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link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. learning english ain t easy boss you may think that speaking writing and learning the english language is the most natural thing in the world but that it ain t for those of us in the church pew underworld two recent events highl... Full story
Staff report Eastern New Mexico University landed a Division-I transfer Thursday, with point guard Jasmine Hotchkins joining the Greyhounds. The 5-foot-3 Phoenix native will have three years of eligibility left, following a freshman year at East Tennessee State. While at ETSU, she averaged 13.4 minutes per game with 2.9 points per game for the Lady Buccaneers in 2013-14. She was granted a medical redshirt after suffering a knee injury in her second game last season. Greyhound coach Josh Prock said Hotchkins is a tremendous... Full story
Staff report Eastern New Mexico University landed a Division-I transfer Thursday, with point guard Jasmine Hotchkins joining the Greyhounds. The 5-foot-3 Phoenix native will have three years of eligibility left, following a freshman year at East Tennessee State. While at ETSU, she averaged 13.4 minutes per game with 2.9 points per game for the Lady Buccaneers in 2013-14. She was granted a medical redshirt after suffering a knee injury in her second game last season. Greyhound coach Josh Prock said Hotchkins is a tremendous...
STAFF WRITERS Providing the best and quickest care for patients is the end goal of Roosevelt General Hospital’s new ambulance service, set to begin transporting patients in August. RGH CEO Larry Leaming said the service, operated by Elite Medical Transport, will allow for the transportation of patients to nearby medical facilities without putting a strain on the Portales Fire Department’s resources while cutting down on transfer times. Leaming said Elite is currently securing a location in Portales to house the vehicle and... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the exclusion of farm and ranch workers from the Workers’ Compensation Act is unconstitutional. “We fail to see any real differences between farm and ranch laborers and all other workers in New Mexico that would justify the exclusion,” the court held. “Excluding farm and ranch laborers from workers’ compensation coverage directly controverts the purpose and evenhanded philosophy of the act by placing farm and ranch employers at an advantage... Full story
Staff Writer [email protected] The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the exclusion of farm and ranch workers from the Workers’ Compensation Act is unconstitutional. “We fail to see any real differences between farm and ranch laborers and all other workers in New Mexico that would justify the exclusion,” the court held. “Excluding farm and ranch laborers from workers’ compensation coverage directly controverts the purpose and evenhanded philosophy of the act by placing farm and ranch employers at an advantage...
Bus rides ... • The Clovis Area Transit System, more affectionately known by the acronym CATS, is taking reservations for after-school rides. Better hurry. They're estimating they will be booked in two weeks. They can't provide rides to school. And, rides from school are limited to children unable to use the school bus system and requiring a ride at least three times weekly. Contact them at 575-769-7910. Hot cars, cool times ... • Draggin' Main featuring hot rods, vintage cars, choppers and most anything cool on wheels kic... Full story
Down on the farm link Audra Brown There once was a kid who turned a year older. Friends and family congregated and waved down the combine to stop at the edge of the field. They brought food and presents and a pinata to pummel. The field was flat, no trees around, so they hung the paper mache box from the unloading auger. The big sister got in the cab and made the pinata dance by flipping some switches and swinging the auger around a bit. The younger kids whacked away with a...
I wonder how many people have paused to reflect on how much has gone right after the horror of the June 17 slaying of nine parishioners of the Emanuel African Methodist-Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. link Steve Hansen It started with the congregation responding with prayer, not anger. The white police chief of Charleston then said exactly what he should have said. He called the slayings a “tragedy” and said it was “unfathomable” how an individual could walk in... Full story
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On this date ...link 1975: Fire broke out in the basement of the Campus Union Building at Eastern New Mexico University. Firefighters said the small blaze was under control quickly and there were no injuries. A university spokesman said the fire probably started in the wiring of the air conditioning system. 1965: Clovis pyrotechnic fans were enjoying the last year of (legally) shooting off firecrackers in the city limits. A city ordinance had banned the activity, effective aft...
link Staff photo: Aubry Buzek Norma Delarosa, the Curry County administrative services coordinator, and Global Spectrum employees completed a beautification project at the Curry County Fairgrounds Thursday with the installation of a stone bench near the entrance. The county received more than $4,000 in grant money to complete the project. Staff Writer [email protected] County employees and Global Spectrum staff completed a beautification project Thursday at the Curry...
