Chris Clark

Home Country: Too Much Pumpkin Pie

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
 
Steve will have Thanksgiving dinner over at Doc’s and Mrs. Doc’s this year, and any number of his friends are grateful for that. Steve is one heckuva cowboy and trainer of young colts, and a good friend to all, but he’d never make it as a dinner host.
 
Very few Thanksgiving dinners achieve legendary status, but “Steve’s Thanksgiving” was certainly one of them. Some said it happened because he’s lived alone and cooked meals for himself for so many years. Some say he has worked alone for so long that he isn’t of a coordinating mind. The answer could be buried
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Environmental Education Association Of New Mexico Wins Environmental Education Award

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EEANM News:
 
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Environmental Education Association of New Mexico (EEANM), New Mexico’s professional association for the state’s environmental educators, was recently recognized by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) for leadership in the environmental education field.
 
EEANM was honored with the Outstanding NAAEE Affiliate Organization Award for their progress and development over the past year.
 
In 2016, EEANM led collaborative and engaging community environmental education initiatives. The organization
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New Mexico True Television Receives 2nd Regional Emmy® Award

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NMTT News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― New Mexico True Television, the weekly travel show created to take viewers to every breathtaking corner of New Mexico, produced by CliffDweller Digital in cooperation with the New Mexico Tourism Department, has been awarded its second Regional Emmy® Award in two years in the category of “Magazine Program – Program/Special.”
 
The show currently airs regionally on both commercial and PBS stations, as well as public access in Albuquerque, bringing viewers across New Mexico, Southern Colorado, and West Texas face-to-face with fun
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Summit Garden Club Meets Nov. 6

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Courtesy photo
 
SGC News:
 
The Summit Garden Club will be holding its monthly meeting 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at the home of Cheryl Warren, 1190 Sioux St., Los Alamos.
 
The meeting topic will be Sharing Favorite Indoor Plants (with photos).
 
The public is invited to the meeting, participate in the discussion of indoor plants, enjoy refreshments, and learn more about the Summit Garden Club. A business meeting will follow the program.
 
Included among the Club’s projects are maintaining gardens at the Bandelier National Monument and
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FBI: Las Cruces Man Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison For Federal Cocaine Trafficking Conviction

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FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Daniel Alan Aran, 30, of Las Cruces, was sentenced Tuesday in Federal Court to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on a cocaine trafficking charge.
 
Aran was arrested in June 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him possession of cocaine with intent to distribute on Jan. 28, 2016, in Dona Ana County. According to the complaint, law enforcement officers seized 36.5 grams of cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia from Aran, his vehicle and his residence during the execution
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2017’s Best Baseball Cities & World Series Facts: Dodgers vs. Astros

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WALLETHUB News:
 
With the 2017 World Series in full gear and tickets to see the games live costing hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its Best Baseball Cities report to go along with its World Series Facts – Dodgers vs. Astrosinfographic.

To determine the best places to be a fan of America’s second most followed sport, WalletHub compared more than 360 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional baseball team across 31 key metrics. They range from performance level of team(s) to average ticket

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Care2 Petition Demands NPS Scrap Proposal To Charge $70 Entrance Fee For 17 National Parks

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CARE2 News:
 
A new Care2 petition is demanding the The National Park Service stop its proposal to more than double the entrance fees at 17 national parks, including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone. It has gathered 7,000 signatures.
 
VIEW THE CARE2 PETITION HERE: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/254/666/488/
 
“This new proposal will make it even more difficult for all of us to visit and enjoy our public lands — and will especially prohibit lower-income Americans from visiting the public lands that their tax dollars help maintain,” the Care2 petition
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U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham Introduces Health Care Choice And Affordability Act

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U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham introduced the Health Care Choice and Affordability Act, which would create a Medicaid buy-in option for individuals in counties with few or no options in the insurance marketplace.
 
Rep. Lujan Grisham’s legislation would address immediate concerns about access to coverage in the ACA marketplace. While more than 20 million additional Americans have access to health insurance under the ACA, many communities do not have the option to choose between competing insurance
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