LETTER: Streets In Rio Grande Estates

To the editor,
On Sunday evening, July 4th, the call came in from a Socorro County Deputy looking for a resident on Beatrice near Escobar in Rio Grande Estates. Could I help?
A month ago at the June 8th meeting of the Board of County Commission under New Business, Item 8i, the vacation of roads in Rio Grande Estates was introduced. The County Manager together with the County Attorney announced to all in attendance that "these roads do not exist". Many residents, taxpayers in northern Socorro County have been requesting street signs so that emergency vehicles can determine Adam from Eve. Delilah Walsh as County Manager is tired of handling these complaints and her easiest way out is to state to the world: "these roads do not exist". I am thankful to Commissioner Monette for offering me the opportunity to address the Board. Simply put, "if you vacate them, you will be inviting a lawsuit".
I wouldn't be surprised if someone else files suit first. When the County requested my assistance six years ago in determining the legal descriptions of the parcels with the illegal tire dumps, it was the existence of these roads, as shown on plats, and the existence of the original surveyed metal pipes at the ends of these roads that allowed me to file my report, a report that sat on the back burner of the County for six years before they decided to act.
I have but one vote for a County Commissioner and he didn't show up at the June 8th meeting. I don't have a vote on the hiring of a County Manager. It is past due time, however, that Delilah Walsh got to work, and placed the road signs in Rio Grande Estates. One of these days when the signs are still not present, an emergency will happen and someone will die due to the failure of a timely response to an address the respondents can't find. Is the County Manager, and the Board, ready for the suit that will follow?

Tom Kimball
Veguita

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LETTER: Streets In Rio Grande Estates

AG Office: No OMA Violations In Reserve

By John Severance

The Village of Reserve did not commit any violations of the Open Meetings Act, according to a ruling from the State Attorney General’s Office that was dated on June 29.
Robert Caylor of Reserve had sent a letter to the AG office, alleging the Village had violated the OMA on two agenda items during a Feb. 16 meeting.
One of the complaints involved going into executive session.
Agenda Item III (A) was listed as “New Business – Review Grant Coordinator Contract). The minutes state that Mayor Connie Wehrheim “motioned to move this item in closed session,” but there was a counter motion. The minutes said that Council member (Richard) Torres motioned to table this item and the motion passed. Therefore, assistant attorney general Zach Shandler wrote that the Board did not go into executive session on this item and this part of the complaint is moot.
Agenda Item XI was listed as “Closed Session Pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, NMSA 1978, Chapter 10, Article 15, Section 1 (H)(@) limited personnel issues, discussion of hiring, promotion, demotion, dismissal, assignment or resignation Mayor and council to consider ending probationary period and retention for one employee.
The Agenda stated that there was a narrative description of the proposed type of personnel action for the executive session.
The minutes stated, “Mayor Wehrheim called for a motion to close as stated above. Council member (Keith) Riddle stated the council was merely trying to evaluate an individual’s performance so that his employment could be continued not on a probationary period.
Caylor said he believed that the individual employees’ name must be listed and Riddle motioned to go into closed session and the motion passed. When the Board returned to open session, Wehrheim attested that “only the subject stated” in the motion was dicussed in executive session.”
The AG office concluded that the motion to go into executive session contained the required specifity for the legal authority and for the subject to be discussed and thus the board complied with the OMA and the Board provided a proper assertation for the record when it returned to open session.”
Caylor fired off a letter to the Attorney General’s office, voicing his displeasure with the findings.
In the letter to assistant attorney general Zach Shandler, Caylor concluded his letter by saying, “It is no wonder the State of New Mexico is the most corrupt State in the United States of America when its own Attorney General condones the illegal activities of the Municipalities and encourages them to go ahead with whatever they choose to do. Let’s get rid of the OMA, voting laws, nepotism laws and say “do as you wish, we will cover our eyes” and continue to do nothing for the people of the State of New Mexico from the Attorney General’s Office.”
Before the AG response on this complaint, Caylor had sent another letter, alleging other violations of the OMA by the Village Board.
Caylor also is contesting the March election in which he lost by one vote to sit on the Village of Reserve trustee board. He filed suit against Riddle.
A hearing is scheduled for July 21 at 11 a.m. at the Catron County Courthouse, but Caylor said his attorney will be out of the state on that date and he needs to reschedule.

