Monday

•The Board of Trustees of the Town of Mesilla will have its regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in the board room of the Mesilla Town Hall, 2231 Avenida de Mesilla. Info: (575) 524-3262.

 

Tuesday

•Mesilla Valley Hospice Foundation will host an "Afternoon Snack and Special Needs Trust Presentation" from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Mesilla Valley Hospice Rotary Conference Room, off of Foster in the Mesilla Valley Hospice In Home Care Center. Guest speaker will be Jo Ann Baxter, special needs trust specialist. Topic will be "What you need to know about Special Needs Trusts." RSVP: Tina Reeves, (575) 525-5704 or e-mail treeves@mvhospice.org.

 

Wednesday

•Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority Board of Directors meeting will take place from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday in the BIA Conference Room, 2825 N. Main St. Info: (575) 647-6800.

 

•Development Review Committee will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Public Works Conference Room 2150, City Hall, 700 N. Main St. Info: (575) 528-3277.

 

•MPO Policy Committee meeting will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Doña Ana County Commission chambers, 845 N. Motel Blvd. Info: (575) 528-3225.

 

•House minority leader Tom Taylor, R-Farmington, will meet with the public from 6 to

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7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Las Cruces Association of Realtors conference room. Reps. Ricky Little, R-Chaparral, and Terry McMillan, R-Las Cruces, are hosting him. People can ask questions about the upcoming legislative session.

 

•The J. Paul Taylor Academy will have its regular monthly meeting at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday in the Roadrunner Room, Branigan Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave. Open to the public.

 

•State Sen. Steve Fischmann (District 37) will havea community meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Good Samaritan Village, 3035 Terrace Drive. The meeting will focus on hearing pressing concerns that residents feel should be addressed in the upcoming legislative session, and an overview of issues that have been raised during interim legislative committee meetings.

•Reading Art Book Club will meet from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St. They will discuss "Stealing Athena" by Karen Essex. Info: (575) 541-2137.

 

•The Native Plant Society of New Mexico will have a program at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Conference Room of the Social Center at the University Terrace Good Samaritan Village, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Free. Info: (575) 523-8413 or (575) 532-1036.

 

Thursday

•Senior Programs Advisory Board meeting will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the Munson Senior Center, 975 S. Mesquite St. Info: (575) 528-3000.

 

•Senior Programs Advisory Board meeting that was to be held Thursday has been canceled. Info: (575) 541-2471.

•Extra-Territorial Development Review Committee will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday in room 1158, City Hall, 700 N. Main St. Info: (575) 528-3277.

 

•Las Cruces Utilities Board of Commissioners meeting will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday in room 225, Utilities Center, 680 Motel Blvd. Info: (575) 528-3636.

 

•Lecture Series: "New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood" will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road. Author Richard Melzer, a history professor at the University of New Mexico, presents "New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood." The presentation will feature political cartoons before 1912 concerning New Mexico's image. Melzer also is the president of the Historical Society of New Mexico. Admission is a suggested donation of $2. Info: (575) 522-4100 or e-mail frhm@state.nm.us.

 

•The regular meeting of the Do-a Ana Soil and Water Conservation District will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Fabian Garcia Science Research Center, 113 W. University Ave.

 

•Doña Ana County Behavioral Health Collaborative membership meeting will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Families and Youth, Inc., 1320 S. Solano

Drive. Featured this month will be a briefing from the Crisis Collaboration with Law Enforcement committee by Renee Garcia, mobile crisis response team lead and Officer Robert McCord of the Las Cruces Police Department. This committee will share information: to understand the roles and responsibilities of entities that may potentially become involved in crisis intervention; and to enable the most efficient and effective handling of a crisis situation by responders and care providers, particularly when a person with a mental illness is involved. Info: Donna, (575) 636-3726 or e-mail lc3secretary@gmail.com.