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Area Skywarn Coordinator
Eddy & Culberson counties
provided by:
Wendell L. Malone,
Area Skywarn Coordinator
Eddy & Culberson counties
| THE WEATHER BOX www.eddycountyskywarn.blogspot.com The combination of increased south to southwest winds, low relative humidity and very high fire danger will bring favorable conditions for rapid fire growth and spread across the Guadalupe and Davis mountains, the southeastern New Mexico Plains, the Van Horn Corridor, Upper Trans Pecos and Permian Basin this afternoon. Today: Sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to between 15 and 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. West wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Southwest wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. |
| The United States government's national threat level is Elevated, or Yellow. The U.S. threat level is High, or Orange, for all domestic and international flights. Only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels are allowed in carry-on baggage. See the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) website for up-to-date information on items permitted and prohibited on airlines. |
DHS increases $$ for border security
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary
Michael Chertoff previewed a 19 percent increase over Fiscal Year (FY)
2008 in funding for border security and immigration enforcement efforts in
FY 2009. This represents a more than 150 percent increase since
President Bush has been in office, enabling the department to fulfill its
border infrastructure, fencing and personnel goals by the end of 2008.
“In his State of the Union address, President Bush said that we must secure
the border, police the interior, and find a way to deal with the issue of illegal
immigration in a way that is humane and sensible,” said Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff. “The President's budget request builds on our
accomplishments and substantially reinforces our commitment to provide
more boots on the ground, strengthen interior enforcement, and add new
technology and fencing at the border. This administration has made
substantial investments in border security and interior enforcement, and
this budget reinforces that commitment.”
SECURING OUR BORDERS
There has been remarkable progress at our borders over the past year.
DHS has continued the practice of “catch and return” at the border,
surpassed its fencing goals, and seen record enforcement numbers against
illegal immigration and narcotics smuggling activities.
* $2 Billion for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) – DHS has completed
more than 280 miles of pedestrian and vehicular fencing to date and
expects to have about 670 miles of total fencing in place by the end of this
year. The President is requesting $775 million for secure border fencing,
infrastructure and technology under SBI in FY 2009, which together with
2008 funding provides $2 billion for SBI.
* $442.4 Million for Additional Border Patrol Agents – The FY 2009
budget requests an additional $442.4 million to hire, train and equip 2,200
new Border Patrol agents, which will achieve our goal of 20,000 agents by
the end of September 2009. This will more than double the size of the
Border Patrol under President Bush’s leadership.
MORE INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT
The department’s interior enforcement strategy complements its border
security efforts. The FY 2009 budget will expand those efforts to target
employers of illegal aliens and immigration violators, as well as dangerous
criminal networks. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
worksite enforcement cases are at an all-time high: roughly 700 percent
higher than Immigration and Naturalization Service’s worksite cases in its
final year of operation in fiscal year 2002. The FY 2009 budget provides for
even greater enforcement activities along with advances in verification tools
available to employers.
* $3 Billion for Enforcement Activities – ICE has removed roughly 240,000
illegal aliens, made 850 criminal arrests, and fined or seized more than $30
million following worksite investigations to date.
* $1.8 Billion for ICE Custody Operations – This will expand ICE’s capacity
by an additional 1,000 new detention beds to further support the practice of
“catch and return” at the border. Since FY 2005, ICE has increased the
amount of detention beds by 78 percent.
* $100 Million for E-Verify – $100 million will support expanded usage of E-
Verify, an automated system used to confirm the employment eligibility of
both citizen and non-citizen new hires. We anticipate E-Verify participation
to increase from about 50,000 now to more than 100,000 employers this
year, and 300,000 in FY 2009.
Air traffic restrictions in place for Super Bowl Sunday
MESA, ARIZ - Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the
Arizona Air National Guard and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
announced today details of air traffic restrictions that will be implemented
on Super Bowl Sunday over the Phoenix/Glendale region.
