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Today's News

  • Mora track squads 2nd in NRG meet

    Submitted to the Optic

    This past Saturday, the Mora boys and girls track teams finished second  at the Northern Rio Grande Invitational. The meet is an annual event that features eight of the top Class 2A teams in northern New Mexico. This year’s event was held in Dulce.

    The Rangers narrowly missed first place totaling 85.5 points behind Dulce, first with 94 points.

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  • Class 2A state qualifiers list grows

    A list of qualifying performances by area athletes for the Class 2A state track and field championships, to be held May 4-5 in Albuquerque:

    • Girls’ 800-meter run: Andrea Romero, Mora, 2:34.9; Cassie C de Baca, Pecos, 2:35.9
    • Boys’ 800-meter run: Alonzo Chavez, Mora, 2:02.8
    • Girls’ 1,600-meter run: Andrea Romero, Mora, 5:46.8
    • Boys’ 1,600-meter run: Alonzo Chavez, Mora, 4:36.7; Antonio Varela, Pecos, 4:47

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  • NMHU hoops camps set for this summer

    New Mexico Highlands women’s basketball coach Tiffany Darling has released her dates for her 2012 Cowgirl Basketball Camps.

    The 2012 Cowgirl Basketball Camps will encompass five different camps: Shooting Camp, Youth Camp, Intermediate Camp, Skills Academy and a Team Camp.

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  • Go Fish - April 27, 2012

    Editor’s note: This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.
     
    CATCHES OF THE WEEK:
    Ute Lake: April l9, Jon Corn of Roswell caught a 6-pound largemouth bass. He was using a plastic worm. April 20, Mark Murphy of Woodward, Okla., caught a 4.16-pound walleye. He was using a crank bait.

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  • Looking Ahead - Sports - April 27, 2012

    FRIDAY
    Baseball
    • NMHU vs. Nebraska-Kearney, 3 p.m., Brandt Park
    Tennis
    • District 2-3A tournament, 7:30 a.m., Taos

    SATURDAY
    Baseball
    • NMHU vs. Nebraska-Kearney (DH), noon, Brandt Park
    • Robertson vs. Raton (DH), 11 a.m., MMS field
    • West Las Vegas at Taos (DH), 9 a.m., Taos
    Tennis
    • District 2-3A tournament, 7:30 a.m., Taos
    Track and field

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  • Alberto Abeyta celebrates 104th birthday

    Alberto Abeyta celebrated his 104th birthday on April 14.

    His family and a few close friends met at the American Legion Pavilion in Mora to hold their great celebration.

    Abeyta is the oldest man in Mora. He is the oldest living veteran in New Mexico,  having served in World War ll.

    KOAT-TV interviewed him and broadcasted his story last Thursday evening and Friday morning.

    The news crew visited his Mora home.  

    As the oldest man in Mora, he was honored by being the Parade Grand Marshall in the 2011 Fiesta Parade.

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  • Mora Community Calendar and Senior Lunch Menu - April 27, 2012

    Community Calendar

    Friday
    3 p.m. — Mora Track Team District meet, Pecos
    5:30 p.m. — 6th annual Mora Valley Chamber of Commerce banquet, 6:30 p.m.: dinner, silent and regular auction, guest speaker Nancy Polalillo, Mora VFW
    Saturday
    10 a.m. — Mora Rangers baseball vs. Monte Del Sol, Ft. Marcy
    Tuesday
    3 p.m. — Mora Rangerettes softball vs. Peñasco, away
    Thursday
    3 p.m. — Mora Rangerettes softball vs. Jemez, away

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  • Palabras Pintorescas - Surviving the winter and the roasting

    Suddenly it is springtime in the Rockies again. And after such a long, cold and windy winter, I wondered if any plant, tree, weed would survive our weather onslaughts.

    I am happy to report that our grass is green again, there are buds on our various trees and the lilacs may bloom soon. The early plum blossoms are frozen, but that happens every year here. My calendar has all sorts of dates penciled in.

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  • New way to a Southern classic

    By Elizabeth Karmel
    For The Associated Press

    During a recent visit to a food festival in South Carolina, I was lucky enough to be invited to the home of Nathalie Dupree, cookbook author and Southern entertainer extraordinaire.

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  • In Brief - Food - April 27, 2012

    Burger King makes promise

    Burger King on Wednesday became the first major U.S. fast-food chain to pledge that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and eggs by 2017.

    The move by the world’s second-biggest burger chain helps it satisfy growing demand among customers for humanely produced fare and adds fuel to an industry-wide shift to consider animal welfare when purchasing food supplies.

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