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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A 1982 law that allows state courts to divide military retirement as marital property in divorce proceedings has grown skin of armor, making it impenetrable to court challenge or legislative change. That, at least, is how it must seem to long-time critics of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act (USFSPA) and to bureaucrats seeking changes just to improve how the law is administered. Last month a federal appeals court rejected a host of constitutional challenges to the USFSPA brought by 58 divorced retirees and... Full story
The other morning my family and I ogled a beautiful one-day-old infant girl featured on Fox News as the 300 millionth American. She was so cute we were prompted to dig out pictures of our own kids as babies. But, shhh, can you keep a secret? There is no actual baby we can identify as the 300 millionth American. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, there were about 11,265 people born per day in 2004. Assuming they were born at all hours of the day, that’s about 470 per hour. But as the Census Bureau Web site further e...
Senior Citizen Center holding benefit for holiday charity The Portales Senior Citizen Center will be hosting a chili cook-off, pie-baking contest and pumpkin-carving contest today. All entries need to be turned into the center by 5:30 p.m. Judging will take place at 6 p.m. and food will be served at 6:30 p.m. Cost for the event will be $4 per person or $10 per family for chili, hot-dogs, chips, pie and ice cream. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Mayor’s Christmas Tree Program to benefit local children during t...
Senior leaders of the incoming mission at Cannon Air Force Base plan to attend a conference at Cannon this week, according to Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs officials. The conference begins today and continues through Friday, officials said. Command senior leaders attend such conferences twice a year, according to Command spokesperson Matt Durham. “They discuss some of the issues facing the Command,” Durham said. Senior leaders decided to have the conference at Cannon to “get an eyes on of what Clovi...
First Baptist Church pastor Joel Horne views the 95th Annual Baptist Convention of New Mexico being held in Clovis as an opportunity for him to renew and refresh his beliefs. Horne said the convention, which is rotated to cities around the state, also affords him the opportunity to visit with other New Mexican pastors. “This (convention) is a coming together of Baptist churches for the purpose of learning what’s happening, new things and encouragement,” Horne said. First Baptist Church student pastor Steve Cloud is also... Full story
According to the National Weather Service this winter is likely to be warmer than the 30-year norm but cooler than last winter. The national weather service anticipates that El Nino should bring a wetter winter as well. So with a cooler winter predicted, is your heater up to snuff? Andy Cox a heating and cooling contractor with Cox Refrigeration and Electric Co. answered these questions on heater service and safety. Q: What problems can someone experience if they do not service their heater? A: “On a gas heater, if burners a...
Roosevelt County commissioners gave approval to a Community Development Block Grant application last week that could complete a water improvement project in Elida if approved. The project will allow Elida to own its own well field and provide infrastructure that will improve the quality of the water, say town officials. The town received a CDBG grant in 2005 for $350,000 to purchase water well property and begin the first phase of the project, Elida Town Clerk Sandra Monks said. The decision to purchase came about after the...
Gilbert Chavez of Clovis, a certified caterpillar technician, checks the anti freeze level on a truck during a general inspection Monday at R&D Service Center. Chavez has been employed there for 5 years. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Ever since Ronald Dickson and Don Reid started the R&D Service Center in 1973, a mystery has existed. “Is it Reid and Dickson, or Ronald and Don?” Dickson said Monday from R&D’s new location on Mabry Drive. “I still don’t know.” What Dickson does know is bigger is better. He now spends his... Full story
The blaring sound of honking trains rips Donald Gunter from his sleep three to four times a night. “It just drives you up the wall,” said Gunter, a Farwell resident who lives about five blocks from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway tracks. Gunter has had enough. He is one in a small band of Farwell and Texico citizens lobbying for quiet in the rural towns which straddle the Texas-New Mexico state line. Many in communities across the U.S. are doing the same, according to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway spokesperson Len... Full story
A proposed ConAgra Trade Group, Inc. ethanol plant near Clovis would use several devices to reduce air pollutants released in production of the alternative fuel, according to permit documents received in early October by the New Mexico Environment Department. Two natural gas-fired, regenerative thermal oxidizers installed at the plant would cut the release of volatile organic compounds by controlling fermentation, ethanol process vents and grains dryers, a ConAgra document reads. Thermal oxidation converts organic compounds... Full story
David Letterman once called his one of the greatest voices in all of music. Baldemar Huerta, known worldwide as Freddy Fender, rose from the humble beginnings of a migrant worker to the summit of fame in the mainstream music industry — and he did it three times. And although he changed his name to the more American alliteration, Fender was one of the first artists to successfully incorporate Spanish lyrics into popular music. His distinctive tenor voice had a ringing simplicity that gave an impression of purity, and the s...
Senior leaders of the incoming mission at Cannon Air Force Base plan to attend a conference at Cannon this week, according to Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs officials. The conference begins today and continues through Friday, officials said. Command senior leaders attend such conferences twice a year, according to Command spokesperson Matt Durham. “They discuss some of the issues facing the Command,” Durham said. Senior leaders decided to have the conference at Cannon to “get an eyes on of what Clovi... Full story
Maria Waters helps set up for a state Baptist convention banquet Monday at Central Baptist Church. The 95th annual Baptist Convention of New Mexico continues today with worship and music. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks First Baptist Church pastor Joel Horne views the 95th Annual Baptist Convention of New Mexico being held in Clovis as an opportunity for him to renew and refresh his beliefs. Horne said the convention, which is rotated to cities around the state, also affords him the opportunity to visit with other New Mexican...
