies with the claimant.”
Catron County Commissioners
wish to inform the public that it has
complied with federal and state
laws in claiming Highway 12
Road.
In addition, the County has
filed quiet title to secure the
County’s right-of-way ownership
on this old Historic Highway. It
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June 2 1st Saturday Karl G. Jansky
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June 2 Guided Night Sky Stargazing
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June 4-9 Socorro Open Golf Tournament
New Mexico Tech Golf Course, (575) 835-5335
June 4-15 Swim Lessons at the NM Tech Pool
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Socorro Historic Plaza, (575) 312-1730
June 7 Ventriloquist, “The Funny Dummy Show”
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June 9 Elfego Shootout - Socorro Peak, (575) 835-5335
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June 9 Socorro Gen. Hospital’s Childbirth Class
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June 11 Diabetic Workgroup Meeting 5:30-7:30pm.
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pre-dates the creation of the
USFS.
These facts led the County to
assert that the minor maintenance
of this road, after heavy summer
rains, was legal and necessary to
meet requests by property owners
and the public, and provide for
emergency access in the event of
another devastating forest fire.
The Catron County
Commissioners hopes this information
lends clarity to the issue
regarding maintenance and access
on this public road.
Catron County Commissioners
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June 16 Friends of the Socorro Public Library
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June 16 Recycle Mixed Paper & Cardboard,
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Featuring Live Music, 6-8pm
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10am-12pm. Bosque del Apache NWR Visitor Center,
Call for reservations, (575) 835-1828
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8:00pm. Clarke Field, Richard Chavez, (575) 835-8780
June 23-24 Socorro Amateur Radio Assn. Field Day
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H.B. Birmingham’s oral history - part four
2012 marks the 150th anniversary of the
Homestead Act of 1862, and the Socorro
Bureau of Land Management’s Cultural
Resource Program is increasing emphasis
on oral history collection, particularly as it
relates to homesteading.
H. B. Birmingham was interviewed by
BLM archaeologist Brenda Wilkinson in
Reserve on March 17, 2010, at the home of
his friend and neighbor, Judy Griffin. H. B.
is a stickler for accuracy, so these excerpts
from the interview are in his own words.
We were very saddened to hear of his
wife, Peggy, passing in 2011. They were
married 61 years.
Can you tell me how you met your wife?
She’s from New York. And Calberg—
that family lived at Quemado. And Peggy’s
aunt—she was in the service and she got
acquainted with him. And she left the service;
she come back. They were in the service
together. He never had to go overseas ‘cause
he was trainin’ some of these soldiers to use
skis. He said hell, I didn’t have to do nothing
but ski. Then that’s where Peggy came
out. Her aunt married Calberg, and she
come out on her vacation.
To visit her aunt?
For a week, and she liked it. She worked
for the telephone company. She went back
so she could make enough money to pay her
way back out. So she got her train, come
back to Datil. But they had a restaurant in
Magdalena then, but then they ran that
Datil outfit for a long time. She worked
there. That’s where I met her, Mildred
Eileen. Hell, when she and I was married
she couldn’t even cook. (chuckles)
Can you tell me the story of how you met?
Her sister married Calberg, and she just
waited table there. Some Indians come in
and she was sellin’ them Indians beer.
Howard says “Peggy, you gonna’ cause me
to lose my license- you sellin’ Indians
liquor.”
“Well,” she says. “I didn’t know they was
Indians.”
So they caught on pretty quick. And
when she was waitin’ tables they’d come in.
She’d serve ‘em what they wanted. Howard
would get after her.
“Well, how did I know?” So she was
asking ‘em, “Are you a Mexican or Indian?”
“No, we’re Mexicans.” (laughing) She’d
go ahead and serve ‘em.
[Note: Until the law was repealed in
1953 it was unlawful to sell alcohol to
Native Americans]
So do you remember the first time you met
her?
Yeah. I met her there at Datil. The
woman who worked there told Peggy, said,
“If you catch that old boy, you better enjoy
it. He’s a hard worker.”
And she didn’t know one thing about me
then. So when I proposed to her, she said,
“Well, when?”
Well, I said, you don’t want to set the
wedding now. I put the wedding off. “I’ll set
it.” (chuckles)
Yeah. But she had to learn how to cook.
But she worked here for the county - for the
city hall, and she could write down what you
said in shorthand. She had worked at the
telephone company.
But they come down there one time, her
and her girlfriend - when I had them sheep -
and eat supper. They went back - they run
their car off the road. Some of ‘em got on to
me, said, “Well why didn’t you come back
with ‘em?”
Well, I says, hell, they were drivin’ - getting
late. And I says, be time for them to go
to bed when they get home. She was a good
lookin’ girl.
So did you go out on dates?
