This week’s episode of “New Mexico in Focus” continues to look at New Mexico’s outstanding teachers as co-host David Alire Garcia sits down with Golden Apple Award winners Laura Greer from Houston Junior High School in Hobbs, Cindy Lee from C.C. Snell Middle School in Bayard, Brita Townsend Judd from Albuquerque’s Wilson Middle School in addition to Martin J. Koldyke, the founder of the Golden Apple Foundation and Celia Merrill, the executive director of the Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico.
“New Mexico in Focus,” KNME-TV channel 5’s weekly hour-long public affairs show, will air on Friday, May 29 at 7 p.m. on KNME-TV channel 5/5.1 and repeat on Sunday, May 31 at 6:30 a.m.
Also on this week’s episode:
· Gene Grant and The Line panelists discuss on the future of Albuquerque’s irrigations ditches.
· The impact of the California Supreme Court’s Prop 8 decision.
· Albuquerque ranking #2 on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s 10 Best Cities of 2009.
· A New Mexican icon is actually made in China.
· Next week: President Obama’s pick for Supreme Court Justice.
Co-host Gene Grant will be joined by regular panelists Whitney Waite Cheshire and Jim Scarantino and this week’s guest panelists Teresa Cordova with the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning, and David Maass, a reporter for the Santa Fe Reporter.
Producers of ‘New Mexico In Focus’ are Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer. Closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@knme.org