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Page 12 • September 29, 2011 • Mountain Mail • mountainmailnews.com Tafoya honored as a top young scholar Wholesale estern Phone: 575.854.3366 Fax: 575.854.3417 Merrissa Tafoya Magdalena High School graduate Merrissa Tafoya has been named as one of America’s top young scholars. She has been accepted membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Merrissa will be honored during an invocation this fall on the New Mexico State University campus. “NSCS is more than just a symbol of academic achievement. Membership gives students access to a number of amazing benefits including career and networking resources, scholarships, travel, and service projects both on campus and in the community,” says Stephen E. Loflin, NSCS CEO and founder. Merrissa graduated from Magdalena High School in 2010, She is in her second year of college, majoring in Criminal Justice, with a goal of being a profiler. NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first and second year college students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing. NSCS has more than 750,000 lifetime members and 270 chapters in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Pie Festival baking champions Grand Prize Champion: Glenna Cox - Pecan Pie Adult Fruit Pie Category: 1st Place: Janet Anderson - Pear, Cranberry, Ginger 2nd Place: Mary Lee Smith - Lemon Lover’s Pie 3rd Place: Ron Bronitsky - Strawberry Pie Adult Nut Pie Category 1st Place: Ron Bronitsky - Pecan Pie 2nd Place: Siona Briley - Honey Almond 3rd Place: Marva Riccitelli: Caramel Peanut Fantasy Adult Other Category 1st Place: Turtle and Ian Fritz - Prickly Pear Lemonade 2nd Place: Dale Smith - Betty’s Green Tomato 3rd Place: Turtle and Ian Fritz - Spicey Triple Layer Sweet Potato Pie Youth Category 1st place: Loren Macias - Brownie Crumble Pie 2nd Place: Mariah Morris-Larronde - Pie Of Happiness (Apple, Raisin, Cherry) 3rd Place: Sabrina Bhakta - Sali’s Fudge Delight Your Full Service Diesel Fuel and Gasoline Supplier Supplying Farms, Ranches and Service Stations We Only Sell Gasoline - NO ETHANOL (E-85) And remember us for all your farm tank needs - we have farm tank filters, nozzles, hoses and more. All our products are American made. Petroleum Distributors, LLC PO Box 229 Magdalena, New Mexico 87825 Locally Owned & Operated Adoptable Pets Sherpa is a friendly and generous spayed female about three years old. We think she is primarily a black Shepherd and she has the qualities that go along with that breeding. Sherpa is wonderful with people of all ages, she is a good watchdog and she will be a fine companion. She is fine with cats and another dog for a play companion would be a nice bonus for her. Her adoption fee is $130 and that includes her spay and shots. Call for an appt to come and meet her and the rest of our gang! Fur and Feather Animal Assistance, at 575-772-2661 for Laurie, or 575-772- 2543 for Sharon. Luke is needing to find his forever home! He was born June 1. Luke’s mother is a red and blue heeler mix, dad is reported to be a border collie and Aussie cross. Luke’s favorite toys “make noise” and he loves to run so he’ll be needing secure, fenced space in which to run. Rubbing his tummy and giving him “dog cookies” will also be especially appreciated! He is said to get along well with people, (“loves children”), other dogs and horses. Please call Marguerite from The Grizz Project of Magdalena Aiding Animals, Inc, at 575- 418-8647. Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge hosts annual open house and more Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge will be a hub of activity the weekend of Oct. 7 – 9 with an open house, a bird watching day, and a festive fundraising dinner. The Refuge is the place to have a gourmet dinner Friday, Oct. 7, from 3 – 8 p.m. The Sunset On Sevilleta dinner this year will be served outside on the mesa west of the Visitor’s Center with breathtaking views of the Ladrones and Los Pinos. Dinner will be buffet with grilled peanut chicken, tequila lime shrimp skewers, vegetable skewers, Asian beef skewers, rice dish, pasta salad, green salad, fruit salad and homemade apple pie. Amigos de la Sevilleta is a non-profit group that will use contributions form this fundraising event to support education, research, and conservation of wildlife and their habitats. Cost for the dinner is $50 per person. Then on Saturday, Oct. 8, Sevilleta all out with a “Refuge Day,” giving the public an insider’s peek into the largest Refuge in the New Mexico. The day will feature a variety