Alpine native is fatal victim of domestic violence

Pete Nieto is GOP candidate
fo r state representative, page 2
Leadership Big Bend sets
development symposium, page 3
Je ff Davis County Courthouse
gets renovation grant, page 6
TEXAS P R E SS
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A w a r d W in n e r
2001
January 24, 2002
Vol. 68 No. 44
news
notes
Motion picture
underway
down south
FA R W EST TEXAS - Folks
driving along the River Road, FM
170, in so u th P re sid io and
B rew ster counties earlier this
w eek m ight have seen a little
Hollywood movie magic in action.
The cast and crew from “Spy
Kids II” filmed a scene on the big
hill at Colorado Canyon. Scenes
in Big Bend National Park are
also reportedly planned.
Spy Kids II is the follow up of
last year’s Spy Kids, a children’s
James Bond sort o f caper that got
great reviews. Texan filmmaker
Robert Rodriguez wrote and di­
rected both Spy Kids movies. His
past work has included cult fa­
vorite El Mariachi, Desperado,
From Dusk til Dawn, The Fac­
ulty and one o f the vignettes in
Four Rooms.
T he c ast and crew fo r the
scenes are being housed at the
Lajitas resort and in Study Butte,
including child stars Alexa Vega
and D ary l S abara. A n to n io
Banderas is also in the second
movie, but is not involved in the
Big Bend shoot and is not on lo­
cation.
A ctors Cheech M arin, Steve
Buscemi and Ricardo Montalban
are also in the Spy Kids II cast.
Homicide occurs in Odessa
Alpine native is fatal victim o f domestic violence
By DAN KEANE
ODESSA, ALPINE - Alpine
native Estela Valenzuela Cadena
was shot to death by her es­
tranged husband Friday after­
noon in sid e the dow ntow n
O dessa b u sin ess w here she
worked, Odessa police said.
Cadena’s husband, 41-year-old
Joe Albert Ramon o f Odessa,
also exchanged gunfire with an
O dessa police officer at the
scene, and suffered multiple gun­
shot wounds to his chest, police
said. Ramon is currently in po­
lice custody at Medical Center
Hospital in Odessa, where he
remained in stable condition on
Wednesday, according to reports.
Ramon, who also has Alpine
ties, has been charged with firstdegree murder and attempted
capital murder, and could face up
to 99 years in prison for each
charge, police said. O dessa p o lice C pl. G reg
Travland suffered a bullet wound
to his left thigh and also was
taken to Medical Center Hospi­
tal where he was listed in good
condition on Wednesday, accord­
ing to reports.
“This is a shock to the commu­
nity o f Alpine,” said Lee Puckett,
manager o f the Geeslin Funeral
Home in Alpine. “She was from
a well-respected family, and her
brother, Larry (Cadena), is the
funeral director here.”
Through a statement issued by
the funeral home, Larry Cadena
has declined to comment on the
tragedy.
Police said Travland had gone
to Drug Screen Compliance &
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By STERRY BUTCHER
MARFA - A series o f updates
peppered Monday’s school board
meeting in Marfa, among them a
brief status report o f the Redford
School by its principal, David
Clark.
Though it is 76 miles distant
from M arfa, the 2 0 -stu d en t
Redford campus is overseen by
MISD. Redford is primarily a
Spanish speaking border commu­
nity and the students in this iso­
lated place have suffered in re­
cent years from a lack o f teacher
continuity. In mid-fall, former
C an d elaria School tea c h e r
Johnnie Chambers sprang from
retirement to take on teaching du­
ties at Redford. Two aides assist
her. Chambers’ enthusiasm and
experience have been a boost to
the students at Redford, which
was officially dubbed “Low Per­
forming” by the Texas Education
Agency last year. Pressed by the
ominous low performance rating,
MISD personnel have instigated
an educational blitz upon the
school in an effort to drive up stu­
dent scores on the Texas Aca­
demic Assessment Skills test.
MARFA - City council mem­
bers will talk about putting a sales
tax option before voters at their
special meeting at 6 p.m. today in
the Casner Room.
At stake is a proposed sales tax
increase of one half of one per­
cent for parks and recreation im­
provements and one quarter of
one percent for streets repair and
maintenance. The council will act
today on whether to put the sales
tax issue on a May 4 election bal­
lot.
Also on the agenda for today’s
meeting is discussion on construc­
tion work for a water well and
booster pump project and the re­
newal o f a firm that deals with
tax services.
. M ARFA - The Marfa Cham­
ber o f Commerce is asking for
your nominations for Volunteer of
the Year and Citizen o f the Year
for 2001.
Additional recognition will be
started this year for Educator of
the Year and Public Servant of
the Year.
The new categories were re­
cently added by the board o f di­
rectors, and they anticipate con­
siderable community input.
Nominations should be sent to
the chamber o f commerce office,
and need to include a resume or
biography o f the nominee.
Names and biographies need to
be at the chamber office by Janu­
ary 31.
Consortium o f the Southwest on
West Sixth Street in downtown
Odessa at about 2:30 p.m. Fri­
day to talk to Cadena, who was
the drug-screening lab’s office
m anager. Cadena, a M idland
resident, had called police ear­
lier that day to report a domestic
dispute.
A half-hour later, Travland was
still inside the business taking a
rep o rt from C adena w hen
Ramon entered and opened fire,
killing Cadena and wounding
Estela Valenzuela Cadena
Principal: Redford School
improvment efforts under way
Council talks
sales tax tonight
Marfa chamber
seeks nominees
50 cents
“1 wrote a School in Need of
Improvement grant for $4,770,”
Clark told school board members.
The grant helps pay for the regu­
lar, once-a-week travel o f two
M arfa teach ers to R edford.
These teachers break the third
through sixth graders into group
and drill on specific TAAS ob­
jectives. The Marfa teachers’
curricula in their hom eroom
classes here are structured so
that no m ajor m aterial is
broached by a substitute in the
teachers’ once a week absence.
Clark noted the importance o f
continuity for both the Redford
and the Marfa kids: the school
originally intended to rotate
teachers to Redford but quickly
realized that the differing styles
o f different teachers could work
against progress. The same is
true in Marfa, where long-term
substitutes will fill in once a week
for the two teachers who travel.
The substitutes’ pay is part of the
grant.
The grant also helps fund ex­
tracurricular tutoring by Cham­
bers, who tutors for an hour a
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Hospital District continues
work on indigent program
(staff photo by ROBERT HALPERN)
Marfa High School student Christopher Dominguez concentrates on an answer during the Academic
Decathlon SuperQuiz on Saturday. The regional meet drew 10 teams from elsewhere in Texas, and
was hosted by M arfa ISD. Dozens o f local volunteers, including, from left, Lee Bennett, Kevin
Davis and Lynn Crowley, helped make the event a huge success.
Former staff writer pens Harper’s magazine
article on Marfa, Ambrose Bierce, border
By STERRY BUTCHER
Jacob Silverstein has written a
strange, lucid story about Marfa
and the border and it’s just come
out in the February issue o f
Harper’s magazine. 1
Jake used to write for The Big
Bend Sentinel and the Presidio
International. Remember him?.
Friendly guy, black h air- he drove
a little green Toyota station wagon
with California plates. He lived
in Marfa for a year and a half,
bought a crumbly adobe house on
Alamito Creek and worked the
typical beat at the newspaper,
writing everything from features
on local folks to covering junior
high basketball scores and the
political hullabaloo at city meet­
ings.
With the article “The Devil and
Ambrose Bierce, Well M et in
M a rfa ,” J a k e ’s read ersh ip
climbed from several thousand a
week from his old job at the Sen­
tinel and the International to the
several hundred thousand read­
ers ofH arper’s magazine, which
is nationally distributed.
The sto ry in v o lv es J a k e ’s
muSings on the burial place of
A m brose B ierce, an author
whose most famous works are
arguably “The D evil’s Dictio­
nary” and “An Occurrence at
Owl Creek Bridge.” Bierce was
so regarded as a misanthrope that
he earned the nam e “ B itte r
Bierce” and among the last things
known about his life is that he in­
tended to go into Mexico during
the revolution, ostensibly to find
Pancho Villa. Bierce disappeared
in 1913 after announcing his de­
sire to delve into the revolution
fracas, and som e h isto ria n s
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By DAN KEANE
MARFA - Big Bend Regional
Hospital District board member
B. J. B ru n in g opened the
district’s monthly meeting Mon­
day evening with an invocation,
beseeching a high power to guide
the board in its efforts to help the
indigent in both Presidio and
Brewster counties.
The prayer was very appropri­
ate. Indigent care is a very com­
plicated matter, wound up in a
hfeadache-inducing bureaucracy
o f rules and regulations, and the
district’s elected officials need a
patience nothing short o f divine
to sort through it. Fortunately,
Monday’s meeting saw the board
members Bruning, Bea Pearce,
and Johnnie Chambers achieve
some progress in their continu­
ing efforts to figure out just ex­
actly how, why and for what the
district’s tax dollars are spent.
The efforts began last year,
when officials in Presidio County
pressed Community Health Sys­
tems (CHS), the corporation that
ruhs the Big Bend Regional
Medical Center in Alpine, for an
audit o f the several hundred thou­
sand dollars in tax money the
company receives each year to
cover indigent care. A full audit
o f the indigent funds, performed
by an independent accountant, is
due out soon, board members
said. “They’re addressing the is­
sues we raised,” Bruning said.
Indigent funds report
Besides the independent audit,
board members also requested
that CHS provide the district with
a detailed accounting o f the
hospital’s indigent expenses for
fiscal years 2000 and 2001, as
well as a monthly account o f the
hospital’s indigent patients. CHS
Community Health Coordinator
in Alpine Mary Baker, who runs
the district’s indigent care pro­
gram , b ro u g h t a rep o rt to
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a rn r
Ag Commissioner Combs to
Nieto announces candidacy deliver Feb. 1 lecture at Sul Ross
senator’s state director.
ALPINE - Susan Combs, Texas
Combs currently serves on the
fo r sta te r e p r e s e n ta tiv e Agriculture Commissioner, will boards
o f the Texas and South- Republican women to m eet
deliver the 13th Leaders in Agri­
western Cattle Raisers Associa­
UVALDE - Republican Uvalde
culture Lecture Friday, Feb. 1 at
tion, Texas Wildlife Association, M onday at Sul Ross center
County Attorney Pete Nieto has
Sul Ross State University.
Texas Natural Resources Foun­
thrown his hat in the ring to rep­
resent the newly-drawn Texas
House District 74, which includes
Brewster, Culberson, Edwards,
Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving,
Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Terrell,
Uvalde, Val Verde and Ward
counties.
Nieto, who previously served in
the Texas house in 1993-94, has
been the Uvalde County pros­
ecutor for five years. He said his
candidacy in District 74 is a part
o f his continued commitment to
public service.
“ In 25 years o f practicing law
in Uvalde County and the sur­
rounding area, I’ve had an ongo­
ing commitment to public service
and my candidacy in District 74
is a natural evolution o f the com­
mitment,” Nieto said. He noted
that with a shift to a Republican
majority in the Texas House his
connections to GOP leadership
will allow the concerns o f Dis­
trict 74 citizens to always get a
fair hearing at the Capitol.
Nieto characterizes himself as
a “George W. Bush” Republican
Pete Nieto
and said he will represent all Dis­
trict 74 residents “regardless of
socio-economic status, ethnicity
or party affiliation.” .
“There are issues that are criti­
cal to the people o f this District
such as having plenty o f water,
job opportunities, rural health
care, public safety and individual
and property rights,” Nieto, said,
adding, “I have the understand­
ing o f these issues and the means
to ensure that our citizens’ view­
points and needs are heard and ,
responded to at the State Capi­
tol.”
Brisbin elected to national board
strengthen local units o f govern­
EL PASO - Jake Brisbin Jr.,
ment in Brewster, Culberson, El
executive director o f the Rio
Paso, H udspeth and Presidio
Grande Council o f Governments
counties in Texas and Dona Ana
with headquarters in El Paso, was
County in New Mexico.
elected to serve as a member o f
Founded in 1967 to provide
the board o f directors o f the Na­
training,
information and repre­
tional Association o f Develop­
sentation
for regional develop­
ment Organizations (NADO).
ment organizations throughout the
Brisbin, a former Marfa mayor
United States, NADO members
and Presidio County judge, was
are regional development orga­
elected in a special election to
nizations such as Rio Grande
represent members in the South­
COG that provide economic and
west region.
community development assis­
“Jake Brisbin brings a wealth o f
tance. The association’s member
p ro fessio n al e x p erien ce to
organizations serve the 82 million
NADO. The members and staff
residents o f small metropolitan
look forward to working with him
and rural Am erica through a
'<>to strengthen the voice of regional
' orgatiizatioi^iSekvjhgiman met-:. ' w idearray o f programs focused
on diversifying local economies
1ropolitan and rural America,” said
assisting businesses and creating
NADO E xecutive D irecto r
jobs, providing social services and
Aiiceman Wohlbruck.
improving living conditions by
He was named executive direc­
upgrade public facilities.
tor o f the Rio Grande COG in
The Board o f Directors over­
1999 and served as Presidio
sees the association’s budget and
Countyjudge from 1994 to 1999.
operations and develops policy on
The Rio Grande Council o f Gov­
issues regional development or­
ernments is a voluntary associa­
ganizations. For additional infor­
tion o f local governments estab­
mation about the association visit
lished to promote intergovern­
www.nato.org.
m ental
co o p eratio n
and
Combs, who operates a cowdation and on the national advi­
calfbusiness in Brewster County,
sory board for Texas Wild. She
will address “An Agricultural Gi­
has also served on the board of
ant: Texas Moves Forward as a
d ire c to rs o f the T exas B e e f
New Century Unfolds,” at 3 p.m.
Council and the Texas Production
in the Studio Theatre, Francois
Credit Association, and is cur­
Fine Arts Building. The Leaders
rently a m em ber o f the Texas
in Agriculture Lecture Series is
Farm Bureau and the Indepen­
presented by Sul Ross and the
dent Cattlemen’s Association of
San Antonio Livestock Exposition
Texas. Combs is president of the
(SALE).
board of trustees o f St. M ary’s
“We are pleased that Commis­ Hall.
sioner Combs will be part o f this
In November 2000, she received
series,” said Dr. Rob Kinucan,
the Texas Tech University Gerald
dean of the School of Agricultural
Thomas Outstanding Agricultur­
and Natural Resource Sciences.
alist Award, which honors those
“She has a diverse agricultural
who have made significant con­
background and has distinguished
tributions to agriculture. Combs
herself through her commitment was recognized for her work in
to the industry in both the public the public service category.
and private arenas. We look for­
Combs and her husband have
ward to her presentation.”
three sons and live in Austin.
