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HistoricalBilly the Kid’s East-Mountain-Area Retirement Plan .......................................9

cUltUrEFiestas: Hispanic Folkways and Traditions Along the Turquoise Trail ............12-15

tUrQUoisE talEsAn Oasis and its Aftermath ..................................................................16

WiNE sUggEstioNsCelebrate With the Grape ....................................................................18

EDUcatioNA Matter of Debate ............................................................................20

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Cross Country Skiing for Beginners ........................................................36commUNity

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As I write this, it’s a mild mid-October day, 65 degrees and sunny, and the sky outside my office window is that typical New Mexico shade of unin-terrupted bright blue.

Days like this make it hard to believe that the holidays are right around the corner. How can I think

about winter, about the inevitable cold temps and snowfall and the amount of clothing I’ll have to put on each morning just to walk the dogs, when outside we’re enjoying the sweet spot of the season? Of all the enchantments our state has to offer, the months of September and October are at the top of the list.

By the time this issue comes out, though, we’ll be within a week to ten days of Thanksgiving. Which, of course, could also be sunny and warm. But even so, there will be no escaping it: we’ll be full on into the holiday season. And because our second issue of the year always falls during this time, we like to include in our editorial a comprehensive list of holiday happenings and gift-buying ideas, including our an-nual wine-shopping guide based on the best-buy recommendations of Triangle Grocery’s liquor department manager, Dan Payne.

In addition to our annual round up of what to enjoy holiday-wise, we’re delighted to bring you a wonderful story on the annual fiestas that take place in the communities along the Turquoise Trail. Writ-er Dawn Marie-Lopez and her photographer husband, Raul Ponce Lopez, shed light on these fascinating cultural and religious celebra-tions that have survived intact from the Old World right up to modern day.

Speaking of fascinating, our long-time columnist Mike Smith, a crack essayist with a passion for all that is unique and uniquely strange about New Mexico, brings us two stories this issue: another intriguing Turquoise Tale, this one with a bittersweet twist, and an exploration of Billy the Kid’s possible connection to the East Mountains.

Our community is not without its contemporary legends, either, as Chris Mayo discovered when he interviewed Archie Lewis about his antique car and toy museum in Moriarty. This is a man whose collec-tion boggles the mind—1100–plus vehicles and toys dating back to the early days of automobile traffic.

It’s fitting that Lewis situated his museum right off Route 66, the artery that opened up the American west in way unprecedented since Lewis and Clark made their journey over 200 years ago. Contributor Jeanne Drennan’s story on our region’s Route 66 restoration efforts is another reminder of the rich history that literally exists right outside our doorsteps. Hope you celebrate the season by getting out there and

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Jeanne Drennan has lived in New Mexico since 1976. She moved to the East Mountains with her husband, pets, and three children in 2004. An occupational ther-apist, home school mom, and freelance writer, she has published numerous health-related articles in local and national publications.

Sonya ewan has been exploring East Mountain trails by mountain bike, snowshoes, XC skis, and foot for nearly 20 years. She, too, is optimistic about getting plenty of snow in which to challenge her new, “bionic” ACL. Check out her sports entertainment blog and fitness Q&A at sportsSlant.com.

robert Groos is a freelance writer and photogra-pher. A staff photographer for the Albuquerque Film and Media Experience (AFME) and Motion.TV conference in Albuquerque, Robert will join the faculty of the San Miguel Writer’s Conference in Mexico for its 2014 international conference. He moved to Mountainair from California in 2008 with his wife and horses.

Dawn-Marie Lopez is a former adjunct professor who taught theater and dance at UNM Valencia Campus for several years. She lives in the Golden area with her husband, Raul, and their “furry” children. She is a free-

lance writer whose special area of interest is in dance/theatre cultures from around the world, especially the his-tory of sacred drama.

Raul Ponce Lopez is a photographer who also spe-cializes in home repair and tree trimming. His special hobby is creating one-of-a-kind dog and birdhouses.

Chris Mayo relocated to the East Mountains from Prescott, Arizona, in 2006. He started as a freelance writer with Navy publications when he was in the service and has continued writing for a variety of trade magazines since leaving the Navy in 2002. He and his wife are the parents of two young boys.

beth Meyer is a former teacher, private tutor, and certified Reading Specialist. She has taught creative and analytical writing in both public and private schools. She moved to the East Mountains in June of 2010 to join her husband, Mike, owner and publisher of the East Mountain Directory and East Mountain Living magazine.

Mike Smith is the author of Towns of the Sandia Mountains, a writer for the Weekly Alibi, and is at work on a memoir, Shadows of Clouds on the Mountains. Follow him on Twitter at @New_Mexico_News.

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Billy the Kid’s East-Mountain-Area Retirement Planby Mike Smith

Perhaps no other figure from New Mexico history has ever been more celebrated, commemorated, marketed, and mythologized than the

legendary outlaw known as Billy the Kid. From the Lincoln County Courthouse from which he famously escaped after kill-ing two deputies, to the tombstone bearing his name in Fort Sumner, it seems that al-most everywhere Billy the Kid ever slept, fought, or rode a horse now sports its own gift shop, walking tour, or informa-tional plaque. Everywhere he ever lived—and in places he prob-ably didn’t—people still tell stories about him.

To borrow the title of one book about him, Billy the Kid had a short and violent life, living only 21 years, from 1859 to 1881, and killing per-haps as many as 21 people. (Or . . . four. Which is still more than enough.) Born William Henry McCarty Jr., but better-known as William H. Bonney, Billy the Kid fought in the infamous Lincoln County War, gained noto-riety when New Mexico’s Governor put a bounty on his head, and was eventually—history tells us—shot and killed by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett.

That event has been researched so heavily, shown in so many mov-ies, and retold in so many places, that most people consider it an un-questionable part of history. And

it probably is. There’s a body, there’s a death certificate, and Billy the Kid seems to have completely stopped talking to the press after that particular night.

However, stories persist that Billy the Kid didn’t die that night—that Gar-rett shot someone else, or found an-other body, that he let Billy slip away, and that Billy lived to be an old man, under an assumed identity.

In 1938, the family of a man

going by the name of John Miller, who had only recently died and been buried in Prescott, Arizona, claimed Miller had actually been Billy the Kid, just trying to live quietly into old age. In 1949, a Texas man known as Brushy Bill Roberts claimed that he was Billy the Kid, though most peo-ple didn’t think he looked like him at all. And, right here in central New Mexico, east of Albuquerque and the Sandias, in the early–1900s, ru-mors circulated throughout the dusty bean-farming towns of Edgewood and Venus and Barton that local man Richard B. Williams may have had a secret identity—that he may have had a secret past.

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Richard B. Williams is remem-bered today as a short, blue-eyed, personable old man, friendly enough that even unrelated locals called him “Uncle Dick.” He had children and grandchildren, and was kind to all the little kids in his ne i ghbo r -hood, which was on Frost Road, near Horton Road. Wil-liams rode a mule-drawn w a g o n w h e r e v e r he went, al-ways with a Navajo rug covering his lap, winter or summer, with a shot-gun underneath the rug. And, says Rita Loy Simmons, a longtime area local, whose father, Tom Horton, was Williams’s neighbor, “There was a persistent rumor that Uncle Dick Williams was Billy the Kid.”

Simmons, my primary source for the anecdotes in this article, relays how on one occasion, Williams was visiting her dad’s house when Hor-ton was a little boy. While there, Williams grew excited about one of the family’s old pistols. It was a classic model dating back to the Old West, and he wanted to trade for it. He suggested a shooting con-test, and if he won they’d make the trade. Simmons’s grandfather, Tom Horton’s dad, stood a ways off from a bunkhouse and shot a knothole out of one of its walls. Then Wil-liams took a turn. He fired once, and Simmons’s grandfather remarked, “You missed.”

Williams responded, “No, I didn’t. I just made the hole a little bigger.” And it was true. For a bean farm-

er—or for anyone—Williams was an expert marksman.

Another of his interesting traits was that Williams never turned his back to anyone. Wherever he walked, he walked cautiously, hyper

aware of his sur round-ings, always on guard a g a i n s t something. W i l l i a m s would al-ways say, “You fellas get out in front here where I can watch you.” Once, dur-ing an especial ly i n t e n s e desert light-

ning storm, Tom Horton ran up onto Williams’s porch, fearing for his life. Doing so, he startled Williams, who immediately shoved a .38 pistol in his face. This was sometime between Tom Horton’s birth in 1916 and when Williams moved away in the late-1920s, so Horton would have been just a young boy. “Tom!” Wil-liams was said to have exclaimed. “Please don’t ever run up on my place again. I would hate to have anything happen to you. Call, sing, whistle!”

Williams moved away from the Horton family sometime in the late-1920s but remained in the area, living the rest of his life on Barton Road. And supposedly, on his death-bed in 1934, he told area local Pete Reeves that he had been Billy the Kid, and that Pat Garrett had actu-ally killed a shepherd back in 1881, allowing Billy the Kid/Williams to escape to Mexico. Williams’s grave is still in the Barton cemetery— Jerry Ueckert, an East Mountain lo-cal who has done a lot of research

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The grave of Richard Willams. The original gravestone name said Willaim H. Bonney, because of his death bed confession.