AG Office: No OMA Violations In Reserve

Sylvia’s Autobiography Marches Onward, Upward

Sylvia
By Anne Sullivan

Every day, between barking, eating and napping, Sylvia took pen in paw and wrote and wrote and wrote. By Saturday she’d filled one entire spiral college-ruled notebook and I was forced to give her another. With trepidation I noted the pages piling up and wondered how she could find so much to write about in 12 short years (certainly years that seemed very short to me) during which she’d never left Swingle Canyon except for a few protesting visits to the vet.
It crossed my mind that, at this rate, she just might possibly finish writing 200 typed pages and, according to our deal, I would have to send the typed manuscript to publishers and make every possible effort to get it published.
I consoled myself with the thought that typing would take Sylvia a long time. Paws are not made for hitting computer keys, especially not Sylvia’s gargantuan paws. She had long complained about the task whenever I refused to help her.
“How are you coming, Sylvia?” I asked with false cheer.
“Good, good,” she raised her head from the paper to answer. “This book is bestseller material, I just know it. I’ve got so much to say, I’ll probably have to write a sequel.”
“Oh,” I said, “That’s nice. When do you think you’ll be finished?”
“Probably next week.”
“Then you’ll have to type it. That will take you a good while, I’m sure.”
“It would if I was going to type it myself.”
“Oh,” I said, taken aback. “Who are you going to get to type it? I can’t possibly do it. I’m far too busy.”
“Don’t worry about it, boss. Gordo will do anything for money. And those tiny claws ought to get the job done in no time.”
“Does Gordo know how to type?”
“He can learn,” Sylvia said with confidence.
“And how are you going to pay him? I didn’t know you had any money.”
“The good lord will provide. Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” Sylvia chanted and later added, “As a matter of fact, I think I’ll teach Gordo now and he can type what I’ve already written. Then I can tweak it on the computer.”
“Good idea,” I said, biting the bullet. “Gordo’s on the porch now. Why don’t you chase him in and start the lessons.”
Sylvia put down her manuscript with a sigh and barked at Gordo while I held the door open for the historic moment when Gordo would enter my house for the very first time. Unlike RingWorm, he had neither curiosity nor inclination to do more than cry pathetically at the door. Since I am allergic to cats I did little to encourage him. I must say, once inside, Gordo looked none too happy about the situation but cheered up rapidly when I poured him a dish of Party Mix.
I could tell by the grumbling grinding noise and rattle that Sylvia had turned The Computer on. In another 15 minutes it would be ready for business.
When the noise turned to the loud hum of a truck going by, Sylvia herded Gordo into The Computer Room. From the kitchen I caught a glimpse of Gordo standing on the chair, Sylvia hovering over him. Now and then Sylvia would bark sternly and slap Gordo’s paws. On his part, Gordo made almost constant whining noises. I knew how he felt.
The lesson continued for over two hours before Gordo was allowed out for a drink of water and a run. Sylvia resumed her writing without letup. I had to shoo her out of the house to get some fresh air.
”I can’t stay outside long,” she said. “I’ve got to keep going. There’s a book in me and it’s got to come out.”

(To Be Continued)

Sylvia’s Autobiography Marches Onward, Upward

Fire Update At The Cibola Forest

Mountain Mail Reports
The Cibola National Forest, Magdalena Ranger District received widespread lighting on Saturday, June 26, 2010. The Wood wildfire was detected on Sunday, June 27 and is located 13 miles northwest of Datil in the Datil Mountains. Smoke can be seen from US Highway 60 west of Datil.
The Wood wildfire is approximately 20 acres in size.
The fire is burning in primarily Ponderosa pine, piñon juniper, grass and steep rocky terrain. This naturally ignited wildland fire is being managed for resource benefit, with the primary objective to provide for the health and safety of firefighters and the public. The resource benefit strategy allows wildfire to function ecologically within a fire dependent ecosystem.
This Wood Fire will remain active until weather patterns established over the region receive enough precipitation to extinguish the fire. The Forest Service will continue to monitor and patrol the fire.
The following Stage 1 Fire and Smoking restrictions remain in place on the Magdalena Ranger District:
• Campfires, charcoal grill and stoves fires are prohibited on national forest lands except in Forest Service developed camp and picnic grounds where grills are provided.
• Pressurized liquid or gas stoves, lanterns and heaters meeting safety specifications are allowed.
• Smoking is allowed within an enclosed vehicle or building; a developed recreation site; or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter and free of all flammable materials.
For more information about current fire activity or fire restrictions please call the Magdalena Ranger District at 575-854-2281, or visit the Cibola National Forest website at: www.fs.fed.us/r3/cibola.

