Santa Rosa News (Newspaper) - May 19, 1977, Santa Rosa, New Mexico Santa Rosa flews r Year Number 10 MAY 19 1977 Santa Rosa New Mexico Anton Chico Passes School Levy The two mill property move to show their grat but that if tre mill levy UNEXPECTED Last Friday morning I awoke with severe chesl pains Things gel any belter as the morn ing progressed I went lo the post office and then as to the Spanish Inn lor coffee and to open the daily mail Then more than likely for first time ever I told NORA GRAHAM I don't want any coffee She asked What's mat I told her She insisted that I go see the doctor immediately Re- calling how my good friend JOHNNY MAR QUEZ has had two re- cent heart attacks which started out as pains in chesl her advice made good sense DR FRED HUNT saw me im- mediately Afler exam ining me he said you have pneumonia How can that be I thought I haven't even had a slight cold Playing things sate I went to De Baca General pital for a cardiogram where after DR ED FIKANEY read it and examined me said you have So I have had four ed days of rest and pampered care al the Fort Hospital From all of this I have learned a lew First all chest pains sre heart attacks if the pains are on the right side ond pneumonia isn't necessarily the advance stages ot a bad cold And lastly while our local hospital is closed we are fortunate to have the De Baca General Hospital so nearby It is stalled by highly cap- able dedicated proles who seemingly have a great personal interest in each vidual patient UPRISING I kept telling DOC FIKANEY that I had to get out of there and back lo Santa Rosa as we were having what may develop into a statewide news story concerning two political and our school system I told him that there were a few more of us licans in Guadalupe County than in heand MIKE TEETER are only two Means I know of over that some of the carry over non cer personnel who had been hired when Republicans had control had been ousted by the present all Democrat school board It is called spoils system but in Guadalupe County we have been playing that game ever since when-- in city the county and the schools Bui now we have a new lady boss of the GOP who doesn't believe that just because things have al ways been so In the past means they have to con- that way so with Continued on Page 4 tax levy was passed by voters in the Anton Chico area lor Rosa Consolidated Schools In Rosa vole was a tied al 141 for and 141 against although there were Iwo bal lots casl for the levy The lax levy's margin of victory in Anton Chico was overwhelm ing 137 votes for its passage to against The 112 affirmative voles there added lo two absentee yes votes carried issue by 114 voles There were 280 voles for the levy and 166 against of the total ol 446 ballots cast Possibly it is a quick when lie Board ot Education meets row at in the superintendent's office to canvass the mill levy results they will also take action on purchase ol the Iwo portable buildings at Anton Chico they have on loan from the State The Board will also reconsider al their can vassing meeting the purchase ol a Burroughs Bookkeeping Machine At regular monthly meeling last Thursday Superintendent Albert Sanchez advised the Board lhat enough to initiale the program approved the Board could get the needed money oy making line item transfers Board Member Larry Marquez opposed the suggestion stating thai it was not on ballot Mrs Don Guadalupe County Republican chairman also ed line item trans- fers Superintendent Sanchez explained that were items such as landscaping which was in the budget and also in the mill levy question il the levy was passed it would release that amount in gel which Ihi Board could transfer over lo Continued on Page 1 Employees Hire Lawyer Board Rejects Hearing New Drivers Aide Hired The bathhouse at Park Lake got a good going-over as part of the general improvements being made on the grounds Lodgers Tax Committeemen Jose Campos and Charles Sanford were In charge of phase of the seeing that the bathhouse was painted cleaned up and had new plumbing installed in preparation for the summer onslaught of swimmers Photo by Robert Marquez Five employees ol Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools system whose contracts were not re- by the School Board appeared with al last Thursday's regular School Board meeling lo seek of their positions Raymond Villani a Tucumcari attorney asked the Board to re- consider tion of his clients Mrs Lucy Rael a leacher aide at the Puerto de Luna and bus drivers Luis Saiz Pat Quintana Juan Tenorio and Frank PARKS GRANT IS APPROVED Pete Domenici an- Wednesday thai Bureau of Out- door Recreation has awarded a grant lo New Mexico State Planning Office for park improvements for City ol Rosa The improvements in- clude a lighted tennis court at the Gutierrez Park and ol the existing tennis court at Park Lake Park Sandoval Mass Held Thursday In Vaughn The City's municipal baseball field received new fencing and ground improvements in recent weeks thanks to the City Council Lodgers Tax Committee and County of Guadalupe City Councilman Campos headed up this phase of improvement project which includes improvements to Park Lake Robert Marquez Park Lake the city's