Mora County

Summer is almost here. Our mountain folk welcome the warmer weather, and for many of us that translates  into vacation. Because I grew up on a dude ranch here at Gascon,   I know what summer and vacations mean.

The rush would be on as reservations came in, mostly by letter. The log cabins had to be cleaned, with nine months of dirt and dust swept out. Horses had to be shod, saddles and tack repaired, and our storerooms filled with groceries.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Friday
6 p.m. — Mora High School graduation, Joseph Montoya Gym
Saturday
3 p.m. — Wagon Mound High School graduation, Alfred Romero Gym
Tuesday
6 p.m. — T-Ball, A’s vs. Orioles, Little League Field, Holman
6:45 p.m. — T-Ball, Angels vs. Cubs. Little League Field
6 p.m. — Little League A’s vs. Yankees, Field # 1, Cubs vs. Rockies, Field # 2, Holman
Wednesday
11 a.m. — ECHO Food Distribution, Helping Hands Inc.
Thursday

Spring is here and all of the great activities that go with it are in full swing. It is a happy, exciting time especially at the Mora Schools.

Last Tuesday, there was the Annual Health and Transitional Fair at the Joseph Montoya Gym. Many people from the community and the school attended the fair. The Mora/Colfax Head Start Program, Mora Valley Community Health Services, Mora Valley Health Council and School Based Health Centers sponsored the event.

A recent letter to the editor in the New Mexican (the Santa Fe daily paper) by Georgia Snead caught my eye. I have known Georgia and her family for a very long time and yes, she is closely related to our famed writers, S. Omar and Elliot Barker. She wonders why Omar Barker was left out of a collection written by Walter Skold, titled “Reviving Dead Poets.”