Animas FFA Fares Well At State Convention
Animas FFA Chapter excelled at the State FFA Convention in Las Cruces June 6 to 8. Creed speakers Tom Stevenson and Tracey Johnson reached finals after placing first and second at district and chapter levels, with four members earning State Farmer recognition and Jay Peterson winning the Horse Proficiency award. The chapter also earned a 100 percent membership award and honored sponsors Bill Gardner and Ida Walter.
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Tracey Johnson
Animas
FFA
Johnson
New Mexico
NMSU
Las Cruces
Tom Stevenson
Cliff Payne
Beth Walter
Philip Garvin
Wesley Richins
Walter
Sentinel
Stevenson
Jay Peterson
James Turner
G. Ray Johnson
Sheldon Elbrock
Donald Richins
Betsy Peterson
Sandy Peterson
Bettine Adams
Bill Gardner
Ida Walter
Animas Ffa
Peterson
Senior Citizens Center Notes Quilt, Lunch and Talk
The Ladies at the Center finished a quilt and begin a yarn duck project next. A pot luck luncheon is planned for Thursday, June 30 with a County Extension Office talk on nutrition afterward. Several seniors from the Civic Center attended Maria Talavera's funeral. Errand transportation will be available Friday, the 24th.
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Maria Talavera
Domenici Sees $3.5 Million Aid for Range Caterpillar Fight
Senator Pete Domenici announced that the Senate subcommittee approved 3.5 million dollars for fiscal year 1978 to fund range caterpillar control and research. The plan allocates 2 million for control and 1.5 million for a five year study to map distribution, test controls, and assess environmental factors in the Southwest.
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Washington, D.C
USS
Pete Domenici
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Agriculture
Domenici
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
Harding
Lincoln
Colfax
Union
Appropriations
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Lordsburg Local Woman Earns Counselor Education Degree
Laurann Morgan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Morgan of Lordsburg, earned her Master of Counselor Education from San Diego State University in California with highest honors and election to Phi Kappa Phi. She works as a counselor at Holtville High School and lives in Holtville.
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Laurann Morgan
Jack Morgan
Lordsburg
San Diego State University
San Diego
California
Miss Morgan
Phi Kappa Phi
Holtville High School
Holtville
Evaporation Control Trials Cut Water Loss in Southwest Ponds
USDA ARS researchers in Phoenix test wax, perlite, foam rubber and floating blocks to curb evaporation from stock tanks and ponds in Arizona New Mexico and Southern California. Wax coatings foam covers and perlite layers reduce losses and may lower algae by shading.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Keith R. Cooley
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Phoenix
Ariz
Cooley
Allen R. Dedrick
ARS
U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory
Dedrick
Goat Camp Road Facelift Completed
Goat Camp Road near Cotton City in Hidalgo County received a pavement facelift after a June 9 completion. under a cooperative between the state highway department and Hidalgo County, Crew 41-84 led by foreman Roy Green patched sections and added a chip seal over 3.5 miles at a cost of 14 614 dollars shared on a SD-50 basis by the state and county.
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Goat Camp
U.S. 80
New Mexico
Cotton City
Hidalgo County
State
District 1
D.K. Moore
Roy Green
Highway Department
New Mexico State Highway Commission
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Payne
Green Hand
Richins
Garvin
Senior Citizens Corner
Riggs & Stratton
Western Auto
Hidalgo General Hospital
Jim Sides
Don McNutt
Bob Hall
Lordsburg City
McNutt
FFA Convention
FORD
National Guard
Music By the
Ray Camacho
la Fiesta Club
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