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By Travis Dempsey, Superintendent, Cloudcroft Schools I hope each of you are enjoying the fi rst offi cial days of spring here in the Sacramento Mountains. This is an incredibly busy and exciting time of year at Cloudcroft Municipal Schools. The following are items that may be of interest to you.Elementary/ Middle School Honor Roll: On Friday, March 18, the follow-ing students were recognized by their academic achievements for the 3rd 9 week grading period. ALL A’s2nd grade: Abbie Barone, Nina Bricker, Samuel Cummings, Tristyn Hou-sler, Malia Lammey, Hunter Loya, Madison Masanotti, Logan Penn, Hunt-er Picazo, Marisa Romero, McKayla Stevens3rd grade: Lillie Abay, Adriana Flores4th grade: Colby Giles, Dominic Romero6th grade: Marina Flores, Sara Morales, Sophie Pan, Ella Strickland, Jesi Watson7th grade: Ashlynn Keel, Maggie McDermott, Stephen Pan

8th grade: Dylan Giles, Britney Hickman, Brian McDermott, Sierra Shoemaker ALL A/B’s2nd grade: Lane Eldridge, Obadiahs Freeman, Gavin Guzman, Jennifer Kincade, Breann Nash, Jackson Weast3rd grade: Canyon Burt, Gedian Freeman, Teeah Gilliam, Payton Neu-dorf, Nicholas Rodriguez, Elisha Scarborough, Mattie Strickland, Bodhi West4th grade: Kyla Aguilar, Bryanna Bradshaw, Jovana Flores, Kayelee Kennedy, Eve Lockey, Winney Pollard5th grade: Luke Hughes, William Pollard, Syrah Smith, Anna Strick-land6th grade: Keygan Adams, Max Preslar, Arthur West7th grade: Emily Barnes, Jake Cook, Kaylee Hickman, Maverick Judah, Diego Ortega, Darla Stoudt, Dallas Toler-Holcomb8th grade: Dylan Eldridge, Ashleigh Hall, Ky Mydock, Jennifer Stone, Taya Wilson, Landyn Wimsatt BUGS: (Bringing up grades without going down in another)Lille Abay-Lang. Arts, mathJovana Flores - social studiesSyrah Smith- mathJesi Watson - Comm. Skills, EnglishAva Martinez- math, PE, Comm. Skills, history

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(Continued from previous page)April Leatherman - art, science, math, English, choirDiego Paulik - Comm. Skills, science, math ACES: (all A’s 2nd and 3rd quarter)Abbie Barone, Nina Bricker, Samuel Cum-mings, Tristyn Housler, Malia Lammey, Hunter Loya, Madison Masanotti, Logan Penn, Hunter Picazo, Marisa Romero, McKayla Stevens, Adrian Flores, Colby Giles, Marina Flores, Sara Morales, Sophie Pan, Ella Strickland, Ashlynn Keel, Maggie McDermott, Stephen Pan, Dylan Giles, Britney Hickman, Brian McDermott, Si-erra Shoemaker Pro Start Program: Cloudcroft High School has one of the only Pro Start programs in small schools here in New Mexico. This pro-gram is similar to a traditional culinary program, however, Pro Start provides the opportunity for students to compete with other programs around the state and even on a national level. Below is a picture of our management and cooking team after a presentation at a recent board meet-ing. These students will be competing under the guidance of Ms. Joni Watson. TRANSPORTATION: We have just completed the statutory requirement of annual bus inspections for all our route and activity bus-es. I am happy to announce that all our buses passed this rigorous assessment that includes in-spections of the drive train, brakes, tires, lights and other safety related items. This represents the hard work of Mr. Jim O’Connor, Mr. Kody Adams, and Mr. Keith Hanley who participated in the inspection process and maintain these ve-hicles. SCHOOL BUDGET SEASON: We will begin our school budget preparation over the course of the next couple of months. Some of the items we will need to account for is an in-crease in medical coverage of approximately 8%

