Vol III, Issue 20, Sep.28-Oct.4, 2016

VOL III, Issue 20, Sept. 28Oct.
4, 2016
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Table of Contents
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Activists Prepare to Pack Courtroom....................................................................... 6
ABQ Free Press Goes Weekly.................................................................................... 7
Local Briefs................................................................................................................. 7
This Aint Your Grandpas Pot................................................................................... 8
Pulp News.............................................................................................................. 10
About the Cover Artist.......................................................................................... 11
La Montaita Leadership Challenge.................................................................... 12
Bill Clinton and the CEO Pay Spike...................................................................... 14
U.S. National Womens Balloon Competition...................................................... 16
Balloon Fiesta Calendar of Events........................................................................ 18
Summerlong Book Review................................................................................ 20
Lindy Vision Album Review.................................................................................. 22
Local Musician Makes Passion into Living........................................................... 22
Food Fight! Thai it on........................................................................................... 23
50 Years of Star Trek......................................................................................... 24
Callboard............................................................................................................... 26
NM Film Focus with Monique Candelaria............................................................ 27
Limo Ride Film Review...................................................................................... 27
Weekly Calendar................................................................................................... 28
Crossword Puzzle.................................................................................................. 31
Letters to the Editor..................................................................................................
letters/Cartoons
To the Editor:
I saw your article on the Albuquerque Rapid Transit [Aug. 10].
Here are three points you dont
make.
What about the regular citizens
you dont mention those that
have endured aging and sometimes
un-airconditioned buses, or people
like myself who rely on public
transit and would love an upgrade,
or the handicapped, poor, students,
and those who dont want a car to
help the environment. Dont those
people count?
Central needs a total repaving and
apparently new water lines are being installed the construction that
will proceed ART or no ART.
Phoenix, Tuscon and Denver, etc.,
all have done recent upgrades on
their transit system. If Albuquerque
is going to rise above the minorleague level, continued improvement of the transit system needs to
be addressed.
An express bus route connecting
the foundering Downtown to jobs
in the Northeast Heights should be
added immediately. Failure to address these transit needs continues
to cost the city much needed jobs
and a loss of young people who are
moving out of state to real cities.
Improved transit may just help
Central get rid of a lot of the seedy
motels, tattoo shops, vagrants and
derelicts and improve the quality
of business. Where are classy jazz

and blues clubs in and around the
Downtown area? Do we really need
five clubs playing dumbed down
hip hop?
Peter Horn
To the Editor:
Albuquerque voters need to remind the Mayor and the City Council who they are accountable to in
the upcoming election cycle. Every
one of those complacent Councilors
needs to go!Shame on Ken Sanchez
for pandering to the Berry Administration. Whats in it for you, Ken? If
a damn bus takes precedence over
constituents livelihoods, then you
and your ilk are a pathetic example
of public servants and should be
dealt with accordingly come election season.
Daniel Calderon
Editors note: Councilor Sanchezs seat
comes up for re-election in October
2017.
To the Editor:
Where is the sense in requiring
Albuquerque Rapid Transit riders
to cross traffic to get to buses in the
worst city in the U.S. for pedestrian
deaths? Why Central Avenue and
not Lomas Boulevard?
Lomas has six lanes, the outside
two of which would allow riders to
safely board from sidewalks. Lomas

serves University of New Mexico
Hospital and the three courthouses,
plus numerous businesses, and no
major roadwork is needed to ready
the route.
By the way, who will ride the ART
buses, especially with the bad behavior on the buses, such as people
putting their feet on the seats, and
at the stops, where cigarette smokers pollute the air nonsmokers must
breathe despite the city ordinance
prohibiting such conduct?
City councilors should have used
the bus system for a month before
voting on it. Likewise, Terri Cole.
Will she be a regular rider? I recommend that owners whose businesses
suffer losses sue the city.
oeillist@gmail.com
To the Editor:
I am wholeheartedly against the
proposed revision of the Central
Avenue corridor. I am not against
new buses but dont understand the
reasoning behind their new placement in traffic.
I wish our elected officials had
not thrown us under the proverbial
bus.We are the people who will not
only end up paying the bulk of the
installation the federal side of the
dollars keeps diminishing but also
will have to pay the full brunt of
the cost to rip it all out when it has
miserably failed.
There are so many more things
this city needs to address than to
waste time and money on this.
Thank you for allowing me to vent
on this subject.
CALLING ALL PETS
Barbara Villa
To the Editor:
[Re: There Goes the Neighborhood, Sept. 21] The citys neighborhood office used to be far more
robust and supportive with associations. Lets start there, as well as
having people talk to each other
before they usurp neighborhood associations that get rusty, but want to
become more effective. Gentrifying
neighborhood associations benefits
no one. Hope Barelas sails forward!
Joy Garrett
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Mark Keeling sent us this photo

of his dog, Axil, a 2-year-old
mixed breed that he got as a
puppy from the Albuquerque
Animal Welfare shelter. A few
months ago, another dog
nipped Axils ears while they
were playing, and his ears
swelled up. This is him when
the vet was done fixing his
ears, Mark wrote. Axil loves
playing fetch, going on walks
and playing with his buddy,
Hopi the Cow Dog, Keeling
wrote.
Send it to
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Activists Want to Pack the

Sandy-Perez Courtroom
by sayrah namast
ll eyes are
on the
historic trial
unfolding in
Albuquerque
concerning the
two police officers charged
with the
second-degree murder of homeless
camper James Boyd.
APD Forward, a local coalition
formed in the wake of the critical
U.S. Department of Justice report
and the many local protests against
police brutality, is encouraging the
community to pack the courtroom this week.
The coalition is made up of the
ACLU, Albuquerque Healthcare for
the Homeless, the parents of several
men killed by APD officers, and others. In its call to action, the coalition
wrote: The eyes of the city, state
and country are on this trial, and
we need to pack that courtroom
with APD Forward supporters to
show that our community cares
about law enforcement accountability.
The trial is scheduled

for each weekday at
8:30 a.m. at the
Bernalillo County
District Court,
400 Lomas Blvd. NW
If you have any availability, please show your support
by attending this critical trial in
person. The trial is scheduled for
each weekday at 8:30 a.m. at the
Bernalillo County District Court,
400 Lomas Blvd. NW. Note that
once youre in the courtroom, you
cant leave until the next break.
More information about the rules
of the courtroom can be found at
apdforward.org
With the Nov. 8 election just
over a month away, the National
Hispanic Cultural Center and New
Mexico PBS are working to educate
the public about the struggles
Latinos have faced to vote and be
represented. They have partnered
to help more New Mexicans register
to vote in the general election.
Willie Vasquez: Your Voice Is
Your Vote is a fascinating new
documentary film that portrays the
story of the United Farm Worker
boycott coordinator who founded

the Southwest Voter Registration
and Education Project in 1974.
Vasquez initiated 1,000-voter
registration drives in 200 cities,
building a foundation for Latinos to
have a voice in government, as well
as highlighting the growing power
of the Latino vote. To date, the
Southwest Voter Registration and
Education Project has registered
about 2.6 million Latino voters.
The National Hispanic

Cultural Center and
New Mexico PBS are
working to educate
the public about the
struggles Latinos have
faced to vote and be
represented
The film will be screened twice,
at 11 a.m. and again at 2 p.m. on
Saturday, Oct. 1 at the National
Hispanic Cultural Center, 701 Fourth
St. SW. There will also be a voter
registration drive from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. as part of the event. The
day to register to vote in the Nov. 8
election is Oct. 11.
Do you know what else is on the
November ballot aside from the
two most despised presidential
candidates in polling history?
The ballot also includes funding
for libraries and senior centers, as
well as proposed constitutional
amendments. The League of Women Voters has provided accurate
and non-partisan information about
elections for 67 years. Their Voter
Guide includes explanations of
each bond issue and constitutional
amendment proposed, as well as
the arguments for and against each
one.
The League has a long tradition of
publishing the verbatim responses
of candidates on key questions.
Pick up the NM League of Women
Voters Voter Guide around town
or check it out on their website:
lwvnm.org
Sayrah Namast is an organizer

with the American Friends Service
Committee in Albuquerque. She
writes about events of interest to
Albuquerques activist community.
News
ABQ Free Press Now Weekly

by abq free press staff
BQ Free Press is now being published weekly.

The move to increase the publication
frequency from every other Wednesday will make
the newspaper more timely, Editor Dan Vukelich
said.
Some of our most loyal readers have been calling for this for some time now, and from a newsgathering perspective in an extremely competitive
journalistic environment, it makes sense, Vukelich said.
The increased frequency is being well-received
by advertisers, according to Sarah Bonneau, the
newspapers new general manager and sales
director. Bonneau is a veteran sales executive with
30 years of experience in the Albuquerque market.
The newspaper is taking the opportunity
presented by the increased publication frequency to do a minor reboot and to increase its
arts and entertainment coverage.
I think readers are going to see a positive
change in the A&E section, said Arts and
Entertainment Editor Jyllian Roach. Its going
to be fun, local and unique.
ABQ Free Press was launched in April 2014 as
an alternative to an existing Albuquerque weekly

and the morning daily newspaper, the Albuquerque Journal, as well as to the citys television
stations.
We exist to offer other points of view, and well
keep on performing that core function of investigative reporting and analysis, but were devoting
more resources to covering the good things about
Albuquerque and New Mexico the artists, the
entrepreneurs, the culture, the things that make
living here special, Vukelich said.
The newspaper will continue to be distributed
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Fe. Look for it at all local Smiths and Albertsons
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WEEKLY
ABQ Free Press Local News Briefs

by abq free press staff
Winners
ABQ Free Press won four awards in

the New Mexico Press Associations
annual journalism competition for
weekly newspapers. Bob Klein won
first place in investigative reporting for his series on Sandia National
Laboratories mixed-waste landfill.
Dennis Domrzalski and Dan Klein
won first place for continuing coverage; Domrzalski won a first place for
column writing; Dan Vukelich won
second place in editorial writing.
Bear-proofing
The New Mexico Department of

Game and Fish and the City of Raton
have installed 650 metal bear-resistant
trash dumpsters to discourage bears
from frequenting the town in search
of food. The department contributed $382,500 and the city kicked in
$213,000, said Bob Osborn, the departments assistant chief of private lands
programs. That works out to about
$916 per dumpster.
Opioid deaths
New Mexicos opioid problem dates

back to at least 1999, when it was
among the worst states in the union
for opioid deaths, according to the

federal Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Back then, New
Mexico and Nevada had 15.5 to 21.5
opioid-related deaths per 100,000
people. Since then, New Mexicos
problem has worsened, climbing to
21.5 to 36.5 deaths per 100,000. Joining
New Mexico on the list of states with
the worst opioid overdose problem
are Utah, Kentucky, West Virginia,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, according to the CDC. In 2014,
28,647 people nationwide died from
opioid drug overdoses, the CDC said.
Facebook
Social media giant Facebook will

build its $250 million data center in
Los Lunas. The announcement came
after a summer of speculation and
competition between New Mexico
and Utah to get the facility. The data
center will create about 50 permanent
jobs and 300 construction jobs in its
initial phase. And there could be more
phases, construction and investment
in the future, the company said. Los
Lunas approved $30 billion in industrial revenue bonds for Facebook, a
move that will reduce the companys
property taxes.
Teacher woes
New Mexico ranks 41st in the nation

for how well it treats its teachers, according to the financial planning firm
WalletHub, which surveys economic
conditions among cities and states. In
the category of worst school systems
ranking, New Mexico finished 50th
with only Louisiana scoring worse.
The company ranked the states for
job opportunities and salary competitiveness and academics and working
environment. The states best for teachers: New Jersey, Massachusetts and
Illinois. The states worst for teachers:
Arizona, West Virginia and Hawaii.
The election
New Mexicos voter registrations

jumped following a mailing by the
New Mexico secretary of state of
460,000 postcards inviting unregistered but eligible voters to register.
In the week of Sept. 19, 8,778 voters
registered compared to 1,189 the week
before. From January to August, registrations increased by about 50,000,
bringing the total of New Mexicos
registered voters to 1.2 million. New
Mexico offers online registration at
sos.state.nm.us. The deadline for
registering to vote in the Nov. 8 general election is Oct. 11.
Stepping down
Bob Frank, president of UNM since

