Sept 19, 2012

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Vol. 146 • No. 75

Governor threatened

SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO • MIDWEEK EDITION • SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

By Brent Ruffner

News-Bulletin Staff Writer

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U.S. Highway 380 block today

The man who allegedly threatened to kill Gov. Susana Martinez is scheduled to appear in Santa Fe District Court on Oct. 10 following an arraignment last week where he pleaded not guilty to telephone harassment charges.

Scott Darnell, a spokesman for the governor’s office, said James Sanchez, 60, of Tierra Grande, “physically threat-

Roadblocks will be set on U.S. Highway 380. Sept. 19 at 8:50 a.m. at mile marker 3, east of San Antonio and mile marker 49 – west of Carrizozo, Roadblocks are expected to last two hours each. Roadblocks are subject to change. Call (575) 6781178 for up-to-date information.

ened the lives of a staff member and the governor,” and has been to the governor’s Santa Fe office on multiple occasions.

Darnell said Sanchez has made threatening phone calls since March.

Sanchez’s attorney, Thomas Esquibel, said his client, a Vietnam veteran, never threatened to kill the governor and instead stated he “would do something worse to her than what he did to women and babies in Vietnam.”

Esquibel said the governor’s head of security filed charges in June in Santa Fe Magistrate Court alleging Sanchez made

several harassing calls to the governor’s office.

The alleged harassment is a violation of his conditions of release ordered

by Magistrate Jim Naranjo on June 27.

Sanchez is being held on a $100,000 cash-only bond.

Esquibel said his client, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, has a history of “demanding” calls to the governor’s office.

“This is a fine thank you that we are giving this veteran,” Esquibel said.

“Instead of thanking him for his service,

Socorro Electric Co-op District IV should be receiving vote by mail ballot request notices in the mail. Members should call (866) 909-3549 before Oct. 2, to request a mailin ballot. The District IV trustee election is on Oct. 6, beginning at 2 p.m. at the San Antonio Elementary School Cafeteria in San Antonio. Visit the co-op website at www.socorroelectric. com for district boundary maps.

Kicking off the Performing Arts Series, the Blues Brothers Revue brings alive the sounds of Jake and Elwood Blues at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 21, at the New Mexico Tech Macey Center.

Mother/Daughter Day Girl Scout Troop 1104 Mother/ Daughter Day is on Saturday, Sept. 22, beginning at 1 p.m.

This is for all girls from sixth to 12th grades and their mothers.

RSVP to Mrs. Klinglesmith at (505) 321-6062 or email her at mrsks@aol.com.

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During Pie Town’s Pie Festival events held Sept. 8, after a three-way tie, Socorro resident Wyatt McBeth, center, went on to out-eat both Graham Goodman, right, and Matt Lipp, left, in the pie eating contest. For a story about the festival see Page 3.

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Socorro Thanks to an Operation DWI grant, sheriff’s deputies are out in force on patrols and at checkpoints from now until October.

“Starting on the 19th, we will have saturations and check points for the

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rest of the month,” Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Priscilliano “Shorty” Vaiza said on Monday.

The department steps up patrols on highways and in areas where DWIs are a problem.

“We saturate a certain area looking for DWIs, traffic infractions and parties,” Vaiza said.

“We concentrate a lot on northern Socorro County. We saturate the Veguita area and we will have checkpoints on roads around there, such as Highway 116 and 60, and Highway 304 going north from Highway 60.”

The last checkpoint in the Veguita area netted one DWI arrest and several citations, even though it was on

a weekday.

“We just had a checkpoint on Highway 304 on Thursday,” he said.

“We issued 31 traffic citations for offenses like no insurance or driving without a license, two citations for driving with a suspended or revoked license, and one DWI.” Several officers are needed for each four-hour checkpoint and patrol during the saturations, and the Operation DWI grant pays the overtime involved, he said.

Vaiza said the sheriff’s department has been busier than usual this summer, and he isn’t sure why. n See DWI, Page 5

Magdalena At the Sept. 17 regular trustees meeting, Magdalena Mayor Sandy Julian said Magdalena’s airport will be closed temporarily.

“The airport is closed down for maintenance,” she said. “Somebody called in a complaint to the state aviation department, and they suggested we close it down until the runway is cleared of rocks and weeds.”

The Socorro County road department will grade the runway as a temporary fix. The village cannot afford the over $1 million needed to pave the runway, said Rita Broaddus, village clerk/treasurer.

Broaddus said the village has received $250,000 so far from the state for the airport. The village has been rolling the money over from year to year.

Mayor Julian said she will be traveling to Ruidoso to meet with airport officials there to find out about what help Magdalena can get to pave the runway. Ruidoso is using a new and cheaper paving material, and she will be asking if Magdalena can try out the product on part of its runway.

Socorro County graders were at work Tuesday and Wednesday grading the runway, said Village Deputy Clerk Carleen Gomez in a telephone interview Sept. 18.

As soon as the work is done, village airport manager Ambers Guin will inspect the runway and call in the results to the state aviation department. Gomez expects the airport to be reopened by this weekend.

In other business:

• Trustees approved electrical upgrades to be made at the senior center. Clerk Broaddus said the work should cost about $50,000. Broken Arrow Electric was the only contractor that responded to the call for bids, she said. Work on the upgrades will start soon, and should take only one or n See Airport, Page 5

Sixth Street house facing demolition

By Lindsey Padilla

WEATHER

n See Threatened, Page 5

Karen Bailey-Bowman

Titanic Talk

Blues Brothers Revue

they are doing everything to keep him behind bars.”

Sanchez has paid for newspaper advertisements where he claimed the governor “has sided with wealthy cattle producers who let their cattle run loose on the public right-of-ways” in Tierra Grande.

According to the Albuquerque Journal, State Department of Public Safety Secretary Gordon Eden said the

Mag airport closed this week

DOWN TO PIE

Co-op mail-in for District IV ballots

Paul Hardin will be at the library at 7 tonight talking about the Titanic. Dr. Penelope Boston, whose grandfather died on the Titanic 100 years ago, will be speaking at the event.

The event will be in the Alice Kase room at the Socorro Public Library.

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Socorro At the city council meeting Monday night, the update for the demolition of a house at 203 Sixth St. was discussed.

Building Inspector Mike Czosnek said the house is a hazard to the public.

According to Czosnek, the owner was notified about the demolition of the house through a notice posted on the door, and he received no response from the owner. The bid to demolish the house started at $5,000, said City Clerk Pat Salome.

“We offer property rights to make sure it isn’t a safety or health hazard,” said Mayor Ravi Bhasker. “We have other problems that need to be cleared up.”

Bhasker said he needs evidence that

“We offer property rights to make sure it isn’t a safety or health hazard.”

Mayor Ravi Bhasker

the owner received notification, whether it was through email or a certified letter with a receipt.

Council members decided to move forward to demolish the house, but need a written statement or verification the owner saw the notice. The obligation is to eliminate a dangerous situation, Salome said. After demolition, the remainder of the building will be taken to the dump.

They will clear the lot. However, it requires a lot more money to remove the concrete, Salome said.

The house caused concerns with

neighbors because the previous owner abandoned the building. From January to March of this year, there have been 18 police reports relating to the house.

Transients continue to use the home for shelter purposes.

The owner boarded the house up, but the transients made a hole in the wall.

During the public comments segment of the meeting, Al Smoake, volunteer kitchen manager at the Socorro Community Kitchen spoke.

“Our kitchen was the cleanest kitchen in New Mexico,” he said. “I am pleased

with how things are operating.”

Within the last year, the Socorro Community Kitchen had the city supply windows and the electrical updated, Smoake said. The electrical system was limited in equipment, and the kitchen was awarded a $42,000 grant from the USDA. Member of the Socorro Farmers Market Association Tom Hyden wrote $41,000 for the grant and Chamber of Commerce Director Terry Tadano wrote $21,000 for the grant as well. The grant was used to purchase new equipment.

The kitchen has steady users such as two bakers, two chile processors and a jelly maker and annual users who have used the kitchen within the last year.

There are also a number of individuals who use the kitchen for personal use. n See Demolition, Page 5

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

Socorro Cooperative Nursery School is accepting registration for the 2012-2013 school year. Call 835-1336 or email scns@nmt.edu for Socorro High School will have parent teacher conferences Thursday more information.

