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In a small school district like Estancia, the movement of a few students can lead to a huge percentage drop in the graduation rate, which, in turn, can affect a school’s evaluation grade.
Graduation rate changes misleading Small shifts in student population can have a huge impact
“It gets harder and harder for students to graduate. We try to make sure that the students are not getting discouraged with all of the add-ons and tests,” said Moriarty-EdgeBy Nicole Maxwell wood School Assistant SuperMountain View Telegraph intendent of Learning Services Graduation rates in the Teresa Salazar. Estancia Valley have fluctuGradu at ion rates h ave ated over the past two years, become especially important according to the New Mexico to New Mexico school districts Public Education Department as the state has moved toward — but the numbers don’t tell implementation of Common the whole story. Core standards. A school with The numbers are based on low graduation rates, as well as how many students started as falling rates, can see its annual freshmen in the district and evaluation grade from the state graduated, not the year-to-year Public Education Department numbers of just the graduating fall. seniors. The Moriarty-Edgewood An average of all four high School District had a districtschools in the valley — Moun- wide graduation rate of 72.6 tainair, Moriarty, Estancia percent in 2013 that fell to 70.3 and the Estancia Valley Learn- percent in 2014, according to ing Center — shows that there the NMPED. is an average of 56 graduating Moriarty High’s graduaseniors, which means small tion numbers reflect what has shifts in student population been happening state-wide. On can have a huge impact on average, the state graduation graduation percentages. rate also dropped by 2 percent That means school districts between 2013 and 2014. have to work harder on assurWhile Salazar could not coming students make it through ment on whether the graduafour years of high school and See CHANGES on PAGE 3 to graduation. ■
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Moriarty senior Haley Hamblin, center with glasses, talks to fellow students about postcards they were being encouraged to write and send to state officials about the PARCC testing. By Rory McClannahan Mountain View Telegraph
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bout 150 Moriarty High School students walked out of class after the first bell Monday in protest of the Partnership for Readiness of College and Career exam. Students in grades 3-11 throughout the state are scheduled to take the test this week. Testing in the Moriarty-Edgewood School District started on Tuesday, but students at the high school wanted to make sure their voices were heard on Monday with students from school districts around the state. Senior Haley Hamblin, one of the organizers at Moriarty High, said the intent of the protest was to send a message to state education leaders that students are paying attention to their education. “This isn’t an effort to pit students against anyone,” Hamblin said. “We just
Moriarty High School principal Stephanie West and senior Haley Hamblin address students at the school who walked out of class Monday morning See PEACEFUL on PAGE 5 to protest the high-stakes PARCC test.
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Torrance County and New Mexico as a whole have a physician shortage, according to a report from the state Department of Health. In Torrance County, there is a mild shortage of nurse practitioners, obstetricians/gynecologists and psychiatrists. The county also has no surgical facilities which means that if someone needs an appendectomy, that person has to go to Albuquerque to get it. Dr. Richard Lawson of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center said
Mexico county — except Bernalillo — has being federally designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas, meaning more providers are needed to close the coverage gap. “With the ACA, there is more demand. We are finding ways that allow us to be more efficient so that we handle more patients more efficiently,” Lawson said. A report by the New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee estimates the state needs 153 more primary-care physicians, 271 more nurse TELEGRAPH FILE practitioners and clinical nurse Torrance County residents have limited options to access specialists, 40 more obstetrics health care. With more people gaining access to health care and gynecology physicians, 21 through the federal Affordable Care Act, there are concerns more general surgeons and 104 over a shortage of doctors. more psychiatrists. There are 1,957 primarythese shortages are due to the health care. More people with care physicians, 1,089 certified Affordable Care Act, which has health insurance means more See TORRANCE on PAGE 3 given more people access to care is needed. Every New
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There are two words that strike fear in some property owners’ hearts: eminent domain. The term that gives a governing body permission to give private property to another private entity, such as company. State Rep. Matt hew McQueen, D-Galisteo, has introduced two bills in the state House that would protect landowners from eminent domain, although it doesn’t look like they will work their way to a vote. One was tabled and the other died in the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee. The first bill, House Bill 548, would remove a corporation’s right to eminent domain if that corporation was going to use it for the purpose of building a CO2 pipeline.
Teresa Seamster of the Resistiendo/Resist the Kinder Morgan CO2 Pipeline! group out of Mountainair said t hat K i nder Morgan sent out let ters st at i ng its intent ion to use eminent domain if the residents did not sel l McQUEEN: t h e i r l a n d Bills sought for the Lobos to protect Pipeline. landowners Seamster said that she and the other landowners consulted with a bank and their insurance companies, and were told that, if the pipeline had gone through, then the landowners may have lost their mortgages, as well as their homeowners insurance, due to the property being redesignated as commercial. The Lobos Pipeline was to run from Arizona to Texas and would have passed through See STATE on PAGE 2
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Usually, someone will be hired, stay for a year and move on to a better paying job, said Fire Chief Steve Spann. The position is essentially the By Rory McClannahan second-in-command for the Mountain View Telegraph department and important for The Moriarty Fire Depart- making sure the city is covment has been through a series ered, he said. of battalion commanders in the Spann said he has a candipast several years. date for the position who would
be perfect and would stay with the department long term. The trouble is that the candidate is his brother-in-law and he can’t be hired because of the City of Moriarty’s nepotism policy that forbids a city employee from being a supervisor of a close relative. The City Council, at its regular meeting on Feb. 25, delayed
making a decision to move forward in the process to change the city’s personnel policy that would allow a nepotism exception in public safety departments. An agenda item to move forward with posting proposed changes died for lack of a seconding motion, but councilors See COUNCIL on PAGE 3
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The Estancia Town Hall as seen after a council meeting. This photo is part of a project to take a photo a day during 2015.
