Silver High School National History Day students participate in and present at conference
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- Published: 05 April 2023 05 April 2023
By Mary Alice Murphy
During the New Mexico History Conference, which began Thursday afternoon, March 30, 2023, and continued through Saturday, April 1, 2023, Silver High School National History Day students had an opportunity to talk about their various projects, practice their presentations in front of an audience of local, state and regional historians, as well as mingle with them and talk to them.
During the presentation on Saturday, April 1, three presenters had an opportunity to speak before professional and interested historians. Abigail Henderson talked about her documentary about Anna May Wong, an American actress of Chinese descent. Lizzy McDonald presented her documentary on Dicky Chapelle, a female photojournalist during World War II, including in the battles of Iwo Jima and on Okinawa. She also covered portions of the Vietnam War and traveled to other war zones. Faith Pellegrino performed part of her project portraying Dorothy Parker, a poet, writer and satirist.
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- Published: 05 April 2023 05 April 2023
[Author's Note: This photographer and author tried to get to every session and get at least one photo of a presenter. Along the way of navigating the various sessions—35 of them—scattered all over the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center, she may have missed some and for sure did not get the names correct for everyone or every session. She was unable to attend the plenary session, the special presentation or the luncheons or banquet. Please if you notice an error in the photo cutlines or in this article, please notify editor@grantcountybeat for a correction.]
Photos and Article by Mary Alice Murphy
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David Morrison with his informative exhibit on the Buffalo Soldiers Memorial he and other have worked to restore and enhance in the Aldo Leopold Wilderness area. He is working on national monument status.
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New Mexico or Bust: The Bull and Culver Story. Presenter Joy Poole
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Leveraging New Mexico's Archival Resources by Dylan McDonald
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Panel for Leveraging NM's Archival Resources - Healther McClure, Jonathan Pringle and Kathleen Dull
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Twentieth Century New Mexico Artists.
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Doctors, Chaplains, and Army Wives: fort Bayard's Historic Past .Dr. John Bell
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Eugene Koppenen holds a very large Coulter pine cone found at Fort Bayard
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Silver High School National History Day students, with their teachers, Lee Wilson, fourth from left, and Claudie Thompson, far right, and students from the ProStart program served and cooked lunch, as well as presenting to the NM History Conference attendees on March 31, 2023
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Silver High School ProStart students with their teacher, Emmarie Flores, third from right.
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Chiricahua Apache Nation exhibit manned by President Joe Saenz
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Attendees browsing books and informative exhibits
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Moderator Stephen Fox leads off the de Kooning Caper: Lost and Found
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Presenters at the de Kooning Caper: one of the recovers of the stolen artwork, David Van Auker and Olivia Miller of the University of Arizona Museum of Art, from which the work was stolen and where it was returned.
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Borderlands Architecture and Builders. Either Jerry D. Wallace or Troy M. Ainsworth
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Maybe Ballads of Women Who Made History
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Territorial New Mexico -Jeffrey P. Shepherd
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Ballads of Women
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Chiricahua Apache Nation President Joe Saenz presents Nde Benah: From Creation to Restoration.
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Community Dynamic and Change Moderator Rory Belfry, and presenters Dianne R. Layden and Samuel Reitenour
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Alabados: Nueva Vizcaya to Nuevo Mexico - Dennis Daily
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Maybe Safeguarding Oral History
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John Gaw Meem in New Mexico: His Architectural Legacy - Mary Ragins; in the rear is Susan Berry, who moderated the session
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John Saw Meet in New Mexico: His Architectural Legacy, part 2, Gayla Bechtol
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Newspaper Reporting and U.S.-Mexico Relations - Josh Mika
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Military Posts: Frontier Duty and POWs- Sherry Robinson
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Communities Lost and Found - Lynn Melton?
