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With Tom Brady throwing touchdown after touchdown for my fantasy football team and Kevin Garnett lacing them up for the Boston Celtics, I’m really happy with the way Boston sports are going. However, I can’t go for baseball’s Boston participant. Nothing against the Red Sox, but I’m rooting for the Colorado Rockies when the World Series begins tonight at Fenway Park. Here’s my starting rotation — five reasons why you should root the same way: The underdog: The free market has spoken, the Rockies are underdogs. When these...
Editorial The Bush administration’s foreign policy is a mess, given its preference for war and bluster for dealing with adversaries in the Middle East. But the administration has pursued a reasonable policy toward China, still at least a nominally communist regime that has mixed authoritarian political rule with relatively free markets. The president has engaged China through open trade, but has not been reluctant to highlight its many human-rights abuses. It’s in that context that we appreciate the willingness of the adm... Full story
With Tom Brady throwing touchdown after touchdown for my fantasy football team and Kevin Garnett lacing them up for the Boston Celtics, I’m really happy with the way Boston sports are going. However, I can’t go for baseball’s Boston participant. Nothing against the Red Sox, but I’m rooting for the Colorado Rockies when the World Series begins tonight at Fenway Park. Here’s my starting rotation — five reasons you should root the same way: The underdog: The free market has spoken — the Rockies are underdogs. When these playoff...
A Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce employee has been appointed by the governor to serve on the New Mexico Music Commission. Liz Eisenbraun, marketing director and special events coordinator, has worked to preserve and promote Clovis’ music history through the Clovis Music Festival and development of the Norman and Vi Petty Rock N’ Roll Museum, according to the release. The position is a volunteer position, the release said. Created by Gov. Bill Richardson in 2005, the release said the commission works to preserve New... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Eastern New Mexico University Campus Police are investigating a break-in that occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning at the Campus Union Building during the annual Peanut Valley Festival, according to a ENMU Communication Services press release. Various items from booth vendors as well an undetermined amount of cash from vendors’ booths and offices throughout the building were taken, according to police reports. In addition, artifacts from the Native American Affairs office were also taken, including a... Full story
Clovis Saturday Trick or Treat Carnival — 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Clovis Community College, Commons area. Information: 769-4747. October 31 Trunk or Treat — 6-8 p.m., Central Baptist Church, 2501 N. Norris. Information: 762-4727. Double Dare Children's Fall Festival — 6:30-8:30 p.m., High Plains Baptist Church, 2800 E. 21st St. Information: 769-1382. Fall Festival — 4:30-6:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 302 Gidding. Information: 762-2926. Eve of All Saints’ Day Celebration of the Holy Eucharist — 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., St. James’ Epis... Full story
Committee plans Friday meeting The Roosevelt County Democratic Party Central Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Friday in the meeting room of the Memorial Building. Agenda items will include planning for the Democratic Presidential Caucuses on Feb. 5. All Democrats are invited to attend....
Transitions Birthdays and Anniversaries: Saturday — Shayla Whitecotton Tuesday — Tiffany Lee Upcoming events Seniors will meet Thursday at the Floyd Senior Citizens Center for games and fellowship. Pot Luck is at 6 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. Deaths Tommy Goff died over the weekend. Births Houston and Mary Lee are grandparents again. A son was born Oct. 16 to Chris and Susan Lee of Los Alamos. Zachary Daniel Lee was 6 pounds, 3.7 ounces and 20 inches long. Other grandparents are Lanier and Kathleen Dickerson of Bryson Cit...
Roosevelt General Hospital has entered into a contract with the Speech and Language Clinic at Eastern New Mexico University in an effort to provide diagnostic and rehabilitative services for inpatient and outpatients. “They approached us with a very, very positive program,” Hospital Administrator James D’Agostino said during Tuesday’s RGH Board meeting. The program will be channeled through the physical therapy department and involves five therapists from ENMU, who will provide the necessary services needed by patient...
Freedom New Mexico Eastern New Mexico University Campus Police are investigating a break-in that occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning at the Campus Union Building during the annual Peanut Valley Festival, according to a ENMU Communication Services press release. Various items from booth vendors as well an undetermined amount of cash from vendors’ booths and offices throughout the building were taken, according to police reports. In addition, artifacts from the Native American Affairs office were also taken, including a... Full story
A new business venture near Floyd hasn’t sent Greg Dyer to the nuthouse yet — but he said he’s been close. Dyer, who left sales and marketing at Bordens Peanuts in 2000 for the tree nut business in California, has reopened the Sundale peanut mill northwest of Floyd, calling it Sweetwater Farms. “It’s not our first rodeo, but it sure seems like it,” Dyer said of the years-worth of work he’s put into getting the mill back in shape in time for this year’s harvest. “Everything we touched ... just needed work,” Dyer said....