e all know what it means when someone tells us we need to stop and smell the roses. It means we need to slow down and take time to appreciate the world around us. Of course, very few of us actually do stop and take in our surroundings, to enjoy a moment to its fullest and to gaze upon ordinary objects and events with the eye of an artist. That’s because many people believe they are not artists. I submit that those people are wrong — within the chest of every human being beats the heart of a poet. It’s one of the gifts that has been given to us, if only we choose to use it. We may not all be able to draw a figure, or write a song and play an instrument, or write a line of poetry that makes the masses weep with joy at the beauty of it, but there is art in everything we do, if we only look for it. That’s what I’m trying to convince myself, anyway. At the beginning of the year, I started on a project in which I promised myself to take a
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photograph every day during 2015. As of today, I’m up to 64 photos. Anyone who has photography as a hobby knows that RORY firing offMcCLANNAHAN 64 frames is pretty easy, I’ve shot hundreds of frames of the sunflowers in my yard trying to get that perfect shot. The exercise, though, is to select a photo each day that I kind of, sort of, like. The primary idea behind theMountain project isView to force myself Telegraph to slow down and smell the roses. After two months in, though, I’m finding there are other discoveries about this project that I’m making. At first, I thought that I wanted to take photos of the
things I encounter every day as I go about living. Some of these photos include filling up at the gas station, shopping for groceries and eating breakfast. There are already plenty of photos taken at home and at work. What I’m finding is that the more mundane and ordinary the location, the more I work to make the photograph creative. It’s resulted in some interesting photos. I’ve also discovered as I look back on the photos, I can see there are several that are really nice, real artistic. Looking at them as a whole, though, I see there is a story that is being told about me. You can see photos at council meetings, of my frightened dog hiding under a table, of the game closet in my home. I can’t decide whether I like this story or not. While there is a very large part of me that wants to preserve my privacy, to hide my world view from the world, the other part of me knows that the act of creating art comes from exposing ourselves, to put away our fears and vulnerabilities,
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News in Brief EMH debaters earn overall honors East Mountain High School sent a team of over two dozen competitors to the 2015 New Mexico Speech and Debate State Championships, held between Feb. 26-28 in Los Alamos. Due to weather issues, the tournament was cut short and winners announced after just two rounds of competition. EMHS senior Adelynn Nee won state championship honors in Humorous Interpretation and senior Emilie Reese earned a state championship in Expository Speaking. Nee also earned second place in U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking. EMHS was also awarded the New Mexico Speech School of Honor designation for overall team performance. Coach Hannah Flake was elected president of the New Mexico Speech and Debate Association by the state’s coaches. She will serve as vice president for the 20152016 school year and then as president for the 2016-2017 school year. Other top EMHS finishers included Jacob Stearns, finalist in Humorous Interpretation; Anna Nunn, third place in Expository Speaking; Quinter Nyland, third in U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking; Max Kolomaznik, fourth in International Extemporaneous Speaking; Matthew Bedeaux, sixth place in
Congressional Debate; Katie Anderson and Emilie Reese, finalists in Duo Interpretation; and Sofia Hoskins, Max Kolomaznik and Ethan Wade, finalists in Congressional Debate. The team will compete next at the National Qualifying Tournament for Speech and Debate at Albuquerque Academy on March 12-14. Volunteer judges are needed for this event; to sign up, please contact Trey Smith at tsmith@eastmountainhigh. net or visit www.signupgenius.com/ go/10c044dabac2fabf94national.
ing and special recognition events. During the trip, 10 students will be named America’s 2015 top youth volunteers. Renaya’s work with Coaches v. Cancer led to her selection as the 2015 Prudential Spirit of Community honoree. After watching the Coaches v. Cancer men’s college basketball tournament, it occurred to her that East Mountain High School could hold its own version of the fundraiser to raise money to fight cancer. Renaya will be honored for her accomplishments by a Prudential representative at a ceremony at the school on March 23.
