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ter at the hospital in the waiting room until family arrived, said Anderson Davies-Mancha, who has lived m Ruidoso off and on for: 18 years, also had a son, Jesse Anderson, age 1.'). She was a board member of Ballet New Mexico and on the production committee for Nutcracker '98. She appeared in the first Nutcracker, and Nutcracker '98 will be dedicated to her, said Margaret McDonald Lahey, outreach coordinator for the Spencer Theater. 'We were all blessed by knowing her and having her·in our livPs and we're going to miss ht>r a lot," Anderson said. Family and friends arP rallying around the children and ~riving thf'm Sec FATAliTY. p;l.lW 2A
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Carla Davies-Mancha, 45, a longtime resident of Ruidoso and mother of two, died Monday after her car apparently hit a patch of black ice on U. S. 70 near Apache Summit and rolled twice. Capt. Alfred Lapaz, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Law Enforcement, said Davie-Mancha waR ejected from the vehicle, which came to rest facing north on the eastbound lane on its left side, Lapaz said. Riding with Davies-Mancha was her daughter, Andy, age 9, who was uninjured. Both wen· taken to Lincoln County Medical CPntPr lLCMC) and flown from there to Albuquerque. Davies-Mancha's heart stoppPd
when the helicopter landed in Albuquerque, according to her sister, Karen Anderson of Ruidoso. The accident was reported to B lA Law Enforcement at about 8 a.m. Lapaz said it occurred just east of milepost 251 and Chato Drive. "Once she hit that ice she just lost control and couldn't bring it back under control and rolled the vehicle," Lapaz said BIA Law Enforcement still is investigating the accident and also is waiting for a report from the slate medical examiner's office in Albuquerque. "I cannot say how she re-ceived the injuries she got, if the vehicle rolled over her or not," Lapaz said. 'We have witncssPs hut they left the scene ... that might have been how it happened." People from two cars behind stayPd with Davies-Mancha's daugh-
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A glimpse into Lincoln County's past, compiled from local newspapers by Polly E. Chavez.
White Oaks Eagle Dec. 6, 1900
John Lee has been numbered among the sick of the city for a few days. He has sufficiently recovt. cd, however, to be on duty again aL the casino. Dr. and Mrs. Paden, Colonel and Mrs. Prichttrd and Co. S.L. Bean spent severlll
days this week at Mrs. S.E. Barber's ranch at Three Rivers. Arthur May and Miss Alice Castlow were married here Tuesday night by Justice Rudisille. They are a very young couple and owing to objections on the part of the young lady's relatives they came over from Nogal, where they reside, to be man-ied. Only one or two friends witnessed the ceremony. The Eagle is authorized to announce Jon W. Owen as candidate for constable for precinct No.8.
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Crowds of shoppers packed shops In downtown Ruidoso durinc the ThanksJ!M111 Day weekend.
Festival of Trees features 'bearable' raffle Again. this year, through
the generosity and artistic talent of Bob Adams, a huge, carved, wooden bear is being rafiled to raise funds for the Festival of Trees community lighting prqject and for Casa Alegre, a group home for developmentally disabled adults. Standing in front of the Ruidoso Chamber of Commerce on Sudderth Drive, the raffia bear is about eight feet tall. Raftle tickets are $1 each or six tickets for $5 and can be purchased now at the Ruidoso Valley Chamber nf Commerce and the Ruidoso board of Reeltors. Tickets a1eo will he available for purchase at the Festival of Trees Saturday at the Ruidoso Convention Center from noon, when the festival opens, until 10 p.m. when the drawing will be held. The Festival nf Trees a1eo
will featuTe musicians and dance groups performing during the afternoon, including Ballet New Mexico as well as the Mexican folk dance group "Raramuri." The Ruidoso High School Chorus and Show Choir a1eo will be performing. There will be storytelling from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at no charge.
Santa will he available to meet with children for special photos, the Cloud Climber Module Train Club from Alamogordo will set up a display nf model trains and children a1eo will be able to jump in the "air castle."
Christmas trees and wreaths, decorated by local individuals, businesses and groups, will be displayed and many will be donated for a silent auction to take place from noon until 9 p.m. on Sat-
urday. Ribbons will be given to winners nf several eategories including "People's Choice." "Best nf Sbow" winners will receive cash prizas nf $500 for the winning tree and $100 for the winning wreath. Food and beverages will be available for purchase beginning at noon and into the evening during the dance, which begins at 8 p.m. A cash bar a1eo will opeu at 8 p.m. There is no admission charge to 91\ioy the decorated trees and wreaths, afternoon entertaiiunent and model trains. Photos with Santa will cost $3 each and juinping in the "air castle" will cost $1 and admission to the dance will be $5 per person. For more information about entering a tree or a wreath, eall the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce at 257· 7395 or 1-800-253-2255.
