Budget ignites Shelly, Mendoza feud
Bill Donovan
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The uneasy truce that has existed between County
Commissioners Ben Shelly and Harry Mendoza ended Tuesday with
a bitter argument over this year's budget.
The two got into an old-fashioned political bashing session that
lasted several minutes with Mendoza questioning whether the Navajo
members on the commission were leading the county into bankruptcy
and Shelly, at one point, threatening to leave the meeting if
an adjournment was not called immediately.
The end result of this was a commitment by Shelly and Commission
Chairman Earnest Becenti Sr. to go with a proposed budget for
this fiscal year which, on the face, would be some $800,000 under
expected revenues. That budget will come up for final approval
at next week's county commission meeting.
There will be no layoffs or reduction in employee benefits under
this budget but if no new revenues are found in the next few months
or expenses are not cut it would see the county reserves go from
$2.6 million on July 1 of this year to a little under $1.8 million
by the end of the fiscal year. That's only $300,000 more than
the state mandated reserve level.
The debate over the budget, which is now in its fourth month,
has pitted Mendoza against Shelly, Becenti and county treasurer
Charles Long, all of whom are in favor of no massive cuts in this
year's budget. Instead, the three want to spend the next few months
looking at the expenditures for the county and coming up with
a long-term solution to cure the county's financial problems.
One of the things Shelly wants is the county to consider merging
some departments to save money. For example, he said there was
a lot of duplication in having a financial department within the
county manager's office which duplicated efforts by the county
treasurer's office.
Mendoza, on the other hand, has urged the commission to bite the
bullet this year and come up with a balanced budget, even if it
means laying off some personnel. The county's financial situation,
in his opinion, is only going to be worse next year and, if something
isn't done this year to balance the budget, it's going to mean
even more drastic cuts will have to be made next year.
The verbal jousting that went on between Shelly and Mendoza was
reminiscent of the fights the two had on the commission in the
mid-1990s when Mendoza found himself continually on the losing
end of a 2-1 vote. For the past two years, however, the two have
been very civil to each other with Shelly saying that the two
had agreed to keep their fighting out of the public eye and instead,
would try to work together to seek a compromise.
Budget ends truce
For the most part, that is what has been happening with the commission
in agreement on practically every issue until the debate began
on the latest budget proposal.
Coming into the meeting, the commission was looking at a budget
that was in the red by somewhere between $1.1 million and $1.2
million.
By postponing some $300,000 in road construction until next year,
cutting back sharply on travel and various other office expenses
and leaving vacant one position in roads and three in the Sheriff's
Office, the red ink would be reduced to some $800,000.
Mendoza had proposed spreading the suffering among all of the
departments, instead of having the Sheriff's office and roads
department take the brunt.
At Tuesday's budget meeting, Mendoza asked Sheriff Frank Gonzales
if he felt the proposal under consideration was fair, to which
Gonzales indicated he wasn't happy with it but he would do whatever
he was directed to do by the commission.
"I only have a year and a half to go (before my term expires),"
he said. "I just feel sorry for the county."
Just before this exchange, Mendoza had lashed out at Shelly for
refusing to consider his proposal, which led Shelly to reply that
he wasn't happy about the comments he had heard that "the
county was going broke because it was run by Indians."
"That's the truth," Mendoza replied.
The two then kept on criticizing each other's budgets, with Shelly
eventually telling Mendoza that if he continued in this way, "It
was going to get ugly." He added that he had heard enough
and told Becenti that if he didn't adjourn the meeting immediately,
he was "going to walk out."
But before an adjournment was called, the two had words over Shelly's
request for an analysis of how much it would cost for the county
to operate the county government if a new county facility was
built.
"If we are not going to be able to pay for the cost of operating
it, maybe we should build it in phases," he said.
Motives questioned
This led Mendoza to question Shelly's motives.
"Are you opposing the building of a new courthouse because
I'm for it?" Mendoza said. He asked Shelly if he was going
around to his constituents and urging them not to approve the
new tax in an effort to get back at him.
"You would support it if it was going to be built in Thoreau,"
Mendoza said.
Shelly refused, however, to say whether he would support the building
of a new government building.
