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Las Cruces, New Mexico Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Las Cruces! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the Army scholar bringing new experience to NMSU’s Bataan Battalion
  • How a new Las Cruces clinic sparked dueling protests this weekend
  • How a Las Cruces-owned pilgrimage mountain faces border wall pressure

Today's riddle: What did the man do after he went upstairs to get a stovepipe? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 104 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Record-tying heat, temps: high: 106, low: 76.
  • Wednesday: Sunshine; record-tying heat, with a high of 104 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Prestigious U.S. Army scholarship recipient chooses NMSU (grantcountybeat.com) — A highly competitive U.S. Army Green to Gold scholarship recipient, Sgt. Jumaris Maduro, is heading to New Mexico State University’s main Las Cruces campus to join the Bataan Battalion ROTC program this August. Her arrival highlights the strong officer-training opportunities available locally, and NMSU officials encourage interested students in Las Cruces to explore multiple paths into Army ROTC and commissioned service.
   

2. Dueling protests held over upcoming reproductive health clinic (krwg.org) — Dueling protests in Las Cruces drew more than 100 people to the construction site of the upcoming Ocotillo Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinic, which is partly funded by the state. Anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rallied, marched along Lohman Avenue, and clashed over whether public money should support the clinic’s abortion and broader reproductive health services ahead of its planned opening this fall.
   

3. Week in review: Busy bishops, Rupnik rumors and a new Prime Minister (thecatholicherald.com subscription) — Las Cruces readers get a brief update in this global Catholic news roundup about legislation aimed at protecting Mount Cristo Rey, land owned by the Diocese of Las Cruces that the federal government wants for a border wall. Bishops note about 40,000 pilgrims visit the site yearly, and the bishops of El Paso and Las Cruces celebrate Mass there each Christ the King feast.
   

4. Las Cruces Diocese demands jury trial, just compensation in feds' effort to seize pilgrimage site (catholicsun.org) — The Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces is fighting in federal court to stop or be fairly compensated for the government’s attempt to seize land around Mount Cristo Rey for a border wall. Local faithful recently joined a large pilgrimage there, and diocesan leaders argue the plan would damage access to a sacred site central to southern New Mexico and El Paso Catholics.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He came down with the flue. (Thank you Fred P. for sending it in!)
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