Photos and Video by Sandra Michaud
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Circle of the Sun Community Singers led by Maria Casler
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A long line waits for free plants given out at the Audubon Society table by the Gila Native Plant Society
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Susan Clair of the Grant County Beekeepers tells Rachel Bighley about the benefits of keeping bees.
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Jan Embree-Bever helps Maribel Armendariz register to vote
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Shirley Smith and Shirley Wiegel of the Santa Clara Thrift Store
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Karen Benedictkson, Susan Golightly and Elaine Carlson of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City
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Prairie Small, of the High Desert Humane Society, with Chingshin, a 5 month old puppy available for adoption, and Sunny Kellerman, a voter registrar.
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Paula Lynch with Clara, and Heidi Ogas of the High Desert Humane Society
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Karen and Ron Glasscock from The Volunteer Center
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Patrick Sierra is pleased with his plant given him by the Audubon Society. Greg Baker and Sara Boyett were handing out the plants.
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Donna Stevens, Joan Limmer from the Native Plant Society, and Cynthia Bettison, Silver City Town Counselor, at the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance table.
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Pipsqueak, a gopher snake
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Melissa Amarello, with the Advocates for Snake Preservation, and Pipsquea
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Linda Gilmore learns about Great Old Broad for Wilderness from Carol Morrison.
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Dutch Salmon, Allyson Siwik, David Rose and Doyne Wrealli, Gila Resources Information Project
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Elroy Limmer and Susan Slade of CoCoRaHS, a volunteer organization which tracks and record moisture events worldwide
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The kids’ voting activity gives children an opportunity to vote for one of three Gila animals, Black Bear, Raven or Cougar. Sharon Bookwalter was in charge.
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Salina Pena reads voting literature while children Jaelin and Kaylee decide how to vote. Sharon Bookwalter is in charge of the activity.
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Kaylee and Jaelin Pena display their “Future Voter” stickers.
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On a sunny, breezy Saturday, the people of Silver City and surrounding areas gathered at Gough Park to celebrate Earth Day. The festivities started off with the Circle of the Sun Community Singers, led by Maria Casler, serenading the crowd. Over 30 local businesses and organizations had booths to inform people about their services, green products and activities.
There were food, plants, and activities during the day, with the emphasis on eco-friendliness, and a site set aside for people to deliver papers for shredding and to dispose of e-waste.
Voter registrars walked around the park, and there was a booth set up to register people to vote, with a special section for “Future Voters” to vote for their favorite animal among three that live in the Gila. Sharon Bookwalter, in charge of this activity, said that fifty-nine children voted. On the ballot were Raven, Cougar, and Black Bear. Cougar won with 63% of the votes (37 total). Black Bear took 25% of the votes (15 total), and Raven trailed with 12% of the votes (7 total).
There was also a site set aside for people to deliver papers for shredding and to dispose of e-waste.