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hurston wright awards jj amaworo wilson debut fiction winner credit kea taylor imagine photographyJJ Amaworo Wilson reacts to winning debut fiction award for Damnificados. Photo by Kea Taylor of Imagine Photography JJ Amaworo Wilson is Western New Mexico University's writer-in-residence.

Last Friday, his novel Damnificados won the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction. A ceremony took place in Washington D.C. at which civil rights activist and Congressman John Lewis was honored. Colson Whitehead won the main fiction award.

From the article in the following link comes this quote: " The Legacy Award for debut fiction went to “Damnificados,” by J.J. Amaworo Wilson, who the judges said created a “fabulist and gritty dystopia that is nearly allegorical in its portrayal of the dispossessed.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-underground-railroad-by-colson-whitehead-wins-2017-hurstonwright-award-for-fiction/2017/10/21/db756764-b611-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.e5f4916ef802 

More information can be found at www.hurstonwright.org .

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By Roger Lanse

The Silver City Town Council at its Tuesday, Oct 24, meeting, approved the forwarding of two letters regarding Holloman Air Force Base’s proposed expansion of flyways. According to the two letters, signed by Mayor Ken Ladner, the town is questioning the “no impact” finding in the draft Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the Air Force. The letters were addressed to Holloman AFB Airspace EIS, Hampton, VA, and to Col. Houston R. Cantwell, 49th Wing Commander, Holloman AFB. Copies of the letters were sent to U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and to U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce.

Councilors and the mayor were “appalled” and “concerned” that while public hearings on Holloman’s proposal were held in other southern New Mexico communities like Truth or Consequences and Las Cruces, none were held in Silver City or Grant County “where significant impacts of the Holloman AFB proposal would most be felt.” Ladner wrote, “I am writing to express my concern about the proposed plan to create a new fly-over zone for F-16 training missions that would encompass all of the Gila National Forest and most of its wilderness areas. The proposed zone comes within several miles of the Town of Silver City.”

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More than 200 people attended the Autumn Art and Wine Extravaganza at La Esperanza Winery Saturday. People attending were from as far away as Maryland and Florida. The event included 18 artisan vendors, the Duckstop food truck and music,

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Although the purse auction, each year, is put on by one or the other of the two Silver City P.E.O. chapters, AG and BR, people come from all over the region and even from afar in the state.

Linda Cosner of Tucumcari, a state P.E.O. organizer, came to Silver City to see what the excitement was about. She told the Beat she was thrilled with the outcome and the entertainment value of the event. She was pleased enough that she took down the information from Dana Stout, who serves as the auctioneer from Circle M Auctions, owned by the Matney family. Dana does a good job of convincing people to buy purses, "to support scholarships for our girls to make them smarter."

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The Buddy Walk was developed through the Down Syndrome Society, with the first one being held in 1995. According to Vicki Galindo, organizer of the Buddy Walk in Silver City, the Buddy Walk is an event hosted by the ARC Family Support Networks of Silver City and Deming. Seven groups, including the New Mexico Developmental Disabilities Planning Council and ARC put on the five Buddy Walks in New Mexico. Galindo said more than 250 are held in the U.S. and internationally.

This event in Silver City's Gough Park on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, a day that began with a chilly wind, brought out more than 100 people in the morning, and some were still arriving as the walk progressed on its three tours around the park.

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Opening with a reception, the American Association of University Women and the New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering held a joint conference in Silver City housed in the Murray Hotel. The kick-off reception took place Friday evening, Oct. 20, 2017, in the hotel ballroom.

Meetings and workshops were set to take place all day Saturday, Oct. 21, and until noon on Sunday, Oct. 22, in meeting rooms at the hotel.

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