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Withrow, Ortiz advance to Texas state track meet
April 30th, 2005
Seniors Jessica Withrow of Muleshoe and Edgar Ortiz of Bovina will represent the area in Texas high school state track competition, scheduled for May 12-14 at the University of Texas in Austin.
Withr...
Hounds' bid for winning record falls short
April 30th, 2005
ABILENE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s bid for its first winning season since 2000 came up just short.
After earning a Lone Star Conference South Division split with NCAA Division II f...
Fatal crash leaves one Clovis teen dead, another injured
April 30th, 2005
A one-vehicle crash north of Clovis early Saturday morning left one Clovis teen dead and another in critical condition.
Adam Romero, 15, the passenger, died at the scene of the crash, according to Sgt...
Honorary chairs say fear of the unknown toughest part of cancer
April 30th, 2005
Minutes after regaining consciousness, one thought ran through Russell Muffley’s head — had his surgery been successful? The answer he had been hoping for wasn’t what he heard.
“It was the lo...
Cops and courts: Portales man sentenced for aggravated assault
April 30th, 2005
A Portales man was sentenced to three years in the Department of Corrections for three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, fourth-degree felonies, and tampering with evidence, also a fo...
Clovis wins top honors for fourth straight year
April 30th, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE — The Clovis News Journal won best of show in the smaller-paper circulation division for the fourth straight year Saturday in the New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors annual cont...
Reporter's notebook: Coaches shave heads to motivate
April 30th, 2005
Hair — or lack thereof — has become the perfect motivational tool for Darren Williams and Michael Thomas, coaches at Marshall Junior High School. The two men, similar in height and stature, stumbl...
Bush needs more than showmanship to meet term goals
April 30th, 2005
It is odd, in a way, for the media to deal with events such as President Bush’s news conference Thursday evening like theatrical performances.
The AP story, for example, noted “At times, he twis...
Comics page undergoing some changes
April 30th, 2005
Our newspaper’s black-and-white comics (Page 3C today) have a new look.
After months of thinking about it, asking readers’ opinions and drawing our own conclusions, and finally, negotiating pric...
Pope could restore home country’s image
April 30th, 2005
There has not been a pope from Germany for nearly 1,000 years, and plenty of people in Britain could have waited another 1,000. After Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected, one newspaper blared, “Fr...
Barris, Rena N.
April 30th, 2005
Rena N. Barris, 91, of Clovis, died Saturday, April 30, 2005, at Laurel Plains Healthcare in Clovis.
She was born on Dec. 30, 1913, in Chillicothe, Texas, to Stephen and Lourittie Holden Richardson.
...
May 1, 2005
April 30th, 2005
SUNDAY
AARP/55 ALIVE Driver Safety Program — 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. each day. Next class scheduled for May 17, 18 Clovis Community College, Room 103. Pre-registration is suggested. Cost is $10 per...
Lifestyles etc. 4/29
April 29th, 2005
SENIOR CALENDAR
La Casa Senior Center
1120 Cameo St.
Monday: 9:30 a.m. — Blood pressure checks; 10 a.m. — Health insurance benefits assistance information.
Tuesday: 10:30 a.m. — Indoor exer...
New Yorker fitting in nicely
April 29th, 2005
Contrary to popular belief — or one I just made up — culture shock is not some obvious, earth-shattering thing.
With almost a month in the small town of Clovis, after nearly two decades in Brook...
Editors deserve recognition
April 29th, 2005
Editors, as a whole, are usually decent, hard-working and totally dedicated to their task. Editors of small town newspapers in the old days, not too unlike their counterparts today, often found it dif...
La Leche League offers resources to mothers of all ages
April 29th, 2005
Good news for moms of all ages — “There is no right way to be a mother.”
This sage advice was not uttered by an old-world guru. Nor was it passed along by a new-world medicine woman.
It was sh...
4/28 Ticket calendar
April 29th, 2005
All times Mountain
Clovis
Viva Las Vegas fund-raiser — 6 p.m. – cocktails, 7 p.m. – dinner, 8:30 p.m. – dance, Saturday. Tickets: $50 each or $500 table of 10, reserved. Information: 769-4001....
Student says his homework not intended to cause chaos
April 29th, 2005
The list of ingredients inside Michael Morrissey’s 30-inch burrito — steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa, red peppers, and jalapenos — was impressive. But Morrissey never imagined a burrito would a...
Roping competition draws pro cowboys
April 29th, 2005
In the 1950s, some of the best calf ropers in the world competed in Clovis.
World champions including Toots Mansfield, Lovington’s Troy Fort, House’s Glen Franklin would shell out $500 to enter....
Clerk predicts flood of bankruptcies
April 29th, 2005
If anyone is gonna go for broke, they’re gonna do it now. At least that’s what U.S. Bankruptcy Court clerk for New Mexico Norman Meyer predicts will happen in droves from now until Oct. 17 when a...
Reporter's notebook: Miss Clovis moving on to Miss New Mexico pageant
April 29th, 2005
For the third year in a row, Aleiha Applegarth has been crowned Miss Clovis.
She said the pageant, held March 13 in Las Cruces, was something she “just fell into” after receiving a flier at work....
Aucoin, Edward
April 29th, 2005
Edward Aucoin
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Edward Donald Aucoin, 68, of Clovis, died Friday, April 15, 2005, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Amarillo.
He was born on Nov. 28,...
April 29, 2005
April 28th, 2005
FRIDAY
Disabled American Veterans #6 Bingo — 7 p.m., 220 West 4th Street, Clovis. Details: 762-5335.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 6:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, T...
Amos 4/29
April 28th, 2005
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation.
a nightmare trauma
boss you should never eat
day-old pizza slices leftover
f...
Signs there to show correct road to take
April 28th, 2005
Many of us go through the times of our lives disregarding God and his existence in our lives. Realizing this, two or three years ago an attempt was made by some in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to bring God...
Struggling Wildcats try to stay positive
April 28th, 2005
It’s “wait til next year” for the Clovis High and Cibola baseball teams.
Both have already been eliminated from the District 4-5A race as they prepare for a three-game weekend series, starting...
Lady Wildcats' hopes hinge on sweep of Cibola
April 28th, 2005
It’s all or nothing for Cibola and Clovis this weekend at the Lady Wildcat Softball Complex.
Both teams likely need a sweep in the District 4-5A softball three-game series to have any chance of cat...
Muleshoe champ hopes for one last landing at state
April 28th, 2005
Muleshoe senior Jessica Withrow has a state championship and several runnerup finishes to her credit in the past two years.
Lady Mules coach Benjie Jay hopes she can put herself in position for a big...
¡Celebramos el Cinco de Mayo!
April 28th, 2005
Cinco de Mayo, Spanish for “The Fifth Of May,” commemorates the victory of the Mexicans over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It has become increasingly popular in the U.S. among t...
By the grace of God
April 28th, 2005
If I could somehow know that I had but one more opportunity to stand before Christ’s people and share God’s word, I would like to think that final sermon would be centered on the good news of God...
4/28 Education Digest
April 27th, 2005
ENMR-Plateau awards scholarships
The ENMR-Plateau Telecom-munications Education Foun-dation recently awarded more than $25,000 in educational scholarships to local high school seniors, accordin...
Church separation shouldn’t invite secular tyranny
April 27th, 2005
Many Americans seem to invoke a double standard on the question of when it is appropriate for religious groups or leaders to weigh in on matters of politics and public policy.
When a “reverend”...
State doesn’t need help of ‘Minutemen’
April 27th, 2005
Picture this. You are a Mexican fellow wanting to slip into the United States to do work Americans sneer at. Your family is hungry. You want more than anything to improve their lot.
So you make your...
Pharmaceutical benefits outweigh risk
April 27th, 2005
“The Greatest Century That Ever Was: 25 Miraculous Trends of the Past 100 Years” is the appropriate title of a 1999 article authored by Stephen Moore and the late Julian L. Simon and published by...
Carthel looking to turn around West Texas A&M football
April 27th, 2005
CANYON, Texas — Former Eastern New Mexico University football coach Don Carthel has returned to the Lone Star Conference.
Carthel was introduced Wednesday as the new head coach at West Texas A&M Un...
Cox, Walter
April 27th, 2005
Walter Cox
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Walter Wendell Cox, 101, of Plano, Texas, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, in Plano, Texas.
He was born on Jan. 13, 1904, in Belton, Texas, to Thomas and...
April 28, 2005
April 27th, 2005
TODAY
Ned Houk Stock Car Racing Club — 7 p.m., Red Cross office at 2nd and Main Streets (use Main St. entrance).
Autism Family Support Group — 7 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church. De...
Zia Picazo named first team All-LSC South
April 27th, 2005
RICHARDSON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Tori Picazo has been chosen to the All-Lone Star Conference South Division first team in softball as a designated player, the conference a...
Lady Cats shoot for state bid
April 27th, 2005
The Clovis High School girls golf team will try to qualify for Class 5A state competition in today’s Clovis Invitational, starting at 9 a.m. at Clovis Municipal Golf Course.
Teams need three legs t...
Board looking at string music program
April 27th, 2005
Clovis' school board on Tuesday voted to take steps toward implementing a string instrument program for the district.
But first the district needs to identify concrete sources of funding and find a st...
Meth program gets state attention
April 27th, 2005
While prosecuting a methamphetamine manufacturer in 2002, District Attorney Matthew Chandler heard the words that inspired him to attack the drug head-on.
After the Albuquerque man was convicted for...
Oklahoma City not forgotten even in turbulent times
April 26th, 2005
So much has happened in our nation during the past decade, so many threats to our security that have occupied our current attentions — and yet to forget or even downplay the tragedy of Oklahoma City...
