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NAACA
NORTH ALBUQUERQUE ACRES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS:
Letter from President 1
Volunteer Needed 2
Trees 4
Neighborhood 5
NAACA Board List 6
NAACA Benefits 7
Monthly Safety Tip 8
Elected Officials 10
What’s the Buzz 11
Governor’s Race 13-14
Membership Form 15
NAACA
SPRING CLEAN!Saturday, May 12th
8 AM - 11:30 AM
Come out and dump your extra large junk at the Northeast corner of
Paseo del Norte and Eubank.
ONE DAY ONLYDON’T MISS OUT!
Letter from the NAACA President:
Thanks to everyone who has renewed their yearly membership. Thank you to all the new members as well. It’s just $25 dollars per year. We made it easy, and included a form on the back of this newsletter.
We will be having our annual “Spring Clean” and membership drive on Saturday May 12 from 8 to 11:30 a.m., located at the corner of Paseo Del Norte and Eubank. Residents in the neighborhood can come dump trash and miscellaneous items too big for their trash cans. We will have a place for hazardous household waste as well. Re-Store will also be there to give residents a way to donate household goods and construction materials to Habitat for Humanity.
See you at the Spring Clean!
Lorri Zumwalt - NAACA President
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Volunteer Needed for NAACA Website Maintenance We are looking for one willing and interested NAACA resident to maintain the
NAACA website.
If you have any interest in serving in this role, please contact Lori Zumwalt for more information.
The time commitment is minimal, and our community would really benefit from your help.
Thank you!
NOTE: MINUTES OF THE 2017 NAACA ANNUAL MEETING CAN BE FOUND
ONLINE AT www.naaca.net
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Fear Not the Beetle Apocalypse by Camille with Baca’s Trees In the July 30, 2017 edition of the Albuquerque Journal, there was an article entitled “We Know They Are Coming” written by Journal Staff Writer T. S. Last. Since that time, our office has received many calls with comments such as ‘take them out now’. The article referred to several boring beetles including an Elm Beetle, Bark Beetle, and the Emerald Ash Borer. It ended with a statement from the NM State Forester Tom Zegler “The Emerald Ash Borer is just a truckload of firewood away”.
Whereas it is true that some invasions are just a truckload of firewood away, the same can be said about diseases for us. As an Arborist, I try to humanize the things that are happening to trees. It is easier for me to understand it and hopefully helps me to better explain things so others can understand.
Boring beetles work their way through the vascular system of the tree constricting water flow and causing the tree to die back usually from the terminal points towards the center of the tree. When a borer is discovered, killing the bug is paramount. If discovered early enough, the tree can begin the process of repairing itself. Think of it as smoking.
Smoking constricts your vascular system. Stopping smoking is paramount. If the smoking is stopped early enough, the body will begin the process of repairing itself.
In 1999, there was a bit of a panic as people were waiting to see what would happen as the clock struck 00:01 on 1/1/2000. The panic actually started several years before. Some people were afraid that the wheels of everything would fall off. We would no longer have electricity or fuels or access to clean water or food because we were a computerized world and computers did not know how to handle so many zeroes. Some people hoarded food and water and bought generators while other extremists sold what they had and moved to isolated places to try to live in a self-sustained environment. After the fact, we realized that some of the hype snowballed into real fear and people turned the fear into panic.
Will we get the Emerald Ash Borer or the “Green Monster” as suggested in the article, or for that matter, any other infestation or disease that will devastate our Urban Forests? It’s hard to say. It could happen. There are some things for which you just cannot plan. Dutch Elm disease wasn’t a thing on the East Coast until it was a thing. When it started to wipe out Elm trees, people everywhere began to panic. The same can be said about Small Pox in the 19th and 20th centuries. The world had to react and could not prepare. The strong survived.
Bark Beetles have devastated forests killing uncountable trees. But those are forests. That’s different because that occurs usually when there is a drought. Trees become weakened and are magnets for infestations. We call that natural attrition. In Urban Forests we have a little bit more control of how much water our trees are getting….continued on page 9.
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10 Suggestions on Being a Better Neighbor
To have good neighbors means being a good neighbor...so are we good to our neighbors? 1. Be welcoming – stop to say hello 2. Learn your neighbor’s name 3. Be a responsible pet owner. Clean up after your pet, don’t allow pets to roam loose or dogs bark relentlessly day and night. 4. Host a get together with your neighbors 5. Keep your property and open spaces clean and maintained 6. Lend a helping hand; a run to the store, a mowed lawn, or help with trash containers 7. Be respectful of the positioning your outside lights 8. Return borrowed items 9. Be mindful of speed limits and noise 10. Don’t be a Snoop!
Good neighbors are watchful for each other and their property. They create tight communities which not only creates bonds but deters crime.
