Here’s a look at community news:
Tatton Allsup, a senior from Cliff High School, raised over $700.00 for “Wreaths Across America”, as his senior project. Tatton participated in the Junior Gold Division of the Southwestern Shotgunners Trap Club 23rd “Annual Dick Walter Shoot” and raised funds from sponsors for his outstanding performance in the competition. Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, the mission to “Remember, Honor and Teach” is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as over 1,200 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea, and abroad. The Fort Bayard National Cemetary “Wreaths Across America” event will take place on Saturday, December 16th with wreath placement beginning at 10:00 a.m.
The Grant County Art Guild is sponsoring an “Art Makes You Smart” campaign that will award two grants of $250 each to school art instructors in the Grant County. Some Studies have shown that exposure to art, fosters creativity and innovation in children far beyond the classroom. The Grant County Art Guild, located in the Pinos Altos Art Gallery in the historic Hearst Church, was formed in 1968 to provide a bond between people sharing the same common interest in fine arts and crafts. Applications are due by December 1st and the grants will be awarded before the Christmas recess begins. For more information, call 719-963-0617.
Gila Regional Medical Center has hired a new surgeon that will also provide some trauma services to the community. Dr. Tariq Ibrahim, a general surgeon, will provide addition surgical coverage at the hospital in addition to the possibility of starting a trauma program at Gila Regional that would keep some patients here instead of sending them out to Las Cruces, El Paso or Tucson.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is working to restore the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout in Whitewater Creek, near Glenwood. The Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout is the state fish of New Mexico and is now featured on a new “Share with Wildlife” program license plate currently available from the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Department, and can be purchased through regular mail. Since 1981, the “Share the Wildlife” program has funded wildlife research, habitat enhancement, education and rehabilitation projects around the state.
