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link Staff photo: Brittney Cannon Danielle and Danny Navarro, with their two children, come to the Lighthouse nearly every day for food. Deputy editor [email protected] Finding the silver lining can be difficult sometimes, but for 3-year-old Emma Navarro, who frequents Lighthouse Mission with her family, it’s not hard at all. “We used to bring her here when she was little,” Emma’s mother, Danielle Navarro, 25, said. “Now she wants to come every day. She’ll wake us up...
link Staff photo: Aubry Buzek Eastern New Mexico University mascot Tory, handled by Amanda Delgado, Erin Creswell and Jessie McMeekin, looks surprised to be passed by 2-year-old pitbull Deuce at the Bark For Life relay Saturday. The event raised money for the American Cancer Society and offered pets and their owners a day of activities, competitions and vendors. Staff writer [email protected] Local dogs of all breeds ironed out their best bandanas for the Bark For Life...
Caleb Chandler of Clovis was appointed to the Interstate Stream Commission by New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez in March. Chandler is a former Clovis police chief, state senator, Curry County commissioner and magistrate judge. He is also commissioner for the Canadian River Compact, and is secretary for the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority. We asked him about his role on the ISC and other questions involving water issues in the region. Question: How long is your term on the Interstate Stream Commission, and what do...
Gayla Brumfield is chair of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority board. We asked her about regional water issues last week as part of an ongoing discussion published periodically: Question: Recently, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority held a public information session in Clovis to update area residents about the project that involves trying to address the region’s water needs by diverting water from Ute Reservoir through a pipeline system to local communities. What is the latest update on the p...
Guest columnist Eastern New Mexico University is considering whether or not to drop the Zias as the mascot of the women’s intercollegiate athletic program. Not whether or not to keep the name Zias ... whether or not to discontinue it. Portrayed by the university as a decision of consciousness, “taking a prominent stance on an important societal issue” and carving out “a more unique image” for the university, the real issue is simple. It’s about fees for all the T-shirts, caps, coffee mugs and fuzzy dice sporting the ENMU lo...
Local columnist There are three reasons I will wake up before the sun rises: there’s a fire in the house, I have to work, or I’m going fishing. I like the last reason the best. So it was with great anticipation that I awoke in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday to go fishing with my dad in the San Francisco Bay. But this almost didn’t happen. Our relationship had broken down and was in need of repairs, like a vacant home in a once-vibrant neighborhood. Instead of visiting in person, we now only spoke on the phone...
link File photo Opened in 2008, the Norman and Vi Petty Rock ’n’ Roll Museum tells the story of one of the birthplaces of popular music. Editor’s note: Following is one in a series of features about destinations some consider treasures of the High Plains. Norman Petty put Clovis on the music map as a recording pioneer in the formative years of rock ’n’ roll. The avalanche of hits Petty churned out from his homespun Seventh Street studio in the 1950s and 1960s included... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] West Texas A&M turned a two-out walk in the ninth into a run and the Buffaloes edged Eastern New Mexico 2-1 on Friday in the opener of a three-game Lone Star Conference baseball series at Greyhound Field. ENMU’s Mike Peters pitched in and out of trouble much of the night, but issued a full-count walk to WT center fielder Matt Cole in the ninth. Cole stole second and came home on a single to left field by second baseman Trey Hansen, snapping a 1-1 tie. The Greyhounds (11-22, 7-14 LSC) got a l...
On this date ... 1975: Drizzly, chilly weather failed to dampen the spirits of several hundred Clovis-area residents who watched and applauded and sang during ceremonies dedicating the city of Clovis as an official American Revolution Bicentennial city, the Clovis News-Journal reported. The designation signified Clovis had “formally joined the nation’s bicentennial observance,” the newspaper reported. Festivities planned outdoors were moved to the Clovis High School gym because of the wet weather. 1969: Bids were being accept...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations. Thursday • 1:13 a.m.: Burglary in progress, 700 block of Rosewood Drive. • 2:51 a.m.: Burglary in progress, 700 block of Rosewood Drive. • 2:52 a.m.: Burglary in progress, 2500 block of Putnam Drive. • 2:52 a.m.: Burglary in progress, 900 block of Rosewood Drive. • 3:57 a.m.: Probation violation, 14th and Norris streets. • 4:57 a.m.: Shoplifting in progress, 1200 block of West Seventh Street. • 8:02 a.m.... Full story
Today Bark For Life of Clovis & Curry County —10 a.m., Hillcrest Park. Registration at 9 a.m. Information: [email protected] International Tabletop Day — 3 p.m. -7 p.m. all ages; 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. adults 18 and over, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: Sarah Lewis 575-763-9687 or email: [email protected] Monday Curry County Commission Meeting— 9 a.m. Clovis-Carver Public Library Information: 575-763-3656 Tuesday Water Policy Advisory Board — 8:30 a.m., City Hall. Information: 575-769-7828 CCC Cultura...
