2009 / Nov / De
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June
June 5-7 Gran Quivira Centennial Celebration
June 6 - July 15 Art Exhibit: "Honoring Tree Bones"
At Cibola Arts, featuring works of weathered wood and decorative tin by Anne Ravenstone. Other gallery members also on display,
many on sale. Reception Saturday, June 13, 2-4pm.
217 Broadway (Hwy 60) of Mountainair, open Tuesday – Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm. Call
847 0324. June 18-21, Mountainainair Church of the Nazarene 2009 Crusades
Community
and church gathering, four day Crusade at the Mountainair Activity
Center (at US 60 and Limit). Activities for all ages and interests.
Live music, food, games, baseball, volleyball, horseshoes, domino
tournament. Testamials and commitment oportunities. (505) 847-9750
June 21-22 New Mexico
Junior Rodeo,
At the JP
Helms
Rodeo Grounds, off NM Hwy 55 South (South Limit). Sanctioned by the New Mexico
Junior Rodeo Association (NMJRA); hosted by the Mountainair Gymkhana Rodeo Association (MGRA). Come watch exciting
rodeo and timed events from our new bleachers. Manager, Red Kingston,
505-847-2709, triangle6slash@hotmail.com; Secretary, Denise Smythe,
505-384-6044. .
June 28 Mountainair
Gymkhana Rodeo
At Mountainair Rodeo
Grounds off NM 55 South. Sunday's
popular
all day gymkhaana rodeo draws visitors and competitors from across the
state and even adjacent states. Monthly through August.
Sponsored by the Mountainair
Gymkhana Rodeo Association. Red
Kingston,
505-847-2708. Limited
vendor tables @ $26/each, Sonya Greene, 505-0535.
7-2885.
July
July
4,
Annual Firecracker Jubilee
Mountainair's
longest running
event, this year Jubilee falls on the
fourth instead of the traditional "Saturday before the 4th." Jubilee is an old-fashioned, small town
Independence Day celebration:
morning parade open to anyone and everything that rides, drives, walks
or rolls. Prizes for entries. The parade ends at the Mountainair
Activity Center (former Campgrounds), followed by a day of fun with
BBQ, all kinds of food and beverages, games, live music, crafts,
vendors, carnival, anitique car show and more, with the traditional Fireworks at
dusk followed by dancing through the night. For more details, download/
print Firecracker Jubilee poster or
contact
Kathy Anglin (Town Hall, 847-2321) not
just for information but to volunteer or make donations. Pictures
and description of a Jubilee
past: Jubilee! - Parade
Pictures - More
Jubilee
At Mountainair Rodeo
Grounds off NM 55S. Sunday's
popular
all day gymkhaana rodeo draws visitors and competitors from across the
state and even adjacent states. Monthly through August.
Sponsored by the Mountainair
Gymkhana Rodeo Association. Red
Kingston,
505-847-2708. Limited vendor tables @ $26/each, Sonya Greene, 505-0535
August
August 1-31
Cibola Group Exhibit (pending
confirmatiion)
Annual
August exhibit on Sunflower
theme. Check Cibola website for
directions, contact information and gallery hours.
August 2 Mountainair Gymkhana Rodeo, Rodeo Grounds
Sunday's
popular
all day gymkhaana rodeo draws visitors and competitors from across the
state and even adjacent states. Monthly through August.
Sponsored by the Mountainair
Gymkhana Rodeo Association. Red
Kingston,
505-847-2708. Limited vendor tables @ $26/each, Sonya Greene, 505-0535
August
20-22, Sunflower Poetry Writing Workshop, Shaffer Hotel
August
22, Annual Poets
and Writers
Picnic, Shaffer Hotel
August 22, 10th Annual Sunflower Festival
Presented by the Manzano Mountain Arts Council at the Dr Saul Community
Center and
throughout the town, showcasing
fine arts and crafts, a Market Place for vendors and non-juried
exhibitors, food, live music, a Sunflower Hat Competition, Children's
Sunflower Art Project, Library Book Sale, the Van of Enchantment, the 12th annual Poets & Writers Picnic, Sunflower Poetry Writing Workshop and more. Download, complete and returnl applications to MMAC, PO Box 534, Mountainair, NM
87036. For addtional information call or visit MMAC's Sunflower Festival page.
TBA, De Profundis
Concert
3
pm, Quarai, Sunday, September 21, 3 pm. Sponsored by the Manzano
Mountain Arts Council. For information about this event or MMAC
membership, events, programs or meetings, contact Ray Terhorst, (505)
847-2855, email ray032483@gmail.com
TBA Holiday
Crafts Fair
At the Dr Saul Community Center. Do your Christmas
shopping early. Art, crafts, food ,
gifts, jewelry, music, games and more. Sponsored by the Town of Mountainair. Contact Joan Page, 505.847.2450. Out of
Tyme Shoppe, for vendor
registration and information
December
TBA Holiday
Lights Parade
TBA Annual
Christmas Cantata
5th
Sunday Sing: (on
months with five Sundays)
Community
sing followed by
potluck. Sponsored by Mountainair
Christian Alliance. Contact local churches for schedule and more
information.
Art,
etc., Thursdays,
10 am
Informal
group for
oil painting and other arts, meeting weekly at the
Mountainair Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, Sunset & Third.
Shirley Simmons, 384-0038, ssimmons@swcp.com.
or Addie Draper, addiemdraper@mac.com
Chamber
of Commerce Montly Luncheon Meetings
GED
Classes.
Contact Joan Page, 847.0530, for more
information. If you email, be sure to include "GED" on the subject line.
iCreate Board Meeting - TBA
Open to
the public. Contact Dennis Fulfer, 847-0269,
or
Kay Stillion, 847-2301, for more information
Manzano Mountain Arts Council
Meetings
For meeting times, location and agenda,
contact Ray Terhorst, (505) 847-2855, email ray032483@gmail.com
Mountainair Town
Council Meetings
Joe J Brazil Auditorium at
Mountainair Activity Complex, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30 pm. To place
an
item on the agenda, submit your request in writing to City Hall no
later 12 noon Friday. If you are too late for delivery by mail, fax or
hand deliver you request.
Phone: (505) 847-2321. Fax: (505) 847-2589. Mayor's email, mayor@mountainairnm.gov;
Town Clerk's email, townclerk@mountainairnm.gov
Planning
Comminssion Meetings
As scheduled or called,
Town Hall,
5:30 pm. Meeting notices and agendas available at City Hall and
posted around town. Contact City Hall for more information. Phone:
(505)
847-2321. Fax: (505) 847-2589
School
Board Meetings
2nd Tuesday of each month.
Superintendent's Office, 7 pm. Call 847-2333 or E-mail
Superintendent
Jay
Mortensen (indicate School Board meeting business on subject line)
SHARE
Program:
cooperative
food purchasing and community network
Sponsored
by Grace Ministries, Mountainair. Call for monthly ordering information
and dates, and delivery dates and times. 847-0114, 847-9750. E-mail (write "SHARE" +
"order" or
"question" in subject line)
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