The Terlingua  Moon 

7 November  2023 --Vol. 34 #45

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THE MUSIC SCENE

Sorry that there are no local musical venues to report. None of the local businesses submitted schedules. Here’s some events in Alpine and Marfa.

 

FUMC - First United Methodist Church, Alpine

ST-  Studio Theater, Fine Arts Building, SRSU

MA- Marshall Auditorium, SRSU

FPC-  First Presbyterian Church in Marfa at 110 E. Columbia St. in Marfa

 

November:

14, Tuesday        7:30pm  Big Bend Children's and Vivace Youth Chorus, FUMC

15, Wednesday  7:30pm  Vocal Studio Recital, ST

17, Friday           4:00pm  Music Studio Recital, ST

28, Tuesday        7:30pm  Guitar Studio Recital, ST

 

December:

01, Friday           TBA         Christmas Tree Lighting, Brewster Co. Courthouse and SRSU

02, Saturday       TBA        Alpine Holiday Stroll, Sul Ross Ave from 5th St. to SRSU

03, Sunday          5:00pm  Jose's Clarinet Recital, ST

06, Wednesday   7:30pm  SRSU Holiday Concert, MA

08, Friday            7:30pm  Big Bend Community Chorale Concert, FUMC

10, Sunday          3:00pm  Big Bend Community Chorale Concert, FPC

 

Taqueria El Milagro

Classic taco stand and more! Enjoy fantastic street tacos and great Mexican food from tried and true original recipes. Side dishes big enough for a meal plus steaks and more.   Wednesday through Sunday -3 pm until 9 pm.   Call  432 371-2060  for take out via our drive through window.  Fun seating with beautiful views for dining in and BYOB!  

 

Espresso ... y poco mas

Best coffee, breakfast and lunch offerings in Terlingua.   Everything  cooked to order from the freshest ingredients.  Big Bend Roaster beans for the best coffee anyway you like it!  Pastries, newspapers, and spectacular views.. A great local place for food and conversation with a menu for everyone. .  Call 432 371 3044 for to go orders.

The Milky Way Treats Saturday morning bakery cart is open every Saturday, 10am-12pm. We’re located in the GhostTown next to the Community Garden. Our ice cream trailer is open Sat, Sun, and Mon, 4pm-9pm, right next to The Boathouse. Stop by soon and treat yourself!! Gracias, Terlingua!

 

Earth and Fire Gallery

We are blessed to have three guest artists for the month of November.  Larry Short shares his pointillism, Amanda Johnson, her oils and watercolors, and Eddie Anderson, his wood working taken to a larger scale for us.  

Along with our partners we have just what you are looking for!

 

Come see us at the Saturday Community Market from 10:00-1:00.  Located at the Community Garden in the Ghost Town, we're there every Saturday with happy vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items.

 Fresh eggs, local art, handcrafted textiles, goat milk soap, all natural lip balms, hand balms, essential oil perfumes and sugar scrubs, leather goods, handcrafted, creative jewelry, block printed textiles and vintage goods, both curated and upcycled, practical and artistic items made of reclaimed steel and more -- you never know just what or who you'll find here. Indeed, lately, chess players have been meeting up for a game or two or three or....Sandy's back for the season to open her super cute pop-up shop on Saturdays and so is Valerie with her fine selection of culinary treats.

 We welcome new vendors. Come set up down here in the shade to sell your wares. Flea market items are welcome. After all, reusing and up-cycling already existing items is smart and green. We ask a $10 donation to the Community Garden to set up, helping us to continue to improve this space and experience for all of us. For more information, text or call 432.213.1863, email SherriTheWriter@aol.com or pop in to the market for a chat. Prepared food vendors must display current food handling licence. (A quick, easy and affordable online course can provide that).

 Please help keep our market space safe and comfortable for all, two-legged and four, by keeping all dogs leashed and under control. We look forward to seeing you there.

 

Vote on Legislative Amendments! Election day is November 7.  Precincts 5, 6, and 7 will vote at the J.W. “Red” Pattillo Community Center in Study Butte.  Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 

 Details of the amendments are available in English at https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/2023-explanatory-statements-14-final.pdf, and in Spanish at https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/2023-explanatory-statements-14-sp-final.pdf.

