Lincoln Cottnty Clerk lA 11/25/2014 OIA P.O. Box 338 Carrizozo, NM 8830 1-0JJB

VOLU.ME #110 --NUMBER 01 FRIDAY, JANUARY 03, 2014 CARRIZOZO, NEW MEXICO 88301

Santa's travels dur-ing the Christmas holiday included a stop at the Carrizozo VFD last week and gave local little one the oppor-tunity for. parents to take a photo or two. Maverick Gensler (the one without the. beard) was one of the lucky ones. Maverick is the son of Amber Portio and Walter Gensler. (Courtesy photo)

Same-sex Marriage Legal in New Mexico lm Patrice Brar,i~ riaget its statutes resulted in that

prohibition. The court also coun-OnDecember 19,2013, the tered arguments of marriage being

New Mexico Supreme Court ruled, a right afforded only to couples in a unanimous decision, that dis~ caJ?able of producing children by crimination based on sexual-orien- pomting out that heterosexual mar-tation is a violation of the state's riages are not required to result in constitution. Most who oppose offspring. Traditional couples with-equal rights for same-sex couples out a desire to reproduce are not do so based on religious or person- prohibited from marrying. al views and argue that marriage In an interesting and per-should only be recognized for tra~ haps notable contradiction of law, ditional couples, male-female cou- New Mexico courts recognized the ples capable of procreation. Most ricllts of same-gender couples to progressive thinkers complain that adopt and/or seek legal custody of it is taking far longer than it should their children as far back as in for the coWltry to accept that our 1993, twenty years before granting constitution bans discrimination, them a right to marry legally. any discrimination based on reli- In its recent conclusmn, the gion, gender, age or sexual prefer- New Mexico Supreme Court deter* ences. mined that "barring individuals

New Mexico became the from marrying and depriving them 17th of the United States of of the ri~hts, protections, and America to recognize the illegal responsibiltties of civil marriage nature of its marriage laws and solely becuuse of their sexual on-joined California, Connecticut, entation violates the Equal 'Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Protection Clause under Article II, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Section 18 of the New Mexico Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Constitution. We hold that the State Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, of New Mexico is constitutionl,llly Vermont, and Washington, as well required to allow same-gender cou-as the District of Columbia in mak~ ples to marry and must extend to ing the needed changes to bring them the rjhts, protections~ and legal equality to the gay, lesbian, r~seonsibi)it1es tliat derive fr~m bisexuar and trans-gender members c1VIl mamage under New MeXtco of our society. law."

. In its ruling, the New A long time coming, yes, Mexico Supreme Court stated that, but with the New Yeat will come a although the state's constitution new era for New Mexico's homo-contained no language that specifi- sexual co~munities. Many come~ clllly prohibited samesex mar.. dians hnve Joked over Ute years that

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County !u~~orts Pll T Continuation

bv Patrice Brazie In a nutshell, the

amount of land held in reserve by the federal government as perma-nent public land is much greater west of the Missouri River. For many western states, including New Mexico, the federal governm~nt is expected to recognize that a potential loss of revenue exists due to the absence of develop-ment of large areas of public lands. Local gov-ernments catmot collect from federal lands prop-erty taxes, gross receipts taxes or other development-based rev-enues that commonly stem from private prop-erty and private enter-prise. "

In an effort to compensate the states for taxes not being col-lected from public lands, the U.S. Department of the Interior's PILT (Pay-ment in Lieu of Taxes) program was estab-lished in 1997. Through the PILT program, local governments in 49

. states receive some funding that can be used to support beneficial projects in local school districts, maintain pub-lic roads or supply emergency medical or search and rescue serv-ices.

In recent years, some Washington politicians have called for a reduction of fund-ing through, or discon-tinuation altogether of the PILT program. Naturally, New Mexico law makers, including the Lincoln County Board of Commission-ers and a number of public agencies, are adamantly in opposition to any reduction of PILT payments. The National Association of Counties has laWlched a nationwide campaign urging county govern-ments across the coWl-try to ~et on board in oppositmn to discontin-uation of PILT.

During a special meeting of the Lmcoln County Board of Com-missioners on Thursday, January 2, the commis-sioners adopted a reso-lution to be forwarded to Congress for consid-eration, alon~ with sim-ilar resolutiOns from counties all over America.

The resolution states that PILT pay-ments have become a critical element in local government bud~ets and ensure the counties' abilities to provide

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They can be beautiful through December, but nat-ural Christmas frees are getting dry, brittle and hazardous by the New Year. If you're riot using an artificial tree, something like the one shown here , it's probably time to recycle your Christmas tree. Lincoln County residents can call the GreenTree Solid Waste Authority for ideas about recycling everything from Chnstmas trees to automotive tires, paper, plastic and other common items from the home.

.Prescribed Burning to Resume on Lincoln National Forest

Fire officials on the Lincoln National Forest's Sacramento Ranger District plan to take advantage of favorable weather conditions as they resume prescribed burning operations in January. Two projects that firefighters will focus on are located south and east of Cloudcroft, NM.

Winter weather provides an excellent burn-ing environment, however, ignitions are dependent on fuel and weather conditions on the day of the bum. Cool daytime temperatures help moderate fire intensity; good ventilation ensures that smoke will disperse and result in minimal air quality impacts; predicted high winds can cause ignitions to be postponed. Projects include:

Cox Canyon, 162 acres: slash piles; about 3 miles SE of Cloudcroft

Spud Forks Piles, 1200 acres: slash piles; 10 miles E of Cloudcroft near County Road C7 (Dry Canyon).

Projects involve burning slash piles, which will be eliminated bY. lighting individual piles, :pro-gressing from one ptle to the next, while conditions remain favorable. Fire managers monitor burning conditions closely to ensure that they are within the ranges that have been pre-identified in the bum plan. These prescribed fire projects will reduce fuel loads, which can help mimmize potential wildfire risks. Public and firefighter safety are always pri-mary objectives during fire-related activities and missions.

During ignitions, smoke may be visible from Cloudcroft and the surrounding area. Smoke sometimes settles into drainages and lower eleva-tions at night, but usually dissipates by late-morn-ing, as daytime temperatures increase. In the event that smoke is encountered on travel ways, motorists are advised to reduce travel speeds and tum lights on.

The public and media are discouraged from entering into the areas where prescribed burning is taking place, for their own safety and that of the firefighters. Please direct questions to Loretta Benavidez, Public Affairs Officer at 575-434-7290. Prescribed fire updates are posted at http://nmfireinfo.com/

For more infonnation about prescribed fire projects on the Sacramento Ranger District, please call the District Office at 575-682-2551 1 Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. You can also find us at www.fs.usda.gov/lincoln and follow us on 1\vitter at http://twitter.com/LincolnUSForest.

LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS . FridaY. Januarv 03. 2014 PAS}E 2

Nevv Mexico Round-up

News Briefs from Around the State

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ney, told the committee, Tsosie1s legislation conflicts with a tribal ban against any uranium development and a subsequent law that prevents the transport of the mineral across the reservation, and in s~ite of pleas from grassroots peo-ple not to approve the bill, Tsosie's peers bstened to the outspoken council-man.

"This is not a resol1.1.tion to directly authorize uranium mining," Tsosie said in his opening remarks to the RDC.

