Thursday, January 14, 2010

Quemado has busy schedule for homecoming

By Debbie Leschner
For the Mountain Mail

QUEMADO -- Quemado's homecoming is celebrated this week with a different theme for each day: Monday is Hat Day; Tuesday is Fake An Injury Day; Wednesday is Imitate A Staff Member Day; and Thursday is Spirit day, when everyone wears the school colors.
This year’s candidates are: Freshman class - Amanda Sirman and Cole McKinley; Sophomore class – Arissa Klumker and Juan Flores; Junior class – Randa Armstrong and Garret Williams; and Senior class – Mia Cauzza, Janessa Larrabee, Manuel Garcia and Nikolas Legarreta.
The crowning of King and Queen along with the Prince and Princess will be during half time of the boys varsity game with Mountainair on Saturday. The game is at 2 p.m. Everyone come and cheer the teams on. The boys varsity, junior varsity and girls varsity basketball teams will play in Truth or Consequences at 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22 at Hot Springs High School.

The Datil and Quemado schools’ grades 1 through 8 Spelling Bee will be Thursday, Jan. 21. Please call the schools for time. The regional spelling bee will be held in Reserve on Wednesday, Jan. 27.

The Quemado Senior Center is holding a special “clean out the closet crafts” day Friday, Jan. 22. Come find out what projects can be made with the various supplies that are in the center's craft closet. This would be a good time to donate any extra craft supplies you aren't using any longer to the center.

The Senior Center will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18.
Lunch for the rest of the week will be: Tuesday – pork posole, Wednesday – king ranch chicken, Thursday – chicken fried steak and Friday – baked cod. Please call the center at 773-4820 before 9 a.m. for lunch reservations.

A Women's Fellowship Luncheon will be held Tuesday, Jan. 19 at noon in the Cowboy Church located off Highway 32 near Quemado. The luncheon will be a potato, salad and soup bar with the topic, “You are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made,” to follow. The Men's Fellowship Breakfast will be Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8 a.m., also in the Cowboy Church.

The Western New Mexico Veterans Group will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. in the Veterans' Hall located at the corner of Baca and Church Street in Quemado. This will be a Mexican theme potluck. Commander Rick Sharp invites all veterans and their families to come. Please call Carol Baker or Sonja Sharp and let them know what dish you are bringing.
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