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					  <title><![CDATA[The birds of spring in Las Cruces-shameless caboodling]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Last spring, our second in Southern New Mexico, my wife and I discovered that this part of the country has the most shameless bunch of birds we have ever seen. I mean, it&#039;s disgraceful! They sing all day, sometimes even into the night, and they want us to think they are a charming delight, but we know what they&#039;re really up to. It&#039;s caboodling. That&#039;s what they&#039;re really up to. Birds can&#039;t outsmart us!]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Jay  W. Sharp)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:10:23 PST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[The Hispanic Festivals of Las Cruces and Mesilla]]></title>
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Hispanic currents flow through the history and culture of Las Cruces and Mesilla like the Rio Grande flows through the fields and arid pasturelands of these adjoining valley communities. 
Spanish-speaking conquistadores and colonists left their tracks and bones along the sandy river bottoms more than four centuries ago.  Northern New Mexico's Spanish-speaking settlers, uprooted by the Mexican/American conflict of the late 1840s, rebuilt their lives at Las Cruces and Mesilla, constructing community, churches and homes along the riverbanks.  Their descendants, along with more recent Spanish-speaking settlers, now serve in local political offices; work in local businesses, industries and professions; study at the local university and colleges; and teach in the local schools.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Jay  W. Sharp)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2002 05:07:19 PST</pubDate>
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