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Community News
The Lea CountyCommunicationAuthority will be test-ing the EMERGENCYWARNING SIRENSand public address sys-tem in the Hobbs areaat 10 a.m. onWednesday. Citizenswill hear a voicebroadcast and oneminute siren activa-tion. Direct any ques-tions to the LCCA at397-9265.
The HOBBS LIBRARYreopened Mondayafter being closed fornearly a month. Therewill be no fines forlibrary materialsreturned by Dec. 17.The children’s library isopen in temporaryquarters at 501 N.Linam (behind thelibrary). For moreinformation, call 397-9328.
The City of Hobbs ishosting a meeting at 4p.m. Wednesday inmeeting rooms A andB on the third floor ofthe City Hall Annex toassist MASTER PLAN-NING EFFORTS forthe 215-acre TaylorRanch site along theSeminole Highway insoutheast Hobbs.Participants need to beprepared to discussthis project and itseffect on the doorwayto Hobbs from theeast should it beimplemented.
LEA COUNTYTREASURER DonnaDuncan is remindingproperty owners thatthe first half paymentof 2012 propertytaxes will becomedelinquent today.Property taxes weredue Nov. 10. For moreinformation, call theTreasurer’s Office at396-8643.
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Education throughdanceEdison fifth-graders and WillRogers fourth-graders show offtheir new dance steps in frontof classmates at TydingsAuditorium last Friday as partof a program conducted by theNational Dance Institute thatstressed hard work, persist-ence, physical fitness anddoing your best.
HOBBS SCHOOLS AND NEWS-SUN PHOTOS
BUCK VANDERMEERFOR THE NEWS-SUN
Eddie Lynch of Hobbs is widelyknown to the community as a man ofcharacter with a giving heart. Herecently talked to the News-Sunabout his life and his devotion to thehappiness of others.
Eddie's ancestors came fromIreland and settled in what is nowknown as Lynchburg, Virgin-ia. Hewas born on March 24, 1928 in ArcherCounty, Texas. He was one of 15 chil-dren born to Joseph “Joe” Benjaminand Bessie Lynch.
“I didn't finish high school,” he saidjokingly. “I did walk by it a couple oftimes.
“I left home at the age of 15,” he con-tinued. “I had chopped and picked
cotton. I had grubbed trees for fencelines and was ready to do somethingelse.”
Lynch spent a couple of years as anitinerant worker.
“I went to work in the oilfields. Iworked on a pulling unit in Olney,Texas,” he said. “By the time I was 16I was working as a roughneck nearOdessa.
“I had a couple of other jobs that I
really liked,” he added. “I joined thewheat harvest and traveled to Regina,Saskatchewan. We worked hard andhad fun every day.”
“I worked for a man named ArthurPimberton, “he said. “He had arestaurant and lounge. I took care of2,000 chickens. I gathered eggs,stacked cases of beer and caught fish.That was the best job I ever had.”
During World War II four of hisbrothers were in the military while asister worked in the war effort in theaero-space industry.
“I went into the military in 1945,”Lynch said. “I did my basic training atFt. Sam Houston in San Antonio andwas assigned to the Eleventh
A devotion to putting others firstAfter saving a drowningserviceman in
Japan, Lynch
declined to sign
up for a medal
and extra pay. ‘I
was just doing
what anybody should have done.’
Eddie LynchParatrooper during WWII SEE LYNCH, Page 4
BETH HAHNNEWS-SUN
LOVINGTON — City commis-sioners chose one of fouroptions to provide housingincentives to developers duringMonday’s meeting.
The four options were part ofa Lea County plan, which dou-bles the amount of moneyLovington can offer developersfrom $450,000 to $900,000.
Incentives are set aside forinfrastructure improvementsin new housing developmentsin Lovington.
Qualifying developments canearn up to about $6,000 perhome for off-site improvementssuch as water and sewer lineextensions, paving streets orbuilding curbs and gutters.
