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Chocolate lovers rejoice… and head over to Silver City!
Delightfully-delicious, gourmet chocolate tasting is the center of this event and tasting tickets are $20 for 20 individual pieces of chocolate from Chocolate Stops in and around the Town’s historic district.
Click here for details and tickets.
(Tip: Start dieting now.)
New Mexico Restaurant Week is back, giving patrons a good look at restaurants where “Red or green?” is merely an option, not the extent of the menu. Now in its third year, the event has become a highly anticipated culinary event.
The fun starts in Santa Fe, where more than 50 restaurants will participate in the Sunday-to-Sunday culinary extravaganza, and several hotels will feature special Restaurant Week lodging packages. It’s the perfect week for out-of-town food lovers to visit The City Different, and for New Mexicans to plan a long weekend of culinary pleasure in their own backyard.
The foodie extravaganza continues in Taos (March 3 – 10), and Albuquerque (March 10 – 17). In addition to value-priced dinners and lunches, people can expand their epicurean horizons through daytime cooking demonstrations, classes, and wine & spirits tastings.
Sign up for events, get the list of participating restaurants (you won’t need tickets, but you WILL need to make your own reservations and they fill up fast!), and enter the New Mexico Restaurant Week sweepstakes here.
¡Buen provecho!
This wonderful seminar for women includes one day of instruction, video analysis and a personal improvement plan tailored to your goals. Just drop into the Snow Sports Learning Center to get started and signed up!
Breakfast and lunch will be provided as well as a wine and cheese get together at 4pm at the end of the day. Participants will need to rent or provide their own equipment.
Male companions won’t get left behind if they to would like to learn, they can get a $25 hour-and-a-half class at 10, 12 noon and 2pm.
Call Andrea or the Snow Sport Learning Center Desk at 575 464 3641.
Want to see the slopes from the comfort of your screen (or take a peek at where you’re going while you’re still desk-bound?) Check out the Web Cam!
EVENTS CALENDAR
Friday, Dec. 21st at 9:30 am, St. Francis Church in Reserve will participate in a National Day of Remembrance for Sandy Hook Elementary School in CT. The Church will ring the bell 26 times…each ring to be followed by the name/age of a child of God. Everyone is invited to participate.
LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SERVICES
Save gas and time, support local businesses!
DATIL DO A Licensed Hair Salon in Datil, owner Kelsi Walraven. Open Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 9am-5pm 772-5355 Convenient location and unbelievable hair cuts for women and men. Look for the dark red building- on Hwy 12, just north of the Datil School Gym, in the Eagle Guest Ranch RV Park.
VETERINARIAN
Jack Duncan, DVM now lives and works in Datil. Jack has a mobile vet office and is in Reserve 1st and 3rd Thursdays each month, 2nd Thursday inQuemado, MONDAY- WEDNESDAY – Office in Datil is open – by appointment. Friday as needed. 575-772-5150 office. bigcountryvet@gmail.com Jack’s office and home are located off Route 12 about 1 mile south of Datil. Please call for appointment.
It is so wonderful to have a local vet!
CAT SPAYING & NEUTERING –
Dr. Duncan would like to make the community aware of a program called Cat Spay of Santa Fe. This foundation is providing vouchers for the spay and neuter of cats (Cats only). There are a few restrictions on who will qualify–but most people will qualify. If interested in having a cat fixed just call 505-466-1676. They have a website with all the details: www.zimmer-foundation.org. Big Country Veterinary Service is accepting the vouchers which covers the entire cost of the surgery.
NOW OPEN Alegre Theapeutics, LLC – Therapeutic Massage in Quemado at the Junction HW 60 & HW 32, Quemado.– look for the signs! Katharina McWhorter, owner and licensed massage therapist
Improve your health and live a better life – Pain therapy, stress relief, relaxation, mobility. Gift Certificates available! Great for Christmas!
Hours Monday thru Thursday by appointment only. Please call 575-773-4141 or 575-418-8333.
