Again this year look for dutch oven desserts on the refreshment table, made fresh throughout the fair!
Food Drive! Please help us support Bethel Store House in Moriarty by donating non-perishables. Part of being self-reliant is "Neighbors helping neighbors."
*It is not required for entry into the fair, but since this is a free event for the community I hope you will show your support.
Donate to Emergency Buckets *see bottom of post to see how you can help!
(There will be signs up in the building to help you find your way around)
Room 1
9:10 Bee Keeping
10:00 Bee Keeping
10:50 Thrive - Food Storage
11:40 Gardening in the East Mountains
12:30 Gardening in the East Mountains
1:10 Thrive - Food Storage
2:00 Emergency Communications / Ham / CB Radio
Room 1 class descriptions...
Bee Keeping - Taught by Craig Noorlander
Thrive Life - "Come to a cooking demonstration and tasting featuring Thrive Freeze Dried Foods. It can be hard to figure out where to start when it comes to budgeting, storing, and rotating a long-term food supply. You won't be overwhelmed anymore after you attend this class. You will also be excited to see how cooking with freeze dried foods can hep you save time, save money and eat healthier! Nothing beats the peace of mind you'll have as you build a Home Store full of delicious foods that you know your family will eat." - Amber Pearce Thrive Life
"East Mountain Gardening with Drip Irrigation - Gardening in the East Mountains, high dessert climate can have its challenges, but it can be done and has great rewards. Tips on garden preparation and planning , seed selection, weed, disease and pest identification/management and irrigation will be offered." - Ive Schwebach
"The Emergency Communications / Ham / CB Radio class will concentrate on the importance of having some sort of emergency communications available during crises of any sort. Most people think they will just be able to use their cell phones if their home phones don't work, but in every disaster/storm/crisis since the inventions of telegraph and telephone, ALL normal communications systems fail in the first several days after an "event", due to:
(1) Overload - when an earthquake, tornado, flood, fire etc. occurs, so many people grab the cell phones and home phones to "See if everyone is OK" that it overloads the Internet, Cell phone towers, and landline home phone systems. Inability to "get through" creates even more distress and more efforts to use the phones, making the overload problem even worse as the first several days follow after a disaster. Which also leads to:
(2) Public service officials, police, homeland security, etc, often SHUT DOWN parts of the telephone (cell AND home) systems to "prioritize" their own access to communications so they can better direct their own relief efforts.
(3) Electrical power is often lost at mountaintops and cell towers and telephone switching stations, reducing the number of calls that can be completed.
We will review ways to deal with each of these problems, using common sense and readily available equipment, without undue expense, using commonly available but rarely used resources:
-CB radios: Communications for several miles from home or vehicle
-FRS and GMRS radios: Local communications with walkie talkies and mobiles in vehicles
-Ham Radio for both local and long distance communications." - Jim Devenport
Room 2
9:10 How to deal with Gofers
10:00 The Money Management Class
10:50 Your Health
11:40 Home-Defense
12:30 Herbs & Essential Oils
1:10 Creating a Family Emergency Plan
2:00 Survival Skills
Room 2 Class descriptions...
Taught by Shawn Wimberly of the USDA
The Money Management Class " A seminar covering the money issues most people face (or will face).Often, in seminars like this, participants come away feeling as if they’ve learned something, but they’re not sure what to do with their new-found knowledge, and they don’t know how to figure out what applies to their own lives.
This seminar helps demystify financial issues, explains some basic concepts about how money works, and helps people understand their own relationship to money. We will discuss some of the more common issues facing people: cash reserves, taxes, retirement, college funding, estate planning, and insurance.
With the information presented in class, participants should be able to get a new perspective on their financial lives, and will be able to ask themselves (or a professional) much more productive questions."
Presented by Judy Lopas and/or Jesus A. Soto. LUTCF - Financial Advisors
"1. How to be as healthy as you can BEFORE a crisis hits - through diet, exercise and proper sleep.
2. Some hints on alternatives to prescription drugs - in case you can't get them anymore." - Dr. Redd
"Learn how to enhance your personal safety and protect your family" - Lee Aldridge
Have you ever thought about what you would do in an emergency? Have you ever thought about what you would do in an emergency and you were separated from your family?
This session will go into the important aspects of planning so that you, your family, and your friends can be better prepared in the event an emergency or when disaster strikes. We will discuss the importance of having plans, how to create a plan for different scenarios, discuss what type of plans you might need for the environment you are in, discuss some basic equipment and materials to have ready to go to execute your plans, who should be involved in creating your plans, and how often you should review and practice them!
- Mike Kemp, C.S.P.This session will go into the important aspects of planning so that you, your family, and your friends can be better prepared in the event an emergency or when disaster strikes. We will discuss the importance of having plans, how to create a plan for different scenarios, discuss what type of plans you might need for the environment you are in, discuss some basic equipment and materials to have ready to go to execute your plans, who should be involved in creating your plans, and how often you should review and practice them!
"Come join me and learn about “The cure is in the cupboard” and what important herbs for medicine are @ your fingertips. Also, learn what essential oils need to be in your first aid kit." -Jeannice Perry www.CreativePreppers.com
Room 3
9:10 Raising Alpacas
10:00 Raising Chickens
10:50 A is for Archery
11:40 Survival Skills
12:30 Wind Energy
1:10 Solar Energy
2:00 Water Storage
Room 3 Class descriptions...
