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Thursday, April 10, 2008

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    Thank You to Egg
    Hunt Supporters
    TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL SUPPORTERS of the McIntosh Easter Egg Hunt held March 22 at the McIntosh Community Center:
    We appreciate you all and the way you open your hearts each year to help the many, many children who have come to enjoy the Easter Egg Hunt each year. This year's event was another very successful hunt.
    We would like to acknowledge all the businesses, friends and workers who did such a wonderful job:
    Moriarty Lions Club, Eastview Electric, Schwebach Brothers LLC, Tillery Chevrolet, Evan's Farm, CCA, Broome's Feed and Supply, Stacey's Tax Shop, Estancia Valley Mini Horse Farm, VFW Women's Auxiliary.
    Frank and CC Stibeck, Richard Swanner, John and Faye Falvey, Patricia Walsh, Clyde and Juanita Wilham, Ray and Linda McConkey, Mary and Ed Griffen, Georgia Hillery, Pat Robertson and Dorthia Howell.
    Last but not least is the workers: Tina, JoAnn Pat, Chrisy, Cindy, Norman, Janice, Nick, Joe, Deanna, Christina, Steven and Raul.
    Again, thanks to all!
    MCINTOSH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
    McIntosh
    Firefighter Awards
    Event Owes Many
    THE MORIARTY FIRE DEPARTMENT would like to thank the following businesses for their support and generous donations for door prizes for our 10th annual awards banquet honoring the Firefighters and EMTs of Moriarty:
    May's Pharmacy, The Village Grill, Jenks Cafe, Southwest Family Salon, Arbys, Alco, Caroline's Flowers, Simply Perfect Salon, Fireworks World, Fireworks Outlet, Harts Hardware, Flicks, NAPA, Autozone, Moriarty Gardens and Terri's Flowers.
    And a very special thanks to Billy Bobs for their hard work catering our event.
    MORIARTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
    Moriarty
    There's Abuse At
    Council Meetings
    AFTER OBSERVING what I believe to be verbal abuse at several of our Edgewood Council Meetings, I came home after the last meeting, April 2, 2008, and found the following description:
    "Emotional abuse is words or deeds that disempower others, harm their spirit, destroy their reputation, infringe on their dignity, compromise their integrity, or pollute the climate of an organization. Abuse is designed to control and subjugate another person through fear, humiliation, and verbal put downs."
    This is from "Work Place Abuse" by Dr. Tom Heuerman, Ph.D. in "Self Help Magazine" located on the Internet at www.selfhelpmagazine.com.
    CAROL RING
    Edgewood
    We Should Drive
    Slower on N.M. 14
    I THINK WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC on N.M. 14 for three main reasons: Too many people get hit and/or killed yearly; too many pets and animals are killed monthly; and drivers in Cedar Crest usually drive 5-10 mph faster than the posted speed limit anyway (causing unnecessary accidents.)
    According to Chevron Gas Station employees in 2006, about one person gets killed (on average) per year. This is mostly due to a high traffic volume and popularity of the area (to walk and/or use the bike path). There are several businesses in the area that locals enjoy where it's easy for a car to accidentally swerve and jump the curb. Even one death per year, in my opinion, is still too many.
    Another reason North 14 traffic needs to slow down is due to the amount of pets and animals that are killed monthly. This is according to Cheveron gas station employees as well. We have lost two pets, ourselves, from getting hit by hit-and-runs on North 14 with the last few years. The animals get out, stray to the road, and end up getting hit trying to cross and/or run along the side of the busy road.
    A third reason to slow down traffic on North 14 is because of the speeders, themselves. Most of the traffic in the East Mountain, like other areas, averages 5-10 mph over the speed limit. Right now the speed limit is 50 mph and traffic usually cruise by at 60 mph. If we want to slow down traffic to actually go 50 mph, a 40 mph limit should be posted. Part of the reason for having a 50 mph limit, currently, is to attract prospective home buyers to this area with a "downtown is only 20 minutes away" slogan. Cedar Crest has grown enough and doesn't need this "attraction device" anymore.
    In conclusion, there are many, many reasons to lower the speed limit on North 14. However, I feel the three main reasons or issues deal with human fatalities, animal and pet fatalities, and careless routines of speeders themselves. Wouldn't it be better if there were no human or pet fatalities? I implore the people of Tijeras, Cedar Crest and Sandia park to unite and speak up about making a small change in speed limit that could save lives in a big way.
    KAMI OWENS, AGE 10
    Cedar Crest