Events calendar - Sept. 10

Today

*Benefit lunch and rifle raffle for Elida volunteer firefighter – noon-2 p.m., Elida Community Center, 704 State St., Elida. Taco pile-on lunch. Raffle tickets $20; donations of all amounts accepted for lunch. Information: Darrell Chenault at 575-760-0601

Monday

* 9/11 memorial event honoring Major Ronald D. Milam – 11 a.m., Ballroom, ENMU Campus Union Building, Portales. Public event honoring Milam, an ENMU alum who died in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Information: 575-562-2412

*National Preparedness Month emergency management presentation: Preparing for Older Americans – 6 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Presentation by Ruthann Kelly, Office of Emergency Management. Information: 575-769-7840

Tuesday

*ENMU Men’s Choir Festival concert – 4 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Free and open to the public. Featuring students in grades 7-12 from area schools. Information: 575-562-2377 or http://www.enmu.edu/menschoirfestival

*Ribbon cutting, open house, and ceremonial transfer of keys for the Curry County Extension Office – 4:30 p.m., Curry County Fairgrounds, 1900 E. Brady Ave., Clovis. Sponsored by the Curry County Commissioners, Lance Pyle and staff, and New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Services. Information: 575-763-6016

*Afterschool S.T.R.E.A.M. (Science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, math): Happy Birthday, Roald Dahl! — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to kindergarten-sixth grade. Information: 575-356-3940

*Quilters’ Tuesday – 5:30 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Pre-registration required to assure adequate workspaces. Quilters must supply own materials and sewing machines. Pre-register or information: Sara at 575-763-9687

Wednesday

*Tiny Tots storytime – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

*Preschool storytime: “Hay is for Horses” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

*Stitch Addicts stitch group – 1:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687

*Teens and Tweens Programming: YA book discussion of “Divergent” by Veronica Roth – 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to ages 9-18. Information: 575-356-3940

Thursday-Saturday

*ENMU College Daze Rodeo – 7 p.m., Lewis Cooper Arena, 2221 W. 18th St., Portales. Tickets: Adults $10; ages 12-17 $5; under 12 free. Information: 575- 562-2153

Thursday

*Preschool storytime – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

*Butterfly Explorers: Program by ENMU graduate students Sajan KC and Anisha Sapkota – 11:30 a.m., meeting room, Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to the public; sack lunches welcome. Will include a brief meeting for the Friends of the Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940

*Preschool storytime: “Hay is for Horses” — 6 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

*50+ Cornhole Workshop – 6 p.m., 1017 Mitchell St., Clovis. (Use south doors on west-facing side of building.) Weekly cornhole workshop for ages 50 and up; $5 per person per night. Boards and cornhole bags provided. Sponsored by the Clovis/Curry County 50+ Olympics. Information: Marty Tressell at 575-799-1949

*Free Family Night at the Clovis Community College Interactive Science Museum — 6-8 p.m., portable building on the northeast side of campus off Trades Road by Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Activities for elementary-aged children. Information: 575-769-4909

*Faculty Gala Concert – 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Featuring the faculty of the ENMU Department of Music; free and open to the public. Information: 575-562-2377

*Family history night – 7-8:30 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1900 S. Ave. G, Portales. Open to anyone interested in learning to explore family history. Information: Cora Stroud at 575-359-1483

Friday

*Collector car appreciation – 5-7:30 p.m., Courthouse square, Portales. Sponsored by the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce. No entry fee; free admission. People’s and exhibitor’s choice awards. Information: Loyd Rolan at 575-799-1880 or Karl Terry at 575-356-8541

*Night sky observation – 8-11 p.m., Ned Houk Park, NM 209 north of Clovis. Hosted by Clovis Astronomy Club. Free. Turn left at the park entrance, take the first right, follow down to the pavilion on the left. Bring water, a lawn chair, and mosquito spray. Binoculars also encouraged. Information: 757-846-7509

Saturday

*Genealogy workshop with Beverly Duncan – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687

*Seventh annual Downtown Sidewalk Sale – 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Clovis.

*Our Lady of Guadalupe and San Jose Mission Fiestas – 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 108 Davis Street. Music, food, games, mechanical bull. Information: Angie Garcia 575-309-4856

*Anime Club — 11 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

*DAV and VFW Pull Tab Extravaganza – noon-3 p.m., VFW Post 3515, 2815 W. Seventh St., Clovis. Doors open at 11 a.m .; lunch is available. First call for pull tabs is at noon. Raffle for television. Information: 575-763-6561

*Lego Club — 1 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

*6th Annual Burns EggFest –Burns Do-It Center, 2400 N. Prince St., Clovis. Benefit competition for grilling, smoking, roasting. Chefs pay $25 to enter; must be onsite by 9 a.m. Public invited to dine on the prepared food 11 a.m.-1 p.m .; tickets $20. All funds benefit Angel Arms ministry which helps fly Cannon Air Force Base airmen home for the holidays. Information or to sign up to compete: 575-935-1111

Sept. 17

*Our Lady of Guadalupe and San Jose Mission Fiestas – 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 108 Davis Street. Music, food, games, mechanical bull. Information: Angie Garcia 575-309-4856

*Fiesta de Familias – 2-8 p.m., Lindsey Park, 820 N. Ave. M, Portales. Kickball tournament, food, games, music. Sponsored by the City of Portales Cultural Affairs Committee. Information: 575-356-6662

*Spaghetti dinner fundraiser – 6-7:30 p.m., fellowship hall, Calvary Baptist Church, 1101 W. 18th St., Portales. Take out or eat in. Monetary donations accepted for Operation Christmas Child shoebox shipping. Information: 575-356-4273

Sept. 18

*Women United Luncheon — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Program by Lulu Hita, home visiting manager of MECA Therapies. Luncheon served at noon. Tickets: $20 for Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) members and their guests, if purchased in advance; $25 for non-members; all tickets will be $25 at the door. Information: 575-769-2103

*Stitch Addicts stitch group – 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687

*American Music for the Clarinet: faculty recital by Pam Shuler – 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Featuring Pamela Shuler, clarinet; Kayla Liechty, piano; Sidney Shuler, trumpet; Richard Schwartz, saxophone; Emily Salgado, percussion. Information: 575-562-2377

Sept. 19

*Books and Babies: “Crawling Cuties” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open ages 0-3. Information: 575-356-3940

*Afterschool S.T.R.E.A.M. (Science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, math): Scribble Bots — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to kindergarten-sixth grade. Information: 575-356-3940

Ongoing

*Clovis and Portales Farmers’ Markets – open through the end of October. Clovis Farmers’ Market – 8 a.m.-sellout Tuesdays and Saturdays, North Plains Mall parking lot, 2809 N. Prince St., Clovis. Portales Farmers’ Market – 5 p.m.-sellout Mondays and Thursdays, corner of First Street and Avenue B, Portales. Information: 575-760-0690

*Pintores Art League members group display for September and October at Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis, with oils, watercolors, pastels, acrylics, oils, and photography. Information: 575-921-7965

*Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) provides regular food distributions to Clovis and Portales. Income eligibility requirements apply. Information: http://www.fbenm.org or 575-763-6130

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