15th Annual Ice Cream Sunday

Everyone’s favorite summer treat is the star of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s largest event of the summer.

The 15^th-annual Ice Cream Sunday, which happens to land on National Ice Cream Day, is from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on July 15.

Admission for Ice Cream Sunday is the same as regular museum admission: $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens and $3 for children ages 4 to 17. Children 3 and under are admitted free. Free passes (Culture, Library or Friends) are not part of this special event.

The first 600 people to pay admission to Ice Cream Sunday receive a coupon for a free 5-ounce cup of Caliche’s Frozen Custard to use at the museum during the afternoon. Visitors are also invited to make their own ice cream using tin cans or plastic bags. Ingredients are provided and there will be instruction areas in the museum courtyard.

The popular annual ice cream sandwich eating races are scheduled to start at 3 p.m., with registration from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Only those who sign up will be allowed to compete and there will be a limited number of participants. The age categories for the races are: 4-6, 7-10, 11-13, 14-17, and 18-and-over. Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers in each division.

There also will be games, activities, the regular museum offerings, and a plant sale featuring plants grown in the museum’s greenhouse. Museum volunteer Jerry Schickedanz will be making ice cream using a washing-machine motor and handing out free samples.

Red Hawk Golf Club and Lost Cruces Escape Room will add games to the event. Other supporters of the event include the Friends of the Museum, Rockin’ Jump, Southwest Dairy Farmers, Sarah Farms, Allen Theaters, Cracker Barrel, Village Inn, Tractor Supply Company, Walmart, Hubbard’s Music, Wet-n-Wild, Adventure Zone and Chuck E. Cheese’s, and Peter Piper Pizza.