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Area law enforcement are looking for a 25-year-old Clovis woman who was mistakenly released Tuesday from the Curry County Adult Detention Center. Catalina Ortiz was released on her own recognizance Tuesday after being arrested July 28 for failing to appear in Clovis Municipal Court on a misdemeanor charge, court records show. However, she still has an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in Curry County Magistrate Court and should not have been released, said jail Administrator Keith Norwood. “That release on the m... Full story
Genevieve Hinson Hey, there's big news for Jim Henson Company's "Dinosaur Train" fans. The second season on PBS Kids is launching with the premiere of "Dinosaur Big City," a one-hour movie airing on Aug. 22. (Check for your local listing at www.pbs.org/tv_schedules/.) After that each of the episodes will focus on the outdoors and other natural phenomena. Also, this season will feature Big Dinosaur Week and a special based on the fan fave song, "Dinosaurs A to Z." In "Dinosaur Big City," your little ones will join Buddy and...
Maggie O'Neill It's one thing to work with a commonplace handheld garden trowel, but quite another to use an ergonomically-designed tool. The founder of Radius Garden Tools has created four handheld products that enhance a gardener's digging experience and provide more ease when planting, weeding and cultivating. These tools are curved at the handle — somewhat like an elongated backward 'C' — so as to provide more leverage to the user and to place less stress on the wrist. The green-handled curved tools are...
Summer holidays can seem like they go on forever, and when they end, it's very easy for little kids to forget all the exciting things they did. By creating a memory keepsake, you will be able to help your child remember and also produce a keepsake for years to come. Tactile children will love the concept of a box. It doesn't need to be large, just a box that can be opened and that can hold all the treasures collected over the summer. It could be a shell from the beach, a pebble from the lake at Grandma's, a ribbon from a runn...
McClatchy-Tribune Don't spoil your children. How we'd love to give our children everything they want_they're so darned cute! But adults who expect everything instantly and on their terms, who feel that they're entitled to anything they desire, are not so cute _ may I say detestable? Here are some thoughts to consider. — Don't worry about spoiling infants when you meet their every need! — If children realize that some people are less fortunate, they are less likely to be demanding. It's important for children to... Full story
Arden Greenspan-Goldberg I am a N.Y.-based licensed psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience and mother of a now-grown daughter — Samara, 22. In order to help moms and daughters from my practice (as well as friends and family), I have come up with tips to help moms cultivate a respectful, strong connection with their daughters and strategies to help moms understand their daughters and learn to rise above. 1. Anticipate and prepare: Prevention is all about anticipation. If you are prepared in advance, then when...
Jenny Schafer What are the must-haves for summer 2011? Just ask celeb mom Tori Spelling. The actress and best-selling author has handpicked the products of the season which are all available at her new store InvenTORI in Sherman Oaks, Calif. and on her website, www.torispelling.com/. When she's not searching out the hottest items, the expectant reality TV starlet is trying to survive the heat of the summer. "The third pregnancy is for sure harder," Spelling tells Celebrity Baby Scoop. "It's more exhausting just because I'm...
Liza Lester By nine days past her baby's due date last October, Sarah Ikemire was anxious – and speed-walking daily around Sacramento, Calif.'s McKinley Park. She wanted baby Mason to emerge on his own, without urging from drugs or, worse, a Caesarean section. She asked her doctor what she could do to encourage her baby to leave the comforts of the womb. "Have sex, do a lot of walking, and just – think positive and you know, talk to your baby, and maybe he'll be ready to come out," she recalled. Hence the...
Life would have been easier if I had known these things before I had children: 1. It's pointless to buy nice furniture It's so much easier to just get cheap stuff than to spend your life hollering and frantically running around trying to clean up messes. My children are active _ OK rambunctious _ and the list of damage over the years has been extensive. One couch even suffered a broken back from a boy who kept leaping over it like Superman. My living room couch and chair right now are quite nice looking, even though I bought...
My ambitious clothing audit began with an impulse to purge. It was getting harder to pull garments in and out of a packed closet, in which tops pressed up against dress shirts, which nudged jackets into a dark corner. I decided to catalogue each item taking up precious space by color, age, style and how much I enjoyed wearing it. It forced me to take inventory of how much overlap and waste lurked inside. My neurotic exercise prompted our fashion editor, Debra Bass, to invite readers to share their own closet confessions....
My ambitious clothing audit began with an impulse to purge. It was getting harder to pull garments in and out of a packed closet, in which tops pressed up against dress shirts, which nudged jackets into a dark corner. I decided to catalogue each item taking up precious space by color, age, style and how much I enjoyed wearing it. It forced me to take inventory of how much overlap and waste lurked inside. My neurotic exercise prompted our fashion editor, Debra Bass, to invite readers to share their own closet confessions....
Life would have been easier if I had known these things before I had children: 1. It's pointless to buy nice furniture It's so much easier to just get cheap stuff than to spend your life hollering and frantically running around trying to clean up messes. My children are active _ OK rambunctious _ and the list of damage over the years has been extensive. One couch even suffered a broken back from a boy who kept leaping over it like Superman. My living room couch and chair right now are quite nice looking, even though I bought...
Summer holidays can seem like they go on forever, and when they end, it's very easy for little kids to forget all the exciting things they did. By creating a memory keepsake, you will be able to help your child remember and also produce a keepsake for years to come. Tactile children will love the concept of a box. It doesn't need to be large, just a box that can be opened and that can hold all the treasures collected over the summer. It could be a shell from the beach, a pebble from the lake at Grandma's, a ribbon from a runn...
