ABSENTEE VOTING started Oct 11. See below message from our Lincoln County Clerk. Apologies to all.

From: Rhonda Burrows [mailto:RBurrows@lincolncountynm.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 2:09 PM

We have been inundated with calls and the Boys and Girls Club in the Horton Complex have had numerous angry voters because someone said on the air this morning that EARLY Vote starts today.   This is incorrect…ABSENTEE voting started today – this is the first day to mail out absentee ballots, and individuals can vote ABSENTEE IN PERSON at the County Clerk’s office in Carrizozo.   

We are happy to accommodate those who wish to drive to Carrizozo to vote, but we do not actively encourage this because we have limited staff to continue our regular duties, mail out ballots and applications, and assist voters.  Please clarify for your listeners and readers EARLY VOTE SITES THAT ARE OPEN:

HORTON COMPLEX -- Saturday Oct 22^nd – November 5^th

Open Tuesday through Saturday  10 AM to 6 PM

LINCOLN COUNTY COURTHOUSE -- Monday October 24^th – November 4^th

8 AM to 5 PM and November 5^th 10 AM to 6 PM 

Dale Evans Chautauqua on Friday, Oct. 21 at 1 pm at the Ruidoso Public Library

FYI: Visit your local library first the next time you plan to visit a New Mexico museum or historical site. You can check out the NM Family pass for free admission.

Take a NM FamilyPass with you to tour museums or historical sites for FREE!

Don't forget Lincoln County public libraries check out the NM FamilyPass, which provides free admission for up to six people to any of the Department of Culture Affairs museums and historic sites.  At each library you must be a card holder in good standing to borrow the pass for one week. 

 

The FamilyPass may be used at the following locations:

• 7 New Mexico Historic Sites, Statewide
• New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe
• New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe
• Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe
• Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe
• New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque
• New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces
• National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque

Absentee voting starts Tuesday, Oct 11. Please be sure to vote on the New Mexico General Obligation (GO) Bond "B" Funds for Libraries

2016 General Obligation Bonds for Public and Tribal Public Libraries (see the actual Act SB122 that will be on the ballot below)

New Mexico State Library administers GO Bond funds for the public libraries.
ALLOCATIONS
Projected Allocations are based on the 4.5.8 NMAC, most current Census Information available, and Library eligibility.

Our local libraries will receive:
Capitan Public Library: $6,164
Corona Public Library: $4,250 
Mescalero Community Library: $ 41,534
Ruidoso Public Library: $ 26,696

   


School library funds are administered by the Public Education Department.  More information on school library GO Bond funds can be found on the PED website at http://www.ped.state.nm.us/Humanities/Library/index.html

Academic library funds are adminstered by the Higher Education Deparment.  Please visit their website at: http://www.hed.state.nm.us


The purpose of the New Mexico public library general obligation bond program is to provide supplemental funds for public library resources when such funds are approved by the legislature and/or the voters in statewide elections. Funds for the public library bond program are intended to supplement local effort in providing local public library service. The public library bond program funds public library resources and equipment for public libraries statewide, including the rural library services of the state library.

SB122, 2016 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act"

was approved by the 2016 New Mexico Legislature and will require the approval of the registered voters at the 2016 General Election of the State.
Language from the law [SFA/SB 122, pp. 22-23]:

B. for library acquisitions at public libraries,public school libraries, academic libraries and tribal libraries statewide:

(1) to the cultural affairs department:

(a) three million dollars ($3,000,000)for equipment, library furniture, fixtures and supplemental library resource acquisitions, including print, non-print and electronic resources, and for the purchase and installation of broadband internet equipment and infrastructure at nontribal public libraries statewide; and

(b) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for equipment, library furniture, fixtures and supplemental library resource acquisitions, including print, non-print and electronic resources, and for the purchase and installation of broadband internet equipment and infrastructure at tribal libraries statewide;

Rainfall report - Oct 2016 from Sarah Mazur, neighborhood rainfall recorder for NOAA

Neighbor and SVW&SD Chairman of the Board, Jim Miller, wins UNM Award

(Photo: Courtesy)

Jim Miller wins UNM award

Ruidoso News Reports 6:51 a.m. MDT October 6, 2016

    The University of New Mexico has awarded Alto management consultant Jim Miller Jr. a Lobo, Zia & Inspirational Young Alumnus award.
    Miller earned a Bachelor of Science degree at UNM in 1970 and a Ph.D. in 1979.
    The award was announced Oct. 1. The UNM citation reads as follows:

"Miller put his degrees in elementary education and education administration to use in the Albuquerque Public Schools and for the Department of Defense in Germany before heading up the Carrizozo and Farmington school districts as superintendent. In 1991 he was hired to create the new Ruidoso branch campus of Eastern New Mexico University where he served as campus director and dean emeritus until his retirement in 2005. Miller’s father, James, Sr., was a Zia Award recipient in 1995."        

ww.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/2016/10/06/jim-miller-wins-unm-award/91616678/    

Mark the dates!