DECEMBER 2006

Up Front

• Sandoval County Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated
• County lists legislative priorities for 2007
• FAA promises funds for county airport study
• Public Regulation Commission approves geographic split of area codes 505 and 575
• County line—Easing traffic congestion By Jack Thomas, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission
• Broadband project holds promise for the future By Ty Belknap
• Enterprise Pipeline loop nears completion By J. Patterson
• $3.3 million in federal funding granted to Laguna Pueblo to access the World Wide Web

Animal News

• Lost and Found Pets

Around Town

• A trip to the ghost town of Hagan By Peter Callen
• El Rinconcito español
• LPA seeks tales of encounters with gravel trucks By Judith Hendry
• A thank-you and an invitation from the Placitas Community Library By Anne Grey Frost
• Placitas plans Open Space cleanup By Lolly Jones, Las Placitas Association
• Club Culturale Italiano donates clothing to Bound For Success

Community Profile

• Dr. Alan Firestone celebrates thirty years of medical practice
• Report on Las Huertas Creek available
• Nominate a woman you admire for the Governor’s Award

Placitas Community Center

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

EcoBeat

• Are you ready to start generating electricity? By Jeff Radford, Corrales Comment
• Recycling: keeping the “chips” straight By Robin Brandin, Placitas Recycling Center

Holiday Tidbits

• Adopt an entire PB & J family for the holidays!
• Optimists plans Blessing Day deliveries to families in need By Nancy Hawks
• Jemez State Monument, historic church open for holiday tour
• Storehouse West Christmas drive and Copper Crusade
• Cibola Forest Christmas-tree cutting permits
• Christmas in Bernalillo features states oldest lighted nighttime parade
• VA announces grant for homeless program
• River of Lights festival brightens the holidays
• Beach luminarias, Floating Lights Boat Parade to benefit Make A Wish Foundation of New Mexico
• A seasonal reminder to “stay safe”

Night Skies

• December 2006 night sky: The Christmas Star By Charlie Christmann
• The Planets and Moon

Public Safety

• Cell, cordless phones not best for emergencies

Sandoval Arts

• Signpost featured artist of the month
  Fernando Delgado: “A serious artist” By Ben Forgey
• Placitas artists shine at Albuquerque Museum show By Ben Forgey
• Baroque Christmas in Merrie Olde England By Jackie Ericksen, Placitas Artists Series
• Candlelight poetry reading will mark winter solstice
• Corrales craft fair to benefit Historic Old San Ysidro Church
• Chapter Two at the Adobe

The Gauntlet

• Your letters and comments to the editor
• A harvest cornucopia hangs on in New Mexico By Laura Paskus, High Country News
• Heard Around the West By Betsy Marston, High Country News

Schoolbag

• Children’s book by Santa Ana Pueblo author explores native mythology, cosmic origins
• Cool Kids Don’t Bully campaign started in Mescalero and Ruidoso schools
• Chaparral GS Council seeks nominations for Hall of Fame
• Village Academy news By Reggie Nepomuceno

Time Off

• Hot Springs weekend By Barb and Ty Belknap