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Local Crime Report for Friday August 23, 2013

8/23/2013

(Deming) -- Here’s the area crime report:

Anthony Porter, age 19, was arrested on an Adult Probation and Parole Office warrant for a probation violation… Elisha Mitchell, age 22, was arrested on a Dona Ana County warrant for failure to appear… Jose Jacquez-Hernandez, age 18 was arrested on a Dona Ana County warrant for failure to pay fines… $250 in criminal damage occurred to the passenger door of a pickup parked off Needles Eye Road… and a security camera valued at $250 was taken from a business off South Lime.

Deming High School to Host Parent Meeting on SBA Results

8/23/2013

(Deming) – Parents of Deming High School students interested in more information on the New Mexico Standards Based Assessment results are invited to an informational meeting Monday at 5:30 p.m.
     Principal Janean Garney said parents of current 11th and 12th grade students should have received their child’s SBA scores in the mail in the past few weeks.

     Reportedly, roughly two-thirds of current seniors have not passed the SBA and are not on target to receive their high school diploma upon the successful completion of their required courses.

     That has many parents in the community concerned.

     There are still opportunities for seniors to pass the SBA, which will be administered again in October, or to complete an alternative requirement.

     Garney said parents of current 11th and 12th graders who would like more information on the SBA results and requirements are encouraged to attend Monday’s meeting, set to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Deming High School all-purpose room.

Great American Duck Races Crown Duck Race King

8/22/2013

Ryan Gonzales, GADR 2013 King

(Deming) - Ryan Gonzales, performing as Quack Gordon was the winner in the Great American Duck Royalty Pageant Thursday night sponsored by Mimbres Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home.

Gonzales, from Deming, bettered five other competitors in winning the competition and took home $750 from the duck race, and another $100 from First New Mexico Bank, as well as a trip to the Inn of the Mountain Gods near Ruidoso.

Runner-up was Julisa Aldaco, also of Deming, as Thunder Strut Quack. For her effort, she took home $500.

In the Just Hatched Category, for ages 0-1, there were eight contestants. The winner was Isabella Chacon, Danica Patrick Duck. Runner-up was Ana Marie and Emma Ruiz as The Lucky Duckies.

In the Little Waddlers category, for ages 2-4, top honors went to Anastasia Harper as Little Miss Quick Quack, and runner-up in the field of five, was Niko Rodriguez as Mohawk Duckling.

In the Downey Duckling competition, for ages 5-8, there were three competitors. The winner was Jace and Jayden Moreno, as the Racing Rascals. Runner-up was Victoria Lynn Turner, as Sandy the Starter Duck.

There was only one entry in the Darling Duckling competition for ages 9-12. The winner by default was Josiah Mauldin as Cadillac Quack.

A near capacity crowd filled the Deming Public Schools Auditorium for the contest, with a new Master of Ceremonies, Noel Nunez, a local Deming teacher.

The pageant was organized by Amanda Mauldin.

All contest winners were from Deming.

Local Crime Report for Thursday August 22, 2013

8/22/2013

(Deming) -- Here’s the area crime report:

Daniel Carreon, age 22, was arrested for possession of marijuana and on an El Paso, Texas, warrant for possession of marijuana… Jaime Wood, age 43, was arrested for possession of marijuana and on a Magistrate warrant for failure to appear…

Omar Rodriguez, age 30, of San Levin, Arizona, was arrested on three Dona Ana County warrants for failure to pay fines… Jaclyn Webb, age 33, of Silver City, was arrested on two Magistrate warrants for failure to appear and on a Dona Ana County warrant for failure to appear… Erika Lopez, age 30, of Lordsburg, was arrested on two Magistrate warrants for failure to pay fines… and Bior Keech, age 29, of Tucson, Arizona, was arrested on a Dona Ana County warrant for failure to appear.

Southern NM State Fair Encourages Entries

8/22/2013

SNMSF Officials Encourage Entries    8/22/13    10:48a

(Deming) – Southern New Mexico State Fair officials are working to correct misconceptions about entries in the Las Cruces fair.

     Veteran’s Building Superintendent Sharon Sevachko said some people have been led to believe that entering non-livestock items in the fair requires membership or special invitations.

     Sevachko said that is untrue.

     She said any resident of Luna, Hidalgo, Catron, Grant, Otero, Sierra or Dona Ana counties in New Mexico, or El Paso County in Texas, can enter any artwork, garden produce, photographs, ceramics, canning, baking, quilting, sewing, knitting, crafting, woodwork, metal work and more.

     Sevachko said the entry must have been created during the previous year.

