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Floor plans presented for event center
August 31st, 2005
Jim Lewis of Schlegel Lewis Architects came armed with floor plans Wednesday for the proposed Curry County event center.
Event center committee members looked over sketches for the center’s site pl...
Lloyd W. Hinderliter, Charles Jones, Marshall VInson
August 31st, 2005
Editor’s note: World War II officially ended Sept. 2, 1945, when the Japanese signed surrender terms. We’re honoring the war’s area veterans over the next several months with these brief profile...
ENMU harriers looking for improvement
August 31st, 2005
Eastern New Mexico University’s cross country teams were a bit disappointed with their finishes in last year’s Lone Star Conference meet — fifth for the men, ninth for the women.
They hope to m...
9/1 Student Profile
August 31st, 2005
Mary Cate Burns is a senior at Clovis High School. She is the daughter of James Burns and Katie Haynes.
If money were no object, what would you do to make the world a better place? I would give every...
Reporter's notebook: Altrusa chapter receives grant
August 31st, 2005
Kathy Travis works daily to ensure hundreds of people across in New Mexico have a hot, nutritious meal.
Travis is the president of Clovis chapter of Altrusa, a volunteer service organization that fou...
New rules may help academy regain focus
August 31st, 2005
Sensitivity rates high on the list of contemporary American virtues, right up there with “diversity,” “economic justice” and “bilateralism” in international affairs. And by that measure,...
PREP VOLLEYBALL NOTES: Lady Spikers holding up well
August 31st, 2005
YOU WOULD THINK THE Texico Lady Spikers might struggle with Class 2A all-state outside hitter Lori Richardson starting the season on the bench with an ankle injury.
To put it mildly — they h...
9/1 Letters to the editor
August 31st, 2005
Alcohol advertising in need of regulation
While looking at the sports page, I saw a large beer, whiskey and wine advertisement. The longer I looked, the more I saw red.
I read of one wreck aft...
Clovis, Cannon deserve support of state
August 31st, 2005
It was Clovis against the world. You think the La Cueva Bears are tough? How about the government putting a “closed” sign on Cannon Air Base and choking the town until it gasps for air?
It’s a...
Sept. 1, 2005
August 31st, 2005
TODAY
Strength Sisters — 7 p.m. First Methodist Church. Cancer support group for women. Details: 762-5167.
V.F.W. Auxiliary 3280 — 7 p.m., meeting at Post 3280. Details: 763-50...
8/27 Local Roundup
August 31st, 2005
Judge rules to proceed with sheriff recall effort
FORT SUMNER — A district judge has ruled there is probable cause to proceed with the recall effort of De Baca County Sheriff Gary Graves. Cit...
Henry Gallegos, Carl Field, Lynn Wright
August 30th, 2005
Editor’s note: World War II officially ended Sept. 2, 1945, when the Japanese signed surrender terms. We’re honoring the war’s area veterans over the next several months with these brief...
Wet weather keeping pest control officer busy
August 30th, 2005
The nets Francis Warner uses to trap mosquitos are equipped with a few of the pest’s favorites things: light and carbon dioxide. Light bulbs and dry ice produce the elements, which mosquitos just ca...
Rumsfeld may not recommend BRAC list
August 30th, 2005
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has reservations about the base closure commission’s decision to spare several high-profile installations, saying the commission focused o...
AAA: Gas prices will increase this week
August 30th, 2005
Crude-oil prices spiked to a new high Tuesday, as traders grew increasingly concerned about the amount of damage Hurricane Katrina did to the nation’s energy infrastructure.
The runup in trading pr...
8/30 BRAC Letters to the editor
August 30th, 2005
Editor’s note: The Base Closure and Realignment Commission voted Friday to move planes and personnel away from Cannon, as recommended by the Department of Defense. But commissioners ordered C...
Base supporters optimistic
August 30th, 2005
The window of opportunity for Cannon Air Force is ever-growing. That’s the message Randy Harris, one of Cannon’s most loyal supporters, walked away with Monday after participating in two separate...
Base supporters optimistic
August 30th, 2005
The window of opportunity for Cannon Air Force is ever-growing. That’s the message Randy Harris, one of Cannon’s most loyal supporters, walked away with Monday after participating in two separate...
3rd & short — Safety haunts Bovina
August 29th, 2005
News and note from last week’s area prep football games.
Leading Morton 7-0 late in the fourth quarter, Bovina faced fourth-and-forever deep in its own territory.
Bovina elected to take a s...
Reslient Cannon squad wins world softball title
August 29th, 2005
A crew of bench players, an MVP, and some late-game heroics helped a Cannon Air Force Base men’s softball team recently take home a military world tournament.
The USSSA tournament is an annual even...
New Mexico leaders invite Defense Department to visit Cannon
August 29th, 2005
WASHINGTON — New Mexico leaders are inviting Defense Department officials to visit Cannon Air Force Base, hoping that will help convince the Pentagon the base should stay open.
The request comes da...
8/30 Military Digest
August 29th, 2005
Bridgman
Airman Justin K. Bridgman has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He is a 2000 graduate of Clovis High School.
He is the son of V...
Herman Berkstaller, Tom Carter, Dr. E.O. Stewart, Martha Stewart
August 29th, 2005
Editor’s note: World War II officially ended Sept. 2, 1945, when the Japanese signed surrender terms. We’re honoring the war’s area veterans over the next several months with these brief...
Price controls on gas may fuel market distortions
August 29th, 2005
Disco. Earth Shoes. Pet rocks. Eight-track tape players. Jimmy Carter.
Please, let’s not go back to the 1970s.
They’re trying in Hawaii, imposing gasoline price controls that well could bring b...
8/30 BRAC Letters to the editor
August 29th, 2005
Editor’s note: The Base Closure and Realignment Commission voted Friday to move planes and personnel away from Cannon, as recommended by the Department of Defense. But commissioners ordered C...
Retirees getting second chance at program
August 29th, 2005
More than 800,000 military retirees who declined the Survivor Benefit Plan at retirement will get another chance to buy into a much-improved program, starting this fall. But delayed enrollment won’t...
August 30, 2005
August 29th, 2005
TODAY
SHARE of Clovis — 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Farmers Electric 3701 Thornton Street. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support group. Information: Michelle Wageman, 763-5012 or email shareclovis@yahoo....
Resilient Clovis defensive effort not enough
August 28th, 2005
LAS CRUCES — If you looked only at the stats — 19-4 in first downs, 289-62 in total offense, 61-30 in plays from scrimmage, all favoring Mayfield — you’d figure it was a blowout.
But the Clov...
Ideas flowing for new Cannon mission
August 27th, 2005
It may be two years or more before the F-16 fighter jets and their crews and support staff leave Cannon Air Force Base, but the ideas for what happens after that are already rolling in.
Andrew Schulm...
Charles Bracken, Bruce Hamilton, Juan Vega, Merriman Vise, E.J. Crown...
August 27th, 2005
Editor’s note: World War II officially ended Sept. 2, 1945, when the Japanese signed surrender terms. We’re honoring the war’s area veterans over the next several months with these brief...
Cops and courts: Clovis man sentenced on drug charges
August 27th, 2005
A 36-year-old Clovis man was sentenced to five years in prison Aug. 18 after being found guilty on drug and forgery charges, according to a press release from the 9th Judicial District Attorney’s of...
8/28 Police Blotter
August 27th, 2005
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
Police responded to a report of a fight in progress Aug. 2, at a bar in the 700 block of Prince Stree...
Commission ‘pulled threads’ from Pentagon plan
August 27th, 2005
WASHINGTON — Despite his plea not “to pull a thread out,” the base closing commission yanked away at Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s intricate plan to restructure military facilities.
...
Panel wraps up base closing work
August 27th, 2005
WASHINGTON — A federal commission wrapped up its review of the Defense Department’s plan to close and consolidate domestic military bases Saturday, having made changes that it acknowledged would s...
More BRAC reactions:
August 27th, 2005
More reaction to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission’s decision on Cannon Air Force Base:
“We all would have preferred a clear and decisive vote from the Commission to keep Cannon open. I...
Judge sides with Pennsylvania on base closings lawsuit
August 27th, 2005
PHILADELPHIA — In a blow to the Pentagon’s plan to shake up National Guard units, a judge ruled Friday that the Defense Department does not have the authority to dissolve a Pennsylvania Air Nation...
Cannon survival gives region time to find new mission
August 27th, 2005
It wasn’t the sonic boom we wanted to hear resounding Friday through the maze of rings that make up the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. But undoubtedly its occupants heard the loud BRAC cheer given to...
8/28 BRAC Letters to the editor
August 27th, 2005
Editor’s note: The Base Closure and Realignment Commission voted Friday to move planes and personnel away from Cannon, as recommended by the Department of Defense. But commissioners ordered C...
Prince, Mildred
August 27th, 2005
Mildred Prince
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Wheeler Mortuary Chapel
Mrs. Mildred Prince, 90, of Portales died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center.
She was born July 8,...
August 28-29, 2005
August 27th, 2005
SUNDAY
Arlington Baptist College Ensemble — 9:30 a.m. High Plains Baptist Church, 2800 E. 21st Street, Information: 769-1382. Free concert.
AARP/55 ALIVE Driver Safety Program —...