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and her husband, Mike, of Middletown, Md., and Shannon Services for Ysabel Blea, Cook and her fiance, Scott 89, nf Ruidoso, will be today at Drake, of Las Cruces; grand10 a.]Jl:. at Primers Iglesia children Jorgi and Bobby Joe Bautista El Buen Pastor in Hobson, Michael and Jenna Clovis. Rev. Rsm6n Robledo of Cowdan; his parents, ·Robert Ruidoao Downs will officiate and Dolores Gomez nf Ruidoso; and buris1 will follow at Mis- brothers Heetor Gomez of sion Gardens Cemetery in Clo- Santa Fe, Ed and Victor vis. Gomez, both of Dallas. Texas, Mrs. Blea died Saturday, · and Andreas Gomez and his Nov. 28, 1998 at her home in wife, Shelly of Ruidoso;· a sister, Ruidoao. Olivia Gomez-LaFevre and her Sbf! moved to Ruidoso from husband, Lomiie, of Laa Clovis)five years ago, was a Cruces; 20 nieces and member nf the Baptist Church nephews; and four great-nieces and was a homemaker. and -nephews. She married Benito Blea in . 1961 in Portales. Sammye Modene Survivors .include her huaband, Benito, of Ruidoso; Middleton daughters Ruth Madrid nf Clo"Special services for Samvis and Arlane H.lber of Rui- mye Moc;lene Middlaton, 80, of" doso; eight grandchildren; and · le family event. As far Miss Noak.er's con' cerns about the atmosphere of authenticity, I can assure her and "''Y""e elae that we intend to mamtain the atandards of authenticity that founder Ray Reed set out for us 'in the beginning. The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium will be "pure cowboy'' wherever it is held. Scott Wells : LCCS director .
. 'Esteban's 'cross as big as.a man' Like Columbus, Fray Mar- During the long journey from cos de Niza was an Italian. But Florida, Esteban was essential at some point he moved west to to the others. He was very Nice, France, kriown as "'Niza" smart, and quickly learned in Spanish. He enough of the languages of the - - - - - - was a priest, Indians they met to act as the FOOLS AND but if he wasn't group's spOkesnuin. >IF.WCOMF.RS simply abjliar htoe Now we eee, through Marwas su ect cos's report; another side of Essoin.e powerful teban. If the acc:uracy of the hallucinations. prie~s account of other matThe good . ters is· considered, we should friar had come tak,e what he says aboub Esteto the New ban with a whole shaker full of World,. where salt. But here it is: he was with ~As the group proceeded vllrado m nol1:h in 1639 and passed the Gua1:eJnill!' and. fringes of ci~tion, Estebao ~e . vtcious . w~ pleased to shed his SpanPtzarro m Peru. ish cloU::Jk:.d play again the nMJ~C.~no coo,:ll"'J!!T • He came to role of ' · e man. He had J\'lexico City in -bells hanging &om his arms 1537, where the and ankles and he carried the talk of the to.nl, ceremonial gourd rattle that was the recent arnval,. ~ · had been given him years beej.ght years, of four members of fore. the Narvaez expedition to Berore long, Fray Onorato Florida. . 'b '" ill and turned back The bishop introduced sent Esteban with sev~ Marcos to Vu:eroy ~to~ de era! Indians to scout ahasd. If Mend~a., who saw m him a he found anything important, way to explore the ~unknown he was to send a runner back land~ to the ~ Without ap-- with a white cross '"a palm in pearmg to be m search of trea- leogth.• If he fuupd a land of sure. great illiportance, he was to Mendoza sent Marcos forward a cross twice that size north to. ~ook for the fabl.e;d and if he found a countrY Seven Cities of Gold, but his greater .than New Spain, a stated purpose w!IS to seek ~t large cross was to be sent. souls for the ~g. With him Four days later a runner went another pnest; Fr~ Ono- appeared carrying a cross as rato, a number of Indian.~ big as a man! va~ts and gwirds, and, as a Marcos said the Indian told g111de, Esteban, the Moroccan him of ders he ldn't b slave who was one of the four . won COU e. fro Florid lieve. There was a country to SUJ"Vlvors m a. the north called "'Cibola" in "'"',.:;""" which there were seven cities Wbat we know about Este- of great wealth, the closeat of ban &om the wri~ of his which was a journey of 30 days. comrades conllicts With what (This ~ _ , . . to hiM! Fra,y Marcos wtote about him. CQ1118 from tbe :1!Jilil iwQtd ·8ba-
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wona, which means "Land of the Zunis." The American bison came to be called "vacas de Cibola," cattle ofCibola, and later the male buffalo was called "cibolo.'' Marcos was quick to follow Esteban, but he never saw him again. After 15 days, three of the Indians whO had been with him came fleeing back, saying that Esteban il,Dd the other lndisns with them had been slain by the Cibolans. Sup~sedly, Esteban had angered the people by stealing from them and violating their women. It doean't fit the picture of Esteban painted by his former colleagueS, but we will never know. We only hl\.Ve Marcos's account, which is highly questionable. For now, Marcos said, he continued north and saw at a distance a great city - '"a settlement larger than the City of :Mexico." Because of the fate that had overtaken Esteban, he
made no effort -to visit this vast city and encounter its people. ' Instead he erected a small cross in a pile of rocks atop a hill quite far from it, and claimed the land for his God, king and viceroy. Then he quickly returned to Mexico. where he had safety and · leisure to write about the fabu~ · lous land he had seen, rich in gold and silver. It is thought that if he actually saw a city, it. was the Zuni pueblo of Hawikuh - an adobe settlement of perhaps a thou- , sand people. It was a great dis- . appointment to Coronado and : the members of his expedition, who were soon to follow. Elsewhere: While Fra,y ; · Marcos was seeking the Seven Cities of Cibola in 1539, • Michelangelo was busy replanning the Capitol in Rome. w Monvw llDJl at P.O. Bait 631, Esliam:ia, NM. 87016- · _(1631, or e-mail:
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LEITERS POUCY The Ruidoso News encourages letters to the editor, especiaiJ,y about local topics and issues. · · Each letter must be signed and must include the writer's daytime telephone number and address. The phone number and street or mailing address will not be printed; however, the author's hometown will be included. The telephone number will be ueed to verifY authorship. No letter will be printed without the writer's. name. Letters sbould be 300 wordS or lass in length, be of public interest and tnust avoid name-calling and libelous language. The Ruidoso News reserves the right to edit letters, so long as viewpointe are not altered. Shorter lettevs are preferred and generally receive greater readership. Letters may be hand-delivered to the News oftlce 4t 104 Park Avenue or mailed to P.O. Box 128, Ruidoso, NM 88345, attention of the editor. The News reserves the right to ~ect any letter. 'I.
