MILAN, N.M. – The Village of Milan swimming pool has a new winter schedule and is open for business Tuesday through Saturday. Some local residents may have been concerned about the pool roof and structural problems identified last year, but Milan Parks and Recreation Director Leanna Tipton stated that the roof is scheduled to be replaced in March of 2023. “The biggest challenge the pool faces is attendance,” Tipton said. “I would like community feedback to see if opening on Sunday and maybe closing it one day during the week would help.”

GRANTS, N.M. – At the Regular School Board Meeting on December 6, Superintendent Max Perez gave a recap on 24/7, a program presented before the Board in a previous meeting to change the current policies on smoking and vape products in district schools. This change would ban the use and distribution of these products at all times on all of the district's school property. The Board members and Superintendent were all supplied with a guide to reference in the change of their current policies at the last meeting. Superintendent Perez stated that more information about possible changes will be looked at in the next meeting.

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GRANTS, N.M. – The December 10 Holiday Light Parade was a roaring success with 500-1,000 attendees and twenty float entries.

A few decades ago, the Potters House Church started Children’s Church. The leader of Children’s Church began to have Christmas plays, which soon became a Christmas tradition. The first soloist they ever had in a play was an eight-year-old girl, who amazed the Children’s Church leader with her voice. Throughout the years they have written plays or bought plays. Their biggest musical was “Arch the Angel,” which had around forty kids participating. This tradition has continued to bring smiles to the kids participating and the people watching.

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ZUNI PUEBLO – On January 9, 2021, a 51-yearold man drove through a residential area in Zuni Pueblo while firing a handgun. He struck a bystander with a bullet and was charged with “assault with a dangerous weapon and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence”. The man, identified by the United States Department of Justice as Martin Eriacho of Zuni Pueblo, pleaded guilty to the charge on September 7 and will spend 10 years in a federal prison.

November 5 Lisa Marie Sandoval, born in1970: Disorderly conduct November 6 Tabitha D. Cornell, born in 1973: Magistrate warrant November 10 Francisco Gonzales, born in 1991: Disorderly conduct November 17 Tillman Delgarito, born in 1991: Warrant Nanette Nunley, born in 1967: Public Nuisance.

GRANTS, N.M. – All councilors were present at the Regular Grants City Council Meeting at the end of November.