Serving the High Plains
• Saturday — Very Merry Tucumcari Christmas Dash. This free event by the Quay County Health Council and Tucumcari MainStreet will be from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza. It will feature a quarter-mile walk with games, hot chocolate, snacks and a free Christmas ornament for participants.
• Sunday — Logan Light Parade. The parade will begin at 6 p.m., with lineup of entrants behind the Old Country Inn motel. The route will be the same as the village’s Fourth of July parade. Cash prizes will be given to the top three entries. A craft fair also will be held at the Logan Civic Center.
• Dec. 15 — Tucumcari Community Choir Christmas Cantata. The choir has a new director, Brian Wilson, and a 10-member committee to carry on after longtime director Harold Sloan retired. The free performance will be at 7 p.m. at Center Street Methodist Church, 406 E. Center St. in Tucumcari.
• Dec. 16 — Wreaths Across America Day at Tucumcari Memorial Park. The Tucumcari chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is taking orders for wreaths at veterans graves at $17 each. To order, call Susan at (575) 403-6959 or go to wreathsacrossamerica.org/NM0059P. Wreaths will be placed at 10 a.m. after a brief ceremony.