By Kiernyn Orne-Adams

Today started off a little differently than anticipated.

As it turns out, the Duck Boat Tours don’t actually take place in the winter. While we were trying to recalculate, we got the news that Forrest, Joseph, and Ben had sadly all been eliminated in their octafinal rounds. That was pretty sad, but on the plus side it meant that the whole gang got to be reunited for the first time since Friday.

In the end, we decided to start our tourist adventures with the scheduled trip to the Natural Science Museum, which turned out to be a blast. Personally, I’ve always been a big fan of museums, but this one was exceptional. The exhibits were great, the setting was beautiful (with great views of the river and all the cool buildings nearby), and the whole experience was truly a unique and wonderful way to spend the afternoon.

After the museum, we headed off on a walking tour of town, stopping by the historic Boston Commons (James tried to read us an educational pamphlet on the significance of the area, but hungry teenagers are terrible listeners) and then went downtown for some fabulous shopping and dining opportunities. Finally, we came back to the hotel to throw a surprise birthday party for our girl Phoebe/ Phoebus and generally cause some controlled mayhem on the third floor.

All in all, a phenomenal way to spend our last day in Boston.

Stay tuned for final reports and retrospectives tomorrow! Also, due to excessive documenting, my camera ran out of juice, so today’s pictures will be posted tomorrow as well.

By Kiernyn Orne-Adams

I once heard a story about a man who, when congratulated for any good luck he encountered, would always respond with a simple “don’t be so sure… what seems like a blessing may be a curse.”

However, his reaction to negative events was a different approach entirely; when a crisis came up, he would simply say: “ah, well, what seems like a curse may be a blessing.” This latter attitude could best sum up the way I feel about today; there were some definite disappointments, but they were completely cancelled out by the positive events that followed.

On the downside, we had a lot of close losses; everyone on the team did their best, but in a field full of nationally trained robots… I mean, debaters, we just couldn’t pull off the wins we’re used to. The good news? There were some standouts. Four of our students — Jessi Green, Forrest Anderson, Joseph Young, and Ben Chitty — broke into octafinals or double octafinals, and Forrest, Joseph, and Ben advanced to the next level. Tomorrow, our boys are going to represent the T’Wolves at the highest levels of the national competition. We couldn’t be more proud of them for all their hard work and general awesomeness.

Also on the plus side for the rest of us is the chance we’ve gotten to explore the area. Between souvenir shopping, going out for ice cream (BIG mistake in the middle of February), snooping around campus, and just generally acting like the wide-eyed tourists we are, there’s been no time to worry about anything but where our next (somewhat) cheap meal will come from.

The best part, however, is the chance the teams’ gotten to bond again. During the actual events, we were separated from each other for most of the day. Now, however, we’re finally getting the chance to hang out and see the city together. It’s been fantastic every step of the way, and I can’t wait to see what sort of mischief we’ll get into tomorrow.

The plan for Day 4 thus far: Mr. Smith is going to take the Thrilling Three and assorted groupies back to Harvard for a few more rounds, and the rest of us will be visiting the Natural Science Museum and taking a Duck Tour Bus around the city. More fun and excitement is on the horizon for the kids of the East Mountains!

By Kiernyn Orne-Adams

The answer: brick, brick, water, trees, and brick.

And the question: What can you find all over the Boston/Cambridge area that you don’t see back in Nuevo Mexico?

Yes, there’s nothing like the slightly grimy, highly traditional beauty of Harvard University and the surrounding town. Wandering around to the accompaniment of car horns (which Bostonians certainly aren’t shy about using) and the excited voices of hundreds of young tourists like ourselves, the EMHS T’Wolves made their way through the campus towards the Science Center, which will serve as our home-away-from-home-away-from-home for the week. From our base, we set out on our quest for victory. And the results thus far? Eh….

Don’t get me wrong, we have been doing well- the debaters are pulling in a decent amount of wins, and although the speech results aren’t publicly announced, there’s been some good rounds- but this trip has definitely been a learning experience. We’re coming in against highly qualified people from all over the nation, many of whom are veterans of the national circuit.

