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Silver City, New Mexico Patch AM: a 4 min readGood day Silver City! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Western New Mexico hosts Angelo State on Saturday
- Meet the WNMU graduate turning caregiving experience into a new career
- Planning a Gila Cliff Dwellings trip? Allow for the winding drive
Also on today's calendar: Wally Lawder at Murraty Hotel and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What travels all around the world but stays in a corner? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 64 and low of 40 degrees.
- Friday: A stray afternoon t-shower, temps: high: 60, low: 41.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 55 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. VIDEO: Angelo State football coach reflected on Rams' win in home finale against ENMU (conchovalleyhomepage.com) — Western New Mexico will host Angelo State at 1 p.m. Saturday in Silver City for the Rams’ season finale. Angelo State arrives after beating Eastern New Mexico 20–7 in a rain-soaked home game, with senior running back Canon Wiese rushing for 119 yards. 
2. Childhood Trauma Didn't Stop WNMU Graduate from Achieving True Calling (grantcountybeat.com) — Desiree Woodard is preparing to earn her master’s in social work from Western New Mexico University this December after balancing full-time work, raising four children and family caregiving. The former nurse plans to continue as a clinician in Albuquerque, with a longer-term goal of opening a holistic sober living facility.
3. New Mexico Has Homes Built Into Cliffside Caves That Survived for Centuries (newsbreak.com) — Visiting Gila Cliff Dwellings from Silver City takes more planning than the 44-mile distance suggests: the winding NM 15 drive can take two hours, with cell service dropping out beyond town. At the monument, a moderately strenuous one-mile loop leads into centuries-old homes built by Southern Ancestral Pueblo people.
4. 29 Dry-Climate Towns Retirees Pick for Easier Winters (newsbreak.com) — Silver City appears among 29 dry-climate retirement destinations, but its nearly 6,000-foot elevation sets it apart from warmer low-desert options. The roundup highlights sunshine, working artists and a university campus while noting cooler winters, and advises prospective retirees to weigh medical care, housing costs and social connections alongside climate.
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★ Featured events ★
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High Desert Humane Society Shot Clinic →
3050 South Cougar Way, Silver City
9:00 am
Saturday November 14
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Other local events
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Concert: Four Shillings Short
Silver City Public Library, 515 West College Avenue, Silver City
5:00 pm -
Wally Lawder at Murraty Hotel →
Murraty Hotel, Broadway, Silver City
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Choose Your Own Pantry →
Silver City NM
10:00 am -
Flying Drones at Rec Center
Henry V. "La Burra" Morales Recreation Center, 900 E 32nd St, Silver City
2:15 pm -
Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting →
Grant County Administration Complex, 1400 Highway 1, Silver City
9:00 am -
Choose Your Own Pantry →
Silver City NM
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Gaming at the Rec Center
Silver City Public Library, 515 West College Avenue, Silver City
3:00 pm -
Wally Lawder at Mick's 33 Lounge →
Mick's 33 Lounge, 101 W College Ave, Silver City
5:30 pm -
Toss No Mas Community Cleanup →
Grant County Community Foundation parking lot, Silver City
9:00 am -
Moose Lodge Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway →
Moose Lodge, Silver City
10:00 am -
Town of Silver City-Regular Town Council Meeting →
1400 US 180 East, Silver City
6:00 pm
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What travels all around the world but stays in a corner?" — Postal stamp (Thank you Donald C. for sending it in!)
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