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Headline
News From Oct. 11, 2002 Issue
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See Relay For Life Photo
Series. Click on photo for enlargement and then scroll down for several
other shots of the event.
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Man
accused of stalking ex-wife’s friend
A criminal complaint filed
Monday in magistrate court alleges a man stalked and attacked a friend of
his former wife after finding the friend at his ex-wife’s home in Arrey
last Friday.
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T
or C man charged with
fraudulent use of stolen credit card
State police
arrested a 63-year-old Truth or Consequences man Monday on charges of
fraudulent use of a credit card, fraudulent receipt of a credit card and a
violation of the Remote Financial Services Act.
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HSD
Secretary visits T or C
New Mexico
Human Services Secretary Robin Dozier Otten visited the T or C Income
Support Division office Thursday on her tour of the state’s 70 HSD and
ISD offices.
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The
Wildlands Project Comes to Hidalgo County
At first
glance the Sky Island Alliance's most recent brochure is a colorful
portrayal of images. A beautiful Mexican parrot fills the front page.
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Steve
Pearce Committed
to Open Government
Politicians
dodging public scrutiny like to paraphrase Otto von Bismarck's famous
saying: "To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch
them in the making."
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OBITUARIES
Notices for
Albino "Chino" Perez Jr., Leonard Wayne Harvey, Beulah Ellen
Shouse, Freeman E. "Hoss" Cartwright, Deward Wayne Cotton &
Mary Rebekah Ruddell.
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…Arson
probe called
Truth
or Consequences volunteer firemen get under the wheel well of this
recreational vehicle to extinguish the last of any flames that may have
crept underneath the RV from a fire in a small yard of railroad ties and
old tires in the 200 block of Birch Street Tuesday night. A small
explosion or popping noise occurred after fire fighters arrived at the
scene to find railroad ties on fire next to the RV. Fire Chief Mike Tooley
called for an investigator to probe for clues in the arson.
DJ
Photo by Bill Johnson
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Relay
For Life brings together young and old alike in a united battle against
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…Young at
heart
Esther
Kruse, 93, of Truth or Consequences and daughter, Lee Ann Maketansky, make
their trek around the Tiger Stadium track in T or C last Friday night to
lend their support to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life
event. Mrs. Kruse may very well have been the oldest person to
participate, but she never showed it.
DJ
photo by Bill Johnson
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Man
accused
of
stalking
ex-wife’s
friend
Desert
Journal Staff Report
A criminal
complaint filed Monday in magistrate court alleges a man stalked and
attacked a friend of his former wife after finding the friend at his
ex-wife’s home in Arrey last Friday.
Darol Alexander, 45, a former Arrey
resident, allegedly battered Kelly Alexander and stalked her friend,
Shannon Crowder, in a vehicle pursuit and thrice struck Mr. Crowder’s
car.
The magistrate court Thursday bound
Alexander over to district court to face trial on charges including two
counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and a count each of
aggravated stalking, battery against a household member and aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon after Alexander waived his preliminary
hearing.
The court set bond at $21,000 cash
only.
Sheriff’s Deputy David Bryant
arrested Alexander on an arrest warrant on Monday.
According to the affidavit for arrest
warrant filed by Sgt. Glenn Hamilton of the Sheriff’s Office, Alexander
allegedly went inside his ex-wife’s home in Arrey on Sept. 11 a week
after a restraining order was issued in a divorce case in district court.
The court had ordered Alexander to stay 100 yards away from Ms.
Alexander’s residence.
Then on Oct. 4, Alexander returned to
his ex-wife’s home where, according to Crowder’s and Ms. Alexander’s
statements to police, he pulled into the driveway area behind Mr.
Crowder’s vehicle and got out of his car.
Crowder told Alexander he was violating
the restraining order again after which Alexander then threw a beer bottle
at Crowder’s driver side window, the affidavit alleged.
The bottle broke the window and sprayed
glass over Crowder’s face, arm and upper body and as a result, Crowder
sustained several cuts on his face and arms, according to Hamilton’s
affidavit. This incident would constitute the first incident of aggravated
battery with a deadly weapon, being the beer bottle, and which is a third
degree felony.
Alexander then allegedly attempted to
drag Crowder from his vehicle through the broken window, at which time Ms.
