Community News
Noah J. Bratcher NM State Good Citizen Scholarship Award
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 15 April 2024 15 April 2024
The Jacob Bennett Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is pleased to announce that Noah J. Bratcher has been selected New Mexico State Good Citizen Scholarship Award Program Candidate for 2024. Noah Bratcher, the son of Henrietta and Jason Bratcher, a senior at Cliff High School, was awarded this honor having been selected from all accredited High School Seniors in Grant County schools. The seniors submit an application and their high school transcript. In addition they can answer a question by writing a short essay. This year the question was: “What are the civic responsibilities of a good citizen and why are these duties, activities and behaviors important to the shaping of the America you hope to experience.”
The following is a portion of Noah Bratcher’s essay: “The America I want to see and experience like our government rests on the people who make America, America. Each person as a citizen in our country has a responsibility to uphold truth, honor, kindness, and any other trait that makes one a good citizen. Without the citizens upholding their duties and responsibilities, America will fall short of all of its potential. Without good citizens, I and so many others will never experience the America I wish to see. The civic responsibilities that are required for this dream to become a reality are a sense of responsibility, doing what needs to be done for the community, helping those who can’t help themselves, being fair, and having a good moral compass.”
ALCS Visits Chino Mine
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 15 April 2024 15 April 2024
Pictured from left to right: Kyra Shay, Abbey Beckworth, Mia CookAldo Leopold Charter School (ALCS) teachers Pete Rankin and Ray Cressler took their classes to tour Chino Mine on Wednesday, March 18. Rankin’s 9th grade cultural geography class was learning about the history of mining in Grant County and the role of this industry in our economy today. Cressler’s mixed grade level economics class was understanding how this industry fits into the profile of local, state, and national economies.
Megan Golden, Senior Mine Engineer at Freeport-McMoRan, provided students with on-site safety training, the opportunity to view the mine operations area, and a pit and mill tour.
Beta Sigma Phi Preceptor Tau Chapter continues service projects in the community
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 08 April 2024 08 April 2024
In support of the weekend backpack program at Silver Consolidated Schools, chapter members donated nonperishable food items. The school's Nutrition Department will make arrangements to package and distribute the backpacks to children in need throughout the schools.
Shown with delivery of the donated food items are Marylee Bell and Maria Elena Sanchez from Preceptor Tau Chapter, and Rhonda Torres, Student Nutrition Director.
WNMU Earns 2024-2025 Military Friendly® School Designation
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 05 April 2024 05 April 2024
SILVER CITY, NM—WNMU recently announced that it had earned the 2024-2025 Military Friendly® School Designation.
Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2024-2025 survey with 537 earning special awards for going above the standard.
The 2024-2025 Military Friendly® Schools list will be published in the May and October issues of G.I. Jobs magazine and can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com .
Update from the Grant County Community Foundation April 2024
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 04 April 2024 04 April 2024
Visit Grant County Community Foundation Website
- Update from the Executive Directors (new and old)
- New Youth Worker with us for 12 weeks
- Give Grandly next meeting for nonprofits: Wed 10 April 2024
- SQUINCH Story Circle in Silver City
- The 30 Something Grant is still open for applications: Apply before May 1
Update from the Executive Director(s)
For those of you who not yet heard, we have a new Executive Director! Her name is Jamie Sechrist (see our joint picture—she's the blond!), and she has spent the last decade working for an educational nonprofit in Todos Santos, Mexico. We are so excited to have her here with us, and excited about this new phase in the Community Foundation. She brings great skills in fundraising and community organizing—and she can even speak some Spanish! After being here only a week, she already feels accepted in our fabulous community and is excited to start getting her hands dirty! We will both be here during April, after which I will hand over the full mantle to her and head for the wild shores of Ireland.
NMDOT Employee Richard Baca Recognized for Over 50 years of Continuous Service
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 03 April 2024 03 April 2024
Richard Enciso BacaLongest continuously working employee with a Single Agency
DEMING – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) recognized Richard Baca for over 50 years of continuous employment with NMDOT and as the longest continuously working State of New Mexico employee. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham honored this accomplishment with a proclamation.
Thursday, March 28, 2024 is now officially known as “Richard Enciso Baca Day” via a proclamation issued and signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
Though Violent Crime Dropped in 2023, Assaults and Burglaries Are Up
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 29 March 2024 29 March 2024
Chief Portillo Suggests "Broken System"
Silver City -- All violent crime in Silver City, including homicide and rape, dropped in 2023, though assaults and burglaries of homes and businesses - especially in the southwestern quadrant of the city, which includes the historic downtown business district - increased, according to annual crime statistics compiled by Silver City Police Chief Freddie Portillo.
There were no murders in 2023, compared to two the prior year, and rape was down 14%, but assaults, both simple and aggravated, were up 49% and 40%, respectively. Aggravated assaults include the use of, or the threat to use, a weapon. Home and business burglaries, or breaking and entering, also increased. Silver City Police officers responded to 63 home burglaries, an increase of 29%, and 42 burglaries of a business, representing a 35% increase over 2023. All larcenies, including shoplifting, theft from autos and other private property, were down 8%.
ALCS Students Explore Renewable Energy
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 28 March 2024 28 March 2024
(Bottom to top) David Pecotte, Kyra Shay, Gracie Hould, Abbey Beckworth, and Mia Cook. Photo by Antoinette Castanon
Teachers Pete Rankin, Molly Gibson, Ray Cressler, and Antoinette Castanon visited the Macho Springs Wind Farm with 9th grade students and the mixed grade level economics class to learn about career pathways, future growth potential, and sustainability issues within the renewable energy sector of the economy.
Students considered the full lifecycle of energy including energy generation to transmission to consumption, the American electric grid, and the basics of wind power. In their reflection activity Rankin put the terms of electricity into context. One person working all day on YCC trail crew will generate about 70 watts/hour. An average household consumes 11,000 kilowatt/hours per year. Small power plants will produce at the scale of megawatts and the large hydro dam spanning the Yangtze River known as Three Gorges in China produces 2.2 gigawatts or 2.2 billion watts.
9th grader Mya Arrey-Gomez says, “I was surprised to learn that working at a wind farm offers the opportunity to travel and great health benefits.”