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IT G?I By Carol Cohea/Staff writer these fine students,” he said.* These five join an earlier six! FARMINGTON — Five area students from Farmington High ; high school students have been School and Piedra Vista High* honored and recognized by Mer- School who were recognizedrion Oil and Gas for participat- earlier for their efforts.; ing in the Merrion Oil and Gas Those students from Farm-*■ Petroleum Engineering Mentor- ington High School were Matt; ing Program. McCord, Graham Caldwell, Brit-George Sharpe, investments tany Price, and Andrea King.I manager for Merrion, sent. cer- Also honored were students from[■ tificates of participation to Aztec Piedra Vista High School Neil». High School students David Thompson and Eric Estrada.I Gonzales and Dallin King, Rod- Merrion Oil and Gas will be| nante High School student doing the program next year,r Rodrick Wero and Bloomfield Interested students should con-j High School students Russell tact their guidance counselors for| Cloer and Ray Dennis. applications, Sharpe said.•{ The students met from 7 a.m. Students for next fall’s pro-! to 8 a.m. every Wednesday, ere- gram will be selected by May, he: ated a computer program for said. Students need to be juniors| ^ researching production fields who will be seniors next fall.: and ultimately made a recom- “They should have an interest\ I mendation for a bid on the min- in engineering, but not necessari-\ i ends in a particular field, Sharpe ly petroleum engineering. Thej - said. focus of the program is on prob-He said he then carried out lem solving, cash flow econom-the bid and purchased the fields ics and time-value of money* for Merrion Oil and Gas, which are all relevant to any; “Every time a revenue check engineering discipline,” he said.* is received on these wells, Mer- “I’m excited about the pro-‘ rion Oil and Gas will remember gram and hope we’ll get some; the efforts and contributions of good kids next year,” he said.iication and initiative, he consistently performed his demanding duties in an exemplary and highly professional manner.Thornton, a 1999 graduate of Farmington High School, is the -* T son of Thomas E. Thornton ofFitzgerald Nez Farmington.Marine Corps Pfc. Fitzgerald *Nez of Crownpoint recently graduated from the Marine Corps Basic Combat Engineer Course at Marine Corps Base,■ Camp Lejeune, N.C.■ During the five-week course,Nez received instruction in the ; fundamentals of engineering support for combat units includ-* ing the procedures for building ; and repairing bridges, roads and* field fortifications. He also ’ received training on demolition ; concepts, land mine warfare and! camouflage techniques.; Nez is a 1999 graduate of ; Crownpoint High School.: Jonathon T. Thornton; Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathon T. Thornton recently received a Certificate of Com-■ mendation while assigned with Marine Security Force Company; in Naples, Italy.Thornton was recognized for i his superior performance of* duty, displaying remarkable ded-
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Farmington, New Mexico, US
Sun, Feb 18, 2001
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