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THE EL PASO TIMES, Fnday, November 30. im foge 8-B Christmas tree cutters invading forests Sitting Bull Falls will close Dec. 5. Call 885-4181. The only firewood area still open in Mayhill is Seep (No.

42, but the road is muddy. The information number is 687-3411. Gila National Forest SILVER CITY Permits to cut Christmas trees continue to be sold at all Ranger stations except for the Gila Visitor Center. Permits are $2 each. The Iron Creek Campground in the Black Range will be closed Monday.

Cherry Creek and McMillan campgrounds in the Pinos Altos Mountains and Mesa Campground east of Lake Roberts are closed for the rest of the winter. Bursum Road east of Mogollon to Willow Creek Mesa is closed until spring. Lincoln National Forest ALAMOGORDO The Christmas-tree cutting season is in full swing in the forest, although permits no longer are available for the Cloudcroft and May hill ranger districts. The only applications left are for the Smokey Bear District near Ruidoso and the Guadalupe District near Carlsbad. Call 437-6030 for more information.

Winter has come to the south-central mountains, and winter hours are in effect at the Alamogordo supervisor's office. New hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Recent snow has created excellent skiing conditions at Sierra Blanca Ski Resort. Elsewhere in the Smokey Bear District, the Three Rivers Campground is open, but back roads forest report in the forest are muddy and firewood areas currently are closed.

Call 257-4095 for more information. Cross-country skiing at Apache Loop near Cloudcroft is fair to poor because the trails have yet to be packed. Ski Cloudcroft will be open Dec. 1. Motorists should watch out for falling rocks on U.S.

82 west of Cloudcroft. Back roads are snowpacked. and highways have been slick and icy. The Rim firewood area is closed. Call 682-2551.

Caving activity remains high in the Guada-lupes, which still have open firewood areas. Wldsters Fund climbs Today'! toUl: J40 Total to date: $4,050 Memory of Katie Sam Martin 125 Sara Chavez Family I Memory of my brother Jose Franco J10 Roberto Maria Espana $25 Mr. Mrs. Tom Perkins 125 i William It Lois Veit (25 I Peter W. Dahl Co $100 Mrs.

Weld Jr. Memory of Brig. Gen. S.L Weld Jr $25 1 Mr. Mrs.

Luis Rente ria I Memory of our beloved son Luis R. Renteria $25 Maj. Isabel Kent, retired $15 Col. Dale Hawkins, retired $50 I Mr. Mrs.

Lea R. Daniel $10 Mrs. CE. Henry $25 I Skyline Lions Club $25 J. Mrs.

Raymond Hill $25 WEEKEND APPLE SALE Ill whooping crane expected to recover Capt P.A. McCarthy $25 Karen D. Childers $10 El Paso Emblem Club No. 303 $15 Mr. Mrs.

W.R. Sullivan $io Mrs L. Holmes Ginn Jr Memory of Brig. Gen. Holmes Ginn Jr $25 Rev.

4 Mrs. W.R. Merrifield $15 Col. 4 Mrs. Henry P.

Morse $60 Mr. Mrs. J.B. Medagliani $25 Orlando Garcia $10 Robert Kelsey Raposa $20 Mr. Mrs.

Joe Rosson $25 Judith Lawrence Keller Winfred Thorsen $10 We are celebrating the opening of our new APPLE COMPUTER STORE with a special two-day sale BUY A MACINTOSH AND GET A JOO BAUD PHONE MODEM FREE. SAVE $225 BUY AN APPLE HZ SYSTEM AND GET THE SECOND DISK DPIVE fOR ONLY SAVE $130 Prices good this Friday and Saturday, only? I Mr. 4 Mrs. Louis Tschantre $20 results will make it possible to zero in on what type of infections are plaguing the bird. He said the bird had not been shot or was suffering from any other physical injuries.

The crane's weight was down from its normal 14 pounds to 12 pounds, he said. But he said officials were optimistic the bird would recover. Whooping crane are an endangered species with about 110 to 115 birds known to be living in the wild, Smylie said. "That's why we're going to such extremes with this bird," he said. ALBUQUERQUE (AP) An endangered whooping crane has been quarantined at the Rio Grande Zoo here with respiratory problems and infections in both ears, but a federal wildlife official says he is confident the bird will recover.

Tom Smylie, public affairs officer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the bird was captured about 8 p.m. Wednesday on the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge and was taken to the zoo. Results of blood tests are expected by Monday or Tuesday, and Smylie said he hopes those Virginia William Schuessler $20 M. Hepp Loving memory of Walter, my dear husband $25 MORTON DQOS.

215I.Yndoll Norton Irot. Downtown COMPUTED CENTER Ray Winifred Lane $25 Danny Carole Anderson $25 Russell Ann Parker $25 Mr. 4 Mrs. Andrew Ritchey $25 I William 4 Marjorie Lindquist $25 Solid Oak Table Chairs Continued from IB In the vote count certified Nov. 9 by the Chaves County Commission, Casey had 2,621 votes and galas had 2,579.

The addition of one Eddy County precinct's totals and a mistake in Chaves County tabulations gave Salas about 60 more votes that swung the tally in her favor Salas. commenting Thursday, Said, "I'm going to be glad that Reporter Continued from IB reporters in El Paso," Hooten said Thursday. Former Times editor William Latham said he would miss Villa-lobos most as close friend. "What I'll miss most about him? Just the fact that he was a friend. When you get older, you have fewer friends." Among his many achievements, Villalobos was awarded the Media Achievement Award in 1977 from the League of United Solid oak pedestal table with claw feet and 2 leaves, your choice of 4 Pressback or Windsor chairs.

$678 the whole matter is going to be resolved once and for all." She said she went to bed on election night thinking that she had lost the race, only to wake up the next morning to find out she had won. Salas said she doubts that a recount will change the outcome, since she said canvassing of the vote was a careful procedure. She said a recount "is a fairly simple process." Latin American Citizens. After retiring, Villalobos was active in the Downtown Lions Club. He also was an avid golfer and a member of the Pan-American Golf Association.

He is survived by his wife, Car-lotta; sons Luis and Leo, both of El Paso; a sister, Lola Martinez of El Paso; and five grandchildren. Tie family requests that memorials be in the form of contributions to Hospice of El Paso. i Projects "Quality merchandise at a fair price" 8000 Dyer at Gateway N. 755-2246 tion for the lowest-paid employees in higher education. red from the New Mexico Energy Research and Development Institute to the NMSU regents.

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