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on Williams, says that Williams’s grave marker supposedly said “William H. Bonney,” but the cem-etery board decided to change the name so the grave wouldn’t be van-dalized.

Occasional mentions in books and in articles like this one resurrect Williams’s story, although histo-rian Marc Simmons dismisses is as highly unlikely in his book Stalking Billy the Kid. Most mainstream his-torians dismiss it as well, along with everyone else claiming to be the Kid. They’re probably right to do so, but I still have to wonder what Williams was so paranoid about. Maybe he wasn’t Billy the Kid, but I bet he’d done something. He sounds like a man with some secrets.

One of the most beautiful things about the past is the way it renders almost everything mysterious. The details of even the most mundane lives fade into a haze of dreamy texture. A man has a ranch, eats, sleeps, talks, dies, and his home and his body crumble into dirt. The truth of his existence becomes more than truth—it becomes infinite possibility. An outlaw, a gunslinger, a killer—maybe he was all of those. Maybe he was none of those. Like a cat in a physicist’s box, he is everything, and nothing. He is himself, and someone else. He is a friendly old farmer and, in this story, he is Billy the Kid.

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Fiestas: Hispanic Folkways and Traditions Along the Turquoise Trail By Dawn-Marie Lopez

In her book, WHispano Arts and Culture of New Mexico, Mary Montaño explains how the spirit of a community and its culture are most joyfully on display at

its celebrations, be they fiestas, wed-dings, reenactments, or religious pageantry. She asserts that much can be learned about a culture at these gatherings, which are the es-sence of a people.

Exploring the origins and history of some of New Mexico’s most pop-ular and enduring fiestas, traditional folkways, and auto sacramentales (religious plays), puts us in touch with that essence. With origins in

Spain, the Catholic fiesta pattern extended from Latin America north-ward into the area of early Spanish occupation in the North American Southwest, where it still appears in the annual calendars of both His-panic and First Nation Americans.

Many of these fiestas are religious in character and coincide with those celebrated throughout the world in accordance with the Catholic liturgi-cal calendar, including Christmas, Easter, All Soul’s Day, and the birth-days of saints.

Several communities along the Turquoise Trail cel-ebrate these holy days with fiestas that have given rise to their own unique and sacred forms of dance, drama, and music. Spanning both time and space, these celebrations serve as the locus where Old and New World tradi-tions meet in a unique tapestry of cultures and histories.

Festivities for the cel-ebration of a saint’s day

often begin the night before with a mass, followed by a procession the next morning that includes a santos (an image of the patron saint being honored), the officiating priest, the church’s stewards or mayordomos, and church parishioners. As part of

the festivities, specially outfitted da-zantes perform the dance-drama known as Los Matachines. Colorful scarves that cover the lower parts of their faces and fringed headdresses that mask their foreheads and eyes distinguish the dancers. They also hold a three-pronged wand in their right hand called a palma, which represents the Holy Trinity. A reen-actment of the struggle between good and evil, Los Matachines is one of few sacred dances performed by both the Puebloan and Hispanic communities of New Mexico, with each community putting their par-ticular stamp on the story.

There is much scholarly debate as to the exact origin of Los Matachines. Montaño notes in her book that some proposed translations include “to assume a mask” (Arabic), “dance of fools” (French), “to turn or make circles with a windlass” (Aztec), or “kill the china man” (Jemez Pueblo). Another theory is that Matachines is a derivative of another Arabic word, “mudduajjihn,” which means “mute spirits,” and that the very beginnings of Los Matachines can therefore be traced to Spain during the period in

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Other scholars trace Los Matachines to the Aztec king Montezuma, who taught the dance to the pueblos in the belief that its perfor-mance would ensure the survival of the pueblo people and guarantee his promised return. His daughter, La Malinche, is credited with Mont-ezuma’s conversion to Christianity. Indeed, La Malinche, symbolically clothed in a white Holy Communion dress, fig-ures prominently in the Los Matachines dances of several fiestas along the Turquoise Trail. Re-splendent in her dress and demeanor, she em-bodies the triumph of good over evil.

In addition to the Matachines, these pro-cessions often include parishioners singing traditional religious hymns,

accompanied by musicians playing guitars and violins. This sequence of events is often repeated the fol-lowing day in order to reinforce the experience.

The following fiesta calendar for 2013–2014 starts on December 12 and provides a selected example of the many religiously oriented fiestas that take place along the Turquoise Trail through the end of 2014. These family events welcome people of all ages, and are often followed by meals comprised of a variety of local dishes, including freshly made green chile cheeseburgers, posole, tama-les, empanaditas, and bizcochitos. Several dates noted below are sub-ject to change, and on occasion a festival is cancelled due to inclement weather, so call the phone numbers provided for the most up-to-date in-formation.Mural of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe,

on a wall in the village of Cerrillos. She is celebrated with a novena each

year at the Holy Child Parish Church in Tijeras. - Photo by Raul Ponce Lopez

The pronged wand, called a palma, represents the Holy Trinity. - Photo by Mike Meyer

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December 12: Feast Day of Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe. Holy Child Parish Church. 19 Cami-no del Santo Nino (behind Molly’s), Tijeras. (505) 281-2297

Held on the last day of the novena (a special set of prayers and services held over nine days) for Our Lady of Guadalupe, this festival begins at 6am with a mass and is followed by singing of traditional hymns and a procession. As described by Montaño in her book, our Lady of Guadalupe is regarded by the faith-ful here in New Mexico as “probably the brightest star in the firmament of saints and holy personages of Latin American Christianity.” She is con-sidered a mediator between God and humanity and among the many cultures of her followers.

December 14–23: Las Posadas. Tijeras location TBA, and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cerrillos. For more information on Tijeras festival, call (505) 293-2933. In Cerrillos, (505) 471-1562.

This popular folk drama has its roots in Spain’s auto sacramental-es, plays designed to educate lay people in Christian doctrine. Las Posadas (The Search for Lodging) re-enacts Joseph and Mary’s search for shelter in Bethlehem in anticipation of the birth of baby Jesus. That they were turned away, and eventually found shelter in a manger among lowly animals, reminds us of the les-sons we can learn as we face our own frustrations and denials, turning away from anger and revenge and instead imitating the example of the King of Peace and Love.

March 19: Fiesta of St. Joseph. St. Joseph Catholic Church. Cerril-los. Contact (505) 471-1562 for times and more information.

June (date tbA): Fiesta of San Antonio. San Antonio de Padua Mission Church. State Highway North 14, Cedar Crest, Contact

(505) 281-2297 for more informa-tion.

This is a beautiful fiesta that in-cludes a mass as well as Matachines dancers. The procession proceeds from the grounds to a mountainside spring located a short distance from the church, where alabados are sung and the priest blesses the water

of the spring, praying for its abun-dance and renewal.

August (date tbA): Novena of Nuestra Señora De La Paz. Contact (505) 471-1562 for times and more information.

This event is sometimes held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cer-rillos in conjunction with the Fiesta de Cerrillos, which is held in Sep-tember. This fiesta honors Nuestra Señora de la Paz, the saint formerly known as La Conquistadora, with a novena. The 2012 fiesta included mass and a procession inside and outside of the church honoring both the saint and her court, followed by a potluck lunch.

September 19 & 20: El Señor de Mapimi. Señor de Mapimi Mis-sion Church, San Antonito, Corner State Highway North 14 and Frost Road. Contact (505) 281-2297 for more information.

As described in the church’s fi-esta program, this event includes the annual changing of the church’s mayordomos, the faithful and devot-ed parishioners (usually a married couple) who volunteer to care for and maintain the mission church.

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Although Golden, New Mexico’s heyday as a center for gold mining activity is long over, it does boast a few monuments to its colorful past. Most notably, the San Francisco

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An Oasis and its Aftermath By Mike Smith

Tucked away in the archives at the Albuquer-que Museum of is an old reel of film—about ten minutes of black-and-

white silence filmed by a member of a local family as they drove from the desert east of Albuquerque through Tijeras Canyon and up into the San-dias.

The film is dated 1927, but was probably made after 1932—viewers can see a post-1927 date painted on a rock, and there’s a shot of a little rock store that hadn’t been there in the late 1920s. A horse-drawn wag-on clops noiselessly past the store’s gas pumps. A car blurs on by. The mountains behind it slump as stony and shaggy as they are today—only blacker, grainier, and more white.

Decades later, that little rock store would become a ruin; would be-come the center of a series of one family’s tragedies; would become an almost comically unsuccessful brothel. And then it would end up razed, to make way for the freeway. But back in 1932, it was an oasis.

In 1932, husband and wife Ray-mond and Vera Curtis moved to Tijeras Canyon just east of Albuquer-que, leased an empty rock building on the north side of Route 66, made some improvements, and turned the little building into a Conoco filling station they named The Oasis.

Raymond Curtis had just finished serving an approximately 15-year-long prison sentence in Colorado for bank fraud—perhaps as the un-deserving scapegoat for two senior bank officials—and he and Vera were anxious to start over some-place new. That someplace was The Oasis, and for 35 years, from 1932 to 1967, its story was the simple

story of a family-owned gas station: a place to buy gas or to pick up a sandwich—a nice, uneventful, little place.