4/27 Letters to the editor
April 26th, 2005
Downtown could use more trash cans
Imagine a hot August afternoon. A young couple has just left one of our stores on Main Street. Upon entering the car, it becomes obvious their infant has, uh,...
South Carolina: Great place for chickens
April 26th, 2005
The always-entertaining Most Backward State in the Union contest took an interesting bounce last week.
With Kansas having gone three or four whole days without trying to teach creationism in science...
Neie, Alta
April 26th, 2005
Alta Joy Neie, 79, of Corrales, died Monday, April 25, 2005, at her home.
She was born on Aug. 25, 1925, to Luther and Molissie Gardner in Hamilton, Texas.
She married Oliver C. Neie on April 9, 195...
CHS teams qualify four events at Hobbs
April 26th, 2005
HOBBS — Clovis High’s track teams qualified two events for state in both boys and girls competition in Tuesday’s Hobbs qualifier.
Both boys qualifiers came in winning efforts — the medley rel...
Highlands cruises past Hounds
April 26th, 2005
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Center fielder Rich Janeway went 5-for-5 and drove in four runs, backing the seven-hit pitching of left-hander Lucas Spagnuolo as New Mexico Highlands rolled over Eastern New Mexic...
Farwell's Nichols captures I-1A golf title
April 26th, 2005
Tate Nichols didn’t give anybody else a chance on Tuesday.
Carrying a two-stroke lead into the second and final day of boys Region I-1A golf competition at Reese Golf Course in Lubbock, the Farwell...
April 27, 2005
April 26th, 2005
TODAY
Amateur Radio Club — 7 p.m., Clovis Community College, Building 206. Information: 742-2415.
TB Testing — 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. La Casa Family Health Center, 1521 West 13th St...
Play Inc. board adds on former members
April 26th, 2005
The Play Inc. board keeps shifting around.
At Monday’s meeting at Clovis-Carver Library, the current executive board voted to admit members of the previous board to stay on, if they so chose.
Pat...
Clovis native takes job at West Texas
April 26th, 2005
At 26, Clovis native and 1997 Grady High graduate Justin Ashley has already worked under some successful college basketball coaches.
He hopes to continue his progression at West Texas A&M University...
New hotel on the way
April 25th, 2005
Imesh Vaidya of Premier Hospitality Suites is a businessman who can predict the future. He predicts the face of Clovis will continue to change. His most recent venture — the construction of a new Ho...
Potential legislation would allow drug tests of high school athletes
April 25th, 2005
Gov. Bill Richardson, noting steroids are no longer just a problem in professional sports, said Monday he wants New Mexico to begin random testing of high school athletes in the state.
Richardson spo...
4/26 Business Digest
April 25th, 2005
La Quinta wins Inn of the Year award
The La Quinta Inn & Suites in Clovis was one of the recipients of the company’s 2004 Inn of the Year awards.
The award recognizes the top franchise and c...
New food tax law causes confusion for some retailers
April 25th, 2005
To some, the new tax law that exempts certain food items is simply confusing.
For others, the Jan. 1 legislation — prepared food and hot food still carry sales tax while staple items and cold food...
Reporter's notebook: Former Clovis resident inducted into hall of fame
April 25th, 2005
Faye Plank is in the hall of fame. The 92-year-old former Clovis resident was inducted into the (Texas) Panhandle Press Association’s elite group earlier this month, more than 30 years after she beg...
4/26 Police Blotter
April 25th, 2005
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
Police were dispatched Saturday to a retail store in the 3700 block of North Prince Street for...
Poor prioritizing exacerbates financial issues
April 25th, 2005
In yet another illustration of how pork, parochialism and congressional privilege routinely trump practicality, frugality and responsible priority-setting in Washington, the U.S. Senate voted recently...
Rights can’t be given at others’ expense
April 25th, 2005
Earlier this month, the media marked the 60th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s inglorious death. He died from ailments largely hidden from the public in a pattern of deception th...
Common sense is why Dems hate Bolton
April 25th, 2005
In the late 1990s, John Bolton published an article titled “The Creation, Rise and Fall of the United Nations.” If you had read this essay and not witnessed one minute of his confirmation hearings...
Borden, R.L.
April 25th, 2005
R.L. Borden
Services: Have been held.
Mr. R.L. Borden, 91, of Portales, died Saturday, April 23, 2005, at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales.
He was born on Feb. 12, 1914, in Wheeler Coun...
April 26, 2005
April 25th, 2005
TODAY
Friendship Rebekah Lodge — 405 N. Main, call 762-4843 for meeting times.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 6:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday....
Steers able to recover from early setback
April 25th, 2005
The Farwell boys golf team’s hopes for the 2005 season appeared crippled before the season began. The Steers’ projected No. 2 golfer, Ty Gast, broke his collarbone skiing and would sit out the sea...
Census Bureau projects growth slowdown
April 24th, 2005
SANTA FE — New Mexico faces a potential shock if the Census Bureau’s crystal ball proves accurate about population growth over the next three decades.
The federal agency projects a dramatic slowd...
Udall holding office hours in eastern NM
April 24th, 2005
A staff member for U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., will hold constituent office hours Wednesday and Thursday in eastern New Mexico. Udall staff member Peter Wells will be available to meet with area resi...
Involuntary service not sign of totalitarian
April 24th, 2005
The bells heralding Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany’s election as Pope Benedict XVI had barely faded when critics asserted the Bavaria-born Ratzinger had served in the Hitler Youth and was cons...
Horoscopes key to success, sock color
April 24th, 2005
Recently I spent an hour in the company of lofty mathematics as part of mind-boggling research into the whims of the zodiac. I was seeking the ultimate horoscope.
Don’t take me wrong. I’ve never...
Smoking new yardstick for recruit success
April 24th, 2005
Recruits who enter service as heavy cigarette smokers are nearly twice as likely as non-smokers to be separated early, mostly due to “substandard behavior,’’ according to new research aimed at e...
Cole, Irene
April 24th, 2005
Irene Cole
Services: Have been held.
Irene L. Cole, 78, of Clovis, died Saturday, April 23, 2005, at her home.
She was born on June 9, 1926, in Cuervo to Lloyd and Sarah Williams Capps.
She...
April 25, 2005
April 24th, 2005
MONDAY
Clovis Gem and Mineral Society — 6:30 p.m., meeting. Clovis Carver Library, Ingram Room. Public is welcome. Information: 762-5901.
Clovis Community Orchestra — 7 p.m. Firs...
ENMU seeking fall feel for spring game
April 23rd, 2005
The 2005 opener is four months off, but the Eastern New Mexico University football squad gets its first taste of “game” competition in today’s 4 p.m. Silver & Green Game at Greyhound Stadium.
R...
School boss has ‘great’ plans
April 23rd, 2005
She plays bridge and loves William Faulkner’s prose. She shares a passion for education with a love of theater, classic literature and poetry — interests that were planted by an eighth-grade teach...
Gerleve captures LSC men's javelin title
April 23rd, 2005
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Zach Gerleve remained unbeaten in javelin competition this season and gained the NCAA provisional qualifying distance by throwing 194 feet...
Watching for predators
April 23rd, 2005
It’s a murky place full of sexual solicitations, false identities and a cascade of pornographic material.
According to officials at the district attorney’s office, Internet chat rooms can be a d...
Cops & courts: Melrose Mayor Hester involved in altercation
April 23rd, 2005
Police responded April 16 to a Melrose residence in reference to a fight between the Melrose mayor and a Clovis resident.
Melrose mayor Ray Hester struck another man during an altercation at a mutual...
N.M. music scene exploding
April 23rd, 2005
Clovis bass player Brannon Luscombe says it’s a little-known secret — the New Mexico music scene is exploding right here in Clovis.
Those who flocked to Saturday’s Prairiedoggapalooza may have...
Q&A: AG talks alcohol abuse prevention
April 23rd, 2005
Patricia Madrid is New Mexico’s attorney general. She was in Portales on Thursday to discourage alcohol consumption among students.
Q How can law enforcement and the community help combat...
FDA overstepped bounds with ban on ephedra
April 23rd, 2005
Sometimes the Nanny State goes too far, even for federal courts. That happened earlier this month in a case involving the Food and Drug Administration’s 2004 ban on the sale of the herb ephedra, com...
Babe Ruth bet makes fine baseball trivia
April 23rd, 2005
Trivia question: Name the one-time Bailey County landowner who was roommates with Babe Ruth and helped the New York Yankees win the 1927 World Series.
If you said Wilcy Moore, then you must be a base...
Feminists overreacting to new guideline
April 23rd, 2005
Title IX, the 1972 federal law mandating equal opportunity for females in high school and college sports, has helped spur huge changes. But its supporters have trouble believing their eyes. Despite th...
April 24, 2005
April 23rd, 2005
TODAY
Senior Community Service Employment Program — Job opportunities to Senior citizens 55 and older. Information : 473-0428 or 888-505-5627, David Borrego, ext. 1012 or Kathryn, ext. 1017...
UFO sightings draw attention in Clovis
April 22nd, 2005
UFO SIGHTINGS FOLLOWED SPUTNIK IN 1957
The UFO sightings around Clovis and other places in 1957 were probably touched off by the Russians’ first satellite, Sputnik, which was launched into space i...
Relay or life just one joy of living
April 22nd, 2005
How long has it been since you laughed until you couldn’t breathe because something struck you so funny?
How long has it been since you were so delighted to see someone that you couldn’t hide yo...
Clovis tweet for birders
April 22nd, 2005
If anyone says Clovis is for the birds — they’re right. At least according to the 2005 Great Backyard Birdcount.
