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We vowed never to forget, but I ask everyone to overhaul remember how we came together after that event and we became united in order to recover, and we need that today more than ever.” See more photos and the page 34 story, page 3. 2 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 LAS CRUCES BULLETIN Content brought to you by: Your Partner in Progress SCRTD receives $62,500 grant for 10-year plan A 10-year public transportation plan for the South fall, regional planners informed the District Board. ensure sustainability.” Central Regional Transit District will be launched this The $62,500 study and plan, funded through a grant SBLB, LLC was selected based on experience and from the New Mexico Department of Transportation expertise in transit planning, ridership, forecasting and District members will be conducted by SBLB, modeling and its track record working with transit LLC. agencies. The district last updated its 5-year plan in 2015, Kirk Scott, an SBLB representative will manage the available at scrtd.org. SCRTD serves Doña Ana, Otero project, direct the planning process and coordinate and Sierra Counties. input and feedback from regional transit operators, in- “The Plan looks at regional goals and objectives for cluding the Mesilla Valley Metropolitan Planning Or- public transit, route designs, local and regional funding ganization, MPO, and the City of Las Cruces’s Road- sources, performance measures and targets, levels of Runner transit system. service and what areas should be served by transit,” SCRTD’s website will be updated throughout the said SCRTD’s Executive Director David Armijo. planning process to provide the public up-to-date infor- Javier Perea, District Chair and City of Sunland mation and opportunities to participate in the study, via Park mayor, added, “We need to focus on how to re- online surveys. spond to growing demand for public transportation For more information, please visit www.scrtd.org or SCRTD Routes serve riders in Doña Ana, Otero and throughout our region, while identifying funding to call 575-323-1620. Sierra Counties. Connect with us: (575) 647-7200 www.donaanacounty.org LAS CRUCES BULLETIN NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 | 3 Remembering Sept. 11, 2001 By ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH ment and New Mexico ist attacks in New York, enue, the fire department Las Cruces Bulletin State University held Washington, D.C. and honor guard marched remembrance events Pennsylvania. from 8:30 a.m. until On Sept. 11, both the for those who died 19 At Las Cruces Fire nearly noon. They per- Las Cruces Fire Depart- years in the 2001 terror- Station #1 on Picacho Av- formed a bell ceremony at 9:03 a.m. The ceremony ended with the words, “And so, to those who have selflessly given their lives for the good of their fellow man. Their tasks completed. Their duties well done. To our com- rades, their last alarm. BULLETIN PHOTOS BY ELVA K. ÖSTERREICH They’re going home.” On the north side of A member of the Las Cruces Fire Department Honor Guard takes part in a special ceremony Friday morning, Sept. 11, at Aggie Pride Field at the city Fire Station #1, 201 E. Picacho Ave. Horseshoe on the NMSU campus, the ROTC, Flight 11, which struck tagon; at 9:59 a.m. for the Honor Guard and Army the North Tower of the fall of the South Tower; Cannon Crew gathered, World Trade Center; at at 10:03 a.m. for Flight masked and distanced, to 9:03 for Flight 175, which 93, which crashed near honor the victims of the struck the South Tower Shanksville, Pennsyl- 9/11/2001 terror attacks. at the World Trade Cen- vania; and at 10:28 a.m. At Aggie Pride Field the Army cannon crew prepares to fire a shot followed by a moment of silence for Flight 93, which crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The cannon fired six times The cannon was fired ter; at 9:37 a.m. for Flight for the fall of the North in honor of various tragedies that happened Sept. 11, 2001. six times: at 8:46 a.m. for 77, which struck the Pen- Tower. Plan a future trip to Silver City Just about 100 minutes west of When in Silver, visit these great businesses! Las Cruces lies a getaway with way more than 100 things to see and do. Plan your trip today! Silver City, Grant County and HANDMADE, HOMEMADE, HOMEGROWN surroundings offer wide varieties Maker's Market of fun, adventure and relaxation. At MainStreet Plaza Here’s just one example: Every Saturday Aug 1st - Oct 31st 8:30am to 12:00pm Murray Ryan Visitor Center A great starting place in Silver City is the Murray Ryan Visitor Center at 201 N. 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Indoor and outdoor murals capture various aspects of the town’s past, as does a log cabin replicating one from the 1870s next to the visitor’s center which represents the family home of notorious outlaw Billy the Kid. 4 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 NEWS LAS CRUCES BULLETIN Food for vets SEPT. 5 PHOTO BY LEN HAMPTON; SEPT. 11 PHOTO BY MIKE COOK, LAS CRUCES BULLETIN Latter Rain Harvest Fellowship, along with local VFW posts 3242, 4384, 6917 and 10124 and the American Legion, unloaded and distributed nearly 800 boxes of food for local food-insecure military veterans, said Len Hampton of Las Cruces, who is the VFW National Council member for New Mexico. The boxes were delivered and unloaded Saturday, Sept. 5 (photo on right), on Mesquite Street and on Friday, Sept. 11 (photo on left), in the parking lot behind COAS Bookstore downtown. Hampton said the food boxes were provided to the church through the nonprofit Farmers to Family Food box, a USDA program. 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