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A hot-air balloon takes off from the playground at Hermosa Elementary School as part of the inauguration of the Artesia Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Balloons and Bluegrass Festival Friday. (Ashley Trujillo photo)
Norm Wilburn relaxes to Coyote Crossing’s sweet and simple melodies Saturday at the Derrick Floor during the Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Balloons and Bluegrass festival. “You tell them next year we want two days instead of one,” said Wilburn. (Emil Whitis photo)Winner of the Cottonwood Winery’s Annual Rib Cook-off Stanley Hammond grins as he shows off the meat of his toil Saturday at Cottonwood Winery. Hammond also clenched the title for best baked beans. Hammond was sponsored by Concho Resources. (Emil Whitis photo)
