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(photo courtesy of Lajitas Resort)
The Lajitas Butte is reflected in a water hazard of The Ambush, the new 18-hole Lajitas Resort golf course.
Water use an issue at resort development
By DAN K EA N E
LAJITAS - The promotional
photo currently spearheading the
advertising campaign for the
Lajitas resort features not one
but two images of the Lajitas
Butte’s striking profile. The first
is no surprise; the bluff is in its
usual spot on the horizon, set
right-side-up and guarded by its
familiarjagged foothills.
The second, however, is stun­
ning. Directly under the first im­
age, the butte is shown upsidedown, shimmering on the glassy
surface of a water hazard on the
resort’s new golf course.
It takes the eye a moment to
comprehend this double vision.
The Big Bend’s beloved moun­
tains may have been photo­
graphed for a thousand different
postcards over the years - cap­
tured in the red light of sunset or
dawn, or in the blue shadow of a
summer thundercloud -but they
are rarely, if ever, caught admir­
ing their own reflections in still
water.
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School board
election Saturday
MARFA, REDFORD - Satur­
day is election day for candidates
vying for three Marfa ISD school
board trustee spots. Early ballot­
ing in the election closed on Tues­
day afternoon, with 325 people
having cast their votes. Election
day voting is underway from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4,
(Continued on page 2)
City races, sales
tax issue on
Saturday ballot
MARFA - With less than an
hour to go before early voting in
the city elections closed on Tues­
day afternoon, 295 people had
cast ballots to decide three open
city council seats and a proposed
sales tax measure.
Election day is Saturday, May 4,
and the City Hall polls will be open
(Continued on page 2)
Today, however, the Lajitas
Butte can chose its own mirror
from one of four such ponds that
tempt hooks and slices on The
Ambush, 18 private holes in the
Rio Grande floodplain which
serve as the centerpiece of Aus­
tin multimillionaire Steve Smith’s
‘Ultimate Hideout’ in Lajitas.
Even as they faithfully reflect
the exclusive resort’s awesome
natural setting, these miniature
lakes also embody the debate
overjust how much water Lajitas
can use without depleting the
aquifer it shares with the rest of
South Brewster County.
A very green golf course
In both local gossip circles and
news publications around the
state, The Ambush’s profligate
daily thirst has often been the
first statistic repeated about the
resort. Folks are generally sur­
prised to hear that the links and
their languid water hazards drink
an average o f750,000 gallons of
water per day, according to
Lajitas General Manager Dan
Carroll. That’s 2.3 acre-feet a
day, or half an acre-foot more
than the approximately 2,500
residents ofMarfa use in an av­
erage day, according to Marfa
-City Administrator Curtis
Schrader. One acre-foot repre­
sents 325,851 gallons, or the
amount of water it would take to
cover an acre of land with wa­
ter one foot deep.
“That’s amazing,” Schrader
said. “That would be a very
green course.”
Village Farms’ hydroponic to­
mato greenhouses north of
Marfa is another recent arrival
to the Big Bend, and as such is
often included in local lunch-table
water forums. Compared to the
Lajitas golf course, however, the
high-tech facility uses a relatively
small amount of water. The
greenhouses pump an average of
2.5 acre-feet of groundwater per
month, according to Kerr
Mitchell, chairman of the Presidio
County Underground Water Con­
servation District. Village Farms
turns that water into more than
20 million pounds of tomatoes
annually.
The Ambush’s water needs far
outstrip those of some of the Big
Bend’s more modest courses.
Schrader said the nine-hole
Marfa Municipal Golf Course
uses between 125,0^0 and
250,000 gallons a day, reaching
the top of that range only during
the peak of summer. In Presidio,
Terry Bishop claims the 18 holes
ofhis no-frills Loma Paloma Golf
Course uses less than 15 acrefeet a year.
Neither the Marfa nor Presidio
course includes any water haz­
ards. Both Schrader and Bishop
expressed their wonder over the
extreme heat and sunlight
Lajitas’ hazards must endure, and
the effort it must take to battle
evaporation.
“The way (Smith’s) got it set up,
he’s going to use a ton of water,
not only to fill them up, but to keep
(Continued on page 9)
(Continued on page 6)
Lajitas gets major makeover
By DAN KEANE
LAJITAS - It used to be an
unofficial border crossing, one of
dozens of places in the Big Bend
where the U.S. and Mexico are
linked by a set of well-worn tire
tracks crawling out of the shal­
low Rio Grande on each
country’s bank.
Now this stretch of river be­
tween Lajitas, Texas and Paso
Lajitas, Mexico is a novelty hole
on a private golf course. There’s
a tee box in Texas and a green
in Mexico, and when the course
opens this summer, golfers will
have a chance to try'their luck
hitting over the murky green in­
ternational water hazard that
runs between the two.
The hole is one of the many
new luxuries at the Lajitas re­
sort, purchased two years ago
(Continued on page 8)
Fans turn out
fo r author's
sequel to
‘Bridges ’
Referendum
confusing,
some Alpine
fo lk s say
By UM UT N EW BURY
ALPINE - For most voters in
Alpine, Saturday’s city election
means a hot mayoral race among
three candidates.
But also on the ballot is a term
limit referendum question. When
Alpine City Council members
ordered the election earlier this
year, they also unanimously voted
to have a proposed put to voters
whether to remove the term limit
provision from the city’s charter.
The yes or no question on the
ballot is: “To delete terms of of­
fice to-wit: Any person who has
served on the city council during
three consecutive terms will be
ineligible to occupy any position
on the council for a period of two
years. A partial term ofless than
one year will not count in deter­
mining the number of consecu­
tive terms. Any person who has
not served on the council during
the previous two consecutive
years shall be eligible to serve
(staff photo by DAN KEANE)
Austin businessman Steve Smith has a grand vision for an
exclusive resort along the Rio Grande in south Brewster County.
(staff photo by ROBERT HALPERN)
A film crews sets up an interview scene with Marfa Book Co.
owner Lynn Goode Crowley.
W ebcast fe a tu re s M arfa,
cow boy p o e t J o el N elson ,
R ea ta C h e f R o b ert H ick s
By S T E R R Y B U TC H ER
You can’t see it anywhere but
on the web - a 12-minute movie
in which Frances Parras explains
Marfa’s waving phenomenon,
Valda Livingston admits her
school girl crush on Rock Hudson
and George Gonzales talks about
the buzz of social activity at the
Post Office.
A few months ago, crews from
Texas Monthly magazine came
to Marfa to film what’s called a
(Continued on page 10)
By UM UT N EW BURY '
ALPINE -Outside Front Street
Books in Alpine, 32 people were
lined up on the Holland Avenue
sidewalk by 2:45 p.m. Sunday.
The hot Far West Texas after­
noon did not seem to bother those
in line -mostly women over the
age of 35 - and for them, it was
worth the wait. In about 15 min­
utes the bookstore would open
and they would get to meet Rob­
ert James Waller, the author of
one of their favorite magical ro­
mance novels, ‘Bridges ofMadi­
son County.’ They came to
spend $ 19.95 on a limited edition
copy of ‘A Thousand Country
Roads,’ Waller’s epilogue to
‘Bridges,’ signed by the man him­
self. (No matter if it was done
earlier at his own convenience
because Waller suffers from car­
pal tunnel condition in his right
wrist).
When the door finally opened
shortly after 3 p.m., the crowd
immediately ran to the display
table with the mountain of ‘A
Robert James Waller
Thousand Country Roads.’ I no­
ticed that each fan’s immediate
reflex was to pick a copy up and
make sure it was really signed.
Then, they each picked three,
four, five copies.
Waller was watching the com­
motion about his new book from
the opposite side of the book­
store, by the magazines and
newspapers. Dressed in a lavender-pinkish button-up.shirt, kha­
kis and a pair of sandals, his sil­
ver hair combed back to the curls
on his neck, he seemed to have
no reservations about mingling
with his fans. After he got his
drink of choice for the day (Continued on page 11)
(2> The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. May 2, 2002
V o te
Marfa pool needs only lifeguards
to open Memorial Day Weekend
By 1>AN K EA N E
MARFA - Dig your swim suits
out of the back of the closet,
Marfa. Everyone’s favorite sum­
mer pastime is back, and this year
we won’t have to drive to Alpine
Or Balniorhjea to take refreshing
dip. : '
The Marfa City Pool is all set to
open Memorial Day weekend af­
ter passing an inspection by the
Texas Department of Health ear­
lier this week.
“Definitely made my week,” said
a beaming City, Administrator
Curtis Schrader. Hired last sum­
mer/Schrader had made it his goal
to get the pool back online this
year.
A ll the pool needs now to open
is a team of lifeguards. Those in­
terested in working at the pool this
summer should stop by City Hall
By DAN K EA N E :
PRESIDIO - An Odessa man
attested at the Presidio Port of
Entry managed to break free
from the port’s holding cell on
Friday but was quickly recaptured
before he could escape the build­
ing, according to Customs offi­
cials.
50-year-old James Alan Bless­
ing was -wanted on several
Odessa-area warrants when he
attempted to cross into the United
States at Presidio on Friday. Cus­
toms agents quickly recognized
Blessing as a wanted man and
took him into custody in the port’s
holding cell.
Blessing had been left alone in
the cell only a moment when
agents heard noises and came
running to find him gone.
“He’d actually been able to
punch a hole in the wooden ceil­
ing above the cell,” explained
Customs spokesman Roger
Maier.
Though free from his cell, Bless­
ing was now stuck somewhere
between the interior ceiling and
the roof. Agents quickly re-appre­
hended him before he could find
his way to daylight.
“At no time did he get out of the
building,” Maier said.
After his recapture, Blessing
was promptly shipped north to the
Presidio County Jail.
In addition to his outstanding
warrants, he now faces federal
charges relating to his attempted
escape, Maier said.
R e - E le c t
P a b lo G . C a r r a sc o
for more information.
The pool had been shuttered all
last year after a TDH inspector
determined that it was in such a
state of disrepair as to be unsafe
for swimmers; While waiting on
applications for a number ofgrants
which would pay for a complete
overhaul of the aging pool, city
crews worked hard this spring to
do a host of minor repairs which
brought the pool up to code.
The broken diving board was
ripped out and the malfunctioning
lights disconnected. All the gauges Robert Barge, right, recently received the Volunteer of the Year
were replaced and the sand in the Award from Fort Davis National Historic Site Superintendent
filters was changed out. Finally, a Jerry Yarbrough.
number of problems in the anti­
quated gas chlorination system
were remedied. AH told, the re­
pairs cost less than $2,000,
Schrader said.
Odessa man recaptured after
brief escape at Presidio port
to
Alejandro Alayn Valdez, boy, bom April 18,2002, to Marcy and
Arturo Valdez Jr., ofPresidio; 7 lb. 12 oz. 20 % in.
Manuel Mendoza Jr., boy, bom April 19, 2002, to Emma and
Jose Mendoza of Terlingua; 8 lb. 3 oz. 21 in.
Alonso Rey Madrid, boy, bom April 20,2002, to Danila and
Simon Madrid of Alpine; 9 lb. 4 oz. 20 in.
Logan Duane W illiams, boy, bom April 24, 2002, to Amy and
Benjy Williams of Alpine; 9 lb. 1 oz. 20 in.
Macy Carol Young, girl, bom April 24,2002, to Maley and Robert
Young ofToyahvale; 6 lb. 6 oz. 18 Vi in.
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Pd. pol. adv., b y Pablo Carrasco, B ox 566, Marfa, TX 79843
Michael
Roch
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M ARFA ISD School Board Place 2
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I grew up in El Paso and attended Texas
public schools from kindergarten all the waythrough Texas A&M University.
May 7
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I want to ensure th at our kids get the same
first-rate education I received.
• This is an important board and I will take the job
seriously. Thank you fo r your support.
Pd. pol. adv., b y M ichael Roch, B o x 1011, Marfa, TX 79843
(Continuedfrom page I)
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Marfa residents will elect three
of four candidates for the council
jobs. Incumbents Pablo Carrasco
and Alfredo Covarrubias each
seek re-election. Dan Petrosky
and Louis Dobay are also candi­
dates in the council race. The top
three vote-getters will win the
positions.
Also on the city ballot is a sales
tax measure that, if passed, Would
add a total oPA of one percent to
the current sales tax. The pro­
posed additional tax monies would
be used like this: Zz of one per­
cent of sales tax would go to city
parks and recreation improve­
ment! while Vi of one percent
would be set aside for the repair
and maintenance of city streets.
Results of Saturday’s elections
will be posted in the window of
The Big Bend Sentinel office on
Highland Avenue.
School
(Continuedfrom page!)
at Marfa City Hall.
Redford voters have a stake in
this election too, since the Redford
School is part of the Marfa dis­
trict. Those who want to cast
ballots in Redford on Saturday
should head to the polls from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. at Redford School.
iThere’s a three-way race for
Ml!St> Place 1, iti which voters
w ill decide among contenders
Bobby Blaylock, Joe Cabezuela
and Carmen Reyes.
Candidate Michael Roch chal­
lenges incumbent Lydia
Natividad for Place 2, while in­
cumbent Jimmy Chambers and
opponent Delfin Lopez are up for
Place 3.
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ALPINE, VALENTINE - Art­
ist Boyd Elder of Valentine, who
achieved fame for designing al­
bum covers for the rock group,
The Eagles, will lecture today at
Sul Ross State University.
Elder will exhibit slides and dis­
cuss the works of a number of
artists from 6-9 p.m. in the Aca­
demic and Computer Resources
Center; Room 204. The lecture
is free and open to the public.
Elder will discuss the works of
Terry Allen, Chuck Arnoldi,
Lacjdie Dill, Robert Williams,
“Chaz” Charles Bojorquez, Larry
Bell, James Drake, Eric Orr and
David Tourje. A question and
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Marie Aguirre and Fred Molinar, all of Marfa.
Marfa Book Co.
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MARFA - Borderland Writers
in the Schools (BWITS) will
sponsor the first “Young Writers
of Marfa Reading” by Marfa
Middle and High School students
today from noon-1 p.m. at the
Marfa Book Co.
The public is invited to hear par­
ticipating students read their origi­
nal creative writing.
Serving barbecue at County Commissioner Danny Watts’ voter
Marfa students recently finished
appreciation luncheon last Saturday were, from left to right, his
10-week sessions of creative
wife, Martha Watts, Jennifer Hibbitts and Ann Dunlap.
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Borderland Writers in the
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ALPINE - An exhibition com­
5,000-man army commanded by
promote enthusiasm toward cre­
memorating the Battle of Ojinaga
General Salvador Mercado.
ativity and literacy. The classes
continues at the Museum of the
Through a series ofbattles, Villa
are specifically designed to en­
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Long, program director, and Dr.
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and the exhibit at the Museum
Sharon Hileman, chair of the
of the Big Bend will bring to light
solidified his position in the north
Department of Languages and
its historical importance within
and enabled him to concentrate
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Steve Smith’s greed for water is bald and rank.
Reporter Dan Keane writes this week of the Austin
millionaire’s vision of Lajitas as a new la-la land for the affluent. .
It’s billed as “The Ultimate Hideout,” a resort that teeters on a
ridiculous tightrope between OK Corral-type kitch and luxe
exclusivity. Bad taste isn’t illegal and it’s no sin to be rich. But
the amount of water Smith uses to water his golf course will
make your head hurt.
