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AZTEC, BLOOMFIELD, BLANCO, CEDAR HILL, FLORA VISTA, KIRTLAND, LA PLATA, NAVAJO DAM, CENTER POINT, SJ COUNTY
OCTOBER 9 • 2015
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PERMIT #106
VOL.23 NO.21
NEW HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY
-TO BENEFIT STUDENTS COUNTY-WIDE
By Renee Lucero
An Early College High School (ECHS) has
received funding in the amount of $349,000 from
the New Mexico Public Education Department for
a planning year. The funds will be utilized to hire
four staff (a principal, administrative assistant,
counselor and college liaison), as well as providing
professional development and deploying a student
recruitment process.
“We are thrilled to provide this tremendous
opportunity to the youth in this county,” Dr. Toni
Hopper Pendergrass, president of San Juan College,
said. “Students enrolling in the Early College High
School will have the benefit of gaining a college
degree or certificate at the same time they earn their
high school diploma, and will be well on their way to
beginning a career or acquiring a four-year degree.”
The ECHS has been the vision of the Four
Corners Education Council for Student Success
(4CECSS), which consists of representative from
Aztec Municipal Schools, Bloomfield Municipal
Schools, Farmington Municipal School and San
Juan College.
“We are very excited about receiving the
Early College High School grant,” Kirk Carpenter,
superintendent of Aztec Municipal Schools, said. “It
is evidence of what hard work and collaboration can
do to better advance educational opportunities for
students in the Aztec, Bloomfield and Farmington
school districts. This is what is right for students.”
After four years in the program, students will
graduate with a high school diploma and a college
degree at the same time. The ECHS will focus on
career pathways in three career clusters: Business
Services, Health and Biosciences; and Energy
and Environmental Technologies. There are many
degree options under the career clusters including
teacher prep and general education under Business
Services.
The ECHS will be offered at no cost to the student
Baby Teeth and Animas Pollution
By Jack Scott
When I was in the fourth grade at Lydia Rippey Elementary School in Aztec
in 1959, the United States Public Health Service collected baby teeth that had
fallen out. Kids giving their teeth got little metal buttons with “I gave my teeth to
science” as incentives for bringing the teeth in to school. I didn’t have a tooth to
bring so I don’t have a button to show.
El Rio de las animas perdidas (The River of Lost Souls), or shortened to Animas
River, at Twin Crossings above the state line was a florescent pea green color
during low flows. I remember the Vanadium Corp of America mill had a very
large pipe flowing vivid green liquid into the river. The river was normal color
above this pipe and the whole river became green a short distance below.
Decades later I discovered some of the scientific studies that were done at that
time. The Animas River below Durango was one of the most polluted rivers
in the United States—polluted with radioactive waste (Uranium, Radium, and
Strontium as well as other radioactive materials) and many other toxic chemicals.
The studies found the river bottom mud, Durango to Farmington to Shiprock,
contained really nasty stuff.
We people living down stream of Durango were the chimpanzees at the time for
the testing. The Government had been studying and knew of the dangers since
1949. Ten years went by before the State of New Mexico became concerned.
“Two Radiation Studies Started by Public Health Service—St. Louis, Missouri
and San Juan County in New Mexico have been chosen for long-range studies of
the effect of environmental radiation on the health of large populations… …
radioactivity from the Animas river in New Mexico has been high due to illegal
discharge of wastes by the uranium industry.” (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
June 1960)
There was an extremely large baby tooth study being done near this time in St.
Louis. Search “Baby Tooth Survey” and go to Wikipedia and other sites. I have
never found these long-range studies for this area. Our local teeth study might
have explained the high cancer rates and other health issues found here.
“ A Public Health survey in 1958-59 showed that the Animas River which flows
in Colorado and New Mexico had a radioactivity 50 to 60 percent above the
maximum permissible levels and that toxic chemicals had killed most of the fish.
The source of the trouble was the uranium milling operations of the Vanadium
Corporation of America (VCA). In response to action by the Department of
Health—the first federal enforcement action against radioactive contamination of
interstate waterways, the discharge of wastes will be stopped and the corporation
has agreed to recover the chemical poisons before they reach the river.” (Bulletin
of Atomic Scientists
November 1959). Note: The corporation did not agree to clean up the already
contaminated river. Their recovery consisted of puttingContinued on page 11
or
parents.
S t u d e n t s
would
have
the opportunity
to
complete
the first two
years
of
college, leaving
100-percent of
potential financial aid available for use at a four-year
university.
While many of the logistics of the ECHS
will be finalized during the planning year, current
plans are to house the ECHS on the San Juan
College Farmington campus with 20 students from
Farmington Municipal Schools, 10 students from
Aztec Municipal Schools and 10 students from
Bloomfield Municipal Schools during the inaugural
year. After four years, the ECHS hopes to be fully
enrolled at 160 total students ranging from freshmen
to seniors.
Nationally, Early College High Schools have seen
success and have been identified as a best practice
increasing graduation rates (90% nationally). They
have also been proven as a strong pipeline from high
schools to colleges and career readiness. The ECHS
Continued on page 8
ALL AROUND COWGIRL
By D. Nobis
All Around Cowgirl, 2015 Breakaway Roper
Champion and one of the City of Bloomfield’s
all around, champion employees -- Teresa Brevik
earned these titles, and the buckles and saddles
that go with them, at the New Mexico Rodeo
Association finals held recently. An avid cowgirl,
Teresa has been roping since she was about six
years old. The passion for rodeo that she embraced
at that young age remains.
Most weekends find Teresa on the road, horse trailer and horses in
tow, to participate in a rodeo somewhere in the Four Corners. Teresa’s
late father, Phil, was a long-time member of the Professional Rodeo
Cowboys Association, and she inherited her dad’s love of rodeo. “Dad
worked for a bunch of outfits from northern Colorado, Wyoming and
Montana,” Teresa said. “The ranching side, along with hunting and
fishing guides, was one of the best rodeo training we got.”
When her dad passed away in 2013, Teresa lost not just a father, but
a hero. “He helped me do a lot of things and is still my hero,” she said.
“But I feel that God puts us in a situation to find the good in everything.
I’ve discovered that the unexpected has opened my eyes and I realize
that life is short and if I want something, I have to go get it.”
Teresa’s brother, Calvin, joins her in the arena and the two compete
in mixed team roping. “He’s a very talented man
Continued on page 8
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DEAR TALON
Re: Animas River
In light of the recent catastrophic toxic spill on
the Animas River we all need to seriously reconsider
what we allow to take place. The river is the water
source for all who live in the river valley from the
source all the way to Lake Powell. Our household
as well as our agricultural water come from this one
source.
The recent spill showed us how in a split
second it could be seriously contaminated and
compromised. Even though our water systems are
now using this water, the full long term effects are
still to be determined. One can still see orange rocks
and sediment on the banks.
We must be more diligent. We cannot allow
drilling projects such as Coleman Oil and Gas
proposed 2-8 wells right on the river in the flood
plain to happen. During spring runoff this year and
it was not anything like we have had in the past, the
stakes for their wellheads were under water. Another
disaster in the making.
We as caretakers of this vital and fragile
environment need to do a much better job for the
future because if we lose the water from the Animas,
life will cease for the valley. No water for crops,
drinking or wildlife. We ALL need to become
involved in protecting our resources for now and in
the future. Thank you Judy Bryson, Cedar Hill, NM .
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AZTEC CITY-SCAPE
surveying the crowd from atop a
hook and ladder fire truck. Filled
with the confidence of many
parades before this one, all of our
seniors looked calm and ready for
the task at hand: to set the tone and
be leaders, for one last season.
Good Luck to all our student
Aztec
Homecoming
Parade
by Karen Casgrain, TALON
Residents and friends of
Aztec came out in impressive
numbers on Friday to cheer on
our local student athletes and
club members. Parade watchers
decked themselves out in the
paraphernalia of their favorite
sports team, making Main St. the
more colorful for it.
The parade kicked off with
the precision marching and flag
bearing of the ROTC, followed
quickly by the Aztec Tigers’
Marching Band who energized the
crowd with their drums and brass.
Under blue skies, kids cheered for
candy and scrambled to fill their
pockets. Streamers flew through
the air and were caught in the
breeze, wrapping around legs and
filling the air with movement.
Parade goers saw the Future
Farmers of America on a trailer
pulled by a vintage Ford truck
that felt like the very embodiment
of the American Farmer. They
saw a drum circle in the back
Fall Navajo Song & Dance
of a pick-up setting the beat for
the dancers stepping down the
pavement, swirling color. There
were countless floats carrying
our student athletes: participants
in volleyball, soccer, cheer, and
every level of football team.
And everyone looking the part,
including our senior footballers,
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AZTEC COMMISSION
The City of Aztec is a commission-manager form of government. Aztec also serves as the
County Seat for San Juan County.
Commission meetings are held the second
and fourth Tuesday of every month, at 6:00 pm.
At City Hall in the city municipal complex on
201 West Chaco, Aztec. A final agenda is posted
24 hours prior to the meeting. Copies may be
obtained from City Hall, 201 W. Chaco, Aztec
87410. Those needing auxiliary aid or service
should contact the City Clerk 334-7600.
Current Aztec Commissioners:
athletes and club members,
whether it be your first time out or
your final season; Aztec supports
you!
The Farmington Indian Center will host a Fall Navajo Song and Dance at the Farmington Indian Center,
100 W. Elm St., on Saturday, October 10 from Noon to 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to join us as we close
out the local Navajo Nation fair season. Registration for this fall social event will start at 10:00 a.m., the
Grand Entry is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. All singers, dancers, royalty, and general public are welcome. Be
sure to bring chairs. This is an alcohol and drug free event and is free of charge. For more information call
(505) 327-6296.