and a lower enrollment of roughly 20 students. School budgets are based on the previous year’s enrollment numbers from the average of the 80 and 120 counts. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: This is an incredibly busy time of year for stu-dents who are involved in extracurricular activi-ties. Pro Start, band, track & field, choir, and FFA are all in full swing at this point. These are great opportunities to partner with our sponsors/coaches to support our students. Helping to en-sure students have good attendance and are show-ing a high level of responsibility by taking care of their grades will help each student prepare for what the real world will expect from them. Each student is provided a copy of their grades on a weekly basis and can access their grades using our online student management system, Power-School. If you have any questions please contact yours child’s building principal for additional in-formation. SPECIAL THANKS: Two organizations have gone above and beyond to help our com-munity and get involved in world wide efforts. The local CLOC organization produced a murder mystery play on Saturday, March 19, here in the high school gym. All proceeds went to our culi-nary and agriculture programs. Second, our high school Key Club chap-ter hosted a staff vs. student basketball game. All proceeds go to research and finding a cure for Leukemia and Lymphoma. Thank you to all the individuals who are involved these organiza-tions. If you have questions, concerns or ideas please feel free to give me a call or stop by the office.Travis Dempsey, SuperintendentCloudcroft Municipal SchoolsCell: 575-915-7396 Office: 575-601-4416Email: [email protected]

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Timberon Development Council, Inc.Minutes for February 20, 2016

The meeting was called to order at 10:15 a.m. Present were Rick Merrick, Harvey Eng-lish, Nan Thorell, Kent Huisingh, Jerry Epker and Clark and Paulette Clement. The Pledge of Allegiance to the fl ag then took place. January 2016 Minutes were submitted for approval. Harvey English made a motion to accept minutes as submitted second by Kent. Motion approved. The Financial statement was submitted by Mike Lyons and reported by Rick. A motion by Harvey English was made to accept fi nancial report and pay the bills second by Nan. Motion approved.

Old Business Welcome Center/Offi ce report: Rick gave an update on the offi ce and welcome cen-ter. Rick reported that Harvey had picked up new locks for front door and will be installing them. Nan submitted web site report. Discussion and Possible action on Front Gate Signage: Harvey reported that he has not been able to set up a meeting with Ronnie Wy-att and will continue to try to make this happen. He will try to have more to report at the March meeting. Update on Stage/Cruey: A brief update from Harvey was given. There has been con-versation with Jeremy and that an agreement is being worked on. Report from Donated Land Committee: Harvey gave an update on the committee. Har-vey reported that one bid was received for a lot. After discussion by the council a motion was made by Harvey and second by Kent not to ac-cept the bid. Harvey will send out with the earnest money and transfer fee a letter thanking the person for the bid. Harvey reported that another request to donate a lot has been received. The committee will inspect the lot and give us their recommendation at the March meeting.

Update and Possible Action on Web-cam/Weather station: Nan gave an update on the fundraising status. Nan reported that we have raised $840.00 on the website for this project. Nan explained that the fund raiser is still ongoing and will report more at the March meeting. After discussion a motion was made by Harvey and seconded by Paula to give Jer-ry permission to order weather station. Motion approved. Update on Welcome Package: Harvey reported that they have found the old welcome package and that he is working on updat-ing with new material, hope to have it ready soon. Update and Possible Action on Busi-ness Brochures/TDC website: Nan gave a re-port and presented an outlay of the brochure and a price structure for advertising in the TDC business brochure and on the TDC web-site. After discussion a price was decided and Nan was instructed to put together a letter and application for this project. Rick ask that once this letters/application was completed that everyone pass it out to the businesses. Update from Audit Committee: Rick reported that the Audit Committee meant and performed an audit for 2015. No fi ndings to report. Harvey made a motion and seconded by Nan to accept the Audit Committee fi nd-ings and fi le the audit. Motion approved

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Discussion and Possible Action on Lap Top/ Accounting Software: Rick reported that Mike has requested authorization to purchase and accounting package and lap top to use for

TDC information. This will be used by the Treasurer to keep the accounting records. After discussion a motion was made by Harvey and seconded by Kent to give Mike authorization to pur-chase accounting package and lap top with a cap of $750.00. Motion approved. Discussion on Seasonal subcontractor to work in Offi ce/Welcome Center: Discus-sion was opened by Rick on the possibility of hiring a person to man the Welcome Center during the summer months. After discussion it was decided BOD would work on Job Description and give their update at next meeting. Discussion and Possible Action on Agreement between CPA and TDC: Rick ex-plained that an agreement is pending for CPA to do taxes for 2015. After discussion a motion was made by Harvey and seconded by Nan to give au-thorization to TDC to enter into an agreement with the CPA to do the 2015 taxes. Motion ap-proved. Discussion on 2016 events: Rick ask that the council be thinking of events and projects for 2016. There was a brief discus-sion. Rick asked that ideas be presented at the March meeting. Discussion and Possible Action on Re-quest that TDC become a Fiscal Sponsor: Rick reported that a Timberon citizen had requested that TDC become a fi scal sponsor for a fund-raiser. After discussion it was decided to not take any action on this item. Meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a.m. Harvey made the motion, seconded by Nan. Meeting Adjourned.

