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Sometimes it seems that we can be touched in ways we do not anticipate. It was any normal day in my life and I was on my way to work by my typical route. I turned on the car radio and the host introduced a taped speech by Mary Crowley, then CEO of Home Interiors. The announcer set the stage by saying her speech had been recorded in front of an audience of about 800 women. Even though she has been dead for nearly twenty years now, her words of wisdom and influence still...
boss i bumped into ollie the orphan sea otter the other day and he said he was on a spiritual quest - to find a father by father s day you remember ollie boss when he was a baby otter his parents were killed by seal poachers and poor ollie was left in the church s baptistry the other little creatures in the church pew underworld would tease him and call him little orphan ollie which didn t do much for his outlook on life - or his self-esteem for that matter boss as he grew up it took ollie a little while to develop his...
Bobby Speer, left, of Clovis and Rev. Scott King of Clovis laugh as they decide where to place the peach cobbler on King’s plate last year at Mesa Redondo Cowboy Camp at Ned Houk Park. (CNJ file photo) A cowboy tradition will be carried on next week during the 28th annual Mesa Redondo Cowboy Camp at Ned Houk Park. Wilma Fulgham is one of the founders for the Mesa Redondo Cowboy Camp, one of several in the interdenominational Ranchmens Camp Meeting Association in the southwest. She said cowboy camps began more than 100 y... Full story
Clovis’ Jonathan Sisneros lays down a bunt during the opening game of a doubleheader Thursday against Plainview at Bell Park. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) Parker Wood drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh to give the Clovis Wildcats a 7-6 victory Thursday night over Plainview, Texas, and a sweep of their West Texas Baseball League doubleheader at Bell Park. Clovis won the opener 6-5, and the Wildcats now stand 9-5 for the summer — including 9-3 at home. Plainview rallied for three runs in the top of the...
It’s a long way from NCAA Division II college baseball to the major leagues. Former Eastern New Mexico University pitcher Gabe DeHoyos recently got a brief taste of life just below the bigs when he was called up to the Kansas City Royals’ Triple-A Omaha team for a couple of weeks. He was promoted from Class A Burlington, Iowa. A 25-year-old right-hander from Artesia who is in his fourth season of pro ball, DeHoyos got roughed up in two relief outings with Omaha. He was brought in to fill a void when the Royals had to cal...
It’s a long way from NCAA Division II college baseball to the major leagues. Former Eastern New Mexico University pitcher Gabe DeHoyos recently got a brief taste of life just below the bigs when he was called up to the Kansas City Royals’ Triple-A Omaha team for a couple of weeks. He was promoted from Class A Burlington, Iowa. A 25-year-old right-hander from Artesia who is in his fourth season of pro ball, DeHoyos got roughed up in two relief outings with Omaha. He was brought in to fill a void when the Royals had to cal...
Dusty Lovorn, of Clovis, finds shade under a flat bed truck while drilling a water well for a dairy farm Thursday north of Clovis. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) Mark Friesen has maintained residential lawns in the area for eight years and is thankful this summer has been more forgiving than usual. With out-of-the-ordinary rainfall, temperatures have been lower, he said. Friesen spends around eight hours most days of the week with his lawn service. To stay cool, he drinks plenty of water and wears a hat that resembles a baseball...
Only $350,000 of the $500,000 of taxpayer money pledged to save Cannon Air Force Base has been budgeted so far, Clovis City Manager Joe Thomas said on Thursday. Fiscal responsibility is at the heart of decisions being made by the mutual-aid group, Thomas said. “Out of this money that is pledged it is not the intent of this committee that we have to spend all of it,” Thomas said. “That’s why we set up a tentative budget considerably less than the amount that was pledged.” After Cannon Air Force Base was placed on the Base...
Big Lots will lease part of the former Furr’s supermarket building on 21st Street, company officials said. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) A national closeout retailer confirmed Thursday the company plans to open a store in Clovis before the end of the year. Big Lots, a Fortune 500 company that deals in closeouts and furniture, will lease part of the former Furr’s supermarket building on 21st Street, company officials said. The store should be open by mid to late fall, officials said. “The more retail that we have, the bette...
Branding has long identified a farm animal’s owner. Now New Mexico ranching industry leaders are finding ways to track their animals with advances in technology, such as the National Identification System in its early stages within the state. The Tri-National Animal Health and Identification Consortium recently launched a pilot series to test the new livestock identification system on Quay County 4-H and FFA livestock, which will allow the Department of Agriculture to trace an animal to any registered location it has v... Full story
A resounding cheer took over at Thursday’s city commission meeting after the board unanimously voted to rename Jefferson Street to Cesar Chavez Drive. In attendance were several of the Bella Vista Elementary students who spawned the project back in September, their teachers and their parents. “He was part of our culture and he respected the Hispanic culture,” said 11-year-old Tanya Romero, explaining why the sixth grade class took this project so seriously. According to school officials, Bella Vista is about 65 percent Hispa...
Clovis Community College President Beverlee McClure is one of 13 who applied to be the state’s first secretary of higher education. New Mexico Tech President Dan Lopez, chairman of the search committee, announced the applicants’ names Thursday. The committee plans to review the applications and submit a list of three to five of the top candidates to Gov. Bill Richardson by the end of the month. McClure could not be contacted for comment late Thursday. “Governor Richardson charged the search committee with finding the most...
