Gila News

Rural Bookmobile today, 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Mimbres Valley Cafe; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lake Roberts/Sapillo Fire Station, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. Doc Campbell's Store, near Gila Cliff Dwellings.

The Gila/San Francisco Water Commission will meet at 9 a.m. today at the Community Center, Richmond Strett at Virden.

STEP BACK IN TIME: Explore the historic Black Range Lodge in Kingston, N.M. Need to get away from cell phones and e-mail, and enjoy the natural beauty and company that come from a tour of small towns? If so, I recommend this road trip in Arizona and New Mexico.

A Houston man who has been missing since Tuesday in the Gila Wilderness Area was spotted late Thursday afternoon by National Guard Search and Rescue crew members who were aboard an HO 58 helicopter.

Public Hearing on Village of Santa Clara 2010 CDBG applications, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, at City Hall, 105 N. Bayard St.

In mid-1961, I was working on the Marvin Ake ranch in the San Agustin Plain southwest of Magdalena.

I was encouraged when I read Dutch Salmons recent column in the Sun-News, "Lost Water and Lost Water Rights," and its discussion of issues related to the planning process for the 2004 Arizona Water Settlements Act .

Silver City's newly formed Arts and Cultural District aims to improve an already thriving artistic environment to benefit the community both culturally and economically.

Silver City Cemetery Board, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Public Works Administration Building, 610 E. 8 St.

"Taking Care of Our Own: Grant County's Hospital Heritage 1883-2009," an exhibit celebrating the story of Gila Regional Medical Center, opens Monday at the Silver City Museum.

A river otter from Washington state swims in the Rio Pueblo de Taos near Taos after being released as part of a reintroduction effort on Friday.

Over the Hills Tour will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Join the Over the Hills Tour with petroglyph photographer, miner, powder monkey, and catskinner Sonny Hale.

The Gila/San Francisco Water Commission met Tuesday in Silver City. Most of the session was spent on discussion of projects and the role of the commission.

The Silver City Museum will host a book signing with local author Nancy Coggeshall, author of "Gila Country Legend: The Life and Times of Quentin Hulse," at 2 p.m. today at the Museum Annex, 302 W. Broadway, two doors down from the museum.

The Following information was obtained by the Silver City Police Department. Accident with property damage - two-vehicle accident involving a Ford F150 and a Honda Civic.

Tommy Billy, a Navajo/Hopi, will sell Indian fry bread and Navajo tacos and burgers in the courtyard of The Silver City Museum from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Silver City/Grant County Widowed Persons Service will have its monthly meeting at 11 a.m. today in the Western New Mexico University cafeteria.

Legal referral for the Elderly Legal Workshop, 10:45 a.m. to noon Thursday, Senior Center.

"Traditions Revisited," noon to 3 p.m. Friday, Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway.

The Gila Regional Medical Center's Foundation will meet at noon Monday, in GRMC's Conference Room.