NOVEMBER 2010

Up Front

• Sandoval County Election 2010
• Thanksgiving under the Golden Arches By Margaret M. Nava
• Sandoval County Line By Orlando J. Lucero, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission
• ESCAFCA candidates debate projects, taxes By Orin Safier

Animal News

• Animal Hotline
• Bosque's Paw Prints

Around Town

• A big score for Placitas school children By Ellen Faris
• More than skin deep: Casa Rosa Food Bank By Betsy Model
• Spence Hot Springs
• Books, yoga, and more books
• Santa is coming By Margaret M. Nava
• Ongoing community art project incorporates youth from three schools in latest panel By Cirrelda Snider-Bryan

Arts

• The art passions of Mary Alice Winchell By Barb Belknap
• 2010 Placitas Holiday Fine Arts & Crafts Sale Artists
• The Placitas Holiday Fine Arts & Crafts sale
• Christmas at Clear Light
• Willy Sucre and Friends play string quartets
• The Next Osama By Donna Olmstead
• PAS November featured artists
  

At Home

• Flash in the Pan By Ari LeVaux
• Creative ideas for your homegrown tomatoes
• Gardening with Charlie By Kathy Bond-Borie
• Giving thanks for family traditions By Jenny Harper
• Sensible snacking

Business

• Watch out for taxes in retirement By Jason Alderman
• GSCCC has a new home

Community Bits

• Police officers vs. firefighters: Boxing matches benefit the Jim Franklin Bike Giveaway Program
• Esther Bone Memorial Library events

Placitas Community Center

• Special Events Calendar
• Sandoval County Senior and Community Centers’ Menu

EcoBeat

• EarthTalk® By the Editors of The Environmental Magazine
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters joins up with Placitas Recycling Center
• California: Dope, eBay, pollution and moonbeams By Jonathan Thompson, High Country News
• Landscaping made simple By Mike Dooley, High Desert Gardens
  

Health

• Here come the Boomers By Bob Moos
• The Healthy Geezer By Fred Cicetti
• A new order for CPR, spelled C-A-B

Night Sky

• November 2010 Night Sky By Charlie Christmann

Public Safety

• Volunteers needed By Captain John Wolf

Puzzles

• Download the crossword, cryptogram, and Diminish puzzles

The Gauntlet

• letters, opinions, editorials

Real People

• Lobster thermidor and the “Dog Lady” By Bob Gajkowski
• The surprising success of the Goromonzi Project By Janet Shaw
• Spain and the United States: The (usually) untold story By Josef Diaz

Schoolbag

• Five fun ways to get kids moving
• Juggling, music, and, of course, reading
• Calling all community members; local children in need

Stereogram

• see Gary Priester's stereogram of the month

Time Off

• There’s Bob and then there’s Arnold By L.A. Williams
• Walk or run it off...