Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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About 100 Cannon Air Force Base airmen and family members spent April in the community working in hospitals, nursing homes, animal shelters, cleaning graffiti and more. The community service is part of the Big Give project. The project is a way for airmen to be involved in the community, Project Manager Paul Hopkins said. “This is just a way for airmen to be able to give,” Hopkins said. The teams have a chance at a first prize of $3,000, second prize of $1,500 and a people’s choice award of $500. Kristine Nimmo, a membe... Full story
About 100 Cannon Air Force Base airmen and family members spent April in the community working in hospitals, nursing homes, animal shelters, cleaning graffiti and more. The community service is part of the Big Give project. The project is a way for airmen to be involved in the community, Project Manager Paul Hopkins said. “This is just a way for airmen to be able to give,” Hopkins said. The teams have a chance at a first prize of $3,000, second prize of $1,500 and a people’s choice award of $500. Kristine Nimmo, a membe... Full story
Friday Discover Home Fair — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Landing Zone. Year of the Air Force Family Bowl-a-Rama — 5 p.m., Cannon Lanes. Ladies Night — 7 p.m., The Landing Zone. Kids Appreciation Day — All day at Fitness Center. Rascal’s Rummage Sale — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Roden Smith parking lot, 601 E. Llano Estacado....
Friday Discover Home Fair — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Landing Zone. Year of the Air Force Family Bowl-a-Rama — 5 p.m., Cannon Lanes. Ladies Night — 7 p.m., The Landing Zone. Kids Appreciation Day — All day at Fitness Center. Rascal’s Rummage Sale — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Roden Smith parking lot, 601 E. Llano Estacado....
Friday 7 p.m. — The Bounty Hunter, PG-13... Full story
Friday 7 p.m. — The Bounty Hunter, PG-13... Full story
Prescribed burns scheduled for Melrose range — The 27th Special Operations Wing began conducting prescribed burns at Melrose Air Force Range April 28. These fires reduce the amount of vegetation in the targeted areas and help reduce the risk of wildfires caused by training or by natural causes such as lightning. Additional burns will occur within a 30-day time period only occur under optimum weather conditions. For more information, call Rick Chandler at 784-6035....
Prescribed burns scheduled for Melrose range — The 27th Special Operations Wing began conducting prescribed burns at Melrose Air Force Range April 28. These fires reduce the amount of vegetation in the targeted areas and help reduce the risk of wildfires caused by training or by natural causes such as lightning. Additional burns will occur within a 30-day time period only occur under optimum weather conditions. For more information, call Rick Chandler at 784-6035....
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. — After extensive testing and evaluation, transportation officials have launched an improved system to better compensate servicemembers who personally move their household goods on military orders. All services began using the new system April 15. Moves initiated prior to that date will continue to process under the terms in place at the time of initiation. Members can make final moving plans with their local transportation office. “Personally Procured Move, or PPM, gives our servicemembers a...
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. — After extensive testing and evaluation, transportation officials have launched an improved system to better compensate servicemembers who personally move their household goods on military orders. All services began using the new system April 15. Moves initiated prior to that date will continue to process under the terms in place at the time of initiation. Members can make final moving plans with their local transportation office. “Personally Procured Move, or PPM, gives our servicemembers a... Full story
For the fifth-straight year, Clovis is providing an opportunity that National Guard and Reserve members don’t get in their everyday service — the chance to say thanks. This weekend’s Guard/Reserve Awards and Recognition Banquet is expected to draw about 150 to Clovis today and Saturday. Attendance includes National Guard and Reserve members from across the state and employers those members nominated for being flexible bosses. “I think the biggest thing for an employer is someone took time to tell them thanks,” said Ga... Full story
For the fifth-straight year, Clovis is providing an opportunity that National Guard and Reserve members don’t get in their everyday service — the chance to say thanks. This weekend’s Guard/Reserve Awards and Recognition Banquet is expected to draw about 150 to Clovis today and Saturday. Attendance includes National Guard and Reserve members from across the state and employers those members nominated for being flexible bosses. “I think the biggest thing for an employer is someone took time to tell them thanks,” said Ga... Full story
Courtesy of Rupert Gamble Rupert Gamble poses for a picture sitting in the cockpit of a PT-17 Boeing-Stearman Model 75 training biplane during his training for Aviation Cadets. Gamble flew re-supply missions during World War II and retired from the Air Force as a chief warrant officer. Rupert Gamble of Portales was a pilot in the Air Force during World War II. He was commissioned to the Air Force Cadets Program and trained to fly C-47 aircraft troop and cargo carriers over Europe. Gamble is the father of Eastern New Mexico... Full story
Courtesy of Rupert Gamble Rupert Gamble poses for a picture sitting in the cockpit of a PT-17 Boeing-Stearman Model 75 training biplane during his training for Aviation Cadets. Gamble flew re-supply missions during World War II and retired from the Air Force as a chief warrant officer. Rupert Gamble of Portales was a pilot in the Air Force during World War II. He was commissioned to the Air Force Cadets Program and trained to fly C-47 aircraft troop and cargo carriers over Europe. Gamble is the father of Eastern New Mexico...
