Face Jugs: A Southern Tradition
Face Jug by Lanier Meaders, Mossy Creek, GA. Photo by Addison Doty/MOIFA
MOIFA News:
- John Burrison Presents History Of This Southern Tradition Followed By Mike Craven’s Face Jug Demonstration
SANTA FE – Face jugs of the American South are the subject of a two-part public program 1-4 p.m. Sunday, March 22 at the The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA).
The programs are in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibition Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition. Both events are by museum admission. New Mexico residents with ID are free Sundays.
The face jug is now Read More
‘Blue Buses’ Not In Service MLK Day
NCRTD News:
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses” will not be in service Monday, Jan. 19 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Read More
SFNF Offices Closed For MLK Holiday Jan. 19
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – All Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 19 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Forest offices will resume regular business hours Tuesday, Jan. 20.
For additional information, contact your local Ranger District or the Forest Headquarters at 505.438.5300.
Letter to the Editor: Frustration With Mandated Testing
By DARREN MEADOWSI thought I would share a note from a friend of mine regarding the state’s flawed teacher/student evaluation plan and encourage all of the community to get involved, informed and evaluate the opt out option.
Dear Mrs. Skandera and Governor Martinez: I am a level 3, National Boards Certified Teacher in my 14th year teaching high school English. I score AP essays each summer and write curriculum.
As one of the highest paid teachers in the state, I am also a divorced mother of two children who can hardly pay rent without side work. So on top of grading 150 essays a week, attending Read More
New Mexico ACI, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard Introduce Legislation For New Mexico Business
Dr. Beverlee McClure
STATE News:
Today, The New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry (ACI) partnered with Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard to introduce HB 130, a bill to strengthen the procurement process in New Mexico and modernize the state’s definition of small business.
ACI President and CEO Dr. Beverlee McClure praised Garcia Richard for working closely with ACI and ACI member businesses to develop this legislation.
Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard 
“Rep. Garcia Richard’s bill takes much-needed steps to strengthen our state’s procurement process,” said McClure. Read More
News Alert: Fire Closes U.S. 550
DPS News:
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY – The Department of Public Safety just announced that U.S. 550 is closed in both direction due to two 500-gallon propane tanks, and one hot oil tank that is on fire.
Northbound traffic is stopped at the 101 mile marker and southbound traffic is being stopped at the 105 mile marker. The fire is too hot for fire crews to approach at this time. Multiple agencies are responding and assisting with this incident.
Area residents are not allowed to enter the area until the fire is contained.
More information will be provided as it becomes available. Read More
Los Alamos High School’s Deanna Gutierrez Selected For United States Senate Youth Program
Deanna Gutierrez of Los Alamos High School
U.S. SENATE News:
Students Headed to Washington, D.C.; Receiving $5,000 Scholarship
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich have announced the names of the two students who have been selected as delegates to the 53rd annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) set for March 7-14 in Washington, D.C.
Deanna Gutierrez of Los Alamos and Jonathan Salazar of Albuquerque were chosen from across the state to be part of the group of 104 student delegates who will attend the program’s 53rd annual Washington Week.
Gutierrez attends Los Read More
Public Invited To Special 100 Year Celebration
Courtesy photo
SCUMC News:
The congregation at the Santa Cruz United Methodist Church invites the public to celebrate its 100 years of serving people in the Espanola valley. The celebration begins at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 at the church at 405 S. McCurdy Road.
The missionary work and the church development began with the United Brethren Church in the early 20th Century. In 1946, the United Brethren Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church. That denomination merged with the Methodist Church to become the United Methodist Church (UMC) in 1968. Over the years, the Santa Cruz church Read More
Dan Guerrero’s ¡Gaytino! Coming To NHCC
Dan Guerro. Photo by Luther Orrick-Guzman
NHCC News:
- Mariachi to Merman, Sondheim to César Chávez—A True Fable in Story and Song
A gay Chicano moves from the back of the bus to the front of American pop culture in ¡Gaytino!, chronicling Dan Guerrero’s remarkable life journey from East LA in the 1950s to New York’s Broadway in the 60s and 70s and back again to Hollywood.
Guerrero’s riveting solo show, touching, provocative, hilarious, and absolutely one-of-a-kind, comes to the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Jan. 23-24 as the fourth production in the NHCC’s Siembra: Latino Theatre Read More
Energy Secretary Moniz On 2014 Solar Job Census
DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz issued the following statement today on the 2014 National Solar Jobs Census:
“Solar power is a key component of our all-of-the-above approach to American energy, creating good-paying American jobs that support our growing clean energy economy. According to a new report released by the Solar Foundation today, the solar industry is continuing its rapid growth, with more than 170,000 Americans employed throughout the U.S. solar supply chain. In the last year alone, the industry added more than 31,000 jobs Read More