Sept. 20, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. For more information call 835-0700.

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LIVE MUSIC

Performimg Arts Series, The Blues Brothers Revue, Friday Sept, 21 at 7:30 p.m. Macey Center. For more information call 835-5688. Open Mic at Sofia’s Kitchen, 7-9 p.m.

Run for Your Life 5K race, 8:30 a.m., is Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Dave Thomas, Thursday Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. Old Town Bistro, 838-3976. historic plaza, contact Beth Beers for a registration form 835-8791 or Mose McCormack, Saturday Sept 22. 7:30 p.m. Old Town Bistro, 838-3976. register online at http://stridersandriders.blogspot.com/.

PAS presents: The Official Blues Brothers Revue, Friday Sept. 21, Girl Scout Troop 1104 is having mother/daughter day on 7:30 p.m. Macey Center, 835-5688 Saturday, Sept. 22, at 1 p.m. RSVP with Gerry Klinglesmith at (505) 321-6062 or by email at fu133.socorro@gmail.com. The demonstra- Jonathon Jeter and the Revelators Friday Sept. 21 and Saturday Sept. 22, 9 p.m. Capitol Bar, 835-1193. tion will include how to take care of your skin.

Jazz Menage, Saturday Sept. 22, 6 p.m. Sofia’s Kitchen, 835-0022.

San Miguel’s Fiesta will take place Friday, Sept. 28, at 5 p.m. and goes through Sunday, Sept. 30. There will be live entertainment, Doug & Mariam, Sunday Sept. 23, 2 p.m. Sofia’s Kitchen, 835-0022. booths, bar be que, car show and more, for more information contact Open Mic at the Old Town Bistro, Monday Sept. 24, 7:30-10 p.m.

Socorro Visitor Center at 835-8927.

Blue Monday at the Buckhorn, Monday Sept. 24, San Antonio, 6-8 p.m.

Chile Chase Golf Tournament will take place Sept. 28 through Sept. 30 at New Mexico Tech Golf Course. Contact New Mexico PAS presents Presidential Chamber Music: String Quartets Tech Golf Course at 835-5335 for more information.

Monday Sept. 24, at 7:30 p.m. Macey Center, 835-5688.

M Mountain Fly-In Sept. 29 and 30, at Socorro Municipal Airport. Steve & Jim, Saturday Sept. 29, 6 p.m. Sofia’s Kitchen, 835-0022.

This two day event includes Vintage, Warbirds, Military Fly-Bys, Bernie Romero & Tommy, Sunday Sept. 30, 2 p.m. Sofia’s Kitchen, demonstrations, skydivers food and Hangar Flying. For more infor- 835-0022. mation contact Socorro Heritage and Visitors Center 575-835-8927 or www.socorronm.gov.

Socorro County Senior Center will be hosting a four-person scramble at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the NMT Golf Course. Teams must have one junior player — age 17 and under — and one adult or senior player. Registration costs $30 for junior players, and $50 for adult and senior players. The fee includes range balls, cart and lunch. All proceeds go to the Socorro County Senior Centers. There will also be an almost hole-in-one contest. Entry costs $10. For more information, call 835-2119.

MEETINGS

Lion’s Club, 6 p.m. second & fourth Thursday each month, Bodega Burger Company. Vern, 835-3081.

Socorro County Land Use Commission, 5:30 p.m. third Wednesdays at County Annex, 198 Neel Ave. 835-0589.

Tumbleweed 4-H, 6 p.m. third Wednesday each month. Socorro Youth Center. 835-0610.

Last day to register for GED courses is October 12, test date starts Socorro County Local Emergency Planning Committee, 10 a.m.

Oct 20. Students must pretest at ABE or call Theresa at 505-249-8532 third Thursday each month. County Annex, 198 Neel Ave. 838-3988. or 835-4768.

NM Veterans Service Officer Theresa Zuni, third Friday each month, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at city hall. Peter, 418-7656.

Tenth Annual SocorroFest will take place on Oct. 12, through Oct. 13. starting at 6 p.m. Friday in the Old Town Plaza. Friday’s Civitan Club, noon, third Friday each month, K-Bob’s. Keith, featured artists include: The Remedy, Doug Figgs and The Cowboy 575-835-0052.

Way. Saturday Oct. 13, Red Wine, The Kat Crosby Band, Pleasure Pilots, Reviva, Sorela and Roon. For more information visit www. Socorro County Housing Authority Board, 6 p.m. fourth Monday each month, 301 Otero. Mary Ann Chavez-Lopez, 835-0196. socorrofest.com.

Enterprise for Progress 4-H, 6:30 p.m. fourth Tuesday each month.

The fifth annual SocorroFest harmonica contest will take place on San Antonio Fire Station. 835-0610.

Saturday, Oct. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. First prize is $300, to enter sign up at www.socorrofest.com or call 835-8927.

Eagles’ Club, 7 p.m. fourth Thursday each month. Ray, 835-9952 or Archie (Ladies’ Auxiliary) 505-507-2507.

Community open door in Superintendent Randall Earwood’s office is Thursdays for anyone who wants to discuss school issues from 8 Lion’s Club, 7 p.m. fourth Thursday each month, Ranchers. Vern, a.m. to 5 p.m. at 700 Franklin St. 835-3801.

UnitedHealth Group will award grants to Socorro-area organizations and schools that are looking to create health-focused programs for youth. The UnitedHealth HEROES grants are $1,000 and can be used to create hands-on, interactive service-learning programs that reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity. Previous grant recipients have used the funds to plant community gardens, build fitness tracks and develop healthy cookbooks and more. To fill out an application and find out more, visit www.YSA.org/HEROES. The application deadline is midnight EST on Oct. 15. Grant recipients will be notified in November.

COMMUNITY

Magdalena Garden Club, 2 p.m. last Saturday each month, Magdalena Public Library. Yvonne, 854-2361.

M Mountain Writers’ Critique Group, Tuesdays, 1 p.m. For location, call Cindy Kessler, (505) 220-1563.

Rotary Club, noon on Wednesdays, at K-Bob’s. 838-0717.

RECREATION

El Camino Real International Heritage Center, Exit 115 off I-25.

Wednesdays, free for NM seniors 60+; Sundays, all NM residents Shared Yoga Practice, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday/Wednesday/Friday at Finley Gym. All are welcome, but no childcare is available. Jean, free. 854-3600, www.elcaminoreal.org.

838-0511.

Items available for free distribution, Fridays, 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Socorro Tennis Association, Tue/Thu at 5:30 p.m. and Mon/Wed/ The House, 105 Neal Ave. 835-4357.

Fri at 8 a.m. at the city tennis courts, Sedillo Park. Fun Play Matches ICAN Cooking, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and 1-3 p.m. Thursday. 198 Neel and monthly tournaments. Email aprusin@nmt.edu.

Ave. 835-0610.

Midwest CAP Food Pantry, Wednesdays, 9-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. Send calendar submissions to calendar@dchieftain.com. Deadlines at 904 Spring St. Senior Helpings: first Wednesday of every month. are Monday and Thursday at noon.

Florie or Virginia, 835-0899.

Socorro Farmers’ Market, Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon and Tuesdays 5-7 p.m., at the historic Plaza. Fresh produce and more. 312-1730.

Calling for Community news & tips

Story Hour and Craft Time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays & Thursdays.

Socorro Public Library. 835-1114.

• Births

Recycle Newspapers and Aluminum Cans, 8:30-11:30 a.m. first Saturday each month, lot south of Ace Hardware. Chamber of Commerce, 835-0424.

Hammel Museum Open House, 9 a.m.-noon, first Saturday each month, 600 N. Sixth St. Free. Kay, 835-1721 or Bob, 835-5325.

Recycle Mixed Paper, Paperboard and Cardboard, 8:30-11:30 a.m. third Saturday each month, Plaza. Chamber of Commerce. 835-0424.

EDUCATION Car Seat Safety Class, 10 a.m. Last Wednesday each month. Healthy Family Initiative office. Free and open to the public. Betty, 835-8709.

Chuck a.k.a. Chunky. He’s a Chihuahua/Shih Tzu mix. Very cute and very playful!

Shaina is a little kitten with many extra toes!