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By Matt Willett Race day is upon us once again! On Sunday, April 24, Cloud-croft is set to host the 16th running of The High Altitude Classic Moun-

tain Bike Race. Mountain bikers from all over the Southwest will compete for an $1,800 cash purse, trophies, prizes, and most of all - BRAG-GING RIGHTS!

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Race-day kicks off at 10 a.m. with mass starts rolling through pic-turesque Downtown Cloudcroft. Within minutes racers will leave the comfort of the pavement and embark on some of the most fun and challenging trails in the South-west. These hardy souls will ride between 13 and 28 miles, depend-ing on their racing category. The trails take riders up and down singletrack, railroad grades, and forest roads at elevations rang-ing from 7,700 to almost 9,000 feet. Make sure to be there - to race, to cheer on competitors, or just revel in the sight of these ath-letes giving their all. If you would like to get your

“hands dirty,” we would love to have you as a volunteer. (The pay is horrible, but you do get a free T-shirt!) The High Altitude Classic is the second race in the New Mexico Off-Road Series, and is permitted through the Lincoln National For-est. It is sponsored locally by The Cabins at Cloudcroft, Spruce Cabins, the Summit Inn, the Western Bar and Café and, of course, your friends at High Altitude. For more info or to volunteer, call 575-682-1229. For registration and course map, check out the High Altitude Classic Facebook page or visit: www.highaltitudeclassic.blogspot.com or www.NMORS.org.


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Timberon Development Council, Inc. has been busy with the install of a new weather station and webcam for the Sac-ramento location. Here, Harvey English installs the new weather station and webcam. Soon to come, will be anoth-er webcam from the golf course to be focused on Jeffery’s Peak to give a better picture of the incoming weather. The Council would like to take this opportunity to thank all the friends of Timberon, who contributed to the fundraiser to replace the old weather station and make it possible for the additional webcam. Thank you.

By Becky Smith Just as they have been do-ing for over 60 years, Cloudcroft Art Workshops are again offering an array of exceptional instructors from all over the country. Cloudcroft, New Mexico, has a warm friendly atmosphere that offers you a great place to es-cape the summer heat and enjoy the cool pines. Our instructors offer guid-ance to all levels of students while creating a positive environment for the artist to flourish and grow. Classes last five days and offer the students plenty of time each day to work at their own indi-vidual pace and explore a new and exciting way of approaching their own art. This is a wonderful experi-ence for a single artist or a group of friends. Cloudcroft has many won-derful bed and breakfasts, cab-ins, and lodges available for your sleeping accommodations. Imag-ine waking up to the smell of the forest each morning as you enjoy the cool pines and aspens. For your dining pleasure, you will find a variety of wonder-ful restaurants and bakeries to de-light your palate. Fodor’s Travel Guide calls it an undiscovered paradise. The summer 2016 sched-ule includes:· June 6-10: David Barran-ti; Master Drawing (by review); $450· June 6-10: Ken Hosmer; Vi-brant Watercolor; $475· June 13-17: David Barranti; Drawing (all levels); $400· June 13-17: Alan Flattmann; Pastels; $500· June 20-24: Caroline Jasper; Acrylic/Oil; $525

· June 20-24: JoBeth Gilliam; Watercolor on Canvas; $435· June 27-July 1: Elizabeth St. Hilaire; Paper Painting; $475· July 11-15: Eric Wiegardt; Watercolor; $495· July 18-22: Bob Burridge; Acrylic; $590· July 25-29: Joyce Hicks; Watercolor; $495· August 1-5: Laurie Gold-stein-Warren; Watercolor/Acrylic; $475· August 1-5: Rich Gallego; Plein Air (all mediums) $450· August 8-12: Karlyn Hol-man; Watercolor; $495· August 15-18: Qiang Huang; Oils; $500 Make plans now to come and join us this summer for a time of artistic renewal. Our goal at Cloudcroft Art Workshops is to provide you with the best person-alized and quality instruction pos-sible. Workshops will be held from Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Old School House (Public Library) located at 90 Swallow Place, Cloudcroft, NM 88317. For more information, please visit www.cloudcroftart.com