Com bs, a fourth -g en eratio n
The Leaders in Agriculture Se­
Texan and rancher, is the state’s ries is supported by the San An­
10* commissioner o f agriculture tonio L iv e sto c k E x p o sitio n
and the first woman to hold this (SALE) Endowment for Excel­
position. She received her law . lence in Agriculture. The series
degree from the U niversity o f brings individuals to Sul Ross who
Texas School ofLaw and worked have distinguished themselves
as an assistant district attorney in regionally, nationally and interna­
Dallas. From 1993-96, Combs tionally as leaders in the field of
served in the Texas Legislature, agriculture.
writing the state’s major private
Since 1987, SALE has contrib­
property rights legislation. She uted $839,000 to Sul Ross, mak­
also was a member o f the House ing it the largest single contribu­
committees on Natural Resources tor to the university. The SALE
and Criminal Jurisprudence. Tn scholarship endowment permits
1996, Combs joined the staff o f Sul Ross to award 16 scholarships
U .S. S e n a to r K ay B ailey o f $2,500 per year for four years
H utchison and w orked, as the to deserving students.
mim
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fundraiser
fo r Danielle Salgado
ELECT
Cornelio
‘Cony’
Vega
for
Presidio County Commissioner Pet. 4
“Working For You”
First of all I would like to introduce myself, my name is
Cornelio Vega. I am 30 years of age, married, with three
children ages: 6, 9, and 1 2 .1have lived in Presidio County
for almost seven years, and I am also a taxpayer in this
county. My family and I have made Marfa our home and will
continue to do so and would not change it for anything in
this world.
Future Goals .
• Will not make any promises
•W ill need your trust
• Will work to “stretch your tax dollars”
• Will look into available grants from state and federal
programs
• Will always keep an Open Mind and Open Door to help
you and to always listen
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. • Sunday, Jan. 27
at St. Mary’s Parish Hall
7:30 a.m. - menudo, breakfast burritos,
sweets
11 a.m. -1:30 p.m. - Asado dinner
2 p.m. - ? - Sweet &prize bingo
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Sincerely, Your Candidate for County Commissioner
Precinct 4, Cornelio C. Vega
“Your vote and support will always be greatly appreciated.”
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March 12, 2002
Democratic Primary Election
Pd. pol. adv., by Cornelio C. Vega, Box 1296, Marfa, TX 79843 ‘
kept for local disaster relief.
The local chapter needs your fi­
nancial help at this time to pro­
vide emergency assistance to lo­
cal families.
Contributions should be made to:
American Red Cross
o f Southwest Texas
120 East Second Street
Odessa, Texas 79761.
Information: 915-570-6161 or
800-219-2154.
Marfa Public Library
receives $5,000 grant
ODESSA, MARFA - The Per­ gratulate these very worthy or­
mian Basin Area Foundation has
ganizations for the important and
awarded more than $90,000 in wonderful work they are doing
grants to nonprofit organizations . for the people o f our region’s
serving the region’s communities,
communities. We urge you to
including a $5,000 grant to the
‘keep up the great work’.”
Marfa Public Library.
The Foundation awards grants
The money will be used for the
following review o f applications
preservation o f the Lee Bennett submitted in the Fall and Spring.
Junior Historian Collection ofborSpring grant applications are due
derland history.
at the Foundation’s offices on or
T ra cy E lm s, c h a ir o f the
before April 15,2002. Additional
Foundation’s development com­ in fo rm a tio n
ab o u t
the
mittee said, “On behalf o f the Foundation’s grant procedures is
Foundation’s board of governors available at www.pbaf.org.
and our grants committee, I con­
The spice cumin is part of the carrot family. In ancient Rome it was
believed that if it was ted to lovers they would remain faithful.
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“Giving me an opportunity, is giving ou£selveis]a,
stronger Voice for our community”
American Red Cross in
need of financial help
FA R W EST TEX A S - The
American Red Cross o f South­
west Texas is in desperate need
o f financial assistance.
Since last summer, the area Red
Cross responded to 111 fires, as­
sisting 398 people and spending
$59,113. Since September 11,
2001, the Red Cross has assisted
in 60 fires and spent $41,157.
All money donated to the 9.11
attacks went to New York. No
money designated for 9.11 was
Simon Garza.
A buffet lunch will be served
beginning at 11:30 a.m. For addi­
tional information or to make a
lunch reservation, please call
Jean Campbell at 837-7380 or
Helen McIntyre at 837-9197.
Sf
• Friday, Jan. 25 „
7:30 a.m. - Bake Sale - Marfa Post Office '
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ALPINE - The monthly meet­
ing o f the West o f the Pecos Re­
publican Women will be held
Monday, January 28, at the Sul
Ross U niversity Center, w ith
guest speaker M arfa B order
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the smart choice.
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Sullivan to leave position as
Presidio city administrator
Barry Sullivan
By DAN KEANE
PRESIDIO - After almost two
years in Presidio, City Adminis­
trator Barry Sullivan tendered
his resignation on Monday, and
will leave his post February 15
to become the assistant city man­
ager in Hewitt, a town of 11,085
just south ofW aco.
“I ’m g oing h o m e ,” said
S u lliv a n , w ho grew up in
Robinson, just across 1-35 from
Hewitt. Sullivan said his parents
recently moved to Hewitt, andmany ofhis family members and
old high school and college
friends live in the area.
W hile the m ove w ill bring
Sullivan closer to family and
Leadership Big Bend to host
one day institute at Sul Ross
friends, it will also be a step up
career-wise. “It’s opportunity to
not only improve my own skills
but move up in the business,” he
said.
Until he leaves, Sullivan’s main
focus will be working to ensure
the switch to a new administra­
tor will be as smooth as possible.
“M y goal now is to try and get
the best an easiest transition we
can,” he said.
The 28-year-old Sullivan had
nothing but good words to say
about his time in Presidio. “I’ve
e n jo y ed it very m uch. I ’ve
learned a whole lot,” Sullivan
said. “W e’ve accomplished a lot
since I ’ve been here. W e’ve got
most o f the 911 addressing done.
W e’ve made great leaps in im­
proving our water and sewer in­
frastructure. W e’ve also done a
lot to improve payment o f utility
bills,” Sullivan said. He also
pointed to the establishment o f
Presidio’s monthly rabies clinic
as an essential for a city that
does not have its own veterinar­
ian.
“I think this is a better place to
live now, and I believe the coun­
cil will continue to improve the
quality o f life for the citizens,just
as they did before I got here,”
Sullivan said.
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T ra v la n d ,
p o lic e
said.
Travland returned fire before ex­
iting the business through the rear
door. Ramon pursued him into the
alley, where the two exchanged
more gunshots, said Sgt. Paul
S hepherd, a m em ber o f the
Odessa Police’s Metro Homicide
Unit.
“There were a lot o f shots out­
side, but the majority were inside
the building,” Shepherd said.
“Travland and a bunch o f other
people who were in there are
lucky
to
be
a liv e .”
According to Odessa Police De­
partment spokeswoman Sherrie
Thompson, police have not es­
tablished whether Ramon knew
an officer would be present at
the business when he arrived.
Relatives o f Cadena said that
the couple had been separated
for three years. During that time,
Ramon had constantly harassed
Cadena and threatened her and
her family, they said.
A Pecos native, Ramon is a
1979 Alpine High School gradu­
ate and was a Brewster County
jailer.
A daily newspaper account on
W ednesday in d ic a te d th at
Ramon was a certified peace
officer and over the years had
worked for the Reeves County
Sherrifs Office in Pecos, where
he also was a jailer. He also was
employed as a security guard at
the University o f Texas o f the
Permian Basin in Odessa.
T he n ew sp ap er stated th at
Ramon also was an Alpine re­
serve police officer and was a
Marfa police officer in 1992.
M arfa city o ffic ia ls said
W ednesday that they had no
record o f Ramon ever working
for the Marfa PD.
(T h e O d e ssa A m e r ic a n c o n ­
trib u te d to th is report.)
“Kicking It Up a Notch!”, a tri­
county leadership development
institute, will be held Saturday,
February 16 at Sul Ross State
University.
Sponsored by Leadership Big
Bend, the one-day institute will be
held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
Becky Ramos Espino Conference
Center in the Sul Ross University
Center. The fee is $15 and in­
cludes m aterials, refreshm ents
and lunch.
The institute will feature present­
ers John and Sheryl Paul from
Association Works in Dallas.
The Pauls have expertise in lead­
ership development, change man­
agem ent, service excellence,
board development, and strategic
planning. They will conduct this
seminar on customer service ex­
cellence and effective practices
for maximizing performance.
Community and business leaders,
employers and employees, educa­
tors, members of civic and non­
profit organizations will be able to
gain skills, insights, and ideas in
the areas of effective leadership
and empowering management.
Area business and community
leaders praised Leadership Big
Bend and its initiatives.,
“As an em ployer in all three
counties, I am enthusiastic about
LBB because it opens up knowl­
edge o f the Big Bend and Davis
Mountain area to my employees
so they can better help custom­
ers and to u rists,” said Leroy
Baeza. “In addition, my employ­
ees form frie n d sh ip s that
strengthen their careers and their
community service.”
Dr. R. Vic Morgan, Sul Ross
Birders to see
New Zealand
presentation
ALPINE - On Tuesday, Janu­
ary 29 at 7 p.m., Big Bend Birders
will present a slide presentation
by former Alpine resident John
Schmidt.
Entitled, ‘Kiwi Wonderland,’ his
presentation will show highlights
ofhis recent birding trip to New
Zealand.
The meeting will be in Room 309
ofLawrence Hall on the Sul Ross
State University campus.
There is no admission charge,
and the public is invited to attend;
State University President, said
the symposium will help area resi­
dents “hone their leadership and
customer service skills.”
“The leadership sym posium ,
‘Kicking It Up a Notch’...will pro­
vide opportunities to enhance skills
that will improve the efficiency
and effectiveness ofbusiness and
leadership practices that are so
important to the future of our re­
gion,” Morgan said. “Leadership
Big Bend is providing an excel­
lent service to our communities
through this symposium.” .
Additional information will be
available from the leadership
institute’s planning group. Regis­
tration deadline is February 11.
Members of the planning group
co m m ittee are F ran W itt,
Stephanie Haynes, Doug Bums,
Glenn Garcia, Kathie Woods, and
Dr. Kip Sullivan.
S t a r li g h t
(MISD photo)
Jim Corder talks to M arfa High School students about his
custom airplane propeller business during career day last
Friday. Twenty area business representatives presented
information to students during a four-hour session at the high
school.
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Big Bend park asks for comment on at Terlingua
thrift store
proposed improvement project
Big Bend National Park is pro­
posing to reconstruct a 0.5-mile
segment o f Park Route 12 at mile
marker 14, which is the existing
paved route from Panther Junc­
tion to Rio Grande Village. Be­
tween mile marker 14 and 14.5,
the road will be vertically realigned
to allow greater sight distance and
increased highway safety. To ac­
complish this realignment, low
water crossings will be replaced
with culverts at two sites.
An Environmental Assessment
(EA) has been prepared to evalu­
ate im pacts o f this proposed
project and to provide an oppor­
tunity for the public to comment.
This EA will be on public review
for a period o f 30 days. If you
wish to review this EA, a copy is
located at the Alpine Public Li­
brary and at the Sul Ross State
University Library. You can also
write to the address below and
ask for a review copy. The public
is invited to make comments and
you may submit your comments
to the following address:
Superintendent
P.O. Box 120
Big Bend National Park, TX
79834
Superintendent Frank J. Deckert
described the process, “Before
we can do any w ork on this
project, the National Park Service
will have to make a determina­
tion o f whether there will be sig­
nificant impacts on the human
environment. If there are not sig­
nificant impacts on the human
environm ent, we will issue a
F in d in g o f N o S ig n ific a n t I m ­
p a ct, which permits our work to
proceed. If it is determined that
there would be significant impacts
of any kind, we will issue a N o ­
tice o f In ten t to prepare an Envi­
ronmental Impact Statement - at
which time Big Bend National
Park would have to reevaluate the
proposed project entirely.”
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If that’s not enough o f an entice­
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Letters to the editor
Editor:
The Presidio County Child Welfare Board’s annual Giving Tree
served so many more children this year thanks to many individuals
and the following organizations: The Big Bend Sentinel, The Marfa
National Bank, M arfa’s First Baptist Youth Group, Southwestern
Municipal Gas Corporation Employees, Memorial Funeral Home,
Marfa Lions Club, Marfa History Club, Presidio County S heriffs
Department and Ida Dominguez, Marfa Volunteer Fire Department,
Marfa High School Desktop Publishing and Journalism classes,
MHS National Honor Society members and the Marfa Girl Scout
Troops.
Through the years, this annual event continues to grow and
would not be the success it is without the support o f so many
caring, generous, wonderful people.
We look forward to another successful Giving Tree again in the
holiday season o f 2002.
Sincerely,
The Presidio County Child Welfare Board
Editor:
Obviously Mr. Ramon Morales doesn’t know or doesn’t care how
much aid and support the Upited States gives and has given to the
country o f Israel, more than $3 billion, including $1.08 billion in
economic support, $ 1.86 billion in military funding, and $70 million
for refugee assistance received as a block grant no strings
attached, lump sum received ,30 days after passage o f the bill. That
sure seems to me like the United States is supporting Israel and has
been since 1948. It would be interesting to know just how much we
have given them in the past 54 years.
The United States really believes in the First Amendment to the
Constitution and the freedom o f the press. We have prohibited any
funding to the Palestinian Broadcast System. They might say
something bad about Israel. Israel is supposed to be a selfsupporting country and they say they want to wean themselves
from U.S. aid over 10 years. It doesn’t seem like they want to lose
that aid any time soon if at all.
Mr. Morales, why don’t you try supporting the citizens o f the good
old U.S.of A. and the Constitution instead o f a country that doesn’t
need your support.
Pray for the peace o f the United States and the restoring o f our
rights.
Warren Dodson
Marfa
Editor:
Throughout school years, students are taught not to misread.
Along with that, students are also taught to understand the subject.
ThinK ^cfet it^ Mf: W afren Dodson; you did “ read into it,” for you
have misunderstood my letter. Perhaps you should enroll and
attend remedial reading and comprehension classes.
What I believe is a human right. If you don’t like it, too bad.
Maybe it’s you who is living in the wrong country. Education and
common sense go a long way.
If hate groups and organizations in this country were banned,
there would be a greater degree o f peace within this country. But,
it is their “right.” Don’t you agree, Mr. Dodson? Are they living in
the wrong the country, Mr. Dodson?
A terrorist is just that and not a soldier. The British are now
concerned about the terrorist prisoners’ rights. They want the
U.S. to declare them POWs so they can be treated and tried
according to the Geneva Convention regarding prisoners o f war.