Several hours prior to kickoff Sunday, a temporary flight restriction will go
into effect around the University of Phoenix Stadium. From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
there will be a two-mile restriction around the stadium and from 3 p.m. until
10:30 p.m. the restriction will be expanded to 30 miles. The flight
restrictions will only apply to non-commercial or general aviation aircraft
and will not interfere with passenger or cargo commercial flights.
Aircraft from the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard
along with CBP Air and Marine will enforce the Federal Aviation Agency-
imposed restriction during the game on Sunday. The National Guard will
provide interdiction of high and fast aircraft while CBP will be responsible
for the interdiction of low and slow aircraft.
“In addition to the air defense flights during Super Bowl XLII, the 162nd
Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcons will also fly a series of air defense
deterrence missions Friday morning over parts of Tucson, Nogales and the
greater Phoenix area,” announced Lt. Col. Mark “Moon” Milham, 162nd FW
Alert Detachment Commander. “The purpose of these flights is to
demonstrate NORAD’s quick-response capability.”
CBP Director of Air Operations in Tucson AZ Martin E. Vaughan speaks
about CBP Air and Marine participation during this year’s Super Bowl.
The Western Air Defense Sector at McChord AFB in Washington state will
monitor air traffic during the game, providing the Tucson-based 162nd FW
pilots with radar images of the skyways around University of Phoenix
Stadium. The Western Air Defense Sector is one of two assigned to the
continental U.S. NORAD Region, home of Operation NOBLE EAGLE and
America’s Air Operations Center at Tyndall AFB, FL. Also, CBP Air and
Marine will have two Cessna Citation (C-550) interceptors and two UH-60
Blackhawk helicopters conducting airborne patrols over and in the vicinity
of the stadium restrictions.
“Additional CBP A & M aircraft will provide added law enforcement air
support during all Super Bowl-related events taking place in the region,”
said Martin Vaughan, CBP Tucson branch director of air operations.
“Through the use of PC-12 surveillance aircraft, CBP A&M will provide law
enforcement and other public safety commanders at the Joint Operation
Center with a live interactive view of the ground.
“CBP air interdiction agents on board the aircraft will be able to assist
ground public safety commanders by providing video of any situation that
may be developing on a specific area,” Vaughan added. “On the other
hand, these ground commanders will be able to ask the CBP agents to
point the cameras to a specific location that may be of concern to ground
public safety personnel.”
CBP Air and Marine also will deploy detection enforcement officers at the
CBP Air and Marine Operations Center in Riverside, Calif., providing
dedicated monitoring of Super Bowl airspace activity, coordinating
continued tracking of violators of the restriction, coordinating the law
enforcement response, and providing command, control and coordination
for non-defense assets.
Scheduled commercial flights in and out of Sky Harbor will not be affected
by the Super Bowl, according to Deborah Ostreicher, deputy aviation
director, Phoenix. “Even though the airspace around the stadium in
Glendale will be restricted on game day, these restrictions will not affect
commercial air traffic and will not have any effect on scheduled flights in
and out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport,” Ostreicher said.
Federal officials stated that they have been working together with other
state and local public safety agencies to ensure that fans can fully enjoy
this national sporting event with little awareness of the assets in place to
ensure their safety and security.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the
Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control
and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of
entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of
the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
Holly quarterly conference call scheduled
DALLAS – Holly Corporation (NYSE: HOC) plans to announce results for
the quarter ended December 31, 2007 on February 19, 2008, before the
opening of trading on the NYSE. The company has scheduled a conference
call on February 19, 2008 at 10:00AM EST to discuss financial results.
Listeners may access this call by dialing (888) 548-4639. The ID# for this
call is 31093355. For those who would like to listen to this call via the
internet, you may access the call at:
http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=45093
Additionally, listeners may replay this call approximately two hours after the
call concludes by dialing (800) 642-1687. This audio archive will be
available through March 5, 2008.
