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Newspaper
Rio Rancho Observer
Location
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1998
Page
4
The Rio Rancho Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful campaign invites residents to join a month long litter cleanup. Activities include a County Clean-Up Day with free landfill use for residents at Idalia Road and dumpsters at Haynes Park and Sabana Grande Recreation Center. Hazardous waste and certain items are barred.
Keep America Beautiful Month promotes a recyclable item collection at Blades Multiplex with half-price admission for aluminum cans newspapers tin and cardboard. The month also features a Clean Campus contest starting April 16 and a one day household hazardous waste event on April 18 at DPS.
The Ditch and Water Safety Task Force expands its Swim Pass Program to distribute 100,000 free swim passes to area children this summer. Passes allow one free admission at City of Albuquerque, City of Rio Rancho or Bernalillo County pools to keep kids away from dangerous ditch and arroyo systems. Bernalillo County sheriff deputies and local officials will distribute passes in spring and summer, focusing on high risk, low income areas. Thanks to county funding, more than triple the passes will be issued for 1998, says task force coordinator Joan Bosley-Griffin. Pools extend pass validity from April 1 to Oct. 31.
Rio Rancho city administrator James Lewis addressed the Paradise Hills Civic Association about government hurdles with Bernalillo County and Albuquerque. He cited the Regional Transit Authority vote defeat by council tally and noted upcoming workshops as officials reassess policy with a new mayor and three new council members.
Paradise Hills and SIP] have agreed to let a local group use unused Polytechnic Institute fields after years of neglect. Cleanup by Little League families, refurbishment of the refreshment stand, and dirt fields will serve until county fields are ready. Neighbors note trash dumping on the mesa and urge proper disposal via Waste Management at no cost. Parks in Taylor Ranch and between Eagle Ranch and Congress Ave progress, with Sen Joe Carraro and Rep Tim Macko securing funding for parks and projects.
Mountain View Middle School calls for community volunteers to assist teachers during the Big Help Project to Save the Mound on Friday April 17 from 9 am to 3 pm. Tasks include campus cleanup, restoring the landscape, transplanting sagebrush, hauling rock, and building a wheelchair accessible path. Call 867-0711 ext 212 for info or sign up.
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