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Today's Features

  • Palabras Pintorescas: We need deep snow to recharge our aquifers

    Being a local weather observer for our National Weather Service is a regular and daily part of my life. My knowledge of meteorology is slim at best, but I watch our so varied weather patterns closely. Weather watching is an every-day event in our mountains and we do see seasons change, sometimes with a vengeance.

    I have been given several national awards for my many years of weather recording, and I had no idea there was yet another award out there in the clouds, so to speak.

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  • Que Pasa - Oct. 1, 2014

    TODAY
    HOY

    • Story Time at Carnegie Library is at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1 in the children’s area of the public library. This week’s book is “Our Tree Named Steve” by Alan Zweibel. Free and open to the public.

    THURSDAY
    JUEVES

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  • Que Pasa - Sept. 29, 2014

    TUESDAY
    MARTES
    • Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge open for dove hunting this month until Sept. 30. Approximately 740 acres of the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge will be open to mourning dove hunting through Sept. 30. Dove hunting on the refuge is by permit only. Permits can be obtained at the refuge visitor center, during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.).

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  • Wedding bells
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  • Dr. Robert Bell fine art lecture series scheduled

    Submitted to the Optic

    New Mexico Highlands University will present the Dr. Robert Bell Fine Art Print Lecture Series for fall semester, with four talks remaining in the ongoing series.

    All lectures except the Hogarth engravings lecture will be in the George and Sheryl Talbot Print Study Room in the Margaret Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave. The public is welcome.

    All lectures begin at 4 p.m.:

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  • Refuge concert time

    Submitted to the Optic

    The Tenth Annual Concert for the Birds and Kids Fun in Nature Day at Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge takes place this Sunday.

    This free event will be held on Sunday afternoon. Bring the kids, the old folks and your lawn chair; join the Friends and staff of Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge for a Tenth Annual Concert for the Birds and Kids Fun in Nature Day.

    Kids Fun in Nature activities start at noon at the refuge visitor center on state highway 281, just east of Las Vegas.

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  • Howell art reception
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  • Que Pasa - Sept. 26, 2014

    TODAY HOY

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  • Great night at CASSM

    Mora Elementary was booming on Wednesday night with anxious learners for the CASSM program spearheaded by parent volunteer Monica Aragon.

    On Wednesday evening, New Mexico Highlands University professors Gil Gallegos and Edward Martinez shared their expertise with the large group of enthusiastic kids who attended the monthly event.

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  • Mora County Calendar and Senior Lunch Menu - Sept. 26, 2014

    COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Friday
    3 p.m. to 6 p.m. — Farmers Market, Southwest Capital Bank parking lot

    Saturday
    1 p.m. — Mora volleyball vs. Mesa Vista, junior varsity and varsity, home
    TBA — Mora cross country at Robertson

    Tuesday
    5 p.m. — Mora volleyball vs. Santa Rosa, junior varsity and varsity, away
    4 p.m. — Mora middle school volleyball vs. Santa Rosa, away

    Wednesday

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