January 2013

Wednesday 30 January 2013

  • Absentee & Early Voting
    Absentee Voting for the March 5, 2013 Regular Municipal Election for the Town of Silver City will begin on January 29, 2013 and will end March 1, 2013.  Voters wishing to vote by Absentee Ballot may request an application to vote by absentee by calling the Town Clerk’s Office at 534-6346.  Early Voting begins on February 13, 2013 and ends March 1, 2013. To be eligible to vote in the Town of Silver City’s March 5, 2013 Municipal Election, you must be registered by Tuesday, February 5, 2013.  More election details further down this page
  • Curbside Consulting
    9am – Noon / The Wellness Coalition – Nonprofit Resource Center – 409 N Bullard Street / Free consulting services to nonprofit organizations or those considering becoming a nonprofit org / Lisa Jimenez 534.0665 x232 – lisa@wellnesscoalition.org
  • Library Story Time
    10am / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Avenue / Reading, poetry, music and movement / Children and grown-ups of all ages welcome / Free / Harmony Phillips-Dahlsten – Children’s/Youth Librarian / 538.3672 / hdahlsten@silvercitymail.com
  • WILL Lunch & Learn
    Noon / Western Institute for Lifelong Learning hosts Xinyan Weeks, “China Through Chinese Eyes.”  Xinyan Weeks grew up in China as an ethnic minority outside the dominant Han culture. She has a special perspective on that powerful nation so tied with ours / 538.6835 or will-learning.com / info@will-learning.com
  • Southwestern County Commission Alliance
    1pm / Grant County Administration Building – 1400 Hwy 180 East / Meeting to discuss habitat designation in Organ Mountains and protection of Gila National Forest
  • Dane and Edie
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor 510 N Bullard / Piano & Vocal / Jazz & Standards / Free
  • The Oversouls
    7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Local Rock & Soul / Free

Thursday 31 January 2013

  • Ester
    6:30 p.m. Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard / Classical Guitar / Free
  • Food Inc Screening
    6pm / The SPOT – The Wellness Coalition – 409 N Bullard / Free / Discussion to follow / All ages and families are all welcome!

Friday 1 February 2013

  • Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance
    Noon – 1pm / Silver City Recreation Center – 1016 N Silver Street / Based on traditional Tai Chi, this program works for all people / It also meets the needs of those with diminished balance or strength.  First class: free / Liz 313.6833 or emikols@Q.com
  • Grant County Retired Educators Association
    11:30am / The Red Barn  – 708 Silver Height Blvd / All retired educators from any state are welcome / Dutch treat lunch / Patricia Milligan 388.1108
  • String Beans
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard  / Bluegrass / Free
  • Felted Soap Workshop
    5 – 7pm / Wild West Weaving – 211 North Texas Street – Suite D / During this workshop you will learn and practice the technique of making felted soaps / You get to take home your bar of felted soap, and all the skills to make more / Fee – all supplies included / Hosana wildwestweaving@gmail.com or 313.1032
  • Ft Bayard “New Mexico’s Newest Ghost Town”
    3:30pm – 5:30pm / Mimbres Region Art Council Gallery – 1201 N Pope Street / Ft Bayard Historic Preservation Society will attend the reception to answer questions about Ft Bayard and current efforts to save this national landmark / The exhibit will also be open for viewing Tuesday through Friday, 9am – 4:30pm until February 28
  • Hector Carrillo
    8pm – Midnight / VFW Post 3347 – Hwy 180 and Burnham Rd – Look for the American flag and the red roof / Pop, light rock, Country Western, and Spanish music. All proceeds go to help our veterans and their families
  • Sean Lucky
    7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Folk Rocker from Albuquerque / Free
  • Chinese New Year Preparation
    5:30 – 7:30pm / Chinese Lion Dances presented by AmBank’s First Fridays at Alotta Gelato, Diane’s Parlor, Javalina, The Lion’s Den, Q’s Southern Bistro, Tre Rosat, Yankie Creek Coffee House

Saturday 2 February 2013

  • Children’s Craft Class: Weaving a Mug Rug
    10am – Noon / Silver City Museum – 312 W Broadway / For children aged 8 and older, limited to 12 students / Fee / Pre-registration encouraged / 538.5921 orwww.silvercitymuseum.org
  • Felted Soap Workshop
    10am – Noon / Wild West Weaving – 211 North Texas Street – Suite D / During this workshop you will learn and practice the technique of making felted soaps / You get to take home your bar of felted soap, and all the skills to make more / Fee – all supplies included / Contact Hosana – wildwestweaving@gmail.com or 313.1032 to register
  • Children’s Valentine Craft Day
    1 – 3PM / Bayard Public Library – 1112 Central Avenue / Children will make 2 Valentine crafts to take or hang on the library’s Valentine tree
  • Passive-Solar Hot-Air Panel Workshop
    1:30 – 4:30pm / Habitat for Humanity Re-Store – 704 W Market Street / Learn to design, build, and install a low-tech, passive solar hot-air panel to provide free home heat!  Taught by Asher Gelbart of Green Energy Now / Sliding Scale Fee / Class limited / Register at 538.9540
  • Astronomy Observations
    Sundown t0 9pm /  City of Rocks 1/2 way to Deming then East on Hwy 61 / Gene Simons donated a 14″ telescope and astronomer Matt Wilson discusses seasonal constellations and their lore, the Solar System with visible planets and their moons, and offers observations on deep sky objects as visibility permits / Requires a $5 day pass per car load of folks / For more info, matthewdwilson@q.com
  • Gene Booth
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard / Old Time Country / Free
  • Wild and Scenic Film Festival
    6:30pm / Silco Theater – 311 N Bullard Street / The Festival focuses on films that speak to environmental concerns and celebrations of our planet / Presented by Gila Conservation Coalition / Tix at the door or in advance at GCC / 538.8078 – info@gilaconservation.org
  • Pt Panther
    7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Blues from Bisbee, AZ / Free

Silver City Election Calendar
Tuesday 5 March 2013 Municipal Election

29 January 2013 / 5pm
A/ Deadline for Withdrawal of Write-in Candidacy
B/ First day absentee ballots can be issued/mailed to voters whose applications have been approved
5 February 2013 / 5pm
Grant County Clerk closes voter registration books
13 February 2013
First day for early voting using voting machines/electronic vote tabulators.
1 March 2013
A/ Last day for early voting using machine/tabulators.
B/ Last day absentee ballots can be issued/ mailed to voters.
C/ Last day candidates may appoint a challenger & 1 alternate and a watcher & 1 alternate for each polling place by 5pm
4 March 2013 / by 3pm
Last day the governing body may appoint a qualified elector for each polling place to serve as observer
5 March 2013 Election Day
Polls open 7am – 7pm
11 March 2013
No later than 7pm candidates elected shall appear before the Municipal Clerk to sign a written statement acknowledging receipt of the certificate of election and acknowledging that he/she is legally qualified to hold office.

Visit The Town of Silver City Election Page for more information.  They advise the following…

Check Your Voter Registration
to ensure that your name and address are correct. Any corrections need to be made with the County Clerk before 5 February 2013 in order to vote in the upcoming election.

