The class will be concerned with voice acting and reader/radio theater skills development. In this course we will read/act out scripts from famous stories and authors that have been adopted for classroom readings and/or radio readings. You can learn how to be a better voice actor and have a lot of fun becoming whomever you wish. And, if you desire, we will attempt to tape these readings and put them on the air locally. HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A STAR, BUT ALAS, WERE TOO YOUNG, TOO OLD, NOT THE SCHOOL BEAUTY, ETC? IN READING AND ON RADIO YOU CAN BE ANYONE YOU WANT TO BE. MRS B..... CAN PLAY SHERLOCK HOLMES; MR M.... CAN PLAY A PETULANT TEENAGE (GIRL!) YOU CAN BE YOUNG, OLD, OR ANY GENDER. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN TOO SHY IN THE PAST TO BE ON STAGE, BUT THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE AND BE WHOEVER YOU WANT TO BE. "WE ARE READY FOR OUR CLOSE-UP, MR. DEMILLE." P.S. YOU ALWAYS LOOK GOOD ON RADIO!

FACILITATOR BIO: Melvin Gelb has eight years experience doing local radio shows and local TV appearances. He has participated in several WNMU theatre productions, e.g. Fiddler on the Roof, Gilgamesh, etc. He has helped produce and create a locally run 15 episode "radio novella." Melvin has twenty-five years of teaching and lecturing in front of classes and other audiences (a form of "acting"). He took a series of voice acting classes in NYC before moving to New Mexico.

If you can hold a pencil, you can learn to draw. Drawing is needed to create pictures in any other medium. Learn how to use graphite pencils for drawing. Jean Hatfield will help participants draw values and use compositional techniques in creating their pictures. Give in to the urge to sketch and let Jean break out the artist in you.

FACILITATOR BIO: Jean Hatfield is a long-time teacher who has studied privately and at WNMU in Silver City and for many years in Florida. Her pictures hang in several Silver City galleries, and her work has been accepted in a number of juried art shows where she has won numerous awards. Jean presently offers a weekly class at the Silver City Senior Citizen Center teaching drawing using colored pencils, watercolor pencils, pastels, and watercolor.

The class consists of eight one hour lessons in which we will work together on some more advanced fingerstyle guitar pieces. Open tuning will be introduced. We will be working with both a monotone and an alternating bass technique in standard and open tuning on songs ranging from traditional pieces up to some modern folk music fingerstyle arrangements. Students should have a solid grasp of basic chord changes in standard tuning along with some experience with the alternating bass fingerstyle technique.

We will use yarn and natural dyes like Cochineal and Black Walnut to get colors like reds to pinks and browns to tans.

FACILITATOR BIO: Hosana Eilert is a master weaver who has been weaving for the past 20 years. She weaves primarily in the Rio Grande/Chimayo tradition, and all her pieces are original creations. She engages in all aspects of the weaving process, including designing, carding, spinning, natural dyeing, and weaving.

Towards the end of the 19th century, Harvard Professor, Francis J. Child, collected 305 traditional folk ballads. So thorough was Child that only a handful has since been discovered. Patricia Sterling will lead discussions on how the oral tradition modifies ballads as they travel through time and space. The class will pay special attention to Child Ballad 200, known as "Gypsy Davy", as it was passed about the British Isles and to the US. The song changed to accommodate new generations of singers and new locations, including the American West. The class will also take a close look at several riddle ballads, including the widely known "Scarborough Fair."

FACILITATOR BIO: As a teenager, Pat Sterling, unlike her peer group, did not really dig rock 'n' roll. As a self-described "geek" she preferred Gregorian chant. However, the folk revival rescued her from total ignominy. Joan Baez' first recording spurred her life-long interest in the traditional ballad. In her graduate studies at Ohio State, she studied the folk songs collected and published by Harvard professor Francis J. Child, at the end of the 19th century. During her academic career at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado, she taught courses on the Child Ballads as they have come to be known. She loves sharing her enthusiasm for these ballads which refuse to die.

Rock from the '50s to the '80s as experienced by one of the millions who were there and lived to tell about it. There will be personal anecdotes, playlists, Greatest Hits (or whatever), and quite a few tunes and lyrics to jog your memory.

FACILITATOR BIO: Rod Rees has a BA in Design, Southern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Brown University. He was a member of the Psychology Faculty, Western Washington University for 20 years, and he has a Lay Practice in Vipassana Meditation & Theravadan Buddhism, Silver City. He has participated in numerous meditation retreats, 2 to 10 days. He is not an expert on either music or musical history, just someone for whom rock 'n roll was an important part of his life.

Learn step-by-step how to construct a ceramic whistle from clay. You will model your own unique whistle and color it with glaze. Zoe Wolfe, your Facilitator, will fire it and return it to you when it’s completed.

FACILITATOR BIO: Zoe Wolfe is a local artist & belly dancing instructor.

In celebration of the state's Centennial year, we will watch and discuss films that are based in New Mexico. These movies will be old and new, wild and tame, famous and infamous.

