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We used to fear God. Now we fear ourfellow man.

— Quips and Quotes

NOVEMBER 1, 2001VOL. 28, No. 44

TORNILLO — Three students from Tor-nillo High School have a much brighter fu-ture ahead thanks to a recruitment effort inthe border area by the Texas SouthernUniversity’s Office of Governmental Affairsand Community Relations.

The effort, designed to increase Mexican-American enrollment at the University, re-sulted in the students receiving a scholarshipthat will cover the entire cost of tuition andfees for 12 semester hours — renewable eachsemester based on the student’s continued aca-demic achievement.

Abel Avila, Wendy Duran and Israel Trejoqualified for the award by maintaining gradepoint averages of 3.0 or better.

The scholarships were presented in a spe-cial ceremony Oct. 10 by TSU officials DwightBoykins and Veronica Delafuente, assisted byState Rep. Manny Najera.

“We are committed to the concept of diver-sity and our campus reflects that commence-ment by providing quality education to any stu-dent deserving one,” Boykins said.

“I am very proud of these students at TornilloHigh School and am glad that TSU decided tocome to our area to scout for qualified students,”Najera said. “These students are very lucky.”

Tornillo scholars given tickets to success from TSU

TICKETS TO SUCCESS — Winning scholars are shown from left, front row: Abel Avila,Wendy Duran and Israel Trejo. Back row, from left is THS Principal Ray Aguilar; StateRep. Manny Najera; Tornillo Superintendent Donna Smith; Tornillo Counselor Ed Lafferty;and TSU representatives Veronica De la Fuente and Dwight Boykins.

Americas on topSocorro ISD’s Americas High School islisted in the November edition of TexasMonthly magazine as one of the state’s bestof the best high schools, compared to otherTexas high schools with similar studentpopulations. The campus serves about2,500 students at 12101 Pellicano Driveand is already a “recognized” school bythe Texas Education Agency. TexasMonthly and the non-profit organizationJust For The Kids gathered and assesseddata based on the latest TAAS scores, plussocial and economic information. JamesKelch, principal of Americas, said the kidsalready know what a great school they at-tend but that “it’s really wonderful to havestatewide organizations…recognize us.”Statewide and district rankings are avail-able on the internet atwww.texasmonthly.com/mag/issues.

New MH/MR boardState Rep. Joe Pickett and Sen. EliotShapleigh recently announced a new boardis now in place for the El Paso MentalHealth - Mental Retardation CommunityCenter, formerly Life Management Cen-ter (LMC). A public forum to present aprogress report on the redesign of the MH/MR services in El Paso County will beheld on Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon, andNov. 7 from 4-6 p.m. at the Center forWorkforce Preparedness at 1359Lomaland in the Coyote Room — callDouglas Barker, project manager, at 782-6396 for information. The city appointeesare James B. Herendeen, Ph.D., WilliamBoushka, M.D., and Claudia Gallardo. Thecounty appointees are Rosemary Neill,Carla Olivarez, and Leo DiValentino. TheEl Paso County Hospital District appoin-tees are Fred Arellano, Ricardo Chafino,and Debra Garcia. The board is the resultof a first-ever interlocal agreement be-tween the county, city, and hospital dis-trict. The board will be officially seatedby the end of November.

In other news■ The El Paso Community College Boardof Trustees and the Canutillo ISD Boardof Trustees will hold a special joint meet-ing on Monday, Nov. 5, at the EPCCNorthwest Campus, 6701 South DesertBlvd., to discuss future cooperation and apartnership between the two entities. Forinformation call 831-2182.

■ Montwood Middle School will host aholiday extravaganza on Dec. 1 from 8a.m. to 3 p.m. Arts and crafts; jewelry,dancing, music and more are on the sched-ule. Tables for vendors are still available,Call Matilde Garcia, 856-2446, for furtherinformation.

■ Local radio station KSII-93.1 is pro-moting patriotism by featuring membersof selected area classrooms saying thePledge of Allegiance on the air each morn-ing. Oct. 25 was the day for Mrs.Rodriguez’ kindergarten class at LorenzoG. Loya Primary in San Elizario to take a

See BRIEFS, Page 6

UPPER VALLEY — Several benefactors ofthe Canutillo community were honored Mon-day morning at Childress Elementary in theCanutillo ISD, hosted by 16th District Con-gressman Silvestre Reyes.

Among the honorees was businessman TeddRichardson, who gave a check for $5,000 toChildress Principal Annette Brigham, to fur-ther the school’s long-term campus beautifi-cation/landscaping program.

“With Mr. Richardson’s generous donation,we will be able to install exercise equipmentalong our new jogging path and maybe build amusical gazebo,” said Carroll De La O, a fifth-grade teacher and beautification project coor-dinator. De La O took over the project fromretired Childress sixth-grade teacher DianeKyriss who started the project in 1997 withService Learning grant funds.

De La O hopes to use some of the money tobuild a butterfly garden in front of the school.

Richardson wasn’t the only one honored for

Canutillo beautification project receives boost from area businessmen

— Photo by Alfredo Vasquez

REALLY BIG CHECK — Businessman Tedd Richardson, left, presented $5,000 to ChildressElementary to expand a beautification project. Also shown from left is Congressman SilvestreReyes, Childress Principal Annette Brigham and Canutillo Superintendent Charles Hart.

By Don Woodyard�Courier Staff Writer

See CANUTILLO, Page 5

EAST EL PASO COUNTY — The Clint In-dependent School District’s East MontanaMiddle School was selected Friday as one of only13 junior high and middle schools in the state tobe named to the Texas Business and EducationCoalition/Just for the Kids 2001 Honor Roll.

The TBEC/JFTK Honor Roll is the mostprestigious award for sustained, whole-schoolacademic excellence in Texas. It recognizesconsistent performance from schools rated bythe Texas Education Agency (TEA) as “exem-plary” or “recognized” for three years —schools that have excellent performance in eachgrade in each subject.

It is the next step beyond the current account-ability system, the one-year “Star” snapshotoutlined in the recent Texas Monthly article and

East Montana Middle School given prestigious state honorBy Debra DominguezSpecial to the Courier

the Blue Ribbon school, in which schools mustapply for recognition.

“To have EMMS recognized at this level isnot only an indication of successful teachingbut a validation that the school and school dis-trict is dedicated to excellence in education,”Clint ISD Superintendent Sylvester Perez said.

The Texas Business and Education Coalitionwas formed in 1989 to bring business and edu-cation leaders together in a long-term effort toimprove the performance of the Texas publicschool system. TBEC, which has gained nationalacclaim for its education reform accomplish-ments, has influenced the direction of state edu-cation policy and stimulated community-basedschool improvement activities because of theactive involvement and volunteer efforts of itsmany business and education supporters.

Just for the Kids (JFTK) is a non-profit or-ganization that takes the state’s Texas Assess-ment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test to the See EMMS, Page 4

next level. For the TAAS, the state requires thatmore than 80 percent of the students score apassing grade of 70 on the Texas Learning In-dex (TLI) to be considered recognized.

