(Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant)
Lifelong Silver City resident Nellie Baca-Leyba (seated) celebrated her 100th birthday Saturday. One of Baca-Leyba’s daughters, Julie Medina (foreground), grandson Andres Medina and 5-year-old great-granddaughter Tereza Acosta all unmasked because they are members of the same household are also pictured during a drive-by parade in honor of the centenarian.
Lifelong Silver City resident Manuela Baca-Leyba celebrated her 100th birthday Saturday with help from dozens of participants in a socially distanced drive-by parade which included Silver City firetrucks, vintage automobiles and several lowriders.
On Sunday, Mariachi Plata de Western New Mexico University was enlisted by Baca-Leyba’s friend, Juanita Escobedo, to serenade the centenarian with songs of belated