Despite a new — and supposedly better — treatment plan, this patient has shown little improvement. It’s been a year since revelations of long waits for medical treatment at the nation’s Veterans Affairs medical facilities — and attempts to hide the problem — rocked the nation. In some cases veterans died while waiting to be seen by medical care providers. Some patients were assigned to physicians who weren’t seeing patients to make operations look more efficient. In the wake of the scandal, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eri... Full story
Despite a new — and supposedly better — treatment plan, this patient has shown little improvement. It’s been a year since revelations of long waits for medical treatment at the nation’s Veterans Affairs medical facilities — and attempts to hide the problem — rocked the nation. In some cases veterans died while waiting to be seen by medical care providers. Some patients were assigned to physicians who weren’t seeing patients to make operations look more efficient. In the wake of the scandal, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eri... Full story
Local columnist link Wendel Sloan Here are more divorce stories from female readers: • “I had to raise my boys without child support (it doesn’t matter what the courts say). For 15 years I balanced two to three jobs, made their games between work schedules, and kept up with their homework. “There was no time to develop friendships or a support network; I had to financially provide. I feel like I lived in ‘survival mode’ for years.” • “I was married at 18, had our first chi...
Local columnist link Wendel Sloan Here are more divorce stories from female readers: • “I had to raise my boys without child support (it doesn’t matter what the courts say). For 15 years I balanced two to three jobs, made their games between work schedules, and kept up with their homework. “There was no time to develop friendships or a support network; I had to financially provide. I feel like I lived in ‘survival mode’ for years.” • “I was married at 18, had our first chi... Full story
Publisher link Robert Arrowsmith I have to admit, there have been some interesting ideas recently on ways the public can conserve water, including purchasing low-flow toilets. You know me by now; I love to look at numbers and different ways to interpret them. Did you know, according to a 2010 report by the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer/Interstate Stream Commission, that 1.53 percent of the total water usage in Roosevelt County is public water supply? In Quay County,...
Publisher I have to admit, there have been some interesting ideas recently on ways the public can conserve water, including purchasing low-flow toilets. You know me by now; I love to look at numbers and different ways to interpret them. Did you know, according to a 2010 report by the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer/Interstate Stream Commission, that 1.53 percent of the total water usage in Roosevelt County is public water supply? In Quay County, it was 3.71 percent,... Full story
Teddy Lemaire was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up a high spirited kid who loved to run around with his friends. link Staff photo: D'Nieka Hartsfield Teddy Lemaire is a volunteer at the Retirement Ranch located at 2221 Dillon St. in Clovis. He volunteers 5 days a week. At 17, Lemaire enlisted in the Navy and served four years during World War II. He served five years in the Marines, where he spent time in Korea, and seven and a half years in the Merchant...
Teddy Lemaire was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up a high spirited kid who loved to run around with his friends. link Staff photo: D'Nieka Hartsfield Teddy Lemaire is a volunteer at the Retirement Ranch located at 2221 Dillon St. in Clovis. He volunteers 5 days a week. At 17, Lemaire enlisted in the Navy and served four years during World War II. He served five years in the Marines, where he spent time in Korea, and seven and a half years in the Merchant...
Local columnist link Karl Terry Mary Lindsay was the only confirmed live bait angler I ever met who could tie dry flies like nobody’s business. She tied them with her husband to finance their trips to the mountains of Colorado, a summertime escape from the scorching eastern New Mexico summers. Even though she had been given the opportunity and training to fly fish she still preferred to drown a live worm in the spring creeks of southern Colorado while her husband found a...
Local columnist link Karl Terry Mary Lindsay was the only confirmed live bait angler I ever met who could tie dry flies like nobody’s business. She tied them with her husband to finance their trips to the mountains of Colorado, a summertime escape from the scorching eastern New Mexico summers. Even though she had been given the opportunity and training to fly fish she still preferred to drown a live worm in the spring creeks of southern Colorado while her husband found a...
Creative Living link Sheryl Borden Information on caring for jewelry, making a custom headboard and working with paper punches will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. Kristina Rachel is a jewelry designer, and she’s going to show how to take care of jewelry, whether it’s sterling silver, gold, base metal or even leather and gemstones. Her company is Rachel Claire Collection and she’s from San Jose, Californi...