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History of Weed, N.M., began about 1885By Ed Woten(Editor’s Note: Information for this article came from Pat Rand and the archives of the Sacramento Mountains Historical Museum.) If you take NM130 south out of Cloudcroft for about 15 miles, and then follow NM24 for another 6 miles, you will come to the small community of Weed situated at the upper end of Agua Chiquita Can-yon. It is at a natural crossroads for the area and was ideal for the es-tablishment of a post office there in December of 1885. The post office was named for W.H. Weed who, although born and raised in New York City, moved west in 1882 to become a promi-nent merchant in the boom town of White Oaks. While there is no evidence that he ever actually visited the Agua Chiquita, he did set up a branch store there to serve the already present homesteaders. The new store became the nucleus for a town as other home-steaders began to build nearby. Over the next 10 years the post office changed locations eight times. The actual dates for the first settlers in this part of the Sacra-mento Mountains is hard to pin down. Into historic times, the Mes-calero Apaches were here as migratory nomads. Scouts and hunters had come into these canyons as early as 1875. By 1880, various cattle companies were expanding into the mountains looking for water and grazing pastures. They were drawn by the many attractive qualities of the region and these were passed on to other ranchers in Texas and points east. Albert Coe was one of the Army scouts who saw what would be the area of Weed as early as the 1870s. He originally tried to settle on the Rio Peñasco a few miles to the north, but soon left to get married. He returned in 1881 and eventually moved to Weed in 1887. Another scout, William O. Robertson, surveyed the area in 1881 before returning to San Saba, Texas, where he described the southern Sacramentos to his friends and neighbors. The exodus had now be-gun. In 1884, the J.W. Buchner, Dave Lewis, Bishop Fletcher and McBride families were heading for Mescalero, but moved to Weed the following year. In 1888, several new arrivals came from San Saba in-cluding Thomas Farr Fleming, Felix Sanders and Tilman Jones. The 1890s brought the arrival of the Ehart, David P. Allen and J.N. Daugh-erty families who were encouraged to make the move by their famous in-law, Charles Goodnight. Before the turn of the century, many notable citizens had moved in from Texas, among them, G.W. Lewis, John Prather, and in 1886, the photographer, G.E. Miller whose historic pictures still adorn many local establishments. The following years saw the arrival of the Potters, Parkers, Van Winkles and many other notables from as far away as California, Can-ada and even Scotland. Weed remained the center of the region, but surrounding com-munities reduced its importance after 1900. The Federal Census of that year recorded the population of Weed to be 429 people. The town settled into a sleepy, isolated village of sawyers, stockmen, farmers and merchants. A steady decline in population, currently under 40, caused the Weed School, established in 1885, to be closed in 1991 when the area became part of the Cloudcroft School District. The old school building still serves as a community center, es-

pecially during the Weed Reunion, held every five years, which brings hundreds of people back. Another social event is the annual Weed Blue-grass Festival, now in its 21st year, which is always held the third week in July. (Photo provided by Betty A. Olsen)


By Lyn Canham The High Noon Book Club is a gregarious group of locals and part-timers who meet the first Monday of each month – at noon – in the Cloudcroft United Methodist Church (CUMC) McNeil library to dis-cuss one of a year’s worth of books. After a stimulating discussion of the book of the month, we usually patronize one of Cloudcroft’s restaurants and have more fun. Our April meeting at 12:00 Monday, April 4, at the CUMC library will be a discussion of the nonfiction history BUNKER HILL: A CITY, A SIEGE, A REVOLUTION by Nathaniel Philbrick. This sailing expert from New England has authored at least two historic bestsellers in IN THE HEART OF THE SEA and MAYFLOWER and now he tackles the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution. MAY-FLOWER itself was a finalist for both the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in History and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. The publisher says Philbrick uses his passion and insight to recon-struct the geographic and ideological revolutionary landscape to reveal the difficult and messy origins of America. In the process, the reader learns how Boston, two years after the 1773 Tea Party, undergoes a series of patriot skirmishes and wary maneuvers among the American and British soldiers, until the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Events lead to a British blockade of Boston in June of that year,

