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Published: 19 May 2017 19 May 2017

[Editor's Note: The Beat was waiting on other photos which were not available. If they become available they will be added.]

This author did not get to everything that happened on Saturday, May 13, 2017, but wishes to make people aware that they happened.

St. Francis Newman Center Parish celebrated the 100th anniversary of the appearance of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who became known as Our Lady of Fatima when she appeared to three children in Fátima, Portugal, on May 13, 1917. At Gough Park on Saturday, Catholics, estimated to be more than 70 and as many as 100, prayed the rosary, beginning at noon.

The Farm and Livestock Bureau also celebrated the 100th anniversary of New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau on Saturday, with a barbecue lunch at Tractor Supply. According to Stewart Rooks, Grant County FLB president and event organizer, they served about 160 hamburgers and about 100 hot dogs.

He said the national organization was founded in 1915, and the New Mexico chapter began in 1917.