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The Associated Press NEW YORK — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be commerce secretary, adding a prominent Hispanic and one-time Democratic rival to his expanding Cabinet. Obama planned to announce the nomination after Thanksgiving, according to a Democratic official familiar with the discussions. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the negotiations and did so on condition of anonymity. The governor’s office had no comment Sunday on news reports that his n... Full story
The Associated Press NEW YORK — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be commerce secretary, adding a prominent Hispanic and one-time Democratic rival to his expanding Cabinet. Obama planned to announce the nomination after Thanksgiving, according to a Democratic official familiar with the discussions. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the negotiations and did so on condition of anonymity. The governor’s office had no comment Sunday on news reports that his n... Full story
Country kids make pets of most every animal that follows them home – or they manage to capture. The first pet I remember other than the usual dogs and cats was a chicken. We weren’t always really good at coming up with names, but everybody always had one. The chicken’s name was Peep. Peep started life in a red wagon in our living room ‘cuz it was cold outside. We gave her fresh oats and searched the yard for little pieces of gravel for her craw. When the weather warmed we caught grasshoppers and bugs for her. She becam...
A copy of the August 2008 assessment report of the Curry County Detention Center.... Full story
The city of Clovis gross tax receipts for November....
Alva Carter was remembered as a dairyman, a business owner, and an educator. But family members and associates also honored him Monday as a family man, friend to the community and devout Christian. Nearly 700 people filled the floor of Greyhound Arena on Monday afternoon to pay respects to Carter, president of the Eastern New Mexico Board of regents, who died Thursday morning in a one-vehicle accident on New Mexico Highway 202 while on the way to a dairy he owned in Texas. “Dad died doing what he did best,” said his son, Alv...
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Eastern New Mexico University President Steven Gamble addresses the crowd during funeral services Monday for Alva Carter at Greyhound Arena. Alva Carter was remembered as a dairyman, a business owner, and an educator. But family members and associates also honored him Monday as a family man, friend to the community and devout Christian. Nearly 700 people filled the floor of Greyhound Arena on Monday afternoon to pay respects to Carter, president of the Eastern New Mexico Board of regents, who di...
United Way has scheduled training dates for non-profits wishing to apply for a grant in 2009. The Portales session is from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce downstairs training room at 100 S. Ave. A. The Clovis session is from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Dec. 3 at the Conference Room in the New Mexico Workforce Connection, 111 N. Main St. Completed applications will be due by 3 p.m. Jan. 21 at the United Way office. Attending a training session is mandatory. Information: 769-2103....
United Way holds grant training United Way has scheduled training dates for non-profits wishing to apply for a grant in 2009. The Portales session is from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce downstairs training room at 100 S. Ave. A. The Clovis session is from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Dec. 3 at the Conference Room in the New Mexico Workforce Connection, 111 N. Main St. Completed applications will be due by 3 p.m. Jan. 21 at the United Way office. Attending a training session is mandatory. Information:...
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Tumbleweeds cover a car in the driveway of a home on Circle Drive on Monday. Sabrina Farmer said the tumbleweed problem is the worst she’s seen in the eight years she lived on Circle Drive. In the eight years Sabrina Farmer has lived in northwest Clovis, she has become accustomed to large, windblown piles of tumbleweeds collecting on her property. This year it seems like the piles of tumbleweeds at her Circle Drive home are bigger and the chore of removing the foreign invader endless, she... Full story
Freedom New Mexico The rumors could not be more rampant that President-elect Barack Obama will appoint his chief rival in the primaries, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, as secretary of state. If the purpose is to introduce a bit of drama into the Cabinet and tighten up the domestic support of Democrats who still would have preferred Hillary as their party’s nominee, it might be a shrewd move. On almost all other grounds the speculation — which apparently has roots in the Obama camp — is more than a little p... Full story
The military must end its quest for “exquisite” weapon systems that are too costly, take years to design and build, and don’t reach troops fast enough, or in quantities large enough, to address ever-changing threats. The critic here isn’t a Washington think tank or a beltway consultant but Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the U.S. military’s second highest ranking officer. Cartwright recalled the wry observation made by some critics of current weapon-buying practices that, by 2015,...
Name: Justin Jones Job: Kennel Manager at Caprock Veterinary Clinic Background: Jones was raised and attended school in Portales. He is now studying at ENMU to become a veterinarian. Time on job: One and a half years What does your job entail? It depends on the day. Sometimes I work with the animals in the back. Other times I work with the clients. I also do treatments and shots. I am the all-around person; I do everything. What is a typical day like for you? Hectic. I do a lot of traversing between ENMU and the clinic. Why...
An Eastern New Mexico University Greyhound baseball player will deliver pitches on the mound this spring before making a pitch of a different sort at a business conference in Chicago. Sophomore Justin Cotten’s paper on social responsibility in the corporate world was a winner in the second annual College of Business Fall Business Research Competition. Cotten will deliver his presentation, which took first place out of all papers ENMU business students submitted in mid-March. “It’s about social responsibility as far as what...
Eastern New Mexico University’s president predicts the school will be able to weather legislative funding cuts this year, but will have problems if decreases continue in subsequent years. At Monday’s board of regents meeting, President Steven Gamble said he anticipates a 5 percent funding cut all around in the 2009 Legislative session, but the school’s budget can handle the decreases. “It will be with some pain, but we can withstand them,” Gamble said. However, if the 2010 session brings more funding cuts, he continued... Full story
Freedom New Mexico BAYAMON, P.R. — Sophomore forward Cat Clay scored a game-high 15 points to lead the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team to a 91-52 victory over American University-Bayamon Monday afternoon. The win is the fourth-consecutive win for the Zias (4-1) and third 90-plus-point outing during the streak. Eastern charged to a 43-17 halftime lead and held the Pirates to 18.9 percent shooting. Karen Grant and Alex Ortiz each scored 11 points, while Ortiz also dished out four assists and g...
HOLLYWOOD--God bless America, and how’s everybody? • Barack Obama got adoring press coverage last week as Newsweek compared him to Abe Lincoln and Time compared him to Franklin Roosevelt. President Bush was miffed by the comparisons. Sure Abe Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt led the country out of a civil war and a great depression, but did they ever lead the country into them? • Somali pirates seized a Saudi oil tanker in the ocean last week. That’s exactly how the Royal Navy started four hundred years ago aga...