FACILITATOR BIO: Alexandra Todd is a retired Sociology Professor from Boston who loves movies and WILL classes. She lives in Silver City with her husband, Stephen Fox.

This course will consider how problematic the roles of good girls/bad girls are in our society by looking at four films. It is often difficult to determine who is who, and which role is more advantageous for women. We will also use Judith Halberstam's concept of the "final girl", that is, of the woman who figures out a way to survive, both metaphorically and literally, when she has no other option. The films include a mix of styles and genres: after a brief discussion of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz as a starting point, we will watch and discuss Fatal Attraction, Thelma and Louise, Set it Off, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Most of these films are hardly your typical "women's movie", which is precisely why they are so revealing. I suggest that participants view the films before each class so that we can devote our time to watching clips and discussing them.

FACILITATOR BIO: Cindy Donatelli spent a career as a professor, and she is still into sharing and discussing cultural ideas. She taught Women's Studies and her areas of specialization were popular culture, entertainment industries, and media. One of the most popular courses she invented along the way was Good Girls/Bad Girls.

This unique and little-known Canadian film is a creative presentation of several genuine Native American legends set against a present day coming-of-age story. This film reveals Native American myths and legends not in the way that Anglo-Americans see them, but through the Native American oral tradition emphasizing that 'story is life'. Memorable character portrayals, action, and panoramic location shots, particularly in New Mexico, make this lavishly-detailed film inspiring and entertaining.

FACILITATOR BIO: Becky Shumway grew up near Los Angeles, California, and has always been interested in the history of cinema. She worked as a planner for the State of California and retired in 2005 relocating to the mining district and has been involved in local history since then.

For those interested in exploring the further exploits of Allen S. Konigsberg ( AKA Woody Allen), Ted Presler is offering Part II which will consist of 5 classes with his earlier films: Broadway Danny Rose, Love and Death, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and Stardust Memories.

FACILITATOR BIO: Ted Presler lived in Manhattan from the mid 60's to the early 70's and often related to the dynamics of Manhattan as portrayed in many of Allen's films using New York City as the venue.

This course presents a method I learned from the poet William Stafford, which I have used and taught for 37 years.

FACILITATOR BIO: Rick Stansberger attended Bowling Green State University. He has hundreds of poems published here and there since 1965. He also has four books, the fifth just accepted by PigeonBike in London, Ontario.

First of a series on Latin American writers, focusing on a particular discipline per semester. Spring will be the novel. Handouts will include biographic info about the authors and backgrounds to the texts as well as Felipe Ortega's commentaries on the novels. The nub of the course will be in the dynamics of the participants generated by their readings of the novels. Novels that we will read will be 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Columbian), Aura by Carlos Fuentes (Mexican), and The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa (Peruvian), in addition to excerpts from Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado (Brazilian) and 2666 by Roberto Bolano (Chilean).

FACILITATOR BIO: Dr. Ortega y Gasca has a Ph.D. in English literature, and is WNMU scholar in residence and the chair of the Chicano and Hemispheric Studies department.

Collaborative writing of form poems: sonnet, villanelle, and sestina.

FACILITATOR BIO: Mary Leen is a professor at WNMU, English (poetry).

The play Macbeth is a supernatural horror thriller that weaves gorgeous poetry, psychological insight and bloody violence into one of Shakespeare's finest works. A witches' prophecy begins the spiral of betrayal and murder that in the end consumes Macbeth and his wife. Dark powers along with echoes of real life treason haunt this play. Macbeth's soliloquies are some of the most powerful poetry Shakespeare ever wrote. Several film versions of Macbeth will be shown including one featuring Sean Connery and another one directed by Roman Polanski. The Folger Shakespeare Library's edition is recommended, but any version will do.

Frost McGahey has taught numerous Shakespeare classes for WILL. She has also written, produced and directed two plays relating to Shakespeare. She is currently working on a novel, Shakespeare and the Mystery of the Hunchback King.

They were weary of civilization. The world war had almost delivered that civilization to a charnel. They were trend setters before there were jets. They had a modern sensibility in an epoch still in the shadow of antique thoughts. And they sought out a dusty village in northern New Mexico and paid attention to the ways of the Pueblo people. And before there were the beats, the hippies, those dropping out and turning on, Mabel Dodge Luhan and her guest, D.H. Lawrence, one of the 10 best writers of English in the 20th century, and their friends, spouses and hangers-on, transformed Taos into a literary capital. Tom Hester will introduce the times, the biographies of the Taos group and a sample of the writing produced in or about Taos. The class will read Luhan's Edge of Taos Desert as well as essays by Lawrence.

FACILITATOR BIO: Tom Hester has lived in Silver City five years, coming here from Arlington, Virginia. He was chief editor for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, an agency of the Department of Justice. Tom has a couple of masters and an unfinished dissertation about Washington newspaper correspondents in the Grant administration (AmCiv at Penn). He enjoys reading and volunteers as a teacher of ESL for Literacy Link and as a researcher for the Silver City Museum. His son, Carlos, lives in Maryland.

