MAYOR’S REPORT
September 2006
Along with the rain blessings, we have had some damage to water lines,
sewer lines, roads, and residential flooding. Isn’t it nice to
worry about rain instead of drought, as we have had to do for the last
several years? The repairs to these facilities are going to be
costly. We’re in the process of getting prices together from our
engineering firm.
The drought relief program that was legislated a few months ago is
going to pay for drilling the Village another well. It will serve
as a backup to our two producing wells and will put us out of danger in
case we lose service of the other wells. I feel the system will
be as good as it can possibly be with this addition.
If you haven’t visited the Farmers Market on Saturdays 8:00AM to
11:00AM, you are missing out on very nice locally grown produce!
The market is greatly appreciated by all residents in our area.
The Library and Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a village wide yard
sale. You will need to register at the Library or Chamber of
Commerce if you would like to participate in the advertising and have
your location put on a map that will be published. The date is
set for September 7th. The cost will be $5.00.
Capitan Schools just finished the first week of a four-day
schedule. Dr. Larry Miller informed me it looks as if the program
is very successful. The baseball field is in its final phase of
completion. The money was not sufficient to finish some of the
things needed such as a concession stand and dressing rooms. Hope
these can be done as soon as possible.
Capitan lost one of its native sons this week, Solomon Trujillo, who
was born in Capitan and resided 77 years in our Village. Solomon
was known for his love of children and young people and was
instrumental in helping many in anyway he could. I would like to
start a memorial to him with a donation to the playground equipment
that is needed for the park project being handled by the Smokey Bear’s
Hometown Association, PO Box 223, Capitan, NM 88316. We are
still eligible for another $3000 in matching funds from the Hubbard
Foundation. So if you give a $50 donation, it is like giving
$100. So let’s finish getting the rest of the money the
Foundation has made available!
I would like to “thank” our water department, David Cox, Steve Osborn,
and Rusty Leslie for their tireless work on the washed away sewer line
during the flood. The line was able to be shut down shortly after
the wash out and was only out for less than three hours. Others
that helped were Craig Van Winkle and his wife who fed the crew around
9:00PM, ex-water superintendent Terry Cox, Billy Weddige, Tom Darrah,
Alpine Concrete, Troy Herd who brought his auger truck to drill holes
for the concrete supports, and Steve Shaffer who furnished the crane
that kept the line suspended over night. They all worked until
after midnight to get things set up for a temporary repair of the line
the next day.
Sam Hammons
