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AAU kicks off
May 31st, 2003
Who could blame the 14-and-under Clovis Wildcats for thinking just a little bit past the state AAU girls basketball tournament?
The tourney, being held in Clovis this weekend, will enter its last day...
Freshman crosses state for games
May 31st, 2003
Have game. Will travel.
That’s one way to describe Talmai Aguirre, who traveled more than 400 miles (one way) to play with the Clovis 14-and-under Wildcats in this weekend’s state AAU basketball t...
Country club to get redone
May 31st, 2003
The facelift at Chaparral County Club has begun.
The groundskeeping crew has been busy repairing the course’s sprinkler system and reseeding the fairways at what was formerly Colonial Park County Cl...
Clovis wins summer opener
May 31st, 2003
HOBBS — Sean Cruce went 4 for 5, leading a 16-hit attack, and the Clovis Wildcats opened their 2003 summer schedule with a 16-4 victory over Hobbs Saturday afternoon.
The second game of the schedule...
Internet helps planning trips
May 31st, 2003
I hope that everyone had a “fantabulous” Memorial Day weekend.
I hear that it was a wet one in eastern New Mexico. Miss Susie Q and I hopped into the “Country Cadillac” (pickup truck) and head...
Pioneer Days Celebration will feature traditional rodeo
May 31st, 2003
Airabelle the Cow and her friends plan to crash the 33rd annual Pioneer Days party this year — and add a whole new dimension to the event.
Airabelle, an 80-foot-tall by 120-foot-wide balloon shaped...
More Cannon troops returning
May 31st, 2003
About 40 airmen stationed at Cannon Air Force Base are returning this afternoon after spending about seven months deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
According to Capt. Mike Garcia, acting...
Homans to focus on job creation
May 31st, 2003
State Economic Development Secretary Rick Homans said he will focus on job creation opportunities.
Q: How long have you served as secretary of the state Economic Development Department?
A: Sin...
Clovis schools tighten belt to avoid budget crunch
May 31st, 2003
Clovis schools will eliminate more than 20 teaching positions for the upcoming school year as a result of this year’s unfunded state mandate for an across-the-board raise for teachers.
However, no t...
Pioneer Days offers fun
May 31st, 2003
Age is mostly a matter of perspective, whether it’s attached to buildings, persons or objects. I cringe when I go into an antique store and see the prices sometimes attached to familiar objects —...
Best quotes long forgotten
May 31st, 2003
One of the all-time great movies was released 40 years ago this week.
“Hud,” starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas and Patricia Neal, was filmed in Claude, Texas, just east of Amarillo, about two h...
Letters to the editor 6/1
May 31st, 2003
Editor’s note: The Clovis News Journal will publish thank-you letters of public interest on the first Sunday of each month. Letters may be edited for clarity, content and space considerations. N...
Amaro given life plus 31 years
May 30th, 2003
Following tearful and bitter pleas by family and friends of a Clovis man killed in April 2001, 9th District Court Judge Stephen Quinn sentenced Pedro Joaquin Amaro, 30, of Clovis, to life in prison pl...
Ed Perales to pressure state on jail
May 29th, 2003
A Curry County Commissioner said he wants to further a statewide effort make the state pay county detention centers for housing state inmates.
“I would like to encourage counties statewide to pressu...
Unit to help rape victims
May 29th, 2003
Sexual assault victims in eastern New Mexico have a new place to turn for help. Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis has organized the state’s fifth Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Unit and has a...
Journalism workshop arrives
May 29th, 2003
High school students from throughout the state will come to Portales next week to learn numerous aspects related to journalism: from photography to news writing, ethics to interviewing skills.
Profess...
Pedro Amaro expected to receive life in prison
May 29th, 2003
The man convicted of murdering Clovis resident Kenneth Smith will receive a mandatory life sentence this morning in Ninth Judicial District Court.
According to Ninth Judicial District Attorney Brett...
Service organization raises money by serving
May 29th, 2003
Local luminaries earned $1,341 for The Shelter For Victims of Domestic Violence Inc. last week in the second annual “Eat to Defeat Domestic Violence.”
From 6 to 8 p.m. May 20, a number of well-kn...
Young beats old at alumni game
May 29th, 2003
They tried various forms of distraction — physical and verbal — when their younger counterparts came to the free throw line.
They tried to literally throw their weight around on their thinner oppo...
AAU tournament kicks off
May 29th, 2003
Basketballs will fill the air this weekend as 42 teams converge on Clovis for the New Mexico state AAU girls basketball tournament.
Play begins early this afternoon with games in six age divisions —...
One year later, scandals have impact
May 29th, 2003
Nearly a year after U.S. Catholic bishops adopted a “zero tolerance” policy against priests who sexually abuse children, the aftermath of those scandals still have impact within and outside the ch...
Calling is meaningful, regardless of size
May 29th, 2003
I understand that God calls people from every part of life and across all professions and positions. I believe that God calls us for salvation, and then he calls us to work in his kingdom.
The call fo...
amos meets a fairy tale
May 29th, 2003
boss i ran into a hollow log
yesterday that led me into the
mythical reaches of fantasy land
and no i haven t been smoking
my cheese instead of eating it
it all started when i began
chasing tinkerbel...
Ceremony to fire the Spirit
May 29th, 2003
For the first time in recent memory, several Clovis churches will join together to celebrate what many Christians call the birth of the Church — Pentecost Sunday.
“Since this is the first time we...
Crume, Ruth
May 29th, 2003
Ruth Crume
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Ruth Crume, 89, of Portales, an Elida school teacher, died Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
She was born on Dec. 10, 1913, in M...
Clovis approves preliminary budget
May 29th, 2003
The Clovis City Commission on Wednesday approved a preliminary budget of $27 million for the upcoming fiscal year.
The amount is approximately $3.3 million less than last year’s final budget, but ci...
Portales honors nonagenarians
May 29th, 2003
For an elderly woman, Ruth Creighton sure is an energetic sort, smiling and carrying on with friends, laughing and listening to stories.
Creighton, 92, was one of 15 seniors over 90-years-old who met...
Muleshoe debates racial allegations
May 29th, 2003
The Muleshoe City Council, responding to allegations of police abuse and racism raised by a council member, spent nearly three hours in closed session discussing the topic on Wednesday.
“We had heal...
Chavez tied for 20th
May 29th, 2003
ALBUQUERQUE — Guillermo Chavez of Clovis shot a 40-34 — 74, 2 over par, in the first round of the American Junior Golf Association’s Southwestern Classic Wednesday at Isleta Golf Course.
Chavez...
McMann gets first hit
May 29th, 2003
ALEXANDRIA, La. — Former Eastern New Mexico University catcher Dallas McMann collected his first professional hit Tuesday night with a two-run double in the seventh inning as the Class A Amarillo Di...
CHS alumni game scheduled tonight
May 28th, 2003
David Lansford knows he can’t do everything on a basketball court that he could when he was in high school a quarter of a century ago, but he’s still looking forward to Clovis High’s second annu...
Crosby, Stills and Nash: Still performing three decades after Woodstoc...
May 28th, 2003
The days of widely popular folk rock trios have long since passed.
But many Clovis and Portales fans of Crosby, Stills & Nash will get to hear that group’s music in concert for the first time next w...
Carrey makes role work
May 28th, 2003
Show: Bruce Almighty
Stars: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
Summary: Bruce has a bad day, takes it out on God and then ends up with a
chance to do God’s job better when he is given all...
More than highways have changed
May 28th, 2003
Times were simpler in 1950s New Mexico. Back then, wide ribbons of concrete didn’t connect the town dots east and west, north and south. Those were the happy days, the Fonz days. Families were diffe...
Editorial: Supreme Court discount drug ruling
May 28th, 2003
The U.S. Supreme Court’s confused decision on an effort by the state of Maine to use the federal Medicaid program as leverage to force drug manufacturers to give other Maine residents a discount on...
Meritocracy no longer making the grade
May 28th, 2003
Dr. Mike S. Adams, an associate professor of criminal justice at University of North Carolina’s Wilmington campus, has given me an excellent idea for grading students, which appeared in his commenta...
Rush, Clyde
May 28th, 2003
Clyde Rush
Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Steed-Todd Chapel in Clovis.
Mr. Clyde E. Rush, 73, of Clovis, retired U.S. Air Force, died Monday, May 26, 2003, at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo.
He was...
SDE approves 78 new full-day kindergarten literacy readiness programs
May 28th, 2003
Three Clovis area schools will receive state funding for full-day kindergarten programs for the academic year 2003-2004.
Barry Elementary, Highland Elementary and Ranchvale Elementary schools are amon...
Economic secretary touts incentive programs
May 28th, 2003
State Economic Development Secretary Rick Homans said going to places like Portales and listening to people’s concerns and ideas make up one of the more pleasant aspects of his job as a cabinet secr...
