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State grades reportState high schools fare well; Farmington, PV grades up

LAUREN DUFF Tri-City Tribune

High Schools in New Mexico showed thegreatest improvement during the 2012-2013school year, according to the school gradesreport released July 11 by the New MexicoPublic Education Department.

More than 70 percent of schools statewidemaintained or improved their school gradefrom last year, and that includes the state’s 839elementary, middle, and high schools.

The letter grades were developed by thePublic Education Department, which says thescores reflect a school’s growth, student growth,graduation rates, parent involvement, and statetesting scores.

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinezapplauded the department’s A-F system, sayingthe effort gives parents a clear picture regarding

The perfect stormStyron: Staff turnover, overpopulation helped create shelter issues

Making Berg safer

FPD to buy mobility vehicles to patrol park

DEBRA MAYEUXTri-City Tribune

Farmington police are plan-ning to make the Animas Riverpark system safer for the publicwith the purchase of a newelectric mobility police vehicleto patrol Berg and Animas parks.

Farmington Police CaptainKeith McPheeters told the Farm-ington City Council during aJuly 16 work session that hehas bicycle officers patrollingthe park, but this unit will allowfor “face-to-face contact” be-tween police and the public.

“This is a great way to patrolthe park and apprehend peoplewho are abusing the park orusing it for unlawful purposes,”McPheeters said.

The parks, with their exten-sive river trail system and naturalhabitat, are busy with walkers,hikers, bird watchers, nature en-thusiasts and others who mightwant to escape into a naturallandscape. The park also, formany years, has attracted a crim-inal element including inebriatedindividuals and predators.

Animal Control Officer Robin

Cemetery carePending audit Greenlawn could become city facility


A historic cemetery in the heart ofFarmington could become a city facility,if a financial audit by the GreenlawnCemetery Board shows the endeavor tobe favorable.

The Farmington City Council unani-mously voted Tuesday, July 16, to askthe Greenlawn board to pay for an auditby a certified public accountant thatwould not only show its bookkeeping,but also give a projection of revenues

and expenses during the next 10 to 15years.

The issue was brought to the Councilby Councilor Gayla McCulloch, whoalso serves on the Greenlawn board. “Ithink it’s important that the cemetery inthe center of the community and acrossfrom one of our most used parks – thatit continue to be taken care of,” McCul-loch said.

Greenlawn is located on North DustinAvenue across from Brookside Park. It


The Farmington Animal Shelteris overpopulated and un-derstaffed, and that is a“weird problem,” accordingto Parks, Recreation andCultural Affairs Director CoryStyron.

“This is one of those timeswhere all of the planets lined upand kicked us in the face,” Styrontold the city’s Animal AdvisoryCommittee during a July 16emergency meeting at the Farm-

ington Civic Center.Styron’s comment came as a

response to questions aboutstaffing and the high rate of

turnover among sheltertechnicians. There are sixfull-time positions openat the facility, as well as

seasonal and part-time jobs.The problem is the facility has

been hiring animal lovers whocan’t deal with what happens atthe shelter on a daily basis, saidShelter Consultant and InterimDirector Marcy Eckhardt.

“It’s an emotional thing,” she

said, adding that employees can’ttake the high volume of puppiesand kittens being brought intothe facility, and many don’t wantto adopt out animals to peoplewho might not be the ideal own-er.

“One employee said, ‘I can’ttake it. I don’t want to adopt tothem. They are going to put thiswonderful puppy on a chain thebackyard,’” Eckhardt said, addingthat recent publicity about theshelter has caused others to walk Marcy Eckhardt, animal shelter interim director and consultant, speaks about staffing

issues at the Farmington Animal Shelter during a meeting of the Animal Advisory Com-mission on July 16 at the Farmington Civic Center. – Josh Bishop photo

There are approximately 40 adult gravesites, similar to these, availableat Greenlawn Cemetery, in the heart of Farmington on North DustinAvenue. – Debra Mayeux photo

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Aztec SchoolsLydia Rippey Elementary – CMcCoy Avenue Elementary – CPark Avenue Elementary – DKoogler Middle School – DAztec High School – BVista Nueva High School – B Mosaic Academy – D

Bloomfield SchoolsBloomfield Early Childhood Learn-ing Center – DBlanco Elementary – DNaaba Ani Elementary – CCentral Primary – DMesa Alta Junior High – DBloomfield High School – BCharlie Y. Brown Alternative School– C

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Farmington SchoolsAnimas Elementary – DApache Elementary – DBluffview Elementary – CCountry Club Elementary – CEsperanza Elementary – CLadera Del Norte Elementary – CMcCormick Elementary – CMcKinley Elementary – CMesa Verde Elementary – CNortheast Elementary – CHeights Middle School – DHermosa Middle School – DMesa View Middle School – CTibbetts Middle School – DFarmington High School – BPiedra Vista High School – ARocinante High School – B

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a school’s performance andto increase school account-ability. “Most importantly,these grades place criticalemphasis on student achieve-ment and growth, institutinga level of accountability ineducation that has not ex-isted previously in NewMexico,” she said.

Statewide high schoolsshowed the greatest im-provement because 10th and11th graders increased theirreading proficiency by 6.3percentage points and 9.9percentage points. Highschools also saw a 7 percentincrease in the state gradu-ation rate from last year andmore students participatedin programs that preparedthem for college and theworkforce, according to thePublic Education Depart-ment, or PED.

Farmington and PiedraVista High Schools followedthe trend and received highergrades than last year. Farm-ington’s grade went from aC to a B, and Piedra Vista

moved from a C to an A.“I was pleased to see the

grade,” said Piedra VistaPrincipal Ann Gattis. “Theteachers worked really hardand put in a lot of effortand energy, and it is goodto see that pay off.”

The grades improved be-cause “we worked reallyhard on literacy last year. Itwas a school-wide emphasis,”Gattis said.

FHS Principal TimKienitz said the school’sstaff feels good about re-ceiving a B. “The studentsat FHS gave us an A-gradeon the opportunity to learnsurvey, so we feel that reflectshard work from our staffand students.” FHS also re-ceived an A-grade in thecategory of Student Growthof Highest Performing Stu-dents.

In the College and CareerReadiness category, FHSmoved from an F last yearto a B this year. “This is astep for us and gives us anopportunity to grow next

year,” Kienitz said. The lowest grade FHS

received was a D in thegraduation rates category.“We have work to do in thegraduation rates,” Kienitzsaid.

One Farmington elemen-tary school followed thetrend of receiving a highergrade and that was NortheastElementary School, whichwent from an F to a C.

Ladera Del Norte Ele-mentary and Country ClubElementary, both in Farm-ington, experienced a gradedecrease. Ladera and Coun-try Club received a B lastyear, but this year that fellto a C.

Along with a decline inproficiency scores, Farming-ton elementary schools alsoexperienced a grade decreasebecause 3rd grade testingwas graded with CommonCore State Standards andNew Mexico State Standards,said Robert Emerson, assis-tant superintendent for tech-nology, assessment, and ac-

countability. “Third grade isin that transition and teachersare dealing with two sets ofstandards at the same time.The (testing) didn’t matchwith what they thought theywere teaching in terms ofCommon Core. They maynot have gotten the balanceright,” he said.

Aztec’s two high schoolsalso saw significant improve-ment this year, with AztecHigh School earning a B,over last year’s C, and VistaNueva High School wentfrom a D to a B grade.

Lydia Rippey ElementarySchool was the only ele-mentary school that saw animprovement, moving froma D to a C grade, whileKoogler Middle School fellfrom a C to a D.

The area’s charter schoolMosaic Academy earned aD grade, down from lastyear’s C.

Bloomfield High Schooland Charlie Y. Brown HighSchool also saw an improve-ment. Last year, BHS re-

ceived a C and this year itreceived a B. Charlie Y.Brown went from a D to aC.

Bloomfield High School’sgrade improved becauseteachers have been meetingregularly to analyze studentdata and identify studentswho need extra academichelp. “Once they identify astudent is weak, they putthem in an intervention class.Once the student improvestheir proficiency they willmove them out (of the in-tervention class),” Directorof Curriculum and Assess-ment Chuck Culpepper said.

Bloomfield elementaryand junior high schools fellin their letter grades. CentralPrimary received a C in2012 and fell to a D thisyear, while Naaba Ani Ele-mentary went from a B to aC. Blanco Elementary Schoolremained at a D-level grade.

Mesa Alta Junior Highfell from a C in 2012 to aD.

The reason given by

Culpepper for the Bloom-field elementary and middleschools grade decrease wasthat the lowest performingstudents didn’t make ade-quate growth. “I’m not surewhy that is, but that appearsto be where our issues lie.”

There were areas of im-provement in the EnglishLanguage Learner, or ELL,program, Culpepper pointedout, saying, “Our ELL stu-dents are really the onesthat are struggling the mostand it makes sense. If youdon’t have a good basis inthe language, it is hard tolearn.”

Bloomfield Schools, how-ever, contracted with an out-side company that will helpELL students in all theschools. “They will teachteachers a better job of teach-ing the ELL students andhelp remove the hurdlesthose students have.”

For more informationabout the school grades re-port, visit the PED website:ped.state.nm.us.

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in there,” Eckhardt said.“This is too emotional –we cry every day. It’s thatkind of job.”

Animal Advisory Com-missioner Betty Berryasked if these workerswho leave after a shortperiod of time receive theappropriate training,adding, “I can’t see weare making any headway.If you are hiring animallovers, putting in the time,training, money – and ina few months they aregone.”

Eckhardt said the prob-lem is “inevitable,” becausethey could find a job atBurger King for the samerate of pay. “They haveto put up with gettingsoaked. … We have peo-ple who throw litters ofkittens at us.”

She added that manyfreak out when they seea flea for the first time,and when they come towork at the facility theyhave no basic knowledgeof animal care.

Dr. Margie Alvarez, aveterinarian from ValleyVeterinary Hospital, sug-gested that staff be puton rotation so they don’thave to do the same workeach day. Her hospitalputs its staff on rotationsthat allow them to workthe front desk one dayand be in the kennels thenext day. “It is a toughjob no matter what. …Working in a boardingkennel – it’s hard to workthere every day,” she said.

