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ational Coop Month gives each of us a chance to think about what our Coop means to us.

The benefits each of us feels it brings to our lives are as unique and individual as our diverse membership. For some it’s a gathering place for people who share a love of fresh nutritious, local and organic foods. To many local farmers and producers it’s a place to bring product where they get a fair price and quick payment. For others it’s a place to learn about the links between good food, good health and a sustainable environment that supports their efforts to make wise consumer choices. For the vast majority of our members and shoppers it’s as simple as a warm and comfortable neighborhood grocery that offers fresh food and friendly service.

But these days faced with the costs to rural and local economies of increased corporate globalization and cultural homogenization, a growing number of people see cooperative values and principles as an alternative vision. A successful way of doing business that models autonomous, economic democracy through community ownership, coops

No matter what the personal reasons, together our dedicated membership has supported La Montanita, keeping it strong and helping it grow to become one of the most vibrant cooperatives in the nation. All this despite a competitive corporate onslaught both locally and nationally that, during the nearly three decades since La Montanita began, has closed hundreds of coop doors across the country. Those of us who work here are deeply grateful and honored to continue to be able to serve you.

Coop to Coop Support Just as you the community have reached out to support your coop so too have we as an organization reached out to support other coops and communities. In keeping with the Cooperative principle of coop-tocoop support we have taken an active role in the formation of regional and national cooperative grocer associations that have combined the buying power of coops across the nation to keep our prices competitive and in many cases better than those at corporate chains. We have offered management counsel to struggling coops for free, a business service that in the corporate environment costs many thousands of dollars.

And in last few months you have been reading about the coop-to-coop support we are providing Gallup’s Wild Sage Coop. As you know from the past several issues of the Coop Connection we are in the process of a well thought out merger that will ensure the Gallup Coop, one of the very few startup coops to have opened in the last 15 years, will not only survive but thrive. The feedback on this project has been very positive from members in both communities.

Another Cooperative Opportunity Recently we have begun to explore the opportunities of growing the cooperative economy in another direction. Members of the Santa Fe community, including Jill Markstein, owner of the Marketplace Natural Grocery, the only independently owned natural foods store in Santa Fe, have approached us about bringing the cooperative model to that community.

Despite intense corporate competition from just about every national chain in the natural foods industry, the Marketplace has continued to successfully serve the Santa Fe community with the only locally owned independent natural foods market in the area. Given the competition this was no small feat and a testament both to Jill and her staff and to the many Santa Feans who recognize the necessity of supporting a locally owned business.

Jill is ready to move forward into other experiences and adventures but is dedicated to keeping local ownership of her 22-year-old market. For her the perfect solution is to transition from local, independent ownership to the community ownership of the Cooperative model.

For La Montanita, their successful business is a perfect fit, servicing its own debt and adding financial value, cash flow and diversity to our Coop. The Marketplace is about the same size as the Nob Hill Coop, carries the same products and serves communities similar to those of our existing locations. Over the years we have worked with the Marketplace on a variety of food safety and health issues including early anti-genetically engineered food actions. In keeping with the coop principle of continuous education this opportunity would provide an avenue to expand our educational efforts as well.

As we explore this opportunity, we can’t help but think of the growth of the organic farming community up and down the Rio Grande valley; successful development that was supported fully by La Montanita Coop. The strong, stable market the Coop provided for local farmers helped encourage the building of the small/family farming network we now enjoy. Many of the farmers and producers that fill our shelves with a variety of locally produced goods are based in Santa Fe and north and this undertaking would reinforce our commitment to continuing and expanding that support.

The opportunity to facilitate the transformation of a locally owned store into a community owned cooperative will further strengthen the regional and national cooperative system by adding another successful location and the good it will allow us to do for local farmers and producers, communities throughout New Mexico and the local cooperative economy is exciting to imagine.

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Finally this project is a logical outgrowth of our Coop’s ends (some might call it mission) statement as crafted by the membership’s elected representatives to the Board of Directors which states “a thriving member owned cooperative that results in an increasing number of people having and making more informed and sustainable choices at costs that do not exceed the revenues of the cooperative.”

Join us in a dialogue on growing the cooperative economy in New Mexico. We want to hear what you think. We welcome you to come to one or all in this series of meetings in Albuquerque and Santa Fe to discuss exciting opportunities for the spread and strengthening of the cooperative system.

As we further explore this opportunity we hope you will engage in this process with us. We sincerely want to hear how members of both communities feel about this project. Although it is difficult to imagine a lower risk opportunity to grow our coop than what the transformation of the Marketplace to community ownership offers, we are looking carefully at this opportunity and at this point are optimistic. To get your input we will be hosting a series of meetings both in Albuquerque and Santa Fe and hope you will join us. See the schedule on this page.

by Robyn Seydel

For more information call Robyn at 256-4594 Wednesday October 6 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 6:30-8:30pm, 114 Carlisle S.E. take I-40 to Carlisle Exit, Right (south) onto Carlisle drive 2 miles on Carlisle, cross Central Ave. Church is on the left at Silver Street, park in lots on the right.

Monday October 11 at Cloud Cliff Bakery in Santa Fe, 6:308:30pm, 1805 Second Street, take I-25 to St. Francis, left at W. San Mateo which turns into Second.

Sunday October 17 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3pm in conjunction with the Co-op’s Annual Member Meeting.

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October is National Coop Month

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La Montanita Cooperative Nob Hill 3500 Central S.E. Albuq., NM 87106 265-4631

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11.1 The Cooperative Association shall indemnify and hold harmless any director or officer or former director or officer of the Cooperative against all liability and loss, including but not limited to attorneys fees, judgments, fines, taxes, expenses, costs or amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense of any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, civil, criminal, or administrative in which he or she is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer. The At the beginning of October you received in the mail indemnification includes any amounts paid to satisfy a judgment or to official notification of these changes. Below is the full compromise or settle a claim. text of the proposed changes. All current members will receive their ballot in the mail at the end of 11.2 The director or officer shall not be indemnified if he or she is October 2004. We ask you to please return your bal- adjudged to be liable on the basis that he or she has breached or lot to either Coop location between November 1 and failed to perform the duties of his office and the breach or failure to perform constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness.

November 14. Questions call 256-4594. his year the Board of Directors of La Montanita set a goal of reviewing our bylaws for clarity, ease of use, response to the member survey, and compliance with state statutes. Each proposed amendment is preceded by its purpose to help members understand why each amendment has been proposed. The amendments can only be approved by the membership.

Valley 2400 Rio Grande Blvd.

Albuq., NM 87104 242-8800 Administrative Staff: General Manager: C.E. Pugh 265-4631 x323 ce@lamontanitacoop.com Store Team Leaders: Michelle Franklin/Nob Hill 265-4631 John Mulle/Valley 242-8800 Accounting/Toni Fragua 232-4026 Computers/Info Technology/ Ahmed Elmaghlawi 232-8202 Human Resources/Sharret Rose 265-4731 Marketing/Edite Cates 268-8357 Membership/Robyn Seydel 256-4594 Co-op fax line: 266-3703 or 265-6470 Co-op Board of Directors: President: Pat Janney Vice President: Marshall Kovitz Treasurer: Ken O’Brien Secretary: Julie Hicks Lon Calanca Eric Chrisp John Kwait Trout Rogers Martha Whitman Store hours at both locations: Mon. thru Sat.: 7am to 10pm Sunday: 8am to 10pm

I. Purpose: To create consistency among the Coop's governance documents regarding the kinds of business activities it engages in. The Coop's Articles of Incorporation already lists 'services' as an area in which the Coop may conduct business. We propose adding 'services' to the Bylaws as well.

11.3 Advance indemnification may be allowed of a director or officer for reasonable expenses to be incurred in connection with the defense of the threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, provided that the director or officer shall reimburse the Cooperative if it is subsequently determined that the director or officer was not entitled to indemnification.

11.4 No person serving as a director or officer shall be indemnified by the cooperative in any instance in which he shall have been adjudged by final judicial decision to have engaged in intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or from or on account of any transaction with respect to which it was determined that such director or officer personally received a benefit in money, property or services to which the director or officer was not legally entitled.

III. Purpose: Clarify and provide more detailed requirements for Waiver of Notice that are consistent with the State Law governing coops.

Delete the current wording in ARTICLE VII, WAIVER OF NOTICE, and substitute the following:

Membership Costs: $12 for 1 year $200 Lifetime Membership Co-op Connection Staff: Managing Editor: Robyn Seydel memb@lamontanitacoop.com Layout and Design: foxyrock inc Covers & Centerfold: Edite Cates Advertising: Robyn Seydel Printing: Vanguard Press Membership information is available at the Co-op, 3500 Central S.E. (Nob Hill location), or 2400 Rio grande Blvd. N.W. (Valley location) Membership response to the newsletter is appreciated.

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The Co-op Connection is published by La Montanita Co-op Supermarket to provide information on La Montanita Co-op Supermarket, the cooperative movement, food, nutrition, and community issues. Opinions expressed herein are of the authors and are not necessarily those of the newletter or the Co-op.

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Proposed By-Law Amendments

Section 7.1 The transactions of a meeting, whether or not validly called and noticed, are valid if a quorum is present and each of the absent members who is entitled to vote, either before or after the meeting, signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to the holding of the meeting, or an approval of the minutes of the

The goal of these amendments is to increase clarity and ease of use, respond to the member survey and comply with state statutes.