This eighth annual event racked up 35 species — and nearly 6,000 birds — for C...
Lifestyles, etc. 4/24
April 22nd, 2005
ENGAGEMENTS
Curry/Arthur
Mr. and Mrs. Benton Curry of Clovis announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jamie Dianne Curry of Clovis to Thomas Cort Arthur of Colorado City, T...
The God of the Universe Is the God of All Beauty
April 22nd, 2005
I made more than a few miles a couple of weeks ago and made them in style — the wrong style, but style. My younger brother, Jim, and I decided to take his little, old, once-red Mazda pickup on our t...
Mildred Shaw
April 22nd, 2005
Services:
Have been held.
Mildred Shaw, 78, of Clovis, died Saturday, April 16, 2005, at Herman Hospital in Houston.
She was born Oct. 26, 1926, in Caldwell, Texas, to Sam and Rachel Morris Pollard....
Baker, C.M.
April 22nd, 2005
C.M. Baker, 91, of Portales, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales.
He was born on March 23, 1914, in Vienna, Ill., to Alpha and George M. Baker.
He came to the E...
Amos 4/22
April 22nd, 2005
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation.
gimme that mountain
boss when pastor leroy
beetle preached on
overcoming your
...
God can see right through religious facades
April 22nd, 2005
My sister Susie from Minnesota is in Clovis visiting us this week. The other day we were talking about some of our experiences as kids. One of the things we talked about was visiting our cousins, who...
Wildcats capture top spot at NMMI
April 22nd, 2005
ROSWELL — Senior Guillermo Chavez took individual medalist honors with a three-under par 69, including six-under on the back nine, and Clovis High’s boys shot a season-best 296 to capture team hon...
City OKs $20,000 for civic center
April 22nd, 2005
The Clovis City Commission on Thursday approved a $20,000 contract to hire a firm to assist in the planning, opening and initial operations of the civic center.
The Pennsylvania-based company, Global...
AG recommends education to combat alcohol abuse
April 22nd, 2005
PORTALES — Patricia Madrid thinks tougher laws, including ignition locks for convicted drunken drivers and felony charges for those who provide alcohol to minors, will be effective in combating unde...
Bombing victim leaves legacy of compassion
April 22nd, 2005
Looking at photographs on various Web sites of the smiling 28-year-old California blonde with more than a hint of impish good humor in her eyes, it is difficult to believe such a person could be dead....
Hectic life can have bitter consequences
April 21st, 2005
I saw a scary commercial on TV the other day, a Wal-Mart spot showing a woman with a hectic lifestyle who looks into the camera and says: “I like being busy all the time.”
Don’t we all? We just...
Drug testing just another fact of life
April 21st, 2005
The National Football League’s draft is this weekend. The media has already been abuzz about some of the draft prospects testing positive for something they weren’t supposed to be ingesting. And t...
4/22 Police Blotter
April 21st, 2005
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
Police were dispatched Friday to a business in the 900 block of Norris Street to investigate...
Santamarina, Matilde
April 21st, 2005
Matilde Santamarina
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Matilde Labandera Santamarina, 81, of Bethlehem, Pa., died Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem.
She was born on A...
April 22, 2005
April 21st, 2005
TODAY
Disabled American Veterans #6 Bingo — 7 p.m., 220 West 4th Street, Clovis. Details: 762-5335.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 6:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Th...
Poor procedures waste tax dollars
April 21st, 2005
Here’s the main difference between government employment and private industry, as I see it:
Let’s take a fictional company. We’ll call it Gadgets Inc. No, that’s boring. Let’s call it gadg...
Political correctness undermines security
April 21st, 2005
Several airport security screeners have sent me polite letters criticizing some of my comments in my last two columns, prompting this question to you: In managing our personal security, should we guar...
Clovis schools close to hiring superintendent
April 21st, 2005
The search for a new superintendent for Clovis schools may end today after about four months of work by school officials.
Board members will go into executive session tonight in hopes of reaching a c...
Wildlife service could designate Canadian River critical habitat for s...
April 21st, 2005
TUCUMCARI —The Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority heard concerns Wednesday about the possibility of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declaring the Canadian River a critical habitat for the A...
Preschool seen as crucial part of early education
April 21st, 2005
Bethany Sours, a kindergarten teacher at the Clovis Nazarene School, stood with her arms crossed, her eyes busily scanning a crowd of kindergarten students.
“I can definitely tell which students ha...
Zias name Buzard, Klafka basketball co-coaches
April 20th, 2005
PORTALES — Dan Buzard and Dustin Klafka have been named Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball co-coaches for the 2005-06 school year, ENMU athletic director Mike Maguire said Wednesday....
Cannon backers hire BRAC advisers
April 20th, 2005
OK, Randy Harris admits, Cannon Air Force Base supporters are getting nervous. It’s not that news related to the Base Realignment and Closure process is bad ... it’s just that no news is being rel...
CHS alum leads NMSU in conference championships
April 19th, 2005
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Clovis High alum and New Mexico State junior Robert Goff is tied for 13th place going into the final round of the Sun Belt Conference Men’s Golf Championship.
Goff led the...
Police looking for accomplice in fraud investigation
April 19th, 2005
An alleged scam artist is behind bars and Clovis police are looking for her husband, whom they describe as an accomplice.
Police said Cynthia Flores of Clovis was arrested on Friday afternoon. She is...
Clovis run at Ruidoso ends at four
April 19th, 2005
RUIDOSO — Clovis senior Travis Reid made a late charge to earn his first tournament win of the season Tuesday at the Leroy Gooch Invitational golf tournament.
Reid birdied three of his last four h...
Detention center budget focus of commission meeting
April 19th, 2005
The Curry County Adult Detention Center’s continued financial drain on the county budget once again dominated discussions at Tuesday’s County Commission meeting.
According to Curry County Manager...
Pop black culture ignorant, disrespectful
April 19th, 2005
It was a sunlit moment.
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve had students in my pop culture class talking about black images in entertainment media. As part of that discussion, I showed them a movie...
Government has lost site of its purpose
April 19th, 2005
There doesn’t appear to be any room for civil discourse in politics these days. There is no issue about which the disputing parties merely argue. The other side just has to be vicious, lying, deceiv...
Attorney General to speak at ENMU about drinking
April 19th, 2005
State Attorney General Patricia Madrid is traveling around the state in an effort to combat binge and underage drinking.
Madrid will speak to Eastern New Mexico University students, faculty and comm...
Burns Sr., Rodney W.
April 19th, 2005
Rodney Wayne Burns Sr.
Services: Have been held.
Rodney Wayne Burns Sr., 69, of Clovis, died Monday, April 18, 2005, at the Retirement Ranch in Clovis.
He was born Feb. 9, 1936, in Clovis, to...
Zias slug out 20th win of season
April 19th, 2005
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — The Eastern New Mexico University softball team reached the 20-win mark for the season Tuesday with a season-ending 10-5, 10-6 sweep of New Mexico Highlands.
The Zias (20-29), who...
April 20, 2005
April 19th, 2005
TODAY
Amateur Radio Club — 7 p.m., Clovis Community College, Building 206. Details: 742-2415.
TB Testing — 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. La Casa Family Health Center, 1521 West 13th Stre...
German cardinal elected pope
April 19th, 2005
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, the church’s leading hard-liner, has been elected the new pope in the first conclave of the new millennium. He chose the name Pope Benedic...
Tivis, Netta
April 19th, 2005
“Netta” Tivis
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. “Netta” Tivis, 79, of Clovis, died Thursday, April 7, 2005, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
She was born on Dec. 9, 1925, in Anadar...
Petty, Larry E.
April 19th, 2005
Larry E. Petty
Services: Have been held.
Larry E. Petty, 56, of Fort Sumner, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Jan. 26, 1949, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to Gilbert E...
Minton, William
April 19th, 2005
William Minton
Services: Have been held.
William “Bryan” Minton, 19, of Amarillo, Texas, died Monday, April 4, 2005, in Amarillo.
He was born on Aug. 10, 1985, in Phoenix, to Carl and Reg...
Krusemark, Evelyn
April 19th, 2005
Evelyn Krusemark
Services: Have been held.
Evelyn Katherine Krusemark, 84, of Clovis, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Retirement Ranch in Clovis.
She was born on Aug. 5, 1920, in Luverne, Min...
Jones, Pheobia
April 19th, 2005
Pheobia Jones
Services: Have been held.
Pheobia Grace Jones, 77, of Clovis, died Friday, April 1, 2005, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
She was born on May 15, 1927, in Lorena, Texas,...
Hubby, Carol
April 19th, 2005
Carol Hubby
Services: Have been held.
Carrol Dwayne Hubby, 73, of Clovis, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
He was born on Aug. 14, 1931, in Clovis, t...
Wildcats’ streak of titles in jeopardy
April 19th, 2005
RUIDOSO — Clovis will have to make up 10 strokes on defending Class 4A state champion Los Alamos in order to extend its streak of titles at the Leroy Gooch Invitational.
Bunching four players in th...
Bunton named MVP of Texas tournament
April 19th, 2005
AMARILLO — Clovis High senior Tigg Bunton nabbed the MVP award in the Golden Spread all-star basketball tournament Saturday at the West Texas A&M Event Center.
Bunton scored 26 points in the champi...
Texico shuts out Dora behind Maldonado
April 19th, 2005
Texico and Dora got together for the first of quite likely three matchups Monday — two in the regular season and one in the Class 1A state tournament.
The host Wolverines had most of the better of...
