Mora County

Nope, I don’t know where our summer went, either. Seems like only yesterday I was planting containers of spindly flowers and a few zucchini seeds, because that’s what we have always done both when I was a kid at Valmora and here on the ranch.

My parents were too busy to work a garden, and I don’t think my doctor father knew a carrot plant from a squash plant. Furthermore, he really didn’t want to know, either. He thrived on good German foods, and he loved both sauerkraut and pickles of almost any kind.

Community Calendar

Friday
TBA — Mora Rangerette volleyball at Tucumcari tournament, away
Saturday
TBA — Mora Rangerette volleyball at Tucumcari tournament, continued
10 am. — Mora 7th and 8th grade volleyball vs. Taos, away
10 a.m. — Grand opening of the Cleveland Park, Cleveland
10 a.m. — Mora cross country in Taos, away
Sunday
5 p.m. — VFW regular meeting, VFW Hall
Monday

The Mora Research Center was established in 1972 to serve a statewide mission in forestry research, working with landowners and federal and state agencies to steward our forests, range, wildlife and water.  

For more than 20 years, John T. Harrington was professor and superintendent of the center.  To honor his dedication and service to New Mexico State University, the Board of Regents approved naming the center the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center at Mora.  

I wasn’t sure whether I had lost my wits or just gone to the dogs recently when I decided to walk a mile for a scholarship in John Harrington’s name. Our beautiful, very successful Mora Tree Research center was just renamed the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in his memory, and part of the festivities included a 10K run and a one-mile dog friendly run/walk.

The flier said, “Join us to celebrate John, his passion for running, the mountains, and his dogs.”