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Isleta Pueblo News Volume 16 Issue 8 Pueblo of Isleta website: www.isletapueblo.com August 2021 Governor’s Report Maguwam, Hello everyone, I hope this newsletter finds everyone doing well. First of all, I want to thank our creator for the wonderful rain which we have received. It’s good to see the land turn green and colorful. The COVID Mitigation Team is working hard to keep our community safe. We all understand that the State of New Mexico and other states have opened fully; however, we have not opened as the state has done. We still have our Public Health Order to follow and comply with. Please review our updated Public Heath Order (see attachment). The Delta Variant is very contagious and is a concern within our community. The Delta Variant is impacting our surrounding state which has fully opened up. If you travel, please follow and adhere to the current Public Health Order. I encourage everyone from ages 12 and up to get vaccinated. The vaccination will reduce the spread, contraction, hospitalization and death from COVID to our community members. We have all been doing a good job at keeping our masks on and utilizing hand sanitizers to keep ourselves safe. I encourage anyone who has symptoms of COVID to be tested and isolate to prevent the spread. People have been asking about feasts that we are all so used to having around this time. Unfortunately, we will not be celebrating the Feast of St. Augustine on August 28, 2021 or the Feast of St. Augustinito on September 4, 2021. There will be feast masses held on August 27, 2021 for vespers and on August 28, 2021 for St. Augustine with a procession in the plaza area. We pray that we will be able to continue our feast days as we remembered them. Last month, 2nd Lt. Gov. Sanchez and along with Derek Jarner, Water Resources Manager, visited the Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center in Denver, CO, to view the physical model of the Isleta Diversion Dam (IDD) in operation. The physical model is being used to determine modifications to Diversion Dam and sluiceway to reduce the amount of sediment outfall on the Big and Little Chical and the Cacique irrigation canals. The physical model is scale rendition of the diversion structure (see picture and diagram overlay). An alternate option has been selected and the combined dam and sluiceway structure modifications and gate operations are being tested to refine the final design. (Continued, Next Page) Page 2 Isleta Pueblo News August 2021 Another related project is the Peralta We continue to stay ahead of needing Prior Main modification. The plan is to widen and Paramount (P&P) water supply for the Peralta and install Langemann gates our irrigation needs. As of this writing, approximately 1000 feet downstream of the MRGCD demand is 500 cfs and P&P Big Chical outlet to check water. This will supply is still greater than P&P demand. allow water to be diverted back upstream In addition, the District has not released through the new Big Chical extension any San Juan Chama water to meet their that will also feed the Little Chical. The 500 cfs demand. The recent rains have Langemann gate installation will divert helped tremendously. water to the Cacique at a different location It is being predicted that over the next also. The modification of the Peralta Main 50 years modeling shows New Mexico is designed to further reduce sediment temperatures statewide could rise 5 -7 outfall to the three irrigation canals. As part of the IDD project a separate project degrees. This gives continued importance involving the construction of a fish passage of the need to development and implement for the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow is being plans to manage and protect our land, designed. The fish passage will allow the water, wildlife, and related resources. We Minnow to move through the IDD and be must be pro-active and not reactive. Isleta utilized in the recovery of the endangered leadership and the community must come species. The placement of the fish passage together to effect the needed changes and will be near the middle of the IDD and either decisions to ensure our shared resources upstream or downstream depending on a will be here for our children’s children and final design and cost determination. These beyond. are two conceptual renditions looking east and west. Please drive careful out there and if you see anybody driving dangerously, report to our Police Department. Recently, we had a community member hit from behind while driving a bale wagon. Remember, we are a community and we must share in protecting each other out there and within our home base. Let us continue to pray for rain, to keep us safe from the virus, and may our creator keep our community safe and bless every one of us with a good life. Haw-wuh. Vernon B. Abeita Governor Isleta Health Center Optometry Digital Eye Strain Dr. Mitchel Anderson, OD, Optometrist Phone: 505-869-4080 We are using screens now more than ever before. Many of us use our computer screens at work and spend much of our spare time on our TVs, phones or tablets. This can be a wonderful thing, but there are also potential side effects. One of the effects of increased screen time is that it can bother our eyes, a recent term has been coined for this: “Digital Eye Strain”. Our eyes feel strained due to the background light from the devices, and due to small muscles inside our eyes that are working hard to keep us focused on the devices in front of us. The Optometry Times and many eye-care professionals have recently created a simple rule to help combat this Digital Eye Strain. They call it the 20-20-20 Rule; this means that for every 20 minutes you spend on a digital screen, you should take a 20-second break to look at something at least 20 feet away. Oftentimes, our eyes feel most relaxed when we let them rest for a moment and just look into the distance. If you can actively remember to take short breaks from staring at screens throughout your day, your eyes will thank you. Especially if you are feeling eyestrain or fatigue at the end of the day, this is something you should implement into your daily routine. Vision is such an important part of our lives, let’s remember to take care of our eyes so they can take care of us for many more years to come. Isleta Health Center Optometry Department August 2021 Isleta Pueblo News Page 3 PROBATES LETTER FROM THE EDITOR IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Case No. CV-PR-0052-2021 DEADLINE for September Newsletter articles is set Anthony Velardez (DOD: 12/26/2020) for Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at 4:30 pm. Articles may be dropped off at the Library or emailed to Nathaniel. First Notice [email protected]. Should you email your article, TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate the expect a confirmation email. If you do not receive a Estate of Anthony Velardez, deceased 12/26/2020, has been filed in the Pueblo of confirmation email, odds are it never made it to me and Isleta Tribal Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby advised to then it’s time to panic, so call Nate at 505.869.9808. notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this People who wish to submit an article or flyer are responsible notice being posted. Claims must be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter has been for generating their own article or flyer. Should you need scheduled for Thursday, September 19, 2021 at 9:15 am at the Isleta Tribal Court, located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, Albuquerque, help, please call the Library at 505.869.9808 and set up a NM. If you have any questions, please contact the Isleta Tribal Court at (505) 869- date and time to sit down with a Library staff member who 9699. will help you throughout the process. The Library will NOT accept notes dropped off at the Library or information over IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Case No. CV-PR-0049-2021 the phone to generate your article. Mary Margaret Schall (DOD: 02/27/21) PROBATES need to be published in the Newsletter for two consecutive months. Probates are considered court Second Notice documents, therefore, all submitters must provide: 1) TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with notice requirements, a Petition to Probate Name of Deceased, 2) Date of Deceased 3) Court Case # the Estate of Mary Margaret Schall, deceased 02/27/2021, has been filed in the and 4) Date of Court Date. A Probate form can be found on Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court. Any person claiming an interest in the Estate is hereby the Newsletter Archive page at http://www.isletapueblo. advised to notify the Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court Clerk in writing within thirty (30) days of this notice being posted. Claims must be filed in writing. A hearing in this matter com/newsletters.html . has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 08, 2021 at 9:15 a.m. at the Isleta CLASSIFIED ADS: The new administration has requested Tribal Court, located at the Tribal Services Complex, 3950 Hwy. 47 SE, Building A, that the Newsletter start a Classified Ad section for Tribal Albuquerque, NM.