The Taos News from Taos, New Mexico • Page 24

Cfi THK TAGS Thursday. Oct. 15, 1981 You can win inflation war on home front KOMfcRO The inflation war can be won onjthe home front by paying attention to details, say Taosenos. ttefe's how to save on heating bills, no matter what kind of heat you use: -Open dfapes and curtains to let the sun shine in. This can add considerably to whatever heat you use.

too just the opposite if you want the drapes to keep the sun out. This may sound elementary, but it's easy to get into the habit of leaving-drapes closed all the time without thinking what amount of heat you may be missing. in porches. A closed-in space outside the door can keep a lot of heat from escaping when the door is opened. Almost any porch can be easily and cheaply closed in by using wood frames covered with plastic.

insulation. Everyone is finding new places to put extra insulation these days: around the water-heater to save energy, in attic floors, in basement ceilings, around hot-water pipes. Add storm windows and doors, or cover windows with plastic and use heavy drapes or quilted shades, -Our adobe houses offer wonderfully-insulated walls, but they sometimes have a tendency to spring air leaks at the corners of doors and win- dows. On a windy day, walk and feel around windows and doors to drafts that may add to yeuf -Fireplaces are great to look at, but notoriously inefficient unless they're equipped with heaWlaters or specially-built chimneys. Many Taosenqs are setting small wood heaters inside their Itteplaces with the pipe venting through the wood stoves put out more heat and ibse so much up the chimney.

CHECK bills, Said said she makes it'-a habit and charges on every bill she get.s. several times that would have long-distance phone before 8 a.m. You can talk longer for less. Use a small toaster-oven for baking or heating small dishes instead of heating a large overt every time. machines work better arid, longer if they're cleaned and oiled'oftem said she was about to replace a new that was screaming every time she took it apart, cleaned out the Urit; and oiled everything in sight it worked perfectly after that.

to check the oil and transmission fluid in ybtif ear instead df haVlrtgft done. JMOttU LtfTLfi SAVKRSs -Save those little pieces of bath soap in a jar, covered with water, When dissolved, pour in a squeeze or.pump-bottle fcnd use for liquid hand soap. old nylon hose, eut in strips, for stuffing pilldws or stuffed It works just as well as polyester stuffing; leftover vegetables In a freezer-container and cook them all together on a chilly day for homemade vegetable sioup. If you always hlwe left-overs from a family-size roast, cutoff a chunk before roasting next time, and chop it up for stews. It's much cheaper than buying packaged stew-meat.

use less electricity. -If you're Using the oven, try to plan to cook the whole-dinner in the oven instead of using burners too. Do you have more money-saving ideas you'd like to share with TaOsefios? Send them to The Taos News, Que Pasa Week spotlights violence Ready for takeoff Eleulo Maeslas Mario Acosta, left, and flight instructor Reza Ghadimi, right, examine the tail end of their airplane before taking off. John Davis, right listens for pointers on pre-flight safety. All three are members of the Taos Aero club.

Aero Club offers lessons By ELEUTO MAESTAS The Taos Aero Club now has an aircraft and Is offering flight lessons to club members. Reza Ghadimi, flight instructor, said there are two more vacancies in the club for anyone who wants to join; a ground school will also be offered. An organizational picnic is planned for Saturday (Oct. 17) at 10 a.m. at Taos Municipal Airport to introduce people to the club.

Members also plan an "airplane cleaning" that day, when their 1968 Cessna 172 will be waxed and cleaned up for flight. Flights will be offered for a nominal fee during the afternoon. The Taos Aero Club, a nonprofit organization, was organized last March and the plane bought in September. It is a fully instrumented aircraft used by the aero club. Ghadimi learned to fly while serving in the United States Air Force.

He became a pilot and instructor during his tour. He was stationed in Europe, has been flying for about 12 years and instructing for five years. Federal law requires 40 hours of flight time before a flight license can be issued. Twenty of these hours are with an instructor and the other 20 are solo. Ghadimi said the average person requires from 48-50 hours flight time to earn his license.

Ghadimi invites anyone in- trested in flying, especially young people who are intrested in aviation, to come and participate in the club activities. The aero club invites pilots and anyone else intrested to participate in a meeting set for Nov. 3 at Coronado Center, concerning flight and air safety. The meeting is sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration, and representatives from that agency will show films and give lectures. Anyone wishing to participate or wanting further information can contact Reza Ghadimi or any other club member for more information.

