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Grant Soil and Water Conservation District candidate forum 102821
By Lynn Janes
On October 28,2021 Silver City Daily Press held a Facebook forum for the Grant Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor candidates in Grant County. The virtual audience and Geoffrey Plant, reporter for the Silver City Daily Press, posed questions. Nicholas Seibel moderated the forum. Each candidate had an opening statement not to exceed three minutes.
David McCauley
McCauley said he was born and raised in Grant County. He graduated from Cobre High School and has been in ranching his whole life. Since 1904, the family has been ranchers. "We have had less rain recently than during the Oklahoma dust bowl," he said. "Partnering with other agencies has been important tool." He said his dad had served on the board in the late 1950s and early 1960s. "I was raised with the importance of conservation, and I look forward to another term."
Nancy Stephens
Stephens thanked McCauley for his service, and said she was not doing this to run against him. "I am running because of the perception that the soil and water district is just for the ranchers." She said she has a strong interest in soil and water science and has some skills that could benefit the board. She said she has a history of public service and grew up in an agricultural area. Although her family didn't work in the industry, they were teachers.
Corrections: Southwest Regional Museum of Art held event at NAN Ranch 103021
Photographs by Mary Alice Murphy
Southwest Regional Museum of Art holds event at NAN Ranch 103021
Southwest Regional Museum of Art holds event at NAN Ranch 103021
The entry to the housing area of NAN ranch in the Mimbres.
Southwest Regional Museum of Art holds event at NAN Ranch 103021
Nature's art with the help of humans inside the residential part of the ranch
Southwest Regional Museum of Art holds event at NAN Ranch 103021
Allen Townsend, at right, owner and operator of Iron Door BBQ and Grill, catered the luncheon
Southwest Regional Museum of Art holds event at NAN Ranch 103021
Victoria Chick, one of the original organizers behind the SW Regional Museum of Art idea, talks about the progress the group is making.
Southwest Regional Museum of Art holds event at NAN Ranch 103021
Photographer Tom Maxfeldt with his camera round his neck. (Photographers never get their photos taken).
Southwest Regional Museum of Art holds event at NAN Ranch 103021
Tables were set up beside the pool.
Southwest Regional Museum of Art holds event at NAN Ranch 103021
Music from The Buzz Brothers and Sistah Jo filled the air. From left are Tim Faust, Jo Ann Hall and Greg Renfro.
On a balmy and clear blue sky fall day, Oct. 30, 2021, the Southwest Regional Museum of Art held a fundraiser luncheon at the NAN Ranch in the MImbres. With fall colors in the trees and a slight breeze, participants visited among themselves and ate a barbecue lunch catered by Iron Door Barbecue and Grill, owner by Allen Townsend.
Victoria Chick, an artist and one of the founders of the proposed museum, gave an update on where the project stands. They continue to fundraise, with the priority to purchase the Old Post Office on Broadway in Silver City. With a wide open interior and with room to expand, the facility is the first choice of the organizers.
Southwest word fiesta not really over
By Lynn Janes
If you missed the Southwest Word Fiesta from October 19-24, 2021, you missed a lot, according to organizers and participants. This year offered a comprehensive line up of authors and speakers, with events both in person and virtual. The fiesta first took place in 2013, and is held every other year and they get an attendance of around 800 people.
JJ Amaworo Wilson hosted and serves as co-chair of the fiesta. He has been the writer-in-residence at WNMU since 2011. When Wilson arrived, he asked around about literary groups in the area and was told about the Southwest Festival of the Written Word. He asked to join, adding a presence of WNMU and that link has remained strong.
When asked about the criteria for selecting the authors invited, he said “there are loads.” They only invite people writing in or about the southwest. The authors need to be established and have a track record of publication or public recognition, such as awards. Dedication to the craft and good speaking skills is a must. Patience for audience questions is also looked at. The festival board also considers variety of genres, diversity, with some authors from Silver City.
Disc golfing coming to Fort Bayard
By Lynn Janes
The Village of Santa Clara held its repeat regular meeting October 25, 2021, as the last meeting did not have sufficient notice to meet Open Meetings Act requirements. . Mayor Richard Bauch called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza, Trustees, Olga Amador, Arnold Lopez, and Peter Erickson also attended.
They approved the agenda for the meeting and then approved the minutes and department reports of the previous meeting.
Mayor's report
Mayor Bauch said they had received the packet for finishing the bridge. A bid for the job would be sent out in a few weeks
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Woman runs from deputies; is arrested
By Roger Lanse
On Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, a Grant County Sheriff's Office deputy encountered a gray vehicle, later determined to be a Ford Explorer, on Highway 180 near the Bayard Cemetery. The vehicle was driven by a female who the deputy knew from past experience. According to a GCSO offense report, the Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority informed the deputy that the female had three outstanding warrants out of Magistrate Court.
The deputy conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle on Highway 180 and N. Hurley Road and told the female driver he was stopping her on the warrants. According to the report, she began arguing with the deputy and refusing to comply with his commands to step out of the vehicle. The report stated she put the vehicle in gear and drove off at speeds up to 60 mph on the North Hurley Access Road toward her residence on Main Street. The female pulled up to her residence and attempted to get her son who was in a car seat in the back seat, the report said, and resisted the deputy who was attempting to restrain her.
Grant County Commission holds work session 101221, part 8
By Mary Alice Murphy
Reyne Maynes and an assistant coach, center, accepted the proclamation from commissioners from left, Alicia Edwards, Chair Chris Ponce, Harry Browne, Billy Billings and Javier "Harvey" Salas.
[Editor's Note: The meeting went for a bit more than five hours, with a very short break. Several articles will cover the presentations and the review of the regular agenda, in addition to county and commissioner reports. Part 8 will begin with the review of the regular meeting. This article will also cover the monthly GRMC update at the regular meeting.]
The first item to consider at the work session on Oct. 12, 2021, in the review of the regular meeting on Oct. 14, 2021, addressed a proclamation for the Cobre High School District AAA wrestling championships in 2020 and 2021. Commissioners approved the proclamation which recognized the coaches, Reynaldo "Reyne" Maynes with assistant coaches for both years Randy Maynes, Richard Marquez, Robert Rodriguez III, and Gabe Holguin. In 2020, Art Quintana, Sam Trujillo and Brent Horsley also served as assistant coaches. In 2020, Gavin Placencio (sophomore, 106 lbs.), Isaiah Marquez (junior, 113 lbs.), Niko Trujillo (8th Grade, 120 lbs.), Esteban Molina (junior, 126 lbs.), Ishya De La Torre (junior, 132 lbs.), Alex Holguin (junior, 152 lbs.), and Art Quintana (sophomore, 160 lbs.) captured individual state championship titles in their respective weight classes; and Izzy Jaurequi (senior, 138 lbs.), Aidan Quintana (freshman, 195 lbs.), and Leon Vigil (junior, 220 lbs.) captured state runner-up titles in their respective weight classes.