Community Calendar / 27 January 2013

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