Clovis grad to appear on national TV
April 19th, 2005
One of Clovis’ own — author and motivational speaker Tim Sanders — will appear Wednesday morning on MSNBC’s TODAYShow.
The 1979 Clovis High School graduate said the unique faces and places of...
Teenager crusades to ban smoking
April 19th, 2005
If Tynasha Jones has her way, New Mexico will one day be a smoke-free state. Statistics about the ills of tobacco roll effortlessly from this Clovis High School senior’s tongue.
“People who are e...
Plant officials pleased with turnout
April 19th, 2005
Southwest Cheese officials hope to have the bulk of their hiring done by the time the plant is scheduled to open in October. However, hiring will continue through the end of the year, according to Sou...
4/19 Business Digest
April 19th, 2005
Farwell community members recognized
The Farwell Chamber of Commerce recognized several community members at Saturday’s annual banquet.
The top winners were:
• Woman of the Year: Teresa Me...
Scheme or not, environmental results positive
April 19th, 2005
Although critics are claiming an agreement by Wal-Mart to preserve an acre of wilderness for every acre its stores and parking lots occupy is nothing but a cynical scheme to burnish the retail giant...
Budget no longer on cruise control
April 19th, 2005
For most Americans, the subject of the federal budget is about as interesting as diagramming sentences in a high school English class. For New Mexicans, however, the federal budget is of vital importa...
Consumption tax would mean relief
April 19th, 2005
“The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”
— Will Rogers
A 2003 survey by Bankrate.com asked Americans whether they ever cheated on their t...
Brent , Ralph
April 19th, 2005
Ralph Brent
Services: Have been held.
Ralph Perry Brent, 83, of Clovis, died Sunday, April 17, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
He was born April 25, 1921, in Dodd City, Te...
April 19, 2005
April 18th, 2005
TODAY
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 6:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Open to people with alcohol problems. Sacred Heart School, 921 Merriwether, Room...
Some days bring a lot of waiting — and wondering
April 18th, 2005
Some days bring a lot of waiting — and wondering
Last week my brother Jim and I were in Houston. What follows is an article he wrote for his church newsletter.
As I write this late at night from...
Hill, Lucille
April 18th, 2005
Services: Have been held.
Lucille Hill, 100, died Saturday, April 16, 2005, at Retirement Ranch in Clovis.
Hill was born April 15, 1905, in Dublin, Texas, to Emma and Samuel W. Irwin. She grew up in E...
Leavelle, Zelda
April 18th, 2005
Zelda Regina Edwards Patterson Leavelle, 87, died April 14, 2005, in Corvallis, Ore.
Leavelle was born May 12, 1917, in Callahan, Texas, to J. Murry and Ima Edwards. When she was six months old, she m...
Late doctor remembered through building
April 18th, 2005
Clovis Community College will host an open-house for the Dr. H.A. Miller Student Services Center at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in memory of H.A. Miller.
One trustee of Miller’s account Richard Rowley said...
Unlikely prankster gets last laugh
April 18th, 2005
City Meetings
Chamber Executive CommWhen I was a kid, April Fools’ Day lasted all month. It was unwritten law in those days that guys got to seek revenge for tricks played on them. To limit that act...
Kerry's amendment wins out
April 18th, 2005
The Senate approved an amendment from Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., that rejects Bush administration plans to establish a two-tiered military death gratuity and to limit retroactive payment of $238,000 in...
Hounds won’t stop running
April 17th, 2005
PORTALES — The Lone Star Conference’s top rushing team in 2004, Eastern New Mexico University expects to put together another potent flexbone attack next fall despite the graduation of quarterback...
Clovis drops two at Sandia
April 17th, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE — Mental miscues cost Clovis a chance to take two of three games at Sandia. But the Matadors rallied from a 4-0 deficit Saturday and beat Clovis 5-4 in the final game of the three-game D...
Gallegos stays perfect in 4-5A
April 17th, 2005
Clovis senior Patricia Gallegos clinched at least the second seed in the District 4-5A tennis tournament Saturday with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Caitlin Allen of Carlsbad.
Gallegos improved to 3-0 in...
Hounds split with West Texas
April 17th, 2005
CANYON, Texas — Hoping to make hay in the Lone Star Conference South Division against a struggling rival, Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team could only manage a four-game series split a...
Ex-Clovis standout drafted by Sacramento
April 16th, 2005
From the time she started dribbling the basketball, Clovis’ Cisti Greenwalt has always dreamed of playing in a professional basketball league.
“There wasn’t one then, we just assumed there was...
Taking life into your own hands
April 16th, 2005
New Mexico’s Advance Directive for Health Care states in plain lettering: “You have the right to give instructions about your own health care.” The standard 8-by-11 inch document, popularly refe...
Farwell town folk recognize 100-year anniversary
April 16th, 2005
The story of how Farwell was founded nearly 100 years ago really begins in Chicago. That’s where two merchandising brothers took up an offer from the state of Texas to build a new capitol building i...
Cops & courts: Clovis man sentenced in child pornography case
April 16th, 2005
A district judge sentenced a Clovis man Tuesday to five years in prison for his part in the production of child pornography in 2004.
Marcus Ray, 19, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to comm...
4/17 Police Blotter
April 16th, 2005
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
Police responded April 7 to the 400 block of Hickory Street in reference to a car that had cra...
Project: Reader Reaction — Readers divided on flag amendment
April 16th, 2005
A recent Project: Reader Reaction asked residents how they felt about a constitutional amendment co-sponsored by Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., that would allow Congress to protect the American flag from...
Limiting taxes, government helps free society
April 16th, 2005
In mid-April of each year, anyone with more than a modest income must make a reckoning with the federal and state governments. Most of us groan about it, but how often do we contemplate why we must pa...
Armijo, Victor
April 16th, 2005
Victor Armijo
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Victor Ray Armijo, 52, of Clovis, died Friday, April 15, 2005, Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
He was born on Oct. 24, 1952, in Albuquerque.
A...
April 17, 2005
April 16th, 2005
TODAY
AARP/55 ALIVE Driver Safety Program — 8 a.m. until noon. Clovis Community College, Room 103. Pre-registration is suggested. Cost is $10 per person made payable to AARP/55 Alive. Inform...
Curry County volunteers get ‘thank you’ from community
April 15th, 2005
National Volunteer Week honors those who help others
Clovis has more than 50 volunteer organizations — 20 under the umbrella of United Way of Eastern New Mexico — and dozens of other church, soci...
Lifestyles etc. 4/17
April 15th, 2005
CLUB NOTES:
Fairfield Extension Club
Fairfield Extension Club met at Betty Ingram's home on April 8. Twelve members and one guest were in attendance. Minutes were read and approved along with the tr...
Margin of error slim for Wildcats
April 15th, 2005
The Clovis High baseball team has put itself squarely behind the 8-ball in District 4-5A.
The Wildcats, who dropped all three games last weekend in a district-opening series at Carlsbad and looked ug...
amos: amos finds an harmonica
April 14th, 2005
Editor’s note: Amos is a church mouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard keys, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphe...
Making difference starts with small deeds
April 14th, 2005
Last week I was reading a commentary about people whose lives make a difference for the better. The article focused on people from all walks of life and all age groups. The one thing in common in all...
Last-minute filers scramble for options
April 14th, 2005
Bernie Yruegas has a simple reason he waited until the last minute to do his taxes.
“I just plumb forgot,” said Yruegas, whose wife called him at work and said, “taxes!” Yruegas was one of a...
Task force discusses traffic concerns for MLK overpass
April 14th, 2005
A task force met Thursday evening to discuss strategies for a proposed railroad overpass at Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Central in Thursday’s discussion was whether the overpass should be restric...
GOP could use new leadership in Congress
April 14th, 2005
It’s a sad sign of how starved Republicans in the House of Representatives are for leadership that they continue to rally around Majority Leader Tom DeLay, even as doubts deepen about the ethics of...
Traveling temporary escape from world
April 14th, 2005
My 14-year-old daughter Laura recently got to fly for the first time. In fact, she traveled by almost every possible mode — land, sea, plane and train — in the course of only a few days.
Laura a...
Guns have place, but not at my place
April 14th, 2005
I was kicking back in Elida with my good friend Kent, bard of the Pecos. We were having iced tea, talking about his return to this small outpost of Roosevelt County. During a lull in the conversation,...
Hill, Betty Maye
April 14th, 2005
Betty Maye Hill
Services: Have been held.
Betty Maye Hill, 61, of Deming, died Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at Mimbres Memorial Care and Rehabilitation Center in Deming.
She was born on March 24,...
April 15, 2005
April 14th, 2005
TODAY
AARP Free Tax-Aide — 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Baxter Hall, 908 Hickory by appointment, call 769-7908 or 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Walker community Center, 316 W. 2nd, walk in’s only.
A...
Silence speaks volumes
April 14th, 2005
PORTALES — For Eastern New Mexico University freshman Jenny Gheer, the sign hanging from her neck said everything she needed to say. And if it didn’t, she had a pen to help.
Gheer was one of many...
Portales superintendent in line for state job
April 14th, 2005
PORTALES — Portales schools superintendent James Holloway said he will resign at the end of the school year to take a position with the New Mexico Public Education Department in Santa Fe.
Holloway...
Cannon motorcyclist has surgery
April 14th, 2005
A motorcycle rider involved in an accident Monday was listed in critical condition Wednesday at Covenant Hospital in Lubbock after undergoing surgery for serious head injury, a press release from the...
Muleshoe burn victim critical
April 14th, 2005
A 78-year-old Muleshoe man injured Saturday in a house fire in Muleshoe was still in critical condition Wednesday night, according to hospital officials.
Larry Hall was taken to the burn unit at Univ...
