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The INSIDE: Opinion Forum Independent Covid vaccine Jan. 8-14, 2021 • Vol. 23, No. 2 50¢ Tijeras moving on annexation proposal By Leota Harriman residents, and is urging anyone with con- Commissioner Charlene Pyskoty advo- there are 379 parcels in the village. cerns or questions to contact clerk@villa- cated deliberate and cautious action. There are six active commercial busi- The village of Tijeras is moving for- geoftijeras.com as the process continues. “Annexation is not something you can ness licenses in the proposed annexation ward with a proposed annexation, that if It held a meeting, hosted by Mayor just undo,” Pyskoty said, adding that the area, along with 17 active residential approved, would vastly increase both its Jake Bruton, the village clerk, Hallie village would have to disincorporate to business licenses. population and the land area. Village offi- Brown, and deputy clerk Nick Kennedy, undo an annexation. The village would pick up an addition- cials said a decision could be made by who explained the basics of the proposal According to information provided by al 8.5 miles of road, of which 7.5 miles are this spring. to the dozens of people who tuned in. Enrico Gradi, deputy county manager, paved. The village plans another meeting, In an interview with The the annexation would pick up 763 addi- held by Zoom, Jan 11 to solicit input from Independent, Bernalillo County tional parcels in its first phase; currently See ANNEXATION PROPOSAL, page 14

Swearing-in: Judge Steve Jones swearing in LeRoy Candelaria, who was elected to the Torrance County Commission in November, unseating incumbent Javier Sanchez. Candelaria had served in the position before. Also sworn in were the new Torrance County Clerk, Yvonne Otero, and two who ran without opposition, District Attorney Clint Wellborn and County Treasurer Tracy Sedillo. Chief Deputy Clerk Sylvia Chavez and Chief Deputy Treasurer Kathryn Hernandez were also sworn in to their new positions. Swearings-in of elected officials also took place in Santa Fe and Bernalillo counties, with most races unopposed and no county commission seats in the Tricounty area. The new officials swore this oath: “I, _____, … do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution and laws of the State of New Mexico and faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of said office to the best of my ability.” Photo courtesy of Torrance County. 2 • Jan. 8-14, 2021 Online at edgewood.news

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This small active chickadee is about 5 to 6 inches in length and occurs throughout coniferous forests in New Mexico's central mountain chain and in mountains of the western part of the state. It also may be found in deciduous groves in the coniferous forest zone. The range extends throughout the mountains of the western U.S. and up into western Canada. The white stripe above the eye distinguishes this bird from the solid black cap of the black-capped chickadee which is an occasional resident in New Mexico's northern mountains. A black bib covers the neck and the belly is white and the back uniformly gray. Mountain chickadees forage in trees and shrubs for caterpillars, beetles, wasps, and other insects, as well as spi- ders and seeds. They are often seen hanging upside down while foraging and will visit bird feeders. These birds nest in natural dens and woodpecker holes, which they may work on to enlarge. They will also use nest boxes. The male will bring food to the female on the nest and later both parents will feed the juveniles. Mountain chickadees will create food stores when they encounter abundant sources, such as at a feeder or during an infestation of pine bark beetles. A chickadee has been found in studies of ener- getics to require about 10 calories per day, which corresponds to about 1/3 of an ounce of insects or about 1/20 ounce of pine seeds. The Audubon Society lists the current status of mountain chickadees as stable, with habitat losses expected around the periphery of the range as the climate warms in the future. Wildfires destroy coniferous forests and increasing spring heat is detrimental to young nestlings. The oldest chickadee recorded in the wild was a 10 year old in Utah. Photo taken by James Taulman in the Cibola National Forest, using Nikon P 900 camera.