Although this high level of quality can be disconcerting, it’s been pretty interesting seeing the different styles that the various states have adopted for events. Not to mention there’s something pleasing about learning that some (fairly) benign stereotypes do exist- Texans loooove their state, Minnesotans are incredibly friendly, and people from New Jersey are… well, Joiseyesque. Not to mention the city itself is incredible – a whole new adventure around every corner. Heck, it’s an adventure just getting through the crosswalk intact! So far, it’s been a long, strange trip… and we’re lovin’ every minute of it.

Plus, we got free chocolate!

By Kiernyn Orne-Adams

It’s barely 1p.m., and I’ve already been up for nine hours.

Normally, you’d be hard-pressed to find any teenager willing to get up at four in the morning – although plenty of them might just be going to bed at that point. Today is an exception, and with good reason; after all, who wouldn’t endure two or three hours of sleep for the chance to go to an Ivy League school… if only for a few days? It’s precisely this motivation that has brought hundreds of Speech and Debate teams from all over the country to participate in the Harvard Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament in Boston, Massachusetts. This year marks the first time that the East Mountain High School Speech and Debate team will be attending a tournament on the national circuit as a part of our ongoing quest to dominate the world- or at least score some sweet hardware. There are 27 of us in all- 24 kids, three chaperones- embarking on this East Coast adventure. Here’s a who’s who for those of you keeping track at home:

*Quinter Nyland (freshman). Entered in Junior Varsity Policy.

*Adelynn Nee (freshman). Entered in Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

*Austin Atterbury-Kiernan (sophomore). Entered in Junior Varsity Policy, partnered with Quinter.

*Hallie Brown (Sophomore). Entered in Duo Interpretation (and also very helpful in making this list).

* Tena Bentley (Sophomore). Entered in Duo Interpretation.

*PJ Nyland (Sophomore). Entered in Junior Varsity Public Forum Debate.

*Christina Andrews (Sophomore). Entered in Junior Varsity Public Forum Debate.

Partnered with PJ.

* Jessi Green (Sophomore). Entered in Humorous Interpretation.

*Phoebe Cummins (Sophomore). Entered in Duo Interpretation. Partnered with Hallie.

*Marc Lucero (Junior). Entered in Duo Interpretation, partnered with Tena.

*James Clarke (Junior). Entered in Congress.

*Ben Chitty (Junior). Entered in Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

*Nick Kennedy (Junior). Entered in Junior Varsity Policy.

*Forrest Anderson (Junior). Entered in Junior Varsity Public Forum.

*Cullin Coyle (Junior). Entered in Junior Varsity Policy. Partnered with Nick.

*Amanda Simmons (Junior). Entered in Dramatic Interpretation.

*Maggie Plummer (Junior). Entered in Original Oratory.

*Joseph Young (Junior). Entered in Junior Varsity Public Forum. Partnered with Forrest.

*Ria Quintana (Junior). Entered in Humorous Interpretation.

*Quinlan Cao (Senior). Entered in Varsity Public Forum.

* Gena Bradshaw (Senior).

*Me (A.K.A Kiernyn Orne-Adams, Senior). Entered in Original Oratory.

*Jace Reynolds (Senior). Entered in Varsity Public Forum, partnered with Quinlan.

*Madi Mateski (Senior). Entered in Dramatic Interpretation.

We’ve also got three awesome chaperones: Mr. Trey Smith, the team coach and resident speech and debate guru; Mrs. Cristin Chavez-Smith, the very nice and very patient lady who constantly allows us to constantly kidnap her husband for tournaments; and Ms. Autumn Pearson, the “Vice President” of sorts who helps to make sure we don’t wander off and do pay our fees on time. Together this motley crew of speakers, debaters, crazies and craziers is setting off on an epic quest for fame, fortune, and bad Bostonian accents (Havahd, anyone?) So sit back and relax as I take you on a magical journey into forensics… Boston style.