Taos Aero Club members are Reza Ghadimi, president; Dr. Michael Straight, Lexa Johnson, Dan Chandler, Chat Campbell, Frans Voller, Dr. John Davis and Mario Acosta. Voller of the Innsbruck Lodge is the only other club member who is a licensed pilot. Ghadimi plans to hold public flight lessons in the future, but first is concerned with teaching the club members how to fly.

Flight lessons are $40 for the aircraft and $15 for the instructor. This week has bee'n proclaimed Domestic Violence Awareness Week by Lieutenant Governor Roberto Mondragon. The Battered Women's Project ofiTaos is observing the week with community announcements to let people know there Is help for families with violence problems. A candle-lighting ceremony was held (Oct. 13) at the west of the capjtol in Santa Fe to remember the over 4,500 women, men and children who had to be housed In domestic violence shelters this past year, and to remember the many vyomen died as a result of domestic violence.

I Local New Mexico communities are asked to observe a "moment of silence" Saturday (Oct. 17) at 6 p.m. Mondragon met before the ceremony wljh directors of domestic violence shelters from Farmttigton, Clovis, Hobbs, Santa Fe and Albuquerque i to dlsfcuss potential budget cuts and increasing domestic Taos County has no women'3 shelter, but has established a system of "safe homes" whfire victims of family violence are protected and givjen help. A Taos crisis line Is also in operation. Cajl 758-9888 for help or just to talk about family violence.

Two films focus i on environment The Taos Nature Society will present an environmental film, "Where Did The Colorado Go?" at the Harwood Sunday (Oct. 18). Documenting mankind's impact on the Colorado River, this film is described as hard-hitting by Gary Schrodt, a founder of the Nature Society. Schrodt said the film is an expose of the "technological fix syndrome" and its futility in solving the mammoth self perpetuated problems of salinity, water- loss, and species extinction in the river basin. A second film, The New Mexiqp Coalition Against Domestic Violence has opened a new office at 323 Romero N.W., No.

10, Albuquerque, 87104. Anyone wishing more information and-or contact that office, or write the Battered Women's Project, Box 601, Taos, 87571. "Pollution," is described as. animated, tongue-in- cheek satirical short on the controversial and heated topic, designed for serious chuckles. The films will begin at 3 p.m.

in the Harwood auditorium. Schrodt and David Witt will lead a discussion. Donations to the Nature Society will be accepted. SANTIAGO "JAIME" R. CHAVEZ ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW is pleased to announce the opening of his new office for the practice of law at 504 HINDE BOX 3129 Taos, New Mexico 87571 (505)758-0145 Practice primarily limited to Real Estate Water Rights and Immigration Law Bernal elected Paul Bernal of Taos Pueblo has been appointed to a four-year term to the University of New Mexico Hospital-pernallllo County Medical Center (UNMH- BCMC) board of trustees.

Bernal is chairman of the New Mexico Intertribal Health Authority and vice chairman of the All Indian Pueblo Council. Louise Romero retires Wellwisfars Eleuto Maeslas Louise C. Romero, left, receives hugs and good wishes from friends at a reception Sunday (Oct. 11) honoring her for 25 years of teaching at the village school. Taos Day School honored Louise C.

Romero Sunday (Oct. Hi with a reception and celebration of her life of teaching. Romero has taught in the pueblo school for more than 25 years. She moved to Santa Fe this year to teach in the Santa Fe Indian School. The parly was given by the school staff and parent- teacher organization.

Students surprised her with a presentation called "This Is Your Ufe." They gave her a variety of gifts, including a large bookcase made by the vocational students and two large hand-crocheted pillows by the Home Economics students. Two former students, Irene Martinez Mirabal and Rene Romero, came back to thank her personally for her influence on their lives. Principal Roy French said Mrs. Romero was "overwhelmed and moved to tears" by the presentation. The staff gave her a framed R.C.

Gorman print. Romero was orphaned when she was two years old and raised by Michael and Rose Naranjo of Santa Clara. She attended Bolivar Junior College in Missouri and went on to graduate from Missouri's William and Jewell College. She began teaching Taos in September, 1955. Romero has two children.

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