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Mora County

  • Family history comes to light

    Half the fun of having children and now adult grandchildren is surprising them with some obscure bit of family history that they had no idea ever existed. This just came to light again when a copy of the book, “The Crash of TWA Flight 260” by Charles M. Williams joined my New Mexico collection of our written history.

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  • Mora Elementary welcomes new staff members

    The teachers have been in orientation since Monday in preparation for the new school year. All of the students began their school year on Wednesday.

    There are some new teachers and a new principal in the elementary school.

    The rest of the staff is the same as last year, although some have different assignments.

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  • Certificate presentation
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  • Mora Community Calendar and Lunch Menu - Aug. 19, 2011

    Community Calendar

    Saturday
    11 a.m-12:30 p.m. - La Jicarita Customer Appreciation Day - Gifts, music and food -view the beautiful new building on N.M. 518
    8 p.m.- every 30 or 40 minutes thereafter - Candle Light Tours - Fort Union National Monument

    Wednesday 24
    11 a .m - Echo Food distribution - Helping Hands Inc.

    Senior Lunch Menu

    Lunch menu for the Mora/Wagon Mound Senior Centers
    with coffee and milk served daily

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    Sunday
    2:30 p.m. - VFW Ladies Auxiliary-VFW Hall
    5:30 p.m. - VFW Regular meeting –VFW Hall

    Monday
    8 a.m. - Teachers’ Orientation at Mora Independent Schools
    6:30 p.m. -  Mora school board meeting at the administration building board room

    Tuesday
    8 a.m. -  First day of School for Mora Independent Schools

    Wednesday
    6:30 p.m. -  4-H meeting-Helping Hands Inc.

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  • Vigil to be inducted into Hall of Fame

    Anita Vigil, a 1987 graduate of Mora High School, will be inducted into the Abilene Christian College Hall of Fame during homecoming in October.

    The women’s basketball standout and six others will be inducted into the Texas college’s hall of fame for their accomplishments in sports ranging from baseball to track.

    In order to be nominated for the honor, an individual must have been out of college for at least 10 years. Nominees are then voted on by a selection committee. Vigil won the admiration of the committee and others who know her work.

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  • Remembering summer times on the ranch

    And then just out of the blue, as they say, comes a long letter from one of our so many (about 60) kids that lived and worked with us during our busy dude ranch/cattle ranch operation. What a happy time to reminisce about life, the life and times of an important era in these many teenagers’ history.

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  • Mora native receives attorney award

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  • Mora Community Calendar and Lunch Menu - July 15, 2011

    Community Calendar

    Friday
    1 p.m. - Fiesta volunteers meeting - Help at Fiesta needed call county manager or county clerk for more information
    Saturday
    9 a.m. - Annual First Fort and Arsenal Tours also at 11a.m., 1p.m., and 3 p.m at Fort Union National Monument
    Sunday
    Noon to 3 p.m - Spaghetti Benefit Dinner - building fund for VFW. Building expansion which will allow for larger community activities - $7 donation adults and $5 for children
    Wednesday

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  • Palabras Pintorescas: Lessons learned from past forest fires

    We all know that a tiny spark that falls on a very dry forest starts a forest fire, instantly. The recent fires just over the hill from us brought back so many memories of fires here, not all that long ago.

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