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New Mexico State Representative Rebecca Dow will be the guest speaker at the Silver City Grant County Chamber lunch meeting scheduled for July 11, 2019.  This lunch has been moved to the Grant County Business and Conference Center.  It will begin at 11:45 am and we will be done by 1:00 pm. 

This month's hot lunch will be catered by Diane's.  You will enjoy a great meal and you will have time to ask lots of questions for our State Representative.

 

The Grant County Conference Center is located at 3031 Highway 180 East in Silver City, New Mexico. 

 

The cost will be $15.00 per person. 

 

  George Richards, Jr. - Occupational Safety & Health Consultant with New Mexico OSHA will be the guest speaker for the August Chamber of Commerce Lunch Meeting on Thursday - August 1, 2019.

 

In a nut-shell, New Mexico OSHA wants employers to know that cost-FREE and penalty-FREE New Mexico OSHA Consultation Services are available to employers throughout the state.

• Employers collaborate with NM OSHA to conduct worksite visits and identify hazards, improving worksite safety and health for employees.
• Employers control the scope of the consultation visit; and consultants make observations ONLY within the parameters set by the requesting employer.
• Employers may be exempt from OSHA Enforcement inspections while participating in the consultation program, for up-to 1-year.
• Employer benefits include reduced days away from work, lower incident and illness rates, reduced losses, and increased productivity
• Consultation visit emphasis may range from a single safety program or health issue; to the safety and health program for an entire organization.

Date:  Thursday - August 1, 2019

Time:  11:45 am

Location:  GRANT COUNTY CONFERENCE CENTER   3031 Highway 180 East in Silver City

Cost:  $15.00 

WALMART in Silver City will begin their new Online Pickup Service starting on Tuesday - June 25.  There will be a opening celebration for this new service at WALMART on Saturday - June 22 at 10:00.  The opening ceremony will last from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.  A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 10:00 am that Saturday - June 22.  We hope you will join us for the ribbon cutting and the fun that WALMART has planned for this event.

Each Wednesday an article is published in the Silver City Daily Press.  Sometimes the article is about Chamber of Commerce items.  Sometimes you will read about community and regional issues.  This is an opinion piece written by the president of the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce.  The articles are written to be informative, attract attention, and even get people to question things that happen within our county and region.

"THE CHAMBER MINUTE" each Tuesday on Q92.9 fm at noon, each Wednesday on KNFT 102.9 fm at noon and each Thursday on KNFT 950 am at 9:00 a.m.  You can contact Silver City Radio by calling (575) 538-3396 or visit their website:  http://www.silvercityradio.com.  We will interview chamber member businesses asking them what they do, where they do it, and how there business helps you and our community.

  

Thank you Silver City Radio for sponsoring "The Chamber Minute".

Melissa Lamoree will be the guest speaker at the Westerners' meeting to be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at the Silver City Cross Point Church Fellowship Hall. It is located at 11600 Highway 180 East. Come join us for a delicious meal and Melissa's presentation "Steins, New Mexico: A Virtual Tour." She tells a unique and fascinating story; so don't miss this one! 

Biography

Melissa Lamoree was born in Mesa, Arizona, graduated from Glendale High School, and attended Glendale Community College. She is the oldest grandchild of Larry and Linda Link; owners of Steins, New Mexico. At age 9, she fondly recollects shadowing her grandparents on tours of Steins. In 2002, at age 20, she moved to Steins, New Mexico to help her grandparents with the ghost town. These days, the tours are listed on the Steins Ghost Town's Facebook page where Melissa conducts 1-2 per month along with an annual Halloween Trick or Treat Gala. Currently she lives with her husband and children in Morenci, Arizona. Her grandmother Linda continues to live at Steins where Melissa visits as often as her busy schedule allows.