Make your pet connection at the Socorro Animal Shelter on U.S. Highway 1 behind the UPS building, from Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Also, find the shelter on Facebook, check out Petfinder.com or call the shelter staff at 838-3103.

• Engagements • Weddings • Anniversaries • 100th birthdays, etc.

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Puerto Seguro Safe Harbor, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mon/Wed/Fri. Serving the homeless and in need. Duane, 835-2895.

ADOPT-A-PET

Socorro County Right to Life, 7 p.m. fourth Thursday each month, Socorro Public Library, Second Floor Meeting Room. Debbie, 8351575; or Joy, 835-2405.

Bingo, 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, DAV Hall, 200 N. Fifth St. 835-0843.

Peace Vigil, 4:30 p.m. Friday on the Plaza. 835-2517.

Total rainfall for 2012 through Sept. 18 is 5.87 inches.

Courtesy of Dr. Kenneth Minschwaner.

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Pie in the endless sky

By Griffin Swartzell

sought.

Lynne was nervous about the locals’ reaction to her fictionalized town when she set up at last year’s Pie Festival.

“I was afraid they would say, ‘Who do you think you are?’

But that was not the experience at all,” Lynne said. “They were all very kind, generous, lovely people.”

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Pie Town Where the heck is Pie Town, N.M.?

This slogan adorns the occasional bumper sticker, advertising the oddly-named village’s existence. It’s 84 miles west of Socorro and is home to 283 persons. On the second Saturday of September, that number swells as people from Catron County and parts outlying flock to Pie Town for the annual Pie Town Pie Festival.

This festival has been going on for 32 years, according to Pie-O-Neer cafe owner Kathy Knapp, but it’s actually a continuation of an old tradition in the area. Homesteaders would come together around the time of the first frost, bringing their vegetables for a day of canning, baking, drying and eating. “(It was) a huge, all-day feast in the park across the street (from the Pie-O-Neer),” Knapp said. “And then, of course, (there’s) a little libation, a little music, and then they’d party all night. And we do much the same thing. It’s a fall feast.”

It’s not just a feast, though.

This year, under a cold, grey sky, the park swelled with artists, artisans, craftspeople and creators.

FireWise Educates

One of the more noticeable attractions during the day was the FireWise trailer. Operator George Barreras’ goal is “to educate the public on how to properly maintain their home site, their property, to ensure that they are safe during an encroaching fire.”

Inside, Barreras had a sand model of the region onto which he projected an interactive map.

The whole setup simulated the spread of a fire in the region based on wind direction, origin and countermeasures taken.

And it’s simple enough that chil-

Piece of Mind

Photos by Griffin Swartzell

The Pie-O-Neer stands across from the main event, full of pie-hungry people and fresh, hot pastry. dren can understand it.

“I like to get the kids involved, because the sooner you get them involved, even if it’s touching this laser here and actually starting the fire, it gets that thought process going,” Barreras said.

Through FireWise, Barreras services all of Catron County, providing educational services, chipping and disposal of dead and dry pine needles, leaves and grasses. Barreras has been involved for a little over a year.

“They made a believer out of me when I saw a million-dollar home built 10 miles west of Luna, New Mexico,” Barreras said. “It’s a million-dollar home, but (the owner) built it fire wise.

He built it out of stone, he built it with a metal roof, (the property is) about 50 acres and he cleared out a 50-foot defensible space around his home. The tree separation was 10 to 15 feet – everything was beautiful.

The center of that wall of fire

George Barreras demonstrates just how quickly fires can spread. came blowing in right through his front yard, but when it got to his yard, he had that defensible space, the fire dropped down to the ground, burned the grass around his property, got up in

the trees and continued. (It) never scorched his house.”

Local Fiction

The festival is also a showcase of local colors and flavors.

Some tents sell cheeses, some sell hats, but one eye-catching stall was selling books. More specifically, the western-classy woman behind the table was selling a novel titled “Pie Town.”

Novelist Lynne Hinton and her husband, Bob, originally from North Carolina, came through Pie Town some years ago.

“Back in the 90s, we drove through Pie Town and were kind of surprised,” Bob said. “At that time, we could not find a piece of pie at any of the restaurants. We thought, ‘Well how strange.’”

That strange little village named for an absent dessert stuck in their heads. In 2003, the Hintons moved to Albuquerque, where they reside today. Three years ago, Lynne wrote “Pie Town,” which is set in a fictionalized version of the village.

Since, she has written a sequel, titled “Welcome Back to Pie Town.” Both are pure feel-good Americana, exactly what Lynne

The Pie Festival’s main draw, though, is the pie – people eating pie, people making pie, people selling pie, people buying pie.

And oh do those pies move.

Across from the park is the Pie-O-Neer cafe, owned and operated by Kathy Knapp.

Knapp came through Pie Town in 1995 with her mother, Mary, and her daughter, Wendi. They, like the Hintons, discovered that they couldn’t buy a slice anywhere in town. That settled it – the three set up shop and started baking and selling pies. Today, Mary and Wendi have moved on, but Kathy remains.

Once a year, the Pie Festival rolls along and becomes their biggest sales day. And it takes a lot of preparation to have enough pie for their hungry customers.

“We have been prepping for weeks,” Knapp said. “There’s no way you can do this in one day – over 100 pies – without starting mid-July. (You have to get) pie crusts made and put in freezers. You have to get all your fruit prepped, put in freezers.

You have to beg all your friends to commit to being here this day to help you. If you don’t start a couple months out, you cannot produce this kind of pie in one day.”

By 11 a.m., the cafe was crowded, and Knapp and her friends were working at pace for hours. But it’s rewarding.

“We’re all very tired and very happy, and it’s been very successful,” Knapp said.

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What is wrong with this picture?

The newspaper business ­— both small and large papers — has sounded full-throated opposition this past month about a plan by the U.S. Postal Service to purposely entice advertising out of newspapers so ads can be placed instead with USPS favored stakeholder Valassis Inc., which bought direct mail company ADVO in 2006.

The goal of USPS is to create more advertising mail. To newspapers that count on advertising to pay its reporters and cover the news, this new venture is beyond alarming. Many think it will push some newspapers — already made fragile by the economy and the Internet — over the edge. If that happens, it is the communities across our country that will feel the most long-term hurt.

People have a love-hate relationship with advertising, whether in the newspaper or in the mail. When advertising helps them find deals or shop smartly, they love it. When it doesn’t happen to scratch the shopping itch, they may not like it so much.

But most people understand advertising drives the economy and brings other intangible benefits, such as paying the bill for news coverage that keeps communities informed.

On every level advertising is highly competitive. Local, regional and nationally, newspapers compete with a growing field of ad media, from Internet to television and door hangers to direct mailers.

But now the Postal Service wants to pick winners and losers in this market. It is providing postage rebates to Valassis of more than 30 percent if Valassis can divert more ad inserts into direct mail from newspapers.

Not everyone can play. The discounts can only be offered by Valassis to large national retailers. Newspapers cannot get the same discount for their own mail because they can’t sign one national postage contract, as the direct mail company did, with the USPS. Neither can a small clothing or book store or a hairdresser or auto parts store. We — the newspaper and our small businesses — are all local. This deal is only for the big guys.

For the little guys, USPS has another advertising plan that enables businesses to bring unaddressed advertising directly to the post office.

What’s wrong with this picture? It is that USPS isn’t a business. It is owned by Uncle Sam. It exists to serve all. It shouldn’t be picking winners and losers in any marketplace.

It shouldn’t be competing with and undercutting its stakeholders, which are all of us. It should deliver the mail that exists, promptly and affordably.

One of USPS’ big goals is to carry even more advertising, as the Internet saps away letters and bills.

But we have to ask ourselves: does America need a federallyowned advertising service? This newspaper says no.

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USDA helps build energy future In June 2011, the Obama Administration announced a set of new initiatives designed to modernize the Nation’s electric infrastructure, bolster electric-grid innovation and advance a clean energy economy.

During that announcement, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack charged USDA with the goal of investing $250 million in smart-grid technology across the country.

A year later, we are happy to report that USDA has met that goal.

Under the department’s Rural Utilities Service, we have administered loans to rural cooperatives to help modernize our smart grid technologies. RUS has a long history of contributing to our country’s reliable infrastructure. Since 1936, the program has become the primary lender to more than 600 rural electric systems, including electric cooperatives, public power systems and tribal utilities.