Melrose teacher ‘humbled, proud’ of teaching award
May 28th, 2003
Although Melrose math teacher Lisa Graham said she didn’t feel “worthy” of her recent Golden Apple Award, her colleagues and peers said she deserved it.
Earlier this month, Graham was one of sev...
Local speller ousted
May 28th, 2003
WASHINGTON — One by one they strolled to the microphone, all 251 youngsters in the 76th Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. Each got a word in the one-and-done mistake format; 175 got them right.
...
Dillas sign ENMU's McMann
May 28th, 2003
After a record-setting four-year career at Eastern New Mexico University, Dallas McMann is getting his feet wet in professional baseball this summer with his hometown Amarillo Dillas.
McMann signed a...
FDR monument highlight of local speller's daily tour
May 28th, 2003
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of daily reports from Michael Martinez, the 13-year-old Tucumcari Middle School student from Conchas Dam, who recently won the four-county Regional Spel...
Rain storm is hail on some farmers
May 28th, 2003
A surge of timely rain in Roosevelt County and some unwelcomed hail near the Texas state line over the weekend has brought both joy and unrest to local farmers.
While the rain over the weekend was a w...
Specifying person's race an inexact science
May 28th, 2003
This is for Larry, who wants to know what to call folks like me.
Larry’s a reader in San Jose who grew up back when “Negroes” was the proper term. In the late ’60s, when “black” came into...
Death of waitress served notice to politicians
May 28th, 2003
Sometime after 3 a.m. on March 30, 1949, Ovida “Cricket” Coogler was killed in Las Cruces.
She was 18, stood 5 feet, 4 inches and weighed about 100 pounds. She worked as a waitress. She was calle...
Lifting sanctions best byproduct of war with Iraq
May 28th, 2003
In a 14-0 vote, the United Nations Security Council voted recently to remove a most oppressive and counterproductive policy that has been imposed on Iraq since the end of the first gulf war. Yes, the...
List of military personnel from Curry County who died while serving th...
May 28th, 2003
The following military personnel from Curry County were killed or declared missing in action during wartime. Sources are cited. Please contact Editor David Stevens at 763-6991 with any corrections, ad...
Local speller waiting for the word
May 28th, 2003
Everyday life in Washington, D.C., usually revolves around the center of American government, political power and the hustle and bustle of bills on Capitol Hill.
But today, young people will show the...
Fort Sumner plays host to wedding
May 28th, 2003
Skip Haneline and Guyla Keefe had never been to Fort Sumner before Tuesday. But it seemed the natural place for the couple from Nebraska to get married.
Both of their parents had been married in the...
School board approves more than $2 million in renovations, additions
May 28th, 2003
Clovis school board members Tuesday approved more than $2 million worth of renovations and additions to Clovis High School as well as the replacing of corridor walls at Gattis Junior High School.
Two...
City Commission will discuss budget
May 28th, 2003
The Clovis City Commission will hold a study session to discuss the city’s 2003-2004 preliminary budget from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in the assembly room of the Bert Cabiness City Government Center a...
New ENMU coach likes program's potential
May 27th, 2003
PORTALES — Kevin Blaskowski built the Southern Arkansas University softball program from scratch, capped off by a 30-win season this spring.
But the North Dakota native believes he has a better chan...
A day of remembrance
May 27th, 2003
Light rain didn’t dampen the spirits of about 100 people who turned out Monday morning for the Clovis Memorial Day program.
“I asked about seven or eight people what we should do,” said Jim Cowm...
Military Digest
May 27th, 2003
Duran
Marine Corps Pfc. Andrew J. Duran Jr. recently graduated from the Marine Corps Basic Combat Engineer Course at Marine Corps Engineer School in Camp Lejeune, N.C. He is the son of Rosemary and An...
Girls to have firsthand experience in politics
May 27th, 2003
Six Clovis High School girls will have a firsthand chance next week to learn more about their country and its government, as well as delve into the world of politics.
On Sunday, the students — who...
Trujillo, Adelina
May 27th, 2003
Adelina Trujillo
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Adelina Trujillo, 91, of Clovis, a homemaker, died Monday, May 26, 2003, at Plains Regional Medical Center.
She was born on Dec. 9, 1911, in Puerto de L...
Racism does not end by reversing it
May 27th, 2003
The Jayson Blair scandal has most of the elements of the modern American classic. There’s a celebrity angle, a race dimension, a drug and alcohol excuse, and hypocrisy in high places. The only missi...
Liberties being violated in name of Patriot Act
May 27th, 2003
No terrorist act ought to reduce Americans’ precious civil liberties, our greatest treasure and gift to the world. Yet that has been happening in so many ways, such as with the misnamed USA Patriot...
Price-fixing violates free marketplace
May 27th, 2003
Imagine you are a plumber or a teacher or a guitar player, working in Maine. Imagine that some people who want your services just don’t want to pay your wages. They think you cost too much.
So, they...
Good paying summer jobs hard to find
May 27th, 2003
This time of year has numerous recurring events — rising temperatures, graduation services and students entering the job market.
The glut of job seekers, most entering the labor pool between May and...
Curry, Harvey
May 25th, 2003
Harvey Curry
Services: No services will be held.
Mrs. Harvey Lou Curry, 87, of Clovis, died Sunday, May 25, 2003, at Plains Regional Medical Center.
She was born on Oct. 25, 1915, in Henrietta, Texas,...
Rain, rain, comes back for another day
May 25th, 2003
Sunday evening brought another round of rainfall to the parched plains of eastern New Mexico, bringing a second day of moisture during the Memorial Day weekend.
“Each and every day for the holiday w...
Speller doing more than study
May 25th, 2003
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of daily reports from Michael Martinez, the 13-year-old Tucumcari Middle School student from Conchas Dam, who won first place in the recent four-county...
Compensation for combat injuries to be given
May 25th, 2003
Recent events show a war can be waged and won in less time than it takes the Defense Department to reach final decisions on how to implement the new Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC).
But if...
Great gifts for father’s Day, from A to Z
May 25th, 2003
Now that Mother’s Day is just a tumbleweed on yesterday’s fencepost, it’s time to light the big bonfire under Father’s Day, which is June 16. (Lots of bells and whistles here accompanied by mo...
Gold Star Mothers to be honored
May 25th, 2003
Memorial Day exists primarily to remember deceased veterans, but since the end of World War I, veterans organizations have also sought to provide recognition and support to a special category of peopl...
Curry County needs memorial to honor fallen
May 25th, 2003
Ruben Rubio was killed in Vietnam on July 6, 1971. He was 21 years old. His sister, Jane Garcia, still lives in Clovis. She called the newspaper a few weeks ago to make sure Ruben’s name would appea...
Being fair, balanced is a balancing act
May 25th, 2003
Our newspaper faces potential conflicts of interest almost every day.
Our news editor has close family ties with Clovis law enforcement.
Two staff members teach in the public schools.
Our religion wri...
Area athletes get chance to shine
May 25th, 2003
So much for New Mexico State University redshirt freshman and 2002 Clovis High graduate Nathan Nuttall easing into his college football career.
Nuttall is a leading contender for the starting strong s...
Little Buckaroo Rodeo set for June 2-7
May 25th, 2003
The 28th annual Little Buckaroo Rodeo, sponsored by the Pioneer Days Rodeo Queen Association, is scheduled for June 2-7 at the Curry County mounted Patrol Arena.
Entry forms are available from Clovis/...
Student killed in one-vehicle crash
May 24th, 2003
A Clovis High School student was killed in a one-car accident Thursday at the intersection of Curry Road 11 and Curry Road N.
According to a New Mexico State Police report, William R. “Billy” Maso...
City to control fouled water
May 24th, 2003
Clovis Public Works Director Harry Wang said Thursday the city may have to spend more than $600,000 to treat a half-mile-long plume of toxic solvent that is contaminating groundwater to the east of th...
Families, friends share in graduates’ joy and accomplishments
May 24th, 2003
Family members of this year’s Clovis High School graduating class displayed almost as much determination to attend the ceremonies Saturday morning as the graduates did in getting their diplomas.
...
Question and Answer
May 24th, 2003
Don Burdine currently serves as administrator for the Curry County Adult Detention Center.
Q: How long have you served as the county jail administrator?
A: I’ve been here this time since Oct. 7, bu...
Vets question if holiday has new meaning
May 24th, 2003
Somewhere between the time Jim Cowman was growing up in rural Michigan and his return from a tour of duty in Vietnam, the meaning of Memorial Day changed.
Cowman, 65, cites a decline in patriotism and...
Christian school graduates 12
May 24th, 2003
Tobias “Tobi” Knierim traveled a great distance to attend Clovis Christian School.
