Life & times in Southern New Mexico

Jesus busted with one ton of pot

Huge drug bust reported at Santa Teresa Port of Entry
Sun-News report
Posted: 01/09/2009
Candi M. Lopez / For the Sun-News
EL PASO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials Friday reported seizing more than a ton of marijuana, the largest drug bust made in more than six years, at the Santa Teresa port of entry Thursday.
According to a [...]

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“Hey kids, let’s go see some boobies!”

Parents question 7th grade football trip
By Kevin Buey Headlight Staff
Posted: 01/09/2009
An unbeaten record is plenty to hoot about, but where the celebration occurred is another thing.
Red Mountain Middle School seventh-grade football players celebrated a 7-0 record in Las Cruces, with lunch at the Hooters Restaurant, and then a movie.
The stop at Hooters raised eyebrows, even [...]

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Happy New Year, Woody!

I have to say it’s been just about a year since I last saw Woody, the woodpecker who I think contributed to the demise of the tree in my front yard. He’s back!
I was busy working in my backyard garden when I heard that telltale sound. Woody was up in one of the pecan trees, [...]

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