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A Few August Events In Eastern New Mexico

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:47:33 +0000

I have been remiss in listing events here in the eastern side of the state but here are some events listed in no particular order. They are mostly county fairs. I will try to have a better list of September activities later on.

Tucumcari:
Quay County Fair and Carnival August 12 – 16
Tucumcari Tonite Summer Music Fest August 15 – 16

Clovis:
Curry County Fair August 11 – 16
1st Inaugural Poker Run Motorcycle Rally August 23

Portales:
Roosevelt County Fair August 19 – 24

Roswell:
Chaves County Fair August 4 – 9
Iris Society of New Mexico Convention August 15 – 17
New Mexico Championship Ranch Rodeo August 22 – 23
Roswell Community Little Theater Golden Gala August 23
50th Anniversary of Curtains Rising Auction of Creative Art by Local “Celebrities” August 23

Alamogordo:
Otero County Fair & Rodeo August 13 – 17

Mescalero:
Mescalero PCA Rodeo August 15 – 16
PRCA Pro Rodeo August 22 – 23

Carrizozo:
Music in the Parks-McDonald Park August 17

Springer:
Colfax County Fair August 11 – 17

Fort Sumner:
DeBaca County Fair August 14 – 17

Alamogordo:
Otero County Fair August 13 – 15

Estancia:
Torrance County Fair August 11 – 16

Lovington:
Lea County Fair August 2 – 9

Tucumcari festivities Sept 14-15

grassfarmer — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:34:56 +0000

An interesting inclusion to the Tucumcari festivities or better known as Quay County Heritage Dayze are the inclusion of Chautauqua acts. All of the festivities are free to the public as they are sponsored by the City and other civic groups.
The Chautauqua performances will feature Judge Roy Bean, It’s New Mexico by Mary Diecker, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Me and Billy the Kid by Ramblin Ralph.
Evening performance Friday at 7:00 p.m. by the Pollen Trail Dancers.
All of this takes place at the Tucumcari Historical Museum at 416 South Adams.
For more information call 505-461-4201
Many other entertainments will also be featured.
New Mexico Mountain Men will be there Thursday!

Public Service?

grassfarmer — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:15:30 +0000

One of these days we will wake up to the fact that there are no police, no firefighters, no army, navy or airforce. Those who put their lives on the line for a bunch of idiots will decide that it is just not worth it any more. What will the politicians, the lawyers, the socialist left, and all the others who play games with our lives do then?

If you think this is just fanciful thinking take a look at history. Eventually, someone pays for these foolish mistakes.

Rt.66 Ethanol Plant

grassfarmer — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:11:43 +0000

Submitted by grassfarmer:

A recent review of the web site for the Office of the State Engineer show an application for water from the Rt. 66 Ethanol Plant. The request for ground water is 800 ac. ft. per year from a well the old plant used.

There are a number of paths that the OSE says must be followed when pumping from a declared water basin, in this case the Tucumcari Basin. It will be interesting to watch the development of this permit request to see if the different regulations are followed. There is no doubt in my mind that the permit will be approved. Do you think the OSE would approve a permit for 800 ac. ft. of water to be pumped from the Entrada Aquifer for a local farmer? Maybe if pigs fly!
Of course, agriculture in the Tucumcari area is not on a high priority for economic development. Ethanol will be the big agriculture plus for this area, just as it was in the past. We will see if ethanol is a sustainable agricultural endeavor. Most of the product will be trucked in. Most of the by-product will be trucked out. Most of the ethanol will be trucked out. So where do the local farmers get a cut of this windfall? Trading in their tractors for trucks?
Maybe if the racetrack is approved and built, the ethanol by-product can be fed to the racehorses? Some say a big feedlot will move into the area. Maybe it can use the waste water from the ethanol plant and also the by-product. Then the farmers would get the manure to put on their fields and the increased soil fertility would be a plus for all. That’s all!

Global warming

grassfarmer — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:25:31 +0000

Authored by Grassfarmer

Teddy Kennedy has melted more ice in a glass than the rest of us will melt in the next century due to our carbon emissions.

If not for his new-found religion, Algore would have faded away into oblivion. For some people, being in the limelight is what it’s all about, no matter how silly the reason…….I saw this on Lucianne News and thought it was too good to pass up. Our great congress will be tempted to spend billions on fighting global warming from the human aspect when none of them could interpert a scientific fact about anything.
Cap and trade, the fictious moving of carbon credits by those who don’t want to change their ways it a good place to start laughing about the non-science that is going on. This is just another far-left attempt to add our scalps to the endangered species teepee. The same kind of science, the same psuedo/policital science that leads to nothing except spending our tax dollars.