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senior Renaya Demarest has been named New Mexico’s top high school volunteer in the 20th annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals, honors middle level and high school students nationwide for outstanding volunteer service. As a state honoree, Renaya will receive a $1,000 award, an engraved silver medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., in May for several days of sightsee-
The Moriarty Community Library is sponsoring the sixth annual Summon Your Muse Community Writing Contest. The contest is open to all East Mountains and Estancia Valley residents. Winners will be published in an anthology produced by the library. There are four categories in which to enter — adult, high school age, middle school, and fifth grade a under. For rules and entry forms, drop by the library in the Moriarty Civic Center. Entries are due March 14. u
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Talking Talons Youth Leadership and the “More Kids in the Winter Woods” collaboration invites the public to help draft a plan to help Cibola National Forest Service on increasing and improving winter recreation in the Sandia Mountains. The collaboration experimented with several activities this winter that were designed to get more kids, and people of all ages, into the Sandias. Now it’s time to evaluate how those efforts worked. Meetings will be held over the next several weeks: n Capulin — Considering the future of the Capulin Snow Play Area will be held March 12, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Tijeras library n Trails — Considering how to optimize winter trail options for all users will be held March 18, 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Tijeras library n Environmental Education — Considering how to increase winter environmental education opportunities will be held March 23, 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Talking Talons n Access — Considering how to improve winter access to the Sandias, including roads and parking lots, will be held March 24, 4-5:30 p.m. at the Tijeras library
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Torrance County. The project was recently shelved due to falling oil prices. The Resistiendo group was formed in southern Torrance County last year to oppose the pipeline. The people who were against the adoption of the bill were the oil and natural gas companies, and lobbyists. One of the reasons given was that this bill would be “ending what is already there,” said a representative of New Mexico Business Coalition. The bill was tabled Monday by the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee. The next bill heard was HB 549, which would also protect landowners against corpora-
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A special use zoning change for Kinder Morgan’s Duran Pump Station on the Cortez Pipeline was approved by the Torrance County Commission on Feb. 25. The Torrance County Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the Cortez pipeline application on Jan. 3 and requested that Kinder Morgan produce an environmental impact statement, as well as a habitat report, prior to going before the county commission. “This project is completely separate from the Lobos Pipeline,” said Kinder Morgan Public Affairs Consultant Gustavo Garza. Public comment was a rainbow: one for, one against and one neutral. The against argument had to do with the possibility of the Cortez CO2 Pipeline being used to pipe water out of New Mexico. “It isn’t in Kinder Morgan’s business model to transport water. We have no intention of pumping water now or ever,” said Garza. Construction is set to begin in the second quarter of 2015. The Duran Station of the Cortez Pipeline is not associated with the Lobos Pipeline, which was shelved indefinitely in January due to low oil prices. Also discussed: n Coast 2 Coast Prescription gave a presentation on its discount drug card that provides an average of 60 percent off drug costs. No decision was made about adopting the program. n Tor rance Cou nty w i l l have a Dangerous Dog Fee of $100 per animal per year. A dog is considered dangerous after it has attacked a person or another domesticated animal. The determination is made by animal control and the
court. “A f t e r c o n s u l t a t i o n s between the Animal Control Officer, the Zoning Enforcement Officer and the Animal Shelter Director, the fee was based on administrative costs associated with time required for inspections, documentation and record-keeping, and was adjusted in relation to neighboring communities’ fees for the economic status quo of Torrance County,” said Torrance County Planning and Zoning Director Steve Guetschow. n The project choice for the Com mu n ity Development Block Grant submission is the Duran water system. This project would update the current program. Duran will still get its water from Vaughn. n The transfer of the Tajique Community Center to the Tajique Land Grant was approved. The motion was to approve the paper work for the transfer so that it can be completed. The paperwork was completed with an addendum stating that there are no restrictions on who can join. n The McIntosh Senior Center requested that it receive assistance with paying utility bills. This was tabled pending research into the legality of the county helping in this manner as it may pertain to the anti-donation clause, which prohibits governing bodies from making direct grants to entities, despite the need. n The Commission voted to support, in principle, the Stanley Cyclone Center but will not provide funding for it. n The Inspection of Public Records Act custodian is still yet to be determined. A committee that was set up at the Feb. 11 meeting will meet again next week for further discussion. Although the IPR A custodian is designated by the commission, other counties use their county managers for this purpose, said Torrance County Clerk Linda Jaramillo.
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tion rate would drop again this year, she did say that 140 Moriarty High students are on track to graduate this year. Those numbers, however, do not include students who moved away and never requested records or the ones who opted for a General Education Diploma instead. As the area’s largest district, Moriarty High School doesn’t feel the huge percentage drop with the movement of a few students. That’s not the case in smaller districts, such as Estancia. With a graduating class of less than 20, a percent drop that seems striking could be that two or three students dropped out for whatever reason. In 2013, Estancia Municipal Schools had a 69 percent graduation rate that went up in 2014 to 84.1 percent, according to the NMPED. This number includes both Estancia High School and the Estancia Valley Learning Center, which has had fewer
students but more graduates lately. There were 46 graduates from EHS and seven graduates from the EVLC in 2014, and 37 and eight, respectively, in 2013, according to Estancia Municipal Schools Secondary Operational Principal Martha Ward. That means the district could see an 11 percent change if three students from EHS and one from EVLC don’t graduate with their class. Mountainair Public Schools had a graduation rate of 89.4 percent in 2013 that fell by almost 15 percent to 74.5 percent in 2014, according to the NMPED. Last year, Mountainair High School had a graduating class of 19 students. “ T wo of these students dropped out for reasons that are personal to them, which affected the graduation rate by much more than it would have in a larger high school,” sa id Mou nt a i na i r P ubl ic Schools superintendent Ron Hendrix.