District #1: Roberta S. Locke
rlocke@aztecnm.gov
District #2: Sally Burbridge (Mayor)
sburbridge@aztecnm.gov
District #3: Sherri Sipe (Mayor Pro-Tem)
ssipe@aztecnm.gov
District #4: Katee McClure
kmcclure@aztecnm.gov
District #5: Sheri L. Rogers
srogers@aztecnm.gov
Correspondence can be mailed to:
City of Aztec, 201 W Chaco St.Aztec, NM
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Attn: Commissioner “Name”
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BLOOMFIELD NEWS
OCTOBER 9, 2015
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GET PINKED!
The Bloomfield
Fire Department will
hold its 5th Annual Get
Pinked Race beginning
at 9 a.m., Saturday,
October 10 at the
Bloomfield
Cultural
Center, 333 S. 1st Street.
A one mile fun walk,
a 5K run, and a 5K
obstacle/mud run will
highlight the festivities.
Registration ends at
8:50 a.m. the
day of the race.
T-shirts
are
available
for
$18. For more
information,
call 632-6361.
The City of
Bloomfield is
also
hosting
a
Ribbons
for Recovery
fundraiser on
October 30. Donations
of $1 per foot of ribbon
are being requested.
Ribbon will stretch
from the intersection of
Highways 64 and 550 to
the top of the hill south
of town, on both sides of
the highway. People who
donate will be invited to
help hold the ribbon, and
cancer survivors will
cut a pink ribbon at the
intersection. Donations
may be made at
Bloomfield City Hall, the
Chamber of Commerce
and Kare Drug, or
may be mailed to Get
Pinked Bloomfield, PO
Box 1839, Bloomfield,
NM 87413. For more
information,
call
Dorothy Nobis at 6326300.
Proceeds from
both events will go to the
Cathy Lincoln Memorial
Cancer Fund, which
provides cancer patients
with financial assistance
for
mammograms,
breast
biopsies,
surgical
procedures,
radiation,
treatments,
chemotherapy and other
related cancer therapies.
All funds stay local.
Chiefs Corner, Bloomfield
By Randy Foster, Chief of Police, BPD, fosterr@bloomfieldnm.com
Whew, it’s already fall! The Bloomfield Police Department has been
extremely busy this summer with a variety of events.
The Police Athletic League (PAL) program had numerous events to
promote positive interactions between the police and local youth including
Kids’ Fest, the Bike and Scooter Rodeo, Water gun Alley, the Junior Police
Academy, the Outdoor Adventure Camp and is currently gearing up for the
Annual Halloween Carnival. The Junior Police Academy was held in June
with over 30 youth learning about rappelling, crime scene investigation,
team building, specialty units and variety of other groups throughout the
County. A special “thank you” to the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, the
Farmington Police Department, the New Mexico State Police, San Juan
County Communications Authority, the Bloomfield Fire Department, and the
San Juan County Adult Detention Center that helped make the Junior Police
Academy so great!
This was the inaugural year for the Outdoor Adventure Camp in July.
Twelve youth were selected to participate in a week-long camping excursion
to Henderson Lake, Colorado. Some of the activities the youth participated
in included a three-mile hike; emergency fire making without matches or a
lighter; time and direction using natural surrounding; emergency splinting
and wound care; furniture building using sticks or logs; water purification;
tent assembly and camp maintenance. This event will be held again next
year as a result of all the positive feedback received.
The department had two officers graduate from the San Juan County
Criminal Justice Training Authority Academy Class #35 and two more officers
lateralled over to Bloomfield from other departments. The department’s
administrative assistant was recognized by Bloomfield
the petroglyphs at Crow City Council as employee of the quarter for her selfless
Canyon are as old as 500 efforts to assist a stranded motorist in June. Several of
A.D., but are high grade the Sergeants, Detectives and officers were recognized
for efforts above and beyond the call of duty at an end
art.
The Loyds realize the of summer event held by the department. More details
format for their book is on these awards and recognitions can be read about
unusual, but because of on the Department’s Facebook page. We are so proud
the cost of photographs to have so many employees with great compassion as
for a “coffee table” part of our department.
We continue to put information out via our
book, they believe it
Facebook
page and invite you to Like and follow us
was their best option.
there.
If
you
have any further questions, feel free to
Doyne said with the
contact
me
by
phone at 632-6311 or email at fosterr@
sophistication and color
bloomfieldnm.com.
offered by UHV televisions, the
book creates an experience that
will be enjoyed.
While watching “Crow Canyon:
The
Glorious
Petroglyphs”
requires downloading from a
DVD to a USB flash drive with
a computer and inserting the
flash drive into the USB port on a
UHD television, it offers the best
viewing of the art, Doyne said.
The Loyds book is available
at Hastings Bookstore in
Farmington.
CROW CANYON PHOTO PROJECT
Peggy
Loyd,
Bloomfield’s wonderful and
hard-working librarian, and her
husband, Doyne, have put their
amazing collection of petroglyph
photographs together on a DVD
book called “Crow Canyon:
The Glorious Petroglyphs.” The
collection includes 360 photos of
the rock art at the Crow Canyon
Archaeological Center in Cortez,
Colo. Peggy and Doyne have
been taking photos
of Anasazi sites in
the Four Corners
for many years.
They spent more
than six months and
made 13 trips to
Crow Canyon to put
together the photos
for the book. Crow
Canyon was selected
because of the high concentration
of high quality
petroglyphs in a
relatively small
area.
Petroglyphs
are difficult to
photograph, the
article
states,
because some
of them are low
contrast, Doyne
said. Some of
Erikka and buddy martinez, along with big sisters,
adysen, left, and bostyn, right, show off the newest
addition to their family, camryn marcee-anne. Erikka
is bloomfield’s city clerk and she is a ray of sunshine
in city hall.
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Home Country
The Patient Hunter
By Slim Randles
There’s a word, thought Dud, silently.
A word to describe this … this pristine fall
morning sitting here in a blind with a bow and
arrows and anticipation of finding the same
buck we saw last year. Maybe this year we’ll
have a safe shot at him.
This world, this tiny world around me. Right
now. There’s a word. Look at that deer track
just to my right, for example. See the edges of it
begin to crumble? That tells me it is maybe an
hour old, because it takes that long for the mud
walls of the track to dry enough to flake off.
When did I learn that? Which old timer told
me about that? My granddad? He was a hunter
all right, and I learned a lot from him, but there’s
this feeling in the back of my brain that it came
from someone else. Bert? Hey, maybe Bert.
Bert was a guide in his younger years and he
showed me all kinds of things out here.
Dud smiled to himself behind the camo
gauzy face mask. It’s almost impossible not to
smile on a morning like this one. Even if it rains,
I’ll still smile, he thought. He felt like telling
that pine tree over there … Hey, I’m back. Dud
Campbell. Remember me? The tree looked the
same as it did last year and the same as it did
when he sat right here as a 10-year-old boy with
his grandfather. I guess some things change and
some don’t. That big rock down by the creek
will probably never change. Not even after the
pine tree decays and falls someday long into the
future.
A movement by his left foot caught his eye
and he looked down without moving his head.
It’s an art form for a hunter. And there was a deer
mouse, poking up out of the leaf litter, looking
around and going back down, but slowly and
unafraid.
Dud smiled again. I fooled him. Maybe
when that buck comes along …
But that word. Come on, you’re writing a
book, you should know that word for this little
world you create, you visit, each fall morning
like this one.
Oh yes. Microcosm. The blissful microcosm
of a hunter.
Two
drunks
were staggering home
along a railway line.
“This is the longest
staircase I’ve ever
climbed,”
moaned
one.
“It
certainly
is,” slurred his buddy.
“And the banister’s so
low my back is killing
me.”
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BE
REASONABLE
By Bruce Salisbury
We traveled thru
Payson Arizona
in
August of 2015 seeking
medical attention at
Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.
Our short-cut route
took us thru a no- placeplace called Star Valley
which is near to Payson
and after arriving home
we received documents
from
Star Valley
Magistrate Court, Gila
Valley Arizona citing me
for SPEED GREATER
THAN REASONABLE
AND PRUDENT (56
MPH IN A 45 MPH
ZONE) along with a
photo of my car and my
choice of options (A)Pay
a $212 fine by mail.(B)
Argue about who was
driving.(C)Request
a
trial/hearing. (D) attend
a defensive driving
school.
Being “reasonable
and prudent I went online
to research Star Valley
Arizona which you
will find is famous for
gleaning money using
a “Camera Trap at the
bottom of a steep hill”
where one comes into a
corner with a traffic sign
reading “speed reduction
ahead” followed by a
right turn and a 45 MPH
sign. Approaching at the
legal speed limit of 55
MPH and not slamming
on the brakes I was into
the trap before I could
reduce speed.
We looked at all the
options and since any
one of them would have
cost several thousand
dollars I elected to pay
the $212 by mail. This
has placed an asterisk*
on my driving record
history.
Having been driving
since the mid 1940’s
I laid claim to having
never received a moving
traffic violation, but
Payson Arizona is now
on my list of places to
remember and avoid. I
had never been there in
my 85 years of life and
do not anticipate going
there again.
Being
reasonable
and prudent I see no
reason to commute to far
away Payson Arizona to
argue the question and
can now stop wondering
when I will receive
my “first ever moving
traffic
violation”!
Bruce L Salisbury © 16
September 2015
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State, FREE. 3pm - 5 of Frank Sinatra’s 100th
pm, The Farmington birthday, the show will
Museum at Gateway feature ole’ Blue Eyes
Park is located at tunes such as “New
3041 East Main Street York, New York,” and
in Farmington, NM “Mambo
Italiano.”
87402. For
more Tickets are $15 and
information, please call include
sumptuous
(505) 599-1169
appetizers. Wines of
the San Juan will also
OCTOBER 10, The be on hand. Show times
Farmington
Indian are 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Center will host a Fall Purchase tickets from
Navajo Song and Dance any Caliente member,
at the Farmington Indian or call 505-419-8295.
Center, 100 W. Elm St., Start spreading the
on Saturday, October 10 news!
from Noon to 6:00 p.m.