Check Your Voting District
The Town Council redistricted in November 2011. Please review the new voting district map to check which district your address is in per your voter registration. Call the County Clerk’s office at 574-0042 if there are any discrepancies.

The GMCR Community Calendar provides notice of local music, arts, culture and civic events.  It is based in large part on Anne McCormick’s email calendar which is now compiled and administered by Grant County Community Health Council.  The GMCR calendar may include additional events and omit or edit others which lie outside our editorial policies – such as our non-commercial guidelines.

To include an event on the calendar please send your request to healthcouncilgc@gmail.com and include the following information:

  • Event name
  • Date and time
  • Location with physical address
  • Short description if desired
  • Cost, if any
  • Contact name / phone / email / URL

If you have a reoccurring event, please send monthly notices which should include the date(s) and requested information from above.

Note that the list is compiled from list serve participants, various community calendars, and area postings.  GCCHC and GMCR do not take responsibility for any missing/incorrect events and we retain the right to exclude unsuitable events.

For additional info contact Kendra Milligan / Public Relations Liaison / Grant County Community Health Council / 388.1198 x10 / healthcouncilgc@gmail.com

Travel Management sounds boring, but couldn’t be more important. Earth Matters co-producer Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance hosts this week’s program with Cyndi Tuell, conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity.

Listen in on their discussion of the Travel Management process, currently being worked on by the Gila National Forest, which will designate a system of roads that protects our natural resources while still allowing ample recreational access. The Forest Service plans to leave open more than 3,300 miles of roads, enough to drive from San Diego to Maine! But some misguided politicians want to leave open all roads, continuing the destruction of the Gila National Forest. What are they thinking?!

Earth Matters/Travel Management in the Gila National Forest

Earth Matters airs Tuesday & Thursday at 10am and 8pm
or you can click below to listen anytime to
Earth Matters / Cindi Tuell on the Gila National Forest Travel Management Plan

Tuesday 29 January 2013

  • Absentee & Early Voting
    Absentee Voting for the March 5, 2013 Regular Municipal Election for the Town of Silver City will begin on January 29, 2013 and will end March 1, 2013.  Voters wishing to vote by Absentee Ballot may request an application to vote by absentee by calling the Town Clerk’s Office at 534-6346.  Early Voting begins on February 13, 2013 and ends March 1, 2013. To be eligible to vote in the Town of Silver City’s March 5, 2013 Municipal Election, you must be registered by Tuesday, February 5, 2013.  More election details further down this page
  • Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance
    Noon – 1pm / Silver City Recreation Center – 1016 N Silver Street / Based on traditional Tai Chi, this program works for all people / It also meets the needs of those with diminished balance or strength.  First class: free / Liz 313.6833 or emikols@Q.com
  • Scott
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor 510 N Bullard / Blues & Country / Free

Wednesday 30 January 2013

  • Curbside Consulting
    9am – Noon / The Wellness Coalition – Nonprofit Resource Center – 409 N Bullard Street / Free consulting services to nonprofit organizations or those considering becoming a nonprofit org / Lisa Jimenez 534.0665 x232 – lisa@wellnesscoalition.org
  • Library Story Time
    10am / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Avenue / Reading, poetry, music and movement / Children and grown-ups of all ages welcome / Free / Harmony Phillips-Dahlsten – Children’s/Youth Librarian / 538.3672 / hdahlsten@silvercitymail.com
  • WILL Lunch & Learn
    Noon / Western Institute for Lifelong Learning hosts Xinyan Weeks, “China Through Chinese Eyes.”  Xinyan Weeks grew up in China as an ethnic minority outside the dominant Han culture. She has a special perspective on that powerful nation so tied with ours / 538.6835 or will-learning.com / info@will-learning.com
  • Southwestern County Commission Alliance
    1pm / Grant County Administration Building – 1400 Hwy 180 East / Meeting to discuss habitat designation in Organ Mountains and protection of Gila National Forest
  • Dane and Edie
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor 510 N Bullard / Piano & Vocal / Jazz & Standards / Free
  • The Oversouls
    7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Local Rock & Soul / Free

Thursday 31 January 2013

  • Ester
    6:30 p.m. Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard / Classical Guitar / Free
  • Food Inc Screening
    6pm / The SPOT – The Wellness Coalition – 409 N Bullard / Free / Discussion to follow / All ages and families are all welcome!

Friday 1 February 2013

  • Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance
    Noon – 1pm / Silver City Recreation Center – 1016 N Silver Street / Based on traditional Tai Chi, this program works for all people / It also meets the needs of those with diminished balance or strength.  First class: free / Liz 313.6833 or emikols@Q.com
  • Grant County Retired Educators Association
    11:30am / The Red Barn  – 708 Silver Height Blvd / All retired educators from any state are welcome / Dutch treat lunch / Patricia Milligan 388.1108
  • String Beans
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard  / Bluegrass / Free
  • Felted Soap Workshop
    5 – 7pm / Wild West Weaving – 211 North Texas Street – Suite D / During this workshop you will learn and practice the technique of making felted soaps / You get to take home your bar of felted soap, and all the skills to make more / Fee – all supplies included / Hosana wildwestweaving@gmail.com or 313.1032
  • Ft Bayard “New Mexico’s Newest Ghost Town”
    3:30pm – 5:30pm / Mimbres Region Art Council Gallery – 1201 N Pope Street / Ft Bayard Historic Preservation Society will attend the reception to answer questions about Ft Bayard and current efforts to save this national landmark / The exhibit will also be open for viewing Tuesday through Friday, 9am – 4:30pm until February 28
  • Hector Carrillo
    8pm – Midnight / VFW Post 3347 – Hwy 180 and Burnham Rd – Look for the American flag and the red roof / Pop, light rock, Country Western, and Spanish music. All proceeds go to help our veterans and their families
  • Sean Lucky
    7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Folk Rocker from Albuquerque / Free
  • Chinese New Year Preparation
    5:30 – 7:30pm / Chinese Lion Dances presented by AmBank’s First Fridays at Alotta Gelato, Diane’s Parlor, Javalina, The Lion’s Den, Q’s Southern Bistro, Tre Rosat, Yankie Creek Coffee House