Styron said the shelterdoesn’t have the staffingcapacity to allow for ro-tations.

Alvarez suggested thejob be described to a po-tential employee beforethey accept the position,and Eckhardt said it isthe applicants who alwayssay they can “handle it,”but later cannot.

Dr. Lloyd Lillywhite, aveterinarian from San JuanAnimal Hospital, statedin a July 15 letter to the

Farmington City Councilthat the staffing situationis created by Eckhardt’s“lack of leadership andpoor management ofstaff.”

San Juan Animal Hos-pital is the veterinary clinicthat provides care to ani-mals at the shelter throughan annual contract withthe city of Farmington,and Lillywhite alleges thatEckhardt “ignores medicalprofessionals and treatsmedical professionals withdisdain.”

Lillywhite’s letter statedthat Eckhardt wants a“utopic environment.” Hepointed out, however, thatthings at the shelter are“far from utopia.” In hisopinion, this is becausethe shelter populationcontinues to rise, as eu-thanasia rates are decreas-ing.

“It is reasonable andhumane to euthanize theones with significant con-tagious or debilitatingconditions to maintain thehealth of the rest of thepopulation,” Lillywhitewrote.

Eckhardt admitted tothe Animal AdvisoryCommission that they “trynot to euthanize staff fa-vorites.”

She also promoted ananimal foster care pro-gram, which she devel-oped, while admitting it

also has problems. Thefoster parents are supposedto be trained to care forthe animal, but the lackof staffing does not allowfor that.

“We are feeling the con-sequences of that,” shesaid, referring to the kit-tens, which take up 70percent of the foster carefamilies. “They need med-ication, and they needTLC.”

The foster families arenot being told how tofeed, nurse or care for kit-tens with upper respiratoryviruses, which have beentransmitted to many cats

and kittens at the facility.Eckhardt said the familiesdon’t know what to do ifa kitten has a runny nose.Instead, they call the shel-ter where there is no full-time veterinarian.

“A foster parent willcall us and bring in a sickkitty at noon, and it mayhave needed to be onmedication immediatelythat day, but the vet willnot see it until the nextmorning,” Eckhardt said.Some of the kittens getsent home and die whilein foster care.

“I became very awareof a situation last week

regarding a kitten thatwas fostered out of theanimal shelter – a kittento be a child’s pet,” Coun-cilor Mary Fischer saidduring the July 16 Councilmeeting. “The kittenproved to be ill, and we

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Farmington’s animal controlofficers soon might carry a lawenforcement badge.

The Farmington Police Depart-ment is considering taking overthe animal control department,according to Parks, Recreationand Cultural Affairs Director CoryStyron.

“They can do almost everythinga cop can do now, but they don’thave a gun and they are not

trained as well as our police offi-cers,” Stryon told the Animal Ad-visory Commission during a July16 emergency meeting at theFarmington Civic Center.

The idea is to give the officerstraining and earn them respect,because at this point they areconsidered “glorified securityguards,” according to Styron.

Under the police department“they’ll have rigid paramilitarypolice roles,” Styron said. The of-ficers also would be dispatchedmore quickly and considered a

part of the city’s enforcement di-vision.

“I think there will be an attitudechange in the communities, know-ing that the one coming to thedoor might not have a blue uni-form, but will have authority,”said Betty Berry, commission mem-ber.

The animal control officershave dual responsibilities, becausethey also are the city’s park rangers.One of these officers – RobinLoev – spoke about efficientanimal control and park ranger

coverage in an April 2013 emailto Bob Campbell. He suggestedthe three officers on duty eachevening could split the coveragethree ways with a Westside ranger,Southside ranger and Eastsideranger.

“It would make much moresense to divide the city into threeequal areas and have each officercover the parks and animals fortheir areas,” Loev wrote. “Thiswould save much in fuel costs, asan animal control officer would

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was founded in the 1890swhen little Francis King,son of H.C. King, drownedin a ditch at the age of 3.King served on the asso-ciation board and pur-chased a single plot for$1.

Today the burial sitesor plots sell for $800 foran adult, $500 for a juniorand $300 for an infant,with approximately 40adult gravesites left in thecemetery.

“They think that all ofthe adult gravesites (that)are spoken for (are) notpaid for,” McCulloch said.“They have less than 10children plots and quite afew infant plots.”

With some 40 plots leftto sell or collect moneyon, Mayor Tommy Robertspointed out that the po-tential revenue for burialsites would be $32,000.

The only other possiblerevenue that could cometo the city from Greenlawnwould be the opening andclosing of grave sites. Heprojected that would be$36,000 to $44,000 overthe next few years. “Thatis a more sustained revenuesource,” Roberts said.

The city also would re-ceive $2.5 million in sav-ings and investments thatbelong to the Greenlawnboard, should the city takeover the facility.

Roberts asked if thecity ’s other cemetery,Memory Gardens, also isin the city limits – and itis.

“If we make this movewith Greenlawn, are weprepared to consider thesame kind of proposalfrom Memory Gardens? Iassume their structure foroperation might be quite

different,” Roberts said.“Memory Gardens is

privately owned, whereasGreenlawn has an all-vol-unteer non-profit board,”McCulloch said, addingthat other New Mexicomunicipalities have takenover cemeteries, but onlyafter abandonment orbankruptcy.

The other municipal-run cemeteries in NewMexico are found in Alam-ogordo, Grants, Los Alam-os and Carlsbad, accordingto McCulloch.

Assistant City ManagerBob Campbell said itwould be better for thecity to take over Green-lawn before the board isbankrupt.

Sandel asked if the citywould be required by state

law to assume responsi-bility for Greenlawnshould the board go broke.

“We are authorized todo so, but we are not re-quired to do so,” City At-torney Jay Burnham said.

Campbell pointed outthat counties are requiredto provide potter’s gravesfor unknown people whodie in the community.

Mayes said San JuanCounty has not looked atacquiring this property.He also informed theCouncil that the cemeterywill never support itself.“We shouldn’t even pre-tend from the start thatthis could be an enterprisefund,” he said. “Just as im-portant as a 10-year pro-jection of costs, we needto project out where the

revenue will be in 10 years.We need to be clear overtime its expenses will goup as its infrastructure de-pletes.

We need to go in witheyes wide open.”

Councilor Mary Fischerasked if undeveloped landacross the street from thecemetery could be pur-chased to expand the ex-isting facility.

McCulloch said the ma-jority of the people onthe Greenlawn board aremore than 80 years oldand are not in “expansionmode.”

Fischer also wanted toknow how often thegrounds were mowed.

“I drove through yes-terday and was disappoint-ed in how it looked,” Mc-

Culloch said. “It has twofull-time people and somethat are seasonal. It isnever all mowed at thesame time.”

She added that one em-ployee has been runningthe cemetery for five orsix years and might stayon, should the city assumeownership.

The first step towardthe transfer of Greenlawnfrom a non-profit boardto the city would be theaudit, followed by the cre-ation of a cemetery board,McCulloch pointed out.

Sandel asked that in ad-dition to the audit, staffconduct research on howother communities acrossthe state have acquiredownership in cemeteryproperties.

Loev, in an April 2 emailto Assistant City ManagerBob Campbell, pointed outsome of the problems withthe area.

“There are more peoplein Berg Park most of theweek, than all of the otherparks. There are inebriatedpeople there all week long,”Loev wrote. “There are ob-scure trails where people

can be confronted by theseinebriates, and at least oneranger should be availableto keep this huge, beautifulpark safe. Personally, I pre-vented three ladies fromgetting raped during mypatrols down there on threedifferent occasions.”

Loev said he has beenthanked by people in thepark for being visible asan authority figure thatworks for the city.

He pointed out that peo-ple reserve and pay for theuse of park shelters in BergPark, so as a park rangerhe feels it is his responsi-bility to keep them clearof people who have notreserved them. Staffing is-sues within the AnimalControl and Animal Shelterdepartments have made itdifficult for a single animalcontrol officer/park rangerto patrol each day, andthat too concerned Loev,

who wrote, “I thought itwas a good idea to haveour presence down thereseven days a week. …With only one animal con-trol officer scheduled onthe weekends, that personwill likely be very busyattending to animal issues,and most likely not beavailable to assist much inthe parks.”

Mayor Tommy Robertsagreed that on a daily basisthere are people in thepark “who are engaged inquestionable conduct andquestionable acts,” he said.“I’m very interested in thisvehicle you have plannedfor use on the paths. Itwill add an element of se-curity in that area thatmany of the patrons of thepaths are looking for.”

McPheeters agreed. “It is incumbent upon

the police department toadequately patrol it,” he

said, referring to the parksas a “gem in the commu-nity.”

“This is our first step inreally increasing our pres-ence down there,” headded.

Councilor Mary Fischersaid she liked the idea,and it might be appropriatefor the city to purchasemore units of this type. “Itseems like that might be agood vehicle for patrolsdowntown,” she said.

The vehicle, along withanother police cruiser andthe accessories to augmentthat cruiser, will be pur-chased with funds fromthe 2013 Byrne Justice As-sistance Grant that wasawarded to San Juan Coun-ty and the city of Farm-ington in the amount of$66,251.

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Farmington has an “amazing li-brary” that should be a model forthe rest of New Mexico. This wasthe message Gov. Susana Martinezshared with area residents duringa July 12 swing through Farm-ington.

Martinez was here to participatein a Farmington Public Libraryscavenger hunt, which coincidedwith her promotion of a statewideSummer Reading Challenge.

The program launched in Mayencourages New Mexico studentsto read as many books as possibleby Aug. 1. The challenges weredesigned to help prevent the “sum-mer slide,” where students lose aportion of their reading proficiencyduring the summer months andthen must catch up on their skillswhen they return school.

The Farmington Public Libraryapproaches the issue a bit differently.“We want summer reading to befun,” said Karen McPheeters, librarydirector. Her goal is not only tocreate life-long readers but to have

those readers perpetuate the skilland create families of readers. Thesereaders use the library and its tech-nology to become a better-educatedsociety.