In front of a packed house of environmental activists from the Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Minip.g and the Sierra Club Nuclear-Free Front

Asphalt plant new staoing area ' End Working Group, who drove up to two-and-a-half hours from their urani-l!'t. um-impacted communities to be present, and URI CEO Christopher Jones,

CIBOLA COUNTY- The Environmental Protection Agency's third choice the RDC passed the resolution 3-0. for a staging area appears to be satisfactory. to most area residents. As the main sponsor, Tsosie explained that the committee's action on

The EPA Region 6 staff, which included Carl Edlund, Superfund divi- the legislation would benefit the tribe by allowing it to regulate the in-situ ura-sion director; Susan Webster, chief for the Removal Section; Jon Rinehart and nium recovery project, estimated to supply the community with about 50 full-Warren Zehner, Mormon Farms/Bluewater Removal project managers; John time jobs and 25 contract positions at full-scale operation. By denying URI as Meyer, Remedial Branch deputy chief; and Sai Appaji and Ghassan Khoury, . the successor of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company's rights-of-way to Homestake Superfund Site Remedial Project managers, assured an audience surface deeds on Section 17 and Section 8, the next possible st~p the compa- . of more than 30 people that the new location meets the needs of both EPA and ny could take is filing a suit against the tribe, with the decision most likely the community. weakening Navajo sovereignty and favoring the uranium collJ.pany, Tsosie

Originally EPA had developed a staging area on the Village of Milan said. industrial park property for temporary storage of materials identified as hav- "If we don't regulate this and totally lose, then we're left'out and there ing "low-level uranium contamination.'' The September monsoons flooded will be uranium mining without limitation," he said. much of western Cibola County, including the staging site. Angry residents -Navajo Times protested and demanded that EPA relocate the facility to a site that was not in Yazzie advocates for judicial center the floodplain.. ~

The Agency then chose a San Mateo location that was on private prop-erty. San Mateo residents objected. . .

Edlund announced at the Dec. 10 Open House in Grants that the new facility will be developed at t1J,e C&E Concrete Asphalt Plant, which is locat-ed just off State Highway 605 north of Milan. .

"The asphalt plant property is not in a floodplain, it is within close proximity to the Homestake area subdivisions, and the site is 1.2 miles away from the nearest residence," he said.

-Cibola Beacon

Grants receives Legacy Trail funding GRANTS - The City of Grants received notification of Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funding from the state Department of Transportation, according to City Manager Paul Peiia.

The City was awarded $64,755 for design and engineering during fis-cal year 2014 and $397,269 for construction during FY 2015. The estimated cost for the design phase including the city's match is $75,000, according to Rosa Kozub, DOT planning and safety division coordinator. She noted that the design phase may take up to 18 months to complete. The construction phase is slated to begin after Oct. 1, 2014, which is the start of the 20~5 fed-eral fiscal year.

"The TAP award for construction of the River Trail in Grants is $90,000 higher than I thought," said planner Tim Rogers in a D~c. 12 email. Rogers designs non-motorized transportation systems. .

The Grants MainStreet Project, Inc. and Future Foundations Family Center have collaborated with city officials to complete the Riverwalk Park Legacy Trail, which was included in the original riverwalk plan.

The trailhead starts in downtown Grants and ends at Sake lares Boulevard on the east side of Grants.

- Cibola Beacon

RDC gives green light to in~situ uranium demonstration CHILCHINBETO - In the crowded chapter house on Dec. 24, Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie used enough persuasion to get his peers from the Resources and Development Committee to pass legislation that grants . Uranium Resources Inc., access to its private properties to conduct an in-situ uranium recovery demonstration project in Church Rock, N.M.

Even as David Taylor, a Navajo Nation Depa~ent of Justice attor-

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WINDOW ROCK- Not much has changed over the last couple of years 'for Navajo Chief Justice Herb Yazzie.

Despite efforts to convince trioalleaders of the needfor a judicial cen-ter, which would include hearing rooms for the Navajo Supreme Court, Yazzie still remains .in cramped office quarters .in the .former Damon Building.

Desptte efforts to get the NavaJo Natton Supreme Court back U'p to three justices, the court has remained at two members for all of 2013. The court has had to operate with two permanent members more often tfian not throughout much ofYazzie's eight years as chief justice. ,.

As respect.for the Navajo judicial system continues to grow outside of the Navajo Reservation, Yazzie said the need becomes even greater to have a justice system that shows the Navajo Nation is not only proud of its court sys-tem, but bas respect for it

He said' it's even more important when it comes to the Navajo people. '1:t's awfully hard to get that respect," he said. "How can you get peo-

ple to respect the law and'observe it if. they see the law being practiced in trail-ers?"

He said the design has been done and the land has been selected, all it needs now is the funding- about $19 million. He pledged to keep Qn trying in 2014 to get financial support for the project .

The lack of three permanent'judges on the Navajo Supreme Court has resulted in fewer ca8es being decided each year. Two years ago, the court heard 15 cases. That went down to 10 cases in 2012 and in 2013, only five cases were decided. .

-Navajo Times Cities, counties could get relief from food tax ESPANOLA- A possible bill before the 2014 legislature to return a gross receipts tax on food is percolating among some state organizations, but Municipal League ~xecutive J?irector Bill Fulginiti said despite the grou:e's passage of a resolution supporttng the tax, he won't seek a sponsor for the b1ll. "You can't get anyone to vote for a tax in an election year," Fulginiti said in a Dec. 5 interview. .

The League met in Taos and passed several resolutions outlining its legislative agenda, including 2013-35, which seeks to re-enact the 1.225 per-cent tax on food purchases. Fulginiti said a task force had researched the loss of revenue some cities and counties suffered in 2004, when the tax was repealed. "A task force was created one-and-a-half years ago and they worked on this for almost a year," .Fulginiti said. . ..

' At the' Taos meeting, the resolution passed 67-1 with Village,Qf Corrales Mayor Philip Gasteyer casting the lone dissenting vote. Espanola City Councilor Pedro Valdez, carried Mayor Alice Lucero's proxy and voted for the resolution to bring back the tax. : Lucero said Dec .. 9 the city had suffered a huge decrease in revenue following the repeal of the food tax:

"Our revenues are down 14 percent from 2007," she said. The tax was repealed in an effort to help those with lower incomes,

who spend a larger percent of their income on food, and the tax on that food. To offset the loss of revenue to cities, the state agreed to supplement the lost revenue from the general fund and it allowed cities and counties to pass a three-eighths percent tax on things other than food, according to state law. Las Cruces and Corrales are the only New Mexico cities to pass that new tax.

-Rio Grande Sun

Secretary of Higher Education visits Northern ESPANOLA- Secretary of Higher Education Jose Garcia has a definite answer for anyone who lias wondered how New Mexico is doing competitive-ly .as a state in higher education. Not well. Garcia said during an unscheduled visit to Northern New Mexico College's Board of Regents' Dec. 19 meeting that from 1990 to 2010, the state has ranked last, 50 out of 50, in improvement of the proportion of the population with a college degree.

Garcia said while the state ranks last in higher education, it ranks first in state spending on higher education. He said the state spends 15.3 percent of its budget each year on higher education, compared to a national average of 6.8 percent. For this reason, the state bad to turn to a performance-based fund-ing formula, Garcia said. This happened in 2010. The new funding formula awards money to state institutions based on three main criteria: the number of . degrees awarded, the number of science, technology, engineering and mechanical degrees and lastly, how many at-risk students are awarded degrees.

Garcia said without this aggressive formula in place, the state's high-er education system would become a disaster. .

-Rio Grande Sun

State takes over McCurdy's checkbook ESPANOLA- McCurdy Charter School.was on a roll. After its first year as a state charter school, enrollment was at 543 students, making the school one of the largest in New Mexico. In its first year, it received a state school grade of a B, one of the highest graded schools in the area. But this month, the school was informed by the state, not everything. was smooth sailing.

"We received a call from our auditors, Moss Adams LLP, telling us that the financial statements at McCurdy were in a condition that made them unauditable," said Paul Aguilar, the Public Education Department's depuo/ secretary of finance and operations. "The auditors could not express a condt-tion of the ftnances, whether they were in a good or bad state."

Because McCurdy Charter School is chartered through the state, the school's audit is bundled with 51 other state charter schools into the Public Education Department's eight-volume audit each year, Aguilar said. While compiling this audit, the state discovered McCurdy's financial disarray.

"On Oct. 30, . it appeared the school was $1.9 million overdrawn, which is not acceptable," Aguilar said.

McCurdy uses a new financial software for schools called AptaFulld, and this financial software is not reconciled with the school's bank accounts, he said.

While the accounting software showed the school to be nearly $2 mil-lion in debt, the school's baJ:tk account said the school had $160,000 of avail-able funds, the deputy secretary said.

