The Eastern New Mexico News - Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

It’s the Wednesday morning briefing from Freedom New Mexico.

Chavez birthday

2 p.m. today in the Sandia Room at the CUB — ENMU Hispanic Affairs will look at the Cesar Chavez story in honor of the civil rights and labor rights leader’s birthday.

Open to anyone interested.

Web site of the day

Track your census tract.

Yes, through the miracles of the Internet, you can now track your community and neighborhood’s response rate and participation in the 2010 U.S. Census.

Here’s the link:

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map

School notes

Thursday is Friday this week at Clovis schools.

There is no school Friday to permit a spring holiday.

Question of the day

Speaking of spring...opening day is fast approaching.

Who do you see winning the World Series?

Feel free to share your thoughts or join the debate in our comment section below.

Weather

Today — Keep it coming... mostly sunny. Windy. Highs in the 80s. West winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to southwest 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 mph.

Tonight — Turn off the furnace. Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.