Rio Costilla Recreation Corp Faces Court Move to Remove Directors
The Rio Costilla Recreation Development Corporation is ordered to show cause in district court why a receiver should not be appointed. The suit by George Ortega of Santa Fe accuses officers and directors of misusing assets and seeks removal, injunctions, and accounting. The controversy follows past tensions over ski area funding and corporate control of the Rio Costilla Ski Area project in New Mexico.
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Steve Winston
Amalia
Rio Castilla Recreational Development Corporation
Joseph E. Caldwell
Alamogordo
Francis Selph
George Ortega
Santa Fe
Ray Martinez
Selph
Ortega
Rio Costilla
Manuel Martinez
Luis Galvez
Eliseo Lucero
Michel
Martie
IM. de Herrera
Alfonso Gonzales
Harlan
Martinez
Gustavo Vallejos
Cattle Corporation
Recreation’ Corporation
Rio Costilla Recreation Development Corporation
Centinel Bank
Centinel
Hiro Romero
Rio Castillo
Talpa Water Board Row Forces New Election
Talpa Domestic Water Consumers Association ordered to work with El Valle de Los Ranchos Water and Sanitation District to fix water supply issues. State environmental director Russel Rhoades demands 13 actions including a new board election and audit after a public hearing revealed poor governance, delinquent accounts, and outdated bylaws. The El Valle district seeks to use a $193,000 CAC grant extension to repair Talpa’s water system. The EID also orders an annual membership meeting and vacant board offices.
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Bryan Welch
Talpa
Domestic Water Consumer's Association
el Valle de Los Ranchos
el Valle
Board of
CAC
Ranchos de Taos
EID
Board of Directors
RID
Talpa Association
Associaton
State Health Department
Ranchos Elementary
Reservoir flood threat moves down Costilla canal
Water released from Costilla Reservoir threatens irrigation diversion dam nine miles downstream and may flood homes along county road B0618. Taos County prepares with 4,000 sand bags arriving May 18 and 15,000 collected since flood watch began. Flood control officer Sammy Montoya notes rising waters, while EID warns wells can be contaminated. Cordova advises boiling or chlorinating private well water and cautious well cleanup if flood waters enter.
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Costilla
Sammy Montoya
Taos County
Taos
State Environmental Improvement Division
EID
Gus Cordova
Cordova
Retiring Ranchos principal reflects decades in Taos schools
In Taos education a long serving Ranchos principal looks back on more than three decades of service. The note appears in a 1982 page 2 copy. The article mentions Questia and a potential Olympian on Page Ba, hinting at future features.
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Ranchos
Taos
Soonle
Taos broker on probation for embezzling trust funds
Taos real estate agent Hugh Hendrix pleaded guilty to diverting trust funds and was sentenced by District Judge Joseph Caldwell to three years in prison with parole and a 5000 dollar fine, all suspended. He must make restitution and faces license revocation measures. The case arose after a Michigan client’s complaint and an ensuing criminal probe.
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Taos
Hugh Hendrix
Casa de Taos Realty
Joseph E. Caldwell
Caldwell
Hendrix
Ray Luis
Taos Art Association
Taos Community Auditorium
Real Estate Commission
Michigan
Larry J. Rassman
Election turnout low for zoning-signature vote in LWano district
In a May Tuesday election only 38 of 200 plus eligible voters in LWano Quemade's special zoning district voted to approve five compass signers for the zoning board. No write-ins were recorded. Deputy Orlando Marquez cited lack of opposition, cold weather, and overall voter disengagement as key factors in the turnout.
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Lwano Quemade
Ane Cirk
Orlando Marquez
Commission
la Serna Grani
Yates Sentenced for Hashish Manufacture in New Mexico
David Warren Yates, 24, is at Los Lunas correctional facility this week after being sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary for manufacturing hashish. Jeffrey Hay, 24, a former ski host at Taos Ski Valley, is under a 60 day diagnostic at the state penitentiary. District Judge Joseph E. Caldwell sentenced Hay on Friday May 13 and urged sincerity in his claim that he learned his lesson. The raid on Feb 25 at a rental house in FE Prado uncovered a kitchen converted into a hashish manufacturing site.
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David Warren Yates
Los Lunas
Jeffrey Hay
Taos Ski Valley
State Pen
Joseph E. Caldwell
Hay
Calawell
FE Prado
Cycle wreck kills one near Dixon
A Dixon man Arturo Estrada, 56, died Saturday from massive head injuries after a motorcycle crash on SR 75 six miles east of SR 68. He failed to negotiate a curve on Dixon Hill 6.3 miles east of SR 68 and plunged down an embankment hitting boulders. State Police reported the death. investigating officer was Glen Weathers.
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Dixon
Here
Arturo Estrada
SR 75
Dixon Hill
SR 68
Glen Weathers
Drug suspect Holmquist extradited to Taos from Indiana
Police returned Eric D. Holmquist, a drug suspect, to Taos on Tuesday after he fled the state on a three count distributing a controlled substance warrant. Deputies Gilbert Vigil and Pete Romero flew to Indianapolis after Indiana police arrested him and he waived extradition.
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Eric D. Holmquist
Taos
Gilbert Vigil
Pete Romero
Indianapolis
Ind
Holmquist
Indiana
HolJmquist
Ortiz murder trial delayed to June 20
Martha Ortiz, charged with conspiring to kill her husband Andalesia, faces a postponed trial set for June 20. Co-defendant Glyde Martinez, the dead man’s nephew, was found not guilty of murder in December but faces tampering charges related to Ortiz. Taos County jury previously acquitted Martinez on murder charges.
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Questa
Martha Ortiz
Tial
Ortiz
Glyde Martinez
Taos County
Martinez
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Taos Tree Service
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Academy of Country
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Inntertainment
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