Due to the indecipherable finances, the state has suspended McCurdy Charter School's board of finance, Aguilar said. With the suspension of the board of finance, the state has also sent a contractor to the school. The con-tractor, Diana Gomez, arrived at the school Dec. 9.

-Rio Grande Sun

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b' Xt:IS T9WIWHJ. Forney said that the low Roswell Daily Record enrollment, plus force of habit

among patients, means wait times ROSWELL-When the Affordable for emergency: room services Care Aet ia implemented Jan. 1, do should stay stable at Lovelace out-not expect a switch to fli,P. side of routine fluctuations. Those

Low enrollment .1n the fed.. accustomed to using the ER for eral health insurance exchange non-emergency care will probably means New Mexico health care continue to do so, he said. providers will see a modest uptick, 'Roswell loc~tions of lf ~y, in .patient load. Lovelace and La Casa Family

"l will tell you that Jan. 1 Health Center have prepared for an WI. n .. be. antic.lim .. ac .. tic m. . a mea. nin .... .. g" influx of insured patients nonethe~ ful. sense as far as the Affordable less by hiring new practitioners. Care Act goes," .. said Stephen Lovelace recently added Forney, vice president and chief two physicians to its roster. La t'inancutl officer of Lovelace Casa hopes to add four providers Health Systein, which operates by the end of March, to accommo

. hospitals throughout New Me. xico date a greater number of patients ~dhas a campus in Roswell. enrolled in Medicaid. .

Lovelace previously Eastern New Mexico offered plans on the New Mexico MedicalCenterreaently added two Health .. Insurance Exchange~ the doctors and plansto add two more state,s portal for the federal in the fttSt. quarter of 2014, but exchall.ge, which offers subsidized ENMMC Marketing Director

health. plans as part. of the new Brooke Linthicum said the addi- healtb. insurance ,law requiring tions are not related to health care almost. altU.S. restdents to obtain reform. inf!\l.rance hy March 31, New enrollments in

. .... .. Healt!l care system experts Medicaid under the program's say glitches Jn the exchans;e web- recent expansion are impressive site have . prevented l)lany unin.o: relative. to exchange conscription . s.ur~d patien~ from registering i.n nun1hers. Health care reform has pla,ns. Only 934 New Mexicans made Medicaid available to enrolled .in exchaJ:lge. plans . patients in a wider in,come range. l>etweeitopen enrollmentstart dat .. e... Overseer of state Medicaid Oct. landtheend ofNovember. programs New_,exico Human

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NAZARENE Serving All of Lincoln County

Rick Hutchingson, Pastor 336-8032

SW Corner ofHwy 48 & Hwy 37 Junction (Between Ruidoso and Capitan)

SUNDAY Sunday School for All Ages ... 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship and

Children's Church ... 10:30 a.m. Family Workl.11op ... 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Community Dinner ... 6:00p.m.

Adult Classes, Youth Games and Study, Kids K.lub ... 7:30p.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES

1000 D Avenue, Carrizozo 648-2893

Jean Riley, Pastor Children's Sunday School .. 10:15- 11 a.m.

Worship Service .. 11 :00 a.m. 2nd Sunday Breakfast ... 10:00 a.m.

4th Sunday Fe!leowship Mean ... Noon TICTAC

Teens in Christ Accepting Christ Grades 7-12

Wednesdays September April Dinner & Program 6-8 p.m.

CAPITAN 3rd & White Oaks

Adult Sunday School .. 8:30p.m. Worship Service ... 11:00 a.m.

Children's Sunday School ... 9:30a.m. Fellowship Time .. 10:15 p.m.

Adult Sunday School ... 11 :00 a.m. Choir Practice .. Tuesday 7:00p.m.

Fellowship Dinner .. 3rd Sunday of Month Handmaidens Ecumenical Woman's Group

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COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP 420 Lincoln Avenue

Joshua Watkins, Miniser Sunday Bible Study ... 10:00 a.m.

Worship Service ... 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship ... 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study ... 6:00 p.m. -----------------"----------.. --................ .. CAPITAN CHURCH OF CHRIST

420 Lincoln Avenue Joshua Watkins, Minister

Sunday Bible Study ... 10:00 a.m. Worship Service.,. 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship ... 6:00p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study ... 6:00 p.m. ____________________ ,. ............................................... .. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

OF CORONA Cal West, Pastor /849-7975 Sunday School ... 10:00 a.m.

Worship Service . . 11 :00 a.m. . Wednesda Bible Study ... 7:00p.m.

Fellowsllip Dmner ... 1st Sunday of Month .............................................................. -------------.... -GRACE FELLOWSHIP IN CHRIST

Corona, New Mexico Terry Aiello, Pastor /8490105

Worship ... 9:30 a.m. ___ ................................................................................ -....... .. CLAUNCH COMMUNITY CHRUCH

Robney Todd1 Minister 849-1402

Third Sunday of Ench Montlt 9:00 a.m. ......................................... -................ --------------

In Memory of

Flora (Chavez) Samora

MOUNTAIN MINISTRY PARISH SffiRRABLANCAPRESBYTERY

NOGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH E.W. "Bo" Lewis, Pastor

Sunday School ... 10:00 a.m. Worship ... 11:00 a.m.

RUIDOSO DOWNS FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST

CHURCH 361-East Hwy. 70

Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346 575-37S--.61:i

Dr. Randy Widener Phb, Sr. Pastor 8:00 a.m. , .. Early Bird Service

9:00 a.m .... Breakfast 9:30 a.m .... Sunday School

11:00 a.m, .... Traditional Services 6:00p.m .... Preaching Bible Study

Wednesday Community Dinner 6:30p.m.

Kids Activities ... 5:30p.m.

ANCHO COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHiJRCH

Worship ... 9:00 a.m. Sunday School ... 10:00 a.m.

CORONA UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday School . , . 10:00 a.m. Worship ... 1 1 :00 a.m.

CARRIZOZO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Hayden Smith, Pastor 314 lOth Avenue

648-2968 Church or 648-207 Sunday School , .. 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service ... !0:55a.m. Sunday Evening ... 6:00 p.m.

AWANAS ... Wednesday 6:00p.m. (September - April) ___________ .................... _ ............................................. ---

CARRIZOZO ASSEMBLY OF GOD Corner of 13th and C Avenue

Barbara Bradley, Pastor Children's Ministry and Nursery Available

Worship Service ... 10:00 a.m. Youtli Se~ice ... 6:00 p.m.

SANTA RITA CATHOLIC COMMUNITY Carrizozo I CaP.itan I Corona Fr, Michael Williams, Pastor

213 Birch - Carrizozo, NM 88301 575-648-2853

Daily Mass f Santa Rita ... 8:30 a.m. Saturday Services

Capita~ Sacred Hea~ ... 5:00 p.m. Camzozo Santa Rita ... 7:00.

SundRy Services Capitan Sacred Heart ... 8:30 a.m. Carrizozo Santa Rita ... I 0:30 a.m.

Corona St. Theresa ... J :30 a.m.

CARRIZOZO ST. MATTIDAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Corner of E Avenue and 6th Rev. Canon Peter Sanderson,

Priest in Charge Holy Eucharist ... Sunday 9:30 a.m.

WHITE OAKS COMMUNITY CHURCH

(NonDenominalonal) Sunday Worship ... 11 :00 a.m.

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LC Republican General Membership Meet on 13th

Candidates will be tlie theme of the January general membership meeting of the Republican Party of Lincoln County on Monday, January 13 at Cree Meadows Country Club in Ruidoso.

Dianne Harlan, First Vice Chair. Each candidate will be given

five minutes to state his or her views during the general meeting.

Potential candidates are asked to RSVP to ruidosobuilder@aol.com in order to be placed on the agenda to speak.

All those planning to run for public office are invited, according to

To all our readers, patrons and friends ... thank you so much for all!!!

.... and.Happy New Year!! . LCN & staft

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basic vital services ranging from law enforcement to fire sup-pression. The resolution further states that the County of Lincoln received $1,536,831 in funding from the PILT program in 2013, money that was used for law enforcement activi-ties, road maintenance and fire suppression efforts.