 

History

"Steins  is a ghost town in Stein's Pass of Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was originally called Stein's Pass after the nearby pass through the Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County). The pass was named after United States Army Major Enoch Steen, who camped nearby in 1856, as he explored the recently acquired Gadsden Purchase. The town can trace its origin to a small stop on the Birch Stage Line that was established in 1857. Properly founded in 1880, the town was named after United States Army Major Enoch Steen (whose name was sometimes spelled as "Steins"), who was killed by members of an Apache tribe in 1873. The town began to prosper when mineral deposits like gold, silver, and copper were discovered in the nearby Peloncillo Mountains. Further success was brought when the Southern Pacific Railroad established a rail line in 1878, and a local quarry was opened up. Steins had no natural source of water, so all water had to be brought in by train. In 1905 a rock-crushing plant was built to produce track ballast for the railroad.

 

In 1944, toward the end of World War II, the railway ceased operations at the Steins quarry and gave notice it would no longer subsidize water deliveries. The railway offered the inhabitants of Steins free transport elsewhere with what they could carry; most of the population accepted this offer, leaving their houses and many of their possessions behind. The post office in the town closed at that time, and eventually Steins was completely abandoned; a later fire destroyed a good majority of what was left behind. In 1988, Larry and Linda Link purchased the locale and began offering ghost town tours. In 2011, however, Larry Link was murdered and tours ceased." (Wikipedia) To this day, Mr. Link's murder remains an unsolved case. To honor her grandfather's vision and legacy, Melissa began conducting tours there at what she calls her "most favorite place on earth".

 

"It is unusual in the old West ghost towns in having been a railroad rather than a mining town. Steins Pass has been mistaken by some people for the pass at Doubtful Canyon near Steins Peak, a location to the northwest in the same mountain range, which was the location of a Butterfield Overland Mail station and the site of the Battle of Doubtful Canyon." (Wikipedia)  

 

Westerners is an international group dedicated to sharing and preserving the history of the American West. Westerners was founded in 1944 and has over 60 corrals (or chapters) in the US, and 20 corrals abroad, with over 4,000 members around the globe. Corrals generally meet for camaraderie and interesting programs on all aspects of Western history. Anyone who loves the lore and history of the American West can join. Members range from local history buffs and readers and viewers of Western movies, to professional historians, educators, writers, and artists of all kinds.

 

Our local chapter meets on the third Tuesday of every other month throughout the year, except for December, when the meeting is held on the second Tuesday. Dinner is served at the meeting, and the cost is $12.00 per person for members and $15 for non-members. The public is invited to attend the meeting and everyone planning on attending should make reservations with Mary Margaret Soule at 538-2888 on or before Sunday, June 16, 2019.  

 

Transcending Borders , a free, five-part documentary film discussion series, at Parotti Hall on the WNMU campus in Silver City, NM, featuring the stories behind the art of four world-renowned Mexican folk artists, and a history of the agave plant in the southwest. Discussion with the artisans will follow each film. All films take place in the WNMU Light Hall Theatre off College Ave. The Series Sponsor is the Town and Country Garden Club.

Friday, June 21 6-7pm  

Agave is Life

An exploration of the instrumental history of the agave plant in the cultures of Mexico and the American Southwest from pre-Columbian people through the present. Many think only of tequila, Mexico's iconic distilled spirit, when they hear the name, but the plant has been called the "Buffalo of the Southwest" for its many unique and important uses over the last 10,000 years.  

 

Saturday, June 22 from 10:30-11:30 am

 

Saturday, June 22 12:00-1:30pm

Atlachinolli - Music of WWD 2016 Nepal (World Wood Day) Atlachinolli is a group of musicians and dancers from Mexico. They did not just bring their ancient traditional wooden instruments with them. They also brought their colorful unique costumes and dances to WWD2016 that have brought people closer to each other. This is a snapshot of their performance. A segment of this dance group, Naucualti Atlachinolli will perform immediately following the film at the Demonstration Tent on the Fiesta ground in Old James Stadium.

 

Saturday, June 22 4:30-5:00pm

Master Makers - Angel Ortiz from Tonala  "I was born in Jalisco; like my parents and grandparents, I am a ceramist. From the first years of my life I remember myself with clay in my hands. I learned this trade from my maternal grandparents, just as I have taught my children and hope they will teach theirs, so this tradition is not lost." His first task came at 8 years old. Now he teaches his children - 3 girls and a boy - the secrets of burnished clay. Angel and his son Jose Angel will be on hand to discuss their work and process.

