City Council Approves 1982 83 Budget Totaling 6 097 381
The City Council approved the 1982 83 budget of 6 097 381 and sent it to Santa Fe for final Finance Department approval. Major components include gas funds 4 995 180 and General Fund 535 250 with revenues from fines registrations taxes licenses and state shared taxes among others to support police health welfare and airport projects.
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John Schimmel
Santa Fe
Department of Finance
Short Park
Official Says Cut Your Wood This Summer
The Black Range District of the Gila National Forest urges fuel wood users to plan ahead for winter. District Ranger Charles Shipp says personal use wood is available now with areas for dead wood and green wood. green wood should be stacked and cured four to six months. No permits issued in January and February due to muddy roads. Contact the Black Range District Office in Truth or Consequences for permits. office hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays.
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Black Range
Gila National Forest
Charles Shipp
Ranger Shipp
Rio Grande Valley
South Broadway
Truth Or Consequences
Mountain Bell Seeks Time-Based Billing Change
Mountain Bell asks the State Corporation Commission to bill long distance NM city calls by time segment rather than whole rate periods. Proposed: 35 percent discount period and 60 percent discount period apply within each rate segment. If approved, effective July 15, with out-of-state calls already billed this way since FCC approval.
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Mountain Bell
State Corporation Commission
SCC
New Mexico
Bill Bayes
Federal Communications Commission
Don McNutt to Lead 120 Hour EMT Course
Hidalgo EMS announces a 120 hour emergency medical training course to start mid July. Limited to 20 applicants 18 years or older in good health. Final application date July 14 at the EMS office on hospital grounds. Classes three to four nights a week plus some Saturdays with CPR ambulance driving and equipment monitoring. Fee is 30 dollars to cover books papers and paraphernalia.
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Don McNutt
Hidalgo
EMS Academy
Fiddlers Vie For Prizes In Animas
The first annual Animas Fiddler contest will be held Saturday June 26 at the Animas Community Building with seven divisions including Junior Junior 12 and under Junior 13 to 17 Young Adult 18 to 40 Intermediate 41 to 64 Senior over 65 Best Accompanist and Jackpot Championship. Registration 11 a.m. contest 1 p.m. Barbecue at 5 per plate then a dance at 8 p.m. Senator Jack Schmitt will present pictures and slides from his walk on the moon.
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Animas
Jack Schmitt
Deer poaching tip leads to rewards in New Mexico
Operation Game Thief offers up to 250 dollars for information on game law violators. Police seek tips about a deer killed illegally near Animas on Friday June 11. An almost complete carcass and buck with a doe head were found off NM 9 west of the turnoff. Call 1 800 432 4263 or Tod Stevenson at 542 9358 in Lordsburg. callers need not reveal identity.
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New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Animas
NM 9
Tod Stevenson
Lordsburg
New Mexico
Fire restrictions enforce level II across 4.8 million acres
Dan Rathbun of the BLM announces level II fire restrictions effective 8 a.m. July 14 on all BLM lands in Grant Hidalgo Luna Sierra Dona Ana and Otero counties. Smoking banned except in certain cases. fires limited to developed campgrounds with permits available free at Las Cruces office.
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Dan Rathbun
Las Cruces
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Juie
Grant
Hidalgo
Luna
Sierra
Dona Ana
Otero
Ratthebun
Three Rivers Peterglyph
Aguirre Spring
North Valley Drive
Rathbun
Organ Mountains
Valley Drive
Lordsburg First Baptist Church celebrates 75 years
The First Baptist Church of Lordsburg marks seventy five years since eight charter members founded the church on June 23 1907. A weekend celebration June 19 and 20 features registration at 4 PM Saturday service at 430 PM barbeque at 6 PM testimonies and a Sunday program with former pastors present culminating in a 1 30 PM closing sermon by Dr Radford Hutcheson Area Director of Missions.
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Lordsburg
Mary
Inez
Levi Wright
Eva Marshall
Lucy Marsallis
J. A. Cappleman
Johnny Mansell
David Moore
Dick Ross
M. E. Stevens
Radford Hutcheson
First Baptist Church
Bus Route Improves for Hidalgo County Road C-038
State Highway Department starts 2.88 mile upgrades on Hidalgo County Road C-038 from New Mexico 338 to Lemons Ranch. Gates Construction Co. of Belen handles the $87,735 grading and drainage project to aid school bus travel, with completion expected early August.
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State Highway Department
Hidalgo County
Placido Salas
New Mexico 338
Lemons Ranch
Gates Construction Co
Belen
Salas
Cheese Available For Needy In Hidalgo County
Federal cheese aid remains available in Hidalgo County for low income families. Ila Barker, Director of the Senior Citizens, says lockers hold cheese for about 200 families. Eligible individuals should contact Ms. Barker at 9414 or visit the Senior Citizen building in Lordsburg with proof of income and Social Security numbers.
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Hidalgo County
Ila Barker
Ms. Barker
Lordsburg
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CPS
PSC
S.P
P.O.W
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