2012, will not seek a contract extension when his current deal expires at
the end of May. Instead, hes going
to take a $350,000-a-year job running
the Center of Innovation in Health
and Education at UNMs Health
Sciences Center. His announcement
came a little more than a week after
he announced that UNM was freezing
hiring and preparing for a 5 percent
budget cut, as part of the states
continuing budget shortfall.
Reversed
The New Mexico Supreme Court

reversed the 2011 Santa Fe District
Court conviction of a mother who was
found guilty of child abandonment
after her child slipped off his bed and
was severely injured when trapped
between a dresser and the bed frame.
The high court found that the mother
did not intend to abandon her son. In
directing the trial court to acquit the
mother, the court urged the Legislature to clarify the child abandonment
statute.
This Aint Your Grandfathers Reefer
analysis
BY SAM QUINONES
n November, California will consider whether to legalize marijuana and

seems ready to approve the idea.
But the question itself is out of date,
and derives from the mistaken idea
that all pot is the same, and that most
of it is fairly weak.
A question we ought to ask ourselves is just as important if legalization is to succeed: What kind of
marijuana should we legalize?
The hyper-potent mutant strains
that pass for marijuana today have
little relation to naturally grown pot
associated with Northern California
hippie growers of the 1970s. Levels
of THCtetrahydrocannabinol, the
chemical that creates the high in pot
now reach 20 to 30 percent, which is
seven to 15 times the potency of a few
decades ago.
This freakish weed emerged precisely because pot is illegal and unregulated. These strains were brought to
life by underground botanists in basements and trailers, hybridizing and
dousing their creations with chemical
fertilizers and steroids. Legalizing this
kind of mutant marijuana for commercial sale would be irresponsible.
Pot has spawned some of the most
toxic forces in our hemisphere. It is
the gateway into business for most
Mexican cartel traffickers. Chapo
Guzmn was a marijuana trafficker
first. In California, illegal pot is an
environmental nightmare. Humboldt
County forests have smog due to generators running night and day, powering lights and air flows through illegal
indoor marijuana grows. I also believe
that legalization would allow for far
greater scientific study of the potential
medical benefits of marijuana.
A brief history
But we are only now forming an

idea of what a new massive supply of
high-potency pot will do to a young
persons brain. A 2014 New England
Journal of Medicine study, coauthored by Nora Volkow, director of
the National Institute on Drug Abuse,
showed emergency room visits due
to marijuana increasing in correlation
with pot potency over an eight-year
period. Colorados Department of
Public Safety found an increase in
ER visits since that state legalized
recreational marijuana in 2014.
For journalists, the effect of a massive new supply of high-potency pot
is the issue that must be covered. It
is not, and I suspect thats because
reporters, like many others, buy the

idea implicit in the questionshould
we legalize marijuana?that all
marijuana is the same.
At the end of Prohibition in 1933,
the United States did not legalize for
commercial sale the wood alcohol and
other unregulated poisons then passing for liquor and causing paralysis
and blindness. High-THC pot is their
modern counterpart.
Our nationwide epidemic of opiate
addiction, meanwhile, ought to give
pause to anyone interested in drug legalization. The opiate scourge started
with legal drugsnarcotic painkillersmassively prescribed by doctors,
creating a vast new supply of opiates
and opiate addicts nationwide.
Whats more, the opiate epidemic
shows that potency matters. For years
before high-potency OxyContin came
out, very few of those addicted to
low-dose narcotic painkillers moved
on to heroin. Then high-potency OxyContin increased pill users tolerances
and daily cost, thus pushing them to
switch to cheaper heroin. The country would not have this new serious
heroin problem without it.
Thats wrong. Supply is the crucial

igniter of drug scourges. Our national
opiate epidemic shows that brilliantly.
Plus, we had no great demand for
cocaine until the Colombians started
funneling tons of it into south Florida
in the late 1970s. The most abused
drug in America is alcohol, because
the supply is cheap and ever present.
Pot in N.M.
Legislation to legalize recreational

marijuana in New Mexico has repeatedly failed in Santa Fe, despite
opinion polls that place support
for legalization at 61 percent. Its
likely another attempt will be made
in the 2017 Legislature, couched as
a revenue-enhancement measure,
although Gov. Susana Martinez is
likely to veto it. Estimates are that
taxes on recreational marijuana
would generate between $20 million
and $60 million a year. Santa Fe decriminalized possession of an ounce
or less of marijuana in 2014. Two
attempts to decriminalize marijuana
in Albuquerque were vetoed by
Mayor Richard Berry.
Supply and demand
The pot issue poses many challenges

for reporters that few have stepped
up to.
Too often reporters seem to believe
the idea, repeated often, most notably in the Sean Penn interview with
Joaqun Chapo Guzmn in Rolling
Stone, that demand is what starts a
drug scourge, and that no progress is
possible until demand ends.
For journalists, the effect of a massive new supply of high-potency pot

is the issue that must be covered. It is
not, and I suspect thats because reporters, like many others, buy the idea
implicit in the questionshould we
legalize marijuana?that all marijuana is the same. No. The question is
which marijuana should we legalize?
And which should we wait to legalize
until we know far more about its

effects and have a functioning and
funded regulatory bureaucracy? Why,
after all, should we go fast?
There are scientists around who can
explain whats known today about the
effect of powerful drugs on a young
and developing brain. I havent seen
too many of these folks quoted, nor
their ideas explained, in the media.
Meanwhile, reporters need to remember history. We went through this
already with alcohol, just in reverse.
With alcohol, first, everything was
allowed; then, for 13 years, nothing
was permitted. Neither worked. Finally, we figured out that a relatively
happy medium involved, among
other things, regulating the potency of
alcohol. With marijuana, for decades
nothing has been allowed; now it
appears were ready to permit most
everything.
Dealing with potency
As we stand poised to create another

massive legal supply of drugs, the potency we allow is crucially important.
The proposition most likely to come
before California voters in November has some good in it describing
a regulatory approach and a state
agency tasked with overseeing pot
production and sale. Sadly, though,
it makes no mention of limiting the
potency of marijuana for commercial
sale. And it specifically permits indoor
grows, where much of high-potency
marijuana is produced with high
doses of pesticides and great amounts
of energy. Why, in a time of climate
change, is a state regulation allowing
people to use energy wantonly for a
plant that grows very well under the
sun?
The proposition is out of step with
countries that now understand that
caution is needed. The Netherlands
(a country cited by many in favor of
drug legalization) and Uruguay, for
instance, are readying proposals to
cap THC levels of legal marijuana at
15 percent.
Furthermore, the money needs
examination. How much revenue will
pot taxation create? What are the costs
of starting a new regulatory system
from scratch?
Pot cultureand the failings of the
drug war and Prohibitionpush us
to view things simplistically: The current system doesnt work, so it should
all be legalized. I believe the small
details of legalization will determine
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No returns
The 90 percent of owners refusing to turn in their

recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7s are being urged to
charge their phones to no more than 80 percent. The
limit follows reports of overheated and exploding
phones, theverge.com reported.
Robo-sex
Today, its opioid addiction. Tomorrow, it may be

robotic sex. An Iowa community college professor
warns that sex with robots will be so good that a
wave of robotic-sex-addicted humans will develop.
Sexbots would always be available and could never
say no, so addictions would be easy to feed, Joel
Snell, a research fellow at Kirkwood Community
College, told the UK newspaper the Daily Star.
People may become obsessed by their ever-faithful,
ever-pleasing sex robot lovers. People will rearrange
their lives to accommodate their addictions. He
continued, Robotic sex may become better than
human sex. Like many other technologies that have
replaced human endeavors, robots could surpass
human technique.
Passing fad
Just two months after its launch, tech journalists are

declaring the Pokemon Go app dead. Fewer people
are playing the game by the day, and those still
hanging in are playing less. Although its on its way
out, The Washington Post reported that Pokemon
generated $400 million during its brief worldwide
run.
Suing
Tesla has sued the state of Michigan over its refusal

to both allow direct sales of Teslas electric cars to
Michiganders and its refusal to grant Tesla a dealers
license in the state. The net result of the states actions was to protect existing Michigan auto dealers,
a move that a University of Michigan law professor
called corrupt politics at its worst. If Tesla prevails
in the suit, similar protectionist laws around the nation could be struck down, according to the Detroit
News.
Sleepless
The American Medical Association is warning that

high-intensity LED lights can disrupt sleep rhythms,
impair nighttime driving vision and increase the risk
of cancer and cardiovascular disease. The culprit is

an unseen blue light that LEDs emit. About 13 percent of U.S. roadway and area street lighting is now
LED, according to a report prepared last year for the
U.S. Department of Energy.
black finish is proving difficult to manufacture, with

30-40 percent of all cases failing to pass Apples
quality-control standards. The case requires nine
separate steps of anodization and polishing, according to macrumors.com.
Telepathic
Home repairs
Googles Allo messaging app has a spooky AI

component. The app also can analyze whats being
said and offer suggestions on what to say next,
according to eWeek.com. The app released on Sept.
20 targets users currently using Whatsapp and
Facebook messaging. Its main selling point is its use
of the embedded Google Assistant to reduce typing
by the user.
Bee deaths
The Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the rusty

patched bumblebee, Bombus affinis, as an endangered species another sign that climate change,
pesticides, disease and loss of habitat are decimating
pollinators across North America. The bee, once
found in 26 states, has seen 87 percent of its population reduced in recent years, the Los Angeles Times
reported.
Insignificant
Not only does physicist Stephen Hawking believe

artificial intelligence will likely be a danger to
humanity, hes added aliens to the list. Any civilization that could actually read a message we sent out
would need to be billions of years ahead of us, he
told the U.K. Independent. If so, they will be vastly
more powerful and may not see us as any more
valuable than we see bacteria.
Home bodies
Aboriginal Australians have been proven to have

the longest cultural ties to one geographic place of
any humans on the planet. They arrived in Australia
50,000 years ago after a migration from Africa 8,000
years earlier across Asia to Papua, New Guinea, and
finally to Australia itself, according to a Cambridge
University study. Nearly all humans can be genetically traced to that original migration out of Africa
that began 72,000 years ago.
Boycott
Video game developers are boycotting the virtual

reality company Oculus because its founder has
funded a group of internet trolls who spread proDonald Trump memes online. They want Oculus
Palmer Luckey fired. Typical was this tweet by
Tomorrow Today Labs: Hey @oculus, @PalmLuckeys actions are unacceptable. Newton VR will
not be supporting the Oculus Touch as long as he is
employed there.
Incumbency
A dead New York state assemblyman won his

re-election, despite having committed suicide while
awaiting trial for fraud. Bill Nojay, a supporter of
Donald Trump, beat challenger Rick Milne 58 percent to 42 percent. Nojay was to go on trial in Cambodia for fraud related to a rice exporting business
gone bust. He also was to go on trial in the United
States on fraud charges related to his management
of a clients $1.8 million trust. Nojay shot himself on
his familys burial plot.
Overdue
If youre one of those people who doesnt return

library books, stay out of Alabama, where failure to
return library materials can cost you up to 30 days
in jail. State officials say up to $200,000 in books and
DVDs hasnt been returned.
Delayed
If youre hoping for a jet black iPhone 7 or iPhone 7

Plus, you may have a wait. The phones high-gloss
derived not from THC, but mostly,

its believed, from a companion element, cannabidiolCBDthat does
not produce the high. (As an aside:
Why cities dont regulate medical
marijuana dispensaries to sell only
high-CBD/low-THC pot is another
question all reporters should be asking. After all, if its really intended
Serving Albuquerque Homestyle

cooking for over 35 years
Locally owned and operated
A YouTube video thats gotten nearly 10 million

views shows a guy drilling a 3.5 millimeter hole into
his iPhone 7 to create a headphone jack. The problem is that the jack doesnt work, and the drilling
ruins the phone. That hasnt stopped people who
have watched the video from drilling holes in their
phones, with some wondering online whether their
phone is dead or would require a long charge to
come back to life.
Pot, Page 8
whether it functions or failsand
reporters need to be asking specific
questions about how it would work,
and how it would be funded, as these
measures go before voters across the
country.
Regulating potency, by the way,
would have little effect on any of
pots medical benefits, which are
ARTS
as medical marijuana, what does it

matter if the THC content is low?)
Legalizing marijuana needs to happen and will be tricky to do well. It
will be doubly difficult if we inflict on
ourselves the kind of damaging pot
that would never have emerged had
the weed been legal and regulated all
along.
Sam Quinones, a Los Angeles-based

freelance journalist, is the author of
Dreamland: The True Tale of Americas
Opiate Epidemic. Follow him on Twitter
@samquinones7 or email him at samquinones7@yahoo.com. This piece was first
published by the University of Southern
Californias Annenburg Center for Health
Journalism, centerforhealthjournalism.org
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About the Cover Artist:

Neal Ambrose-Smith
BY ERIKA EDDY
e says it simply Im an artist, I

do whatever but Neal AmbroseSmiths actions show a deeper commitment to his passion than this concise
declaration reveals.
The Corrales artist creates public
art and shows in galleries across the
continent, is a professor at the Institute
of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, has
developed an app and stays engaged
with his community.
The son of artist Jaune Quick-to-See
Smith and a descendent of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation of
Montana, Ambrose-Smith returned to
New Mexico in the 90s and has taken
root here ever since. His Native background influences his work, his extensive
travels, passion for gathering and
sharing information and ability create in
a variety of mediums, leading to his vast
style.
Be it 2-D painting and printmaking
or 3-D sculpture, installation and public
commission, his work often exhibits wit
and humor combined with more serious
themes concerning regional and global
issues. While he acknowledges that art
is subjective and at the discretion of the
viewer, his progressive style and vision
allows his work to be interpreted in
broad fashion.
Ambrose-Smith said he stays engaged
and driven in his many ventures by
listening to a conversation, which
he says keeps him from getting artists
block.
I follow the artistic process and have
to listen to the conversation, he said.
Ill have five or six different projects
going on simultaneously, along with
everything else the touring, lecturing, teaching, public art, whatever. Im
always doing something.
That conversation continues beyond
his studio and with others in the form
of a self-imposed responsibility to the
people viewing his work.
He considers commissioned work as
public art, whether it is the sculpture he
is currently working on with his mother
for the Missoula Art Museum in Montana, or artwork for a local publication.
Im beholden to the community
because [the art] is a part of the community, he said. A public art piece will fail
if the locals arent in on the outcome.
This sense of responsibility resounds
in the art community as well. AmbroseSmith was one of the organizers for
CALL: Creating a Living Legacy, a massive
art documentation project for the Joan
Mitchell Foundation. The program
helps rediscover lost artists, creating
a network for them to be able to work
and show
again.
They are a
historical part
of a community, he said.
To lose that is
detrimental to
communities.
As a professor of drawing, advanced
painting and printmaking at the Institute
of American Indian Arts, Ambrose-Smith
finds teaching or, as he prefers to call
it, sharing information integral to his
art.
Im all about stealing ideas, and
nobody makes better art than students
grade school kids, mid school
they make art without any rules and
regulations, he said. They make these
amazing things and it gives me amazing
inspiration.
Ambrose-Smith recently spoke on a
panel at the Santa Fe University of Art
and Design, discussing with other artists
the subjects of identity and oppression
experiences synonymous with tribal
peoples around the world.
He said having these experiences and
talking with other artists is important,
and that to be able to teach is precious.
I am able to share information
because I am an artist first, he said. I
need it because it helps me in understanding what Im doing and how Im
doing it.
With his app, Artist Ideas, AmbroseSmith has made it possible for anyone to
continue the conversation with him. The
free app, also available as a free printable book, is a list of 100 light-hearted
ideas for artists, students and teachers.
Like his other work, the list is varied,
but represents his distinct voice, covering
everything from sketching to art history,
from the serious and important:
49. Grants
There are grant writers in every
artist community. Some have the
golden touch, while others are
still learning. Seek these
individuals out. The local
universities are an excellent source
of many income opportunities
to the humorous:
6. Use this can to mix paint in.
Or wash it out and serve mixed nuts
for your guests
You can find more of Neal AmbroseSmiths work, his app and idea book at
indianspacepainters.com.
Erika Eddy is a freelance arts and

entertainment reporter. Reach her at
eddy,erika@gmail.com
NEWS
Insurgents Challenge La Montaita Co-op Leadership
NEWS
la Montaita , Page 12
BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI
n the winter of 2015, a La Montaita

and Finnigan, were infuriated and
Co-op member got home from shopdemanded answers from the board,
ping at the co-ops Santa Fe store. She
which they said they never got.
checked her receipt and thought she
This was a violation of ecologically
spotted a huge mistake: A single head
sound principles and a lack of transof organic cauliflower had cost her $26.
parency, Zeaman said. The board
She returned to the store to check if
was not being responsive.
the price was a mistake and was told
But Whitman, who has managed
it wasnt, as it was organic cauliflower
stores for the co-op and oversaw its
that was out-of-season. She returned
move in 1987 to its Nob Hill location,
the cauliflower.
said not every decision on what to
That incident exemplifies the
stock can, or should, be put to a vote
complaints that co-op members had
of 16,000 members.
been leveling against La Montaita for
We have made a lot of decisions to
years about produce being too expencarry things that have not involved
sive, and led the co-ops management
the members, Whitman said. Being
to decide to stock less expensive nona co-op means a lot of different things
organic fruits and vegetables.
to different people, and it is never
So earlier this year, it added 15 nonabout small groups saying This is
organic fruits and vegetables known
how we want it.
as the Clean 15, which is convenShe reiterated: We have 16,000
tionally grown produce that has the
members.
least amount of pesticide residue, as
La Montaita Board President Aridefined by the Environmental Workana Marchello said the board did offer
ing Group, a non-partisan nonprofit
to meet with Zeaman and other co-op
dedicated to identifying toxins in
members upset over the Clean 15 in
Johnny Vizcaino
food, water and the soil.
public meetings, but Zeaman refused
Joe McKibbon and Paula Diana, founders of the Diet for Living Center, leaving the Nob Hill La Montaita
The co-ops critics objected, arguing
because he wanted to meet privately
that the difference in pesticide residue Co-op store, 3500 Central Ave. SE. They say they have shopped at co-ops for 30 years in an effort to avoid
with the board. Instead, the board
corporatism.
between the 15 cleanest and 15 dirtiest
held a series of meetings in Albuquervegetables and fruits is insignificant,
que and Santa Fe.
of La Montaitas board and attempt to replace it
and demanded that non-organic food be removed
with their own slate of candidates. Theyve already
from the co-ops stores. The debate over the Clean
Critics of the co-ops leadership
acquired 1,400 signatures.
15 decision sparked a movement among a small
Co-op officials and the boards supporters deny
have gathered 1,400 of the
group of co-op members who call themselves Take
the existence of any conspiracy. Its leadership argues
1,600
member signatures needed
Back the Co-op. The groups goal is to impeach all
that to survive in todays highly competitive grocery
nine of La Montaitas board members and to fire its
to call a special meeting of the
market, in which national retailers like Wal-Mart and
recently hired general manager, Dennis Hanley.
Trader Joes carry organic produce, La Montaita
co-op and possibly remove its
The insurgency has also put forth a rather sweepneeds to offer a wider and cheaper variety of goods.
board and general manager
ing conspiracy theory: A cabal of three for-profit and
Co-op supporters said that if Zeaman and Finninonprofit entities are working to corporatize the
gan get their way, La Montaita a nonprofit busiI hear that a lot, that the board was unresponsive.
40-year-old co-op, minimize the decision-making
ness that operates six stores and employs around
You
have to take that to mean that they did not like
authority of its 16,000 member-owners and turn the
280 people could disintegrate.
what
the boards response was, Marchello said.
venerable Albuquerque institution into just another
What would also go, they say, is a warehouse and
We
called
our own town hall-style meetings and
grocery store.
distribution system for local farmers that La Moninvited
Django
[Zeaman] and his group to these
taita has built over the past 10 years. The system
meetings.,
But
they
wanted to meet only with the
gives farmers an efficient way to sell their goods
The insurgency has also put forth
board.
I
said,
We
dont
meet that way. We have a
throughout the state.
a rather sweeping conspiracy
general manager, a senior management team and the
What is at risk is stability, and people [are] makboard, and they didnt want it.
theory: A cabal of three for-profit
ing decisions without understanding the business,
We went through these meetings and got to know
and nonprofit entities are working to
said Martha Whitman, who has been involved in the
a
lot of people who had all kinds of views, people
co-op since 1982. She served as chairman of its board
corporatize the 40-year-old co-op
who
were curious, but it wasnt the kind of meeting
from 2004 to 2014.
Django
wanted, Marchello said.
If you think there is a conspiracy, you are going to
The dump-the-board movement is led by two
She
added
that some Take Back the Co-op memsee it everywhere, she said. If they take over, we
Santa Fe residents and co-op members, Django
bers
who
did
attend those meetings suggested that
will go back to people making the decisions without
Zeaman and Dorothy Finnigan. Theyve said that La
people who wanted cheaper goods and conventional
understanding the consequences, and potentially,
Montaitas new management direction will destroy
produce could go shop somewhere else.
if we keep losing market share, we could go out of
the co-op and its democracy-based values. To
After that failed attempt at detente, Zeaman
business.
prevent that, theyve launched a petition drive that
and Finnigan expanded their list of complaints
they hope will lead to the ouster of the co-ops board
to include labor issues as well as the fact that La
How it began
members and Hanley.
Montaitas West Side store, which opened in 2013,
The trouble started in March when La MontaUnder the co-ops bylaws, Zeaman and Finnigan
hasnt yet turned a profit. According to Take Back
ita began stocking the Clean 15 non-organic
need only 1,600 signatures to call a special meeting
the Co-ops website, that store has lost $500,000.
produce. Some co-op members, including Zeaman
cont. on page 13
The conspiracy
One of the triad of accused co-conspirators is a

Vermont-based consulting cooperative that is allegedly training co-op boards across the nation on
how to de-democratize co-ops, according to the Take
Back the Co-op movement.
Another is a co-op of 151 food cooperatives that
allegedly is trying to standardize every single food
co-op in the U.S.
The co-ops leadership argues

that to survive in todays highly
competitive grocery market,
in which national retailers like
Wal-Mart and Trader Joes carry
organic produce, La Montaita
needs to offer a wider and
cheaper variety of goods
The third is a private, for-profit natural foods distribution company that Take Back the Co-op alleges
is bent on achieving monopoly status to serve as
the sole organic supplier to the 151 co-ops which
would have the effect of crushing local organic farmers, a mainstay of the co-op movement.
Zeaman said the lead conspirator is the CDS Consulting Co-op. CDS, he said, is persuading local coops to change their bylaws to strip members of their
decision-making authority and leave power solely
with the board. He said the company was active
in La Montaitas hiring of Hanley. He also alleges
CDS subverts the traditional democratic process in
co-ops by giving boards templates of sample bylaws
that, if enacted, make special membership meetings
advisory only.
But CDS is hardly a corporate giant. Its a nonprofit co-op that relies on the advice of 40 consultants
to help guide local co-ops on best practices. The
Putney, Vt.-based nonprofit, founded in the 1980s,
has just two employees, said its general manager
Marilyn Scholl.
We specialize in financial feasibility, store design,
and we help with the capitalization of startups to try
and get more co-ops to serve more people, Scholl
said. We do provide templates and samples to
make up bylaws, and we believe it is a service.
We work with co-ops all over the country and see
what works well, and are able to coalesce that into
documents that represent the best of the best so an
individual co-op does not have to go out and ask 30
other co-ops what theyre doing. All of our templates are clear that they are recommendations.; We
have no decision-making authority at any co-op.
ABQ Free Press watched a CDS webinar on
bylaws. Its advice to local co-ops was, Approach
the task of drafting [bylaws] with the diligence
and enthusiasm it deserves, and Never just copy
another co-ops bylaws. Instead, start with a solid
template.
Zeaman supported his allegations by saying that
Whitman is a CDS consultant and CDS basically
maneuvered to get her to briefly operate La Montaitas North Valley store. Whitman became a CDS
consultant in April and was named the interim
manager of the North Valley store in May after the
previous manager unexpectedly resigned. Her contract with La Montaita ended on Sept. 23, she said.
The second puppeteer, Zeaman said, is National
Co+op Grocers of Iowa City, Iowa. NCG recently
signed a deal with the third alleged conspirator,
United National Foods, Inc., (UNFI) of Providence,
Rhode Island, to supply NCGs 151 member co-ops
with food.
Zeaman argues that NCG wants to standardize coops across the U.S. It gained its position of influence
with local co-ops by offering store design and other
services, he said.
NCG is a cooperative of local cooperatives. It was
formed in 1999 by 100 food co-ops that wanted to
increase their buying power and share best practices, said NCG Chief Operating Officer C.E. Pugh.
La Montaita was one of NCGs founders and is a
member-owner of NCG.
NCG offers a variety of purchasing, management,
development and marketing services, and facilitates
direct co-op-to-co-op support and peer networking,
Pugh said. While not a chain, NCG does seek to
provide food co-ops with many of the advantages
that large chain stores enjoy, while still enabling
them to reflect the unique qualities of their local
communities.
Pugh said the deal with UNFI, which has $8 billion
in annual sales, gives co-ops a cheaper and more
efficient and unified way of buying organic produce
from UNFI, which most were buying from. NCGs
role as a bulk buyer of organic produce is saving
them money on the products they choose to buy,
Pugh said.
Evolution
All businesses, including food co-ops, evolve

