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Chuck Wagon Lunch & Antique Tractors Featured at Expo
Portales, NM—The New Mexico Ag Expo, Feb. 22 and 23, sponsored by Plateau Wireless and Hamilton Automotive Group (GM Country, Big Country Ford), will again delight spectators and vendors alike with their annual Chuck Wagon Lunch with the Portales Rotary Club serving juicy steak while some of the finest antique tractors parade across the show grounds during the noon hour.
The Chuck Wagon Lunch, sponsored by Sunland, Inc., is Tuesday, Feb. 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Sheep Barn. The Antique Tractor Parades will be held each day at 11:30 a.m. around the midway.
The Portales Rotary Club will be serving steaks to raise money mainly for the Rotary scholarship fund. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased from any Portales Rotary member, the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce or at the door. Contact Scott Davis at (505) 359-1205.
The Chuck Wagon Lunch is Rotary's biggest fund raiser of the year. They served more than 600 steaks last year. According to Charles May, a committee member, the club's members work hard putting on the lunch. Besides the members who cook, two will work the door, six or seven will be serving, and four or five will be cleaning tables.
"This year we will be serving our steaks throughout Portales so if people will get their tickets and let us know, we will be happy to deliver,” Davis said. Members of the ENMU Rotoract will be taking vendor orders and delivering to their booths.
The annual Antique Tractor Parades seems to entertain and delight spectators of all ages.
Weldon Reed is chairman of the Ag Expo’s Antique Tractor Parade. "This year’s parade looks to be even bigger than the past. I think people really enjoy the antique tractors," said Reed. "We are also looking at having a variety of events and games over the two day show.” The shows will differ each day as the exhibitors will come and go, he added.
The tractor displays get larger each year, featuring more than 30 makes and models of antique tractors, but John Deere tractors seem to be the most popular among owners with some new equipment being added this year.
To register antique tractors for the Expo, contact Weldon Reed at (505) 478-2291.
For more information about the New Mexico Ag Expo, call the Roosevelt
County Chamber of Commerce at 505-356-8541 or 800-635-8036, e-mail
at chamber@portales.com or
log onto the Expo web site at www.nmagexpo.com.