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CLOUDCROFT ONLINE NEWSLETTER #127
Sept. 13, 2002
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Dear Subscriber:

"Do you remember where you were on September 11, 2001?"

What a silly cliché question. Unless you were hiding under a
rock that day and the year since, you remember.

On that day one year ago, I was like you. I was shocked. I was
mad. I was determined to support any and all efforts to see to
it that such a thing doesn't happen to our country again.

I feel the same way today...maybe even more so.

Do you?

I write this newsletter on Wednesdays. This Wednesday happens
to fall on 9-11.

While taking care of my daily business today and while sitting
here in my office composing this newsletter this afternoon I
have seen the speeches and the accounts of heroism during the
wall-to-wall coverage on my little TV above and to the left of
my keyboard.

I've heard some uplifting words today, but the words that stick
with me above all of them are those two simple words uttered by
one of the first fallen warriors of this battle against
terrorism.

Let's Roll.

Don Vanlandingham
Cloudcroft.com

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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. LOOKING AT THE WEATHER
2. VILLAGE NEWS
3. INSIDE THE SHOP -- AROUND THE CORNER
4. CLOUDCROFT ONLINE SPOTLIGHT -- WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE
5. Q AND A -- BECAUSE CLOUDCROFT ONLINE READERS WANT TO KNOW
6. COMING EVENTS
7. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
8. CONTACT INFORMATION
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LOOKING AT THE WEATHER
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Wetter than recent Septembers past. Cooling off, also. Highs
in the low-70s. Lows in the low-40s.
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VILLAGE NEWS
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A ceremony...one of the hundreds all across the USA... was
held in front of the Cloudcroft Village Office on the morning
of September 11. The event was a joint effort of the village
and Otero County Emergency Services.

The ceremony included the display of a metal art piece depicting
a fire-fighter backed by three crosses. The piece was created
by Holloman Air Force Base firefighter Larry Daniels.
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INSIDE THE SHOP -- AROUND THE CORNER
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One of Cloudcroft's newest specialty shops. Around The Corner
features a broad selection of collectables suitable for a
special place in your home or office.

Next door to Scotty's LP on Little Glorietta...just around the
corner from Burro Avenue.
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CLOUDCROFT ONLINE SPOTLIGHT -- WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE
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Let's Roll.

http://www.wsmr.army.mil/

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Q AND A -- BECAUSE CLOUDCROFT ONLINE READERS WANT TO KNOW
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Q - Does Otero County have a leash law? -- Vincent Martin

A - Yes, but it is rather vague. It states a pet should be
under the control of its owner, which could mean the dog should
come to you when it is called.

If your dog has an altercation with someone else's pet or should
bite a person, you will likely be held liable.

The village of Cloudcroft has a strict leash law, stating all
pets should be on leashes a maximum of 6 feet long.
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COMING EVENTS
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September 14 -- Dinner with Governor Johnson, 6pm.
Tickets $30.00 per person available at Copper Butterfly.

September 15 -- Governor’s 10K Run/Walk. For more info, call
(505) 682-2733.

September 16 -- Meet the Candidates Night. Otero County
Fairground, 6:30pm. Hosted by Otero County Association for
Family and Community Education, (505) 687-2133.

September 20-22 -- Gathering of Circles Healing Hearts event.
Call 1-915-550-3302 for details.

September 21 -- Lumberjack Days. Chainsaw and ax competitions.
Zenith Park. For more information, call (505) 682-2733.

September 28 -- Mountain Garden Club Fiesta of Fashion style
show. Middle School Cafeteria. Mexican buffet. Tickets
12.50. Proceeds go to local student scholarship.

September 28-29 -- Aspencade tours (fall foliage at its best).
For more information, call (505) 682-2733.

October 5, 6 -- Oktoberfest. Juried art show. Zenith Park

October 5, 6 -- Aspencade tours

October 19, 20 -- High Rolls Apple Festival. High Rolls, NM.
For more information, call (505) 682-1151.

October 26 -- Harvestfest. Pumpkin carving, hay rides.

October 31 -- Trick or Treat. Costume contest. Burro Avenue.
5-7pm.

November 23 -- Santa Town at Zenith Park. 5pm-7pm.

December 7 -- Santa Town at Zenith Park.

December 14 -- Santa Town at Zenith Park.

December 21 -- Santa Town at Zenith Park.

December 31 -- New Year's Eve torch light parade at Ski
Cloudcroft.

Cloudcroft Art Society meets the second Sunday of each month,
2-4pm, in the Old Red Brick School House. Call (505) 682-2494
for more information.

Mountain Garden Club meets every third Monday of each month.
Call (505) 682-2910 for more information.

Senior Van from Timberon to Alamogordo leaves the Timberon
Lodge promptly at 8:30am every Tuesday morning.

Free Vitals Clinic. Third Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm
and last Thursday of each month starting at 12 noon. James
Canyon Fire Department, 2346 Highway 82.

If you have news of public events in the Cloudcroft area, email
us.

