April 27, 1900 front page of the Las Vegas Optic
May 1, 1989Cardinals make AAA state playoffs
The ability to get an early lead and hold it typified Robertson Cardinal play during the 1989 baseball season. But Saturday afternoon they showed they could come from behind, and in a big way.
Robertson’s Manny Garcia reaches back to fire a fastball to home plate.
Six was the magic number. Robertson scored six runs in the sixth inning to down Silver City 7-4 in one of two weekend Class AAA pre-playoff games. Belen got by Kirtland Central 4-2 in the other playoff. The 18-5 District 2AAA runner-up Cards meet St. Pius in first round state tournament action in Bloomfield Thursday night at 5. Other first round games include District 2AAA champion Raton at 5AAA runner-up Belen in the opener at 9 a.m., 3AAA champ Deming against 4AAA runner-up Artesia at 11:30 a.m. and 4AAA titleholder Roswell Goddard against 1AAA champ and host Bloomfield in the 7:30 nightcap.
For five innings the Cardinals battled a bitterly cold wind and Silver City pitcher Ceasar Gutierrez.
Gutierrez breezed along on a five-hitter and a 4-1 until Robertson sent 1- batter to the plate in the sixth. The Cards scored six runs to blow Gutierrez away and allow Manny Garcia to sail away with the win.
April 26, 1928Las Vegas arts festival to extend over period of two months; many artists secured
The program for the Las Vegas Arts Festival or “La Fiesta de las Artes” as outlined by Mrs. John F. Lyons general director, and the program committee, will cover a period of two months, June 15 to August 15 and many noted artist, musicians, lecturers and teachers from over the United States are being engaged.
The Festival is a continuation and elaboration of the program inaugurated last summer as the Southwestern Chantauqua and has been organized into a permanent offering to be presented from year to year. All activities of the Arts Festival will be coordinated with the summer schools of Las Vegas’ two educational institutions, the New Mexico Normal University and Montezuma College. Master classes in the various branches of music will be conducted by the artists appearing on the program in addition to the course of lectures offered by the Normal. Work and study in any of the reguar courses of the University and Montezuma College will be available to those wishing it. Special classes in Dramatic Art and Little Theatre will be conducted throughout the season.
The purpose of the summer program is to found a cultural center that shall be typical of the entire Southwest. The Festival committee, which is a department of the local Chamber of Commerce, has secured the services of Mrs. John F. Lyons of Fort Worth, Texas, as general director of the program.