Benefit Dance and Car Wash for Animas Valley Scholarship Fund
A benefit dance at Playas Community Center from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday April 14 supports the Animas Valley scholarship fund with Twenty-First Century Disco of Las Cruces providing music. A second benefit car wash runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the PD Mercantile in Playas. Donations can be sent to First National in Playas.
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Animas Valley
Playas Community Center
Twenty-First Century Disco of
Las Cruces
PD Mercantile
Playas
Mystery over Hidalgo General Hospital Aides
County commissioners debated Hidalgo General Hospital operations in executive sessions led by chairman Sven Thygerson and involved Bob Chapman of Hospital Resources Management. The Tuesday session, billed as regular, shifted to confidential talks about hospital management and county oversight.
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Hidalgo General Hospital
County Commission
Sven Thygerson
Bob Chapman
Hospital Resources Management
Hospital woes and secret talks mark Hidalgo meeting
Tuesday Hidalgo County commissioners held an extended executive session inviting J C Robinson Kerr and Becky Jar. The session ran long and details remained undisclosed. Hospital Administrator Don Humphrey reported early operating figures and certification challenges delaying Medicaid and Medicare eligibility. He said clinic physician Tom Hargis could gain retroactive state certification by mid May and noted nurse recruitment struggles. Nurses in audience urged a post meeting session with the board. Mayor Koff and Police Commissioner Diaz attended but left during the break.
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Trator
Don Humphrey
Jerry Veck
Humphrey
Tom Hargis
Lordsburg
Arizona
Hidalgo General
Bengop
Thygerson
Kerr
Ment
Hidalgo County
Gene Moore
Oe Ee
Alan Koff
Pablo Diaz
Koff
Commission
Commission Okays Use Of Arena For Student Rodeo
Hidalgo County Commissioners gave tentative approval for a local 4-H group to use the fair grounds rodeo arena for a New Mexico High School Rodeo Association sanctioned event May 18 19 and 20. The show is expected to draw 400 to 600 NM high school contestants.
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Hidalgo County
Fair Grounds
New Mexico
Edgar Wilson
Colorado
Bureau of Land Management
Mary Orona
The
Area Human Resources Organization
Tansy mustard harms cattle in New Mexico desert
Extension range manager Chris Allison warns tansy mustard blooms in southern New Mexico cause cattle poisoning. The annual weed grows to two feet on dry soils around mesquite, with yellow four‑petal flowers and pods. Blindness and paralysis follow prolonged ingestion. early care includes stomach pumping with water and cottonseed meal to restore digestion, with relapses possible.
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New Mexico
Chris Allison
New Mexico State University
Allison
Lordsburg Students Excel At State OEA Competition
Lordsburg High School sent ten students to the OEA State Competition in Glorietta New Mexico. Sixty nine schools and five hundred ninety five students participated with LHS earning four event wins. Sylvia Arambula and Margo Flores earned trips to the National Competition in Cincinnati Ohio in May.
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OER
Lordsburg High School
Glorietta
N.M
Sylvia Arambula
Millie Thompson
Office Education Association
Carolyn Corbell
OEA
Lordsburg
LHS
Margo Flores
Cincinnatii
Ohio
Rene Flores
Millie
Lordsburg Considers Private Gas Franchise Transition
Lordsburg City Council weighs turning natural gas operations to a private firm while a councilman warns against abandoning city control. The session, moderated by William Trego, featured debate between Mayor Pro-tem Richard Allen and consortium rep Rodolfo Ramirez on rates, admin costs, and potential jobs.
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Lordsburg
Alan Koff
Lordsburg Consortium
William Trego
Governor’s Service Center
Las Cruces
Koff
Consortium
Richard Allen
Rodolfo Ramirez
Ramirez
Allen
Friday the 13th Boxing Set for Central School
Lordsburg Optimist Youth Boxing Club hosts a Friday the 13th program at Central School Gym with 35 bouts. Local fighters collide with teams from Silver City Albuquerque Giants Tucson Las Cruces Gallup Douglas Benson Broken Arrow. Weigh-ins 3 to 5 p.m. bouts start 7:30 p.m. Admission 2.50 adults 2 children.
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Lordsburg Optimist
Central School
Silver City
Albuquerque
Giants
Tucson
Las Cruces
Gallup
Douglas
Benson
Broken Arrow
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J.C. Robinson
Chapman
Hospital Adminis
Thompson
O.E.A. Bulletin Board
Council
Lordsburg Drug
Western Auto
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