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Residents of Torrance County Road 102 are not going to lose their green road designation, even after a threat was made against the Torrance County Road Department by resident Billie Mitchell. Mitchell said that “you think that the shovel was bad, well you ain’t seen nothing yet” during the public comments portion of the Torrance County Commission meeting Wednesday . When the meeting was over, Mitchell said that Torrance County Manager Joy Ansley was going to have the green road designation of Road 102 removed. “I didn’t say that Road 102 was going to lose its green status, I said that there is a proposed road maintenance policy that would take away the green and red designations, and that there would be roads that are county-maintained and roads that are not,” said Ansley by phone.
Maintenance of Road 102 in Torrance County has been a point of contention between the county and residents for years. A green road in Torrance County is one that is maintained yearly and a red road is maintained quarterly, both at the request of the residents. The proposed road maintenance policy has been reviewed by the commission twice and will most likely go to a public hearing at the March 25 commission meeting, said Torrance County Road Manager L eona rd Lujan. The policy will put all of the road policies in one place. Right now, the road policy is not available for download online because it is several different documents; the new
policy would condense all the documents into one, with some updates, such as the new designations, according to Lujan. The shovel referenced by Mitchell was last fall when a shovel-carrying Road 102 resident approached the road worker responsible for grading the road. Residents say this was all it was: he just happened to have a shovel in his hand. The county sees it a different way: that the shovelwielding resident attacked the grader. Ansley said that the resident beat the grader with the shovel and that the Torrance
County Sheriff’s Department was called. Mitchell said that it was just an “idiot who had a shovel in his hand.” T he road, wh ich h a s approximately 70 homes, was designated a green road in 2013, which means that it gets graded yearly. The road’s residents were very happy with the first round of maintenance, which was done by Lujan, who completed the job in just over three hours. Lujan said that he bladed Road 102 twice in 2013, the first time when there were residents taking photos of the event and another time to smooth it out after some rain storms. The 2014 round of maintenance was not so well done, according to the residents, and, according to Lujan and Ansley, the residents were not so cordial. At the time, Lujan had a family emergency and could not do the Road 102 grading. He instead sent someone else who was on the receiving end of the shovel incident. After that, Lujan said that he was not going to send his workers down there again and would do the maintenance himself.
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said they would be open to bringing the issue back. “Regardless of what the council does, I need someone in that position who is long term,” Spann said. City Attorney Adolpho Mendez presented the council with proposed changes that would
allow a close relative a subordinate position after three requirements have been met: that the position has a high turnover rate, that the position is only within emergency services departments and that the prospective candidate is well qualified. In addition, the mayor would become the employee’s supervisor.
Mendez said that he put together the proposal to protect the city, but that there are still issues with such a policy. For instance, there could be a perception of favoritism, he said. That could potentially expose the city to a lawsuit, even with the mechanisms in the proposal. Councilors were reluctant to approve posting the changes,
which would then later have to be adopted. “It sounds to me that we would be heading down a very slippery slope,” said Councilor Larry Gallant. The council agreed that, if there were changes made to the proposal that would greater protect the city, they would reconsider moving forward.
Torrance County short of health-care providers the project’s website. Currently the only Project nurse practitioners and certi- ECHO location in the area is fied clinical nurse specialists, at FirstChoice Community 256 obstetrics and gynecology Healthcare in Edgewood. physicians, 179 general surAs bleak as it seems, there is geons and 321 psychiatrists the potential for more health practicing in the state, accord- care in the East Mountains and ing to the committee’s 2014 Estancia Valley with the comreport. “One of the keys for a lot of the counties is going to be recruiting and retaining (medical) students,” said Lawson. Torrance County doesn’t have a hospital but it does have clinics in Estancia and Mountainair operated by Presbyterian Medical Services. In addition, McLeod Medical Center is located in Moriarty. And although the numbers are based on countywide services, many Estancia Valley residents access health care in Edgewood, which is in Santa Fe County. Another option is the Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes project, which was started in 2003 in Albuquerque to treat hepatitis C patients in rural communities. The project uses teleconferencing between health-care professionals who offer their thoughts on cases that need further consultation, according to the project’s website. Project ECHO operates 39 hubs for nearly 30 diseases and conditions in 22 states and five countries outside the U.S., including sites within the Department of Defense healthcare systems including the Veterans Administration. The project operates through the UNM School of Medicine, according to
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The proposed health commons will add 24-hour urgent care, specialty consultants, X-ray services and other things as well as the regular health and dental services it currently offers. The existing facility currently serves around 5,000 patients.
