The Terlingua Moon
January 27th, 2015  ~  Vol.26 ~  #4
by
South County
Mud Clowns

Get ready for Lasting Expressions: Seven Artists, Seven Expressions. The art show features seven Terlingua artists and will be held during the 4th Annual High Sierra Chili Cook-off this Saturday, Jan. 31st, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the "shop." Bring your friends and visit with your artist friends. 

The Electronic recycling event in Alpine is Wed through Friday March 11th through the 13 from 9-6 at the Old Fire Station on the corner of North 8th St. and West Ave. E.  Also on Sat. March 14 from 9-3.  Attached is the flyer explaining what is acceptable and not.  If you cannot open the attachment please email  rifephotography@gmail.com and I will forward it to you.  Thanks, Sue Rife

Morning Prayer Service at Santa Inez, part of the Big Bend Episcopal Mission, in the Terlingua Ghostown. February 1st, Sunday @ 9am  All are welcome.

February 1, Sunday Brunch at the Starlight, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Terlingua Tanz plays tangos from South America, Klezmer from Eastern Europe, and waltzes from Mexico, Scandinavia, and all over! 

Bad Rabbit Cafe (Terlingua Ranch Restaurant under new and delicious management!)
Friday, January 30, 7 to 9 pm Terlingua Fill-Harmonic Symphony (Cooter, Judy, and Charlie sing old country songs)

Super Bowl party at the American Legion Post 653. Sunday February 1, 2015. Game starts at 5:30, I think, but we'll be here partying from 12:00 till then. A "pot luck" would be fun so if you want to bring some chips and dip, appetizers or any dish would be great!!! Hope to see you all there for a good time! It's also Alex Hilliard birthday so at least come up to wish him a "happy birthday"!!!!

HELP WANTED  TERLINGUA TRADING COMPANY
Part time help wanted for Spring Break.  
Call 432-371-2341.

Singer/Songwriter Autoharpist comes to Terlingua!
Award winning Singer/Songwriter Autoharpist, Eileen Kozloff, will be performing in Terlingua and Lajitas with local artist Hank Woji. Steeped in the old time folk tradition of The Carter Family and The Weavers, Eileen is a Pennsylvania native who now resides in Sarasota, FL., and tours internationally. The duo of Woji & Kozloff has been performing extensively throughout Florida and the Northeast for the last 2 years and are now bringing their act to the Big Bend for the first time! The Mini-Tour starts at The Thirsty Goat, in Lajitas, on Friday & Saturday Jan 30th & 31st followed by performances at The Starlight Theatre on Monday Feb 2nd, The Boathouse on Friday Feb 6th and The High Sierra on Saturday Feb 7th. - “Kozloff's approach is emotive, clear and controlled, reminiscent of the best of the revivialists, such as Joan Baez or Anne Hills ....She gives a heartfelt performance with ravishing, wide ranging vocals." - Old-Time Herald

La Posada Milagro has a job opening! Come talk to Noemi or give us a call at 371-3044. This week we have Migas on the menu, soooooo good.  Gluten free options are now available.  Fantastic home-made cookies, brownies, and cakes.  Do you believe in miracles? We do!

TERLINGUA TOOL RENTAL New item in inventory an electric sewer snake. Rent locally. Jimmy Taylor, owner 371-2621371-2621

Any art not picked up from the S.P.A.C.E. show will be stored by Crystal at Desert Sports. Please stop and pick up your art. This Wed. Jan 28th 4-8pm in the Big Bend School Library. Come and support our young artists.  8 students will be chosen from the San Vicente and Terlingua Schools to attend the week long Art Camp taught by Crystal Allbright.  Winner will be announced that night.

This Saturday at the Farmer's Market Enjoy Hot Tea around the Campfire with music by Gypsy Chris
Welcome Americorp 2015 this is our 5th year to host these amazing volunteers. They will be setting poles for the summer shade, building a rock gabion in Dirty Woman Draw to help with erosion, and reworking our compost system. 255 lbs of produce has been harvested since Sept 2nd
THINK COMMUNITY EAT LOCAL

Becoming Fine Art and Mechanic Shop: gallery is open in the evenings, studio is always open, Mechanic Shop never stops, Gotta love the life! Do you believe in magic? We do!  371-2694

Starlight Theatre Restaurant & Saloon
Tue    1/27  -  Uh Clem
Wed   1/28  -  The Whitmores
Thu    1/29  -  Moses Martinez            
Fri      1/30  -  Bruce Salmon     
Sat     1/31  -  Marc Utter                                 
Mon    2/2   -  Burger Night with Woji & Kozloff

Front Street Books is hosting a book signing in Alpine Saturday, January 31, at 1 pm. for the new Arcadia Publishing Images of America book,  Around Terlingua by Thomas Alex and Robert Wirt.  It is a pictorial history containing many vintage photographs. Some of the images are family photos that have never before been in print.

The Boathouse has an exciting schedule this week! We are open Sunday through Friday from 4 - Midnight; Saturdays until 1 a.m. Grille is open Tuesday through Sunday from 5 - 9 pm Tunesday with Ralph (7 - 10 pm) Wednesday  Open Mic with Jeffro Greasewood (7 - 10) Thursday - Mark Utter (7 - 10)  Friday - Woji & Kozlof (7 - 10)
Saturday - The Whitmores (8 - 11)
Friday menu special is Spicy shrimp served over Parmesan Polenta cales, green veggies & slaw - $14.95 Hope you'll join us!         Don & Teri

A shout out to all artists in the area or anyone interested in being creative. We are looking into getting a group going to INVESTIGATE CREATIVITY, what is it and how to connect to it.  We are looking to have a get together to discuss, investigate, follow and tap into the creative forces that surround us.  If interested in participating give me a call at 371-2694 for more information.  Gatherings will be held at La Posada time and dates will be announced soon.

