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Why is the virus that causes the commoncold so hard to find, when it is so easy tocatch?

— Quips and Quotes

OCTOBER 25, 2001VOL. 28, No. 43

SOCORRO — After several regular and spe-cial Socorro City Council meetings, the Cityof Socorro and Chief of Police BurylCanuteson have come to an agreement.

Following the regular scheduled meeting ofOct. 3, during Executive Session, members ofCity Council decided to follow severance pro-cedures due to a thorough investigation of poorperformance of duty by Canuteson, handled byCity Attorney Richard Contreras. After the

By Arleen Beard�Special to the Courier

Socorro’s Chief of Police agrees to resignCity of Socorro prepares for Charter vote decision was announced Council received a lot

of vocal dissatisfaction from the communitymembers present.

Mayor Amado Padilla was approached byseveral community members to object toCouncil’s decision, but Padilla said simply thatit was a decision made strictly by the Council,adding he had no say in the matter.

He added this choice was made in order toavoid any possible litigation that may bebrought against the City of Socorro if the properprocedures were not followed.

Mayor Padilla said, “He wants to resolve thesituation as soon as possible. That is why aspecial meeting for Oct. 10, 2001 (was)called…the Chief of Police is under investiga-

tion for termination.”During the Oct. 3 meeting, City Attorney

Contreras informed Council and members ofthe community of Chief Canuteson’s decisionto resign.

This decision was made only after the CityAttorney (representing the City of Socorro)and Chief Canuteson agreed on a severancepackage. His resignation became effectiveon Oct. 14.

Council has initiated an emergency hire pro-cedure to fill vacancies on the Socorro PoliceDepartment force. To date they have hired threenew officers which brings them to 13 — whichis still short 9 officers of the approved numberfor the force. The SPD is currently recruitingfor full time officers and reserve officers.

Mayor ProTem Jesus S. Hernandez spokeproudly of the police force. He stated the De-partment is functioning effectively in spite ofthe issues that were at hand. It was also notedby Council that plans for any possible emer-gencies, considering the close proximity of theMexico border, should be made. This concerncomes due to the terroristic threats currentlymade on the United States.

Meanwhile, during the regular Councilmeeting on Oct. 18, City Representative SamBrewster reminded Socorro residents earlyvoting begins Monday, Oct. 22 on the SocorroCharter. He strongly urged everyone to go outand vote. Brewster voiced his stance on theneed for the Charter and how it would improvethe quality of life for the residents of Socorro.

“With the Charter, the city would be allowedto annex much-needed land and also increasethe tax base,” he said.

In other business Oct. 8, Council approved anevent permit to hold a Haunted House for chil-dren and teenagers of the Socorro communityand authorization to use one of the Rio VistaComplex Buildings. City Rep. Jesse Gandarainformed the public of the Halloween festivitiesto be held on Oct. 26-27 at the Rio Vista Com-plex. The festivities on Oct. 26 will be for theyounger children and will be from 5-10 p.m. OnOct. 27, the festivities will be for teenagers from5-8 p.m. There will be a Haunted House and priceof admission is 50 cents.

All other festivities will be free and therewill be plenty of treats for the children to en-joy. Gandara stressed that the event will anexciting but safe event.

Council also approved Mayor AmadoPadilla, Mayor Pro-Tem Jesus Hernandez andCity Rep. Trini Lopez to be part of the delega-tion to seek monies through NAD Band andTexas Water Development Board for sewageextensions and water connections and authori-zation. They will travel to San Antonio andAustin on the first or second week of Novem-ber, 2001.

Other business that was handled during theOct. 3 meeting included a presentation byMargie Perez, regarding the Socorro ParadisePark . Ms. Perez presented several businesseswith certificates in appreciation for their un-selfish donations to make Paradise Park a re-ality. Some of these businesses include: JobeConcrete, River Bend Crane, Walmart,Gandara Recycling, Odum Inv., I&J Construc-tion and MTI Concrete. These businesses do-nated supplies and some even volunteered theirown time to work at the park. Ms. Perez ex-pressed her gratitude for their commitment incontributing to a much need park.

There was also a public hearing held duringthe October 3, meeting regarding an ordinanceadopting the speed zone maps prepared and pro-posed by the State Department of Highways andPublic Transportation. There was no public andCouncil approved the Ordinance unanimously.

Council also recently made appointments tothe Planning and Zoning Commission. The newmembers are: Delia Munoz, Laura Alvizo,Manny Ortega, Raul Vaquera and Marco Teran.

Grads don cap and gown for GED ceremonyEAST EL PASO COUNTY — Socorro ISD Community Services presented 76 gradu-ates with their GED certificates on Sept. 7. Many of these grads earned this honor inthe evenings after putting in a full day at work. Socorro ISD board members MarthaContreras and Willie Gandara made the presentations. Estela Casas, KVIA/Channel7 anchorwomn, center above, w as keynote speaker.

— Contributed by Jan Engels

Not closed for business“The doors of my Washington, DC officemay be closed for a few days, but that doesnot mean we’re closed for business,” saidU.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla last week in thewake of staff members in Senate MajorityLeader Tom Daschle’s office testing posi-tive for exposure to anthrax. “All of my(23rd) district offices will remain open.We’ll continue answering our phones,checking our email and responding to con-stituent correspondence. Many members ofmy staff will work from home and othernon-government offices. And I’ll continuemy work from a satellite location beforereturning home to San Antonio. The bot-tom line is that the terrorists will not slowus down!” All House office buildings wereclosed until Tuesday, Oct. 23 while allHouse offices were be “swept” for a pre-cautionary environmental assessment.Bonilla said the Congressional leadershiphad “made a wise and prudent decision.They understand that it’s time to let thehealth professionals conduct their businessand alleviate any threat to the thousands ofpeople who work here.”