No, they’d have a dance every once in a
while. They had a dance there at the Eagle
Guest for the March of Dimes, and we got
Dick Bills from Albuquerque to play. He
was a good musician. And he played
Sunday, and they paid him and his three
musicians a steak supper and gave ‘em ten
dollars apiece. So he took ‘em up on it.
So we had that dance Sunday night.
Peggy and George Calberg and George’s
wife, they was workin’ in the bar. We started
at five o’clock. So we run seven hundred and
fifty dollars through the bar that night. They
were getting free sandwiches. They used a
lot of stuff.
They just had to pay for what [they
drank] but they got the sandwiches free.
What they donated - boy, every one of us
was surprised they run that much money
through it. He gave ‘em a hundred dollars
out of that, ‘cause hell… Hell, I said, there
wasn’t standing room in there!
And I knew the state cop and I called
him at midnight. He wanted to know how
the party was going. I said, oh, it’s going
good; everybody’s having a good time.
“Well,” he says. “I’m on my way to bed,
had to go down to San Antone pick up that
liquor director. He was drunk, and couldn’t
drive. So my wife drove my car back and I
drove and put him to bed. You’re not gonna’
have to worry about him.”
No, I says, they’re all havin’ a good time,
nobody’s drunk. I says, we’ll just close it up.
So I went in and I says folks, you better close
it up. The bar is closed. The state police is
on his way out. So by god, everybody
cleared out of the bar. And he got home that
next day, Monday, ‘cause he spent the night
up there.
They done the checkin’, cause they knew
how much we started with. We sold seven
hundred, I think, fifty-two dollars that night.
And that old liquor inspector, someone...
That state cop had told him about it. ‘Cause
the state cop—he was a Mexican. And oh,
he says, that smart aleck, he don’t want you
to do this or that. Says, I’m glad when you
pull one on him. That state cop says I’d stick
it to him myself, I wouldn’t have to arrest
him.
So how long did you and Peggy know
each other before you got married?
I guess about six months.
Did your family go to church?
Peggy was the Catholic, and she never
did go. She kinda’ quit goin’ to church.
What about your parents?
I guess they were Presbyterians. No,
Peggy - course, she couldn’t get along with
some of them. Well, I said, you go to Horse
Springs. It’s only twenty-five mile; they got a
preacher there. No, she was pretty much of
a greenhorn when she come out.
There was a story that Peggy came to the
house and asked where her closet was. Can
you tell me that story?
Oh, yeah. I hung up a piece of iron from
the ceilin’, where she could hang her clothes.
And then a curtain around it. (chuckles)
Was that alright with her?
Well, it had to be! (laughing)

Ruins of Goat Springs Pueblo
piques archaeologists’ interests
By John Larson
What may be shaping up to be
a prominent archaeological site is
not far from Magdalena. The site,
Goat Springs Pueblo, is thought to
have had 150-200 rooms in a traditional
three-sided pueblo.
Matt Basham, archaeologist
with the U.S. Forest Service in
Magdalena has been studying the
remains of the pueblo north of the
village on Riley Road for the past
couple of years.
He said by studying glaze on
pottery shards, the pueblo is estimated
to have had its beginnings
730 years ago.
Basham said the southern section
of the U-shaped pueblo was
the first to be built. Later the western
and northern sides were
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thought to have had a second story
of at least 50 rooms.
“The question I get asked is,
‘how many people lived here?’” he
said. “Well, we don’t have enough
data to come to an accurate number.
Some of the rooms may have
been for storage, some for other
purposes.
“This site is the subject of an
active research investigation by Dr.
Susan Eckert of Texas A&M
University,” Basham said.
“Remote sensing conducted by
Dr. Eckert last year has confirmed
many theories such as that the
large depression in the center of the
plaza area is a kiva.”
He said the site has been the
subject of other studies.
“Archeologists from UCLA
excavated two rooms on the northern
side of the pueblo in the
1960s,” he said. The excavation
was not refilled in, and then two
rooms are easily identifiable.
Southwestern archeologists
have suggested that villages in the
Rio Abajo, including Goat
Springs, played a major role in
pueblo social dynamics.
“This region may have been a
gateway for the introduction of
immigrants, religion and glazepainted
pottery into the Rio
Grande region,” Basham said.
“And recent research has shown
that lead sources in the Rio Abajo
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were used in the production of
glaze paint, that some of the sites in
the region may have controlled the
access to production.”
Because Goat Springs Pueblo
is located in the Rio Abajo near a
lead source – the Magdalena
Mountains – there is a strong likelihood
that pottery was produced
there.
It could be theorized that Goat
Springs was possibly a manufacturing
site for pottery.
Goat Springs Pueblo holds
other secrets, not of Piro origin.
Basham said that at the end of
Don Diego deVargas’ re-conquest
of Nuevo Mexico in 1692, after
the Pueblo Revolt, his army
passed through the Magdalena
region as a shortcut on his way
back from El Moro to Mexico.
