Letters

I would like to extend my gratitude to all who purchased a raffle or raffles to help offset medical expenses. As always this great community has stepped up to help a family in need.

Winners of the raffle are as follows: first, Olivia Gonzales; second, Joelynn Gonzales; third, Virginia Gonzales; fourth, Jessica Ortiz; fifth, Ray Gurule Jr.; sixth, Matt Sandoval; seventh, Alejandro Lovato; eighth, Darlene Ulibarri; ninth, Thelma Varela; 10th, Diana Lucero; and 11th, Brenda Ramirez.

El Corte (“the cut”) is the mote/nickname many people use for this curve on Interstate 25 just four miles south of Las Vegas. A mountain cut made on I-25 left a tall portion on the southeast side and every winter from October through March the roadway here is in the shade even on sunny days. The result is that any moisture is likely to remain frozen in the curve when the rest of the highway is dry and safe.

I am writing to commend Sens. Bingaman and Udall for their leadership in bringing Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishing Act one step closer to passage with a hearing last week in the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.

It has been said that we wait until people die before we say good things about them, but when Leonard Aragon retired from Mora Independent Schools I sent in a nice article to the Optic, describing his character, and it was published.