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I once saw John Denver, hair wet and with a clothes bag tossed over his shoulder, heading through a hotel lobby toward the desk. Two weeks or so later, he crashed his plane and died. Christian author Max Lucado is still very much alive and writing fine books. In his book Fearless he tells about introducing himself to a lady standing in a hotel check-in line with one of his books under her arm. He was hoping that her doctor hadn’t prescribed it as a cure for insomnia. Well, wide awake she was, but she absolutely refused to b...
Recent samplings of calls to Portales law enforcement, according to police reports: Friday • An officer was sent the 500 block of South Avenue A about 8:20 a.m. in reference to a report of an auto burglary. A 22-year-old woman said someone entered her vehicle and took her purse, which contained several items, from the front seat and two bottles of perfume from the glove compartment. It appeared the vehicle was left unlocked, and there was no sign of forced entry. The officer found no evidence, and no suspect information...
CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Betty Hunter of Jal looks at a glass jar from the Curry County Fair's Antique Showcase. The showcase opens at 4:30 p.m. at the indoor pavilion. Some wood, some glass, some metal and some a combination of the preceding. And each has its own story. All told, there are nearly 1,000 stories on display in a small kitchen area at the Curry County Fair. Organizers talk about how they point to a simpler time, and are optimistic they point ahead to a High Plains museum over the next few years. The...
In with the new — school year, that is. Third through 12th-graders in Portales Municipal Schools started the new academic year Tuesday. Kindergarten through second-grade students come back to school next Tuesday, while pre-school begins Aug. 30. “It’s been a very smooth start,” said Michael Terry, district coordinator for the Student Teacher Accountability Reporting System-Vision. Terry said parents taking care of school lunch information and enrollment verification Monday helped Tuesday go well. Enrollment is looki...
Going with what Mayor Gayla Brumfield called a “Plan B,” the Clovis City Commission passed three items in a special meeting Tuesday regarding the city-owned Hotel Clovis. Tierra Realty Trust of Taos, which plans to convert the building — which many residents regard as a historic gem and/or albatross — into a series of low-income housing apartments. The plan by Tierra would develop 60 lofts in all — 31 in an adjacent building, and 29 in the Hotel Clovis with additional room for businesses. Many of the cit...
CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Becky Rowley, president of Clovis Community College, opens the city-county joint luncheon Tuesday at the college. She announced registration was in full swing, which was evident by heavy traffic at the front entrance. City and county officials got together Tuesday for a small lunch and a talk over recent accomplishments and events, some of them louder than others. The quarterly luncheon, held at Clovis Community College, offered a chance for officials with the city, county and other “C’s” like...
Governor appoints ENMU grad to post Governor Susana Martinez has appointed an ENMU graduate to the New Mexico Economic Partnership. Gary Tonjes of Albuquerque is the president of Albuquerque Economic Development Inc., a post he has held since 1994. He previously worked for the Roswell Chamber of Commerce; the Odessa, Texas, Chamber of Commerce; and was the Joplin, Mo., Area Chamber of Commerce president for more than 10 years....
When I saw Grandma Chaya in May, she squeezed my arms and said, “Que gorda!” Translation: “What fat!” She then asked my name. I looked at her strangely and replied, “Helena!” “What a beautiful name,” she replied. “My mother’s name was Helena, too.” Grandma then asked where I was from. “Portales!” I replied. “Oh,” she said. “I know people there.” Grandma Chaya has symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, although she hasn’t been officially diagnosed. But at age 88, Grandma Chaya is sharp in many ways. She doesn’t like being still. W... Full story
There are tough times ahead for the U.S. Postal Service — cuts of 120,000 jobs, and service cutbacks of up to three days per week. But one thing is increasing — fodder for anti-government rants online. More than one online discussion I’ve had somehow involved the phrase, “Government’s inefficient. Just look at the post office.” My short response paraphrases a Bill Maher argument. I tell them, “You mean the place that’s existed for 200 years, that takes a note in my hand in rural New Mexico, and gets it to my br... Full story
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Wednesday briefing. Video game of the week Our own Jenna Zamie’s latest pick to play. Game: Fruit Ninja Kinect Genre: Action System: 360 What is it? A port of the popular mobile game. ESRB Rating: Everyone Web site: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Fruit-Ninja-Kinect/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410b79 Compiled from Gamespot.com Eye in the sky Roosevelt and Curry counties have a Civil Air Patrol organization. It is open to 12- to 21-year-olds. Members meet every T...
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Wednesday briefing. Video game of the week Our own Jenna Zamie’s latest pick to play. Game: Fruit Ninja Kinect Genre: Action System: 360 What is it? A port of the popular mobile game. ESRB Rating: Everyone Web site: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Fruit-Ninja-Kinect/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410b79 Compiled from Gamespot.com Eye in the sky Roosevelt and Curry counties have a Civil Air Patrol organization. It is open to 12- to 21-year-olds. Members meet every T...
More than 84,000 Vietnam veterans afflicted with heart disease, Parkinson’s disease or B-cell leukemia are drawing disability compensation today thanks to a decision by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to expand the list of ailments presumed caused by exposure to herbicides, including Agent Orange, used during that war. Another 74,000 veterans have claims pending, and will only need to show VA that they set foot in Vietnam and have one of the diseases added last year to the list of Agent Orange “presumptive” condi... Full story
Freedom New Mexico A teacher who routinely pumped breast milk during work has lost her job, leading the American Civil Liberties Union to file a notice of claim against the Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen in Colorado. ACLU lawyers claim the public charter school declined to renew the contract of teacher Heather Burgbacher because she maintained a breast-pumping schedule. Lynn Setzer, a spokeswoman for Jefferson County schools, said Burgbacher’s position was altered and she was no longer a good fit. We have no idea w...
There are tough times ahead for the U.S. Postal Service — cuts of 120,000 jobs, and service cutbacks of up to three days per week. But one thing is increasing — fodder for anti-government rants online. More than one online discussion I’ve had somehow involved the phrase, “Government’s inefficient. Just look at the post office.” My short response paraphrases a Bill Maher argument. I tell them, “You mean the place that’s existed for 200 years, that takes a note in my hand in rural New Mexico, and gets it to my br...
A recent column by Paul Gessing, president of New Mexico’s Rio Grande Foundation, which promotes limited government, economic freedom and individual responsibility:... Full story
More than 84,000 Vietnam veterans afflicted with heart disease, Parkinson’s disease or B-cell leukemia are drawing disability compensation today thanks to a decision by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to expand the list of ailments presumed caused by exposure to herbicides, including Agent Orange, used during that war. Another 74,000 veterans have claims pending, and will only need to show VA that they set foot in Vietnam and have one of the diseases added last year to the list of Agent Orange “presumptive” condi...
Freedom New Mexico A teacher who routinely pumped breast milk during work has lost her job, leading the American Civil Liberties Union to file a notice of claim against the Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen in Colorado. ACLU lawyers claim the public charter school declined to renew the contract of teacher Heather Burgbacher because she maintained a breast-pumping schedule. Lynn Setzer, a spokeswoman for Jefferson County schools, said Burgbacher’s position was altered and she was no longer a good fit. We have no idea w...
