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Opinion/Editorial:
Coach Price Will
Trick Texas Longhorns
Coach Mike Price vs. Buffalo, did not show the Miners' next opponent, Texas Longhorns, what he has up his sleeve.
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Ducklings feed in canal.
A large group of mallard ducklings were feeding in an irrigation canal in the Upper Valley between Santa Teresa and Canutillo.
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Artist draws young crowd.
Upper Valley artist, Paul Tovar, presents the basics as well as a realistic goals and practice guides to anime enthusiasts at library.
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Hurricane Bonnie Hits.
Hurricane Bonnie dumped water from the Gulf of Mexico all the way to Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas.
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CHS Teacher Presents.
Angelina Bencomo, a Canutillo High School Teacher made a presentation 2008 State Professional Development Tri-Cluster Conference held in Dallas this summer.
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Teacher Recognized by Cambridge Who's Who.
Evangelina G. Martinez, Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher, at CISD has been recognized as a VIP Member by Cambridge Who's Who.
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CHS Principal Padilla retires.
Max Padilla retired recently ending a long career at Canutillo ISD both as principal at Jose Damian Elementary and CHS. |

Rains Start Earlier.
Shades of 2006.
The monoons started early this year... weeks before the Fourth of July and soon started many of us thinking about the floods of 2006. |

Rainy Day Weeding.
David Rosen was busy in between rainy downpours to get to the root of his weed problem.
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Santa Fe Indian Art Market
Santa Fe will once again host the worlds largest Native American Art Market in August. |

West Nile Victim.
Numerous fallen birds were found in the Upper Valley; the likely culprit is West Nile Virus. |

Drought May Postpone West Nile Virus Burst.
Public Health Department surprised by first El Pasoan diagnosed and hospitalized. |

Michael Hill Takes Reins of EP Health.
The new director of the newly formed El Paso Health Department is Michael Hill. Hill, like his predecesor Bob Galvan, is not a MD.
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Night in the Upper Valley: R & R Sports Bar Opens.
Now under new management, R & R, had a small but happy crowd recently.
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Gazing Ball Closing.
Not content with their district crown the This unique gift and novelty shop is located in a historical adobe in the Upper Valley. |

Gourds Blast Sunland Park
The Gourds make much anticipated stop at Ardovino's Desert Crossing. |

Our region on dry times.
Predictions for this year have designated our region as one with the potential for continued severe drought.
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Rain barrels run low
from drought this year.
Keeping rain water on hand is essential in the Upper Valley where much of the well water is too salty for indoor plants. |

Sun Country Trail Riders Saddle Up.
The familly oriented club took a ride East of Vado on the BLM land. The rides take place at different locations on the Westside and Upper Valley with a hot dog cookout afterwards.
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FNS: Narcos, Soccer and the Public Good.
The value of a ton of
Catapulted into Mexico’s First Division, Ciudad Juarez’s Indios
soccer team is hot.
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Opinion & Editorial: El Paso Accepting of Gutter Talk.
Recent questions about the quality or lack thereof by advertisers in the El Paso area were raised.
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Letters to the Editor.
Hey! We can read too. Send us your thoughts, suggestions, praise, complaints... heck, just vent if you need to. We feel your pain.
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Chihuahan Desert Educational Coalition's 4th Annual Fiesta.
Coming this Saturday - September 20, 2008 at Tom Mays Park on the Westside... in the Franklin Mountain via Transmountain Road.
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Coming this Saturday - September 20, 2008 at Tom Mays Park on the Westside... in the Franklin Mountain via Transmountain Road.
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Canutillo Eagle RB Juan De la Rosa is off to the races... and another TD.
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This sunflower was a bit stunted due to all of the rain and cloudy days.
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The banks of the Rio Grande were under water as monsoons and the remnants of Hurricane Bonnie poured moisture into our area.
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There were some great lightning bolts
far off in the distance desert over the West Mesa from El Paso's Upper Valley.
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The frequent and sometimes heavy rains have played havoc with alfalfa harmers.
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Winton Homes, president Jack Winton, made a presntation of a $1,000 scholarship check to Canutillo High School graduate, Hector Lujan.
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Complete coverage including interviews... EXCLUSIVE: Only Upper Valley Beacon & WestsideReader conducted complete interviews with all the four candidates before the elections. Interviews after the primary election.
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Along with a new sheriff, there will be a new Constable # 7 in town... er, the Upper Valley.
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Music is still drawing the youth of America.
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Silver City, New Mexico pulled another rabbit out of the hat with their 13th Annual Blues Festival. Feature performers like Zac Harmon and Sherman Robertson were sizzlying and played to a packed house at the Buffalo Dance Hall's "Saturday Night Jam Session" after their performances. WestsideROX.com was there.
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La Vina Winery keeps the music and wine flowing.
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The wine festival was held on the Memorial Day weekend and Sunday there were long, long lines... for free wine.
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Jazz & Blues plus lots of good food and fun... add some vino... and WestsideROX.com and you have a great weekend in the Upper Valley.
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The El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras dazzled the crowd at the Plaza Theatre, June 1, 2008 and featured Robert Paacios clarinet winner of 2007-08 EPSYOs concerto competition.
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The Abraham Chavez Theatre was briming full of beautiful young women and their hopes were as lofty as their smiles were radiant. See all of the Westside Story @ Westsidereader.com
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Giant of civil rights reform honored with Lifetime Achievement Award. See the EXCLUSIVE at Westside Reader.
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Upper Valley residents were all pumped up about our new web site... and of course we are referring to
www.WestsideROX.com ... and so are we. Go ROX!!!!
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