RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg holds a slim three-point edge over JR Motorsports’ Sammy Smith for the final points Playoff transfer position with six races remaining to set the 12-driver Playoff field. Xfinity is of course part of NASCAR’s break for the Summer Olympics and will return Aug. 17 at Michigan International Speedway for the Cabo Wabo 250 (USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
John Hunter Nemechek won the 2023 race.
By Sherry Robinson
Former Gov. Susana Martinez once described her first legislative session, in 2011, as “handto-hand combat.” A former DA, Martinez had no experience with the Legislature, and went in swinging. She used campaign rhetoric, radio ads and robo calls to browbeat them and even sent a staff member to videotape them as they debated.
She said Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez “chose to play politics with our children’s future.”
Of the film tax credit, she said, “We cannot subsidize Hollywood on the backs of our schoolchildren.”
At the end of an unnecessarily contentious session, nobody had gotten much done.
Rep. Moe Maestas, D-Albuquerque, said, “She views us as the enemy; she does not view us as partners in a democratic government.”
Martinez never changed her approach. For eight years, as I wrote in many a column, she entered sessions with her dukes up. New Mexico paid for this standoff with a slower economic recovery from the Great Recession.
This summer, we regressed a decade. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called a special session on public safety and tried to browbeat lawmakers into approving a set of bills that weren’t ready for prime time. Once again, browbeating by one branch of government didn’t work on another branch. Lujan Grisham not only damaged relations with legislators but made them look bad during campaign season. They won’t forget that.
Lujan Grisham began talking about a special session in March and circulated draft bills, but drafts kept changing. Days ahead of the session lawmakers hadn’t seen completed bills, and the governor was still adding new bills to the call. Two bills were so complex that haphazard approval guaranteed lawsuits. Leaders said repeatedly there was no consensus.
The governor blew past legislators’ concerns and blamed them for not taking crime seriously years ago. “Shame on you,” she said. When 45 advocacy groups and experts objected to problematic legislation, she said taking their advice would be “doing nothing.”
Republicans have demonized Lujan Grisham since she set foot in the Roundhouse, but happily entered the Democrats’ breach by carrying her bills with a few of their own. On July 18, their 16 bills went unheard. In a five-hour session, lawmakers passed the feed bill, which pays for the session, and tacked on fire and flood money for Ruidoso and behavioral health programs.
House Minority Leader Rod Montoya, always ready with his own spin, told New Mexico Political Report: “Republicans agreed with the governor that crime is out of control. It’s unfortunate we’re unable to address anything crime related. The only things my colleagues are willing to do is spend more money.”
Lujan Grisham blistered the Democrats in a redhot written statement from the governor’s office: “This legislature just demonstrated that it has no interest in making New Mexico safer… (Ignoring the reality of daily crime) is nothing less than a dereliction of duty. “The legislature as a body walked away from their most important responsibility: keeping New Mexicans safe. But it is noteworthy that a majority of Republicans would have passed many or all of these bills — they were blocked.
“The legislature should be embarrassed at their inability to summon even an ounce of courage to adopt common-sense legislation… (T)he public should be outraged.”
That’s extreme language. New Mexico In Depth was the only media outlet to call out the governor, saying the entire episode “demonstrates a sharp degree of hubris.”
Or pigheadedness, I would add.
Her language also smacks of campaigning. The last sentence of the public statement was: “My promise to you is that I will not stop fighting to protect you and your families.”
It was something Susana Martinez could have said. The word “fighting” requires an adversary, and Lujan Grisham just made that adversary her own party.
Sherry Robinson is a longtime New Mexico reporter and editor. She has worked in Grants, Gallup, the Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico Business Weekly and Albuquerque Tribune. She is the author of four books. Her columns won first place in 2024 from New Mexico Press Women.
By Grant McGee Eastern New Mexico News CLOVIS — I had to go to Roswell for a fancy eye appointment.
I always wanted to be a traveler. It didn’t work out as well as I’d dreamed, so I listen to travelers’ tales from other travelers, and shoot the breeze with folks lots of times.
Talking to some of the eye doctor’s staff, I learned some commuted from Albuquerque to Roswell to work there, and some of the Roswell folks working there had to go to Albuquerque from time to time.
They had something in common: They didn’t like the vast emptiness between Roswell and Vaughn.
“There’s nothing out there,” they told me.
Well, there seems to be a whole lot of nothing out there.
Or is there?
I lived in Roswell more than 30 years ago. I worked in radio.
I used to get phone calls from folks on ranches “out there,” cattle ranches, sheep ranches and a lot of Bureau of Land Management range. Look at a map.
It’s wide-open rangeland, grassland, with pronghorn antelope, mule deer, shortgrass prairie, mesquite, cholla, juniper.
The vast emptiness was striking when I went to the north slope of the Capitan Mountain Range west of Roswell and looked north … it’s really impressive at twilight.
As the night starts to spread from east to west, you look out over a vast sea of dark land that spreads from horizon to horizon and to the north until it flows into the sky.
There’s a dot of light there, probably a ranch house.
There’s another speck of light that seems to be moving, probably a car or 18-wheeler headed south to Roswell on U.S. 285, miles away from the mountain slopes.
