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  • Zias earn twin bill split at Kingsville

    CNJ staff

    KINGSVILLE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s Rosemary Moreno fired her seventh shutout and earned her 19th complete game of the season on Friday, pitching the Zias to a 6-0 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville in the opener of a Lone Star Conference South Division softball doubleheader. The Javelinas came back to win the second game 6-3, dropping the Zias (30-18, 10-8 South) into a virtual tie for third with Angelo State (26-23, 9-7). The Rambelles swept Tarleton State 8-0 and 4-1 on Friday. Kingsville (20-25-1, 7-8-1)... Full story

  • Late grand slam sends Texans to sweep of Hounds

    CNJ staff

    STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Junior shortstop Ryan Howard hit a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the eighth, lifting Tarleton State past Eastern New Mexico University 5-4 on Friday in the opener of their Lone Star Conference South Division baseball doubleheader. The Texans won the second game 9-2 as catcher Keith Peacock homered twice and drove in six runs. ENMU (21-25, 3-7 South) and Tarleton (15-29, 4-6) complete their series with an 11 a.m. twin bill today. Greyhounds senior Kelly Crain carried a 4-1 lead into the bottom of...

  • Clovis alum primed for solid senior season

    CNJ Staff

    Clovis High grad Nathan Nuttall should see plenty of playing time this season with the Aggies. (Courtesy photo) Clovis grad Nathan Nuttall said, so far, the college football experience has been even better than expected. “I wouldn’t trade it for the world,” Nuttall said. Primarily a running back in high school, Nuttall helped the Wildcats to a 13-0 record and a state title in 2001. Now, Nuttall is entering his senior season at New Mexico State as an outside linebacker. He said the thing he remembers the most about...

  • Clovis alum primes for solid season season

    Freedom Newspapers

    Clovis grad Nathan Nuttall said, so far, the college football experience has been even better than expected. “I wouldn’t trade it for the world,” Nuttall said. Primarily a running back in high school, Nuttall helped the Wildcats to a 13-0 record and a state title in 2001. Now, Nuttall is entering his senior season at New Mexico State as an outside linebacker. He said the thing he remembers the most about football at Clovis was the comraderie. “I was a part of something that was bigger than myself,” he said. “And...

  • Late grand slam sends Texans to sweep of Hounds

    STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Junior shortstop Ryan Howard hit a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the eighth, lifting Tarleton State past Eastern New Mexico University 5-4 on Friday in the opener of their Lone Star Conference South Division baseball doubleheader. The Texans won the second game 9-2 as catcher Keith Peacock homered twice and drove in six runs. ENMU (21-25, 3-7 South) and Tarleton (15-29, 4-6) complete their series with an 11 a.m. twin bill today. Greyhounds senior Kelly Crain carried a 4-1 lead into the bottom of...

  • Zias get split at Texas A&M-Kingsville

    PNT staff

    KINGSVILLE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s Rosemary Moreno fired her seventh shutout and earned her 19th complete game of the season on Friday, pitching the Zias to a 6-0 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville in the opener of a Lone Star Conference South Division softball doubleheader. The Javelinas came back to win the second game 6-3, dropping the Zias (30-18, 10-8 South) into a virtual tie for third with Angelo State (26-23, 9-7). The Rambelles swept Tarleton State 8-0 and 4-1 on Friday. Kingsville (20-25-1, 7-8-1)...

  • Not just his cross to bear

    They set forth where the town begins and inch along U.S. 84, past vast fields of farmland, through the center of town, across the railroad tracks and into the heart of their church. Their pace is set at the head of the line, where pilgrims share the burden of three oak crucifixes. Every 10 minutes, the band of men, women and children pauses, as the crosses change hands and are slung behind a new back. For this Muleshoe parish, the pilgrimage is a way to honor their savior. Members of the Immaculate Conception Parish say the t...

  • Muleshoe church members re-enact Christ's walk to his crucifixion

    Louis Godinez of Muleshoe carries a cross Friday along U.S. 84 with other members of Immaculate Conception Parish in a re-enactment of the walk Jesus is said to have made to Calvary. (Staff photo: Tony Bullocks) They set forth where the town begins and inch along U.S. 84, past vast fields of farmland, through the center of town, across the railroad tracks and into the heart of their church. Their pace is set at the head of the line, where pilgrims share the burden of three oak crosses. Every 10 minutes, the band of men,... Full story

  • CASA helping at-risk clients one child at a time

    Freedom Newspapers

    It’s a special volunteer job, dealing with children with special problems. Officials say there is a need for more people to get involved with the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) For Children program. The program serves children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned. Many times their parents are in and out of the court system and drug or alcohol rehabilitation programs, and aren’t able to take on the responsibilities of raising children. That throws the children into the court system, and the advocates beco...

