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On Saturday, 05/23/2009 from 11:00 PM to 3:00 AM Officers of the Clovis Police Department will be conducting a DWI Saturation Patrol within the City of Clovis. There will also be DWI Check Point for Monday, 05/25/09 from 5:00...
Editor’s note: This week’s column is being republished at the request of a reader. This weekend the nation commemorates Memorial Day. Gen. John Alexander Logan first thought up the idea to set aside one day to honor Civil War dead. May 30, 1868, was the first Memorial Day to honor those who had died in battle by remembering them and decorating their graves. When I was a little girl, this holiday around my grandparent’s community in Arkansas was not known as Memorial Day but a...
melody the monarch dear amos i ve been having fun volunteering at the little mousey school down the street especially with those kindergartners uncle - they re so cute with their wide eyes full of awe was i ever that way uncle but anyway the cool thing was when they learned bout butterflies and how they go from a sad woeworm to a beautiful new creation which reminded me that i hadn’t told you bout my new friend melody melody is a beautiful monarch you see vibrant with orange and black wings but that s not all uncle she can s...
Some may have noticed the profound conflicts President Obama must be having about whether to let justice take its course regarding the Bush presidency, or to let alleged crimes slide in the name of political expediency. This much is certain. Obama has inherited from Bush a generational economic crisis, an out-of-control budget, an awful jobs situation, two insane undeclared wars, an auto industry that’s falling apart, and this paragraph could go on. The president has many other problems, including a 900-plus worldwide U...
Here’s a tough question: If you are hitting yourself on the head with a spatula and are complaining because it hurts, what should you do?...
It has become oh-so-cool to look down on mainstream religion in these days of clergy scandals and unpopular wars. As such, our country’s Public Broadcasting Service has decided to jump on the bandwagon after decades of religious broadcasting. The network — desperate for relevance amid the commercial success of cable networks such as Discovery, the Food Network, History Channel, etc. — will vote next month on a committee’s recommendation to dump any affiliate that airs “sectarian” content. By sectarian the committ...
Years ago I shared my cousin Bob’s clever business card with my readers. It was great. He somehow found room on that small space to extoll his prowess in the following endeavors: Goats roped, bars emptied, demolition done, chile cooked, meat smoked, horses ridden, quail hunted, hay stacked, tigers tamed, pipe fitted, silhouettes shot. If you got out of breath reading all that, he also included brain surgery, water witching and welding among other various talents. Ever since, I’ve been hoping to watch him in action on som...
It has become oh-so-cool to look down on mainstream religion in these days of clergy scandals and unpopular wars. As such, our country’s Public Broadcasting Service has decided to jump on the bandwagon after decades of religious broadcasting. The network — desperate for relevance amid the commercial success of cable networks such as Discovery, the Food Network, History Channel, etc. — will vote next month on a committee’s recommendation to dump any affiliate that airs “sectarian” content. By sectarian the committ...
This is a supplemental report on Thursday’s Clovis City Commission at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: • The city approved a preliminary 2009-10 budget of $35.68 million. The state requires a preliminary budget be sent before June 1. Don Clifton, the city’s finance director, said the preliminary total leaves out many items, including grant programs and the Clovis Civic Center’s operating budget. This year’s city budget, Clifton said, is about $59 million, following a preliminary budget of $33.1 million submitted last Ma...
Brad Morgan has been the pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Portales for just over a year. Among the different services he conducts at the 18th Street place of worship is “Cowboy Church” every Tuesday night. Morgan, 37, previously served in various capacities at Bethel Baptist and Emmanuel Baptist churches in Portales. Are there real cowboys at your Cowboy Church services? A few. It’s real informal. Usually, we have a couple of guitars come up and just do some country-and-western style worship, have a 20-25 minute messa...
This weekend promises flying caps, smiling graduates and proud parents as Roosevelt County small schools prepare for graduation. Floyd and Elida seniors graduate Saturday, and Dora commencement is Sunday. “It will be exciting just to have finished,” said Floyd valedictorian Jordan Terry. “I’m a little nervous about college, but I’m glad to have finished high school.” Terry plans to attend Eastern New Mexico University in the fall and major in Spanish. She wants to be a translator. Floyd High School Principal Chris Dunca...
Clovis city commissioners expressed their views that Col. Tim Leahy will leave Cannon Air Force Base, and Clovis, better than when he found it. The city commission awarded the outgoing commander of Cannon Air Force Base a key to the city Thursday. It was the final commission meeting before next week’s change of command ceremony at Cannon, where Leahy will be replaced by Col. Stephen Clark. “I will be leaving with a heavy heart,” Leahy said after receiving the award. “I enjoyed this assignment.” Leahy will be moving on as an...