The public is invited October 23 Artful Bee
to join us as we close Feat of Clay 107 South
out the local Navajo Main Avenue (505)
Nation fair season and 334-4336
enjoy a fun social event
with crafts, food, social October 30, 2015 - Safe
song, and dancing. Treats at Participating
Registration for this fall Aztec
Businesses,
social event will start at Information: (505) 33410:00 a.m., the Grand 7646
Entry is scheduled for
12:00 p.m. All singers, October 30, Bloomfield
dancers, royalty, and PAL
Halloween
general
public
are Carnival, Bring your
welcome. Be sure to kids to this fun and safe
bring chairs. This is Halloween
Carnival.
an alcohol and drug Concessions,
games,
free event and is free cake walk and much
of charge. For more more. Call BF Police
information call (505) Dept for info: 632-6311
327-6296.
October 31 – The Place
October 17 – New Names of New Mexico,
Mexico’s
Living FREE. 3pm - 5 pm, The
Landscapes,
FREE. Farmington Museum at
3pm - 5 pm,
The Gateway Park is located
Farmington Museum at at 3041 East Main
Gateway Park is located Street in Farmington,
at 3041 East Main NM 87402. For more
Street in Farmington, information, please call
NM 87402. For more (505) 599-1169
information, please call
(505) 599-1169
October 31
Kart Kanyon Race
October
17
Kart Night
Kanyon Race Night, From Aztec go North
From Aztec go North on Hwy. 550. About 1
on Hwy. 550. About 1 mile out of Aztec turn
mile out of Aztec turn east on Hwy. 173. Kart
east on Hwy. 173. Kart Kanyon Speedway is on
Kanyon Speedway is on the North side of Hwy
the North side of Hwy 173 at mile marker 2.
173 at mile marker 2. Information: (505) 402Information: (505) 402- 4419
4419
tOctober 17, Caliente
Community
Chorus
ONGOING EVENTS:
Sutherland
Farms
Pumpkin
Festival
Weekends
Only.
745
Road
2900.
Information: (505) 3343578
“ALT WEDNESDAY:
OPEN MIC, Alternate
Wednesdays at Clancys
in Farmington, 7 pm 2703 E 20th St. FMI (505) 325-8176”
Star Talks at Aztec Ruins
National
Monument
Information: (505) 3346174”
“ O N G O I N G
SATURDAYS:
Twice
Monthly
Bluegrass Jam, First and
third Saturdays. 1pm -3
pm, Hiway Grill, 401
NE Aztec Blvd., Aztec,
NM More info.:
chokecherryjam@
gmail.com, or call
Hiway - 334-6533
Karaoke with Debbie,
7pm at Aztec VFW Hall
, 201 S Park Ave, Aztec
- 334-8842”
“ O N G O I N G
FRIDAYS:
Live Country music
and Dancing, Every
Friday
with
Grant
Groblebe, 6:30 pm,
Free Admission, Aztec
Restaurant 334-9586
Open Mic/ Jam - Over
There, 600 E. Murray
Dr.
Farmington,
Every Friday 8 pm,
POTLUCK
/BYOB.
Jody 970-209-1337
Open Mic - Identity Inc.,
7 pm, Performers Free,
other $2 admission. 218
W. Main, Farmington
566-3656”
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including Refrigerated
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Small spaces
$200,
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/
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space
Available,
approximately
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square feet, $400
utilities paid
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LEGAL &
PUBLIC NOTICES
SERVICES
NOTICE OF INVITATION
TO BID
City of Aztec, NM
On-Call Fiber Optic
Installation and Repair
BID # 2016-518
Piano
Tuning
a v a i l a b l e ,
Experienced.
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423-3136303
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makes it easy to
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easy-to-cook meals
that have a 25-year
shelf
life.
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Got Knee Pain? Back
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The City of Aztec is
accepting bids for On-Call
Fiber Optic Installation and
Repair.
Bid documents
and specifications may be
obtained online by
accessing the City’s
purchasing webpage
through
http://
www.aztecnm.gov/
purchasing/office.htm
or
by contacting Kathy Lamb
at (505) 334-7653
klamb@aztecnm.gov
.
Sealed bids will be
received by the City of
Aztec at 201 W. Chaco,
Aztec, New Mexico,
87410. Bids will be opened
on Tuesday, October 20,
2015 at 3:00 p.m. in the
City Commission Room at
City Hall.
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in the TALON October 9,
2015
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AZTEC MUNICIPAL WARRANTS
Here is a list of warrants issued between 8-16-15 to 9-15-15 by the Aztec Municipal Court. If your
name appears on the list, please contact the court at: (505) 334-7640 to clear up the warrant.
NAME
LAST KNOW ADDRESS
M/D OF BIRTH
Campbell, Christopher 348 Road 2900 Aztec, NM 87410
6/11
Cooper, Crystal
501 Ute Ave, Aztec, NM 87410
6/29
Denney, Shailene R
1019 Bates Ave Bloomfield, NM 87413
10/3
English, Jacalyn M
2302 Kevin Circle Farmington, NM 87401
4/13
Evens, Joanha L
95 Road 3050 #7 Aztec, NM 87410
2/8
Fournier, Nathaniel W
21 Road 6339 Kirtland, NM 87417
12/4
Gleason, Cherise
905 Walnut Dr Apt #33
8/6
Harrison, Trevor r
4633 Gila St #6 Farmington, NM 87402
3/11
Hathaway, Cody J
405 Animas St Aztec, NM 87410
8/13
Haynie, Gary W
PO Box 312 Aztec, NM 87410
1/10
Jernigan, Mitchell
13 Road 53170 Bloomfield, NM 87413
7/30
Kelley, Holly
6016 Carl St Farmington, NM 87401
2/9
Lefebre, Bryan D
23 Road 4906 Bloomfield, NM 87413
8/31
Lewis, Randy
5 Road 5585 Farmington, NM 87401
7/8
Lucas, Cary T
30 Road 2621 Aztec, NM 87410
8/2
Lyles, Mark A
1128 NM 574 Aztec, NM 87410
4/2
Marquez, Andrea
2625 E 16th Apt 118
4/10
Martinez, Denise
305 N Light Plant Rd Aztec, NM 87410
5/16
McCaffrey, Drexler
11 Road 5587 Farmington, NM 87401
9/4
Medrano, Mariana
2811 Eastridge Ct Farmington, NM 87401
5/7
Murray, Curtis D
901 Apline Pl, Farmington, NM 87401
6/2
Nowels, Jason A
318 Eva Lane Bloomfield, NM 87413
8/22
Padilla, Zachary
126 E Main St Farmington, NM 87401
2/21
Pinto, Billy O
403 N Church St Bloomfield, NM 87413
7/22
Robison, Jaben M
4709 Sunrise Cir Farmington, NM 87401
8/23
Shorty, Amber M
617 Clark Ave Farmington, NM 87401
7/29
Silva, Shannon L
76 Road 2896 Aztec, NM
2/23
Smith, Christie
307 Bunker St Aztec, NM 87410
6/25
Stokes, Trenton
527 S Main Ave Aztec, NM 87410
4/26
Terrazas, Chantal
1616 N Fairview #46
2/10
Velasquez, Jillian
45 Road 5415 Bloomfield, NM 87413
11/4
White, Curtis
228 S 1st St #3 Bloomfield, NM 87413
7/13
Wood, Natasha
1109 Smith Ln Sp #9 Farmington NM 87401
10/26
If you clear up your warrant(s) from this ad you will receive $20.00 off the BENCH WARRANT FEE!
YOU MUST TELL US THAT YOU READ THE INFORMATION IN THE TALON IN ORDER TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER.
Eco-Challenge
by Elisa Bird, Sustainable San Juan
OCTOBER 9, 2015
to watch is “The Clean Bin Project”,
where a couple takes a challenge to
reduce consumption and trash.
To help decide what actions to take do
an eco-footprint quiz to measures your
current impact on the Earth. There are
several footprint quiz/calculators on
the Internet. The State of Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality
has a good one.
This is a great opportunity to challenge
yourself and to invite family, friends,
co-workers or church group to join
you in taking an eco-challenge to
reduce our footprint on the Earth.
Mark your calendar: October 15-29
is the date for the 2015
Eco-Challenge.
The EcoChallenge is an annual event
sponsored by the Northwest Earth
Institute to reduce our eco-footprint,
that can be done on line, individually
or as a team. ecochalleng.org
We can take a cue from The
EcoChallenge and choose one or
two actions for 2 weeks, to help us
enhance and establish habits to reduce
our eco-foot print and environmental
impact: eat local foods, shop local,
transportation, water, soil, reduce
trash/consumption,
energy…..
THIS
One challenge example is
IS SEEN BY OVER
reducing trash by bringing
a re-useable container
TALON READERS
to replace the styrofoam
DELIVER
containers for dinner out
YOUR MESSAGE:
leftovers.
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A fun and inspiring DVD
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COWGIRL
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HIGH SCHOOL
Spoiling Dinners
Since 1983
As Always, Free Doggie
& Baby Cones
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will provide a solid academic foundation for students wishing to transfer to a
four-year university but will also provide the community with a work-ready job
force to fill employment needs immediately upon graduation from the ECHS.
“Everyone at 4CECSS believes that this is a proven strategy to increase
graduation rates and to prepare students for a bachelor’s degree or their career,”
Dr. Pendergrass said. “Through the Dual Credit program at San Juan College, we
had 8 students receive their college diplomas before they graduated high school
this past May. To be able to offer that opportunity to 40 students a year, is an
accomplishment we are all looking forward to.”
Dr. Pendergrass would like to thank the superintendents from each participating
high school, Kirk Carpenter of Aztec, Eugene Schmidt of Farmington and Dr. Kim
Mizell of Bloomfield; as well as Janet Hunter, Director of Secondary Curriculum
and Instruction at Farmington Municipal Schools, Laurie Gruel, Senior Director
for Institutional Strategic Planning and Grants at San Juan College, Dr. Barbara
Ake, San Juan College Vice President of Learning, and Melissa Meechan, San
Juan College Projects Assistant, for their work in securing this grant.
