Hooper resident publishes stories at age 97

Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
HOOPER -- Local resident and lifetime storyteller Clara Heberle, 97, was honored recently with the publication of her collection of childhood memories on her 97th birthday.
Heberle's great-niece, Annie Wilder, published her great-aunt's stories as part of a Kindle Single book, "Bootleggers, Bloody Town, and Deep Creek: True Childhood Stories." The Bootleggers section tells of Clara's childhood association with a ...more

Center senior Lobato wins scholarship

Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013

CENTER -- Alexa Lobato did not recently win her full-ride Daniels Fund Scholarship without a lot of hard work, dedication and a strategy to succeed, beginning in junior high school.
Lobato is the daughter of Anthony and Denise Lobato and the sister of Center High School graduate Taylor Lobato. The Lobato family has been featured several times ...more

Assistance available to low-income families

Posted: Friday, May 10th, 2013

CENTER -- During the town board meeting Monday, Brian S. Garrison from the San Luis Valley Housing Coalition (SLVHC) addressed Center trustees on the assistance available to low-income families for housing rehabilitation.
According to an SLVHC flyer, the program is available to one-person households earning $33,400 or less, two-person households with an income of $38,200 or ...more

Board appoints former mayor as trustee

Posted: Friday, May 10th, 2013

CENTER -- Former mayor Adeline Sanchez, whose term as expired in 2012, was appointed to fill the trustee vacancy created by Herman Sisneros.
Sanchez has served two previous terms as mayor and completed several stints as a town trustee over the past 30 years. In her reasons for running, given prior to her appointment, Sanchez stated that if appointed ...more

Judge rules on conflict of interest claim in Center case

Posted: Thursday, May 9th, 2013
SAGUACHE -- Saguache District Judge Martin Gonzales denied a motion request Wednesday, submitted by attorneys for Center election contest plaintiffs Moe Jones and Citizen Center, but seemingly put both sides on notice concerning conflict of interest issues.
While the order denied the motion to disqualify Center's attorney Steven Dawes, who is representing both the town and those placed in office ...more