March 2006

Up Front

• Legislative session results in $27.9 for county projects By Bill Diven
• Sandoval County declares moratorium on summary plat subdivisions By Ty Belknap
• Bernalillo mayoral hopefuls speak out at forum By Bill Diven
• Bernalillo C of C hosts Q&A forum for candidates
• Many local bills die in short legislative session By Bill Diven
• Judge Eichwald to speak on openness in government
• Get to know the issues and the candidates before the March 7 elections By Jack Thomas, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission

Animal News

• Women face racketeering, forgery charges in illegal hunting-operation case By Dan Williams, NM Department of Game and Fish
• Eight elk euthanized near Clayton as precaution against livestock diseases
• Seabird may drop off the endangered list By Michael Milstein

Around Town

• Sandia Pueblo announces new leadership By Amber Flores Jordan
• Historian seeks old photos of Placitas
• Historical society presents program on pioneers
• Bernalillo-Placitas broadband to start up in late spring By Bill Diven
• February food drive a timely benefit to Storehouse West clients
• Library breaks the 10,000-book mark By Gail DellaPelle
• Concerns about County plans

Business

• Placitas Mini Mart changes hands By Ty Belknap
• World-class martial artists return to Placitas By Ty Belknap

Placitas Community Center

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

EcoBeat

• Book Review: Boiling Frogs: Intel vs. The
  Village, by Barbara Rockwell By Margo DeMello
• Placitas Recycling Association looking for board members
• Las Placitas Association plans public lectures, hikes for 2006

Fire and Rescue

• The last alarm for Chief Tom Threadgill By Winnie Maggiore
• Placitas Fire Brigade recognizes members, supporters at annual banquet
• County bans open burning
• Mouse burns down the house By Betsy Marsdon
• County offers seniors martial-arts classes
• NM gets D+ in emergency medicine

Night Skies

• March 2006 night sky By Charlie Christmann
• The Planets and the Moon
• Astronomy club holds open house
• New comet visible before sunrise By Charlie Christmann

Sandoval Arts

• Signpost featured artist of the month
  Sanchez devotes himself to art, teaching By Bill Diven

• Darryl Willison to celebrate birthday with his art, friends

• New Bernalillo art co-op features the work of plein-air artists By L. Heath
• March arrives with string quartets By Jackie Ericksen, Placitas Artists Series
• Edward Gonzales receives award
• Corrales June art show calls for entries
• Folk-art workshop in Oaxaca this July

Schoolbag

• Children's flea market planned for Placitas By Linda Hughes
• Golfing program offers life skills to local youth
• Village Academy Charter School launches open enrollment for 2006 By Rosanne Eakin
• New BPS football coach has great goals for district
• Udall’s D.C. office seeks summer interns
• Bernalillo Public Schools to hold meeting for homeschool families
• Volunteer tutors needed

The Gauntlet

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

Time Off

• Albuquerque Road Runners hold 10-K run, 2-mile walk in memory of Charlie Young
• Public-lands freedom fighter By Laura Paskus, High Country News