Isn’t that just dippy?
The terrorists who planned and supported the attacks against the
U.S. killed thousands, and they have killed thousands o f people
throughout the world. All because they want to conquer and
convert the world to Islam. Terrorists are not concerned about
their victims rights, they just kill them and at times dismember
them, while praying to their non-Christian god.
The complaining and moaning about terrorists rights will continue
by the British Parliament on Human Rights along with Amnesty
International. Will the U.S. Congress bow to them? That is my
belief.
Ramon Morales
El Paso
Editor:
I want to thank Warren Dodson for his letter o f last week. It’s
always good to be reminded o f one’s straying from the liberal fold
as I did on that occasion you refer to and I don’t think there’s
anyone more liberal in our communities than I am,
I strayed for two major reasons: first, we are threatened with a
new kind of threat, one that doesn’t play by any “rules o f the
game.” We largely don’t know they are not to kill and destroy. Our
people deserve total protection; our still pretty much-unidentified
attackers do not deserve the finer benefits of our democratic justice.
This is war.
Second, our history tells how we have on several occasions during
times o f war set aside our generally valued freedoms. There were
the alien and sedition laws following our Revolutionary War. Lincoln
abandoned some o f these rights during the Civil War. President
Roosevelt ordered the shutting up o f our Japanese citizens during
World War II. These were all done, rightly or wrongly, in the light of
the threat to our American population or the pressing need to carry
the war to a successful conclusion.
However, my main point to this is that these supposed major breaks
with our traditional liberties never were reflected in later years.
There was no formal renewing of our old ways, no Supreme Court
pronouncements, nothing at all. We just went back to our old and
long established beliefs I true and tired and hopefully,just of dealing
with our citizens. Meantime, necessary protection had been
extended tour people.
I ’m afraid I’m not a very good liberal. For instance, I am entirely in
support of capital punishment. But beyond all that I’m a pretty solid
progressive Democrat. I have been arourid quite a while myself,
having spent seven weeks in the hedgerows ofNorm andy during
World War II and later taught history for 25 years. If I can claim
any accumulated wisdom from a fairly extensive career, then that is
my defense on the position I have taken.
Again my thanks for your letter.
Malcolm Tweedy
Fort Davis
Hospital "
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KMonday’s meeting. The board
was glad to see the ledger, and
made a several requests for more
information to be included on
nextqjgnJ^eBMtic yioH a'boi
have piled up.
“I have other checks that I can
cut to the hospital, for other in­
voices,” Stuart said. These other
each o f the district’s health clin­ ings. “What it takes is black and
ics. Baker said that she would white rules, and everybody under­
bring them with her when she stands them, and everybody gets
makes the rounds o f each clinic together and decide how they
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pears to be a hopelessly tangled thanked John andvBrenda Beil o f
web, officials on both the public Fort Davis for their generous
and private sides o f the issue $3,000 donation to the Alpine Ru­
agree it will become clearer with ral Health Clinic. The money will ;
time, patience, research, not a little be used to purchase a microscope
paperwork, and plenty o f meet­ for the clinic.
cember, total about $25,00,0,[Stuart
Transaction Report presented by
said. Before writing the check,
Baker said that the hospital had
Stuart said he would seek the ap­
spent $94, 809.60 in fiscal year
proval o f the hospital district
2000 and $194,868.58 in fiscal
board.
year 2001. Baker admitted that
The 30/30 rule
the 2001 number was incorrect
Board members also discussed
because she had mistakenly in­
a indigent care regulation known
cluded a number o f items from
as the ‘30/30’ rule, which in some
fiscal year 2002 in its column.
cases limits indigent care to 30
Baker said she would provide
days’ hospital stay or $30,000 to­
board members with a correct
tal cost per patient. A t this point,
accounting soon.
officials from the hospital district
The report also indicated that 12
and Community Health Systems
o f 17 patients applying for indi­
are not entirely sure whether the
gent status in December were
rule applies here in the Big Bend.
approved, with seven in Brewster
Until a definite answer is found,
C ounty and five in Presidio
the hospital will follow the limit,
County. The five denied applica­
Baker said.
.
tions were rejected either be­
Bruning said that according to
cause the patient filed them in­
completely or too late, the patient
her research* the limit only applies
had other health coverage, or the
to county indigent health care pro­
patient’s incoming was above
grams, and not to hospital dis­
exceeded indigent limits.
tricts. Whether the limit applied
to hospital districts contracting
Board members were pleased
with for-profit healthcare provid­
with the 70 percent approval rate,
and made a few requests as to
ers was not immediately clear.
how they wanted the information
“It’s going to take a little more From left, Franco M iddle Sch o o l Librarian Renee M ick, Presidio
to be presented in future reports.
research,” Bruning said.
Elementary School teacher Olivia Rico, and Marfa Public Library Director
A mistake by Conejo?
“We ’re investigating it along with Ester Sanchez recently volunteered to help Presidio Library Director Carmen
One line item on the report
the district to see if it does apply Elguezabal sort through the library’s inventory.
raised board member eyebrows.
or doesn’t apply,” Stuprt said af­
ter the meeting. “What we heed
According to Baker’s account­
ing, the hospital received a total
is something in black and white
o f $3.0,227.45 o f indigent care
that says yj?s it does or no it
funds in fiscal year 2001. Bruning ■ doesn’t.”
The fam ily o f Mark Dale Pena acknowledges w ith
pointed out that at a board meet­
Currently, the district has one in­
ing in Marathon on October 29 o f
digent patient who nas already
deep appreciation to one and all for the kind
last year, former hospital admin­
crossed the 30/30 limit. While the
expressions o f sympathy during our recent loss of
istrator David Conejo had told the
hospital will not use the indigent
our beloved father, brother and son.
hospital district that at that point
funds to pay for any more hospi­
“not one penny” o f the indigent
tal visits for the patient, they con­
May God bless each and everyone o f you.
funds had gone to the hospital.
tinue to provide him prescription
Board members asked for an ex­
medicines, in the interest o f his
planation o f the discrepancy.
health and as sort o f a compro­
Mr. &Mrs. Marcos^Pena
“W e’d like an answer,” Bruning
mise over the as-yet cloudy 30/
Anita Pena & daughters
30 rule.
said.
Jo Ann P. Lujan &fam ily
“He’s still sick, and I don’t want
When contacted after Monday’s
meeting, Hospital Administrator
him to go back into the hospital,”
Jessie Pena &fam ily
Jim m y S tuart ad m itted that
Baker explained after the meet­
Conejo’s statement had been in­
ing. “The medications are way too
correct, and said he did not know
high for him to afford.”
why Conejo had spoken in error.
Pearce said' that even one indi­
Stuart explained said that the sum
gent patient in limbo over the rule
had been paid to the hospital in
was too many, and provided an
impetus for the district to quickly
one check written on July 10 of
settle the matter. “If we have one
last year, and that so far it was
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The environm ental front
Relearning the three Rs
By FRAN SAGE
As I recuperate from a recent operation, I have recurring
thoughts about what I am trying to do and what my role in the
community may be. In these monthly pieces, I have tried to
present my views with information on selected environmental
issues. One base rock belief is that we are all part o f a larger
world, one that includes and considers not just our own needs but
those o f other peoples and other species. Naturally enough my
thoughts often come back to Hal Flanders. I know he is gone but I
still hear his voice and think of what he believed. He used to talk
about the three environmental r’s: repair, reuse, recycle. Hal
believed in living lightly upon this planet. It was his spiritual and
physical home and he lived according to his belief in maintaining its
health. I also know that over his long life he altered some ofhis
beliefs and firmed up others, which is what we all do I am sure.
He used to maintain that we needed to practice the three
environmental r ’s. That is not always easy, look at the continuing
efforts needed to keep the recycling program alive, set aside truly
practicing recycling. But, if memory serves me right, recycling
comes at the end o f a process. His notion that we repair and reuse
is where we would start. And those values sometimes seem'
counter to the way our consumer life flows. Perhaps I am only
referring to people who have choices about repairing and reusing
versus throwing away and buying new. But regardless o f whether .
it is a choice for all or just for many, it runs somewhat counter to
our societal economic patterns. Advertising seeks to convince us
that we need ever more new products to be happy. And it makes
it difficult to,follow through. How can we reduce consumption of
resources? Repairing and reusing is one way.
Do you get a pleasure out o f refurbishing something, whether it is
mending clothing, repairing small appliances, becoming involved in
preserving those objects essential to your daily life? Having been
bom in the great depression, I grew up in a poor household.
Repairing and reusing and hand me down clothes was just the way
we all lived. It wasn’t a question o f maintaining the well being o f a
planet but rather o f surviving. That is no longer an absolute
necessity in my life, but I would like to practice it now for a
different kind o f survival: the resource survival. The world’s
population is expanding but many o f our resources are diminishing.
Whether some o f them run out in our lifetime or after we are gone,
is not the point. Many o f them are finite. Eventually they will run
out. So, to me, it makes sense to husband them as we enjoy them.
But the big question with which I could use help is: How does
one repair items? That is a vague question, o f course, because
there are allkinds o f things to be repaired. If one has a cheap
watch, or toaster, or small appliance, etc., how can one find
*so meo i to fix them wheh the labor costs Would fiete'e'ssarrly have ;
to be n i^h enough’to pay someone for his or tier tTme,‘but a hew ; '
it< ni would not c6st much more? And how can one learn al I' the
kinds o f repairs necessary to keep our objects useable? The
general quality o f objects may be poor, I know at least some are,
but they are also cheap. So should one pay much, much more, buy
quality, and keep them a long time by keeping them repaired? And
can one even buy at any price some things like small appliances
that are high quality? Or should one just cut back on gadgets and
try to focus only on a few essential items. Does that require a
more leisurely society? I believe in the repair, reuse, recycle idea
but I get confused about how to think about the repair aspect. If I
could get that worked out, the reuse would then take care o f itself
and the recycle can go on without the other two if necessary.
What I really want is a way to live that is sensitive to our resources
and does not make replacing always the only choice. If you agree
on the goal, and have ideas of how to achieve if, please let me
know. Maybe we can work this out together.
Between 5 and 6 p.m. is the one-hour period when the greatest
number of tornadoes strike. They are least likely to strike between 5
and 6 a.m.
Trust andfollow
B y the Rev. DUNCAN PARISH
This coming Sunday, one of the lectionary readings is Matthew
4:12-23. Here is a lesson for us. Jesus has come out o fh is trials in
the desert, wherein he had significant tests o f faith. The gist of
them all was, would he trust God or would he bow to the tempta­
tions the world has to offer. You and I have had similar trials and
we know they can really grind us down.
Right away, Jesus has heard that John the Baptist is in prison, and
I can imagine that dealt him another blow. John, too, is doing the
will o f God in trust, and John is now being severely dealt with.
Jesus withdrew to Galilee, “in Capernaum by the sea, in the terri­
tory o f Zebulun and Naphtali.” Matthew says it is so a prophecy
may be fulfilled. Probably so, but I’ll also bet Jesus wanted to
regroup, to think things over, to pray and to teach.
It was here he began his public ministry, and he did it by saying,
“Repent, for the kingdom ofheaven is at hand.” Today, that is still
one o f the most momentous steps we can take as we begin our
personal walk with God. If you’re like me, it’s a step you have to
take daily.
If you and I, today, know the teachings o f Jesus that are in the
Bible, yet continue to live a life with behavior which is outside of
the will o f God - that is, if we do not repent and change our ways well, we’re just lying to God and lying to ourselves. We are not
living the way we say we believe. We are not godly persons.
The good Lord knows that I know how easy and comfortable my
life can be if I simply live it my way. No worries about God’s will,
no sweating about having to “be good.” No blowing smoke in my
head about “God is love and won’t punish me for the way I live
because basically I’m a good person and am active in churdi and
even teach a class. And besides, no matter what the Bible says, I
don’t really believe there’s a hell anyway.”
How comfortable it is not having to worry about how the way I
live may cause some folks to think, “Well, if that’s Christian, it
doesn’t look much different than the way the rest o f the world does
it.”
Christ did not come to die fo r the status quo. God did not come
to live among us because he agreed with the world’s ways.
Christ was not kidding when he said, “Repent.”
Neither did he leave us here to do it on our own. The major
question, I reckon, is, “Do we trust God and the will arid the way
and the word o f God?”
God only wants the best for us, so when God says that God’s
desire is for us to live according to the divine will, it is because God
knows that is the best way in the long run. It’s that simple. We can
trust that.
Ahd1Jwe>cMntrust !that;Christ lefrus God’s Holy Spiirititip g i ^ f e '
gurdancrand1strength: And th it'“The will*ofGbd'wiii'nevef lead us!
where th’e' grace b f God darihot: k£ep us,” a§ someone’has said;
We truly can repent and live a godly life. Jesus showed us how to
live. It’s right there in verses 19 and 21: “He called them and said,
‘Follow m e.’”
He has called you and me. He has showed us the way. Trust, and
“Follow me.”
Rev. Duncan Parish is interim senior pastor o f First Christian
Church (Disciples o f Christ) in El Paso.
Recycling benefit concert
this Friday at the Blues
A L PIN E - P le ase a tte n d a
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pine starting at 9 p.m. on Friday,
January 25.
The event features two bands,
B lue Screen (John R ayburn,
Nate Crowson, Austin Brown,
David Rodriguez) & Shock Simon
(David Duncan, JoJo Villanueva,
ChaCho Chavez, Corby Percel).
Suggested minimum donation is
$5 Proceeds will be used to pur­
chase recycling bins for Baeza’s
grocery store, plastic recycling
bins for the AISD elem entary
classrooms and the development
o f updated recycling, information
signs at all o f the recycling dropofflocations.
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By JACK D. McNAMARA
Ralph Arvizu was driving his minivan north ofDouglas, Arizona ‘
during an early afternoon in January 1998 when he and his family
were stopped by Border Patrol Agent Clinton Stoddard. The agent
suspected Arvizu was carrying drugs because the minivan was
registered in Douglas, it tripped electronic sensors, Arvizu did not
wave, Arvizu’s children did wave (albeit oddly), Arvizu’s vehicle
slowed, and the children’s knees were high in the back seat.
Stoddard stopped the vehicle and received permission to search
from Arvizu. The children’s knees were elevated because their
feet were on a black duffel bag containing 128.85 pounds o f
marijuana.
Arvizu in U.S. District Court moved to suppress the marijuana
evidence because Agent Stoddard did not have reasonable
suspicion to stop Arvizu. The court denied the motion and Arvizu
appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who reversed
the District Court and ruled the stop impermissible.
