Silver Consolidated Schools will be having an “Informative Session” with presenter Mark Valenzuela tomorrow, April 16th at 6:00 p.m. at Cliff High Schools Main Gym. Mr. Valenzuela, who is the Silver Consolidated Schools District Advisor, will be presenting the most current and up-to-date information on the district’s fiscal finances and facilities. The Cliff community, parents and school staff are encouraged to attend.
Four county employees received certificates of appreciation during the Grant County Session meeting that took place last month. Jason Lockett, who is the Facilities and Grounds Supervisor, Adam Baca, who is the IT Director and Gabe Morales and Robert Hood, who work in the IT Department were all recognized for their hard work and for always going above and beyond their normal everyday job duties. Congratulations to all four employees.
The Commons: Center for Food Security and Sustainability will be hosting a YCC Summer Program and are looking for youth between the ages of 14 to 18 to be a part of their 6-week paid program. Participants will be helping with tasks around the facilities including; water irrigation, cleaning the grounds, packing bags for the Alimento program and more. Those interested can pick up an application at The Commons, located at 501 East 13th Street in Silver City. The deadline to apply and submit an application is May 10th.
The Frontier Food Hub in Silver City has received a food systems grant for the Mining District and is conducting a survey regarding food access and local foods. The survey will help assist the Frontier Food Hub with providing the mining district with classes, farmers markets, community gardens and more. If you live in the mining district and would like to take the survey, visit the Frontier Food Hub’s Facebook page.
In New Mexico News:
The New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) has issued an advisory following a manufacturer recall of chicken, swine, cattle and horse feed products. The NMDA has issued the recall advisory in order to alert New Mexico livestock owners who may have purchased the recalled feed products and are encouraging both livestock producers and owners to keep all feed products in the original packaging in order to quickly and easily reference lot numbers, which are used to track products throughout the manufacturing process and can identify recalled products. For a full list of recalled products and states they were distributed in, visit website.
