Chautauqua on Sunday Nov. 11 @ 2pm

Capitan Public Library will be 
commemorating the 
100th anniversary of the Armistice, 
officially ending World War I -- “the war to end all wars”

Sunday, November 11 - 2 p.m.

Bess Truman

Chautauqua characters Bess Wallace
 Truman and Edith Carow Roosevelt, 
as portrayed by Kay Sebring-Roberts 
Kuhlman, will discuss the role of the
 male family members in the Great
 War and the effect of those efforts had 
on their on lives.

Edith, wife of a Republican president 
(Theodore Roosevelt), had already left 
the White House when WWI broke out.  
Bess, wife of a Democrat president 
(Harry Truman), was not yet married to 
him when United States entered "the war
 to end all wars".

Each character will appear solo -
- Bess for 40 minutes and 
Edith for 20 minutes -- with an 
intermission for refreshments while the 
actress changes costumes and characters.  Audience members will be 
invited to ask questions of either first lady
 and of Kuhlman to conclude this 
commemoration.

This event is timely, coming just five days 
after a midterm election and celebrates 
values of service that are unrelated to 
political party affiliation.  Poppies, a symbol
 of remembrance of World War I, will be 
created by volunteers and available at the
 event.

Edith Roosevelt

A resident of Ruidoso, Kuhlmann recently 
retired from NMMI where she taught theater.
 She is the author of over 50 history-based 
plays.  Of these, many are one-woman shows 
or Chautauquas.  A trailblazer in her own right,
 Kulmann is continually adding to her cast of 
woman portrayals.

This event is being provided free of charge
 through the New Mexico Humanities Council 
and is appropriate for audiences age 12 and
older. 

Please consider donating to the Library

                                                                                           November 1, 2018

Dear Capitan Public Library Patron,

Capitan Public Library is a nonprofit organization run by volunteers, devoted to making public library services available to the Capitan/Lincoln County region.  We provide the highest quality programs that benefit all residents in our villages and the surrounding areas.  A few of these are: Children’s After School Program & Summer Reading Program; Adult First Friday Programs, Sunday Sessions, Book Club, Writer’s group & Ancestry Classes; free internet access, computer help and community meeting rooms. Our Library also serves as the community Visitor’s Center where many visitors stop in for suggestions on what to do in Lincoln County. The Capitan Library receives limited local or state government support. 

We are asking you to consider supporting our cause.  The 2018 campaign goal is $6,000.  Funds from the campaign will be used to pay utilities, building maintenance also to expand and enhance our existing programs.  Capitan Public Library relies primarily on the support of generous donors such as you.  Become an annual donor or a business partner. 

Your support will be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please feel free to call 354-3035 or come by the library.  We look forward to serving you and our community. 
Sincerely,

Friends of the Capitan Public Library 

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The Capitan Library: A Small Library where BIG things happen!

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Capitan Public Library
101 E, 2nd street
PO Box 1169
Capitan, NM 88316
575-354-3035

At Carrizozo Library on Sunday, Nov 11 @ 2pm

Winter Hours in effect at the Library

Library hours:  Tuesday - Thursday: 10 AM - 5:30 PM; 

Friday & Saturday: 10 AM - 2 PM; 

Sunday & Monday: closed.   

Just in case you didn't know what an Amigo Award means:

 The New Mexico Library 

Amigo Award is given to an

 individual (friend, volunteer,

 trustee, board member, 

other citizen, or other non-

certified personnel) whose 

work on behalf of the local

 library has resulted in 

significant progress

 and/or achievement for that

 library.

Congratulations Debbie!

You really earned this award!

Flags to be placed on each veteran’s grave at Ft Stanton at 9 a.m. on Friday, November 9th

Veterans Day falls on Sunday, November 11th this year. Cecile Kinnan and the Spencer 

Theater ushers have partnered with David Flores of the Department of Veterans 

Services  to facilitate the placing of flags on the graves at the Fort Stanton Military 

Cemetery. Flags will be placed on each veteran’s grave at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, November 9th and retrieved on Tuesday, November 13th. Dennis Metz will play taps

 before the placement of the flags on  Friday and will play taps at the gate of the 

cemetery at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 10th and Sunday, November 11th.