Listen: one of the resort’s two planned golf courses will open
this summer - the first is a traditional green course and the other
incorporates some desert-scaping. The first golf course is
nearing completion and the watering of that course alone takes
up an average of 2.3 acre-feet of water per day. An acre-foot
of water is enough wet stuff to cover an acre in one foot of
water, which comes to 325,851 gallons. That means that Smith
puts an average of about 750,000 gallons of water on this one
golf course. Per day. Every day. Now, the 2.3 acre-feet is an
average and general manager Dan Carroll told Dan Keane that
there are days they use just 250,000 gallons on the course. On
other days, they might use as much 1,250,000 gallons.
Remember, too, that the second gol f course will take some
water to get it going and in top shape, and once the riding facility,
the spa, the resort and its four restaurants open, that’s going to
mean a few gallons for flushing, tooth brushing and cooking.
Lajitas, by the way, receives about ten inches of rainfall in a
year.
Here are some facts to chew on. According to the Texas
Water Development Board, the average Texas family of four
uses one acre-foot of water in a year. Smith’s golf course uses
more than twice that in an average day. The Village Farm
tomato green houses north of Marfa uses somewhere around
2.5 acre-feet in a month. Smith’s golf course uses that in a day.
With the tomato plant, you get a bunch ofjobs and a whole lot of
tomatoes. With Smith’s resort you also get jobs, but while the
tomato plant actually produces something that people eat and
need, Smith’s golf courses will produce, well, golf games.
Smith further says that the ten inches of rain Lajitas receives in
a year will recharge the aquifer sufficiently enough to warrant
his extravagant water use. Bull com. Hydrogeology is something
of an inexact science, largely because the topography of any
particular underground water source can be hard to define,
especially in an area like ours that is dotted with different
geologic features. A big chunk of porous, underground rock in
one place might contain more water than a nearby, neighboring
rock that is more dense and thus holds less water. AHvater levels !
that is relatively close to the surface in one spot may be entirely^ “
different a dozen yards away. The same is true with the depth-of
a water source - two nearby areas might have the same water
level under the surface, but the depth of the water in the two
well sites could be very different.
1 am not a hydrogeologist and I am not a water expert. I have
sat in on a number of water management meetings, though, and
a recurring theme in those gatherings is the elusive nature of
recharge rates. The ability to calculate an accurate recharge
rate is sketchy and there’s no perfectly conclusive way to know
how much a drouth, especially a very, very bad drouth will affect
any given underground water supply.
Consider this. Every couple of weeks, the Water Development
Board puts out a Texas drouth conditions summary, using the
Palmer Drouth Severity Index. The index marks gradations of
wetness. Once an area is past the condition called “near nor­
mal,” it goes to categories entitled incipient dry spell, then mild
drouth, moderate drouth, severe drouth and extreme drouth. The
current summary from April 13 lists the Trans-Pecos as experi­
encing “severe” drouth. In a WDB data study that ran from
1995 through 2000, Far West Texas was colored in shades of
brown - indicating drouthiness - so often that drouth appears to
be more standard than it is abnormal here.
Water is precious stuff and it deserves serious attention. The
20-plus members of the Far West Texas Water Planning Group
thinks the topic of water conservation is important enough that
they have spent several often difficult years crafting a 50-year
management plan. El Paso wants our water so keenly that they
seriously entertain the notion ofbuilding a 160-mile pipeline to a
Presidio County ranch. That county’s water woes, in fact, made
the April 7 edition of USA Today in an article called “West
Texas on verge of a water crisis”. Meanwhile, back in Lajitas,
Smith has access to as much water as he can pump up his wells,
thanks to the right of capture rule in Texas. Plus, his river-front
property means that he’s got water rights to a few hundred acre
feet per year from the skinny, little old Rio Grande. According to
the resort’s general manager, they haven’t invoked their rightful use
of the Rio Grande water yet, but they’re certainly aware that the
resource exists.
It boils down to this: we don’t have enough water in this region to
support one millionaire’s dream of making Palm Springs out of
Lajitas. If we suffer a drouth of record or a single year like
Presidio had in 1956 - when the city recorded only 1.6 inches of
rain in the entire year -Smith can call his investment a loss, close
the joint and move on to some other place. But what will happen to
his neighbors’ wells as Smith continues to dump millions and
millions of gallons of water on his golf course? What will happen to
the well levels of the folks in Paso Lajitas, across the river from the
resort? How will the depletion of the aquifer underneath Lajitas
impact the water sources under Redford or Presidio or Terlingua?
What if it doesn’t rain next year?
I don’t know and, seemingly, Smith doesn’t care.
L etters to th e ed ito r
Editor:
Once again the citizens are called upon to exercise their right to
vote in local government affairs this Saturday, May 4th' as
candidates vie for both school board and for city alderman positions.
Early voting took place from April 17 through April 30, a total often
working days. Total turnout for early voting was not what it could
have been. I would strongly urge all registered voters to take the
time to send a message to the powers that be as to how you feel
things should be. Please take time to look at each candidate and
evaluate him or her on overall qualifications and track record. Many
.times incumbents may not be the best choice as a new candidate
may be stronger in the qualifications brought to the table. Then
again, you may feel that some incumbents may be doing a very good
job and should remain. The choice is yours. What I would ask is that
all voters think this out and select a candidate that you believe will
do what is best for the entire school district or city and who is
fiscally responsible as this are our tax dollars they will be disbursing.
Two propositions are on the City ofMarfa ballot, each one allowing
the sales tax to be increased by 14 cent and Vi cent on each dollar
spent in Marfa. These amounts are already imposed in the
surrounding communities and since many of us Marfans shop in
these neighboring cities, we already pay these sales tax amounts
that benefit the city we shop in. When we shop in Alpine, Presidio
or Fort Stockton, or anywhere outside OfMarfa, we are helping
these cities by paying these higher sales tax rates. Yet ours have
remained lower than any other community’s rate. We are not
helping ourselves by keeping ours so low. With the growth of
tourists and visitors who are now shopping in our area we are not
getting our fair share of tax rebates that we could be getting by
having a higher rate. These visitors and tourists can help our
economy more by helping the local citizens with the tax burdens.
These are NOT taxes on groceries or other necessities. These are
taxes that are already imposed that the city receives a rebate for. I
cannot honestly see any citizen ofMarfa who pays a higher rate
elsewhere and knows it goes to that city opposing this sales tax
increase which will return to Marfa in rebate form and will benefit
Marfa.
Currently, the city ofPresidio collects the maximum, two cents per
dollar, while Alpine, who gets shoppers from all around, collects one
and a half cents. Van Horn presently collects one and three fourths
cents on the dollar. Marfa currently collects one cent. If the
propositions are approved Marfa will collect the same as Van Horn,
that is, one and three fourths penny, putting us between Presidio and
Alpine.
Proposition 1. if approved will allow merchants in Marfa to collect
one half of one cent on the dollar that will be used by our city for '
improvements, repairs and maintenance of our city parks.
Remember the $280,000 Tax Anticipation Note of over a year ago
when the city had to borrow money for regular maintenance and
repairs (new park lights) and the failure t<5maintain our city pool
resulting in its closing? If the proposed tax rates had been in place
years ago, as the other cities had, perhaps Marfa would not have
had to borrow this money, which we are still paying for, and our
swimming pool would have remained open. All revenue derived
from Proposition 1 will go solely to parks and recreation and will not
be used in the general fund, and it can be used as matching funds
for grant applications in the future. The city will be able to maintain
its pool once it is renovated and adequately maintain its parks.
Citizens deserve this!
Proposition 2, if approved, will allow merchants in Marfa to collect
one fourth of a cent on the dollar spent in Marfa and will be used
solely for the maintenance and repair of city streets. This will free
up some general revenue funding that now goes to the city street
projects. We have paved many streets in town with grant monies
but there is not grant money available for maintenance or repairs of
these streets. That comes from the general funds and this
proposition will offer some relief to the general fund. Again, this is a
sales tax that we all pay when we shop in other cities and we should
have no problem paying it in our hometown, to benefit our
hometown. The best thing about these two propositions is that the
city ofMarfa will receive help from the visitors and tourists when
they spend their money here. Remember, this is NOT a property
tax.
Therefore, I strongly urge all voters to approve both propositions as
presented on the ballot. I guarantee you that you will see an
improvement in the quality of services in Marfa in the future as a
result. Both the city administrator and myself are available to
answer any questions regarding these and any other issues or to
give further information regarding the same.
Thank you.
Oscar R . Martinez, mayor
Marfa
Editor:
We were appalled at Gary Oliver’s recent cartoon in which he has
President George Bush talking to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and
using the term “final solution.” We are sure that you are both aware
that the final solution was the Nazi regime’s well-documented racist
plan to exterminate all of Europe’s Jews. Since World War II, the
term “fianl solution” has had a very specific and horrific meaning. If
it weren’t for America, Britain and Russia defeating Hitler, they
would have accomplished their goal. The Israeli government is
engaged in protecting its civilian population by going after terrorists,
as is our government and the rest of the civilized world.
Please show us even one comparison with the current Israeli policy
and Germany’s final solution plan?
There have been numerous conflicts around the globe in the past
50 years over territory, forms of government, racial and tribal
enmity, yet only the Arabs have globalized their conflict by bringing
intentional acts of terrorism to civilian populations around the globe.
In an upcoming cartoon I look forward to your using your
considerable talents to condemn suicide/homicide bombings of
civilian populations.
Sincerely yours,
Stuart and Rebecca Isgur
Fort Worth
Editor:
The Bush administration and other western nations have finally
admitted to themselves about the goal of Arafat to destroy Israel
with the support of all Arab nations. Saudi Arabia is currently
sending money to the families of murder-suicide bombers under the
guise of a “donation,” which only encourages more bombers. This
is the same Saudi kingdom where most of the murder-suicide
airplane hijackers came from in their attack on the World Trade
Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah has offered a solution to bring
peace to the Middle East. “Land for peace,” he calls it, that is, for
Israel to give more land to Arafat and his cronies, and if lsrael
does, the Arab nations will acknowledge the existence oflsrael and
maybe the Vatican. What a great idea this is, but being that the
Arab nations see Arafat as their “brother,” wouldn’t it be a greater
solution if the Saudi crown prince gave some ofhis land to Arafat
and his people. I ’m sure that the Saudis would welcome him.
The same prince is pushing around President Bush. That is, to
stop supporting Israel or he will close the U.S. air base being used
against the terrorists in Afghanistan and he means it. So now,
Arafat, a known killer, has been freed from his headquarters in
Ramallah. What politics can do, all for naught. Arafat and his
cronies are mere squatters on Israeli land, The Promised Land.
With the support of the European Union and the United Nations,
Arafat continues to bomb and lie about Israel and I believe there
was no massacre” by Israeli forces at Jenin. Beware of deceivers.
Kudos to Elva Alanis. Politics can be very dirty, and as a result,
the wrong people are elected to office. Beware of scams, senior
citizens ofPresidio, beware of scams.
Ramon Morales
E l Paso
Editor:
Over the weekend, some “trash dumpers” really abused the
recycling drop-off location behind the City Offices by unloading
several large pieces of furniture and appliances. Apparently there
were bags of trash dumped in the cardboard roll-offs also.
Please help us maintain the cleanliness and efficiency of the
recycling drop-off area by watching as you go by. If you see anyone
unloading furniture, appliances, carpet, long flourescent light bulbs,
etc., please ask them to take their items to Big Bend Wool & Mohair
if they think they are recyclable or saleable. If they are not, they
need to be transported to the landfill.
Also, it would help the recycling guys tremendously if we could
take the lids off our glass and plastic containers before we drop
them in the bins. Alos, as a reminder, we don’t accept green glass.
One broken green bottle in brown or clear glass barrel necessitates
dumping the whole load.
Onhehalf of Hal’s Pai’s/Big Bend Recylers, thanks!
L iz Sibley
Alpine
(Continued on page 5)
The Big Bend Sentinel. Marfa. Texas. May 2. 2002 (5^
Desert
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Not In My
Backyard
Jack and Faye
By the Rev. PH ILIP McCRAW , Pastor
First Baptist Church Alpine
Jack Yarbro grew up cowboying in the Glass Mountains, here in
the Big Bend. At the beginning of World War II, however, he was
on a ship, not a horse. He was serving as an anti-aircraft gunner
on the U.S.S. Houston in the Pacific. His ship was sunk in the
“Battle of the Java Sea,” one of the first fights of the war. O f
1,065 men on the ship, only 368 survived the battle, and half of
those survivors died during their harsh imprisonment at the hands
of their Japanese captors.
Jack told me about that night when the ship went down. He
described what must have been a terrifying scene quite calmly, “I
walked down the side of the failing ship and slipped into the water.
There was oil everywhere, and, in places, the sea surface was on
fire.”
In the dark, thousands of miles from home, awaiting who-knowswhat—more danger, drowning, or some other uncertain death,
there was no where to go but to look up and to search deep within
for hope. In one of those desperate moments, a cloud covered the
moon, and he looked up into the sky where the stars formed the
Southern Cross. He said, “I felt like the Lord put it there just for
me, to guide me.” There in the darkness and floating for his very
life in the water of the Java Sea, “That’s the moment when I gave
my life to Christ,” he remembered.
A Japanese boat picked him up, converting he and 367 other
sailors into POW’s. He endured the Bataan march; he helped to
build the “movie-famous” Bridge over the River Kwai. Mostly, he
clung to hope in his new Christ that he would survive. During those
forty-two months as a prisoner of war, he kept saying, “We’re
going to make it, we’re going to make i t ___ ” He did.
After being freed from the Japanese, Jack was sent to the naval
facility in Corpus Christi. There, in February, 1944, he met a young
school teacher named Faye Bowman. Faye had lived as a child in
the Big Bend area. They discovered that they had known each
other from “back home.” They fell in love and three months later,
married.
Faye and Jack married on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, Jack’s
birthday. Jack died in 1994, but lives on with Christ and within the
collective memory of friends and family. His wife, Faye, lives on
here in Alpine still delivering a consistent testimony ofthe love of
Christ, hope, and endurance.
She delivers that testimony in the language of encouragement. To
those who are blessed to know this wonderful couple, these 1wo
devoted Christians have been encouragers to all whose lives Ur \
touch.
May 5. Happy birthday, Jack. Happy anniversary, Jack and Faye.
We continually remember before our God and Father your
work produced by faith, your labor brought on by love, and
your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Thessalonians 1:3, paraphrased)
Letters
(C o n tin u e d fr o m p a g e 4)
Editor:
Up to 400 trucks a day from Mexico are expected to roll through
Marfa and Alpine beginning June 1, according to Tom Smith, director
ofPublic Citizen of Austin.
Smith, an environmental specialist, said “Mexican trucks and inspec­
tions are not up to par with U.S. safety or air pollution standards, and
are threatening our health and safety.”
“Less than 1% of Mexican trucks entering the U.S. are safely
inspected...violators of safety rules in Mexico are given 20 days to fix
a problem -even those concerning hazardous cargo, bad brakes, tires,
or lights,” Smith said.
Mexican long-haul trucks will have free access to U.S. cities, Smith
said.
