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Articles from the November 10, 2011 edition


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  • Press release: Air Force selects partner for Cannon housing privatization

    (From 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs) CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Belfour Beatty Communities (BBC) has been selected as the highest ranking offeror for the Air Force’s Northern Group Housing Privatization Project....

  • What's happening — Nov. 11-Nov. 18

    Friday • Pre-Deployment Remote Briefings 3 p.m. Airman and Family Readiness Center Classroom • Friday Social Hour Snacks 4:27 p.m. Landing Zone • First Friday Harvest Fest 5 p.m. Landing Zone • Nine Pin No-Tap Tournament 6 p.m. Cannon Lanes...

  • What's happening — Nov. 11-Nov. 18

    Friday • Pre-Deployment Remote Briefings 3 p.m. Airman and Family Readiness Center Classroom • Friday Social Hour Snacks 4:27 p.m. Landing Zone • First Friday Harvest Fest 5 p.m. Landing Zone • Nine Pin No-Tap Tournament 6 p.m. Cannon Lanes...

  • Movie times: Nov. 11-Nov. 13

    Friday • 7 p.m. — 50/50, R...

  • Movie times: Nov. 11-Nov. 13

    Friday • 7 p.m. — 50/50, R... Full story

  • Event listings: Nov. 11

    All times Mountain...

  • Event listings: Nov. 11

    All times Mountain... Full story

  • Cannon aims for environmental efficiency

    Courtesy illustration The Environmental Management System at Cannon Air Force Base is a system aimed at achieving continual improvements in mission performance by reducing environmental risks and cost, providing methodical approaches to planning, and implementing and reviewing the impact activities have on the environment. “The EMS is an integral part of any organizations overall management and practices,” said Jenn Collins, 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron EMS coordinator. “What most fail to realize is how e... Full story

  • Cannon aims for environmental efficiency

    Courtesy illustration The Environmental Management System at Cannon Air Force Base is a system aimed at achieving continual improvements in mission performance by reducing environmental risks and cost, providing methodical approaches to planning, and implementing and reviewing the impact activities have on the environment. “The EMS is an integral part of any organizations overall management and practices,” said Jenn Collins, 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron EMS coordinator. “What most fail to realize is how e...

  • Behind the scenes: Excellence in engineering

    USAF: Airman 1st Class Alexxis Pons Abascal Airmen 1st Class Tyler Fornal, Steven Theodorou, and Richard Largey siphon out oil from one of their generators and check key components while performing routine maintenance Nov. 8 at Cannon Air Force Base. All three airmen are technicians in the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron power production shop, and are responsible for providing power to essential components on base. Editor’s note: This feature is the third in a series of Air Commando highlights at Cannon. T...

  • Behind the scenes: Excellence in engineering

    USAF: Airman 1st Class Alexxis Pons Abascal Airmen 1st Class Tyler Fornal, Steven Theodorou, and Richard Largey siphon out oil from one of their generators and check key components while performing routine maintenance Nov. 8 at Cannon Air Force Base. All three airmen are technicians in the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron power production shop, and are responsible for providing power to essential components on base. Editor’s note: This feature is the third in a series of Air Commando highlights at Cannon. T... Full story

  • Portales veteran recalls World War II

    Judy Hall: Courtesy photo Portales World War II veteran Joe Blair recently qualified for the Southern Honor Flight, a program out of Las Cruces, which sends World War II veterans to Washington D.C. to see the World War II memorial. Blair said the veterans boarded their bus in Las Cruces to a military honor guard. Cannon Connections Staff Roosevelt County veteran Joe Blair served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946, serving on the U.S.S. Farragut during World War II. “There’s not any such thing as a good war but If there was... Full story

  • Portales veteran recalls World War II

    Judy Hall: Courtesy photo Portales World War II veteran Joe Blair recently qualified for the Southern Honor Flight, a program out of Las Cruces, which sends World War II veterans to Washington D.C. to see the World War II memorial. Blair said the veterans boarded their bus in Las Cruces to a military honor guard. Cannon Connections Staff Roosevelt County veteran Joe Blair served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946, serving on the U.S.S. Farragut during World War II. “There’s not any such thing as a good war but If there was... Full story

  • Memorial statue commissioned from Fort Sumner sculptor

    Kevin Wilson

    Courtesy photo Fort Sumner-based artist Mike Scovel has been commissioned to recreate a saluting boy he created for a veterans memorial in Temple, Texas, for a veterans plaza in Schertz, Texas. The original was created nine years ago with his grandson, Kolter West of Fort Sumner, serving as the model. When Ruth Tienor saw the statue of a weeping child clutching an American flag while saluting, she knew Schertz, Texas, needed to see it. Mike Scovel crafted the likeness of his grandson Kolter West in white stone for a veterans...

