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Headline
News From Our
March 28, 2003 Issue
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The
War at Home
“My
son e-mailed me and said he would fight to his death to protect my rights.
I responded that when they got through in Iraq, would he please come to
Albuquerque and take care of the Albuquerque Police Department.”
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Hometown
Heroes Committee to
unveil
monument
honoring
Ft.
McRae's soldier
The
Hometown Heroes Committee will be unveiling a monument honoring Corporal
Frank Brattling, who received the Medal of Honor at Ft. McRae in 1873.
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With
lowest water supply in 25 years,
BOR announces start of 2003 irrigation
season for the Rio Grande Project
The
current drought in the upper Rio Grande Basin has severely affected the
water supply of the Rio Grande Project at Elephant Butte and Caballo
Reservoirs, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
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Can
You Get Published?
Bill
Johnson, editor of the Desert Journal, has offered a challenge to Scott
LaFon’s eighth grade Language I Arts class at the Truth or Consequences
Middle School.
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Workshop
helps build
‘Fire Wise’ communities
The Sierra
County workshop for FIREWISE Communities will be held from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Friday, April 4, at the Truth or Consequences Civic Center, 400 W. 4th
St.
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Teens
ask America and allies
to support our troops in Iraq
Hello, We are
Sarah Lewis-Castle and Brenda Watling, and we have something to say. There
are many different points of view on this war with Iraq.
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OBITUARIES
Death
notices for Elmer A. Perrault, George D. Reasonover, Ruth M. Pierotti,
William E. Hamilton & Wesley E. Boardway.
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Excavation
continues in the “pit” of the Morgan Street Flood Control Project in
Truth or Consequences. Click on photo to see more progress on this long
term federal project.
DJ photo by Bill Johnson
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The War at Home
Retired
nurse of T or C gets clubbed
during
anti-war rally in Albuquerque
The
battering by the APD riot squad’s “bully” club allegedly caused this
bruise on the upper left arm of retired nurse Kay Davis of T or C, an
innocent bystander during an anti-war rally.
DJ photo by Bill
Johnson
By
Bill Johnson
of
the Desert Journal
“My son e-mailed me and said he would fight
to his death to protect my rights. I responded that when they got through
in Iraq, would he please come to Albuquerque and take care of the
Albuquerque Police Department.”
Her son, whose name she did not wish to
reveal, is an army officer fighting in the war in Iraq under General Tommy
Franks, who is head of army operations there.
And meet Kay Davis, 67-year-old retired
registered nurse of Truth or Consequences, an innocent bystander who was
brutally clubbed five times with a police baton for just being there
during the anti-war demonstration that lured her husband, John Davis. Both
she and her husband are the co-chairs of the Sierra County Green Party.
It was late Thursday afternoon, March
20, exactly one day after President Bush announced the war with Iraq when
John Davis, also an RN of T or C, joined his fellow anti-war protestors in
a rally near the University of New Mexico Bookstore off Albuquerque’s
main drag, Central Avenue, while his wife opted to sit it out.
“I was there for the anti-war
demonstration led by either Campus Greens (Green Party members on the UNM
campus) or Stop the War Machine,” John Davis said.
Leaflets on how to demonstrate legally
were handed out to the demonstrators, he added.
The literature included the subtitles,
Basic Guidelines for Non-Violent Demonstrations, Non-Violent Commitment
Pledge, Legal Advice (from the National Lawyer’s Guild in the event of
detention) and Preparations (including one that says, “Have a pencil and
paper to write badge numbers of police”).
Kay Davis, who says she was not a
participant in the anti-war rally, said she sat in the car while her
husband did his thing.
But after more than an hour she
suddenly was startled at what appeared to be police, both mounted police
and the riot squad, amassing on the area just two blocks away from her
parked car.
“I got out of the car to find John. A
riot squad guy came down the sidewalk and he was just like an evil android
robot. The crowd was walking away from the cop. He told us to move and we
were moving,” Mrs. Davis said.
Mr. Davis said that before police
descended on the crowd like a thunderstorm a small handful of counter
demonstrators showed up, mostly of high school age, and who were armed
with signs attached to aluminum bats.
“I said to the pro-war contingency of
five or six young people, ‘If you’re pro-war, I’m sure we could find
you a recruiter some place.’ It started to lightning and rain and those
pro-war people ran off,” Mr. Davis said.
