New Mexico Horse Trails And Camping

Entertainment calendar for May 10

EVENTS

EDGE OF EXCESS II is on display until June 10 at the Foundry Art Center, 520 N. Main Centre, St. Charles. The exhibit will feature art characterized by the excessive use of repetition and features artists from across the United States. For more information, call 636-255-0270.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME will take place from 10-10:45 a.m. and 1-1:45 p.m. May 11 and 18 at Corporate Parkway Branch Library, 1200 Corporate Pkwy., Wentzville. Event is for ages 3-6. Registration is required and limited to 25 participants. For more information or to register, go to www.youranswerplace.org or call 636-327-4010.

TIME FOR TWOS, story time, will take place from 10-10:30 a.m. May 11, 18 and 25 at Spencer Road Branch Library, 427 Spencer Road, St. Peters. Event is for age 2 and caregivers. Registration is required and limited to 15 participants. For more information or to register, go to www.youranswerplace.org or call 636-447-2320.

SPRING STORY TIME will take place from 10-10:45 a.m. May 11, 17 and 18 and 1:30-2:15 p.m. May 17 at Middendorf-Kredell Branch Library, 2750 Highway K, O'Fallon. Event is for ages 3-6. Participants will read stories, rhymes and make crafts. Topics include mom, moon and mishmash. Registration is required and limited to 25 participants. For more information or to register, go to www.youranswerplace.org or call 636-978-7926.

DROP IN STORY TIME will take place from 10-10:45 a.m. May 11, 12, 18 and 19 at Kathryn Linnemann Branch Library, 2323 Elm St., St. Charles. Event is for ages 3 and up. Participants will read about bugs, snakes and caterpillars. Registration is not required. For more information, go to www.youranswerplace.org or call 636-723-0232.

MAY STORY TIMES will take place from 10-10:45 a.m. May 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25 and 11:15 a.m.-noon May 17 and 24 at Deer Run Branch Library, 1300 N. Main St., O'Fallon. Event is for ages 3-6. Story will be "Feathered Friends," (May 11), "Doggone," (May 18 and 19) and "Bikes and Trikes," (May 24 and 25). Registration is required and limited to 20 participants. For more information or to register, go to www.youranswerplace.org or call 636-978-3261.

The SCENIC REGIONAL LIBRARY BOOKMOBILE schedule is 9-10:45 a.m. May 12 at Wesleyan Kiddie Kollege; 11:15 a.m.- 1 p.m. May 12 at Liberty Christian Academy; 2-4 p.m. May 12 at Lake Sherwood Community; and 2-3 p.m. May 16 at Marthasville Community. For more information, go to www.scenicregional.org or call 636-583-3224.

BCHNM Lower Rio Grand News | New Mexico Nicker

Well, if the forests don’t burn before we get there, we’ll be headin’ for the hills this month, along with the Gila Chapter, to clear trails in the Black Range.  Fire danger is extremely high, and there is a fire burning near the Gila Cliff Dwellings right now.  We’ve been watching the Organ Mountains burn for the past week … let’s all pray for early rain this summer.

Despite the winds and dry conditions we had some great rides in April.  We rode out at Fort Cummings, near Cook’s Peak, early in the month.  Then we joined the Socorro Chapter at Fort Stanton for some great riding and a wonderful pot-luck and steak dinner (steaks provided and grilled by the Socorro folks, who really know how to do it right!).  Several of our chapter members rode up on an elk herd of about fifty animals, which crossed our path twice.  There is a serious need for more trail markers at Fort Stanton, so we hope to join the Socorro Chapter again this year for that project.

This month we’ll be scouting the northern extension of the Sierra Vista Trail, at the foot of the Organ Mountains, and taking a look at the Camino Real, at the beginning of the Jornada Del Muerto, north of Upham.  The BLM has put in some parking areas and kiosks to point out the historic trail.  We plan to spend National Trails Day (first Saturday in June) in the Lincoln National Forest, near Cloudcroft, and in July we plan a campout at the Gillespie Ranch near Mayhill.  So get your pony out and leg him up—we’re goin’ to the mountains!

Time and Date:  6:30 April 13, 2011 at Branigan Library

Attendees:  Joyce Getrost, Pat Buls, Kathi-Jane Alvarado Kathy Boyer,  Lisa Parshall, Don Patterson, Piedad Mayagoitia, Jane Thomas, Ron Parker

Pat Buls presented the Gila Chapter work schedule for this summer.   We are invited to join them whenever possible to get as much work done in the Gila as possible.  Several dates were discussed as possible times we can join them.

Ron Parker reported on his attendance at the New Mexico Equine Industry Summit in Clovis, NM 3/26 as our representative.  This meeting was by invitation only.  It was a gathering of horsemen from various backgrounds interested in joining together to help promote the equine industry.  Organized by NMSU Professor Jason Turner, it is planned to be an annual event.

Don Patterson proposed that we provide all new members with a free copy of the BLM Guide book.  The motion was seconded and passed.

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