Otero County Extension Office Offers Basic Quilting Workshop
The Otero County Extension Office is offering a free basic quilting workshop, which includes an opportunity to create lap fidget quilts to be giving to dementia and Alzheimer’s patients.
The workshop will be held June 2 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 411 North 10thStreet in Rocky Ford. While the workshop is free, registration is required.
Those participating will receive hands-on instruction in quilting, and will need to bring a sewing machine, sewing supplies, fabric, threat and a sack lunch. Batting and fidgets will be provided, along with beverages and dessert.
Parents Beware: What You Need to Know Before Buying or Selling a Used Car Seat
If getting rid of an old car seat is on your spring cleaning to-do list, or if you’re an expectant parent hoping to save a few bucks by obtaining a secondhand seat, there are a few things you need to know. While reusing car seats may seem economical and environmentally friendly, Car Seats Colorado wants to remind parents there are some very serious safety risks involved.
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SPAM Among Meat Products being Recalled by Hormel
Hormel Food Corp. is recalling 228,614 pounds of canned pork and chicken products that may contain pieces of metal.
Metal 12-ounce cans of SPAM Classic and Black Label Luncheon Loaf are subject to the recall.
The SPAM Classic product was shipped across the United States and has a “best by” date of February 2021. Cans will also have one of these productions codes
Pastor's Pearls
PARTIALITY
“It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the innocent of justice.” Proverbs 18:5
Home Country
It was just one of those things. It didn’t really mean Marvin Pincus had lost his mind. Consider this yourself for a minute. Marvin had opened the mail that morning and in it was the Fenwick glass fly rod he’d ordered. Oh, it was used, of course. But there’s a feel to a Fenwick that only a man dedicated to a life of using dry flies can appreciate.
