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Cognasi, Phipps honored by RMAC

Anthony Cognasi and Danisha Phipps are the latest New Mexico Highlands University student-athletes to have their names adorning the east wall at the Wilson Complex.
Cognasi and Phipps are the school’s choices for the 2012-13 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes, the Colorado Springs-based league office reported this past Thursday.

Going ‘Long’ - Robust crowd, including ‘Longmire’ stars, watches Robbers hit four home runs

A near-capacity crowd at Saturday night’s Las Vegas Train Robbers game was treated to the sight of “Longmire” actor Lou Diamond Phillips hitting a single off series star Robert Taylor at Rodriguez Park.

That turned out to be just a preview — or “trailer,” in cinematic jargon — of the hitting to come.

Several hundred fans in attendance watched as the home team clubbed out four home runs in a stirring 10-5 win over the Alpine (Texas) Cowboys.

Editorial Cartoon - June 10, 2013
Car show Saturday
Weather - June 12, 2013

Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 91. North wind 5-15 mph, becoming south in the afternoon. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 10-15 mph.

Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 10-15 mph, increasing to 15-20 mph in the afternoon. A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms at night. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Friday

Task force takes aim at housing

MOSQUERO — When it comes to buying or renovating a house in the northeast quadrant of New Mexico, there is no shortage of issues that people must contend with.
They include things like credit issues, difficulty finding financing, old housing stock and contractors who are unwilling to take on a job in remote stretches, given the travel time.

Oil and Gas Issues - Noise pollution from production

By Brad Turk

For the Optic

Que Pasa - June 5, 2013

THURSDAY JUEVES
• Community Meeting on the Future of the Montezuma Skating Pond, sponsored by the Skating Pond Task Force meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 6 at the United World College in Montezuma. The task force wants your opinion on what the Skating Pond should be used for and what it should look like in the future. The results will be shared with the city government. For more information, call Lea at 425-5514.

UPCOMING & ONGOING

Go Fish - June 7, 2013

FISHING REPORT,
June 4

Charette Lakes: We had no reports from anglers this week.   
Cimarron River: Water flow below Eagle Nest on Monday was 30 cfs. Trout fishing was good using elk hair caddis, Cimarron specials, brassies, Cimarron worms, stimulators, salmon eggs and worms. Anglers using dry dropper combinations did best. Stone flies are starting to put in an appearance. Fishing at the Gravel Pit Lakes was fair to good using salmon eggs, Power Bait and Pistol Petes.

Spurs getting a different LeBron

The Associated Press
MIAMI — Before reaching the top of basketball, LeBron James was run over by the San Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs swept James’ Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2007 NBA Finals, so long ago that the winning game plan focused on exploiting James’ weaknesses. Those are nearly impossible to find now, and James essentially warned the Spurs that they shouldn’t bother looking.
The Spurs already know.

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