Mrs. Davis said that after the police
told her and others to keep moving, she suddenly felt a terrific pain in
her back just below the neck. “I didn’t know what had happened. It
knocked me into the guy in front of me and I got whiplash,” she said.
“I turned around to see what happened
and saw the cop and he was holding his baton squarely in front of him and
parallel to the ground. I told him, ‘Don’t hit me. I’m an old woman
and I have a heart condition’.”
“He then hit me twice on the stomach
area and twice on my left arm,” Mrs. Davis said. “Some young man in
the crowd put his arms around my shoulder and steered me out of harm’s
way.”
A big bruise on her upper arm and
swelling above her wrist were still apparent during her visit to the
Desert Journal’s office on Tuesday afternoon, five days after the
incident.
She said there was no bruising on the
scapula area of her back where the cop hit her although she was still
experiencing great pain in her neck and head.
Mr. Davis said the demonstration, which
got underway at 5 p.m., had moved off the sidewalk in front of the
bookstore to a more prominent, noticeable place – the crosswalk on
Central between the UNM campus on the north side, and the Frontier
Restaurant on the south.
“I and 10 to 15 other demonstrators
thought that if we crossed the crosswalk we were legal and could get our
signs seen more readily. We crossed every time the light changed,” Mr.
Davis said.
It wouldn’t be long before police
showed up like an army ready to go to war, first blocking off Central and
re-routing traffic.
“The streets were empty so we took to
the streets and then we started an impromptu march west down Central
toward University Boulevard,” Davis said.
“We then turned around and marched
back toward the bookstore. At the start of the march I was toward the rear
but when they turned around I was toward the front.
Many APD cops (from 8 to 10) were there
on horseback and besides them there were cops everywhere. We started to
load the group on a side street on the south side of Central. About a half
block away the mounted cops got ahead of us and we then ran back to
Central, just to mess with the cops, kind of,” he said.
“They didn’t want the demonstrators
there and had plans to move them out,” Davis said.
“After we got back to Central in
front of the bookstore we stayed in the street. There were people
drumming, chanting, dancing and waving signs. After 10 minutes of that, I
began to worry about Kay so I handed my sign to a young woman in the
street and began to look for Kay,” John Davis said.
“She’s not in the car so I go back
to the street looking for her and I heard Kay screaming my name. I spotted
her and went over to her – I thought she was upset with me but she was
not - she was upset with APD. She told me she had been clubbed and a young
man whisked her away from the cop,” he said.
“We headed back to the car and then
saw the clouds of tear gas and heard rubber bullets and/or bean bags being
shot off. It makes a good loud pop,” Mr. Davis said.
“The cop and others went on to beat a
psychiatrist and a psychologist - Kathleen O’Malley - who is big in the
anti-war movement and who went to Iraq shortly before the war,” he said.
“There were no badges, numbers or ID
cards on these riot cops. They tear gassed people and shot bean bags. The
police said we threw bottles but neither of us saw anyone throwing
anything,” the couple said.
“The clubbing occurred between 6:20
and 6:30 p.m. We saw the clouds of tear gas as we left. Someone said later
that because of prevailing winds the tear gas blew back towards the
cops,” Mr. Davis said.
And then came the denials. According to
Mr. Davis, APD spokesman Jeff Arbogast told the news media that to his
knowledge police were not clubbing people. “They said they tear gassed
the crowd because they purportedly were throwing bottles,” he added.
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez said
police will use more restraint in the future, according to Mr. and Mrs.
Davis.
“As far as I’m concerned the cop
assaulted me with a deadly weapon and I plan to sue. The plan is to sue
APD – they had no badges, no IDs, but it was an officer of APD who
clubbed me,” Mrs. Davis said. The psychiatrist who was also beaten said
he was going to APD’s Internal Affairs, she added.
“The police were pretty brutal –
one demonstrator injured in a clash was held in the hospital at least
overnight,” Mr. Davis said.
Others showed their “war” wounds to
TV news cameramen; one including a young man with a bruise on his lower
chest or upper stomach area that he said was inflicted by a bean bag shot
at him during the riot squad offensive.
Mrs. Davis said she went to Sierra
Vista Hospital’s emergency room to document her bruising.
“We’re going back. That’s the
thing. They’re not stopping us,” Mr. Davis said.