The board of county commissioners h&.s asked Congress to pass immediate legisla-tion not just to continue the PILT program, but also to restore the pro-gram to its former high er funding levels .

Samesex Marriage Legal

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we should give the gay and lesbian populations the opportunity to be as miserable as the rest of us, we for whom more than 50 percent of mar riages fail. Perhaps mar-ri.age will prove to be more sacred to those who struggled for so long to achieve the right to experience it. Time will tell.

Lincoln County Clerk Rhonda Burrows told The News this week that her office has only issued two mar-riage licenses to same-sex couples since the New Mexico court rul-ing became law. One couple was two Lincoln County residents, the others were residents of another state, Burrows said. She added that with the new laws in place, New Mexico will now also recognize the legality of same-sex couples married in state other than New Mexico.

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Thesdny, Jan. 7 Partly sunny, with a high near 42, night: Partly cloudy, with a low around

LONG TIME RESIDENT Dorothy (Dory) Forsythe passed away Monday, December 30, in Seattle. In lieu of cards, flowers, 'etc. please make a donation to Carrizozo Womans' Club PO Box 252. A memorial is planned in the spring or early summer. (Courtesty photo)

Republican Pre-Primary Convention Jan. 25th

The Pre-Primary Convention of the Republican Party of Lincoln County vdll be held on Saturday morning, January 25, at Cree Meadow.:: ""m ntry Club ;TI Ruidoso. ( onvention registration will begin at 8:00 AM and the Convention will get underway at 9:00AM.

According to Jim Dickinson, Vice Chair of the Republican Party of Lincoln County, all Convention attendees must be registered Republicans in Lincoln County, New Mexico prior to January 18, 2014.

Fourteen delegates to the State Republican Party Pre-Primary Convention will be elected or designated. Anyone wishing to propose themselves as a delegate can pick up a form at the Republican Party of Lincoln County office in Room 313 in the Lincoln Tower at 1096 Mechem Drive in Ruidoso. Completed forms must be returned to the office before 5:00 PM on Friday, January 24.

Wishing everyone a happy and

prosperous New Year!

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THOUGHTS GUEST EDITORIAL

by Jeff Hammoog sgo pf Co-Publisher, RUTH HAMMOND

Catching up with work left undone before the end of the year? Welcome to the club. I've been talking to several ;friends who have told me they too have to finish projects they started and wanted to finish last year. The biggest project I wa.nted to get done was to clear out the back bedroom of all the junk I've managed to pile up back there. Mostly sup-plies for planned hobby projects that went no farther than to start to collect all of the items for each project.

Having the best intentions is all good, but somewhere along the line I should knuck-le down and either try the hobby, or get rid of the stuff I've collected. It isn't like I have a lot of money invested, the majority of the sup..:. plies were bought at yard sales, purchased from other wishful hobbists whose plans have gone awry and they sold the supplies to try and recoup some of the losses they shelled out forthem.

Another way of looking at the clutter is if I donate the materials to the elementary school maybe some student can make some sparkly bauble or wall hanging for mom or grandma in art class. Who knows, maybe some of these materials will live on in houses all across New Mexico, well maybe Carrizozo then.

Now that I've figured what to do with the hobby materials, all I have to do is work up the energy to go through the boxes and separate out what I would eventually like to donate. I tell you, if it isn't one thing, it's another ... gotta smile at that one; I almost con-vinced myselfl need to get up and actually do something.

Great plans sometimes stay just that, great plans. I can make all the plans in the world, but if I never actually follow up and do the work, then what have I accomplished? I've wasted pafer and pencil making lists, expended smal amounts of energy thinking about what to do, and how to do it, and at a later. time I spend energy and time.thinking of excuses why I didn't do what I had planned to do. Thankfully I live alone so I don't make the mistake of saying out loud where it can be witnessed by someone who can bring it up to confront me as to why nothing ever gets done.

Every day I manage to get some things done, the important things that need to get done. Everyday I procrastinate and postpone doing something, but never anything that is truly important.

Sometimes I do things and no one sees. But my sense of accomplishment is still

. as satisfying whether someone knows I com~ pleted something ... or not.

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LEGAL$ - LEGALS - LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE

ELECTION RESOLUTION VILLAGE OF CAPITAN Resolution No. 201~-31

Be it resolved by the governing body of the Village of Capitan that:

A. A regular municipal election for the election of municipal officers shall be held on March 4, 2014. Polls will open at 7:00A.M. and close at 7:00P.M.

'!3 ~t the regular municipal election, persons shall be elected to fill the follow-mg electtve offices:

1. ONE Mayor for a four year term.

2. ONE Trustee for a four year term.

ONE Trustee for a four year term.

3. . One Municipal Judge for a four year term.

C. . The following location is designated as the polling place for the conduct of the regular municipal election.

1. Voters in Precinct(s) 3 and 14 shall vote at Capitan Village Hall located at 114 Lincoln Avenue.

D. Absentee Voting. Applications for absentee ballots may be obtained only from the office of the Municipal Clerk. All applications for an absentee ballot must be comploeted and accepted by the Municpal Clerk prior to 5:00p.m., February 28, 20.14. After 5:00pm. on February 28, 2014, all unused absentee ballots will be pub-licly destroyed by the Municipal Clerk. The MUJiicipal Clerk will accept completed absentee ballots delivered by mail, or in person by the voter casting the absentee bal-lot, by a member of the voter's immedtate family, or by the caregiver to the voter until 7:00p.m. on March 4, 2014.

Absentee ballots may be marked in person in the office of the Municipal Clerk dur-ing the regular hours and days of business, beginning on Tuesday, January 28, and closing at 5:00p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2014.

_ Early Voting. Early voting on paper ballots counted by the Ml 00 electronic vote tab-- ulator will be conducted in the office ofthe Municipal Clerk during the regular hours

' and days of business, beginning on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 and closing at 5:00p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2014.

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Persons desirin to register to vote at the regular municipal election . must register wtth the County Clerk of Lincoln County not later

than. Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 5:00P.M., the date on which the County Clerk will close registration books. All Declarations of Candidacy shall be filed with the Municipal Clerk on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 between the hours of 8:00A.M. and 5:00P.M.

The casting of votes by qualified municipal electors shall be record ed on paper ballots to be counted by the M 1 00 electronic vote tabu lators. .

Adopted and approved this lOth day ofDecember, 2013.

Sammy Hanurtond Mayor

IS/ Kay Strickland Municipal Clerk

Published in the Lincoln County News on December 19, 2013 and January 3, l014.

LEGAL NOTICE

RESOLUCION DE ELECCION

Aldea de Capitan

Resolucion Num. 2013~31

Sea resuelto por el cuerpo gobemante de la Aldea de Capitan que:

A. Una eleccion municipal regular para la eleccion de oficiales municipales se llevara a cabo el 4 de marzo de 20 14. Lugares de votacion abiertas al publico entre las horas de las 7:00A.M. y las 7:00P.M .

B. En la eleccion municipal regular, individuos seran elegidos para ocupar los siguientes cargos electivos:

1. Un Alcalde por un termino de cuatro anos.

2. UN Fiduciario por un termino de cuatro anos.

UN Fiduciario por un termino de cuatro anos.

3. UN Juez Municipal por un termino de cuatro anos.

C. Los recintos 3 and 14 son consolidados para la eleccion municipal regular: 1. Los votantes en la Aldea de Capitan votaran en Capitan Village

Hall en 114 Lincoln Avenue.

D. Votacion en Ausencia. Solicitudes para obetener balotas para votar en ausen-cia pueden ser obtenidas unicamente de la oficina de la (del) Escribana(o) de la Municipalidad. La(El) Escribana(o) de Ia Municipalidad debe llevar y aceptar todas las solicitudes para obtener una balota para votar en ausencia antes de las 5:00p.m. el 28 de febrero 2014. A partir de las 5:00 p.m. el 28 de febrero de 2014, la(el) Escribana(o) de la Municipalidad publicamente destruira todas las balotas no uti-lizadas. La (El) Escribana(o) de la Municipalidad aceptara las balotas completadas por la (el) votante que emite su balota, con el fm de votar en ausencia, que se le entregue por correo o en persona, de un m,iembro de la familia inmediata de Ia (del) votante, o del conserje al votante basta las 7:00p.m. el4 de marzo de 2014.

