Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Tuesday briefing
Commander’s call
If you feel like getting up early Wednesday… The ROTC Commander’s call is at 7:15 a.m. in the Clovis High School Activities Building behind the Rock.
There will be an assumption of command for the corps commander and both squadron commanders.
There will also be presentation of a number of promotions and ribbons.
Mom’s break
Books and Babies is 10:30 a.m. today at the Portales Public Library for kids up to age 3.
Library staff will read them “Snow Bunnies.”
It’s free
Quirky quote of the day
“When I go to a bar, I don’t go looking for a girl who knows the capital of Maine.” — David Brenner
Today in history
On this day in 1901, a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American oil industry.
Here’s the rest of the story:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gusher-signals-start-of-us-oil-industry
Weather
Today — Sunny, with a high near 52.
Tonight — Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.
