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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Staff Sgt. Thor Myers throws to first on Sunday as the Cannon AFB softball team beat Tatom Masonry 12-4 to win the men’s Class D championship of the Custom Classic tournament at Guy Leeder Complex. (Staff photo: John Eisel) For the Cannon Air Force Base softball team, some time on the diamond provides a break from the intense, regimented military lifestyle. It’s also nice when they win. Cannon beat Tatom Masonry of Amarillo 12-4 on Sunday afternoon to win the men’s Class D division at the 22nd Annual Custom Classic softb...
Las Cruces — Clovis’ Robert Goff played the course well, but Lee Sanchez Jr. was better. Sanchez hit a 5-under 67 on Sunday to win the Sun Country Amateur Championship at the New Mexico State University Golf Club to finish 11-under for the tournament. Goff, who will be a senior for the NMSU golf team this fall, was tied with Sanchez going into the final round. However, he was only 3-under on the day to finish 9-under overall. Recent Clovis High School graduate Guillermo Chavez had his best round of the tournament on Sun...
ALBUQUERQUE — The Clovis-based New Mexico Stars youth track and field team had 10 of its 17 participants at the USA Track and Field state championships finish in the top three Saturday and Sunday at the University of New Mexico track stadium. The 10 qualified for regionals, to be held July 14-17 in Denver. Those results more than doubled the expectations of coach Derico Cooper. “The team ran way better than I expected them to, because we only expected four, maybe five people to advance,” said Cooper, who is also an assistant...
It won’t be just another walk in the park come mid-August in Melrose. For one thing, many more pair of feet will be trodding across the city park. For another, the occasion — a celebration of the town’s 100th anniversary — takes on special significance. Just over a month away now, former Melrose citizen Lois Lesley is at the fore of making sure that Baxter Memorial Park is at its best when the centennial event takes place. She’s looking for some major help on Tuesday in the form of able-bodied volunteers to put plants in... Full story
To know that an abused or neglected child has an opportunity for a better life is why Beth Fisher volunteers for Court Appointed Special Advocates, a state program that looks out for the best interest of children as they move through the court system. “If I can make a difference in one child’s life, that means the world to me,” Fisher said. “If I can reach just one child, I have been successful. And I’ve seen it happen. When someone’s grades go up that I’m helping — I would like to think I helped them better themselves.” Fi... Full story
A New Mexico State Police investigation shows neither driver was at fault in a fatal June 19 head-on collision involving a Clovis fire truck and pickup, Patrolman Lance Bateman said on Sunday. Bateman said a narrow road, low visibility and an extreme weight difference between vehicles were all factors in the accident. LaRoy Lockmiller, 64, was killed in the wreck. Clovis firefighter Robert Seno was driving the fire truck, which was responding to a wheat-field fire northwest of Clovis. The fire truck was heading west on Curry...
With an ongoing war in Iraq, Osama bin Laden still in hiding, massive federal budget deficits and necessary Social Security and Medicare reform on the table, one would think that Congress would have a full plate of serious issues to tackle. Instead, the House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 286-130 to push forward an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that says, “The Congress shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.” The majority had eight votes more than the two...
When I was a kid, a classmate named Arnold Buckowitz gave me a special birthday gift, one that sticks in my memory bank to this day. Here’s what happened: Arny was unofficially recognized at Harley Beers Elementary School as the class creeper. That’s not to say he was a creep, but a creeper. He crept around a lot. Always in the background and small enough to fit in a bushel, Arnold crept all over the school, anywhere that was unexplored. Sometimes he was under bleachers in the gymnasium, sometimes in air vents in the ban...
At least one member of the Joint Chiefs supports alternatives to the military’s prized 20-year retirement plan, urging adoption of more modern ways, found in industry, to compensate ambitious, skilled workers. Adm. Vern Clark, chief of naval operations, said the 21st Century Navy needs to protect its “intellectual capital’’ of highly trained sailors with a different mix of pays from what worked during the Cold War, including more retirement options and a less “paternalistic’’ approach to compensation. “What I’ve told our s...
Olive “Oley” M. Hess, of Clovis, died Sunday, June 26, 2005, at Laurel Ridge Healthcare in Clovis. She was born in Batavia, N.Y., to Arthur and Fannie Mullen. Family members did not release her age or date of birth. Hess moved to Santa Fe in 1956 where she lived until moving to Clovis in 2003. She was a Trustee and Elder at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe. She was a former president of the First Presbyterian Women’s Association. She was also a member of Saint John’s United Methodist Church of Santa Fe, past preside...
The arguments to save Cannon Air Force Base were compelling. And the base itself is impressive. So said Base Realignment and Closure commissioners in Clovis on Friday for a regional hearing. But commissioners also had words of caution for Cannon supporters: The nation has many outstanding bases, they said, and the decision they must make about Cannon’s fate will be difficult. “We have tougher decisions to make than any other previous BRAC,” said Commissioner James Bilbray. “Cannon is wonderful, but I guarantee I’ve been to f...
By all accounts, supporters of Cannon Air Force Base on Friday made a compelling argument to spare the facility from closure. Now what? Keep arguing is the advice of Clovis’ Walter Bradley, who was New Mexico’s lieutenant governor when Kirtland Air Force Base was removed from the Base Realignment and Closure list in 1995. In the case of Kirtland, it was the long-haul, sustained effort that eventually saved the base, Bradley said. “The lobbying kept going all the way to the end, until we knew our base was off the list,...
They lined up 5,000 American flags, shoe-polished windows with “We love Cannon,” created a human “Keep Cannon” sign, honked horns and sported “Operation: Keep Cannon” T-shirts and buttons. Their mission: Show Base Realignment and Closure commissioners that eastern new Mexico doesn’t want to lose Cannon Air Force Base. “I have been here 61 years,” said Deloris Eichenberger, who helped make the human sign from red and yellow posterboard. “I can’t imagine Clovis without Cannon.” Whether the show of support — officials est...
