Archive for November 24, 2008
Bill Brown, Dedicated Community Servant, Passes at 68
by John Weckerle
We have just received word that Bill Brown, president of the New Mexico Wildlife Association (the organization that manages Wildlife West Nature Park) , died Friday night at his home. He was 68 years of age.
Bill, known to many as the “Cat Guy” because of his daily work inside the mountain lion enclosure at Wildlife West, was a retired firefighter from Houston, Texas. We will be featuring an article on Bill later this week, once we have obtained more information about his life before Wildlife West.  A memorial service will be held in the Bean Barn at Wildlife West at 3:00 p.m. this Wednesday, November 26, 2008. The barn is heated and very large; however, we recommend bringing appropriate outer wear in case of a large turnout, and also because there is a bit of a walk from the Park entrance to the barn. Bill’s son, David Brown, has requested that donations be made to Wildlife West Nature Park in lieu of flowers.
Times Of The Signs
by John Weckerle
Or, more accurately, places of the signs – ours. On Saturday, November 15, Chuck Ring, Bob Steiner and I were at the Wildlife West Community Appreciation Day, complete with fliers for the blog. Bob relayed some information last week: a local business has posted one of our fliers in their window! After a little thought, it seems reasonable that we should at least give some mention to those who are helping get the word out – so each week, on Monday, we will be listing the places where our flier has been seen (and publicly visible) during the previous week.
This week, the nod goes to:
- Local resident Sue West, who has posted a notice about the blog on the notice board at the entrance of her subdivision since long before we made the fliers
- Katrina’s East Mountain Grill, located at the corner of Dinkle Road and SR 344
- D.J.’s Dog House, an eatery in Edgewood (southeast corner of Dinkle and SR 344 in the old John Brooks shopping center at the old TechSmiths location)
If you’re posting signs or see them somewhere, please drop us a line at editor@nm-central.com and include the name, address or physical location, and where in the business (etc.) that the flier is posted. Thanks for your support!