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R\:tDOSO, NEW MEXICO • WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2'), 2002 • OUR 56TH YEAR, No. 35

2 indicted for vehicular homicide in 'Zozo in Carrizozo. • A grand jury brought down

charg~s f( )f th~ driv~rs in th~ july death uf Cassandra Parra.

BY DIANNE SlJlLUNCS .coill

Two peoplt• were indicted for vehic­ular homicide last week by a Lincoln County grand jury in connec1.ion with the death .J ul,v 17 of Cassandra Parra

Jahney L. Woods, 44, of Alto was the driver of the vehicle that prosecu­tor Roxa Anne Matisc says pulled into the path of a motorcycle on which Parra was a passenger. Woods was indicted for homicide by vehicle, a 3rd­degn.-e felony; great bodily injury by vehicle, a 3rd-degree felony; nu proof of financial responsibility, a motor vehi­cle misdemeanor; and vehicle entering

highway from private road or drive­way, a penalty assessment misde­meanor.

Andrew D. Sandoval, 27, of Carrizozo, who WaB driving the motor­cycle, was -i.ndicted on homicide by vehicle, great bodily harm by vehicle, having no license and no proof of finan­cial responsibility.

The indictmenUi state that the two accused p{.."'ple killed Parra .. in the

unlawful operation of a motor Vf~hicle while violating state Jaws against dn­ving while under the 'influence of intoxicating liquor or dnJg."

The two aliio are accused of injuring Sandoval while they were violating the same state DWI statute.

The 3rd-degree felonies each carry a basic sentence of six years in prison and a fine or not more than $5,000. The motor vehicle violations are pun-

ishable by up to 90 days in jail and a fine of not more than $300.

TestifYing at the grand jury session Wednesday in Carrizozo were New Mexico State Police officer!::! Sam Huston, Robert Eshom and Tom Green, Dr. Sarah Kerrigan, Dave Vermilion, Slyvia Barelu, VPronica Pacheco, Ray Aguilar, Ben Davenport,

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Hotel will pay $7,500 in lieu of property tax BY DIAHNE SlAUINCS .com

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a futurv l'lltiTlt\ ·'"-"''"·"'•>r from St'<·kmg a d•·firutivP C'llll!i J lHiglllt'lll • >II \ tw ISS UP

Com;t.ructiutl ur• Uw Hou·l f{uidoso complex next to lhP \iJbg-P 1~!11\'Pnliflll rt>ntf'r nffMPrhPtn DrrVto start­t'<.i 111 Apr--il ~000 and wa.'l fimshf'd in October 2001. ·nu· hotd was l•uiit "tl h pnx't"(-d.« fnm1 a H>99 tax-fn>t• hond rssu\' Tlw •·omp;rnv filed dmms fr•r n~.\'mplron lmm prop<•ri_\ t;rx Jfl tht' vt•ars :.:WOO. :!001 and 200:2.

Hut ;~lh·r ill' took ufliL'I' 111 .January 2000. Sth·a J,.,ll~lll'd that .th"ut $:L :1 rnt!lulll wa~ spt•nt on thl' hoh·l 111 1''-.l'l'~~ of I ht• n•vt'lllll' hondc..

HAY, BABY! 13 to run for 4 tribal

• • post nons Three incumbents on tribe's council ballot

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Thrl'e rneurnbents an· J'Utl~ ning for n•-t·lt•l'\roll in t lw MPscalPro Apadw prima1·v l'll'd ion 'I\H'sd;ty.

ThirtPt·n callchd;tt•·-- sr~rwd up to nnnpell· f(,r fi,rtr .-w;H­

open fiJI~ t'll't'lHllt "" tIll' t rih:d cou nci I.

I ncumhPnts r; I<·Jid<J Hrusuela:-;, Arthut "Butl'h" Bluzt·r and Alfn·d (; l.a !':~1.

arc trying for nn•ll ht·r two~

year term. lt would Ill' a third term for BrusuPl:ts and BlazPr, who r:tn un~ut·•·•·s,-.ful~ ly last _Yl'Hr for vin· presrcknt. and a S!'Cond fc>r La f':t7. r-Ill

nwr Bun·::u of lndt:trt Affarr~ polil'£' ch11•f.

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be r, is not listt'd <1 s running for a SPCOnd l'OIISPl'UtiVP \.prm.

Michael Lagg competes tn the hay bale throwrng contest at H1e Nogal Harvest Fest Saturday '-n HAWTHORN. p.rgv -~ \

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FOR THE BIRDS ETZ votes to allow cellular tower on edge of village

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After two previou.'i hearings in the past month and an hour mo«' in front of the Ruidoso-Lincoln County ExtraterriuJrial Zoning Authority Monday, representat.ivl':o; ofVerizon won approval Monday to install a cellular tower on property off Squaw Trai I.

A vote on the issue was postponed two weeks ago because one member of the authority was absent. The three-person board is com poRed of one Ruido..'io councilor and two county commissioners.

Last month, the ETZ Comrnis~·ion, a larg­er board with several non-elected represen­tatives from the two entities, split on the application from Verizon Wireless, kicking an appeal to the ETZ Authority.

ETZA chairman L. Ray Nunley, who is a county commissioner and a village councilor, said at the earlier meeting he wanted a post­ponement because the decision could again end up in a split, if a vote was taken with only two members present.

Tlw appn:Jval foUowed a wait of more than a yc>ar for the two boards to come up with a n:·vised ETZ ordinance that dealt v-.-1th cellular towern. previously restricted to indu.'itrial sites. None of those sites fit the height and location criteria for conveying and receiving signals, company officials said.

ETZ Attorney Charles Rennick and Mike Runnels, who heads the village planning and zoning department that oversees the ETZ. &'isured the two board members that thP application met all of tht• requirement.~ U> approve the tower. Aesthetic.<; and a reluc­tance to see f110rc towers go up at the site or to increase the height of the proposed tower to accommodate the antennae of other com­panies remained the two major point..o;; of debate.

At the earlier meetings, representatives afVerizon walked ETZ officials through the steps taken to check out public land options and co-locations on existing or planned tow­ers as preferred options. They then explained why the knoll on the mountain would fill the service gap with a 70-foot tower and would result in the removal of a less effective 125-foot tower behind Radio Shack off Sudderth Drive.

Opposition during the process came

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mostly from two n<'ighhor:-;, mclttrlrm.: Barbara Willard. who said shc plan,.; to n•· ate a residential devt·lopmPnt tn tht· an·d She recalled that the s1te firnt was dPhal(_•d in June of 2000, although no official applt~ cation was filed. Verizon subsequently received approval of a tower in town on Whitlock Street as a temporary rnPasun-. from the village planning and zoning com~ mission. The Squaw Trail site falls \\ithin the one-mile ETZ area of transition amund the village, hut lies in the unincorpomted portion of the county.

Willard pointed to th<' r·t·quin·nwnt to first try to use public- land and existing structures or towern before appro\'ing new towers on private land. A residential district is the least desirable option, as outlined in the ordinance, she said. But Nunley noted the area, because it falls within the county, which has no zoning, is not designated as residential.

Richard Parkinson, who owns the land, said in his opinion, one tower visible above the tree line would be less offensive and con­Rtitute less of an environmental impact than new homes. The leasP will be for 40 yearn with a provision for the speedy rcmova1 of the tower should it become obsolete.

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Shooting· incident leaves Downs man in critical state BY SAJIIIY SOGGI1T . . Rl'lDOSO NEWS ~TAPF'!fdTHR ·.··~·:···/

A 35-yea.r--old man wu shot sometime before 3 a.m. Monday and was airlifted to University of New Mexico Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition as of 2 p.m. Tuesday.

The Ruidoso Downs Police Department was dispatched to Cowboys Trailer Par~ 1776 Highway 70 west, shortly

before 3 a.m. Monday concern­ing a possible robbery that had occurred, said Police Chief Robert Logan.

The officers responded to a 911 call placed by the victim's brother and, at the scene, determined that Manuel Medina.. a resident at Cowboys Trailer Park, near t}pt Ramada Inn Express, had bien shot. Logan said. -

Medina was transported to Linooln CoWlty Medical Center

and then . airlifted to Albuquerque.

Logan said the case is still under investigation bY the Ruidoso Downs Police Department with assistance from the Ruidoso Police Department, and they are working on some leads. He said · he doesn't know Medina'r occu­pation or how long he luis been in the area. Also under investi­gation is whether ()r not there was a robbery, Ldglan said.

Bust nets $65,000 worth of coke BY SMDY SIHlGITT IU IDOSO !"f:"l!;"i \"[Af'F \ll'RITI'JI

A six-month narcotics operation resulted in the arrest of two individuals from Anthony, N.M., and 2 pounds and 11,. ounces of cocaine confiscated at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20.

Maddox said agents bought the cocaine, with a street value of$65,000, with funds from Rocky MoUntain Information Network of Phoenix, Ariz., a law enforcement intelligence agency, through the Department of Justice.

The operation was headed by Ruidoso Police Department narcotics agent Randy Spear with assistance from the FBI, agents of the New Mexico State Police and agents of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to Ruidoso Police Chief Lanny Maddox.

.. I think with that type of quantity and the players aJTeSted, it's going to have an impact on. future narcotics trafficking in Ruidoso," Maddox said. "]twas a great team effort."

The case is still under investigation and Maddox said he couldn't give the suspects' names at this time, bui-. said they were taken to Roswell by the FBI after their arrests.

Rival bike gangs cause no problems BY SANDY SUGGJTT Transportation Division, Rio

Rancho Police Department, Alamogordo Department of

Although two rival motor- Public Safety and Lincoln cycle gangs were in town last County Sheriffs weekend for the Golden Department. Aspen Motorcycle Rally, the Maddox said the Hell's Ruidoso Police Department Angels and the Banditos, rallied other law enforce- who had had problems in ment agencies to monitor the Laughlin, Nev., and increased population and Albuquerque, were expected, violence was averted. and extra law enforcement

Chief of Police Lanny personnel were brought in Maddox said all of his law specifically for that reason. enforcement personnel were "We prepared for the on duty- 25 people- in addi- worst and hoped for the best tion lo 25 from other agen- and succeeded," Maddox ctf'H: New Mexico State said. "Two outlaw rival bi.k­Pohce. New Mexico ¥.otor ing groups at war, and our

presence was a deterrence." Over the weekend of the

rally, there were 31 arrests, 14 accidents with three injuries involving motorcy­cles and other types of vehi­cles, 15 arrests for driving under the influence of alco­hol - eight locals and seven visitors - and three arrests for battery against a house­hold member, he said. In all, there were 102 calls for police assistance.

Maddox said the number of incidents during thiR year's motorcycle rally was down considerably from other years.

