Events calendar - Oct. 14

Today

• Clovis Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee Christmas Around Town — 8 a.m.-5 p.m., participating Clovis businesses. Get a card punched to be entered in a drawing for prizes. Information: 575-763-3435

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

• Curry County Extension Estate Planning Workshop — 10:30 a.m., Indoor Pavilion, Curry County Fairgrounds, 1900 E. Brady, Clovis. Information and RSVP: 575-763-6505

• Preschool storytime “Turkey Time” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

• Teens and tweens games — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

• GriefShare grief support group — 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Central Baptist Church, 2501 N. Norris St., Room 203, Clovis. Information: 760-917-3051 or 575-309-4208

Thursday

• Clovis Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee Christmas Around Town — 8 a.m.-8 p.m., participating Clovis businesses. Get a card punched to be entered in a drawing for prizes. Information: 575-763-3435

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

• Community blood drive — 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Clovis Community College Health and Fitness Center Gym, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Register online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Information: 575-769-4154

• Legal Resources for the Elderly Program legal workshop — 10 a.m.-11:15 a.m., legal workshop; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., power of attorney clinic. Baxter-Curren Senior Center, 908 Hickory, Clovis. Register in advance, or have your questions answered by an attorney on the LREP hotline 800-876-6657 or 505-797-6005.

• Friends of the Portales Public Library used book sale — 5 p.m.-7 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. All books $5 a bag. Information: 575-356-3940

• Preschool storytime “Turkey Time” — 6 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

• ENMU fall jazz concert — 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Information: 575-562-2377

Friday

• Open house at New Mexico Christian Children’s Home — 9 a.m.-3 p.m., NMCCH, 1356 NM 236, Portales. Campus tours, lunch, performance by children. Information: 575-356-5372

• Friends of the Portales Public Library used book sale — 10 a.m-5 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Paperbacks $.25, hardbacks $.50. Information: 575-356-3940

• Holiday Shop Hop — 3 p.m.-7 p.m., various merchants, Portales. Visit participating merchants and have a card punched to be eligible for prizes. Information: 575-356-8773

• Fall Festival — 5 p.m.-9 p.m., Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 575-769-2811

• Portales MainStreet presents “Lincoln: The Early Years” 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., Yam Theater, 219 S. Main Ave., Portales. Tickets $10 cash or check at the door, includes dessert and coffee. Information: 575-226-3783

• Last day to buy tickets for the 2018 Altrusa Holiday Happening — scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Dec. 1, Ballroom, ENMU Campus Union Building, Portales. Tickets $30 per person, $160 per table. Information: 575-607-6201

Saturday

• United Way TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) food distribution — 8 a.m. volunteers needed for sorting; 9 a.m.-11 a.m. distribution; 10:30 a.m. new applicants sign in. Central Christian Church fellowship hall, 1528 S. Main Ave., Portales. Information: 575-769-2103 or 2-1-1

• Friends of the Portales Public Library used book sale — 8 a.m.-noon, Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. All books $1 a bag. Information: 575-356-3940

• Clovis Area Train Society information day and food drive — 9 a.m.-2 p.m, Wheatfields Senior Living Community, 4701 N. Prince St., Clovis. Bring donations of non-perishable food. Information: 575-762-8700

• Open house at New Mexico Christian Children’s Home — 9 a.m.-3 p.m., NMCCH, 1356 NM 236, Portales. Campus tours, lunch, performance by children. Information: 575-356-5372

• Genealogy Workshop with Beverly Duncan — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

• Bidding ends on miniature quilt exhibit and silent auction fundraiser for Friends of the Portales Public Library — Noon, Portales Public Library, 218 S. Avenue B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

• Hartley House Annual Festival of Trees — 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Traci’s Greenhouse, 2600 Mabry Dr., Clovis. Information: 575-762-0050

• 4-H Fall Dance — 6 p.m.-9 p.m., Yam Theater, 219 Main St., Portales. Open to youth 5-19. $5 per person; $8 per couple. Information: 575-356-4417

• 51st annual ENMU Pops Dinner Concert — 7 p.m., Ballroom, ENMU Campus Union Building. Tickets much be purchased by Nov. 12. $30 adult; $20 active military and family. Information: 575-359-0145

Sunday

• Community-wide Thanksgiving service — 7 p.m. Central Christian Church, 1528 S. Main, Portales. Information: 575-356-6001

Monday

• Stitch Addicts — 6:30 p.m., 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840

• Pam Shuler faculty clarinet recital — 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Information: 575-562-2377

Tuesday

• Blood drive — 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Red Lobster, 2601 N. Prince St., Clovis. Register online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Information: 877-258-4825

• Plains Regional Medical Center Auxiliary bake/craft sale — Hospital lobby, 7:30 a.m. until items are gone. Information: 575-769-2141

Nov. 21

• GriefShare grief support group — 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Central Baptist Church, 2501 N. Norris St., Room 203, Clovis. Information: 760-917-3051 or 575-309-4208

Nov. 22

• Portales Community Outreach Thanksgiving meal — 11 a.m-1 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Deliveries available 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for homebound only. Information: 575-356-4241

Nov. 27

• Books and babies “Rain, Rain, Go Away!” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open ages 0-3. Costumes welcome. Information: 575-356-3940

• Afterschool S.T.E.A.M. “Thinker’s workshop” — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to kindergarten-sixth grade. Information: 575-356-3940

• Free Family Night at the Interactive Science Museum — 6 p.m.-8 p.m., portable building on the north east side of campus off Trades Road by Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4909

Nov. 28

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

• Preschool storytime “Marvelous Manners” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940

• Blood drive — 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Plains Regional Medical Center Hospital Cannon Room, 2100 N. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. Register online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Information: 877-258-4825

• GriefShare grief support group — 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Central Baptist Church, 2501 N. Norris St., Room 203, Clovis. Information: 760-917-3051 or 575-309-4208

Ongoing

• Coat, blanket, winter accessory, food drive — Sponsored by Portales Community Outreach and City of Portales Cultural Affairs Committee; continues through Nov. 20. Bring donations to Portales City Hall, 100 W. First St., Portales, or Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662

• Engraved pavers for sale to honor Roosevelt County veterans — Roosevelt County War Memorial Committee. Cost: $125 per paver, includes up to five lines. Order forms available at the Portales/Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce, 100 S. Ave. A, Portales. Information: 575-356-8541

• High Plains Historical Foundation — rifle raffle. Henry Golden Boy. Tickets: $5 each or five for $20. Drawing in December. Information: 575-309-9893

• Artist of the month — November Artist of the month at Clovis-Carver Public Library is Ashley Pipkin, with watercolors and acrylics. Information: 806-946-9221

To place an item on the events calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: dstevens@thenews.email