“This is one more step in our effort to modernize rural America’s electric grid,” Vilsack said. “Smart grid technologies give consumers greater control over their electric costs and help utilities efficiently manage power generation and delivery.” Since fiscal year 2011, USDA has funded more than $250 million in smart grid projects serving rural consumers nationwide. This will further enable rural utilities to make efficiency improvements to the electric grid

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Terry Brunner State director, USDA Rural Development Department that will help consumers lower their electric bills by reducing energy use in homes and businesses.

According to President Obama’s Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future, this $250 million investment in loan funds for smart grid technologies will facilitate the integration of renewable sources of electricity into the grid, help avoid blackouts and restore power quicker when outages occur and reduce the need for new power plants.

Smart grid technologies also help consumers and entrepreneurs make informed decisions. Innovative consumer products and services — such as thermostats that can be controlled from a smart phone, or websites that show how much energy a house is using — can help Americans save money on their electricity bills.

For example, many New Mexico electric cooperatives funded by USDA have begun to implement smart grid technology, including automated meter reading and advanced metering infrastructure systems and related equipment. It’s expected it will take more than four years to convert the electric meters to AMR or AMI systems here in New Mexico.

This new technology sends electric usage information from the consumer to the cooperative. Ultimately, the technology is designed to cut labor costs and provide for better management of energy loads.

Since taking office, the president’s goal has been to ensure a cleaner, safer and more secure energy future, and one that ultimately breaks our dependence on foreign oil and moves our nation toward a clean energy economy that creates jobs and keeps America competitive. For more information on President Obama’s Policy Framework for the 21st Century Gird, please visit www. whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/nstc-smart-grid-june2011.pdf.

New Mexico’s Rural Development office is dedicated to modernizing New Mexico’s electric grid and investing in transformational technologies that meet our state’s future needs.

Barns from the Land of Enchantment Jerry R. Davis has performed a welcome service by studying the barns of New Mexico. With an admirable fascination with barns, he fortunately found a partner to research for him and travel with him.

Although he photographed many barns and used Internet photographs of other barns, he has illustrated his book with his drawings, which make a charming product.

Davis tells about the different kinds of roof. Most in New Mexico are gable roofs, but some are gambrel roofs, which he explains clearly. The only roof that is unique is on a round barn at Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs in Rio Arriba County.

Round barns used to be popularbecause they held more storage space and workers could move around in them easily. Modern efficiency and machines made them obsolete.

Besides roofs, Davis tells about siding.

Some barns are stone, using material at hand; some are logs from nearby forests, and some are planks. He found unusual siding that he calls diagonal, with the boards

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at a 45 degree angle. They must have been difficult to place, but they turned out handsome. Some barns are adobe, but not as many as you would think, not as manyas there are adobe homes.

A new word is “terrones,” like adobe bricks, but tougher, cut fromwet sod areas, stronger because of the included roots.

Some barns have one or two lean-tos, and some have a structure that he had never seenelsewhere, which he calls a shade porch, perhaps for the animals to shelter

under.

They remind me of my pole barn, but it of course is not attached to another barn.

The shade porch is a lean-towithout side walls.

Davis explains about red barns: “There was a time when practically all barns were left unpainted or painted an oxblood red color. That was because rust, which was used to provide the pigmentation, was abundant and inexpensive.

Then another inexpensive paint came on the scene. It was white wash. Since white is associated with cleanliness and purity, dairy farmers all across the country painted their barns white.”

If you like farms and barns and rustic structures, you will like this handsome book.

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by Jerry R. Davis will be available Dec. 4 from Artemesia Publishing in Tijeras.

Watch for it on Amazon and in local book retail outlets.

Democrat Party has new, Godless priorities “… to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them…”

These words, from our Declaration of Independence, launched a revolution, while making the case that rights don’t come from monarchs or governments.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.”

“Creator” does not mean “your daddy.”

This simple concept that rights don’t come from man but are instead divine gifts that should be protected by government has been instrumental in America becoming the most influential and powerful nation in the history of the world.

Historically, during times of crises or mourning, American presidents, of either party, have called for and led America in National Days of Prayer. Both major political parties have acknowledged that our rights, “endowed by our Creator,” are the reasons for our blessings of liberty and freedom. Until this year!

For several decades now, various institutions have polled the American people

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to find out whether we still believe in divine guidance. The answer continues to be an overwhelming, “Yes, we do!” These polls have shown that 85-95 percent of Americans still believe in God. This year, however, the Democratic Party tried to disavow any mention or recognition of God. Their leaders specifically removed God from their platform.

Platforms, like all mission statements, are dull and read by very few. So, it took a while before it became known that the Democrats had omitted God from their platform. Then difficult and embarrassing questions were asked.

The leaders of the Democratic Party sought to quickly amend their platform to placate their rank and file members.

Unfortunately for the Democrats, this

amendment process happened on live TV. The mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, was the unlucky chairman of the amendment process, and he showed a bit of naiveté. He appeared to believe that the “fix was in,” and that the delegates would vote appropriately. Three times he called for a vote and three times the delegates voted to keep God out of their platform. However, he had been given his marching orders, so on national television he lied and declared the amendment to have passed, to a chorus of boos.

It is hard to decide which is more offensive: the naked and blatant abuse of the chairman’s position, or the fact that the controlling faction of Liberal delegates of the Democratic Party fought so strenuously to deny the Almighty a place in their platform.

Many rank and file Democrats are salt of the earth American citizens. They attend their favorite houses of worship, they are proud owners of fire arms, they stress education at the dinner table, and they send their children into the military.

This is yet another indication of what I have said many times: the Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party of my parents’ memories.

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Socorro County seeks input for public projects Socorro County is seeking public input for the county’s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan for 2014-18.

This plan is the county’s roadmap for future capital outlay and will allow the administration to better prepare for grant opportunities. Following public input, projects will be ranked and placed on the final plan.

The Board of County Commissioners would like to know which public projects are most important to community members. The county may be eligible to apply for state and federal grants and these projects must be placed on the plan for grant and funding consideration.

If you or your organization has a project that should be con-

sidered, you can obtain a request form from the county manager’s office at 210 Park St. in Socorro or from the county’s website at www.co.socorro.nm.us. Public projects can range from road improvements to equipment purchases to new buildings and everything in between. These requests will then be distributed to the commission and heard

during the board’s meeting on Sept. 25 in Magdalena.

Currently, development of the Socorro County Detention Center, bridge repairs and improvements to San Antonio Park are the top-ranked projects for 2014. For questions or more information, please contact Delilah Walsh at 835-0589 or dwalsh@co.socorro.nm.us.

El Defensor Chieftain Editor Elva Osterreich contributed to this story.

DWI: Saturation patrols on duty Continued from Page 1 “I’m surprised. We’ve been getting three times as many calls as in past years,” he said.

“We average about 120 arrests in a year, and we’re up to 200 arrests already, and it’s only September.”

The sheriff’s department serves both the city and the county.

“We never refuse a call, even from within the city,” Vaiza said. “If the Socorro Police Department is busy or needs support, we’ll go. Sometimes the person calling in for assistance just prefers a certain department” The sheriff deputies are on call even after the night shift ends at 2 a.m. and before the

day shift starts at 7 a.m.

“We get a lot of calls after 2 a.m. when the officers all go home,” he said.

The sheriff’s department does not have its own dispatch office, so the State Police Division 11 Socorro Dispatch Office routes calls to the deputies as a courtesy, said Socorro area NMSP Sgt. Matthew Romero.

The state police dispatchers call the officer nearest the incident, either a state police officer or a sheriff’s deputy, he said.

Right now, the five-person Socorro State Police Dispatch Office is handling all the service calls in the county as well as the sheriff department’s instant background checks.

“We run all of their National Crime Information Center checks,” he said. “It puts an extra workload on the dispatch center.”

The state police has been focussing its efforts on reducing traffic accidents on Interstate 25 from Las Cruces up through Albuquerque as well as answering other calls in the county, which puts a burden on Socorro County’s six patrolmen and two sergeants.

“We are short-handed. We are down three officers right now,” Romero said. “We are hoping to get one or two officers this year.”

