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Jessica Lavalle is concerned about issues on her college campus such as excessive heating in student housing, slow cafeteria service and illogically posted speed limit signs. Lavalle was one of 48 Eastern New Mexico University students and approximately 12 faculty and staff that met Thursday in an open forum to discuss students' concerns with university operations and issues. Benna Sayyed: CMI staff photo Eastern New Mexico University students express their concerns on university operations and issues to university faculty,...
Michelle Hughes said she has been interested in science and life before kindergarten. Hughes wanted to be a veterinarian for years and then wanted to become a doctor. She said her love for helping, fixing and learning about life processes inspired her to become a scientist. When other kids were playing video games Hughes was outside digging up worms from the dirt and examining frogs and insects. Hughes said she was the weird science child and describes herself as a mad scienti...
Area residents can receive free legal advice from local attorneys Friday as part of a public outreach program through the 9th Judicial District office. Donna Mowrer, district judge and co-chair of the 9th Judicial District pro-bono committee, said when planning the event the committee considered residents might have questions that can be answered easily that do not require an attorney fee. "It's very important for people to have knowledge of the legal system," said Mowrer, "because they could find themselves in a situation wh...
Iaasic Martinez started skateboarding six years ago when his father bought him a skateboard at age 10. Martinez said when he hopped on his board his dream of becoming a professional skateboarder began. BENNA SAYYED: CNJ staff photo Iaasic Martinez, third from left, hangs out with friends at the skate park at Greene Acres Lake park. Martinez said he skates at the park everyday. He said he plans to be a professional skateboarder. At age 13 he pulled tendons in his left ankle...
Local education leaders are looking forward to learning about the state's new teacher-principal evaluation system, but some think it is being pushed too fast. "I feel the intent of what we're trying to do is probably pretty good, but I feel like we're moving way too fast," said Clovis Municipal Schools Superintendent Terry Myers. "We're trying to base this new evaluation system on student performance. And that student performance is going to be measured by a system that we haven't tested." Teachers in the state are now...
Clovis Municipal Schools and Portales Municipal Schools experienced a decrease in enrollment this school year, according to preliminary numbers. Meanwhile, Clovis Christian Schools had a slight increase. CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Clovis Christian High School teacher Glenna Hagee gives her French students a lesson Tuesday on common conversational language and numbers. The district increased by five students this year. After four straight years of increases, Clovis...
Sharen Martinez worked at a local clothing store for two years then decided she wanted to progress her career in sales. Her next step would move her toward her goal of becoming a district manager for Journey's apparrel store. Two months ago Martinez started as a part-time sales rep at Journey's. She was named store manager on Aug. 28. Martinez attributes her strong work ethic to her father's good teaching. - Name: Sharen Martinez - Age: 23 - Hometown: Clovis - Occupation: Stor...
Lorelei Taylor grew up in Berkeley, Calif., lived in different areas of the West Coast and moved to Portales in 1996. Taylor started practicing yoga in 1971 and has studied under prominent Hindu yoga teachers in California, India and Bali. Taylor's dance career began at age 7 with classical ballet; she discovered modern dance at age 13. She taught yoga and dance at Eastern New Mexico University from 1997 to 2008 and started teaching at Clovis Community College in 2002. Taylor...
Lorelei Taylor grew up in Berkeley, Calif., lived in different areas of the West Coast and moved to Portales in 1996. Taylor started practicing yoga in 1971 and has studied under prominent Hindu yoga teachers in California, India and Bali. Taylor's dance career began at age 7 with classical ballet; she discovered modern dance at age 13. She taught yoga and dance at Eastern New Mexico University from 1997 to 2008 and started teaching at Clovis Community College in 2002. Taylor...
CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Clovis High School sophomore Alexis Longoria speaks to his speech classmates Monday about his ministry work in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Longoria said he hoped his speech will inspire his classmates to have strong faith and hope. Alexis Longoria spoke Monday about ministering to children in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The Clovis High School sophomore said he, his mother and sister have made trips to Juarez about 20 times in the past two years. During the...
The Clovis Municipal Schools board of education voted unanimously Tuesday for a redistricting option to fill the city's new middle school that kept students from the elementary feeder schools together as much as possible. Option C was selected from four options considered by the board and members of the public July 24 and Aug. 2. The mission of redistricting was based on keeping elementary school classmates together and balancing ethnicity when W.D. Gattis Middle School opens in August 2013. All the redistricting plans...
Yolanda Romero, right, samples Happy Feet dry skin lotion and a facial mask prepared and sold by Katie Palmer, left, Saturday at the Clovis Farmers Market. A recent increase in business at the Clovis Farmers Market can be attributed to a more prominent location, said farmers market manager and local vegetable grower Margie Plummer. The market moved from Fourth and Pile streets to the Goodwin Lake Walking Trail parking lot on North Prince before opening July 7. Plummer said...
Texico city officials are asking residents to voluntarily conserve water while they seek state funding to fix a well. Texico Mayor Jerry Cunningham said he does not believe the city of Texico has had this severe of a water problem in recent years. "We're going to continue to have a water shortage if people don't start cutting back; if we don't get some rain," said Cunningham, who is working with Rep. Dennis J. Roch to secure an emergency $50,000 grant to fix a broken pump. Residents are being asked to limit outdoor water use...
