LAS CRUCES While at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Mexico State University alumnus, Richard Leza, was able to slow down and write his memoir. The book details his life growing up in rural Hatch, surviving cancer, facing discrimination and gaining success in California’s Silicon Valley through his venture capital firm.
Leza was born in Laredo, Texas, but his family moved to Placitas, a colonia of Hatch, when he was very young. He was the fourth of ten children. His summers were spent in the fields picking cotton, chile, onions and other crops grown in the Valley.
“It was kind of a very stressing experience for me because it was not the best environment in the world and I grew up not knowing anything beyond a, let s say, 80-mile radius. I think the furthest I d been was maybe once or twice to El Paso, Texas,” Leza said. “I went to see my brother in Los Angeles before graduating high school, and I saw what a different world it was out there, versus (where) I had gr
NMSU students grow, study hemp cultivars on campus
Carlos Andres López
LAS CRUCES - With hemp cultivation now underway in New Mexico, researchers and students at New Mexico State University are embarking on new studies to help crop growers produce high-quality strains suitable for marketplaces.
In one project, students in Geno Picchioni’s upper-division greenhouse management class in NMSU’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences grew hemp cultivars in a supervised classroom setting as part of a research project last fall.
The 2018 United States farm bill removed hemp from the federal government’s most restrictive classification of controlled substances, which paved the way for American farmers to cultivate and distribute hemp as an agricultural product. Hemp, a variety of Cannabis sativa, is commonly grown for industrial uses but must contain less than 0.3 percent of THC, the psychoactive ingredient of cannabis.
Provided by Dow Jones By Silvia Ascarelli Dear MarketWatch, I would like to find a liberal-thinking area to retire on $3,000 a month, rent included. Hiking, biking and gardening are priorities. Thanks, Dear Ken, You seem wide open to where in the country you could retire, which makes finding an affordable and interesting spot easier. My first thought is underappreciated Midwestern college towns. They tend to be that blue spot you re looking for but far less expensive than those on the coasts. Obviously you will have colder winters than in the South. As I have written many times, I m a fan of college towns because they tend to punch above their size on amenities. So whatever part of the country you are thinking about, start your search there. A tip: The rental calendar in college towns may be tied to the academic year, given that students look in the spring and sign a lease for fall.
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Silver Schools’ Superintendent Search - Deming’s Parker finds parents, community are key to success
Editor’s note: This is the final profile of the four candidates for the next superintendent of the Silver Consolidated Schools.
According to Fredrick W. Parker, a finalist for the position of Silver Schools superintendent, the elements of developing and improving instruction have been his primary focus through a 23-year career in education. But he is quick to add that he has worked especially hard to form and “interweave partnerships with all departments in a school district” to achieve greater positive results.
“It’s easy for departments to operate separately a whole other thing to achieve symbiosis” among them, he said.