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Silver City's Second Annual Film
Festival will benefit the economy
(Silver
City, New Mexico) Organizers of the
Silver City Short Film Festival say this
year¹s film festival will be bigger and
better than last year¹s highly
successful event. The 2007 festival has
been expanded to three days and will be
held September 21 - 23, 2007. The
arts and cultural offerings such as film
festivals have been shown to increase a
communities¹ quality of life. Silver
City¹s second annual film festival is
expected to make a significant impact on
the local economy. (continue) |
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Gila Cliff Dwellings Announces Start of
Centennial Events
(April, 2007) On November 16, 1907,
Teddy Roosevelt signed the proclamation
that forever recognized the “group of
cliff-dwellings known as the Gila Hot
Springs Cliff-Houses” as a national
monument being “of exceptional
scientific and educational interest…as
the best representative of the
Cliff-Dwellers’ remains of that region.”
Throughout 2007, Gila Cliff Dwellings’
theme Celebrating a Century of
Storytelling will guide the special
events and programs at the monument,
leading up to the actual 100th
anniversary on November 16, 2007. (continue) |
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Silver City’s Tour of the Gila to Honor
Sen. Ben D. Altamirano
(Silver City, New Mexico) Regarded as
one of the tougher stage races in North
America, the annual Tour of the Gila,
May 2-6, 2007, will this year honor New
Mexico State Senator Ben Altamirano.
“We are honored to be able to name the
Tour of the Gila after Sen. Altamirano,”
said race director Jack Brennan. “He has
given many years of service to Grant
County and all of southwest New Mexico.
After all he has done for the state of
New Mexico this is the least we could do
for him.” (continue)
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Annual Bataan Memorial Death March at
White Sands
(White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico)
Each spring military and civilian
runners, hikers and walkers converge at
White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico
to share blisters, sore muscles and
total exhaustion as they pay tribute to
the soldiers who suffered one of the
most infamous episodes of World War II,
the Bataan Death March. This
year’s Bataan Memorial Death March is
March 25, 2007. (continue) |
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Billy the Kid Trail Ride Retraces
Historic Escape
(Fort Sumner, New Mexico) Get
a hands-on, seat-in-the-saddle look at
New Mexico’s Western heritage up close
and personal as a participant in the
sixth annual Billy the Kid Trail Ride
April 21-28, 2007. With
historically accurate reenactments,
story telling, safe horsemanship, and
professional contacts, The Billy the Kid
Trail Ride, through its host ranches,
offers a true western experience, while
preserving lands and landmarks. (continue) |
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Acoma Sky City Named National Trust
Historic Site
(Acoma Sky City) Owners of Oldest
Continuously Inhabited Community in
North America Enters Into Cooperative
Agreement with National Trust.
Sixty miles west of Albuquerque, atop a
sheer-walled, 370-foot sandstone mesa,
Acoma Sky City has remained suspended in
time for hundreds of years. With an eye
toward the future, North America’s
oldest continuously inhabited community
in North America, Acoma Sky City is now
the 28th National Trust Historic Site,
named by the National Trust. (continue)
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Golfing in Taos and Vicinity
(Taos, New
Mexico) Whether you visit Taos to
ski, shop, go rafting, visit art
galleries, or immerse yourself in the
singular tri-cultural ambiance of
northern New Mexico, don't forget your
golf clubs! Three golf resorts
provide very different experiences from
March through October. During March and
April, it is actually possible to ski in
the morning and play nine or eighteen
holes in the afternoon. (continue)
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Hiking in Taos County
(Taos, New
Mexico) One of the most exhilarating ways to
explore the northern New Mexican scenery
is by foot. Within an hour of Taos are
more than fifth hiking trails, mostly
within the Carson National Forest, with
others along the canyon of the Rio
Grande River. Santa Fe-Taos Hiking Guide
by Bob D'Antonio (Westcliffe Publishers,
2004), is an excellent resource, as are
maps published by the U.S. Geological
Service and the Bureau of Land
Management. (continue)
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Otero Mesa, New Mexico’s Serengeti, Site
of Earth Day Outing
Nestled in south-central New Mexico,
Otero Mesa, stretching over 1.2 million
acres, is the largest Chihuahuan Desert
grassland left on public lands in
America. An hour's drive northeast
of El Paso, centered about 90 minutes
between Las Cruces and Alamogordo, Otero
Mesa extends from the Hueco Mountains to
the Guadalupe Mountains and from the
Texas border into New Mexico. (continue)
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Whitewater Rafting in Taos County
(Taos, New
Mexico) As powder draws skiers from miles
away to Taos Mountain in the winter, the
word 'whitewater' attracts rafting
enthusiasts in the spring. In Taos
County, the Rio Grande River offers some
of the Southwest's most thrilling spring
and summer outdoor recreation. One
48-mile section that includes the 'Taos
Box,' has rapids as challenging as any
river runner might desire. (continue)
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How a Visit to Santa Fe New Mexico Just
Might Change Your Life
No matter where in the world I
travel – from Amsterdam to Tasmania –
when I say I’m from Santa Fe, people
light up with recognition of the name.