Fire Update At The Cibola Forest

Quemado: Book Mobile, Senior Center

Quemado News

By Debbie Leschner
For the Mountain Mail

The Rural Book Mobile will be here on Tuesday, July 13 by the Quemado post office at 3:45 p.m., Datil post office at 1 p.m, Pie Town post office at 2:30 p.m and Alamo Cherry town housing at 10:30 a.m.

Quemado Senior Center Activities for the week: Pool tournament on Tuesday July 13, quilting and bingo on Thursday with exercise on Friday. Lunch menu: Monday – bean burrito with cheese, Tuesday – spaghetti with meat sauce, Wednesday – baked fish with macaroni and cheese, Thursday – pork stir fry and Friday – chicken fried steak with gravy. All seniors are welcome. Please call the center at 773-4820 before 9 a.m. to make your lunch reservations. Congratulations on your winning float entry.

The Western New Mexico Veterans Group will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, July 15 in the Veterans' Hall located at the corner of Baca and Church Street in Quemado. A potluck with a Mexican theme begins at 6 p.m. with a meeting to follow. All veterans and their families are welcome. For more information contact Commander Rick Sharp 733-4350. The veterans would like to thank the WindWalker and Wind Spirit Drum group from Datil for being on the float during the parade. The group has many awards and nominations to their credit.

Mary and Martha's Thrift Store is open the first and third Saturdays of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The store is located near the corner of Highway 12 and 32 in Apache Creek next to the fire station.

Rodeo Fans mark your calendar for August 7-8. That will be the date for the next rodeo at the Heritage Arena in Quemado.

Robbie Jones, County Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) for Socorro and Catron Counies today announced nominations began June 15 for local FSA county committees. The nomination period continues through Aug. 2, 2010. For more information on FSA County Committee nominations, contact the FSA office at (575)835-1710.

Quemado: Book Mobile, Senior Center

Artist Has Affinity For State, Desert

Mountain Mail reports

Socorro artist Georgette Grey, the Chamber of Commerce’s artist of the month for July, has an affinity for New Mexico and the desert.
"I guess I just like living where the sun shines more often than not. I have been fortunate in that I was able to return to the West for many visits, and even more fortunate that I finally have been able to return to live in New Mexico, land that I love," Grey says.
Originally from Oklahoma, Grey and her husband Prescott moved to Socorro eight years ago.
In the intervening years, she has lived and studied in Ohio, North Carolina, California, and New England.
Her show at the Chamber is a varied watercolor presentation of still life, landscapes and summer scenes.
Grey’s growing body of work totals several hundred pieces.
With formal training in arts as diverse as printmaking and throwing pottery, her true art school has been her life.
Working exclusively in watercolor, her love of nature and her skill with watercolor combine to create works enhanced by observation and knowledge.
“I’ve always worked only in watercolor,” Grey said. “Why? Because I’m always learning new techniques. Trying new things. There’s always something new to try.”
Despite the seeming realism, her work reflects an inner emotional view that the artist refers to as interpretive realism, a style that offers more than the mirror of a photograph or the technical mastery of a draftsman.
Before Grey became a charter member of Socorro County Arts, she was co-founder of The Artists Guild in northeast Massachusetts, was Gallery Director of the Newburyport Art Association from 1994 to 1997, and is a past board member of the Seacoast Artists Association in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Socorro is fortunate to have such a prestigious artist, and her work is also exhibited at Curious Crow Studio on 113 Abeyta Street.
Grey's work has been accepted into many prestigious exhibits including the juried annual Lassonde Show at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and a juried exhibit at the Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, Mass., sponsored by ArtsNorth magazine.
She exhibited by invitation at the Farm Life Museum, Kenly, North Carolina in 1997 and was asked to return in 1998 and each year since.
In 1996 she began exhibiting at Andover Art in The Park, Andover, Mass., and was a familiar face at Art on Bartlet Mall during New-buryport's annual Yankee Homecoming. She has also exhibited in San Clemente and Newport, California.
Many of her originals, plus prints and cards of her work are available at her website: www.vertuarts.com.Selected paintings can be seen at the Socorro Chamber of Commerce through the end of July.