Dental Clinic at Big Bend Church.  A dentist will be available Thursday, February 26 through Saturday, February 28 for dental needs of the Big Bend area residents.  9 A.M.  No appointments necessary.  Have children come for dental checkups.

Watch this space, for more info about  the first annual  Terlingua Traditional Fiddlers Gathering  13, 14 y 15 feb, terlingua ghost town
                      *********  free   ********

This week at the High Sierra 47th Annual Chili Cook-Off and Dutch Oven Competition - Friday the 30th and Saturday the 31st.  Cook-off begins with the Beans competition at 3 p.m Friday followed by Salsa and Chili with Cooks Party at the High Sierra bar where Winners will be announced.  On Saturday the 31st, Bloody Mary contest at 10 a.m., followed by Chili at 2 and The Glenn Felts Memorial Dutch Oven Meat / Entree Competition at 4 p.m.  $25 entry with Grand Prize of $400 plus a Collie Ryan Mandala!  Also on Saturday, Open Mic with Jeff Haislip at 1 pm on the outdoor deck.  Sunday, February 1 - Super Bowl Party at High Sierra Sports Central at 5:30.  Specials on Chili Dogs and Chili Pie!  Come see the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks.  Big Screen T.V. downstairs for the big game!

Patio Sale
Over 1,000 items
Jan 31st and Feb 1st (Saturday and Sunday)
Location: Rock house on west side of Hwy 118, North of the cottonwood grocery.
Look for the signs! Call if you're lost penguin 404 791 7239

Viva Yoga taught by Sandi Turvan
Thursdays   All levels 9 - 10:15
Gentle yoga 10:45 - noon
At Desert Lotus Massage Studio (next to the laundromat)
Private classes also available   512.466.6376 or sturvan@yahoo.com

Garage Sale/Flea Market on Saturday, Feb. 7 in the parking lot of Green Desert Living just south of the Terlingua Ranch turn-off.  We will start up at 8:00 am and end when we need to. Vendors are welcome to join us - no cost to vendors, just show up and sell, sell, sell!

WYLIE WATER CATCHMENT TANKs
ORDER NOW at HALF A LOAD.  Call the Burrs (2506) for specs, prices, deposit amount, etc.  – and to reserve yours. Once the truckload is filled, it takes only a matter of days to get your tank.

Still hungry for news?  Visit the sites below for detailed stories and events of interest in the
Micro-Plex (here), the Greater Big Bend and the Frontera :   bigbendgazette.com
               marfapublicradio.org


Submit your news to the Moon at terlinguamoon@gmail.com on Monday and before 12 noon for next-day publication.

Next week’s Moon by MILLION sMILES

AND NOW, FOR THE OUTRAGEOUS !!!
(Ken, please let your neighbors know if we can help – this is ridiculous)
In case you have not heard. A suit has been filed against me, Ken Barnes, in Dallas County, Texas, by Lajitas Resorts, (Lajitas Capital Partners,LLC). The suit claims I did not have a right to donate fossils that came off Lajitas property to The Shuler Museum of Paleontology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas,Texas. I was given possession of those fossils for scientific paleontolcgic purposes by both previous owners of Lajitas, Walter Mischer in the early 1990s and Steve Smith in 2000. All of the fossils in question were in my possession before Steve Smith filed bankrupt at his Lajitas Resort, in fact most of them were in my possession before Mr. Mischer sold to Mr. Smith. I had two small Labs and Museums off of Lajitas property starting in 1986 in Study Butte and later on my own property in Terlingua. Mr. Smith built me a museum building on Lajitas property, (that I designed), in 2002 that I called Mosasaur Ranch Museum. I named it after property I owned and called Mosasaur Ranch in Terlingua where I had found several Mosasaurs. I used all of these facilities for educational purposes for school groups, Elderhostel groups and the general public. The labs were used for the tedious work of preparing and study of the fossils. I had a huge collection of Dinosaur fossils that were donated to the University of Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Lab in Austin by myself and the Gaddis family several years back. The agreement with UT Austin was that I stayed in possession of those fossils as long as I had a museum. The ____ head manager at Lajitas Resort ran me out of my museum because I would not give them the mosasaur, not a dinosaur, fossils they had no claim to so all of the dinosaur fossils had to go to UT Austin. The Mosasaur fossils had already been donated and delivered to The Shuler Museum at SMU in Dallas.------- LONG STORY SHORT IS WE HAVE A GREAT BUNCH OF OWNERS AND MANAGERS AT LAJITAS, -------- OR DO WE??
 Ken Barnes, Terlingua, Texas   

One Day at a Time in Terlingua
AA is not affiliated with any religious organization but is grateful to the Big Bend  Church (north of the post office) for allowing us to meet there. Thursdays, at 7:30 p.m. (Closed Discussion). Anyone who has a desire to stop drinking or remain sober is welcome. Literature is available in our local library. Carpooling may be available to Alpine AA (Wednesdays) and Al-Anon (Thursdays) meetings. Contact phone numbers are posted on the church doors.