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Jodee Damron: The Ultimate Giver

Jodee Damron: The Ultimate Giver

It may be the season for giving, but while for some the time translates into grandly presenting big-bowed and flashy-wrapped presents to acquaintances, Alto residents Jodee Damron and her husband, Don, have quietly been giving back to strangers all winter long for decades. Jodee has been the perennial treasurer for the Ski Apache Adaptive Sports (SAAS) program and a force behind the annual Silent Auction while Don has donated services and maintained equipment, consistently offering expertise in a field with…

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The Eternal Hippie, Newbern Taylor

The Eternal Hippie, Newbern Taylor

Newbern Taylor embodies the past as he waxes poetically on a technology-driven present. Nearly fifty years ago, he was mastering the world of commercial art while crafting psychedelic compositions in his spare time. He’s reinvented himself in the face of divergent interests, picking and choosing aspects of his persona to suit his surroundings and times. His clients over the years include some of the largest international mega-corporations, yet, today, he chooses to live in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Inconsistent? Perhaps. The…

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Remotely Piloted Aircraft and the Sky Above Us

Remotely Piloted Aircraft and the Sky Above Us

To be clear: They are not drones. Drones are spidery-looking things that, with various attachments, are capable of taking aerial photographs, allowing neighbors to spy on each other’s backyard parties, and, in the near future, maybe delivering merchandise to doorsteps. The Air Force does have drones but they are used as aerial targets. The MQ-1 Predator and M-9 Reaper are remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). Not drones. The distinction is important since a drone carries connotations of a device that is…

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