“JFTK, however, raises the bar by rankingthe campuses on an 85 TLI instead of the 70,”Olivia Campos, Clint ISD Assistant Superin-tendent said. “Eighty-five being the measur-ing figure that TEA and JFTK call the profi-ciency level.

“JFTK also looks at the AchievementGap,” she said. “That is the difference in per-formance of economically disadvantagedstudents when grouped with similar schools.It takes the highest performing school in thatgroup and compares it to the lowest in thatsame group. The difference is that gap whichneeds to be narrowed.”

East Montana Middle School, located at

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Eye on D.C. By U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla

HORIZON— It is an i g h t m a r e

that doesn’t go away when you wakeup. Even our children are dreaming it.

The Courier has been getting theseletters and poems — in the mail,shoved under the door — writtenpieces of people trying to make senseof Sept. 11 and the ensuing nightmareof white powdered anthrax and na-tional terrorism alerts.

San Elizario poet Beatrice Cantu— no stranger to gritty, hauntingverse — expresses it this way:

The hurts are unbearable,unbelievableSept. 11, 2001!When we all whine on the number nineOn a Tuesday day…

Some of the correspondence is fullof faith and hope, like this excerptfrom a beautiful, flowing poem byVeronica Esparza:

In the midst of the presence of evilWe fear notThe time for faith is at handTo join as one nationTo overcome this mayhem…Our country overflows withlove and unityAs Americans we are sincereWe represent Freedom, Honorand Liberty

Some of it echoes a terrible cer-tainty that our future will not be whatwe as a nation had hoped it would —that our national consciousness mustface a new reality fraught with fear,uncertainty, and global consequence.Writes Orlando Prieto, a 7th graderat Clint Jr. High:

The events in the future will prob-ably be continued fighting against theAfghans. The Afghans are going tobe our enemies for the rest of ourlives, and Osama bin Laden is goingto be the “World’s Most Wanted” for-ever. I fear that the terrorists will gofor the Empire State Building in the

It’s not gonein the morning

future.My feelings are sad and I wish this

tragedy did not happen at all. To me,this was the most tragic act of allmankind. I also feel angry…

Some of it is heartrending whenyou realize it comes from a middleschool student who, instead of think-ing about plowshares, is being forcedto focus on military strategy. Says AlCastillo, CJHS 8th grader:

As more and more days havepassed, there is still no sign of Osamabin Ladin. My personal opinion isthat the President is doing the rightthing to send troops to find bin Laden.I think that to defeat this man, wehave to plan very carefully. But at thesame time, we should be very con-siderate of the poor and innocentpeople that live in the Middle East.My personal feeling about being atwar is that this is a horrible incidentand that all of my life has changed insome way, shape, or form…

We are not the first nation, nor willwe be the last, to suffer at the handof evil. Ours are not the first children,artists, writers, and poets to lamentnational loss and nameless suffering.

It’s just that we are so new at it.Unlike many cultures, our young

people are still filled with confidence,with the certainty that our nation candefeat any enemy, any adversary.Lisa Eveler, an 8th grader at CJHS,expresses it thus:

And now, in the United States, any-where you go, you’ll see an Ameri-can flag…I think the only thing Iknow for sure is that we have to findthe person or persons who did this.As our President Bush said, “Todayfreedom was attacked by a facelesscoward.” I think this is the best sum-mary for all that has been happen-ing. Hopefully, in the near future, wewill all still be closely united andwork together to get over this tragic,

The ramifications of the Sep-tember 11th terrorist attack aretoo many to count. Thousands oflives were taken and millions ofothers have been deeply affected.As if things aren’t tough enough,

our economy has also been badly bruised.Hundreds of thousands of Americans are hurting eco-

nomically through no fault of their own. Our nation needsan economic boost now more than ever.

We all understand that there is nothing anyone can door say to bring back the lives lost. But what we can do iswork to rebuild and get back on track. And that’s ex-actly what your Congress intends to do.

Last week, I voted on a package of legislation thatwill help all taxpaying Americans. The Economic Secu-rity and Recovery Act is going to offer immediate helpfor our nation’s economy. The package will provide a$100 billion economic stimulus and is projected to cre-ate 167,000 new jobs. The best news is that we’re goingto expedite this legislation. Once it’s passed by the Sen-ate and approved by President Bush, it will become im-mediately effective.

A key component of the plan includes accelerating theincome tax relief that became law earlier this year. We’realso going see that people who received partial tax re-bates under this spring’s tax relief bill will have theirrebates increased to the full $300 for individuals and$600 for married couples. And those people who filed atax return in 2000, but were not eligible in the previousround, will now get their payment of either $300 or $600.This means real savings for people across the board.

The Economic Stimulus package will also help the stateswith unemployment benefits. Many Americans have losttheir jobs as a result of the September 11th tragedy. We

Getting our economy back on trackneed to ensure that states have the ability to cover anyonewho needs health and unemployment benefits. We’re alsogoing to allow deductions for capital losses for individu-als. The current $3,000 deduction will be increased fortwo years. It will be raised to $4,000 in the first year andthen $5,000 in the second. This will allow people who havesuffered losses in the current economic environment tominimize the impact of their losses.

We all know that small businesses helped buildAmerica. The stimulus legislation is going to help takecare of small business owners in the wake of these dev-astating events. Congress wants to allow additional ex-pensing for small businesses. They will be able to writeoff even more of their capital investments — $35,000annually for two years. That money can be directly in-vested in paying salaries and keeping their business afloatthrough tough economic times.

The economic package we have proposed is a majorstep toward regaining a healthy economy. Each of thecomponents will help us stimulate different areas of theeconomy and promote growth and jobs.

Above and beyond what we’re doing in Congress, Iencourage each of your to get back to the shopping malls,head back to the grocery stores and visit your favoritesporting events. The holidays are just around the corner.Purchase some of your holiday gifts a few weeks early.Each of you have the power and ability to help stimulateour nation’s economy. All hands need to be on deck —we all have the ability to help.

Our economy has weathered turbulence in the pastduring times of war and peace. But a sound, reasonedeconomic growth package — coupled with the trust andassistance of the American people — will put us backon track toward prosperity. God bless each of you, andGod bless America!

See MORNING, Page 7

WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIERNovember 1, 2001

Reyes ReportsBy U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes

View from the porch By Linda Mussehl

Sometimes I just hate it whenI’m right.

Several weeks ago we saw onthe news that humanitarian fooddrops would accompany thebombing of Afghanistan. They

showed the yellow packets that were to drop from thesky upon the hungry people of Afghanistan. The pack-ets were manufactured to contain 2,200 “culturallysensitive” calories: two thermostabilized vegetarianentrees based on lentils, beans and rice, plus bread,fruit bar, fortified crackers and peanut butter.

It all sounded so good, so smart — so noble, almost— of us to give zakah, alms, to the poor Afghanis.

