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HIDALGO COUNTY HERALD FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2013 3
UPCOM NG EVENTS
SBDC
A common stumbling block: The writing process
By SBDC Staff going.
Your desk is covered with Revising
pieces of information that you When you're done, you can
want to put into your business start revising for clarity. Re-work
plan. You've had your coffee, your sentences until you are sure
Your phone is off the hook. But that your reader will understand
you spend the next fifteen min- them.
utes staring out the Then, take a break from the
window...unable to get going, project. At the very least, return a
You're not alone. Most phone call or stand up and stretch.
people experience some form of The next stage will require you
writer's block when faced with a to switch gears dramatically, and
particularly important or large- it will be much easier if you ap-
scale job. preach it from a fresh perspective.
Why? Most researchers who Editing
study the act of writing currently This is the most crucial --
believe that many of our writing and most difficult -- stage of the
problems are caused by our ap- writing process. At this point, you
proach. They say that all writers should take a very objective look
-- whether they are conscious of at your business plan and ask
it or not -- go•through this five- yourself:
stage process when they write: • Does it do what it should do?
pre-writing, writing, revising, ed- • Is it convincing?
fting and proofreading. The ma- • Do I need to include more infor-
jority of writing problems are mation? Less?
caused, the researchers say, when • Have.I supported all of my most
the writer tries to do all of the important statements?
steps at once. Let's.take a closer • Is it well organized?
look at each of these steps: • Is it readable?
Pro-writing • Is the tone appropriate? Is the
This is the stage where you style appropriate?
decide what you're going to say. Proofreading
You may write or review your All that is left to do now is to
notes, assemble facts, organize look for typographical errors,
your thoughts; establish your minor grammatical errors, and to
goals, or draft an outline. The make sure that the business plan
more you have to say, the more. is spaced correctly on the page. It
important this stage is. Generally, helps if someone else can take a
the more time you spend here, the look. Keep in mind that minor
less time you will spend in the errors could undermine the im-
revising stage, pact of the whole business plan.
Writing The most important applica-
After you know in broad tions of the process approach are:
terms what you need to say, you Don't correct yourself while you
can start saying it. This is the write, and don't wait for "the per-
stage where you jest get it down. fect opening sentence" to come
Resist the temptation to try to say to you.
everything perfectly. Don't cor- An archive of SBDC Busi-
rect grammar or punctuation, ness Reports can be found at
Don't stop after every sentence http://www.grantcounty
to critique yourself. Just keep beat.com/index.php/archived-
items
The SBDC is offering a work-
shop on how to write a business
plan. Bruce Ashburn, former di-
rector of the Silver City SBDC
and current Community Liaison
for PNM, uses hands-on learning
with a common sense approach.
The workshop' will be presented
Wednesday, July 24, 4:00-6:00
p.m., in the SBDC offices of Watts
Hall. For more information call
or email the SBDC office.
The weekly Business Report
is brought to you by Western New
Mexico University's Small Busi-
ness Development Center. The
SBDC offers assistance to entre-
preneurs who are starting a busi-
ness or wanting to expand an ex-
isting business. These services
are available at no cost. Call 538-
6320 for an appointment with a
business advisor, or email
sbdc@wnmu.edu. The SBDC of-
fice is located in Watts Hall at 500
18th Street, at the intersection of
Swan and Silver Heights Blvd.
More information may be found
at www.nmsbdc.com/silvercity/
index.html.
Check with the SBDC office
for more information about the
following workshops.