Modify the introduction to the bylaws by adding the meeting. All waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the word, "services" to point #1. Otherwise, the intro- corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. duction would remain the same. The proposed revised version would read as follows: Section 7.2 A member's attendance at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, unless the owner objects that the The Cooperative Association is organized to provide meeting was not lawfully convened. Attendance at a meeting, howhigh quality, natural and organic products at the low- ever, is not a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of est prices possible, as well as education and informa- matters required to be included in the notice but not included, if the tion about cooperatives, to, and for the social and eco- objection is made at the meeting. nomic benefit of, the community at large and the membership in particular. The management of our IV. Purpose: To clarify that the requirement of providing the agenCooperative, under direction of the representative da in advance applies to all Member meetings.

Board of Directors, shall try in every way to: Add the following sentence to the end of Section 5.4: The notifica1. Provide food and other commodities and services at tion of the meeting shall include the purpose and all agenda items. the lowest prices possible by forming the most direct V. Purpose: To clarify that the prohibition against proxy and cumulink between producer and consumer.

2. Educate ourselves about and take responsibility for lative voting applies to all votes. our environment.

3. Actively support individual participation and group Currently, the sentence, "Voting by proxy and cumulative voting shall not be permitted." is in Section 2.1. We propose moving this cooperation. sentence to Section 1.2.2.

II. Purpose: To codify and require the practice of indemnifying Directors. Indemnifying Directors is a standard VI. Purpose: The first sentence in this proposal is a requirement of business practice. It helps attract and retain members to State Law. The second sentence ensures that Members will have serve on the board by assuring them that they will not clear notification of balloting deadlines. suffer financial loss while exercising due diligence as a director. The Coop has always indemnified its Board but Add the following two sentences to the end of Section 5.2: we think the practice should be required.

The wording for measures placed on mail ballots shall be the same as the wording for that measure voted upon at a meeting. All ballots Renumber current ARTICLE XI, MISCELLANEOUS, which are to be returned by mail will show the deadline for returnTO ARTICLE XII and create a new ARTICLE XI, ing such ballots.

INDEMNIFICATION as follows: continued on page 3

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membership please. Pick up your coupon at the info desk at either location.

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La Montanita Coop is pleased to partner with Bioneers to offer special deals on their paradigm shifting books. Coop members receive a 10% discount on either “Ecological Medicine: Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves” or their newest offering “Nature’s Operating Principle: The True Biotechnologies.”

For an even better deal buy both books for only $30 and get a free audio copy of “Weaving the World 1”. Wrapped in environmentally sound raffia — great for gift giving or personal reading.

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Coop Coupon Book: We’re once again offering our special Coop coupon book full of great special discounts available only at Coop’s. This coupon book is made possible by the 29 participating co-ops throughout the West and Southwest. Thanks to our Regional Cooperative Grocer’s Association Co-op shoppers in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana will be able to enjoy special deals on a wide variety of popular products.

Without strong member support, food co-ops would be “just another grocery store.” With it, co-ops are so much more. This coupon book is just one small way for us to say “thanks” to you, our co-op member/owners.

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By-Law Amendments continued VII. Purpose: Codify in the Bylaws, the means by which the Coop may be dissolved. This wording is taken verbatim from the State Law. Note that dissolution requires the vote of 2/3 of all the members.

Create a new ARTICLE XIII, DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY as follows: The Cooperative may not sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any substantial portion of its property unless such sale, conveyance, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition is authorized at a duly held meeting of the members thereof by the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds of all of the members of the Cooperative and unless the notice of such proposed sale, lease or other disposition shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein contained or any other provisions of law, the board of directors without authorization by the members thereof, shall have full power and authority to authorize the execution and delivery of a mortgage or mortgages or a deed or deeds of trust upon, or the pledging, assignment for security purposes or encumbering of any or all of the property, assets, right, privileges, licenses, franchises and permits of the Cooperative, whether acquired or to be acquired and wherever situated, as well as the revenues and income therefrom, all upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors shall determine, to secure any indebtedness of the Cooperative.

Section 1.2.5. would read as follows: … annual membership fees of $15 or by paying a lifetime membership fee of $200.

advance notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, either in person, by telephone, or by mail at her or his address as shown on the Cooperative’s records. In an emergency, a majority of the Directors may agree to waive the notice requirement, but decisions taken at such an emergency meeting must be ratified at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

X. Purpose: Rearrange existing text regarding coop meetings for greater cohesiveness.

XI. Purpose: Rearrange existing text regarding co-op meetings for greater cohesiveness

Currently under Article II (Board of Directors), Section 2.4 describes “notice of any meeting of the BOD.” We propose that 2.4 in total is moved to Section 5.3, Board Meetings as the second paragraph. Section 2.4 currently reads as follows:

Currently under Article II (Board of Directors) Section 2.6 describes 6 members constituting a quorum. We propose reworking the wording of this Section and placing it right after the first sentence of Section 5.3. The proposed reworked language is as follows:

Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given not less than three (3) days previous thereto by posting a written notice in the store. In addition, each director shall receive three (3) day’s

Decisions may be made only if a quorum of board members are present. Six (6) Board members shall constitute a quorum.

VIII. Purpose: To clarify a responsibility of the “primary member”.

The proposed wording is currently on the membership application.

In Section 1.2. APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP, add the bold wording: “The “primary member” of the household shall be responsible for paying annual membership fees and updating a change of address, phone number and for adding or deleting secondary member names.

IX. Purpose: To increase annual membership dues to from $12 to $15 to help support the Living Wage grid. According to the latest member survey, 85% of the respondents supported an increase in annual membership dues in order to support the Living Wage grid.

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Bioneers: Shifting the Paradigm

Kenny Ausubel is an award-winning author, filmmaker and social entrepreneur specializing in health and the environment. In 1990, Kenny founded the Bioneers Conference and its parent nonprofit organization the Collective Heritage Institute (CHI). The annual conference, which attracts thousands of people every year, brings together leading social and scientific innovators focused on practical solutions for restoring the Earth. Kenny also founded CHI’s Restorative Development Initiative (RDI), a unique program designed to help create an alternative agricultural economy that supports family farmers using ecological practices.

Kenny works closely with New Dimensions Radio on producing and writing the international radio series, Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature, which was selected as a finalist for the United Nations Dept. of Public Information

Bioneers founder & author

to speak in Albuquerque Join La Montanita Coop, Bioneers, KUNM, Crosswinds Weekly, Harwood Art Center and Ecoversity as we welcome Kenny Ausubel, author and founder of Bioneers Thurs. November 11/6:30pm at the Harwood Art Center 1114 7th Street NW at Mountain Road for a talk and booksigning on Nature's Operating Instructions: The True Biotechnologies. For more information contact: Robyn 256-4594.

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Award for radio programming excellence. Hear it on KUNM on Wed. at 8:30.

In 1999, Kenny completed When Healing Becomes a Crime: The Amazing Story of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Cancer Therapies (Inner Traditions, 2000), a book on the Hoxsey herbal cancer therapy, based on his acclaimed feature documentary film, Hoxsey: How Healing Becomes a Crime (1987) which was named for the prestigious national journalistic Best Censored Stories award associated with Bill Moyers.

Kenny was also co-founder of Seeds of Change, Inc., one of the nation’s leading organic seed companies and served as the company’s CEO from 1989 to 1994. The venture was widely recognized for its unique contributions to biodiversity conservation, organic farming, and superior nutrition.

Nature’s Operating Instructions The natural world, which produced us and in which we are totally and inescapably embedded,

Kenny Ausubel has created, through billions of years of trial and error, an extraordinary biosphere with astonishingly complex yet elegant ecosystems, and a mindboggling array of life-forms. We call these Nature’s Operating Instructions. In this most recent book Kenny showcases those thinkers and doers in a wide range of fields who, by observing and studying nature’s ways with rigor, wonder and humility, are offering us ecologically-grounded alternatives to the dead-end, destructive toxic technologies, philosophies and social orders that have defined our era. See Paul Hawkins forward to this book on page 5.

Ecological Medicine Kenny’s coined the term Ecological Medicine and the concept is emerging as a revolutionary approach to personal, collective and planetary health. Ecological Medicine: Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves is the first book about this growing, multi-faceted movement that is destined to re-define the struggles for improved healthcare and a cleaner environment in the decades ahead.

It features leading figures in public health, mainstream and "integrative" medicine, and in the environmental and social justice communities.

This new philosophy of medicine is grounded in the knowledge that personal health is inextricably linked to healthy communities and poison-free ecosystems. Ecological Medicine both as a book and as a philosophy of action seeks to re-connect us to the healing power of the natural world, recognizes interdependence and with eloquent clarity points the way to achievable solutions in areas of food, integrative or alternative medicine, environmental activism and health.

For more information on the Bioneers Conference this month in California or their books and other educational materials go to www.bioneers.org.

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Instructions

by Paul Hawken When I was a young adult living and studying in Japan, among the marvels that intrigued me about the Buddhist canon were its numerous lists. To me, a lapsed Catholic, they seemed more complicated than catechism: the eightfold path, the five skandhas (elements that sum up an individual’s existence), and the six realms of reincarnation, to name but a few. One of the six realms is called the hungry ghost. It is depicted as a wretched figure with a huge protruding stomach, a pencil neck, and a tiny mouth, forever grasping for food, power, sex, or stimulation to feed an endless and insatiable appetite. It is, needless to say, one of the three hell realms.