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TRIBE!''~cy~f ~~es1~r Mescalero voters ..... Pill( ..

include Joseph Geronimo, a tire Apotter, teacher of tradi­tions and a frequent candi­date for president, vice presi­dent and tribal council, and Harlyn Geronimo, who previ­ously served on the co unci I and currently is on the school board.

Christie La Paz ,Jr. and Larry A. Shosh, who both pre­viously served on the council. are candidates, as is fonner vice president Frederick Chino Sr. and Carleton A. Naiche-Palmer, a fanner trib­al council member, a grant writer for the tribe and previ­ous presidential candidate.

Thora Walsh-Padilla, who

heads natural resource pro­tection for the tribe and was a close contender last year, is on the ballot again. Other candi­dates are Charles Shanta Jr. ' and Albert Platta Sr., with tribal housing, and fonner council member Samuel Cooper Sr.

Incumbents whose two­year seats on the council will be up next year are Raymond Kirgan. Gregory Mendez. Sandra Platero and Michaelene Ahidley. The poRi­tiona of president and vice president alRo wi11 be elected in 2003.

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rEDNE$l)Ay, sw: 25, 2002 ' \~ ':' LOCAL NEWS . ; RfSo N'E • i$,;a, !!' capitan 0~~ fix to area residents' wat~r ~c#d'es· ... r IJON8. w. IJI'I'MIIIII . .......b. """"· k. .. be: ~ olf. The vm..Be ...rn ~R lllE ~'IOlXit> ~ ~~t'! spilt t)le ccJkt of the pun:tp 'with the ' ·· reOideOts in queBtlon and will P'IY tor . CAPITAN - Six Capitan-area operation" of the pwnp. vater customers no longer have to Sederwall called an ezD.ergency .,.,...,. ;r their tapa will work, thanks meeting of the ~· board of o a compromise reached with the vil- trustees ip.volving an ex.ecutive.ARRSion age of Capitan. on the pending and ~ litiga-

Maym· Steve Sederwall broke a tion coru:eming the trustees' previous ~pllt vote by :the board of tmstees- decision to not provide water to the d'ter coming out of executive seaswn six cusb:Jmen;. •

!opt. 17 to supply the extraterritorial Gary Mitcluill •epn•sented 1M> of :ustomers with water by installing a them at tlW meeting. and John JUDlp "to replace Bonito Pipeline water Underwood represented the sixth

plaintilf. Don Dutton represented the · village, and all the plaiiltitlB were pr&-

sent. ' ' Throughout the three-hour meet­

ing, the attorneys came and went and when questioned .. to the progress being made, they ssid that thlee truSteeS were adamant m- their ~ - to providing water to the six customers.

Five of these plaintilfs granted, easements to the Village of Capitan in 1967 for a pipeline from Bonito Loki> Ui bring water to Capitan. At that

time. Cspitau was witbout; a rellablp, - of potable water.( The. sbtth plllintilf bad gnmlled - on his )>l.'OpO'ty at a later date. for various

improvemsnts to the water~ The three trustees who 1

the purchase of a pwnp gave ........,. for their oJUeettons, from not wanting to set a precedent to not wanting tb Pl\Y $6.000 for the pwnp.

MiteheU aod Underwood had plaoed the viliage on notWe that they would sue oo behalf of the plaintilfs

HA-wTHORN: Hotel agreement avoids potentially costly litigation· 'ROMPIOEIA .. . he personal property nor any of be assets were subject to tax.

"'f they have stayed within the ind~al revenue bonds, I would absolutely agree, it was .:.ompletely tax free - but they did not."

The two sides argued back and forth. While the state offered moral support for the county's position. it didn't get into the fray, with officials acknowledging it was an area they hadn't confronted or tested in court. Morel said.

.. We wen• at the point ·of instituting litigation to answer the qurstion b~cause it had nevPr l::wen addn-Hsed in New Mexico befon•,~ Morel said.

--rhen the other side came up with the suggestion that instead of litigating the issue and spending thousands of doUars on attorneys fees 1n see who is right, they were willing to P'IY $5,000 in lieu of taxes, not admitting they owe any taxes. If this asseseor or another in the future <tiaagrees, the agreement terminates and we can all liti­gate it at that time." .

The county OlUlltered with a figure of $10,000 aod the two sides settled oo $7,500.

"l'hey will psy every year for the 25 to 27 years left," Morel said.

The payment will stay the some although property can be depreciated under nonnal tax-

ing conditions, Silva . pointed out.

"They could have depreciated some property in one year, seven years or longer. It would have 1-. a nightmare to keep track," Morel said •

A 1118jor part of the dilenuna Was that company officials decided to depreciate all of the assets from the business opera­tion at the same time for taxa­tion purposes. They claimed the assets belonged tO the village, he said.

Instead of getting mired in that issue and possibly spend­ing $50,000 or more on litiga­tion, Morel said he thinks the agreement is good for the coun­ty.

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Kathl·rim• Duffy nnd Sonya Vl'ga. a minor. according to (."UUrt rt'<"ord~.

Matisst•. an a~sistant di.s­triet allonwy for the 12th .Judidul Di~tric1 ... said beyond what wn:; :;talt•d in the indict­ml•nt..~. sht.· (."ouldn"t comment

on the case. Woods was arrested after

officers said she pulled out or the Allsup's convenience store into the path or the 2003 Kawasaki motorcycle driven by Sandoval. The cycle hit the left front of Woods' 1985 Buick, according to the police report.

Parra, 22, or Ruidoso Downs, died at the scene after being thrown from the motor cycle about 9: 11 p.m. The accident took place at the intersection of U.S. 380 and U.S. 54.

Sandoval was airlifted to William Beaumont Hospital in EIPaso.

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t-KH'l•d hy lht> Ruido~o ValiL'Y Noon Uons with children and residents are in denial that an,y­t.hing like an abduction could happen here," states a release by Stranger Danger ... It could happen here, especially with all the tourists we have, and if we as a community become alert and be aware, maybe we can avoid a tragic situation such as an abduction."

· I'IUppurt nf th£' Huidoso, Ruidoso Downs and Capilnn poliet• dt.·pnrt.ment..s and volunteers from th£' ar£'a. w1ll ht:· brought to local schools in Octoht•r.

Tlw pllrJM»>t' nftht.· project. said Doris Huskey, chairman of th~ committee, is to educate all mt>mbt.·~ of thl· community about the possibility of u.hducl"iuns and wnyl'l to avoid them.

Th{' ~'THup will prosent. parent. conferences Oct.. 24 and 2fi at t.ht" Ruidoso and Capitan ele­mt'ntary and middle schools, and at day cares and privat.e school~ earlier in the month, Huskey said. Books and flyers will be made available to studentJ.; and families.

'1lw community as a whole. meaning parents,

The release suggests parents keep recent c:hild photos and information available, and said information forms for each child will be made available for parents to fill out. with finger print­ing to be done by the Ruid~ DownH PoliCP Department on these forms.

The committee is open to volunteers and sug­gestions from individuals or organizations.

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Silva said he hopes the end result illustrates his tenacity and fairness. If he believes somsthlng should be su!Uect to taxes, his oftice staff will contact the agent involved and explain the county's position, ·while allowing the other side to state its contentions.

aud the- ......,..;,. . belbre they are approved for ofticiaJa· to review to avoid a conflict with the p:roperey tax oode,... Silva said. "We waot to remedy tbis 80 DO 000 has to go through tbis in the future.'

"'n our situation, we made something happen out of ooth-

iDg.lt"a OlD" position, if you write. olf the JIOl'IIOD'Il Jll'>P"l""¥, tbeo l"JU - to pay ....... 00 it. That's clear in the state . --· l'1erry Beodicksen, the llllm'-ney representing Hotel Ruicloao, WHO butoftownaudcould-be reached fur fX'JJIWJeDt.

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To avoid similar situations with industrial revenue bonds in the future, Silva is working with the Bernalillo County assessor for changes to rules. Currently, an IRB prqject must occur in an area. with a popu1a· tioo of 250.000 or more for the county to be notified.

"We're trying to chaoge that to require notification of m.Bs of any size to the county attorney

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The motorcycles depart with a gentle rumble

No news w:ts good news last week

n e as they come ... and that"s not a bad snmma­

n of the full Golden Aspen Motorcycle Rally, which Sunday ended its annual tour­day fall rumble in Ruidoso.

When tens of thousands of motorcycle riders roll into a small community, people can get a bit nervous. Not this year; nothing to get nervous about,

: even if a oouple of small groups with not very savory reputa­tions ehowed up.

Police said there were some minor aooidents and some DWI arrests, but nothing of ma,jor proportions. That may be because the Ruidoso gathering is so well established now that it has become just that - an establishment gathering of friends from all over the coun-

try who enjoy getting together with others of like mind in a delightful comer of the world.

Another factor. perhaps, was a decision a year or so ago to move the trade show and related activities to the Ruidoso Downs Race Track. Whatever the overall experi­eq.ce, it seemed to have thinned the crowd in Midtown and maybe even redueed the noiee level in neighboring residential areas.

Whatever, this full's Golden Aspen Rally provided a fine, colorful introduction to the October siege of events, from Aspenfest - little more than a week away - to the Lincoln County Cowboy 8-posium to Oktoberfest...

It's full fun time in Ruidoso.

It's just hard to love_a silvery minnow

Sometimes a guy wiUI!It down de.......,..ve to human -···" at his keyboard and]USt"kriOwlie· th8 lDaYOr silid. is about to Diake somebody mad. I..ook. I Jove a Bil'Vei'Y minnow

Like, if 1 were to launch into as much as the next guy. but · one of my gun- this is a no-brainer. Adios,

control rants, fishy. ObviOusly the issue is half of Hobbs, more complicated, having to do not to mention with the river ecosystem and any number of such, but we have to make some

: folks in Artesia, tough choices. . Car 1 s bad, This puts me in mind of the · Deming and hassle a few years ago when the

Ruidoso would New Mexico Game Commission be at my throat. caused quite a flap with its plan

That is not a to declare the lesser prairie . good feeling. We A.'tKANCE chicken an endangered species.

all want to be NED CAN'I"WEtt. That ugly little New Mexico loved. even cal- critter didn't get much more lous. column-writing type people. public support than the min-

So, I am reluctant to get start- now. ed today, although I can hear you Here's the way I figure it. saying, any time now will not be God made these critters and too soon enough. maybe He figures they have

Okay. Here goes. 1 don<>t care served their purpose. Dinosaurs what happens to the Rio Grande once roamed the earth, but have silvery minnow. Th.at"s not com~ you run into one lately? pletely true, either. I hope the More than half of New Blippery little BUCker can find Mexicans approve of the health and happiness, I just don't Endangered Species Law, but think its weifBre should be plaesd when it gets dowo to the silvery before thai of humane, minnow, 66 percent say the law

And is bas been. A federal goes too far. oourt .judge last week ordered One problem the silvery min· release of water into the Rio now has, one it would share Grande so the mihnow might sur- with the leBBer prairie ebi.ck.en, vive.Thewaterwasstoredforthe is it is not very pretty. People eventual use by humans, who can get huf!Y about the welfare have not yet to been declared an of cute and cuddly crit;~;ers. New e~d species. Under Mesicans don't much. support appeal, the ruling may have the silvery minnow, but den't changed three times before this mess with the raccoon family. sees print. Our ~ of environmentel-~ no mistake about ft. ism seems to be tied to the ani~

' This is a fish with clout. Its mala our daughters cuddle at : endangered future oiUm clmni- nighttime, and no one as yet has · nates the front- of the stets's oome up with a stuffed silvery ; leadiilg newspaper. It euibroils tDinnow. ! in debate some of the most pow· •• : erful ofticials in the country, Ned Cantwell is a retired ~ notably our esteelned seniQr seil- · ~rmon liuing in

ator, Pete fiOmenld. . 8 · ~e """ be conta£tod at Soflu-,Seruitqrl'e~Wd~' ~IJ.arter.nn wluzn lu?