• July 24 - How to Write a
Business Plan
• August 26 - General Book-
keeping for a Small Business
• September 25 - IRS Work-
shop for Nonprofits
• November 18 - End of the
Year Tax Preparation
Border zone
extension to
boost tourism
Luanne Brooten
inspires local artist
Submitted by SAN VICENTE ARTISTS/Silver City
Luanne Brooten, a moving force behind San Vicente Artists' an-
nual Gila River and New Mexico Landscape Art Show, wag inspired
this year to do something very special. In a late spring drive along
Highway 180 between Silver City and Alma, the beauty of that stretch
of highway and the scenery beyond captured her artist eye and imagi-
nation. And thus, as a new feature, The 180 Challenge, was added to
this popular art show that is done annually in honor of the Gila River
Festival in Silver City. Since Luanne's vision of seeing this stretch of
natural landscape and plantlife with a backdrop of mountains and
blue skies captured with an artist's brush, she has produced 23 paint-
ings and pen and ink drawings, with plans for three more in the next
few weeks. She plans a special showing at the Mimbres Region Arts
Council Gallery for the month-of September. Luanne will be using
public response as her guide as to which 3 paintings to enter in the
coming art show.
The Gila River and New Mexico Landscape Juried Art Show will
be September 20, 21, 22 at the Artists' Lair Gallery on the corner of
Texas and Market Street in Silver City. There are 1st and 2nd place
cash prizes for all. categories. Those categories are Drawing and Paint-
ing; Photography; 3-Dimensional (including fabrics); and Student
Art (of all media). And more about the "180 Challenge" - an artist or
photographer who wins 1st place with an entry from the stretch of
landscape along Hwy 180 between Silver City and Alma will double
the prize money! Entry forms for the show are available at the Silver
Spirit Gallery and Lyba and Ingalls Art Supply or online at
silvercityartists.org. Call 575-590-2006 for questions or additional
information.
Continued from Page 1
more applications for the Laser
Visa Border Crossing Card.
The campaign consists of
print ads in several Chihuahuan
newspapers, beginning in late
June and continuing through
mid-September, reaching 1.5 mil-
lion readers. There will also be
seven billboards posted from
June 24th to September 22nd in
Chihuahua City, Ciudad Juarez,
the Pan American Freeway,
Nuevo Casas Grandes and
Palomas. There will be an online
and mobile ad component as well
as rack cards, which will be dis-
tributed at bridge border cross-
ings on three occasions between
July and August. Finally, New
Mexico Tourism has developed
a landing page on their website
to support the campaign.' The
Spanish language page at http://
www.newmexico.org/visalaser
will explain how to get a Laser
Visa, how the rules work, and in-
formation on each of the commu-
nities, including attractions,
events, lodging, itineraries and
health facilities.
"Working together with the
Las Cruces CVB, the City .of
Deming and•Luna County, our ad
campaign will be sure to get the
word out to potential visitors,"
said Tourism Secretary Monique
Jacobsen. "We are thrilled that so
many more people from our bor-
der communities will now be able
to experience the adventure
steeped in culture found in south-
ern New Mexico."
"We've developed a great
relationship with our southern
neighbor in promoting the state
and to now be able to increase
tourism and business to cities like
Las Cruces, Deming, and
Lordsburg is a wonderful oppor-
tunity for New Mexico," said
Economic Development Secre-
tary Jan Barela "We anticipate not
only an increase in traffic to lo-
cal eateries, hotels and shops but
that it will also lead to the cre-
ation of more jobs."
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PUBLIsHER/EDITOR:
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ADVERTISING MANAGER: Glenda Greene
PHONE: 575-542-8705
FAX: 575-542-8838
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community
Submitted by HMS
FORWARD NM AHEC has
partnered with UNM to host the
first rural HCA (Health Careers
Academy) site. To date, all
UNM HCA programs have been
hosted in Albuquerque only.
This 6-week summer program
is in the final two weeks. The
participants are incoming high
school sophomores, juniors and
seniors from Grant, Hidalgo
Continued from I age 1
New Saturday service
Beginning Saturday August
3rd, the First United Methodist
Church will begin a Saturday
evening service from 5:30-6:30
pm. This service will be identical
in style to our Sunday morning
service. The music is a blend of
contemporary and traditional
styles. The sermon is given in a
conversational style. We have a
good time! If Sunday morning is
not for you, try our Saturday ser-
vice beginning August 3rd.
