A Cowboy Dinner and Dance took place at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Cliff on Saturday night. By estimate, close to 900 people from babies to 90-year-olds were served a brisket dinner. Desserts were potluck, with those attending bringing their favorites. Guests then danced to country music performed by The Delk Band and Bucky Allred, with special guests Dee Ford, Roy Garcia and Ty Martin. Several people commented that the event brought back memories of “the old days,' when events such as this were a regular occurrence in small communities around the area. Attendees visited with friends they had not seen in years and caught up with families. Teenagers gathered and flirted and chatted. Older folks strutted their steps on the dance floor, and by quite a few accounts, a “good time was had by all.' The fundraising effort for the Gila Livestock Grower’s Association and Americans for the Preservation of Western Environment was to help pay for their efforts to prepare for potential litigation and to inform urban neighbors of the devastating impact of the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program on the people who are forced to live with the wolves on their ranches, in their yards and in their communities, according to the invitation...Silver City Daily Press
900 people in tiny Cliff, NM!
Over $17,000 raised!
Congratulations to Joe Delk and Bucky Allred for putting this together. Congrats also to Laura Schneberger and the Gila Livestock Growers.
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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