Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Friday briefing.
Fair warning
Saturday from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. the Clovis Police Department will be conducting DWI Saturation Patrols.
Officers will be specifically targeting drunk drivers.
Walk for hunger
The Senior Olympic Committee will be holding a fun walk 10 a.m. Saturday at Goodwin Lake Trails, located on Prince Street opposite Bahama Bucks.
Entry is a can of food, which will be donated to the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico.
Information: 749-3669
Cheap books
The Friends of the Portales Public Library annual Used Book Sale continues today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Portales Library.
All paperbacks are 25 cents and hardbacks are 50 cents.
Quirky quote of the day
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.” — Mark Twain.
Today in history
On this day in 1978, People’s Temple leader Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in remote northwestern Guyana.
The few cult members who refused to take the cyanide-laced fruit-flavored concoction were either forced to do so at gunpoint or shot as they fled.
Here’s the rest of the story:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mass-suicide-at-jonestown
Weather
Today — Sunny, with a high near 69. Southwest wind between 15 and 20 mph.
Tonight — Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind around 10 mph.
