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FARMINGTON Forty-seven rainbow trout, raised by stu-dents from Ladera Del Norte Elementary School, will bereleased into the San Juan River on April 23 as part of the Troutin the Classroom program.

The trout were raised to teach

students about life sciences, butthe project taught them muchmore.

Its teaching kids a sense ofplace, getting them outside tolearn about nature instead ofthrough reading a book, saidWendy Carpenter, a fifth-gradeteacher at Ladera. The projecttaught them every strand of lifescience there is.

Students raised the fish from eggsand during the four-month project, theykept journals and developed solutions for problems that arosealong the way.

Students investigated and solved issues with the tanks waterquality, Carpenter said.

The water quality is a big issue because trout need cold,clean water with a good oxygen content, she said.

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COUNSELOR Morethan 10,000 Navajo citizensare expected to get access torunning water within twoyears following dedicationMonday of the Eastern Nava-jo Waterline Project.

The dedication ceremony,held in the Counselor Chap-ter, kicked off a $29 millionproject that will cross fourcounties and eight chapters.

For some residents, thewait for running water has

lasted more than fourdecades, Counselor ChapterPresident Samuel Sage said.

This has been talkedabout since the 60s and70s, he said. We grew uplistening to the elderlies talk-ing about it, and finally, final-ly, an agreement came.

The four-phase project ispart of the Omnibus PublicLand Management Act signedinto law by President BarackObama in April 2009.

The act authorizes the U.S.

Bureau of Reclamation toconstruct the $870 million

Navajo-Gallup Water SupplyProject, of which the EasternNavajo Waterline Project is asegment.

This project representsthe federal governmentscommitment to meeting ourobligations to ensure thehealth and welfare of the peo-ple of the Navajo Nation,Terry Brunner, state directorof the United States Depart-ment of Agricultures RuralDevelopment program, saidduring the dedication Mon-

day.Providing clean drinking

water to these communitiesoffers them the opportunityfor a better quality of life andpaves the path toward the sus-tainability of New Mexicosrural communities, Brunnersaid.

For the average resident,the pipeline means indoorrunning water, Sage said,though he could not commenton how much additional con-struction work might be need-ed to connect individual resi-dences with the pipeline.

A lot of the communitieshave some of that already

constructed, he said.Theyre just waiting for thepipeline so they can tap intoit.

About 6,000 of the resi-dents have the plumbing iplace to allow for runningwater as soon as the pipelineis complete, project engineerAndrew Robertson said.Robertson, who works withSounder, Miller and Associ-ates, has contributed to sever-al Navajo water projects.

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/The Daily TimesBreckan Campbell, 11, points out rainbow trout Monday that Wendy Carpenters fifth-grade class at Ladera Del Norte Elemen-tary School has been raising to release into the San Juan River on April 23 as part of the Trout in the Classroom program.

Bryley Williams, 11, center, works with classmate SarahSmagacz, also 11, to care for the rainbow trout WendyCarpenters fifth-grade class at Ladera Del Norte Elemen-tary School is raising to eventually release in the SanJuan River.

Farmington students help raise trout

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FARMINGTON Fed-eral taxes are due by Thurs-day, a deadline that each yeasparks a last-minute rush fotax preparation servicesaccording to Farmington areatax companies.

The U.S. Internal Rev-enue Service requires all out-standing taxes to be paid tothe federal government byApril 15 each year.

Although filing extensionscan be requested, the exten-sion allows extra time to pre-pare paperwork but does no

delay the money due. Taxesnot paid by the deadline arefined and charged interesfees.

For many people whowait until the last days beforeApril 15, its just a matter oprocrastination, said KeChipman, owner of Chip-mans tax service locations iFarmington, Bloomfield anAztec.

There are people that itskind of like a holiday, Chip-man said of the April 15deadline. Thats the daythey do it.

Tax preparation compa-nies typically see high num-

bers of customers in late Jan-uary and early February asW-2 tax documents gemailed and people expectingto receive a refund look toget their government rebatequickly processed.

Following a lull in taxreturns in March, companiesbrace for an increase idemand for tax services imid-April, Chipman said.

A lot of times, peoplejust procrastinate. Maybetheyve been out of town.Theres a lot of people itakes clear to the end oMarch to gather all the infor-mation together, Chipmasaid. Theres always thecouple weeks in April where

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Ruins at Aztec, Chaco and Mesa

Verde offer week of free admission By Michael Zennie

For The Daily Times

FARMINGTON Visitors can get intonational parks across the country for free onvarious days this month as part of the parkservices celebration of National Park Week.

This includes Aztec Ruins National Mon-ument and Chaco Culture National HistoricalPark.

Entrance to Mesa Verde National Parkwill be free until the end of April, though theonly free cliff dwelling will be closed,according to the National Park Service.

Mesa Verde officials extended the freeweek through April 30 because constructionacross the park has closed access to theSpruce Tree House cliff dwelling and will

cause delays elsewhere through the end ofthe month, park spokeswoman Tessy Shi-rakawa said.

The Cliff Palace and Balcony Housedwellings will be open, but will cost $3 perperson per attraction, she said.

Visitors also can take a self-guided auto-mobile tour of the park, which is free.

The free week, which runs April 17-25nationwide, is part of a push by the parkservice to celebrate National Park Weekand the 40th anniversary of Earth Day andto draw more visitors to parks across thecountry.

Admission to Mesa Verde usually costs$10 per vehicle.

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dry/The Daily TimeBalcony House, seen here Aug. 1, 2009, at Mesa Verde Nation-al Park, is accessible only by descending a steep trail fromthe top of a cliff.