Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Silver City always has things going on, but Saturday, July 30, featured several events. The Farmer's Market had its usual bustling scene of vendors promoting and selling fresh produce. In addition, the Grant County Extension Service hosted its annual squash derby. Children created their "vehicles" of large squashes, inserted wheels, and decorated their art with drivers. The creators showed their cars' engineering expertise by sliding them down a ramp to see which could go the farthest.
Bayou Seco provided music at the market. Children took part in the Clay Festival by creating a dragon, or was it a dinosaur? And the Marketplace in The Hub featured a textiles exhibit and sale.
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Krissy Ramirez, a WNMU art student, helps Hazel Schultz decide where to put a piece of clay. Also watching are Elena Casillas, 3; Cielo Lopez (partially obscured), 5, and Heliel Casillas, 7.
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Simon DeMoss, 5, and his dad, Jess, concentrated on creating his squash derby vehicle.
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Eleo Warner, 8, launches his squash vehicle.
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Simon proudly shows off his squash vehicle, with a "driver."
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Simon launches his vehicle.
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Tiny potatoes for sale at the Farmers' Market.
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Rio, 7, who was reluctant to give his last name , works on his derby car.
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Hazel tries out her vehicle.
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Hazel launches.
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Rio launches.
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Bayou Seco's Jeanie McLerie and Ken Keppeler entertain the Farmers' Market visitors.
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Even more clay artists and parents are on hand to work on the dragon (or it is a dinosaur?)
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The clay beast, close up.
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In the old Marketplace in the Hub, a textile exhibit brought in visitors, while the artists worked. Suzi Calhoun knits.
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Susan Porter, known for her weavings, also knits.
