Cemetery Cleanup Day Draws Volunteers in Lordsburg
Knights of Pythias urge residents to join Saturday work at Mountain View Cemetery following a Tuesday start. Volunteers should bring tools and arrive as able, as crews fill sinking graves and straighten leaning headstones. City funds support upkeep. donations from Mrs. Alan Koff and Baca's Funeral Home aid markers.
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Knights of Phythias
Lordsburg
Mountain View Cemetery
Mountainview Cemetery
W. L. Sanders
K of P
Sanders
Alan Koff
Baca’s Funeral Home
Harvey Lang
Glen Morris
Jimmie McCants
All Systems Go In Rodeo For the Fourth of July
For the 14th consecutive year the Rodeo Community Association will celebrate Independence Day with a gala of activities and festivities. In the late afternoon residents and visitors are expected to gather for events and entertainment outlining the community celebration.
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Joe Schatz
Rodeo Community Association
Mary Mora Retires from Lordsburg School After 25 Years
Mary Mora retired June 19 after 25 years with the Lordsburg Municipal School System. She began as secretary to high school principals in 1967, served seven administrators, and plans traveling and time with grandchildren. A parade and SHRINERS event followed the retirement note amid local announcements of a separate assault charges case against Joel Ponder related to a Lordsburg High School incident.
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Mary Mora
Lordsburg
Mora
McAlister
Lee
Joey
John
Gilbert Jr
Silver City
Mary Helen Bejarano
Tucson
Arizona
Chris Lopez
el Paso
Johnny DePorto Bound Over To District Court
Johnny DePorto aged 26 of 620 East Fourth Street was bound over for trial in District Court by Magistrate Judge Y B Morales on June 19 for charges of attempted murder attempted armed robbery and aggravated battery. The case stems from a May 30 incident at Road Forks Tavern where Nick Paulos was found with multiple head and arm wounds and hospitalized. Police say the injuries were knife inflicted and DePorto was taken into custody and jailed in Hidalgo County.
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Johnny DePorto
East Fourth Street
Y. B. Morales
Nick Paulos
Road Forks Tavern
Hidalgo County
Bob Hall
Sheriff's Department
Desert West
Road Forks
Lordsburg Fire Department Receives 1992 93 Aid
A communique from the State Fire Marshall states Lordsburg's Fire Department will get 34578 dollars for the 1992 1993 fiscal year. About 22000 dollars of the funding will go toward buying Lordsburg’s new engine one, delivered this month.
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Lordsburg
Lordsburg Plans Fourth of July Fireworks Display
City Hall spokesman confirms fireworks show in Lordsburg for July Fourth. About $1200 in fireworks will be ignited at dusk Saturday with vendors already selling fireworks in anticipation of the holiday.
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Lordsburg
City Hall
Species Discussed At County Coalition Meeting
The Coalition of Counties executive board in Glenwood discussed the endangered Spikedace and Loach minnows. The U S Fish and Wildlife Service planned to reassess the minnow habitat designation cost analysis but did not provide written details. The Federal Lands Legal Foundation weighs a suit over designation methods and the Hale grazing case in Arizona is also under consideration.
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Coalition of Counties
Glenwood
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Lands Legal Foundation
Arizona
U.S. Forest Service
Gila
New Mexico
Senate
Mimbres
Park Service
Dominici
Skeen
Coalition
New Mexico Game and Fish
Pine Arizona
Lordsburg to receive 384 330 housing grant in NM aid package
Senator Domenici announced a HUD funded grant totaling just over 1.2 million to repair and renovate low income public housing across New Mexico. Lordsburg gets 384 330, with Espanola 549 892 and San Miguel County 281 795, under the Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program.
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Housing Authority of
Lordsburg
Pete Domenici
Espanola
County of
San Miguel
New Mexico
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Domenici
Lordsburg Housing Authority
Becky Diaz
HUD
Lordsburg City Clerk Receives Certified Municipal Clerk Status
Irene Galvan, City Clerk of Lordsburg, earned the Certified Municipal Clerk designation from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. The note praises her commitment to professional development and service, noting Galvan’s long tenure since 1974 and rise from cashier to City Clerk in 1988. The article also mentions a July 1 Economic Development Committee meeting at 5 00 PM in the Chamber of Commerce office on Motel Drive, with public invitation from J R Altuna, president.
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Irene Galvan
Lordsburg
International Institute of Municipal Clerks
Frank Ashhead
Director of
Education
Galvan
Adshead
CMC
City of
Chamber of Commerce
J. R. Altuna
Lordsburg to Raise Gross Receipts Tax to 6 1/8 Percent
City Clerk Irene Galvan announces Lordsburg’s gross receipts tax will rise from 6 percent to 6 1/8 percent starting July. The hike stems from a 1991 Legislature move taking an extra 1/8 percent from cities, with room for two 1/16 percent increases. The first increment missed due to a publication error and both increases are now set for July 1, 1992.
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Lordsburg
Irene Galvan
State Taxation and Revenue Department
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Shriners
Joel Ponder
John McDonald
Lordsburg High School
Ponder
Vance Lee
Fire Department
Deming
Hurley
Bayard
EDC
Charlie Siepel
First Baptist Church Bible School
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