Prep football capsules
August 27th, 2005
Muleshoe 35, Friona 0
Records: Muleshoe 1-0, Friona 0-1
Difference: Brady Black scored twice for Muleshoe in a 21-point second quarter.
Difference makers: Junior Brant Hamilton threw for 171 yards and...
Enclave means Cannon has bought time
August 27th, 2005
The word rang out over and over during federal deliberations over the fate of Cannon Air Force Base: enclave. It is the word Base Closure and Realignment Commissioner Samuel Skinner used to keep the...
Rapid City jubilant over Ellsworth vote
August 27th, 2005
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Two dozen people leaped to their feet, cheered and applauded early Friday when a federal commission voted to save Ellsworth Air Force Base from closure.
“That’s a load off,...
Local BRAC reactions
August 27th, 2005
What they’re saying
“For the majority of people, it’s just a slow death.”
— Gene Weber, an Air Force retiree, on BRAC’s decision to keep Cannon open, but move its planes and personnel
...
Commission shakes up Pentagon proposal
August 27th, 2005
WASHINGTON — In two setbacks for the Pentagon, the base-closing commission crafted its own shake-up of the Air National Guard on Friday after voting to keep open Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Da...
Enclave means Cannon has bought time
August 27th, 2005
The word rang out over and over during federal deliberations over the fate of Cannon Air Force Base: enclave. It is the word Base Closure and Realignment Commissioner Samuel Skinner used to keep the...
Rapid City jubilant over Ellsworth vote
August 27th, 2005
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Two dozen people leaped to their feet, cheered and applauded early Friday when a federal commission voted to save Ellsworth Air Force Base from closure.
“That’s a load off,...
Local BRAC reactions
August 27th, 2005
What they’re saying
“For the majority of people, it’s just a slow death.”
— Gene Weber, an Air Force retiree, on BRAC’s decision to keep Cannon open, but move its planes and personnel
...
Commission shakes up Pentagon proposal
August 27th, 2005
WASHINGTON — In two setbacks for the Pentagon, the base-closing commission crafted its own shake-up of the Air National Guard on Friday after voting to keep open Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Da...
Robert Ellison
August 26th, 2005
Robert Ellison
Services: Have been held.
Robert J. Ellison, 79, of Galveston, Texas, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005, at UTMB Hospital in Galveston, Texas.
He was born on March 4, 1926, in Loren...
School Menus
August 26th, 2005
Clovis Elementary
Monday: Breakfast — French toast, juice, milk. Lunch — super spud, ranch style beans, chilled peaches, milk.
Tuesday: Breakfast — bagel, cream cheese, juice, milk. Lunc...
Senior Happenings
August 26th, 2005
La Casa Senior Center
1120 Cameo St.
Monday: 9:30 a.m. — Blood pressure checks; 10 a.m. ‚ Health insurance benefits assistance.
Tuesday: 10:30 — Indoor exercise.
Wednesday: 9:30 a.m...
Life lessons from the horse's mouth
August 26th, 2005
Several weeks ago, we were able to vacation in Arizona, a trip that included not only the Grand Canyon but the beautiful red rock area around Sedona. Though we only spent a day in that town, I was abl...
Horoscopes for your children
August 26th, 2005
Don’t fret over those expensive items you bought for your kid as he entered school this fall. You should instead smack your forehead and cry, “I shudda bought a Student Horoscope!”
Allow me to...
America's leaders brought their team to victory
August 26th, 2005
“Any resemblance in persons living or dead in the following story is purely on purpose,” said Mark Morris, Clovis High School sports editor of the Purple Press back in 1976.
“The spirit of ’7...
8-28 Lifestyles
August 26th, 2005
Engagements
Collins/Rollins
David and Becky Collins of Friona, Texas, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sara Katherine Collins, of Amarillo, to Jonatha...
Base backers "distressed"
August 26th, 2005
By Marlena Hartz
CNJ STAFF WRITER
marlena_hartz@link.freedom.com
Clovis-Portales citizens, city commissioners and other government officials, perched on the edge of their seats, many with cell phone...
Cannon survives ... for now
August 26th, 2005
WASHINGTON — A federal panel voted Friday to accept the Pentagon’s recommendation to send Cannon Air Force Base’s three F-16 fighter squadrons elsewhere — but stopped short of closing Cannon.
...
Central Arkansas rolls over Hounds
August 25th, 2005
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Suffice it to say, Central Arkansas spoiled Mark Ribaudo’s head coaching debut at Eastern New Mexico University Thursday night.
Senior quarterback Chris Reil threw for two tou...
Area weekend high school football capsules
August 25th, 2005
All Times MDT
Clovis Christian at Lake Arthur
When: 1:30 p.m. Saturday
2004 records: Clovis Christian 2-7, Lake Arthur 3-5.
Coaches: Clovis Christian, Greg Darden; Lake Arthur, Jo...
‘Everybody’s a little nervous’ as Cannon fate nears.
August 25th, 2005
As suspense built with each passing hour, the fate of Cannon Air Force Base remained in limbo Thursday while residents held out anxious hope that their months-long wait would soon end in celebration.
...
Commission chair asks if Cannon can house F35s
August 25th, 2005
A beacon, for some base supporters, shone through in the early morning hours Thursday when BRAC Commission Chairman Anthony Principi asked if Cannon Air Force Base could house the Joint Strike Fighter...
‘Everybody’s a little nervous’ as Cannon fate nears.
August 25th, 2005
As suspense built with each passing hour, the fate of Cannon Air Force Base remained in limbo Thursday while residents held out anxious hope that their months-long wait would soon end in celebration.
...
Commission chair asks if Cannon can house F35s
August 25th, 2005
A beacon, for some base supporters, shone through in the early morning hours Thursday when BRAC Commission Chairman Anthony Principi asked if Cannon Air Force Base could house the Joint Strike Fighter...
8/26 Public Record
August 25th, 2005
The following marriages licenses were compiled from court records from Aug. 17 through Wednesday:
• Christopher John Maier, 21, to Tara Diane Barnard, 20, both of Clovis
• Keon Tyrell Bush, 19, t...
BRAC Commission opts to spare White Sands lab
August 25th, 2005
WASHINGTON — The commission reviewing the Pentagon’s plan to streamline military bases reversed the Department of Defense on Thursday, voting to keep the Army Research Laboratory at White Sands Mi...
Base-closing panel votes to close Walter Reed hospital
August 25th, 2005
WASHINGTON — Siding with the Pentagon, the base-closing commission voted Thursday to shut down the Army’s historic Walter Reed hospital and move about 20,000 defense workers miles away from their...
Harsh regulations will mean hardship for auto industry
August 25th, 2005
Some pointless ideas die hard, which is an accurate description of the fuel economy standards the federal government imposes on automakers. The Bush administration, although allegedly in favor of free...
Balancing life can mean compromise
August 25th, 2005
An article in the September issue of Latina magazine caught my eye, “The Perfectly (Un) Balanced Life” which asks, “Who says we mujeres must have a perfectly made bed while making it to the top?...
Fast curves better left to stuntmen
August 25th, 2005
That new “Dukes of Hazzard” movie has been playing in Clovis.
Remembering the old TV show it’s based on, I put a Waylon Jennings album on the stereo. There was Waylon singing the theme from the...
8/26 amos
August 25th, 2005
Editor’s note: Amos is a church mouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation.
a hollow log fantasy flight
boss i ran into a hollow log
yesterday tha...
Country church hearkens to simpler times
August 25th, 2005
I have vivid childhood memories of the little country church in Arkansas that my parents knew well. When we attended there as a family, it was as if we stepped into a past era, and this little country...
A Lesson from History and Party Politics
August 25th, 2005
It was the summer of 1945. Nazi Germany had just been defeated, and the British people, in their first election since the war had begun, thanked Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill by voting him out o...
August 26, 2005
August 25th, 2005
TODAY
Disabled American Veterans #6 Bingo — 7 p.m., 220 West 4th Street, Clovis. Details: 762-5335.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 7:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thurs...
Governor takes last run at Commission
August 25th, 2005
Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday he’s pitched one final idea to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission in hopes of saving Cannon Air Force Base, but he would not say what that plan involves....
BRAC results won’t hamper appreciation day
August 25th, 2005
Committee of Fifty President Terry Moberly said the 16th annual Cannon Appreciation Day will be held Friday at Unity Park regardless of whether the air base remains on the Pentagon’s base-closing li...
Governor takes last run at Commission
August 25th, 2005
Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday he’s pitched one final idea to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission in hopes of saving Cannon Air Force Base, but he would not say what that plan involves....
ENMU Dawg Days held to ease college transition
August 25th, 2005
PORTALES — When Manuel Gonzalez began attending Eastern New Mexico University in 2002, he worried about what classes he would take. As for Malia Rummell, who was eager to meet people, she feared she...
8/25 Education Digest
August 25th, 2005
ENMU begins fall semester Monday
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University in Portales will begin the fall semester on Monday. The last day to register is Sept. 2.
The semester ends on Dec. 1...
Restricting business mars free enterprise
August 25th, 2005
An antiquated law that was patently unfair when it was enacted back in 1979 likely will remain in effect thanks to Texas congressmen closing ranks around protected special interests.
The Wright Amend...
Presidential bid troubling for column writing
August 25th, 2005
Where were we? Where were we before I decided to stretch out on a deck chair and watch the August monsoons? It was fun. Two column deadlines passed. It felt good.
