And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 08:56:23 -0700 From: "Lisa A. Nelmida" Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: National Indian Telecommunications Institute X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Judge Vigil to be sworn in tomorrow X-Comment: Nevada Indian Environmental Coalition Carol Vigil's swearing-in ceremony will take place Friday December 18, 1998 at 4 PM at the Santa Fe Indian School. Judge Vigil is the first American Indian State Court Judge. Her background can be found in the article below. Enjoy! Lisa http://www.sfnewmexican.com/news/news_june/jun03_disjudge.html Lisa A. Nelmida Development Coordinator National Indian Telecommunications Institute 110 N. Guadalupe St., Suite 9 Santa Fe, NM 87501 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 505.986.3872 FAX: 505.989.4271 Web: <http://www.niti.org/>www.niti.org � 'Flabbergasted' Vigil beats Pfeffer in judge race By BEN NEARY The New Mexican Carol Vigil, pulling heavily from Rio Arriba County voters, has apparently defeated incumbent District Judge Steve Pfeffer to win the Democratic Party nomination in the First Judicial District Court judgeship race. With some 800 votes still unaccounted for in Rio Arriba due to computer failure and other difficulties, by midnight Tuesday the returns gave Vigil 13,558 votes to 12,489 for Pfeffer. There is no Republican opposition in November. If the final figures show Vigil as the primary winner and she goes on to win in November, she will be the first American Indian district court judge in the state. In 1979, she was the first American Indian woman admitted to the state bar. "I'm totally flabbergasted, and I'm not going to believe it until I get some kind of written confirmation," Vigil said late Tuesday. "What an awesome responsibility, not just an honor, but an awesome responsibility. "And I'm not going to let anyone down," Vigil said. "People need to understand that I will be a district court judge, and I will be continuing the kind of decision making that I have been." Vigil, 50, has served as domestic violence hearing officer in the district court and has served in various tribal courts around the state. She has been recommended by the state judicial selection commission as a qualified candidate for the last four district judge vacancies but state governors have selected other candidates each time. Vigil, a graduate of the University of New Mexico and the National Judicial College, said she will be happy to preside over whatever sort of cases are assigned to her by the chief judge. She said she's experienced in criminal, civil and family law. "Hopefully, I will be able to do a little more advocacy between the courts and the people up north," Vigil said. "It's something that I've been wanted to do for a very long time is to have a part-time court. Pfeffer, who had been in private practice in New Mexico, had received high marks from lawyers for his work as a judge since his appointment to the bench by Gov. Gary Johnson early last year. "I don't know that I have much reaction right now, it's a little late," Pfeffer said at midnight. "I think I'll sleep on it and see what my reaction is in the morning." Pfeffer, also age 50, graduated from the University of Denver Law School. Published in The New Mexican on 06/03/1998 Return &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"` `"` `"` `"` `"` `"`
