Archive for Announcements
Public Service Announcement: Job Fair
by John Weckerle
U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich will be hosting a job fair Monday, March 8 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church (1400 Arenal Road SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105). For more information, see the announcement at Mr. Heinrich’s Congressional web site.
Young Eagles Event in Moriarty This Saturday
by John Weckerle
Checking in on our friends at Mountainair Annoucements, we find that the Moriarty Chapter of the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association, an international aviation association founded in 1953) Chapter will be sponsoring a Young Eagles Event and providing free airplane rides at the Moriarty Airport this Saturday, February 27, beginning at 8:30 a.m. In the case of bad weather, the event will take place on Sunday, February 28. For more information on the event, see the City of Moriarty Municipal Airport Page.
Formerly chaired by actor Harrison Ford, and now co-chaired by Sully Sullenbirger and Jeffrey Skyles, the Young Eagles Program was founded in 1992 to give young people ages 8 to 17 the opportunity to go flying in a general aviation airplane. The flights are provided by volunteer pilots throughout the world. For more information, check out the Young Eagles Program’s web site and the EAA Young Eagles web page. While you’re at it, have a look at the other programs, including but not limited to the Young Eagles Air Academy and scholarship/internship programs. These seem like great programs for young people interested in aviation, and we wish the Moriarty Chapter good flying this weekend.
Public Service Announcement: Moriarty FFA Alumni’s Annual Pie Auction
by John Weckerle
The Moriarty FFA (Future Farmers of America for newcomers) Alumni will hold their Annual Pie Auction this Friday, February 26, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Moriarty Lions Club. The evening will include door prizes, a silent auction, light refreshment and drinks, and an auction of delicious homemade pies, all in support for FFA and agriculture education.
The Moriarty FFA is in need of silent auction items. Businesses and individuals willing to donate goods or services, gift certificates, or store merchandise are asked to drop their donations off at Broome’s Feed in Moriarty or call the pie auction coordinators (Yolanda VanDyne, 220-1286; Pam Ball, 286-4656) to coordinate pickup. They need all donations by Friday morning, the day of the auction.
Public Service Announcement – Roadrunner Food Bank
by John Weckerle
The Roadrunner Food Bank will be making distributions on February 25 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Valley View Christian Church in Edgewood. For more information, see the Gadabout-Blogalot.com article.
Edgewood Councilor Glenn Felton’s Campaign Web Site
by John Weckerle
Edgewood Councilor Glenn Felton has declined to provide direct comment to New Mexico Central, but has asked that we post a link to his campaign web site, www.glenn4edgewood.com. As a reminder, we have offered to post any articles, information, web links, etc. for any of the candidates in any local or county election. If any of our readers should know a candidate in any race who might benefit from this offer, we ask again that our readers let them know.
Headliners Line Up For Wildlife West Music Festival
by John Weckerle
Pat Donohue
Headline acts for this year’s Wildlife West Music Festival have been signed. Returning this year will be Claire Lynch, who starred in the 2007 Music Festival. Other headline acts include Spring Creek, Pat Donohue, and Small Potatoes. For information on the event and these four groups, visit the Wildlife West Music Festivals page, and watch for more announcements both there and here.
Public Service Announcement: 4th Annual Authors For Literacy Event
by John Weckerle
The Moriarty Library and the Read “Write” Adult Literacy Program in Moriarty will host the 4th Annual Authors for Literacy event on Saturday, February 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Moriarty Civic Center. Nearly 30 authors will be on hand, each with a table with books for sale/signing and literature on any classes or workshops they present. For more information and a list of participating authors, see the event flier.
Public Service Announcement: EBWPC Monthly Meeting Date Changed
from the Estancia Basin Water Planning Committee
The Regularly monthly meeting for Estancia Basin Water Planning Committee for February has been changed to Wednesday February 24, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the East Torrance Soil & Water Conservation Educational Complex located 700 South and 10th Street, Estancia, NM.
March meeting will be held on its regular scheduled date 03/18/2010 at its regular time the 3rd Thursday of each month at 9:00 A.M. in Moriarty at the Magnum Steel Building Conference Room located 2515, Hwy 333, Moriarty, NM -(Old Route 66 Hwy) As always the public is welcome.
For further assistance or questions please call 505-384-2272 ext. 103
Let The Candidates Speak!
by John Weckerle
In a letter to the Mountain View Telegraph this week, Edgewood Mayor Bob Stearley endorses incumbent Town Council member Glenn Felton and essentially pans both incumbent Rita Loy Simmons and former Council member Chuck Ring. Mr. Stearley’s endorsement and criticisms – which likely do not surprise those familiar with the political climate of Edgewood – gave us pause for thought. In an area where newspapers are published only weekly, the point-counterpoint nature of electoral politics can be difficult on candidates. So, for all intents and purposes, we’re throwing New Mexico Central open to the candidates.
