The Golf Tournament is NEXT WEEK! Thursday, September 9 is the big day.

Today is the final day to register as a Team, Individual player, or Sponsor. Player and sponsor packages include breakfast, lunch, and gift packs. Check out all the details online. Contact the office right away at 505-286-2577.

Remeber, our next Luncheon is this upcoming Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 11:30am at the Edgewood Community Center.

Our speaker is Ray Garcia with CNM’s Small Business Development Center. Join us to see what Ray has to say about Small Businesses!

Lunch is $10 per person and you may pay online via Google Checkout. Please let us know you are coming so we have plenty of food for everyone! Call the office at 505-286-2577.

A huge thanks goes out to all participants who made Run Rally Rock a success! We had 58 Runners (not counting the Cross Team from East Mountain High),23 Vendors, and a multitude of groups in the Parade.

We especially appreciate those that helped bring it all together….Tony, Robin, Debbie, Roger, and all their crews! Special thanks to our sponsor:

We enjoyed a tasty pancake breakfast prepared by the Knights of Columbus, music by Garaokie Entertainment, education by the resident blacksmith, and a wonderful carving contest.

Saturday, September 11 Wildlife West is participating in a Nationwide Dove Release to honor the victims and service people who participated in rescue attempt and clean up after during and following the events of 9-11.In rememberance, Park admission will be free for all. The Police and Fire Departments will be at Wildlife West for the Release.

Upcoming Member Events

Chili Hills and Son’s Sign Source are having a GRAND OPENING Saturday, September 4th (that’s tomorrow!!) from 1-8 pm. They’ll have live bnads, specials on food, specials on logos and graphics, Dumpy the Monster Truck, and MORE! For more information contact Nathan at 505-306-4202. Let’s get out and support this local business!

East Mountain Calvary Chapel is hosting a Women’s Conference September 17-18. Call the church at 505-286-4727 for details.

Big Horn Gun Club is hosting the 33rd annual Cache Le Plew Rendezvous September 14-19. You may call Bob at 505-286-8449 for detail!

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This is just more on the claim that “warmers” are wrong and skeptics on global warming or climate change are right.  It a real shooting range out there, and depending on who you believe, someone is off target.  The article at the link shown below doesn’t live up to its headlines, but it is bound to aggravate some on both sides.  So follow the link if you will:

Warmers spew junk or skeptics throw bunk?

Or you could say … it’s a slow blog day

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By Chuck Ring (GadaboutBlogalot ©2009 – 2010)

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To have “re-education,”  you need to have education first.  There has been a dearth of solid, understandable and common-sense information since Obamacare was hatched.

ABCNews’ Steve Portnoy reports on the NOTE:

As a widely watched survey shows support for the new health care reform law slipping, the leader in the reform effort says the administration has “a lot of re-education to do” to reverse the trend.

The poll, from the Kaiser Family Foundation, shows more Americans now oppose the reform law than favor it, 45 percent to 43 percent, reflecting a seven-point drop in support from the organization’s last survey, released in late July.

It seems it is almost akin to a group of beavers chip, chip, chipping away at what approval there might have been.  Depending on who and what you might read, some polls have said approval was above or below 50%.  Now opinions are much more dismal and I don’t believe they will improve as far as Americans attitudes about the health plan.  Here is the most recent sign that things are going downhill at a more rapid pace:

The current survey shows only 39 percent of Americans believe the country will be “better off” under the health care reforms, a new low in this poll.  Slightly more than half of those questioned say they’re disappointed in the new law.

In an ABC News/Washington Post poll taken in July, 50 percent of Americans disapproved of the president’s handling of health care, with 45 percent saying they approved.  Those who disapproved did so more strongly than those who favored the Obama administration’s actions.

It is quite puzzling to think that Obama’s health secretary really believes that Americans will just reverse course and come to believe Obamacare is as cool as refrigerated hasty-pudding.  The plan started out as a grand puzzlement and it has not slowed down as it started its roll downhill. Sebelius mentions the $250 check that some seniors have started receiving which in her opinion has made seniors more enthusiastic since it is supposed to help pay for the “donut hole.”   Speaking as a senior, I look at it as just so much empty air … like a, well like a donut hole:

Kaiser reported last month that among those 65 years and older, 43 percent said in July that Medicare would be “worse off” under the reforms, compared to 25 percent who said the program would be “better off.”

Sebelius says she understands the concerns of American seniors:

“They’re worried about what happens to their benefits in the future, worried about what happens to the overall stability of Medicare.”

There is a little  more to the article, but nothing said will make any more sense that what is found above.  Read it here.

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The Dallas Morning News first report on the scholarships wrongly granted to family members of Dallas, Texas United States Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson was filed this past Sunday.  Now the reporter,  Todd J. Gillman, has filed an update with more information:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson awarded eight scholarships last year to her grandsons and a top aide’s children – bringing to 23 the number of awards she handed out since 2005 in violation of Congressional Black Caucus Foundation eligibility rules.

