Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Freedom New Mexico Legislation sponsored by Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, would keep in place a gross receipts tax exemption for building contracters working at Cannon Air Force Base. The Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee passed Senate Bill 160 earlier this week, and the legislation is now heading to the Senate Finance Committee. The exemption is set to expire July 1. “The community should feel the benefits of extending this deduction,” Ingle said, “because when the military has to pay less, the milit...
Freedom New Mexico The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is conducting free training sessions for its Rural Energy for America Program and Value Added Producer Grant program. Eligible applicants for REAP include agricultural producers and rural small businesses. Eligible applicants for VAPG include independent producers, farmers or rancher cooperatives, agricultural producer groups and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures. A session will be held 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Blue Hole Dive...
Saturday Matt's Coffee House Interdenominational Jam Session Concert — 7 p.m., second Saturday of the month, First United Methodist Church, open to the public to perform and watch, free refreshments provided. To perform, contact Vyanne Bradley at 760-4071 or 742-3389 or Matt Carter at 799-2696. 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...
amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. amos celebrates his birthday boss having a birthday isn t so bad - if only you didn t have to age any you ask me how old i am but i think i ll adopt the same policy that the giant redwoods of california fame have - never reveal your age until it s all over - and above all never outlive you...
It was in the early 1950s, and my parents were in seminary in Kansas City. Our family had the opportunity to live at the seminary with other couples and families. All were full time students at the seminary just like my parents were. We lived on the seminary grounds in apartment buildings that were three stories high. So we had seminary families all around us, below us and above us. All the parents who attended seminary had the same purpose for being there. That made for a...
Just about everyone wants justice. One of the most powerful tools you and I have available to keep government honest is the jury. Unfortunately, you can’t count on the government informing you of your power; you must usually hear of this from a libertarian activist instead. I believe that when you are serving on a jury, it is your duty to not only judge the facts of the case (in other words, to decide if the accused person actually did what they are accused of), but also whether the law the person is accused of violating i... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Freedom of speech and academic freedom prevailed last week when a deeply religious man — some call him a zealot — delivered a speech at the U.S. Air Force Academy after an intensive campaign to censor him by government force. Retired Marine Lt. Clebe McClary spoke at an Air Force Academy prayer luncheon Thursday, a day after U.S. district Judge Christine Arguello dismissed a lawsuit that asked the government to intervene and stop the talk. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation filed the suit...
My mother was a homemaker. She made every old ranch house we lived in a comfortable home, which usually was not easy. She also was a neatness freak. Dishes were washed immediately after each meal — no waiting till later allowed. This was before automatic dishwashers, understand. Also, all beds were made first thing after rising, and sheets, etc., were washed each week. I chafed under those rules, and looked forward to the day I lived elsewhere and wasn’t held to them. In due time my wish came true. I went to college, a...
Freedom New Mexico Freedom of speech and academic freedom prevailed last week when a deeply religious man — some call him a zealot — delivered a speech at the U.S. Air Force Academy after an intensive campaign to censor him by government force. Retired Marine Lt. Clebe McClary spoke at an Air Force Academy prayer luncheon Thursday, a day after U.S. district Judge Christine Arguello dismissed a lawsuit that asked the government to intervene and stop the talk. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation filed the suit...
Kent McManigal writes for Freedom New Mexico. He shares his thoughts on a juror’s duties: Just about everyone wants justice. One of the most powerful tools you and I have available to keep government honest is the jury. Unfortunately, you can’t count on the government informing you of your power; you must usually hear of this from a libertarian activist instead. I believe that when you are serving on a jury, it is your duty to not only judge the facts of the case (in other words, to decide if the accused person actually did w... Full story
To be happy we must keep our joy. Whatever happens in this life, we can still find something good. We have more blessings than problems, and we can be thankful for that. The book of James begins with a strong encouragement for Christians everywhere: “Dear brothers, is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy, for where the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. So let it grow, and don’t try to squirm out of your problems. For when your patience is finally in full bloom, then you will be rea...
Regional drug agents intercepted a drug delivery in Clovis Wednesday, seized more than $100,000 in drugs, cash and property and arrested three area residents. Among items seized was more than $31,000 cocaine and $11,000 worth of meth, according to a press release from the Curry County Sheriff’s Office. Terming the seizure as “substantial,” Curry County Undersheriff Wesley Waller said Thursday the investigation determined the drugs were destined for distribution in Clovis. “It is definitely a substantial quantity of narcoti...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Ranchvale third-grader Ryan Perkins, 8, labels Earth and Venus Thursday on a diagram of the solar system under the document camera in Trinity Watt's classroom. Ranchvale Elementary School spent money raised by its fall fundraiser to purchase document cameras for each classroom. Document cameras are a new, higher technology, version of an overhead projector. A small camera is mounted in each classroom, and connected to a projector that is mounted on the ceiling. The camera points directly down...
