TERLINGUA MOON
Vol. 28 No. 6  Feb. 7, 2017  By MaeWestern

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." -- Ernest Hemingway

West Texas Water Protectors update
The fundraiser for the West Texas Water Protectors that was going to be on Sunday, February 26 at La Kiva has been postponed. I appreciate so much the many offers to help play and support this event. Here are links where you can either donate funds or goods and services to the Water Protectors located near Marfa. They need media equipment, food, water building materials to build a shed as well as folks to visit and help them out: www.gofundme.com/Official-Two-Rivers-Camp

Do you like to go to national parks?
The cost to enter Big Bend NP is currently $12/person or $25/vehicle. But if you’re 62 or older and a US citizen or Permanent Resident, you qualify to purchase a lifetime Senior Pass that is good for all US national parks. At this time, the Senior Pass costs $10 in person at a park or $20 if processing by mail. After June, this price will increase to $80 for the lifetime senior pass and $20 for an annual pass, under the National Park Service Centennial Act recently passed by Congress. Buy your senior pass today.

Alpine Library
Chocolate, Wine, and Coffee: A Love Story, a tasting fund-raiser benefiting Alpine Public Library on Valentine’s Day, February 14, from 6 PM until 7 PM in the AEP Foundation Multipurpose Room. The tasting will include exotic chocolates paired with complementing wine for a mouth-watering experience. Samples of coffee from a variety of roasters will follow. Taste a chocolate you like? Bars will be auctioned off at the end of the evening. Tickets are $10 per person for Friends of the Alpine Public Library and $12.50 per person for nonmembers. For more information and tickets call the library at 432-837-2621.

New at the Little Burro Store
India Wilson’s famous breads, pastries, jams and jellies, hot salsa and spicy pickles are now available! There will also be a selection of her breads. The Little Burro Store is on Hwy. 118 north next to Jack Ass Flats.

Terlingua Community Garden
This past Wednesday, Terlingua Community Garden hosted the very first Taste Our Local Flavor, locally sourced dinner of chicken tortilla soup with a side of deviled eggs, quiches and biscuits with jam.  To create the full meal, 20+ people provided over 25 different ingredients that were grown or raised here in Terlingua. 4 things were sourced from the greater Texas and New Mexico region and just a couple (like salt) were from outside sources. It was a wonderful celebration of what the community can do when we put our individual resources together.  The next dinner will be in May and we would love to encourage more folks to participate. Get your creative juices flowing now! Think cabrito with a root veggie bake, prickly pear wine and peach cobbler, or quail sausage on a bed of steamed greens, squash cassarole, honey mesquite cookies and homebrewed beer.  Together we can make it happen.

Terlingua Bottoms Group
​THE TERLINGUA BOTTOMS GROUP OF AA meets every Thursday evening at 7:30 pm at the Big Bend Church.  AA is for people who have, or think they have, a problem with alcohol.

Road Cleanup Feb. 11
The  Big Bend Citizen’s Alliance is sponsoring a road cleanup on 118N from the foot of Bee Mountain.  We will meet at 9 AM at Gate 2 to collect bags, vests and plastic gloves.  All are invited; please join us there.​

The Terlingua Bottoms Group
of AA meets every Thursday at 7:30 at the Big Bend Church in Study Butte.  The meetings are open to anyone who has or thinks they may have a drinking problem.

Community Art Show Coming Soon
​Save the date for the first 2-day community art show to be held in our own Red Patillo Community Center in Study Butte (behind the PO) on February 17-18. Entry is free, and you can greet the artists displaying and selling their work inside and out.
Join us Friday from 10 - 6:30 and Saturday from 10 - 4; enjoy some refreshments and greet the artists at a reception  on Friday afternoon from 4:30 - 6:30.
Hosted by the Terlingua Visual Arts committee of your Big Bend Citizens Alliance, a non-profit organization made up of committed individuals volunteering their efforts to support our residents. Advertising and donations supporting this group come from the Big Bend Chamber of Commerce, Brewster County Tourism Council and local business and individual sponsorship of our annual fundraising calendar. This is how we work together to enrich our community.

