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A former member of Pierotti’s Clowns, Jose Noe Lujan, died at his home in Los Alamos July 6 after a long battle with cancer. He was 77.

Lujan, who was born in Española, was a catcher on the nationally-famous five-man softball team from Los Alamos in the late 1950s, catching games for star pitcher Bernard L. “Bun” Ryan.

The team’s founding member, Lou Pierotti, often got together with Lujan to play golf or partake in other activities when they weren’t on the softball field.

With a real possibil  ity that an appeal of the Planning and Zoning Commission’s July 8 decision to approve the site plan of the Airport Basin development might be withdrawn, County Council voted to recess Friday’s meeting and postpone the appeal hearing.

Los Alamos County Attorney Mary McInerny said the appeal was filed by an adjoining property owner, Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Los Alamos Investment Company LLC of Boston, Mass., on the basis of placement of the fueling facility on the site.

The Los Alamos Transportation Board voted in favor of the 90-percent design phase of the West Jemez Bypass Thursday, which will go before County Council as the board’s endorsement of the best route to take.

Looking at the design from an engineering and environmental standpoint, the board decided that if the project's goals are still valid, the current design should be finalized.

Officials continue to express bewilderment over Santa Fe County’s decision to opt out of the North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) during its meeting Monday.

What’s so baffling is that Santa Fe County has long been actively involved in the development of what was to be a four-county transit district. So Monday’s 3-to-2 vote by commissioners to withdraw from the NCRTD and form its own separate alliance with the City of Santa Fe was completely unexpected.