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Silver City Police Department blotter – June 5 through June 8, 2023

Monday, June 5, 2023

Welfare check
Visitor Center
Bus stop bench/male was found on the ground after he said he wrecked on his bicycle/pain all over his body. Officer requested ambulance for 48-year-old male with pain in his ribs/accident was yesterday.

Unwanted subject
117 W. Market Street
She does not want the male in the coffee shop/does not know who he is/not causing problems/just not supposed to be there/he's sitting on the couch. Officer advised male has a CTW for the location issued May 28, 2023/male was on the street/he left.

Welfare check
114 W. 11th Street
Advised would like a seemingly intoxicated male checked out. Officer advised male was observed leaning against a light pole. HMS staff advised did not want the male removed but would call back if they decided otherwise.

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Entrepreneur Story Time: Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery

Entrepreneur Story Time: Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery
Wednesday, June 14, 5:30 pm
Power and Light Press
601 N Bullard St, Unit F, Silver City, NM 88061

 SILVER CITY, NM — Silver City MainStreet Project is excited to announce June's Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs — Silver City (KAE-SC) Story Time featuring Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery. The Entrepreneur Story Time will take place at Power and Light Press, located in The Hub Plaza, 601 N Bullard St, Unit F, in downtown Silver City on Wednesday, June 14th at 5:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Join the Silver City MainStreet Project at Power and Light Press for Story Time to learn about how the powerhouse couple, Teresa Dahl-Bredine and David Crosley of Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery became Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs! Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery began in a remote lodge and restaurant, located near Lake Roberts, with a nano brewery and distillery in the garage basement. After finding success with this original model for Little Toad Creek, Teresa and David moved the brewery and distillery operations into a larger facility in Silver City and opened their downtown brewpub. Teresa and David also expanded into Las Cruces, opening another brewpub there. In 2020, they started distributing their products throughout New Mexico, and in 2022 and 2023 they expanded distribution of their canned cocktails to five other states. Come learn about all of this and their recent travels to Japan where there is interest and potential to export their canned cocktails to Asia!

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Tri-City police department blotters – June 2 through June 4, 2023

Bayard Police Department

Friday, June 2

Welfare check
S. Yucca Street
Caller can hear a lot of yelling from the house. Deputies advised couple in verbal argument/both parties separating for the night.

Unwanted subject
Central Avenue
Female is back at location and sitting there/caller does not want her on the property anymore/she is there everyday. Officer advised to have GCSO assist/still busy on bank alarm call.

Welfare check
Budge Drive
Caller hasn't been able to get in contact with the mother of his kids/talked to them a week ago and was supposed to pick them up. Officer had negative contact.

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Republican Women to meet June 12, 2023

Republican Women meeting at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 12, 2023 at Republican Headquarters.

Come join like-minded men and women for a brown-bag lunch.

Locatioin: 3 Rio de Arenas in Arenas Valley next to Valero gas station.

Roque Garcia to speak to Rotary

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Roque Garcia will be the Rotary speaker on June 13, 2023.
Garcia is the CEO of Border Area Mental Health in New Mexico. Garcia will report on what services are available to those in need in New Mexico. Topic: “Services Provided for Those In Need.”

Garcia has been the CEO of several behavioral health agencies for over 30 years. In 1990 he began as CEO for Border Area Mental Health Services (BAMHS) in Silver City and then moved to Las Cruces to run one of the largest behavioral health agencies in the state. Most recently he led the merger of three large behavioral health agencies under the BAMHS umbrella. Currently the organization sees over 2,400 unduplicated patients per year and provides services locally in Silver City, as well as in Deming, Las Cruces and Anthony.

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Bingo sponsored by the Mimbres Booster Club

Sunday, June 11 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

The Mimbres Booster Club will have their quarterly Bingo at the Roundup Lodge, 91 Acklin Hill Road in San Lorenzo. Everyone is welcome. Kids can play, but their parent must purchase the cards and claim the prizes. Doors open at 12:30 pm.

Cost: 3 regular cards for $12, or 1 card for $6 - this includes 15 regular games plus the Black-out grand prize game.

In additions, there are 6 money games at $1 each game for 3 cards or 50 cent for 1 money game card - winner gets 90% of the pot.

Contact: Joanne, at 575-544-5120 or Mary at 575-536-9323

ECECD's Summer Food Program fills meal gap

ECECD's Summer Food Program fills meal gap while children in New Mexico are out of school. 

SANTA FE – Today, the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) Family Nutrition Bureau and Public Education Department (PED) announced the Summer Food Programs for children and youth aged 1 to 18 will begin its 2023 service period today, through July 30, 2023, in most parts of the state. Federal funding, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), allows the state to provide nutritious meals to youth and children at more than 700 locations across New Mexico. Most locations serve breakfast and lunch with some serving dinner options.

Both ECECD and PED are actively working to expand access to program services statewide as part of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's effort to combine resources and bring statewide agencies together to better target and close gaps that experience persistent childhood hunger and food insecurity. Summer feeding programs are essential tools in the Governor's battle against hunger and both agencies are prepared to carry out any effort to that end. 

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NMSU Feminist Border Arts Film Festival returns in person this summer

WRITER: Isabel Darancou, idaran@nmsu.edu
CONTACT: M. C. Jonet, mjonet@nmsu.edu, Laura Anh Williams, lawill@nmsu.edu

The 2023 Feminist Border Arts Film Festival will screen 60 short films at the University Art Museum between 10am and 8 p.m. Wednesday June 28. The festival is free and open to the public.

The Feminist Border Arts Film Festival continues to grow steadily since 2016, even after going online during the pandemic. This summer, the short film festival returns to New Mexico State University on June 28, International Pride Day.

This year, the festival will screen 60 short films from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 28 at the University Art Museum.

The date also has an historic significance according to M.C. Jonet, co-organizer and NMSU associate professor of gender and sexuality studies.

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