But then I got to feeling guilty. I...
Curbing liberty not appropriate response
August 24th, 2005
Driving through downtown Washington, D.C., a few weeks ago, I asked myself: What’s happened to the character of the American people? There were barricaded landmarks, armed guards and people waiting...
August 25, 2005
August 24th, 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. Detai...
Hounds test Bears today in opener
August 24th, 2005
The Eastern New Mexico University football team left by bus early Wednesday morning for the long ride to Arkansas and tonight’s season opener against Central Arkansas.
First-year coach Mark Ribaudo...
Cats cruise to soccer win over NMMI
August 23rd, 2005
Sophomore Luis Esparza recorded a hat trick and added two assists Tuesday to lead the Clovis High boys soccer team to an 8-2 rout of New Mexico Military Institute at Yucca Soccer Complex.
Seven playe...
State officials argue savings
August 23rd, 2005
WASHINGTON — Defenders of Cannon Air Force Base will learn late this week whether three anxious months of lobbying can reverse the Pentagon’s decision to close the base.
Beginning today, the nine...
Rumsfeld predicts approval for much of base-closing plan
August 23rd, 2005
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld predicted Tuesday that a federal commission will endorse “the overwhelming majority” of his proposals to close, shrink or expand hundreds of mi...
Tick, tick, tick...Cannon on clock
August 23rd, 2005
Randy Harris said he has every reason to believe Base Closure and Realignment commissioners will spare Cannon Air Force Base when they hold hearings this week in Washington.
“When the commissioners...
8-24 Birthdays
August 23rd, 2005
The following people are celebrating their birthday today:
• Carlon Hickman
• Rebecca Taylor
• Mike Walton
Belated
• Xavier Zunich
Birthday information must be submitted to KTQM by noon the da...
Facts prove Cannon should remain open
August 23rd, 2005
Fittingly, the fate of Cannon Air Force Base started with numbers and they will greatly impact the outcome. The numbers are clearer now than they were last spring because we know more about the number...
Adding two miles per gallon is not a solution
August 23rd, 2005
When I took a look at the CNN Web site on Tuesday morning, I couldn’t help but give a slight amount of approval to the Bush administration, or at least the first sentence of the story I uploaded.
...
School board meeting
August 23rd, 2005
The Clovis Municipal Schools board met Tuesday. The following is a report on the meeting:
n Clovis Superintendent Rhonda Seidenwurm reported the preliminary attendance numbers are down approximately 2...
Melrose city pool scheduled to open
August 23rd, 2005
The pool at Melrose’s city park is scheduled to open today — just in time for the end of the community’s first day of school.
State environmental officials on Tuesday night approved the pool’s...
8-24 Calendar
August 23rd, 2005
TODAY
The We Group of NA — 6:00 p.m. The Church of the Brethren, Manana and Acoma,(across from Stansells) enter the northside of the church. Information: Becca, 742-2032.
Amateur Radio Cl...
Clovis schools' early dismissal program concerns parents
August 22nd, 2005
The Clovis public school district’s early-release program kicks off this week, with 13 elementary schools now ending classes at 12:45 every Wednesday. School officials say the new program will give...
New China Star on its way
August 22nd, 2005
When his restaurant went up in flames on July 18, 2004, Harry Wang was sadly there for the end of an era. The Main Street restaurant was the first in a chain of China Stars that eventually sprouted in...
8/23 Police Blotter
August 22nd, 2005
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
Officers observed a vehicle with two occupants parked outside of a home Thursday in an area on...
8/23 Military Digest
August 22nd, 2005
Parker
Bryann J. Parker has joined the U.S. Army Reserve under the Delayed Training Program. He is a 2001 Floyd High School, and reported July 20 to Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. for active duty....
Protesting mother one public face of war skepticism
August 22nd, 2005
It is difficult by now to try dispassionately to assess the phenomenon of Cindy Sheehan, the grieving mother whose son was killed in Iraq and who has been staging a peace vigil outside the president...
Social Security has never been ‘secure’
August 22nd, 2005
Over the past several years the idea of including private accounts within the Social Security system has gained some ground in the political arena. Not that it’s been a piece of cake. For one, most...
Compensation reviews cause more stress
August 22nd, 2005
Ronald Nesler of Las Cruces, a Vietnam veteran rated 100-percent disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder, learned this month that his case, as decided in 1997 by the Department of Veterans Affairs,...
August 23, 2005
August 22nd, 2005
TODAY
SHARE of Clovis — 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Farmers Electric 3701 Thornton Street. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support group. Information: Michelle Wageman, 763-5012 or email shareclovis@yahoo...
8-21 Senior Happenings
August 22nd, 2005
Melrose Senior Center
405 Main St.
Monday: Baked chicken nuggets, corn, brusssel sprouts, biscuit, margarine, strawberries and banana’s, milk.
Tuesday: GC Cheeseburger, onion rings, baked bea...
8-21 Births
August 22nd, 2005
Kilian
Sean and Amanda Kilian of Uruba, Ill. are the parents of a seven pound six ounce boy, William Thomas Kilian, born on July 7, 2005, at Carle Hospital in Uruba, Ill.
Grandparents are Scott...
8-21 Engagements
August 22nd, 2005
Rogers/McGriff
Mr. Larry and Mrs. Patricia Rogers of Brunswick, Ga., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Vanessa Latrice of Warner Robins, Ga., to Derrick Lewis...
8-21 Reunions
August 22nd, 2005
2005 Carlton
The family of Aubrey and Elmina Crow Carlton, formally of Friona, held their 19th annual reunion at the home of Joe and Margie Rexrode of Lockney, Texas on July 16. Special guest...
Where have all the heroes gone?
August 22nd, 2005
Baseball players on steroids. Basketball players going into the stands to beat up fans half their size and twice their age. Rock musicians who think they are entitled to break not only rules, but laws...
8-21 School Menus
August 22nd, 2005
Clovis Elementary
Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza, juice, milk. Lunch — Fish sticks, tator tots, cornbread, applesauce, milk.
Tuesday: Breakfast — Eggs, toast, juice, milk. Lunch —...
8-21 Club Notes
August 22nd, 2005
Altrusa International Foundation, Inc.
Nancy Taylor of Clovis was recently elected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Altrusa International Foundation, Inc. The International Foundation w...
8-21 Honors
August 22nd, 2005
Chairez
Anica M. Chairez, was nominated to attend the Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. She attends Yucca Junior High School, and maintains a 4.0 GPA. Mrs. Lena Willi...
8-21 Anniversaries
August 22nd, 2005
Jones
Cletis and Pat Jones of Clovis, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 2, 2005, at their home.
The celebration was hosted by Brian and DeLinda Jones, Ronnie and Dianne Jones, K...
Things airline workers shouldn't say
August 22nd, 2005
Hidden in the dark minds of commercial flight crews are wisecracks they’d like to shout over the planes’ speakers but don’t, because these heroes of the skies prefer to play the game of “Thin...
Vargas learned his trade at the Clovis airport
August 22nd, 2005
Just prior to the beginning of Clovis Army Air Field in 1942, that air field was the Clovis Municipal Airport. In 1941-42, Clovis High School classes were conducted in the old hangar at the air field....
The not-so-plane truth
August 21st, 2005
Hidden in the dark minds of commercial flight crews are wisecracks they’d like to shout over the planes’ speakers but don’t, because these heroes of the skies prefer to play the game of “Thing...
Clovis air field home to glider-pilot training
August 21st, 2005
Just prior to the beginning of Clovis Army Air Field in 1942, that air field was the Clovis Municipal Airport. In 1941-42, Clovis High School classes were conducted in the old hangar at the air field....
Cancer ride full of true heroes
August 21st, 2005
Baseball players on steroids. Basketball players going into the stands to beat up fans half their size and twice their age. Rock musicians who think they are entitled to break not only rules, but laws...
Wolverines, Buffs tune up for title defense
August 21st, 2005
Texico football coach Mike Prokop acknowledges the two-time defending Class 1A state champion Wolverines may have a target on their backs this season, but he’s not concerned.
“I’m sure we do, b...
BRAC commission will begin deliberations Wednesday
August 20th, 2005
The stage is set and, in a matter of days, so will be the fate of Cannon Air Force Base. The nine members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission will enter into final BRAC deliberations on Wed...
Pentagon seeks to ease concerns of BRAC panel
August 20th, 2005
WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials said Saturday in their final appearance before the commission reviewing their plan to close or scale back military bases that the changes do not overestimate savings...
BRAC commission will begin deliberations Wednesday
August 20th, 2005
The stage is set and, in a matter of days, so will be the fate of Cannon Air Force Base. The nine members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission will enter into final BRAC deliberations on Wed...
Officers suing Taser outfit
August 20th, 2005
PHOENIX — Police officers in New Mexico and four other states have filed lawsuits against Arizona-based Taser International Inc., claiming they were seriously injured after being shocked with the el...
8/21 Court Dispositions
August 20th, 2005
The following individuals were found by the 9th Judicial District Court to have enough evidence against them to justify proceeding with a trial:
• Melodi Sorge, 28, charged with possession of a con...
Rowley pick solid, abstention puzzling
August 20th, 2005
Clovis Community College’s Board of Trustees made a sound decision last week when they appointed Becky Rowley as interim president. She knows the programs, faculty and direction in which the school...