The Farmington summer readingprogram was created in 1990, andsince that time library staff hasworked on it to develop somethingunlike any other program. Eachyear the planning begins in De-cember as a theme is selected andentertainers and authors are con-tacted to be a part of the annualsummer-long event.

The library tracks the numberof registered readers, the numberof activities in which they partici-pate, and the number of booksthey’ve read.

“It’s kind of amazing; there alot of kids reading,” McPheeterssaid, adding there is a school com-ponent, where the school with themost summer readers earns a visitduring the school year from awell-known author.

In 2012 Ladera ElementarySchool received a visit from award-winning author Conrad Storad.

McPheeters said the numbers

are great for readers in Farmington.This year there are 7,312 registeredreaders that have read more than30,000 books.

Since the program’s inceptionthere have been 219,220 partici-pants, of which 87,746 were chil-dren. This group has read 748,305books in 23 years. “This is some-thing we have worked at and in-creased every year,” McPheeterssaid.

The state program recentlykicked off with four different chal-lenges offering a multitude ofprizes, including trips to Disney’sAnimal Kingdom Park in Florida,and New Mexico True trips suchas hot air balloon rides, visits tomovie and television sets andovernight stays in Ruidoso or RedRiver, among other things. A de-scription of all the challenges canbe found along with contest rulesat readingchallenge.ped.state.nm.us.

“Students who read this summerand return their forms by Aug. 1can win some amazing prizes, in-cluding a family trip to Disney’sAnimal Kingdom in Florida,” Mar-tinez said. “But the real prize for

our kids comes in honing a life-long skill that is the key to learningafter the third grade. Learning toread well at an early age is criticalto academic success and, ultimately,to success in the workplace and inlife.”

Martinez said that while visitinglibraries across the state she hastried to encourage children to readabout topics that interest them.“Read books about great peoplewho have done great things,” shesaid, adding that the summer read-ing challenge could be done as afamily reading project.

“When children read the worldopens up to them completely,” shesaid. “They can learn that they canbe whatever they want to be.”

The summer reading programin many ways mirrors Farmington’sSummer Reading Program, whichencourages children to read 10 ormore books during the summerfor prizes and a T-shirt. It also in-cludes weekly reading activities atthe library.

Books that are read can becounted for both the local programand the state program.

It will be “Fun for Ewe and Me” at the2013 San Juan County Fair, set for Aug. 5through 10 at McGee Park.

The largest single county fair in NewMexico, some 95,000 people walk throughthe gates at the fair to look at the livestock,the exhibits and the booths – andenjoy the carnival, theentertainment andthe fair food.

This year’s pa-rade will be July26, a week before the fairstarts, to avoid conflictingwith the Connie MackWorld Series Paradeand the city of Farm-ington staff, who as-sist with both parades.Entry forms for the parademay be downloaded from thecounty fair’s website at www.san-juancountyfair.net.

This year’s parade marshal is MikeWaybourn, who was a Grand Cham-pion in the mid-1970s and has been a sup-porter of the San Juan County Fair most ofhis life. Waybourn’s mother, Marilu, wrotea book on the history of the fair, “Come tothe Fair,” and was the public relations rep-resentative for many years. In addition,Waybourn’s sister, Connie Pruitt, took overthe public relations role after Marilu retired.

The parade lineup will start at VineAvenue and Main Street at 5 p.m. on July26.

The BBQ Cook-off will offer some ofthe best barbecue and sides in the FourCorners. The event will be held at 4 p.m.

Aug. 3 and tickets are $9 for adults and $5for children 12 and under. The FrazierCarnival will offer thrill rides, rides for thelittle ones, games and carnival food beginningon Aug. 2. Special ride bracelets will beavailable.

Country music stars PamTillis and the Bel-lamy Brothers willheadline this year’sentertainment. Tillis

will take the stage at8 p.m. Aug. 9 and the Bel-

lamy Brothers will maketheir appearance at 8 p.m.

Aug. 10. Seventeen-year-old CamilleSanders will open

for both acts. Sanders will be joined

on stage by Ronnie Huckaby,a member of George Strait’s Ace

in the Hole Band. There is no chargeto attend the concerts – entertainmentis always included in the San Juan

County Fair’s general admission.Whether you’re interested in the livestock,

the exhibits, outhouse races, karaoke, gospelmusic, barnyard Olympics, American Indiandancers, the pet parade, goat costume contest,lawnmower races, the salsa contest, thehorseshoe tournament, the rooster crowingcontest, the stick horse race, the pie eatingcontest, the 4 Corners Kart Club Races, orthe always popular, always fun, alwaysfilling fair food, you’re sure to find what“ewe” like at the 2013 San Juan CountyFair, where the theme of “Fun for Ewe andMe” is what it’s all about!

The Country Rebels 4-H Club and Southwest PetSupply will host the annual Small Pet Fair beginning at 10a.m. July 27 at Southwest Pet Supply, 4250 E. Main St. inFarmington.

“The fair is open to participants of all ages with any typeof small pet, including cats, rats, guinea pigs, fish, birds,small rodents, and exotic mammals,” said Sandra Mac-Cready-Clark, event coordinator.

“We also have an exotic everything else, such as reptiles

or anything crazy they might have,” she said. “There will even be a pet rock division – use your imag-

ination. That way people who don’t have an animal canplay too.”

This fair is designed for animals that cannot be shown atthe San Juan County Fair, so dogs, wildlife, and livestockincluding rabbits are not allowed to compete.

Another special part of the fair is the little critter race,where anything that can fit into a regular size hamster

ball can get inside and race the track, MacCready-Clarksaid. There are two divisions for the fair: Junior, from 1through 17; and Senior from 18 through 99 years of age.There will be a ribbon for everyone and prizes, Mac-Cready-Clark said.

Registration begins at 10 a.m. July 27 with a $1 entryfee. Judging will begin at 10:30 a.m. until each animal hasbeen shown.

Prizes will be awarded at the end.

Summer readingGovernor: Farmington library should be model for state

Gov. Susana Martinez dances with RobertHorvath at the Party in the Park last Fridayat Orchard Park. The governor was in townto promote the statewide Summer ReadingChallenge. – Josh Bishop photo

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I know I touched on thissubject a few weeks ago,but I wanted to emphasizeit again, as lives can be atrisk this time of year.

All across North America,summertime temperaturescan exceed 80, 90 or even100 degrees in some areas.While these sunny days maybe great for sunbathers andswimmers, the heat can provedeadly for our pets, especiallywhen left inside cars. A“quick” trip to the store oftenresults in owners findingpets suffering from heatstrokeand near death. How canyou prevent such a tragedy?

Many pets, especially ourdogs, love to go for car rides.Whether it’s a quick trip tothe local market or even across country excursion, hear-ing their owners say “go fora ride” or “go bye-bye” willset many dogs’ tails wagging.

Unfortunately, this favoredactivity can turn deadly whenwarmer temperatures arriveand when owners misjudgethe amount of time theywill be away from the car.

Each year, dozens, if nothundreds, of stories of dogsdying in hot cars are reportedby local media.

When confronted withthe fact that their pet’s deathwas likely preventable, mostowners will respond withstatements like “I didn’t thinkI would be gone that long”or that they “didn’t know itwas THAT warm outside.”When looking at the facts,the reality of just how quick-ly the inside of a car canheat up, even in mild tem-peratures, can produce somestartling revelations for petlovers.

It’s probably commonsense to most people thathotter days cause the insideof a car to heat up faster,but few people realize thateven with outside tempera-tures as low as 65 or 70 de-

grees Fahrenheit, the insideof the vehicle will warm un-comfortably in just 30 min-utes. In fact, on a 75-degreeday, your car’s interior willbe at 100 degrees in justabout 10 minutes and a blis-tering 120 degrees in a halfhour! Despite urban myths,cracking the windows haslittle effect on the rate ofheating inside the car.

An excellent demonstra-tion of the effect a warmday can have on the interiorof a car can be found in thisvideo:www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbOcCQ-y3OY.

But, it’s not just the heatof the day that is an issue.Your pet’s overall health sta-tus and behavior can alsocontribute to how quicklyhe will overheat in the car.Veterinarians across the coun-try have posted stories online

about cases in which dogshave died when left in carson days where the tempera-ture never exceeded 60 de-grees. Short-faced breeds,such as Pugs and Bulldogs,as well as obese pets, heavycoated breeds and senioranimals, will have less tol-erance for extreme temper-atures. In addition, excitableanimals and those with sep-aration anxiety issues maywork themselves into a fren-zy, raising their body tem-perature to dangerous lev-els.

When in doubt, it’s prob-ably best to leave your petat home. It’s far too easy fora quick trip to become com-plicated and take more timethan you intended.

Across the Internet, manywell-intentioned people andgroups will post picturesand posters that highlightthe dangers of leaving petsin cars, and education is agreat thing. Sadly, though,

the discussions on these sitesabout what individuals willdo if they find a pet lockedin a car can often turn intodangerous arenas of misin-formation. People will rec-ommend breaking into carsto save the dogs, or eventaking the pets away fromthe owner.

Currently, 14 states specif-ically have laws that prohibitleaving animals “unattendedand confined” in a motorvehicle when physical injuryor death is likely to result.While that is a great thing,it does not give ordinarycitizens the right to smashwindshields or take the petfrom the car. Most of thesestates have included rescueprovisions that empower po-lice, peace officers, fire andrescue workers or animalcontrol officers to use rea-sonable force to remove ananimal in distress.

So, what should you, asan animal lover and Good

Samaritan do if you comeacross a pet confined in acar?

First, if you are in a storeparking lot, consider con-tacting the management ofthe store or even security.It may be possible to pagethe pet’s owner and havethem return to the vehicle.

Next, call 911 and tryto get the local authoritiesinvolved. This action willhelp lessen your liability ifthe pet is injured duringthe rescue attempt or hap-pens to escape. Allow thepolice or legally designatedperson to open the vehicle.Finally, realize that not everyanimal in a car is actuallyin distress. As mentionedabove, some pets may ap-pear frantic, but others willlie quietly while waitingfor their owners. It’s im-portant to stay calm andnot over-react – in somecases, the pet is not in dan-ger!