Las balotas para votar en ausencia selueden marcar en persona en la oficina d~ la (del) Escribana(o) de la Municipalida , durante las horas y dias habiles, empezando el mattes, 28 de enero y terminando a las S:OO p.m. el viemes, 28 de febrero de 2014.

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Dear Santa, I am writing this letter to you as a student

of Carrizozo. My name is S!crler Richmond and I am in the 6th grade. I can thmk of three things I want or hope for this year. First for me, I would like a Nintendo 3DS with all the Pokemon games. Next, for family I want us to have a Wii to play together as a family. Finally, for our community, I would like an indoor heated pool with an arcade section also. I hope that you will be able to do this. See you later, or not.

Your friend, Skyler R.

Dear Santa, I am writing l~tters to you as a student. from

Carrizozo. My name IS Robert Gonzales I am m the 6th grade. I can think of 3 tpmgs I want '!r hope fr this year. First, for my hst I would hke magtc cards. Second, for my family I would like a new; tv for us. Last, for my community, It would be mce to hav an open game room for us kids to get togeth-er and play halo xbox 360 games, ps3 games or even with a Wii. I hope you can help me but I understand if you don't. You're probably really busy. Have a happy holiday.

Sincerely, Robert Gonzales

Dear Santa, . This year since I am older I would like to

make changes in Carrizozo. My name is Mya Zamora I am in 6th grade. I can think of three things I would like or hope for this year. First for me I would like to have a computure so that I can stay in conta~t w~th my f~lY. more. Something that I would JUSt like to do 1s bnng my family and friends closer for Christmas.

Second, for my family I would like to get everyone a presten this year in my family. Another thing I would like to do for my family is bring love, hope and laughter. So that me and my brother hopefully won't argue as much. Last for my com-munity, I hope for better or more healthy conven- ient stores.

Now, fmally last but not least, I would like to try to make Carrizozo a place where people like to come visit. Thank you for reading my letter. I understand you are really busy. Safe travels.

Sincerely, Mya Zamora

Dear Santa, Hi my name is Nickolas Archuleta and I am

in the 6th grade. I attend Carrizozo Middle School. My teacdhe asked my class to think of three areas, myself, my family and my community.

To start, I would like some. mechanical pen-cils to do my work. For my family I hope we all have a better relationship with each other. For my community I hope we can get more business in Carrizozo. In closing, thailk you for reading my letter. Hope you have a happy holidat.

Sincerely, Nickolas Archuleta.

Dear Santa, My name is Hannah Carlsen and I go ~o

Carrizozo Middle School. Now that I am older this year, I only want a few things.

First, I would like lots of snow so I can go snowboarding. Second, I would like for my family to come together for the holidays because I don't see them very often. Finally, I would like for the animal shelters in my community to have at least one person to come in and adopt one animal because nothing should be alone.

I know you are busy and my requests are hard to do, but if at least one of these three things happen, I will be extremely happy.

Sincerely, Hannah Carlsen

Deal' Santa, I am writing this letter to you as a student

from Carrizozo middle school. My name is James Gonzales. I am in 6th grade. I ho.Pe for 3 things for me, my family and my commun1ty. First, for my, I would like a ~arne called "Battle Field 4". Second, for my famlly, I hope we get a computer to share or do school work with. Finally, for my community I wish we could hav~ a place like a club in the school. We could go thts room a a reward when we get all our work done. I know you are busy Happy Holidays.

~incerely, James Gonzales

Dear Santa, I am writing this letter to you .as a student

from Carrizozo Middle School. My name is Nathan Montes, I am in 6th grade. I can think of3 things I want or hoJ?e for this year. My teacher said to think of somethmg for me, my family and our community. .

. First, for me I want a new Xbox game. Second for my family I would like my family to come together and have a wonderful holiday. Third, for the community I would like to hav~ a movie place where you can see old or new movies. I hope you can make some of these wishes come true, and hope you have a nice trip.

Dear Santa,

Sincerely, Nathan Montes/Carrizozo

I'm writting this letter to you so that you know wham i am think for Christmas. My .name is Austin Vega. I am in the 6th grade. I can think of 3 thing I want or hope for this year. One is to see my brother, I hope my grandpa get's better and I hope I see my other grandpa on my Mother's side. I wish I could see my brother on Christmas day since he had past away and I never left. I have no one home to play with on weekends.lalso do not have a sister so I would want to hope for both.

I also hope my moms step dad will get bet-ter. for Christmas I also would like to see my grandpa because you never know when he might leave too. He can barely remember who I am. I hope Jesus helps him live and hope Jesus has a good-birthday too.

Sincerely, Austin Vega

Dear Santa, I am writing this letter to you as a student

from Carri~ozo Middle Shoo I. My. name is J?esi Ceja. I am m the 6th grade. I can think of3 thmgs I want or hope for this year.

First for me I hope to get an Cbox 360 and some play station 2 (PS2) games. I also want to have my friends for ever, and to see my uncle who lives in California, more often.

I wlsh for my family to have a better relash-ionship, to forget what all happened to have a good time. I wish for our community is that maybe we might an indoor pool and arcade that is open after school. Thank you for reading my letter. Have a happy holiday.

Sincerely, Desi Ceja

Dear Santa, I am writing this letter to you as a student

from Carrizozo Middle School. My name is D'aona, I am in the 6th grade. Since I am older now and more mature I would like to ask for stuff to better my life.

First, I would like to be a better person to my family. I would like them all to have a better life. Lastly, for my community, I would like to ask for a place we could all come together, help people and raise money for everyone who nee~s tt.

Well, I hope this letter gets to you well. Hopefully, I might get one or all of these things (if not it's ok).

I would appreciate anything that comes from you. Travel safe because I know it's snowy!

Sineerely; D'anna Willingham

Dear Santa, Merry Christmas! For Christmas I would

like a !phone, Epad, phone and a good Christmas this year. I hope you get this letter Santa. And

Santa I would like a photo of rudolf the rednose raindeer and ntay:be a mp5. May you please make this the best Christmas ever for the younger one. May you come by.

Your friend, Tazia Swift

Dear Santa, I wish for a new Xbox 360 and a new Xbox

1 Please . and new clothes and our family to be together and a new I phone 5 and a Maden 25 Call (jf duty ghosts and no school thanks.

Sincerely: Estevan Villagomez

Dear Santa,' I want an I pad, E Pad, I phone tablet, and

I want an PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, mine craft for the xbox 360. Merry Christmas Santa.

Sincerely, Michael Trone

Dear Santa, How are you doing? I would like a small

laptop so I can play my favorite games. I would also like a baby puppy. They are so cute and fun to play with. I really like an Ipad they are really cool and fun.

Dear Santa,

Thank yqn your friend, Andree Morales

How are you? What I want for Christmas is furry boots, iPhone 5(s), zebra print hoodie, and can I have Comet? Oh, by the way, can you call cupid to shoot an arrow at me and Patrick so we can fall in love?

Sincerealy, Joanna Vega

Dear Santa, Well I might ask for a little tO many things

ftrst I wish for a new ps3 game called maden 25. Next thing I want is a new football and a brand new jersy of the Raiders McFadden number 20.

Sincerely, .

P.S. I believe in you!

Dear Santa,

Jacob Parkhurst

I know that sorne kids don't believe in you. but I do. And do you know what without you kids wouldn't have spirit and imagination without you. And the Santas at the mall are just your helpers for you. Now all I want for Christmas is a regular DS and for my dad to get ()Ut of jail and for all of the children around the globe to get a christmas pres-ent.

Sincerely, Carlos Armendariz

Dear Santa, Merry Christmas Santa! I want a laptop and

a new dirt bike. I also want cash hopefully you get this letter before Christmas if you don't I will be sad. Merry Christmas Santa!

