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My oldest son, Chris, recently married his loving and lovely fiancee, Shayla. I’m so proud of them both. They’re enjoying the warmth of the sun and a beautiful beach right now, and I’m basking in the glow of thanksgiving right here, just knowing that Chris and Shayla are husband and wife. Preparing the wedding message, I was struck yet again by the diamond-like beauty of God’s grace. What God says to Chris and Shayla, he says to you and to me, and it sparkles as the best and m...
The five-day murder trial for Jimmy Bentley is set to begin Monday in the 9th Judicial District Court. Bentley, 72, is accused of shooting and killing Joseph Phillips on Christmas Eve in the parking lot of Econo Lodge on Mabry Drive. Prosecutors have alleged Bentley, a white man, is racist, suggesting race as a motive for the shooting. Phillips, a 48-year-old black man, was in Clovis selling photo packages during the holiday season, police said. Phillips and Bentley did not...
A victim of the growing identity theft problem, Miss New Mexico 2006 Christina Hall is helping others avoid a similar situation. “When I was 19 my identity was stolen by a girl who renewed her driver’s license under my name,” said Hall, a 2005 Eastern New Mexico University graduate. “I had to prove who I was to get another driver’s license and it was really difficult to get that information cleared.” Hall told ENMU students Friday she had to call the FBI, file a police report, get fingerprinted and provide copies of her birt...
Sabrina Prucey of Clovis cares for infants at ABC Child Development Center. Prucey has worked at the center for about a year. CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle Emotional mothers desperate for child-care pleaded with Christy Masterson on a daily basis. “I was flooded with calls. I would get phone calls from people crying that they did not have day-care,” Masterson said. The former home child-care provider turned down lots of families seeking her service. She just didn’t have the space. She left the business last spring to give...
Do you know you need to save more for retirement, but you just can’t make yourself do it? Relax. Soon, you may not have to make yourself do anything — you’ll save more in spite of yourself. It’s a new approach to financing retirement, and it’s as easy as falling in love. The new pension bill passed by Congress makes a small but significant change in the administration of the employer-provided tax-deferred accounts known as 401(k)s. Under this bill, employers will be allowed to enroll their workers at their own discretio... Full story
Some Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee have released a 29-page staff report lambasting the “intelligence community” for not issuing more explicit warnings about the threat Iran poses to the United States. However true it is that intelligence agencies are downplaying the Iranian threat, one criticism the report gets right is that the United States simply knows too little about what’s going on in Iran. As pressure builds to do something about Iran’s nuclear program, the report says, “Intelligence community... Full story
Traces of their frontier life are hidden. They share two rooms, Nos. 19 and 21, at the end of a sterile hallway in a home for the old. When she digs the photo album from its resting place, the bottom of a drawer, those times drift into the room. “There was nothing to keep the wind and dirt out,” remembered Foy Bailey, 92, his khaki pants and plaid shirt loose on his weathered frame. Dirt invaded everything. It burrowed under fingernails, snuggled into the pores of skin, blackened the sky so dark buses and cars halted in the...
CNJ Staff Photo: Andy DeLisle Grace and Foy Bailey were married in 1933 during the Great American Dust Bowl. They have lived in the area most of their lives and are among the few eastern New Mexico residents who lived through the Dust Bowl. Traces of their frontier life are hidden. They share two rooms, Nos. 19 and 21, at the end of a sterile hallway in a home for the old. When she digs the photo album from its resting place, the bottom of a drawer, those times drift into the room. “There was nothing to keep the wind and d... Full story
An airman charged with murdering his wife will stand trial, according to a press release from Cannon Air Force Base. Airman Edward Novak II is charged with premeditated murder and child abuse by the military. The decision came after a June evidentiary hearing was held at Cannon to determine if evidence against Novak warranted a trial. The 12th Air Force commander has referred the case for a general courts-martial, the release said. The role of the 12th Air Force commander in the process was to review recommendations stemming... Full story
An airman charged with murdering his wife will stand trial, according to a press release from Cannon Air Force Base. Airman Edward Novak II is charged with premeditated murder and child abuse by the military. The decision came after a June evidentiary hearing was held at Cannon to determine if evidence against Novak warranted a trial. The 12th Air Force commander has referred the case for a general courts-martial, the release said. The role of the 12th Air Force commander in the process was to review recommendations stemming...