Better Inventory Control
Through KANBAN
you have
touch,
order,
pay
or locate inventory
then make plans to
attend the KANBAN
Inventory Control on
Thursday, October 15,
2015 from 8:30 a.m. to
3 p.m., in the San Juan
College Suns Room
located by Mary’s
Kitchen.
This highly interactive
workshop will help you
validate your business
inventory
control
with visual signals
and improve vendor/
If
suppliers relationships,
bottom line, work
flow ordering and
network with other
“INVENTORY”
participants.
The cost for the
workshop is $350
per
person,
and
preregistration
is
required.
Tuition
reimbursement
is
available for small/
medium
businesses.
For more information
or to register, contact
Denise Williams at
(505) 860-9961.
PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
M&V’s THRIFT
STORE
fresh bargains
on EVERYTHING
for your
NEW LIFE
301 S. MAIN, AZTEC
and he’s always
there to help me,
whether it is roping,
working or life,” she
said of her brother.
A
Hodgkin
Lymphoma survivor,
Teresa understands
and values the time
she spends with her
mother, Cindi, her
brother and her rodeo
family. Cancer free
for 11 years, Teresa
enjoys traveling and
scuba diving. But it
is her horses and her
passion for rodeo that
fuel this energetic
and talented cowgirl.
In addition to
her expertise and
talents in the arena,
Teresa brings that
same
expertise
and talent -- and
enthusiasm -- to the
City of Bloomfield
as its Special Projects
Director. She’s just
one more example of
the great people who
work for the citizens
of Bloomfield.
KIDS WHO READ NEWSPAPERS
DO BETTER
Research shows that students who use
newspapers in the classroom score better
on standardized tests, continue reading into
adulthood, have greater civic understanding
and are more engaged in their communities.
Higher test scores, improved reading skills, greater civic awareness.
TALON
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GOOD
LOCAL
SLOW
DOWN
SCHOOL HAS STARTED
WATCH FOR
CHILDREN
NEWS
TALON YOUR GOOD-NEWS PAPER MEETINGS
GATEWAY
CIVITAN
CLUB : 12 noon, Roadside
Restaurant, 2nd and 4th
Thursdays.
Farmers Irrigation District
will hold their fourth
quarterly
meeting
on
Wednesday, October 21st
at 6:30pm at the Flora Vista
Fire Station. #2 Road 3275
NORTHSTAR
WATER
USERS
ASSOCIATION
Board
meeting
3rd
Thursday, 1:00 pm, 1415 W.
Aztec, MW#2, 334-9375
LOWER
ANIMAS
COMMUNITY
DITCH
Meeting is the 3rd Tuesday
of the month, 4:30 PM,
at Chipman’s Accounting
Office Board Room. FMI or
to be placed on the agenda,
contact E. Smith 2152907 one week prior to the
meeting.
AZTEC LIONS CLUB,
Meets the first & third
Monday of each month at
Lions Hall, 219 S. Park Ave.
at 7 pm. We want your used
eyeglasses.
THE
SAN
JUAN
MASONIC LODGE #25,
meets 2nd & 4th Tues., 7:30
pm, Lodge bldg., 1020 N.
Aztec Blvd.
Meet the 2nd and 4th
Thursdays at the UU
Church, Bowman Hall
building, 419 San Juan Drive
in Durango. 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
CUUPSDurango@ gmail.
com or (970) 385-9597
ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT
GROUP third Monday
of every month from 7-8
p.m. at the Bloomfield
Community Center. 505326-3680
Farmers Irrigation District
will hold their fourth
quarterly
meeting
on
Wednesday, October 21st
at 6:30pm at the Flora Vista
Fire Station. #2 Road 3275
FLORA VISTA MUTUAL
DOMESTIC
WATER
Asociation 3rd Wednesday
of the month at 5:30 pm.
334-6045
CEDAR HILL FARM
LOCAL We meet every
third Monday of the month
at 6:00pm in the school
house for potluck and to
conduct our meetings. All
are invited. FMI call Theresa
334-3511, Chopa 635-0180
or Amy 334-8489.
AZTEC KIWANIS CLUB
Meets every Thursday
morning at 7:00am at Aztec
Restaurant. FMI contact
Debbie Klein at 330-4631.
PARKINSONS DISEASE
SUPPORT GROUP fourth
Monday of each month at
11:00 a.m. to noon at the
San Juan Health Partners
Neurosciences conference
room (407 S. Schwartz Ave.,
# 202). FMI,505-609-6575.
CUUPS:
COVENANT
OF
UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST PAGANS
AZTEC CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE,
Monthly
Luncheons, for Networking
& Education - Third
Thursday of Each Month
@ Noon. Watch the Home
Page for Location and Topic
Details - (505) 334-7646
“AZTEC
VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPT.
Meets every Wednesday
night at 7:00 p.m. at the
Aztec Fire Station, 200
N. Ash Street, Aztec.
Volunteers Needed!”
ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT
GROUP for caregivers
that meets the first and
third Tuesday of every
month 11:00 am-12 noon
at the San Juan Center for
Independence, 1204 San
Juan Blvd., Farmington. It
is facilitated by volunteer,
Paula Laskie whose phone
number is 505-320-8340.
FARMINGTON KIWANIS,
Rio del Sol chapter, Meet
Weekly at Noon at Zebs in
Farmington, Info :
8600189
ANIMAS WATERSHED
HEALTH - It’s Importance
and How to Protect,
September 14, 6:00 pm,
San Juan College East,
315 S. Ash, Aztec, Hosted
by Sustainable San Juan’s
Reducing our Eco Footprint
Study Series - Ann Oliver
of
Animas
Watershed
Partnership will speak
on our watershed health,
it’s importance and how
to protect our watershed,
and the multi state efforts
involved. FMI 716-3915
FARMINGTON
TOPS
(Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
Meetings every Thursday
9:30-11:00 AM Knights
of Columbus Hall 305 N.
Orchard Ave. (Farmington)
information 800-932-8677
Calvary’s New Harvest
Christian
Fellowship
Sunrise Prayer meeting.
Every Tuesday morning at
6:30 am. 410 S. Park Ave,
Aztec. All are welcome to
join us. For Info Call 505608-0804
SOUTHSIDE MUTUAL
DOMESTIC
WATER
ASSOC.,
Meets
2nd
Thursday of each Month,
7 pm, at 300 S. Ash, Aztec
FMI: 505-334-1414
AZTEC ARTICULATORS
TOASTMASTERS meets
Tuesdays at 6:15 PM
at their new location,
the Aztec Senior and
Community center, 101
S. Park Avenue. For more
information contact Danni
Andrew,
505-258-4216.
Danni is the Division A
Director for Toastmasters
District 23. Toastmasters is
a great way to practice your
communication, leadership
and speaking skills in a fun
environment.
DIALYSIS
SUPPORT
GROUP: Meets Tuesdays
and Thursdays at 3:00 p.m.
in the Meditation Room
on the 2nd Floor at San
Juan Regional Medical
Center (801 West Maple
St.). Dialysis patients and
their family members are
welcome to attend. FMI
505-609.6059.
JUST ONE TOWN SMALLER
By Johnny Adams
What does it take to lose
a town? Okay, I am not talking
about the buildings, the streets, or
even the businesses. What about
its people? We here in San Juan
County love the area, the climate,
and the people who call it home,
but according to the US census,
between July 2010 and July 2014,
we lost almost an entire town! In
people at least. During the period
noted by the US Census, San
Juan’s population dropped 6,260!
That is (almost) like losing the
City of Aztec (population 6,578
in 2013)!
Personally, I was shocked
to find this out! We here in San
Juan County have gotten so
used to hearing about population
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unheard of to find out we have
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don’t feel any different in the
Friday afternoon traffic levels,
but still. A (almost) whole town
of our neighbors, friends, and
family – just not here to live,
laugh, and love with. I hope they
come back. :)
PAGE 9
Scholarship Deadline
Approaching
November
10,
2015, is the deadline
to apply for the annual
scholarship
awarded
by Purina Mills and
the New Mexico Cattle
Growers Association’s
(NMCGA’s)
Young
Cattlemen’s Leadership
Committee (YCLC).
“We are pleased to
be able to offer these scholarships once again,
and appreciate Purina Mills and our Allied
Industries Committee making it possible,” said
Crystal Diamond, YCLC Committee Chairman,
Winston.
The $1,000 Purina Mills scholarship will
be awarded to a New Mexico student who is
a member of the NMCGA, the New Mexico
Junior Cattle Growers Association, or the child
of an NMCGA member. Graduating high school
seniors, and college freshmen, sophomores and
juniors in good academic standing are eligible
to apply for the award. In addition, the Young
Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee and the Allied
Industries Committee will also be presenting two
$500 scholarships - one to a high school senior
and one to a continuing college student - at this
same time.
“College can be very expensive for students
and their families, and we pleased to be able
to offer these scholarships,” Diamond said.
“We want to help NMCGA members and their
families continue their education and hopefully
return to the agriculture business.”
The three scholarships will be presented to the
top three applicants during the Joint Stockmen’s
Convention slated for December 4 through
December 7, 2015 at the Marriott Pyramid North
in Albuquerque.
For more information or scholarship
applications, please contact the NMCGA office
at 505.247.0584.
Mom Prom is Back!
Join us for the 2nd Annual Mom Prom
on Friday, October 16 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the
Farmington Civic Center. This year’s theme is “Be
Our Guest”. Bring your mom and have your photos
taken with Belle and the Beast. Join us for a night
of snacks, dancing and lots of photo opportunities.