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By Ger Demarest dash (1984); long jump (1982); 300 intermediate hurdles (1984); 400m Just before Christmas, Moriarty relay (1982); 800m medley relay High School brought some good tid- (1984). Schaefer received the 1984- ings to the end of 2020 with its first- 1985 Presidential Academic Fitness ever Athletic Hall of Fame virtual Award. induction ceremony. Spradley-Barnes, who graduated in Four outstanding former athletes, 2005, played volleyball, basketball, Michael A. Ortiz, Art Tapia, Jeanne and ran track. She earned First-Team Marie Schaefer, and Jennelle All-State honors in volleyball in 2004. Spradley-Barnes, were inducted into In basketball, she was district player the Moriarty Athletic Hall of Fame as of the year in 2004 and 2005 and the Class of 2020 during a virtual cer- earned First-Team All-State honors emony on Dec. 17. three consecutive seasons from 2003- The ceremony was held virtually 2005. Spradley-Barnes was recog- due to the state’s ongoing Covid-19 nized three consecutive years for restrictions. It was hosted from being among the top in the state in Moriarty’s main gym by the school’s scoring, rebounding, and assists, and principal Rob Adams and athletic received the 2005 State Farm director Joe Anaya and streamed live Albuquerque Basketball Female on Facebook. Player of the Year Award. She was Adams and Anaya, who were also named captain of the North team instrumental in creating the school’s in the 2005 North/South All-Star girls Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018, decided basketball game. Spradley-Barnes to hold the ceremony virtually rather earned a bachelor’s degree in than cancel or postpone the event Business Administration from the until a later date. University of New Mexico in 2009, “Now that we’ve got this thing graduating Magna Cum Laude. going, we didn’t want to stop the Ortiz, who graduated in 1975, let- induction class,” Anaya said. tered in football, basketball, baseball, “We wanted to continue the and track. He was district champion sequence of years even though [the in the high jump, high hurdles, low inductees] couldn’t make it in per- hurdles, and the 400m and 800m son,” Adams said. “We felt it was relay teams. He was a member of both important to keep the tradition going the 1975 district champion track team through the pandemic.” and the state runner-up track team. The newest inductees exemplify the Ortiz also participated in cross coun- cream of the crop of Moriarty’s stand- try and track at Eastern New Mexico out athletes of the past. University. After college, he returned Tapia, who graduated in 1982, to Moriarty as a teacher, a middle earned a varsity letter in three sports school and high school coach, and each year of high school and was a served as Moriarty’s athletic director major part of Moriarty’s 1981 state from 1998-2005. championship football team. He “People still talk about these ath- earned First-Team All-State honors as letes,” Anaya said about the Michael A. Ortiz, pictured above, when he was Moriarty High’s athletic director, a running back and as a defensive inductees. “You hear from other was among the inductees into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame during a virtual back; he was also named the 1981 coaches and the community how good ceremony on Dec. 17. Art Tapia, Jeanne Marie Schaefer, and Jennelle Spradley- AAA UPI Running Back of the Year. they were—these guys were no-brain- Barnes were also inducted. Photo courtesy Moriarty Athletic Department. Additionally, Tapia was on Moriarty’s ers.” 1982 boys basketball state champi- They are four of the best athletes in onship team and was a member of the several different sports that have ever 1981 state champion boys 1600-meter come through Moriarty High School,” medley team. Adams said, adding that since its Can’t get enough of Schaefer, a 1985 graduate, earned inception, the goal has been to make varsity letters all four years in volley- Moriarty’s Hall of Fame a true hall of ball, basketball, and track. She was fame—recognizing people who were All-District and All-State in basketball superior athletes in high school as The Independent’s wildlife and volleyball and was selected to the well as for what they did after high North team in the 1985 North/South school. All-Star volleyball game. In track, “They’re all great people, some of feature, Wild Things? Schaefer was the 1982 state champion them still live in the community—peo- in the long jump, the 100m dash, and ple who represented us when they the 800m relay team and broke state were here, and they’ve moved on and records in several events. She earned continued success in their lives as the High Point All-Around Athlete well.” Expanded versions at edgewood.news, with more award at the 1982 state championship Adams noted that Jacki Bailey, track meet. Schaefer also set Moriarty Linda Apodaca, and Jana Baguskis all photos, plus audio and video files for some species! High School records in the 100m dash helped put last month’s virtual induc- (1983); 200m dash (1982); 400m tion ceremony together. 6 • Jan. 8-14, 2021 OPINION FORUM Online at edgewood.news