Knierim, 18, moved to Clovis in August from his hometown of Langenburg, Germany, a small town of about 2,000 peop...
Clovis woman given prison term in slaying
May 24th, 2003
A Clovis resident received an eight-year prison sentence on Friday in connection with the 2001 stabbing death of Kenneth Smith.
According to 9th Judicial District Attorney Brett Carter, Valorie Duhon,...
Covenant clinic to close in August
May 24th, 2003
The Covenant Family Health Care Center in Clovis will close on Aug. 1, the center’s office manager said Friday.
Mary Cox, the center’s office manager said the center will close, but its doctors...
Tax cut not deep enough, but it will do – for now
May 24th, 2003
President Bush’s tax cut should be just what the economy needs to get moving again. As passed by Congress, the plan to cut $350 billion over 10 years is less than half what the president originally...
City to control fouled water
May 24th, 2003
Clovis Public Works Director Harry Wang said Thursday the city may have to spend more than $600,000 to treat a half-mile-long plume of toxic solvent that is contaminating groundwater to the east of th...
Freedom shouldn't mean losing rights
May 24th, 2003
In light of the very real threat of more terrorism to come, targeting Western-type institutions around the globe, there is great temptation to simply abandon various rules of law, especially due proce...
Reader Reaction
May 24th, 2003
A recent Project: Reader Reaction question asked participants if they had any advice for area high school graduates. Here are some responses:
“Get to work. On time. Every day. There will be a lot...
Student killed in one-vehicle crash
May 24th, 2003
A Clovis High School student was killed in a one-car accident Thursday at the intersection of Curry Road 11 and Curry Road N.
According to a New Mexico State Police report, William R. “Billy” Maso...
Walk to honor brother who died of cancer
May 22nd, 2003
Sam Sena, a 50-year-old Fort Sumner resident, has a quest. He aims to walk 53 miles — 212 laps — today in the Relay for Life at Fort Sumner High School.
Sena said he’ll make the walk in honor o...
Shoe on the other foot not comfortable
May 22nd, 2003
Back in 1993, a Democrat was in the White House, Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, and liberal thinkers had an idea to make it easier to get what they wanted. They proposed to abolish the...
Charen tome exposes ‘useful idiots’
May 22nd, 2003
The term “useful idiots” has been attributed to Lenin, as a description of those mindless people in the Western democracies who would always find ways to excuse whatever the Soviet Union did. Colu...
Communities set Memorial Day observances
May 22nd, 2003
Memorial Day has a significance that local veteran Larry Frappier and his colleagues want to make sure the nation doesn’t forget.
“It’s a day you’re honoring your fallen comrades,” said Frap...
Trailer washing outfit fined by EPA
May 22nd, 2003
The New Mexico Environment Department has charged a Clovis cattle trailer washout facility with violating the state Water Quality Act and charged it a $483,994 fine.
NMED Communications Director Jon G...
National answer not right
May 22nd, 2003
The government-employed airport screener who inspected the contents of your purse or briefcase at the security checkpoint may have a criminal record and either the government doesn’t know that yet,...
Public Record
May 22nd, 2003
Compiled from court records from May 15 through May 21
Marriage Licenses
Ronald Duwayne Brewer, 41, to Pauline Carol Hernandez, 42, both of Clovis.
John Garrett Crow, 21, to Kara Denise Jenkins, 22,...
75-plus years of ministry: Church to celebrate anniversary
May 22nd, 2003
It took a couple of starts, but the second start took root.
As a result, First Church of the Nazarene, 1800 N. Norris St., will celebrate its 75th-plus anniversary of ministry to the Clovis community...
Money vs. Ministry
May 22nd, 2003
Michael Covington, general manager of The Master’s — A Parable Christian Store, sees the store’s upcoming move into the new “Master’s Center” business complex as an enhancement of its miss...
‘Buck’-ing adversity
May 22nd, 2003
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Once William “Billy” Buck, a man-mountain at 6-foot-3 and 300 pounds, makes up his mind, it takes a mob to alter his determination.
That certainly was true Thursday...
Clovis, Muleshoe sets Memorial Day observances
May 22nd, 2003
Memorial Day has a significance that local veteran Larry Frappier and his colleagues want to make sure the nation doesn’t forget.
“It’s a day you’re honoring your fallen comrades,” said Frap...
Advice to graduates
May 22nd, 2003
Editor’s note: Amos is a church mouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation.
mousy advice to graduates
boss i ve run across
some quippy sayings
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Only God can turn your filthy rags into good deeds
May 22nd, 2003
I’m sure I share many growing-up experiences with other baby boomers my age. When it came to buying clothes, no doubt my sister Susie and I stood alongside the other millions of children in the 1950...
One dead, another injured after shootings
May 22nd, 2003
A seriously ill Clovis man died from a gunshot on Wednesday evening, while his caretaker suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh.
Police reports show that James “J.O.” Barnett Jr., 83, may have acc...
Trailer washing outfit fined by EPA
May 22nd, 2003
The New Mexico Environment Department has charged a Clovis cattle trailer washout facility with violating the state Water Quality Act and charged it a $483,994 fine.
NMED Communications Director Jon G...
National answer not right
May 22nd, 2003
The government-employed airport screener who inspected the contents of your purse or briefcase at the security checkpoint may have a criminal record and either the government doesn’t know that yet,...
Police in the market for officers
May 21st, 2003
Police staffing has reached a crisis and will soon become worse, according to Capt. Dan Blair of the Clovis Police Department.
“If things happen the way we think they are going to happen, by the end...
Texico girls basketball coach casuality of budget crunch
May 21st, 2003
TEXICO — Reduced state funding based on declining enrollment has triggered changes in the Texico High School coaching staff, according to school officials.
The contracts of girls basketball coach Se...
New summer league opens tonight
May 21st, 2003
Weeknights just got a little more interesting for girls basketball in the area.
Clovis and Portales area teams are part of a new summer league, which opens at 6 p.m. tonight with games at Farwell and...
CCC Board of Trustees swears in Gayla Brumfield as new member
May 21st, 2003
Gayla Brumfield, owner of Colonial Real Estate in Clovis, was sworn in as the new District 1 trustee for Clovis Community College at CCC’s regular board meeting Wednesday.
Brumfield replaces Ted Har...
Jackson, S.L.
May 21st, 2003
S.L. Jackson
Services: Have been held.
Mr. S.L. “Tuney” Jackson Jr., 75, of Floyd, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at his home.
He was born on March 24, 1928, in Olton, Texas, to Betty and S.L. Jackso...
Lobbyists spend money in wrong places
May 21st, 2003
Here’s the thing. You can shower me with all kinds of gifts. I will accept the Lexus. Nice gesture. Oh, and how I am looking forward to those two weeks in Hawaii at your expense.
Be warned, though....
Mopping up operations not as easy
May 21st, 2003
The aftermath of the war in Iraq is not going as well as the lightning-quick victory. The country remains in chaos, with anarchy in many cities, including parts of Baghdad. The first U.S. official in...
Self-esteem almost antithetical to honesty
May 21st, 2003
How many times have we applauded those who “made a difference in the lives of others” and been admonished to do the same? On the face of it, that has to be one of the more mindless generalities of...
Long road, well-traveled
May 21st, 2003
Talk about being true to your school.
Two Clovis school employees — a special education teacher at Marshall Junior High and a teaching assistant at La Casita Elementary — have spent more than a th...
Water authority discusses money
May 21st, 2003
The Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority met on Wednesday to once again discuss many pieces of the giant jigsaw puzzle that is the Ute water pipeline project.
The meeting included the bonding of 1...
Local board plans for catastrophe
May 21st, 2003
New Mexico hasn’t had a tornado fatality since 1974, but severe wind and tornado damage have hit Clovis as recently as the late 1990s. Wednesday morning at Clovis’ city hall, 27 representatives of...
Alumi hoop game next week
May 21st, 2003
The second annual Clovis High School alumni basketball game is scheduled for 7 p.m. on May 29 at Rock Staubus Gym, matching members of the current CHS team and graduates from 2001 or later against gra...
County proposes raising gross receipts tax
May 21st, 2003
Curry County commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to ask voters to approve an increase in gross receipts taxes to cover a county budget shortfall estimated at between $200,000 and $400,000.
A majority of...
Zias prep for first soccer season
May 21st, 2003
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s venture into women’s soccer is on course, and then some.
Coach Travis McCorkle has signed 21 prospects, and said he may add one or two more players.
Th...
Rural Water Authority meets in Portales
May 21st, 2003
The Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority will meet at 2 p.m. today at The Roosevelt restaurant for their monthly meeting.
Portales Mayor Orlando Ortega praised the efforts of the authority — wh...