  • Taxpayers have two extra days to file this year

    Procrastinators have two extra days to file their tax returns this year. Since the traditional April 15 filing day falls on a Saturday, the Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for most Americans to 11:59 p.m. on Monday. Jerry Carlton, U.S. Postal Service supervisor in Clovis, said the deadline for residents choosing to mail their tax return with an April 17 postmark is 6 p.m. at both Clovis locations. “People always wait until the last minute,” Carlton said, “so the retail counter will be busy.” The...

  • Brantley Lake State Park offers spring getaway

    Compiled by William Thompson Brantley Lake State Park, located between Artesia and Carlsbad, has a 2,500-acre lake stocked with black bass, bluegill, crappie and catfish. The park’s manager, Shane Phipps, said officials have recently noticed another species. “The game and fish people were out here and netted some nice pound to pound-and-a-half white bass,” Phipps said. “Spring is a great time to come to the park. It’s right before the busy season, and there are a lot of migratory birds passing through. The desert...

  • 4/15 Local roundup

    Clovis police search car in jail parking lot for drugs Clovis police on Friday searched a vehicle outside Curry County Adult Detention Center and found what appeared to be marijuana, Lt. Patrick Whitney said. No arrests had been made early Friday evening, and officials said they would have to test the substance found in the vehicle. Police used drug dogs to search the car, and had the owner’s consent, Whitney said. Officials said they received a tip that a car in the jail’s parking lot contained drugs, which prompted the...

  • CASA helping at-risk clients one child at a time

    Freedom Newspapers

    It’s a special volunteer job, dealing with children with special problems. Officials say there is a need for more people to get involved with the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) For Children program. The program serves children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned. Many times their parents are in and out of the court system and drug or alcohol rehabilitation programs, and aren’t able to take on the responsibilities of raising children. That throws the children into the court system, and the advocates beco...

  • Taxpayers have two extra days to file this year

    Freedom Newspapers

    Procrastinators have two extra days to file their tax returns this year. Since the traditional April 15 filing day falls on a Saturday, the Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for most Americans to 11:59 p.m. on Monday. Jerry Carlton, U.S. Postal Service supervisor in Clovis, said the deadline for residents choosing to mail their tax return with an April 17 postmark is 6 p.m. at both Clovis locations. “People always wait until the last minute,” Carlton said, “so the retail counter will be busy.” The... Full story

  • Day trips: Brantley Lake State Park offers spring getaway

    Compiled by William Thompson Brantley Lake State Park, located between Artesia and Carlsbad, has a 2,500-acre lake stocked with black bass, bluegill, crappie and catfish. The park’s manager, Shane Phipps, said officials have recently noticed another species. “The game and fish people were out here and netted some nice pound to pound-and-a-half white bass,” Phipps said. “Spring is a great time to come to the park. It’s right before the busy season, and there are a lot of migratory birds passing through. The desert...

  • Saving daylight calls for rebellion

    Bob Huber

    Here at the Ministry of Pesky Problems we’ve stated again and again that we’re not putting up with daylight-saving time anymore. If the powerful daylight-saving time lobby wants to make something of it, so be it. This straightforward decree came about because the entire civilized world went totally wacko this month over clock juggling. This phenomenon goes back to Biblical times when Noah went boating one evening at high tide because he forgot to set his hourglass ahead. I like to think I keep reasonable tabs on most of...

  • Clovis murder investigation dramatized on radio

    Don McAlavy

    A crime solved in 1941 by Jack Hull, veteran Clovis newspaper reporter and editor, was dramatized at 8 p.m. MST on Nov. 2, 1941, on the national NBC radio program “The Big Story,” sponsored by the Pall Mall Cigarette Co. The story was called to the attention of the program sponsor several weeks before the program aired by former CNJ reporter, John Nail, who had worked for Jack Hull. The crime was the deaths of two young men, whose mangled bodies were discovered on the Santa Fe Railroad tracks south of Clovis on Aug. 2,...

