October 2005
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—Sara Lee D’Alessandro—

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October 2005

Up Front

• Bernalillo, Rio Rancho investigate maglev for commuters By Bill Diven
• New Mexico Academy of Science statement on Rio Rancho Science Policy 401 By Jayne Aubele
• Placitas residents file suit against Sandoval County
• Tramway interchange reconstruction will rev up in October
• Hurricane rescues
• County construction costs expected to soar
• Decision on MAPCO pipeline expansion in Placitas expected after January 1 By Bill Diven
• County Line By William Sapien, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission

Animal News

• Pecos Wilderness bighorns find new homes in Arizona
• Rare albino turkey vulture spotted at Heron Lake State Park

Around Town

• Home owners adopt frontage road
• Bikathon Kickoff planned for Kate Nelson’s ride for blood-cancer patients
• El Rinconcito español
• Coronado Monument presents art workshops, slide show
• Historical society to present blacksmithing program, quilt show
• Placitas Community Library wants your design ideas for a new facility By Sue Strasia
• Historical quirks steered rail center away from Bernalillo By Bill Divan
• Heard Around the West By Betsy Marston, High Country News

Community Bits

• County senior centers are collection sites for hurricane-relief donations
• Free workshop discusses nursing homes
• Need referrals for local services?
• Placitan Regina Harris takes first in bread contest at state fair

Placitas Community Center

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

EcoBeat

• Reduce – Reuse – Recycle By Robin Brandin
• The harder they spawn, the quicker they die By Laura Paskus, High Country News
• Las Huertas Watershed Project hosts water-harvesting workshop
• Bingaman says Congress must address global warming
• Representative Udall introduces legislation to block drilling in Valle Vidal
• Solar Association presents program on Earthships

Man on the Street

• What did we in New Mexico learn from the Katrina disaster?

Night Skies

• Placitas star party coming up By Charlie Christmann
• Active Sun
• Small Trio
• Star Party
• The Planets and Moon

Sandoval Arts

• Signpost Artist of the Month: Drive-by sculpture by Sara Lee D'Alessandro By Bill Diven
• Katrina Lasko Gallery show features six artists By Bill Diven
• Remember the Art Wall By Evey Jones
• Jemez artist Asbury shows oil landscapes at the Santuario de Guadalupe in Santa Fe
• Corrales art show benefits old church
• Author Marilyn Stablein reads in Corrales
• Concert saxophonist and pianist to perform in Placitas By Jackie Ericksen, PAS
• Rockin’ R gallery hosts opening for famous artists

Schoolbag

• Moreno honored at college
• Placitas charter school to conduct new demographic survey By Rosanne Eakin
• Carroll Elementary awarded $32,500 technology grant
• UNM sophomore retention rate up
• Volunteer English tutors needed
• Kindergarten literacy program looking for volunteers
• UNM-Los Alamos to hold Scholarship Golf Tournament in Pojoaque
• United Way sets fund-raising goal at “sweet sixteen” By Joanne Fine
• Celebration to honor Gary Dwyer
• AG alerts New Mexicans to Internet “pharming” scams
• Portion distortion: supersizing ourselves By Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D.

Sheriff's Corner

• MADD organizes Romero walk to fight DWI
• Sheriff’s Office launches boat patrol By Sheriff John Paul Trujillo
• Human skull found in Placitas
• Attorney General Madrid proposes regulations for predatory lenders
• Over a third of New Mexico working families struggle to meet basic needs

The Gauntlet

• Your letters and comments to the editor
• What’s at stake in the evolution debate By Pepper Trail, High Country News

Time Off

• Car camping 101 By Ty Belknap
• Coming closer
• Cerrillos turquoise researched
• New Mexico State Parks opens doors to assist hurricane evacuees