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Freedom Editorial With its decisions regarding people the government has detained in connection with the undeclared “war on terrorism,” the U.S. Supreme Court has done a great deal to restore a semblance of balance in the U.S. government by reining in untrammeled executive power. That’s at least somewhat reassuring. On Monday, the Supreme Court announced its decisions in cases related to whether the federal government has the right to detain suspects without enumerating charges and whether the suspects, once detained, have...
What kind of teenager have I created? That’s what I asked myself the other day when my daughter did something unexpected. She copied me. You know, it’s the old “Do as I say, but don’t do as I do!” adage. So what hideous act did I catch my 13-year-old daughter doing? She didn’t plow a car into a ditch. She’s actually a better driver at age 13 than I was at 16, at least down the few blocks I’ve let her drive so far. She didn’t run away from home either, although she has threatened to but always seems to have second thoughts w... Full story
That big fireworks display, “Smoke on the Water” is at Greene Acres Park this Sunday. Clovis’ Tom Martin sparkplugs the event every year. Tom and I have something in common: Our fathers were both hotel managers. Hotels. Fireworks. Fourth of July. These things whirl around in my mind and I remember my best Fourth of July. It was July 4, 1976, the bicentennial. I was working at Mountain Lake Hotel, high in the Appalachian Mountains of western Virginia. That hotel would become famous in the ’80s as the backdrop for the movie ...
It is a possibility people from Portales looking for unemployment services will have to drive to Clovis starting Oct. 1. Eastern Area Workforce Development Board chairman Jimmie Shearer said the contract for Workforce Investment Act services was awarded to community colleges. Schearer said the WIA services were provided by the New Mexico Department of Labor since 2000. Deputy Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Labor Steve Gallegos said the contract was extended until the end of September. Gallegos said DOL representati... Full story
The military performers called one routine the “Musicology of America.” Those who watched Tops in Blue at Doc Stewart Park just north of Cannon Air Force Base on Thursday used more familiar words. “It’s a real good show — good dancing, good voices,” said James Jones, one of about 2,000 who turned out for the show. Jones and his wife Jessica sat on the grass at the back of the audience, with the family dog Bandit. “We’re glad to have such good weather instead of a bunch of rain,” Jessica Jones said. The singing and dancing tro...
Tony Parra A Portales High School teacher fired on May 6 was reinstated by Portales Schools Superintendent James Holloway on Tuesday morning. The decision came 13 days after Kay Jilek presented her case to the school board at a meeting. She told the board she was not given a reason for her termination by PHS Principal Melvin Nusser, though she suspected it had something to do with a failing grade she gave a student caught cheating. “I’m happy to be back at Portales High,” Jilek said on Tuesday. Nusser has declined to discu...
Ninth Judicial District Judge Joe Parker handed down a 14-year sentence on Wednesday to a Roswell man who was convicted of homicide by a vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident involving death and tampering with evidence. Brian Moshier, 41, of Roswell was convicted in the death of 2-week old Angel Martinez in a vehicle crash that occurred Aug. 5 on U.S. Highway 70, between Portales and Elida, according to police reports. “Angel’s mother had some eloquent things to say in court,” 9th Judicial District Senior Trial Prose...
Opal Manis, 91 Opal Turner Manis, 91, Aurora, Mo., did, Monday, June 28, 2004, at St. John’s Hospital in Aurora, Mo. She was born on Sept. 2, 1912, in Texico, to David and Cora Bruce Turner. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Aurora, Mo. She played the piano for many years at the Elm Branch Christian Church, as well as other churches earlier in her life. She played guitar and sang at events while at the Ozarks Methodist Manor. She was active in 4-H while her chidren were in school. She married Loid A. Manis o...
America’s heroes are innumerable. Countless numbers have given their lives that you and I might enjoy the freedoms we have. From the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the present war in Iraq and all the sacrifices in between, those who gave their lives are too many to count. We must never forget all of those who fought. “The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends” (John 15:13 NCV). The real heroes are the ones who have made this nation “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Our debt...
A district judge on Thursday advised lawyers for the De Baca County sheriff and the county commission to try to resolve issues related to an extended feud between the two outside of court. Ninth Judicial District Judge Teddy Hartley also overruled an ex-parte order signed by District Judge Joe Parker two weeks ago. The order would have forced the De Baca County Commission to restore Sheriff Gary Graves’ county cell phone and reissue credit cards used to buy gasoline out of the Fort Sumner area. Hartley said since he is the j...