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Village manager reports garbage collection is receiving few .complaints .. Ruidoso's new garbage col- quickly if there is a problem. the board agreed to a $4.50 per leetion dep&rtment is funetiqn- . The village had considered cubic yerd charge for the ing well, seys Village Mana&er handling. eome county areas to authority that would allow the Alan Briley, ensure the app....,.ance that the village to break even for the He told village councilors village was covered. maintenanEe of a truck and 'fuasday that he's not receiving The two entities essentially transfer coste of handling some many complaints about the will try a trade-off on authority of the authority's garbage service, whieh began in Octo- use of the village garbage tltrougil the transfer station on ber, although the demand for transfer station in exchange for Gavilan Canyon Road. special collections of pine nea- village use of the authority's "'n return; they will maindies and yerd slash is heavy recycling bins. tain their recycling gram and . the crews are about one . "'They aon-'t necessarily witbin the village a~ will month behind. want to haul all their garbage pay them $4,,200 a month for · He's still having trouble (to a regional landliJl south of that," Briley aaid. "If the recy~ with people "tho insist on Alamogordo) in their eollection cling bins. overflow; the conputting their pine needles and trucks," Briley explained. tract with the authority is peryard waste in bag¥!!. The village· On his recommendation, formance based and we can get wants the debris in piles that _ __ can be tranSported on a sp8cial ~ · truck directly to the area · where it will be burned. When it is bagged, the plaetie must be torn open to ensure that nothing is dumped thet would be illegal to ineinerate. Residente also need to cell for the village to pick up the piles of debris. If they leave it up to co,illection truck drivers or a 'roaming village IQ!lployee to report, the piles may sit there for "a long time." Briley said. When residents call, village employees will tell them the best places to put the debris they want colleeted, he seid. Briley said the village has not moved on taking over collection in pockets of COl,lnty land around the village, because the Lincoln County Solid Waste Authority has been doing a gocd job of keeping them clean or responding
and state Rep. Dub Williams congregate in the picnic abelter (R-Glencoe) willlieten to c~pi· . near the'senior citizens center. tal improvement requests for • Adopted a new .village state funding from village and emergency plan designed to county officials from 10 a.m. to band1e all types of disasters noon, Dec. 4 in the cominission and put together by Thomas room of the county courthouse Chavez, Ruidoso's new emer-in Carrizozo. gency management coorciUta• Heard thet at 6:15 p.m., tor. Dec. 3, Mayor Robert Donald• Was told a week-long son will flip the switch to light Clu:istmas Open House is set up the Christmas display in at the Ruidoso Municipal School House Park on Sud- Library on Kansas City. Street dertb Drive near the intersec- and Cree Meadows Drive starttion with Paradise Canyon. ing Dec. 7 an4 sponsored by "We· have more lights than the library and the Ruidoso ever," Briley said. People will Woman's Club.
out of it. We agreed to a 90-day term to pull out." In other business, the
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. Laura Clymer/Ruidoso News 'Ruidoso senior fUllback Addan Herrera returned to the W1vrlor lineup after an eight-week absence because of a ·broken fibula. Herrera scored Ruidoso's second touchdown of the pme on this I -yard run In the first quarter of d"le ¥/arriors' semifinal victory over Raton.
