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Alamogordo and Otero County is a community that has shown a big heart during the holiday season with the many various non-profit organizations that serve a variety of constituencies. ....
Otero Artspace to open June 18 with open house and art exhibit After more than a year of planning, Otero Artspace was to open in Spring 2020. The opening was delayed as New Mexico was struck by the coronavirus pandemic and public health mandates closed businesses deemed non-essential. It just took the wind out of our sails, you know, all the momentum, Chris Jones of Otero Arts, Inc. said. Otero Artspace was scheduled to hold an open house and art exhibit from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. on July 18. It ll just be an easel show because there s a lot of hardware we don t have yet, Jones said. ....
LA Junta Tribune The East Otero School District R-1 hosted its monthly board of education meeting on Monday at the La Junta Intermediate School. The Junior/Senior High School is looking at realigning graduation requirements to allow more flexibility. Superintendent Rick Lovato said a regular graduation is being planned and the local health agency will determine what needs to be enforced. Lovato said there will be a prom this year, on April 24. He also informed the board that CMAS testing has begun and that there were many who opted out and few who opted in to more testing. He said parents who opted their students out of testing will be asked to keep their students at home that day. If those students do arrive that day, they will probably have a study hall. ....
LA Junta Tribune Las Animas High School senior James Zook competed in the Otero Arts Festival last week and earned some high honors. Zook competed against seven other entrants in the monologue division and won honorable mention status. His competition was against students from La Junta. Zook was awarded Best Actor overall in the competition. Zook, Cailey Burns and Sarah Van Vleet performed a scene from an Edgar Allen Poe Radio Play and won an honorable mention. Jimmi Boyd and Rayelynn Landry performed a scene from Check Please. Kyla Whattler and Phoebe Frausto performed a scene from the Princess and the Pirate. They competed against five other scenes performed by students from La Junta and Swink. ....