APRIL 2007

Up Front

• County defends Sandoval Broadband project By Ty Belknap
• Bernalillo Offers Concerned Citizens’ Hotline
• Town of Bernalillo signs contract for arsenic removal By Ben Forgey
• New flood control agency for local watershed? By Ty Belknap
• How development disturbs the watershed
• Culverts replaced in preparation for summer monsoons
• DWI costs cut deep
• Corrales Historical Society leads trip through North Valley
• County line By Don Leonard, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission

Animal News

• Lost and Found Pets
• Chimpanzee born at Rio Grande Zoo
• Conservation groups warn Catron County of suit for wolves
• Wolves have a reputation that’s larger than life By Dan Whipple, High Country News

Around Town

• County to get $5.7M from state
• McCoy reports on special session
• Work begins along I-25 as part of Phase Two Rail Runner route to Santa Fe
• Wayne Sandoval replaces Ann Rustebakke at Planning and Zoning
• Final public comment period on transportation plan ends April 20

Business

• Chamber chat By Ty Belknap
• Messuri guides holistic financial planning
• New Mexico Educators opens two new local branches

Community Bits

• A gala auction benefit for Placitas Community Library planned at Santa Ana Star By John Orne Green
• “Maintain Your Brain” program gears up
• Recreational bike ride Tour of the Nations travels Indian Country
• Outcomes Inc. Sandoval Senior Connection offers help

Placitas Community Center

• T’ai Chi Chih offered at the Placitas Community Center
• Sandoval County Senior and Community Centers’ February Menu
• Placitas Senior Center Calendar

EcoBeat

• The BLM tug of war By Carol Parker

Night Skies

• A big rock for my anniversary By Charlie Christmann

Public Safety

• Villager charged with aggravated assault in dispute with bicyclists By Jeff Radford, Corrales Comment
• Landmark DWI campaign produced by Native Americans

Sandoval Arts

• Signpost featured artist of the month: Bill Freeman By Jade Leyva
• Música Antigua de Albuquerque brings “Banchetto Musicale” to Placitas By Jackie Ericksen
• Call for artists for downtown festival
• Cowboy poetry round-up
• Group show of Jemez artists at DeLavy House in Bernalillo
• The Santa Fe Opera begins spring tour
• Manga Expo at Rio Rancho Library
• Two sides to every story
• Friends of Coronado State Monument offer photography workshop

The Gauntlet

• Your letters and comments to the editor
• Heard around the West By Betsy Marston, High Country News
• New Mexico’s merchants of death By Rodrigo Rodriguez

Schoolbag

• Tapia named New Mexico School Principal of the Year
• The Earth cleaners By Vince Sheehan
• Placitas Community Flea Market By Linda Hughes
• Intel shows students they are engineers, too
• Southwest Football Conference underway in Rio Rancho
• Bunny Run and Ultimate Frisbee coming to Rio Rancho

Time Off

• Hiking La Luz By Ty Belknap
• House passes memorial urging completion of Continental Divide trail in New Mexico
• Legislature endorses completion of Rio Grande Trail
• Winter snowpack and runoff enhance summer recreational opportunities

Word Around Town

• What’s the word around town? By J. Patterson