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Inspirational artist Tom duBois, above left, will be in Clovis on Oct. 25 to visit with art lovers and sign prints of his art work, such as his recent painting, “Hosanna” has been described as reminiscent of the old masters’ style. Photo: Eric Kluth. An inspirational artist is headed for a show and reception at a Clovis art gallery. Tom duBois (pronounced doo-BWAH) has received accolades for his Noah’s Ark series of paintings. His current biblical art series, including his latest, “Hosanna,” depicting Christ’s triumphal ent...
Those who knew her best invariably described Mary Carol Hartley as a brave, compassionate lady. Hartley, 62, died at her home Thursday after a 15-year on-and-off bout with cancer. Hartley’s husband, 9th Judicial District Judge Ted Hartley, choked back his emotions late Thursday. “It’s kind of a tough time, but the Good Lord will see us through,” he said. “She loved her church, she loved her community, and she loved her children and grandchildren. I’ll miss her.” Mary Carol Hartley was Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Co...
FARWELL — Through Financial Peace University, the average family eliminates $5,300 in debt while saving $2,700, according to its founder, Dave Ramsey. “Financial Peace University is a series of 13 biblically based, life-changing personal finance lessons,” Ramsey said. “The course shows people how to apply proven, common-sense principles in their ‘real world’ that allow them to walk in financial peace.” Ramsey’s Financial Peace University will be coming to First Baptist Church of Farwell, first for an orientation ses...
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will take a creative approach to shrinking its military base structure, but has not yet set targets for the number of bases to be closed, a senior official said. Larry Di Rita, chief spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, said the secretary has not instructed his staff to reduce the base structure by any specific percentage, although Rumsfeld often has said studies show a 20 percent to 25 percent surplus of base capacity. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told the A...
Clovis school district buses line up to wait for students Wednesday afternoon to depart Clovis High School. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth. Transportation officials for Clovis schools and Adair Inc. will observe “School Bus Safety Week” from Sunday through Oct. 25. Gov. Richardson encouraged citizens “to exercise courtesy and caution concerning school buses so that children have the safest possible system of transportation.” The governor also urged citizens “to recognize the skills and dedication” of the thousands of people w...
When assistant superintendent for instruction Ladona Clayton reviewed the materials adoption/curriculum revision schedule for language arts Tuesday night, a Clovis school board member questioned its validity. Board member George Banister first asked who required the changes in the language arts curriculum revision timeline. “The State Department of Education,” Clayton said. “But the State Department of Education will be gone soon with the appointment of the new secretary of education,” Banister said. “So who’s going to en... Full story
Habitat for Humanity of Roosevelt and Curry Counties picked up an additional seven or eight volunteers from the Clovis area during Tuesday’s orientation meeting in Curry County. “We were given a lot on Hinkle Street,” said Sandra Hidalgo, vice president of the local Habitat for Humanity. “We thought it would benefit Habitat, so it was donated to this affiliate.” During the orientation meeting, president Joyce Davis described the need for local committee members in accomplishing the building of a Habitat for Humanity...
Troy Eden, a local physician assistant and registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer, is using this cardiovascular ultrasonic machine to look at the heath levels of the heart and blood vessels. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth Although his new business, Clinical Diagnostic Services, is only a couple of weeks old, owner/manager Troy Eden is setting up branch offices in three states. Clients come to his centers to get a computerized scan, similar to a sonogram used to take pictures of a baby in a mother’s womb, of a blood vessel in...
Monica Casias, 26, was recently hired as an assistant public defender with the 9th Judicial District public defender’s office. Question: When were you officially hired as an attorney with the public defender’s office, and when did you start work here? Answer: I began working in this office on Sept. 17 as a law clerk for three days because I had not yet been sworn in. I was sworn in on Monday, Sept. 22, and began in this office on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Question: What is your educational and professional background? Answer: I’m...
When Dorothy “Dot” Pruitt tagged her husband’s new business, “Honest John’s Welding,” it proved to be a exactly right. “Honest John” Pruitt of Clovis died at 77 years of age on Sept. 29 at Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born on July 2, 1927, in Foreman, Ark., to George and Rose Terrell Pruitt. Family and friends described him as a great guy who will be missed. After serving 23 years in the U.S. Air Force, Pruitt had several goals he wanted to accomplish in his life, his wife said. “He had three goals — to be a m... Full story
Monica Casias, 26, was recently hired as an assistant public defender with the 9th Judicial District public defender’s office. Q: When were you officially hired as an attorney with the public defender’s office, and when did you start work here? A: I began working in this office on Sept. 17 as a law clerk for three days because I had not yet been sworn in. I was sworn in on Monday, Sept. 22, and began in this office on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Q: What is your educational and professional background? A: I’m a graduate of Unive...
Gary Mitchell and Amos Editor’s note: Amos is a church mouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation. boss in case you re wondering why there s kool-aid and coffee stains all over this week s column it s because marcellus that mangy malevolent cat has been running amuck lately he s been a holy terror - well maybe not so holy - more like an ungodly plague by night life hasn t been easy under the church pews these last couple of weeks boss in fact i m still pretty strung up by it all h...
Dr. Tony Evans speaks about overcoming hopelessness Thursday at Marshall Junior High School. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth Dallas evangelist Tony Evans told a Thursday crusade audience of 350 to 400 people he had a theme verse for the proposed Matt. 25 Project to renovate the old Memorial Hospital — Jeremiah 29:11. “The verse states: ‘I have plans for you, saith the Lord — plans for your well-being and not your calamity, to give you a future and a hope,’” he said. The Matt. 25 Project came about through the formation o...
