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Tri-City police department blotters – May 8 through May 11, 2023

Bayard Police Department

Monday, May 8

Welfare check
Highway 180 – MM 124 – Bayard Cemetery
BFD advised they just passed by this location with negative contact with anything there. Officer advised will be clear/negative contact with any accident here.

Welfare check
Runnels Drive
Caller from JPO advised a 13-year-old male went to caller's class with a self-inflicted wound under his left eye/he wasn't verbal about suicide/has a history of cutting.

Breaking and entering
Bard Street
Taking a call for an officer/she will call back at noon.

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Grant County Sheriff's Office blotter – May 8 through May 11, 2023

Monday, May 8

Unattended death
S. Highway 90 – Tyrone
Caller advising she stopped by to visit her uncle and he is not coming to the door of the RV/advising they can hear the TV inside but he is still not responding/she has been trying to contact him for the past few days. Deputy advised to send OMI to this location.

Welfare check
Rio de Arenas Road
Caller from La Plata Counseling advised 14-year-old son was looking on the Lifeline number for suicide/mother is not answering her phone. Deputy advised spoke with juvie's mother and father/everything is okay.

Tuesday, May 9

Unattended death
Spring Creek Road
66-year-old male not breathing/she does not feel a pulse/he was sick with a blood infection a week ago. Deputy requested OMI/OMI on scene.

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Silver City Police Department blotter – May 8 through May 11, 2023

Monday, May 8

Welfare check
Market Street – 9:24 a.m.
Caller advised her 37-year-old brother has relapsed and is on a "bender"/she was advised by his girlfriend he was making some suicidal comments/girlfriend left because he was getting belligerent/advised their brother committed suicide and that birthday is coming tomorrow and that may be a trigger for him/she spoke to him about 20 minutes ago and he hung up on her.

Welfare check
Mann Drive
Caller from Ambercare advised her 60-year-old patient did not come to the door and is not answering her phone. Per GRMC, patient was transferred to Santa Teresa.

Unwanted subject
N. Swan Street
Caller advised his son is in the front yard throwing things/his son yelled all night long.

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Entrepreneur Story Time: La Bonita Baker & Gila Releaf

Wednesday, May 17, 5:30 pm at Little Toad Creek, 200 N Bullard St, Silver City, NM 88061

SILVER CITY, NM — Silver City MainStreet Project is excited to announce the May Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs — Silver City (KAE-SC) Story Time featuring La Bonita Bakery. The Entrepreneur Story Time will take place at Little Toad Creek Brewery & Distillery, 200 North Bullard Street in downtown Silver City on Wednesday, May 17 at 5:30 pm. The event is free to attend, with the option to purchase food and drinks, and open to the public.

Join us for Story Time and learn about how Sandra Calderon, Troy Miller and their late son Angel Acosta of La Bonita Bakery and Gila Releaf became Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs! Come hear how they came to open up their bakery, convenient store, and CBD shop. When Sandra arrived in Silver City in 2008, she did not intend to stay but, “There is no comparison to the people in Silver City” so she stayed.

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Visit the Pinos Altos Museum on Memorial Day weekend

See the old Wild West come alive!  On Memorial Day Weekend tour the historic Pinos Altos Museum for free, and see Doc Holliday’s free Wild West Comedy Show outside the Museum, across from the historic Buckhorn Saloon and Opera House. 

Free giveaways! Including the famous photo from the movie “Tombstone” of the Earps and Doc. Shows start at 3:00 p.m. Memorial Day Weekend.

Be there! You’re a Daisy if you do.

For more info. call the Pinos Altos Museum at 575-574-8116 or Karen at 575-313-9445.

Bill Evans Lake Project Nears Completion

GRANT COUNTY  – Bill Evans Lake, located approximately eight miles south of Cliff, is now open to the public as work to improve boater access and fishing opportunities nears its completion.

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has installed a new boat ramp and fishing access points, as well as improved road access on the north side of the lake. The old boat ramp has been modified to provide better access for non-motorized watercraft, and several fishing jetties were also added.

Please note that the new boat ramp will remain closed until the water level comes up enough for boats to launch safely – likely in June – at which time the new boat dock will be installed.

The project cost approximately $800,000, with funding coming from license sales as well as Sportfish Restoration and Boater Access funds.

Become a Fiesta Latina Artisan sponsor

Artisans travel from all over Mexico to participate in the Fiesta Latina Artisan Mercado and share their traditional methods and crafts.

Funds provided by Artisan Sponsors are used to support artisans’ food, lodging and travel expenses from Mexico.

More than 2,000 people from throughout the Southwest attend Fiesta Latina during the 4-day event to experience Latin culture, rhythms, flavors and traditions.

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Celebrating Armed Forces Day

There will be a celebration of Armed Forces Day Sunday May 21 at Bataan Memorial Park near Ft. Bayard.  The event will acknowledge Active-Duty military, Veteran, Gold Star families and the many Veterans Service Organizations in Grant County. The ceremonies start at 1 PM and will include short talks from the Ft. Bayard Historic Preservation Society, a talk on the Bataan Memorial Park and on the Ft. Bayard National Cemetery. At 2 PM the 1st Armored Division Band will perform a concert entitled “As Time Goes By” telling the story of the 1st Armored Division and to commemorate the Band’s 50th anniversary. The Band is one of the premier military bands in the nation well worth seeing.

Armed Forces Day was created in August 1949 by Defense Sec. Louis Johnson to celebrate the unification of the Armed Forces under the Defense Dept and to replace the separate Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force days. It was established as a national holiday in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy.

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