8/21 Letters to the editor
August 20th, 2005
Meth proposal for good of community
The Clovis News Journal’s libertarian, anti-government viewpoint obviously takes precedent over what is best for our city. (Last Sunday’s editorial: “P...
Pulling out of Iraq war not hard choice
August 20th, 2005
“I think about Iraq every day — every single day.”
No, those were not the words of peace activist Cindy Sheehan, who is camped out by the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas, hoping for a meeting wi...
August 21-22, 2005
August 20th, 2005
TODAY
AARP/55 ALIVE Driver Safety Program — 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. each day. Next class scheduled for Sept. 20 and Sept. 21. Clovis Community College, Room 103. Pre-registration is suggested. Cos...
Wildcats ride big plays
August 20th, 2005
ROSWELL — For the first time against live opposition, the Clovis High football team generally got a passing grade in Friday’s scrimmage against Las Cruces High at the Wool Bowl.
The Cats’ No. 1...
Littlefield roughs up Rams
August 20th, 2005
LITTLEFIELD, Texas — Portales’ preseason scrimmage at Littlefield saw the Rams somewhat overmatched Friday against the host Wildcats.
Littlefield scored once during a 15-play set, once during a 1...
Plans for railroad overpass due to be submitted
August 20th, 2005
Final plans for the construction of a railroad overpass on state Road 467 are due to be submitted Monday to the New Mexico Department of Transportation.
Officials from the state and county road depar...
Brockoff, Henry
August 20th, 2005
Henry Brockoff
Services: No services are planned at this time.
Mr. Henry “Hank” Brockoff, 78, of Portales, died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Oct. 22, 1926, in Gree...
Walraven, Sarah
August 19th, 2005
Sarah Walraven
Services: Have been held.
Sarah I. Walraven, 67, of Fort Sumner, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005, at her home.
She was born on Jan. 14, 1938, in Fort Sumner, to Thomas Jefferson...
Vance , Virginia L.
August 19th, 2005
Virginia Lou Littlefield Vance
Services: Have been held.
Virginia Lou Littlefield Vance, 72, of Conifer, Colo., died June 29, 2005.
She was born on Feb. 28, 1933, in Clovis.
She graduated f...
Palady, Eugene
August 19th, 2005
Eugene Palady
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Eugene “Gene” Palady, 80, of Clovis, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, at Baptist Saint Anthony’s Hospice in Amarillo.
He was born on Feb. 24, 19...
Garza, Damian James
August 19th, 2005
Damian James Garza
Services:Have been held.
Pfc. Damian James Garza, 19, of Odessa, Texas, died Aug. 4, 2005, in Afghanistan.
He was born on Dec. 31, 1985, in Portales. He attended Odessa High...
Tiffin, Curtis
August 19th, 2005
Curtis Tiffin
Services:Have been held.
Curtis Tiffin, 80, died Aug. 8, 2005 at University Medical Center in Lubbock
Tiffin was born Mar. 25, 1925, in Maude, Okla. to Effie and A. N. Tiffin. Ti...
Kennedy, Myrl
August 19th, 2005
Myrl Kennedy
Services: Have been held.
Fred Myrl Kennedy, 91, of Fort Sumner, died Saturday, August 6, 2005 at Good Samaritan Care Center.
Kennedy was born Feb. 23, 1914 in Crosbyton, Texas t...
Tidwell, Nadine
August 19th, 2005
Nadine Tidwell
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Nadine Tidwell, 64, of Portales, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
She was born March 13, 1941, in Mobile...
Montano, Elfigo
August 19th, 2005
Elfigo Montano
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Elfigo Montano, 56, of Portales, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2005 in Portales.
Mr. Montano was born June 21, 1949, in Portales to Rosa and Juan F. Montan...
Snyder, Garry
August 19th, 2005
Garry Eugene Snyder, 62, of Maybank, Texas, on Thursday Aug. 4, 2005.
Born in Clovis, he moved with his family to Wichita Falls, Texas, in the late 1950s. He graduated from Bethany Nazarene College (...
Lesly, Victoria
August 19th, 2005
Victoria Lesly
Services: No formal services are planned at this time.
Mrs. Victoria Lesly, 44, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2005, at her home in Portales.
Mrs. Lesly was born Dec. 18, 1960, in Clovi...
Hybrid vehicles on rise
August 18th, 2005
A small emblem on the back of Michael Lee’s silver SUV declares it different. It is a hybrid car, powered by gas and electricity. Lee, 54, a railroad engineer, wishes it were bigger.
“More people...
8/19 Public Record
August 18th, 2005
The following marriages licenses were compiled from court records from Aug. 10 through Aug. 17:
• Brian Andrew Taylor, 30, to Kristi Ray Mick, 28, both of Clovis
• Kody Allen Underwood, 20, to M...
Reporter's notebook: Muleshoe shop hosting antique show
August 18th, 2005
Carolyn’s Christmas Creations in Muleshoe is hosting its second annual Antique Road Show on Saturday.
It is not the popular PBS show, but an event is patterned after it.
The event will begin at 9...
8/19 Police Blotter
August 18th, 2005
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
Police responded Sunday to a report of shots fired near La Salle and Purdue streets. The compl...
Intelligence failure not fully explained by 9/11 report
August 18th, 2005
There is probably still more that we don’t know than we do about the likelihood that a military intelligence unit identified 9/11 highjacker Mohammed Atta a year or so before the World Trade Center...
New school year time to embrace change
August 18th, 2005
It’s a fact of life: You can’t keep doing the same thing and then expect different results.
Keep this in mind as you start the new school year. But also keep in mind that while it’s better to g...
'Libero' coming to prep volleyball
August 18th, 2005
PORTALES — The word doesn’t exist in a standard dictionary, but it has a meaning in volleyball. What that meaning is depends on who and when you ask.
The word is libero, and it’s one that high...
Fall brings day trips — and breakdowns
August 18th, 2005
With fall coming, we’ve been talking about weekend trips.
Our recreational vehicle is a 1978 Volkswagen camper, the kind with the canvas pop-up top. We bought it in Clovis last year for $800. The b...
Crawford, Marie
August 18th, 2005
Marie Crawford
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Marie Crawford, 64, of Clovis, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, at her home.
She was born on July 20, 1941, in Ennis, Texas, to Audie and Mildred P...
August 19-20, 2005
August 18th, 2005
TODAY
Disabled American Veterans #6 Bingo — 7 p.m., 220 West 4th Street, Clovis. Details: 762-5335.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 7:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Th...
8/19 Religion Calendar
August 18th, 2005
Today
Single Living in Christ — 7 p.m., First Church of the Nazarene, 1800 N. Norris St. Child care is provided. Information: 769-1971
Clovis Primitive Baptist Church — The church will celebrate i...
8/19 amos
August 18th, 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. Thi...
Life best when focused on God’s plans
August 18th, 2005
With the start of school this past week, I could not help but think back to those days when our children were in school.
School mornings always brought tight schedules. We were going our separate way...
Some Things Look Good on the Outside, But Inside . . .
August 18th, 2005
I don't remember how old I was when the incident I'm about to mention took place. I just remember that I thought I was hungry-so that could cover most of the last 48 years and is not much help. I do t...
CCC board names interim president
August 18th, 2005
Becky Rowley was named interim president of Clovis Community College during Wednesday’s special meeting of the college’s Board of Trustees.
Regents approved the motion to name Rowley to the posit...
Woman who died in Tuesday vehicle collision was pregnant
August 18th, 2005
The woman who died in Tuesday's crash on South Prince Street was pregnant, officials said.
Guadalupe Esquibel, 27, of Clovis, and her unborn son perished in the crash that involved a 1993 Pontiac and...
8/18 Local Roundup
August 18th, 2005
Clovis woman sentenced for chase
Deanda Rose, 26, was found guilty Wednesday of aggravated fleeing an officer, aggravated assault on a police officer and a DWI.
Rose was sentenced to one year...
Entities in water project looking at alternatives
August 18th, 2005
TEXICO — As the eight remaining entities of the Ute Water Project move forward, their respective members continue to work to make sure the loss of four entities doesn’t set them back.
Many of the...
Students need new challenges in education
August 18th, 2005
Backing up results of an earlier, less scientific “shotgun” survey of teens by the National Governors’ Association, a scientific new poll reports that nearly nine in 10 high school students surv...
8/18 Letters to the editor
August 18th, 2005
Sports drinks unsafe for young children
What are we doing to our children? They trust us to know what is good for them and what is dangerous. I have observed several mothers and fathers giving...
Rights groups fighting war already won
August 18th, 2005
When I think of the behavior of today’s civil rights organizations, I often think of the March of Dimes. In 1938, President Roosevelt helped found the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to...
Collins, Bobbie
August 17th, 2005
Bobbie Collins
Services: Have been held.
Bobbie L Collins, 68, of Tucumcari, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005.
He was born on Sept. 24, 1936, in Clovis. He attended his first year of school in C...
August 18, 2005
August 17th, 2005
TODAY
Alzheimer’s Support Group — Information call Cathy Murphy (505) 624-1552 or Paula (505) 266-4473.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 7:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesda...
Leeder passes 2,500-win mark as coach
August 17th, 2005
When asked about his prolific amount of victories as a softball coach, Guy Leeder has a relatively simple explanation.