Alexander attempted to stop Mr. Alexander by grabbing him from behind.
Mr. Alexander then sharply elbowed her
on the eye, causing bruising and swelling and knocking her to the ground.
She then got up and again attempted to stop him from attacking Crowder but
he turned toward her, picked her up with both of his hands and threw her
aside, causing her to again fall on the ground, the affidavit said.
Crowder at that time tried to drive
away from the residence with Mr. Alexander hanging onto the car in an
attempt to stop Crowder from leaving, the affidavit said. Finally, he let
go of the vehicle, returned to the vehicle he had driven up in and left
the area.
Crowder told Sgt. Hamilton he was
driving near the Caballo Tavern on old Highway 85 (now 181) when he saw
some headlights get rapidly closer to his car to the point it struck his
car on the rear, the affidavit said.
Attempting to escape another collision,
Crowder accelerated to 75 or 80 mph; however, Alexander sped up and pulled
alongside of Crowder’s vehicle, actually hitting Crowder’s car on the
side. Alexander then sped away, leaving Crowder very shaken and his car
damaged.
But that wasn’t all. After Crowder
was attempting to return to Ms. Alexander’s residence, he again was
confronted by headlights racing toward the rear of his vehicle. Again,
Alexander struck the rear of Crowder’s car for a third hit.
Crowder said it appeared as he drove
away that the last strike had a detrimental effect on Alexander’s
vehicle. Alexander pulled over to the side, stopping at Exit 59 on
Interstate 25 where he waited for law enforcement, the affidavit said.
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Members
of the T or C/Sierra County Chamber of Commerce serve cookies, punch and
coffee to participants of the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life
event last Friday night in Tiger Stadium.
DJ
photo by Bill Johnson
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T
or C man charged
with
fraudulent use
of
stolen credit card
Desert
Journal Staff Report
State police
arrested a 63-year-old Truth or Consequences man Monday on charges of
fraudulent use of a credit card, fraudulent receipt of a credit card and a
violation of the Remote Financial Services Act.
According to the criminal complaint
filed Tuesday in the Sierra County Magistrate Court, Bob Barnes of 516
Austin Ave. No. 4 allegedly obtained $400 cash on a credit card without
the consent of Robert Parks of Las Palomas to whom the card was issued.
Furthermore, Barnes also is accused in
the complaint leveled by patrolman Justin Fedric of receiving possession
of a credit card issued in the name of a person other than himself from a
person other than the issuer or his authorized agent.
The last count in the complaint said
Barnes allegedly made an unauthorized withdrawal from the account of
another person with a financial institution, or stole the card of another,
or made an unauthorized use of the card of another.
The first count is a third degree
felony and the other two counts are fourth degree felonies, which if upon
conviction, could result in a maximum prison term of six years.
The magistrate court set bond for
Barnes at $15,000.
The incidents occurred between Aug. 6
and 24 in Sierra County.
Detective Ron Huff of the T or C Police
Department on Oct. 1 reported to state police that a credit card was
stolen in Las Palomas. The victim, Parks, had told the city detective that
his MasterCard credit card that had been filed away in his file cabinet at
his home since about April 2001. “But he never called the number to
activate the credit card,” officer Fedric said in the arrest warrant
affidavit.
On Sept. 14, Parks received a statement
from First USA in which the credit card account showed a balance of
$3,132.20. The statement also included a transaction at Bank of the
Southwest in T or C on Aug. 24.
As a result of the information, Det.
Huff watched the surveillance video and turned over copies of it and the
transaction to Fedric. Barnes was on the video as was also a witnessing
female who went into the ATM booth at the bank.
The transaction receipt showed an
attempted withdrawal of $300 with a credit card that was denied at 2:36
p.m. at which the male, identified as Barnes, was still in the ATM booth
alone.
At 2:39 p.m. a light-colored, four-door
sedan could be seen in the parking lot behind the ATM booth. Then at about
2:41 p.m., the female could be seen entering the ATM booth while the man
(Barnes) was still in front of the ATM.
The next transaction on the receipt,
for $80, was made by the woman and next the video showed both persons
talking for a couple of minutes with the female showing the male how to
use the ATM and then the female leaving.
Again, the male is alone inside the ATM
booth and at 2:44 p.m. the transaction receipt showed a $200 withdrawal on
the same credit card, but not the one that had been stolen from Parks.
