Grant County Commission holds work session 101023 part 4

[Editor's Note: The Grant County Commission work session meeting on Oct. 10, 2023, lasted just shy of 3 hours, so readers can expect several articles. The fourth one continues with the final update.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

Dr. Stacey Cox, Center for Health Innovations Public Health Institute director. gave the last update at the Grant County Work Session on Oct. 10, 2023 and said she would talk about the Grant County Community Health Council and CHI Public Health Institute.

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Grant County Commission holds work session 101023 part 3

[Editor's Note: The Grant County Commission work session meeting on Oct. 10, 2023, lasted just shy of 3 hours, so readers can expect several articles. The third one begins with updates.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

The continuation of the Grant County Commission work session on Oct. 10, 2023 began with an HMS (Hidalgo Medical Services) update from Chief Executive Officer Dr. Dan Otero.

He said he would report on the Senior Services that HMS provides contractually for the county-owned Senior Service facilities and on Tu Casa, as well as on HMS itself.

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Grant County Commission holds work session 101023 part 2

[Editor's Note: The Grant County Commission meeting on Oct. 10, 2023, lasted just shy of 3 hours, so readers can expect several articles. The second one completes county reports.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

At the Grant County Commission work session on Oct. 10, 2023, Emergency Manager Scott Fuller said he had a lot of accomplishments to report on his first month in the job.

"We should be getting the flood repair reimbursements for the Road Department soon as the reports are being processed," Fuller said. "I have project work sheets for the damaged and repaired areas. I want to ensure that the Office of Emergency Management has the most current emergency action plans for all the dams and associated organizations.

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Grant County Art Guild sale 110423

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A bunch of Grant County Art Guild members and other artists, including painters, jewelry makers, and fiber arts creators had a sale of used art equipment, inventories of jewelry and paintings, rock grinding tools, notecards and many additional items at yard sale prices at the Murray Hotel ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. 

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Fall Back one hour

Daylight Saving Time is gone until next year! 

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Candidate forum for Silver City town council district 1

By Lynn Janes

On November 1, 2023, the candidate forum for the upcoming election on November 7, 2023, took place at the Silver Consolidated School board room. The forum had incumbent Rudy Bencomo and Hillary Treadway facing off.

Nick Seibel, Silver City Daily Press publisher, moderated the forum. The candidates received questions from the audience, Facebook, and the Press. Each would answer the same question and had two minutes.

Each candidate gave a three-minute introduction.

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GRMC held Halloween Trunk or Treat 103123

Photos by Mary Alice Murphy

[Editor's Note: The low sun made for difficult shadows, but the photographer did the best she could. This application is still in progress, so Click to brighten the photos.  ]

Gila Regional Medical Center each year for Halloween holds a Trunk or Treat, which is always very well attended. This year, the lines reached all the way out to 32nd Street, as costumed kids and parents, many of whom also had on costumes, waited their turns in line in an orderly manner. 

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