Hidalgo County budget talks beg for 1976-77 funding
Hidalgo County commissioners opened a budget planning workshop with requests totaling over 230000. A road to Playas from Lordsburg drew a 100000 ask, while the fair board sought 2000 more to reach 5000 and 27000 for a new exhibit building. The aging group asked 2000 pending federal matching funds.
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Playas
Lordsburg
Herb Saucedo
Saucedo
Commission
Lloyd Payne
Animas
Hidalgo County
Fair Board
Ena Mitchell
Lordsburg-Hidalgo County
City Prepared For Court Over Condemnation Suit
The city plans a jury trial over the condemned 14 acres of Peter Chase family land for a new sewage treatment plant north of town. Reynolds will seek a jury verdict after an appraiser estimated the land at 100 per acre, far above the Chase family's claim of near 1000 per acre.
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Silver City
John Reynolds
Lordsburg
Alan Koff
Peter Chase
Chase
C.N. Morris
Sherman Law Firm
Shermans
Reynolds
Jack Morgan
Morgan
Ena
City
Water Quality Discussed By RC&D In Glenwood Meeting
State Law 92-500 governing water quality will be presented at the Glenwood Community Center at 1 p.m. on Thursday April 29 by Tom Keyes of the New Mexico Water Quality Commission and Chuck Youberg of the Soil Conservation Service. The SWNM RC&D will elect officers for Catron, Grant, Hidalgo and Luna counties and review Section 208 nonpoint pollution rules. Other council and committee meetings with various chairs will run from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. locations include Blue Front Lounge Los Olmos Fire Station and Presbyterian Church. Public participation urged to aid conservation and development of southwest New Mexico resources.
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New Mexico
Glenwood
Tom Keyes
New Mexico Water Quality Commission
Santa Fe
Chuck Youberg
Soil Conservation Service
Albuquerque
SWNM
Rc&d
Catron
Grant
Hidalgo
Luna
Council of Governments
John Lopez
George Adams
Community Center
Forestry Wildlife Committee
Buddy Allred
Blue Front
Keith LeMay
Doc Campbell
Los Olmos
Lewis Putnam
J.T. McMillen
Leon Bower
John Higbie
Gene Peterson
Bike Ride Registration Deadline Notices
Sponsor sheets for the Bike Ride must be submitted to the school or Lordsburg Liberal office by Friday morning to allow student participants to register for the ride on Sunday April 25.
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Lordsburg Liberal
Felipe Alvarez Announces Hidalgo County Commission Bid
Felipe Alvarez a longtime Hidalgo County resident and current town council member seeks the Democratic nomination for county commissioner district one. He cites aims including a Lordsburg Playas Townsite road, higher county employee salaries if funds permit, and park and recreation funding with city aid. Alvarez and his wife Tillie have two sons, Jose and Jaime.
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Felipe ‘Pipo’ Alvarez
Hidalgo County Commission
Alvarez
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Tyrone
Lordsburg
Phelps Dodge
Tillie
Jose
Jaime
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Antonio Mendoza
Payne
Mendoza
Gerald White
White
National Health Corps
Felipe Alvarez
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