over time. If they dont and insist on hewing to the
practices of the 1970s when
the co-op movement began,
theyll be out of business,
Pugh said. Plus, with more
competitors offering organic
foods, local co-ops have to
offer more variety and less
expensive goods in order
to be competitive. Basically,
their monopoly on organic
goods is long gone, he said.
Wal-Mart, for instance, is
the largest buyer of organic
goods in the U.S., Pugh said.
In 2015, sales of organic and
natural foods totaled $115
billion. Of that, less than 2
percent was from co-ops, he
said.
La Montaita, which was
formed in 1976 by a group
of 300 vegetarian families,
originally didnt carry meat.
It was housed in a one-story converted office building with low ceilings and cracked and falling tile
that looked nothing like a modern grocery store.
The board was not being

responsive
Django Zeaman,
a leader of the Take Back the Co-op movement
In 1997, co-op members and the board realized

that the Wild Oats natural foods store was coming to
Albuquerque and that La Montaita had to change
or go out of business. The co-op began carrying
meat, and it moved to its present Nob Hill location.
When we moved to Nob Hill I made the argument that we had to sell meat and become a onestop location, Whitman said. We studied for a
year before Wild Oats came, and we would not have
made it if we hadnt moved. There was an uproar
that we had gone corporate.
A local co-op that has gone through what La Montaita is facing is the Honest Weight Food Co-op in
Albany, NY. When it was founded in 1976, Honest
Weight didnt carry meat, caffeine products or sugar
products. Now it does, said its secretary, Rebekah
Rice. And it also sells non-organic produce.
Marchello said La Montaita has to offer a wider
selection of merchandise more cheaply than stores
like Albertsons and Smiths because only 3 percent
of its 16,000 members shop exclusively at the co-op.
More than 50 percent of its members also shop for
food at other grocery stores, she said. Not many
people can afford to pay $14.99 a pound for out-ofseason organic asparagus, she said.
This is a complex situation with a lot of moving
parts, Marchello said. Purity is not within reach of
what we can achieve right now.
Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at
ABQ Free Press. Reach him at dennis@freeabq.com
Dan Vukelich
La Montaita Co-ops North Valley store, 2400 Rio Grande Blvd. NE, is one of the co-ops six locations.
How Bill Clinton Fueled The Spike in CEO Pay
analysis
BY robert reich
Death: The Way out of N.M.s Budget Crisis

BY JEFF BAKER
ew Mexico has a unique opportunity to hit a

trifecta, but time is short. Others will jump onto
this idea unless the state acts quickly.
Gov. Susana Martinez is looking for a way to put
her political opponents on the ropes by making
them take a stand on the death penalty: Do you
support babies or child killers? Cops or criminals?
The public is rightly sickened by the murders of children and police officers. The states formerly deep
pockets are collecting more lint and less cash.
Heres the idea: The Death Penalty Cable TV
Network.
For a small, upfront investment, the state can
launch its own pay-per-view TV Death Penalty
Network. The programming will air executions on
live TV during prime-time viewing hours. Much like
the Super Bowl, the hype (and advertising dollars)
leading up to each execution will be enormous.
Access to reruns and internet streaming can be
controlled by the state, which will own all broadcasting rights. The advertising dollars alone are
guaranteed to jump-start a stalled state economy.
Viewer subscription fees will put the states books
back to black.
Because New Mexico has a small population, it
is unlikely that we will have enough executions to
fill an entire TV season. But New Mexico, if it uses
its marketing savvy, can offer televised executions
of other states prisoners (for a price, of course).
Because of the film industry that has settled into the
state, we have state-of-the-art production facilities,

and we have a workforce that knows its way around
a set.
Like the Super Bowl, we can fill a stadium or an
arena with the high rollers. Companies can schedule
annual meetings during a Death Penalty Weekend in
Albuquerque. Hotels and restaurants will be full.
Like the Super Bowl, we can fill

a stadium or an arena with the
high rollers. Companies can
schedule annual meetings
during a Death Penalty Weekend
in Albuquerque
But it is not enough simply to kill someone on live

TV. Watching a person strapped to a gurney and
being fed a lethal cocktail through an IV is boring.
People might watch once, but their interest will fade
by the third execution.
So here is the kicker: One month in advance of
the execution date, subscribers to the Death Penalty
Network will vote on how the next inmate will be
killed. Firing squads and hanging are old school.
This is the 21st century, where we are limited only
by our imagination. New Mexicans are creative.
Should the condemned be crushed by an elephant?
Locked in a room of rattlesnakes? Soaked with the
Celebrating
And because corporations can deduct

all this from their corporate income
taxes, you and I and other taxpayers
have been subsidizing this growing
bonanza.
Hillary Clinton understands this.
When you see that youve got CEOs
making 300 times what the average
workers making, you know the deck is
stacked in favor of those at the top,
shes said.
And shes taken direct aim at executive
stock options.
Many stock-heavy pay packages
have created a perverse incentive for
executives to seek the big payouts that
could come from a temporary rise in
share price, Clinton said in July. And
we ended up encouraging some of the
same short-term thinking we meant to
discourage.
Yes, we did. Specifically, her husband
and his economic team did.
Case in point: In 2014, pharmaceutical
company Mylan put in place a one-time
stock grant worth as much as $82 million
to the companys top five executives if
Mylans earnings and stock price met
certain goals by the end of 2018.
But Mylan executives would get noth-
blood of a goat and eaten by a ravenous Mexican

gray wolf?
The casinos can host Death Night, and everyone
wins the casinos will pay the state a hefty fee for
the right to broadcast the execution, and the casinos will be busier than normal. Gamblers can bet
on the over and under (Will he last more than 60
seconds?).
As virtual reality technology improves, the state
(or the company it partners with) can rent or sell VR
headsets, so the viewer has an even more visceral
experience. The viewer will be in the middle of the
action, listening to the inmate scream as he tries to
climb the walls to avoid the snakes, or listening to
the crush of bones as the elephant steps on lungs
and liver.
The governor can create a new department of state
government, occupying the current void between
public safety and corrections the Department of
Death. The first consulting contract should be with
Vince McMahon or Dana White, who put gladiator
sports back in their rightful place on TV.
This project will take a team, but under the leadership of our governor, New Mexicans are ready to
roll up our sleeves, put on our thinking caps, and
make this happen. We are New Mexico dont mess
with our children or our police.
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hat can be
done to
deter pharmaceutical companies from
jacking up prices
of critical drugs?
To prevent Wall
Street banks from
excessive gambling?
To nudge CEOs into
taking a longer-term view? To restrain
runaway CEO pay?
Answer to all four: Fulfill Bill Clintons
1992 campaign pledge.
When he ran for president, Bill Clinton
said hed bar companies from deducting
executive pay above $1 million. Once
elected, he asked his economic advisers
(among them, yours truly) to put the
measure into his first budget.
My colleagues werent exactly
enthusiastic about the new presidents
campaign promise. Maybe theres some
way we can do this without actually
limiting executive pay, one said.
Look, were not limiting executive
pay, I argued. Companies could still
pay their executives whatever they
wanted to pay them. Were just saying
society shouldnt subsidize through the
tax code any pay over a million bucks.
They werent convinced.
Why not require that pay over a
million dollars be linked to company
performance? said another. Executives
have to receive it in shares of stock or
stock options, that sort of thing. If no
linkage, no deduction.
Good idea, a third chimed in. Its
consistent with what the president
promised, and it wont create flak in the
business community.
But, I objected, were not just
talking about shareholders. The pay gap
is widening in this country, and it affects
everybody.
Look, Bob, said the first one. We
shouldnt do social engineering through
the tax code. And theres no reason
to declare class warfare. I think weve
arrived at a good compromise. I propose
that we recommend it to the president.
The vote was 4 to 1. The measure
became section 162(m) of the IRS tax
code. It was supposed to cap executive
pay. But it just shifted executive pay
from salaries to stock options.
After that, not surprisingly, stock
options soared becoming by far the
largest portion of CEO pay.
When Bill Clinton first proposed
his plan, compensation for CEOs at
Americas 350 largest corporations
averaged $4.9 million. By the end of the
Clinton administration, it had ballooned
to $20.3 million. Since then, its gone
into the stratosphere.
SATIRE
ing if the company whose star product

is the EpiPen allergy treatment failed
to meet the target. Almost immediately,
Mylan began stepping up the pace of
EpiPen price increases. The price of an
EpiPen two-pack doubled to $600 a
move Hillary Clinton and others have
rightfully called outrageous.
Stock options doled out to Wall Street
executives in the early 2000s didnt
exactly encourage good behavior, either.
Stock options contributed to the near
meltdown of the Street and a taxpayerfunded bailout.
Now that Wall Street is no longer
restrained by the terms of the bailout,
its back issuing stock options with a
vengeance.
According to a recent report from
the Institute for Policy Studies, the top
20 banks paid their executives more
than $2 billion in performance bonuses
between 2012 and 2015. That translates
into a taxpayer subsidy of $1.7 million
per executive per year.
Hillary Clinton has proposed penalizing
pharmaceutical companies such as Mylan
that suddenly jack up the prices of crucial
drugs. And shes promised to go after big
banks that make excessively risky bets.
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These are useful steps. But she should

also consider a more basic measure,
which would better align executive
incentives with whats good for the
public.
Its doing what her husband pledged
to do in 1992, if elected president but
which his economic advisers then sabotaged: Bar corporations from deducting
all executive pay in excess of $1 million.
Period.
Robert B. Reich is Chancellors Professor of Public Policy at the University of

California at Berkeley and senior fellow at
the Blum Center for Developing Economies. He served as secretary of Labor in
the Clinton administration, for which
Time Magazine named him one of the 10
most effective cabinet secretaries of the
20th century. He has written 14 books,
including the best sellers Aftershock,
The Work of Nations, and Beyond
Outrage, and, his most recent, Saving
Capitalism. He is also a founding editor
of the American Prospect magazine, chairman of Common Cause, a member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
and co-creator of the award-winning
documentary, Inequity for All.
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EVENTS
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Womens Championship Added to Balloon Fiesta

BY JYLLIAN ROACH
hat happens when you hand a woman the reins of a hot air balloon?
She pilots the balloon, obviously.
And thats exactly what will happen next week during the long-awaited return of
the U.S. Womens National Championship at the Albuquerque International Balloon
Fiesta, in which 16 women from across the country will compete over four days for
the title of Womens National Champion.
This event is particularly special for two reasons:
First, the last (and only) U.S. Womens National Championship was held 17 years
ago, in 1999.
Second, the championship will be held as its own event. In 1999, the competition
was actually a part of the larger national championship, in which the 12 women competitors received two scores: one for the overall leaderboard, and one that compared
them only to the other women.
Media Relations specialist Amanda Molina, who spoke on behalf of the Balloon Fiesta, said the U.S. Womens National Competition was revived because the event is in
line with the overall theme of Balloon Fiesta. Its a great opportunity to incorporate
more competition, she said.
Balloon pilot Cheri White has quite a few titles to go along with her name: Shes the
vice president of the Balloon Federation of America, the Southwestern regional director for the same organization and a two-time Americas Challenge gas balloon race
champion. Shes also looking forward to the race.
I really dont consider that I still have the title, but I was very excited for an opportunity to potentially allow more women to compete, she said. I am looking forward
to the event.
White said she expects some stiff competition. She flew with Meg Skelton, Myia
Danley and Kim McGee in Lithuania this summer, and said Albuquerque pilots
Barbara Fricke, Susan Oldenburg, Elisa Trillanes and Charity Blanchard will have a
home-court advantage.
Blanchard said she too is excited, and a bit nervous, for the upcoming competition.
While she is something of a local powerhouse in the ballooning community she
sits on the board of the largest hot air balloon club in the world and is responsible
for organizing many popular ballooning events like the Jingle Bells Flying event in
December and the Friends and Lovers Ballooning event in February this will be
Blanchards first competition.
Ill be competing against some pilots I really, really, really look up to, and I dont
want to embarrass myself, Blanchard said.
The U.S. Womens National Championship will begin Saturday morning and end on
Wednesday. The awards ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 6 at 11 a.m. in the
Sid Cutter Pilots Pavilion.
Jyllian Roach is the arts and entertainment editor at ABQ Free Press.
Reach her at jyllian@freeabq.com
Balloons: Balloon Fiesta

Background image: Jamison Wagner
BALLOON FIESTA CALENDAR
Saturday, Oct. 1
Monday, Oct. 3 Propane Day
Morning Session
Morning Session
6 a.m. Dawn Patrol Show