School officials scurry to prepare for sellout crowd at tide game BY LAURA CLYMER
If you thought Horton Stadium was IWl for Ruidoso's samilinal Cootbsll game with Raton, juat wait until ·Saturday, says Ruidoso Schools Superintendent Mike Gladder. "I wouldn't surprise if we had live to 6,000 peopJ.e for this Ruidoso/Arteais game. It will be standing room only," Gladden said uf the Clase AAA State Footbsll Championship game slated for 1 P·'!'· Saturday. - . . . 'lb prepare for the predicted throng uf fans, Gladden made arrangsments Monday for an additional four bleachers
to be broullht in and placed around the i'-bslllield. Those bJ.eachers will add anotiher 600 to 600 sssts to Horton Stsdium, increasing eap&city from 3,200 to 3,Bo!J. Ruidoso Cootbsll coach and athJ.etle director Les Carter said one set ufhJ.eachers will be located at the east end uf the llald near the ticket ~ and the remaining three hJ.eachers will be placed along the southwest corner uf the field. • And, predicted Carter, "tbey''l bs live-deep aloi1g the
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explaining why the Warriors had rera's touchdown, the iJiiured his koee in a district game faith. "I've felt it since then." .• · ~ c:oullhed up the ball, which Rui- against Taos, is the Tiprs' regular Such emotion and an intense do8o'a Keith Bassett recQVered on the signal caller and starting linebacker. desire to get another shot at Artesia - Raton 28. Three plays later, Saenz hit you're down !5, 21 nothing n. 'doso' frank Dorame on a slant pattern for a and"When you've got a sophomore quarterth11t has ended .....,__ s ' 28-yard TD strike. the team • · back in~ heck they just turned season m the quarterfinal round the '" ~Of 12 · •- -'"'-t three df'filiit' yeal's-=- all thorWs>:- -. - """..!! '!',!' . '-'---"'"_m,hnadu,_...., ...,...t 22 · their" II """"' ·We 'C01lldn't even riors needed to propel tham into the secon~, =e IUTIOrs pu . block them,• Vertovec said. . p1 ed n~ didn't points on the board, run 26 oft'enmve The Tiprs fumbled the bsll six final • An •-'-·-~r agu --~" plays to Raton's three aod had possesstand much uf a _chaoos. sion uf the bsll for s11 but 1:33 uf that times in the second quarter, losing two uf them. While the Raton offense "We wanted 1t so bad- to getArte- time sis back,. Saenz said. By then, Raton had lost its start- sputtered, the Warriors continued It was evident on the field as well. ingquarterbocl at 10:30 a.m. Sa~ to purSchool buildings. There is also chase their tickets, Gladden H•Dited parking along the side said. In addition to preparing •A.-to near the field. . As of Monday, no. plans his team for the most impor~ were in the works to provide tant game of its season. Carter parking at an off campus site has several other respoilsibiliand then shuttJ.e the fans to ties to take care of as athletic director. the field. "'Once it becomes a state "I'm sure we11 just be parked sll over this whole championship game, NMAA comes in arid there's a lot of area." Gladden said that handi- · things they ask you to do,, capped parking will be located Carter said. These 'things' include near the ticket gate at the east end uf the field. That area was everything from the public serfilled last Satl!!:day with cars vice announcements made durlong before· thii"'kiC:k oft', pre- ing the game and a review uf ventinil ollJcials from marking the rules for the sideline "chain gong' crew, down to game offiit as handical>tled only. The f'uola _ has ~ cisJ.e weering the correct royal J)OI"table restrooms at the , blue NMAA ve&tf. "It bscomes a show, the big but school officials will add them if neces~ary, Gladden show," Carter said.
aaid. ''I give those guys all the credit in the world. I'm not taking anything away from them. They've got a heckuva football tea,m and we knew that. ~We just thought we'd get off to a better start." · It WJI.S the Warriors who got off to the quick start. · Ruidoso's Carter said it was simply il matter of being "ready." "The kids played hard. They practiced hard sll week. It was just a feeling like this was something we've got to do," Carter said. "We came out hard in the first quarter and I think it broke their backs .." The rash of early penalties ,lgainst the. Warriors concerned Carter, but it didn"t slow down Ruidoso. ''More than anything else, the kids were anxious. They wanted to hit. They wanted to get after it," Carter said. ''You know, I'd rather have them like that then sitting back on their
First round • Rciidoso 59, Santa Teresa 21. STHS fin· lshes 5-6 Overall. • Taos 33, Aztec 6.
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beets.•• With the NMAA ID,ercy ruJ.e - the game clock never stQps when a team is ahead by 35 poirits or more - in effect during the_ secorid half, the clock served more_ as a countdown to a rematch with Artesia than an end to · the game. The Warriors had waited a long time for this, and the wait was over. "They're a good ball team," Carter said of Artesia. "Tliey do a lot of ·good things, but we want to play them again.''
Game statistics RUSHING - RHS totals: 40-225; RHS individuals: Saenz 10-102. Meyer 10-64, K.. Reidhead 4-27. Herrera 7-24,lundquist 1-4, Schrader 3·3, Floyd 11. Raton totals: 25-43;. PASSING - RHS totals: 6-13-72; RHS individuals: Saenz 4-1 1-58, TO; Schrader 2-2-14, INT. Raton totals: 7-1 5-54 2 INT. RECEIVING - RHS individuals: Dorame 2-29, Schiele 1·18, Varnadore 1-13. Gray 1-10. Floyd 1-4. TOTAL OFFENSE- Ruidoso: 297, Raton: 97. TURNOVE: :i - Ruidoso 1, Raton 6
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W1!DNESDAY, DI!C. 2, 1998
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Joseph ~e•in rediscovers a China ·boyhood •China Daily reporter Hu Qihua accompanied retired American aeronautics •• ,_.}0611/>h Penn Off his journey ~ what be calls his find hometopJn in China.
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December arrives in the mountains This is being sent to you one hour after 12 o'clock -noon on the 29tl! of November the Thankful Month and will reach you on the second day · qf the Sacred Month of December. After three days of summer-like weather with· tema perature& of 76 degree, this morP.ing began with light rain and the the temperature in the forties. By mid-morning the west wind began' blowing gusts of wind down. from off the mountain. This was followed by driving showers of rain making you wonder If maybe the snow was falling on. the
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A 62-yea:r.old dream beosme rselity ·when Joseph · S. Fenn travelled halfWay around the globe from the United States to. China to meet his ohlldhood pla;ymates in a C01llli>y town in East China's Shandong ProVince. . Ferm was one-year Qld when his JDis.. sionary parents settled in Longahan. They left in 1936 wben Ferm was just sil)' of9 years old. "All the nights that slesp did not come, I let _..elf drift on a river of old memories. Faces and pleoss from m,y ohlldhood lulled ·me:' said Fenn, 7t, a retired aeronautics engineer now living in CarriJZOZO. . ''Now they are at hand. I cannot believe what happened to me," ha said on the way li-om Jimm, capi.tsl of East China's Shandong ProVince to Longshan, a small rountry. town 30 kilometres fioom ~inan.