“His journal states that he
camped at Pueblo Magdalena,
what’s now known as Pueblo
Springs. There is evidence that he
may have been aware of Goat
Springs,” Basham said.
The evidence is the existence of
three Fransiscan Crosses, or
Victory Crosses, carved - petroglyph
style - into rocks between
Goat Springs and the pueblo.
“De Vargas’ contingent went
from spring to spring to spring,
water sources in other words,” he
said. “It is entirely possible that the
crosses were made by them.”
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USFS archeologist Matt Basham points out a room’s features at pueblo.
Photo by John Larson
Basham said that taking anything
like pottery fragments from
the site constitutes a federal crime.
“I understand that well-meaning
people will want to pick up
shards to take home, and this happens.
But everyone needs to be
aware that the site needs to preserved
for study,” he said. “We
encourage the public to appreciate
the history here.”
Magdalenians Steve and Libby
Bodio were designated Site
Guardians for Goat Springs
Pueblo in 2011.
“Site Guardians means, basically,
keeping an eye on things,”
Steve Bodio said. “All we do is
make reports about the condition
of the site. They have a checklist.
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amiss.”
Bodio said the biggest damage
is caused by cattle, “and the other
thing they fear is looting, which
hasn’t been a problem in the last
twenty years, but I hear tell that
about thirty years ago that somebody
dug around. That can really
mess up the archeology, shifting
strata hoping to get whole bowls,
this can mess up the information
content of the place. Technically
you’re not even supposed to take
pot shards.”
He said he and Libby visit the
site several times a year.
The site is gaining interest
among southwestern archeologists
and another scientific dig is scheduled
for this summer.

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Jonathan, Dara and three year old Nia pose in front of their new business,
Magdalena Mercantile and Laundromat.
Photo by John Larson
MERCANTILE: Little bit of everything
continued from front page
seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 7
p.m. We are also continuing the
wash and fold service.”
He said they will be offering
free wi-fi and a fax and copy service.
“We are putting in an internet
computer for use for a nominal
hourly fee,” he said.
The best news, however, is that
Magdalena Mercantile will be
stocking fresh produce and eggs, a
wide variety of grocery items, and
frozen meats.
“We want to be carrying as
much local organic produce as we
can, “Dara said. “Also some fruit,
local honey, dry goods and even
pet food.”
She said their prices will be
affordable.
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If we get something at a
lower price, we’ll pass the savings
on to everyone else,” Dara said.
“We want to keep people shopping
locally with reasonable prices
and better than normal service. We
will also be taking EBT food
stamps.”
She said they will take orders
for delivery to customers in both
Magdalena and Datil.
“We try to accommodate those
who cannot get to the business,”
Dara said.
New Mexico Community
Business Rural Development
Representative Tim Hagaman
met with the new owners on May
23 to introduce himself and talk
about their plans.
“This is a good step forward
for the business community here,”
Hagaman told the Mountain
Mail. “The growth in jobs in
Magdalena will be small business
owners that fill a need. This couple
is showing real encouragement in
providing food merchandise that is
lacking since the closing of Trail’s
End.”
Jonathan and Dara, along with
their three year-old daughter, Nia,
relocated to New Mexico from
Florida in 2009. “We were looking
for a good place to bring up our
daughter,” Jonathan said.
He is a graphic artist and photographer,
and designs high quality
custom t-shirts and graphic
signs. He was the artist who created
the design on the Stool Bus
septic tank service in Datil.
Jonathan’s t-shirts and other
artwork can be seen at Magdalena
Mercantile.
The new business will also offer
an E-Bay service.
“We’ve been part of the E-Bay
Pro Store trading system for five
years, and will be offering that
service in the store,” Jonathan said.
“It makes selling on E-Bay very
simple. You just bring what you
want to sell online, and we do the
rest. When your item is sold, we’ll
cut you a check.”
The Mercantile will stock hunting,
camping and fishing supplies
as well as topo and quad maps,
Jonathan said.
“We will also feature radio controlled
cars, and I have plans to put
in a small dirt race track in back,”
he said.
Magdalena Mercantile and
Laundromat is located at 1006
West First Street.
“I like to call it ‘Diversitile
Mercantile,’ because we’ll carry a
little bit of everything,” Jonathan
said. “We invite everyone to stop
in and say hi.”
Statement of Understanding with Red
Cross approved by Village Board
By John Larson
During a month which saw
both a tornado and dense smoke
from the Whitewater Baldy
Complex Fire in the Gila, the
need for emergency preparedness
was the topic of concern with the
village government.
In May, the Magdalena
Village Board approved a
Statement of Understanding with
the American Red Cross on May
21 that defines their Ready When
the Time Comes partnership
(RWTC).
The purpose of the partnership
is to recruit and train community
members to serve as RWTC volunteers,
and be available to
respond to major disasters.