Student profile: Derek Chase
April 14th, 2005
Derek Chase, 18, is the son of Duane and Lisa Chase. He is a senior at Clovis High School.
What’s your idea of a perfect day? Where everyone is in a good mood, and having a good time with no...
Reporter's notebook: Tax-Aide volunteers honored
April 14th, 2005
Lucinda Bonney, program director for the Curry County Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, strives to personalize the group’s annual banquet by recognizing a different branch of the 157-member orga...
Peatschman, Mary
April 14th, 2005
Mary Peatschman
Services: Have been held.
Mary “Myrt” Catherine Good Peatschman, 78, of El Paso, Texas, died Sunday, April 3, 2005.
She was born on March 23, 1927, in Kenna, to Dora Howe...
ID theft legislation slippery slope
April 14th, 2005
Few things can be more infuriating than having someone steal your identity — Social Security number, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, even your medical records. Such “identity theft” ...
Airport security needs new standards
April 14th, 2005
Hundreds of readers responded to last week’s column about airport security. These were letters from Americans who fit no terrorist profile — airline pilots, mothers traveling with children, disabl...
NM not only state with crummy motto
April 14th, 2005
“Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.”
That is Latin, I’m sure you realize, for “Other people’s things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people.”
Well, maybe. When it comes...
Religious right becoming intrusive
April 13th, 2005
It was about 25 years ago that a magazine article first called to my attention something called the Christian right. The story depicted a movement of religious fundamentalists who sought to radically...
Letters to the editor 4/13
April 13th, 2005
Superintendent forum unnecessary
I disagree with the stance the newspaper has taken concerning the employment of a new school superintendent. If anyone wants to offer input on the selection, th...
State helps Clovis schools balance budget
April 13th, 2005
The Clovis schools budget has been balanced — at least for a year.
Clovis Municipal Schools administrators said changes in funding at the state level helped recoup most of a projected $1.3 million...
Governor coming to Clovis
April 13th, 2005
Gov. Bill Richardson will be traveling through eastern New Mexico today and Thursday, updating local communities on the recent legislative session and highlighting capital outlay projects.
He will al...
ENMU student protest targets lack of tolerance
April 13th, 2005
PORTALES — Some Eastern New Mexico University students are trying to make a statement today — by staying silent.
The Day of Silence is a national youth movement organized to protest harassment of...
Hounds win with small-ball
April 12th, 2005
PLAINVIEW, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University used small-ball to build a 5-0 lead and the Greyhounds went on to beat Wayland Baptist 6-3 Tuesday night in a non-conference baseball matchup.
The H...
Cup of coffee helps end standoff
April 12th, 2005
A cup of coffee helped end a two-hour standoff, and an arrest was made early Tuesday morning on drug and weapons charges, according to the Portales Police Department.
Dorenda Teston, 41, of Portales,...
Crickets joining Clovis Music Festival
April 12th, 2005
The Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Clovis announced Tuesday that Buddy Holly’s backup group, The Crickets, is joining the lineup for September’s Clovis Music Festival.
It has been close to 20 ye...
Statewide Town Hall forum to focus on federal funds
April 12th, 2005
A New Mexico First statewide Town Hall forum being held later this month will focus on federal funding coming to the state and whether the state is too dependent on external income streams.
The meeti...
Bolin, Mary Elizabeth
April 12th, 2005
Mary Elizabeth Bolin
Services: Have been held.
Mary Elizabeth Bolin, 91, of Clovis, died April 10, 2005, at Laurel Plains Healthcare in Clovis.
She was born July 12, 1913, in Portales, to Char...
April 13, 2005
April 12th, 2005
TODAY
AARP Free Tax-Aide — 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Baxter Hall, 908 Hickory by appointment, call 769-7908 or 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Walker community Center, 316 W. 2nd, walk in’s only.
A...
Play Inc. elects new executive board
April 12th, 2005
The longtime executive director of Play Inc. resigned Monday during an organizational board meeting.
Steve Muscato gave the board of the city’s private, non-profit athletic organization his two-wee...
CHS' Perkins wins 300 hurdles at elite meet
April 12th, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE — Kim Perkins led a solid Clovis effort by winning the 300-meter hurdles Monday at the Mary Sepulveda Invitational track meet at the University of New Mexico.
Perkins won the race in a...
Super search winding down
April 12th, 2005
Clovis Municipal Schools have scheduled a special board meeting for April 21 to discuss the five superintendent finalists and, hopefully, come to a consensus, Board President Terry Martin said on Mond...
Woman injured in motorcycle crash
April 12th, 2005
Clovis police did not release the name of a female motorcyclist injured in a two-vehicle accident Monday near 21st and Ross streets by press time.
According to a CPD press release, the motorcycle rid...
Melrose man sentenced to 18 years
April 12th, 2005
A Melrose man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday for sexually assaulting another man in April 2004.
A Curry County jury found Steve Woods, 33, guilty in December of criminal sexual penetratio...
Informed public input should be part of selection
April 11th, 2005
The proposed public forum intended to introduce taxpayers to candidates for Clovis’ school superintendent’s job will not happen Thursday as we’d hoped.
Only one of five finalists, former Clovis...
4/12 Letters to the editor
April 11th, 2005
Investing could save Social Security
For those who don’t know, Social Security is financed mostly by a “pay-as-you-go” program. Most of the payroll taxes collected from workers is used to...
Christianity integral part of culture
April 11th, 2005
They stood in a line that stretched at least a mile, sometimes 30 abreast. Huddled in blankets in the evening cold, and gratefully accepting bottled water from priests patrolling the line during the h...
Howard, Roy
April 11th, 2005
Roy Howard
Services: Have been held.
Roy C. Howard Sr., 92, of Phoenix, died Friday, April 8, 2005, at Desert Sky Nursing Home in Phoenix.
He was born on Nov, 11, 1912 in Motley County, Texas....
April 12, 2005
April 11th, 2005
TODAY
Friendship Rebekah Lodge — 405 N. Main, call 762-4843 for meeting times.
AARP Free Tax-Aide — 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Baxter Hall, 908 Hickory by appointment, call 769-79...
Reents still finalist for Clovis' superintendent
April 11th, 2005
Tucumcari school Superintendent Bill Reents said Monday he has not withdrawn from consideration as Clovis’ next superintendent as had been reported.
Clovis School Board President Terry Martin said...
Cannon colonel honored
April 10th, 2005
Colonel Lisa Firmin remembers when she joined the United States Air Force 25 years ago. It was a time when there were not many advantages to being a woman in the military.
But she has been an instiga...
Lippolt, Evelyn
April 10th, 2005
Evelyn M. Neumeister Lippolt, 90, died Saturday, April 9, 2005, in Madison, Wisc.
She was born on May 15, 1914, to Frank and Ida (Douglas) Dann.
Lippolt worked many years for the Bormans clothing stor...
Flying objects a sign of spring
April 10th, 2005
It’s spring again — daffodils are blooming, pollen dust is up your nostrils, and folks all over New Mexico are getting stiff necks from gazing at Unidentified Flying Objects.
That’s because this...
Better benefits could be on way
April 10th, 2005
Three weeks before the TRICARE Reserve Select program begins, a key senator predicts Congress this year will embrace his plan to offer even better healthcare benefits to drilling Reserve and National...
Passport requirement lacks rationale
April 10th, 2005
What is the rationale for a program announced Tuesday to require U.S. citizens and residents who visit Mexico and Canada, beginning in 2008, to acquire U.S. passports and show them to border guards wh...
Errors doom Wildcats in Carlsbad
April 10th, 2005
CARLSBAD — The Clovis Wildcats had a chance Saturday to rebound from a shaky start to the District 4-5A season.
But they dropped the ball. Or overthrew it. Or bobbled it.
Carlsbad completed a thre...
Green’s homer caps dramatic Hound victory
April 10th, 2005
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Angelo State must have figured turnabout is fair play.
One night after going down to a loss when Eastern New Mexico University’s Brian Green capped a seven-run ninth with a dr...
Clovis’ Williams qualifies for state in two events
April 10th, 2005
PLAINVIEW, Texas — Clovis senior Phillip Williams qualified for the state meet in the 100 and 200 meters as the Wildcats placed fifth Friday at the Bulldog Relays.
Williams won the 200 (22.22 secon...
One-run losses mount for Zias
April 10th, 2005
STEPHENVILLE, Texas —Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team may be in last place in the Lone Star Conference South Division, but the Zias have been a tough out for most of their opponents.
...
Driver draws stiff sentence
April 10th, 2005
A Clovis man was sentenced to 14 1/2 years in prison Friday for killing a pedestrian in what officials say was an alcohol-related accident.
Joe Martinez Jr., 34, pleaded no contest to the charges aga...
ENMU tuition going up
April 9th, 2005
The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents approved a raise in tuition and board along with pay increases for school staff during a meeting Friday in Ruidoso.
Regents approved an $83 increase...
FNNM papers awarded
April 9th, 2005
The Texas Panhandle Press Association awarded seven plaques to the Clovis News Journal on Saturday for work published in 2004.
The CNJ earned first-place awards for feature writing, front-page layout...
Pipeline could extend shrinking water supply
April 9th, 2005
The Ogallala Aquifer, which provides much of the water to Curry County and other parts of eastern New Mexico, may never be replenished. That was the ominous message delivered to city officials at Thur...
Muleshoe house fire critically injures man
April 9th, 2005
MULESHOE — A 78-year-old Muleshoe man suffered burns to about 30 percent of his body Saturday during an early-morning house fire, according to officials.
Larry Hall was listed in critical condition...
