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The corporation sought the reference to accompany an application for a federal grant.
There was no representative from CCA at the commission meeting to answer questions, which annoyed some of the commissioners.
The resolution reads in part, “The County Commission of Cibola County, New Mexico, hereby strongly supports Cibola County Corrections Facility for contributing significant economic benefits to the County. CCA has provided over three hundred jobs that pay above average salaries and offer good benefits to the residents of Cibola County.”
LEPC disaster exercise planned
Cibola county's multi-agency LEPC partners are getting ready to evaluate the emergency response system by participating in “mock disaster” exercises.
A full scale operations-based exercise to test Cibola County's emergency response system will take place Oct. 11 at Kearn's Park in Milan. The multi-agency Local Emergency Planning Committee is scheduled the event, as well as a “table top” discussion-based exercise on Aug. 20 at Cibola General Hospital in Grants.
Both exercises provide opportunity to test and evaluate the ability of police, fire, hazardous material teams, EMS, hospitals, regional dispatch, HAM radio operators, Red Cross, 4 C's, emergency managers and officials to respond to a “Weapons of Mass Destruction/Hazardous Material” simulated emergency that results in mass casualties. A table top is an exceptional tool for eliciting constructive discussion as participants examine and resolve problems based on existing plans, policies and procedures. A full scale exercise evaluates actual performance of emergency responders as they respond to a simulated event.
Jurisdiction managers and officials, department heads and operations chiefs and all who have decision making and or operational and emergency response duties are invited to attend. Exercise registration for the Table Top begins at 5:45 PM, Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the hospital cafeteria. All participants are urged to be on time as
The Aug. 20 exercise begins promptly at 6 p.m. Registration starts at 5:45 p.m. in the hospital's cafeteria.
For more information call LEPC Chair Peggy Jordan at 287-5489, EMC Gabe Candelaria at 876-2052 or WIPP TEPP EMC Sue Loudner at 290-1057.
Where gas
money goes
In a far-reaching initiative, Congress is grappling with the U.S. oil problem and trying to solve U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Newly introduced legislation, if passed, will go a long way toward eliminating the economic bind at the gas pump.
When you pay $4.00 per gallon at the pump, where does the money go? According to the U.S. Department of Energy, it goes as follows:
The majority of oil consumed in the U.S. is purchased from producers in foreign countries, many of whom promote terrorism targeting the West. Each year, well over half a trillion U.S. dollars are spent on oil imported from OPEC and non-OPEC nations.
Both the Senate and the House have initiated legislation that can help to solve this economically devastating problem by dramatically lowering fuel consumption.
Child abuse
cases focus
of prosecutors
Attorneys from the 13th Judicial District learned the latest techniques of prosecuting child abuse cases.
District Attorney Lemuel L. Martinez along with deputies Randolph Collins, Joseph Arite and Ron Lopez recently participated in a National Child Abuse Conference on the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Fatalities and Physical Abuse. The week-long conference took place in San Diego Calif., last month.
“The conference was both informative and motivating.” Martinez said, “It is of great importance that district attorney's are educated on this significant matter and continually advance their skills on the prosecution of child abuse related crimes. Protecting children from violence, abuse and exploitation is of the up most priority to my office.”
National award
given to state
DWI program
The “100 Days and Nights of Summer” was recognized as an outstanding criminal justice program by the National Criminal Justice Association at the National Forum on Criminal Justice and Public Safety held in Louisville, Ky., earlier this month.
The program consists of 100 DWI checkpoints conducted throughout the state during the 100 days and nights of summer during June through September. Law enforcement agencies held 232 checkpoints and made 2,216 DWI arrests during last year's campaign.
Preliminary statistics indicate traffic fatalities in the state declined by 15 percent in June, July and August during the 2007 enforcement period, compared to the same months in 2006.
Grant workshop
set for Gallup
Representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency will provide information about the agency's assessment, clean up, revolving loan fund and environmental training grants that will open this fall. Local governmental agencies, councils of government and nonprofits interested in receiving grants to address brownfields in their communities should attend.
Brownfields are real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
The EPA will for the first time allow “coalitions” of eligible entities to submit grant proposals for assessment grants that can be used to perform environmental investigations at brownfields properties.
The meeting will be held Aug. 19 at Gurley Hall at the University of New Mexico-Gallup. For more information call 1-505-863-7500.
The department is looking for coalition partners to submit a grant proposal for a brownfields assessment grant and a revolving loan fund grant. Eligible partners for the coalition grants include local governmental agencies, councils of government, and quasi-governmental agencies, such as economic development agencies.
For more information about the grant writing workshops visit www.epa.gov/region6/brownfields.
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