Taos 4-H agent Olguin loses job amid funding cuts
Mary Baca Olguin of Taos receives the Distinguished Service 4-H Award at the 19st Annual Extension Conference in Albuquerque as county budget cuts force elimination of her Agricultural Extension Home Economics and 4-H position. Roberto Apodaca will take on double duties while Olguin declines a federally funded leadership post. Olguin led Mulligan Stew nutrition and a wide range of 4-H activities, including a Japan exchange and Washington Focus program for local youth.
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Judy Romero
Steve Winston
Mary Baca Olguin
Taos
Albuquerque
New Mexico Association of Extension
Olguin
Roberto Apodaca
Oren
Apodaca
Oret
Mora
San Miguel
Robert Apodaca
Taos County
A.G. Sandoval
Lola Fraberg
Petiasco
Latin America
Chile
Japan
Washington
Washington Focus
Mary Olguin
John
Romero and Maestas Join The Taos News Staff
Judy Romero and Eleuto Maestas have joined The Taos News as part time reporters. Romero will cover Taos Municipal Schools zoning and write features while replacing Steve Dishough who resigns from general reporting but stays as art editor. Maestas, a TAHS graduate, will intern this summer covering sports and photography.
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Judy Romero
Eleuto Maestas
The
Taos News
Romero
Taos
Steve Dishough
Maestas
Taos High School
David
Llano Quemado
Ancianos Board Debates Budget and Dissident Tactics
The Ancianos board faces a budget clash as opposition complains about funding and threatens adjournment. Ernesto Ramos of the State Commission on Aging defers action until briefed, while the agency remains the primary funder for Canon, Questa, and Penasco centers. The panel approves the year’s budget, plans to cut services to four days weekly, and explores a senior center in Arroyo Seco along with a cooperative elderly housing project with the County Housing Authority.
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Commission
Ramos
Benito Herrera
Anciano
Lovato, Miera
Bernaben Ortega
Questa
Ancianos
Penasco
Canon
Ancianos, Inc
Rio Arriba-Taos County
New Mexico
David Lopez
Lopez
Anclanos
Arroyo Seco
The
Commission On Aging
Taos County voter rolls undergo purge of about 3700 names
Taos County Clerk Mary Lorraine Gallegos mails suspension notices to roughly 3,700 registered voters who did not vote in the last election. Recipients have 60 days to respond if they wish to remain on the rolls or move to another county. The non-voter list is prepared by a three member board. signatures and precinct records are checked to compile the list.
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Taos County
Bob Yate
Mae
Mary Lorraine Gallegos
Gallegos
Beatrice Medina
Taos
Anna Romero
Ranchos
Eureilia Romero
Vadite
Fiesta seeks entertainers and queen contestants for Taos Fiesta
Fiesta Council seeks folklore, puppet shows, dances, musicians, and drama skits for the July 24 to 26 Fiestas de Santiago y Santana. Queen contestants must be 17 to 25, Taos County natives with Spanish descent, and both parents Taos residents. Entrants contact Antonio Cordova or Angel Trujillo, with forms from Vera Products. Parades include a children’s parade at 10 am and a historical parade at 1 pm on July 26.
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Fiesta Council
Santiago Y Santana
Antonio Cordova
Angel Trujillo
Maya Romero
Taos County
Taos
Romero
Vera Products, Inc
Erminio’s
Vets honor Dow Bond at 1681 State Convention
The 1681 State Convention of the Bataan Veterans Organisation in Albuquerque will honor Dow and Peart Bond of Taos and Thomas and Joan Hay of Silver City. Bond and Foy are former officers of the 100th Canat Arillery A.A. The event runs June 1 to June 18 at Midtown Holiday Inn, recognizing their contribution to ex-prisoners of war from New Mexico.
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Bataan Veterana Organisation
Dow and Peart Bond
Taos
Thomas
Joan Hay
Silver City
Bond
Foy
Y00th Canat Arillery
A.A
Albuquerque
Holiday Inn
Albuqurque
Bataan
New Mexico
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John Oren
New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service
New Mexico State University
West Coast School of Bible
Los Angeles
Calif
California
Battered Women's Project
Lisa
Timothy
Joy
New Mexico Press Association
Tigers' Roar
THS
Bleuto Maestas
la Loma
Questa and
County Housing Authority
M-R-S, Inc
Lighting Center
Trac
George’s Woodworks
Rio Grande Cash Lumber
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Coronado Center
Armory Street
Tees Plaza Theatre
Tees
Films Inc
Excalibur
Wince Anne
Superman
Christopher Reeve
Margot Kidder
Dur
Kit Carson
Colombia
Janes Brolin
Anthony Quinn
Lindsay Wagner
Bruce OL
Cleavon Chick
James Gavison
Caney Ny
Branx
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