On January 15, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed
the 9th Circuit in an opinion written by Chief Justice William
Rehnquist. The short 15-page decision cites a couple dozen of the
best known cases o f the past 30-plus years. These citations occur,
as they have in the past, in a cruel and unusual contortion of
language and abstract concepts. For decades the courts have
struggled to address the question o f just how the constitutional
protections o f the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable search
and seizure are to be exercised in the war zone along the nation’s
southern border. The trend has always been toward an
enhancement o f police powers, particularly as regards “brief
investigation stops of persons or vehicles.”
Now a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has tried again with an
elaboration o f the term “totality o f the
circumstances.” Repeating that officers cannot “stop on a hunch,”
or that an officer must have a “reasonable suspicion,” the court
has nevertheless endorsed the constitutionality o f Agent
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at least seven reasons, to suspect Arvizu, according to the ,
decision. Any or all o f these “reasonable suspicions” might be
confirmed by a search o f Arvizu and indeed, more than 128
pounds o f marijuana were found.
And that, dear readers here in the borderlands, that is that. If a
good cop gets you with the dope, you are a goner. >From the fact
o f the dope in hand, it is not at all impossible to imagine any police
officer will be able to articulate a reason why he stopped you. In
an August 2000 dissent (before the Arvizu decision), 5th Circuit
Justice Weiner listed a few o f the vehicle stop reasons endorsed
by the courts (we deleted the footnotes, U.S. v. Zapata-Ibarra,
223 F. 3d 281):
The vehicle was suspiciously dirty and m uddy,. . . or the vehicle
was suspiciously squeaky-clean;. . . the driver was suspiciously
dirty, shabbily dressed and unkem pt,. . . or the driver was too
clean ;. . . the vehicle was suspiciously traveling fast,.. . or was
traveling suspiciously slo w . . . (or even was traveling suspiciously
at precisely the legal speed limit); the [old car, new car, big car,
station wagon, camper, oilfield service truck, SUV, v a n ]. . . is the
kind ofvehicle typically used for smuggling aliens or drugs; the
driver would not make eye contact with the ag en t,. . . or the
driver made eye contact too readily; the driver appeared nervous .
. . (or the driver even appeared too cool, calm, and collected ); the
time o f day [early morning, midmorning, late afternoon, early
evening, late evening, middle o f the night] is when “they” tend to
smuggle contraband or aliens;. . . the vehicle was riding
suspiciously low (overloaded),. . . or suspiciously high (equipped
with heavy duty shocks and springs);. . . the passengers were
slumped suspiciously in their seats, presumably to avoid detection,
. . . or the passengers were sitting suspiciously ram rod-erect;. . .
the vehicle suspiciously slowed when being overtaken by the
patrol care traveling at a high rate o f speed with its high-beam
lights o n ,. . . or the vehicle suspiciously maintained its same speed
and direction despite being overtaken by a patrol car traveling at a
high speed with its high-beam lights o n ;. . . and on and on ad
nauseam.
The federal criminal justice system records a conviction rate
which exceeds 90%. That rate in turn exceeds the 87% conviction
rate achieved by the military tribunals set up to try German and
Japanese war criminals after World War II. The hurdle for
defendants has just been raised by the enunciation o f the “totality
of the circumstances” decision in U.S. v. Arvizu.
(JackD. McNamara is the Alpine publisher o f The Nimby News since 1988,
now online at http://www.nimbynews.com. His opinions are his own and he
encourages you? comments at jack@ nimbynews.com and 915.837.5619.)
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(6) The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. January 24. 2002
State awards JeffDavis County
$2.26 million courthouse grant
By STERRY BUTCHER
FORT DAVIS - Admirers o f
the JeffDavis County courthouse
have reason to celebrate - the
building constructed in 1911 was
among 14 historic courthouses
awarded renovation funds this
month from the Texas Historical
Commission.
JeffDavis County was allotted
$2.26 million for the renovation
o f the courthouse, part o f the
$39.2 million that the Historical
Commission divvied up for this
third round of funding. “I’m very,
very happy,” County Judge
Peggy Robertson said this week.
“I’ve been wanting to do this
since I took office. A courthouse
renovation committee formed
back in 1990 or ‘91 and ever
since then w e’ve been trying to
figure a way to get it done. The
Historical Commission grants are
the first possibility for that.”
The Texas Legislature initially
appropriated
$50 m illion for
(staff photo by ROBERT HALPERN)
courthouse
renovation
funds dur­
Ellen Melvin recently opened the Ponytails and Nails Beauty Salon
ing
the
1999
sessio
n . The
in the same building as Saunders Supply Company on East San
program’s
grants
were
wildly
Antonio Street in Marfa.
sought after and more than 70
counties applied for the funds.
Presidio County was in the first
group o f 19 counties approved for
the major improvement work. Its
$2.2 million renovation was com­
strate leadership, achievement, pleted and the building was re­
FAR WEST TEXAS - The
and financial need. Application dedicated just days before the
Purple Sage W om an’s Club
(PSWC) wishes to announce that due date is March 1, 2002. All
graduating high school students or
the annual scholarships application
is now open to all freshmen and -high school graduates are encour­
aged to apply now.
upperclassmen college students.
Purple Sage W om an’s Club
Mary Vongsavath, chairman,,
(PSWC),
founded in 1999, is open
says that the scholarships avail­
to
all
women
18 years and over.
able at this time and approximate
Its
purpose
is
to
promote commu­
amounts are as follows: 1)TFWC
ALPINE - Rededication cer­
nity
service.
Monthly
meetings is
State ($1000); 2) TFWC Penny
held
every
third
Wednesday
o
f
the
emonies
for the Bryan Wildenthal
Arts ($1000); 3) TFWC Musical
Memorial
Library will be held Sat­
month
at
noon
at
the
Sunshine
Penny ($1000); 4) 1903 UT-Ausurday,
Jan.
26, at Sul Ross State
House.
Everyone
is
cordially
in­
tin ($1000); 5) Billy McMahon
University.
vited to attend.
($500); 6) Simmang ($500).
An open house o f the newlyPurple Sage W om an’s Club
Applicants may be male or fe­
(PSWC) is a member o f the Gen­ renovated facility will be held from
male, any age, married or single,
eral Federation o f Women’s Clubs 2-4 p.m., with the official rededi­
'amending any Texas &crcdited
' gbilege or university. The follow­ (GFWC). GFWC is an interna­ cation beginning at 2:30 p.m. on
ing are considered in the selec­ tional organization of community- the new third floor. Several mem­
based volunteers in nearly 6000 bers o f the Wildenthal family will
tion process: financial need;
scholastic ability; leadership quali­ clubs in 50 states plus the District be present for the ceremony.
Named in honor o f Sul Ross’
ties and life goals. Applicalion due o f Columbia, Puerto Rico and 20
countries. Areas o f activity in­ fifth president, who served from
date is March 1,2002. All Texas
clude
the
arts, 1952 until his death in 1965, the
college students are encouraged
conservation,education, home life, Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Li­
to apply.
international and public affairs as brary was originally built in 1969.
Also available is the Western
District Alma Van Sickle Schol­ well as other special projects. Renovation and expansion o f the
arship ($400) which is open to all GFWC ‘s motto is “Unity in D i­ two-story, 44,000-square foot fa­
graduating high school students or versity” and its membership cility was authorized by the Board
high school graduates who plan to theme is “it’s a volunteer thing.” o f Regents o f the Texas State
For application and further infor­ University System in 1997 and
attend an accredited state college
mation,
please contact Mary completed in the summer o f2000.
or university within the state of
Vongsavath;
em ail: The project added a third floor and
Texas, register for at least 12
purplesagewc@usa.net.
completely renovated the original
credit hours o f undergraduate
two floors.
work cach sernester, and demon­
Wildenthal Library now offers
expanded space for collections
and services, as well as spacious
group study rooms, a computer lab
and an electronic classroom. The
library also houses the Archives
o f the Big Bend, Media Services
and has more than 220*000 vol­
Prospective students and their
the Pete P. Gallego Center.
umes. The collection also includes
families will have an opportunity
Events include: registration, 9-10 464,000 microfilms, 25,000 pho­
to explore Sul Ross State Univer­
a.m.; welcome, 10-10:45 a.m.; vis­ tographs, 1,600 serial subscrip­
sity during Sully’s Super Saturday
its with representatives from stu­ tions, 3,900 videos, films and
activities on Feb. 2'.
dent organizations, enrollment ser­ DVDs, 5,000 maps, pictures and
Activities will be held from 10 vices, financial aid and student life, charts, 200 audio recordings and
a.m.-2 p.m. following a 9 a.m. reg­
1 0 :4 5 -1 1 :45 a.m.; lunch, over 40 newspaper subscriptions.
istration. Visitors will gain infor­
11:45a.m.-12:45 p.m.; campus
Sul Ross library facilities were
mation about admissions, financial tours, 12:45-1:45 p.m.; closing ses­ first housed in two rooms o f the
aid, housing, student life and stu­ sion, 1:45-2 p.m.
Briscoe Administration Building
dent organizations, as well as
Women’s basketball begins at 1 in 1920. The initial collection to­
have the option to watch women’s p.m. and men’s basketball at 3 taled 1,800 volumes. The first li­
and m en’s basketball against p.m.
brary building, now Morelock
Concordia University-Austin in
Academic Building, was com­
pleted in July 1930 during the ad­
ministration o f President H.W.
Morelock. Cost o f the construc­
tion was $150,000, and the col­
lection o f 13,000 volumes was
moved from the old library by stu­
dents and staff.
O’Quinna Elizabeth Clark, girl, bom January 14,2002, to Kevin
The Wildenthal Library, built dur­
and Robbie Clark o f Alpine; 6 lb. 10 oz, 19 in.
ing the presidency o f Dr. Norman
Adrian Rene Escontrias, boy, bom January 17, 2002, to Benito
M cNeil, cost $675,000. Once
and Norma Escontrias ofPresidio; 8 lb. 7 oz. 20 X
A in.
again, students, faculty and staff
Shea Michael Gault, boy, bom January 17, 2002, to Mark and
moved the collection, now total­
Amanda Gault ofTerlingua; 8 lb. 6 oz. 21 in.
ing 125,000 volumes, to the new
Reyna Ruby Valdez, girl, bom January 6,2002, to Nicodemo and
facility.
Blanca Valdez ofPresidio; 8 lb. 12 oz. 20 in.
Renovation and expansion of the
Tristen Ray Donaldson, boy, bom January 8, 2002, to Cory
Wildenthal Library cost $5,226 mil­
Donaldson and Elizabeth Jordan o f Alpine; 7 lb. 5 oz. 20 in.
lion. Lee Lewis Construction, Inc.,
« Armando Adan Sotelo, boy, bom January 9,2002, to Juan and
Lubbock, was the general con­
Jessica Sotelo ofPresidio; 7 lb. 8 oz. 19 in.
tractor and Phillip Swager Asso­
Jason Lee Campos, boy, bom January 9, 2002, to LeeRoy
Campos and Veronica Flores ofMarfa; 7 lb. 14 oz. 19 in.
Kelly Colomo Baeza, girl, bom January 10,2002, to Jesus and
Laura Baeza ofPresidio; 7 lb. 11 oz. 20 Vi in.
Andre Stephan Burling, boy, bom January 12,2002, to Bobi Kay
Burling o f Alpine; 7 lb. 19 in.
Purple Sage Women announce
new college scholarship program
H istorical C om m ission an­
nounced JeffDavis County as a
grant winner on January 11.
Austin architect Kim Williams,
who also created the master plan
for the Presidio County building,
will lead the design o f the Jeff
Davis County renovation effort.
The county had been passed over
in the first round o f funding, then
got funded for the planning stages
in round two. “The outside and
inside walls need a lot o f work,”
said Judge Robertson. “We need
an elevator and they’re going to
put back a balcony that was re­
moved a long time ago.” The
courthouse’s air conditioning and
heating systems are also due to
receive attention.
Before the first hammer can be
swung in the renovation, however,
county commissioners must ad­
vertise and hire for a contractor
and county offices must move to
temporary facilities. Robertson
hopes all that can be managed by
late. March and she expects the
project to last nine months to a
year.
As part o f the grant application,
the county has pledged to match
20 percent o f the $2.26 million,
which comes to $452,000. Hotel/
motel taxes and some savings will
probably make up that money,
Robertson said.
Wildenthal Library rededication
set for January 26 at Sul Ross
ciates o f Dallas were the archi­
tects. Collections were dismantled,
stored and moved by a profes­
sional moving company, Dave
Baucom o f Library Design Sys­
tems, Inc., Houston. The library
remained open and served the
university community during all
phases o f construction and reno­
vation.
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Alpine library to resume
film series and discussions
Harper’s ••••<
(Continued from page 1)
speculate that he died by Mexi­
can forces, p o ssib ly around
Ojinaga. Jake followed up on this
idea, and on the little-known no­
tion that Bierce died near Marfa
and was buried in an unmarked
grave here.
“The whole idea o f the piece
came from a Sentinel article I did
on the drouth,” Jake explained.
“I started w orking on a long
drouth article with Harper’s in
mind, but then I began to lose
touch with the drouth and it be­
cam e m ore a b o u t A m brose
Bierce. The article slowly be-,
came about how odd it is to live
in a hard place.”
As Jake worked deeper into the
Bierce article, he was confronted
with the capriciousness o f what
is regarded as true or what is be­
lievable or what can even be
classed as being important. His­
torians say the idea that Bierce
is buried here is bunk, yet there
are unm arked cem eteries and
gravesites throughout M arfa.
People say that the devil is a just
a construct, that it doesn’t really
exist as something tangible, but
the devil is a presence in lots o f
Big Bend stories and some folks
believe h e ’s been spotted in
M arfa and Presidio. As Jake
points out, another o f Bierce’s
nicknam es was “the laughing
devil.” The location o f the truth
can be a devilish thing.
The Harper’s story is full o f lo­
cal references and conversations
with Big Bend folks. He has con­
versations with Marfa residents
Frank Q uintanar and M ichael
Roch, holds a mysterious discus­
sion with Redford resident Saul
Munoz and goes on a frenetic
ja u n i in M ixico, with Bxyant
Holman of Presidio. He talks
about Lincoln’s profile on High­
way 67 and a mountainside cave
on the outskirts o f Ojinaga.
Jake’s at Hollins University in
Roanoke, Virginia, now, where
he’s finishing a Master’s in cre­
ative writing, working on a novel
and is slugging his way through
another article for Harper’s. Be­
ing published and getting paid by
a big league m agazine helps
makes Jake feel like a profes­
sional writer, but he taps his ex­
perience as a reporter as an im­
portant step in his writing career.
“ It’s awfully nice to be paid a
chunk o f money for one piece o f
writing - it seems like maybe it’s
possible to make a living doing
this,” he said. “It was writing for
the newspaper, though, where I
becam e aware o f the freedom
you have and the importance o f
rendering a scene or a moment
or a person. At the newspaper,
.people care about what you write
so much, and the fact that you
write so much every week boils
writing down to its essential ele­
ment, which is communication.”
