Taos Pueblo woman named Living Treasure honoree
Cricita Romero of Taos Pueblo is among four Taos County residents chosen as Taos Living Treasures. The honor will be awarded Sunday in a ceremony highlighted in local coverage.
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Newspaper
Taos News
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 2001
Page
1
Cricita Romero of Taos Pueblo is among four Taos County residents chosen as Taos Living Treasures. The honor will be awarded Sunday in a ceremony highlighted in local coverage.
The Oct 23 election on an education tax is examined with breakdowns of spending and the editors’ stance. The page also notes sports action, obituaries, and community notices from Taos and surrounding areas.
The narrator recalls daily morning drives past Millicent Rogers Road and Joe Thomason walking with a dog, illustrating New Mexico's alcohol problem. The piece notes numerous empty beer cans and wine bottles along roads and highlights an unusually high number of alcohol related incidents this year.
Carson National Forest official notes unusual early color change in aspens due to weather. The best viewing is along Highway 64 from Tres Piedras to Tierra Amarilla as leaves drop quickly, with some color still visible near the crest and descent. Ben Romero, Public Affairs officer, spoke on Oct. 9.
Kit Carson Electric Co-op trustees have supplied services and gravel from their own companies despite an eight year old bylaw banning such business. Medina & Sons Concrete & Land provided gravel totaling 2138 dollars to the co-op between 1999 and 2001. Owner Robert Medina and trustee Manuel Medina defend the practice as necessary while denying corruption charges.
State Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn announced the suspension of all herbicide applications in Taos County. A town meeting is planned for Wednesday October 17 at 7 p.m. at the Juan I Gonzales Agricultural Center exhibition hall, 202 Chamisa Road, Taos, to discuss a noxious weed management pilot project and to form a cooperative group to reduce herbicide use.
Seventeen Taos County residents claim they are taxed by both the county and the El Valle Sanitation District for sewer services not received. A joint powers agreement between El Valle and the Town of Taos aims to redraw boundaries to let the town provide services to 1995 annexed areas, though its legality is questioned.
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