0001| HOUSE MEMORIAL 30 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| DEBBIE A. RODELLA | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THE RIO ARRIBA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO | 0012| NAME THE TIERRA AMARILLA PARK AFTER VICENTE MONTANO. | 0013| | 0014| WHEREAS, Vicente Montano was born on January 14, 1940 in | 0015| Nutrias, New Mexico and he grew up in Espanola; and | 0016| WHEREAS, as a boy, he worked for the newspaper, played | 0017| little league baseball and entered the boxing league; and | 0018| WHEREAS, he graduated from Tierra Amarilla high school, | 0019| lettering in baseball, football and basketball; and | 0020| WHEREAS, in 1960, he married Amelia Salazar, with whom he | 0021| raised three children and now enjoys the company of five | 0022| grandchildren; and | 0023| WHEREAS, he has a passion for coaching, having coached | 0024| little league for eighteen years, and he currently coaches | 0025| adult softball; and |