Santa Fe New Mexican Pecos Valley, The (Newspaper) - September 29, 2004, Santa Fe, New Mexico September THE NEW 1 ROWB SAN JUAN LACUNAS VILLANUEVA VALENCIA GLORIETA LT IL MT i ti m T Munoz leads If you were looking for Brian after the Pecos Panthers senior game last he was the one drinking all the scored all four touchdowns for Pecos as it beat the Springer Redskins 270 at Perkins Stadium on the New Mexico Highlands scored on two runs of 35 yards each and added two punt returns of 50 and 65 yards as He is a lot more coor than a lot of kids his said Pecos coach Mel He is which is a big The Panthers defense shut down Springer on vir tually every Rael was sure the Redskins finished the game with negative Pecos 30 faces Mora on Sunday at 11 business tour this weekend The Celebrate Pecos Business and Studio tour will take place in and around Pecos this week Signs at both the Glorieta exit and the Rowe exit off Interstate 25 Will direct visitors to the Bank of Pecos parking lot where they can pickup maps showing the locations of the participating nesses and open The parking lot also will be the site of a fair that will include food rides and Eleven studios are partici pating in the tour showing rock bronze and wood beading and silver About a dozen busi nesses Will offer special deals during the tour that runs through Diplomas for vets The Pecos school district is looking for World War II veterans who left high school to join the mili The district intends to award highschool diplo mas during its graduation ceremony in Anyone interested should call the district at juniors shut out Mora The Pecos Juniors football team barely broke a sweat against Mora in a 410 win last Saturday at Perkins Stadium on the Aaron Lujan scored on three runs of and 65 yards and added a touch down catch from quarter back Adam Varela for 20 Varela also hit Eli Varela no relation with a 10 yard score and ran back a fumble recovery 65 yards for another Pecos faces the Las Vegas Raiders next Sun day at Perkins Stadium at 12 The New Mexican students getting laptop By BRANDON GARCIA New Mexican When your teacher asks a is it OK to Google the answer If youre in the seventh or eighth grade at Pecos Middle ponder ing the ethics of using an Internet search engine in class is an actual Pecos Middle School will be hand ing out 138 laptop computers to students with money that was part of Richardsons initiative to encourage technological literacy among The eighth graders received the laptops last week and the seventh graders will get them next The students will keep the computers until they graduate from high the laptops are Students will keep the computers at school during the where they will be locked in a but they can take them home over the week The computers serial numbers are the student responsible for which should prevent said Emily the districts tech Tq receive a parents must put down a deposit in case of accidental If the district determines the computer was inten parents will likely have to pay for a replace ment no small cost because each laptop is worth Ortiz also said that the district would work with parents If they cant afford the Our kids have done a wonderful job taking care of computers over the last four or five said She estimates only five screens out of 700 laptops have been broken in that time The computers come with a back pack and the bag is big enough to accommodate extra Ortiz The students comput ers are Dell 1100 models and are equipped with Microsoft Win dows XP and Office They have screens and weigh less than 10 The district might have to buy extra batteries because they cally last about Seventh graders will receive Compaq computers with similar Each computer is equipped for wireless which the district decided to install four years ago before knowing about the Students can access the Internet in their classrooms without cords criss crossing the Pecos Middle School is one of 27 schools in the state to receive money for laptop computers from the New Mexico Laptop Learning The first phase of the first round of money became available in January for the initiatives pilot Since two more stipends have been Pecos Middle School received money for the eighth grades laptops during the second phase of the first The second round will pay for the seventh grades comput in the Melissa of wipes mud from her face after complet ing a run In four Maes drove a 1981 Jeep built by her Owners race through the the ara Best truck By GINGER McGUIRE For The New Mexican This it was all about the Tires engines roared and mud was sprayed in every direction at the Pecos Mud where local truck owners com see who the farthest and fastest through a This is said Rudy who has been driving with his dad in these events for three I like the mud you just get to beat on your The 13 yearold drove his fathers blue 1978 Ford about 47 feet in the mud pit before the truck got It proves who has the better added the boys Elena A crowd of family drivers and locals attended the which was held in the afternoon on both Saturday and Sun day at the Sheriffs Posse grounds in Peter who helped sponsor and coordinate the Mud Boggs said about 20 drivers registered for the Please see Page 2 Photos by Lauren New Mexican Jason Roybal of Pecos peers out from a covered window to see where how far his friends Jeep Cherokee had gone on Its first run at the Second Annual Mud Boggs at the Pecos Sheriffs Posse grounds on The vehicle was driven by Jake Quintana of 30 artists ready to show their stuff By GINGER McGUIRE For The New Mexican Artists living in the historic village of are looking forward to opening their studio doors and sharing their visions and hearts with the More than 30 artists will be participating in the 17th annual Studio where the public is invited to visit artists in their studios and view their The tour will take place on 16 and 17 from 9 to 5 Its a great place to be an art said who has lived in the area for seven People migrate especially because there is some thing magical about this basin thats Its so beautiful out MaUey is known for her light sculptures made from salt cedar found along the arroyos in Gali But this shes making Westernstyle corsets using a 1928 Singer sewing She said using her cre is just as exciting as when she was back in school opening a brandnew box Qf And that creativity comes out living in she At the same Cindy a said the vibe in the area helped bring out the artist in her and her both began experimenting with pottery once they moved to steo about three years and she says they fell madly in love with stoneware It turned out to be a great out let our she I dont know what it but theres something in the air here thats Most of the tour can be done on with many places to rest and eat along the including Please see Page 2 Steve New Wexton Some of the artists participating In the Studio Tour display their From Maria y Isabella Barbara Cindy Uw and tU Barbara Frank Lorraine David and Richard