Old CHS tradition wouldn't fly today
May 20th, 2003
An event popular in the late 1930s through the mid-’40s would never have happened in more recent times. Once a year, in the late spring, Clovis High School Principal R. E. Marshall would let school...
Singing the blues about matrimony
May 20th, 2003
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a music critic.
In fact, I spent 18 years reviewing and interviewing everybody from Gladys Knight and Dolly Parton to Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder. I...
Media monoplies no longer a threat
May 20th, 2003
The liberty to produce and distribute information is essential to a free society. That’s why we favor reducing the regulations that govern the telecommunications industry, including the relaxation o...
Byrd, Robert
May 20th, 2003
Robert Byrd
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Robert Byrd, 92, of Clovis, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at Sunbridge Nursing Home in Clovis.
He was born on April 28, 1911, in Martin County, Texas.
He marrie...
Councilman raises concerns about Muleshoe police
May 20th, 2003
MULESHOE — Muleshoe City Councilman Juan Chavez is fed up with what he perceives as selected law enforcement by the city’s police department.
“I have lived here for 11 years, and for a number of...
Wheaton crossing closing
May 20th, 2003
Curry County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to close the Wheaton Street railroad crossing, approving an agreement with Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad the Clovis City Commission approve...
Texico's new chief knows area well
May 20th, 2003
MULESHOE — Muleshoe City Councilman Juan Chavez is fed up with what he perceives as selected law enforcement by the city’s police department.
“I have lived here for 11 years, and for a number of...
Area temperatures running hot and cold
May 20th, 2003
Sunday’s heat wave turned into a cold snap for eastern New Mexico by Monday, as a 41-degree temperature drop brought strong winds and the area’s first rainfall this month.
“We still get cold fro...
Clovis comes up empty at state meet
May 19th, 2003
ALAMOGORDO — Clovis coach Darren Kelley said he felt empty Saturday as he watched La Cueva snatch away the Class 5A state track title from the Wildcats in the meet’s last event.
This was supposed...
Freak fall costly for Lady Cats
May 19th, 2003
ALAMOGORDO — Clovis coach Darrel Ray didn’t hide his disappointment after the Lady Wildcats finished third at Saturday’s Class 5A state track meet.
“We came up here with one goal and that was...
Hounds sign first basketball recruit
May 19th, 2003
PORTALES — Kennis Green, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound wing from Blinn (Texas) College, is the first of what Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball coach Shawn Scanlan hopes is four players who wi...
County will discuss possible tax hike
May 19th, 2003
Curry County is facing a projected budget shortfall that could reach as high as $400,000, County Manager Geneva Cooper said Monday.
The amount of the shortfall between spending and revenue in the cou...
Rollins, Mark
May 19th, 2003
Mark Rollins
Services: No services will be held.
Mr. Mark Rollins, 62, died Sunday, May 18, 2003, at Farwell Convalescent Center.
Cremation will take place.
Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home...
Doose, Clymena
May 19th, 2003
Clymena "Mini" Doose
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Clymena "Mimi" Doose, 86, of Clovis, a seamstress, died Sunday, May 18, 2003, at the Senior Citizen Resident Center in Clovis.
She was born on June...
Baldwin, Eden
May 19th, 2003
Eden Baldwin
Services: Have been held.
Eden Jade Baldwin, an infant, died Sunday, May 18, 2003, at University Medical Center in Lubbock.
She was born on May 13, 2003, to Sarai and Michael Baldwin.
She...
Is it looting if you're looting the looters?
May 19th, 2003
This idea that Iraqis are criminals for looting is full of problems. To begin with, can you loot from a dictator? What about from a dictator who isn’t even in power any longer? After the dictato...
Abusers sit on human rights commission
May 19th, 2003
Think back to March 2003. The United States and Great Britain were feverishly maneuvering to secure a United Nations resolution authorizing war with Iraq. The French were just as busily working to und...
Politicians play number games to fit agendas
May 19th, 2003
Pick a number. Any number. It works for Washington. Why shouldn’t it work for you?
In the unreal bubble in which Washington operates, numbers and words over time begin to lose any meaning. Millions...
Summer sales heating up
May 19th, 2003
With summer fast approaching and already reaching the 100-degree mark, the thoughts of shoppers appear to be turning toward backyard barbecues, landscaping and staying cool.
Hank Bean, a sales associa...
Texico cracks down on cat house
May 19th, 2003
TEXICO — Texico police spent Monday afternoon working with Clovis animal control officers rounding up dozens of cats at an undisclosed address.
“It was deplorable in there,” said Texico Police C...
City, railroad reach agreement
May 19th, 2003
Curry County is facing a projected budget shortfall that could reach as high as $400,000, County Manager Geneva Cooper said Monday.
The amount of the shortfall between spending and revenue in the cou...
Area melts with mini heat wave
May 18th, 2003
Clovis, Portales, Melrose and Tucumcari hit 100 degrees on Sunday, the first day in 2003 that temperatures climbed that high, according to the National Weather Service.
With that number, Clovis tied a...
Panel OKs projects at Cannon AFB
May 18th, 2003
WASHINGTON — A key Senate committee has approved a request by U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici to authorize defense funding for construction projects at Cannon Air Force Base, including a new aerospace groun...
Towns to sign landfill agreement
May 18th, 2003
Clovis and Portales city officials will formalize the designation of the two cities as a Microplex with a resolution signing ceremony at 4 p.m. Monday in the Clovis-Carver Public Library North Annex,...
More cops needed; finding them a dilemma
May 18th, 2003
Both the Clovis Police Department and Curry County Sheriff’s Office say they need more officers to control increasing crime, but Clovis police have an unusual problem: While the department has a...
Being an invisible man not always out of sight
May 18th, 2003
This is a good day to brush up on your natural camouflage, otherwise called selective coloration by guys in white jackets who are picky about descriptive terms. My own invisibility is a case in point,...
From the Editor's Desk
May 18th, 2003
I began writing informal job descriptions for Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico newsroom associates on Sunday. It’s a task I’ve been putting off for 20 months now, which happens to be the same amou...
HR 207 could limit access to supplements
May 18th, 2003
Those who want to use government to protect us from ourselves are often well-intentioned, but in the process they can pose dangers to personal liberties and the freedom to make one’s own choices. A...
Battles, William
May 18th, 2003
William Battles
Services:Have been held.
Mr. William “Clyde” Battles, 94, of House, a farmer and rancher, died Saturday, May 17, 2003, at Laurel Ridge Healthcare Center in Clovis.
He was born on A...
Web great to promote business
May 18th, 2003
In last week’s column, I wrote about a couple of Internet success stories, and I asked for my readers to send in their own.
I did receive one this week, from Mr. Robert Schriefer of Cincinnati, Ohio...
There's more to cops than uniforms
May 18th, 2003
In the office of one of our police officers hangs a pencil sketch, depicting an officer in uniform advancing with a drawn sidearm. Underneath the framed piece of artwork is written, “I fight what yo...
Save the last dance for Krystal
May 17th, 2003
Even though she spent prom night in the intensive care unit of Covenant Hospital in Lubbock after a car crash, Krystal Allen will get to dance after all.
“It’s gonna be the whole works,...
Jail overcrowding cuts into county coffers.
May 17th, 2003
State financial woes and increased mandatory sentences for some offenses are contributing to overcrowding in the Curry County Adult Detention Center, said Detention Center Administrator Don Burdine an...
Johnston, Maxine
May 17th, 2003
Maxine F. Johnston
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Maxine F. Johnston, 73, died Friday, May 16, 2003, at her home in Portales.
She was born Sept. 4, 1929, in Dora to Ruby and Frank Morrison.
She atten...
Cemetery cleaning ‘long overdue'
May 17th, 2003
TEXICO — For nearly six years, Darlene Curry has come often to the Texico Cemetery on the outskirts of town, finding comfort at the gravesides of her only daughter, Wendi Homer, 25, and her only gra...
Hoping to reach a compromise on Wheaton
May 17th, 2003
The railroad crossing at Wheaton Street may close after all.
Local officials and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway were unable to reach agreement on a contract last month in connection with BNSF’...
Quit quibbling; close Wheaton
May 17th, 2003
This Tuesday, Curry County commissioners have a simple vote to cast: Close the Wheaton Road rail crossing on the west edge of Clovis.
Doing so means Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s proposed $15 mill...
Clovis police taking part in Superblitz this month
May 17th, 2003
If you like to drive drunk or don’t like using your seat belt, you don’t want to drive in Clovis this month.
The Clovis Police Department is one of 81 law enforcement agencies statewide participat...
Letters to the Editor
May 17th, 2003
Overturned trash cans, dogs running loose, overgrown tennis court; old playground equipment — this describes Patrick Sandoval Park in southwest Clovis.
