Las Cruces, NM
Friday, September 18, 2020
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Las Cruces, NM
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In 1775 Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general in the United States.
Letters were taken to a post office, where the postmaster would note the postage in the upper right corner.
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By Elva K. Österreich
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9/17/20
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September marks Suicide Prevention Month. Just as we are protecting our physical health right now, we must also take care of our mental health as we navigate this pandemic.
Help is available.
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By Anna Laliotis
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9/17/20
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As a general rule, I think elections are better than appointments, and more perspectives are better than fewer. And so, the proposed constitutional amendment to reform the state’s Public Regulation Commission comes to the plate with two strikes against it in my scorebook.
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By Walt Rubel
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9/17/20
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Mr. Moses remarked the other day he'd received a catalog in the mail from a western clothing outfit. He wasn't sure who the outfit catered to, but the name 'Long Island' seemed to stick in his mind.
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By Baxter Black
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9/17/20
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“… like a tree planted by the water ... it does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green and it has no worries in a year of drought.”
¬¬ -- Jeremiah 17:7-8
Lying flat on my back, I gazed up through the leaves of the cottonwood tree at a perfect New Mexico sky.
The tree was 30 feet high, and I lay halfway up it.
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By Richard Coltharp
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9/17/20
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I have known and worked with many women in the feedlot business. Some as cowboys, some as vets, some as lay doctors, as cattle processors, feed truck drivers, forepersons and managers (or should that be womanagers?).
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By Baxter Black
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9/10/20
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In the summer of 1945, on a very foggy day in New York City, a B-25 military plane crashed into the Empire State Building.
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By Richard Coltharp
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9/10/20
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Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947, but change came slower to Birmingham, Alabama.
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By Walt Rubel
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9/4/20
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Catching avocado rustlers is sort of a cross between the COVID-19 virus, wildfires, exchange students bearing addictive goodies and racoon hunting.
"All right, come down outta that tree and drop that avocado. Frisk him, Ken, and don't forget to check for lemons."
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By Baxter Black
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9/4/20
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Even if you’ve remained physically healthy these past few months, there’s a very real condition known as Covid Fatigue.
Basically, it means, “I’m sick and tired of this damn pandemic.”
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By Richard Coltharp
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9/4/20
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This is why we can’t have nice things.
That was essentially the claim made by local developer Randy McMillan after plans fell through for a special tax district to fund an upscale project on the old Las Cruces Country Club property off Main Street.
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By Walt Rubel
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8/27/20
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They were just words.
"Tear down the Berlin Wall!" Reagan to Gorbachev at the Brandenburg Gate, 1987
"Chance of rain." Weatherman in Louisiana before Hurricane Katrina, 2005
"Give me liberty or give me death." Patrick Henry, 1775
"I wish I'd never read this book, so I could read it again for the first time". Dan Trimble about Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea," 1992
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By Baxter Black
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8/27/20
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Where is the best place in Las Cruces to buy a recliner? What about your favorite place to get your hair cut? Who is the king of red enchiladas?
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By Richard Coltharp
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8/27/20
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August is National Women’s Suffrage month, commemorating the struggles women faced for the right to vote, gained through ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Aug. 26, 1920.
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By Kathy Brook and Eileen VanWie
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8/20/20
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In this time of contested history, it has become difficult to choose an appropriate way to recognize individuals. People in the past lived out the ideas and culture of their time. Few rose above them.
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By Beth Laura O’Leary, Terry Moody and John Hyndman
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8/20/20
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Duplicity and political opportunism by prominent business leaders tears the fragile fabric of our community. It weakens the cohesiveness of a strong and vibrant and caring area like ours. We are seeing this in the efforts to discredit science and our governor, who is following science to protect us all from a virus that has no political agenda.
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By Bernie K. Digman
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8/20/20
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When the crew came toward the cookhouse Hazel shut and locked the door.
"Don't you even think about it! Looks like y'all been in a war."
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By Baxter Black
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8/20/20
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When word came down last week New Mexico State University had canceled its football season, you could hear the snarky comments coming from miles away, things like: “Hey, the Aggies will finally have an undefeated season!”
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By Richard Coltharp
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8/20/20
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My childhood summers were spent traveling around the country.
My parents wanted my brother and me to learn about and appreciate the country to which our grandparents had immigrated to create new lives for themselves and their children.
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By Rabbi Karol
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8/6/20
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When Mario Moccia was named athletics director at New Mexico State University in 2014, he inherited a men’s basketball program that, thanks in part to the legacy of Lou Henson, was a consistent conference champion and qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.
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By Walt Rubel
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8/6/20
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