Next Saturday! Save the Date!!!

NOW is the time to attack the 1st year thistles

Get out there with your hoe and attack!  Don't let them go to the terrible two-year-old stage, when they grow a stem with multiple blossoms, bloom and then BOOM! spread seeds.

May 3 - WUI Speaker Series- Moon Mountain Fire

CHOIR CONCERT - May 1

Sun Valley residents may participate in the tire recyling event. Sun Valley residents simply need to tell the staff at the Greentree window that they are from Sun Valley on Friday & Saturday morning. Please spread the word to your neighbors.

Ruidoso Downs, Capitan, Carrizozo, Corona 

& Ruidoso Residents       

at the Greentree Solid Waste Yard 

“Old and Damaged Tire Disposal Weekend”    

                                                         

Need to get rid of old or damaged tires? Now you can   

drop them off in the Blue roll off containers at                               No Charge at the Greentree Yard  

                                                                                            Friday 8:00 am – 4 pm April 22            Saturday 8:00 am – 12 Noon April 23

Tires up to 20” Rims and Semi-Truck Tires Accepted

Do not place tires next to polycarts or dumpsters,

 in arroyos, or on City/County roads. 

No Tire Piles on your property, 

Please! throwing Tires on the Ground Makes a 

Home for Rats, Mosquitos and Zika, West Nile Virus & Hanta Viruses 

which then Spreads to People, Pets and Livestock.

Help Keep Our Communities Clean

 and Our People Healthy!

City of Ruidoso Downs *

Greentree Solid Waste Authority *

Scrap Tire Management Program

A smile for the day

While reading the SouthWest Writers Storyteller's Anthology (2013 edition) I came upon this poem.  Now IF any of you took the leap this past year from Windows 7 to the FREE Windows 10 - I think you can relate to this poem.

CRASH by Peggy Spencer

Poor Wally's computer has gone on the blink,

He tried to upgrade it but what do you think,

The hard drive went wacko, the files disappeared,

His screen sent out sparks and the keyboard got weird.

Whenever he typed he got music, no joke,

His computer was fine, but now it's baroque.

the BLOG has a mind of its own.

Don't ask me WHY you just got a post about Flu shots dated Oct 2015.  These blogs do that to me sometimes.  Just out of the blue it sends an old one that failed to send on its appropriate publish date.  Sorry.

Reminds me of THE BLOB that Tom Bird (the weather forecaster at last Tuesday WUI Speaker Series) said sits out there above El Nino and changes everything.  That's why we just had very dry February and March, even in an El Nino year.  It is the BLOB's fault.

So in the case of weird blog posts -- its the BLOG's fault!  Just keep a sense of humor -- and smile!

Boating allowed at Alto Lake

Dianne L Stallings, Ruidoso News 5:29 p.m. MDT March 24, 2016

Alto Lake is added to Ruidoso's ordinance to allow boating as well as fishing, giving more recreational water-related options for residents and visitors

(Photo: Courtesy)

Boating will be all allowed on Alto Lake as well as Grindstone Reservoir under an amendment approved by Ruidoso village councilors at their meeting this month.

"Village staff was successful in July 2015 to secure stocking of fish into Alto Lake by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish," Village Parks and Recreation Director Rodney Griego said. "The Parks and Recreation Commission has completed an evaluation of facilities and services, which recommended the addition of boating to Alto Lake. Staff reviewed the request with fire, police and code enforcement departments and has received nothing but positive feedback."

Councilor John Cornelius noticed that the rules at Grindstone being applied to Alto as a lake added to the ordinance state that persons under the age of 18 years must have authorization of a guardian to operate a boat. He questioned if the wording should be "supervision," instead of "authorization."
"Otherwise, someone could send a kid out there by himself and I don't think that's the intent," Cornelius said.

Griego said New Nexico boating law does not specify age for a person operating a boat and he used the language in the existing ordinance. No incidences have occurred and when village sponsored events are conducted, an adult operates all boats, he said. He had no objection to a wording change, however.