In 1967, however, bad things be-gan happening, and they didn’t stop until almost every single thing in the world of The Oasis had changed forever.

On a black night choked with rain, Raymond and Vera’s adult daughter Jan was crossing Route 66 from the village of Tijeras to her home behind The Oasis when an 18-wheel semi-truck roared up against her from out of the darkness, slamming Jan into a six-month-long coma and an over five-year hospitalization.

During those years, the news came to the Curtis family that a freeway—Interstate 40—was going to be built through Tijeras Canyon, and it was scheduled to cut directly through The Oasis. “New highway comes to our door,” Raymond Curtis wrote despondently in a late-1960s Christmas card. “So guess we are finished.”

Raymond and Vera abandoned The Oasis. And somehow, the va-cated building became a house of prostitution, only the second of two such establishments rumored to have been run in the Sandia Mountains (the first being in Placitas during the mining boom of the 1870s). One anonymous interviewee remembers well two friendly, curvaceous girls plying their trade at the former gas station, one blonde, one brunette. He told me he still remembers their

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Another anonymous interview-ee relayed that the Tijeras Canyon brothel was doomed from the start because of its high visibility. Since Route 66 ran right by it, everyone driv-ing home from work in Albuquerque could see it, and could rec-ognize the cars of their family mem-bers, friends, neighbors, offspring, boyfriends, husbands, and so on, parked in the lot located right out front. The brothel’s high profile, said the interviewee, probably ended more than a few relationships.

Couple that with the attention its obvious positioning might have at-tracted from the law, and the little rock building was soon left empty once again. Eventually it was bull-dozed into an arroyo, and the site was soon paved over and turned into just another stretch of the six-lane interstate.

Around that same time, Vera died tragically. She had consulted the world-famous Mayo Clinic about how to lose weight, and they told her to “Eat a small piece of candy before every meal, and smoke cigarettes.” One night while smoking in bed in her house behind The Oasis, Vera fell asleep. Her lit cigarette caught the house on fire, and Vera burnt to death where she slept.

In 1972, after five years of hos-pitalization, Jan finally came home. Her father had rebuilt the house be-hind The Oasis, but that was about all he had. Jan’s brain had been permanently damaged, and her

memory would never be the same again. Her mother had been burnt alive. Her father had been left alone. The business that had been her

family’s life was gone—first used in a way that might have embarrassed them, and then destroyed entirely. The canyon that had been her home for so many years was now flooded with traffic. To make matters worse, rumors proliferated that stolen silver coins from Colorado and expensive diamonds owned by her mother were somewhere in the ashes of the old house. Treasure hunters from all around came to pick through and ransack what was left.

The Oasis is gone now—its for-mer location just a slow curve west of the freeway’s exit to the village of Tijeras—but Jan is still alive, living in Albuquerque, and still troubled by memory problems. When she thinks about The Oasis, or of how every-thing went so wrong—so bizarrely, horribly wrong—she inevitably grows melancholy.

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Celebrate With the GrapeBy Rena Distasio

There is a reason why wine makes an excellent party gift. Even if your host or hostess is a teeto-taler, chances are some

of their guests are not—and a bottle of wine thoughtfully chosen for both its sipping and food-pairing qualities is almost always appreciated.

Although wine is a no-brainer gift, the question of which one to choose can overwhelm even ded-icated oenophiles. That’s where your local wine shop can help. They’re experts at helping custom-ers navigate the wealth of varieties, producers, and vintages. Here in the East Mountains, Triangle Gro-cery has long been the venue of choice among both wine aficionados and those who just want something tasty for a par-ty or dinner.

Dan Payne, liquor manager at Triangle Grocery, is happy to help customers choose a bottle of wine for any occasion. Boasting an impressive background in adult beverages, Payne started bartending when he was 19 and learned to pair and stock libations thanks to jobs in large liquor retail operations in Ari-zona and California, through classes with distributors, and in his studies at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

As with many transplanted New Mexicans, love brought him to the Land of Enchantment—and, thank-fully, to the East Mountains. Here, he has helped transform the Triangle’s excellent liquor section into a des-

tination for beer, wine, and spirits lovers from miles around.

So what does Payne recommend for upcoming holiday celebrations? Here are his selections, all reason-ably priced at under $25. Don’t worry about years, he says, unless a wine is extremely rare or a reserve. “The way winemakers blend wines now, rarely are they 100 percent a single grape anyway.”

White/Sweet: Castello del Poggio Moscato ($10) This winery in the Lombardy region of Italy ex-cels at drawing out the best of the Moscato (Muscat) grape. It produc-es a light-bodied wine that is low

in acid, tannins, and alcohol—the perfect choice for people who aren’t sure if they like wine. Straw colored and slightly effervescent, this delights the palate with flavors of peach and apricot. Serve it to sip at cocktail time or after dinner with dessert.

White/Dry: Trimbach Riesling ($25). Forget what you think you know about Rieslings typically being sweet and cloying. Like most true Rieslings, this one from the Alsace region of France follows the Ger-man tradition of highly acidic and

dry. With enough acid to cut through rich foods, this wine will pair nicely with any holiday dish. Its delicate bouquet and balanced fruitiness may change people’s minds about this grape.

Dry red: Angeline Pinot Noir ($12). With its intense fruit and rich aromas, it’s no wonder this wine is one of Triangle’s bestsellers. Pro-duced by California’s Martin Ray family of wineries, it features grapes from Sonoma County, Mendocino, the Russian River Valley, and Santa Barbara, and is noted for its hints of berry fruits, cherries, cola, and spice. A stellar wine for the price, it pairs

beautifully with lighter foods or can be enjoyed by itself.

New Mexico Red: DH Lescombes Cabernet Sauvignon ($25). One of the gems produced by St. Clair Winery. Deep red colors of ruby and gar-net and a round mouth feel makes this in Payne’s opinion one of New Mex-ico’s finest red wines. Featuring bright flavors of dark cherries and cassis, this is the wine to serve with a nicely cooked roast or to present to out-of-

town guests.

Sparkling: Roederer Brut ($20). Produced by the Roederer Estate winery, located in the Anderson Valley 125 miles north of San Fran-cisco near the Mendocino Coast, this crisp, clean brut with hints of pear is the perfect way to toast the New Year—or any special occasion.

For more recommendations, con-tact Dan Payne at Triangle Grocery at (505) 281-3030.


The East Mountains Gets a State-of-the-Art Shooting Range

Dave Tixier, owner of Magnum Steel Buildings, has recently opened MAGS Indoor Shooting Range in Moriarty, NM. Dave saw a need for a shooting range in the East Mountain area and decided to do it right. With over a year in the making, MAGS is truly one of the finest state-of-the-art ranges in New Mexico. MAGS is designed to provide a relaxing at-mosphere for individuals, families, and youth. There are two separate bays, each with four 20-yard shoot-ing lanes. Individual lanes have LED lighting and an electronic target retrieval system. A state-of-the-art negative air pressure system pulls air contaminants away from the shooters and pumps it through 18 different filters before reaching the hepa filter on the roof. To maximize comfort, larger caliber shooters are placed in a separate range from smaller caliber shooters when possible.

There is a Range Safety Officer on site at all times to promote safety. Jodi Newton, Manager and NRA Certified Instructor, says they cater to all firearm en-thusiasts including new and experienced shooters, women, youth, families, military personnel, law en-forcement, and hunters. The atmosphere at MAGS is spacious, comfortable, and nicely decorated with art on the brightly colored walls. This is the perfect place to learn firearm safety or get certified to carry a concealed firearm.

Upon entering the facility you will appreciate the relaxing atmosphere. The retail store is to your left, where you can rent guns as well as purchase tar-gets, firearms, ammunition, concealed carry purses, and many shooting accessories. Check their website for monthly gun specials. Their experienced staff can assist with any questions.

For members, there is a spacious lounge with cold drinks and a big screen TV. Members are also provided access to a separate room for cleaning and maintaining their firearms. The large training room is a great environment for taking any of the many classes offered.

Rates for walk-ins are a reasonable $17 for the day. Vets, military and law enforcement rates are only $15. Annual memberships start as low as $249.

Mags is located at 410 Camino Oriente, Moriarty, NM, just off Interstate 40 at exit 197, one block south of Lisa’s Truck Stop. It is well worth the drive from Cedar Crest, Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and even Belen and Los Lunas. Hours: Tuesday–Friday 11am to 7pm; Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 6 pm.

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A Matter of DebateBy Jeanne Drennan / Photo courtesy of Trey Smith

Should adaptation be the most urgent response to cli-mate change? What are the pros and cons of domestic surveillance? What about

changing US foreign policy toward Latin America?

These questions would confound even the most astute political schol-ars, much less 14-to-18-year-old high school students. But they are exactly the kinds of topics members of the East Mountain High School speech and debate team are tack-ling—and their critical thinking skills are creating quite a buzz.

Started by humanities instructor Trey Smith in 2007 with only six stu-dents—most of them freshmen—the

club has nearly doubled in size each subsequent year. Currently at 60 members, it encompasses about 20 percent of the school’s population.

