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THE TAGS NEWS Thursday, Jan. A3 1996- CRIME Continued from Page A2 effbft by Roadrunner Recyclers, Inc. and support by the community wasn't enough to keep the Taos riori-profit from shutting down, last spring. Roadrunner handled recycling for Taos Valley, collecting paper, glass and cardboard. The organization's Albert Simms, said without more funding from the county and town and with the drop in prices for some recycled materials, the company could not operate.

The county and town agreed to work on a central recycling center. Details are still being worked on. In the meantime, fSfit "three-strikes" case of kidfiitpping, beating and robbing the owners dftftihaet'tKitchenduringan October 1994 crime spree, witt spend the rest of his life behind bars, a judge ruled in March of this year. The Taos Pueblo mandatory life sentence plus 25 years was the first time a three-time violent offender has been sentenced under the of the 1994 crime bill Continued from Page A1 Duran said it took Taos County sheriff's deputies or state police two to six hours to respond each time an incident happened. She said she knows law enforcement agencies are short-handed, but believes something needs to be done to help Costilla residents.

She said more regular patrolling of the area and perhaps a law enforcement sub-sta- tion would help. She said the community is discussing a neighborhood watch program. McShan said state police have increased patrols in the area since the burglaries began. "But we're short-handed. We're reactive right now, not proactive.

We have only three people to cover the entire county." He said his department is happy to help the community set up a neighborhood watch or anything else they can. Duran said the problem seems to be growing. She believes the problem is related to increased drug use, a high drop-out rate among the area's youth and desperation. She said the community is looking for solutions. "It's silly we should have to put up with this when 95 percent of the community is decent," Duran said.

piece of 40,000 acres of land around Blue Lake which was removed from the tribe in 1906 when President Theodore Roosevelt created the Forest Service. Preaching in the classroom A teacher in Eagle Nest was put on leave in May and later suspended after a discussion beliefs in the classroom prompted some parents to Dee Todd, the third-grade teacher involved in the case, was try, to answer a child's questions about heaven, faith and the beliefs of different religions. How those questions were answered gatthe American Civil Liberties Union involved. Todd has since left the state. residents who can are stockpiling their recyclables, and some bins are located in the old Ramona's parking lot.

14. Return of the Bottleneck to Taos Pueblo. After a 90-year emotional legal battle, the final piece of land around Taos Pueblo's sacred Blue Lake was returned tribe. Return of the 763.33 acre Path of Life Trail land, known the Bottleneck, was part of an Omnibus Parks and Recreation Bill passed by the 104th Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in November. It was the final Several generations of Pueblo leaders, tribal members and non-Pueblo supporters were involved in the fight to return all the lands.

The tribe considers Blue Lake the site of some of its most sacred and protected ceremonies, not open to outsiders. Elder council member Doroteo Samora said of the Bottleneck victory: "There was great sadness when we lost the land; there is great joy now." i 15. The cattle mutilations. Unexplained cattle mutilations resumed in the summer of 1996, with two new ones INJURED Kit Carson gets quorum for first time since 1989 After struggling for seven years to gather enough members to make needed changes in its bylaws, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative's June quorum was attended by almost twice as many people as were required under corporate This event offered Taosenos a unique opportunity to participate in the direction of their electric company. Several positive ametidments were made, including the use of capital credits for the benefit of cooperative members via educational scholarships and charitable purposes for non-profit organizations.

Previously, the unused monies had been returned to the state. Farewell to the blinking light Taosenos knew that the blinking light was to be replaced with a traffic light in a $2.276 million road construction project, but not even the officials on the project really knew what-was going to be done with the light afterward. Someone decided to take the matter into their own hands, and late one night a group calling themselves "The Angels of the Blinking Light" climbed up 20 feet and took it down. The group said they simply wanted this famous Taos symbol preserved for future generations, but polite officials said the perpetrators may face a fourth-degree felony when and if they are identified. found in Arroyo Hondo.

Locals reported seeing strange lights around the same time. A third cow was found dead and mutilated in El Prado a week or two later and another one in Penasco. Private investigators formed a task force to document these deaths and collect tissue samples. During his campaign for district attorney, Paternoster pledged to create a forensic task force to investigate this strange phenomenon in which cows were found 'drained of blood, their organs "surgically" removed. "Sightings," a popular TV program, came to Taos to film segments of the cattle mutilation mystery.

Continued from Page A1 Hospital by ambulance. The girl was later taken to Texas Children's Hospital. Hobbs underwent about four hours of surgery Thursday (Dec. 26), which was performed by Dr. Frank Jerow and Dr.

Ron Lindsey. Jerow said Monday (Dec. 30) that Hobbs "sustained a sizable injury with some paralysis." The injury included a burst fracture of the third lumbar vertebrae, the doctor said. "It's pretty serious, it's significant," Jerow said. "She's not walking." Jerow said Hobbs has little function below the knees, moderate function above the knees with normal function of her arms.

The girl also suffered nerve damage to her bladder, but Jerow said Monday it was too early to tell how serious the injury is. During the surgery, Jerow said bone had to be removed from Hobbs' spinal canal so that fusion could be performed from the second to the fourth lumbar vertebrae. The doctor said bone had to be taken from the girl's pelvis so her spine could be stabilized. Given the circumstances, Jerow described the surgery as going "very well." Hobbs has a "fairly good chance" of getting motor skills back, Jerow said. "Given time, she should be able to walk," he said.

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said he expected to receive a report from POMA by Monday (Dec. 30). "But it's fully operational," Morton said. "They know they've fixed it." As of late Monday afternoon, however, Morton said he had not seen the report. Morton said contacts between the family of the girl and Peter Gutman, chief executive officer for the resort, are going "actually quite well." "The CEO has asked the mother to keep in touch about the status of her daughter," Morton said.

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