number one tourist attraction has been re a face-lift over past few weeks due to the efforts of the City Council Lodgers Tax Committee and County of Guadalupe New fences have been installed work has been done on the grounds and the roads are being smoothed Assisting in effort are prisoners incarcerated in the County Jail Robert Funeral Mass was celebrated last Thurs day morning for foro Sandoval at St Mary's Church in Vaughn wilh Father Olona officiating Sandoval passed away al Veteran's Hospital in Albuquerque at the age ot 82 after suffering a stroke three weeks ago He is survived by his wife Luz sons John Lee and Daniel Sandoval three ters Mrs Alice Bowers and Mrs Sadie rotte all from nia Mrs Henry doval from Carrizozo one adopted daughter Mrs Clem Griego from Albuquerque one ther Sandoval from Vaughn and 20 grandchildren Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery The American Legion from Vaughn conducted Military Honors Serving as ers were George San doval Benny Sandoval Ruben Bibiano Robert Bibiano Manuel Lopez and Patrick Chavei Maestas al a special School Board meeting April 21 NOT A HEARING Board President Manuel Ulibarri Jr advised Villani lhal the regular meeling being conducted was not a special hearing but lani asked permission lo question the Board as a courtesy lo his clients even though the mem bers were not bound lo answer Ulibarri then staled lhal the ney C Emery Cuddy New Mexico School Boards Association gal Advisor had ad- vised that a hearing was not required tor non- personnel School Superintendent N Sanchez ed in he State Board Regulations stat ing that hearings are not required for fied personnel RECOMMENDATIONS Villani pointed out that his clients had re- favorable and that the safety ol children should be considered He added thai on the basis ot the good by the cipal and dent Mrs Rael should be reconsidered and re- hired She had been recommended by her principal he said and had attended all ed workshops STATE INVOLVED The lawyer then called attention loa con- versation he had had with Slate Transporta lion bough requesting his presence at the ing stated his schedule would not permit him to attend and thai he had not been notified of the action in terminating the contracts of the four bus drivers Villani said bough had asked him to advise Board lhat Paragraph 6 of con- tracts state that no con is effective without the director's approval and lhat il the drivers were terminated be cause of their political affiliations he would not approve new con tracts SPECIAL MEETING The attorney's third point was thai the cial meeting provisions were not at the meeting where the em- ployees were terminal ed and was a ques tion about the executive session called to discuss pe rson ne I matters That he said may have created a violation of Traffic on S Highway 46 in downtown Santa Rosa was held up for approximately 30 minutes during the lunch hour Wednesday as the Santa Rosa Fire ed a fire at the Whiting Brothers Motel According to Motel Manager Doris Jones she was working in motel area when she smelled smoke Mrs Jones proceeded to in- the whereabouts of the smoke locating flames in the kitchen of the motel's living quarters The local fire department was contacted and responded quickly to the call snuffing out the fire within 20 minutes No one was injured in incident though an infant was asleep in an adjoining bedroom Cause of the Wednesday fire was attributed toa short in the electrical wiring in the circulating fan above the gas cook said local motel manager Tim Lucero Chico Senior Citizens Wagon Cause Commission Woes A stalion wagon pro vided by the Guadalupe County Commission to senior citizens in the Anlon Chico area was the bone ol contention at lasl Friday's regular Commission meeling Jake Langley appear ed before the sion to complain thai senior citizens were not being allowed use of the vehicle He reported that Anton Chico School Principal Frank Lujan claimed car was school properly and would not release it to elderly Commission Chair man Paul R Madrid Jr explained that station wagon was in- tended lor the use of senior citizens wilh school bus driver Pete Pino lo operate il and Anton Chico School to maintain it District Ben ny Flores warned the Commission to make sure vehicle was properly insured lo avoid County liability in event ol an accident Madrid staled thai the school by agreeing to maintain the car would lake care of the insur ance Commissioner Arthur Ortega lo go to Anlon Chico this week in an attempt lo straighten the mailer out Madrid said lhal it the ences could not be tled the Commission would bring the car back lo Santa Rosa Langley then asked or use ol the County's loader tor the Anton Chico Park and was told il was being used in Vaughn al present He also asked for a stretcher to be kept in the stalion wagon say ing he had already re- quested one from Ad Assistant Ralph Sierra Madrid said Commission had no knowledge of the request but would talk lo Sierra about ol a stretcher HAS BEEN SAID If a man empties his purse inlo his head no one can lake il from him WEATHER Continued on Page 4 local May May May May May May Nichols Moisture 0.10 0.20 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00