I told Pardner at the time, “Well, at least the Afghanilivestock will eat well for a while. I can just hear itnow: ‘Kids, after dark you sneak this mess down andfeed it to the neighbor’s goat. If it lives three days,then we’ll try it on our goat.’”

Later we saw another news segment of the peanutbutter being squeezed onto the ground, the yellowpackages stacked for sale in the local market and, yes,livestock chowing down on our charity. The tone ofthe newscast was one of patronizing disbelief that“those people” would actually waste our largesse.

It always amazes me how nearsighted we in the Westare when it comes to understanding other cultures.Why did we expect any other outcome?

Imagine an Afghan widow in her twenties. She wasa child during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,when toys and candy — concealing small anti-per-sonnel mines — rained from the sky. Because she isisolated, her understanding of the world is determinedby tradition and word of mouth. Why do we think she

Technocentric myopiawould recognize our manufactured equivalent of foodas actually being edible, know how to use it, and thentrust it enough to actually feed it to her children?

If she does trust the food, rumor will soon convinceher otherwise. The Indian Mutiny of 1857 was trig-gered by such technocentric thinking when the Brit-ish blithely introduced new Enfield rifles for use bytheir Hindu and Moslem sepoys (soldiers).

High-tech weaponry of its time, the Enfield had aself-contained, heavily greased paper cartridge hold-ing both ball and powder charge. The end of the car-tridge had to be bitten off before it was rammed downthe muzzle of the rifle. Whether true or not (it’s stillunclear today), local rumor said that the cartridgeswere greased with a mixture of beef (sacred to Hin-dus) and pork (abhorrent to Moslems) fat. Those fo-menting the mutiny passed the word that the cartridgeswould cause the Hindus to lose caste and defile theMoslems.

Pretty canny psych-ops. Can we expect the Mos-lem extremists in Afghanistan today to do less thantheir militant forefathers?

How much more effective would our altruism be ifwe could deliver food that looks like trustworthy food— wheat, rice, chickpeas, lentils, figs and dried apri-cots, and small containers of ghee. Instead of plasticpackaging, think of the propaganda value of stout cot-ton bags that could be recycled into tents, clothingand bedding.

Maybe, long-term at least, we will put a littleprotein in the people’s bellies anyway. I wonder ifthe government staffers have consulted animal hus-bandry experts to calculate goats’ conversion rateof peanut butter?

Last week as many of you know,my office in Washington, DC wasclosed due to possible anthrax expo-sure. Anthrax spores were found inthree of the offices in our building,but luckily none were found in myoffice. My staff and I have contin-ued to work for the 16th district ofTexas. Though our office has beenclosed, we have set up shop at theGAO building, other member’s of-fices, and in the capitol and vicinity.My staff have done a spectacular jobeven though they have been withoutour office.

After the attacks on September 11,the Homeland Security Task Forcewas established, and I was appointedas one of the members of the TaskForce. The members immediatelymet and decided it was necessary todraft the Bio-Terrorism ProtectionAct. During the last couple of weeksour nation has continued to be ter-rorized by some who wish to weakenus, to destroy us. While the Housebuildings and Capitol were closed,the Homeland Security Task Forcecontinued to meet. We have draftedthe Bio-Terrorism Protection Act sothat America can be safe from andprepared for future biological attacks.

Immediately following the Sep-tember 11 attacks I met with leadersin El Paso to discuss what needed tobe done to make sure that our city isprotected and prepared to respond toany attacks including bio-terroristattacks. After working for manyhours with other members of Con-gress, I am pleased to see that wewere able to include in our bill manyof the requests that the El Paso com-munity had. It is important that ElPaso is equipped to respond to anypossible bio-terrorism attacks.

The Bio-Terrorism Protection Actprovides $600 million to train andequip health personnel and first re-sponders to provide assistance, anti-biotics, and vaccines to attack vic-tims. It also improves the communi-cation networks so that health pro-fessionals can limit the spread of dis-ease. The hospitals and clinics in ElPaso and throughout the nation arein need of antibiotics and vaccines.

Protectingourselves fromfuture attacks

We included $643 million dollars togo towards making sure that thestockpile is increased so that every-one who needs treatment will be ableto receive it.

The Bio-Terrorism Protection Actalso provides funding for additionallaw enforcement personnel at theFederal, State, and local level. Cur-rently there are not enough agentsand inspectors to completely moni-tor our nation’s border. This leavesus vulnerable in certain areas. Thisbill increases the size of the UnitedStates Border Patrol for the northernand southern border to 15,000 by2003 and increases Customs Inspec-tors at our Ports of Entry.

In addition to an increase in enforce-ment personnel, this bill also includesenhanced technology that will furtheraid enforcement agents in detectingillicit cargo and undesirables attempt-ing to enter the United States. Withcutting edge biometrics and other newtechnologies we can create a safer,more efficient, and less subjective, lawenforcement system that will ease cur-rent burdens on commerce along theborder and throughout the nation. InEl Paso, we have seen a 50% decreasein business. More agents and bettertechnology will not only keep our na-tion safe, but it will also ease the strainthe border communities have had toshoulder.

This bio-terrorism bill will secureour borders on land and at sea, pro-tect our food and water, and equipour communities with the resourcesit needs to prevent and respond tobio-terrorism. This bill, must bepassed by Congress soon.

Since September 11, familiesthroughout the nation have been con-cerned with what may happen next.We are all more cautious and morealert, but we are also stronger, moreunited, something I am certain theterrorists never expected. We areready to do whatever it takes to makesure that this nation is safe from fu-ture attacks and bio-terrorism. Thisbill is one more step we need to taketo strengthen and protect our nation,so that we can move forward andcontinue to live the American dream.


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SOCORRO — This is the fourthattempt by this City to adopt a newCity Charter. As in the past, some ofthe Charter Commission membershave worked diligently to overcomethe obstacles put in its path by ourlocal politicians.

As in the past, the Charter Com-mission secretary was used by theAdministration to try to frustrate thecreation of this vital document. A pri-vate, truly competent and unbiased,executive secretary should have beenused to insure the proper composi-tion of the document, as I suggestedto Mr. Richard. Ortiz, the CharterPresident.

Some of the Commission mem-bers, such as Irma Sanchez, MarthaTrujillo and others were extremelycourageous and conscientious aboutthe proper composition of the docu-ment. Half of the Charter Commis-sion members never, or very rarely,attended the meetings. Their concernseems to have been to fill the posi-tion so that someone else could not.

The new Charter offers us the fol-lowing characteristics that place it ina totally new and better position thanwe have been in the past with our oldCharter.

The new Charter has:• An article that provides for refer-

endum and recall. This means that ifone of our duly elected politicians isperceived to be promoting individualinterests rather than the good of thecommunity he can be thrown out ofoffice by petition of the citizenry.