The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday that over the last five years, the Dallas Democrat has awarded up to $20,000 in 15 scholarships to two grandsons, two great-nephews, and aide Rod Givens’ children between 2005 and 2008. The 2009 awards – reflected in a previously undisclosed list provided Monday by the foundation – push that above $25,000.

The representative says  she is not ashamed to have helped, but if any rules were broken by her, said breaking of rules was not intentional.  A thin story, but we’ll allow her statement, but still count it as a giant FAIL of the ethics category … since she certainly should have known.  She goes on to say she will make restitution by this weekend and will take steps to insure such will not repeat.

The representative said that had more students outside her family and close associates’ families been available to receive a scholarship, she might not have pick relatives with which to grant scholarships.  Nonetheless,  she did and others have plenty to say about her lack of attention to rules.  You can read the rest by clicking here.

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The New Mexico Business Weekly in a report dated August 27th announced that the New Mexico Health Department has announced the first two cases of West Nile virus for 2010:

In one case, a 67-year-old woman from San Juan County was diagnosed and hospitalized with neurological symptoms, the more severe form of West Nile virus.

A 47-year-old woman from Doña Ana County also had a positive West Nile test when she donated blood. Later, she developed mild symptoms. She has recovered.

You can read all of the story here to determine symptoms and precautions.  And you can click here for health department fact sheets in English and Spanish.

The second annual White Wings across America event will be held at Wildlife West Nature Park on September 11, 2010 in honor and memory of the police and fire rescue personnel that sacrificed their lives and/or service to our nation in time of great disaster. White doves will be released simultaneously all over America. Please join us for this event.

Thanks, Roger Alink, Founder and Executive Director

AGENDA- Saturday September 11, 2010

9-11 ceremony at Wildlife West Nature Park- Free admission all day

Ceremony at the Falcon Theater

9AM to 9:50 AM -Patriotic Music and police and fire units set up at falcon field –

10AM -Simultaneous Nationwide Dove release

10:05 AM –Comments by Mark Chavez- Fireman on Site at 911 aftermath

10:15 AM –Comments by Edgewood Police Chief James T. Daniels

10:25 AM- Prayer by Police Chaplain

Snacks, social time and free park visitation all day

SHORTLY AFTER RELEASE AND JUST PRIOR TO FINDING THEIR BEARING

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LifeNews.com’s editor, Steven Ertelt reports Students for Life of America (SFLA)  has joined with Wilberforce Leadership Fellows Program (WLFP) to train pro-life students who will become adult leaders in the pro-life movement:

“The vision of the Fellowship is to equip and further train student pro-life leaders to form national and state leaders that will help end abortion in our lifetime,” the organization says.

Last weekend, at the SFLA national headquarters, the pro-life group welcomed the 2010-2011 class and the students heard from David Bereit, the national coordinator of the 40 Days for Life program. They participated in seminars on the history of the pro-life movement, pro-life apologetics, how to build and cultivate pro-life campus groups.

“These students are the rockstars of the campus pro-life movement,” Kristan Hawkins, the head of SFLA, told LifeNews.com.

The Wilberforce Fellows will work with the students throughout the 2010-2011 school year to develop their knowledge of pro-life issues and career opportunities within the movement:

Throughout the 2010-2011 school year, each of the Wilberforce Fellows will be participating in a pro-life leadership training program to help them build their campus groups and to become better leaders.

The Fellows will be reading various books and articles on leadership, listening to webcasts and seminars on leadership in the pro-life movement, and will be meeting and talking with mentors on a regular basis. Each Wilberforce Fellow has been paired with a national pro-life leader to help them get the training and experience they need to start a career in the pro-life movement.

Additional information regarding the students, their schools and the Wilberforce Fellows to work with them, please click here.

This link will take you to the web site for Students for Life of America.

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That may be the story told by Nature Magazine’s, Blogs / Not Exactly Rocket Science in a post by Ed Yong an award-winning science writer.  Mr. Yong actually reports on the study findings by another science investigator.  Mr. Yong can tell you about the investigator and most of his developed information:

In the Gulf of Mexico, nature’s janitors are hard at work, mopping up the aftermath of a man-made disaster. On 20 April, 2010, an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig unleashed the largest oil spill in US history. Now, a team of American scientists led by Terry Hazen have shown that just a month or so after the incident, a microscopic clean-up crew had already started to digest the mess.

Could these microbes set themselves upon a course toward development of a microbial black tummy disease, or is the gnawing away at oil balls old hat for the tiny creatures.  It (the gnawing) does seem normal for more than one group of bacteria:

The ocean is home to many groups of bacteria that can break down the chemicals found in crude oil. Some, like Alcanivorax, are oil-eating specialists that are usually found in low numbers, only to bloom when oil spills provide them with a sudden banquet. That’s exactly what has happened in the Gulf of Mexico. Hazen has found that these oil-eaters have swelled in number in the contaminated waters.