Few states can match New Mexico's history - crammed with excitement, puzzlement, intrigue and personalities. From the earliest inhabitants, the story of the land has featured both vicious conflicts and idyllic valleys of harmony. And Ardene Rickman, retired teacher and long time student of New Mexico's story, is an able guide to sketch this remarkable expanse of time, place and humanity. She has arranged for a compact set of three sessions that in the State Centennial year will introduce class participants to the Pueblos, Navajos and Apaches; the Spanish and Mexican rule; the territorial period and statehood.

FACILITATOR BIO: One of the founders of WILL, Ardene Rickman led the Tuesday morning book readers and facilitated WILL's very popular New Mexico history survey course. She has lived in Eastern, Northern and Southwestern New Mexico and taught New Mexico history to Silver City public school students before her retirement. Her passion now is the recording of the stories of Silver City's older Hispanic citizens.

The Silver City sidewalks, houses, business buildings, and rock walls built by Elizabeth Warren would be an impressive body of work for any contractor, but especially in the early 1900's when women in such professions were almost unheard-of. Much of her construction survives a century later, thanks to the high quality standards maintained by Warren and her building supervisor, former local school principal Matilda Koehler-Wright. Our "virtual walking tour" explores Warren's impact on Silver City's built environment, and includes stories connected with these historic landmarks (maps with locations will be provided).

FACILITATOR BIO: Susan Berry is the former director of the Silver City Museum. She is the co-author of Built to Last: An Architectural History of Silver City, New Mexico. She earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, 2010.

Ralph "Toy" Sepulveda is a current resident of San Lorenzo and was raised in the Mimbres Valley. He will relate stories of growing up in the Mimbres, recalling events, local history and interesting residents along with the many changes he has witnessed in the Mimbres Valley over the years. This class offers an opportunity to learn about some of the little-known history of the Mimbres Valley through the eyes of one of its native sons.

FACILITATOR BIO: Ralph "Toy" Sepulveda retired from the USFS in 2004 and currently works for Cobre School Administration. He was born in Santa Rita and grew up in the Mimbres Valley.

Gary Benavidez grew up in Hurley, NM, and attended school from 1955 -1968. Although a great place to spend your childhood, Hurley was working its way through differences in cultural values. The events that led to the famed and very controversial Empire Zinc mine strike of 1950-1952, that was documented in the black-listed movie, "Salt of the Earth," were fresh on everybody's mind and as a child dealing with some of the division in the community, it helped forge personalities and values that were invaluable in later years. Join this frank, upbeat and sometimes humorous discussion of life in the 50's and 60's in Hurley, NM.

FACILITATOR BIO: Gary Benavidez is the Grant County Fire Management Officer.

We will explore early-day violence in attempts to control the land that is now part of the Gila National Forest. This 4-session course will consist of the following chapters: (1) On Patrol with Lt. Fountain of the 8th Cavalry (1 one-hour session); (2) A Strange Little Cemetery (2 one-hour sessions); and (3) Family Struggles and Apache Hostilities (1 one-hour session). Presentations will be made in costume of the time. Depending on the interest of the class, a six-hour field trip could be made to the actual sites of the violence. At the end of the course I will share research source sites available locally.

FACILITATOR BIO: Ron Henderson was the Gila National Forest Staff Officer (1976-1994) responsible for activities in recreation, cultural and historic resources, land acquisition and disposal, wilderness resources and mineral resources. His work duties exposed him to research about the violent history leading up to and after the establishment of the forest reserves. Retired early-day forest officials, old settlers and ranchers told Ron their stories and he had opportunities to visit actual story sites via horseback, hiking or vehicles. After retirement, Ron vowed to research the story sites and document them in writing.

According to legend, the union of a princess and a foreigner created the Kingdom of Kambuja or Cambodia as we know it. This class will review the mysterious history of the Khmers who inhabited Cambodia from the 2nd Century AD to the 15th Century through the use of lectures, films, discussions and perhaps a treat or two. This culture is well known for its major tourist attraction known as Angkor Wat located in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Highlights will include stories of the people, the religions, the art and architecture of the Khmers with some insight into modern day Cambodia.

FACILITATOR BIO: Ted Presler spent a business career with a Southeast Asian plantation company which included many travels throughout the region.

Ride a comfortable Corre Caminos bus along Highway 356 in the mining district with interpretive stops along the way to the Santa Rita pit overlook. View and discuss the last of the remaining old mineshaft head frames in the mining communities of Bayard, Vanadium and Hanover. See the Empire Zinc mineshaft head frame that inspired the infamous 1951 strike and resulting 1954 documentary, Salt of the Earth, the only film banned by the U.S. Government. Your guide will be Terry Humble, a native Grant Countian, whose father also worked the mines of Grant County. Terry is a retired Santa Rita Mine mechanic and a local historian who's co-written two books about this area's mining. Come along as he discusses the fascinating history of the most productive mining area in the entire state of New Mexico. $5.00 fee covers literature, map and bus fee.