JOIN NAACA ON NEXTDOOR.COMNextdoor is a community bulletin website where you can discuss numerous topics affecting our neighborhood…Here is the link to our NAACA page: https://nextdoor.com/invite/cpejzwvxunugmnrqjxvu
"The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then that happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while
they are busy going good.”- Harold Kushner
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NAACA Board of Directors
PresidentLorri Zumwalt [email protected]
V.P. NorthDick Copeland
V.P. SouthJerry Janicke 856-1136
TreasurerCarol Ambabo
Secretary/Newsletter:Renee Spencer 681-6797
Secretary/MembershipRichard Rifkind 292-2376
Director at Large (North)Jean Wilkinson-Rodney 856-6543
Director at Large (North)Philip Pickard [email protected]
Director at Large (South)Len Bugge’ [email protected]
Advisory Board MemberDoug Cloud 856-9100
Advisory Board MemberSeth Lyons 816-294-7362
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Benefits and Services/Mission of NAACA
The mission of the NAACA is to serve the North Albuquerque Acres residents and property owners by working to preserve and enhance the unique, semi-rural character and lifestyle of the NAA community.
This includes: 1 Developing and maintaining an
effective working relationship between members and the government entities that influence or impact NAA;
2 Pursuing and advocating NAA quality of life issues;
3 Establishing information links so that the NAACA is in a proactive (vs. reactive) mode;
4 Preserving the integrity of the NAA community separate and apart from the City of Albuquerque, and preserving one family dwelling per acre zoning;
5 Establishing standing policies on NAA issues in concert with member input, and;
6 Providing an atmosphere to increase the sense of community among our members.
"The older I grow the more I do love spring and spring flowers. Is it so with you?" - Emily Dickinson
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SAFETY TIP OF THE MONTH
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✦ Check references and the Better Business Bureau
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✦ Get a written contract
✦ Pay Wisely - Don’t pay cash and limit your down payments. Verify work before final payment
✦ Retain Records
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continued trees from page 4
Of all the issues I have seen in the past few years, we are our landscape’s worst enemy. This year, I have seen about 100 trees that have gotten sick or died from roofing work, tile work, stucco work, painting, and cleaning solution. People throw their debris in the yard and the tree drinks it.
The worst by far is weed control. Last year approximately 800 trees were killed by weed killer. Read the labels. If the label indicates that it ‘clears the ground’ or ‘weeds don’t return for 365 days’, it is not good for your trees. There isn’t a safe place in your Urban Landscape to use these. Trees can drink 100 feet away from where they are planted. All of that said, it is my professional opinion that we do not have to panic. You don’t have to remove your Ash, Elm, or Pinon Trees. In fact, you can still plant new ones. These are a few things you can do to help defend your landscape against total annihilation in the event of an infestation or disease that threatens our Urban Forests. Water your trees. Water to your trees is like diet and exercise to us. If we stay healthy, we can walk into a room of sick people and feel reasonably secure that we will not go home sick. Diversify. A long driveway lined with the same trees looks great but if one gets sick or infested, they all get sick or infested. The same is true for the neighborhood. It’s like taking your kid to day care. When one is sick, they all get sick. When planning in your yard, look to see what everyone else has and plant something different. Do not try to prevent everything. Bugs were here long before us and they will be here long after us. We cannot preventatively treat for all these major killers because they will be desensitized to the chemical and it won’t work. You can regularly treat with Dormant Oil (it isn’t really a chemical) and you can regularly treat varying your chemical, but you cannot kill everything. It’s like a flu shot. The chemical combination changes every year to best suit the strains that are expected. Keep chemicals out of your landscape. It’s a landscape not a landfill. Water your trees. I just can’t stress this enough. Set your mind at ease. In New Mexico, the Aggies don’t just play basketball. They study bugs, weather patterns, moisture, heat indexes, and all the great restaurants where bugs like to eat to use nature to our benefit. The good bugs are promoted and the bad bugs are squashed. In other words, someone with a higher pay grade than me is monitoring patterns of disease and infestations to help us maintain our crops and landscapes. They are the CDC for greenery. As always, feel free to contact me with your questions or concerns…..Camille
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County Commissioner - District 4
Lonnie Talbert - Republican
Office Phone: (505) 468-7010
Email: [email protected]
Mail: Commissioner Lonnie Talbert
Bernalillo County
One Civic Plaza NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
http://www.bernco.gov/commission-district-4
www.facebook.com/lonnietalbert
NM State Representative - District 31
William “Bill” Rehm - Republican
Home Phone: (505) 259-3398
Email: [email protected]
During Session -
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4425
Mail: Representative Rehm
PO Box 14768
Albuquerque, NM 87191
YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES
NM State Senator- District 21
Mark Moores - Republican
Home Phone: (505) 986-4859
Email: [email protected]
Capitol Phone: (505) 681-1975
Mail: Senator Mark Moores
State Capitol
Attn: Mail Room
Santa Fe, NM 87503
NM State Representative - District 27
Lorenzo “Larry” Larranaga - Republican
Home Phone: (505) 821-4948
Email: [email protected]
During Session -
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4215
Mail: Representative Larranaga
7716 Lamplighter NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Residents living east of Eubank, north and south of Paseo Del Norte, your state representative is Bill Rehm. Residents living west of Eubank north and south of Paseo del Norte, your state representative is Larry Larranaga. To obtain information about bills that your representative has submitted to the legislature and their progress visit www.legis.stat.nm.us
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What’s That Buzz in the Neighborhood? by Chris Ewer, Sandia Foothill Honey Farm
As spring finally kicks in for 2018, you’ve probably noticed the return of the Honey Bees and the other Native Pollinators. Hummingbirds are out and about, flitting from flower to flower and feeder to feeder. Butterflies will soon be flitting from flower to flower also.