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For an online calendar of area events, click the Events Calendar
link in the left column of our home page:

http://www.cloudcroft.com/index.html

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Dear Newsletter:

I read with some amusement, your answer to the question about
insect bites at Cloudcroft.

Apparently you and I hang out at different places around
Cloudcroft, since you made no mention of the deer flies. In
the 30 odd years I've been going up there, I have been driven
nearly jack-batty by these little delta-winged critters, that
bite like mad, and are too quick to swat.

The only escape seems to be standing in the smoke cloud from
a camp fire, but this usually only makes them madder, and
you're so light-headed from breathing the smoke that you can't
offer much resistance. Perhaps you've discovered a way to
combat them?

Steve Seaton
Odessa

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Dear Newsletter:

Sorry to butt in here, but there can be mosquitoes at the
altitude of Cloudcroft, and above, though they are much rarer
than lower down in, say, Alamogordo.

I was bitten by one at Apache Point Observatory, about 2 months
ago. APO which is at 9200 feet altitude, above Cloudcroft. I
caught the offending insect in the act and still have the
little blighter stuck in a notebook, preserved on a strip of
sticky tape.

I checked on the world-wide web, and learned that there are no
recorded cases of serious mosquito-borne illness above about
7000 feet. And I think I learned that mosquitoes don't breed
that high (one's never too sure when learning off the web). It
had been a hot day with a steady wind from the west, and my
guess is that the insect in question had ridden the wind up
from lower elevations.

Best regards,
Peter Newman

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Dear Newsletter:

Thank you Mr. Vanlandingham, I'm thankful that there are honest
people left in this world. God will truly bless you and Peg
when you least expect it. Don't worry about the hesitation,
that's only human. it's the first thought and final action
that counts.

My husband and I read your newsletter every week. We have made
a few trips to Cloudcroft and hope to soon find a place there.
So hats off to you and Peg.

Future Cloudcroftian,
S. Bell
Huffman, Tx

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Dear Newsletter:

Let me just say, "Thank You God." I am so glad to read a story
like this and know that I'm not the only one who feels this
way when there is a mistake at the cash register. We are really
quick to go back and blast the cashier when we are short
changed, but we consider it a gift to often when we get under
charged instead of realizing that the idea of fairplay and
honesty goes both ways.

By the way, the "ONLY" exception to the rule of honesty is when
you ARE playing golf by your self. How else can you shoot a 64.
(Just kidding.)

Philip Duncan
The Woodlands, TX
By way of Carlsbad, NM 

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Dear Newsletter:

Somewhere in the attic of my desk top computer sits a dusty
old box full of Cloudcroft Newsletters.

The content of these newsletters have given us (readers) a nice
little window into the lives of Don and Peggy VanLandingham
(Best Little Reality Show on the net).

My family and I have also had the benefit of staying in one of
your properties and meeting you personally. Consequently, I
would have bet my next paycheck on the outcome of the Lowes
thing. I think from time to time there comes those moments in
everyone's life when we must make a decision that tests our
moral makeup.

Having said this, it is still encouraging testimony for you to
tell of victory in doing the right thing. By the way, the fact
that you hesitated, makes you human. That's encouraging, also. 

Joe Wells
Dallas

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Dear Newsletter:

First let me say how much the wife and I enjoyed our 18 days
in delightful Cloudcroft. We got back home to hot and muggy
Houston last Tuesday afternoon.

I can appreciate your problem in finding that the store did not
charge you for the cabinet. I was a youngster during WWII and
my Mother ran a boarding house in Dallas, Texas. One of my
duties was to check the grocery stores after school to see if
any had any hard to get items such as sugar etc.

Of course, you had to have ration coupons (boarders turned
their food coupons over to Mother), but coupons or not you had
to find a store with the goods. 

One day I found someone's ration book in the street (with the
owner's name & address inside). I agonized over the decision
to use the coupons or to return them. My mother agonized also,
but I think now that she never really wavered but was using
the situation to teach me a lesson.

Thanks to her and my Grandfather's example I returned the
coupons to their owner but, like you, I have been ashamed ever
since that I even considered anything else.

Joe Johnson
Houston, Texas

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Dear Newsletter:

Reading the newsletter is wonderful. I miss Cloudcroft so much.
The name itself should be a painting. I think of that because
my aunt, Pearl Siegenthaler, had a house on the little road
across from the lake and the school house on the highway, and
I went to the Froman art school in the 70's.

Cloudcroft was wonderful. I would love to come to the Apple
Festival, but it will have to wait another year. Could you put
some Fall pics online and let us see the hay, pumpkins, chilies,
and the night sky?

Thanks,
Tish McNutt 

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Dear Newsletter:

You did the right thing by going back to Lowe's. Honesty is a
great thing. You don't have that on your mind to worry about.
That you didn't do the right thing. That's our nature to be
greedy and keep the money. I understand where you're coming
from. Thanks for being honest that's what counts. I'm sure
God will reward you for that some day.

Shirley Myers
Amarillo,Texas

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