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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A quintet of Cannon Air Force Base personnel will be taking on a different type of fight this weekend, when they trade their uniforms for shorts and boxing gloves. They will be part of the field during the Golden Gloves state competition, set for this weekend at the Roy Walker Recreation Center. The three-round matches begin 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Roy Walker Community Center. The boxers, trainer Clovis' George Sena said, are: - Charles Stamps, 195 pounds, competing in the heavyweight class -...
The New Mexico Department of Health and the New Mexico Livestock Board issued a press release Thursday advising families to avoid potential exposure to salmonella by not giving baby chicks and ducklings to children as Easter gifts: In the last six years, New Mexico has had 16 Salmonella cases related to baby chicks. Many of the cases were in young children. The Department also discourages families from buying small turtles (less than 4 inches) sold at flea markets and roadside stands because they are also known to carry...
USAF: Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece U.S. Army veteran Wesley Leon-Barrientos stands in front of an AC-130W Stinger II on the flightline March 22 at Cannon Air Force Base. Leon-Barrientos is a double-amputee and three time Purple Heart recipient from his service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. While on a coast-to-coast bicycle ride raising suicide awareness, two veterans visited Cannon Air Force Base on March 22 to share some inspiring words with western Air Commandos. Their cross-country trip, which began Feb. 19 in Bakersfiel...
USAF: Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece U.S. Army veteran Wesley Leon-Barrientos stands in front of an AC-130W Stinger II on the flightline March 22 at Cannon Air Force Base. Leon-Barrientos is a double-amputee and three time Purple Heart recipient from his service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. While on a coast-to-coast bicycle ride raising suicide awareness, two veterans visited Cannon Air Force Base on March 22 to share some inspiring words with western Air Commandos. Their cross-country trip, which began Feb. 19 in Bakersfiel... Full story
Even by U.S. Supreme Court standards, this week's hearings on President Obama's health reform act are a historical milestone. It's arguably the biggest case the court has addressed in decades. Sadly — and despite passionate, polarized national interest — only about 300 people each day witnessed these hearings live. With due respect to news reports, that's a tragedy. These hearings should have been televised live. They deal with landmark legislation and how it fits — or doesn't — with America's Constitution. No matter how the...
It amuses me how many problems that have a government-mandated "solution" are caused by previous government mandates that came about as misguided solutions for previously manufactured problems. And, because the majority of "The People" have become convinced that the earlier mandates are "The Way it's Always Been Done" (rather than a relatively recent "gum, tape, and string" contraption), they believe there is no rational, voluntary way to solve the problems they see around them now. After all, you can't alter one element... Full story
Even by U.S. Supreme Court standards, this week's hearings on President Obama's health reform act are a historical milestone. It's arguably the biggest case the court has addressed in decades. Sadly — and despite passionate, polarized national interest — only about 300 people each day witnessed these hearings live. With due respect to news reports, that's a tragedy. These hearings should have been televised live. They deal with landmark legislation and how it fits — or doesn't — with America's Constitution. No matter how the...
I watched an interesting exchange happen as I was driving my car on Prince Street. I was in the left lane, and there was a car in front of me, as well as a car to the right of me with several cars behind it. The car in front of me was trying to merge into the right lane. It had its blinker on, and was inching toward the lane, hoping some kind soul would let it in. Six or seven cars passed the waiting car by, almost determined that he was not going to get in front of them and slow them down. Needing to make an upcoming right...
It amuses me how many problems that have a government-mandated "solution" are caused by previous government mandates that came about as misguided solutions for previously manufactured problems. And, because the majority of "The People" have become convinced that the earlier mandates are "The Way it's Always Been Done" (rather than a relatively recent "gum, tape, and string" contraption), they believe there is no rational, voluntary way to solve the problems they see around them now. After all, you can't alter one element... Full story
Friday 7 p.m. — Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, PG-13 Saturday 4 p.m. — Tyler Perry's Good Deeds, PG-13 7 p.m. — Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, PG-13 Sunday 4 p.m. — This Means War, PG-13 7 p.m. — Tyler Perry's Good Deeds, PG-13 Admission is $.99 Information: 784-3331... Full story
Friday 7 p.m. — Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, PG-13 Saturday 4 p.m. — Tyler Perry's Good Deeds, PG-13 7 p.m. — Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, PG-13 Sunday 4 p.m. — This Means War, PG-13 7 p.m. — Tyler Perry's Good Deeds, PG-13 Admission is $.99 Information: 784-3331...
Friday Lunch and Learn at Your Library 11:30 a.m. Cannon Library Friday Social Hour Snacks 4:27 p.m. Landing Zone Family Bowl-A-Rama 5 p.m. Cannon Lanes Teen Bi-annual NERF Wars 7 p.m. Youth Center Saturday Yard Sale 6 a.m. Doc Stewart Park My Smart Hands parenting class 9:30 a.m. Base Chapel Duct Tape Dance 5 p.m. Youth Center Cosmic Family Fun Night 6 p.m. Cannon Lanes Sunday Year Round Readers registration Now-May 15 Cannon Library Creative Writing Contest April 1-27 Community Center Family and Teen Talent Contest April... Full story
Friday Lunch and Learn at Your Library 11:30 a.m. Cannon Library Friday Social Hour Snacks 4:27 p.m. Landing Zone Family Bowl-A-Rama 5 p.m. Cannon Lanes Teen Bi-annual NERF Wars 7 p.m. Youth Center Saturday Yard Sale 6 a.m. Doc Stewart Park My Smart Hands parenting class 9:30 a.m. Base Chapel Duct Tape Dance 5 p.m. Youth Center Cosmic Family Fun Night 6 p.m. Cannon Lanes Sunday Year Round Readers registration Now-May 15 Cannon Library Creative Writing Contest April 1-27 Community Center Family and Teen Talent Contest April... Full story
From the time I was little I can remember watching parades at one time or another. My far back memories take me to Missouri when we would always go to parades in downtown Kansas City. It just takes an occasion to throw a parade. Each time I waited on the sidewalk for the upcoming parade, I could hardly wait for all the excitement that was marching down the street toward me. There would be bands, cowboys, clowns on scooters, clowns juggling and clowns walking on stilts. There...
Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can't use the capital shift keys and he shuns punctuation marks – except the hyphens and dashes. the palm branch mystery boss willifred the white rat invited me to jump in his tiny time traveler again this week to visit the site of the original palm Sunday celebration so we attached the tiny time traveler to my 57 cheese-rolet hopped in spun around twice and found ourselves on the outskirts of first-century jerusalem on the way to bethany e...
Good morning and welcome to the Friday briefing. Superstitions Eastern New Mexico University's Department of Art is presenting the national juried illustration exhibit "Superstition" Tuesday through April 27 in the Runnels Gallery of the Golden Library. It's a look through artists' eyes at some our most fervent superstitions. Free and open to the public during library hours. Jamboree The annual Floyd Jamboree continues at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. It's at the Floyd school old gym. Information: 760-0924....
Good morning and welcome to the Friday briefing. Superstitions Eastern New Mexico University's Department of Art is presenting the national juried illustration exhibit "Superstition" Tuesday through April 27 in the Runnels Gallery of the Golden Library. It's a look through artists' eyes at some our most fervent superstitions. Free and open to the public during library hours. Jamboree The annual Floyd Jamboree continues at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. It's at the Floyd school old gym. Information: 760-0924.... Full story
BOYS FIRST TEAM Class 5A Bryce Alford, La Cueva Cullen Neal, Eldorado Mando Marshall, Las Cruces High John Dawson, Clovis Martin Colledge Romero, Albuquerque High Class 4A Adrian Ortegon, Santa Teresa Chase Salazar, Roswell Goddard Lane Vanderhulst, Roswell Goddard Nick August, Gallup Brandon Saiz, Bernalillo Class 3A Arron Wells, Hope Christian Justin Bustos, LV Robertson Antonio Garcia, St. Michael's Matt Barela, St. Michael's Paul Seaton, Hope Christian Class 2A Jim Coleman, Tularosa Trey Correa, Mesilla Valley Garrett...
Santa Fe, NM: Prosecutors and staff from around the state gathered last week in Ruidoso for their annual spring training conference, which was sponsored by the New Mexico Administrative Office of the District Attorneys. Attorneys attended tracks depending on skill level, with new prosecutors having two full days of core skills training, while experienced prosecutors listened to presentations on advanced topics. Both groups had training on using modern technology in trial practice, discovery, and ethical issues. Investigative... Full story
Santa Fe, NM: Prosecutors and staff from around the state gathered last week in Ruidoso for their annual spring training conference, which was sponsored by the New Mexico Administrative Office of the District Attorneys. Attorneys attended tracks depending on skill level, with new prosecutors having two full days of core skills training, while experienced prosecutors listened to presentations on advanced topics. Both groups had training on using modern technology in trial practice, discovery, and ethical issues. Investigative... Full story
Courtesy photo Tyleen Caffrey poses in front of her selection of formal wear excited for her first Prom Extravaganza of the year at Portales High School. The idea was to help 10 to 15 girls go to prom, four years later, Tyleen Caffrey helps supply formalwear to the local community for special occasions. The social worker and member of the Cannon Spouses Club founded Monarch Formals in 2008, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to establishing positive memories during im...
Courtesy photo Tyleen Caffrey poses in front of her selection of formal wear excited for her first Prom Extravaganza of the year at Portales High School. The idea was to help 10 to 15 girls go to prom, four years later, Tyleen Caffrey helps supply formalwear to the local community for special occasions. The social worker and member of the Cannon Spouses Club founded Monarch Formals in 2008, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to establishing positive memories during im...
Courtesy photo Tyleen Caffrey poses in front of her selection of formal wear excited for her first Prom Extravaganza of the year at Portales High School. The idea was to help 10 to 15 girls go to prom, four years later, Tyleen Caffrey helps supply formalwear to the local community for special occasions. The social worker and member of the Cannon Spouses Club founded Monarch Formals in 2008, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to establishing positive memories during im... Full story
Courtesy photo Tyleen Caffrey poses in front of her selection of formal wear excited for her first Prom Extravaganza of the year at Portales High School. The idea was to help 10 to 15 girls go to prom, four years later, Tyleen Caffrey helps supply formalwear to the local community for special occasions. The social worker and member of the Cannon Spouses Club founded Monarch Formals in 2008, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to establishing positive memories during im...
Contractors are hard at work building a new Liberty Pool at Cannon Air Force Base. This project includes state-of-the-art equipment and decking to keep the area at comfortable temperatures. USAF: Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece Construction persists on the Liberty Pool March 16 at Cannon Air Force Base. Major additions to the Liberty Pool include a waterslide, plunge pool, diving area, diving board, and a separate 1.5 foot deep baby wading pool. "The bottom of the shell is complete and our contractor is currently forming the gut... Full story
