Terlingua Moon 
Vol. 26.  No. 3
January 20, 2015

“Conversations are efforts toward good relations. They are an elementary form of reciprocity. They are the exercise of our love for each other. They are the enemies of our loneliness, our doubt, our anxiety, and our tendencies to abdicate. To continue to be in good conversation over our enormous and terrifying problems is to be calling out to each other in the night. If we attend with imagination and devotion to our conversations, we will find what we need; and someone among us will act—it does not matter whom—and we will survive.”   Barry Lopez

Music & The Arts!

2015 Terlingua Word Off
Get your pens at the ready! The 2015 Terlingua Word will take place on Thursday 19th February at The Starlight Theatre. Kick off is at 7pm.
All participants will need to sign up promptly at 6pm. Due to time constraints, there will be a cut off of 25 speakers, each designated no more than 5 minutes. Sign up will be on a first come, first served basis.
For further details and/or questions please contact Emjay by email at emjayhlms@gmail.com or by phone 432-897-2339.

Bad Rabbit Cafe
(Terlingua Ranch Restaurant under new and delicious management!)
Friday, January 23, 7 to 9 pm
Terlingua Fill-Harmonic Symphony (Cooter, Judy, and Charlie sing old country songs)

Boathouse Restaurant & Bar
We are open every day from 4 - midnight; Saturdays until 1 a.m.  Full bar every day - 4 until closing; Grille open Tuesdays - Sunday from 5 - 9 pm
This week's music!
Tunesday - James Williams/ 7 - 9 pm
Wednesday - Open Mic with Jeffro Greasewood/ 7 - 10  Everyone welcome!
Friday - Ted Arbogast/ 7 - 10 pm
Saturday - The Flying Sombreros 7-10 pm Tunesday and Open Mic will be permanent fixtures on The Boathouse schedule going forward.  Tunesday will feature a select artist, Open Mic open to all!New menu item - Redbeard's Spicy Italian Calzone!  Friday's special is our famous Fried Chicken - $13.95.  Join us early as we've sold out of our specials the past 3 weeks, including our last Friday Chicken Special!
Music & The Arts Cont’d
Join us at Earth and Fire Imports/Gallery for a TWO-day art festival.  ALL ARTISTS may join in and set up out front Sat. or Sun. or both. No booth fees or reservations needed.  Area motels will be offering discounts, and local bars will feature live music.  This is an annual event, we hope you all will join in.

The Gallery is  also pleased to announce that there's a new artist in town; Michele Billings.  Michele is from Maine and she's spending her winter with us in Terlingua.  She has a vast number of landscape oil paintings of the Big Bend and river area.  Michele is now showing her work at the Gallery and is the guest artist for January.
Our hours of operation for January and February are Thursday - Monday, 9am-6pm.  Come by for a meet the artist reception on Saturday, January 25th.  Coffee and wine, as well as refreshments will be available 3-6 p.m.

High Sierra Bar & Grille - High Sierra is your Sports Central in Terlingua!
Sunday, January 25 - Join us at Noon for a Competition Chili Cooking Seminar, Hosted by Barbara Taylor.  There will be a tasting after the seminar.  Call 432 371-2111 for more information!Save the Dates!
Friday, January, 30th -  4th Chili Cookoff and The Glenn Felts Memorial Dutch Oven Competition.
Saturday, January 31st "Lasting Expressions - Seven Artists/ Seven Expressions" Art Show.
Sunday, February 1st - Super Bowl XLIX Party!  Patriots vs Seahawks.  Game begins at 5:30 but join us early and stay late!  Spring Break is just around the corner!  Be sure to have your friends and family make their hotel reservations early!  432.371.2111

Starlight Theatre
Open 7 days a week from 5 – Midnight.  Saturdays until 1.  Kitchen closes at 10.  Also open for Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Music this week:
Tue    1/20  -  Uh Clem
Wed   1/21  -  J. Michael Combs
Thu    1/22  -  Tim Relleva            
Fri      1/23  -  Jeff Haislip & Shand Walton                                        
Sat     1/24  -  The VorTexans                                
Mon    1/26  -  Burger Night with Frank Meyers

Our Community
MARK your Calendar for Wed. Jan 28th at 6pm
The Terlingua & San Vicente Schools Art Show will be held at the Terlingua School Library.  Live Music, Appetizers, Punch, Performance Art and More.  Come OUT and support our young artist community.  Winners will attend the weeklong art camp taught by local artist and teacher Crystal Allbright.  The art camp is funded by the sales of EyeBall's  S.P.A.C.E. art show.