The image of the hungry ghost is a useful metaphor today, for it has countless analogues in contemporary society: the compulsive shopper, the addict, the speculator, CEOs doing the perp walk, the global corporation privatizing the commons or commodifying life, the multinational enterprise doing everything it can to amass more capital, sales, and profits. We even have a science of voraciousness: economics. If you attend a university to get an economics degree, you must pay homage to the belief that consumption must grow for people to live well.

In fact, constant growth is the conventional definition of a healthy economy. Economists like Herman Daly and Robert Costanza who entertain the idea of steady-state consumption and production, are marginalized and ignored by most of their peers. The effects of ravenous desires are omnipresent. They are studied by police, psychiatrists, physicians, sociologists, environmentalists, and biologists, but not by economists.

The March 9, 2000 issue of Nature included an article about extinction, recovery, and biodiversity saying that it takes the Earth ten million years to recover from a mass extinction of species, which is far longer than previously thought. The article cited a study by James Kirchner at the

University of California at Berkeley and Anne Weil at Duke University predicting that up to half of all species could vanish over the next fifty to one hundred years and that human beings would be extinct long before any of the species returned.

Sustainability is about the relationship between the two most complex systems on Earth – human social systems and living systems. The interrelationship

mer days, and thousands of people die in heat waves in France.

Disturbing new forms of life are being created by corporations and released into the environment. Human clones are rumored. Food has been reduced to molecular nutrients and patented. Water rights are bought and sold like oil reserves. We go to war on the basis of a wink, a nod, and a smirk. All of these events, political and environmental, are the result of consuming life instead of considering it. In each instance, large corporations benefit hugely from the loss of ecological stability and living systems.

Martha Graham, the great dancer and choreographer, once described the creative process as “ a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive.” The authors in this volume are blessedly restless. This is a reader on social disturbance ecology. These are human edge species lodged between the end of industrialism/capitalism and

SUSTAINABILITY is about the relationship between the two most complex systems on Earth – human social systems and living systems. between human and living systems determines every person’s existence and underlies the rise and fall of every civilization. While the word “sustainability” is relatively new, every culture has confronted the relationship for better or ill. Historically, no civilization has reversed its tracks with respect to the environment; rather, civilizations have declined and disappeared because they forfeited their own habitats. For the first time in history, meaningful numbers of people are trying to arrest this slide and understand how to live on the Earth. This is a watershed in human existence.

Sven Lindquist, the author of A History of Bombing, wrote, “You already know enough. So do I. It is not knowledge we lack. What is missing is the courage to understand what we know and to draw conclusions.” What is present in this volume is the courage to understand and draw conclusions. It is not hyperbole to say that the world is turning inside out, shedding its life, and dying. A once familiar world is transforming into the unwanted and unimagined. As I write, European glaciers are melting like ice cream cones, London bakes like a pizza in 101-degree sum-

the beginning of a regenerative era. We are talking about the future of life. These are some of the spores. Culture them well.

Excerpted and reprinted from Nature's Operating Instructions: The True Biotechnologies (A Bioneers Book), edited by Kenny Ausubel, published by Sierra Club Books and distributed by The University of California Press. © 2004 Collective Heritage Institute. The Co-op has both books; Nature’s Operating Instructions and Ecological Medicine at discount prices for Co-op members.

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Get Healthy, America!

by Robyn Seydel “You are responsible for the health of your body,” says Wally Tharp. “One of the biggest problems we have in this county today is the high cost of health care, and Congress cannot and will not change this because the big chemical and pharmaceutical companies spend too much money on their campaigns.” He goes on to say “the real power is in the hands of in the individual person. We have to stand up and take responsibility for our own health.” Having celebrated his 86th birthday last month he is a picture of good health and vibrant life force. A feat he attributes to his natural and organic food diet. “I have spent less than $400 in health care over the past 40 years. Before that I had nine different ailments including asthma. I changed my diet and in 4 months the change in my health was dramatic. By the end of the first year I had no more asthma attacks and regained my health.”

In the late 1950’s Wally and about 40 other New Mexicans began to meet regularly to eat and discuss natural foods. The group “Natural Foods Associates” met for over 10 years growing substantially in size until one of their last dinners in the early/mid 1960’s, held at the old Alvarado Hotel, served a natural foods dinner to 175 people and had to turn away over 100 people at the door.

It makes perfect sense that now 50 years later with the national epidemic of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic, diet related diseases regularly in the news that Wally would be inspired to re-organize the group. The first meeting held on September 1st drew almost 20 people, including notables like Jerry Ortiz y Pino, long time health advocate in city and state government, Bernie Sanders, author of numerous health and food books, Susan Nichols, master herbalist and nutritional counselor, and others. The next meeting will be held on October 6th at 6PM at the Department of Family and Community Services, at 1231 Candelaria NW. All are welcome.

Healthy Food and Ecucation Their first project is to bring Elizabeth Baker, M.A. and Kathy Parslow, Ph.D., C.C.N. for a series of seminars that run from

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November 3 through November 6th. Like Wally and so many other people, Elizabeth has an amazing story to tell of illness and recovery due to alterations in diet and a shift to organic and natural foods. Now 91 years old Elizabeth successfully battled two forms of cancer and Addison’s disease. At one point her white blood cell count was so low the doctors gave her up. With her chemist/physicist husband she researched alternative therapies and nutritional regimens and today still keeps a rigorous travel and lecture schedule and will soon be releasing her exercise video.

Over the years Elizabeth has developed a complete system for regaining and maintaining health, now called “Get Healthy America” and confers wellness educator certificates on people who take the course.

In Albuquerque the course will be given evenings November 3 through November 5 and all day Saturday November 6.

For people who would like to audit sections the cost is only $10 for each three-hour nutrition and wellness class or for the full day on Saturday. The full program, all manuals, proficiency test and certification in the wellness educator program is only $150. All are welcome.

For more information on the free October 6th meeting or for information on Elizabeth Baker and the Get Healthy America Wellness Educator Program trainings please call Wally at 243-1460 or send a self- addressed stamped envelope to him at Box 25282, Alb, N.M. 87125

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Letter to the Editor: Dear Coop, We at La Paloma Greenhouse thank you for the opportunity to sell our plants outside the Valley Co-op in June. The folks who tended the tables saw their project come full circle, from seed to sale. They gained valuable experience interacting with customers and handling money. The public's positive reception went far to build individual self-esteem. As a non-profit agency, we appreciated the opportunity to share our mission; that being to enhance the lives of people with developmental disabilities and help them to be in and of the community.

Thank you so much for your part in a very successful month. We hope the doors remain open for possible future collaboration with you.

With much regard, Sally Lamas Vocational Instructor, La Paloma Greenhouse

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Merger’s a g o !

The Gallup buzz is growing; Wild Sage is harmonizing its health food efforts with La Montanita Cooperative. It was clear Sept 19th through a 99% pro-merge vote that members at Wild Sage Natural Foods Cooperative are exuberant about joining hands with La Montanita Coop. Only through this merger with La Montanita are we in Gallup able to extend to our community healthier food choices, more affordable prices, and more opportunities to better our community through volunteering. The Board and Managers at Wild Sage are overjoyed that the Gallup Community will soon have a more accessible array of natural, organic and non-GMO foods.

Also, the members at Wild Sage are grateful that their memberships will remain effective with the new store. I believe only blessings are in store through this new relationship between Albuquerque and Gallup’s finest Coop. I want to extend abundant thanks to all in Albuquerque who made this merger possible.

the Gallup

buzz

Sincerely, Sharon Barefoot, President of the Board Wild Sage Natural Foods Cooperative

New Mexico Pinon Coffee Co. New Mexico Piñon Coffee Co. was founded in the back room of Best Price Books and Coffee, on the corner of University and Central in 1993. Co-owners Alan Price and Jim Franco purchased a coffee roaster in the summer of 1993 to get the price per pound down. There they roasted flavorful coffee made with high quality coffee beans and piñon nuts. From roasting under 100 lbs a week for the coffee house, to present day roasting of up to 14,000 lbs a week, New Mexico Piñon Coffee has grown from its humble beginnings in the gift and tourist shops of Old Town to a sizable mail-order business. As Alan once wrote, “If green chile is dear to the hearts and stomachs of all New Mexicans, the Piñon is dear to their souls”.

pany were too much to handle. With the selling of the coffee house in 1999, Jim was able to focus on New Mexico Pinon Coffee. Coffee roasting was a family occupation and Jim followed in his Uncle Carmine’s footsteps. He has fond childhood recollections of watching the roasting coffee with his Uncle.

Alan’s passing away in 1996 was a shock to everyone. Jim soon realized that both the coffee house and coffee com-

Enjoy the unique New Mexican flavor of this locally roasted coffee. Look for it at both Coop locations.

Jim Franco now roasts more than 78 different blends, flavors and roast varieties of coffee. New Mexico Pinon Coffee Co. currently owns three coffee roasters. They have continued to roast in small batches. New Mexico Pinon Coffee buys high altitude arabica beans that are from shade grown, fair trade and organic coffee growers.

