Cibola County Bluewater Village Residents Thankful Dear Editor: We would like to thank the many people and businesses that helped us all out during the recent flooding that happened here in Bluewater Village. We were shown a lot of kindness and charity. Patricia Peña was the first one out to the village with food and water. Jimmy Council hauled many sandbags out to the residents of the village and also brought food as well. Kay Spencer, Shelly Zortman, Ethel Eagan, Jennifer Williams, and Debra Zortman helped with many things, especially helping everyone get fed. Paul Spencer, Earl Hassell, and David Hassell helped out getting millings put out to help keep water out of our homes. It was thanks to their time and equipment that some houses were saved. Thanks to this group of people who came in to help any way they could: The prisoners that worked hard filling sandbags and C&E Concrete for bringing out semi loads of crusher fines to fill sandbags; Keith and Sarah Austin, Brandon Garcia, Lynn Cannon, and Daniel Alexander at Milan Fire Department; Mike Maes, Michelle Serrano, Brin Maes, Doris Sanchez, and James Waters at Grants Fire and Rescue; Blue Siebert and Crew at Lobo Canyon Fire Department; Tony Mace, Tomas Archuleta, Denis Martinez, Billy Pena, and James McCowen at Cibola County Sheriff’s Department; Mt. Taylor Ambulance; Duane Carroll and Cibola Dispatch Crew; and the Cibola County Road Department. We would also like to thanks McKinley County for offering their help along with San Rafael Fire Department. We would like to thank the following for helping fill and place sandbags along with supplying food: Gordon and Trishell Merayo, Debra Zortman, Ivan Williams and sons, Debbie Rhodes, Sylvia Apodaca, Bob Paulson, Allen Jones, Mary Gallegos, Jessie Council, Bryce Hassell, Duncan McNeill, Bill, Betty Chavez, Jenny Wengert, Thelma Elkins, Ron Morlang and his family, Franklin Williams, Tony and Jane Williams, Johnny Gallegos and his family, Phil Spencer and his family, Ray Spencer and his family, Steve Spencer and his family, Paul Spencer and his family Bob Whetten, Blake Spencer, A.J. Lackey and his family, Stan Spencer and his Family, Ear and Judy Hassell, the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Terry Council, Rudy Chavira, Delayna Wengert, Tondra Wengert, Doryan VanLandingham and Gilbert, Eric Ahlheim, Micky Williams and his family, Ronnie and Kathy Cash, April and Kory Cash, Tim Hine, Ralph Spencer, Clayton Spencer, Kurt Spencer and his family, Ashley St. Martin, the Notah Family, Erik Garden and Mignon Nielson. The following businesses donated food and supplies: Stephanie at the WOW Diner, Steve at McDonalds, Daniel at the Iron Skillet, Bowlins, Victor at Surf Shack, Subway, Med-Systems, Milan Supermart, and Food Pantry. The First Baptist Church opened up a shelter for residents to stay at during the evacuation. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints opened up their church for those that needed a place to stay, and they had a list of people in town that opened their homes for residents to stay in. Thanks to POTCO for the portable toilets and the tanker of water. They are always right there to supply what they can and to help out where they can. Thank you to Gary Ford at Northwest New Mexico Regional Solid Waste Authority for donating the dumpsters for the flood victims. We would also like to thank those from the County that helped out: Tony Boyd, Cibola County Emergency Manager for getting us the sandbags and the loads of crusher fines to fill the sandbags, our Sheriff’s Deputies, and Pat Simpson, our County Commissioner, who had helped out our community a great deal and is consistently checking on us and reaching out to us for help. Thank you to Drill-Tech and their offer to the flood victims for a well analysis with shock chlorination for those with personal wells. They are offering this service for free. Thank you to Daniel Torrez with the NMED Drinking Water Bureau and Lynette Garden with Bluewater Water and Sanitation District who collected water samples from those with personal wells. They donated their time and the state is processing the samples free of charge. Dawson Ice Company has also offered a discounted rate to those flood victims taking their own water samples. Last, but not least, thank you to my Firefighters; Kathy Maas, Rudy Chavira Sr., Steve McCoy, James Zortman, Joseph Thompson, Pierce Spencer, Winston Spencer, John McNeill, Helene McNeill, Chuck Tobias, Arlene Nielson, and Lynette Garden for the time and help they gave. There was quite a bit of food that was left over and it was given to the flood victims. Sincerely, Preston Neff Bluewater Fire Chief
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:17:34 +0000