4 ;;p ,. A ,¥ ,."J.::.-¥~.:""',>,;:;Mq",~,:!*;',,?'~, ~A;;' ,M M\:i4<-,* '~.+"!HLj*r"7'l!'t:"',~·,+:,; '.A,Hf "."". • F!"+A'~!\l"hHf""<"IfI~.'F'!","'*'''"f!4+'! • .i 4. }t"i~/'-',""l"~W"O'1'~~. "''',' ": __ ~ t,'", ".,.." •.".".,:-, ,.:!> . ,n .",- -7''--'' ':' y"". "" . ", "".' , ',. "', $out,IlWEll;1t MioJ;,pi';i.,J,m jJp. 2603.. ;E:. XlmcteJ..:J. BilX ),9Q~4. " 1:1 Pa,lb, '1'x.. 79991 ," " 20.c PER COpy ....... , Th .~ , : ., ;, . NO. 44IN OUR33RD YEAR RUIDOSO, l-INC6l-NCOUNTY,, , . NEW MEXICO. MONDAY. DECEMBER25.1978 . , , . .•. ' '-. , . , . " . · '" ".'0····0·" ": ~' "'. ' ,. , . '. '. '" - " --. ',., recover. "'U''n ecrwa.·· Emergency measures to repair sewer This will be temporllrlly repaired by the of sewer pipe. qualifying lor assist,nce from t"e tted and water tines Is continuing here tn the end of tile week, street superint~ndent "Tllese daml!ge estimates are Cross. aftermath or the Decem~r 19f1ood. .. Jack LaMay told The News Saturday. All speculative," viliMe manager Jim Hine Rogers may be cont4cted through Efforts 01 the village water department otller generally used damaged bridges are said to The News Friday. "and we an­ Ruidoso'S village hall, telephone 257-4014. • to provide service to Upper canyon p;lssable, LaMay said. ticipllte they will rise sh8rptYlis tile fuU Though damage to thevl\lag~'s sewer residents Is .continuing· with water A preliminary ~stim.ate 01 dllmages, extent of damage becomes known." system III extensive. the treatment plant III superintendent Jim Goodman saying mad.e as the flood wllters were receding, John Rogers, state director of Red Cross functioning nonnally. The examinlltlon of Sunday, "Tile service was restored to Indicates $335,065 to bridges and streets, Disaster Services, will return to Ruld.oso the sewer lines is being continued and some 01 the Upper canyon residents In the $204,980 to tile sewer. system, $52.500 to Tuesday to aid Dood disaster victims and residents of affected areas will be adVised lower areas and we expect that ;111 users manholes and $136,800 to 11,400 lineal f~et to complete his survey of damages ofdevelopments. - ,. will again have water l>y Tuesday night... , Major water problems developed In the ,, • areas served by the low pressure system, • Goodman said. One major water main break was not lOCated IDltil Sunday and emergency action was taken to meke temporary repairs. -. Valve, pipe and Iittlng problems plagued water department personnel, Goodman . said, "however we Ilave. Installed tem.· porary ground lines to try and provide at least some water for household use... Street superintendent Jack LaMay ", , . completed a preliminary examination of • bridge damages Thursday and released the following estimates that he said "were THE BODY OF Fl-OOD VICTIM Dean l-uker. 76. Alto. was on the conservative side," pending a fUll recovered at ihls point on the Rio Bonito early Saturday af­ assessment of tile cost to lully repair ternoon. about One-fourth of a mile from where he was swept Into them: •• the current Tuesday evening when the river bank collapsed as a Sewer Plant Road $25.500 •• •, result of the flood. Reese Drive 1,600 , CedarCreek Drive 62,050 Robin Road 14.700 Riverside Drive 50,000 HEIGHT OF .. Juanita Avenue 10,430 Flood victilD.'s Grindstone Canyon 1,300 Hart 3.600 • Highway 37 1,800 Main Road No. I 5,670 Sleepy Hollow 44,000 Coyote Lane 27,300 body recovered Main Road No.2 13.000 North Loop 4,670 Martin {load 30,700 Members of the New Mexlco State Luker's body was recovered shortly belore Cedar Creek Drive 10,820 Pollcl!, LIncoln County Sherllfs orflce and 2p.m. Hull Road '3,700 volunteers early Saturday alternoon Memorial services for Mr. Luker were Cree Meadows Drive 4,585 recovered the body of Dean Luker, 76, conducted Frldey from Klngdom Hall or Alamogordo Street 3.500 from the bank 01 tile Rio Bonito about a Jehovah's Witnesses. Ruldo!o, Flumecanyon 6.000 quarter·mIIe from the point wllere be had He was born at Comanche, Texas and "TIlis puts tile initial estimate or bridge faUen Into the 1l00d-swollen atream was a carpenter and contractor In the and street damages at around $335.065." Tuesday n1g1lt. BrownIleld, TexaS area untU moving here LaMay said. "andInclUdes replacement or Mr. Lukei' and Ills son, RUdolph, were about ~gh~ y~ -g9•. HI! had 01III0d bls IIOme bridges." worklng to 1'1lmove a lallen tree from the property 00 tile RIo 1Jorulo fot'about 10 A preliminary estimalll 'I resldenUal •• stream wilen the bank collapsed and both years. damage within tile village. according to were swept away by the current. His lIOn GmvesldeserVIc:es"wI11'beheldat2p.m., figures available at the orllce or village mB/IlIged to greb a tree, about 100 yards '1\Iesday In the Angus cemetery, with manager Jim Hine. lndleate they total from where Ile'd fallen Into the water, and Kenneth Stone offlelatlng. ftGO.ooo. scramble to lIBlety. SurvIvors Include bbWlte. Merle Luker; "I wlsb to stress," HJne said, "that we two SOM, Nealon