BIRD FLU UPDATES

Posted December 6 -  Mutations May May It Easier For Virus To Latch On To HumanCells

Bird Flu Virus Found In RAW Milk

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Dec 21     Community Farmer’s Market           9:00 am - 11:00 am

                Downtown Portal - Lots of vendors 

                Including Wind Dancer Farm - Order HERE                          

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Dec 21    Game Night & Cookie Swap                                             4:00 pm

                Rodeo Community Center    Bring your best recipe cookies or 

                brownies... 1 to 2 dozen. Everyone that brings cookies will swap with others

                that brought cookies.  Prizes for the best tasting and best decorated cookies.

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Dec 22      Food & Wine Pairing Dinner                                               5:00 pm

                  Portal Cafe and CHV are partnering to offer you a four course Christmas Dinner

                 South West France Style with wine pairing for $100 all inclusive and payable at

                 time of reservation to Eric Desfachelles at 520-507-7274 or  

                 Copper HorseVineyard1@gmail.com 

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Dec 26    Exploring Meditation                                                     2:00 - 3:15 pm (AZ)

               Myrtle Kraft Library - Portal       Meets every Thursday
               Contact: Steve at sherablt@gmail.com

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Jan 1        New Year’s Day Brunch                                                    11:00 am

                 Portal Rescue Classroom           Our annual pot luck brunch for 

                 those of us who did not stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve.

                Includes a presentation about how the holidays are celebrated 

                around he world.       Bring food - lots of food. Bring plates & utensils

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Jan 8       Portal / Rodeo / Animas Mens Service Group  (MSG)                           8:15 am

                 Rodeo Grocery & Café     Weekly Meeting

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Jan 11    Second Saturday - Community Farmer’s Market           9:00 am - 11:00 am

                Downtown Portal - Lots of vendors - Community Organizations

                Including Wind Dancer Farm - Order HERE                          

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Jan 14     Lordsburg Mobile Vet                                             1:00 - 5:00 pm (NM)

                 (from Arenas Valley Animal Clinic)                    Walk-ins only: 575-956-3078

                 Second Tuesday of the month:            Outside at Fire Station (1000 Main St) 

                 Call the day before to be sure pet’s needs can be met via this service:  

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Jan  14    Haiku Class                                                                         2:00 - 3:15 pm

                Portal Library         Taught by: Dr. Deborah Bowman                    FREE

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Jan 15     Sew What? Program                                                         11:00 am

                Speaker: Mary Jo Fleming    Title: “Nature Journaling - Less about art and more

                about exploring the relationships of critters to their environment.”

                Program followed by pot luck luncheon

                Location: Portal Rescue Classroom - Open To The Community

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Jan  17    Sew What? Forum                                                             7:00 pm

                Beasts of the Border, Jaguars, Human Predators and the Wall

                Presented by: Scott Huber                             Portal Rescue Classroom 

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Jan  21    Haiku Class                                                                         2:00 - 3:15 pm

                Portal Library         Taught by: Dr. Deborah Bowman                    FREE

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Jan  25    Spaghetti/Lasagna RCA Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner

                 4:00pm-8pm or until sold out.

                 Your choice of spaghetti or lasagna with side salad, garlic bread,

                  drink and a scoop of homemade ice cream for dessert  - $14.00

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Jan  28    Haiku Class                                                                         2:00 - 3:15 pm

                Portal Library         Taught by: Dr. Deborah Bowman                    FREE

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Jan 29     Chiricahua Community Health Outreach           11:00 noon - 1:00 pm (AZ)

                        Last Wednesday of every month                                    Call: 520-364-1429

                        Location: Outside Portal Store                                    LIST OF SERVICES

                        Flu shots (regular and high dose for seniors) & Covid vaccine. ___________________________________________________________________

Feb  4       Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast                                                    8am-11am

                 Rodeo Community Center

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Feb  7      Sew What? Forum                                                             7:00 pm 

                 Through Trilobite Eyes: A Natural History of the Paleozoic Era

                 Presented by: Dr. Chris Cunningham               Portal Rescue Classroom 

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Feb 19     Sew What? Program                                                         11:00 am

                Speaker: Glenna Winnie       Title: “Sleep: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”

                Program followed by pot luck luncheon

                Location: Portal Rescue Classroom - Open To The Community

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Feb  28   Sew What? Forum                                                             7:00 pm 

               Thirty Years With the Ngogo Chimpanzees 

               Presented by: Dr. John Mitani                           Portal Rescue Classroom 

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Mar  14   Sew What? Forum                                                             7:00 pm (AZ)

               Rock Art and Prehistoric Land Use on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

               Presented by: Connie Zweifel                         Portal Rescue Classroom 

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Mar 19    Sew What? Program                                                       

                Field Trip to Deming History Museum.    Times and Carpooling details to come.

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Apr  4      Sew What? Forum                                                             7:00 pm (AZ)

                Camel Caravan in the Deep Sahara Desert from Taoudenni to Timbuktu:

                Geology, Archaeology and Natural History   

                Presented by: Dr. John Barthelme                Portal Rescue Classroom 

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Apr 16     Sew What? Program                                                         11:00 am (AZ)

                Speaker: Craig McEwan   Title: “"The Strange Case of Effie and Mark

                Lamb - Bisbee and Douglas residents, 1904”

                Program followed by pot luck luncheon

                Location: Portal Rescue Classroom - Open To The Community

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May  2     Sew What? Forum                                                             7:00 pm (AZ)

                A Brief History of Haiku: Seasons of Beauty, Insight and Wit

                Presented by: Dr. Deborah Bowman             Portal Rescue Classroom 

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May 21    Sew What? Program                                                         11:00 am (AZ)

                Speaker: Renata Golden   Title: ““Mountain Time: A Field Guide to Astonishment”

                Program followed by pot luck luncheon

                Location: Portal Rescue Classroom - Open To The Community

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