0001|                          HOUSE MEMORIAL 30
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          DEBBIE A. RODELLA
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0009|     
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE RIO ARRIBA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
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0012|     NAME THE TIERRA AMARILLA PARK AFTER VICENTE MONTANO.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, Vicente Montano was born on January 14, 1940 in
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0015|     Nutrias, New Mexico and he grew up in Espanola; and
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0016|          WHEREAS, as a boy, he worked for the newspaper, played
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0017|     little league baseball and entered the boxing league; and 
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0018|          WHEREAS, he graduated from Tierra Amarilla high school,
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0019|     lettering in baseball, football and basketball; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, in 1960, he married Amelia Salazar, with whom he
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0021|     raised three children and now enjoys the company of five
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0022|     grandchildren; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, he has a passion for coaching, having coached
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0024|     little league for eighteen years, and he currently coaches
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0025|     adult softball; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, he has volunteered for countless hours of
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0002|     community service; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, the northern Rio Arriba American little league
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0004|     was formally established in 1996, and Vicente serves as a
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0005|     board member and coach; and
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0006|          WHEREAS, Vicente teaches "his kids" to win but also to
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0007|     lose with grace and respect for their opponents, and he gives
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0008|     them the values that he lives by:  respect, pride and honor;
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0009|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0010|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the Rio Arriba
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0011|     board of county commissioners be requested to name the Tierra
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0012|     Amarilla park "Vicente Montano Park" in honor of his devotion
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0013|     to his community and to the state of New Mexico; and
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0014|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0015|     transmitted to the Rio Arriba board of county commissioners.
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