If I wanted to go to Albuquerque for something, I’d hop a bus. I figured my old car might break down in the middle of really nowhere.
This was back when the TNM&O bus line was still around … TNM&O stood for “Texas, New Mexico & Oklahoma,” a subsidiary of Greyhound.
To me, there’s a certain luxury to hopping on a bus and letting someone else drive.
So it was that I paid my money … $9 or $19 … and took my seat.
I’d stare out the window and watch the land roll by: A gas station and pay phone at Mesa, an abandoned store and a pay phone at Ramon, some cattle here, pronghorn there.
And then an hour-anda- half later we rolled into Vaughn.
“We’ll be stopping here for 20 minutes folks,” said the bus driver over the intercom.
The driver pulled off the highway right up to the restaurant on the west side of the town.
Us passengers, maybe 12 of us, filed off the bus.
I ordered a bag of fries and a soda.
I took my snack, strolled outside and stood by the bus. The driver was standing a few feet away enjoying a smoke.
“So, what do you think about this run from Roswell?” I asked the driver.
The driver took a drag off his smoke and let it out.
“Buddy, that run from Roswell to here is about the most boring run I’ve ever done. But I do like that there ain’t much traffic,” he said.
I smiled and nodded and put another fistful of fries in my mouth.
Soon we all were back on the bus heading on into Albuquerque.
Driving it or looking at it on the map, it looks like there’s a whole lot of nothing between Roswell and I-40, but there really is life out there.
——— Grant McGee writes for The Eastern New Mexico News. Contact him at gmcgee@ thenews.email.
“Damn! That smells good!” The woman said it out loud, with joy, as she entered Lowe’s grocery store and walked right by me.
I knew exactly what she was talking about, because I’d said the same thing in my head about 30 seconds earlier.
Thirty seconds later, I was standing by the source of the aroma, bags and boxes of Hatch green chile.
Our state legislature voted in 2023 on the official aroma of New Mexico: roasting green chile.
Well, there was no roasting going on this evening at Lowe’s, but those fresh green chiles were making the whole store smell great just sitting there.
More than a decade ago, our state legislature voted on another item, the state question. If you’ve lived in New Mexico for more than a few months, you can all recite along with me the state question: “Red or green?” Not long after legislators settled on the state question, they also voted on the official state answer: “Christmas.”
Another possible state on.” But I digress.
The answer “Christmas” is, of course, what you say to your restaurant server after they ask, “Red or green?” and you are ordering both red chile and green chile on your enchiladas, or burritos or stuffed sopaipillas, etc.
Christmas is also the feeling a true New Mexican gets upon seeing the arrival of the first bags of chile, and stores firing up the roasters in the parking lots. For many of us chile addicts, the return of chile creates the same excitement as waking up on Christmas morning for a little kid.
Also, when chile season comes, many of us find ourselves humming the old Andy Williams Christmas song, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”
In addition to the holiday spirit, we wrestle with many chile questions: Where will we buy our chile this year? How many bags will we get? Do we get Big Jim or Sandia? Do we get mild, medium or hot? When we freeze the chile, we will put it bags with three, five, 15 or 25 chiles? What do we need to throw out of the freezer to make room for the chile?
I grew up in Oklahoma, often eating my mom’s “nachos,” which consisted of her throwing Doritos on a cookie sheet, sprinkling canned green chile on them, grating some Colby Longhorn cheese over all of it and then baking it for 5-10 minutes. They were fine and served their purpose.
But when I moved to Alamogordo in 1995, and had fresh roasted green chile for the first time, I thought my mom had been lying to me all those years ago.
“This can NOT be the same thing she got out of a can,” I thought. The difference was as stark as the difference between canned Star Kist tuna and eating fresh-caught tuna in Hawaii.
No, my mom wasn’t lying to me. She would never do that. She was doing something loving for me, unknowingly preparing my palate for the glory that would come years later when I became a New Mexican.
I would not become a TRUE New Mexican for another decade after my arrival. You see, you cannot deem yourself a true New Mexican. That title must be bestowed upon you, similar to knighthood.
My knighting came in the unlikely venue of the McDonald’s just off of Interstate 25 in Truth or Consequences. Coming back from Albuquerque, I was tired and hungry. I stopped to gas up my vehicle, then went across the street to McDonald’s, which was unexpectedly busy for a Sunday afternoon.
The young man who waited on me (I know this was some years back, because someone actually waited on me; I didn’t have to order from an app or a kiosk. But I digress.) asked for my order.
I responded, “I’ll have a spicy chicken sandwich with green chile.”
He asked, “Do you want mayonnaise and lettuce on the sandwich?”
I said, “I really don’t care what else you put on it as long as you don’t forget the green chile.”
He grinned and said, “Spoken like a TRUE New Mexican.”
Instantaneously, a light shone on my face, orchestral music played and a red chile ristra wreath floated down and gently rested on my neck like an Olympic gold medal.
I should add that last part is not exactly true. After all, my mother taught me never to lie.
But damn! It sure felt good.
