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The next New Mexico fishing license year began Thursday. Three rule changes you might want to know about are: • The length of the Special Trout Water on the upper Pecos River has been reduced by about half a mile. • The bag limit on striped bass has been decreased to two fish. • Unlimited take of rainbow, brown and brook trout above the fish migration barrier in Black Canyon in the Gila National Forest is now allowed. More information and rules: visit www.wildlife.state.nm.us or any license vendor. Source: New...
Freedom New Mexico ABILENE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University set four team records Thursday as the Greyhounds placed fourth in men’s competition and the Zias finished 11th on the women’s side in the 20-team McMurry Relays track meet. For the men, junior Brian Smith placed third in the 100 in an ENMU-record time of 10.59 seconds. Meantime, sophomore Bill Squire set another mark in discus, placing seventh with a throw of 157-6 1/2 inches. Squire also had a second-place finish in hammer throw with a toss of 175...
ABILENE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University set four team records Thursday as the Greyhounds placed fourth in men’s competition and the Zias finished 11th on the women’s side in the 20-team McMurry Relays track meet. For the men, junior Brian Smith placed third in the 100 in an ENMU-record time of 10.59 seconds. Meantime, sophomore Bill Squire set another mark in discus, placing seventh with a throw of 157-6 1/2 inches. Squire also had a second-place finish in hammer throw with a toss of 175-5. Smith’s perfo...
The New York Times reports that according to a ruling by a federal judge “a Mississippi school board was grossly discriminatory and mean-spirited when it told Constance McMillen that she could not attend her high school prom with her girlfriend.” According to the court, “Ms. McMillen’s constitutional rights had been violated.” Ms. McMillen, who is a senior at Itawamba Agriculture High School, is and has for many years been a lesbian and government schools are not permitted to discriminate against lesbians. Never mind the...
Penny Bailey is president of the High Plains Patriots, a political organization whose Web site trumpets limited government and individual rights. Here’s what she has to say in response to U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan Jr., D-N.M., and others who support the health care bill: “I fought and will continue to fight against this bill and any move to take America from the Land of Opportunity to the Land of the Dependent. “First, if a piece of legislation is good for all of America, then backdoor deals and arm twisting would not be necess... Full story
Freedom New Mexico This viewpoint, which reflects those of Freedom Communications, was written by the editorial staff at The Brownsville (Texas) Herald....
Some people suffer from motion sickness. I’m one of them. Horseback is about the only movement my body can tolerate without nausea. I’ve thrown up in airplanes, cars, trucks, buses, boats — even in water when the only flotation device was my body. I’ve read that about half our nation’s astronauts have this affliction, so at least I have company. My fellow sufferers know this sickness is about the “sickest” feeling a human can have. We usually get zero sympathy, too. My family deals with it by pretending they don’t... Full story
Obamacare exerts too much control I must respond to the Portales woman who thanked U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan Jr., D-N.M., for voting for Obamacare. I fought and will continue to fight against this bill and any move to take America from the Land of Opportunity to the Land of the Dependent. First, if a piece of legislation is good for all of America, then backdoor deals and arm twisting would not be necessary. It is appalling the amount of dirty politics that went into getting this bill passed when the majority of Americans were... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Proponents of the recently passed health care bill often stated that the United States should have universal health care “like Canada,” “like Europe,” “like other advanced nations.” Opponents were quick to point out that like all those other nations, nationalized health care in this country would lead to long waits and worse care. Within two weeks of the bill’s passage, developments already are pointing to the apparent truth to those warnings. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons has... Full story
A 43-year-old Clovis man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday for trafficking cocaine. James Sneed was convicted by a jury in October. He was arrested while drug task force agents were serving a search warrant at his home in March 2009. During the search, Sneed was attempting to get dressed and agents saw a large bag of cocaine fall out of underwear he was holding, according to a press release from the district attorneys office. Agents also found a second bag of cocaine, a bag of marijuana and more than $1,600 cash... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Animal Task Force Chairwoman Linda Cross told city commissioners Thursday that a pet licensing ordinance will help the city get grant money to pay for enforcement. The ordinance was passed on a 5-3 vote. Despite objections from three commissioners who called it redundant and unenforceable, the Clovis City Commission adopted an ordinance Thursday requiring all pet dogs and cats in the city be licensed. Passing 5-3, commissioners in support of the...
