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Clovis High School marching band students work on their marching skills Tuesday during band camp at the high school. The camp, which began Monday and runs through Aug. 10, starts at 8 a.m. with marching practice. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) Lounging by the pool and sleeping in are no longer options for more than 150 Clovis High band members. Not that they are complaining. “We don’t feel like our summer is being cut short,” said Amanda Flanigen, senior bass clarinet player. “I have been talking to my friends all summer and we... Full story
Staff and wire reports ALBUQUERQUE — More than half of the state’s 89 school districts will be led by superintendents who have two years or less in their current positions when classes start this year. In Roosevelt County, two school districts recently parted ways with their superintendents. Fort Sumner and Clovis also have new superintendents. In Clovis, Rhonda Seidenwurm was hired as a permanent replacement for Neil Nuttall, who left in December after seven years to take a college president job. James Holloway left Por...
Mark Battles of Cable Vision INC. uses a ditchwitch to drop fiber-optic lines from the back of a building off Mitchell Street. (Staff photo: Sharna Johnson) Plateau Telecommunications plans to lay fiber-optic lines through many of Clovis’ business corridors in hopes of challenging its chief competition, Qwest. The approximate $5 million construction project began earlier this month and will provide Internet and phone services over the hair-thin glass lines, officials said. T...
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Tuesday delayed potential showdowns with the White House over terrorism detainees and closing U.S. military bases after the Republican-run chamber failed to sidetrack amendments on the two contentious issues. The Tennessee Republican’s decision to put off until fall further consideration of the amendments — and the $491 billion defense bill they were aimed at — came after the Senate voted 50-48 to cut off debate on the overall measure. That was short of the 60 votes Frist and...
Dustin Klafka, who as acting head coach last season led the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team to a 13-14 record, has accepted an assistant coaching position at a junior college in his hometown of Levelland, Texas. An ENMU graduate, Klafka stepped in last year while head coach Dan Buzard was recovering from a cancerous brain tumor discovered over the summer. Klafka and Buzard were named co-coaches of the program in April. Klafka said he was approached about a position at South Plains Junior College by n... Full story
Quilt shops holding weekend shop hop Eleven quilt shops in the region have joined together for the third annual Top of Texas Quilt Shop Hop, providing a weekend for anyone who enjoys quilting and fabric arts, according to a press release The Patchwork House. Free gifts will be available for quilt customers visiting the quilt shops Thursday through Sunday. Participating shops are • The Patchwork House in Clovis; • Malouf’s Fabrics in Friona; • Fabric Dreams, Pam’s Quilting Corner, R&R Quilts and More, and Sister’s Scraps, all... Full story
PORTALES — Authorities said Tuesday they are still waiting on forensics results and have not filed any charges in connection with the homicide of Causey rancher Jimmy “Bo” Chunn. A warrant obtained in district court showed Donald Taylor, 24, of Rogers, was identified as a person of interest in Chunn’s death. Taylor has been in the Roosevelt County Detention Center on an unspecified probation violation since July 8, the same day Chunn’s body was discovered. Officials believe Chunn was shot in the head. Officials have said... Full story
Staff and wire reports SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court has upheld the convictions and prison sentence of a Clovis man for a 2001 murder and robbery. Pedro J. Amaro was sentenced to life in prison plus 31 years for murder, robbery, burglary, arson and other crimes in the stabbing death of Ken Smith in April 2001. In New Mexico, a life sentence means serving at least 30 years before becoming eligible for parole. The court, in an unanimous ruling issued Monday, rejected all of Amaro's legal challenges. Amaro had contended tha...
An arcane bill that might reach the U.S. Senate floor this week has garnered little attention outside of Hawaii, but if it passes it could do more to ruin race and ethnic relations in this country than anything since “separate but equal.” Known as the Akaka bill, named after Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, it would create a parallel government for the 20 percent of Hawaii’s population that is believed to be Native Hawaiians. “Believed to be” is the key phrase because, as a Wall Street Journal editorial explains, it’s unclear wha...
What would you wear if you were invited to the White House? My daughter, all of 14, got this look on her face like I’d threatened to take her to a Motown concert. “Ew,” she said, “do we have to go to the White House?” No, I said. I just want to know what you’d wear if you did go. “Well,” she said, “I’d want to be comfortable, so I’d probably wear jeans and a T-shirt.” Figuring she didn't quite get the question, I pressed her. “Let’s say they were honoring you. What would yo...
LONDON — The little hotel, Sanctuary House, where I stayed this time was located, unbeknownst to me, just the other side of the New Scotland Yard. So when I arrived Thursday after my flight from New York, I felt some relief. Terrorists probably will not do their vicious deeds in the back yard of the cops. I was invited to speak on “The free market and its moral foundation” at a small classical liberal-conservative institute, Civitas, by my friend and fellow philosopher David Conway. It was ironic — the very day I was laying...
Aaron Gonzales Services:Have been held. Mr. Aaron Steven Gonzales, 23, of Clovis, died July 24, 2005, in Curry County. He was born Feb. 8, 1982, in Clayton to Gilbert and Sharon Gonzales. He married Bethany DeFoor on Aug. 3, 2002, in Clayton. He graduated from Clayton High School in 2000. He had been a resident of Clovis for the past three years. He started working for the Clovis Fire Department in 2002. He attended First United Methodist Church and was a member of the Clovis Fire Department Honor Guard. Family members said h...
