Rio Rancho brings back youth with Blue Oyster Cult
A reader recalls discovering Blue Oyster Cult during Biofest 95 at Rio Rancho, awakening a lifelong passion for rock. The writer details early model-building, the shift to music, and attending multiple Cult shows in Denver, ending with renewed admiration after a Rio Rancho headline set that left him briefly teenage again.
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Alice Cooper
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Little League
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Clash
Randy
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Lawmakers weigh cutting Social Security CPI increase
Editorial opposes reducing the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment by one percentage point to trim deficits. It notes CPI overstatement uncertainty, cites the Boskin panel and Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates, and urges leaving inflation adjustments to the Bureau rather than Congress.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Congressional
Congress
Michael Boskin
Council of Economic Advisers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Wake-up call on adolescent risk factors and after-school care
Carnegie Corp reports alarming trends among 10 to 14 year olds including drug use at one third and rising smoking rates, with homicide of youths 10 to 14 doubling from 1985 to 1992. It calls for expanded after-school programs, stronger parental involvement, and societal investment to prevent long term social costs.
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Carnegie Corp
Carnegie
U.S. Commerce Department
Community letters defend Rio Rancho high school bond timeline
Readers reclaim that Sandoval County acted promptly on Intel's eight billion bond for a Rio Rancho high school. They cite Intel's May 4 incomplete submission, county requests for a full application, August 4 completion, and timely publication and hearings leading to September 21 approval, with multiple steps and analyses in between.
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Sandoval
Intel
Rio Rancho
Debbie Hays
Commission
First Albany
County Commission
Observer Action Line readers comments edited for space
The Observer records reader remarks on issues via NEWS-Net at 761-4202 ext 2003. Callers may remain anonymous and comments may be edited for space.
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Rio Rancho debates tourism boosts and school costs
Local letters question Rio Rancho permits revenue for RioFest used on barricades. Residents clash with officials over noise on Northern Boulevard and school ITBS reporting. A reader urges single high school design to cut long term costs while others critique water pricing and local tourism efforts. Public poll shows 53 percent oppose increasing tourism efforts.
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CMI
Rio Rancho
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