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FRANKLY, MY I>EAR, .

I PONT eavE, SAP1>AM.

YOUR OPINION

A uniform delivering the wrong message To the editor:

The local youth soccer league in Ruidoso is sending our children the wrong message!

I recently enrolled my son to play in· the Lincoln County Youth Soccer League. My son just brought home his uniform. While it does have the name of the league and a picture of a aoccer ball, it also features a picture of Billy the Kidl It does not have a team name, it does not even have a player name or number, but ~doesebAw-a~m'D'derer. To make matters W<m!e, we try to cutesy up the picture by having the killer hold­ing a soccer ball instead of a six-shooter!

Yea, Billy the Kid is an inllunous indi­vidual from this area. Yes, we do have local tourist traps that attempt to bank upon his name and image. ThiS does not, however, exaJ.Se putting his picture on the wrifonns of impressionable school­age children. I do not want my son play~ ing BOCCer. or any sport for that mntter, that promotes or advertises cold-blood~ ed, low-life scum.

By the fuzzy logic of our local ...,...,. o!licials, it would bs okay for Waco, Texas, to have shirts with David Ko~ for Montens players to ehowcese the Unibembsr, fur kids in Ugaoda to fea­ture Idi Amin, and for cbildran in Munich to display the Fuehrer (they could call the teams "The Hitler Youth" for more historical accuracy). All ofthese

men were famous individuals in their hometowns, and their memory should

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be cherished (or so our soccer league To the editor: would argue}. · I'd like to encoUrage local residents

Instead of having local team names to continue to fill their hummingbird such as the Falcons ol- the Broncos, why feeders until all of the '"hummers"' not complete the ideals fostered by the have gone south. The regulars that ate league? Come out Saturday moming from our feeders all spring and sum~ and watch the Murderers play against mer may have already departed, but the Killera, followed by the Psychopaths many are still passing through on the against the Rapists. The day will con- way to ·Warmer winter climes. elude with the first-place Arsonists During part.\cularly cold nights, a P-1!1 the aecondopbo'dl B~ tilr · h'll>mnidgbircl 'Will b'rlatft\''lbi' ieathere the championship. to let its body heat escal1!tlso that ita

Last night., I had a discussion with body temperature will clOsely match my son concerning 'this issue. I have that of its surroundings. Its heart rate agreed to let him play out. this year. He (which normally beats 500-plus times has agreed to play no more local sports per minutes also drops dramatically, if this image ever again appears on his putting the bird in a state of tempo­unifurm. We discusssd the type of per- rary hibsrnstion called "torpor." At son that this league is promoting and daybre~ it revs its metabolic engines honoring with their shirts, and be and warms itself. Having nectar avail~ agrees that it is not right or even justifi- able for sustenance and migration is able. essential. A few stragglers have been

I will be discussing with his coach seen in late October at our home m the possibility of my personally pur- The Ranches, where they survived chasing new unifurm shirts fur my soo's night-time drops bslow 25 degrees. team that do not display a eold-blooded Please continue to leave feeders out killer. I uzge parents of children on until two weeks have passed siru:e other teams to do the ssme. Please join your last "bummer" sighting. Many me m: calling our local soccer league offi.. birds will likely repay you for your cials and protesting this unwise unifurm kindoess by visiting you again DelCt dedafon. . spring.

AlanW.Hakh Ruidoso

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More law than we actually need in Ruidoso BY BIB Y. MASOII REnRED!!! !_~- --·----------

Everyone loves the new fire. saft>ty ordinance, not because it constitutes good law, but because llllbotiY has read it aod nobody is enfurcingil;; A.ituall1• it· is a terrible law, in part beca1184' its size. The ordinances start with a mocleilt -Theo entire (U/WLIC~

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Inflexibility aiiowa the Code Ofliclal little room for forgiveness (Sec. 103.1) and specifieally denies the appeals bosrd any authority to interpret <Ode requirements . (Sec. 104.2). Imagine transferring into>rprelation ot'Iaw away from the- to the p01icio chlel; then empoweriJ)g the •blef to· write his -regulations. Scar.Y?· .

Almost; every o\Vner in' Ruidoso is· of the

not only an exeellent history of fire asfe­ty and moderate prEmiums, but is mote fire safe now then even live years ago. In the Upper CaJ>YOD, miles of 6-inch line are supportipg dozens of new fu:e bydrants. There Is a new fire station with two modem engines iD the canyon, aod scores of hazardous LP gas tanks have been removed fullawiDg the lostsl­lation of natural gas li:ne8. thet our fire d<opartment

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AheariJ!g on a mOtion to wlthclnnv the ,.,.... for.lnibery nr lntjmidatjon or a wit­-plea ora lbrmer Capitan polies ness, a 8rd-<legree II!Jmly. olliceJ' and to reconsider the seDteru:e Parsons swiJJended two ye,u-s or the handed in middle August was postponed· .....,....,..... ...ntencs, wbieh means with Frida.v when a witneeses wasn' avail- "good time" on, the five yeam -rem.wifniDg. ah1e. ' the lbrmer police ollicor eoWd be - in

At the request or J<Jbany W'i1liauufs · about 2 112 ,.,..... -..ney, Todd Holmes, Lincola ~- Wflllams, who tiiind in when police District Judge Kaxen Parsons Witt try to cbleC Carrol Durbin ran llllS1IIXli!.S8 set the new date fur next ·week. a court fur ca.pit8.n :mnnicipl;ll.~ had enteiied. spoJmwnanS!WL a - plea in July to aD t1ttee

After pleadiug no contest to two fe1cmy charges. He was arrested March 6 and and one misdemeanor charge, Williams jailed nuder a $50,000 cash-only bond was senten<leC). to liva years in prisim by . after being accused or trying to bribe a tba 12th Judicial District judge in W:tim to drop her criminal ~ contscl;

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~ a dozen punch list items. Tbe adopted as. presented. Bingham area. . .::_ ~ ____ r middle schOol oonstruetion.has . • The l~t of substitute Susan Moore's resignation

a completion date of Oct. 31,. teachers was approved. Those as instructionalassistant.was

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. A fund njiser by Friends or ·Ruidoso C- Center will give contributors a warm lilltiblg inslde and out.·

J:l.'rmn 7 a.m. "tp 10 a.m., . Oct. 5, the pubJlC i~ invited q,

enjoy a )J.earty\ p~neake breakfilst with triiDDJings at the Episcopal Chureh of the Holy Mount at 121 Mesealero TraiL·

Donations for tickets are $5 Cor adults and $2.50 for children under 12.

"We will be holding a raftle after the hreald'ast Cor a Billie iAmg painting cal!ed 'First Snow.. and a 3-foot canred wooden bear dOnated by Tom Paschal," said Vaunda Kinjr­stenze~ one of the organizers. • All proceede will go to the residents" fund at First National Bimk."

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The RuidOso Valley Chsmber orCommeroe and the Ailoociation or COIIIIDI!AlO nud 1udnstry o(New Me>dco will co­host an losueo Houpdteble lun' cbecinat noon Friday at K-Bob's -urant. Event spnnsor8 mctude Alltel, Blue Cros&-Biue Shield or New Mexicq, the New Mexico -.rantAssocialien and the Unl~ orNew Mexioo.

Issues Roundtables are deslgoed to provide business leaders a lbrum lbr elcpressing ·their views aild' ooncems regarding the locsl business oompmnity. The -meetings also are key in identifYing issues essential to the economy and for AC1's 21103 legislative agenda.

· For reservations, call the cbsmber at 257-7895 or 257- · 4693 .

In a tearful' moment near • Police Chief Angelo Vega that attended the substitute presented and accepted. She the ekJoe of the meeting Sopt. appealed to the board and the worl<ebop on Ang. 26 qu'alilied bas taken employment with a 17, the Carrizozo School Board school il>r help in the Trek Cor for approval Those teachers Tohatchi school accepted business manager Trash cleanup day. Sept. 28. are Wini Wilmore, Zillah Announcements were made Linda· Brown's reSignation. He explained . the grant Watson, Ann Beltr~ Stacy · for a half day of school for 1be resignation will be effec- money, the plans for the Hendricks, Julie Carter, Cissy teacher's in-service on SepL tive Oct. 14. GWeD. Huston is cleanup day and ' requested Ciepliski-Gore, Robert 20, an audit on Sept. 23 and filling the position. some work dooe speciliealty by VaD<Uos, Melody Gaines and the Oct. 14 Columbus Dey hot-

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After 14 years of employ- the school around the school Pat Miller, iday. The next regular echool Call the Ruidoso News for details

257-4001 mentattheechool,Brownsaid property. Steve Barron. principal, board meeting will be Oct. 15 she found it emotionally difli- • During public input, the gave a report on the football at 7 p.m. · cult to express her gratitude discussion was directed at the and volleyball teams and their while accepting the good wish- board's decision to no longer win/loss stats and upconting es from the board members. audio tape board meetings. games. He announced there Brown and her husband, Written minutes are the only are 13 cheerleaders and one Dewey, have purchased a documents of record required mascot participating in ~ ranch near Socorro. She has by law. and the board stuck pep assemblies and games as taken employment with the with their decision to use only they can. They have been Socorro school system. that. earning money toward new

With all board members • The White Oaks property uniforms artd are looking to present, with the exception of has been transferred in to the the school for some help. Eldon Offutt, the board pro- White Oaks Fire Dept. for Barron announced that ceeded with the agenda items. water storage. In a lengthy, attendance for the first 18 days

• A construction update ongoing process of paperwork, . of school was 94.4 percent in a from the architect Scott the final documents are finally school~wide average. Staft'ord and a RebCon con- in place. Curtis Pi.nsa was pre- The board approved a struction representative indi- sent to explain the status. boundary agreement with eated the elementary school is. • Th~ policy for raises in Socorro Schools to allow btis

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FIRE: Ordinances are too strict for Ruidoso __ ._ and isolated, but the concept of defensible space simply falls apart when applied to a typical urbanloL

Delensible space, defined by the code, is an area that has been treated or cleared to slow the rate and intensity of a wild­fire and ~te an area for fire suppression. A wUdlire front advancing at five miles per hour will move from my prop­ert;y tine to my home in two to tlttee .-mds, and nothing I can do will suppress it. Our ordinance controts trees and forgets the forest - the . only place where a wUdlire can be suppressed.

