Welcome to 2009

With January almost 3/4 gone, I'm finally here!

The year has begun with great hope in the nation, recognized corruption in our state at the very highest level and the unfolding of tight budges and promises of fiscal responsibility at the state and national levels.

How did we get here? When the government stopped being of the people, by the people and for the people. The elected have long ago forgotten who they work for and why.

Okay, that's all I'm going to rant on the political side. You've heard it all already and likely, if you are reading here, your views are as conservative as mine are.

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On the home front, basketball season has moved into district play games where winning or losing counts a little more -- in the annual effort to become district, regional and state champions. Every spare minute is taken up with practice and games through February.

And FFA in the county schools (Capitan, Carrizozo, Corona and Hondo) has picked up pace with the first CDE (judging for you older folks, it has a new name now) Career Development Event ....Feb. 28 is the first CDE in T or C followed by the HUGE and infamous invitational held in Carrizozo, March. 7. After that is Quemado on Mar. 14, Las Cruces on March 21, Portales March 24-25 (for State qualifying teams only) and then the State contest March 31-April 3. Support the youth in the Blue and Gold jackets!!

Throw on top of that the schedule ski days at Ski Apache --where the area offers bottom dollar lift tickets, ski shops offer bottom dollar rentals, and the area youth get a chance to ski for a half day (once a week for 4 weeks) for less than it costs to feed them at McDonalds! It's an awesome program. Ski days start Jan. 30.
And somewhere in between, the kids go to school :)!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Carrizozo on their awesome new math teacher. Miquel Baca started at the beginning of the new semester and so far, the kids are giving him a thumbs up.

If you have tidbits of news, a photo of an event at your school or town or just something you'd like me to look into to or write about...send them my way.

Til later!!!
JULIE