FACILITATOR BIO: Born in Santa Rita, Terry Humble is a lifelong resident of the Grant County mining district. He is a local historian, published author, and winner of the 2010 Rodman Paul Mining History Award. Terry retired from Phelps-Dodge in 2000 as a mine mechanic.

This course will view a DVD on the Camino del Cobre. The "Camino del Cobre" Spanish Trail (1800's-1840's), which begins in Santa Rita, NM and goes to Janos, Mexico was the major route supplying copper to the mint in Mexico City and the armament factories in Spain. The Santa Rita Copper Mine was the main reason for the existence of the trail. The DVD walks you through the field research conducted by local New Mexico historian, Anthony Romero, to discover and verify this North American Spanish era trail.

FACILITATOR BIO: Anthony Romero is a retired Cobre School District administrator and historian. He has been interested in this subject for many years.

Fort Webster was the first of several frontier forts established to combat the Apache menace in southwestern New Mexico. Ft. Webster had the distinction of occupying two different locations. The first location was at the Santa Rita Copper Mine, and the second on the Mimbres River. Until recently, the location of the site along the Mimbres River had been lost to history. Major Enoch Steen of the 1st Dragoons was the commander of Ft. Webster II. Fort Webster I and II are historically significant in establishing the U.S. presence in the southwestern area of New Mexico. They were the focal points for the establishment of the new boundary between Mexico and the U.S. and for the first attempts to establish control of the Apaches of the region. Field research and verification of the Ft. Webster II location was conducted by local N.M. historian, Anthony Romero. Artifacts and relics will be shown to the members of the class.

FACILITATOR BIO: Anthony Romero is a retired Cobre School District administrator and historian. He has been interested in this subject for many years.

Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth (1842 - 1914) was an American soldier in the US Army, appointed Chaplain to the 24th Infantry in 1886. While stationed at Ft. Bayard, NM, Allensworth developed education and religious ministry programs, which the US Army later implemented throughout the service. These programs helped improve the lot of the Buffalo Soldiers, African-Americans who served in the US Army after the Civil War. He later served in other parts of the American West, including Arizona, Utah and California, and participated in the Spanish-American War in The Philippines and Asia. When he retired from the military in 1906, he was the highest ranking African American commissioned officer in the US military. He is remembered as the founder of the all-black township of Allensworth, California, now Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park.

FACILITATOR BIO: Liz Mikols has a BA in biology, University of California, Berkeley (1972); MFS, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University (1974). She has been a hobbyist in New Mexico history since 1994. She has been a member of the Historical Society of New Mexico since 1995. She has been a member of the Silver City Museum Society since 1995. She is a volunteer researcher at the Silver City Museum. Liz has been the president of the Silver City Museum Society since January, 2011.

During World War II, scientists from both the United States and Europe gathered in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to build an atomic bomb before Nazi scientists could. In this one hour documentary, World War II era Los Alamos residents describe the creation of the United States' first atomic weapons laboratory, life in the "secret city", and the first atomic bomb test. The documentary contains interviews recorded at the Trinity Site, and World War II footage of the first atomic bomb test. Attending this course is an opportunity to learn behind-the-scenes details about the Top Secret Manhattan Project and the Trinity Site. Theresa A. Strottman, who produced the documentary, conducted most of the interviews, and wrote the script, will be available in person to answer questions after the screening.

FACILITATOR BIO: Teresa A. Strottman has published a number of articles on the Manhattan Project and contributed a chapter to Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years (UNM Press 2003). She developed oral history projects for the Espanola Public Library, the Los Alamos Historical Museum and the Santa Fe Opera. Although now retired, she served WNMU for ten years as Miller Library's Technical Services Manager and as a WNMU Associate Professor.

Pope Urban II began what we call the Crusades in 1095 and many Muslims consider the attack on Iraq in 2003 to be a continuation of the Crusades. We will look at the causes and conditions of the original Crusades and see the results that still resonate in the world in 2012.

FACILITATOR BIO: John Lawson studied Middle East/North African history during his graduate studies at UCLA and the University of Utah. Those studies were funded by NDEA title 4 fellowships focused on Arabic language courses. His dissertation topic was The 16th Century Muslim Invasions of Ethiopia. During those studies he was also the cross-cultural studies coordinator for a Peace Corps training project for Libya. He had the opportunity to spend some time working with the Libyan Ministry of Education. He was able to visit and interview all of the Peace Corps volunteers at their sites in Libya as well as meeting the Libyan school directors for those schools where the new volunteers were to be stationed.

The Vietnamese are decedents of nomadic Mongols from China and immigrants from Indonesia. Their early history was characterized by periods of Chinese domination, interspersed with periods of revolt and independence. Nineteenth-century French colonization had a dramatic impact on Viet Nam, which subsequently led to the First Indochina War. United States involvement in the Vietnam War followed the Indochina War, and Socialism emerged as the dominant institution after 1975. Viet Nam is an independent country again, after nearly 5,000 years. The power of the dragon is once again transforming itself.

FACILITATOR BIO: Dennis Beaver has a BA and a MBA from Indiana University. He spent one year in the Republic of Vietnam and 14 years as an historical interpreter.