BIG THANKS to the community!
Once again, our community made theater happen in Terlingua!  In alphabetical order, these are the folks that put together our most recent show, Double Room, ....  Raoul Albion, Crystal Albright, John Alexander, Big Bend Casitas, Big Bend Resort and Adventures, Sarah Bourbon, Cindy Burns, Catfish Callaway, Amos Duffy, Far Flung Outdoor Center, Nancy Faubion, George Garcia, Paul and Voni Glaves, Greg and Valynda Henington, Barbara and Jim Hines, Cynthia Hood, Luna Hood, Jeff Leach, Chris Lee, Dave Long, Lisa Lowe, Sierra Lowe, Juana and Carlos Mendoza, Pablo Menduo, Billy Miller, Brittany Lowe Miller, John Parker, Jennifer Pena, Ron Sanders, Troy Sergent, Kevin and Zoe Sexton, Shawn Shields, Sandy Smith, Martha Stafford, Grace Sullivan, Elizabeth Thompson, Scott Watkins, Teren Williams, and Ollie Young.  That’s 41 folks and three businesses! Viva Terlingua!!

Porch Gathering to Honor Blair Pittman
There will be a lighthearted gathering at the Porch, Sunday, Feb 12th, at 4 pm honoring the 80th birthday of everyone’s friend, BLAIR PITTMAN.

This Week at the Starlight
The Starlight is gonna knock your socks off this week!!!
Monday: The Whitmore’s
Tuesday: Clem & Jeffro
Wednesday: J. Michael Combs
Thursday: Slim Fest Open Mic
Friday & Saturday: Exclusive to Slim Fest tWo (see info below for tickets)
Sunday: Slim Fest continues with Slim Fest musicians’ Gospel Bruch then spill onto the Porch for an afternoon of music and a memorial/ Celebration of the life of the late Blair Pittman. Timeless Tales from the Porch! Sunday evening – Slim Fest musical leftovers!
Monday: Sarah Burton

Valentine’s Day at the Starlight
Don’t forget!!! Valentine’s Day is Tuesday, February 14. Bring your special someone where, in addition to our usual stellar drink and dinner menu, we are offering a Valentine’s Day Special!
Prime Rib au jus with Horseradish Cream Sauce
Loaded Baked Potato
Veggies
Focaccia Bread AND
Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries for dessert.
All of this for only $30.00 per person! We will have special Valentine’s Day Wine and Drink specials as well.

Slim Fest tWo is here!
It’s here!! Slim Fest tWo kicks off at The Starlight on Thursday evening with music from 5 p.m. until closing. Everyone welcome! Friday and Saturday are exclusive to Slim Fest. Dinner and drink menu as usual for Slim Fest guests and cantina will be open for those not attending the festival. Tickets are $75 for the weekend and $40 per night in advance (through Wednesday) at faroutbooking.com/ Viva Slim (or find Jeff and Sha about town and give them a check payable to Far Out Booking). $90 and $50, respectively, at the door. Friday’s Lineup: Grammy-nominee Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum (Best Bluegrass Album); Wood & Wire; Katie Shore; Doug Moreland & The Flying Armadillos; with Slim’s friend Clem kicking things off at 5. Saturday’s Lineup: the night kicks off with Slim’s buddy Doug Scharnberg; then The Paper Moon Shiners; Country Fool’s Ghost; Greezy Wheels with The Jitterbug Vipers closing down the festival! On Sunday, we’ll have a Gospel Brunch with Slim Fest musicians and we’re once again open to the public. Sunday night: a little more music from Slim’s friends and family It’s going to be a great weekend honoring “the world’s most dangerous guitarist” and Terlingua resident who left us all too soon in 2015. Come honor his legacy and treat yourself to world-class music and down home friends and fare.  (Remember, 9th and 12th are open to all; 10th and 11th must have a Slim Fest ticket for anything other than the Cantina.) Viva Slim!

Terlingua Recycles
Thanks to the community for their continued recycling effort. Just a reminder that if you bring your recyclables in plastic bags please empty the plastic bags and take them with you. We can’t recycle plastic bags. With the addition of the new trailer to haul cardboard, we’ve been able to open an additional bin for aluminum. So we now have bins for: cardboard, tin, plastic, paper products, and aluminum. Glass is in the works!! If you have any questions or want more info about volunteering, call 830.739.6986.

Draftex LLC
Residential design work for south Brewster County. Contact Jeff Gavin: 830.739.6986 or draftexllc@gmail.com. Better yet: stop by the office next to Taylor Tool Rentals on South County Rd.

