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Spring 2006 20 05-2006 Guadalajara, Mexico -The Follow Up by D. Bagley OFFICERS B A L - When Albuquerque Sister performed four times for President: Cities delegation last visited LOON- Guadalajara. ISTS AID CHIHUAHUA Dave Bagley Guadalajara in October 2005, The hot air balloons all attendees had a great time. 771-3114 brought crowds each time At the Jingle Bell Rally De- Much was accomplished; but they were displayed, and [email protected] there were some loose ends to cember 10 and 11, 2005, hundreds of Guadalajara balloonists gathered in Al- come back to. This visit to children were able to get Guadalajara (March 25-28), buquerque not only to soar 2nd V. President: tethered rides. the skies but to participate primarily for trade and com- You’ll have a chance to see T in a sister cities project. For uty Quinton merce, was organized by Al- the Black Eagle Dancers on buqerque’s Office of Eco- two days outerwear clothing 296-2392 July 4th at our Tricentennial was collected - totaling 21 nomic Development. With us World Concert at Balloon [email protected] were two hot air balloons and HUGE bagsful. December Fiesta Park. Please don’t 16, 2005 Chihuahua city crews; six Black Eagle miss the evening. You Dancers from Jemez Pueblo; employees traveled to Albu- won’t be disappointed. querque and returned home 3rd V. President: three representatives from the Check our web site for more Hispanic Chamber of Com- with the donated items. Richard Buckler information (www. merce; five folks from the albuquerque-sister- 291-8175 City of Albuquerque; eight cities.org). business representatives; and [email protected] me, Dave Bagley.. My focus on this trip was to ensure that the relationship Secretary: with Colegio Guadalajara Kay Carrico (school, not college) and Al- buquerque Academy was still 898-0036 moving ahead. And it is! Albuquerque Academy fol- [email protected] lowed me with a visit in early April and the Colegio will visit Academy in late May. Treasurer: After that, the schools will Maja Whittington plan a student exchange dur- ing the summer of 2007. 271-8944 The Black Eagle Dancers were superb representatives [email protected] ——————————— Mayors Chavez and Espinosa Newsletter Editor: sign a ratification of Sister Cities Agreement Carol Dawley 883-9516 Black Eagle Dancers [email protected] 1 of our indigenous culture and ALBUQUERQUE SISTER CITIES From The President’s Desk During the past few months, Albu- will have a wonderful opportunity nate on July 4th at the Bal- querque Sister Cities Foundation to experience other cultures for loon Fiesta Park. Every chair sent a delegation to Guadalajara, years and years, starting with is working hard to ensure that Mexico. Guadalajara. the delegates have places to Yours truly accompanied this con- Albuquerque’s Tricentennial Cel- stay, and escorts and transla- tingent. We were following up on ebration is now mostly under con- tors. Please watch your mail- some issues that we began last trol. Our dedicated committee box, or check our web site October. I traveled along with (Davis Begay, Ikuko Begay, Kay www.albuquerque-sister- some City officials, businessmen, Carrico, Randy LeCoq and me) cities.org for the latest infor- hot air balloon crews and Black has developed a wonderful mation. Eagle Dancers from Jemez agenda for our delegates from Want to join the fun? We can Pueblo. My primary reason for five of our sister cities. They will always use your help. Please visiting Guadalajara again was to be visiting us from June 30 give me a call. cement the relationshoip between through July 5. Along with the Colegio Guadalajara and Albu- many places we have for them to querque Academy. Nora Parades visit, we’ve also provided a cou- Gracias, the new headmistress of ple of opportunities for all of our the colegio (K-12), took the time members to participate and be to talk with me, and I came away able to meet our friends. This confident that we have a good event is the trip of a lifetime for match. Our Albuquerque students the delegates. And it will culmi- Dave Bagley and Colegio headmistress, Nora Parades Gracias. ——————————— Strangers are friends we have yet to meet. Good Karma wonderful stroke of luck. enjoy it a second time. Don’t let a little dispute injure a A loving atmosphere in your This is what the Dalai Lama great relationship. home is the foundation for has to say for 2005: When you realize you’ve made a your life. Take into account that great mistake, take immediate steps to Be gentle with the earth. love and great achievements correct it. Once a year, go someplace involve great risk. Spend some time alone each you’ve never been before. When you lose, don’t lose the day. Approach love and cooking