Trustee Diane Allen said she
has been working Cindy Adams,
Regional CEO for the American
Red Cross in New Mexico, to
establish guidelines for volunteers
in disaster situations.
The document approved by
the Board of Trustees calls for the
village to recruit community members
to serve as volunteers; provide
a space and a time period for the
volunteers to be trained by the
Red Cross chapter; designate a
primary and secondary contact
person to whom requests for volunteers
will be made; make best
efforts to respond to a call-up within
24 hours and providing volunteers;
and allowing community
volunteers to participate in at least
one mock disaster preparedness
drill each year as business needs
permit.
Allen held a meeting on May
18 to begin the recruitment.
Twelve community members
signed on, agreeing to participate
in the required training.
“We will be on a national registry
that says there is a Red Cross
shelter in Magdalena once the
process is completed,” Allen said.
The Red Cross Chapter’s
responsibility includes the assistance
of volunteer recruitment;
providing disaster training to those
volunteers; initiate the call for volunteers
in a disaster relief situation,
provide additional instructions
and/or training as may be
required at the time of call-up to
fulfill the functions to which they
are assigned; manage the volunteers
while on assignment; assign
volunteers as close as possible to
the area in which they live or work;
and publicly acknowledge the village
as an RWTC Partner in
publicity materials and press
releases.
Allen stressed that it was
important that residents have a
personal plan to deal with emergencies.
“This includes planning for
contingencies like fires, snowstorms,
flooding, power outages,
and even as we now know, tornadoes,”
she said. “The first place to
start is to pick up the free
Emergency Preparedness Guide
at Village Hall.”
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breaking ponies and small horses for the
local people there in Wisconsin. Both my
parents had grown up with saddle and draft
horses, so if I needed any help or advice it
was available.
“Wild horses are becoming more and
more scarce throughout the west,” Harris
said.
The rescuing of wild horses was brought
to the public spotlight more than 50 years
ago.
According to the Bureau of Land
Management, the mid-20th century practice
of the harvesting of wild horses for commercial
purposes induced a Reno, Nevada, secretary
– Velma Johnston – to begin a campaign
that led to passage of a 1959 law to
protect these iconic animals. While driving
to work one day in 1950, Johnston noticed
blood leaking from a livestock truck. She followed
it and discovered that horses were
being delivered to a slaughterhouse.
Johnston responded with a massive letterwriting
campaign by students to prevent
other wild horses from meeting a similar
end. The campaign became known as the
“Pencil War” and Johnston was affectionately
dubbed “Wild Horse Annie.”
Follow-up efforts resulted in the enactment
of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and
Burros Act of 1971, which declares wild
horses and burros to be “living symbols of
the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.”
Under the law, the BLM and U.S. Forest
Service manage herds in their respective
jurisdictions within areas where wild horses
and burros were found roaming in 1971.
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“There are wild horses free roaming near
this ranch, however, since that area of the
BLM range is not stipulated as a ‘wild horse
area’ these horses are commonly referred to
as feral,” Harris said. “One day, there will
not be any real wild horses and I think they
are too valuable for their genetic makeup to
be allowed to become extinct.”
Even now, she said, those who seek to
‘help’ the wild horses want to make them
tame and live in a corral and eat hay and
wear shoes.
“These are not free and self-sufficient, the
way they ought to be allowed to be,” Harris
said.
My Wild Horses Ranch LLC is a work
in progress, and is a privately owned ranch,
not a tax deductible venture.
“I earn the money to do everything that is
done here. I live here on the ranch with my
two Bull Mastiff dogs and a few hens. We
have solar power and are able to pump water
and do laundry with the help of solar
charged batteries. I planted an organic garden
this year, and we will see what grows,”
Harris said. “There are plenty of work in
progress projects, building fences and outbuildings,
and I hope to put up a bunkhouse
next year to facilitate more visitors to this
area.” Volunteers are always welcome.
“Now that wild horses are contained on
the ranch, there are opportunities for hikers
and photographers to make use of the ranch.
Primitive camping areas are fenced near the
ranch entrance on the Quebradas Road,”
Harris said. “There is a lot of BLM land
available for public use near the Ranch.”
She said dogs are not allowed loose on
the ranch. Motorized vehicles are not
allowed on the Preserve. Personal horses are
not allowed on the preserve, though there is
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Some of the protected horses roaming free on the My Wild Horses Ranch.
Photo courtesy of Donna Harris
who might want to ride on the adjoining
BLM properties.
“I know that I cannot save all the horses.
My goal is to save the ones I can and give
them a safe place to remain free,” she said.
“More land would enable me to have more
wild horses, but that is a project for down the
road.”
Admittance fees vary by the type of activities.
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and nonresidents a day of free fishing on
public waters statewide.
On this special day, no one needs a
license or stamp, although bag limits and all
other fishing rules apply.
