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CLOUDCROFT ONLINE NEWSLETTER #168
June 27, 2003
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Dear Subscriber:

Some of my best memories since my first memory have to do with
hamburgers.

Hamburger cook-outs in the back yard. Hamburgers and a milk
shake with a high school date just before going to see
"Viva, Las Vegas". A hamburger and fries just after my first
wife told me she wanted a divorce.

All wonderful memories.

Now there are those that want to take my hamburgers away.

They're getting ready to sue the fast food chains saying
hamburgers are responsible for high cholesterol, over-weight,
pimples and bad TV commercials. It's time for me to speak out.

I promised my partners at Cloudcroft.com that I would avoid any
serious political confrontations in my newsletter articles, but
I don't think the War on Hamburgers is either political or
serious.

I am concerned, though. What will our world be like if these
people succeed in making hamburgers socially unacceptable?

"Hey, why don't you and the wife and kids come over this
evening for a little ping-pong and rice cakes?"

"What a great beach party! We surfed, sang songs around the
campfire and grilled bean sprouts!"

Of course there are things more nutritious than hamburgers.
There are intravenous feedings that are more nutritious, but
man cannot survive on Saline alone. It's fun to roll the dice
on occasion and eat something that tastes good, but may not be
listed in the upper healthy food group categories.

I tried grilling some of my other favorite foods, but the
cheese cake kept falling through the grate. Grape Jell-O on
a sesame seed bun just doesn't cut it.

I'm willing to negotiate. I promise to eat hamburgers only on
days that end in "y" and will forego the extra cheese if the
anti-hamburger coalition will pick on a more substantial issue
like dirty dirt.

The debate rages. Somewhere out there, the cows are smiling.

Don Vanlandingham
Cloudcroft.com

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1. LOOKING AT THE WEATHER
2. VILLAGE NEWS
3. INSIDE THE SHOP -- CLOUDCROFT PROPERTIES
4. CLOUDCROFT ONLINE SPOTLIGHT -- APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
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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Still warm and dry. Highs in the upper-70s. Lows in the mid-40s.
No change in the forest restrictions. Call The Forest Service
(1-505-682-2551) for the latest updates.
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VILLAGE NEWS
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"The Wall That Heals..." the half-scale version of the Viet Nam
Memorial in Washington, DC, will be on display in Young Park
in Las Cruces from June 26th through the 29th.

Included with the display are an information center and a
traveling museum.
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INSIDE THE SHOP -- CLOUDCROFT PROPERTIES
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Our staff of professional agents is proud of the many years of
real estate service to both buyers and sellers. Stop by. Have a
cup of coffee and a cookie. Pick up free area maps and brochures
and let us show you the area and our community. For more
information, call (877) 478-0426 (toll free) or (505) 682-4555,
or see our web site listed on the Real Estate page of 
Cloudcroft.com:

http://www.cloudcroft.com/real.htm

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CLOUDCROFT ONLINE SPOTLIGHT -- APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY
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http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/

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Q AND A -- BECAUSE CLOUDCROFT ONLINE READERS WANT TO KNOW
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Q - Can you pick up television stations on an antenna in
Cloudcroft?

A - Off-the-air television signals in Cloudcroft are very iffy
(and usually very fuzzy).

Some places on the mountain offer fair reception for El Paso
and Albuquerque stations, while other spots just a few yards
away may have no reception at all. TV shops will sell you
antenna boosters, but it has been my experience that they are
of little use.

Inside the village cable is available. Outside the village most
TV viewers opt for satellite systems. The monthly cost of
satellite reception is comparable to cable prices.
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COMING EVENTS
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June 27 -- Star Talks. White Sands National Monument. 8:30pm

June 28 -- Lake Lucero tour. White Sands National Monument.
6pm.

June 27-29 -- Chimney Spring Bluegrass Festival. $5.00/Friday
only, $8.00/Saturday only, $12.00/weekend pass. 10 bands
scheduled, plus open stage time on Friday and Saturday.
Call (505) 687-3520 for more information.

June 29 -- The Music Man by the New Mexichords. Spencer
Theatre. Alto. 2pm.

July 1-4. Mescalero Apache Ceremonial Dances. Mescalero.
(505) 464-4494.

July 4 -- Burro Avenue celebration. Cloudcroft.

July 4 -- Independence Day Parade, Alamogordo.

July 4-6 -- Melodrama. Open Air Pavilion. Cloudcroft.

July 5 -- Street Dance. Burro Street. Cloudcroft.

July 5 -- Independence Day Parade and Celebration.
Timberon.