Prosecutors asked a judge to exclude testimony of a defense psychiatric expert from the murder trial of Jimmy Bentley during a hearing Friday in the 9th Judicial District Court. District Attorney Matt Chandler gave the court several reasons for wanting Dr. Samuel Roll stricken as a witness, including outdated methods, a belief prosecutors had not been given full disclosure on test materials he may have used and lateness in response to requests for information, leaving prosecutors without time to research and prepare for... Full story
Prosecutors asked a judge to exclude testimony of a defense psychiatric expert from the murder trial of Jimmy Bentley during a hearing Friday in the 9th Judicial District Court. District Attorney Matt Chandler gave the court several reasons for wanting Dr. Samuel Roll stricken as a witness, including outdated methods, a belief prosecutors had not been given full disclosure on test materials he may have used and lateness in response to requests for information, leaving... Full story
Royalty reigned at the first Roosevelt County Fair Queen Reunion, held Friday at the Jake Lopez Community Center. Past fair queens, sweethearts and sweetheart princesses mingled with this year’s reigning royalty and contestants to share lunch and reminisce about years past. Who the first Roosevelt County fair queen was seems to be a mystery. The first queen was thought to have been crowned in 1954, during the 48th Roosevelt County Fair. Information is now coming forward that there may have been queens three to four years e... Full story
Royalty reigned at the first Roosevelt County Fair Queen Reunion, held Friday at the Jake Lopez Community Center. Past fair queens, sweethearts and sweetheart princesses mingled with this year’s reigning royalty and contestants to share lunch and reminisce about years past. Who the first Roosevelt County fair queen was seems to be a mystery. The first queen was thought to have been crowned in 1954, during the 48th Roosevelt County Fair. Information is now coming forward that there may have been queens three to four years e...
A Clovis grocery store was robbed at gunpoint Thursday night, according to police. About 8 p.m., police were called to K’s Oriental Food Store at 1548 Thornton St. for a report of armed robbery. The victim told police a Hispanic male robbed the store at gunpoint and fired one shot while in the store. No one was injured, police said. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his early 20s, 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds. He had brown hair and was wearing a dark gray T-shirt, short blue or brown cargo pants, w...
A Clovis grocery store was robbed at gunpoint Thursday night, according to police. About 8 p.m., police were called to K’s Oriental Food Store at 1548 Thornton St. for a report of armed robbery. The victim told police a Hispanic male robbed the store at gunpoint and fired one shot while in the store. No one was injured, police said. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his early 20s, 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds. He had brown hair and was wearing a dark gray T-shirt, short blue or brown cargo pants, w... Full story
Eastern New Mexico University has been awarded a $629,898 grant from the USDA to bring digital broadcasting to the rural areas of eastern New Mexico, according to a press release from Sen. Pete Domenici’s office. The grant will be used to construct digital and high definition television transmitters in Artesia, Fort Sumner, Ruidoso and Tucumcari for KENW-TV which provides local news, educational programming and other services through its student broadcast center. The grant was awarded through the USDA’s Public Television Dig...
Eastern New Mexico University has been awarded a $629,898 grant from the USDA to bring digital broadcasting to the rural areas of eastern New Mexico, according to a press release from Sen. Pete Domenici’s office. The grant will be used to construct digital and high definition television transmitters in Artesia, Fort Sumner, Ruidoso and Tucumcari for KENW-TV which provides local news, educational programming and other services through its student broadcast center. The grant was awarded through the USDA’s Public Television Dig...
TATUM — Heavy rain and lightning forced the postponement of Friday’s Melrose-Tatum football game, the 8-man season opener for both teams. Melrose coach Dickie Roybal said the Buffaloes made the trip to Tatum and were warming up when the inclement weather struck. The teams will attempt to make up the game a 6 p.m. Monday. “I guess they got about three inches in less than 45 minutes,” Roybal said. “We got off the bus and started to throw the ball around, and the lightning and rain hit (around 6:15 p.m., 45 minutes before th...
FORT SUMNER — Ryan Hall passed for one touchdown and ran for another on Friday, helping Fort Sumner open its season with a 35-0 win over New Mexico Military Institute. Braeden Dimitroff added 92 yards rushing and scored a touchdown for the defending Class 1A state champions. The Foxes held the Class 3A Colts to 63 total yards and forced three turnovers.... Full story
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Juniors Jessie macknicki and Randi Egley combined for 29 kills on Friday, helkping the Eastern New Mexico Univesity volleyball team defeated Chadron State 30-27, 26-30, 30-23, 31-29 in the Colorado Christian tournament. The Zias, opening their season in the tournament, were beaten in four games later on Friday by Upper Iowa. No particulars were available on that contest. Macknicki, a transfer from Southwestern Oregon Community College, registered 18 kills and six digs in the wini over Chadron, while Egley a... Full story
CHS hitters Siobhan Flatow, center, and Jasmine McDonald, right, block a shot by Hobbs setter Cynthia Mendez (11) in pool play of the Clovis Invitational volleyball tournament on Friday at Rock Staubus Gym. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) Whether it was because they were mad about losing a pair of pool play games to rival Hobbs earlier in the day or if it was simply because the Lady Wildcats’ volleyball players wanted to go next door to watch the football game, Clovis ended up making short work of El Paso Bel Air in the q...