• A less greedy pay scale for ourCouncilmen. It is truly a sad realiza-tion that a great many, if not the ma-jority, of the politicians across the na-tion are out for their own enrichment,rather than the good of the commu-nity. However, since our City is inone of the poorer sections of thecountry, a salary that matches thesalary paid to the Councilmen bysome of the larger cities in the na-tion is obscene. Yet some Commis-sion members, who probably hope toget reelected and benefit from thehigh salaries that were proposed,pushed very hard for that during thecourse of the creation of the Charter.At least they were trying to do a cronya favor. Lower, affordable salaries in-

situation where you have a father anda son in different areas of politicswithin the same geographical area,although allowed by the law, is anextremely good example of very badgovernment in our City, even if thefather runs around coaching the sonin order to keep him from putting hisfoot in his mouth as he did duringthe drafting of the Charter. Witnesswhat happened in the national elec-tions in Florida. The fact is that theson doesn’t know enough about gov-ernment to know that it was illegalto try to promote his private businessto the Charter Commission while theformulation of the Charter was inprogress and as a member of theCommission. This is called corruptand incompetent government.

There are many more reasons whythe new Charter is a must for ourcommunity and why some peopledon’t want it. They are actively cam-paigning against it already, as theyhave in the past. With the new Char-ter, this community will have achance to provide itself with somereal leadership and get itself out fromunder the incompetence that the pre-vious administrators have imposedon it since the City was revived. For-tunately, we have recently rid our-selves of two of these administrators.The same will happen to those whocontinue their quality of “leadership,”particularly with the help of the newCharter.

As a member of this community,who attended most of the Commis-sion meetings as a private citizen, Ihave seen the corruption of our Ad-ministration at its best, I hope. Ispeak, therefore, from personal ob-servation, not from hearsay and ru-mor. I urge you in the strongest terms,therefore, to go out on election dayand vote the Charter in. If we don’tadopt the Charter as our defenseagainst those in political power, wewill only see the administration getworse.

Without the Charter, those in powerwill know there is nothing to stop themfrom doing exactly what they pleaseand what is to their benefit. Then wewill truly have the government wedeserve, for we have been unwillingto do anything about it.

Proposed Charter will be of great benefit to El Pueblo de Socorro

View from here by Bernardo Fresquez

creases the probability that we willget Councilmen who are not therejust for the salary but for the good ofthe whole Community.

• The Charter creates a City with aCity Manager. This means goodbyeto Councilmen who are heads of theDepartments of the City. A hugetemptation for conflict of interest ac-tivities on the part of the Councilmen,as we have seen in the past, is thusremoved. These shenanigans willprobably continue, but it will bemuch harder for them to get awaywith it.

• The Charter provides for betterCouncil representation from thewhole City, through single memberdistricts. With a Councilmen beingelected from a pre-decided section ofthe City, el compadrismo that hascharacterized our City since its reno-vation will be much more difficult.

• The City of Socorro has paid outenormous amounts of money for law-suits brought against it. These law-suits have come about because of theadministrative incompetence of ourCity government. Because of this,our taxes will probably skyrocket ifthe Charter is not passed. Already oneof our Councilmen has stated thatthey will probably double. He prob-ably will try to run for Mayor. Why?Because if the new Charter is notpassed, the politicians will know thatthey can continue business as usual,get themselves out of the disgustingmess they are in, at our cost, as theyhave done in the past with the old,tiny Charter. One of our City semi-officials with a vested interest inmaintaining the status quo, kept in-sisting on a small Charter during theCommission sessions. I’m sure itcould not be because this will allowa certain City employee greater lati-tude. As a side note, fellow citizens.Be aware that the Civil Service sec-tion of the Charter is iron clad. Wewill never be able to fire any em-ployee for incompetence, malfea-sance or any other garbage theychoose to pull. What a coincidence,huh?

• Nepotism is rampant in our ad-ministrative and employee ranks. Itis specifically addressed and legis-lated against in the new Charter. The

3490 Ascension Rd., will be awardedand inducted into the TBEC/JFTKHonor Roll Nov. 14 at the TBEC VIPBriefing and Awards Luncheon inDallas.

El Paso Times President and TBEC

Committee Member Mack Quintanaled a small team representing indus-try, business and education for a half-day visit of EMMS on Oct. 22 toevaluate the campus.

“It’s a great honor for EMMS par-ents, teachers, students and Clint ISDto have a campus selected for the Justfor the Kids 2001 Honor Roll,”EMMS Principal Robert Mendozasaid. “I am very proud.”

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EAST EL PASO COUNTY —Middle school students in SocorroISD participated in a Learning Olym-piad the week of Sept. 10-14. TheLearning Olympiad culminated in afinal competition, on September 20.Gifted and talented students at fourarea middle schools. John O. Ensor,Capt. Walter E. Clarke, Montwood,and Socorro middle schools all com-peted in a day-long series of academi-cally oriented activities.

Students were challenged to ap-ply their knowledge in a team at-mosphere to solve hands-on prob-lems in the visual arts, writing,geography and history, mathemat-ics, and science. Students learnedand experienced the real challengeof working as a team. The three

OLYMPIAD CHAMPS — First place champions from Clarke MiddleSchool are shown from left: Magaly Fierro, Laura Gamez, Pete Gallardoand Daniel Grieb.

Learning Olympiad comes to Socorro ISDwinning teams from each of thefour schools during the first weekmet at John O. Ensor MiddleSchool on Sept. 20 for another day-long series of challenges.

Capt. Walter E. Clarke took the topthree winning places for the district.

A special thanks goes to the Hori-zon Kiwanas and parents at all theschools for their support, organizerssaid. The Horizon Kiwanas providedeach member of the winning teamswith saving bonds. Parents at JohnO. Ensor Middle School prepared aluscious cake and gave service witha smile to all participants at the finalcompetition. Plans are now beingmade to have all middle schools par-ticipate next year.

— Contributed by Lynne DeLeon


City of Horizon CityPUBLIC NOTICEA PUBLIC HEARING will be held at 6:30 p.m. onTuesday, November 13, 2001 during the Regular CityCouncil Meeting at City Hall, 14999 Darrington Road,Horizon City, Texas. Purpose of the public hearing is toallow any interested persons to appear and testifyregarding the following proposed ordinances:

1) Ordinance No. 0089, Amendment 004 for FY2001 to amend the budget for the purchase offurniture for the Police Department;

2) Proposed Rescinding Ordinance to Sign Ordi-nance No. 0091 to include changes that were notpreviously included for the Town of Horizon City,Texas.

Those who are unable to attend may submit their viewsin writing to the City Clerk of Horizon City. Ordinancesare too extensive to print. Ordinances are always availablefor viewing or copying upon request from the City Clerkat the above address.

Sandra SierraCity Clerk

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PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF SOCORRO, TEXAS

Local Law Enforcement Block Grant

The City of Socorro will hold a public hearing at 6:30p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2001 in the City CouncilChamber at Socorro City Hall, 124 S. Horizon Blvd., inregard to the use of Local Law Enforcement Block GrantProgram funds approved by the Bureau of Justice Assis-tance (BJA). The purpose of this public hearing is to al-low citizens an opportunity to discuss the proposed use ofthese funds. The City encourages citizens to participateand make their views known at this public hearing. Citi-zens unable to attend this meeting may submit their viewsto Teresa Rodriguez, Interim City Clerk.