  • Twilight fall leads to finding help from beyond

    (Part two. Continued from last week.) Summary: The narrator, while skiing near Vancouver, British Columbia, has become disoriented during twilight and lost her partner. The snow was falling faster now, black clouds rolling in from the west, and the wind had picked up to a roaring level, seeming to come from the valley to my right. That valley, by the way, was quickly becoming enveloped in deepening layers and shades of blue. It was while looking toward that valley, trying to orient myself, that I became aware that Derek was...

  • Eastern New Mexico beats Chicago for windy days

    Whomever dubbed Chicago the “Windy City” had it all wrong. That nickname should have been reserved for Clovis, and other eastern New Mexico places with equally windswept plains, where someone once told me the wind whips so hard it blows over freight trains. (I believed them for months and refused to drive near the tracks for all of April.) And the Chicago thing is all wrong twice. The Chicago Public Library tells us its home was nicknamed the “Windy City” not because of the virulent gusts from Mother Nature but becaus... Full story

  • 4/16 Engagements

    Maggio/Moulder Bill and Becky Ingram and Don and Jannette Maggio, all of Clovis, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Angela Maggio, to Miles Moulder, both of Clovis. He is the son of Cindy Russell of Amarillo. The couple will exchange vows May 27 at First United Methodist Church. The bride-elect is a 2002 graduate of Clovis High School. She is a student at Eastern New Mexico University majoring in agricultural economics. The prospective groom is a 2002 graduate of Dalhart High School, Dalhart,... Full story

  • 4/16 Births

    Rush Zane Henry Rush was born March 20 to Larry and Alicia Rush, of Grady, at Plains Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces. He has one brother, Chisum Rush, 4. Grandparents are Karen Smith of Ruidoso, and Rod and Vickie Smith of Azle, Texas. Great-grandparents are Bud and Phyllis Queener of Clovis, and Paul and Gwen White of Logan. Collins Chayton Jackson Collins was born to Kevin and Sydnor Collins of Clovis on March 8 at Plains Regional Medical Center. He weighed 6 pounds, 6.7 ounces. He has one sister,...

  • Some struggling with commercial side of Easter holiday

    CNJ Staff

    Norma Stickley shops for Easter baskets and bunnies Thursday at the Main Street Crafters Mall with her great-granddaughter, Alexys Ortiz, 6. (Staff photo: Tony Bullocks) It’s beginning to look a lot like Easter, with the aisles of local stores filled with vivid displays of pink bunnies, assorted chocolates, marshmallow chicks and toy-filled baskets. This colorful retail onslaught has Clovis pastors and parents striving to balance the holiday with the holy day. Melinda Tate said she grew up in a strict religious household an...

  • 4/16 Senior happenings

    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 a.m. — fun walk; noon — luncheon. Wednesday: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. — blood sugar checks; 1 p.m. — bingo; 1:30 p.m. — blood pressure checks; 2 p.m. — refreshments. Thursday: 10:30 a.m.. — indoor exercise; 1 p.m. — Spanish bingo (Loteria); 2 p.m. — refreshments. Friday: 9:30 a.m. — blood pressure checks; 7 p.m. — Circle 8 square dancing. Baxter-Curren Senior... Full story

  • 4/16 School menus

    Clovis elementary Monday: No School. Tuesday: Breakfast — Breakfast pocket, cold juice and milk. Lunch — Fajitas/salsa, sunshine corn, crisp lettuce, chilled pears and cold milk. Wednesday: Breakfast — French toast, cold juice, and milk. Lunch — Hamburger on a bun, french fries, pickle slices, chilled peaches and cold milk. Thursday: Breakfast— Blueberry muffin, cold juice & milk. Lunch — Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, grand green beans, hot homemade roll and cold milk. Friday: Breakfast— Cowboy bread, cold...

  • Warrior Week keeps Team Cannon prepared

    Airman 1st Class Ryan Sollars, 27th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, high-crawls in a line of his teammates while one of their 27th Security Forces Squadron instructors, Senior Airman Brian Flanagan, makes sure nobody raises too high. Capt. Andre Kok More than 1,600 Airmen from throughout the 27th Fighter Wing set aside their usual duties over the last five days to participate in Warrior Week. “I’m proud of the men and women of the 27th Fighter Wing,” said Col. Scott West, 27th Fighter Wing commander. “This week we pre...

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