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Young hunters and others who
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Don’t forget to vote
on Tuesday, June 5
Primary voting day is Tuesday,
June 5. In many races candidates
in their respective political party
primaries are running unopposed.
Besides the presidential primaries,
there are several state and local
positions being sought.
Socorro County Clerk Rebecca
Vega will have all voting results of
the June 5 primary election available
online at www.socorrocountyvotes.com
and users will be able
to watch results live as they come
in.
Democratic Primary
President: Barrack Obama
U.S. Senator: Martin
Heinrich, Hector Balderas
U.S. House of
Representatives: Evelyn Madrid
Erhard
Court of Appeals: M. Monica
Zamora, Victor S. Lopez
State Senate District 28:
Howie Morales
State Senate District 30:
David Ulibarri, Maxine R.
Velasquez, Randolph Marshall
Collins, Clemente Sanchez
County Commission District 2:
Stanley Herrera
County Commission District 5:
Diego Montoya
County Clerk: Rebecca Vega
County Treasurer: Tina Lujan
Republican Primary
President: Ron Paul, Newt
Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick
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U.S. Senator: Greg Sowards,
Catron County will host two
Town Hall Meetings to discuss
Solid Waste Issues. The first meeting
will be held on Saturday, June
2, from 2-4 p.m. in Datil at the
Datil School Gym. The Second
meeting will be held Thursday,
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Court of Appeals: J. Miles
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State Senate District 30:
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State House of Representatives
District 49: Don Tripp
District Attorney: Clint
Wellborn
County Commission District 2:
Martha A. Salas
County Commission District 4:
Danny Monette
County Commission District 5:
Elijah Wade, Juan Gutierrez
County Treasurer: Shirleen
Greenwood
In Catron County, voters will
be choosing their candidates for
local positions.
On the Democratic ballot:
Catron County Clerk: Eva
Stover
Catron County Treasurer:
Cathy A. Sohrenssen
Probate Judge: Cynthia
Wasserburger
On the Republican ballot:
County Commissioner District
3: Van James “Bucky” Allred
Catron County Clerk: M.
Keith Riddle, Zeno Kiehne
Catron County Treasurer:
Connie Sue Shipley
Probate Judge: Ed Wehrheim
Catron County to host Town Hall Meetings
June 7, from 6-8 p.m. in Reserve
at the Reserve Community
Center. Both meetings are open to
the public. Anyone having questions
concerning solid waste issues
is encouraged to attend.
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Tuesday to Wednesday:
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Thursday: 12 noon to 6 pm
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Studies have shown that children
who read during the summer
generally maintain their reading
skills, and that children who see
their parents read, or who read
with their parents generally have
scored higher on standardized
tests.
To that end, Magdalena
Librarian Yvonne Magener has
announced the dates for the
Summer Reading program.
“The program runs from June
eighth through July twenty-seventh,”
Magener said. “Every
Friday and Saturday we will have
a different activity for those who
participate. Right now we are in
need of volunteers on those days.
She said the top readers can win
bicycles, e-readers, and MP3
players.
The Reading Program is a free
program at the library that encourages
children, teens and adults to
read throughout the summer.
“Everyone can register, read
and be eligible for fun incentives,”
she said. “There are two groups.
One for younger kids and the
other for older.”
Babies and kids (up to 11 years
old) can come to the library every
week to earn a different incentive.
“Those kids can bring in their
reading log to show us what they
Photo courtesy of Magdalena Public Library
Magdalena summer reading program
have accomplished,” Magener
said. “For teens and adults – over
age 12 – can submit their completed
reading cards any time.”
Participants can sign up at the
Magdalena Public Library on
June 8 to register.
“At that time they will fill out a
registration form, and babies and
kids will receive a reading log,
bookmark and the schedule,” she
said. “Teens and adults will get
their reading card.”
The schedule for June:
June 8 - Register, log books and
model airplane making.
June 9 – Zentagles, What Are
They? Bring t-shirt to decorate.
June 15 – Felt Crazy. Make fun
things with felt; stars, letters, etc.
June 16 – Dream Catchers.
Make them and hear stories about
them.
June 22 – Make salt dough
clay. Model and sculpt amazing
monsters.
June 23 – Make paper model
kits, planes trains and buildings.
June 29 – Yarn mandalas, big
ones and small ones, also known
as Ojos de Dios.
June 30 - Mixed media. Bring
a picture to scan, print and make a
frame.
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HIGH COUNTRY GARDENING
I apologize for missing the last issue; between
coursework and getting the garden growing again, I
just ran out of time! This past month I’ve been livin’
the dream: hauling horse manure, tilling it into the
garden beds, pounding stakes and setting up fencing,
repairing drip lines…
As much as we may lament the late start to our
planting season up here, there always seems to be
more than enough to do to keep us busy before we
even set out the first plants.