So, what should be done with the eocle? First of all, we ebould """" the eore - what the task force gave- us. This includes the fuels management standards, the 1110re rigorous buitdiog code, and the poaition or Code. Ofticial. The UIWLIC and the Task Force Report should be retained only· as

-advisories, and the Code , Ofticial should be given broad discretionary power to deal

_with pmpeJties which ha eon­Bidera prioril;y hazards.

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work out a mitigation plan and timetable with property own;­ers, and if be believes that he can convince an appeals body, he should declare a Ragrant fire hazard and impose an accelerated plan. It is impor-­tant to e11ow him leeway in prescribing fuel management. Flammable litter, ladder fuel, small trees, and underbrush are the most dangerous compo­nents of fuel loading, the least espensive to oontrol, and the obvious first targets. Large trees, especia]J.y in close prox­imity to structures, utility tines, and neighboring proper-

ties can be enormously expen­sive to take out, and strict enforcement could literally bankrupt the village. The Code Ofticial ebou1il be required to provide solid economic justifi­cation before demanding their removal.

Our new wildfire code is simply too authoritative, fur­ejgn and generally outrageous for Ruidoso residents to live with. Let's ask our mayor and council to peel oj;l' the unpalat.­eble parts and lesve us the short. clean. and useful law that our task force made possi­ble.

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_RIIS workshoP Juniors · and seniors at

Ruidooo High School and their parents or guardians are invit­ed to a speeial workshop, "PPanning for Graduation and Beyond," at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the cafeteria.

The purpose is to provide career infbrmation on employ­ment, armed services, trade schools, two-year and fbur..yaar oolle&es and scholarships.

'lbe workshop is critical as studants plan fbr careers oftsr high school, RHS said.

Care conference The Regional Early Care

and Education Cooferenoe will be Saturday at Ruidooo Middle School, 134 Reese Drive. Registration is trom 7:30 to 7:55 a.m. The fuur-hour confer­ence ends at 12:40 p.m.

The conference is &ee and I open to the public. Workshops ; will be offered in nutrition, 'cbild devero_..nt and other topics. The workshops meet the training required for child and adult care providers in New Mexico.

Tbe ccmf8rence is sponsored by Holloman Air Foroe Base Family Day Care Center, Children In l'il'eed of Servioes and the Prevention and Intenrention Division of new Mexioo Children, Youth and Families.

Because of the length of the conference, it is asked that par­ticipants make arrangements for child care. Snacklgood-bags will be provided to partici­pants

For more information, call 257-8157.

Essay contest

U.S Rep. Tom Udall, D­N.M., enooursges l'il'ew Mexioo middle echool students with an interest in agriculture to enter a new essay contest with a Nov. 1 deadline.

The. U.S. Departmant of Agriculture l'il'ational Resoun:e Conservatimi Service joins witli the Council for Agricultural Sci.ence and Technology and the coopera­tive State Research, Education and Extension, Service to con­duct a nationwide agricultural eessy =- fbr 6th- to 8th-. grade students to enbanre stu­dent understanding of agricul­ture science.

"Agriculturs represeats an admirable way of life for ma:ny famiNes in New Mexico: Udall said. "Accordingly, I want to make all middle school Btu­dents aware of this essay opportunity to explore issues related to agrlculamol sdenc:e. Intereetecr studants must sub­mit their essay by the deadline onNov.l.""

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these speci&c topics: ~ Ag Seianee in the Cit;y: 'lbe

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• Alternative Fuel Resesrch: Bioenergy Powering the Future;

• Conservation ofllesoUroes: Working Cooperatively to Erunue a Bouol;y of Food and l'il'atoral Resources;

• Cultivating New Teehnologies: Producing Food in Space or Using Lasers, Robots and Computers in Agriculture;

• Dynamic DNA: Boosting Agricultural Bouncy with Genetics; .

• Food Science and Nutrition: Ueing Science to Create a Ssli> and Healthy Food Supply;

• Weather and Crop Production: The Impact of Atmospheric Sc:iancee on World Food Supply.

Udall said winners will be rerogni:md at the school. con­gressional district,. state and national levels. State and national winners will aloo be awarded savings bonds. The national winner will receive an all-expense-paid trip with his or her parents and teacher to Washington, D.C., fur l'il'ational Agriculture week in March 2008, when> they will meet with members of Cnagress and ofli­cials trom the United States Department of Agriculture.

To learo more about the ooo­test or to submit your essay, please visit http1/www.cast;.sci­enoe.orgfc:on-.

Udall is the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Rural Emerprises, Agriculture and Technology.

Sc:hooJs get grants Four Lincoln Councy school

dtstri.cts are among 37 who won more than $404.000 in federal grant funding designat­ed for improving school achievement in rural '!"hools.

Capitan was awarded $19,676, Carrizo£o was award­ad $11,596, Corona was award­ad $9,427, and Hondo Valley was awarded $6,174.

The U.S. Dep-.nt of Education alerted u.s. Senator Pete Domenici on Sept. 16 of the grant awards ranging from $2,991 for Mountainair School District to $21,998 for Clowlcroft.. Municipal Sc:hools. The funding . is distributed through the Small Rural Schools Achievement Awards program. which was enaeted aS part of the ·l'il'o Child Left Behind education reform law inJanuary. .

. "Rural" scholll districts IIC1'0IIB l'il'ew MeDco will he able to use tbis ftmding as they. see fit, masning they """ apply it to areas that will- increase student achievement," Dom­enici eald.

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Sept. 80 jell.yt cereal,

I ' fl-.- -tier Kay 1 I carter, studenl Branloo Shaw and ~F.ra Vlsla Primary principal Danny Flores are shown workinjl wilh lhe new 'Read Well program, which dramati­cally lncreOsed reading proficiency in a piJol pro­gram lasl year.

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This is the kind of thing flrst.grsde students at Sien-a Vista Primary School were oble to read by the end of the school year last year- thanks to a new reading program.

Five classes piloted "Read Well," the new research-based reading program that de-emphasizes rote memorization and emphasizes instead phonemic aware~s - recognition of letters and sounds, and phonics - the rules of connecting the let­ter symbol to a sound group.

Sierra VISta Primary principal Danny Flores bubbles over with enthusiasm in taDring about the effectiveness of the pi'O­gram. Students soorad higher reading SCOleS than with two other textbooks used until this year, he said. .

"We as a disbict made a decision last year that kindergarten and first grade we will all use 'Read Well' and 'Write Well,' he said. In second through fifth grades, -.tents will use a book callad "Open Court."

This year, all 12 flrst.grade classes are using it. The teachers were sold on it and voted unanimously to switch to "'Read Well"', Flores said.

. The program, written by Marilyn Sprick, Lisa HoWard and Ann Fidanque, who aD came to Ruidoso CQI" in--service trainings on teaching reading, developed dut of a national movement callad Early Cbildbood Literacy, and the authors and others on the National Reading Panel came up with a list of text recommend&­tinos in 1998, he said.

"Sprick' was a kindergarten teacher in ~who said 'We've met with all these reeding experts. There is not a book com~ pany doing thinga thet all theee experts II8IY we need to be doing, • Flnres said. "She said, 'Heck with the big companies, 1'm going to writs material thet meets the neede of kids.' So she did."

Sprick, Howard and Fidanque wrote "Bead Well" and a related component caJied "Write Well,• which starts with phonemic sounds and is 98 percent decod- · able - meaning c:bildnm. don't have to

guess at what a written word mpanA,

because they're introduced to letters and oounds together and can read all the words presented to them. In oontrast, Flores said,. Scotts Foresman's first-grade textbook is ooly 27 peroent deoodable, upping the guesswork children have to do to "read."

"There was a lot of&ustration," Flores said. "First-grade teachers bad been teaching 200 sight words, which is pure memorization. Kids then relied on the pic­ture cuee because theY weren't sounding out the words, their eyes were not tiack­ing_"

The first day of school, cbildren learo the letters S and I, and they read the oouuds of theee letters, fiillowiog along in their books- with no distracting pictures to look at, Flores pointed out. ......_-through--'I can read!' and it keeps going and building on BOWlds." he said.

To individualize instruction, classes are divided into reading gi'OUps of four to six children, and as they progress, they can move free]y through more or less advanced classes at their own pace. Students aloo work with ~era, read­ing and oorrect:log each other. W"Jth com­mercial textbooks, the whole class would be on the same -· whether individual ~ts were bered or totally ooofUsed. Students thet- out of the "Bead Well" -can walk next door and join a second­grade reading class, Flores said.

Teacher Ka,y c- said she works with sixstudantsfbrhalfan hour, then an aide works with them on the same mate­rial for 16 to 20 minutes, in addition to writing work·and partoer..readin

. Children learn about "sneak;y 'e'": If there's a vowel at the imd of a word, such as in "cake: it sneaks around the ~ nant and pinches the vowel and that vowel says its name, "a." Flores explained,

Sprick went through 52 reVIsions to come up with the finisbed version of the first-grade book, finjsbed a kindergarten version in April; and now l'il'ob Hill Early Childhood Center is pilotiDg t1!e -book.

She aloo atsrted a second.__.te book, which iS the end of the-~ said. Her ~pb.y is that a chUd bas from kind . . througb third srado> to learn toniad. After that. acbild is reading

to learo. "Studies ru..ve shown that if they're not

up to grade level at third grade, they will never catch up,"' Flores said.

Assessments-of the 38 units that com­pose the flrst.grade reading class and one­minute _fluency teats are part of the pro.. gram, so reading proficiency can be tracked. Students aloo are teeted for com­prehension and prediction - what they think wDI heppen neJ<t. This develops higher order thinking skills.