That's according to an attorney who is representing two town employees in two of those suits, Joseph CampBell.

Suits against Edgewood have been brought by Edgewood Police Department employees Hellen Gonzalez and Jerod Kuchan; and Victoria Murphy of the Animal Control Department. All of the cases have to do with discrimination.

CampBell said that's an indication of other problems with the town's personnel administration.

"If there wasn't at least an issue there, there wouldn't have been lawsuits," he said. "If the town had followed police policy procedures and town procedures, this probably would never have happened."

In 2011, Gonzalez filed suit against the town for gender discrimination. She had also filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC.

Kuchan, who is represented by CampBell, filed a suit later that year. Among other things, it claims that he faced retaliation from other police officers for being a witness in the Gonzalez EEOC case.

In the most recent lawsuit, filed in January of this year, Murphy is named as the plaintiff.

In it, she claims that the town gives preferential treatment based on gender. More specifically, one of the complaints is that male employees have received pay increases for taking on additional duties, while Murphy has not received any merit-based pay raises, even though her duties and responsibilities have increased.

In addition, the lawsuit states that the town violated its own personnel ordinance when some of those duties and responsibilities were taken away from Murphy last year.

In October 2011, according to the complaint, Murphy was told she would no longer be supervising personnel in the Animal Control Department. Murphy then filed a grievance notice with the town in early November 2011 concerning that demotion, according to the complaint.

What makes the story a bit more complicated was a document filed by Animal Control Officer Mike Ring, Murphy's subordinate and the only other full-time employee in the Animal Control Department.

Around that time, Ring filed a hostile workplace complaint with the town, according to Town Administrator Karen Mahalick.

In late November, Murphy was told she would still supervise Ring, but there would be limitations, according to the suit. Those limitations may have been due to an investigation into the complaint.

But CampBell pointed out that a reduction in Murphy's responsibilities is essentially a demotion, even if it wasn't called a demotion. And, he said, the town didn't follow its own procedures, which are laid out in the personnel ordinance, when it handed her that demotion.

Mahalick said there wasn't a demotion, though. According to her job description, Murphy is still the manager of the animal control program, which means Murphy still supervises Ring, Mahalick said.

Mahalick also said the town also pays all its employees according to a pay scale, which was researched by an outside contractor and approved by the town council.

"We treat all the employees equally. We respect them all. They all do a good job for us," she said. "I wouldn't want to say anything or imply anything untoward about them. … It saddens me that they feel somehow that they've been wronged."

]]> http://www.mvtelegraph.com/2012/02/16/three-lawsuits-allege-discrimination/feed/ 0 http://www.mvtelegraph.com/2012/02/16/lessons-learned-with-patriotism-pageants-and-pigs/ http://www.mvtelegraph.com/2012/02/16/lessons-learned-with-patriotism-pageants-and-pigs/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:55:50 +0000 There are several important things I learned during my time in the military, and not all of them were part of the Air Force curriculum.

The first; when volunteers are being sought, be sure to raise your hand. This runs counter to what most people will tell you, but in reality is to your benefit. If the assignment is unpleasant, you gain points by your willingness to do the task. The truth, though, is that every time volunteers were sought, it usually turned out to be a cushy assignment.

That's how I ended up spending an evening holding a flag during the Miss Texas Beauty Pageant.

Second; some officers — pilots mostly — cared less for the whole saluting routine than enlisted folks. Instead of avoiding a salute, you should embrace it, even if an officer is carrying four fully condimented hotdogs in his two hands.

Third; never mess around with a wild pig. At my duty station in Germany, getting to the base required me to ride my bicycle through a forest then wait by the back gate for a military police officer come and open it. Not so bad during the daylight, but fraught with danger in the dark after an evening of good cheer at a local establishment. I will always remember the sound of that grunting pig as it chased after me.

I don't know what that pig would have done to me if it had caught me; most likely it was as concerned about me as I was about it. But the German civilians in my shop at the time assured me that the wild hogs were mean. Those guys wouldn't have been pulling my leg, would they?