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Moriarty councilor resigns Special meeting to be held Thursday
to the best of my ability.” A special council meeting will be By Rory McClannahan held ThursMountain View Telegraph day to give Moriarty City Councilor c o u n c i l o r s Larry Gallant is resigning an opportufrom the board after serving nity to accept GALLANT: for a year. Gallant’s resIn a statement, Gallant said ignation and Plans to he is moving outside of the a p p o i n t a move out of Moriarty city limits, “which new council city limits disqualifies me from continu- member. Moriarty Mayor Ted Hart ing to perform my duties.” “This decision comes as an said he will recommend that extremely difficult one but, Dennis Shanfeldt be appointfor now, has to be,” Gallant ed to complete Gallant’s term said in the statement. “I want on the Council. Shanfeldt served on the to thank the people who voted for me and that gave me the Council for 15 nonconsecuopportunity to serve them tive years before bowing out
last year. He didn’t run for reelection in 2014 after serving his last four-year term. If the Council approves Hart’s recommendation, it will be the third time Shanfeldt has been appointed to the board. He had run for mayor in the 1990s and lost. However, soon after, then-Mayor Howard Cavasos asked him to fill in after a council member had resigned. Shanfeldt lost a bid to be elected to the Council at the next election, but was appointed again in 1995. He won election in 1996 and served until 2004, when he decided not to run. Shanfeldt ran again in 2010 and served another four years. Gallant was a political rookie when he ran for a seat
on the board a year ago. A life-long resident of Moriarty, Gallant said at the time that he wanted to give back to his community. Although he was new to elected office, Gallant’s father, Kip Gallant, had served on the Moriarty City Council from 1969 to 1972. In his statement, Gallant said he was grateful for the opportunity voters had given him to serve. “I am proud of the accomplishments I’ve been a part of while I’ve been in office,” Gallant said. “The city is heading in a good direction and, with the mayor at the helm, Moriarty is in good hands.” The Council’s special meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Moriarty Civic Center.
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Peaceful PARCC protest at Moriarty HS from PAGE 1
want to make sure our voices are heard.” The walk-out at Moriarty High was peaceful. Teachers and Moriarty-Edgewood School District officials were waiting as the students filed out onto the Pinto Patio at the school after morning announcements were made. The message from the adults was simple: We are happy to listen to what you have to say and will answer any questions you might have. In fact, administrators offered the school’s gymnasium to the students as a more comfortable atmosphere. “The students deserve to be heard,” said Moriarty Principal Stephanie West. “It’s their education.” There were no signs to speak of and no chanting of
slogans. In fact, the protest was more of an opportunity for those organizing it to ask their classmates to fill out postcards that will be sent to Education Secretary Hanna Skandera, Gov. Susana Martinez and New Mexico’s federal congressional delegation. While the PARCC test alone is not especially onerous, Hamblin said, its high stakes are. High school students are required to take several standardized tests during the school year, of which the PARCC is one. However, the stakes with the PARCC — which is used to evaluate not only students, but also teachers, the school and the district — makes it a burden on students, Hamblin said. West offered information about the test to the students. She acknowledged that a requirement for earning a
diploma in New Mexico is that high school juniors take the PARCC exam. However, if students don’t do well on the test, the school district has alternative paths to meet graduation requirements, West said. “We can help you, but you have to let us help you,” West said. Junior Edd Young addressed his fellow students, saying that not enough time has been given to students to prepare for the test. He added that the test isn’t an accurate measure of what students have learned. “It has been thrust upon us all and we need to take this seriously,” Young said. New Mexico is one of 11 states giving the PARCC exam for the first time this spring. The exam, which is the same in each state, is
designed to show how well students are learning under the Common Core State Standards, which the state adopted in full last school year. Skandera said the move to Common Core and PARCC is happening because New Mexico is raising the bar on its education system. Common Core and PARCC are also designed to ensure students in participating states are tested in the same way and to the same standards. “We have higher expectations,” Skandera told the Albuquerque Journal last week. “We are testing whether they are truly ready for college or a career.” New Mexico’s previous statewide test, the Standards Based Assessment, was designed to test students under the state’s former standards in reading and math.
RONALD LEE GARCIA Born on Feb. 19, 1959, and was called to serve in God’s Army on Feb. 26, 2015. He served in the United States Army for 28 years and has coached baseball, football and helped with various events in the Moriarty-Edgewood School District for 15 years. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Lana (Country) Garcia, his daughter Alana, her husband Noel, GARCIA his daughter Jerrica, and his sons Eric and Isiah; his parents John and Corina Garcia; his siblings Linda and Cipriano Griego, John and Martie Garcia, Tommy and Sheila Garcia, Sandra and Mike Dile, Anthony and Cindy Garcia, Gilbert and Barbara Garcia, Ricky, and Claudia Garcia, Brenda and Kenny Garcia, his many nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends. He will be welcomed in Heaven by his grandparents Juan and Transita Salazar. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at noon at Nuestra Senora de Refugio Cemetery in Puerta de Luna, N.M. There will be food and drinks served to follow the services, across the street at Nuestra Senora de Refugio Catholic Church. There will also be a bonfire that evening at the Garcia house in Stanley. His pallbearers are his sons Eric and Isiah, and his son-in-law Noel. His honorary pallbearers are his uncles, brothers, brothers-in-law, nephews,
great nephews, cousins, men he coached, and his military co-workers and friends.