Last snmmer, students who had had trouble with reading in first grade attend­ad a "reading camp" from July 16 to Aug. 3, fbr threa hours a day of straight read­ing, Monday through Thursday. Flo,..,. showed with test scores that most stu­dents - except for a few special edUcation and hearing-impaired students - had gone up dramatically: from 16 words per uainute m ,.. pretest to 100 words per minute oftsr three weeks; from 72 to 138 words per minute, from 5 to 88, from 44 to 94.

"The dumbest person can teach "Read Wc:ll." Flores said. "'It"s a method that has increased our reading levels tremendous­ly,just like Accelerated Reading. Now we have a way to teach kide to read. •

But the reading program doesn't end when class is over. Students take home calendars for parents and other family members to initial after spending 20 min­utes reading together every night. Those who return the calendar to the school get a pencil for a prize, Flores said. Then the child's name goes in a bucket and Flores draws from it every day and one student goee to the office to pick a book. The school ordered books in bulk just fur reading incenti~ some in both Spanish and English.

"At the end of each semester, if they've turned in three calendars in the semester, all kids and parents are invited to a read­ing celshration party- benana splits for more or less 300 parents and kide," Florea said. Last year six cbildren earned sooot­er-skateboards for earning 100 or more Amelersted Reading points,

"I reelly feel good. Last year 86 peroent of our lpde in first grade were at grade level or shove. l'il'inety peroent of second grade kids were at srado> level or above. We've never bad those kinde of results befbre. We're on the right traek. •

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l~~.-~~mli~~~-~~·~OMMd~r-~area.~-~M~d~~~~-~~ii~De~WD~~~~~~~~-~~~~~--;Umj!Am~~~n~··["~~~~;-~1!~~~~~~~!![ and. -led b Po$ilea mu · -Sl!!>!dd friMds deoint.........,. ~and his -. ~. ~ Mr. Wrigbt·died atli;a home Services for Weldon 1J. and Traoelero mu oiPmtales for rialllQiltributlouuuq be IIJIIdQ CIQvls; cla"ptmd<JIIda Nelscm 011 MootJe.v, Sept. 28,200l!. . .

Bauske.83,alongtimeresiclaiit alll!Diber~;yeam,amtwas.well ta C&n!stons.~ J:.iW>& · aud bar husbaDd; Barry,~- ·He ..as .lj<lrn in &okwall ofNew Mexioo, were Sept. 21 at knoWn in ~ eFoJee in 7101 Eubauk Blvd. NE, Bn>lam Arrow, Okla., Elclaoa County, TeQ&;" 011 April 15, ......-1 a abort Saui:lia Baptist Ch..,..;h in EaslemNewMetioo. . Albuqueique, ·N.M. 871JI2. BurY of Tulsa, Okla., aud 1920,toTbomaoWlDiamWright RaltlosoDtnvus, Albuquerque,withDr .. RobertJ, Hehsdaoecondhomeinb ~....,by Fnm<h · Clamlla Gamllt of Jlldclnao; a. aud Mollie Ka~. Om . SQrvivors iDc:il!de his wil;o, Butler ollieiating. Graveside ser- Ruidoso area tmd spent oeveml Mortwory, 7121 W~ Blvd. brqthor, Edward Deouio tmd his Wright; wbo --~ · him in J.,;,cy,.. MiJier wrigtlt, of more vices were MOrulay at monthsayearhere. NE,Aibuqusrque. · wifi>,~;ofRoewell;asistor, death.Hewasalao .. .in· Umu&il.......,..a~--.... ter,Cari>l Lawnhaven Memorial Gardeus Survivors incbide Ids will> of ~ - tmd bar Jws.. death by five~ fl>ur- Lynn ~ --;:r• Ruidoso in Clovis, with Pastor Doug 54 ;yeam, Vivian A Bauolm ~ MllJ!ciue Ga;rett band,Joe,ofWeatc..vina,Calit;. ters;tmdooegrandsor\. .llowmj;a-.HUherlWri&btof Brooks nfficiatiQg. CIQvls; a daughter, Erleoe E. 11 gmndebildreo; and 15 ~ Mr. Wright was a lbul'-year Navasota, Texas; funr grimdchil-

Mr. Banske died 'l'hurscla.y, Sea;y and her husbaud, <llenu, of Funeral ........., for Maxine ~ veteran of b Navy, serviDg in ru-; and nine great>-grandchil-Sept. 19, 21J0ll. Los Alamos; a-. Dr. E. Roger Garrett, 73, of Raltloso DowDs, 'lbe fimUly ...._., memori- b Soutp,Pacffic during World >-

,He served m b U.S. .ArJ11Y Hreu, tmd his will>, Marie, of were Mouday, with burial till- als to b Make A Wleh Warn ~. during World War II. . Albuquerque; g\-andeone r;m lowing at l'......t Lawu l'mmdatinn. . He had lived m Ruidoso In 6eu of flowers Um flunily aa!::ke w"!.,r"'b":. o~'!!i !r"i!!::.~_::~s:;~ ~-~. b ~.::,nts or-::..= =::=~ :=.,thsi~~J:.~ Contractors m CJov;s \Or more wile, Jacque, of Los A1amoo; Sept. 19, 2002, at her homa Funeral CJulpel ofRuidoso. · L Lumber In F'ebruary 1958. Sudderth. Suite A. l!Wdoso, NM bn 50 years. He was a member granddeu&btere Cindy Sea;y of She was bOm Dec. 25, 1928, 1>nr )DaD,y years he .lierved 011 88845, m memory of Bones of the Chamber of Commerce Senta l'e, Kbuberl.y Smith tmd in Ruth to Albert C. IlemDs and b Ruidoso Sebool · Board, Wrighl. and served on b board ofcliree- her husband, Jonathan, ofBonth Effie M. PrUitt DemDs. Bones Wright IJnooln ComiliY Medical CODter "Arrapgements are under the lonlatWestern-BankofCJovm Carolina,.tmd Jeuuy Hudgens She manied Eldon Gamllt A"CeeebmtinnofhisLili>"lbr Board; · vobmteered for direction of LaGrone Funeral fur many years. He was a mem- aud bar huahend, James, of on Sept. 21, 1949, m Clovis. C.L. "Bones" Wright, 82, of Hollywood tmd Buidooo Dovma Chjlpel of Ruidoso. bar of Parkland Baptiat Clum:h Canutillo, Texas; great-gnmd- Survivors include her Jws. Ruidoso DowDs, will be 6.-oon where he sinVed as a deaoon. Mr. chilru- Anstin Bmlgens tmd bimd, Eldon, of Ruidoso DowDs; 4:30 to 6:90p.m. Saturcla;y, Sept. Banske was also mvolved with Reed Hudgeus; and numerobs BOllS Gmy Gauett tmd his wilil, 28, at b Hubbard Museum of

Household battery

Ruidoso police arresied llegiiiald Winthrop Turner, 32, of Ruidoso and 1.~abatha J. Rue, 27, of Ruidoso Downs, charging them with battery on a house-­hold member Sept. 21 in the 200 block of Nogal Place. Officers had been dispatched in reference to a domestic inci­dent in progress.

Resisting an officer Police arrested Scott A..

Lucero, 30, of Ruidoso, Sept. 19, charging him with resisting or abusing officers, disorderly . conduct and criminal damage to village property, $1,000 or less.

Public intoxication Police arrested David Leon

Scott, 55, of Ruidoso in the parkJng Jofl'Of Win ·Piaee anct t Show Bar Sept. 21, charging him with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Missing money A black waist pack contain­

ing $2,000 was reported stolen from the office of the Holiday House motel Sept. 20, accord­ing to poli~ reports.

Hit and run Police arrested Penny Jo

Stack, 40, of Ruidoso Sept. 22 in the parking lot of Le ClaireS Mountain Village, 2401 Sudderth Drive, charging her with aggravated OWl, res:ist-­. ing, evading or eluding an offi­cer and not giving immediate Q.otice of an accident - a hit­and-run that OCCUJTed in the parking lot of Quarters Bar. A New Mexico State Police officer located her in b Le Claires Mountain Village parking lot.

DWiarrest Police arrested ~by

Gonzales, 48, of Albuquercpie at b comer of Sudderth aud Kirkman· drives Sept. .20, charging him with fourth­offense OWl, roadways laned fur traffic aud followil)g ton closely.

Orinking"and dming

Police arrested Amy E. lfolt, 32, Ruidoso Sept. 17 in b 200 block of Sudderth Drive, charg­ing her with aggravaled DWI and roadways laned for traffic.

DWimlation Cw:olyn D. Lichtenwalter,

36, of Ruidoso, was arrested Sept. 22 at Sudderth and Eagle drives aud charged with red light violation, no tail lights, aggravated OWl, no :insurance, and possession of one ounce or less of marijuana.

Domestic battery Police mTeSted Genevieve D.

Victor, 23, of Ruidoso, on Sept. 13, charging her with battery against a housebold member In the 100 block of Grindetone Canyon &ad. .. .. ·· ··

Hobbs, was arrested Sept. 17 at the Quarters Bar, 2535 Sudderth Drive, charged with diaoJ;'tlerly conduct, resisting an officer and criminal dam­age ..

Homework stolen A Ruidoso High School stn­

dent reporled his back pack stolen while he was taking pic­tures and talking to class­mates. ID the back pack was a Kodak DX 4900 silver digital camera valued at $430, a CD diek valued at $16 - and a book report (no value listed).

tree leaves A resident in b 300 block

of 5th Street reported the theft of a peach tree sapling, valued at $100, bt had been dug up from the yard.

qtrrni"rn 1• unt~ .Airh ri"'IUO"'''rlJ "-Dtfvlbgrtdfenses · Disorderly conduct A police officer pursuing a

Michael J. Kerby, 25, of vehicle driven by Jolmuy M.

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Serventez, 34, of Ruidoso, reportedly driving 54 mph In a 30-mph zone on White Mountain Drive, obsarved b vehicle run into the back of' MOther vehicle.

Serveutez was arre- tmd charged with eggravaled DWI, reckless driving, possessinn of drug paraphernalia, open con· tain.er' tampering with evi­dence, resisting, evading or eluding an officer, disorderly conduct, speeding, no insur­ance, no registration, following too closely and crimina] dam­age for allegedly breaking one of b handcuffil u. half.

