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Lisa Maue lives in Carrizozo, New Mexico. Formerly a reporter, Lisa continues to write about the people and places in south-central New Mexico.
Encryption: More Important than Ever

Encryption: More Important than Ever

Encryption is in the news, often linking it to terrorism attacks in faraway places, but, according to Joel Hutchins, an information technology (IT) security coordinator and cyber security adjunct instructor at ENMU-Ruidoso, its use and misuse are local issues, almost universally found in the palm of a hand or end of fingertips, whether it be a smartphone, laptop, personal or business computer. Encryption is the process of taking data and converting it so that it cannot be read by anyone…

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Suzanne Donazetti: Artist, Mentor, Innovator and Great Neighbor

Suzanne Donazetti: Artist, Mentor, Innovator and Great Neighbor

One of Lincoln County’s most successful, prolific yet unassuming artists is dismayed. Staring out of the plate glass window of her home in Carrizozo, she points to the place in her sculpture garden where one of her two chickens died earlier that day. “She was just sitting there. I thought she was going to lay an egg,” said Suzanne Donazetti. “I fed her some sunflower seeds and then later I looked out and she had just keeled over. Part of…

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Carrizozo Woman’s Club Gets Things Done

Carrizozo Woman’s Club Gets Things Done

“Men have always had organizations like Rotary,” said Sharon Hefker. “For years the Carrizozo Woman’s Club was the only woman’s organization around here. Of course, it was the ladies that were discussing what needed to be done with the men who then carried on and did those projects.” The club began in 1920 in Oscura and was federated with the International General Federation of Women’s Clubs later that same year. The club’s first president, Mrs. R. E. (Maude) Blaney was…

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