Richard Coltharp is editor and publisher of the Alamogordo News. He has worked as a journalist in Alamogordo and Las Cruces since 1995 and loves green chile so much he puts it on his apple pie. He can be reached at rcoltharp@elritomedia. com.
“Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents” by Robert Schmuhl c.2024, Liveright $32.00 382 pages
Ben Franklin famously said that both stink after three days, which could be correct. You love having visitors. You also love when they go home, and who could blame you? Your space is your space and, well, that’s it. Still, there are times when, for many reasons, you buck up and launder the guest room sheets again. As in the new book, “Mr. Churchill in the White House” by Robert Schmuhl, doing so might divert allout war.
The year 1941 was an eventful one for Franklin Roosevelt. In January that year, he was inaugurated for a third term in office. In March, he helped out with the British war effort; in June, his personal secretary and “close companion” Missy LeHand suffered a stroke and his presidential library broke ground. Roosevelt’s mother died in September and Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan in December. Then, at the end of the year, Winston Churchill arrived in Washington and stayed more than two weeks longer than planned.
It wasn’t the last time Churchill visited the Roosevelts, but that first stay set the tone and rankled Mrs. Roosevelt mightily. Churchill dared to choose his own room in the White House, and he proceeded to treat the residence as his own home. Servants and the President both learned that the British statesman wasn’t afraid to walk around in the nude; the White House butler also learned not to bother Churchill before mid-morning, and that total quiet was mandatory in the hallways.
And yet, though the visits sometimes took on a bit of a vacationy tone, serious work was done while Churchill took up residence in America’s home. Schmuhl writes at length about how the White House became, in a way, like a second office for Churchill, with the consent (implied or otherwise) of FDR (but probably not Eleanor Roosevelt), and how the efforts and “chummy” friendship of both men on this side of the pond led to “cooperation, and… common cause” and affected what happened overseas and in the world.
So you say you’ve read every book on World War II that you could get your hands on and you want more. “Mr. Churchill in the White House” will satisfy you and it offers a nice bonus: you can eagerly share this WWII book with those who aren’t war buffs.
Indeed, author Robert Schmuhl tells this hidden-in-plain-sight story with the kind of charm and humor you don’t expect in a book on the War. There are anecdotes in here that ardent war historians will vacuum up and information that will make biography lovers happy, but readers who like a bit of dirty linen with their books will be gleeful at what Schmuhl shares, too. Trust this and speaking of politics: you’ll absolutely want to know about the exchange between Nixon and Churchill, and how it portended the future…
This is a story to enjoy on a rainy day or if it’s too hot to go outside. Indeed, “Mr. Churchill in the White House” is a book worth fishing for.
Artesia General Hospital, a leader in healthcare in Eddy County is pleased to announce the addition of Jordyn Fuentes, MS, RDN, LDN as a new inhouse nutritionist with services in Artesia and Carlsbad.
Fuentes is available to provide personalized nutrition counseling and support helping clients achieve their health and wellness goals. As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with more than four years of experience she brings a wealth of knowledge to our team. Fuentes specializes in specializes in nutrition and health geared toward management of weight and chronic diseases for all ages and is dedicated to creating individualized nutrition plans that cater to the unique needs of the individual.
Fuentes says that nutrition is not a one size fits all approach. She examines and considers each person individually depending on age, demographics, socio-economic status, past medical history, genetics, physical and mental capabilities and culture. Her services are structured to be uplifting and empowering and she takes a collaborative approach to health and wellness. She believes in meeting people where they are at, while also providing knowledge and skills necessary to make long-term lifestyle changes.
“One of my greatest passions in life is helping people. Nutrition plays a role in everyone’s lives and is a key part of survival. My hope and desire are to give people the confidence to take their health into their own hands by providing education and tools to improve diet and lifestyle and ultimately prevent/ manage current diseases. I want people to feel empowered to make positive health changes.” Fuentes said.
“Fuentes’ addition is yet another example of our commitment to healthcare needs in the area” said AGH CEO Dr. Joe Salgado. “We believe in giving residents the opportunity to make their own healthcare decisions right here at home. This is just another example of our commitment to that principle.”
