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Jan. 31, 2003 Issue

Meth lab bust nets two arrests

  State police agents arrested a man and woman of Truth or Consequences on charges related to the trafficking and manufacturing of methamphetamine after busting a meth lab at the woman’s residence.

Domenici commits to help Bush
turn vision for USA into reality

  U.S. Senator Pete Domenici reacted with praise for the challenges and vision set forth by President Bush in his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, and pledged to work to help improve the nation's economy by producing a national energy policy bill this spring.

Cuchillo Pecan Festival set Feb. 22

  The 12^th annual Cuchillo Pecan Festival will be underway from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Ritch's Pecan Orchard on the south side of NM Highway 52 in Cuchillo.

The Wildlands Project Comes
to Hidalgo County (Part 13)

  Since I jumped in with both feet in my last article, I thought I'd follow through with another thoughtful piece this week.

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  I find it interesting what journalists in other countries say about President Bush’s push to go to war against Iraq.

OBITUARIES

   Notices for Everett H. Adler, Otto Ray Vienna Sr., Teresa M. Araiza,  John L. Brothers & Kenneth Glen Summers

...Veterans’ Memorial Park dedicated

Truth or Consequences City Commissioners Monday night approved dedicating a Veterans’ Memorial Park on about seven acres of city land next to the New Mexico Veterans Home (see above photo). The site is on the southwest side of the state’s facility off South Broadway and extends to Platinum Street, which is where the old brick wall begins. The site would also become the permanent home of the Traveling Memorial Wall, the small scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, after the Veterans Home declined offers to give the Wall a final resting place on its grounds, citing safety concerns for its residents. The Wall effort is being spearheaded by the T or C/Sierra County Chamber of Commerce with donations for its purchase from civic organizations, local businesses and individuals. One suggestion offered is to place the Wall behind the short brick wall that parallels South Broadway (photo on left) so that the Wall’s inscriptions have a southern exposure to sunlight, install a large walkway with ample lighting along the Wall’s pathway and plant plenty of shade trees to make it attractive to visitors during hot summer months.

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Meth lab bust nets two arrests

Desert Journal Staff Report

State police agents arrested a man and woman of Truth or Consequences on charges related to the trafficking and manufacturing of methamphetamine after busting a meth lab at the woman’s residence.

State police executed search warrants last Thursday night, Jan. 23, at 506 Charles Ave. in T or C and of a red Mitsubishi hatchback they allege was used in transporting chemicals commonly used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Police arrested Jesse L. Pittman II, 26, of 326 Van Patten Ave., and Lisa Seager, 37, of 506 Charles Ave., on identical charges of trafficking manufacture of methamphetamine, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and abandonment or abuse of a child. Agents of the State Police Criminal Investigation Division leveled the charges against Pittman and Seager last Friday, Jan. 24, in the Sierra County Magistrate Court.

Magistrate Thomas Pestak set bond for both defendants at $10,000 cash only.

Apparently acting on a tip that the vehicle had been used to transport meth-related chemicals, Agents Casey Mullins and Joe Terrazas went to 506 Charles where they observed the Mitsubishi parked in the driveway at about 4 p.m. Jan. 23.

Three hours later at about 7 p.m. the agents saw Lisa Seager remove a glue-green plastic container from the rear of the vehicle and then walk to the west side of her residence. After a few minutes she returned to the car to remove a large white container and again walked to the west side of the dwelling, Agent Mullins said in the complaint.

At 7:35 p.m. Seager left the residence and was stopped by state police officer Justin Fedric, who noticed a large rubber box and a heating plate in the rear of the vehicle.

After Fedric’s request for consent to search the vehicle was denied, he released Seager but retained custody of the vehicle in order to obtain a search warrant.

The vehicle was then towed to the State Police office in T or C where it was secured until the search warrant was obtained, according to Mullins complaint.

The agents obtained the search warrants for the vehicle and residence at 10:35 p.m. and executed the warrant at the residence on Charles at 11 p.m., according to Mullins. At the time, Jesse Pittman and a nine-year-old girl, the daughter to Seager, were at the residence.

At about midnight, police executed the search on the car where they seized a blue plastic box containing a vacuum pump, a can of ether and a glass flask wrapped in a towel, and next to the box they found a heating plate - all items commonly used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, according to the complaint.

At 12:30 a.m. Jan. 24, T or C city police found Seager on Corbett Street in T or C and took her to her residence on Charles, the complaint said.