Watch your herdIt’s 8 p.m. Do you know where — or how— your cattle (or sheep, goats, horses orother livestock) are? Livestock health of-ficials are asking farmers and ranchers tocheck their livestock regularly and imme-diately report signs of disease, suspiciousactivities, intruders or circumstances tolocal police or sheriff’s department. Li-cense plate numbers and descriptions oftrespassers, should be recorded. “We’reurging producers to keep a closer watchon their animals, in light of recent eventsin our country,” said Dr. Linda Logan,Texas’ state veterinarian and head of theTexas Animal Health Commission(TAHC), the state’s livestock health regu-latory agency. “As always, individuallivestock producers and private veterinarypractitioners are our first line of defenseif — or when — a livestock disease isaccidentally or intentionally introducedinto the state. To report suspicious signsof disease, call 1-800-550-8242.”

In other news■ Americas High School will have its 6thAnnual Christmas Fair on Friday, Dec. 7,2001 at 5-9 p.m. Vendors can reserve atable by contacting the student activitiesoffice at 856-4366. The cost is $5 per tableand deadline is Dec. 4. Over 35 groupswill be performing throughout theevening. Public is invited and admissionis free. For information call 856-4300.

■ Canutillo community’s RecreationCenter will host a Halloween Carnivalfrom 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, atthe Old Canutillo Elementary Cafeteria,7000 Fifth Street. The public is invited toenjoy the food, games, music, jumpingballoons, and Haunted House. Proceedsare to support the Rec Center’s programs.For more information, call 877-7962.

■ The El Paso County Library in Fabens

See BRIEFS, Page 5

EL PASO COUNTY — Veterans, transpor-tation and colonias in Texas would be amongprinciple beneficiaries if 19 proposed amend-ments to the state’s constitution pass in the Nov.6 election.

Early voting began Monday and will con-tinue through Nov. 2, except for weekends,throughout the County.

Of particular interest in El Paso county isProposition 2, being urged by El Paso Interre-ligious Sponsoring Organization (EPISO), be-cause it would approve $175 million in bondsto pave dirt roads in the state’s colonias, in-cluding some 200 miles’ worth in El Paso.

According to County Elections Administra-tor Helen Jamison, only three to five percentof El Paso’s 345,000 registered voters typicallywill go to the polls.

Those who do will decide on $500 millionfor veterans’ benefits and upon a “mobilityfund” which would allow bonds to build twiceas many transportation projects as there arenow in the state.

Polls will be opened from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Monday through Friday, except in the CountyCourthouse, where voting is scheduled from 8a.m. to 5 p.m. Sites are at Bassett Center, BurgesLibrary, Montwood Mall, Rogelio ShoppingStrip, Socorro High School and the courthouse.

By Marjorie F. Graham �Courier Staff Writer

Colonias could get paving if Prop. 2 passesHours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 1-2.

With last week’s action, access to public in-formation became easier and less expensive asCommissioners Court put its new website onthe internet.

Much new information becomes readilyavailable online, at www.co.el-paso.tx.us, in-cluding vital records, property deeds, job open-ings, bidding opportunities, agendas and meet-ing minutes of the court.

Being studied is the feasibility of also puttingcivil and criminal courts data into the system thatcould include civil suits, misdemeanor and felonycharges, along with the status of each.

An appointed committee will report its rec-ommendations on Oct. 31, taking into accountthat some of the judges are reluctant to seecriminal court case filings become more pub-lic before their final disposition — innocent orguilty. The information is available upon re-quest at any time in the courthouse.

Commissioners accepted the resignation ofParks and Recreation Director Sally Gavlik, whowill go to UTEP to lead its Student Union andConference Center. She was responsible duringher two and a half year tenure for garnering nearly$2 million in new grants. A nationwide searchfor a new director has been launched.

Also scheduled Monday was a meeting be-tween commissioners and the City of El Paso’sMass Transit Department board to approve SunMetro bus route extensions into Socorro, SanElizario and Clint.

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

The tragic events of Sept. 11,2001 have taken a huge toll onour nation and our world. Thou-

sands of Americans lost their lives and countless morehave been affected with pain, suffering and economichardship. As our nation continues to rebuild, your gov-ernment stands ready to assist in whatever way possible.

The United States Congress has been working over-time since the terrorist attacks. And we’re not slowingdown until our goals are accomplished. We’re workingin a bi-partisan fashion to strengthen the transportationindustry, the stock market and other components of ourcountry’s economy. We understand that action must betaken. And we’re doing everything possible to move ournation back to a state of normalcy.

But the federal government can reach only so far. Whenit comes to help in the heartland, it’s time to turn to thenumerous state and local programs that are waiting tohelp.

Thousands of Americans have lost their jobs becauseof the collapse or near-collapse of a number of indus-

Movingforward

tries. If you, your family or your friends have been af-fected, you should know that unemployment insuranceis available. Temporary income, administered throughthe State of Texas, can be obtained as you seek to find anew job. Also consider that the U.S. Department of La-bor has job training and career centers that can help youget back on your feet.

Healthcare can be provided to those who are no longercovered after losing their jobs. About six million Ameri-cas purchase COBRA benefits (named after the 1985Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) thatgive employees and their families extended health cov-erage for up to eighteen months after a layoff.

Beyond these programs and services, I want each ofyou to know that I am here to help. My staff is here tohelp. If you, your family or your friends have, sadly,experienced some type of loss as a result of the terroristattack on our country, please come to me. I have districtoffices located in San Antonio, Laredo, Del Rio andMidland. My office phone number in San Antonio is210/697.9055 and in Washington it is 202/225.4511.Please also try my website for more information andassistance services www.house.gov/bonilla/

Rest assured that America is strong and will remainthe land of the free and the home of the brave.

May God bless you and your neighbors during thesetrying times.

HORIZON — Once upon a timethere was a kingdom called PocaAgua. It was ruled by a good prince.

The good prince knew that therewas enough agua to last his peoplefor awhile but that in the long runthey really were pretty poco. So heset out to make alliance with the king-dom of Agua Grande so that hispeople would always have agua.

But there were others in Poca Aguawho wanted to be prince. One wantedto be king of the whole state of Aguade Tejas and he thought that beingprince of the Poca Agua would be agood start. Others wanted to seembig and important in the community.They liked the power. Some wanteda little extra money. Some had allthese reasons. So they managed todrive away the good prince.

After awhile the people began to seethat the new princes were not reallyvery good leaders, so they tried to votethem out — but, alas, it was too late.The good prince had already goneaway to do other good things and theonly ones they could find to replacethe new princes were no different.