of the family. No service is scheduled at this time. Harris-Hanlon Mortuary
EILEEN LENORE JOHNSON Eileen Lenore Johnson, age 80, of Sandia Park, peacefully passed away on Feb. 28, 2015. She is the beloved wife of Kenneth Johnson. Eileen was born on April 1, 1934, in Chicago, Ill. She was the daughter of the late Ralph and Ruth (Anderson) Larsen. Eileen came to New Mexico in the early 1940s with her family. Her father Ralph had JOHNSON been hired as a machinist by the great Dr. Robert Oppenheimer to work in the Los Alamos National Labs on the development of the first Atomic Bomb. The family lived in Los Alamos in old Army barracks surrounded by barbed wire fences. She attended school with children of some of the most famous Atomic experts. She had a love and passion for the arts. Eileen was a founding member of the Milwaukee Wisconsin Modern Dance Counsel. She was also well known for her own gift as an artist and craftsman. Eileen is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Thomas Larsen and her sister Marilyn Larsen. She is survived and forever remembered by her husband and soulmate Kenneth Johnson, and daughters and sonin-law, Kelly and John Johnson-Sacko and Erica Lynn Johnson. Per the request
SYLVIA RUTH LEWIS Sylvia Ruth Lewis, age 81, of Gran Quivira, N.M., passed away on Sunday March 1, 2015, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was the daughter of the late Virgle and Ora Mae (Wells) Johnson. Sylvia worked for the U.S. National Park Service for LEWIS over 30 years before she retired. She had an unwavering faith in God and was a devout member of the Gran Quivira Church. Sylvia enjoyed spending time with her church family and was the Secretary/Treasurer for the church until she fell ill. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, parents, brothers and sisters. Sylvia is survived and will forever be remembered by her sons, Virgal Mark Lewis, Karl Lee Lewis and Glenn Edwin Lewis. She was blessed with several beautiful grandchildren and great grandchildren. A funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2015, at 10 a.m. at the First Assembly of God in Mountainair. Graveside service to immediately follow, weather permitting. Harris-Hanlon Mortuary
The town of Estancia has had a wastewater treatment plant for some years, but not everyone in the town is hooked into it. The Estancia Board of Trustees voted at its regular meeting Monday to move toward trying to get a Community Development Block Grant to get 17 homes hooked into the town’s wastewater system. “This is a project which we tried to get funds for last year, and we’ll try again this year,” said Donzil Worthington of Forsgren and Associates, one of the town’s contract engineers. Municipalities and counties throughout the country compete for these grants, which are handed down through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Worthington said the maximum amount the town could get for the project is $500,000. As part of the town’s grant application, though, there is a requirement that the project plans also include designs for completing the work in phases in case a lower amount is awarded. If the town receives the grant, it will have to provide a 5 percent match, or about $25,000. Also at the meeting: n Trustees voted to ban bulk water sales from the town water system. Trustee Josie Chavez said the town has been charging buyers $7.50 for 1,000 gallons of water. As surrounding communities have instituted higher charges on bulk
water sales, Chavez said more buyers have been showing up in Estancia. One problem with those bulk water sales is that the town has no metering system to assure buyers are taking the water they’ve paid for. Chavez added that, with water being important to the town’s residents, it is irresponsible to allow bulk sales. Some concern was raised that cutting off bulk sales would leave some people without a water source. Chavez countered that all property within the town is served by the water system. If someone needs water for their household, Chavez said they can buy from Moriarty or Mountainair, which have metering systems in place. n The board approved spending $4,500 to complete work on a water catchment system at the town’s fire department. The project to capture water running off the roof of the building was a partnership between the town and the East Torrance Soil and Water Conservation District. The district had provided the town with a $40,000 grant to construct the system. However, Mayor Sylvia Chavez said that the town’s former maintenance supervisor had told the company installing the system that town personnel would complete part of the work. However, it turned out the work that needed to be completed requires special tools, Chavez said. “It’s unfortunate we find ourselves in this position,” Chavez said. “That’s $4,500 that comes out of the town budget, but I think it’s a cost we need to take on as a show of good faith to the Soil and Water Conservation District.”
