a strong show of support today for the family that owns and operates new mexico's most famous apple orchard - dixon's apples. devastated this summer by fire and flooding - stuart dyson takes us to eldorado just outside of santa fe - the scene of today's big fund raiser. you can't have a proper fandango without a banjo and this was a proper one - an outpouring of affection and financial help for becky and jim mullane and their kids who lost just about everything material in a summer of destruction. first came the biggest forest fire in modern new mexico history - destroying their house and barbecuing the beautiful canyon where the mullanes lived and tended their apple trees. then came the flash floods that wiped out just about everything else in the orchard becky's grandfather made famous. the big question - over and over again - what are you going to do - the answer - we'll know soon. " we're hoping in the next week or so but we minute thumbnail 10:09 pm can't promise that at this point - this is a big decision." " the way we look at it - the water's taken so much of the canyon there's not a whole lot left to run an orchard on." " we were there this week helping out in the flood - pulling tractors out of the mud - saving apple bags - plastic - cardboard - personal items - whatever we could do to help them out." " this benefit today has helped us so much - just to feel the love and support of the people of new mexico for our business." it's not just the business becky. in eldorado stuart dyson k- o-b eyewitness news four.