At 12:35 a.m. state police narcotics agent Terrazas found the two boxes Seager had removed from her vehicle. They were located under the back door of the dwelling behind the skirting. The boxes contained items commonly used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Police said that while Pittman was handcuffed and searched for weapons they found a plastic baggie containing a white powdery substance on his person.

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Domenici commits to help Bush

turn vision for USA into reality

New Energy Chair will promote

energy policy for sake

of the U.S. economy

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici reacted with praise for the challenges and vision set forth by President Bush in his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, and pledged to work to help improve the nation's economy by producing a national energy policy bill this spring.

Domenici, the new chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, lauded the President's focus on the need for an energy policy as part of an effort to improve the long-term health of the American economy.

"For nearly 30 years, as a member of the Senate Budget Committee and as its chairman, I focused on our national economy. President Bush tonight made it clear that a reliable and affordable energy supply is critical to a robust national economy. I emphatically agree,” Domenici said.

“As chairman of the Energy Committee, I am committed to move a substantive energy bill through committee early this year," Domenici said.

"America has become dangerously dependent on foreign oil. The President understands energy and, to his credit, has challenged us to harness our American ingenuity and scientific prowess to develop hydrogen-fueled vehicles as a means of decreasing our thirst for foreign oil,” the senator said.

“I agree that we should employ America's genius in science and engineering to tackle this problem. I would hope we could push the known limits of American science and engineering frontiers even further through additional provisions of our energy bill," he said.

As a senior member of the Senate Budget Committee, Domenici also embraced President Bush's call for Congress to act on his economic growth plan, including a new series of tax cuts.

"The President has a myriad of ideas for improving the American economy, which is not producing enough jobs. We are still working our way out of a recession that started in 2001 and from the economic aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,” Domenici said.

“Now, the President has challenged us to move the American economy so that more jobs will be available in New Mexico and across the country. It is time for tax relief and to accelerate tax benefits for families - like increasing the child tax credit,” he said.

“The President wants us to make it easier for companies to invest more so they can hire more people. I'm ready to get to work on this," Domenici said.

"I find it dismaying that some would rather spend their time nit-picking the President's economic plan while only offering mousy plans that will ultimately have no real impact on the giant $5 trillion U.S. economy,” he said.

“I believe we in Congress should move away from partisan attacks and work together with the President to get the American economy moving," he said.

Finally, Domenici praised President Bush's fortitude in addressing national and international security, particularly in correctly insisting that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein must show the world that he has dismantled his weapons of mass destruction.

"President Bush gave us a fresh reminder that the United States and the world have been demanding for more than a decade that Saddam Hussein get rid of his vast arsenal of weapons of mass destruction,” Domenici said.

“We know Iraq had such weapons then, and Saddam Hussein has not given us any evidence that his chemical and biological weapons have been destroyed. The President is right to insist that there will be a high price to pay if Saddam Hussein does not come clean. He cannot remain a threat to us and to the world," the senator said.

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Cuchillo Pecan Festival set Feb. 22

The 12^th annual Cuchillo Pecan Festival will be underway from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Ritch's Pecan Orchard on the south side of NM Highway 52 in Cuchillo, which is located about 15 miles northwest of Truth or Consequences.

There is no charge to attend. The highlight is always the 400 homemade pecan pies sold whole or by the slice.

Pecan candy will be available along with other food products including hamburgers, breakfast burritos and ice cream, 25 to 30 arts and crafts vendors, hourly giveaways of items donated by the vendors (tickets are $1 each), live music, orchard tours and children's games.

Proceeds from the event benefit the New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranches.

"The Cuchillo Pecan Festival has more than doubled in attendance over the past couple of years because the pecan pies and candy are outstanding and because hosts Bill and Bernice Ritch do such an outstanding job of creating a fun day in Cuchillo," said Mike Cook, director of the Rural Economic Development Through Tourism Project.

REDTT, a program of New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, provides education, training and technical assistance to 16 New Mexico counties.

REDTT also provides hospitality training and festival and special events promotion statewide.

For more information on the Cuchillo Pecan Festival, call Bill and Bernice Ritch at (505) 743-3201. Or you can contact REDTT at (505) 646-8009.

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The Wildlands Project Comes
to Hidalgo County (Part 13)

A Country Girl's Musin'

By Judy Keeler

Since I jumped in with both feet in my last article, I thought I'd follow through with another thoughtful piece this week.

I used to avoid discussing the United Nation's connection with the Wildlands Project. I was concerned most people would be overwhelmed by the magnitude of the agenda and consider me a little "tetched" in the head.

