By Debbie Leschner
For the Mountain Mail
The Quemado Open Junior Rodeo will be held Saturday, Aug 7 starting at 9 a.m. and Sunday, Aug 8 at 8 a.m. at the Heritage Arena.
The event is New Mexico Junior Rodeo Association sanctioned. Anybody 19 and under may enter.
Local registration will be at the arena on Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is the first full scale rodeo to be held in Quemado since 1978.
There will also be a jackpot of mixed roping and a special calf roping to benefit Kenny McClosker and his family who was injured in a bare back riding event at a rodeo in Gallisto a few weeks ago.
Cowboy Church services will be held on Sunday at 7 a.m. at the area and a Country Dance for Saturday is pending. BBQ chuck wagon will be on hand to provide food for the event. For more information, call Ricky Chavez at 505-328-1363. The arena is located 1 mile north of J and Y gas station near the Quemado gun range.
These events are coordinated by the NM Rodeo Council to the Quemado Community Equestrian Association. The associations is non profit with a goal to promote kids in the sport of rodeo and equestrian events. Admission is $5 per car load. See You There.
The American Legion Post 82 in Reserve will meet on Saturday, July 7 at 10 a.m. in the Catron County Building.
The Quemado Senior Center van will be going to Gallup on Wednesday, Aug 4. Please call by Monday if you are planning to go. All seniors are welcome. Please call the center at 773-4820 before 9 a.m. to make your lunch reservations.
The Democratic Party Meeting will be Aug 7 at 1 p.m. at the Catron County Courthouse in Reserve. County and state candidates will be present to speak.
The Quemado Food Pantry will be on Friday, Aug 6 at the Community Center. The Datil community Presbyterian Church is taking over with the retirement of Dorothy Kalberg.
There will be two programs running simultaneously; the federally funded Commodities and a Food Fair. You will need to sign up again and be eligible for the commodities, please bring a form of income verification. There are no eligibility requirements for the Food Fair and you will receive about 50 pounds of food per household.
You must arrive and sign up before 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 6. You will receive a ticket and a number to get in.
Bring your own containers and ice chests are recommended for frozen and refrigerated foods. Volunteers will help to carry your food as you “shop”. There will be a food distribution the first Friday of every month at 3:30 p.m. in Quemado, along with Datil at 11 a.m., Horse Mountain at 12:30 p.m., and Pie Town at 2 p.m. You may attend any of these locations, but only one location per month. For more information, call or email Anne Schwebke at 575-772-5602 or anneschw@gilanet.com. For local contact, call the Quemado Community Center at 773-4627 and leave a message.
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