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Ruidoso loses battle with Sllver Clty s!cte BVMEUIIIYIIAJB ~O ~fur a second touchdown. . . . .ltne ~I!:!J!_~o~---- ·· The Waniors came back

wben quarterbacl< · Josh F\'esh off last week's loss to Adams, who completecl10 of 17

Moriarty, the Ruidoso WarriQrs attempts for a total of 139 charged onto their home field yards passing, made a 30-yard Friday night prepared to do dash into the end zone in the bat.tle,butany~theyhadof second "quarter, and then conquering the Class 4A Colts another 2-yard run in the was. quashed when SUver City third. 'lbny Boldan then kicked rained on their parado. The a 46-yard field goal for the final score of 26-22 placed"" n'l · · th ·~'-' uarte R .. :~---' ------1 ..:.__ 1 narnors m _ e wlllu q r, ~• •~u at a =BrY • adding aDother three points to

3' Although coach Ridge · the i::'.,~ts died Adams'

Bowden thougllt that his play- 30- ard run wr;;:' Nick Neeley ers were frurly well prepared tn 'Y face the Colts (3-1), and that caughta9-yardpassinthe~ ihey would _ perhaps _ gain ond quarter and ran it tn. some momentwn from playing Neeley then dealt the f"mal at home blow when, near the end of the

But both of those notions lburtb !'luarter, be returned the proved to be misleading. -- one interception thrown by

The Colts were first on the Ada'Ql& 90-yards for the final scoreboard with 14-yard pass score. return by Randal Britton. The Again, a turnover cost

· Warriors answered with their Ruidoso the game, and the own 4-yard nisb !>Y running Colts have suooessfully added back 'JYler Line, bUt the extra the Warriors to their list of con­point was no good, putting the quests. Warriors behind from thO start. The Waniors head to Cobre Then, Silver's Clem Eiden this week, where they11 face countered with an 84-yard the Indians at 7 p.m.

PHOTO BY MELODY HAYES

A Ruidoso Wanlar tries to stop Silver's Nick Neeley (24). as he catches a 9-yard pass for a touchdown Friday at Horton Stadium. Nealey also had a 90-yard Interception return for a touchdown in the Colt's 26-22 win over Ruidoso.

District looming for Lady Warrior netters BY lOBO IUQUA ·-Rt"IDOSO ;..n~ srom EDmJR

It's not lOng before the Ruidoso volleyball team has to fac& some District 4-8A compe­tition, and coach Maria Bennett has her team rolling

~ toWard that collision wi~Eil' · confidence.

Their latest stop on the road to district came Saturday,

· when Ruidoso faced - and ' defeated - Socorro in four ·games, 15-11,15-11, 12-15, 15-. 7. . "We were a little sloppy in · the third," Bennett said of the

game her team had been lead­ing at 11-3. "But they've adjust,. ed well, and our serving wasn't bad."

The Lady Warriors (8-4) missed ten serves in the entire match, and - excepting that third game -look ready to take on all comers now that they've gotien used to their coach.

In the beginning of the year, Bennetes practices were intensely focused on the basics, teaching a lot of players posi­tions they bad never pll'Y"d before. Now thet lltratet!Y is paying off.

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Ruidoso hitter Rachelloya (12) slams the ball past Moriarty defendors Esther Corvin (9) and Tammy Lovato Sept. 10 during a lady Warrior victory. Ruidoso hosted Santa Teresa Tuesday.

"They're not out of position as often, • Bennett said. "They know where they have to be, but we still have to do a lot of work on our ilassmg."

Ruidoso was sOmewhat hantlreapped Saturday, dOing without regular front line

starter Jessica Gibsnn for much of the match due to an ill­ness.

In her place, JaneUe Clawson and Dusti Frsnklin proved themselves up to the task. in spite of their relative lack of playing experience in the past.

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It took some inlmps and bruises along the way, but the Ruidoso girls sooeer tsam started playing Jilre one ~tur<lay. !PJI;tlng their first win of the. seaaon with a 4-1 deeiBion over Santa 'Thresa. ·

"We bed some good cbanoss," said RUldol!() ooaeb Sigurd Schmit&. "'f we can buUd _..,.. lidence with this win,.we sbould be OK. • ·

Katie clll'(llteclo seared an 10ur g0a1s fur · Warriors while Santa 1\::treea'"s

......eon a kick l'oJJowing a 1>at..U..

"They didn't do too bad, given the time they have played," Bennett said.

The· Lady Warriors faced fonner district· foe Santa Teresa Tuesday at home, then play two mon> matches before their district opener Oct. 5 against POrtales.

Bennett thinks her team will be ready. ·

"They're getting to where they're supposed to be, but we still have a few areas to work on," Bennett said. "I feel more at ease and more confident in them. They're getting experi­ence and coming around."

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House 49, Corona/Vaughn 18 Silver 26. Ruidoso 22 Tornillo, Texas 28, Capitan 0

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Ruidoso d. Socorro, 3-1' -·­capnan d. JaJ. a-1 Cantzozo d. Capitan, 3-0

Ghll SCtec:lr Ruidoso 4, Santa Teresa 1

Preps on tap . ·········•···················· Tlllnday, SepL 28 -II Ci!pltan vs. Artesia .N, 6 p.m. Volleyball Rukloso vs. Socorro. 6 p.m. Hondo vs. Tatum. 7 p.m. CnmCounlrJ Mescalero at Artesia. 3:30 p.m.

Friday. Sapl. 21 _, Ruidoso at Cobra, 7 p.m. Volleyball Gapfta.n, Carrtzozo In Capitan Classic

Salunlay, Sept 28 l'oolbaD Mascafero vs. Tularosa JV. 2 p.m. Corona/Vaughn vs. Clovis Christian at Corona. 2 p.m. vonavraan COrona at Hondo, 2 p.m. Ruidoso at Robel1son, 3 p.m. C8pftan, Carrizozo In Capitan Classic Bop Soccer Ruidoso vs. Hatch, 1 p.m. CnmCounlry Ru\doso at \.ubboc\(, 10 am,

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The Ruidoso Parks and Rec Department has opened the Ru~oso Mlddl& School A.uxifiary Gym for co-ed volleyball on Wednesdays and basketball on Tuestlays and Thursdays. lne gym will be open from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30p.m.

USSSA World Sarles Quallftar United States Specialty Sports Association baSeball Is hosUng a 2003 World Series qualifier in Ruidoso Sept. 28-29, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament. Entry lee is $350 per team for age divisions BU-160. For more lnfonna.Hon, contact Philip la1hram at (915)-689-.8718 or Rodney Laltlram at (505)-392-3644 or email at usssa.@att.net. Web sltB for tour­nament Information is u~hOrneJdlnet.

Dinner To Benelil SMear A benefit spaghetti dinner will be. held Oct. 4 at the RuidOSO Mlddllt School Gafetel1a from 4:3D to ~ p.m. Cost ls $5 per adult and $& for children 5 and under. All pnh ceeds benefit the boys and girl( soccer programs at RUidosa HighSchool. ·

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Capitan netters do ·poorly ·Ruidoso h# and half ~t Cruces · · BYlliDDIUQUI. -Q'I!I'if'h LaBrecque in 17th with a time Kaydabzinne aDd Gus F:Qardo

at Ro er tou •ney· RUIDQ80"""'PORI'S'"OTO. · · of~~!\ut ofthe>top 20 WaR to==~4~.::::. 40th . At laaat half of coach Ronny · Amanda Montes, tskiDg 23rd Ouly !bur junior varsicy run-

Maskew's cross country team with her time of22:50. n,ers took part. Elizabeth DullY

Lady Tigers go 1-2 after minimal playing

time on the court

turning it around a bit by defeating Jal in four games, before finally losing,to Lincoln County rival Carrizozo in three to end it.

"Carrizozo had more heart, we just ·made ; lmistake after mistake," sald Capitan coach Sherry Gowen. "We saw. what we bad to work on in this tourna-

at Ruidoso High is doing well. Rounding out t;he Ruidoso llnisbed 22nd with a time of 1 The _Lady Warrior runners finishers w8s Estre Valenzela 26:51. For the boys, Austin

returned from the Las Cruces in 36th with a time of24:07 aDd Krik led the Warriors with a I.JiYitationaiSaturdayagainsta Nadine Bigmouth in 41st at 28:54, followed by Cbase field of 4Aand 5A teaiml witb a · 24:34. Harris' 28:46 and Jeffery fitlh place finisb and bad twQ "Our fuurth and 6Ith girls Quemada'o 30:20. girls pbu:e in the top 20. ueed to get better," Maskew The Ruidoso. runners head

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Capitan had a 3-0 record before the weekend, but had played only two games by virtUe of a forfeit by MeScalero.

: But the boys dido't 18.-e so said. "SometimeS, they don't· to Lubbock thiS weekend lbr a 1ve11, ~ seventh out , of realize how important they meet featuririg. a number of • Seven -.-.u,_ -&re." schools their size, but almost

Obviously. two games isn't much of a preparatic;m when heading to a difficult volleyball tournament with lots of good

"We bad a res1 good week of For the boys, Nick' F:Qardo all of them are from 'Thxas. It's That lack of experience hurt the Lady

~gers. · practice, and I thought we'd do bad the best fini$, placing another big challenge for, better," a puzzled Maekew said. 20th with a time of 18;10, a fuJI Maskew"s team.

ooonpetition. . That much was obvious this past week­

end, as the Capitan Lady Tigers finished 1-2 in the Roadrunner Tournament in Dexter and Hagerman, losing in their final game to Carrizozo on Saturday.

"But now we're getting games where we're able to critique and improve," Gowen said. "rm hoping for a turnaround going into our tournament."

"I don't kuow wbat the problem three minutes nlf the ·mark. "If you like to compete, this is, but we need to figure that - The rest of the Warriors - is 8n advantage," Maekew said. out and compete at a higher Nick Page, Josue. Linares, Cody - "We need to show that we can level." Small, Sean Lucy, John , co~pete at that level." ; On the girls side, Samanthe

Capitan (4-2) followed up pool play with a thn!le-gam.e loss to Tatum Thursday,

Gowen looked at her team's game against Hagerman Tuesday as the perfect preparation for the Capitan Classic, which the Lady Tigers will host starti~g Friday.

Bigmouth had the best Lady Warrior finish, placing 16th with a time of 21:51. followed closely by teammete April

Chiefs drop big decision to . • Mescalero coach :Rodney Wright is certain ·his team can get better . with the talent they have. ·IY-RIIIIA

One would think it's not too surpris­ing that Mescalero lost 88-0 to Ramah Saturday.

After all, Ramah is the defending state champion in 6-man football, mak­ing the jump to 11-man this year, and Mescalero - while showing flashes of briDiance at times - has yet to win a game.

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good . team," Wright said. ""But they're not a great team, we made them look great."

Mescalero (0-3) fumblefl on their first offensive snap of the game, and the Mustangs took the ball into the endzone on the verY next play.

That pretty much defined the way things went all game long for the Chiefs.

"We just weren't ready to play ... Wright said. "Our execution just wasn't there, and I don't know what led to that."

Wright says he knows his team is better than Saturday's score, pointing to their last performance Sept. 5 against the Alamogo~do Sophomores.

