The Blotter (02/22/2012)
Socorro Police Dept.
Dec. 29
• About 10:30 a.m., an officer met with a suspect who had an active warrant. Suspect was arrested and booked in the Socorro County Detention Center.
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Letters to the Editor (02/22/2012)
NM Tech should recruit Hispanics
Editor:
Universities are primarily responsible for educating local community members because they pay the taxes to keep the university in operation. New Mexico Tech blatantly recruits students from all over the world and fails miserably at recruiting the locals.
A birdwatcher’s guide to duck butts
For those who have wondered how to tell one duck from another, Friends of the Bosque are offering a workshop on duck identification Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Let the good times roll!
New Orleans remains one of our long-time favorite places to visit. In fact, several years ago, we went there for five days for the sole purpose of eating ourselves into a stupor. It was an amazing trip and I refused to weight myself for months afterwards.
He said, she said at Legislature
Newspapers are fond of offering you the quote of the day. Before returning, in coming weeks, to commentary on the legislative session's big issues, I give you Quotes of the Session:
Seamless garment and freedom of choice
All right, so I’ll never win any fashion awards – you don’t have to laugh or make fun. Adam and Eve didn’t even have any clothes at first. That must have made life simple and easy. Now enter the time-worn narrative: that life is a seamless garment, of the same-thread cut in all the issues of life – a beautiful age-old yarn to describe and defend human life in all its forms.
Irish-American music at Macey
Singer-songwriter Cathie Ryan, named one of the top-100 Irish Americans by Irish America Magazine, will bring her “honey-pure” soprano sound to New Mexico Tech’s Macey Center on Friday, Feb. 24.
Bitter medicine
Here is another murder mystery by Sarah Paretsky, "Bitter Medicine."
Letters to the Editor (02/18/2012)
First Amendment is the real issue
Editor:
In her letter to the editor (El Defensor Chieftain, Feb. 8,), Skeeter Leard calls out Congressman Steve Pearce for his stance on conscience protections.
While I absolutely support the right of individuals to question their government, Ms. Leard is way off track. The issue is not whether women want to use contraception. Instead, the issue is our First Amendment rights as Americans.
Silver shines vs. Warriors
The Socorro Warriors boys basketball team started the week just one game out of a tie for first place in the district standings. Hence, they welcomed the opportunity to even things up with the first-place team when they hosted the Silver Fighting Colts on Tuesday night.
Lady Steers play for district title
The Magdalena High School girls basketball team knocked off Bosque School, 50-21, on Thursday to tie Laguna-Acoma for first place in the District 3-2A standings.
Rules: the other way to make laws
A few bills in the Legislature this year deal with state regulations and how they are made. In discussing these bills, I was reminded that most people don't participate in the rulemaking process, don't understand how it works, and so might not appreciate the benefits of improving it.
Compassion comes from teaching
I was standing in a pecan orchard, an inadequate stand-in for my convalescing brother-in-law, shepherding the crop from the field to an eventual semi. A young man walked up and informed me that he wanted to take a test at a local community college, and asked permission to take off of work after lunch.
Spread the deliciousness with paté
Three enterprising ladies in our neighborhood came up with the idea of having a Progressive Dinner for New Year's Eve. A friend and I volunteered to do the appetizers and cocktails. Another house had the soup course, another one for salads, yet another house for the main course and the final stop was for the dessert.
The Blotter (02/15/2012)
Magdalena Sheriff’s Office
Jan. 22
• On January 22, about 2:18 p.m., an officer was called to assist Magdalena EMS where a female broke her ankle at West First Street. A report was taken by the officer.
Bemis confirmed by Senate as Secretary of Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department
Santa Fe — The New Mexico State Senate unanimously confirmed John H. Bemis as secretary of the Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department last week. Bemis was selected by…[Read more]
Obituaries (02/15/2012)
PADILLA – George Padilla, Jr., 46, went to be with his lord and savior on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Letters to the Editor (02/15/2012)
We should throw ‘em all out of office
Editor:
We know our government offices and state legislature are rife with corruption, malfeasance, and low ethics. It’s reported daily in the news media.
A dark day in Chloride
Connected to the old mining town of Chloride on the western side of Sierra County is a haunting tale now buried in the pages of New Mexico's voluminous history.
As somebody said, water’s for ‘fightin’ over’
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but Mark Twain seems never to have said "Whiskey's for drinkin' and water's for fightin' over."