This year I gave myself yet
another challenge: growing up.
Well, some of us never really
grow up, but in this case I
mean growing our vegetable
gardens upward rather than
just outward by staking,
caging, trellising, and otherwise
training plants to grow
vertically. We already do this
with pole beans and peas,
planting them along the garden
fence, perhaps, and enjoying
great yields from plants that
take up very little square
footage.
Grapes are always staked
and trained along trellises or
arbors or other supports, and
tomatoes clearly grow better
and develop more fruit when
caged or otherwise supported
off the ground. So why not take other vining plants
such as cucumbers, squash, and melons vertical using
similar garden structures?
Vertical gardening takes a bit more work than just
planting and walking away but offers some great benefits.
You’ll save a good bit of space when, for example,
each squash plant takes maybe three square feet
of garden bed instead of a dozen; this is especially useful
here, where every square foot of garden bed is hard
won out of rock and silt and caliche.
Training plants upward increases ventilation which
helps prevent powdery mildew and also improves visibility
to make it easier to spot vine borers, aphids, and
hornworms. This all helps to improve both yields
(what the plants can make) and harvest (what we can
see and pick before critters or rot beat us out).
A few things to think about include heavier soil
amendment, since you’ll likely be planting more plants
in less space; strong support to withstand our spring
Grapes grow best with strong, open support, and
many garden vegetables do as well.
Photo courtesy of Anna Lear
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Tomato cages are totally mobile; t-posts and welded-wire
fencing, not so much. I now use both, actually,
and they have the added benefit of being strong
enough to support floating row covers which, here,
you’ll want to clamp on so they don’t “float” into the
next county. I also use bamboo stakes, arranged into
“teepees” or 2D and 3D lattices using zip ties, wire,
or twine.
Other options include metal or plastic mesh, open
netting, or a simple twine teepee or trellis made by
looping a length of twine
between ground stakes and
an upper support. Peaceful
Valley has a clear, concise
article at http://groworganic.com/organic-gardening
/articles that also links to a
helpful video.
When you grow squash
and melons vertically, you’ll
need to support the fruits as
they develop. A welded-wire
fence provides plenty of
strength for attaching cloth or
mesh slings; don’t use solid or
tightly-woven plastic because
the fruits need ventilation and
at least a bit of sunlight to
ripen.
Another idea: build a
wire-fencing tunnel (rounded
or squared, at least three to
four feet off the ground in the center and a few feet
wide) and train the vines up and over as they grow.
Inside the tunnel, plant lettuce, spinach, and other
greens that will appreciate the shade as the squash
mature. When frost descends and the vines die, you
now have a tunnel to cover with clear plastic or frost
fabric such as Agribon so you can harvest your
greens, and perhaps some carrots and other veggies,
well into winter.
For more ideas on vertical gardening and other
great ideas for our area, please join your fellow highcountry
gardeners at Organic Gardening Club’s
monthly meeting, held every second Saturday at the
High Country Lodge.
Anna Lear lives and gardens in Magdalena and will
soon be a child and family therapist at Southwest Family
Guidance Center in Albuquerque. She blogs about gardening,
photography, and life in Magdalena at http://thelaughingraven.blogspot.com/.
Sizes of Units
10 x 7 $35.00/month
10 x 8 $45.00/month
10 x 10 $57.00/month
10 x 15 $65.00/month
10 x 19 $80.00/month
10 x 22 $92.00/month
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Father’s Day Cook . . . In?
By Nancy Newberry
Father’s Day is usually pretty clear-cut.
I’ve been told that the main reason Father’s
Day menus are grilling menus is that, given
the choice, dads want to do something:
they’d rather go fishing or hiking (or in
greener places, play golf, an activity I have
never understood), than linger at the table.
So the normal drill is, marinate all day (the
steak, not the dad) while you play, then cook
and eat. No fussing.
Somebody had to tell me this, because at
our house it was different. When the early
memories of your pop include a beefy hand
palming a piece of white-bread toast, accompanied
by the question, “do you want me to
slather that with butter for you?” and the
subsequent mashing of the toast with ample
slabs of cold butter, you have here a dad for
whom food is important. This time of year,
my dad would snag one of us kids to go in
search of the freshest sweet corn and strawberries.
Corn that was more than an hour off
the stalk was too old. He’d wait for the
wagon that was still in the field. Then he’d
press-gang all of us to shuck the corn, insisting
that we get every last strand of cornsilk
off the ears.
I don’t think I ever ate a whole dessert
until I went to college. My place at the table
was at dad’s right hand, and he’d refuse
dessert, while I’d say, oh, yes, please, you
bet! Then the fork would come sidelong into
my plate – only a bite, mind you – but what
a bite! Food and conversation qualified as
active recreation in our house.