Holly Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent
petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high value light products
such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel. Holly operates through its
subsidiaries an 85,000 barrels per day (“bpd”) refinery located in Artesia,
New Mexico, and a 26,000 bpd refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. Holly also
owns a 45% interest (including the general partner interest) in Holly Energy
Partners, L.P. (NYSE “HEP”), which through subsidiaries owns or leases
approximately 1,700 miles of petroleum product pipelines in Texas, New
Mexico and Oklahoma and petroleum product terminals in several
Southwest and Rocky Mountain states.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary
Michael Chertoff previewed a 19 percent increase over Fiscal Year (FY)
2008 in funding for border security and immigration enforcement efforts in
FY 2009. This represents a more than 150 percent increase since
President Bush has been in office, enabling the department to fulfill its
border infrastructure, fencing and personnel goals by the end of 2008.
“In his State of the Union address, President Bush said that we must secure
the border, police the interior, and find a way to deal with the issue of illegal
immigration in a way that is humane and sensible,” said Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff. “The President's budget request builds on our
accomplishments and substantially reinforces our commitment to provide
more boots on the ground, strengthen interior enforcement, and add new
technology and fencing at the border. This administration has made
substantial investments in border security and interior enforcement, and
this budget reinforces that commitment.”
SECURING OUR BORDERS
There has been remarkable progress at our borders over the past year.
DHS has continued the practice of “catch and return” at the border,
surpassed its fencing goals, and seen record enforcement numbers against
illegal immigration and narcotics smuggling activities.
* $2 Billion for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) – DHS has completed
more than 280 miles of pedestrian and vehicular fencing to date and
expects to have about 670 miles of total fencing in place by the end of this
year. The President is requesting $775 million for secure border fencing,
infrastructure and technology under SBI in FY 2009, which together with
2008 funding provides $2 billion for SBI.
* $442.4 Million for Additional Border Patrol Agents – The FY 2009
budget requests an additional $442.4 million to hire, train and equip 2,200
new Border Patrol agents, which will achieve our goal of 20,000 agents by
the end of September 2009. This will more than double the size of the
Border Patrol under President Bush’s leadership.
MORE INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT
The department’s interior enforcement strategy complements its border
security efforts. The FY 2009 budget will expand those efforts to target
employers of illegal aliens and immigration violators, as well as dangerous
criminal networks. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
worksite enforcement cases are at an all-time high: roughly 700 percent
higher than Immigration and Naturalization Service’s worksite cases in its
final year of operation in fiscal year 2002. The FY 2009 budget provides for
even greater enforcement activities along with advances in verification tools
available to employers.
* $3 Billion for Enforcement Activities – ICE has removed roughly 240,000
illegal aliens, made 850 criminal arrests, and fined or seized more than $30
million following worksite investigations to date.
* $1.8 Billion for ICE Custody Operations – This will expand ICE’s capacity
by an additional 1,000 new detention beds to further support the practice of
“catch and return” at the border. Since FY 2005, ICE has increased the
amount of detention beds by 78 percent.
* $100 Million for E-Verify – $100 million will support expanded usage of E-
Verify, an automated system used to confirm the employment eligibility of
both citizen and non-citizen new hires. We anticipate E-Verify participation
to increase from about 50,000 now to more than 100,000 employers this
year, and 300,000 in FY 2009.
Air traffic restrictions in place for Super Bowl Sunday
MESA, ARIZ - Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the
Arizona Air National Guard and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
announced today details of air traffic restrictions that will be implemented
on Super Bowl Sunday over the Phoenix/Glendale region.
Several hours prior to kickoff Sunday, a temporary flight restriction will go
into effect around the University of Phoenix Stadium. From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
there will be a two-mile restriction around the stadium and from 3 p.m. until
10:30 p.m. the restriction will be expanded to 30 miles. The flight
restrictions will only apply to non-commercial or general aviation aircraft
and will not interfere with passenger or cargo commercial flights.
Aircraft from the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard
along with CBP Air and Marine will enforce the Federal Aviation Agency-
imposed restriction during the game on Sunday. The National Guard will
provide interdiction of high and fast aircraft while CBP will be responsible
for the interdiction of low and slow aircraft.
