The Terlingua Moon

February 10, 2014 ~ VOL. 26 #6

by Patchouli Gulch Gal
            
“Jeb Bush looks like he’s running for president. So now we know what the Bush family means by ‘no child left behind.’” – Senator Diane Feinstein

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CHIHUAHUAN DESERT BIKE FEST
Cyclists will roll into Big Bend for a mountain bike celebration brought to you by Desert Sports and Texas Parks & Wildlife. Rides on Thurs 2/12 - Sat 2/14  benefit the Big Bend Trails Alliance and include Big Bend National Park, Lajitas Trail System and Big Bend Ranch State Park. Kid's rides are free! Saturday evening music by the FABULOUS VORTEXANS! We invite the community to dance with us at the Lajitas Maverick RV Park Clubhouse.
More info: www.desertsportstx.com

STARLIGHT THEATER
Tue    2/10 - Uh Clem
Wed   2/11 - J. Michael Combs
Thu    2/12 - Moses Martinez            
Fri      2/13 - Ann & Some Ghosts                          
Sat     2/14 - Bruce Salmon Trio w/ Michelle Alany
Sun    2/15 - Brunch with Lisa Kettyle                      
Mon   2/16 - Burger Night with Ted Arborgast                   
HIGH SIERRA BAR & GRILL/EL DORADO
This week's highlights!                                      Friday, February 13 - Michael Combs hosts the Terlingua Traditional Fiddlers Gathering 7 - 10 pm Saturday:  Valentine's Special - music with Ann & Some Ghosts 8 - 11 (Ann Elizabeth Wade, Kristopher Wade & Jacob Jaeger).
Sunday:  Terlingua Traditional Fiddlers Gathering - 2 until 5 pm                                                             

 High Sierra is your Sports Central.  Call us with your request for whatever sports event you care to see.  We'll do our best to have it on our big screen TV.  The El Dorado Hotel only has a few rooms available for March.  Texas Spring Breaks are spread over a two week period this year so have your family and friends call soon! 800.371-3588

LA POSADA MILAGRO
La Posada Milagro: offering fresh home cooked meals and coffee drinks.  You know you can call in your order at 371-3044. With the weather getting warmer you'll be craving our fruit smoothies!

BIG BEND RIVER TOURS
has water containers, tents, water dispensers and canoes for sale.  Please come by the office.

BASEBALL FIELD CLEANUP AND GAME
On Sunday February 15th, AmeriCorps will be assisting in the cleanup of the baseball fields located at the Terlingua School. The cleanup will begin at 9am. A game will then take place at 4pm between AmeriCorps and a Terlingua team. We need a team! Please contact Bonnie Hill at 371-3078 or Buckner at 371-3339 or stop by the Starlight for more information.  Volunteers and tools are needed. Lunch will be provided for the workers.

COMMUNITY GARDEN
Farmer's Market Every Saturday 10-1 pm
Enjoy Music this Sat. with J. Michael Combs and the Fiddle Circle
Pepper and Tomato Plants are  now available from the greenhouse
It's Time to Plant Summer Squash and Cucumbers
STOP In and get some free seeds!!!
The Garden is at PEAK Production now
We harvested 40 lbs. last week- half way through the market season and 319 lbs. produced so far our goal is 500 lbs. by the end of April
Next Saturday at Noon
Learn How To Make Infusing Bitter with Debbie
Bitters are great for helping with digestion, and they are also immune building
We Need:  Lots of 5 gallon pails with handles, contact Zoey 371-2172