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is urging his congressional colleagues and President Bush to get serious about curbing not only global warming but also porkbarrel spending. One excellent way to do both is to get serious about nuclear-generated electricity. America has been in a nuclear-energy funk since things went haywire at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania in 1979. It was a serious malfunction that rightly led to a top-to-bottom shake-up of the nuclear power industry in this country. But it also should be noted... Full story
S en. John McCain, R-Ariz., is urging his congressional colleagues and President Bush to get serious about curbing not only global warming but also porkbarrel spending. One excellent way to do both is to get serious about nuclear-generated electricity. America has been in a nuclear-energy funk since things went haywire at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania in 1979. It was a serious malfunction that rightly led to a top-to-bottom shake-up of the nuclear power industry in this country. But it also should be...
I love water and I’m having a big splash this summer getting back into the swim of things. Water is one of my greatest weaknesses. I dream of water, in some form or another, almost every night. I read that water represents sensual desires, but maybe these continuous dreams have more to do with being raised in this desert. The best times during my childhood were the summer days that Becky, Julie and I spent running through the sprinkler and swimming at the city pool. In my young adult life, my most memorable time was d...
An Associated Press headline caught my attention: Crime rate falls, but prisons still full. Well, duh ... where do you think the criminals are? Here are some more well, duh, comments: • “I train my horses with a 2-by-4, but they won’t let me touch their head.” • “We built our home on the edge of the wilderness but (mountain lions, rattlesnakes, flood, forest fires, take your pick) have made living here unbearable.” • “We used to have a lot of birds around here till we went in the cat business.” • “I decided to act as my ow...
Father’s Day is Sunday. Will you be touching base with your dad? You know we all have thoughts of our fathers, good and bad. My relationship with my father was full of ups and downs. I was riding my bike to work the other day remembering the ups. This summer marks 20 years since my dad left this plane of existence and went on to wherever we go when we leave here. My father was a World War II veteran in the Pacific theater. He married my mom just before he was shipped off to what he termed a “secret mission.” Years later...
I love water and I’m having a big splash this summer getting back into the swim of things. Water is one of my greatest weaknesses. I dream of water, in some form or another, almost every night. I read that water represents sensual desires, but maybe these continuous dreams have more to do with being raised in this desert. The best times during my childhood were the summer days that Becky, Julie and I spent running through the sprinkler and swimming at the city pool. In my young adult life, my most memorable time was d...
Pauline Dutton Services:Have been held. Mrs. Pauline Dutton, 58, of Clovis, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at her home. She was born on May 19, 1947, in Portales, to George and Ruth Taylor. She married Joe Mack Dutton on May 26, 1978, in Bovina. They moved to Hereford where she worked as a cosmetology instructor before they moved to Friona where she owned and operated a beauty shop. They moved to Clovis in 1986 and she worked as an instructor at the Vogue Beauty School. She attended La Plata and A&C Cosmetology School in...
Every day can be Father’s Day Who can know a father’s love for his child? A true father will move heaven and earth for his child in need. His love extends beyond all earthly experiences and when it is all said and done you will hear him say, “That’s my boy,” or “That’s my girl,” beaming with pride. The characteristics of great fathers are many and I’ve used the letters to stand for those virtues: F stands for faithfulness. A faithful father loves his children and wife and leads them by example. He is there for the family an...
A cowboy tradition will be carried on next week during the 28th annual Mesa Redondo Cowboy Camp at Ned Houk Park. Wilma Fulgham is one of the founders for the Mesa Redondo Cowboy Camp, one of several in the Interdenominational Ranchmens Camp Meeting Association in the southwest. She said cowboy camps began more than 100 years ago when preachers held sermons for ranchers and their hired hands. The Mesa Redondo camp started in Tucumcari in 1977 before coming to Clovis about six years ago, Fulgham said. “We cook just about a...
Branding has long identified a farm animal’s owner. Now New Mexico ranching industry leaders are finding ways to track their animals with advances in technology, such as the National Identification System in its early stages within the state. The Tri-National Animal Health and Identification Consortium recently launched a pilot series to test the new livestock identification system on Quay County 4-H and FFA livestock, which will allow the Department of Agriculture to trace an animal to any registered location it has v...
Mark Friesen has maintained residential lawns in the area for eight years and is thankful this summer has been more forgiving than usual. With out-of-the-ordinary rainfall, temperatures have been lower, he said. Friesen spends around eight hours most days of the week with his lawn service. To stay cool, he drinks plenty of water and wears a hat that resembles a baseball cap with “flaps” on the back. “Last summer was so hot,” he said. “It’s nice when we have a yard with shade trees to do.” Meteorologist Chuck Jones with th... Full story
Abelino Encinias Services: Have been held. Abelino Encinias, 68, of Sacatosa, died Tuesday, June 14, 2005 in Sacatosa. He was born on Jan. 27, 1937, in San Geronimo, to Manuel and Eumelia Encinias. He was a farmer all his life. He farmed in Portales and later in Sacatosa. Family members said he will be remembered for his jokes and sense of humor. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Delio and Fermin Encinas; a sister, Alice Santillanes; and former spouses, Lourdes Encinias and Jane Encinias. Survivors includ... Full story
Pauline Dutton, 58 Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Steed-Todd Chapel in Clovis. Mrs. Pauline Dutton, 58, of Clovis, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at her home. She was born on May 19, 1947, in Portales, to George and Ruth Taylor. She married Joe Mack Dutton on May 26, 1978, in Bovina. They moved to Hereford where she worked as a cosmetology instructor before they moved to Friona where she owned and operated a beauty shop. They moved to Clovis in 1986 and she worked as an instructor at the Vogue Beauty School. She attended La...