Some have visited here and seen first
hand our unique Pueblo-style
architecture, visited some of our more
than 200 art galleries, wandered our
meandering, European-like lanes,
delighted in our multi-cultural
festivals, skied or hiked our mountains,
eaten green chili, and experienced the
quality of the light made famous by
generations of artists. (continue)
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Taos Is Where the Heart
Stays
(Taos, New Mexico)
It's happened to people
you know. They visit Taos to ski or raft
the Rio Grande. Next year they're back
looking at land. Just a little property,
they tell you, something for an
investment, the prices are quite
reasonable now. Next thing you know
they've built a house-maybe just a
little house, a ski cabin-or maybe an
adobe mansion. What is it about Taos,
New Mexico, that calls us so
seductively? (continue)
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2007 - The Year of O'Keeffe
(Santa Fe, New
Mexico) - On March 29, 2006, the
City Council of Santa Fe passed
Resolution No. 40, declaring 2007 the
Year of Georgia O’Keeffe. The resolution
was sponsored by Councilor Rebecca
Wurzburger. Edwina Milner, Chair of the
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s 10th
Anniversary Committee, led the
initiative, and Museum Director George
King made the presentation. The City
Council passed the resolution
unanimously. (continue) |
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New Mexico:
it’s too personal to me
I
can’t explain to you how the stars look here or
make me feel, or that they are so close that you
can reach out and take one home with you. I
cannot accurately describe the crisp, clear,
cold mountain water; how it tastes, how it
feels. The absolute ultimate thrill of jumping
in a mountain pool and losing near all feeling
until your senses return and rejoice in what you
have done. I cannot describe the gentle yarrow
growing on top of Wheeler Peak as it stands our
highest crown in all its majestic beauty. (continue)
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The Rio Grande Gorge and the Geology
that Formed It
(Taos, New
Mexico) Spanish conquistadores
discovered the mouth of the Rio Grande
River in 1519. In the next 100 years
they founded some of the earliest North
American settlements along its banks.
These explorers named the river El Río
Grande, or 'the Great River.' However,
it has been called many other names. (continue)
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New
Mexico - It’s better on a bike!
Whether you are an
experienced cyclist or you haven’t been
on a bike since you were eleven years
old, you will thoroughly enjoy biking in
New Mexico. From the high desert plains
to winding mountain roads, New Mexico
offers a myriad of choices for the
cycling enthusiast. (continue)
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The Tao of Taos Pueblo
(Taos, New Mexico) In Chinese
philosophy, the tao is the natural process through which all things
change, a process necessary to a harmonious life. Taoism is a mystical
sixth-century B.C. philosophy that Confucians adopted as the path of
virtuous conduct. In the Tiwa language of Taos Pueblo, however, tao
means 'to or toward the village.' Are the two words related? (continue)
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