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Jump Into Summer, sponsored and hosted by Hidalgo Medical Services, brought kids and their parents to Gough Park to take part in a variety of challenging activities. Several youths tried their hands (and feet) at the climbing wall. Others raced bouncy balls. The Velcro suit and the wall seemed to be a big hit. Entertainment included the Silver Stompers.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Jump Into Summer 2013
Jump Into Summer 2013
Jaeden Trujillo, 7, attacks the ever-popular climbing wall.
Jump into Summer 2013
Jump into Summer 2013
The Silver Stompers strut their moves
Jump into Summer 2013
The Velcro suit and wall drew adventurers who didn't mind sticking to the wall. John Lopez, 10, got pretty high up, and then tried to deattach himself
Jump into Summer 2013
bouncy ball races are also a treat

At the Legislative Finance Committee meeting in Silver City last week, the Wednesday afternoon session on Copper Rules, after presentations, was opened up to legislators' questions.
Sen. Carroll H. Leavell asked Tannis Fox of the attorney general's office in what administration the current copper rules were passed.
Fox said the permitting was changed in 1977, but aside from amendments, the rule in substance had been in place since then.
"In 2009, to promulgate the rules, it required the Water Quality Control Commission to agree, and it allowed for specific rules for copper mining and dairies," Fox said.
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