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At halftime Friday evening, the New Mexico Highlands women’s basketball team found itself down by just six points against the No. 2 ranked team in the nation.

On the road, no less.

But over the final 20 minutes, the game belonged to still-undefeated  Colorado Mesa (22-0 overall, 18-0 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference). The Lady Mavericks outshot Highlands 52 percent to 28 percent in the second half to grab a 71-52 win in Grand Junction, Colo.

NMHU slipped to 10-12 and 6-12 heading into Saturday night’s game.

The San Miguel County Commission is weighing in on the controversy over Gov. Susana Martinez selecting a man who is suing Highlands University as a member of the school’s Board of Regents.

The commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a resolution opposing Gov. Susana Martinez’s appointment of Carl Foster to the board.

The resolution asks the governor to withdraw the nomination and it asks Foster to withdraw his own name. Absent of that happening, the resolution states, the Senate Rules Committee should vote down the nomination.

Gene Parson has been in education for three decades and it looks as if he will add at least two more years to his service.

During a board meeting on Tuesday evening, the West Las Vegas School Board unanimously approved a two-year contract for Parson.

“It is a good feeling and it is quite a treat especially since it was unanimous,” Parson said in a telephone interview on Thursday morning. “It is very comforting that those that hire you and put you in this position have the confidence in you.”

In 1964

Friday, Feb. 14 — The Impalas and Percy Faison with Litra Romero, West Las Vegas Schools band director, as master of ceremonies, entertained the New Mexico House of Representatives and Senate Wednesday in Santa Fe. The Las Vegas musical group and Faison received a standing ovation from the House after performing Spanish folk music, rock and roll, blues and ballads. They performed, among other songs, “Blue Moon,” “Never on Sunday,” and “Los Ojos de Pancha.”