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Before I could afford a car, I walked as fast as I could those mornings I was late for work. I jumped over the cracks in Carnegie Park’s sidewalk, letting my eye catch the echo of sun against lone blue spruce.

Before I owned a cell phone, my afternoons resonated with natural silence, with only the crack of frog and cricket against ear. Before I bought a computer, my hands knew how to hold a pen, how to round my letters with legible panache. Today, my body forgets the simple, the sane.

Anthony Labella reportedly admits to losing his cool — and he’s suffering the consequences.

The assistant football coach for Taos High School was arrested in connection with allegedly attacking a student after Taos lost to West Las Vegas 36-12 at Highlands University’s stadium on Friday. He apparently lost his job right away.

While the team and coaches returned home in their bus, Labella, 43, was taken to jail. He faces charges of abuse of a child and aggravated battery.

Three of six Robertson High School football players are suspended for the rest of the school year in connection with alleged hazing at a team camp.

June Romero, a hearing officer hired by the district, handed down the decisions after hearings that lasted all day and into the evening Tuesday.

The hearings for two other students have been delayed, but no dates have been set. Romero is going to take some time to consider the remaining student’s case.

Highlands University’s golf course reopened last month, but some are complaining about the higher fees.

School officials, however, say they set the rates in a way that the 18-hole golf course would pay for itself.

The Gene Torres Golf Course opened Aug. 23 after more than two years of renovations.

The new annual membership costs $1,100, with a 20 percent discount for faculty and staff.