Saturday 2 February 2013

  • Children’s Craft Class: Weaving a Mug Rug
    10am – Noon / Silver City Museum – 312 W Broadway / For children aged 8 and older, limited to 12 students / Fee / Pre-registration encouraged / 538.5921 orwww.silvercitymuseum.org
  • Felted Soap Workshop
    10am – Noon / Wild West Weaving – 211 North Texas Street – Suite D / During this workshop you will learn and practice the technique of making felted soaps / You get to take home your bar of felted soap, and all the skills to make more / Fee – all supplies included / Contact Hosana – wildwestweaving@gmail.com or 313.1032 to register
  • Children’s Valentine Craft Day
    1 – 3PM / Bayard Public Library – 1112 Central Avenue / Children will make 2 Valentine crafts to take or hang on the library’s Valentine tree
  • Passive-Solar Hot-Air Panel Workshop
    1:30 – 4:30pm / Habitat for Humanity Re-Store – 704 W Market Street / Learn to design, build, and install a low-tech, passive solar hot-air panel to provide free home heat!  Taught by Asher Gelbart of Green Energy Now / Sliding Scale Fee / Class limited / Register at 538.9540
  • Astronomy Observations
    Sundown t0 9pm /  City of Rocks 1/2 way to Deming then East on Hwy 61 / Gene Simons donated a 14″ telescope and astronomer Matt Wilson discusses seasonal constellations and their lore, the Solar System with visible planets and their moons, and offers observations on deep sky objects as visibility permits / Requires a $5 day pass per car load of folks / For more info, matthewdwilson@q.com
  • Gene Booth
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard / Old Time Country / Free
  • Wild and Scenic Film Festival
    6:30pm / Silco Theater – 311 N Bullard Street / The Festival focuses on films that speak to environmental concerns and celebrations of our planet / Presented by Gila Conservation Coalition / Tix at the door or in advance at GCC / 538.8078 – info@gilaconservation.org
  • Pt Panther
    7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Blues from Bisbee, AZ / Free

Silver City Election Calendar
Tuesday 5 March 2013 Municipal Election

29 January 2013 / 5pm
A/ Deadline for Withdrawal of Write-in Candidacy
B/ First day absentee ballots can be issued/mailed to voters whose applications have been approved
5 February 2013 / 5pm
Grant County Clerk closes voter registration books
13 February 2013
First day for early voting using voting machines/electronic vote tabulators.
1 March 2013
A/ Last day for early voting using machine/tabulators.
B/ Last day absentee ballots can be issued/ mailed to voters.
C/ Last day candidates may appoint a challenger & 1 alternate and a watcher & 1 alternate for each polling place by 5pm
4 March 2013 / by 3pm
Last day the governing body may appoint a qualified elector for each polling place to serve as observer
5 March 2013 Election Day
Polls open 7am – 7pm
11 March 2013
No later than 7pm candidates elected shall appear before the Municipal Clerk to sign a written statement acknowledging receipt of the certificate of election and acknowledging that he/she is legally qualified to hold office.

Visit The Town of Silver City Election Page for more information.  They advise the following…

Check Your Voter Registration
to ensure that your name and address are correct. Any corrections need to be made with the County Clerk before 5 February 2013 in order to vote in the upcoming election.

Check Your Voting District
The Town Council redistricted in November 2011. Please review the new voting district map to check which district your address is in per your voter registration. Call the County Clerk’s office at 574-0042 if there are any discrepancies.

The GMCR Community Calendar provides notice of local music, arts, culture and civic events.  It is based in large part on Anne McCormick’s email calendar which is now compiled and administered by Grant County Community Health Council.  The GMCR calendar may include additional events and omit or edit others which lie outside our editorial policies – such as our non-commercial guidelines.

To include an event on the calendar please send your request to healthcouncilgc@gmail.com and include the following information:

  • Event name
  • Date and time
  • Location with physical address
  • Short description if desired
  • Cost, if any
  • Contact name / phone / email / URL

If you have a reoccurring event, please send monthly notices which should include the date(s) and requested information from above.

Note that the list is compiled from list serve participants, various community calendars, and area postings.  GCCHC and GMCR do not take responsibility for any missing/incorrect events and we retain the right to exclude unsuitable events.

For additional info contact Kendra Milligan / Public Relations Liaison / Grant County Community Health Council / 388.1198 x10 / healthcouncilgc@gmail.com

Welcome to News @ Noon for Monday 28 January 2013 brought to you by Gila / Mimbres Community Radio in a community media collaboration with The Grant County Beat – your daily newspaper for up-to-date information about Grant County.

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College of Business dean candidate Forrest Aven suggests ways to pull in students, make additions to programs
Created on Friday, 25 January 2013 12:53

Interviews and open forums for the public continue at Western New Mexico University for dean candidates for the newly created colleges—Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health and Human Services, and Community College.

On Thursday January 24, an open forum was held for Forrest Aven, candidate for dean of the College of Business. He is associate professor of management and interim dean of the College of Business at the University of Houston-Downtown.

He cited several other jobs that he had on his way to earning an MBA and then a Ph.D. They included a stint as a substitute teacher in middle school, a steam locomotive engineer at Six Flags Over Texas in Dallas, a football referee in middle school and high school level sports, a radio disk jockey, a bottle counter at a Dr. Pepper plant, human resources at Miller Brewing Co., a volunteer in the Peace Corps in Colombia, and his past 22 years at the University of Houston.

“The bottle counting job was my worst job, but it taught me the way to treat people as part of management and how not to manage,” Aven said. “The referee job taught me to make a decision and stick to it.”

An extended Q&A followed.  Please visit GrantCountBeat.com for more details.

Grant County 4-H Shines at National Western Roundup
Created on Friday, 25 January 2013 08:01

Three 4-H Teams from Grant County competed in this year’s annual National Western Roundup in Denver, Colorado, January 9 through 13, and came away winners

The Teams were winners in last July’s state 4-H contests, competing in the categories of Parliamentary Procedure, Consumer Decision Making, and Impromptu Speaking, and they made their mark again in the national competition.  The winners were:

  • Third Place, Impromptu Speaking: Mariah Runnels
  • Second Place, Parliamentary Procedure: President Tyler Monzingo, Wyatt Moon, Ashley Gilpin, Jean Marie Gardner and Kodi Cox – coached by Shane Wetzel
  • Third Place, Consumer Decision Making – Group Think: Sean Kishbaugh, Kinsey Fisher, and Zoe Kasten – coached by Judy O’Loughlin

Photos are posted on the Grant County Beat.

Silver City Town Council Approves Application for Funding a Movie Theater
Created on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:47

At the Silver City Town Council meeting Tuesday, January 22, councilors voted to authorize submittal of an application for financial assistance through the New Mexico Finance Authority to purchase the Silco Theater.

“I could not be more thrilled,” Nick Seibel, Silver City MainStreet Project Manager, said. “This investment puts us in position to bring back first-run movies to downtown. What we will do is remove the remnants of the second floor, bring back the balcony and concession stand, and install digital cinema equipment.”

Seibel said two potential private operators of the movie theater are interested in bringing back movies by May of this year.

“I hope this is the first step to multiple theaters downtown,” Seibel said.

Mayor James Marshall said the closure of the Real West Theater has prompted what may be a stop-gap measure to continue to have movies in Silver City. “If it becomes part of a theater plan, so be it; if not, we will have the equipment, and the Silco will be an asset to the town.”

Town Manager Alex Brown said the approval of the application is just the first step. The town will have to approve an ordinance for the loan. “We have moved forward on an appraisal, so we know how much the theater is worth. Hopefully at the same meeting, we can approve the loan and the purchase of the Silco. We will use the state funding that went to MainStreet and this money for the purchase. We will lease the theater to MainStreet and revenues will hopefully cover the debt service.”

Councilor Polly Cook asked about a private operator. Seibel said with fixed seating for the facility as a theater, it would be leased to a private entity to operate the Silco Theater as a business.