From now until elections are held, any candidate in a local or county election within our coverage area (Sandias, Manzanos, and the Estancia Valley), may publish anything he or she wishes until elections are held. Let us make this clear: for candidates ONLY, editorial policies will be waived with the caveat that libel is a serious charge and it will be they, and not we, who pay the price of false statements of fact. Any photos should be optimized for web use. Candidates are encouraged to send us an e-mail at editor@nm-central.com, and we will provide a user name, password, and other information to get you started. Candidates may submit their first article via e-mail; however, we ask that formatting be held to a minimum in e-mail submissions and cannot guarantee that formatting will be perfectly preserved.
We will be e-mailing a copy of this article to all the candidates for whom we have e-mail addresses; however, we don’t have all of them, and ask our readers to alert their favorite candidates to this opportunity.
PSA: Edgewood Food Pantry/Clothing Distribution Canceled For Today (01/28/10) UPDATE
from Chuck Ring at Gadabout-Blogalot.com
THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED ASAP. IT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED UNTIL SOMETIME NEXT WEEK, HOWEVER ROBIN PRUDENCIO WILL LEAVE A MESSAGE ON HER NUMBER WHEN IT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED. ROBIN’S NUMBER IS 505-281-5364. ALSO, THE NEW SCHEDULE WILL BE POSTED HERE.
The Roadrunner Food Distribution and the Civitan Club clothing distribution in Edgewood has been canceled for today in Edgewood due to to weather and road conditions.
The organizers for both events will reschedule as soon as possible, hopefully within two or three days.
Please check back here for additional information.
And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor…
by John Weckerle
…Who, in this case, also happens to be your editor. I have recently added over a dozen new designs to the Adult Apparel and Kids & Juniors Apparel subsections of the Uncle John’s Critter Club section of Uncle John’s Place, and invite you to have a look. There are also some new mugs in the “Uncle John’s Other Stuff” section.
Public Service Announcement – EBRA Annual Meeting This Saturday
by John Weckerle
The Estancia Basin Resource Association (EBRA) will be held this Saturday, January 16, at 2 p.m. at the East Torrance Soil and Water Conservation District Educational Complex, located at 700 South 10th Street in Estancia. Scheduled events include election of directors; speakers including State Senator Sue Wilson Beffort, Ryan Schwebach of the Estancia Basin Water Planning Committee, and a representative of the State Engineer’s office; and distribution of door prizes. Mr. Schwebach will be discussing the update to the regional water plan and the path forward.
Wild, Wicked Winter Weather Whiteness Worsens
by John Weckerle
A winter storm of somewhat unexpected intensity has descended upon the Estancia Valley and the West Mountains, forcing your editor to abandon his vehicle about 100 yards from New Mexico Central headquarters (thankfully, in the driveway). Road conditions are bad and getting worse. According to NMRoads.com:
Interstate 40 through the Canyon and especially Sedillo Hill are slushy to snow packed. NM 333, NM 14, NM 337 and NM217 are snow packed. Use caution and reduce your speed. Crews are working the area.
The cameras along 1-40 do not appear to be working any longer, and NMRoads.com is ending sessions faster than Congress during an election season. If you’re home, we suggest you stay there – and if you’re about to head for home, be extra careful. Let’s hope this all clears up in time for us to see tomorrow’s New Year’s Eve blue moon – if not, we’ll have to wait another 19 years for a repeat.
Wolves Wend Way to Wildlife West
by John Weckerle
Yesterday saw the arrival of three very important personages at Albuquerque’s Double Eagle Airport aboard an aircraft provided by Lighthawk, a conservation organization of volunteer pilots providing support to environmental and ecological efforts. Three Mexican grey wolves arrived from the National Zoo to begin the last leg of the trip to their new home – Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood, New Mexico. The plane was scheduled to return east with a retired female wolf from the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility, bound for New York.
The arrival of the male and two females represents a substantial increase in Wildlife West’s participation in the wolf recovery effort, more than doubling the Park’s population of lobos. The new arrivals will take up residence in new habitat space adjacent to the existing wolf enclosure.
The Park’s Christmas present comes with a price, however; food, veterinary care, and other expenses will require financial resources that are already strained. Those wishing to help the Park and its participation in the wolf recovery program would do well to visit the Park’s web site and consider making a donation; any support would certainly be appreciated.
Public Service Announcement – Free Christmas Eve Dinner In Moriarty
by John Weckerle
The First Baptist Church and El Comedor Restaurant are joining forces to provide a free Christmas Eve dinner at El Comedor restaurant in Moriarty. Tickets are available by reservation only, and must be picked up at the church office. Two seatings will be offered at 4:30 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. For more information, see the event flier.