“In addition to the air defense flights during Super Bowl XLII, the 162nd
Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcons will also fly a series of air defense
deterrence missions Friday morning over parts of Tucson, Nogales and the
greater Phoenix area,” announced Lt. Col. Mark “Moon” Milham, 162nd FW
Alert Detachment Commander. “The purpose of these flights is to
demonstrate NORAD’s quick-response capability.”
CBP Director of Air Operations in Tucson AZ Martin E. Vaughan speaks
about CBP Air and Marine participation during this year’s Super Bowl.
The Western Air Defense Sector at McChord AFB in Washington state will
monitor air traffic during the game, providing the Tucson-based 162nd FW
pilots with radar images of the skyways around University of Phoenix
Stadium. The Western Air Defense Sector is one of two assigned to the
continental U.S. NORAD Region, home of Operation NOBLE EAGLE and
America’s Air Operations Center at Tyndall AFB, FL. Also, CBP Air and
Marine will have two Cessna Citation (C-550) interceptors and two UH-60
Blackhawk helicopters conducting airborne patrols over and in the vicinity
of the stadium restrictions.
“Additional CBP A & M aircraft will provide added law enforcement air
support during all Super Bowl-related events taking place in the region,”
said Martin Vaughan, CBP Tucson branch director of air operations.
“Through the use of PC-12 surveillance aircraft, CBP A&M will provide law
enforcement and other public safety commanders at the Joint Operation
Center with a live interactive view of the ground.
“CBP air interdiction agents on board the aircraft will be able to assist
ground public safety commanders by providing video of any situation that
may be developing on a specific area,” Vaughan added. “On the other
hand, these ground commanders will be able to ask the CBP agents to
point the cameras to a specific location that may be of concern to ground
public safety personnel.”
CBP Air and Marine also will deploy detection enforcement officers at the
CBP Air and Marine Operations Center in Riverside, Calif., providing
dedicated monitoring of Super Bowl airspace activity, coordinating
continued tracking of violators of the restriction, coordinating the law
enforcement response, and providing command, control and coordination
for non-defense assets.
Scheduled commercial flights in and out of Sky Harbor will not be affected
by the Super Bowl, according to Deborah Ostreicher, deputy aviation
director, Phoenix. “Even though the airspace around the stadium in
Glendale will be restricted on game day, these restrictions will not affect
commercial air traffic and will not have any effect on scheduled flights in
and out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport,” Ostreicher said.
Federal officials stated that they have been working together with other
state and local public safety agencies to ensure that fans can fully enjoy
this national sporting event with little awareness of the assets in place to
ensure their safety and security.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the
Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control
and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of
entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of
the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
Holly quarterly conference call scheduled
DALLAS – Holly Corporation (NYSE: HOC) plans to announce results for
the quarter ended December 31, 2007 on February 19, 2008, before the
opening of trading on the NYSE. The company has scheduled a conference
call on February 19, 2008 at 10:00AM EST to discuss financial results.
Listeners may access this call by dialing (888) 548-4639. The ID# for this
call is 31093355. For those who would like to listen to this call via the
internet, you may access the call at:
http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=45093
Additionally, listeners may replay this call approximately two hours after the
call concludes by dialing (800) 642-1687. This audio archive will be
available through March 5, 2008.
Holly Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent
petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high value light products
such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel. Holly operates through its
subsidiaries an 85,000 barrels per day (“bpd”) refinery located in Artesia,
New Mexico, and a 26,000 bpd refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. Holly also
owns a 45% interest (including the general partner interest) in Holly Energy
Partners, L.P. (NYSE “HEP”), which through subsidiaries owns or leases
approximately 1,700 miles of petroleum product pipelines in Texas, New
Mexico and Oklahoma and petroleum product terminals in several
Southwest and Rocky Mountain states.
Roswell art on display
PORTALES—The Department of Art at Eastern
New Mexico University in Portales is presenting
the "Just Down the Road: Imported Art from
Roswell" exhibit from 5-7 p.m. through
Wednesday, Feb 6, in the Runnels Gallery in
the Golden Library on the Portales campus.
The exhibit includes work from 15 artists from
the Roswell area, including work by Sue Wink
who has public art located around the ENMU
campus.
