Community Calendar / 21 March 2014

Friday 21 March 2014

• Gila Economic Development Alliance Roundtable
  8am for coffee / Meeting at 8:30am / Grant County Administration Building Commissioner’s Chambers / Our guest speaker Dr Joseph Shepard reports on the state of WNMU / Craig Roepke of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission with an update on issues concerning the Arizona Water Settlement Act
• Medicare Info
  9am – 11am / HMS La Vida – 110 W 11th St / Volunteers available for Medicare questions / Applications for medication assistance / 534.0248
• Fourth Annual Home & Garden Expo
  Noon – 8pm / Grant County Business and Conference Center – 3031 Hwy 180 E / Gardening workshops / A Student Garden Expo / The Silver City Food Co-op’s Annual Seed Share / Local Home & Garden Vendors / Enjoy lunch and refreshments, and enter a raffle to win prizes / Kids under 12 are free and all classes are included with admission / Benefit for the SC Farmer’s Market / 388.2343
• Incredible Edibles from the Sonoran & Neighboring Desert
  7pm / WNMU Harlan Hall Room 110 – 12th St / Gila Native Plant Society hosts Martha Ames (Muffin) Burgess / Through Flor de Mayo – flordemayoarts.com – Muffin offers traditional native foods and teaches the skills and joys of desert living / Her video Cuisine of the Desert: Foraging for Cholla Buds / avorthesouthwest.wordpress.com
• Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines
  7:30pm / Buckhorn Opera House / Mimbres Region Arts Council Indie – Folk Series  / 538.2505 or mimbresarts.org

Saturday 22 March 2014

• Fourth Annual Home & Garden Expo
  9am – 4pm / Grant County Business and Conference Center – 3031 Hwy 180 E / Gardening workshops / A Student Garden Expo / The Silver City Food Co-op’s Annual Seed Share / Local Home & Garden Vendors / Enjoy lunch and refreshments / Enter a raffle to win prizes / Modest admission / Kids free / 388.2343
• San Patricio Trail 10,000
  9am / Orion Group Area at City of Rocks State Park, Faywood, NM / A high-desert epic trail race with an Irish brogue / Hypoxic views of Old Mexico / Race prizes if you’re fast / Guinness & corned beef at the race finish for the rest of us / Register at 574.2902 or mrgreendreams@msn.com
• The 12th Annual Native Plant Pre-Sale and Educational Fair
  9am – Noon / Workshops of Carneros – 405 North Bullard Street / Natives promote water conservation in the community and are important for the survival of birds, butterflies and other local critters / Expert gardeners and landscapers on hand to provide advice about your landscaping needs / Bring a sketch or plan of your property to assist the team in answering your questions / Free and open to the  public / gilanps.org
• Pottery Sale
  9am – 3pm / 614 N Bullard / A great selection of pottery and clay art works donated by WNMU students and faculty, something for everyone / All proceeds to be used for the benefit the WNMU clay program
• Tour Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark
  9:30am / Fort Bayard Museum – House 25 on Officer’s Row located on the west side of the Parade Ground / In honor of National Women’s History Month / Women at Fort Bayard will be the theme of the tour / The museum will be open from 9:15 until noon / 956.3294 or 388.4477
• Pushing the Limits
  10am / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Ave / Dr Lynn Haugen, assistant professor of biology at WNMU will lead a discussion based on Jean Auel: The Land of the Painted Caves film and books / Dr Haugen specializes in the study of amphibians and reptiles, particularly frogs and toads / Pushing the Limits is a national program developed by a team of library professionals, scientists, and filmmakers funded by the National Science Foundation / 538.3672 or lgalloway@silvercitymail.com
• Lady Mustang Softball vs Colorado Springs
  Noon – 2pm / Mustang Softball Field
• Astronomical Observations at the City of Rocks
  Sunset / City of Rocks / Please use only red flashlights, approach the Orion Group Campsite with only your auto’s parking lights, and dress warmly in layers / Free / matthewdwilson@q.com
• Loose Blues Band
  6pm – 9pm / Diane’s Parlor – 510 N Bullard Street / Free
• Forever Young – 3rd Annual PFLAG Silver City benefit dance
  9pm – Midnight / Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery / Features the Roadrunners / Costume and dance contest with prizes / Scholarship benefit / 590.8797

Sunday 23 March 2014

• What Jesus Really Said
  10am / Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City / Minister Mariam Weidner discusses What Jesus Really Said / Much of Jesus’ original message has been filtered through mistranslations or confused with later Christian theology / A buried treasure of new meaning and wisdom will be uncovered / Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz / Music by Bruce McKinney / Coffee and conversation after the service
• Mustang Softball vs Colorado Springs
  11am – 1pm / Mustang Softball Field
• Annual Shrine Spaghetti Dinner
  11am – 3pm / Masonic Lodge – 11 Quail Ridge Rd / Raise money for the Shrine Hospitals
• LGBT Brunch
  Noon / Rainbow Center – 301 West College Avenue – Suite 5 / All Queerfolk, their families, friends and allies are invited / Bring something to share if you like / Occurs every Sunday
•  Book Signing and Lecture Series
  1pm – 3pm / Silver City Museum Annex – 302 W Broadway / Come and learn with Dr Victor Acquista author of Pathways to Health, An Integral Guidebook
• What is Love? Domestic Violence in Grant County
  6pm / WNMU Miller Library / A look at intimate partner violence in Grant County and our community’s response / Sponsored by WILL and Court Watch / Free / Public Invited

