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Shirleen Greenwood has been named this year's recipient of the Rotary Club's Service Above Self Award. The award is presented each year to someone who works in the community without expecting anything in return.

The award was presented at a special Rotary Club meeting at the home of Don and Rosie Tripp last Wednesday, June 25.

"It was a great honor [to win the award]," she said. "It's one of those things we'd rather not be known for. We'd rather work in the shadows."

According to remarks by Marj Austin, Rotary president, Greenwood was born and raised in San Antonio, N.M., and has been quietly involved with youth and agriculture for more than 30 years. She and her husband Marty became involved as 4-H leaders in 1974 and are still doing it.

Century High School students Tyrone Flanders, Shaquan Neil and Willie Tryels silently carry pieces of scaffolding out of San Antonio Chapel at the end of a long Friday as work is being done all around them.

To the Editor:

Mr. Bustamante's recent letter to the Mountain Mail signed by nine of the 11 trustees defending the status quo of the Socorro Electric Cooperative's management practices failed to address the very problems covered by the

SEC Reform Committee's petition, which currently has several hundred signatures.

The Coop's trustees are neither following their own bylaws in regard to equal representation of their members, nor are they operating the Coop cost-effectively.

Currently, the six District 3 (Socorro) trustees, the one District 2 (Polvadera and Lemitar) trustee and the District 4 (San Antonio) trustee only represent 600-plus members apiece, while the one trustee from District 1 (Veguita) represents 1,487 members, and the two trustees from District 5 (Magdalena, Datil, Pietown, Quemado and Fence Lake) represent 1,340 members apiece.

Every summer, the Junior Olympics Program puts on local, regional and national sporting events for youngsters between 8 and 13.

The events were started to give kids the chance to test their skills and athleticism.

Socorro held its own event early this spring. Young athletes from Midway, San Antonio and Magdalena elementaries also came to participate in Socorro's local event.

Participants competed separately in four athletic events: basketball, soccer, tennis and track and field.

The American Mosquito Control Association has declared the week of June 22-28 as National Mosquito Control Awareness Week 2008.

El agua es la vida - "water is life." For the community of San Antonio, N.M., there isn't a more apt saying.

Wireless phone service providers Verizon Wireless and Alltel Corp. plan to combine to create the nation's largest wireless company in a transaction valued at $28.1 billion, including debt assumption.

Placida C. Gonzalez, 94, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2008, in Albuquerque, N.M.

She was born Nov. 29, 1913, in San Antonito, N.M., to Juan C. and Anna (Miera) Gonzalez. She grew up on the Gonzalez family ranch and worked hard doing all the chores that were needed to keep the household going.

Never marrying, Placida became the primary caregiver for her parents. After their deaths, she moved to Socorro, N.M., where she shared a house with her sister Melchora and their aunt Froila Padilla.  

“You'll be inspired to jump in the car for a road-trip to visit any and all of these unique places. Help preserve our hamburger heritage - eat real burgers, visit real places.”

There are two pages devoted to the Owl Bar and Cafe in San Antonio, N.M. in a recently-published book about the 100 best places in the country to eat a burger.

Hamburger America, by George Motz, hit the shelves in April and the Owl Bar will be selling copies later this year.

The Owl was one of two locations in New Mexico featured in the book, the other being the Bobcat Bite in Santa Fe.

"I'm just happy to be helping New Mexico and Socorro County," said Rowena Baca, who owns the Owl Bar along with her husband, Adolpho. Read more

“The rating system is totally subjective and biased”

New Mexico Tech course was second stop on 50 state golf excursion T.S. Last El Defensor Chieftain Between bites of a Buckhorn Burger, Glenn Morgan speaks into a tape recorder. via El Defensor Chieftain

Earl Brown and Elsie Murphy Brown, originally from San Antonio, N.M., celebrated 66 years of marriage. They were married March 28, 1942.

They currently live in El Reno, Okla. Elsie Brown and her sister, Eve Murphy Feight, attended San Antonio School. Earl Brown worked for the Civil Conservation Corps at Bosque del Apache building projects during the 1930s. He served in both Germany and Japan during World War II and was part of the invasion of Normandy and after D-Day.

He made 24 trips across the English Channel to take boys into Normandy. Earl and Elsie Brown have three children, 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Read more

“So I'm a little uneasy, I guess, about where we're headed with this”

Petition asks that the board be reduced in number The Socorro County Com-mission has heard complaints about unequal representation on the Socorro Electric Cooperative Inc. via El Defensor Chieftain

“An order of evacuation was given late in the afternoon and the San Antonio school was prepared to receive people, but our crews were able to keep the blaze away from those structures, except for one”

The San Pedro Fire, which flared up in the bosque near the Rio Grande last Wednesday, was officially declared controlled Tuesday night.

Doug Boykin of New Mexico State Forestry said the fire was essentially contained at 733 acres as of last Thursday.

"We want to watch it for a while to make sure there's not a spark or any smoke before we declare it controlled," Boykin said. "We had people checking for spot fires over the weekend and up until Tuesday."

According to Jerry Wheeler of the Socorro County Fire Marshal's office, the fire threatened homes in both the San Pedro and Bosquecito communities. Read more

“We'll just go through it and make our presentation”

Former New Mexico assistants Lenny Rodriguez and Grady Stretz have been implicated in an academic fraud investigation, The Associated Press has learned, and both are expected to attend a NCAA infractions ... via Las Cruces Sun-News

Feb. 28

An officer was dispatched at 7:45 p.m. to an accident on State Rd. 1 in San Antonio. It was learned that the suspect had crashed while riding a motorcycle. He had severe injuries and was taken to Socorro General by ambulance, to be airlifted to Albuquerque. Blood was drawn and sent to the scientific labs in Albuquerque. Results showed that the rider was under the influence of an intoxicating beverage at the time of the crash, and faces charges of drunk driving and careless driving.

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“There were other poles that were damaged in the fire area”

Firefighter crews to stay on site through weekend to hold the line As of 8 a.m. on Friday morning, a fire that broke out east of San Antonio on Wednesday afternoon was completely contained, but it is not ... via El Defensor Chieftain

“It's such a prime example of how defensible space could keep homes from being destroyed”

Crews were taking advantage of precipitation and cooler temperatures Thursday to establish fire lines around a blaze that has burned an estimated 650 acres in rugged, steep terrain of the Manzano Mountains in ... via Las Cruces Sun-News

Officials are evacuating between 15 and 20 homes near the town of San Antonio because of a fire burning in the bosque. via KRQE

“Right now there are 11 board members serving the five districts”

A group of Socorro County residents gathered for an informal meeting in the Skeen Library at New Mexico Tech Sunday to discuss concerns with electricity rates and to examine the bylaws of the Socorro Electric Cooperative.

SEC District 5 Board Trustee Charles Wagner told the group of about 20 that co-op members -- those who get electricity from Socorro Electric Cooperative -- could petition the board to make changes in the co-op's bylaws.

Charlene West of Lemitar is forming a committee to draft a petition that would require that all meetings of the board be open to members and the press, that there be only one monthly board meeting and that the number of trustees representing the district, which includes the city of Socorro, be reduced from six to three. The committee is called Socorro Electric Cooperative Members For Reform. Read more

An open house at Trinity Site, where the world's first atomic bomb was detonated, will be conducted from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday. via Las Cruces Sun-News