Catron County Events Calendar November 2012 – Updated 11/20/2012

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.