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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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There is a hierarchy when it comes to children. Mine are adorable, brilliant and naughty on occasion. My friends’ kids are cute, smart and have their moments. Strangers’ children are loud, unruly and often need to learn manners. It’s all a matter of perspective. Though environment also weighs heavily on just how much cute a kid is capable of being. All parents have a built-in bias. Most non-parents have a built-in bias as well, however theirs is usually in direct opposition to mine. There are “kid people” in the world that ma... Full story
There is a hierarchy when it comes to children. Mine are adorable, brilliant and naughty on occasion. My friends’ kids are cute, smart and have their moments. Strangers’ children are loud, unruly and often need to learn manners. It’s all a matter of perspective. Though environment also weighs heavily on just how much cute a kid is capable of being. All parents have a built-in bias. Most non-parents have a built-in bias as well, however theirs is usually in direct opposition to mine. There are “kid people” in the world that ma...
Freedom New Mexico As football fans, we’re pleased to see the National Football League’s players and owners reach a new labor agreement that saves the 2011 season. But, as defenders of free-market principles, we admit that the NFL labor agreement has us puzzled. That’s because this labor dispute doesn’t fit neatly into the traditional battle lines between businesses and labor unions. In April, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who represented league owners, attacked the players’ proposals in a Wall Street Journal opinion p...
Liberty is primarily a libertarian concept. In fact, you could say it is THE libertarian concept. But it is a concept often borrowed and used by others. Just as you are not a chess player if you make up your own rules for playing the game, regardless of whether or not you use the proper board and pieces, you are not a libertarian unless you advocate maximum liberty and minimum government. For the vast majority of libertarians that means living by the Zero Aggression Principle as well as you can, and accepting that you have... Full story
I unlocked the door, and the second I opened it the blast began. It sounded like ten banshees fighting off a dozen gorillas. Holding my ears, I ran to the contraption on the wall by the front door and pushed the numbers (which, thankfully, I remembered) and was immediately greeted by a wonderful silence. This had happened before, so I knew the house phone would ring in about a minute. Sure enough it did. They wanted to know the password. I couldn’t think of it. “It’s some kind of a fish,” I said. The lady said that wasn’t... Full story
Leon Logan of Tucumcari talks about the ongoing battle to balance the nation’s budget:...
Liberty is primarily a libertarian concept. In fact, you could say it is THE libertarian concept. But it is a concept often borrowed and used by others. Just as you are not a chess player if you make up your own rules for playing the game, regardless of whether or not you use the proper board and pieces, you are not a libertarian unless you advocate maximum liberty and minimum government. For the vast majority of libertarians that means living by the Zero Aggression Principle as well as you can, and accepting that you have...
Freedom New Mexico As football fans, we’re pleased to see the National Football League’s players and owners reach a new labor agreement that saves the 2011 season. But, as defenders of free-market principles, we admit that the NFL labor agreement has us puzzled. That’s because this labor dispute doesn’t fit neatly into the traditional battle lines between businesses and labor unions. In April, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who represented league owners, attacked the players’ proposals in a Wall Street Journal opinion p...
The new Teen Court coordinator says the juvenile alternative sentencing program teaches civics and gives teenagers a second chance. The Portales City Council approved Mary Poynor to replace Barbara George as the coordinator earlier this month. In the Teen Court program, middle- and high-school students volunteer to serve as attorneys and jury members in a courtroom that sentences first-time juvenile offenders. Poynor said sentences include such things as community service and letters of apology. Adult volunteers facilitate... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Sharna Johnson A card identifying Clovis People for Progress as the sponsor of a sign hung from Hotel Clovis is affixed to the bottom left corner of the banner encouraging support of an Affordable Housing Plan in an Aug. 2 special election. The city has rejected a demand to remove a "save me" sign on Hotel Clovis, taking the position the sign was legally placed at the prerogative of a developer leasing the building. “The city has granted the lessee the r... Full story
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Friday briefing. Music, music, music Rock the Park is four hours of contemporary Christian music and it’s from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Potter Park. Cowtown The National Corriente Cattle Show is all day today and Sunday at the Curry County Events Center. Fast fact Dwight D. Eisenhower is the only sitting president to visit Curry County — a 90-minute trip to the area on Jan. 14, 1957. It was part of a drought inspection of the Southwest. Eisenhower stopped at the R...
