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Welcome to Friday's Freedom New Mexico morning briefing. Today's going to be sunny, with weather.com reporting no chance of precipitation and a high of 79. Golfing for Greyhounds The Third Annual Greyhound Football Golf Scramble for Eastern New Mexico University is set to begin at 9 a.m. April 24 at the Clovis Municipal Golf Course. The entry fee is $65 per person or $260 for a four-person team, and includes green fees for 18 holes, cart and breakfast. The tournament is limited to 15 teams. After the golf tournament, the...
Brian Moore of Clayton is one of eight candidates for New Mexico lieutenant governor. Here’s what he had to say recently on his Web site about violence along the Mexican border: “The murder of an Arizona rancher with ties to New Mexico is more evidence of the violence spilling over our southern border with Mexico. “Over the past seven months, as we’ve traveled all over New Mexico, we’ve heard stories of animals missing and families threatened. We heard the story of a couple tied up and robbed, and now Rob Krenz’s name is add... Full story
So we have it on the good authority of The London Times that all is well with the Obama Administration’s latest interference with the market place. Here is how The Times reported on this long-desired development, admittedly desired by but fraction of those concerned: “In a coup that achieves something President Clinton promised but never delivered, President Obama has forced the big three U.S. carmakers, and their unions, to accept tough mileage rules for cars and SUVs. The rules will cut emissions from vehicles by more tha... Full story
This viewpoint, which reflects those of Freedom Communications, was written by the editorial staff at the Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo. The best public relations campaigns are based in selfless compassion, truth and transparency. As a human organization with more than 1 billion members, the Catholic Church has an abundance of internal scandals in need of good PR. Pedophiles and pederasts have joined the priesthood and abused children, just as predators have become teachers, doctors and cops in order to harm those weaker...
Reports of deadly violence just across the Mexican border — in Matamoros, Mier, Reynosa and other cities — are starting to appear daily on the pages of the Brownsville (Texas) Herald. On bad days gunfire can be heard north of the border; stray bullets from one firefight even landed on the campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville last year. What began as isolated fights between drug gangs, or between them and the Mexican military, is spilling over into Texas neighborhoods, schools and shopping centers....
Clovis’ water supply is not in danger of running dry next month or even next year. Telling the truth, the whole truth, is a fundamental principle of how we conduct ourselves, whether in our personal lives or our businesses. It’s what allows us to look at ourselves in the mirror, to look at our friends and neighbors straight away and to sleep well at night. The results are never good when that principle is violated. We’re all witness to that right now as we watch months of productive work by the Clovis Water Users Worki...
Past a certain age, I’ve learned, you no longer “step” into the saddle…you “climb” on, thankful your horse is well-trained and doesn’t try to take off before you’re mounted. I’ve learned some other things, too. That hat with the 5-inch brim that was sooo cute and (maybe) sexy when I was 17 looks like I stepped underneath a dried-up creosote bush now. When I was young my friends and I soaked our new felt hats in the bathtub and then fixed the creases just right. The crown was flattened so low we could barely fit our...
Freedom New Mexico SAN ANGELO, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University senior Steven Aragon is seventh with 2,981 points in the decathlon after Thursday’s first day of competition in Angelo State’s David Noble Relays. Aragon, the only ENMU athlete competing in the two-day event. finished third in the 100 in 11.91 seconds and sixth in the 400 in 52.68, and he was eighth in long jump at 18 feet, 2 1/2 inches, fourth in shot put at 35-9 1/2 and sixth in high jump at 5-9. The decathlon will be completed today with the 110... Full story
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University senior Steven Aragon is seventh with 2,981 points in the decathlon after Thursday’s first day of competition in Angelo State’s David Noble Relays. Aragon, the only ENMU athlete competing in the two-day event. finished third in the 100 in 11.91 seconds and sixth in the 400 in 52.68, and he was eighth in long jump at 18 feet, 2 1/2 inches, fourth in shot put at 35-9 1/2 and sixth in high jump at 5-9. The decathlon will be completed today with the 110 hurdles, discus, pol...
Freedom New Mexico The first public meeting Thursday in the Joint Land Use Study process for Cannon Air Force Base and Curry and Roosevelt counties provided a timeline for the study and encouraged public participation. Project Manager Catherine Roupe of Colorado company HDR Inc., which is working on the study under contract with Curry County, said public input is important for the process. “We don’t know it all, and we know that, so we want to get them involved,” she said. Roupe also said residents should participate becau...
Eastern Plains Council of Governments Interim Director Richard Arguello said Thursday the organization’s failure to notify the public of an executive committee meeting was an oversight that won’t happen again. “I’m going to say that it’s my fault on this,” Arguello said. “We had a little faux pas there ... it was a miscommunication (and) I assure you that’s not going to happen again.” The board met Wednesday in special session and adjourned into a near two-hour executiv...
The 2010 Complete Count Committee is hosting a “March to the Mailbox” event from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. U.S. Postal Service workers will be on location to accept completed forms. Locations for the event are the Clovis Apartments, Lincoln-Jackson Community Center and the Gateway Apartments. Information: 769-7828...
