Pinos Altos Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department held its annual October Fiesta fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 3. Vendors, food, entertainment and raffles drew folks to the mountain town.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Jim Rogers shows off his trained Harris Hawk, which recently took down a jackrabbit.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Susan Austin, PAVFR volunteer
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
David Rinsch, showing how to pan for gold.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Savanna Miller tries her hand at shooting balloons, with the help of Frank Ferrara of the Gila Rangers Cowboy Action Shooting Club.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Julianna Stites, also with the help of Ferrara, tries her hand at shooting
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Jim Jones, AKA Capt. Eli McDonald and Mary Lee Sloshed, are in period attire for the Gila Rangers.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Tanner Kovacs, recently moved to Silver City. He shows off the buckle he won as the Champion Bull Rider at the Grant County Fair.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
PAVFR volunteers, Ed Downard, Wout Vantellingen and his wife, Deborah pose for the camera.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Barbara Smith waves at the camera in her outfit color-coordinated with the tablecloths.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Dancers from Miss Melinda's Conservatory of Dance entertain the crowd. In green is Julianna Stites; purple, Azusa Sato; pink, Khloe O'Hare; turquoise Maggie Crisp; and blue Savanna Miller-Egge.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Lucy Whitmarsh, PAVFR chief, is the organizer of the annual event.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Azusa Sato and Maggie Crisp dance to rock.
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2015 Pinos Altos October Fiesta
Not a part of the fiesta, but the Pinos Altos Hearst Church Gallery showed the Grant County Art Guild's Purchase Prize Exhibit.
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