Having grown up in New Mexico, I had never had the displeasure of coming face to face with a boar, but now my own children may suffer that fate.

Word comes from the Clovis News Journal that the population of feral pigs has spread from New Mexico's bootheel into nearly half of the state. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it's only a matter of time before the wild hogs make it to the Estancia Valley. And when they do, it'll spell trouble for us all.

The story doesn't go into whether the hogs would actively hunt humans, but they apparently are pretty good at destroying just about everything in their path. That's bad news for farmers and ranchers. Last year in Texas, feral pigs caused more than $300 million in damage.

Apparently — and all you FFA and 4-H kids are welcome to laugh at me — pigs use their snouts to root around in the ground, tearing up vegetation. They also will not hesitate to make a snack out of any bird eggs they happen to find or destroy the habitat of other critters that they come across. In addition, feral hogs are prolific breeders.

The solution, of course, is eradication of the feral pigs. But that takes a little time and money, neither of which the USDA has.

Plus there will be political ramifications. There are some folks who feel that killing thousands of animals to be barbaric; and even though I don't share that belief, I certainly respect it.

I have an easier, one-word solution that most New Mexicans would appreciate and the USDA should consider:

Matanza!

Contact Rory McClannahan at 823-7102 or by email at editor@mvtelegraph.com.

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Filandro R. (Phil) Anaya

Age: 55

Education: Moriarty High School, 1976; some college, UNM, TVI, accounting courses; Kaplan Professional School, Real Estate Certification.

Occupation: Self-employed; contractor/developer.

Related Experience/Community Involvement: I was on the Moriarty-Edgewood School Board of Education for 12 years where I worked on the budget committee, made policy changes, and hired employees including superintendents. Additionally, I worked on the development of construction projects for both the Edgewood and Moriarty middle schools among many other projects. I also attended New Mexico School Board Association (NMSBA) and received many hours of training in administration, community relations, facilities maintenance, finance, legal issues, policy making, safety and wellness, personnel, technology, and legislation. I currently sit on the County Development Review Committee (C.D.R.C.), which requires dedication and commitment to making Santa Fe County function as efficiently and fairly as possible. As a licensed contractor I have built commercial/residential buildings including senior citizen centers, fire stations, offices and custom homes. In my work developing subdivisions we built roads and installed utilities (phone, gas, electric, cable, paving, etc.) in the state of New Mexico. Finally, I am a member of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization that has helped people in multiple communities. For the past 50 years I was taught to help those in need and never ask for anything in return.

Family: I have been married to Odette for 27 years and we have three daughters: Analisa, 25, Audriana, 23 and Alexandria, 17.

Questions:

1. If elected, what would your priorities be?

I do not need any on the job training. I can start my first day and have the ability to handle many tasks at one time. I will dig deep into the budget to find the areas that can be trimmed. We also need to take greater advantages of the resources available to us, such as Interstate 40, to attract more people to our town of Edgewood. I will also familiarize myself with policies and procedures to see where we can make them friendlier for our community and its business. Once we have seen and are satisfied then we, as councilors, will need to work together with the mayor to start taking care of the items that have been promised to the people of Edgewood. Roads rank a high priority on the list and I have many years of experience on building roads. I also believe that we should start working closer with Santa Fe County commissioners in working closer with Edgewood

2. What are the biggest issues facing Edgewood?

The biggest issues facing Edgewood are fixing roads, creating more jobs, obtaining water rights and creating a more welcoming city hall.

3. How can you, as a councilor, solve the problem with gravel roads in Edgewood?

Gravel roads have always been a problem; however, there are some roads that do require the presence of gravel in the form of all weather roads. However, it needs to be determined whether the most actively used roads need to be paved or covered with chip seal. We will need to see what the cost of both is and try to get the most out of the money that is available. Once this is completed we will need to start talking to the county, state and federal government departments for more aid.