of tours, exhibits, and presentations from the Mexican Gray wolf to geology and climate change. Approximately 230,000 acres in size, the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge is a vast landscape in the heart of New Mexico. It supports four major ecosystems, touches two mountain ranges and embraces the largest river in the State. Its magnitude and austere beauty make the Refuge unforgettable, but its true significance lies in its function. The fee for each tour is $10 per person and a light snack will be provided. Expect some moderate hiking on most tours unless otherwise indicated. Layered clothing, hiking boots, hats, sunscreen, sunglasses and cameras are recommended. Tours include a San Lorenzo Canyon Expidition, Geology Field Trips, Pinon Canyon Field Trip and a tour of the Long Term Ecological Research projects on the Refuge. Presentations thorughout the day are free and include the Mexican Gray wolf and biological projects. Staff from conservation organizations will be on hand to answer questions about their work on behalf of wildlife. Many exhibits will include live animals, nature crafts and activities. Call 505-864-4021 or visit the website amigosdelasevilleta.com for more information and reservations. On Sunday, Oct. 9, Sevilleta is sponsoring a special event for bird watchers called The Big Sit. The Big Sit! is a bird-a-thon and the objective is to tally as many bird species as can be seen or heard within the time frame. The difference lies in the area limitation from which you can observe. The Big Sit! is free and is open from 7 a.m. – 2 p.m. for everyone who loves birds. PLAZA FURNITURE Complete Home Furnishings Financing Available No Credit No Problem! Low Monthly Payments! •Futons • Mattresses •Sofas •Dinettes Same Day Delivery! • Curios • Recliners •Lamps and much more! www.plazafurniturecompany.com 9amto5:30pmM-F•10amto3pmSat. 575-838-0499 • 215 Fisher Ave. (Old Crabtree Building) • Socorro, New Mexico Cozy Cabin on 6 acres in Pie Town Cabin on 6 acres in Pie Town, plus available 300+ acres BLM lease. Very private, serene setting. All new construction. Cedar siding exterior, knotty pine interior, metal roof. 1 Bdrm, Bath w/tub-shower combo; kitchen w/new appliances. Furnished plus washer/dryer & wood heater. Nearly 600 sq. feet plus attached, fully enclosed garage. 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Village: Marshal to get digital radio system mountainmailnews.com • Mountain Mail • September 29, 2011 • Page 13 continued from front page leniency or favorable rulings. Doing such under the color of an official act of reducing village expenditures,” he said. Woods told the Mountain Mail that he has been asked by a group called “Concerned Citizens of Magdalena” to assist them in any legal action. After the public hearing prior to the vote, Baca made a motion to drop the measure. That motion died for lack of a second. In other business: •The board approved the purchase of a digital upgrade to the Marshal’s radio system. The new system will incorporate both analog and digital technologies, giving Marshal Larry Cearley the ability to communicate more effectively with any law enforcement or emergency agency. Cearley said that the state is requiring all agencies to adopt a digital system by 2013. “By 2020 all analog systems will be discontinued,” Cearley said. “This is part of getting the Marshal’s office into the 21st Century.” The new system, costing in the neighborhood of $15,000, includes base unit, mobile units and hand-held units. “It’s all tied in to a computer we’ll have at the office,” he said. “I’ll be able to track each hand-held unit on a map on the computer screen. If an officer goes on a call it will show the specific location, which will save time if a problem comes up.” Cearley said the system is expandable, and that it could be shared with the Fire Department and the Utilities Department. •After the meeting Cearley told the Mountain Mail that roadblocks on Highways 60 and 169 had been very successful. Over two weeks out of 544 vehicles checked, 16 citations were written for various offences from no insurance or registration, to illegal wood cutting and hunting violations. •The board approved the sale of 7.06 acres of village property to the New Mexico Department of Transportation for $28,500. Trent Doolittle from the DOT said the department needed about 10 acres, and the present area was only three acres. “With this addition to the property we won’t have to be storing base coarse for Highway 60 work in the area east of the rodeo grounds,” Doolittle said. The purchased acreage extends from the western fence to North Ash Street, near the old stock pens. •The contractor for the paving of Pine Street was approved by the Board. Franklin Earth Moving from Albuquerque submitted the low bid and work began in the third TIGHT BUDGET Don’t sacrifice your dental health! 