Sun Valley Water customers's trash compactor and recycling is now ONLY at our Greentree Solid Waste site

Compactor on the Sun Valley Rd curve is gone!

You must now use the new facility, which requires a gate code to enter.  Gate code is on the magnet you received in the mail from SVW this past fall.

Remember - you can check out SkiApache in LIVE time

Ski Apache website has a live web cam at http://www.skiapache.com/live-webcams/
you can also on the home page see snowfall, depth of snow and # of runs open.

 
Always Remember YOUR Responsibility Code
  You may be joined by skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers, cross-country skiers, etc. of all skill levels on a ski mountain. It is your responsibility to show respect and demonstrate common sense when on the mountain. Understanding your skill set and not pushing yourself beyond your comfort level is important.

THIS CODE is endorsed by The American Ski Federation, National Ski Patrol, United States Ski Industries Association, Professional Ski Instructors of America, Cross Country Ski Areas Association, United States Ski Association, Ski Coach's Association and other organization

1. Stay in Control. Always be ready to stop or avoid objects ahead of you.
2. Skiers and boarders ahead of you have the right of way.
3. Do not stop in the middle of a trail or in a blind spot on the mountain.
4. Always look uphill and yield to others when starting down the mountain.
5. Always use devices to avoid runaway gear.
6. Obey all signs& warnings posted. Do not enter closed trails or areas.
7. Before using a lift, understand how to load, ride and unload safely.
   

Give Santa a hand

If any of you have the time,
 gift wrappers needed for Santa's Helpers.

Where:  First Christian Church

Time:  11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday

            12:00 noon till 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

Delivery date for gifts is Tuesday 20 December

For more information please contact fcc@valornet.com

Greentree Solid Waste Authority- Trash/Recycling 102

AT the compactors/recycling site behind Chisms convenience store

1) big GREEN compactor is for cardboard ONLY. We share this site with Chisms and they have a lot of cardboard.  CLEAN cardboard.  Trash in the compactor makes the cardboard an unacceptable  recycle product.

2) Each of the BLUE BINS are labeled for the recycle product they accept. Toss into the correct bin.

     MIXED PAPER BIN: Cardboard boxes do not go into the Mixed paper bin - only office paper, mail envelopes, cereal boxes, magazines, etc.  Please put cardboard boxes in the GREEN compactor.

     ALUMINUM:  Certain pet food cans are part aluminum and part steel.  Please put pet food cans in a separate plastic bag tied at the top.  Steel cans can be sorted out with a huge magnet, but the pet food cans trick the magnet.

3) big TAN compactor is for household trash - no lumber; no metal - like bed frames, rebar, etc; no mattresses; no paint-filled paint cans; no bags of pine needles, no slash (your pine needles and slash are picked up by the grabbler once a month).   THINK before you throw it in.  WILL your trash jam the compactor?

Thanks for your diligence to be a thoughtful recycling person and a mindful, neat trash user.
As you saw, the wind played havoc with the fence like it did many trees in Sun Valley.

Honor our soldiers for Christmas

Christmas Wreaths will be placed on the graves at Fort Stanton Cemetery.

When:  Saturday 17 December 2016

Time:  10:00 a.m.

Please dress warmly.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate.  Invite those who have family members buried out at the Fort Stanton Cemetery, they will go first.

Many thanks....Please let me know if you can come and help.  Cecile 575-336-9157

Rainfall stats

Super windy today. Dead trees have fallen across roads already

Be very careful driving today.  Watch out for fallen/falling trees.

Fort Stanton needs volunteers

Significant need exists for volunteers at the Ft. Stanton Museum, which is located at Ft. Stanton, N.M. Currently, the museum is open seven days a week, and there are two shifts available: from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The duties that volunteers perform are basic and include welcoming visitors to the museum, providing the visitors with a short history/introduction about the museum (which, of course, you would first learn about), starting up a movie, and opening and/or closing the museum.

Right now, the need is greatest for weekend and mid-week volunteers and staff will work with you to try to accommodate your preference for the days and times you wish to serve.  

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please feel free to contact the following individuals to let them know:

Bill Jeffrey, Ft. Stanton Volunteer Coordinator

Home: 575-354-3424

Cell:      575-973-0369

Larry Pope, Historic Site Lead Ranger

Office: 575-354-2250

Cell:      505-469-7797

 Spread the word about this volunteer opportunity to other RSVP volunteers or persons who may be interested in volunteering at Ft. Stanton.