"The show is composed of a wide variety of
media ranging from ceramics and painting to
animation and video," says Mollie Oblinger,
assistant professor of art.
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Susan Pippin at
575.562.2778.
Living Treasure nominees sought
ARTESIA - The Artesia Historical Museum & Art
Center Foundation needs your input! The
Foundation sponsors the Museum’s Living
Treasures awards ceremony & reception each
year, which honors one man & one woman in
Artesia who have made a difference in all of our
lives—whether it’s by preserving our town’s
history, volunteerism, good deeds, or by
contributing towards our quality of life in their
own way. The one thing all of our past honorees
have had in common is their modesty; therefore
we would like to ask all of you here in town to let
us know who you think is worthy of recognizing
as this year’s Living Treasures. If you have a
person in mind to nominate, please take a
moment to write down their name and your
reasons why you feel this person deserves
recognition and drop it by the Artesia Historical
Museum & Art Center by the end of February
2008, or mail it to us at 505 West Richardson
Ave., Artesia 88210. Thank you for caring about
our local unsung heroes!
Absentee Voting Begins Tuesday
ARTESIA - Absentee voting for the March 4,
2008 Regular Municipal Election will begin on
January 29, 2008 and will end February 29,
2008. Voters wishing to vote Absentee must
request an application to vote by absentee by
calling the City Clerk’s Office at 746-2122 or
email at cityclerk@artesianm.com. The
application will be mailed to your address.
Area students academy-bound
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici
announced the names of three high school
students in Southeast New Mexico who he plans
to nominate for potential admission to one of the
United States military service academies this fall.
Nominees were selected on the
recommendation of Domenici’s Academy Review
Board, following an intense interview and
assessment process that considered their
academic, athletic, extracurricular, and
leadership abilities. Domenici is nominating a
total of 50 New Mexico high school seniors for
possible admission to the academies.
“These students represent some of the finest
young people New Mexico has to offer, and I’m
impressed by their demonstrated ability and
leadership,” said Domenici. “I’m sure they will
represent New Mexico well as they apply for
admittance to these top-notch institutions, and I
commend their desire to work hard as they
serve the United States.”
The following Southeast New Mexico-area
students were nominated by Domenici:
U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs,
Colo.
* Marcus Alvidrez of Carlsbad, Carlsbad High
School
U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.
* Taylor Harris of Roswell, Goddard High School
* Zachariah Owens of Eunice, Eunice High
School
Museum to present Beauty & Health
ARTESIA - The Artesia Historical Museum & Art
Center is getting ready to present “Beauty &
Health”, a community program for everyone, on
Saturday February 2nd at 2:00-4:00 pm in the
Museum’s Art Annex gallery at 503 West
Richardson Ave. in Artesia.
“Beauty & Health” is part of our Smithsonian
exhibit “Key Ingredients” public programs, and
will give visitors a chance to not only check out
our exhibit but to learn about a variety of beauty
treatments made from edible ingredients and to
explore traditional herbal remedies used by
pioneers back in the days when the nearest
doctor might be miles away.
The “Beauty & Health” program will be
presented in an informal, come & go format.
Visitors are invited to come by and enjoy a
sugar scrub treatment on their hands, a simple
facial and all-natural moisturizers as
demonstrated by Museum Manager Nancy
Dunn. Museum Registrar Sarah Quiroga will
have information available on traditional herbal
remedies as used by Artesia & New Mexico’s
pioneers. We’ll have recipes for making your
own edible beauty treatments and cosmetics,
and a booklet that outlines the health benefits of
common herbs & spices.
And of course we’ll have some goodies to
sample! We’ll have a variety of herb teas to try,
veggies marinated in a variety of herb-flavored
vinegars, and pecans and dried herbs from our
grounds as give-aways.
Everyone is invited to attend our program—for
more information call (575) 748-2390 or visit
www.artesiamuseum.org.
PORTALES—The Department of Art at Eastern
New Mexico University in Portales is presenting
the "Just Down the Road: Imported Art from
Roswell" exhibit from 5-7 p.m. through
Wednesday, Feb 6, in the Runnels Gallery in
the Golden Library on the Portales campus.