Portales residents wearing canary-yellow shirts stepped off the school buses at Greyhound Arena about midday Friday with a feeling of optimism. They had been to the Base Realignment and Closure regional hearing in Clovis to show support for Cannon Air Force Base and mostly felt good about their efforts. “There was never a dull moment,” said Juily Rodriguez, who stayed after the hearing for a rally that included formation of a human “Keep Cannon” sign. “It was a little hot when we were forming the words (with hundreds... Full story
The nine who testified on behalf of Cannon Air Force Base at Friday’s regional hearing of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission: Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M. — The senator introduced the entire case for Cannon supporters. He said the Air Force and Department of Defense are making a mistake in recommending Cannon for closure. He asked commissioners to take the base off the list. He said the presentation by community leaders and the other delegates would show that data concerning Cannon inaccurately reflects its mil...
Biker Don Lenau was visiting Clovis from his home in Muleshoe when the pack of motorcycles outside High Plains Harley-Davidson on Mabry Drive caught his eye. “I was riding by and saw the other idiots and thought I’d come by and join,” Lenau said with a laugh, indicating the dozens of other motorcycle riders, passengers and enthusiasts who attended Saturday’s Badlands Motorcycle Rally. Organizers said 250 cycles were pre-registered prior to Friday’s kickoff. That was down about 100 from a year ago. A lower turnout, however,...
Melba Hampton, 71 Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Steed-Todd Chapel in Clovis. Mrs. Melba June Hampton, 71, of Texico, died Thursday, June 23, 2005, at her home. She was born on Dec. 18, 1933, in Portales, to James and Edith White. She married Von Hampton on Oct. 29, 1950, in Espanola. They moved to Utah where she worked as a homemaker and cashier. She moved back to New Mexico in 1987. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a daughter; five brothers, Junior, Jerry, Kenneth, Glenn, and David White; and three sister... Full story
The following criminal dispositions were recently filed in the Magistrate Court: • Shawna Reid, 29, pleaded no contest to aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, and is ordered to serve 2 days incarceration followed by one year supervised probation, place an ignition lock on any vehicles driven by her for the term of probation, complete the Aspen program and pay all fines and fees. • Sesar Cardiel, 26, pleaded no contest to aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liq... Full story
Members of the Lions Club show their support for Cannon Air Force Base as BRAC officials and state politicians travel down Prince Street on their way to the regional meeting on Friday morning at Marshall Junior High School. (Staff photo: John Eisel) The arguments to save Cannon Air Force Base were compelling. And the base itself is impressive. So said Base Realignment and Closure commissioneµrs in Clovis on Friday for a regional hearing. But commissioners also had words of caution for Cannon supporters: The nation has many ou... Full story
Gabriel Bryant of Clovis shows his support for Cannon Air Force Base as a delegation of New Mexico politicians talk to people outside Marshall Junior High School after the BRAC regional hearing. (Staff photo: John Eisel) They lined up 5,000 American flags, shoe-polished windows with “We love Cannon,” created a human “Keep Cannon” sign, honked horns and sported “Operation: Keep Cannon” T-shirts and buttons. Their mission: Show Base Realignment and Closure commissioners that eastern new Mexico doesn’t want to lose Cannon Air Fo...
Hundreds of people stood along Commerce Way, waving and holding signs as BRAC commissioners passed by under police escort. Photo is from a KOB-TV news helicopter. (Staff photo: Sharna Johnson) By all accounts, supporters of Cannon Air Force Base on Friday made a compelling argument to spare the facility from closure. Now what? Keep arguing is the advice of Clovis’ Walter Bradley, who was New Mexico’s lieutenant governor when Kirtland Air Force Base was removed from the Base Re...
His posture told a story. Leo Dudley sat in a front pew at the 16th and Pile Church of Christ, leaning forward, his hands perched on his chin for nearly 90 minutes Friday morning as two local base supporters and a New Mexico delegation argued to have Cannon Air Force Base removed from the Base Realignment and Closure list. Dudley has a personal stake in the process. “I work at Cannon,” Dudley said, briefly shifting his eyes from the large screen that broadcast the hearing from the overflow church venue, where about 30 mem...
1 out of 3 jobs Committee of Fifty member Chad Lydick said will be lost to the community if Cannon closes 1 out of 5 jobs the Department Defense estimates will be lost if Cannon closes 6 Base Realignment and Closure commissioners who attended Friday’s regional hearing in Clovis. The Commission consists of nine members. Five must agree before a military installation can be removed from the closure list. 2 Days it took for Clovis resident Ardyth Elms to create a “Keep Cannon” poster out of plastic beads 5 Age of MacKe...
BRAC talk from Clovis this weekend: “I am proud to be a U.S. citizen — to have the freedom to be able to approach the government and the Pentagon and tell them that they might be wrong. A lot of countries would not be so accepting.” — Cathy Haynes, Clovis city commissioner on how the BRAC regional hearing inspired feelings of patriotism “The real heroes are the men and women of the armed forces who give us the freedom to speak like we did today — to unite and say this is wrong, don’t close Cannon.” — Randy Harris, Committee... Full story
Nevada’s political leaders got a welcome surprise on their trip to New Mexico: a commissioner’s commitment to visit the Army Ammunition Depot near Hawthorne. Base Realignment and Closure Commissioner Philip Coyle told Gov. Kenny Guinn along with six others that he’d arrange for a visit to the threatened depot in mid-July. “We haven’t been able to give (information) to them other than through this process,” Guinn said after BRAC’s regional hearing Friday morning in Clovis. “I felt there was real receptivity to the kinds of dat...