And so here we are, with Father’s Day a
few weeks off (May 17) and fires raging in
our neighbors’ back yard in the Gila. This is
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not a season for campfires – no way. And
grilling is a little hard to plan - most evenings
the smoke slides into the Magdalenas and
Socorro from the Whitewater-Baldy fire, so
I’m not planning on grilling out until the
monsoons come. But I am going to offer you
a Father’s Day menu that my dad would
have loved.
In light of the fact that we’ll never score
an ear of sweet corn right off the wagon –
this is not the Midwest – and that we do
have green chiles to spice things up, here is
a recipe for corn in a cast iron skillet that is
something like calabacitas (corn and
squash) and something like Cajun maquechoux
(corn and tomatoes). In this case,
every good flavor possible is thrown in: lime,
chile, garlic, oregano, and it’s broiled with
cheese, extravagant and lovely.
To accompany this, a steak recipe that is
absolutely delicious, and pan-fried will allow
you to cook indoors if need be. Here, again
the cast iron skillet is your best friend. It will
caramelize that steak like no grill can do.
And for dessert, we’ll liven up strawberry
shortcake with a rhubarb sauce and mascarpone
whipped cream.
Multicultural Corn and Squash
This dish borrows from the traditions of
New Mexico calabacitas, Louisiana macquechoux,
and throws in a little Tex-Mex,
with lime, cumin and cheese.
Serves 4
20 minutes
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoon butter
1/2 onion, chopped
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The corn and squash dish goes great with sloppy joes. Photo courtesy of Nancy Newberry
2 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels
1 zucchini, chopped
4 green onions, sliced
5 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved
1-2 green chiles – roasted, peeled and
chopped
3 garlic cloves, mashed
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
1 lime, halved
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Heat the olive oil in a cast iron skillet and
cook and stir the onion until translucent
about 2 minutes. Stir in the corn and zuc-
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chini and cook and stir until lightly browned,
about 5 minutes. Be sure to scrape the nice
browned bits from the skillet and stir them
in.
Preheat the broiler for high heat.
Stir in the green onions tomatoes, chiles,
garlic, cumin and oregano and cook and stir
until the zucchini is tender, about 5 minutes
more. Squeeze the lime juice over the mixture
and sprinkle with the Cheddar cheese.
Broil until the cheese is melted, bubbly
and begins to brown, about 3 minutes.
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Black Pepper Honey Steak
Adapted from From The Splendid
Table’s How to Cook Supper
Serves 4
20 minutes
3 tablespoons dry red wine
3 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 pounds New Mexico range-fed beef
steak
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt
Combine the red wine, honey, garlic and
black pepper in a shallow dish or reuseable
plastic bag, and add the steak, turning to
coat. Let it stand at room temperature for 30
minutes before cooking (or marinate as long
as you like in the refrigerator in the plastic
bag).
Heat the olive oil in a cast iron skillet over
medium-high heat. Dry the steak with a
paper towel, and then brown it quickly on
both sides in the skillet. Sprinkle generously
with more black pepper and salt as you
cook. Reduce the heat to medium low, and
continue cooking, turning often, until the
steak reaches 125 degrees F when measured
with a stem thermometer (for medium rare).
Remove to a warm serving platter, and
let it rest for 5 minutes before serving.
Rich Shortcake Biscuits
Makes 6-8
25 minutes
5 tablespoons cold butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup milk, or as needed
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line
a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Place the butter in a mixing bowl, and
add the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
Cut the butter in with a pastry blender until
the mixture is crumbly, about 2 minutes.
Whisk the egg in a 1-cup measuring cup,
and pour in enough milk to make 1 cup. Stir
the milk mixture into the flour mixture to
make a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto
a heavily floured board, sprinkle with flour if
sticky, and fold it over on itself a few times,
very gently, just until the dough no longer
sticks.
Pat the dough into a rectangle about 1/2
inch thick, fold the rectangle in half, cover
with a clean towel and let the dough rest for
10 minutes. Cut circles with a biscuit cutter,
and place on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden,
about 15 minutes.
Rhubarb Sauce
Makes 3 cups
20 minutes
4 stalks rhubarb, chopped into 1/2-inch
pieces
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon quick tapioca
1/4 cup water
Bring the rhubarb, sugar, tapioca and
water to a simmer over medium heat in a
saucepan. Reduce the heat and simmer until
the rhubarb breaks down and the sauce clarifies
and thickens, about 10 minutes.
Mascarpone Whipped Cream
(This idea is from Lucia Bisbee.)
Makes 3 cups
5 minutes
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup mascarpone
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or vanilla
extract)
Pour the cold whipping cream into a
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chilled deep bowl, and whip with an electric
mixer until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes.
Beat in the mascarpone, sugar and vanilla
bean paste until stiff, about 2 minutes.
