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Articles from the May 21, 2015 edition


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  • Police blotter

    CNJ Staff

    Jail log The following were booked into the Curry County Adult Detention Center Wednesday: • Blake Berry, 28, probation violation. • James Devenport, 23, warrant, failure to appear. • Scott Hall, 31, warrant, failure to comply with probation/ parole, possession of drug paraphernalia. • Jamani McClendon, 18, warrant, failrue to comply with probation/ parole. • Paul Montano, 51, trafficking( by possession with intent to distribute), unlawful sale, delivery, or giving away of new drug or device, tampering with evidence... Full story

  • ENMU to break ground on stadium

    Staff report PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University plans to have a groundbreaking ceremony for its new on-campus multipurpose stadium at 5:30 p.m. on June 6. The facility is scheduled to be completed in June 2016 and be ready for the football season that fall, ENMU president Steven Gamble said. It will replace the venerable Greyhound Stadium, located between Portales and Clovis on Highway 70. The facility will also be used for soccer and track and field, as well as the school’s marching band, its health and physical edu...

  • Meetings Watch

    Kevin Wilson

    The Clovis City Commission met Thursday evening at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Six commissioners and Mayor David Lansford were present. Commissioner Randy Crowder participated by telephone, and Commissioner Chris Bryant was out of town due to a family matter. All agenda items listed below passed on 7-0 votes unless otherwise noted: • The commission presented the key to the city to Col. Heather Buono, the outgoing commander of the 27th Special Operations Mission Support Group at Cannon Air Force Base....

  • Notebook

    Military politics... • U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich voted Thursday to advance a funding bill out of committee to the full Senate that includes money for six key things at Cannon Air Force Base. The money breakdown — $7,8 million for a new entry control gatehouse; $20.4 million for new pump house and fuel storage; $11.65 million for a new operations and training center for trainers; $13.14 million for a new building to train special operations forces; $480 million for remotely piloted aircraft missions at Canon and Holloman AFB... Full story

  • What's happening

    Saturday Remains of Korean War Veteran from Albuquerque to be Interred With Full Military Honors — 12:45 p.m. Santa Fe National Cemetery, 501 N. Guadalupe St., Santa Fe Information: Ray Seva 505-362-6089 Monday Memorial Day Observance — 10 a.m. Lawn Haven Cemetery, 1601 E. Llano Estacado Blvd. Tuesday Parachute Factory — 1 p.m. Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main Street Information: 575-769-7840 Teen Volunteer Training — 4 p.m. Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main Street Information: 575-769-7840 Inspirational Spea...

  • First Master of Divinity degree awarded at Wayland

    link Courtesy Photo Central Baptist Church Worship Pastor Damon Pearce received a high-five from Paul Sadler, dean of the School of Religion and Philosophy at Wayland Baptist University, after receiving his hood May 16 for the Master of Divinity Degree. Pearce is the first person to graduate Wayland with the degree. Staff Writer [email protected] Central Baptist Church Worship Pastor Damon Pearce is the first graduate of the Master of Divinity degree program offered by... Full story

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  • Render: Middle East policy wrongheaded

    Is it possible for the Middle East to become any more of a basket case than it is now? If you asked that question last week the answer was yes. From Yemen to Syria and points in between, open conflict rages. Our naive secretary of state tells Reuters that the pending nuclear deal with Iran could serve as an example to North Korea. In fact, the Iranians are taking their lead from the NORKs whose negotiation strategy for the last few decades has always been, “Agree to a...

  • McManigal: Alcohol laws do little to protect

    Recently there was a situation near Farwell that stirred up a lot of residents. I doubt the backlash is finished. The reaction reminds me of my cats watching a bird through the window — lots of chattering and gnashing of teeth. The situation involved young people, a school board member, an after-prom party, and alcohol. link Kent McManigal Bear in mind, as far as I know, no one is claiming the adults present even knew any alcohol was on the rural premises. I also haven’t hea...