"Archery Anyone? Have you ever shot a bow and arrow? Would you like to try?
A brief introduction into shooting, SAFETY the main take away message. And
an opportunity to shoot a few arrows. Everyone will get a chance to shoot;
kids, teens, adults, EVERYONE? Instruction by a certified instructor."
- Jon Ghahate, owner of Eagle Archery
Survival Skills - "Simple Steps to Getting Prepared
Self-reliance doesn't have to be complex or expensive. Learn the 6 basic
survival needs and how to set your own personal goals to meet those needs.
We will cover the areas of:
* Shelter
* Water
* Food
* Energy
* Security
* Sanitation and Health
Once these areas are understood, you will be able to create a basic
checklist to get you moving toward accomplishing your own family's goals." - Dave Perry
"Learn about wind turbine generators and how you can save money and sell electricity back to the electric companies. AND also power for remote off-grid home & ranches." - Michael LeVine ALL STAR ELECTRIC COMPANY www.allstarelec.com On-Site Power System Specialists: Photovoltaics, Wind Turbine Generators, Engine-Generators.
Solar Energy - Paul Mooney, a Solar Professional from Consolidated Solar Technologies (CST) will be presenting a class on Solar Power Systems for attendees of the Self Reliance Fair. The class will cover basic education in how photovoltaic systems work, solar powers place in the overall energy market related to the priorities of the utilities and prominent industry players, legislation, tax incentives, panel warranties and how these issues impact your personal energy strategy and the benefits of the SunPower product line. Sunpower.com
gocstsolar.com Feel free to contact Paul via e-mail pmooney@gocstsolar.com
Booths - This is a list of people who will only have booths NOT classes...
Alpacas - "South Mountain Alpacas is owned by Skip and Stacie Chavez. Their alpaca ranch is located in Edgewood, NM. Alpacas were imported into the United States over 30 years ago from South America. Alpacas are a wonderful fleece growing animals. Alpacas fleece is hypo allergenic because it contains no lanolin; their fleece has no “itches” because their hair shafts are hollow and they have no scales – the scales are what make wool itchy. (So it is a natural breathable fleece). South Mountain Alpacas has been located in Edgewood, NM for over 2 years. We are a full scale alpaca ranch – we provide agisting (boarding), breeding, and sales. Alpacas come in 22 natural colors. Special attention has been paid to their breeding and Alpacas fleece is now as fine as cashmere. Alpacas are naturally curious and they are very friendly. Please call and schedule a time to come to our ranch and meet our wonderful animals – we can show you how you can breed and create your own “dream” alpaca ranch!"
Abq Old School -"Classes in frugal, tradition and sustainable living. Learn in super-affordable, hands-on classes. " Come see what they offer!
4-H Club the Rt. 66 Sharp Shooters - Find out all about 4-H and let your kids do some hands on projects.
Solar Ovens - Richard Sego and his wife Diane will be at the fair again teaching you how to use a solar oven. Taste fresh baked cookies and bread cooked in the solar oven at the fair.
Canning Booth - Come ask questions about home canning and look at the equipment needed.
NM Big Horn Gun Club - Ask questions and find out what they offer!
Health Booth - Linda Kallish - Live blood analysis, lymphatic drainage techniques, and more, come talk with her about how you can attain better health and wellness.
First Aide - An ER Nurse will be there to answer your first aide questions and teach you in a hands on fashion.
First Responders - CERT "We will have hand outs and information about being prepared in disasters or emergencies. We would like to get more volunteers in to CERT so that we can help the community when needed."
Tuft Twin Farms - Is located off Frost, they have an orchard, raise chickens and sell eggs and much more. They are a fascinating and friendly couple. Come meet and chat with Barry & Ellen Goldberg and learn about their farm and let them share their wisdom and experience with you.
Anyone in this list will be teaching a class and have a booth too...
Archery - Family Emergency Planning - Dr. Redd's health class -
Wind Energy Etc - survival skills - herbs & essential oils - Solar Energy -
Thrive food storage - Money Management - Bee Keeping - Tuft Twin Farms -
Alpacas -
Please Donate to South Mountain Elementary's emergency buckets. The goal is to have a 5 gallon bucket in each room of the school stocked with emergency supplies to be used in case of a lock down or natural disaster.
The PTO president will have a table set up in the foyer to receive your generous donations of either money or items. Very little of the supplies has been procured so far, the cost for each bucket is about $80. I hope you will do what you can and help support this schools initiative to be prepared. Feel free to e-mail PTO president Art Garcia with any questions fyreman94@mac.com thanks!
They need...
AAA/AA batteries
Flavored drink mix packets 10ct per box
Granola bars
Gallon size plastic sealable bags
Sandwich size plastic sealable bags
Mini LED flashlights
Glow-sticks
Facial tissue
Hand held radio model cobra cxt-235 if you would like to purchase this item please let me know so I can then take it off the list. Thank You!
Hope to see you there! If you have any questions leave a comment and I will get back to you ASAP or e-mail me at paynelessphoto@gmail.com -DeAnn Payne