Dedicated to fulfilling their vision to empower students to become ef-fective speakers as well as ethical individuals, critical thinkers, and leaders in a democratic society, the team has also become a competitive force to be reckoned with.

Right out of the gate, they took second place at state in the small school category their first year. By their third year, Smith realized that the team was no longer limited by their size and was fully capable of competing against schools like La Cueva and Albuquerque Acade-

my—schools more than seven times larger. Sure enough, EMHS won the overall state championship for the last three years, surpassing Albu-querque Academy, who had held that title for 24 years in a row.

And their accolades are not lim-ited to New Mexico. For the last five years, they have qualified for na-tionals. “A highlight and defining moment of our success,” Smith says, “was having team member Quinlan Cao named 2012 National Student of the Year.” That meant that Cao, who won the state championship in an unheard of three different events, was also the national spokesperson for speech and debate. At this past summer’s national competition, held in Birmingham, Alabama, EMHS would win the Team Sweepstakes Award for the first time. Additionally, they earned a spot as one of the top eight teams to compete in New York at the International Public Policy Fo-rum contest in October. This globally prestigious contest began with over 300 schools from around the world. EMHS placed third overall.

Prior to starting with EMHS in 2007, Smith worked as student ac-tivities coordinator at UNM. He started the high school’s speech and debate club his first year on the job, and credits his Manzano High School English teacher for ig-niting the spark of interest that has led to an undeniable and clearly contagious passion for the sport. A recipient of the National Forensic League speech and debate honor society’s Diamond Award for excel-lence in coaching, Smith attributes

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“Colleges rank speech and debate involvement as the top ex-tracurricular activity in which a high school student can participate,” Smith says, going on to note that 100 percent of EMHS Speech and Debate graduates have gone on to college and received scholarships. Success is realized not only by stu-dents who want to be top speech and debaters but also by those who are afraid of public speaking and want to push themselves to become more comfortable. “I love to see that transformative process take place,” Smith says.

The benefits also go far beyond winning awards. Cao, who received a full scholarship to Ohio State Uni-versity, states that, “Speech and debate improved my writing and speaking skills . . . it gave me the

interpersonal skills to build lasting relationships with countless people.” And it has changed Hallie Brown’s life. “I have learned how to engage in thoughtful dialogue and work with all sorts of people,” says the EMHS senior. PJ Nyland, also a senior, says that speech and debate provide a place for him to thrive and have fun.

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Mosaic Artist Tomás WolffText and Photos by Robert Groos

Sometimes, the best-laid plans take a wrong turn, says clay artist Tomás Wolff of Red Bluff, a small com-munity located just west

of Mountainair. Chuckling, he re-counts the story of having recruited some graffiti artists to participate in a community mural project in Al-lentown, Pennsylvania. They were a rough group to coordinate, not inclined to take direction. Once the project was finished, these outsid-ers decided they could do their own large-scale work without formal ar-tistic guidance. Using a blank wall on a bakery across the street from a middle school, they painted a large, angry portrait of Mighty Mouse, splattered with vulgarities. Fortu-nately, such occurrences are rare in

community art projects. Twenty years later, Wolff remains as ambitious as ever in promoting murals as a way to get people invested in their com-munity. Working at Mountain Arts on Broadway in Mountainair in conjunc-tion with the Manzano Mountain Art Council, artists, and volunteers, he is involved in a variety of art activi-ties. While clay remains his preferred medium, he loves the look of large-scale mosaics.

Because of his passion for wall-sized art, Mountainair is now esthetically enhanced by nine col-orful mosaics that decorate various town buildings—all the result of volunteers and artists working col-laboratively on a common goal benefiting the community. A couple of Wolff’s favorites are the Tribute to Mountainair (which includes old family photos) and the Vegetable Basket, both created on the walls of the B Street Market grocery store.

In the works right now is a mosaic mural depicting Sister Maria de Jesu de Agreda, or the Lady in Blue, who

Maria de Agreda mosaic, directed by Tomás Wolff. The work incorporates

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was said to possess the power to be in two places at once—at her con-vent in Spain while also appearing in the visions of the local Jumano Indi-ans. Once completed, this mural will cover approximately 50 square feet.

With an engaging grin, Wolff tells how his dedication to art came about. As a child, he was surround-ed by artistic influences; his mother was a painter, his father a photog-rapher. He discovered early on that art making was a continual learn-ing experience, and that the creative process itself is the basis of educa-

tion. “To create, one has to mentally

solve a problem,” he elaborates, punctuating his words with the oc-casional hand gesture. “Take, for example, painting a face. How big are the eyes and the nose? How are they positioned? One has to make a decision. This whole process of problem-solving in art involves tak-ing risks.” Making mistakes along the way and then correcting them, he

believes, is learning at its fundamen-tal level. “Why is this important?” he continues. “People who are good at decision-making are more likely to succeed in life.”

A former Navy corpsman in Viet-nam who served on the Hospital Ship USS Sanctuary, Wolff holds a degree in Public Health and worked as an art therapist in schools and social service agencies back east before moving to New Mexico from Penn-sylvania in 2009. Here, he continues to use art to make a positive impact on his community. He encourages adults and children to participate in all the art and social activities (yoga, dance, community garden, multi-cultural events) that take place at Mountain Arts on Broadway, where he also offers classes in primitive clay works as well as mosaics.

Visitors to Mountainair can view Wolff’s murals, and works by other local artists, by picking up a free Arts and Historic Sites Walking Tour guide, available at Mountain Arts and Cibola Gallery. It also includes locations of other galleries as well as scenic gardens located around town.

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Lewis Antique Auto and Toy MuseumBy Chris Mayo / Photos by Mike Meyer

To step into the Lewis Antique Auto and Toy Museum is to step back in time, back to the days when life was less com-

plicated and Route 66 was a thriving east-to-west thoroughfare.

Owner Archie Lewis chose his Old Route 66 location in Moriarty purposefully. “It seemed to me that these cars and trucks belong here,” he says. After all, many of them were the vehicles of choice for fami-lies and individuals making the trek along the Mother Road in the hey-day of automobile travel.

Inside the large warehouse that serves as the indoor section of the museum, small toys are displayed on shelves lining the walls, with larger ones set on the floor amid the vehicles. Lewis’s collection includes

some special gems, includ-ing a 1935 Autocar gas truck, a 1941 Army Half Track, and a 1955 T-Bird that is featured on a mural on the side of the Moriarty Chamber of Commerce Building.

It isn’t just the antique vehicles and toys that make

a visit to the museum a delight-ful experience; part of the charm is visiting with Lewis himself. An easy conversationalist, he enjoys sharing his history and experiences.

Born in 1936, Lewis has been col-lecting and restoring antique cars all his life. “I bought my first Model T when I was nine years old,” he re-calls. “My father was a mechanic

and welder and I traveled with him a lot when he had out of town work. We were in Corona one day; I saw that Model T and I just wanted to have it. The man who owned it sold it to me for 40 dollars . . . I’ve been buying cars and trucks ever since.”

Lewis left Vaughn for Albuquer-que shortly after graduating from high school. At first, he worked as a mechanic and welder for various companies around the city, even-tually purchasing property on the corner of Edith and Montaño where he built a shop to fix and restore cars.

“I did that on the side for the first few years,” he says. “One day I got mad at work, so I just packed up my tools and went into it full-time.”

All the while Lewis was collecting cars, trucks, and antique toy trucks, cars, tractors, and trains. He worked occa-

sionally with Joiner Construction in Rio Rancho, whose owner is also a classic car enthusiast. Some of the cars Lewis restored for Joiner ran in the Great Race, a classic car race

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from the West to East Coasts that was held annually from the early 1980s until 2002. He also helped set up the J and R Museum, a classic car museum that is still in Rio Ran-cho.

After nearly 50 years in Albu-querque, Lewis decided to move to Moriarty in 2003. “I’d been thinking about it for a while,” he says. “Al-buquerque kind of grew around me and I wanted to get back to living somewhere more out of the way.”

It took nine months to move all his cars, trucks, spare parts, and various antique toys. “We looked like a bunch of gypsies moving all that stuff up I-40,” he recalls.

In addition to his move, Lewis decided it was time to make his collection available to the public. “People were stopping by anyway while we were moving all the stuff onto the lot. They were just curious about my collection,” he says.

Lewis welcomes all visitors, which range from a handful on some days to large groups on others. Hours of operation are daily from about 10am to 5pm, with the caveat that he or his girlfriend, Beth, leave on occasion to run errands. Either one will be happy to show you around. All they ask in return is a small donation of whatever you feel is ap-propriate.

Lewis estimates that he has about 700 antique cars and trucks now, but he admits that he hasn’t both-ered to count them since the move. He guesses he has 4,000 or so an-

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Local Business Summary for 2013Just like any active community,

businesses come and go here in the East Mountains. Our nation’s econ-omy has not helped those that were struggling to stay afloat, but at the same time, new businesses continue to emerge.