This event is part of the San Juan County “Get
Pinked” campaign. All proceeds benefit the Cathy
Lincoln Memorial Foundation. Tickets are $12
each and may be purchased online at www.fmtn.org/
civiccenter, in person at the Civic Center Box Office
or over the phone at (505) 599-1148.
PAGE 10
Stephanie D. Anderson
May 29, 1969 - Oct. 1,
2015
Bloomfield
Stephanie
Deree
Anderson,
beloved
mother, grandmother,
sister and daughter,
passed from this life to
be with our Heavenly
Father on Thursday,
Oct. 1, 2015. She was
born May 29, 1969,
in Seattle, Wash., to
Dennis Anderson and
Hazel Seavy Anderson.
A memorial service was
held Wednesday, Oct.
7, 2015, at First United
Methodist
Church,
1105 N. First St. in
Bloomfield, officiated
by the Rev. Kathy Potter.
Shirley Ann Grisamer
4.22.1938 - 9.28.2015
Shirley Ann Grisamer
was born April 22, 1938
in Roswell, NM, she
passed away Monday
September 28, 2015.
Funeral arrangements
are being made by
Ballard Funeral Home
in Roswell, NM.
Karen Sue Cugnini
9.17.1946 - 9.30.2015
Aztec
Karen Sue Cugnini
passed away Wednesday
September 30, 2015 in
Aztec, NM. She was 69
years old.
Karen was born on
September 17, 1946
to Clyde and Lloyd
Palmer. She graduated
from Durango High
School in 1964. Karen
was married to Duane
Cugnini from 1966
to 1987 and had two
daughters with him.
Funeral services will
be held at Vallecito
Community Building,
Vallecito
Lake
on
Friday October 9, 2015
@ 2:00pm. Parking
is limited, so please
carpool if possible.
the Rev Larry Davis
officiating.
Memorials may be made
to Bethanne O’Keefe,
1221
Camino
Sol,
Farmington, NM 87401.
James Jim,
8.21.1952 - 9.23.2015
Shiprock
USN VET
J a m e s
Jim, 63, of
Shiprock
passed
away
Wednesday,
Sept. 23, 2015, at San
Juan Regional Medical
Center in Farmington.
He was born Aug. 21,
1952, in Shiprock the
son of John and Olive
Jim. He was born to
the Red House clan and
born for the Red Goat
clan.
Funeral services were
held Saturday, Sept.
26, the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day
Saints, U.S. Highway
491
in
Shiprock.
Interment is in Memory
Gardens, 6917 E. Main
St. in Farmington with
full military honors
being
provided
by
VFW Post #2182 of
Farmington.
Spencer H. Garrett
-9.23.2015
Farmington
Spencer H. Garrett
of Farmington, New
Mexico
died
of
pulmonary fibrosis at
the age of 70, early
Wednesday
morning,
September 23, 2015, at
the San Juan Regional
Medical Center. He was
born in Afton, Wyoming
to Gordon and Roxie
Turner Garrett.
Services were held at
the LDS chapel at 902
West Blanco Blvd.
in Bloomfield, New
Mexico on Saturday,
September 26, 2015 at
1 p.m. Internment at the
Hammond Cemetery.
Hazel L. Adams
Nov. 6, 1932 - Sept. 17,
2015
Aztec
Micah “Eeka” Alfred
Martinez
9.14.1984 - 9.13.2015
Farmington
Hazel L. Adams, 82,
of Aztec, passed away
on Thursday, Sept. 17,
2015, in Aztec. She
was born Nov. 6, 1932,
and raised in Kimberly,
British Columbia, to
Johan and Haldis Dahll.
She had dual citizenship
with the United States
and B.C., until she was
21.
Hazel worked as a
Boeing Analyst from
1964 to 1989, where
she had the opportunity
to be part of Air Force
One.
A memorial service was
held Saturday, Sept. 26,
at the Trinity Lutheran
Church, 1221 E. 20th
St. in Farmington with
Micah “Eeka” Alfred
Martinez,
30,
of
Farmington passed away
on September 13, 2015
in Alexander , N.D. He
was born Sept.14, 1984,
in Shiprock, to Arturo
“Art” Lee Jr. and BettyLou “Dena” Martinez.
Services were held
Friday, Sept. 25, at
Brewer, Lee and Larkin
Funeral
Home
in
Farmington.
Memorial Contributions
may be made to Micah’s
memorial account at
Citizens Bank.
Deborah “Debbie” L.
Bates
OBITUARY
May 6, 1944 - Sept. 22,
2015
Aztec
Deborah “Debbie” L.
Bates, our angel on
earth passed away to
begin her eternal life
in Heaven, on Tuesday,
Sept. 22, 2015. After
a courageous battle
with cancer she is now
pain free and smiling
down on us from
above. Debbie was
born on May 6, 1944, in
Farmington, to J.D. and
Eugenia
Roquemore.
Debbie married her
husband Sidney “Ray”
Bates on Oct. 3, 1958,
at the tender age of 14.
The two of them began
a family together and
shared nearly 57 years
with one another before
her passing. Being a
mom and a grandma
was the single most
important thing in life to
her. She always told her
kids “I never had much
to give you, but I had
love, and I tried to give
you all that I could”- she
was reassured that all of
her family did indeed
feel her love deep
within. Services were
held at 11 a.m. Monday,
Sept. 28, at Alternative
Choice Funeral Chapel.
Interment is in Memory
Gardens, 6917 E. Main
St. in Farmington.
Janet R. Eskins
March 7, 1952 - Sept.
23, 2015
Farmington
Janet R. Eskins, 63,
of Farmington, passed
away Wednesday, Sept.
23, 2015, in Farmington.
She was born March 7,
1952, in Bartlesville,
Okla.
In lieu of flowers,
please
donate
to
Farmington
Regional
Animal Shelter, 133
Browning
Parkway,
Farmington,
NM
87401, or the Pancreatic
Cancer Action Network,
Manhattan Beach, CA
90266.
Janet’s ashes were
scattered at Ghost Ranch
in a private ceremony on
Thursday, Oct. 1.
A public celebration of
Janet’s life will be from
3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 10, at the
CATE Center (rooms
2 and 4) for her family,
friends, colleagues and
students.
Charley thomas merrill
8.16.1932 - 9.24.2015
Kirkland
Charley Thomas Merrill,
83, of Kirtland passed
away early Thursday,
September 24, 2015 at
his home surrounded
by his loving family.
Charley
was
born
August 16, 1932 in
Ramah, New Mexico
the son of Joseph and
Waltina Merrill. Charley
loved music, and was a
very gifted guitar player.
He played for friends
and family wherever
he could. He passed his
musical talent on to his
children, and many of
his grandchildren.
Funeral services were
Saturday, October 3, at
10:00 a.m. at the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, on County
Road 6100 in Kirtland
with Bishop Joel Foutz
conducting. Interment is
at the Kirtland-Fruitland
Cemetery.
Ann B. Beecham
April 6, 1923 - Sept. 30,
2015
Aztec
Ann B. Beecham was
born on April 6, 1923,
in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
to Andrew and Mary
Ruple. They moved to
Aztec, when Ann was
a young teenager. They
lived out at Center
Point and she attended
Aztec High School, she
graduated in 1941.
Ann married Percy W.
Smith and they were
married for 38 years
until his death. She
later married Harold
T. Beecham and they
were together for 26
years. She worked at
Goldenburgs in Aztec
for numerous years.
She was a devoted
wife,
mother
and
grandmother.
She is survived by
her husband, Harold
Beecham; son, Greg
Smith; sister, Mary
McQuitty; and her
grandsons,
William
Smith and Brian Smith.
Funeral services were
Monday, Oct. 5, at
Bethel Baptist Church,
201 Heiland Road in
Aztec.
William “Bill” Tyson
Nov. 21, 1944 - Oct. 3,
2015
Farmington
USAF VET
William
“ B i l l ”
Tyson died
peacefully
at home on
S a t u r d a y,
Oct.
3,
2015,
surrounded by family,
from complications of
Parkinson’s disease. Bill
was born Nov. 21, 1944,
in Pasadena, Calif. His
family moved to Los
Alamos, when he was
six years old. He grew
up in Los Alamos and
graduated from Los
Alamos High School
in 1962. After a short
stint at college life in
Las Cruces, he decided
to get his pilot’s license
and head off to the
U.S. Air Force where
he served from 1965 to
1969. He married Nancy
Knobeloch on June 13,
1970.
A memorial service
were Thursday, Oct.
OCTOBER 9, 2015
8, at First United
Methodist
Church,
808 N. Monterey Ave.
in Farmington, with
the Rev. Brian Adams
officiating.
In lieu of flowers,
donations
may
be
made to the Michael
J. Fox Foundation for
Parkinson’s Research.
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Baby Teeth and Animas Pollution
Continued from Page 1
the poisons in unlined and/or leaking pits on the
tailings piles and later in unlined pits in the glacial
coble stone near where the strip malls and motels
are south of the Animas-La Plata pump station in
Durango. These ponds received the green effluent.
The liquid flowed below the pits through the ground.
This just delayed somewhat its time in reaching the
river as ground water instead of flowing in directly
through the pipe.
“In 1958, essentially all of the liquid waste from the
mill were discharged to the river along with about
13.6 metric tons/day (15 tons/day) of solid tailings.”
Geological Survey Circular 814, Department of
the Interior.” “Some of the chemicals used in the
extraction process include 65,000 lb/day of sulfuric
acid, 48,000 lb/day of salt, and about 64,000 lb/day
of soda ash. Tributalphosphte used amounted to
about 325 lb/day, and kerosene to about 370 gpd.”(
Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation,
Volume 32, Jan-Dec 1960 [Tsivoglo]) The liquid
waste (effluent) to the river average 340 gallons per
minute. The mill had been operating under VCA
since 1948.
