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HOLLYWOOD – God bless America, and how’s everybody? • Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich laid low Wednesday after he was arrested for trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat. The cameras caught up with him at a local flea market. He was there to get something for his wife but no one would start the bidding. • Governor Rod Blagojevich’s arrest Tuesday put the media glare on Barack Obama’s political mentors, including the arrested governor and the indicted Tony Rezko. We know where this is going to lead. Ron Howar...
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The Portales News-Tribune reported that the Eastern New Mexico University administration building went without power after a transformer was drowned by a flood caused when sub-zero temperatures busted a water pipe....
Eastern New Mexico College Players presented "Antigone" as the first major dramatic production in the college's new theatre. The play, originally set in Greece and written by Sophocles, was introduced to the English world five years earlier in France under German rule, an ironic note as the plot of the play includes a young girl standing against an oppressive government.... Full story
"The World in his Arms," starring Gregory Peck and Anne Blythe, was...
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The Portales News-Tribune reported that U.S. Geological Survey mapmakers were working extensively to survey and accurately map Roosevelt County. By this time, the northern portion of the county was almost complete, but the Dora-Milnesand area still needed more surveying and research.... Full story
The Portales Basketball League selected 192 boys for 16 teams for the new season at the Portales Junior High School gymnasium....
The Floyd Broncos and Dora Coyotes came head to head in Floyd for the second game of the season for the Broncos. It proved to be a successful night for them Broncos, with a 38-22 win....
A Texas prisoner mistakenly released from the jail in September is back in custody after he was found having breakfast at a local shelter Thursday. Willie Windom was arrested without incident around 8 a.m. at the Lighthouse Mission on Las Casillas Boulevard, according to Clovis police Lt. Jim Schoeffel. “A (citizen) walked in the front door of the police department and said ‘You know that guy in the newspaper? He’s over at the Lighthouse Mission,’” Schoeffel said, and within m...
A Texas prisoner mistakenly released from the jail in September is back in custody after he was found having breakfast at a local shelter Thursday. Willie Windom was arrested without incident around 8 a.m. at the Lighthouse Mission on Las Casillas Boulevard, according to Clovis police Lt. Jim Schoeffel. “A (citizen) walked in the front door of the police department and said ‘You know that guy in the newspaper? He’s over at the Lighthouse Mission,’” Schoeffel said, and within m... Full story
Kendra Beevers pulled forward at the McDonald’s drive-thru Tuesday morning, and found out another customer had paid it forward. “I wanted to cry. I still want to cry,” she said of finding out the driver in front of her paid for her meal. Beevers cares for her fianc... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Kourtney Anthony has been a member of Joni's Sandia Carolers for seven years. Kourtney Anthony, 15, said her life is filled with music. She has sang with and helped organize her mom’s group of Christmas carolers, Joni’s Sandia Carolers, for seven years. Anthony participates in choir and band and can play eight instruments. Dancing queen: I’ve helped my mom with the carolers since I was seven. Sometimes when the kids get all chatty and rowdy I help her calm them down. At the beginning, I hel... Full story
Today’s focus: Ms. H Household members: 5 Children: 2 Special circumstances: “Ms. H’s” husband is ill. He has been hospitalized and transferred to both Lubbock and Dallas. She lost her job due to her being with her husband while he was in the hospital. They are struggling financially. Her holiday hopes: For her children to have a merry Christmas. Clothing needs: Boys shirt sizes 14. Boys pants sizes 14. Toys list: Any boy toy. The Empty Stocking Fund is a joint effort of the Salvation Army and Freedom New Mexico. Recipie...
Today’s focus: Ms. H Household members: 5 Children: 2 Special circumstances: “Ms. H’s” husband is ill. He has been hospitalized and transferred to both Lubbock and Dallas. She lost her job due to her being with her husband while he was in the hospital. They are struggling financially. Her holiday hopes: For her children to have a merry Christmas. Clothing needs: Boys shirt sizes 14. Boys pants sizes 14. Toys list: Any boy toy. The Empty Stocking Fund is a joint effort of the Salvation Army and Freedom New Mexico. Recipie... Full story
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records from December 4 through Wednesday: • Jimmy Dean Aranda, 50, to Maria Angela Castillo, 47, both of Portales • James R. Garcia, 37, to Geraldine Gross, 43, both of Clovis • Mark D. Harris, 36, to Brandie L. Ciancio, 22, both of Clovis • Joe Joaquin Gallegos, 46, to Isabel Rachael Lopez, 42, both of Clovis • Stephen Douglas Collings, 31, to Sherrie Denea Hanes, 35, both of Rockwall, Texas • Duane Carl Hurwitz, 51, to Francis Mendoza,...