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Mesca1ero lost 86-27, but most of Alamo's points were scored in the first quarter. Without that frame, the Chiefs would have been the easy victor.

"This waS a letdown from that game. but now a letdown for the year," Wright said. "What we have to do is learn from this game and p1Qve forward. How we do against '1\darosa is a big part of that."

Mescalero plays their first home game at their new stadium this coming Saturday at 2 p.m. when they host the Tularosa junior. varsity. Again, another good team.

All Wright is focused on is the basics. ""We've been working a lot on the

fundamentals," Wright ·said. "We're close, we just have to find what will put us over the edge."

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Matson w8a .._ru.ar<~ u·llii was Walk- · ing oJt tbnse' - "l'w· just got to gat back in.. 'l'beil, be apologiOed to tho ooach fur beina dowD. . . ; On Frida,y, a two-year llllli'IP"" ~e· TheY have IPJOII - to be bawY-

ollicial as tho Corona Cardinela and the Nwj;beyhaveenoUghhelp.Alime,Corona Vaughn Eagles ioorpbed into tho ~.· sull'ered a bij;ter dell!al; dn Sept>. :t.ath when playing their first game ... one team at they were put-manned, and outplayed by Vaughn against the House Cowboys. Hondo 4fi.O. Alone, Vaughn pl8.yed two

ADd It w8a,DO"""""" lban Matsan got back in tho pme, that Michael Finley ...... tainad a diaehliDgiJiiury- a devaata1>-1Dgly hard hit. Mulkey .Jmew inatiJu:tive)y to gat bim olftho 6eid. "118 might have dis­located bis oboulder. I """"" saw the hit, I just noticed bim grab bis arm, and l got bim out. Next thing you know bis pads were olf.Aiul that's unfurtuuate ... he'a-

Houoe coach Mike Patton telt tho teame games with oDIY live men." were a good metdl because ."theYre an . Altheugh be's only 'a fteabman, Wing& very small schools. This is the first time we . nmrring back Chris Matson is pure speed felt pretty oomlbrtable. We pla,yed 'lBtum with a beevy dose of grit. He is tile kind of and Me1rosf1 and lost both of those games, key pla.ver re1ieii upon by both bis liillow but I still feel that we oou1d have a pretty piayere, and the ooacheo and. put the first good season." touchch!wn. an the scoreboard fur the uew

ofourgood~" • But even With tho IJQuriSa, tho Wing&

never gave up. Thett tranalbrmation to oneness was complete, evidenced by their spirit, determination, and beart.

After those two deli!ats, tho Cowboys team. came back strong, 6rmiy overwhelming Coach Mulkey said ofMateou, "Having tho lledgliDg Wing&, 4!1-18. Relentless in 42 an the field, it's like a lleCllrit;y blanln>t ...

· thok attack, their offimse drove the baU with Cbris in tho game yoiJ ean miss a down the field nwnerous times, scoring. as tackle and you know he"s gonna be there, the plays remained unread by tho Wlni!s but with bim uot in till> giune you' miss it ... defense. · touehclownl"

~ said to tho team, "Whatever you do at tho balf, don'!; give up. • ADd they ilido't. Even when Houoe bad them out- · oeored at every quarter, they kept trying.

Corona coach 'lbmmy Mulkey, beading ADd, af courae, Murphy's Law was in Velasquez ·summed up his feelings about tho game by giving a pat ou tho back to tho Cowboys. "Hat's olfto thom beeause they did a good job... they came irut

the Wmga delimae, and Vaughn ooach fu11 effilct. After Matsan was retlliJVBd ftnm Leonard-Velaaqueo, stoering their offimse, ftnm tho game fur some time with oevere also feel good about tho newly merged leg cramps, the Cowboys did exaet1y what team. Mulkey said they Would. They oeored, tsk- stl'ong.'" '

"We weut tho . whole g8me and that's ing total advantage of every opportunit;y important," Mulkey said. "We told tho given them.

But you know what, so did the Wings. Altbougb the score may seem a little one­aided, tho Wmga play well together, and they have fun doing it. Both ooaches feel tho team will definitely beeome ~ over the next two years,~ one fbr­rrridahle force on the gridiron,

defenee to just hold 'em, and let's uot let "Wbeil Cbris went out," Mulkey said, them beat us 45-il at our home field and "that hurt us psycbul.ogically, not having we didn~. We held 'em. We gutta be happy bim in there. Our guys, you oou1d tell they ·about that. • just weren~ tho same lbotbaU team with-

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Capita~~: still winless· after four games BY IUDD IUIIUA , ~ 'i"r . ·

6 RI'IIXlSO NEWS SPORTS EDITOR ,game W88 actually much closer But they just Ooqldn't get Thursday at p.m. · well into the thu-d quarter. .thot bsU ru:roaa the goal line. Still, Davis U. confident bis

'11tingsjust don\ get any eas- "It was only 7-0," said "They're defense was ou~ team can tum. things around ierfortheCapitsn'figerlbotball Capitsn coach Ed Davis. "But atanding,"Davissaidof'Ibmillo. befure they begiD District 4-lA team. • they oeored at the very end of "I'd put them in tho same lesgue play.

A1ready wearing an 0-3 collar the third quarter, then had two as Fort Sumner, they're that "'lbe think we need to do is heeding into their game Friday long passes against us which good. • get our unit;y complete and get against 'Thrnillo, 'l1>xas, Capitan put it out of .-....b. That broke The 'IIgars were able to cut ouroffi!naivelinetoclick,"Davis had but one touchdown to thotr our backs • down on turnovers and penal- said. "We're hoping tho kids are name - coming last week Capitan (0-4) Got some good ties - two things which kUled keeping their oon6denre up. but against Faith Christian af E1 production again from thek them in the previous three somewhere we've gut to turn tho Paso - and had trouble punch- ground game, just as they bad games - but saw drives quit corner. ing the ball in the endzone when done against Faith Christian, when a fourth down try wouldn't "No one wants to be a loser, theygutcloee. and again came close. to tho getthemtheneededyardage. thomainthinglatofbtdawayto

"The scenario replayed itself _opponent's.. endzoD,e several And as difticult as the season win," he added. ""Last night Saturday, as the Tigers full to timee, getting inside the five. baa been, it gets even harder (Frida;y) was brutal, we"d not 'Thmillo 28-0. yard line ouce and 20-,-ard Une this week, when Capitsn hosts played a harc~S.-hitting tasm in

But despite the score, the twice. the Artesia junior v&:rsity two years.•

OUCH: What the heck was I thinking? IROMPAC£9.\

Don\ be sony for me; we all have to make ends meet in this town.

While checking out customers last Swulay, I spied a man walking out the door with two 30. packs of beer.

A pack of gum he might have gotten away with, but two cases of beer? C'mon.

Anyway, I followed this man out the door with the purpose of the getting the beer back.

I wouldn't have pressed charges, honest. I just wanted the beer back. If I couldo~ get thot, rd have gut tho license plate number and called the police.

As you probably know, thaes not exactly how it happened. The perpetmtor took oft', and I went along with him.

I honestly couldn't tell you how it happened, but by tho time I gut loose, I was lying on SUdderth Street with a broken ank)e.

I spent fuur dsys in the hnapitel, and now am writing this from my home, with my leg propped up and an in\:}l·long hole in my ankle.

-I've also l0111t a week's worth of work - possi· bl,y more - at the. paper ~ won~ be returning

. to Allsup's. I'll be wearing a cast for at least six weeks,

· with regular treatments to the open wound and physical therapy thore8flm-. All this over $32 worth of beer. .

You'~ think rd be hOJding a grudge against : the thief, or at least against myself for going :after him.

make ends meet. I wan't apok>gize lOr what I did. But at the ~ time, I am trying to be for-­

giving tb the young man. While in the hospital, I had a steady stream

af well-wisbere call or come to visit - my psr­ents, my aunt and uncle, Ruidoso News editor Wea Schwengels, Ruidoso News editorial advi­sor Keith Green, writers Dianne Sta11ings and Sandy Suggit, Allsup's manager John O'Rielly, fonner Ruidoso News ·et;nployee Melanie Sattler, Communit;y Methodist Cbureh minister Bob Sawyer, Wmston and Dodi Cox, the list goes on and on.

But the one visitor that stieks out is the young man's ~. owner of the pickup which ran me over.

He struck ine as a good soul who was deepb,' troubled at the actions afbis grandson.

It made me realize their Jives were affec:t.ed as well. 'lbe young man- only 22 years old- is now faeing an uncertsin future while sitting in jail With a number af cbargeshansins over his head.

The grandfather eonlirmed what I had sus­peeted, that the grandson has a drinklng prob-lem. ·

I nOw have no room to talk. rve had problems or mY own in the past- not involving alcohol, but had enough that I can't demonize this boy with a clean C:oosclence.

Legally, ell this is out of my bends. There will be court bearinga and - ""'!"tualiy - a poasib1e conviction and appeal.

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has bean~- Jl'e's lioen .... llliidt. w,m,. ~bani. at playing a~ ' . passing berafhisvarsity \ "If-_. ...... - IInder pre&-pla.yers -- most 1 sure and of thoin lhosh- ··1cmdldenee wllb tills . ·pI a~ in g men and 8th- win,- .. auld lie OK." keep away. graders-in the. I'm not jqpior varslty Ru~o=:!~= going . to games • .in the make any intereBt _of get.. p r e d i .«:= ..

tins. tbem more playing time. tions, but we ue playing bet- · The JV hae bad a prett;y ter.• ,

successful year thus llor, at The Lady Waniors flu:ed least in terms of final BCOreS. Artesia Tuesday at Horton 'lbey tied Cllrlsbad a-2 and tell Stadium, while tho JV sill toke to Alamogurdo 2-i last week, on Las Cruoes JV Thursday at giving tho playere an added 6 p.m, also at Horton-

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But I hold no animosit;y toward tho man. I ·just prey he doesn't let this Incident destroy bim, and would be wii1iDg to help bim in any way I can.

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Notloe Is hereby given that the Lincoln county Plan­ning Commission will hold Its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Oc· tober 1. 2002. The meet­ing Ia. scheduled to begin at8:30 p.m. In the Com· mlsstoners Meeting Aoom In the Unco\n County Gourthou&eln CsrriZozo, New Mexico.

