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 Overcast and gray... Precipitation is likely for the  next couple of days.

Today’s Weather
Winter Storm Warning
Hazardous Weather Outlook

 Today: Rain showers likely. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 40. North northwest wind between 6 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%
Tonight: Rain and snow showers likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. North northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. 
Today’s Calendar 
Friday, February 17
 Brown-Bag Check Up.   11:30 am - 1:30 pm. GRMC Conference Room. A GRMC pharmacist will review your meds and supplements for harmful interactions. Brown bag lunch provided.  Reservations:  538-4870
    Celebration of WNMU Writers.  3 pm, WNMU Miller Library.  Sharman Apt Russell, director of the Writing Across the Curriculum program, introduce the “chorus of voices” who represent work from many disciplines.  Readers include Dr. Joseph Shepard, WNMU President; Dr. Mark Chu, a professor in the Social Sciences Department; Dr. Mary Leen, Humanities Department professor; Ann Marie Elder,  professor of Theatre Arts;  Dr. Manda Jost, professor of Biology in the Natural Sciences Department;  J. J. Wilson, WNMU’s writer-in-residence; Andrea Jaquez, public service librarian at Miller Library; and Dr. Suk-Jun Kim, a professor of Sound in the Expressive Arts Department. Topics range from an interpretation of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities to the history of Fort Bayard.  To show students and the community how the faculty and staff at Western use writing in their professional lives.
    Dane Dexter on the Baby Grand.  5-7 pm. Isaac’s, 200 N Bullard St.
    Music at the Coffee House: Kegan Severe. 6:30-8:30 pm, Yankie Creek Coffee, Yankie & Texas Sts. Alto flute and pennywhistle w/ Irish ensemble surprise guests. 
    Gila Native Plant Society.  7 pm. Rm 110 WNMU Harlan Hall.  Program by Mark Dimmitt on The Madrean Sky Island Archipelago: Summary of Recent Botanical Surveys, with Notes on the Aftermath of the Monument Fire in the Huachuca Mountains. In part audience participation event, with attendees pointing out differences and commonalities between local flora and that of the Sonora Desert.  Dimmitt has worked at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for over 30 years as curator of botany and as a field ecologist. Free and open to the public.  Refreshments after program.
    Russell Scharf Jazz Trio.   7-10 pm.  Buckhorn Saloon, Pinos Altos. From ABQ.
    Evolution of Music: Celebrate the Evolution of Music and the Influence of African American Musicians from Past to Present. 8 pm, WNMU Student Memorial Center, first floor.  Black History month event sponsored by WNMU Multicultural and Student Activities.