4. Have you ever been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of drunken driving, any misdemeanor or any felony in New Mexico or any other state?

No.

John Abrams

Age: 53

Education: Bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico.

Occupation: Senior LAN administrator for the Health Sciences Center, UNM.

Related Experience/Community Involvement: Cub Scout leader, Boy Scout leader, soccer coach, has lived in Edgewood since 2004, Edgewood councilor since 2008.

Family: Three kids, wife.

Questions:

1. If elected, what would your priorities be?

My priorities are pretty straightforward. I want to get the road infrastructure dealt with in Edgewood. I've been working pretty hard to get that done. It's been something that the town has been looking at since its inception, so I think that should be the biggest priority. That and maintaining our budget — those are the two things.

2. What are the biggest issues facing Edgewood?

In the short term, it's funding the infrastructure, building roads. Long term, it's going to be water.

3. How can you, as a councilor, solve the problem with gravel roads in Edgewood?

I don't know if I can answer that from a future point of perspective, but I can do it from a past point of perspective. I've brought forward, so far, several resolutions to deal with the roads problem and that's gotten us started.

The next thing, and this is an ongoing process, I have called for meetings with and met with federal, state and local officials, and hopefully we'll have a meeting of the entire group in the not too far distant future to discuss different ways of tackling the situation in Edgewood. Roads in particular, but there are other things too that are a collaborative effort between federal, state, county and local governments. I think what we've got started … needs to continue regardless of whether I get re-elected or not. I will certainly continue trying to put that group together.

4. Have you ever been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of drunken driving, any misdemeanor or any felony in New Mexico or any other state?

Have I ever been arrested — yes. Have I ever been convicted — no. I was arrested in my driveway while working on my motorcycle, when I was in college. I was accused of careless driving while in my driveway. I refused to sign the ticket and was arrested.

Sherry Abraham

Age: 54

Education: High school, plus 35 years work history, real estate school and several correspondence classes on blindness issues.

Occupation: Licensed Realtor.

Related Experience/Community Involvement: President of the Parent of Blind Children of N.M. for 10 years

Family: Married with blended family of six children, all adults living in the Albuquerque area. Ten grandchildren that are the loves of my life.

Questions:

1. If elected, what would your priorities be?

To be a negotiator for the citizens of Edgewood and get their needs resolved.

2. What are the biggest issues facing Edgewood?

Roads, budget and lack of funding for services.

3. How can you, as a councilor, solve the problem with gravel roads in Edgewood?

Effectively research the traffic patterns and road conditions of all roads in the town. Look for funding and surfacing solutions to allow maintenance of as many roads as possible from beginning to end.

4. Have you ever been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of drunken driving, any misdemeanor or any felony in New Mexico or any other state?

No.

Municipal elections will be held on March 6. In Edgewood, three candidates are facing off in the council race.

A fourth candidate, Johnny Walker, will appear on the ballot, but dropped from the race before his name could be removed.

The Telegraph asked questions of all candidates and presents their responses.

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Whether you're a believer, the Bible is chock full of terrific stories to keep you on the edge of your seat. Most of us have one (a Bible that is) or know somebody who's deeply immersed in scriptural study, but you don't have to be a biblical scholar or a church-goer to appreciate the literary genius that's behind these exciting narratives.

For example, I can think of one from the Book of Genesis that can be applied to our modern day. It's the story of the Tower of Babel (or the "enormous tower" as the Bible calls it). Let me set the scene…

You see there were these people, generations in fact, who grew up after the Great Flood and who all spoke the same language. One day they decided to emigrate to a place called the Plain of Shinar where they thought they would build a city with a great tower "with its top in the heavens lest they be scattered around the Earth." I'm guessing that this was meant to be a kind of monument to themselves (and their common language) that could be seen from a great distance.

Well, wouldn't you know it, God came down to see their handiwork and said: "Behold, the people are one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do" (or words to that effect). And then He decided to confound and confuse their speech and proceeded to scatter them upon the face of the Earth. This, of course, made it impossible for them to communicate or keep building their city, which they called Babel (from the Hebrew word "balal," meaning to jumble).