Learn how a watershed functions in a relatively natural area in the dry Southwest. Naturalists Mike Fugagli and Allyson Siwik will discuss the complex balance of life and water that is the Gila Watershed. Discussions will include the history of the Gila as well as the future threats. The class will include one classroom session, and one half day and one full day field trip. The full day field trip will include some hiking along the Gila River. Classroom session at WNMU: discusses the Gila watershed including natural and human history and the potential impact of the Arizona Water Settlement Act.

This course is bird identification for novice birders, focusing on birds in and around Silver City. The course will start with an overview of the birding tools such as field guides, binoculars, and web sites. The majority of the time will be Power Point presentations on the local birds. The last day will be an outing to look for birds (optional).

FACILITATOR BIO: Karen Beckenbach has a BS in Zoology from Colorado State University. Karen has belonged to various naturalists' organizations. She enjoys talking about and sharing knowledge about birds as well as taking people birding.

This class will introduce the basics of plant structure and function. It will consist of presentations and discussions of plant cells, tissues and how they work. Tentative topics include: week 1 - roots, plant nutrition and mycorrhizae; week 2 - leaves, photosynthesis, C-3, C-4, CAM, carbon cycle; week 3 - stems, vascular tissues, material movement; week 4 -reproduction, flowers, seeds, fruits. Presentations will focus on basic understanding of these topics at an elementary level.

FACILITATOR BIO: Keller Suberkropp was a biology professor for 31 years, taught Intro Biology & Botany, Mycology, Microbial Ecology, Aquatic Biology and Microbiology. He has been woodcarving for 16 years.

The course will be presented in two parts. Part 1 is a review of the natural history of the Grand Canyon including the geology, climate, plants, and animals as well as the human history from the earliest Native American visitors, Anglo explorers, to the current National Park tourist. Part 2 will guide the visitor to the facilities, major attractions, dining, lodging, and hiking options.

FACILITATOR BIO: Jeff Boyd moved to Silver City from the Phoenix area where he enjoyed both hiking and backpacking. He has visited the Grand Canyon many times.

We will look at the trees of the Gila Region of New Mexico — how the dominant landscape icons of our home range fit into the local and global scene. We will explore the ethnobotany and natural history of the forest trees as well as simple means to identify the trees around us.

FACILITATOR BIO: Richard Stephen Felger is a Research Associate in the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona. He resides in Silver City, New Mexico. Dr. Felger has conducted research in deserts worldwide and has written or co-authored more than 100 peer-review publications in addition to books and popular writings in botany, ethnobiology, new food crops, and other fields. One of his strong interests is addressing world hunger through agricultural independence for arid regions.

This short course will cover basics for the aspiring beekeeper. We will discuss things people should know, consider and read before they get their bees. Also included is an orientation on the Langstroth hive, beekeeping tools, hiving a package and sources of information on beekeeping including web sites and a list of books. Plans and articles related to getting started, hiving, and keeping bees will be provided. This class is from the perspective of a new beekeeper who has learned a number of lessons-many from experienced beekeepers and several from painful personal experience. Recommended reading before the class — Beekeeping for Dummies by Blackston, Backyard Beekeeper by Flottum, or First Lessons in Beekeeping by Dadant.

FACILITATOR BIO: Travis Kirkland retired from the military; beekeeping is a hobby.

Even as a prey animal, the horse has survived for over 55 million years without help. He has lived and evolved during Ice Ages, dinosaurs, volcanic activity and meteor strikes that have eliminated entire species. Now, however, he has little choice in how and where he lives. Perhaps no animal in our lives with which we have regular intimate contact has been so far removed from what is natural for him. Yet, he is the only domesticated animal that we entrust with our physical safety and well-being. This seminar will introduce you to some of the techniques and philosophies that can fulfill some of the most basic needs for the horse, and can lead to a relationship between horse and human that is based on freedom of choice. From that foundation, one can build a partnership that is healthier and more satisfying for both horse and rider, and one that offers surprising parallels in our own lives. Whether you're a horse owner, thinking of becoming one, or are just interested in being more comfortable with ones you see or meet, you will find something of value in our discussion and demonstration. The program will be taught by Professors Cody and Revere, with assistance from their human Scott Thomson.

FACILITATOR BIO: Scott Thomson is a natural horsemanship teacher and trainer in Silver City who has worked with almost 200 different horses and riders in the past few years, handling almost every significant breed, and riders of all ages and skill levels, from every riding discipline. He has a BA degree from Brown University with graduate work at the University of Rhode Island. He came to horses later in life, after a successful career in business, with open eyes, no pre-conceived ideas and a willingness to question whether there might be a better way to be with horses. He was trained by Dennis Reis, one of the most respected horsemen in the country, but has developed many of his own techniques based on his other life experiences.

Trish Hurley will present a PowerPoint of native plants that do well in the Grant County climate. She will cover reasons for utilizing natives - from benefits to wildlife, to their vigor and beauty, and to their ability to increase local biodiversity. The second class will be a visit to town sites that have implemented native plants (sites TBD). Please dress appropriately, with comfortable walking shoes, and warm layering.