At least one scientist measuring the oxygen levels at and around the area covered by the oil plume decided that the relatively high level of oxygen found was an indication that creatures could live in the area, but it also meant, that there was not a likelihood that oil-crunching microbes were not at work.

Hazen and his folks did not limit their investigation to oxygen level measurements.  According to Yong’s post they looked for evidence of microbes in the study area.  And, Hazen’s group found that the oxygen levels inside the plume area were slightly depressed, but they found about twice as many bacteria in the area:

Sixteen groups of bacteria were enriched within the plume, particularly the Oceanospirillales (a group that includes Alcanivorax who we’ve already met). All sixteen groups have members that can digest the hydrocarbons in oil and can do so in very cold environments where most bacteria would grind to a halt. These plume bacteria were genetically distinct from those outside and no factor except the presence of oil – not temperature or salinity or pressure – could account for this split.

While the feasting sounds like all good news, the post continues to say, there are some components left that cannot be consumed by the tiny diners and there is certainly no suggestion that 4.1 million barrels of oil deposited in the Gulf of Mexico can ever be beneficial.

You may click here for the rest of the article along with some links.

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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE SANTA FE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT

THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PERSON

Melissa Holmes

Santa Fe County Planning

(505) 995-2717 Fax 820-1394

msholmes@santafecounty.org

CDRC Recommends Approval of Sustainable Land Development Plan (SLDP) to Board of County Commissioners

Santa Fe – August 27, 2010- The County Development Review Committee (CDRC) held a Special Meeting Thursday, August 26^th and provided a recommendation on the final draft of the Sustainable Land Development Plan (SLDP) after holding the 10th Public Hearing on the plan. The CDRC unanimously approved a recommendation to move the SLDP forward with recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC).

A Special BCC study session on the SLDP is scheduled for September 14, 2010 at 9 a.m. in the County Commission Chambers. The study session will allow the Board an opportunity to review the plan, plan recommendations, and outstanding issues. The Board will also hold a Public Hearing on the SLDP. Additional Public Hearings on the SLDP will be scheduled after the study session.

The SLDP Draft, along with the CDRC presentation and the packet material presented at the August 26^th meeting, is available at www.santafecounty.org under Hot Topics click the “Revised Sustainable Land Development Plan” link.

For further information about SLDP or upcoming meetings, you may also contact Planning Manager Robert Griego, (505) 986-6215 or email rgriego@santafecounty.org.

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Friday Blast Run Rally Rock! Run Rally Rock starts TOMORROW, August 28 at Wildlife West in Edgewood! We still have room for 5K runners. You can register online, at Wildlife West, or just show up. The cost is $20 per runner. Registration begins at Wildlife West at 7 am on Saturday morning. Be there to get your numbers and t-shirts and be ready to go when the race starts at 8 AM! Runners are treated to pancake breakfast afterward! Pancake breakfast is 8:30 – 10. Knights of Columbus is preparing at the Amphitheater at Wildlife West. If you are NOT a runner, you may purchase your breakfast for only $4 for adults, $2 for children. They’ll be serving juice and bacon with the pancakes! Parade lineup begins at 7 am at the Elementary School. We’ll roll out the parking lot at 9am. Vendors may set up beginning at 5 pm today or at 7 am on Saturday. The show starts at 10 and runs until 4 or 5. We do still have room for you! You may participate Saturday OR Sunday or BOTH. Information only $50 for 1 day, $75 for 2 days, Product sales $75 for 1 day, $100 for 2 days. We are not taking any more food vendors. You may go to the Chamber page to register to run, vend, or participate in the parade. You may visit the same page if you wish to sponsor the event in any way! I hope to see you there even if you are not a vendor…Let’s support and encourage our local businesses. Tri-Chamber Golf Tournament The Annual Tri-Chamber Golf Tournament is just around the corner…Thursday September 9, 2010. This magnificent event will be held at Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club. Paa-ko Ridge is the most highly acclaimed golf course to ever open in NM. We are still have room for Turquoise and Advertising Sponsors, Hole and Tee Sponsors, and individual and team players. Check out the website to learn everything in store and about sponsorship levels. Note and Reminder NOTE:   Be on the lookout for two special emails next week.  One talks about the changes that are taking place within the Chamber and how they benefit you. The other talks about a new polling system that we will use to allow the Members to express their opinions on particular issues. REMINDER:  We would like to find a meeting room approximately 800 square feet for evening meetings. It will need access to tables and chairs as well as high speed internet. If you have an idea or have space to DONATE for this purpose please contact the office between 11 and 3 Monday through Friday by calling 505-286-2577. Or you may send an email. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to call the office (505-286-2577) 11 am – 3 pm Monday through Friday! Make it a great week! Sheri Cox PO Box 457, Edgewood, NM 87015, USA