Local NewsSlover Nominated for WMA Award
(Deming) – A local radio personality has been recognized once again by the Western Music Association. Totsie Slover, who hosts the program “Real West from the Old West” Wednesday mornings on KOTS-AM, has been nominated for the 2017 Radio DJ and/or Radio Program of the year. Slover previously won the award from the national organization in 2014. Slover, who works full-time as a realtor with Deming Realty Company, is one of five radio personalities nominated for the honor – and the only one from New Mexico. Other announcers nominated are from Colorado, Idaho, New Jersey and Texas. Western Music Association members have been sent ballots, and the winner will be announced at the 2017 WMA Awards Show in November in Albuquerque. “Real West from the Old West” with Slover can be heard Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-noon on AM-1230 KOTS. School Board Meets Thursday (Deming) – The Deming School Board will meet in executive and regular sessions Thursday afternoon. According to the legal notice, the executive – or closed – session will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday. The executive session agenda includes a review of applications for the District 5 School Board vacancy, a discussion of union recognition, and the acquisition or disposal of real property. The board’s regular monthly meeting will follow at 5 p.m. Included on the regular meeting agenda is a transportation boundary agreement with Animas Public Schools… a donation to Columbus Elementary from Western Union… a donation from Freeport-McMoRan… an application for developing and updating the district’s five-year facilities master plan… a memorandum of understanding with H.E.L.P-NM/Head Start… agreements with the city and county for after-school programs… course fees… and approval of the School Advisory Committees. Also, Superintendent Dr. Arsenio Romero will update the board on the high school construction. Again, the executive session will begin at 4 p.m., followed by the board’s regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m., this Thursday, September 21st, in the board room of the Emmett Shockley Administration Building, 400 Cody Road. The regular monthly meeting will be open to the public. Crime Report (Deming) - Here's the area crime report: Gilbert Valencia, age 25, was arrested for aggravated battery and public affray… Garry Kavanaugh, age 34, of Las Cruces, was arrested for reckless driving, driving while license was suspended or revoked, possession of drug paraphernalia, no insurance, improper display of registration and on a Magistrate warrant for failure to appear… Raul Lozano, Jr., age 25, was arrested for resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, concealing identity and on a Magistrate warrant for failure to pay fines… Alphonso Garcia, age 28, was arrested on two Adult Probation and Parole Office warrants for probation violations… Luis Gallosa, age 35, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for failure to pay fines… Cecil Hicks, age 53, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for failure to appear… Raul Zapata, age 47, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for failure to appear… Joshua Burns, age 38, was arrested on a Bernalillo County warrant for failure to appear… Frances Campa, age 39, was cited for shoplifting at Sav-O-Mat… and Carlos Ransdell, age 23, was cited for having alcohol in a public place. Also, a computer and household items, with a combined value of nearly $200, were taken from a residence off W. Spruce.
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Local Deming Weather
Deming Radio Weather Steve Hamilton Tonight: Mostly clear. Low: 58. Wind: W 10 to 20 mph, gusting to 25. Thursday: Sunny through midday, then turning partly cloudy. High: 90. Wind: SW 10 to 20 mph, gusting to 25. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Low: 60. Gusty wind up to 25 mph. Friday: Sunny with a few afternoon clouds. High: 88. Breezy. Saturday: Sunny through midday, with clouds and a slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. High: 85. Regional Weather: Dry and breezy for much of the state. We'll also get cooler temperatures, especially for the mountains and the higher elevations of the west. Cooler air will also move in to the northeast plains. A complex frontal system is moving south from CO and will enter northwest NM. Wind will be gusty for most locations, up to 25 mph with higher gusts possible in the mountains. Mostly dry weather state-wide with very little moisture in the atmosphere. Cooler air from high pressure to our north will start to filter-in to northern NM keeping temperatures cooler. Still warm for the southeast plains and the southwest desert areas. Looking ahead to Thursday and Friday, we'll start to see some moisture creeping in from the south, ahead of a cold front moving through NV and CA. This will give us a better chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially late Thursday into Friday. KDEM-FM LIVE AUDIO 
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