 More information is available at https://www.votetexas.gov/.

 

CRIBBAGE/HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT & BBQ - Ken & Joee May Barnes Scholarship Fundraiser - The annual event will be Saturday, November 11th at the horseshoe pits in the Ghostown. Horseshoe & Cribbage Tournaments start at 9:30am (arrive by 9:20 to sign up, please). BBQ Plates will be served around noon until sold out. We are going to try something a little different this year with a Silent Auction from 10am to 1pm - Winners announced following the tournaments.  All proceeds benefit Terlingua School Graduates.  Celebration of life for Catfish to follow at the Boathouse, 6pm. Taylor & Justin chose this date, so our events would coincide.  It's going to be a full day of remembrance for those we love.

 

Fiesta de Fish: Life Celebration of Gary “Catfish” Callaway  Saturday, November 11. 

6pm @ The Boathouse/ Potluck if able

 

Paisano Post from Terlingua CSD

Congratulations to Brooke Jenks for placing 33rd at the UIL State Cross Country Meet in Round Rock!!

Thank you to Coach Daley and Coach A for all your time and efforts in making the season great. 

Veterans and their family are welcome to our ceremony honoring our Veterans on Friday, November 10th at 8:30am. There will be a short ceremony outside the high school and then the Seniors will be serving breakfast for our Veterans and their family. 

 Thank you Community members for your support of our annual Book Fair. Your donations are appreciated.

 

Terlingua Ghostown Church Services

Wednesday, November 8th, at 5:30pm: Rosary Prayer Service

The Big Bend Episcopal Mission welcomes all. English and Spanish handouts available.

 

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meeting: if you have, or think you might have, a drinking problem, we meet at 7:30 Thursday evening at the Big Bend Church, just north of the post office.

 

SOUTH COUNTY LIBRARY PROJECT

The Planning Committee for the SCLP is continuing to meet and plan for future library services in South County.  Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at the Red Pattillo Community Center in Study Butte (behind the Post Office). Meet and greet with snacks at 5PM, meeting starts at 5:30PM.  Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend and we look forward to getting more volunteers involved as our project expands. For more information, visit www.bigbendcitizensalliance.org or email secretary.bbca@gmail.com

 

Art, music, food, and fun are what you'll find during ArtWalk 2023 in Alpine TX. Celebrating 30 years, Texas' longest-running art festival will be be Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18.

 

Keep Big Bend Wild invites you to attend an upcoming community meeting that we will be hosting on November 14^th, from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, at the El Paso Zoo. Please see the attached flyer for more information. 

  Directions to the El Paso Zoo are as follows: If you are driving from the west side of El Paso, we recommend taking the 375 loop and then Paisano Drive exit 59 turning right on Delta and then passing Bowie High School and Chamizal National Memorial on the left then left onto Boone Street to the Zoo.  If you take I-10, we recommend you take the Piedras exit and then Paisano to the Zoo. If you are coming from the east take the Paisano Exit and turn right at Fox Plaza onto Paisano to the Zoo. If you are coming from the north on 54, we recommend you take the Montana exit and then go to Paisano. 

  Please feel free to email us at keepbigbendwild@outlook.com, or visit our website at keepbigbendwild.org if you have any questions.

  I'm hopeful you will be able to join us at this meeting, and I encourage you to bring others that may be interested.  

 

Please Join us for our next monthly meeting for the Big Bend Chamber of Commerce at the Bunkhouse at Terlingua Ranch Lodge. Thursday the 9th of November at 6 PM. All are in encouraged to attend!

 

Saturday, November 11th 5pm - 9pm

Veteran's Day Cookout - Red, White & Blue-Burgers @ Bad Rabbit Café w/ Live Music by Gary Gorence.  Join us on the Bad Rabbit Cafe patio for burgers and hotdogs for only $7/plate. Veteran's and active military eat FREE (with ID)! Tea and lemonade included, and beer and wine are available for purchase. Come dance the night away while Gary Gorence serenades guests under the moonlight!