210 Neel Avenue, Socorro, NM 87801 575 835-1623 1 877 DR OATES cboates@sdc.com D. Oates, D.D.S. Family Dentistry week of September. Clerk Rita Broaddus said the contractor will be paving Pine from 4th to 7th Street, but “the contractor’s bid was low enough that we may have enough left over from the grant, three hundred thousand, to pave another block or so, at least to Eighth Street, and maybe a little more.” “We’re anticipating the work will be completed before December,” Broaddus said. •The board approved the Infrastructure Capitol Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2013-2017. The top priority was for the village water supply, specifically, digging a new well to back up the Trujillo well. The cost: $315,000. Second on the list was renovation of the community building at the rodeo grounds, including a new heating and air conditioning system at a cost of $240,000. The third priority was adding a new room to the Magdalena Clinic for meetings and other needs, at a cost of $100,000. The top three items on ICIP will be submitted to the state legislature for consideration. Other items for the future (2014-2017) were the paving Main Street south of Third; a waste water lift station; Phase II of the municipal complex to include a new Marshal’s office and Municipal Court; renovations to the Boxcar Museum; Phase III of the municipal complex to include a new library; and the paving of Second Street. •The board approved a request from the Magdalena Chamber of Commerce to use Lodger’s Tax funds for the Magdalena Gallery and Studio Tour Oct. 1. Representing the Chamber, Catherine DeMaria said the event promotes artists in the community. “It will also be on the day of the twice-yearly VLA tour and we expect a lot of people coming through town,” she said. “The signage will let them know there’s a lot going on here.” •Representing the Grizz Project, Marguerite Sweeney requested, and received, permission from the Board to use the concrete pad at the rodeo grounds for the Blessing of The Animals, Oct. 16. •Mayor Julian reported that she has had inquiries on the feasibility of there being a flea market at the rodeo grounds. She said there would have to be more discussion on vendor charges, permits and licenses, and whether it would be year-round or just in the summer. Julian also said she has been approached on the possibility of a mud bog event behind the shooting range. “Both of these will be placed on an upcoming agenda,” she said. Dr.C.BonnerOates,DDS Complete Family Preventive Dentistry YOUR MOST AFFORDABLE OPTION • Financing Available • Most Insurance(s) Accepted • We accept Medicaid ONE FREE DENTAL EXAM (a $40 value) 210 Neel Avenue, Socorro, NM 575 835-1623 Limit one coupon per patient. Not valid with any other promotion. Expires 12/31/2011 ✁ Work began two weeks ago on the paving of Pine Street from 4th to 7th streets. Magdalena received a grant of $100,000 for the work, and Clerk Rita Broaddus said there may be enough money left over to pay for paving to 8th Street. Work is scheduled to be finished by December. Photo by John Larson Color: Gila areas updated weekly To help forest visitors find the best of the fall colors this year, the forest will be posting weekly updates at http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r3/fallcolors on the best places to see the changing leaves. The Fall Colors Hotline can also be reached at 1-800-354-4595; select option 3. The web site and the hotline will be updated every Friday, until the autumn colcontinued from front page Popular attractions include the Catwalk National Recreation Trail, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Lake Roberts, Quemado Lake, Snow Lake and the Willow Creek Recreation Area. For the more adventurous, the three wilderness areas on the forest offer an exciting outdoor experience, Russell said. Veterinary Clinic Dave Baker, DVM Jack Duncan, DVM Terri Gonzales, DVM MAGDALENA VACCINE CLINIC Dr. Baker of the Ark of Socorro will be conducting a Rabies Clinic at the Magdalena Fire Station in October. Watch for flyer forexactdate or call the Ark at 835-9002. (575) 835-9002 • 1-888-349-3189 Big Blue Building - West US Hwy. 60 • Socorro, NM OPEN: Monday-Friday 8am-5:30pm, Sat. 8am-12noon
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