Two NM cultural review panel appointees resign amid Mount Taylor appeal
Two appointees to New Mexico's Cultural Properties Review Committee left the panel after it voted to join an appeal of a court ruling on Mount Taylor's designation as a traditional cultural property. Ed Boles refused reappointment in April over concerns the move tied to the vote, while Laguna Pueblo Gov. Richard Suarkie was removed by Gov. Susana Martinez for potential conflict of interest.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Mount Taylor
The
Albuquerque Journal
Ed Boles
Laguna Pueblo
Richard Suarkie
Susana Martinez
Boles
Martinez
Scott Darnell
Boards and Commissions
Darnell
Luarkie
Acoma
Zuni
Laguna
Arizona
New Mexican Mountain
William Shoobridge
Suarkie
New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance
Tim Maxwell
Old Santa Fe Association
Champagne Lady Norma Zimmer dies at 87
Norma Zimmer known as the Champagne Lady on The Lawrence Welk Show died at age 87 in her Brea California home Tuesday. A studio singer who worked with Frank Sinatra and others she rose from The Girlfriends to lead female singer on Welk's shows from 1960 to 1982. Zimmer also appeared in film and TV including Mr Music I Love Lucy and voiced the White Rose in Alice in Wonderland.
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Los Angeles
Norma Zimmer
Lawrence Welk
Frank Sinatra
Zimmer
Brea
Calif
Welk
Larry
Larry Welk
Orchestra
Paley Center For Media
Beverly Hills
Girlfriends
Sinatra
Dean Martin
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Music
White Rose
Mountain plover avoids endangered species listing
Federal officials announced the mountain plover will not be placed on the endangered list, noting a breeding population over 20,000 and no immediate threat to nesting or breeding ranges. They cited habitat adaptation and voluntary private land programs as key factors in the decision.
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Denver
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Rocky Mountain States
Canada
Mexico
California
Texas
Arizona
United States
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
Alliance
NatureServe
WildEarth Guardians
Ken Morgan
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Fish and Wildlife
Texas House approves firstin-nation well fluids disclosure law
The Texas House approved a bill requiring oil and gas drillers to reveal the chemical makeup of fluids used in hydraulic fracturing to the Railroad Commission. Trade secret claims would be reviewed by the attorney general, with potential confidentiality. The measure moves to the Senate amid groundwater-contamination concerns and industry debate.
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Austin
Texas
Texas House
Texas Railroad Commission
Commission
Attorney General
House
Senate
Jim Keffer
R-Granbury
Tection Agency
North
Railroad Commission
Cyrus Reed
Lone Star Chapter
The
Sierra Club
Reed
Obituaries for Eva Ham mond and Percy Blair in Roswell area
Funeral services are set for Eva Lillian Ann Hammond 93 with services May 13 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel and interment at Woodbine Cemetery Artesia. She is survived by son Wally Hammond and daughter Janet Sanders among eight grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Percy's memorial service is May 13 at First Christian Church Roswell for 91 year old Percy F Blair with military honors. He is survived by wife Emma Lee Morton, son Scott Blair and one grandchild. he was an engineer and pioneer in pre stressed concrete.
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LaGrone Funeral Chapel
Eva Lillian “Ann” Hammond
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Woodbine
Artesia
Ann
Woodward
Okla
Forest B. Smith
Nettie Burke Smith
Charmayne Wilson
Don
Bob Mason
John Sanders
Cottonwood
Walter Hammond
Roswell
Wally Hammond
Connie
Janet Sanders
Dallas
Paula Curtis
Bud
Montrose
Colo
Eastern Star
Loco Hills
Mallamar
la Villa
Mabel Villegas
Lagronefuneralchapels.com
Percy F. Blair
First Christian Church
Vern Edmonds
Percy
Emma Lee Morton
Tulsa
Scott Blair
Pam
Carson City
Nev
Oklahoma University
Europe
United States
NRA
Pustic Records Marriage Licenses May 10
Marriage licenses issued May 10 for Juan Antonio Garcia Montes 21 and Cristina Aguilar Luna 21 both of Roswell. Legal notices list divorces filed or final on multiple dates with parties including Maria Alonzo Balcazar Heidi Brown and others. Accidents reported 8:07 a.m. Berrendo Road and Garden Avenue. 3:56 p.m. 2600 N Main St. 3:59 p.m. 1400 E Second St. 5:03 p.m. North Main St and Blue Mountain Rd.
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Juan Antonio Garcia Montes
Cristina Aguilar Luna
Roswell
Berrendo Road
Garden Avenue
Mary Hill
Lori Scarpa
N. Main St
Susan Windham
Santa Fe
Richard Nava
E. Second St
Margaret J. Pickering
Rafael Dominguez
North Main Street
Blue Mountain Road
Teri Pultz
Eugene Sterling
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NM Cultural Review
Larson
Idaho
Seattle
Blonde
Roswell Veterans Honor Guard
Percy Was
Westville, Okla
Mona Blair
W. Frank
A. Patrick Blair
Louis
Jean Blair
Pustic Records
Maria Luisa Alonzo
Rolando Balcazar
Heidi Elizabeth Brown
Tracy Lynn Brown
Francisco Bautista
Maria de la Luz Sanchez
Cassandra M. Weger
Kody H. Weger
Adair Buck
Roger B
Buck
Kent Allen
Steadman
Lauri Ruth Steadman
Sabrina Renee Moody
Sterling Levi Moody
Ora Mayo Purcell
Aaron Purcell
Ann Escamilla
Jose P. Escamilla
Patricia Hernandez
Steve Eugene Hernandez
Josphine M. Armstrong
Gerald Armstrong
Oscar Matta
Sandra Juston
Byron Waltrip
Ann Matta
Mariana Anaya
Luis Gonzalez
Paula King
Byron King
Marisela Urquidez
Arsene M. Sanchez
Jennifer R. Waltrip
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