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Ex-mayor
suggested
for Senate
Torrance commissioners name
Ted Barela for vacated seat
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By Rory McClannahan
Mountain View Telegraph
NICOLE MAXWELL/TELEGRAPH
The Torrance County Commission voted
unanimously in a hastily organized meeting
March 15 to recommend the governor appoint
former Estancia mayor Ted Barela to the open
state Senate District 39 seat.
Phil Griego, who had represented the district
since 1996, resigned March 14
amid ethics complaints regarding his role in a property deal
involving the sale of a historic
building that the Senate had
approved last year.
According to the state constitution, Gov. Susan Martinez
will appoint Griego’s replacement from a list of names
provided by the county com- GRIEGO:
missions within District 39, Resigned
which stretches south from San amid ethics
Miguel County through parts
complaints
of Santa Fe, Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia and Lincoln counties.
At least two county commissions — Torrance
and Lincoln — have met the governor’s request
to give her a nominee by 5 p.m. last Sunday.
However, once concerns were raised about
whether those meetings complied with the state
Open Meetings Act, the Torrance County Commission scheduled a new meeting to take up the
issue on Wednesday.
Mariano Ulibarri of Parachute Factory shows students from Edgewood Christian School how to make small 3-D copies on the TAZ 3-D
printer. The Edgewood Community Library hosted an Introduction to 3-D Printing workshop on Thursday morning.
Senior citizen
issues discussed
By Nicole Maxwell
Mountain View Telegraph
S
pools of plastic cord were turned
into small sculptures via 3-D printer at the Edgewood Community
Library last Thursday. Plastic is
one of several kinds of materials that can
be used for 3-D printing. Others include
metal, concrete, sand and human tissue.
The Edgewood Community Library
hosted an Introduction to 3-D printing as a
part of Teen Tech Week. The presentation
was done through Makerstate Initiative,
Parachute Factory and the New Mexico
Museum of Natural History.
“It’s like a glue gun mounted on a robot,”
said Mariano Ulibarri of Parachute Factory describing the 3-D printers to the audience of mostly children from Edgewood
Christian School.
There was a 3-D printer that was made
primarily of 3-D printed parts, all but its
motors and liquid crystal display screen
were made on another 3-D printer. This
$37K senior center freezer,
meal contents were discussed
By Nicole Maxwell
Mountain View Telegraph
Miles Tokunow leads students from Edgewood Christian School in working with littleBits
circuitry modules. The Edgewood Community Library hosted an Introduction to 3-D PrintSee DEMO on PAGE 3 ing workshop on Thursday morning.
Van in found filled
with stolen property
Man arrested in several
thefts in Mountainair
len goods.
The homeowner told Torrance
County sheriff’s deputies that he
had been the victim of “numerous
thefts from the property recently,
By Nicole Maxwell
primarily metal taken from the
Mountain View Telegraph
structures and numerous vehicles
George Ramirez, 59, was caught on the property,” according to the
allegedly burglarizing a home criminal complaint.
The homeowner told deputies
in Mountainair on Jan. 18, and
he
had seen several people outsheriff’s deputies think Ramirez
has had something of a career in side of a white box van that ran
away on foot when they saw him
burglary.
approaching.
According to a criminal comSheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Leach
plaint, Ramirez’s van was seen
found the van, ran its license plate
parked outside of a residence on
El Vasudero Road filled with stoSee VAN on PAGE 2
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Residents, county officials
discuss plight of Road 102
Maintenance issues
with dirt road have led to
disputes, hard feelings
there.
Had Tom Roesch’s blood sugar
fallen a week earlier, he may not
have survived. The week before
he was rushed to the hospital, the
road was left impassable followBy Nicole Maxwell
ing a bout of snow. The ambulance
Mountain View Telegraph
may not have made it to the Roesch
About six weeks ago, Road 102 house in time.
“Tom has been to the (Veterans
resident Tom Roesch had to go to
the hospital because his blood sug- Affairs) hospital five times, the
ar had fallen to 31. Roesch’s wife, last time was for five weeks,” said
Marcy Roesch, called 911, and an Marcy Roesch.
The Roesches told their story at
ambulance was sent and got there
the Road 102 Neighborhood Watch
without incident. The dispatcher
and community meeting Saturday.
stayed on the line with Marcy
Roesch until the ambulance got
See RESIDENTS on PAGE 3
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Through Presbyterian Medical Services, the
Torrance County Senior Centers offer assistance to the county’s seniors including congregant meals, delivered meals and twice-weekly
transportation.
These are all fine and good but there is, as
always, the need for more money and more
services.
PMS hosted a public meeting last Friday at
the Estancia Senior Center with all three Torrance County commissioners, Torrance County
Manager Joy Ansley and Cristy Wade, a representative of New Mexico Department of Aging
and Long-Term Services.
One of the main things discussed at the meeting was the walk-in freezer that was recently
purchased for the Estancia Senior Center. The
freezer cost $37,000, a cost that could be taken
from the center’s operations fund if the state
does not pay for it.
“It’s not what the county did, it’s not what the
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