ANNOUNCEMENTS

Special events

21ST ANNUAL COYOTE CLASSIC HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

will be held March 8-10 and 15-17 at Taos Youth and Family Center, 607 Paseo del Cañon, Taos. This free community event will showcase the skills and dedication of our own Taos athletes as they face opponents from around the region! For more information, contact 575-758-4160.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES LADIES AUXILIARY

is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! Join Sunday, March 16 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. for for corned beef and cabbage and delicious desserts. Members, auxiliary members and bonafide guests are welcome. $15 contribution. 1016 Dea Lane (near Walmart), Taos. For more information, contact Cynthia Burt, 575-578-2887.

TAOS FIESTA COUNCIL

is seeking fiesta photos for our webpage. Community members are encouraged to submit photos of past royalty (queens, courts and princesas), the Tio Vivo carousel, and/or any fiesta photos. Any physical photos will be scanned and returned to the owner. Please submit photos through the end of March to Tina Martinez at 575-613-0967 and tinaisfast@ yahoo.com or Taos Fiesta Council at howie@brainwax.com.

TAOS COUNTY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

is being updated and asks residents to take a survey to provide direction for the future of Taos County. The survey is available online and in-person in English and en español. Pick up hard copies at the Taos County Administration Complex, the Village of Questa Office, and Family Dollar (Peñasco). The survey will run through March 31. Take the English survey at surveymonkey.com/r/5H7DZVS. Tomas la encuesta en español en surveymonkey.com/r/XKYP7VQ.

volunteers will be providing free in-person tax preparation assistance Tuesdays Jan. 30 through April 9 at the Talpa Community Center, 4 Archuleta Road, Ranchos de Taos. Appointments can be made online at the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Locator

AARP TAX-AIDE

(search “tax-aide locator”) and in person at the Talpa Community Center Library after 10 a.m. Mondays and Tuesdays. There is also considerable need for volunteers to work at the site. If you are interested, please call 575-613-8412 and leave a message.

Meetings

THE ACEQUIA MADRE DEL LLANO

will hold their annual meeting March 9 at 2 p.m. at the Arroyo Hondo Community Center, 26 Lower Arroyo Hondo Road, Arroyo Hondo. Agenda will include election of officers and other acequia business. For more information, contact Fernando Martinez at 575613-0555.

HARTT ACEQUIA

will hold its annual meeting Sunday, March 10 at 1 p.m. at the Talpa Community Center, 3 Archuleta Road, Ranchos de Taos. For more information, contact Mark Flores at 575-779-3369.

ARROYO SECO MUTUAL DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION

will hold its annual meeting Sunday, March 10 at 1:30 p.m. at the Arroyo Seco Community Center, 495 NM 150 Arroyo Seco. Regular monthly meeting to follow afterwards. For more information, call 575-776-2822.

ACEQUIA DE ATALALA

will hold their annual meeting Sunday, March 10 at 4 p.m. at the Arroyo Hondo Community Center, 26 Lower Arroyo Hondo Road, Arroyo Hondo. For more information, contact Cliff Bain at 575-776-8486.

LA MERCED DE CRISTOBAL DE LA SERNA

will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Talpa Community Center, 3 Archuleta Road, Ranchos de Taos. For more information, contact landgrant@cristobaldelaserna.org.

ACEQUIA MADRE DEL RIO CHIQUITO

will hold its annual cleaning Saturday, March 16 at 8 a.m. Bad weather date is Saturday, March 23. Meet at the headgate on La Morada Road. For more information contact 575-779-5162, 575-770-7096, or amdelriochiquito@gmail.com.

ACEQUIA DEL MONTE DEL RIO CHIQUITO

will hold its annual cleaning

Saturday, March 16 at 8:30 a.m. Upper parciantes meet at division, lower parciantes meet at Arguello’s. For more information, contact 575758-8366.

THE RANDALL RESERVOIR AND ACEQUIA ASSOCIATION

will hold their annual meeting virtually Saturday, March 16 at 10 a.m. Attendees will be able to participate via phone or computer. For more information, a meeting invitation or a copy of the agenda, contact Mark Danemann at mdanemann@gmail.com.

SAN FRANCISCO DE PAUDA ACEQUIA ASSOCIATION

will hold its biannual meeting Saturday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m. at the Juan I. Gonzales Agriculture Center, 202 Chamisa Road, Taos. To attend virtually via Zoom, to access meeting documents and bylaws, for past meeting minutes, or for meeting agenda, contact 443-845-2816 or acequiasfdepauda@gmail.com.

