ACHIEVE

City Councilor Rey Garduño attended a Presentation by ACHIEVE, Action Communities for Health, Inovation, & EnVironmental changE, yesterday and wanted to share the 10 Tips for Better Health and the 10 Things Your Doctor Didn't Tell You.

For more info click here.

Conventional 10 Tips for Better Health
1. Don't smoke. If you can, stop. If you can't, cut down.
2. Stay on a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables.
3. Make sure you stay physically active and exercise at least 3 times a week.
4. Manage stress by, for example, talking things through and taking time to slow down, or planning relaxing get-aways.
5. If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation.
6. Cover up in the sun, and protect children from sunburn.
7. Make sure you practice safer sex.
8. Don’t forget regular check ups with your family doctor and get screenings for cancer.
9. Be safe on the roads: Follow the highway code and wear your seatbelt.
10. Learn the first-aid ABC: airways, breathing, circulation.

What Your Doctor Didn’t Tell You
1. Don't be poor. If you can, stop. If you can't, try not to be poor for long.
2. Live near good supermarkets and affordable fresh produce stores
3. Live in a safe leafy neighborhood with parks and green space nearby.
4. Work in a rewarding and respected job with good compensation, benefits, and control over your work.
5. If you work, don’t lose your job or get laid off.
6. Take family vacations and all the benefits you are entitled to.
7. Make sure you have wealthy parents.
8. Don’t live in damp, low-quality housing, next to a busy road or near a polluting factory.
9. Be sure to own a car, so you don’t have to rely on under-funded public transportation.
10. Learn how to fill in the complex housing.

Capital Battle

from the New Mexico Independent

By Marjorie Childress 4/15/09 1:57 AM

ALBUQUERQUE — An ongoing turf-war between Mayor Martin Chávez and Albuquerque’s City Council bubbled up yesterday, this time over the city’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
Apparently, the city attorney and the mayor think the Council amended and passed this year’s CIP budget too late, which means the mayor’s version will go before voters in October.

The Capital Improvement Program funds projects like parks, roads, and city buildings.
The final legislation approved by the council on April 6 eliminated several of the mayor’s high profile priorities — including a $6.48 million lagoon intended for swimming at Tingley Beach as well as infrastructure for a big soccer field complex to be built on the far West Side near I-40 and Paseo del Volcan. SunCal Corporation offered to donate that land after the Council cut funding, with the Mayor making the offer to the Council on March 13.

But now, City Attorney Bob White — a long-time appointee of the mayor — says the Council didn’t follow the proper timeline, which means the mayor’s original proposal stands.

In response, city councilors said at a press conference late yesterday that White is mistaken, and that the decree represents an encroachment on the council’s power.

Bingaman & Udall: New Mexico Stands to Gain at Least $20 Million to Reduce Energy Consumption