After more than two decades playing football, Portales native Raul Anaya said he’s done after this year. An all-state quarterback and safety at Portales and a two-year starter and linebacker at New Mexico State, Anaya plays for the New Mexico Crush, who will play the Curry County Cats on Saturday in a semi-pro football game at Leon Williams Stadium in Clovis. A father of three, the 1996 Portales High graduate is operations manager at DPW Solar in Albuquerque....
The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority representatives hope to get federal money left over from other projects at the end of the year since the Ute pipeline project wasn’t included in the president’s proposed budget. The utility authority met Thursday morning at Clovis City Hall. Regarding federal money, pipeline project manager Scott Verhines said the Bureau of Reclamation had high monetary obligations to existing facilities and most of the little money left for rural water programs went to American Indian pro... Full story
Legislation sponsored by Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, would keep in place a gross receipts tax exemption for building contracters working at Cannon Air Force Base. The Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee passed Senate Bill 160 earlier this week, and the legislation is now heading to the Senate Finance Committee. The exemption is set to expire July 1. “The community should feel the benefits of extending this deduction,” Ingle said, “because when the military has to pay less, the military can build more and t...
Last weekend, I attended Eastern New Mexico University’s production of “Rabbit Hole,” a story about a young couple struggling to regain purpose in their lives after their 4-year-old son dies. Talk about a tear-inspiring story. There was humor splashed in throughout, so that the audience spent the two hours of the play switching back and forth between laughing, sniffling and stunned silence. I give congratulations to the ENMU theater department for once again putting on a delightful performance. This weekend, there’s a lot o...
The City of Clovis has two positions open for election on the Civil Aviation Board. The board meets at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the Clovis Municipal Airport, and makes recommendations to the Clovis City Commission regarding airport operations. For information or an application form, contact the city manager’s office at 769-7828.... Full story
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is conducting free training sessions for its Rural Energy for America Program and Value Added Producer Grant program. Eligible applicants for REAP include agricultural producers and rural small businesses. Eligible applicants for VAPG include independent producers, farmers or rancher cooperatives, agricultural producer groups and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures. A session will be held 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Blue Hole Dive Training and Conference...
Applications are being sought for indoor and outdoor booths at the Curry Couty Fair. Applications are open to individuals or organizations. The fair runs Aug. 15-20. To apply, contact Event Coordinator Jan Riley, 935-7000 or [email protected]....
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman said he is pleased a bill that clears the Senate today will invest in New Mexico’s airport infrastructure and in the state’s economy. The FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act continues funding for a number of programs that are important to New Mexico and the nation. Among them, the Airport Improvement Program, which provides grants for construction of runways and taxiways that help make airports safer. “The aviation industry, both commercial and priva... Full story
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman said he is pleased a bill that clears the Senate today will invest in New Mexico’s airport infrastructure and in the state’s economy. The FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act continues funding for a number of programs that are important to New Mexico and the nation. Among them, the Airport Improvement Program, which provides grants for construction of runways and taxiways that help make airports safer. “The aviation industry, both commercial and priva...
Black history celebration set Good Samaritan Inc. will hold its inaugural black history celebration noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 26 at Trinity Lutheran Church. The event will feature praise dancing, gospel singing, keynote speakers from the community and clergy and testimonials from people who have overcome addictions. The event will be preceded by an 11 a.m. unity gathering at the church. Information: Curtis Brewer, 219-2670; Jimmy Drain, 749-3631; or Errick Jones, 218-9925....
The fate of new state dairy environmental regulations remains to be seen as involved parties wait for decisions from the Court of Appeals and the Water Quality Control Commission. At the end of December, the commission issued regulations, which contained points of contention over linings for dairy wastewater lagoons and the use of monitoring wells to see if the lagoons leaked. Soon after, the Dairy Industry Group for a Clean Environment filed an appeal of the rules with the Court of Appeals and a motion to stay the...
The fate of new state dairy environmental regulations remains to be seen as involved parties wait for decisions from the Court of Appeals and the Water Quality Control Commission. At the end of December, the commission issued regulations, which contained points of contention over linings for dairy wastewater lagoons and the use of monitoring wells to see if the lagoons leaked. Soon after, the Dairy Industry Group for a Clean Environment filed an appeal of the rules with the Court of Appeals and a motion to stay the...
