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NEWS Local news and entertainment since 1969 Valley Drive Valley Ho! construction Fill out the complete! census form! BULLETIN PHOTOS BY MIKE COOK Renovations are complete on the main street of west Las Cruces Inside page 5 By MIKE COOK and stay in an RV park or a complicated project with Construction Las Cruces Bulletin motel, rent a vehicle or buy many stakeholders, and The south Valley Drive a new or used one, purchase I’m excited to see the final construction project of- outh Valley Drive is auto parts, visit a bakery or product,” said City of Las ficially began July 2, 2018, Main Street for west a carpet store, get your roof Cruces Business Develop- with major construction SLas Cruces. And, after repaired, hire a construc- ment Administrator/Eco- ending in April 2020 and nearly two years of massive tion crew, get an insurance nomic Development Mandy sidewalk and median work FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020 renovations, all lanes are quote, buy a mattress, work Guss. “I look forward to the continuing well into May. It open, major improvements out at The Gym, take your success of our businesses on renovated a 1.5-mile stretch are in place and landscaping pet to see a veterinarian, that corridor. of Valley Drive from Pica- is complete on the $24 mil- take your best shot at Stryk- “Even though this was an cho Avenue to Avenida de lion New Mexico Depart- ers Shooting World, and NMDOT project – Val- Mesilla, including work on ment of Transportation even get your taxes done. ley Drive is part of a state Avenida de Mesilla between I Volume 52, Number 29 (NMDOT) project. You can shop for groceries highway – the city business Valley Drive and Hickory What may surprise you at Walmart or a Dollar Store BULLETIN PHOTOS BY MIKE COOK development team did what Street and portions of other along the nearly three miles or locally owned Save Mart Crews finished the sidewalks and landscaping in May. we could to support busi- connectors. of south Valley Drive – in- and you can eat in some of nesses through the Valley “The newly constructed to a church, a fire station They’ve taken a double cluding the work zone – is the best restaurants in Las Drive project,” Guss said. roadway provides improve- the wide range of business- Cruces: Ranchway, Dick’s (with a brand new station hit, she said, with not only “We ran an advertising ments to the area such as I lascrucesbulletin.com es, both large and small, Café, The Frontier, The Shed, soon to begin construction long-term street construc- campaign that encouraged NEWS a state-of-the-art roadway next door), an ambulance tion, but the temporary and the many services and Zeeb’s, Zia Café, Blake’s the community to have and signal system,” said service, a VFW post and a closure of many businesses products they offer. and Subway. There’s also ‘Patience during Progress’ interim City Manager 75,000-square-foot movie You can buy a mobile Caliche’s and a Starbucks, because of COVID-19. and shop local. Along with David Maestas. “The new home or a mobile phone Village Inn and Sonic. Just studio? The construction, Ben- the Green Chamber of signals are synchronized on south Valley, buy gas off of Valley, you’ll find City Councilor Johana como said, makes Valley Commerce, we supported to allow for better traffic for your car, get it repaired Pepe’s, High Desert Brewing Bencomo said she has talk- Drive a more welcoming the Construction Compa- flow, less idle time, less and wash it, visit a little Co. and the classic Mexican ed to many business owners place to people driving dres initiative that brought fuel consumption and less used but quaint city park, restaurant, Nellie’s. on Valley Drive, which is vehicles and also to walkers fun activities and traffic to emissions. The new road buy a gun and use it for And what other street in in the city’s District four, and bikers. businesses impacted by the Let us serve!target practice, buy an RV all of Las Cruces is home which she represents. “Valley Drive was a construction.” SEE VALLEY, PAGE 2 It’s hot! Protect your pets New Mexico restaurants banded together Monday afternoon to protest Gov. Michelle PHOTO BY ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH page 14 Lujan Grisham’s revised COVID-19 restaurant guidelines, which shut down inside restau- rant dining effective July 13. At the Game II, owner Marci Dickerson took to a step ladder to address invited protesters who stood in solidarity in the parking lot, socially distanced and wearing masks. More than 150 people — many of them restaurant owners and their employees — attended the event. The New Mexico Restaurant Association asked restau- A&E rants across the state to stage similar protests and to hold up signs with the number of employees affected at each establishment. ‘Dead of Night’ debuts at Cannes page 21 A&E Streetside art auction for a good cause page 26 2 | FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020 LAS CRUCES BULLETIN Content brought to you by: Your Partner in Progress MVRDA recognizes employees for exceling in their role During a recent meeting the Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority, MVRDA recognized four employees for excelling in their role. Emili Jones, Public Safety Telecommunicator was recognized as Employee of the Quarter, from April to June. Throughout Fiscal Year 2020, the following em- ployees also showed exemplary commitment to their work and were recognized remotely, during the most recent MVRDA Board meeting: Manny Valendran, Public Safety Telecommunicator was named Telecommunicator of the Year. Riki Miller, GIS/CAD Administrator was recognized as Support Ser- vices Staff of the Year and Zabrina Feldman, Shift Super- visor was recognized as Supervisor of the Year. MVRDA was the first consolidated dispatch center in the State of New Mexico, established in 1989. MVRDA answers 9-1-1 calls, as the Public Safety An- swering Point, for Doña Ana County, the City of Las Cru- ces, the City of Sunland Park, the City of Anthony, the Town of Mesilla, and the Village of Hatch. Created through a joint powers agreement between the City of Las Cruces and Doña Ana County, MVRDA dis- patches law enforcement, fire service and emergency med- ical services agencies representatives to help when the community needs them most. For more information Not shown: Zabrina Feldman Emili Jones Manny Valendran Riki Miller about MVRDA, please Public Safety Telecommunicator GIS/CAD Administrator Shift Supervisor visit www.mvrda.org. Public Safety Telecommunicator Supervisor of the Year Employee of the Quarter Telecommunicator of the Year Support Services Staff of the Year April-June Connect with us: (575) 647-7200 www.donaanacounty.org LAS CRUCES BULLETIN NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020 | 3 WSMR celebrates 75th anniversary By ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH Las Cruces Bulletin White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) leaders celebrated the 75th anni- versary of the range dur- ing a small ceremony July 9 in front of Headquarters Building 100. The range was originally established as the White Sands Prov- ing Ground on July 9, 1945. While due to COVID-19 restrictions the event was U.S. ARMY PHOTO limited in attendance, the ceremony can be seen on A photo of the first flag-raising ceremony on what was knows at White Sands Proving Ground, July 9, 1945. the WSMR Facebook page U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY JOSE SALAZAR (U.S. Army White Sands WSMR today. contributed to the 75 years Missile Range). WSMR Commander Brig. Gen. David Trybula, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Prosser “Thank you for your of success here at WSMR cut the cake during WSMR’s 75th anniversary celebration July 9. 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