Christina Calloway: Cannon Connections The staff at Cannon Air Force Base’s Health and Wellness Center (HAWC) is encouraging the Cannon community to participate in the classes they offer for weight management and a healthy lifestyle. HAWC health promotion manager and flight commander Joseph Althoff is organizing the Fit to Fight Weight Management class on Tuesday, […]
Local businesses using Facebook, Twitter to promote services
March 10, 2010
Freedom New Mexico: Clarence Plank Michele Robertson comments Wednesday on the Facebook status of Hestands Floral and Gifts. Robertson displays photos of flower arrangements that have been created in the store and offers tips to customers for taking care of the flowers they purchase. By Clarence Plank: Freedom New Mexico More and more local businesses […]
Palin can promote GOP agenda
July 15, 2009
Regarding last Thursday’s editorial, “Palin’s sudden exit amateur political move:” The reason for Sarah Palin’s resignation appears obvious to me. She resigned partially because of the nasty comments about her family, especially David Letterman’s crude comment for which he should have been fired. Her responsibilities with the state were constantly being interrupted by personal attacks. […]
Udall projects promote Native American health, education and culture
February 25, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M., today announced that legislation moving through Congress contains almost $5.8 million in funding initiatives to help New Mexico’s Native American communities.
Measure would promote green jobs
February 18, 2009
The New Mexican Days remaining in session: 30 Green measures: A pair of bills in the Senate, (SB318) and (SB420), aim to promote green jobs in the state. Sen. Eric G. Griego, D-Albuquerque, is carrying the bills. One would require spending of a minimum of $1 million each year from the Development Training Fund for […]
Groups seek funds for tourism events
April 1, 2008
By Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff writer Seven presenters made 19 requests Tuesday seeking public funds to help promote Clovis and Curry County events that generate tourism dollars. The request were made during the Clovis Lodger’s Tax Advisory Board’s quarterly meeting at city hall. Assistant City Clerk Claire Burroughes told the board $188,000 is the estimated […]
Teacher helped write hometown tune
March 22, 2008
By Don McAlvay: CNJ columnist About 1963 Keith Ingram went to work for KCLV radio station. Bob Gold hired him as a disc jockey. The Echols still owned that station then. But Ingram went over to KICA radio station at 10th and Sycamore in 1966, at age 21 or 22, as a disc jockeys for […]
Forcing farmers to promote dairy goes too far
December 11, 2007
By Freedom New Mexico As congressional fights go, this one isn’t on the scale of the annual budget battle that rages for months. But it is important because it shows how far Congress and the rest of the federal government have strayed from the government described in the Constitution. There’s a tug-of-war going on primarily […]
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August 8, 2007
R.C. Davidson, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, was a guest speaker at a meeting of the Curry County Federation of Republican women, said Mrs. Hoyt Pattison, club president. … Poor Boys Butcher Shop, located at 801 Prince St., offered a variety of meats and prices. … A meeting held at Our Lady […]
New water rates to provide for long-term
July 29, 2006
By Kathy Wright: guest columnist As a lifelong resident of the Clovis area, I have been proud to see our community grow and prosper. I shared the joy of many to hear that Cannon Air Force Base has a new mission, and what a mission it is! Cannon is the economic engine of our community […]
New state music czar knows her stuff
May 11, 2005
By Ned Cantwell: State Columnist There is a new czar in town. Actually, a czarette. Her name is Nancy Laflin, and, trust me, she knows her stuff. You are familiar with the attractive Laflin as the KOAT-TV reporter covering the homicide de jour in Albuquerque. You will soon learn to recognize her as the 4,356th […]
Government ads infringe on first amendment
December 12, 2004
Freedom Newspapers Beef might be what’s for dinner, but who should pay for making that suggestion to American consumers? That’s the question at the heart of arguments heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. The case involves what’s called the beef checkoff program, in which cattle ranchers pay the federal government $1 per head […]
Lodger’s tax used to promote tourism
April 13, 2004
By Glen Seeber: CNJ staff writer Clovis’ Lodger’s Tax is an income source that, in effect, hopes to pull itself up by its bootstraps. Lodgers are taxed when they stay at the local hotels and motels. The money is then used to promote Clovis as a place to visit, which presumably helps increase the number […]
