El Defensor Chieftain (Newspaper) - November 11, 2006, Socorro, New Mexico Eagles Hove Landed Running Free Celebrate Nature volleyballs amazing fun to state came to an end Thursday PAGE 12 A South Dakota man founded a for wild horses INSIDE Our preview of the 19th Annual Festival of the Cranes INSIDE TSi SL C CT U Copyright 0 El Chieftain I I O I I 0 I I I K mm LINE Area code to change t Socorro and Catron counties are set to change to a 575 area code in early after a New Mexico Public Regulation Commission By a 32 the commission decided most of the state would change area while a sec tion in northwest and tral New Mexico would keep the 505 area The commission decided last week that the geographic split was the best way to add another area They received public comment largely favoring that Schools hold union vote The Socorro School Employees Association and the Socorro Consolidated Schools agreed Thursday afternoon to hold an election to determine whether the cer employees want union rep for collective bargain The district agreed to provide appropriate coverage for the cer staff to leave their class rooms to According to the consent elec tion certified employ ees the excluded from collective bargaining are sory employees confidential employees head teachers at San Antonio and Midway elementary schools and the preschool and contract Classroom head teachers at AIM High and Socorro High the speech language pathologist and the occupational therapist may Quemado hosts veterans show Quemado High School is scheduled to host a Veterans Day program to honor all veterans Students will present a World War II and a ceremony for soldiers will take A color guard from the New Mexico National Guard armory in Socorro will Refreshments will be served beginning at and the program will start at 6 All veterans are invited to For more contact Kelly McKinley at 505773 BIRD Ducks Canada Geese 164 Light Geese Sandhill Cranes Eagles 0 Swans 0 American White Pelicans 2 American Coot 490 Marsh and Water Birds 49 10 Gulls and Terns 2 Hawks and Owls 25 Rare birds noted at refuge None Count as of WEATHER Sat Generally High Winds SE at 10 to 20 SUBSCRIBE TO El CHIEFTAIN I t where i of the after re said the 1970 ate cant tell her calls Alderete I news was and the bad ve to tell Zella deployment is s had two brothers id Rocco She copes with was unavailable for is Everett Binger is trait lent to a month she ten he would have retired if Reserves hadnt called him to active a Socorro firefighter and Fort Rili his Bing wif Wm ive serv leg share their The Singers were hoping hej in but now they retirement after he f month that was Binger He was that She is keeping track 4 she on a daytoday Thats the A A They cc said that gets to sv Ha i prac I tices hi civilian She said her husband to le we much of the American originally joined the school graduation and his He entered the Army and the in the 42nd thr Persian Gulf War and January for probably 1 doesnt have ty much right in the middle of His group of medics will have the mary objective of training will also run missions and observe she Her husband is scheduled toj Socorro for the holidays Everett non the 2291st unit i hes deploying with a team xt y is Icing as a in Houston and has I a business flavoring classic He is sity of Houston and plans to back to Colorado State to graduate with a bachelors in international studies in V successors in Afghanistan still receive See Board approves wellness policy By Audry Olmsted El Defensor Chieftain Managing Editor Magdalena school board members reluctantly approved a wellness policy this week that could create many obstacles in implementing the Superintendent Mike Chambers said he had two issues with the policy the school is required to adopt the policy even though there are restrictions and requirements in it that could be difficult to and the school is required to appoint an advisory committee to review the policy and the school to see that the points in the policy are Chambers aid the could be in danger of losing its lunch program if the policy was not The whole thing is really kind of the superin tendent There are areas in the Chambers that could become expensive for the school or may be hard to fit in an already busy According to the the elementary school is required to have two scheduled Vending machines can only include milk with a fat content of 2 percent or soymilk and They can also carry 100 percent fruit juice with no more than 125 calories for the middle school and juice that has at least 50 percent fruit for the high The policy also details the types of food allowed in vending For with the exception of yogurt and products in the m See Page 6 Newly elected sheriff looks forward to working with community By Audry Olmsted El Defensor Chieftain Managing Editor com Phillip Montoya says he is excited to have been elected as the sheriff of Socorro County and says he looks forward to work ing with the I look forward to working for the peo ple and with the people of and to move the department forward and better serve Montoya Republican Montoya beat former Undersheriff George Van Winkle as by 618 votes with a total of Van Winkle received It was a good It never got nega Montoya Montoya said he is going into the posi tion of sheriff without an say ing he did not feel there was a need for someone in that he is going to bring in a person to help with the financial aspects of but did not elaborate on who that person would Chief Deputy Shorty Vaiza is doing a good Montoya and there is no need at this time to bring in a new Montoya reiterated as he plans to have two permanent officers sta in the northern part of the county in and is going to reopen the substation in He also wants to work with the schools in the county to continue some such as the GREAT program Gang Resistance Education And Training pro and also implement new Montoya said he is grateful to everyone who supported him during the election including his friends and citizens in In a phone Van a congratulated Montoya on win ning the I think it was a good Van Winkle said of the I wish Phillip Montoya all the luck in the world and the best of 0 See Page 6 MESA team wins first place at regionals in Las Cruces By Argen Duncan El Defensor Chieftain Reporter Here we go Once the Socorro High School Engineering and Science Achievement students beat out the competi tion at the annual regional contest Monday In Las They took first place with 189 while the team had 162 Thats a huge said sponsor Peggy Of Socorro Highs 49 competing students divided into 16 event 12 teams and 39 students won rib They took first place in four of eight The students had worked on projects for about a We got a late start this We overcame a lot of hardships we had a lot of computer She said the program needs more com particularly laptops for Taking time out only to she and the students worked all weekend until 2 the day of the They put in a huge effort and really did an awesome she Parents helped with projects or brought students to the school during the Among the Socorro students took first and second place in the robotics com in which robots receive scores for time and precision in following a said judges cheered robots because they traveled so much faster than the Sophomore Isaiah Acevedo basically programmed both she but he competed on the Acevedo said the robots both took two weeks of working hours a week to There was a lot of trial and he Some stuff wouldnt so we had to change it One of his junior Johnathon said they tried different body Sophomore Manuel Vega said they See Page 1 Argen Defensor Chieftain Engineering and Science Achievement students from left sophomore Isaiah Junior Johnathon Lopez and sophomore Manuel Vega watch the robot that won first place In the recent contest at New Mexico State These students competed with the but Acevedo worked with both Get a Home Equity Wells Fargo today that fits your needs Socorro 50583524101 Magdalena 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