Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
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Pie contest judges, from left, Gary Hilton, Bill Crossland and Dale streams.
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Attendees included Dale and Jeannette Giese, Rick Hargraves visiting Jim and Sam Redford. Hargraves hails from Golden Beach near Brisbane, Australia.
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Grace Williams, chairwoman of the festival.
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John and Linda Rokosz of Ruckus Ridge Crafts.
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Beautiful horses.
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Scott Kiefer and George Tripp, Upper Mimbres Volunteer Fire Department volunteers.
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Kathy Hill and Kathy Feld promoting the Imogen F. Wilson Education Foundation of the Mimbres Cultural Heritage Site.
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Michael Barragree, growing a beard to play Gooch in Oct. 14 reenactment of Murder in the Mimbres. He is also a volunteer for the Lower Mimbres VFD.
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Cass Raisor and Nancy Manning, volunteers at the Gila Cliff Dwellings.
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Rylee Reyes and Ellena Bertolani pick out beads with help from Katie Dunn.
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Preston White, 3, and Wyatt Robertson, 2, pose by the pumpkins.
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Valerie McCaffrey and her sister Gwen, raise awareness of 200 years of acequias on the Mimbres River. More than 36 ditches use water from the river.
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Teresa Showa and Allen Chee work with Valerie on Navajo tribal water.
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Bill Overholt shows off a jar of homemade raspberry jam from his farm's berries.
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Thelma Aguilera and her brother, Gil, pose as they wait to get their red enchiladas.
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An overview of people at the Health Fair part of the festival.
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Elsie Troutman talks to Adrienne Dare and Kelduyn Garland of Compassion and Choices concerning death decisions.
The annual Mimbres Valley Harvest Festival was held inside the gym and on the grounds of the San Lorenzo Elementary School. Vendors of food and goods, artists, crafters, and a health fair were features of the event. Volunteer Fire Departments had their area trucks on the grounds.
A major draw as always was the pie contest, many with local produce of apples, peaches and raspberries among others. Friends encountered and visited with old and new friends.