“…an appreciable amount of radium has been
deposited on the river bed in the first two miles
below the mill, and the radium content of the mud
at the Colorado-New Mexico line was still 20 times
the natural background.” (Tisvoglo) The mill was
south of the Highway 160 bridge to Hesperus on
the present dog park site and upstream from the
present day Kayak park, Durango sewer plant, Santa
Rita Park and the Animas-La Plata pump station in
Durango. A large amount of unprocessed Uranium
ended up in the river as well as the concentrated
green sludge when the conveyor carrying it would
clog. The green sludge end product was shipped to
Grand Junction and turned into yellow cake that was
further processed to weapons grade uranium.
“In 1958-59 the Animas River below uranium mills
in Durango, Colorado, contained almost 300% of the
safe maximum daily intake for Radium. Crops raised
on the Animas River had twice as much radium-226
as other crops.” (Berkley Barb, Page 6, May 24-30,
1974)
People living near the state line drinking the water
and consuming mostly locally raised foods were
ingesting approximately 2.63 times the
allowable exposure to the bone seekers
radium and strontium-90. (Tisvoglo)
I have never been able to find the
Animas River tooth study results. The
teeth were obviously being checked for
deposition of these two elements in the
bone and enamel. What did they find?
River bottom organisms were nonexistent below the mill, and the river
was severely affected to well below
the state line and did not reach full
recovery until 45 river miles below the
mill. (Tisvoglo)
It was a dead river except for a very
few fly larva high in radium and a few
suckers near the state line that had high
radium levels in their cartilage. Algae grew and took
up the radium. This gave an idea that algae could be
used and gathered to clean up contaminated water.
Heavy metals were also present in the hundreds of
tons of tailings that went directly into the river. The
river was never cleaned up as far as I can determine .
The Congress and the EPA didn’t get around to
approving “Uranium in drinking water” standards
until 2000 and portions of the standards did not
become final until 2007. Radium in drinking water
was regulated in 1976; and in 1991 the standard was
changed when the first standard was found to be too
high to be safe.
Silverton has fought cleanup and superfund
designation and basically was not concerned with
the mine waste below their town since they were
not drinking it. The same could probably be said
about Durango, and the mill and the river waste it
was generating. Durango, at the time, got all of its
municipal water from the Florida River.
It is always all about jobs, jobs, and economic
development rather than safety. Human life is cheap
and expendable. It appears that Aztec and Farmington
have historically just looked at the muddy water
flowing by and have taken the stand that “what is
covered up and not seen through the mud, can’t hurt
us”. At the time, the studies showed that Aztec’s
and Farmington’s treatment of the water allowed the
alpha emitters to go into the treated municipal water.
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Saturday, October 24
Bloomfield Senior Center
Tuesday, October 27
Aztec Civic/Senior Center
Wednesday, October 28
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
North Visitor Parking Lot –Corner of Maple Street and Schwartz Avenue
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
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Lower Valley Senior Center Wednesday, November 4
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6:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.
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Radium, Uranium, Radon, Thorium are some alpha
emitters. A long exposure to radium can lead to
bone cancer, the same type of exposure to Uranium
can cause kidney damage. Radon (a gas that can be
dissolved in water) exposure creates a risk of lung
cancer.
The mill closed in 1963, leaving a superfund site
where we taxpayers spent approximately 53 million
dollars to move the surface tailings and effluent pond
residues up hill to a short distance from the A-LP
dam site. VCA moved operations to Shiprock where
they created another tailings superfund site that was
ultimately consolidated (again much money) into
an unlined mound near the center of town. It is now
leaching radioactive groundwater contamination
toward the San Juan River.
EPA talks of cleaning up the Gold King mine spill
in the river. The whole river should be declared a
superfund site. Lets get the whole thing cleaned up
together with the waste from the Lake Emma spill
(1970’s) that in Aztec turned the river to milk white
for days.
Think of the jobs and money flowing into our area
to do this; and we end up with a cleaner, safer, and
healthier place to live
I will take a copy of the Tisvoglo study to the Aztec
Library, since I cannot find it on the internet now—
should anyone be interested in reading the whole
study report.
PAGE 12
700,000
gallons/day,
but now through four
“settling” ponds that filled
up to overflow just 16
hours after opening. Three million gallons sounds
like a lot of water. The main pool at the Farmington
Aquatic Center holds one million gallons. The
103 year mean flow for the Animas in Durango on
August 1 is right at 600 cubic feet per second. That
equates to 16,158,000 gallons per hour. High flow
this year in Farmington measured at 8,000 cubic feet
per second. That is 215,440,000 gallons per hour or
3,590,667 gallons per minute.
AN
IDEA WORTH INVESTIGATING?
By Evert Oldham
The Gold King Mine Spill into the Animas
River was really much ado about nothing out of the
ordinary for this community. Don’t get me wrong,
I’m delighted with the change in attitudes that has
taken place over the past 20 years as is evidenced
by the number of local folks showing up at the
EPA meetings. Twenty years ago a person who
dared breath the words contamination, pollution,
or environmental degradation was risking his/
her life, in a community of dominate energy and
mining interests rabid about protecting their “turf”.
Hundreds of abandoned and active mines spewed
streams of water into the Animas River unabated
24/7. In Durango, the river flowed through more
than 1 million cubic yards of uranium mill tailings.
This was the community the environmentalists
called Four Corners, the National Sacrifice Area.
Nobody local dared say a word.
The battle for and against the Animas La Plata
Project was the trigger that started the change.
Experts testified that removing 660 cubic feet per
second from the river was certain to result in toxic
concentrations that not only violated clean water
standards, but was likely to be seriously harmful
to humans. Proponents could not move the project
forward without addressing the environmental
reality the loss of dilution was certain to cause.
Clean up of the mill tailings was started. The
Animas River Stakeholder Group was formed in
1994-95 to study the mine flows into the upper
Animas. On the basis of that Group’s initial work,
Colorado adopted its first water quality regulations
to address the mine water discharges. The first
remediation projects were started in the late ‘90s.
Today, most of the mine discharges visible from the
highway flow through nice little concrete gutters
down to their terminus into the Animas River. After
one hundred fifty years of unabated toxic loading
it’s hard for me to rationalize how the Gold King
spill could exacerbate the pollution conditions to
any great extent. And, yes, every sudden increase
in stream flow results in churning the sediments and
increasing the suspended contaminants that likely
enter the local drinking water supply. That’s why
the water system operators, who divert water from
the Animas, never take source water samples for
compliance testing when the river is running high.
Since the “spill” Gold King flows a steady
All our water is connected
The spill was a great photo op: an orange river
against blue sky and emerald mountains. Not just
any mountains, John Denver’s Rocky Mountains.
And, damn the EPA! Is there an easier target? Ever
notice how the politicians swarm the TV cameras
and microphones like moths to a Coleman lantern?
Now they are lined up to help.
How about if we help ourselves? I.J. Coury had
it right. Back in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s
when the Upper Colorado River Storage Project
Act was being developed, which would result in
reservoirs for the Arizona, Nevada and California
“I got my miracle!”
OCTOBER 9, 2015
water, I.J. was President of the First National Bank
in Farmington. One of the reservoirs was to be
Navajo Reservoir and part of Navajo Reservoir was
the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project (NIIP). NIIP
was planned to divert water out of Navajo, through a
tunnel to Cutter Reservoir then on through tunnels and
canals to the Navajo Agriculture Products Industries
(NAPI) south of Bloomfield. I.J. argued the whole
delivery system should be an aqueduct that could
deliver water all year around, not just during the
summer. He articulated a vision for water treatment
plants above Bloomfield, Farmington and Waterflow
that could gravity flow drinking water to nearly all
the populated areas of San
Juan County, New Mexico.
The construction proceeded
with the canal components.
Today, we can understand
the wisdom of I.J.’s vision.
NAPI needs, but does
not have, an adequate
year around water supply.
The Animas River is the
principal source of drinking
water for the residents of
San Juan County.
The
Gold King Mine Spill is a
warning shot that should
arouse the desire for a
serious risk assessment
and
consideration
of
alternatives.
The non-Navajo
community should discuss
I.J.’s vision with the Navajo
Nation and NAPI officials.
Owning and operating three
modern water treatment
plants and the delivery
systems could be a good economic investment for
the Nation and NAPI. Could concrete slabs be
cast and secured to the canal sections to form an
aqueduct? Is the NIIP capacity sufficient to handle
additional flows without an adverse impact on
NAPI? If not, what would be required to scale NIIP
up to the proper capacity?
Map elevations show water could gravity flow
through Aztec, north to at least Center Point just
south of Cedar Hill, and north through Farmington
to La Plata. All other communities along the river
valleys could easily be served. The water quality
would be far superior to the present sources. San
Juan headwaters are in the Wolf Creek area above
Pagosa Springs. The various San Juan tributaries
flowing into Navajo Reservoir arrive without having
been exposed to contamination sources other than
wildlife and livestock. The 15,600 acre Navajo
reservoir serves as New Mexico’s largest settling
pond. The NIIP water leaves the reservoir through a
tunnel at the dam emerging 13 miles away in Cutter
Reservoir. From Cutter the water enters a siphon
tunnel that carries it under and across Largo Canyon
and into the first stretch of canal, back into a siphon
tunnel under and across Blanco Canyon and then
into the canal that carries it to its NAPI destination.
High quality of water would likely have a positive
effect on people’s health. Today, all the water is
pumped out of the river uphill to the customers. The
NIIP system improvements could likely be paid for
with the savings in pumping costs.
The Animas is a tributary of the San Juan.
The necessary change in diversion points would all
resolve at the confluence of the Animas with the San
Juan in Farmington with all the water rights issues
taking place within one county in one state, no
interstate compact issues. Seems like an idea worth
investigating.
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EVERY HUNDRED OR SO BLUE MOONS YOU MIGHT JUST SEE RED.
By G. Lepire, Bloomfield
09/27/2015: World-wide news
media brought undue attention to a
phenomenon regularly documented
since the time we all descended from
the trees some 200 thousand years
ago. Amazingly, written records of our
human exploits are not so meticulous
but let’s not short-change ourselves;
we’ve learned a thing or two over the
eons right?