Fuentes will provide services at Memorial Family Practice in Artesia and at Carlsbad Family Practice in Carlsbad. New Patients will need a referral. To make an appointment please call 575-746-3119 or visit artesiageneral. com/centers-of-care/nutrition- diabetes/appointments/ -Artesia General Hospital is a not-for-profit healthcare provider dedicated to serving our community with compassionate care. Additional information on the hospital is available at https://artesiageneral. com/ –Media Contact Khushroo Ghadiali Director, Public Relations kghadiali@artesiageneral. com 575.736.8322 Office 915.494.5878 Cell 575.748.8540 Fax
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Breeding Sheep Champion Ewe Breeding Sheep -Bailey Trujillo, Artesia FFA Reserve Champion Breeding Sheep -Rett Frost, Brushpoppers 4-H
Suffolk-Ewe under 1 year -Bailey Trujillo, Artesia FFA, 1st – Champion Ewe Breeding Sheep Suffolk-Ewe over 1 year -Rett Frost, Brushpoppers 4-H, 1st – Reserve Champion Breeding Sheep
Other Mutton Breeds-Ewe over 1 year -Tegan Frost, Brushpoppers 4-H, 1st Horse Results 2 Year Futurity Grand Champion
-Samuel Fodge, Artesia FFA Reserve Grand Champion -Kelly Jurva, Loving FFA
2 Year Futurity
-Samuel Fodge, Artesia FFA, 1st – Grand Champion -Kelly Jurva, Loving FFA, 2nd – Reserve Grand Champion -Katie Dowell, Cottonwood 4-H, 3rd
Prospect Yearling Grand Champion
-Jace Deans, Artesia FFA Reserve Grand Champion -Samuel Fodge, Artesia FFA
Prospect Yearling
-Jace Deans, Artesia FFA, 1st – Grand Champion -Samuel Fodge, Artesia FFA, 2nd – Reserve Grand Champion -Katie Dowell, Cottonwood 4-H, 3rd -Tracelynn Alcorn, Cottonwood 4-H, 4th -Samuel Fodge, Artesia FFA, 5th -Adisynn Carmichael, Cottonwood 4-H, 6th -Jacelyn Lopez, Zia Sharp Shooters, 7th -Aspen Cass, Brushpoppers 4-H, 8th -Corbin Cass, Brushpoppers 4-H, 9th -Kendi Burnett, Penasco 4-H, 10th -Ace Elkins, Penasco 4-H, 11th -Emily Huskey, Cottonwood 4-H, 12th -Makenna Cox, Brushpoppers 4-H, 13th -Kelly Jurva, Loving FFA, 14th -Payton Putman, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 15th -Isaac Huskey, Cottonwood 4-H, 16th -Mckenna Drake, Artesia 4-H, 17th -Koy Burnett, Penasco 4-H, 18th -Kynley McCullough, Loving 4-H, 19th -Allie Elkins, Penasco 4-H, 20th -Trynli McCullough, Loving 4-H, 21st
Grand Champion Market Lamb -Braden Fuentes, Artesia FFA Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb -Maddisun Mancha, Artesia FFA
Black Face Division I Champion Black Face Lamb -Braden Fuentes, Artesia FFA Division I Reserve Champion Black Face Lamb -Caylee Shockey, Cottonwood 4-H
Division II Reserve Champion Black Face Lamb -Klanclie Conklin, Cottonwood 4-H
Division III Reserve Champion Black Face Lamb -Jaylee Joy, Cottonwood 4-H
Class 1
-Kabrea Heady, Artesia FFA -Caylee Shockey, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st – Division I Reserve Champion Black Face Lamb -Maddisun Mancha, Artesia FFA, 2nd -Bailey Trujillo, Artesia FFA, 3rd -Taylor Kennedy, Cottonwood 4-H, 4th -Taylor Kennedy, Cottonwood 4-H, 5th -Corbin Cass, Brushpoppers 4-H, 6th -Noah Mobley, Loving 4-H, 7th Class 2
-Baylee Denison, Artesia FFA, 1st -Augustus Conklin, Cottonwood 4-H, 2nd -Rett Frost, Brushpoppers 4-H, 3rd -Anabelle Wells, Blue Jeans & Boots, 4th -Malee Phillips, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 5th -Tegan Frost, Brushpoppers 4-H, 6th -Aspen Cass, Brushpoppers 4-H, 7th -Rylee England, Cottonwood 4-H, 8th Class 3
-Braden Fuentes, Artesia FFA, 1st – Division I Champion Black Face Lamb -Aubry Putman, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 2nd -Chloe Platt, Artesia 4-H, 3rd -Caige Sandmann, Cottonwood 4-H, 4th -Colton Sandmann, Cottonwood 4-H, 5th -Rett Frost, Brushpoppers 4-H, 6th -Noah Mobley, Loving 4-H, 7th Class 4
-Klanclie Conklin, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st -Jaylee Joy, Cottonwood 4-H, 2nd -Tegan Frost, Brushpoppers 4-H, 3rd -Macy Ryan, Loving FFA, 4th -Anabelle Wells, Blue Jeans & Boots, 5th -Abel Mobley, Loving 4-H, 6th -Colton Sandmann, Cottonwood 4-H, 7th Class 5
-Braden Fuentes, Artesia FFA, 1st – Grand Champion Market Lamb -Aiden Cox, Brushpoppers 4-H, 2nd -Chloe Platt, Artesia 4-H, 3rd -Swayzee Folmar, Artesia FFA, 4th -Swayzee Folmar, Artesia FFA, 5th -Caige Sandmann, Cottonwood 4-H, 6th Class 6
