Mora County

When one lives way out in the country like I do, one tends to forget how some of the rest of the world lives. A recent program at our Las Vegas Rotary Club was about the Tri-County Family Justice Center of Northeast New Mexico.

We all know abuse does happen in families, but unless we are directly involved in abuse events in some way, I think we just sort of ignore it. Turns out this very necessary organization has offices in Las Vegas, Santa Rosa and Mora.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Saturday
8 a.m. — Mora cross country, SF Indian School, away
Monday
5:30 p.m. — Mora Valley Community Health Services Board, Administration Building
Tuesday
5 p.m. — Mora Rangerettes volleyball vs. SF Prep, away, junior varsity and varsity
Thursday
5 p.m. — Mora Rangerettes vollleyball vs. Monte Del Sol, home, junior varsity and varsity

SENIOR LUNCH MENU

The Mora Valley Farmers Market has been in full swing since the beginning of July. Any time one going along Main Street in Mora on Friday afternoon will see many people crowded around booths at the Southwest Capital Bank parking lot, buying fresh produce grown on the local farms and ranches.

At the beginning of the season there was plenty of early summer produce as lettuce, other greens, peas and radishes.

Yes, it was “water, water everywhere, and nary a drop to drink” as we say goodbye to September. Prayers surely were answered here in our mountains and we watched, with lots of other folks, as drops soon and suddenly became inches of rain.

I love walking through our nearby forest; it is such a thrill to see our stately pines absolutely soaked; their bark is a glowing dark brown now and hopefully the visiting bark beetles will finally meet their match. Yes, if you want to see a very sick and dying forest, just drive down Mountain View Drive.