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Newspaper
Taos News
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1997
Page
3
A reflective piece urging readers to reject age excuses and embrace lifelong learning. It recounts Noah Adams, NPR host, learning piano at 51 in Taos, and argues that starting new arts or skills renews life, offering joy, challenge, and perpetual horizons. It encourages a New Year resolution to learn something new.
Taos voters overwhelmingly elect to rename the main crossroads where the roads to Taos Ski Valley, the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge and Questa meet as the Old Blinking Light. Support urges state highway officials to install a sign at the traffic light.
A list of lawmakers with Santa Fe and Washington D C addresses, phone numbers, faxes, and emails for U S Senator Domenici Bingaman Bill Redmond State Senator Cisneros State Representative Gonzales Governor Johnson and President Clinton, detailing official offices and general contact info.
Reader letters explain that the USDA NRCS Taos Field Office has closed and clarify it is not the Taos Soil and Water Conservation District. Mauro Rosales notes the NRCS former SCS name, provides contact, and urges distinctions between federal and local agencies. The letter questions Taos Town and County zoning moves around the airport ETZ and argues sovereignty and accountability concerns.
In Taos forum letters, residents argue against creating an airport zoning board, asserting current county tools suffice to regulate airport zoning. Suzanne D Phillips of Carson praises local input and neighborhood associations, urging citizen participation to protect quality of life amid development pressures. The piece references Staci Matlock’s airport zoning recap and calls readers to contact their elected officials.
John R. Zutavern, mayor of Abilene, Kansas, writes that after reading The Taos News Cruz will seek re-election. He praises Cruz for dedicated public service and notes strong ties between Taos and Abilene through National League of Cities meetings, wishing Taos and its leaders a happy new year.
The Taos News letter argues against nontraditional cancer cures and cites advances in surgery chemotherapy and radiotherapy. It notes five year survival for breast cancer rising from 74 percent in 1988 to 83 percent in 1996, and warns that natural or herbal remedies lack proven benefits. The piece supports continuing scientific research and roles of medical professionals at Texas Tech University School of Medicine.
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