SSCAFCA expansion earns LEED Platinum and net zero status
The Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority expanded its Rio Rancho office at 1041 Commercial Dr SE, earning LEED Platinum and the state’s first net zero energy use designation. Solar panels meet all building needs with surplus sold to PNM, while rainfall is captured for irrigation and low flow plumbing saves water. SSCAFCA chair Mark Conkling notes the expansion reflects its resource preservation mission.
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Sandoval County
Arroyo Flood Control Authority
Sscafca
Commercial Dr. SE
Rio Rancho
PNM
Mark Conkling
Sscafca Board of Directors
Community praise and caution in local notes
The column salutes participants in a Sunday community activity described as a great and fun event. It also commends Rio Rancho High Class of 2010 for record ACT scores and condemns recent reckless driving at Cleveland High after several accidents.
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Rio Rancho
Cleveland High
Observer cartoon stirs McVeigh religion debate
In a letter to the editor Alfred Puglisi of Rio Rancho challenges the Observer's portrayal of Timothy McVeigh as Christian, asserting he was an atheist who disliked Christianity and criticizing media bias while contrasting McVeigh with Muslim terrorists.
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Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City Federal Building
Observer
McVeigh
Alfred Puglisi
Rio Rancho
Pledge in English Sparks Corrales Meeting Oddity
Residents note the Corrales monthly meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance read in Spanish. Handouts were provided for readers, but the writer, lacking Spanish, could not participate and wondered about future translations. They question the motivation and request English pledges.
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Corrales
U.S.A
Promise of pardon for Billy the Kid questioned by historians
Gov Bill Richardson weighs a pardon for Billy the Kid amid claims of a Wallace promise. No written record exists and historians doubt any deal, noting Wallace may have misled rather than promised. Statements from Wallace descendants and Lincoln County War experts stress the absence of evidence and suggest the encounter was not a formal pardon arrangement.
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Bill Richardson
Lew Wallace
Billy the Kid
Wallace
Billy
Indiana Historical Society
Gov. Richardson
New Mexico
Rick Hendricks
Gov. Wallace
William N. Wallace
Westport
Conn
Richardson
Kid
Fredrick Nolan
Lincoln County
Coe Brothers
Evetts Haley
Santa Fe
Santa Fe New Mexican
Mike Pitel
New Mexican
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