PHOENIX — Whether you access your health care through TRICARE or a private health insurance plan, you’ve probably had to sign a HIPAA form every time you filled out paperwork at your doctor’s office. Do you know why? What exactly is HIPAA, and what does it mean for you? HIPAA is shorthand for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA works for you by advocating four important things: Simply put, HIPAA’s portability requirement means you can retain access to your health insurance while chang...
PHOENIX — Whether you access your health care through TRICARE or a private health insurance plan, you’ve probably had to sign a HIPAA form every time you filled out paperwork at your doctor’s office. Do you know why? What exactly is HIPAA, and what does it mean for you? HIPAA is shorthand for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA works for you by advocating four important things: Simply put, HIPAA’s portability requirement means you can retain access to your health insurance while chang... Full story
Courtesy of Air Force Retiree News Service from a DFAS release CLEVELAND — Recouping military retirees’ voluntary separation incentive special separation benefit and other separation payments by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service will resume in August. Separation payments and others, such as severance pay, were offered to active-duty servicemembers to reduce manpower in certain career fields, primarily during the 1990s. Because federal law prohibits servicemembers from receiving both separation and retirement p...
Courtesy of Air Force Retiree News Service from a DFAS release CLEVELAND — Recouping military retirees’ voluntary separation incentive special separation benefit and other separation payments by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service will resume in August. Separation payments and others, such as severance pay, were offered to active-duty servicemembers to reduce manpower in certain career fields, primarily during the 1990s. Because federal law prohibits servicemembers from receiving both separation and retirement p... Full story
In today’s economy a return of 300 percent on your investment would be considered awesome by anybody’s standards. That’s the type of return Cannon airmen received from last year’s Air Force Assistance Fund. In 2009 Cannon contributed nearly $33,000 to the AFAF and received $127,000 in assistance from a program that was established to support the Air Force family of active duty, retirees, reservist, guard, dependents and surviving spouses. This year’s campaign is down to its final two weeks and ends May 7. With more airmen he...
The Cynthia Irwin-Williams Lecture...
In today’s economy a return of 300 percent on your investment would be considered awesome by anybody’s standards. That’s the type of return Cannon airmen received from last year’s Air Force Assistance Fund. In 2009 Cannon contributed nearly $33,000 to the AFAF and received $127,000 in assistance from a program that was established to support the Air Force family of active duty, retirees, reservist, guard, dependents and surviving spouses. This year’s campaign is down to its final two weeks and ends May 7. With more airmen he...
American Forces Press Service PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force officials began a two-week phased opening April 26 of access to social media sites Air Force-wide. Pacific Air Forces bases gained access to social media sites earlier in April, serving as the test-bed prior to the Air Force-wide initiative. Air Force Space Command, Air Education and Training Command and Air Mobility Command bases will begin getting access to social media sites April 26. Air Combat Command, Air Force Reserve Command, Air Force...
American Forces Press Service PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force officials began a two-week phased opening April 26 of access to social media sites Air Force-wide. Pacific Air Forces bases gained access to social media sites earlier in April, serving as the test-bed prior to the Air Force-wide initiative. Air Force Space Command, Air Education and Training Command and Air Mobility Command bases will begin getting access to social media sites April 26. Air Combat Command, Air Force Reserve Command, Air Force... Full story
It is a photo imbedded in my memory — partly cloudy blue skies, a nearby mountain range coursing diagonally across the background, a finger shadow on the lens, and the glimpse of a startled horse’s left eye in the bottom right hand corner. I was making a big circle one cold spring morning. I’d made it clear to the Canary Springs on the high end of the seven-section pasture. My horse picked up when I started back down over the ridges and smaller canyons. I passed a few cows, looked ’em over then topped the last big r...
On May 6, this year’s National Day of Prayer will join those who are sincerely lifting up the needs of our nation. We must have a deep resolve. We do this with conviction, looking the enemy in the eye, telling him that he cannot have this country. Prayer is our utmost priority in these times. Let us seek the Lord for the spiritual revival in our land. May we listen to God’s call. It is a call to righteousness, to repentance and holiness. We respond by praying as a nation together. Especially on May 6, please be in pra...
