THE PAST 100 YEARS

From the Santa Fe New Mexican: Oct. 18, 1918: All Churches and Public Assemblies Requested To Close By Governor In Order To Combat Spread of Influenza Courts Are Ordered to Close, All Public Schools To Discontinue, All Collegiate, Scholastic, Charitable and Penal Institutions Are Ordered Quarantined in Sweeping Proclamation Issued by Governor Lindsey and Made Effective Immediately. Oct. 18, 1968: The State Highway Commission

Wednesday approved a proposal for a $3.5 million highway construction project in San Miguel County northwest of Las Vegas provided sufficient state funds are available for 20 per cent of the cost of the project.

The Economic Development Administration would provide the additional 80 per cent of the funds necessary for the project. The proposal for the new highway from Las Vegas to Elk Mountain was presented to the commission by the San Miguel County Board of County Commissioners.

Oct. 18, 1993: When Yogi Bhajan throws a birthday party every August at the New Mexico Sikh community’s ashram south of Española, the guest list usually reads like a who’s who of state politics.

This year the emcee was Eric Serna, the State Corporation Commission chairman. Gov. Bruce King and first lady Alice King were there, along with Attorney General Tom Udall and Congressman Steve Schiff, one of the few Republicans there. Assorted other political players were in the crowd.

“Yogi’s birthday party is a must,” Rep. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, said last week — although, according to one attendee, Richardson wasn’t present at this year’s party. “That and their Peace Prayer Day in the summer. It’s smart not to miss those two occasions.”