Our people: Gene Bieker oversees maintenance at Clovis Municipal Schools

Liliana Castillo: Freedom New Mexico Clovis Municipal Schools Executive Director of Operations Gene Bieker said he enjoys ensuring that Clovis students learn in safe and clean buildings. Clovis resident Gene Bieker has worked for the Clovis Municipal Schools for 13 years and is headed for retirement this summer. Bieker retired from a career in the […]

Scouting council hosting summer camp

Freedom New Mexico The Conquistador Council of the Boy Scouts of America will host another summer of week-long camps in June and July at Camp Wehinahpay, located in the Sacramento Mountains near Cloudcroft. The council oversees troops in Roosevelt and Curry Counties. Scout Executive Guy Eichsteadt said scouting is an educational opportunity for area boys. […]

Airman oversees TRICARE operations

Cannon Connections photo: Argen Duncan Tech. Sgt. April Gaines has spent almost two years as flight chief over military insurance company Tricare operations and patient administration in the 27th Special Operations Medical Support Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base. By Argen Duncan: Cannon Connections Other people’s health insurance has Tech. Sgt. April Gaines busy keeping […]

Congress oversees too many issues

By Tibor Machan: Freedom New Mexico columnist I wrote a column for the Chicago Tribune in 1992 that is even more pertinent now, with the recent publication of George Mason University economist professor Bryan Caplan’s book, “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Here is the gist of my column, only slightly edited: From various celebrities […]