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Articles from the November 21, 2008 edition


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  • Commentary: Americans have opportunity to serve or be served

    Nov. 8 and Nov. 11 were two very...

  • Nov. 21-27 What's Happening

    Friday Turkey Shoot — Cannon Lanes. Bowl a score of 100 to win a turkey. Saturday Mystery Price Game — 5 p.m. to midnight, Cannon Lanes. participants will spin the wheel to determine game cost. Prices range from $1 to $2.25 per game....

  • Nov. 21-27 What's Happening

    Friday Turkey Shoot — Cannon Lanes. Bowl a score of 100 to win a turkey. Saturday Mystery Price Game — 5 p.m. to midnight, Cannon Lanes. participants will spin the wheel to determine game cost. Prices range from $1 to $2.25 per game.... Full story

  • Nov. 21-27 Menus

    The Landing 11 a.m.: Friday: Baked fish and roast turkey buffet Monday: Salisbury steak and chicken fried steak Tuesday: Italian buffet Wednesday: Carved roast beef and barbecue chicken buffet Whispering Winds 11 a.m.: Friday: Fish plate Monday: Meatloaf Tuesday: Fried chicken Wednesday: Barbecue beef... Full story

  • Nov. 21-27 Menus

    The Landing 11 a.m.: Friday: Baked fish and roast turkey buffet Monday: Salisbury steak and chicken fried steak Tuesday: Italian buffet Wednesday: Carved roast beef and barbecue chicken buffet Whispering Winds 11 a.m.: Friday: Fish plate Monday: Meatloaf Tuesday: Fried chicken Wednesday: Barbecue beef... Full story

  • Girlfriends enrich life

    I come from a... Full story

  • Girlfriends enrich life

    I come from a...

  • Nov. 21-23 Movie Schedule

    Friday 7 p.m. — Lakeview Terrace, PG-13 Saturday 4 p.m. — Body Of Lies, R 7 p.m. — Quarantine, R Sunday 4 p.m. — Lakeview Terrace, PG-13 7 p.m. — Body Of Lies, R Next week: Nov. 28 7 p.m. — Max Payne, PG-13 Nov. 29 4 p.m. — Secret Life of Bees, PG-13 7 p.m. — The Express, PG Nov. 30 4 p.m. — Secret Life of Bees, PG-13 7 p.m. — Max Payne, PG-13 — Cannon Air Force Base... Full story

  • Nov. 21-23 Movie Schedule

    Friday 7 p.m. — Lakeview Terrace, PG-13 Saturday 4 p.m. — Body Of Lies, R 7 p.m. — Quarantine, R Sunday 4 p.m. — Lakeview Terrace, PG-13 7 p.m. — Body Of Lies, R Next week: Nov. 28 7 p.m. — Max Payne, PG-13 Nov. 29 4 p.m. — Secret Life of Bees, PG-13 7 p.m. — The Express, PG Nov. 30 4 p.m. — Secret Life of Bees, PG-13 7 p.m. — Max Payne, PG-13 — Cannon Air Force Base...

  • Airmen clear Melrose Range

    USAF photo: Airman 1st Class Evelyn Chavez Staff Sgt. David Hewitt, 27th SOCES Explosive Ordnance Flight, hands C-4 explosive to Airman 1st Class Nathan Baloga, also with EOD on Nov. 6. The airmen were planting demolition charges at Melrose Air Force Range as part of its annual range clearance. Cannon’s Melrose Air Force Range got rocked recently as the 27th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight conducted its annual munitions clearance and controlled demolition. EOD began clearing the range Nov. 3 thr...

  • CFC update

    Cannon's 2008 Combined Federal Campaign has now reached 133.3 percent or $66,625 of its goal of $50,000 and 90.4 percent of base personnel have been contacted through Nov. 16. The campaign ends on Wednesday. The CFC is the world's largest and most successful workplace campaign. One of Cannon's goals is to have 100 percent contact of all Cannon personnel. For information on how to contribute, contact Capt. Jason Wallace at 784-1873, Capt. David Duncan at 784-4419, Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Shelley at 784-4513 or your squadron... Full story

  • CFC update

    Cannon's 2008 Combined Federal Campaign has now reached 133.3 percent or $66,625 of its goal of $50,000 and 90.4 percent of base personnel have been contacted through Nov. 16. The campaign ends on Wednesday. The CFC is the world's largest and most successful workplace campaign. One of Cannon's goals is to have 100 percent contact of all Cannon personnel. For information on how to contribute, contact Capt. Jason Wallace at 784-1873, Capt. David Duncan at 784-4419, Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Shelley at 784-4513 or your squadron...

  • Airmen clear Melrose Range

    USAF photo: Airman 1st Class Evelyn Chavez Staff Sgt. David Hewitt, 27th SOCES Explosive Ordnance Flight, hands C-4 explosive to Airman 1st Class Nathan Baloga, also with EOD on Nov. 6. The airmen were planting demolition charges at Melrose Air Force Range as part of its annual range clearance. Cannon’s Melrose Air Force Range got rocked recently as the 27th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight conducted its annual munitions clearance and controlled demolition. EOD began clearing the range Nov. 3 thr... Full story

  • Cannon EOD gives students show

    Liliana Castillo

    Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo Master Sgt. Warren Downing helps Alexis Sanchez put on a 10-pound helmet which is part of the EOD bomb suit. For the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron on Cannon Air Force Base, dealing with robots is a daily occurrence. But for the students of James Bickley Elementary School, seeing the robots in action was a special day. As a tie-in to Veterans Day, Principal Todd Morris invited longtime friend Master Sgt. Warren Downing to display some of EOD’s gear for the students on F... Full story