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Friday briefing. Music, music, music Rock the Park is four hours of contemporary Christian music and it’s from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Potter Park. Cowtown The National Corriente Cattle Show is all day today and Sunday at the Curry County Events Center. Fast fact Dwight D. Eisenhower is the only sitting president to visit Curry County — a 90-minute trip to the area on Jan. 14, 1957. It was part of a drought inspection of the Southwest. Eisenhower stopped at the R...
Courtesy photo Clovis High School culinary teacher Judy Uerling works on the cost specifics of a mac and cheese recipe in the Golden Corral test kitchen. Clovis High School ProStart and culinary teacher Judy Uerling spent a week in July getting what she called the best professional development training she’s had in years. Uerling was selected as a winner of the 2011 ProStart Educator Training and Development Awards by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. As part of the award, Uerling spent a week of t...
The battle of the sexes improv show I was in last weekend turned out to be even more fun than I thought it would be. The girls lost, but not by much. I have to say with all of the “women belong at the kitchen sink” jokes coming our way, I think we held our own pretty well. Thursday morning, I checked out the Van of Enchantment, the mobile museum which visited Portales. It definitely had an enchanting feel to it with all of the 1950s Route 66 memorabilia inside. The van will be at the Blackwater Draw Archeological Site Saturda...
Saturday Contemporary Worship Service — 5 p.m., First Presbyterian Church. Information: 763-6821. Matt’s Coffee House Interdenominational Jam Session Concert — 7 p.m., second Saturday of the month, First United Methodist Church, open to the public to perform and watch, free refreshments provided. To perform, contact Matt Carter at 799-2696. Sunday Worship service and Sunday school — 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Sunday worship with communion Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA, 1705 W. 21st St. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. I...
amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on a computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. freddy faces discouragement freddy the flea has been having some problems lately boss his father is an alcoholic – a drunken flea is a pitiful sight indeed – so his home life hasn t been going well and of course that s affected freddy s job with the flea circus his timing is off... Full story
I had an unusual experience several years ago. Some college teacher friends and I were attending a school conference in Boston. We were leaving Chatham on a Sunday morning and we saw a woman on the road hitchhiking. My first thought was to pass her and then I thought she might be in trouble. So since I was driving, I stopped to pick her up before I thought it through. She started running toward our van. She jumped in and things changed from a quiet and calm conversation among...
I am always amazed at the many blessings and gifts God has bestowed upon mankind. I am also fascinated with Adam’s intelligence in being able to name every animal. “And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: And whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.” (Genesis 2:19 KJV) With three lively sons, we had our share of pets. Guess who fed them? I did. Yet I became attached to all the pets... Full story
Lynn La In a classroom located in a part of town where a stem of broccoli sells for $2.49 and a pizza costs only three bucks more, parents are trying their best. They want to feed their kids healthier, home-cooked meals but have difficulty finding the time, money or resources to do so. At Kaiser Permanente's Rancho Cordova, Calif., medical offices, Dr. Catherine Vigran, a pediatrician, and Carrie Beale, a nurse practitioner, are hoping to change that. "If you just fed your kids, and an hour later your son comes up to you and... Full story
Caitlin Brody Nobody likes regrets, but when you're a new mom or dad and every day presents a new challenge, you're bound to face a few fumbles. Here, users of TheBump.com sound off on the top things they wish they could change about their own parenting (cue Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time"). And don't be so hard on yourself _ your little one won't remember any of these new-mom blips (yes, really). "I wish we would have taped the birth. I had my eyes closed from the pain, so I didn't actually see him come out, which makes m...
Maggie O'Neill Whether you're putting new plants in your garden or pulling out stubborn weeds, you'll find that the Women's Bionic Blooms Gardening Gloves last much longer than cotton run-of-the-mill counterparts. In all actuality, these fitted garden gloves resemble a fancy pair of driving gloves with their leather cushioning on the palms and Velcro closures at the wrists. It is OK to use them in the garden, and wearers will soon discover the close fit is a comfort as far as working and that the wrist closures help keep... Full story
