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Widows Community April Meeting

Widows Community welcomes friends and neighbors to our regular meeting, Monday, April 10, sign in at 10:30 am. Cross Point Church, 11600 Hwy 180. Speakers Cecelia and John Bell from Fort Bayard Society will talk about activities like movies and other events followed by lunch which is $14.00.

Silver City Mainstreet Director to Speak at PFLAG Meeting

Silver City, NM, March 27, 2023—Sharla Lefkowitz-Oberg, director of Silver City MainStreet, will be the featured speaker at the April 4 meeting of PFLAG Silver City, 6:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3845 N. Swan. The public is invited, and refreshments will be served.

Lefkowitz-Oberg has extensive experience in downtown revitalization, community building, advocacy, marketing, communications, and administration. Originally from Upstate New York, she lived in Silver City from 2012-2013 and now has returned with her family. Meeting attendees will learn of MainStreet’s past successes and upcoming projects and be able to ask questions about how MainStreet and the LGBTQ+ community and its allies might collaborate and support one another.

PFLAG  is the nation's first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. For more information, call 575-590-8797 or go to pflagsilver.org or pflag.org.

AARP Smart Driver Course May 11

AARP is holding a 4 hour Smart Driver course on May 11, 2023 at the Silver City Library from 9:30am to 1:30pm.

$20 for AARP members, $25 for non-members. Please contact Flavio @ 575-208-6072 to register.

GMCR Celebration of Spring March 30-April 1, 2023

farmers mkt joe kennedy diamond dave 2022Joe Kennedy and Diamond Dave, two of the more than two dozen DJs and Program Hosts who are heard live each week on KURU 89.1 FM (streaming on GMCR.org), at the Silver City Farmers Market in 2022. Gila/Mimbres Community Radio co-sponsors musical entertainment at the Farmers Market, welcomes shoppers, and encourages everyone to support non-profit, non-commercial radio. Gila/Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM announced a CELEBRATION OF SPRING, and an invitation to help grow the community of support for our own local radio station. The three-day event, March 30 – April 1, will include an open house 10 AM – 4 PM on Saturday, April 1, at the station, 519-B N. Bullard St., Silver City, NM (at the corner with Sixth Street). Visitors will be welcomed with refreshments and opportunities to meet the station manager, Marcus Hanson, Board members, DJs and Program Hosts, and community members whose music, poetry, and commentary are featured in our local broadcasts. 

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Tri-City police department blotters – Mar. 24 through Mar. 26, 2023

Bayard Police Department

Friday, Mar. 24

Welfare check
Oak Street
Transport assist for Meals on Wheels/caller needs officer to go and assist with the dog for welcheck/normally caller honks and she comes to get her meals because her dog is protective/the past two days the grandson came and got the meal/today the front door is open, dog is in the yard, and no one is coming out. Officer advised checked the residence and secured the door/everything is okay.

Suspicious vehicle
Virginia Street
Winnebago van that released their blue water tank into the creek.

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Grant County Sheriff's Office blotter – Mar. 24 through Mar. 26, 2023

Friday, Mar. 24

Stolen motor vehicle
Mountain View Lane
Caller advised her neighbor's travel trailer is missing/owner is in the hospital. Deputy advised caller is the neighbor who feeds his cats/she saw the trailer there yesterday and heard some rustling last night but did not think . . .

Burglary
W. Highway 180 – Cliff-Mangas Valley
Someone broke into the property and stole everything/it's the house that burned down/cars are ransacked.

Unwanted subject
Oak Street – Santa Clara
A named female is refusing to leave/she is caller's son's girlfriend/they are in the kitchen. Deputy advised male and female in unit en route to Arenas Valley.

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Silver City Police Department blotters – Mar. 24 through Mar. 26, 2023

Friday, Mar. 24

Disturbance
Pinos Altos Road – 7:08 a.m.
18-year-old grandson on drugs and destroying the house/he threatened to burn down the house/he just took off outside/his mom is with him trying to calm him down/he wasn't with anyone/advised she got home about 6:30 a.m. and smelled something . . .

Unwanted subject
307 E. College Avenue
A named male is harassing him/he already grabbed and touched him/caller advised he is chasing him now. Officer issued Jason Abeyta an indefinite CTW for the location.

Unwanted subject
3088 32nd Bypass –Income Support Division
Male refusing to ID is threatening caller/he also would not let him check for weapons/refused to take his dog out. Caller called back/ID'd male and he just left. Officer advised male left the property.

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Entrepreneur Story Time: Metal Mysterium 

Wednesday, April 12, 5:30 pm at Enjoy the Journey Cafe and Gallery , 112 W Yankie St, Silver City, NM 88061 

SILVER CITY, NM — Silver City MainStreet is excited to announce the April Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs — Silver City (KAE-SC) Story Time featuring Metal Mysterium. The Entrepreneur Story Time will take place at Enjoy the Journey Cafe and Gallery, 112 W Yankie Street in downtown Silver City on Wednesday, April 12th 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 how Steven made the journey from metalsmith to mystic to an artist integrating both paths. After spending 15 plus years in the production/fabrication industry as a CNC machinist, he became bored with the lack of artistic freedom and decided to dive into the world of jewelry making. Since then it has been a winding road of learning and growing that eventually led him to Silver City in the fall of 2021, where he not only creates custom astrologically informed pieces but also has happily taken on the role of repair jeweler for our town! 

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