However, since wild land proponents enjoy challenging the truth, I thought I'd give them more ammunition with which to shoot at me.

The Wildlands Project is not being implemented in just New Mexico. It was the basis for the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity, also known as the treaty of Rio de Janeiro, since it was ratified at the United Nation's 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

When it was presented to Congress in 1994, they never ratified it due to some outstanding work by a few individuals and organizations that were concerned with its impacts on our society and ability to use our land.

However, the Clinton administration developed its ecosystem management policies to comply with the treaty. These policies are currently being implemented through agency rule changes, as directed by executive order.

According to Henry Lamb of Eco-logic online, "Executive Order 13158 signed by former President Clinton provided the authority necessary to comply with the treaty, including Section 7 which states: 'Federal agencies taking actions pursuant to this Executive Order must act in accordance with international law…'

“The Bush administration reviewed this Executive Order, and decided to keep it in place.”

The Clinton administration was so intent on stopping all resource production in our nation they were not above using the United Nations.

Alston Chase, syndicated columnist and environmental author, noted in one of his articles, "In September (1995), the Clinton Administration, fearing U.S. law would not prevent a planned gold mine near Yellowstone National Park, invited a UN committee to declare Yellowstone a World Heritage Site 'in danger'.”

On December 5th, the World Heritage Committee of the United Nation's Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) complied with the Administration's request. A strong supporter of biological diversity, heritage sites and conservation according to the Wildland Project's design, The Nature Conservancy has come up with a new campaign to protect and preserve biodiversity.

Launched Oct. 31, 2001, according to ENS news, "The Heart of the West campaign" is one of the "largest and most comprehensive conservation programs in Colorado's history."

The Conservancy's goal is to generate "$75 million to protect more than a half million acres of habitat for Colorado's imperiled species".

More than a million had already been raised in both cash and donations of land and "easements" at the time of publication.

The article continues, the Heart of the West campaign will be steered by the Nature Conservancy identifying "the state's most threatened habitats and species" and by developing a "comprehensive conservation blueprint for ensuring their long term protection."

It will also draw upon "scientific research to identify and conserve the full spectrum of species, natural communities and ecological systems native to Colorado".

"This approach, known as 'conservation by design,' considers nature on nature's terms."

According to Mark Burget, state director for the Nature Conservancy, "We're looking beyond county, state and even national boundaries to set our conservation goals, as Colorado's ecosystems are co-dependent with other natural environments around the world."

Never known for its modesty or lack of involvement, The Nature Conservancy in Arizona was flattered when the United Nations wanted more information on their efforts to "solve water issues on the San Pedro River," according to Holly Richter, Nature Conservancy's Upper San Pedro program manager.

Testifying in Sweden during an international symposium, Richter "briefed representatives from 34 nations on the San Pedro River."

Although the article goes on to claim that it "is recognized around the globe" that "local issues have to be solved by local people," I have found very little evidence that the United Nations, our federal agencies or nongovernmental organizations like the Nature Conservancy will allow that to happen.

It appears to me, they prefer top down decision making via executive order and agency rulemaking, which serves to force compliance with the agenda.

To see how the UN is promoting the Wildlands Project in Canada, an article entitled “Wildlands and UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Program” (November 1999) by Doug Hindson (third in a series) explains the issue very well.

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The Shadow Advisory

…Oil glut is reason for war

I find it interesting what journalists in other countries say about President Bush’s push to go to war against Iraq.

The Pravda (largest Russian newspaper) contends Bush will fund the war with the proceeds he gets from controlling Iraqi crude oil interests.

Here is a quote directly from a Pravda article, “It Is An Oil War After All,” posted on the internet earlier this week:

“American sources made it clear that the United States fully intended taking over Iraq’s oil fields, administering them in the long term and using Iraqi oil revenues to partly defray the costs of conducting war and maintaining a long-term military occupation of Iraq.

“According to DEBKAfile’s Washington sources, the war bill which, unlike Gulf War I, America will carry more or less single-handed, is estimated at $130 billion, while maintaining app. 70,000 US troops in the country to protect the oil fields and maintain Iraq’s post-war stability could run to another $10-12 billion a year.

“To raise this cash, the United States plans to increase Iraq’s oil output from 1.6 million to 6.5 million barrels per day, necessitating further heavy outlay for renovating the badly run down Iraqi oil production equipment.

