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Gloria Lovato Pacheco was unanimously elected Thursday as the president of the Las Vegas City Schools Board.

Thursday’s meeting was the first one with the newly constituted board after last month’s election. Returning board members welcomed Luis Ortiz to the board.

Board member Felix Alderete had previously served as board president for nearly two years and opted to step down from the leadership post.

Students at the Mora Independent School District were ushered out of their classrooms and evacuated from their school buildings shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday because of a bomb threat.

Details about the bomb threat were sketchy as calls to the district’s administration office went directly to voicemail.

But the district did send out a global email to parents saying, “Bomb threat against school being taken seriously. For safety reasons, all students including Holman evacuated to St. Gertrudes Church.”

Eleven-sees at the museum
Mariano Ulibarri will be discussing art, technology, Hacker Scouts, the Parachute Factory and the revival of tintypes at 11 a.m. Saturday at the city of Las Vegas Museum. After the lecture a drawing will be held for one of five tintype sessions that will be given away by the Friends of the Museum. Free and open to the public.

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Award-winning photographer, author, and peace advocate John Noltner will speak from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday at United World College-USA in the Kluge Auditorium.

Noltner will share stories about peace activists and will facilitate conversation about how individuals can work for peace in their communities

His talk will include a presentation of his project, a book reading, and a question-and-answer dialogue followed by a signing for his book,  A Peace of My Mind: Exploring the Meaning of Peace One Story at a Time.