Glenda Price Every young girl needs an older lady friend/advisor – specially if she lives way out in the country. A girl’s own mother doesn’t qualify because she’s got too much invested in her offspring’s hoped-for successful life. The girl’s friend/advisor, unlike Mom, doesn’t give advice the usual straightforward way. (“If you don’t leave those pimples alone you’re gonna ruin your face.”) She might just offhandedly observe that the dog’s hurt place didn’t get well very quickly because he didn’t “leave it alone” while...
Freedom New Mexico The U.S. Supreme Court wisely decided this month to review the case of Ali Saleh Khalah al-Marri, a legal U.S. resident who was apprehended by the federal government and held for more than five years in a Navy brig. He stands accused of being an al-Qaida operative. A three-judge panel of 4th Circuit Court of Appeal ruled the Bush administration could not leave him in military prison indefinitely, but the full appeals court sided with the administration. This case was bound to make it to the nation’s h...
Freedom New Mexico The U.S. Supreme Court wisely decided this month to review the case of Ali Saleh Khalah al-Marri, a legal U.S. resident who was apprehended by the federal government and held for more than five years in a Navy brig. He stands accused of being an al-Qaida operative. A three-judge panel of 4th Circuit Court of Appeal ruled the Bush administration could not leave him in military prison indefinitely, but the full appeals court sided with the administration. This case was bound to make it to the nation’s h...
If President-elect Barack Obama is serious about admiring President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for how the latter dealt with America’s Great Depression, then America and the world may be in for some very ugly times. By the most reliable historical accounts, FDR did not overcome the economic crisis of his day by his Keynesian political economic policies — government spending and extensive government-funded public works. Instead, it was World War II that brought the economy back in shape. In her book, “The Forgotten Man...
Every young girl needs an older lady friend/advisor — especially if she lives way out in the country. A girl’s own mother doesn’t qualify because she’s got too much invested in her offspring’s hoped-for successful life. The girl’s friend/advisor, unlike Mom, doesn’t give advice the usual straightforward way. (“If you don’t leave those pimples alone you’re gonna ruin your face.”) She might just offhandedly observe that the dog’s hurt place didn’t get well very quickly because he didn’t “leave it alone” while looking poin...
If President-elect Barack Obama is serious about admiring President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for how the latter dealt with America’s Great Depression, then America and the world may be in for some very ugly times. By the most reliable historical accounts, FDR did not overcome the economic crisis of his day by his Keynesian political economic policies — government spending and extensive government-funded public works. Instead, it was World War II that brought the economy back in shape. In her book, “The Forgotten Man...
Roosevelt County’s cotton scene has nearly disappeared, and this season’s crop fell below usual amounts, according to two farmers. Mary and Houston Lee, who live near Floyd, said their fields yielded about a bale and a half of cotton instead of the normal two or three bales. A bale is normally 485 pounds. The Lees and their son Bruce had about 345 acres of cotton between the two farms this year. They knew of no one else growing cotton in the area. Mary cited the lack of rain and low groundwater as culprits in the smaller har...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Houston and Mary Lee’s family has farmed cotton on land west of Floyd for five generations. Roosevelt County’s cotton scene has nearly disappeared, and this season’s crop fell below usual amounts, according to two farmers. Mary and Houston Lee, who live near Floyd, said their fields yielded about a bale and a half of cotton instead of the normal two or three bales. A bale is normally 485 pounds. The Lees and their son Bruce had about 345 acres of cotton between the two farms this yea... Full story
Today ENMU Board of Regents — 9:30 a.m. ENMU Administration Building Regents Room. Downtown Live Windows — 5-7 p.m. Downtown Portales. Businesses stay open and/or offer live window displays and refreshments. Senior Olympics TREK event — 9 a.m.-3 p.m. ENMU Greyhound Arena. Health and fitness workshops and health assessments free for people age 50 and up. Saturday Junior League Youth Basketball tryouts — 9 a.m. Portales Junior High School gym. Third- and fourth-graders try out. Coaches are advised to...
