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SITE DESIGN and MAINTINENCE by gwpriester.com

JULY 2002

Featured Articles

• Sandoval County Commission endorses installation of air monitors in Corrales
• Bernalillo police training to use defibrillators
• White strobes disturb western sky
• Drought impacts Placitas horses by Ty Belknap
• Billboards to redirect traffic to Bernalillo during Exit 240 reconstruction
• Town supports Pueblo of Sandia’s land claim

The Poll of the Month (NEW!)

Q: Should wild or feral horses be allowed to range freely in or around Placitas?

Time Off

• Volunteer Vacations feel good
• Golf tournament to benefit shelter
• The makings of a calamitous trip by Ty and Barb Belknap

Around Town

• Update on forest closures
• Ranger District offers wildflower walks during forest closure
• Make your mark in history
• Coronado Monument to host Indian, Spanish celebrations
• Placitas parade—ready to roll
• Thieves steal archaeologists’ trowels
• San José de las Huertas, an 18th-century buffer site
  by Nan Rothschild and Heather Atherton
• Heard around the West by Betsy Marston

Eco-Beat

• Reclaiming the Milky Way, allowing our eyes to work by Stephen M Pauley, MD

Health

• Researchers: beer boosts the mind, bolsters the heart
• Bill addresses arsenic-removal technology and desalination research
• NIH awards $1.2 million to UNM research team to prevent blindness

Gardening

• Gardening fair for children
• The Placitas Gardener— Chlorosis, Ironite, and toxic waste —Peter C. Benjamin

The Gauntlet

• Some thoughts on the effects of the drought —Mark Schiller Editor, La Jicarita News
• re: wild-horse herd auctioned
• re: new Placitas subdivision
• re: swamp coolers gulp oceans of scarce water?
• re: driving the speed limit
• On the art of war —Carl Hertel

Schoolbag

• Mark Ersfeld makes dean’s list at Notre Dame
• Swimming classes at UNM
• Kids, energize your summer with free meals
• Optimist Club plans summer fun —Joan Lucero
• County line —Elizabeth Johnson

Sandoval Arts

• The Woodsman mixes art with craftsmanship
• Art sale coming up in Las Vegas, NM
• Coronado Monument invites artists
• Fine art gallery opens in Bernalillo by Barb Belknap

Business

• Sandia Pueblo uses RASTRA to build church
• Lizard Rodeo Lounge opens with a bang

Animal Hotline

• Lost and Found
• Animal service dedicates van

 

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