At 2:47 p.m., the man was still
standing in the ATM booth alone when another transaction was completed –
this time for a $400 cash withdrawal using the credit card that Parks
reported stolen. The man is shown staying in the booth until 2:51 p.m.
“It is apparent by the short times
between transactions and the fact that the male is alone in the ATM booth,
that the unknown male used a personal credit card for the transaction at
2:44 p.m. and the stolen credit card at 2:47 p.m.,” the affidavit said.
Fedric then got a picture of Barnes
from the Motor Vehicle Division office in T or C and also obtained
transaction receipts for withdrawals from the bank from Aug. 9 to Sept. 10
relating to the stolen credit card account.
On Sept. 4, Fedric met with the female
witness from the ATM booth at the state police office in T or C and she
told the officer she had helped show the man in the ATM booth how to use
the ATM machine. She said the man told her to go ahead of him and after
she completed her transaction she noticed he was still having problems
using the card, so she showed him how to properly “swipe” the card.
She also identified the man from the
photo Fedric had gotten from MVD, according to the affidavit.
Fedric also spoke with Andrea Hibbit,
fraud investigator for First USA, on Sept. 4 and she explained that to
activate a card, the call must come from the cardholder’s home phone
number to verify the information. She faxed the phone number from where
the card was activated and also the date of activation, which was Aug. 6
on the victim’s phone number.
After more searches and recoveries of
documents from the bank upon the execution of a search warrant, officer
Fedric learned that a checking account number used during the transaction
in the ATM on Aug. 24 belonged to Bob Barnes.
The complaint doesn’t explain or
attempt to explain how Barnes got possession of the victim’s credit
card, or how the phone call was placed from Parks’ residence to activate
the missing credit card.
A preliminary hearing for Barnes is set
for 8:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in the Sierra County Magistrate Court.
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New
Mexico Human Services Department Secretary Robin Dozier Otten (right) and
Marise McFadden (left), state director of the Income Support Division,
Thursday afternoon make their official visit to the Truth or Consequences
office, represented by Sierra County ISD director Yolanda Sepulveda
(center).
DJ
Photo by Fred Mramor
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HSD
Secretary visits T or C
By
Fred Mramor of
the Desert Journal
New Mexico Human
Services Secretary Robin Dozier Otten visited the Truth or Consequences
Income Support Division office Thursday afternoon on her tour of the
state’s 70 HSD and ISD offices.
Otten’s mission, before leaving her
post at the end of this year following the election of a new governor, was
to tell HSD employees how vital they are in improving the lives of
thousands of New Mexicans.
Prior to her chat with local HSD
employees, Otten said New Mexico has progressed tremendously in moving
people off the welfare rolls and on to payrolls. Otten said the number of
New Mexico’s welfare recipients has decreased by 50 percent since the
passage of the Welfare Reform Act of 1997 and by 15 percent in the last
year.
Otten said HSD has been receiving fewer
requests for assistance in recent years and people are relying on welfare
only for the temporary help it was meant to be.
New Mexico received an additional $6.3
million from the federal government this year as a reward for being the
number three state in moving people from welfare to work, Otten said.
Otten said that although the number of
individuals and families receiving cash assistance has declined, New
Mexico still has plenty of use for the federal bonus bucks in providing
non-cash assistance for child care, transportation, food stamps, substance
abuse counseling and other services.
As for the bad news, Otten said the
state’s Medicaid budget is “out of control” with 375,000 persons (67
percent of them children) on the state’s Medicaid roles and from 3,000
to 4,000 added each month. “Something has to be done,” Otten said.
ISD State Director Marise McFadden said
half of New Mexico’s current $4 billion budget is disbursed through the
HSD. From two to four percent of New Mexicans are on Temporary Assistance
to Needy Families, she said, adding that one in seven New Mexicans receive
food stamps while the national average is one in 10.
McFadden said New Mexico HSD doesn’t
track how many American citizens receive public assistance compared with
non-citizens, but HSD Regional Opeartions Manager David Devitt said HSD
and ISD do not provide assistance to illegal immigrants and must confirm
applicant’s legal status with social security cards and other
documentation.
Devitt said, however, children born in
the United States of illegal immigrants are American citizens and may
therefore be entitled to assistance.
