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Business picks up at regional airport by FRANKIE JARRELL Ruidoso News Staff Writer
Business has taken off at the Sierra Blanca Regional Airport (SBRA).
Traffic figures are on a seesaw, swinging from 1,460 operations in July to 1,625 in August and down to 970 in September. Those figures are up from 1987 in July and August, but fell slightly in September. Jet fuel sales continue to out:strip the lower octane fuel sales, indicating the regional air facility is being used by larger aircraft than
A rope of colorful balloons forms an arch over the Warriors as they race on the field to meet the Deming Wildcats in the game of the season. The Warriors
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Enjoy the crisp, golden air, delicious German foods, exciting floor shows by costumed dancers, continuous entertainment for the children and dance to the oom pa and eff da bands: welcome to Wurstfest '88. . Festivities begin at 11 a.m. and end at 11 p.m. Saturday, October 15 and begin again at noon and end at 5 p.m. Sunday, October 16, at the vacant former hardware store in the Sierra Shopping Center at 721 Mechem Drive. Dancing groups from El Paso and Albuquerque will perfonn. International Rudy Ulibarri's Dance Ensemble has performed dances in Gennany and throughout the United States for 16 years. The Poloma Folk Dancers, from El Paso, are led by Cristina Rohbins. This group has danced for 11 years and wear costumes from Poland. Also appearing from El Paso is the Soljeim Leikkering group. Art Solem is the director of this 12year-old organization which perfonns authentic Norwegian dancef3.
by DORIS CHERRY Ruidoso News Staff Writer
The New Merico School Reform Act, or SB 106, passed hy the New Mexico State Legislature in 1986, expanded teRting programs to assess public school studenL~' degrees of achievement in diflerent areas. The expanded testing programs required schools to test for skills in reading; writing, overall achievement and overall compet ency and proficiency for graduating seniors. Ruidoso Public Schools are no exception, and have scheduled these required teAts According to Karen Tillman, Ruidoso Public Schools test coordinator and director of special programming, the tes~CJ are lLCJed as indicators for educators. A.CJ 8tuden~CJ differ in their abilities daily, the tests become a way to detennine where the curriculum may be lacking. If students' overall rate low in Please see TESTS, page 2A
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Ruidoso meteorologist Bill Hostetter predicts todaYt October lOt to be mostly clourly and mild with a chance of showers. Winds wiU be easterly 5 to 15 miles per hour. Tonight will have decreasing cloudi-
ness and showers with lig'ht winds. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and a little warmer. Winds will be southerly 5 to 15 miles per hour. Precipitation probabilities are fOT today; 30 percent, tonight; 20 percent and tomorrow; 10 percent. The extended forecast for Wednesday through Friday shows partly cloudy skies and a little warmer. Winds will be southerly at 5-15 miles per hour. On October 15 and 16, 1984, a record early blizzard dumped up to 40 inches of snow on Colorado and brought the first snow of the seaBon to Sierra Blanca.
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Horst KIa user and the Polka Dots of El Paso again will delight festival visitors with polka music. The nine-piece orchestra includes clarinets, tenor and baritone horns, tenor saxophone, flugelhorn, guitar and drums. The Polka Dots are the only authentic German polka band within 500 miles of the area. They have performed at the Texas State Fair and many clubs and festivals in New Mexico and Texas. Bruce Muggenberg of Albuquerque will be an exciting addition to Wurntfest music this year, organizers said. His "eff da band" will be a crowd pleaser with beautiful waltzes. The group plays string instruments. Local service organizations will serve German specialty dishes at Wurstfest. Lowenbrau will be served with the cooperation of New Mexico Beverage of Roswell. There also will be a large variety of nonalcoholic beverages. Children of all ages will be delighted by games, movies, music, hats t homs t balloons, pony rides t
SUNLAND PARK -- The 30th racing season at Sunland Park is fast approaching the starting gate as the October 15 opening day draws near. Nuevo Sol Turf Club, Inc. enters its third year of operation of the facility and is coming off a recordsetting meeting last year which saw the total handle of $31,742,777 rise 30 percent above the previous year's total. Sunland is putting the final touches on another $688,000 in capital improvements that. includes landscaping, a new ladies jock's room, new parking lot lighting, new admissions and parking booths, and new asphalt and drainage in j the barn area. Fans in the Turf Club will be impressed by the new Italian marf ble floor which will add considerably to the area's beauty. Since it's takeover of the facility in December of 1986, Nuevo Sol's KONRAD SCHUBERT paret company United Tote has put over $2,000,000 in top-to-bottom Wurstfest emcee improvements in an effort to make balloon "moon walk" and prizes Sunland a showplace for Southgalore-all included in the price of western racing. admission. The 1988/89 season will be the So come one, come all to the longest ever held with 114 days of Wursthalle, October 15 and 16. racin~ scheduled. The track will
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present quarter horse .and thoroughbred racing on Wednesday's, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Wednesday racing made a successful debut at Sunland last year and the tmck.-wijLhold ID.h!..week performance9 on a regular basis beginning October 26th. "Making 8 success of four-day-a-week racing: was one of the big achievements of last season," according to Nuevo Sol President Lloyd Shelhamer. ''In_ creased racing and earning opportunities for the horsemen will help bring in better stables for our fans," he said. Officials have also announced that Criterion Productions of Dallas will produee a one half hour weekly television Beries for the track entitled "Sunland Park Today". Criterion has won numerous awards in the video and film industry, including the American Film Institute Award for excellence in television programming, and currently produces the highly acThe Right Track" teleclaimed "On . . . VISIon senes. Sunland Park Today premiered on Sunday, October 9. This season Please see RACING, page 2A
Several rulings h~lnded down in district court by FRANKIE JARRELL Ruidoso News Staff Writer
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the ones that used the old Ruidoso Municipal Airport. 'We re seeing bigger planea and they're taking on more fuel," said Tim Morris, Aviation and Transportation Division director. ItOur business is good, Morris added, noting that fewer people are flying the smaller planes. He said the total fuel sales continue to be up over past years: _ Following are traffic and sales comparisions provided by Morris:
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District Judge Richard A. Parsons handed down an assortment of rulings last week in District Court. Gregory Jefferson, 37, of Ruidoso Downs, entered a plea of not guilty on residential burglary charges. After hearing District Attorney Scot Key Bay the defendant is a flight risk, Judge Parsons said he increased Jetrersonts bail from $5,000 to $10,000 with no 10 percent allowed. Jefferson was bound over for trial after his arrest on August 28 in Ruidoso Downs. He is accused of entering the Garrett Loretto residence without authorization and with the. intent to commit a 'burglary. Jefferson, who is unemployed, is represented by public defender,
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The Humane Society of Lincoln County had a pleasant surprise, Friday. Representatives of Spectacular Air Show of Roswell flew into Ruidoso to present a check for $1,666.66 to society representatives.The money is part of the profits of the air show staged each year in Roswell. Six communities benefitted this year. "We want Ruidoso's support," .
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