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CAt.L TO OftDE1:t ROI.LCALL APPROVAL OF MlnUiee • &!lplembar 3t.. 2002 NEW BUSIN~:::SS a. Request tor APProval on Revlaed Plat Of The Pre~ serve Subdivision. Located In- Section 39, Township 1 0 South, Range 13 Eat, N.M.P.M. The Hondo Trust - Brady Baxter

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' The=: of """'"""'• New ioo will receive ADae'mea bll1tote wU1 be ' soled proposals and .

qualltic8tfona·at the office available to persons to-of U1e City C!~1'1.'i:':J. at ~··~'"~mall toeo C~hal,1056 , tWeen , bar .and oc- . P. • Box 247, _CIIIO'fzozQ. toller 24th. Ttle,DistJict will

-~-·"'" ~~, 4:00 P on Octl)ber 4, 2002. ballota returried am mall

AH p~ats must meet . · and receiVed by I e district on election c:J or before

the spedffQations and con~ will be count . ~r)tee .dllloris set forth by the ballots received after eteo--Towri of Carrizozo. De- lion daY will not be oount-

·tailed specifications, In- ed. · strucllons tor submlttl~ ~and crllerla AbsenW!Ia voti:'& may be aw'al'd may be obtained a1 done betWeen e hOurs of

'the office Of the City Clerk, 8:00 a.m. and 5:00p.m. at belo«t lhe-advertised dale the District Office, 409 and hour SOl-lOr lhe :;ra:· Central Avenue, cartlzozo lnM. Pro~allhus de ayed between October 25th and w not consklerad and November 8th. will be returned unorenecl.

CARRIZOZO SOIL AND Jf proposals are sen 1; mall to the Clly Clerk, e WATER CONSERVATION Individual, Company or DISTRtcT Corp6raUon shall be re- JIM GRIDER, CHA!RMAN SJ)onslble for actueJ deDv. · September, 2002 ery of. th&C_Posal to the

FOR FURTHER' IN FOR-Clerk's MATtON REGARDING

A bid bond or certified THIS ELECTlON CON· check muslaccomparw TACT: Sue Steams be· tho pro~salln accord- tween U1e hours of e:oo anca w th proposed c:ondl- a.m. and 6:0~m. Man-tiona. ~ugh ayat

8-2941 or 505-The c~ reserves the rfght 354-2220. mall~ ad-to reje any or all ~os- dress: PO Box , Carri· als, to waive lrreeul les zezo. NM 88301 and/or lnformallt es in any

~~~1T(9)2& proposal, and to enter Into a contract In an~ manner,

LEGAL NOncE oonslstem with aw, deemed In the best Inter-est of the Town of C&rrl%0· CORREt;,rll.Q f!IQJJJZ_ zo.

CITY OF RUIDOSO The City also reserves lhe DOWNS rl~hl to conduct discus- NOTICE! OF INTENTION s ns wllh any or all offers, TO ADOPT or to make an award of a conlract without such dis· ORDINANCE 2002-12 cussions. based on~ on

Notice Is here~ giVen that evaluation of the wn en proposals. The City: like- the Govern!~ Ody of the wise reserves the right to . City of Au oso Downs designate a review com· shall conduct a Public mlttee to evaluate the ~ro- Hearing In conjunction wfth posals accordl1\': to cr tet1a the r~ar meeting sd'led-set fonh under ectlon X uled or Tuesd~, October entitled •Evaluallon." 8, 2002 at 6:30 .M. at the

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ORDINANCE 2002-12

CARRIZOZO SOIL AND AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4

WATER CONSERVAnON DEPARTMENTS ARTI-DISTRICT CLES 3 SECTION 8 ~

To all owners of land situ· WATER RATES A. M MUM MONTHLY WATER

ated In !he Carrizozo Soli CHARGF'COMMERJ .. ?J1d Walei>Oonservat\on CAL•· OP ·THE CITY ·O~

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on the 12th day Novern- A. Minimum Monthly Wa-bar 2002 at the hour of • ter Charge: 7:00 ~-m. a convention CommerCial: elec on will be held to elect one supervisor to lhe Copies of Ordinance 2002-Carrizozo Soil Cilnd Water 12 are on me In the office COn&eNatiOR Oistrlctlg ac· ol the Ci% Clark and are con:lance with the New available r public review Meldco SoU and Waler Monday through Frida~ Conservation District Act. between the hours of 8:0 Location of the election wiU A.M. and 5:00 P.M. be at La Coclna de Comna Restaurant, Corona, NM. Witness my hand and the The position to be tmed is seal of lhe Cl~ of Ruidoso

Downs this oth d~ of curren~ bein'h,held % September 2002. !sf rol Place# , Jim rider, ar- VIrden, City Clerk rlzozo, NM. Nomlnallon petitions tor posiUon ot su· pervisor may be secured at 409 Central Alfenue, Carrizozo, NM. OWners of land within the district are eligible to serve as ~r-visors. Nominating • Hans must be signed by at least ten e:9lble voters and retum to lhe abow address by October 12, ' 2002. names at parsons with nominating petitions

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'Ib distlni!Uish between deere or rabbits nlbbling on your trees and plants, }Q('k for a raged, sqdQred, torn appeura.noo at the end of browsed twigs. Accordlng to the authors of "Wild Nelllfhbon: The Humane Approallh to Living with Wtldllfe," put togeth. er by the HUJDaDe Society of the United States, deer don't have upper incisc:Jn and don't neatly elip their vegetation. They also browse at hb!her levels, from 3 feet to 6 feet above the ground. The authors urge tolerance. '"Deer damage can be c:onaiderabbr lessened ana in some caaea _poas!'6Iy eliminated all tog_etber bv tb.Ougbt­fW landl!lcape dei1gn tha£ dves care to both the selection and Placement of plants,!" the authors wrote. "SOme plants such as hollies and · barberries will be eaten by deer only wb.on eucculent" growth is a~, if then. Others such oe popular annual plants like lmpa~ tlena are almost lrrestatibte to ...... Check with the Lincoln Connt.y extenrdon .oftlee or Pete Qzurt.kowek:i in Carrizozo the Ruidoso Garden Club or~ 1111l'Beriea for a Ust of pla:nla that 8re tolerant or Mtually i'eaistant to deer browsing. Under heavy browsinB eondit:iona, the anthon .recommended encloa­iDg the area or plants With deer­fn~fencing or limi~ the plant--

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BJost resistant to deer browsing, Using plants that occur naturaDy in the area are less likely to attract special attentiOn from deer and the plants are more likely to have evolved BJeehanisms to deter browsing or to tolerate its impacts, they wrote. Suggested other approaches to deter deer include: • Fencing a!ll a l~term solution from a standard mSsh·woven wire to a hish·teneile etrPnd angled for better effectiveness. Checlt with · local wildlife specialists before investing a lot of"m~ • Wrapping trees with corrugated sleeves can prevent deer from. rub­bing ag_Binef trees and dBDllllrlru!: the barlt. Or sim._ply use 2--ineb. -wooden stakes about 4 feet to 6 feet ~the tree.

ents to make plants un table to deer, or to create an

odor or eight in the area may work. But those-optione must be started immediately when dam~ age is 6rst sighted. "Deer are exti:emeJy wary animall!l who will avoid places in which they feel tlu-eatened or luseeure," the flU.thonr wrote. Home :remedies sucll aa soap and garllc ma,y be Bffeetive in repelling <'leer,...., smaU.........., and orchards. the authors wrote. • Scare devices auch aa effi~es ma,y \Wirk, ~if~ have DlOVing paris or ligbtl!l and sound.

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"'The key •.• is to c:ouple them witb other strategiee and to vary them, movinJ' ecarecrowa around or ~Pif the Dlaee from which the tliahtemng stimulus come11." rif" add another deer-related topic ....., - drlvmg In deer ~b"y. At da~ dusk and at night, Jloww ~ s~ to avoid coDiaions with dOOr. I figure DIY 8YBSi2ht and reac­tions are not fbncd~ Bll weD · with lesl!l URh~ and a&:ijuet appropri. ately. I ael~ to over 48, no mat­ter how straight the road or how little the vegetation on the side. A deer can do a:ig:!Jificant damage to a ear and drivar. Beyond that, the thauldlt or kiWDR one or thoe8 won­derftil creatures 1a enough to dispel ----SoiDe ~le use d8sr whistles mounted on their carS that suppos­edly alert the deer to a vehicle approaching. The antbore &uggeat that ~pie who care t:hat much probli.bJY are more alert H.D.d aenal~ tlzed to the possibility of deer on roadway~~ • 'l'hmr J)Oi!;,t out that JD&DY people don't realize that deer &eqtunitl;y travel in srouJt& and that. one Blii­mal sean Crossbllif a road at Diilht ofteh can be fdUDWed bv anotliBr -or Jll83r become frozeli m tha bead­lights ~ or ma,y tunt. and ran ba.ek :bito trallie. ' Slow down even :If" you see a deerin the distanCe.

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Judith L Christopher

Week of September 25 - October 1 UBRA: (sept 23 • - 22) Things come down to a doll roar now. FaD is in the air. It's time to look at your future. What you want. What you can get. What to throw out.

SCORPIO: ... _ ,_ 23.- 21) .... . Love Is in the air! Think good though~ so you ean bring good things to you, rather pushing them away. Don't worry about getting hUrt. .Live Life..

SAGnTAIIIUS: (Now 22 • IlK 21) Money and Love can go . hand-in-Iumd. ilnee you let 110 of being afraid of being hurt. Let Love· Live. Get

· · out tiaetoe and for ·once take a chan~~.agaln.

AQUARIUS: - GEMINI: ..... (Jan20-Feb18) ... 21-.lun20) ..... Moving? Changing? A good tbne tO get away, Something is really strange even if it's for a few hours, to say the least! You ·better or a few days. When you take control of your ore, do, yo~ wiD be reminded of before· you find out some~ what this world Is reaDy all one else already has! about. LOVE

PISCES: ._. (Feb 19 • Mar 20) -"' Money Is all around you! You ean feel it, but just can't quite get hold of It. Step out of the Box. Try something new so you -can reach flir the stars.

~ c- 21 • Apr 19) You Diay have to stoP what you~tre doing!J· and start· something else. Don't waste your tline getting mad over it, just do the best tlult you caa for now.

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ld, Do you like what · .see? Good, heeaWie l'e the ClnJY one· who

eiMl lnlnJIII )'I>Ur life 'lcir the hcitiet\ ).too can. .do It.

CAIICIR: -c- 21 ...... 22) Once·you stop being so bard on youneii!J then you can start mo~g in the right direction to clumge wbat needs to be change to get It done right.

LEO: . (Jul 23 -Aug 22) 'Ibis eonld be a -t dme for y~ as long as yau don't let ce:~ . upset youl -; feel· lngs are not fads. v .... """ ODiy feel your~

Vlllcaoa • CAug23.- .... 22) . You're getting the hang of It now. A great time *<J.oeek out what you.,......, .I....,. want#d.t.o·do foryou.Vour ch'elullstan- trOe ' wh-.,..U belle•e. ·. · - ..

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