SEPTEMBER 2008

Up Front

• Placitas area in danger of mineral drilling and mining By L.A. Williams
• Bernalillo Town Council rejects annexation By Ty Belknap
• Sandoval County Commission Watch
• County Line By Joshua Madalena, Chairman, Sandoval County Commission
• ESCAFCA launches website to provide information to residents
• Presbyterian Church opens food bank
• Placitas area planning continues By Katie Williams
• Forum focuses on wildlife passageways By Ty Belknap

Animal News

• Animal Hotline
• Lalo’s pet prints
• Statewide hunting roadblocks
• Coronado Kennel Club to host dog shows By Martin Bradshaw, Coronado Kennel Club

Around Town

• Award-winning wines of the 2008 New Mexico Wine Festival
• Rattlesnake advisory By Ty Belknap
• Friends of Monument host workshop
• Coronado State Monument presents J.J. Brody lecture
• Sandoval County Fair showcases local talent and wares
• The celebration of life through dance By Margaret M. Nava

Arts

• Signpost featured artist of the month: Cirrelda Snider-Bryan—The art of knowing how to live By Keiko Ohnuma

• Mural project installs first panel, raises awareness for wildlife movement corridors
• Placitas Artists Series presents cello/guitar duo Montana Skies
• Klimpert does Santa Fe
• Poets and spoken word artists converge at Duende event By JB Bryan

Business

• Ranching has something to teach us By Courtney White, High Country News

Community Bits

• Placitas Artists Series presents September visual arts show and concert
• Sandoval Senior Connection seeks peer counselors
• Trivia: New Mexico things

Placitas Community Center

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

EcoBeat

• Add water and stir: A recipe for restoring New Mexico landscapes By Linda Rundell, NM State Director, BLM
• Department of Energy allocates money to weatherize your home
• USDA offers emergency loans to local farmers
• Mountain wildflowers of the Southern Rockies and Central NM By Caroline Dodson nd William W. Dunmire
• Las Placitas Association hosts outdoor workshops

Health

• District launches mental health court
• Death to cheeseburgers? Maybe not By Ari Levaux, High Country News
• Caring adults needed to make a difference in child’s life

Night Sky

• September 2008 Night Sky By Charlie Christmann

Public Safety

• Remembering Agnes Shreve By Anne Green
• Capital One email scam

The Gauntlet

• letters, opinions, editorials

Real People

• Tom Frouge and his penchant for truth in music By Keiko Ohnuma
• Heard Around the West By Betsy Marston, High Country News

Schoolbag

• Bernalillo to get $9 million for schools
• Public vote will determine name for new elementary school
• Placitas Community Library prepares for Books on the Bosque capital campaign
• Workshop: how to photograph your art work
• Dragon tales at Esther Bone Library
• Placitas Community Library hosts Equinox Festival By Anne Frost
• Placitas Community Library announces children’s events By Nancy Guist
• V-chips By Greg Leichner

Stereogram

• see Gary Priester's stereogram of the month

Time Off

• Watch the river flow: in Colorado, a national park wins a water claim By Bob Inglis, High Country News
• Two weeks in the West: solar flip-flops and fish stories By Ray Ring, High Country News
• “Funnison” in Gunnison By L.A.Williams