In observance of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) is helping to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and online safety. OBAE has created videos and tips to help educate individuals, businesses and communities about the best practices for staying safe online and they include topics such as password management, phishing awareness, secure online transactions and how to protect sensitive data. OBAE will also be releasing informative articles, infographics and social media posts throughout the month that will provide cyber security tips and best practices. For more information, visit the website.
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Work on The Fox Field Project is still taking place and Silver Consolidated Schools is letting the community know that the field will be closed to the public for the next 30 days. The track milling and asphalt phase has begun and will require a thirty day curing period, during which Silver Schools is requesting that the community not get on the surface to ensure that the District’s and City’s investment lasts the next seven to ten years with few issues to the asphalt. After the asphalt has fully cured, the Silver School District will reopen access to the public until the next phase begins.
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the non- profit organization El Refugio, will be having a “Remember My Name” memorial on October 19th in honor of victims and families of domestic violence. The memorial will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Grant County Business and Conference Center and is open to the public.
Heart of the Gila in Silver City, which seeks to conserve watersheds and educate children, adults and decision makers about the ecological, social, economic and cultural values of rivers in New Mexico and the greater Southwest is in search of volunteers. Volunteers will be able to engage in river clean-ups, invasive species eradication, trail maintenance throughout the Gila Wilderness and maintain several habitat restoration sites in the Gila River Watershed. If interested in volunteering, visit the website.
The Gila Native Plant Society will resume its fall evening programs on Friday, October 20th with a presentation entitled, “Delinquent late-night pollinators: A story about nectar bats, agaves and what’s happening in the Gila” by bat researcher Mallory Davies. Ms. Davies will be discussing her current research regarding how the timing of nectar release of agave flowers indicates a co-evolution and mutualistic relationship with nectar bats that pollinate it. The presentation will take place at 7:00 p.m. at Harlan Hall in Room 111 on the WNMU campus and is free and open to the public.