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The
City of Truth or Consequences has completed clearing the brush and debris
off of the new eight-acre Veterans Memorial Park next to the New Mexico
State Veterans Home. Soon, the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall that the
community purchased will find a permanent home in this park. Mud Mountain
is in the background looking north towards South Broadway from the
southeastern end of the park.
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Hometown
Heroes Committee
to
unveil monument
honoring
Ft.
McRae soldier Frank Brattling
Committee
now completes 14-year
search
for Medal of Honor recipients
The Hometown Heroes Committee will be
unveiling a monument honoring Corporal Frank Brattling, who received the
Medal of Honor at Ft. McRae in 1873.
The ceremony will be staged at 10 a.m.
Saturday, April 5, at Elephant Butte Lake State Park at the entrance to
the Richard Cooper Training Center overlooking the Marina del Sur Boat
Ramp.
An appreciation luncheon will be held
at noon compliments of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1389 in Elephant
Butte, NM.
"This event will celebrate the
completion of a 14-year search for the 10 missing Congressional Medal of
Honor recipients most of whom earned their medals for their actions during
the period between the Civil War and the Spanish American War," said
Paul Layer, Chairman of the New Mexico Hometown Heroes Committee.
In November 1989, at the National Medal
of Honor Society Convention in Albuquerque, a Hometown Heroes Committee
was established for each of the 50 states.
The Medal of Honor Society had a list
of the names of the recipients of the Medal of Honor who had died and been
buried in various states, but whose final resting places had been
forgotten. Brattling is believed to have been buried at Fort McRae, which
until the recent drought was under the water surface of Elephant Butte
Reservoir.
The New Mexico Hometown Heroes
Committee was given 10 names of soldiers who had received their Medals for
actions during the Indian Wars period and World War II. The Medal of Honor
recipients were:
First Sergeant James L. Morris, Company
C, 8th U.S. Cavalry, Ft. Selden, NM;
First Sergeant Alonzo Bowman, Company
C, 8th U.S. Cavalry, Ft. Selden, NM;
Private Harold Moon, 24th
Infantry Division, Philippines;
Corporal Edward Clay Sharpless, Company
H, 6th U.S. Cavalry, Mountainair, NM;
Sergeant Leonitas Steward Lytle,
Company C, 8th U.S. Cavalry, Silver City;
NM Private Albert Sale, Company F, 8th
U.S. Cavalry, Ft. Union, NM;
Corporal Frank Brattling, Company C, 8th
U.S. Cavalry, La Canada, Alamosa;
First Sergeant James McNally, Company
E, 8th U.S. Cavalry, Kingston, NM;
Private Ebin Stanley, Company A, 5th
U.S. Cavalry, Hillsboro, NM;
Corporal Jacob Gunther, Company E, 8th
U.S. Cavalry, Ft. Wingate, NM.
"We thought it would only take
three years to find the Medal of Honor recipients who valiantly fought for
our freedom.
After 14 years, the New Mexico Hometown
Heroes Committee is proud to have located all 10 of our "heroes"
and provided each of them a fitting ceremony honoring their dedication to
duty and to our country," said Layer.
The Hometown Heroes Committee could not
have accomplished its mission without the help and support of scores of
dedicated volunteers who provided their assistance with research,
ceremonies, room and board, and anything else that needed to be done to
recognize the New Mexico Heroes.
The Congressional Medal of Honor is the
highest award for valor in action against an enemy force, which can be
bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United
States.
Generally presented to its recipient by
the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress, it
is called the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The first version of the Medal of Honor
- Navy - was established on Dec. 21, 1861; the Army version was
established on July 12, 1862; the Air Force version was approved in 1963.
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The
construction of the Ag-Vo-Tech Building at Hot Springs High School is well
underway with “top heavy” work.
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With
lowest water supply in 25 years,
BOR
announces start of 2003 irrigation
season
for the Rio Grande Project
The
current drought in the upper Rio Grande Basin has severely affected the
water supply of the Rio Grande Project at Elephant Butte and Caballo
Reservoirs, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
The
March 1 storage level at Elephant Butte Reservoir was 405,075 acre-feet
(only 20% of capacity) and the lake level was 75 feet below Elephant Butte
Dam's spillway crest.
Elephant
Butte Reservoir has not been this low since May 1979.
Caballo
Reservoir's storage level was at 52,207 acre-feet (only 23% of capacity).