Picture: Georgette Grey describes her technique in her painting “Open Air Market” at the Socorro Chamber of Commerce.

Photo by John Larson

Artist Has Affinity For State, Desert

Local Children To Take Stage At Finley

Mountain Mail Reports

Audiences of all ages will get a fresh look at an old favorite this Saturday, July 10 when the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) and more than 50 local students present “Beauty Lou and the Country Beast.’
Featured as Beauty Lou will be Susan Osborne. The Younger Daughters and Older Daughters will be played by Cameron Cases and Taylor Cases,Samantha Hurtgen and Megan Johnston, Paige Pyke and Brianna Chavez, Taylah Alvarado and Ashlea Steele, Maria Carilli, Isabella Osborne and Aubry Anaya. Imaginary Friend and Beast will be played by Katrine Harland. Dusty and Slim the helpful farmhands will be played by Luis Mendez and Brett Anaya. Faithful friend Fleabite Clyde, the dog, will be played by t/b/d. Buck will be played by MCT Tour Actor/Director Amanda Elaine Dyke.
Hoping to win enough money to save the family farm, Buck sets off for the rodeo and is joined by the rest of the Country Folk: Jonas Akudago, Carmen Apodaca, Felicia Baca, Electra Burleigh, Brandon Esquivel, Zoe Esquivel, Miriam Frisch, Caylah Huber, Emerald Huber, Alejandro Jaramillo, Ambriel Mauldin, J.O. Pekkala, Alisha Pino-Lucero, Jai Qureshi, Gabriella Rodriguez, Rebecca Rojas, Lazarus Sanchez, Carlissa Zamora and Micaela Zamora; and Barnyard Critters played by Jolena Akudago, Rose Carilli, Ismael Chavez, Christian Esquivel, Michael Fan, Miceta Gallegos, Wyatt Gillis, Aislinn Mendez, Russell Montoya, Shanice Rhodes, Maggie Sanchez, Rio Sessions, Alex Torres and Kateri Zamora. Stephanie Holguin and Chris Romero have served as Assistant Directors throughout the week and Elizabeth Smoake on piano accompaniment.
The showwill be presented at 3 and 5:30 p.m. at the Finley Gym. Tickets are $5 for adult and free for youth 17 and under, and are available at the door.
The Missoula Children’s Theatre residency in Socorro is presented locally by the Socorro Consolidated Schools, City of Socorro and the New Mexico Tech Performing Arts Series with lodging provided by Dr. Eileen Comstock and Warren Marts. For more information, call Ronna Kalish or Titia Barham at 835-5688.

