Language Center To Open in Town
The Edgewood Masonic Lodge will open a children's language learning center at its building at 1400 Old Route 66 near the Santa Fe/Bernalillo County line, according to Don Wallin, master of the lodge.
The center is part of a nationwide program sponsored by the Scottish Rite of Free Masonry. It will be the third of its type to open in New Mexico. The first was opened in Las Cruces and the second was opened by the Mesa Masonic Lodge in Albuquerque.
A total of about 170 centers are operating in the United States, one of the first was located in Lubbock and opened at the Scottish Rite Children's Hospital, where the course was developed and evolved into the present program.
The goal of the centers in New Mexico is to offer, free of charge, a specialized course called Take Flight, which has been developed primarily to aid children in the age range of 7 to 14 years who are afflicted with a reading disorder commonly called dyslexia. Although this disorder involves several problems, it is generally disclosed by the child's inability to remember the logical and correct order of the syllables of a word. This interferes with the learning process. It is estimated that more than 10 percent of school-aged children suffer from the disorder, and it is a major cause of poor academic achievement in school, particularly in reading, writing, and spelling.
Funds for staffing and teaching materials to operate the New Mexico centers come from endowments to the Scottish Rite of Free Masonry — Southern Jurisdiction, in Santa Fe. Facility costs of building and operating each center are funded by the individual Masonic Lodge where the Center is located.
The Edgewood Lodge program will be led and taught by Wanda Fishburn, who has 29 years' experience in teaching and academic administration, in public school systems, with specialized training in the Take Flight program.
Entrance into the program requires a professional diagnosis that the child has dyslexia. Further information and application for the Take Flight program may be made by calling Fishburn at 286-2359. Moriarty High Gets $94,000 Award
Moriarty High School was awarded $94,000 for its school improvement fund for the school's performance in Standards Based Assessment tests in reading and math, according to Wayne Marshall, the school's principal. The money will be used to fund the school's Educational Plan for Student Success, EPSS. Items like a projector that can display any type of document on a big screen. Items like these are used to help students show their work to the class and explain their reasoning, a method of instruction that is emphasized in the school's new math program, Marshall said. Commission Gets A New Member
Linda Barbour, who was the first president of the East Mountain Coalition of Neighborhoods and Landowner Associations, was recently appointed to replace David Holcomb on the Bernalillo County Planning Commission. Former Moriarty Man Gets 8 Years
Former Moriarty businessman Lee Obarr, also known as Donald Lee Condra, was sentenced on Aug. 13 to an eight year prison term in the Arizona Department of Corrections on Aug. 13, according to an article in the Kingman, Ariz. newspaper, The Standard.
According to that article, Obarr's attorney, Jeff James read his client's statement aloud during sentencing.
"We all deserve a second chance," the letter stated. "Please give me and my family our second chance."
Prosecutor Jace Zack argued for a substantial prison term for Obarr who was convicted of eight felony counts including multiple counts of forgery and theft, one count of fraudulent schemes and artifices, and one count of computer tampering.
"I believe that the defendant has shown no remorse, whatsoever," said Superior Court Judge Steve Conn according to the article. "I believe that he committed perjury on the stand."
In Mohave County Arizona, Obarr faces additional criminal prosecution charges in a separate fraud case regarding obtaining a mortgage brokers license, the article said.
After being found guilty by the jury, Obarr was taken into custody and held without bail at the Mohave County Jail in Kingman. Project Offering Child Safety Seats
The Torrance County Project Office is a low-cost child safety seat distributor to low-income families. Bring proof of income and a $15 money-order payable to Safer NM Now. The project office is also offering free prenatal classes, which will be offered some time in November, depending on enrollment. Participants will learn about nutrition, exercises, labor and delivery and newborn care for the infant and mother. Participants attending all sessions will receive items for their child worth $50. For more information on the seats or to enroll in classes, call 832-0332.
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