Councilor José Ray said he had several people at the Red Paint Powwow last weekend tell him they were ready to support a downtown theater.

Councilor Mike Morones also supported the efforts. “MainStreet partners with us, providing economic services for the downtown. The state Economic Development Department says this has to happen, and they are putting skin and sweat into the game.  A theater has been identified by many economic development people as an important project for downtown.”

Another approval of importance, especially to veterans of the Vietnam War, was for a resolution honoring Carlos C. Aguirre. The resolution stipulates that a bronze plaque will be affixed on the Big Ditch Bridge on Broadway.  Councilor Ray asked for the resolution for Aguirre, who was a native of Silver City. He was wounded in Vietnam in February 1968 and killed a couple of weeks later.

“As we started this meeting, I asked everyone to join in the Pledge of Allegiance,” Mayor Marshall said. “With a roomful of veterans, you can hear the difference when they say the pledge. They mean it.

“Your service has installed in us freedoms no other country has,” Marshall continued. “We struggled how to do this resolution so we honor all veterans. We recognize the loss to his family. Many of you carry wounds—some visible, some not. There’s nothing this council can do that will signify the loss and service you’ve given for us. We honor all veterans past and present with this plaque.”

Councilors unanimously approved the resolution to install the plaque.

In other business, councilors approved a notice of intent to pass an ordinance amending Chapter 16, Section 16-44 of the Town of Silver City Municipal Code, to reconcile sections of the code that do not agree on the Incentive Review Committee membership. The Town Council changed the number from seven to five members and added language stating there would be no limit to the number of terms a person may serve.

Councilors also approved a resolution, supporting a public-private Cultural Economic Development Arts and Cultural District Project.  Morones asked for a slight change in wording, so it did not sound like the town was obligated to use only the tools – local economic development act or tax increment – that were specifically listed.

Seibel said the resolution was required to continue as an Arts and Cultural District. He said the district has already made “a tremendous difference to the town and put us in with Taos and Santa Fe, branding us as an arts and cultural destination.”

Cissy McAndrew, Southwest New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce director, said so much energy and passion had the town moving forward when Silver City was named one of the first arts and cultural districts in the state.

Bettison said she has seen the difference in how arts and cultural events can draw people to the town to stay longer.

Councilors approved the list of election workers for the March 5 town election. Brown said all those listed had gone through election school.

Also approved was the appointment of Elizabeth Foster to the Library Board and Nancy E. Johnson, Michelle Carrillo, Kathryn Gorthy, Sandra Hicks and Mitch Hellman to the Lodgers Tax Advisory Board. Marshall said the terms would be worked out so that they are staggered.

Town councilors hear reports from Humane Society, Green Chamber and town staff members
Created on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:55

Editor’s Note:  This is part 2 on the January 22nd meeting of the Silver City Town Council.

Heidi Sexton, president of the High Desert Humane Society, said the animal intake at the shelter is consistently going down, with the exception of 2010.

“The shelter received $3,000 in license sales and $5,600 in intake fees—about $60 an animal.”

She pointed out the agreement between the town and the shelter will be up for renewal in June.

Sexton said about 30 percent of the animals brought in as strays or dropped off by owners find new owners. Ten percent of the animals are returned to their owners or placed, but 60 percent are euthanized.

“Talking earlier about dogs and cats,” Marshall said, “it has been freezing cold, near record lows, with days not above freezing. I would like to remind people to take their pets inside and keep them warm and safe.”

Cissy McAndrew, Southwest New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce director, presented a quarterly report on the Visitor Center and tourism.

“We are not seeing an increase in tourism,” McAndrew said. “Although we did see an uptick in January, due to advertising. Tourism was down in June because of the fires.”

A bright spot was that residents from Silver City and Grant County visit the center to get literature to send to family and friends.

“The No. 1 reason visitors come to the area is because they heard about Silver City through friends,” McAndrew said. “The Internet is about half that number and growing. We are beginning to catch up from years with no advertising.”

McAndrew said the quarterly New Mexico Tourism Commission meeting brought the commissioners to Silver City. “They loved what we’re doing, and we’re building relationships with the Tourism Department that I think will benefit us.”

The week after that meeting, the Green Chamber held an economic forum, which was well attended by locals, she reported. The forum showed the importance of public lands in “our backyard.”

(GMCR note… This forum can be heard here)

“The new (Tourism) guide will be out in about a month,” McAndrew said. “New signage will be a filler at the sign at the intersection of Swan Street and Silver Heights Boulevard.  At Hudson and Broadway is a beautiful cultural sign directing people to downtown.”

She said the new Arts & Cultural District director would be named soon. “We are both working with the Chamber of Commerce as a team.”

Mayor James Marshall asked if McAndrew had done an overlay of local statistics with state statistics.

“”Most of the state tourism growth is in urban areas,” McAndrew said. “I talked to Sen. (Howie) Morales. I hope to generate more tourism down here and in rural New Mexico.”

Councilor Cynthia Bettison pointed out that a lot of the advertising is of summer events.

McAndrew said the area just had the Red Paint Powwow last weekend, Chocolate Fantasia is coming up, the Lighted Christmas Parade was in November, and the Tamal Fiesta in early December. Plus Silver City has the First Fridays every month.

“A lot of people between Christmas and New Year’s drove off I-10 just to see Silver City,” McAndrew said.

In staff reports, Julie Salaiz, town code enforcement officer, gave a brief summation of her activities in code enforcement. In 2012, with an additional officer, they handled 658 cases, of which 627 are closed because “we achieved voluntary compliance. Eleven are filed in court.”

Silver City Police Department Chief Ed Reynolds said he had completed the statistical information and would do a 30-minute presentation with questions and answers at the next council meeting.

“I am hearing consistently in public opinion that crime has escalated,” Marshall said. “I want to see the facts.”

Town Manager Alex Brown said he presented to Gov. Susana Martinez the town’s regional water plan as a Colonias project. “She used our project as a way other areas should work together.”

In reference to poll workers for the election, Executive Assistant Yolanda Holguin, standing in for Clerk Ann Mackie, reported those on the list to work the March 5 election had completed election school.

“I would support legislation to have only one polling place staffed when there are only uncontested races,” Marshall said.

9th Annual Red Paint Powwow beautiful and moving
Created on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 14:51

The 9th Annual Red Paint Powwow wowed audiences as usual, with the ceremonies, the colorful regalia, the sounds of drums and singing, and the accomplished dancing.

Ted Rodriguez of Mescalero, New Mexico, blessed the floor and then introduced Ashleigh Neva Lyn Chino, 11, who gave the opening prayer.

Nathan Largo, holding the eagle staff, led the Grand Entry, followed by the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 358, who posted the colors, followed by all the dancers, in a flurry of color.

The powwow is best shown in photographs. Visit Grant County Beat for several excellent slideshows.