 

Saturday, June 5:00-5:30pm                                                                                                                     Xoxopastli in the Magical Village of Malinalco-Camelia Ramos

Don Isaac passed his award winning knowledge of rebozo backstrap loom weaving on to his daughter Camelia who is passing it on to her children. Camelia and José live and work in the pueblo of Malinalco, one of Mexico's most important weaving centers for elaborate and elegant rebozos. What sets these rebozos apart from shawls found in other countries is the very fine work of the endings called flecos, puntas or rapacejos. The Ramos' use ancient designs and weave only on a pre-Hispanic back-strap loom. Their art has been carried on through five generations.

 

Many of the Ramos' rebozos are done in a technique called ikat - a dying technique that allows the warp to be selectively colored before it is woven. Camelia and José will be on hand to discuss their work.                                                                                                          

 

Sunday, June 24 2 to 3pm  

Maque Espa ñ a - Martina Navarro

Martina is proud of the Purapecha culture of Michoacan, and of the traditional maque work she does. Maque is considered her inheritance from before the arrival of the Spanish, passed down from her ancestors.  

 

Maque is a decorative technique that consists of the application of natural pigments and oils, extended uniformly with the palm of the hand on bowls, boxes and wooden trays. Upon drying, the piece becomes hardened and develops a beautiful, lustrous surface.    

The incrustation technique is applied to this surface, which is achieved by etching the desired design with a knife or sharp utensil on the lacquered surface of the object before it is completely dry. 

The final step is to etch out the places in the design which are to be a different color, and to fill in these areas with the new colors. The piece must dry for several days between color changes.

 

Martina will be on hand to talk about her work.

 

For more information visit www.fiestalatina.org , visit our facebook page or call 575-538-6469.

Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday are movie nights at Light Hall Theatre. Th e movie theater is located on the campus of Western New Mexico University at 1000 West C ollege Avenue.

 

Visit http://movies.wnmu.edu for movies, previews, cost, dates and time s.

 

Here's what is playing this weekend:    

     

DUMBO (2019) 

I was handed an iPhone (one of the new excessively expensive ones) yesterday and asked to fix its email settings. As I am the administrator for the host of that domain and email server I set out to do so. If you read my articles much, you know that I have developed a dislike for most things Apple and this experience did not change that. I called up the help page (email setup as context) for the web host and there were step by step instructions for this model Apple and how to set up an email address from this host. What an amazing amount of effort it took and thank goodness I had accurate instructions to work from.

       

This is what happens when engineers and software people work to make something universally easy to operate. Also involved is a philosophy that users should not be able or encouraged to tweak their device (tool, phone, whatever you wish to call it) to better serve their needs. I, personally, find this attitude highly reprehensible, bordering on unacceptable. One of the wonderful things about personal data devices is that they are just that, personal, intended to provide a single person with service; so, why shouldn't that service be customized to provide the most convenient and reliable service possible.

Many times I have heard the Apple answer to this question, if we provide the exact same experience to everyone, it will be easier for us to correct problems when something goes wrong; except that, quite commonly, the Apple user is told that they are using the tool; their personal data device, their personal phone incorrectly and if they would simply use it correctly, all would be well. That or they are told that they are working from misconceived notions about how the device should work or what it should do.

Getting back to the original thread of this story; after making appropriate changes to the email server settings in the phone, I sat with the new proud owner of this device and     attempted to work with them for a few minutes to be sure that it worked correctly for them. A few more changes were necessary both to the phone and to the owner's expectations but the owner was using the phone fairly well at the end and getting most of what they wanted. As a side note, yes I had contacted Apple support and Verizon support along the way and received accurate, if not helpful, support and guidance from both. That this new superphone did not perform (in the customer's opinion) as well as the previous (Android) phone was clear but they (the customer) had the comfort of knowing they had the newest, most expensive (and therefore most capable?) phone on the market.