Spring has finally sprung!
Those dandelions growing in your lawn are one of the first flowers to bloom, which the pollinators love but the keeper’s of the lawns hate. Some other early bloomers are the nut bearing trees, apricot trees, and plum trees. Most of the beautiful colorful flowers that you buy at Lowe’s or Home Depot are annual hybrids that just look nice and aren’t beneficial to pollinators. Perennials like lavender, lilac and some bulbs are good sources of pollen and nectar. Other fruit trees, which bloom a little later like Peach, Cherry, Pear and Apple, are good too.
Through out the US, the commercial bee keepers are getting their semis loaded with their bee hives to make their annual trip to the orchards, groves and fields to pollinate the plants and trees that produce the things we like to eat. These loads of honey bee hives crisscross the US and most of Europe providing the pollination necessary for the bountiful crops that we all enjoy and need.
Getting back to the honeybees and what they are doing locally. After the last freeze, the queen starts laying eggs again which starts the cycle of the growth of the hive each spring. In 21 to 24 days, from egg to hatch, worker (female) and Drone (male) bees emerge and the hive begins to enlarge. In our area, in March, the hives have gotten large enough to out grow themselves and they swarm. The old queen leaves, taking about 50% of the hive with her, searching for another place suitable to form a new colony. The worker bees left behind have already selected several larvae to become queen bee cells. These new queen cells are located at the bottom of the hive frames. The worker bees feed the queen larva with Royal Jelly, a special food they create using enzymes. Once the queen larva becomes pupae, they spin a sort of cocoon inside the cell and then the worker bees close the cell with bees wax. All of this takes 16 + or – days until the new queen emerges. The first queen, which hatches goes around and kills any other queens that haven’t emerged yet. There can be only one queen in the hive! During this time, drone cells have been developing and when they hatch, their sole purpose is to form a group of drones which will fly around near the hive waiting for the new queen(s) to emerge and mate.
Once the queen mates with as many as 20 drones, she hopefully, is able to return to the hive to start laying eggs and increasing the size of the hive. Queen bees live up to 6 years but are not very productive after 3 years. Worker bees live about 21 days after they hatch and in the last 7 days of their lives forage for pollen, nectar, and water. Drones live about the same length of time and don’t do much except use up the hive’s stores of nectar and pollen and mate with queens only once.
The worker bees are who really run the hive. There are as many as 6 different jobs they perform in their 21 day lifetime, last of which is collecting the pollen, nectar and water in the last 7 days of their life. One worker will produce up to one teaspoon of honey.
So, when you are using that honey to sweeten something you’re enjoying, remember what it takes to make it and how important the honeybees are to us.
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Pearce is Changing New Mexico for the Better There are some who say the problems that plague New Mexico—poverty, a shortage of good jobs, poorly-rated schools, and crime—can never be fixed. Steve Pearce strongly disagrees with them, and he’s running for Governor to prove they are wrong by changing New Mexico for the better.
“New Mexico has such great potential, but we need leadership to move the state forward,” Pearce said. “I’m running for Governor to change the future of the state. Too many people are struggling to find jobs and too many families are wrestling with poverty. Our kids are working their way through a broken education system. Crime has taken over our streets. We have to do better.”
Pearce emphasizes that these challenges are not the fault of one political party. New Mexico’s problems have persisted for many years, through times of Republican and Democrat leadership. Partisan politics won’t make things better, he says, our Governor must work for all New Mexicans.
“Everyone in New Mexico matters—whoever you are, wherever you’re from,” Pearce said. “And everyone needs New Mexico to change. I know that if we work together, we can share a vision. and recreate a better New Mexico. That’s exactly what I’ll do as Governor.” That starts with bringing more jobs to our state. Pearce says we need to build a 21st century economy in New Mexico that brings good jobs to all parts of New Mexico, at all levels. Not just jobs in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, but in places like Deming and Las Cruces and every corner of our state.
Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham is a 12th-generation New Mexican who has dedicated her life to serving her community while fighting for families, seniors, and veterans, and building an economy that works for all New Mexicans. In her third term as US Congresswoman, she is currently serving as chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
After graduating from the University of New Mexico’s law school, Michelle worked providing free legal services for seniors with the state bar’s lawyer referral for the elderly program. She served as director of the state agency on aging for 14 years, pioneering innovative practices now used nationwide, including undercover inspections of nursing home facilities. She herself went undercover in a nursing home as a stroke patient in order to expose abuse and neglect. Her bravery led to nursing home reform and her leadership at the department helped create one of the top aging and long term
services program in the country.
In 2004, Michelle was appointed Secretary of the Department of Health where she expanded the number of school-based health centers and instituted teen pregnancy prevention programs. She was elected to the Bernalillo County Commission in 2010, serving for two years before winning an open seat in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District in 2012.
In Congress, Representative Lujan Grisham has passed legislation to help local tribes, public schools and pay for training for law enforcement. She also took on the VA to increase veterans’ access to health care, convinced the Social Security Administration to hire more judges, and held bureaucrats accountable for cleaning up a jet-fuel spill that threatened Albuquerque’s drinking water.
Voting in the primary election is June 5 and the general election is November 6, 2018. All gubernatorial candidate in the 2018 election were asked if they would consider a press piece for our
newsletter and the following camps responded to inquiry. Note: Order of publication is not preferential endorsement
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Pearce continued fr page 12
If we don’t fix our schools, Pearce says, New Mexico will lose the future. Education is the foundation on which opportunities are built. We need to let teachers teach and reward the ones who do a good job. “Jobs and education are keys to relieving the poverty that has trapped far too many New Mexicans. Poverty is not permanent—we can lift people up, but the schools and the jobs have to be there.
We must also take on crime, get dangerous criminals off our streets, and confront the drug addiction that is the root of so many of our state’s problems.” Our next Governor has a lot to tackle. Steve Pearce’s New Mexico roots and a lifetime of experience have prepared him for the difficult tasks ahead.
While many know Pearce for his service in Congress, his experience goes much deeper. Steve Pearce grew up in Hobbs, the son of a sharecropper. After serving in combat as an Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War, Pearce returned to New Mexico. Steve and his wife, Cynthia, started a family and started their own business as well. They built a successful business from the ground up, creating jobs for dozens of New Mexicans. Pearce sold his business to serve the people of New Mexico in the U.S. House of Representatives and earned a reputation as a no-nonsense leader who focuses on solutions instead of partisan games.
He earned respect from Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike for his willingness to listen to everyone’s concerns and ideas, work with anyone to pass legislation to help New Mexico, and even stand up to leadership in his own party when necessary.
“No one has all the right answers,” Pearce said. “We have to listen to each other and work together. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you have a good idea, I will listen.”
Pearce is grateful for the opportunity to serve New Mexico in Congress. After a lot of thought prayer and soul searching, he realized this best way for him to change New Mexico for the better would be as Governor.
“My commitment is that I will work hard every day to bring jobs back to our state, fix our education system and lift people out of poverty.” said Pearce. “I believe in New Mexico. I believe the change we need is possible. If we, as New Mexicans, believe in our state and work together and stand united—anything is possible.”
Steve Pearce was the only one of his parent’s six children who stayed in New Mexico because it’s where he wanted to live and raise his family and build a good life. He feels blessed for the opportunity to make his dreams happen in New Mexico.
As our next Governor, Pearce is committed to changing New Mexico for everyone, so that people everywhere can build the future they dream of for their families right here in New Mexico.
Grisham continued fr page 12
Michelle has two daughters, Taylor and Erin; one granddaughter, Avery; and a dog, Kiwi. She is the caretaker for her mother, Sonja, who was an advocate for disabled and blind children.
As governor, Michelle will work with the New Mexico Legislature to pass legislation that will give New Mexico the opportunity to be a leader in clean energy; reboot our public education system by empowering educators and teachers; and she will make public safety a priority.
Michelle has released plans that target issues that matter to New Mexicans, ranging from building our economy through clean energy opportunities to making necessary changes to our state’s education system.
As governor, Michelle will jumpstart our economy by working with communities across the state to create jobs right away by growing the industries we need to create a sustainable economy that New Mexico families can depend on. She will make economic growth in New Mexico a reality by embracing clean energy as our economic future. As governor, Michelle will work to diversify the types of energy that we produce and use, drive development of new energy technologies that produce good paying jobs, and make New Mexico a low carbon economy.
Michelle has the experience and determination that we need in Santa Fe to make real changes for our state. Find more information on Michelle’s policies by visiting NewMexicansForMichelle.com.
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