January 2006

Up Front

• U.S. Forest Service considers land exchange near Placitas
• Bernalillo votes in March on mayor, trustees, sales tax
• January legislative session: a feeding frenzy? By Bill Diven
• Sandoval County prepares wish list for Legislature By Bill Diven
• Guest column: 2006 legislative session By State Representative Kathy McCoy
• Remember El Zócalo? By Ty Belknap
• Sandoval County Line—the year in review By William Sapien, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission

Animal News

• Bicycles “Fur” Kids

Around Town

• Placitas library opens a new chapter with federal dollars
• What’s happening at the Placitas Library By Anne Frost
• Commuter rail service delayed until March
• Heard in the West By Betsy Marston, High Country News
• Court rules in favor of new Piñon Ridge subdivision in Placitas By Bill Diven
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park dedicated in Angel Fire
• El rinconcito español
• Town staff brings Christmas to Bernalillo families
• Historical society present antique clothing exhibit at monthly meeting
• Placitas Community Library history project By Bob Gajkowski

Placitas Community Center

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

Community Profile

• Katherine Howard Clifton: she “walks in beauty” By Barb Belknap
• Storehouse West, Democratic Women make holiday brighter for two families

Crime Scene

• Ex-police chief Montijo drops suit against Bernalillo
• Adult Drug Court comes to Sandoval County
• District court expands alternative dispute-resolution programs

EcoBeat

• Tree recycling available at new county landfill
• Far right pushes to sell off forests, parks, wilderness areas By Michelle Burkhart
• Sell-off of public lands halted
• Applications being accepted for USDA conservation programs
• Special protection for Valle Vidal may help prevent drilling By NM Dept. of Game and Fish
• Trouble on the Valles Caldera By Laura Paskus, High Country News

Fire and Rescue

• Forester’s Log: cone counting By Mary Stuever

Night Skies

• January 2006 night sky—North is not always north By Charlie Christmann
• The Planets, the Moon, and Meteors

Sandoval Arts

• Signpost Artist of the Month: Bunny Bowen innovates in batik, using soybean wax By Bill Diven
• Bassoon quartets open new year By Jackie Ericksen
• Adobe Theater is going Earnestly “Wilde”
• Duende Poetry Series returns to Anasazi Fields winery
• Residents consign artist to mosaic neighborhood entry sign
• New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair calls for entries

Schoolbag

• What is a charter school?
• Village Academy on track to open in 2006 By Rosanne Eakin
• Students can “opt out” of military recruitment
• Open your home to an AFS exchange student
• NMSU scholarships revamped

The Gauntlet

• Your letters and comments to the editor
• Editorial: An economy that defies rational analysis By Wally Gordon
• Raise New Mexico’s minimum wage to $7.50 By Lyn Wilson-King

Time Off

• Badminton, anyone? By Ty Belknap