"So many memories letter fioom the nUasion station in China were vying for attention," arrived, Ferm said. "Please, P - Ferm, said Ferm.. "It was difficult oould you come out a:s soon as possible to spesk. We retrw:ed the because we are having problems witb steps that took us apart, bandit ganga from the proVince. of then brought us together. I Shaanxi.," . lost control .of iny emoFerm's perents went back to Longtion." shan and left Ferm and bis siblings in · '!'he Ferm famil,y' left Sweden. . rnore . than . memories ''That year I was 11." Ferm said- ''Our behind. They also flnmded family's separation lested eight years." a village School for girls 1o 1948, Ferm's family was reunited that even now draws in the United States. praise. Despite living in Sweden and Ameri·"Local customs at that ca for ·more than 60 years. Fenn could not time did not penoit girls to chake .off his cbildhood memories of be educated," Ferm Longshan. As be grew older, bis determirecalled. ''But father nation to return to his roots grew convinced the village s~. . fathers thet girls oou1d be Childhood's formative yean educated." Wrth their half-besrt;. •"My formatiVe years were in ed approval, Ferm set up China ...that's wby part .of heart his school. remsins tbere," be said~ "It's just like "Girls · were very some pages of a book have been gone happY when they reoeived and I have to find them." pencils and books li-om tbe In 1965 Ferm developed his own airschool," said Guo Shan- port in a desert in California and operatcourtesy orna 0a11y chang, 75, whose neighbor ed it for 18 years, eetting new aofety and Ferm meets a childhood friend at Longshan, Shandong Province. once studied in that flight instructional reeords. Later, he echool, retii-ed to the small frontier town Carri- . "At that time, I heerd oozo in the nearby state of New Mexico. that girls bere coiJld go to 'lirung Ferm's pla;ymates still nunem''So many years have passed and I bered him and his father, as they' gath- school," said Wang Xiushan, '76, wbo can vividly remember the temple witb ered around Ferm's car eveo befure ·it moved to Longahan fioom a nearby village its. frightening sculptures guarding the came to a complete stop at the town's after getting married. "We envied tbeir Buddha, lyiog midway between the nrisgood teacher." sutranos. sion station and the rsilway statioo," Ferm was told that- most of those Femisaid. Zhang 'fuheng, 76, had waited for nearly an hour when he beard his famale students in his fatber's sohool.had Back at the railway sta.tion-62 years thildhood friend was coming hack, passed away and tbe rest were in otber later for his second departure from They· embrw:ed/and wept the moment villages. Longshan, Fenn stopped at a cypreas they saw each other. And soon the Adobe bricks In Chliiit. tree and stood lost in thought: .memories came rolling baclt. . "That cypress tree was where I Walking on tbe alleys of Longeban departed China. In 1936, tbe trsin left "Do you still remember one day when you were watching a performance, I village. Ferm and his wife, Suzanne, and I ani rather an old man today," he opened the door behind you and knocked could not contain their excitemenL said and stopped mid-sentence. He your haed?" eeked Zhang through a "You should remember something pulled. a small bottle from his pocket like that!" Suzanne shouted excitedly and cried. "I brought a little jar of soil interpreter. Ferm dried his eyes long enO)lgh to when they saw edobe bricks and wall. from Carrizozo to Longahan. Today I say: "At limt glance, I oouldn't recognize "No, it's still very modern," answered want to sprinkle it in my first home his face, but just at thet moment, I was Ferm. town." "It's old." really touched by the rediscovered love His wife turned over the soil with a for friends in -.!ll!ildbood-" .. "But not old enough.". shovel and then Ferm spread it Their friendly quarrel drew laughter around the tree. . Maey ..-! Vill8aera could still recall fioom tbe villegars. · Ferm's f8mily. Ferm would bring back a little soil "When his father approached Long-. "Hey! Is that the river. we often swam from Longshan to his new home in shan's gate, the children shouted, and fished in?" Ferm asked when he saw Carrizozo. 'Hmg Gui Zi LeU LaJ' (foreign devils are a river on the east side of the village. . '"You may ask wj.ll I ever return to coming)" recalled Wang Jiog, 79, who "Yes, and that's the same river you Longshan?" said Ferro. "Yes, not only could communicate with Ferm in broken fell down into," answered Fu Zhilie in my dreams but perhaps one day with a smile. Fu, who often fished with beyond · my lifetim~- One-half of my English. "I learned English from your moth- Ferm, led his playmate to tbeir former ashes will be scattered in Longshan and er," Wang told Ferm. "Your father liked to childhood paradise. . the oth~r half in the wil_derness outside When the Fenno left Longshan ·in Carrizozo,". he said. hold me on your bike and we children "Only tben will I have completed liked playing with your dog and three 1936, tbe family settled down in the sheep."' north Sweden.. town where the elder my final visit." Ferm was born. But one day fu 1939 a Copyright© by China Daily The reunion was emotional for all.