THE BOATHOUSE
Tunesday Tuesday with Carol Whitney 7-10
Wednesday Open Mic hosted by Jeffro Greasewood 7 -10 (everyone welcome!)
Thursday music with J. Michael Combs 7 - 10
Friday!  Music with Lisa Kettlye & Katie Sachs (7-10) plus our Friday menu special:  Spaghetti with Meat Marinara or Vegetarian Marinara, Garlic Bread & Super Salad
Saturday - Music with Ted Arbogast & Chase Peeler and Valentine’s Day Menu Special:  Shrimp Shellacked with Ginger Chile Paint appeteaser/ Caesar Salad/ Stuffed Texas Quail or Chorizo Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Mango Jalapeno Sauce/ Balsamic Asparagus topped off with a desert of Pots de Crème & Champagne - $34
Sunday Terlingua Traditional Fiddler's Gathering 6-9.  We are open 4 pm - Midnight, Sunday through Friday.  Saturday 4 pm - 1 am.  Grill is open Tuesday through Sunday from 5 - 9 pm.     Hope to see you soon! Don & Terri

RUMOR HAS IT
There are two unmarked DPS troopers working in our area. Y’all be safe now.

5TH ANNUAL TERLINGUA SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT
To take place at 2.00 pm on Monday February 23rd at the 'Casa de la Cultura'. Open to all interested.

H2O TO GO
The truck load of catchment tanks has room for a few more. Delivery - freight and sales tax free, within days of the load filling.  To get your name on the list, call 371 2506

SHOT TIME LIQUOR
New! Captain Morgan White rum with Grapefruit or Pineapple! The grapefruit has a smooth, not bitter finish that is not too sweet.  The pineapple has a clean pineapple taste and also is lightly sweet.  750ml bottle is just 23.25 tax included.  Stumped on what to get your sweetheart for Valentine's Day?  How about a Nooner?  Sierra Nevada's new seasonal offering is Nooner Pilsner, only 8.82!
Don’t forget Shot Time has Texas Lotto.  Estimated jackpot for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday the 11th is 450 Million.

TERLINGUA TRADITIONAL FIDDLERS GATHERING
Friday, 13 Feb:   High Sierra Bar & Grill   6-10p Saturday, 14 Feb (Valentine's Day): Terlingua Farmers Market 9a-1p and Pot Luck Jam Circle @BJ's Campground   6p- 10p                                     Sunday, 15 Feb: La Posada Milagro 9:30a-1p     Fiddlers Jam, Tune & Traditional Song Circle High Sierra Bar & Grill 2p-5p                                       TTFG Grand Finale, Boat House 6p-10p                      If you can host a fiddler, contribute firewood, want to help w food or $, or for info about rain locations, call J. Michael Combs @ 505-720-7914

SANTA INEZ IN THE TERLINGUA GHOST TOWN
Saturday, February 14th from 11am-1pm, Blessing of Otra Vez and Reception with Bishop Michael Vono of the Diocese of the Rio Grande. He was influential in giving the $13,000 grant that made the expansion possible. Please come to celebrate and enjoy some food and drink. Eucharist at Santa Inez in the Ghost Town at 3pm with special recognition to Father Mel of Redford.
Ash Wednesday Service February 18th at 4:30pm with Rev. Carolyn Metzler, 25 English and 25 Spanish Lenten Devotionals will be free for the taking as well. All are welcome.

BETH GARCIA
My novel, "Border Ghosts" won Best Police/Crime Fiction of 2015 from the Texas Association of Authors. (The contest was for books published in 2014.) I'd like for my fellow Terlinguans to know about it. You can read a little more on my blog: http://www.elizabethagarciaauthor.com/blog/february-03rd-2015 Thanks!

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE
http://www.nps.gov/bibe/parknews/2015bugetincrease.htm

LAST MINUTE LOW BUDGET PRODUCTIONS extends a standing ovation to all those who made The 14th Annual Home Tour a huge success.  Many thanks to Resa and Tim Callahan, Ed Sullivan, Mimi Webb-Miller and Sandy Smith for opening your lovely homes to us.
Our gratitude goes out to Anita Johnson & Big Bend Library for providing a "reservation center; KVLF/KALP and KRTS for promoting the event on air; The Big Bend Gazette, The Alpine Avalanche, and The Big Bend Sentinel for publicity. A big shout out to William Hennessey and Dean Griffiths & Far Flung Outdoor Center, and John Parker & Big Bend River Tours for providing our transportation.  A hearty thanks to Mimi Webb-Miller & Noami Aviles at Espresso y Poco Mas for turning over your wonderful spot for our receptions.  All proceeds from the Home Tour go to Last Minute Low Budget Productions so that we can continue to bring quality live theater to South Brewster County. 

