Shots Fired
One year to the day after the Parkland tragedy, news outlets reported shots fired inside Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho. No one was injured, but students were still swiftly and safely evacuated, and less than an hour later Joshua Owen, 16, was arrested in conjunction with the incident. School is cancelled today, Monday is a holiday, and kids are expected to return to school on Tuesday. The New Mexican has a follow-up today about student advocates' responses ($) and a roundup on gun bills currently in the Legislature.
This will help
If you need some happy eye bleach after yet another school shooting story, consider this plan to preserve the Georgia O'Keeffe home and studio in Abiquiú. Faculty from the design school at the University of Pennsylvania are excited to take into consideration both O'Keeffe's artistic aesthetic and the science of keeping adobe viable; "That balance of science and critical thinking, not to mention spending time in such an inspiring place, is what excites us about the project," says project staff Pamela W Hawkes.
Outlaws race shovels
Upon seeing a headline about the 40th annual World Championship Shovel Races in Angel Fire ($) last weekend, an event that sees people flying down the hill riding on garden tools at speeds in excess of 60 mph, the Word was immediately transported to this 2009 SFR article by Zane Fischer, which decries Angel Fire's canceling of the event in 2005 for "safety." Thankfully, America became great again in 2010 with the competition back on the slopes. Just don't forget to grease your ride with ski wax, car wax or pork fat.
Cold dead hands
Lawmakers in the Senate passed a gun control bill that would require background checks for nearly all gun sales, not just those that occur at a store. Currently, a gun sale between two individuals does not require a check. Proponents of the legislation say it closes a loophole; critics say it is an undue burden. It still has to pass the House of Representatives, but that body recently approved a similar bill, so it is expected to go through.
Lovely & sexy
Have a little time this weekend to sit down with not one, but five good reads? SFR's Love & Sex issue is on newsstands now, and features a bunch of stories about (you guessed it) love and sex that approach taboo topics in tasteful ways. Think the science behind the MILF appeal, legislation that would hurt sex workers, a look at Santa Fe's BDSM community (and of course, how to get involved), polyamory through a therapeutic lens and how Tinder changed the life of one unsuspecting user.
This is gonna be real nice
Don't be fooled by those big empty storefronts in the Market Station building in the Railyard. The project has generally been wildly successful, folks say, and is only improving. SFR offers a Railyard State of the Union this week to keep you up to date on what's happened and what's in the pipeline. (Side note: A few years ago, a friend of the Word told us that her architecture class at Tulane University studied the Santa Fe Railyard as an example of exemplary city planning, so we're basically famous.)
Let ‘er blow
After that refreshing rain last night, we might get a little snow on Saturday, so bundle up. High wind warnings are still in effect for various parts of the state, which is a nightmare. Sorry. (See? Told you we'd be talking about wind a lot…)