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Newspaper
Rio Rancho Observer
Location
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1978
Page
3
Jeanne S. Mroz of Rio Rancho operates Jeanne's Gift Exchange at 2929 San Mateo NE, offering full retail value trades for new items in exchange for duplicates or unwanted gifts. The shop, open Tue–Sat 10 am–5 pm, charges a 20 percent handling fee plus tax, and accepts catalogs for items not in stock.
The New Mexico Boundary Commission denied the Village of Corrales petition to annex about 100 residences to its limits, reaching the Thompson Fence Line near Rio Rancho. The order cites inadequate time to provide services and notes public hearings, protests, and controversial petitioning processes.
Hagens from Bayshore Long Island visited their father Harry J. Hagen at the Veterans Hospital Nursing Home Care Unit in Albuquerque. The trip surprised him as he recuperates from a stroke and he was overjoyed to see his son and daughter-in-law.
Kenneth J. Salisbury of Bernalillo, the Sandoval County undersheriff, announced his Democratic bid for sheriff. A Navy retiree and New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy graduate, he moved to Sandoval County in 1964 and lives in Bernalillo. He cites administrative know how and grant applications and pledges full cooperation with other law enforcement agencies.
Vincent Venturino announced his purchase of the Hob Nob Restaurant on Barbara Loop Rio Rancho to take over in early July. A veteran restaurant operator from New York he plans to keep the existing menu while adding Italian dishes and pizza and converting the Hob Nob into an Italian restaurant and pizzeria.
Ron Anderson opens a mixed show of contemporary Indian oriented and non Indian paintings in the school library at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque. The exhibit runs May 18 to May 26 from 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. Anderson, a Choctaw artist and recent instructor, is a BSA University of Oklahoma graduate.
The Haynes Swimming Pool in Rio Rancho will open on Saturday June 3 at 11 a.m. Membership cards are issued on opening day and thereafter and must be picked up. Swimming lesson sign up occurs on opening day from noon to 5 p.m. and Monday June 5 from 11 a.m. to noon. Lessons begin June 12.
Ruby I. Rampmeier of Rio Rancho formerly of St. Paul died last week. Survived by husband Herman, daughter Gladys and son-in-law Robert Askeland of Bloomington, two grandchildren Lorie Lee Doherty of Bloomington and R. William Askeland of New York City, one brother and six half sisters.
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