At the Turkey Dinner Fundraiser, October 29, pumpkin carving and door prizes were provided by Joe Garrity (items from Nepal), Margreet Ryan (mushroom book and pottery), Program Presenter Nathan Small (New Mexico T-shirts), the White Pine Group (calendar), and Dick Worm (other stuff).
Winners of items included the following as could best be recorded in the excitement of it all!!
Pumpkin Carving prizes of Halloween related items went to Roosevelt Middle School students brought to Faraway Farm for hiking and pumpkin carving by Barbara Anderson and other teachers and parents. The students, in order of judging results, were: AJ Bell, John Kelly, Jacob Fiedler, and Todd Muhlack. An additional "Booby Prize" went to Howard Higley for his Decorated Gourd. :)
Sierra Club calendar went to Dieter Muhlack;
Mushroom book to Joe Garrity;
Audubon pottery to Dave Fisher;
Nepal purses to Charlie Winterwood & Jeff Haverland; Nepal t-shirts to Margreet Ryan and Joan Higley;
Freeze-dried camping dessert to Barb Blake;
Trick or Treat bag to Rod Stockel; Spooky bats to Jacob Thompson;
Scary cat to Grant Siegwarth;
New Mexico Wilds t-shirts to Kathy Thompson, Gretel Winterwood, Neta Wiederaenders, and Todd Muhlack.
Something Else went to Mike Muir. :-/
The multi-media presentations and New Mexican chips and salsa by Nathan Small of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance were well-received, colorful, informative, and tasty hot. The ongoing attack on public lands to open them up to more and more commercial activity was the major focus of the "Protecting Otero Mesa Grasslands" presentation.
Winners of items included the following as could best be recorded in the excitement of it all!!
Pumpkin Carving prizes of Halloween related items went to Roosevelt Middle School students brought to Faraway Farm for hiking and pumpkin carving by Barbara Anderson and other teachers and parents. The students, in order of judging results, were: AJ Bell, John Kelly, Jacob Fiedler, and Todd Muhlack. An additional "Booby Prize" went to Howard Higley for his Decorated Gourd. :)
Sierra Club calendar went to Dieter Muhlack;
Mushroom book to Joe Garrity;
Audubon pottery to Dave Fisher;
Nepal purses to Charlie Winterwood & Jeff Haverland; Nepal t-shirts to Margreet Ryan and Joan Higley;
Freeze-dried camping dessert to Barb Blake;
Trick or Treat bag to Rod Stockel; Spooky bats to Jacob Thompson;
Scary cat to Grant Siegwarth;
New Mexico Wilds t-shirts to Kathy Thompson, Gretel Winterwood, Neta Wiederaenders, and Todd Muhlack.
Something Else went to Mike Muir. :-/
The multi-media presentations and New Mexican chips and salsa by Nathan Small of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance were well-received, colorful, informative, and tasty hot. The ongoing attack on public lands to open them up to more and more commercial activity was the major focus of the "Protecting Otero Mesa Grasslands" presentation.