Socorro Rewind

JUNE 17, 1975

RIGHT BACK in his element is senior citizens cook Jim Shinas. There was a lot of sad sighs when Jim closed up his restaurant and retired several years ago. And now there are a lot of contented ones as Jim produces daily luncheons that are making ineligible people around town green with envy. Jim cooks for the Senior Citizens Hot Meals Program under the direction of Winnie Wilson. The program provides homemade soups, sandwiches, and desserts five days a week. Conducted for some months in the Torres Cafeteria, Hot Meals moved to the Community Center after the close of school with the number of senior citizens who participate almost doubling. The pleasant cool adobe house provided by the city and county and Jim’s food are pretty hard to resist.

JUNE 19, 1975

BABY BOY RIVERA, born en route from Tucumcari to Socorro, gets a formal introduction to his two oldest sisters. His mother, Mrs. Delfina Rivera, planned to have her baby here but this big boy wouldn’t wait. He was born in the car with sister Toni driving while Nancy helped her mother and tied the umbilical cord. Two younger sisters, Angie, 9, and Michelle, 7, shared the eventful ride. Toni is 14 and Nancy is 13.

JUNE 16, 2001

SUPERMART

Top Sirloin Steaks $2.99 a pound

Pork Sirloin Chops $1.99 a pound

Tomato Sauce 8 cans for $1

Pork-n-Beans 3 cans for $1

Betty Crocker Cake Mixes $.79

JUNE 20, 2001

THE PARKVIEW PARENT Teacher Organization and Socorro’s Youth Conservation Corps were out early planting trees around the school. About 55 shade trees were planted around the playgrounds at the elementary school. The school was assisted by Karyn DeBont of New Mexico Tech and Doug Boykin of the Socorro office at New Mexico Forestry in planning and implementation of the program.

PLAYING IN THE NORTH-SOUTH All Star baseball game was “The perfect ending to a rough season,” in the words of Kyl Candelaria. The Magdalena pitcher/infielder was chosen to play in the annual game between seniors of A and AA teams. Candelaria played on the South team and was a major contributor to their 10-8 win in the second game of a doubleheader. He played the entire game at third base, singled twice in four at bats and drove in three runs. Candelaria started playing baseball as a 5-year-old in T-ball. As a high school player, Candelaria was named all district for four years and in 2001 was runner-up for district player of the year. His Magdalena High School baseball honors include awards for highest batting average, Golden Glove and Most Valuable Player. He was also named all-district honorable mention in basketball.

JULY 2, 2015

MAGDALENA MIDDLE SCHOOL student Jaxson Mirabal competed in the 2015 National Junior High School Rodeo finals last week in Des Moines, Iowa, making the short round. The soon-to-be eighth grader finished in 14th place in Saddle Bronc Steer Riding with a score of 100 and was elected Vice President of the NJHSR Finals. As a state New Mexico finished in 11th place overall, with the girls placing fifth and the boys placing eighth.

JULY 9, 2015

SOCORRO FIRE CHIEF Joe Gonzales said his department answered a call to the mobile home fire at Calle Bonita. Fire Department personnel were able to put out the fire shortly after arriving, but the damage was already done. Gonzales said the entire mobile home suffered smoke damage with the front suffering heat damage. The home is considered a total loss.