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Kevin Wilson

Deputy Editor A text arrived with a picture of food. I’ve been here before. It was a friend who doesn’t send me pictures of food because she’s eating them. She sends pictures because she wants them, and thinks we should make them. This has gone splendidly before, from pies made with egg roll wraps to cinnamon roll waffles to S’Mores bars. Today, it’s a rolled grilled cheese. “I don’t know how you do it, but we need to do this. Kevin, I need this sandwich.” I was tempted to argue what constituted a sandwich, but I opted aga...

Military Update Both the Senate and House armed services committees have rejected two TRICARE reform plans, one from the Obama administration to raise fees and consolidate the triple-option health benefit, and a second from the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission to replace TRICARE entirely with a menu of civilian health insurance options. Both ideas went too far to win support in Congress this year. Indeed only the Senate panel is willing to back even another round of pharmacy co-pay increases for...

Military update The Military Coalition can make Congress tremble from time to time, by presenting a united front of millions of members from more than 30 military associations and veterans’ service organizations in support of, or opposition to, legislation impacting military folks and veterans. That lesson was learned by budget committee chairmen a few Decembers ago after they led Congress to enact — and then quickly to repeal — legislation that would have permanently capped military retirees’ annual cost-of-living adjustm... Full story

On this date ... 1975: Navy Seaman Matthew Acker of Portales had graduated from Mess Management Specialist School at the Naval Training Center in San Diego. The eight-week course included instruction and on-the-job training in food preparation, menu planning and food service. 1960: Eastern New Mexico University was committed to a 10 percent budget reduction, but Board of Regents President Clarence Worley said faculty pay would remain the same. Most of the cuts would come in maintenance and supplies, Worley said, and just... Full story

Alisa Boswell

MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] The time of year approaches for the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce to honor its own. But instead of just a dinner and speaking forum with some laughs involved, chamber Executive Director Karl Terry has planned for this year’s annual chamber banquet to be a party. In fact, he wants it to be a fiesta. “The (chamber) committee wanted it to be more of a celebration and party,” Terry said. A Mexican fiesta will be the theme of this year’s gathering, and a live band will provide enterta...

Deputy editor There’s just something about a good little honky tonk that makes me a happy camper. When my husband and I lived in Knoxville, Tennessee, we lived within walking distance of the city’s best little honky tonk, Toot’s, which could be either a good thing or a bad thing depending on your stance on dark, smoky bars and karaoke nights. Our stance: Toot’s was amazing. This hole-in-the-wall kind of place had wood floors and pool tables. There was a giant poster of Dolly Parton on one wall, and Marilyn Monroe on the other... Full story

Kevin Wilson

Deputy editor Make fists with both hands and line them up side-by-side. Your knuckles represent January, March, May, July, August, October and December. The grooves represent February, April, June, September and November. Growing up, that’s the only way I knew what months had 31 days and what months didn’t. Now I get four reminders every time we hit a groove, and I have to reset the dates on my four watches because my watches think every month has 31 days. But that’s the price I pay for not just owning a digital watch, so I...

Staff report An estimated 200 diners are expected today at the 52nd Annual Kiwanis Chili Dinner, a fundraiser to help support a variety of community programs. The dinner is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. Anthony Schroeder, a member of the Kiwanis Club who is helping organize the event, said the menu will consist of two kinds of chili, meat and beans and a vegetarian option. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger. Bill Woods, program director for Kiwanis... Full story

Military update The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission is urging President Obama to endorse and Congress to enact sweeping changes to military health insurance and retirement options. The idea is to “empower” service members to make choices that would drive down compensation costs. The panel’s final report makes 15 recommendations that, if fully implemented, would cut personnel spending for the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs by $12 billion a year. The most surprising idea is to repla... Full story

On this date … 1970: Phyllis Wood, who lived at 2009 Wallace, was the “first woman in memory” to seek a seat on the Clovis City Commission, the Clovis News-Journal reported. Wood was a former grocery store checker who had lived in Clovis seven years. Incumbent Don Bonner ultimately won his re-election bid, outdistancing four opponents. Wood finished last in the race that saw more than 3,000 votes cast. She was one of three women who sought seats on the Commission. None were successful. 1965: Officials with the Clovis Commu...

Food Storage 101 Food Storage 101 classes resumed Tuesday with 14 people attending. Connie Moyers, Roosevelt County extension agent, used chemistry vials representing how much fat, salt, sugar and fiber existed in one serving of different common foods helping students understand what foods are healthier and what happens when we overeat. She invited students to the Ag Expo on Feb. 20-21. Cora Stroud reviewed with students the class goal of building a three-month emergency food supply. By calculating the ingredients contained... Full story

Food Storage 101 Food Storage 101 classes resumed Tuesday with 14 people attending. Connie Moyers, Roosevelt County extension agent, used chemistry vials representing how much fat, salt, sugar and fiber existed in one serving of different common foods helping students understand what foods are healthier and what happens when we overeat. She invited students to the Ag Expo on Feb. 20-21. Cora Stroud reviewed with students the class goal of building a three-month emergency food supply. By calculating the ingredients contained...

Staff report It appears Clovis is about to get a pair of national chain restaurants — Denny’s and Wingstop. Although numerous attempts to confirm through corporate spokespersons failed, Denny’s franchise holder QK Holdings of Holbrook, Arizona is advertising for a manager of its new store in Clovis. The Denny’s advertisements are here: https://ijobsdb.com/New-Mexico/clovis/fbh/restaurant-manager-clovis-portales-14219583.html and here http://newmexico.jobing.com/restauant-managers-clovis-nm/job/4713391 It is believed Denny’s p...