Today's News

Submitted to the Optic

Area veterans are invited to attend a special health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the VA Clinic located at 624 University Ave.

Veterans and their family members will have an opportunity to learn about many VA programs during the fair, including nine Healthy Living Messages.

In its 134-year history, the Optic has changed ownership 10 times, though three of those owners held the newspaper for less than two years. After Hub Kane died of a sudden heart attack in 1947, the Optic was run by a board of trustees headed by attorney Louis C. Ilfeld (Charles Ilfeld’s son), and included Kane’s widow, Helen Kelly Kane. The trustees and Mrs. Kane ran the paper for a brief period, but less than a year after Hub Kane’s death, the Optic was sold to Orville E. Priestly.

MORA — When New Mexico Highlands University cross country coach Bob DeVries embarked on a mission to bring Mora standout Alonzo Chavez to the fold, he had help from probably the best recruiter available — Alonzo’s older brother Henrique.

Henrique Chavez, himself a former state champion distance runner for the Mora Rangers, will be a senior at NMHU this coming fall. He’s emerged over the last couple years as a leader on the Highlands men’s team.

Las Vegas Train Robbers baseball began its inaugural season with an 8-2 loss Tuesday night in Roswell.
The Invaders broke a short-lived 2-2 deadlock with five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and added an insurance score in the seventh.
Las Vegas starting pitcher Edison Alvarez was solid enough, going five and one-third innings and striking out six. He allowed three earned runs on seven hits and a walk.