No environmental impact study has been made of this potential in­
crease of pollutants in Alpine and Marfa, although such a study is
required by law. ,
According to Vernon’s Civil Statutes, Subchapter D. “Prohibition
Against Air Pollution Section 4.01...no person may cause, suffer, al­
low or permit the emission of any air contaminant'or the performance
of any activity which causes or contributes to, or which will cause or
contribute to a condition of air pollution.”
Kind regards,
Jerry and Ruth Mock
Alpine
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M a rfa sc h o o l im p ro vem en t project.
Fort Davis lunch speaker to
speak on life with seeing-eye dog
FORT DAVIS - Mary Ellen
McDaniel, who lost her sight as
an adult, will be guest speaker
at the Jeff Davis County Hu­
mane Society Appreciation Lun­
cheon this Sunday, May 5.
She will talk about how losing
her sight changed her life, and
how she is able to live on her own
with the help and companionship
of two dogs that guide her
through everyday tasks. Beryl,
a 4-year-old golden retriever
will be with her.
The public is invited to meet
Mary Ellen and attend the free
luncheon which will be held in
the Parish Hall of St. Joseph
Catholic Church in Fort Davis at
1 PM. The event is the Humane
Society’s way of thanking every­
one who has supported the or­
ganization and its rescued ani­
mals. Door prizes, donated by
local merchants, will be given
away.
The society will provide the
luncheon’s main entree and bev­
erages, and would appreciate it
if guests would bring a covered
dish, dessert, or some part of the
meal. Anyone interested in the
Humane Society and animals in
general is welcome to attend,
free of charge.
For reservations, please call
Melissa at 915-426-3086. Tell
her the number in your party and
what dish you plan to bring.
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By JA C K D. McNAMARA
“Well, what are you going to do about it” is the famous sneer of
William M. “Boss” Tweed, the Tammany Hall politician who ruled
New York City, the state and part of the nation from 1865-1871.
The words were directed at a New York Times reporter who asked
Boss Tweed about Times stories detailing Tweed Ring corruption in
New York.
As Irish immigrants stepped off the boat a Tammany hack
escorted them to an immigration judge, a tenement, a job and a
saloon. At the next election the new American was directed to the
polling place.
The Tammany political machine endured for more than two
centuries, a model usually identified with big cities. The corrupt
machines were opposed in the early part of the twentieth century
by the Progressive movement. In our simplified political drama, the
machine pols are corrupt boodlers who are eventually toppled by
brave nonpartisan reformers.
It is often said that America’s local governments at the city,
county and school board are the laboratories of democracy. That is
certainly a platitude impossible to test in a nation of more than
87,000 jurisdictions — but it is nevertheless useful. Elected and
appointed city officials have to act, everywhere in America, and we
do not require Dan Rather to tell us what they are doing. With
minimal effort we can see it — most of the time.
To a degree unprecedented in our more than 15 years’ recent and
direct observation of local Big Bend governments, the Alpine city
council and their new city manager have grasped for Tammanystyle spoils.
Consider the referendum question concerning term limits currently
pending on May 4.
Alpine adopted 3-term limits for the mayor and council in the 1993
adoption of a home rule charter* ?None..of the current council has ,
ever sajjd a word;aboutfthe;spbject,;Tht^PWiipiljy-et^d vaguelyJp,, jt
put the question of the 2002 ballot a couple of months ago; but not
until April 11 was the language ofthe ballot question published in
small print in the Alpine Avalanche classified. In the succeeding
weeks there appeared half page ads in English and Spanish each
week in the Avalanche. Presumably the city published the ads but
they are not identified.
No one understands the ads. We say that with great certainty
because we have access to individuals more literate than any
Avalanche or city grammarians.
The ballot question is about 100 words in all its forms seeking a
vote on either ending or preserving term limits. The principal
confusion is that 3 of the 4 versions separate the 100 words into 2
paragraphs or segments. The confusion is compounded because
alongside each segment is a crude box with either “Yes” (above) or
“No” (below), leading the voter to decide the issue on a partial
statement.
The trick is that it is a single question on which the voter marks
either Yes (delete term limits) or No (keep term limits).
The misrepresentation is particularly obnoxious in the Spanish
version where words are incorrectly printed and a fragment of 3
words is represented as a sentence.
We lost a week’s sleep figuring this out.’We bored many friends
who allowed that yes, the thing was wrong, but no one was sure
how.
For many years we have joked that Alpine has so many factions it
is ungovernable. Perhaps the current officeholders have discovered
the same unifying principle intuited by Boss Tweed, his
predecessors and successors.
A couple weeks ago, Marfa City Manager Curt Schraeder proudly
reported he had brought in more than $ 100,000 in grants for the
city. At that same time, Alpine councilpersons were giggling with
delight at new grant proposals which when combined with others
now amount to more than $6 million in this summer’s benefices to
Alpine. Citizens, rally ‘round the boodle.
“Well, what are you going to do about it?”
Scholars now debate the authenticity of the Boss Tweed quote.
Some attribute it to a caption written by the great cartoonist
Thomas Nast.
The Tweed Ring looted as much as $50 million from New York.
City and the state. Municipal debt tripled from 1869 to 1871 and by
1874 was $118 million. Boss Tweed died in jail in 1878.
(We recommend Oliver E. Allen, The Tiger: The Rise and Fall of
Tammany Hall, Addison Wesley, 1993, to whom we are indebted
for an excellent read.)
(JackD . M cNam ara is the Alpine publisher o f The Nimby News since 1988,
now online a t http://w w w ;nim bynew s.com . His opinions are his own and he
encourages yo u r comments at jack@ nim bynews.com and 915.837.5619.)
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contraband containin' mode of transport began to do wheelies and ran of f a
remote road, whereupon federal agents descended on me, attacking my fists with
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under the same conditions and
with no more restrictions than a
person who has never served on
the council.”
About 200 people voted early
by Tuesday afternoon, some six
percent of the 3,825 registered
voters in the Alpine, and City
Secretary Annabel Holguin said
many folks are “confused” about
the referendum question.
“One of my goals during early
voting has been to explain to ev­
erybody what the referendum
means,” she said. “We already
have term limits in ouf charter.
They (the council) are asking to
take it out. So if you want to keep
the term limit in, you vote ‘no’ in
the referendum.”
. Alpine mayoral candidate
M ickey Clouse said that when she
went to vote early, she also was
confused about the referendum
question.
“It’s worded almost in Chi­
nese,” she said. “It’s too hard to
understand.”
Clouse said to help voters un­
derstand the issue, she explained
the referendum question in her
own political advertisements.
“When you want to pass some­
thing, you vote ‘yes,’” she said.
“I’ve been trying to tell my vot­
ers that they need to vote ‘no’ if
they are in favor of term limits.”
Clouse said she is for term lim­
its, and that she voted to keep
them in the Alpine city charter.
“I do not like politicians for life,”
she said. “I think you become too
complacent about your office if
you don’t have a limit on your
term. I sure do hope it stays in
our charter as it is.”
Also in favor of term limits is
Big Bend Green Party co-chair
and mayoral candidate Pete
Smyke.
“Some people say, ‘We already
have term limits; they’re called
elections.’ But it occurs to me
that that only works with an in­
volved electorate. As it is, politi­
cians take advantage of the fact
that people are either too busy,
disgusted or apathetic about poli­
tics to think that their voice
counts,” Smyke said. “When vot­
ing comes down to ‘the lesser of
two evils,’ most people turn away.
In that sense, term limits are an
insurance policy to protect the
citizens against unscrupulous
leaders.”
Smyke added that the best term
limits require “a well informed
and vocal citizenry, working with
a government that appreciates
and respects community input.
“When such a basic disconnect
exists between the government
and the citizens on such funda­
mental issues, and the council
pushes away the citizens by lim­
iting or deriding citizen com­
ments, term limits are sometimes
the only thing that can restore a
type of balance,” he said.
Incumbent Mayor Dr. Paul
Weyerts, on the other hand, says
he has “mixed emotions” about
term limits.
“If a person has been doing a
good job, they should be able to
continue,” he said. “But we
should also have contested races
for each place.”
Though Weyerts said he’d
rather not reveal how he voted
on the referendum, he admits the
wording is confusing.
“Usually when we have an
amendment like this, we take it
to the city attorney,” he said.
“When I saw this referendum, I
immediately went to our city
manager to ask him what hap­
pened.”
Weyerts said he is not “trying
to point fingers at anyone,” but
that he agrees with those “who
are mad about the wording.”
City Manager Bill Lewis said
there is “not much to discuss
'about the wording.
“Some people seem to have a
problem with the language, but if
you want to eliminate term lim­
its, you vote ‘yes.’ That’s all there
is to it,” Lewis said. “But we
have been using the local radio
and papers to clear the air.”
Lewis said Holguin worded the
referendum question.
Holguin said she used “the ex­
isting language from the charter.”
“This was already in the char­
ter,” she said. “I’m trying to
make sure people understand
that language.”
Also confusing to many Alpine
voters is the polling location for
Saturday’s election.
There'is only one voting loca­
tion in Alpine on Saturday c,nd
that is the city administration of­
fice. located at the Alpine Civic
Center.
“We only started using this (of­
fice location) since last year,”
Holguin said. “We are still trying
to settle in.”
Saturday’s election will run from
7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
V ote for
RE-ELECT
Alfredo
Covarrubias
Carmen E. Reyes
Marfa City C ouncilm an
Election is this Saturday, May 4
Place 1
Marfa School Board
May 4, 2002
A t C it y H a ll
Since Mr. Covarrubias was elected two year ago, he has been
• Instrumental in getting lights for Little League field
• Helped History Club preserve corner lot for park
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integrity, and
equality ”
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MARFA -Starting May 18, The
Marfa Studio of Arts will offer
three new art classes for its spring
session.
“We are expanding our two-di­
mensional offerings this session
with a new drawing class and a
new instructor,” says'Malinda
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structor Ellie Meyer on a fun twoSaturday workshop beginning
May 18 entitled “Landscape
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methods in order to “explore” and
“translate” the landscape in a
personal way. There are no pre­
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nature” are welcome.
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ist. “Basic Painting” will begin on
Tuesday, May 21. “Painting
seems scary to the beginner, but
with good,instruction, support and
a leap of faith, anyone can paint,”
Instructor Beeman says.
Ms. Beeman offers this class for
those aspiring artists to get over
the fear of starting. Working in
water-based mediums (gouache
and acrylic), students will under­
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paint, choose color and develop
composition. Most subjects for
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on the notion that every garden
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student to make four different
“yard art” projects. A mosaic
flowerpot will be the first project,
followed each weekby a new skill
to learn. Terracotta wall pockets
will be sculpted and carved for
plants. Ceramic birdfeeders will
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ALPINE - Olympic champion
Todd Hays will visit Alpine next
wreek and serve as guest speaker
for the Alpine athletic banquet.
Hays, a USA Olympic silver
medalist and former high school
quarterback , accepted an invi­
tation from State Representative
Pete P. Gallego,.who serves as
the state representative Hays’
hometown of Del Rio.
The banquet will take place on
Monday, May 6, at 6 p.m. in the
Alpine High School gymnasium.
Hays was the only Texan on the
entire U.S. Winter Olympic team
in 2002. He was the driver of the
four-man bobsled team which
captured a Silver Medal at the
2002 Olympic Winter Games in
Salt Lake City this past Febru­
ary. He helped the United States
end 46 years of Olympic frustra­
tion in a sport once dominated by
Americans. Prior to the 2002
Olympic Winter Games, the U.S.
had not won an Olympic bobsled
medal since Arthur Tyler drove
to the four-man bronze in 1956.
“We have a lot of talented ath­
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Gallego. “Some may dream ofan
Olympic medal. I want them to
meet someone who has been
where they are, and who shares
their dream, and then worked to
make the dream come true.”
Hays led the Del Rio High
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quarterback and continued to
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fly 4,280 miles to the west coast, a feat not done before. For this trailblazing flight, he
was to collect $5 per mile. This was an advertising extravanganza to promote a new soda
pop called “Vin Fiz.” Rodgers landed in Marfa on October 27, on a make-shift landing
strip on the road where the Thunderbird Motel and the Dollar General Store are today.
Note, in the picture, there are only men and children.
The total cost of this flight was $200,000, in part because a special train followed the
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Lajitas
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multimillionaire Steve Smith! and
currently undergoing an $80 mil­
lion metamorphosis into ‘The
Ultimate Hideout.’
Ambitious plans
The most recent transformation
of Lajitas began in two years
ago, when the Mischer family put
the town and the surrounding
24.000-acre ranch property up
for auction. When he purchased
Lajitas in 1978, Houston banker
Walter Mischer became the first'
developer to turn the town into
a bonafide tourist destination,
adding a restaurant and bar, con­
dos, a nine-hole golf course, and
an Old West-style boardwalk.
Before Mischer’s improve­
ments, the town consisted oflittle
more than the Lajitas Trading
Post, a handful of adobe build­
ings, and the home of former
owner, the late Rex Ivey.
The greatly anticipated sale was
set for 2 p.m. on an afternoon in
February of 2000. “About a
quarter of two, we heard the
sound of a helicopter,” says
Angie Dean, a longtime
Terlingua resident who attended
the auction. “The helicopter
landed at the edge of the street,
and this man came out holding a
briefcase.”
The man with the briefcase
turned out to be Smith, who’d
recently read that Lajitas was on
the auction block and decided to
fly out from his home in Austin
for the sale. “I just thought to
myself, ‘Well, it would be inter­
esting to see how you sell a
town,’” he says. “It was just a
curiosity thing more than any­
thing else.”
Smith admits it was only “about
45 minutes” before the sale that
he made the decision to pur­
chase the resort. He won the
auction with a final bid of $4.25
million, beating out a group of
investors from California who
had been the most interested
potential buyers up until that af­
ternoon.
At the start, Smith had relatively
modest plans for the resort.
“Steve’s initial plan was just to
add nine holes to the golf
course,” says Lajitas General
Manager Dan Carroll.
Once the improvements began,
however, the project quickly
gained momentum. When wellknown golf course designers
Roy Bechtol and Randy Russell
were brought in to expand the
course, they convinced Smith to
plow under the old links and cre­
ate The Ambush, an 18-hole ‘oa­
sis’ course including the hole
across the river in Mexico. The
Outlaw, a secondary ‘desert’
course whose natural rocky
roughs will contrast with the oa­
sis’ course universally green land­
scape, is slated for construction
next year.
Once anchored by the golf
course, the rest of the resort rap­
idly took shape. The Ultimate
Hideout w ill also feature a
22.000-square-foot clubhouse, an
equestrian center with a large
shaded riding arena, an grassy
outdoor amphitheater large
enough to seat 3,000, and a topnotch gourmet restaurant run by
Chef Jeff Blank of Hudson’s on
the Bend in Austin. The restau­
rant is being constructed in and
around Ivey’s house, incorporat­
ing the building’s old stone walls
into its design.
The Hideout is not just confined
to Laj itas. Next fall, visitors to the
resort will be invited to wind their
way up the River Road to a 6,000square-foot hunting lodge soon to
be built just upstream from
Redford. Located on 640 acres
fronting the Rio Grande, the lodge
will offer resort members quail
and dove hunting and the “malebonding-type opportunity” it pro­
vides, Carroll says.
