Rio Rancho JROTC may join Cibola program this year
Rio Rancho High School and Cibola High School may share a JROTC program this year after a Department of Defense amendment. A delegation from Rio Rancho Public Schools visited Washington to urge the case, meeting with the Assistant Secretary of Defense and the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Rio Rancho High School
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
Cibola High School
Department of Defense
Senate
Rio Rancho Public Schools
Washington, D.C
Arps Board of Education
Dick Muenczer
Young Marines New Mexico
Larry Morrell
Air Force
Russell Bessom
Assistant
Secretary of Defense Office
Senate Armed Services Committee
Muenzer
Rio Rancho
National Defense Cadet Corps
ARPS
Jeff Bingaman
JROTC
Officials fight to keep Coronado State Park open
Sandoval County seeks to keep Coronado State Park open after the state parks division decided in April not to renew the lease and to shutter the campground. Local officials plan a meeting with state park leaders and OCA to explore options including county takeover or privatization while residents urge keeping the park open for Bernalillo and tourism.
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Coronado State Park
Sandoval County
State Parks Division
Tourism and Economic Development Department
Debbie Scott
Robert Baca
State Monument Division
Office of Cultural Affairs
OCA
Santa Fe
Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
Parks Division
Coronado Monument
Scott
Pauline Eisenstadt
Corrales
Rio Rancho
State Parks
Eisenstadt
Judy Vanderstar Russell
Bernalillo
Sandoval
State Parks Office
Coronado
West Mesa brush fire scorches about 40 acres
A lightning sparked brush fire west of the Double Eagle Airport burned about 40 acres near Albuquerque on Tuesday. Firefighters from Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, and Corrales fought the blaze as rain ended the incident and a dusty haze blanketed the West Side.
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West Mesa
Albuquerque
Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety
Greg Ryan
DPS
Bernalillo County
Corrales
Double Eagle
Rio Rancho council defeats redistricting plan for six districts
The Rio Rancho City Council rejected a plan to redraw the six council districts for the next three years. Councilors debated attendance and timing as growth and new annexations prompt future redistricting. Research & Polling Inc. had proposed the plan, with costs not to exceed 8000 dollars, and may be required again after the 2000 Census.
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Rio Rancho
Hill
Research & Polling, Inc
Research & Polling
Arturo Boniello
City charter review vote delayed by councilor absence
Rio Rancho City Council again postponed debate on creating a charter review committee as a 3-3 split with two missing members. Councilor Gary Hill accuses Councilor Mary Clare Minor of deliberately skipping meetings to thwart the amendment while Mayor Swisstack risks tied votes with four yes needed for passage. Minor did not comment.
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Mary Clare Minor
Gary Hill
Ly Jay P. Tharinger
Rio Rancho
Ron Vestrebi
Minor
Tom Swisstack
Hill
Fulcrum Leader Donates in Company Blood Drive
Fulcrum president Scott Rudoff donates during a company blood drive held Wednesday in partnership with United Blood Services. About 100 employees were expected to participate, with plans to make the event an annual tradition.
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Fulcrum
Scott Rudoff
United Blood Services
Rojcewicz
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