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By Lynn Janes
(Author's note; article written using the minutes provided by the Village of Santa Clara due to technical issues.)
The Village of Santa Clara held a public hearing March 5, 2025. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza and Trustees Peter Erickson, Olga Amador and Ralph Trujillo attended. Amador recused herself due to a personal relationship with one of the parties before them. Erickson said he had used their attorney for legal counsel, William Perkins, but could be unbiased.
By Lynn Janes
(Author's note: This information has been written using the minutes provided by the city of Bayard on the meeting.)
The town of Bayard held a special meeting February 25, 2025. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, Pro Tem Eloy Medina, councilors, Frances Gonzales, Eloy Gonzales and Gilbert Ortiz. Martha Salas, city clerk, also attended.
The council approved resolution 5-2025 authorizing the submission of a USDA rural business development grant application to support small emerging businesses. It also designates Ojinaga and Salas to sign the application and grant agreement.
The council went into closed session to discuss personnel matters pertaining to the fire department.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 I ANTHONY GOMEZ was found guilty by a Silver City jury on 1 count of Possession of a controlled substance, [2nd Degree Felony], Sixth Judicial District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced.
On January 4, 2024, a Silver City police officer arrested Gomez for an outstanding warrant. Upon arrest, Officers found Fentanyl in Gomez's possession. Gomez has past criminal history involving possession, aggravated battery, and breaking and entering.
HIGH WIND WEATHER ADVISORY:
High wind warning in Hildago County, visibility is low in areas due to blowing dust. I-10 milepost 10-15 has areas of intermittent low to zero visibility. High profile vehicles please use caution. The NMDOT will continue monitoring the roadway. This event will be updated as conditions change.
Monē Hachita Frameset To Be Raffled off to An Amateur Bike Racer
Silver City, NM — Amateur competitive cyclists now have another reason to enter Tour of the Gila 2025. The Silver City-based stage race partnered with Monē Bikes, a bicycle fabrication operation also based in southwest New Mexico, to give away a frameset to one lucky participant in this year’s USA Cycling-sanctioned races.
Every person who competes in a USA Cycling category at the 38th Tour of the Gila will be automatically entered to win a Hachita, a multipurpose design named after a community in the bootheel of New Mexico due south of the race’s home base.
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
From left, in front of the DAV van, are veterans and former van drivers, Joe Gonzalez, Dave Krisch, Ernie Portillo, Art Sierra, Susie Sierra, Charles Deming, Fort Bayard DAV Chapter 1 Commander John Tetford and Barney Jaramillo.
The Fort Bayard DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Chapter 1 in 2017 raised money from all over the southwest region of New Mexico to pay for a new van to carry area veterans from Silver City, Lordsburg, Deming, Las Cruces and Alamogordo to the Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque.
"We're all getting old," Art Sierra, van driver coordinator, said. "We need some younger drivers, maybe veterans from Afghanistan or Iraq, although I know many of them still have jobs or just somebody who can help out our veterans."
Sierra noted that he and his wife started doing the day-long round trips when he retired. "I saw a notice looking for drivers. I needed something to do, and I decided this was a good thing to volunteer for. I have enjoyed listening to the stories from the veterans. I enjoy the trip and seeing the scenery. It is all volunteer, but when we arrive, we get fed at the center and maybe get a pat on the back."
Art and Susie Sierra, for the past 20 years, have coordinated and also served as drivers for the trips to the VA medical center to make it easier for veterans to get to their appointments
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