The New Mexico Wildlife Federation will be having a free community hike to Cooke’s Range on August 9th. The event will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and all participants are to meet at the 5R travel Center in Deming.
Grant County is currently completing construction on Little Walnut Road. Construction has begun near the intersection of Trail Road and ending near the intersection of Tanglewood Circle. Road improvements include drainage/flood control, widening and a multi-use pass. Access to properties may be limited or closed temporarily. For more information, contact the Grant County Planning and Development Department.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City (UUFSC) recently received a Chalice Lighters grant from the Mountain Desert District to help grow the Fellowship’s biweekly children’s program. The grant will help the UUFSC develop more detailed lessons and provide educational materials and supplies related to the Unitarian Universalist principles to help the program grow so more participants will be able to attend. The program provides children with the building blocks to form their own beliefs and helps engage their curiosity and imagination through stories, games, art, music and more. To learn more about the program, visit the website.
The Silver City Woodcarving Club will be meeting on Thursday, August 10th at the Grant County Extension office. This free meeting will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and all who are interested in learning about wood carving are encouraged to attend.
The New Mexico Department of Health, in collaboration with Early Childhood Education and Care Development and other community agencies have teamed up to create the “Safe Sleep New Mexico” campaign. The campaign is designed to support and educate parents on safe sleep practices for infants and to create awareness of sudden infant death syndrome. The agencies plan on creating a toolkit for health care providers and parents to help make them more aware of the strategies needed to insure safe infant sleeping.
The Gila National Forest is asking all campers and those hiking through the area to please be cautious when building and extinguishing campfires. Over the past few months, patrols have found a large amount of abandoned campfires that were still burning and not completely extinguished. Forest management is asking that campfires be completely put out, meaning they are cold to the touch with your bare hand, before leaving the area.