A Portales teenager was in critical condition at Lubbock Covenant Children’s Hospital on Thursday after apparently being thrown from atop a vehicle being driven by a friend. Anthony Sapp, 16, was airlifted to Lubbock on Wednesday after suffering a head injury in the 1900 block of South Roosevelt Rd. 4 1/2. Law officers said it appeared from witness accounts that Sapp was riding on the hood of the vehicle. “Upon our arrival, we were informed that he had been on the vehicle with his friend driving. His friend stopped the veh...
A Portales teenager was in critical condition at Lubbock Covenant Children’s Hospital on Thursday after apparently being thrown from atop a vehicle being driven by a friend. Anthony Sapp, 16, was airlifted to Lubbock on Wednesday after suffering a head injury in the 1900 block of South Roosevelt Rd. 4 1/2. Law officers said it appeared from witness accounts that Sapp was riding on the hood of the vehicle. “Upon our arrival, we were informed that he had been on the vehicle with his friend driving. His friend stopped the veh...
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records from May 14 through Wednesday: • Robert J. Betancourt, 20, of Clovis to Brittany Roxanne Villanueva, 18, of Portales • Tyler Gordon Anthony, 23, of Mansfield, Texas, to Casey Nicole Richards, 23, of Lubbock • Jose Angel Graxiola, 39, to Manuela Garcia, 35, both of Farwell • Christopher Don Ralston, 24, of Clovis to Jessica Nicole Amador, 21, of Portales • Weston J. White, 32, to Rebekah Ann Mitchell 24, of Portales • David Manly Win...
U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall today announced that the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is set to receive $488,527 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to help prevent and investigate crimes against children....
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Even those well-versed in the rich music history of Clovis are sometimes unaware of a country singer named Billy Walker and his connection to the city. Walker had 37 Top 40 country chart hits between 1954 and 1975,...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Gary Piepkorn served 37 years in the Air Force, Navy Reserves, Coast Guard Reserves and active duty. Pastor Gary Piepkorn was a chaplain at Cannon Air Force Base when the Faith in Christ Lutheran Church in Portales opened. Piepkorn was transferred from Cannon and after several years, retired from the service at Onizuka Air Station in California. Around the time he retired, Faith in Christ Lutheran Church needed a pastor and they remembered Piepkorn and called on him to fill their need. Blessi...
Spanish-language students at Eastern New Mexico University typically get the chance one month out of the year — if they can drum up the money and find time — to absorb the culture of a place that uses Spanish almost exclusively. This year, thanks to concerns over the swine flu, the students will have to make do in Portales. ENMU’s annual Spanish Immersion Program will be based at the home campus this summer. The school decided not to send students to Merida, Mexico. It’s a move, according to Eastern off...
During these difficult economic times, I’ve often heard someone say, “Well, one good thing always comes from tough times. People are reminded of what matters.” I think those folks are saying that difficult times often cause us to reassess our priorities. In tough times we get the opportunity to learn more about what is truly important. And what truly matters is not stuff. People, friends, family, values. Those matter. Generally--not always, but usually--when folks have less mo...
Many soon-to-be Portales High School graduates will dive straight into the workforce or head to college over the next few months. Steven Howard, however, may be living in a hut in Africa, learning Swahili. Howard, a PHS track standout and ballet dancer, has signed to serve two years in a mission overseas. The mission is being organized through his church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Howard would like to go to Africa. While he is still uncertain of where he will be assigned and what exact conditions he wil...
The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE — Police said Thursday that the mother of a 3-year-old boy found buried at a playground told investigators she suffocated him, had second thoughts and brought him back to life, then changed her mind and suffocated him again. Police Chief Ray Schultz said Tiffany Toribio, 23, told officers that she and her son, Tyruss “Ty” Toribio, were in Alvarado Park before dawn on May 13 and that she suffocated him while he was asleep. She told detectives she had second thoughts and performed CPR on...
The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE — Police said Thursday that the mother of a 3-year-old boy found buried at a playground told investigators she suffocated him, had second thoughts and brought him back to life, then changed her mind and suffocated him again. Police Chief Ray Schultz said Tiffany Toribio, 23, told officers that she and her son, Tyruss “Ty” Toribio, were in Alvarado Park before dawn on May 13 and that she suffocated him while he was asleep. She told detectives she had second thoughts and performed CPR on...
My dear wife hollered at me from her position in front of the computer in our home office one morning last week as I was getting ready for work: “Did you buy something on eBay?” “Don’t reply, they’re just phishing,” I hollered back. “I don’t think it has anything to do with fishing tackle,” she responded. I left the bathroom and went into the office and spelled the word p-h-i-s-h-i-n-g out for her and explained it was the word some genius came up with for the act of sending fraudulent e-mails and popup Web pages in an effor...