The NMSP can hire only officers who are graduates of the State Police Academy in Santa Fe, he said.

Airport: Outlay money available Continued from Page 1 two days to complete.

• State capital outlay money is now available to pay for electrical work at the Trujillo Well, Broaddus said. The village will try to get three bids for the work, but so far only Broken Arrow Electric has responded.

If no other electricians respond, Broken Arrow will be awarded the contract.

• The Pine Street project has been funded by the state, Broaddus said. She plans to start work in the spring since the winter months are not ideal for road work.

• The trustees approved village resident Robert Brunson’s request to cut a new driveway

at his home to accommodate his wife’s vehicle which cannot negotiate the present curb and gutter. Trustees stipulated that Brunson must follow village ordinances when making the changes to the road.

• Steve Bailey, reporting for the utilities department, said he has been cleaning and grading alleys. Trustee Diane Allen wanted to know who was responsible for the piles of dirt and trash left in alleys. It was determined that the village is responsible for debris removal in alleys. Bailey said he has tested the back-up generators, and they are ready to go. One village vehicle is still in Socorro for repair, he said. Trustee Barbara Baca said she would check on

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it when she is in Socorro this week.

• Fire chief Donna Dawson said the refresher EMS classes at the fire academy were useful.

The village EMS dept. were also trained to deal with emergencies, such as an active shooter.

She said EMRTC would be willing to come to Magdalena to train responders to deal with terrorist attacks or bomb threats if enough people were interested. She said the EMS personnel responded to two ambulance calls in August and no fires.

The county fire marshal will be giving the village a large metal sign that will be placed near the old fire station. She said there are trainings scheduled at Hop

Canyon VFD, and Bob Brunson has volunteered to train people.

• Marshal Larry Cearley was on vacation, but a written report showed the marshal’s office issued 20 village traffic citations and nine state traffic citations.

Marshals responded to 18 public service calls, one alarm, and requests for two driving tests and two finger printings, and one call for assistance from the state police. Marshals made one DWI arrest, and were dispatched to two criminal incidents, one involving criminal damage to property.

• The next regular Magdalena Board of Trustees meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Village Hall.

Demolition: House Continued from Page 1 The kitchen currently employs five individuals and is moving along because it meets all financial obligations, he said.

USDA sent two groups from Texas and Silver City who saw how the kitchen was operated and said the kitchen was a model community kitchen for the Southwest. An organic specialist from the USDA said the kitchen was the cleanest, Smoake said. Jellies from the kitchen are marketed in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and they also have outlets in San Antonio, Missouri, Arkansas, Arizona, Ohio and Texas. Open 24 hours a day, the Socorro Community Kitchen charges people to rent the kitchen.

To rent the kitchen, members of the Socorro Farmer’s Market Association pay $15 per year. If a person isn’t a member, they charge $25 per year. They also charge by the hour, starting at $4, and not exceeding $20 a day.

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statements on the calls, including one in which he says a staffer “better sleep with one eye open” and that “we’re coming for you,” were taken seriously, even though Eden didn’t know if Sanchez possesses weapons.

The Journal reported he has also allegedly made threats against the staff of the state Livestock Board.

Sanchez faces five misdemeanor counts of using a telephone to make threats, including three charges in which the threats are said to have been directed specifically at the governor.

Court records indicate that he was originally charged in March, but he was released on bond. He was arrested again after being accused of violating conditions of his release for making more calls to the governor’s office on Aug. 28. He has been incarcerated since Aug. 31, according to jail records.

In an July interview with El Defensor Chieftain, Sanchez said he has been frustrated with cattle in the area of a subdivision in which he owned land. He said the animals were not supposed to be there and are endangering people and animals in the area.

Sanchez claimed the issue has been ongoing with several cattle owners over several years.

He said a man had promised to have the cows out by this past April.

“Then I went to the governor’s office and they said there was nothing they could do,” Sanchez said.

He said he emailed the New Mexico Livestock Board, and that New Mexico State Police “would do nothing” to help.

His rationalization for his numerous contacts with the governor’s office was that she was in charge of those entities, specifically the New Mexico State Police, and so should be able to enforce the rule about cattle being fenced.

“They serve at the pleasure of the governor and they don’t enforce the law, she is not enforcing the law,” Sanchez said.

He talked about an encounter with a cattle owner where the owner had told Sanchez the land was not posted and Sanchez pointed out where it actually was posted.

He said he had told the governor she couldn’t be elected dog catcher in Juarez, referring to her career and getting elected again, and “I’m going to (expletive) you up.”

Sanchez said he was chasing the cows off the road with his cow dogs when another man pulled up in front of him.

“He got angry because I was chasing his cows,” Sanchez said.

“I took off and he followed. He rammed me from the driver’s side, my truck went off the road. I got back on the road. I was running from him and he rammed me from the back.”

Because of the above encounter, according to police reports, Sanchez is currently facing three aggravated battery felony charges and a criminal damage to property charge in Socorro County. According to the report, the cattle owner, Luke Woelber, claimed it was Sanchez who tried to run Woelber off the road.

Esquibel said his client needs rehabilitation for post-traumatic stress disorder.

“James needs treatment,” Esquibel said, “not incarceration.”

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High-Octane, ‘Official Blues Brothers Revue’ coming to Tech’s Macey Center Sept. 21

Woman enjoys state fair year after year

By Valerie Kimble

By Elva K. Osterreich

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Socorro Brothers Joliet “Jake” and Elwood Blues and their band are headed to New Mexico Tech’s Macey Center in the form of a troupe of entertainers touring as “The Official Blues Brothers Revue.”

Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty, as Jake and Elwood Blues respectively, are headlining a Performing Arts Series event starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, to kick off the PAS 2012-1313 season.

Before the concert, Tech Club – Club Macey holds a social in the Macey Center Galena Room from 5 to 7:30 p.m., and at intermission, with “Chicago-style hot dogs” as the theme.

TCCM is a social club for people 21 and over, and there is a $5 cover charge if you are not a member of TCCM. “These two guys are fantastic – they even look like the characters made famous by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd on ‘Saturday Night Live,’” said PAS Director Ronna Kalish. “Both Wayne and Kieron are tremendously talented in their own right, and the revue is the ideal vehicle to showcase it. And let’s not forget the outstanding musicians and singers in the Blues Brothers Band that, all together, make for a

high-energy performance everyone will enjoy.”

Socorro is only the revue’s second stop on its current tour, and one of four scheduled performances in New Mexico.

The stage brothers got their start in the award-winning Las Vegas show, “Legends in Concert,” performing in showrooms and theaters from coast to coast, all the while perfecting the stage personas created by Belushi and Aykroyd.

Even audiences too young to remember “The Blues Brothers,” the 1980 musical comedy that follows the brothers from Jake’s release from prison to a musical odyssey as offbeat as the characters themselves, may recognize music from the film, Kalish said.

Indeed, the revue revives the brand of Chicago-style blues associated with the iconic Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin and James Brown, with songs such as “Minnie the Moocher,” “Think” and “The Old Landmark.”

“Tonight Show” bandleader Paul Schaffer is musical director for the revue, which includes six musicians and two female vocalists and dancers – Chicago natives Precious Jewel Taylor and her daughter, Ebonie Taylor, as Blues Sisters No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.

On drums is Charlie Cooley; keyboards, Eric Finland; saxophone, Gordon Aeichele; trumpet, David Herron; bass, Garrett Jones; and guitar, Kory Montgomery.

Wayne Catania’s (Jake Blues) resemblance to John Belushi opened the door to showcasing his own acting and musical talents. As a character actor, he performed in numerous feature films, television shows and international advertising campaigns.

He is uniquely qualified for and passionate about performing as Jake Blues in the touring version of a classic Blues Brothers stage show.

Catania joins Belushi’s widow, Judy Belushi Pisano, and Lafferty, his stage partner, along with “Saturday Night Live’s” Anne Beatts in penning a television show based on the continuing adventures of Jake and Elwood.

Kieron Lafferty (Elwood Blues) brings to the role soulful vocals, and he plays a mean and lean harmonica. As with his stage counterpart, Lafferty moved beyond the “Legends in Concert” stage show in joining the revue.