On the pandemic, vaccines, and some Darwin Award winners need to stay covered and separated. nated kids in Taos and Santa Fe. You can into a national park to kill and maim rhi- All of New Mexico is fed up with the get a religious waiver, “We do not believe nos. These less than humans drug the restrictions. I can visualize now it could in medicine, only God can heal.” And you animal until it can’t move; then the horn have been worse. In the beginning every- have non-religious waivers, “It does not is hacked off the innocent face and the one made mistakes; this was an illness match with my lifestyle.” If those without large mammal is left to bleed to death in we “did not understand.” For those of us shots do not harm ones who do, you go agony and fear. Here is the Darwin news, that have dodged the bullet, we are for- guys. I do believe in a higher power and the rhino poacher was killed by an ele- tunate, and need to keep on the safe side have a church; I still pray for people who phant and eaten by lions. Darwin wins. until we all have the vaccine with proof it are sick. I am sure it does not hurt. Unfortunately for the rhinos they are an By Jo White works. I plan on taking it. I was there I am a firm believer of the Darwin endangered species. when all school children were lined up Awards, honoring Charles Darwin, the C. And a real example of freedom and A new year and what’s in store for us? and given polio shots. I was only six, but father of the theory of evolution. pursuit of happiness? In Louisiana’s If you don’t have room on your property I remember everyone took one. Darwin’s philosophy is “Big Fish EAT Lake St. Charles, two Texans, one 32 and for a gypsy caravan, your grandmother Now we have those who do not Little Fish.” Each year the “Darwin the other 23, decided not to wait for the did not read tea leaves and you did not believe in modern medicine. No shots Awards” commemorate those who Black Bayou Drawbridge to close up. understand the James Bond movie with for them, and it is absolutely their improve our gene pool by removing You see, it was closed to cars and open tarot cards, then you do not know any Constitutional right. These rights themselves from it in the most spectacu- for boats. The Texan twosome drove a more than anyone else about what’s include life, liberty, and the pursuit, not lar way possible. For example: in 2019, Chevy Cruze. One guy got out and coming up. the guarantee, of happiness. You don’t (the stats are not in on 2020), pushed up the safety gate, he jumped Last January and February we only have to take shots. Just stay away from A. An ISIS fighter in Iraq was killed by back inside the car. “Shoot the gap,” was had a hint of what was it—a pandemic? me. I also have the right of life and to the drone he launched to attack United what they were heard to yell. The gate Naaah. A new “flu” type of illness was pursue my own happiness. Kingdom troops based near Mosul. The attendant said, “If the road’s IQ is higher coming our way. No one started out in a New Mexico is especially full of “heal UK security source reported, “This idiot than yours you fail. Don’t take the test.” panic and then, by March, our world thyself” experts in medicine. They insist wired up a drone with explosives, but Darwin wins! turned upside down. There is no reason on being called doctor and they advise was killed when the batteries ran low, The future is always unclear, but if to belabor the position we’ve had; it’s happy thoughts and fruit juice for can- and the drone flew home.” It detonated you don’t compete in the Darwin been a ride to hell and back. And let us cer. This advice is not against the law, it over the ISIS fighter’s head with fatal Awards, you will come out ahead. not believe with a new vaccine that we is just against life. consequences. Roaring Mouse…not afraid of a shot, are over the crisis. We are not, and all We have the largest rate of non-vacci- B. A poacher in South Africa crept out. Online at edgewood.news OPINION FORUM Jan. 8-14, 2021 • 7

Clearing the decks of the Republican ship of fools

believe their election had been stolen, has seen. What a waste of time, demic response, and gone so far as to with absolutely no evidence of the fact money and lives. What a waste of put the foundation of our nation itself (61 of 62 lawsuits filed as of this writ- trust and prestige. All for three small, in jeopardy. Four people are dead after ing have been dismissed or denied; unserious men to play political games. Wednesday’s insurrection. Thousands recounts only yielded 2,343 addition- Trump, Hawley and Cruz will be of men and women still believe their al votes). remembered as the three authors of votes were stolen because greedy fools President Trump was aided and the January 6 insurrection, but 146 like Trump, Hawley and Cruz will say abetted by two other men with egos additional Republican members of anything to gain or stay in power. And and ambition who want his job in Congress opted to object to Electoral white supremacist groups like the By Merritt Hamilton Allen 2024: Senator Josh Hawley of College votes in at least one state Proud Boys, which the Department of Missouri and Senator Ted Cruz of when Congress reconvened after the Homeland Security continues to list as The world’s oldest constitutional Texas. These members of the GOP insurrection in which four people the number one terrorist threat to the democracy just wobbled. caucus led the inane, doomed and died, missing a tremendous opportu- U.S., seem to think they have a home Wednesday’s insurrection at the seditious challenge to the Electoral nity to correct a terrible wrong. with the Trump Republican Party. Capitol was a brief and sobering inter- College ratification on Wednesday. Shame on them. Whether it’s a President tweeting lude that showed the world just how Both men are Ivy League law school Losers of presidential elections support messages to home-grown ter- tenuous the institution of the United graduates who clerked for Supreme have taken it badly in the past. John rorists, or former Supreme Court law States of America really is. When I see Court justices; they should clearly Adams and his son, John Quincy clerks attempting sedition in the words “insurrection” and know better. But if Trump could raise Adams, opted not to attend the inau- Congress, it’s time to clean house and “Capitol” together, I first think of a half a billion dollars in six weeks via gurations of the men who beat them. clear the decks, GOP. For a party that dastardly plot hatched by those who his “Legal Defense Fund” to “over- Vice-President Hubert Humphrey trumpets Constitutional orthodoxy wish to see personal freedom and the turn” the election, who could resist declined to preside over the Senate in with every campaign mailer, you look ideal of self-governance end. But it jumping on that cash bandwagon? It’s January 1969 to certify the election of pretty foolish right now. was nothing so insidious. It was the only individual voters’ money that Richard Nixon. Those are just a few culmination of a two-month-long never has to be paid back, you know. examples of powerful men taking a Merritt Hamilton Allen is a PR execu- tantrum pitched by a heedless, impru- What a racket! loss hard. tive and a former Navy officer. She lives dent fool who can think of nothing but This selfishness, this egotism, and But those are only bruised egos. amicably with her Democratic husband himself: President Donald Trump. It this foolishness combined to form the President Trump’s two-month and Republican mother north of I-40 was simply a selfish man demanding most unserious grounds imaginable tantrum-turned-meltdown has further where they run two head of dog, and attention and posting volumes of to commit one of the most serious divided a polarized nation, compro- two of cat. She can be reached at falsehoods to make enough people wrongs to our Constitution the nation mised national security, slowed pan- [email protected].