When they did find a good princehe didn’t last long.

After many years of despair andmismanagement, there were someprinces chosen to rule Poca Aguawho really wanted to do good things.They wanted to straighten up themess and look after the interest oftheir people.

So they hired some traveling ma-gicians who said they knew how tomake Poca Agua even better than thekingdom of Agua Grande. They saidthey knew a magic formula thatwould make Poca Agua into AguaMucho Grande!

The good princes liked the soundof this.

But still they wanted to know: “Howcould this be made to happen?”

It is simple, said the magicians. Allyou have to do is to say that the PocaAgua is the Agua Mucho Grande, and

How Poca Agua

grew up to be Agua

Mucho Grandeit will be so.

Besides, they said, we have friendsin really cool, sophisticated placesthat know how to do this magic.

The good princes didn’t under-stand all of this but they still likedthe way it sounded. So they hired themagicians to make mucho agua.

The magicians began to chant overand over that Poca Agua really wasAgua Mucho Grande. They sang thatthe people had been fooled by thosewho said the agua was poco. Andthey brought in their cool friends tohelp them.

They assured the good princes thatthe price to make magic would bepoca, too.

The good princes began to believethe magic. They were bedazzled bythe chants and by the really coolfriends from sophisticated places.They begin to feel very wise in theirown eyes and forgot that they wereresponsible to the people. They madeagreements with the magicians thatindebted the people far into the fu-ture without asking the people if theywanted to do this.

At first the people were happyabout the magic. Then they found outthat the princes had committed themand many subsequent generations topaying mucho dolares for magic thatwas yet unproved.

Sometimes even the princes haddoubts when it was plain that themagicians were using potions of in-ferior quality, or that they built tow-ers without knowing where theywere, or that the cool friends werecarrying away big pieces of the trea-sury, or that the time in which themagicians had promised the magicwould happen was long past.

The princes were afraid to ques-tion the magicians or their coolfriends — that wasn’t cool. If thefaith of one of the princes faltered,friends of the magicians would rushto the rescue, flattering the princesby saying they was “visionary” and

“courageous.” They arranged for theprinces to be given important-sound-ing awards and used liberally fromthe treasury to send them on nice tripsand make them feel important.

So the princes kept repeating tothemselves that Poca Agua really isAgua Mucho Grande.

Besides, everyone knows that thestory about the emperor ’s newclothes is just a fairy tale, right?

Many of the other kingdoms de aguawatched what the Agua DolaresGrande — I mean, the Poca Agua —

was doing and they were glad becausethe Poca Agua was trying out themagic first. After all, they realized thatall their agua was poco, too, and theywanted to see what would happen.

Would the magic really work?Would it provide sovereignty for thekingdom of Poca Agua forever so thatit would not have to make treatieswith neighboring kingdoms? Wouldthe promise of dolares poco cometrue or would the price of the magicgrow and grow? Would the magicdamage the environment? Would the

apparatus the magicians created lasta long time or would it break downand cost mucho dolares to fix it?

The end of this story is yet tobe written.

The people are really hoping theprinces were right.

The princes hope they really arewearing clothes.

The magicians don’t care.They’ve secured more than a

healthy share of the Poca Agua trea-sury, and are out busily striking a dealwith the princes of the Agua de Tejas.

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View from the porch By Linda Mussehl

Citizens of SocorroVote FOR the CHARTER

November 6, 2001Early Voting: Oct. 22 - Nov. 2

Punch #8Ciudadanos de Socorro

Votan a FAVOR el ACTA CONSTITUTIVA6 de Noviembre 2001

Votacion Temprano: Oct. 22 - Nov. 2

Marca #8

It’s just been too darn hot toclear brush lately, but we’re al-ready planning our cool weather

campaign. We’ve been spraying the thick algarita thatkeeps us away from the base of the old mesquites andtying flagging tape on the “absolutely must go” trees.

Last spring we made a good dent in our long-rangeclearing plan. Along with routine fence line clearing,we also wiped out a dense thicket behind the barn soPardner could expand his pens. It was one of thosethorny mixed-brush plant communities where you haveto stand on the edge of it and slowly, painfully hackyour way into it branch by branch, foot by foot.

By the time we knocked off for the summer, myhands were becoming just tough enough to be useful.Now I’ll have to start all over again.

For years I’ve been too cheap to buy myself somereally good work gloves. I’ve always done heavy workwearing an extra pair of Pardner’s. It was foolish, be-cause although they did give me some protection fromthe worst of the thorns, they actually added to my blis-ter crop. The over-large gloves of stiff leather slidaround on my hands and rubbed big ol’ blisters on topof my knuckles and the backs of my hands. Kindamisses the whole point of wearing gloves, doesn’t it?

So last winter I splurged at the welding supply storeand bought myself some really good gloves: nice soft

Littlecuts

leather, tough tops that extended up over my wrists,and small enough to almost fit.

Even though the new gloves reduced the number ofblisters, they didn’t work any better than the old oneswhen it came to thorn cuts and punctures. Much ofthe nameless, nasty brush we clear has long brittlethorns with little curved tips that penetrate any gloveon through to the human hide beneath.

Every five minutes or so, whenever the glove lookedlike I’d lost a battle with a porcupine, I’d stop and pullout the thorns. Some came away clean; others left theirlittle tips in my hands. At the end of the day, my handswould have fifty or so little ouchies.

At first it’s hard to tell the difference between a littlecut that will heal on it’s own and a splinter or imbed-ded piece of thorn. They look and feel the same. Ratherthan attacking all the sore spots with tweezers or ra-zor blade, I just wash well, sluice peroxide over myhands and arms, and let them go for a couple of days.

By day three, the nicks and cuts have taken care ofthemselves, while the thorn splinters have festered, sothey can be identified and dealt with.

As I dig them out with needle and tweezers, I rumi-nate on how close an analogy it is to everyday life.

Life has its little nicks, cuts and problems, whetherit is supervising people at work, teaching school, wran-gling teenagers or keeping your customers happy. Atfirst it’s hard to know which problems will resolvethemselves without action. Or are they going to benasty little infections that can cause big problems later?It takes time and basic hygiene to tell the difference.