TERLINGUA SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING
Wednesday evening, February 11th, at 5:00pm in the BB High school conference room.
To: PARENTS, TEACHERS, RESIDENTS OF BREWSTER COUNTY AND THE TERLINGUA SCHOOL DISTRICT. There is an urgency that the public make firm plans to attend the next school board meeting.  It might just be the most important one ever held at TCSD.  No matter if you have never come before. No matter if you do not plan to attend another. Especially if you have felt intimidated into not attending in the past. No matter whether you have children in this school, or your children are past school age, even if you have no children at all and especially if you have transferred your children out of this school, or are homeschooling.

TERLINGUA TOOL RENTALS
Come check out our large inventory, we may have just what you need for your spring projects. Jimmy Taylor, owner 371-2621

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.

SECOND SAT. FLEA MARKET is on Valentines Day this year! -  Get those Teddy bears out of the closet and come set up for free at H2O to Go/El Centro parking lot and porch at the corner of Hwy. 118 and School Road - 8am till whenever.   Weather Permitting!

PIPELINE MAY NEED PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT: ALPINE AVALANCHE 2/5
http://www.alpineavalanche.com/news/article_c29c78ac-acac-11e4-bc4a-d75dceaa26ff.html



SPECIAL REPORT: BORDER BAIT ZONES: KMID - RABIES PACKET DROPS ALONG THE BORDER OUT OF CASPARIS AND OTHER AIRPORTS
http://www.permianbasin360.com/story/d/story/special-report-border-bait-zones/18551/OqN9Lu_QEUeKHJC3zfhWxg

VACCINATIONS – EL PASO TIMES 2/5/15 http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_27461750/el-paso-area-report-high-rates-vaccination

ALPINE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Join us for the return of APL’s book club, hosted by volunteer Leigh Kirby!  The first meeting will be Thursday, March 26 at 5:30pm at the library.  The book selection is “The Husband’s Secret” by Liane Moriarty.  APL has one copy for checkout, or order your own from smile.amazon.com – APL will receive a small percentage of your purchase price!  Available as hardback, paperback, or e-book.  Refreshments will be served.  APL’s book club will meet on the last Thursday of every month.

RECYCLING
Thanks to all who recycled properly, we were able to unload the trailer in record time.  Also thanks to Susan and Dan Carlson, John Calomeni, Todd Bureau, Zbynek Najser, Annabelle Rivard, and Sue and Joe Rife, for emptying the trailer; it is now open again for more recycling.

BAD RABBIT CAFE
(Terlingua Ranch Restaurant under new and delicious management!)
Friday, February 13, 6:30 pm -- Terlingua Fill-Harmonic Symphony (Cooter, Judy, and Charlie sing old country songs).  Special for Valentine's Day!  Saturday, February 14, starting at 6 p.m.  A unique evening of fun, food, and friendship at the Bad Rabbit Cafe on Terlingua Ranch.  The menu includes Betty's luscious lasagna.  Music by TERLINGUA TANZ -- passionate tangos, lilting waltzes -- come listen, come eat, come dance!

INVESTIGATING CREATIVITY
We will be meeting at 10 am on Wednesday at La Posada Milagro Coffee House for our second get together.  It is an open invitation for anyone interested in connecting to the creative force that is definitely surrounding us out here in Paradise.

BECOMING FINE ART AND MECHANIC SHOP
Get your car fixed and enjoy the gallery.  Gifts for Valentine's Day 371-2694

MOON
There have been several disparaging comments about the moon in the last few months.  This editor would like to suggest that these folks start their own paper if THE TERLINGUA MOON is not to their liking.

NEXT MOON BY GHOST WRITERS on the SLY  

Namaste y’all!