Persons with disabilities that wish to attend this meetingshould contact City Hall to arrange for assistance. Indi-viduals who require auxiliary aids or services for this meet-ing should contact City Hall so that appropriate arrange-ments can be made.

The City of Socorro promotes Fair Housing/AffirmativeAction and Equal Employment Opportunity.WTCC:11/01/01

PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF SOCORRO, TEXAS

PROCLAMATION OF NOVEMBERAS FAIR HOUSING MONTH

WHEREAS Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of1968, as amended, prohibits discrimination inhousing and declares it a national policy to provide,within constitutional limits, for fair housing in theUnited States; and

WHEREAS The principle of Fair Housing is notonly national law and national policy, but a fundamentalhuman concept and entitlement for all Americans; and

WHEREAS The thirty-second anniversary ofthis National Fair Housing Law, was during the monthof April, provides an opportunity for all Americansto recognize that complete success in the goal of equalhousing opportunity can only be accomplished withthe help and cooperation of all Americans.

NOW, THEREFORE, WE, the City Council of theCity of Socorro, do proclaim November as FairHousing Month in the City of Socorro and do herebyurge all the citizens of this locality to become aware ofand support the Fair Housing law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have affixed oursignatures and seal on this the 2nd day of November 2001.

Amado D. PadillaMayor

Witness:Tere RodriguezInterim City Clerk

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helping the school.Frank Reyes, operations manager

of King’s Building Co., was recog-nized for the company’s donation of$3,000 of in-kind services (materi-als and labor) for the constructionof patio canopies in the park area tothe rear of the school.

The Reyes family was well rep-resented at the event.

The Reyes of King’s Building is ayounger brother of CongressmanReyes. The congressman’s daughter,Monica Reyes, is assistant principal atChildress. Frank represented anotherbrother, Jesus (Chuy) Reyes, owner ofthe company, who was out of town.

More than 100 fifth and sixthgraders attended the brief ceremo-nies in the corner of the playgroundbehind the school. Band teacherAlbert Saenz played “America theBeautiful” on the trumpet and wasaccompanied by a school choir.

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“We are blessed by TeddRichardson,” Congressman Reyessaid, “a guardian angel for the com-munity. He makes a difference ineducation. He does things withoutthought of personal recognition. Hedoesn’t do it to glorify himself.”

Richardson in turn praised theCanutillo-born congressman as “Mr.America,” for his work, along with theefforts of other national leaders, in deal-ing with the terroristic threats to the na-tion following the Sept. 11 tragedy.

Challenging the Childress stu-dents to excel, Richardson added, “Ihope to see someone from Canutilloas President some day.”

With Service Learning grant fund-ing, the learning experience is ex-tended from the classroom to the out-doors. Students apply what they havelearned in the classroom to real lifesituations, such as using math to mea-sure and compute the size of gardenplots. Teachers and students haveplanted more than 100 trees, plantedseveral flower gardens, built a jog-ging path, installed playground equip-ment and built a wildlife habitat.

— and practically anyone can par-ticipate, young and old, single ormarried, renter or home-owner.

Law enforcement work with thegroup to show how homes can bemade more secure, how to recognizesuspicious activity and how to reportit. Groups can be formed in any geo-graphical area, including a residen-tial block, and apartment building, apark, business area or housing com-plex.

Alvarez emphasized that watchgroups are not vigilantes — they sim-ply serve as the eyes and ears to re-port crime to proper law enforcementand to assist neighbors.

He added that interested personscan contact the HCPD with questionsor for assistance at 852-1047.

HORIZON — Due to a recent in-crease in home burglaries in HorizonCity, the Horizon City Police Depart-ment are asking that all citizens keeptheir eyes and ears open for suspiciousactivity — and urging the formationof citizen watch groups to help pro-tect individual neighborhoods.

Officer Joe Alvarez said a neigh-borhood watch program does notmean that residents confront suspectsthemselves.

“HCPD is asking for assistance inapprehending the individuals in-volved in several burglaries whichoccurred in the Horizon Heights areawithin the past month,” he said. “Ifyou experience any suspicious activ-ity in your neighborhood, call 546-2280 or dial 911. Do not confront any

suspects. Just call (the numbers).”He said anyone can be a victim of

crime, despite the best precautions,but that there are steps that can re-duce vulnerability — namely band-ing together in connection with locallaw enforcement agencies to preventcrime before it happens.

The National Neighborhood Watchprogram is a community-based pro-gram that’s been proven to detercrime, he said. Founded by the Na-tional Sheriff’s Association in 1972,it has become the standard in crime-prevention with neighbor lookingafter neighbor.

Officer Alvarez said the programis easy to get started by a few con-cerned residents, a community orga-nization or a law enforcement agency

Assistance sought to help solve rash of burglariesHorizon police urge formation of neighborhood watch programs

Q. Will I have to pay taxes on my So-cial Security retirement benefits?A. If you file a federal tax return asan individual and your adjusted grossincome, nontaxable interest and one-half of your Social Security benefitsis between $25,000 and $34,000, youmay have to pay taxes on 50 percentof your benefits. If your combinedincome is above $34,000, up to 85percent of your benefits is subject toincome tax. If you file a joint return,you may have to pay taxes on 50 per-cent of your benefit if you and yourspouse have a combined income be-tween $32,000 and $44,000. If thecombined income is more than$44,000, up to 85 percent of your

Social Security: Q & A by Ray Vigil

benefits is subject to income tax.

Q. My Social Security card says “NotValid for Employment.” I just gotpermission to work from the Immi-gration and Naturalization Service(INS). Will I get a new number, orshould I apply for a new number?A. To work you need to apply for areplacement Social Security card.The new card has the same numberas your current card, but will notshow the legend ìNot Valid ForEmploymentî. To apply for a re-placement card, complete Form SS-5, Application for a Social SecurityCard. Get the application atwww.ssa.gov/online/ss-5.html, call

1-800-772-1213 or visit your localSocial Security office and ask for theapplication.

Q. Someone told me that there’s aSocial Security website for kids. Whydo kids need to know about SocialSecurity?AIt’s important to teach our childrenthe basic concepts behind Social Se-curity. It teaches them the value ofsaving and the importance of plan-ning for the future. Teaching thesevalues at an early age will help themto be prepared when the time comesfor them to make financial decisions.Check out our kid’s page atwww.ssa.gov/kids/kids.htm.


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TRAVELER’S CHECK

ACROSS

1 Basil concoction

6 Exodus insect

12 Wagner ’s “-

Rheingold”

15 “Tarzan” extra

18 A lot

20 Yahweh

21 FBI employee

22 China’s _ Biao

23 Start of a remark by

William Rotsler

27 Turf

28 Zeus, to Apollo

29 Inland sea

30 Pub game

31 Actor Arnaz

33 With 75 Down, shirt

fabric

36 Mrs. Fred

Flintstone

37 Ladd or Tiegs

39 Jai _

40 Resort lake

42 _ donna

43 OPEC member

44 Part 2 of remark

48 “Othello” heavy

49 Comic Cheech

51 Kitchen utensil

52 Scand. nation

53 Numerical suffix

54 Troubles

55 Actress Maureen

56 Jet-black

58 Morning moisture

59 Algerian seaport

60 Took a dip

61 Stream

62 Objective

64 Part 3 of remark

68 “America’s Most

Wanted” abbr.