-Klanclie Conklin, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st – Division II Reserve Champion Black Face Lamb -Addysen Folmar, Artesia FFA, 2nd -Caylee Shockey, Cottonwood 4-H, 3rd -J’Lee England, Artesia FFA, 4th -Malee Phillips, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 5th -Klancee Folmar, Cottonwood 4-H, 6th -Jace Carrasco, Loving 4-H, 7th Class 7
-Maddisun Mancha, Artesia FFA, 1st – Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb -Bailey Trujillo, Artesia FFA, 2nd -Addysen Folmar, Artesia FFA, 3rd -Colten Platt, Artesia 4-H, 4th -Jace Carrasco, Loving 4-H, 5th -Taylor Salter, Artesia FFA, 6th -Taylor Salter, Artesia FFA, 7th Class 8
-Jaylee Joy, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st – Division III Reserve Champion Black Face Lamb -Klanclie Conklin, Cottonwood 4-H, 2nd -Baylee Denison, Artesia FFA, 3rd -Baylee Denison, Artesia FFA, 4th -Baylee Denison, Artesia FFA, 5th -J’Lee England, Artesia FFA, 6th -Auston Worden, Carlsbad FFA, 7th -Auston Worden, Carlsbad FFA, 8th Class 9
-Addysen Folmar, Artesia FFA, 1st -Addysen Folmar, Artesia FFA, 2nd -Bailey Trujillo, Artesia FFA, 3rd -Jack Jurva, Loving FFA, 4th -Jack Jurva, Loving FFA, 5th -Aiden Cox, Brushpoppers 4-H, 6th -Kabrea Heady, Artesia FFA, 7th -Corbin Cass, Brushpoppers 4-H, 8th Dorset Champion Dorset Lamb
Klanclie Conklin, Cottonwood 4-H Reserve Champion Dorset Lamb Maddisun Mancha, Artesia FFA Class 1
-Klanclie Conklin, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st – Champion Dorset Lamb -Maddisun Mancha, Artesia FFA, 2nd – Reserve Champion Dorset Lamb -Ryan Wood, Carlsbad FFA, 3rd -Swayzee Folmar, Artesia FFA, 4th -Colton Sandmann, Cottonwood 4-H, 5th -Taylor Salter, Artesia FFA, 6th Speckle Face Champion Speck Lamb -Jaylee Joy, Cottonwood 4-H Reserve Champion Speck Lamb -Maddisun Mancha, Artesia FFA Class 1
-Macy Ryan, Loving FFA, 1st -J’Lee England, Artesia FFA, 2nd – Ryan Wood, Carlsbad FFA, 3rd – Payton Putman, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 4th – Rett Frost, Brushpoppers 4-H, 5th – Caige Sandmann, Cottonwood 4-H, 6th – Kesslyn Heady, Artesia 4-H, 7th Class 2 – Tegan Frost, Brushpoppers 4-H – Jaylee Joy, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st – Champion Speck Lamb – Maddisun Mancha, Artesia FFA, 2nd – Reserve Champion Speck Lamb – Caylee Shockey, Cottonwood 4-H, 3rd – Taylor Salter, Artesia FFA, 4th – Taylor Kennedy, Cottonwood 4-H, 5th (Contiued Page A6) -Meagan McKibben, Loving 4-H Reserve Grand Champion -Brooklynne Ivans, Cottonwood 4-H
-Torrance Hughes, Artesia 4-H, 1st
-Jonah Pope, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 2nd -Torrance Hughes, Artesia
4-H, 3rd
-Noah Mireles, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 4th
Class 2
-Meagan McKibben, Loving 4-H, 1st – Grand Champion -Meagan McKibben, Loving 4-H, 2nd -Izabella Guell, Artesia 4-H, 3rd -Jules Cortese, Artesia FFA, 4th
Class 3
-Brooklyne Ivans, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st – Reserve Grand Champion -Jules Cortese, Artesia FFA, 2nd -Anabelle Wells, Blue Jeans & Boots, 3rd -Trayton Wells, Blue Jeans & Boots, 4th -Bristol Denison, Cottonwood 4-H, 5th
Breeding Rabbits
Best of Show -Torrance Hughes, Artesia 4-H Best Opposite of Show -Joslyn Frintz, Kountry Klovers 4-H
Californian Buck -Torrance Hughes, Artesia 4-H, 1st – Best of Show Californian Doe
-Joslyn Frintz, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 1st – Best Opposite of Show -Joslyn Frintz, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 2nd
Baker Rabbit Grand Champion -Izabella Guell, Artesia 4-H Reserve Grand Champion -Jules Cortese, Artesia FFA
Class 1
-Izabella Guell, Artesia 4-H, 1st – Grand Champion -Jules Cortese, Artesia FFA, 2nd – Reserve Grand Champion -Ezekiel Guell, Artesia 4-H, 3rd -Torrance Hughes, Artesia 4-H,
4th
-Ezekiel Guell, Artesia 4-H, 5th -Brooklynne Ivans, Cottonwood 4-H, 6th -Reid Wood, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 7th -Bret Wood, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 8th -Trevor Pope, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 9th -Brooklynne Ivans, Cottonwood 4-H, 10th -Kinsley Snowden, Brushpoppers 4-H, 11th -Jules Cortese, Artesia FFA, 12th -Torrance Hughes, Artesia 4-H, 13th -Kylie Gwash, Brushpoppers 4-H, 14th -Noah Mireles, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 15th
Grand Champion
-Brooklynne Ivans, Cottonwood 4-H Reserve Grand Champion -Stetson Quintanilla, Loving 4-H