Developing tough, thick, useful skin takes work. Andjudgment.

Dear Editor:I would like to take this opportu-

nity to express my views on the pro-posed Home Rule Charter for theCity of Socorro, Texas. The newHome Rule Charter will give the Cityannexing powers that will improveour tax base, which will help keepour taxes low. It will also improveour bond and credit rating. I urge thecitizens of Socorro to vote for theproposed Home Rule Charter for theCity of Socorro on Nov. 6, 2001.

Sam BrewsterCity Representative

Socorro

(Editor’s Note: Mr. Brewster alsosubmitted this letter in Spanish. Be-cause Socorro has a high Spanish-speaking population, we are also pub-lishing his Spanish translation.)

Al editor:Me gustaria tomar esta

oportunidad para expresar mi opin-ion y apoyo a la Acta Constitutivaque esta en propuesta en la Ciudadde Socorro, Texas. Esta nueva ActaConstitutiva le dara a la ciudad elpoder de anexar y al mismo tiempobeneficiara nuestra base deimpuesto, la cual ayudara amantener nuestros impuestos en unnivel bajo. Tambien ayudara a losbonos y benificiara a la solvencia dela ciudad. Yo propongo a losciudadanos de Socorro que voten porla Acta Constitutiva de la Ciudad deSocorro este 6 de Noviembre del2001.

Sam BrewsterRepresentante de la Ciudad

Socorro

Dear Editor:On Monday, Oct. 22, early voting

started for a Charter for the City of

Socorro and will continue until Fri-day, Nov. 2 at the Socorro HighSchool. Then on Nov. 6 voting willbe held at Pct. 108, 109, 110 and 155for all eligible voters.

This Charter is what Socorro needsfor the residents of the City and is aguide for our elected officials to fol-low.

I urge every voter to go to the pollsand vote for this Charter.

It would be nice if we could set arecord for voter turnout on this Char-ter. Please vote!

Don DavissonSocorro

Dear Editor:On Aug. 12, 2000, you, the regis-

tered voters of Socorro elected 15members to the Charter Commissionin an effort to draft a Charter for theCity of Socorro.

As president of the Charter Com-mission, along with the 15 electedmembers we have drafted what weconsider an appropriate Charter forthe City of Socorro to operate under.

The City of Socorro has mailedcopies of the proposed charter inEnglish and in Spanish for you toread and be aware of what the itstands for.

I urge you to read the documentcompletely, and to vote on Nov. 6,2001 for the Charter to be accepted.

If this Charter fails, the City ofSocorro will continue to run underan outdated Charter which has beenin place since 1871. Without thisCharter the citizens will be exposedto higher taxes, and less governmentservices.

If you have any questions, or if youwould like to meet personally withany of the members of the CharterCommission, please contact me at915-859-6465.

Again, I cannot stress the impor-tance of this document and ask thatyou take the time to read it thor-oughly.

Ricardo F. Ortiz, PresidentSocorro Charter Commission

WEST TEXAS COUNTY COURIER October 25, 2001Page 4

Public NoticeClint Independent School DistrictParent Textbook Advisory Committee

A Parent Textbook Advisory Committee shall be formed to serve in an advisory capacity tothe Teacher Textbook Committees.

1. Members shall include parents or legal guardians of currently enrolled Districtmiddle and high school students.

2. A committee shall be formed to address the options for each level (middle, and/or high).Each committee shall consider all subjects for that level that are up for adoption.

3. Each committee shall have no fewer than five and no more than 15 members. Shouldfewer than five parents/legal guardians volunteer, the committee shall not form forthat level.

4. Selection Process

A) The District shall publicize the intent to form a Parent Advisory Committee.

B) Interested parents/legal guardians shall complete the Parent Textbook Advi-sory Committee Self-Nomination Form to declare their desire to be consideredfor selection on the committee prior to November 8, 2001 as well as their com-mitment to devote time to the committee. The form must include the name(s),grade level(s), and school(s) of currently enrolled children. Forms should be ob-tained from and returned to the campus principal.

C) The Office of Curriculum & Instruction shall sort the letters by level (middle,and/or high) and geographic area.

D) The Office of Curriculum & Instruction shall randomly draw members.

E) Selected members shall receive notification of their selection and date and timeof the first meeting.

5. Scheduled meeting activities include reviewing textbooks up for adoption, reviewingfeedback forms, discussing rubric and scoring with appropriate Curriculum & Instructionstaff members, and giving input to the Teacher Textbook Committee.

6. In order to give input to the Teacher Textbook Committee, members shall attend atleast 80% all scheduled meetings.

Aviso PublicoDistrito Escolar de ClintComité Asesor de Padres de Familia para los Libros de Texto

Se formara un comité asesor de padres de familia para los libros en la capacidad de ser consejadoresal comité de maestros.

1. Miembros serán padres o guardiánes legales de estudiantes en escuelas intermedia ysecundarias matriculados en el distrito.

2. El comité se formará para evaluar los libros de cada nivel (intermedia y secundaria). Cadacomité considerá todas las areas de cada nivel que sea considerado.

3. Cada comité tendra lo mínimo de cinco miembros y lo máximo de quince. Si haymenos de cinco padres el comité no se formará.

4. Proceso de Selección

A) El distrito hará el intento de publicar la intención de formar el comité asesor depadres de familia para libros de texto.

B) Padres/guardianes legales interesados completarán la forma Comité Asesor de Pa-dres de Familia para los Libros de Texto de Auto-nominación para declarar sudeseo de ser considerados para el comité antes de la fecha 8 de noviembre de 2001 y consu intención de dedicar tiempo para el comité. La aplicación tiene que incluir nombre(s),nivele(s), y escuela(s) de sus hijos matriculados en el distrito. Formas pueden ser obtenidasy regresadas con el director de la escuela.

C) La Oficina de Plan de Estudios clasificará las aplicaciones por los niveles de escuelasintermedias, y escuelas secundarias y por la area geográfica.

D) La Oficina de Plan de Estudios escogerá variablemente los miembros del comité.

E) Los miembros elijidos recibirán notificación de la fecha y tiempo sobre la primerajunta.