Priscilla Mendoza said she found her young daughter Marisol sleeping on a bed that was burning Friday in her home at the Clovis apartments. "I had to pull her by her feet off of the bed," Mendoza said, recalling the frenzied moments during the first of two fires late Friday that displaced 10 families and gutted four apartments at the Clovis Apartments complex. No one was seriously injured. CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Clovis Apartments resident Nathan Ulibarri, 46, surveys...
Yucca guidance counselor Mindy Sena goes over eighth-grader Jayce Huerta's schedule Monday, the first day of school for Clovis Municipal Schools. This is Sena's first year as a guidance counselor. She had been a teacher the past five years. After Mindy Sena got her son and daughter ready to start school Monday morning, she drove from Texico to Clovis to help more than 600 other students at Yucca Middle School prepare for the first day of school. "I remember wondering if this...
A rider soars in the air at a 2009 arena cross event in Oklahoma City. Motorcyclists performing tricks high in the air, zipping around corners on a mile-long dirt course of bumps and dips at 50 to 60 mph—this is motocross. Today's county fair arena cross event starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Mounted Patrol arena near the Curry County Fairgrounds. The event also starts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. "We've become kind of the headlining act on Friday and Saturday night and it's just g...
Before leading a local weekly Bible study group, Dominic Chavez said he ran the streets of Clovis drinking, using drugs and fighting. CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Dominic Chavez, middle left, studies Bible scripture during a Spiritual Woods meeting Aug. 9 at the Masters Centre. Chavez' woodwork can be seen in the background. "I've probably done it all, anything bad that's out there on the street that ain't worth living for," Chavez said. "I knew that I was on the wrong road...
Carl Wesley moved to Clovis from Long Beach, Calif., about five years ago because he wanted to escape the rough inner city life he dealt with growing up. He also wanted to help his grandfather, Alton Spillman, who was experiencing health problems. Wesley grew up around rap stars such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. He is the cousin of rapper Goldie Loc, who was once a member of Tha Eastsidaz with Snoop Dogg and Tray Deee, and who now lives in Clovis. Wesley goes by the...
Carl Wesley moved to Clovis from Long Beach, Calif., about five years ago because he wanted to escape the rough inner city life he dealt with growing up. He also wanted to help his grandfather, Alton Spillman, who was experiencing health problems. Wesley grew up around rap stars such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. He is the cousin of rapper Goldie Loc, who was once a member of Tha Eastsidaz with Snoop Dogg and Tray Deee, and who now lives in Clovis. Wesley goes by the...
Carl Wesley moved to Clovis from Long Beach, Calif., about five years ago because he wanted to escape the rough inner city life he dealt with growing up. He also wanted to help his grandfather, Alton Spillman, who was experiencing health problems. Wesley grew up around rap stars such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. He is the cousin of rapper Goldie Loc, who was once a member of Tha Eastsidaz with Snoop Dogg and Tray Deee, and who now lives in Clovis. Wesley goes by the...
Carl Wesley moved to Clovis from Long Beach, Calif., about five years ago because he wanted to escape the rough inner city life he dealt with growing up. He also wanted to help his grandfather, Alton Spillman, who was experiencing health problems. Wesley grew up around rap stars such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. He is the cousin of rapper Goldie Loc, who was once a member of Tha Eastsidaz with Snoop Dogg and Tray Deee, and who now lives in Clovis. Wesley goes by the...
Melissa Quintana's sons are fascinated by the lights and sounds of emergency vehicles and on Tuesday they got an up close look. CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Chief Master Sgt. Beausoleil, left, greets McGruff the Crime Dog Tuesday at National Night Out at Greene Acres Park. Spencer Roach, middle, acts as McGruff's escort. Quintana took her sons, Justin and Major Haynes, to National Night Out Tuesday at Greene Acres Park so they could learn about their fascination and also see...
Melissa Quintana's sons are fascinated by the lights and sounds of emergency vehicles and on Tuesday they got an up close look. CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Chief Master Sgt. Beausoleil, left, greets McGruff the Crime Dog Tuesday at National Night Out at Greene Acres Park. Spencer Roach, middle, acts as McGruff's escort. Quintana took her sons, Justin and Major Haynes, to National Night Out Tuesday at Greene Acres Park so they could learn about their fascination and also see...
One Clovis man died and another was severely burned when they apparently suffered electric shocks Friday while working on a billboard on east Mabry Drive, police said. Timothy J. Krach, 28, of Clovis, was killed and Randy Armstrong, 27, of Clovis, was flown to a Lubbock hospital for treatment, Clovis Police Capt. Patrick Whitney said. Armstrong's condition wasn't immediately known. The billboard is located between Curry Road H and Curry Road G, Whitney said. Whitney said the accident took place about 2:30 p.m. and the cause...
The parent turnout at the Clovis Municipal Schools second redistricting meeting Thursday was fewer than 10, but those present felt their questions on redistricting options were addressed well. If option A, B, C or D is approved at the CMS Aug. 28 board meeting, many children in Clovis will be moved from Marshall and Yucca middle schools to the new W.D. Gattis Middle School when it opens in August 2013. The redistricting options were based on keeping elementary school classmates together and balancing ethnicity. Option C was...
