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HOUSE MEMORIAL 78

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Joseph Cervantes

A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

TO NAME THE UTTON TRANSBOUNDARY RESOURCES CENTER'S OMBUDSMAN

PROGRAM AFTER THE JOSEPH M. STELL WATER OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.

WHEREAS, Joe M. Stell has served his community and the

state of New Mexico for more than seventy years as an athlete,

a coach, a teacher, a mentor, a leader and an example; and

WHEREAS, Joe M. Stell has been a rancher near Carlsbad in

between teaching for thirty-seven years in the Carlsbad school

system, earning some degrees and continuing education credits

along with expertise from the "University of Experience"; and

WHEREAS, Joe M. Stell served as state representative from

district 54 for the past twenty years, where he helped revise

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the Election Code and contributed to issues on farming and

ranching, education, public safety and water law; and

WHEREAS, he won four state championships in his coaching

career and in everything he has done, he has set an example of

humility, erudition and fairness and has become a real champion

in the eyes of everyone who has worked with him; and

WHEREAS, water is a critical issue to all New Mexicans and

yet is controversial and the source of difficult conflicts that

need to be resolved; and

WHEREAS, with Representative Stell's support, and under

his leadership, the university of New Mexico created the Utton

transboundary resources center ombudsman program on water to

foster dialogue and creative approaches to difficult problems

such as water conflicts; and

WHEREAS, the Utton transboundary resources center

ombudsman program helps water users and other stakeholders to

understand and resolve water issues; and

WHEREAS, Joe M. Stell has always emphasized and

exemplified fairness, respect and a dedication to solving

problems and finding solutions;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the board of

regents of the university of New Mexico be requested to name

the Utton transboundary resources center's ombudsman program as

the Joe M. Stell Water Ombudsman Program; and

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be

transmitted to the board of regents of the university of New

Mexico.

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