69 Bonnie’s beau

71 Turgenev’s birth-

place

72 True

74 Tachometer meas.

77 The sky, at times?

78 “_ Green Toma-

toes” (’91 film)

80 McBain or Arbus

81 Chicken _ king

82 Cardiologists’ org.

83 Ford or Miller

84 Syrup source

85 It’ll give you a lift

86 Part 4 of remark

89 Kindergartner’s age

90 Contradict

91 Enraged

92 Gilpin of “Frasier”

93 Nagged subtly

95 In the lead

97 Like some donuts

99 _ India Company

100 Pennants

101 HS subj.

102 Picnic crasher?

103 “For shame!”

106 End of remark

113 Casserole cover

114 Brink

115 Donahue of “Father

Knows Best”

116 Chihuahua garment

117 Cariou or Deighton

118 Road curve

119 New Jersey river

120 Slip

DOWN

1 Greenhouse items

2 Canyon sound

3 Start a crop

4 _ Mahal

5 Lennon’s widow

6 Come down to

earth

7 Poem of praise

8 Like Marvell’s mis-

tress

9 Important numero

10 Pay hike?

11 Jeweled headgear

12 Wonka’s creator

13 “Long, Long _”

(1833 song)

14 Hollywood sights

15 Eye opener?

16 1492 vessel

17 At loose _ (un-

settled)

19 Full of froth

24 Banister

25 More palatable

26 “The Crucible” set-

ting

31 Floor model

32 History division

33 Baseball’s Roger

34 Novelist Paton

35 Rocker Fogelberg

36 Roller-coaster cry

37 Jalopy

38 Noyes poem, with

“The”

41 Thomas _ Edison

42 Mottled

43 “Me, Myself, & _”

(2000 film)

44 Dolphins’ home

45 Too much

46 Flatfish

47 No pleasure trip

49 Cal. page

50 Spirited steed

51 Wrap

54 Telescope view

55 Held the deed

56 It’ll give you a weigh

57 Neighbor of Miss.

60 Warning device

63 Palindromic dictator

65 “_ My Way” (’44

film)

66 Rubbish

67 Cure

69 Hammer feature

70 Wheels of fortune?

73 Chemical suffix

75 See 33 Across

76 Stallion’s sweetie

78 Move like a hum-

mingbird

79 Back-pedaler

80 Essex or Seville

83 Alum

84 Bog

85 Printed matter

87 San -, CA

88 Corrective measure

89 Kasbah cap

90 _ -relief

92 - Sue Martin

93 Canadian coin

94 Promises

95 Caine character

96 “The Creation”

composer

98 Solitary sort

100 Occupy

101 Periodontist’s con-

cern

102 Curly coif

103 “The Parent _” (’61

film)

104 Absorbs, with “up”

105 Elbow’s counterpart

107 “_ the season . . .”

108 Faint

109 Out _ limb

110 Dandy

111 Shocking swimmer

112 Writer Wolfert

Answer Page 7

It’s taken the El Paso County high schoolfootball season a few weeks to get back to nor-mal since the cancellation of games in the weekafter the tragic events of September 11.

And most of the usual suspects are at, or near,the top of the district standings with just twoweeks left in the season.

And of all the weeks of football played todate, this Friday’s games are the most crucialand will, in all likelihood, decide three of thefour district championships.

It could also decide, once and for all, whichis the best team in the city, Franklin, Andressor Del Valle.

In the most anticipated matchup of the sea-son, the Andress Eagles (6-1) could sew up theDistrict 1-5A title when they host the 14th rankedteam in Texas, the Franklin Cougars (7-0).

This game will feature two of the best play-ers in the city. Quarterback Jamar Ransom,without question, is El Paso’s most valuableplayer. No team relies on a single player to leadthem to victory as much as the Eagles rely onRansom.

Franklin counters with running back Josh

Quinn. Quinn has put up some impressive num-bers on the ground and seems to save his bestfor the big games.

Both teams are 3-0 in district action and be-cause of Andress’ 30-21 win over Coronadolast week, the Eagles control their own des-tiny. If Franklin wins, they can clinch the titlethe week after against Coronado.

The second big game comes from District 2-5A, as two-time defending champion, the DelValle Conquistadores, go for another title againstnew contender, the Americas Trailblazers.

Yes, I said the Americas High SchoolTrailblazers.

Everybody knows the Conquistadores (6-1)are the class of 2-5A football but the upstartTrailblazers (5-2) are going to make them proveit this weekend.

Both teams are tied atop the district stand-ings with 4-0 records and the winner of thisone will definitely clinch the championship.

Del Valle’s leader is running back AdrianEstrada who leads all other Class 5A runnersin rushing yards. Americas has a good runninggame too but has an even more impressive de-fense allowing only 15 points per game.

The third and final mega-game of the week-end is in the under publicized District 2-4A.The top two teams in the district go at it as the

Pecos Eagles travel to Mountain View to takeon the Lobos.

Both teams come into the game at 3-0 inleague play and if Pecos wins, they clinch thedistrict title. If Mountain View wins, they clinchat least a tie for the league crown.

Pecos is a punishing running team whileMountain View can move it both on the groundand in the air and is averaging 30 points a game.

So there is a big weekend of local footballstaring you in the face and if that’s not enough,we haven’t even started talking about themonumental District 1-4A battle between Riv-erside and Ysleta on the last week of the sea-son.

But that’s a story for another time.

They’re baaackThe Arizona Diamondbacks have given the

Southwestern part of the country some legiti-macy by making it to the World Series.

In college football the Fresno State Bulldogswere doing the same thing after knocking offColorado, Oregon State and Wisconsin earlyin the season…but two straight WAC loseshave put all the Fresno State talk to bed. Butthey are not the only surprising college teamfrom this neck of the woods.

Who are the only three undefeated major col-

Upstart Americas High putting heat on the ‘big boys’lege football teams in the country? Miami(that’s one), and Nebraska (O.K. that’s two).Number three…anyone? Anyone?

The BYU Cougars.Yes, former UTEP enemy Brigham Young

has quietly put together an 8-0 record and justlike in the old days is averaging a whopping50.1 points per game.

Remember 1984 when the Cougars went 13-0 and won the national championship? I don’tknow if they can repeat that again and lookingat their schedule, they still have roads gamesat Mississippi State and Hawaii to deal with.

But it would be a good story if BYU couldput a chink in the whole ridiculous BCS thing.

Jordan rulesWith a new NBA season getting underway

this week, all the talk is how will Michael Jor-dan do with his comeback?