FACILITATOR BIO: After working as a field biologist for Hawk Watch International, the Forest Service and Arizona Game & Fish Department's Research Branch for 11 years, Tricia Hurley settled in Silver City with her husband Mark Cantrell to raise their children. Having studied and worked as as outdoor educator, it was natural to want to help to instill an appreciation in the outdoors for all children. Tricia was one of the founding members of the Gila Conservation Education Center and continues to provide education opportunities as the Education Chair of Southwestern New Mexico Audubon Society. Tricia and Mark have always been avid bird watchers and botanists and operating a native plant nursery satisfies their passion for encouraging folks to see the value of native plants for humans, wildlife, harmony and balance. They are the owners of Lone Mountain Natives Nursery, which has been a presence at the Silver City's Farmers Market for the past 6 years.

Few animals whose lives are intertwined with those of human beings are more intriguing than llamas. Cousin to the camel, originally from the Andes Mountains, llamas have now found a niche in the mountainous West. And in Silver City, there's no better llama adopter and trainer to describe the personalities, habits, and characteristics of llamas than Rinda Metz. In a classroom session, Rinda will present the basics about llamas and describe her work with them for backwoods packing. The class will then choose days on which a limited number can visit Rinda's llama facility west of Silver City. It's your opportunity to have a personal introduction to very personable and curious beasts. They won't spit at you, I promise.

FACILITATOR BIO: Rinda grew up with a Marine Biologist father. The family lived in Tallahassee, Florida where her father, Charles, ran the Marine lab on the Gulf coast for FSU. The family summered in Woods Hole, Mass. on the Cape where Charles ran a post-doc program at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Rinda predictably majored in Zoology at I.U. but pulled a switcheroo in the next decade and received her MFA in Ceramics, with a minor in Glass from Tulane University. She went on to become a Professor of Fine Arts at Ohio Wesleyan University, teaching clay, drawing, 3-d design and Art History surveys. OWU ran an arts program out west so Rinda found herself teaching students how to camp on road trips from St. Louis to Santa Fe, Mesa Verde to Moab. Retiring in New Mexico was as natural as breathing. She had given up whitewater kayaking because of back problems, but 10 minutes hiking behind a string of pack llamas departing out of Woody's Corral at the Cliff Dwellings National Monument and she knew exactly what she wanted to do...

It's out there! The Great Outdoors is calling. If you are interested in any type of outdoors activity, sign up for this course. WILL is scheduling different levels of hikes, birding trips, and other activities for members on an ongoing basis. Monthly informational & sign-up meetings for each activity will take place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month prior to a scheduled event. We are looking for reliable trip leaders for all kinds of activities. Can you take a group on your favorite hike? Can you canoe? Do you dance with the stars, or are you down and dirty in caves? Contact WILL to set up dates!

FACILITATOR BIO: Jeff Boyd has been the facilitator for Outdoor Experience since 2010. He moved to Silver City from Arizona, where he enjoyed hiking and backpacking. Several visits to the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wilderness Areas while living in the Phoenix area were a motivating factor in his move to Silver City.

T'ai chi ch'uan, the most popular of the internal martial arts of China, is many things: an intense physical and mental exercise, an expression of traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine, and among the most effective of the Asian martial arts.

FACILITATOR BIO: John Dye learned t'ai chi from Master Tung Kai-Ying, currently based in Los Angeles. John has spent 15 years as a student of Master Tung and is, as well, a 20 year practitioner of Iyengar-style yoga. He taught yoga and t'ai chi in the Recreation Department at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). John also has a Ph.D. from the UCSD Department of Neurosciences (1987). Anna Dye began her t'ai chi career in 1998 as a student of Rami Salo, one of Tung Kai-Ying's most successful European teachers, and she is a long-time member of the Tai Chi Chuan Association of Helsinki, Finland. Anna and John now regularly attend Master Tung's special classes and camps in the U.S. and Europe.

Many people experience one or more episodes of back pain or back injury in their lives. Back injuries and/or back pain can be traumatic, both physically and emotionally. Physically, scar tissue can create rigidity. Emotionally, fear is the biggest hindrance. A gentle and compassionate approach, incorporating safe yoga positions with breath work can help regain stability and mobility of the back and abdominal muscles. Yoga for back care can help people living with chronic back pain, as well as individuals who are interested in preventing back pain issues by learning a simple, yet effective sequence of postures for a home-based practice.

FACILITATOR BIO: Lori Zitzmann is a certified yoga instructor and a licensed Advanced Nurse Practitioner specializing in Integrative medicine.

Discovering your hip joints is the key to easy and comfortable moving. Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons consist of verbally directed, sophisticated movement sequences designed to create the conditions for improved functioning. Sensory-motor activity is used to free us from habitual patterns and allow for new patterns of thinking, moving, and feeling. The lessons involve tremendous variety, helping to make the learning intriguing and enjoyable. This semester we will focus on the hip joints.

