Questá council vacancy looms over attendance dispute
Questa council faces potential vacancy as Jake Ortega faces removal under Village Ordinance 36 for missing three of six straight meetings. Ortega disputes the measure while Mayor Gaillour seeks legal opinion and a November board discussion. The meeting also notes open meetings rules, a 4x4 club lease delay, and gatekeeping on Cabresto Road traffic.
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Questa
Jake Ortega
Ortega
Steve Archuleta
Questa Village
Molycorp Union
John Gaillour
Gaillour
The
Times
Cabresto Road
Taos tops Questa 3-0 in Thursday soccer clash
Anthony Carrillo of Questa number 10 and Alan Bedell of Taos number 16 battle for possession as Taos defeats Questa 3-0 on Thursday October 19. Chuck Schultz moves to help for Taos. For more sports see Page 6.
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Questa
Anthony Carrillo
Taos
Alan Bedell
Chuck Schultz
Education plan flanks without funding
Taos Municipal School District officials clash over public education funding. They cite President Bush's education summit as lacking concrete action and stress the need for more money to improve schools. District leaders call for increased funding to address core education challenges.
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Taos Municipal
Bush
Taos educator warns of teacher shortage and budget gaps
Taos Superintendent Eddie Abeyta cites a near zero district cash balance at the start of 1989-90, notes a required $80,000 cafeteria transfer, and warns that pay and nonrequired activity cuts could follow. He challenges federal funding shifts amid Bush's education stance.
Paper wins public service award for Taos News
The Taos News named top large weekly in New Mexico for community service at the 1989 Better Newspaper contest in Albuquerque. It won 16 individual awards, including design, typography, and special sections for Tapa 2010 planning coverage, with staffers taking multiple firsts and seconds.
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Taos News
New Mexico Press Association
Albuquerque
Sangre de Cristo Chronicle
Angel Fire
Santa Fe
Billie Blair
Press Association
Guy Wood
Dick Behnke
Pilar
Taos
Clock Ends Daylight Time as Clocks Fall Back Sunday
Mountain Standard Time returns to standard time this Sunday morning October 29 after Mountain Daylight Time. The town prepares for the seventh annual hot air balloon festival this weekend with balloon schedules inside TEMPO. Taos weather shows a high of 66 Saturday and Sunday, a low of 24 on Saturday, and forecast partly cloudy breezy cooler conditions into Friday and Saturday with possible showers and lows 25 to 40.
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Taos
Taos council halts for Red Ribbon event with guard general
A standing room crowd heard Major General Edward Baca open Taos annual Red Ribbon anti-drug campaign. Residents criticized the National Guard's air sweeps over marijuana fields and helicopters near homes while Baca pledged safety measures and altitudes above 500 feet. The council also addressed a paused traffic master plan, Armory asbestos cleanup, a potential golf course, and funding moves through Congress for the Armory building redevelopment.
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Taos
Edward Baca
New Mexico National Guard
George Bush
National Guard
Tres Orejas
Mike Mabry
Scott Randolph
Baca
Red Cross
The
Taos Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mabry
Bobby Duran
Council
Lawrence Santistevan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Harwood
David Caffey
Gus Cordova
Old Forest Service
Armory Street
Town Hall
Congress
Armory
Eloy Jeantete
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Judith Olean
New Mexico Municipal League
Olean
St. Anthony Parish
Dale Fulkerson
Mike Stauffer
Eddie Abeyta
Charlottesville, Va
Abeyta
Sea Education
Taos High
Mick Sopyn
Rio Grande Gorge
Patty Taylor
Navajo Gallery
Bryan Welch
Blair
Tammy Keen
Angel Fire Corporation
Taos Mountain
Melody Elwell
Tempo
David Gomez
Albuquerque Tribune
Robin Martin
Debbie Medina
Spenegen
Rasstadonrepace
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