It’s not a superb expertise in men’s slow-pitch softball, according to Leede...
Anchors' roles changing in United States
August 17th, 2005
The death last week of Peter Jennings, the debonair longtime anchor for ABC’s evening news program, prompts some thoughts on the changing condition of journalism in the United States today, especial...
Curtis, Johnny
August 17th, 2005
Johnny Curtis
Services: Have been held.
Johnny Mack Curtis, 57, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, in Lubbock.
He was born on Jan. 11, 1948, in Hickory, N.C., to Cloyd and Mamie Curtis.
He marrie...
TSA screenings do not benefit security
August 17th, 2005
Maybe I am seeing things, but my impression from going through hundreds of airports since Sept. 11, 2001, is that too many Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners are plainly gung-ho.
...
Ebony helped create a different world
August 17th, 2005
“Why is there an Ebony? If some white guy started a magazine called Ivory, you blacks would riot in protest.”
Give me a dollar for every white guy who ever asked me that and I’d be too rich to...
8/17 Calendar
August 17th, 2005
TODAY
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 7:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Open to people with alcohol problems. Sacred Heart School, 921 Merriwether, room 6. I...
Curry County Commission
August 17th, 2005
Highlights from Tuesday’s Curry County Commission meeting:
- The La Casa Senior Center requesting funding to improve services for area senior citizens. The commission would accept bids and serve as...
8/16 Police Blotter
August 16th, 2005
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
Police were dispatched Aug. 8 to a department store in the 3700 block of North Prince Street response...
Truant teens targeted
August 16th, 2005
New Mexico students who frequently skip school could lose their driving privileges and even be arrested under a new truancy law.
The new statute gives more leverage to the state in situations where t...
August 16, 2005
August 15th, 2005
TODAY
Identity Theft — Informational meeting. 7 p.m,. Conference room, Master’s Center, 21st and Prince Street. Information: 763-7047.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group...
Cannon campaign drawing to close
August 15th, 2005
Cannon Air Force Base supporters are wrapping up their campaign to keep the base open as Base Realignment and Closure commissioners retreat to consider all the information they’ve gathered in the pa...
Some Portales officials concerned about cost of Ute water project
August 15th, 2005
PORTALES — Some Portales city officials are concerned the rising costs of the Ute Water Project could force other communities to drop out.
D.K. Shafer of the Portales Finance Committee recommends c...
Crook, James
August 15th, 2005
James Crook
Services: Have been held.
Mr. James Arthur Crook, 62, of Clovis, Friday, Aug. 12, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Aug. 9, 1943, in Clovis, to Clarence and Bessie Crook.
He marr...
U.S. has limited options dealing with Iran threat
August 15th, 2005
On the surface it might seem strange that President Bush has responded in such a low-key fashion to news that the Iranian government rejected a proposal from Britain, France and Germany and decided to...
Can Europe maintain its identity?
August 15th, 2005
LONDON — They are so obliging, the Brits. On nearly every crosswalk, painted alerts on the streets warn visitors to “look left” or “look right” depending upon whether you’ve come to a one-...
Enormous health care costs needs revisiting
August 15th, 2005
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chairman of the Senate armed services subcommittee on military personnel, says he will be “adamant’’ during negotiations with House conferees on a final defense auth...
8/14 Engagements, Club Notes
August 15th, 2005
House/Johnson
Sandi House of Clovis announce the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Michele Leigh House of Hobbs, to Gary Michael Johnson, of Hobbs, son of James and Mary Gallegos of...
The selling of spirituality misleads people
August 15th, 2005
Our recent trip to Sedona, Ariz., brought us in touch with one of the most striking landscapes I have ever encountered.
The red rock formations that we were able to do a little hiking among, the spec...
Airport history explored and explained
August 15th, 2005
Several times in the past couple of years I have been asked about the history of the Clovis Municipal Airport on East 21st Street.
I didn’t have any history of this airport. And when I started res...
Horror created by mice
August 15th, 2005
Throughout my longtime marriage to Marilyn, she often asked, “Why do these things happen to us? Why? Why?”
I always replied with a shrug, because I didn’t know.
(Secretly I thought our adve...
Effie Terrill, Effie
August 15th, 2005
Effie Terrill
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Effie Belle Terrill, 91, of El Paso, Texas, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005, at her home.
She was born on July 12, 1914, in Quail, Texas, to J.W. and My...
McKenna, Edward Jr.
August 15th, 2005
Edward McKenna Jr.
Services: Have been held.
Edward James McKenna Jr., 82, of Clovis, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales.
He was born on Sept. 5, 1922, in...
ENMU's backup QBs get chance
August 14th, 2005
PORTALES — With projected starter Michael Benton away for personal reasons, everybody else in the Eastern New Mexico University quarterback chain moved up a notch for Saturday’s intrasquad scrimma...
8/14 Court Dispositions
August 13th, 2005
The following criminal dispositions were filed in 9th Judicial District Court:
• Aurelius M. Houston IV, 22, was found guilty on two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon and is ordered to s...
Regent says CCC’s future tied to base
August 13th, 2005
The appointment of Clovis Community College President Beverlee McClure as the state's secretary of higher education last week clouded the short-term future of the school, officials said.
But there...
Judge grants motion to withdraw as counsel
August 13th, 2005
PORTALES — Ninth Judicial District Judge Stephen Quinn granted a public defender’s motion to withdraw as counsel for a 19-year-old Portales man charged in the slaying of a teenage woman in April 2...
Proposed meth ordinance should not be approved
August 13th, 2005
Citizens beware: Our government is trying to save us from ourselves again.
Clovis and Portales leaders, spurred by recommendations from the district attorney’s office, are considering ordinances r...
Dubble Bubble takes top gum honors
August 13th, 2005
On Sunday mornings I like to kick back in my recliner and look at the Portales News-Tribune as I revel in having the day off work (when I actually do have the day off) and try to dream up some devious...
Blair’s plan sacrifices too much freedom
August 13th, 2005
No one really wants to fault Tony Blair as he strives to address the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism. After one round of deadly bombings and a second round of attempted ones just two weeks apart...
August 14-15, 2005
August 13th, 2005
TODAY
Arlington Baptist College Ensemble — 9:30 a.m. High Plains Baptist Church, 2800 E. 21st Street, Information: 769-1382. Free concert.
AARP/55 ALIVE Driver Safety Program ...
Lawmakers say Cannon would be good home for F-35
August 12th, 2005
State legislators say Cannon Air Force Base, targeted for closure by the Department of Defense, makes economic sense as a future home for the Joint Strike Fighter.
The fighter, also known as the F-35...
Weekend fair in Santa Fe displays American Indian art, literature
August 12th, 2005
Editor’s note: Day Trips suggests options for family outings that can be completed in a day from the Clovis-Portales area. The opinions expressed in the reviews are strictly those of the writer.
In...
Supporters: CCC president made great contributions to school
August 12th, 2005
Enrollment increased. Funding was secured for a library and technology center. And Clovis Community College played a key role in recruiting two major businesses to the area.
Beverlee McClure had a lo...
Lawmakers say Cannon would be good home for F-35
August 12th, 2005
State legislators say Cannon Air Force Base, targeted for closure by the Department of Defense, makes economic sense as a future home for the Joint Strike Fighter.
The fighter, also known as the F-35...
Bogart, Earnest
August 12th, 2005
Earnest Bogart
Earnest James Bogart, 69, of Tucumcari, died Monday, Aug. 8 2005, in Albuquerque.
He was born on Nov. 23, 1935, in Tucumcari.
He had been a welding inspector with Becthal Enter...
Justice Department: Pentagon doesn’t need governors’ OK
August 12th, 2005
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is siding with the Pentagon in a dispute with some states, concluding that governors’ consent isn’t needed for the military to move Air National Guard units.
...
Tucumcari Altrusa branch holding yearly car lottery
August 12th, 2005
TUCUMCARI — It’s wonderful to win a new car — just ask Tucumcari’s Alex Mills, who struck gold two years ago with a Ford Mustang. The only problem was Alex was 5 years old at the time.
The wh...
Trials set for two men accused in Portales killings
August 12th, 2005
Trials for two Portales men accused of killing an elderly Portales couple have been tentatively set to take place during June and July.
Jerry Fuller, 33, faces two counts of first-degree murder, two...
Melrose Old-Timers' Day schedule
August 11th, 2005
Melrose’s Old Timers’ Day 2005 Centennial Kick-Off
Friday
• 1-3 p.m. — Enter quilts, Melrose, cafeteria building. Open to hand quilting and machine quilting.
• 7:30 p.m. — Old Timers’...
8/12 Police Blotter
August 11th, 2005
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
A Clovis police officer stopped a vehicle early Saturday morning for speeding in the east parking lo...
8/12 Public Record
August 11th, 2005
The following marriages licenses were compiled from court records from Aug. 3 through Aug. 10:
• Douglas John McGimpsey, 33, to Lena Diane Butterfield, 23, both of Broadview
• Joe Jordan Jr., 57,...
Shuttle program successor should be outsourced
August 11th, 2005
Along with people all across America — and the world — we’re excited and relieved that the Space Shuttle Discovery landed safely Tuesday morning.
It was a safe ending to the first flight of the...
Punctuality eases with passage of time
August 11th, 2005
Have you heard of the phrase “Chicano time?” It’s not exactly being fashionably late. It’s more like being insensitively late for no good reason or dragging in whenever you feel like it.