Summer is just around the corner and children...
Police and court news
May 17th, 2003
The Texico Police Department has a new chief.
Former chief deputy John Mares, who has been with the Texico police four years, was promoted at the May 9 city council meeting, replacing former police ch...
Police blotter
May 17th, 2003
Samplings of recent calls received by the Clovis Police Department, according to police reports:
Clovis police responded May 10 to a call about a man who had been beating both his sister and his girl...
Save the last dance for Krystal
May 17th, 2003
Even though she spent prom night in the intensive care unit of Covenant Hospital in Lubbock after a car crash, Krystal Allen will get to dance after all.
“It’s gonna be the whole works,” said Du...
Block, William
May 16th, 2003
William Block
Services: Have been held.
Mr. William Arthur “Bill” Block, 86, of Portales, died April 11, 2003, at a Temple, Texas, hospital.
He was born on June 25, 1916, in at Gotebo, Okla., to A...
Report: Inmate wanted to protect mother
May 16th, 2003
Martin Smith told a jail officer he swallowed a packet of methamphetamine on Saturday night because he didn’t want his mother to find out on Mother’s Day that he had been arrested for drug possess...
Public record
May 15th, 2003
Compiled from court records from May 8 through May 14:
Marriage Licenses
-- Reginald Dwayne Johnson, 22, of Clovis, to Sarah Jayne Abel, 28 of Norwich, United Kingdom.
-- Raul Galindo Garcia, 41, to...
Students to express faith at graduation ceremonies.
May 15th, 2003
Federal guidelines issued by the Department of Education in February that ensure schools give teachers and students as much freedom to pray as the courts have allowed have received mixed reviews from...
Martinez plea hearing to be rescheduled
May 15th, 2003
CNJ STAFF
The plea hearing for a 26-year-old Clovis man charged in connection with a double homicide in February has been postponed to a later date.
Joey Martinez was expected to plead guilty and be s...
Million Dollar Man’ trades wrestling persona for ministry.
May 15th, 2003
Ted DiBiase has exchanged his role as the “Million Dollar Man” for a minister of the Gospel — and says he has no regrets moving from the wrestling ring to hitting the evangelistic trail.
“I wa...
god s mudbug wrestler
May 15th, 2003
Editor’s Note: Amos is a churchmouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation.
boss i just met the
strongest mudbug in
the church pew
underworld he was th...
Pride can damage many relationships
May 15th, 2003
Years ago, I had an experience at church camp that left a lasting imprint on my life. There’s something unique about being at camp in the mountains.
We checked into our cabins, got our personal thin...
City hopes to trade cash for services
May 15th, 2003
By Jack King
CNJ STAFF WRITER
jack_king@link.freedom.com
The City Commission directed the city Thursday to offer the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority with between $100,000 and $150,000 worth o...
Sundance Ranch dedicated to caring for unwanted, neglected pets
May 15th, 2003
When Sundance, the favorite cat of Clovis residents Doug and Lorraine Johnson, was killed by a hit-and-run driver, the two decided they’d seen enough cats abused, abandoned and injured with no one t...
Good or bad, information must flow
May 15th, 2003
A Curry County jail inmate died early Sunday morning, hours after telling authorities he had swallowed methamphetamine.
It’s the second time in a year a jail inmate has died under similar circumstan...
Traffic concerns, character lead P&Z to deny zone change
May 15th, 2003
Twenty-eight residents of an east-Clovis neighborhood appeared at the city’s planning and zoning commission meeting on Wednesday to oppose a request to build four duplexes in the 2400 block of Fred...
Suspects swallowing drugs commonplace
May 15th, 2003
Swallowing methamphetamine to keep law enforcement from finding it is common, according to Curry County Sheriff Roger Hatcher.
“We have that happen almost every time we come into a house where we ar...
Family, schools rally around student
May 15th, 2003
Krystal Allen missed her senior prom at Clovis High School after she was hit by a car. But school officials and her family are working hard to make sure she doesn’t miss her graduation.
“She’s s...
City to consider costs of water authority
May 15th, 2003
At its regular meeting tonight, Clovis’ city commission will consider whether or not the city will provide some services in lieu of cash payments to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority.
The...
Lack of moisture hampers planting
May 15th, 2003
A lack of precipitation and plenty of wind-battered crop land has been concerning area farmers, causing some to parlay excessive amounts of water onto their fields from area agriculture wells.
One Roo...
Melrose loses power in brief outage
May 15th, 2003
The city of Melrose lost electric power for about an hour Wednesday night, knocking out the lights at most homes and businesses in the city of 800.
Police Administrator C.C. Pyle said a few buildings...
CHS Symphony Band wins Anaheim festival
May 15th, 2003
Clovis High School band members were on a mission for music excellence recently; and band members say: Mission accomplished.
A highlight in the accomplishment of that mission included winning top hono...
CHS hosts 43rd annual All-Band Night “Pops” Honors Concert
May 15th, 2003
Tonight’s “Pops” Honors Concert promises to be fun for everyone, band officials say.
More than 800 band students from the Clovis schools will perform in the 43rd annual All-Band Night “Pops”...
Movie review -- "The Lizzie McGuire Movie"
May 15th, 2003
“The Lizzie McGuire Movie” is an adorable Disney movie that plays out just like the television show. After Gordo and Lizzie decide their two-week vacation is going to be full of adventure, Lizzie...
Choirs fare well in Southeast Disrict
May 14th, 2003
Clovis school choirs captured their share of top honors in the Southeast District Vocal Festival held in Clovis at Marshall Auditorium on April 9-10.
Choirs from throughout southeastern New Mexico com...
Reporter's Notebook -- Coming Home
May 14th, 2003
Holy Jets, Batman!
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE — Col. Robert “Rowdy” Yates, 27th Fighter Wing commander at Cannon, may have discovered a sure-fire way to protect air crews and aircraft.
Just before th...
Police Blotter 5/15
May 14th, 2003
Samplings of recent calls received by the Clovis Police Department, according to police reports:
Hiding in the bathroom after hours may have helped unknown suspects steal a Skin Dog bicycle and at l...
Clovis senior has sights set on state records
May 14th, 2003
Stealth bomber pilots might not be the only ones taking flight this weekend in Alamogordo.
High-flying Clovis senior Derond Jackson plans to put on an aerial show of his own at the Class 5A state trac...
Clovis grad at home on Dillas' bench
May 14th, 2003
John Harris has spent much of his life traveling around the country as either a baseball player or manager.
The former Clovis High baseball standout hopes this spring and summer he can cut down on the...
Clovis netter ousted at state
May 14th, 2003
ALBUQUERQUE — A combination of nervousness and altitude spelled a quick end to Clovis sophomore Patricia Gallegos' trip to the state tennis tournament.
Gallegos fell to Sandia freshman Anna Survilad...
Teen of the Week
May 14th, 2003
Ashley Sanders is the daughter of Rick and Dorothy Sanders and is a senior at Clovis High School.
What’s so great about your favorite sport?
“Cheerleading is really fun to be in because I’m wi...
So what do we need, a burning bush?
May 14th, 2003
Will famine descend upon New Mexico before we get the idea?
Will diseased beetles swarm around a casino entrance until finally someone wakes up and says, oh oh, something is amiss?
When all the slots...
'Cats third in state golf tournament
May 13th, 2003
ALAMOGORDO — Although the Clovis High boys golf team fell short of its goal of a state Class 5A championship, the Wildcats were at least consistent.
CHS shot a four-man score of 307 on Tuesday for a...
Ex-CHS point guard to play for Southern Colorado
May 13th, 2003
Coming off a solid season at Cochise College, a junior college located near Douglas, Ariz., and with another year of eligibility there, former Clovis High point guard Kerwin Nance said he wasn’t loo...
Clovis school district hands out awards
May 13th, 2003
It was a time for recognizing outstanding effort and achievement during Tuesday’s Clovis School Board meeting.
Clovis School Superintendent Neil Nuttall presented a plaque to Wayne Anderson, school...
Curry County jail inmate dies after swallowing meth
May 13th, 2003
An inmate at the Curry County Adult Detention Facility died early Sunday morning at Plains Regional Medical Center after swallowing methamphetamine, according to a report released Tuesday by the Clovi...
Dixie Chick has right to ruffle feathers
May 13th, 2003
Let us spend a few moments contemplating naked chicks.
Naked Dixie Chicks, to be exact, meaning the country music trio from Texas whose Natalie Maines has become more famous for something she said tha...
Bush's tax cut proposal would pay off in jobs
May 13th, 2003
There’s still a lot of work for Congress to do on President Bush’s proposed $550 billion tax cut. Because of objections by liberal Republican Sen. Olympia Snow of Maine, the president’s original...
