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STAFF WRITER [email protected] Chelsea Starr, assistant professor of sociology at Eastern New Mexico University, presented a summary of the evaluation of a survey done with youth in Portales to the City Council Tuesday night. According to Starr, the survey, performed in cooperation with the Portales DWI Program, was designed to determine how happy youth were with Portales and how involved they were in the community. “One thing we do know from research and sociology over the years is the more involved youth are in t...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] First United Methodist Church is finishing its Vacation Bible School study tonight, which began on Monday for children as young as three years old through students in the fifth grade. Staff photo: Kurt Munz-Raper Taryn Wood (on stage) takes participants “surfing” during Vacation Bible School sanctuary. The mission of the program, according to volunteer Kelsey Prince, is to help the Dig Deep organization, which provides water to Nav...
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Today • Friday Flix — 10:30 a.m. at the library for all ages. Movie: Norm of the North. Information: 575-356-3940 Saturday • Food distribution — 9 a.m.-11 a.m. at Central Christian Church at 1528 S. Main Street. Volunteers needed from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Information: 575-762-2103 • ENMU Alumni Band Reunion Concert — 4:30 p.m. in Buchanan Hall at ENMU. Free to the public. Information: 575-562-2253 Monday • Get Your Game On — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Games: Jumbo classics. Information: 575-356-3940 Tu...
On this date … 1976: An earthquake registering 3.0 to 3.5 on the Richter scale was reported about 10 miles northwest of Tucumcari. The Associated Press reported the shaker was not felt in the city limits of Tucumcari, but did impact some at isolated ranches as far as 50 miles from the tremor. No injuries or damage was reported. 1961: Area grain elevator operators were reporting a bumper wheat crop not seen since at least 1941. Officials said dryland yields were averaging m...
A number of analogies would probably work. It’s not the chapter; it’s the book. It’s not the note; it’s the song. It’s not the song; it’s the symphony. But I think I like this one best: It’s not the square; it’s the quilt. I’ve officiated at, helped with, or attended, too many funerals recently. Funerals on top of funerals. And more that I’d have attended if it weren’t for the others. In a real sense, all death is unnatural and reminds us that we live in a fallen world. But s...
When I was a child, we were constantly walking by Grandpa Madrid’s La-Z-Boy chair, which rested just a few steps from the front door, as we walked in and out of the house, especially during summer days of playing outside. That chair had the best TV-watching view in the house. If you were sitting in it and grandpa walked in, you moved. There was something else that always moved me, too, though. Just above that chair was a captivating image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with s...
Though it made an incredibly fast about-face under withering criticism, the Obama administration seems determined to replace the nation’s anti-terrorism mantra “if you see something, say something” with “if you hear something, pretend it never happened — if it offends a group we don’t want to offend.” That’s what happened when FBI Director James Comey announced last week that he would not speak the Orlando nightclub gunman’s name because “part of what motivates sick people to do this kind of thing is some twisted notion of f...
In the wake of the Orlando nightclub massacre, popular opinion seemed to blame either guns or the murderer's religion. It's good neither is subject to popular opinion, because opinion is fickle. You have a right to choose and exercise your own religion, and you have a right to own and to carry any weapon you see fit, whether the majority agrees or not. Kent McManigal In fact, you have a natural human right to not be prevented from doing whatever you want as long as you aren't...
The 1952 western movie “High Noon,” generally considered to be the first adult western, won Gary Cooper a Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in the role of Sheriff Will Kane. Three outlaws taking over a western town just didn’t happen that way in real life. There are at least two well-documented incidents that prove otherwise. Rube Render The James gang, consisting of the Younger brothers Cole, Jim and Bob, Charlie Pitts, Clell Miller, Bill Chadwell and the James...
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Courtesy photo Bill Case is set to preach his first service as the new pastor at Clovis’ Kingswood United Methodist Church on Sunday. Staff writer [email protected] Kingswood United Methodist Church in Clovis will welcome a new pastor this weekend. After 12 years of ministry in El Paso, Bill Case is set for his first service on Sunday as Kingswood’s newest member. He’s bringing five years’ experience as an associate pastor at Western Hills United Methodist Church and sev...
