Reserve Senior Selected

By Richard Torres
For the Mountain Mail
Romelia Aragon, a senior at Reserve High School, has been selected to perform with the All American Cheerleader Team, sponsored by the Universal Cheerleaders Association. Selected by ability, attitude, and performance, this team is composed of students throughout the United States. This team will perform on New Years Day in London, England. Aragon is conducting a fund raiser, selling raffle tickets, to fund the trip. “My mom-Elisa, dad, family and my school has been very supportive. I would like to thank everyone who has helped me,” she said. If you would like to help Aragon by buying raffle tickets, please call 505-290-3327.
Health Committee
Catron County Grassroots Mental Health sponsored a community attended lecture in Reserve Monday. The lecture topic was mental health awareness, presented by Dr. Neil Bowan. He is the Medical Health Director of Hidalgo/Grant County. “Suffering is not necessary. Treatment for many forms of mental health issues is available,” Bowan said. Tara Kellar, President of Grassroots Mental Health, announced the recent clearing of donated land for a facility in Reserve. She stated the group is moving forward in a stated goal of providing services in their own facility for all county citizens.
Flu Clinic
Seasonal Flu Clinic in Catron County, sponsored by New Mexico Department of Health, will be administrating flu shots at the Quemado and Reserve Schools Oct. 26. Call your respective school for details. As of Tuesday, the H1NI vaccine has not arrived for distribution in Catron County.
Village Trustees
The Village of Reserve Trustees, at its monthly meeting this past Tuesday, accepted and paneled an advisory committee for drainage issues. A dozen citizens volunteered their services to work on this committee. Jon Swapp, a U.S. Census 2010 representative, gave a presentation of the upcoming Census Questionnaire to be issued April 2010. Special note: Census questionnaires will not be mailed to P.O. Boxes. This will present concerns to all of Catron County, the largest county in New Mexico. This and other concerns will be addressed at later meetings.
Soccer News
Reserve AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) will have its last matches at Reserve High School at 5 p.m. Friday. A Pot luck and awards picnic is scheduled for Oct.29th at Jake Scott Park in Reserve. The public is invited. “We had over 58 eight players, ranging in age from four to 12 years old, playing this year. They played hard and learned a lot. We encouraged everyone to come to our last games and pot luck to support our kids,” said B.B. Wickett, one of the many volunteers who made this soccer season a success.
Odds and ends
A new day care Center has opened for business in Reserve. Nanny Childcare is operated by Kate Fletcher. “We are accepting newborns thru five years old,” she said. For more information, call 575-533-6476.
Catron County Manager Bill Aymar published the first newsletter for the county. “This newsletter is intended to clarify issues and keep the citizens informed on county business,” Aymar said. The free monthly newsletter will be available throughout the county beginning in November.
Reserve School Superintendent Loren Cushman stated the IDEAL N.M. Program is doing quite well. “This program allows our students to take online classes. These classes are counted toward graduation credits. Historically small schools are limited in class offerings. IDEAL N.M. expands our student’s options,” Cushman said.
Principal Cindy Shellhorn announces the upcoming program called Operation RESPECT.” This program is sponsored and conducted by the District Attorneys Office of N.M. It is for juniors and seniors and will last for four days, will be given awareness instructions in various subject matters, including D.W.I. and self-defense,” Shellhorn said.

Reserve Senior Selected