After the meeting, Shelly talked to reporters and indicated that
he hoped the harsh words that went out before the air was cleared
would not prevent the two from being friendly in the future.
Long said after the meeting that he agreed that combining some
financial positions within his office and the county manager's
office would save the county some money.
"But I don't expect it to happen," he said. "The
commission just doesn't want to give up control."
And finally, the county's financial director, Judie Krauklis,
said the fact that the proposed merging of positions was predicated
on the reserves going down to $1.8 million didn't mean that it
would actually end up that low.
She said she was conservative in her revenue estimates and the
budget was flexible enough that a lot of savings could be made
between now and the end of the fiscal year. She pointed out that
last year's budget projected that the reserves would end up at
a level of about $2.1 million at the beginning of this fiscal
year when, in fact, it ended up over $2.6 million.
The county is currently talking to the city about housing some
county prisoners in the city jail, which, if approved, could wind
up saving the county more than $25,000 a month.
The Metro Department currently has several vacant positions which
were never filled last year. If these positions are not filled
right away, that could also mean big savings for the county, she
said.
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'Spill' tests Cibola County skills
Tara Drolma
Staff Writer
GRANTS — Two people were killed and 14 people injured Saturday
morning following a collision between a truck transporting radioactive
waste and another truck carrying chlorine.
The two trucks collided just after 9 a.m. near the Grants Industrial
Park just south of Exit 85 on Interstate 40. The accident also involved
a van carrying senior citizens and another van carrying prison trustees
from Western Correctional Facility.
In a separate but related incident, two women were critically injured
and the driver of the vehicle they were in was pronounced dead on
arrival at Cibola General Hospital after she lost control of her car
while she was "gawking" at the accident.
Fortunately, the injured and the dead were all play-acting volunteers
who were participating in a mock exercise planned by the Cibola County
Office of Emergency Management and the Local Emergency Planning Committee
to test the preparedness of local law enforcement agencies, firefighters,
and emergency medical personnel.
No real radioactive waste was on the truck that was part of the scenario
and no chlorine was spilled. But the trucks and the drivers were real
and the 19 victims were community members who had been made up to
look as though they had real injuries.
In the scenario, the truck transporting nuclear waste pulled off the
highway and parked at the Armory to avoid a severe storm.
When it began its return to the highway it was hit by a tractor trailer
carrying barrels of what was later identified as chlorine gas.
In the collision, one of the barrels ruptured, releasing chlorine
gas which is extremely toxic and can cause burns to the skin, eyes
and lungs. No radioactive material was released in the scenario.
A van carrying prisoners collided into the two trucks and the passengers
were injured and contaminated. Another van carrying senior citizens
was also part of the scenario. A total of 14 people were injured and
two were pronounced dead on the scene.
More than 100 emergency personnel participated in the mock accident,
which was critiqued by evaluators. The exercise ended about 11:30
a.m. and participants gathered at the Armory for lunch and a debriefing.
The exercise was designed to give Cibola County responders a chance
to practice their skills and test their knowledge and most said they
felt it went well.
Staff at Cibola General treated all 14 victims. They were surprised
at about 9:24 a.m. when the three victims from the motor vehicle accident
arrived at the hospital. Dempsey Emerson, an administrator for the
hospital, said they had not expected the auto accident.
Because the victims had to be decontaminated at the site before being
transported to the hospital, the first ambulance did not arrive until
11 a.m., about two hours after incident started. By 11:30 a.m., all
of the victims had arrived at the hospital and had received initial
treatment.
Emerson said he felt the hospital staff responded well. He said there
were a few communication problems to work out and they need to establish
a better link to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), which was
set up at the County Sheriff's Office and is responsible for overall
coordination of the exercise.
The EOC is responsible for notifying the hospital of the emergency.
Emerson said the hospital was notified around 9:40 a.m. that there
was an incident involving multiple casualties and chemical hazards.
The hospital activated a Code Yellow for a disaster and a Code Black
because hazardous materials were involved. Each of those codes activates
a set of procedures for the staff to follow.
One of the "victims," Helena Merchant, 26, of Grants, said
she thought she received good care at the hospital, but there was
some confusion while staff was trying to find a place to put people.
