Good morning and welcome to the Friday briefing.

Going green

There’s a St. Patrick’s Day auction and craft bazaar from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Wheatfields Senior Living Community, 4701 N. Prince St.

It’s open to the public and proceeds benefit Relay for Life.

Information: 762-8700.

Breakfast treat

Are you thinking flapjacks?

There’s a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Portales Senior Center.

Costs $3. Information: 356-8741.

Politics

Don’t forget, Tuesday is filing day for anyone seeking county or state office.

Filing can be completed at your county clerk’s office.

There is a $50 fee.

Kitchen tip

Burned on food solution: For casserole dishes and other pans, try leaving a dryer sheet in the pan to soak overnight in water. When you wake up in the morning the food will be loosened.

It’s a fact

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Today in history

On this day in 2005, after a three-month-long criminal trial in Los Angeles Superior Court, a jury acquits Robert Blake, star of the 1970s television detective show Baretta, of the murder of his 44-year-old wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.

Here’s the rest of the story:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-blake-acquitted-of-wifes-murder

Weather

Today — A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. West wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to between 15 and 20 mph.

Tonight — Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind between 10 and 15 mph.