Becoming Fine Art and Mechanic Shop: Need your car or heavy machinery fixed, we can handle that.  Honest pricing and dependable service.  Our Art Gallery is still open in the evenings.  Even if the open sign is not on, you can always knock on the door.  We live onsite, so we are always here.  Give us a call at 371-2694.

Farmer's Market Every Saturday 10-1 pm. Enjoy Music this Sat. with J. Michael Combs. Debbie with Little River Herbs is BACK.  Stop in to pick up your Fire Cider Recipe, Greens, Herbs, Artisan Cheeses, Fresh Breads, Baked items, Jewelry, Art, Warm hats, Salves, Tinctures, Native Plants and More.  THINK COMMUNITY  EAT LOCAL.

Viva Yoga!
Classes are cancelled this week (Jan 22), but will resume Thursday, Jan 29

The 14th Annual Terlingua Home Tour is scheduled for this Sunday, Jan. 25. This year we will be visiting the homes of Resa and Tim Callahan, Sandy Smith, Mimi Webb-Miller and Ed Sullivan. There will be two tours - the first at 12:00 and the 2nd at 3:00. Each tour is followed by a reception at Espresso y Poco Mas. Tickets are $30. Reservations may be made by calling Big Bend Library at 371-2639 or in the evening 371-2399.  All proceeds go to Last Minute Low Budget Productions.

La Posada Milagro is now serving GLUTEN FREE alternatives on most of our menu selections, we have corn tortillas and fresh homemade bread for anyone who is hungry for a good old fashioned homemade meal but can't eat wheat. Finally a place to eat out again!  We also have the best coffee, espresso, and cappuccinos in the Big Bend area.  We have free Wi-Fi, so come surf the net and enjoy the food and company.

A gathering of friends and family of Cowboy Chris of the Cowhead Ranch will be held Wednesday, January 21 to scatter his ashes on the place he loved.  Join us at Noon or remember him wherever you are.

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 numbers are posted on the church doors.

To all who participated in Health Needs Survey:  As announced in the Terlingua Moon, the South Brewster Co. Health Needs Survey  was conducted from Nov. until Jan. 15th. The survey certainly served its purpose. Great input from the community about what it wants for health care! If you did not get the chance to participate in this first of many steps in getting more health care down south, be assured you can voice more on the subject as we will be having several town meetings to discuss these results for taking the next steps to take care of our people! For more information, please contact Diane Paul at 979-218-3769.

A Wylie Water Catchment Tank order is coming together now.  Please call 2506 for specs, prices and deposit information - and to get your name on the list.

TERLINGUA TOOL RENTALS   New this week: electric sewer snake. Always something at our place to help you at yours. Jimmy Taylor, owner 371-2621

A terrific article ran in this week’s Houston Chronicle about Big Bend Ranch State Park.  You can read the full story here:  http://www.chron.com/life/travel/texas/article/Big-Bend-Ranch-State-Park-opened-to-the-public-24-6025383.php#photo-1491952

According to the AP, skunks are now the main target in a vaccine bait air-drop program credited with eliminating rabies strains that infect coyotes and gray foxes in Texas, Brewster County is included in a drop scheduled for later this month.  This involves dropping doses, in fishmeal-coated packets, for wildlife to eat.  Allegedly, the packets won't harm pets and proved safe in tests involving more than 60 species of animals. People should avoid the bait because wild animals are less likely to eat packets that carry a human scent.  The vaccinations will be dropped in South Texas later this month with flights out of Del Rio, Alpine and Zapata. Parts of 18 counties will be covered including Brewster and Presidio.  For more information, contact Texas Parks & Wildlife in Austin.

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK REINSTATES TEMPORARY CLOSURES FOR PEREGRINE FALCONS
February 1 - May 31, the following areas will be closed to public entry:
The SE Rim Trail and a portion of the NE Rim Trail from Boot Canyon/SE Rim junction to just north of Campsite NE-4.
All SE Rim campsites as well as NE campsites 4 and 5 are closed during this period.
Technical rock climbing on rock faces within ¼ mile of known peregrine eyries, as posted, will not be allowed February 1 - July 15.  The park does not plan to close any other areas, but restrictions may be modified if Peregrine behavior or nesting sites do not follow traditional trends.

The trial for the man accused of killing Glenn Felts, owner of La Kiva in Terlingua bar been set.  Tony Flint will stand before a judge in Sierra Blanca on April 27 for the murder, according to District Attorney Rod Ponton.

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