Bayard News

The Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce announced the winning entries Tuesday of this year's Fourth of July parade.

The area around what became known as Mogollon was quite active long before convicts carved out the road up the mountain in 1897.

Tracing transplanted Santa Rita houses and other parts of Grant County history with Melvin Huff, age 90.

Although the morning had a slow start to it, by mid-afternoon Friday, downtown streets and sidewalks were buzzing with tourists and residents out shopping for bargains or just browsing downtown's mix of galleries and shops.

Area residents can shop for local produce, eggs, baked goods, plants and a variety of other items at the Silver City Farmers Market.

SANTA CLARA The fire that destroyed a Santa Clara home Monday also took the life of one of the family's dogs, a Chihuahua named "Chico pero Pelioso" meaning "small but feisty." The family's other dog, Chewy, a Lhasa Apso, was pulled from the fire and given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation at the scene by Santa Clara Police Chief Paul Jasso.

A chain maille bracelet workshop will be held at 9 a.m. today at A Bead or Two, 703 N. Bullard St.

About 60 boys and girls showed up to attend the Cobre High School Youth Basketball Camp that was held this past week in Bayard.

The Bayard Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting at 5 p.m. today at 100 Runnels Drive.

Donations are being accepted for the Silver City Aglow Rummage and Bake Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, in the parking lot of Harvest Fellowship, 1500 N. Hudson St.

The following information was obtained from the Silver City Police Department. Graffiti at the Food Basket on North Hudson, June 12 Injuring/tampering with motor vehicle windshield shot with BB gun at Life Quest, June 12 Fraud/embezzlement at the Wal-mart on E Highway 180, June 12 Vehicle burglary truck broken into.

Bank officials for AmBank have announced plans to open a full-service branch at 1401 Tom Foy Blvd.

Juan Tellez has been making burritos since 1980. The economy was tough back then, he said, when he was selling burritos on the street, going around to businesses and selling them from a kiosk in the parking lot of Team Ford.

In an effort to reduce hazardous roadways for children en route to school, the Cobre Consolidated School District Board of Education decided Monday to send an application for funding to the New Mexico Department of Transportation.

The Silver Stompers, Silver City's line dancing association, will host a statewide line dancing jamboree today and Wednesday.

The future of Fort Bayard National Landmark will be discussed Monday by a panel of key state and local officials, including Secretary of Veterans Affairs John Garcia.

There will a blueberry pancake brunch from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. today at the Morning Star parking lot.

With funding running low, employees at one Grant County senior center have been forced to dip into their own pocket to make sure their elderly patrons are fed each day, the center manager said.

The Mining District Historical and Tourism Committee will meet at 10 a.m. today at the Bayard Community Center.

Sharp-eyed residents in the Fort Bayard area Friday morning may have been doing a double take as 18 people bailed out of a Douglas DC-3 aircraft at 1,500 feet sporting new blue and white parachutes.