Bulk Product Spotlight: Sesame The oft-overlooked sesame seed, although of less immediate appeal to many than other seeds and nuts, has nonetheless been cultivated by humankind for its significant nutritional and curative properties since the dawn of civilization. It is said to be the oldest crop grown for its taste, dating back 2000 years to China, where it was used for food, and Egypt, where it was used for medicine. The Babylonians made sesame cakes and used the oil for cooking and toiletries. Sesame seed was imported from India to Europe during the first century; and Africans (who called it benne) brought it to the USA in the 17th century with the slave trade.

Sesame seed is the seed of the annual herb sesamun indicum. It grows in hot climates and is harvested by hand. The bell-like flowers of the plant may hold as many as 100 seeds. The seed heads pop at the slightest touch when ripe, (thence the phrase “Open Sesame”, the password to open Ali Baba’s cave in 1001 Arabian Nights).

Open sesame!

Sesame seeds add texture and variety in the cuisine of many countries. They are used whole, ground, or toasted, on breads, as candy, in vegetable dishes, as garnish, and in sauces, dressings, gomasio, hummus, and tahini. Their nutlike flavor intensifies when toasted. Soaking, stirring, and rinsing removes a substance that is difficult to digest.

Tahini is generally made with hulled sesame seed, which is difficult to digest as well.

Sesame seeds are a significant source of calcium, and contain 25% protein and 55% oil. The oil is used for cooking, and also has numerous healing qualities. It contains lignans and the antioxidants sesamolin and sesamol, which are believed to promote the integrity of body tissues in the presence of oxidizing compounds, in the process helping maintain fats in an unoxydized state and increasing HDL (good) cholesterol while lowering LDL (bad).

Sesamol and sesamolin enhance Vitamin E activity dramatically and cause sesame oil to be one of the more stable oils.

Sesame oil has natural antibacterial action for common skin pathogens, as well as antiviral, antiinflammatory, and anti-fungal (such as for athelete’s foot) effects. In vitro, sesame oil has inhibited replication of human colon cancer cells (Anti-Cancer Research 11: 209-226, 1992). Used before and after radiation treatments, it can help neutralize the flood of oxygen radicals caused by such treatment. It also protects against chlorine (which is absorbed by the skin immediately) when applied before swimming. Nose drops aide sinusitis, and the oil swabbed into the nostrils of children exposed to colds and sniffling at school can protect against airborne viruses and bacteria, as well as helping maintain moisture during dry seasons. Sesame oil absorbs in the skin quickly and penetrates (via capillaries) deeply. It helps keep joints flexible and skin soft and supple. The Ayurvedic tradition recommend application of sesame oil after bathing. Sesame oil is soothing: a sesame oil foot massage at bedtime will promote a calm night’s sleep.

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General Manager’s Column Our opportunity to consider the • 75% of survey responses purchase of The MarketPlace in chose Excellent in the area of Santa Fe presents us many wonstaff friendliness and helpfulness derful possibilities as well as and only 50% of respondents challenges. The possibilities inchose Excellent in the areas of clude providing another commustaff professionalism and effinity our cooperative experience, ciency. values and integrity, the chance • The four most important reato continue a locally owned natusons for shopping at the Co-op ral food store as a community were product selection, product the inside scoop member owned cooperative, our quality, support of local busiability to further strengthen the ness, and support of local prolarge number of local growers and producers in the area, duction.The support of local production enjoyed a large the added economies that would enhance our financial increase in importance over last year’s survey. strength, and the increased diversity of our cooperative. • 25% of the responses indicated a desire for more volunSome challenges are our ability to develop and sustain our teer opportunities and we received a large number of sugrelationship with members in each community, the possi- gestions for new volunteer options. bility of discord among members of different communi- • 74% of the Nob Hill respondents find value in Earth Day ties, the potential difficulty of servicing each individual and 67% of the Valley respondents indicated value in the community and the cooperative as a whole. Please join us Garden Party event. in the upcoming community meetings to discuss these possibilities and challenges. Together we can consider If you would like to see the entire survey results and comthis fascinating opportunity and make the best possible ments, please contact me. We appreciate your support of decision for La Montanita.

La Montanita and hope to see you soon, Continuing the review of our recent member survey, some additional statistical input we received is:

C.E. Pugh (505) 265-4631, ce@lamontanitacoop.com

Calendar of Events 10/4 10/6

Social Responsibility Research Committee 5:30pm ABQ Community Meeting: Growing the Cooperative Network, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 6:30pm

10/11

Santa Fe Community Meeting: Growing the Cooperative Network, Cloud Cliff Bakery, 6:30pm

10/17

ABQ Community Meeting: Growing the Cooperative Network, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3pm

10/19 TBA

Board of Directors Meeting 5:30pm Finance Committee Meeting, 5pm Co-op Annex

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Member Appreciation Volume Discount Shopping Offer See details on page 3

Member Survey Comments A selection of member comments in the survey regarding the value of co-op membership are listed below: Supporting locally based collective enterprise, organic farmers and other organic producers, eating healthy and delicious food, being part of something like a community.

The newsletter, the store and what it offers & stands for, the quality.

I enjoy shopping because of the staff, the shoppers and the quality food.

I want to support the coop as much as possible. Good, healthful, tasty food. Friendly, helpful staff members. Comfortable environment that is efficient and attractive. Community support and involvement.

Makes me feel like a part of a community.

Keeping idea of coops alive.

Supporting local farmers.

Being able to order in bulk, the info desk, the public phone, reliable quality of produce, member sale items and quarterly discount days.

The sense of bountifulness.

I feel at home – it is my daughter’s favorite place to go.

Everyone is friendly & it is a relief to find a place where I can connect w/my community.

So far being a new member I haven’t experienced much benefit other than the great store – produce & service which you are known for!

Probably the greatest benefit is simply being a part of an exceptional community business that provides everyone in the area w/an alternative to the massive chain stores that so pervade our modern world.

I love the Co-op. I love that it’s here in my neighborhood. I love that there are two locations. I love most of the staff. It’s a great & important part of living in Albuquerque. I don’t think I’d have stayed w/o it.

Have bought from you since its inception! So proud that you have not sold out or merged w/corporate entities.You are good listeners too.You cannot please all of us at all times. Thank you so much!

Through membership I can contribute to the co-op’s success.

It does feel like my store. The membership structure allows us to maintain a local focus. It’s fun to get a dividend but it doesn’t make or break the deal. Membership imparts a sense of community and I like that as well.

You do a great job, you’ve kept the local flavor of the store.

Supporting a local, ethical, Earth-loving organization; showing my children true importance, value of life.

I love supporting a local, forward-thinking, environmentally concerned business and buying locally grown and organic products.

I worked at a natural foods Co-op in St. Paul, MN for six years, and I know how important it is for people to have a place like the co-op to work and share ideas and build community.

That it is member owned means when I have the time to give I can and when I have a gripe or an idea my voice has an avenue to be heard.

Having access to healthy food and non-toxic products.

I feel like La Montañita is like an extended family.I really appreciate the caring and helpfulness of the staff and their enthusiastic attitude.Before becoming a member of the coop I hated grocery shopping.Now I love to shop at the coop.I can’t imagine what life would be like without the coop.

Board of Directors News November Elections: candidates and By-Laws This year, in addition to voting for new Board members, we are asking the membership to approve 11 bylaw amendments. If your membership and current address are up to date with us, you should have received a mailed notification of the proposed changes.

We realize that from a member's point of view, it's difficult to get enthusiastic about wading through these proposals. Nevertheless, we hope you will take the time to understand them and vote.

Most of the proposed amendments are attempts to clean up the existing language as well as clarify member rights and obligations. Other amendments are intended to codify practices that we already use

or that are required by law. The one truly 'new' amendment is the proposal to raise the membership fee to $15.

The writing of the proposed amendments was done by the Bylaw Amendment Committee which, like most other committees, is open to the membership.

If you want to participate in the future work of the committee or if you have questions about the proposed amendments, contact us by email (bod@lamontanitacoop.com) or come to a Board meeting.

Meetings are at 5:30 PM on the third Tuesday of each month. Location is Immanuel Presbyterian Church, across the street from the Nob Hill store.

Hard copies of the bylaws are available at the information desks of both stores. You can also access the bylaws at the Coop's website, lamontanitacoop.com.

don’t forget to vote...it’s your COOP

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www.EricsTreeCare.com “Your Professional Team of Arborists” “ISA” Certified Arborist Certified Tree Workers on Staff All Employees First Aid & CPR Certified “Care About Your Air” We use B20 Biodiesel Alternative Fuels in our truck and chipper

Services • Fruit and Shade Tree Pruning • Technical Removal • Planting • Cabling & Bracing • Pest Management • Prescription Fertilization • Tree Root Rehabilitation Services

MEMBERtoMEMBER Community

Build the local economy by using services and purchasing products from people who share your cooperative values.

Birthing, Children’s Services and Products Baby Bear Store Stella Noyce & Dan Herbison Natural fabric diapers, infant and toddler products, new and resale, toys, accessories, furniture, maternity clothing and Robeez handmade leather shoes 4801 Lomas Blvd NE West of San Mateo (505) 265-2922 Special Consideration: A 10% discount to active Co-op members Hummingbird Midwifery and Homebirth Dusty Marie, RN, LM, CPM 505-262-1690 dustydreams@hotmail.com Choose Hummingbird Midwifery to assist at your birth and I will renew your Coop membership.

Sign2Speak Amylee Udell Phone:505- 232-2772 Web: www.sign2speak.com Products/Services: Baby signing classes and cloth diapers, slings and other baby care products 10% off all products and home classes/workshops, willing to trade.

