(Deming) -- Incoming Deming High  School ninth graders are scheduled for freshman orientation  Monday.

Deming High School Principal  Janean Garney said the orientation is designed to provide students with  information concerning  graduation credits and requirements, general  procedures and expectations.

And the high school staff will  take students and parents on  a tour of the school.

Garney said freshman orientation  is just another way faculty  and staff are looking to increase their efficiency  and effectiveness to meet the needs of Deming High students.

Orientation Monday is set for 9am for students with last names starting with A through M… and at 1pm Monday  for students with last names starting with N through Z.

In other D-H-S new, students entering 10th through 12th grades may pick up their schedules anytime from 9am  to
3pm Tuesday, July 31st, through Thursday, August 2nd, in the main campus guidance office.

Classes begin on Monday, August 13th.


 

(Deming) – Here’s the area crime  report: 
Michael Hatcher, 37,  was arrested for D-U-I – 3rd offense, having an open container, no  interlock as required, accident involving property damage, failing to  immediately notify authorities of an accident and negligent use of a firearm…
Ruben Enciso, age 27, was arrested on four Luna County warrants – three for 
failure to appear and one for failure to pay fines… Andres Munoz, age 29, was 
arrested on a District Court warrant for a probation violation… and Christina 
Barron, age 22, was arrested on two Magistrate warrants for failure to pay 
fines.  Also… a pickup parked off West  Ash was scratched and its cab
was set on fire causing $1,500 dollars’ worth  of damage… a window valued at $300 dollars was broken on a business off East  Pine… and $100 dollars in damage occurred at a gas pump at a station off East  Cedar when a customer drove off with the gas pump nozzle still in the car’s gas  tank.

Western New Mexico University presents a "WNMU in your community" event.   Tomorrow (Friday July 27th) from 7pm until 10pm at Pit Park, N. Country Club Rd in Deming.  Deming area families and organizations are welcome to  attend this fun summer event hosted by WNMU. Booths, Games and prizes for  families, free food, live entertainment by Jessica Juarez and meet WMNU  President Joseph Shepard.  Come and enjoy a fun family night . 

(Deming) – Here’s the area crime  report:  
Jaqueline Zapeda, age  29, from Riverside,  California, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for failure  to appear… and  Judy Hicks, age 63, and a 17-year-old boy were both charged with  misdemeanor animal neglect after a malnourished horse in their possession was  reported to  authorities. 
Also… the District  Attorney’s office filed a  petition on a 17-year-old boy from Omaha, Nebraska,  for distribution of  marijuana.  And in other news… a  bicycle valued at  700-dollars was reported stolen from Clark Street… and a  66-year-old Luna  County woman reported being the victim of fraud after she  received a bill from PayPal for a 106-dollar gift card she never ordered or  received.

(Deming) – The Deming Public  Schools Summer 2012 Mariachi  Program begins Monday.   Deming High Mariachi  Director Paul Smith said  any student who is enrolled or will be enrolled in the  Mariachi program at Red  Mountain Middle School or Deming High School is required  to  attend.  There is no charge to  attend.  The summer program will  run from Monday through Friday of next week, July 30th through August  3rd.   Registration will take  place Monday morning from 8 to 9… and the classes begin at 9.  Smith said students  need to show up with their instruments ready to play and sing.  Instruments will be available to  rent  for the week.  Contact Smith at  546-9581 for more  information.

(Deming) – Luna County officials  have purchased seven automated external defibrillators through a federal grant  from the Emergency Management Office.
The lifesaving tools  are used in conjunction with C-P-R to help a person having a heart  attack. 
The defibrillators have  been installed in the commission chambers on the third floor of the Luna County  Courthouse… at the Starmax Entertainment Complex… and at the Deming Senior Center. 
A fourth unit has been  given to the Luna County Sheriff’s Department patrol division to relay from  shift to shift… and three
additional units are pending registration through the  state and will be assigned to the Mimbres Valley Learning Center, the Florida  Mountain Volunteer Fire Department and the Savoy Volunteer Fire  Department. 
The grant to purchase  the defibrillators was awarded to the Luna County Emergency Services Division… and director Mark Jasso
thanked Deming Fire Chief Edgar Davalos for his support  in getting the program going. 
The units were  purchased from Cardiac Science… and information about the units is available at www.cardiacscience.com.

(Deming) – The Deming City Council will meet in special session Wednesday morning.  Included on the agenda is a resolution approving the city’s final budget for  2012-2013, as well as the final budget adjustments for the 2011-2012 budget
year.
The councilors also will consider a joint powers agreement between the city, the county and the state Public Safety Department… a resolution for participation in the state Department of Environment Capital Appropriation Project… and a bid for airport improvements. The meeting is set to begin at 9 a-m Wednesday in the council chambers of the John Strand Municipal Building on South Gold.  The meeting is open to the public.  A closed session to discuss potential litigation will follow the open meeting.
 
 
 

(Deming) -- Luna County's unemployment rate dropped again in June.
Preliminary figures from the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions show Luna County with a June unemployment rate of 16.6%. 
That figure is down from the May revised rate of 18.7%, and also down from last June's rate of 17.8%.
Following Luna County in the list of New Mexico counties with the worst unemployment is Mora County with 12% unemployment.  Those were the only two counties in the state with unemployment greater than 10%.
Rounding out the top five are Guadalupe at 9.7%… McKinley at 9.2%… and Taos at nine-point-one percent.
In our area… Grant County was at 6.8% unemployment in June… Hidalgo County was at 5.2%… and the Las Cruces area was at7.3%.  The county with the least unemployment remains Los Alamos with 3.5%. 
The state unemployment rate for June – at 6.5% – was down slightly from the May rate of 6.7%.  The New Mexico labor force estimates show Luna County with a labor force of 12,554 – with 10,471 employed… and 2,083 unemployed.