5. La agenda de las juntas se llevara acabo como sigue: evaluando textos de consideración por elestado,repasando información escrita, discutiendo diferentes pruebas apropiadas con los miembrosdel Plan de Estudios y disponer apoyo al comité de asesor de libros.

6. Para poder proveer información al comité asesor de Padres de Familia para los Libros de textolos miembros deben de asistir a lo menos el 80% de todas las juntas.WTCC: 10/25/01

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

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City of SocorroPUBLIC NOTICEA PUBLIC HEARING will be held at 6:00 p.m. onNovember 13, 2001 during the Planning Commissionmeeting at City Hall, 124 S. Horizon Blvd., Socorro, Texas.Purpose of the public hearing is to receive public com-ments on the following plats and/or rezonings:

1. Proposed rezoning of Lot 6, Block 8 Mary LouPark, 640 Maxine from R-1, Single Family Resi-dential to R-2, Medium Density Residential byHumberto Muñoz, Jr.

2. Proposed rezoning of Tracts 4D2K and 4D2D,Block 3 Socorro Grant, 10651 North Loop Rd.from R-1, Single Family Residential to C-2, Gen-eral Commercial by Victor Villanueva.

3. Proposed rezoning of Tracts 1F, 1F1 and 1E1,Block 6 Socorro Grant, corner of North Loop Rd.and Old Hueco Tanks Rd., from C-1, Light Com-mercial to C-2, General Commercial by HaganChildren Trust.

TERE RODRIGUEZInterim City Secretary

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will host a Costume Contest onOct. 31 at 3:45 p.m. There is noentry fee, and winners will re-ceive $10 in three age groups.There will also be more fun andprizes at the Library, located at1331 N. Fabens. For informationcall 764-3635.

■ Socorro High School VarsityCheer and Yell Leaders wongrand championship honors dur-ing the Western Playland FallCity Cheerleading Competitionon Oct. 14. They also wereawarded for outstanding exhibi-tion. Lisa Padilla won first injump; and Adriana Zamudio,Ernie Tellez, David Veloz andManny Parra also won first placein stunt competition.

■ The second Border LearningConference, sponsored by ElPaso Community College andDona Ana Branch CommunityCollege will be held Nov. 2-3 atthe Transmountain Campus.Educators and community lead-ers will meet to examine, defineand consider solutions to issuesassociated with education on theborder. For registration contactPeter Maas at 831-2403 orJeanne Foskett, 831-2411.

■ Texas Land CommissionerDavid Dewhurst has announcedthat almost $3.5 million waspaid by oil and gas firms at theOct. 2 lease sale for 19,655 acresof Permanent School Fund(PSF) lands dedicated to helpfund public education. “Thisbonus is a welcome addition tothe Permanent School Fund,which benefits the publicschoolchildren of Texas,”Dewhurst said. The PSF hasabout $20 billion in assets, andabout $700 million of incomegenerated by the PSF went toTexas public schools last year.The Oct. 2 sale also generated$8,525 for the Texas Parks andWildlife Department.

■ U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla isencouraging high school seniorsinterested in attending one of thenations military academies toapply for a nomination throughhis office for the class of 2006,entering the summer of 2002.Applicants must live in the 23rdCongressional District of Texas.Interested young men andwomen may apply for a nomi-nation to any of the followingacademies: The U.S. Air ForceAcademy in Colorado Springs,Colorado; The U.S. MilitaryAcademy in West Point, NewYork; The U.S. Naval Academyin Annapolis, Maryland; TheU.S. Merchant Marine Academyin Kings Point, New York. Can-didates must be nominated bytheir U.S. Representatives, U.S.Senator or by the Vice Presidentof the United States. Selectionis based on character, scholar-ship, extracurricular activities,physical aptitude, medical fit-ness, as well as demonstratedmotivation and leadership po-tential. Applications may be ob-tained by writing Bonilla’s SanAntonio office at 11120Wurzbach, Suite 300, San An-tonio, Texas 78230 or by calling(210) 697-9055. This year’s ap-plication deadline is Oct. 31.

WASHINGTON — Monthly So-cial Security and Supplemental Se-curity Income (SSI) benefits to morethan 50 million Americans will in-crease 2.6 percent in 2002, Larry G.Massanari, Acting Commissioner ofSocial Security announced today.

“Today’s news tells us that infla-tion continues to be low which is cer-tainly good news for the elderly anddisabled,” said Acting CommissionerMassanari. “Inflation is one of thebiggest challenges for people livingon a fixed income.”

The 2.6 percent increase will be-gin with benefits that 45 million So-cial Security beneficiaries receive inJanuary 2002. Increased payments tomore than 6 million SSI beneficia-ries will begin on Dec. 31.

For Social Security beneficiaries,the average monthly benefit amountfor all retired workers will rise from$852 to $874. The maximum federalSSI monthly payment to an individualwill rise from $531 to $545. For acouple, the maximum federal SSI pay-ment will rise from $796 to $817.

“The annual Cost-of-Living Adjust-ment (COLA) is one of the most criti-cally important features of the SocialSecurity program,” stated ActingCommissioner Massanari. “For the

Social security benefitsto increase by 2.6 percent

elderly, it guarantees that their foun-dation of retirement income will re-main strong for as long as they live.”

Social Security and SSI benefitsincrease automatically each yearbased on the rise in the ConsumerPrice Index for Urban Wage Earnersand Clerical Workers (CPI-W) fromthe third quarter of one year throughthe corresponding period of the next.This year’s increase in the

CPI-W was 2.6 percent. Based onthe increase in the CPI-W from thethird quarter of 2000 through thethird quarter of 2001, Social Secu-rity and SSI beneficiaries will receivea 2.6 percent COLA for 2002.

Some other changes that take af-fect in January of each year are basedon the increase in average wages.Based on that increase, the maximumamount of earnings subject to theSocial Security tax (taxable maxi-mum) will increase to $84,900 from$80,400 in 2002.

As a result of the increase in thetaxable maximum in 2002, the maxi-mum yearly Social Security tax paidby employees and employers willincrease by $279 each. For self-em-ployed workers, it will rise by $558.