Greentree Solid Waste Authority: compactors/recycling 101

AT the compactors/recycling site behind Chisms convenience store
1) big GREEN compactor is for cardboard ONLY. We share this site with Chisms and they have a lot of cardboard.  CLEAN cardboard.  Trash in the compactor makes the cardboard an unacceptable  recycle product.
2) TAN compactor is for household trash - no lumber; no metal - like bed frames, rebar, etc; no mattresses; no paint-filled paint cans; no bags of pine needles, no slash (your pine needles and slash are picked up by the grappler once a month).   THINK before you throw it in.  WILL your trash jam the compactor?
3) Each of the BLUE BINS are labeled for the recycle product they accept. Toss into the correct bin.

Thanks for your diligence to be a thoughtful recycling and trash tossing person.

Electronic Recycle Day for residents of Sun Valley Water & Sanitation District

Recycle For Our Future

2016 Fall Lincoln County/Mescalero 
Electronics Recycling Day

Date: Thursday & Friday, November 3 & 4, 2016

            Time 9 AM – 3:30 PM     Cost: No Charge for Members!!!

            Date: Saturday November 5th, 2016

Time: 9 AM – 12Noon    Cost: No Charge for Members!!!

Where: GSWA 26590 US Hwy 70 Ruidoso Downs

   What: Eligible Electronic Devices (EEDs) (see list below)

No large kitchen appliances of any kind or size!

Please drop off your obsolete, outdated and replaced electronic items during these E-cycling events. Acceptable items include:

COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS OFFICE EQUIPMENT SMALL and 

Circuit boards Computer workstations HOUSEHOLD ELECTRONICS

Desktop towers & laptop computers Gaming hardware Hardware Audio/visual equipment

Cell Phones Monitors,  Network hardware Radios

Modems CD & DVD ROMs Wireless devices & plotters

Televisions Flat Screen Only

And other consumer electronics

Please Bring a copy of your TRASH BILL!!!

Members: City of Ruidoso Downs, Villages of Capitan, Corona, Ruidoso, Town of Carrizozo. & Sun Valley WSD

Sponsored by:

Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce

Keep Ruidoso Beautiful

Greentee Solid Waste Authority

Albertsons
 Ruidoso Downs Parks & Recreation

   Schlotzsky’s
Keep Ruidoso Downs Beautiful

in conjunction with:

Keep America Beautiful New Mexico Recycling Coalition

For more information or to volunteer to help at the E-cycling event, please call 

GSWA at 378-4697 or Toll Free at 1- 877- 548 - 8772.

Don't forget - FLU shots available at health fair

Dia de los Muertos Celebration in Lincoln on Saturday, Oct. 29: 10am to 4 pm

The third annual Dia de Los Muertos celebration comes to the Village of Lincoln on Saturday, October 29th with a full range of fun events planned; admission is free.  The event is from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  The Village of Lincoln is located 12 miles east of Capitan, on Highway 380 (Calle la Placita).

Family activities include mask decorating, paper flower making, face painting by popular local artists and displays  of "ofrendas". These free events will occur throughout the town of Lincoln.  Dr. Cynthia Orozco will demonstrate the building of an "ofrenda" and talk about this Hispanic tradition.  Mariachi bands and folkloric dancers will entertain. A schedule of events will be posted at various merchants' locations.  Door prizes will be offered;  get free tickets from participating merchants in Lincoln.

The story of Dia de Los Muertos  (Day of the Dead), observed  the world over, is celebrated in many ways, including the decoration of cemeteries and the building of "ofrendas", or altars to the deceased decorated with flowers, food offerings, photos and mementos.  This celebration expresses the idea that death is not to be feared, but embraced as a part of life.  Communities and families await the return of lost loved ones for food, music and fun.

Entertainment will feature "La Ultima", a New Mexico Spanish music trio from Carrizozo, "Mariachi Univo" from Carlsbad, NM,  and "Lubbock's All Star Mariachi Band" of Lubbock, TX;.  The musicians  will be performing for the entire day, throughout Lincoln. The Hondo Dancers will perform traditional Folklorico dances.

 Featured speaker is Dr. Cynthia Orozco, who will build an "ofrenda" for Juan Patron, the first known teacher in Lincoln County and a speaker of the house for the Territorial Legislature in the 19th Century.   While building the "ofrenda",   Dr. Orozco will discuss the history of the observance by indigenous people of  Mexico,  Europe and the U.S.   Orozco has taught New Mexico, Lincoln County, and U.S. history, and the humanities at ENMU for 15 years.  Born and raised in Texas, she has personal experience with "Dia de Los Muertos".   Her talk will take place in the Lincoln Community Church at 3 p.m.  Local eateries will provide food and drink specials. Plan to bring friends and family to the Village of Lincoln for a fun-filled and historical day,  on Saturday, October 29th, from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  For more information call 575-653-4045. 