Offstage, he performs voice-over work for television/radio commercials, narration and animation; has had roles in film, stage productions and commercials; and has written scores for film, television and documentaries.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for senior citizens 65 and over and $10 for youths 17 and under, and are available at the New Mexico Tech cashier’s office (second floor of Fidel Center), Brownbilt Shoes and Western Wear, Burrito Tyme Drive-up or at the door.

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San Antonio born Mary Olin Harrell has been going to the New Mexico State Fair for 74 years, from the very beginning of the current event.

The 89-year-old Harrell first experienced the fair in 1938 as a drum majorette in the Albuquerque High School band.

“It was a good thing to be in,” she said.

She was hoping to make the fair this week but may be stopped by a cold she has picked up.

“I don’t feel good today,” she said Monday. “But I don’t want to miss it.”

In 1965 Herrell helped Mary Olin Harrell found the statewide beautification and recycling organization Keep New Mexico Beautiful with Eunice Kalloch.

Herrell also created the idea of “Dusty Roadrunner,” KNMB’s broom-pushing mascot. Her friend Jean Rankin did the artistic rendering. In 1969 Dusty was declared the official New Mexico State clean-up mascot

by House Memorial 13.

For 30 years, Herrell served as executive director for KNMB. For her years of dedication and hard work she received the prestigious Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson Award from Keep America Beautiful in 1993.

Although her family moved from San Antonio when she was but a year old, Harrell appreciates the town as part of her continuous love affair with the Land of Enchantment.

She continues to go to the state fair just because she likes it, she said.

“I like the flowers and the food at the Indian Village and the caramel apples, and a piece of pie from the Asbury Cafe,” she said.

She has entered her share of events, as well. She won a first prize with her tuberous begonias and has taken ribbons for peach jam and squash entries.

Harrell is hoping to feel well enough this week to accompany her granddaughter, one of five, to the fair.

The 2012 New Mexico State Fair runs through Sunday, Sept. 23, in Albuquerque.

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Socorro It’s official: Tech’s freshman class numbers 345 full-time students, 266 men and 79 women. The total undergraduate head count is 1,357 students, with men outnumbering women about three to one.

The full-time graduate student count comes in at 247, about 70 percent men. Among the 63 entering graduate students, 38 are men and 25 women.

Tech’s public information office released the enrollment figures on Sept. 7, the last day to add or drop classes.

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Hand-foot-mouth disease not serious Several local children suffering from fever and mouth blisters Karen Bailey-Bowman El Defensor Chieftain Reporter

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Socorro An outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease at Cottonwood Valley Charter School on Neel Street has had several children staying home with a mild fever and a rash affecting their mouths, hands and feet, according to CVCS Administrative Assistant Jill Urban.

Parkview school nurse Jan Tarr said she has not seen any cases at her school yet.

Hand-foot-mouth disease is a common and generally mild viral infection among children that is self-limiting, which means it normally does not cause complications, said New Mexico State Medical Epidemiologist Chad Smelser, M.D., in a telephone interview.

“We take it seriously because we want to educate schools about prevention,” he said. “But it is not a notifiable condition. It is a totally different disease from vesicular stomatitis and hoof-andmouth disease. Hand-foot-mouth disease is not transmitted to or from pets or other animals.”

Vesicular stomatitis is also a normally mild disease with similar symptoms affecting hoofed animals and occasionally humans; hoof-and-mouth disease has symptoms like vesicular stomatitis, but can be fatal, according to a U.S. Department

of Agriculture fact sheet.

The Centers for Disease Control and the New Mexico Department of Health do not consider hand-foot-mouth disease to be serious enough to warrant posting case numbers on their websites, Smelser said.

Hand-foot-mouth disease usually starts with a sore throat, a mild fever, a rash that shows up on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet, and sores in the mouth, according to the Centers for Disease Control website.

The symptoms are uncomfortable, but not life threatening.

“Little guys get blisters in their mouths and on their hands and feet,” said CVCS school nurse Sally Lopeman. “It’s uncomfortable rather than dangerous. It acts like a flu with a fever. They can eat soft foods like ice cream.”

Rigorous hand washing and regular disinfecting of surfaces will minimize the spread of the illness, Smelser said.

“It’s spread person-to-person by direct contact with mucous, saliva, or the fluid from the blisters,” he said. “It is also shed in the stool.”

He said parents should keep kids with symptoms home, but even that will not completely stop the disease from spreading.

Smelser said kids can be infectious even without showing signs of the disease, so schools and day care centers have to step up their cleanliness routines until the outbreak subsides.

The New Mexico Health Department has had reports of clusters of hand-foot-mouth disease among children all over the state since spring, he said.

Tech staff search for geothermal energy potential

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Socorro Staff from the New Mexico Bureau of Teology and Mineral Resources and professors in the Earth and Environmental Science Department at New Mexico Tech are in search of geothermal energy.

Geothermal energy is found below the Earth’s surface and can be used for electricity and heat. The partners are going out in the field to wells, and doing field research involving exploring new resources from previous evaluations, said Field Geologist Shari Kelley.

Other staff members are Dr. Virgil Lueth, senior mineralogist and economic geologist; Mark Person, professor of hydrology; and Ron Broadhead, who is extracting temperature data from well logs. Also, associate professor of geology Dana Scholle is taking care of porosity data, and geological librarian Dr. Maureen Wilks is a database expert who will categorize ages of rocks for geothermal potential, Kelley said.

Together, they are defining New Mexico resources for the first time in 20 years, she said.

“There could be more geothermal use in New Mexico,” Lueth said. “We need to make people more aware of geothermal potential. It’s a new resource and people can find it more useful.”

Kelley and graduate student Zeke

Socorro Police Department Sept. 1

• An officer contacted a suspect at Amazon Printing on Sixth Street at 1 p.m. A check with the National Crime Information Center showed an outstanding warrant. The officer arrested the suspect and booked him into the Socorro County Detention Center.

• A person residing on Center Street contacted police about a suspect who was making rude comments over the phone. The phone number was traced to the suspect’s mother. An officer contacted the suspect who denied making the calls. The suspect was advised to stop calling the victim.

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• A police officer was called to Elias Baca Street at 4 a.m. The victim and the suspect were both at a party at the location when an altercation broke out. During the

Salaz, with the Jemez Pueblo community, along with four scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratories, are working on $5 million dollar geothermal grant for the Jemez Pueblo. In December, they will drill into a well to conduct an interpretation of surveys, Kelley said. They will conduct a seismic survey, and gather info what they think is the best place to drill. If the water in the well is not 150C, it will be used for greenhouses in Jemez Pueblo.

If higher than 150C, it will be used for electricity, she said. The greenhouse will be beneficial to the Jemez Pueblo community because they can be productive all-year-round, Kelley said.

“It (geothermal energy) will decrease the demand for petroleum based energy,” Kelley said.

There is also a current geothermal grant that will go to the bureau.

The grant will be $600,000, and the economic benefit will be funded for $200,000 for Lueth to collect age data — the grant will also fund the staff members and graduate students.

Lueth is building database to find resources that have been overlooked in previous assessments, she said. His work is to see how long geothermal systems will last, Kelley said. The objective of the geothermal grant is an update for the geothermal assessment for New Mexico. This is a renewed effort for wells that have been drilled that haven’t been evaluated, she said.

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altercation, the victim’s vehicle window was broken. Several individuals were cited.

• A police officer was dispatched to Socorro General Hospital at 6:30 p.m. to meet with a dog bite victim. The suspect living at the same address on El Camino Real advised the officer that the victim had startled the puppy when it was asleep and it had bitten the victim.

• Socorro police were contacted at 3:40 p.m. by a victim living on Eaton Avenue who reported a suspect was using his water. The victim did not want to pay for the suspect’s use of his water, so he had it turned off. The suspect came to the victim’s house asking about the water and became upset, kicking the victim as the suspect was walking away.

• At 10:03 p.m., an officer was dispatched to WalMart to respond to an assault incident. A victim reported the suspect had pulled up and then yelled at him. The suspect

of this grant will be next summer.

“It (geothermal energy) will decrease the demand for petroleumbased energy,” Kelley said.

Graduate students Jessie Hubbling, Emily Wooten, Trevor Schlossmagly, and undergraduate student David Butler are also working with the staff for geothermal projects. Graduate students Matthew Sophy and Mussie Tewalde, from Eritrea, Africa, are involved with collecting new data. Lueth, who is using a dating technique called Argon dating, is applying this technique to minerals that aren’t dated but grow in a geothermal environment, Kelley said.