6 a.m. Laser Light Show
6:30 a.m. Krispy Kreme Morning Glow
6:45 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
7 a.m. National Anthem sung by Micayla De Ette
7 a.m. Mass Ascension
8:30 a.m. AIBF Chainsaw Carving Invitational
9 a.m. Tempo Dance Academy (Main Stage)

Evening Session
1:30 p.m. AIBF Chainsaw Carving Invitational

(Auction and Raffle - 5:00 p.m.)
4:30 p.m. Tiho Dimitrov (Main Stage)
5:45 p.m. Twilight Twinkle GlowTM
7:30 p.m. Ryan Montano (Main Stage)
7:45 p.m. Laser Light Show
8 p.m. AfterGlow Fireworks Show
Sunday, Oct. 2
Morning Session

7 a.m. National Anthem sung by

Catherine Powdrell
9 a.m. Fiesta of Wheels Car Show
11 a.m. Balloon Fiesta Pin Trading

(Group Tour Tent, north end of

Main Street)
Evening Session

4:30 p.m. Broomodust Caravan (Main Stage)
5:45 p.m. Balloon Glow
7:30 p.m. Entourage Jazz (Main Stage)
8 p.m. AfterGlow Fireworks Show
6 a.m. Dawn Patrol

7 a.m. National Anthem sun by Reanna Molinaro
7 a.m. Balloons Launch
8 a.m. Balloon Competition Flying Begins
8 a.m. AIBF Chainsaw Carving Demonstrations
Tuesday, Oct. 4 PEPSI DAY

Morning Session
6 a.m. Dawn Patrol

7 a.m. National Anthem sung by Lillie Kolich
7 a.m. Balloons Launch
8 a.m. Balloon Competition Flying Begins
8 a.m. AIBF Chainsaw Carving Demonstrations
Wednesday, Oct. 5
Morning Session

7 a.m. National Anthem sung by Mackenzie Cole,

Abriele Cole, Cameron Cole, and

Sydney Cole
7:00 a.m. Flight of the Nations Mass Ascension
8:00 a.m. Balloon Competition Flying Begins
8:30 a.m. AIBF Chainsaw Carving Demonstrations
Evening Session
2 p.m. Americas Challenge Gas Balloon

Race Inflation
6 p.m. Americas Challenge Gas Balloon

Race Launch
Thursday, Oct. 6 Kids Day

Morning Session
6 a.m. Dawn Patrol

7 a.m. Special Shape RodeoTM

8 a.m. Balloon Competition Flying begins
Evening Session

4:30 p.m. Blue Steel (Main Stage)
6 p.m. Special Shape GlowdeoTM
7:30 p.m. The Bus Tapes (Main Stage)
8 p.m. AfterGlowTM Fireworks Show
Friday, Oct. 7
Morning Session
6 a.m. Dawn Patrol

7 a.m. National Anthem sung by Blue Steel
7 a.m. Special Shape RodeoTM Balloon Launch
8 a.m. New Mexico Buick GMC Dealers

Flying Competition
9 a.m. Blue Steel (Main Stage)
Evening Session

4:30 p.m. The Pleasure Pilots (Main Stage)
6 p.m. Blue Steel (Main Stage)
6 p.m. Special Shape GlowdeoTM Balloon Launch
6 p.m. Laser Light Show
7:30 p.m. Chris Dracup: Funk of the West

(Main Stage)
Saturday, Oct. 8
Morning Session

7 a.m. National Anthem sung by

Rio Rancho Youth Chorus

11 a.m. Balloon Fiesta Pin Trading

(Group Tour Tent north end of

Main Street)
Evening Session
1 p.m. Music Fiesta


6 p.m. Night MagicTM Glow
Sunday, Oct. 9
Morning Session

7 a.m. National Anthem sung by Edward Pimental
7 a.m. Farewell Mass Ascension
8:30 a.m. AIBF Chainsaw Carving Q&A
Main Street Performances

These performers will be strolling down
Main Street with no set times or locations.
Magician Chris Zaccara

Hopi/Tewa Sinom Dancers
Laguna Corn Dancers
Acoma Rain Dancers
Cellicion Zuni Dancers
New Mexico Dance Academy
*AfterGlow times may change due to
field/weather conditions
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books
Last Unicorn Authors Newest Novel Misses Classic Mark

BY LEX VOYTEK
hen I went to read Summerlong, the

newest adult fantasy novel by Peter S.
Beagle, I wanted to like it. I loved his fantasy
work when I was a kid, and hoped this one
would leave me with warm fuzzies as well.
Unfortunately, Summerlong missed the
mark.
Beagles most famous work, The Last Unicorn, was geared for a younger audience, most
of whom are all grown up now. It is perhaps
with this in mind that Beagle sought to target a
more adult audience this time around.
Beagle still has a talent for classic whimsy
and well-crafted turns of phrase, but Summerlong lacks credible plot points.
The story opens with Abe and Joanna, an
older couple who have been together for 22
years. They are both a bit rough around the
edges, content, unmarried, and living separately Joanna in Seattle and Abe a ferry ride away
on Gardner Island.
Abe is a retired professor and still pores
through books of mythology and novels for
pleasure. Flight attendant Joanna frets over
how some of the other attendants have taken to
calling her Mom, while Lily, Joannas grown
daughter from a previous marriage, rarely calls
her by that title.
EpiPen Story a Case of All in the Family
BY DAVID EPSTEIN
PROPUBLICA
The three of these characters make a dynamic

and entertaining trio even before their lives are
changed by the mysterious Lioness.
Lioness is a waitress at Abes and Joannas favorite diner. She is described as having a wild,
otherworldly kind of beauty and appears to be
on the run from something or someone.
Beagle sets up the family skillfully. Lily, a
rebel with a history of self-destruction, finally
lets her worried mother get closer to her. Abe
seeks his dreams of being a harmonica player
in a band, and Joanna tackles her fear of the
water on a kayak.
However, it is the magical Lioness who failed
to make an impact despite her big plot twist
reveal. Beagle did not convince me of Lionesss
identity, and instead left her as what I can only
describe as an undercooked, awkward distraction.
While overall a disappointment, the book was
not all bad. Beagles power to show, through
well-crafted prose, the complexity of older love
and the need to embrace change was the storys
real magic.
Lex Voytek is a freelance writer and book reviewer.
NEWS
mentioned all of that stuff. This might take

supportive parenting to a heretofore unseen
plane of existence.
If you notice the news and/or arent that guy in

Platos favorite cave, youve probably already
suffered rage-induced anaphylaxis while reading about the cool 600 percent price increase for
EpiPens in recent years. In all the commotion
about unaffordable lifesaving injections, however, you probably missed a USA Today story
explaining how Mylan Specialty, the maker of
EpiPen, developed a near monopoly in school
nurses offices. Here are your three Ws:
What now?
According to The Guardian, Bresch appeared

before Congress as part of an investigation
of the price hikes, and said that the company
never intended for EpiPens to become so
expensive. Such a pain; its like you cant even
leave drugs alone for a second without them
hiking their own prices. From now on, drugs,
you will heed our intentions or go to your
room.
What?
Tachyon Publications
ABC News
USA Today reports that, in 2012, Gayle
Manchin became head of the nonprofit
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch holds up EpiPens while testifying before the House Oversight Committee, which demanded answers as to why the epinephrine auto-injectors costs skyrocketed.
National Association of State Boards of
They said it
Education, and spearheaded an unprecMylan will take our punches, theyll fly
recommends you stop doing that.
edented effort to make schools purchase emergency
back to their mansions in their private jets and laugh
treatments for allergic reactions. Manchins efforts
Whats wrong?
all the way to the bank while our constituents suffer,
were rewarded; 11 states created laws to require
file for bankruptcy, and watch their children get
Good question. Seems totally reasonable for
epinephrine auto-injectors (i.e. EpiPens) in schools,
sicker, and in some cases die. Rep. Elijah Cumschools to have emergency treatments handy. Did I
and other states recommended schools get them.
mings, a Maryland Democrat, giving his thoughts
mention that the CEO of Mylan is Heather Bresch?
And were using the strong form of recommend
on how effective the Congressional grilling would
Did I mention that her maiden name is Heather
here, since the 2013 EpiPen Law, as the White
be.
Manchin? Did I mention that Gayle Manchin, who
House called it, gave funding preference to schools
helped get schools to purchase EpiPens gave birth
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that
stocking EpiPens. So this is the kind of recomto Heather Manchin who runs the company that
produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
mend like when youre playing make-believe and
profits when schools purchase EpiPens? (Oh and
It has been the winner of two Pulitzer prizes, including
making vroom sounds on that Harley parked
Gayles husband and Heathers dad is Sen. Joe Manthe first awarded to an online news organization. Its work
outside a bar and someone burly walks out and
chin, a Democrat from West Virginia.) USA Today
can be found at propublica.org
The Price of Friendship with your Broker

WIRE REPORT
uilding a trusting relationship

with a financial
professional is
important because
youll be sharing
information about
your assets and
income, and youll
Dennis Notchick
want to feel confident when acting
on any advice you receive.
But be wary of becoming too close,
says Dennis Notchick, an investment
adviser and certified financial planner
with Safeguard Investment Advisory
Group of Corona, Calif.
People often become good friends
with a broker whos not doing a very
good job for them, Notchick says.
Even when they begin to realize they
arent getting their moneys worth, they
cant bring themselves to break the ties.
The personal relationship has come to
mean more to them than their bottom
line.
Notchick recalls a couple in their 60s
who came to him to discuss whether
there were better options for their
money. Based on their financial professionals advice, they had invested $1

million in variable annuities.
Variable annuities can be very expensive, Notchick says. The fees can
range from 3 to 4 percent per year, so I
pointed out to the couple that they were
being charged exorbitant fees and could
reduce $30,000 or more in costs.
The husband was on board and ready
to make a change, but the wife was hesitant. She didnt want to jeopardize that
friendly relationship they had with their
broker. They decided to stay where they
were, paying over $30,000 in fees each
year, just because they want to keep that
friendship.
So what should people do when they
want to find an adviser they can trust,
but dont want to go overboard with the
relationship?
For starters, Notchick suggests they
ask three questions:
Is the adviser a fiduciary?
The fiduciary standard says that the
financial professional must always act
in a clients best interest. Many advisers,
at least right now, are held to a lesser
standard. Their advice only needs to be
generally suitable for the client, which

allows these professionals to steer
clients to investment products that are
more profitable for the adviser. Begin-
People often become

good friends with a broker whos not doing a
very good job for them.
Even when they begin to
realize they arent getting
their moneys worth,they
cant bring themselves
to break the ties
Notchick
ning in January 2018, a new U.S. Department of Labor rule will be in full effect
and require that all financial professionals meet the fiduciary standard when
providing retirement advice. Some
brokers call themselves fiduciaries but
how can you tell which hat they are
wearing when giving you that advice?
What licenses does the adviser have?
If an adviser only has a securities
license, then you will only receive

securities-related advice. If an adviser
has an insurance license, you will only
receive insurance-related advice. Make
sure you work with an adviser who
understands both worlds and creates a
plan based on your financial philosophy,
not someone elses.
Whats the advisers experience?
Its worth knowing not only how long
the adviser has been in the business, but
more importantly what kind of training and experience he or she has. For
example, Notchick says, those who earn
the certified financial planner designation must go through extensive training and pass a rigorous exam, but real
world knowledge and experience of all
the areas of financial planning are also
critical.
Certainly, its important to have an
adviser you can trust, but you still
want to keep the relationship professional, Notchick says. When that
relationship becomes more like a
friendship, high fees almost always
mean the investor will pay the price.
music
Lindy Visions Sophomore Album Delivers Visionary Style

BY BRADLEY T. SCHUMAN
his has been a killer year for the

type of new-wave-revival-electropop-post-punk (Is that a thing?) I am
into, and Lindy Visions latest album,
Lindy + Vision, is sliding comfortably in with new records from Kristin
Kontrol, Sylvan Esso and Bruise Violet, as well as old favorites from The
Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, The Postal
Service and Editors.
Lindy + Vision has a hazy, feverdream feel to it soft and wispy
around the edges, with a titanium
core underneath the rolling mist. The
precision of Natashas guitar and
Carlas drum lines is offset by rippling
synth lines and the silky sweep of
Dorothys voice.
The trio calls its fans Visionaries
something Im starting to understand a little better.
This is Lindy Visions second fulllength album, with Luck + Life
dropping last year, and the trios EP,
Pink + Black, in 2014.
Lindy Vision loses a little bit of its
rough-edged brit-rock feel from Luck
+ Life, replacing some of the more
dominating, jagged guitar riffs with a
synth-heavy ghost-in-your-attic feel.