     Most entries will be accepted on Monday, September 30th, with the exception of baking, which will be accepted on Wednesday, October 2nd, adult photography, which will be accepted on Saturday, September 28th, and quilting entries which will be accepted on Sunday, September 29th.

     Log onto www.snmstatefairgrounds.net and click on the Veteran’s Building link for more information.

Body Found in Burned in Car

8/22/2013

(Deming) – Details remain sketchy, but apparently a body was found in a burned car Monday morning off State Road 26 or the Hatch Highway.

     State Police spokesman Sgt. Emmanuel Gutierrez said officers responded to an incident near the five-mile post on the Hatch Highway at about 9:45 Monday morning.

     Gutierrez said a vehicle caught fire while traveling east. At some point the car left the roadway and struck a fence.

     Gutierrez said that after the fire was extinguished by local fire fighters, a deceased body was located in the driver’s seat of the vehicle. Gutierrez said the deceased has yet to be positively identified and cause of death has not been released.

     Initial reports from other motorists indicated that the fire was inside the vehicle and not in the engine area.

     The case has been turned over to the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau for further investigation.

No Outhouse Races During This Year's GADR

8/21/2013

(Deming) – There will be no Great American Outhouse Race this year.

     A media release said that due to unforeseen circumstances, this Saturday’s Great American Outhouse Race has been cancelled.

     Organizer Butter Milo said that due to recent surgery, he is unable to manage the event, adding that since safety is always an important concern, he made the decision not to hold the event this year with inexperienced volunteers.

     The popular Outhouse Race traditionally takes place on the Saturday of the Great American Duck Race.

     Milo said there will be an outhouse race next year.

Residents Apply for Columbus Charter School

8/21/2013

      (Deming) – The state Public Education Commission met in Columbus Wednesday morning to hear community input on a proposal for a new charter school.

     This is the third year parents and community activists have applied for a charter school in Columbus to serve students in mid-high and high school. This year’s application would have the school start with sixth graders.

     Previously, Columbus Elementary served students in kindergarten through sixth grade, but the Deming School Board recently voted to begin bussing sixth graders to Deming to help alleviate overcrowding in the elementary.

     The application for the Columbus Community School, as it is being called, says a number of parents have requested high school classes in Columbus so their students don’t have to be bussed to Deming.

     Organizers want to use the Ben Archer Medical facility, Village of Columbus playground and pool, village community center and parts of the former Columbus Elementary school to deliver the mid-high and high school curriculum.

     They also plan to locate portable classrooms on two acres of vacant land which could be home to the school’s permanent site.

     Charter schools are public schools freed from some traditional educational requirements to help them offer innovative programs.

Deming has one charter high school – Cesar Chavez – which met for a period in the former City Drug building off Spruce Street and now meets in the former Martin Elementary School building off East First Street.

Vehicle Crashes into Deming Duplex

8/21/2013

     (Deming) – A 43-year-old Deming man who may have been having a seizure while driving ran into a parked vehicle and pushed it into a duplex Monday evening, injuring a resident.

     The accident in the 700 block of South Grand occurred just after 5 p.m. Monday when the man, driving a 1968 Ford pickup with camper shell east on Poplar, crossed the oncoming lanes of traffic, jumped a curb, hit two cemented fence posts, pulling them from the ground, and continued forward, hitting a 2000 Ford Expedition and pushing it into the front room of a duplex.

     A female resident sitting on a couch near the front window suffered head injuries in the collision.

     The woman was transported to the hospital, but the driver refused medical treatment.

     The camper shell was knocked off the pickup during the accident.

Local Crime Report for Wednesday August 21, 2013

8/21/2013

(Deming) -- Here’s the area crime report:
    Victor Baca, age 36, of Albuquerque, was arrested on a District Court warrant for failure to appear and on a Lincoln County warrant for failure to pay fines… Jimmy Mathis, age 31, was arrested on a District Court arrest warrant… and Harmony Sutton, age 30, was arrested on a District Court arrest warrant.
    Dezarae Anzaldua, age 18, was arrested for abandonment or abuse of a child… Michael Saenz, age 45, was arrested on a Bernalillo County District Court warrant for contempt of court and on a Dona Ana County warrant for failure to pay fines… Jorge Martinez, age 20, was arrested on a Magistrate and a Municipal warrant – both for failure to pay fines… Leeann Pena, age 42, of Silver City, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for failure to appear… Adolfo Rodriguez-Duarte, age 49, of Mexico, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for failure to pay fines… and Anna Lopez, age 24, was cited for shoplifting at Wal-Mart.
     Also… $250 in criminal damage was reported to a pickup parked in a lot off Columbus and Florida roads after its doors were scratched… and a breaking-and-entering was reported at the office of the animal shelter.