HUNGRY HOUNDS (AND CATS TOO)? A not for profit organization helping low-income dog/cat owners in Catron County and Magdelena who are in need of assistance with: DOG OR CAT FOOD, Pet Medications, Spay/Neuter costs. Call to apply or donate – Karen DeRusha @ 575-418-7634 Email: hungryhoundsnm@gmail.com Website: www.hungryhoundsnm.org or “Like” us on Facebook @http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hungry-Hounds-of-New-Mexico/152323044833531 for information on up coming events.
Donations of your gently used flea market items, dog/cat food, pet medications or cash are greatly appreciated.
Fur and Feather Animal Assistance, Inc- Permanent Residential Facility for Dogs and Cats Adoptions and Limited Intake for Lost & Abandoned Animals Laurie Beauchamp, Pie Town, NM, 575-772-2661.
Tangible Treasures – Open Mon-Wed-Thurs-Fri-Sun 10am-4pm (CLOSED TUES & SAT) Jewelry, collectibles, quilts, wood items, handmade gifts, antiques, and furniture. Christmas ornaments and decorative items! Something for everyone. Right next to the Adobe Café, 2128 US Hwy 180, Reserve, NM 575-533-6966
FOX RAVEN GIFTS – local artists and crafters website – www.foxravengifts.com where every gift is one of a kind.
COMPUTER SERVICES
Serving Northern Catron County – Computer training, setup & repair, Jack will come to you or bring it to him. Call Jack Koerber @ 575-772-5293. 30+ years experience on a wide range of software (inc. MS-Office & various graphic programs) and hardware with 10+ years servicing Datil, Pie Town & Quemado and the rest of northern Catron County.
Magdalena MagTech Computer Service-Magdalena. Computer repair,set-up and instruction from Ted Bending who has over 30 years experience. Call: 575-854-3394. Will service Magdalena and surrounding areas. If you have a question-he has the answer!
This is a season long opportunity for you to race the gates whether you are a skier or a snowboarder. The race course gates will be up generally on the weekends throughout the season. The course is on the outside line (next to the trees) on Smokey Bear. You can turn this into a season long series for yourself or for you and those with whom you want to compete. Turn yourself into a racer this year at Ski Apache. Your fees entitle you to race the course and to get electronic times for each of your race runs. You will gain the experience of timed performance and how to find the qualities in yourself to improve on your performance. The events are produced by Robert Walker – ex-North American Ski Racer; so you might garner a pointer or two from the experts!
The price per individual is $5.00 for two runs in a day and $1.00 for each additional run on that day. Season race passes are available for $35.00 at the Special Services Window.
Awards ceremony on Plaza at 3:00 – same day 10:00am-2:00pm
Ski Apache, the United States’ southernmost ski area known for epic warm-weather skiing and unbelievable views of the surrounding Lincoln National Forest, returns for its 51st year on Sierra Blanca with three new lifts scheduled to open during the 2012 /2013 ski season. The new season boasts a brand new Doppelmayr Gondola. Home to the first and only passenger gondola in the state of New Mexico, the new eight-passenger Gondola will climb 1,646 feet to the mountain’s peak in just eight minutes, almost twice as fast as its predecessor. The 2012-2013 ski season is scheduled to open on Friday, December 7, and season passes are on sale now.
The new gondola will carry nearly 2,000 skiers and snowboarders up the ski resort per hour, and two new Doppelmayr chair lifts, one triple and one quad, will help Ski Apache achieve the highest lift capacity in the state with another 3,600 guests ascending the mountain per hour. Combined with its already immense snowmaking capabilities and an annual snowfall over 180 inches, Ski Apache is prepared to serve up another memorable winter to visitors from throughout the region. “We are happy to invest in something that has proven such a valuable asset not just to the tribe but to the surrounding communities as well, particularly considering the effects on the region from the Little Bear Fire,” said The President of the Mescalero Apache Tribe Frederick Chino Sr.