As each flag is placed in the holder next to the grave a thanks for the service of the

 veteran will be recited. The cemetery has been in existence since the 1800s and is

 the final resting place for more than 1000 veterans. The number of graves at the 

cemetery is increasing as the new section has been opened. Will Stilsman has donated 

100 new flags to the cemetery, and donations allowing the Spencer ushers to purchase

 more flags to replace those that are worn would be greatly appreciated. 

The Spencer Theater ushers are also collecting money to purchase wreaths to be

 placed on the graves during the Christmas season. Money for either the flags or 

the wreaths must be sent to the co-sponsors of these projects The Noon Day Lions,

 c/o Mike Schattner, treasurer, or Don Fowler, project coordinator, P.O. Box 1130,

 Ruidoso, NM 8355. Please include a memo stating that the money is for Wreaths 

Across America and/or Veterans Day flags.

The cemetery is located at 1398 Hwy 220 that can be reached by turning left off of 

Airport Rd. or through Capitan on Hwy 48 to 380 to 220. It is near Ft. Stanton. Flags will

be placed regardless of the weather, so be sure to check the conditions at Ft. Stanton 

and come appropriately dressed. Individuals, families, and groups are all welcome.

If you have any questions, contact Cecile Kinnan at 336-9157. 

Join the ushers and your friends and neighbors in this worthwhile endeavor to honor 

our veterans.

Debbie Myers awarded NMLA Amigo Award

2018 Winner for New Mexico Library Association's Amigo Award:

 Debbie Myers, Capitan Public Library

 The New Mexico Library Amigo Award is given to an individual
 (friend, volunteer, trustee, board member, other citizen, or other
 non-certified personnel) whose work on behalf of the local library
 has resulted in significant progress and/or achievement for that 
library; or in recognition of work in the promotion of library
 service within the state.

Even before she retired from 25 years of teaching elementary children in Ruidoso, Debbie Myers began volunteering with the Capitan Public Library Children's Library in 2005.  She took charge of offering after-school programs and the annual Summer Reading program.

Debbie continues to create weekly programs offered year round.  She took charge of selecting and ordering the children's books for the library catalogue.  She instantly became a vitally necessary member in the volunteer library.

Debbie creates special-themed sales to occur throughout the year to raise money for the 100% self-supporting, non-profit library. Two annual sales are the first weekend of May Plant Sale and the first Saturday of December Holiday Bazaar.   These sales are successful due to her diligent search for excellent items for the public to purchase, including making her own crafts and pottery to donate.
 
The Capitan community and outlying communities enjoy a beautiful library that is well-staffed by volunteers and offers many programs for all patrons, especially children, thanks to Debbie Myers.

At the award ceremony on November 1 in Albuquerque during the NMLA Annual Conference, Debbie took the opportunity to recognize her parents, Carol and Dwight Myers, for years of their involvement with the NMLA.  They both had the highest honor  given by NMLA --a Lifetime Membership -- since 1988.  In the 70's the Myers started the N.M. Book League and its magazine, Book Talk.  Carol was the sales manager for University of New Mexico Press for 15 years while also serving the NMLA as its treasurer and newsletter publisher. Dwight worked for book publisher Prentice Hall for 35 years as well as serving on the NMLA Board as Awards and Education Chair. 

Tom Mann of the Capitan Library  introduces Debbie Myers
at the NMLA Awards Ceremony

Many in the audience remembered the Myers and were pleased to see their daughter recognized for her work in the library public service industry.

Well deserved, Miss Debbie!  Congratulations!

 

November First Friday to be held at Canaan Trail Baptist Church - FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC!

Hurd prints for sale

The Library was the recipient of these donated beautiful prints of Peter Hurd. Some are signed and some are framed.

Primera Nieve

River Valley in Spring

Terraced Land

The Roadrunner

More Hurd prints

Last Call

The Sheperd

Horse Trade

Westbound Freight

The Oasis

E-Waste Recycling Returns November 3

The Greentree Solid Waste Authority (GSWA) will be conducting its annual electronic waste (e-waste) recycling event on Saturday November 3^rd, from 9:00 am to 12 Noon at the Greentree recycling Center, 26590 US Highway 70 east of Ruidoso Downs. Residents of Corona, Carrizozo, Capitan, Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, Mescalero, and the Sun Valley Water & Sanitation District may bring e-waste items to be recycled at no charge. You will need to bring a water or trash bill from the above communities in order to drop off e-waste at Greentree.

