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Rose Chocolatier Hosts Art Reception Tonight

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Courtesy photo
 
Don Cavness. Courtesy photo
 
ART News:
 
Rose Chocolatier is hosting a reception Friday night for local artist, Don Cavness. Cavness paints abstracts and landscapes with palette knife and oils, intertwining color, movement, texture, creating a three-dimensional sense.
 
The show opens at 5 p.m. and Don will be on hand to talk about his works. Please stop in and see the show and meet the artist.
 
Cavness has painted with palette knife for more than 40 years, having studied with major artists Sylvia Gormley, Ramon Kelley, Dean Howell, and Helene Pfeffer.
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Geology Outing With Patrick Rowe To Windmill Fossil Site And Shark’s Tooth Ridge Oct. 14

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A Pebble Pup and parent show off what they found while exploring the windmill site with Patrick Rowe last fall. Pebble Pups is a geology club for youth ages 6 to 10. Courtesy/PEEC
 
PEEC News:
 
Saturday, Oct. 14, local geologist Patrick Rowe will lead an outing to the Cabezon Peak area in search of geological treasures at two sites.
 
Participants can expect to find minerals and marine fossils at the windmill site, and Shark’s Tooth Ridge is aptly named for the fossilized teeth from five species of Cretaceous Period sharks that the group will find. This program is organized
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BLM Seeks Comments On Analysis Of Northern New Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Parcels

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BLM News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Bureau of Land Management is seeking input on the analysis of 26 parcels in northern New Mexico for the March 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The parcels are located in Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and San Juan counties.
 
The draft environmental assessment analyzes a range of alternatives for the sale, and is available for review at https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/oil-and-gas/leasing/regional-lease-sales/new-mexico. Comments will be accepted through Oct. 20.
 
Public comments are
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Home Country: Autumn Is Coming

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
 
It begins in early morning, when the early risers among us go out to do the chores.
 
Later on, the day may seem almost summer hot, but early in the morning, we can feel it. We can sense autumn. Our eyes that are so tired from the sun’s burning can look silently around at the slight turning of the leaves, and we’ll know. It’s coming. We can feel it.
 
Calendars be hanged. Autumn does not arrive on a certain day, like a Greyhound bus. The weather guessers among us are quite often fooled. You can’t tell it’s fall by reading the paper. Even this paper. But the senses
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Teachers Night Out: A Garden Party In Santa Fe Oct. 4

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SFBG News:
 
The Santa Fe Botanical Garden is partnering with the Santa Fe Community Educators Network, made up of education directors from local nonprofits and government entities, to offer a celebration of school educators through Teacher’s Night Out: A Garden Party, 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, at Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe.
 
This is a free opportunity for teachers (including public, private, and home school educators) to exchange information and share their love of teaching and learning. 
 
Refreshments will be served
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Pearce Announces Awards That Aid Small Business Growth And Development

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Congressman Steve Pearce
 
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Congressman Steve Pearce released the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded a total of $3,780,521 to a number of New Mexico institutions under the FY2017 Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program).
 
“New Mexico is made up of many rural and native communities with individuals, families, and small businesses
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Udall, Heinrich Honor Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanic-Serving Institutions

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U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, members of the Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force, have cosponsored a Senate resolution to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15-Oct. 15 and recognizes the culture, heritage, history and contributions of the Hispanic community in New Mexico and across the nation.
 
Udall and Heinrich also cosponsored a Senate resolution designating the week of Sept. 18 as National Hispanic-Serving Institution Week, in honor of New Mexico’s 18 colleges
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Palmer Fire On Pecos Ranger District To Be Managed For Resource Benefit

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SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to manage the lightning-caused Palmer Fire on Rowe Mesa by using low-intensity fire on the ground to achieve multiple resource benefits, including reducing the risk of future high-severity wildfire and improving range and wildlife habitat.
 
The Palmer Fire was confirmed Sept. 12 after smoke was reported in the Valle Grande on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District, an area marked by islands of grassy meadows interspersed among stands of ponderosa pine and piñon-juniper. The 35-acre Palmer
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