In m...
Collecting books not deviant hobby
August 11th, 2005
So how do you read your books? What I mean is, do you get your books one at a time to read? Do you only read books from the library? Or do you get a book thinking, “I’ll read that someday.” That...
Cox, Naomi Lucille (Stroud)
August 11th, 2005
Naomi Lucille (Stroud) Cox
Service: Have been held.
Naomi Lucille (Stroud) Cox, 90, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Monday, Aug. 8, 2005.
She was born on Dec. 27, 1914, in Richland, to John...
August 12, 2005
August 11th, 2005
TODAY
Disabled American Veterans #6 Bingo — 7 p.m., 220 West 4th Street, Clovis. Details: 762-5335.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 7:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thu...
8/12 view from under the pew
August 11th, 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, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens.
wbu la...
Christians should take lesson from sunflower
August 11th, 2005
Some months ago I received in the mail several sample packages of wildflower seeds. When planting time came, I scattered those wildflower seeds throughout my flower beds and anticipated what would spr...
8/12 Religion Calendar
August 11th, 2005
Today
Single Living in Christ — 7 p.m., First Church of the Nazarene, 1800 N. Norris St., Clovis. Child care is provided. Information: 769-1971
Saturday
Religious Education classes — 8:30 a.m., O...
Texico school to update P.E. curriculum
August 10th, 2005
The days of dodge ball at Texico Elementary School are done.
The game wasn’t doing enough to increase health awareness and fitness among students. One of the first people to notice was school nurs...
Officials: McClure headed to Santa Fe
August 10th, 2005
Clovis Community College President Beverlee McClure is expected to be named the state’s new Higher Education secretary today, college regents Robert Lydick and Gayla Brumfield and state Sen. Stuart...
8/11 Education Calendar
August 10th, 2005
Saturday
Hastings will hold a “Junie B Jones” children’s book event. For more details, call 769-3755.
Aug. 17
The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees will have a special meeting on Wedne...
Attorney plans to file suit against city
August 10th, 2005
A Clovis attorney representing the family of a 3-year-old drowning victim said he plans to file a lawsuit against the city sometime in the next two weeks.
Michael T. Garrett of Clovis said he is work...
Flags at half-staff for N.M. soldier
August 10th, 2005
SANTA FE — Gov. Bill Richardson today issued an executive order directing that flags in New Mexico be flown at half-staff to honor U.S. Army Pfc. Damian Garza.
Garza was killed Aug. 4 when his vehi...
Local business closings its doors
August 10th, 2005
All Ways Travel, a local travel agency, will be closing its doors Friday, but the move isn’t expected to affect other businesses under the same ownership.
The closing was confirmed Wednesday aftern...
Thanks, governor, for your support of Clovis, Cannon
August 10th, 2005
It is fitting today that residents welcome New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson back to Clovis. He’s been in Curry and Roosevelt counties so much in the last year he should be made an honorary resident o...
Video game industry should be shamed
August 10th, 2005
If you don’t have children in the house, you may not know about the latest contribution the video gaming industry has made to our society.
My 11-year-old son keeps me apprised.
The best-selling v...
Over-caution can be bad as recklessness
August 10th, 2005
We’re not omniscient. That means making errors is unavoidable.
Understanding the nature of errors is vital to our well-being. Let’s look at it.
There are two types of errors, nicely named the t...
Miles , James
August 10th, 2005
James Miles
Services: Have been held.
James R. "JR" Miles, 57, of Clovis, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
He was born on Nov. 27, 1947, in Navasota, T...
August 11, 2005
August 10th, 2005
TODAY
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts — Leaders roundtable. Cub Scout and Boy Scout leaders. 7 p.m. Faith Christian Family Church, 3401 N. Norris, Clovis.
MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) ...
ENMU volleyball team in rebuilding mode
August 9th, 2005
PORTALES — After making its first appearance in NCAA Division II postseason competition last fall, the Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team is in a bit of a rebuilding mode.
Coach Mike Mag...
Cannon supporters advised to be prepared
August 9th, 2005
The advice of base redevelopment veteran Eric Williams resonated Tuesday at a meeting of Clovis and Portales jurisdiction representatives.
The executive director of Reese Technology Center, a busine...
School board considers removal of trees
August 9th, 2005
The tall spruce trees that have stood for decades like sentinels near the doors of Marshall Junior High School will soon be cut down. According to Charles Guthal, owner of a local landscaping service,...
U.S. appears headed for peanut surplus
August 9th, 2005
ALBANY, Ga. — Peanuts in storage plus peanuts in the field.
Right now, the United States has too many peanuts and that, experts say, could be bad news for the peanut commodity program unless somet...
Police: No evidence suggests kidnapping took place
August 9th, 2005
State police are continuing to investigate, but said they have no reason to believe a kidnapping happened earlier this week in Fort Sumner.
Public information Officer Lt. Jimmy Glascock said the stat...
Three N.M. colleges receiving federal funding
August 9th, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman,D-N.M., announced that three New Mexico colleges will receive federal funding to encourage more minority students to pursue a postsecondary education.
Bingaman...
Federal funding no longer needed for transportation
August 9th, 2005
Want a glimpse into the essence of pork-barrel funding and a clue to the source of chronic federal budget deficits? Exhibit No. 1: The $286 billion, six-year federal transportation bill Congress recen...
8/10 Letters to the editor
August 9th, 2005
Skateboard park best place for scooters
Yes, Clovis needs to build a skateboard park. The reason: to keep the scooters off of our streets.
These scooters are very loud. They drive a person n...
Passion of 1960s giving way to old age
August 9th, 2005
It began with the Magnificent Montague.
He was a disc jockey on KGFJ, 1230 on your AM dial, back in the days of Supremes and Miracles, Sam Cooke singing “You Send Me” and James Brown testifying a...
Edwards, Donna
August 9th, 2005
Donna Edwards
Services:Have been held.
Donna Edwards, 49, died August 6, 2005 in Waco, Texas.
She was born Oct. 21, 1955 to Cecil “Glen” McDaniel and Juanita Hunt McDaniel in Midland, Tex...
August 10, 2005
August 9th, 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...
And he was gathered to his people
August 9th, 2005
My wife has been collecting and displaying some old family photographs. She's been after me for awhile now to scan a small old photograph of my maternal grandparents that has long sat on a shelf in my...
Discovery home safely
August 9th, 2005
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - Discovery and its crew of seven glided safely back to Earth on Tuesday, ending a riveting, at times agonizing, 14-day test of space shuttle safety that was shadow...
Call center will service fast-food restaurants
August 9th, 2005
When many people order at a fast-food drive through, they assume they’re talking to a person in that building. In the near future, however, it could be an operator in Clovis taking their orders from...
Tax holiday helps large retailers
August 9th, 2005
Many large retail stores in the Clovis-Portales area reported doubling their back-to-school sales during the state’s first tax-free holiday. Meanwhile, mostly smaller stores reported little to no im...
Former area resident dies in Afghanistan
August 8th, 2005
Jaime Garza said his son wanted to be in the military since he was youngster growing up in Portales watching planes take off from Cannon Air Force Base.
Army Pfc. Damian Garza, 19, of Odessa, Texas,...
Local roundup
August 8th, 2005
Clovis’ Sena picked top court clerk
Clovis Municipal Court Clerk Denise Sena has been named “Court Clerk of the Year” by the New Mexico Association of Municipal Court Clerks.
The purpose...
8/9 Reporters Notebook
August 8th, 2005
Red planet sighting event is hoax
A rumor about the red planet, which claims that Mars will come its closest ever to Earth on Aug. 27, has been racing through cyberspace inboxes.
“Three different...
Music festival becoming international attraction
August 8th, 2005
Music lovers will be traveling thousands of miles to attend the upcoming Clovis Music Festival.
Tickets for the Sept. 8-10 event have been purchased by fans from as far away as The Netherlands and En...
Charges could interrupt Israel, American relations
August 8th, 2005
This could turn out to be nothing much, or it could be a major scandal that ends up affecting U.S. relations with Israel. The emerging Larry Franklin-AIPAC story bears watching because it could signif...
Education from reluctant piano student
August 8th, 2005
When I was a kid, I lived under a family curse that was common in America in those days. It was called “Relatives Dropping In.”
I’m talking here about uninvited guests. You know, out-of-work u...
Flow of volunteers, recruitment drying up
August 8th, 2005
In 1998 and again in 1999, the Army missed its recruiting goals. But the challenges then were modest compared to what the Army faces today, said Curtis Gilroy, the Defense Department’s director of...
Eggers, Linda
August 8th, 2005
Linda Eggers
Services: Have been held.
Linda Kay Winkles Eggers, 53, of Great Falls, Mont., formerly of Clovis, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005.
She was born on Sept. 25, 1951, in Clovis.
She w...
Terrill, Effie
August 8th, 2005
Effie Terrill
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Effie Belle Terrill, 91, of El Paso, Texas, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005, at her home.
She was born on July 12, 1914, in Quail, Texas, to J.W. and M...
Southard, James
August 8th, 2005
James Southard
Services: Have been held.
Mr. James Pierce “Jim” Southard, 70, of Kenna, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005, at Covenant Lakeside Hospital in Lubbock.
He was born on Aug. 30, 1934,...
