April 2006

Up Front

• P&Z addresses development issues
• County survives governor’s veto pen By Bill Diven
• Fire ban strictly enforced
• Who’s who in the primaries By Bill Diven
• County Line By Jack Thomas, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission
• “Roots of Albuquerque” runs through May
• Rail Runner starts training in Bernalillo By Bill Diven
• New Bernalillo mayor gets right to work By Bill Diven
• Legislature allocates generous funding to Thirteenth Judicial District

Animal News

• Concerned citizens pay for antipoaching highway sign near Las Vegas, NM
• Watermelon works with SC Animal Control to temporarily hold stray pets

Around Town

• Coronado Monument to host talk on 1,000-year history of Cerrillos Hills
• Commissioner Sapien to speak on Civil War in New Mexico
• Placitas Community Library update By Anne Grey Frost

Business

• The Green Dog experience
• Film studio holds TV logo contest
• Are your debts overwhelming?

Community Bits

• La Buena Vida cookbook now available
• New Mexico Coed Pageant seeks contestants
• Humanist Harry Willson to speak on mortality
• Free job-search class for women in transition

Placitas Community Center

• Placitas Community Center & Senior Center Schedule
• Sandoval County Senior Center Lunch Menu

Community Profile

• Katrina cleanup proves therapeutic for grieving Placitas couple By Ty Belknap
• Madeline Randle’s contribution to community, arts was considerable By Jackie Ericksen

EcoBeat

• Pipeline studies nearing completion, public meeting to be scheduled By Bill Diven
• Conservationist Dave Foreman to speak at wildlife-trails workshop By Reid Bandeen
• Gila workshop will help teachers bring ecology into classrooms
• Corrales Growers' Market opens April 30
• Energy company stakes out wildlife refuge By April Reese, High Country News
• Classes will teach PV design, installation

Fire and Rescue

• Nine new PVFB recruits sworn in; new officers elected By Helen Stein
• Fire restrictions in effect
• Spring into health

Night Skies

• April Night Sky By Charlie Christmann
• Keeping our skies dark
• Spaceport will bring the world to New Mexico's "pier" By Benjamin Woods

Sandoval Arts

• Signpost featured artist of the month Bound by art By Bill Diven
• Wendy Day plays Chopin
• New Mexico Wine Festival poster-competition deadline in April
• Get your art on Route 66!
• Baroque music, “From The courts of Europe”—to Placitas
• Traveling museum on a train presents “Native Views”
• MasterWorks at Expo New Mexico
• “Easter Baroque” concert in Corrales
• More art downtown
• Summer Youth Opera Day Camp in June

Schoolbag

• Village Academy receives $150K federal grant to prepare for opening By Rosanne Eakin
• BHS student writes successful grant for recycling project By Barbara Vigil-Lowder
• Classes offered for grandparents raising grandchildren By Debbie Trujillo

The Gauntlet

• Your letters and comments to the editor
• Editorial— It’s true: guns don’t kill people By Paolo Bacigalupi

Time Off

• Adventures in Lalo-land By Lalo Belknap
• Time for serenity By Barb Belknap
• Local climber presents film at Placitas Talks By Ty Belknap