Cross
Reserve Cross Swine -Brooklynne Ivans, Cottonwood 4-H
Class 1
-Owen Golden, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st -Kaley King, Loving FFA, 2nd -Chanlyie Hernandez, Loving 4-H, 3rd -Daegan Kuykendall, Cottonwood 4-H, 4th -Albert Calderon, Loving 4-H, 5th -Kloie Clark, Carlsbad FFA, 6th -Maryann Couch, Cottonwood 4-H, 7th -Jaylyn Colwell, Loving 4-H, 8th -Jaydin Colwell, Loving 4-H, 9th Class 2
-Chanlyie Hernandez, Loving 4-H, 1st -Mason Golden, Artesia FFA, 2nd -Shyann Quintanilla, Loving 4-H, 3rd -Jacelyn Lopez, Zia Sharp Shooters, 4th -Shyann Quintanilla, Loving 4-H, 5th -Jasen Hunt, Loving 4-H, 6th -Leo Lopez, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 7th -Danny McIntire, Loving 4-H, 8th -Jaydin Colwell, Loving 4-H, 9th -Jaylyn Colwell, Loving 4-H, 10th Class 3
-J’Lee England, Artesia FFA, 1st -Jasen Hunt, Loving 4-H, 2nd -Adisyn Tarvin, Loving FFA, 3rd -JT King, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 4th -Rylee England, Cottonwood 4-H, 5th -Brooklynne Ivans, Cottonwood 4-H, 6th -Hymylie Hernandez, Loving 4-H, 7th -Garrett Wages, Loving 4-H, 8th -Morgan Townsend, Artesia FFA, 9th Class 4
-Stetson Quintanilla, Loving 4-H, 1st – Reserve Grand Champion -Brooklynne Ivans, Cottonwood 4-H, 2nd – Reserve Cross Swine -Jules Cortese, Artesia FFA, 3rd -Swayzee Folmar, Artesia FFA, 4th -Ashtyn Tarvin, Loving FFA, 5th -JT King, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 6th -Hymylie Hernandez, Loving 4-H, 7th -Trevor Pope, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 8th Class 5
-Kaley King, Loving FFA, 1st -Stetson Quintanilla, Loving 4-H, 2nd -J’Lee England, Artesia FFA, 3rd -Swayzee Folmar, Artesia FFA, 4th -Addysen Folmar, Artesia FFA, 5th -Adisyn Tarvin, Loving FFA, 6th -Arianna Carrasco, Loving FFA, 7th -Garrett Wages, Loving 4-H, 8th -Jaydin Colwell, Loving 4-H, 9th -Jaylyn Colwell, Loving 4-H, 10th
Duroc Champion Duroc Swine
Mason Golden, Artesia FFA Reserve Duroc Swine Stetson Quintanilla, Kountry Klovers 4-H
Class 1
-Mason Golden, Artesia FFA, 1st – Champion Duroc Swine -JD King, Loving FFA, 2nd -Gracen Kuykendall, Cottonwood 4-H, 3rd -Arianna Carrasco, Loving FFA, 4th -Albert Calderon, Loving 4-H, 5th -Albert Calderon, Loving 4-H, 6th -Jonah Pope, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 7th Class 2
-Stetson Quintanilla, Loving 4-H, 1st – Reserve Duroc Swine -Adisyn Tarvin, Loving FFA, 2nd -JT King, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 3rd -Presley Gaines, Cottonwood 4-H, 4th -Shyann Quintanilla, Loving 4-H, 5th -Jacelyn Lopez, Zia Sharp Shooters, 6th -Alyssia Calderon, Loving 4-H, 7th -Gerimiah West, Loving 4-H, 8th Class 3
-Ryan Davis, Loving 4-H, 1st -Morgan Townsend, Artesia FFA, 2nd -Addysen Folmar, Artesia FFA, 3rd -Mia Duran, Cottonwood 4-H, 4th -Chance Boans, Artesia FFA, 5th -Garrett Wages, Loving 4-H, 6th -Abbi Nichols, Blue Jeans & Boots, 7th
Hamp Reserve Hamp Swine Rylee England, Cottonwood 4-H
Class 1
-Jules Cortese, Artesia FFA, 1st -Klancee Folmar, Cottonwood 4-H, 2nd -Alfy Olivas, Loving 4-H, 3rd -Alfy Olivas, Loving 4-H, 4th -Johnathan Lopez, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 5th -Trevor Pope, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 6th -Jaylyn Colwell, Loving 4-H, 7th Class 2
-Rylee England, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st – Reserve Hamp Swine -J’Lee England, Artesia FFA, 2nd -Ashtyn Tarvin, Loving FFA, 3rd -Swayzee Folmar, Artesia FFA, 4th -Danny McIntire, Loving 4-H, 5th -Stetson Quintanilla, Loving 4-H, 6th -Gerimiah West, Loving 4-H, 7th Class 3
-Brooklynne Ivans, Cottonwood 4-H, 1st – Grand Champion -Ashtyn Tarvin, Loving FFA, 2nd -Presley Gaines, Cottonwood 4-H, 3rd -JD King, Loving FFA, 4th -Gracen Kuykendall, Cottonwood 4-H, 5th -Ryan Davis, Loving 4-H, 6th -Morgan Townsend, Artesia FFA, 7th -Sawyer Schonlau, Blue Jeans & Boots, 8th Champion OPB Swine Ashtyn Tarvin, Loving FFA Reserve Champion OPB Swine Kaley King, Loving FFA
Class 1
-Ashtyn Tarvin, Loving FFA, 1st – Champion OPB Swine -Kaley King, Loving FFA, 2nd – Reserve Champion OPB Swine -Swayzee Folmar, Artesia FFA, 3rd -Morgan Townsend, Artesia FFA, 4th -Presley Gaines, Cottonwood 4-H, 5th -Gracen Kuykendall, Cottonwood 4-H, 6th -Chance Boans, Artesia FFA, 7th -Luke Jarva, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 8th -Jonah Pope, Kountry Klovers 4-H, 9th