Back in Lajitas, Smith has hired
a spa consultant from Aspen,
Colorado to design the Agave Spa
“so the ladies would have some­
thing to do,” Carroll says. Origi­
nal plans for a relatively simple
spa have since bloomed into a
totally self-contained 30,000
square-foot facility perched on
the banks of a four-acre pond
. ringed with pecan trees. The spa,
which will also included its own
health food restaurant, is sched­
uled to open in a year’s time.
‘A vision to sell real estate’
Outside of the four restaurants,
these top-drawer amenities are
open only to Lajitas hotel guests
and property owners. Smith
hopes these luxury attractions will
attract plenty of the former camp
and convert at least some of them
to the latter.
“I’ve come here with a vision to
sell real estate to a certain clien­
tele,” Smith says. “We basically
set up Lajitas as a place where
we can attract people who like
to
come
to
faraway
places.. .people who don’t like to
be in places where there are a
lot of tourists.”
Those intrepid enough to make
it to Lajitas can stay at one of the
resort’s 90 hotel rooms for be­
tween $125 and $275 anight, with
green fees for The Ambush
somewhere in the neighborhood
of $150, Carroll says.
Interested buyers can choose
casitas starting at 2,400 square
feet or build their own custom
home on plots encompassing
from one-half acre to two-acres
of rugged desert. “Real Estate
doesn’t get more real than this,”
boasts the advertising copy on
Lajitas’ website. “Only at The
Ultimate Hideout can you make
a mesa your own.” The resort
eventually plans to build 700 new
homes.
For the more mobile set, Lajitas
offers Maverick Ranch, a 34acre RV park tucked behind a hill
on the north side of the River
Road. The park comes complete
with its own 5,000 square foot
clubhouse, a large swimming
pool, and a stocked fishing pond
with a fountain in the middle. Pullthrough slips in the park are
$ 100,000 apiece, and will only be
sold to RV’ers driving full-size,
‘Class A’ rigs, which themselves
can cost nearly a half-million or
more.
“It’s large aesthetics, unfortu­
nately,” Carroll says. “Most of the
folks who own Class A
motorhomes prefer to live in Class
A motorparks.” Maverick Ranch
will also require monthly home­
owner association dues in the
neighborhood of $500, Carroll
says.
Local ambivalence
Smith’s sweeping changes have
drawn a mixed reaction in nearby
Terlingua. Some folks love what
he’s doing, some despise it, but
most appear to have adopted a
wary ambivalence to the resort’s
expansion.
“It’s such a mixed bag for us
down here to have this going on,”
says Dale Jenssen, an artist who
has lived in Terlingua since 1982.
“On one hand, it’s bringing a lot
of jobs. On the other hand, it’s
going to change things.”
Without a doubt, the Hideout has
brought plenty of regular work to
the catch-as-catch-can local job
market. At the beginning ofApril,
Lajitas counted about 220 em­
ployees on its official payroll, with
50 or 60 of those coming from
Mexico, Carroll says. Subcon­
tractors hired by the resort em­
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Armando Guevara minds the greens at The Ambush golf course. Maverick Ranch RV Park sell for $100,000 apiece.
The oasis course features historic adobe structures and handsome
views of the surrounding mountains.
Paso Lajitas, M e x ic o is just a short $ 2 boat ride across the Rio
Grande from Smith’s Ultimate H id e o u t.
The crew who installed the covered patio at one of Lajitas’ newly
refurbished hotels included men from as far away as Camargo
and Chihuahua City, Mexico.
ploy 300 or so more workers,
many of which also crossing the
border to work.
Even when it carries an eco­
nomic boost, change of any sort
is always accompanied by a cer­
tain amount of griping. After all,
most folks already living in South
County moved there for the way
it was, not for what Smith be­
lieves it can be.
“I think they grumble about
change,” says Chad Tinney, who
recently revamped Terlingua’s
Starlight Theater. “I don’t think it
has anything to do with Steve
Smith in particular. They grumbled
when I took over (The Starlight)
too. I wouldn’t expect anything
less.”
The restaurateur added that he
was all for the Lajitas develop­
ment. “I think it’s great,” he said.
“I’m looking forward to having
some new restaurants to eat at
myself, and I think it’s going to
bring in some extra business for
the rest of us.”
Residents who’ve watched
south Brewster County grow over
the last couple decades point out
that The Ultimate Hideout isjust
the latest development in this
trend.
“If people think it’s changing
now, they need to think about
’78,” says Dean, referring to
Mischer’s original overhaul of
Lajitas. Others remembered
Terlingua Ranch, which brought
new residents and more traffic
when it was subdivided years ago.
“Even without Lajitas, this coun­
try will continue to grow at a fairly
brisk rate,” said Mike Davidson,
a 25-yearTerlingua resident. “Ev­
ery week you see people who
have obviously been planning to
move here for years and years
and are finally doing so.”
Still, some local desert dwellers
were quick to criticize the plan.
“This is a rape of the desert. It’s
a lack of respect for our re­
sources, and I don’t think he
cares,” said Janet Sullivan, who
lives near the edge of the resort
in home with a composting toilet
and water collection system on
the roof. She bemoaned the fact
that Smith had not featured any
such cutting edge environmental
technologies at the Hideout.
South Brewster County has tra­
ditionally been a place where lo­
cals give their neighbors-plenty of
room to coexist. No matter their
opinion of the resort, most folks
here seem willing to accord Smith
the same courtesy.
“I wish him luck. He’s got an
idea, and he’s trying to make it
happen,” Dean said. Whether
popular or not, Smith is not the
root of all south county evils. “I
want to make sure that it is un­
derstood that it’s not Mr, Smith’s
fault that the river is as low as it
is. It’s nof Steve’s fault that we
haven’t had any rain. Tt’s not
Steve’s fault that my clutch needs
adjusting.”
If lie builds it,
will they come?
Smith is well aware of those who
doubt that the wonders he is build­
ing in Lajitas are enough to woo
the jet-set clientele he aims for.
He wisely points out that searing
summer heat has had no deter­
ring effect on the explosive de­
mand for desert resorts in other
parts of the Southwest.
“You’ve only got to go to
Scottsdale or Phoenix to answer
that question,” Smith said. “Tem­
perature is not the issue. What
there is to do is the issue.”
Once merely remote, Lajitas is
now billed as “remotely acces­
sible” thanks to a new 7,500-foot
runway east of town. The
website reminds potential resort
members that “as long as you
have access to a plane, you can
be sipping a cool drink in your
hideout in about the time it takes
to commute home from a big
city.”
However, even those who adore
the desert’s rugged beauty re­
main skeptical that the super rich
will anoint
Lajitas as the next Palm Springs.
“Once you have that kind of
money, and your own jet, you can
go play golf anywhere,”
Davidson said. “I dearly love the
Big Bend, but if I had billions of
dollars, I ’d probably buy a vaca­
tion home somewhere else.”
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them full,” Bishop said.
One big aquifer
Before beginning the expansion
of Lajitas, Smith commissioned
two independent studies of his
resort’s groundwater supply.
W orking
separately,
hydrogeologist Tony Fallin and
the scientists at Operational
Technologies of San Antonio ar­
rived at results “very close” to
one another, Carroll said. Fallin
could not be reached for com­
ment before press time, and the
Operational Technologies scien­
tist who compiled the Lajitas re­
port has since left the firm and
also could not be reached for
comment.
According to Fallin’s study, the
resort sits atop the Greater Santa
Elena aquifer, “easily one of the
most important ground-water
reservoirs in the western Big
Bend country.”
Fallin theorized that the aquifer
might cover as, much as 2,500
square miles in Texas and
Mexico and perhaps contain as
much as 200 million acre-feet of
groundwater, explained Richard
Hubble, president of SRS Prop­
erties, the firm that manages the
Hideout.
“We don’t have a lot of evidence
to prove it, but it appears to be
one big aquifer,” Hubble said.
Narrowing his study to a more
manageable scale, Fallin focused
in ona lOby 30 mile rectangular
cross-section of the aquifer
stretching from Lajitas to
Terlingua and from north of El
Solitario peak to Mesa de
Anguila and into Mexico.
Fallin concluded that this por­
tion contains about 25 million
acre-feet of accessible water and
is fed annually by an estimated
6,400 acre-feet of recharge. His
recharge estimate assumes that
12 inches of rain fall on the
aquifer’s two main recharge
zones each year, and that 10 per­
cent of that rainfall eventually
finds its way down to the aqui­
fer.
Hubbleclaims a fully developed
Hideout would require about
3,000 acre-feet of water a year
to operate, or about three-quar­
ters o f the amount all of
Brewster County currently uses
each year. While considerable,
this figure would seem to indi­
cate that Smith’s dreams of more
than 1,000 new homes, RV slips,
and employee residences can be
realized without ‘mining’ the
aquifer, or removing its ground­
water faster than the recharge
can naturally replenished it.
A numbers debate
However, the conclusions
reached by the Lajitas-sponsored
studies are far from universally
accepted. While no comprehen­
sive study exists to refute the
resort’s data, some local residents
have expressed their doubts
about the accuracy of the
Hideout’s figures. No longer em­
ployed by the resort, Fallin has
since become one of the most
vocal detractors ofhis own study,
publicly recanting his original
claim that 10 percent of the area’s
annual rainfall would soak down
to the water table.
“Now that he’s thought about it,
and is unhappy that he’s not work­
ing here, he’s revised it down to
about two percent,” Hubble said.
Other local water officials are
inclined to agree with Fallin on
the recharge rate. “Normally,
statewide you see recharge in the
range of two to five percent, but
it really depends on the type of
aquifer,” said John Ashworth,
Project Coordinator for the Far
West Texas Water Planning
Group. “Ten percent sounds rela­
tively high for that area out
there.”
Alpine rancher Tom Beard, cochairman of the Far West Texas
Water Planning Group who also
chairs the Brewster County Un­
derground Water Conservation
District, and Terlingua resident
and water planning group mem­
ber Mike Davidson believe the re­
charge rate is even lower. Both
cited a rule of thumb commonly
used in West Texas that estimates
the recharge of desert aquifers
at no more than one percent of
the total annual rainfall.
Fallin’s contention that 12 inches
of rainfall on South Brewster
County each year has also turned
heads. “I would really question
that number,” said Mitchell of the
Presidio County water district.
“That might be the average rain­
fall over a huge period of time in
history, but nobody’s getting that
right now.”
According to data recorded by
the National Oceanic and Atmo­
spheric Administration, Lajitas
averaged 11.62 inches of precipi­
tation per year from 1978 through
1997. However, local officials and
ranchers alike grumble that the
rainfall over the last several years
has been markedly below aver­
age. According to the NOAA,
Lajitas received only 4.05 inches
of rain in 1995, a 20-year-low.
According to the Friends ofBig
Bend National Park, Laj itas re­
ceived only 8.64 and 7.63 inches
of rain in 1999 and 2000, respec­
tively.
For now, the Hideout is sticking
with Fallin’s original projections. .
“Ideally, (Fallin) would be right in
his report, and we’d never have
to mine the aquifer,” Hubble said.
In order to conserve water, the
Hideout,will use deed restrictions
to limit the amount of landscap­
ing allowed at each home. All
new buildings will follow state
codes requiring low-flow
showerheads and toilets. The re­
sort has also retrofitted all exist­
ing buildings with water saving
devices. “We’re changing out all
the water hogs to water savers,”
Hubble said.
The Hideout also plans to closely
monitor its groundwater use,
Hubble said. Lajitas officials
would check their well levels
against those in nearby Terlingua
four times a year to determine
whether the resort has had any
negative effect on the aquifer the
two towns share.
Still, locals remain wary of the
Hideout’s numbers and the devel­
opment they appear to allow.
“Smith hired a geologist who told
him what he wanted to hear,”
Davidson said. “If the aquifer
supports that kind of use - it’s a
free country, it’s private property,
I guess he can do it. But they’re
going to deplete this aquifer at
some point in the process, and 1
don’t feel that’s in the best inter­
est of the community.”
The question of sustainability
The Brewster County Under­
ground Water Conservation Dis­
trict figures that the entire 4-mil­
lion-acre county receives be­
tween 10,000 and 20,000 acrefeet of recharge cach year. I lowever, Beard stressed that the
lower number was perhaps the
more accurate. “Our estimates
were based on rules of thumb
based on other parts of the coun­
try where itaetttally raiiis,’'’'Beard
said.
The district’s mission is to moni­
tor and regulate the use of this
precious recharge in order to
“prevent waste, draw-down of
aquifers, and damage to adjacent
well owners,” Beard said. To­
wards these ends, the district
hopes to soon create a set of rules
promoting sustainable use of the
recharge. Beard posited that these
rules might someday limit land­
owners’ groundwater withdraw­
als to no more than the amount
of recharge their own property
provides.
When and if these rules become
a reality, they could impose a limi­
tation on the resort’s current
groundwater use, Beard said. Ac­
cording to Fallin’s study, the Santa
Elena’s 6,400 acre-feet of re­
charge accumulate over about
64.000 acres of recharge zones
located largely in the Terlingua
Uplift to the north and the Mesa
De Anguila in the south. While
the resort owns a portion of the
former, the latter is entirely con­
tained within the confines ofBig
Bend National Park
In other words, the majority of
the recharge on which the resort
depends occurs outside its own
boundaries. “I really don’t think
that Mr. Smith’s 24,000 acres are
going to account for 6,400 of the
10.000 total acre-feet of recharge
in Brewster County,” Beard said.
Should conservation district rules
' eventually restrict Lajitas to its
own recharge, the resort might be
able to satisfy its demand by pur­
chasing water rights from neigh­
boring property owners, ordipping
into its annual 369-acre-foot al­
lotment of Rio Grande water.
“All that said, nobody is against
Steve Smith doing his develop­
ment,” Beard said. “He’s been
extremely cooperative in the past
when issues have been raised,
and I hope they’ll cooperate when
the water issues are raised.
“We just have to get the num­
bers to them and sit down and
talk to them. I fully expect them
to be receptive to changing some
of their plans,” Beard said. “They
may have a sustainable project,
it’sjust not going to be as green
as the plans are.”
Currently, the Hideout’s plans
continue to call for more ground­
water. The Lajitas Butte will
have yet another watery mirror
to gaze in later this year when
the resort fills a four-acre pond
in front of the planned Agave
health spa. Next year the resort
plans to use an additional 500,000
gallons a day on another 18-hole
course, a desert-style affair
named The Outlaw.
Jose Tercero of Paso Lajitas,
(staff photos by DAN KEANE)
Jose Tercero o f Paso Lajitas, Mexico crosses the Rio Grande every
day to work at The Ultimate Hideout. One o fh is regular tasks is to
water the resort’s gardens.
Mexico is one of the many re­
sort employees whosejob it is to
maintain the Hideout’s sparkling
green flora. I met him one late
spring morning as he was work­
ing the hillside garden between
the Candelilla Cafe and the am­
phitheater, methodically giving
the exotic plants a heavy soak.
From where we stood, Tercero
and I looked down on a'brown
patch in the grassjust to the right
of the amphitheater’s stae In .
the midst of such an exquisite
lawn, it stood out like a stain on
expensive rug. I asked him what
the story was - had the turf not
taken to soil? Was the desert heat
too much?
He shrugged as he replied,
smiling slightly behind his wrap­
around shades and straw cow­
boy hat: “Le falta agua, no mas.”
It just needs water.
From the patio o f Lajitas ’ Candelilla Cafe, owner Steve Smith can
look out on the resort’s outdoor amphitheater and the mountains
beyond.
