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February, 2004

Vol.5. NO.2 ...............................................................................Pages 2 and 3


Darwin Award: Sand Surfing

 At the Spring Nationals country festival in Shepparton, a celebration truck drove noisily down Main Street at a sedate pace of five miles per hour, with frolicking people climbing all over it. The sight of the slow-moving truck gave a visitor from Cranbourne a bright idea. He decided to surf along behind it.

All decked out in his big Mexican hat with a can of beer in one hand and a rope attached to the back of the truck in the other, he slid along the surface of the road on a piece of cardboard having a wonderful time…until the rope caught beneath the truck, and he was pulled under the wheels.

As if becoming a human speed bump weren’t droll enough, the photo on the front page of the newspaper showed the corpse in a body bag—with the Mexican hat beside it!



North Central New Mexico's Events

February 8 2 - 5 p.m. Las Santeras del Norte - Opening Reception
Meet the Artists, Music by Ramón Dominguez, Historic Bond House, Española. Exibit runs thru April 17. 10 - 5 p.m. (Monday - Friday) and 12 - 5 p.m. (Saturday & Sunday)

 

February 11 7:30 p.m. Eric Bibb, Acoustic Bluesman. James A. Little Theater, Santa Fe, NM. $22 advance, $26 door (This is a free concert for all Thirsty Ear Members!)

 

February 20 8:00 p.m., Santa Fe New Music presents its annual “Spotlight On…” Concert featuring local composers and performers. This year’s concert, “Spotlight On… Brian DeLay and Friends,” features guitarist Brian DeLay, flutist Susan DeJong and pianist Marthanne Dorminy-Gardner. They will perform works by local composers Peter Lieberson, Jamie Allen, and Conrad DeJong, as well as works by Michael Daugherty, William Ortiz, and Terry Riley. Concert at the Santuario de Guadalupe, tickets are available at Nicholas Potter Books, or reservations can be made at SFNM – 505-474-6601.

 

March 19-26 Builders Without Borders (BWB) Straw-Bale Construction Guides (A special workshop is planned for field-testing the new BWB Straw-Bale Construction Guides). Kutunza Institute will offer a unique opportunity for workshop participants to test and develop the final version of the Guides, while learning how to build a strawbale structure.  For more information visit:  http://www.Kutunza.org. or  http://www.BuildersWithoutBorders.org/aboutus.htm.

 

Thru May 2004       “Dances With Wool”, featuring woven images from Southwestern mythology, including Navajo sandpainting textiles. 50 spectacular textiles, family genealogies, and historic photos. Full color catalog available. Toadlena Trading Post and Museum, , Newcomb, New Mexico 87455. For more information call 505-789-3267.


   


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Inside This Issue

About the Cover ...... 3

Book Reviews .............. 15

Breaking News ................ 8

Circular Reasoning 12

Dandelion medicine .. 5

Enraged Elephant 14

Equestrian Path to Healing
and Spiritual Growth .... 1

Gluttony Men Eating Chili 4

Humor Break .............. 13

ISC sets up crisis center to protect
domain name system ... 15

Italian Man 13

Letter to the Editor 10,11

Mad Cow Disease .... 5

Millions of Consumers Unite ..... 12

Movie Making in NM ..... 8

NM Organic Farming
and Gardening Conference 1

No Child Left Behind - Part 2 ............. 6

North Central NM Events 3

Nutrition ... 12

“Our Brightest Cheerleaders” ............ 14

Printing Equipment 15

Sand Surfing 3

Sloth Sleepfalling .............. 14

Snowball’s Chance in Hell ....... 14

Udall Seeks Applications

for 2004 Summer Intern Program

in Washington ................ 8

Using DNA to Trace

African Ancestry 11

Want Ad .... 6

Where Can You Find The Sun-News 2

Who Do You Trust?   7

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