Sego, Lyna
August 8th, 2005
Lyna Sego
Services: Have been held.
Lyna M. Sego, 85, of Albuquerque, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005, at her home.
She was born on March 10, 1920, in West Point, Miss., to Charles T. White and Lin...
King, Alex
August 8th, 2005
Alex King
Services: Have been held.
Alex King, 73, of Fort Worth, Texas, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005, in Granbury, Texas.
He was born on Dec. 7, 1931, in Lingo.
He married Delores Laverne...
Kessler , Carmen
August 8th, 2005
Carmen Kessler
Services: Have been held.
Carmen Renate Jacklin Kessler, 51, of Portland, Maine, died Friday, July 8, 2005, at Southern Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
She was born o...
Hale , Frederick
August 8th, 2005
Frederick Hale
Services: Have been held.
Frederick Hale, 78, of Portales, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005, at home.
He was born on Sept. 5, 1926, in Gettysberg, Pa., to Herbert A. and Frederick...
Pugh, Michael S.
August 8th, 2005
Michael Shane Pugh
Services: Have been held.
Michael Shane Pugh, 41 of Lubbock died July 26, 2005, in Lubbock.
He was born on Feb. 20, 1964, in Hereford, Texas, to Michael E. and Sherry Kay (...
Saiz-Sanchez, Espira
August 8th, 2005
Espira Saiz-Sanchez
Services: Have been held.
Espira Saiz-Sanchez, infant, died Sunday, July 31, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
She was born on July 31, 2005, in Clovis.
S...
Thompson, Jerrold
August 8th, 2005
Jerrold Thompson
Services:Have been held.
Mr. Jerrold Dwain Thompson, 81, of Albuquerque, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, at Loveless Hospital in Albuquerque.
He was born on May 30 1924, in Gra...
Farmer, Reva
August 8th, 2005
Reva Farmer
Services:Have been held.
Mrs. Reva G. Farmer, 92, of Bovina, died Sunday, July 31, 2005, at Prairie Acres Nursing Home in Friona.
She was born on July 8, 1913, in Hedley, Texas, to...
Tomlinson , James
August 8th, 2005
James Tomlinson
Services: Have been held.
James Joseph “Jim” Tomlinson, 41, of Lakewood, Wash., died June 6, 2005, at Steilacoom, Wash.
He was born Aug. 30, 1963, to James and Erlinda Cha...
Cordova, Julian
August 8th, 2005
Julian Cordova
Services: Have been held.
Julian Jose Cordova, 84, of Logan, died Friday, July 29, 2005, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Amarillo.
He was born on Jan. 10, 1921, in L...
West, James
August 8th, 2005
James West
Services: Have been held.
Mr. James R. West, 89, of Clovis, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at Laurel Ridge Healthcare in Clovis.
He was born on Feb. 17, 1916, in Land, Ala.
He mov...
Chavez , Justiniano
August 8th, 2005
Justiniano Chavez
Services: Have been held.
Justiniano Horacio "Justin" Chavez, 72, of Clovis, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at his home.
He was born on July 28, 1932, in Santa Rosa, to Jus...
Shiplet, Creao
August 8th, 2005
Creao Shiplet
Services: Have been held.
Creao Shiplet, 83, of Logan, died Sunday, July 24, 2005, at Autumn Blessings Assisted Living in Logan.
She was born on Dec. 28, 1921, in Henryetta, Ok...
Zurzolo, Betty
August 8th, 2005
Betty Gayle Zurzolo, 82, of Clovis, died Saturday, July 23, 2005, at her home.
She was born on June 7, 1923, in Clovis, to Jacob “Jake” and Martha Ruth Allsup Abernathy.
She married Domenick “...
Sparks, Sam
August 8th, 2005
Sam Sparks
Services: Have been held.
Sam Harlan Sparks, 81, of Melrose, died Monday, July 25, 2005, in Clovis.
He was born on Feb. 10, 1924, in the Perry community to Samuel Elijah and Leta C...
Taylor , R.B.
August 8th, 2005
R.B. Taylor
Services: Have been held.
R.B. Taylor, 44, of Clovis, died Monday, July 25, 2005, at his home.
He was born on July 4, 1961, in Albuquerque, to Joe B. and Nancy Null Taylor.
He ma...
Miller, Margaret
August 8th, 2005
Margaret Miller
Services:Have been held.
Mrs. Margaret Evelyn Miller, 84, of Clovis, died Saturday, July 23, 2005, at her home.
She was born on April 9, 1921, in McQueen, Okla., to Vernon and...
Letcher, Stanley
August 8th, 2005
Stanley Letcher
Services: Have been held.
Stanley E. Letcher, 80, of Haymarket, Va., died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at his home.
He was born on Aug. 19, 1924, in Garber, Okla., to Stanley D. an...
Horton, Terry
August 8th, 2005
Terry Horton
Services: Have been held.
Terry Horton, 70, of Edmond, Okla., died Friday, July 22, 2005.
He was born on May 6, 1935, in Clovis, to Daisy Mae and E.H. Horton.
He was the younges...
New Mexico prep teams begin practice Monday
August 6th, 2005
Two-a-day practices begin Monday for New Mexico football teams, although many coaches have decided to combine them into essentially one long workout.
Clovis High, the defending Class 5A state runneru...
Defense policy showdown on its way
August 6th, 2005
WASHINGTON — The White House and Republican Senate leaders are rumbling toward a defense showdown with their GOP rank and file that could embarrass President Bush and take a rare wartime slap at Pen...
Defense policy showdown on its way
August 6th, 2005
WASHINGTON — The White House and Republican Senate leaders are rumbling toward a defense showdown with their GOP rank and file that could embarrass President Bush and take a rare wartime slap at Pen...
Gun rights bill should help end frivolous lawsuits
August 6th, 2005
A few years ago, the strategy of gun-control advocates was obvious: File frivolous liability lawsuits against gun makers and distributors, knowing that, whatever the ultimate merits of the cases, the...
8/7 Letters to the editor
August 6th, 2005
Children primary victims of park graffiti
Each day I enjoy eating my lunch at Greene Acres park. Watching the kids play is a bright spot of my day.
But recently I went to the park and I was di...
Meth latest ‘most dangerous’ drug
August 6th, 2005
“America’s Most Dangerous Drug,” blares the cover story in Newsweek. If you haven’t been paying attention, you might wonder what drug the magazine has in mind.
Tobacco, which kills more than...
8/7 Police Blotter
August 6th, 2005
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports:
Police were dispatched Monday to a residence in the 2000 block of Axtell in response to a repo...
Cops and courts: Clovis man sentenced for forgery, meth possession
August 6th, 2005
A 42-year-old Clovis man was sentenced Wednesday to 3 1/2 years in prison on multiple charges, according to a press release from the Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s office.
Alexander Morgan was...
Senior department holding meeting
August 6th, 2005
The New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department will be holding a series of educational meetings throughout the state to discuss the new Medicare prescription drug plans.
Representatives will...
8/7 Court Dispositions
August 6th, 2005
The following criminal dispositions were filed in 9th Judicial District Court:
• Robert Celestino Cordova Sr., 53, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated battery on a household member wit...
Q&A: Domenici talks energy bill, save Cannon efforts
August 6th, 2005
U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) has been at the forefront of the recent national energy bill and the local effort to save Cannon Air Force Base. Domenici took time Tuesday afternoon to talk about tho...
8/7 Local Roundup
August 6th, 2005
Texico-Farwell highway closing
U.S. 70/84 at the Texico-Farwell state line will be closed at 8 a.m. Monday through 4 p.m. Wednesday for repairs on the railroad crossing, according to railroad a...
August 7, 2005
August 6th, 2005
TODAY
AARP/55 ALIVE Driver Safety Program — 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. each day. Next class scheduled for Aug. 16 and 17. Clovis Community College, Room 103. Pre-registration is suggested. Cost is $1...
State football playoffs expanding in 2005
August 5th, 2005
As far as Portales football coach Glenn Johnson is concerned, the New Mexico Activities Association’s new expanded large-school playoff format is a good thing.
Classes 3A through 5A will go from ei...
City councilor undergoes cancer surgery
August 5th, 2005
A Portales city councilor is hospitalized following surgery Wednesday to remove cancerous tumors in his colon, officials said.
Alfred Bachicha, 79, was diagnosed with cancer on Tuesday and taken to t...
Hair today, regrets tomorrow
August 5th, 2005
What’s round and bald and looks like an egg shell?
My boyfriend’s head.
Yes, he decided on the Telly Savalas look last week. Just don’t call him Kojak or he gets really mad for he thinks the...
Former military building historic monument
August 5th, 2005
A Clovis friend told me in July the old military stable near Bell Park might soon be torn down. He said one part of one stable has been torn down in the last few months. The one that is still up at Si...
Radio waves hide unknown announcer
August 5th, 2005
Inspired partly by Tom Petty’s “Last DJ,” and partly by a lonely stretch of late night radio reception, somewhere northeast of Amarillo, this piece is entirely fiction. Or, maybe not.
I can’t...
8/6 Engagements, births, etc.
August 5th, 2005
ENGAGEMENTS
Mares/Vasquez
Ronna and Anthony Mares of Clovis announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Brielle Mares of Clovis, to Jacob Vasquez, of Clovis, son of Hector and...
