http://www.alamosanews.com Opinion RSS Feed Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:00 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14900 The lights are on Louise started it. Shortly after she removed her Halloween decorations, my neighbor down the street and catawampus from my house put up her Christmas decorations. Her yard lights up the neighborhood every evening with seasonal decorations of every type Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:47:12 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14895 Everyone should own a Mac! Everyone should own a MacBook or an iMac. TSJC was wise to provide a Mac lab where breakdowns and screams are not heard as often as in the overheated PC labs on the second floor. The commercial "I'm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:49:34 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14856 Sunny days - even in the middle of winter I bought the 40 years of Sesame Street DVD pack last week, figuring it would keep the grandkids quiet for a while. It did, but the biggest fans were my almost 30-something daughter Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:17 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14851 The announcement of a conservation easement on the Cross Arrow Ranch, a 3,200-acre cattle ranch at the confluence of the Conejos and Rio Grande Rivers, is good news. It means permanent protection, holding back change in long swaths of land along both rivers, extensive wetlands, Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:05:27 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14838 Due respect Remembering Veterans Day as far back as I can go in my mind paints a number of very graphic pictures. The first that comes to mind is of the late Juan Gomez stating - and I paraphrase here - that honoring Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:51:29 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14833 A foxhole promise is kept Joe Trujillo may be one of the few men who ever kept his foxhole promise to God. As an 18-year-old from the small town of Capulin, Joe was drafted into the U.S. Army in the final years of Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:30:29 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14824 Suffering Succotash: a new reality TV show comes to the Valley The economic wizards and state senators are telling us that Colorado is bouncing back faster than other state economies. I'm having a hard time believing them: groceries are higher than they were Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:14:54 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14785 No disasters allowed before the holidays I noticed it Monday morning - a strange noise coming from under the hood of my car. I had been optimistically hoping the vehicle would last for another year, but that might not be the case. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:30:51 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14782 The Old Adams Road A primitive trail called the Old Adams Road, the original route to Summitville, has always intrigued me, although I never have been on it. It was heavily used by prospectors and miners in the early 1870s. Roughly, traces Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:40:34 -0600