Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, June 21, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Henrietta De La Rosa.

Artesians are encouraged to help spruce up the city this summer as part of a nationwide program. The Great American Clean-Up is an annual community improvement program organized by Keep America Beautiful, a nonprofit organization that has more than 700 state and community-based affiliate organizations and more than 1,000 partner organizations.

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I’ve found the art of cooking to be much like the art of life itself: There are a lot of ups and downs, and you have to be tough to hang in there. Let’s face it: One of the most daunting tasks of adult life is deciding what to eat three times a day, every single day, forever.

Bryce Bain, Kymber Beltran, Dedrik Bishop, Francisco Caleyo, Mikenzi Carlo, Nathan Delgado, Malachi Doom, Addysen Folmar, Kambri Fraze, Braden Fuentes, Camden Fuentes, Margaret Greenwood, Matthew Hafliger, Abigail Hauschild, Allyson Hughes, Gage Jimenez, Kaitlyn Juarez-Bustamante, Josephine Luevano, Kara Martinez, Madison Martinez, Nevaeh Morales, McKenna Morrison, Joshua Parker, Lauryn Parker, Madison Pittman, Maria Ramirez-Rivero, Aryana Ramirez, Journey Roberson, Syntia Rodriguez-Perez, Raegen Rodriguez, Mia Sanchez, Paola Sedeno-Gonzalez, Angelo Silvas, Sebastian Tena, Angellina Velasquez, Jarren Wadkins, Kaden Zuniga Honor Roll

It was glamour and glitz again as Virgin Galactic sent its last space tourists into the heavens this month. Now the company will fade away for two years to build the next generation ship – not here but in Mesa, Arizona.

In 1924, the Illinois No. 3 well struck oil.

In 1996 I took a year off from journalism to attend seminary in Atlanta. The plan was to cram as much theology, sociology of religion and church history into two semesters to return to a newspaper to cover the intersection of religion and politics.

There’s nothing like the ferocity of a 4-foot-tall person whose face is painted like a lion to give you a start. Then you turn around and a snow cone has been dumped on your pants by a 3-foot young fellow frightened by the Sinclair dinosaur wobbling through the crowd at the oil field cook-off.

Looking back 40, 30 and 20 years ago, the following are excerpts from the Artesia Daily Press. 40 years ago June 16-22, 1984 New Mexico’s public school teachers will be paid a salary that averages $22,444 statewide when they return to the classrooms in the fall.

About 15 years ago, any family with children in Artesia likely routinely visited the Splash Pad in the Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Recreation Complex.

-- Artesia Clean & Beautiful is sponsoring its Yard of the Week contest now through September. Colorful, attractive, wellgroomed lawns with curb appeal meet the qualifications. To nominate a yard worthy of the title, contact Linda at 575-513-0143 or the AC&B office at 575748-3192. -----------------