Aanya Adler Friess R e i k i Tr e a t m e n t s 4507 Marble N.E. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87110 505-247-2788 Special Considerations: Trade only Herb Store 107 Carlisle SE 255-8878 Special Consideration: 5% Discount on vitamins supplements, essential oils and bulk herbs High Desert Yoga Two locations 1835 Candelaria NW (at Betty’s) or 4600 Copper NE (Nob Hill) 232.9642 www.highdesertyoga.com Special Consideration: 10% off classes and supplies Laure Liverman DOM, RN, MSN 4010 Carlisle NE Suite B seaofqi@cybermesa.com Special Considerations: Initial consult and treatment: 50% discount Follow up visits: 20% discount Bridgit Martin Licensed Massage Therapist 2825 Candelaria NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 505.379.9048 Special Consideration: A 10% discount to Co-op members bridgitmartin@cs.com 20% discount for co-op members Deborahlise Mota DOM, Lsc. Apc/herbalist 1816 B Lomas Blvd NW 242-4372 www.herbnerds.com Special Consideration:15% off regular visit

Health and Wellness

Natural Nails Evonne Maxwell Organic manicures& pedicures, individual attention in a chemical-free environment.

3205 Central, NE Suite 201 280-9498 Special Considerations 10% off first nail care session

Betty’s Bath & Day Spa 1835 Candelaria NW 341.3456 www.bettysbath.com Special Considerations:10% discount on everything at Betty’s

Cornelia Sachs Fe l d e n k r a i s S t u d i o Awareness Through Movement® Classes and private Functional Integration® Sessions 10801 Lomas NE, Suite # 102 Phone: (505) 266-2711 e-mail: info@corneliasachs.com Special Considerations: $5.00 discount for Functional Integration® by presenting your current membership card.

Laurel Schillke Doctor of Oriental Medicine 2917 Carlisle Blvd NE, #112 Phone: 883-5389 Special Consideration: 15% on treatment sessions Linda Strange RN, LMT Stone River Massage 227 High Street Albuquerque New Mexico 269-0194 Special Consideration: 5% discount on massage Tr e e o f L i f e T h e r a p e u t i c s Madeline Aron Medical Massage and body/mind integration 265-7927 Special Considerations: 10% Discount off 1st treatment, and 10% when 2 or more members from the same household or family sign up for treatments D e b r a Ve t t e r m a n , L PAT, L P C C , art therapist and clinical counselor You cannot change your past but you can change how it effects you.

Call for appointment 265-2006 Special Consideration: First one hour consultation free

Daphne Dobecki Whole Body Wellness 11000 Spain NE, Bldg. E 505-363-3152 daphne@wbwellness.com www.wbwellness.com

Wo m e n ’ s H e a l t h C o n c e p t s Joanne Williams, CNP Wholistic Approaches in Natural Hormone Balancing for Mid-life women Call for Appointment phone 797-1944Special Considerations: Mention this guide for discount on 1 st visit

Orese Fahey, 1616 Cornell Drive S.E., (505) 243-7458 Email:primohealth@comcast.net Special Considerations: $10 off a Jin Shin Jyutsu session 10% discount on web site product orders Web: www.primohealth.com, E-mail: primohealth@comcast.net

COUNSELING Louise Miller MA, LPCC, NCC Personal Growth, Lesbian/Gay Issues, Illness, Drugs/Alcohol, Loss, Women’s Issues 2601 Wyoming NE, Suite 202 Phone: 505-385-0562 Special Considerations: Mention this guide and receive first session free

Karuna Fluhart-Negrete, MA, LPC, RPP Full Spectrum Color Therapy and Holistic Counseling Hakomi Trained, Aryuvedic based 2436 Figueroa Dr NE 505-323-4924 All for an appointment Special consideration: First Session Free for Coop members.

Laurie Norton LMT Massage Therapist /20 years experience Phone 243-1701 or 410-3741 Special Consideration: $5 discount to Coop members

Carmen Martinez-Tittimann, MA, LPCC, LMSW Individual, Child and Family Therapy P.O. Box 3204 Corrales, N.M. 87048 Phone/fax 505-890-3327 fax 898-6327 Special Considerations: 15% Discount on First Session

MEMBERtoMEMBER Resou r c e G u i d e

Members must show a current Coop membership card for all special consideration discounts and offers.

Bridgit Martin Gardens for Life: CelluGRO water saving, grow anywhere, portable garden units 2825 Candelaria NW Phone 505- 379-9048 e-mail bridgitmartin@cs.com Special Considerations: 20% off products and services for members Cor va Rose Divine Earth Gardens: Aesthetic pruning and restoration P.O. Box 6646 Albuquerque New Mexico 87197-6646 Special considerations: 10% Discount for members Entertainment, Gifts and Retail Establishments

Pueblo Loft Kitty Trask American Indian works of art Nob Hill Center 268-8764 10% discount for members Building and Home Repairs Maureen Poulas Custom ceramic tile installation for bathrooms, kitchens, patios etc.

Portfolio and references available, free estimates.

701 JeffersonNE 505-266-7567 Special Considerations: Special consideration: November-March10% Discount, April- Oct 5% discount, additional 5% for lifetime members

Beyond Borders Global direct imports featuring Coop artisans and products 111 Carlisle SE Nob Hil Center 255-6166 5% Discount to current Coop members

Business and Financial Services Paul Chavez, Lisc. General Contractor Maguire Reality LLC Full service commercial and residential realtor 2625 Aspen Ave NE 688-1228 Special Consideration: 1% discount on all property listings

Gallery One One of a kind art, gifts, jewelry, fine natural fiber clothing and more Beverly Johnson Nob Hill Center 268-7449 Special Consideration:5%Discount to Members G r e e n

Elemental Resources Christopher j. Dow Electrical contractor, solar/wind energy Valerie Lyn Dow Certified consultant, feng shui design, building biology consulting phone:505-301-5123 dowenerchi@earthlink.net Special considerations: 11% off services to all members some trades considered

Ruth B. Cohen, Mediator and Attorney By appointment 505-247-2439 rbcohen@flash.net Mediation for family, workplace, business and nonprofit organizations.

Legal protection for lesbian, gay-men, bi-sexual and transgender individuals and their families.

Special Considerations: 10% discount to coop members

T o b e i n c l u d e d i n t h e n e x t M e m b e r t o M e m b e r C o m m u n i t y R e s o u r c e G u i d e Please contact Robyn at 256-4594 or email memb@lamontanitacoop.com.

Donal Stephen Kinney, Accountant 2300 W. Alameda, #B6 Santa Fe, NM 87507 Phone: (505) 474-6733 Fax: (505) 474-7577 www.beanplanter.com Special Consideration – 10% discount on tax accounting and personal and small business planning

Thanks to all our members who helped initiate this new program.....more to come in upcomig Co-op Connections.

Sarah Soliz Freelance proofreader/editor 246-9167 zilos@freeshell.org Rate is $2/page Special consideration:10% discount to coop members Farming and Gardening Marie S. Abaya Landscape Designer simarsingsun@yahoo.com 505 242 0167 h 281 814 7944 c Special Consideration: 10% discount off design fees for coop members Joe Botone Great Outdoors Nursery and Landscape Design: Xeriscape, low water landscape; perennial garden design and installation.

10408 2and Street NW 505-890-5311 Special Considerations: 10% discount on all plants

B u i l d i n g

Highland Swing Miniature Golf Phone255-9992 Web: www.highlandswing.com Special Consideration:Two games for the price of one.

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squash season Nothing warms the house like a squash baking in the oven. It fills the house with those mouth-watering aromas, then it warms your stomach and all seems right in the world.

Must be all those healthy beta carotenes. Eat and enjoy Recipes adapted from the following sources: www.care2.com www.southernfood.about.com www.cdkitchen.com www.pumplinnook.com www.pastrywiz.com www.24bhg.com www.chron.com Tortellini or Ravioli in Sweet Potato Sauce Sweet potato sauce: 1 tbsp non-hydrogenated margarine 1 medium onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 to 2 1/2 cups diced sweet potato (1 large) 1 c low-fat milk or soymilk 1/2 tsp salt 1 lb spinach or tri-color cheese tortellini or small cheese ravioli (or substitute vegetable or tofu-filled tortellini or ravioli) Minced fresh parsley for garnish Heat the margarine in a medium saucepan.

Add the onion and garlic and sauté over medium-low heat until golden. Add the diced sweet potato and just enough water to cover.

Bring to a simmer, then cover and simmer gently until the sweet potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.

Transfer the mixture from the saucepan, including the liquid, to a food processor. Add the remaining sauce ingredients and process until smoothly pureed (or simply puree in the saucepan using an immersion blender).

Transfer back to the saucepan and set aside, covered, off the heat.

Cook the tortellini in plenty of rapidly simmering water until al dente. Drain, then stir them into the sweet potato sauce. Heat gently and briefly, just until well heated through. Serve, garnishing each serving with some parsley.

1 c Dry white wine (sub. water or stock) 1 tbsp Fresh sage Salt & freshly ground black Pepper Grated Parmesan cheese (optional) Bake cubed pumpkin in covered dish with enough water to prevent drying at 350o for 30 min. While it is baking, saute shallots in a little white wine, water or stock. In a separate pan, bring the stock to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer. Puree pumpkin and set aside. Add rice to shallots and cook 2-3 minutes over moderate heat stirring frequently. Add wine and saffron and cook, stirring constantly until all the liquid has been absorbed. Add the pumpkin and 1 c stock stirring constantly. After that is absorbed, add more stock 1/2 cup at a time stirring constantly until absorbed until the rice is cooked (about 1520 min). If you run out of stock add hot water.