His plans after school aren’t ce­
mented, though Far West Texas
plays a role in whatever he ends
up doing. Jake has applied for a
Fulbright scholarship to work on
a novel in Mexico, within driving
distance o f Marfa. Or, he might
find some other work. “The goal
is to find a job that pays enough
money that I can put a roof on
my house in Marfa,” he said. “I
think about Marfa a lot. Hopefully
I’ll be there in the summer for
some length o f time. I really miss
walking into Carmen’s when it’s
full at lunch, and having to stop at
every, table to say hello.”
The F rien d s o f the A lpine
Library’s ongoing film series will
resume beginning January 30, with
a few changes m store for local
video fans. The movies will now
take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednes­
day evenings in Lawrence Hal!
room 309 on the Sul Ross cam­
pus.
The topic of this year’s first se­
ries is “ G reat A u te u rs .”
There will be a wide range of
films, from drama to mystery to
comedy to m usical. Each one
showcases the writing, directing,
and actin g o f its m aker.
(staff photo from RO BERT HALPERN)
Lannan writers Karen Swenson, left, and Patricia Vigderman.
Lannan writers to read work at
Marfa bookstore this weekend
MARFA - Patricia Vigderman B oston art co llecto r Isabella
and Karen Swenson are two cur­ ■Stewart Gardner.
Karen Swenson will read her
rent writers in residence at the
L an n an F o u n d a tio n here in w o rk at 7 p.m . on S atu rd ay
Marfa, and both plan to give read­ evening. Swenson has been writ­
ing poetry since the 1960’s, and
ings o f their work at the Marfa
her work has been published in
Book Company this weekend.
Vigderman, who reads at 7 p.m. num erous periodicals over the
on Friday, is a teacher o f litera­ years. Her first book, “Attic o f
Ideals,” was published in 1974.
ture, writing, and film at Kenyon
D u rin g the last 20 y e a rs,
College in Gambier, Ohio. She has
published numerous articles on lit­ Swenson has traveled extensively
in Asia, and; written freelance
erary, cultural, and feminist issues,
as well as short nonfiction stories. travel pieces for the New York
Times and the Wall Street Jour­
B efo re a rriv in g at K enyon,
Vigderman was an editor at New nal. Her 1998 collection of poems
Age Journal in Boston, and before , e n title d . “ The L a n d lad y in
that worked as an editor at Work­ Bangkok” received the National
ing Papers Magazine, also in Bos­ Poetry Award in 1998. H er most
ton. Her current project is a se­ recent book, “A Daughter’s Lati­
tude,” is published by Copper
ries o f short experimental pieces
centered on the life and times o f Canyon Press.
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January 30's offering is the 1996
m ockum entary, “W aiting for
Guffman” by Saturday Night Live
alum nus C h risto p h e r G uest.
Filmed in Lockhart, this good-na­
tured look at community theater
is a unique blend o f com edy
scrip tin g and im provisation.
As always, the films are open to
everyone, w ith no adm ission
charge. You m ay attend one,
some, or all o f the movies in a
series and those interested are
invited to stay for post-film dis­
cussions. For more information,
call 837 2621 or 837-1801.
Y ou a r e in v ite d .
The Board o f Regents o f the
Texas State University System
and the Sul Ross University community
cordially invite you to attend
the Rededication o f the
Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library
on Saturday, January 26, 2002,
at half-past two in the afternoon
and to the Open House
from two to four o’clock
- r > V j n u
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Vote For
David Williams
for
Presidio County Commissioner Pet. 4
Emily Roebling oversaw the
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Bridge when her husband, the
chief engineer, became paralyzed
in an accident.
March 12, 2002
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Friday, January 25, 2002
7 p.m.
KAREN SWENSON
Saturday, January 26, 2002
7 p.m.
Leadership Big B end proudly presents a symposium...
L e a d e r s h ip :
“K i c k i n g i t u p a N o t c h ”
Please join 0s for a reading of recent work by Lannan writers
in residence Patricia Vigderman, who will be reading from new
work, and Karen Swenson, travel writer for the Wail Street
Journal, who will be reading from her books The Landlady in
Bangkok and A Daughter’s Latitude.
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(8) The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. January 24. 2002
Schwab joins
new personnel at
Sul Ross State
University
(M ISD photo)
M HS students Miguel Machuca, left, and Tyler Spurgin medalled at last
weekend’s two-day Academic Decathlon. Machuca placed third in
Language/Literature, varsity level and Spurgin earned third in art,
honors level.
Castillo earns Air Force commission
- Isela P. Castillo, daughter of
Rosa and Frank Castillo Jr., of
Eagle Pass and granddaughter of
Frank Castillo ofMarfa, was com­
missioned a 2"d Lt. in the U.S. Air
Force on December 21, 2001, at
San Marcos. On December 22
she received her BBA degree in
marketing from Southwest Texas
State University in San Marcos.
She is a 1998 graduate of Eagle
Pass High School. She is currently
on duty at Hanscom Air Force
Base in Massachusetts. All the
Castillo family and other relatives
are very proud o f her and all who
wear our country’s uniform.
Her grandfather Frank Castillo
is a World War II veteran.
Isela P. Castillo
Little League baseball, softball
reg istra tio n is F eb ru ary 1
M ARFA - B ig Bend L ittle
League and the Big Bend Ama­
teur Softball Association will be
registering all players ages 5
through 16 at Marfa Elementary
and Junior High Schools from 3
to 4 p.m. Friday, February 1. Reg­
istration will continue at the
schools from Monday, Feb. 4
through Friday, Feb. 8 each day
after school from 3 to 4 p.m.
Fees will be $30 for the first child
in each family, $15 for the sec­
ond child, and $10 for the third.
BBASA and BBLL are working
together this year, so the reduced
per-child fee applies for either
league.
Players who are registering for
the first time must bring their origi­
nal birth certificate and a copy for
the leagues. There will be abso­
lutely no late registration, so please
sign up before Feb. 8 to play this
year.
For more information on base­
ball call Robert Lujan at 729-4556
or Johnny Urias at 729-3564. For
more information on softball call
Alex Leos at 729-4845.
Presidio band
students earn
regional honors
VAN HORN - For the 10th con­
secutive year, members o f the
Presidio High School Band have
earned All-Region and All-Area
Honors. Last Saturday student
musicians from Presidio joined
Marfa, Van Horn and Anthony
high schools to form the 20012002 All-Region Band in Van
Horn.
Conducting the band was Bruce
Beach, band director at Franklin
High School in El Paso. As is the
tradition in All-Regio Band, the
group rehearsed and performed
a concert program after just one
day together. Pieces on the pro­
gram were “American Heritage
M arch,” “Beach Spring,” and
“Rites ofTamburo.”
Participants from Presidio High
School were the following: Jossue
Escalera, l sl chair flute (Area
qualifier); Jacqueline Valdez, 1st
chair clarinet (Area qualifier);
Karina Lara, 3rd chair clarinet
(A rea q u a lifie r); E liz a b e th
Arenivas, 6th chair clarinet; An­
gelica Rivero, 1st chair alto saxo­
phone (Area qualifier); Hector
Reyes, 2nd chair cornet (Area
qualifier); Charles W right, 3rd
c h a ir
tru m p et;
A rm ando
Dominguez, I s' chair trombone
(A rea q u a lifie r); F lo re n c io
A randa, 2nd chair euphonium
(Area qualifier); Eduardo Muniz,
3rd chair euphonium (Area quali­
fier); and Am y Velazquez, 1st
chair mallets (Area qualifier).
ALPINE - Several new faculty
and staff have recently begun their
duties at Sul Ross State Univer­
sity.
New additions include:
* Juliette Schwab, reading in­
structor, Academic Center for Ex­
cellence. Schw ab p reviously
taught in the Marfa, Alpine and
Austin school districts. She re­
ceived a bachelor ofbusiness ad­
ministration degree from the Uni­
versity ofTexas-El Paso in 1971,
a bachelor’s degree in speech
communication from California
State University, Long Beach, in
1974, and has taken graduate stud­
ies at Sul Ross.
* Reuben Franco, counselor,
Sm all B usiness D evelopm ent
Center. Franco, who received his
bachelor ofbusiness administra­
tion (1979) and master o f busi­
ness administration (1982) de­
grees from Sul Ross, worked as
a senior vocational rehabilitation
counselor for the Texas Rehabili­
tation Commission since 1988.
P re v io u sly , he w as a social
worker for theTexas Department
of Human Resources.
* D onna K u e n stle r, R .N .,
B.S.N., director o f vocational
nursing. K uenstler previously
w orked as d irecto r o f Hom e
Health at the Big Bend Regional
Medical Center from July 1998June 2001. She received a bach­
elor o f science in nursing from the
University of Texas Health Sci­
ence Center, San A ntonio, in
1991.
* Laura Lannom , controller.
Lannom, who began her duties in
November, previously worked as
an international accountant for
KPMG, Midland. She received a
bachelor’s degree and CPA de­
gree from Texas A&M Univer­
sity, College Station.
* Rafael Rodriguez, director, stu­
dent support services. Rodriguez
served as director ofMinority Stu­
dent Affairs at Iowa State Uni­
versity, Ames, from 1995 through
June of last year. He received his bachelor o f arts degree in psychol­
ogy (1981) and a master o f arts
degree in educational guidance
(1988) from the University o f
Colorado at Colorado Springs.
* V eronica Sam pson, R.N .,
B.S.N., instructor, vocational
nursing. Sampson joined Sul Ross
during fall semester as the direc­
tor of health services. She re­
ceived a bachelor’s degree in bi­
ology from Francis Marion Col­
lege, Florence, S.C. in 1991; and
a bachelor o f science in nursing
from the University of AlabamaBirmingham in 1997.
The cheetah, the fastest land
animal, can not retract its claws.
M a r f a IS D
Breakfast
Lunch
Grilled ham & cheese sandwich,
homemade chicken noodle soup,
carrot & celery sticks, chips,
fresh fruit
Friday
Oatmeal & toast
or cereal & toast
M arfa High School students Jose Nunez, center, and Mauricio Cabezuela, right, assist Dr. M ike
Thomson during a presentation about “Character Counts” January 15 at Gregg Auditorium. The
host o f the public television series, “In Search o f Character, ” Thomson teaches the value o f good
character with high-energy that includes lots o f props and audience participation. In addition to
his television work, Thomson has more than 20 years experience in drug-alcohol prevention,
intervention and treatment. H e is an adjunct professor with the Ohio State University and
Ashland University.
Thanks
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M arfa
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A heartfelt thanks for all the
contributions, support, & hospitality
for the
Academic Decathlon Regional Meet
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Taylor High School is the top scoring Academic Decathlon team in Region X III follow ing last
week’s meet held at M arfa High School. Robert G. Cole High School and Sinton High School
were second and third, respectively. After all othe regions in the state have competed, the top
scoring school overall will advance to state competition.
Frito pie, veggie sticks, carrot &
celery sticks, Mandarin oranges
Pancakes or
cereal & toast
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It would not have been a success
without your help.
Monday
Chile dogs, fried potatoes,
carrot sticks, fruit
Tuesday
Oatmeal & toast
or cereal & toast
Chicken strips, mashed potatoes,
w hole kernel corn, gravy, bread,
fruit cup
With sincere thanks,
Amy Allison
Wednesday
Scrambled eggs & toast
or cereal & toast
Deluxe ground beef burrito, potato
wedges, tossed salad, crackers,
applesauce cup
Marfa High School
Academic Decathlon Coach
Thursday
Egg-chorizo burrito
or cereal & toaast
Spaghetti w /m eat sauce, tossed
salad, garlic bread, applesauce cup
Eridm
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The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. January 24, 2002 (9)
Education & sports
M adrid selected All State
second team defensive back
Salgado makes winning basket at
Tuesday 9s game against the Indians
M A R FA - S ho rth o rn A m y
Salgado m ade just one basket
against the Fort Davis Indians but
they were the winning two points
as the M arfa JV basketball team
beat the tribe 13-12 in the final
seco n d s o f T u e sd a y ’s gam e
played in Marfa.
The evenly matched teams were
tied 3-all after the first period and
7-all at the half. Marfa edged
ahead in the third period 11-7
when the Indians failed to get a
point
Fort Davis, however, outscored
M arfa five points to two in the
final period o f play to catch up
yet not overtake the Shorthorns
as the final buzzer sounded.
M a rfa ■sc o re -m a k e rs w ere
Stephanie Quintana and Mandy
Upshaw with four points each,
Danielle Lujan with three and
Salgado with two.
Fort Davis point-makers were
D ian a R o d rig u ez w ith five,
Courtney Brewer, Caitlin Young
and Elvira Salcido with two points
each, and Liz Snodgrass with a
point.
Marfa Shorthorn Ruben Madrid,
f junior, has been selected by a
statewide group o f sportswriters
as a second team defensive back
for the Associated Press All State
football team.
Athletic Director Pat Ward com­
mended Madrid for his accom­
plishment during Monday’s school
board meeting. “This is something
a coach cannot nominate,” Ward
said. “Only the best players from
Texas high schools make this team.
He also excels in academics and
I think the only sport he hasn’t
picked up is golf.”
Ward noted that six players have
been placed on this team in re­
7th-8th grade boys end season
with win over Fort Davis Monday
M ARFA - A combined Short­
horn 7th- and 8th-gradeibasket­
ball team defeated a combined
7th- and 8th-grade Fort Davis
Indian team 36-29 on Monday in
M arfa to end the season for both
M arfa teams.
The eighth-graders posted a 10win and 4-loss season and the
seventh-graders a 7-5 season.
Luis Aguilar led the Marfa scor­
ing against Fort Davis with 16
points, followed by Jaime Madrid
and George Carrasco with six
points each, Jacob Urias with four
p o in ts and D ustin R ios and
Alpine girls’ softball registration
scheduled for February 1-10
Bubba W ard w ith two points
each.
Other team members are Ricky
V alen zu ela, A nthohy C obb,
A aron
S an ch ez,
L evi
Bruttomesso, Alberto Halpern,
Clint Devine, Chris Hernandez,
M ichael Z ub iate and K evin
Cortez.
“I want to thank Coach Charlie
Soto and Coach George Salgado
for helping with the seventhgrade team at the Presidio and
Van Horn tournaments,” Coach
Art Rios said.
cent years, an unusual distinction
for a school in a district packed
with 1-A football powerhouses.
Madrid’s brother, Luis, made hon­
orable mention as a running back
and a defensive back in 2000.
Damian Carrillo earned an hon­
orable mention nomination as a
linebacker in 1999, and in that
same year team m ate M ichael
Spencer was named as first team
punter.
