Dear Editor: I really enjoyed Kylie Garcia's article about St. Joseph's School in San Fidel, New Mexico, winning a prestigious science award! I have been to this small school many times and have been very impressed with the scope of learning these children receive.

As you know gas prices are going up. Time for you to buy stock in an oil company.

CITY OF GRANTS, N.M. – The City of Grants charter details for the reasons and methods that the city government is formed. First and foremost, the charter ensures that the people are the priority of the government. It does this by ensuring in both the Preamble and Article One that the people are the primary focus of the government, and that the government cannot exist without the consent of the people. The charter details the various branches of the government: Firstly, establishing the legislative in the form of a council; secondly, establishing the executive in the form of the mayor and manager; thirdly, establishing the judicial in the form of the municipal judge.

My folks moved a lot – long after my father’s honorable discharge from the military. My dad served in the U.S.

Blessings be upon Cibola County Dear Editor: The Cibola County Manager, Kate Fletcher, just informed the Commission that our County has been the recipient of the GFOA Award from the State of New Mexico for best budget management. This is huge.

As the special election to fill New Mexico’s First Congressional District heats up, an important area of bipartisan common ground has emerged: both Democratic Representative Melanie Stansbury and Republican Senator Mark Moores are emphasizing their support for repealing New Mexico’s tax on Social Security income.

Hard work and determination Dear Editor: This past Friday I attended a virtual awards meeting with the New Mexico Solid Waste Authority for RAID Grants. These grants give New Mexico communities the opportunity to apply for these grants to aid them in cleaning up their communities.

I seem to be captivated by the color of turquoise lately; it has for some reason been in the forefront of my mind. It is probably one of the oldest gemstones known, and it is opaque some-what and from blue to greenish in color.

Music News Our library, NMSU-Grants, is updating our Rock-n-Roll collection. I guess after close to 40 years as a “DJ,” things pile up.

CITY OF GRANTS, N.M. – The charter for the City of Grants is a document which lays out the specifics on how the city can and should operate. The charter opens itself to present the fact that the city exists because of and for the benefit of the people who live inside of it. The charter ensures that the people of the city always have a say in the workings of their government by establishing that amendments or changes to the charter must be passed through election and giving the people the ability to elect their councilors and mayor.