The 2017 Rounders Award
October 13, 2017 16:02 Book stuff | Food for Thought
New Mexico Department of Agriculture honors those who live, promote and articulate the western way of life.
Each year the New Mexico Department of Agriculture awards deserving people that had an influence on the western way of life, the Rounders Award. The Rounders Award was named after the famous Max Evans book and movie, The Rounders, and created in 1990.
This year NM Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte presented The Rounders Award to Jim Harris, Curtis Fort, and Rosemary Wilkie.
Harris is the author and editor of 12 books and currently writes columns for two Lea County newspapers. Harris is also the Director of the Lea County Museum.
Curtis Fort is a nationally recognized bronze sculptor in western themes of monumental size. Fort is also a rancher and cowboy.
Rosemary Wilkie is a master known master saddle maker. She is a 1994 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Art Heritage Award. She is also a boot-maker.
The State of New Mexico and the Ag Department are to be congratulated for recognizing these icons of western culture.
Barbe Awalt
Nov 12: 4th Annual Albuquerque Balloon Museum Arts & Crafts Fair, 9am to 5pm
HENRIETTA CHRISTMAS & PAUL RHETTS ("The Basic Genealogy Checklist")
Dec 9: Los Lunas Public Library, 10am
January 6: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, 10am
January 9: El Castillo Living Center, Santa Fe, NM, 7pm
RILEY MITCHELL ("The Essential Paranormal Bucket List")
Oct 21: Santa Fe Public Library, 2pm
Oct 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
SLIM RANDLES ("The Fly Fisherman's Bucket List")
Nov 9: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
JOSEPH SANCHEZ ("Historic Route 66")
Nov 4: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, 10am
Nov 18: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 3pm
JOHN TAYLOR & RICHARD MELZER ("Tragic Trails & Enchanted Journeys" & "Captain Maximiliano Luna")
Nov 11: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 16: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROBERT TORREZ ("Voices from the Past")
Nov 4: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROSS VAN DUSEN ("What Makes the Lightning?", "How the Crocka Dog Came to Be"; and "Lyle Got Stuck in a Tree")
Oct 28: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Dec 1: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 6pm
AT BOOKWORKS
This year NM Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte presented The Rounders Award to Jim Harris, Curtis Fort, and Rosemary Wilkie.
Harris is the author and editor of 12 books and currently writes columns for two Lea County newspapers. Harris is also the Director of the Lea County Museum.
Curtis Fort is a nationally recognized bronze sculptor in western themes of monumental size. Fort is also a rancher and cowboy.
Rosemary Wilkie is a master known master saddle maker. She is a 1994 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Art Heritage Award. She is also a boot-maker.
The State of New Mexico and the Ag Department are to be congratulated for recognizing these icons of western culture.
Barbe Awalt
UPCOMING CALENDAR:
RIO GRANDE BOOKSNov 12: 4th Annual Albuquerque Balloon Museum Arts & Crafts Fair, 9am to 5pm
HENRIETTA CHRISTMAS & PAUL RHETTS ("The Basic Genealogy Checklist")
Dec 9: Los Lunas Public Library, 10am
January 6: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, 10am
January 9: El Castillo Living Center, Santa Fe, NM, 7pm
RILEY MITCHELL ("The Essential Paranormal Bucket List")
Oct 21: Santa Fe Public Library, 2pm
Oct 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
SLIM RANDLES ("The Fly Fisherman's Bucket List")
Nov 9: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
JOSEPH SANCHEZ ("Historic Route 66")
Nov 4: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, 10am
Nov 18: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 3pm
JOHN TAYLOR & RICHARD MELZER ("Tragic Trails & Enchanted Journeys" & "Captain Maximiliano Luna")
Nov 11: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 16: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROBERT TORREZ ("Voices from the Past")
Nov 4: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROSS VAN DUSEN ("What Makes the Lightning?", "How the Crocka Dog Came to Be"; and "Lyle Got Stuck in a Tree")
Oct 28: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Dec 1: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 6pm
AT BOOKWORKS