Upcoming Events for February 10, 2025
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Federal Government
Department of Veterans Affairs
Advanced Care Planning Workshop
- First and third Tuesdays of every month, from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
- Learn how to name a medical power of attorney to act on your behalf, how to communicate your healthcare wishes, and how to complete the VA advanced directive form.
- Contact Cammie Hanratty, LICSW, 505-265-1711 x7474, to confirm attendance and to ask questions
- Room 2C-131, Building 41, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, 1501 San Pedro Drive Southeast, Albuquerque, NM 87108
Free Food Drive-Thru and Walk-Up Event
- Every 4th Wednesday of the month from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM or until all food is gone
- Veteran’s Memorial Park, 1100 Louisiana Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
Online Applications for Fisher House Foundation and Defense Commissary Agency Scholarships for Military Children and Heroes' Legacy Scholarships
- Applications accepted through February 12, 2025
- Visit www.militaryscholar.org for additional information
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Strollin’ the Colon 2025
- Stroll the 12-foot-long colon (something I never thought I would write in the Mountainair Dispatch) and learn about colon cancer prevention.
- Free personal risk assessments and refreshments available.
- Doctors will be onsite to answer questions.
- March 25, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Building 2, Recreation Hall, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, 1501 San Pedro Drive Southeast, Albuquerque, NM 87108
Pecos National Historical Park
Ancestral Sites Tour
- Every day starting February 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM
- Meet at the visitors center
- Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, NM 87552
Forked Lightning Ranch House Caravan Tour
- Every day starting February 15, 2025, at 1:30 PM
- Meet at the visitors center
- Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, NM 875
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Ranger-Led Hike - Abó Unit
- Every Saturday at 11:00 AM until April 26, 2025
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Abó Unit, 69 Ruins Road, Mountainair, NM 87036
Ranger-Led Hike - Quarai Unit
- Every Sunday at 11:00 AM until April 27, 2025
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Quarai Unit, 122 Manzano Quarai Rd, Mountainair, NM 87036
State Government
New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Services
4-H Art & Craft Workshops
- Second and fourth Wednesdays of the month beginning February 12, 2025, from 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM
- For 4-H Members only
- For location and more information please contact the Torrance County Cooperative Extension Service Office at 505-544-4333 or torrance@nmsu.edu
Torrance County
Torrance County Government Offices will be closed on February 17, 2025, for the Presidents’ Day federal holiday.
Special Meeting of the Torrance County Fair Board
- February 11, 2025, at 6:30 PM
- Torrance County Administrative Offices, 205 South 9th Street, Estancia, NM 87016
Regular Meeting of the Torrance County Board of County Commissioners
- February 12, 2025, at 9:00 AM
- Torrance County Administrative Offices, 205 South 9th Street, Estancia, NM 87016
Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation Workshop
- February 15, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Call 505-297-9981 or email sodell@tcnm.us to register
- Free starter "go bag" for those who complete the workshop (one per household)
- Torreon Community Center, 18 Torreon Heights Road, Torreon, NM 87061
Estancia Valley Youth and Family Council
- February 24, 2025, at 4:00 PM
- Torrance County Administrative Offices, 205 South 9th Street, Estancia, NM 87016
Regular Meeting of the Torrance County Board of County Commissioners
- February 26, 2025, at 9:00 AM
- Torrance County Administrative Offices, 205 South 9th Street, Estancia, NM 87016
Torrance County Planning and Zoning Committee
- March 5, 2025, at 9:00 AM
- Torrance County Administrative Offices, 205 South 9th Street, Estancia, NM 87016
Mountainair
Mountainair Public Schools will be closed on February 17, 2025 for the Presidents' Day federal holiday.
Varsity (Boys and Girls) Basketball vs. Corona
- February 11, 2025, at 5:00 PM
- 531 Franklin Street, Corona, NM 88318
Junior Varsity and Varsity (Boys and Girls) Basketball vs. Alamo Navajo
- February 15, 2025, at 1:00 PM
- Mountainair High School, 901 West 3rd Street, Mountainair, NM 87036
Regular Meeting of the Mountainair Town Council
- February 18, 2025, at 6:00 PM
- Mountainair Town Council Building, 107 1/2 North Roosevelt Avenue, Mountainair, NM 87036
Junior Varsity (Boys) and Varsity (Boys and Girls) Basketball vs. Carrizozo
- February 19, 2025, at 4:00 PM
- Mountainair High School, 901 West 3rd Street, Mountainair, NM 87036
Mountainair Public Schools Board of Education Regular Meeting
- February 25, 2025, at 6:00 PM
- Mountainair High School, 901 West 3rd Street, Mountainair, NM 87036
Regular Meeting of the Mountainair Town Council
- March 4, 2025, at 6:00 PM
- Mountainair Town Council Building, 107 1/2 North Roosevelt Avenue, Mountainair, NM 87036
Other Organizations
Mountainair Rotary Club
- 12:00 PM every Thursday
- Claunch-Pinto SWCD Conservation Center, 1206 NM-55, Mountainair, NM 87036
- Attendees should bring lunch.
Maria de Agreda - “The Blue Nun”
- A presentation by Martha Vera, Honorary Consul of Spain, regarding 16th Century Spanish Abbess of the Order of the Immaculate Conception and Christian mystic, Maria de Agreda, who lived in New Spain and whose writings were censured by the Inquisition
- February 15, 2025, at 2:00 PM
- MMAC Center, 101 East Broadway, Mountainair, NM 87036
Women of the West - A Living History of the Pioneer Women of Torrance County
- A presentation by Dixie Boyle and Donna Deiner
- February 22, 2025, at 2:00 PM
- MMAC Center, 101 East Broadway, Mountainair, NM 87036
Ghost Towns of New Mexico
- A presentation by John Mulhouse, author of Abandoned New Mexico
- March 1, 2025, at 2:00 PM
- MMAC Center, 101 East Broadway, Mountainair, NM 87036
Mountainair Clothing Bank/Free Store
- There will be a 20-item limit on donations taken.
- All dates are Fridays
- February 21, 2025
- March 21, 2025
- April 25, 2025
- May 23, 2025
- June 20, 2025
- July 18, 2025
- August 22, 2025
- September 26, 2025
- October 24, 2025
- November 21, 2025
- Dr. Saul Community Center, 109 N Roosevelt Ave, Mountainair, NM 87036