Sandia Baptist choir presents musical The adult choir of Sandia Baptist Church, 1100 W. Manana Blvd., will present the musical, “Bound for Glory,” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The musical is directed by Michael Hailey, and the drama directed by Sandy Williams. Solos will be performed by Sarah Stevens, Robin Evans, Joyce Pruitt, T.J. Watson and Hailey. For information, call the church office at 763-3471 or Williams at 769-0687. Deliverance sets appreciation services Deliverance Temple Church, 905 Rio St., has scheduled four app...
STAFF & WIRE REPORTS His family has spent generations farming. He has been seeding and reaping all his life. And Jim Anderson can’t quite get over the fact that now he is in the entertainment business. “They never would have imagined,” he said of his father and uncle, who bought their 200-acre farm outside Erie, Colo., in 1958. Anderson, 49, was tramping through his corn field, which is more prop than crop. In fact, almost everything at Anderson Farms is more prop than utility. From the haunted corn maze to the pick-...
Eric Yates, 10, right, a fifth-grader at Barry Elementary, hands sixth-grader J.C. Sandoval beads to purchase a Kente Cloth during African Market Day Tuesday at the school. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth The threat of a light drizzling rain Wednesday didn’t deter the youngsters from “Wasuta Village,” also known as Barry Elementary School, from making the trek to “Kpando Village,” or Highland Elementary School, for a Durbar. Students at the two schools Tuesday and Wednesday pretended to be members of two Ghana villages as part o...
Balloon racers participating in the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta lifted off from Balloon Fiesta Park Saturday. Courtesy photo. STAFF & WIRE REPORTS Military officials were trying to contact a balloon team participating in the America’s Challenge cross-country gas balloon race Monday to prevent the balloon from encroaching into restricted air space, said a local airport manager. “One balloon was flying about six miles southeast of here, and Cannon Air Force Base was trying to get in touch with them because the...
Chuck Moore, 84, of Clovis has been painting artwork, billboards and signs in Clovis for 38 years, including the portrait of his sons behind him on the wall at his home. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth. At 84, a local war veteran-turned-artist still paints signs for a living, and his bosses call him “irreplaceable.” Charles “Chuck” Moore returned to Clovis in 1965 and was hired as a billboard and sign artist by Jimmy New and Everett McCormick at Clovis Sign Service. That was 38 years ago — and he’s still painting artwork, billboa... Full story
Lowe’s Home Center officials will take possession today of their newly constructed 135,000-square-foot facility at the corner of Prince and Llano Estacado streets, behind the Golden Corral restaurant. Meanwhile, two semi-trailer loads of forklifts and several semi-trailer loads of steel racks surrounded the new Lowe’s parking lot Tuesday afternoon. “Today (Tuesday), we’re getting in steel rackings,” said Dave Smith, district manager for Lowe’s. “These are warehouse racks where the merchandise will be placed. The contracto...
Tony Mulhare, holding their 15-month-old son, along with his wife Alicia, points as they look into the bomb bay of the B-29 Superfortress the “FiFi” Saturday as it is on display at the Clovis Municipal Airport. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth. Autumn Saldana, 6, said she felt comfortable behind the controls of the World War II warbird known as “Fifi,” the world’s only flying B-29 Superfortress bomber. Her only problem is just getting into the cockpit. “I liked the B-29 the best,” the Clovis youngster said. “I liked sitting i...
World War II warbirds on static display Saturday and Sunday at Clovis Municipal Airport brought back memories for one Clovis man who trained with a B-29 Super-fortress bomber. Both a B-29 and “Diamond Lil,” the world’s oldest B-24 Liberator bomber, were displayed, courtesy of the Commemorative Air Force — formerly the Confederate Air Force — based in Midland, Texas. Charles “Chuck” Moore, 84, of Clovis, recalled when he was stationed at the Clovis Army Air Field in 1945. “That year, we were training B-29 crews for the S...
Ulifeline.org offers help for people who feel they are in need of reaching out to talk to someone about problems in their life. CNJ staff illustration: Eric Kluth STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Faced with a growing number of student suicides, some universities are trying to combat the trend by offering depressed students the anonymity of the Internet to seek mental health counseling. More than 80 universities have signed up so far for Ulifeline.org, which provides students a link to school mental health centers for information,... Full story
A former American Red Cross worker whose travels have taken her to war-torn regions around the world, has been named the new executive director for eastern New Mexico’s Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence. Catharine Johnson, currently the executive director of the Clovis Downtown Revitalization Committee, was offered the $40,000 position on Thursday by the shelter’s board of directors. “I felt very honored,” Johnson said. “It’s a very important position in the community because it addresses the needs of those going...
A former American Red Cross worker whose travels have taken her to war-torn regions around the world, has been named the new executive director for eastern New Mexico’s Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence. Catharine Johnson, currently the executive director of the Clovis Downtown Revitalization Committee, was offered the $40,000 position on Thursday by the shelter’s board of directors. “I felt very honored,” Johnson said. “It’s a very important position in the community because it addresses the needs of those going...
A Clovis woman has won $50,000 playing the New Mexico Lottery’s “$50,000 Money Game,” introduced two weeks ago. The winner requested anonymity when she presented her winning ticket at lottery headquarters in Albuquerque last week. The winner said she’s a loyal player of the scratcher games and shared the strategy she uses when playing. “I try the new games, and if I don’t win, I won’t play that game again,” she said. “If I do win, I’ll buy the same game again.” It was the first time she had tried her luck on the new “$50,...
