GRMC Board of Trustees met Nov. 15, 2023

Photo and article by Mary Alice Murphy

img 7287GRMC Board Chair Dr. Fred Fox, at left and GRMC CEO Robert Whitaker, right, recognize Robert Candelaria for his 10 years of service in information systems.

The Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees met for the monthly meeting on Nov. 15, 2023.

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Update: Cancel Missing Endangered Advisory – Deming Police Department – Brielle Lugo

update brielle lugoDEMING, NM – Brielle Lugo was located.  For details, contact the Deming Police Department at (575) 546-0356.

Deming, NM – The following information is for the distribution of a Missing Endangered Advisory from the Deming Police Department. Please refer all media inquiries and questions to the Deming Police Department at (575) 546-0356.

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Man beaten and robbed

By Roger Lanse

A Silver City Police Department officer was called to a residence on 35th Place at about noon on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, in reference to a robbery. According to a SCPD incident report, the officer made contact with the victim, a 31-year-old male of Silver City, who stated he was parked on the street outside the residence after giving a friend a ride home.

While he was parked outside the residence, a male he identified as Juanito Woods, described as 24, also of Silver City, made contact with the victim and began arguing with him regarding some money owed him. During the argument, the victim said Woods pointed a pistol at his head through the window and stated he was going to shoot him. According to the report, Woods asked him to open the car door, but the victim said he could not and rolled down the window instead, whereupon Woods struck the victim twice in the face with his hand and then struck him in the face with the butt of his pistol, causing the victim to bleed.

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Deming Woman Sentenced to 21 Years for Child Abuse

A criminal case in which a six-year-old child was abused by her mother came to a conclusion December 20 with a Deming woman being sentenced to 21 years in prison. According to District Attorney Michael R. Renteria, Rosa Gonzalez, 34, was sentenced for abusing her biological child starting when the child was three years old.

According to Court documents, the abuse was discovered when a Bell School employee alerted authorities after seeing the child at Wal-Mart and noticing she was not wearing shoes and had a serious cut on her wrist. When Deming Police Department officers went to Gonzalez' home to conduct a welfare check on the child in August 2022, they found the child with injuries to both wrists and bruises on her face. Makeup had been applied to the child's face in an apparent attempt to conceal the bruises. Gonzalez was charged with first- and third-degree felony counts of child abuse, and all of the children in her home were placed in custody of the Children, Youth and Families Department.

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Silver City NMSU Student Elected to Lead National FFA

2023 24 ffa national officer emily gossett new mexico western vpA local New Mexico student has recently been chosen to lead one of the nation’s largest student organizations, National FFA. 

Emily Gossett was elected Western Region Vice President at the 96th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis on November 4, 2023.

Emily is from Silver City, NM, and a former member of the Silver City FFA Chapter where she served as the New Mexico FFA State Vice President. She will take a gap year from New Mexico State University where she is majoring in agricultural communications. “One of my favorite quotes is, ‘We can’t love people we don’t know,’ I want to love every member,” Emily said.

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A video created in 2022 about Ace Hardware's participation in Wreath Across America

Enjoy the video, with none other than Grant County's very own Wreaths Across America organizer Mary Cowan, and the local Ace Hardware's major part in the lead up and laying of the wreaths. This video was taken last year, 2022, during the Wreaths Across America program at Fort Bayard National Cemetery.

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Silver City Museum held Victorian Christmas on Dec. 16, 2023

Photos by Mary Alice Murphy

On Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, the Silver City Museum held its annual Victorian Christmas, beginning late morning and continuing to mid-afternoon in front of the museum and in the courtyard. The festivities featured Father Christmas, music, food vendors, a craft workshop, and vendors selling their artwork. People stopped to chat with friends and often sat in chairs to listen to the music.

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Wreaths Across America took place at Fort Bayard National Cemetery 121623

Photos and Article by Mary Alice Murphy

Wreaths Across America takes place across the country each year, with wreaths provided by a wreath maker in Maine. You can find the history of the event and the group's continuing mission at this link: https://wreathsacrossamerica.org/About/OurMission .

Thanks to organizer Mary Cowan, who has served as coordinator for 14 years, the program for the past six years at Fort Bayard has succeeded in having sponsors, from local individuals to area businesses, provide a wreath for every grave marker at Fort Bayard National Cemetery. This year, sponsors totaled more than 500. The feat is replicated by only a few other national cemeteries, so Grant County and surrounding counties, not surprisingly, step up each year to sponsor wreaths.

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