Well, after averaging 22 points during thepreseason, Jordan will have an all-star seasonbut the Washington Wizards will be lucky towin 30 of their 82 games.

The real question should be whether or notJordan will keep his focus after going throughall those loses.

My guess is that all of us fans will enjoyJordan’s comeback more than he will.

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turn. “The class said the Pledgeclearly, showing that they havespirit and pride in their country,”

game booths, food booths andprizes. Money raised will benefitthe PTO for playground equip-ment. For information call Ms.Granados at 852-7143.

■ The American Heart Associa-tion will host a Women’s and HeartHealth Luncheon featuring nation-ally syndicated columnist Heloiseon Nov. 7 at the Airport Hilton. Theevent will include screening forcholesterol, diabetes, and bloodpressure, as well as prizes and awomen’s “pamper yourself pack-age” donated by Daniel’s Salon.A CPR class will be provided freeto the first 20 women to register inadvance. Screenings begin at 10a.m. Call 833-1231 for details andregistration.

■ Pro-Musica Guild will host aFriendship Luncheon on Tuesday,Nov. 20, with special guests ZuillBailey, the new Artistic Directorand his wife, sculptor MargaritaCabrera. The event will be at the“original” Griggs Restaurant, 5800

Doniphan Drive, at 11:30 a.m.Reservations should be made byNov. 16 by calling 833-9400

■ The David G. Burnet Chapterof the Daughters of the Republicof Texas will hold a luncheonmeeting at 11:30 a.m. on Friday,Nov. 9. The meeting will be heldat the El Paso Club, 200 E. Main.The program will be Tim Fulmerfrom the Union Plaza Redevelop-ment Program. For additional in-formation call 584-2086.

■ The El Paso RehabilitationCenter will present a family con-ference on Nov. 30 entitled “Ex-traordinary Relationships in anAnxious World,” featuringRoberta Gilbert M.D., author ofExtraordinary Relationships: ANew Way of Thinking About Hu-man Interaction and ConnectingWith Our Children. Hours of theconference are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.at the Center, 1101 E. Schuster inEl Paso. For information callLydia Hernandez at 544-8484.

said Asst. Principal ChristineJaksch.

■ Navy Airman Ricardo GallardoJr., son of Maria and RicardoGallardo of Fabens, recently com-pleted the Aviation Electrician’sMate Course at the Naval Air Sta-tion in Pensacola, Florida. During

the five-month course Gallardowas prepared to work on the elec-trical componets of jet aircraft andother aircraft electrical systems. Heis a 2000 graduate of Fabens HighSchool.

■ Americas High School Trail-blazer band earned the GrandChampion honors during the NewMexico State University Tourna-ment of Bands competition Oct.27. The 24th annual competitionwas staged in Aggie MemorialStadium at the Las Cruces cam-pus. The Trailblazers fielded 200musicians, competing with about40 other bands. The AmericasFlag Corps also was named Out-standing Auxiliary. Band directoris Henry Vega, assisted by BobArterbury and John Bailey.

■ Frank Macias ElementarySchool will be having a Fall Fes-tival on Nov. 3, 2001 at FrankMacias Elementary School,12595 Darrington, from noon to7 p.m. There will be plenty of

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R.F.D. By Mike Marland

By Don FloodScientists tell us that the gravitational pull of “black

holes” is so great that even light cannot escape.I never really believed this until recently, when

we got sucked into the NBC Studios store in NewYork City.

The store is filled with T-shirts and trinkets fromNBC shows going back to the early 19th century hit,“Late Night with Napoleon.” (It still appears on cable.)

But it’s not all junk.The store also sells hot items like NBC water,

the very same water enjoyed by so many of thenetwork’s stars. It came in a special plastic bottlewith the NBC logo.

Just holding it in my hands somehow made me feelas if I actually knew Katie Couric. I bought six bottles.

My wife went one better. She actually got her pic-ture taken with Katie —they’re on a first-name basisnow — when the star stopped by the store, probablyto load up on refreshing NBC water.

OK, that’s not exactly true, but my wife did get herpicture taken on a set that made it appear she was sit-ting on the “Today” show set with Katie Couric. (It’sa magical process called “trick photography.”)

But that wasn’t the worst tourist trap.There was another gimmick that allowed you to “ap-

pear” on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno or “LateNight” with Conan O’Brien. It was the absolute cheesi-est thing you ever saw!

Fortunately, there was no line, so my son and I didn’thave to wait.

A pre-filmed segment had Leno feeding you ques-

Inside TV tions. You would answer by turning and talking to theair next to you. Since people often leave our housewithout my noticing it, I was pretty used to this.

(One thing I have to say is, Leno seems just as nicewhen you meet him on video as when you see him onTV. He’s just like a regular person.)

The amazing part was that you really appeared tobe in the same shot with Leno, just as Leno could plau-sibly claim that he had my son and I on the show.

But don’t believe it — even if you do see us onfuture “Best of The Tonight Show” clips.

We really weren’t on the show! It’s all “trickphotography.”

But first we did Conan’s show, featuring the fa-mous “flying desk” bit, where Conan appears to be“driving” his desk out of the studio and all overNew York.

Another “insider” tidbit: The “flying desk” is alsonothing more than “trick photography.” Despite real-istic-looking footage showing Conan flying his deskall over Manhattan, the fact is he never actually leavesthe studio.

Mostly, the segment required my acting like a mo-ron. I was pleased to find out I was what talent scoutscall “a natural.”

I waved my arms to the audience, I acted like wewere on a roller coaster, I pretended we bumped into aline of high-kicking Rockettes —Disclaimer: No ani-mals or Rockettes were harmed during the filming ofour segment — and I “cut-up” with Conan O’Brien.

In short, I was the greatest thing to hit “Late Night”since, well, whoever else had forked over 10 bucksbefore me!___________________________________________________

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City of SocorroPUBLIC NOTICE

ORDER OF SPECIAL ELECTIONFOR THE CITY OF SOCORRO

An election is hereby ordered to be held on November 6,2001 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the purpose of: Adoptinga Charter for the City of Socorro.

Early voting in person shall be conducted at Socorro HighSchool, 10150 Alameda Ave., beginning Monday, October22, 2001, and continue through Friday, November 2, 2001from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on each day which is not a Saturday,Sunday, or an official state holiday.

The early voting ballot applications and ballots by mailmay be sent to Helen Jamison, County ElectionsDepartment, 500 E. San Antonio, Room 402, El Paso,Texas 79901.

Precincts Polling Place Address108 Hilley Elementary 693 Rio Vista

109 Socorro High School 10150 Alameda

110 Escontrias Elementary School 205 Buford Rd.

155 Campestre Elementary School 11399 Socorro Rd.

Issued this 16th day of September, 2001.

Amado D. Padilla, MayorCity of Socorro

ORDEN DE ELECCION ESPECIALPARA LA CUIDAD DE SOCORRO

Por la presente se ordena que se llevara a cabo una eleccionel 6 de noviembre, 2001 con el propositio de: Adoptar elActa Constitutiva para la Cuidad de Socorro.

