Julie Abril, a new faculty member at Eastern New Mexico University, will be conducting oral interviews this summer with Roosevelt County residents who have lived in the county at least 50 years.

She'll have a booth set up at Heritage Days today at City Park.

The residents' stories will go into the Golden Library's collection.

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The Portales News-Tribune is hoping to do a story on strange names and the people they got hung on.

If you'd like to point one out -- or if your name is Candy Kane or John Outhouse -- e-mail reporter Thomas Garcia at:

Thomas_Garcia@link.freedom.com