Locally owned businesses are the heart and soul of our East Moun-tain communities, offering personal services that are often in contrast to service provided at big Albuquerque stores. In order to thrive, our local businesses need your patronage. Everything you need—from holiday gifts to qualified remodelers—is available in our mountain commu-nities. It is always a good idea to patronize our local business com-munity.

tijerasWe would like to bid a sad and

fond farewell to Just Imagine Gallery in Tijeras. We will miss those weekend summer art festivals along with the great gift and coffee shop. We wish Anna the best as she moves on.

Also in Tijeras, Lindy’s Road house changed owners and is now Café Manzano. See our Coffee Shop article for more details.

Muskrat Coffee, who roasts their own beans, opened shop just east of the Sedillo Hill exit on Hwy 333 (Route 66). See our article on coffee shops.

Mary retired from Mary’s Auto-motive, but Sedillo Auto repair is now operating at that location.

CedarCrest&sandiaParkSeveral restaurants have come

and gone this past year. Sadly Cedar Point Grill, after changing owners at least twice, is no longer operational.

Sandia Crust Pizza, after mov-ing twice, and Pinky’s Cafe are also both out of business.

A new ice cream store, Martins’ Twist & Turn, located on N 14, is open at this writing, but will close for the winter and reopen next April.

Chelsey’s recently opened across from Bank of the West. They serve burgers, pizza, etc.

rocher Salon has moved up by the post office next to The Watermel-on Gallery.

Mountain Gardens closed shop this past year. According to Alyson, one of the owners, the drought con-ditions were partly to blame.

body and brain changed their name to Creative Wellness.

Contemporary Southwest by Grazier, a handmade furni-ture store and shop, moved from Albuquerque to N 14 into the old Triangle Grocery building. See the advitorial on page 41.

Also at the corner of N 14 and the Crest Road is east Mountain Sign. If you have a business and need sig-nage don’t forget about them. They are in the phone book.

edgewoodPizza Barn is just finishing a

major remodel and expansion to the restaurant, doubling their seat-ing capacity and adding ambiance with a fireplace and five TVs. Stop in, get one of Gino’s great pizzas, and enjoy the new surroundings.

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Combine with Farmers and Save HundredsKnuckleheads motorcycle re-

pair and A&A Water Hauling have gone out of business.

Carl’s Chilli Hills, located in Edgewood and Moriarty, is now un-der new ownership.

Katrina’s East Mountain Grill is opening a bakery next to the res-taurant in the old DJ’s Dog House space.

MoriartyMotor Sport Adventures

moved to the former Radio Shack location.

Breezy Rain Cafe moved from Estancia to Moriarty in the former El Commodore building.

Mags Shooting range is now open. See advitorial on page19.

A new business park is being built under speculation by Cordova Construction on Old Route 66 west of Moriarty.

Coast to Coast tires has opened where Backyard Tires once operated.

Dad’s Diner is now in the former Connies Grill location.

Sign Source opened. Alco Discount store is closing.

estanciaold Mill restaurant has

changed ownership. Rick Lopez and his wife recently purchased the popular eating establishment from former owner Pearlene Luttrick.

Mountainairthe Shaffer hotel restaurant

and Family Dollar are both now open.

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Coffee Shops a Great Place toConnect With CommunityBy Rena Distasio / Photos by Mike Meyer

In spite of the ways in which Facebook, Twitter, and Insta-gram have revolutionized how we share information, coffee shops still serve as vital social

networking hubs for thriving com-munities. Whether as roadside stops or neighborhood venues, they pro-vide virtual and actual ways in which to connect with the world, both local-ly and at large. Here are just a few East Mountain coffee stops where you can take a seat, enjoy a cup of Joe, and plug in to what’s going on.

Muskrat Coffee1342 Hwy 333 (Old Route 66)

Tijeras • 720-232-7318 Proprietor Lee Sanders opened

Muskrat Coffee in October 2012 in the small strip of shops lining the south side of Hwy 333 between the I-40 Sedillo Hill exit and 217/Moun-tain Valley Road. Since then he has done a brisk business serving a vari-ety of hot and cold specialty coffees, teas, and homemade pastries.

Muskrat is also the site for the wholesale coffee roaster Fat Boy Coffee Roasters, which excels in small-batch roasts of high alti-tude Arabica beans—including 60 percent of the coffees currently cer-tified Fair Trade in Latin and South America, Africa, and the Pacific Rim. Muskrat features Fat Boy grinds from Columbia, Kenya, Sumatra, Bolivia,

and Costa Rica, to name a few, served in 12-, 16-, and 20-ounce to-go cups. You can also buy whole and ground beans to take home.

There isn’t any seating inside as of yet, but in the warm months, you’re welcome to pull up a chair and sit outside. Or hang out inside and chat with Sanders. Open seven days a week, 5:30am to 3pm.

Café Manzano11784 Hwy 337 (South 14)Tijeras • (505) 286-2030

Dave Schoenherr purchased the venue formerly known as Lindy’s Roadside Attraction back in June 2012 after learning his favorite cof-fee shop was up for sale. Customers will be happy to know that he plans to continue to serve great coffee drinks as well as pastries, burritos,

and a variety of other to-go type foods—and that everyone is still wel-come to lounge inside or outside the cozy cabin-style building located be-tween Canyon Crossroads and the Ranger Station on South 14. Wi-Fi is free in either case.

Exciting changes are in the works too. By the end of the year, Schoen-herr plans to have a full service kitchen up and running, serving breakfast and lunch every day and dinner on Friday and Saturday nights, complete with beer and wine. Recognizing that the area is ripe for nightlife options, he also plans to host twice-a-month music, comedy, and poetry readings. Currently inter-viewing chefs, Schoenherr says his goal is to offer foodies finely plated presentations without the high price.

In addition to his own kitchen ex-perience, Schoenherr is a semi-pro

bicyclist and certified UCI mechanic. Given Café Manzano’s prime loca-tion at the bottom of South 14 along one of the state’s most popular road cycling routes, he also plans to set

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Lee Sanders, owner of Muskrat Coffee offers a variety of specialty coffees.


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Coffee At Dawn12149 N Hwy 14, Cedar Crest

(505) 286-3397There’s a reason why the parking

lot of Coffee At Dawn is overflow-ing with cars and motorcycles on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Locals-in-the know have long made

this popular coffee shop their favor-ite stop en route along the scenic Turquoise Trail. Not only can they get a great cup of coffee, owner and East Mountain native David West and his manager, Anna Gallegos, treat everyone like good friends.

In fact, if you’re looking for a neighborhood joint where you can spend the morning reading the pa-per and chewing the fat, the counter at Coffee At Dawn is the perfect spot to do it. If you want privacy, there’s comfy seating at the other half of the building, with free Wi-Fi to boot. Either way, you can choose from a menu of coffee, tea, and Italian soda drinks, as well as pastries, pies, cakes, and breakfast sandwiches, all made fresh on the premises. And there’s always hot chocolate for the kids.

Open Mondays through Fridays 6am to 1pm, Saturdays 7am to 2pm, Sundays, 7am to 3pm, with

live music on Sundays from 1pm to 3pm. Look for additional social events, too, like artist events and ladies’ teas.

beyond Grounds12220 N Hwy 14, Suite 1,

Cedar Crest • (505) 281-2000Located in the same shopping

center as Cedar Crest Fitness and

Ribs, Beyond Grounds has had sev-eral name and ownership changes over the years, but has always re-mained a great place to drop by for a good cup of coffee and something tasty to eat.

Specializing in a variety of coffee, tea, and espresso drinks, Beyond Grounds also serves bagels and burritos for breakfast and a variety of build-your-own sandwiches and wraps for lunch. You can also take home some delicious Fano artisanal breads and Fat Boy’s whole coffee beans.

With free Wi-Fi and a variety of books and magazines (take one, leave one), it’s a great place to catch up on your reading, emails, or chat with fellow sit and sippers. Open 6am to 5pm Mondays through Sat-urdays and 7am to 5pm Sundays.

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Beyond Grounds has a large comfortable Lounge area inside and a few seats outside.

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Walkin N Circles Ranch: A Second Chance for Abused and Abandoned HorsesBy Beth Meyer / Photos by Mike Meyer

For people who love animals, and horses in particular, the idea that an innocent two week old colt could be dumped along a road and

left alone to suffer, or possibly die, is unthinkable. In truth, such things do happen all across the country, including right here in New Mexico, more often than most of us know. Thankfully, Walkin N Circles Ranch (WNCR) directed by Charles Graham and staffed with over 100 dedicated volunteers, is literally a lifesaver for

many of these animals.

Graham, who has directed the ranch for two years, says one of the main rea-sons that horses end up abused or neglected is financial. “Many people just don’t u n d e r s t a n d what it takes to care for a horse.

Some can’t afford to buy hay, which is at the highest price in years, and vet bills can be prohibitive. Others think it would be fun to own a horse, but let it go hungry while they spend their money on large screen TVs and video games.”

Most of the horses that come to WNCR have been seized by the Live-stock Board due to abuse, neglect or abandonment. Others are found dumped along highways or on pri-vate or public land. In the last two years, WNCR has received five colts ranging in age from a few weeks to several months. Most of them were so small and weak they were unable to drink from a bottle. With the help of milk donations from a local goat dairy, volunteer ranch hands trained the young horses to drink from a pan by first dipping their hands into the milk and then encouraging the colts to lick the milk from their fingers.

