EDINBURG, Texas (AP) —Police at a South Texas univer-sity have confirmed that awoman found dead on campuswas an 18-year-old high schoolstudent in the area.

University of Texas-PanAmerican officials said in astatement Tuesday that thewoman’s identity was beingwithheld “because of thenature of the incident.” Nofurther explanation wasgiven.

The university says a relativeof the woman contacted cam-pus police Monday, the same

day the body was found.Investigators are awaitingautopsy results. The womanwas enrolled in the EdinburgConsolidated School District.

Construction workers foundthe woman near the bottom ofan outdoor staircase at thecampus science building.

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SANTA FE (AP) — The NewMexico Supreme Court onTuesday waded into a politi-cal dispute over legislativeredistricting that could influ-ence elections for the comingdecade and may help deter-mine whether Republicanscan win a majority in the stateHouse of Representatives forthe first time in a half centu-ry.

After hearing argumentsfrom lawyers for about twohours, the court took the caseunder consideration and saidit will issue an order “expedi-tiously.” The court didn’tannounce a deadline for itsdecision, however.

House candidates typicallyfile for office next month butthe redistricting appeal hascast doubts over that sched-ule.

The Legislature and a groupof Democrats and minorityvoters asked the court to over-turn a plan for new House dis-tricts that was ordered by adistrict judge last month, buta lawyer for Republican Gov.Susana Martinez urged thejustices to stick with thecourt-approved districts.

The case offers the SupremeCourt its first chance to setthe legal standards in NewMexico that must be followedin redistricting, particularlywhen a court must take overthe task after the Legislatureand governor failed to agree

on a plan for revamping dis-trict boundaries.

Several justices, in theirquestions to lawyers,appeared to express doubtsover the plan adopted byretired state District CourtJudge James Hall.

District boundaries must beadjusted for population shiftsduring the past decade. Thetotal number of House seatswill remain unchanged at 70,but the goal is to equalize dis-trict populations as much aspossible to ensure that eachNew Mexican’s vote has equalweight. That’s necessary tocomply with the legal require-ments of one person, one vote.

Hall approved a plan thatdealt with rapid populationgrowth in the state’s largestmetropolitan area by creatingnew seats in GOP-dominatedRio Rancho, a Republican-leaning seat in theAlbuquerque area northwestof the Rio Grande and aDemocratic-leaning seat onAlbuquerque’s west side.

To offset those changes, twosoutheastern New Mexico dis-tricts were consolidated. Thatplaced Roswell RepublicansBob Wooley and DennisKintigh in the same district.

Two districts in north-cen-tral New Mexico also aremerged, pairing DemocratsNick Salazar of OhkayOwingeh and Thomas Garciaof Ocate into one.

High court hearsredistrictingdispute arguments

SUBMITTED PHOTOBetty the PDAP dog and MyPower girls at Jefferson Elementary in Hobbs during a recent presentation.

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A 2-year-old golden retriever is receivingan outstanding service award in Santa Fetoday.

Betty, a service dog who works withPalmer Drug Abuse Program in Hobbs, isreceiving the second annual John HenryAward from the New Mexico BehavioralHealth Planning Council.

The John Henry Award honors an excep-tional animal who on a daily basis andover the course of his or her lifetime hasdemonstrated loyalty, dedication and loveto consumers and their family members.

According to a press release, Betty isbeing honored for her work at PDAPwhere she assists in individual and groupcounseling.

Sara Sroufe, who is Betty’s handler and acounselor at PDAP, said she wishes shewould have had a dog in her practice dur-ing her counseling career of more than 30years.

According to her handler, Betty checkson each person during group meetingsand often stays with the person who hasthe most anxiety and stays with childrenwho fall or stand by themselves duringplaytime.

“Betty provides comfort and companion-ship for clients who are recovering fromdrugs and alcohol along with their familymembers,” Sroufe said. “Betty helps peo-ple share difficult emotions.”

Betty was nominated for the award latelast year by Barb May, who is the Total

Community Approach Coordinator.Although May had not personally metBetty, she has heard about the work Bettydoes and believes the dog is a valuable toolin the fight against drug abuse.

“Betty plays an important role in thetrust issues Sara has to have with herclients,” May said. “She seems to knowwhen someone is hurting and when some-one is down. She is a source of comfort ina time when someone needs comfort.”

Sroufe and Betty go to schools everyweek to counsel and mentor students.

Be Too Doggone Smart to Do Drugs,which was a red ribbon drug abuse pre-vention puppet show performed through-out all the elementary schools in Hobbslast year, was modeled after Betty.

Betty the PDAP dog to receive award

Jewell WhiteJewell White, 87, of Jal died

Feb. 5, 2012, at Hobbs HealthCare. She was born Dec. 23,1923, is Wasioto, Ky.Cremation has taken place,and there are no servicesscheduled at this time.Arrangements are under thedirection of Calvary Funeral

Home.

Melvin StokesMelvin Stokes, 64, of

Breckenridge, Texas, died Feb.4, 2012, at his home. Funeralservices were Tuesday, Feb. 7,at Morehart Mortuary Chapel.Services are under the direc-tion of Morehart Mortuary.

Death notices

Join the bandTaskervitch members, including Aaron Campos onsaxophone, recently made the rounds of Hobbselementary schools demonstrating through songand dance that music can be one of the best partsof junior high school and high school. The recruit-ing trip was made to encourage next year's eligi-ble students to sign up for band.

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BASTROP, Texas (AP) — ACentral Texas city hasannounced plans to give awayabout 2,000 trees to help refor-est the community devastatedby 2011 wildfires.

Free young trees will beavailable Saturday in Bastrop,where wind-driven fires thatstarted Labor Day weekendleft two people dead anddestroyed more than 1,600homes. The Texas ForestService says about 1.5 milliontrees were killed.

The state agency, which is co-sponsoring the giveaway, saidTuesday that the trees are forresidents of Bastrop, about 30miles east of Austin, and oth-ers affected by nearby wild-fires. City officials say a maxi-mum of four trees are avail-able per household.

The trees, in 5-gallon buck-ets, will be available at thecity’s public works parking lotfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Town hit byfires to giveaway trees

Woman found dead on collegecampus was area high school student