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y a le n tin e P ostm istress M aria E le n a Carrasco gets th e th u m b s-u p fr o m
■Mayor C h u y C alderon as h e p resen ts h er with th e o fficia l pro cla m a tio n
th a t d eem s h e r C upid o f Valentine.
Valentine now has official Cupid,
thanks to Pasadena m an’s plot
By STERRY BUTCHER
VALENTINE -Valentine may
fee the only town in this great big
Country with a genuine, govemfment issued Cupid.
liMaria Elena Carrasco is the
postmistress of this town and
£he’s in charge of the annual tra­
dition of placing a love-themed
cancellation stamp on mail that
goes through Valentine’s post of­
fice each February.
;j A lot of folks across the coun­
try send their valentines through
iValentinejust to get the “love sta­
tion” stamp, and many do it year
after year. Among those people
who remember each year to
send cards through the Valentine
office is James Richey, a finan­
cial analyst who lives in Pasa­
dena. He’s coordinated a couple
i>f special events built around the
jValentine-stamped valentines and
Carrasco has helped him in those
endeavors. He’s gotten so much
enjoyment out of the cancellation
stamps, he decided to try to do
something extra for Carrasco. “I
emailed Governor Perry’s office
asking him to declare her the
Cupid ofTexas,” Richey said last
*veek. “He wrote back and said
he couldn’t do that - the Legis­
lature must act on that request but he did send an official proc­
lamation that named her the offi­
cial Cupid ofValentine.”
He next called up Lam b’s
Candy in Austin and they shipped
Richey a heart-shaped box. He
fit the Cupid ofValentine procla­
mation into the box and sent it on
to Valentine ISD Superintendent
JD Davis.
Davis got together with Valen­
tine Mayor Chuy Calderon and
the two of them connived to give
her the proclamation in front of
pretty much the entire town.
' “Last week we had a commu­
nity dinner before the school kids
nn
Museum director
Francell’s article
publishes in Texas
Heritage magazine
ALPINE - An article by Larry
Francell, director of the Museum
of the Big Bend at Sul Ross State
University, has been published in
the Spring 2002 issue of Texas
Heritage, a publication of the
Texas Historical Association.
“West Texas Watch: Protecting
the Frontier” traces the history
ofFort Davis, which will note its
150th anniversary in 2004. The
fort, established in October 1854,
was in operation until 1891. It is
now the Fort Davis National His­
toric Site, administered by the
National Park Service.
did their one-act play for all of
us,” Calderon said. “We asked
her to come up front and uncov­
ered the proclamation in this heart
shaped box. We really surprised
her. She deserves recognition;
she talks to people from all over (Continuedfrom page 1)
the country about the stamp and
she’s very patient with them.”
webcast. Joe Nick Patoski, who
Carrasco was indeed surprised.
is a longtime admirer of things
“They managed to keep it a se­
West Texas and who is also a
cret, which is hard to do in a small
senior editor of the magazine,
town,” she said. “Theproclama-, hosts the little clip. In the movie,
tion has the state seal and is very
he posits that Marfa is the place
official looking. It says I ’m rec­
“where Mayberry meets Man­
ognized as the official Cupid of
hattan,” a town that is most no­
Valentine, with a heart as big as
table for “the mix of people living
the state of Texas.”
there, their attitudes and their
She’ll hang the proclamation
memories.”
somewhere in the post office.
There are long shots of the sil­
Richey has already talked with
ver water tower and the yellow
State Rep. Pete Gallego about the
hills, snippets of the interior of the
possibility ofmaking Carrasco the
bookstore, pictures of downtown
state’s Cupid when the Legisla­
scenes and the Chinati
ture convenes in January.- The
Foundation’s art, and a series of
Pasadena man - who has never
funny and sweet short interviews
met Carrasco in person - also
with folks in town. A Swedish art
hopes to get the story into Texas
tourist’s opinion ofDan Flavin’s
Parks and Highways magazine.
fluorescent lights at Chinati is in­
The postmistress remains mod­
terspersed with Louis Dobay
est despite her new status as
talking about the Marfa lights.
Cupid. “I enjoy what I do,” she
Ruth Livingston tells a story about
said. “It’s uplifting that all these
Pancho Villa taking a noon meal
people are trying to express their
at her fam ily’s house. Lynn
appreciation of each other with
Crowley speaks of a revelation
these, valentines.”
about her renovation projects and
But burning questions remain;
there’s a bit of Texas Monthly
Are there extra duties to being
editor Evan Smith as he talks to
Cupid? W ill Maria Elena moon­
a Marfa crowd.
light as a matchmaker? Is there
It’s not all about Marfa. Alpine
a certain Cupid uniform? Does
horse-breaker and cowboy poet
she have to partake of an oath or
Joel Nelson was nominated for a
adhere to a certain Cupid code
spoken word Grammy this year.
of conduct? W ill she give advice
There’s an interview with him
to the lovelorn? Does she have
where he sits, lit up by a camp­
to carry a quiver of arrows or
fire, and talks about his own po­
affect an impish grin?
etry and what he likes in other
She laughs. “Uh, no. I don’t
people’s poetry. And then Joe
think I have to do any of that,”
Nick heads over to Reata in Al­
she said. “I ’ll think I ’ll just run
pine, where chef Robert Hicks
the post office like usual.”
gives viewers the how-to on mak­
ing venison osso bucco.
Here’s how you see the Texas
Monthly webcast. First get on the
Internet
and
go
to
texasmonthly.com. Look on the
right side of the magazine’s main
page for a box that says “Texas
Monthly TV Watch it now! ” and
click there for the show. It may
take a little while for the infor­
mation to load up, and, as hap­
pens sometimes on the web, oc­
casionally the image becomes
shaky or the sound stops momen­
tarily before getting back on
track.
AEP klamnHersfrom left, Myra Leos, Raqttel NuAez, Lovette Montoya,
There’s no charge to view the
Princess Alyssa Fields, back row, Samantha Salgado, Laura Leos, and
Marfa clip or the website.
Heavenly Father
'
sinful and unworthy as I am
I Ask you to entrust me
to your Immaculate aid
Merciful Daughter, Mary,
since you did not hesitate
to entrust your own
Divine Son to Her.
(SR SU photo by BARBARA RICHERSON)
M aritza Prieto, Alpine, was selected Woman o f the Year and Eric Rodriguez,
Austin, Man o f the Year during the annual Sul Ross State University Honors
Convocation M onday night in M arshall Auditorium. Dr. N adine Jenkins
(center), vice p residen t f o r Enrollment M anagement and Student Services,
made the presentation.
Webcast
Jessica Salgado, held afundraiser recentlyfor the 8 and underyouth
softball league in thisyear’s bat-a-thon.
I T S B I R D I N 6 S E A S O N A G A IN !
ysi
N ational Day
o f Prayer
&
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7 p.m., tonight
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
101E. Washington, Marfa
May I too be carried
beneath Her heart,
To be nurtured in
Her spotless womb,
and to be formed there
by the action of
your Holy Spirit Her Divine Spouse in your own likeness Then, may Jesus
recognizeme as truly
His brother, His sister,
and make my heart one
with His Human Heart now transformed by
the Passion and Death
that He did not
hesitate to go through
for love o f You and us,
so that all our hearts may
beat as one with the Love
that is your Holy Spirit,
for your joy
creator - Father
(behind courthouse)
£>•
&
Please join us for an
interdenominational prayer time for
our families, our community and
our nation.
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And to you,
Through Jesus and
your Holy Spirit
be all praise, glory,
thanksgiving and honor,
now and always and
for ever and ever. Amen
o f O u r B le s s e d M
o th e r
Let us be informed of what Saint Louis de Montfort
on True Devotion to Mary says:
EXCERPTS
Mary is the excellent masterpiece of the Most High, the knowledge and
possession of which He has reserved to Himself. Mary is the admirable Mother
of the Son, Who took pleasure in humbling and concealing her during her life, in
order to favor her humility.
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from the beginner to the experienced lister.
May 18
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May 26
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July 13
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Oct 12
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Call 915-426-2390 to reserve your spot.
Jesus is not loved, heretics are not converted, the Church is not exalted, the
souls which might be saints wither and dwindle, the sacraments are not rightly
frequented, souls not enthusiastically evangelized and Jesus is obscured
because Mary is kept in the background.
Saint Bonaventure tells us that all the angels in heaven cry out incessantly to
her: “Holy, holy, holy Mary, Mother of God and Virgin”; and that they offer to
her, millions and millions of times a day, the Angelical Salutation, Ave Maria,
prostrating themselves before her, and begging of her in her graciousness to
honor them with some of her commands. Even Saint Michael, as Saint Agustine
says, although the prince of the heavenly court, is the most zealous in honoring
her and causing her to be honored and is always anxiously awaiting the honor
of going at her bidding to render service to some of her servants.
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Aquafina, out of an 8-ounce
Styrofoam cup - a male fan
started talking about his RV trip
from Canada. Waller, with the
utmost ease about small talk,
smiled and gave a reply along the
lines of, “Yeah, I was just in
Canada recently.”
When the fans noticed the au­
thor was openly greeting their ilk,
they immediately lined up with
cameras for that Kodak moment.
What is a book reading without
that snapshot ofyou shaking the
hand of your favorite author?
One needs something for the
scrapbook or a show-and-tell
piece for the next dinner party
with friends.
Then it was time for the read­
ing.
Waller first thanked bookstore
owners Jean and Mike Hardy for
publishing his new book and said,
“I just came from New York
where some of the larger pub­
lishing companies are wondering
what’s going on out there.”
He then revealed the answer to
the mystery that apparently bugs
some of his fans: Where does
Waller get his ideas?
“I’m a photographer, songwriter
and author. The ideas come be­
cause I’m open to them,” he said.
“Any little town has four or five
good novel ideas, but you are not
going to find them at university
classes.”
Where ideas come from can be
best explained by a W.B. Yeats
poem, Waller said, and started re­
citing ‘The Song of Wandering
Aengus.’ With his eyes closed,
he began, “I went out to the ha­
zel wood/ Because a fire was in
my head...” When he opened his
eyes at the end of the poem, the
audience gasped and uttered a
collective, “Aahh.”
Waller said his agent estimates
that ‘Bridges’ sold 12 million cop­
ies around the globe and with an
average of four people reading
etch copy, that’s48 million read­
er
I assume most ofyou read the
book,” he smirked.
One older lady, in a (lower print
dress and white bead necklace,
shook her head and said, “Only
about five times.”
“The new book,” Waller said,
“was tricky to write, because it
had to be written to fit thejigsaw
puzzles from the first one.”
He quickly added that he
wanted to read about one of the
new characters in the book,
which were described by the
USA Today book critic as “com­
pelling.”
As he was reading the passage,
which told of the new character’s
experiences through Carmel and
other Northern Cal ifornia towns,
there was subtle background mu­
sic of the shuffling of plastic bags '
full of souvenir T-shirts, copies
of the new book and the click of
camera shutters.
In the middle of her crowded
bookstore, the self-proclaimed
“biologist-turned-bibliophiie,”
Jean Hardy was watching Waller
read with a warm glimmer in her
eyes. She was watching him read
from the book she edited like a
mother watching her child form­
ing his first words. No doubt, ‘A
Thousand Country Roads’ is hers
in some part.
Later, when I asked her about
her reaction to Waller’s perfor­
mance, she said, “That was the
one paragraph that was perfect
in the book. We didn’t have to
change a comma in it.”
All the rest of the women in the
audience had similar loving looks
toward the author, who accord­
ing to TIME magazine, “knows
the secret of romance novels.”
About Waller’s ‘Bridges,’ the
magazine’s book critics had said,
“He writes the way people feel
and think when they are first in
love -as if every emotion had the
force of God’s creation, as if such
shivers had never been experi­
enced or expressed before.”
The female audience at Front
Street Books in Alpine last
weekend embodied that descrip­
tion. They looked at Waller, as if
he were the only one who knew
their deepest passions and un­
derstood them. When he finished
reading, they gasped thankfully
once more and exclaimed,
“That’s beautiful!”
The few men among the audi­
ence, however, looked indifferent
mostly, combined with a little
trace of envy in their eyes for this
blue-eyed, silver-haired man who ,
had stolen such a tender piece of
the hearts of the women they
;,loved.
:<■
:riv;
r-.lt is1amazing itor think. that: a
book, which ■
is not even the
author’s favorite work, can have
such an impact on readers.
Waller said he doesn’t like to
rank his books, but when I asked
him what his favorite was, he
replied, ‘Border Music.’
I was personally curious to see
how he rated ‘Puerto Vallarta
Squeeze,’ my favorite work ofhis
to date, perhaps because I had
read it immediately following my
three-month off-the-beaten path
experience in Mexico.
He said, “That one is different
than all my other works. My
agent still thinks that is my best
work to date, because it has the
best form.”
(staff photo by UMUT NEWBURY)
From left, Author Robert James Waller, Jean and Mike Hardy,
owners of Front Street Books in Alpine, smile for the cameras
during the celebration of Waller’s new book. Sunday, dozens of
area residents crowded the store to get a copy of ‘A Thousand
Country Roads, ’ Waller’s epilogue to ‘The Bridges of Madison
County. ’
Overall, the afternoon with
Waller was done Far West Texas
style. No network news cameras
and no intelligentsia in their black
turtlenecks and designer glasses.
The Hardys were as good hosts
as the owners of say, Tattered
Cover in Denver or The Faulkner
House in New Orleans would be.
They offered the basics - wine,
brie (brought in all the way from
Houston for the event) and good
bread -while an Alpine trio, The
High Notes, performed beautiful
classic pieces in the back room.
The result: while ‘A Thousand
Country Roads’ began its national
journey in Alpine, many mature'
women left with the satisfaction
of seeing the author with “the fire
in his head” and of course, hav­
ing put a good dent to their Christ­
mas shopping.
According to Celtic legends, the hazel tree is the tree of
knowledge.
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fo r M a r f a C it y
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• Experience in leadership
• Will work to better Marfa
• Experienced with budgets and finance
• Accountable and responsible
• Will work with all members of the council
• Very involved in the Marfa community
A councilman for ail the people of Marfa
Your vote and support are appreciated
THANKYOU!
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Education & sports
H a p p y 1 0 th b ir th d a y
Marfa Elementary'
School Perfect
Attendance
5th Six Weeks
Kinder
David Acosta, Tyler Cullum,
Aileen Flores, Christian Lara,
Isaiah Martinez,
Michelle McDole, Omar Munoz
(SRSU photo by STEVE LANG)
Marfa ISD Celebration o f Excellence award winners are, back row from left, Ruben Madrid,
Alejandro Miguel Machuca, Phillip Isaac Torres, Will Tyler Spurgin, Megan Ward; front rowfrom
left, Kareem Cervantes, Jaylia Foster, Christopher Wood, Vanessa Catano and counselor Mary Veselka.