In the last two years, the number of horses at WNCR increased from 45 to 86, which required a ma-jor transformation of the facilities. Graham, along with Steve Forester, ranch foreman, added 14 new pad-

Above: Blaze and Tank heading in for breakfast. Left: Steve Forester, Ranch Manger, moves Blaze to new paddock.

Morning feeding at Walkin N Circles Ranch


docks, many within the last year. In addition, there are currently 12 horses in foster care, and over 30 adoptions have been completed this year. Out of the 86 horses that cur-rently make WNCR their home, there are far too many tragic stories about why they came to be there. A horse named Charley arrived so weak that he couldn’t stand. He was extremely emaciated, and it was apparent he had been starved to near death. Ironically, he had new shoes and severe saddle sores, indicating that he had recently been ridden hard. Why the owner would spend money on new horseshoes instead of food

to keep his horse alive is anybody’s guess. Fortunately for Charley, this abuse was reported, Charley was seized by the Livestock Board and was sent to WNCR, where he is now slowly recovering.

Volunteer numbers have in-creased from 25 to over 100 in just two years, and Graham welcomes anyone who would like to help, re-gardless of race, religion, or politics. “The volunteers here are passionate about rescuing and rehabilitating horses” says Graham. “The ranch couldn’t exist without them.” The volunteers, or Ranch Hands are divided into 16 work teams whose

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The hydroponic project that is expanding to a much larger room. Director Charles Graham, with young colt.

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responsibilities range from paddock cleaning to grant writing, from horse training to administration. Those who choose to work directly with the horses begin with ground training, which includes grooming, leading, and imprinting or hands on training. For inexperienced riders who wish to learn, there are also riding classes.

A new and exciting project at WNCR is the Hydroponic System for growing fresh feed, which was developed by volunteers, Tom and Brendon Mead. 30 horses will be fed with the hydroponic feed by the end of November, and the goal is to eventually feed all of the horses at the ranch. According to Graham, the hydroponic barley grass is much fresher, contains more protein, and is more nutritious for the horses. The colts that have eaten this feed have shown a weight gain and improve-ment in overall health. The system should also cut costs substantially for the ranch. Graham projects that

when the entire system is up and running, it should save as much as 60 % of their an-nual cost for feed.

All funding for WNCR comes from grants, donations, and fund rais-ing events such as the annual Chuck Wagon Dinner. The Thrift Store, another source of funding, is staffed by team leader, Sue Marsh and a staff of dedicated volunteers. It is lo-cated just east of intersection 333 and 344 in Edgewood. This was the first year the ranch had a presence at the Balloon Fiesta and the State Fair, both wonderful opportunities to spread the word about their work.

Another first will be the upcoming Trainer’s Challenge. Trainers were given a choice of horses from the ranch to train, and a public compe-tition will be held at the State Fair Horse Arena on November 16.

“It is very important that these horses get a safe, forever home,” Graham continues. For people who would like to adopt a horse, there are a number of requirements that must be met. The purpose of the adoption process is to match a prospective owner with a horse that will be safe to ride and handle, as well as bring pleasure to a new family, so a lot of time is spent evaluating this match. After an application is completed, an inspection of each potential new owner’s facility is conducted. Then,

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he or she will work with a member of the adoption team to help identify the right horse for them. Depend-ing on the adopter’s ability level, he or she may be asked to partici-pate in a pre-adoption sponsorship, which involves riding and working with the horse to make sure they have chosen the right animal. “We don’t want to see any of the adopted horses coming back,” states Gra-ham. “Thankfully, most adoptions are successful. The ultimate goal is to find suitable adopters and place the horses in a safe, comfortable en-vironment where they will receive the care and attention they deserve.”

For more information call 286-0779 or visit the website at www.wncr.org.

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Cross Country Skiing for BeginnersBy Sonya Ewan

“Cross-country skiing has a wonderfully smooth feel and the application of force is easy on

your joints,” says Karl Haack, who has been cross-country (XC) skiing in the East Mountain area for 25 years.

While snowshoeing is similar, XC aficionados point out that it’s not gliding over snow. “I like to be able to go faster and get something for nothing at least part of the time,” says New Mexico Cross Country Ski Club VP, Wayne Kirkby.

Even better, XC is one of the best winter options for bringing a little peace into your life—no lift ticket necessary. Once there’s sufficient snow coverage on the ground, East Mountain residents can shake off cabin fever with nearly front-door access to XC terrain. If you have the equipment, which includes boots, skis with bindings, and poles, fun and fresh air await.

East Mountain trails are ung-roomed, making shorter, wider skis preferable due to their maneuver-ability. A little bit of edge is a good

thing too. Nancy Costea, who joined the NMCCSC several years ago, says, “I like metal-edge, backcountry skis because they enable me to be more flexible. I can go more places. Relatively short skis are also easier to maneuver.”

Kirkby suggests renting equipment from REI to determine preferences before purchasing gear. “At least you know what you’re getting, and that’s an asset if you’re not sure what skis to buy. You can rent and see if you like them. If not, ask what else they have,” he says.

The beginning of the season var-ies from year to year. Haack says it’s typically December or January, and some years are significantly bet-ter than others. Setting out earlier in the day is ideal. The later it gets, the

more the sun melts the snow, which can cause icy conditions.

At first, it can feel goofy pumping your legs and arms backward and forward in parallel lines, robot-like. But as you settle into a more relaxed, fluid form, it’s almost hypnotic. Many people choose the learn-as-you-go approach, but if you prefer lessons, the NMCCSC offers them in Janu-ary, free to members. Membership is $20 a year for individuals ($25 for families) and includes sponsored trips around New Mexico and Colo-rado, as well as the comprehensive XC ski lesson program in two half-days.

A few basic activities will prepare you for the season. While XC skiing isn’t an “extreme” effort (unless you go extreme distances), any exercise you’re unprepared or out of shape for is uncomfortable.

Most gyms have elliptical trainers that nearly simulate the movements needed to XC ski. “Lots of hiking is good,” Kirkby suggests, “but if you’re a member of a fitness club, the exercises that stress aerobic con-ditioning using both arms and legs are best.”

Beginners tend to put more weight on their poles, which engag-es the triceps muscles. Simple triceps movements using light weight are sufficient strengthening prepara-

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A cross country skier enjoys fresh powder along a Sandia Mountain trail. Photo provided by Sonya Ewan

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tion. However, the more experience you gain, the less weight you’ll put on your poles, relying more on an outward “V” angle with your skis to navigate uphill terrain.

If you’ve tried snowshoeing or hiking in the East Mountains, you’re probably familiar with several cross-country trail options, as many trails are one and the same. Kirkby says, “Just drive Highway 14, up Sandia Crest Road and park at the 10K, El-lis, or Crest lots and ski from there.”

What we’ve heard is true: XC ski-ing is a good workout. Keep in mind that the distance you travel away from base is the distance you’ll have to travel back. And stay well hydrat-ed.

Costea says her season typically begins on the Service Road from the Ellis Trailhead to High Finance restaurant. In fact, says Haack, “If you’re trying to develop confidence, the number one choice is Ellis Road. It’s wide and fairly flat, a little over a mile one way.” Once you feel com-fortable navigating turns going both up and downhill, Haack suggests Switchback Trail, leaving from the gate at the Ellis parking area and winding up to the Crest parking lot.

An alternate beginner option is just south of Tijeras. Says Costea, “It’s not at a high elevation, but if there’s snow, Oak Flat is good for beginners because it’s a nice loop from the picnic grounds, with more hilly trails leading off of it and plenty of places to explore off-trail.”

To get there, take NM 333 (South 14) from Tijeras past the Ranger Sta-tion to Oak Flat Picnic Area and park inside the gate. Comprehensive trail maps are available for purchase from the Forest Service.

Costea says she’s excited and optimistic about the season. “I hear we’re supposed to get a lot of mois-ture. We’ll see!”

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Relive the RouteBy Jeanne Drennan

There is a reason why Route 66 is nicknamed the Mother Road. When it was established in No-vember 1926 as one

of the first highways in the United States, this 2400-mile expanse of blacktop connected Chicago to Santa Monica and opened up the American West to millions of mo-torists. More than just a highway, Route 66 also became a catalyst for unprecedented economic expansion in the communities through which it passed.

East Mountain residents share in this history, with many of us living

on or near the section of Old Route 66 (NM 333) that runs west from Moriarty through Edgewood and

on into Tijeras. While the heyday of Route 66 is long past thanks to its full replacement by the Interstate Highway System in the 1970s and ‘80s, sections of the road, including our segment of NM 333, have been

designated National Scenic Byways. Like-wise, organizations have sprung up to preserve sections of that road and cel-ebrate its history.

Here in our neck of the woods, Re-live the Route, or RETRO, has been established with a mission to enhance the quality of life of East Mountain residents through economic devel-opment along the Route 66 corridor

from Moriarty to Tijeras. Says RETRO project coordinator, Roger Holden, “We identify, develop, and promote

the history of our area, its resources and uniqueness, in order to create an enriching and authentic visitor experience.”