“During the 2011-2012 season, more than 130,000 people visited Ski Apache, and we look forward to seeing that number continue to climb with the addition of these new lifts. Not only do they expand our capacity for winter visitors but the new Gondola also enhances our summer recreation offerings with mountain biking and hiking. This considerable enhancement allows us to attract visitors to the area throughout the year. The Tribe recognizes the economic impact Ski Apache has on our neighbors and we are happy to make the investment to continue to grow our local economy.”
For more details on the Ski Apache season update, click here!
EVENTS CALENDAR
Saturday November 17th 10am – 4pm– Magdalena Craft Show at the Magdalena School. Contact Linda Montoya 575-854-2427
Sunday November 18th 5pm – Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the First Baptist Church, Datil. Good food, good friends, music and lots of fun!! Please RSVP to Yvonne 772-5316 or Ann 773-5156.
Saturday, November 24th 9am – Christmas Bazaar at Quemado School & Jr. High Basketball Tournament Crafts, baked goods, & more. Silent auction sponsored by the Senior Class of QHS. $10 a table and all proceeds go to the Senior Class. Tables may set up starting at 8am, doors open at 9am, tournament starts at 10am To reserve a table contact Bridget Cauzza 575-773-4899 or Susan Kennedy 575-773-4562
Saturday, December 1 8:00 am -10:30 am Pancake Breakfast at the Quemado Community Center. A fund raiser for the Quemado Fire Department. By donation. (Provided by Sher Brown, Asst. Chief, QVFD)
Saturday, December 1st 4pm-8pm – Dinner Dance Fundraiser for Jimmy Jaramillo Jimmy Jaramillo, 14 year Catron County Sheriff’s Deputy and cancer patient. Admission $10.00 per person. Dancing to Country/Oldies/Mexican music. Door prizes, silent auction, raffle prizes plus much more. One raffle prize is a Winchester Lever Action .243 Rifle. Raffle Tickets $5. or 3 for $12.
Please help send Jimmy to NY for possible life saving treatment. For additional information, contact unavailable at this time , hope to add soon.
Tuesday, December 4th 5pm– Quemado Tree Decorating 5:30 pm Tree lighting. On the West end of Quemado across from J & Y Auto. Bring your own weather safe decorations for the tree. Free coffee & cocoa provided by Quemado Auxiliary. Free Hot Dogs (Mojave Academy) Bake Sale – Raffle Christmas Caroling. Bring your own marshmallow stick for the bonfire – marshmallows will be provided by the Quemado Fire Department.
Sunday, December 16th – 6pm The Annual Quemado Community Choir Christmas Cantata at the Quemado First Baptist Church in Quemado. The program will be over between 7:00 and 7:30. The choir is small, but we are mighty; and we have a great selection of songs to sing to you this year… some are traditional, some are not so. We hope you will be able to join us. There will also be a gathering in the Fellowship Hall right afterwards for Meet and Greet and food and drinks. Any questions, or for more information, please contact Jerry or Yvonne Armstrong at J&Y Auto in Quemado; phone is 575-773-4775… or Rhonda List at 575-773-4213. or email Rhonda at omalist50@wildblue.net
The Quemado Community Choir is looking to recruit new members. Even though we are “small and mighty” we have lost a few members recently due to illness and /or relocating, and would welcome more voices…of all ranges, male or female. If anyone is interested in joining us, or just checking us out, please contact Jerry or Yvonne Armstrong at J&Y Auto in Quemado, at 575-773-4775. It’s not too late to join us for this year. We do a Cantata for both Easter and Christmas, for which we usually start practice about two months before the holiday. Our practices start out on just Sunday afternoons, usually from 1:00 to 3:00… and then later add Wednesday evenings, too, from 5:00 to 7:00 or so. We are very flexible. Rhonda List, 575-773-4213
NEW BUSINESS OPEN IN DATIL!
DATIL DO 772-5355
DATIL DO A Licensed Hair Salon in Datil, owner Kelsi Walraven. Open Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 9am-5pm 772-5355 Convenient location and unbelievable hair cuts for women and men. Look for the dark red building- on Hwy 12, just north of the Datil School Gym, in the Eagle Guest Ranch RV Park.