Chris Baker was a first team
kicker in 1998 and Jonathan Muhle
got an honorable mention for his
role as a defensive end that year,
too.
(staff photo by ROBERT HALPERN)
James Scott looks on as a studentfrom Cole High School answers a question
during Superquiz portion o f last weekend’s Academic Decathlon.
ALPINE - The Big Bend ASA
(BBASA) would like to invite your
daughter to play softball. Softball
is a great sport and a great intro­
duction for beginning athletes. It’s
less o f a contact sport than most
others available to young girls, and
the BBASA m akes the game
more fun for the younger players
by allowing them more playing
time and an exposure to variety a
o f field positions.,
BBASA rules state that posi­
tions for the younger age groups
be rotated with each inning, which
allows girls to experience differ­
ent playing areas. In all age
groups, no girl will sit out for more
than one inning at a time, allow­
ing each girl more play time.
Registration will be held in Al­
pine from Feb. 1 through Feb. 10
at M orrison’s True Value. Regis­
tration hours on weekdays are 4
p.m. to 7 p.m., on Saturdays 10
a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Sundays 2
p.m. to 5 p.m.
Fees will be $30 for the first
child, $15 for the second child, and
$10 for the third. BBASA and
BBLL”'are'Working fbfefher 'ffiisT.
year, so the reduced per child fee
applies for either league. If your
daughter has not previously reg­
istered with BBASA or BBLL, a
copy o f her birth certificate is re­
quired. There will be absolutely
no late registration, so please sign
up before Feb. 10th to play this
year. For more information call
Carol Morrow at 837-3071.
8th grade girls cap season
with victory over Fort Davis
MARFA - The Shorthorn girls
eighth-grade basketball team
capped a 9-victory and 3-loss
season with a 29-21 win over the
Fort Davis Indians Monday in
tribe territory. ,
Isabel Cordova led the Marfa
scoring drive with 18 points, fol­
lowed by Nichole Page with four,
Y senia Leyva w ith three and
D a n ie la A co sta and D am
Salgado with two points each.
T he team is co ach ed by
Minerva Lopez.
7th grade girls victorious over Indians
MARFA - The Marfa girls sev­
enth-grade basketball team de­
feated the Fort Davis Indians 378 on Monday in Fort Davis to end
the Shorthorn season with an 8win and 2-loss season.
V a n e ssa F lo re s p aced the
Marfa attack with 11 points, fol­
lowed by Trisha Salgado with
seven points, Jackie Hernandez
with six points, Chelsea Rios with
five, and Adela Mediano and Jen­
nifer McGuire with 2 points each.
M inerva Lopez coached the
team this year.
Applications evaluated for
summer basketball camp
A pplications are now being
evaluated for The Ten Star All
Star Summer Basketball Camp.
The camp is by invitation only.
Boys and girls ages 10-19 are eli­
gible to apply.
Past p a rtic ip a n ts in clu d e
Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan,
Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse,
Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison.
P lay ers from 48 sta te s and
seven foreign countries attended
the 2001 camp.
College basketball scholarships
are possible for players selected
The Marfa
Presidio County
Museum Thrift
Store in M arfa
is having its end o f
month sale - everything
will be
50% off!
January 28 - Feb. 2
Mon - bedding/curtains
Tue - purses/shoes
Wfed - blouses/shirts
Thur - pants/jeans
F ri-h ou se wares
Sat - all clothing
Remember:
February is book month
- all books 50% off!
to the All-American Team.
Camp locations include Com­
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Babson Park, FL, Gainsville, GA,
Champaign, IL, Greencastle, IN,
Dubuque, IA, Hillsdale, MI, Saint
Paul, MN, Rochester, NY, Boil­
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(10) The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. January 24. 2002
Obituaries
Butler
Virginia S. Butler, 83, of Alpine,
died Monday, January 21,2002,
in an Alpine hospital.
A memorial service was Janu­
ary 23 at the Church of Christ in
Alpine with Mr. Tim Mills offici­
ating. Geeslin Funeral Home was
in charge o f arrangements.
Mrs. Butler was born in Dallas
on D ecem ber 16, 1918. She
served in the U.S Navy during
World War II. She was a secre­
tary for a large drug store chain
for many years.
For five different terms, she
serve as Worthy Matron o f Or­
der of Eastern Star, including Al­
pine chapter 132. She was a
member of the Church of Christ
and had lived in Alpine for m ore:
than 18 years.
She is survived by herhusband
o f 38 years, Horace Daniel But­
ler of Alpine. They were married
in Dallas on November 7, 1963.
Josephine Aimonetto Carly
Carly
at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
,in Fort Davis. Funeral Mass was
at 10 a.m. W ednesday at the
church with Father John Lucido
officiating. Burial followed in St.
Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery, un­
der the direction ofMemorial Fu­
neral Home ofM arfa.
She was bom October 16,1924,
in Dayton, Ohio. She and herhus­
band, Donald Wayne Eno, moved
to Fort Davis in 1980. She lived
in Fort Davis until m oving to
Odessa. She was a housewife
and m em ber o f the C atholic
church. She was preceded in
death by her husband on January
8,1994.
Survivors include two daughters
and sons-in-law, Pamela Eno and
Patrick Mooney of Sacramento,
Calif., Pat Eno and Bill Turrentine
o f Fairfax, Calif.; two brothers,
John Grusenmeyer ofFlorida and
Robert Grusenmeyer of Texas; a
sister, Bettie Scott o f Florida;
seven grandchildren, Veronica
and M ary M ooney, M atthew,
Donal, Peter, Joseph and John
Turrentine, all o f California.
It is with deep sorrow that the
family o f Josephine Aimonetto
Carly announce her passing on
January. 19,2002.
She was bom on June 27,1915,
in Bingham Canyon, Utah, the
first o f six children, all girls, to
Giacomo and Catarina Magnino
Aimonetto. Her childhood was
spent in Lehi where she received
her education and iater left school
to help run the family farm when
her father died o f pneumonia.
She married Dan Carly on Au­
gust 6, 1936, in Salt Lake City.
Colonel Arlo Reed Gill, 85, of
She and her loving husband have
Alpine, died January 16,2002, at
lived in. Olairton, Pennsylvania,
his Sunny Glenn residence.
M t. H arris, C o lo rad o , and
Funeral service were held at 11
Midvale, Utah before settling in
a.m. Tuesday at St. James Epis­
Mapleton in 1940 to raise their
copal Church with the Rev. Judith
family.
Burgess officiating and Elaine
Together with her husband they
Ponton assisting. Funeral a r­
started the Carly Ornamental
rangements were under the direc­
Ironworks which operated for
tion of Geeslin Funeral Home of
more than 25 years. She worked
Alpine.
at the W ilson Nursing home,
He was bom March 29,1916, in
Provo Eldred Center caring for
Iowa City, Iowa, to James Gill and
the e ld e rly and late r at the
Clara Bittner. He was married to
Mapleton Boys home as a cook.
Mona Ruth Sealon May 2,1947,
She loved to cook gourmet Ital­
and has lived in Alpine for the past
ian dishes, and she was an ex­
22 years. Arlo was a graduate of
cellent seamstress having made
the:,U niverstty*offew&TIe served
many beautiful quilts for her fam- { his^-c^untrgiMftiigtW'o'rlkJ W at II!
J ly afidTpend^. She also loved to s and;'afterw ard s’ in rth‘e U nited
read and spend time in her gar­
States A rm y’s Corps o f Engi­
den and yard. Above all else she
neers, as a Military Governor in
loved herhusband and family and
Germany after WWII, in Korea
gave generously ofh er time and
and in postings around America,
talents.
,
retiring as a Lt. Colonel at Fort
She is preceded in death by her
Bliss in El Paso, after 20 years o f
son, Dan Carly Jr., a sister, Lena
service. As an architect and de­
A im onetto, and great-grand- :
signer, he formed Gill & Gill As­
daughter, Morgan Michelle Carly.
sociates with his wife and built
She is survived by her husband
houses and apartments in El Paso
o f 65 years, Dan Carly, and their
for many years before moving to
children, Roger (Polly) Qarly of
Alpine where he and his wife con­
Marfa, and Gene (Bernita) Carly
tinued to build doctors’ clinics,
o f Mapleton, Utah, and daughhouses and apartments.
te r-in -la w G eri C arly o f
He and his wife traveled exten­
Springville, Utah. She is also sur­
sively, living for many years in San
vived by nine grandchildren and
Miguel d ’Allende, Mexico where
29 great-grandchildren, four sis­
he designed and created jewelry
ters, Jeanine ©wot, Eda Powell,
and operated a weaving factory
H elen C o lian a and A zelia
with his wife. Arlo was a mem­
Nielson.
ber of the American Legion, the
A funeral service was Wednes­
Masonic Lodge, and the Rotary
day, January 23, in the White
Club. He was a loving husband,
Church in Mapleton with burial
father, and friend with a great joy
in -E v e rg re e in C e m e te ry in
oflife who will be greatly missed
Springville; ■•;
by all who knew him.
Survivors include his wife, Mona
Ruth Gill, known as Joy, o f Al­
pine; a daughter, Jeri Gill Eaton
ofN ew Windsor, Maryland.
Grace, Angela Eoo,, .77, o f Fort
Memorials may be sent to the
Davis and: Odessa, died Wednes­
Rotary Club Scholarship Fund,
day, January 1,6,2002, at Odessa
P.O. Box 1445, Alpine, TX 79831,
Medical Center.,
or to a charity of choice.
Rosary: was at 7 p.m-. Tuesday
G ill
Estela Valenzuela Cadena
C adena
• EstelaValenzuela Cadena,-36; of­
Midland, and a native o f Alpine,
died Friday, January 18,2002, in
, an Odessa clinic, where she was
i employed.
| Rosary was at 7:30 p.m. Tuesjday at,Our .Lady of Peace Catho7
lie Church in Alpine. Funeral Mass
was at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
church with burial in Holy Angels
Cemetery, under the direction of
; Geeslin Funeral Home o f Alpine.
She was born Novem ber 17,
: 1965, in Alpine. She graduated
from Alpine High School in 1983.
After leaving Alpine in 1985, she
lived in Pecos, Odessa and Mid­
land, where she had lived for the
past 8 years. She was office man­
ager for Drug Screen Compliance
and Consortium of the Southwest.
She was a member o f the Catho­
lic church.
Survivors include her parents,
John Joe and Beatriz Cadena of
Alpine; three daughters, Candes
Joyce Ramon and Clarinda Alaina
Ramon, both o f M idland and
Cassandra D esiree Ramon o f
Odessa; a son, Joe Albert Ramon
Jr. o f Odessa; six sisters, Blanca
Martinez o f Del Rio,. Anabelle
Sanchez ofMidland, Olga Quiroz,
of Arlington, Diana Chavez and
Gracie Cadena, both o f Odessa:
and Lorena Delgado of Chihua^;
hua; two brothers, Larry Cadena
o f Alpine and John Joe Cadena
of Lubbock; a grandson, Isaiah Ali
Leal o f M idland; a frien d ,
Fernando Carrillo of Odessa; and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Albert Alvidrez re-elected as Tigua governor
about 1,250 Tiguas— only males
EL PASO - The Tigua Indians council for the past -nine years.
who are 18 or older and are in
vTd.likfcto. thank the.-tribal coun­ good standing with the tribe —
on Monday re-elected th e tribal
governor who led th e m through a cil of 2001 for their work-, dedica­ entered the tuh-la (pronounced
tumultuous year, tribal officials tion <and Service. I look,forward “tusla”) — at 6 p.m. w ithout
said.
Ato ^o|ljing^j||ithe,council-elect knowing who the candidates for
Albert Alvidrez will start his third as~wf face the many struggles of the positions were because there
term Sunday with a new tribal rth^" Y s f e tf . D el Sur -pueblo,” - is no campaigning.
Alvidrez, 29, said.
council.
The election is considered sa­
Next week, the tribe must ap­ cred, and thus details are kept
At 8 p.m., the new tribal gov­
ernment filed out o f the tuh-la, the pear before the 5th Circuit Court . secret, officials said. For instance,
sacred building in which the an­ o f Appeals in New Oridfos to Tiguas don’t use ballots, although
nual election was conducted, as. argue a decision by U.S. District. they won’t say exactly how they
follow s:
C h ie f
S antiago Judge Garnet Thomas Eisele that express th eir ch o ices, trib al
^Bustamante, a lifetime position; the tribe-must cease gaming at its spokesman Marc Schwartz said,
-Gov. Alvidrez; Lt. GovXCgrios., ( Lower Valley Casino.,
i The time spent inside the tuh-la'
According to Eisele’s ruling, the - :varies. It was one hour last year
Hisa; War Captain Rick ^uezlda'a lifetime position; Aguacil ©r,tribal s casino.was. supposed to close its (and four hours two years ago.
Sheriff Danny Sinclair; and coundoors Nov. 30, but a three-judge f “It doesn’t necessarily reflect
cilm en Johnny L opez, Jesus
panel of the 5th Circuit Court of fwhether there was opposition o r:
Padilla, Raul Gutierrez and Tury
Appeals issued a three-sentence |not. Sometimes they have things;
Loera.
order, known as a stay, that said |to talk about,” he said. The rest;
the casino could remain open dur­ of the tribe will never know who
Council members do not receive
pay, officials said.
ing the appeal of Eisele’s ruling.
the other candidates for the posi­
In keeping with tribal traditions, tions were.
Alvidrez has served on the tribal
(staff photo by ROBERT HALPERN)
Owner Jerry Martinez stands outside the 14-unit La Lorna Inn, which recently opened in Alpine.
Two Presidio youths arrested for vandalism spree
By DAN KEANE
P R E S ID IO - Two P re sid io
youths have been arrested in con­
nection with a recent vandalism
spree that left broken windows
and damaged cars in both Presidio
and Ojinaga.
Presidio County Sheriff’s Depu­
ties arrested Eric Serrano Olivas,
18, and Oscar Valenzuela Covos,
17, Thursday on two charges
each o f criminal mischief. Both
were charged with one Class B
misdemeanor for a broken plate
glass window at Carrasco Video
and one state jail felony charge
for the more than $2,000 worth
o f damage left by vandals at Hec­
tor Avena’s Used Cars & Trucks.
E ach w as la te r re le a s e d on
Oj,iiiaga jPoIice C h i e f ftexie
Cardona said this week that he
believed Olivas and Covos were
resp o n sib le not only for the
Presidio vandalism but also for the
broken windows in Ojinaga.
In the early hours o f Sunday,
January 13, Ojinaga residents re­
ported at least ten incidents o f
vandalism at locations throughout
the city, from Calle Zaragoza in
the city’s center to the colonias
o f 2 de Octubre and Linda Vista,
officials said.