Pope illustrated human potential for greatness
April 9th, 2005
He was spiritual, religious, charismatic, prayerful, full of grace, kind and gentle. He was gentile and unflinchingly firm in espousing his principles. He was a prince of peace and a man of forgivenes...
Public forum hinges on participation
April 9th, 2005
The forum proposed to introduce Clovis schools’ superintendent candidates to the public remains in doubt. We’ll decide whether or not to host the event, along with radio station KTQM, on Monday.
...
Right to choose extends to both sides
April 9th, 2005
Abortion-rights advocates cherish the right of choice. But not all choices are created equal. People who uphold a woman’s right to make her own reproductive decisions want to deny others the right n...
Edens, Henry
April 9th, 2005
Henry Edens
Services: Have been held
Mr. Henry “Bill” Edens, 89, of Clovis, on Friday, April 8, 2005, at Laurel Ridge Healthcare in Clovis.
He was born on Sept. 24, 1915, in Somervell Co...
Art is more than form of expression
April 9th, 2005
The first thing I notice — the power of which only sinks in later — is the juxtaposition of the two still-life portraits. A young woman, freshly beautiful, sits on the step of an urban house. Obli...
City celebrated in style for 50th anniversary
April 9th, 2005
Here’s how the Chamber of Commerce announced plans for the 50th birthday celebration of Clovis:
“Three nights and two days will be jam-packed with action for the thousands of visitors and old-tim...
Curry County Democrats elects new slate of officers
April 9th, 2005
Curry County Democrats elected a new slate of officers.
The newly elected Curry county officers are as follows:
• Chairman: Jan Elliott
• Vice Chairman: Drew Tatum
• Secretary: Connie Belcher
...
Wiseman, T. C.
April 8th, 2005
T. C. Wiseman
Services: Have been held.
T.C. Wiseman, 75, of Clovis, died April 3, 2005, at the NorthWest Texas Healthcare System in Amarillo.
He was born on April 18, 1929, in Sudan, Texas,...
White, Clifton Edwin
April 8th, 2005
Clifton Edwin White
Services: Have been held.
Clifton Edwin White, 62, of Silver City, died Feb. 28, 2005, at Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Silver City.
He was born on Aug. 23, 194...
Thompson, Doyle
April 8th, 2005
Doyle Thompson
Services: Have been held.
Doye Thompson, 87, of Clovis, died Sunday, April 3, 2005, at Laurel Ridge Healthcare in Clovis.
He was born on April 8, 1917, in Satin, Texas, to Nico...
Smith, William Ted
April 8th, 2005
William Ted Smith
Services: Have been held.
William Ted Smith, 93, of Farwell, died Monday, April 4, 2005, at Farwell Convalescent Center.
He was born Nov. 11, 1911, in Hassell to Grover and...
Reeves ,James P.
April 8th, 2005
James P. Reeves
Services: Have been held.
James P. Reeves, 60, of Lubbock, died April 4, 2005, in Lubbock.
He was born on April 13, 1944, in Duncan, Okla.
He resided in Clovis, where he own...
Priest, Maggie L.
April 8th, 2005
Maggie Lou Priest
Services: Have been held.
Maggie Lou “Chick” Priest, 88, of Clovis, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at All Care Assisted Living in Clovis.
She was born on Dec. 15, 1916, in...
Wilkerson, Thomas
April 8th, 2005
Thomas Wilkerson
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Thomas L. “Roy” Wilkerson, 82, of Clovis, died Monday, April 4, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Dec. 18, 1922, in Lillian, Texas, to David...
Smith, Harold Joe
April 8th, 2005
Harold Joe Smith
Services: Have been held.
Harold Joe Smith, 69, of Clovis, died Friday, April 1, 2005, at his home.
Smith was born June 16, 1935, to Harold M. and Lenore Davis Smith in Fran...
Milstead ,Mary Lucille
April 8th, 2005
Mary Lucille Milstead
Services: Have been held.
Mary Lucille Milstead, 85, of Clovis, died Sunday, April 3, 2005, at Laurel Ridge Healthcare in Clovis.
She was born on Dec. 31, 1919, in Rom...
Harper, Gerald
April 8th, 2005
Gerald Harper
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Gerald H. “Jake” Harper, 82, of Grady, died Friday, April 1, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Dec. 13, 1922, in Curry County, to John Henry an...
Winn, Dorothy
April 8th, 2005
Dorothy Winn
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Winn, 78, of Clovis, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at her home.
She was born on July 11, 1926, in Clovis, to Oliver and Evelyn Bloxom.
...
Stokes, Nell
April 8th, 2005
Nell Stokes
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Nell Riley Stokes, 88, of Portales died Thursday, March 31, 2005, at Covenant Lakeside Hospital in Lubbock.
She was born on March 19, 1917, in Big S...
Mitchell , Marion
April 8th, 2005
Marion Mitchell
Services: Have been held.
Marion Robert “Bob” Mitchell, 82, of Bohnam, Texas, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at the Medical Center of Plano in Plano, Texas.
He was born on...
Chavez, Jose
April 8th, 2005
Jose Chavez
Services: Have been held.
Jose Horacio Chavez, 68, of Clovis, died Thursday, March 31, 2005, at Lubbock Heart Hospital.
He was born on Sept. 20, 1936, in Santa Rosa, to Jose Lin...
Lockmiller, Otha
April 8th, 2005
Otha Lockmiller
Services:Have been held.
Otha “Tootie” Lockmiller, 86, of Clovis, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Sept. 9, 1918, in Walters, Okla., to Sam and...
Self, Steven
April 8th, 2005
Steven Self
Services: Have been held.
Stephen Earl “Stuffy” Self, 92, of Clovis, died Thursday, March 31, 2005, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas.
He was born on June 22, 1912,...
Sandoval, Albert
April 8th, 2005
Albert Sandoval
Services: Have been held.
Albert S. Sandoval, 77, of Clovis, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Oct. 16, 1927, in Clovis, to Antonio and Serapia Sando...
City pay-raise plan outlined
April 8th, 2005
A possible solution was presented to fund a salary increase for city employees at Thursday’s City Commission meeting.
City Manager Joe Thomas said $1.1 million is needed to fund the salary increases...
Tucumcari superintendent says he can offer unbiased outlook
April 8th, 2005
Editor’s note: This is the fifth and final interview with the finalists for the Clovis Municipal Schools superintendent position:
William Reents, superintendent of Tucumcari Municipal Schools.
...
Most area sex offenders follow law
April 8th, 2005
More than 90 percent of registered sex offenders in Curry County were found to be in compliance with state law during a week-long investigation by area law enforcement.
According to New Mexico law, a...
Teen Court inspires youth to pursue law careers
April 8th, 2005
Jennifer Aasen and Hope Watkins know exactly what they want to do when they graduate Clovis High School in 2006 — attend college and become lawyers.
It is a career choice that stems from participat...
Woman faces child-abuse charges
April 8th, 2005
PORTALES — A Portales woman faces child-abuse charges after her child tested positive for a chemical found in marijuana, according to police reports.
Catherine Houston-Sprayberry, 23, of Portales,...
Emerging civil society could be first step to peace
April 8th, 2005
Given the history, it is generally wise to be skeptical about signs that might portend a breakthrough toward peace, or even nonhostile co-existence between Israel and Palestine. Nonetheless a move by...
Pope John Paul II hard act to follow
April 8th, 2005
When we lived in Abilene, Texas, my daughter, Laura, called me from a youth conference at the archdiocese in San Angelo and excitedly exclaimed, “I met The Pope!”
I was like “What?” and then...
Pets bring wild world into living room
April 7th, 2005
The Lady of the House has returned from spring break in the Florida Panhandle. She came back with tales of shopping, finding Roosevelt County Valencia peanuts on sale in the Sunshine State, shopping,...
Burnett , Jessie
April 7th, 2005
Jessie Burnett
Services: Have been held.
Jessie "Ralph" Burnett. 82, of Peoria, Ariz., died Sunday, April 3, 2005, at his home.
He was born on May 17, 1922, in North Curry County, near Rosed...
April 8-9, 2005
April 7th, 2005
FRIDAY
Disabled American Veterans #6 Bingo — 7 p.m., 220 West 4th Street, Clovis. Details: 762-5335.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 6:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday,...
Clovis captures Lovington Invite
April 7th, 2005
LOVINGTON — A short course and near perfect conditions helped the Clovis boys shot 11-over par as a team Thursday en route to their second straight tournament title.
Senior Travis Reid led the way...
Religion Calendar
April 7th, 2005
Today
Singles Living in Christ — 7 p.m., First Church of the Nazarene, 1800 N. Norris Street, Clovis. Child care is provided. Information: 763-3141
Sunday Evening Concert Crystal River — 6:30 p.m....
amos: one hectic day
April 7th, 2005
Editor’s note: Amos is a church mouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens.
o...
Enduring adversity leads to treasure in heaven
April 7th, 2005
Her mother died when she was just 6 years old so she was raised by her aunt and other adults that walked in and out of her life.
Instead of a loving and a nurturing atmosphere that their mother had o...
Former pastor chose to convey stories of the Bible in new way
April 7th, 2005
From Genesis to Revelation, he’s got it down to an art.
Paul Chinikidiadi of Gone Fishin’ Ministry in Clovis has created a unique and interactive way of teaching God’s word through woodcarving.
...
Few people want cockfighting in state
April 7th, 2005
New Mexico was a somber place indeed as her inhabitants focused their gaze on Santa Fe during the legislative session.
Coffee klatch conversations were more tense, less jovial. The pace of life conti...
Flight-screening methods nonsensical
April 7th, 2005
For most of my professional life, I’ve traveled frequently — sometimes boarding a commercial flight two, three or four times a month for lucrative speaking engagements.
