The school year began a few weeks ago, but summer isn’t over. The heat wave has eased up, sunny days are in the forecast for the weekend and this weekend welcomed Deming’s Great American Duck Races. For photos and videos from the weekend so far, visit our Facebook page. It has been billed as the 44th annual, but it depends on how you count. The inaugural duck race was held …
While engaged in Duck Race historical research, we have been looking through Deming Headlight editions from the summer of 1980. Hours flew by as we immersed ourselves in stories, photographs and advertisements from the time. One difference that stood out prominently was the quantity of letters to the editor sent in by residents of Deming, Columbus and other places. In a single edition, there might be 10 such letters, usually …