Your friend, Danton King

Grizzly Dalton Vega Named 1st Team AIIState, Chavez, Zamora, Hill, Johnson to 2nd Team.

2013 NMHSCA 8 Man All-State Footb~ll Teams NMHSCA First Team All-State: 8 Manfootball

Ff stT r eam Off\ nse e First Team Defense QB 2 Andrew Meeks Gateway Christian linebacker 22 Wyatt Strand

Running Back 21 Ezra Noriega Foothill . Linebacker 21 E;~:ra Noriega Running Back 11 Rowdy Allen Melrose D. End/OLB 22 Travis Wilkinson

Off. Lineman 55 Dalton Vega Carrizozo 0. End/OLB James Longmire

Off, Lineman Kyle Hollingswerth Tatum Oef.Ltneman 55 Dalton Vega

Off. Lineman 30 Payson Moore Melrose Def.Lineman 42 Michael Weigl

Wide Receiver 17 Jacob Moody Gateway Christian Secondary 17 Jacob Moody

Wide Receiver 22 Travis Wilkinson Foothill Secondary 7 Saul Rodriguez

Tight End/Slot 22 Braden Hemminger Melrose Secondary 1 Victor Zamora

Punter Jonathan Amador Tatum Kicker 7 Saul Rodriguez

Kick Returner 22 Wyatt Strand

2013 NMHSCA 8 man All-State Football Teams NMHSCA Sec~nd Team All-State: 8 man Football Scond Tm Offense Second Team Defense QB 22 Wyatt Strand Logan Linebacker Cory Marley

Running Back Kene Daniel Gateway Christian Linebacker 32 Nick Chavez

Running Back 32 Nick Chavez Carrizozo D. End/OLB Tucker Burns

Off. Lineman 45 Chris Roberts Logan O.End/OLB 22 Bradert Hemminger

Off. Lineman Mike Benavidez Tatum Def.Lfneman 75 Kenyon Aguilar

Off. Lineman 75 Zackary Zamora Carrizozo Def:Uneman 10 Dominick LaVelpa

Off. Lineman 99lsaiah Vasquez Foothill Secondary 7 Jace Hill

Wide Receiver 7 Saul Rodriguez Foothill Secondary 11 Lawry J.ohnson

Wide Receiver Christian Hlnajosa Tatum Secondary Oscar Orqntla

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LINQOI.N COVNTY NEW . , ,Friday. Januarv pa. 2Q14 - PAGe 7

LEGALS-LEGALS-~EGALS LEGAL NOTICE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF LINCOLN TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. D-1226-CV-2013-00124

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

~EC R. ROMERO AND DUSTY ROMERO; Defendants.

SECQND NOTICE OF SALE

Notice-is hereby given that on January 16,2014, at the hour of9:30 am the under-signed Special Master, will, at the front entrance of the Lincoln County Courthouse, at Twelfth Judicial District Court, Civil Division, 300 Central, Carrizozo, NM 88301, sell all of the rights, title and interest of the above-named Defendants, in and to the ~ereinafter described real estate to the highest bidder for cash. The property to be sold is located at 129 Pearson Road, Ruidoso, New Mexico 88345, (if there is a con-flict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall ~~ntrol) and is more particularly described as follows:

Lot 20A, Block 3, THE PINES OF GAVILAN, UNIT 2, Lincoln County, New Mexico, as shown by the R.W. Bailey Replat of Lots IA, Block 3, Unit 2, Bailey Replat, The Pines of Gavilan, Lots 3, 20, 21, 22, and 23, Block 3, Unit 2, The Pines of Gavilan, thereof filed in the office of the County Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder of Lincoln County; New Mexico, January 2, 2002, in Cabinet H, Slide No. 265,

including a 1999 Fleetwood, V1N number TXFLX66ABQ5003CG 12, and any and all i.mprovements, fixtures, and attachments. Subject to all taxes, utility liens and other qestrictions and easements of record, and subject to a one ( 1) month right of redemp-tion by the Defendants upon entry of an order approving sale. The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-enti-Qed and numbered cause on August 21, 2013, being an action to foreclose a mort-gage on the above-described property. The Plaintiff's judgment is $138,551.92, and the same bears interest at the rate of 4.3750% per annum, which accrues at the rate of $16.61 per diem, commencing on September 12, 2013, with the Court reserving entry of final judgment against said Defendants Alec R. Romero and Dusty Romero for the amount due after foreclosure sale, for costs and attorney's fees, plus interest as may be assessed by the Court. The Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale all of i.ts judgment amount and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may ~pply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. The sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master.

The Court's decree, having duly appointed its Special Master to advertise and Unmediately offer for sale the subject real estate and to apply the proceeds of sale, :('rrst to the costs of sale and the Special Master's fees, the1;1 to pay the above-described judgment, interest, and costs of sale, and to pay unto the registry of the Court any bal-ance remaining to satisfy future adjudication of \)riority mortgage holders; '' NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby gwen that in the event that said prop-erty is not. sooner redeemed, the undersigned will as set forth above, offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, the lands and improvements described above for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment described herein and decree of foreclosure together with any additional costs and attorney's fees, costs of advertisement and publication, a reasonable receiv-er and Special Master's fee to be ftxed by the Court. The total amount of the judg-ment due is $138,551.92, plus interest to and including date of sale of$2,109.47 for a total judgment plus interest of$140,661.39. Sale is subject to the entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of this sale.

Witness my hand this 11th day of December, 2013.

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Is/ Peter Baca - Electronically Filed PETER BACA, Special Master P 0 Box 215 Carrizozo, NM 88301 Telephone: (575) 648-9925

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Published in the Linco~ County News on December 12, 19, 24, 2013 and Janu~ry 3, 2014. ..:.-~-------------------,.----------------------------'

LEGAL NOTICE

TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF LINCOLN STATE OF NEW MEXICO

JULIE A. HALL

Plaintiff,

y. Cause No. D-1226-CV -2009-00468 MARSHAL A. PEEPLES,

Defendant.

NOTICE OF SALE ON FORECLOSURE

. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above-entitled Court, having appointed me as Special Master in this matter with the power to sell, has ordered me to sell the real property (''Property") situated in Lincoln County, New Mexico, and more partic ularly described as follows:

Prop CD# 4-071-058-330-462, Section -11, Township lOS, Range 13E, SW4SE4 (40.131 acres); and Prop CD# 4-071-059-467-025, Section -27, Township l OOS, Range 13E, A portion of the NE4NE4 Northofthe Airport Broadway Easement (22.020 acres).

The sale is to begin at 10:00 a.m. on February 7, 2014, on the front steps out-side the frontg entrance of the Twelfth Judicial Disrict Courthouse, 300 Central Avenue, Carrizozo, New Mexico 88301, at which time I will sell to the highest and b est bidder for cash in lawful currency of the United States of America, the Property to pay any expenses of sale, and to satisfy the Judgment Lien granted Plaintiff on November 13, 2009 against Defendant Marshall Peebles, in the principal sum of $385,218.01, plus outstanding interest due in the amount of $14,510.27 through November 30,2013, and accruing thereafter at the rate of8.75%per annlum ($75:97 per day), plus Special Master's fees and all other costs of foreclosure ~ale.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the reai property and unprovements will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded-~d unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and ner attorney disclaim all responsibility for,l and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, lthe valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobilel or manufactured holll;e to the land, deactivation of ~ttl~ to a mobile or man~acturedhome. on ~e pr~perty, If any

1 environmental c~ntammatton on the property, tf any, and zorung vtolat10ns con~

cerning the property, If any.

PETER BACA, Special Master P.O. Box 215 Carrizozo, NM 88301 Telephone: (575) 648-9925 E-mail: peterbaca@tularosa.net

Published in the Lincoln County News on January 3! 9, 16 and 23, 2014.

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~INCOLN COUNTY NEWS

Small Changes for Providers I I Services Department reports 48,244 state res-idents have newly applied for Medicaid smce Oct. 1, with 31,498 of those deter-mined eligible for cov-erage.