The new album feels less spartan,
growing into more complex layering
while retaining the garagey feel of
previous tracks.
This album hits a mark most albums
dont lately: It can be listened to from
start to finish. The World Made a
Monster is a great opening track,
with a sound thats eerie and intense,
compounded by powerful backing
vocals. It rolls seamlessly into Black
Bodies, which picks up the pace a
bit with staccato guitar and breathy
lyrics.
Lindy + Vision keeps the ride
going for the rest of the album, too,
smoothly switching gears from songs
in mournful minor keys to ultracatchy danceable numbers like Aint
in It for the Love, where its easy to
imagine the crowd singing along with
Youve got that bang-bang / show
me love as the song pops into an
upbeat horn melody.
Staying Clean has a frantic feel
to it, and the drums shine here with
character that will keep you moving
whether you want to or not. Again,
Lindy Vision
Lindy + Vision was released earlier this summer.
just the right amount of razor-sharp

backing vocals adds tremendously to
the song without making it seem too
busy.
Left Them All is probably my
favorite. It feels like something thatd
make it onto the list of songs I listen to
right after a nasty breakup. Its relaxed
guitar line slides along with an echo
that makes me feel a little low, in a
good way.
After a tightly arranged and executed middle, Lindy + Vision
closes up with Black Diamonds. Its

slow and sweet, its sad and it lets the
album wind down in what feels like a
natural way.
At the end of the day Id have hit
play again for a second listen, even
if I wasnt taking notes for a review,
because, start to finish, this album is
a good experience not just a vessel
for a couple good radio hits and loads
of downloads on iTunes.
Ill admit that Im something of a
hermit, hiding out with my record
collection and avoiding large crowds,
but after my first listen to this album
I started thinking about looking for
their next live date and getting out of
the house for a show.
According to lindyvisionmusic.com,
theres a music video release TBA in
October, and the Homegirls Records
5 Year Party at Sister Bar on Nov. 5
at 8 p.m. Its a pretty sure bet Ill be
there, nodding along with the other
Visionaries.
Bradley T. Schuman is a pop culture geek
and music nerd with far too many records
and opinions.
Local Musician Proves Music can be More than a Hobby

BY ALORA HAAF
lark Andrew Libbey works tirelessly to live the

life he enjoys.
After his day job cut his hours and benefits, the
long-time bassist decided to leave the world of insurance behind and try his hand at being a fulltime
musician.
I had been playing music for 27 years already and
I decided to put my money where my mouth is,
Libbey said.
That was a year ago. Now Libbey earns a living by
playing about 20 gigs a month, split among his solo
projects, his band Clark Libbey and the Last Takes,
and as a member of The Eryn Bent Trio.
You have to be relentless, he said. Im not trying to get rich or famous. I just want to make a living
as a working musician.
While Libbeys main focus is paying his bills, he
also sees music as an important and almost ageless
tradition.
What Ive started to realize since Ive been doing this
is that there is a nobility to being an entertainer that
goes back thousands of years. The troubadours of the
middle ages went from tavern to tavern, singing the
drinking songs that everybody knew and loved.
Although Libbey plays regularly in Albuquerque
and the Southwest, he says 90 percent of what he
does is business. He wakes up every morning at
seven and goes to one of his favorite coffee shops
where he sends emails, works on marketing and
promotion, and
books shows.
His experience
working as an
insurance agent
has made him
a competent
salesperson and
businessman.
Booking
gigs is a sales
job. There are
several reasons
why someone
Jyllian Roach
may not reply
Full-time musician Clark Andrew Libbey
to an email.
practices with his band, Clark Libbey and
They didnt see
The Last Takes, in his Albuquerque home.
it, they were
interested and
they forgot to get back to me, or they didnt like
my music. They are going to give me one of two
answers: either they are going to say they didnt like
the music or theyre going to book me. I dont stop
until I know one way or the other.
Libbey grew up in the Clifton Heights/Coryville
neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Although its
become a gentrified area of town, during his time it
was a dangerous place where his friends endured
high crime rates, police shootings, and riots. He
describes his childhood home rather unfavorably

recalling cockroaches, termites, no air conditioning.
His friends consisted mostly of punks and his
experimental noise band, Mystery Mary. One of his
fondest memories of his hometown is of a Cincinnati
winter when a blizzard snowed in the band.
We came out just about midnight and our cars
were completely covered in snow. The plows had
come through and just pushed everything up
against the house. We couldnt leave for about three
days. We just jammed, we ate and we hung out. We
couldnt go to work or anything. It was like living in
a little commune with close friends, he said.
He left Cincinnati when he received a scholarship to a Wesleyan College. There he received two
bachelors degrees, one in German and one in
philosophy. More importantly, he met a good friend,
Karl Wulffraat, who later moved to Albuquerque.
Wulffraats praise for New Mexico inspired Libbey
to move here. Wulffraat is still the drummer in Clark
Libbey and the Last Takes.
When Libbey decided to stay in Albuquerque, it
was mostly for practical reasons. The low cost of
living in New Mexico held great appeal to him, but
he also enjoys the weather.
Check out his website clarkandrewlibbey.com for
upcoming shows and information.
Alora Haaf is a freelance arts and entertainment reporter.
Reach her at alorahaaf@gmail.com
FOOD
Food Fight!: Pho Sure

BY STEVE MO FYE
lbuquerque is lucky to have

and ginger. The biggest quibble of
had an influx of Southeast
the entire meal was that the egg was
Asian immigrants over the past 40
cooked nearly hard.
or so years. Especially residents
The bun with stir-fried chicken
who like food from that area.
and curry was another hit. The
Evidence is easily seen in the area
slightly sweet yellow curry had a
were now encouraged to call the
nice bite but probably more onion
International District.
than necessary to the western palate.
When I moved here in the late
I believe onion should be used as an
1980s, it was still called the War
aromatic and a flavor enhancer; it
Zone. In the 1990s, the May Caf
should not be used as a vegetable.
and Saigon Far East were the places
That didnt stop me from devouring
to go for Vietnamese food. This was
the leftovers for lunch the next day.
when Talin Market was a converted
The Pho was just as I remembered
strip mall a half-block off Central at
it: deeply flavored broth redolent of
Louisiana, not the glitzy pan-Asian
herbs and spices, vermicelli noodles
(plus global, plus regional) food
cooked just right and a variety of
mart.
lovely beefy bits.
Many Burqueos have learned
A dish I tried for the first time
how to pronounce Pho (its FUH).
and will absolutely have again
Then you have Bun: chopped
was the Vietnamese crepe with
Steve Mo Fye
greens and veggies, topped with
chicken and shrimp. Vietnamese
rice noodles and a variety of goodcuisine was hugely influenced by
ies, pronounced Boone like Danl,
the French, who were colonial rulers
but shortened, halfway between
for nearly two centuries. The crepe
boon and bun in English.
was crispy on the outside and fluffy
So now weve established how to
on the inside. Its not quite a French
pronounce the dishes. Who has the
crepe, not an omelet either. Its more
best? There are literally three dozen
like a folded savory version of the
Vietnamese restaurants in town, but
Dutch baby or German pancake.
I chose two I have tried and liked in
I honestly never expected a Food
the past.
Fight comparison to come out so
Saigon Far East is on Kathryn just
lopsided. May Caf came out on
west of San Pedro. The restaurant
top with a knockout seconds into
has been there for more than 30
the fight. We can hope the folks at
years and changed hands a bit over
Saigon Far East make some changes
a decade ago.
and return to their heyday of InterMay Caf sits on the southwest
national District culinary excellence.
corner of Louisiana at Central. Its
Until then, you can find me under
been open for nearly as long as
the lumberjack.
Steve Mo Fye
Saigon.
Steve Mo Fye is an instructional tech
Let the Food Fight begin.
in the Culinary Arts program at CenTOP: Saigon Far Easts Hu Tieu Dac Biet Vien Dong (special rice noodle soup). Pork broth with shrimp, imitation
The years have not been kind to
tral New Mexico Community College.
crab, sliced pork, fish-cake and quail egg. It was good but not up to the restaurants former high standards.
Saigon Far East. The dining room
Bottom: May Cafs com suon nuong (pork chop with over easy egg). The pork was tender and boldly seasoned. Some servers at local Vietnamese joints
is rundown and dated. The food
already know that he likes extra mung
has suffered as well. The imperial
bean sprouts, hold the cilantro.
which grated on our nerves perhaps more than the
rolls were seriously overcooked, as
disappointing food.
were the dumplings we are convinced came out of
While Saigon Far East is less expensive than most,
a box or bag. While the Pho had pretty nice flavor,
the
smaller portions and lower quality negate that
the broth was thin and insipid. The rare beef in
May Caf:
factor.
the menu description was cooked gray and almost
265-4448,
May Caf is still serving great food, with no loss of
indistinguishable from the brisket.
111 Louisiana Blvd. SE, Suite A,
quality over the past two and a half decades. Both
The Hu Tieu (rice noodle soup) is Phos porcine
restaurants
are
in
old
strip
malls,
but
the
difference
maycafe.com
cousin. Rather than beef broth and various cow
is like night and day. May Cafs dining room is
tidbits, it is a pork broth usually served with goodies
clean and comfortable, with an understated elegance
from the pig as well as seafood. This was much betin dcor.
ter than the Pho but still flawed. Pork broth should
Saigon Far East:
Service was prompt and friendly.
be rich and have deep flavor and texture. This
The
pork
chop
with
over
easy
egg
came
with
two
255-7408,
wasnt and didnt.
big, thin-cut chops, marinated in a medley of spices.
Our server was friendly enough, but very slow
901 San Pedro Drive SE, Ste. D
Garnished with shredded pickled carrots and daiespecially considering the place was nearly empty
kon, it was a winner over rice. It came with a side of
at 6:30 on a Saturday night. She brought our drinks
clear chicken broth that carried hints of anise, garlic
and food out on a squeaking, rattling steel cart,
Star Trek at 50: Still Going Boldly
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his year the legendary television

series Star Trek celebrates the 50th
anniversary of when it first aired on NBC
in September of 1966.
The show eventually spawned a massive
cult following, 10 movies, four spinoff series, dozens of video games, action figures
and even a fully developed language.
Albuquerque novelist Bob Vardeman
wrote two official Star Trek spinoff novels, The Klingon Gambit and Mutiny
on the Enterprise. He said the franchises
early popularity had a lot to do with the
era in which it debuted.
Star Trek aired during a period between the JFK assassination and the serious
escalation of the war in Vietnam, he said.
If nothing else, it assured viewers that the
future would be better, much better, not
only technologically, but socially, while
satisfying humanitys urge to explore and
discover throughout the galaxy.
While giving hope to viewers in
uncertain times, Star Trek also featured televisions first interracial kiss,
between the characters Captain James T.
Kirk (William Shatner) and Lieutenant
Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), which
challenged social norms during the Civil
Rights Movement.
The show initially had a core following, but declining ratings. But when
NBC announced the cancellation of Star
Trek after the second season, fans took
up a letter-writing campaign to save the
beloved sci-fi drama.
In a 1968 article published in the
Oxnard Press-Courier, journalist Vernon
Scott wrote: The show, according to the
6,000 letters it draws a week (more than
any other in television), is watched by
scientists, museum curators, psychiatrists,
doctors, university professors and other
highbrows. The Smithsonian Institution asked for a print of the show for its
archives, the only show so honored.
The then-unheard-of movement was successful, and Captain Kirks crew returned
for a third season.
Santa Fe author and screenwriter Melinda Snodgrass, who wrote several episodes of the 1980s hit spin-off Star Trek:
The Next Generation, said Star Trek
was a show that attracted people through
its portrayal of a universe that was both
similar to and better than reality.
A number of scientists at NASA, JPL,
etc., have said that they were inspired by
Star Trek to go into the sciences, to try
to make the promise of humanitys place
among the stars a reality, Snodgrass

said. Star Trek also offered us
the possibility of a world without
national borders or limits because of
your gender, race or creed, she said,
repeating the fact of the first interracial kiss.
This belief in a better version of
humanity is something that resonates
with fans, as well. Cree Myers has
become a popular name amongst
Albuquerque cosplayers (short for
costume play think of it like
Halloween year-round, usually at
charity events). She first became
serious about cosplay when she
heard about the annual Miss Klingon
NBC Studios
Empire beauty pageant.
James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard
Star Trek in its various incarnaNimoy) would become two of the most recognizable
tions was a huge part of my childfaces in the Star Trek franchise. Shatner and Nimoy
hood, she said. Star Trek isnt
would continue to portray these characters throughout
the five decades since they debuted in 1966.
just science fiction it shows us
a possible future where many of
scientific positions helped me see beyond
humanitys best hopes and dreams
what society often still expects of young
have become a reality.
women, Myers said. Participating in
Myers flew to Atlanta to compete, and
the Miss Klingon Empire pageant was an
was crowned Miss Klingon Empire in
extension of that.
2014.
Watching a show that was diverse
Fin Martinez is a freelance arts and
and included women in leadership and
entertainment reporter.
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Kevin Herig Trio (Oct. 8), La Rondalla de
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BY CHRISTA VALDEZ
make money or not, never be

