Please call as soon as possible 505-603-8676 if you know who she belongs to!

There will be a cash bar available and tickets will be on sale at the Chamber office beginning Monday, May 14, $25.00 each.

Caddy Shack will be the theme for the evening. Best dressed prizes awarded. Get your caddy shack golf attire ready!

Special thanks to sponsor Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc.

This class is for anyone interested in learning about setting up the QuickBooks accounting software. The course will be a hands on learning experience and will include a quick crash course on basic accounting, getting around in quickbooks, setting up quickbooks, working with lists, i.e., chart of accounts, entering & paying bills, receiving payments, working with bank accounts and setting up inventory. Participants should have basic computer skills. There is a $65 fee for each workshop.

When: Tuesday & Wednesday; June 5 & 6, 2012 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Where: Angel Fire, Moreno Valley High School.

QuickBooks Intermediate Class

When: Tuesday & Wednesday; June 19 & 20, 2012 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Where: Angel Fire, Moreno Valley High School.

Brought to you by Luna Community College Small Business Development Center.

ATTENTION! Pre-registration is required! Deadline to register is June 4, 2012 by 1:00 pm. Seating is limited. Sign up today!

Register online at www.nmsbdc.org or via email at tromero@luna.edu or by calling 505-454-2582 or (800) 588-7232 ext. 1758.

The Shuter Library is proud to offer eBooks and digital audio books to our members!

Memberships available beginning at $40. All you need is an Internet connection and a library card.

A great value value compared to Kindle book prices, Amazon Prime or Audible.com.

Find us on the Web at www.shuterlibrary.net, send us email at info@shuterlibrary.net or give us a call at 575-377-6755.

Where: Centro Plaza Parking Lot, Cove Arts Center (Yellow Building)

But it, sell it, you keep the money!

10′ x 15′ space available to private parties for food and retail vendors.

$10 for Chamber members and $25 for non members.

Advanced reservations are required so reserve your space now!

Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Centro Plaza, 3407 Hwy 434, Angel Fire, New Mexico.

Stop by the Chamber or call Jo at 575-377-6353.

We will meet at the Angel Fire Chamber of Commerce at 8:30 am to sign in, pick up trash bags, gloves, instructions and a ticket to the barbecue which will be held at the Community Center at noon.

Thanks for your participation to help keep our town beautiful!

This week’s featured I Know Jo member is All Things Twisted.

Oh my goodness was this week’s story fun. I walked away feeling very accomplished! My sister D.J and I both learned how to make earrings. I am wearing them as I type. Anita George, owner of All Things Twisted located in Centro Plaza, patiently taught us how to do this intricate art craft. She told us it could be addicting. I believe her now.

Anita opened All Things Twisted in January 2011. She wanted to open a bead shop. Lisa Sutton wanted to open a consignment shop. Since they share the space in Centro Plaza, they agreed on a compromise. Anita started beading in middle school on a loom using tiny seed beads. She beamed as she pulled out the loom and the box in which she keeps her seed beads, telling us, it is the same box she’s had since middle school! She then showed us the beautiful bracelets she now makes on the loom. Recently she has started using larger beads. Her store is filled with many shapes and types of beads, as well as fabulous hand-made jewelry. She loves to up-cycle older items and turn them into new purposed jewelry. She showed us bracelets with clasps made from old earrings and earrings made from the metal spikes of golf shoes.

We began our class, with the help of Anita’s young apprentice River Smith, learning the different tools she uses and what function they serve. She let us make several practice pairs, and then turned us loose to pick out the beads we wanted for our earrings. That was really the hardest part! Decisions, decisions, decisions. I ended up choosing black and white beads because I wear a lot of dark clothing, and my sister chose beads in shades of green. Under Anita’s watchful eye, we turned them into works of art! I am very happy with my earrings.

I asked Anita how she came to make Angel Fire her home. She said she had always dreamed of living in a Yurt somewhere in the trees. She even put the desire in a dream box. After coming to Angel Fire and working a few summers, she shared her desire with a friend. This friend told Anita about a neighbor next to the Girl Scout Ranch who had a yurt in his backyard. Negotiations went well and she packed her bags to move from St. Louis about seven years ago. She lived in the yurt for about five years, but now owns a home between Angel Fire and Eagle Nest.

Anita would love for everyone to visit her shop and learn to bead. You choose the day and the time to schedule your classes. All Things Twisted offers them Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at either 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, or 4:00 pm. Call 505-919-8797 for group rates and times. All ages are welcome. No experience is necessary. Anita supplies the tools and materials for each class. You pick the project and she’ll show you how to make it. The classes are usually about two hours long and you’ll walk away with new jewelry that you made yourself! Or if you don’t have the desire to do-it-yourself, she has plenty in stock that she has made for sale.

Anita said she’d love to have a few Mother/Daughter classes for Mother’s Day. It sounds like fun. I’m glad I got to share this experience with my sister and we both felt our mother would have loved it, too!

All Things Twisted is located in Centro Plaza at 3407 Mountain View Blvd. in Angel Fire, next door to the Chamber of Commerce. Come on over to shop or learn.

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Ticket donations are $20 each and there will be a drawing held on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012.

You can purchase tickets at the Foundation’s Gift Shop at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial.

Please call 585-377-6900 for more information.

• Best Private “Tailwater” on Hwy 64
• Pristine Open Water Casting
• Huge Population of Healthy Stream Born Brown Trout
• Amazing Insect Hatches June to September
• Season: June 1 through September 30
• Casting Lessons
• Fly Fishing Workshops

10% Lodging Discounts for Booking before June 1st
Promotional Code GRD12

For more information and reservations call 866-376-2482 or www.cimarroncita.com.

When: May 5 & 6, 2012

Where: Laguna Vista Lodge, 51 E. Therma Dr., Eagle Nest, NM 87718

Salsa Making Contest

Winner gets bragging rights and his/her picture displayed in the Saloon as the Salsa Showdown Champion!