High Noon Book Club to discuss nonfiction history on Revolution

and finally the bloodiest battle of the Revolution to come, the Battle of Bunker Hill. Philbrick is said to bring a fresh perspective to the historic events and characters, such as the central leading figure, physician Jo-seph Warren, Warren’s fiancé, the poet Mercy Scollay, and the more fa-miliar figures of Paul Revere, George Washington, and the British Gener-als Thomas Gage and his successor William Howe. We experience the cauldron of Boston under siege as both sides teeter at brinkmanship for control. The May meeting of the HNBC will be 12:00 Monday, May 2, at the CUMC library. The book club will have read the memoir HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE by Carolyn Jourdan. The book description reads like good fiction but this is a true story from the former Senate Counsel. When Ms. Jourdan returns to the rural mountains of eastern Tennessee from Washington, DC, after her mother’s sudden heart attack, she has no idea how long she will be needed to fill in as receptionist for her father, the kindly Dr. Jourdan – she figures it will just be a few days. Over the course of a good year, she experiences all of the trials and tribulations of a small country one-doctor medical practice, full of surprises like the need to follow hazmat regulations, dealing with a splin-ter the size of a steak knife, getting paid in a fox carcass, even not requir-ing payments at all in many sentimental or hard-luck cases. We meet the patients such as the eccentric Miss Hiawatha and the kindly Mike, who doesn’t really know he is handicapped. Will Carolyn stay in eastern Ten-nessee where she has had no earned income or return to her high-powered six-figure job in DC? Anyone who loves to read and enjoys talking about what they have read may join us at our monthly meetings on the first Monday. All regu-lars, sometime-attendees, and visitors are welcome.

By Joyce Komraus, librarian, Nivison Public Library AMNESTY WEEK Amnesty Week for library books in your possession is April 18-23, 2016. What this means is that if you have any overdue library books in your possession, you may return them during this time and you OWE NO FINES. However, if you have returned any books prior to this time and did not pay a fine, you still owe the fine. If you have any questions at all about this, please call 682-1111 and talk to Chuck or me about this. Because we have changed to a new computer system, we have printed out a list of outstanding books from our old system. So we can check out this list plus the current system. VOLUNTEER WEEK Volunteer Week is April 10-16, 2016. We have some GREAT vol-unteers! Without our volunteers who assist us at the library, we would not be where we are today. Over the 18 years, we have had many volunteers, some working every week to process books, put books away, assist with our Summer reading program, or working on special projects. The Library board and I want to thank each and every one who has volunteered at the library. It was with volunteers who started the library lo those many years ago (19 years to be exact!) that have helped to make the library what is today. You are great! Thank you. I realize that in this day and time, everyone uses a credit or debit cards. However the library does not accept debit/credit cards to pay for printing or fines. Cash or check only. Also, we are unable to give you change from large bills, such as hundreds, fifties or twenties. We just do not keep change to “break” large bills. I realize that many libraries handle debit/credit cards but we do not. Just an FYI.NEW BOOKS OFF THE GRID (C. J. Box)THE IMMORTAL IRISHMAN (Timothy Egan)THE SELECTED LETTERS OF LAURA ENGLES WILDER (Laura Wilder)ERUPTION: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MOUNT ST. HELENS (Steve Olson)PRIVATE PARIS (James Patterson)THE STEEL KISS (Jeffery Deaver)CLAWBACK (J. A. Jance)THE GANGSTER (Cleve Cussler)COMETH THE LAW (Jeffrey Archer)MURDER NEVER KNOCKS (Micky Spillane)FINDING YOUR ROOTS (Henry Gates, Jr.)HOW TO EAT IN THE WOODSA FEW OF THE GIRLS (Maeve Binchy)

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If You’re Lucky Enough to Live in the Mountains, You’re Lucky Enough!

