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Voter Machine Certification 100324By Lynn Janes
The Grant County Clerks Office certified voting machines on October 2 and 3, 2024. This certification had been for the machines that would be used for the in-person election sites. The absentee voting machine certification for absentee ballots had been done the previous day, October 2, 2024.
The testing of the machines was done by Robert Zamarripa, senior county service specialist (technician), Elizabeth Trujillo, bureau of election director. and Brendan Salgad, a temporary employee for the election.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Lois Duffy with her self-portrait
Lois Duffy, a Silver City artist for the past 20 plus years, was honored Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, with an Edwina and Charles Milner Women in the Arts Lois Duffy Retrospective at Western New Mexico University. A lecture at Light Hall preceded the McCray gallery showing, which quickly filled with many of her friends and owners of her work.
Duffy developed her artistic style from her youth in New England to years spent in Florida and now works out of a home studio after closing her Silver City downtown gallery in 2023. Her works vary from the realistic with a touch of surrealism to her more surrealistic large paintings and her cube paintings. The show will continue at the WNMU McCray Gallery through Nov. 14, 2024.
By Roger Lanse
According to the New Mexico State Police, a fatal crash occurred today, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024,
at about 9:45 a.m. in the eastbound lane of Highway 180 – MM 104 (2 miles east of Mangas Terrace).
The accident is still under investigation, so no other information was immediately available.
By Roger Lanse
On Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, around 8 a.m., an employee of La Bonita Bakery, located at 3110 N. Silver Street, arrived to open up only to discover broken glass near a back door that had been broken. Entering the building the employee described the scene as "a total disarray."
According to a Silver City Police Department incident report, officers arrived at about 8:07 a.m. and immediately cleared the building for anyone who might still be inside. They observed several beverage refrigerators open with the contents scattered across the floor. Shelves normally packed with various food items were bare, the food products and packages also scattered across the floor. Other miscellaneous items were thrown to the floor and in another room a bed had its mattress and box springs moved off the bedframe.
Photos and article by Lynn Janes
A group of patriotic citizens came together to fly the American Flag, Trump flags and show their pride for America. A few weeks ago, this group had done the same thing only this time the number participating was triple the previous number. They met at the Horseman’s Rodeo Arena and went as a group through town ending up at the Walmart parking lot.
The event had a large turnout. Some had flags flying from the bed of their trucks and some flew them out of the windows of their cars or had them attached to their vehicle. No matter how they displayed their flags they all did it so show their love of their country. Due to traffic lights, the parade became broken up into many parades.
By Roger Lanse
On Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, the Pinos Altos Volunteer Fire and Rescue responded to a garage fire below MM 5, at 4603 Highway 15. PAVFR Chief Ed Downard told the Beat the stand-alone garage, a couple hundred feet away from the residence, was a total loss as was a charred vehicle inside. He said the probable cause of the blaze was a welding spark.
PAVFR, together with the Whiskey Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue and Grant County Fire Chief Roger Groves, rolled nine vehicles and 16 firefighters to the fire. No injuries were reported. Wild lands surrounding the garage were not affected, contrary to an earlier report.
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