Six
of the last seven years (1996-2002), Rio Grande spring runoffs from
snowmelt have resulted in below normal runoff volumes into Elephant Butte
Reservoir.
Last
year's (2002) runoff was the eighth lowest on record in 107 years of flow
data, dating back to 1895.
Consequently,
the storage level at Elephant Butte Reservoir has dropped dramatically.
Over 75 percent of the storage amount in Elephant Butte Reservoir belongs
to the States of Colorado and New Mexico as Rio Grande Compact credit
waters; therefore, there is very little storage water to allocate to
irrigators of the Rio Grande Project.
The
present allotments are only 15 percent of a full supply for irrigation for
the Elephant Butte Irrigation District, El Paso County Water Improvement
District No.1, and Mexico (under the 1906 Treaty).
Reclamation
has not started with an allotment this low to irrigators of the Rio Grande
Project since 1978. This year's March 1 spring runoff forecast into
Elephant Butte Reservoir is only 53 percent of normal runoff based on the
below normal snowpack currently existing in the upper Rio Grande Basin.
Reclamation
anticipates Elephant Butte and Caballo Reservoirs will not receive enough
water this year so that the water users of the Rio Grande Project can have
a full supply for irrigation this season. For the first time in 25 years
the Project water users will not receive a full allocation of water.
Reclamation
initiated the start of the 2003 irrigation season for the entire Rio
Grande Project at 7:45 a.m. March 21 from Caballo Dam with an initial
discharge of about 1,200 cubic feet per second (cfs). Releases for
delivery of water to Mexico began on March 17.
The
water released will be used to irrigate lands along the Rio Grande in the
Elephant Butte Irrigation District in southern New Mexico and in the El
Paso County Water Improvement District No.1 in far west Texas.
The
general public should be aware that water levels within the Rio Grande
natural channel downstream of Caballo Dam to El Paso, TX, and further
downstream will rise and fluctuate during the irrigation season.
Reclamation
also initiated releases of water through the Elephant Butte Dam power
plant on Feb. 18. The present discharge is 600 cfs with releases through
two turbines.
This
discharge is allowing Reclamation to raise Cabal1o Reservoir to its summer
operating range and supply storage water for irrigation on the Rio Grande
Project.
The
general public should be aware that water levels within the Rio Grande
natural channel downstream of Elephant Butte Dam, as well as the lake
level at Caballo Reservoir, will rise and fluctuate during the irrigation
season.
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Extensive
channel work including a concrete floodway are in the works for the Morgan
Street Flood Control Project in Truth or Consequences. The project is
being funded by the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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Can
You Get Published?
Desert
Journal challenges
5th
grade language arts class
By
Chris Wortman
Bill Johnson, editor of the Desert Journal, has offered a challenge to
Scott LaFon’s eighth grade Language I Arts class at the Truth or
Consequences Middle School.
"Can You Get Published?”
Students
must write an article about 250 words in length. The subject can be of the
student’s interest.
The article must be spelled correctly, typed, double-spaced,
and must use proper English and be of general interest to the public. (All
the requirements needed to get an article
published in a magazine).
The idea is the brainchild of local writer Chris Wortman,
LaFon and Johnson.
Mr. Wortman has participated in the fourth and fifth
grades’ writers festivals the last two years and one of the questions
those young students kept asking was, "How can I get published?"
Wortman recently was invited by Lafon to talk to his Language
Arts class about the benefits of a
career in writing.
Many people know Wortman is the night custodian at TCMS who
has been published
more than 400 times in several magazines and newspapers.
After talking to LaFon’s class about writing, and the
traveling to the Caribbean, Canada, and 37 of the 50 states, again the
question came up "How can I get started in writing?"
Having
worked with Johnson at the Desert Journal nearly eight years, Wortman
& A-10 do the cartoon series, the “RANCH HOUSE GANG.” The
next step was to ask if Bill had any ideas, how we could get students
published.
“Can
You Get Published” is the result of that conversation.
The first article for publication is titled “A House on
fire” by Abhay kumar, eighth grade student.
A House on
Fire
By
Abhay kumar
8th
grade, TCMS
I have never seen a house on fire before, so, one
evening I heard fire engines with loud alarm
bells rushing past my house.
I
quickly ran out and, a few streets away, joined a large crowd of people;
but we could see the fire only from a distance because the police would
not allow anyone near the building on fire.