What kind of teenager have I created? That’s what I asked myself the other day when my daughter did something unexpected. She copied me. You know, it’s the old “Do as I say, but don’t do as I do!” adage. So what hideous act did I catch my 13-year-old daughter doing? She didn’t plow a car into a ditch. She’s actually a better driver at age 13 than I was at 16, at least down the few blocks I’ve let her drive so far. She didn’t run away from home either, although she has threatened to but always seems to have second thoughts w...
Roswell will reach for the stars with a few country music mainstays and industry newcomers taking to the stage Saturday for the Second Annual Merle Haggard UFO Music Fest. The music festival is part of the city’s annual UFO festival, which runs today through Sunday. This festival-style event is hosted by country music legend Merle Haggard, who will be joined by Willie Nelson, Lacy J. Dalton and newcomer Michael D. Like Haggard’s most recent effort, Haggard Like Never Before, Saturday’s concert will be on his terms. It will...
State officials plan to relocate residents of a Clovis nursing home within 30 days, claiming the health care facility poses health concerns for its occupants. Wednesday’s decision to move all 19 residents of Buena Vista Nursing Home came after a recent barrage of heavy rainfall compounded existing problems with the facility’s roof, according to a press release from the New Mexico Department of Health. The leaking roof, combined with the discovery of toxic black mold, gave state officials no options but to seek safer acc...
Most people in a man-on-the-street poll Wednesday said they support the city of Clovis’ 1/4 of 1 percent gross receipts tax increase, which goes into effect today. The tax increase, approved by voters March 2, will fund infrastructure improvements and capital outlay purchases like fire and police equipment, city officials have said. At 25 cents per $100, it will raise total city gross receipts taxes to $6.63 per $100 of goods or services purchased. Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ernie Kos said t... Full story
U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici told members of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority last week that he will not support federal funding of the Ute Water Project for at least two years, an ENMRWA official said Wednesday. Portales Mayor Orlando Ortega said Domenici told ENMRWA members — who were in Washington, D.C., last week lobbying for Congressional support of the project — the timing was not right. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., has introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives a companion bill to the project authorization bil...
Ned Cantwell: Guest Columnist Here’s what we need to do: Can the Zia sun symbol. Give it a special corner at the state museum to represent what New Mexico once stood for. Relegate it to remember-when status. Look, it’s only a matter of time before the ACLU gets wind of the Zia, anyway. The symbol, which originated with the Indians of Zia Pueblo in ancient times, represents the “Giver of all good gifts.” We all know that to be God, so it will just drive the ACLUers crazy. The main reason the symbol needs to go, however... Full story
Freedom Editorial Ten years ago, an allegedly declining number of northern spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest was used by environmentalists and the Clinton administration to virtually shut down the cutting of so-called old growth forests on public lands across the region. The policy, not surprisingly, has been catastrophic for the area’s economy and turned many once-thriving timber towns into rural ghettos, with high unemployment rates and increased reliance on government handouts, including federal “spotted owl pay...
Edna Cook Services: Have been held. Edna Joyce McCullough Bocox Cook, 76, of Clovis, died Sunday, June 27, 2004, in Humble, Texas. She was born on Dec. 24, 1927, in Portales, to Carnegie and Edna McCullough. She married Floyd Bocox Jr. and they lived in Clovis for many years. She taught in the Clovis public schools after graduating from Eastern New Mexico University. After Mr. Bocox’s death in August of 1966, she resigned from teaching and operated the family’s furniture store. Family members said she was a giving ind... Full story
Walter Williams: Syndicated Columnist Did you learn that the United States is rich because we have bountiful natural resources? That has to be nonsense. Africa and South America are probably the richest continents in natural resources but are home to the world’s most miserably poor people. On the other hand, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and England are poor in natural resources, but their people are among the world’s richest. Maybe your college professor taught that the legacy of colonialism explains Third World poverty. That’s n... Full story
Emilie Hornak: CNJ Correspondent Joe’s Boot Shop has redefined the meaning of customer appreciation over the years with its annual July 4th Great Tent Event. You don’t even have to be a customer to appreciate it. Store patrons can expect live music and free drinks as the Western apparel and supplies store on Mabry Drive raises its tent for three days of entertainment this weekend. “At first, (owners) Joe and Darla (Rhodes) cooked seven briskets in his yard and hired a band. It was a customer appreciation thing,” said Scot St...