afraid to create your own work
and ultimately remember to live
a life full of adventure so you
can incorporate the feelings you
have into your acting. This is not
a career you get into for fame or
fortune. This is a career you get
into because in your waking moments, all you can do is think of
ways you can create something
new and influence the world
around you.
onique Candelaria
may be most well
known for her small but
memorable role opposite Bryan Cranston as
the Dennys waitress in
Breaking Bad.
Dozens of rabid fan
forums all over the world
remember Candelarias
character in the haunting
scene where Walter White
celebrated his 52nd birthday alone at the diner
counter at a pivotal point
in the series.
But above and beyond
that, Candelaria has been
a steadily rising, working
actor since 2009. Shes offered insider information
for those considering a
career in the industry.
What have you found most

surprising or different than you
expected when you first decided
to make acting your career?
When I first decided to get into

the film industry, I expected to
have to move to California right
out of college and enter a cutMonique Candelaria is best known as the waitress who
throat industry where everyone
served Walter White (Bryan Cranston) in Breaking
is willing to tear you down in
Bads 5th season opener, Live Free or Die.
ABQ Free Press: What
order to succeed. So, what surdoes the film industry
prised me the most was that the industry came here
mean to you?
to New Mexico and provided an opportunity I never
thought possible with a community of individuals
Candelaria: I love it, but its a world filled with
who stand by one another and support each other to
sharks and personal demons. If you are willing to
reach the highest level of success as a unit.
make your dream become a reality, you must learn
to love rejection, truly love the craft whether you
What has helped or hindered your dreams?
Perhaps the only hindrance I find is the belief that

if I really want to make it I need to move to
California. The other problematic area is that on
bigger budgeted films such as Independence Day
Resurgence most of the New Mexican actors that
were cast didnt receive any kind of name recognition on the end credits of the film or on IMDb. On
both counts it gives the appearance that the actors
here are not credible or worthy of being given the
opportunity to stand on the same ground as California actors. It has been a long and grueling process
for all of us to prove our worth, but slowly I do see
that things are beginning to change and very soon I
think everyone in the industry will begin to migrate
to New Mexico instead of California to flourish in
their career.
Having been a part of the local industry for many
years now, what can you say about what youve
seen as its grown and what do you think the
future holds for New Mexico film?
I have seen everyone embrace the challenge of learning and mastering a craft by educating themselves
through training, workshops, internships, books,
experience and ultimately joining together to obtain
success as a [community] of inspired individuals
that have the desire to create.
New Mexico film expert Christa Valdez, of
OneHeadlightInk.com and ChristaValdez.com, reports on
movie industry news for ABQ Free Press.
Limo Ride Almost a Cult Classic

BY DAVID LYNCH
imo Ride starts out incredibly

promising, just like the excursion
it depicts. It teases a fast-paced, stylistically creative, energetic romp that is also
pretty hilarious.
From the first moments, the film immerses the audience to as much of an
extent that a movie like this can, and
probably should, given the crude material that proceeds for about 80 minutes.
Make sure youre settled in, because the
story is told in a way that makes you
feel like the characters themselves the
narrators of the story are right there
with you.
And thats something the audience had
better be okay with, because they are
about as forthright as can be. Get comfortable enough to know youre going to
feel uncomfortable with their antics.
The premise is simple enough: a group
of longtime friends make their annual
pilgrimage to a local polar plunge at the
beach. Add a lot of booze and the crude
humor associated with 30- and 40-something-year-olds acting like theyre still 23,
and its easy to predict the kind of movie
this could be.
Directors Gideon Kennedy and Marcus

Rosentrater are aware of the audiences
intelligence too, which is why they
employ a unique style that adds a whole
new level of fun to the story in the early
scenes.
The movies pacing mimics the breakneck, informal manner in which the story
is being narrated, and it works in conveying not only the characters nonchalant
attitude about the events now that some
time has passed, but also their varied
personalities.
We all have stories we wish we could
re-live and watch and comment on, and
to see that kind of storytelling played out
for the audience is a gamble that works
here.
The first 45 minutes is free-spirited
and consistently laugh-inducing. Mercilessly so almost to the point where it
wouldnt work at all if it conformed to
Hollywood standards, like a superhero
origin story weve seen a dozen times, or
a successful comedian-turned-unfunny
actor who gets the lead role in a Mel
Brooks remake.
Unfortunately, and ironically in line
Top of the Bay Entertainment
with the plot, it loses its way and its

humor in the second half.
The groups limo ride takes a turn for
the worse and, even worse, the unfunny.
The films third act shows that it cant
balance the humor from early on with a
style of comedy one or two shades darker
and more dramatic.
The film stumbles, devoid of the energy
and life it did such a good job of displaying early on. The writing takes a step
back the direction two or three and
Limo Ride becomes what we trusted it
wasnt.
Essentially, for how memorable the
first half is, the conclusion is little more

than a whimper, barely even providing
us of a resolution worthy of making the
audience just a little grateful they tagged
along.
But if youve only got an hour to kill
at the theater, youd be hard pressed to
find a better excuse to pay for half a film.
Limo Ride is screening at The Guild in
Albuquerque on Sept. 28 and 29 at 4:30
p.m. and 8:30 p.m. both days. It will also
be available on iTunes by the end of the
year.
David Lynch is a freelance film reviewer.
A Taste of
New Mexico Brews
CALENDAr CALENDAr
Pat Malone: Jazz Guitar
Part of Music at the Museum

5:30 pm, Free, New Mexico Museum
of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org
Saudade
9 pm, Scalo Northern Italian Grill,
3500 Central Ave SE, 255-8781,
scalonobhill.com
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
Tiho Dimitrov: Balloon Fiesta
Entertainment
4:30 pm, Balloon Fiesta Park,
5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway,
768-6050, balloonfiesta.com
Ryan Montano: Balloon Fiesta

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7:30 pm, Balloon Fiesta Park, 5500
Balloon Fiesta Parkway, 768-6050,
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
New Mexico Brew Fest
BY JYLLIAN ROACH
he New Mexico Brew Fest is coming this weekend.

Now in its seventh year, the Brew Fest was created by
local breweries as a way to celebrate New Mexicos thriving
industry.
Participating breweries, including Red Door, Turtle Mountain
and Marble, will pour tastes from their stores. There will also
be two out-of-state breweries and around a dozen local food
vendors.
Musical guests will include The Porter Draw, Red Light
Cameras and DJ Spinifex.
New Mexico Brew Fest will be open from 1 until 6 p.m. on
Oct. 1 at Villa Hispana inside Expo New Mexico.
For more information, visit nmbrewfest.com
MUSIC
SEPTEMBER 28OCTOBER 1
Sister Bar
407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900,
sisterthebar.com
September 28, Tenderizor,
Hammerlock
September 29, Leftover Soul
September 30, Chrome Sparks
October 1, Leo Leo, Leeches of Lore
OCTOBER 13
Low Spirits
2823 2nd St NW, 344-9555,
lowspiritslive.com
October 1, Moonshine Blind,
Cowboys and Indian
October 3, An Evening with Coco
Montoya
Dirty Bourbon
9800 Montgomery Blvd NE, 296-2726,
thedirtybourbon.com
September 28-29, Slim Balkey
October 3, Bombino
Launchpad
launchpadrocks.com
September 29, Goatwhore, The Blood
Royale
October 1, Papa Skunk ft. Mass Relay
October 2, Fall in Fall Fest
October 4, The Casualties, Starving
Wolves
October 5, AJJ (Andrew Jackson Jihad)
OCTOBER 15
Sunshine Theater
sunshinetheaterlive.com
October 1, Get the Led Out The
American Led Zeppelin
October 3, Gojira, TesseracT
October 4, Thrice, La Dispute
October 5, Hippie Sabotage
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Beats Antique w/ Thriftworks
7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC
Mesa Rd, El Prado, (575) 758-1900,
taosmesabrewing.com
Calle 66
6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Caf,
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
puebloharvestcafe.com
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Alan Jackson
Albuquerque Concert Band

3 pm, Free, Eldorado High School,
11300 Montgomery Blvd NE,
abqband.org
Alchemie
4 pm, Free, ONiells NE Heights,
3301 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 293-1122,
oniells.com
Broomdust Caravan: Balloon

Fiesta Entertainment
4:30 pm, Balloon Fiesta Park,
768-6050, balloonfiesta.com
9 pm, Sister Bar, 407 Central Ave SW,

242-4900, sisterthebar.com
DCN Project
5:30 pm, Free, Prairie Star Restaurant

and Wine Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd,
Santa Ana Pueblo, 867-3327,
mynewmexicogolf.com
Destructo
9 pm, Santa Ana Star Casino, 54

Jemez Canyon Dam Rd, Santa Ana
Pueblo, 867-0000, santaanastar.com
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 28
Being Mortal
6 pm, Free, North Domingo Baca
Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel
Ave NE, 244-0046, ambercare.com
A League of Their Own
Dusk, Free, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza
NW, 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW,
albuquerquecc.com
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
Friday the 13th
2016 Master Composter Training Application Deadline

Classes: October 12-November 9
Bernalillo County Extension Office,
1510 Menaul Ext. Blvd,
bernalilloextension.nmsu.edu/
mastercomposter/mc-training.html
STEM Educator Training in Project Based Learning
ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW,
RSVP: usnastem@usna.edu, 764-6200,
abqbiopark.com
Albuquerque Fall Gem, Mineral
& Jewelry Show
EXPO New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Dr
NE, 222-9700, exponm.com
Albuquerque Grecian Festival

St. George Greek Orthodox Church,
308 High St SE, 247-9411, abqgreekfest.com
Balloon Fiesta Week in Old
Town
11am, Free, Historic Old Town, Rio
Grande Blvd & Central Ave NW, 311,
cabq.gov
EVENTS
Sandia Casino, 30 Rainbow Rd,

796-7500, sandiacasino.com
7 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave

SW, elreyabq.com
THROUGH OCTOBER 1
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4
Espaola Valley Fiber Arts Center,

325 Paseo de Oate, Espaola,
(505) 747-3577, evfac.org
Miike Snow
Bombino
8 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC
Mesa Rd, El Prado, (575) 758-1900,
taosmesabrewing.com
Mumford & Sons

7:30 pm, Isleta Amphitheater,
5601 University Blvd SE,
ticketmaster.com
FILMS
Center for Contemporary Arts
Cinematheque
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe,
(505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org
September 30October 3
Chrome Sparks
418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe,

(505) 466-5528,
jeancocteaucinema.com
Through September 29, Moscow
on the Hudson
Through September 29, Avalon
Through September 29, The Lost City
Through September 29, Sin Nombre
September 30-October 6, She Sings
to the Stars
September 30-October 6, Dancer
8:30 am, Free, Anderson Abruzzo

Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon
Museum Dr NE, 311, cabq.gov
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3
August Burns Red
7 pm, Isleta Resort & Casino,

11000 Broadway Blvd SE, 724-3800,
isleta.com
Jean Cocteau Cinema
Darth and Yoda Awaken

Hot Air Balloon Event
9:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center,

1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org
Rochberg, Rivers and Rocks
Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner
Blood Sweat & Tears
Part of Movie on the Lake

6:30 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods
Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon
Rd, Mescalero, (800) 545-9011,
innofthemountaingods.com
8 pm, Sandia Casino, 30 Rainbow Rd,

796-7500, sandiacasino.com
6 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave
SW, elreyabq.com
October 4-6, An Art the Nature

Makes: Photographer Rosamond
Purcell
October 4-6, Hieronymus Bosch:
Touched by the Devil
Guild Cinema
3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848,
guildcinema.com
September 28-29, Limo Ride
September 28-29, Suburbia
September 30-October 1, Multiple
Maniacs
September 30-October 3, Ixcanul
September 30-October 3, Song for
You: The Austin City Limits Story
October 1, I am Me: Understanding
the Intersections of Gender, Sexuality,
and Identity
October 1, Racing Extinction
October 2, Chip Lord: Greetings from
Amarillo
Churro Week 2016
THROUGH OCTOBER 2
Salsa Sunday
2 pm, St. Clair Winery and Bistro,
901 Rio Grande Boulevard NW,
243-9916, stclairwinery.com
Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival: Balloon Fiesta Show
The Best Man