Thousands of Sierra County citizens
taker advantage of the numerous programs administered by the department.
Among these programs are Medicaid, ensuring health care for 2,682 people,
most of whom are children; food stamps, providing food assistance to 673
families; and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, providing financial
assistance to 145 needy families each month.
Overall, the department employs 14 in T
or C.
The mission of the HSD is to help New
Mexicans improve their well being and move toward self sufficiency by
leading an integrated network of public and private support.
Each year, the HSD helps over 600,000
New Mexicans make ends meet, obtain food, get jobs or training, pay for
heating and cooling, locate child care, obtain health care or receive
child support.
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This youth glances over
the cards that honor and memorialize the survivors and those who have died
from cancer. The display was available for viewing at the American Cancer
Society’s Relay for Life event last Friday night in Tiger Stadium.
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The
Wildlands Project
Comes
to Hidalgo County
The
Sky Island Alliance (Part 2)
A
Country Girl's Musin'
By
Judy Keeler
At first glance
the Sky Island Alliance's most recent brochure is a colorful portrayal of
images. A beautiful Mexican parrot fills the front page.
Picturesque Chihuahuan Desert
landscapes leap from the inner pages. A portrait of the allusive jaguar
dominates its own corner.
Although the Alliance now claims to
have originated in 1992, in response to the Forest Service's development
oriented recreational plan, its initial press coverage stated they were
established to "design biological reserves."
Claiming to be a grassroots coalition
in favor of restoring native biological diversity and a publicly supported
non-profit organization, the Alliance's tax return for the year 2000 shows
the organization received most of its funding from a handful of
contributors.
Contributions for the year totaled
$108,901. However, $105,000 came from five donors. Only a small amount of
income came from their "grassroots" supporters. For the year
1999, their 990 tax return reveals the organization grew exponentially
from 1995 to 2000.
Receiving contributions of only $3,100
in 1995, their largest leaps in income occurred between 1996 and 1998 when
they grew from $25,371, to $60,686, to $103,853.
Today, the original "Greater Gila
Sky Island Reserve" has also grown by leaps and bounds, from a
40,000-square-mile plan to one of 70,000 square miles.
The name also has been changed. It is
now called the "Sky Islands Wildlands Network (SWIN)." Based on
a concept called "rewilding," the Alliance now hopes "to
stabilize prey and smaller predator populations" by “restoring
large carnivores.”
Working with its partners, the
Wildlands Project and Naturalia of Mexico, the organization claims to have
spent seven years writing a 220-page Sky Island Wildlands Network
Conservation Plan to achieve its goals.
According to the Plan, the greatest
threats to the "sky island" area are subdivisions, poor
livestock grazing practices, fire suppression and recreation and resource
based management by the federal agencies.
Just as the Wildlands Project calls for
core areas, corridors and buffer zones to protect biodiversity, the
Alliance calls for core areas to be designated for "wilderness,
roadless areas, and national parks" where "extractive uses would
be prohibited."
Based on re-wilding, the
"linkage" or corridor areas would allow the "genetic
exchange" necessary for wide-ranging "focal species such as
Mexican wolves, jaguars, mountain lions, black bears, elk and northern
goshawks."
Their claim that the 70,000-acre area
is "globally important" because it is "rich in diverse
species and habitats" is supported solely on Aldo Leopold's
conviction that "this area is the last of North America's strongholds
for magnificent predators."
Both the Wildlands Project and Sky
Island Alliance participate in inventorying U.S. Forest Service and Bureau
of Land Management lands for "roadless" areas. Making these
events overnight camping trips, filled with fun and adventure, their trips
have drawn avid followers.
During the summer of 2000, several
representatives from cooperating groups took part in
"inventorying" the Coronado Forest in southern Hidalgo County.
Surveying for roadless areas has
created one of those "strange bed fellow" relationships between
environmental groups and ranchers.
Ranchers, desiring to protect their
private property and in-holdings on federal lands, i.e. windmills, water
storage tanks, etc., from trespass and criminal damage, have unwittingly
allowed the Alliance to recommend closing certain roads.
Once recommendations are made to and
approved by the federal agencies, they become binding on all parties.
Roads are obliterated from maps and blocked by boulders on the ground.