• St. Helens Church hosted their annual Spanish Dinner. The dinner featured Spanish style food, home cooked by members of the church. Prices were $1.50 for adults and $1.00 for children. • Tom Bolack, former governor of New Mexico, was in Roosevelt County visiting towns and party stalwarts, in support of the state GOP slate. • A Polaroid Color Pack II Camera was advertised for $22.57 at Gibson’s Discount Center....
• Boy Scout Troop 125, sponsored by the American Legion, were preparing to travel to Roswell to participate in the Veterans Appreciation Day event. • An open house for state senator candidate Dave Turner was being held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Schlenker. • Walt Disney’s “Son of Flubber” and “The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit” were showing at the Tower.... Full story
Although some of this year’s Nobel Prizes seemed more like politically correct stretches than rewards for genuine achievement, several brought to public attention the achievements of scientists who have contributed significantly to developments we almost take for granted. Perhaps most noteworthy in this respect was the prize in physics, awarded to Peter Gruenberg of Germany and Albert Fert of France. The two independently discovered, in 1988, a phenomenon called giant magnetoresistance — the fact that tiny changes in mag...
• Five juveniles were arrested for the theft of a bank bag taken from a parked car. The bag contained a deposit of $1,708.14 in checks and $205.27 in cash. All of the checks were recovered and $80 of the cash was recovered after the arrest. • Former Clovis residents Bill and Betty Smith purchased the Trainers Fruit Market, located at 600 South Avenue C. • Fair weather pushed both the grain and peanut harvest into full gear. It was reported that three-fourths of the irrigated grain had been cut and dry land crops were just... Full story
• Mrs Morris (Doris) Wood, was honored as Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Portales Educators Association. She had been a fifth grade teacher at Steiner Elementary for 13 years. • According to the official weather equipment at Eastern New Mexico university, the first freeze of the 1970 Winter season was recorded. Temperatures plummeted to 21 degrees during the night. • Company workmen from Southwestern Public Service were busy installing 12 new double headed street lights on the square.... Full story
Fleming Air Force Airman Cameron L. Fleming has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Fleming earned distinction as an honor graduate. He is the son of Robert Fleming of Clovis and Sandra Fleming of Americus, Kan. The airman is a 2007 graduate of Clovis High School. Military Digest is compiled by CNJ administrative assistant Dianna Hernandez. She can be contacted at 763-6991, ext. 311 or e-mailed at: [email protected]... Full story
They teach Cannon Air Force Base airmen how to eat, how to shop for groceries, how to exercise and more — all in the interest of promoting overall health and wellness. Airmen can go to the Health and Wellness Center at Cannon for advice and guidance on just about any topic relating to healthy habits. Flight Chief M.J. Anderson, said every airman is required to pass a yearly physical fitness test, which includes push-ups, sit-ups and a one-and-a-half mile run. “We are pushing p...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Interim County Manager Lance Pyle, left, and County Attorney Stephen Doerr, center, take a tour Tuesday of the Special Events Center construction site led by DavTek Vice President Randy Kamradt. The county contracted DavTek to oversee the construction. Bulldozers and earth-moving machines worked around Curry County Commissioners Tuesday as they stood in the arena floor of the Special Events Center. The County Commissioners met for a work study session to observe the progress of the $7...
The Clovis Board of Education discussed adding a second ballot question to the Clovis Municipal School’s bond election in January. The question would be added to the regular school bond election, which continues the general obligation bond at five mils, which taxes $132.15 a year on a $100,000 house. The institute would be funded by a 1.25 mil increase in school bond taxes, according to Clovis Schools Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm. The additional property tax increase translates to $33.04 a year on a $100,000 house. In a...
RUIDOSO — The lines are clearly drawn for District 4-3A volleyball. At the top are Ruidoso and Portales, while Lovington and Dexter battle for third place. Tuesday night, Portales faced off against the Lady Warriors in a battle of district unbeatens with sole possession of district first place on the line, and Ruidoso won in a thrilling five game match; 25-18, 25-22, 17-25, 11-25, 15-6. “(Ruidoso) runs a very quick offense,” Portales head coach Ruth Chavez said. “It took us a while to adjust to that speed.” After dropping... Full story
