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Thursday, February 10, 2005

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Telegraph Staff Reports
    'Wife Swap' Seeks
    Ranch Families
    Is your ranching family ready for prime-time television?
    The ABC Television Network is looking for ranch families to participate in "Wife Swap," a new hit show that celebrates the diversity of American families.
    Each episode of the show involves two families. One parent from each household swaps places for 10 days to experience how other families from different backgrounds run their lives.
    If you are a ranching family with kids age 6 and older and would love an adventure, call Jen Weeks at (212) 404-1427 or e-mail jen.weeks@rdfmedia.com to learn more and be part of the show.
    3rd Meeting For
    Road Project Set
    A third public meeting to discuss alternatives for the reconstruction of Edgewood's N.M.344/Old Route 66 intersection is scheduled for today.
    The meeting will feature drawings of several proposed reconstruction alternatives with the opportunity for the public to comment on each.
    New Mexico Department of Transportation officials and engineers will be on hand to answer questions and explain the details of the planned construction as well as its tie-ins with bicycle, pedestrian and equestrian trails.
    The meeting will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Edgewood Elementary School. Presentations start at 7 p.m.
    For more information or to comment on the information presented so far, contact Eric Johnson with Marron and Associates at 898-8848.
    Estancia Reviews
    Planning Policy
    The Estancia Planning Commission will host a community meeting Saturday at 10 a.m. to look again at the town's future.
    The meeting will be at Estancia's community building at Sixth and Williams.
    Ten years ago, Estancia didn't have its own police department. The lake at Arthur Park was leaking and swampy, the community building wasn't being used much, water and sewer lines didn't serve the entire town, and the water pressure in some areas wasn't adequate for fire protection. There was no zoning or subdivision control. Potholes riddled many streets.
    Those were among concerns expressed at community meetings in 1995, according to a news release from the town's planning commission. As a result, a development policy statement and a subdivision ordinance were passed by the town's board of trustees in 1996, followed by a comprehensive plan in 1998 and a zoning ordinance in 1999.
    Saturday's meeting has been called because while many of the concerns of 10 years ago have been addressed, others have taken their place.
    The development policy statement of 1996 was a list of strengths and opportunities, weaknesses and threats, and proposed actions in three major areas: land use and development, infrastructure and services to the public. This document will be reviewed at Saturday's meeting to see what items should be removed, and what new concerns and proposed actions should be added.
    The planning commission will use the public input to propose a revision of the town's comprehensive plan.
    Saturday's meeting should be completed by noon, but if more time is needed it will be taken. Everyone will have a chance to speak.
    Nuisance Rules
    Comments Sought
    The Moriarty City Council has a second public meeting scheduled to gather resident comment on the city's proposed nuisance ordinance.
    The town-hall-style meeting will be Saturday at 7 p.m. in the City Council chambers at the Moriarty Civic Center. Fire Chief Karl Ehl will moderate the meeting.
    The proposed ordinance would allow the city to take action to clean up nuisance properties in the city, including dilapidated buildings and other fire hazards, junk cars and overgrown lots. Residents can obtain a copy of the ordinance at City Hall.
    After the public meetings, a working committee will compile the suggestions and other pertinent information for the council.Ehl hopes to get the ordinance approved and on the books by April, he said.