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Today's Opinions

  • LETTER: Mil Gracias

    The Gallinas Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank Pizza Pro for its donation of food to our fire department during a wildland fire. 

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  • EDITORIAL: UWC service to community

    If anyone out there thinks that United World College is just some isolated ivory castle in Montezuma, with no connection to the real world we know as Las Vegas, think again. The relationship between this internationally connected college and our town is greater than you might think.

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  • EDITORIAL: Thumbs

    thumbs UP for ... TOP OF THE COMPETITION. Track and Field is often an under-appreciated sport, but the talent that stands out is frequently something to behold. And the Meadow City Invitational, held this past week, was no exception.

    For the home crowd, there were some impressive finishes. Among 17 teams competing, all four Las Vegas teams placed in the top three of their respective divisions. Among the girls, Robertson placed first and West third; and among the boys, the Cards came in second and the Dons third.

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  • LETTER: Glad to see DOT signs changed

    I want to congratulate the Department of Transportation for changing their announcements roadside signs recently.

    The Message “NMDOT Cares Drive Safely” is much more pleasing than the old “... Cops Everywhere ...” message. Thank you, NMDOT, for making driving more pleasing with this positive message; you made my day.

    Brian Rodgers

    Las Tusas

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  • COLUMN: Nothing for something

    It’s time to  check the purity of the water supplied to the Highlands Regents for their meetings and deliberations. I propose this because there seems no alternate explanation for their irrational awarding of a $56,000 presidential pay raise — a 30 percent-plus increase.  

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  • LETTERS: Mil Gracias

    On behalf of the staff and students of the Valley Elementary and Middle School, I would like to thank Sen. Pete Campos, Celestino Trujillo, Wal-Mart, and Pam’s Flowers for their donations to our school.

    I would also like to thank the Mariachi Paisano del Valle who came out to your school to perform for our school’s 40th anniversary celebration on April 8.

    Becky Gallegos

    Principal  

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  • EDITORIAL: Credible change

    Today marks the big 1-0-0 for President Barack Obama, and it’s been an impressive start. Not since Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose administration coined the term “first hundred days” have we seen anyone so aggressively changing things. Part of it is that Obama is following a terrible presidency, so cleaning up the mess as quickly as possible is tantamount. But it’s also because Obama knows he rode a wave of change — the time is right for a new national direction, and Obama recognizes that.

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  • COLUMN: A peevish punctuation mark

    Perhaps no mark of punctuation — this one among the smallest in the English language — has caused more grief. It’s misuse appears to be what its best noted for.

    Let me explain:

    The apostrophe (‘), that little cosa that few people are able to master, more than anything else, has caused English teachers to turn in their chalk prematurely and declare, “never again.”

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