Staff writers A lengthy executive session that resulted in four Curry County commissioners censuring the fifth grew from a disagreement on an investigation of Curry County Manager Lance Pyle, Commissioner Ben McDaniel said Thursday. The censured, Commissioner Chet Spear, said he first learned of his censure Saturday by reading about it in the Clovis News Journal and called it “disrespectful and spineless” that no commissioner told him of the move. Contacted Wednesday and Thursday via telephone, Spear said he doesn’t know...
Staff writer [email protected] Though the Clovis-Carver Public Library is in the business of keeping kids invested in reading over the summer with their numerous events, staff is also trying to reach out to adults with the adult summer reading program. The program, which started June 6 and will run until July 30, will reward people, those 18 and older, who participate and read throughout the summer with numerous prizes. Though it doesn’t have all of the activities and events that the kids program has, such as movies o...
Today 33rd Annual Plateau “Custom Classic” Softball Tournament — 8 a.m. Guy Leeder Softball Complex, Norris and 14th streets., Clovis. Ribbon Cutting for Clovis Area Train Society — 4:45 p.m. Clovis Area Train, First and Connelly streets., Clovis. Draggin’ Main Drive In — 7 p.m. Clovis High School Parking Lot, 1900 N. Thornton St., Clovis. Tickets $20 per car, available online at dragginmain.org Friends of the Library Book Sale — 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840...
Monday Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m. Clovis-Carver Public Library, Ingram room, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday Municipal Schools District Board Meeting — 5:30 p.m. Municipal School District Building, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4333 Texico City Council — 6:30 p.m. City Hall, 219 Griffin St., Texico. Information: 575-482-3314 Wednesday High Plains Historical Society — 2 p.m. Clovis-Carver Public Library, ingram room, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Informa...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday • 12:02 a.m.: Shoplifting, 1500 block of East Mabry Drive. • 2:01 a.m.: Criminal sexual penetration of a minor. • 7:26 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 300 block of Cactus Drive. • 9:14 a.m.: Failure to pay fines, 800 block of Mitchell Street. • 10:42 a.m.: Contempt of court, Second and Main streets. • 10:38 a.m.: Motor vehicle theft-other vehicles, 1600 block of Ross Street. • 11:51 a.m.: Forgery, 2800...
On this date … 1976: An earthquake registering 3.0 to 3.5 on the Richter scale was reported about 10 miles northwest of Tucumcari. The Associated Press reported the shaker was not felt in the city limits of Tucumcari, but did impact some at isolated ranches as far as 50 miles from the tremor. No injuries or damage was reported. 1961: Area grain elevator operators were reporting a bumper wheat crop not seen since at least 1941. Officials said dryland yields were averaging more than 30 bushels per acre, and 40 to 45 bushels i...
Religion columnist When I was a child, we were constantly walking by Grandpa Madrid’s La-Z-Boy chair, which rested just a few steps from the front door, as we walked in and out of the house, especially during summer days of playing outside. That chair had the best TV-watching view in the house. If you were sitting in it and grandpa walked in, you moved. There was something else that always moved me, too, though. Just above that chair was a captivating image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with softly lit and yet deep eyes which...
Religion columnist A number of analogies would probably work. It’s not the chapter; it’s the book. It’s not the note; it’s the song. It’s not the song; it’s the symphony. But I think I like this one best: It’s not the square; it’s the quilt. I’ve officiated at, helped with, or attended, too many funerals recently. Funerals on top of funerals. And more that I’d have attended if it weren’t for the others. In a real sense, all death is unnatural and reminds us that we live in a f...
Religion columnist On a family vacation during my growing up years, our family headed across county to Niagara Falls. Our route north led us to experience a ride on a ferry in West Virginia. Because we couldn’t get to the other side of the river, it was necessary for us to take the ferry. We drove our car to the place where the ferry docked and then the attendant drove our car onto the ferry. The attendant tied the car down with big ropes and then the passengers were a...
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