Monday 24 March 2014

• Silver City New Hope Al-Anon Family Group
  12:05pm / First Presbyterian Church – 1915 N Swan Street / Meets on Mondays / 537.3141

Tuesday 25 March 2014

• LegalShield
  8am – 5pm / Grant County Commission Meeting Room – 1400 Hwy 180 E / Connie Garcia and Peggy Turner, LegalShield Independent Associates, discuss legal and identy theft protection
• Silver City Rotary Club Luncheon
  Noon / WNMU Student Memorial Building – 2nd floor – Sunset Room / A speaker will talk about issues of community interest / Guests are welcome / Lunch available

Wednesday 26 March 2014

• Medicare Info
  9am – 11am / HMS La Vida – 110 W 11th Street / Volunteers available for Medicare questions / Applications for medication assistance / 534.0248
• Medicare Workshop
  11:45am / The Mimbres Senior Center / Covering Medicare Preventive Services, Fraud information, and Medicare Savings Program
• Gin Rummy
  1pm / Yankie Creek Coffee House – 112 W Yankie Street at Texas / Everyone invited / Free
• Flashing Lights on Cottage San
  2pm /Grant County Administration Center – 1400 Hwy 180 East / Public Meeting and discussion on Grant County Proposal to Install Flashing Lights on Cottage San Road
• Love is Respect
  6pm / WNMU Miller Library / Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other / Victims can be of any age, gender, sexual orientation, race, culture, religion, education, employment, or marital status / Domestic violence impacts our entire community, including – but not limited to – our local economy, our public safety, our community health, our schools, and our general well-being and quality of life / Sponsored by WILL and Court Watch / Free / Public Invited
• Bayard Al-Anon
  6pm / Santa Clara Senior Center – 107 East Street – Santa Clara / Meets on Wednesdays / 537.3141
• Trivia Night
  7pm / Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery – Broadway and Bullard / Every Wednesday with quizmaster Josh White / No cover charge / Prizes of gift certificates for $15 and $25 / Teams of six people max or join a team

Thursday 27 March 2014

• Open House / HMS Center for Health Innovations
  3pm – 6pm / 902 Santa Rita Street / CHI is the planning, resource, program and policy development division of HMS / New logo and highlights of their programs / Refreshments and door prizes
• Fitness and Nutrition in the Community (FANC)
  3:30pm – 5pm / Grant County Health Council – 214 N Black Street / A community group working on encouraging and expanding healthy lifestyles and active living in our county / Open / Free / 538.8573 x120
• Grant County CARES
  4pm / The Commons / Volunteer Center – 501 E 13^th Street / Grant County CARES – an anti-bullying group – is now an official Community Action Team under the Grant County Community Health Council / Join with others to continue their activities and projects / “We need all of you!”
• Ron Hamm: New Mexico Territorial Era Caricatures
  Time tba / Silver City Public Library – 515 W College Avenue / Ron Hamm discusses his latest book, New Mexico Territorial Era Caricatures, which features the likenesses of ordinary and influential New Mexicans as drawn by Harry Samuel Palmer / Free

Friday 28 March 2014

• Medicare Info
  9am – 11am / HMS La Vida – 110 W 11th Street / Volunteers available for Medicare questions / Applications for medication assistance / 534.0248
• Medicare Workshop
  Noon / Mimbres Senior Center / Covering Medicare Preventive Services, Fraud information, and Medicare Savings Programs
• New Mexico Century of Leadership in Space Exploration
  6pm / WNMU Parotti Hall – behind the Fine Arts Center / Loretta Hall, author and Space Ambassador for the National Space Society, shares New Mexico’s crucial contributions to manned space flight since Robert Goddard arrived in Roswell in 1930 / Loretta’s award-winning book – Out of this World – available and author will sign / 538.6835 or will-learning.com or info@will-learning.com

Saturday 29 March 20

• Guatemalan Mercado
  9:30am – 3:30pm / Mimbres Region Arts Council – 1201 N Pope Street at 12th / 538.2505 or mimbresarts.org
• Elroy Limmer on Planting, Pruning and Plant Maintenance
  10am – Noon / WNMU / Elroy Limmer offers a field trip on planting, pruning and plant maintenance / Sponsored by Gila Native Plant Society / Register at 602.810.8059 / gilanps.org
• Sprint Gathering of Women
  10am – 4pm / Bear Mountain Lodge – 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road / Networking, visiting, hiking and classes / 590.2181 or 388.0243

Sunday 30 March 2014

• LGBT Brunch
  Noon / Rainbow Center – 301 West College Avenue – Suite 5 / All Queerfolk, their families, friends and allies are invited / Bring something to share if you like / Occurs every Sunday
• Shamanic Journeying
  2pm – 5pm / Red Hat Healing Center – 309 E College / This guided journey teaches us how to travel in our etheric body / 536.9335 – curanderahealing.com/workshops.html

Monday 31 March 2014

• Silver City New Hope Al-Anon Family Group
  12:05pm / First Presbyterian Church – 1915 N Swan Street / Meets on Mondays / 537.3141

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