The Silver City Rotary Club will be having their weekly meeting with guest speakers of the nonprofit organization “Fight Like a Girl”, who will be talking about the benefits they offer to young teens and women. The meeting will take place tomorrow, March 5th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Western New Mexico University Student Union Building.
The Gila Valley Library is seeking submissions of artwork for their calendar celebrating the 20 year anniversary of the library. Submissions must contain original art from local artists that reflect the nature of the landscape, native flora and fauna, history, ranching, mining and communities of Gila, Buckhorn and Cliff. For more information and to submit your artwork, visit the Gila Valley Library’s Facebook page.
Many students from southwest New Mexico participated in this year’s National History Day Southern Regional Competition held on February 23rd in Las Cruces at the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. History Day is an exciting way for students to study and learn about historical issues, ideas, people, and events. This year-long educational program fosters academic achievement and intellectual growth. Students acquire useful historical knowledge and perspective while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills that will help them manage and use information now and in the future. History Day also promotes continuing education for secondary school teachers and provides history teachers with innovative teaching tools.
We have a report from the Lordsburg Middle School students who participated. There were 28 students from LMS who submitted 12 projects, of which 6 projects will be advancing to the state level competition to be held in Albuquerque in April. The students advancing include Justin Platz, Orlando Talavera, Caiden Young, Jesus Reyes, Jackson Baldridge, Aaden De LaGarza, Isaiah Chaves, Jamie Rodriquez, Shantel Jacquez, Isaiah Holguin, Sol Fabela, Austin Cole, Maranda Morrow, Josh Gutierrez, Gali Vera, Izzy Guerrero, and Richard Silvas.
There were several other schools in our region who participated, but we do not have details on those attendees. If we receive the information, we are happy to announce. Congratulations to all who participated and special congratulations to those who are advancing to state!
In some fun news, did you know that New Mexico’s standard turquoise license plate was judged #1 in the U.S. by the Discovery Blog travel website. As a note, Colorado came in 2nd and Arizona came in 3rd.
In WNMU news, adult education services has planned expansion in services in areas of southwest New Mexico that are underserved. Currently there are three programs offered that include the high school equivalency program, which prepares students for the GED or HiSet. The second program is the Adult Basic Education Program that helps adults with literacy skills and basic numeracy skills. The third program in English as a Second Language, ESL. To learn more about WNMU’s adult education services contact WNMU.
In New Mexico News:
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is now accepting applications for its 2024-2025 Off-Highway Vehicle Grants program. These grants, which can be up to $20,000 per project, are available to not-for-profit organizations and federal, state and local government agencies whose projects promote OHV safety or the mitigating impacts from OHV use. Recipients may also use grant funds for projects that enhance recreational use of side-by-sides, ATVs, motorcycles and snowmobiles on public lands. Law enforcement agencies are eligible for special grant funds up to $15,000 to conduct OHV patrols, control paved road use of OHVs and enforce the provisions of the OHV Act. The deadline to submit an application is April 5th. For more information on the grant program, visit website.
