Articles for the ‘La Vida’ Category

Enlightening images

Julia M. Dendinger-News-Bulletin photo: Photographer Carol Massegee stands in front of her award-winning photograph “The Way Home.” The picture took first place in the Scenic/Landscape Category of the Annual New Mexico Photographic Arts Show last year.

Carol Massegee says she always liked photography. But when she got serious about it a year and a half ago, she started down a path she didn't expect.

Soledad Chávez de Chacón

Submitted photo: Soledad Chávez de Chacón was acting governor of New Mexico from June 25-July 5, 1924. She was serving as secretary of state at the time, and because the lieutenant governor had passed away, Chacón assumed the role when Gov. James Hinkle left the state to attend the Democratic Party’s national convention.

New Mexico has the distinction of being the first state to elect an Hispanic woman governor. Inaugurated in 2011, Republican Susana Martinez’s term in office will run until 2015, when she might well seek re-election.
New Mexicans in general, and Hispanic women in particular, are proud of this major achievement. But it is well to remember that long before Gov. Martinez took her oath of office, another Hispanic woman served as the governor of our state.

Student Artists

Deborah Fox-News-Bulletin photo: Mike Ogas, left, the principal at School of Dreams Academy in Los Lunas, visits with digital arts students, Shyanne Sanchez, center, and Tim Jarosick, right, to discuss the video the students are working on.

Films can have the power to uplift, inspire, educate and transform. The art of filmmaking has many faces, including entertainment, documentary, informational and commercial.

Another look at love

St. Mary’s Catholic School third graders Mathias Sanchez, left, and Dominic Sais, right, talk about love, marriage and Valentine’s Day. Sanchez covers his mouth in embarrassment at the mention of kissing girls.

They giggled and laughed. They hid their faces, opened their eyes wide with shock and even stuck their tongues out in disgust at the mention of crushes, kissing and boyfriends or girlfriends.

Senior steps

Deborah Fox-News-Bulletin photo: Seniors dance every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Fred Luna Senior Center in Los Lunas to live music. Ferman Lopez and Mercedes Ortego, left, and Olimpia Herrera and Elmer Fortune enjoy a little lively dancing.

The buzz of energy is high as people grab a partner and twirl across the dance floor to old Spanish songs.