What are you doing
to conserve water?

If you have any tips or tricks
for conserving water,
send them along and we will share them with the rest of the community.

Keep your tips short
and to the point. Please
include your name and how
to contact you.

When you have your
story ready, send it to:
gary@gwpriester.com
 

Deadline is September 15

 

Gene McClain is September’s Signpost Featured Artist. Click the photo to go to the new Featured Artist Gallery.

September Poll Question:
Should New Mexico
impose mandatory water rationing? Y / N

Click Here to participate
 

September 2002

Reader Poll

• Should New Mexico Impose Mandatory Water Rationing?

Reader Stories

• Your Pack Rat stories

Up Front

• Search for extraterrestrials opens door 
  for computer virus by Ty Belknap
• County memo explains virus
• Developers seek loophole to bring Wal-Mart to Corrales Road
• Representative Udall optimistic
  on pipeline legislation
• Anasazi Fields Winery hosted blues festival

Animal Hotline

• Lost and Found
• Tarantulas: one woman’s appreciation
• USPS drive to help animal groups

Around Town

• Make your mark in history
• Lecture explains restoring historic adobe buildings
• For the birds
• Amazing corn maze in North Valley
• County line—The lessons of 9/11
  by Elizabeth Johnson

Business

• What a doll! Bassi’s dolls bring home the blue
  by Rick Bassi
• Triangle Bar: 39 years and counting
  by Ty Belknap
• Mixing and Mingling at Something Else

Community Bits

• Understanding Islam —Editorial
• Concert to benefit land-mine victims
• Attorney General warns of possible charity scam
• BioPark needs . . . Touchpoolers
• Lovatos raise funds to combat leukemia
• County Fair sets record bids
• MRGWA Community Conversations 
  continue on water planning
• Senior Connection helps caregivers and elders
• Mayor’s Ball benefits select Rio Rancho organizations

Community Profile

• Ella Silva turns 90 by Barb Belknap

Dark Skies

• Starry, starry nights—Star Party looking up
  by Barry Gordon
• September Sky in Sandoval County
  by Charlie Christmann

EcoBeat

• Editorial by Carol Parker -
  Citizens for a Safe Pipeline
• Solar Fiesta heats Up

Fire and Rescue

• Crash kills Placitas woman by Barb Belknap
• Study says fires not the fault of environmentalists
• Placitas Fire Brigade plans October recruit class by Daisy Kates

Gardening

• Bark beetles got you down? by Peter C. Benjamin
• Master gardeners share tips for fall, winter
• Rio Grande Nature Center calendar

Sandoval Arts

• Klimpert puts splash of color on Canyon Road
• “Biophilia”: art about all life by Carl Hertel
• PAS  features music by Ravel and Debussy
  by Gary Libman
• Wright’s Indian Art marks 95th year

Schoolbag

• A Rainy Day in Placitas by Evan Belknap
• Get caught reading!
  byU.S. Representative Tom Udall
• Optimists de Sandoval report by Suzann Owings
• Calling all mentors. (Yes, that’s you!)
  by Anna Meck