Available online at www.weednm.comP.O. Box 565, Weed, NM [email protected] Ward, editorAnniversaries, Birthdays, Comings & Goings, Get Well Wishes, Etc.Happy Anniversary to:...John & Katherine Stephenson-3...A.J. & Stephanie Posey-7 ...Johnny & Becky Waldrop-12 ...John & Diana Dollahan-16

Happy Birthday to:...Paul Comino-1 ...Ky Mydock-2 ...Jan Rauch-5...Kade Goss-6 ...Red Stanbrough-9 ...Dawndee Webb-11...Gary Gage-15 ...Shirley Akers-16 ...Fred Gage: Lee Hudman-18...Paisley Sioux Cochran-20th...Margaret Merritt-22 ...Spike Goss: John Bell: Sarah Walter-27

Prayers & Get Well Wishes are asked for: ...Russ Wright’s mom who fell at her home in Seattle, WA and broke her leg. She spent her 95th birthday in a rehab home and will be there many weeks. He is with her there but must return to Michi-gan in April in time for Elaine’s double knee replacement surgery.

Thank you to: ...all of you who were not able to pray over the quilt but

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By Jane MoormanNew Mexico State University CIMARRON – New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp has a new location. It will be held on the CS Cattle Company’s 130,000-acre ranch at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range near Cimarron. “This location will allow our campers to see a real-life working ranch,” said camp director Jack Blandford, Luna County Extension program director. “The CS is a working cattle and hunting operation and has been family owned and operated since 1873. We all are excited about holding the ranch camp there.” The CS Cattle Company was founded by Frank Springer and his brother Charles, whose ini-tials are used for the ranch name and historic brand. Les Davis, grandson of Frank Springer, took over management of the CS in 1947 and today his children continue managing the operations. Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 camp, which will be held June 5 to 10. Deadline to apply is May 1. Cost for the camp is $300. The youth ranch management camp is ad-ministrated each summer by New Mexico State Uni-versity’s Cooperative Extension Service. It began in 2011 at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Since then 100 youth have participated in this unique op-portunity to be exposed to the vast career opportuni-

NM Youth Ranch Management Camp moves to CS Cattle Company’s Cimarron ranch

ties associated with the beef industry. “We are proud to offer this one-of-a-kind pro-gram for the future cattle producers of our state,” said Jon Boren, NMSU College of Agricultural, Consum-er and Environmental Sciences associate dean and director of the extension service. “The collaboration between our Extension specialists, county Extension agents and members of the ranching industry has provided an opportunity for the youth to learn about the many aspects of managing a ranch and natural resources.” During the fi ve-day camp, the 15-19 year old youth receive college-caliber course information on all things beef, marketing and ranch economics, natu-ral resources and rangeland management. The campers are divided into teams to pre-pare a ranch management plan on how they would operate a ranch. On the fi nal day of camp, the teams pres-ent their plans to judges from the beef industry and NMSU in competition for the coveted team jackets. One camper each day receives the Top Hand award for their outstanding participation in that day’s activi-ties. “You don’t have to just be in ranching to at-tend this camp. It offers a wide variety of career ave-nues,” Blandford said. “I encourage any youth within the age group to apply.” For more information or to apply, visit http://aces.nmsu.edu/nmranchcamp/index.html.


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cause of God. He truly hears our prayers. Thank you all for the prayers. Evelyn Toth and her daughter have come to visit us twice, and blessed us greatly both times. We celebrated Evelyn’s birthday this last time. She was so surprised. She has called us a few times and is always so loving and kind. We pray all is well with each of you and will be so glad to see all of you when we get back home. May God bless and keep you all. Anna Rae Brown

...the Cloudcroft School Choir and Band for performing in Weed on Tuesday, March 15. Wow! You did a splendid job!! Those of you in our community who missed their performance missed a wonderful program.

I encourage you to make a point of coming next year because the youth did a wonderful job. Both the band and choir have earned high marks and are go-ing to the State competition soon. Several of the students live here in Weed, Sacramento, and Piñon area. I hope you will congratulate the band and choir students and the those in the pro-start programs for their successes. The school board meeting was very informative and enjoy-able. The kids in the pro-start program made a presentation during the board meeting telling about how to start and manage a restaurant, and then the culinary students told us about the food they will prepare as they go to the State pro-start contest. WOW! The students are really learning things that will help them be successful in life as they graduate and enter the work force. The board indicated they will come back again next year with the band and choir, so please plan to attend and bring your family to enjoy their performance! John Bell, President, Weed Community Assn.