Emerson said the hospital emergency room has six beds. Anytime there
is an accident with mass casualties, he said patients are placed in
other areas of the hospital based on the severity of their injuries.
Michael Cordova, 21, of Grants, played the role of one of the prisoners
who was injured and hysterical. He said the staff "talked him
down" well, though the State Police officer who was first at
the scene had taken steps to calm him down.
Cibola County Emergency Management Officer Peggy Jordan told observers,
"A potential spill of hazardous material (HAZMAT) is our greatest
concern." Some 23,000 vehicles pass through the county each day
on I-40 and a large number of those are large tractor trailers, many
of which carry hazardous material. Early next year, trucks carrying
radioactive material
will begin traveling down I-40 to the nuclear waste depository in
Carlsbad.
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Visitors site to celebrate anniversary
Tom Purdom
Staff Writer
GRANTS — On Aug. 25, 1916 the National Park Service was formed.
On Aug. 25, 1999, construction on the multi-federal agency Northwest
New Mexico Visitors Center in Grants was started.
On Saturday, anniversaries will be held at the center to celebrate
both.
Marsha Hagerdon, assistant center director, said representatives from
the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the National
Forest Service will speak during the day Saturday and refreshments
will be served.
Visitors also wil be able to take a tour through the permanent exhibit
area which has been two years in the making at Harper's Ferry National
Historic Park in West Virginia. Major national park exhibits are made
at the huge facility.
The mission of the $4 million visitor center and the exhibits is to
provide a rich interpretation of the land and the people of northwest
New Mexico. The center features a monstrous glass wall overlooking
El Malpais and the mesas and mountains which line the natural wonder
on each side.
The center also features a large trip-planning section with tables,
chairs, maps and other information available so visitors of all physical
capabilities and abilities can plan motoring, hiking and walking trips
throughout northwest New Mexico to see the natural wonders and beauties
the state has to offer.
There's also a theater in the center with 30 movies available by request
on topics from the national forests, the national parks and BLM lands.
Also available are cultural and children's videos.
For people interested in buying a bit of the Southwest to take home,
Southwest Parks and Monument Association offers a variety of items,
from books on birds, mammals and insects to volcano activity in the
area to Native American books and music on tapes and discs.
The National Park Service is the lead agency for the center, but it
is staffed by all three agencies. The center got its start in 1993,
with a Phase I plan. The plan sat for years until funding became available
and construction began on Sept. 25, 1998. On July 27, 1999, the construction
phase ended and the center, which blends into the countryside on the
south side of Grants, was opened to the public.
For the first five months a single tiny sign along Interstate 40 was
all that advertised the new facility. The number of visitors in the
remainder of 1999 showed that more word was needed that the center
was open. For the last five months of 1999, only 3,682 people visited.
The year 2000 saw 12,921 visitors stop in to plan adventures in northwest
New Mexico, but the numbers so far this year show even more promise.
According to center figures, 13,153 visitors from all over the United
States and the world came to visit the center in the first seven months
of the year 2001.
Celebrations Saturday include three speakers:
10 a.m. Peg Sorenson with the BLM will give a talk on the history
of homesteading in the area.
11 a.m. Jim Kendricks with the National Park Service will talk about
the archeology of the area.
Noon refreshments will be served.
1 p.m. Hart Schwarz with the National Forest Service will give a talk
entitled "The Wonderful World of Birds in the Zuni Mountains."
The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
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Shiprock serves up first victory
Prep volleyball
Santiago Ramos
Staff Sports Writer
SHIPROCK — Shiprock overcame 11 service errors in the second
and third games to serve a perfect 20-of-20 in the fourth and final
game to pull out a 15-7, 7-15, 18-16, 15-5 season-opening win over
Bloomfield Teusday night.
"That was huge," Shiprock coach Alicia Stewart said of her
team's perfect serving in the fourth game. "We didn't have any
service errors in the final game. That's the difference in the match.
Usually serving is our strength. Tonight it was working against us."
Both teams struggled with their serves. Shiprock hit on 92-of-104
serves for 88 percent while Bloomfield made 77-of-91 serves for 85
percent. After just one serving error in the first game (24-of-25),
the Lady Chieftains served 20-of-25 in the second game which they
lost, 28-of-34 in the third game which they pulled out, and then rebounded
to close the match with a perfect 20-of-20 from the line in the fourth
game.