With assistance from co-chairs Debbie Pogue and Madeline Heitzman, Holden is working on new and innovative ways to increase exposure for businesses, attractions, and historic buildings along the route.

The first order of business is to refurbish the signs along the route, which will be paid for by a grant from the National Parks Service and matching funds raised through various events. Once the signs are in place, which Holden estimates to happen sometime in January or February 2014, a celebration will take place along the Route 66 cor-ridor starting in Moriarty. Included in the festivities will be what organizers hope is a string of participants lin-ing the route, led by various dance troops in a line dance performed to the famous tune “Get Your Kicks on Route 66”.

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In addition, several initiatives are currently underway to help breathe new life into our Route 66-based communities, including the restora-tion of the signs at the Whiting Bros. gas station in Moriarty. “These are the last remaining Whiting Bros. signs that stand above a still-opera-tional gas station on Route 66,” says Holden.

Started by four Arizona-based brothers, Whiting Bros. at its peak operated 40 gas stations and doz-ens of motels and truck stops along Route 66. Today, these signs draw tourists from all over the world, and the Whiting Bros. in Moriarty still contributes to the economy. “The station, purchased in 1985 by Sal and Inez Lucero, has remained vir-

tually unchanged,” Pogue reports, “and has become an iconic anchor on Route 66. It has been a vital part of this small community for over 60 years.”

The Midway Trading Post, another restoration initiative, received some much-needed TLC by volunteers as well. In a fabulous clean-up effort, this historic spot is now free from trash, weeds, and graffiti. In addi-tion, a freshly painted building and refurbished boxcar with the Route 66 emblem, painted by local artist Willy Fisher, now stands proudly along the Route. According to RETRO, the long-term goal for this property is to turn it into a tourism center. Lewis Antique Auto, already an attraction unto itself, is also included in the list

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of initiatives and draws car and truck enthusiasts from near and far.

Another recently completed proj-ect includes Moriarty’s Murals Along the Mother Road, whose call for entries went out late this past sum-mer. The five winning entries were announced October 1, and formal awards along with a $500 stipend were presented to each winner on October 12 at the Pinto Bean Fiesta.

Visitors can now enjoy Edgewood artist Paul Harmon’s Retribution Road at the Moriarty Chamber of Commerce; Moriarty resident Wil-ly Fisher’s work on a wall at Lisa’s Truck Stop; and Edgewood’s Tony Jaramillo Jr.’s work at Shorty’s BBQ. Elizabeth Harris, who also calls Edgewood home, painted her Main Street America mural at Mike’s Friendly Store, and Edgewood resi-dent Robin Matlack has her work displayed at KC’s Restaurant.

Also in the works is the Rt. 66 Arts Alliance, which Holden reports will be “A coordinated effort of all East Mountain artists to have studio space in which to work and display every facet and media of art.” RET-RO is also looking at developing an arts drive along the Route 66 corri-dor similar to the arts crawl in the North-14 area.

Perhaps the most exciting an-nouncement for the restoration of Route 66 came this past Au-

gust, when New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez announced that the Moriarty section of the route is one of seven rural communities in the state to receive the New Mexi-co Main Street Frontier Community Award. A program of the newly cre-ated Frontier Communities Initiative, New Mexico Main Street is intended to create economic development projects that strengthen historic rural communities throughout the state. To that end, Professor Alfred Simon and a team of five graduate students from the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning worked in the community for several weeks to assess Moriarty’s pedestri-an safety and infrastructure needs. Holden reports that the town of Mo-riarty is now including the team’s design plan in its Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) for presentation to legislators to receive the funds to incorporate it.

The stretch of highway that was once Route 66 boasts a rich and storied past. Thanks to restoration efforts like RETRO, its future is also bright with potential. Great things are happening in our backyard to celebrate both, so make sure you get out and enjoy the festivities. For more information and a schedule of upcoming events, log onto face-book.com/relivetheroute

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The furniture is bench made of solid woods and used in combination with unique hardware, glass, LED lighting, fabric selections, and leathers. Each piece is hand carved and handcrafted by Ron Gra-zier and his team, using the highest standards of construction techniques and quality woodworking equipment. The finish that is applied to the furniture also offers important benefits. Contemporary South-west uses only the latest state of the art chemical coating system that seals in the natural moisture of the wood. The finish also prevents outside contami-nates from penetrating the fibers of the wood, so that it protects and gives the furniture a long last-ing, carefree finish. Cleaning the furniture only takes dusting with a damp cloth. Each new owner may then enjoy the natural beauty of the wood for years to come.

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Meds & More Tends to Rural Community’s NeedsText and Photos by Robert Groos

Up until the mid 1950s, it was common for drug-stores to have a soda fountain with sit down counter service. Here,

skillful “soda jerks” dispensed a va-riety of carbonated water drinks to clientele that ranged from shopping housewives to teenyboppers out on dates. These drinks, augmented with flavored syrups and scoops of ice cream, were all custom made and nothing like the premixed versions of the beverages one now finds in con-venience stores and sandwich shops. Today, drugstore soda fountains are about as common as hen’s teeth.

Not so at Mountainair Meds & More. The fixtures—seats, decorative tile, carbonated water tanks, fountain mechanism—are all original to the store. Ordering an old fashioned soda (over 30 different flavors), float, sundae, banana split, shake, or malt is as easy as walking in the door, sit-ting down, and spinning around on a red swivel seat. The hard part is picking your treat.

Owning a full-service pharma-cy, gift shop, and soda fountain was not on K.C. West’s mind when she moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Northern Cali-fornia in 1980 to study geology. But after graduation, she found the job market for geology gradu-ates was not promising—and the idea of working in the mining indus-try was not attractive to her either. Instead, she took a pharmacy techni-cian job at a local hospital, enrolled at the UNM College of Pharmacy, and earned her B.S. in pharmaceuti-cal sciences.

West imagined she would become a hos-pital pharmacist, since that was where she had worked during school. Fate, however, had something else in store. As part of her studies, she was assigned a “rotation” at Mountainair’s phar-macy. She recalls really enjoying the small town atmosphere and the “clinic feel” of her work there.

Shortly afterward, a once in a lifetime opportunity presented itself.

The owner of the pharmacy offered to sell West his business. He didn’t even have to ask her to think about it. Her response was a decisive “yes.”

What was it that compelled such an immediate decision? “The au-tonomy of ownership,” she explains. “I like being able to make a deci-

sion on behalf of my patients without having to answer to some corporate entity. I can work with my patients who are without insurance to for-

mulate a payment plan, and not have to answer to someone who is just looking at the dollar signs. I have to answer only to my con-science.”

This independence has al-lowed West to develop a business that a serves the community in ways not possible at a hospital or chain pharmacy. For example, she fills veterinarian prescriptions, a valuable service in a rural town surrounded by ranches and pop-ulated by folks with a wide variety of pets. Vets call her regularly to consult on various medications. She also holds shot clinics during the flu season.

Estancia area residents take note: Meds and More can fill your prescriptions, too. Tuesday through Friday, 2pm to 5pm, pharmacy technician Wanda

Maldonado comes to the Estancia Valley Kitchen to pick up prescrip-tions, and will return the next day with your medications. This service is free, plus you save time and money by not driving to a distant town or dealing with the hassles of anony-mous mail order pharmacies.

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In addition to personalized service at the pharmacy window, the store carries a wide selection of general merchandise, including herbs, vita-mins, homeopathic goods, natural supplements, gifts (Kachina dolls by native American artist Jimmy Begay are popular), seasonal items, greet-ing cards, school supplies, house wares, and more.

West cheerfully recalls the Wiscon-sin tourist who, mouth agape while admiring the building’s original pre-1920s stamped tin ceiling, wood floor, and authentic soda fountain, exclaimed in amazement, “So this is a real pharmacy!”

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Man Alive Food DriveYear RoundCedar Crest Tire accepts contribu-tions 365 days a year for their big holiday food drive, which benefits the East Mountain Food Pantry. Drop your non-perishable food items off

at their office at 1212 N Hwy 14. Call (505) 281-9100 for more info.

EDGEWOOD

Holiday GlowDecember 14Check website edgewoodchambernm.comA great one day event, where shop-pers go on a scavenger hunt in member businesses during the day, watch a glow light parade at dusk, and then enjoy a Holiday Balloon Glow and Santa and caroling with hot chocolate to cap off the day.

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Annual Mountainair Christmas Arts and Crafts FairNovember 9, 10am – 3pm Dr. Saul Community Building. Con-tact Carla Cope at (505) 847-2462

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MORIARTY

Annual Shop At Home CampaignNovember 22 - December 16Part of Moriarty Chamber of Com-merce’s holiday celebrations, “shop at home” is a 30-day campaign to encourage local residents to shop in Moriarty. Shoppers who spend a qualifying amount of money at par-ticipating stores from mid-November to mid-December will be entered into drawings to win valuable prizes and gift certificates donated by local businesses.