  • Cannon EOD gives students show

    Liliana Castillo

    Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo Master Sgt. Warren Downing helps Alexis Sanchez put on a 10-pound helmet which is part of the EOD bomb suit. For the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron on Cannon Air Force Base, dealing with robots is a daily occurrence. But for the students of James Bickley Elementary School, seeing the robots in action was a special day. As a tie-in to Veterans Day, Principal Todd Morris invited longtime friend Master Sgt. Warren Downing to display some of EOD’s gear for the students on F... Full story

  • Commentary: Group provides weekend adventures

    USAF photo: Airman Maynelinne De La Cruz Airman 1st Class Stacey Dean, 27th SOAMS, climbs up Sandia Mountain in Albuquerque on Nov. 1. As a single, junior- enlisted airman I often ask myself the same question every Friday, “What will I be doing this weekend?” Unsurprisingly, I am not the only airman that often deals with the same question. Having been stationed at Cannon for more than a year I have heard many commissioned and noncommissioned officers give us the same solution to our problem — “Hey airman, there is a...

  • Commentary: Group provides weekend adventures

    USAF photo: Airman Maynelinne De La Cruz Airman 1st Class Stacey Dean, 27th SOAMS, climbs up Sandia Mountain in Albuquerque on Nov. 1. As a single, junior- enlisted airman I often ask myself the same question every Friday, “What will I be doing this weekend?” Unsurprisingly, I am not the only airman that often deals with the same question. Having been stationed at Cannon for more than a year I have heard many commissioned and noncommissioned officers give us the same solution to our problem — “Hey airman, there is a...

  • AFREP sustains mission, saves money

    USAF photo: Airman 1st Class Evelyn Chavez Michael Harris, 27th SOMG, inspects a circuit card for an LCD monitor. Through the Air Force Repair Enhancement Program, airmen work with advanced machinery to detect and repair malfunctioning circuits in equipment. Most of us do not look forward to encountering malfunctioning piece of equipment. However, the same does not apply to the airmen working in the Air Force Repair Enhancement Program. These highly-trained and extremely gifted maintainers salivate at every opportunity to... Full story

  • AFREP sustains mission, saves money

    USAF photo: Airman 1st Class Evelyn Chavez Michael Harris, 27th SOMG, inspects a circuit card for an LCD monitor. Through the Air Force Repair Enhancement Program, airmen work with advanced machinery to detect and repair malfunctioning circuits in equipment. Most of us do not look forward to encountering malfunctioning piece of equipment. However, the same does not apply to the airmen working in the Air Force Repair Enhancement Program. These highly-trained and extremely gifted maintainers salivate at every opportunity to... Full story

  • Voluntary Protection Program visits Cannon

    Airman 1st Class James R. Bell Volunteer Protection Program members discuss current policies with members of the 27th SOAMS. One of the primary goals is to get squadrons to work together on strengthening their safety programs. People and safety go together, as evidenced by the recent visit to Cannon by the Department of Defense’s Voluntary Protection Program initial site assessment team. The team, consisting of both military and civilian employees, was here from Nov. 3 through 7. They visited various work areas on base to g...

  • Voluntary Protection Program visits Cannon

    Airman 1st Class James R. Bell Volunteer Protection Program members discuss current policies with members of the 27th SOAMS. One of the primary goals is to get squadrons to work together on strengthening their safety programs. People and safety go together, as evidenced by the recent visit to Cannon by the Department of Defense’s Voluntary Protection Program initial site assessment team. The team, consisting of both military and civilian employees, was here from Nov. 3 through 7. They visited various work areas on base to g...

  • Rough third quarter grounds Falcons

    USAF photo: Dennis Rogers Air Force freshman quarterback Tim Jefferson hands off to Falcon fullback Todd Newell during the 38-24 loss against Brigham Young University Nov. 15 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado. U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Air Force Academy Falcons failed to carry first-half momentum forward and fell to the Brigham Young University Cougars 38-24 on Nov. 15 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado. Leading 14-10 at the start of the third quarter, Air Force received the kick and started at their own 20. A false...

  • Rough third quarter grounds Falcons

    USAF photo: Dennis Rogers Air Force freshman quarterback Tim Jefferson hands off to Falcon fullback Todd Newell during the 38-24 loss against Brigham Young University Nov. 15 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado. U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Air Force Academy Falcons failed to carry first-half momentum forward and fell to the Brigham Young University Cougars 38-24 on Nov. 15 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado. Leading 14-10 at the start of the third quarter, Air Force received the kick and started at their own 20. A false... Full story

  • Clovis man gets 13 years for child molestation

    CNJ staff

    A 24-year-old Clovis man was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for child molestation, according to the district attorney's office. Nathaniel Allen Steward pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor, court records show. According to a press release from the district attorney's office, it was the second time in 10 years Steward was convicted on similar charges. In April 2008, law enforcement was anonymously notified that the mother of a...

  • Nov. 21, 2008

    HOLLYWOOD--God bless America, and how’s everybody? • Barack Obama’s interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes Sunday drew the biggest ratings for the show in 10 years. He vowed to lobby for college football playoffs and end the BCS. They’d better do what he says, starting January 20th he has the nuclear football. • Somali pirates hijacked a Saudi Arabian oil super-tanker off the east coast of Africa Monday with 3 million barrels of oil. There’s no reason to attack. At the rate the price of oil is falling the pirates will be out... Full story

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