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The search for the next president of Luna Community College hit a speed bump on Tuesday as trustees questioned whether having a search committee is the correct way to conduct the search.

Trustees provided names for who they would like on the presidential search committee, including Sherry Goodyear of Springer, Sandra Madrid of Las Vegas, David Romero of Las Vegas, Joseph Griego of Mora, Herman David Baca of Santa Rosa, Matthew Martinez of Las Vegas, and Yvonne Aragon of Las Vegas.

A couple of days after notching his second Pacific Coast League Player of the Week award, Ryan Mc Mahon pounded a solo home run against Round Rock on Thursday night.

But that would be the only scoring for the Albuquerque Isotopes as they began an eight-game road trip.The host Express confined Albuquerque’s offense to only three hits — including McMahon’s homer in the top of the fourth inning — and went on to a 6-1 victory.Tyler Wagner, who started on the mound for Round Rock, collected just his third pitching win with a masterful performance.

Back in the olden days, in the era of black-and-white movies and TV-less households, the weekend highlight for many Las Vegans was going to see a Western, or at least something with lots of action, but no romance.

We had three movie houses in Las Vegas: The SERF, which has been transformed into a dance-dining hall but still retains its marquee; the Kiva, closed for decades, on Bridge Street, whose favorite flicks were in Spanish; and the Coronado, at Sixth and University. The building stands, but no movie has been shown in decades.