Strawberry Rhubarb Shortcakes
with Mascarpone Whipped Cream
Tart rhubarb supplies an extra juiciness
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Serves 6
25 minutes
1 pound strawberries, sliced
1 tablespoon sugar
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Rhubarb sauce
Mascarpone whipped cream
Stir the sliced strawberries and sugar
together in a bowl, and let stand at room
temperature until the juices release, about
20 minutes.
Split each shortcake biscuit, and place
the bottom half onto a dessert plate. Spoon
on the rhubarb sauce, add a generous
spoonful of strawberries, and a generous
dollop of whipped cream. Replace the top of
the shortcake and garnish with an additional
spoonful of whipped cream and a strawberry
slice.
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Photo courtesy of Bill Fuller
Wildbunch Rodeo results
Organizers of the Wild Bunch Reunion
Association Rodeo on May 12-13 say the
event was an overwhelming success, despite
being upstaged temporarily by a tornado.
Plans are being made to bring the rodeo
back to Magdalena next year, and several
sponsors have already signed on.
Winners on Youth Day, Saturday,
May 12
Steer Wrestling - Grady Grey
Mutton Busting - 1st Jack Wolmack,
2nd Javen Tafoya, 3rd Shane Montoya
Duck Cutting - Jorianne Miraball
Mini Bulls - Trenton Flower
Flag Race - 7 years and under, Jenissi
Trijegue
Flag Race - 8-12 years, 1st Gracie
Craig, 2nd Jaxson Mirabal
Flag Race - 13-16 years, no entries
Youth Barrel - 8 -12, 1st K- Dayl
Looney, 2nd Caleb Gregio, 3rd Jaxson
Maribal.
Youth Barrel - 13-16, Dakota Kellis
Arroyo 3 Horse Run - Team Sullivan
Winners on Adult Day, Sunday,
May 13
Ranch Cowboy Saddle Bronc - Kyle
Goss
Ladies Barrel Race – 1st Stacy Green,
2nd Patty Swapp
Big Hat Roping - Jorrel Mirabal and
Leland Fountain
Bull Riding - Winner Caleb Gillard
Cowboy Ranch Race - No entries. Two
Teams have entered for next year already.
Cow Hide Race - No entries. Two
Teams have entered for next year already.
Break Away Roping - Canceled due to
stock issue money refunded.
Fiddle Contest winner: Bern Henderson
Memorial - John Morfin
Dance Contest at Dance Saturday night
- Winners Mr. and Mrs. Wilkerson
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Missoula Children’s Theatre
looking for young actors
An audition will be held for the
Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production
of The Secret Garden on Monday,
June 11, at Finley Gym from 10 a.m. to
noon. Those auditioning should arrive no
later than 10 a.m. and plan to stay for the
full two hours.
Some of the cast members will be asked
to stay for a rehearsal immediately following
the audition.
Among the roles to be cast are Mary
Lennox, Martha Sowerbury, Dickon
Sowerbury, Colin Craven, Archibald
Craven, Ayah/Bilge Rat/Captain, Mrs.
Medlock, Doctor Craven, Ben
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that Rock, the Canadian Geese, the Moor
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There will be a $20 registration fee for
all those chosen for the cast, including assistant
directors.
All students, grades 1 through 12, are
encouraged to audition. No advance preparation
is necessary except a willingness to
try. Assistant Directors will also be cast to
help with the technical aspects of the production.
The Missoula Children’s Theatre touring
productions are complete with costumes,
scenery, props and makeup.
“While children enjoy their week with
the Missoula Children’s Theatre, they’re
also developing critical life skills such as
teamwork, communication and social skills,
and self-discipline,” said MCT executive
director Michael McGill, “Our mission is
the development of life skills in children
through participation in the performing
arts,” he continued.
Each show title MCT offers is based
upon a fairy tale which resonates with audiences
of all ages. “To keep the touring
repertoire fresh, we add a new original show
each year,” says Naomi Lichtenberg, MCT
foundation relations director. “The Secret
Garden, this year’s show, was written by
Michael McGill.”
MCT Tour Actor/Directors will conduct
rehearsals throughout the week from
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day.
Missoula Children’s Theatre will also
offer free theatre workshops on Tuesday-
Thursday, 3 p.m., at the Socorro Youth
Center (behind Spin City on Bullock).
The schedule is as follows:
“Drama Quest,” Tuesday, June 12,
grades 1-2
“What If?” Wednesday, June 13, grades
3-5
“Let’s Make-Up,” Thursday, June 14,
all ages.
The Secret Garden performances will
be on Saturday, June 16, at Finley Gym, 1
p.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults
and free for youth 17 and under.
The Missoula Children’s Theatre residency
in Socorro is brought to you by
Socorro Consolidated Schools, City of
Socorro and the New Mexico Tech
Performing Arts Series with additional support
from Dr. Eileen Comstock and Warren
Marts.
For more information, call Titia Barham
at 575-835-5688.