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Newspaper
Rio Rancho Observer
Location
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1994
Page
3
A reflective piece compares personal growth to corridors and passages from Gail Sheehy's ideas. The narrator traces shifts across decades from energetic twenties to rising responsibilities as a parent and evolving professional speaking skills, while embracing aging and future changes.
Editorial notes NAEP shows decade long science gains, weaker reading progress, and stagnant reading at home while more students take advanced science courses. It highlights home literacy declines, shifting demographics, and rising dropout vibes among minority youth, urging broader effort and accountability.
Banned books at schools and libraries spur community action during Banned Books Week. Judy Blume and Ken Follett titles were restricted or removed as censorship groups push to define what readers may access. Parents and librarians unite to contest censorship, urging involvement in school and library boards and public support for free reading.
A reader pleads for stopping unchecked growth in Rio Rancho urging planning and a New York style central park concept with lake boating and venues. He warns that rapid expansion harms life quality and questions funding, praising cautious, vision driven development. Max Oberman and Bea Adams Helfrich add concerns on local governance and a judge's stance on a plea bargain.
A reader responds to a letter by Mr Mark Weber published August 31 asking why residents remove orange barrels from their yards and pile them in the streets during the balloon fiesta. The writer notes the event’s economic impact and urges a solution.
The Observer presents reader remarks from Action Line with space edited comments. Call NEWS-Net at 867 4700 ext 2003 to leave anonymous feedback or criticism on any issue.
Letters and comments from residents praise Lincoln Middle School, discuss solar design for new schools, warn about commuting, thank Parks and Rec, advise due diligence with builders, lament neighborhood blight along NM 528 and Rio Rancho, suggest demolishing old malls for a town plaza, propose a balloon field, urge resilience against crime, note Halloween booths, compliment a judge on the Hoover case, question public school employee unions, and advertise an opinion survey with voting results split 50 50.
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