City commissioners passed a$3,000 reimbursement plan ear-lier this fall. Lea CountyCommissioners agreed to setaside funds to double the incen-tive during a meeting earlierthis month.
While the funds were setaside, county and city officialsstill have a few details to deter-mine.
One of those options is howthe combination of city andcounty funds will be reim-bursed to developers.
City manager James Williamssaid the options were:
� A developer would beresponsible for requestingreimbursement from both thecity and county when a housingproject is completed, or
� The city notifies the countywhen a project is completed,then the county transfers fundsto the city for reimbursementto the developer, or
� Once a project is completed,the city would reimburse thedeveloper, then send an invoiceto the county for reimburse-ment of the county’s portion,or
� The county could transfer$450,000 to the city and the citywould be responsible for thereimbursement.
City commissioner NeilGranath said he prefers thethird option because it limitsthe number of stops developersmake before receiving a reim-bursement.
Incentiveoptionsreviewed
BETH HAHNNEWS-SUN
The lone employee union in LeaCounty government has dissolved.
County manager Michael Gallaghersaid the Lea County DetentionOfficers’ Association voted to decerti-fy in September.
Members notified the county in lateApril that they intended to disband,he said.
“I think that’s a reflection of thedetention officers ... they’ve hadstrong benefits and competitive com-pensation,” Gallagher said Friday.“Part of the reason they had a unionwas to have a seat at the table and
through collective bargaining, to tryto negotiate ... benefits and compensa-tion.”
Detention officers formed a union in2006.
Gallagher said there were originally46 paying members of the union.
When the September vote to decerti-fy was taken, there were four payingmembers of the union, but 46 mem-bers.
The vote was overseen by Hobbs cityclerk Jan Fletcher and was conductedover a span of two days, to ensure all46 detention officers eligible for unionmembership had an opportunity to
vote. Only 40 participated.Gallagher said the results were over-
whelmingly in favor of dissolving —36 ballots were cast in favor of decer-tification, while only 1 was in favor ofkeeping the union. Three of the bal-lots, Gallagher said, were unclear.
The dissolution of the union meansthe county’s three-member LaborManagement Relations Board can alsodisband.
The board consisted of David Porter,Kallie Richards and Elaine Vigil.
Gallagher thanked the board mem-bers, who served as a go-between for
Detention officers union dissolved
ALMA OLIVAS-POSADASNEWS-SUN
Local first responders are scheduledto compete against each other on thecourt this weekend and raise moneyfor toys.
Eunice Police Department Det.Casey Arcidez, who is organizing theevent, said this is the first yearHoliday Hoops, a double eliminationbasketball tournament, will takeplace.
Arcidez said the event which isscheduled for Saturday from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. at the Eunice high school gymis to raise funds to buy toys for chil-dren in Eunice who need them thisholiday season.
“It is something good for our com-munity to get in the Christmas spir-it,” Arcidez said explaining there isan entry fee for teams and spectatorsare asked to bring a toy to the event.
Arcidez said he has been part ofsimilar events throughout his lawenforcement career and thought hav-ing a basketball tournament in whichseveral law enforcement departments
participated is a good way to give backto the community.
Eunice Chamber of Commercedirector Joanne Moore said the tour-nament is a great opportunity to helpthe community during the holidaysand encourages the community tosupport the teams this Saturday.
“It is good competition for a goodcause,” Moore said.
Moore said the Eunice Fire andPolice Departments will distributethe toys to children in Eunice in time
for Christmas .“If anyone knows someone in
Eunice that can use these toys, callthe Eunice Police Department,Eunice Fire Department or theEunice chamber and they will be puton the list,” Moore said.
For more information about theevent call the Eunice Chamber ofCommerce at 394-2755.
Alma Olivas-Posadas can be reached [email protected] or call her at 391-5446.
County police, firefighters playing hoops to help kids
SEE UNION, Page 4
� LOVINGTON
SEE LOVINGTON, Page 6
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