I s1
Alex Clark, Auxianna Gonzalez,
Yasmine Guevara, Alexandra
Jurado,
David Martinez, Jesus Munoz
Robert Ontiveroz
May 7
<&c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s on placing third
at th e UIL competition Tuesday in
Balmorhea
Love,
Mom & Dad, Lucinda & Andrew
M a p p y , 1 8 th
(tixthdxiy,
May,1
2M
Gabriela Catano, Eric Darcy,
Alyssa Flores, Jarrold Foster,
Mercedes Lara,
Miguel Leyva, Amber Pantoja,
Carlos Parras, Latisha Pippen,
Cheyenne Poenisch, Jerram
Rojo
£aue,
M om
3—
Samantha Avila, Kelsey
Calderone, Isabel Catano,
Aaron Flores, Antonio Gonzalez,
Eleazar Ibarra, Brianna
Petterson
4 th
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(SRSU photo by STEVE LANG)
Valentine ISD Celebration of Excellence award winners are, back row from left, Carol Almanza,
Chester Melvin, Mario Marta, Sandra Calderon, Adrian Hinojos, Mandy Almanza, Larry John
Porras Jr.; front row from left, Rachel Melendez, Jennifer Williams, Adrian Gonzalez, Gloria
Perez, Julieta Calderon, Michelle Carrillo.
State education board awards area high school
students for academic excellence at Sul Ross
FAR WEST TEXAS - More
than 90 area high school stu­
dents were honored for aca­
demic excellence by the State
Board of Education during cer­
emonies held at Sul Ross State
University April 9.
Students from Alpine,
Balmorhea, Culberson County
Allamore, Fort Davis, Fort
Stockton, Marathon, Marfa, Si­
erra Blanca and Valentine were
recognized during the Celebra­
tions of Educational Excellence
held at the Espino Conference
Center. The studentsjoined over
14,000 students statewide who
were honored at 24 college and
university campuses or at local
awards ceremonies at their
schools.
The eighth annual Texas Cel­
ebrations ofEducational Excel­
lence, hosted by the State Board,
of Education and participating
colleges and universities, hon­
ored the state’s top scholars dur­
ing the week of April 8-12.
About 6,800 students were
hosted on campuses, and an­
other 7,900 will be honored later
in local awards ceremonies..
Students in grades nine-12 who
have achieved academic distinc­
tion in mathematics, science,
social studies or English lan­
guage arts received Celebra­
tions ofEducational Excellence
medallions and congratulatory
letters from Gov. Rick Perry.
Honored students are often
Academic Decathlon winners,
National Merit Scholars and topranking students in their respec­
tive classes.
Among the schools and stu­
dents receiving recognition
were:
Alpine ISD: Aja Davidson
(math), Sandy Fuentez (English),
Crystal Cantwell (science, ge­
ography), Briana Foster-Greenwood (government), Lilly Mo­
rales (English), Elisha O ’Bryant
(science), Kristin Arriola (En­
glish), Martin Estrada (science),
Madison Bums (science), Jen­
nifer Hendryx (geography).
Fort Davis ISD: Brittany
Bader (mock trial), Jennifer
Adams (mock trial), Lisa Billing
(mock trial), Amelia Bridges
(mock trial), Joshua Stinson
(mock trial), Corby Bryan (mock
trial), Charlotte O ’Brien (mock
trial), Tiffany Maline (mock
trial), Abby Smith (gifted/tal­
ented), Raul Tarin (National
Young Leaders Conference).
M arathon IS D : Estrella
Aguilar (dual credit courses with
Sul Ross- English and history),
Linda Loera (dual credit courses
with Sul Ross - English and his­
tory), Joseph Abrego (high rank
in class), John Gonzales (dual
credit courses with Sul Ross zoology, speech, sociology, psy­
chology), April Cavness (dual
credit courses with Sul Ross English and history), Thomas
Aguilar (high rank in class),
Steven Aguilar (high rank in
class), Amelia Hernandez (high
rank in class), Lauren Daniels
(high rank in class), Isaac
Paredez (dual credit courses with
Sul Ross-history and English).
Marfa ISD: Christopher Wood
(high rank in class), Will Tyler
Spurgin
(art),
Kareem
Cervantes (high rank in class),
Jaylia Foster (high rank in class),
Alejandro Miguel Machuca (lan­
guage/literature), Ruben Madrid
(high rank in class), Vanessa
Catano (high rank in class),
Megan Ward (high rank in class),
Phillip Isaac Torres (high rank in
class).
Presidio ISD : Juan Saenz,
Jaime Rodriguez, Ahicsa Muniz,
Lidia Olivas, Kimberly Baeza,
Charles W right, Florencio
Aranda, Luis Munoz, Angelica
Rivero, Elizama Velasquez
(foundation curriculum).
Sierra Blanca ISD : Julian
Marta (outstanding student), Julia
Porter (outstanding student),
Kimberly Frnech (outstanding
student).
Valentine ISD : Sandra
Calderon (biology), Julieta
Calderon (biology), Mandy
Almanza (English), Adrian
Hinojos (English), Rachel
Melendez (geography), Mario
Marta (history), Chester Melvin
(history), Larry John Porras, Jr.
(English), Adrian Gonzalez (inte­
grated physics and chemistry),
Gloria Perez (history), Jennifer
Williams (English).
Chris Aguilar, Kody Bell, Javier
Cano, Adrianna Catano, Richard
Covarrubias, Donald Darcy, 1
Isaac McGuire, Zachary
McGuire, Steven Mitchell* /:
Victoria Villarreal, Jonathan
Wells
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Cipriano Amaro, Samuel
Hernandez, Lucinda Herrera,
Emily Lujan, Luis Nunez,
Richard Parras, Daniel Reyes,
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John Sheldon, Crisol Villalobos
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Bianca Ohl, Joe Alex Sanchez
7 th
Kevin Cortez, Ricardo Nunez
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James Allison, Maggie Barrow,
Ana Lerma, Eddie
Montemayor
Joe A . C ab ezu ela
for Place 1 on the Marfa ISD
Board of Trustees
Saturday, May 4
Together, le t’s pursue quality
education for our children
Your vote & support are truly appreciated!
Pd. pol. adv., by Joe A. Cabezuela, Box 1014, Marfa,^TX 79843
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(staff photo by R O S A R IO H A L P E R N )
P arents, g ra n d p a ren ts a n d fr ie n d s g a ve M a rfa elem en ta ry a n d ju n io r h ig h stu d en ts a F o rt D a vis H ig h w a y sen d
o f f as th e kid s were o n th eir way to a U IL ev en t M o n d a y in B alm orhea.
Marfa students rack up 640 points at UIL meet
MARFA -The Shorthorns’ base­
ball team lost to Fort Davis, 9-8
in an eight inning home field gp .£.
The Horns opened up in the bot­
tom of the first with five runs as
the Indians committed four costly
errors. Mauricio Cabezuela si­
lenced the Indian bats until the
fourth inning, when Fort Davis
managed to score a run.
In the top of the sixth, the Indi­
ans managed to score six runs and
move ahead by two, 7-5. The
Horns then bounced back in the
bottom half of the sixth as Justin
Carrillo led off with a single and
stole second. Then with a 1ball, 2
strike count, John Ward drove the
ball into the left field gap for a triple
that brought Justin Carrillo across
home plate.
Ruben Madrid was hit with a
pitch and awarded first base. With
John Ward at third and Ruben
Madrid at first, Jaime Juarez flew
deep to right field allowing Ward
to tag up and score to tie the
ballgame, while Madrid advanced
to second. Madrid stole third and
with a 1-1 count on a Marco
Garcia bunt, Madrid took off for
the plate. The squeeze play was
executed to perfection and Madrid’
scored the go ahead run with
Garcia being put out at first.
Fort Davis managed to score one
in the top of the seventh to tie the
game. The Horns were not able
to capitalize on a Carrillo single in
the bottom of the seventh and the
game went into extra innings.
Fort Davis once again scored in
the top of the eighth, however, and
the Horns were not able to answer
back.
Ready Writing 7, while Ben­
Marfa Elementary School
In Calculator 6, Desire W ill­
jamin Castro placed fourth.
iams was second and Charles
attended U.I.L. Contest in
In Spelling 7, Michaela
Salgado was fourth.
Balmorhea last Monday and
finished second highest in point
Alaina Schroeder placed fourth Ramirez placed third and
Chelsea Rios placed fifth.
in Dictionary Skills 6.
totals.
James Allison took second
In Mathematics 6, Kyle Bell
Schools participating and points
place in Calculator 8.
took first, while Daniel Acosta
earned are as follows:
In Dictionary Skills 8, Valerie
placed fourth.
Balmorhea, 255; Buena Vista,
Montoya placed fifth, while
In Music Memory 6, Daniel
153; Fort Davis, 366; Grandfalls,
Aaron Carrasco and Dustin
Acosta, Kyle Bell, Angel
75; Marathon, 165; Marfa, 640;
Rios tied for sixth.
Catano and Desire Williams all
Sanderson, 856; Terlingua, 23;
Sarah Sanchez placed third in
placed first.
San Vicente, 99 and Valentine,
Maps,
Charts and Graphs 8 and
Kyle Bell took second place in
167.
Luis
Aguilar
placed fifth.
From Marfa, Megan Knoell
Number Sense 6, while Angel
Aguilar
also
took
fifth place in
placed first in Storytelling while
Catano took second in Oral
Math8
;
'Michelle McDole placed sixth in
Reading 6.
;
Janies Allsion took third place
the same category.
In Ready Writing 6, Alaina
in
Modem Oratory 8, while
In Creative Writing 2, Jerram
Schroeder took fifth and Desire
Roxanne
Martinez placed fourth
Rojo placed first, Jarrett Lujan
Williams took fifth.
in
Number
Sense 8.
placed third and Tanner Taylor
Benjamin Castro placed fourth
In
Oral
Reading
8, Elizabeth
placed fifth.
in Impromptu Speaking 7.
Castro
placed
third,
while James
In Story Telling 2, Tanner
Lauren Hamilton placed fourth
Allison
took
fourth
place
in
Taylor placed first and Jarrett
in Listening Skills 7, fifth in
Science
8
.
Lujan placed second.
Number Sense 7 and took first
In Spelling 8, Roxanne
In Music Memory 3/4, Alyssa
place in Oral Reading 7.
Martinez
placed first and
Fields and Jared Rios both
She also placed second in
Elizabeth
Castro placed third.
placed first.
Alyssa Fields also placed
second in Oral Reading 3.
In Ready Writing 3, Kelsey
Calderone placed second.
In Spelling 3, Stormy Walker
placed second.
Serrano, Robert Ontiveroz,
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3rdGRADE-ALL A’S
In Story Telling 3, Kenneth
Patrick
P.
Rivera,
Victoria
Lauren Hamilton, Jacqueline
McDole placed fifth and Alyssa
Kelsey Calderone, Alyssa
Villarreal,
Dalina
Acosta
Hernandez,
Jaime Madrid,
Fields placed fourth.
Fields, Kenneth McDole, Jared
Chelsea
Rios
Crystal Garcia took first place
Rios
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in ART 4, while Emily Fallon
A’S & B’S
Crystal Baird, Robert Ramirez
placed second.
Vanessa Flores, Michaela
A’S & B’S
Diego Halpern and Michelle
Ramirez, Ricardo Valenzuela,
Aaron Atencio, Caitlin Knoell,
A’s & B’S
Salgado both earned a first
Edith Loya, Judith Loya,
Jennifer Watts, Stormy Walker,
Cipriano Amaro, Jon M. Fierro,
place title in Music 4.
Kassandra Lujan
Thania Nunez, Amy Stephens,
Luis Nunez, Brandon Whatley,
In Number Sense 4, Robert
Eleazar Ibarra
Janika Gilly, Bianca Martinez,
Ontiveros placed third, while
8 ™ G R A D E - A L L A ’S
Crisol Villalobos, Marisol Leyva
Daniel Hernandez placed sixth.
Alberto Halpern, Danielle
4™ G R A D E - A L L A ’S
In Ready Writing 4, Marfa
Salgado
Ed Ray Catano, Donald Darcy,
students Michelle Salgado,
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GRADE-ALL
A’S
Emily Fallon, Daniel Hernandez,
Diego Halpern and Rocio
Kyle Bell, Desire Williams
A’S & B’S
Lora L. Leos
Colomo took places second,
James Allison, Elizabeth Castro,
third and fourth respectively.
A’S
&
B’S
Roxanna
Martinez, Ruby Razo,
A’S & B’S
Patrick Rivera took first place
Abraxas
D.
Acosta,
Daisy
Sarah
Sanchez,
Daniella Acosta,
Kody Bell, Destiny Catano,
in Spelling 4, followed by Deigo
Montemayor, Daniel Acosta, Dustin Rios, Mario Serrano,
Crystal Garcia, Diego Halpern,
Halpern in second and Destiny
Michelle Salgado, Charlie Bad­ Mima Borunda, Angel Catano, Aaron G. Carrasco, Isabel
Catano in fourth place.
Alaina Schroeder, Kayla Urias, Cordova, Ana Lerma, Valerie
ger, Shelby Hollenbeck, Michael
In Art 5, Janika Gilly placed
Montoya
Urias, Samantha Garcia, Brittany Ashley Watts, Elizabeth Catano
first, while Casey Connors
placed second.
In Dictionary Skills 5, Robert
iP IE R C E M O T O R S
Ramirez was second, Jon
DAVID
Michael Fierro was third and
Marfa
Brandon Whatley was fifth.
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Brandon Whatley took first
place in Music Memory 5, while
Crystal Baird took sixth place in
Number Sense 5.
In Oral Reading 5, Bianca
Martinez placed fifth and Luis
Nunez placed sixth.
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team a t T u esd a y 's gam e.
Second, fou rth p lace overall
finishes for junior high track teams
WINK - The junior high boys’
and girls’ track teams competed
recently in the District 8A-West
Zone field meet in Wink, bringing
home two overall second place fin­
ishes and a pair of fourth places.
The 7th grade boys won fourth
place, while the 8thgrade boys ran
for a second place overall.
The 7th grade girls also nabbed
a second place at the meet, and
the 8th grade girls brought in
fourth.
Results for 7thgrade boys:
Long Jump -Jacob Urias, 13’8
1/2
Triple Jump - Jaime Madrid,
26’2"
400 Meter Relay - Jerik Gilley,
Ben Castro, Jaime Madrid, Jacob
Urias, 55.95
100 Meter Dash - Jacob Urias,
14.28
400 Meter Dash -Bubba Ward,
68.28
200 Meter Dash - Ben Castro
32.03; Jerik Gilley, 33.13
1600 Meter Relay - Ben Castro,
Jaime Madrid, Bubba Ward, Jacob
Urias, 4:43.62
8thgrade boys:
Shot -Michael Zubiate, 32’71/
4"'
Discus -Keith Hinojos, 109’9";
Giovanni Carrasco, 86'
High jump - P J. Serrano, 5’;
Mario Serrano, 4' 8"
Long Jump -Luis Aguilar, 16’;
P.J. Serrano 15’ 11"
Triple Jump -Luis Aguilar, 33 ’5
1/2"
400 Meter Relay - Dustin Rios,
PJ Serrano, Luis Aguilar, Mario,
Serrano, 50.47
800 Meter Run - Paul Cano,
2:50.79
100 Meter Dash -Luis Aguilar,
13.30; Keith Hinojos, 13.37
400 Meter Dash - PJ Serrano,
58.20 .
