— The Artesia Youth Soccer Association has opened fall registration, and registration will be open through Aug. 2. Divions are U6-U15. Players must be 4 years old before Sept. 1, 2024. Players can register at clubs.bluesombrero.com/ artesiayouthsoccer. Any question can be sent to artesiasoccer@ gmail.com. —————– ADULT LIBRARY EVENTS — The Artesia Public Library is hosting weekly adult programming, focusing on entertainment, crafting and learning. Age 18+. Programs: July 2 Patriotic Fabric Strip Flags; July 9 Program; July 16 Program; July 25 Family Search Seminar. Crafting: July 11 Canvas bag Painting; July 18 Paperbag Scrapbooks.

—————– LEGO Challenge — Kids can test their LEGO skills with an adventure themed LEGO challenge at Artesia Public Libary. This is a drop in event. Ages 12 & under. July 19 from 11 a..m. to 2 p.m.

—————– STEM Lab — There will be a different STEM activity each week this summer at Artesia Public Library. This is a drop in event. Ages 12 & under. July 3, 10, 17, 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

—————– SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE — Written in Red Foundation is sponsoring the 5th annual school supply drive from July 1-26. Partnering sponsors are Eddy County United Way and Ocean Bags, LLC. Visit one of these participating businesses to donate: Artesia Police Department, Catalyst Church, Artesia Walmart , Faith Baptist Church, First American Bank, First Baptist Church, Kith & Kin Roasting Company, Western Bank, Artesia Daily Press, Tate Branch Auto Group —————- Artesia Special Hospital District Board of Trustees will occur on Monday July 22, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. in the Green Chili meeting room for the purpose of conducting its regular business to discuss finances and other matters in an open meeting.

—————– Recreation Commission will meet Monday, July 15, 2024 at 5:30 pm at the Artesia Recreation Center. This meeting is open to the public. For more information contact Recreation Supervisor Jayde Burnell at 575-746-9009.

—————– City Wide Clean-up. HF/Sinclair/Navajo Refining and Artesia Clean and Beautiful have joined forces again to help clean-up our community. The Boy Scouts will be picking up on July 20th, the Girls Softball team on July 27th and the Basketball Boys on August 10th . If you do not have any way to haul off items that you need to dispose of, just call 575-513-0143 and let me have your address and what needs to be removed.