Sprinkle with optional grated Parmesan cheese.

Pumpkin and Corn Dessert 1 small pumpkin 2 ears corn, cut from cob 1/2 c whole wheat flour Sugar or honey Peel, seed and slice pumpkin. Cover with water and simmer until tender. Place corn kernels in pie tin in 350-degree oven; bake for 15 minutes.

Add corn to pumpkin. Sprinkle in flour, stirring constantly over low heat until mixture thickens.

Add sugar or honey to taste. Serve hot. For a smoother pudding, blenderize 1/3 of the mixture then simmer till thick Orange Glazed Acorn Squash Rings 2 large acorn squash 2/3 c orange juice 1/3 c firmly packed raw or turbinado sugar (optional) 1/2 c maple syrup 1/2 cp melted butter 1 tbsp grated lemon peel 1/4 tsp salt Trim ends from squash; cut into crosswise slices 1/4-inch thick. Place slices in a large lightly buttered shallow baking pan; add orange juice. Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 30 minutes.

Combine sugar, maple syrup, melted butter, lemon peel and salt; pour over squash rings. Bake, uncovered, about 15 to 20 minutes longer, basting occasionally, until acorn squash is done and nicely glazed. Acorn squash recipe serves 8 to 10.

Easy Honey Candied Cinnamon Butternut Squash

Pumpkin Risotto 3 c Pumpkin flesh, peeled and cubed 4 Shallots, chopped 5 c soup stock 2 c Arborio rice 1/2 tsp Powdered saffron (optional)

1 large butternut squash, quartered lengthwise 1/4 c melted butter 1/4 c honey 1/2 c finely chopped pecans 1/4 tsp cinnamon

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Scoop seeds out of butternut squash. Arrange butternut squash pieces, cut-side down, in a large baking dish. Pour hot water in the baking dish to a depth of about 1/4-inch. Bake butternut squash at 350° for 50 to 60 minutes, or until tender. Cut squash into 1/2-inch slices and place in a 9x13x2-inch baking dish. Pour butter and honey over squash, then sprinkle with pecans and cinnamon. Return to oven and bake for 15 to 25 minutes, until butternut squash is glazed and hot.

Tempeh Pumpkin Soup 1 Small Pumpkin, skinned and cubed 2 quarts Milk, dairy rice or soy 2 quarts Water 2 Onions 5 Cloves Garlic 2 packages of tempeh 12–16 oz frozenTortellini 2 c French Beans 2 tbsp of tamari or Braggs 1/4 tsp Thyme 1/4 tsp Rosemary 1/8 tsp Oregano 8 oz Creme Fraiche 4 oz Grated Gouda Cheese Boil the pieces of pumpkin in milk/water 50/50 for 20 minutes. Remove and mash the pumpkin, then put it back into the soup. Sauté tempeh with 1 or 2 onions and about 5 cloves of garlic, when cooked sear with a dash of tamari or braggs.

Add tortellini and let it boil for 15 minutes.

For a more specific taste add some herbs (for example, oregano, thyme, rosemary). Then add French beans and boil for 5 more minutes. Add sauteed tempeh/onion mix to the soup. Add creme fraiche. Finish the soup with grated Gouda cheese. Serve with sourdough bread.

Grease and flour three 8x1-1/2-inch round baking pans; set aside. Process or blend almonds in small batches in a food processor bowl or blender container, covered, until nuts are finely ground but not oily. Transfer to a mixing bowl.

Stir in crumbs, baking powder, 1 1/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice, and 3/4 teaspoon orange peel; set aside.

Beat egg yolks and 2/3 cup of the sugar in a small mixer bowl with an electric mixer on high speed for 6 minutes. Stir in pumpkin and vanilla. Fold in nuts. Wash beaters. Beat egg whites in a large mixer bowl on medium speed until soft peaks form (tips curl). Gradually add remaining 2/3 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight). Fold 1 cup of the egg white mixture into pumpkin mixture. Fold pumpkin mixture into remaining egg white mixture. Spread evenly in prepared pans.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until light brown. Cool on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool thoroughly on racks.

For the filling, in a small bowl beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add the brown sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; beat well. Stir in the dates and applesauce. Set aside. For the whipped cream, in small chilled mixing bowl beat the whipping cream, 2 teaspoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon orange peel with an electric mixer on medium speed just until stiff peaks form. Set aside.

To assemble torte, split each cake layer in half horizontally. Place bottom of one split layer on a serving plate. Spread with about 2/3 cup of the appledate filling. Repeat with remaining cake layers and filling, ending with top cake layer. Spoon sweetened whipped cream on top layer. Serve immediately or cover and chill up to 4 hours.

Pumpkin Torte 2-2/3 c toasted slivered almonds 1 c graham cracker crumbs (about 15 square crackers) 1-1/4 tsp baking powder 1-1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice 8 eggs, separated 3/4 tsp finely shredded orange peel 1 c sugar 1 c cooked or canned pumpkin 1-1/2 tsp vanilla 2 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened 2/3 c packed brown sugar 2 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice 2/3 c finely chopped pitted dates or raisins 1/2 c chunk-style applesauce 1/2 c whipping cream 2 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp finely shredded orange peel

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october 2004 12

The facts, the dangers, the fight...

by Nalini Goordial There is a war being waged and upon the battlefield stand the giant food companies on one side and us, the consumers on the other. There are hidden killers in our foods, hidden from us, but not from the food industry, the FDA, or the medical industry.

Excitotoxins are variations of the amino acids, glutamine, glutamic acid, and aspartic acid. MSG is the sodium salt of glutamate. Glutamate is a normal neurotransmitter in the brain; in fact, it is the neurotransmitter most commonly used by the brain. Defenders of MSG and aspartame usually say: How could a substance that is used normally by the brain cause harm? When we eat natural forms of these amino acids we eat only very, very small concentrations bound as part of whole, unprocessed proteins. As such it helps nourish us, as it has for millennia. When the concentration of this transmitter rises above a certain level, the neurons begin to fire abnormally. The excitotoxins kill neurons with glutamate receptors, by overstimulating them. Sometimes the cells are damaged without being killed. Because of the particular functions of the areas in the brain where these cells are located, exposures during fetal development or during infancy are suspect as a causative agent in learning disabilities, emotional problems, and endocrine system abnormalities.

MSG is commonly added to foods as a “flavor enhancer. Unlike salt or other seasonings, MSG does not alter the actual taste of food; instead it enhances taste by exciting and increasing the sensitivity of taste buds, that is, it tricks your brain into believing what you’re eating tastes great, (‘betcha can’t eat just one’) ring any bells?

MSG is a known mutagen (mutates fetal cells). Damage occurs in the womb as chemicals pass from the mother’s blood into the developing fetus.

In children, the destruction of healthy brain tissue is not the only problem associated with glutamate. Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock states “A child's brain is growing, and it is suspected that excess glutamate causes connections to be made inappropriately, a type of mis-wiring if you will.”

Over the years a multitude of scientists/researchers published studies on the dangers of MSG. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study in March 1994 by researchers, Dr. Stuart A. Lipton and Dr. Paul S. Rosenburg which concluded: “In many neurological disorders, injury to neurons may be caused at least in part by overstimulation of receptors for excretory amino acids, including MSG and aspartame.” In the December 2003 issue the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences reported that researchers found increased levels of glutamate in the brains of children who suffered from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

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OCTOBER 2 The Handsome Family 4

with Selsun Blue Music on the Big Screen at the Guild Cinema (10/4 -10/21)

4 Swell, Moondoc;

Parker; Drake Quartet

8 Eric Bibb

(sponsored by OGB Architectural Millwork)

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Brown, Lane, Draper Trio ArtsCrawl: Edna Casman Greg Osby 4 Wordspace: David Meltzer TWO NIGHTS:

Pablo Rodarte’s Dance España ICP Orchestra Don Byron Ivey-Divey Trio Geoff Muldaur (sponsored by OGB Architectural Millwork)

Friday 8pm

October 8

ERIC BIBB acoustic blues

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The food industry hides and disguises MSG in foods so they can't be recognized, while maintaining that it is safe to use. The fact is many foods are labeled as having "No MSG" but in fact contain MSG. Even so called “natural “ foods may contain MSG under the guise of one of the following names: calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, textured protein, natural flavoring, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed protein, hydrolyzed (vegetable) protein, yeast extract, hydrolyzed yeast and modified food starch. In addition some possible hidden sources of free glutamate include; barley malt, smoke flavoring, soy sauce, bouillon, malt extract or flavoring, broth or stock for soups, processed meats in general, vegetable gum, carrageenan, whey protein, Worcestershire sauce, flavored cereals, seasoned salts and maltodextrin. Glutamate can be found in anything protein-fortified, enzyme-modified, and fermented. It can appear where consumers least expect, even in the new chicken pox vaccine.

The most obvious products have ingredients called "hydrolyzed protein." Manufacturers are calling it flavoring, natural chicken flavoring, natural turkey flavoring, etc. Be cautious of anything containing the word "flavoring" or "natural flavoring" in the list of ingredients.

