The weekend drownings of Clovis' Tyler Fontenot and Farwell's Joe Haseloff were the first in almost four years at Lake Brownwood, according to the Abilene Reporter News.

 

Here's a link to that paper's story:

 

http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/jun/02/no-headline---drowningfolo/

 

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The Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce is the latest Wi-Fi hotspot in Portales.

 

See what else is going on there:

 

http://www.portales.com/

 

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Eastern New Mexico University recently received a single crystal X-ray diffractometer.

 

Nope, Capt. Kirk never used it against alien invaders.

 

It's a gift from Texas Tech University used to measure the structure of molecules.

 

There's more information in the university's Monday Memo:

 

http://www.enmu.edu/about/mmemo/2008/may%2026/features.shtml

 

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Ever wonder how those giant wind turbines work?

 

Here's the answer, from the U.S. Department of Energy.

 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_how.html

 

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Have you voted in our Web polls?

 

They're at the bottom of our home pages:

 

http://www.cnjonline.com/

 

http://www.pntonline.com/

 

http://www.qcsunonline.com/