This serves to increase the amount of acreage in "roadless
areas" and causes it to be reclassified by the agencies.
It also provides a stronger case for
environmental groups that lobby Congress to convert wilderness study areas
into wilderness, and to enlarge existing wilderness areas.
On Oct. 19, the Sky Island Alliance,
Wildlands Project, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Wilderness Society and
Arizona Wilderness Coalition will host a "Sky Island 2002: Restoring
Connections" workshop in Tucson, AZ.
Proclaiming the event will showcase
"the network of people and organizations working to preserve the
biological diversity of the unique Sky Islands borderland
eco-region," attendees will have an opportunity to hear "from
Sky Islands Wildlands Network member groups, private citizens, scientists,
government agencies, and other land protection organizations about the
latest efforts to restore and connect wildlands."
Keynote speaker will be Dave Foreman.
Other presenters besides the hosts include: the Arizona State Museum; U.S.
Forest Service; Malpai Borderlands Group; Nature Conservancy; National
Park Service; Sonoran Institute; Gray Ranch; World Wildlife Fund; Center
for Biological Diversity; Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory; Coalition
for Sonoran Desert Protection; Pima County's Sonoran Desert Protection
Plan; University of Arizona; Defenders of Wildlife; Arizona Open Land
Trust; National Resource Conservation Service; a conservation biologist, a
jaguar researcher, and a Coronado Forest rancher.
Next week: The Wildlands Project.
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…Leading
the pack
From left, Cathy
Martinez, Ron Sullivan and David Martinez lead the pack of numerous Relay
for Life participants on Tiger Stadium’s track last Friday night.
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Committed
to Open Government
Guest
Editorial by Steve Pearce
Republican
Candidate, 2nd Congressional District
Politicians
dodging public scrutiny like to paraphrase Otto von Bismarck's famous
saying: "To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch
them in the making." But that should be an argument for light, not
darkness, in government decision making.
My
experience in agriculture, small business and leadership in the New Mexico
State Legislature has convinced me that I want openness: I want to know
what I'm eating; I want to know what goes into laws that affect me, my
family and my business - and I want to see how those laws are made.
Key
legislative decisions - like the state budget and appropriations - are
made in conference committees. These committee meetings are open neither
to the public nor to the news media.
My
opponent in the 2nd Congressional District race, State Senator John Arthur
Smith, and the majority of his party have a history of blocking measures
that would open these committee meetings to public observation.
During
my two terms in the state legislature, the last one as Republican Caucus
Chairman, I actively supported efforts to open conference committees,
along with the majority of Republicans and a few Democrats.
Conference
committees are the only committees left in the government that are not
open to the public or the media. Con-ference committees are made up of
members of the House and members of the Senate who are appointed when
different versions of the same bill are passed by the House and Senate.
Their
task is to negotiate a version of the bill that will be returned to the
House and Senate for concurrence. Every bill is subject to this rule, but
budgetary bills are the most likely to be passed in different versions.
Conference
committees have tremendous power, but in budgets, this power is magnified.
Thus, the process is subject to tremendous deal making. Often, the most
important decisions are made behind closed doors.
For
10 years, the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, a non-partisan
and non-profit group made up of citizens as well as the news media, and
the New Mexico Press Association, have argued to open up conference
committee meetings to the public.
Legislation
to open these conference meetings to the public was consistently passed in
the House and defeated in the Senate.
During
my tenure as a state representative, I supported opening conference
committee meetings, as have the majority of Republicans and several
Democrats.
My
opponent, John Arthur Smith, has consistently worked to derail opening
state legislative conference committees and has been at best inconsistent
in his support for open government.
Smith
has opposed open meetings because, as he said in the 2001 session,
"Conference committees are not a pretty sight." State Senator
Smith indicated he would not favor open conference committees until
"we are a full-time legislature."
Also
during the 2001 session, Smith proposed an amendment to make the open
conference committee rule contingent upon "the enactment of
legislation providing for publicly financed election campaigns."
In
the 2002 session, the House passed the open conference bill (HCR-1) 45-12.
The Senate version, sponsored by Senator Rod Adair, had bipartisan
support, including three Senate Democrats as co-sponsors: President
Pro-Tem Richard Romero, Dede Feldman and Cisco McSorley.