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Rescue a cute kittyKitten Summer Spectac-

ular has been extendedthrough July, and there arejust a few Wednesdays leftthis month to get your veryown kitten for a very spe-cial, limited-time-only, fee.The Farmington AnimalShelter, 1395 S. Lake St.,will have kittens for adop-tion on July 24, and 31 atonly $25, which is lessthan half the normal adop-tion rate. Liberate a kittyto celebrate the Independ-ence Day season! Pets wantto party too! Stop by theAnimal Shelter to visit allthe furry friends waitingfor their loving, foreverhome. Each cat and dogthat is up for adoption willbe spayed or neutered, vac-cinated, de-wormed, mi-cro-chipped, and have 30days of free pet insurance.For more information call505.559.1098.

Celebrate summerHistoric Downtown

Farmington is hosting anumber of events as sum-mer season winds down.From 6 to 10 p.m. on Sat-urday, July 20, come toHistoric Downtown Farm-ington for the 31st AnnualRod Run Block Party. Enjoythree live bands, food, andcool cars under the stars.Take advantage of the twolast TGIF afternoons of theseason on July 19 and 26.From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Donny Johnson will per-form on Friday, July 19,and the Cooltones will per-form on Friday, July 26.Come downtown, take abreak, and have lunch withus in Orchard Plaza Park.Info: 505.559.1419

Adventure in the Arts

On Saturday, July 20,great art is coming to theFour Corners. Jackson Pol-lock and Andy Warhol arejust two of the many tal-ented and famous 20th-century artists whose workwill be featured this summerat the Farmington Museum,3041 E. Main St., in thevisiting exhibition, An Ad-venture in the Arts. Marvelover art pieces that depictfresh ideas about the natureof materials and functionsof art. Admission for thisspecial exhibition is $5 foradults, $3 for students withID, and $2 for childrenover 2 years. Call505.559.1174 for moreinformation. Don’t missfamily programming hostedin conjunction with thisexhibit. Discover JacksonPollock action painting,Roy Lichtenstein pop artportraits, Jasper Johns 3D-painting., and Andy Warholpop art painting. Call505.559.1169 or comeinto the Museum for moreinformation about this pro-gram.

Kids, play golf!Civitan Golf Course,

2100 N. Dustin Ave., willhost an Adult-Junior Scram-ble on Saturday, July 20.Fun for families on thelush, par-3 Civitan GolfCourse, play a 9-hole two-person scramble, one adultand one junior under theage of 13. Both players

will tee off, the bestshot selected, andboth playerswill play fromthere. Cupswill be 8 inch-es and used onall holes. Theentry fee of $30per team coversprize money and lunch.

Additionally, if yourchild has never

played golf, thenPiñon Hills GolfCourse andThe HillcrestJunior Golf

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vite all children, 8through 17 years of age,

to a free golf camp onMonday, July 22, at thePiñon Hills Golf CoursePractice Range, 2101 Sun-rise Parkway. The camp isdesigned for children withlittle or no prior contactto the game of golf. Thecamp will include instruc-tion, lunch, competitionand prizes. Registration be-

gins at 8:30 a.m. with in-struction starting at 9 a.m.No equipment is needed;we will provide the neces-sary items. To register foreither event, contact thePiñon Hills Golf CoursePro Shop at 505.326.6066.Get more information on-line at www.pinonhillsgolf.com.

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BLM lifts of fire restrictions in areaThe Bureau of Land Manage-

ment Farmington District Officehas lift all fire restrictions for allpublic lands administered by theBLM in northern New Mexicofor San Juan, McKinley, westernRio Arriba, northwestern San-doval, Colfax, Harding, Los Alam-os, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel,Santa Fe, Taos, and Union coun-ties.

Most areas have receivedenough rainfall or increased hu-

midity levels to safely removethe fire restrictions that havebeen in place since earlier thisyear.

The lifting of fire restrictionshas been coordinated with otherfederal and tribal land manage-ment agencies and the New Mex-ico State Forestry Division. Whileour areas are now less prone towildfires, the public is asked tocontinue being careful with firewhen visiting public lands.

As recreation and fuel woodgathering activities resume onpublic lands, please be cautiouswhile traveling on muddy arearoads. Stay tuned to weatherforecasts for area predictions onflash flood warnings.

Although northern New Mex-ico continues to receive muchneeded moisture, the opportunityfor wildfires still exists. Remembernot to park in dry grassy areasand make sure your campfire is

completely out by drowning itwith plenty of water.

For information on fire re-strictions on Federal lands, goto: www.nmfireinfo.com. For moreinformation regarding fire re-strictions on state lands, go towww.nmforestry.com. For furtherinformation, contact Pat Pacheco,Fire Management Officer, at575.751.4767, or Mark Lujan,Public Education Specialist, at575.758.8851

Connie Mackdedication setfor July 29

The Connie Mack World SeriesCommittee will be conducting aribbon cutting ceremony to ded-icate the new renovation of Rick-etts Park at 5 p.m. on Monday,July 29.

There also will be a set of boxseats going up for auction, andinterested parties can bid on thefour seats that are available.

Don Vaughan will conductthe auction.

The leap from recreationalgolfer to competitive golferis often the final phase thatmost players will make, thedifference being that withsomething on the line, faultsof the player are revealed onnearly every shot. The talkingand laughing get replacedwith anxiety, nerves and anger,resulting in higher scoresand the inner voice ques-tioning why you play thissilly game.

So why is it that manycompetitive golfers seem tothrive under the pressure? Itdoesn’t matter whether theseplayers are playing for mer-chandise, money, club cham-pionships or major champi-onships, they all share com-monalities that allow themto harness their nervous en-ergy into positive results.

DO: Have a preshot rou-tine that you go through onevery shot.

Great players go throughthe same routine to get them-selves ready to play a golfshot, no matter where theyare playing from or whatthey are shooting for theday. A preshot routine tellsthe brain that it needs to getready to perform the neces-sary muscle movements re-quired to hit the golf balltoward a target. A goodroutine settles the nerves andallows the player to focuson the task at hand. If aroutine is different from shotto shot, then it is only aseries of motions that willnot prepare the player, norwill it result in a positiveoutcome.

DON’T: Worry about

what others are thinkingabout you and your game.

So many times players tellme that they can’t stand thefirst tee shot during a tour-nament because every one iswatching and passing judg-ment. If a player is focusedon what others are thinkingof them instead of the shotat hand, then that player haszero chance of hitting a goodgolf shot. Everyone getsnervous on the first tee nomatter the reason, but con-centration and energy needto be focused on the targetat hand and not what others

are thinking of you and yourgame. Besides, most of thosewatching on the first tee areabout to go through them-selves the nerves and anxietyof that same tee shot.

DO: Focus on each shotand not about your score.

Many times during a com-petitive round, thoughts startto wander onto other holesand shots that are going toneed to be played in the fu-ture. The self-conversationturns to what score the playerhas now, and if the playercan do this or that on thenext few holes then they

have a great shot at winningor shooting a career bestround.

This is about the sametime that a round will go offto die. When a player stopsfocusing on the task at handand starts playing “futuregolf,” then miss-hits and threeputts start to jump out ofnowhere. The player is nowin damage control, musclesstart to tighten and old habitsstart to rear their ugly heads.

Great players forget abouttheir total score and con-centrate – one hole and oneshot at a time. These playersusually are unaware of whatthey shoot when they stepoff the 18th hole until theyadd their score up. Theseplayers are usually the onesfinishing ahead of you onthe final leader board.

DON’T: Worry about yourswing mechanics on the golfcourse.

Work on your swing onthe driving range – not onthe golf course – and defi-nitely not during a tourna-ment. SEE: Focus on eachshot.

DO: Enter as many com-petitions as you possibly can.

The more tournament golfyou can play, the betterequipped you will be to handlethe nerves and anxiety. Har-nessing the adrenaline rushesand the mental highs/lowsall get better as the golfergains more experience. Withexperience, comes wisdomand knowledge and the real-ization of strengths and weak-nesses of each individual underpressure situations.

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Tom Yost

A pair of Lobos spentpart of their summer vaca-tion in Russia. One leftKazan with a medal, theother had to settle for a9th place finish.

University of New Mex-ico big men CameronBairstow and Alex Kirkeach represented their homecountry at the World Uni-versity Games this month.Bairstow earned a silvermedal with Australia, andKirk struggled for minuteswith the United States.

Bairstow led the Aussiesto the gold medal gameagainst Russia, but cameup short, and Australia hadto settle for silver. You couldmake a case Bairstow wasone of the most valuableplayers in the entire tour-nament, averaging almost13 points a night over theeight game span, including21 points in his final game.

Kirk will look back onhis trip to Russia as a once

in a lifetime experience,but he did a lot of timesitting on the bench wear-ing the Team USA uniform.Kirk averaged only eightminutes a night in sevengames, averaging 3.7 pointsand 4.6 rebounds.

We asked UNM headcoach Craig Neal if hethought Kirk was slightedby not getting more playingtime.

“The bottom line is hemade the team,” said Neal.“We can say what we wantabout Alex not getting play-ing time but we’re not onthe coaching staff. It’s notmy job to decide if it’sright or wrong. I’m justglad he got the experi-ence.”

Not bad, eh?New Mexico State guard

Daniel Mullings also per-formed well at the WorldUniversity Games. Mullingsplayed for Canada, whofinished fourth at the tour-nament after losing to Ser-bia in the bronze medalgame.

14 feet and risingThe New Mexico State

men’s basketball team land-ed a big recruit this week.I mean BIG! The Aggiesgot a commitment from 7-foot 3-inch Tanveer Bhullar.He will be on the sameroster with his brother SimBhullar who’s 7-foot-5 andplays for the Aggies. That’smore than 14 feet of

The Connie Mack citytournament is in the booksand now we have the pa-tient wait to begin the prepsports season and the WorldSeries.