Festival of Lights Parade December 6, 6am (Line up at 5:30 behind Tillery Chevrolet)Route 66 is aglow with holiday cheer from one end of Moriarty to the other when local high school bands, clas-sic car clubs, horses and riders from local equestrian groups, and other residents get all dolled up with tiny battery operated lights for this pa-rade through the heart of town. Even Santa gets in the act: Ol’ Saint Nick becomes an electric cowboy him-self when he leaves the reindeer at home for the night and rides a horse through town with lights ablaze. Lo-cal businesses will also host open houses on parade night with refresh-ments, entertainment, and carolers.

Arts and Crafts Fair December 7, 9am - 5pmThe city’s highly popular annual Arts and Crafts Fair, held at the Civic Center, arrives just in time for holiday shopping and features a multitude of quality wares created by local artisans. Santa will put in an appearance for the little ones.


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Moriarty Community Christmas Stroll in the ParkTBASponsored by the City of Moriarty, the Lion’s Club, Rotary Club, and Moriarty Chamber of Commerce, Community Christmas invites visitors to soak in the holiday spirit during evening strolls through Crossley Park. Events include visits by Santa and Mrs. Claus, choral groups, and a live nativity. Donations of $1.00 or a non-perishable food item will benefit Moriarty’s Bethel Community Storehouse.

For exact dates and times of Moriarty’s Holiday events,

call (505) 832-4087.

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Breakfast with Santa Saturday, December 7The 15th Annual East Mountain Chamber of Commerce’s Breakfast With Santa is fun for the whole fam-ily. Join chamber members at Los Vecinos Community Center starting at 8:30am for a morning of fun that includes a full breakfast, arts and crafts for the kids, entertainment

(mag i c i an , elves), and a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Fami-lies will also have the op-portunity to take personal photos with Santa after the event,

which lasts until 11:30am. Cost is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children ten and under, paid at the door. All proceeds benefit the East Mountain Chamber’s various community proj-ects. For more information call Julie at (505) 281-1999.

Christmas Caroling With SantaTBAJoin the Old Tyme Shop at 10786 Hwy 337 (South 14) for an evening of caroling fun that includes a visit by Santa. Enjoy cider, hot chocolate, and s’mores. Bring a white elephant gift for a gift exchange that will in-clude children and adults. For more information and to verify dates and times, call (505) 281-3892. The Old Tyme Shop also hosts fun events on Valentine’s and Mother’s Day, and sponsors a yearly Easter egg hunt.

MADRID:

Christmas in Madrid First Saturday in December to End of the YearMadrid’s annual holiday celebra-tion kicks off the first Saturday in December at 4pm with a parade and lighting of the town Christmas lights, and continues with weekend events until the New Year. Bring the entire family to visit Santa, listen to strolling carolers, and marvel at the beauty of the entire town lit up with holiday lights and decorations. This is also a great time for visitors to do their holiday shopping, as stores stay open late on Saturdays until right before Christmas and serve hot beverages, cookies, and other snacks. For more information, log onto visitmadridnm.com

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Several Catholic Churches in the East Mountain area will hold Christ-mas Eve and Christmas Day masses, including:

Holy Child Parish Mission Church:19 Camino del Santo Niño (be-hind Molly’s) in Tijeras • Midnight Christmas Eve and 10am Christmas morning.

St. Joseph Catholic Church in CerrillosContact (505) 471-1562 for times and more information.

San Francisco Catholic Church in Golden • Contact (505) 471-1562 for times and more information.


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— Fire Departments —Bernalillo ...................................... 314-0100Edgewood .................................... 281-4697Estancia ....................................... 384-4338La Madera ................................ ...286-5468Mcintosh ................................ ......384-2810Moriarty ................................. ......832-4301Mountainair ................................. .847-2201Stanley ......................................... 832-2664Tijeras .......................................... 281-3511Willard ......................................... 384-0048

— Fire Alert Registration —www.nixle.com/register.

— Health Services —Care Net Pregnancy Center .......... ..281-5408Catholic Health Initiative ................ 286-8931First Community Healthcare ......... ..281-3406Moriarty Public Health Office .......... 832-6782NM Primary Care Midwife Services ...286-3100Torrance Domestic Violence ........... 832-6567

— Senior Centers —Edgewood .................................... 281-2515Estancia ..................................... ..384-5010Mcintosh ...................................... 384-3064Moriarty ....................................... 832-4425Mountainair .................................. 847-2885Willard ........................................ .384-4097

— Community Centers —Edgewood .................................... .281-3921Los Vecinos .................................. .314-0240Vista Grande ................................. 286-2108

— Youth Services —Child Care Food Program ........ ......384-3053Edgewood Pediatric Clinic ........... ...281-4620Estancia Youth Center .................. ..384-1092Inlow Youth Camp .................. .......384-2410

— Animal Services —Animal Control .......................... ....832-2043Animal Kingdom Healthcare .......... .281-2345Canyon Crossroads ...................... .281-1515Edgewood Animal Clinic ................ 281-1115High Plains Veterinary .................. ..281-9290Mountain Veterinary Clinic .......... ...281-5900Zoo Animal Hospital .................. ....281-7100

— Economic Associations —Estancia Valley Eco. Dev. Assoc. ..... 832-5428Greater Moriarty Eco. Dev. Assoc. ... 832-4087Torrance Works Career Center ....... 832-9451

— Museums —Lewis Antique Auto Toy................... 832-6131Moriarty Historical Museum ........... .832-2513Moriarty Visitors Center .................. 832-0839Mountainair Heritage Center .......... 847-0032Museum Of Archeology .......... .......281-2005Natural History Science ............ ......281-5259Sandia Natural History Center ........ 281-5259Soaring Museum Inc ................... ...832-9222Tijeras Historic Church .................. .286-7222Tinkertown Museum ................... ....281-5233

— Chambers of Commerce —East Mountain ........................... .....281-1999Edgewood ................................... ..286-2577Moriarty .................................... ....832-4087Mountainair ............................ .......847-2795

— Post Offices —Cedar Crest ................................... 281-5668Edgewood ................................... ..281-3535Estancia .................................. ......384-2721Mcintosh ................................... ....384-2879Moriarty ....................................... 832-4914Mountainair ................................... 847-2206Sandia Park ................................... 281-5916Stanley .......................................... 832-4596Tijeras ........................................... 281-5656Torreon .................................. .......384-3122Willard ................................... .......384-3217

— Churches —Assembly of God ........................... 847-2498Assembly of God Parsonage ........... 847-0616Bethel United Methodist .................. 832-4200Catholic Health Initiative ................ 286-8931Cedar Crest Baptist ........................ 281-1114Church of Christ ............................ 832-6466Church of the Holy Cross Episcopal . 281-7722Community Church of the Sandias .. 281-3833Crossroads Church of the Nazarene 832-4390East Mtn. Assembly of God ............. 832-6320East Mountain United .................... 286-0865Eastern Hills Christian Academy .... .286-1482Edgewood Believers Fellowship ....... 281-5091Edgewood Church of Christ ............ 281-3477Estancia First United Methodist ...... 384-5215First Baptist Church of Edgewood .... 281-1555First Baptist of Estancia ................... 384-2286First Baptist of Moriarty ................... 832-6385First Baptist of Mountainair ............. 847-2394First Baptist of Tijeras ..................... 281-3342Forest Meadow Baptist ................... 281-4105Grace Baptist ................................. 832-6771

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ... 281-2013Immanuel S. Baptist Church ........... 384-9565Intercontinental Church of God ...... 286-0995Jesus Christ of LDS ......................... 281-5384Liberty Ranch School ...................... 384-2530Mountain Christian ........................ 281-3313Mountain Valley ............................. 281-5566Mountainair Christian Center ......... 847-2773Mountainside Methodist ................. 281-5117New Beginnings Christian Academy 847-2773Prince of Peace Lutheran ................ 281-2430Valley View Christian ...................... 281-8373

— Schools —A. Montoya Elem. School Tijeras ..... 281-0880Calvary Estancia Christian .............. 832-6995Edgewood Middle .......................... 832-5880Edgewood Elementary .................... 832-5740Estancia High ................................ 384-2002Estancia Middle ............................. 384-2003Estancia Upper Elementary ............. 384-2004Estancia Lower Elementary ............ .384-2005Estancia Valley Classical Academy .. 832-2223 East Mountain High ....................... 281-7400Moriarty High ................................ 832-4254Moriarty Middle ............................. 832-6200Moriarty Elementary ....................... 832-4927Mountainair Grade ..................... ...847-2231Mountainair High .......................... 847-2211Mountainview Elementary ............... 832-6827Prince Of Peace Luthern ............. ....281-6833Roosevelt Middle Elementary Tijeras 281-3316Route 66 Moriarty Elementary ......... 832-5760San Antonito Elementary ................ 281-3931South Mountain Elementary ............ 832-5700

— Education —Eastern Hills Christian Academy East Mountain ................................ 286-1482Edgewood Christian School ............ 281-5091Forgery School Of Blacksmithing .... 281-8080Headstart ...................................... 832-9369Liberty Ranch School Church .......... 384-2530Read Write Adult Literacy ................ 832-9469Torrance County Headstart ............. 832-1922

— Libraries —East Mountain ............................... .281-8508Edgewood Community ................... 281-0138Moriarty ........................................ 832-2513Mountainair ................................... 847-9676

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