from Senators Bingaman and Udall.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall today announced that New Mexico is eligible to receive more than $20 million to help communities reduce energy consumption.
The funding comes through the Department of Energy from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Specifically, it comes from DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, and can be used to conduct energy audits, to install energy efficient traffic lights, and to add renewable energy technology to government buildings, among other things. More uses for the funding can be found here.
Bingaman helped write a provision in a 2007 energy law that changed way formula funding from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program is awarded, ensuring that smaller communities can tap into the funding. As a result, New Mexico now receives significantly more from this program.
“This economic recovery package is about more than just creating jobs now – it’s also about investing in our future,” said Bingaman, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “This grant funding will allow New Mexico communities to consume less energy and shift to more sustainable energy sources.”
“These block grants will help New Mexico achieve our important goals of increasing energy conservation and efficiency while decreasing fossil fuel emissions,” said Udall. “This is another example of how the economic recovery package is making important investments that will both create jobs in our state and improve our environment.”
Below is the amount each community, tribe and pueblo is eligible to receive after submitting an application to DOE:
New Mexico State Energy Office: $ 9,593,500
Alamogordo: $147,700
Albuquerque: $5,051,200
Carlsbad: $107,800
Clovis: $139,800
Farmington: $191,800
Hobbs: $128,700
Las Cruces: $888,000
Rio Rancho: $697,000
Roswell: $195,500
Santa Fe: $781,600
Bernalillo County: $459,500
Dona Ana County: $446,900
Grant County: $126,400
McKinley County: $299,600
Rio Arriba County: $166,500
San Juan County: $329,400
Sandoval County: $169,500
Santa Fe County: $264,000
Taos County: $134,100
Valencia County: $289,800
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah: $6,079,400
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, NM, CO, & Utah: $75,000
Jicarilla Apache Nation: $104,000
Mescalero Apache Tribe: $120,900
Ohkay Owingeh: $81,200
Pueblo of Acoma: $110,700
Pueblo of Cochito: $40,400
Pueblo of Isleta: $112,000
Pueblo of Jemez: $84,000
Pueblo of Laguna: $143,500
Pueblo of Nambe: $32,000
Pueblo of Picuris: $25,000
Pueblo of Pojoaque: $25,000
Pueblo of San Felipe: $102,200
Pueblo of San Ildefonso: $34,500
Pueblo of Sandia: $33,600
Pueblo of Santa Ana: $32,600
Pueblo of Santa Clara: $62,700
Pueblo of Santo Domingo: $123,900
Pueblo of Taos: $61,400
Pueblo of Tesuque: $28,500
Pueblo of Zia: $38,600
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation: $267,500

http://www.eecbg.energy.gov/#le2

For details about the program and funding, please visit www.energy.gov/recovery.

Celebrate Cesar Chavez Day!

César Chávez Day
MARCH & RALLY

Saturday, March 28, 2009
Albuquerque, NM

9:00-11:00 AM Sanchez Farm
(Lopez & Arenal SW, Free parking at designated area)
Morning of Service: Seed planting – Bring a shovel!

11:00 AM March begins - bring your banner!
Sanchez Farm to National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC)
(4th St. at Avenida César Chávez SW)

Noon – 4 PM NHCC
Fiesta with kids’ activities, cultural performances, speakers, food, and community exhibits

*FREE CONCERT*
Cultura Fuerte, Los Trinos, Con Razón, and from Los Angeles, Latin music star CAVA!

EVENT CO-SPONSORS
Recuerda a César Chávez Committee
City of Albuquerque’s Cultural Services Department
Albuquerque City Council
County of Bernalillo
National Hispanic Cultural Center
New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

For more information go to http://www.nhccnm.org/, e-mail mbcasaus@gmail.com or call 246-2261


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Día de César Chávez
MARCHA Y MANIFESTACIÓN

Sábado, 28 de marzo, 2009

9:00-11:00 AM La Granja Sánchez
(Lopez y Arenal suroeste, Estacionamiento gratis en zonas designadas)
Servicio y siembra de semillas – ¡Trae tu pala!

11:00 AM Empieza la Marcha
Desde la Granja Sánchez hasta El Centro Nacional para la Cultura Hispana (Calle 4ª y Avenida César Chávez suroeste)
¡Traiga sus Pancartas!

Mediodía – 4 PM El Centro Nacional para la Cultura Hispana
Fiesta con actividades para niños, comida, oradores, y exhibiciones comunitarias

*CONCIERTO GRATIS*
Cultura Fuerte, Los Trinos, Con Razón y desde Los Ángeles: ¡CAVA!

CO-PATROCINADORES DEL EVENTO
Recuerda a César Chávez Committee
City of Albuquerque’s Cultural Services Department
Albuquerque City Council
County of Bernalillo
National Hispanic Cultural Center
New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

Nob Hill Outreach Event Thursday Night (3/26) at O'Neill's

from Nob Hill Neighborhood Association

At this month's outreach event (3/26), the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association brings you presentations from the Nob Hill Merchant Association about its recent application for Main Street Program funding from the State of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque's Solid Waste Department about upcoming changes in solid waste collection. Each presenter will discuss how their program/department will impact the neighborhood and take questions. As always, there will be food provided by the Association and a cash bar provided by O'Neill's Pub.

photo from Jessica Dooley on Flickr