"I will seeroh for remnants of the gates and wall that once surtOilllCied Longeban, m;y first hometown," be said. "I will meet with a dearliiend who is a descendant of the 'Longahan Civilization' and perhaps walk down to the river where we once fished. My memories are mountain. vivid, but what m;y "Y"!' cannot see, Here on the next to the spirit will reveal. Meeting thoes who remember me from many years ago will last day of the .Thankful form the framework for everlasting, Month, with the wind driving beautiful m e m o n •e s .. " . ' the cold rain down the valley, · tl was uprooted...' under a sky of heavy clouds, Years later ha could 'still recall the your heart is lilled with great scene at the railway station. thankfulness for the simple "I felt that I was lesving home bleesinga of life - for loved and playmates," be said. "I was uprooted ones and tiiends, for food and fioom what was natural and oommnn to go to an unfamiliar destination. I can still a roof over your head, for the remember shedding tears as the trsin cheer.}' fire ·in the fireplace, pulled out of the station in Lonpban and and the little winter Siww the village ~ soon afterwards the horizon. Birds feeding out on the path- overFenn's Swedish father, Olof ·Ferm, way to the door. arrived in China in 1924. He spent his first year stud,ying Chinese and then in arrived in Longahan. 39 years in the ministry 1925Being "te a diplomat, Olof Ferm soon ~e confidence of the village by Father Art Tripp fathers and built his mission. When he At the. service at Ssint left, be also left the town folke witb a fimd Anne's Chapel, GlencoeJ on memory that has lested until today. ''My father loved the Chinese people the First Sunday, in Advent, and shared some of feelinga," Fenn Nov. 29, Father Art Tripp said. · gave thanks for 39 years in • the ministry which he and his wife celebrated No¥. 30. A native of OklahoiD.a. The La Junta Club met at exchange of homemade gifts or Father Art has beEin a memthe San Patricio Senior Citi- gifts purchased under $10. A belated congratulations zens recently. Those voted into · ber· of th~ Lincoln County to Stanly "Squee" Thomas and new state and distriet office Episcopal Church ministry were recog-- Debbie Jones Sanchez on their team fOl" over three years. nized. A report recent maniage. Before this, he and his was given on The Peftasco Valley NetLiNCOLN the state meet- works bas been busy the past wife, Nilah, served the Lord 1'RAn.s ing held in few weeks putting in new fiber for 15 years in Central Ameroptic lines. The lines should be Albuquerque. ica. One of the online in the flrst quarter of We congratulate Father entertainment the new year~ The started at higbligbts was Hondo and are now working Art and Nilsh for this happy the · perfor7 fioom RosweU west and were at lsnd mark in their lives. mance by the Border Hill the otber day when At this service all of us Jazz Brats, a We went to Roswell. Joel Burchett and Shawna group of seven admired the Advent Wreath Shreosngost W..re among the teen-agers who placed in the church each have formed Capitan FFA members Who 'year, sponsored by tlie Paul their 'own attended the National FFA !!!-~ Jones family. ~ ..~ · band. They Conference in Kansas- City. played the Joel's parents, Jerry and Mariolder sunga to lyn, drove Joel to Kansas. City. The sun breaks - Ralph Dunlap's aunt, the eqjoyment of the members. The group had to pay $60 Jewel "Judy" Fuller of Silver through the clouds for each piece of music they City, passed away recently. played for each instrument. A Ralph and Rosalie Dunlap Now at 2 o'clock -the sun hat was passed around to help accompanied Cathr.Yn Dunlap breaks through the purple the musicians pay for their Kittleson of Las ·Cruoos to the gray clouds setting the vale · expenaes. memorial services held in Silall aglow in a wonderland of Other activities included a ver City recently. The Stitchers met at the tour of the Indisn CulturBl pinon and cedar _evet"greens Center with entertainment by home of Betty Shreosngost sparkling with rain-drop jew- the· dancers and a flutist, recently. The group enjoyed a elry: ruby, emerald, turquoise whose ftute was made from delicious meal then worked on their verious hand work and ceder. and diamond Mother visiting. The group was then trestNature's own Christmas Mickey Thomas is retiring ed to a dinner of the tradition.trees preparing the Mountain fioom tbe New Mexico State allodian meal. -Land for . the arriv-al of The group also reported on Monwnents this month. Micktheir trip to the New Mexico ey has been a faithful and ded.December. Farm and Ranch Museum in icated employee for more than So here we are on the sec20 years. A retirement perty is Las Cruces. -ond day of December, with a ' Three members also were to held at the Museum of the ·heart full of gratitude for the oelehrating their birthdays - Horse Dec. 12. The Lincoln County Pbo· Amanda 'lbrrez, Phyllis ·blessings of the Thankful tograpby Club met at the RuiZumwalt and Rosalie Dunlap. .Month of November and- a The club's Christmas party doso High School lest Thurs.soul '"'!ioicing at the errival of will be held at the Ellla Store day night. Dave and Susan Dec. 10. There will be a gift Travis and GledYs Dillerd gave ·December, the Sacred Montb.