 

Construction begins for Silver City money-saving solar project
Created on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 12:43

Two years after responding to a request for proposal by the Community Development Department’s Office of Sustainability, Affordable Solar, based in Albuquerque, began construction on January 22 for the long awaited Large Scale Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Project at the Silver City Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Through a unique, legislated financial arrangement called a “Power Purchase Agreement” (PPA), the Town is expected to save an estimated 3-4 million dollars over the next 20 years on electrical costs based on the energy that will be provided by the solar array.

Since municipalities don’t pay taxes and can’t get the tax rebates and tax credits for solar projects that a private solar developer can, it’s possible for a private company to arrange the financing, install, own and maintain a solar photovoltaic array, and sell the power to the municipality at a rate cheaper than the current utility price. Affordable Solar is the designer, builder, owner and maintainer of the WWTP solar system. The municipality’s sole responsibility is to purchase the electricity from Affordable Solar at 6.9 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), with no price escalation for the 20 year contract period.  The current rate paid to PNM for the WWTP is 10.5 cents/kWh, which is expected to increase over the same 20 year period.

The six acre site adjacent to the wastewater treatment plant will be covered with just under 4,000 photovoltaic panels and will produce enough power to offset approximately 80% of the treatment plant’s electrical costs. The system is just over one megawatt DC in size, which is enough to power about 175 average residential homes.

Ryan Centerwall, General Manager, Project Group, at Affordable Solar expects the four month construction project to be up and running by May of 2013.

Nick Sussillo, Director of the Office of Sustainability, is pleased that this is finally coming to fruition. “I first heard about this PPA arrangement in May 2010 from the City of Santa Fe’s Energy Specialist, now Acting Director of Housing and Community Development, Nick Schiavo. It sounded too good to be true: Santa Fe signed a contract to purchase power from a third party solar entity who would own and maintain the system; no money was invested by Santa Fe, and yet they would be saving millions over their contracted 20 year agreement. Schiavo said Silver City could do this too. We are now on our way.”

Silver City Town Manager, Alex Brown, has led the contract negotiations, supported by Robert Scavron, Esq., Town Attorney, and Nick Sussillo. Peter Russell, Director of the Community Development Department, has supported the project from behind the scenes, playing a key guiding role.  Technical consulting was provided by Robert Esqueda, Director of Utilities for the Town; Kurt Albershardt, owner of the Murray Hotel, and Jim Kerstetter, former professor at the University of Washington, all three of whom were members of the Town’s project evaluation committee.

An event to celebrate the in-process construction of the Array will be planned for late February, and a christening event is planned once the Array is operational in May.  The public will be invited to both events.

Sunday 27 January 2013

  • “Can There Ever Be A Just War?”
    10am / Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City – 3845 North Swan Street / We will hold a conversation with ourselves – the subject: “Can there ever be a just war?” / There will be coffee and conversation, with light refreshments, after the service
  • “Jump – I’ll catch you!”
    11:30am / New Church of the Southwest Dessert – 1300 N Bennett Street / Rev Sky Paradise
  • String Beans
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard  / Bluegrass / Free
  • LGBTQ Brunch
    Noon / Vicki’s Eatery / 315 N Texas / 388.5430

Monday 28 January 2013

  • Hoops 4 Hope
    4:30pm / WNMU Intramural Gym / Community members with disabilities in the Silver City Area will be participating in Hoops 4 Hope, a basketball tournament hosted by Western New Mexico University. Partnering with WNMU are a number of disabilities organizations including Life Quest and An Open Door. Any area resident with learning or physical disabilities is invited to attend. For more information, contact Villanueva at 505.363.5284.
  • Open Mic Night
    7pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos

Silver City Election Calendar
Tuesday 5 March 2013 Municipal Election

29 January 2013 / 5pm
A/ Deadline for Withdrawal of Write-in Candidacy
B/ First day absentee ballots can be issued/mailed to voters whose applications have been approved
5 February 2013 / 5pm
Grant County Clerk closes voter registration books
13 February 2013
First day for early voting using voting machines/electronic vote tabulators.
1 March 2013
A/ Last day for early voting using machine/tabulators.
B/ Last day absentee ballots can be issued/ mailed to voters.
C/ Last day candidates may appoint a challenger & 1 alternate and a watcher & 1 alternate for each polling place by 5pm
4 March 2013 / by 3pm
Last day the governing body may appoint a qualified elector for each polling place to serve as observer
5 March 2013 Election Day
Polls open 7am – 7pm
11 March 2013
No later than 7pm candidates elected shall appear before the Municipal Clerk to sign a written statement acknowledging receipt of the certificate of election and acknowledging that he/she is legally qualified to hold office.

Visit The Town of Silver City Election Page for more information.  They advise the following…

Check Your Voter Registration
to ensure that your name and address are correct. Any corrections need to be made with the County Clerk before 5 February 2013 in order to vote in the upcoming election.

Check Your Voting District
The Town Council redistricted in November 2011. Please review the new voting district map to check which district your address is in per your voter registration. Call the County Clerk’s office at 574-0042 if there are any discrepancies.

The GMCR Community Calendar provides notice of local music, arts, culture and civic events.  It is based in large part on Anne McCormick’s email calendar which is now compiled and administered by Grant County Community Health Council.  The GMCR calendar may include additional events and omit or edit others which lie outside our editorial policies – such as our non-commercial guidelines.

To include an event on the calendar please send your request to healthcouncilgc@gmail.com and include the following information:

  • Event name
  • Date and time
  • Location with physical address
  • Short description if desired
  • Cost, if any
  • Contact name / phone / email / URL

If you have a reoccurring event, please send monthly notices which should include the date(s) and requested information from above.

Note that the list is compiled from list serve participants, various community calendars, and area postings.  GCCHC and GMCR do not take responsibility for any missing/incorrect events and we retain the right to exclude unsuitable events.

For additional info contact Kendra Milligan / Public Relations Liaison / Grant County Community Health Council / 388.1198 x10 / healthcouncilgc@gmail.com

Community Spotlight is a weekly short form program produced and hosted by Carolyn Smith.  Each week she seeks out an individual or organization that is working toward Making Grant County A Great Place To Live.

Jeff Goin leads free meditation classes – Meditation for Everyone – each Tuesday evening from 5:30-6:15 pm at the Billy Casper Wellness Center.  The classes are free and open to all and no previous experience is necessary.

More information on Jeff’s interests and activities is available at jeffgoinhypnotherapy.com

Community Spotlight airs regularly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at approximately 12:20 following Community Calendar. Or click below to listen to this episode of
Community Spotlight / Jeff Goin

This is part two of the a forum which took place on 12 December 2012 at the Silco Theater in Silver City and included three panelists…

  • Ben Alexander
    Co-founder and Associate Director of Headwaters Economics.  More information is available at the Headwaters Economics website.  A summary of his presentation is here.  This is a large PDF and we suggest downloading – right click, save as – rather than loading in your browser.
  • Joe Saenz
    Owner/Operator of Mountain Horse Outfitters and a member of the Red Paint Tribal Council
  • Catherine Wanek
    Proprietor of The Black Range Lodge in Kingston and a member of the Sierra County & SWNM Tourism Boards

They discussed the manner and degree to which the protection of public lands, promotion of tourism and superior quality of life issues have been found to boost the economies of rural communities in the west.