Bloomfield served 12-of-17 in the first game, 30-of-34 in the second
game, 27-of-31 in the third game and 8-of-9 in the fourth game.
The match was tied at 1-all when both teams battled through an exhausting
pivotal third game.
Bloomfield let an early 6-2 lead slip away in the third game that
allowed Shiprock back into the match.
The Lady Chieftains cruised in the opening game, winning 15-7. Serving
proved to be crucial as Shiprock had just one service error. Bloomfield
had five in the first game.
The Lady Bobcats bounced back in the second game, staking out a commanding
13-3 lead and holding on for a 15-7 win to tie the match at one game
apiece. Shiprock suffered five service errors.
Led by the hitting of Newcomb junior transfer Stephanie Bowman, Shiprock
was able to outlast Bloomfield in the crucial third game.
Garcia, who finished the match with an impressive 15 kills, delivered
a pair of those back-to-back from the left side to start off the third
game. The game was tied a total of eight times with the final time
at 16-all. A net hit was followed by a game-ending kill by Kimri Clah
as Shiprock outlasted Bloomfield for an 18-16 win and a 2-1 lead in
the match.
With advantage in the match, Shiprock grabbed the early lead in the
fourth game.
A kill and a stuff block by Bowman was followed by another kill by
Garilene Smith as the Lady Chieftains assumed a 4-2 lead. Smith tallied
eight kills in the match.
With Krystal Phillips serving, Shiprock ran off eight straight points
that included a pair of kills by Patricia Jim and a dink kill by Debra
Naljahih.
A stuff block by Bloomfield's Rachel Stahle gave the Lady Bobcats
the sideout.
Shiprock got the ball right back when Raya Benally put away a kill
for the sideout.
Clah served the game's final two points. Cara Brady put away a dink
kill for the 14th point before Clah served an ace for the final point
for the game and the match, 15-3.
"I thought that whoever won the third game would end up winning
the match," Stewart said. "After we won that third game
we carried the momentum into the fourth game."
Shiprock, 1-0, will travel to Farmington Saturday night for a 7 p.m.
match.
Shiprock was led by Bowman who put away 15 kills and one stuff block.
She also made 13-of-14 serves with two aces. Smith put away eight
kills and Patricia Jim had six kills and two dink kills. Leading Shiprock
at the service line were Debra Naljahih (19-of-19); Krsytal Phillips
(25-of-28); Jeneil Nelson (14-of-16); and Raya Benally (13-of-17).
Bloomfield was led by Laci Candelaria with four kills and one dink
kill; Dacia Valdez with five kills, one stuff block and one ace; and
Rochell Finch with three kills, two dink kills and three stuff blocks.
At the line, Linda Re Florez served a perfect 14-of-14 with Melodee
Armenta 11-of-12.
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Prisms overtake Miners for 5-3 win
Michael Peretti
Staff Sports Writer
GALLUP — Down 2-0, the Prisms ran off four goals before the Miners
could score again, and came out of the under-12 division game with
a 5-3 win Tuesday night at the Gallup Soccer Complex.
In the only other Gallup Soccer League game with a score, the Nuggets
beat the Centurions 5-4 in Under-12 girls. Scores are not kept in
age divisions for players 10-and-under.
The Miners scored the first two goals of the game early, but then
stalled late in the first half allowing the Prisms to take the lead.
Six minutes into the first half Andrew Berg drove in to the goal and
put the first goal up for the Miners...
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Panel reverses Barton ruling
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
WINDOW ROCK — The ever-changing Navajo Nation ethics case against
Margie Barton took a twist Tuesday that even her own attorney is trying
to interpret.
The Ethics and Rules Committee voted 4-3 to set aside its July 23
default ruling against her. That ruling took away from Barton her
Dilcon Community school board seat and Dilkon Chapter secretary/treasurer's
post. The default ruling came essentially because Barton was late
to the morning hearing.