The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th St NW,
898-9222, adobetheater.org
SEPTEMBER 30
NOVEMBER 19
Interlopers: Invitational Drawing Exhibition
Fall Fiesta of Flowers
Reception, Friday, September 30, 5-7

pm
Evoke Contemporary, 550 S Guadalupe
St, Santa Fe, (505) 995-9902,
evokecontemporary.com
ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW,

764-6200, abqbiopark.com
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
THROUGH OCTOBER 31
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 28
Homecoming Collections Tour
Artful Looking: Elaine Ritchel

3 pm, New Mexico Museum of Art,
107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe, (505)
476-5072, nmartmuseum.org
11 am, Free, Maxwell Museum of

Anthropology, 500 Redondo Dr SE,
277-4405, unm.edu/~maxwell
Backyard Farming Series: Composting Basics and Improvements
Indian Bread Baking
9 am, Free, Gutierrez-Hubbell House,

6029 Isleta Blvd SW, 244-0507,
gutierrezhubbellhouse.org
11 am, Maxwell Museum of

Anthropology, 500 Redondo Dr SE,
277-4405, unm.edu/~maxwell
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Meeting of the Minds
Clay, Beyond the Fire
Noon, Free, UNM Art Museum,
203 Cornell Drive, 277-4001,
unmartmuseum.org
SEPTEMBER 29
OCTOBER 16
Woman on Fire
National Hispanic Cultural Center,
1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
Carlos Mencia
8 pm, Route 66 Casino, 14500 Central
Ave SW, 352-7866, rt66casino.com
Come Out Come Out Wherever

You Are (COCO 2016)
7 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave
NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com
Drop Anxiety for a Moment of

Peace
9:45 am, Kadampa Meditation Center,
142 Monroe St NE, 292-5293,
meditationinnewmexico.org
7th Annual New Mexico

Brew Fest
1 pm, Expo New Mexico,
300 San Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700,
nmbrewfest.com
Wood-cut Block Printing
Part of Da De Los Muertos Workshop

1 pm, Free, Los Jardines Institute,
803 Las Vegas SW, 503-6281,
muertosymarigolds.org
OCTOBER 12
An Ikebana Autumn
ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden,
2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200,
abqbiopark.com
(Des)Encaracolarse
1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
Festival Ballet Albuquerque:

Dracula, A Love Story
1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
Gun, Sword & Knife Show

9 am, EXPO New Mexico,
nmgca.net
Harvest Festival
10 am, El Rancho de las Golondrinas,
334 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe,
(505) 471-2261, golondrinas.org
OCTOBER 19
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Balloon Fiesta Park, 5500 Balloon
Fiesta Parkway, 768-6050,
balloonfiesta.com
Balloon Fiesta Week at the

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
28th Annual Old Church Fine

Arts Show
Historic Old San Ysidro Church,
966 Old Church Rd, Corrales,
corraleshistory.org
OCTOBER 126
Counterparts: Lester Berman &
Roger Green
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
2ND TUESDAYS
Bowling for Rhinos
Korean War Veterans

Open Meeting
2 pm, Silva Lanes, 3010 Eubank Blvd NE,

abqbiopark.com, RSVP:
abqaazk@gmail.com
Croctober
1 pm, New Mexico Veterans

Memorial, 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE,
256-2042, nmvetsmemorial.org
10 am, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 10th St

SW, 768-2000, abqbiopark.com
WEDNESDAYS
OCTOBER 2DECEMBER 31
5 pm, Free, Lizard Tail Brewing,

9800 Montgomery Ave NE,
lizardtailbrewing.com/home
Earth and Other Realms:

Linda Holland
Reception, Sunday, October 2, 13 pm
Salon Salon at Trio Salon, 1901 Carlisle
Blvd NE, 503-8716, trioabq.com
OCTOBER 331
Galloping Grace Youth Ranch
Pumpkin Patch
Santa Ana Star Center, 3001 Civic
Center Circle NE, 507-4393, ggyr.org
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4
Welcome to the New Mexico
LegislatureThe Best Little
Chorizo Factory Around:
Dede Feldman
6:30 pm, Esther Bone Memorial
Library, 950 Pinetree Rd SE,
Rio Rancho, 891-5012x3128,
riorancholibraries.org
OCTOBER 430
Disneys The Lion King
Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus,
203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858,
unmtickets.com
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5
Certifications for Federal Government Contracts
Misfits Cabaret
OCTOBER 127
Visions
Albuquerque Photographers Gallery,
303 Romero St NW, 244-9195,
abqphotographersgallery.com
OCTOBER 130
New Mexico Watercolor Societys National Fall Exhibition
Reception, Saturday, October 1, 14 pm,
Fine Arts Building, Expo New Mexico,
nmwatercolorsociety.org
Rio Grande Farm Color Maze

Rio Grande Community Farm,
1701 Montao Rd NW,
riograndefarm.org
OCTOBER 131
Wee Bee Pickin Pumpkin Patch
10 am, Free, Wee Bee Pickin,
98 King Farm Rd, Moriarty,
(505) 705-1423, weebeepickin.com
Talin Market Food Truck

Round Up
11 am, 88 Louisiana Blvd SE
1ST WEDNESDAYS
Book to Art for Kids
10 am, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
2ND WEDNESDAYS
Drinking LiberallyABQ
Chapter
6 pm, ONiells NE Heights,
3301 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 264-1368,
drinkingliberally.org
Sportsmen and Womens

Meeting: NM Wildlife
Federation
6 pm, Tractor BrewingWells Park,
1800 4th St NW,
facebook.com/nmwildlife
6:30 pm, First United Methodist

Church, 314 Lead SW, 766-2441,
www.dbsaABQMetro.org
Outside of the Box

Adult Night
OCTOBER 129
9:30 am & 11 am, Anderson Abruzzo

Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon
Museum Dr NE, 768-6020,
balloonmuseum.com
Dont Starve the Artists
7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural

Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
Reception, Friday, October 14, 57pm

Placitas Community Library, 453 Hwy
165, 867-3355, placitaslibrary.com
Stories in the Sky with

Laurie Magovern
THURSDAYS
6 pm, Marble Brewery-Westside,

5740 Night Whisper Rd NW,
marblebrewing.com
Depression and Bipolar

Support Alliance Meeting
Latin Gold: Salsa Lessons &

Dancing
8 pm, Free, Q Bar-Hotel Albuquerque,
800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 225-5928,
qbarabq.com
Thirsty Thursdays
6:30 pm, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd

NW, 224-8300, explora.us
6 pm, Balloon Fiesta Park,

768-6050, yogazoabq.com
ONGOING
1ST AND 3RD THURSDAYS
MONDAYS
Drinking Liberally
Cedar Crest Chapter
Free Fibromyalgia
Movement Class
1 pm, Free, Khoo Wellness,
8338 Comanche Rd NE, 393-5556,
khoowellness.com
2ND MONDAYS
Veterans for Peace Chapter 063
Meeting
530 pm, Albuquerque Center for Peace
& Justice, 202 Harvard Dr SE,
271-9274
TUESDAYS
Casino del Rueda Dance Class
6 pm, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
Knit Clique
4 pm, Esther Bone Memorial Library,
950 Pinetree Rd SE, Rio Rancho,
891-5012x3128, riorancholibraries.org
Truckin Tuesdays
11 am, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW,
3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW,
albuquerquecc.com
The A-Maize-ing Maize

Maze Opening
ABQ Jazz Trio Open Jam
1 pm, Free, CNM Workforce Training

Center, 5600 Eagle Rock Ave NE,
nmtap.org
Reception, Friday, October 14, 58 pm

Freestyle Gallery, 1114 Central Ave SW,
948-3840, freestylegallery.com
Kiss My Glass
5 pm, Greenside Caf, 12165 NM-14,

Cedar Crest, 264-1368,
drinkingliberally.org
1ST THURSDAYS
HAH! Happy Arte Hour
5:30 pm, Free, National Hispanic
Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW,
724-4771, nhccnm.org
FRIDAYS
Coffee Education and Tasting
6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters,
3228 Los Arboles Ave NE Ste 100,
379-5136, prosumroasters.com
Salsa En La Bodega
9:30 pm, The Cell Theatre, 700 1st St
NW, 766-9412, liveatthecell.com
1ST FRIDAYS
First Friday Fractals
New Mexico Natural History Museum,
1801 Mountain Rd NW,
nmnaturalhistory.org
Rio Grande Farms
BY JYLLIAN ROACH
ts easy to tell when fall has come to Albuquerque.

Balloons fill the sky, chile fills the air and maize fills 8 acres
at the Rio Grande Community Farm.
On Saturday, the Maize Maze will open for the month.
The annual event includes a new theme each year; this one
celebrates colors.
The maze is organized by Rio Grande Community Farm,
a sustainable farm on public land. The organization grows
and distributes produce to Albuquerque schools, food banks,
nonprofit organizations and other groups. It also hosts a
volunteer-supported community garden and provides yearround education on sustainable farming and nutrition.
The Maize Maze is at 1701 Montao Road NW in
Albuquerque. For more information, visit
riograndefarm.org
SATURDAYS
2ND & 4TH SATURDAYS
Downtown Growers Market

THROUGH NOV5
Coder Dojo
7 am, Robinson Park, 8th and Central,

252-2959, downtowngrowers.org
Santa Fe Farmers Market:

Railyard
8 am, 1607 Paseo de Peralta at
Guadalupe, Santa Fe,
farmersmarketsnm.org
Downtown Walking Tours with

Albuquerque Historical Society
10 am, Free, meet at Central and 1st
by Century Theater, 289-0586
Saturday Night Swing Dance
10 am, ages 7-17, Quelab, 680 Haines

Ave NW, coderdojoabq.github.io
3RD SATURDAYS
Lyme Get Together
12, Free, location varies, more info:
304-9411
SUNDAYS
Rail Yards Market ABQ
10 am, Free, 777 1st St SW,
railyardsmarket.org
Sunday Family Fun
7:15 pm, Rhythm Dance Company,

3808A Central Ave SE, 250-6146,
abqswing.com
10 am, Bachechi Open Space,

9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 314-0398,
bernco.gov/openspace
Storytime Saturday
3RD SUNDAYS
2 pm, Free, Page 1 Books, 5850

Eubank Blvd NE #B41, 294-2026,
page1book.com
1ST SATURDAYS
The Organ Transplant Awareness Program of New Mexico
10:30 am, Erna Fergusson Library,
3700 San Mateo Blvd NE, more info:
344-0512
2ND SATURDAYS
American Veterans Post 7
Meeting
1 pm, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
401, 2011 Girard Blvd SE, 366-3032
Family Fun Day

1:30 pm, New Mexico History
Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org
Puzzle on page 31
Crossword
Albuquerques
Premier Facility
Optimum
Medical Cannabis Cards
- for -
Mock Trials &

Focus Groups
Trial
planning and issue spotting,

in-house facilitators
Mock jury services
Witness preparation
Simulated court and

deliberation venues
Political
polling
Call 505-263-8425 or email

info@trialmetrixNM.com
6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109
trialmetrixnm.com
Voter Registration ends October 11
REGISTER TODAY!
Bernco.gov/VoterRegistration
by Myles Mellor and Sally York

Across
1. Downed a sub, say
4. Gown
9. Biblically yours
12. Allow
13. Colonels insignia
14. Distress
15. Head wreath
16. Church singers
18. In the character of
20. Coin of Afghanistan
21. Boring
24. Hot casino destination in China
28. Sandwich cookie
29. Rap sheet letters
32. James ___ in spy
novels
33. Set afire
34. NCO part
35. Jar top
36. Sgt. Snorkels dog
38. First-aid, for one
39. Stew
40. Strapped
42. Same elements,
different atom
arrangements
44. Granola ingredient
46. Coffee holder

47. Quesadilla side (2
words)
52. Vex
55. Dupes
56. ___, I love you,
wont you tell me
your name The
Doors
57. Take to court
58. Time
59. Small fry
60. Sawbuck
Down
1. Its ___ over
2. Driving location
3. Proper behavior
4. Joltless joe
5. Cheer
6. Ids associate
7. Berth place
8. Antidote
9. Deuce in poker
10. Today in Espanol
11. Right on!
17. Divulge a secret
19. Alien craft
21. Wise one
22. Old hat

23. Sweater tug
25. Newspaper writer
26. Japanese movie
style
27. Milk dispenser
30. Like a goldfish, like
a carp
31. Dead against
37. Polecats defense
39. Supporting
41. Marina sight
43. Japanese wrestlers
45. Three spot card
47. Cow or sow
48. Rowboat need
49. Free market
economy country
50. Antlered animal
51. Brewed drink
53. French avenue
54. Hes a real doll
Answers on page 29
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