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Today's News

  • HU expecting state cuts

    Highlands University President James Fries said last week that the school is anticipating a reduction of 1.7 percent to 3.3 percent in state funding in this legislative session.

    The state legislature convened in a 60-day session Tuesday.

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  • Educators rally at Capitol against budget cuts

    By Barry Massey
    Associated Press

    SANTA FE — On the eve of a new legislative session, Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and educational groups were on a collision course over budget cuts and tax increases.

    More than 300 educators, parents and children rallied at the Capitol on Monday against budget proposals by the governor and a legislative committee to reduce spending on schools and colleges. They called for tax increases to provide additional money for public education.

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  • Cowgirls debut at Lobo Open

    Several Highlands women’s tracksters fared well in the Lobo Open, hosted by the University of New Mexico this past Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center, to open the indoor track and field season for collegians.

    So did former Robertson high jumper Marin Schweigert, now with UNM.

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  • Crespin getting title shot

    Las Vegas professional boxer Amanda “Boom Boom” Crespin will get her first shot at a championship in February.

    Crespin is due to fight fellow featherweight Brittany Cruz of Denver for the vacant

    Women’s International Boxing Association Youth Title as part of a Feb. 12 card at Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio, Colo.

    The match will have a format of six two-minute rounds. Tickets are available online via the Sky Ute Casino box office.

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  • Growth we need

    We look forward to seeing the city’s master plan as it will surely contain some dynamic ideas on how to move Las Vegas forward. Annexation, we’ve been told, will be in there, as well it should be. Areas such as Camp Luna should have been brought into the city years ago.

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  • Work of Art: He hasn’t been assassinated

    By Art Trujillo

    An exchange, ongoing for years, has caused me to run for the dictionaries, all because of a single word: assassinate.

    Bruce Wertz, a clerk for the Las Vegas City Schools, has assured me he’s still alive by giving me an unusual answer as to his health. I’ll ask, “How you doing, Bruce?”

    Invariably, he replies, “I’m OK. I haven’t been assassinated this week.” Then he tacks this on: “And if I had been, I wouldn’t be telling you about it now.” Really?

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  • Noticias - Jan. 19, 2011

    Submit your calendar items and notices to mlopez@lasvegasoptic.com

    • A fund has been set up for Antonia Apodaca, a longtime local musician whose house was destroyed in a fire. Contributions can be made to the fund at Community First Bank.

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  • Que Pasa - Jan. 19, 2011

    TODAY HOY
    • Story Time, 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 19 in the children’s area of Carnegie Public Library. This week’s theme is Dora the Explorer with a book mark craft. This week’s book is Dora Saves Mermaid Kingdom. All programs are free and open to the public.

    UPCOMING & ONGOING
    EL PORVENIR  

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  • Freshman Academy criticized

    Parents expressed displeasure Thursday with the way Robertson High School’s Freshman Academy is being run.

    At a work session of the Las Vegas City Schools board, Matt and Martha Martinez and Katherine Duran told the board that substitute teachers were being used as long-term alternatives when teachers leave the district.

    The Martinezes accused the administration of taking assets from ninth-graders to give to upperclassmen.

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