Planning meeting on marketing for Hidalgo farmers
The Hidalgo County USDA Agricultural Development Committee asked for help, inviting Gene Ott of New Mexico State University to meet with local farmers at the Animal Community Center on Tuesday February 19 at 1 p m. Representatives from ASCS, Farmers Home Administration, Hidalgo Extension Service, and Southwest New Mexico Conservation Service will also attend to answer questions.
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Hidalgo County
U.S.D.A
Hidalgo County Extension Service
Southwest
New Mexico Mexico
Precinct Judges Set For March 4 Municipal Election
Precinct judges and clerks for the March 4 municipal election were named with Rodney Newton presiding over Precinct One and Orin Barney for Precincts Two and Three which consolidate this year. Voter locations will be Central School for Precinct One and Lordsburg Civic Center for Precincts Two and Three. The state Supreme Court designated Judge Edmund H. Kase III to preside over Estrada vs city, after recusals and prior disqualifications. Eleven candidates are running for council seats across four wards with a mix of independents and Better Government ticket members, plus a ballot question on regulating municipally owned utilities by the New Mexico Public Service Commission.
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Rodney Newton
Lina van Buren
Jane R. Traylor
Julia Chase
Mary Louise Morgan
Regina Newton
Orin Barney
Barbara Guerrero
Virginia Chavez
Cecilia Bejarano
Alice Garcia
Karen L. Sanders
State Supreme Court
Edmund H. Kase, III
Seventh Judicial District
Lordsburg
Jesus Estrada
Kase
Garnett Burks, Jr
Las Cruces
Burks
Sixth District
Norman Hodges
Ray Hughes
Sixth District Attorney's
Estrada
State Labor Commission
George B. Basabilvazo
Herbert W. Collins
Basabilvazo
Collins
Better Government
Gerald D. Fuller
Gilbert C. Mora
Arthur Clark Smith
Fuller
Mora
Smith
Ruby Warren
Felipe P. Alvarez
George D. Craig
Manuel C. Ramirez
Ruben A. Bejarano
Ramirez
Albert M. Martinez
Stephen D. Hill
Martinez
Hill
New Mexico Public Service Commission
City inks pact to light I-10 exit signs
Mayor Alan A. Koff signed a contract allowing Lordsburg to fund lighting for newly installed overhead signs on Interstate 10. State official Jerry McNutt asked the council to cover the expense for exit markers, noting the city will not maintain the lights.
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Alan A. Koff
Jerry McNutt
State Highway Department
Lordsburg
McNutt
No Prisoners Yet At Hidalgo County Jail
Hidalgo County may not receive prisoners from the Santa Fe State Penitentiary after a riot. Sheriff Gene Moore said the jail could hold up to 30 minimum security prisoners, but no transfer details have been received. A petition with 59 signatures urged against housing inmates, citing safety and staffing concerns.
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Hidalgo County
Riottorn State Penitentiary
Santa Fe
Gene Moore
Ralph Ellinwood
Moore
Sixth District
Ray Hughes
Lordsburg
Lordsburg Liberal
Hidalgo County Sheriff's Department
Grant
Luna
County Receives Federal EMS Grant For Hidalgo County
A $10,000 federal emergency medical services grant was approved for Hidalgo County with allocations to Virden Cotton City Rodeo Animas and Hidalgo Rescue and a 25 percent county match. The EMS Council met February 6 in Fort Bayard to discuss clinic staffing in Lordsburg and a potential surplus from the 1979 1980 grant may fund equipment. Final action hinges on the Council of Governments February 19 in Silver City.
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Hidalgo County
Don McNutt
County Commission
McNutt
Virden
Cotton City
Rodeo
Animas
Hidalgo Rescue
Council of Emergency Medical Services
Lordsburg
E.M.S. Council
Fort Bayard
Silver City
Council of Governments
Tal Francis
Southern New Mexico Professional Association
New Mexico
Grazing Meeting Planned
BLM District Manager Dan Rathbun announces a grazing information meeting at the Civic Center at 9:00 am on Tuesday February 19. Area Manager Roy Jackson and Rathbun will discuss grazing topics with local livestock operators and the public, as February and March meetings proceed in other cities.
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Arange
Civic Center
BLM
Dan Rathbun
Rathbun
Roy Jackson
Deming
Las Cruces
Holguin enters race for Grant County District Attorney
Grant County resident John R. Holguin announces his bid for District Attorney in Grant Luna Hidalgo counties as a political newcomer. He emphasizes serving the public, bilingual communication, and fairness, invites public input, and joins Asa Kelly and Ralph Ellinwood in the Democratic primary. Holguin is a Silver City lawyer, married with two children, educated at WNMU and UNM School of Law.
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Grant County
John R. Holguin
Grant
Luna
Hidalgo
Holguin
Tri-County
Three County
Silver City
Hotguin
Asa Kelly
Ralph Ellinwood
New Mexico
Louella Jaramillo
Matthew
Andrew
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City Inks
Ramon Renteria
Lordsburg High School
Cindy Elkio
Yvonne Maxwell
Earline Diffenderfer
Sandra Angus
Alice Martinez
Diffenderfer
Effie Diffenderfer
Miss Elicio
Andres Elicio
Maxwell
Arthur F. Maxwell
Angus
Liz Baird
Hachita
Miss Martinez
Jesus B. Martinez
LHS
Francis
John Holguin
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