When
it was an important vote, to end the closed conference meetings, Smith
voted against letting the public observe what actually happens in these
important meetings.
It
is interesting to note that Senators McSorley and Romero - with Senator
Leonard Tsosie - were the three Democrats who had the courage to join
Republicans to oust Manny Aragon as Senate President Pro-Tem during the
legislature's 2001 session. Smith voted in favor of keeping Aragon as head
of the New Mexico Senate.
This
brings up three other issues that I hope to address in more detail later:
Smith's voting record supporting a paid state legislature, his support of
a full-time state legislature, and his belief that the taxpayers should be
forced to fund campaigns.
Also,
why are conference committees "not a pretty site" as Smith is
quoted? And, why shouldn't the taxpayers be able to observe what exactly
is going on in them?
It
is my strong belief that you the taxpayers and "owners of
government" deserve the opportunity to view the making of laws. We
have meat inspectors ensure that our meat supply is safe, and we need to
ensure that law making receives the same scrutiny.
"Liberty
cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people," John
Adams said. I believe that is true.
I
also agree with 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Damon J. Keith's recent
writing: "Democracy dies behind closed doors."
We
need open and responsible government.
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Posters,
signs and displays with patriotic themes dotted Hot Springs High School
Tiger Stadium during the Relay for Life last Friday night. “United We
Stand Against Cancer” was the common theme of the some 200-plus
participants in the American Cancer Society’s event.
DJ
photos by Bill Johnson
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OBITUARIES
Albino
"Chino" Perez Jr., 66, a resident of Truth or
Consequences since 1955, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, at Memorial Medical
Center in
Las Cruces.
He was
born June 5, 1936, in Anthony, NM, to Albino Perez Sr. and Feliciana
(Silva) Perez. He was a 1955 graduate of Hot Springs High School who
served in the U.S. Army from 1959-61. He retired from the Bureau of
Reclamation as a light equipment operator. A devoted family man, he also
enjoyed playing his guitar and was a member of the Silver Bullet Band.
Survivors
include his wife, Lita A. Perez (married June 15, 1984) of the family home
in T or C; his son, Gary C. Perez of Las Cruces; his
three
daughters, Gina Lira and Denise Keith, both of Las Cruces, and Diana &
husband Felipe Lopez of T or C; seven grandchildren, Aaron & Teresa
Perez, Yvan & Erica Saastamoinen, Luke & Samantha Keith, and Adam
Albino Perez; his sister, Teresa Castillo & husband Mariano of Hatch;
his sister-in-law, Rosa Perez of Las Cruces; and many nieces and nephews.
Cremation
took place and a memorial prayer vigil was held Sunday, Oct 6, and a
memorial mass was celebrated Monday, Oct 7, with Rev. Sean Garrity
officiating. Honorary casket bearers were Jaime Castillo, Art Perez, Frank
Perez, Felipe Lopez, Tudy Romero, Anthony Armijo, Stephen Jiron,
Christopher Filosa & Rick Williams. Interment was in Vista Memory
Gardens Cemetery in T or C. The family prefers memorial contributions be
sent to the American Cancer Society, 5800 Lomas Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM
87110. Arrangements were by French Mortuary & Cremation Services in T
or C; 505-894-2574.
Leonard
Wayne Harvey, 67, of Truth or Consequences, died Friday, Oct.
4, 2002, at his home. He was born Jan. 27, 1935, in Wellington, TX, to
Daniel Bert and Jessie McKay (Scaggs) Harvey. He was a Korean Conflict
veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy as an Interior Communication
Electrician 2nd Class.
Survivors
include his son, Stephen Harvey of Texas City, TX; his two daughters,
Phyllis Stelly of Texas City, TX, and Karen Hillman of Austin, TX; his
mother, Jessie Scaggs of T or C; his brother, Danny Harvey of Winnsboro,
TX; his sister, Millie McLeod of T or C; six grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren. His father preceded him in death.
No
local services are planned. A memorial service will be celebrated in Texas
City, TX, at a later date. Local arrangements are by Sierra Funeral Home
and Sierra Crematory, 507 W. McAdoo St. in T or C; 505-894-4428.