Dixie Chick has right to ruffle feathers
May 13th, 2003
Let us spend a few moments contemplating naked chicks.
Naked Dixie Chicks, to be exact, meaning the country music trio from Texas whose Natalie Maines has become more famous for something she said tha...
Search for well water not in vein
May 13th, 2003
John Gordon “Spud” Greaves homesteaded southeast of Elida near Nobe in 1907. He was the father of Gordon Greaves, late publisher of the Portales News-Tribune.
This is his story:
“With the passin...
Childs, Elvis
May 13th, 2003
Elvis Childs
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Elvis Henry Childs, 88, of Farwell, died Sunday, May 11, 2003.
He was born on Dec. 27, 1914, in Childress, Texas, to Morgan and Frances Childs.
He was a ded...
Clovis sophomore ready for Class 5A state tennis competition
May 13th, 2003
Eastern New Mexico University has narrowed its search for a softball coach to three candidates, including Ron Landschoot, who filled in on an interim basis this spring.
The other finalists are Kevin B...
ENMU narrows search for softball coach to 3
May 13th, 2003
Eastern New Mexico University has narrowed its search for a softball coach to three candidates, including Ron Landschoot, who filled in on an interim basis this spring.
The other finalists are Kevin...
Supreme Court should back right to bear arms
May 13th, 2003
Americans soon could see a shoot-out at the Supreme Court corral. Two circuit courts have issued contradictory readings of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Such contradictions commonl...
Business briefs
May 13th, 2003
Lucero receives
service award
Adrianna Lucero of the Women’s Medical Center received a service award from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program at its yearly conference April 25 in Albuquerque. Luc...
Holland, Marvin
May 13th, 2003
Marvin Holland
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Marvin F. Holland, 74, of Clovis, a business owner and manager, died Sunday, May 11, 2003, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
He was born on July 22, 1...
Patients to decide who has access to medical conditions
May 13th, 2003
A new federal regulation allowing patients to choose who can receive medical updates on their condition is keeping medical records clerks and other health care employees in the safeguard mode.
The pri...
Wanted: Couple to care for blind Alaskan dog
May 13th, 2003
Specially trained seeing eye dogs have helped blind people for years. Several Clovis animal lovers are looking for a different kind of human-canine partnership: a special couple willing to care for a...
CCC chorale hits high note at spring concert
May 11th, 2003
The rousing sounds of patriotism echoed throughout Town Hall at Clovis Community College Sunday afternoon, as the men and women of the High Plains Chorale presented their spring concert.
Both the audi...
Texico graduates looking ahead
May 11th, 2003
Sunday marked much more than just graduation time for the 38 students in the Texico High School Class of 2003.
“It was really neat because we graduated from kindergarten together and later we gradua...
Reporter's Notebook-health
May 11th, 2003
Clovis offered a stop Friday along an 18-city tour of New Mexico for state leaders looking into health care and support services issues, such as how to make the best use of resources and develop more...
Handling complaints
May 11th, 2003
I received a complaint on Sunday from a Clovis High School band parent. She wanted to see a news report about the band’s recent success in a California competition.
We knew about the band’s succes...
Some random thoughts and one-liners to ponder
May 11th, 2003
I’m an ardent collector of one-liners, and they stand out like traffic cops on the Information Highway. It used to be, before I learned my computer’s bells and whistles, that I had to stay up late...
Taylor, McElrath junior college bound
May 11th, 2003
Two key members of the Clovis High girls basketball team will continue their careers next season at the junior college level.
Point guard Chelo McElrath recently signed a letter of intent to play at C...
Clovis teams on a mission
May 11th, 2003
The Clovis High boys golf team is on a mission — beat three-time defending Class 5A state champion La Cueva.
Desert Lakes Golf Course in Alamogordo will be the site of this year’s 36-hole, two-day...
Clovis sweeps team titles
May 10th, 2003
ALBUQUERQUE — Clovis High cruised to a sweep of team titles in the District 4-5A track meet Friday and Saturday at Wilson Stadium, and in the process qualified a few extra events for next week’s C...
Muleshoe girls finish eighth at state
May 10th, 2003
AUSTIN, Texas — Led by sophomore Jessica Withrow, the Muleshoe girls track team finished eighth in the Class 3A state meet on Friday and Saturday at the University of Texas.
The Lady Mules scored 24...
Clovis falls to La Cueva
May 10th, 2003
ALBUQUERQUE — After relying on the long ball all season, La Cueva found another way to win Saturday’s Class 5A regional baseball game.
La Cueva hit one home run, a two-run shot in the pivotal sixt...
Gallegos qualifies for state
May 10th, 2003
Patricia Gallegos was happy about qualifying for Class 5A state singles tennis competition, and at the same time she felt sadness.
That’s what having to beat a teammate — and your doubles partner,...
Opposite sides of the tracks
May 10th, 2003
Sitting in a car at the raw, recently graded intersection of Wheaton Street and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway, Victor Chavez pointed north.
“From here you go a mile to the hospital,” he...
658 students graduate
May 10th, 2003
Friday night saw the 17th commencement convocation ceremony for Clovis Community College, where 253 graduates were presented with associates’ degrees or certificates of completion.
Beth DeFoor, CCC...
Cannon families, friends await arrival of deployed troops
May 10th, 2003
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE — More than 200 Cannon “lethal warfighters” deployed at various locations for several months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom will return home to Cannon on Monday and...
Cannon airman being held in connection with slaying
May 10th, 2003
A Cannon Air Force Base airman is being held in a Wichita Falls, Texas, jail in connection with the February death of a female airman, a Texas newspaper reported last week.
Garry M. Little, commander...
Two arrested in meth lab bust
May 10th, 2003
Following discovery of a possible clandestine methamphetamine lab, narcotics agents arrested two Albuquerque residents Wednesday afternoon at a Clovis hotel, according to state police.
Mike Rodriguez,...
Frazier lived ‘a Christian life’
May 10th, 2003
Following a long and painful illness, retired carpenter Glen Frazier died peacefully at the age of 80 on April 11, the way his wife said he would have wanted — lying on a tree-shaded recliner enjoyi...
If we don’t keep water flowing, people will be going ... away
May 10th, 2003
Eastern New Mexico is running out of water. A series of stories in last week’s newspapers makes that clear to everyone.
We must do two things: Find another source for water and reduce our water-usag...
Letters to the Editor 5/11/03
May 10th, 2003
Only way to conserve water is to regulate
In Tuesday’s issue of the Clovis News Journal (The Liquid of Life, Part 1), I noted that the domestic use of water in Curry County is 111 acre feet p...
Limbaugh trying to rationalize a war
May 10th, 2003
Every time I drive to school, I listen to Rush Limbaugh for about five minutes. It is cultural anthropology for me more than an interest in his latest ridicule of Daschle & Co., although I sympathize...
Regional lines tend to blur
May 10th, 2003
Back in the 1960s, there was a TV wrestler by the name of Dawn Eagle. This fellow, a large, powerful American Indian with a Mohawk haircut, was one of the “good guys,” as were Nature Boy Buddy Rog...
Wheeling and dealing
May 10th, 2003
This past Saturday morning as I was driving around town, I noticed the proliferation of posted garage sale signs.
That’s how I can always tell that spring has sprung and that summer is right around...
Burton, Mable
May 10th, 2003
Mable Burton
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Mable V. Burton, 94, of Albuquerque, a housewife, died Friday, May 9, 2003, in Albuquerque.
She was born on July 5, 1908, in Shawnee, Okla. She was a reside...
Clovis faces tough contest
May 9th, 2003
Shane Shallenberger concedes his Clovis High baseball team has its work cut out Saturday playing at top-ranked and unbeaten La Cueva in the regional round of the Class 5A baseball playoffs.
But, he ad...
Greig among the chosen few
May 9th, 2003
Clovis High senior Will Greig may seem like some kind of bionic long-distance runner sometimes, especially when his training regimen is considered.
But two days before the district track meet — his...
Tournament test of nerves
May 9th, 2003
There will be plenty of poker faces Friday during the seeding meeting prior to this weekend’s District 4-5A tennis tournament at the CHS tennis courts.
Trying to find the best route to the state tou...
Reporter's Notebook -- Last Meal 2
May 9th, 2003
A recent Project: Reader Reaction question asked for story’s about mothers. Steve Deleon of Clovis wrote:
“Growing up with my father in the Air Force, my mother always kept the household going eve...
Senior grows with college experience
May 9th, 2003
PORTALES — They’ve met significant others; learned to function on little or no sleep; and have merrily embraced the university social scene during their time at Eastern New Mexico University.
Now...
Conceptual drawings to be shown downtown
May 9th, 2003
Ten students from the University of New Mexico’s Design Planning Assistance Center will exhibit conceptual drawings of what downtown Clovis could look like from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at the X...
