Smokey Bear and Four Inductees Enter New Mexico Tourism Hall
Smokey Bear joins Becky Walling Robert O Anderson and Elliott Barker as inducted members of the New Mexico Tourism Hall of Fame during the Governors Conference on Tourism in Farmington. Walling leads Farmington tourism efforts while Anderson built Ski Apache and led ARCO ventures. Barker, a longtime state game warden and author, donated the Smokey cub in 1950.
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Smokey Bear
New Mexico
Smokey
Walling
The
Tourism Association
Indian Country
Four Corners
State Department of Economic Development
Anderson
Sierra Blanca
Ski Apache
Atlantic Richfield Co
Hondo Oil & Gas
Roswell
Lincoln County Heritage Trust
Lincoln County
Sil
Tinnie
Lamy
Maria Teresa
Albuquerque
Mesilla
Palace
Raton
Elliott Barker
Forest Service
Lincoln Nation
Santa Fe chess master hones skill against 32 players
Jesse Kraai, 29, St John’s College tutor and New Mexico’s first chess master, played all 32 opponents in an exhibition. The field ranged from 6 to 45, many of them his students, as Kraai moved among boards with strategic focus and humor about reading opponents’ expressions.
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Jesse Kraai
St. John’s College
New Mexico
St. Johns
James Portnow
Kraai
Andrew Smith
Devin King
Smith
Daniel Dunnings
Daniel
Robert Frantzeskos
Europe
Tohajiilee seeks Navajo approval for casino on reservation
The To'hajiilee Band, seeking a casino west of Albuquerque, awaits Navajo President Kelsey Begaye's action on a council approved gambling ordinance. If Begaye signs, it goes to the National Indian Gaming Commission. a veto could end the effort.
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Begaye
Secatero
Kelsey Begaye
Navajo Nation Council
Albuquerque
U.S
National Indian Gaming Commission
State of
New Mexico
Tony Secatero
Lecatero
Merle Pete
State seeks return of funds for UNM Enchanted Skies project
Albuquerque AP The New Mexico Highway Department demands UNM refund over 8.8 million in unspent Enchanted Skies Park funds while the university notes ongoing audits and says it planned to return money. Plans for the Grants area astronomy center were abandoned after costs rose and self sufficiency proved unlikely.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Enchanted Skies Park
State Highway and Transportation Department
UNM
Emilio Martinez
Highway Agency
Julie Weaks
Martinez
Air Force
Enchanted Skies
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Star Park
Grants
Natural History Museum
Weaks
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