 

FREDERICKSBURG:

Just wanted to let you know about the Texas Hill Country Cowboy Gathering this weekend in Fredericksburg, featuring some of the same performers you've seen in Alpine: Andy Hedges (songster), Joel Nelson (poet), Mike Blakely (singer/songwriter), Jake Riley (poet/humorist), and Chris Ryden (singer/songwriter). The Fredericksburg Gathering will also include the great Michael Martin Murphey (singer/songwriter, replacing Tom Russell, who is ill), Western swing sensations The Hot Club of Cowtown, and Nashville's Brennen Leigh.

 There are four shows Friday and four shows Saturday. The venue is small, and I hear great seats are still available.

 For tickets, go to texashillcountrycowboygathering.com.

 

 Ballet Classes for Adults 45+

60 minute classes

Improve balance, posture, flexibility, self-discipline, mindful movement

contact the instructor at 409-356-8186

 Instructor: Dragana K - Born in Belgrade, Serbia

Professional training:

Ballet School Lujo Davico, Belgrade, Serbia, 1989-1997

Vaganova Academy Senkt Petersburg, Russia, 1994

The Urdang Academy, performing arts academy based in London, UK 1995

Scuola Di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala, Italy, 1995

Professional ballet career:

Serbian National Theater 1997-2003

Coaching adults: 2014-2019

Academic background:

MA in Anthropology and Ethnology, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, 2009

 

GOT ENOUGH WATER STORAGE?

TanksALot Terlingua has the largest inventory of water tanks in South Brewster County!

Available sizes:

5000

3000

2500

2000

1500

550

(1100 gallon tanks are on order now)

Tanks are Tax Exempt and come with a 10 year warrantee.

Valves, pumps and filters also available.

Delivery and installation available.

Located near the Terlingua Ranch Lodge.

Call: 432-371-3094 (office) or 806-781-7814 (cell)

 

Jeff Davis County Democrats

Texas Democratic Veterans

Veterans Day Proclamation

The day was first celebrated as Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I, formally recognized on the “11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month” in 1918, a date agreed upon by warring nations as an official end to World War I. November 11th became an official national holiday in the United States in 1938.

 

A US Congressional Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) was approved May 13, 1938, making the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as “Armistice Day.” Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I.

 

In 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen in the nation’s history; after American forces had fought aggression in Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans’ service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word “Armistice” and inserting in its place the word “Veterans.” With the approval of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

 

Veterans Day continues to be observed on November 11, regardless of what day of the week on which it falls.

 

Veterans Day is different than Memorial Day, a date normally reserved to honor those who have died in service to our nation, and Armed Forces Day, a date we recognize for paying tribute to members of our Armed Forces.

 

To our veterans, we take a moment to say:

 

Thank you for your sacrifices, for your service, your valor, for the things you carry, for protecting us, and for defending our rights. Thank you for your courage, strength, and dedication in keeping us safe, and for being willing to defend the liberties that we all enjoy.

 

Legally, two minutes of silence is recommended to be observed on the 11th day of November each year. In 2021, the US Congress passed a federal law, requiring the President to ask all citizens to spend two minutes honoring American military vets.

 

Two minutes is a short time, when you consider the time spent on a remote guard post or standing watch on a ship in the middle of an ocean, or the time it takes to take a beach under gunfire, or the time it takes to launch a bomber on a mission, knowing it might not come back.

 

Please join us in two minutes of silence to honor our military veterans.

 

The Presidio Democrats are hosting a Big Bend Democrats Fall Forum on Issues and Advocacy this Saturday, November 4, from 2 to 6 pm at the Capri in Marfa, 603 W San Antonio St. The event is headlined by activist Nancy Thompson, Founder of Mothers Against Greg Abbott. Primo Carrasco and Presidio County Commissioner David Beebe will provide the music. A panel discussion, “Democrats on the Border,” will explore diverse perspectives on immigration and border security. A second panel will discuss “Women’s Health in Rural Texas Post-Dobbs.”