Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Technology has evolved. I can now carry an entire library of books in one hand when I leave the house, and I still have a library full of "paper and binding" books at home. This is a wealth unimaginable to even the kings of previous generations. Knowledge has grown. For example, the human genome has been read and is being studied to find causes and cures for many horrible conditions. This raises possibilities undreamed of just a generation ago. Not only of extending the typical lifespan, but of improving the quality of more o...
Technology has evolved. I can now carry an entire library of books in one hand when I leave the house, and I still have a library full of "paper and binding" books at home. This is a wealth unimaginable to even the kings of previous generations. Knowledge has grown. For example, the human genome has been read and is being studied to find causes and cures for many horrible conditions. This raises possibilities undreamed of just a generation ago. Not only of extending the typical lifespan, but of improving the quality of more o...
On Wednesday, Ninth District Judge Donna Mowrer denied murder suspect Noe Torres' request to remain in the Curry County jail until his trial. Instead, the longtime fugitive — arrested in Mexico in January and accused in 2005 of killing a sleeping 10-year-old Clovis boy — will be spending his pre-trial days in an unspecified state prison. It was a good decision. Undoubtedly most residents dismissed Torres' emotional plea to be housed in Curry County so he could be close to his legal counsel and his family. After all, how imp... Full story
Editor's note: This article appeared in print July 1. Shane Leatherwood has been named Clovis High's new baseball coach. Leatherwood, a 1998 CHS grad, was offered and accepted the job on Tuesday. He replaces Drew Hatley, who resigned in mid-May after one season at the helm. From 2006-10, Leatherwood coached in the Lady Wildcats' soccer program, the last four seasons as head coach. He also served from 2003-07 as an assistant coach in baseball under Shane Shallenberger. "Baseball's all I really ever wanted to do," Leatherwood...
I confess. It's hard for me to imagine how anyone can be completely convinced that their Christian tradition is absolutely the best, 100% on target, and exactly "the one" regarding which the God of the universe would say, "Yep, you folks have got everything right. Everybody else who is saved will be saved just by the skin of their teeth, but you folks have it right. I'm really proud of you." The Apostle Paul made it pretty clear that none of us "gets it right" and that the only way anybody will be saved is by grace through fa... Full story