VSO to visit July 26
Reggie Price, Veterans Ser-
vice Officer from New Mexico
Department of Veterans' Services,
will be available to meet with
veterans and/or their families on
Friday July 26, 2013 at the
Lordsburg City Hall. Office hours
will be from 10am-lpm. For bet-
ter assistance, please bring a copy
of the veterans' discharge papers
(DD-214 or NGB-22). More infor-
mation is available by calling
Reggie in the Silver City office
at 575-538-2377.
This week at FUMC
In Canada, there's a town that
has an intersection around which
-- on its four corners-- are four
churches. The intersection is
known as "Salvation Corners."
Using the image of maps, streets
and corners, we talk about what
happens when steadfast love,
faithfulness, righteousness and
peace meet. The scripture is from
Psalm 85. No matter what comer
you find yourself, the presence of
Christ is always present. Worship
begins at 10 AM Sunday on the
corner of Third and High streets
in Lordsburg.
Wednesday Bible Study
The Church of Christ (yh &
Pyramid) hast started Wednesday
Bible study again a't noon. The
study hour is open to men and
women. For more information
contact Karen McDonald at 575-
313-5963 or Lindy Kerr at 575-
538-8446.
Strength training
Apache War Dance and
strength training offered Satur-
Y
J
and Luna counties. The oppor-
tunity to enhance math, science
and language arts skills, learn
about health careers from over
25 heath care professionals, cul-
tural diversity, and receive pre-
paratory ACT instruction has
been well received. Students
have completed three ACT prac-
tice tests thus far and students
are averaging a 20% increase in
scoring• The Academy runs
uly 25
from June 15 to July 26.
The HCA students will be
hosting a Community Presenta-
tion on their research projects
at WNMU on Thursday," July
25th, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00
a.m. at the Besse Forward Glo-
bal Research Center. Presenta-
tion topics include Lung Can-
cer, Lupus, the Cycle of Pov-
erty, Prenatal Care and Depres-
sion.
days and Sundays from 6 AM to
Noon at the Range RV Park, Space
12. For information call 575-654-
4233 or email bidandeech0hi
@yahoo.com.
Literacy Program
The Hidalgo County Lit-
eracy Program offers services to
improve individual skills in En-
glish, Reading, Language and
Math, as well as Pre-GED and
GED preparation. Quit putting it
off, it's not too late! Contact Di-
rector Sherri Arredondo at 575-
313-7738, 575-542-9407 or
email hclp@aznex.net
Water Aerobics
Active and Alive Water Aero-
bics will be held at the Comfort
Inn on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 10 to 11. For niore informa-
tion call Fabiola Cane 575-542-
2356.
Church. For more information
contact Kokopelli at 5423304.
Line Dancing
The Crooked Halos ad-
vanced line dance group is meets
at the Senior Citizens Center from
6:15 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday and
Thursday evenings. The Sassy
Sunflowers beginning line dance
group is meets at the Senior
Citizen's Center from 8:30 to
9:30 a.m. every Wednesday morn-
ing. Bring your water and come
join in the fun for some low im-
pact exercise, good music and
fun! It's free arid no experience is
necessary. For more information
call Fabiola Cane 575-542-2356.
Supplementalltood
boxes available
SPIRIT of Hidalgo has
partnered with BAMHS to have
AA/NA Meetings supplemental emergency food
boxes available for families in
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Hidalgo County. Call Edgar
meetings are held on Monday Gomez at 575-542-3304 or stop
from 3:4 p.m. at the Kokopelli by 332 E Motel Dr to pick up a
Office and on Saturday at 7 p.m. box Monday through Friday from
at the First Methodist Church. 8:30 am to 12 noon. For more in-
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)meet- formation about this or other
ings are held Mondays from 4-5 food programs in Hidalgo
p.m., Wednesdays from 3-4 p.m. County, call Christy at 520-507-
at Kokopelli and on Saturdays at 0455.
5:30 p.m. at the First Methodist
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