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HONORING BONNIE STAGE ON THIS 100TH BIRTHDAY by the Otero County Commission…
WHEREAS, Bonnie Stage will be honored by friends and relatives on March 08, 2024 in celebration of her 100th birthday; and
WHEREAS, Bonnie Jakuboski was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 8, 1923;
WHEREAS, Bonnie Jakuboski married William Stage on April 05, 1947 and they remained happily married for 63 years until William’s death in 2010;
WHEREAS, Bonnie and William Stage were blessed with three children, Janet, David and Carol;
WHEREAS, Bonnie Stage served her country with valor in the United States Army in World War II;
WHEREAS, Bonnie worked as nurse’s assistant for the United States Army from 1945-1947
WHEREAS, Bonnie Stage has been a resident of Otero County since 1951;
WHEREAS, Bonnie Stage traveled to Washington DC with the Honor Flight in 2016;
WHEREAS, Bonnie Stage was inducted in to the Military Women’s Memorial in 2016;
WHEREAS, Bonnie Stage is a loyal supporter of the men and women in uniform;
WHEREAS, Bonnie Stage has volunteered hundreds of hours in her church and in the community she loves;
WHEREAS, Bonnie Stage has lived during the most eventful century of this nation’s history and has been a model and inspiration to her family and to those who have known her;
NOW, THEREFORE, We do hereby proclaim MARCH 08, 2024 AS BONNIE STAGE DAY IN THE COUNTY OF OTERO, NEW MEXICO; and on behalf of the Otero County Commission and citizens of Otero County, NM, we offer sincere congratulations and best wishes to Bonnie Stage for many more happy days to share with family and friends.
Sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 52 degrees. Sunny in the morning, clear in the afternoon and evening,
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Absolutely. I would say those are conservative numbers at 1 in 40. The quickest way to become wealthy in America is to enter politics. I would say Miss McDonald is 1 in a 109. The family fun center fiasco is a true memorial to what nepotism and back room dealing will get you.
PBS was relevant.
NPR and PBS were definitely relevant - which is precisely why the trump regime has scuttled them...we have truly entered the era of alternative "truth".
Everything in Alamogordo feels fake to me, as if it is some kind of staging ground or network, not an organic community. Since the Manhattan Project, the military has used the town that way, but then there was a hard separation between the base and the town, and maybe that’s where things went sideways.
It looks like my comment was edited.The part about low income housing being crime infested was removed.
this is a situation which is replicated in countless small communities across our nation; where a single business/mine/factory/industry, or in this case, military base, is the economic engine that powers the entire community. this creates a nervous sort of dependency, and subservient approach within the local gover
The corruption which causes reputational damage is too widespread already and is going to overflow into the public eye soon enough. There is nothing anyone, or any group can do to stop it all from coming out. It is not limited to Chamber of Commerce or MainGate, IMO. Its tentacles are choking this city.
this is not an unusual situation involving chambers of commerce - merging government with business interests is nearly as problematic as merging government with churches. either situation places minority stakeholders in positions to manipulate the public's interests.