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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Around New Mexico
Tutors Needed For Reading Program
Find out more about the Albuquerque Reads program at a brown bag luncheon at 11:30 a.m. today at the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce office, 115 Gold Avenue SW, at Gold and Second Street.
More tutors are needed for the program, in which adult volunteers meet with kindergartners once a week to help them learn to read.
For more information, call 764-3730 or go to www.abqreads.com.
Body Found in Park; Foul Play Suspected
The death of a man found in a northeast neighborhood park is being investigated as a homicide, Albuquerque police said.
The man, who was not identified, was found in the west end of Luecking North Park after an anonymous caller reported the body from a pay phone around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
The park is in a neighborhood near Carlisle and Montgomery NE.
Police spokesman Robert Gibbs said the Office of the Medical Investigator was trying to determine the man's identity and cause of death.
Toddler Hit, Killed In Family Driveway
CARLSBAD — Eddy County sheriff's deputies say a 2-year-old was hit and killed in the driveway of the family's home in southeastern New Mexico.
Investigators said Aubrey Michelle Chitwood was struck Sunday by a car driven by her grandfather. The Carlsbad Current-Argus said the grandfather's name was not released.
Eddy County sheriff's Capt. Jeff Zuniga said the family was preparing to go to church and needed to move some vehicles to reach the ones they were going to drive.
He said two grandchildren followed the grandfather outside when he went to move the vehicles.
Zuniga said the man did not see the 2-year-old and struck the toddler when he pulled one vehicle forward.
State Fair To Display Low-Energy Lights
New Mexicans heading to the State Fair can check out the latest technology in energy-saving outdoor lights.
The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department says an exhibit of different types of outdoor light fixtures with light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, has been installed on four light poles near the food court at the fairgrounds. The lights use a fourth of the energy of a standard outdoor fixture and last four to 10 times longer.
One of the LED fixtures will be selected to replace the 90 light pole fixtures at the south parking lot of the fairgrounds. The change is expected to save up to $9,000 a year in electricity costs.
About $71,000 in federal stimulus money will pay for the 90 light fixtures.
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