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Dr. John Bell will speak to the Rotary Club about "Early Medicine in the Southwest" by Dr. John Bell. He is an expert on the medical treatment of Tuberculosis at Ft. Bayard and early doctors there.

One of the original founders of Silver Health Care, Internist w/ 58+ years of service Board of Directors of the Ft. Bayard Historic Preservation Society.

The Rotary Club meets every Tuesday from 12-1 p.m. for lunch in the Silver Bowling Center. There is a brief "meet and greet", a short business meeting and then the speaker has the floor. The club welcomes members of the public to the meetings. Lunch is available in the grill.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Since its founding in 1923, the Silver City Rotary Club has provided support and service to numerous non-profit organizations and civic causes in Silver City and Grant County as well as supporting and participating in humanitarian projects sponsored by Rotary International.

INVITES YOU TO OUR UPCOMING MEETING.

CrossPoint Church Meeting Room - 11600 E Hwy 180

Photo courtesy of Bill Cavaliere Title: "The Violent Past of New                  

Mexico's Boot Heel"

Speaker: Bill Cavaliere

Former Sheriff of  Hidalgo County, Historian, 

Author, and Retired Law Law Enforcement Officer

The SCPD is currently unable to provide these blotters with a narrative or description of the incident. Also, multiple entries of other interactions such as traffic stops, citizen assists and contacts, civil matters, etc. are not included here.

Sunday, July 20

Firework complaint – Sawyer Circle
Suspicious activity – Mountain View Road
Domestic disturbance – Pinos Altos Road
Runaway – North Loop
Criminal trespass warning – N. Swan Street
Welfare check – Fowler Avenue
Suspicious activity – W. Highway 180

Tuesday, July 22

Damage to property
Todd Street
Damage to utility pole/mobile home installation company admitted to hitting the pole.

Animal
Bellm Street
Large dog fight/animal control officer was notified.

Domestic disturbance
Racetrack Road
ATL for domestic disturbance/unfounded.

Wildlife Photography: Birds of Columbia

Friday, September 26, 2025

7:00 PM  8:00 PM

WNMU Harlan Hall, Room 111

Silver City, NM, 88061

(12th and Alabama)

Wildlife and travel guide Jeff Parker will present his photography of birds of Colombia. Focus will be on species occurring in the central and western Andes, as well as a few lowland species. He will touch on the reasons for the high diversity (the most bird species of any country) and the ease of travel in Colombia.

Jeff leads photo tours throughout North and South America. He especially loves sharing the wildlife of Patagonia, the Brazilian Pantanal, and the American West. See more of his work at www.exploreinfocus.com 

Free and open to the public

[Editor's Note: This is progress on getting the blotters back. An employee will soon get training on how to pull and print more information . Thanks for your patience.]

Sunday, July 13

Welfare check – E. 12th Street
Unattended death – Tracy Circle
Suspicious vehicle – Cantada Creek
Welfare check – W. 13th Street
Suspicious person – W. Broadway
Overdose – N. Christian Flury Drive
Suspicious activity – W. Montana Street
Domestic disturbance – Ranch Club Road
Criminal trespass warning – N. Rosedale Road
Welfare check – E. 20th Street

Monday, July 14

August 3, at 11:00 am, 3845 North Swan Street – "Bringing the Mountain Home"

Gale Green said, "When I first began to attend this gathering place, this Fellowship, I was intrigued by the simple mural of a mountain landscape we faced on the wall facing us every Sunday morning. It took me several months to become aware that 'Hey! I think that's Bear Mountain!' Why is that here? What does that mean for me?"

Green will reflect upon a book titled "Bringing the Mountain Home," by SueEllen Campbell. Campbell talks about wilderness as perhaps a place we should go to, to get lost, lose our familiar ways, to find ourselves a creature among other creatures.

"What causes our senses to open to wonder? What has happened to wonder in our lives? My life?  Your life? Have our faces become so implanted in our cell phones that we miss the wonder of the world around us? Has our wonder narrowed to the worlds of the entertainment gods and music monarchs?" she asked.

 "How long has it been since you were literally 'stopped in your shoes' as a dear friend of mine used to say?" Green added. "SueEllen Campbell says it is a deeply loved landscape which holds us fast to the planet."

Monday, July 14

Suspicious activity
Fort Bayard – 10 p.m.
Teens hanging out at Bataan Park. Left upon request.

Weapons fired
Bellm and Fort Bayard streets - 11:39 p.m.
Caller reported hearing gunshots/fireworks were seen/negative contact.

Traffic hazard
Highway 152 @ Manhattan Apartments - 11:56 p.m.
Car batteries on the roadway.