Memorial concert at RRHS honors three students
Rio Rancho High School Wind Symphony and jazz bands will hold a memorial benefit concert at RRHS performing arts center Tuesday. Proceeds aid the families of Karen Ferreira, Louie Jacinto, and Melissa Rustemeyer. Donations accepted at the door. refreshments served. All community members invited to help offset costs from these tragedies.
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Rio Rancho High School
Wind Symphony
RRHS
Kurt Schmidt
Karen Ferreira
Louie Jacinto
Melissa Rustemeyer
Judi Snow Elected Incoming President of New Mexico Tourism Group
Judi Snow, Rio Rancho tourism director, is elected incoming president of the Tourism Association of New Mexico. She will assume the role July 1. Elected officers include Mike Mons as vice president Debi Owen as secretary and Tracy Hill as treasurer.
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Judi Snow
Rio Rancho
Tourism Association of New Mexico
Mike Mons
Debi Owen
Tracy Hill
NMHAU names first advisor Josie Gibson
Josie Gibson has been hired as the first full time academic career and financial aid advisor at New Mexico Highlands University Center in Rio Rancho. Gibson came from Villanova University Philadelphia where she served 13 years as assistant director of part time studies and helped administer programs for adult students and summer sessions. She has advised at Lehigh University Allen town College and Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. She holds an associate degree from York Junior College a psychology bachelor's from Muhlenberg College and a master’s in higher education student affairs and counseling from Indiana University.
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Josie Gibson
New Mexico Highlands University Center
Rio Rancho
Gibson
Villanova University
Philadelphia
Lehigh University
Allentown College
Muhlenberg College
Pennsylvania
York Junior College
Indiana University
Inside Horoscope Police Blotter A-8 Religion News
A compact police blotter note appears among pages labeled Inside Horoscope. The brief item lists incidents, locations, and outcomes in terse lines typical of late edition notes, reflecting routine public safety summaries.
Rio Rancho approves mid year budget changes and new posts
The Rio Rancho City Council unanimously approved mid year budget adjustments citing a $493000 shortfall in gross receipts tax. The plan preserves the general fund balance, allows for three new city posts, and notes DPS and EMS variances with federal leave costs affecting reported expenditures.
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Steve Fitzsimmons
Rio Rancho
Dick Kristof
James Jimenez
David Bency
Finance Department
John Jennings
Albuquerque Journal
Ohio Man Flies Solo in Hot Air Balloon Near Rio Rancho
Ohio resident Curtis Tryee piloted a hot air balloon solo from Sweet Escape Ballooning near the Rio Rancho Country Club on Wednesday morning. He aims to complete two solo flights and several hours of instruction within 90 days to qualify for his pilot license.
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Ohio
Curtis Tryee
Sweet Escape Ballooning
Albuquerque
Rio Rancho Country Club
Tryee
Group proposes Loma golf center in Rio Rancho
A non profit Golf Academy of the Southwest seeks City Hall approval to build a golf learning center near Loma Colorado Drive and Northern Boulevard. The plan requests a 2 acre land lease at $1 per year and city concessions for an indoor learning center, outdoor driving range, and pitch and putt course. The project aims to serve youth and seniors as a community development effort led by LPGA professional Paul Zamprelli and partners. The proposal is under city review following a prior similar plan two years earlier that did not proceed.
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Jay P. Tharinger
City Hall
Rio Rancho
Golf Academy of the Southwest
City of
Loma Colorado Drive
Northern Boulevard
Paul Zamprelli
Golf Academy of the Southwest Corporation
Paul
Debbie Zamprelli
Anthony
Dorothy Anastasi
Recall election likely targets Rio Rancho councilor
Rio Rancho resident Don Lemm presented city clerk Tina Gonzales with a petition containing 459 signatures seeking the recall of Councilor Joan Kellogg. The clerk’s office has 10 days to verify signers are eligible voters in Kellogg’s district. 292 verified signatures are needed, equal to 20 percent of last district election votes. Lemm aims to file a similar petition to recall Councilor Jack Thomas.
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Steve Fitzsimmons
Rio Rancho
Don Lemm
Tina Gonzales
Joan Kellogg
Kellogg
Lemm
Jack Thomas
City council defeats expansion of air quality task force
Rio Rancho Mayor John Jennings cast the deciding vote to defeat a resolution that would have expanded the Air Quality Task Force from five to seven members. The measure, sponsored by Councillors Mary Clare Minor and Felicie Truscia, failed as six votes opposed and three in favor, with the mayor delivering the no vote.
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Steve Fitzsimmons
Rio Rancho
John Jennings
Mary Clare Minor
Felicie Truscia
Minor
Truscia
Howard Balmer
Jack Thomas
David Bency
Joan Kellogg
AQTF
Eduardo Pineda
Fence Erected at Haynes Park Pond to Stop Stone Throwing
Alejandro Naranjo and a group of peers observe a newly built fence around Haynes Park pond aimed at preventing people from throws stones into the water. The barrier, installed recently, reinforces park rules and protects wildlife in the pond.
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Alejandro Naranjo
Haynes Park
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