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Reaction to the Georgia Trumpism will linger only until his death, then the Supreme Court (who could have predicted the mutate and splinter into something reminiscent of Trump trio would dump Trump!). Anti- runoff election and the nation the aged Dixiecrats of a half century ago or the budg- Conservative, Trump turned the GOP into two con- et-busting generation of Tea Partiers that bankrupt- testing factions, the equivalent of two third parties. I’m jubilant; both Warnock and Ossoff: Hallelujah ed the GOP for a few years and then faded into the Fox News may not be here to provide soap boxes to & Mazel tov! Thank you, Georgia. The Trump fever comfy establishment along with Newt Gingrich. one faction or the other. Rupert Murdock will be 90 will be cooling down. His followers cannot accept Meanwhile Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ron Johnson, in March 2021, and his heirs have made it clear defeat; they’d rather be irrelevant or armed for rebel- Marsha Blackburn, Jim Jordan and the newbie future Fox policy will moderate to keep their com- lion. Although corporate GOPers envisioned Trump grandstander Josh Hawley are trying to corral mercial sponsors who, along with Wall Street, as their gofer and drum major, not an inept Trump voters for their presidential runs in 2024. already have wetted fingers in the air, especially as Mussolini. Instead, the wealthy autocrats flung Hey, folks, allegiances are never transferable—ask NewsMax is promising to move the right-wing goal- crumbs at the disgruntled (whatever happened to the the ghosts of Ted Kennedy, Newt Gingrich or Lester posts into Naziland and eat Fox’s lunch in the promised of banning abortion? Hmm?). Both groups Maddox. process. Voters have rejected The Age of Chicanery got suckered and entrapped by the squalling emo- Meanwhile, the Real Republicans and the Lincoln for the Decency Revival—except for those lost souls tional four-year Loser-in-Chief. Trumpism may Project will be expanding from think tanks into who will wander in the post-Trump wilderness prove to be one of those pathogens that periodically future forces in the GOP, and they will make damn searching for a better strain of conspiracy. What infect one party or another—just far more conse- sure they never nominate another apostate. My amazes me is that Russia and Saudi Arabia didn’t quentially than George Wallace, Jill Stein, Ralph guess is that the Trump wannabees won’t last two invade our 2020 election process as they did four Nader or Ross Perot. I agree with those pundits who election cycles. Traditional Republicans are blaming year ago. Are they, also, disgusted with Trump? Or is believe that Trump destroyed the Republican Party. Trump, Bill Barr, Mitch McConnell, the GOP Senate it that Democrats are cleverer at protecting Had the GOPers nominated John Kasich in 2016, he caucus and the Congressional Sedition Caucus for Americans from invasion from Russia or plagues? likely would be starting his second term. losing the House, the Senate, several statehouses and Frank Cullen, Edgewood