Connie Mack CityTournament

If this summer’s CMWShas the drama of this year’scity tournament, we’re infor a great series. The StrikeZone captured its fourthconsecutive City Tourna-ment and will again be thehost team for next month’sWorld Series. However, thistime it was anything buteasy. The Strike Zone facedchallenges from the DCMob and Naa taanii to ad-vance as the host team.Naa taanii looked to be inthe driver’s seat after knock-ing off the defendingchamps in the winner’sbracket finals, pushingStrike Zone to win theirway back up to the cham-pionship. Strike Zone did

just that, working back upto the championship roundand defeating Naa taaniitwice, including a walk-off 3-2 victory in the finalas Connor Calvert singledhome Connor Dugan inthe bottom on the 7th.The Series begins Aug. 2.

The Death of All-Star Games

Tuesday night was the“Midsummer Classic” – theMLB All-Star game. Thisgame was once an eventthat baseball fans lookedforward to all summer, ameeting between rivals thatwas played not for homefield advantage, but forgood old fashioned pride.

There are many reasonsthat the All-Star game has

lost its luster. Free agencyhas changed league, teamand player loyalty. Thenumber of players on theteam – with the ridiculousevery team gets a repre-sentative rule – makes animpossible situation for amanager trying to win andgetting everyone in thegame. By the time thesixth inning rolls around,there have been too manypitchers and too few bignames in the game. Thereis also commitment to thegoals of the regular seasonteam to win, which meansthat as much as the leaguetouts that the game hasmeaning, it really doesn’t.

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Bhullar on the roster!From Alabama

A&M to KansasThe Lobos released their

non-conference men’s bas-ketball schedule this week.UNM will play five gamesagainst NCAA Tournamentteams – Kansas, Marquette,Cincinnati and New MexicoState twice. Making mattersmore difficult, those fivegames happen in a 13-daystretch.

“That week is going to betough,” said Neal. “Anytimeyou have Kansas sandwichedwith Cincinnati, Marquetteand New Mexico State, it’sgoing to be difficult.”

“The Marquette game isat the MGM Grand, and thatwill really give us a chanceto play in an arena that is atrue neutral site, and give

our guys a chance to play ina tournament-type atmos-phere,” said Neal. “Gameslike that and the Kansas gameare to help us get better inthe NCAA Tournament, andthose opponents and arenaprepare us for that.”

This was the first scheduleput together by Neal. “It wasa good experience for me tofind out first-hand how manypeople don’t want to cometo the Pit to play us, nomatter how much you paythem. It was difficult, but Ithink it’s a good schedule.”

The Lobos will not playanother midnight game aspart of ESPN’s 24 hours ofbasketball showcase this sea-son, like the one they playedlast year against Davidson.“They wanted us to go onthe road and I didn’t want

to do that,” explained Neal.The first year head coachpreferred to play anotherhome game, which is whythey added Alabama A&M.

UNM will also host GrandCanyon in December, whichwill mark the return of formerLobo Demetrius Walker whotransferred to the Arizonaschool. The Grand Canyongame will also feature formerPhoenix Suns star Dan Ma-jerle as head coach. MountainWest play is scheduled tostart the following week.

Catch meif you can

New Mexico State juniorwide receiver Austin Franklinhas been named to the 2013Biletnikoff Award PreseasonWatch List, which recognizesthe outstanding receiver incollege football.

Franklin started all 12games for the Aggies at widereceiver and as a returner onkickoffs and punts in the2012 season. Franklin ledthe team with 74 receptions,1,245 yards receiving, 16.8

yards per reception, ninetouchdowns and 103.8 re-ceiving yards per game.Franklin also led the team inall-purpose yards with 1,627yards total and averaged135.6 total yards per game.

Moore pitches lessMoriarty’s Matt Moore

threw a perfect inning in hisfirst MLB All-Star appearance.Moore took the mound atCiti Field in the 5th inningand barely broke a sweat inthe New York summer air.Moore threw nine pitches,

seven of them strikes, enroute to the AmericanLeague’s 3-0 win. The TampaBay Rays’ 24-year old leftymade it look easy. It was a1,2,3 inning for Moore whois 13-3 on the season, so far.

Following the game,Moore posted a note ofthanks on his Twitter account.“Amazing experience! Mostmemorable part will definitelybe Mariano Rivera pitchinga perfect 8th inning. Thankyou all for the nice thoughts!”

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Baseball. All the majorsports have this problem.The NFL Pro Bowl has littleto no physical contact and isless interesting than watch-ing summertime seven-on-seven games at the highschool. The NBA has similarissues. There is no defenseand fans have come to real-ize that watching the lastfour minutes is all that isnecessary, when perhaps thebest of the best will find awill to win and not just beout of the way for individualshows that may make themlook bad. After all, if you getdunked on in the All-StarGame it’s very easy in thepress conference to remindeveryone that it’s an exhibi-

tion, so we aren’t really try-ing. The NHL All-Star gameis equally bad. The gamerepresents nothing that lookslike hockey. There is ab-solutely no hitting or de-fense.

All the leagues try to makethe All-Star experience moreof an event by adding skillscompetition such as the homerun derby or the slam dunkcontest. These also have losttheir attraction. Look at Mon-day’s Home Run Derby. Arethose really the players fanswant to see go deep? Withfew exceptions, the answeris no. I for one had nevereven heard of this year’s win-ner, an A’s outfielder hittinga whopping .225.

The NBA’s Slam Dunkcontest has become the eventof anonymity. Once the eventincluded the likes of JuliusErving, Michael Jordan orDominique Wilkins. This yearit included the likes of future“Hall of We’ll Look Themup on Wikipedia” like Ter-rance Ross, Gerald Greenand James White. Not exactlyworth tuning in for.

Do I have an answer tothe death of these games?No, perhaps it’s just the evo-lution of the sporting world.Fear of injury has made teamsand players concerned aboutthe intensity with which thegame should be played. Ifyou watch the game for en-tertainment value only, then

you probably will continueto tune in. However, if youare looking for the best play-ers taking on serious com-petition against each other,then you will be sorely dis-appointed.

Northwest LeagueAll-Star Game

Now that I’ve tried toconvince you how worthlessthese games are, let me self-ishly flip to the other extreme.Former Piedra Vista standoutShilo McCall is up for a spotin the Northwest League All-Star game in Everett, Wash.Fan voting runs until the22nd, so I’m pushing for alittle hometown ballot boxstuffing from the folks herein Farmington. If you would

like to vote for Shilo, Googlesearch the 2013 NorthwestLeague All-Star Game – trustme, much shorter than thelink I would have to giveyou – and fill out the infor-mation for Shilo McCall ofthe Salem Volcanoes for anoutfield position.

If you would like to keepup with Shilo, the Volcanoeswebsite is http://www.mil-b.com/index.jsp?sid=t578with a link to keep up withthe Volcanoes on Facebook.

Sports onthe Radio

Prep Sports Weekly withRick Hoerner & Walter Dor-man Saturday at 12:00 onKENN 1390, 92.1 FM andkennradio.com.

NotesCharly Martin was released

by the Seahawks while work-ing his camp last week. Mar-tin was quickly picked upby the San Francisco 49ers.Time to unfriend the Sea-hawks and add the 49ers.

Congratulations to JacyCave who was named FirstTeam All-American by theLouisville Sluggers.

Also congratulations tothe Piedra Vista softball staffwho for the second time inthree years were named theNational Fastpitch CoachesAssociation’s West RegionCoaching Staff of the Year.

If a player acknowl-edges their weaknessesand works on them inpractice sessions, then theywill become a strongertournament player. Prettysoon the player will cravethe thrill of competitionand thrive on the situationrather than wilt under thepressure.

Once a player makesthe conversion from recre-ational to competitivegolfer, there is no turningback. And when you startto find that you play betterduring tournaments thanyou do in your friendlyfoursome, then you willbe recognized as a com-petitive golfer.

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Children’s hands shotup in the air to ask ques-tions about space shuttlesand what is it like to livein space during an educa-tional presentation at Farm-ington Museum on July16.

NASA Education Pro-gram Coordinator Christo-pher Blair talked to localchildren about the spaceprogram as a way to getthem excited about science,technology, engineering,and math, or STEM.

Blair has supportedNASA Education since2003 and makes presen-tations at museums andschools, and talks to theGirl Scouts, Boy Scouts,and other organizations.

The NASA educationalpresentation was organizedby the E3 Children’s Mu-

seum and Science Centerin Farmington. This al-lowed children who par-

ticipate in the Space Ex-plorer’s Flight Group tolisten to Blair’s input onthe space program.

“We wanted to be in-volved in this just becauseit’s so neat and STEM ed-ucation is really important,”E3 Education CoordinatorCherie Powell said. A fewsubjects the group learnsabout are rocketry, spacefood, and robotics.

Jay Boushee, FarmingtonHigh School math teacher,said it was important forhis children to see thispresentation. “The launch

has become so mundane.Back in the day when therewas a shuttle launch, everytelevision was on” in theschools, he explained,adding the presentationhas also helped him thinkof ideas for his upcomingclasses.

At the presentation, Blairtalked about space suit ma-terials, the distance fromEarth to the moon, andthe International Space Sta-tion. “The Space Station isa huge science lab and as-tronauts spend a long timeon the Space Station,” Blairexplained, adding the SpaceStation is as “far away fromhere straight up as it isfrom here to Albuquerque.”

Blair has coordinatedand implemented hundredsof NASA events across thecountry, as well as devel-oping supportive educa-tional products. He worksin the education office atthe Johnson Space Centerin Houston, Texas.

“Are you an astronaut,”a young girl asked Blair.

“No, I’m not an astro-naut. I have flown on mi-crogravity planes before,”Blair answered. “It is verydifficult becoming an as-tronaut, but NASA recentlyannounced nine new as-tronauts.”

Because the E3 Chil-dren’s Museum and ScienceCenter has developed apartnership with NASA,they are given educationalitems such as vacuum sealedfood and materials to makerobotic arms that allow forchildren to get a glimpseof what it is like to travelto space.

Powell said that, so far,the two cities in the areathat participate in the SpaceExplorer’s Flight Group areFarmington and Durango,Colo.

“I think Albuquerquewill be added but it is athree year (program) wherewe get together and hope-fully use each other forhelp and also help the newgroups coming in,” Powellsaid. “We have to answerback to NASA and let(Blair) know who weserved and how many peo-ple we served.”

