Community News
“Fight Like A Girl” Non-Profit Organization March 8, 2024
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- Published: 23 February 2024 23 February 2024
Membership of “Fight Like A Girl” a 501 C3 Non-Profit Organization; an organization that will provide skills and assistance to empower women/girls and will also strive to train women/girls to strengthen the workforce in our community.
With this letter “Fight Like A Girl” asks you to become part of our Team that will be providing support, assistance and empowerment to girls and women mentally, spiritually, academically, socially, emotionally, and physically through education and scholarships that focus on social skills, behavioral skills, self-esteem skills, leadership skills, and or job skills. We plan to offer mentoring and offer support to other organizations that support our mission. We plan to empower girls and women of all ages so they can enrich their lives and our community. One of our major goals is to create and encourage the growth of a healthy and powerful workforce in our community through our organization.
Agenda for meeting and event below:
ALCS Students Monitor Air Quality in Grant County
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 22 February 2024 22 February 2024
11th graders Deidranee Abeyta, Jessi Ann Crocker, and Faith Pellegrino are engaged in a paid internship for the spring semester monitoring air quality in Grant County. This internship is offered by Allyson Siwik at the Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) in collaboration with NM-INSPIRES Community Engagement Core (University of New Mexico). They installed their first air quality monitoring stations on Friday, February 16 and look forward to installing more throughout the county.
Preceptor Tau recently honored Marylee Bell
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 20 February 2024 20 February 2024
Members of Preceptor Tau recently honored Marylee Bell as their Valentine Sweetheart. Marylee is one of the chapter's newest members and is a great asset to the chapter. She has become involved in all the various activities, including her current duties as treasurer. Members honored her with a lunch, Valentine pin, roses, cake and crown. Even though the chapter calendar was adjusted to reflect a winter break, members continue to join for birthday celebrations and lunch outings.
Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch
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- Published: 19 February 2024 19 February 2024
Photos and article courtesy of Lucy Whitmarsh
On Sunday, February 18 Light Art Space gallery owner, Karen Hymer, hosted the inaugural book launch of “Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch” authored by A.T. Cole, owner of the Pitchfork Ranch along with his wife, Lucinda. The book was published this month by the University of Arizona Press. The event at Light Art Space was the first of many talks and book signings that will be offered in New Mexico and Arizona. A list of the upcoming events can be found on the University of Arizona Website.
The event on Sunday was well attended. Guests enjoyed a talk by the author about the writing of “Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch” and mention of materials covered in the book. After the talk, the author had copies of the book available for sale and signed the books that guests purchased. David Wait, displayed engraved woodcuts that were used to create prints at the beginning of each chapter in the book. Wait also created cards from the woodcuts that he prints on a press that he built.
Support a Girl Scout, buy cookies
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 13 February 2024 13 February 2024
National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend coming up this weekend, Feb 16-18, 2024
Girl Scout Cookie Season kicked off on Sunday, January 14, 2024, for Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest. Councils across the nation look forward to the biggest weekend of the season, National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, which will be held February 16-18 this year. This celebration marks a time when America's favorite cookies are widely available across the United States with each purchase supporting local Girl Scouts. In addition to cookies being available across the county, National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend provides consumers with the opportunity to witness some of the most dynamic girl entrepreneurs in action.
Silver City Interagency Dispatch Center – Beating heart of the Gila
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- Published: 12 February 2024 12 February 2024
The Silver City Interagency Dispatch Center is the beating heart of the Gila National Forest, and as an interagency resource, it is also central to the success of incident response for the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District, and lands managed by the State of New Mexico Forestry Division.
“The Silver City Interagency Dispatch Center serves seven counties and 19 million acres of southwestern New Mexico from Las Cruces west to the Arizona State Line and from Quemado south to the U.S./Mexican border,” said Dispatch Center Manager Chris Hedgeman. “It is one of five interagency dispatch centers in New Mexico, and 11 in the Southwestern Region.”
GRMC to do a community health needs assessment, seeks public input
- Category: Community News Community News
- Published: 09 February 2024 09 February 2024
Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees Chair Dr. Fred Fox, emphasized at the Jan 24, 2024 board meeting that the hospital in the very near future would do a community health needs assessment.
"We want input from every member of our community, no matter if they have health insurance or not," Fox said. "The requirements of the survey under the IRS rules require extensive coverage of all sectors of the community. More information will be forthcoming, but the assessment, report and action plan must be completed by the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 2024."
For requirements of the assessment, please visit: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/community-health-needs-assessment-for-charitable-hospital-organizations-section-501r3
Grant County passes proclamation declaring 2024 "The Year of the Gila Wilderness" with unanimous support
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- Published: 08 February 2024 08 February 2024
Gila Wilderness turns 100 in June
SILVER CITY, N.M. — Conservation groups, community members, Tribal nations and the U.S. Forest Service gathered today to witness Grant County Commissioners unanimously approve a proclamation declaring 2024 "The Year of the Gila Wilderness." This year marks 100 years since the Gila Wilderness was designated, and events and celebrations are planned throughout the year to honor the Gila Centennial.
"We are deeply inspired to see so many folks speaking out and standing up to ensure this incredible landscape is adequately celebrated and protected for the next 100 years," said WildEarth Guardians Greater Gila Advocate Leia Barnett. "With Alicia Edwards and the Grant County Commission leading the way in those efforts, the Gila Wilderness will get the recognition it deserves."