Local Children To Take Stage At Finley

No One Injured In Church Wall Collapse

By John Severance

LEMITAR – A day later, general contractor Dewey Christenson still was shook.
Christenson and his crew had been working on restoring the La Sagrada Familia, a Catholic church in Lemitar.
But at 12:35 Tuesday afternoon, the wall, all of the sudden, collapsed.
“It was horrifying,” Christenson said. “I am sure God protected us by bringing it down without anybody in there.”
Christenson and his crew had installed some scaffolding inside the church in the morning and decided to take a lunch break.
When they returned from lunch, the wall came down.
“I was going to send two of my guys underneath the floor to help shore up the structure by putting in some blocks,” Christenson said early Wednesday morning. “It just went. We wanted to shore up the structure and then bring the wall down.”
“Praise God, it’s near miraculous nobody got hurt,” said Father Andy Pavlak, the pastor of San Miguel Parish that includes missions in Lemitar, Alamillo, Kelly, Luis Lopez, San Antonio, Magdalena, Polvadera, Riley and Socorro.
“This is truly a sad day for the Roman Catholic Church in Socorro County. We have been working diligently to preserve the history and integrity of this church and unfortunately, time, wear and the elements have taken too great a toll on this historic and holy place.
On Wednesday, Christenson said he was waiting on an adobe specialist and structural engineer.
“I am not qualified to say if it is fixable,” Christenson said.
La Sagrada Familia is 179 years old.
“The wall is made of adobe plaster and a lot of churches made back then have this problem,” Christenson said. “The water whicks up into the adobe and deteriorates it. We have lost several churches around the state with the same problem. “This is an incredible wakeup call,” Pavlak added. “We will be inspecting all the churches. All of them have been plastered with cement plaster including this one (San Miguel Church in Socorro).”
Pavlak said walls collapsed at a church in Questa recently.
“The water gets trapped between the cement and the adobe,” Pavlak said. “You noticed that there was a lot of powder where the wall collapsed. Dewey put his hand behind the plaster and there was nothing.”
Pavlak and Christenson had gotten a go-ahead from a structural engineer Tuesday night to go into the choir loft area inside the church.
Early Wednesday morning, two angels, 10 statues, some pews, an organ, and old confessional and nine of 14 stations were recovered from the church.
The church had been closed since last fall when plaster started falling from the ceiling and the floors began to buckle.
Pavlak said he has been conducting mass once a month in Lemitar at the home of Lorella and Bill Chavez, who are the majordomos (or caretakers) of the church. The Chavezes live across the street from the church.
The pastor also said he has heard from Beau Braswell, who put the last roof in at the church and they talked about ways to take the pressure off the remaining three walls.
“I am hoping we can take the pressure off the walls, but we also don’t want to destabilize it,”
Pavlak is fearful that some strong gusts of wind could bring the whole church down.
On Tuesday night, Pavlak held a mass and he cited Gospel Mathew 16:3-19, which is about the feast of Saint Peter and Paul. About halfway through the passage, there is this quote, “And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.”
“I’m glad God has a sense of humor,” Pavlak said. “How ironic. Or is that a message?
According to a history book about the San Miguel Churches, Sagrada Familia Mission was built in 1831 and the land was donated by Juan Platero. The building has a resemblance to San Miguel in Socorro. And according to the book, Don Pablo Sanchez and his wife are buried underneath the present Altar. They were a prominent family in the Catholic Community. In front of the church are buried other notables of the town who were bearers of responsibility known for their work in the church.
One Lemitar resident probably summed it up best Wednesday morning when she said, “It’s a sad day for Lemitar.”

Photos by John Severance

No One Injured In Church Wall Collapse

Flooding Wreaks Havoc In San Antonio

By John Severance

SAN ANTONIO -- Rhonda Malone has lived off Highway 1 near San Antonio for the past 19 years.
And she has never seen anything like it.
Monday’s thunderstorm caused the arroyos and the ditches to overflow, which closed roads, stopped trains, flooded properties and farmer’s fields.
“I was scared,” said Malone, who works at the Socorro Police Department. “I didn’t want it to come into the house. After it was over, I was out there shoveling, trying to get the water off my property.”
Next to Malone’s house was a field that was still underwater 24 hours later.
“That field filled up quickly,” Malone said. “I had never seen it fill up that quickly. It filled up a couple of years ago when it rained three days in a row. But never like this.”
Undersheriff Les Torres said his office received numerous calls Tuesday night.
The sheriff’s department closed the road as mud and water caked the asphalt and boulders could also be found in the roadway.
“Highway 1 experienced a lot of problems,” Torres said. “There was a big puddle by the Savedras. And there were some other washouts. We were out there for a long time. The arroyos were running and the ditches were at capacity.”
According to the National Weather Service, only .56 inches of rain fell on the Socorro area on Tuesday. Many believe that more than an inch and probably two fell south of Socorro in the San Antonio area.
“Heavy rain caused the ditches to overflow and there was too much arroyo water and it couldn’t handle it all,” said Johnny Munyo of the Socorro Water Conservancy. “It has happened before in different places. It’s never the same.”
At John Montoya’s farm down Highway 1, the field was flooded and damage was done to a cement ditch that runs down the side of the property.
John Montoya Jr., Montoya’s son who works in the public affairs office of the National Guard, pointed out holes that run underneath the ditch and cracks that appeared in the cement.
“See that crack?” Montoya Jr. asked. “That was not there yesterday.”
The Montoyas and the Soil Conservation District had split the cost of the ditch.
“It’s going to be tough to get this ditch system fixed,” Montoya Jr. said. “The water undermined the integrity of the system. This storm was as bad as the one we had three years ago when it rained for three straight days.
“There definitely was a lot of water. The damage was really really bad.”
On the other side of the Montoya’s property, Chris Lopez’s field also was under water.
Also in the San Antonio area, the Wades, who live on Farm-Market Road, breathed a sigh of relief.
“Dad (Dave Wade) said without a doubt we got about two inches of rain,” said his daughter Cindy Wade. “It was a combination of rain in the hills and us getting the rain. It could have been worse if the rain had lasted longer.
“We were lucky. We had just bailed our hay by 1 p.m.. There are farms out here that still had their hay down.”

