September 2005
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—Jon William Lopez—

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September 2005

Up Front

• Operation Windshield Watch underway By Bill Diven
• Plans for commuter-train are on track By Bill Diven
• Bernalillo awarding contracts for wastewater, library, water line projects
• New county judicial complex up and running By Bill Diven
• Seven BPS schools fail AYP testing By Ty Belknap
• Placitas group to host community gathering
• Bernalillo girls softball team wins state championship
• Thomas is new Family Service Program administrator for county

Animal News

• Persistent bear is killed in Moriarty
• Forest Service employee keeps his cool as five lions approach
• Homeless Corrales pets go online

Around Town

• El Rinconcito español
• Historical society presents a talk on NM railroad history, plus Hawaiian music, dance, luau
• Amanda Mae LaPrelle is new Sandoval County Queen
• History project continues at Placitas Library

Business

• Rare treasure in Corrales bookstore
• High Desert Gardens offers unusual new service for the do-it-yourselfer
• The best hardware store in the world
• New Sandoval County Small Business Development Center open for business

Community Bits

• PB&J Family Services receives $99,984 grant
• Meals on Wheels takes innovative turn

Placitas Community Center

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

EcoBeat

• Conservation Voters New Mexico releases 2005 Legislative Scorecard
• Open invitation to a Las Huertas Creek cleanup By Jennifer Nelson
• Las Huertas Creek water-quality demonstration
• Giant Industries restoring aged pipeline to carry crude oil through Placitas By Bill Diven
• Domenici clobbers cooperation on the Rio Grande By Patrick Farrell, HCN
• Saving an endangered plant waiting for rain
• 65 homes connected to water after 3-year dry spell By Ernie Watson

Fire and Rescue

• Fire restrictions lifted
• To all Placitas/Bernalillo residents: Volunteers needed By Bud Brinkerhoff
• Eight organs recovered from one NM donor
• Meningitis—new communicable disease concern By Tom Udall

Health

• New Mexicans to receive $86,000 in drug antitrust settlement
• Most effective sunscreen ingredient not available in U.S. 

Man on the Street

• As the price at the pump continues to rise, local residents express their frustration and concern.

Night Skies

• Night Sky September 2005—Our galactic home By Charlie Christmann
• Venus Shining Bright
• The Planets and the Moon

Sandoval Arts

• Signpost Artist of the Month: Jon William Lopez By Bill Diven
• Placitas Artists Series presents season premiere By Gary Libman
• Poets sought for winter-solstice reading
• 7 ensembles will play at free Chamber Music Albuquerque concert
• Call for entries: Harwood Poetry Anthology
• Gallery juxtaposes past and present By Michael Peters
• New Mexico artists converge
  on Grants By L. Heath

Schoolbag

• Placitas Library planning new facility By Anne Grey Frost
• Check out our 50 new children's titles
• Upcoming events
• Rio Grande Children's Chorale auditioning
• Mural project starts
• Safe Halloween event planned, donors wanted
• Calling all parents, artists, architects

Sheriff's Corner

• Nude bathers apprehended; drug bust in Bernalillo By Sheriff John Paul Trujillo
• Bad checks made good by offender fines

The Gauntlet

• Your letters and comments to the editor
• Pombo’s task force tears into the NEPA By Laura Paskus, High Country News
• Western governors wary of roadless forest mess

Time Off

• Hiking to Tejón By Ty Belknap
• Conchas Lake State Park still open, despite south side closure by feds