Part 2 resumes with Catherine Wanek’s presentation followed by questions and discussion with the audience.

Earth Matters airs Tuesday & Thursday at 10am and 8pm
or you can click below to listen anytime to
Earth Matters / Economic Development & Public Lands – Pt 2

Friday 18 January 2013

  • Gila / Mimbres Community Radio Open House
    4-8pm / GMCR Studio – 519 B North Bullard Street / Refreshments & entertainment / Get the latest developments and opportunities to create a program, become a DJ, join the volunteer staff, serve on a committee, help with an event, underwrite the station or contribute in your own unique way, and Yes!  Become A Member!
  • Red Paint Pow Wow – Educational Day
    9am / Indian Market / 10am / Performances / WNMU Intramural Gymnasium / Students and Teachers free / 534.1379 – redpaintpowwow.net
  • Book Kick-Off
    4 – 7pm / Silver City Woman’s Club – 1715 Silver Heights Blvd / Local author Madonna Kettler reading, signing and group experiential for her new book Birth, Death, and the Afterlife: Remembering Who You Really Are / Live music, refreshments and snacks / 575-534-1291 – madonna@madonnakettler.com
  • NM State Environmental Literacy Planning – Postponed – New Date TBA
    Environmental Education Association of NM and WNMU Outdoor Program will reschedule this meeting to help New Mexico develop an environmental literacy plan for our youth / Participants will take an active role in creating the framework for a state-wide environmental literacy plan to be presented to the NM Public Education Depart / Contact Kathy Whiteman  – 538.6253 – whitemank@wnmu.edu – for more info
  • Farhad
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard / Spanish Guitar / Free
  • Halley Anna & The Tennessee Volunteers
    7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Americana Singer/Songwriter from Texas / Free
  • Dance night w/ Hector Carrillo
    8pm – Midnight / Arenas Valley VFW Post 3347 – Hwy 180 & Burnham Road /Hector plays Pop, Light Rock, Country Western and Spanish

Saturday 19 January 2013

  • Kitchen Creations – Diabetes cooking school
    9am – 3pm / Grant County Extension office – 2610 N Silver Street / Two session class (2nd class Jan 26) is offered in conjunction with the NM Dept of Health, Grant County Extension Service, and Gila Regional Medical Center’s Health Reach / Instructors Jill Eastip, GRMC, and Judy O’Loughlin, Grant County Extension Service, offer instruction on healthy cooking for diabetics and diagnosed pre-diabetics / RSVP 388.1559
  • Red Paint Pow Wow
    9am / Indian Market / 11am & 5:30pm / Gourd Dancing / 1pm & 7:30pm / Contest Powwow/Grand Entry  / WNMU Intramural Gymnasium / 534.1279 – redpaintpowwow.net

Sunday 20 January 2013

  • Red Paint Pow Wow
    9am / Indian Market / 11am / Gourd Dancing / 1pm / Contest Powwow & Grand Entry / 6pm / Awards & closing / WNMU Intramural Gymnasium / 534.1379 – redpaintpowwow.net
  • Sexual Assault Support Services
    10am / The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship – 3845 North Swan Street / Kristy Rogers will speak to us about the Sexual Assault Support Services of Silver City, of which she is the Advocate Coordinator.  SASS is a standalone rape crisis center which provides free and confidential services to survivors of sexual violence. Coffee and conversation w/ light refreshments after the service.
  • The Blessing of Laughter – Carley Preusch
    11:30am / New Church – 1300 Bennett Street / Sunday Service
  • Peter & Michele
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard  / Free

Monday 21 January 2013

  • Open Mic Night
    7pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos

Silver City Election Calendar
Tuesday 5 March 2013 Municipal Election

29 January 2013 / 5pm
A/ Deadline for Withdrawal of Write-in Candidacy
B/ First day absentee ballots can be issued/mailed to voters whose applications have been approved
5 February 2013 / 5pm
Grant County Clerk closes voter registration books
13 February 2013
First day for early voting using voting machines/electronic vote tabulators.
1 March 2013
A/ Last day for early voting using machine/tabulators.
B/ Last day absentee ballots can be issued/ mailed to voters.
C/ Last day candidates may appoint a challenger & 1 alternate and a watcher & 1 alternate for each polling place by 5pm
4 March 2013 / by 3pm
Last day the governing body may appoint a qualified elector for each polling place to serve as observer
5 March 2013 Election Day
Polls open 7am – 7pm
11 March 2013
No later than 7pm candidates elected shall appear before the Municipal Clerk to sign a written statement acknowledging receipt of the certificate of election and acknowledging that he/she is legally qualified to hold office.

Visit The Town of Silver City Election Page for more information.  They advise the following…

Check Your Voter Registration
to ensure that your name and address are correct. Any corrections need to be made with the County Clerk before 5 February 2013 in order to vote in the upcoming election.

Check Your Voting District
The Town Council redistricted in November 2011. Please review the new voting district map to check which district your address is in per your voter registration. Call the County Clerk’s office at 574-0042 if there are any discrepancies.

The GMCR Community Calendar provides notice of local music, arts, culture and civic events.  It is based in large part on Anne McCormick’s email calendar which is now compiled and administered by Grant County Community Health Council.  The GMCR calendar may include additional events and omit or edit others which lie outside our editorial policies – such as our non-commercial guidelines.

To include an event on the calendar please send your request to healthcouncilgc@gmail.com and include the following information:

  • Event name
  • Date and time
  • Location with physical address
  • Short description if desired
  • Cost, if any
  • Contact name / phone / email / URL

If you have a reoccurring event, please send monthly notices which should include the date(s) and requested information from above.

Note that the list is compiled from list serve participants, various community calendars, and area postings.  GCCHC and GMCR do not take responsibility for any missing/incorrect events and we retain the right to exclude unsuitable events.

For additional info contact Kendra Milligan / Public Relations Liaison / Grant County Community Health Council / 388.1198 x10 / healthcouncilgc@gmail.com

Welcome to News @ Noon for Friday 11 January 2013 brought to you by Gila / Mimbres Community Radio in a community media collaboration with The Grant County Beat – your daily newspaper for up-to-date information about Grant County.

News @ Noon airs daily at noon and is rebroadcast at 6pm.
Or you can click below to listen anytime to this installment of
News @ Noon

Click the titles of the individual stories further down the page to read the full articles at

County officials to fill board, committee and commission assignments
Created on Sunday, 13 January 2013 15:27

At last week’s Grant County Commission meeting, County Manager Jon Paul Saari announced the board, committee and commission assignments, requiring elected officials and county staff representation.

County Planner Anthony Gutierrez will serve as the county representative to the Gila/San Francisco Water Commission. He will serve as an alternate to the Southwest New Mexico Council of Governments and the Grant County Regional Dispatch.

Commissioner Brett Kasten will serve as representative to Grant County Extension Service, Grant County Water Commission and Southwest Solid Waste Authority. He will serve as an alternate to Gila/San Francisco Water Commission, the regional dispatch board and the Southwest County Commissioners Alliance.