Obituaries PATIENCE MARION BERUBE Patience Marion Berube was born in Ludlow, Mass. on Jan. 25, 1935. She entered Heaven’s gates on Feb. 23, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Llewellyn and Grace (McCarthy) Collins. Patience was united in marriage to Joseph R. Berube on June 22, 1963. He preceded her in death on March 13, 1993. They were married for 29 blissful years. On June 19, 1952, she graduated from the prestigious Cathedral High School in Springfield, Mass. Patience had an unwavering faith in God and was a devout member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Moriarty. Over the years, she graciously donated to several charitable events. The trees surrounding the Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery and Mount Carmel Catholic Church are a living testament to her kind and generous heart. Patience donated 50 of those trees in 1993. Patience is also preceded in death by her brother, Thomas Collins. She is survived and will forever be remembered by her sons and daughter-inlaw, Brian and Valerie Berube of Albuquerque, Andrew Berube of Chandler, Ariz., and Mark Berube of Albuquerque; and sister Barbara Gosselin of Mars Hill, Maine. A rosary was recited on Feb. 26 at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Moriarty. The Celebration of Mass followed, also at Our Lady of Mount Caramel Catholic Church. Father Lancaster officiated. Harris-Hanlon Mortuary
SAM (PHILIP EDWARD) NELSON 1939-2015 Sam (Philip Edward) Nelson died on February 19, 2015, at his home on San Pedro
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Mountain of metastatic prostate cancer. Philip was born in St. Louis, Mo., on March 5, 1939, to Edna Mae Lee Nelson and John Philip Nelson, their only child. Upon his parents’ move to Illinois, he grew up in the town of Roodhouse. During the summers, he lived on his grandparents’ farm and was called Big Joe to his cousin’s Little Jo. Here, he learned the great pleasure NELSON of eating vineripened tomatoes. By the time he was in high school, Phil and his mother
were living in El Paso, Texas. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1956 and served as a fireman on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. During this service, his real education commenced as he learned welding and fell in love with it. Out of the Navy, he went back to Florida for more education as an engineer. This led to a job in an office building, where he learned exactly how much he did not like the “four walls” environment. In the early 1970s, Phil opened New Mexico Motorcycle Accessories, a custom bike shop at the corner of Carlisle and Central in Albuquerque. While the shop flourished, he got interested in wind and See OBITUARIES on PAGE 6
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COMING UP Lecture on turkeys set for March 10 The Friends of the Tijeras Pueblo continues its monthly lecture series on March 10 with “Ritual or Dietary Resource? Isotopes, Archaeofaunas, and the Turkeys of Tijeras Pueblo” by Emily Lena Jones. The free lecture will be held at the Sandia Ranger Station in Tijeras station at 6:30 p.m. Jones is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. The lecture will cover the long history of domestic turkey use in the Southwest and the exploitation of the local wild Merriam’s turkeys.
Free intro to 3-D printing, design The Edgewood Community Library is hosting a free educational event featuring The Parachute Factory on March 12 starting at 10:30 a.m. Participants will be treated to a hands-on introduction to 3-D printing and design basics. The event is supported by the New Mexico State Library’s Makerstate Initiative. For more information, contact the library at 281-0138.
Local artwork on show at free event The Loft at The People Church in Moriarty will host a free Gallery Night on March 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The theme of the event is “Hope” and will feature art-
work from members of the community. Those who want to display their work are welcome, but need to contact organizers by March 12. The Loft is located directly behind the Circle K in Moriarty. For more information, contact Ryne Swann by email at ryne@thepeoplechurch.com or call 832-6385.
Author discusses father’s war years The East Mountain Historical Society will launch its 2015 public programming series at 2 p.m. March 15, with a presentation by society co-founder Louise Waldron talking about the extraordinary roles played by her father, Lewis Korn, during World War II. Korn was a reluctant director of a Japanese internment camp in Arizona. He later went to Italy, and coordinated the release of Jewish camp survivors to Palestine and Oswego, N.Y. Waldron has chronicled her father’s war years in her book “We Were Prisoners, Too,” which will be available at the event, during which historic photographs from book will be shown. The presentation will be held in the historic church west of the East Mountain library in Tijeras. It is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. Visit eastmountainhistory. org, for information about the East Mountain Historical Society, and its preservation and education activities.
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A final community meeting to put the finishing touches on a plan to be submitted to the Forest Service will be held on April 9 from 6 -8 p.m. at Los Vecinos Community Center in Tijeras. For more information contact Susan Smith at Talking Talons Youth Leadership at 281-1133, extension 3 or by email at susan.smith@talkingtalons.com
Comments sought on Trust Land plan The Department of Game and Fish is seeking public comments about agreements that would open some private lands to public hunting in exchange for closing some
areas of State Trust land. A public meeting has been scheduled for 6 p.m. March 25 at the Natural Resources Conservation Service office in Mountainair, where representatives from the department and the State Land Office will hear comments and answer questions. All comments received will be forwarded to the Department of Game and Fish Director and the State Land Commissioner. The “unitization” agreements among the State Land Office, the department and several landowners are designed to benefit sportsmen and landowners. Under the agreements, some areas of State Trust land would be treated as private property and would be closed to hunting. The private lands cov-
Family History Center events The Edgewood LDS Family History Center will be holding several events during March. On March 15, the center will host a “US Military Records” class starting at 6 p.m. On March 25, the center will host the “Taming the Paper Monster” class starting at 6 p.m. The annual Edgewood Family History Fair will be held Saturday, March 21, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. More information and the class offerings can be viewed online at www.edgewoodfhc@weebly.com. There is no charge for this event. The center — located at the Edgewood LDS Church just south of Walgreens — is open every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. It also is open every Sunday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Library holding a book sale in March The Estancia Public Library will hold a book sale March 19-21 during the library’s business hours. Hardback books will be on sale for $1 each and paperbacks will be sold for 25 cents each or five for $1. All genres are available.
