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Thursday, May 22, 2008

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR



      Crusader Needs Monetary Support DEEDEE BAILEY IS A GRADUATE of the Moriarty High School class of 2005. She is the daughter of Clay and Tana Bailey. She and her family have lived in Edgewood for the past seven years. Deedee is a member of the Upper Room Ministries now located in Moriarty. She is currently in the last semester of her junior year in college. She has spent the last year on student exchange at Towson University in Towson, Md. It has been a life-changing experience. It has broadened her horizons in ways that she never would have imagined.
       Through her time at Towson University, she has become involved in Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU), a national organization focused on building up students in the body of Christ and giving them the tools to spread the message of the Gospel. This summer she will have the opportunity to spend 10 weeks on a mission's project in Long Beach, Calif., through CRU. Along with 40 other students from across the country, she will learn how to share her faith as a way of life. Through Bible studies, leadership responsibilities, and evangelism on the beach and at work she will grow in her spiritual walk, as well as impact the lives of others. In order to make this possible she needs to build a team of ministry partners … a group of people like you who would give to make her trip possible.
       She needs to earn a total of $3,000 by Saturday, May 24, which covers room and board for the summer, as well as transportation. Deedee would like to invite you to join her team by giving $10, $25 or $50. A gift amount of any kind would be greatly appreciated. If you are interested in joining her team to help reach people for Christ in Long Beach this summer, please send a check made out to Campus Crusade for Christ to: P.O. Box 3657, Edgewood, NM 87015.
       All donations are tax deductible, and donations will be accepted until June 20. Thank you for your support.
       LINDA M. BIRMINGHAM
       Sponsor for Deedee Bailey
       Estancia
      
       Estancia Seniors Are Unselfish MY HAT IS OFF IN HONOR of the Senior Class of Estancia High School for the very humanitarian act they performed by giving up the funding for a short senior trip and graciously gave these funds to two of their teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walker, who lost their home to the Trigo Fire.
       Your thoughtfulness sure got my attention. What a display of unselfishness!
       My respect,
       LEE ROY NIX
       EHS coach, 1969-76
       Mountainair
       Ticket Policy Not Town's Business IN A MAY 14 LETTER TO THE TELEGRAPH, Kathryn Cleaver makes the case that municipalities should wait until all the infrastructure projects are completed and the police force is fully staffed, before the town should provide funding for other things like town events and other community initiatives. I respectfully disagree.
       This is an issue that faces every municipality in the Valley. In budget deliberations, there will always be a trade-off between the need to fund public works projects and find money to promote a sense of community. To suggest that one should be pursued to the exclusion of the other is unwise and unrealistic. Further, this position overlooks an important component of reality — the infrastructure will never be completed. Edgewood is growing. For many years, at the very least, there will be new roads to pave, new areas into which water and sewer service must be introduced, and new community facilities to be constructed. These priorities, while important, must be juggled with community-building initiatives and those that provide a sense of identity and some enjoyment to those who live within it.
       Further, consider this: for the most part, the roads in most of our communities on which everybody drives are already paved, or being paved. Edgewood has brand new main roads including N.M. 344, Plaza Loop and the soon-to-be-completed Old Route 66 project. What remains are the roads that only some people use regularly. While upgrading and/or paving these roads is important, it hardly seems reasonable justification to launch an austerity program. The same goes for the construction of Edgewood's sewer system; while this is a very important priority from both the standpoints of environmental protection and economic development, it is not the be-all and end-all of community priorities. The system will serve only the commercial corridors — and not even all of them. The residents of the Edgewood area will, for the most part, continue using septic systems. While I am a strong supporter of the sewer initiative, it simply is not the only priority for the town and should not be used as a rationalization to curtail spending on other programs.
       Cleaver, who states that people with whom she disagrees “don't get it,” should recognize that her point of view is not the only one. We do get it, Ms. Cleaver, but we disagree.
      
       JOHN E. WECKERLE
       Edgewood
   

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