As 2024 is in sight, the Deming Headlight decided to take a look back at Deming’s most impactful stories of the past year. Come with us to take a trip through 2023: January Montes, who introduced middle schoolers to welding, retires Jerry Montes retired as a shop teacher after 27 years from Deming Public Schools. Montez worked on many industrial art pieces alongside his students from Red Mountain Middle School. …
The recent push by the New Mexico Activities Association to tone down poor behavior at athletic events they sanction reminds me of a John Wooden quote: “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” The NMAA is convinced that a statewide shortage of coaches and officials can be linked to poor …