In 1994, FDA received a citizen's petition requesting changes in labeling requirements for foods that contain MSG or related substances along with a warning that MSG

may be harmful to certain groups of people. FDA has not yet taken action on the petition. Instead, in July 1995 the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) conducted a definitive study for the FDA on the question of safety of MSG. The FDA wrote a deceptive summary of the report in which they implied that, except possibly for asthma patients, MSG was found to be safe by the FASEB. But in fact that is not what the report said at all.

The Glutamate Association (yes, there is an association), including MSG manufacturers and numerous large food manufacturers, have an enormous amount of money tied up in the production and use of glutamate. For example, low-fat meals, which are the current craze, are fairly bland unless glutamate is added. The same goes for many soups and broths. This organization will fight tooth and nail to convince consumers that MSG and other glutamate products are safe. They will also fight to keep information off the labels. The lines have been drawn and it looks like they are winning, it seems we have been used as "lab rats" for a number of years; it’s time to find your way out of this dangerous experiment and avoid MSG and glutamate products. Send a message that you will no longer succumb to the giant food industry; let the power of your dollar speak; let your voice be heard.

Please feel free to send your comments or questions to the author at: nalinigoordial@direcway.com Sources E. Blaylock, RL. Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills.

F. Nemeroff, C.B., and Crisley, F.D., Dr. Olney, Mark Gold, Dr. Marijah McCain

Mercury and

Autism

The national on-line "Show Us the Vaccine Data Petition" was announced by the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) at an August 23, 2004, meeting of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), National Academies of Sciences in Washington, D.C. At that meeting, parents of vaccine-injured autistic children protested that the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) was being used by federal health officials to cover up vaccine risks associated with mercury preservatives in vaccines. That day, the National Vaccine Information Center, as well as SAFEMINDS, National Autism Association, Moms Against Mercury, CoMed, No Mercury.org and Unlocking Autism, all called for full public disclosure of all government-held vaccine risk data in the VSD. The federally operated VSD electronic database has collected information on vaccination and children's health in cooperation with large Health Maintenance Organi-

zations (HMO's) for more than a decade.

The CDC has conducted its own analysis of the data and published articles, most of which have denied a causal link between vaccines and chronic brain and immune system dysfunction. During the past two years, independent researchers were repeatedly denied access by CDC officials to the publicly-funded VSD for the purpose of replicating and validating the CDC's analysis of the data.

The hallmark of good science is replication and the hallmark of good government is transparency. Signing the "Show Us the Vaccine Data" petition will add your voice to the tens of thousands of other citizen voices who know how important it is for government-held vaccine risk information to be open to independent analysis.

To read and sign the petition go to: http:// www.thepeti tionsite.com/takeaction/ 896046564. For more info contact Kathi Williams, National Vaccine Information Center 421 Church St., Suite E Vienna, Va 22180, 703938-DPT3 www.NVIC.org.

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It has been demonstrated that all chemicals classed as excitotoxins could possibly aggravate or even precipitate many of today's epidemic brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ALS, and Alzheimer's disease.

environmental justice

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habitat for humanity’s restore

In addition to saving the landfill and our environment, ReStore is an economical source for home repair and renovation materials. Finding great prices, customers also love to look for unique items. Some people have found items that they had despaired of finding anywhere in town.

Can you spend hours browsing the hardware store? Want to put that interest to good use?

ReStore is run primarily by volunteers. If you love tinkering, checking appliances, organizing, assisting customers, cleaning, or even marketing, there is a spot for you at ReStore. If you’re an expert at hardware or electrical prices, your knowledge can be used to assist in pricing donations. If you love to talk on the phone, are organized and have computer skills, you might be ReStore’s next dispatcher for the donation truck. This task can be done without leaving your home.

People who can assist the donation truck driver in lift-

ReStore is located at 200 San Mateo SE, one block south of Central in the Rainbow Business Center, east side of the building. Store hours are Wednesday-Friday 10-6 and Saturday 10-5. Call 217-0130 and speak to Ruth Friesen or view our website at www.habitatabq.org for information.

Habitat for Humanity builds homes with qualified low-income families. Potential homeowners put in 500 hours of “sweat equity” and upon completion of their home carry a no-interest 25 year mortgage. To find out more about how families qualify, or to volunteer to work on building a home or in the Habitat for Humanity office, call Phil Tubbiolo at 265-0057.

r e store

ReStore is a building materials outlet, selling donated new and used building materials to the general public at 30-70% off retail. Inventory includes windows, doors, cabinets, sinks, lighting, wrought iron, washers and dryers, stoves, tools, and much more. All proceeds from ReStore benefit Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity.

Cleaning out a garage? Donate tools, nails, and other building materials. See Habitat for Humanity’s website www.habitatabq.org for a list of acceptable donations. Most reusable building materials are accepted. Not accepted are furniture, carpet, paint or flammables, window coverings such as blinds, fluorescent lights, broken or unframed glass or mirrors, single pane windows, water heaters unless brand new, used lumber, appliances older than 5 yrs (must be working condition), built-in ovens, high flow toilets, and cast iron tubs.

the

by Ruth Friesen Contractor Jon Smith pulled out a practically new custom cabinet from his client’s remodel job and threw it into the dumpster, along with three kitchen light fixtures, the dining room chandelier and the extra boxes of tile from redoing the kitchen floor. Shocking? It happens many times each day. Our landfills receive an amazing amount of reusable home improvement material.

Until recently, there was no other choice. But now there is ReStore.

ing and moving donated items are also needed.

Many of the volunteers are newly retired folk who enjoy the camaraderie and purpose of working at ReStore. Men and women are equally welcome.

ecoversity community based learning

EcoVersity was founded in 1999 by a team of educators, ecologists, anthropologists, and activists who gathered to design a school for students seeking innovative and practical approaches to learning from the land. In 2001, the school acquired 13 acres for a campus, centrally located in Santa Fe, This land is designed as a seedbed for the teaching and modeling of a full range of sustainable systems, which participants can then apply to the backyards, farms, communities, and open lands.

Ecoversity fall catalogues with fees and complete schedules are available for free at Cloud Cliff Bakery, The Marketplace, La Montanita Coop or call 424-9797x10 for details, visit their website at ww.ecoversity.org or their campus at 2639 Agua Fria, Santa Fe, NM, 87505 Oct. 2nd: Green Solutions for Indoor Pollution - Carla Cross, 9am-4pm. The indoor air in your home can be more polluted than the outdoor air, even in the largest and most industrialized cities, contributing to a wide range of health problems. Learn how to choose healthier alternatives that are kinder to the environment.

Oct. 8th: Building an Adobe Dome Roof - Simone Swan and Jesusita Jimenez, 9am-sundown. Learn how to build an Egyptian-style adobe dome roof without wood, including theory and practical construction techniques.

Oct. 9th: Cooperative Marketing Intensive - Sandy Vaillancourt, 9am-2pm. This is a unique opportunity to outline a strategic marketing plan for your project. Ideal

both for people working in the non-profit, public service sector or as individuals. A beginning level intensive on the process of cooperative marketing, budgeting, competition, target research, media strategies, and leveraging co-sponsorships.

Oct. 9th: Garden Series: Harvest Time - Arina Pittman, 9am-4pm. Field trips to local garden’s, will be balanced with work days in which the EcoVersity garden is explored, evaluated and worked on. Wear sturdy shoes and bring work gloves and sun protection.

Oct. 12th: Pueblo Pottery - Kathy Sanchez, 6pm-8:30pm.

This course will integrate the techniques of making traditional coiled blackware pottery within the socio-cultural context of today's Tewa women's worldviews. Participants will create traditional pottery making tools while learning about the connectiveness to Mother Earth.

Oct. 24th: Growing Gourmet Mushrooms for Cooking and Health - Danny Rhodes, 9am-4pm. Learn how to grow mushrooms in your own kitchen, making home cultivation easy, fun and inexpensive. Learn fungi history and identification, and receive a starter batch of oyster mushroom spawn in a growing medium to harvest in your own home.

Oct. 30th: Hands-On Photovoltaic System Installation Adi Pieper, 9am-3pm. This two day workshop will introduce the practical side of solar electrical energy by designing, assembling and installing a small photovoltaic system.

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community forum Stone River Massage

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Dia de los Muertos Celebrando Nuestros Muertos Revolucionarios

Linda Sue Strange, RN, LMT #4645

Located at 227 High Street Albuquerque, NM

Call 269 0194

Hot Stone Massage, Swedish Myo-fascial release, and Healing Touch

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by Rusita Avila It's that time of year. The Calaveras are back, but not to haunt you, but to play, make mischief and to call upon family and friends. Dia de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead") is an ancient Mexican tradition that has been observed right here in Albuquerque at the Annual Marigold Parade held in the South Valley.

In Mexico, there are no caretakers to tend to the burial sites. Family and friends form processions to cemeteries. Gravesites are cleaned and cleared, then, ornamented with altars and adorned with several treasures, such as papel picado and Cempoalxochitl (Marigolds). Favorite foods and belongings are offered to our loved ones. Candles are lit, songs are sung.

In the South Valley, Dia de los Muertos has been an ongoing custom of the community, where residents gather to observe and pass on the tradition.

The MARIGOLD PARADE is part of this yearly tradition. Marigolds are used in the procession to bring the spirits to the festivities and to eventually guide them to their home on the “other side”.