  • Memorial statue commissioned from Fort Sumner sculptor

    Kevin Wilson

    Courtesy photo Fort Sumner-based artist Mike Scovel has been commissioned to recreate a saluting boy he created for a veterans memorial in Temple, Texas, for a veterans plaza in Schertz, Texas. The original was created nine years ago with his grandson, Kolter West of Fort Sumner, serving as the model. When Ruth Tienor saw the statue of a weeping child clutching an American flag while saluting, she knew Schertz, Texas, needed to see it. Mike Scovel crafted the likeness of his grandson Kolter West in white stone for a veterans... Full story

  • Day trip: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology • Location: 710 Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail • What activities can you enjoy at this location: Observe exhibits of native art and material culture and tells the stories of the people of the Southwest from pre-history through contemporary art. • What ages is this place best suited for?: All ages • Admission prices? New Mexico residents $6 (Sundays free); Non residents $9; museum members and children 16 and under enter free • Hours of...

  • Day trip: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology • Location: 710 Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail • What activities can you enjoy at this location: Observe exhibits of native art and material culture and tells the stories of the people of the Southwest from pre-history through contemporary art. • What ages is this place best suited for?: All ages • Admission prices? New Mexico residents $6 (Sundays free); Non residents $9; museum members and children 16 and under enter free • Hours of...

  • Fishing report: Nov. 11

    This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers, anglers, guides and local businesses. Conditions may vary as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities....

  • Fishing report: Nov. 11

    This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers, anglers, guides and local businesses. Conditions may vary as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities....

  • Bases select developer for housing privatization project

    CNJ staff

    A group of six Air Force bases, which includes Cannon Air Force Base, has selected a developer for a $470 million housing privatization project. Cannon will receive 1,038 homes in the Joe Cannon Estates and Chavez housing area — 677 new homes and 361 renovations on houses at Chavez West — through a deal with Belfour Beatty Communitiies. The development will provide 4,761 new and renovated homes for military personnel at Cannon, Cavalier Air Force Station, N.D.; Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.; Grand Forks Air...

  • Developer selected for Cannon housing privatization

    Freedom New Mexico A group of six Air Force bases, which includes Cannon Air Force Base, has selected a developer for a $470 million housing privatization project. Cannon will receive 1,038 homes in the Joe Cannon Estates and Chavez housing area — 677 new homes and 361 renovations on houses at Chavez West — through a deal with Belfour Beatty Communitiies. The development will provide 4,761 new and renovated homes for military personnel at Cannon, Cavalier Air Force Station, N.D.; Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.;...

  • Reader-submitted content: Church holding service in honor of military

    On Sunday, Americans will celebrate Armed Forces Day in churches all around the country. It’s a day during which we give thanks to and salute our military men and women who are willing to endanger their own lives in order to guarantee the freedom that we Americans enjoy each and every day of our lives. What a great day it would be if each one of us could personally thank every officer and enlisted person serving in the armed forces, but this is not possible. To honor our area military and veterans on Armed Forces Day, a s...

  • Friday morning briefing: Ribbon cutting and football coming

    Good morning, and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Friday morning briefing....

  • Religion calendar — Nov. 11

    Saturday Contemporary Worship Service — 5 p.m., First Presbyterian Church. Information: 763-6821. 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. Information: 763-4816. Worship service — 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Central Baptist Church. Fellowship and donuts — 9 a.m., Central Christian Church. 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. Worship Service — 9:30 a.m., Word of God Lutheran Church at...

  • Religion feature: Local Catholics learning new translation

    CNJ Staff

    CNJ Staff Photo: Benna Sayyed Father Carlos Chavez, pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, reads from the new translation of the Roman Missal. He received the new translation a few days ago. Staff and wire reports For decades Roman Catholic priests have begun Mass with the words “The Lord be with you.” For decades the people’s response to the priests’ greeting has been “And also with you.” On Nov. 27, the people’s response will be “And with your spirit,” a reply that derives from the new translation of the Roman Missal inte...

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