lesson. Open arms to change, but don’t with reckless abandon. Follow the three R’s: Respect let go of your values. Share your knowledge. It’s for self, Respect for others and Remember that silence is some- a way to achieve immortal- Responsibility for all your ac- times the best answer. ity. tions. Live a good, honorable life. Judge your success by what Remember that not getting Then when you get older and you had to give up in order what you want is sometimes a think back, you’ll be able to to get it. 2 Upcoming Events Meet Your Board: Tuty Quinton and Richard Buckler April 22 - Albuquerque Founders Day Albuquerque Sister Cities Founda- name “Martha Stewart” by her friends. Al- tion’s Second Vice President/Social though she travels to Indonesia at least once May 17 - ASCF Board Meeting Chairman is Tuty Quinton. Born in a year, she has only been on one Sister Indonesia, she is the 11th child of Cities trip and that was to Japan, accompa- sixteen, having nine brother and six nying Ruth Hashimoto. June 11 - ASCF Annual mem- sisters. Her siblings are scattered Albuquerque Sister Cities Foundation’s bership Meeting and election throughout the world. One brother Third Vice President and Acting Chair of of officers married a Ukranian citizen and lives the Ashgabat Committee is Richard Buckler. in Russia. Several brothers are in He arrived in Albuquerque in 1990 moving June 21 - ASCF Board the New York City area. One works from Los Angeles with his family on a job Meeintg at the Indonesian consulate, another transfer. In 1994 Sally-Alice Thompson works at the Libyan Consulate, and was coordinating the first youth trip to Turk- June 30 - July 5 - Albuquerque five work at the United Nations. menistan. Richard knew someone going on Tricentennial Celebration in- Tuty enjoys new experiences. the trip and got involved. Then Sally-Alice While in college in Indonesia asked him to help coordinate the next few volving Sister Cities (majoring in architecture) she tried trips and he was hooked. He wrote the scuba diving and sky diving. When proposal for a grant from the State Depart- July 2006 - SCI Annual Interna- Tuty came to the USA in 1982, one ment so that some students from Ashgabat tional Conference - Washing- of the first persons she met was could travel to New Mexico. As present ton DC - details available on Ruth Hashimoto. Ruth recruited her Acting Chair of the Ashgabat committee, he their website: for Albuquerque Sister Cities and has traveled there three times - 1996, 1998, www.sister-cities.org Tuty became a member in Septem- and October 2004. In addition, his family ber 1983. Tuty is also on Albu- hosted a sixteen year old student from Turk- October querque’s Heritage Council, a mem- menistan for a year. In 1997, he became Sister Cities State Meeting ber of the United nations of New Third Vice President. The duties in this Mexico, and is a board member of office involve membership. He keeps an ————————————— the Asian/American Asociation in accurate and up-to-date database of all —- New Mexico. She likes to travel members of the Albuquerque Sister Cities and cook. In fact, she has a diploma Foundation. Board Meeting Location in cake decorating and made Ruth Hashimoto’s 85th birthday cake. The ASCF Board meets at the Her domestic talents also include Compass Bank at 505 Mar- sewing. Thus earning her the nick- quette NW on the 14th floor. It meets the 3rd Wednesday every other month at 5 PM. Starting January 2006, it will meet on a monthly basis to pre- pare for the Tricentennial Celebration. ——————————— ———- Reminder: Annual election of ASCF Board at the an- nual meeting in June. 3 ALBUQUERQUE SISTER CITIES Sally-Alice Thompson and Ashgabat, Turkmenistan She was there when Turkmenistan de- Sally-Alice Thompson stepped down as St. Petersburg) to Moscow. Since they clared its independence from Russia. Chair of the Ashgabat Committee in Jan- were allowed only two weeks for the She remembers the big celebration uary 2006. Richard Buckler, formerly journey, some of the time they walked held at the Peace Palace. On one of the Co-Chair, is presently the Acting and some of the time they rode on her trips she met Mured Nazarov, her Chair of the Ashgabat Committee. Al- buses. One of the days they were on co-walker in Russia. Mured is now the though no longer heading the committee, foot, Sally-Alice spent the time talking Turkman Ambassador to Iran. Sally-Alice will continue to actively par- with Mured Nazarov from Ashgabat. Currently Sally-Alice spends her time ticipate in the program. Although she speaks little Russian and at the Peace Center in Albuquerque. Sally-Alice Thompson promoted and no Turkman, Mured was conversant in Peace and Justice Organizations Link- helped to establish the Ashgabat and Al- English.