Mining is in the blood for former teacher

Mary Savacheck poses next to an ore car Friday inside the Mining Museum in Grants, NM. Savacheck is a volunteer with the mueum, as well as a board member and volunteer for the annual Grants quadrathlon; she sponsors the 6th grade science fair; is the chair of the Grants Housing Authority; a member of the retired educators group; supervises student teachers in local schools as an instructor with NMSU-Grants; sponsors geology work shops; and is on the state science and reading boards. [photo by Jeff Jones / Independent]