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Silver City Public Library Summer Reading program - Explora - 062323
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 25 June 2023 25 June 2023
Photos Courtesy of Silver City Public Library Youth Librarian Abigail Kipp
Silver City Summer Reading program - Explora - 062323
Silver City Summer Reading program - Explora - 062323
Different activities intrigued lots of kids at the Explora Day of the Summer Reading Program
Silver City Summer Reading program - Explora - 062323
various tables offered activities
Silver City Summer Reading program - Explora - 062323
Some parents helped out, too
Silver City Summer Reading program - Explora - 062323
What are they doing?
Silver City Summer Reading program - Explora - 062323
Lots of parts laying around waiting to be built into something
Silver City Summer Reading program - Explora - 062323
Watching before participating
Friday, June 23, 2023, the Silver City Public Library, as part of its Summer Reading Program, offered activities for kids, ages 0-18, to take part in activities based on the Explora facility in Albuquerque.
Silver City Public Library hosted Germ Detective 061923
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 20 June 2023 20 June 2023
Photos Courtesy of the Silver City Public Library of the Germ Detective activity
Theater Grottesco coming to El Sol Theater
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- Published: 20 June 2023 20 June 2023
This coming weekend June 23 and 24, 2023 Theater Grottesco will perform at the El Sol Theater. The Virus Theater will present the performance “Consider This.”
The show presents the prehistory of American theater, through Greek tragedy to Commedia dell’Arte, clown, buffoon, masks and more. The Grottesco artists create their own plays. They use a combination of styles using a broad range of historical and modern styles. They use imaginary movement and stillness to capture the audience. In a promotional description of the performance, they describe the performance as closer to dance, music and the fine arts than it is to conventional theater.
HMS CEO Dan Otero Updates Mimbres Valley Community on new Clinic & Staffing
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 18 June 2023 18 June 2023
Mimbres Valley Health Action League (MVHAL) at HMS's Mimbres Valley Senior Center, and 24 members of the Valley community (in addition to 8 MVHAL board members) attended.
On Monday, June 12, 2023, Dr. Dan Otero, DBA, CEO of Hidalgo Medical Services (HMS) and Steve Chavira, HMS's Director of Senior Services, collaborated on a presentation about the healthcare system in the nation, state, and local community. The gathering was hosted by theAfter a delicious meal catered by Albert of 4Seaysons RV Park, Lodge, & Country Store in Mimbres, Otero delivered his presentation, which covered health outcomes, health spending, healthcare access and affordability, quality of care, and disparities in health system performance on national, state, and county levels.
Gila National Forest partners with Forest Service Job Corps Program
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 16 June 2023 16 June 2023
Forest Service Job Corps – Changing lives, giving back
SILVER CITY, NM, June 16, 2023 – The Gila National Forest developing a new partnership with Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCC) in a win-win for students and the forest. Students hail from the Job Corps CCCs at Oconaluftee, North Carolina; Anaconda, Montana; Frenchburg, Kentucky; Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Nemo, South Dakota, and Timber Lake, Oregon. The students will spend the next six weeks to four months helping out in a variety of capacities on the Gila National Forest as they learn new skills and prepare for their future careers.
Silver City Masons Assist El Refugio
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 14 June 2023 14 June 2023
Silver City Masonic Lodge supports the El Refugio care center with a donation of $1000.00 presented at a dinner last night (6/13) at the Lodge.
The funds will be used throughout the year to purchase items needed to help their goals of assistance for Grant County victims of Domestic Abuse, with life skills development, children’s activities, safety planning, educational classes, and providing necessary referrals and resources.
Silver City Lodge has fundraisers, in combination with donations from their members to support this charitable activity, which is but one of several in Grant County we try to help, and it is one of the many ways the Lodge support our community.
For additional information on this activity and others, or information regarding Masonic Lodges, please contact a Mason near you or call, William Nagel at 575-496-2819 or Bob Baker at 575-590-2859.
Silver City Public Library has an ongoing summer reading program June and July
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 13 June 2023 13 June 2023
Thanks to Abigail Kipp, Silver City Public Library Youth Librarian, who sent these photos of activities during the summer reading program.
It kicked off on June 3, with a foam party at Penny Park, and continued with the Magic Guy, Jamie O'Hara at the library on June 9.
The Children's Water Festival Turns 20!
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 07 June 2023 07 June 2023
This year, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Children's Water Festival, an opportunity for 5th graders to experience the Gila River. The Children's Water Festival (CWF) has been organized by different entities over the years and the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance began coordinating in 2016. We've improved the format so that just one school at a time is at the river, allowing birdsong to be heard along with the facts from the instructor.