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Peter John Tremko, 85, passed away Elaine built a cabin on the north side of he used his own phonetics of WA1 ZIPPI Dec. 28, 2020 in Edgewood. He was Heron Lake in Rutheron, and travelled Orange Underwear. In 2015 Peter and born on June 19, 1935 in Stafford extensively, seeing all 50 states of the Elaine moved to Edgewood, New Springs, Connecticut to the late Peter country. They made several trips to Mexico due to declining health. In 2018 and Anna (Evans) Tremko. Peter attend- Alaska and loved going there. Peter also they moved into at the Bee Hive ed Windham Technical High School in continued to serve his community by Assisted Living in Edgewood, where Willimantic, Connecticut. and studied to joining the Laguna Vista Volunteer Fire they received excellent care. Peter was become a carpenter. In 1956, he married Department. He earned a certificate as also preceded in death by his wife, his soulmate and love of his life, Elaine an EMT and worked at the fire depart- Elaine Tremko, and sister, Lillian. He is Dehulla. Peter owned and operated ment until he was 80 years old, having survived by his sister Margaret and his “Tremko and Sons Construction” in served in many position including Fire children, Peter Tremko, Brian Tremko, Willington. After that he worked for the Chief. One of his joys was marching in Kenneth Tremko and Laurie Housel; U.S. Department of Agriculture where the annual Chama Days Parade as seven grandchildren and four (soon to he oversaw the building of flood control Smokey the Bear. Peter was an avid be five) great-grandchildren. A private projects in Connecticut and later in New baseball fan and loved the New York family funeral will take place at Our Lady Peter John Tremko Mexico. After retiring from the Yankees. He was a licensed Ham radio of Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery in 1935 – 2020 Department of Agriculture, Peter and operator with call sign of WA1ZOU and Moriarty.

away Dec. 29, 2020. Growing up in a mil- different community councils and pro- their daughter, his granddaughter, itary family, he moved around a great grams. He also held the position of Josephine; his son Jon Summers and his deal with his six siblings. It was in North Probate Judge. If there was a need in the wife Teri and their children, his grand- Dakota that he met his beautiful bride, community and he felt he had the skill set daughters, Angelica and Lucille; his sib- Elizabeth “Betty” Marie. After about to help, he did not hesitate to step up to lings: brother Stephen with his wife and seven years of marriage, Jim moved his help and volunteer. When he was greeted children, brother David and his children, young family to the Estancia Valley. He and asked how he was doing, he always brother Mark, brother Mike, sister Kathy resided nearest Tajique but owned his responded with, “So good you wouldn’t with her husband and children, and sis- business, Apple Mountain Printing, in believe it!” And this didn’t matter if he ter Jenny with her husband and children. Estancia for 40 years. He was a founding had just been sick, been in the hospital, There are several other family members member of the Sanctuary Zone and or anything else that others might grum- who were near and dear to him that have Summers Bail. Jim’s involvement with ble about. He did not grumble. He always survived him, like his Uncle Ray and his church and community was at the saw the light of life. Jim was preceded in Aunt Joan. A private family funeral serv- heart and soul of his everyday life. He death by his parents, James and ice will take place at Our Lady of Mt. was an active Knights of Columbus mem- Margaret Summers Sr.; his wife, Betty Carmel Catholic Church in Moriarty. James Blake Summers Jr. ber. He served as a county commissioner Summers, and their children: daughter, Burial will follow at the Estancia Catholic James Blake Summers Jr., 74, passed for a term; and was a member of many Kelly Frick and her husband Brian with Cemetery.

19, 2020 in his home in Edgewood. He grandchildren. He was the best Tata to know how much we all truly love him. was born Feb. 23, 1964 in Cuauhtémoc, them. They got to have cookies with cof- Horacio was also preceded in death by a Mexico, to the late Julian Orozco and fee for breakfast. He always planned for brother and sister. He is survived by his Sara Guerra. In Mexico he studied to be them to stay every weekend no matter wife, Cathy A. Guerra; son, David Guerra a veterinarian. He had to grow up fast, to what. He was a great father figure to sev- and wife Cassandra; daughter, April help his mom provide for his siblings. In eral. He built his construction company Guerra and husband Victor as well as 1983, he came to America in search of from the ground up. His goal was to many numerous siblings, nieces, work. He started his career in construc- build a great company that he could one nephews and cousins; six beautiful tion. He made his way up to superin- day pass down to his kids. He achieved grandchildren, Drago, Draven, Syrus, tendent, where he was a leader. He met that goal. He achieved the goal of having Mireya, Wenzdaye and Vanellope. A pri- his wife in 1985, and they got married a big family and loving them with every vate family funeral service will take place two months later. He became a father in ounce of his soul. He fought hard to be at Harris-Hanlon Mortuary in Moriarty. 1990 to April and then again in 1992 to healthy. He was not dealt a fair share of Burial will take place at the Sunset David. He was the greatest father he cards in his life when it came to his Memorial Park Cemetery in could ever be. Horacio was a great health but every day, he got up at 5 a.m. Albuquerque. Pallbearers will be David Horacio Guerra provider and loving husband. Once he for work. He had to travel often and yet Guerra, April Guerra, Cassandra Guerra, 1964 – 2020 became a grandfather, there was no despite fighting every day, he did it for Jaime Almaraz, Hildo Gonzalez, And Horacio Guerra, 56, passed away Dec. turning back. He absolutely loved his his family. May he rest in peace and Luis Trevizo. 10 • Jan. 8-14, 2021 Online at edgewood.news