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Greetings from Compass Lake, Florida The calendar may say otherwise for a few days; but, as far as our area is concerned, Spring has sprung! The wild honeysuckle vines have gone nuts. They are blooming all over the place, and I don’t think there is a square inch left without a bloom on the huge azalea bush in our front yard. Everyone I see as I drive around is in the same shape. And the birds are doing a daily concert for us. All right, I know the birds aren’t singing for us. They are singing to attract a mate, but we are enjoying the concerts. Speaking of attracting a mate, I was watching a pair of cardinals recently. They were in a tree, outside the window over my kitchen sink. The female posing, fl irting, and moving to-ward the male. The male was unimpressed. He kept moving away from her. She ignored the rebuffs and kept after him. Did she not brush and fl oss after she got up that morning? This being Florida, we are liberally sup-plied with all sorts of representatives of the in-

sect world. The “bug of the month” is a Carpen-ter Bee. They bore holes in your house and will do a lot of damage if they are not restrained. We are in the process of “restraining” them...we hope! Molly and Bill (daughter and son-in-law) are busy getting the garden ready to grow tasty, gold-plated vegetables. Molly named them, not me. She says after they buy fertilizer, com-post, and plants, she has to remind herself how tasty the garden stuff is and ignore the dent in their checkbook! And, since I hope to share in the bounty, I have been lending a hand. The dirt looks great-but will not even grow healthy weeds unless it is fertilized. One of the things they use is mushroom compost. For those of you who are, as I was, ignorant as to exactly what mushroom compost is, it starts out as cow poop liberally mixed with hay and whatever else gets in the way. I found out the hard way - by shoveling the stuff out of the back of the pick-up. Pretty hard not to fi gure out what it is when it is that close to your nose! Molly is the Custodian at a nearby El-ementary School.

Spring Break starts next week for her. Time for her to either sleep in and/or sit back and read the Trash Sheets and munch on Bon Bons - right after she fi nishes the “Spring Break to do” list which should keep the two of us busy into the middle of the next week! I will let you know if the list wound up being longer than the Break! Blessings on you. Joy Garrett Goin

For SaleBrand NEW and assembled metal storage shed for sale by owner because he moved on. Origi-nal cost $750; sale price $500. Call Betty Olsen at 575-687-3769

When I was a boy I was told that any-body could become President; I’m beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow

HuntsApril 8-10, youth only – turkey (2 bearded)April 15 – May 10; general – turkey (2 beard-ed)April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017 - cougar

TIMBERON HOMES

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Timberon Unit 8, Block 84, Lot 25 $98,900.00This Manufactured Home was built in 1984 and has 1,624 sq.ft. +/-, met-al roof, located on .538 ac +/- with a very nice mixture of tall Ponderosa Pines, Juniper, Piñon and a few Apple trees! There are 3 Bedrooms and two Bathrooms, a large family room, spacious dining room which opens into the effi cient Kitchen with all new appliances. Access to the Laundry room is through the Kitchen. A snack counter and wet bar divides the Kitchen from the cozy TV room which has a rock fi replace, bookshelves, parquet fl ooring and sliding glass doors that gives access to the large deck overlooking the back yard. The Master Bedroom has access to this deck also. Home has southwest dècor, new laminate wood fl ooring throughout the home (with exception of the TV room). 20’ x 25’ detached car port.

Timberon Unit 7, Block 80, Lot 22$98,900.00This Two story Mountain Cabin was built in 1979-1980. 1,578 sq.ft. +/-, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Very nice wood paneling A-Frame with a loft, metal roof, Cedar Siding, total electric. Pretty metal doors installed in 2014 on the front of the house to open up the view to the inside of home. Large great room has rock fi replace with heatalater and fan. 2 x 6 tongue and groove aspen walls. Nice bright kitchen has aspen cabinets that match the walls perfectly. 2 bedrooms down stairs with carpet, nice closets and one full bath. Stairs going up to the loft are carpet. The loft has one bedroom with storage areas, bath with walk in shower, game table and sitting area over looks the lower fl oor and has the advance of viewing the tall pines out the glass windows and doors. Each room in this home has small wall electric heaters. You can sit on the deck and see a lovely mountain view through the tall pines.

Timberon Golf Course Unit 5, Block 15, Lot 55 $112,000.001981 framed built home. Home is approximately 2664 sq.ft. Home has Four large bedrooms and 2 full and a 3/4 bathrooms. Living room is on 2nd fl oor and 3 fl oor is game room off Living room. Very unique home, you need to take a look at this one! This home is located on 1/2 ac. property with Ponderosa Pines.