W itnesses claimed to have seen
a group o f youths driving a darkcolored sports car with Texas
p late s, and that som e o f the
vehicle’s occupants periodically
got out and smashed the windows
o f houses and cars parked on the
street. One alert w itness took
down the vehicle’s license plate
number.
Later that night, vandals hurled
rocks through the windows o f sev­
eral cars owned by Hector Avena
and parked across the street from
the Texaco on O ’Reilly Street. A
large front window at Carrasco
Video was also smashed, officials
said.
Presidio County Deputy Sheriff
Cesar Melendez tracked the li­
cense plate number, and eventu­
ally tied the vehicle driven by the
vandals in Ojinaga to Covos and
Olivas.
D u rin g h is in v e s tig a tio n ,
Melendez also spoke with a third
youth who had been seen riding
in the car with Olivas and Covos
in Ojinaga. The deputy believes
the 17-year-old had nothing to do
with the vandalism. “He was just
riding back across (the border)
with them,” he said.
O n T hursday, M elendez a r­
rested Olivas and Covos while
they attended classes at Presidio
High School. During his visit to
the school, M elendez also ar­
rested 16-year-old student for
possession o f marijuana in an un­
related matter. The student was!
taken to the Presidio County An­
nex and later released to his par­
ents. ,
(In te rn a tio n a l
re p o rte r
Guillermo M. Morales contrib­
uted to this report.)
Redford ..........
(Continued from page 1)
day outside o f school hours and
a half day each Saturday. “Mrs.
Cham bers has a phenom enal
amount o f energy,” Clark mar­
veled. She recen tly w ent in
search o f volunteers and tapped
into a rich resource: snowbirds
sticking out the winter at an area
RV park. “Two couples, retired
certified teachers, come once a
week and do two or three hours
o f reading with the kids,” Clark
said. One o f the volunteers plans
to do some science projects too.
“We’re optimistic,” he said o f the
school. “It’s looking good.”
Superintendent Gary Hamilton
brought up the specter o f a fu­
ture tax raise at the meeting, say­
ing that topic of funding is the talk
of all the educational training ses­
sions and administrative confer­
ences he attends. Right now,
Marfa ISD taxpayers pay $1.35
per $ 100 valuation in maintenance
and operations tax. The state cap
for this fund is $ 1.50 and the ris­
ing cost o f services and equip­
ment already have tax payers in
some large school districts pay­
ing up to this $1.50 level. The
state may choose to raise the
$1.50 cap in the next legislative
go round, and Hamilton believes
that MISD should start prepar­
ing tax payers now for a future
increase by considering the pos­
sibility o f bumping up the local
maintenance and operations tax.
“W hat w e’re paying is lower
than most o f the parts of the gtate
and p rices keep going tip ,”
Hamilton said. “I know it’s not a
popular sentiment, but it’d be
niore revenue for the district.
This is the handwriting on the
wall.”
There is no plan for a tax raise
and Hamilton was speaking of
legislative matters that have not
come to pass, but still, the hazy
prospect o f a tax raise made
school board members and the
audience shift in their seats.
“There is the issue o f local con­
trol,” one member o f the public
told Hamilton. “The legislation
doesn’t meet this year.” The
man referenced the school im­
provement bond measure that lo­
cal voters passed in October
2000. Architectural work has
been done on the improvement
plans, but ground has not been
broken on that project. “W e’re
already paying a premium for an
•infrastructure that has yet to be
realized,” the audience member
said, and the meeting moved on.
In other district news, school
board members:
• Listened to information-only
presentations from Mrs. Acosta
and Ms. Rojo, who are both first
grade teachers. The teachers
explained the types o f books and
materials they use in class and
talked generally o f what first
graders are expected to learn.
These two women have a com­
bined 61 years o f teaching expe­
rience.
• Heard from MHS Principal
Cherri Franklin, who thanked the
community for its help with the
Academic Decathlon event last
weekend and told board mem­
bers o f the students’ participa­
tion. “It was a marvelous expe­
rience for the students.” Ten
schools competed in the event.
• Opted to continue with the
same investment strategies and
policy. .
• Approved the 2001-02 cam­
pus plan for Marfa Elementary
School.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong
to none.
—William Shakespeare,
A ll’s Well T h a t E n d s Well
Give every man thy ear, but few
thy voice, take each man’s cen­
sure, but reserve thy judgment.
—William Shakespeare,
H a m let
S en io r P a tro l A g en t H um berto
H e rn a n d ez o f M arfa has been
named Marfa Sector Employee o f
the Quarter fo r the first quarter o f
fisc a l year 2002. Originally from
Brownsville, Hernandez has served
all five years o f his Border Patrol
career at the Marfa Station.
R eceiv e w h at ch eer you may;
the night is long that never finds
the day.
—William Shakespeare,
M acbeth
The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. January 24. 2002 n n
HELPWANTED
Managers Wanted
Baeza’s Thriftway is looking for applicants who may be
interested in positions o f leadership within our stores.
W e seek young people willing to learn our business, or
experienced, mature individuals who may want to
continue working either foil time or part time. W e have
openings in Fort Davis, Presidio and Alpine. Pay is
commensurate with experience and abilities.
If interested, please send your resume to Leroy Baeza,
B ox 977, Fort Davis, TX 79734.
BT - Jan 24, 31 & Feb 7
.
Sul R oss State University
Health Services Coordinator
Position # 0 2 -4 1 .$ 2 8 ,0 3 2 -5 3 3 ,5 7 6 . Required: Registered or licensed
nurse from an accredited school, Texas Nursing License, CPR
certifications; one to two years experience in office nursing; general
knowledge o f acute common illnesses and injuries; wide familiarity with
over-the-counter medications and com m only prescribed antibiotics, mild
pain relievers, and muscle relaxants; knowledge o f budgeting processes;
ability to speak publicly before large and small groups. Preferred:
Registered nurse from an accredited school with Texas License, CPR
certifications; emphasis in minor acute illness and athletic injuries care
and managing a small office; typing and computer skills. Provide quality
health care for university students and refer students to area health .
services and agencies; provide health care to coordinate the long-range
and daily operations o f the Student Health Center. Position is Security
Sensitive. Submit letter o f interest, resume, transcripts and three letters
o f reference to H um an R esources D irector, Sul R oss State U niversity,
Box C -13, A lpine, TX 79832. (915) 837-8058. Applications accepted
until position is filled. Application form is available on the Sul Ross
website (www.sulross.edu) “employment opportunities” page. EEO/
AAE. Sul Ross is a member o f the Texas State University System. Visit
our website at www.sulross.edu.
44-ltb
Sul Ross State University
University Center Services Coordinator.
Position #02-40. $23,796. Coordinate reservations and scheduling at the
University Center. Provide programming and services in the University
Center. Provide information regarding University Center facilities to
students, faculty, staff, visitors and outside agencies and groups.
Please see the complete announcement with the requirements and
duties on the Sul Ross website, www.sulross.edu. “employment
opportunities” page. Position is Security Sensitive. Submit letter o f
interest, resume, transcripts and three letters o f reference to H um an
R esources D irector, Sul R oss State U niversity, B ox C -13, A lpine, TX
79832. (915) 837-8058. Applications accepted until position is filled.
Application form is available on the Sul Ross website. EEO/AAE. Sul
Ross is a member o f the Texas State University System.
44-ltb
Propane
Inc.
Fuel - Service - Appliances
P.O. Box 476
Marathon, TX 79842
915-386-4422
Toll free 866-386-4422
Fax: 915-386-4411
HELPWANTED:
Full time
Bookkeeper with experience in
Quickbooks, customer relations
and sales. Employment appli­
cations can be picked up at the
office and you can call to set
up an interview.
Call Kristin Cavness for more
information.
The Presidio County Sheriffs
Office in Marfa is accepting ap­
plications for full time and part time
jailers. Applicants must have a
high school diploma or equivalent,
be able to work weekends, holi­
days and various shiftwork. Train­
ing will be provided. Startingpay
$6.95 per hour. Applications may
be picked up at the P residio
County S h eriffs Office, 320 N.
Highland Avenue in Marfa.
44/4-3tb
Rio Grande Electric Cooperative
Inc., (RGEC) is accepting appli­
cations for the positions o f area
office clerk to fill vacancies in the
Cooperative’s Marfa, Fort Stock­
ton, and Dell City offices. Works
directly with the area operations
m anager in m em ber relations.
Secretarial skills must include
working knowledge of Excel and
Word programs. Responsible for
petty cash, collecting and pro­
cessing payments, maintaining
files and answering telephone and
radio. Must possess skill in oral
and written communications in the
English language. Be willing to
work overtime, if needed. Must
possess a valid Texas driver’s li­
cense with a clear driving record.
Applications may be picked up
from any RGEC office or re ­
quested by calling 830-563-2444.
Applications must be mailed to
RGEC, Administrative Depart­
m ent,
P .O ;
B ox
1509,
Brackettville, Texas 78832. Ap­
plications must be postmarked on
or b efore F eb ru ary 1, 2002.
RGEC is an EOE.
R G E C -Jan 24& 31
W eariness can snore upon th e
flint, when resty sloth finds the
down pillow hard.
—William Shakespeare,
Cym beline
FOR RENT
FOR RENT:
2 bedroom, 2 bath
apartments in Marfa.
Furnished or
unfurnished, equipped
with washer and dryer.
CONTACT:
915-729-4829;
729-3207 or
729-4424
tfb
FO R RENT
W ell-m aintained brick home
Northwest edge o f Marfa adja­
cent to pastureland. Two BR/
large bath, office, large kitchen,
dining, full utility room with sepa­
rate sink, carport with large stor­
age room. Central air/heat. Large
walk-in closet. Separate guest
house with large bathroom and
refrigerated air. Fenced yard,
circular drive, nice trees/land­
scaping. $800 per month plus
utilities. Appointment. Contact
Michelle DeHart at 915-729-4875
or Marge Hughes at 915-7294149/4452.43-tfnb
Public Notices
i • »i
• • •
NOTICE OF SALE ■=
TH E STATE OF TEXAS •' >
BY VIRTUE O F AN '
ORDER OF SALE
COUNTY O F PR ESID IO
DATED January 7 ,2002, and is­
sued pursuant to judgement decree
of the District Court of Presidio
County, Texas, by the Clerk of said.
Court on said and to me directed
and delivered as Sheriff of said
Court I have on January 7, 200'7
seized, levied upon, and will on the
first Tuesday in February, 2002, the
same being the 5th day of said
month at the Courthouse door df
said County, in the City ofMarfa,
betw een the hours o f 10:00
o ’clock A.M. and 4:00 o ’clock,
P.M. on said day, proceed to sell
for cash to the highest bidder all
of the right, title, and interest of
the defendants in such suit in and
to the following descried real es­
tate levied upon as the property of
said defendants, the same lying and
being situated in the County of
Presidio and the State o f Texas,
to-wit:
CAUSE NUMBER 4621-A
STY LIN G AND D E SC R IP­
TION
THE COUNTY OF PRESIDIO,
TEXAS, THE CITYOF MARFA
AND THE MARFA INDEPEN­
DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT v.
THE UNKNOW N HEIRS TO
TH E EST A TE OF LUCIO
J.L U JA N D EC EA SED , THE
UNKNOW N HEIRS TO THE
ESTATE OF PAULA G. LUJAN,
DECEASED, SHEILA LUJAN,
AS AN H E IR TO TH E E S ­
TATES OF LUCIO J. LUJAN &
PAULA G. LUJAN (IN REM
ONLY), DELIA GOMEZ, INDI­
VIDUALLY AND AS AN HEIR
TO THE ESTATE OF PAULA
G. LUJAN, DECEA SED (IN
REM O N LY ) BERN A BE
SERRANO, INDIVIDUALLY
AND AS AN HEIR TO THE
ESTATE OF PAULA,p. ,LUJAN^
DECEASED (IN
West 3 feet of Lot 6 and A lt of
Lot 7, block 117 to the City of
Marfa, Presidio County, Texas
(Volume 170, Page 278 o f the
Deed Records, Presidio County,
Texas)
,
CAUSE NUMBER 4633-A
STYLING AND PROPERTY
DESCRIPTION
THE COUNTY OF PRESIDIO,
TEX A S, TH E CITY OF
PR ESID IO , TH E PR ESID IO
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS­
TRICT AND THE MARFA IN­
DEPENDENT SCHOOL D IS­
TR IC T v. JA M ES RO B ER T
ORR, CARMEN T. OROZCO,
IN D IV ID UALLY AND DBA
O R O ZC O C O N TR A C TIN G ,
ROSA INEZ HOLGUIN INDI­
VIDUALLY AND AS AN HEIR
TO THE ESTATE OF ROSA R.
O RO ZCO , D EC EA SED (IN
REM .O N LY ), CA RM EN
LUJAN M ORA, IN D IV ID U ­
ALLY AND AS AN HEIR TO
TH E EST A TE OF R O SA R.
O R O ZC O , D E C EA SED (IN
REM
O N LY ),
A RTU RO
LUJAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND
AS AN HEIR TO THE ESTATE
RO SA R. O R O ZC O , D E ­
CEA SED (IN REM ONLY),
AN D R EA O R O ZC O , IN D I­
VIDUALLY AND AS AN HEIR
TO THE; ESTATE OF ROSA R.
OROZCO* D E C EA SED (IN
REM ONLY) AND THE UN­
KNOWN HEIRS TO THE ES­
TATE OF ROSA R. OROZCO,
DECEASED.