New mission proposed for Cannon
August 5th, 2005
Cannon Air Force Base would be home to the Defense Department’s fledgling Airborne Laser program under a plan proposed by New Mexico’s two senators.
Sens. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and Jeff Bingaman...
Principles outlined for base challenges
August 5th, 2005
Representatives from Clovis, Portales, Roosevelt County and Curry County converged under one roof Wednesday and emerged with a tentative plan for action, should Cannon Air Force Base require expansion...
Top admiral: Oceana has ‘robust’ future
August 5th, 2005
WASHINGTON — The Navy’s top admiral reiterated the service’s position that Oceana Naval Air Station is the most sensible location for an east coast fighter hub during an appearance before the De...
New mission proposed for Cannon
August 5th, 2005
Cannon Air Force Base would be home to the Defense Department’s fledgling Airborne Laser program under a plan proposed by New Mexico’s two senators.
Sens. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and Jeff Bingaman...
Principles outlined for base challenges
August 5th, 2005
Representatives from Clovis, Portales, Roosevelt County and Curry County converged under one roof Wednesday and emerged with a tentative plan for action, should Cannon Air Force Base require expansion...
Reporter's notebook: Clovis girl earns award for volunteer service
August 5th, 2005
Big things come in small packages, or so the old saying goes.
Maggie Fazenbaker, a 12-year-old former Clovis resident, has spent the better part of the last year assembling “care packages” for U....
WBU-Clovis dean picked for post at George Fox University
August 5th, 2005
Carol Green, founding dean of Wayland Baptist University-Clovis, is leaving to take a position at an Oregon Christian college, according to a school press release.
She will become George Fox Universi...
Portales man says he was arrested for practicing religion
August 5th, 2005
PORTALES — The American Civil Liberties Union has given assistance to a Portales man who says he was arrested for practicing religion in the city.
Shawn Miller, 33, was released from the Roosevelt...
Iraqi constitution might cover, not resolve, issues
August 5th, 2005
After some prodding from U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the new U.S. ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, it appears that some kind of constitution for Iraq, at least on paper, will be ready by A...
Ghost stories spooky fun in any culture
August 5th, 2005
During the long hot summers of my childhood in Portales, we not only hung out at the city pool and spent cool evenings playing Kick the Can, we’d spread a blanket under the tall trees at Lindsey Par...
Bears preferable to workplace idleness
August 5th, 2005
I recall a saying I heard during my brief career as a construction heavy equipment operator:
“I’d rather wrestle a bear than spend all day doing nothing at work.”
It was the 1980s and I heard...
8/5 Public Record
August 5th, 2005
The following marriages licenses were compiled from court records from July 27 through Aug. 3:
• Damian Demetrius Pardue, 28, to Monique Lynette Sadler, 24, both of Clovis
• Galen Morris Hays, 74,...
Gomez, Abundio
August 5th, 2005
Abundio Gomez
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Abundio Gomez, 75, of Portales, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, at his home.
He was born on June 6, 1930, in Presidio County, Texas, to Inocenta and F...
August 5, 2005
August 5th, 2005
TODAY
Disabled American Veterans #6 Bingo — 7 p.m., 220 West 4th Street, Clovis. Details: 762-5335.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Corner Stone Group — 7:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Th...
8/5 Religion Calendar
August 4th, 2005
Saturday
Rummage Sale — 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 1320 W. 21st. Money raised is pledged to Salvation Army, Lighthouse Mission and Matt 25 Hope Center.
Sunday
Worker’s Me...
Christ offers new beginning on far greater scale
August 4th, 2005
Oh, the days of buying school supplies. This time of year it is hard not to notice those long store aisles of notebooks, paper, pencil boxes and backpacks.
When I was a child, there were certain prep...
8/5 a view from under the pew
August 4th, 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 hyphens.
a...
How can a good and powerful God allow suffering?
August 4th, 2005
That has always been a good and powerful question, and one asked most often and most poignantly in the midst of shock, pain, and perplexity.
The question is a good question, one which defies easy and...
Company looking to invest
August 3rd, 2005
Got a thriving small business with a potential to grow? Maybe even by leaps and bounds?
Then New Mexico Community Capital CEO Jarratt Applewhite is looking for you.
For the third time since NMCC was...
Reporter's notebook: Clovis junior visits Washington for medical forum
August 3rd, 2005
Clovis High School junior Britni Montague gained insight to a possible career in medicine recently during a 10-day forum in Washington, D.C.
Taking part in the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medi...
8/4 Education Calendar
August 3rd, 2005
Monday
The Wal-Mart snack bar will host a “Teacher Appreciation Reception” from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Attendees are urged to bring school supply lists.
Education Calendar is compiled by CNJ staff...
8/4 Education Digest
August 3rd, 2005
CCC holding aid awareness workshop
The Clovis Community College hopes to increase awareness of the world of financial aid through two Aug. 8th workshops, according to a CCC press release. The w...
Texas’ legislative soap opera hurts law process
August 3rd, 2005
The Texas Legislature’s struggle to enact some sort of public school finance reform is beginning to remind us of a soap opera.
After all, the plot is full of twists and turns. But following bouts o...
‘Mind trick’ not taught in journalism class
August 3rd, 2005
We once were a frivolous bunch, the five guys who get together for our annual stag trip.
As frisky pups we would pass the evening discussing life’s important topics: golf, gambling, Melanie Griffi...
Hate more deadly threat than terrorists
August 3rd, 2005
Last week, fear killed Jean Charles de Menezes.
He may or may not have been dressed suspiciously, as London police say he was. May or may not have jumped a subway turnstile, may or may not have ignor...
ENMU squads picked seventh in soccer polls
August 3rd, 2005
RICHARDSON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s soccer teams were picked for seventh place in the men’s Southwest Soccer Conference and the women’s Lone Star Conference in preseason polls...
Allen, Willard
August 3rd, 2005
Willard Allen
Services: Have been held.
Willard Allen, 65, of Artesia, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005, in Lubbock.
He was born on Dec. 12, 1939, in Roswell, to Ned W. and Inez Wright Allen.
H...
August 4, 2005
August 3rd, 2005
TODAY
Strength Sisters — 7 p.m. First Methodist Church. Cancer support group for women. Details: 762-5167.
V.F.W. Auxiliary 3280 — 7 p.m., meeting at Post 3280. Details: 763-5044...
Community leaders interested in exploring Cannon redevelopment
August 2nd, 2005
Should Cannon Air Force Base close, its F-16s bequeathed to far away places, Mayor David Lansford wants to be prepared.
That’s why the mayor invited the government entities of the Clovis-Portales...
Community leaders interested in exploring Cannon redevelopment
August 2nd, 2005
Should Cannon Air Force Base close, its F-16s bequeathed to far away places, Mayor David Lansford wants to be prepared.
That’s why the mayor invited the government entities of the Clovis-Portales...
PRMC parking nearing completion
August 2nd, 2005
CLOVIS — The parking lot construction taking place at Plains Regional Medical Center will be completed within the next three weeks, according to Wes White, chief operating and financial officer for...
Portales citizens celebrate plant, energy bill
August 2nd, 2005
PORTALES — Portales citizens, state politicians and Washington lobbyists came together Tuesday afternoon under a large canopy to celebrate not only the expansion of the city’s Abengoa ethanol plan...
UN Ambassador Bolton’s job isn’t that important
August 2nd, 2005
In a few months all the hullabaloo over the nomination of Undersecretary of State John Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will be forgotten. Since President Bush has chosen to appoint...
Project: Reader Reaction: Reader opinion split on meth ordinance
August 2nd, 2005
A recent Project: Reader Reaction question asked if Clovis city commissioners should approve an ordinance that will put some cold and allergy medicine behind counters and require buyers to provide a n...
Merritt, Peggy J.
August 2nd, 2005
Peggy J. Merritt
Services: Have been held.
Peggy Jane Merritt, 69, of Fort Sumner, died Sunday, July 31, 2005, at her home.
She was born on Dec. 5, 1935, in Encino, to Ted and Ruth (Birchfie...
Aug. 3, 2005
August 2nd, 2005
TODAY
Commodities Distribution — 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Friendship Senior Center, 901 W. 13th Street. For persons age 50 and above. Information: 763-3431.
The We Group of NA — 6:30...
American eliminated at state meet
August 2nd, 2005
TAOS — Clovis’ American All-Stars were ousted from the double-elimination 11-year-old state tournament on Monday in a 15-1 los to Los Lunas Enchantment.
The game ended in four innings on the 10-r...
School size does matter in testing
August 1st, 2005
Superintendent Patricia Miller is new to the Fort Sumner school district. But when adequate yearly progress results from the New Mexico Public Education Department reached her desk Monday, and the dis...
Oceana backers defend base
August 1st, 2005
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Navy has found no better location for a master jet base on the East Coast than Oceana Naval Air Station, members of a commission considering closing the installation were t...
Seven Clovis schools fail to meet federal proficiency standards
August 1st, 2005
Seven schools in the Clovis Municipal School District failed to meet federally designated 2005 proficiency levels for student performance, or “adequate yearly progress,” according to information r...
Evil men still seek power to destroy us
August 1st, 2005
With bombs exploding in Iraq on an almost daily basis; with nearly 1,800 American soldiers dead; with London braced for more terror attacks; and with bitter recriminations emanating from liberals in B...
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