  • Charters show they belong in education system

    Once again, New Mexico charter schools are at the top of the class, demonstrating why there is pent-up demand from families for this successful alternative public education model. A U.S. News and World Report ranking of the best U.S. high schools lists three Albuquerque charters at the top of the 12 New Mexico schools that made the list of the 2,500 top high schools in the United States. Coming in at 76th out of nearly 20,000 high schools reviewed by the publication in compiling its “best of” list — and first in New Mexico ...

  • Mural 'splashes' wall, intrigues community

    link Courtesy Photo Adrian Lopez completed a large mural Wednesday at Frederick Lopez’s custom wood products business on Second Street. Lopez said eventually the entire wall will be covered with religious art to inspire the neighborhood. Staff Writer [email protected] Local artist Adrian Lopez made a splash this week with the completion of a religious mural that can be seen from Clovis’ busiest highway. The colorful mural set on the outside wall of a local business dep... Full story

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  • Bovina alcohol sales narrowly approved

    Staff report Bovina residents have narrowly approved alcohol sales within city limits. The May 9 ballot measure, “For sale of all alcoholic beverage for off-premises consumption only,” was approved by a 100-94 vote in the Parmer County community of about 1,875 residents. Other Parmer County areas remain dry. The application process to the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission usually takes about 60 days. City councils may adopt ordinances prohibiting sales within 300 feet of a public or private school, church and/or pub... Full story

  • Sheriff reinstates commission cards

    Alisa Boswell

    MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] The Roosevelt County sheriff is reinstating commission cards more than a week after revoking them. Sheriff Malin Parker said Thursday that he misunderstood the intentions of the New Mexico Association of Counties when they informed county entities that NMAC was looking into liability issues surrounding commissioning officers from other law enforcement agencies. Commission cards give law enforcement agencies the authority to act in another agency’s jurisdiction and last week, Parker r...

  • Liberty comes at a tremendous price

    Judy Brandon

    link Judy Brandon Columnist By: Judy Brandon Thomas Campbell, a Scottish poet in the 1800s, wrote: “The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.” Let us meditate on that saying as we observe this Memorial Day. I remember my grandparents putting much emphasis on Memorial Day as one of the most revered weekends of the year. If we were visiting my grandparents in Arkansas on that weekend, we were part of that celebration. But back then they referred to this Memoria... Full story

  • Where our mind wanders matters more

    Curtis Shelburne

    linkBy: Curtis Shelburne Does privacy matter to you? It does to me. That’s why I find it annoying, and not at all comforting, or helpful, or efficient, if I’ve “Googled” a question — “Why can’t Americans produce really creamy chocolate?” — to come back in 10 minutes and find that everywhere I go on the Internet, ads for chocolate pop up. Privacy. This is one of a number of reasons I continue to have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. Yes, I probably get too analytical ab...

  • Amos: A view from under the pew

    Gary Mitchell

    link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell By: Gary Mitchell Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the malaprop mouse editor boss i may have mentioned this once before but life ain t easy under a cushionless church pew and especially so if you re a newspaper editor in the church pew underworld community of bu...

  • Pages past: May 22

    linkOn this date ... 1975: Clovis Chamber of Commerce officials said 42 entries had been received for next month’s Pioneer Days parade. Chamber Manager Bob Spencer said horse entries might be fewer than usual because of a “swamp fever regulation” in Texas that prevented unvaccinated horses from returning if they left the state. A vaccine was $10, but Spencer said “these people are not going to want to particularly pay for a shot just to enter our parade.” 1945: A bond rally wa... Full story

  • There's more than one way to feed a calf

    link Audra Brown Orphaned calves come about due to various reasons. Sometimes a cow dies before the calf is ready to be weaned, sometimes a cow is too stupid to take care of her calf properly and, sometimes, the cow is too old or too injured to make for a proper mama cow. In these cases, the calf is gathered up and loaded into the back of the pickup and taken home to be bottle fed. (That’s if you have help, otherwise, you’ll likely have to let it ride in the front with you.) If you’re on a horse, you get to try to carry...

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