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   Eddie Esteban Vigil Jr., Chamaâs first mayor, on Dec. 26 turned 100. Itâs been 52 years since he held that position.
   He now lives in Albuquerque with his daughter Linda, and his wife of 73 years, Luz Gallegos-Vigil.
   His son Ernest Vigil, the youngest among 10 children, stood outside the Chama Chevron on a recent December day, and said, âMy dad was the luckiest man in the world.â
   Ernest sat in his vintage Full Moon trailer office as he recounted his fatherâs start.
   Eddieâs luck started when the head nun at the Tierra Amarilla School sent him home and told him not to come back, âwithout a parent.â
   In a vote that goes against the stateâs procurement policy, the Chama Village Council voted unanimously at its Dec. 23 regular council meeting to approve a $500 per day, six-month contract extension to Mountain Pacific Meter Tech Service, to maintain operation of the Villageâs water plant.
   Village Councilor Ernest Vigil supported the vote over concern for the villageâs recent trouble with water quality.
   âIn my opinion we must go with the contract, for the protection of the citizens of Chama and anybody passing through,â Vigil said. âI donât want to go back to the days when we couldnât even get water.â