What were once chores are now fond memories
May 9th, 2003
It is nearly time for school to be out. As this academic year ends, I look back over the school years of our children’s lives. I get a little nostalgic this time of year because our children are far...
Amos on Mother's Day
May 9th, 2003
Editor’s Note: Amos is a churchmouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation.
the mother s day gift
who would ever think finding
a gift for y...
Glidewell in stable condition
May 9th, 2003
A Clovis man who rammed his truck into a train just off U.S. Highway 60-84 Monday was listed in stable condition Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Derek Glidewell, 41, was listed in critical cond...
Public Record
May 9th, 2003
Compiled from court records from May 1 through Wednesday
Marriage Licenses
Joel Barba, 25, of Texico and Regina Jalyn Longley, 25, of Clovis
Melecio Bustillos, 36 and Darlene J. Gutierrez, 43,...
Banagay, Susanna
May 9th, 2003
Susanna Banagay
Services: Have been held.
Ms. Susanna Marie Herbeck Banagay, 27, of Clovis, a certified nursing assistant, died Tuesday, May 6, 2003, in Clovis.
She was born on Feb. 11, 1976, in Fort...
What if water use is restricted?
May 9th, 2003
In the Sandia Mountains community of Madrid near Albuquerque, lack of water translates to lack of toilets.
The New Mexico town with its population of 149 attracts a number of tourists due to its shops...
Oasis State Park the site of a summer of activity
May 8th, 2003
If you’re a hopeless romantic who likes to gaze at the stars, or a rugged outdoors type with an infatuation for snakes, there may be some fun in the future for you.
Oasis State Park officials have a...
Reporter's Notebook -- Mother
May 8th, 2003
A recent Project: Reader Reaction question asked for story’s about mothers. Steve Deleon of Clovis wrote:
“Growing up with my father in the Air Force, my mother always kept the household going eve...
Tattoos no, abortions OK for teens?
May 8th, 2003
Time to follow up on a few topics previously addressed, and for your humble correspondent to eat a slice of humble pie, although, trust me, he will not stuff himself.
How shallow was I to poke fun at...
March trip leads to April playoffs
May 8th, 2003
The trip spanned eight days and nearly 2,000 miles. Losing made it seem even longer.
Part adventure and part misadventure, the Clovis Wildcats suffered five of the nine losses this season during a Mar...
State oversees water issues
May 8th, 2003
In New Mexico, water is such a precious resource it naturally follows that many people and organizations devote their efforts to researching and managing it.
The two major state organizations that con...
Too much flouride can stain teeth
May 8th, 2003
Most experts agree Clovis’ main water supply is low in chemicals that could cause major health problems. But it is not problem free.
“The water in the Clovis area is a little high in naturally occ...
Cloud seeding director undaunted by critics
May 8th, 2003
Duncan Axisa believes he can make it rain.
Axisa said this power is available to him through cloud seeding, the process of dropping silver iodide crystals into the supercooled upper parts of clouds. T...
Dryland farming may not be a viable option
May 7th, 2003
Since the High Plains’ economy is based on agriculture, and since water for crops and livestock may soon be in short supply, one solution seems obvious: Farmers should stop irrigating and raise dryl...
Dairies large, efficient water users
May 7th, 2003
Dairy operations in the region tend to use large amounts of water, but proponents say they use it efficiently — with little impact to the area’s ground-water source.
“Sure they use a lot of wate...
The mystery of buried treasure
May 7th, 2003
One of the more exciting unsolved mysteries of all time is about hidden treasure found in New Mexico. Milton E. “Doc” Noss made the discovery in 1937 at Victorio Peak, in the San Andres mountain r...
Looney, Dorothy
May 7th, 2003
Dorothy Looney
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Dorothy Geraldine Looney, 77, of Bovina, died Saturday, May 3, 2003, in Friendswood, Texas.
She was born on Nov. 25, 1925, in Clovis, to Loy Ivy Lobban an...
Branches burst into flames
May 7th, 2003
TUCUMCARI — A massive pile of dead branches caught fire around 10 p.m. Tuesday, sending an orange glow over much of the north side of Tucumcari.
The branches were at the wastewater treatment plant...
Bovina coach has high hopes for state
May 6th, 2003
BOVINA — Boys track coach Tony Epps thinks Bovina sophomore Edgar Ortiz has a chance to do something pretty special in this weekend’s Texas Class 1A state 3,200 at the University of Texas in Austi...
County tables railroad contract
May 6th, 2003
The Curry County Commission tabled discussion on a proposed contract with Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad at its meeting Tuesday, saying more negotiations with the railroad are needed before it...
Pioneer Days planning under way
May 6th, 2003
“Flying High in Clovis” is the theme of this year’s Pioneer Days celebration scheduled June 2-8, said Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce Director Ernie Kos.
This year, in addition to the an...
Crash victim placed on ventilator
May 6th, 2003
A Clovis man who rammed his truck into a train just off of U.S. Highway 60-84 Monday was listed in critical condition and has been placed on a ventilator at Covenant Hospital in Lubbock, a hospital sp...
Richardson to visit area
May 6th, 2003
SANTA FE — Gov. Bill Richardson is scheduled to tour 11 communities — including Clovis and Portales today — during a three-day swing through southeast New Mexico, according to a news release fro...
County to consider tax hike
May 6th, 2003
Curry County is facing a $200,000 shortfall in its 2002 budget and may have to increase taxes to cover it, County Manager Geneva Cooper told the commission Tuesday.
To cover the shortfall, the county...
Hill, Joyce
May 6th, 2003
Joyce Hill
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Joyce Hill, 62, of Portales, died Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at Laurel Plains Nursing Center in Clovis.
She was born on May 21, 1940, in Springer, to Gladys and Ja...
Portales sweeps Clovis again
May 5th, 2003
Portales repeated its earlier sweep of Clovis High in tennis Monday, winning the boys match 9-0 and the girls dual 7-2 in a makeup of an earlier rainout at the CHS courts.
Both Clovis teams ended thei...
Pitcher delivers art
May 5th, 2003
Brian Cronk is a former minor league baseball player in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. But he’s also an artist — and we’re not talking about the walks he’s drawn on the diamond.
Blank sh...
Reid, Chavez tie for title
May 5th, 2003
ALBUQUERQUE — Clovis High sophomores Travis Reid and Guillermo Chavez tied for the individual championship and led the Wildcats to the boys team title Monday in District 4-5A golf at Los Altos Golf...
Tornado safety tips
May 5th, 2003
The National Weather Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross offer these tips on preparing for a tornado:
Tornado safety
- Develop a plan for yourself and your family, at h...
Former CHS standouts playing at WT
May 5th, 2003
All it took was a phone call to extend the college career of former Clovis High golf standout Jimmy Jameson.
During his two years at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, Jameson rarely played in tourna...
Clovis to face La Cueva
May 5th, 2003
The Clovis Wildcats will travel to top-ranked La Cueva at noon on Saturday in one of four Class 5A regional baseball games scheduled for the day.
Other pairings announced on Sunday by the New Mexico A...
Residents enjoy Cinco de Mayo celebration
May 5th, 2003
A festive mood filled the American Legion Post #25 Saturday night, as people of all ages and backgrounds celebrated a Cinco de Mayo festival with music, dancing and food.
The evening was organized as...
Cannon’s Services Squadron named best in Air Combat Command
May 5th, 2003
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE — Cannon’s 27th Services Squadron recently was selected as the “best of the best” in Air Combat Command competition, despite being shorthanded throughout the competition...
From the editor's desk
May 5th, 2003
Those who’ve grown up around here have heard the warnings all of our lives — we’re going to run out of water some day.
Some day is not that far away anymore. If we don’t do something quick —...
One injured in truck-train collision
May 5th, 2003
A Clovis man was at Covenant Hospital in Lubbock on Monday after ramming his truck into a train just off U.S. Highway 60-84 between Clovis and Texico, officials said.
His condition was unknown at pres...
Tornado season upon us
May 5th, 2003
May and June are peak tornado times for eastern New Mexico, which is on the far western edge of the nation’s Tornado Alley.
And local officials take regular steps to prepare for potential storm dama...
Business Digest
May 5th, 2003
The city of Clovis is seeking applicants to serve as representatives from Districts 1 and 4 on its Economic Developent Tax Advisory Board, according to a city press release.
The board meets at 7:30 a....
Foam roofing provides durability
May 5th, 2003
The closed-cell urethane foam two Clovis roofing contractors are offering makes a lighter weight, better insulating, roofing material than traditional substances and is more convenient to apply, both...
Reporter's notebook -- Last Meal
May 5th, 2003
A recent Project: Reader Reaction question asked participants for their last-meal request.