Village of Tijeras Proposed Annexation Community Meetings

Community Meeting Submitting Questions or Concerns Information Questions and Public in the Meantime? Comment January 5 at 5pm via Zoom Meeting ID: 923 5509 4306 Please submit public comment and Mayor Jake Bruton questions to [email protected]. [email protected] Passcode: 943205 Please write in the subject line of the email “Proposed Annexation Community Clerk/Manager Hallie Brown Meeting” and type your comment or [email protected] January 11 at 5pm via Zoom question into the body of the email. Please Meeting ID: 948 2472 1218 include your name and address in the body Deputy Clerk Nick Kennedy Passcode: 136395 of the email so that we can ensure the most [email protected] appropriate and thorough responses to your comment or question. Comments or Village Hall Offices: 505-281-1220 Both meeting will be recorded for questions must be received by 4:00pm later viewing and shared at on 1/5/2021 and 1/11/21 to be included in More information can be found at the meeting. The email will not be villageoftijeras.com in the Public Service villageoftijeras.com monitored during the meeting. Announcement on the homepage.

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Covid-19 vaccines begin rollout in Tricounty area Weekly Covid By Felecia Pohl aged its staff to register to be vaccinat- is.” ed with the state Department of Nieto said his frustration is “strictly As numbers of Covid-19 cases con- Health, but we have not secured any out of concern.” tinue to rise, many municipalities have vaccinations for members of the com- “I’m not mad at anybody, I’m just Data Update begun securing vaccines for communi- munity.” concerned,” he said. “This is a situa- ty members. While vaccines are starting to make tion where we need all hands on deck, In Moriarty, Mayor Ted Hart said their way to these communities, both and to get this popped out, and it’s not just today that 12 new people were vac- mayors Hart and Nieto said they feel looking good right now. I’m hoping for Zip Code Cases cinated—10 first responders and discouraged by the way the distribu- a better outcome, but as of right now, 87008 64 police, and two residents above 75 tion is being handled. I’m not impressed.” years of age. “I think that right now, in the coun- According to the New Mexico 87015 323 “Last week we had 10 and the week ty we actually have the vaccine sitting Department of Health communica- before we had five,” he said. That in refrigerators,” Nieto said. “That’s tions person Matt Bieber, 106,525 vac- 87016 127 [completes our first responders.] upsetting to me. The way that I look at cines have been delivered to New Everybody that wanted one has got it is, we’ve had three deaths this week Mexico so far, and about 62,000 to 87032 26 one.” alone due to Covid and they’re elderly. 68,500 vaccines have been adminis- 87035 252 In total, 27 vaccines were adminis- The standpoint, I guess, from the tered. tered in Moriarty. county is their hands are tied, we’re Bieber said the state is still in phase 87036 84 In Edgewood, Deputy Clerk Carla not in the phase to do elderly people. 1a. According to the vaccine registra- Salazar said the town hasn’t heard That’s frustrating to me knowing that tion website, “the goal in Phase 1a is to 87047 111 from the state as far as securing vac- we have residents who are elderly, and vaccinate as many workers as possible 87056 31 cines. “But our first responders have we have the vaccine that would have who provide healthcare and other heard from the county,” she said. “I protected them sitting in a refrigera- direct in-person services to patients, 87059 249 know that they were being offered vac- tor. That doesn’t sit well with me.” persons with disabilities, and persons cines, I think today and tomorrow, and Hart said that the lack of a plan is living in congregate care settings who 87061 10 Santa Fe County reached out to our what is hindering the rollout. are at risk of exposure to the virus or police chief. They identified all the first “We’re trying to get this vaccine out who handle infectious materials.” responders in the town, and they to people that want it as fast as we can Nearly 300,00 New Mexicans have offered those people vaccines.” get it out,” he said. “The thing is … my registered for the vaccine in the past Bernalillo County In Mountainair, Mayor Peter Nieto personal belief is that there is no plan. two weeks. To register for a vaccina- said 15 vaccines have been given in The state has no plan. Everything is tion when available, visit Cases Recovered Deaths total since before Christmas, 12 to fire- changing daily. It's not a set plan, it’s a cvvaccine.nmhealth.org/. fighters and paramedics, and three to daily change every time. It’s hard for us Inquiries to the town of Estancia 43,382 20,961 628 police officers. to manage and negotiate to get the and Edgewood Police Department In Tijeras, Deputy Clerk Nick stuff going when the plans changing, were not responded to by the time this Santa Fe County Kennedy said, “The Village has encour- and nobody really knows what the plan story went to print. Cases Recovered Deaths 7,819 3,659 86 We have Christmas Moriarty: Torrance County every day at Chili Hills! Cases Recovered Deaths 1805 Rt66 W. 515 203 7 Thank you to our wonderful customers! 832-5458 STATEWIDE Cases Recovered Deaths 151,819 74,235 2,680 Edgewood:

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For links to the current data and to read the most current version of the state’s public health order, please Stay informed. Read The Independent in print and online. visit our website edgewood.news. 14 • Jan. 8-14, 2021 Online at edgewood.news Movies in the Mountains (in Exile): Danny Kaye as The Court Jester By Frank Cullen Lewis—but, then, The Three Stooges, getting his nose bobbed. Lucille Ball or Red Skelton were not Danny was among the more profes- Many critics regard The Court Jester major box-office lures. It took television sionally fortunate of comedians: his wife as Danny Kaye’s finest film. Written and to make superstars of Ball, Skelton and and partner, Sylvia Fine, was a master directed by Melvin Frank and Norman the Stooges. lyricist. She wrote the many rapid-fire Panama, it’s spoof of what we, as kids, Danny Kaye came from the same era alliterative tongue-twisters that were used to call ‘sword pictures,’ adventures and showbiz background as did Imogene Danny’s trick-in-trade. One of the more that usually starred athletic leading men Coca, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason and famous of them is “The pellet with the like Errol Flynn, Richard Greene, Tyrone Larry Storch: playing in nightclubs and poison’s in the flagon with the dragon; Power, Cornel Wilde or Louis Hayward. small ‘intimate’ stage revues like those the vessel with the pestle has the brew Clever screenwriters understood that produced by Max Liebman before that is true” That and the stanzas that fol- action adventures and physical comedies Liebman adapted revue comedy for tele- low comes from The Court Jester. both relied on a pulsing pace. By adding vision with his weekly 1950s weekly Your As Danny Kaye matured, his outré musical numbers and replacing romantic Show of Shows by bringing Caesar, Coca, style of comedy with its mercurial out- heroes with musical clowns played by Carl Reiner and Howard Morris to a bursts of patter songs mellowed into a Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope, The Ritz national audience. more whimsical manner, and he success- Brothers or Danny Kaye, the writers Mr. Kaye, seen for the first time, fully ventured into dramatic films, mixed gags with derring-do. seems a thoroughly original comedian. starred in a hit television hour for a few The Court Jester intentionally mim- Few are. years, and scored on Broadway as Noah icked the real thing, such as The His instantaneous transformations in the musical Two by Two. Adventures of Robin Hood. Villainy was from a mild young man into a manic A restless, moody man off stage, the life’s work of duplicitous Cecil Parker song-and-dance clown seem inspired by Danny Kaye seemed never to grow old and dastardly Basil Rathbone, while Harry Ritz, but Danny’s film character is nor stop working until his death at 76. In comely damsels Angela Lansbury and kin to Harold Lloyd’s innocent, seeming- addition to his theatrical honors, he Glynis Johns longed for love and rescue. ly effete boy who rises to a challenge that became a superior chef and won renown Being a big comedy star during one’s demanded courage, as does the wily yet for earning his wings as a licensed pilot of lifetime is a faulty predictor of how sub- not so innocent Eddie Cantor. airships from Piper Cubs to jets. But his sequent generations will react to a come- the 21st century regard Danny Kaye, Interestingly, when Cantor’s well-made chief distinction was as a humanitarian. dian. Buster Keaton was far less popular because his name is usually absent from star vehicles for Samuel Goldwyn began Over the years, he volunteered for the in the silent era that Harold Lloyd, the roster in review. Even at his height of to slip at the Depression-Era box office, USO—often going to the front lines (as Charlie Chaplin or Roscoe Arbuckle. For movie popularity, Mr. Kaye never ranked Goldwyn switched to Danny Kaye. To did Martha Raye and Joe E. Brown) to the past 50 years, however, Keaton has among the top 10 box office champions, make Mr. Kaye look more like a Gentile, entertain troops; he raised $10 million been considered their equal or the supe- as did his contemporaries Bud Abbott Goldwyn persuaded him to change his for musicians’ pension funds; and served rior talent. and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Bing hair color from brown to strawberry as UNICEF’s Good Will Ambassador for It is difficult to say how audiences of Crosby, Mickey Rooney and Martin & blonde. Kaye drew the line, however, at 30 years.