Contact person:  Annmarie LaMay- 575-937-3755

The Hondo Dancers to perform traditional Folklorico dances

Flu Shots availabe at health fair Saturday at the Inn of the Mountain Gods

GSWA compactor/recycle site for Sun Valley Water & Sanitation District residential customers is OPEN.

GSWA site for SVW&SD residents is located behind Chisms convenient store.

You must have your keypad code for the gate. We sent to you a new refrigerator magnet in the mail with the code.

Be sure to completely shut the door when you leave.

IF you are NOT a resident of SVW&SD, the watchman will get ya!

Creative suggestions for those of us who are aging

Sun Valley Water & Sanitation District excels in State Auditor's required annual audit. Only 4 goventment entities in Lincoln County had no findings

This is just a portion of the entire Ruidoso News article at http://www.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/2016/10/18/local-government-entities-fared-well-audit-review/92319260/

 Local government entities fared well in audit review

Dianne L Stallings , Ruidoso News 8:05 a.m. MDT October 18, 2016

Several entities in the county were noted as going two consecutive years with no findings in a report from the Government Accountability Office under the Office of the State Auditor

Story Highlights

• No entity in the county slid onto the most findings list

Entities in Lincoln County fared well in a report prepared by the New Mexico state auditor’s office. Several received no findings in their Fiscal Year 2015 annual audits and none of them appeared on the lists cited for significant problems or failure to file audits.

The summary appears in a report from the Government Accountability Office under State Auditor Tim Keller issued last month. The state auditor’s office conducts and oversees all annual audits of New Mexico’s governmental entities. One of the office’s goals is to reestablish the notion of a “purpose-driven auditing for entities to use audits for what they were originally intended: to provide a roadmap for improved financial health,” the report states. The summary focuses on the audit opinions, types of annual findings and repeated findings.

“Findings are not an absolute negative,” according to the report, “but rather a key piece of the continual improvement of how our government is working.”
 
Thirty-three state agencies had no findings, along with the counties of Chaves and Dona Ana. Eastern New Mexico University received a clean bill of financial health for the second consecutive year, along with the village of Corona, the 12th Judicial district attorney, Greentree Solid Waste and Sun Valley Water and Sanitation District.

Early voting in Lincoln County starts Oct 22, 2016

EARLY VOTE SITES:

HORTON COMPLEX -- Saturday Oct 22^nd – November 5^th

Open Tuesday through Saturday  10 AM to 6 PM

LINCOLN COUNTY COURTHOUSE -- Monday October 24^th – November 4^th

8 AM to 5 PM and November 5^th 10 AM to 6 PM 
 

This link will show the voter information including what district they are in, or

call the County Clerk’s office (575-648-2385), and they will be happy to look you up.   https://voterview.state.nm.us/VoterView/RegistrantSearch.do

If the election is outside the district you’re in, you can’t vote if there is a different numbered district for the person running.

Click on the sample ballot link attached, or look at the elections tab below, you will find who’s running for what office AND what precinct they serve… then you’ll know whom you can vote  for your precinct.

Helpful Website: - www.lincolncountynm.gov  -- under the Elections tab shows helpful information  

like sample ballots, maps of polling locations, etc.  

http://www.lincolncountynm.gov/county_offices/clerk/county_offices/2012_general_election.php

Collaborative Forest Restoration Program

Check out this informative video from USFS that takes a closer look at collaborative forest restoration in the Lincoln National Forest.

Collaborative Forest Restoration Programs In Action https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8H3o4S5H-MgaFBub3NmSDNFS3c/view

From Sun Valley Water & Sanitation District: Admended 2015 CCR report

This report shows the analysis of more water contaminants than the previous one sent out on this blog on August 30, 2016.  There are no violations on any of the contaminants.

AT ENMU- Ruidoso Oct 12. See times below:

We are excited for the big celebration that will happen tomorrow, Wednesday October12th, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Here is a list of the agenda so you can join in the celebration!