Lots 2 through 4, Block 11, Sun­
set Addition to the City ofPresidio,
Presidio County, Texas (Volume
183 Page 68 o f the Deed Records,
Presidio County, Texas)
Lots 7 through 10, Block 11 .Sun­
set Addition to the City ofPresidio,
Presidio County, Texas (Volume
183, Page 68 of the Deed Records,
Presidio County Texas)
&>ts 5 and 6, Block 11, Sunset
Addition to the City o f Presidio,
Presidio County, Texas (Volume
221, P age 339 o f the D eed
Records, Presidio, County, Texas)
The Pre-Emption Survey No. 28,
Jose M aria B arrillo, Presidio
County, Fexas, containing 160
acres, Presidiocounty. Texas (Vol­
ume 151, Page 239 o f the Deed
Records. Presidio County, Texas)
improvements only located on
acreage i i f M | Carrasco Survey,
Public Notices
PUBLIC / LEGAL NOTfCF
Request for Proposals
Marfa Independent School District
Proposals addressed to Anderson Building and Development
Group, Inc. (ABD Group, Inc.), Construction Manager At-Risk for
Marfa Independent School District (MLS-D-), are being accepted
from subcontractors and suppliers for the following projects:
1. Additions and Renovations for M.I.S.D. at
Marfa High School
2. Additions and Renovations for M.I.S.D. at
Marfa Elementary School Phase 1
4756-A
3. Additions and Renovations for M.I.S.D.
M A R FA
IN D E PEN D EN T
at the Fieldhouse
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE
Proposals addressed to ABD Group, Inc. will be received until
CO U N TY OF PR E SID IO ,
TEXAS, v. RUBEN CHAPA- 4:00 p.m. local time (Central Standard time) on Thursday, February
IBA R RA , SR. A frD LU Z 7,2002, at the M.I.S.D. Administration Office located at 401
Gonzales St. (physical address), P.O. Box T (mail address), Marfa,
ELENA CHAPA
5.0 acres out o f the Juan Jose Texas, 79843, or may be faxed to (915)729-4310. All proposals
Acosta Survey, Section 14, Ab­ must be received before bid time. A Pre-Bid conference will be
stract 32, Presidio County, Texas held on January 30,2002, at 1:00 p.m. local time (Central Standard
(Volume 269, Page 735 o f the time),, at the M.I.S.D. Administration Office located at 401
Deed Records, Presidio County, Gonzales St., Marfa, Texas, 79843. Proposals should be clearly
marked with project name on envelope. Each project indicated
Texas)
67.67 acres out o f Juan Jose above must be bid as a separate proposal. Bidders may choose
Acosta survey, Section 14, Ab­ which o f the above projects to bid or bid all o fth e projects. Plans
stract 32, Presidio County, Texas and specifications will be available from ABD Group’s San Antonio
(Volume 269, Page 735 o f the office by calling (210)682-1118 or by faxing a request to (210)682Deed Records, Presidio County, 1119. A plan deposit o f $ 100.00 per set will be required and will be
returned when plans and specifications are returned in good, usable
Texas)
condition within thirty (30) calendar days after proposal due date.
4762-A
M A R FA
IN D E PEN D EN T Plans and specifications will also be available for review at the El
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE Paso and Midland / Odessa F.W. Dodge rooms and at the AGC
CO U N TY OF PR E SID IO , offices.
abd/misd 1-17/24-02
TEX AS v. D A N IEL REID ,
MARY L. REID AND LUISA
CHAVEZ REID
Lots 1 and 2, Block 1 MiddletonLaurel Addition to the Town of
Marfa, Presidio County, Texas
(Volume 176, Page 489 o f the . Notice is hereby given that the Rio Grande Council o f
Deed Records, Presidio County,
G overnm ents (R G C O G ), 1100N . Stanton, Ste. 610, El Paso,
Texas)
T
X 79902, acting on beh alf o f the Far W est Texas W ater
4802-A
Planning Group, will submit an application for financial assistance
M ARFA
IN D E PEN D EN T
to the Texas W ater D evelopm ent Board for Round 2 regional
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE
CO UN TY OF PR E SID IO ,
water planning. The application will be submitted on or before
TEXAS v. ROBERT L. CURTIS
M arch 1, 2002. Jake Brisbin Jr., RG CO G Executive Director, is
III AND GARY R. CURTIS
the official representative o f the Far W est Texas W ater Planning
Southeast Quarter o f the South­
Group, which includes the following counties: Brewster,
east Quarter (SE/4 SE/4) o f Sec­
tion 13, Block 349, Texas Mexico
Culberson, El Paso, JeffD avis, Hudspeth, Presidio, and Terrell.
Ry. Co. Survey* Presidio County,
T§xaSi C9 Ptginiijg<4 0 j acres, more:
or -1m, d?r«sid|prKuduijtj*?•-Texas
(VoluMe 162, Page 3 ofthe Deed
Copies o f the application m ay be obtained from the RG CO G
Records, Presidio county, Texas)
w hen it is available at the address above. C om m ents on the
The east half o f Lot 10, block 70
application m ust be filed by April 1,2002. All com m ents m ust
in the Town of Marfa, Presidio
be filed w ith the applicant and with Craig D. Pedersen,
County, Texas (V olume 129, Page
Executive Administrator, Texas W ater Development Board, P.O.
500 of the Deed Records, Presidio
County, Texas)
Box 13231, Austin, TX 78711 -3231.
or upon the written request o f said
RGCOG - Jan 24
defendants or their attorney, a suf­
ficient portion thereof to satisfy said
judgement for delinquent property
taxes and accrued penalties and
board is responsible for recom­
PUBLIC NOTICE
interest and costs of suit and sale;
m
ending agencies to receive
P
re
sid
io
C
ounty
has
been
subject, however, to the right of re­
these funds and any additional
demption, the defendants or any awarded Federal Funds under the
funds available under this phase
person having an interest therein, Emergency Food and Shelter Na­
o f the program. Under the terms
to redeem the said property, or their tional Board Program. Presidio
o f the grant from the National
interest therein, within the period County has been chosen to re­
Board, local organizations chosen
of time and in the manner provided ceive $19,905 to supplem ent
to receive funds must: 1) be pri­
y law, and subject to any other and emergency food and shelter pro­
vate
voluntary nonprofits or units
further rights to which the defen­ grams in the area. The selection
o
f
government,
2) have an ac­
dants or anyone interested therein was made by a National Board
counting
system.,
3) practice non­
may be entitled, under the provi­ that is chaired by the Federal
discrimination,
4)
have demon­
sions oflaw. Said sale to be made Emergency Management Agency
strated
the
capability
to deliver
by me to satisfy the judgement for (FEMA) and consists o f represen­
emergency
food
and/or
shelter
delinquent property taxes and ac­ tatives from The Salvation Army,
programs,
and
5)
if
they
are
a pri­
crued penalties and interest ren­ A m erican R ed C ross, U nited
vate
voluntary
organization,
they
dered in the above styled and num­ Jewish Communities, Catholic
m
ust
have
a
voluntary
board.
bered cause, together with inter­ Charities, USA, National Council
Qualifying organizations are urged
est thereon and costs o f suit and o f the Churches o f Christ in the
to
apply. Presidio County has dis­
sale, and the proceeds ofsaid sale U .S .A . and U n ited W ay o f
tributed
Em ergency Food and
to be applied to the satisfaction America which will provide the
Shelter
funds
previously with Big
thereof, and the remainder, if any, administrative staff and function
Bend
Community
Action Com­
as fiscal agent. The Board was
to be applied as the law directs.
mittee
Inc.,
participating.
This
DATED January 7, 2002, at charged to distribute funds appro­
agency
was
responsible
for
pro­
priated by Congress to help ex­
Marfa, Texas. ,
viding
610
meals
and
1,191
nights
pand the capacity o f food and
By Danny C. Dominguez
SH ERIFF, P residio County, shelter programs in high-need ar­ o f lodging. Public or private vol­
eas around the country. A local untary organizations interested in
Texas
board
m ade up o f (the Judge, applying for Emergency Food and
McCVBAj - Jan 10, 17, & 24
United Way, et al.) will determine Shelter Program funds must con­
how the funds awarded to Presidio tact Jack W. Brunson at 915-729SPECIAL NOTICE
County are to be distributed among 4908 for an appointment. The
the emergency food and shelter deadline for applications is 4 p.m.,
programs run by local service or­ on January 29,2002.
BBCAC - Jan 24
ganizations in the area. The local
selling Am ana & Frigidaire
appliances
new and used
120 N . H ighland A ve., M arfa
Certified Public Accountant
915-729-3091
(at the form er WTU office)
office in the Plarichet-Mendias House
Section No. 15, Presidio County,
Texas (Volume 270, Page 696,
SAVE AND EXCEPT Volume
278, Page 710 o f the D eed
Records, Presidio County, Texas)
33 acres out of B.F. Bland Sur­
vey, Section 1354, Abstract 7028,
Presidio County, Texas (Volume
278, Page 710 o f the D eed
Records, Presidio County, Texas)
PUBLIC NOTICE
Tom’s Appliances
Lineaus Hooper Lorette
Apartments for Rent
Best location in Marfa
across from the
courthouse
Sorry no pets!
Call Eddie Pierce
729-3356 or 729-4479
303 West Dallas Street, Marfa
By appointment, please
915-729-3763
(12) The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. January 24. 2002
THE CLASSIFIEDS
REAL ESTATE
HELPWANTED
E M PL O Y M E N T
A N N O U N C EM EN T
The U S D A -Farm S ervice
Agency is taking applications for
a Program Technician position.
The position is a fulltime tempo­
rary position shared between
Alpine and Marfa offices. Re­
quirements for this position are
high school diploma or equiva­
lent, typing and computer skills.
Farm or ranch knowledge will be
beneficial. Applications may be
obtained at the FSA Service
Centers, located at 805 North 5th
Street in Alpine (915.837.2325)
and 110 East El Paso Street in
M arfa (915.729.4383). Final
date to submit applications is 4:30
p.m. on January 31, 2002. Can­
didates will be considered with­
out discrimination for any non­
merit reason, such as race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age,
marital or familial status, disabil­
ity, political affiliation, or mem­
bership or non-membership in an
employee organization. FSA is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.
(bbs) fsa 1-17/24-02 (pi) fsa 1-17-02
The Permian Basin Community
Supervision and Corrections De­
partment is acccpting applications
for community supervision of­
ficer technician to work parttime - 17 hours per week for Al­
pine, Brewster County, Texas.
Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S : M ust
have at least 60 college hours with
emphasis oft criminal justice or
related field.
SALARY RANGE: $9 per hour
C L O S IN G DATE: 5 p.m., Janu­
ary 25, 2002
INQUIRIES: Send resumes and
transcripts to:
Juan Hernandez, Director
Permian Basin CSCD
P.O.Box 1706
Fort Stockton, TX 79735-1706
915-336-8562
915-336-2932 fax
PBCSCD - Jan 17 & 24
The Presidio County-District
Clerk’s Office is seeking applica­
tions for a part-time secretarial
position.
Qualifications: Must have a high
school diploma or GED. Must be
willing to work 32 hours a week,
be highly organized, self moti­
vated and able to work under
pressure and deadlines. Basic job
requirements include but are not
limited to recording of legal docu­
ments, maintaining court dockets,
dealing with the public personally
and by telephone, and maintain­
ing confidential files. Applicants
should be able to type proficiently
and have basic computer knowl­
edge. Spanish speakers preferred,
but not required.
Salary Range: $6.50 per hour
Closing date: 4 p.m., January 30,
2002. Applicants should be able
to begin work on February 4, 2002.
Inquiries: Interested applicants
should submit an application to
Brenda M. Silva at the Presidio
County-District Clerk’s Office in
person. Applications are available
in Marfa at the Presidio CountyDistrict Clerk’s Office in the old
Presidio Countyjail.
The Presidio County-District
Clerk’s Office is an equal oppor­
tunity employer.
ft];
MOBILE HOMES
Atencion! Mucha atencion, se
vende casa m ovil de, 2
recamaras/2 banos. Hable con
Maria al 1-800-725-0881.
3 bedroom repo, for sale. Free
delivery. Call Maria @ 915-3630882 or 1-800-725-0881.
Se vende casa movil usada de 3
dormitorios, dos banos. Buenas
condiciones. Hable con el senor
Avalos al 915-638-0202.
Used 3 bedroom home for sale.
Call Dimas at 915-638-0202.
C asa m ovil 2 rec a m a ra s,
pregunte for Junior al 915-3630058.
C asa ab an d o n ad a de 3
recamaras exelente -condicion.
Llame y pregunte por Junior al
915-363-0058.
Used mobile home for sale. 3
bedroom/2 bath - $3,800. Must be
moved. Call Troy @ 915-3630881.
Beautiful Repo - mobile home.
Looks like it’s never been lived
in, except the price! So, hurry &
call Troy @ 1-800-725-0881.
Used 4 BR/2 bath mobile home
4 sale. Low 20’s. Call Clay @
800-725-0881.
New Mexico only! New 3BR/
2Bath. Huge discounts. Ask 4
Clay. 800-725-0881.
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1995 model home with 3 bed­
rooms and 2 baths under $20,000.
1-915-552-9595 or 1-888-9819595.
Country living. Home as low as
$251/month. 10% APR (with buy
down), 360 months. 1-915-5505408.
$500 down. Doublewide home
with a fireplace, luxury bath with
a jacuzzi, country kitchen with a
corner bay. $252/m onth, 8%
A P R , 360 months. 1-915-5529597 or 1-888-981-9595.
FOR SALE - 1978 Ford one
ton heavy duty super cab F350
pickup with camper shell, dual gas
tanks, water tank & trailer tow­
ing harness package. Call 915426-3565 evenings or weekends.
New doublewide home from
$29,999. 1-915-552-9595 or 13-981-9595.
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Bob Wright, Broker
915-729-3962
P.O.Box 668
Marfa, TX 79843
Residential - Ranches Property M anagement
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Com plete Auction Service
A Full Service Realty Company
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Call us - w e work for you!
Owner must sacrifice home.
Make three: payments and take
over equity. In park with a pool.
915-552-9595.
Used but not used up. Several
to choose from. From $500 and
up. 1-915-552-9595 or 1-888-9819595.
Marfa Realty
FOR SALE - Steel buildings,
factory seconds, small blems, up
to 50% off. Call for availability
1-800-292-0111.
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Serving Investors
Since 1887
Stocks * Bonds • Mutual Funds
CDs • IRAs * Options • Insurance
Annuities • Financial Planning
, Mary Anne Moses, CFP
Vice President-lnvestments
70 NE Loop 410
San Antonio, TX 78216
AGEdwwds
INVESTM ENTS SINCE 1887
800 - 926-5136
www.agedwards.com/fc/maryanne.moses
M em ber S1PC » 2001 A.G . Edwarcfs & S o ns <nc.
PIERCE MOTORS, Marfa
FOR SALE
PC - Jan 17 & 24
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O P P O R T U N IT Y
Due to recent expansion, Cibolo
C reek Ranch is looking at a
record year. Currently hiring ad­
ditional team members for full­
time and part-tim e positions.
Above average wages. Positions
available are for waitstaff, sec­
retary, receptionist, officer man­
ager and hostess. Please call us
@ 915.229.3737 or fax resume
to 915.229.3653.
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The San Angelo Standard Times
is seeking a mature individual to
deliver new spapers in M arfa.
Early morning hours. Make ap­
proximately $600 a month work­
ing part-time. 1-800-588-1884 Ext.
295.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
FOR SALE - used furniture.
Call 915-729-4571.
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WANTED - Used travel trailer
for field office. Must be movable.
Please call 915.229.2657.
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915-729-4336
FOR SALE - built -in oven in
great- condition. Call Abigail a t !
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Fort Davis, Texas 79734
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M artin Ross, listing sales agent
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313 E. San Antonio St. - MARFA J
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tanks • pressure systems • solar systems
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Bobby Donaldson, manager
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Cleat Stephens, broker
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Marfa,Tx 79843
915-729-4797
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729-4367
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