The default judgment left Barton and her Gallup attorney, William
Keeler, without the opportunity to defend her against 15 ethics charges
filed by the Navajo Nation. They allege that between October 2000
and April of this year, she received $4,192 in illegal payments for
attending events where she was paid both as a tribal employee, school
board member and/or chapter official.
On July 31, the Ethics and Rules Committee found Barton in contempt
of its July 23 ruling by a 6-0 vote. The contempt ruling found that
Barton had attended a July 25 school board meeting in her capacity
as a school board member...
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Ex-chief's gun suspected in teen's shooting death
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — A Gallup man said a gun he learned belonged to former
Police Chief Danny Ross might have been used in his 16-year-old
son's July 24 death.
Tommy Crow Jr., of Baja Court, said he checked around after the
shooting death of his son, Robert Crow, and was told his son had
received the gun from Jamie Ross, 16, the youngest daughter of Danny
Ross, about eight months ago. Jamie Ross gave Crow's son the gun
for self-defense because the boy had been getting in a lot of fights
at that time.
Vanessa Martinez, 15, told police that Crow, then her boyfriend,
shot himself while they argued the morning of July 24 in Crow's
car outside her home.
Tommy Crow isn't convinced his son killed himself because he says
Martinez has given several different stories and his main concern
now is to prevent injury to another Gallup teen. He said he heard
Jamie Ross took more of her father's guns and passed them around
to local teens...
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3 tribal school groups to share training funds
Jim Maniaci
Din Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — A historic agreement about how to divide almost
$200,000 among three associations to train local tribal school boards
won the approval Monday of a key Navajo Nation Council committee.
By a 7-0-1 vote Monday, the powerful Inter-Government Relations
Committee approved an amended resolution for the Navajo Area School
Board Association to provide $34,204 to the 17-member Native American
Grant Schools Association and $29,174 to the 15-member Association
of Navajo Community Controlled School Boards, Inc. The funds come
from NASBA's $196,144 allotment of an Indian Self Determination
and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638) federal grant.
This will be the first time the two smaller groups have obtained
such funding. The schools in both groups, however, are simultaneously
NASBA members.
By a split 4-3 vote on July 23, the IGRC had postponed the decision
to have all the money go to the 65-member NASBA which had always
received the "638" funds because the Navajo Nation Code
recognizes it as the official educational association, and therefore,
the sole recipient of the money...
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Boos' job is safe for now
Jim Maniaci
Din Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — A resolution to remove Chief Legislative Counsel
Steve Boos won't reach the Navajo Nation Council until the fall
session maybe the sponsor said Tuesday.
Delegate Peter Watchman said it probably would be the fall session
(Oct. 15-19), adding, "There's stuff I need to take care of
first." The Mexican Springs Chapter delegate declined to be
more specific. The resolution, however, is ready to be placed on
the Inter-Government Relations Committee agenda, he confirmed.
Watchman, a member of the council's Judiciary Committee, admitted
meeting with powerful Delegate Ervin Keeswood, the Government Services
Committee chairman who is considered one of Boos' staunchest allies.
Keeswood told a reporter on Monday, "That was supposed to be
confidential." Last week the Hogback Chapter representative
told another Independent reporter, "I won't say there's no
truth to it..."
Solid waste, wastewater rates go up
Bill Donovan
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The city council Tuesday approved new rates for wastewater
and solid waste, which will add between $2 and $2.50 a month to
the utility bills of most city residents.
The utility rate increases passed with little comment, although
councilor Bill Nechero said he was worried about the effect on the
area's senior citizens who were living on Social Security or a fixed
income.
City residents will see about a 9 percent rate increase on their
wastewater bill.
The average Gallup family will see its wastewater bill go from $11.58
a month to $12.69, probably beginning with the bill they receive
in November. City Manager David Ruiz said city law may require a
60-day notice for any change in a city ordinance. If so, the new
rates would take effect in late October and the first bills to go
out with the new rate would be in November...
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Deaths
LoAnderea Renee Bahe
FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. — Services for LoAnderea Bahe, 12, will
be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Family Church, Fort Defiance.
Pastor Ramon Yazzie will officiate. Burial will follow at Fort Defiance
Cemetery.
Bahe died Aug. 18 in Window Rock. She was born May 25, 1989, in Fort
Defiance into the Black Streaked Forest Park into the Red Running
Into the Water.