Beulah
Ellen Shouse, 93, of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002,
at her home. She was born July 30, 1909, in Sparta, KY, to William and
Lulu Jones. The retired Real Estate Broker was a member of the Sparta
Christian Church and was past president of the Florence, KY, PTA.
Her
remains will be taken to Warsaw, KY, for services and interment.
Arrangements were pending as of press time Thursday at French Mortuary
& Cremation Service in T or C; 505-894-2574.
Freeman
E. “Hoss” Cartwright, 72, a longtime resident of Truth or
Consequences, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at his home. He was born April
27, 1930, in Byers, CO, to Silas E. and Myrtle M. (Caldwell) Cartwright.
He was a retired security guard for Sandia National Laboratory in
Albuquerque. He also was a U.S. Air Force veteran serving from 1950 to
1954 and was a member of the George Curry Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
3224 and Moose Lodge 2050 in T or C. The Mason was a member of the Shrine
in Los Alamos.
Survivors
include his son, Michael Cartwright and wife Diana of Albuquerque; his
daughter, Patricia Anderson of Monrovia, MD; his sister, Madeline Johnson
of Indian Springs, AL; two grandchildren, Zachary and Lucas; and two
great-grandchildren, Rebecca and Robert. His parents and wife, Sally
Cartwright, preceded him in death.
Cremation
took place and a memorial service was held Thursday, Oct. 10, in the
Chapel of French Mortuary in T or C with Rev. Shon A. Wagner officiating.
Interment was in the Santa Fe National Cemetery. Arrangements were by
French Mortuary & Cremation Service in T or C; 505-894-2574.
Deward
Wayne Cotton, 74, an Elephant Butte resident the last 26 years,
died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, at Sierra Vista Hospital in Truth or
Consequences. He was born Feb. 7, 1928, in Bellview, NM, to Orvis Clyde
and Florence Nolen (Pulliam) Cotton. The electrician retired 12 years ago.
He was a member of the IBEW Local 583 Electrician’s Union in El Paso,
TX.
Survivors
include his wife, June Cotton of the Elephant Butte home; his four sons,
Roy Glenn and wife Karen Cotton of Albuquerque, Paul Scott and Caryl of
Elephant Butte, Gary Wayne Cotton of Nashville, TN, and Rodger Cotton of
Longmont, CO; two brothers, Orvis and wife Minnie Cotton of Midland, TX,
and Glenn and wife Donna Cotton of Elephant Butte; his sister, Marie and
husband Dick Hubbard of El Paso, TX; nine grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation
was held Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the Chapel of French Mortuary in T or C. A
graveside service was held also on Oct. 8 at the Fort Bliss National
Cemetery with Rev. Harold Penrose officiating. Arrangements were by French
Mortuary & Cremation Service in T or C; 505-894-2574.
Mary
Rebekah Ruddell, 92, a former longtime winter visitor who moved
permanently to Truth or Consequences 15 years ago, died Sunday, Oct. 6,
2002, at Sierra Vista Hospital. She was born Nov. 12, 1909, in Missouri to
Halfred Payne Botkin and Lulu Edna (Barber) Botkin. The Northwestern
Missouri State University graduate was a homemaker and had farmed
alongside her husband in Missouri. She was a member of the Methodist
Church and a proud Daughter of the American Revolution.
Survivors
include her daughter, Marilyn and husband Thurl Pope of Williamsburg; her
two grandchildren, Georgia Beth and husband Keith Williams of Fairbanks,
AK, and Lorinda and husband Richard Foster of Brisbane, Australia; two
great-grandchildren, Jacob and Ashland Williams; her sister, Elizabeth and
husband Howard Ringold of Maryville, MO. She was preceded in death by her
parents and husband, William Ruddell, in 1993.
She was
taken to the Johnson Funeral Home in Maryville, MO, where visitation was
held Wednesday, Oct. 9, and services were held Thursday, Oct. 10, with Mr.
Bob Caldwell officiating. Interment was in the Burr Oak Cemetery in
Skidmore, MO. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in
Mrs. Ruddell’s memory to the Burr Oak Church or to the Hatch Library, in
care of Mrs. Marilyn Pope, P.O. Box 154, Williamsburg, NM 87942. Local
arrangements were by French Mortuary & Cremation Service in T or C;
505-894-2574.
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After long, arduous play on the football field, the girls decide to put in
some laps on the track for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life
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