Historic Terlingua Buildings Tour
Last Minute Low Budget Productions is planning our first tour of historic Terlingua buildings.  On Saturday, February 11, we will be touring the Perry Mansion, overlooking the Ghostown, that Bill Ivey is turning into a rustic but modern guest house.  We will also be going to the Villa de la Mina to see Blair Pittman’s cabin and look around the old mine site.  Transportation and guides will be provided, and there will be a social hour with refreshments afterward.  We plan to do one tour at 1 p.m. and a second at 3 p.m.  To register, please use bourbon@bigbend.net or call 432-386-3178 with the number in your party and a contact phone number.  Cost will be $20 per person.  More information will be forthcoming, and some details may change.  Please let us know ASAP of your interest in joining this tour.

This Week at the Bad Rabbit
Terlingua Ranch Bad Rabbit Cafe:
Saturday: SPECIAL EARLY VALENTINE’S DINNER -- Delicious SHRIMP!!!
Friday and Saturday, 6:30 to 8:30 pm:
The Terlingua Fill-Harmonic Symphony
Cooter, Charlie, and Judy play your favorite old country songs.

This Week at La Kiva
Tuesday- Karaoke. We are looking for guest hosts- if you love to sing and want to get paid and fed for having a good time, send us an email at cavebarterlingua@gmail.com, or just come in and talk to us.
Thursday- Chet O’Keefe
Saturday- DJ Chuy on the patio! Bring your dancing shoes.
Dace Sultinov, world renowned cellist returns to La Kiva Saturday February 25th, preceded on Friday the 24th with a song swap featuring Butch Hancock, Chet O’Keefe, and Alex Whitmore. Mark your calendars!
As always we have our famous fish and chips on Thursday and Fridays, pizzas, burgers, steaks, and lots of other great food and drinks every night. Viva La Kiva!

Terlingua Store
Open 8-8 Monday-Saturday and Sunday 12-6
Beer - Ice - Soda - Snacks - Firewood
Received new shipment and now we are over stocked with resale clothes!!!
50% OFF SALE starting 2-1 and running till Valentine’s Day!
We will also be bringing out the Dollar Rack!!!
Thanks again for your support Terlingua!  432.371.2487

Desert Expression Beauty Salon
Open Wednesday thru Saturday
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner!
Free valentine candy with Pedicure Gift Certificate!
325.456.5983 cell            432.371.2487 store

Get rid of your junk!
FEBRUARY, SATURDAY 25th 9-3 Hwy 170 County Yard
Here is your chance to get rid of that junk that will never become art!
Clean that arroyo!  Help your neighbor.
Accepted - Metal, Tires and Household goods.  Plus electronics!
Listings of recyclable electric items will be posted around town.

La Posada Milagro Hotel & Espresso ... y poco mas
Located in the Terlingua Ghost Town, the coffee shop serves the best coffee around and made to order breakfasts and lunches.  Open 7 days a week, free wifi, and great views of the Chisos Mountains.  Newspapers available and friendly service, too!  Great place to make new friends or meet up with old ones.  The rustic  guesthouse has rooms and is available for wedding parties.

This Week at the High Sierra
Happy hour everyday from 6-7pm  $1 off all beer and $2 off all appetizers   Join us for a cold beer and a great view !  Come watch your favorite sports event on our big screen TV
Friday 2/10 -Tim Tay & Mo @ 7 PM
Saturday 2/11 - Dr Fun @7 PM

Terlingua Tool Rental
Jimmy Taylor, owner 371-2621 Rent locally, save the drive!

Memorial Gathering for Zuzu Verk
From Bill Kibler, SRSU president:
Plans are underway for a memorial service for Zuzu to be held at Sul Ross State University on Thursday, February 9th at 6:30 p.m., located at the new outdoor amphitheater between the Warnock Science Building and the Lobo Village Residence Halls. The Verk family announced that in lieu of flowers they would appreciate gifts be made to:
Zuzu Verk Memorial Scholarship Fund in Natural Resource Management
C/O SRSU Office of External Affairs
PO Box C-114
Alpine, TX 79832
432.837.8892

Meet BUBBA
Bubba is a two-year-old male Australian shepherd mix who looks bigger than his 41 pounds. Bubba is quite new to the shelter and seems very easy-going. It takes him a little time to join in play with the other dogs but he gets along with everyone. He passes the cat test too! Bubba seems largely content to do his own thing perhaps because as a stray he may have been doing his own thing for quite a while. We’re hoping someone will make him theirs!! For more information about Bubba, or any dog in the Alpine Animal Shelter, please email heatherthemule@gmail.com.

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