Fly Back In Time to the Old West - Estancia, NM

Estancia, NM

Excerpt from SWAviator.com

Fly Back In Time to the Old West

Estancia, New Mexico

By Bill Dolson It’s hard to imagine that sleepy little Estancia, New Mexico, population 1700, was once a rival to the City of Albuquerque. At the turn of the 19th century, the Mayor of Estancia made a bet with the Mayor of Albuquerque that Estancia would grow to be the greater city.

Very nice write up on Estancia, New Mexico - Check it out - CLICK HERE!

10th Annual Sunflower Festival, Mountainair, NM - August 28, 2010

Time approaches for the annual Sunflower Festival in Mountainair, NM. This years event will take place on August 28, 2010 and will centrally focused at the Mountainair Activity Center (MAC) located on US 60, in Mountainair and will run from 10am - 4pm.

Event sponsor, Manzano Mountain Art Council promises this years event to be bigger and better than ever. Fine arts and crafts screened from statewide and regiaonal applications will be showcased. Additional market place exhibotrs will be available as well. Other events:

• Poets & Writers Picnic, Shaffer Hotel
• Sunflower Hat Contest
• Area Tours
• Cibola Art Gallery Art Show
• Silent Auction
• Raffle
• Vendors
• Live Entertainment.

No fee for attendance. Applications for entrants are available on line at http://www.mountainairarts.org/ or call 505-847-2205 for more information.

This post has been created to correct a date error in the first posting on August 4, 2010.

Bloggers Wanted

Central Mountain News & Information is seeking bloggers from our area to contribute

• Meetings
• Events
• Personal Interest Stories
• School Sports
• Opinions
• Other

If you would like to add things to this blog, please contact George@WhisperingRange.com

Compliments to Mayor Chester Riley and the Town Council

I wanted to thank Mayor Riley, members of the Town Council, all of the staff and employees from the Town of Mountainair.  All of your efforts at community clean up and repairs are much welcomed and very appreciated!

GOOD JOB EVERYONE ~ THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!

How Much Rain Are You Getting?

How much rain are you getting? Thought it might be interesting to see if others would comment on this post and say how much rain you have been getting and where you are at.

As for our family (Lelan & Segan giving thumbs up on the rim of our tank) - just this past Sunday we were blessed with 1 1/2 inches of rain! It filled up our dirt tank (pond to most new comers) and we were lulled to sleep last night by the sounds of singing frogs!

Hope Everyone Else Is Getting Rain Too - Chime In & Share Your Rain Gauge Readings!

Thanks For The Welcome Mountainair Arts !

Country Chronicles - Mountainair News and Information would like to thank Mountainair Arts blog, for such a nice welcome! I agree whole heartedly, our prospective blogs are not competitive and yes . . . the more information we share with the world about Mountainair and our community the better impression we will make as well as dispelling myths and rumors that have circulated about our community for years.

If you folks haven't had the chance to visit the Mountainair Arts blog, Click Here- you will find loads of great information about our local artists and more! Thanks again for such a warm welcome!

Rate Your Roads

Hey everyone! Just thought I would let all know that there is an unofficial poll at the bottom of the blog called "Rate Your Roads". Thought it would be interesting to see what kind of a grade others would give regarding their road conditions. We live off of Torrance County Roads and have not been happy with our road maintenance or condition for a long while now.

Just wondering :) Hope everyone is well and having a FANTASTIC DAY!

Update: If anyone is interested, there is another blog that allows expanded commentary regarding your roads. http://rateyourroads.blogspot.com/ if you want to vent a little, try out this blog - if there are some posts, we will forward the link for the blog to the Torrance County Manager.

Let It Snow!

Let It Snow . . . Photo taken at Hewett Ranch.

2006 went out with a blast of winter. This storm was what we have all been praying for (well most folks) and gave the kids a chance to snowball fight and build snow forts. Lovely snow and lots of it from the year end storm last week of December 2006. Great for snow pack but unpleasant for our county road conditions.

Welcome!

Many of you already know me but for those of you who don't, I am Edwina Hewett, most folks call me George. Even though I was neither born nor raised in New Mexico, Mountainair is my home.

This blog is being offered as an alternative to the former on line publication (Country Chronicles.net) originally created to give something back to my friends and neighbors; a venue for news by the community, for the community.

We may scrap with each other from time to time, but there is a bond in this community that words can not express. We are friends. We are neighbors. We celebrate our joys and accomplishments together. We attend the same churches, shop the same stores, participate in the same organizations and community events. We support each other in times of trial and tribulation.

Mountainair has many wonderful people and positive things that happen here every day. Share your Mountainair experiences (good & bad) via this blog, and remember, if you don't have enough pride to post your name with your comments, don't leave a message!

(The original CountryChronicles.net publications are still available on line at; http://www.aghewett.com/countrychroniclesnet/)