Over the past three years...
Senator questions Chief of Staff about future training needs
April 7th, 2005
The Air Force Chief of Staff said Wednesday the future airplanes and weapon systems will need wide open spaces for good training.
The testimony came during a U.S. Senate Defense Appropriations Subcom...
Candidate: Leadership means empowering others
April 7th, 2005
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of five interviews with the finalists for the Clovis Municipal School Superintendent position:
Andy Sweet is a former Clovis High School principal and curre...
Clovis teenager sentenced
April 7th, 2005
A Clovis teenager pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection with the shooting death last year of an acquaintance.
Adam Crespin, 19, killed...
Reporter's notebook: Chamber hosting music festival
April 7th, 2005
Buddy Holly put Clovis on the musical map by recording several of his hit songs at the Norman Petty Studios on Seventh Street.
In a tribute to the Lubbock-born Holly and Norman Petty, the Clovis/Curr...
Zias cook Oklahoma Panhandle State in doubleheader
April 6th, 2005
PORTALES — Sometimes, one win can be enough to get a team going.
Taking a break for Lone Star Conference play, Eastern New Mexico University swept struggling Oklahoma Panhandle State by identical...
Fundraising program designed for women
April 6th, 2005
PORTALES — Women will find plenty of activities Saturday during Women’s Day Out at the College of Business on the Eastern New Mexico University campus.
There will be more than 60 seminars from 9...
CCC to receive $235,689 for student aid
April 6th, 2005
U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici announced last week $3.7 million will go to 13 state institutions of higher education, including Clovis Community College and Eastern New Mexico University in Portales.
The f...
Gonzales , Diego
April 6th, 2005
Diego Gonzales
Services: Have been held.
Diego Augustine Gonzales, 3 months, died Monday, April 4, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
He was born on Jan. 3, 2005, in Lubbock,...
This one’s for the birds
April 6th, 2005
Jim Weaver has a ranch in Roosevelt County where a somewhat rare bird can be found this time of year. It is mating season for the lesser prairie-chicken, an event that has turned into a unique celebra...
April 7, 2005
April 6th, 2005
TODAY
AARP Free Tax-Aide — 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Baxter Hall, 908 Hickory by appointment, call 769-7908 or 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Walker community Center, 316 W. 2nd, walk in’s only.
S...
Spring means severe weather
April 6th, 2005
Gusting winds that roared across the plains Tuesday at up to 63 mph and packed enough punch to down power lines is an early indication of the volatile weather that accompanies spring in eastern New Me...
La Casita principal believes students should be focus
April 6th, 2005
Editor’s note: This is the third of five interviews with the finalists for the Clovis Municipal School Superintendent position:
David Briseno, principal of La Casita Elementary
Q: You’ve said yo...
One killed in Fort Sumner fire
April 6th, 2005
An early-morning fire Tuesday just east of Fort Sumner took the life of one man and left a house in ruins.
According to De Baca County Sheriff Gary Graves, a fire broke out at 3 a.m. at the Larry Pe...
Funds awarded for victims memorial
April 6th, 2005
District Attorney Matt Chandler said victims of violence are all too often forgotten once a trial is over.
The first-year district attorney asked the Curry County Commission on Tuesday to help rectif...
More litigation won’t help older folk get employed
April 6th, 2005
It would be ironic if it weren’t so sad. Just as market conditions are making older workers more attractive to an increasing number of employers, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down a decision that is...
Energy costs killing southwest industries
April 6th, 2005
It is becoming increasingly clear that if industries in the southwest are to survive, something must be done to hold down energy costs. Of all fuels, natural gas requires the most immediate attention,...
Schiavo political circus exercise in hypocrisy
April 5th, 2005
There were no network news bulletins when Sun Hudson died. No army of protesters keeping vigil outside the hospital, no statement from the president, no comment from the House majority leader.
Instea...
Gee ignites Hounds' rally
April 5th, 2005
PORTALES — Making just his second pitching appearance and first start, Eastern New Mexico junior Micah Bernhardt got off to an inauspicious start — he walked the first two hitters and plunked the...
April 6, 2005
April 5th, 2005
TODAY
AARP Free Tax-Aide — 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Baxter Hall, 908 Hickory by appointment, call 769-7908 or 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Walker community Center, 316 W. 2nd, walk in’s only.
Al...
Won’t it be nice to be out of time?
April 5th, 2005
Won’t it be nice to be out of time?
Huh?
I repeat: Won’t it be nice to be out of time?
I don’t wonder that you’re confused. You’re probably thinking: Whaddaya mean? “Nice” to be out...
CHS alum turning heads at college
April 5th, 2005
In his second season at Trinidad State (Colo.) Junior College, former Clovis High pitcher Darren Davis is hoping to take the next step.
The sophomore right-hander is getting some looks from four-year...
High jumpers leading way for Lady Wildcats
April 5th, 2005
In Darrel Ray’s 26 years of coaching track, he’s never seen a group of jumpers with the potential to reach so high.
Junior Brittany Blackmon and freshmen Ebony Bunton and Jasmine McDonald have al...
4/5 Business Digest
April 5th, 2005
One seat contested on ENMR board
Four board of directors positions are slated for election April 16 at the ENMR Plateau annual membership meeting.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the Marshall...
Clovis man sentenced to eight years
April 5th, 2005
A Clovis man convicted of voluntary manslaughter in September was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday by a district judge.
James Rogers, 44, received the maximum for voluntary manslaughter of s...
Candidate: Issues at Clovis schools ‘common’
April 5th, 2005
Editor’s note: This is the second of five interviews with the finalists for the Clovis Municipal School Superintendent position:
Rhonda Seidenwurm is deputy superintendent of instruction for...
Attorney General contesting ACLU suit
April 4th, 2005
A lawsuit filed in Santa Fe on the behalf of a Clovis man charged with distribution of sexually explicit material to minors is being contested by the Attorney General’s office.
The American Civil L...
Domenici requests funds for Cannon military construction
April 4th, 2005
WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-NM, requested $15.2 million Monday to support military construction needs at Cannon Air Force Base, according to a press release.
Domenici is requesting the f...
Social Security needs debate, not demagogy
April 4th, 2005
Despite the rhetorical drubbing President George W. Bush has taken from Democrats and others opposed to his plans to reform Social Security, the president actually might still have the upper hand. The...
Some critics lose sight of real values
April 4th, 2005
No one is more prone to criticize the various levels and branches of the U.S. government than I am. My complaints, however, tend to focus on how our political institutions have departed from the best...
Press misses point about intelligence
April 4th, 2005
The President’s Commission on (deep breath) Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction has issued its report. True to predictions, it indicts the CIA and ot...
Cochrain, Montie
April 4th, 2005
Montie Cochrain
Services: Have been held.
Montie Cochrain, 82, of Elida, died Sunday, April 3, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Oct. 15, 1922, in Elida to Cecil May and Steve B. Cochrain.
H...
April 5, 2005
April 4th, 2005
TODAY
AARP Free Tax-Aide — 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Baxter Hall, 908 Hickory by appointment, call 769-7908 or 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Walker community Center, 316 W. 2nd, walk in’s only.
A...
Free book worth every penny
April 4th, 2005
Good news/bad news.
The good news is that I got a free book in the mail.
The bad news: It’s obviously worth every penny I paid.
I don’t know how many shillings were shelled out to mail copi...
Reward comes through the air for child
April 3rd, 2005
Seven-year-old Caleb Loper just finished a bout with brain cancer. As part of his reward for completing treatment, he received a helicopter ride from family friend Dan Lindsey on Saturday.
“It was...
Assistant superintendent aims to make step up
April 3rd, 2005
Editor’s note: This is the first of five interviews with the finalists for the Clovis Municipal Schools superintendent position:
Ladona Clayton is assistant superintendent for instruction of Clovis...
Great Lakes makes first Clovis flight
April 3rd, 2005
At noon Sunday, Great Lakes Aviation made its first flight as Clovis’ new air carrier.
Airport director Steve Summer said the Department of Transportation recommended that Clovis switch to Great Lak...
Nora Pacheco
April 3rd, 2005
Nora Sena Pacheco, 82, of Clovis, died Friday, April 1, 2005 at her home in Clovis.
She was born Dec. 23, 1922 to Ignacio and Hilarita Gallegos Sena in Clovis. She was a homemaker, of the Catholic fai...
Harold Joe Smith
April 3rd, 2005
Harold Joe Smith, 69, of Clovis, died Friday, April 1, 2005 at his home in Clovis.
Smith was born June 16, 1935 to Harold M. and Lenore Davis Smith in Franklin County, Kan. He married Kay Adams on Sep...
Funny bones can be lost through surgery
April 3rd, 2005
If you’re a dinner party hostess who wants to save money on hors d’oeuvres so you can donate to the Martha Stewart Relief Fund, allow me to offer some help. I know a sure-fire way to curb appetite...
Cost-efficient drugs stressed with health plans
April 3rd, 2005
Congress five years ago approved a Defense Department plan to slow pharmacy cost growth by creating a uniform drug formulary for the military, and by imposing higher co-payments on drugs knocked off t...
Lady Cats third in Artesia
April 3rd, 2005
ARTESIA — For Clovis, a third-place finish in the Lady Dog Invitational seemed worthwhile, especially in light of the tough pitching the Wildcats faced in the semifinals and a comeback win in the th...
Wildcat netters win 4-5A opener
April 3rd, 2005
The Clovis won its District 4-5A opener Friday with a 5-4 win over Cibola at home.
The Lady Wildcats fell to Cibola 6-3.