This story is supposed to portray the origin of our many languages. I'm thinking it's also a cautionary tale that warns us about being too smug or insular, speaking one language, or too wedded to one culture. It could mean that we should be wary of becoming dogmatic about one school of thought, be it economics or politics.

Let me take the Tower story one step further and apply it to traditions. While traditions may be comforting to the people who observe them, they are nothing more than that, traditions. One culture's traditions are not necessarily infused with any more truth than anyone else's, and every culture has plenty of them. God's intervention with the citizens of Babel set the Earth's people on an exodus and a search for the goodness and value that would come from branching out. This journey would create our modern world, which is filled with cultural diversity.

Diversity itself is confusing and intimidating to some people who want their culture and their traditions to be the leading ones…or the only ones. This is precisely the attitude that gets human beings into hot water, time and time again. It's called cultural hegemony (the belief that one culture must dominate). It causes wars, distrust, animosity and division among people and nations.

Here in the U.S., we have dozens of sub-cultures, languages and hundreds of traditions that have developed throughout our brief history. Some of these are human freedoms that are enshrined in our Constitution. They have been preserved through generations with the blood of young men and women who have fought and died for them. Others, like our political and economic beliefs, are constantly being tested for their relevance. The primary elections now taking place across America are an example of that. This is a healthy and necessary exercise that keeps America and Americans honest. It reminds us that the only towers we should be building are those of strength, wisdom and tolerance. And that's no idle babble.

Stephan Helgesen is a former diplomat and regular contributor to the Telegraph. He writes from his mountain retreat in Tijeras. He can be reached at stephanhelgesen@cs.com

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It is all in a day's work for Theresa Barton — hazard pay not included — a small animal physical therapist and owner of "Paws-Abilities."

An animal physical therapist might seem like an unusual career choice, but Barton said it just made sense.

"When I was trying to decide what to be when I grew up, (it was) between being a vet and being a physical therapist and veterinary school was much more long term and daunting…about 10 years ago, there was a continuing education class for physical therapists, and it was for canine rehab, and I thought, there's my chance," said Barton.

Barton said that if your pet is suffering from stiff joints, agility problems, wounds that don't seem to heal, the effects of having surgery, or if they seem to be limping, restless or in pain, physical therapy might just be the answer.

The first step, said Barton, due to state regulations, is to take your animal to the vet to get a diagnosis and referral. "Working closely with the veterinarian is really important, in my mind. I don't want veterinarians to perceive that I am trying to do this all on my own," said Barton.

From there, Barton will do an initial evaluation to pinpoint the issues the animal might have.

Then Barton sets up a "care plan," which may include electrical stimulation, massage or stretching.

There are even methods to help overweight animals, such as an underwater treadmill. It is a method usually used for dogs, but Barton said she has heard legend of a cat getting on the treadmill.

Barton also uses laser treatments, which can help wounds, musculoskeletal issues, and can even help if the problem is a patient that licks so much the fur starts falling out.

Barton also works with the pet's owner to set up some exercises that can be done at home.

Barton does physical therapy on humans, too, but says she enjoys working with animals more.

If you have questions about pet physical therapy, you can call Barton at 328-3204.

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At the meeting it was announced that the county is seeking capital outlay money from the state for a multipurpose youth center, as well as the Moriarty Senior Center, the McIntosh Senior Center and the Esperanza Family Health Center.

These were revisions to the original capital outlay request.

At this time, money from the wind farm PILT fund, or payment in lieu of taxes, totals over $40,000. After much discussion, the commissioners decided to use some of the money to buy a code enforcement vehicle for the county.

The commissioners decided to wait on putting money toward repairs of the Tajique Community Center.

However, Sheriff Heath White said that his community service workers might go to work soon sprucing up the center.

Commissioner Venessa Chavez-Gutierrez has been concerned for some time about the repairs that are needed to the building.

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