Commissioner Gabriel Ramos will serve as the country representative to the Southwest Regional Transit District, the Southwest County Commissioners Alliance and the SWNMCOG, with Public Works Director Justin Reese as his alternate. He will serve as alternate to the Grant County Water Commission and the New Mexico Association of Counties Workmen’s Comp Insurance.

Commissioner Ron Hall will serve as county representative on the Grant County Regional Dispatch Board, the Silver City Public Library Board and with the Chief Elected Officials for the Workforce Investment Act. He will be an alternate on the Southwest County Commissioners Alliance.

Saari will serve as representative to the SWNMCOG, Regional Dispatch, the Solid Waste Authority, the NMAC Multi-Line Insurance Board and the NMAC Workmen’s Comp Insurance. He will also be an alternate for the Regional Transit District.

County Attorney Abby Robinson will be a non-member representative to the Subdivision Review Committee and the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction.

Diocese of Las Cruces has new bishop
Created on Sunday, 13 January 2013 15:01

Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces has a new bishop.  Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Cantú of the Diocese of San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday was named bishop of the diocese that covers most of southern New Mexico.  The Vatican apostolic nuncio to the U.S. announced on Thursday 10 January that Cantú will serve as the second leader of the Diocese of Las Cruces, NM, following the retirement of Bishop Richard Ramirez on his 75th birthday last year.

The Diocese of Las Cruces was formed from a part of the Diocese of El Paso in 1982 and has more than 100,000 Catholics in the diocese, about a quarter of the population.

Grant County Water Commission hears from NMFA
Created on Saturday, 12 January 2013 20:16

The Grant County Water Commission held a brief meeting Thursday 10 January 2013

Rick Martinez, chief of Client Services, New Mexico Finance Authority, discussed a Colonias Infrastructure Fund award received by the town of Silver City for the regional preliminary engineering report for the regional water project the town has proposed.

Martinez said he had met with the mayors of the region and there is a potential for Colonias funding for the regional water project.

The Colonias Infrastructure Fund will have additional money this year, with $16.6 million from the state and $8.2 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as well as some from the Community Development Block Grant program for a total of about $25 million.

Town Manager Alex Brown gave a brief history of the regional water project, explaining that the town had transferred 193 acre-feet of water rights to Hurley from the Silver City water rights near the airport.  Hurley has no water system, but has been receiving water through Kennecott and its predecessors over the years. About three years ago, the company said it would only provide water to the town for another eight years, so Hurley has been working ever since on getting its own water source.

Silver City also has four water systems connected already regionally. Bayard Mayor Charles Kelly said Bayard’s water system is connected to Hanover on an emergency basis.

Brown said the project would connect east to west and north to south so the water could go in any direction. “We estimate it will cost $24 million to connect all the pieces.”

Martinez said the Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Fund might also be a source of funding with an up to 75 percent grant and 25 percent loan with no interest. “You could leverage the Colonias dollars as a match for the federal funds.”

The next meeting date was not set because of the legislative session.  Brown said entities would be notified when a date was set.

Grant County Commission hears presentation on Indigent Fund
Created on Saturday, 12 January 2013 12:01

The Grant County Commission continued its meeting by adjourning and reconvening as the Grant County Indigent and Health Care Claims Board.

Beth Allred of Gila Regional Medical Center explained to the commissioners and the public the process of funding what is called the Grant County Health Fund.

“Several years ago, we recognized the negative connotation to the word indigent, so we changed the name,” Allred said. “The fund was formed in the 1980s for the ‘working poor.’ The voters of Grant County approved a small piece of the gross receipts tax, which goes into the Health Fund.

“We made an arrangement with the county, since the hospital is county-owned, so that when requests for funding outstrip the county portion, we can match the funding,” she continued. “We have been able to grow the fund.”

Qualifications to be eligible for the fund include being a county resident for at least 90 days. The income level for eligibility changes annually as a percentage of the federal poverty level, Allred said.

After a person has services at the hospital, he or she will see the staff at the business office, where proof of residency and proof of income will be processed. The designation as qualified is good for one year. The forms are also on the grmc.org website. The person submits the bill back to the hospital and the hospital creates the forms to fill out.

County Commission elects chairman
Created on Friday, 11 January 2013 20:27

The first item on the regular meeting agenda of the Grant County Commission on Thursday morning was the election of a chairman.  Commissioner Gabriel Ramos nominated sitting Chairman Brett Kasten and Commissioner Ron Hall seconded the nomination.

“You’ve been doing a good job for the past two years,” Ramos said.

The motion passed.

During public input, country resident Lynda Aiman-Smith said she had three things she would like the commission to look at in 2013.

“I would like for you to expand from three to five commissioners to have five viewpoints and more diversity,” Aiman-Smith said. “I hope you look at the New Mexico Association of Counties certification of county commissioners, and lastly, the program, Property Assessed Clean Energy for green retrofit of homes.”

Under new business, the first item was the recognition of D.A.R.E. program essay winners. Sheriff Raul Villanueva said the program in the schools is in it s fourth year and is “making a positive impact on the county.”  He introduced Sgt. Fran Gomez and Deputy Cody Cooper as the two officers who go to schools weekly.

“We have taught 800 students,” Gomez said.

Commissioners approved:
• The county volunteer fire departments’ election results.
• Fiscal Year 2014 emergency medical services annual service report and application for Gila Regional Medical Center EMS, Gila Valley EMS, Mimbres Valley EMS, Pinos Altos Volunteer Fire and Rescue and Tyrone Volunteer Fire and Rescue.
• The addition of Policy 55 to the Sheriff’s Department standard operating procedures to cover the rules and regulations for officers using the computers newly installed in patrol cars;
• Five items, including agreements with the county and state agencies in order for the County DWI program to apply for funding;
• An intergovernmental transfer from the Road Department to Western New Mexico University of a 1995 Ford Bronco, for grant recipients at the university to research the effects of last summer’s Whitewater-Baldy Fire in the Gila National Forest and Wilderness;
• Several professional service agreements for the Juvenile Parole Office, including the termination of an agreement, on the resignation of Daniel Ziegler; Yolanda Manzano and Randall Compton each to receive $13,400; and Alexander Buck to receive $4,105 for surveillance of the ankle bracelet program;
• An agreement with Southwestern Camper Ranches Inc. for utilization of a building space by the Tyrone VFR to house a brush truck at Burro Mountain Homestead.
• The Open Meetings Act resolution had a change to put public input at the beginning of the meeting;
• The Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan, which includes funding for the front of the Administration Center and an evidence vault for the Sheriff’s Department; and
• A resolution naming the boards, committees and commissions the various commissioners and county officials will serve on to represent Grant County.

Kasten asked that a resolution be developed to allow the county manager to approve the JPO agreements, and the commission to approve them as a consent agenda item.

The rest of the meeting, which included an explanation of the indigent fund and county officials’ reports will be covered in a subsequent article.

For more information on the items approved, see http://www.grantcountybeat.com/index.php/news/news-articles/8590-county-commissioners-at-work-session-review-regular-agenda .

