Think about being an exhibitor or attendee to the Wood Industry Summit

Share your love to sing

Were you one of the attendees for the library art workshop on singing provided by a grant from Otero Electric and Pearl Tippin?  Then you love to sing!   If you love to sing and also like the idea of bringing joy to the community, hurry on down to ENMU-Ruidoso and register for the Community Choir.  

Starting When:  Monday 25 January

Time:  5:30--7:00 p.m.

Where:  White Mountain Annex

               201 White Mountain Drive

               Room 28

Scholarships available....Call 257-3012 for more information or to register......

Melba Valdez is the Director and those who attended the concert in December.....was it not great? 

The audience was packed. WOW!!!!!

Let your musical talents shine and bring joy to youself and our community!  Bring a buddy and sing together......Pass this on and let your voices be heard outside of your showers.

Meet some of your municipal candidates

Creative Aging Advisory Committee-ENMU-R will be hosting several of the municipal candidates that are running in the upcoming elections.  Friday, January 22, 2016 at ENMU-R, room 115.  We will be starting at 9:00 a.m.  The following candidates have responded and will be attending.

Gary Williams....Incumbent mayor.....Ruidoso Downs

Councillor Joe Eby....Incumbent....Ruidoso Village 

Jean Coulton....Trustee....Capitan Village

Oscar Seleme.....running for trustee Carrizozo 

Creative Aging was formed to help understand and try to find solutions to problems that the senior population experiences in Lincoln County.   In forming this group we have also become aware that many of the solutions will also benefit the non senior population.

Hope that you will be able to make it to this meeting!

Recycle your Holiday Cards at the library

In the library, a collection box is set up to collect used Christmas and holiday cards.  After a large amount is collected, the cards will be sent to St. Jude's in Boulder, N.V.  Only the front of the card will be used by them to create new cards.
Guidelines for donated cards:

• No writing is on the backside of the front of the card
• No Hallmark cards
• No American Greeting cards
• No Disney cards.

You may cut the cards yourself, or Debbie Myers said she has a team that will cut off the back that has the greeting message and signatures.

Recycling for a good cause!

First Friday Event on February 5 at 7pm The Bataan Death March

 

200th Coast Artillerymen on the gun, Bataan, Dec. 1941

Original Death March, April 1942

The Bataan Death March - it was one of the many chapters of WWII and particularly remembered in New Mexico,

 because, as many  New Mexicans know, 

the 200th Coast Artillery - 

the New Mexico National Guard - 

had been posted to Bataan, to bolster the force of many 

other American and Filipino units there. 

New Mexico remembers in a unique way -

 the annual Bataan Memorial Death March.  

Memorial Marchers in 2012

It's a formal marathon of 26.2 miles, that occurs at 

and hosted by White Sands Missile Range on 

March 20th, 2016.   

More info at: http://bataanmarch.com/

Filipino Scout and 200th Coast Artilleryman 2015 (Bilbo)

 Lincoln County resident, Mike Bilbo, has attended

 each year since 2008 and will give a powerpoint 

presentation covering the original Bataan March,

 the Memorial March, and his own way of 

memorializing the 200th Coast Artillery, 

through living history by wearing the uniforms 

of the 200th Coast Artillery.

Refreshments served after presentation.

Don't forget - first Saturday of the month, Feb 6, $5 for a bag of books!

For more information call Capitan Public Library at 575-354-3035. 

 The library is located at 101 E. 2nd Street, Capitan, NM. 
(Apologies to attendees at the library volunteer meeting on Jan 13, where you were told the first Friday event would be something different -- Sharon)

Creative Aging Meeting for January

Creative Aging Advisory Committee to Lincoln County's next meeting is set for Friday, January 22  at 9am at ENMU. Refreshment will be served. Call Clara Farah for further information at 575.973.7835 or clrfarah@gmail.com. 

For those interested in the health of and recreation in Lincoln National Forest

Please find below jpgs of the Lincoln National Forest Forest Plan Revision Form.  Here is your chance to make suggestions of changes you see are needed in our forest. 

IMPORTANT: Only one suggestion in one area of interest per form.  Use multiple forms if you have several suggestions.

• Address to send the form(s) to the Forest Revision Plan Team is located on the second page. 

• If you would like Sharon to email you a PDF form, send request to LBFRC12@gmail.com

Thank you for your interest and concern for the betterment of the Lincoln National Forest.  It is YOUR forest.

Little Bear Forest Reform Coalition Board of Directors

Art @ the Library: Lisa Maue Art Tiles

Individual tiles and framed, mini-murals by Lisa Maue are currently 

on display at the Capitan library as part of its program that showcases

 local artists and craftspeople. Maue, who lives and works from her

 home and studio on Ski Run Road, airbrushes transparent, low-fire 

glazes using hand-cut acetate templates onto standard six-inch tiles 

that are then sprayed with a clear glaze and fired in a kiln, making 

them suitable for use as trivets, in trays or gift box inserts and for

 larger indoor applications.

Many of the scenes are local: the Capitan Mountains, Encinoso, 

Sierra Blanca and churches in Tularosa, Lincoln and San Patricio.

 Photographs serve as a beginning point. Each color is identified 

and sprayed separately. The templates are reusable, so different 

color schemes can be achieved. Airbrushing allows for a single 

color gradient from light to dark and the blending of one color

 into another. The technique, developed by Maue over many years, 

results in a realistic, yet stylized appearance that nonetheless relies 

on abstraction and underlying, simplified forms.

Lately Maue has been experimenting with fewer templates. 

Future works will incorporate detailed silk-screened elements 

including original poetry, slogans and words to evoke more 

emotional responses while still paying homage to the 

complexity and unique character of the area.

Works are for sale and a percentage of each sale will be donated to the Capitan library.

The show will continue until March 1. 

FREE AARP Tax Assistance

Monday, February 15

Monday, March 14
10:00 - 4:00

You must have an appointment.  Please come in or call to make an appointment.  Bring all important papers including your last tax return, W2 forms, 1099 forms, interest forms, etc.  If you have not had your taxes done by AARP before, you will need your social security card.

Wishing you a year of Good Reading!

illustration by Rick Geary