She added that “it willbe great if more girls andpeople who live on thereservation get involved”in the program.

Powell said she will be-gin an evening mini spacecamp for the upcomingschool year. If interestedin participating in the camp,contact Powell at505.566.2279.


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NASA Education Program Coordinator Christopher Blair talks with local children about the space program duringan educational presentation on July 16 at the Farmington Museum.

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to bring it back to theshelter and have it evalu-ated by a vet down there.That animal died and wehad a little boy that washeartbroken.”

Berry asked Eckhardtwhy an animal foster par-ent could not take its petto their personal veteri-narian.

Eckhardt said it had todo with the city’s budgetand who pays for care,but Berry asked if it wouldbe OK if the family paidfor care themselves.

“We have to make thosedecisions (about the ani-mal),” Eckhardt said. “Theyneed to bring the animalin to us.”

Eckhardt said the kittendeath could be the resultof a condition called “un-thriving,” where a mothercat knows the baby is “fail-ing inside.”

“We could give themeverything they need, butsome kittens just don’tmake it,” Eckhardt said.

Alvarez stated that shehad a foster dog that aclient brought into Valley

Veterinary Hospital, andthe dog “presented withparvo and distemper.”

Eckhardt said the fosterparents fall in love withthe animals, and don’t fol-low the rules. They don’treturn them on the properdate to be vaccinated andthey don’t bring them inon time for veterinarycheckups at the shelter.“We let the people takethem home, clean up afterthem and fall in love withthem,” she said. “The prob-lem is we have a fosterprogram set up and not aperson to support it.”

The person who washandling the program re-cently resigned her posi-tion at the shelter, leavinganother opening to fill.

In his letter Lillywhiteblames this on misman-agement, saying “A goodleader will motivate, en-courage and support teammembers as they jointlywork toward commongoals.”

He pointed out that hisassociation with the animalshelter goes back 25 to

30 years ago, and he hasnever seen it in such a“poor condition of opera-tion.” Lillywhite wroteabout a “deplorable un-cleanliness” that has ledto “major disease increas-es.”

“It is revolting to seethe animals wallowing intheir own feces and seeso many sick animals incontact with other ani-mals,” he wrote. “Even inthe front reception area,which should be the modelof cleanliness, puppies aredisplayed to the public infilth.”

Lillywhite suggested animmediate change in shel-ter management, includinga new interim manager,whom he believes couldbe found amongst the cur-rent animal control staff.

Styron, however, toldthe Animal Advisory Com-mission that the search ison for a new shelter di-rector. The city hiredStrategic Government Re-sources, a company basedin Keller, Texas, that re-cruits people for govern-

ment jobs. Styron stated that the

deal was signed and sealed.However, the companydoes not have the Farm-ington job listed on itswebsite under an animalservices position.

Styron insisted thesearch is expected to becompleted in nine weeks.“The firm actually has ascreening process. Theyhave done some extensiveinterviews with myself,looked at the current jobdescriptions and the chal-lenges we have as a com-munity,” Styron said.

Strategic GovernmentResources also does a me-

dia background check ofits applicants “to see ifthey ’ve had trials andtribulations in the press,”Styron said.

Once candidates are se-lected, the city will inter-view them, with assistance

from the Animal AdvisoryCommission.

The Farmington CityCouncil will receive a re-port on animal servicesduring the July 23 CityCouncil meeting at 7 p.m.at city hall.

Imagine if you walkedinto your local library andsaw a crazy cavewoman read-ing a “magic” book thatlooked like it might be onfire. Now imagine that herrabbit suddenly appears outof nowhere and her pet dogis performing silly tricks. Fi-nally imagine that she startsto throw bowling balls overher head!

You won’t have to imagineif you come to the Farm-

ington Public Library, 2101Farmington Ave., at 10 a.m.,2 p.m. or 6 p.m. on Thursday,July 25, for one of Ann Lin-coln’s Dino Girl shows.

Lincoln’s juggling, magicand comedy performanceswill be a big part of the funfor this summer’s “Dig InTo Reading” theme. Theshows are free and open tothe public, but anyone in-terested in attending shouldcontact the library directly

at 505.599.1270 for com-plete information.

“Dino Girl is one of myall-time favorite charactersto perform,” says Lincoln. “Iget to be someone completelywacky and so different fromwho I usually am that myimagination just runs wild!”

Ann says that she hopesthat seeing a full-grownwoman being so extremelycreative and enthusiasticabout a subject will inspire

the kids to use the library’sresources to learn more abouttheir favorite things. To thatend, after her performanceAnn will provide a suggestedreading list to all interestedaudience members. She hasincluded possible subjectsfrom the show to explorefurther, some appropriate ju-venile titles to check into,and more than a dozen booksthat she herself read in orderto prepare for that day’s en-

tertainment.“I firmly believe in the

goal of keeping childrenreading and learning all sum-mer,” Ann says enthusiasti-cally. “I feel very lucky toget to use my time, energyand talent toward that goal.Children who join a summerreading program at theirpublic library keep theirbrains stimulated and goback to school in the fallready to learn more. And

that’s good for everyone!”Ann Lincoln has been a

full-time professional enter-tainer for nearly 30 years.She will be performing atlibraries all across Colorado– and beyond – this summer.A complete list of those andother public performancescan be found at her websitewww.annlincoln.com. Formore information call303.388.2820, or [email protected].


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not have to drive from oneend of town to the otheras calls come in.”

Loev added that whenthere are no animal callsthe rangers can check eachpark thoroughly untilnightfall and then beginlocking up restrooms andsecuring the gates whenthe parks are empty.

Styron said losing thepark aspect of the officers’duties makes him “a littlesad.” He, however, believesin the long run it will bebetter for the animal con-trol officers.

His only other concernwould be the priorityplaced on calls for services.“The downside is any timeyou take an agency outyour control, you do notbecome the most importantitem they look at. Policepriority might not be anunleashed dog in a park,”Styron said.

The other issue is theeuthanasia protocol at theanimal shelter. “We don’thave anybody at the shelteron staff outside of Sam(Samantha Embry, customer

service representative) thatcan do that,” Styron said.“That is the only 800pound thing we arewrestling with.”

The animal control of-ficers are licensed to dis-pense euthanasia, but Sty-ron pointed out that if sta-tioned at the police de-partment the officers willnot go to the new shelter.

Should the officers bemoved to the police divi-sion within the city, staffwill need to rewrite thecity’s ordinances regardinganimal control, accordingto Styron, who asked mem-bers of the commission toparticipate in the processwith final authority restingwith Police Chief KyleWestall.

“The ordinances willhave to be rewritten any-way as to how the policechief chooses to align them.That would be the policechief ’s discretion,” Styronsaid. “We will have torewrite ordinances anyway.They have been aroundawhile, and they are kindof tired.”

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The open floor plan inthis spacious 4-bedroom,2-bath home offers highceilings, vigas, nichos anda split bedroom design.

The open design, withcolumns and arcades de-lineating spaces, allows airto flow freely throughoutthe house. The spaciousliving room, the heart of

the house, offers a gas-logfireplace and plenty ofroom for entertaining.

The kitchen has lots ofstorage, beautiful customcabinets and a breakfastbar. Double doors next tothe breakfast bar provideeasy access to the coveredback patio that runs almostthe full length of the home.

The large master suiteincludes a master bath withshower stall and walk-incloset.

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This home blends seam-lessly into the desert land-scape with lots of naturalplants and xeriscaped frontand backyards.

This more than 2,500-square-foot home is locatedat 18 CR 3627 in theAnasazi Estates near Aztec.

Priced at $319,000, youcan contact Sam Todd atRE/MAX of Farming-ton, 505.327.4777, formore information or toset up a private showing.

One of the things I loveto do is grow tropicalplants in pots on my patioduring the summer. Youwant to talk about a con-versation piece, just watchyour neighbor’s eyes lightup when they see a beau-tiful tropical hibiscusblooming by your frontdoor, with flowers the sizeof one’s head. Watch astheir noses perk up whenthey try to find out wherethat amazing aroma iscoming from. It is the Jas-mine over there. Thenwatch as their heads spinaround trying to take inall the bold colors of theMandevilla and theBougainvillea. Walkingonto the porch or patio islike stepping off the planein Hawaii, the bright colorsand the sweet fragrancesinstantly spark the interestof the senses.

Mandevilla is a gor-geous, tropical plant thatyou will find fascinating.Mandevilla, also knownas Brazilian jasmine, is aflowering tropical plantthat originated in the hillsabove Rio de Janeiro. It isa woody vine that growsvery well in hot climates,is very popular for its abil-ity to climb and its big,showy, trumpet shapedflowers. These flowers aresometimes very fragrantand come in such colorsas red, pink and white.The hotter it gets, the morethese plants flower. Theyare most spectacular inmid-summer, but will con-tinue to flower for the restof the year. Because oftheir beauty and relativeeasy care, Mandevilla arebecoming popular in non-tropical climates as houseplants. They can be keptin pots, brought outsidein the summer, then back

inside to a sunny spot be-fore the first frost.

Tropical hibiscus flowersare one of the enduringsymbols of the tropics.There is not another flowerthat makes you think ofwarm sunny beaches andumbrella drinks as the hi-biscus. The hibiscus orig-inated in the tropical is-lands of the Pacific Ocean.This is another plant thatloves hot weather and pro-duces large dinner-platesized flowers all summerlong. Hibiscus has beautifulglossy evergreen foliage.The flowers come in almostevery color imaginable and

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Bougainvillea is an in-credibly showy, fast-grow-ing plant that thrives inthe toughest of conditions.Virtually pest-free and dis-ease resistant, it rewardsits owner with an amazingshow of color and vigor.The bougainvillea’s versa-tility is renowned. It canbe maintained as a smallpotted plant or as a largetree; it can spread itselfvertically on a wall, orclimb up a trellis or natu-rally grow into gracefularches. They will bloomstrikingly on branches 18to 20 inches long. Keepall long shoots cut backto 18 to 20 inches forbest bloom. The vibrantcolor of this vine comesnot from the small whitetubular flowers, but fromthe three large paper-likebracts that surround each

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Star jasmine vines arenot true jasmine plants,but they do look similar.The foliage is dark greenand glossy, and it bearsfragrant white star-shapedflowers during the springand summer. Train onposts, walls or trellises, oruse as a fast-growinggroundcover. It is a goodcontainer plant in cold cli-mates. Although not as vi-sually spectacular as someof the other tropical plants,the fragrance is one of na-ture’s best perfumes. Onesmall plant on a patio orporch can produce a sweetaroma for the entire yard.

