... box holding up to eight decks of cards. It is used for dealing cards because it is considered an honest method. The shoe was invented in pre-Castro Cuba when Havana had several casinos. It was noted, in time, that many blackjack dealers were magicians in the shuffling and dealing of cards. So, management ...
full story 09/04/08

... a major party nomination hours away.         I thought of my grandfather, an immigrant of the island of Barbados, by way of cutting sugar cane in Cuba for a few years, and my father, whom I watched fight epic cultural and societal battles as the patriarch of a suburban black family in the '60s and ...
full story 08/31/08

... to provide your comments. The end of the public comment period is Sept. 2, so please call soon.         Jemez Forest District: 575-829-3535         Cuba Forest District: 575-289-3264         Coyote Forest District: 505-638-5526         JEFF BOGGS         Rio Rancho         McCain Spent Time In Vietnam ...
full story 08/30/08

... are experienced backpackers. They have been on dozens of backpack trips. We were going to the San Pedro Parks in the Nacimiento Mountains, east of Cuba. We would enter the parks via the Palomas Trail and hike about six miles to a camp spot they had used before. Our hike would start at 9,300 feet, and ...
full story 08/27/08

... on a U.S. Forest Service site has dashed hopes that the broadband backbone link from the Sandoval County Judicial Complex to the village of Cuba would be ready for testing by early October.         The restriction means the county will have to find an alternative site for one of two antennas scheduled ...
full story 08/25/08

... every single member enjoys rehearsing, polishing, bringing new things,” Bauvallet said.        He came to the United States from his native Cuba 16 years ago and established the band a year later.        “Cuban-style salsa is more explosive. It uses elements from jazz, uses more rumba and ...
full story 08/21/08

... Staff Writer       The Sandoval Broadband project is about to get a backbone.        Sandoval County has signed agreements with the village of Cuba and the U.S. Forest Service allowing wireless antennas to be installed in two locations, county attorney David Mathews said.        One antenna will be ...
full story 08/20/08

... pushing this process,” Springfield said.        The county needs to keep to a schedule so it can proceed with plans for other areas such as Cuba, Peña Blanca and Rio Rancho Estates.        Orin Safier, president of the Los Ranchos de Placitas Property Owners Association, was more conciliatory ...
full story 08/16/08

... Tularosa, 7 p.m.     Animas at Valley Christian, 7 p.m.     Ramah at Zuni, 7 p.m.     Saturday, Aug. 30     Wingate at Questa, 1 p.m.     McCurdy at Cuba, 1 p.m.     Estancia at Escalante, 1 p.m.     Foothill at Reserve, 1 p.m.     Pojoaque Valley at S.F. Indian, 1 p.m.     Del Norte at Albuquerque ...
full story 08/14/08

... Staff Writer           The Sandoval Broadband project is about to get a backbone.         Sandoval County has signed agreements with the village of Cuba and the U.S. Forest Service allowing wireless antennas to be installed in two locations, county attorney David Mathews said.         One antenna will ...
full story 08/10/08