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Editor’s note: One of Amos’ favorite fans, his little niece, Annie Marie, wrote him a letter just after reading Amos’ Father’s Day column last week, and sentimental Amos has requested that we print this in place of his regular column. It was penned under the inspiration of Gary Mitchell’s daughter, Mara Andrews. Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. dear amos hi uncle i m writing to...
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation. stressed-out wednesday boss who ordered last wednesday question mark before i got up i was already behind...
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the keyboard shift keys, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. amos tries the new craze boss there s a new form of high-class entertainment here in the church pew underworld these days – naw it s not roping wild aphids or dunking millipedes or trying to catch greased pot-bellied pigs – as much fun as all that sounds the young daredevils of the church kitchen are calling it the spa...
Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can't use the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks - except hyphens and dashes....
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Editor's Note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks - except hyphens and dashes. the best mother s day gift...
Editor's note: Since the observing of the National Day of Prayer, Amos has been reflecting on freedom and its relation to spiritual life. He ran across two Scriptures - Joshua 24:15, which states: “... choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve .... But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord” and Galatians 5:1, which states: “For freedom Christ has made us free; Stand fast, therefore, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.” Using those two passages Amos decided to try his hand at creatin...
For most of Mara Mitchell Andrews’ 31 years of life, her father Gary has been working on researching and writing a comprehensive, practical study on prayer. Through the years, she watched as her father used a manual typewriter and made copies of his study, first for his doctoral dissertation and then to use in Bible studies or classes on prayer. Finally, she said she decided it was time to encourage him to publish his prayer study in book form and make it available to more people — even if it meant typing all 202 p...
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the transformation of grodey boss there s a grumpy old cuss who s always up for a fuss...
Wayland Baptist University Dean Gary Mitchell reports a Wayland student has been named “Student Teacher of the Year” by the state. Mitchell said Jimmy Marez, a student teacher at Clovis’ Sandia Elementary School, will be honored Saturday at the Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell campus....
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the keyboard shift keys, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. how not to start a church life took a strange twist the other day here in the church pew underworld boss tommy tarantula decided he wanted to do something for the lord - but maybe he should ve checked with the lord first at any rate tommy began marching down the street - you remember he was a marine tarantula don t you boss - and he...
Editor’s note: In response to a reader’s request, Amos asked we reprint a favorite column. Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. amos on perseverance boss i think i might have mentioned this before but life ain t easy under a church pew the heathen alley cats have declared war on me they climb up on the window ledge outside the church and sneer at me through the stained glass windows it s...
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Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. yesterday boss i struggled to get out of my little matchbox bed and when i finally made it to the kitchen sink to wash up I was in for a rude awakening someone had left a little purple-and-pink-trimmed hand mirror on the sink s edge because i was watching the edge so i wouldn t fall in i didn t see the hand mirror lying there and i t...
Editor's note: As Groundhog Day nears, Amos recalled the first time he met a strange creature named Greg the Groundhog, who had issues with his more-famous counterpart. Amos is a church mouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks — except dashes and hyphens. amos encounters greg the groundhog boss i am so happy to see january fading away surely february will bring warm joy-filled days but maybe not not if you believe that eccentric g...
boss i m swearing off numbers for the rest of my little mousy life i m sure by now you ve heard about my most recent escapade when i happened to stumble into a sudoku maze it s the latest craze says freddy flea to me says who says me says everybody says he oh well if everybody says it it must be says me that s so says he and off we went into the sudoku numbers maze set right up here in the bugtussle town square boss when i stepped onto the first square a big number 9 shouted you don t belong there whatchu doin in dat square...
boss i don t know if people folks like you ever have any problems like this but we have a noisy loud —mouthed preacher toad down here in the church pew underworld he rants and he raves he prances and he parades he yells at trembling little ants and fleas he stomps and he hollers enough to shake the trees did i tell you he was a bit obnoxious boss question mark here i preach and i teach i teach and i preach says he to any sad soul willing to listen i can tell you what s wrong with you — and how to make things right yep tha...
Editor’s note: The following is the second in a four-part series reviewing the top news stories of 2007. This installment deals with April, May and June. A major capital murder trial with some of the most noted attorneys in the state started in late May in Albuquerque and was in the news daily through most of June. That case related to the death of an elderly Portales couple in 2005. Stanley Bedford, 44, was convicted of first-degree murder by an Albuquerque jury in the deaths of Odis and Doris Newman. The trial was moved t...
Freedom New Mexico The attorney for one of two Clovis men on trial for first-degree murder said even if his client was at the scene during the shooting of a 10-year-old Clovis boy two years ago, his presence alone is not an indication of his guilt. Roger Bargas said during his closing argument Wednesday the testimony of prosecution witnesses against David Griego was not credible because their stories have changed too much. Bargas said even if his client was at the scene, he didn’t intend to do anything nor did he p...
CNJ Staff Photo: Tony Bullocks Eric Gutierrez of Clovis testifies in the first-degree murder trial of Demetrio Salas and David Griego as judge David Bonem looks on. The two are accused of roles in the 2005 shooting death of 10-year-old Carlos Perez of Clovis. A man originally charged with tampering with evidence in the trial involving the shooting death of a 10-year-old Clovis boy testified Friday in the district courtroom in Portales about helping hide a gun and a vehicle, as well as an early morning visit from the...
A man originally charged with tampering with evidence in the trial involving the shooting death of a 10-year-old Clovis boy testified Friday in the district courtroom in Portales about helping hide a gun and a vehicle, as well as an early morning visit from the defendants in the case. Eric Gutierrez of Clovis testified the two defendants in the first-degree murder trial in progress, along with two other people, showed up at his house in the early morning hours the day of shooting. Gutierrez said he and his girlfriend were...
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Defendants Demetrio Salas, left, and David Griego, center, listen to testimony along with Griego’s defense attorney Roger Bargas Wednesday at Roosevelt County Courthouse. PORTALES — Ruben Perez described to a Roosevelt County jury how he held his little brother and tried to stop the blood from a gunshot wound to the 10-year-old’s head while waiting for ambulance crews to arrive. Carlos Perez died later that day at a Lubbock hospital. Ruben Perez, 19, testified Wednesday about what happe...
Ruben Perez described to a Roosevelt County jury how he held his little brother and tried to stop the blood from a gunshot wound to the 10-year-old’s head while waiting for ambulance crews to arrive. Carlos Perez died later that day at a Lubbock hospital. Ruben Perez, 19, testified Wednesday about happened in the early morning hours of Sept. 15, 2005, and events the previous day leading up to the shooting. He was the opening witness in the first-degree murder trial of Demetrio Salas, 21, and David Griego, 31. His testimony d...
A jury was seated at the close of the day Tuesday in the first-degree murder case of two Clovis men accused in the shooting death of a 10-year-old boy in 2005. “It’s been a long two days, ladies and gentlemen, but we finally got there,” 9th Judicial District Judge David Bonem said as he prepared to seat the jurors. “We hope to begin testimony tomorrow.” Opening statements are set for this morning, followed by the start of the prosecution’s witnesses. 9th Judicial District Attorney Matt Chandler would not say precisely w...