This year's event will start at the Sheriff's Department on Sunday, November 7, 2004. The parade will begin promptly at 4pm at Camino Familiar (Sheriff's Station) and Isleta and will travel north and continue at Westside Community Center. The festivities will continue until 7pm.

All are invited to participate in the parade, and decorated floats are made by several community groups. Parade entrants are asked to call ahead for entry forms and guidelines. The public is encouraged to come dressed as a skeleton in tribute to their favorite dead person. No blood or gore please.

Although this day falls during the same time of year and may seem similar to Halloween, it really is not.

The community is invited to share in a tribute to the departed through various memorials or altars that have been affectionately created and will be displayed at the community center. This event is free to the public and is sponsored Cambio and El Partido de La Raza Unida, among other contributors. CONTACT: 344-4028 or members@cambio.org.

Bring your family and friends!

Wildlands Painted!

Basic Investing Seminar Learn the differences between stocks, bonds and mutual funds, how to stay ahead of inflation and taxes, what to look for in various instruments, and the basics of diversification. This free, no-obligation seminar will be held at your credit union's Albuquerque Training Center. You can reserve your place by calling New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union at 889-7755. Or you can register online at www.nmefcu.org.

Celebrating its second year, Wildlands Painted! 2004 Invitational Show partners Denver 10 —emerging artists from Colorado — with guest artists from Colorado and New Mexico to help in the preservation of New Mexico’s wild landscapes. The artwork, totaling more than 80 paintings, will be exhibited and sold Friday, October 15 through Sunday, October 17, 2004, at the 500 2nd Street Performance Space and Trevor Lucero Studio (at the corner of Coal and Second). An opening reception is scheduled Friday October 15th from 5-9 p.m. in conjunction with Albuquerque’s downtown gallery walk, Arts Crawl.

Wildlands Painted! was conceived by Denver 10 artist Michelle Chrisman. A New Mexico resident originally from New York, Chrisman, along with Denver-based artist E. Melinda Morrison, co-organized the exhibition and sale. “New Mexico historically has a unique relationship with artists from all over the country. We want to build on that relationship and continue this distinctive partnership between artist and the environment.”

The wildlands painted are all considered endangered by potential oil development, commercial expansion and over-grazing. Any sales of artwork on exhibit benefits the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance (NMWA), a grassroots environmental organization dedicated to the protection, restoration, and continued enjoyment of New Mexico’s wildlands and wilderness areas through federal wilderness designation and on-going advocacy. Last fall, while on display in Albuquerque, 32 artworks were sold and more than $21,000 in proceeds benefited the NMWA. Stephen Capra, executive director of the NMWA, says of the art project, “Art and wilderness both have the ability to bring beauty to life and to stir our imagination. When brought together, the result can be both powerful and inspiring. Wildlands Painted! highlights some of New Mexico’s most threatened and beautiful landscapes through a special collaboration of wilderness advocates and visual artists. “ The areas that the artists painted this year include: Rio Chama Wilderness Area: It is this area where the

the art

of c reation beautiful Rio Chama River winds along the cliffs that were made famous by beloved American artist Georgia O’Keeffe. An abundant valley nearby has been targeted for potential drilling which would have untold repercussions on the river water and all that it affects — fish, fowl, man and landscape.

Columbine-Hondo: Lush mountain meadows, icy streams, tall, dark forests and an explosion of alpine wildflowers describe this wilderness area just north of the Taos Ski Valley. Peaks in Columbine-Hondo exceed 12,000 feet. This region is a supreme example of wild and wooly Rocky Mountain wilderness.

Valle Vidal: Donated to the American people in 1982, this lush mountain basin is located in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This 100,000-acre gem — abundant with Rocky Mountain wildlife, alpine meadows, conifer forests and trout streams — is being considered for destructive coal bed methane development.

For more information about the Wildlands Painted! show and sale, contact Tisha Broska, Wildlands Painted! Event Coordinator, at 505-843-8696.

Need a lift to the Polls?

Do you or does someone you know need help getting to the polls? We are here to help!

Free rides to the voting polls are available on Election Day or during the early voting period (16-30 October). Call Sue @ 341-0692 or Jessie @ 247-9632.

community forum Giving Shelter: Women’s Community Association Did you know: On average, one woman dies each month in a domestic violence incident.

October is domestic violence awareness month and Women’s Community Association, shelter from domestic violence, needs your help. Women’s Community Association is a 100 bed shelter, serves more than 100,000 meals a year and provides independence-building services, such as transportation, clothing, legal assistance, counseling, and life-skills to over 1,000 children and adult survivors of domestic violence a year.

Women’s Community Association, in existence since 1976, is currently facing some serious financial challenges. They need community support in order to continue these and other life saving services. There are many ways to help: • Purchase $5 raffle tickets for the Live Like a Millionaire fundraising event in collaboration with Enlace Comunitario, Haven House, and Resources Inc. Call Anita @ 247-4219 for more information.

• Make a financial contribution to Women’s Community Association: • Send a check to P.O. Box 25363 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87125.

• Deposit directly into their account at Wells Fargo Bank account # 3891008991 (routing # 107002192), or • Call 247-4219 to make a credit card or debit card contribution.

• Write or call your district councilmen/woman and other area politicians and make them aware of the fact that you think it is important for them to offer support of domestic violence shelters and service providers.

• Donate household supplies for use at shelter (e.g. laundry detergent, diapers, sanitary napkins, toothpaste, toothbrushes, new underwear and socks for children and adults of all ages).

For more information on how you can support the Women’s Community Association call 247-4219

Enjoy Classical Indian Dances?

Enjoy classical Indian dances? Want to help promote sustainable development in India? If so, then do not miss the upcoming fundraiser for the Association for India's Development-NM (AID-NM): the dance-drama production "Silappadhikaaram - A Story of Women of Substance" 8pm, Friday, October 22nd. 14 talented performers from southern India exhibit folk and classical dance forms through scintillating footwork and expressive mime. Among them are G. Narendra and Mahalakshmi who will be returning to Albuquerque after last year’s sellout dance performance at UNM. This year’s show is AID-NM’s second annual fundraiser.

With 40 chapters nationwide, AID is an entirely volunteerrun NGO working at the grassroots level that supports village-based solutions to the interconnected problems of

illiteracy, poor sanitation and health care services, women’s oppression, etc.

The NM chapter is reviewing a proposal for an organic food stall run by workers of two chemical factories who have lost their livelihood while struggling against corrupt management. The food stall will procure its goods locally from farmers and communities growing produce organically, hopefully sparking an organic movement in the country so that eating organically is accessible and affordable to all.

For more info about AID-NM, visit: aidnm.unm.edu. For more info about the performance, visit: www.thehor izons.com/cca/. Tickets, call the KiMo theater at7683522 or Mohit Adhikari at 244-1178 or go to www.ticke tmaster.com.

film&lecture

series

Showing in October at the Albq. Peace & Justice Center, @ 7:00 PM 202 Harvard SE, 268-9557 OCT. 6: BUSH’S BRAIN ‘An absorbing documentary. A portrait of a media in need of answers and a country in need of more questions.’

SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL OCT. 7: THIRST Attend this special screening on one of the most crucial subjects in the 21st century: fresh water, called by some ‘blue gold’. Dialogue with the producer of the film.

people before profit

OCT. 20: HIJACKING CATASTROPHE The focus of this film is on the hijacking of the Republican Party by a radical fringe with a pre-existing agenda. This documentary examines how the Bush Administration has sold their radical plans for aggressive military interventions by deliberately manipulating intelligence, political imagery and the fears of the American people after 9/11.

OCT. 21: UNPRECEDENTED The riveting story about the battle for the presidency in Florida in 2000, a disturbing picture of suspicious irregularities, electoral injustices and sinister voter purges, all intended to undermine our democracy.

Teaching Art in the Schools Art in the Schools is offering a series of classes to help Art in the Schools volunteers and the general public bring art to our communities children. Classes include: Looking at Art with Children and Lesson Planning, Art in the School (AIS) founder/creative director Sara OttoDiniz and program coordinator Sheila Key will lead a discussion about tried-and-true methods for presenting Art in the School’s subject matter.

Public Lecture: Pueblo Pottery Dr. Joyce Szabo, UNM art history professor and guest curator of the University

of New Mexico Art Museum’s will present a slide lecture about Native American ceramics.

Studio Workshop: Pottery, Using the slides cited in Art in the School’s teaching guide, A Community Crafts: Pueblo Pottery, Sara Otto-Diniz will lead the discussion, “Looking at Pottery with Children.” In the second hour, master potter Lia Lyn Rosen and Sheila Key will conduct break-out studio sessions, during which participants will have an opportunity to create their own coil pot and/or pinch pot. For more information, times, dates and fees call 277-6495.

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Clarifying Meditative Work: A workshop for people from any meditation tradition or no tradition at all.

Saturday Oct 23 and Saturday Nov. 20 2 to 5 pm at the Wat Center, 145 Madison NE, corner of Madison and Copper, east of Washington. $5 donation. Reservations, info, Jay Cutts, New Mexico Center for Meditative Inquiry and Retreat at 281-0684.

Water belongs to all that use it and should not be privatized!

Call me if you are even mildly concerned!!! (505) 323-5619

Nature’s Way to Better Health Mary Alice Cooper, M.D. classical homeopathy craniosacral therapy visceral therapy St. Raphael Medical Center 204 Carlisle NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 (505) 266-6522

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