may 2006

Up Front

• Wild horse and burro adoption coming to to town
• Paving Placitas By Ty Belknap
• Bernalillo still awaiting appointment of replacement town administrator By Bill Diven
• Subdividing Placitas By Bill Diven
• Newly hired commuter-rail planner will focus on safety By Bill Diven
• County Line—If you don’t vote ... then don’t gripe! By Jack Thomas, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission
• RR residents invited to a planning-and-design charrette

Animal News

• Watermelon Mountain Ranch begins construction of permanent facility
• Jaguar from protected area in Mexico photographed in New Mexico

Around Town

• Bernalillo Eggstravaganza lots of fun for local youth
• Placitas Library happenings By Anne Grey Frost

Business

• Silva’s Saloon goes smoke-free By Ty Belkap
• New New Mexico program trains women to run for office
• Not-for-profit donates 10,000 eggs for sheriff’s posse egg hunt

Community Bits

• Impending drought prompts state engineer to encourage active water conservation
• Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Grupo de Danza Folklórica Makawi
• Heard around the West By Betsy Marston

Placitas Community Center

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

EcoBeat

• Giant Industries tests Placitas pipeline for startup, plans public Q&A meeting
• Placitas area an important link for wildlife migration
• Ojito Wilderness officially dedicated By Bill Diven
• Want to volunteer at an archaeological site?

Fire and Rescue

• State police detonate box of dynamite found at El Vado Lake State Park
• Fire restrictions increase
• Shortchanging forest-thinning projects is proving detrimental for state

Night Skies

• May Night Sky By Charlie Christmann
• Astronomy down under

Sandoval Arts

• Placitas Studio Tour May 13-14
• “Relax, use your creativity, and be happy” By Bill Diven
• Art In The Park opens May 21 in Corrales
• Dr. Gary Dwyer's photographs debut at BPS art show
• Westside Community Chorale to perform spring concert in Placitas
• PAS concludes season with string quartets By Jackie Ericksen, Placitas Artists Series Board Member
• “Honkyfest!” at Art Gallery 66 By Darryll Willison
• Bluegrass in New Mexico
• Duitman paintings show world travels
• Ballet Carmen coming to KiMo

Schoolbag

• Food program brings exotic fruits, healthy snacks to BMS
• BPS presents its first annual district art show in May
• BPS Students Win Business Awards
• Summer reading fun for children at the Placitas Library
• Village Academy continues enrollment for fall term By Rosanne Eakin
• Pueblo governors express support of BPS in meeting with administrators

The Gauntlet

• Your letters and comments to the editor
• If you’ve got some nuke waste, you can WIPP it By Laura Paskus, High Country News
• Editorial: New Mexican Cable customers need economic freedom By Paul J. Gessing
• This land is my land—really By Jane Braxton Little, High Country News

Sheriff's Corner

• Drug bust in San Ysidro By John Paul Trujillo, Sandoval County Sheriff
• New phone scam plays on victims’ emotions

Time Off

• Orienteering in the Gallo Mountains By Barb and Ty Belknap
• Historical society to explore the theory of three cultures in New Mexico
• Public encouraged to jump on board free boating-safety classes
• Tibetan monks bring “Sacred Music Sacred Dance” to Popejoy