Bahe attended school in Fort Defiance and elementary school in Rock
Point and was currently attending Tse Ho Tso Middle School. Her hobbies
included playing the clarinet in the school band, playing volleyball,
listening to music, and going to hip hop dances.
Survivors include her parents, Elta Nez of Fort Defiance and Lorenzo
Bahe of Rock Point, Ariz.; brothers, Orlando Bahe, Vincent Thomas
Nez and Anthony Cody Nez, all of Fort Defiance, and Darrell Bahe of
Phoenix; sisters, Althea Scott and Valencia Roberta Lewis, both of
Fort Defiance, and Rebecca Bahe of Rock Point; and grandparents, Jennie
Nez of Fort Defiance, and Richard and Alice Bahe, both of Rock Point.
Pallbearers will be Alvin Nez Sr., Alvin Nez Jr., Oswood Nez, Cecil
Henry Jr., Ernest Upshaw and Aaron Williams.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Benny Roy Joe
JONES RANCH — Services for Benny Joe, 64, will be held at 10
a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at Cope Memorial Chapel. Sister Terri Goodin
will officiate. Burial will follow at City Cemetery.
Joe died Aug. 18 in Albuquerque. He was born Jan. 23, 1937, into the
Mexican People Clan for the Sleeping Rock People Clan.
In his earlier years, Joe was a rancher and worked for the Santa Fe
Railroad.
Survivors include his son, Kenneth A. Joe of Mariano Lake; daughters,
Bernita King of Mariano Lake and Charlene Joe of Red Rock; brothers,
Peter A. Joe of Jones Ranch and Raymond Joe of Allentown; sisters,
Pauline Thomas of Jones Ranch, Helen Jones of Gallup, Elizabeth Charley
of Phoenix, Francis Brown of Red Rock and Elsie Jim of Crownpoint;
and 15
grandchildren.
Joe was preceded in death by his wife, Julia Joe.
Pallbearers will be Jones Bahe, Raymond Joe, Kenneth Joe, Philbert
Brown, Ervin Hoskie Jr. and Phillip Brown.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Juanita T. Montoya
CORNFIELDS, Ariz. — Services for Juanita Montoya, 48, will be
held at noon Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Presbyterian Church, Ganado,
Ariz. Sammy Begay will officiate. Burial will follow on family land,
Cornfields.
Montoya was born Nov. 3, 1937, in Cornfields into the Bitter Water
for the Honeycomb Rock.
Montoya attended Ramah High School, Northern Arizona University and
University of New Mexico-Gallup. Her hobby included outdoor activities.
Survivors include her son, Edward Montoya; brothers, Jimmie Taliman
and Charlie Taliman; sisters, Nellie T. Kurley, Sarah White, Martha
Long, Angela Charley, Lillie Brown and Maria Songster; and two grandchildren.
Montoya was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Dahasbah Taliman;
brother, Raymond Yazzie; and sister, Rose Marie Lincoln.
Pallbearers will be Keith Long, Floyd Kurley, Jaken Taliman, Danny
Tsosie, Karl Gillson and Herbert White Jr.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at Cornfields Chapter House.
Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Lee Ben Tsosie
CHINLE, Ariz. — Services for Lee Tsosie, 48, were held at 11
a.m. today, Aug. 22, at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Many Farms, Ariz.
Sister Annette O'Donell officiated. Burial followed at a family plot,
Many Farms.
Tsosie died Aug. 18 in Chinle. He was born May 15, 1953, in Ganado,
Ariz. into the Mescalero Apache for the Big Water.
Survivors include a son, Leon Lee Tsosie; daughters, LeiShawn Dougi
and DeAnna Tsosie; sisters, Pearl Platero, Mary Claw, Margaret Tsosie,
Rosita Tsosie and Genieve Hoswoot; and six grandchildren.
Tsosie was preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Irene Tsosie,
and brother, Clarence Tsosie.
Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Foy Andrew Finley Sr.
WINDOW ROCK — Services for Andrew Finley Sr., 71, will be announced
at a later date.
Finley died Aug. 18 in Albuquerque. He was born Jan. 7, 1930, in Dangerfield,
Texas.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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