FACILITATOR BIO: Dixie Dexter has been involved with the Feldenkrais Method since 1988. She became a certified practitioner in 1996 and has been in practice since then in a physical therapy setting at Mercy Hospital's Integrative Services and in private practice. She became certified in Bones for Life in 2005. Bones for Life is based on the Feldenkrais Method. Her enthusiasm for both modalities has remained high since her first exposure to them.

Are you concerned about the health of your bones? Bones for Life benefits include: better posture, improved equilibrium and vitality, freedom from back and joint problems, and stronger bones. Gentle weight-bearing movements challenge your bones to be strong and sturdy while improving overall balance and coordination. (This is the beginning level-repeat students welcome!)

FACILITATOR BIO: Dixie Dexter has been involved with the Feldenkrais Method since 1988. She became a certified practitioner in 1996 and has been in practice since then in a physical therapy setting at Mercy Hospital's Integrative Services and in private practice. She became certified in Bones for Life in 2005. Bones for Life is based on the Feldenkrais Method. Her enthusiasm for both modalities has remained since her first exposure.

We will introduce the class to the BASIC SQUARE DANCE moves and dance our evenings away. Get ready for the hoedown.

FACILITATOR BIO: Kay Henderson has been square dancing since 1980. She has danced locally and at large festivals in several U.S. cities.

Dances similar to those found on cruise ships or parties will be featured. Stomps, simple waltzes, cha-chas, and contras will be included. Dances may include the Macarena, Electric Slide and Cowgirl Twist. No previous dance experience necessary. A $2.00 fee will be charged to those that wish to receive the step sheets and music.

FACILITATOR BIO: Carolyn Havens and Lucinda Maddox have been Line Dancing for over six years. They are members of the Silver Stompers and the New Mexico Line Dance Assoc. and teach the beginning classes for the Silver Stompers. Both are retired teachers from the public sector.

It is important to challenge your brain to learn new and novel tasks, especially activities you've never done before. The games you will learn to play during this two-session, two-hour class will activate underused nerve pathways and connections, helping participants achieve a fit and flexible mind. The more we think, the better our brains function.

FACILITATOR BIO: Vicki Johnson has been living in Grant County for 15 years. She is an experienced hiker and player of games.

A pilgrimage is a journey of physical, moral, or personal significance. This course will explore the various ways one may be a pilgrim, and through readings and personal writings will help the participants decide where their personal pilgrimages might lead them. The final class will include sharing of one's writings and thoughts, and will conclude with a walk through a labyrinth.

After surveying a wide variety of meditation traditions, we'll focus on techniques that are common to many of them, providing a powerful framework for your own meditation practice. Considerable time will be devoted to in-class meditation and training exercises, along with opportunity for Q&A about your personal practice.

FACILITATOR BIO: Rod Rees has a BA in Design, Southern Illinois University; and a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Brown University. He was on the Psychology Faculty, Western Washington University for 20 years. He is a lay practitioner in Vipassana Meditation & Theravadan Buddhism, Silver City, and he has participated in numerous meditation retreats, 2-to-10 days.

Each semester, this course will focus on a different country on which to base a complete meal. This semester it will be Middle Eastern. The participants will make either an appetizer, salad, main course, or dessert, and then meet to enjoy each other's creations and company. E-mails with vegetarian recipes and instructions will be sent out to participants at least 2 weeks before the meal. We would like each chef to briefly discuss the cooking/ingredients when she/he serves. When registering, all participants must list any food allergies or state that they have no food allergies.

FACILITATOR BIO: Facilitators Doc Campbell and Karen Murphy have been around the world themselves, sampling and/or cooking delicious foods from the Far East, the Middle East, Australia, the U.K., Western Europe, Canada, and Mexico.

A lecture/demo on the best practices for using eggs, flour, chocolate and other ingredients commonly found in baking and candy-making. Lemon meringue pie, Easter chocolates, and summer pies will be just some of the items we can choose to improve by knowing more about the chemistry of the main ingredients. Bring a notebook, pen and questions.

Following Psychologist Eric Erickson's Eight Stages of Human Development (birth through retirement), this course will propose an additional "Ninth Stage: Post-Retirement /Elder years". In this two-day course, participants will focus on the dynamics of this stage of life, as well as share what it means for us who have entered it, are on the threshold of entering it, or have loved ones who are in it.

FACILITATOR BIO: Kelduyn Garland has a Master Degree in Social Work and a double Ph.D in Psychology and Marriage & Family Therapy.

This class is for beginning players who don't know how to move the pieces (but love strategy games). It is also for players who would like to hear intermediate chess strategies and their application.

FACILITATOR BIO: Mike Giusto has been the Silver High School chess coach for 28 years and counting.

If you're a coffee drinker who wants to enjoy the best coffee at home, this course is for you. Part I covers coffee growing, harvest and processing, choosing the best coffees, blending and roasting. Part 2 covers grinding, brewing and storing, best brewing methods for home and commercial use, how and where to buy coffee, and an introduction to home roasting.