Councilor Rafael Salas advocated allowing dogs to swim at Alto Lake and at Grindstone, but in the final vote, the prohibition was not changed. Councilor Joe Eby said if he was fishing, he would not want people and dogs swimming around when he cast with a hook at the end of his line.

Councilor Lynn Crawford said liability concerns could be involved in the ban and Salas said if a designated human swimming area was created, lifeguards would have to be hired.

Councilor Joe Gomez said the village law requiring dogs to be on leash or under voice control essentially eliminates the possibility of allowing them to swim. Dogs in the past have been spotted swimming at Alto, which is not as large and deep as Grindstone, and most likely that practice will continue with or without posted signs, councilors said.

Questions about Property Taxes and Tax Exemptions?

Questions about

Property Taxes and Tax Exemptions?

Yovanne Lucero from the Lincoln County Assessors Office will be at Capitan Public Library

Thursday, April 28 – 5:30 p.m.

She will explain these topics and assist you in getting all eligible exemptions.

Light refreshments served.

Almost 1/2" of rain fell Friday night in Sun Valley! See monthly comparisions below:

 

Sarah Mazur is the "official" moisture monitor  in the neighbor

Otero County Electric Coop cuts trees consider dangerous to power lines

AND, they just happened to be an impinging threat to Sun Valley Water's well house #6.  So just remember, if you see dead trees that could take out an electric line if the trees fell down in a strong wind  CALL OCEC Alto's office at 575-336-4550.  Call even if they are not on your property.  The trees in the photo were on the adjacent property.

Behind Well House #6

CAPITAN PUBLIC LIBRARY

THE PLANT & GARDEN SALE!  

Saturday, May 7.  8 am to 2pm.

Save the DATE! 

Do you have too many plants?   Yard art you no longer like or you've changed your style?   Plant stands that need a paint job?  Pretty pots or wind-chimes you'll never use? Lawn furniture that blows away in our ferocious winds? Bring your plants & stuff by the library for volunteers to spruce up to sell at the Plant & Garden Sale.  It goes to a good cause...your favorite library!

At the Old Mill on Saturday, April 9

Hey - there's our neighbor sitting and strumming the guitar in the front.  Tim McCasland.  He took Randy Jones' place with the Flying J Wrangles as the string instrument extraordinaire virtuoso. He plays everything.  Well,maybe not the fiddle, but by golly, for sure everything else with strings.

message from the Clements:

We would like to invite you to our benefit event at the Old Mill this Saturday, April 9^th,  with the Flying J Wranglers. The doors open at 6:30, and the music begins at 7 pm. Tickets are $25.

It will be a great western show for the entire family.  There will also be a book sale & jewelry sale to help save the Mill.  Coyote Howling will be hosting the concessions, and they have donated some gift baskets & a gift certificate to raffle during the event.

As an added bonus, the Old Mill waterwheel will be turning and grinding grain inside the building.

We hope you can join us for a fun evening of entertainment in Ruidoso's birthplace. Tell all your friends and come get your Western on!

Thanks for your support,

Michael & Delana Clements & The Old Mill Preservation Corporation board members

Today, 4/5/2016- Living in the WUI Speaker Series

Tuesday, April 05, 2016, 06:00pm - 08:00pm ENMU-Ruidoso Room: 102

The Living in the WUI Speaker Series for April promises to be a very interesting one indeed! 

 Mr. Tom Bird, with the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in El Paso will be with us Tuesday evening the 5th of April to enlighten Lincoln Country as to what we can expect weather wise during the balance of 2016.  His talk promises to be interesting and informative for all who attend.  

Also on tap for that evening we’ll have personnel from Pecos Zone (Region 3: New Mexico/Arizona) that will outline all of the Fire Resources available in Region 3. This should be a great presentation that will let us know what capabilities we actually have to battle wildfire in our respective area’s.   We hope to see YOU there!  Call 575 275 3012 to register for this FREE presentation.