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District Attorney Richard Flores, state police and the family of Cindy Rivera, are seeking assistance from the community in finding Cindy Rivera.

Rivera has been missing since June 29, 2012.  She was last seen at her home on Peggy Lee Lane in Las Vegas.  Rivera was born in 1993, which made her 19 at the time of disappearance. She would be 21 now. She is 5 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs 134 pounds. Cindy goes by the nickname of “Tig.”

UPCOMING &
ONGOING
• Science Camp is for local community kids, in grades sixth through eighth, Wednesday, July 9 to Thursday, July 10. Hosted by Hermit’s Peak Watershed Alliance at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge near Watrous. Camp participants will leave Las Vegas at 8 a.m. on July 9 and will return to Las Vegas at 5 p.m. on July 10. Limited number of spots available. For more information, contact Lorraine Garcia at 505-917-2141 or by emailing lgarcia@hermitspeakwatersheds.org.

By Francine Jacobs, MD.

As a physician, I know that when you have a cure for an ailment, you use it. You don’t waste time, because you know that delay only makes the condition worse. New Mexico has a problem. We’re at the bottom of nearly every indicator of child well-being. We know what works and we’re actually giving the right medicine to a few lucky kids. But most are not getting the cure, even though we know it works and we have the resources to get it to them.

By David Bauder
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK — An estimated 21.6 million people watched Belgium knock out the United States soccer team in the World Cup on U.S. television — an impressive total for a weekday afternoon that almost certainly undercounts how many people actually saw it.
The Nielsen company said Wednesday that 16.5 million people watched the game on ESPN, with 5.1 million more seeing it on the Spanish-language Univision network. In addition, nearly 1.7 million people watched an online stream of the event, Nielsen said.