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The Boys and Girls Clubof Farmington raised morethan $26,000 after thepublic purchased raffletickets for a chance to wina 1994 Winnebago.

The Winnebago was do-nated by the local companyIndustrial Mechanical Inc.

Randy Akins, IMI presi-dent, said the companywas originally going tosell the Winnebago butdecided to donate it tothe Boys and Girls Clubbecause it was for “a bettercause.”

The winner of the Win-nebago was William

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Linda, Randy, and Tom Akins donated the 1994 Winnebago to the Boysand Girls Club, which was raffled off on July 12.

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Businesspeople andtourists traveling to Farm-ington have another hoteloption at which to stay afterthe Comfort Suites had itsgrand opening on Tuesday,July 16.

The estimated 50,000-square-foot hotel sits at1951 Cortland Drive nearHighway 64. This is thefirst Comfort Suites in SanJuan County. Its sister hotel,Comfort Inn, has been openin Farmington for a numberof years.

“Our mission is to caterto, especially, corporate

clients, but we also wantto” encourage tourists tostay here as well, said Gen-

eral Manager Don Cowman. Since the hotel had its

soft opening on June 16, it

has been sold out twice and“we are running at 60 per-cent occupancy already,”Cowman said.

The lobby is decoratedin warm, earth tones and itis inviting to guests. Situatednext to the reception deskis a marketplace whereguests may purchase vendorsnacks and other items. Thehotel also offers a warmbreakfast every morning.

The Zia Room, a smallconference room located inthe lobby, may be rentedby the public whenever itis needed, said Sales Man-ager Megan Valencia.

The opening of the Com-fort Suites is an asset to

businesspeople who travelto San Juan County for con-ventions and meetings, be-cause there is additional ho-tel space for them to stayin, said Tonya Stinson, Farm-ington Convention and Vis-itors Bureau Director. “Thereis added inventory,” Stinsonexplained. “The (Zia Room)also offers another addedoption for smaller executivecommittees” in which tomeet.

There are 73 suites atthe three-story ComfortSuites and guests maychoose between one king-sized bed or two queen-sized beds. The suite alsohas a living area with a

couch that can fold out intoanother bed. Free Wi-Fi,USB ports, and extra charg-ing also are available. “Wewant to be ready for who-ever stays at our hotel,” Va-lencia said.

A fitness center with twotreadmills, weights, and anelliptical is open 24 hoursand there also is a five-footdeep indoor swimming pool.

The cost to stay at theComfort Suites ranges from$110 per night to $150per night depending on thetime of the year. The hotel’sphone number is505.325.9414.

“We are excited to behere,” Cowman said.


The Durango develop-ment and design company,GlobalWorks, has proposeda continuing care retirementcommunity, to be built inBloomfield, which wouldcreate an estimated 2,200direct and indirect jobs.

Details of the WaterfallLiving Community were pre-sented to business leadersand elected officials on Tues-day, July 16, at the project’ssite located on 18.6 acres ofland off of East BlancoBoulevard.

The retirement communitywould consist of 150 assistedliving and skilled care unitsin a 148,000-square-footfacility, 60 semi-assistedapartment units and 43 in-dependent living duplex andtriplex units. Surroundingthe buildings would be or-

chards, community gardens,and various water featuresincluding a large lake stockedwith fish, fountains, and aswimming pool with a lazyriver. The estimated cost ofthe project is $79 million.

“The concept of the de-sign is – I wanted to designa place for the living andnot the dead,” GlobalWorksArchitect Gregory Registersaid. “This place is meant toexpress joy, so that is why Iadded the large lake withfountains,” swimming pool,and boardwalk.

“The most beautiful thingabout this community is thatit is not closed. It is open toBloomfield and we wantBloomfield to be here andcome and jog the walkingtrails or stand in front ofour waterfall features,” saidMelinda Smith, WaterfallLiving Community generaloperations manager. “That

is what we are hoping forand what has already hap-pened.”

Bloomfield Mayor ScottEckstein said this project is“great” because “we reallytry to be a family-friendlycommunity and I think thisjust enhances that.” He addedthis also is a benefit to SanJuan County.

Register said the reasonGlobalWorks decided tobuild the project in Bloom-field is that “(we) lookedaround the whole Four Cor-ners for the ideal piece ofproperty, and doing due dili-gence of where the biggestneed was. There is a bigneed here because many (se-nior living) facilities havewaiting lists, so we lookedat this area and found thispiece of property.”

Waterfall Living Commu-nity would offer independentliving, semi-independent liv-

ing, assisted living, skillednursing care, and hospice.Currently, there are no as-sisted living facilities inBloomfield.

The project will be con-structed in multiple phases.Register said the first phasewill consist of the four-storyfacility that will house amemory care clinic, directassisted living services, re-

habilitation, and in-patienttherapy services.

“If everything is in place”the first phase will be com-plete in 1 ½ years to 2 years,Register said. “The main fo-cus right now is the (main)facility and everything elsewill come after that.”

Smith said not only willthis project create, potentially,more than 2,000 jobs, but

it also will benefit studentsat San Juan College. “Whenour students come out ofcollege – who were goingthrough the nursing program– we will be another placewhere they can come anddo their internships,” shesaid. “It will affect educationand it will affect all of us.”

This is the first healthcareproject on which Global-Works has worked, Smithsaid. “Everyone has parentsand grandparents, so this ispersonal to them, and morethan just a project. Theyhave had experiences thathave affected them in a per-sonal way.”

Waterfall Living Commu-nity is currently acceptingreservations for all of theunits. If interested in reservinga spot in one of the units,visit the website www.wa-terfallcommunity.com andclick on “Reservation Form.”

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Continuing care communityGlobalWorks $79M project could bring 2,200 jobs to area

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Sanchez from Cuba, N.M.The Boys and Girls Clubalso awarded moneyprizes to two other peoplewho purchased raffle tick-ets. Deon Masters fromDurango, Colo., won

$1,500 and Dustin Keelerfrom Farmington won$1,000.

“It’s wonderful,” Boysand Girls Club ExecutiveDirector Benedikte Whit-man said. “A lot of times

we write grants worth$25,000, so this allowsus to raise that sameamount of money withoutall the requirements.”

The money raised willgo towards general oper-

ational costs, Whitmanexplained. “We get moneyto do different libraryprograms and other pro-grams, but it is difficultto get money for utilities.”

The Boys and Girls

Club in Farmington or-ganizes a raffle drawingevery year at the annualbarbecue fundraisingevent in September, butthe club has never raffledoff an item as expensive

as the Winnebago. “Weusually raffle off smalleritems such as televisionsand household equip-ment,” Whitman said,adding that the club alsooffers elk hunt raffles.

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Waterfall Living Community General Operations Manager Melinda Smithpresents details about the retirement community to business leaders andelected officials on July 16.– Josh Bishop photo

Comfort Suites in Farmington had its grand opening on July 16. The hotelis located at 1951 Cortland Drive. – Josh Bishop photo

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STATE OF

NEW MEXICOCOUNTY OF SAN JUAN

IN THE PROBATECOURT

IN THE MATTER OFTHE ESTATE OFBILL J. DUKE, deceased.

Probate No. 5495

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that JERIKOUNCE has been ap-pointed Personal Repre-sentative of this estate.All persons havingclaims against this es-tate are required topresent their claimswithin two months afterthe date of the first pub-lication of this Noticeor the claims will be for-ever barred.

Claims must be pre-sented either to the un-dersigned Personal Rep-resentative at the fol-lowing address:

Jeri Kounce3602 StanolindMidland, TX 79707

Or filed with the Pro-bate Court, P.O. Box550, Aztec, New Mex-ico, 87410

DATED this 12 day ofJuly, 2013

JERI KOUNCE, Personal Representative3602 StanolindMidland, TX 79707

Legal No. 106Dates 7/19, 7/26/2013

STATE OF

NEW MEXICO

COUNTY OF

SAN JUAN

PROBATE COURT

No.5482

IN THE MATTER OFTHE ESTATE OFKEITH LYNN ISLE,Deceased.

NOTICE TO

CREDITORS

Heather Holtman hasbeen appointed Per-sonal Representative ofthe Estate of KeithLynn Isle, deceased.All persons havingclaims against this Es-tate are required topresent their claimswithin two (2) monthsafter the date of the firstpublication of this No-tice or the claims willbe forever barred.Claims must be pre-sented either to the Per-sonal Representative at5708 Sierra Grande Dr.,Taylorsville, UT 84129,Dylan O’Reilly andWilliam T. Denning atP.O. Box 869, Farming-ton, NM 87499-0869,or filed with the DistrictCourt of San JuanCounty, New Mexico.

