Account opened for residentAn account has been set up to benefit longtime Portales resident Sharon Cabeldue, who is hospitalized in Lubbock, and her family.The “Cabeldue Family Fund is at First Financial Credit Union, and donations go toward medical expenses and travel costs.To donate: First Financial Credit Union at 356-5530.Conservation help offeredThe Natural Resources Conservation Service is taking sign-ups until April 3 for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for financial and technical assistance with conservation improvements on agricultural land.EQIF offers contracts with a minimum term that ends one year after the implementation of the last scheduled practices and a maximum tenn of 10yearsThese contracts provide incentive payments arid cost-shares to implement conservation practices.Information: Portales NRCS Office at 356-4465 or 705 EastCanadian St.Library hosts speakerWomen's studies expertRosemary Keefe is scheduledto present “Mabel Dodge Luhan in Taos in a Chautauqua performance at noon March 20 in the meeting rtxtm of the Portales Public Library'. A brunch precedes the performance at 11 a.m.In conjunction with the program. the library is hosting a show of quilts made by local women.The events are free to the public.Luhan moved from New York to Taos in 1917 and later married a member of the Taos Pueblo.Information: DanielleSwopes at 356-3940.