Flooding Wreaks Havoc In San Antonio

Magdalena In Search Of Backup Well

By John Larson

MAGDALENA – The residents of Magdalena may face another water crisis similar to the one last year if a backup well is not in working order, according to a report by Mayor Sandy Julian at Monday night’s village board meeting.
“We have no backup well. The Spears and Benjamin wells are down, and if something happens to our (one working) well, the people of Magdalena will have no water,” Julian said. “The secondary well is near the Trujillo well and it was never hooked up to the main line. We’re going to have to get engineers in to have it checked.”
The need for a backup was exemplified last year when water was in short supply for three days in March, 2009, when a major pump failure in Magdalena’s main water well resulted in the draining of the village’s water tanks.
Because of water shortage, classes at Magdalena Schools were cancelled for two days, and Fred Hollis and Jerry Wheeler of Socorro County Fire and Emergencies Dept. helped Marshal Larry Cearley get bottles of drinking water to the elderly and home-bound.
The American Red Cross in cooperation the Walmart Distribution Center in Los Lunas responded to the situation with a pallet of 54 cases of bottled water.
The failure was due to the fact that the contractor - four years before - had failed to install a anti-vibration collar, what’s called a “spider”, on the submersible pump. Over time the normal vibrations damaged the pump’s wiring, resulting in a short circuit which burned out the pump.
In April, 2009, the village government began the process for getting that backup well on-line.
That process was halted when the state government pulled funding from the project.
Julian said funding for getting the exploratory well completed will be hard to acquire.
“I might have to go to Santa Fe to try to get loans or grants,” she said. “Rita will have to help look for other places to apply for grants.
“I’m worried that if something happens, we won’t have water. Right now we have nothing to back us up. We may have to be in debt for the rest of our lives, but we need to have a backup well.”
Julian said in the meantime
she located a company in Albuquerque that could get a pump installed within 24 hours.

In other village business:
• Julian appointed Trustee Barbara Baca to assist Fire Chief Art Rauschenberg with paperwork. “I want her to work with Art on what needs to be ordered and what not to order,” Julian said.
•Deputy Marshal Brad Welton has turned in his resignation to be effective July 11. “He will work through Old Timers weekend and that’s it,” Julian said, “He sent a letter to Larry which was given to me.”
•Julian asked the Board for guidance on how to proceed with a request to making sidewalk repairs on Main Street between Third and fourth streets. The sidewalk can either be removed completely or replaced with new cement, Julian said. “Dean Otero said he could do the work himself, but we have to buy the cement. Or we could just tear it out and pack the dirt down, and not worry about it anymore.” She said, if approved, there was a possibility of other residents wanting sidewalks on their streets repaired. The board tabled the issue “until we know which way we’re going.”
• The Board approved a request from Rauschenberg to spend $9,000 on supplies and needed upgrades for the volunteer fire department, including a new glass front door and various firefighting tools.
• Julian said repairs to one of the village vehicles needs to be done and a quote has been submitted by Winston’s garage. “I was told he could go ahead and do the work, and hold the bill until August, “to help out the village (financially).”

Magdalena In Search Of Backup Well