One response, from Ken De Los Santos of Clovis:
“I would want to have all my favorite junk foods, which inc...
Research closing in on cancer
May 5th, 2003
The small news story last week about scientists led by Zheng Cui, M.D., at Wake Forest University piqued our curiosity: The scientists had discovered a cancer-resistant mouse and were curious and pers...
Public does have a right to know -- and should push it
May 5th, 2003
The state Taxation and Revenue Department wanted to make a profit — and compete with private business — by charging whatever it pleased for electronically stored public records of its Motor Vehicl...
Letters to the Editor
May 5th, 2003
With 1,500 seats available, 1,350 people (more or less) missed a most enjoyable concert by the Clovis Community Band on Sunday at Marshall Auditorium.
These musicians give of their time and effort to...
Aquifer history goes back millions of years
May 5th, 2003
The word “aquifer” comes from two Latin words, which together mean “to bring water.” That is what the Ogallala Aquifer has done for the High Plains for nearly a century.
Named after the town o...
King, Oma
May 5th, 2003
Oma King
Services: Have been held.
Mrs. Oma Little Akin King, 96, of Odessa, Texas, died Sunday, May 4, 2003, at the Home Hospice House in Odessa.
She was born on Aug. 3, 1906, in Gilmore, Ky., to Fli...
Tumbleweeds toss memories to mind
May 5th, 2003
As long as we’re preoccupied with plucking tumbleweeds from our teeth, it should be noted that guys in white jackets label this rambling sticker bush Solsola tragus. A less scientific moniker is “...
Betts, Jerry
May 5th, 2003
Jerry Betts
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Jerry Betts, 47, of Portales, a former truck driver, died Saturday, May 3, 2003, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
He was born on Oct. 27, 1955, in...
Water's future flows with challenges
May 5th, 2003
Those who’ve grown up around here have heard the warnings all of our lives — we’re going to run out of water some day.
Some day is not that far away anymore. If we don’t do something quick —...
Community college event unites cultures
May 5th, 2003
A festive mood filled the American Legion Post No. 25 Saturday night, as people of all ages and backgrounds celebrated a Cinco de Mayo festival with music, dancing and food.
The evening was organized...
Service with a smile: Cannon wins top award
May 5th, 2003
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE — Cannon’s 27th Services Squadron recently was selected as the “best of the best” in Air Combat Command competition, despite being shorthanded throughout the competition...
CNJ wins 19 awards in annual contest
May 4th, 2003
ALBUQUERQUE — The Clovis News Journal and several of its news and photography staff members received a total of 19 awards Saturday night at the New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors annual ba...
Project: Reader Reaction -- Memories
May 4th, 2003
Editor’s note: The Clovis News Journal asks readers to respond via e-mail to a series of questions each week. To participate in Project: Reader Reaction, contact Editor David Stevens at:
Resource rules should affect all
May 4th, 2003
New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman should be lauded for co-authoring legislation that would grant American Indian tribes more flexibility in how they manage natural resource development on reservations and...
Project: Reader Reaction -- Alerts
May 4th, 2003
A recent Project: Reader Reaction question asked about the national terror alert, which was recently lowered from orange (a high risk of terrorist attack) to yellow (a significant risk).
Some response...
Letters to the editor
May 4th, 2003
Editor’s note: The Clovis News Journal will publish thank-you letters of public interest on the first Sunday of each month. Letters should be less than 300 words and must be signed. Writers should i...
Police blotter
May 4th, 2003
Samplings of recent calls received by the Clovis Police Department, according to police reports:
A 15-year-old Marshall Junior High School student suffered bruises and a concussion following a fight W...
Q&A with Bill Ellis
May 4th, 2003
Bill Ellis is retiring as owner of the Friona Star and the Bovina Blade. In 2001, he was named Man of the Year by the Friona Chamber of Commerce, as well as being elected to the Panhandle Press Associ...
CNJ to explore water issues
May 4th, 2003
Water is the mixture of two gases: hydrogen and oxygen. It is a vital solvent for human life.
Given that 70 percent of the body is water, it makes obvious sense that water is necessary for the human...
Eastern drubbed in tennis
May 3rd, 2003
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Northeastern State, ranked 14th in NCAA Division II, beat Eastern New Mexico University 5-0 Friday in semifinal round play of the Central Regional tennis tournament.
The Lady Reds...
Lady Cats end season on high note
May 3rd, 2003
HOBBS — The Clovis High softball team was in championship form this weekend. Unfortunately, the Lady Wildcats had already been eliminated from postseason competition.
Pitchers Paige Adare and Annie...
Clovis sweeps Hobbs
May 3rd, 2003
If the Clovis High Wildcats were feeling any pressure in the District 4-5A race, it hardly showed.
Except for one inning, the Cats were in control all weekend in posting a three-game sweep of Hobbs ...
Girl's spirit just a ghost story?
May 3rd, 2003
To be absolutely honest, I cannot remember whether my hand was squeezed before or after I woke up with a mild case of heartburn. The answer to that question is key to understanding what happened, and...
At the end, Jesus becomes significant
May 3rd, 2003
Several years ago, author Gary Thomas wrote an account in “Christianity Today” that touched the hearts of many readers. He wrote of an account in George Bush’s term as vice president when the th...
Runoff may be needed for Combest's seat
May 3rd, 2003
The special election to replace U.S. Rep. Larry Combest, R-Lubbock, in Texas, seemed likely to go into a run off at press time Saturday.
Although there were clear leaders, none of the 17 candidates i...
Fiesta celebrated
May 3rd, 2003
Father Sotero Sena took time out for a shower Saturday after serving as a target in the pie-throwing booth, but in no time he was back in the food tent downing a funnel cake.
Being a mainstay of Our L...
Relay raises almost $45,000
May 3rd, 2003
As the sun rose above Ned Houk Park Saturday morning, weary Relay for Life campers drank coffee, ate breakfast and recalled a night spent having fun and honoring cancer survivors, as well as those who...
Corbin, Ollie
May 3rd, 2003
Ollie Fay (Flinn) Corbin
Services:Have been held.
Mrs. Ollie Fay (Flinn) Corbin, 72, died Thursday, May 1, 2003, at the Farwell Convalescent Center in Farwell.
She was born June 9, 1930, in Clovis, to...
Reuther, Angela
May 3rd, 2003
Angela Christine Reuther
Services: Have been held.
Angela Christine Reuther, 23, a resident of Fort Sumner, died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, in an automobile accident on Highway 104 in San Miguel Cou...
Romero, Alvin
May 3rd, 2003
Alvin Romero
Services: Have been held.
Mr. Alvin Theodore Romero, 43, a rancher, died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, in Garita.
He was born May 11, 1959, in Las Vegas, N.M. He grew up in Trujillo and atte...
Van Winkle, G.W.
May 3rd, 2003
G.W. “Rip” Van Winkle
Services: Have been held.
Mr. G.W. “Rip” Van Winkle, 76, died Thursday, May 1, 2003, in Lubbock.
He was born Feb. 9, 1927, in Rogers to Albert and Sybill Horn Van Winkle....
Watts, Marvin
May 3rd, 2003
Marvin Watts
Services: Have been held.
Marvin Watts, 71, a former state senator, died Friday, May 2, 2003, at St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe.
He was born April 6, 1932, in Portales to William Ellis...
Clovis hopes to make playoffs
May 2nd, 2003
Clovis coach Shane Shallenberger doesn’t want to just settle for making the playoffs, he’s more interested in winning the district crown.
The Cats (14-9, 6-3 district) enter the weekend tied for t...
Lady Cats set for doubleheader
May 2nd, 2003
The Clovis High softball team, with most of its main ingredients still underclassmen, may have much to look forward to next year.
And, with prom night scheduled for Saturday, that day is sure to be fi...
Reid hits 64 to win Clovis Triangular
May 2nd, 2003
Travis Reid had to hit challenging shots on the first and last holes. In between, the Clovis High sophomore was as perfect as the weather.
Reid shot a 7-under-par 64 Thursday to lead Clovis High’s b...
17 candidates are vying for U.S. Rep. Larry Combest’s seat
May 2nd, 2003
Texas voters will make their way to the polls Saturday for local elections as well as a special election to decide on a replacement for U.S. Rep. Larry Combest, R-Lubbock, in District 19.
There are 17...
Muleshoe man killed in one-vehicle rollover
May 2nd, 2003
A Muleshoe man and Bailey County employee was killed Thursday in a one-vehicle rollover involving the work truck he was driving.
Mario Melendez, 24, was 13 miles south of Muleshoe driving westbound o...
Commission considers closing Wheaton Street
May 2nd, 2003
Residents from the Wheaton Street area argued heatedly Thursday the City Commission should postpone considering an ordinance that would close a portion of street to make way for a Burlington Northern...
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