Archive for May 29, 2009
Fundraiser For Wildlife West Next Saturday
by John Weckerle
Next Saturday, June 6, a fundraiser will be held to feed the animals at Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood, New Mexico. This will include a chuckwagon supper, entertainment by The Rattlerz, tours of the animal areas, disc golf, horseshoes, and a free-flight Peregrine Falcon demonstration – all for the paltry sum of $28 per person. For reservations, contact the Park at (505) 281-7655 or (505) 286-4053. For more information, see the Park’s event flier.
Once again, folks, Wildlife West is an outstanding asset to the regional community, and the Park needs our help. We simply can’t wait and assume that a big donor will ride in on a white horse and start tossing food into the habitats. If you can’t make it to the fundraiser, please consider visiting the Park web site and making a contribution. Even the smallest donation helps, and if enough of us make those donations, it will be just as good as one big one. To all our readers, whether they hail from here or elsewhere, please do what you can to feed the animals at Wildlife West. You will have our thanks.
New Italian Restaurant Opens
by John Weckerle
On Tuesday of this week, a new restaurant – Gordon’s Italian Restaurant – opened at the former location of Kokopelli’s on State Road 14 just north of Frost Road. We went to dinner at the new establishment last evening.
We arrived early, and were greeted by a friendly, courteous, and humorous gentleman at the front desk. We were seated immediately – there were few other patrons in the restaurant when we arrived, and the parking lot was far less than half full. Each of us ordered a glass of Farnese Chardonnay, which was reasonably good and reasonably priced at $6.50 per glass. We looked over the menu, which had pasta dishes (these do not include a salad) priced from $9 to $12 and other, more expensive dishes up to $25. I ordered the linguine con gamberi (shrimp), and Lucy ordered the conchigle salsica (forgive the spelling if it’s wrong), which was shells and sausage. Our server, Tracy, brought the wine and some bread and butter, and then some water, and we began waiting for our dinner. »» New Italian Restaurant Opens