| GROJ (Get Rid Of Junk) SALES: We invite you to email your GROJ information to us and we will post it here! They say one man's trash is another man's treasure... cars for sale, yard sales, kittens to give away... it's all good! We do ask that you include your name and a number for verification purposes. We will only post what you indicate! We hope this becomes a popular and FUN spot for Artesia360 readers! email dates, address, items, contact, etc., to sylviah@artesia360.com Thanks! Sylvia *********************************************************************************************************************** V.B.S./School Supply Giveaway Requesting new school supplies, backpacks, and monetary donations please bring before July 20,2008. Forever Free Fellowship 801 W. Grand 748-8839 For more information please contact Celena Duran 626-1775 *********************************************************************************************************************** Wanted: New or used toys for Good Shepherd Toy Giveaway. You may drop them off at Forever Free Fellowship at 801 W. Grand or call 748-8839 and leave a message. *********************************************************************************************************************** VOLUNTEERS FOR HABITAT NEEDED: Please talk to your group/department, church or teens needing community service for college app bonus points to sign up! Contact Cammie at City Hall at cagour@artesianm.com or Marianna at dmake@pvtnetworks.net . *********************************************************************************************************************** WANTED - WEATHER OBSERVERS IN NEW MEXICO!! The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, better known as CoCoRaHS, has recently expanded into New Mexico and is looking for citizen volunteer weather observers here in the Land of Enchantment. CoCoRaHS, based at Colorado State University and started in 1998, is a very unique, non-profit, community based network of volunteer citizen weather observers of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and report precipitation amounts (rain, hail and snow). By using low cost and self provided measurement tools and stressing training and education and utilizing an interactive website, the aim of CoCoRaHS is to provide the highest quality precipitation data for natural resource education as well as research applications, because, as we say Aevery drop counts@. This effort in New Mexico is especially important given the importance of water in our everyday lives. CoCoRaHS, in addition to New Mexico, is currently up and operating in Alaska, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin as well as Wyoming. This is truly a fun, educational community based project. Everyone can help - young and old and in between. So, who can be involved?? Here are the basic requirements for being a CoCoRaHS weather observer... (1) Have access to the internet and the ability to browse the CoCoRaHS web site, (which is where you will enter your daily precipitation data) although reports by mail are perfectly welcome. (2) Have an official CoCoRaHS rain gauge (we can assist you in getting one very inexpensively) (3) Have a good site on your property with good exposure (as tree free as possible) where you can place the rain gauge (4) Be willing to enter your precipitation data on a daily basis between 6-9AM through our internet web site. What are the benefits of being a CoCoRaHS observer? Well, we don't offer a pay check, but one of the neat things about participating in the CoCoRaHS network is walking away with the feeling that you are making an important contribution that helps others. By providing your daily precipitation data, you truly help in filling in a piece of the puzzle that affects many in your part of New Mexico in one way or another - whether it's farmers and ranchers, National Weather Service meteorologists or emergency management personnel. How do you become a CoCoRaHS observer? You can go to our website (www. cocorahs.org) and click on the Join CoCoRaHS emblem on the upper right side of the main website or if you have questions, you may drop a note to Susan Griffin, Regional Coordinator for CoCoRaHS (susan.griffin@noaa.gov). CoCoRaHS, through Colorado State University, is supported nationally through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). and in New Mexico is supported, in part, by the Office of the State Climatologist, the New Mexico State University Water Task Force, and the New Mexico Floodplain Managers Association (NMFMA). *********************************************************************************************************************** New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions merges the former Department of Labor and the Office of Workforce Training and Development. For more information or to apply for a job, go to New Mexico Jobs. *********************************************************************************************************************** City of Artesia jobs There are several openings for employment with the City of Artesia. Go to www. artesianm.com for more information. *********************************************************************************************************************** From the Artesia Chamber of Commerce WIPE OUT WIRELESS WASTE - Sponsored by Artesia Clean & Beautiful and Keep America Beautiful. If you have been wondering what to do with all of those “old” cell phones, batteries and accessories you have laying around… Start recycling by bring them to the Chamber. Pre paid postage envelopes are available. You can help Keep America Beautiful by keeping those phones out of our landfills!! For more information, please call 748-3192. Artesia Arts Council - For an up-to-date calendar of Artesia Arts Council’s activities visit www.artesiaartscouncil.com. ENMU Roswell - Beginning Fall of 2008 - All of the classes listed above plus those listed below will be available: *Microprocessors * Microcomputer Fundamentals * Programmable Logic Controllers * Networking & Interfacing. For more information, please call Mike Juliana @ 624-7320. Flag Retirement Drop Off Box - Just a reminder that we are your one-stop drop for all flags needing to be properly retired. The box is located in the Chamber lobby. For more information, please call 746-2744 |