Region 9 employees, however, in working with GSWA, may bring e-waste items to the Region 9 offices during the week of October 29 to November 1, where a GSWA volunteer will transport them at no charge on behalf of R9 to the Recycling Center.

R9 school districts and the Mescalero Apache Schools should contact GSWA event coordinator Jim Miller at 937.2873 to arrange for large volume e-waste drop-off at the GSWA facility.

Dia de Muertos in Lincoln Saturday, NOVEMBER 3

Creative Aging Nov 2

New Mexico Libraries GO Bond B on the Ballot - Information for YOU, the voter

 PLEASE READ FURTHER for more detail information of WHAT GO Bond monies can (& can't) be spent on and also HOW the monies are calculated

FYI: How the MATH is done: Distributing the 2018 GO Bonds Allocations

$4,000,000 Public Libraries

1. 10% ($400,000) is taken off the top for the Library System Distribution

2. $4000 is allocated to Rural Services

3. The remaining $3,596,000 is divided up on a per capita basis to each county based 

on the latest (2016) Census county estimates.

a. $3,596,000 divided by the NM 2016 est. population of 2,081,015 = $1.7280

 per capita 

b. Each county receives $1.7280 per capita

 Example:  Lincoln County (pop. 19,429)

            19,429 * $1.7280 = $33,573.31 

 Example: Chaves County (pop. 65,282)

            65,282 * $1.7280 = $112,807.29 

4. Within each county

 Step 1:  Divide the individual library’s LSA population by the sum of the LSA 

population of all the  libraries in the county to arrive at a percentage

Step 2:  Multiply that % by the total county allocation to determine the individual

 library’s allocation.

 Example:  Lincoln County (pop. 19,429) received $33,573.31 based on $1.7280

 per capita 

 Capitan Public Library (LSA 1489) + Village of Corona Public Library (LSA 172) + 

Ruidoso Public Library (LSA 8,029) = 9,690 (sum of the libraries’ LSAs)

Capitan:  1489/9,690 = 0.1536635 x $33,573.31 = $5,158.99

Corona:  172/9,690 = 0.0177502 x $33,573.31 = $595.93 

Ruidoso:  8,029/9,690 = 0.828586 x $33,573.31 = $27,818.37  

 Example: Chaves County (pop. 65,282) received $112,807.29 based on $1.7280

 per capita 

Roswell (LSA 48,366) is the only library in the county; therefore, the library receives

 100% of the county allocation

Update to Absentee and Early Voting. Please be sure to review Voter Guides. Library GO Bond is one of the issues being voted on.

Regarding the timeline to vote in person in Carrizozo, absentee and (what we historically called) Absentee in Person voting begins on October 9^th .  This provides an option for voters to cast a ballot in the Office of the County Clerk as of that date.

However, the Early Vote Site in the County Conference Room opens on Monday, October 22^nd.  

              

We are happy to accommodate voters at this time in the Office of the County Clerk but, with limited space and staff, we encourage those who don't have an immediate need to cast a ballot in person to utilize the Early Vote Site    beginning October 22^nd  which is staffed by an appointed precinct board.    Please feel free to call the Lincoln County Clerk's Office at 1 800 687 2705 ext 6 if you need any type of assistance with voting.

Rhonda Burrows

Lincoln County Clerk

Individuals may vote an absentee ballot in person at the Office of the County Clerk in Carrizozo. Early Vote Sites will open October 20 in Ruidoso at the Horton Complex and October 22 in Carrizozo at the Lincoln County Courthouse.     We encourage voters who may not be able to cast a ballot in person at one of our six Election Day Vote Centers to Early Vote at one of these two sites:

Horton Complex                                

237 Service Rd. Ruidoso

Tuesday thru Saturday   October 20 -- November 3^rd     10 am to 6 pm

County Clerk’s Office

300 Central Ave. Carrizozo

Monday thru Friday    October 9^th – November 2^nd   8 am to 5 pm

 Voter Guides which provide information regarding the Constitutional Amendments and Bond Questions are available through the Lincoln County Clerk Office Website

English: https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-Voter-Guide-English-FINAL.pdf

Spanish: https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-Voter-Guide-Spanish-FINAL.pdf

Please feel free to contact the County Clerk’s Office at 575 648 2394 ext 6 if you need further information.   

