Community

Responsibility

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Dear editor Well, I have not seen any of my last letters make it to the Cibola Citizen nor do I have any way of knowing if they have made it to the Gallup Independent, Gallup Sun, or Albuquerque Journal. Will we try another one about the most recent schools shooting and how the parents of the student shooter got arrested, Michigan school shooting: Tipster qualifies for $10k reward after Ethan Crumbley’s parents arrested (yahoo.com).

The Truth

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Dear editor, After leaving the City of Grants where I was the City Manager for approximately 6 ½ years, I am saddened and disturbed by the public comments made by the new City Manager, the Mayor Modey Hicks, and Councilman Erik Garcia, who continue to publicly criticize and disparage current and former leaders of the city, such as myself. Benjamin Franklin said, “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools do.” It is sad and disturbing that these leaders have created a narrative in the City Council meetings and in the media, that is based on false information, derogatory, and sometimes harassing, remarks.

Community News

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N.M. Mining Museum board members, and both former local uranium miners, Roger Siegmann (L) and Terry Fletcher pause after securing the float for their annual Miners Honorary Town Tour. With an honorary escort from the Cibola County Sheriff’s Office, they drove west on Santa Fe Avenue to Elkins Road, then west to SR 605 north.

Cibola County’s New Community Development Department works with Economic Development to Map Available Commercial Properties.

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GRANTS, NM — Cibola County is requesting property owner assistance to develop and maintain a commercial land and building inventory for economic development outreach. Cibola County’s new Community Development Department has developed an available property information form that can be found on the county website at http://www.cibolacountynm.com/businesses/economicdevelopment.php.

Humble Mountain and Kind Town

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GRANTS, N.M. — What started as a five-dollar purchase at a garage sale 29 years ago eventually grew into a large-scale tradition that would be revealed to the public in a new way on Monday, November 29. At Grants Public Library, students from Mesa View Elementary School, St. Theresa of Avila School, and other community members gathered together at 1 p.m. on Monday to take the first look at local Larry Marsing’s sizable Christmas display.

Community Calendar

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The Cibola Citizen welcomes announcements about community events. Please include contact information: phone number, email address or website. There is no charge for publishing calendar announcements. Contact the Cibola Citizen at editor@cibolacitizen.com; call 505-287-3840 or 505- 604-4347.

Celebrating saving Chaco Canyon

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D.N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D- N.M.) issued the following statement supporting President Biden’s announcement to ban oil and gas leasing for 20 years around Chaco Canyon and surrounding areas in northwestern New Mexico, a sacred site that that members of the N.M. Delegation have worked with Tribes to permanently protect:

Jaelea Valencia bagged

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Jaelea Valencia bagged a cow elk on a guided hunt at Vermejo Park in northern New Mexico. Courtesy photo.