Wednesday morning briefing

Welcome to Freedom New Mexico’s Wednesday morning briefing.

Video of the day:

Keep ‘em pearly white and in your mouth for a lifetime.

We’re talking teeth...all 32 of them.

Our How-To is proper dental care.

http://www.cnjonline.com/video/?videoId=53532066001&play=now

Question of the day:

If it had been anyone but Tiger Woods, would we care about a non-injury, fender bender?

Share you thoughts in the comment section below.

Did you know:

Students at Zia Elementary competed in a Character Counts! calendar illustration contest.

First place illustrations for each grade level will appear in the 2010-2011 Zia Family Calendar.
Winners:

1st grade: 3rd place–Allison Christopherson, 2nd place–Maegan LeClear, 1st place–Ana Granada

2nd grade: 3rd place-Sofia Rico, 2nd place-Nina Mead, 1st place-Kinsey Bilberry

3rd grade: 3rd place-Aaron Chavez, 2nd place-Jayda Fiola, 1st place-Preston Koester

4th grade: 3rd place-Molly Gonzales, 2nd place-Eli Young, 1st place-Rachael Jimenez

5th grade: 3rd place-Ben Donaldson, 2nd place-Kambree Hillis, 1st place-Mya Grimes

6th grade: 3rd place-Jared Duncan, 2nd place-Viri Fernandez, and 1st place-Heather Yen

Christmas music, music, music:

It's an annual Texas Tech tradition that might be worth taking in — even if you're not a Red Raider yourself.

The 51st annual Carol of Lights starts at 6:30 tonight.

About 30 minutes later, an outdoor ceremony at Memorial Circle — complete with the glow of 25,000 red, white and orange lights — will be witnessed by approximately 20,000 people.

And maybe you.

Fifty years ago:

The 39th annual New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau held meetings in Tucumcari over three days.

About 1,000 farmers and ranchers were on hand.

W.R. McAlister of Portales headed the farm bureau.

Featured speakers included Gov. John Burroughs, also of Portales.

Topics of discussion included imports of foreign livestock and meat, wheat surpluses and water rights.

— by David Stevens

Weather:

Today — Could be worse. Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.

Tonight — Think Frosty and snowmen... snowwomen... snowpersons. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows 15 to 25.