Will this phone do anything for this customer that a phone at half or one-third the price won't do? Will it take better photos (from this customer's perspective) than any other phone or even their previous phone? Will it do anything else competing phones won't do just as well? That depends on the user. For most, my experience says no to all of these questions, for a few perhaps.

If you plan on buying one of these technical miracles (a new smart phone), please carefully consider what you need the device to do AND what you want it to do for you before you start shopping devices and a service provider (an iPhone from Verizon is different from the same model from AT&T because of internal software and network differences).  I recommend working with a third party (usually independent) to get good recommendations based on what you provide as needs and desires from your new phone, and service.  Depending on your home location, this could be a Radio Shack, a kiosk inside a Costco or Walmart or a larger independent "station" that provides solutions from multiple service and network providers.  Benediktson Computer, Inc. can help you locate such a provider and assist you in developing your list of features and functions that are important to you; please contact us at (575) 956-9723 or via email help@benediktson.com

Grant County Federated Republican Women will meet Wednesday, June 19, at 11:30 a.m. at WNMU Cafeteria.  Since the free world commemorated the 75th Anniversary of D-Day this month, we have engaged a speaker who works daily with veterans in our community.  Silver City VA Clinic Director Victor Gonzales will speak about that facility, what services they provide veterans, what issues veterans face, and what we can do to help.  A hot buffet lunch will be available for only $10, if you wish to eat.  All Republicans are invited and are welcome to bring guests.  

 

Please note that GCFRW will not meet in July.  We are also moving our meeting location to the Silver Bowling Center on Memory Lane in August and changing the day of the month we meet to the third Monday.  So, the August meeting will be on Monday, August 19, at the Silver Bowling Center on Memory Lane where NM State Police Investigator, Agent Imelda Sanchez, will speak on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of NM State investigations.   

Drinking water has been restored to the Upper and Lower Scorpion Campgrounds and at the Trailhead Museum in the vicinity of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and the Gila Visitor Center. This project was completed with the support of the Forest Service Wilderness Ranger District and the staff at Gila Cliff Dwellings, which includes a very dedicated volunteer, Jim Smith.

 

Kevin Tillman, the park Superintendent, is excited and proud of the teamwork involved and the outcome of this water-line restoration project. The water meets US Forest Service, National Park Service and New Mexico State drinking water standards.

Are you ready for a great Independence Day celebration in Silver City?  Lots of vendors are signing up for booths in Gough Park.  We are receiving a good many entries for the July 4 parade.  The band that will be playing live music is preparing a line-up of great music for the concert in the park.  We understand the Kiwanis will have plenty of pancake in the morning and barbeque at lunch.  The Silver City Museum will have their annual Ice Cream Social.  Area antique tractor owners are preparing for the parade and will show their tractors in Gough Park after the parade.  Area veterans groups will lead the parade with area heroes... our color guard.

   

It's going to be a grand old time.  The theme this year:  Made in the USA... built to last!

Oh yeah... do you know this guy.  Mr. Gary Staley will be this year's Grand Marshal.  He was named the 2018 Grant County Citizen of the Year.  He is a super gentleman that represents the very best of our community.  We look forward to him overseeing our parade this year.

Here are links for the parade entry form and the park vendor application.

PARK VENDOR BOOTH APPLICATION

PARADE ENTRY FORM

For additional information, contact the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce at (575) 538-3785.  You can stop by our office in the Grant County Conference Center at 3031 Highway 180 East in Silver City... or send an email to info@silvercity.org.

The Silver City Woman's Club holds their meetings on the second Friday of each month.  The meeting begins at 10:30 a.m.

 

The Silver City Woman's Club historic building is located at 411 Silver Heights Blvd. in Silver City.  The group's building is available to be rented for meetings and events.

 

For additional information, please call

American Legion Allingham-Golding Post 18 holds its monthly membership meet i ngs on the second Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m.  Every Wednesday the American Legion has donuts and coffee from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the American Legion building located at 409 West College Avenue in Silver City, New Mexico.