Lincoln County Votes! 

Veterans Appreciation Program

This afternoon I received a call from Mr. Christopher Scott of Capitan Schools notifying me of a planned Veterans Appreciation Program scheduled for 09:30 on 8 November to be held at the Capitan Schools' gym building.  Mr. Scott asked that I spread the word to all area veterans, and that I give Mr. Scott some idea of the number of attendees. So 

1.  Please do pass the word to your American Legion and/or VFW posts and to veterans that you know.

2.  Ask that any veterans who plan to attend drop me an e-mail or phone call (575-648-2226) and let me know so that I can get a head-count for Mr. Scott.

Thanks,

John Tate, Post 11 Commander (Acting)

Nov 1st Bookclub book to read

The book club meets the first Thursday of the month at 10:00 am.
 For more information, contact the library 575.354.3035

We will reviewed the book Turning Pages by Sonia Sotomayor at the December meeting. It is a children's illustrated book and Capitan Library has ordered it.  It can only be downloaded to a Kindle Fire.  However, we will have it on a shelf for book club members to come in and read it in the library.  The book is not long. It will take less than 30 minutes to read, less time than checking it out and returning it. If you don't get it read, come on to book club because the discussion will cover the whole book. This makes preparing for the December book club easy.

Sunday, October 21 @ 2 pm

Creative Aging Oct 19th

Sunday movie in C'zozo library - Oct 14th

Creative Aging Notes - FYI

CREATIVE AGING MEETINGS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT PERSON: CLARA FARAH

ARTICLE WRITER: HOLLY BRADEN

Creative Aging’s September 28th meeting at Eastern New Mexico University – Ruidoso was a discussion of what is means to be mortal and how to die well.

 David Gerke and Dr. Clara Farah were the presenters and discussed Atul Gawande’s

 book Being Mortal. Three points were emphasized during the meeting. To know how

 someone wants to die, you need to ask him or her, then you need to respect those 

wishes. The ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life all the way to the end. 

What medicine can do often runs counter to what should be done. It is important to

 have a strong advocate during the end of life period. Small groups discussed how one

 should die then the 30 attendees came back together to share their ideas.

The next Creative Aging meeting will be held October 19th at 10:00 a.m. at ENMU-Ruidoso with a social hour beginning at 9:00 a.m. Refreshments will be served. The

 topic for discussion will be the new transportation system in Lincoln County. Cecile

 Kinnan will facilitate the meeting. Joe Hardin representing Z- Tran will present as will

 Dave Tomlin and Anthony Montes. The new county transportation system is up and 

running in Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs. Part of the discussion during this meeting will 

be ways of expanding the coverage area. Another area of discussion will be attracting 

drivers with the necessary commercial driver’s license.

Creative Aging meetings are open to everyone and address topics of concern to our 

aging population. For more information contact Dr. Clara Farah at 575-973-7835 

or email her at cirfarah@gmail.com

voter deadline and FLU shots

  The deadline to register and vote in the upcoming 2018 General Election is October 9, 2018.  

Free Flu shots October 19 from 8-12 at Capitan clinic

Oct 11 Land Grants and Water Rights: Fighting Words in the Twenty-First Century? @ NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

Land Grants and Water Rights: Fighting Words in the Twenty-First Century?

Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, NM

Land grants and water rights have been an integral part of New Mexico's history. The subject of intense debates, long and arduous discussions and disagreements, court rulings and legislation, land grant and acequia rights remain an ongoing issue in New Mexico today. Dr. Stephanie Beninato addresses the cultural, social, economic and political history as well as jurisprudence.

Dr. Stefanie Beninato is a long-time public historian, working on projects ranging from archaeological surveys to genealogy, land use and water law.