ACEQUIA JAROSA

will hold their annual meeting Saturday, March 16 at 5 p.m. at the Talpa Community Center, 3 Archuleta Road, Ranchos de Taos. Important matters need to be addressed. Please plan to attend. For more information, contact Toby Martinez, 575-758-1244.

members in Taos will host a very important meeting March 22 at 5:30 in the Kit Carson Electric Boardroom, 118 Cruz Alta Road, Taos. Must attend meeting to determine if continues to exist or revoke. For more information, call Francis Cordova, Chapter Adjutant at 575-770-1141.

DAV CHAPTER 12 MANUEL ANDRES TRUJILLO AND JUAN MANUEL DITCH ASSOCIATION

(unbold) will hold their annual meeting Saturday, March 23 at 4 p.m. at the Quail Ridge Inn, 88 NM 150, El Prado.

ACEQUIA DE LOS LOVATOS DITCH CLEANING

will be held Saturday, April 6 from 8 a.m. to noon, meeting in the field across from 714 Upper Ranchitos Road. For more information, contact 575-779-6840.

ACEQUIA DE LOS LOVATOS ANNUAL MEETING

will be held Sunday, April 14 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Juan I. Gonzalez Agricultural Center, 202 Chamisa Road, Taos. For more information, contact 575-779-6840.

TAOS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Ham radio meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month, 5:30 p.m. at the new location: OPD (Old Police Station), 107 Civic Plaza Drive in Taos. Call 575-770-1961.

Taos Public Library

TAOS PUBLIC LIBRARY is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The library lobby is open Mondays from 2-6 p.m. Located at 402 Camina de la Placita, Taos. For more information, call 575-737-2590 or email librarian@ taosgov.com.

YOGA IN THE STACKS Free level 1 yoga classes for adults 18 and older every Thursday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Please bring your own mats. Blocks and straps will be provided. CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH Free conversational Spanish meetups, held every Wednesday from 5-6 p.m.

STORYTIME Songs, dancing, crafts, stories and more. Join us every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. for free and fun storytime for the whole family. BILINGUAL STORYTIME Storytime, songs, and crafts in English and Spanish every Monday at 2 p.m.

Talpa Community Center & Library

TALPA COMMUNITY CENTER & LIBRARY

is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Services include use of computers, affordable copies, Wi-Fi, faxing and reading/ educational materials. Register for a free library card. Located at 3 Archuleta Road, Ranchos de Taos, Call 575-751-014 for more information.

UNM–Taos

TAOS EDUCATION AND CAREER CENTER

at UNM-Taos offers free High School Equivalency (HiSET/GED) preparation, English Language classes, small-group literacy instruction, and helps in discovering a new, in-demand career along the way. Visit the center on the Klauer Campus (1157 CR 110, Ranchos de Taos) or call 575-737-3730.

HIVE HUB study, tech support and tutoring for all ages is open Thursdays 3:30-7 p.m. at UNM-Taos

HIVE, 1146 Gusdorf Road, Taos. For more information, call 575-7795858.

Education

VISTA GRANDE CHARTER SCHOOL

is expanding! VGCS will include 7th and 8th grade students as well as high school. Applications are available now for the 2024-25 school year. Join us for an information session Wednesday, March

6 at 5:30 p.m. to hear about the Vista Grande approach to rigorous project based academics, family and community engagement 213 Paseo del Cañon E, Taos. For more information, contact 575-758-5100 or visit vistagrande.org.

TAOS PUEBLO HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

is now enrolling for the 2024-25 school year. Children enrolled in other Federally Recognized Tribes, and children with disabilities are welcome and encouraged to apply. To schedule availability and an intake meeting, call 575-758-5819.

TAOS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS’S LOTTERY

for the 2024-25 school year is open through Tuesday, April 9, and the lottery drawing will be held Friday, April 19. Applications are available online at taosinternational.org or the school office at 118 Este Es Road, Taos. For more information, contact 575-751-7115.

ANANSI CHARTER SCHOOL’S LOTTERY

is open through Wednesday, April 24 and the lottery drawing will be held on Thursday, April 25. Applications are available online at anansicharterschool.org or at the school office at 57 NM 230, El Prado. For more information, contact 575-776-2256.

TAOS CHARTER SCHOOL’S LOTTERY

application for the 2024-25 school year is open through Tuesday, April 9. Applications are available online at taoscharterschool.org and in-office at 1303 Paseo del Cañon E, Taos. The lottery will be held Tuesday, April 16 in the TCS cafeteria. TCS is a free, public K-8 charter school. For more information, contact 575-751-7222 ext. 2 or office@taoscharterschool.org.