Luker of Hobbs and expeet the flnal figure or residential An intensive searchofalengthoUhe RIo Rudolph Luker or Ruidoso; two daughters, damage to besubstantiallyblgher once the Bonito continued througb most of Wed. BWye Dean Boyd or Dallas, Texas and owners olsecond Ilomes here conrpletethe nesday, wilen It was called o£f to await Reba J. Extor or Ruidoso; two slsterll. survey of their property." recedlngwsters. Ethel Price or BrownIleld, Texe and Village olflcials are now maklng ap­ Mr. Luker's bcdy was dJscovered about Georgia Allen or Burleson. Teus; three plication for disaster funds from state and 12:30 p.m., Saturday by Ira Young, a brolllers, Walter Luker or Portales. and federalsources. L nelgllbor, about 300 yards south or HJflb:' Robertand RaUegh Luker orBrownfield. "We quatuy for substantlal aid," HJne ·, way 37. to the west or the HJghway ~ W.w':;:::::B'?~~3',:;s-{:W'"'&>".,w..-:w.:£f.$~ said, "but It wlU be several weeks before Bonito area ood JllilCtlon. we can detennine the exact extent or ·, YOlmg notuled the State Pollce and. @ -. ~ damage and the amount or assistance we witll the aid or Uncoln County SheriH's ~ report canobtain. • oiIlcers, WhIte Mountaln search and 51(. j "It's obvious we have to look at com­ • • Rescue members and volunteers Mr. :'" Sierra Blanea Sid Area reports i pletely replacing extensive sectiOM of our ~. surface conditions as Ilard &.;' water and sewer system In addition to the :'l< packed and ley with the MIghty ~ elqlense or replacing bridges and tile cost dam e extenslve ~ Mite. Poma and three chair lifts ~ or repairingstreets and bricliles." Chamber's i5<i operating. <.> I'rlvate property damage In the village ~ Work Is continuing on tbe ~ Is extensive from the Mescalero ApaChe Flood waters In the Bonito area have applications for aid In reconslnlction. ment were partially repairing road ~ gondola which was damaged i reservation line along the RIo Ruidoso to receded leaving an aftermath of Main areas of damage are washed out damage and cutting new sections of the Coffee Cart ~ when trees knocked the cable olf,~ tile village \ImIts as weUaathroughoutthe destruction to county roads estlmated at sections olroadnearBonlto Lou's cale and road FrIday. @ some towers during the severe ~ length of CedarCreek In tile village. about $1 mUllon. past Southlork turnolr, plus the ap­ Mter vieWing the damage In the Bonito ~ windstormTuesday night. .~~ RUidoso pollce patrolmen ob:rerved proaches to the Southfork bridge which area, Olsen said, "There's abOut a million @ Ruidoso Sid Area reports ex- ~ structural damage to as residences along In addition to tile damage to tile roads, were washed away. In damages, justguessing." Wednesday :,;:< cellent s1dlng on begbiner and ;,:; tile rivers. in a visual check of the outside tIlere Is an undetermined amount of The bridge was Ullharmed and Is free other county roads needing some repair i intermediate slopes. with three ~ of homes conducted on foot throughout the damage to private homes, property, roads standing In the middle of Rio Bonito. because or the flood Tuesday are Cedar TIlis Wednesday's Chamber or C0m­ ':~ lncbesor new manmade snow, ~ village limitsThursday and Friday. and bridges. No description or the damage past CreekandNogalroads. merce Coffee Cart will be at the Chambe1' ~ All liftsare operating. :~ "You must remember .these men are Lea Olson, LIncoln County manager. and Southlork turnoff III available as sections Cedar Creek should be repaired In the office on Sudderth between 9and 10 a.m. ':~ Monday's high was 55 degrees , cops, not contractors," Chief of Police Tom Ward, Lincoln Engineering Com· or tile road were washed out completely; near luture Olsen said, adding the Bonito "These Collee carts are open to the r"'~ and Tuesday's low was 10 :! PaUl Lukens ll8ld, "and the observatiollS pany. surveyed the damage Friday In Isotatlng tile residents or Runnels sub­ road "wlU take some realengineering and pUblic." Cbamber executive secretarY Ed 'X~ ~ees•.•. '-:0'0 were made to the best of their ability. We eIlorts to prepare a teclmlcal sketch of dlvlllion. sub-contracting work" lengthenln& the • JWlgbiuth ll8ld, "and Chamber o£flcers ~:' or skiing condition reports; :;:> are making every eflort to contact tile remedies for the roada and for use In Crews from tile county roads depart- time period 'ttlIt Is completed." and'directors are always In attendance to :i call Sierra Blanca Ski Area, 257· t owners of tIlese homes to advise them or discuss any matters anyone desires to ':::: !lQOl, and Ruidoso Ski Area, 336-' 'i':' possible severe damllge." propose tollelp the Chaitlber better serve -~:::" 4211. ~:::.,y The only main bridge that was im­ "N ":0: our area." ~ ~ :%:~~:;i:;:;=*;:;:*~~;:;to':*::~t.~::;:~:::&;:~:t$::;i:~:5?;"'St~:;:< . passable Saturday Was Coyote Bridge. ,.' , Cha:mher dire~tors okay 1" ,, • f'·' • new In orlllatlon center • The board ot directors of the Ruidoso generalChamber Diemberslllp.