What a
terrible scene I saw that day! Huge flames of fire were coming out of each
floor, and black and thick smoke spread all around. Every now and then
tongues of fire would shoot up almost sky-high, sending huge sparks of
fire round-about.
Three
fire engines were busily engaged and the firemen in their dark uniform
were spraying water on various parts of the building. The rushing water
from several hoses soaked the building but it did not seem to have any
effect on the flames.
Then
the tall red ladders of the fire engine were stretched upward and I could
see some firemen climbing up with hoses in their hands.
On
reaching almost the top of the ladders, they began to pour water on the
topmost part of the building.
This
continuous flooding brought the fire under control but the building was
completely destroyed.
While
fire is a blessing in many ways, it can also be a great danger to human
life and property.
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A
rocky foundation lines the channel of the Morgan Street Flood Control
Project. Vehicles also won’t have to wade through floods anymore with
the construction of channel overpasses.
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Workshop
helps build
‘Fire
Wise’ communities
The Sierra County
workshop for FIREWISE Communities will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, April 4, at the Truth or Consequences Civic Center, 400 W. 4th
St.
Based on the nationally recognized
FIREWISE program that has been developed by the U.S. Forest Service and
national fire protection association, among other land and emergency
response agencies, the FIREWISE communities workshops are designed to
share what’s been learned about the wildland urban interface problem
since fire officials first discovered its escalation in 1985. That year,
1,400 homes were lost to wildfire. Year after year, homes are lost to
wildfire, but there are some things that homeowners and community partners
can do together to minimize the potential risks.
The Sierra County workshop will feature
a host of special guests who will provide information and presentations
about the wildland urban interface situation in New Mexico, and
especially, Sierra County.
Workshop speakers will include: Jeff
Steinborn, Field Representative for U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-NM;
Arthur “Butch” Blazer, NM State Forester; Jim Paxon, retired ranger
who will provide highlights of the 2002 Rodeo Chediski Fire; and George
Duda, NM State Forestry Division, with a presentation called, “The
Science of It.”
Jim Slyling of the Kingston Substation
and Toby Richards, U.S. Forest Service, will wrap up the morning by
showcasing the Kingston Area Fuel Break project.
The afternoon is slated for an
interactive work session to include all participants. People will work
together to identify and assess the wildfire risks in a “community.”
The work session will be followed by a panel discussion made up of
stakeholders and community leaders.
The Athletes for Australia will hold a
bake sale for the morning and afternoon breaks at the Civic Center.
There is no fee to attend this workshop
and it promises to be an informative and educational event for Sierra
County residents.
For more information, call Merry Jo
Fahl of the Sierra Soil and Water Conservation District, at 505-894-2212,
or Loretta Ray, USFS, at 505-388-8245.
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Teens
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Brenda Watling
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Sarah
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Seek
two-minute moment of silence on April 5
and
create interactive ‘Support our Troops’ website
Our
granddaughter, Sarah Lewis-Castle, and her friend, Brenda Watling, are
both 14 years old and were classmates in Seattle, WA, until Sarah moved to
Tucson, AZ. Sarah's father is in the Air Force and current events have
caused him, along with so many others, to be separated from his family.
Both of these girls are very much aware of the shabby treatment of
veterans of Vietnam Conflict by the American society and wanted to make an
effort to forestall the reoccurrence of that behavior during and after
this unpopular war. To that end, they have written the enclosed and it is
being distributed worldwide.
To date, they have received very positive responses from as far
away as Australia and Great Britain. We thought Sierra County might want
to get involved as well. It appears that these young ladies are mature
beyond their years in initiating such a venture, all of which they worked
out by e-mail.
Lilyen and Harry Chesser
(Winter residents of Truth or Consequences, NM)
They
write:
Hello,
We are Sarah Lewis-Castle and Brenda Watling, and we have something to
say. There are many different points of view on this war with Iraq.
Brenda's father was in the military a few years ago, and when she
was three he was sent away. Then she could do nothing about it. But now
that Brenda's older, she will do something about it.
We, as a people, are very divided on this war. But no matter what
our opinions are, we are at war.
President Bush has already attacked Iraq. Our boys are going to be
sent away, no matter what.
So let's give them a homeland that loves and supports them. Why
send these boys away with turmoil in their hearts?
Even if you don't support the war, at least support our troops.
Because no matter how much we don't want it, they're going to war.
Sarah's father has already been sent away, for who knows how long.
