▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁newspaper . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁the ▁Silver ▁City ▁Daily ▁Press ▁took ▁first ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁column ▁writing ▁category ▁at ▁the ▁annual ▁New ▁Mexico ▁Associ ated ▁Press ▁Man aging ▁Edit ors ▁awards . ▁The ▁newspaper ▁also ▁took ▁second ▁place ▁in ▁both ▁editor ial s ▁and ▁sports ▁photo ▁categories . ▁A ▁year ▁later ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁again ▁took ▁first ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁column ▁writing ▁category ▁but ▁addition ally ▁received ▁first ▁place ▁for ▁photo ▁ess ay . ▁They ▁also ▁received ▁awards ▁for ▁their ▁editor ial s , ▁feature ▁photos , ▁and ▁features ▁columns ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁owner ▁and ▁paper ▁manager ▁Betty ▁E ly ▁died , ▁leaving ▁ownership ▁of ▁the ▁newspaper ▁to ▁her ▁three ▁children , ▁Wes ▁Lor ier , ▁C ly de ▁E ly , ▁and ▁Christ ina ▁( T ina ) ▁E ly . ▁Before ▁her ▁death , ▁Betty ▁E ly ▁passed ▁control ▁to ▁T ina , ▁who ▁became ▁the ▁publish er ▁and ▁editor . ▁When ▁Mrs . ▁E ly ▁died , ▁T ina ▁noted ▁that ▁her ▁mother ▁passed ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁newspaper ▁to ▁her , ▁" as ▁my ▁father ▁did ▁to ▁her ▁and ▁my ▁grand father ▁did ▁to ▁my ▁d ad . ▁We ▁will ▁continue ▁into ▁gener ations ▁to ▁come . ▁All ▁my ▁prede cess ors ▁live ▁on ▁in ▁the ▁pages ▁of ▁our ▁paper ." ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the