Artesia News

2 arrested on gun-related charges

Jessica Carner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:03:48 +0000

By: STACI GUY — Daily Press Staff Writer — Artesia police officers made two arrests Sunday evening on gun-related charges in the 900 block of Alvarado Street, just hours after making similar arrests on Clayton Avenue. According to APD spokesman Sgt. Lindell Smith, the evening of Nov. 8 “turned out to be a busy one for [...]

3 arrests made in shooting

Jessica Carner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:47:24 +0000

By: STACI GUY — Daily Press Staff Writer — Artesia police officers made three arrests Sunday in connection with a shooting in the 900 block of West Clayton Avenue earlier that morning. According to a criminal complaint filed in Artesia Magistrate Court, officers were dispatched to 905 W. Clayton Ave. at about 12:15 a.m. Sunday when [...]

Julia Mae Argo

Jessica Carner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:45:39 +0000

Julia Mae Argo, 76, of Hollis, Okla., passed away Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, at Harmon Memorial Hospital after a 33 year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. today, Nov. 10, at the First Baptist Church in Hollis with the Rev. Jim Fishback officiating. Interment will be in the Independence Cemetery in Harmon [...]

‘Real heroes’ to be honored tomorrow

Jessica Carner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:40:21 +0000

By: EMIL WHITIS — Daily Press Staff Writer — A lifetime ago in a different world, many young men left their communities, schools and families to fight for the liberties we now enjoy and sometimes, take for granted. Many who had never left their county or state found themselves in strange, unfamiliar and unforgiving places [...]

Raffle winner

Jessica Carner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:35:11 +0000

Greek Economides, president of the Bulldog Sams Club, presents LaShelle Fletcher of Artesia, pictured at center, with a quilt this morning. The quilt was made and donated by seniors from the Artesia Senior Center to the Bulldog Sams to raise money for charities. Raffle tickets for a chance to win the quilt were sold for [...]

Safer to delay pruning than to prune too early

Jo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:53:37 +0000

By: DR. CURTIS SMITH — Yard and Garden — Q. I was told that I should not prune my roses in the fall. They have gotten large and block my sidewalk. They need to be pruned. Why is it recommended that they not be pruned now? — A.A., Albuquerque A. The roses most commonly grown in [...]

Compost: ‘Black Gold’ of gardening that hellps save landfill space

Jo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:46:13 +0000

By: WOODS HOUGHTON — Eddy County Extension Notes — Compost is the stuff that makes gardens work. Compost is decayed organic matter, such as leaves, grass clippings, animal manure, sawdust, shredded twigs and branches, vegetables, fruits and other plant parts. When mixed into the soil, compost greatly improves the soil’s ability to grow plants by [...]

Featured topics include inkblots

Jo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:35:22 +0000

By: SHERYL BORDEN — Creative Living — PORTALES — Information on pressing flowers and making inkblots will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, and at noon Thursday, Nov. 12. Kate Chu represents pressed-flowers.com, and she’s going to share some of the new and exciting things that are going on [...]

Web Conference for NM family caregivers Nov. 19

Jo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:31:12 +0000

Home Instead Senior Care offices serving New Mexico have scheduled a free Web conference for family caregivers at 5 p.m. Nov. 19, as part of National Family Caregivers Month. The Web conference, “The Best Care for Your Parents: Senior Care Solutions and Potential Pitfalls,” will be co-hosted by Suzanne Mintz, president and CEO of the non-profit [...]

Popular workshops return

Jo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:23:38 +0000

By: DAVE BONEAU — Spotlight on Art — The Ocotillo Performing Arts Center gets turned over to Artesia Community Theatre for the month of November. The Community Theatre is presenting “Nunsensations: The Nunsense Vegas Revue” on the second and third weekends of the month. The shows are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13-14, [...]