FACILITATOR BIO: Kevin Knox is a 30 year veteran of the specialty coffee trade, including many years at Starbucks where he was in charge of coffee quality from 1987-1993 and as a buyer for Allegro (now Whole Foods). Knox is also the author of the highly regarded book Coffee Basics, published by John Wiley & Sons.

A step-by-step instruction in the process of making Greek yogurt, including the utensils and ingredients necessary. There will be tasting and recipes will be provided for using yogurt in cooking and making smoothies. Bring a pint-sized container to take home your yogurt.

FACILITATOR BIO: While living in the Bay Area, Sharon Scotti taught workshops for the Adult Education Department, as well as healthful cooking classes that included making Greek yogurt.

Know the rules of the road! Explore investment possibilities for difficult times with financial advisor Kevin Thompson. Classes will concentrate on developing strategies, setting and maintaining goals, and examining the intricacies of various investment vehicles including annuities, bonds, equities, and mutual funds. Opportunities will exist for discussion of personal investment goals and strategies to obtain them.

FACILITATOR BIO: Financial advisor Kevin Thompson has been involved in the financial investment business since 1989. He is currently a regional leader for Edward Jones.

The class will cover the basics of homemade winemaking. Topics covered include the following: the law and winemaking (Is it legal to make wine?), equipment needed, cleaning equipment, sources to purchase equipment, basic chemistry of fermentation including the effect of weather, sources for recipes. Basic ingredients to be discussed: wild vs. domesticated fruit; some fruits are better to use than others, fruit juice, sugars, yeast. Make a batch of homemade wine using three ingredients.

FACILITATOR BIO: Ken Dayer is currently the Adult Services Librarian with the Silver City Public Library. He started both home brewing (beer) and winemaking in the mid-1990s. Winemaking is a family tradition on both sides of his family as his ancestors having been doing this for generations. He self-taught himself the basics of both home brewing and winemaking by doing his own research via books, articles, and the internet. Then he expanded by seeking out experienced winemakers and home brewers to learn even more. This included going to wineries, breweries, and even one local museum in Arkansas on winemaking. Some of Ken's best teachers were senior citizens who were either family or friends of the family who had been making wine or beer for decades. His best teacher was his uncle who taught him how his family, which included Ken, his grandfather, and other family members made wine from the 1800s to the present. When he makes wine today, he still follows his grandfather's basic recipe.

Craig Wentz and Gayle Simmons of Wentz Electric Co., L.L.C. will introduce you to the steps to take to install a solar electric (photovoltaic--PV) system at your home or business. Craig will begin with a brief description of the science behind PV technology and then introduce you to the PV system types to choose from---including sizing and siting the system, products available, types of systems (grid-tied and off-grid), system mounting options, life span of system components, and system operation and maintenance. Gayle will introduce you to the costs and benefits of owning a PV system and to the paperwork you will need to apply for grid connection and to obtain state and federal tax credits. The presentation will include one half hour for questions.

FACILITATOR BIO: Craig Wentz is a member of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and NM Solar Energy Association (NMSEA)--Silver City Chapter (2005--present). He is an electrical contractor and PV installer for Wentz Electric Co. in Silver City, NM (1987--present) and a Journeyman Electrician in New Mexico (1976-present). He has a B.F.A. from the University of New Mexico.

Pool, or pocket billiards, started sometime in the 15th century and reached notoriety when Mary, Queen of Scots' body was wrapped in a billiards cover. The course will be taught by seasoned player(s) and depending on the experience of the students, will be a beginning and/or intermediate class serving as a refresher for those who have played before. Two pool tables will be available - one for beginners and one for intermediates with an instructor for each table.

FACILITATOR BIO: Bill Spence has been playing this wonderful game since he was around 4 or 5 years old. His father owned a billiards parlor for 17 years. He will be pleased to pass on what he has been taught over these years. Bill is looking forward to having this opportunity to share some of his knowledge of this game that he has loved to play most of his life.

With funding from New Mexico Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Local Sponsors, Grant County youth take part in the planning, designing, and production of murals in the region. Diana Ingalls Leyba, who has played a large part in the Mimbres Region Arts Council Youth Mural Program, will lead a walking tour of our city's community-created murals.

Facilitator Bio: Diana Ingalls Leyba is a local artist and gallery owner.

Cuisine in Celebration of the New Mexico Centennial Each dinner will be fixed price at $30 per person. Drinks will be extra. The chef or chef's representative will discuss the historic significance, ingredients and preparation of each dish.
Curious Kumquat: Early New Mexican Cuisine;
Shevek & Co: Sephardic Jewish New Mexican Cuisine;
Tres Rosat: Contemporary New Mexican Cuisine.

Topographical features, vegetation fuel types, local weather conditions, and prevailing winds determine the risk to your home from a wildfire. Every year, throughout the US, that risk is increasing. Grant County is one of the most "at danger" communities in NM. A Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) has been developed and implemented. Collaboration between Federal, State, and Local governments is the solution to reduce the risk to your home. Find out what programs are available to you and what you can do on your own to protect your home.

FACILITATOR BIO: Gary Benavidez is the Grant County Fire Management Officer.