McClatchy-Tribune Don't spoil your children. How we'd love to give our children everything they want_they're so darned cute! But adults who expect everything instantly and on their terms, who feel that they're entitled to anything they desire, are not so cute _ may I say detestable? Here are some thoughts to consider. — Don't worry about spoiling infants when you meet their every need! — If children realize that some people are less fortunate, they are less likely to be demanding. It's important for children to...
Genevieve Hinson Hey, there's big news for Jim Henson Company's "Dinosaur Train" fans. The second season on PBS Kids is launching with the premiere of "Dinosaur Big City," a one-hour movie airing on Aug. 22. (Check for your local listing at www.pbs.org/tv_schedules/.) After that each of the episodes will focus on the outdoors and other natural phenomena. Also, this season will feature Big Dinosaur Week and a special based on the fan fave song, "Dinosaurs A to Z." In "Dinosaur Big City," your little ones will join Buddy and...
MCT Radius Garden Tools enhance a gardener's digging experience and provide more ease when planting, weeding and cultivating because of their ergonomically-designed handles. Maggie O'Neill It's one thing to work with a commonplace handheld garden trowel, but quite another to use an ergonomically-designed tool. The founder of Radius Garden Tools has created four handheld products that enhance a gardener's digging experience and provide more ease when planting, weeding and cultivating. These tools are curved at the handle... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Shatter the Silence is set to bring Clovis a full day of Christian music event. With doors opening at noon and music beginning at 2 p.m., the Aug. 13 concert line-up will bring seven nationally known Christian rock bands to the stage of the Curry County Events Center. Kutless, Thousand Foot Krutch, Hawk Nelson, Run Kid Run, Vota, The Red Airplanes and Laughing Season are expected to play until 11 p.m. Oregon’s Kutless is known for their worship rock, particularly their 2009 album “It Is Well.” The Canad... Full story
Courtesy photo: Chase Mahan Clovis' Laughing Season will play as part of Shattering the Silence, an Aug. 13, seven band Christian concert. Freedom New Mexico Shatter the Silence is set to bring Clovis a full day of Christian music event. With doors opening at noon and music beginning at 2 p.m., the Aug. 13 concert line-up will bring seven nationally known Christian rock bands to the stage of the Curry County Events Center. Kutless, Thousand Foot Krutch, Hawk Nelson, Run Kid Run, Vota, The Red Airplanes and Laughing Season... Full story
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Louisa Maestas retired July 29 from her position as Clovis Animal Shelter director after 28 years. Her first week on the job at the animal shelter, Louisa Maestas opened the cages of dogs and cats slated for euthanasia and shoed them out the door to save their lives. It could have cost her the job, but instead, she soon learned while she couldn’t save them all, the best way to do her part was to use her position to love them while they l... Full story
Oliver Goldsmith (1726-1774) wrote, “I love everything that’s old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.” I think he was onto something. Of course, the fact I’m getting older couldn’t have anything to do with my opinion — could it? When you think about it, old age has many superior qualities young life can’t match. An older cow seldom needs assistance birthing a calf, an older horse makes life easier for his rider because he “knows cows,” and a seasoned hunting dog knows not to chase after a rabbit...
Jane Moorman Roosevelt County resident Jackie Clark is among the 21 4-H leaders and supporters inducted into the New Mexico 4-H Hall of Fame in July at New Mexico State University. The induction ceremony, which was held during the 4-H state conference, included individual recognition for the inductees and a reception. The hall of fame was established in 2002. “This is the highest honor we have to offer people who have provided support and service to 4-H members in New Mexico,” said Frank Hodnett, department head of the NMS...
Portales resident Leroy Salaz, charged with voluntary manslaughter in the 2009 stabbing death of Marco Bonilla, is being treated to see if he’s competent to stand trial, the prosecutor on the case said Wednesday. Deputy District Attorney Brian Stover said Salaz was sent to the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute at Las Vegas after a local evaluation indicated he wasn’t competent. Stover said expects a report in about two months, 90 days from Salaz’s arrival at the institute....
Kevin Wilson and Argen Duncan For the seventh year in a row, back-to-school shopping will be slightly less taxing. Numerous merchants in New Mexico are getting set for the state’s tax-free holiday. According to the state’s Taxation and Revenue Department website, the tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday of August and concludes midnight Sunday. During those approximate 72 hours, the state allows a deduction from gross receipts tax equal to that community’s tax rate. The week is timed to help the state compe...
Last Thursday at 5:30 p.m., approximately 40 friends and neighbors joined the Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors, Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield and our newest prospective homeowner, Sonia Dunlap, to hold a short groundbreaking ceremony at 2100 West Manana Blvd. in Clovis. After a short opening prayer, Brumfield spoke regarding the need for affordable housing in the city of Clovis, and of her support for the mission of Habitat for Humanity. Dunlap was too overcome with gratitude to speak, and expressed her sense of...
CNJ photo illustration: Gabriel Monte The tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday of August and concludes midnight Sunday. For the seventh year in a row, back-to-school shopping will be slightly less taxing. Numerous merchants in New Mexico are getting set for the state’s tax-free holiday. According to the state’s Taxation and Revenue Department website, the tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday of August and concludes midnight Sunday. During those approximate 72 hours, the state allows a ded... Full story
