People

Let’s get excited about life

By Joan Clayton: PNT columnist

I have discovered two ways to live: I can let life happen to me or I can happen to life. Allowing life to happen is not very exciting to me. In fact, it could be dull. The same routines and rituals do not require much enthusiasm or energy for me.... Full story

Old time music very much alive

By Don McAlavy: Freedom Columnist

Old-Time music is very much alive. But you won’t hear it on “country” radio. There is another Nashville, with a kind of music so distant from what the city’s commercial center cranks out as to be from a different planet. It... Full story

Club notes

  United Daughters of the Confederacy Ellen W. Jones Chapter 1022 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held their March meeting at Roosevelt General Hospital in the hospitality room. Jan Ross and Janelle Foster were hostesses. A St.... Full story

On the shelves

The following books are available at: Clovis-Carver Public Library Video Bread comprises a set of eight DVDs offering a complete cooking class with detailed instructions on how to make bread with or without a bread machine, including muffins,... Full story

Anniversaries honor trials of early settlers

By Clyde Davis: Local columnist

The second weekend of September, 2009, stands out in my mind as one of those “not to be forgotten” times. I had been one of a group to hike up Pike’s Peak — or rather, hike halfway up Pike’s Peak, to turn around and... Full story

De-cluttering tips featured on show

By Sheryl Borden: Creative Living

Information on design elements, crafts and de-cluttering and dieting will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday. Pamela Kelly works with the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe. She is going to... Full story

CSC menu

• Monday: GC hamburger stew, carrots, tossed salad, dressing, cornbread, margarine and peanut butter cookie. • Tuesday: Chicken and rice, broccoli, peas, carrots, potluck roll, margarine and oatmeal cookie. • Wednesday: Swiss steak,... Full story

Elida menu

Breakfast • Monday: Cinnamon roll, juice, milk, cereal • Tuesday: Waffle sticks, sausage, Juice, milk, cereal • Wednesday: Muffins, juice, milk, cereal • Thursday: Sausage & biscuits, juice, milk, cereal Lunch •... Full story

Our people: Literary legacy

By David Stevens: Freedom New Mexico editor

Bio Name: Betty Williamson Birthday: Nov. 12, 1961. Volunteers for: Friends of the Portales Public Library, High Plains Prairie Chicken Festival and Dora schools. Famous relative: She’s the niece of novelist Jack Williamson, who died in... Full story

Getting to know: New pastor says Portales good fit

David Heflin is the new pastor at the Church of Christ at Third Street and Kilgore Avenue. Heflin and his wife, Katie, and their children Josiah, 6, Micah, 4, and Rebekah, nine months, moved to Portales in January. Heflin is from north Texas and... Full story

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