DATED: 5-9-2013

HEATHER HOLT-MAN,Personal Repre-sentative

M I L L E RSTRATVERT P.A.DYLAN O’REILLYWILLIAM T. DEN-NINGAttorneys for PersonalRepresentativeP.O. Box 869Farmington, NM 87499-0869T: (505)326-4521

Legal No. 99Dates 7/5,7/12,7/19/2013

THE FOLLOWING

items located at AAAMini-Storage; 1630

Murray Dr, 2016 Hut-ton Rd,.6208 E.Main,

and 7231 E.Main Farm-ington NM, will be soldor donated at the own-

ers discretion by August 7, 2013

12 Evelisa Stephenson900 Cannery Court#2204Farmington, NM 87401

B-7 Briana Kneier1008 Cooper StFarmington, NM 87401

344 Joe Shepard217 Palonas NEAlbuquerque, NM87108

431 Helena ManygoatsPO Box 2073Bloomfield, NM 87413

525 Lucy Belian7B LaPiedra BlancaSanta Fe, NM 87508

552 Randy Shafer9422 E. Broadway RdApt D303Mesa, AZ 85208

582 Sherri HicksPO Box 656Flora Vista, NM 87415

682Sylvia RedmustachePO Box 4388Kayenta, AZ 86033

E-9 Danielle BorjaPO Box 5444Farmington, NM 87499

H-22 Kandi Begay2633 E. 22nd StFarmington, NM 87401

C-20 Jamily WoodPO Box 925Window Rock, AZ86515

Legal No.102Dates 7/19, 7/26/2013

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING BEFORETHE CITY LIQUORHEARING OFFICER

REGARDINGLIQUOR LICENSE

CITY OF FARMING-TON, NEW MEXICO

Notice is hereby giventhat the City LiquorHearing Officer willhold a public hearing inthe Executive Confer-ence Room at the Mu-nicipal Building, 800Municipal Drive, Farm-ington, New Mexico at9:00 a.m. on Wednes-day, July 31, 2013 toconsider the followingrequest:

Application for newBeer and Wine Restau-rant Liquor Licensefrom Sauce, LLC, 5600Mickey Dr., Farming-ton, New Mexico doingbusiness as SauceRestaurant, 5600Mickey Dr. Ste. A,Farmington, New Mex-ico.

The Director of the Al-cohol and Gaming Divi-sion of the New MexicoRegulation and Licens-ing Department hasgiven this applicationpreliminary approval. Further details regard-ing this application maybe examined at theaforementioned hearingor by contacting F.Chester Miller III, Esq.(505-327-0428), 907W. Apache Street,Farmington, New Mex-ico.

Dianne Smylie, City Clerk

Legal No.103Dates 7/12, 7/19/2013

TO: ALL PARENTS

OF AZTEC MUNICI-

PAL SCHOOL DIS-

TRICT STUDENTS

From: Mr. Kirk Carpen-ter, Superintendent

RE: Asbestos Re-in-spection Survey – Annual Notification

Date: July 8, 2013

*******************According to require-ments of the EPA As-bestos Hazard Emer-gency Response Act(AHERA 1987), theAztec Board of Educa-tion completes manda-tory re-inspections on athree year cycle. In ad-dition, surveys are con-ducted every sixmonths of all buildingswithin the district. Inthe past, asbestos waswidely used in buildingconstruction.

Accredited environmen-tal inspectors visit theschool your son ordaughter attends to re-inspect the condition ofmaterial with asbestosor assumed to containasbestos and complete are-inspection survey. The asbestos manage-ment plan for yourschool is filed in themain office of theschool and is accessibleto parents and staff. You may review thecurrent plan at theschool at any time.

Since AHERA was en-acted, the Aztec Munici-pal School District hasimplemented an Opera-tions and MaintenanceProgram to train mainte-nance personnel withproper handling andsafe procedures for as-bestos containing mate-rials. As the EPA hassuggested, it is our dis-trict’s policy to removeasbestos only when adamaged condition dic-tates, or remodeling ordemolition is involved. In these instances, pre-cautions are taken to en-sure the safety of ourstaff and students.

If you have any ques-tions about the survey,please contact CharlieLee at 599-4301 exten-sion 1034.

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Nosey Nellie’s sister,Mystic Marianne (MM be-lieves she is “gifted” andcan see people’s past, pres-ent and future and hasbeen featured in severalmystic magazines, al-though not always in apositive light. MM isn’t alicensed mystic or an ac-credited mystic, but shedoes know how to see inpeople’s future. At leastshe thinks it’s their future.When you’re not licensedor accredited, the futureis blurred, but you can of-fer discounts, which MMis good about doing. Do-ing good runs in the fam-ily, just so’s ya know), haslooked into her future andNN’s future and sees anew fashion trend for herand NN.

She sees us as beingcowgirls. NN, herownself,has assumed several iden-tities in the past, but neverone as a cowgirl. NN wasnever one to want to belike Dale Evans or Calami-ty Jane or Annie Oakleyor Cowgirl Carolina. Cow-girl Carolina might notbe a name some of theuninformed will recognize,but CC was the headlinerin the revival of PistolPackin’ Mamas that wasthe hit on the Off VegasStrip until CC inadver-tently put bb’s in her pistol(the bb’s looked a lot likethe “candy” CC put in herpistol for those times whenshe needed a little “pickher up” during the shows)and she hit a coupla BigWigs that were in the au-dience. The Big Wigs weres’posed to be at a “meet-ing” of government offi-cials, and when their pho-tos made the news, the

Big Wigs became No Wigsand the government shutthe show down. They alsotook all of CC’s “candy,”her cowgirl hat and herpistol. They took herdream of becoming an Onthe Strip Cowgirl, too, butno one cared about that.Whatever.

Anyway, MM sees NNand herself in westernjeans, western shirts, cow-boy boots and saddle bags.MM also sees us on horses.Real horses. The kind thatbuck and gallop and eat agazillion thingeys of haya day. MM has been callingNN every day, asking ifshe’s racked up some-body’s credit card withboot purchases. (MM “sees”us using someone else’scredit card for our newfashion trend, just in caseit doesn’t work out forus. She also “sees” usdumping those credit cardsas soon as we use ’em onaccounta she “sees” peoplein black suits and pistolsthat are loaded with realbullets, not the bb’s or“candy” that should be inthose pistols, huntingdown whoever used thosecredit cards and shedoesn’t want ’em to findus. If they do, she “sees”us being roughed up andleft without our horses inthe middle of the desert.Whatever.)

Because NN “sees” MMgetting really cranky withher if she doesn’t buyboots and jeans and shirtsand a horse, she headedout to find her inner AnnieOakley.

What NN found is thatwestern wear isn’t madefor women who don’t weara size 0-3. The only west-ern jeans NN found didn’thave elastic waists or littlepanels on the sides thatallow you to eat everythingon your plate and the plateof whoever is sitting nextto you and still be com-

fortable. These jeans hadzippers that hadda bezipped all the way up andmetal buttons thatwouldn’t button. Not thatNN was able to get thezipper zipped except whenshe put those jeans downaround her ankles, whichare the only size 0-3 partof NN’s anatomy and thenonly on a “not fat” day.Whatever.

And the shirts aren’tthe flow-y kind that goto your knees to cover thestretch panels in the jeanswith the elastic waist.Noooo – these shirts havelittle snaps and are cut sofar into the midriff that –if you have a midriff thatextends into the nextcounty – won’t snap. Asfor the boots – NN founda couple that were cuteand had almost hookerheels on ’em. But whenNN got ’em on, she could-n’t get ’em off, on ac-counta NN’s calves aremore like the kind theytie up in rodeos and notthe kind that women whowear size 0-3 have. Thestore manager hadda callin a truck with a winch(the kind that pulls vehiclesoutta trouble, not thewench that NN is oftenaccused of being. Al-though the truck driverand the store manager didthink she was one. NNcould “see” it on theirfaces and in their smokecomin’ from their ears) onit to get the boots off. Hewasn’t happy and the truckdriver wasn’t happy, be-cause NN had eaten whatwas on her plate and theplates of both people sit-ting next to her at lunch,which made her hold wa-ter and bloat. The bloatwas a little heavier thanthe winch could handleand it blew up after theygot the boots off. What-ever.* Nellie A23

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NN did go looking for ahorse, though. She foundone that doesn’t eat much,is easy to ride, and fits inthe back of NN’s Cute Cube.It also rocks. MM totallydissed NN’s selection of ahorse and has ordered NNone from one of those WildHorses for Wild Womenwebsites. NN can only hopeit comes with a hand brakeand an automatic transmis-sion.

In other news this week,Sheila Mobley, ShawntayWolfe and Tom Mullins allcelebrated birthdays. Thesethree are movers and shakersand one of ’em should runfor office again, just sayin’.. . . Reid Sharpe also cele-brated a birthday, and hismama, Melissa, said Reid is

awesome! Moms just knowthose things, ya know.

Debi and Lance Chapmancelebrated an anniversary,Jodi and Jimmie Brown areawaiting the birth of theirfirst baby, Becky Harrell isa new mom – to twoadorable puppies! – DebbieIsrael’s wonderful daughter,Alicia, sent her beautifulflowers and Doug, Angieand Haley Echols are onvacay. Amanda Price cele-brated her first birdie atHidden Valley Golf Courseand Adam Kinney spendsmost of his time at PiñonHills Golf Course!

Paul James likes the FourCorners Drag Racing As-sociation, Randy Large putthe top down on his con-vertible and went to Durango

for ice cream, and Tim Craw-ford was at the NASA SpaceCenter.

Cheryl Sitton, JamieChurch and Mattie Taylorwork out, like, alllllll thetime, Jennie Sanders lovesNavajo Lake, Mark Austinsaved a lizard from foaminsulation, the corn is readyat Sutherland Farms, Distilis having a bourbon seminarand tasting event (NN issoooo there, even thoughshe’s not sure what bourbonis, other than it’s an adultbeverage!) and Julia Foley isthe bomb.

That’s all for this week.NN discovered a website forChubby Cowgirls and she’sgonna check it out. She’sjust hopin’ there’s a ChubbyCowboy on sale. . . . .

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No Passes or Discounts PG

12:00 2:30 5:15 7:40 10:05 DAILY

No Passes or Discounts PG-133D*

2:20 7:10 DAILY

No Passes or Discounts PG 3D* 3D*

10:50 1:20 6:10 DAILY

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2:30 7:30 DAILY

No Passes or Discounts

PG-13

11:20 4:15 9:20 DAILY


PG-13

12:00 2:20 7:00 DAILY


PG

11:50 4:50 9:30 DAILY


PG

11:40 4:20 9:10 DAILY

PG

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12:50 3:40 6:20 9:20 DAILY

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2:10 7:20 DAILY


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11:30 4:45 9:55 DAILY

PG-13

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Pickup your free tickets at any 7-2-11

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EVERY TUESDAYFREE KIDS SHOW

No shows before 4pm on Tuesdays (Allen 8 only)

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