After splitting the four singles matches, the Wildcat boys took two of three...
Williams picks up pair of seconds
April 3rd, 2005
AMARILLO — Hard work is paying off for Clovis’ Phillip Williams.
The senior followed up a second-place finish Friday in the long jump by finishing second in the 100 meters Saturday at the Amarill...
Hounds have three-way battle for QB
April 3rd, 2005
PORTALES — Finding a replacement for two-year starter Steven Hinson at quarterback is one of the top priorities during Eastern New Mexico University’s spring practice.
It figures to be a three-wa...
Abilene Christian outslugs Zias
April 3rd, 2005
PORTALES — If you have to score runs in bunches to win, second-year Abilene Christian softball coach Chantiel Wilson figures she has the team to do it.
Led by slugging first baseman Katie Bryan, th...
Hounds gain weekend sweep
April 3rd, 2005
PORTALES — Trevor Davis had already thrown more than 100 pitches through eight innings, but he figured he had enough left to finish the job.
Davis wiggled out of a first-and-third, none-out jam in...
Qualities for top job at schools discussed
April 3rd, 2005
Openness, classroom experience and a love of children: Those are some of the attributes teachers and parents say the new Clovis superintendent of schools should possess.
With school board interviews...
Great Lakes takes over city air service
April 3rd, 2005
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Great Lakes Aviation takes over air service at Clovis Municipal Airport today.
The Wyoming-based air service will offer two flights weekdays from Clovis to Albuquerque and one on S...
Cops & courts: Would-be robbers foiled by undercover cops
April 3rd, 2005
A possible robbery attempt was foiled Wednesday when the would-be robbers inadvertently made contact with two undercover police officers, according to a press release from the police department.
The...
Reporter's notebook: Music education top 100 lists Clovis
April 3rd, 2005
Clovis Municipal Schools is listed in “Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America,” an annual nationwide survey conducted jointly by the country’s top organizations devoted to music and...
Clovis police investigating white powder
April 3rd, 2005
Police are investigating the discovery of white power in an envelope Thursday at the PNM Gas office at 600 Georgia St.
A police field test identified the substance as benzoyl peroxide, which can cause...
Report indicates mattress fire set intentionally
April 3rd, 2005
A Clovis Fire Department report indicates a mattress fire Friday at the Curry County Adult Detention Center was set intentionally.
Jail officials reported one inmate in the booking area cell at the t...
Public forum opportunity, not political game
April 3rd, 2005
The Clovis News Journal, in partnership with radio station KTQM, is hoping to introduce local residents to the five finalists being considered for superintendent of the Clovis Municipal School Distric...
4/3 Letters to the editor
April 3rd, 2005
Reader sees human side of President
Although, I have lived in Dallas for 30 years, I still refer to Clovis as my home. I was born there and I was raised there by two of the most wonderful peopl...
Fooling around longtime spring tradition
April 3rd, 2005
Since we survived Friday’s April Fools’ pranks, it’s time to look forward to the spring rebirth in our annual cycle. By the way, the first day of spring (two weeks ago today) and April Fools’...
Carpenter, Marcia
April 2nd, 2005
Marcia Carpenter
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Marcia Janice Carpenter, 60, of The Colony, Texas, a juvenile detention officer and homemaker, died Friday, April 1, 2005, in Plano, Texas.
She...
April 3, 2005
April 2nd, 2005
SUNDAY
AARP/55 ALIVE Driver Safety Program — 8 a.m. until noon. Clovis Community College, Room 103. Pre-registration is suggested. Cost is $10 per person made payable to AARP/55 Alive. Infor...
World mourns pope's death
April 2nd, 2005
VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II, the man who led the Catholic church for a generation with vision, drive and charisma, died Saturday, bringing an end to his prolonged personal suffering and to a hi...
LIFESTYLES PAGES 4/3/05
April 1st, 2005
CLUB NOTES:
Altrusa International, Inc.
Members of Altrusa International, Inc. of Clovis met at Muffley's Back Door for their regular business meeting March 22. The minutes were read and committee re...
Nance, John
April 1st, 2005
John Nance
Services: have been held.
John B. Nance, 79, of Farwell, Texas, died Monday, March 28, 2005, at Muleshoe Area Medical Center.
He was born on Feb. 17, 1926, in Jarrell, Texas, to Wi...
Simms, Grace E.
April 1st, 2005
Grace E. Simms
Services: Have been held.
Grace E. Simms, 82, of Clovis, died Saturday, March 26, 2005, at Laurel Ridge Nursing Home in Clovis.
She was born on Oct. 5, 1922, in McAlister to Br...
Pena, Joe
April 1st, 2005
Joe Pena
Services:Have been held.
Joe Pena, 95, of Fort Sumner, died Saturday, March 26, 2005, at Kaseman-Presbyterian Hospice in Albuquerque.
He was born on June 1, 1909, in Sapello, to Ne...
Nibert, James
April 1st, 2005
James M. Nibert, 70, of Roswell, died Friday, March 25, 2005.
He was born on May 2, 1934, in Parkersburg, W.Va., to Charles Lewis and Rose Aippersbach Nibert.
He married Elaine A. LeGrand on Nov. 3...
Thomas, Raymond
April 1st, 2005
Raymond Thomas
Services: Have been held.
Raymond Curtis Thomas, 92, of Clovis, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Nov. 9, 1912, in Crowell, Texas, to Ollie Thomas a...
Keith Terry, Keith
April 1st, 2005
Keith Terry
Services: Have been held.
Keith Terry, 64, of Portales, died Thursday, March 24, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Nov. 19, 1940, in Portales, to Musette and Bob Terry.
He marr...
Servatius, Lorado
April 1st, 2005
Lorado Servatius
Services: Have been held.
Lorado Nettie Servatius, 84, of Pleasant Hill, died Friday, March 25, 2005, at her home.
She was born on April 20, 1920, in Paducah, Texas, to T....
Rizzuti, Georgia
April 1st, 2005
Georgia Rizzuti
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Georgia Carol Brock Rizzuti, 59, of Clovis, died Saturday, March 26, 2005, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
She was born on Sept. 29, 1945...
McTommoney , Brian
April 1st, 2005
Brian McTommoney
Services: Have been held.
Brian McTommoney, 56, of Clovis, died Thursday, March 24, 2005, at his home.
He was born June 12, 1948, in Philadelphia, to Joseph and Valentine Mo...
Goddard, Barbara
April 1st, 2005
Barbara Goddard
Services: Have been held.
Barbara Mae Goddard, 66, of Chandler, Texas, died Friday, March 25, 2005, at her home.
She was born on Feb. 1, 1939, in Anson, Texas, to Holbert and...
English, Rev. Robert A.
April 1st, 2005
Services: Have been held.
The Rev. Robert A. English, 90, of Clovis, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
He was born on April 2, 1914, in Tarrant County...
Salaz, Feliz
April 1st, 2005
Feliz Salaz
Services: Have been held.
Feliz Salaz, 82, of Portales, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at her home.
She was born on Nov. 25, 1922, in Chaperito, to Juanita and Miguel Lucero.
Sh...
Keslar, Daniel
April 1st, 2005
Daniel Keslar
Services: Have been held.
Daniel Gene "Danny" Keslar, 43, of Clovis, died Sunday, March 20, 2005, at University Medical Center in Lubbock.
He was born on Sept. 26, 1961, in Clov...
Watkins, Gary
April 1st, 2005
Gary Watkins
Services: Have been held.
The Rev. Gary W. Watkins, 55, of East Peoria, Ill., died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at his home.
He was born on March 14, 1950, in Clovis, to William and...
Tivis, Bailee
April 1st, 2005
Bailee Tivis
Services: Have been held.
Bailee Tivis, 3, of Portales, died Sunday, March 20, 2005, at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales.
He was born on Jan. 28, 2002, in Clovis, to Kris...
Hammond, Margie
April 1st, 2005
Margie Hammond
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Margie Prather Hammond, 77, of Mount Pleasant, Texas, died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at her home.
She was born on May 5, 1927, in Crowell, Texas,...
Robinson, Annie
April 1st, 2005
Annie Robinson
Services:Have been held.
Annie Robinson, 89, of Artesia, died Thursday, March 17, 2005 at Laurel Ridge Care Center in Clovis.
She was born June 21, 1915 in Hayworth, Okla. to M...
Loflin, Lee
April 1st, 2005
Lee Loflin
Services: Have been held.
Lee Loflin, 82, of Lubbock, died Friday, March 11, 2005, in Lamesa, Texas.
He was born on May 24, 1922, in Portales, to John and Vada Loflin.
He served...
King , Wilda
April 1st, 2005
Wilda King
Services: Have been held.
Wilda Nell “Todd” King, 79, of Clovis, died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at her home.
She was born on May 22, 1925, in Nowata, Okla., to Byrd and Bess...
Hawkins, William
April 1st, 2005
William A. Hawkins
Services: Have been held.
Mr. William A. “Willie” Hawkins, 84, of Portales, died Thursday, March 17, 2005, at Heartland Continuing Care Center in Portales.
He was bor...
Fryar, Leotta Sarah
April 1st, 2005
Leotta Sarah Fryar
Services: Have been held.
Leotta Sarah Fryar, 91, died Tuesday, March 8, 2005, in Albuquerque.
She was born on June 10, 1913, in Bellview, to Wallace and Ethel Hutchins.
S...
Ex-Wildcat playing through pain
April 1st, 2005
PORTALES — A former walk-on, Clovis’ Josh Kuchta has played his way through a painful back injury to become the starting shortstop at Eastern New Mexico University the last two seasons.
ENMU coac...
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