Information from the Little Bear Forest Reform Coalition - Lincoln National Forest Workshop at ENMU-Ruidoso Tuesday, Nov. 3 @ 6pm

More on Flu Shots - if you're interested

Presbyterian Medical Group will provide free flu shots to those 18 and older at three locations in Ruidoso, Carrizozo and Capitan until the vaccine is gone.

The opportunities for immunization are:

·         from  1:30 to 3:30 pm on Friday, October 23, at the Carrizozo Health Center, 710 Avenue E,  in Carrizozo; and

·         from 10 am to noon at the Capitan Medical Clinic, 405 Lincoln Way, in Capitan.

The 2015-2016 flu vaccine will protect against four strains of seasonal flu, the Influenza A H3N2-type virus, the Influenza A H1N1-type virus and two Influenza B-type viruses.

For their safety, children cannot receive flu shots through these clinics. Contact your child's primary care provider to receive a properly dosed flu shot.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone six months and older receive the flu vaccine.

The Lincoln County Medical Center is a county-owned facility that has been managed by Presbyterian Healthcare Services since 1972.  Lincoln County Medical Center and Presbyterian Healthcare Services operate a hospital, a primary care and specialty clinic, three rural clinics and a countywide ambulance service in the county. Lincoln County Medical Center is one of eight hospitals run by Presbyterian, which also has a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group.

And again: The Ruidoso Health Clinic will be  at the Ruidoso Community Center to give out FLU shots on Monday, October 26, from 9:00am to 4:00pm and at the Capitan School Gym on Wednesday, October 28, from 11:30am to 1:30pm.

 

Learn about N.M. Health Insurance Exchange and Medicare at the Capitan Library. Also: Flu shot clinics.

At the Capitan Library on Tuesday night, Oct. 20 at 6 pm, Be Well N.M. representatives will tell you about the changes in New Mexico's official health insurance exchange.  They're serving free pizza!

At the Capitan Library on Wednesday morning, Oct. 21, at 10:30 am, learn about changes in this year's Medicare program.

Flu Shot Clinics:
  The Ruidoso Health Clinic will be  at the Ruidoso Community Center to give out FLU shots on Monday, October 26, from 9:00am to 4:00pm and at the Capitan School Gym on Wednesday, October 28, from 11:30am to 1:30pm.

Free Art Workshops at Capitan Library through a grant from Otero County Electric Coop

At the Capitan Public Library - 3 FREE Art Workshops coming up in November. Call today to reserve a spot!


Two FREE music workshops will be given by Ellen Wilson, voice coach and teacher at ENMU-Ruidoso. On Saturday, November 7 and 21, the three-hour afternoon sessions begins at 1p.m. to 4 p.m. "How to free your voice" workshop includes self expression, projection, physical and vocal exercises, music appreciation and individual/group practice of Christmas carols.

On Saturday, November 14, a 6-hour FREE drama/theater workshop conducted by Myranda Rodriguez Waldo. The workshop begins at 9.30 a.m. until 4 p.m., with a half-hour lunch break (bring sack lunch ). Areas of focus will be voice projection, improvisational exercises, make up, theater vocabulary exploration, theater community resources, casting/audition process and readers' theater.

Reservations are required as space is limited.

For more information, please call Pearl Tippin at 575-354-7021 or e-mail pearlofcapitan@gmail.com. (Reservations MUST be made with Pearl, not the library staff.)
All art workshops are free at Capitan Public Library, thanks to a generous grant received from Otero County Electric Cooperative, Inc.

(Photo credit:  Myranda Rodriguez Waldo in Lincoln County Community Theatre  production of  "Moon Over Buffalo".  Photo by Marc Stewart)

Writers' Workshop available

Free Art Workshops at the Capitan Public Library: Thanks to a small grant received from Otero County Electric Cooperative, Inc., the Capitan Library is pleased to announce a series of free art workshops for adults to be held in the forthcoming months at the library at 101 E. 2nd Street in Capitan.
The first will be a two-part writers' workshop on Saturdays, October 10 and 17, from 9 am to noon, conducted by Linda Rodriguez, a published writer from Carrizozo. If you have ever wanted to write a memoir for your family or develop a short story, learn more about developing characters or build momentum in a novel, here's your opportunity.

Music, drama, silk painting and drawing workshops will be featured in the coming months. Reservations are required as space is limited. For more information and to make your reservation, please call Pearl Tippin at 575 354 7021 or e-mail pearlofcapitan@gmail.com.

OCEC Community Meeting to Discuss New Rate Proposal

Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) will be holding 

an informational meeting on Wednesday, Sept.30 at 5:30 PM

in the Capitan School Cafeteria, 150 Forest Street. 

Managers and trustees will be there to give important 

information and answer any questions members may have

about the recently published new rate proposal.

If you need more information about this meeting, please 

call Billy Massie at 575-682-2521

 or 1-800-548-4660.

FYI: meeting to discuss Otero Electric Rate Increase

If your electricity comes from Otero Electric, you may be interested in attending the following meeting on Thursday, September 17,  at the Ruidoso Convention Center, 5:30 p.m. in Room 4abc  The discussion will center on the prospective increases to your bill.  Please pass this on.

The major increase is in the customer charge going from $16 to $25.  They have done a cost analysis that shows the actual customer cost to the company of $35.  The rest is made up by usage.  The argument is who should carry the cost of business, those who use more or all those who are connected.

If 25 people formally object to the proposed increase it must go to the rate commission to be considered.

Otero Electric likely has sufficient paperwork to get an increase.  The bottom line is that the bank requires Otero to collect $1.5 million in excess of their basic loan payments.

More details at:   http://www.ruidosotoday.com/test/zozo/zozo9.15.2015