“At the same time, the long-term, military-backed control over Iraq’s oil resources – on the spot rather than from outside the region – will make America the leading strategic-political-military force in the Middle East and Persian Gulf as well giving Washington a controlling interest in the global oil market.” – Article by Henry L. Marconi, PRAVDA.Ru, Sydney

Now let’s see, my calculations put 6.5 million barrels per day of Iraqi crude oil at $30 per barrel (market prices are actually more than $30 but for this argument let’s just say $30, rounded and squared) equaling $195 million per day or $71.2 billion per year.

So, after the initial war debt is paid off in two years, the U.S. War Machine stands to profit to the tune of $60 billion a year. So, what a prize trophy Iraq will make for America’s oil producers!

But I’m sure they’ll tell us that they need more taxes to pay off the war debt because of the one thing that always gets in the way of good government – GREED!

I don’t suppose the Iraqi regime will try to burn up all of its oil reserves, or nuke their oil fields, when Bush Jr. finally pushes the war button and sends in the troops, as Saddam Hussein did to Kuwaiti oil fields more than 10 years ago when Bush Sr. led the first Gulf War against Iraq.

Oil has been at the center of scandal and conflict for nearly a century or since the advent of the automobile. Everybody needs it, everybody must pay for it.

Yet the oil cartel always finds ways to jack up prices at the pump with each and every new crisis in which they declare the demand has exceeded the supply.

Americans should be fed up by now and screaming for a national energy policy that addresses and mitigates our gluttonous demand for oil.

We should be self-sufficient and rely upon ourselves for answers to our own energy needs. It’s time to start weaning ourselves from our horrific oil diet. We need to save oil, a nonrenewable natural resource, for millenniums to come.

We should not pass up opportunities to develop to whatever extent possible other energy sources such as wind power, solar power, electro-magnetic power, etc., as well as develop vehicles that run on hydrogen. Even in Truth or Consequences we could be talking about how to tap into our geothermal hot water sources for heating purposes.

Or else we should lay to waste our own oil reserves, even if that means tapping into the Alaskan reserves that environmentalists managed to ban from development.

Or else we should scrap our cars and trucks and buy bus tickets.

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…Drought continues despite forecasts

Tough times are in store for the Rio Grande Basin as snow-pack content so far this winter will provide farmers of the Elephant Butte Irrigation District with only one fifth of the Rio Grande’s normal flow. The river in Truth or Consequences appears unusually murky because releases from Elephant Butte Dam are down next to nothing or at a trickle. Farmers will get water but at the moment it seems they won’t even get a third of their irrigation allotment (as was predicted last year for the 2003 irrigation season) unless substantial moisture socks New Mexico.

Photo by Bill Johnson

OBITUARIES

Everett H. Adler, 82, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003, at his home in Elephant Butte, NM. He was born Dec. 22, 1920, in Brenham, TX, to Robert Adler and Edith Frank Adler. He moved to El Paso, TX, in 1939 and worked at American Smelter & Refinery and Standard Oil. He later owned and operated El Paso Wheel Alignment in El Paso for 42 years.

He served in the U.S. Navy Sea Bees from July 1942 to December 1945 during World War II as a Machinist's Mate First Class (CB) Equipment Operator in the 38^th Naval Construction Battalion and the 50^th Naval Construction Battalion. He was stationed on Kodiak and Tennian Islands. He was a member of the Automotive Garagemen's Association, AEPOA, and Bordertown Sam's, all of El Paso, TX. He also was a member of the BPOE Elk's Lodge 2750 of Truth or Consequences, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1389 and the Sierra Sams of Elephant Butte. He was a volunteer driver for the DAV van. After retiring, he made his home in Elephant Butte.

Survivors include his companion, Jane Myers of Elephant Butte and her extended family; two daughters, Trudy Wells & husband Loy of El Paso, TX, and Carol Douglass & husband Buddy of El Paso, TX; his brother, Jack & wife Beverly Adler of El Paso, TX; his sisters, Polly & husband Lloyd Dalton of Meadow Lake, TX, Joyce Schiber of Granite Shoals, TX, and Dolores & husband Roy Nix of Silver City; his sister-in-law, Alberta Adler of Albuquerque; five grandchildren, Larry & Christopher Douglass, Kallie Lundsford, Billy Adler and Everett Wells; six great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. He was preceded in death by his son, Dwayne Adler, and his brother, Woody Adler.

Services were held Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Chapel of French Mortuary in T or C with Rev. Gregory Brown officiating. Serving as casket bearers were Larry Douglass, Chris Douglass, Billy Adler, Everett Wells, David Adler and Kenny Adler. Interment with military honors was held in Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, TX, with Rev. Bryce Vandiver officiating. Arrangements were by French Mortuary of T or C Inc; 505-894-2574.