Wednesday 16 January 2013

  • Food Addicts Anonymous
    Face-to-face meetings will no longer take place in Silver City however, they continue to provide information on the program and how to join telephone conference meetings / For info on their 12-step program call 519.1070
  • Curbside Consulting at the Nonprofit Resource Center
    9am – Noon / The Wellness Coalition – 409 N Bullard Street / Free consulting services to nonprofit organizations – or those considering becoming a nonprofit org / Lisa Jimenez – 534.0665 x232 – lisa@wellnesscoalition.org
  • Student Health in New Mexico & Grant County
    9 – 11am / WNMU Global Resource Center – 817 W 12th Street / Discussion of state & county results of the 2011 New Mexico Middle School & High School Youth Risk and Resiliency Surveys (YRRS). Receive data from our county and learn how to access additional county, state and national data. Suggested for anyone working with students / Free / Tiffany Knauf 388.1198 x22
  • Library Story Time
    10am / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Avenue / Join them for reading, poetry, music and movement. Children and grown-ups of all ages welcome / Free / Harmony Phillips-Dahlsten – Children & Youth Librarian /  538.3672 – hdahlsten@silvercitymail.com
  • Affordable Care Act: What Does It Mean for Consumers?
    4:30 –6:30pm / WNMU Global Resource Center – 12th &  Kentucky Streets / A practical information session provided by Nandini Pillai Kuehn, Ph.D., MHA President of the Board of New Mexico Health Connections / Sponsored by HMS Center for Health Innovations & The Wellness Coalition Non-Profit Resource Center / 534.0665 x231
  • Health Talk: First Food – Improving the Health of Families
    6-7pm / Gila Regional Conference Room – 1313 East 32nd Street / Presented by Molly Pessl / Learn about the first, and best food, for babies and the lifetime benefits it brings / 538.4870 for more info
  • Melanie & Jeff
    6:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Acoustic Pop/Folk duo / Free
  • Dane & Edie
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard / Piano & Vocal – Jazz & Standards / Free

Thursday 17 January 2013

  • Affordable Care Act: What Does it Mean for Small Employers?
    9:30–11:30am / WNMU Global Resource Center – 12th & Kentucky Streets / A practical information session provided by Nandini Pillai Kuehn, PhD, MHA President of the Board of New Mexico Health Connections / Sponsored by HMS Center for Health Innovations & The Wellness Coalition Non-Profit Resource Center / 534.0665 x231
  • Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance
    CANCELLED
  • Joe & Danny
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard / Jazz & Latin / Free

Friday 18 January 2013

  • Gila / Mimbres Community Radio Open House
    4-8pm / GMCR Studio – 519 B North Bullard Street / Refreshments & entertainment / Get the latest developments and opportunities to create a program, become a DJ, join the volunteer staff, serve on a committee, help with an event, underwrite the station or contribute in your own unique way, and Yes!  Become A Member!
  • Red Paint Pow Wow – Educational Day
    9am / Indian Market / 10am / Performances / WNMU Intramural Gymnasium / Students and Teachers free / 534.1379 – redpaintpowwow.net
  • Book Kick-Off
    4 – 7pm / Silver City Woman’s Club – 1715 Silver Heights Blvd / Local author Madonna Kettler reading, signing and group experiential for her new book Birth, Death, and the Afterlife: Remembering Who You Really Are / Live music, refreshments and snacks / 575-534-1291 – madonna@madonnakettler.com
  • NM State Environmental Literacy Planning
    5:30 – 6:30pm / WNMU Harlan Hall Room 211 / Join the Environmental Education Association of NM and the WNMU Outdoor Program to help New Mexico develop an environmental literacy plan for our youth / Participants will take an active role in creating the framework for a state-wide environmental literacy plan to be presented to the NM Public Education Depart / Refreshments provided / Kathy Whiteman  – 538.6253 – whitemank@wnmu.edu
  • Farhad
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard / Spanish Guitar / Free
  • Halley Anna & The Tennessee Volunteers
    7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos / Americana Singer/Songwriter from Texas / Free
  • Dance night w/ Hector Carrillo
    8pm – Midnight / Arenas Valley VFW Post 3347 – Hwy 180 & Burnham Road /Hector plays Pop, Light Rock, Country Western and Spanish

Saturday 19 January 2013

  • Kitchen Creations – Diabetes cooking school
    9am – 3pm / Grant County Extension office – 2610 N Silver Street / Two session class (2nd class Jan 26) is offered in conjunction with the NM Dept of Health, Grant County Extension Service, and Gila Regional Medical Center’s Health Reach / Instructors Jill Eastip, GRMC, and Judy O’Loughlin, Grant County Extension Service, offer instruction on healthy cooking for diabetics and diagnosed pre-diabetics / RSVP 388.1559
  • Red Paint Pow Wow
    9am / Indian Market / 11am & 5:30pm / Gourd Dancing / 1pm & 7:30pm / Contest Powwow/Grand Entry  / WNMU Intramural Gymnasium / 534.1279 – redpaintpowwow.net
  • Environmental Literacy Planning
    5:30pm / WNMU Harlan Hall Rm 211 – 12th Street / Join the Environmental Education Association of NM and the WNMU Outdoor Program to help New Mexico develop an environmental literacy plan for our youth / Participants will take an active role in creating the framework for a state-wide environmental literacy plan to be presented to the NM Public Education Depart / Refreshments provided / Kathy Whiteman  – 538.6253 – whitemank@wnmu.edu
  • Loose Blues Band
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 501 N Bullard / Free
  • The Oversouls
    7:30pm / Buckhorn Saloon / Rock & Soul music / Free

Sunday 20 January 2013

  • Red Paint Pow Wow
    9am / Indian Market / 11am / Gourd Dancing / 1pm / Contest Powwow & Grand Entry / 6pm / Awards & closing / WNMU Intramural Gymnasium / 534.1379 – redpaintpowwow.net
  • The Blessing of Laughter – Carley Preusch
    11:30am / New Church – 1300 Bennett Street / Sunday Service
  • Peter & Michele
    6:30pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard  / Free

Monday 21 January 2013

  • Open Mic Night
    7pm / Buckhorn Saloon – Pinos Altos

The GMCR Community Calendar provides notice of local music, arts, culture and civic events.  It is based in large part on Anne McCormick’s email calendar which is now compiled and administered by Grant County Community Health Council.  The GMCR calendar may include additional events and omit or edit others which lie outside our editorial policies – such as our non-commercial guidelines.

To include an event on the calendar please send your request to healthcouncilgc@gmail.com and include the following information:

  • Event name
  • Date and time
  • Location with physical address
  • Short description if desired
  • Cost, if any
  • Contact name / phone / email / URL

If you have a reoccurring event, please send monthly notices which should include the date(s) and requested information from above.

Note that the list is compiled from list serve participants, various community calendars, and area postings.  GCCHC and GMCR do not take responsibility for any missing/incorrect events and we retain the right to exclude unsuitable events.

For additional info contact Kendra Milligan / Public Relations Liaison / Grant County Community Health Council / 388.1198 x10 / healthcouncilgc@gmail.com

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