• 4:30-7:30 pm - Live remote from KWES/KBUY and MTD radio stations
• 5:30-7:30 pm - ENMU-Ruidoso 25th Anniversary Celebration will begin: open house - information tables - door prizes - food
• 5:30-6:30 pm - Business After Hours in room 102. Come enjoy networking and yummy food from Dreamcatchers
• 6:30-7:00 pm - Let's have cake! We will celebrate the 25th Anniversary Celebration with some delicious cake in room 102 following the BAH event

ABSENTEE VOTING started Oct 11. See below message from our Lincoln County Clerk. Apologies to all.

From: Rhonda Burrows [mailto:RBurrows@lincolncountynm.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 2:09 PM

We have been inundated with calls and the Boys and Girls Club in the Horton Complex have had numerous angry voters because someone said on the air this morning that EARLY Vote starts today.   This is incorrect…ABSENTEE voting started today – this is the first day to mail out absentee ballots, and individuals can vote ABSENTEE IN PERSON at the County Clerk’s office in Carrizozo.   

We are happy to accommodate those who wish to drive to Carrizozo to vote, but we do not actively encourage this because we have limited staff to continue our regular duties, mail out ballots and applications, and assist voters.  Please clarify for your listeners and readers EARLY VOTE SITES THAT ARE OPEN:

HORTON COMPLEX -- Saturday Oct 22^nd – November 5^th

Open Tuesday through Saturday  10 AM to 6 PM

LINCOLN COUNTY COURTHOUSE -- Monday October 24^th – November 4^th

8 AM to 5 PM and November 5^th 10 AM to 6 PM 

Dale Evans Chautauqua on Friday, Oct. 21 at 1 pm at the Ruidoso Public Library

FYI: Visit your local library first the next time you plan to visit a New Mexico museum or historical site. You can check out the NM Family pass for free admission.

Take a NM FamilyPass with you to tour museums or historical sites for FREE!

Don't forget Lincoln County public libraries check out the NM FamilyPass, which provides free admission for up to six people to any of the Department of Culture Affairs museums and historic sites.  At each library you must be a card holder in good standing to borrow the pass for one week. 

 

The FamilyPass may be used at the following locations:

• 7 New Mexico Historic Sites, Statewide
• New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe
• New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe
• Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe
• Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe
• New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque
• New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces
• National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque

Absentee voting starts Tuesday, Oct 11. Please be sure to vote on the New Mexico General Obligation (GO) Bond "B" Funds for Libraries

2016 General Obligation Bonds for Public and Tribal Public Libraries (see the actual Act SB122 that will be on the ballot below)

New Mexico State Library administers GO Bond funds for the public libraries.
ALLOCATIONS
Projected Allocations are based on the 4.5.8 NMAC, most current Census Information available, and Library eligibility.

Our local libraries will receive:
Capitan Public Library: $6,164
Corona Public Library: $4,250 
Mescalero Community Library: $ 41,534
Ruidoso Public Library: $ 26,696

   


School library funds are administered by the Public Education Department.  More information on school library GO Bond funds can be found on the PED website at http://www.ped.state.nm.us/Humanities/Library/index.html

Academic library funds are adminstered by the Higher Education Deparment.  Please visit their website at: http://www.hed.state.nm.us


The purpose of the New Mexico public library general obligation bond program is to provide supplemental funds for public library resources when such funds are approved by the legislature and/or the voters in statewide elections. Funds for the public library bond program are intended to supplement local effort in providing local public library service. The public library bond program funds public library resources and equipment for public libraries statewide, including the rural library services of the state library.

SB122, 2016 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act"

was approved by the 2016 New Mexico Legislature and will require the approval of the registered voters at the 2016 General Election of the State.
Language from the law [SFA/SB 122, pp. 22-23]:

B. for library acquisitions at public libraries,public school libraries, academic libraries and tribal libraries statewide:

(1) to the cultural affairs department:

(a) three million dollars ($3,000,000)for equipment, library furniture, fixtures and supplemental library resource acquisitions, including print, non-print and electronic resources, and for the purchase and installation of broadband internet equipment and infrastructure at nontribal public libraries statewide; and

(b) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for equipment, library furniture, fixtures and supplemental library resource acquisitions, including print, non-print and electronic resources, and for the purchase and installation of broadband internet equipment and infrastructure at tribal libraries statewide;

Rainfall report - Oct 2016 from Sarah Mazur, neighborhood rainfall recorder for NOAA

Neighbor and SVW&SD Chairman of the Board, Jim Miller, wins UNM Award

(Photo: Courtesy)

Jim Miller wins UNM award

Ruidoso News Reports 6:51 a.m. MDT October 6, 2016

    The University of New Mexico has awarded Alto management consultant Jim Miller Jr. a Lobo, Zia & Inspirational Young Alumnus award.
    Miller earned a Bachelor of Science degree at UNM in 1970 and a Ph.D. in 1979.
    The award was announced Oct. 1. The UNM citation reads as follows:

"Miller put his degrees in elementary education and education administration to use in the Albuquerque Public Schools and for the Department of Defense in Germany before heading up the Carrizozo and Farmington school districts as superintendent. In 1991 he was hired to create the new Ruidoso branch campus of Eastern New Mexico University where he served as campus director and dean emeritus until his retirement in 2005. Miller’s father, James, Sr., was a Zia Award recipient in 1995."        

ww.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/2016/10/06/jim-miller-wins-unm-award/91616678/    

Mark the dates!

Sun Valley 2016 rainfall record & 2016 compared to 2015

More about the Chautauqua on Sat, Sept. 10, at the Hubbard Museum at 11:30am. Plus you can see the latest exhibit while there.

Chautauqua: 'The Way You Ride the Trail, Dale Evans Rogers'

Michelle L. Huey, Ruidoso News 12:20 p.m. MDT September 7, 2016

Kay Sebring-Roberts Kuhlmann with Roy Rogers, Jr. , Dale Evans Rogers' stepson in Roswell. (Photo: Courtesy)

     Ruidoso resident Kay Sebring-Roberts Kuhlmann, a veteran Chautauqua performer of 25 years, brings Queen of the West Dale Evans Rogers to life in a Chautauqua presentation at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at The Hubbard Museum of the American West at  26301 US Highway 70, Ruidoso Downs.
     "I find her to be a rather remarkable person," Kuhlmann said about Rogers. "She is a pioneer in so many ways. She is our first famous inspirational writer, the first celebrity who wrote about her tragedies and they were pioneers in adopting inter-racial children and children with disabilities."
     Rogers was a best-selling author, writer, film star and singer-songwriter and the third wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers. The two married in 1947 and went on to star in their successful television series The Roy Rogers Show. Besides acting in television, Evans starred in more than 30 films and wrote around 200 songs. Her most well-known was "Happy Trails."
     In the Chatauqua, Kuhlmann divides Rogers' life into two parts. She explores Rogers' time as an actress and also as a more mature author who unabashedly shares her deep faith.
Kuhlmann is a drama teacher at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, a playwright and has portrayed many historical women including First Ladies Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower. She founded the Women’s Chautauqua Institute at Cottey College for Women. Her characters have been featured at the National Archives, six Presidential Libraries and at museums and arts centers across the county.

      Each of  Kuhlmann's presentations is a labor of love and includes two to three years of research before she steps into a role.

     After choosing a subject, Kuhlmann begins research by culling through every bit of first hand information she can find, along with talking to anyone that has intimate knowledge of her subject. From there,  Kuhlmann begins to take notes about and embody her subject.
     "When I'm ready to write I've absorbed so much that it's like it's that person choosing what to tell about themselves," Kuhlmann said.
     On an interesting side note, Kuhlmann remarks because of copyright laws, she can't use Rogers' own words or songs. One example of how she cleverly skirts around that subtle, but important issue is showing how Rogers created her most famous song "Happy Trails" for Roy.
     "This is another reason why I don't write things down, I don't want to use her words," Kuhlmann said. "I want to use my absorption of what she said and then put it in my words because, again, she owns those words. I'm very careful about that."
     Admission is $10 and includes admission to the museum and featured exhibits "The Fabulous 101 Ranch: The Rise and Fall of an Empire," "Cultural Red" and "The Horseman's Tools." The Chautauqua is sponsored in part by the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Excellent Chautauqua at the Hubbard Museum on Saturday, Sept.10

The Way You Ride the Trail

A CHAUTAUQUA–STYLE PRESENTATION

BY KAY SEBRING-ROBERTS KUHLMANN

MEET “DALE EVANS”  

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 11:30 a.m.

HUBBARD MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST

$10 Special Second Saturday price

Includes admission to the museum and its two special exhibits.

Some funding for this program provided by New Mexico Humanities Council

Tues, Sept 6, 6 pm at ENMU-Ruidoso

2015 Consumer Confidence Report for Sun Valley Water & Sanitation District

Below is the Sun Valley Water & Sanitation District CCR for your viewing.  If you need a copy sent to you, please contact the Sun Valley Water office at 575.258.5240 or sunvalleywater@valornet.com

For more information on the CCR, please contact:
Contact:  Joe Buchanan
Address: PO Box 2432 Ruidoso, NM  88355
Phone: 575.937.3636