Freedom New Mexico The first public meeting Thursday in the Joint Land Use Study process for Cannon Air Force Base and Curry and Roosevelt counties provided a timeline for the study and encouraged public participation. Project Manager Catherine Roupe of Colorado company HDR Inc., which is working on the study under contract with Curry County, said public input is important for the process. “We don’t know it all, and we know that, so we want to get them involved,” she said. Roupe also said residents should participate becau... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Jesus Larrea, 21, of Bovina, was sentenced to seven years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty in the robbery of two Clovis Dairy Queens in 2008. He is the final defendant to be sentenced in the case. Larrea and two other Bovina men were arrested Nov. 16, 2008, in Parmer County when they were stopped in a vehicle matching the description of one used in a robbery at the Dairy Queen on East First Street in Clovis, according to a press release from the district attorney’s office. The release said the t...
Jason Braziel, a Tucumcari police officer for 11 years, was hired as the department's chief on Wednesday. Freedom New Mexico Interim Operations Commander Jason Braziel is Tucumcari’s new top cop. Braziel accepted the position of Chief of Police Wednesday. Braziel is an 11-year veteran of the Tucumcari Police Department. Tucumcari has been without a police chief since Jan 15, when Roger Hatcher was placed on paid administrative leave and fired 10 days later. Braziel was chosen by a committee appointed by City Manager Bobbye R...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Antonio Wetmore, 7, practices his footwork Thursday during American Youth Soccer Organization practice at the AYSO fields. His mother, Victoria Moya, said this is her son's third year playing and he loves soccer. About 500 Clovis residents who recently took part in a survey about youth activities in the city say they would be willing to pay extra taxes to create more opportunities. Sixty percent said the availability and accessibility of activities for youth in Clovis is low. Eighty-three...
A public meeting to discuss plans for the Curry County Fairgrounds is being held Tuesday night. Scheduled for 6 p.m. in the indoor pavilion, the public is encouraged to attend, a press release said. A design firm hired by the county to create a master plan for the fairgrounds, will be on hand to share findings and ideas drawn, in part, from a March 1 open house. Tuesday night’s meeting is the second step in a three-step process, according to a press release from county administration. Populous Inc. from Knoxville has been h... Full story
I’ve heard many keynoters tell their audience not to “settle.” It’s inspiring — but could inspire dissatisfaction. Shooting for the stars is great if you own a spacecraft, but most of us live with more pedestrian transport. The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is 270,000 times farther than the 93 million miles to the sun. Allegorically, during our transient journey, most of us could never come close without frying or dying of old age. Maybe it is enough for the luckier among our seven billion — hurtling at 66,000 m...
As medical progress marches on, the use of transplants and body parts has become commonplace. Worldwide, from India to Italy, from Iran to Indiana, the surgeries are routine. According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. alone has 83,000 people on the waiting list for a kidney. Corneas, hearts, livers and lungs do a brisk trade on the organ market. I’m assuming that many athletes, models, yodelers, magicians and pickpockets insure their precious body parts against damage or loss — fingers, figures, vocal cords, or k... Full story
Today is a gift from God. How you use this day is up to you. We all have the same amount of time, and we can have a good day or a bad one. You make the choice for the kind of day you have, and you can make it happen. I want today to be like Psalm 118:24: “This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Every day is another opportunity to be happy. Squeeze it and love it. Please don’t waste it. Let’s not live in the past. Living yesterday brings up past mistakes and regrets. Worry takes on the sor...
Eastern New Mexico University is hosting a Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday. ENMU Assistant Professor of History Dale Streeter said six million Jews and others Nazis considered impure died in the Holocaust. “This year we’re going to have a vigil and a commemorative table where some of the students are going to read some of the diaries and some accounts of these things,” Streeter said. The universal symbol of the Holocaust is a ring of barb wire with a candle burning in the center to remember those who died. Remem...
CNJ staff photo: Sharna Johnson Eastern Plains Council of Governments' Interim Director Richard Arguello says a meeting held Wednesday without proper public notice was an oversight that won't happen again. Sharna Johnson, CNJ staff writer Eastern Plains Council of Governments Interim Director Richard Arguello said Thursday the organization’s failure to notify the public of an executive committee meeting was an oversight that won’t happen again. “I’m going to say that it’s my...
Freedom New Mexico People who live on or near Cannon Air Force Base may be affected by an Operational Readiness Exercise scheduled for Saturday through April 15, according to a news release from the base. Residents may notice increased activity, use of the public address system, sirens or simulated explosions. According to the release, traffic delays, closures or limited services may occur on base. Information: 784-4131.... Full story
Not long ago my wife and I were away for a couple of days at a hotel in the Dallas area for a training seminar. For almost 20 years, I was the one attending the classes and she was the spouse along for the ride. For a number of years now, the shoe has been on the other foot. I’m not a rocket scientist, so it may have taken me 10 minutes to figure out that the job description of “the spouse” on such trips is by far the better part, even if, as is usually the case, the spous...
Welcome to Friday's Freedom New Mexico morning briefing. Today's going to be sunny, with weather.com reporting no chance of precipitation and a high of 79. Golfing for Greyhounds The Third Annual Greyhound Football Golf Scramble for Eastern New Mexico University is set to begin at 9 a.m. April 24 at the Clovis Municipal Golf Course. The entry fee is $65 per person or $260 for a four-person team, and includes green fees for 18 holes, cart and breakfast. The tournament is limited to 15 teams. After the golf tournament, the...
