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Looking Back - March 10, 2014

In 1964
Monday, March 9 — Father James T. Burke, 40, has been named pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows parish in West Las Vegas, succeeding Msgr. H.C. Lomme, who served the parish for many years. Msgr. Lomme has taken an extended leave of absence for medical help. His present plans are not quite fixed, according to Fr. Burke. He left Las Vegas Saturday.

Sluggers endure sluggish offense

A ground ball hit into a double play wiped away a potential tying and winning run for New Mexico Highlands on Friday in a 2-1 loss to visiting Colorado State-Pueblo.

CSUP closer Kolby Rimer earned a save and preserved a win for starter Mike Fabrizio in a classic pitchers’ duel at Brandt Park.

The ThunderWolves held the Cowboys to five hits — two by second baseman Nick Gonzales.

Austin Mascorro opened the scoring for Pueblo by making it home in the top of the first off a groundout by Evan Kenebrew.

Palabras Pintorescas - Magnetic...

My 1910 Webster’s Dictionary defines weather as “a state of the atmosphere.” I’d have to say that at the moment, we are in  a heck of a state in this present atmosphere. We have experienced two of the driest months on record here at the Gascon reporting weather station, with no relief in sight.

In Brief - New Mexico - March 12...

The Associated Press
 

Weather - March 10, 2014

Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Northwest wind 5-10 mph, becoming west 10-15 mph in the afternoon. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 36. West wind 15-20 mph.

Tuesday
A 10 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 15-20 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. A 20 percent chance of snow showers at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Blustery.

Wednesday

Students make VP honor roll

Submitted to the Optic

Luna Community College announced its Fall 2013 Vice President’s Honor Roll. Inclusion on the honor roll requires students to successfully complete, without incomplete grades included, a minimum of 12 graded credit hours with a 3.660 GPA or higher.  Graded credit hours do not include S/U graded courses, audits or credit by exam.

Looking Ahead - Sports - March 3...

Monday
No local varsity sporting events scheduled

Tuesday
Baseball
• West Las Vegas Middle School at Mountain View (DH), 3 p.m., Rio Rancho
Softball
• Robertson JV at St. Michael’s (DH), 3 p.m., Santa Fe

Wednesday
Baseball
• Robertson at Santa Fe High, 4 p.m., Santa Fe

Thursday
Baseball
• Robertson JV at Santa Fe High (DH), 3 p.m., Santa Fe
Softball
• Robertson at St. Michael’s (DH), 3 p.m., Santa Fe

Las Vegas needs Amtrak service

Back in August of 2009, when I was inquiring about the Rail Runner Service being extended from Santa Fe to Raton, I wrote to then-Gov. Bill Richardson. He referred my letter to the Department. of Transportation assistant deputy secretary.

Weather - March 7, 2014

Friday
 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Southwest wind 10-15 mph. A 50 percent chance of snow showers at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 10-15 mph, becoming northeast in the evening.

Saturday
A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Northeast wind 10-15 mph. A 10 percent chance of snow showers at night. Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 59. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 36.

Aztecs swipe Mountain West title

The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Xavier Thames and Matt Shrigley each made two free throws in the final 9 seconds to complete No. 10 San Diego State’s rally from a 16-point second-half deficit for a 51-48 victory over No. 21 New Mexico on Saturday night to win the outright Mountain West Conference title.

Thames finished with 23 points for SDSU (27-3, 16-2), which clinched the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament in Las Vegas. Josh Davis, SDSU’s other senior, had nine rebounds.