White OPB Champion OPB Swine Kaley King, Loving FFA Reserve OPB Swine Mason Golden, Artesia FFA
Class 1
-Mason Golden, Artesia FFA, 1st – Reserve OPB Swine -Daegan Kuykendall, Cottonwood 4-H, 2nd -Klancee Folmar, Cottonwood 4-H, 3rd -Alfy Olivas, Loving 4-H, 4th -Alyssia Calderon, Loving 4-H, 5th -Ryan Wood, Carlsbad FFA, 6th Class 2
-Kaley King, Loving FFA, 1st – Champion OPB Swine -Owen Golden, Cottonwood 4-H, 2nd -Presley Gaines, Cottonwood 4-H, 3rd -Adisyn Tarvin, Loving FFA, 4th -Owen Golden, Cottonwood 4-H, 5th -Mia Duran, Cottonwood 4-H, 6th
Looking back 40, 30 and 20 years ago, the following are excerpts from the Artesia Daily Press.
40 years ago July 28 – August 3, 1984
Members of the Artesia Chamber of Commerce Trailblazers joined ranks with 104th Quartermaster Company officers here to cut the ribbon and officially open the dining facility and maintenance addition at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, 13th and Richey. Officers are from left 1st Lt. Charles Lee, 2nd Lt. Cerie Kimball, Capt. Larry Rhodes and Sgt. 1st Class Dudley Stefhon. Mayor Ernest Thompson performed the cutting.
———-The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed rules reducing lead in gasoline 91 percent by Jan. 1. 1986, and cut short its normal period for public comment on the rules. “The evidence is overwhelming that lead, from all sources, is a threat to human health,” EPA Administrator William D. Ruckelshaus said in announcing the proposal. Leaded gasoline accounts for about 45 percent of production.
———-A Las Cruces junior high school principal says she fears that sniffing correction fluid may become prevalent among school children because the product is readily available. The concern by Dorris T. Hamilton came after the June death of a Las Cruces girl. The autopsy report said she died from inhaling large concentrations of the white, quick-drying correction fluid, said city juvenile detective Tim Reeves. Three other people have died in the last two years in New Mexico as the result of inhaling correction fluid, manufactured to mask typing errors, said pharmacist Robert Sandoval, a specialist at the New Mexico Poison Control Center in Albuquerque.
———-The Reagan administration, concerned about a “growing lack of discipline and disorder in the public schools,” is asking the Supreme Court to expand the power of school authorities to search students’ belongings for drugs and weapons. The Justice Department urged the court to use a New Jersey case to establish that students do not have the same constitutional protection as adults against warrantless searches and seizures.
———-Cory McCarell, left, and Dino Wilcox – both members of Artesia’s 14-15-year-old Babe Ruth all-stars who left today with their teammates for the Southwest Regional in Beeville, Texas – display a gift poster which bears some words to take to heart – Go For It. The poster also bore the anonymous initials “S.S.”
———-Texas Tech researchers Curtis Qualls, left, and Dr. Don Walker, center, examine a township plat map of Artesia with Artesia Historical Museum Director Terry Koenig. Koenig said the map was prepared by the Old State National Bank in 1931, when Old State Bank and national bank merged. Qualls and Walker are in Artesia for the next three weeks to catalog and photograph structures in the city since 1945.
30 years ago July 28 – August 3, 1994
Artesia fiddler Chris Barker was the firstplace winner in the junior division at last year’s Hope Old Timer’s Reunion fiddler contest. This year’s reunion starts with a dance Saturday, July 30, followed by the fiddle contest and other events Sunday, July 31.
———-Former Bulldog football players Frank De Hoyos (not shown), David Patterson (left) and David Joseph were named to the South team for Friday’s Class AAA/ AAAA North-South All-Star Football Game in Albuquerque, but Patterson will be Artesia’s lone representative. De Hoyos chose not to play and Joseph is at Air Force Academy boot camp.
———-Eddy County, City of Artesia, Artesia Chamber of Commerce and Eddy County Fair Board officials break ground for a new fair building at the fairgrounds this morning. The 60-by-160-foot community building will be open for a variety of events in the community in addition to fair activities, said Fair Board President Joe Cox, far right, such as auto shows, art shows and weddings.