HUNGRY HOUNDS (AND CATS TOO)? A Datil group that can help those in need of assistance with: DOG OR CAT FOOD, Pet Medications, Spay/Neuter costs. Call to apply or donate – Pat 575-772-5106 or Fran 843-509-4219. Email: hungryhounds@aol.com Donations are greatly appreciated.
Fur and Feather Animal Assistance, Inc- Permanent Residential Facility for Dogs and Cats Adoptions and Limited Intake for Lost and Abandoned Animals Laurie Beauchamp, Pie Town, NM, 575-772-2661.
FOX RAVEN GIFTS – local artists and crafters website – www.foxravengifts.com where every gift is one of a kind.
Open November 18, 2012 through February 9, 2014 at The New Mexico History Museum in the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, this exhibition gives visitors a unique view of one of the most iconic writers of the Wild West: Karl May.
The novels of German author Karl May served as trail guides to the mystique of the American West and even today are celebrated in European festivals and theme parks. His books have outsold those of Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey combined and were beloved by the likes of Albert Einstein, Herman Hesse, Fritz Lang, and Franz Kafka.
But there’s a hitch: May never visited the West. Nevertheless, his faith in the land of cowboys and Indians nurtured an entire continent’s love for it. From Nov. 18, 2012, to Feb. 9, 2014, the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors celebrates May’s life, legacy and lasting impact in an original exhibition, Tall Tales of the Wild West: The Stories of Karl May.
Curated by Tomas Jaehn, librarian for the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library at the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, this small, original exhibition in the Mezzanine Gallery includes first-edition and foreign-language versions of May’s books, along with photographs illustrating his life. On loan from the Karl May Museum is Silberbüchse, Winnetou’s name for his rifle. May (whose name rhymes, perhaps fittingly, with “lie”) said he took the weapon from the Indian’s grave in Wyoming for safekeeping. In fact, the rifle was manufactured in Radebeul as a nonworking prop. Its visit to the exhibition will mark the first time it has been seen in the land where it was purportedly made.
Opening event and lecture series
At 2 pm on Sunday, Nov. 18, an opening reception for Tale Tales of the Wild West: The Stories of Karl May will feature a lecture by Hans Grunert, curator of the Karl May Museum in Radebeul, Germany, in the History Museum Auditorium. The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico will serve light refreshments at 3 pm in the lobby. Invited guests include Klaus-Jochen Guehlcke, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Houston, Texas, and Stephan Helgesen, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
All of the exhibition’s lectures are free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents and Friday evenings free to everyone). Each lecture is in the History Museum Auditorium:
Sunday Nov. 18, 2 pm: “Karl May’s Wild West,” by Hans Grunert, curator, Karl May Museum, Radebeul, Germany. Refreshments following.
Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, 6 pm: “Karl May and Beyond: Indian Hobbyists in 20th-Century Germany,” by Birgit Hans, professor of Indian studies, University of North Dakota.
Friday, April 12, 2013, 6 pm: “Karl May in America—Enthusiasm or Disappointment?” by Peter Karl Pabisch, professor emeritus of German studies, University of New Mexico.
Friday, June 14, 2013, 6 pm: “Karl May’s Winnetou: Imagining the Noble Savage in 19th- and 20th-Century Germany,” by Michael Wala, professor of North American history, University of Bochum, Germany.
The Hubbard Museum of the American West is a monument to times and places that are not quite as far off as you may think. It’s a place where the visitor can not only experience the West, but actually participate as one passes through various portals of time encompassing three area cultures – Native American, Hispanic and Pioneer.
It’s a living, exciting experience that has something for everyone. Whether the visitor is eight or eighty, The Hubbard Museum of the American West provides an entertaining and educational look into our past and the spectacle of the American West as it was in pioneer days and even before.
In November, The Hubbard Museum of the American West and the Photographic Society of Lincoln County are proud to present the 21st Annual Fall American Photography Competition and Exhibition. The Photo Exhibition will be open to the public November 3, 2012 to March 17, 2013.