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THIS WEEKEND Fire Association program Saturday The East Mountain Interagency Fire Protection Association (EMIFPA) will hold an all day, multi-topic program on Saturday at Los Vecinos Community Center starting at 10 a.m. Representatives from local fire management agencies will deliver presentations and talk individually with attendees to help residents prepare for fire season. Presentations will include updates on current U.S. Forest Service projects, current fire preparations and a demonstration of a computer
simulated sand table exercise used to train wildland firefighters in how to engage in wildfires without leaving the classroom.. The day will start at 10 a.m. and will wrap up by 3 p.m. Lunch will be provided but attendees are asked to bring water to drink. Those interested in attending are required to RSVP to bhelmich@flash.net as soon as possible.
Edgewood church hosts art event Music and Art for the Soul returns to Holy Cross Episco-
pal Church in Edgewood on Sunday, with reception at 2:30 p.m. to meet the artists, and the concert at 3 p.m. The concert will feature concert pianist Grisha Krivchenia, originally from Romania, but now working in Santa Fe. He will perform classics as well as some of his own compositions. Artists showing will be April Fletcher, Aggie Damron and Chris and Trisha Meyer sharing their work in splash ink painting, watercolor and mixed media. Free, but with $10 donations requested for the music program.
Tin workshop at Mountain Arts A tin workshop will be held in Mountainair on Saturday at Mountain Arts on Broadway. There will be beginning and intermediate classes on that day. The beginning class — which costs $35 — runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The intermediate class — which costs $25 — runs from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Both workshops will be taught by Anne Ravenstone. All materials are supplied.
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tain, Sam built his own shop on State Highway 344 and solar energy as he and others named it Mountain Welding sought to go “off the grid” and Service. The spacious build“back to the land,” and be as ing contained an interior loft independent as possible. On apartment and used passive the sidewalk in front of the solar heating. While attendPrayer meeting shop, solar panels for the geo- ing a Halloween party at The desic “Domes” were assemMine Shaft Tavern, a fundset for March 21 bled. Passers-by sometimes raiser for the Madrid Fire found themselves recruited East Mountain Vineyard is Department, he met Elisa to help. hosting a Prayer Meeting for River Stacy. Having heard When new bike shops the Beth Moore Conference references to her brother saturated the market, he “Trucker,” he asked Elisa, See COMING UP on PAGE 9 closed his and moved to the “Who is this Trucker? I’m not East Mountains. While he going to get shot, am I?” She worked as an escort driver laughed, they danced and the for wide loads, his CB handle wedding took place on Nov. was Yosemite Sam. In 1980, 13, 1993, at the shop. he opened South Mountain The business thrived and ered under the agreements Wind Generator Service and Sam soon acquired additional then would be open to public contracted with Jacobs Wind titles as Mr. Recycle, Reuse, hunters. Generators to do installaand Repair; Man of Metal; Unitization agreements tions in New Mexico and and a reputation as a give hunters access to private other western states. By now, Wheeler-dealer Horse Tradland while providing land“Solar” Sam was also explor- er. Elisa brought creative owners greater flexibility in ing passive solar power ideas. inspiration that led to the maintaining ranching opera- With his 44 on his hip, he design, fabrication and instaltions on often-landlocked worked as a “peace-keeper” at lation of decorative metal State Trust lands. The agree- the storied, now-gone Golden gates all over New Mexico. ments must be reviewed and Inn on Highway 14. By then, The business prospered. Life renewed annually. the name Sam had permawas good. Anyone with comments or nently replaced Phil. Sam said he was happiest concerns about the DepartAfter leaving South Mounwhen working in his shop. ment and the State Land Office entering into agreement with these landowners may send comments to Mike Perry, mike.perry@state.nm.us. General unitization agreement -MVT Online -Columnists information and maps of the -Classifeds -Sports proposed ranches can be found on the department website by -Editorial Pages -Library clicking on the “Commission” tab, then “Proposals Under Consideration.” from PAGE 5
Elisa describes him as “a man who said what he meant and meant what he said.” His enthusiasms included a good game of pool, green chile, two-step country dancing, the Edgewood Church of Christ and the San Pedro Neighborhood Association. Sam is survived by his wife Elisa, and many friends, customers, and associates. Cremation services were provided by Direct Services of Albuquerque. Elisa is grateful to Dr. Elizabeth Morgan of Palliative Care of New Mexico, and nurses Michele and Becky of Hospice of New Mexico, whose care enabled Sam to die at home as he wished. A celebration of Sam’s life will begin with a graveside internment service at Hyer Cemetery on Simmons Road off Highway 344 at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2015. Immediately following, all are invited to a pot luck lunch and reception at Sam’s Shop at 1530 State Road 344 for food and remembrances.
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