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Newspaper
Taos News
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 08, 2003
Page
7
A messy OCR style list presents names, roles, and contact details for The Taos News staff. It includes editors, reporters, managers, and departments, with addresses and emails. some entries are garbled or duplicated and require cleanup for a final publication card.
The May 17 front page headline misstated that state police officers were targeted by a criminal investigation. Special Investigations officers from the Department of Public Safety are currently under investigation.
Ronald Montez, a Taos Police Department veteran, becomes captain after 20 years in the force. Born in Germany and now 44, he previously served as lieutenant and dispatcher and will back up the chief when needed. Montez cites guiding people as his core goal and notes retirement eligibility.
Taos County officials are studying an in-house program increasing staff from 1 to 15 including a department manager and three truck drivers. Operational Consultants will issue a final recommendation by May end with a June decision target. The aim is to keep revenues local and cut waste costs, potentially saving hundreds of thousands.
Taos County Commissioner Virgil Martinez, whose district borders Colorado, contests the in-house garbage collection proposal. He notes other counties dump waste at the Cerro solid waste transfer station and advocates starting with one community to study the issue before contracting. He questions monitoring workers living locations given wage concerns.
Olonia and Angela Sanchez coordinate a second Taos County clean-up set for May 17 with a poster contest for elementary students. Judging ends May 5 and prizes will be announced soon. Call 751-8500 or 505-758-5320 to volunteer. Dennis Martinez also aids, contact 505-758-8234. The effort has cleaned eight areas, netting 490 tons, including white goods and junked cars.
Renovation projects across Taos schools include Taos Middle School adding four classrooms and renovating three, Taos High School building an eight classroom addition with a theater if funds allow, new guard house and canopy, campus entrance upgrades, and a revised band and chorus area for athletic locker rooms. Also Taos Elementary and Enos Garcia Elementary receive roof, interior, heating, and safety improvements along with fire alarm upgrades and intercom improvements.
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