SEPTEMBER 2007

Up Front

• Land Exchange expands public lands

• Rail Runner Phase II on track to reach Santa Fe by end of 2008
• Intel begins workforce reduction
• ESCAFCA needs assessment available online
• New Mexico Wine Festival enlivens town
• New Mexico splits into two area codes
• Albuquerque makes policy on enforcement of federal immigration laws
• County Line—Making transportation convenient By Don Leonard, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission
• Town of Bernalillo accepting applicants for municipal judge vacancy
• New Rio Rancho mayor makes office appointments with residents

Animal News

• Lost and Found Pets
• Lynx protection requested in New Mexico
• Animal cruelty taskforce opens new Hotline
• Shooters kill elk, ruin signs, stuff rabbits into mailboxes By New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
• Dealing with rabies

Around Town

• Lt. Governor Denish comes to Placitas
• Saturdays with Mayor Chávez
• Town is looking for water rights
• El Rinconcito español
• Smithsonian exhibit, “America by Food” comes to Bernalillo
• Wines chosen for awards in wine festival competition
• Coronado State Monument offers crafts workshops
• Respiration and inspiration: tuberculosis and New Mexico’s literary history By Robert F. Gish
• The Old Montezuma Mine By Bill Echart

Community Bits

• Historical Society hosts musicians for September meeting
• Health screening available for seniors

Placitas Community Center

• Placitas Senior Center Calendar
• Sandoval County Senior and Community Centers’ Menu

EcoBeat

• La Cienega land conserved near Santa Fe
• Find solutions at Solar Fiesta
• Nature Center invites public to ‘Banquet in the Bosque’
• Natural Solutions Foundation-Codex Commission
• Las Placitas Association hosts September outdoor workshops By Reid Bandeen, LPA
• Bob Wessely to speak in Corrales on water, people, planning

Health

• Colorado and New Mexico top places to live a long time By James Tipton
• Attorneys General say booze and caffeine don’t mix
• Asthma and allergies take root in the New West By Gregg Mitman
• Weeds, anyone?

Night Skies

• September night sky By Charlie Christmann

Public Safety

• Nature of incident: Bernalillo Police activity By Fred Radosevich, Chief of Police, Berlanillo Police Department
• MADD walk in memory of Danielle Romero
• Local SUBWAY restaurants and State Police partner to launch statewide child ID campaign
• Amateur radio important to Multiple Sclerosis bike tour By Charlie Christmann
• Attorney General launches new immigrant services unit
• AG’s top consumer complaints

Real People / Real Stories

• Al Garblik—a pioneer in communications technology By Jo Anne Fredrickson

Signpost Arts

• Featured artists of the month:
  Wayne Mikosz and Riha Rothberg By Ty Belknap
• Young composers to share stage with NMSO, in Hey, Mozart!
• String quartets to open Placitas Artists Series season By Jackie Ericksen
• “Body Burden” to play at Adobe Theater
• Duende Poetry: “Four Women” By Cirrelda Snider Bryan
• Corner of Latin America By Margaret Randall

The Gauntlet

• Your letters and comments to the editor
• The caveguy within holds us back By George Sibley, High Country News
• Heard around the West By Betsy Marston, High Country News

Schoolbag

• Children read 1,245 books at the Library
• Calling all parents, artists, and volunteers By Linda Hughes
• Upcoming programs at the Loma Colorado Main Library in Rio Rancho
• Optimist Club de Sandoval hosts poetry, music event By Maggie Wantland
• ReadWest hosts Spanish class fundraiser By Susan Markin-Ryerson
• Youth basketball registration to be held in Bernalillo
• Federal grant kick-starts UNM literacy project

Time Off

• Among the marmots By Sarah Rice
• Cruising Lake Erie By Barb and Ty Belknap

Uncle Duffy

Word Heard Around Town