La Junta Club reports on state meeting, which featured an Indian emphasis a report on the workshop held by the Nikon Camera Co. Herb Brunell, Dave Travis and Sandy Thomas presented their slides taken of the Spencer Theater. Mr. and Mrs. Brad Cooper of the Spencer Theater were invited as special guests to enjoy the slide show. Trips for future activities include a tiip to the Bosque and Th.cson. Another is scheduled for a photographic session with chilies. !l'he members were asked to come up ~th
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Christmas party Dec. 20 at Spanky's in Capitan. There was the usual good turnout for the Health Fair that was- held in Capitan. Anne Marie Harvey had a great time recently when she attended her 50th class reunion in Ohio. We do hope the planned reorganization of the Lincoln County Heritage Trust will work out. It should be a great benefit to not only Lincoln but Lincoln County_"
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decided that his best chance of defeating the contract lay in assuming that his partner had the doubleton ace of spades. Accordingly, he returnf:!d a low spade at trick two. West won with the ace and returned the jack, at which point declarer made the excellent play of a low spade from dummy rather than covering with the queen. But East, avidly pursuing his plan of attack, overtook the jack with the king and played a third round of spades. . It is hard to blame South for ruffing this trick high. From his viewpoint, he had the contract made if the trumps w~ divided normally -that is, 3a2 - while ruffing with the eight would mean instant defeat if West had: either the nine of ten of
trumps. So South ruffed with the jack and _East acquired a trump trick to put the hand down one. In effect, East's line of defense created situation that gave his side a chance to beat the contract that had nOt existed naturally at the start of the play. True. South could have saved the day by ruffing the third spade with" the eight, but this play was much easier to make looking at 52 cards rather than at only 26. Actually, had West6s sina gletoil trump been the eight instead of the deuce, EastOs method of defense Would have been the only one to put the contract Completely out of reach. · © 1998 King Features Syncl h···
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CHURCHES ASSEMBLY OF GOD ADMbe ..........~ .... of God Nesatero, 671-4747. Donald Peaey. pastOf; Sunday School; 9:45 a.m.; Sunday worship: lironmental desigli. Last year the choirs combined on all of their concerts to An Eastern New Mexico siog at the Spancer Theater. team of high school students This was a wonderful opporttmi- won first place at the 1998 High f;y fur the musieians to experi- Sehool Environmental Design · ence the thrill of · · in such Contest and $11,260, and PI"' a fine auditorium.,_ sen_ted their research at the
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fast: Cereal, graham crackers, · Monday, Dec. 7- BreakLunch: Beef vegetable assorted fresh fruit fabt: Cereal, graham er~ck.ers, soup, cr.ackers, lettuce and Lunch: Hamburger, assorted fresh fruit ' Wednesday, Dee. 2 Lunch: Beef taeo, Iettuee '·· ~o, &eah assorted fruit Breakfast: Coffee cake, cereal, French fries, lettuee and pickle, assorted fresh fruit,· vari- and tomato, assorted fresh juice RUidOsO High School ·Lunch:_ Frito pie, pinto ety of milk fruit, variety of milk '' . beans, cheese, fruit Mon~ Dec. 7- Break~Dec. 8- BreakWednesday, Dec. ' 2 fast: Cereal, graham crackers, fast: French toast strips, ThUJ."IJday, Dee. 3 Breakfast: Donuts, 1% lowfat Breakfast: 1bast, cereal, jelly, assorted fresh fruit assorted fresh fruit juice Lunch: Grilled ham and Lunch: Chicken nuggets, milk, asaorted freah fruit Lunch Macaroni and beef, cheese or beef taco, lettuce green beans, pasta salad, Lunch: Ham salad sand· eornhread, greed beans, fruit and- tomato, assorted fresh ~ssorted fresh frui~ variety of wich,· potato salad, carrot Friday, Dec. 4 - Break- fruit, variety of milk milk sticks, chocolate ehip,cookies fast: Cinnamon roll, cereal, Tueaday,- Dec. 8 - Break:J:~urs~fay, Dec. 3 juice . fast; French toast strips, Ruidoso Middle School Breakfast: Cinnamon rolls, Lunch: Cheese burgers, assorted fresh fruit 1% lowfat milk; assorted fresh lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, Lunch: Chicken nuggets Wednesday, Dec. 2 French liiea, brownies or American sub, green beans, Breakfast: DonU:ts, 1% Iowfat fruit ~Dee •.7- Break-. pasta salad, assOrted freah milk, assorted freah fruit Lunch: Chicken nuggets, fast: 'Ibast, cereal, jelly, juice ' fruit, variety of milk Lunch: Spaghetti and maahed potatoes with gravy, ineat sauce, green beans, garLunch: Chicken nuggets, lic bread, lettuce and tomato, corn, wheat rolls, fresh assorttater tots, vegetable sticks. Nob Hill ed fruit . fruit . assorted freah fruit Fri~ Dec. 4 - Break·- · Tuesday, Dee. 8 - Break- and Sierra V".sta Th~ Dec. 3 Breakfast: Cinnamon rolls. 'fast: Cereal, graham crackers, fast: Muffin, cereal, juice Wednesday, Dec.. .2 1% lowfat milk. asaorted fresh 1% lowfat milk, asaorted fresh . Lunch: Baked potatoes, Breakfast: Cereal, graham fruit naCho supreme, cobbler fruit crackers, assorted fresh fruit Lunch: Manager"s choice Lunch: Manager's choice· Lunch: Macmvrti ham and Friday, Dee. 4 -BreakWhite Mountain Monday, Dec. 7 -Breakcheese, green beans, assorted fast: Cereal, graham crackers, 1% lowfat milk, asaorted fresh fast: Cereal, graham crackers, Dee. fresh fruit, variety of milk Wie dnesday, 2-B~: Cereal, graham Thursday, Dec. 3 - fruit 1% low-fat milk, assorted fresh crQckers, assorted fresh fruit Breakfast: Lemon turnover, Lunch: Sliced ham, green fruit beaiUI, rolls, assorted fresh Lunch: Sliced ham or mac- asaorted fresh fruit Lunch: Sliced bam, green . aroni ham and cheese, green Lunch: Pizza with ground fruit beans, rolls, assorted fresh beans, assorted fresh fruit, beef topping, tater tots, letMonday, Dec.. 7 -Breakfruit variety of milk . tuce and pickle, assorted freah fast: Cereal, graham crackers, Thursday, Dec. 3-Break- fruit, variety of milk Tuesday, Dec. 8 - Break1 %-lowfat milk, assOrted fresh fast: Lemon ~er, assortFriday, Dec. 4 - Break.- fruit fast: Cinnamon rolls. 1% lowLunch: Chili con carne· fat milk, assorted fresh fruit ed fresh fruit fast: Cereal, graham crackers, and beans, cornbread, lettuee Lunch: Pizza with Braund assorted fresh fruit Lunch: Hot dog on a bun beef topping, tater tots, letLunch: Hamburger, and tomato, assorted fresh with chili, baked beans, lettuee and picklel asaorted fresh French fries, lettuce and pick- fruit 'fueaday, Dec. 8-Breakfruit, vanety o.- milk le, assorted fresh fruit, vari- fast: Cinnamon rolls. 1% low- tuce and tomato, fresh assorted fru.it fat milk, assorted fresh fruit Fri~ Dee. 4 - Breakety of milk