Is it fair for him to be risking his life for a country that doesn't even
support him?
If we don't band together, we're going to lose this war, our
country, our pride and our lives. We're at war, and we have to start
acting like it.
None of us like wars in general, so we understand those of you who
are protesting. But if our country is divided, we will be even easier
targets.
Remember the old adage "United we stand, divided we
fall." A country divided is no country at all.
We haven't fought for our freedom for centuries to give it up over
Saddam. Lets not let our boys die in vain!
If you want to support our troops at war, please join us in having
a two-minute silence focusing on peace and the prosperity of the United
States.
The reason I say this is because the more we focus our energy
towards a common goal, the quicker our goal can be brought into existence.
Whether it is positive or negative.
Let's focus on peace, love, and prosperity. Let's focus on the
safeguarding of our boys at war.
On Saturday, April 5, please join us during our two-minute silence
at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. Some may want to pray, while others may want to
think of people they know fighting for our country. But whatever you
choose to do, please help us, and our country, by sending this to everyone
you know.
Please help us unite our country. We will also have a web page
soon, so people can post their thoughts, feelings and stories about the
war.
After the Silence, if you wish to, post what you did during the
Silence on our page. We will be sharing, also.
We hope to help our country in some small way, and to help our
troops know that they're fighting for something. Please help us by sending
this e-mail (or newspaper article) to everyone you know, and everyone you
don't.
Send it to your local radio stations, newspapers, and news
stations. Help us unite America the Brave.
Times zones: If you want to participate in the two-minute silence,
here are the times: 11 a.m. Hawaiian Time, 12 p.m. Alaskan Time, 1 p.m.
Pacific Time, 2 p.m. Arizona Time, 2 p.m. Mountain Time, 3 p.m. Central
Time, 4 p.m. Eastern Time, 6 a.m. Western Australian Time (Australia),
6:30 a.m. Northern Territory Time (Australia), 7 a.m. Queensland Time
(Australia), 7:30 a.m. South Australian Time (Australia), 8 a.m. New South
Wales Time (Australia), 8 a.m. Victoria Time (Australia), 8 a.m. Tasmanian
Time (Australia), 9 p.m. Great Britain Time.
Thank you for your time,
Sarah Lewis & Brenda Watling
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Desert
Journal’s
fax
number changes
Effective Monday, March 31, the Desert
Journal’s fax number will change to the DJ’s regular telephone number
505-894-0475.
Those calling the Desert Journal’s
fax at 894-0025 will find that they get no answer. In changing our phone
operations, VALOR Telecom prematurely cut off our fax line. It wasn’t
supposed to happen until Monday.
With some luck, perhaps Desert Journal
customers will be able to fax us at 894-0475. If they can’t fax us, they
can still call and leave a phone message at 894-0475.
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OBITUARIES
Elmer
A. Perrault, 63, of
Radium Springs and formerly of Truth or Consequences, died Tuesday, March
25, 2003, at his home. He was born May 23, 1939, in Santa Rita, NM, to
Henry and Eloisa Ruiz Perrault. He served his country honorably in the
U.S. Army from 1958 to 1960. He was a self-employed licensed contractor
and a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Survivors
include his wife, Rosa Madrid Perrault of the family home in Radium
Springs; his son, Harry Ortiz of Hawaii; three daughters, Carmen Olarti
and Elmarena Ortiz, both of Hawaii, and Rosalie Perrault of Chicago, IL;
his sister, Olga Madrid of West Hills, CA; and numerous grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Ruben Perrault.
At his
request cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at 1
p.m. Monday, March 31, at Baca's Funeral Home, 300 E. Boutz Road in Las
Cruces, with Art Caballero presiding. Private internment of cremains will
take place at a later date. Arrangements are by Baca's Funeral Home and
Baca's Mimbres Crematory; 1-505-527-2222.
George
Douglas Reasonover, 79,
a former resident of Truth or Consequences and more recently of El Paso,
TX, died Tuesday, March 11, 2003. Memorial services were held March 24 at
St. Patrick's Cathedral in El Paso, followed by military rites at Fort
Bliss. He was born Dec. 27, 1923, in Douglas, AZ, to Paul and Anna Belle
Bryant Reasonover. Upon the early death of his mother, George lived with
his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. W.O. Reasonover, in Hot Springs (renamed
Truth or Consequences in 1950) and attended local schools. He
distinguished himself as a Boy Scout by saving a fellow Scout (the son of
C.H. Burton) from drowning in Elephant Butte Lake. He graduated from Hot
Springs High School, attended New Mexico School of Mines in Socorro, and
graduated from New Mexico A&M in Las Cruces.