The enrollment increase will help drive down the number of

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE Under the authority in Internal Revenue Code section 6331, the property described below has been seized for nonpayment of Internal Revenue Taxes due from Jaime A Villalobos. The property will be sold at public Auction sale as provided by Internal Revenue Code section 6335 and related regulations. Date: 1/30/14 Time: 1 :00 PM Sale Location: 400 9th Street, Carrizozo, NM 88301 Title Offered: Only the right, title and interest of the Taxpayer in and to the property will be offered for sale. If requested, the Internal Revenue Service will furnish information about possible encum-brances, which may be useful in determining the value of the interest being sold. Description of Property: PARCEL 296 OF WIND-MILL RANCHES DEVELOPMENT, LIN-COLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AS SHOWN BY THE SUBDIVISION PLAT FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUN-TY CLERK OF LIN-COLN COUNTY, SEP-TEMBER 6, 2002 IN CABINET H, SLIDE 432. TOGETHER WITH all improvements thereon;

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claims that go uncom~ pensated by uninsured patients, said La Casa CEO Seferino Monta-no.

~'What it means to us is it will be helping La Casa," said Montano.

Forney said Medicaid expansion

SUBJECT TO easements, reservations in patent and prior deeds, restr~ctive covenants, zoning regula-tions, tax and other assess-ment for the year 2002 and thereafter; with warranty covenants. Property may be inspected at: Drive-by Only Minimum Bid: The Terms of Payment: The balance of the pur-chase price must be paid in full no later than 2/03/14. Form of Payment: All payment must be by cash, certified, cashier's or trea-surer's check drawn on any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States. Payment may also be made by any United States Postal, bank, express or telegraph money order. Make check or money order payable to the United States Treasury. If you want additional information about the property and proposed sale, please contact the office at the address below. Internal Revenue Service Fidel Atencio, PALS 1818 E. Southern Ave, MS5117MES Mesa, AZ 85204 480-503-7292 fidel.n.atencio@irs.gov 1/3114 CNS-2572315# LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS

should chip away some-what at uncompensated care costs for Lovelace, as well.

New Mexico Hospital Association CEO Jeff Dye is less optimistic for hospitals.

"Even 'if on the Medicaid side we see new enrollment in the expansion population, the New Mexico Medicaid program pays' New Mexico hospitals only 58 percent of cost," he said.

Dye said that recent cuts to the state's Sole Community Provider program oper-ated under the umbrella of Medicaid, plus Medicare cuts instated in 2010 counteract any benefit to hospitals from Medicaid expan-sion.

He said hospi" tals across the state were slated in 2010 to see a $765 million reduction in Medicare payments.

The one thing providers can count on is confusion, according to Dr. Eric Yancey Peterson, president of Rio Pecos Medical AssGciates, a gynecolo-gy and obstetric& office in Roswell.

"It's basically a monkey feces fight at the zoo right now," he said.

Peterson said exchange glitches have caused some patients to think they successfully emolled in insurance when in fact they are not covered. He also said the processes for providers to verify a patient's coverage

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filled. This .year, Greg Valdez pub- ence where Gabe Valdez had been a lished "Dulce Base: The Truth and speaker. Evidence from the Case Files of "Hey, I heard your presen-Gabe Valdez.'' tation and I've been seeing the . "I ended up with all these same weird lights that you were ftles,'' Valdez said of his father's talking about, but over Kirtland Air legacy. "I started getting calls from Force Base,?" Bennewitz told Gabe different investigators and Valdez. reporters.,. . . "When Paul goes with my

Valdez said .his father had dad to Dulce, he sees the same been pretty good about sharing the lights." information gleaned from his At this point, government investigations. When Gabe Valdez offich1ls started taking Bennewitz died, all the information was kept on wild goose chases, Valdez said.

. by his son. Investigators would call The government officials took or email Greg Valdez, and he would Bc;;nnewitz up to the top of spend a whole night writing a Archuleta Mesa and took him on response. different flights around the Dulce

"I would end up writing a area, during which time they told tlu:ee-to~four page letter response Bennewitz about all the confiden-to just one email," he said. tial alien projects the government

Instead of writing so many had been working on. in-depth individual responses, "The alien stories were Valdez decided he would write a major in the '80s1~' Valdez said. book and give the information to 11The Air Force saw it as a way to

the world. start a rumor and started giving Valdez said many of the Bennewitz a lot of stuff to discred-

phenomena seen in Northern New it him." Mexico have been falsely attrib- There are no tunnels under uted to alien activity. This is some~ Archuleta Mesa. Valdez said. There thing his father never supported or are no reptilian green or gray_ ~lien believed in, he said. tunnels, neither are there military

"People want to come and tunnels, he said. fmd aliens, but there is no proof of When the rumor of tunnels aliens and my father never believed first started in the late '70s, under-there was alien activity. He pointed ground machines were digging tun-toward the government," Valdez nels for the water diversion tunnel said. . , off the Navajo River, Valdez said. He said his father believed the gov- "This really helped fuel the erntnent was responsible for the flame." . cattle mutilations as well as the A forest fire hit Archuleta bouncing orbs of light and mysteri- Mesa in 1996 and severely burned ous lights in the sky. It was the gov- the mesa. Many people took this enunent who pointed to aliens to for work of the government, cover-discredit the people. who had ing up their unoerground military learned too much, he said. base; the Dulce Base. Valdez was a . "In Dulce, you can see an hot shot frrefighter at the time and unidentified flying object on any he worked the fire. . given ni~ht, like on Mundo Ridge. . "I was there that moming. The key 1s that people eliminate the The mesa was hammered with first loj?;ical step -. that what they lightening. Dry lightening started are seemg is hmuan caused. Insteaa that fire~" he said. they think, ~This is weird. It has to Valdez said for most of the be alien,, Valdez said. . mystery surrounding the Dulce

What peo12le are actually area and greater Northern New seeing is an invistble military air~ Mexico, simple events . have been craft> Valdez s~id. )Vhy peoJ?le sensational~~ed, wht:ther by g~vthink they're aliens 1s part of a ernment nusmformation or a destre pr6blem tn logic and part govem.. to have the unknown manifest itself men.t propaganda. in front of you.

"Paul Bennewitz is the key "See, that~s how a lot of stories are. to the whole Dulce story/' he said. They are dramatized, when there According to Valdez; Bennewitz are logical, simple explanations,'' approached his father at a confer Valdez said.

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JUDI CHRISTOPHER'S

Psychic Predictions Overall Psychic

Prediction For the Week of:

Jan. 2-Jan. 9

"Helllloooo!" ... Did you make it through Christmas without killing someone or sticking your foot in your mouth?

Good for you! Yes ... it's boring to be a good person sometimes, but your Kanna will love you for it in the end.

This week lets reflect on the year 2013 ... (5 seconds later) .... Okay ... now that that's over with ... lets concentrate on the New Year 2014. Many of you have gone through a tough year this year ... and many of you are scared to enter 2014 with 'Fear' that 2014 could be the same all over again ... or some of you are waiting for the other shoe to fall.

... STOP ... One thing about the year of 2014 is this ...

You can only give what you have inside of you ... Is that Love? ... Is that Fear? ... Is that Fighting? ... Is that Giving Up? ... One thing about the year of2014 is this ... It is a "Starting Over "year ... a New begin-nings of sorts ... It's a time to leave unwanted dan-gers of your life ... unwanted hurt ... unwanted pain ... Unwanted People, Places and Things ... You'll have a second chance ... Don't screw it up!

You either change ... or stay the same ... Can't do both!

2014 ... is the year ... of what YOU make of it. Don't take this lightly ... Just because 2014 is Magical... that also means it can turn on you if you allow the power you have to slip out of your hands. 2014 is powerful with prayer ... Positive ... not neg-ative ... unless that is what you want in your life. It is either or nor ... not both!