———-A new state survey shows high radon levels “border to border” in New Mexico’s groundwater. While state water officials emphasized the high radon levels aren’t cause for alarm, they could force many communities to make drastic technical changes to remove much of the radon dissolved in drinking water at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, less than 200 people in America die each year from inhaling or ingesting radon from water.
———-Jim Tyler, left, foreman for CCC Construction of Albuquerque, supervises Friday as Donald Kitzmiller, center, and Bill Taylor remove a support structure for the post office boxes at the Artesia Post Office. The old, combination-operated postal boxes are being replaced by new, key operated boxes. The present L-shaped lobby will be changed to two U-shapes to allow for about 200 additional boxes, said Postmaster Grace Sanchez.
———-The attorney general says the wild horses at White Sands Missile Range are no longer considered livestock under state law and can’t be auctioned off by the Livestock Board. A task force got that word Tuesday at its first meeting, and it put a new wrinkle into the deliberations about what to do with the horses. The longstanding problem of the White Sands horses came to a head recently when drought conditions resulted in the deaths of more than 120 horses.
20 years ago July 28 – August 3, 2004
Sandia National Laboratories officials say their Energy Department-ordered work stoppage involving classified data storage devices could last two weeks as the labs inventory stock of about 12,000 items. The decision, labeled precautionary, came after two missing disks at Los Alamos National Laboratory prompted all work to stop at that northern New Mexico weapons lab. Nineteen Los Alamos employees have been placed on leave pending investigations in connection with safety and security lapses.
———-A vehicle chase that began in Artesia late Monday night led law enforcement officials on a chase through two states before coming to an end across the border in Mexico. According to police records, an officer with the Artesia Police Department Reserve spotted a white, 1995 Chevrolet pickup, which had been reported stolen, heading southbound on U.S. 285 through Artesia. The Eddy County Sheriff’s Office and the New Mexico State Police were notified and after a short time three officers broke off pursuit, with one continuing the chase. The ECSO then turned over pursuit to Texas authorities, who continued the chase across the border into Mexico, where the vehicle reportedly collided with two Mexico Port Authority vehicles and the three individuals were taken into Mexican federal custody.
———-Principal Steve Markl checks out the new computer lab at Artesia Intermediate School. The lab holds 30 computers, all networked and Internet capable. “It will give us the capability to allow many more students to have access to technology in many different ways, including keyboarding skills, Internet research and reading writing and math assessment,” said Principal Steve Markl.
———-New Mexico’s immunization rates improved significantly over the last year, but the state again ranked low on the national level. Immunization of small children has increased in the state from 71 to 75.2 percent, according to figures released Thursday. But the state slipped from 43rd to 44th nationally as immunization reached record levels. More than 79 percent of small children were immunized nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
———-For two families, this year marks the end of showing animals at the Eddy County Fair. Chance Underwood, 18, and Ty Crook, 19, are showing pigs for the last time. Underwood said that he learned responsibility and said that he will also encourage his children to participate in the fair. But for now, Underwood is content to go to college where he will earn a degree in special education and coaching. He made his first sale in 1995 at the age of nine.
———- (EDITOR’S NOTE: Looking Back was compiled By Daily Press Staff)
Blood and blood products are a critical part of everyday medical care. Car accident and blood loss victims alone may need transfusions of 100 units or more of red blood cells.
Lifesaving blood offers second chances and many tomorrows to those who depend on it. Please join us at our next blood drive on 08/09/2024 at 01:00 PM. You’ll feel incredible knowing you could be saving up to three people’s lives. Schedule your appointment now. Make your appointment today to donate at: Artesia General Hospital 08/09/2024 01:00 PM to 05:00 PM 702 North 13th ARTESIA, NM 88210 Artesia General Hospital Bloodmobile
Paws & Claws will distribute spay and neuter certificates to Eddy County Residnets only at 9 a.m. Saturday Aug 3, at the Artesia Animal Shelter, 501 Paddy Wagon Way. Saving spots in line is prohibited; One certificate per household. Donations are appreciated.
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Reserved seat season football ticket sales will begin on Monday, august 5, 2024, and will continue through Friday, august 16, 2024. Tickets may be purchased at the bulldog pit from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please enter through the west doors. Only reserve seat holders from the previous year will be allowed to purchase their same reserve seats the first two weeks of sales.
Beginning on Monday, august 19th, all remaining reserve seat tickets will go on sale to the general public on a first-come – first-served basis. There will be four home games this year.
Lower section-season reserve seat ticket- $36.00 Upper deck chair back- season reserve seat ticket- $40.00 Single reserve seat ticket sales, if available, will be conducted on Friday of each home game, beginning On Friday, August 23rd. Lower sectionsingle reserve seat tickets- $9.00 Upper deck chair back-single reserve seat tickets-$10.00 Tickets for home games will be sold on Fridays at the pit from 8:00 am- 4:00 pm. All tickets $5.00. We will offer the option to purchase game tickets on-line through go fan as well. All information for online ticket sales can be found on the artesiagofan website.
Reminder:Top portion of reserve seat ticket sheet will admit season ticket owner to JV football games free of charge.
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