Lueth dates when these deposits were in place and how long the geothermal systems are active. The overall system may be over a million years old and Lueth is trying to find answers how long geothermal systems last.

The team is identifying places in New Mexico where there have been water wells drilled within the last 20 years, and talking to owners to update reports, Kelley said. On a property in Truth or Consequences, graduate student Jeffrey Peppin and Kelley are measuring temperatures and water levels in wells to see if there have been any changes from a survey that was done in 1941. They approach owners on a property to measure and test existing water in their wells. Usually the owners encourage the testing, she said. The TorC owners reported there was a drop in flow with the temperature. Person,

Kelley and Peppin are testing the water temperature and checking water levels, drilling into the well and analyzing their data. Working with ranchers and inspecting wells with hot water is a good sign, Kelley said. The water in the well needs to be warm or hot in order to generate electricity.

The temperature device Kelley uses for testing for geothermal energy is called a thermistor, which measures electrical resistance recorded on a computer and a translation of temperature to make plots, she said.

Finding geothermal energy takes place in various areas all around New Mexico. The group drilled a new well in Tres Piedras near Taos. They have also measured wells in TorC for sustainablilty.

Geothermal energy can be used for greenhouses, to heat homes and for fish farming, Kelley said. The process of finding geothermal energy includes taking temperature measurements of depth in areas of water wells that haven’t been measured before, Kelley said.

Warm water was reported in San Acacia.

There is a geothermal well on the Tech campus funded by the Department of Energy. In 2009, Person was on site when the well was drilled. It was 1,500 feet deep and the temperature was 43 degrees Celsius, but the water is not hot enough to heat the campus. Kelley said. Currently, the well is used to test

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then pulled up his shirt, revealing a gun, and threatened to kill the victim. The suspect left the area when WalMart managers came outside.

An officer located the suspect, but did not find any weapon. The suspect was cited for assault.

Sept. 3

• A police officer was called to a California Street location at 12:10 a.m. The victim reported the suspect had grabbed her by the neck and then threatened the life of the victim’s son if her son did not return the suspect’s gun.

The officer contacted the suspect later who denied the allegations. The suspect was cited for battery. This citation is the suspect’s second involving a gun.

• At 9:30 a.m. a victim reported to police that a suspect had driven by his home on Melody Loop yelling and displaying obscene gestures at him. The victim said this report was the second involving this

suspect. The victim did not want to file charges against the suspect. He requested that an officer contact the suspect and tell him to stop bothering him.

• A officer was sent to the Socorro County Detention Center to serve an inmate with an outstanding warrant.

• At 9:50 p.m., an officer was called to the scene of a fight. A victim stated he went to his neighbors’ house on Ivy Street to pick up his wife when the suspect and four others began fighting with him and his wife. The suspect said he was attempting to protect his father because the victim was intimidating him, and then the victim and his wife started a fight. All involved were issued citations.

• A complainant called in a report at 10:50 p.m. about two broken windows noted on a victim’s work vehicle parked on California Street. No suspects were named. The estimated loss

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equipment to see if they work properly, and Tech students also use the well to practice taking temperatures to learn how to run equipment, she said.

“You have to go out into the field and talk with people,” Kelley said.

According to Kelley, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued a major report in 2006 about geothermal potential in the United States, to drill holes to penetrate into hard rocks. MIT recognized that the the United States has geothermal potential and the western part of the country is tetonically active, and the eastern is tetonically inactive, she said.

In 2008, when the economy dropped, the Department of Energy said there were ways to stimulate energy from the Earth’s surface, Kelley said. There is a group in the U.S. from the American Association of State Geologists who wrote a proposal to the Department of Energy. The grant was funded and designed to provide funding where all 50 states have geologic surveys and have gathered data into an organized national database which will be available to the public.

“Geothermal energy is renewable and if you manage the water outflow and inflow carefully you can have a resource that will last for decades,” Kelley said.

for both windows is $600.

Sept. 4

• Police were dispatched at 4:10 a.m. to a victim’s house on Otero Street. The victim stated that an unknown suspect or suspects had entered his residence on Otero Street and stolen a laptop computer and 100 DVDs. There were no signs of any forced entry.

• At 11:14 a.m., a Pie Town resident called police to a location on Sixth Street to report that his hand-held radio was either lost or had been stolen.

The victim said the radio is worth $150.

• A complainant reported at 11:59 a.m. that a named suspect had been harassing her. The officer was unable to contact the suspect at the time of the report.

• An officer contacted a suspect on Park Street at 4:42 p.m. and a check with the National

Crime Information Center showed an outstanding warrant.

The suspect was arrested and booked into Socorro County Detention Center.

• An officer was called to Smith’s grocery store at 10:30 p.m. A store video showed an unknown suspect shoplifting an 18-pack of beer. The officer attempted to locate the suspect.

• At 10:50 p.m., an officer investigating a shoplifting incident involving a silvercolored vehicle located a vehicle matching the description on Blue Canyon Road. The officer stopped the vehicle, and upon further investigation determined it was not the vehicle in question, but the officer did detect the smell of burning marijuana in the vehicle. The suspect had a plastic baggy with marijuana.

The officer cited the suspect for possession of a controlled substance and confiscated the marijuana.

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Warriors: Socorro plays the Warrior way Continued from Page 10 in the first quarter, Esquivel helped his team to a 21-0 lead.

The Tigers scored with 3:02 left in the half when quarterback Toby Henson hit Jordan Mendez out of the backfield for a 41-yard pass then punched it in 40 seconds later on an identical play, but the score could have been much different. Three times in the first half Raton had the ball inside the Socorro 20-yard line, and three times the Warriors fended them off.

On one occasion, Raton’s Seth Parker was stopped inside of the Socorro oneyard line, and later on in the half

Beltran picked off a Henson pass on second and goal for the Tigers.

“I think we’re competitors on defense.” Ocampo said. “I think our coaches are very competitive and that shows to the kids.”

Even though quarterback Zach Binger threw an interception in the Raton end zone just before halftime, Socorro felt good going into the locker room. Ocampo said there was no panic. His team made some adjustments on defense, one adjustment on offense, came out in the second half and played ball.

The third quarter was both scoreless and rife with questionable penalties called on both teams, but the defense

held and the Warriors kept their composure.

Binger stripped the ball out of a Raton ball carriers hands with five minutes left in the game, completely swinging momentum in Socorro’s favor. That helped set up Esquivel’s fourth score, a 28-yard quick pass from quarterback Tyler Crespin in which Esquivel broke at least five tackles en route to the end zone. Baca capped Socorro’s night off with a 44-yard run with 3:00 left on the clock.

Ocampo said he is generally proud of his team and their effort.

“A lot of times young kids, and when you have a young team with brand new

starters, it’s hard for them to rebound off of big plays, off of penalties. And they did,” he said.

Even though Baca and Ocampo both agree there was far too much armtackling during Friday’s contest, overall it was a good showing on both sides of the ball.

“We were playing some pretty good defense, but against a team like that you can’t make a mistake,” Ocampo said.

“They run their screen game so good, I thought we did a fairly good job. They did exactly what we thought they were going to do, and tonight the kids picked it up.”

Socorro will travel to Laguna to take

on Laguna-Acoma next Friday night, and even though the Hawks are 1-2 this season, the Warriors will try not to look past them and on to an Oct. 6 showdown with Hope in Albuquerque.

“We spend so much time drilling in their heads every week that we play a faceless opponent,” Ocampo said.

“What matters is our effort, playing the Warrior way. I hope they’re not looking past Laguna. It’s going to be a good measuring stick to where we are in regard to the Hope’s and the Albuquerque Academy’s.”

Kickoff Friday in Laguna is at 7 p.m., and the Warriors have a bye week on Sept. 28.

Steers: Magdalena volleyball ready for the road Continued from Page 10 ripped their service return into the net.

Quemado opened the second set with a 9-5 lead, but the Steers eventually took the lead at 19-17. With the score sitting at 22-21, Danielle Gordon and Ashley Tafoya both produced unreturnable kills and a 24-21 lead, then a service error by the Eagles’ Kate Eberle gave Mag the 25-22 second set victory.