July 11, 12 -- Melodrama. Open Air Pavilion. Cloudcroft.

July 12 -- Tailgate Concert. Bert Dalton Trio. 8pm.
Museum of Space History parking lot. Alamogordo.

July 12, 13 -- Cloudcroft July Jamboree.

July 12, 13 -- Full Moon Nights. White Sands Nat'l Monument.

July 12 -- Street Dance. Burro Street.

July 18 -- Pirates of Pensance. Flickinger Center. Alamogordo.

July 18, 19 -- Melodrama. Open Air Pavilion. Cloudcroft.

July 25 -- Miss Otero County Pageant. Flickinger Center.

July 26 -- Lace Lucero Tour. White Sands National Monument.

July 26 -- Tailgate Concert. Mike Pritchard's Blue Note Thunder
and Lightning Horns. Space Museum Parking lot.

August 1-3 -- Oklahoma. Flickinger Center. Alamogordo.

August 2 -- National Kid's Day. Washington Park. Alamogordo.

August 2-3 -- Robin Hood Days. Timberon.

August 7-10 -- Gathering of Circles. www.gatheringofcircles.com.

August 9 -- Otero County Fair parade. Alamogordo.

August 13-16 -- Otero County Fair.

August 16 -- Model rocket launch. Veteran's Memorial Park.
Alamogordo.

August 23 -- Larry Fox Memorial Fun Run. Alamogordo.

August 23 -- Tailgate Concert. Bayou Seco. Space Museum
parking lot.

August 30 -- Alamogordo Amateur Radio Club Hamfest.
Fairgrounds.

August 30, Sept. 1 -- 13th annual Cottonwood Arts and Crafts
Festival. Alameda Park. Alamogordo.

August 30, 31, Sept. 1 -- Cloudcroft Labor Day Fiesta.

September 1 -- Lumber Jack Day. Cloudcroft Zenith Park.

September 19-21 -- Healing Hearts.

September 21 -- Governor Johnson's Run/Walk. Cloudcroft.

Cloudcroft Art Society meets the second Sunday of each month,
2-4pm, in the Old Red Brick School House. Call (505) 682-3004
for more information and details on the Cloudcroft Summer Art
Workshops.

Would you like to help deliver meals to the homebound around
Cloudcroft? Monday through Friday deliveries. Call the
Cloudcroft Senior Center at (505)-682-3022. For information on
other Senior Center services, see their web site, listed on the
Cloudcroft.com Links page.

http://www.cloudcroft.com/links.htm

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 8:30 every Tuesday morning.

Free Vitals Clinic. Cloudcroft Senior Citizens Center, every
Wednesday. High Rolls Senior Citizens Center, first Thursday
of each month.

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For an online calendar of area events, click the Events Calendar
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http://www.cloudcroft.com/index.html

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Dear Newsletter:

Thanks for the updates. We just moved from Albuquerque to
Keller Texas (just north of Ft Worth) and we enjoy hearing
about anything with New Mexico culture.

I like living here, but miss the Mexican food found in New
Mexico. Any of your readers want to invest in a Green Chile
Hamburger place in Texas? My wife and I saw one in San Antonio,
Texas, and they sold like hotcakes! Maybe we should open up an
Owl Bar and Cafe like in San Antonio, NM? Looking for an
investor!

Keep the letter coming, and thanks!

Dean Reed

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Dear Newsletter:

Moths! We had them in our log cabin--one spring when we
returned from the winter in Florida, the piano would not make
a sound! In fact, we could not even depress the keys!

We called for help, and the tuner took it apart. The moths had
packed themselves in the space beneath the keys so tightly
they could not be vacuumed out, only pried out with a knitting
needle!

For a few nights, we placed out kerosene lamps in a large salad
bowl of water. They just swam out after dive bombing into the
pan. Next, we added a little Clorox to the water. Guess what?
In the morning, we had a pan full of white moths, all dead.
After a few days, we would only have one or two each morning.

I wonder what citronella oil would have accomplished had we
burned it in the lamps?

Ilda

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Dear Newsletter:

I have THE cure for your Miller Moth problem--the Greater
Eternal Flying Biloxi Tree Roach. Relics from eons past,
these fierce creatures will rid your house of just about any
vermin you can think of: moths, mice, chipmunks, in-laws,
grown-up kids who refuse to leave home. I'll bring a couple
dozen when we come in July--no need for more as they're quite
prolific.

About the only thing they don't work on is spam and pop-up ads.

Richard Day
Biloxi, MS/High Nogal

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