Sacramento Mountain Ranches Unit 1, Block 5, Lot 1A replat $148,500.002007 manufactured home, title deactivated, taxed as real property is 1934 square feet +/- and located on 1.024 acres +/- in the Ponderosa Pines. The home has an abundance of unique features! Four bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms. Central heat and air conditioning, propane hot water heater and kitchen range. Wood burning fi replace with built in bookcases on both sides. Built in hutch in dining room. Brazilian cherry laminated fl oors in dining room and great room. Eat in kitchen with range, refrigerator and dishwasher. Utility sink in laundry room. Full house fi ltration and water softener system. Automatic propane generator will run all 110 applications if electricity goes out. 20’ x 36’ double door metal garage on cement pad, 10’x20’ storage building on wooden fl oor, 10’x24’ shop/storage building on cement pad and 9’x5’ metal storage shed (all above with electricity) Chain link fence approximately 28’x60’

Timberon Unit 3, Block 59, Replat of Lot 6, Lot 4A and Lot 5A$195,900.00This Manufactured Home was built in 1999, 1,440 sqft +/-, metal roof, lo-cated on 2 acres +/- with beautiful Pines and nicely groomed property! The manufactured home title has been deactivated. Three Bedrooms and Two Bathrooms, spacious Kitchen with Island and service counter over looks the Family room that has a very pretty wood burning stove, ceiling fan, large windows that offer a very nice view of the grounds. All Bedrooms have ceiling fans and nice roomy closets. The laundry room is off of the Kitchen and opens out on to the back deck. The Bedrooms and Family room are carpeted, laminate wood fl ooring covers the remainder of the home. This home has a lot of extra special features! Central heating. Large covered deck on the front of the home. There is a 16’ x 16’ building which is lovingly called “The Bear House” and provides extra sleeping quarters, ceiling fan, coffee counter and refrigerator. 10’ x 12’ metal storage building with wood fl oor and electricity. 30’ x 40’ garage with cement fl ooring and electricity.

FOR PHOTOS AND A COMPLETE LIST OF OUR HOMES,PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT www.timberonnm.com

ROBERTS REALTYPO Box 1, Timberon NM 88350

575-987-2440

Home Countryby Slim Randles

My fi rst wife came from a ranching family way back up in the hills and had a cousin, Ted, who was a hounddog man. I talked my way into hunting with him, of course. All went well until we were on the way home, when a badger ran across the road and dove into a large culvert pipe. “Oh wow!” Ted yelled. “Let’s get him!” He released most of the hounds and they plugged both ends of the culvert pipe with bawling insults. In the dead center of the pipe was a snarling badger. “Gotta smoke him outta there,” Ted said, lighting a cigar and hand-ing it to me. “Now crawl in there and smoke that sucker out.” “You sure?” “How many badgers you hunted?” So I crawled into the pipe with the cigar in my mouth, puffi ng away, and the badger actually backed up a few steps. Then Ted released Ol’ Chomper from the car. He screamed into the other end of the pipe and grabbed that badger in the butt. The record for backing out of a culvert pipe with a glowing cigar in one’s mouth was shattered. I was told I resembled a Phantom jet with its afterburners on. My wife told me that, as a member of the family, I could hunt with Ted all the time. After the divorce....

The Home Country radio show will be coming soon to a radio station near you! New, from Syndication Networks.

When the Rafter E branded recently, a bunch of us went out to help. It’s a badge of pride to have worked your way up the branding lad-der. As a kid, you fl ank the calves; you grab them, throw them and hold them down. This is conducive to abrasions, muscle strain, and involun-tarily changing the color of your shirt. As you get older, you get to handle the branding iron, then move up to giving shots. After that comes earmarking. When you reach the pin-nacle of branding, that is, when you own the calves, then you get to rope the calves and drag them up to the fi re. It is a swirling cauldron of heat and hooves, excited cowdogs and bawling cows. There is the smell of manure and singed hair and sweat and corral dust. At the Rafter E, I wielded a syringe as the youngsters got their teeth rattled by the heavy stuff. Wasn’t the fi rst time I’d given the shots, though. Once during a branding at the Triangle Cross, I was about to immunize a calf when the calf jumped and I stuck the needle into my thumb. Hurt like the dickens, of course, but at least it was effective. I haven’t had black leg since.

The Home Country radio show will be coming soon to a radio station near you. New, from Syndication Networks.

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