Community News
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 23 April 2023 23 April 2023
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy and thanks to photos by Dotty Pfeifer (as marked)
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Father Bartholomew Ezenwelem, St. Francis Newman Center Parish pastor, in his U.S. Army Reserve uniform
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Every chair is filled with members of St. Francis Newman Center Parish
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Father Bernard Okafor, at left, who filled in for Father (Capt.) Bartholomew, at right, while he was in training as a U.S. Army Reserve Chaplain
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Father Bernard signs his book, "Understanding the Catholic Faith," for a parishioner. Photo by Dotty Pfeifer
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Father Bernard fills his plate, while Father Bartholomew in back, checks out the rest of the food. Photo by Dotty Pfeifer
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Folks line up to fill their plates. Photo by Dotty Pfeifer
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
A group of parishioners traveled to South Carolina to surprise Father Bartholomew at his graduation and brought T-shirts. Photo by Dotty Pfeifer
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
The other side of the T-shirt
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Father Bernard speaks to the parishioners and thanks them for welcoming him. Photo by Dotty Pfeifer
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Father Bartholomew with Trudy Sandoval and her grandson, Jeremiah Medran-Delgado
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
The bright red T-shirt
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
The welcome back cake.
Welcome Back, Father Bartholomew, Thank You, Father Bernard
Father Bartholomew looks like he's ready to eat the cake.
On Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023, at the Woman's Club, St. Francis Newman Center Parish welcomed back, with a potluck lunch, the pastor Father Bartholomew Ezenwelem, and thanked Father Bernard Okafor for serving in Father Bartholomew's absence while he was in U.S. Army Reserve Chaplain training in South Carolina. Father Bartholomew is now officially a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve.
The tables filled with the potluck items brought by parishioners, with the hot dogs and hamburgers provided by the hosts. Every seat was filled.
HMS Reopens Mimbres Valley Clinic
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 15 April 2023 15 April 2023
Mimbres Valley Health Action League (MVHAL) members welcomed HMS's family nurse practitioner, Marisa Shapiro, and her team of health care providers this past Tuesday, April 11, as they reopened the the Mimbres Valley Clinic that had been closed since the end of 2022.
Marisa, Esmia Ortiz and Serena Milligan, both medical assistants, and Janet Briones, receptionist, comprise the seasoned and enthusiastic HMS team of health care providers who reopened the clinic. Each expressed their enthusiasm about HMS bringing health care back to the Valley, even if it's for one day per week while they await the opening of the new clinic site later this year or early 2024.
San Lorenzo Elementary Terrific Kids April 2023
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 14 April 2023 14 April 2023
Nonprofit Funding the Reconstruction of Training Tower Encourages Continued Support
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 13 April 2023 13 April 2023
Gifts to Friends of the Volunteer Fire and Rescue Boost Preparedness
Silver City, NM – As construction gets underway on the Grant County rope rescue and ladder training facility, thousands have already poured into the fund that is enabling this critical project. Leaders of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Friends of the Fire and Rescue Volunteers pledge to put additional donations toward future initiatives that also contribute to public and firefighter safety.
Friends of the Fire and Rescue Volunteers, which was established by members of the Pinos Altos Volunteer Fire and Rescue department, is fully paying for the reconstruction of the training tower behind Silver City Fire Department Station No. 2. After being out of commission for over a decade, the 25-year-old structure will be functional again after an estimated $61,000 in repairs are completed.
“Private donations supplement what is available from other sources to meet the shared needs of both paid and volunteer first responders in southwest New Mexico."
Mr. Thompson Nominated for National History Day Teacher of the Year
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 13 April 2023 13 April 2023
April 11, 2023, College Park, MD–Teachers from 47 NHD Affiliate programs have been nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award. The award is sponsored by Patricia Behring in recognition of the pivotal role teachers play in the lives of students.
Each National History Day affiliate may nominate one high school and one middle school teacher for this award. Every nominee for the $10,000 award is a teacher who demonstrates a commitment to engaging students in historical learning through the innovative use of primary sources, implementation of active learning strategies to foster historical thinking skills, and participation in the National History Day Contest. All nominees will receive $500.
Heinrich Highlights School-Based Mental Health Care at Silver High School and Federal Investments at Western New Mexico University
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 13 April 2023 13 April 2023
SILVER CITY, N.M. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) visited Silver High School and Western New Mexico University to highlight federal investments to support school-based mental health, distance learning, wildland science education, and research on safe corridors for outdoor recreation and wildlife.
PHOTOS: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich visits Silver High School to highlight school-based mental health services supported by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, April 12, 2023.
Senator Heinrich visited Silver High School to celebrate a $6 million School-Based Mental Health Services Grant that was recently awarded to Silver Consolidated Schools under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Senator Heinrich helped negotiate that landmark legislation last year, which included the most significant gun safety reforms that Congress has passed in more than 25 years and historic investments in community and school-based mental health services.
Silver Consolidated Schools is the first district in New Mexico to receive one of these grants under the new law, with many more funding opportunities to become available in the future.
PFLAG Announces Scholarship Recipients
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 10 April 2023 10 April 2023
Silver City, NM, April 10, 2023—PFLAG Silver City is pleased to announce the recipients of the Nancy Kailing Memorial Scholarship at Western New Mexico University. The recipients are Natalee Drissell and Zoë Chatterton.
Drissell, a current high school senior, will be attending WNMU in the fall majoring in Art and minoring in English. Originally from Iowa, she now lives in Silver City. She shares, “I am so honored to receive the PFLAG scholarship! As a young bisexual woman, diversity and inclusion are crucial to me in all aspects of my life. Representation in art and stories has always been important to me as I explore my identity, which ties in with my studies in both English and Art. In my time at WNMU, I hope to provide others with the support the arts have shown me.”
Connecting with the community at Silver High School, Cobre High School, and WNMU
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 07 April 2023 07 April 2023
Recently, the Silver City Gospel Mission was thrilled to participate in three Health Resource Fairs sponsored by Danielle Diaz and the New Mexico Department of Health.
These fairs occurred at Silver High School, Cobre High School, and Western New Mexico University (WNMU). They were an incredible opportunity for us to connect with the community, spread awareness about our services, and discuss the numerous volunteer opportunities and student internships available at the Gospel Mission.
The Health Resource Fairs aimed to provide valuable information and resources to the local community, focusing on promoting health and wellness.