200 Meter Dash - Dustin Rios
27.11
1600 Meter Relay - Dustin Rios,
Luis Aguilar, PJ Serrano, Mario
Serrano, 4.03.31
7"' grade girls:
Shot
Vanessa Flores, 20’5"; Danielle
Salgado 19’ 10"; Chelsea Rios
19’5"
Long Jump -Danielle Salgado,
11 ’8 1/2"
Triplejump -Chelsea Rios, 22’8
3/4"
400 Meter Relay - Trisha
Salgado, Alex Colomo, Jennifer
McGuire, Danielle Salgado, 60.57
800 Run - Vanessa Flores,
3:08.51; Chelsea Rios 3:17.27
100 Meter Hurdles - Danielle
Salgado, 20.60
100 Meter Dash -Trisha Salgado
15.84; Jennifer McGuire 16.15
800 Meter Relay
TrnTha
Salgado, Alex Colomo, Jennifer
McGuire, Danielle Salgado,
2:09.00
400 Meter Dash -Chelsea Rios,
83.56
300 Meter Hurdles - Vanessa
Flores 58.40; Alex Colomo 60.72
8thgrade girls:
400 Meter Relay - Lisa Barrow,
Daniela Acosta, Lissa Castro,
Valerie Montoya, 56.11
100 Meter Dash - Danielle
Acosta, 14.83
800 Meter Relay - Lisa Barrow,
Daniela Acosta, Lissa Castro,
Valerie Montoya, 2:00.09
200 Meter Dash- Roxi Martinez
. 30.45
1600 Meter Relay - Yessenia
Leyva, Nicki Page, Valerie
Montoya, Roxi Martinez, 4:45.27.
Spanish Club hosts dancers, lunch
MARFA - The Marfa High
School
Spanish
Club
is
sponsoring the Sul Ross Ballet
Folklorico performance at 10:30
a.m. Friday, May 3 at Gregg
Auditorium.
The public is invited to attend.
There is no charge.
After the performance, lunch
will be extended from 11:25
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. so the Spanish
Club members can sell a fajita
plate that will include a choice
of drinks for $6,
The
Home
Economics
facilities will be used for
serving and some people can eat
there while others can eat
around the campus or in the
front lawn of the high school.
Money raised at the luncheon
will be used for scholarships to
be awarded in May to Spanish
Club seniors.
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The candidates, in their own words
This week and next week, The Big Bend Sentinel is presenting profiles of the 11 candidates running for three city council positions
and three school board trustee slots. We’re doing it a little differently this time. In the past, the Sentinel staff has interviewed the
candidates and written brief features on each person running for office. We thought it would be a good idea this election to give the
candidates the opportunity to write their own profiles and choose the issues they cared to discuss. The newspaper’s staff contacted
each of the 11 candidates, and we’re printing the profiles of the candidates who responded to our offer.
These profiles are unedited so that readers may get a sense for the candidates in their own words. The only other stipulation we
gave the candidates is that the profiles had to be less than 300 words.
Early voting for both the city council and the school board elections continues through April 30. Election day is May 4.
B la y lo c k runs f o r sch o o l Roch is candidate fo r M IS D
b o a rd tru ste e P la ce 1 seat Place 2 school board trustee
My name is Bobby Blaylock and
I ’m running as a trustee for Place
1, Marfa ISD school board.
I am a common-sense type per­
son. I don’t say much until I have
heard all the facts from as many
sources as possible. I listen (prob­
ably what I do best), then after re­
viewing the facts presented to me,
I make up my own mind as to the
best direction to follow.
I will do all I can to ensure a qual­
ity education with the best-quali­
fied teachers, in as good an envi­
ronment as the citizens ofMarfa
ISD are willing to provide. I can
do nothing without your trust and
support. The same as anyone on
any school board. They cannot
function without the trust and sup­
port of the community they repre­
sent.
I have been in Marfa since Sep­
tember of 1998, having spent all
my prior life in Robert Lee and
Bronte, Texas. I graduated from
Texas Tech University in 1971 and
am proud very proud of my two
sons, one of which is currently in
school Marfa.
I have been an Officer in Live­
stock Associations, Businessmen’s
Bible Class in San Angelo, a D i­
rector of Texas Sheep & Goat
B o b b y B la y lo ck
Raiser’s Assn., a Farm Bureau
Director, a Camp Counselor for
youth, but my most important
achievement is being a Dad.
I am willing to work for you, the
school, the teachers and the stu­
dents.
I do not know yet what particu­
lar items we need to address tb? 1
will make our school system bet­
ter. There are many issues both
here in Marfa and in Redford. One
person cannot make a promise.
However, the board of trustees, as
a whole, as a team can make the
difference. I can work with the
team, but if what I feel is not right,
I will put in my two cents.
L in d a ’s U n l i m i t e d
W ill be open fo r
W e w ill b e o p e n
M ay
ALPINE -Grant writing work­
shops will be held TuesdayWednesday, May 14-15 at
Kokernot Lodge in Alpine.
Larry Lancaster, president of
Eagle Consulting Services, will
present the workshops, spon­
sored the Big Bend Regional
Minority and Small Business
Development Center of Sul Ross
State University and the Texas
, Leadership Institute. Sessions
will be held from 9 a.ni.-4 p.m.
Topics will include developing
project ideas, project concepts
and designs, project elements/
abstract, operations and evalua­
tion plans, grant partners, project
calendar, goals and objectives and
budget preparation.
Registration fee is $49 per day
with a $20 discount if registered
for both days.
For more information, contact
(915)837-8694.
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M ich a e l R o ch
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M a y 6 th r o u g h
My name is Michael Roch and I
am running for school board
trustee Place 2.
I grew up in El Paso and at­
tended school there, and went on
to receive a bachelor’s degree
from Texas A&M University. Six­
teen years of my life have been
spent in Texas public schools.
The quality education I received
from our state is priceless. Marfa
and Redford’s students deserve
the same, an ability to see beyond
today and make their dreams a re­
ality. I see this achieved through
a stable and quality learning envi­
ronment, a faculty that has the re­
spect of the community and the
campus and an unwavering stan­
dard for excellence from the
school board.
If elected, some of my concerns
will be:
• Monitoring construction and
cost of the school renovation and
additions in order to ensure we get
the most for our money.
• Finding a long term resolution
for the Redford School - busing
children an hour and a half one
way to school is not an option, nor
is a sub par education.
• Setting goals revolved around
teaching first rate fundamentals,
not test taking. If we succeed in
the former, the latter is sure to
follow.
Election day is Saturday, May 4.
I would genuinely appreciate your
vote.
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CITY OF MARFA
PUBLIC NOTICE
The City ofMarfa will conduct an election on May 4,2002 to allow the voters ofMarfa to vote
for or against two propositions: to adopt a 'A of one percent sales tax for City parks and
recreation improvements and to adopt a lA of one percent sales tax for the repair and maintenance
of City streets. The Marfa City Council unanimously approved these propositions to be placed on
the ballot. The wording on the ballot will be as follows.
“Shall the City Council of the City of Marfa, Texas be authorized to impose a local sales
and use tax in the City ofM arfa, Texas at the rate of one-half of one percent to provide
revenue for improvements, repair and maintenance for municipal parks and recreation?”
“Shall the City Council of the City ofM arfa, Texas be authorized to impose a local sales
and use tax in the City ofM arfa, Texas at the rate of one-fourth of one percent to provide
revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets?”
Some facts on the sales tax:
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This is a sales tax that everyone helps to pay for.
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These funds may be used ONLY for the repair and maintenance o f City parks and recreation and
city streets.
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You do not have to pay sales tax on necessities such as food, medicine, doctor visits, cars and
homes.
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If you took any of these drugs for more than 60 days, call toll-free
FOR A FREE CONSULTATION AN D ECHOCARDIOGRAM :
A large percentage o f Marfa’s sales tax revenue comes from tourist related businesses, thus tourist
help to pay for the sales tax.
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This sales tax revenue will allow the City to repair, pave and/or repave all City streets including
those streets that do not qualify for grant funding.
1- (877) 923-8407
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This sales tax revenue will allow the City to improve, repair and maintain all City parks and
recreation.
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The current local sales tax in Marfa is 1%, which is lower than any surrounding City. This tax
will result in a 1.75% local sales tax in Marfa, which is comparable to the tax charged by
surrounding cities.
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This is a sales tax, not a property tax.
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The only other source o f revenue for these purposes is a property assessment or increased property
taxes.
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To generate the same revenue with property tax would require a 16 cent (24%) increase.
D id y o u or a lo v e d o n e tak e a n y o f th e
f o llo w in g p rescr ip tio n d ie t p ills?
Fen-Phen (Fenfluramine)
Phentermine (lonamin)
Pondimin (Fenfluramine)
Redux (Dexfenfluramine)
Fen-Phen has been linked to;
• H e a r t V a lv e D a m a g e
• P r im a r y P u lm o n a r y H y p e r t e n s io n
• N e u r o p s y c h o lo g ic a l D a m a g e
American Home Products
has offered a $3.75 Billion
settlement for patients.
C R IT IC A L D E A D L IN E S ;
The Federal Judge in the class action lawsuit has ordered that the deadline for opting out o f the
class action is January 3,2003.
Additionally, there is an August 1, 2002, deadline to register with the claims administrator.
These time sensitive deadlines mean that people who took Fen-Phen for at least sixty (60) days
must act now to protect their rights to pursue their individual claims.
H e r ib e r t o
R a m o s &
A s s o c ia t e s
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Not Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
April i s , May 2 ,9 & 16
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MAY 4, 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM.
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C a ll u s t o d a y to f i n d o u t h o w y o u c a n b e a p a r t o f
Chambers
Malian
Emma Feld Malian, 96, a long­
time resident ofMarfa, died Mon­
day, April 22, 2002 in Naples,
Florida, where she was spending
the winter.
Bom in New York City, Mrs.
Malian was the daughter of Emma
Sophie Kuse and George Andrew
Feld, both immigrants from Ger­
many before the turn of the cen­
tury. There were two brothers,
George Carl Feld and Charles An­
drew Feld as wel 1as two half sib­
lings, Rosina Feld and Frederick
A. Feld, from a first marriage. She
attended The Scudder School in
Manhattan, married Dr. Bernard
Kane (BK) Malian of Mount
Vernon, New York in 1928 and re­
sided there.
Subsequently, (hey moved to
Bronxville and then to Belle Mead,
New Jersey, near Princeton, then
to Coleman, Texas and finally to
Marfa in the late 1940s, where
she and Mr. Malian became own­
ers of the Paisano Hotel. Now on
the National Register of Historic
Places, the hotel was known as
an elegant and welcoming place
while Mrs. Malian was in charge.
When asked how she was able to
accomplish this without any for­
mal training, she answered, “I just
run it like I would my home.”
During her very active life in
Marfa, Mrs. Malian was a mem­
ber of the Big Bend Women’s
Aglow, St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church and the Marfa History
Club, where she was president.
She served for many years as a
driver for Meals on Wheels and
was honored by the city, along with
Margaret Weyrauch, when she re­
tired. She was instrumental in
bringing the Tri-County Commu­
nity Concerts and she owned the
Paisano during the very lively pe­
riod that the cast and crew of the
movie “Giant” used the place as
a headquarters. The hotel was a
dining area for the cast and pho­
tos signed by the principal cast
members were dedicated to Mrs.
Malian, and can be found today
in the Marfa and Presidio County
Museum.
Mrs. Malian had two children,
the late Dr. Jean Margaret Malian
ofRoyal Oak, Michigan, a chem­
ist and an educator, and Thomas
Andrew Malian, ofRumson, New
Jersey, an executive. She is also
survived by her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Charles A. Feld o f Naples,
Florida, her daughter-in-law Linda
Malian of Rumson, New Jersey
and three grandchildren, Tracey
Kane of Forest Hill, Maryland,
Margaret Malian of Hoboken,
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B U S IN E S S and S E R V IC E G U ID E
Obituaries
Boyd Chambers, 77, ofRuidosa,
died Monday, April 29, 2002, at
his residence.
Graveside services will be held
at 10:30 a.m. today at the
Candelaria Cemetery with Bishop
Dominic Chambers officiating.
Memorial Funeral Home ofMarfa
is in charge of arrangements.
He was born December 17,
1924, in Marathon. He married
Johnnie Tucker on March 28,
1959. He ranched and raised good
horses in Presidio, Brewster and
Pecos Counties all his exceptional
life.
Survivors include his wife,
Johnnie Chamber of Ruidosa; a
daughter, Theresa Chambers of
Presidio; three sons, Robert
Chambers, Jimmy Chambers of
Marfa and John Chambers of
Candelaria; a sister, L illian
Dornbusch of Uvalde; seven
grandchildren, Levi and Paul
Chambers of Abilene, Mandy
Chambers of Marfa, and John
Trox Chambers Jr. and Carissa
Chambers, both of Alpine and
Candelaria, Brandy Chase of
Austin and Brent Waldrep of
Presidio; and a great-grandchild.
Pallbearers are Mike O ’Conner,
Tom Mangrem, Juan Valeriano,
Tip Chesney, Manuel Carrasco
and Alfredo Quesada.
Honorary Pallbearers are
Marlowe Wells, Sammy Marshall,
Clay Miller and Jim White.
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two great-grandchildren, Kimberly
and Christopher Kane, and friend
Margaret Weyrauch.
A memorial service was held in
MarcO Island, Florida. A second
service will be held in Marfa in
the early summer. Burial was in
the Ferncliff Cemetery in
Hartsdale, New York.
Memorial gifts may be made to
St. Paul’s Church, Meals on
Wheels, the Marfa and Presidio
County Museum, the Marfa His­
tory Club or the Marfa Public Li­
brary.
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Alberto B. Ramos, Sr., 75, of Al­
pine died Monday, April 29,2002
at his residence in Alpine.
Visitation was held Wednesday,
May 1, 2002 at Geeslin Funeral
Home Chapel. Rosary service
was held that evening at 7 p.m. at
Our Lady of Peace Catholic
Church. Funeral Mass is at 10
a.m. today at the church with Fa­
ther Rick Ruiz officiating.Military
burial will be at Holy Angels Cem­
etery. Geeslin Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Ramos was bom in Alpine
on December 5 ,1926toHerminio
and Elena Ramos. He was a life
time ranch' foreman and a mem­
ber of Our Lady of Peace Catho­
lic Church.
He is survived by his mother,
Elena Ramos of Alpine, two
daughters, Diana Asgiersson and
Anabell Sartain, both of Alpine;
two sons, Albert Ramos, Jr. and
Steve Ramos both of Alpine; five
sisters, Ida Rodriguez and Pilar
Canas of Alpine, Mary Virginia
Roledo ofMountain View, Isabel
Langford of Odessa and Joanne
Hollman of Del Rio; two broth­
ers, Herminio Ramos, Jr. of Santa
Clara, California and Ernesto
Ramos of San Antonio.
Pallbearers w ill be Jon Tar
Asgiersson, Salvador Hernandez,
Danny Hernandez, Oscar
Rodriguez, Richard Milan, John
Hernandez, Arnulfo Lujan and
Ernesto Rodriguez.
Honorary pallbearers will be Sal­
vador Rodriguez and Rene Canas.
Memorials may be made to the
Alpine ISD school board of trust­
ees scholarship fund.
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121 N. 6th St.
Alpine, TX 79831
A P E OT
Virginia Smith, 87, passed away
April 24,2000 in an Alpine nurs­
ing home.