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King Super Crossword

By Steve Escajeda�Special to the Courier

KETCH WORDS

ACROSS

1 Riches’ antithesis 5 Recede 8 Early computer 13 Solid as - 18 “L’-, c’est moi” 19 Abandon 21 Cobra kin 22 Jug band instru-ment 23 Shipboard story? 25 Release the hogs 26 Cugat consort 27 Photo tint 28 Actress Copley 30 Radius’ neighbor 32 Pan for Yan 33 Southern st. 35 Shipboard head-gear? 40 Implore 44 “SNL” bits 45 - gin fizz 46 $ dispenser 47 Bon - (witticism) 49 Playwright Coward 51 “Songs of Inno-cence” poet 55 Shipboard cure-all? 60 Outshone 63 “Greetings!” 64 Groan producer 65 Aphrodite’s boy-friend 66 Mowry of “Sister,Sister” 67 Relied (on)

70 Coral and Red 73 Sought office 74 Shrug part 75 Shipboard gameshow? 80 - Mateo, CA 83 Stevedores’ grp. 84 Vichyssoise veggie 85 “Lorna Doone” set-ting 88 “Xanadu” rockers 89 Open an envelope 90 Collar a crook 92 Annoyed 94 “Calypso” captain 96 Shipboard vaude-villian?100 Tauber or Thill101 Hollywood org.103 Wish undone104 Place105 Swear108 Join up111 Exact114 Shipboard villain?119 - es Salaam120 Harem room121 Doctor Zhivago122 Next124 Lucifer128 Sorbo or Kline131 Sum up134 Shipboard order?136 Cream of the crop137 Video game name138 Writer Rendell139 Lace, often140 Dieter’s dish

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TOWN OF CLINT,TEXAS

BIDS WANTEDTOWN DEPOSITORY

Sealed bids addressed tothe Mayor and TownCouncil of the Town ofClint, Texas, for designa-tion as Town Depositorywill be received in the of-fice of the Town Clerk, inthe Town Offices locatedat 200 N. San Elizario Rd.in Clint, Texas, until 5p.m. MDT, Nov. 14, 2001.

All bids will be publiclyopened on the abovedate at 7 p.m. and readin the Town CouncilChambers.

The town reserves theright to accept or rejectany or all bids and waiveformalities. In case ofambiguity in stating theprice in bids, the Townreserves the right to con-sider the most advanta-geous constructionthereof or reject any bids.

Instructions to bidders,bid proposals forms andcontract document inblank are on file in theoffice of the Town Clerkand may be obtained byprospective bidders fromthe Town Clerk.

Town of ClintJessica Garza

Town ClerkWTCC-10/25/01_______________________

BIDS WANTEDOFFICIAL

NEWSPAPER

Sealed bids addressed tothe Mayor and TownCouncil of the Town ofClint, Texas, for designa-tion as Official Newspa-per will be received in theoffice of the Town Clerk,in the Town Offices lo-cated at 200 N. SanElizario Rd. in Clint,Texas, until 5 p.m. MDT,Nov. 14, 2001.

All bids will be publiclyopened on the abovedate at 7 p.m. and read

in the Town CouncilChambers.

The town reserves theright to accept or rejectany or all bids and waiveformalities. In case ofambiguity in stating theprice in bids, the Townreserves the right to con-sider the most advanta-geous constructionthereof or reject any bids.

Instructions to bidders,bid proposals forms andcontract document inblank are on file in theoffice of the Town Clerkand may be obtained byprospective bidders fromthe Town Clerk.

Town of ClintJessica Garza

Town ClerkWTCC-10/25/01________________________

TOWN OF HORIZONCITY, TEXAS

14999 DARRINGTONRD.

HORIZON CITY,TEXAS 79928

Horizon City PoliceDept.

Invitation to Bid

BID: 2002 Police PatrolVehicle

Sealed bids will be re-ceived at the Town ofHorizon City, 14999Darrington Rd., HorizonCity, Texas 79928, until5 p.m. Nov. 8, 2001. Bidswill be opened on Nov. 8at 5:05 p.m. at the Townof Horizon City Town Hall.

ALL BIDS MUST BESEALED

Specifications may beobtained at the HorizonCity Police Dept. at 915-852-1046 both located at14999 Darrington Rd.,Horizon City, Texas79928.WTCC-10/25/01_________________________

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Well, if the 56-7 loss to Alabama didn’t con-vince you, and the 66-7 loss to Hawaii still leftyou wondering, last weekend’s embarrassinghome display against San Jose State left abso-lutely no doubt.

The UTEP Miners officially have returnedto normal.

And anyone who has lived in El Paso forany amount of time knows what normal means— bad.

And I don’t mean that new-school “bad”means “good” kind of bad. I mean that old-school “bad” means “stinks” kind of bad.

San Jose State came into the Sun Bowl lastSaturday without a single victory in the wincolumn this season. And like in the past ñ theSun Bowl is quickly returning to the placewhere bad teams go to get well.

In the first half against the lowly Spartans,much-criticized UTEP quarterback WesleyPhillips threw for a career-best 300 yards andthree touchdowns to give the Miners a 21-10lead. Seven of those passes went to preseason

all-American candidate Lee Mays for 184yards.

But the Miners had a strange idea in the sec-ond half. It’s as if they decided, “hey, let’s stopthrowing the ball to Mays and see what hap-pens.”

The Miners saw what happened, and the SunBowl crowd of 30,048 saw what happened.

Amid a loud chorus of boos, UTEP just failedto accomplish anything on offense. Phillips justseemed to forget that he had one of the bestreceivers in the nation at his disposal.

After his 300 yards in the first half, Phillipsthrew for just 54 in the second — ugly.

Oh, and it just got uglier. Seems UTEPofficials tried to take a page from Jim Paul’shandbook and get fans to attend the gamevia promotion.

The promotion was to set a world record bygetting largest group of people — 30,048 inthe Sun Bowl — to blow bubbles at the sametime for a certain length of time…

Both the promotion and the game blew upin their faces.

FinallyI’ve been watching Joe Paterno coach the Penn

State Nitany Lions since I was a kid and I’veseen him walk off the field in victorious fashionabout nine out of every ten games he coaches.