27 September brought about a
lunar eclipse (Blood-On-The-Moon)
that only rarely occurs and has baffled
star-gazers since we sat in trees and
learned to walk bi-pedal to avoid
massive predators… The moon was
always there and will likely be with us
for another Billion or so years to come.
We may not have necessarily learned
anything more about mankind’s
connection to the heavens through
this latest experience but it does serve
as yet another indication of how our
native ancestors set a stage for the
very studies we endeavor to unravel
not only through the past but to better
understand our future.
Salmon ruins has been a staple of
our local society for as long (Or even
Longer) than many of us have even
considered. How many times have we
driven by the place without a second
thought when it holds secrets (Some still
pending) regarding our on ancestors and
their relationship to the Earth and the
Heavens above; when was the last time
you planted seedlings or a bush due to
astronomical signs from above…treedwellers? The building itself suggests
that it is nothing more than some
obscure “Museum” set in place for
the purpose of adding “Local Color”
to an otherwise boring and uneventful
piece of real estate. The truth is that
it is a bona-fide research facility that
studies, categorizes, and catalogues
foundations of our past that still greatly
reflect on our modern world in spite of
our own technology. This sentiment
is somewhat reflected by Larry Baker,
Executive Administrator (MA & Bain
Anthropology) when speaking on the
influence was at work.”
Although later civilizations of
popularity like the Aztec and Mayas
were more adept regarding the study
of Astronomy, our local ancestors
were quite involved with the Heavens
regarding all aspects of the daily
business of living. Even after some
200 K years we are all still drawn to
the skies when Astronomical events
send us to open areas with binoculars
topics related to the lunar eclipse of
9/27/15: “ One thing we’ve learned
from numerous astrological events here
at the ruins is that their (The ancients)
interpretations were relevant to their
Day-To-Day-Living and it would came
as no surprise to learn of a Central
American mezzo-American Indian
and telescopic equipment to record
those events. Are we not so much
more powerful in our sophisticated and
questioning minds than our ancestry
descended from the trees; is the moon
perhaps really made of green cheese?
Archaeo-Astronomy is but a small
aspect of what the Salmon Ruins does.
In fact, Nancy Sweet Espinoza, Ruins
Curator and holder of MA & BS in
Anthropology relates to our most
current heavenly event as somewhat
germaine to their (The Salmon Ruins)
mission when saying “Archaeological
structures indicate that ancient peoples
(Here) constructed “Observatories”
(As noted by the staff) to obsevre
the Solstice as well as other lunar
“Standstills” in so far as it related to the
eclipse events of not only the ancient
heavens but also that of ancient living.”
Salmon Ruins conducts guided
tours for numerous interested parties
interested in furthering educational
pursuits. They are a non-profit
organization in need of support and
are flexible when providing such tours
to school kids, seniors, corporations,
or members. Membership too carries
advantages such as discounts on
guided tours
but also a regular
newsletter detailing what the center
has accomplished, where it now stands,
and where future research should take
them. For all info contact the Salmon
Ruins at (505)632-2013.
It’s clear that although many of us
drive by the building each day, the work
there continues on to reveal how our
past and the foundation of today set the
stage for what we can expect tomorrow.
If the staff were to tell you something
more about our abcient astronomical
ties they may ech something akin to
what you might’ve heard from the
ancients: Every hundred or so blue
moons you might just see red!
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Iron Ladies
“Iron Ladies of
San Juan County, New
Mexico” by Catherine
Davis
and
Marilu
Waybourn was just
released by the San
Juan County Historical
Society. This is the 16th
book in the Society’s
annual historical book
series.
The book features
some of the notable
women of San Juan
County, New Mexico,
in the formative years of
this area. All but one of
the women highlighted
were born in the late
1800s. That was a time
when women were not
expected to be in business
or be self-sufficient. They had little say in
politics. That makes
this a much stronger
narrative as we look
at the lives of women
who achieved a variety
of
accomplishments. These women were an
example for many who
came later.
A few women
included in the book are
Harriet Belle Sammons,
bank president; Mrs.
E.Y. McAlpine who
built and managed a
cannery; Mary Jane
Masters, a teacher with
many accomplishments;
Mary Hudson Brothers
whose father was in Pat
Garrett’s posse and she
wrote about Billy the
Kid from her father’s
journal; Lorena Mahany
who started the first
library in Farmington;
Francis David who was
called the “Grand old
lady of Blanco.” Check
out the book for other
iron ladies.
Local authors
Marilu Waybourn and
OCTOBER 9, 2015 T
Catherine Davis teamed
up for this book. Both
authors have written
other books in the San
Juan County Historical
Society’s
string
of
history books including
collaborating
on
a
previous publication.
About the name
of the book. The authors
started out with “Pioneer
Women of San Juan
County, New Mexico”
but the farther they got
into the lives of these
women the more they realized they were not
Helping
only pioneers but also
something more. They
tossed around a few
titles and checked with
family and friends until
Catherine’s
husband
came up with “Iron
Ladies.” It seemed a very
appropriate description
of the women in this
book.
Books are available
at the San Juan County
Historical Society office
at 201 N. Main, Aztec. The Historical Society is
Books are also available
at area museums.
to grow things you love
.
TALON YOUR GOOD-NEWS PAPER defines it: “to transform a discarded
book into a creative work of art that
encompasses a theme and utilizes
a variety of media and techniques.
Altered books may be as simple as
adding a drawing or text to a page,
or as complex as creating an intricate
book sculpture.”
There is no charge for this program.
Please join us for some crafting fun,
we have a great time. All levels of
artist/crafter are welcome.
What: Altered Book Club
When: 10- 15
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm.
Book Nook
By Karen Lozier
Need A New Author? Why Not Try…
Deon Meyer Thirteen Hours
Morning dawns in Cape Town, South
Africa, and for homicide detective
Benn Griessel it promises to be a very
trying day. A teenage girl’s body has
been found on the street, her throat cut.
She was an American-a potential PR
nightmare in the developing country’s
#1 tourist destination. And she wasn’t
alone. Somewhere in Cape Town her
friend, Rachel Anderson, is hopefully,
still alive.
Rachel is terrified, unsure of where to
turn in the unknown city. Who can she
trust? How long can she stay ahead
of her relentless pursuers? Racing
against the clock, Detective Griessel
desperately tries to solve the murder
of her friend and bring Rachel home
safe, all in a single day.
As an official mentor to a mixed-race
crop of younger investigators, Griessel
has to navigate the tricky politics of
the new South Africa. And the case of
the Americans isn’t the only one he’ll
face this day: A philandering music
executive has been shot dead. Was it
his alcoholic wife, who woke up next
to the body or the jealous husband of
one of his lovers? Griessel has been
sober for nearly six months-156 days.
But day 157 might drive him over the
edge.
A finalist for the prestigious SWA
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critically acclaimed Thirteen Hours
is an intensely gripping novel from
a master storyteller at the top of his
game.
Free Computer Classes @ Your
Library
It’s that time again. Free computer
classes have begun so mark your
calendar. You are welcome to bring
your own laptops for these classes.
10- 13th: The same class will be
offered again Time 10:00 am-12:00
pm
This class covers the basics of using
Facebook. Topics covered in this
class include: creating a page, privacy,
maintaining your account, using
Facebook and uploading images.
10- 20th: Blog Basics
Time: 5:00-7:00 pm
10- 27th: The same class will be
offered again
Time: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Topics covered in this class include:
Developing your own blog, posting
articles and photos, an introduction to
blog services, promoting your blog,
making your blog easy to find and
linking your blog to other sites.
PAGE 15
Handmade Holidays
Aztec Library will be hosting a new
craft series 10- through December. In
our Handmade Holidays craft series
we will have tools, equipment and
supplies available to make your own
cards, wrapping paper, and small
holiday gifts or ornaments. We will be
introducing and guiding participants
through a variety of techniques
including block printing, stamping,
stenciling, collage, and working with
found objects and embellishments.
The class will be led by experienced
artist and specialist printmaker Library
Director Kate Skinner. Bring your
creativity and an art apron or wear old
clothes. There could be paint.
When: 10- 8 and 29
Time: 6-8pm
Participants: Best suited to teens and
adults. Youth under 12 years of age
must be accompanied by an adult.
This class could expose you to messy
paint, sharp carving tools and other art
materials, supplies and ideas which
your mother warned you about.
Other dates: 10- 29, November 12,
December 10
Crow Canyon
Aztec Library is pleased to offer an
illustrated lecture by David Casey
on Crow Canyon and his recently
published guide to this archaeological
site.
Crow Canyon, off Largo Canyon, is
one of the best known hike-in rock art
sites in New Mexico. Retired Aztec
High World History teacher, David
Casey is a veteran of taking organized
groups on tours through the canyon.
David, who also served on the Board
of Salmon Ruins, has recently written
a trail guide to the Crow Canyon
archaeological site. This trail guide
details the petroglyphs and most
important habitation, storage and
defensive sites which can be found in
the canyon. Day: 10- 27 Time: 5:30
pm Audience: All ages.
Altered Book Club
What is an altered book? Wikipedia
Teen Cooking in the Library
The Aztec Public Library has started
a new cooking program for teens at
the library! Join us for a Halloween
theme. This session we will be making
Deviled eggs and Trick-or-treat Punch!
This program uses tools such as sharp
knives and heat sources for cooking.
For this reason participation will be
strictly limited to teens ages 12-18
only. These teens must also be able to
understand and carry out instructions.
Size of the group may also be limited
so sign up at the library in advance is
recommended!
When: 10- 14, 2015
Time: 3:30 -5:00 pm
New Mexico Family Pass
Just when you wondered if it was
possible, having a library card just got
even better! With your library card
you can check out a FamilyPass which
gives FREE admission to 15 museums
and historical sites across the state of
New Mexico. The FamilyPass pass
checks out just like any library item.