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Spreading the Word: Women's Inspiring Stories along New Mexico's Highways and Byways - Ceilia Foy Castillo
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Confronting Colonialism - unknown
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Laguna Pueblo: Railroad Colonies and a Historic Mission Church - maybe Harry Antonio and Thelma Antonio
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Indian Trading Posts - Robert J. Torrez, moderator
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Creating the Next Generation of New Mexico Historians - Lizzy McDonald, Silver City High School National History Day participant presenting on her documentary on Dickey Chapelle
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Small Town, Big Stories - Lee Gruber
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Grant County Personalities - Steve Cary
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Through the Lens: Perspectives on Historical Photographs - from left are Terry Humble, Lawrence Flowers and Javier Marrufo
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Creating the Next Generation of New Mexico Historians - Faith Pellegrino performing as Dorothy Parker
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Episodes from Apache Land - Daniel Aranda
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Woman's Suffrage in New Mexico - Stephen Fox
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Notorious Outlaws - David G. Thomas
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Supporting Classroom Teachers with Museum Resources - Shannon Wilson
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Mimbres Pottery and the Gila Cliff Dwellings - Danielle Romero
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Early Jewish Settlers of Grant County - Julia Robinson
The very successful and well attended New Mexico History Conference took place on March 30 - April 1, 2023 at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center in Silver City, New Mexico. According to main organizer, Susan Berry, more than 325 people attended and participated in the event. From a participant who said he regularly attends these conferences, this was one of the better attended events.
Grant County Sheriff's Office arrests suspect on several charges
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- Published: 04 April 2023 04 April 2023
The Grant County Sheriff's Office arrested Brandon Capshaw on an arrest warrant today, April 4, 2023 at approximately 2:16 P.M. Capshaw was reported as breaking and entering at a residence in Arenas Valley. Earlier this morning a family member contacted the Principal at Jose Barrios Elementary School, reporting to him Capshaw was threatening to hurt the smaller siblings and wanted to alert the school of the threats being made.
The school administration put the school on lockdown-shelter in place for the safety of the students and staff. Capshaw is being charged with; Breaking and Entering, Criminal Damage to Property of a Household Member, Attempt to Commit a Felony, and Trespassing. This is still an ongoing investigation. Sheriff Villanueva stayed in communication with Superintendent Hawkins throughout this incident. As more information becomes available, it will be released.
High Wind Warning for Luna, Hidalgo and Dona Ana counties today 040423
HIGH WIND WEATHER ADVISORY:
High wind warning in Luna, Hidalgo and Dona Ana Counties, visibility may be low in areas due to blowing dust. High profile vehicles please use caution. The NMDOT will continue monitoring the roadway. This event will be updated as conditions change.
Woodcutter has problems
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- Published: 04 April 2023 04 April 2023
By Roger Lanse
Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023, at about 12:23 p.m., James Lett, 59, of Sunrise Estates in Grant County, was reported missing by his 90-year-old mother. She told Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority dispatchers that her son had gone woodcutting on BLM land between Hanover and Vanadium at 3 p.m. the day before and had not returned. She stated her son had no phone as his was broken and he was waiting for a new one to arrive.
According to a Grant County Sheriff's Office offense report, after making contact with Lett's mother, Lett's name was entered into the National Crime Information Center database.
GRMC Governing Board met March 23, 2023, part 2
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- Published: 02 April 2023 02 April 2023
[Editor’s Note: This portion of the March 23, 2023 GRMC Governing Board meeting addresses the updates and reports.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
The first report after the completion of new business decisions by the Gila Regional Medical Center Governing Board at its monthly meeting on March 23, 2023, came from new Interim Chief Nursing Officer Cynthia Lewis. “My interest is in quality and working in rural communities. I have seen great teamwork at Gila Regional, and the upcoming leaders who will take the leadership roles as they open up. We have great outreach in the New Beginnings program. My position here will be working with the team on better outcomes and working with development opportunities as they arise.”
Chief Financial Officer Patrick Banks presented the next report on the February hospital financial results. “As usual, I am a month behind, so we are at eight months into the fiscal year. Volumes, despite moves up and down, are very consistent with prior months. Remember that February is a 28-day month, which tends to impact the raw numbers. But they show consistent ER (emergency room) and OR (operating room) visits. I’m very pleased to report a $30,000 operating surplus for the month. We’ve celebrated what I call EBIDA (earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization) break even. As I’ve described before, it more or less reflects today’s cash flow. An operating surplus is the bottom line before the benefit of grants. If we have even a marginal operating surplus it means we’re paying for our depreciation and generating enough cash to replace old equipment. It’s only one month, but it’s a trend we’re going to make a financial organization goal of continuing. It wouldn’t be possible without matching our labor usage to our patient volumes.