In the year 2014 .... Wishes can come true. Dreams will be ful-

filled ... You will hold the magic ... You Either Will or you Won't ... You Either

Do or you Don't... (c) "Don't tell ... Show." ' N ,J more excus-

es .... you're running out oftime ... Don't die with your dream inside of you! Make it Happen the year of 2014

God Bless You All, Psychic Judi L. Christopher

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SAGITTARIUS: Nov 23 -Dec 21 It's at the end of the year 2013 and you're

already late ... Are you still in the movie "Alice in Wonderland"? The lesson here is, quit trying to make everyone happy ... and start concentrating on what you Wantto do ... Need to do .... Have to do, in the New Year of 2014 ... Start with your health (You're not eating right) ... Exer 'se? Yeah ... ya need some of that too. Remember \nything worth having ... there are no short cuts. T s isn't your first rodeo ... you know what you need to do ... you need Sleep too. No excuses. Come on now ... don't act like you don't know what has to be done to do this right. YOU CAN DO THIS.

CAPRICORN: Dec 22- Jan 19 . "Ring ... Ring ... Ring ... " What is that? ... It

is your life calling! It is a Wake Up Call... lazy body! What do you mean you're not lazy? Oh ... you do work hard, that's true! Then why are you not Happy with your life? Why is your hfe calling you ... trying to make an appointment with you, so you can adjust your life to your new future? You say you want to be happy, yet you keep doing the same things over and over expecting something or someone else to change... OH... and you expect others to change as well. (Don't hold your breath) ... It's about YOU now... Get out there and change what needs to be changed ... leave people you don't need behind. "Let Go ... "

AQUARIUS: Jan 20 - Feb 18 Oh ... Are you Serious? ... OH. .. you really

are serious about doing something great in the year of 2014? You do know ... it is possible ... You do know you can do it in the year 2014. One prob-lem ... you have to do it by yourself (making up you~ mind once and for all). Even if you're with someone ... you can't blame other people for what you're not doing. Explain what you need to do ... and do it. Either they are with you are they are not... Maybe you need to let them do their dream too. No one should die with their dream inside them.

PISCES: Feb 19 - March 20 You would not believe how much money

you 'could' make in the year of2014 ... if only you PLAN first! The year of2014 holds a lot for you ... only if you get out there and do the dirty work. .. no there is no free lunches, in fact you might have to buy a few lunches to get this ball rolling. You have a great idea for something that could work. Don't share this with too many people, for fear they might steal your idea. You need twice the money you thought you needed ... and twice the time ... but that is okay ... because you're going to make twice the money you thought. Seriously ... If you Fail to. Plan .... then you Plan to FaiL "Measure twice, cut once!"

ARIES: Mar 21 - April19 So ... How are you doing? ... Fine? ... That's

all? ... So ... you're going to go through 2014 (anoth~ er year) domg what you have been doing? Or ... do you finally want to do what you have been wanting to do for a long time (Say that 3 times fast!). This is your year 2014 ... it's Now or Never ... "Git'r Done Son ... '' Don't mean to be coy Roy ... just sit yourself Free ... Make your dreams happen. No more excus~ es. Get a Plan Stan ... Just do it! ... Here is your

"Sign" ...

TAURUS: Apr. 20 - May 20 Okay ... it's time to talk Turkey ... What do

you tnean... you don't know what that mearis? You're not red-neck-enough? That's okay, won't hold that against you ... if you understand, then read on because you couldhit the jack-pot... the kind of jack-pot that you have inside of you. You know how to work hard ... now you need to work smarter. You deserve to make as much money as you want... provided you don't hurt anyone else in the proc~ss. No ... this is not a quick-schememaking money... NO ... this is about you fulfilling your

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CANCER: June 21- July 22 Oh what do we have here? You say you

want to do __ (fill in blank) ... Bu~ your excuses are (fill in blank) ... You want to live here

(fill in blank) ... and you want to love (fill in blank). You dreams 'are __ (fill mlilimk) .. What are you waiting for? 2014 is waiting for you to do what you want (fill in the blank) ... Its all up to you! Make a Wish board for the year of 2014 ... watch how things will just fall into place, because you are open minded, to all possibilities. Change your luck m 2014.

LEO: Jul23 -Aug 23 Sorry... I have to have a word with you

before I can allow you to move on to 2014. See ... you are very s~nsitive (that will be. our little secret). Your heart is heavy because of 2 things ... One: you're trying too hard to please everyone but you ... Two: By the time you do for everyone else ... then you're too tired to even think about what you Want to do ... Need to do ... and Have to do. You are' allowing your dreams to "Wait" ... Not in the year 2014 ... You can't do that anymore ... you're running

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VIRGO: Aug 23 - Sept 22 Once you either remove yourself from

unwanted confusion or confrontation... you'll see you will be able to 'start' what you need to do. NO ... Sorry ... ignoring people, places and things that do not serve you will only prolong the envi-able ... If you are living with someone that is hold-ing you back. .. plan to move out... If you are work-ing somewhere that is not of your liking ... fmd another job! If are with someone that hurts you or degrades you in anyway, shape or fonn (shame on you!) ... Kids are not a good excuse. Find help to help yourself to better yourselfbecause 2014 holds a lot of new exciting things that can bring you more money than you ever expected ... It all starts with YOU ... No excuses anymore. If you really want something... then do something to change your life. There are people out there waiting to help you. Start with a new hair style ... color it... cut it ... change to suit you. "Go for it!"

LffiRA: Sept 23 - Oct 22 The year of 2013 has been (fill in

blank). Yes you have gone through a lot. .. You have made it here ... right here and now, reading this ... so you are ready (since you have gone through a lot of learning). Yes Grasshopper ... you have passed your right of passage... but your lessons have only begun ... (Did you just faint?) ... What do you think ... your life lessons were over? Think again! You have just begun ... aren't you lucky. 2014 is the year of seeing your dreams come true. Will it be easy? Nothing easy is worth obtaining ... If it was easy ... everyone would be doing it .... YOU are YOU ... like no other. You are not ordinary ... (not in your vocabulary) so why is your LIGHT not shin-ing? Stop standing behmd other people, places or things ... you are not second class. You can shine, only if you light your own STAR ... Hint: If you keep standing behind other people allowing them to have their dreams come true and letting your dreains stay in a closet. .. then expect to lose them. Dreams have to be fed with 'Life' ... with 'Hope' ... with 'Love' ... Only you can make your dreams come true.

SCORPIO: Oct 23 Nov 22 Good for you ... You are embarking on a

new exciting adventure ... Scared? You should be ... because you want to touch the stars ... and land on the Moon... So what are you waiting for? Being scared will only hinder you... in fact... it will stop you in your tracks. NO ... this is not the time for you to depend on someone else ... This is the time for you to stand on your own two legs. Don't bor-row more money ... Make all the money you need and want by planing first. If you don't want to make your dreams come true ... then keep on doirtg what you're doing until you decide to do what you need to do to fulfill your dreams. . .. A word of advice ... ifyou1re waiting for someone to 'Give you money' ... or 'Pay your way' ... then it's their dreams for you ... not your dreams for you. Big difference. Also remember ... Dependency invites Domination. Don't let someone hold your dreams in their hands. Take back your life.

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through the exchange and to receive payment from exchange plans is unclear.

Some private practitioners may seek to limit their loads of patients insured tln'ough the exchange to avoid the confusion, Peterson predict-ed.

Those who switch into exchange plans could therefore possibly have to change prov1ders.

Any marked impact from health care reform will be delayed for another five or six years, according to Forney.

He said that as more of the uninsured enroll in plans, more patients should have primary care P.roviders and fewer should use the ER for minor tllnesses and health coml)lications.

Aaron Ezekiel, Affordable Care Act imple-mentation manager for the state Office of the Superintendent of Ins:urance. said the predicted eventual hike in insured patients will at first put stresses on regions that do not have the staff capa-bility to handle the incline.

He said the effect will be felt in rural areas such as Chaves County. which are known for high percenta~es of uninsured patients. Eventually the stress w11l give way to greater opportunities for new doctors to set up shop, he said.

"All of a sudden what happens is it becomes viable to have a practice as a primary care provider out in a communityt he said.