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Today's Features

  • Que Pasa - April 11, 2014

    TODAY HOY
    • Robertson High School will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 11 at the Mike Marr gym. Call Bryanna Duran at 426-6007 or Donna Ortiz at 429-4698 to sign up. United Blood Services, which is conducting the drive, recommends that donors give blood three times a year.

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  • Mora County Notebook - Mora group hosts annual seed exchange

    The Mora Grows Seed Library hosted its second annual seed exchange and first seed saving class on April 6 in Mora. The event was sponsored by Los de Mora Local Growers Cooperative and Collaborative Visions. The Seed Broadcast van was parked outside the building with its seed collection and recording equipment eager to record the local seed stories.

    Seed exchange and a pot luck lunch opened the day, followed by seed-saving techniques. Different presenters brought much life by addressing issues gardeners and farmers face today.

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  • Mora County Calendar and Senior Lunch Menu - April 11, 2014

    COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Saturday
    TBA  — Mora Track at Ft. Sumner, away
    4:30 p.m.  — Mora Rangers baseball vs. Santa Fe Prep,  home
    10 a.m. to noon ­— Auditions for actors for play “Boarding House, St. Gertrude’s office, call Sherry Hedland at  575-387-2083 for more information
    Sunday
    2 p.m. — VFW Ladies Auxiliary meeting, VFW Building
    5 p.m.  — VFW meeting, VFW Building
    Monday

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  • Palabras Pintorescas - Santuario de Chimayo evokes poetic memories

    “In Flanders Field the Poppies grow, between the crosses row on row.” I remember when I had to learn, to recite that poem in grade school so long ago. I now have a new twist on that old poetic line.

    “In El Santuario de Chimayo the crosses blow on fences row on row.” Sweet Brother Bill’s oldest son Shane spent some time here recently and he (my nephew) and I did  a tour of Northern New Mexico, just for fun.

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  • Que Pasa - April 9, 2014

    TODAY
    HOY
    • 11th Annual Regional Transition Fair, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9 at the Mike Marr gym on the Robertson High School campus. For more information, call Leslie Damon at 454-5717.

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  • Noticias - April 9, 2014

    Submit your calendar items and notices to mlopez@lasvegasoptic.com

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  • Que Pasa - April 7, 2014

    TUESDAY
    MARTES
    • Fine Art Print lecture series by Dr. Robert Bell, 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8 in the George and Sheryl Talbot Fine Art Print Room in Kennedy Alumni Hall. Sponsored by the NMHU Foundation. This talk is titled, “Japanese Prints.” For more information, call the foundation office at 454-3248 or Bob Read at 454-3338.

    WEDNESDAY
    MIÉRCOLES

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  • Que Pasa - April 4, 2014

    SATURDAY
    SÁBADO
    • Habitat for Humanity Spring Blossom Fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 at Sala de Madrid on the NMHU campus. Spaces are available. Contact Inez Gallegos-Lujan at 454-4434 or 505-652-6973 for more information.

    SUNDAY
    DOMINGO
    • The New Mexico Highlands University Madrigal Choir’s production of the Dido and Aeneas opera at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6 at Ilfeld Auditorium. Tickets are $5 each.

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  • Mora County Notebook - Mora-Colfax Head Start seeks applications

    A lot of good things go on in the Mora/Colfax Head Start in Holman. They are recruiting students for the remainder of this school year and have applications ready for parents to signup for next year.

    Pauline Espinoza of the Head Start said, ”The Mora/Colfax Head Start Program is still looking for your little sweet hearts to come and join our other children in the Head Start class rooms.”

    They will be recruiting and assisting families with “Enrollment Applications” starting in April.

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  • Mora County Calendar and Senior Lunch Menu - April 4, 2014

    COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Saturday
    TBA — Mora Track Team at Santa Fe Indian School Invitational, away
    11 a.m. — Mora Rangerettes softball vs. Tucumcari, doubleheader, home
    1 p.m. — Mora Rangers baseball vs. Peñasco, home
    Sunday
    1 p.m. — Seed Exchange, pot luck picnic, Tapetes de Lana and St. Gertrude’s Community Room bring seeds to exchange
    Tuesday
    4 p.m. — Mora Rangerettes softball vs McCurdy, away
    4 p.m. — Mora Rangers baseball vs. Pecos, away

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