Cannon Connections photo: Clarence Plank Caleb Chambers, 9, of Clovis, learns how to ride a horse at Abrazos Adventure in Portales. Cannon homeschool students spent the day learning and riding horses at Abrazos Adventure in Portales on March 25. Five students and their siblings were taught by Brazos Adventure owner Wendy Toombs about what horses eat, how tall they are and how to ride. Micah Chambers, 7, said he has rode small ponies at carnivals, but this was the first time he has gotten to ride big horse. “It was cool,” Cham...
More than a few writers have talked about the place where Joy and Sorrow meet. In a moment of deep contentment, someone may say, “I’m so happy I could cry!” And in the moments of deepest and most unutterable joy, we say nothing at all. We don’t live long before we learn that tears are more precious than diamonds, and the best tears are tears of joy. When those joy-tears come, we usually don’t analyze them; we live the moment. But if the time comes to talk about such moments, author J. R. R. Tolkien, most famous for his amazi...
Friday Good Friday — 11 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA, 1705 West 21st Street. Information: 763-4816 Saturday Food and clothing give away — 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Matt 25 Hope Center. Information: 763-4400 Vigil of Easter — 7:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA, 1705 West 21st Street. Information: 763-4816 Sunday Festival of Easter — 8 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA, 1705 West 21st Street. Information: 763-4816 Worship service — 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Central Baptist Church Worship...
This Sunday is very significant for Christians. Some call it the Easter season. Anyone can tell it is Easter by just visiting the Easter aisle at the grocery store. For some, Easter is about new clothes, a visit to church and Easter egg hunts. Yet, the message of the resurrection is about sacrifice and hope. That is right — one Christ’s sacrifice and then as a result, the hope and assurance for Christians of eternal life. We throw around the words sacrifice and sometimes... Full story
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The Clovis Municipal Schools board of education has scheduled a special public meeting 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the district board room, according to the district. The board will discuss the superintendent search and board member replacement process. An agenda for the meeting may be picked up from the superintendent’s office 24-hours prior to the meeting....
Local officials say financial ripples in the milk industry are the major reason unemployment has jumped across Curry and Roosevelt counties. Those same officials believe it will be short lived as the industry emerges from its economic difficulty. The latest data released Thursday shows in February, unemployment in Roosevelt County was up 2.5 percent over the same period last year to 6.2 percent. In Curry County, the rate increased by 1.7 percent, coming in at 5.7 percent....
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Indian River Transport employee Jason Runner of Clovis washes down a tanker Thursday that is used to transport milk. Local experts say a hurting dairy industry is one of the reasons for high unemployment across eastern New Mexico. Local experts say financial ripples in the milk industry are the major reason unemployment has jumped across Curry and Roosevelt counties. Those same officials believe it will be short lived as the industry emerges...
Good morning and welcome to Freedom New Mexico’s Friday briefing. Video of the day: It's in your backyard. Storm spotters needed Free Storm Spotters' training sessions in Clovis and Portales on Tuesday. The Clovis session is 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Clovis City Hall . The Portales session is 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building, 300 E. 7th. Call 763-9485 to sign up for the Clovis session and 356-4404, ext. 202 for the Portales session. Web site of the day http://www.clovis.edu/CulturalArtsCalendar.asp Find out what's on t...
Good morning and welcome to Freedom New Mexico’s Friday briefing. Video of the day: It's in your backyard. Storm spotters needed Free Storm Spotters' training sessions in Clovis and Portales on Tuesday. The Clovis session is 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Clovis City Hall . The Portales session is 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building, 300 E. 7th. Call 763-9485 to sign up for the Clovis session and 356-4404, ext. 202 for the Portales session. Web site of the day http://www.clovis.edu/CulturalArtsCalendar.asp Find out what's on t...
April 6, 1960: Danny Kaye was starring in “The Five Pennies,” showing at Portales’ Tower theater. Louis Fry, the theater manager, said the movie was a “superb family picture....
April 5, 1945: Sgt. Joseph W. Copeland of Causey had been awarded a Silver Star for voluntarily subjecting himself to a concentration of German artillery fire, The Portales Daily News reported. Copeland was wounded in the leg, the story reported, during construction of a road block....
April 3, 1945: Bill Vance of Portales was offering $25 for the identity of the person or persons who poisoned his dog “Buzz” a week earlier....
April 4, 1950: Former mayor Floyd T. Kennedy was re-elected by Portales voters after a four-year absence. Kennedy defeated future New Mexico Gov. John Burroughs, 916 votes to 596....