Visitation was Tuesday, April 30,
at the funeral home. Graveside
services were held on Wednes­
day, May 1 at Elm Grove Cem­
etery. Geeslin Funeral home vyas •
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Smith was bom on July 15,
1914 in south Bend, Indiana to
ITagop and Heripsime Hagopian,
Virginia was wed on June 1, 1935
to Karl Edward Smith, Sr., who
precedes her in death. She was a
homemaker and had been a resi-. ;
dent of Alpine for the past 60
years.
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Survivors include her daughter,
Karol Ann Smith ofBig Spring, j
Texas, her sons, Karl E. Smith, Jr.,
and Charles E. Smith both of Al- ,
pine, Texas; her brother, Jack
Hagopian ofHuntsville, Alabama; i
four grandchildren; two great 1
grandchildren; and numerous :
nieces and nephews.
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HELPW ANTED
Texas Department
ofTransportation
TxDot Job Posting
#002334
Transportation Maintenance
Technician II
$9.35-11.74 Hourly
Fort Davis Maintenance
Section
Job Description: Under
general supervision, performs
transportation maintenance work
and operates light equipment.
Performs some duties indepen­
dently. Has multiple areas of
responsibility. Work requires
contact with the public.
Min. Requirements: 1 yr.
Experience in maintenance,
construction or an equipment
operation-related field.
Position closes at 5 p.m. on
May 10,2002.
A completed State ofTexas
application for is a requirement.
For further application informa­
tion, including a complete job
vacancy notice, contact the
Texas Department ofTransporta­
tion, El Paso District Office,
13301 Gateway Blvd. West, El
Paso, TX or the Austin Employ­
ment Office at (512) 416-2994 or
1-800-893-6848. Information may
also be accessed via the Internet
at www.dot.state.tx.us. Com­
pleted applications can be mailed
to 13301Gateway Blvd. West, El
Paso, TX, 79928-5410 and must
be postmarked no later than May
10,2002. An applicant needing an
accommodation in order to apply
for this job may call our Human
Resources Office at (915) 7904382.
An Equal Opportunity/
Affirmative Action employer
TxDot -May 2
Rio Grande Electric Cooperative,
Inc. (RGEC) is accepting appli­
cations from individuals with
varying levels of groundman/lineman skills. The positions will fill
vacancies in the Cooperative’s
Marfa and Dell city Offices. Ex­
cellent benefits package included.
Applicants must be able and will­
ing to work under adverse
weather conditions, including holi­
days, overtime and weekend duty.
Must have physical stamina to
climb poles, trim trees, lift heavy
objects, operate equipment and
tools. Must possess a valid Texas
driver’s license with two or less
moving violations and no DWI/
DUI citations in the last three
years. In addition, the applicant
must be able to obtain a Class A
CDL license within 90 days from
date ofhire. Applications may be
picked up or requested from any
RGEC office (830.563.2444 or
800.749.1509) and mailed to Rio
Grande ECI, Administrative De­
partment, P.O. Box 1509,
Brackettville, Texas 78832, post­
marked on or before May 13,
2002. RGEC is an EOE.
5/2 and 5/9
YARD S A L E
YA RD S A LE - 8:30 a.m. to 1
p.m., May 4 at 418 N. Summer
St., in Marfa, Demore residence.
No early sales.
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Securing the Future
US Investigations Services, Inc.
(USIS) is the largest investigative
company in the nation, and the
fastest growing company in the
personnel security market.
We currently have
positions contracted to the INS
Border Patrol in:
M arfa, TX
PERSONNEL SECURITY
ASSISTANTS - SI 5.00/hr
We need highly organized, detailoriented individuals to provide a
c o m p re h e n siv e
ra n g e
of
a d m in istra tiv e su p p o rt in
processing employment security
clearances. US citizenship, ability
to pass security clearance via
polygraph, and proficiency in MS
O ffice re q u ire d . G overnm ent
(State and/or Federal) experience
a plus.
REFERENCE SERVICES
A SSISTA N TS-S12.00/hr
Efficient and reliable professionals
needed
to
provider
a
comprehensive range o f general/
d e p a rtm e n ta l a d m in istra tiv e
support. Excellent written/verbal
c o m m u n ic a tio n sk ills, PC
proficiency with 35+ wpm, and
a b ility to p ass b a c k g ro u n d
investigation required.
We offer a full benefits package
including health & life insurance,
tuition assistance, vacation & sick
leave, holiday pay, ESOP, 401(K)
and more. Please send resume to:
US Investigations, 7799 Leesburg
Pike, Suite 400S, Falls Church, VA
22043; FAX: 703/749-1184; Email:
kathy.harding@usis.com; Phone:
703/448-0178. EOE
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Rio Grande Electric Cooperative
Inc. (RGEC) is accepting appli­
cations for the position of area
office clerk to fill a vacancy in
the Cooperative’s Marfa office.
Works directly with the area op­
erations manager in member re­
lations. Secretarial skills must in­
clude working knowledge of Ex­
cel and Word programs. Respon­
sible for petty cash, collecting and
processing 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 must be mailed to
RGEC, Administrative Depart­
ment,
P.O.
Box
1509,
Brackettville, Texas 78832. Ap­
plications must be postmarked on
or before May 13, 2002. RGEC
is an EOE.
RGEC - May 2 & 9
C IT Y O F PR ESID IO
The City of Presidio is accept­
ing applications for positions of
police officers and police chief.
This is a start up operation. Du­
ties include enforcement of state
penal laws, state traffic laws and
city ordinances. Must be a high
school graduate or equivalent,
TCLEOSE certified, and at least
2 years experience.
Applications may be picked up
at City Hall Monday-Friday. For
more information please call
Cynthia Clarke, City Secretary, at
915-229-3517. EOE
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hound-cross dog, one blue eye,
male, on Casa Piedra Road 25
miles froni town Wednesday a.m.
Call 358.4458 or 634.2467. ltb
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Marfa Rialty
V O C A TIO N A L CO O RD IN ATO R N EED ED FO R
A LPIN E A R EA . Associates degree or 2 years experience in
job procurement, job analysis, rehabilitation programming or
vocational training. Provide personal/social adjustment training,
work skills training, vocational skills and supported employment.
Assist in developing and maintaining vocational programs and
individual and group activities. Seek and bid on work contracts to
allow clients work experience. Salary $2,000 per month.
Bob Wright, Broker
915-729-3962
P.O.Box 668
Marfa,TX 79843
PR EV EN TIO N T E C H N EED ED IN FO R T STO CKTO N .
High school diploma or GED required. Must be currently enrolled
or previously in ADAC classes. Provide chemical dependency
education to school age children and adolescents on the school
campus as well as center-based education and alternative
activities. Make chemical dependency presentations and
community contacts. Salary $1,488 per month.
COMMUNITY S E R V IC E A ID E N EED ED IN FO R T
STO CKTO N . This is a part-time position. High school diploma
or GED required. A valid Texas driver’s license and current
automobile liability insurance are also required. Provide close
personal supervision of employees in workshop setting.
Supervision of employees on the highway contract, landscaping
crews and other assigned duties. $6.50 per hour.
CO M M UN ITY L IV IN G IN STR U C TO R N EED ED IN
A LP IN E. This is a part-time position. High school diploma or
GED required. A valid Texas driver’s license and current
automobile liability insurance are also required. Provide daily
supervision, care, training and assessment of individuals. Salary
$6.50, per hour.
BU ILD IN G CUSTODIAN/ASSISTANT N EED ED IN
PR ESID IO . This is a part-time position. High school diploma or
GED required. A valid Texas driver’s license and current
automobile liability insurance are also required. Perform routine
office cleaning. Cleaning bathrooms, maintain inventory, and
vehicle maintenance. Ahswer phones; take appointments,
photocopy, and file. Salary $6.50 per hour.
For details call ourjob line 915-570-3424 or submit application to:
PERMIAN BASIN COMMUNITY CENTERS, 401 E. Illinois,
Suite 400, Midland, TX 79701. E.O.E
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Sul Ross State University
Utilities P lant Supervisor
Position #02-61. $29,652. Required: High school graduate or
equivalent; proven success as a supervisor in the field o f utilities
maintenance. Knowledge ofth e methods, tools and practices o f
current industry standards. Minimum o f two years experience as a
foreman or supervisor in the utilities maintenance field. Successful
experience with the design, planning, scheduling, and safe production
and distribution of utilities services in a University setting. Preferred:
Vocational or educational classes and training as related to the duties of
the position. Progressively plan, schedule, and supervise the safe and
efficient implementation o f the following: typical mechanical functions
that meet or exceed industry standards, daily maintenance functions,
estimate time and materials as needed, oversee the layout, construction
and punch-out o f assigned projects, requisition o f materials, make
repairs and minor alterations to ensure the production and distribution
o f steam heat, water (hot, cold, or chilled), perform preventive and
corrective maintenance on all shop tools and equipment, organize and
maintain an adequate record keeping program, maintain good relations
with all members and visitors o f the campus community; after hours
and weekend “on-call” availability required. Position is Security
Sensitive. Apply to H um an Resources D irector, Sul Ross State
University, Box C-13, Alpine, TX 79832. (915)837-8058. Applications
accepted until position is filled. Application form is available on the
Sul Ross website (www.sulross.edu) “employment” page
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H E L P W A N TED - Village
Farms Presidio Division is seek­
ing a self-starting individual to
work with a evening/night sanita­
tion crew. Responsibilities will be
to assist in cleaning and sanitizing
pack house after completion of
pack. Most hours are in the
evening with some hours during
the day. Health insurance avail­
able after six (6) months employ­
ment. 40IK available upon em­
ployment. For interview please
contact Shirley Marcario, 915729-5100 between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m.
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Nurses Unlimited Inc., needs
attendants to assist with personal
care, meal prep, and light house­
keeping, Part-time basis in the
Alpine and Fort Davis area.
Please call 1-800-330-4496, MF; 8A-5P. E.O.E.
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W in c h e s t e r A r m s A p a r t m e n t s
1 & 2 bedroom apartments
Major appliances
Total electric
Laundry facility
Rental Assistance Available
Equal Housing Opportunity
AREA D IR E C T O R N EED ED IN A LP IN E. Bachelor’s
degree in social sciences required. One-year experience
managing a team responsible for the provision ofbehavioral
health services. Provide administrative direction to staffproviding
Mental Health service provision to Adult and Child populations.
Salary $3,406 per month.
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H E LP W ANTED -Kitchen as­
sistant needed at Tommy’s Sea­
food in Fort Davis. Hours of work
4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday, call for appoint­
ment, 426.2451 or 426.2046.6-2tb
H E L P W A N TED - Cook at
Penny’s Diner in Alpine, must be
available weekends. Come by
2407 N. Holland in Alpine. 6-4tb
The San Angelo Standard Times
is seeking a mature individual to
deliver newspapers in Marfa.
Early morning hours. Make about
$550 a month working part-time.
1-800-588-1884 ext. 295, Ask for
Ron.
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City ofM arfa
Pool Manager & Lifeguards
The City ofMarfa is accepting
applications for positions of life­
guards & pool manager. Lifeguard
training is required. Sul Ross State
University in Alpine will offer a
lifeguard training course from:
May 3 through May 5 at 6 p.m.
Cost of the class is $150 which
includes books. The City ofMarfa
will reimburse the cost if selected
for this position.
The term for these positions will
be from May 24 through Septem­
ber 2, 2002. Applications can be
picked up at City Hall. Applica­
tions will be accepted through
May 3,2002.
COM - April 25 & May 2
D R IV ER S W ANTED:
Must have commercial driver’s
license, 21 years of age, and clean
driving record. Apply at Highland
Concrete Co., 2801 East Hwy. 90
in Alpine.
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L IV IN G S T O N
R E A L
EST A T E
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Residential - Ranches Property Management
Complete Auction Service
A Full Service Realty Company
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Call us - we work fo r you!
FO R SALE - 159 acres. Re­
mote, hunting, 15 miles north of
Presidio. Water rights included.
Owner finance. 915-229-3467. tfb
' FO R SALE BY O W N E R . 10.38 beautiful acres in Limpia
Crossing in Fort Davis. Trees, nice
views, good well, easy access,
partially fenced - $83,000. 915426-2069 .
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9*5-729-4306
residential • ranches
commercial
FO R SALE - two houses in
Presidio. For more
information, in Spanish, please
call Tomas Salgado in Marfa
at 915-729-3942, in English,
Rosario Halpern at 9157294342 days or 729-3172
evenings.
We Sell
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www.TrueToTexas.com
Please sign our guest book.
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F L E A M ARKET
1 C O M E ONE COM E ALL
to B IG BEND W O O L &
M O H A IR
SECON D SAT U RD AY
SALE!
Hughes Company
David P. Dean
AGRI Real Estate
• Sales • Management
• Leasing
Box 1056
Fort Davis, TX 79734 >.
Ranch 915-426-3779
Mobile 915-634-0441 10/02
Closeout sale of consignment
merchandise on Saturday, May 11,
2002.
A ll
FLEA
M ARKET
merchandise will be drastically
reduced for this closeout sale. For
all of our loyal patrons, if you have
consignment items you do not
want reduced please come by and
pick up your merchandise before
April 26,2002.
BIG BEND WOOL & MOHAIR
will continue to operate as your
locally owned Feed and Tack
Store.
Big Bend Wool and Mohair will
continue to be the Home of “THE
SECOND SATURDAY FLEA
M A R K E T ” on the second
Saturday of every month for all
participating vendors.
Big Bend Wool & Mohair
205 W. Murphy Street
Alpine, Texas
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LAWN & GARDEN
S E R V IC E S
FO R S A L E
FO R S A LE - built-in oven in
good condition - $100. Call
Abigail in Marfa at 915-729-3942.
FO R S A L E O R R EN T - 2
bedroom, one bath home on
West Madrid Street in Marfa.
Nice yard. Please call Tom
Blanco @ 729.4623.
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FO R SALE - 1989 4x4 blue
Jeep Cherokee - $3,700 OBO.
Call Rosa at 915-229-4293.
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FO R S A LE - cow dog pups, 8
wks old, Border Collie/Heeler,
from working parents. $40 each,
358-4493.
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FOR SALE - 1998 Ford Con­
tour. For information, please call
915-729-3039 or 729-3500.
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FO R S A LE -19-inch color tele­
visions for sale, $60, see at Holi­
day Capri office in Marfa.
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Planning a garden or new lawn?
FO R S A LE - ’99 black Buick
Let me do your tilling - reason­ , Regal. Leather seats, sun roof,
able rates. I also mow lawns. Call loaded, 20,700 miles. Asking
Rudy at 915-729-4588.
2-5tp $13,570. Days 915-729-4264;
nights 729-4892.
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FO R REN T
FOR RENT
1,600 sq.ft. office space,
211 N. Highland -1/2 a
block from the Presidio
County Courthouse in
M arfa.
C a ll 915-358-4438 and
leave message.
F O R
S P E C IA L NOTICE
Tom’s Appliances
selling Amana & Frigidaire
appliances
new and used
120 N. Highland Ave., Marfa
915-729-3091
(at the fo rm er W TU office)
RE N T :
2 bedroom, 2 bath
apartments in Marfa.
Furnished or
unfurnished, equipped
with washer and dryer.
CONTACT:
915-729-4829;
729-3207 or
7 2 9 -4 4 2 4
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It should happen to ^ou:
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are now a record number of bil­
lionaires in America—nearly 200.