Hunger Walkers Press On Through Snow Near Costilla
Four walkers trek SR 522 south of Costilla in a cold snowy morning as two support vehicles march alongside marked Hunger Walk. Francis Brown comments on the diehards nature in sixth year on the run while Zachary Powell aims to raise funds for Ethiopian hunger relief and Guatemalan refugee housing. Walk expected to grow through the day.
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SR 522
Costilla
Taos County
Blizeau
Questa
Francis Brown
Brown
Zachary Powell
Ethiopia
Mexico
Taos considers version of $2.5 million civic center plan
About 100 residents attended a two hour Taos meeting on Armory Street Tuesday March 21 to debate the proposed 2.5 million community center. Critics cited parking shortages traffic congestion and use of ledgers tax funds while supporters including former Mayor Phil Cantu and Peter Adams backed downtown location and chamber management.
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Taos
Armory Street
Phil Cantu
Peter Adams
Holiday Inn
Robert Zemenick
Bent Street
Paige Rodriguez
Peter French
Quail Ridge
Albright Road
French
Gus Cordova
C.B. Trujillo
Robert Sturteman
Cordova
Sturteman
Dunn Street
Kit Carson Park
Zemenick
Chamber
Lawrence Ortega
Placitas Road
Plan would keep three Taos rural schools open
Taos school board approved a plan to keep Arroyo Seco Arroyo Hondo and Talpa open by moving all sixth graders to Taos Junior High and all ninth graders to Taos High by fall 1991. Funding would come from a mill levy and bond issue in February 1990 to add a high school wing and expand the library and cafeteria.
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Taos
Arroyo Seco
Arroyo Hondo
Talpa
Hondo and Seco
Ranchos
Garcia
Taos High
Abeyta
Dan Herrera
Ignacio Peralta
Tienditas
Cation School
Taos High School
Peralta
Taos wins $1.33 million for bricks and mortar plan
Taos County gains 1.33 million for bricks and mortar projects and 100 thousand to plan a new community college from the New Mexico Legislature. The college planning funds, legal establishment language, and a doubled operations budget are approved. A local mill levy up to 2 mills may be required to cover costs.
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Santa FE
Taos County
New Mexico
Taosefios
Garvey Carruthers
Muebles de Taos
Taos County grants outline community college plan
The Legislature approved Taos County capital outlay funds including 100000 for Taos community college campus planning and design, 150000 for county heavy equipment, 635000 to finish Questa High School gym, 25000 to Taos for Kit Carson Park improvements, 75000 for Lovato Center arts addition, and 600 for Picuris Pueblo roof work. The Taos center of Northern New Mexico Community College receives a doubled operations budget as part of building a case for the future Taos community college.
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Taos
Taos County
Questa
Kit Carson State Park
Lovato Senior Citizens Center
Picuris Pueblo
Taos Center of Northern
Taos Community College
Teens Face Hard Time As Taos Pregnancy Rise
Taos teens endure loneliness as at least 24 Taos school girls became pregnant since last August. Countywide, 30 teenage students have become pregnant or given birth. Taos High Teen Clinic reports 20 pregnant teens, with two in their second child. Four pregnant students exist in junior high this year. State health data show younger pregnancies this year. several girls lacked effective birth control. The report notes reasons include lack of planning and failed prevention methods.
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Raquel
Taos High School
Taos
Mary Spears
Taos High
Ray Quintana
State Office of Health Statistics
Weather notes for Taos record high and forecast
A Taos report shows a high of 65 degrees on Saturday and Sunday March 18 19, with a low of 6 degrees on Tuesday March 21, a date record. The National Weather Service forecasts mild breezy afternoons with no precipitation, lows near 20 and highs in the upper 60s.
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Taos
National Weather Service
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