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Tracking family finances takes time, effort - andilles Couples must cooperate to keep reconls str.Ught
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The basic organizational unit of mankind, no matter the country in which they live, is the family. Call it what you will, the family- a couple just staning out or a whole housefull- creates its own economic unit, and the better that unit is planned, the more solid the family is likely to be. Susan Wright, a consumer education specialist with the Cooperative .Extension Service at New Mexico State Universiry, Las Cruces, · has researched many aspects of the family economic unit. Here, in three anicles, is her fil]dings.
about the rights to g;.,.p wife family with not more a time of reflection about what the envelopes each week or health insurance continuation than f"we children. They were· has happent.l Over the past 12 month. As the money is spent, through a opouse'o 1employer, originally used to provide bud- ,.,.ths. Many people start to the amount is recorded on the Couples who pay bills sep- and what pension or benelito get guiclance to individual wonder wher.e their money envelope. went. Often, Panic sets in • The ~ syotem that arately could have f'mancial the survivor will be entitled to familie's. problems if they don't work from the employer or Social In 1997, the average beceuoe it'o aJmOei time to pre- requires ~iled entries for . pare tax forms. ~ditu~s. Use a storetogether. . Security. annu~ cost of raising an An effective finanCial boUght ladlter or make bne It is difficult to think Each spouse should be urban child from bb'th to age a:hout divorce or the death Qf a able to easily locate important 18 was_ approximately record-keeping system will with a spiral notellook. Generspouse, yet these two event§_ papers, including past tax $171,227 ln the Western provide a way to organize and ally, entries are made each day. Computer software also is do occur and can result in returns, deeds, insur.ance poli- cities. The cost to raise a child me raceipts, canceled checko, available for rmancial record income otatements and finanfinancial devastation for a cies, wills .and marriage. and iq rural areae ·was $155;000. family. In the past, often the birth certificates. Estimated annual expendi- cial papers, and a way to oum- . keeping. It e11ows you to create wife was uninformed about ture J!er child rabged from marize information about a ledger with as many cateof expense as you the family's financeo, and Raising chlldren ta1«:s $5,821J for the lowest income income and expenses. The beot gories require and expenoea can be record-keej>ing system is one when the husband died, she a whole lot of money . level to $11,900 at the highest en~ in each on a regular that works for you. T,ypj.cally, had little or no experience income level. . managing the family's xnoney. Children are not usually The child's share of the this will be. a simple syotam basis. There are no secrets to The same often is true when a thought of as family assets or family housing is the- most that allo~ easy access ' to record kee!>in~J. couPle divorces. liabilities, but the cost of rais- costly item in the estimates. information. It is simj>ly a matt;!!r of Some popular, basic record- · Managing the family•s ing them can be rather star- Food and transportation are making the time to keep up keeping methods are' finances is a time-consuming tling generally second and third . with it and the discipline to • ·The receipt method that and importa!'t task. Both hu&You can forgat the old idea hi8hest, followed by education make the syotem work for you. band. and wtfe should have .a . that after you have two · or and child ·care, health care involves keeping, itling and It will be important to summa· sorting receipts according to ~ork.i!lg knowledge of their ··three kids, one more mOuth to and the miscellaneous categorize the records on a weekly or categories of expense. / Bltuatlon. . . feed won't JI1Bk8 JD,uch dift'ftr. l'y. • The envelope method_ monthly basis . in ori.er to 'lb get thmgs m order, the ence. · The housing category set of determine how your money is couple should be able to 'Ib gat a handle on costs, includes the cost .of the that _requires a envelope&-ne for each cate- being spent: If necessary, answer the following ques- parents can look to the ·u.S. d~, utilities, houHhold 1 Iill- have adjustments can be Jll8lie in tiona: Do both STVU · t' ~-rnlshln d gory of expenseo. A budgsted ~--Department of Agn·•cu.l.ture opera 1on, ~,.,.. gs an current wills that take into that reports averan'A annual_. . equ1pment. • Clotbing costs amount of money is placed in your spending plan. account guardianship of ereflect ,....1on -·-'"........... made minor children in the event costs of raising -children. 'Fig.......,. ..~~ that both die? Does each per- ures for ~9W-, middle- and during the survey ye,_ars. son have access to all bankinlt high-in~J«e levels are calcu- Other clothing might be and savinge accounts? Is there lated f