TSV plans pull Taos Ski Valley toward incorporation
A Taos County clerk approval on August 2 triggers signatures for a Taos Ski Valley incorporation petition aiming at a January 1996 vote to become a municipality. The Twining, Amizette and South Fork Community Association set a Sunday meeting to map next steps while state analysts review revenue feasibility under newly amended incorporation provisions.
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Taos Ski Valley
TSV
Taos
Carmen Medina
Twining
Amizette and South Fork
Arson Fires Plague Taos County and Pilar
A weekend flare of arson fires in Taos County and near Pilar burned numerous sites including more than 20 at Taos Pueblo. BLM official Victor Apodaca confirmed arson for three Pilar blazes the Quartz Mine and Dump fires. Fire crews from BLM Forest Service and volunteers battled the fires aided by a slurry plane from Albuquerque to slow the Quartz fire.
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Taos County
Pilar
Taos Pueblo
Victor Apodaca
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Forest Service
Albuquerque
Go-kart Noise Delays Park Decision by Commission
Conflicting noise data from developer Victor Criswell and neighborhood opponents over the proposed Three Eagles Fun Park led the Planning and Zoning Commission to delay a decision on August 2. The Esters Neighborhood Association filed an appeal amid the disputed issue and related pleas regarding the project.
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Victor Criswell
Planning and Zoning Commission
Esters
Periasco Theater Ties to Fiesta Legacy Reveals Future Plans
The Roybal family built the 1947 theater in Periasco, later a restaurant and cinema, with a history of community charity and prizes up to 500 dollars. New owners Tim and Claudia Davis plan matinees and eventual dinner theater while repairing water damage and upgrading systems.
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Periasco
Stella Roybal
Amado
Santa Fe
Roybal
Josephine
Tita
Amado Jr
Albuquerque
Patsy
Pefiasco
Susan Gass
Gass
Max Maesias
Mary Mascarenas
Mascarenas
Stella
Maestas
Tim
Claudia Davis
Mascarefias
Mascareras
Davises
Roybals
New Mexico
Tim Davis
Queen crowned at San Lorenzo fiestas in Pefiasco
Amy Fernandez 15 of Rio Lucio was named queen and Savannah Quintana 7 of Llano named princess at the 1995 San Lorenzo fiestas in Pefiasco. Music was largely absent due to funding and a liquor ban. residents lament the loss of dancing and live bands.
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Amy Fernandez
Rio Lucio
Savannah Quintana
Llano
San Lorenzo
Pefiasco
Ernest
Barbara Mascarenas
Albuquerque
Ernest Mascarenas
Max Mascarenas
Mary Mascarenas
Taos memory of Bataan Death March prisoner Jake Padilla
Taos residents recount the wartime story of Jake Padilla a Taga who died a prisoner of war after the Bataan Death March. His friend Steve Sanchez aided him while malarial and dysenteric illness weakened him. Padilla’s mother Candido Padilla recalls the brutal hunger and cruelty faced by soldiers, the loyalty of friends, and the broader role of the 200th Coast Artillery Battery H from Taos County and Taos Pueblo in the Philippines during World War II.
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Bataan
Jose Jacobo
Jake” Padilla
Maa
I. Praia
Cando le Gragg
Steve Sanchez
Steve
Keg
Jake
Padilla
Candido
200Th Coast Artillery
Taos County
Taos Pueblo
Philippine Islands
New Mexico
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
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Worry County
Pueblo, Pilar
Apodaca
Leticia Marcus
Rick Romancito
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