And I have to admit, it’s been tough seeinghis team struggle the past two seasons but itsure felt good to see him finally gain a win lastweekend over Northwestern.

It wasn’t only Penn State’s first win of theseason, it was Paterno’s 323rd of his careerwhich tied him with former Alabama legendBear Bryant for the most wins in Division-1history.

The 74-year old Paterno, as is his norm,down-played the accomplishment saying thatit was his enjoyment of coaching and not therecords, as to why he has coached for 36 years.

I’m a huge Joe Paterno fan and I wouldn’tbe surprised if he gets that Penn State programback in the national championship spotlight ina year or two.

Little big menIn the world of major League Baseball, Oc-

tober is usually reserved for the big boys.October has always been Babe Ruth time. A

time when the Carlton Fisk’s, Joe Carter’s, andKirk Gibson’s make history with their giant

clouts. Heck, even Reggie Jackson is knownas Mr. October.

But this year the two players that have out-shined all others in the post season are knownmore for their speed, heart and savvy than fortheir power.

The Seattle Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki and theNew York Yankees’ Derek Jeter have put on ashow so far this year and it’s a shame they can’tplay each other in the World Series.

Ichiro and Jeter, who are facing each otherin the American League Championship Seriesare not your vintage home run hitters, but whocares?

Ichiro, who led the league with a .350 aver-age during the regular season, was hitting .500during the first eight playoff games with 15hits. He has also made some great defensiveplays and has shown off that great arm of his.

In the same number of games, Jeter was hit-ting .357 with 10 hits but his spectacular de-fensive plays have made even more of an im-pact for the Yankees.

This season the playoffs will be decided lessby the power hitters’ big bombs and more bythe legs, arms and brains of the little guys.

And a more exciting brand of baseball it is.

There can be no doubt that the Miners are back to normal

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OUT ON A LIMB By Gary Kopervas

GOT A LIFE By Terri Davis

THE SPATS By Jeff Pickering

R.F.D. By Mike Marland

By Don FloodIt’s back to the future: Another “Star Trek” is saddled

up and ready to ride.The original series, which first aired during the

Grant administration, lasted just three seasons but be-came the basis for what astronomers now estimate are45 billion TV shows and movies.

And because of the expanding universe, there is noend in sight.

As in the original series, the First Officer is a Vulcan.Only this time they made her a babe.But, man, is she frosty.Which begs the question, will Capt. Jonathan Ar-

cher be up to the job of melting this Ice Queen?If it were Capt. Kirk, you’d know.Kirk was the biggest babe magnet in the galaxy and

was constantly on the lookout for fresh conquests.That’s why Kirk was always so eager to “boldly go

where no man had gone before.”He figured this gave him an even better shot with

the alien hotties.Of course, they could turn the new First Officer into

another Spock.Supposedly, Spock showed no emotion either, but

in reality half the shows revolved around him blub-bering about one thing or another.

There was the Spock-is-attacked-by-spores episodeand the Spock-goes-on-a-crying-jag episode.

It was like the guy never heard the expression:“Keep a stiff upper lip, pal.” I mean, he cried at Tribbleweddings.

But the worst emotional bender was when Spock

To boldly go invited the Captain and McCoy to his own wedding.At first it sounded like a nice break from saving

solar systems, but then Kirk got there and found notonly was there no sit-down dinner, but that he wasexpected to provide the entertainment — a battle tothe death with the groom!

(Note to non-“Star Trek” viewers: Vulcans are bigon logic but light on the social graces. Instead of “toss-ing the garter” they prefer butchering members of thewedding party. Which makes me wonder: Should wereally be spending this much money to go into space?)

And this was after Kirk had arranged for Spock’sbachelor party, with that alien dancing girl everybodyliked.

But what I never understood was why Spock, whenhe sent out the invitations, didn’t just say at the bot-tom, “As we begin our new life together, we ask thatour guests refrain from dancing and instead join thegroom in a battle to the death.”

Problem solved!This is the same advice that Martha Stewart offers

in her chapter on alien customs entitled “Ten Tips forMaking Your Wedding Day Death Battle a SmashingSuccess.”

Kirk would have received the invitation, seen that itincluded a battle to the death but no open bar, and senthis regrets.

Instead, Spock makes what I consider a seriousbreach of manners; he attempts to murder his best man.

Now, I don’t know if the new First Officer is goingto be as much trouble as Spock.

But I’d feel better if Capt. Kirk were around justin case._____________________________________________

(c) 2001 King Features Synd., Inc.

PUBLIC MEETINGThe Transportation Policy Board (TPB) of the El Paso Met-

ropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will hold a PUBLIC

MEETING on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2001, at 9:00

A.M., at The El Paso MPO Office, c/o The Gate-

way Business Center, 10767 Gateway Blvd. West,

Suite 605, El Paso, Texas 79935, to discuss the fol-

lowing agenda:

1. Approval of Minutes.

2. Discussion and Action to Approve the TPB Chairman

Signing Resolutions in Support of Passage by the

Voters of Texas of Constitutional Amendments 2 and 15.

3. Discussion and Action to Authorize the MPO to Develop

the May 30, 2002 El Paso Region Presentation to the

Texas Transportation Commission.

4. Discussion and Action to Approve the Scope of Work

for the Camino Real Corridor-Border Improvement Plan.

5. Discussion and Action to Amend the Transportation

Improvement Program (TIP) 2002-2006:

a. Approve Funding Request for CMAQ (5) Projects

by Renewing the Ozone Action Days Program

and the Integrated Mobile Source Outreach in the

EPUTS Area and Ciudad Juarez Through the Paso

Del Norte Clean Cities Coalition;

b. Request by the City of Sunland Park, NM to Use

STP 4C Funds to Extend Sunland Park Drive from

NM 273 (McNutt Rd.) to US/Mexico Border.

6. Status Report on the Extension of Lee Trevino Drive

from FM 76 (North Loop Dr.) to Loop 375 (Border Highway).

Under federal legislation, the MPO, through the TPB has an

expanded role in transportation project selection and pro-

gramming in El Paso County and the City of Sunland Park,

New Mexico. For more information call the MPO Office at

(915) 591-9735.

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THURSDAY

Pleasant withbright sunshine.