The exhibit includes work from 15 artists from
the Roswell area, including work by Sue Wink
who has public art located around the ENMU
campus.
"The show is composed of a wide variety of
media ranging from ceramics and painting to
animation and video," says Mollie Oblinger,
assistant professor of art.
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Susan Pippin at
575.562.2778.
Living Treasure nominees sought
ARTESIA - The Artesia Historical Museum & Art
Center Foundation needs your input! The
Foundation sponsors the Museum’s Living
Treasures awards ceremony & reception each
year, which honors one man & one woman in
Artesia who have made a difference in all of our
lives—whether it’s by preserving our town’s
history, volunteerism, good deeds, or by
contributing towards our quality of life in their
own way. The one thing all of our past honorees
have had in common is their modesty; therefore
we would like to ask all of you here in town to let
us know who you think is worthy of recognizing
as this year’s Living Treasures. If you have a
person in mind to nominate, please take a
moment to write down their name and your
reasons why you feel this person deserves
recognition and drop it by the Artesia Historical
Museum & Art Center by the end of February
2008, or mail it to us at 505 West Richardson
Ave., Artesia 88210. Thank you for caring about
our local unsung heroes!
Absentee Voting Begins Tuesday
ARTESIA - Absentee voting for the March 4,
2008 Regular Municipal Election will begin on
January 29, 2008 and will end February 29,
2008. Voters wishing to vote Absentee must
request an application to vote by absentee by
calling the City Clerk’s Office at 746-2122 or
email at cityclerk@artesianm.com. The
application will be mailed to your address.
Area students academy-bound
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici
announced the names of three high school
students in Southeast New Mexico who he plans
to nominate for potential admission to one of the
United States military service academies this fall.
Nominees were selected on the
recommendation of Domenici’s Academy Review
Board, following an intense interview and
assessment process that considered their
academic, athletic, extracurricular, and
leadership abilities. Domenici is nominating a
total of 50 New Mexico high school seniors for
possible admission to the academies.
“These students represent some of the finest
young people New Mexico has to offer, and I’m
impressed by their demonstrated ability and
leadership,” said Domenici. “I’m sure they will
represent New Mexico well as they apply for
admittance to these top-notch institutions, and I
commend their desire to work hard as they
serve the United States.”
The following Southeast New Mexico-area
students were nominated by Domenici:
U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs,
Colo.
* Marcus Alvidrez of Carlsbad, Carlsbad High
School
U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.
* Taylor Harris of Roswell, Goddard High School
* Zachariah Owens of Eunice, Eunice High
School
Museum to present Beauty & Health
ARTESIA - The Artesia Historical Museum & Art
Center is getting ready to present “Beauty &
Health”, a community program for everyone, on
Saturday February 2nd at 2:00-4:00 pm in the
Museum’s Art Annex gallery at 503 West
Richardson Ave. in Artesia.
“Beauty & Health” is part of our Smithsonian
exhibit “Key Ingredients” public programs, and
will give visitors a chance to not only check out
our exhibit but to learn about a variety of beauty
treatments made from edible ingredients and to
explore traditional herbal remedies used by
pioneers back in the days when the nearest
doctor might be miles away.
The “Beauty & Health” program will be
presented in an informal, come & go format.
Visitors are invited to come by and enjoy a
sugar scrub treatment on their hands, a simple
facial and all-natural moisturizers as
demonstrated by Museum Manager Nancy
Dunn. Museum Registrar Sarah Quiroga will
have information available on traditional herbal
remedies as used by Artesia & New Mexico’s
pioneers. We’ll have recipes for making your
own edible beauty treatments and cosmetics,
and a booklet that outlines the health benefits of
common herbs & spices.
And of course we’ll have some goodies to
sample! We’ll have a variety of herb teas to try,
veggies marinated in a variety of herb-flavored
vinegars, and pecans and dried herbs from our
grounds as give-aways.
Everyone is invited to attend our program—for
more information call (575) 748-2390 or visit
www.artesiamuseum.org.