Otto Ray Vienna Sr., 60, a resident of Williamsburg since 1950, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, at his home. He was born May 2, 1942, in Hagerstown, MD, to Otto Enoch Vienna and Mildred Hazel (Wilson) Vienna. He was a retired oil field truck driver and a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Survivors include his companion, Patricia M. Markel of Williamsburg; his son, Otto R. Vienna Jr. and wife Josephine Vienna of Truth or Consequences; his daughter, Melanie and husband Keegan Shelton of Albuquerque; five grandchildren, Casey & Ray Vienna, Johnny W. Markel, Jennifer M. Markel and Tiffany A. Markel; his brother, Ottis Vienna of Anchorage, AK; and five sisters, Thelma Johnson and Bertha Light, both of Elephant Butte, Inez Reed, Carolyn Broadstreet and Rita Jenkins, all three of Williamsburg.

Private family services are planned. Arrangements are by French Mortuary of T or C Inc.; 505-894-2574.

Teresa M. Araiza, 71, of Truth or Consequences, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003, at her home.

She was born March 4, 1931, in Dixon, NM to Tranquilino Martinez and Rafelita Alencio. She married Louis Gomez Araiza on Oct. 7, 1957, in El Paso, TX. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse and retired from nursing in 1993. She greatly enjoyed gardening, arts and crafts, raising and caring for her farm animals. She had lived in Truth or Consequences with her husband the last 40 years. She was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in T or C.

Survivors include her husband of the home in T or C; two sons, Ricardo Araiza and Diego Araiza, both of Las Cruces; three daughters, Martha Romero and Consuelo Griego, both of T or C, and Teresa Oblinger of El Paso, TX; her two brothers, Tobias Martinez of Nyssa, OR, and Tranquilino Martinez of Penasco, NM; her five sisters, Inez Gilliland of Gardina, CA, Clara Guerrero of Delano, CA, Rosie Mostacciolo of Tustin, CA, Clorinda Gonzalez of Ely, NV, and Tina Valencia of Albuquerque; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A rosary/prayer vigil was held Thursday, Jan. 30, in the Sierra Funeral Home Chapel in T or C with Rev. Sean Garrity officiating. Funeral liturgy was celebrated at 11 a.m. today (Friday, Jan. 31) at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church with Rev. Don Hyatt officiating. Arrangements are by Sierra Funeral Home in T or C.

John L. Brothers (Retired Master Sergeant, U.S. Army), 77, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, after extensive back surgery at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque.

He was born Sept. 23, 1925, in Superior, WI, to George Lewis and Agnes (Jewbeck) Brothers. At age 9, he and his family moved to Bessemer, MI. He graduated from A.D. Johnston High School where he played football and was awarded the All-Upper Peninsula Team Award.

After graduation in 1943 he joined the Merchant Marines for nearly four years. He married the girl next door, Gloria K. Dragula, on Sept. 19, 1950, at Saint Sebastian Catholic Church in Bessemer. In October 1950, he was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was stationed in Germany where he spent over four years and was called up to two tours during the Vietnam Conflict. He retired with 20 years of service in October 1970. He was honorably decorated with the National Defense Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), Good Conduct Medal (5th Award), Army Commendation Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters, Four Overseas Bars, Valorous Unit Award and the Meritorious Unit Citation.

He attended Gogebic Junior College and earned an Associates Degree in Business/Accounting in 1972. After working as a credit union manager in Bessemer for 13 years, he and wife Gloria retired to New Mexico for his health in 1986.

He was active in the Knights of Columbus No. 8281 (a member of 40 years standing), Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3673 of Michigan (life member), Disabled American Veterans Northland Chapter No. 66 in Michigan (life member), American Legion Post No. 27 of Michigan and Military Order of the Cootie Post No. 6 of New Mexico. He was also chairman of the Finance Committee at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in T or C.

Survivors include his wife, Gloria K. Brothers of Elephant Butte; his son, John L. Brothers Jr. of Summitville, IN; two step-granddaughters, Nanette of Denver, CO, and Leslie of Illinois; six step-great-grandchildren; and his cousin, Jack Brothers of Yuma, AZ.

A memorial mass was held Thursday, Jan. 30, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church with Rev. Sean Garrity officiating. Burial was in Vista Memory Gardens Cemetery in T or C. Arrangements were by Sierra Funeral Home and Sierra Crematory of T or C.

Kenneth Glen Summers died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003, at his home in Truth or Consequences.

Services were pending as of press time Thursday at Sierra Funeral Home of T or C.