74°▲ ▼

THUR. NIGHT

Clear and cool.

FRIDAY

Sunny andcomfortable.

76°▲ 42°▼

SATURDAY

Times of cloudsand sun.

76°▲ 40°▼

SUNDAY

Warm with plentyof sunshine.

80°▲ 44°▼

MONDAY

Times of cloudsand sun.

76°▲ 48°▼

TUESDAY

Considerablesunshine.

76°▲ 42°▼

WEDNESDAY

Partly sunny.

74°▲ 48°▼

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 .............. 6 ............ModerateMonday .............. 6 ............ModerateTuesday .............. 6 ............ModerateWednesday ........ 6 ............Moderate

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

Albuquerque 68/38/s 70/38/s 66/38/s 66/40/pc 70/40/pcAtlanta 70/48/c 62/36/s 54/32/s 54/32/pc 56/36/sAtlantic City 72/46/c 58/40/pc 54/34/pc 52/36/pc 54/32/sAustin/San Antonio 76/46/s 74/46/s 70/40/s 70/46/s 70/48/pcBaltimore 72/44/c 58/36/pc 52/32/pc 52/34/pc 52/36/sBoston 70/48/r 56/38/pc 48/30/pc 46/30/pc 45/31/cChicago 48/32/sh 44/28/c 44/22/s 50/34/s 58/42/pcDallas/Ft. Worth 70/42/s 68/40/pc 66/36/s 70/42/s 72/44/sDenver 62/32/s 56/30/pc 62/34/s 68/34/s 68/36/pcFlagstaff 64/26/s 63/26/s 61/36/pc 61/33/pc 53/26/cHouston 76/46/s 74/44/s 70/42/s 76/52/s 82/56/sKansas City 60/28/s 54/32/s 54/32/s 56/36/pc 62/42/pcLas Vegas 75/52/s 79/55/s 79/55/s 83/53/pc 75/47/pcMiami 88/74/c 82/64/t 76/58/pc 72/56/pc 70/59/sMinneapolis 38/26/c 42/26/pc 44/30/s 50/38/pc 54/40/shNew Orleans 78/52/pc 72/52/s 66/36/s 64/42/s 64/44/sNew York City 71/48/pc 56/42/pc 52/39/pc 52/42/pc 50/36/sPhiladelphia 72/46/c 56/38/pc 52/36/pc 52/36/pc 54/32/sPhoenix 92/62/s 94/64/s 90/64/s 86/62/s 84/60/sPortland 58/46/pc 60/46/pc 56/44/r 52/42/sh 56/44/pcSan Francisco 78/54/s 72/54/pc 68/54/pc 66/54/pc 66/54/pcSeattle 54/46/sh 60/46/pc 56/44/r 52/44/sh 54/44/pcTucson 88/54/s 90/56/s 88/56/s 86/54/s 84/54/pcWashington, DC 72/46/c 58/36/pc 54/36/pc 54/36/pc 56/34/s

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

A large area of high pressure will build into and over the region for the next few days. Temperatures will run a couple of degreesbelow normal. Sunshine will average 6-10 hours a day and drying conditions will be good. A slow moderating trend can be expectednext week. Weather (W): s -sunny, pc -partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh -showers, t-thunderstorms,

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

Thursday .................................... 64°Friday .......................................... 64°Saturday ...................................... 60°Sunday ........................................ 72°Monday ........................................ 72°Tuesday ...................................... 74°Wednesday ................................ 71°

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

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Anthony 74 42

Canutillo 75 43

Fabens 70 39

Clint 70 39

E. Montana 74 42

Socorro 72 40

Horizon 75 43

San Elizario 68 35

Tornillo 70 39

Vinton 75 43El Paso74/42

Santa Fe57/28

Albuquerque68/38

Alamogordo66/32

Las Cruces68/35

Deming70/41 Carlsbad

68/35

Amarillo56/28

Lubbock70/34

Alpine68/36

Odessa69/38

Lajitas73/38

Ruidoso60/35

Cloudcroft50/15

CiudadJuárez73/40

42°

Mexico

CANUTILLO — Canutillo ISDSuperintendent Charles Hart thankeddistrict employees and the board oftrustees for their efforts that contrib-uted to his being named the No. 1school district superintendent in thestate of Texas.

His comments came at the Oct. 9board of trustees’ meeting, his firstsince being honored. “It is a recog-nition for Canutillo, not just for my-self,” he said.

By Don Woodyard�Courier Staff Writer

Canutillo ISD making plans to move into new facilityAssistant superintendent Dr. John

Kessinger updated the board on con-struction projects in the district. Thisincludes the new high school bandroom and renovation of the new cen-tral administration facility, formerlythe Sahara building. Work on the ad-ministration building and the bandroom is scheduled for completion bymid-November. When completed,Kessinger says, the school board meet-ings will be moved to the new building.

Kessinger also reported that thethree new school buses, approved bythe board in September at a cost of$149,000, have arrived. A special

education bus is expected soon.In a related action, the board ap-

proved a lease-purchase agreementwith Casa Ford for five pickup trucksfor the Maintenance Department.

Martha Veale, Canutillo ISD tech-nology and career education director,presented an overview of theChildren’s Internet Protection Actthat is in place throughout the dis-trict. The program offers technologythat blocks students’ access to inap-propriate websites.

Hart presented theSuperintendent’s Exemplary Em-ployee Award to Robert Rivas for his

“tireless efforts” as maintenancecrew supervisor.

In other action, the board ap-proved:

• Selection of Desert Communica-tions for telecommunications infra-structure cabling in the new admin-istration building.

• A contract with Texas Tech Uni-versity Health Sciences Center toprovide orthopedic services forhandicapped students.

• Dantex Construction Company asconstruction manager at risk for the FoodServices Department addition to the newcentral administration building.

Of the approximately 154 millionworkers who pay Social Securitytaxes, only about 10.5 million areaffected by the higher wage basein 2002.

Also based on the increase in av-erage wages, the amount of earn-ings required to earn a quarter ofcoverage will increase to $870 in2002, up from $830 this year.

Information about Medicarechanges for 2002 can be found atwww.hhs.gov which is the Internetsite for the Department of Healthand Human Services.

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