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Editorial Cartoon - May 10, 2013
Work of Art — Who’s responsible...

Thumbing through the pages of a website called The Straight Dope, I came across a question that is totally relevant during May, the month of graduations.

Someone on the website asked, “Why is the alphabet in alphabetical order?” The reader adds, “Who decided A was the first letter, B was the second, and so on?”

County officials to be applauded

Because the U.S. Supreme Court says “Corporations are people and money is speech” does not make it so.

By your reasoning orders from on high are sacrosanct, thus German soldiers were absolved of any guilt for “following orders” during the second World War, even when those orders were illegal.    

Robbers debut in Roswell

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.

Primos

A year ago, they were rivals, wearing different colors, battling it out for a district championship.

This spring, they are the most successful doubles partnership in New Mexico high school tennis.

Cousins David Romero and Amadeo Lopez mowed through the opposition in the Class 1A-3A boys’ doubles bracket over the weekend in Albuquerque to add a state championship to the district title they’d won a week earlier in Taos.

Little League - May 17, 2013

In another display of interleague cooperation this season, Las Vegas Little League and La Plaza Little League will have several interleague softball games on the schedule.
The first of the games came Wednesday night at Rodriguez Park, and more are planned May 22 and 29 and June 3 and 5.

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Las Vegas Little League’s upcoming games are as follows. All LVLL games are played at Keyes Park.

MAJORS DIVISION
Friday games: Red Sox vs. Orioles, 5:30 p.m.; Reds vs. Cardinals, 7:30 p.m.

Oil and Gas Issues - Impacts on...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles addressing issues associated with oil and gas development in San Miguel County. The articles were written by participants in PROTECT San Miguel county, a local all-volunteer grass-roots organization. The group has been working with the county’s oil and gas task force for three years, has toured several existing oil and gas producing facilities, and has been collecting extensive research on the issues. More information is at http://PROTECTsmc.org

Amezaga boosts ‘Topes past 51s

Solid pitching, including three shutout innings by the bullpen, aided Albuquerque in a 5-2 win Monday night at Las Vegas, Nev.

The victory allowed the Isotopes to climb back to .500 at 19-19 overall. The Isotopes and 51s were to play once more Tuesday.

A four-run outburst by the Isotopes in the top of the seventh inning went unanswered and swung control to the visiting team. Alfredo Amezaga drove in three runs with a double to left field.

Youth Soccer - May 17, 2013

Las Vegas Youth Soccer League’s upcoming matches are as follows.

U6 DIVISION
Matches to be played 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Commerce Street park.
Chivas vs. United, Field 1; Crew vs. Sounders, Field 2; Dynamo vs. Rapids, Field 3; Earthquakes vs. Fire, Field 4

U8 DIVISION
Matches to be played 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Commerce Street park.
Hot Spurs vs. Galaxy-Mora, Field 1; Manchester City vs. Juventus, Field 2; Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, Field 4

U10 DIVISION

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