(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.


 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Peg Perego recalled  hundreds of thousands of strollers Tuesday because children can become trapped  and strangled between trays on them. One death has already been reported.
A six-month-old boy from Tarzana, Calif. died of strangulation in a stroller
in 2004, while a seven-month-old girl from New York was nearly strangled in
2006, according  to Peg Perego USA Inc. The company said entrapment and
strangulation can take place, particularly among those younger than a year old,
when the child is not harnessed into the stroller. If unharnessed, children can
pass through the opening between the tray and the seat bottom and the child's
neck and head can become trapped by the tray.
Peg Perego is recalling approximately  223,000 strollers, which include Venezia
and Pliko-P3 strollers in various colors, made between January 2004 and
September 2007.
Only strollers with a child tray and one  cup holder are part of the recall. Strollers with a bumper bar in front of the  child or a tray with two cup holders are not included in this recall.
The company said the strollers were made  before a voluntary industry standard was implemented in January 2008 that addresses the height of the opening between the stroller's tray and the seat  bottom. The voluntary standard requires larger stroller openings that prevent
infant entrapment and strangulation hazards. The model numbers are:
The model numbers are:
Pliko-P3 Stroller Model Numbers Venezia
Stroller Model Numbers
IPFR28US34xxxxxxxx IPPF28NA32  IPVA13MU09
IPFT28NA63 IPPF28NA57 IPVA13MU10
IPFT28NA64 IPPF28NA65 IPVA13US09
IPP328MU10 IPPF28NA66 IPVA13US10
IPP328MU09 IPPF28NA67 IPVA13US32
IPP328US09 IPPF28NA68 IPVA13US34
IPP328US10 IPPO28US32 IPVC13NA32
IPP329US10 IPPO28US34 IPVC13NA34
IPPA28US32 IPPO28US62
IPPA28US33 IPPO28US69
IPPA28US34 IPPO28US70
IPPD28NA34 IPPO28US71
Consumers are advised to immediately stop using the strollers and contact Peg Perego for a free repair kit a 1-888-734-6020,
or on its web site, www.PegPeregoUSA.com.

(Deming) -- Deming Public  Schools held its first-ever Elementary Career Day Monday at the Mimbres Valley  Learning and Special Events Center.
School Superintendent Harvielee  Moore said the event was the idea of a fourth-grader last year who wrote to  Moore suggesting it would be a good idea for fifth graders to participate in a  career day to begin learning about career options and what skills and education  levels were needed for each.
The student, Andres Reyes, chaired a steering committee convened by Moore which was comprised of a  fifth-grade boy and girl from each elementary school. The students represented  the 484 fifth graders in the district.
Moore said the students planned  the event, named the careers they were interested in learning more  about, and  agreed that each school would prepare career collages as part of their studies  in the classroom.
The committee members also  designed a tee-shirt which each of the fifth-graders in the district wore to the  event. The shirt slogan said: "Fifth Grade, the Future" on the front... and "The  future is near..." with a Charlie Wildcat wearing a graduation cap and leaning  on the words "Wildcats 2019" on the back.
Career presenters included the Southern Area Health Education Center... DeLaney and Hernandez, Attorneys at Law... High Desert Veterinary Clinic... Deming Police Department... McReynolds Family Chiropractic... Deming Fire Department... Rick Holdridge with the New  Mexico Space Port Authority... Mark Vasconcellos, Move Production... and Mary  Anderson and the Skills U-S-A students.

(Deming) -- All four Luna County 4-H shooting sports teams placed in the top five of their respective competitions during the State 4-H Shooting Sports event held at the N-R-A Whittington Center in Raton this past weekend.
In the rifle competition, teams from Luna County placed second and fourth, and Brannick Sweetser was the  eighth-high individual. His teammates were Graham Borden, Keri Hays and Dustin  Zamora.
Members of the other rifle team  were Ty Borden, Tee Pickett and Tel Pickett.
In the shotgun competition,  Zak Speir placed fourth in the individual standings and he and teammates Cassie  Hartman, Jason Lewis and Tee Pickett placed fourth in the team competition.
And in the archery compound competition, Graham Borden placed fifth and Mitchell Stevens placed sixth in the individual competition, and together with teammates Stephanie Swope and Toney McDougal they placed fifth in the team event.