Tourists stretch dollars alter vacation buying habits
Tourists this summer in Taos area adjust spending due to economic conditions. Chamber of Commerce manager Shirley Yeotian notes buyers favor usable items over toys. Campgrounds report strong occupancy as families travel with mobiles and trailers to save on lodging and meals. Local retailers report varied sales but many tourists cook at campsites and spend less in shops and restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stwart
Shirley Yeotian
Chamber of Commerce
Edith Neumann
Taos Koa
Manuel Romero
Safeway
Artuto Peralta
Villa de Don Peralta
Villa de
Don Peralta
Peralta
Russie Fields
the Fields
Tmner
Fields
la Paloma
Glen Chilton
Chilton
Ken Blair
Blair
School board approves teacher changes and new roles
Virgil Gutierrez will serve as math consultant and Mary Frances Aragon becomes senior district counseling coordinator. Numerous transfers, new assignments, leaves, resignations, and a 14 day homebound plan accompany the year’s personnel decisions at Taos district schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Gutierrez
Mary Frances Aragon
Supt
Leonila Serna
THS
Elizabeth Pollock
Richard Wessels
Adelaide Romero
New
Dolores Romero
AHES
Deborah Varela Vargas
Ranchos-Talpa HS
Husta Landers
Robert J. Sturteman
Ralph Trujillo
Mary Frances Aragori
Edward Rimbert
Lupita Trujillo
Judith Crocker
Flood control urged for Taos school site improvements
Rudy Pacheco told the Taos Municipal school board extra flood control is needed at the new administration building site after a rainstorm floated lumber and washed away sand. A flood channel will divert water behind the building with rock and cement at turning points. Engineer Robert Dalgh praised the builders while Supt. Leonila Serna noted renovations on the old Ranchos school require specific plans and board approval. The board discussed student handbooks, ballfield vandalism, and a rehiring hearing for Tranquilino Romero, with numerous district staff and substitutes listed in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Pacheco
Taos Municipal School Board
Pacheco
Leonila Serna
el Valle de Los Ranchos
Ranchos School
Northwest
County to issue 3.4 million pollution bonds in Taos
Taos County will issue 3.4 million in pollution control bonds without county indebtedness, generating about 17 000 in county fees. Bonds due August 1 1992 bear 10 4 percent interest. Final agreement signed by county commissioners with Union Oil on August 17 witnessed by Leroy Apodaca and John Wickman. Funds to help build a Questa water treatment facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taos County
Union
Harold Breen
Questa
Union Oil
Gene Hohensee
Denver
Leroy Apodaca
Molycorp
John Wickman
Los Angeles
U.S
Union Oi
Taos sewer extensions and road projects outlined for relief route
Taos officials push a multi-site plan to install sewer extensions while Highway Department widens South Santa Fe Road to Ranchos. They seek improvements on Mora to Angel Fire, widen portions of Route 64, and complete SR 150 to Taos Ski Valley. A public meeting is set for Thursday Aug 26 after 9 a.m. in Taos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taos
Highway Department
Santa Fe
Ranchos
Moreno Yatley
Bill Galtagher
Mora
Angel Fire
John Miller
Red River
Tavs Ski Valley
Gilbert Maes
Penasco
San Felipe
San Cristobal
Lovata
Ripley
Raton
Middle Road
Placitus de Lower Ranchitos
Ranchitos Road
Ranchitos
Llana Quemado
School board expands graduation credits for 1986
The math program for fourth through sixth grades will expand to provide more individualized attention and fine arts in all classrooms. Academically, the school board is extending graduation requirements from 20 to 22 credits for the days of 1986. Teachers return Friday August 20.
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Bill Shriver
The
Taos Drum Company
Rick Mueller
Overland Sheepskin
Mueller
Donald Martinez
Taos High School
Taos Junior High School
David Stormo
Bonifacio Fernandez
Carlos Montoya
Ranchos Talpa
Arroyo Seco-Arroyo Hondo
Helen Maestag
TJHS
Lorencita Romo
Garcia
Manuel Trujillo
Rebecca Baca
Benito Chavez
GMS
Marilyn Miera
Nadine Vigil
ASES
Beatrice Lujan
Cesarita Martinez
Anna Marie Ortega
TES
Stella Montoya
Christine Mondragon
James Farrell
Ranchos-Talpa
Louise Bond
Antonette Gonzales
Kathleen Romo
Sharon Bimson
David Munoz
Caralina Silva
As-Ahes
Robert Dalgh
Enos Garcia
Mario Barela
Garcia Middle School
Taos Elementary
Edward Abeyta
Abeyta
Gabriel Chavez
Chavez
Tranquilino Romero
Romero
Betty Sandoval
Felipe Cordova
Lois Gilbert
ASAH
Talpa
Adria Martinez
TIHS
Marian Gusdorf
Cleo Jeantete
Ann MacNaughton
San Felipe del Rio
Margaret Nes
Robert Alderisio
Elizabeth Bessin
Arthur Breisky
Paulette Clark
Dixie Lynn Floyd
Joann B. Gallegos
Wallace Hillyer
Lawrence Houghteling
Ken Jenkins
Brenda Judges
Lucas Martinez
Deborah C. Meyer
Kate Penrose
Teddie Santistevan
Carla M. Trujillo
Dolores Vigil
Veronica Vigil
Patricia Ann Warden
Maria Viola Romo
Katherine
Kip) Pond
Cecilia Martinez
Prescilla Espinoza
Virginia Torrez
Charlene Benavidez
Board of County Commissioners
Internal Revenue Code
Indian Land
Los Cadovas
Mesa
Cansry Finch
Budgie Parro
Sunflower
Sunbringer
el Prado
Holiday Inn
Pat Mondragon
Santa Fe Road
Shoe Villa
Cruz Alta Plaza
Wintrop
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