Borrower must be 18 or over and
have a library card in good standing.
FamilyPass checks out for seven days
and each pass gives access for up to
six family members.
Story time @ Your Library
The Aztec Public Library offers story
time on Thursdays from 9:30-10:30.
Join us for stories, crafts, snacks and
good fun @ your library. It’s a good
chance for children and mothers to
socialize and get to know one another.
10- 15: The Best Nest by Laura Datta.
Owl stories and an owl craft.
10- 22: Grumpy, Frumpy, Happy,
Snappy & Monster Dance by Ann
Hodgman. We are making a monster
craft!
10- 29: My Pumpkin by Lily Karr.
Halloween stories and a pumpkin
craft.
See What’s Cooking at the Library!
The library has whipped up a program
for cooks of all ages! Join us for the
10- program where we will be making
pumpkin soup! Fall food for our Fall
program.
When: Wednesday 10- 28, 2015
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Canasta
The Canasta program at the library is
in full swing and everyone is invited!
Have you always wanted to learn to
play? Do you love playing and wish
there was someone to play with? The
Canasta group meets every Thursday
in the library’s meeting room starting
at 11:00 am. When: Thursdays
Time: 11:00 am
The Good Book Club
Are you a book lover? Do you like
to read and discuss books with other
book lovers? Join the Good Book Club
and have some fun! We are reading
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett this
month for next month’s discussion.
We will be discussing Five Quarters of
the Orange by Joanne Harris. The club
meets the first Tuesday of the month at
10:00 am at the Aztec Public Library.
Stop by and check out a copy of the
book for the discussion in November.
What: The Good Book Club
When: First Tuesday of the month
Time: 10:00 am
For more information call 334-7657.
PAGE 16
FISHING REPORT
Abiquiu Lake:
Kokanee
snagging
opens October 1 and
runs through December
31. Fishing was fair to
good using crank baits,
worms, tubes, curly tail
grubs and night crawlers
for smallmouth bass.
Fishing was slow to fair
using crank baits and
tubes for walleye. We
had no reports on other
species. The surface
water temp was in the
low 70s.
Animas River: Water
flow near Aztec on
Monday morning was
267 cfs. We had no
reports from anglers
this week.
Brazos River:
We had no reports from
anglers this week.
Chama River: Kokanee
snagging
opens
October 1 and runs
through December 31
on that section of river
from El Vado Lake
to the west boundary
of the Chama River
Wildlife and Fishing
Area. Monday morning
water flows below El
Vado and Abiquiu were
501 cfs and 204 cfs
respectively. Fishing
below El Vado was fair
using spinners, wooly
buggers,
PowerBait
and salmon eggs for
brown and rainbow
trout. Fishing below
Abiquiu was fair using
San Juan worms, wooly
buggers and worms for
trout.
Cochiti Lake:
Fishing was slow to
fair using jigs, worms,
crank baits and jerk
baits for smallmouth
bass. Fishing was fair
to good using liver,
stink bait and shrimp
for catfish. We had
no reports on other
species. The surface
water temp was in the
low 70s.
El Vado Lake:
Kokanee
snagging
opens October 1 and
runs through December
31. We had no reports
from anglers this week.
Fenton Lake:
Fishing was fair to
good
using
meal
worms, yellow salmon
eggs and salmon peach
PowerBait for trout.
Heron
Lake:
Closed to kokanee
snagging here and at
Willow Creek until
November 14. No
kokanee may be in
possession at either
location during the
closure. Fishing this
past week was slow for
all species and fishing
pressure was very light.
Jackson Lake: Fishing
was fair to good using
PowerBait,
salmon
eggs, Gulp eggs and
spinners for trout. We
had no reports on other
species.
Jemez Waters:
Stream
flow
near
Jemez on Monday
morning was 19 cfs.
Fishing on the Jemez
was fair using worms,
salmon eggs and small
streamers for trout.
Fishing on the Cebolla
above
and
below
Fenton Lake was very
good using stimulators,
San Juan worms, meal
worms and earth worms
for trout. Fishing on
the San Antonio was
good
using
small
spinners, worms and
salmon eggs for a mix
of brown and rainbow
trout. Fishing on the
East Fork slowed a bit
but was still good for
anglers using spinners
with a single barbless
hook.
Laguna
Del
Campo: Fishing was
good
using
Pistol
Petes under a bubble,
PowerBait and salmon
eggs for trout.
L a k e
Farmington: We had no
reports from anglers this
week. Nonmotorized
watercraft are now
allowed
on
Lake
Farmington. Fees are
$50 for the season or $5
daily.
Manzano Lake:
Fishing was slow to fair
using worms, spinners
and Pistol Petes for
trout. We had no reports
on other species.
Navajo Lake:
Kokanee
snagging
opens October 1 and
runs through December
31. The Pine Main
boat ramp and the
surrounding no wake
zone will be closed
to anglers during the
month of October to
allow the Department
of Game and Fish to
harvest kokanee eggs
and sperm. This closed
area will reopen to
anglers November 1.
Fishing was good using
curly tail grubs, worms,
creature baits, tubes,
spinners and crank
baits for smallmouth
bass and largemouth
bass. Fishing for was
fair using crank baits
and jerk baits for
northern pike. A few
rainbow trout were
caught by anglers using
PowerBait and casting
spinners. Fishing was
slow to fair trolling Z
Rays, Cripplures and
Arnies tipped with
corn for kokanee. We
had no reports on other
species.
San Gregorio Lake:
Fishing was slow.
San
Juan:
Water flow below
Navajo
Lake
on
Monday
morning
was 534 cfs. Fishing
through the Quality
Water section was good
using Griffith’s gnats,
parachute
Adams,
zebra midges, bunny
leeches, small pheasant
tail nymphs and wooly
buggers. The best dry
fly action has been in
the afternoon hours.
Fishing through the bait
waters was good using
salmon egg, worms,
jerk
baits,
wooly
buggers, copper John
Barrs, San Juan worms
and Panther Martins.
Trout Lakes:
Trout
fishing
was
fair for anglers using
salmon
eggs
and
PowerBait.
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Naturopathic Notes
Popeye – Where are You?
By Susan Barnes
You are what you eat. When we ingest a food, it
becomes a part of us. The microbiome in our small
intestine disassembles it and then proceeds to turn
it into us. Some of the better foods we can consume
are dark, leafy greens.
The botonical name is spinacia oleracea. In
England it was called “the Spanish vegetable.
Today we call it spinach. In the 7th century it was
call Persian Greens. The Moors introduced it to
Spain around 1000.
Although Americans eat nearly 2 ½ pounds a
year (and probably some a lot less as those of us
doing green drinks eat that in a few weeks), this is
4 times what was eaten 40 years ago. Spinach today
is greener, tastier and crisper. It became “famous”
because of Popeye in the 60’s. Weren’t you told to
eat your spinach so you would grow to be big and
strong?
Spinach is high in B3, zinc, protein, fiber,
vitamins A, C, E, K, thiamin, B 6, folate, calcium,
iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium copper,
and manganese. It has something good for every part
of your body. The calcium, magnesium, B vitamins
keep your body, specifically your bones, brain and
heart in good health. Researchers have discovered
that a gene that is essential for producing critical
immune cells in your gut, responds to the food you
eat—specifically leafy green vegetables
Dark leafy greens such as kale, spinach,
collard greens and Swiss chard contain powerful
antioxidants, flavonoids, carotenoids, and vitamin
C—all of which help protect against cellular
damage. Ideally, opt for organic locally grown
veggies that are in season, and consider eating a fair
amount of them raw. Juicing is an excellent way
to get more greens into your diet. I often suggest
that my clients start doing a green drink four to five
times a week.
Kale contains fiber and antioxidants, and is one
of the best sources of vitamin A, which promotes
eye and skin health and helps strengthen your
immune system. A one-cup serving has almost as
much vitamin C as an orange and as much calcium
as a cup of milk. It’s simply an excellent source of
multiple vitamins and other nutrients, including:
Vitamin B, calcium, lutein and zeaxanthin (both
help protect against macular degeneration), indole3-carbinol (protects against colon cancer), iron, and
chlorophyll (pulls out heavy metal toxins).
The flavonoids in spinach act as an antioxidant,
the folate aids your cardiovascular system and
lowers blood pressure. It is beneficial for your
brain, memory and mental clarity. To retain the iron
content add lemon juice or vinegar while cooking.
In traditional Chinese medicine it is a specific for
the liver.
Although spinach and kale grow best in cooler
climates, even here in Belize we have a vine spinach
(basella alba). It is versatile and is great in green
drinks, smoothies, as a salad or used instead of
lettuce. It can be added to soups or stir fries. Many
Belizeans like it cooked in their scrambled eggs.
However, you use it, you have just made all your
cells happy campers.
What is the state of your health? Find a
traditional naturopath to assist in bringing your
body to a state of wholeness and wellness.
For comments and questions e-mail: drsus29@
gmail.com. Susan (a nationally certified tui-na
practitioner and instructor, and certified by ANCB
as a Certified Traditional Naturopath) lives in
Belize, Central America.
Board Basic Training
Do you serve on or work for a board or
a non-profit or governmental organization? If
so, plan to attend San Juan College’s Volunteer
Center Board Basics Training, where you will
learn about legal and financial responsibilities
and how to be a part of an effective, efficient
board.
Four individual sessions are offered from 4
to 6 p.m., on Monday, October 19; Monday,
October 26; Monday, November 2; and Monday,
November 9 in room 1925 at San Juan College.
Topics will include, board development,
board effectiveness, legal responsibilities
and financial responsibilities. This series of
workshops was developed in response to a
strong community desire for more formal
training on the basics of developing, operating,
and overseeing non-profit or advisory councils.
They are open to the public, but registration is
required.
For specific session information and to
register, call the San Juan College Community
Learning Center at 505-566-3214.