The Roosevelt County Senior League team, comprised of area 15- and 16 year-olds, won Tuesday in Albuquerque verse the Zias 10-5 in District 3 action. Roosevelt County will face Raton today, with the winner of that contest will face the Albuquerque Roadrunners. The Roadrunners defeated Roosevelt in the first round of the double-elimination state tournament. “Pitching in our game was where we dominated,” said Roosevelt coach Joe Gilmore. Roosevelt County pitcher Mario Salazar pitched a complete game, giving up six hits and str...
Dustin Klafka, who as acting head coach last season led the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team to a 13-14 record, has accepted an assistant coaching position at a junior college in his hometown of Levelland, Texas. An ENMU graduate, Klafka stepped in last year while head coach Dan Buzard was recovering from a cancerous brain tumor discovered over the summer. Klafka and Buzard were named co-coaches of the program in April. Klafka said he was approached about a position at South Plains Junior College by n... Full story
Curry County Commission-ers approved an $8 million budget Monday during a special meeting at the courthouse. More than 50 percent of budget revenues are raised through property taxes, 40 percent through gross receipts taxes, and the remaining 10 percent through motor vehicle taxes and miscellaneous fees, according to County Manager Dick Smith. The bulk of the county’s revenue is drained by law enforcement and county salaries, Smith said. The county’s major improvement project for the 2006 fiscal year is the special eve... Full story
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Tuesday delayed potential showdowns with the White House over terrorism detainees and closing U.S. military bases after the Republican-run chamber failed to sidetrack amendments on the two contentious issues. The Tennessee Republican’s decision to put off until fall further consideration of the amendments — and the $491 billion defense bill they were aimed at — came after the Senate voted 50-48 to cut off debate on the overall measure. That was short o... Full story
A technology information center internship program at Eastern New Mexico University has been discontinued, according to school and company officials. Kathy White, president of Rural Sourcing Inc., cited not being able to give the interns enough attention and the lack of proximity of Rural Sourcing Inc. technology centers to Portales. “We feel we couldn’t do an effective job and help the interns because of the distance without a rural center near,” White said. “It was too far to send someone to help the interns.” The Arkan...
Jump-started by an abnormally wet winter, the peanut crop in the Portales area is off to a promising start. “This is one of the best peanut crops that we have had in several years,” said Jimmie Shearer, president of Sunland Peanuts. Shearer said above-average pre-plant moisture has the peanuts in good shape entering the critical pegging stage during which peanuts are formed. “We still need more heat units for this year as well as timely rains,” Shearer said. “Ideal growing conditions for peanut plants are if it’s below 95 de...
The City of Portales held a reception Tuesday to show appreciation for efforts in “Operation: Keep Cannon” at the Memorial Building. The Portales committee worked with a Clovis committee on promoting the campaign to remove Cannon Air Force Base from the Base Realignment and Closure list. The Portales committee had not met since June 21, three days before the BRAC hearing held at Marshall Junior High in Clovis. Portales City Manager Debi Lee said that Terry Moberly, chair of the Clovis Committee of Fifty, gave an update on... Full story
Authorities said Tuesday that they are waiting on forensics results and have no set date on any charges being filed in connection with the shooting death earlier this month of Causey rancher Jimmy “Bo” Chunn. A warrant obtained in district court indicated that Donald Taylor, 24, of Rogers, was identified as a person of interest in Chunn’s death. Taylor has been in the Roosevelt County Detention Center on an unspecified probation violation since July 8, the same day Chunn’s body was discovered. Officials have said that Ta... Full story
Staff and Wire Reports ALBUQUERQUE — More than half of the state’s 89 school districts will be led by superintendents who have two years or less in their current positions when classes start this year. In Roosevelt County, two school districts recently parted ways with their superintendents. Fort Sumner and Clovis also have new superintendents. James Holloway left Portales this spring after six years to take a state job while Floyd schools has had three superintendents in the last three years. “I really felt at home,...
We’re about to embark on a political process that will produce sound bites from the left and the right (speaking politically, not dimensionally), drag a 50-year-old man through the proverbial mud and most likely do nothing to stop the appointment of John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court. Rarely do people leave these nomination processes as squeaky clean as when they entered, for it is the nature of partisan politics and the justice system in general. Roberts may indeed be the most qualified person to fill the spot soon to b... Full story
LONDON — The little hotel, Sanctuary House, where I stayed this time was located, unbeknownst to me, just the other side of the New Scotland Yard. So when I arrived Thursday after my flight from New York, I felt some relief. Terrorists probably will not do their vicious deeds in the back yard of the cops. I was invited to speak on “The free market and its moral foundation” at a small classical liberal-conservative institute, Civitas, by my friend and fellow philosopher David Conway. It was ironic — the very day I was laying...
Ethel Gilman Services: Have been held. Ethel Gilman, 87, died Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at Heartland Continuing Care. She was born on Feb. 16, 1918, in Marietta, Okla., to Sophia and Ellis M. Frazier. She was married to Roy Gilman, on June 2, 1939, in Clovis. She moved to New Mexico with her family as a senior in high school. She worked as a housekeeper for the McDonald family in Portales for some time. The couple had celebrated 62 years of marriage by the time of her husband’s death in 2001. They made their home on a ranch i...
B.J. Dodd Services: Have been held. Mr. B.J. “Bill” Dodd, 82, of Melrose, died Saturday, July 16, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He was born on July 30, 1922, in Crowell County, Texas, to R.E. and Helen May Dodd. He married Mary Doyle on Dec. 13, 1941, in Portales. Family members said he lived and worked on the same section of land northwest of Melrose since before he was 2 years old. He was known as a hard-working farmer and rancher and was a great example for his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and... Full story