Votacion temprana en persona se llevara a cabo en SocorroHigh School, 10150 Alameda Ave., comenzando el lunes,22 de Octobre de 2001, y continuara hasta el viernes, 2de Noviembre de 2001 desde las 8 a.m. hasta las 5 p.m.todos los dias que no sean sábado, domingo, o dia oficialde vacaciones estatales.

La direccion postal de la secretaria de votacion deantemano para votar por correro y a donde se puedanenviar solicitudes para balotas y enviar las balotas con votoses: Helen Jamison, County Elections Department, 500E. San Antonio, Room 402, El Paso, Texas 799011.

Precincto Lugar de Votacion Domicilio108 Hilley Elementary 693 Rio Vista

109 Socorro High School 10150 Alameda

110 Escontrias Elementary School 205 Buford Rd.

155 Campestre Elementary School 11399 Socorro Rd.

Emitada este dia 16 de Septiembre, 2001.

Amado D. Padilla, AlcaldeCuidad de Socorro

WTCC: 11/01/01

tragic event.

Still, through the shock andtrauma, reality is beginning to set in.When we wake up in the morning,the nightmare is still there. Says

Cantu:…those emotions I can’t express, I cry…The sad onesI tried burying them orburning them,but like magic they re-appearedon my soul and brainBut this one is clinging to melike a sticking red gum.

MorningFrom Page 2____________________


THURSDAY

Bright sunshine.

78°▲ ▼

THUR. NIGHT

Clear and moonlit.

FRIDAY

Sunny andpleasant.

78°▲ 46°▼

SATURDAY

Plenty of sunshine.

80°▲ 50°▼

SUNDAY

Clouds and somesun; there can be a

shower.

76°▲ 50°▼

MONDAY

Partly sunny.

76°▲ 50°▼

TUESDAY

Cooler with cloudsand some sun.

68°▲ 48°▼

WEDNESDAY

Partly sunny.

70°▲ 46°▼

WEATHER AccuWeather .com

SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR EL PASO

TEXAS WEATHER TRAVELERS CITIESUV INDEX

REAL FEEL TEMP™

AGRICULTURE

Statistics for noon.

Thursday ............ 6 ............ModerateFriday ................ 6 ............ModerateSaturday ............ 5 ............ModerateSunday .............. 4 ....................LowMonday .............. 3 ....................LowTuesday .............. 3 ....................LowWednesday ........ 4 ....................Low

The higher the UV Index, the greaterthe need for eye and skin protection.

Albuquerque 68/40/pc 68/40/s 66/38/pc 62/36/pc 64/36/pcAtlanta 72/50/pc 72/52/pc 70/50/s 68/46/s 67/35/sAtlantic City 66/52/s 68/54/s 68/48/pc 56/44/s 56/44/pcAustin/San Antonio 82/62/pc 82/60/pc 82/58/pc 74/56/pc 76/56/sBaltimore 70/50/s 72/54/s 68/46/pc 60/40/s 60/40/pcBoston 64/46/pc 69/46/pc 60/42/c 55/44/pc 52/41/cChicago 67/48/pc 60/38/c 60/40/s 62/44/pc 62/44/pcDallas/Ft. Worth 78/58/pc 78/56/pc 76/54/pc 72/52/pc 74/50/sDenver 66/32/s 64/34/s 58/36/pc 62/34/pc 64/34/pcFlagstaff 58/26/s 58/26/s 57/29/s 55/31/s 52/35/pcHouston 82/62/pc 82/62/pc 80/58/pc 78/52/s 76/52/sKansas City 72/45/pc 70/45/s 68/45/pc 62/39/s 64/45/sLas Vegas 72/48/pc 74/50/s 74/52/s 72/51/s 70/55/pcMiami 82/76/r 82/76/r 84/72/r 84/68/r 80/58/tMinneapolis 58/38/sh 52/34/pc 52/32/s 54/36/pc 54/40/shNew Orleans 82/64/s 82/64/s 78/60/s 76/58/s 76/52/sNew York City 68/54/s 68/56/s 66/50/pc 58/46/s 56/46/pcPhiladelphia 70/52/s 72/54/s 68/48/pc 60/44/s 58/44/pcPhoenix 84/60/s 86/58/s 86/60/pc 84/58/pc 82/58/pcPortland 54/44/r 56/42/pc 58/44/pc 56/44/r 56/42/rSan Francisco 68/52/pc 68/52/pc 70/52/s 70/52/s 66/54/pcSeattle 52/44/r 54/42/pc 54/46/pc 54/44/r 52/42/rTucson 82/52/s 84/54/s 84/54/s 80/52/pc 78/50/pcWashington, DC 70/52/s 74/56/s 68/48/pc 62/44/s 60/42/pc

City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/WThur. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon.

High pressure will remain over the region for the next few days, bringing plenty of sunshine. A gusty afternoon wind will make forgood drying conditions. As the weekend arrives, a storm from the west could introduce a few showers into the forecast along withcooler temperatures. Weather (W): s -sunny, pc -partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh -showers, t-thunderstorms,

r-rain, sf -snow flurries, sn -snow, i-ice.

Thursday .................................... 78°Friday .......................................... 75°Saturday ...................................... 75°Sunday ........................................ 63°Monday ........................................ 69°Tuesday ...................................... 68°Wednesday ................................ 64°

A composite of the effects of temperature, wind,humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precip-itation, and elevation on the human body.

Shown is Thursday'sweather.Temperatures areThursday's highs andThursday night's lows.

All maps, forecasts and data provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2001

Anthony 78 46

Canutillo 79 47

Fabens 72 50

Clint 73 50

E. Montana 78 46

Socorro 75 46

Horizon 79 47

San Elizario 69 46

Tornillo 72 50

Vinton 79 47El Paso78/46

Santa Fe64/31

Albuquerque68/40

Alamogordo75/39

Las Cruces72/44

Deming73/47 Carlsbad

83/46

Amarillo70/42

Lubbock78/46

Alpine82/46

Odessa83/51

Lajitas84/48

Ruidoso65/42

Cloudcroft55/21

CiudadJuárez79/48

46°

Mexico

Dear Editor:I want to take the opportunity to

remind the people of Socorro thatearly voting started on Oct. 22 onthe proposed Home Rule Charterand will end on Nov. 2. The last dayto vote will be Nov. 6. I encouragethe people of Socorro to vote forthe Charter. Exercise your right tovote. It can make a difference.

Sam BrewsterCity Representative

Socorro

Al Editor:

Quiero tomar de nuevo laoportunidad para recordarle a lagente de Socorro que la votaciontemprana en persona sera de el 22de Octubre a el dia 2 de Noviembresobre la propuesta ActaConstitutiva. El ultimo dia paravotar sera el dia de la eleccion de el6 de Noviembre. Estimulo a la gentede Socorro a que vote por lapropuesta Acta Constitutiva. Use suderecho de votar. Su voto puedehacer la diferencia.

Sam BrewsterRepresentante de la Ciudad

Socorro

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