CNJ staff The Curry County Sheriff’s Office, along with numerous sponsors, is conducting the Designated Driver Program for the seasonal holidays. This program is designed to curb drinking and driving by rewarding designated drivers with gift bags containing items provided by the sponsors. Participating licensed liquor establishments will identify volunteer designated drivers and provide them […]
Chamber seeking sponsors for airmen
November 5, 2011
CNJ staff The Clovis Curry Chamber of Commerce is seeking sponsors for its Sponsor an Air Commando program. The program was established to give airmen a chance to have a home away from home, according to a press release from the chamber. There are now more than 30 airmen on the chamber’s list, waiting to […]
Sponsors key to helping new arrivals at Cannon
March 31, 2010
By Ray Spain: Airman and Family Readiness Center Sponsoring new airmen is a vital component of the mobile military lifestyle. Relocating is a stressful experience for service members and their families, but sponsors smooth the way for a quick and efficient transition to the new location and job. As the link to an airman’s new […]
City sponsors Centennial Street Fair
June 1, 2009
This year, 2009, marks the 100th anniversary of the City of Portales’ incorporation date, 1909. A Centennial Committee has been hard at work creating and organizing activities to celebrate this momentous occasion. One of the much anticipated activities is the Centennial Street Fair which will take place on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 in downtown Portales […]
Letters to the Editor: Selling alcohol would be bad influence
September 22, 2007
I’d like to commend Curry County commissioners who voted against the events center applying for a license to sell alcohol, the dollar being the bottom line. If the financial support of the center depended on alcohol ad sponsorship and sales by the sponsors to survive, this issue should have been addressed long before now in […]
States are right on drug reform
September 20, 2003
Freedom Newspapers While the federal government in recent years has approached illicit drug policy along the lines of the classic definition of a fanatic — if it isn’t working, redouble your efforts — there has been a quiet rethinking of drug policy at the state level, beginning with the decision by California voters in 1996 […]
