Here’s a look at today’s headlines:
The Village of Columbus donated an ambulance and some firefighting equipment to Palomas, Mexico last Friday. During an informal gathering that brought officials and residents of both communities together, Columbus Fire Chief Andres Ramos and Mayor Philip Skinner handed over the keys and title to of the 2003 Ford F-350 to the mayor of Puerto Palomas, Ramón Rodríguez Prieto. Now, patients can be transferred from Palomas to cities with larger hospitals such as Juárez. In addition to the ambulance, about 20 compressed air breathing systems were also donated.
As part of their 2017-18 Community Outreach Program, The Silver City Women’s Club recently presented a monetary donation to El Grito Head Start. The Silver City Woman’s Club is a non-profit, non-political organization, pledged to support the community in the advancement of civic, charitable and humanitarian endeavors. The club provides hearing and vision testing to children through age six, as well as awarding two yearly scholarships to Western New Mexico University students. El Grito Head Start offers programs for infants/toddlers from 6 weeks to 35 months, pregnant women and preschoolers.
Former assistant director and public service manager of the Silver City Public Library, Ken Dayer, has taken over the position of Library Director. Ken was originally hired by the Silver City Public Library in 2011 and will be replacing former Director, Eileen Sullivan who has left for a position in the Los Alamos library system.
At a meeting last Thursday, the Grant County Commission has chosen its top Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan projects that will be submitted to the New Mexico Legislature for 2019. These projects include the following: $750,000 for a water storage unit to collect and contain hundreds of thousands of gallons of purified effluent water produced daily in Bayard, replacement of the District Courthouse roof, replacement of public safety vehicles and various upgrades at the Grant County Detention Center.
The Deming Board of Education celebrated the debut of the new Deming High School at the Deming Board of Education’s regular meeting last Thursday held at the Emmett Shockley Administration Building in Deming. Construction Director Herb Borden, reported on both the new high school, where contractors are continuing to work during the evenings, and the new middle school under construction east of Bataan Elementary. In other actions, the Board approved applications for public education funds for elementary fine arts instruction as well as supplemental instruction for migrant students targeting math and reading. In addition, the Board announced that Mary Anderson, Health Care Science teacher at Deming High and faculty mentor for Deming’s SkillsUSA chapter, was honored by the New Mexico Association for Career and Technical Education as its Career and Technical Education Teacher of the year.