During the set, Magdalena’s block stood up against a tall, long and athletic Quemado offense, and several times managed to find holes in the

Eagles defense as well.

“Our attack has improved, and the block has improved as well,” Bryan Baca said. “Another thing we’ve improved on is our serving.”

The improvement in the service game, at least compared to its first match with Socorro in August, was noticeable in the third and ultimately final set.

The Steers squandered a five-point lead after they opened the third set at 15-10, but then went on a 7-1 run when Tafoya and Abigail Bullock got hot from the back line and the Eagles couldn’t handle their serve. And just as in the first set, Breann Baca stepped up to deliver her serve at match

point, and Quemado couldn’t handle it. The Steers easily handled the third set with a 25-17 win.

The victory sends Mag to 4-3 on the season, while Quemado drops to 2-3.

Compared to their season-opening match with the Lady Warriors, Magdalena has shown improvement in nearly all facets of the game. “We were a little passive there (in Socorro) and didn’t really want to attack,” Bryan Baca said. “We were pushing the ball over instead of hitting. They exposed us and it gave us something to build on, and we improved on that obviously in the tournament.”

Baca said his squad has built up its aggressiveness and worked heavily in practice on attacking,

blocking and coverage. And again, the Steers are just trying to focus on their game.

“We have strengths. We have hitters and we have servers. We have a package,” Bryan Baca said. “We’ve just got to make it work. We’ve got to put it together. We have everything we need. We’re not huge in front but we can hit.”

The Steers have two more home matches against Desert Academy on Sept. 20 and Mountainair on Sept. 22, which signify the official beginning of district play. They’ll hit the road for matches with Alamo Navajo and Menaul before they return home to face To’hajiilee on Oct. 6.

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Warriors back on the winning side Socorro racks up more than 400 yards rushing against the Tigers

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Jordan Darras attempts to bring down Socorro’s Zeb Esquivel on Friday night. Esquivel rushed for 163 yards and had four total touchdowns during the Warriors victory.

Socorro The weather on Friday night at Warrior Stadium may have been pleasantly cool when Socorro hit the gridiron against Raton, but the Warriors’ offense was anything but cold as it battled to a 35-13 victory against the Tigers to improve to 2-1 on the season.

After sputtering out a bit in a muddy week two loss at Ruidoso, Socorro’s offense came out firing on all cylinders as it rumbled to a 21-0 first quarter lead, then added two touchdowns late to seal the win.

The early scores were a huge plus for a team that was looking to regain a little bit of footing against a talented team in Raton that has seen some quality teams in 2012.

“I think it was huge for us. I think we needed a little confidence boost,” Socorro head coach Damien Ocampo said.

“Especially with a team like this (Raton).

You don’t ever want to play catch up with a team like this. I would say that’s the best non-win team in the state right now. They’ve got talent.”

The loss dropped the Tigers to 0-3 on the season.

The Warriors were paced by Zeb Esquivel, Adam Paz and Damian Baca, as the Socorro offense racked up 442 total yards on the ground.

Junior running back Esquivel proved

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Warriors running back Damian Baca screeches down the sideline during Friday’s game against Raton. Baca rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown.

again that he’s a bruising, battering work horse as he ran for 163 yards and four touchdowns, three on the ground. Paz added 124 yards rushing, and Baca chipped in 121 yards on the ground and a touchdown of his own.

“The blocking was incredible,” Baca said.

“I think tonight, we played the best offensive game we could have.”

And that level of blocking is a huge positive for Ocampo and his squad, as the head ball coach noticed some execution issues up

front during a week one win over West Las Vegas. The Warriors hog mollies may have also been a tad humbled after the Socorro offense managed just 10 points against Ruidoso on Sept. 7.

Friday evening was a different story however, as Ocampo said he was very impressed with his offensive line.

“I thought those guys focused. I thought all offensive lineman and the rotators definitely did a great job,” he said. “I think they took it to heart last game. They really, really worked on getting better and it showed tonight.”

While the Warriors obviously run the ball by committee, they blocked by committee as well against Raton. Gary Lam stepped in when Seve Naranjo tweaked his knee, and Ethan Smith, Isaac Beltran, Felipe Romero, Sam Boykin, Mykel Aragon and Jose and Adam Vasquez all saw time on the o-line Friday.

“I think the kids getting off the ball, and really focusing on their techniques, it really showed tonight,” Ocampo said. “Tonight it was great.”

And that all showed up on the scoreboard very early for Socorro.

On the first play from scrimmage, Paz took a reverse right and ran 30 yards to the Raton 28. Esquivel knocked off 24 yards on the next play, and two plays later he took it in from the four-yard line to give Socorro a six-point advantage just 82 seconds into the game.

Esquivel scored his second touchdown from seven yards out on the coat tails of a 39-yard scamper by Baca. When he ran in his third score with just more than a minute left n See Warriors, Page 9

Lady Warriors volleyball takes two of three in Roswell

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Roswell The Lady Warriors volleyball team competed in the Zia Classic Tournament in Roswell over the weekend, taking two of their three matches to improve officially to 7-3 on the season.

In their first match against Chaparral on Friday, Socorro ran through the Lobos in three straight sets, 25-11, 25-10 and 25-10. Bryahna Baca was the player of the match for Socorro with 13 recorded kills and a dig, while Marissa Sarate added six kills and three digs and Ashley Pyke tossed in four kills, four digs and four aces. Maudie Mauldin had 25 points on serve for

Socorro, including 12 aces.

The Ruidoso Warriors got the best of Socorro in Saturday morning’s match, beating the Lady Warriors in straight sets, 25-23, 25-21 and 25-16. Pyke tallied nine kills, an ace and a dig, and Baca had 10 kills and a block.

Socorro came back on Saturday evening, however, to defeat the 4A Deming Wildcats in five sets, 23-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-27, 15-8. Mauldin was the player of the match as she recorded seven kills, 15 points on serve with seven aces, handled 39 balls with only two errors and notched eight digs. Baca had 21 kills, a block and three digs, while Pyke recorded 20 kills of her own, two aces, two blocks and six digs. It was the Lady Warriors second victory over a 4A team this year.

Socorro returns home on Tuesday, Oct. 2 when it plays host to Cobre at 3 p.m.

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William Schaffer 81 Derek Vigil 84 Timothy Turnbow 85

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Boys 13-14

Nicole Spence 86 Lexi Lucero 94

Boys 15-16

Alexis Nelson 86 Mia Salome 88 Emily Ellis 90

Boys 17-18

Kristen Cline 75 Laura McFarden 82 Sarah Brown 88

Sean Moore 85 (Won Playoff) Brett Hudson 85 Ricky Silva 93 Sean Carlon 76 Andrew Nelson 86 (Won Playoff) Marcos Delgado 86

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Girls 17-18

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Breann Baca, right, and Tristen Dunlap try to sneak the ball over the net during their match with Quemado on Saturday. The Steers won in straight sets.

Steers bring Eagles down to earth Magdalena beats Quemado in straight sets

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Magdalena The Magdalena volleyball team took on a rather familiar foe in the Quemado Eagles on Saturday afternoon, and the outcome was also a familiar one for both teams. The one in which the Steers win.

Magdalena ran through the visiting Eagles in straight sets, 30-28, 25-22, 25-17.

The Steers had previously bested Quemado on Sept. 8 in four sets, but this time they did it without junior Kadie Kiehne, who rolled her ankle in a previous match. Magdalena head coach Bryan Baca had a freshman stepped in for Kiehne, and all still went as planned for the Steers.

Besides the personnel change, Baca said his team made no special adjustments, but just stuck to what it knows.

“We play our game, and we know we can compete,” he said.

It was both teams competing during the first set of Saturday’s match, however.

After Magdalena jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead, Quemado made small runs to come back and tie the set on two occasions, once at 13 and once at 20. The Steers had a set point at 24-23, but a service error kept the set alive for the Eagles.

In turn, Emily Ferranti had a set point of her own to work with at 25-24, but she likewise committed a service error to tie things at 25.

The teams would tie up twice more at 27 and at 28, but Magdalena’s Breann Baca stepped up to serve with a 29-28 lead and put the set away when Quemado n See Steers, Page 9