In music and in life, the last note is always the longest. link Curtis Shelburne Whenever I’m teaching a new audio/video volunteer at church how to punch the buttons, play the songs, set the levels, I always warn them at some point about “audio whiplash.” Punching “stop” or “pause” while the music is still playing does to folks’ ears what slamming on the brakes in a car does to our necks. It hurts. So you always wait for the music to come to a “full and complete stop,” a...
Do you remember as a child trying to memorize the correct spelling of Appalachian? I knew they were mountains, but I didn’t realize the range began in Canada and ended in Alabama. link Pat Cantwell The Indians named them the “endless mountains that go on forever.” Oh, what mountains they are. Words aren’t adequate to describe them. To sum it up, there is not a square inch of flat land on which to walk a straight line. Slopes, steep slopes, very steep slopes are everywh... Full story
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Editor’s note: The following is one in a series profiling religious leaders in Roosevelt County. link Garrison Lance Garrison, 23, is the student ministries pastor at Trinity Church in Portales. Garrison graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in May with a bachelor’s degree in university studies with an emphasis in business and religion. Garrison plans on pursuing his pastoral license and ordination to continue growing as a pastor. He said he wants to continue working in...
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Today 32nd Annual Plateau “Custom Classic” Softball Tournament — 7 p.m. Guy Leeder Softball Complex, 14th and Sycamore. Clovis. Information: 575-762-8977 Luau Celebration — 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Wheatfields Senior Living Community, 4701 N Prince St. Clovis. Information: 575-762-8700 Saturday Draggin’ Main Event — 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Curry County Events Center, 1900 E Brady, Clovis. Information: www.dragginmain.org Draggin’ Main Cruise — 5 p.m. - Midnight Main Street, Clovis Information: www.dragginmain.org Alpo’s Jammin’ in June — 9 p.m.... Full story
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday: • 1:29 a.m.: Runaway, 900 block of Rencher Street. • 5:51 a.m.: Failure to appear (felony) 2900 block of Las Palomas Road. • 7:32 a.m.: Battery, aggravated (felony) 2100 block of North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. • 8:02 a.m.: Threats report, 1900 block of North Prince Street. • 8:08 a.m.: Criminal damage, 200 block of Alphon Street. • 8:21 a.m.: Burglary (residence) 1000 block of Sunrise...
link Staff photo: Tony Bullocks First United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School’s students sing and dance to start off Wednesday’s class session. More than 80 students, both church members and from the community, attended the school. STAFF WRITER [email protected] First United Methodist Church Pastor Jeb Archey believes Vacation Bible School is important because it gives “children something exciting to do...gives the church an exciting way to be in ministry with...
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link Audra Brown There once was a kid, who turned a year older. Friends and family congregated and waved down the combine to stop at the edge of the field. They brought food and presents and a pinata to pummel. The field was flat, no trees around, so they hung the paper mache box from the unloading auger. The big sister got in the cab and made the pinata dance by flipping some switches and swinging the auger around a bit. The younger kids whacked away with a shovel or some other lever suitable for pinata destruction and...
linkOn this date ... 1975: Fire broke out in the basement of the Campus Union Building at Eastern New Mexico University. Firefighters said the small blaze was under control quickly and there were no injuries. A university spokesman said the fire probably started in the wiring of the air conditioning system. 1965: Clovis pyrotechnic fans were enjoying the last year of (legally) shooting off firecrackers in the city limits. A city ordinance had banned the activity, effective aft... Full story
link Steve Hansen I wonder how many people have paused to reflect on how much has gone right after the horror of the June 17 slaying of nine parishioners of the Emanuel African Methodist-Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. It started with the congregation responding with prayer, not anger. The white police chief of Charleston then said exactly what he should have said. He called the slayings a “tragedy” and said it was “unfathomable” how an individual could walk in... Full story
