Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Kimberly Fried of Texico, who writes under the name Devyn Quinn, has been writing off and on for 20 years. Kimberly Fried of Texico, 44, was the Romantic Times 2009 Reviewers’ Choice award for her paranormal erotic romance novel “Possession”. She writes under the name Devyn Quinn. Paranormal what?: Paranormal means the supernatural. “Possession” is about a book possessed by demons and the main character is attracted to the demon that comes out of the book. The first thing you learn as a writ...
A 26-year-old Melrose was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to abusing his 3-month-old daughter. Phillip Holmes is required to serve an additional two years of parole upon completion of his sentence and participate in mandatory counseling, according to a press release from the District Attorney Matt Chandler. Holmes was arrested in March 2009 after hospital workers told police his daughter was brought to the emergency room with two broken arms and bruising, the release said. The child’s mother t...
Freedom New Mexico: Argen Duncan Silage burns near firefighting equipment Thursday afternoon at Western Star Dairy on Roosevelt Road 2. Firefighters from seven departments battled the flames in high winds and heat and tried. Firefighters brought a blaze under control at a Roosevelt County dairy Thursday evening after battling flames and high winds and for five hours. No one was injured. Steven Cain of the Portales and Floyd fire departments said feed caught fire at Western Star Dairy on Roosevelt Road 2, and the blaze spread...
A 31-year-old Clovis woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday night on State Road 209. Mirian Susana Perez Lopez was driving a 2003 Ford Focus westbound on Curry Road 22 and failed to yield to traffic on State Road 209 around 8:30 p.m., according to a press release from state police. Lopez’ vehicle was struck in the driver’s side by a 2001 Dodge pickup truck driven by 29-year-old Justin Hagel of San Jon, the release said. Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene, the release said. Hagel was not injured in the cra...
Saturday Food and clothing give away — 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Matt 25 Hope Center. Information: 763-4400 Sunday Worship service — 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Central Baptist Church. Sunday Worship — 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., with Sunday school at 9:15 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church ELCA, 1705 West 21st Street. Information: 763-4816 Worship Service — 9 a.m., Word of God Lutheran Church, LCMC, 'The Chapel', 1500 N. Thornton. Sunday school — 9:30 a.m., Living Stones Community Church of the Nazarene Men’s n...
When I go visit my sister Susie in Minnesota, we go walking. Close to her home is a paved path several miles long. The dirt path goes east by a baseball practice field where kids are gearing up for the season. Then it stretches by a field that boarders a farm about a half mile from her home. This is the route we take when I go to visit Susie. Beautiful green pants line the path in the summer — even ferns grow wild there. Along the sides of the path are fences. On one...
amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the greatest mom of all at first glance pastor leroy beetle made a really terrible blunder the other day boss he asked the rash question to a young bug toddlers sunday school class aside from mary the mother of jesus who would you say is the greatest mother of all time all the adult bug...
The sacrificial love of mothers goes beyond all human understanding. She can be mistreated, ignored, rejected or taken for granted, yet she still loves her child. Mothers think their child is the prettiest, smartest and dearest in all the world. Mothers are like that. Who else but a mother is up all night rocking a colicky baby? Who else eats what’s left in the baby food jar? Who awakens with a start and dashes to the baby’s room at 2 a.m. only to find the baby sleeping peacefully? Who gets excited when her baby takes his or...
District Attorney Matt Chandler was recently recognized for his support of employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve military services. The Seven Seals Award is the highest award given by the Washington Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, according to a press release. Since taking office in 2004, Chandler has employed reservists as prosecutors and judge advocate generals with the Air Force, spouses of active duty members, military veterans and retirees, the release said....
In recognition of National Police Week, local law enforcement will be hosting a display Wednesday at North Plains Mall. The display will include vehicles and equipment from local and military law enforcement agencies and there will also be a fingerprinting booth set up for children, according to a release. The display will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information: 763-9427....
CNJ staff photo: Sharna Johnson Frank Barber updates progress Thursday of the proposed Tres Amigas elecrtic power superstation to be built near Clovis. Barber and other Tres Amigas officials say the power station would bring almost 14,000 jobs and $2.6 billion to the region. While conducting environmental studies, Tres Amigas is also beginning negotiations with potential customers. During a presentation Thursday at Clovis’ Rotary Club meeting, Senior Advisor Frank Barber said his company is working to build agreements with p...
CARLSBAD, Calif. (May 5, 2010)— Amid a dramatic backdrop of school budget cuts, the NAMM Foundation today announced the results of its 11th annual “Best Communities for Music Education” survey, which acknowledges schools and districts across the U.S. for their commitment to and support of music education in schools. This year, Clovis Municipal Schools in Clovis, NM has been designated a “Best Community....
My 92-year-old mother, Faye Sloan, will spend Mother’s Day in assisted living. My parents raised six kids, a granddaughter and three great-grandsons. (My father passed away in 1990.) With so many mouths to feed, money was scarce, but mother would have starved to death before letting us go hungry. The granddaughter eventually married a young black man, and had two sons. After her divorce, my parents helped raise them. In the piney-woods of Mt. Vernon, Texas, the races mingle freely in our integrated schools. But, isolated w...
The third annual High Plains Film Festival is being held Saturday at the University Theatre Center. The festival features workshops, lunch and screenings by ENMU student and faculty filmmakers, as well as works from guest filmmakers Melissa Henry and Alfredo Perez of Red Ant Films and Carl Lucas, a independent screenwriter. Laurel Petty, festival coordinator, said the first screening is ENMU student films. Also include is a guest screening by Bryan Konefsky, who is the festival director with the Experiments in Cinema film...
High winds and temperatures are hampering firefighters’ efforts to stop a silage fire Thursday at a Roosevelt County dairy. Steven Cain of Portales and Floyd fire departments said feed caught fire at Western Star Dairy, and the blaze spread into a large pile of silage, including the plastic and tires covering it. He said firefighters were able to keep the flames from a barn storing feed, but spot fires were flaring up in cow pens, he said. “So we’re aggressively trying to protect the cattle in the lots right now,” said Ca...
ALBUQUERQUE - Today New Mexico Attorney General candidate Matt Chandler announced his receipt of an "A" rating by the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA). "As a prosecutor and one who is lawfully licensed to carry a concealed firearm, it is with great pride that I announce that the National Rifle Association has given me an 'A' rating....