During
World War II, beginning at the age of 17, he served more than six years
with the U.S. Navy aboard the Battleship Arizona, among other combat
assignments in the Pacific. After World War II and college, he attained
the rank of major in the U.S. Army. During the Vietnam and Korean
conflicts, he was a special forces combat engineer and was awarded the
Soldier’s Medal, the highest award for heroism given in peace time.
After
retiring from the military in 1964, he made his home in El Paso but
continued to serve his country worldwide for many more years as a career
U.S. Foreign Service officer with the Agency for International
Development.
Survivors
include his wife, Emelia Reasonover, of El Paso; his daughter, Martha, of
El Paso; his son, George D. Reasonover JR. of Addison, TX, who followed
his father’s footsteps with a military career and foreign service with
the U.S. State Department; his granddaughter, Heather, also of Addison;
and his grandson, George D. Reasonover III (Trey), of Chicago. He was
preceded in death by other family members who had lived in Truth or
Consequences including his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. W.O. Reasonover,
and his aunt, Eileen (Mrs. H.C.) Groton.
Ruth M. Pierotti, 90, a resident of Williamsburg for nearly two years,
died Monday, March 24, 2003, at the Sierra Health Care Center in Truth or
Consequences. She was born Nov. 3, 1912, in Utica, NE, to Henry and Sophia
Hopkins. She was retired from the J.C. Penney Co. as a salesclerk. She had
been a member of the Episcopal Church in Boulder City, NV, and she moved
to Williamsburg in June 2001 to be closer to her family here.
Survivors include her daughter, Jodell Downs of Williamsburg,
NM; her step-daughter, Gloria Ruffini of T or C; seven grandchildren,
Sharon Hatley, Andy Underwood, Michael Underwood, Butch Benda, Scott Benda,
Tad Benda & Jody Benda; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Albert Pierotti, in 1999 and by her daughter,
Sherry Hoffman.
A Memorial service was held Thursday, March 27, at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church in T or C with Rev. Peter Cacopero officiating. Interment
will be in the Palm Memorial Park Mausoleum in Boulder City, NV.
Arrangements are by French Mortuary of T or C Inc.
William
Edgar Hamilton, 83, a
resident of Truth or Consequences the last five months, died Sunday, March
23, 2003, at the New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences.
He was born April 1, 1919, in Memphis, TX, to Shelby and Finnie Hamilton.
He was retired from the Tuolumne County Road Department in California. He
served in the U.S. Army during World War II and he was a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He moved to T or C from
Deming, NM, where he had lived for 10 years.
Survivors
include his wife, Norma N. Hamilton of the family home in Deming; his
step-sons, Clinton Bragg of Deming and Vaughn Bragg of Bluewater; and his
two step-daughters, LaVada Haynes of Houston, TX, and Ellen McQuarrie of
La Veen, AZ.
No
local services are planned. Cremation took place. Arrangements were by
French Mortuary of T or C Inc.
Wesley
Edison Boardway, 88, a
resident of Truth or Consequences since 1979, died Thursday, March 20,
2003, at the Sierra Health Care Center. He was born May 1, 1914, in
Hooker, OK, to Johnathan
S. and Tessa M. Besaw Boardway. He retired after 30 years as a heat
treater with Rockwell International in Oshkosh, WI.
Survivors include his wife, Esther Boardway of T or C; his
daughters, Anne Eleesha Jeffrey of T or C, and Marie & husband Everett
Harvey of Berkeley, CA; his son, James Vincent Boardway of Oshkosh, WI;
two grandchildren, Sharlene E. Putnam of Emhurst, IL, and Daniel Hurd of
Carbondale, IL; five step-children, Carol Harrington of Oshkosh, WI,
Dorothy Hein of Neenah, WI, Patricia Metzler of Hancock, WI, Barbara Hilt
and Joseph DuChateau, both of Ft. Atkinson, WI; 26 step-grandchildren; 13
step-great-grandchildren; his niece, Mary & husband Dave Carter; and
his nephews, John and Ralph Pennock.
Cremation
has taken place and no local services are planned. Arrangements were by
French Mortuary of T or C Inc.
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