La Buena Vida meal contract in doubt over funding shortfall
La Buena Vida Inc. board voted unanimously to discontinue senior citizen meal services without extra funding to cover a projected 68,000 shortfall next year. Rent demands for kitchen use and loss of gifts from donors reduced funding, with the county and NCNMEDD weighing options to keep meals running.
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Theresa Myers
la Buena Vida Inc. Board of
Joe Lopez
la Buena Vida
Area Agency On Aging
Lopez
Rio Rancho
Meadowlark
Attorney General’s Office
Murphy
Rio Rancho to host All-American Soap Box Derby
The Rio Rancho All-American Soap Box Derby returns this Saturday with 41 racers, races start at 9 a.m. on Southern Boulevard between Baltic and Lisbon. The course will close at 7 a.m. and finish line parking will be available nearby. winner advances to Akron nationals. Al Unser Jr. leads as celebrity sponsor. rain date is July 15.
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Rio Rancho
Baltic
Lisbon Avenues
Southern Boulevard
Akron
Ohio
Sandoval
Bernalillo
Valencia
New Mexico
Carlsbad
al Unser Jr
Rio Rancho saves lives with rapid EMS response
Rio Rancho police paramedics and officers field prompt CPR within four minutes and advanced life support within eight, boosting hospital arrival with pulse to 43 percent. DPS reports a 79 percent conversion rate from July 1988 to January 1989, aided by take home EMS gear and officers trained as first responders.
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Theresa Myers
Rio Rancho
American Heart Association
John Gaffney
Gaffney
Cess
DPS
Robert Allen
Allen
Bernalillo to Manage Sandoval Ambulance Service
At a June 28 joint powers agreement the Sandoval County Ambulance was placed under Bernalillo town management effective July 1. The county subsidizes $50,000 yearly, supplies a medical director, and leases two ambulances for $1 annually. The service operates 24/7 with a backup crew on weekends and covers 125 area miles in Sandoval County plus NM 44 mile marker 13. Cooperation with Rio Rancho and Placitas is planned for backup transport.
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Jay
Thuringer Observer
Sandoval County
Bernalillo
NM 44
Corrales
Santa Ana
Sandia
San Felipe
Cochiti Lake
Algodones
el Llanito
Rio Rancho
Placitas
Joanne McGrathlin
Tim McDonough
Sandoval
Power outages worsen water shortages in Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho faced intensified water shortages as three power outages hit the city in morning and afternoon. Bernalillo PNM official Bill Jones cited equipment failures during transfer to new transmission lines and a feed backup overload. Pumps at four Albuquerque Utility wells were switched off, decreasing storage supplies during a fragile recovery.
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Theresa Myers
Rio Rancho
Bill Jones
Bernalillo
Public Service Company of
New Mexico
20Th Street
Southern Boulevard
Palm
Northern Boulevard
Jones
Rio Rancho Shopping Center
NM 528
Albuquerque
Principals named for Rio Rancho schools in APS
Albuquerque Public Schools announces two Rio Rancho principals Debra Ann Birkhauser will lead Rio Rancho Elementary and Charles L. Tafoya will head Lincoln Middle School. Birkhauser replaces Roy Phillips, Tafoya replaces Jimmie Leader, with further notes on their backgrounds and summer meetings.
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Albuquerque Public Schools
Rio Rancho
Debra Ann Birkhauser
Charles L. Tafoya
Lincoln
Birkhauser
Roy Phillips
Hubert Humphrey
Tafoya
Jimmie Leader
Hayes Middle School
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