said it expects to improve road services change with an annexation, as the county department.” ANNEXATION PROPOSAL for those annexed miles, if approved. already provides the lion's share of fire Pyskoty also expressed concerns Continued from Page 1 Kennedy said if landowners approve service. He said that over the past three about property and gross receipts taxes, the annexation, “It can be challenged.” years, the village's volunteer department with the ISO ratings and insurance costs The village currently has three water He added, “It's not being forced on any- has responded to 11% of calls in the vil- for residents, and the fact that if annexed, wells, one inactive; there are 541 homes one.” Kennedy laid out a timeline of a few lage. those residents and businesses would hooked up to the village water system. months until the vote. Perez said there are two ways a fire have to change their addresses from Bruton said the third well is online. First, letters will go out to landowners department can interact with a munici- Cedar Crest to Tijeras. She also pointed At its meeting Jan. 5, Bruton in the proposed annexation areas; they'll pality, through an automatic aid agree- to potential future development, like a described the annexation as “mainly a have 45 days to respond with their vote. ment—which it currently has—or a Walmart. citizen-driven effort,” and the process of After that, if it's approved, it would go to mutual ad agreement. Both gross receipts taxes and property annexation is through a vote of landown- both Bernalillo County and Tijeras for “We will respond,” Perez said. “If they taxes would be “slightly higher,” ers in the proposed area to be annexed. approval and could also be challenged in annex or leave it as-is today, there would Kennedy said, if the annexation goes Those already within the village limits district court. be no change in the level of service. … If through, with the increase in property tax would not be able to vote, but can make Bruton said the village has hired an you call for help, we're coming.” about $29 per $100,000 assessed value. their wishes known to the village council, economist to analyze the financial impli- One thing that could change, however, “I would really like people to know he said. cations of the proposal. is that the county might decide to charge this is a serious matter,” Pyskoty said. The first phase would include the Gradi said that several open space and the village for this fire protection, follow- She said in a later interview that she has Rincon Loop area, the I-40 corridor, the other county properties lie within the ing a model it uses with the village of Los “major concerns.” Pinecrest and Pineview areas and the Rio proposed annexation area, including Ranchos. “It's something we'll definitely She said, “To really build up the level Grande Cement Plant. The ability to Tijeras Creek Open Space, Los Vecinos be looking at with the village of Tijeras, of services would take a long time. … In exert some regulatory control over the Community Center, Ojito de San Antonio regardless of if they annex.” general, I just want people to have accu- cement plant is part of the impetus for Open Space and the East Mountain He said the service provided by the rate information.” the annexation proposal, Bruton said. Transfer Station, which is in the second county “is above and beyond what the tax “The only way we will annex is with “It would allow us to have a say in zon- phase of the proposed annexation. base would begin to cover.” community support,” Bruton said. ing and reclamation,” he said, adding, Gradi said the county has not heard Perez said he is neutral on the annex- To voice your opinion on this pro- “There is considerable damage being yet whether the village might be contem- ation, but wants to make sure that “the posed annexation, contact the village at done to the mountain.” plating zoning changes or “about how the village is honest and truthful with the res- 505-281-1220 or “A lot of Bernalillo County tax dollars village plans to regulate these existing idents in the annex and be very clear how [email protected], or visit its end up in the city of Albuquerque,” facilities relative to their new zoning it relates to county services. … That's the website, villageoftijeras.com. Brown said. “This would allow your tax code. part that kind of sits wrong with me. Just To contact Bernalillo County, visit dollars to stay on local projects.” Bernalillo County Fire Chief Greg be truthful that you're going to rely on bernco.gov, or call 505-314-0385 or The village officials said the village is Perez said that in its simplest terms, fire another agency … until such time as you email [email protected]. Contact “overfunded on road maintenance” and suppression efforts in the area would not have enough revenue to create your own Pyskoty at [email protected]. Online at edgewood.news Jan. 8-14, 2021 • 15

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